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To the Electors of South Huron :
SEAPORT/3IDAle;NOVEMBER 25, 1921.
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not need to go hack further than the inception of the 1-nuriall4chethiltee-
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tion to prove the falsity of such in accusation. .;
What was thecondition of .Cada At that time?
History records the striking fact, that when in 1896 the till'erlei•Oir-
ernment assumed the reigns of power, it found busineas dentoralires4t1he
country almost in a condition of depopulation. Our own people had ' been
flowing sway front us in•thousands. Even,one million native born Canadians
were to be found across the linea. The confidence of banning then had been
greatly shaken by the action and inaction of the previous Goverrrment.
There was no progress or development then being made. Trade was at a
standstill. Our revenues were stationary; yet, under tawsweeditions, the
previous Government had largely increased our public expenditures and
rolled up an additional 6118,000‘000.00 of debt; and what was worse --
infinitely worse—the domestic peace of the country had been seriously
threatened by an ill-advised measure of coercion, in rallied to one of our
• eider Provinces; and on top of all this it wag found that treachery and
anonymous letter writing had become the employment of the ministers of
the Crown.
Verily, these were dark days for Canada. To such a degree was this the
case, that you could scarcely pick up a public journal - without reading
something which,should Wring the blush of shame to the face a every true
Canadian. Not only was this, our condition at home, but we found Canada
dishonored and degraded abroad.
If you picked up some of the leading Conservative Journals of ngland,
we might read that in Canada "Rascals out of office defraud the public in
order to keep on good terms with the rascals in office; and Reale in office
psostitute themselves, sacrifice their honor and forsake their trust in order
to keep on good terms with the Rascals out of office."
. Under sueh conditions and at the instance and demand of an honest
Canadian Electorate, regardless of past political leaning the ilaurier Liberal
Government assumed the reins of power. Domestic quarrels ware at once
allayed, and an honorable settlement of internal difference MISS effected;
The Customs Tariff was revised, and the duties on clothing, househoild
• goods and other necessary articles so reduced that it can be show; re-
sulted, during .the Laurier regime, in a direct reduction to the Canadian
people of 86,000,600 to 100,000,000 of dollars. It is a well known fact that
for every dollar in customs dutys which goes into the public treasury, three
or fonr dollars goes into the manufacturers pockets, so that the saving in
this way over the standard of duties previously existing would reach up-
wards of a saving to the people of $300,000,000 during the Liberal term.
In matters of general administration, it is most gratifying to look back
and note the development which was everywhere apparent; the constant
inrush of a desirable class of immigration, the millions of wealth they
brought with them; the settling of our agricultural lands; the further de-
velopment of our agricultural and mineral resources; the furtbor develop-
ment of industry; the increased earnings of our railways; the increased
volume in the business of our banking institutions, the great additional
savings of our people, and the rapidly expanding trade of the reentry,
These are all features in that Liberal record which should strongly
appeal to the sense and pride of every true Canadian citizen.
And in fact, the brightest page in the whole fifteen years' Liberal
record is the vsage which records the fact that, that administration was ask-
ed by the Canadian people to step down and out because our great Leader
staked its life upon a question of high principle (the effecting of a favorable
trade agreement with the United State) and without evea the
breath Of scandal having been attached to its name. —: -
I ask you as an intelligent electorate, is not this a noble record upon
which to stand? .
With a national debt of $2,311,000,000.00 hanging over Canada, with
such adminietration of the national finances as produced a defisit of over
$100,000,000.00 during the past year, with every indication that there will
be even a greater deficit during this present year, with an annual interest
chatged upon the national debt of $140,000,000.00.
Pensions to soldiers
Soldiers land settlement
Soldiers civil re-establishment
Demohilation
A capital expenditure of
And this yearn controllable expenses
$31,817,824.84
935,07,000.00
23,728,983.64
8,023,280.00
27,459,127.00
340,346,124.46
Total estimated expenditure for 1921-22 $606,392,689.94
And with a Government in power, tied hand and foot to the big interests,
aa witnese, bhe serious charges of Mr. James Murdock against members of
the Cabinet, which have demanded investigation for a twelve month, and
still ignored.
What is the first duty of the Electorate? Is it not to hurl from power
the present Government, which has so abused the trust which was placed
in its hands?
If, as I believe, this is the first duty, then what party should be called
upon to take its place?
- There are in the political rfield in this Riding of South Huron, Mr. Black
representing the Farmers' Party, under the leadership of 'Mr. T. A. Crerar,
and the representative of the Liberal Party under Mr. Mackenzie King.
