HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1932-04-21, Page 3THURSDAY, APRIIL 21, 1932.
THE SEAFORTH NEWS.
PAGE THREE
'vIr, 'Thomas McMillan, ¥1P., for
South Iltiron, who a 'few weeks ago
urged a fight, "to. the biter` end"
'against farm and nnenploypticfnt ree
lief, .spoke again 'on Tuesday evening,
April 1t21th, this time on the budget,
and paid a very real compliari'enit to
the govetaitnenit. Mr, . McMillan's'
charge against the Prime 'Minister and
•`colleagues is that, they are .fu'lifitlitng
their election ',pled'ges:'." I do root thunk
II'need to rehearse the proceedings of
the last session of Parliament,"' he,
says, "From beginn'in'g to end it was
one continuous course of action as far
as'Ifisoa'1' legislation' was concerned,
• - , and showed unmistakably that
' \there had been no recanting whatever
'of the opinions previously expressed
f and acted
iii
upon."
n." That
is giving ere
dit aihtee credit is due,
iI't mush _be 1•emenvbered;of course,.
thatthe member for Slou'th Huron has
a perpetual grudge 'a'gainst .the p'ol'icy
df p'rotec'ting Canadian 'in'dustries, iii
'chiding agriculture, from foreign ex-
ploitation', a policy which the Canad'ian
people overwihelmingly 'Voted for . in
1930, .and Great Britain ad'op'ted l'as't
Fall.
by all that agricu'iture. is the basic ing
dustry. o'f Oanad'a, that the constant
ootvdition• of agriculture is the real
b'aro'meter of the tittle of the country.,
and that 'without a dominant ragricul-'
!tore the .Whole national ecoirontic fab
Fie will fall to pieces. Newer has that;
;fact been il:hlsitrated more Iclelarly than'
to -day. For the past eighteen .ntonthts
business conditions its this country
have been largely paralyzed. That
state of affairs bias been greatly inten-
sified through the customs and ;tariff',
en'actmentts of this government, pre
ced'in'g and botlowing in elle wake of
the last ftmperial conference. With.
trade falling toff, revenues • declining,
transportation serio'us'ly restricted, n'a
•ti:ona'I debt piling. ug, exp'en'ditures.
geewing, ,itnniligration redu:eed to 'a
minimum, and unemployment so rife
that in, the midst ,of bu•lgin'g ware-
house's and overflowing elevators We
,_
e n is
se the lurid picture of thousands of
P
destitute 'citizens living in semi-starva-
tion
ent/ star 'a -
v gv
tion and away over 530;000 idle work-
ing people.
There _s a condition -upon which no
one wishes•Ito dwell. Why is this so
,Because the farmer is unable to sell
the produce of his daibour for the bare
cosi of production; as • a conse'quenee.
his ,purchasing power is largely des-
troyed; and so the whole tnattenal ec-
onomic fabric is threatened. In the
midst of such a conditio•i last fall was
it n'ot a striking coincidence that the
price of wheat should begin to rise,
and almost at armee, as if by magic, a
bu'oyan't, optimistic feeling took pos-
session .of the. people? Does that ex-
perience not pro.ve the force of my
words, that the constant condition of
agriculture is the real barometer of
trade? Why,.' it representsthe back-,
bone of our whole national economic,
structure. And does not' that prove
the words of my text: I'f, there be in-
evitable conflict between agriculture
and any other interest, that other in-
terest should yield? ,Agriculture must
'be preserved and stabilized if national
integrity is to be upheld.
Wherein lies the remedy? Give to
agriculture the wider and better mar-
kets which it demands and which it
most have, and at the same time en-
able the fanners to obtain their re-
quirements at prices somewhat on a
parity with .the ,prices .which they must
accept for their farm ,products. That
is the crux of :the 'whole- situation,
Give the farmers their requirements
'at prices equivalent - to those which
they must accept for their produce,
and the way is largely openfor a aal-
ution df the problem. But what does
this government do? It tries to put.
this whole dominion into an hermet-
ically sealed condition ,so far as trade
is concerned, and so well has it suc-
ceeded that in the short space of bS
months it has 'practically 3estroyed al-
most ,'one-half •of our entire foreign
trade. But not content with that con_
d'ition 'fhlis government, through the
medium. of the Finance Minister in
this budget, ;comes along again and
places a further burden on agricul-
ture in the shape of a • trro hundred
per cent increase in •tire special tax
upon all imports.
