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WINGEAM, ONTARIO
Every Thursday Morning was as much talk of lack of parental
A.. G. Smith, Editor and Proprietor
WINGI4AM A23V. ,NC 1 -TIMES .a.
f Cure per trillion people in Canada was
ne
it the Jazz age. But we warrant that King, wonderfully well, they p 44.
when Judge Scott was a boy, there perous and happy under his benefici- of our faon sthatithCanada ge average liabilities
$49,838 es
est rule, but my speeches .ire so 1ow-
erful they are 'convinced they are not evb le• t e average
in the nzed.of the
s
getting on at all so they resign their was $i4ihs e, pcalio size
same e
positions, sell their homes, pack up
their belongings and make off for the each.
United States. My influence extends I bring, these matters again to .at -
not only over all the provinces 'of ten
eion ooii 'the only
because
problems which
Canada, but, according to Mr. King, it now must be decided, pro also bechuch
spreads across the Atlantic and'moz- of theirbearing iod the qualityand because
es great masses of humanity in every o the
which the
country of. Europe.' Because of thexznabilityne iof tr of this country so he
speeches of this awful Mr. Meighen,
ar-
the herculean immigration efforts pf rogantly makes. Let him come now
Ind show whether 'one figure I have.
this Government amount to little.or.. ` given is wrong or let him impugn if
nothing. They try to convince intend- ge will� the authority of R. G. Dunn f
ing immigrants from Europe that
Canada is all right; but the people of Collie people of Canada, and especial -
Europe believe me and' won't believe
Mr. King. This is really a terrible ly the members of the last Parlia-
state of affairs. I didn't think there mofll read. wiit a smile the
eacorn-
was anyone living who could pay me plaint
such a compliment; but I would' be debates last session somofethemo long.
to1
o
happy if I were vain enough to c- longand I said so in the House, but
cept it. But the fact is, as every child le rules of the .House provide a
t
knows, fable
nonsense.
the whole thing is tate- means of shortening the debate at the
nonsense. I make, thissari state- will of the majority, .a means similar
merit in the hearing of thousands, and to that adopted in other parliaments
I ask each of you if it is not absolute
ly true; of the half million and more of the world, but the fact is Mr. King
people who have left this Dominion and his Government bad not the cour-
and gone South to slake a living dur-
ing the regime of Mr. King, there is
not one human being of the lot of
them who moved away from his home-
land because of any words of mine.
Those who have gone are the best of
our citizens, the finest of„ our work-
men, the flower of our homes. They
electors o think for themselves; they observe for
• grounds
• 1 declare in no uncertain terms thele ithemselves They love this country
was no movie
show to go to, and ci- ands o'f .people. The citizens o an-
garettes were unknown. Neither was aria are getting on, accordingrt os- 64ag iU in the
only United States he av
control as there is to -day, and if the
'Subscription rates -One year $2.00, Judge slid not go to movies and dan-
ces and smoke cigarettes, he did
disc months $x.po, in advance..
Advertising rates on application. things that in the .eyes' of his and oth-
Advertisements without specific di- er parents were just as bad. We
eections will be inserted until forbid really think there is altogether too
lend charged accordingly, much of wholesale condemning of the
youths of to -day and not enough of
Changes for contract advertisements guiding, and at least trying to under -
1e in the office by noon, Monday. istand the present age. It is a very
different•• world today
to what itowass
thirty and forty y
whole, we think, a much better world,
bad and all as some people think it is.
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IMr. IVPeighen Defines Policies
Of . The ,Conservative Party
(Continued from page x)
"It matters not where one goes,"
he declared, " you will hear the story
df dissatisfaction and depression, of
high taxation and of closed factories,
:you will hear the story of men and
from
'women who have been driven
tithe country, and• you will hear a cry
from
;against the importation of goods
I THE C. N. E. AT TORONTO 'other countries, to the disadvantage
'> All Canada and particularly Ontario, of the factories and tat workers of
should be proud of the Canadian Na_Canada. You will hear a cry against
'tional Exhibition. It is in a class by
itself and is truly the "show window";the export of our raw products, but
-of Canada. For some years the at -
,our
perhaps greatest of all is the cry from
aur homes.
