monday

RALPH SMITH AND DUNCA

When a
banded
asked

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alswered
asked
are tu

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the }

of

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je

| thought we had settled

4
* polity

shamed |

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le

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November 18, 1912.

hy peeches mae
pl Smith
, crowded
opera House
al

ist week

he benefit ¢

nable

f Vancouve
wg address 0

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Ladies
my

and

is you know
| n the

Mr. ¢

one
ontley ane
wel

ng

An
not

“ hman
| was
thing to spli
unless
represented
me I the

Prine:

have
: of
ind ‘ vlies, I

emen
an
num

ge

al

] iis and Conserva
| delighted to see

M William Man
family

of
put

fe and

years pel

xiety to
long
the

and

these
thinks if

along

ft
ittel

me
discus
if the day I
hard Mr
hoped that
feet
when
to

juris

elligent
ind with
AAS
his
but
thing
the
influence

to direct
i y path,
ip

utside

needed
his wicked course I
hope and

en think

to make

prospect
tonight
him a
whted however
Manson present, and
lieht holds out

miay re

iber of ar
iudience li
he word, I a

that it, I

gehts for me

As a
I damenta ea
ort of the
principally
the
rights

is

matter !

and anti

ep! ved today

in the loeal

xht in a bill to en-

idies to give them
heard a good rea-
should have a
the men, except-
little

not
T
given just a
certain
where they
the county
should
es The ladies or-
impaign, had their
had their platform,
their ballot boxes,
pment and machin-
test this
distribut-
e in the entrance
in walked in and she
a pamphiet, He
this for?’ She
And he said:
All right, I will
she and

i man
hing

im a
and
ontest

they give

to

rpose

\ lady was

hat is
i oat

said,
it and deseribed
e out to
| don't

for
Why
reply
rant

ead
get votes
believe
women,’

in
he
she
‘They

not?
was:

vote.’
ving no flattery when
the experiment of en-
in Australia
lerable number of the
\inerica

has resulted
ality of the country be-
ined that
‘nd tioral aspects are

and raised;

Oo raised as a conse-
a vole

power,

Women having
er | get the
Legislature especial

‘) depend upon me for
of this

get the

he demoeraecy

the ping to

that I
| was on a depu

Was ih

 diteutties, and I

i
olf

bers

Cote

and the meas
that
all

ind

we mani-
the way t
brought

gO

to the
Now

back
. the

am foy

Pories
the second time
hot & member
an

Kupert,
er iinent

bul

house

to be

preceded

Ralph Smith
and
trip

side

con.

we

ce composed as} fore, not to abuse my

him
ick. Lam delighted

am
/ think that after those

with

Deral delegation that
nued

ox.
years of toil and| face of the proposition, iniqul-|

without
defeated

sacrilice
| find
“idate

ire avail and
myself as a
the tion

is evidently not ve

eandi
in last elec
you, it ry
of a virtue in ft
hither
subterfuge
of the

I will

pubite
that of ome principle

has taken pos

 

public mind
be
fore Lam through
sidious
{1} that
|i that

able to demonstrate be

tonight the

niluen

dangerous
the

in) ny

and
the
against

worked upon
decided,
the best
to
tj authority.
I make
to
instrument

opini«
interests
the

Canada change

no contribution in op

position
‘l the

my opponent
of

never

reason
be

your ¢

argument I

ieved

livou eould

help
might, there

oppe

abuse lam here t
the
instruct
best I ¢

I may

Ibut to
ily

very
the

best of

I
; public | aty.0%
the

be permitted to u

as an delusion and

se strong
that

the pub

er words, the political dece

has been exercised I

mind of this country and has de

termined its present Domini
complexion,

Now the Liberals

Columbia are non-existent

may be a matter t smile
but afte
think it a catastrophe
When I w
for

live years this vou wi

as ’ ine I
fighting representative ge

ernment England, and

very young |

 

very prominent

eonnection with democratic re

them
the
absolute

form movements and one of
the nent of

in and the

was enfranchise
England

f

then

necessity intelligent

 

representatior sh Colum

|
|bia has disposed of constitutional

men of

and one opinion and

vernn and has sent
me mind

‘ ‘ I with one .

|
line pebaah
|

authority to do
he ke with
rovinee
howeve the
British (x
condifot toda

lieht people of
umbia nfay regard
the

intention

with very

i ' f

the

nn who reg

Dest concep
t the

al

jand honest
ulate
British Columbia

redit, «

and age the affairs of
whom l
the
hands of
Jone mah is not good for the
the

trust

Rive
with best

jevery ¢ ven

intentions, power U
man
and is dangerous lo public
ab-

ol
an

interests I would nol

authority in the hands
il
thre

upon

solute

one man even he were
greatest
McBride
responsi-
authority
be-
to

province

and | say re-
not
The

the

angel
| flection ol
Bowser.