•N'o nation can live • unto itself. This
world has become a family of inter-
dependent nations which must work
hand in hand and 'beconne mutually
helpful. 'To accomplish this, if we
cov'id only caircel the war debits be-
tween . the nations, stop the building
of armaments, pull down tlhe'se most
.obstructive tariff walls and allow the
family of nations ecanomic'1'ib.erity, the
problem would largely' be solved. The
way things are gosiig at the present
time, sir, it seems to me it might be a
good plan to lock up some ,of the min-
isterial heads of this government in
order to ensure the free flow of trade
in its natural; lines. Surely we have
already had ample proof o'f'tlhe effect
of the policies of this governmentt on
agriculture., my mind the great'
reason 'Whya policy such as I'have
suggested cannot be 'followed is that
those who are in control in son» e` of
fhe leading nations of the world are
afraid 'that' by doing so they -may lose
that control when they newt appeal to
their 'ele'ctorate's.,
If further proof is 'needed of the
'way things are,going intheeconomic
life of the world"bo-,day; it is only nec-
essary to consult the last report ofthe
Btasle committee,• wvhidh called for ad-
justment of all repara`tion's and other
war debts to the troubled state' Of
world'financ • '
es, and warned the gov-
ernments of the world that this' must
ithe done, immediately if 'fresh, 'disaster
'were to he averted. This report, ad
olpted unanimously by the ,eleven tm-
ancial experts and ec•onoanis'ts who
composed the committee, was set out
in full detail alter the most exhaustive
inquiry into the 'economic cond'itnon,:of
'Germany,; and 't'he report seated that
action "was urgently needed in a much
wider field than, Gern•auy alone, 'When
the Hoover moratorium ends in. July,
under the Young, plait, Germany will
be required to pay some $450,000,000
(:From Hansard.)
Mr. THOMAS MCMILLAN (South
Moron): Mr,, Speaker, my 'first words
must be words of congratulation to
the hon. Minister of Finance (IM's.
anodes) 'for the manner in which he
delivered his budget. It, of course,
was true to form, I was also pleased
indeed to notice the anos't effective
criticism which it received at the
hands of my good friend, the hon.
:member for ShelburneeY,artnouth (Mr,
[Ralston). I have long since realized,
aver. 'S'pe'aker; that honesty of purpose
'and sincerity of heart are'amoeg the
greatest virtues of man. But, sir, as
^r tone n't'ho has largely ex'pended the en-
ergies of life in and for the uplift' of
:Canadian agriculture, I must confess
that the prospects of farming to -day
are less attractive than at any previous
period o'f my life.' Therefore.1 cannot
allow the budget to .pass without voic-
ing my protest regarding the action
of the government with respect to ag-
ricultural natters.
fEuperience has taught me that in
order to accomplish anything in de-
bate we must have some common
standing grloarnd, some, platform, as it
were, upon which the contestants at
the outset can' agree, That require-
ment the Prince 'Minister (Mr. Ben-
nett) and I most surely have. During
his campaign in 'Calgary he said:
Agriculture is the basic industry of
,"ran'ada.
At Orm'stown, Quebec, he said:
:Agriculture stands first in Canadian
activities,
Meaning thereby :that it Should have
first consideration at the hands of any
Canadian Government, At Woodstock,.
,New Brunswick, he said:
'I't shall be my great responsibility
=if elected on the 218th of 'July, 1930, to
,see that the collective weight and
power of the whole Dominion of Can-
ada is placed. behind agriculture. I
would belacking in the qu'ali'fications
entitling rte to 'head a Canadian gov-
ernment if 1 failed to do so.