Many members of the ,Eleetorate have had the privilege of hearing Mr.
Orenar, and all have the opportunity of reading and studying his addresses
delivered throughout the country.
Have yon heard one word from his lips which would lead you to believe
that he is presenting anything but Liberal doctrine? Not one word.
Has he offered the slightest criticiam of Liberal record or Liberal policy?
Not one word. •
Then, if, as I have said, the first duty of the Electorate is to defeat the
Meighen Administration in order that the .Government of Canada be free
from the shackles of "Rig Interests." Why this division between the
Parmers' Party and, the Liberal Party?
Standing, as they do, upon practically eimilar economic platforms, why
should the faill'IOSS' political -party thus seek to so divide the forces.of
Liberalism, as 40 seriously endanger the object they both have in view?
Two main .reasons are advanced:
I. --That while former Conservative farmers will vete to endorse and ad-
' vance Liberal principles under another name than that of .Liberalism, yet,
they will not support Liberal prinelples if advocated under the Banner -of
, Liberalism. As intelligent citizene, I ask you to seriously consider what is
implied in such an argument?
Does it not mean, simply, that a body of honest citizens are accused of
being twilling to mark their ballots only under a invent
Away With euck ca,moufiagel I do not believe this, and on behalf of the
honest minded men and women I resent any such insinuation. 1 believe
the fanners of Canada and the 'farmers and citizens of this Province
genendly have had sufficient exmience of duplicity in Peltier), end they
have ao often bean botsderinkedled rugray by the paintes.that be, that
they are -sow .ready, if they can see the staniett way, to go the straight
way, and vote the straight way, regardless of past political lomat.
IL -arks second reason, that, preetening upon the Penfildfitine 01WI
illinforined electorate, we are told titers is little diffeannee between the
recce& of en two oat posttest pioss. Isla tits* Obi Mot, Jl_reirtY kia
'semi don* tbs duty by the Osisidials gssfim.11110,100s Altia
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$2.00 di Year in Ades*,
*Ufa Wes, Pubibtiere
ONE MONTH
THEN CHRISTMAS
We would impress the fact
that there is only one month
left in which to prepare for
and make Christmas the
happy occasion it ought to
be. If -you would like to
make it along -to -be remem-
bered occasion make your
gift a -
"GIFT THAT LASTS"
rom the store of
FRED S. SAVAUGE
SEAFORTE
Jeweler & Optician.
Phone 194. Residence 10.
Use your reason and contrast it with the record of the present Government,
for which the Liberal Party is in no wise responsible and culminating in the
definite changes openly made—that Ministers of the Crown, members of the
Cabinet, the sworn servant of the people—had tried to and did destroy the
working of its own Board of Commerce, in order to enable some of its
own friends, "the Big Interests," to continue to prey upon the vast body
of aur people.
Tkese charges have been openly made and investigation demanded for
over a twelvemonth.
Investigation thus far has been refused,the only reply of the Govern -meta
being to increase the sessional indemnity of members from $2500 to ;4000
Per session, and in order to fortify itself against the growing disfavor of
its or followers on the floor .of Parliament.
Electors of South Huron: Standing as I do upon the clean and noble
Liberal record of the past and claiming the freedom and the right, if elected,
to exercise my opinion with the advice of my constituents upon all matters
coming before the Parliament of Canada, I respectfully solicit your suffrage
and support.
If you see fit to honor me with your confidence in the election, it will
be my earnest endeavor, under the able leadership of Mr. Mackenzie King:
1.—To strive to re-establish the confidence of the people in the Govern-
ment of the country.
2.s -Do full justice to our returned, and more particularly our maimed
soldier boys.
' 3.—Make every honorable effort to obtain for the Canadian people the
benefits of the favorable trade agreement, still upon the American Statute
Books.
4.—Place the Government Railways under the guidance of & body of
able men who will ensure such management, that there will be no such inter-
locking of directorates as will allow its members to give large contracts to
companies in which they have any connection.
5.—Carry into effect a policy of Legislation and administration in the
public interest, and not in the interest of the special few. A policy of wise
retrenchment and economy in finance with efficiency in the public service;
a policy which will cause men to rely upon themselves and upon the in-
genuity of their own resource, rather than on Goverment favors for success;
a policy of Tariff adjustment which, while doing no injustice to any con-
genial line of industrial effort, will tend to break down monopoly and
banish from the corridors of Parliament that diabolical system of Lobbying
now so extensively carried on, greatly reduce the high cost of living, and
place the burden of taxation on the shoulders of those best able to bear it.