ful

being

is
greatest
bility political

so dangerous

today,
unanimity, is due
of this

is

| cause of its
the
| there
representative governuient in this
| province today. Lf my opponents
{will forgive me, I will say what l
the time of
Phere
ot

ontended

electorate

say absolutely no

said in Vancouver al

the last provincial election
the necessity an
We

authority

I argued for
opposition

J for the
hevel believed it
bul

never ¢
ot

was

did

we
to
that

power,

pe
hwlieve

mssible

wet it, we
there sufficient appreciation
of the of nde-
pendency that would influence the
country

half a

was

necessits political

electorate of this to see
to it that
men stood
thal
|} doing
; wrong.
body

dozen
that
be

doing

al
in opposition in
They

mies

may
be
knows and
For there
machine ‘

Legislature
right, thes
Nobody

seems to ce

hno-
is

ire

no possible existine
that
of

members ol

the possibilities
the
will

can disclose
fol
the
if I
every

wrong, my friends,
Legislature,
what | said in
ol
stamps

Bow-

forgive me say
Vaneouvel
are as good as rubbet
the hands of McBride
ser, In that today, ©
posed of forty men they
and I venture to think and antic!
that they will hol have a
protest from any
thirty-five
anything that the
at the next
Legislature. That,
lion, ladies and gentlemen,
a good thing for the men
iyery bad thing for you
| to
»| question a single preceeding, |
body to inte
suspicion Nol
»‘}word exeept from
.jliams and the
takes any

one them
in
and
House yun

will sit

| pate
single
| those

one of

men against

govern ni
session of ti

| does
im oy

is not

Nobod

ask a question, nobody |

ligent

an
the

present
slight
Parker W
Socialists, whom
of. N
or to res
the

»| nobody notice
‘| body to

what may

represent st
be cleat ly

seen on

(srant
much
mind

of

session

| think

Hl.

electors

party in

nents

if

THE DAILY NEWS

 

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N ROSS EXPLAIN

on His Land Policy and Inconsistency

thie ters f

people

that
in this

he

reward

of

the
as
provinee
When I was
Commons s
brought in a proposa
eader of the pp
and I will p t out the
between Mr. MeBrids
frid in that respect

last eleetior i

diffe ‘
d Sir Wil
After the
the ecitw of Vie

i
}

except |
and |
that |

ause Dy!

vers serious ques
ing to the manifestat

that

of things
the
the

today ought t arrant
necessity

Hou

of a membre if

se asking some quest

ms and
defending the rights of the
the

now

people
against
thes

things

perpetra f what

consider mmmon
fror
gut l

ne to diseuss the polit

emanating the gov.

ernment today am not go.

issues |

|

fact that the great masses
wage-earners in the United
with salaries stationery
past forty years had to
against a of constant.
rising cost of living, the
democracy of that had
an oppertunity to pro-
test, and they made without
making any mistake, and they
made it so absolutely certain

Bta-
for

ex.

tes
the
ist seale
ly until
eountry
make a

it

 

 

toria, Mr. MeBride wrote a letter}

of thanksgiving to the public of
British
appreciation
very

his |

|
and
the
exX-

Columbia

of
unahimous
this province

expressing

general

that
had

the
way

people of
pressed their confidence and trust}
Sir Wilfrid Laurier, with}
members in his
opposition, fol the
leader of the opposition a salary
corresponding to the salary of
his niinister Why did he}
do so? Because he saw the ne- |
the and the}
this to* pro-
and

in him
eighty or ninety

provided

own

interests
country

in
of

hecessary

Cessily

'
integrity |
vide the

portunity for an intelligent leader

time op-|
to watch the proceedings of the
and defend the people}
anything that might}
wrong even from the
government If I am not mis -|
taken, | said to the Premier then
‘It is a funny thing for the people |
to pay ministers to do their busi
then the ministers to
fellow to wateh and|
it.’ but that was the
It was absolutely
that a man who had)
of the opposing |

 

House
against
emanate

and
another
they
prineiple

hess
pay
do

see

 

necessary

the confidence

interest might be protected, but)

 

} plete
and \}

yitur

they take pride
the party ab

this
the

province
fact that

in
in Is

responsibility to do what |
the Legislature.
opinion, it is a grand oppor-
ty for some big man to stand
the House this next session
to the people of this
he to
professed
if it
his

they like Im

my

declare
that
his

mia
is adverse

Hine own

even re

owl

doing,
tle diseredit upon
pa We are calling for a man
ta do this Whether we will @t
is a question and

{ ‘ are

hut r not

party in the House should give alllernment and T want you to
his time in order that the public }at it as in the hands of Sir Wil.

utely unanimous and has oom- \! nited States,

In,
| performed a

albines, against the ever

SIR WILFRID LAURIER

except to advise you of that re-
sponsibility.
had experience in the
House. I take special
interest Dominion questions
and | to discuss with this
audience a few matters im con-
nection with Dominion policy as
it affects the people of this coun-
try. ro begin with, I want to
make this statement Mr. Bor-
den been in power for one
held one session, has
the affairs of this
about fourteen
hs. I want to make this
statement, that everything that
has happened under the author-
ity of Mr, Borden will inform the
intelligent public more than ever
that the position taken by Sir
Wilfrid Laurier on a variety of
important questions was the
right position and that the oper-
ation and exercise of Dominion
authority today wil demonstrate
the whole of that position, 1
think I can demonstrate that po-
sition to this audience.