'Sorely those expressions were such
,as to convince .every farmer that the
first consideration of this government
iwou'IId be for the welfare of Canadian
lagiriculture, N'evert'heless from' the
moment/of his election, he and his
government have sn'hordinated the
quirenteets of agriculture and of the
general consumers of this country to
those o'f his "special-iote'rest" friend's.
Therefore my text' to'nigh't annit wher-
ever I go will be contained in these
words: "'If sphere be an inevitable con -
•:flirt between (agriculture' and any oth-
er interest, that other interest const
yield," In view of the commanding
importanceof a healthy and vigorous
rural life,�the ,welfare of Canadian ag-
riculture must be preserved and stab-
ilized if the national integrity is to be
tnp'h el d.
]Economically thi's country is in the
most crirical condition of its 'history;.
its situation is so critical that there is
no. time for anyone to talkchieap pol-
itics. Politics in the true sense of the
'term means the science of _ govern -
Ment the „government a'i'd° regulation.
of a nation in order to ensure the lib-
erty, security, ,and progress of its
people. Canadian agriculture is to-
delay in the very trough of depression,
in the midst of a world depression
which is driving many people' to a
state of panic. But we must not for-
get that this condition is temporary,
that agriculture- will a again , become
prosperous. Agriculture in Canada
must become prosperous, hut only if
given its commercial freedom, and if
justly dealt with by and ,under govern-
mental au'thor'ity. It is acknowledged
annually itt gold' to the allied coun-
tries, ,with the •exception of the United
{States. Of this amount' about $165,-
000,000 is unconclitionail; ear eatiked
for the repair of war damage, in
France and Be'1'gittrn, and according to
the Young plan that pays ent cannot
be '.postponed, . All the Ifiiiatecial and
economic ex'perts who have been
studying this question -have agreed
unanimoti•sly that Germany' is absol-
utely unable to pay the halan'ce of
$2815,000,000 to lfh'e other cou'ntries. I4
s'o happens that European, govern
nlents owe the. Tinted States about
$250,000,000 annually, or only some
1h35,000,000 less than Germany's en-
tire sons al oblligatiaw.
The 'Basle committee, while unable
to consider the matter of uncondition
al relapiati'on annuities, stater! 'in their
report that they,wvould not 'Heel they
had fully performed their task 'i'f they'.
did not being the attention of the gov-
ernments
ove nmen'ts• 'of the world to the extreme
gravity of the 'present situation, which
undoubtedly Inas eitcee'ded the rebat-
iyely short depression envisaged in
the Y01111g plop, to meet 'which the
rico rues contain ale a •rim s
s a
g g
therein were 'designed. S
Peaktng
at.
Manchester ori December 9 last Sir
George Paish, eminent ,economist, who
is in ,complete a'cco'rd with the report
of that committee, stated, "If my in -
'formation is correct, and I think it is,
nothing. can prevent .a .campidte world
economic .breakdown. Reparations
should be cut off entirely or reduced
to such a low figure that they would
.become
become ue:gligibl'e. Triter- allied debts
sh'ou'ld be written off entirely. 'World
itaritf's most come down." He said the
most serious consequences were 'likely
to result if the new British 'high tar-
iff system, were put into opeatiom; he
said it would cause world bankruptcy,
and described it as the greatest folly
'that could be conceived. 'Comment-
ing on .this statement, according to the
press the Prince Minister of 'Canada
was so unim'pre'ssed that he merely
said, 'Mother Shi'ptos predicted that
the world, would come to an end one
hundred years ago." 'Mark you, this
is the.man. who is e'mpowere'd to.speak°
`for the Canadian people. I should
like to quote the following press re-
port, dated St. Jlohn, New Brunswick;
December 11, 104:
"Tice prediction • o'f . Sir George
Paish, 'British economist, regarding
an early breakdown of the world's ec-
onomic st'ructure, has not impressed
Right Hon. R. B. Bennett, Prime Min-
ister of Oan'adta, who was here fvfteed
minutes last night enroute to Ottawa
on his return from (En'glan'd.