A policy which will make for reducing the cost of the implements of pro-
duction to all who are engaged in the development of our in:aural .NififOlLIVOS;
and a policy which will cultivate a spirit of unity and harmony arel com-
munity of interest between all classes, and thus blend together all diverse
elements in the uptruilding of this country.
Yours truly,
THOMAS McMILLAN.
the people are opposed to the Gov-
ernment, which has liung on to power
for the past eighteen months.
Just how many seats this swing
will bring into the Liberal fold it is
hard to estimate, but there is every
reason to believe that the voting on
December 6th will return a greater
number of Liberals from that Pro-
vince than had been anticipated np
to the time the Liberal Leader left
Ottawa.
rr.ent, then' they thould leek that prevented from holding dike until
unity before and not after tint eta- the next genesial election by the re-
lions. The country was sick of wails volt of invert eembers of ids cabinet,
tion, the Liberal Chief nuserted, sad forcing,his resignetion.
it was useless to talk of Libelee and Sir John Macdonald had the honor
Farmers coalescing after the election of occupying the premiership for the .' •
greatest number of years, having a
total of nineteen to his credit.
in order comes Sir Wilfrid Lau ,.
With fifteen years. In one respect,
boivever, the latter surpassed his 90-
11tic.al opponent: He bad fifteen years
of continuous premiership, while Sir
John's longest unbroken terra was it- •
bout thirteen years. Sir Robert Bev- •
den came third with a term of inns
if in the meantime the Fanners were
going to do their best to elect Con-
servative members by splitting the
true Progressive vote.
The Progressives had gone into this
fight on the basis of a_class group.
They were determined that their party
was to 'have "no truck nor trade"
with either of the old parties. If that
was the attitude which the Fanners
were to adopt toward the Liberal
Party, they could hardly expect the
Liberal Party, after it was returned
to power to rush out seeking to em-
brace the Farmers. Mr. Kings's
speech had a telling 'effect on his
audience and set the intelligent farm-
ers thihking. Many of them after-
wards expressed the thought that In
the back of their minds there had
been something of the same nature
waiting for a means of expression_
• • •
The Liberal Leader read a lesson to
the Progressives when he addressed
the first of his series of Prairie meet-
ings at Melville, Saskatchewan. last
Saturday night. Mr. King told his
audience that their present course
meant dashing their party on the
rocks of dissention. If the Progres-
sives desired to be truly progressive,
then their place was in the ranks of
the Liberal party which had fought
their battles in the past and had gone
down to defeat in the effort to pass
reciprocity for the farmers in 1911.
The Progressive Movement was like-
ly to be responsible, Mr. Ring stated,
for the return of a remnant of Tory-
ism to the Haase, for the Progres-
sives, by placing their candidates in
the field to split the vote in constitu-
encies where Die Liberal was sure of
victory in a straight two -candidate
fight, would let many Tories slip back
into the House.
There was talk of coalition after the
elections, said Mr. King, but -he warn-
ed the Progressives that if they want-
ed to seek unity with the Liberal
Party, which undoubtedly would be
the party in the next House with a
majority sufficient to form a govern -
PARLIAMENTARY LETTellt
The Liberal Leader, Hon. W. L.
Mackenzie Ring, according to report;
Which have reached Ottawa, is now
completing a most successful tour of
the Western Provinces. At the head
of the Lakes as well as in the Prairie
Provinces themselves the Liberal
Chief has been given a splendid re-
ception and as a result of his frank
exposition of the Liberal policies and
principles there ka been a decided
awing toward the Liberal candidates.
The pm le lures found oat tor Vara-
Wye*,that tie iftentrareen
different tariff *ler Wel Iffewileed
Anniversary
Occasion
• . •
Dr. Michael Clark, formerly of the
Progressives and representative of
Red Deer for the past eleven years,
was also a speaker at the Melville
nteeting. Dr. Clark gave his audience
a further explanation of his reasons
for turning away from the Progres-
sive movement when be found that
instead of being Progressive, as he
had thought and hoped it would prove
to be, it was really a reactionary class
group seeking to attain power for its
own ends rather than for the benefit
of the country at large. The coun-
try was saddled with immense debts
and national burdens, Dr. Clark said,
and the only hope of solution would
lie in the election to power of the
Liberal. party, which was the peo-
ple's party standing for the rights of
both consumers and producers and
which, if returned, would give Can-
ada an era of honest and straight-
forward government and whose record
and personnel was the only one to be
trusted with government at this crit-
ical time.