tendance has been steadily growing It was the homes, he added, which
and next year should see an even great 1 had suffered through the loss of their
er .advancement. The Ferguson Gov -'had d stiff ed the appealhtwas that the
ernment is preparing for the erection f Western Ontario should
sofa great building on the
and we trust that other provincia
governments will follow suit. Tri s confidence in Mr. Meighen by voting
' smallest storekeeper displays for Mr. George Spotton, the eaadi-
goods in his window as artistically as date in North Huron.
he can so that possible customers Mr. Spotton declared that, so far
may be induced to visit his store. It as North Huron is concerned, there
should therefore b good business for were evidences of the Liberal -Pro -
the provinces of Canada to isp
their wares so that the million or that word had conte from Ottawa to speeches the Unit -
more people from all parts of the the local Liberals to "keep hLibeeiral with because Government sp of Canada, an
world who attend the Canada Nation- out of the I
e
d' lay gressive union, for he was' certain
just as much as even the li'rime Mini-
Tburaday, 'Septemb
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915
5.
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age either to repeal the rule or to ap-
ply. it. They just sat by and looked it.
impotently on. But the' amusing part 1131
is that- in every one of these debates1/3.
the Government and its following 1 57;
took up more time than any others..120
The Government were the chief offen-;21.
ders and of all the members of the 2z
Government or members of the House 1�3.
the longest speeches were made by 24.
the Prime Minister himself.
For many years I have sought earn-
estly to impress upon the people of
Canada that the great subject of pol-
icy in this Dominion was tariff policy,
In 1925 I took my stiand definitely
ster himself. They went,' practically
everyone of them, because they could
not stay. They had to live and they
went where work was to be found.
We are asked by Mr. King to .believe
that the United States Government
is seeking immigrants in competition
al Exhibition may see. We believe meg... that the C. N. E. is at the beginning of J. W. King, the sitting Progress -
of an era of broader expansion. dive member. But the good Liberals,
the declared, would not tolerate such
YOUTH -PAST AND PRESENT dictation from Mr, King, for hundreds
,(Winchester Press) had already told him they would sup -
Judge Scott of Perth has been de- port his candidature rather than be
livering himself on the question of driven in such a manner.
lack of parental control and home In the course of Mr. Meighen's ad -
training. In age there is wisdom, but dress he said: •
with many there is a lack of under- May I take a moment of time to re -
standing. Back in the days of King fer to that portion of the Premiers's
Solomon the home training question speech whicd found fault with myself?
received . attention, for wisest of all He told the people of North York that
wise men said "Train up a child in your humble servant who addresses
the way he should go, and when he you now is the principle cause of the
is old he will not depart from it." country's calamities, a man of tremendous
ie field" in order that they
t interfere with he campaign ed States Government is succeeding
and the Canadian Government is al
ing. It almost passed belief that the
Prime Minister of Canada actually
dees not know that the United States
Government is not seeking immi-
grants at all. It has not sought im-
Migrants for years, Instead of
'spending millions upon millions to
coax more people into their country
as we are doing in Canada, they are
actually spending millions upon mil-
lions to keep people out. The only
immigration policy of the United Sta-
tes is "the protective policy of their
counry" and the economical habits of
their Government.
When Mr. Mackenzie King can
Strain
Censured
Affirmative
A single unit
Indefinite article
A body of water
A land measure
Peculiarly
Exist
A pole 1
. A long scarf.of fur•
As
Nourished
25. , Quick
27.' Upon
28. Knot; fasten
29. Ancient Italian goddess of the
harvests
3o. Himself
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or feathers
50. Within
52, Maritime
53• Fright; fear
and firmly on this issue and challeng-131• Negative
ed the official program of both the Li- (33• From (poetic)
beret party and the new Progressive 35. Toward
party. Mr. King flinched this issue. �37. Go astray
He flinched it in the Maritime Prov- .40. Like
inces under one protext and in Que-39 A vegetable
bec under another. In fact in Que-'41 State of being away
bee there was only one Liberal sands- I44. Right (abbreviation)
date who stood four-square to the 46. Form of "to be"
tariff pledges of the party. They flus -'48 Myself
ched it in industrial Ontario and they ; 49. An extinct bird of New Zealand 55. Negative
section of Can
This however does not mean there Mr. King, ant bring Parliament before any
was, or is, a lack of parental control. influence. The speeches I make af- bring beforece n Canada factsenor show that
When Judge Scott was a boy there feet the destiny of hundreds of thous- audieany statements of mine as to immigra-
tion and the disastrous effects of his
own 'drift and inefficiency are any-
thing else but true, then he will have
cause for complaint, but until he does
'that he has no cause of complaint ex-
cept against himself. There never
was a political leader who was so ut-
terly oblivious to hard, practical im-
mutable facts and .. so enamored of
time worn truisms dusty platitudes
Vertical
2.. Parent
3. A grain
4. The organ of smell
5. A furry wild animal
6. Insane
7: Half an ern
so. •Want
a2,. God a£ war (Roman)