No; he said, "Mother Shipton pre-
dicted that the world would come to
an end one hundred years ago." iI ask
the Prime Minister 41 this report is a
fair summary of his opinion of the
gravity of ,the present world economic
condition, and 1 hope before this de -
hate ends he will give this house a
satisfactory reply.
'Nto man was ever in a better posi-
tion to makea name for himself and
to place Canada on ,the highest pin-
nacle among the British common-
wealth of nations, but let us pause for
a moment to 'inquire w'h'at this gov-
ernment. have done to solve these
pressing problems with which we are
faced, or II might put it the other way
and ask what this .government have
done to place Canada in the desperate
economic condition :in which we find
ourselves to -day, particularly with re-
gsed to agriculture. 'Twelve months
ago I said this was practically a one
man government, with a follo'win'g so
weak and submissive that yogi would
almost think they were hibernating.
After twelve months have passed who
can say that this is other than s one
man government?
I have outlined the course which ,I
believe" should be 'followed. Everyone
realizes that agriculture is the back-
bone of our whole economic structure,
and everyone realizes also that 'Cana-
dian'fanners,m'uslt have access to, wid-
er and better markets, but it a 'thor-
oughly , sound and economic maxim
that if we, are'go',iog to sell our'goode
to other countries' we must buy goods
:from those counttries in. retut+n. But
•what did the Prime Minister d'o? He
in'crease'd the. tariff at the special ses-
sion 'anal last session for the one pur-
pose, so he said, of remedying the un-
favorable trade b'alan'ce. I do not be-
lieve ;that, and I propose to show by
the words' of the Prime Minister him-
self that I am right in my contention..
IIf the Prime Minister will look at the
'btonnetary Times of January 8 last he
will find that ant: 1930 Canada borrow"-
ed
orrow=ed from the United States some $393,-
l532,000 wiher•e'as in the following year,
we borrowed only $'185,1920,000. 'Than
fact alone would decrease elle 'imports
(from that country, and''. that result
'woul'd have followed if the Prime
Minister his -meal had gone into hiber-
nation and remained there during the
whole time, While' the' borrowings
o•f Canada loom the United States had'
decreased in than o;ne' year by $20f',-
000,000. in the same year the imports
from that country, as you would na-
turally expect, had declined by $259, -
crease he 'tariff for the purpose of re-
medying an adverse trade balance. His
very first expression on the floor of
this 'house as Prime' .Minister of Can-
ada was that so far aspossible the re-
quirements of ten Canadian
people must be produced at home,
thereby showing at once that he did
not wish to encourage the importation
olf any goodsthat could possibly be
produced in this country, thus 'drying
up -the springs of trade and' further
Paralyzing Canadian agricultural life.
His very first expression, as I say,
w'as this, as T have pointed out, Sec-
ondly, his etex!t act, in amplification of
that •policy, was to jack tip the Cana-
dian tariff against the importation of
British ,goods almost to the prohibit-
ive p'oi'nit; practically, wipipg out the
British pre'ferensce before ever he 'went
to the imperial conference, thus eject-
ing lBrit'ish goods at the toe of the
boot from Canadian markets which
they had enjoyed for a lifetime. Third-
ly;
hirdly; his act was to pass some of ' the
most diabolical customs legislation
ever forced through parliament of any
country, legislation w'h'ich has driven
the people f Canada to a
status PoPe o
i
!away back behind the days of Magna
{Clhanta, the day of the signing of the
great charter of English liberty for
the preservation ,of those liberties of
the British people, which charter,
'amongst other things, st'ipu'lated that
no taxes mast ,be levied within the
realm without tate ap'prova'l of ,parfia-
mneat, and that foreign merchants
should be al'iowed safe conduct to elle
ter England and leave it,. to buy and
sell, without the obstruction ,of an evil
toll,
Why were these safeguards to Eng-
lish liberty insisted upon in those early
days? Simp'ly to 'prevent exploitation
of the people. But nowt - we' have a
government Who have passed this le-
gislation, taking the right of taxation.