The Liberal Leader and Dr. Clark
were both warmly received and were
cheered as they finished their speech-
es. Another speaker on the western
tour is Col. Andrew Thompson, of
Ottawa, who, speaking as a returned
soldier, is able to give the returned
man's viewpoint and who freely gives
his reasons for getting behind the
Liberal movement for the betterment
of Canada as a whole.
Keep on remembering the Anni-
versary Services to be held in the
Seaforth Presbyterian Church, on
SUNDAY, DECEMBER llth
Rev. D. Banks Nelson, D.D., 01
Hamilton, is to be the preacher at
11 a.m. and 7 pm
"A man in his own class."
"A very gifted man."
"A wonderful man."
"A great preacher."
"A live wire."
"One of the Most
speakers in Canada."
These are quotations about Dr.
Nelson from men who know him well.
Special music by the choir.
Special collections.
Jessie Alexander, Canada's premiere
elocistionist, assisted by the choir, will
furnish an entertainment on Monday
evening, December 12th, that will be
in the hundred per cent. class.
Admission:
35c and 25c for Adults & Children
Be there on Sunclay.
Be there On Monday.
interesting
years, while for the fourth we
to go back to Bon. Alex. lifackinale,
whose term of office covered live
years.
The premier whose term ,was the.
shortest was Sir 'Charles Tupper, he, •
being aupplanted by Sir Wilfrid
Laurier three months after be had
been calle& to lead the goventment,
Hon. Arthur Meighen has now sesta-
pied the premiership for about fifteen .
months. Only one former Dominion- •
premier is now living—Sir Robert.
Borden.
Out of the nine men who have poen-
pied the premiership since Confedern-
tion six were Canadian born They
were, in the order of their occirpancy, '
Abbott, Thompson, Tupper, Laurier,.
Borden, and Meighen. Three of these
Av.eire born in Nova Scotia, two in
Quebec and only one—Premier Meig-
ben—in Ontario. And he represents
a Manitoba constitueney. But .which-
ever of the three parties is the choice
of the electorate the premiership will
fall to the lot of an Ontario -born
man. Of men of Scottish birth Can-
ada has haif two since Confederation.
They were Macdonald and Macken-
zie. Of England's native-born sons
only one has attained the high ofilice.
That was Sir Mackenzie Bowell,
wIso-
haa also been the only Englishman to.
lead either of the two old political
parties in federal affairs. Six of the. •
premiers were lawyers, while the
medical, journalistic and contracting
vocations furnished one each.
Macdonald and Laurier, Canada's
two most outstanding political lead-
ers, each led their respective parties
in seven general elections, the form-
er being victorious on six occasions
and the latter on four. Borden rank-
ed next with two victories and, two
defeats. Mackenzie was the leader in
three contests, two of which he lost.
Both Blake and Tupper led their re-
spective forces twice and each re-
tired without a victory to their Cred-
it. Brown made one attempt to carry
his party to power and failed. Ab -
hitt, Thompson and Sowell, who be-,
tween the death of Sir John Mac-
donald and the advent of Sir Wilfrid
Laurier to power occupied the prem-
iership, never had the opportunity of
leading their forces in a general elec-
tion, while of all the thirteen politi-
cal leaders Brown and Blake were
he only ones who retired without
carrying their party into office. A
'unique feature in connection with the
general eh -(tion now vending is that
each of the three leaders is making
his first venture as political general-
issimo.
• • •
The Government appears to have
driven the final nail .in its coffin, if
there was room for another one, by
its actin in the case of the Riordan
taxes. This corporation, while wealthy
and declaring a ten per cent, cash
dividend in 1916. 1917 and 1918, was
nevertheless allowed by the govern-
ment to give promissory notes for its
husiness profits and other taxation
and nnw that it has reached a stage
of virtual bankruptcy, the govern-
ment is in the position of having
promissory notes and no likelihood of
being able to collect them. And from
the information which bas already
been gathered, the Riordan Company
is only one of several wealth corpora-
tions which has been allowed to es-
cape taxation, while the less influen-
tial business man has been threaten-
ed with dire punishment, and also
with heavy tines if he dared to make
an error in the computation of his
tax. Hill. Mr. King hit the nail on
the head in reference to this matter
when he neotested against the prac•
tice of the company. There was
nothing in the law, said Mr. King,
which gave to the Minister of Finance
or anyone else discretionary powers
with regard to the acceptance of notes
for taxation. And if the Government
was going to do this for the big in-
dustrial corporations there was no
reason why the poor man, linable to
pay his income or other taxes, should
not h .,;,cal to give the govern-
ment a promissory note for them.
by the Liberal Leader according to
the location of his speeches, is all
poppycock, and they are preparing to
take revenge of the Government
which has been so industrious in try-
ing to mislead the country in this
and a score of other ways.