54. 'Thine neeager
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ice Lick up with the tongue
20. One who, assists or advances
24. Bog or marsh
26, Also
3o: Warmth
132. Eye
34• A gigantic bird of fable
36. A cereal (plural)
38. A Roman emperor who fiddled.
while Rome burned
4z Identical
1 4,3. , Tidy
145• Through; by means of
47. A pine tree
48. A parent
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For the Fall season we will reduce the price of each roll of
sidewall paper by one third. You will be in the home more during
the cold weather so here is an opportunity to beautify it with high
quality paper at very low prices. Old prices are marked in plain
figures.
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were true to it in one
ade and one only, and that the Wes -1
tern plains. For the four years since
that contest they have feebly fumbled
and floundered; they have stepped
this way and they stepped that way,
and they have always threatened that
with each succeeding year they would
reduce protection and still more re-
duce it until in the words of one of
their members the "death -knell of
protection" would be Tung. Through-
out these fqur years of Mr. Kings
Government I have continued to the
utmost of ,my energy in every part of
Canada to drive home the biggest fact
in the whole political being of our
country, that a sound and strong and
definite protective policy is the only,
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and meaningless though prolific phia^ ed in 1921. He and his party finis e ru .
neology as the leader of the present ^
Government. In the whole course of the issue and confused the electors of ched it then and this time the people give their verdict on t is racer .
his speech the only assertion of mine
whose truth he challenges is one I
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made at Stratford in August, 1924,
My statement was that since he ad -
f this Government more than
means by which we can live and pros -4.
of complaint, that I have the salve Canada under a tornado of misrepre-
program to -day which was defeated in. sentation. But whether it was defeat -
1921. There are many who doubt ed in 1925 or not the principle I prea-
whetl.Ser this policy really was defeat- ched then is a . sound pr t as iplI prea-
e an
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per. Mr. King now says, as if f by way
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of Canada are not going to be befudd-
led by the twisting and shifting prac-
tices of Mr. King. This time the peo-
ple of Canada 'know his record and on
the 29th of October they are going to
vent o
2,000 factories had closed their doors.
I took the pains at the time to add
that this unfortunate result could not,
'of course, be wholly attributed to any
action of the :Government, but that in
the main it was due to the folly of
their tariff course and the still worse
folly of their tariff threats. Mr. King
says I failed- to support this state-
ment. The truth is that I gave last
session the actual facts to Parliament,
These facts he did not dare contradict
and he dare not contradict thein to-
day, I adduced them from the high
est authority known in our country
and accepted not only in Canada but
throughout the United States, and I
showed that my figures were net on-
ly true but were very far within the
mark. R, G. Dunn & Co., in their of-
ficial publications state, and these
publications I can send to any one In
9!1 this audience, that during 1922 the fai•
id lures. of manufacturing firths were 792
that in 5923 the number of failures
IFl was 857; that in 5924 the ntttnber was
• 6a5; taking the proportion of 1924 up
Ito the 20th of August when I spoke
the for that year would be
11389. These aggregate a total of 2038.
include These
• l tiu
de only .manufacturing
firms which failed and it must be re-
membered that scores and probably
hundreds more closed their doors
without actually going into bankrupt -
"' I cy at all. One of the largest concerns
w ; for example, in the city of Hamilton
• and as well one of the largest in Tor-
~ onto, closed their doors without any.
bankruptcy proceedings. R. G. Dunn
years ,Ialso
have state
namedthat
then average fail
e three
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