directly out of the hands of parlia-
ment, a right which 'hack` rested with
the represen'ta'tives of the people, un-
der the terms of the Britis'h,cons'titu-
tioop, ever since the days of Ring
lfohn, and putting that power into the
:han'd's of one man, ,the Minister of Ng_
tional Revenue, to fix .for 'duty pure
(p'oses, whatever valuation he wished
upon the importation of goods into
Canada, regardless oh what the cost
'price of ,such • go'bds might he If that
is not an exhi'bition of high protection
gone crazy and autocracy gone to
seed, made, legal, in the face of the
solemn protests of the Liberal party
in this house, and under the threat of
o-1 the iPriane Minister that until it
was passed he would refuse' to leave
Ottawa for the imperial conference, I
do not know what you would call it.
It has destroyed the stability of trade
to sucha degree that every prospec-
tive trader is afraid to launch out and
do business, for he will never know
the valuation upon' which he will be
required to pay duty. I'f anyone is
engaged in the business of buying and
importing go'od's, would comment
sense not tell' him that 'the Valuation
on which he ought to pay duty would
be the reasonable ,cost price of those
goods That is the valuation upon
which any sensible individual would
.expect to pay duty. Brit now we have
a .government who have passed 'a taw
nullifying that sensible view and putt-
ing it in the power and at the whim
of one man to fix whatever valuation
'he pleases without any re'gar'd what-
ever to the cost price of goods, 'and
~whenever he likes to take such action.
'But of ,course this is in line with the
Whole fiscal policy of this government.
The government do not wish to allow
the importation into this country of
any goody .of a kind that is or can be
,produced in Canada, no matter how
,ex'onbitao't a price the consumer may
have to pay.
I, have said that I propose to show
'from his sown lips that he slid not •in -
And further, \Ir. 'Speaker, tlo one Who
will trot observe the full meaning of
these words: "If itheee be economic
.conflict between agriculture • and any
other interest, that other interest must
yield," should be allowed to continue
at the helm of Canadian public a'f-
Ifairs.
tA'griculture must be preserved and
stabilized if national integrity is to be
maintained. 11f the Prime Minister
were only true. to himself, hs would
see that such it _policy • was observed.
'Everyone knows that, as I have said,
agriculture is the foundation and the
b'ackb'one of out whole national •econ-
ontic structures The:condition of ag-
riculture is becoming. too serious to be
longer neglected.
Some
.Sone hove MR\LBFaRS; Carried.
Mr. lfc'bZILLA,N (Huron): Hon.
members -reed not think they can an-
noy'me,
'If the government of C'an'ada wail'l
only solve the problem of Canadian
agriculture, all problems will be solv-
ed. I see 'a lot of hon. membeet's op-
posite who 'represent agricultural con-
stituencies. Theiractions show how
much theycare for 'cul
agriculture, and,
that is why agriculitu.re has received
so little .con'siderati'on and so little real
sympathy on the floor of this house.a
1f the government of 'Canada would'
only solve the pcdblems of Canadian
agriculture and put the farmers on a
sound and li•ealthy basis, econ'omnioally
the other economic problems would
largely solve ,themselves. What sur-
passes my .comp'rehen'sion, something
I cannot understand, is that type of
mind, that peculiar mentality which
enables its !possessor -boldly to an-
nouncethat he will place the co'llec-
ti've weight 'a'nd power of his govern-
ment behind agriculture, and in the
same breath have the temerity' to en
act legislation which has the effect of
so severely paralyzing Canadian agri-
cultural life as to drive front it the
lash vestige !of outetandittg natural ab-
ility. 31 is worse than a crime upon
the body politic, it is tragic in the
consequences which it will involve.
