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The Huron Expositor, 1931-07-10, Page 3a.4 1.. ',THOMAS McMILL.AN, M.F. SPEAKS IN THE HOUSE CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE it should have turned upon it the clearest searchlight of pufblictity, that its past performances have little to commend it, and until it conforms to disinterested standards of public service, congress should refuse any further financial appropriation for its work. I object to this present measure; I believe the Prime ,Minister is steering absolutely in the wrong direction. He reminds Me of the negro {boatswain who was sailing on the southern Mis- sissippi. The captain called him to the wheel and said, "Now, Samba, I am going to have a sleep. You watch this wheel. There is no danger. Watch that north star; steer this boat straight for the 'north star." So the captain went and had his sleep, but in a short time he wakened up with an eerie feeling that something was wrong. He rushed outside, ran to the -wheel and said "Sambo, don't you see. that north stare?" To this Sambo re- plied, "Massa • captain, let Sambo speak; you forget you has just had a long sleep, we's away past that north star; it is away bank behind." That is the situation in which the Prime Minister finds himself; he is steering .in the wrong direction. What is the real situation? We all know of that great economist, Sir George Paish, who stated some three years ago the condition in which the world would find itself unless the govern- ments of the United States and other ,countries stopped telling their people they must trade ,here and must not trade there. He said the world was facing an economic cataclysm from which no country could escape. He was formerly editor of the London Statist; he is one of Great Britain's most distinguished economists, and'he has been in the United States holding conferences with leading statesmen, business men and bankers. In an in- terview in Barrons' Weekly he sets forth his views as to the causes for and the remedies to be applied in cur- ing the present depression now pre- vailing in this country and the world at large. He is genuinely alarmed over the outlook and states that the spirit of nationalism in the United States and Europe is responsible for the depression, and that it is forcing the world into .bankruptcy. In his in- terview he 'says: Without desiring to be severe, I am compelled by the facts of the situa- tion to state, and to state definitely, that the spirit of nationalism in the United States is in no small degree P responsible for world trade depres- sion, as well as for the depression in the United States, and that unless the spirit is changed, both in the United States and in other countries, from that of nationalism to what I may term universalism, that is, the spirit will remain in politics. This is not a which promotes a policy beneficial V all nations, any remedy of the pre.-- ent situation cannot 'be found. The distress in which all nations find themselves to -day must inevitably increase until there is a real danger of both a trade and a credit break- down. The policy that is being pur- sued, not only in America but also in Europe and in other countries, is forc- ing the world into bankruptcy, and with it into revolution. It is impos- sible to survey the political conditions now prevailing in the world without a feeling of great anxiety. Already, many revolutions have taken place in South America and a good many in Europe, and others will undoubtedly take place if this policy is persisted in. The remedy is not an effort to be more self-contained, not an effort by each nation to do without the rest of the world, but an increasing effort to- wards co-operation with other nations in the interests of the common well- being. Possibly in ancient times there was something to be said for the policy now being pursued when the racial spirit was so strong and nations were in process of formation, but in these days, when the world has become an economic unit, and each nation has for a 'very considerable period been bringing its contribution to the com- mon wellbeing, it is not only folly but also criminal for nations to seek to go back to the policy that was suitable to primitive conditions. If persisted in, it will bring us to a condition' of distress without parallel. The only possible policy that will carry the nations out of their trou- bles into a new and greater spirit of prosperity is a policy of collaboration and co-operation, which will make the whole world still more efficient as an economic unit, which will expand the productive power of all countries, iiv'hich will expand the trade of all countries, and which will {bring un- iversal prosperity. The effort to go back to the old con- 'ditions• has already brought great suf- fering, and the continuance of this ef- fort will intensify this suffering in a manner that no reasonable 'being de - Sires to contemplate. The immediate outlook is most dis- turbing, and it is evident that con- structive measures for the rehabilita- tion of the prosperity of all nations must be taken without delay if disas- ter is to be averted. And yet this government is pursu- tng the very course against which that great economist offered such strong advice. Because of the (Hawley -Smoot tariff, the trade, of the United States Jtias decreased by over $2,500,000,000 per annum; and I noticed the other ;day that Mr. Thomas W. Lamont of J. P. Morgan &, Company said: .If the foreign• trade of the United !States is to prosper, it mutt be made Jas easy as possible. It is not true that we can do all the selling and the lather fellow can do all the 'buying. Peter Fletcher, president of the Na- tional Council of American Importers, and Traders, accused ills own country Of bringing about a woridh'wide tariff lever. He said: The matter is urgent, the situation is dangerous and the future is omin- ous. '.lihe New York World -Telegram of June 22nd stated: The seven million unemployed are (discovering that the tariff which kill- ed foreign trade closed the factories In which they were making a living Iwo years ago. The merchants are discovering that tariff which helps cause unemploy- ref ment leaves .cgstoi i without money to buy the merchant' wares. The maziufacturera are di's'covering that a tariff which tomes, foreign re- taiiations closes the market abroad which took their surplus production and made their profit. The bankers are discovering that the tariff which prevents foreign na- tions from selling to us impoverishes those nations to the point where they