In Saskatchewan there is a decided
awing Cream! Liberalism. Many
purely rural scats promise to elect
Liberal candidates as tire farmers
themselves find that they will lose
rather titan gate by splittleg the op-
position against the present Tory Gov-
ern and thus in many cases,
letting aTory gain di seat in a eon -
Manny
where the vast majority at
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We are pleased to announce that
MR, F. A GRAHAM,
the well known Eye Sight Special-
ist, will be at our store from
DECEMBER let to DECEMBER 6th
inclusive.
We would urge all who have any
defect in eyesight to oonsult Mr.
Graham while he is here.
FRED S. SAVAUGE
SEAFORTH
Je*eer end Optlehm.
Phone 194. Rankin* 10.
• • •
The Liberal Leader starts this next
week on his final tour of Ontario and
will finish the campaign with a two
weeks' tour of cities which he has
thus far been unable to visit.
EXETER
Death of Wesley Snell.—The many
frini-.d, of tr^ late Wesley Snell, cattle
dealer. Ey••ter, overs socked to learn -
of his sudden and untimely death,
Which took ;lace at the Montreal
General Hosaital on Friday morning.
Mr. Snell. wan was on a Inisiness trip
to '0 lied for home on ,the
S. S. Carly:1,, which arrived at Mon-
treal on Monday night, and being ser-
iously ill he vans rushed to the 'hos-
pital, where everything possible was
done for him, but without avail. The
immediate case or his death was due
to a simple accident when cutting an
ingrowing toa• nail. Blood poisoning
set in and aubsravently developed in-
to pneumonia, with fatal result. His
r'-ife and le other were wired for and
arrived here on Wednesday morning.
They were with him until the end. His
remains were sent home to Exeter,
where the funeral sill take place. The
late Mr. S. -,e1.1 was one of the best
known and energetic eattlenien in
Wc,tern Ontario and. although it may
not be gene -ally itnown, he was the •
pioneer of the co-orrerative movement
in that sretion of Ontario in shipping
-
their cattle dheect to the British mark-
ets. In the early part of July, when
farmers and stockmen were at wits
end as to hrw to get rid of their cat-
tle, Mr. Snell, having correctly sized
o the si tustion confronting them,
tank a bold step and hookeil• a large
line of sprier, which he sublet to the,
farmers who weae Om, able to ship
their cattle direct to Liverpool and
Glasgow markets Many of them
went acroas ••-ith their stock and thus
gained 6,st-hand knevrledge of the
conditions and mothad of cnnducting
ihe business overaeas. That the move-
ment was siricces can be testified
to by all those who furnished the
cattle for the shipment direct of so
man" of the best cattle had an im-
mediate effeet an the value of cattle
still in the hands of. the farmers, the
net result being that those who field
at _home at that time realized ptices
nearly as rood as did those Who ship-
ped overseas The co-operative move-
ment thee begun was closely watched
by others and, as the results were
entirely tratierfactery, bhe yolume of'
bueinew 80011 ISS1171144 very large pro-
portioes. ft was due to Mr. Snell's
enterprise that the co-operative ex-
port...tie of cattle to Creat Britain bad
its Inginningand the farmers Of On-
tario generally one.lis memory st debt-
of grattrode why they timing par
es maramst 416 Na wades sal strims..
Dem* matt the *bd. and vow by -AM&
ALL THREE LEADERS IN THE
PRESENT DOMINION ELECTION
ARE NATIVES OF THIS PROVINCE
Leadership in federal politics since
lhe consummation of Confederation
over half a century ago is markN1 by
many peculiar andinteresting facts
ar.d circumstances. • Including the
three that are leading their respec-
tive forces in the present campaign
there have been all told thirteen
party leaders. Of these seven led the
Conservative and five the Liberals.
The preaent, leader of the Progres-
sives makes the ,thirteenth. Nine of
the total were Canadians by birth,
three saw the light of day in Scot-
land, and the had his nativity in
England. Seven Conservatives kave
attained the premiership and only
two Liberals. But a peculiar thing
in respect to three of the occupants
of the premiership is that not one of
them led his party during a general
election. And, stranger still, each
followed the other in office. The one
was Sir John Abbott, who, thrmes
ill -health, retired after oceupyleg the
premiership a year and dire months.
The second tons Sir John Thompson,
whose term of office was broned to
a elasstt ids sadden death is Mad-
osae* 1.194 Sir
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