We may well recall those memorable
words of G'o'ldsntitb
Ill fares that la'i'd to hastening ills a
prey,
Where .wealth aeeumulates, and men.
decay;
Prrimlces and lords may flourish or !ray
fade;
A breath can make them, as a breath
has made;
tut a bold peasantry, her country's
pride,
When once destroyed, can never be
supplied.
It is the same type of mind which
wnil moot legislation which will place
the: great body of the people under
the iron 'heei of special privilege and
then declare that there s'hal'l be no ex-
ploitation l'oitation ,of the consumer. This gov-
ernment realizes that by its enactment
ithas placed the people at the mercy
of the ispec'ia11y, favoured interests; if
this were not the case, n'othi'ng would
be said about the exploitation of the
people. Before the government talks
about 'preventing exploitation ender
such cir;cu•mstiances, it should be able
to ,assure us that it is possessed of that
super -human power which will enable
it to reconstitute -human nature. Un-
less the government can do this, such
talk is the sheerest ba'lderd'ash. rt re-
minds 'me of the expression, "They
ni'iglut tell the truth to the people, be-
fore asserting that they can apprec-
iate nothing in argument but fallacies
,and nothing in language but balder
dash.
ll"
Athese things which have proved
to be to the detriment of Canadian
agriculture were enacted before the
'Prince Minister and his colleagues
went to the imperial conference. They
have continued ever since with in-
creasing fore and to -day we are
reaping the bitter effects of such die-
'astrous legislation.Go itrtothe towns,
the villages and the cities, consult the
bankers, business'men or trades people,
what do they say? Their constant
prayer is: Lord, give us a policy
which w'i'ld help the fanner in his ex-
tremity and he will help us all, This
:government could begin at once one
of the greatest developments in his-
tory right on the farms and - in the
'farm Houses of 'Canada, but it still
persists its its immeasurable folly. 'The
farmers of this country are just as
anxious to have the comforts and con-
veniences of city life as are the towns-
people, and there is tro class"of pe'o'ple
in this country who, if they had the
wherewithal, woiil'd spend more freely
lel my honi, friends across the :way
would only drop panty politics, I am.
convinced that they :would support me
itt this matter.
An hon. MEMBER: Where has the
holt, member been all his life?
Some hon. MEMBERS: Carried.
Mr, McAltlaI4AN (Huron) I know
you would like me to Stop hut I am
not ,through yet. Surprise has been
,expressed that there are no tariff
changes in the budget. Why, Mr
ISpeaker, we do not need any; :the Min-
ister of National. Revenue is Making
such changes regularly. Read 'Han-
sard of the special session of 11030, and
you will see from the whole discussion
,that the Minister of National Revenue
can make the entire tariff ten times
higher, than i4 now is if he chooses,
without ever' coasulting parliament at
all. And through the medium of or-
ders in council he is continually doing
it, But of course, as I say, this, is in
line with the whole fiscal policy of
this government,
This 'principle Of one-way trade is
oto good. '15 is a policy of blind na-
tionalism which should be stamped
ou,t. The •endeavorto put Canada in-
to a hermetically sealed compartment,
sofar as trade is Concerned, is ab-
surd ,and is : becoming intolerable to
the great masses of the people. There
fore II charge the Prime Minister, ac-
cording ,to his own yard measure, with
being entirely hacking in the .qualifica-
tions that should entitle hitn to 'head,
the Canadian gov'ernnvent in the mea-
sures so necessary for the salvation of
C'anadian [agriculture. a' The 'longer he
proceeds the worse "flue mess becomes.
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suit It was accomplished by increas-
ing
ncreas-ing' the tariff and by peremptorily de-
manding that the British government
imposea tax on foreign foodstuffs,
thus sidentifying Fiat' the minds of mil-
l'ion's of British the once -honoured
and respected name of Canada with
the odious and much -feared policy of
taxing the food of the 1British people.