may .be unable to pay their debts to us. All these discoveries were made a long time ago by economists and ex- perts in international trade. After a year of costly experience, business leaders and conservative pol- iticians are now joining in the de- mand for downward revision. And yet this government continues along the line which has -proven so de- structive to other countries of the world. What is our situation at the present time? During the last year there has 'been a national deficit a- mounting to $82,376,427. For the first two month's of the present year there has been a further reduction of $8,- 205,418, Eighty per cent, of the in- come tax is usually paid during the first two months of the year, and in that period there has been a reduction of 24 per cent., er $13,780,000, ae compared with the year before. This is a total reduction in two months of $21,985,418. Every reduction in the tariff made by the late government brought in a higher revenue. The present government is looking to all quarters for revenue to meet the ex- penses of the country during the pres- ent year, and yet it is following a fiscal policy which will lead it to de- struction as far as the obtaining of revenue is ccutcerned. For these reasons I oppose the tar- iff bill which has been placed before this House by the right hon. the Min- ister of Finance. I oppose it because I believe the disposition of the gov- ernment is such that it will not amend the bill in the manner in which we would have it amended. The other day I was rummaging through the public library to see what I could find in connection with tariff boards, and I came across the Recol- lections of Thomas R. Marshall. Mr. Marshall was vice-president of the United States for eight years, and dur- ing the time President Wilson was in power. I have given to the house the opinions of the protectionist members of the Amercian tariff board, but I will now give the opinion of a low tariff man who was intimately con- nected with the administration of President Wilson. He said: The attempt to take the tariff ques- tion out of politics is not nearly so successful as the taking of alcohol out of beer. As long as the congress of the United States levies the taxes and determines the sources from which the revenue shall be derived the tariff 0 discussion of the right or the, wrong of it. This is the frank expression of an opinion that a tariff commission is just about as valuable as a letter written by an inmate of an insane hospital. To pretend to organize a commission that will tell the differ- ence in the cost of production at tome and abroad, is no more possible than it is for a one -legged man to dance a hornpipe. You cannot even tell the comparative cost of production and the reason for it, in factories in our own land. our own state, our own community. It depends on the plant, the management, and a thousand other things. We shall never have any val- uable information from a tariff cam - mission until they find out how to make men and plants alike, and have them all moved by common impulse. T believe we can obtain valuable in- formation through the medium of a tariff board, yet I do not believe we can get information which will re- veal why industries on one side of a street are prosperous and similar in- dustries on the other side are not. Before we can do that, we must ap- point men who have that superhu- man 'vision that they can take cogniz- ance of the human equation which is involved in all such industries. Show me an individual who has been suc- cessful along any particular line for any' considerable length of time, and although I have never known him I can point to him as one who has car- ried into that particular line that care and attention to every detail of his business which', when properly direct- ed, is likely to produce success in any line. As an illustration of that, I believe we had in the person of the present hon. member for Ontario (Mr. Moore) a chairman of the tariff board who was as much an expert in that line as any individual it was possible to secure. Notwithstanding all that my hon. friends opposite have said about the record of the hon. member for Ontario in that respect, one thing we must all admit is that he command- ed the respect, good will and attention of every individual or company who appeared before his board. The part which I intend to emphas- ize in my closing remarks is this: I am sorry my good friend the Minister of Justice (Mr. Guthrie) is not in his place, because two or three years ago he read this very paragraph against the appointment of a tariff commis- sion, and I should have expected that when this tariff board bill was being prepared, he would have been stand- ing beside the Minister of Finance (Mr. Bennett) with a cudgel ready to knock him down if he added to it any- thing that would tend towards the creation of a tariff board which did not meet with his wishes. Where is he now? Is he like the great major- ity of bon. members across the Moor who seem to go nto a condition of hibernation during the winter time end tol all intents and purposes have become comatose in the summer time? A Doll's Cradle. Cut a section about four and' a quarter inchessquare from the side if a sifto salt box or cereal box which still has the ends on. 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Formerly $1.00 NEW PRICE 69c SATIN -STRIPE BLOOMERS Extra fine quality for better wear. Guaranteed ladder -proof bloomer or pantie style. Nile, Honey Dew, White, Orchid and Pink. Formerly $1.50 NEW PRICE $1,00 COTTON BROADCLOTH Fine quality mercerized Wabasso cotton broadcloth, 36 inches wide. Big assortment of colors. Service- able for many uses. Formerly 25c NEW PRICE 19c HEMMED PILLOW SLIPS Made of real good quality fine Wabas- so pillow cotton. Closely woven; 42 inch width. Formerly 85c pair NEW PRICE 59c PAIR HEMSTITCHED PILLOW SLIPS Of very/exceptional quality; 42 inches wide. Perfectly hemstitched. Will give entire satisfaction. Formerly $1.25 pair NEW PRICE S5c PAIR EXTRA QUALITY PURE LINEN TOWELLING 17 inches wide, heavy close weave, colored borders ; blue, green and gold. Formerly 29c NEW LOW PRICE, 19c YARD COTTON SHEETS Neatly trimmed, pure cotton, white as snow. Size 70 x 87. Formerly $1.75 NEW LOW PRICE, $1,19 EACH WABASSO PRINTS Positively color fast; different pat- terns; finest finish and new colorings. All yard wide. Formerly 35c NEW LOW PRICE, 25c YD. NON -RUN BLOOMERS AND PANTIES Ladies' sizes, in all the desired shades, snake and finish. VERY SPECIAL 89c } l 4 � F i i1' 1 I t a V di it it 1)4 Jig;Whr� y4P: '5i }