'The Prime Minister' then became
wildly uproarious and left Grelit. Bri-
tain with
the veil.
edr t•
th ea of ecou
omnc
separation simply' because a British
Minister mildly designated his whole
proceeding aa "humbug". What has
(Professor Stephen Leacock to say on
this p'oinit? He says, that Right Hon.
J. 'H. Thomas used the right word
when he Called Mr, Bennett's propos'a'l
"hunebug"• He continues:
"The Canadian tariff prefers British
m'anufac'tured goods to A'meric'an, but
shuts them both oult so far as they in-
terfere with our own manufacturing
system. A nation that blocks . out ev-
erything with a tariff and produces
vast quantities of good's which it can-
n'o't consume is working its own ruin."
I do not need to emphasize the fact
that the whole proceedings 'at that
conference were a dead failure as far
as the welfare of Canada was concern-
ed, and this is known to every real
student of public affairs. Has than
:fact had any effect Whatever in dis-
suading
issuading the Prime Minister ',from fol-
lowing the course which he has ap-
parently snapped out, a course so ruin-
ous to the 'in'terests of 'Canadian agri-
culture? None whatever, and that is
the reason why I am impelled to say
that according to his own yard meas-
ure he is entirely lacking in''the quali-
fications which entitle him to dead a
Canadian government in the provid-
ing of the measures necessary for the
salva'ti'on of Canadian agriculture.
I do not think I need to rehearse
the (proceedings of the last session df
parliament. From beginning to end.
it was one continuous course of action
Mr, GOTT: If the hon. member
persists in reading his speech, I shall
have to direct the attention of the
Speaker to his coltduc't,
Mr, MclIIILIJAIN (Huron):—as far
as fiscal legislation was concerned,
against the true interests of agricul-
ture atld the general consumer. ante
showed unneistaleably that there had
been no recanting whatever of the
'opinions previously expressed and
ached upon,
:On motion of •Mr, 'Edwards I(IW'at-
erloo) the debate was adjourned.
At eleven o'clock the house adjourne.
ed, without question put, pursuant to,
standing order.
bIr. A. 3,r. Edwards (South Water-
loo), in his opening remarks on Wed-
nesday, April 113th, said:
:May I say a word Fe mygood fru
end"
who preceded the in this debate, the
hon. member for South Huron (Mr.
McMillan). I have a very great res-
pect for him. For several sessions I
have listened to his views on the tar-
iff question, unquestionably they do,
mit change' and I think ,the hon. mem-.
;ber has advanced thein so often that
he almost believes them himself. I"
wonder if hon. gentlemen who are
'constantly advocating a reduction in
protec'tion both for business and for
industry have ever pictured to them-
selves what would have happened to
this country if we had Dot had the
tariff protection enacted in the special
session 'of 1930. P
Mr. MchfILLlAN fI3uron): He has
always been trying to do his part.
This government went to the im-
perial conference, with the idea of.
blastin'g its way; into the markets of
Ide world: What has it accompl'is'hed?
an a single twelve months its bla`stiug.
policies have destroyed- more than
one-third of the entire trade '01 Can-
ada. How did It acconvplish that re -
Ontario Farm Statistics.
A considerable decrease in the num-.
ber of horses and cattle on Ontario
farms and an increase iu the mon- -
her of sheep and poultry featured' the
farm statistics just r'ele'ased ir, con-
nection with the 193111 census, The
following comparisons 'between. 1931"
and 1921 are given:
193111 1921
151718;930 6'69,0148
41111 11'19
2,487) 12,633;562
1,035,1513 9718,802
1,a70,943 1,306,981
Poultry ..,.f23;78 ,oes
1Y,503,697
Bees, Iilives 01'3,47;6 84,571:
The Poor Man's Friend. ---Put up
in small bottles that are easily port-
able and sOld for a very small sum,
Dr. Thomas' E'c'l'ectr'
tc ,Oil pos'sesse's
power in concentrated form: ; Its
cheapness and the varied: uses to
which it can be put make it the poor
man's friend. No 'dealer's stock is
complete without it
Horses
Mules
'Cattle
:Sheep
'Swine