I want you to look at the pro-
position | have stated, Look at it
w) the hands of the Borden Gov-
look

“| have
Dominion
in
want

has
has

administered

country for

year,

mont

the basis of
look at this serious
reciprocity with the
I must remind you
that just ten days ago the de-
of the United States
revolution which
direct blow at high
tariff, and gives the
best possible support to Sir Wil-
frid Laurier’s position, Mr.
Wilson, the President-elect of
the United States was elected
as a national protest against
high protection, against the
manufacture of trusts and com.

frid Laurier, On
that let us

question of

mocracy

strikes a
protective

 

 

 

jcent,

| Think

 

 

Crowded House Hears Liberal Leaders Explain Their Party’s Attitude on E
! Different Pertinent Questions--Criticize Sir Richard McBride

Accord-|ing cost of living, against the/eountry and especially about the!
0
f

conditions of British Col-
will admit that whatever
have thought in
we may have
decision to

and Conservatives
much theory
may have about it, there is not
an argument in favor of it. Why
’ | was just looking over the
trade returns from Ottawa which
came to my hand a week before
I left Vaneouver. What do they
to the party who said we
must not have any trade with the
Yankees. What do they declare,
They declare that in the year
1912, sixty-five per cent of Can

adian imports came the
United States, and I if
they were al bought Liberals,
What I said was, you may have
jall the theory like about it,
jand you may be able to drive the
| publie into a panic, and you may
bring about as a result the de-
feat of a strong Government, but

trade

umbia,
we may theory
and however
termined
Liberals
in,

de.
our
out
howe, er

vole

say

from
wonder
by

 

you

when you come down to a proper
analysis of practice and

there not a thing in the
istics of this country to sup-
port it. Sixty-five per cent. of
the imports of Canada this pre-
under the administra-
tion of government who declare
we must not trade with the
Yankees, Sixty-five per cent. of
the imports of this country came
from the United States; 22 per
of the imports of this
country came from Britain.
of it. Think of the great
loyalists, these gentlemen in

facts,
stat-

Is

sent year

 

 

———_$$———————————

 

that in my opinion, they sound-
ed the death knell of high pro-
tection in the United States.

I am not going to preach free

| tain?

Is

to

power. there any change in
regard trade with Great Bri-
The total trade with Bri-
tain under Mr. Borden's admin-
istration has been reduced two
per cent; the total trade of Can-
ada with the United States has
increased five per cent. It is all
right to preach; it is a very dif-
ferent thing to praetice. “IL is a

Commerce,
arrangement
and Commerce
Washington

and had to negotiate
with the Trade
Department in
make provision
for the transportation of wheat
through an American ehannel
three months after the ery of “no
jtruck or trade with the Yankees,”
Mr made arrangements
to relieve the trade conditions of
this country which would have
ended in a final panic I say it is
utterly to earry on
this country without
in the reciprocal assist-
the United States.

of fish-
provinee,
The Tory
and finds his
the adminis-
tration of fisheries in this prov.

to

Foster

impossible

business in

}
calling
ance of

If a

eries

we)

superintendent
this
found?

|
|
}

wanted

is in
he
the

superintendent

where

is

goes to States

for

ince. If MeBride wants a man to
look after the highways of this
province, where does he go? “No
trade or traffic with the Yan-
kees!" Look at the men em-
ployed by the MeBride govern-
and on the road rollers
picture of the flying eagle
{and the inseription “‘Made in
the United States’ and under-
neath you will see “the property
of B. C. Government.’ He wants
a superintendent for Strathcona
Park, which, according to the re-
ports of the Minister of Agricul-
ture, going to be a model in
British Columbia, Where does
he go? Does he trade or traffie
with the Yankee? Where does
he get his superintendent? Why,
ladies and gentlemen, just re-
cently these patriots, this man
who saved Canada from annexa-
tion with the United States and
has bound the Empire more
closely towether by defeating the
Liberals—he goes to the United
States, gets a gentleman and pays
him $15,000 a year, the highest
salary paid any official in Canada
with the exception of the Gov-
ernor General,

ment,
the

Is

Take the administration of his
land laws. Does he confine them
to British subjeets? In this
#reat country, this great north-
ern country, just recently a mil-
lion acres of land in the Peace
River district and other com-
munities adjoming it, has been

 

good thing to get in,” as Mr. Me-
| Bride says, “but when you get in,
jthe next thing is to keep in.’ A
| good thing to get in on, but T am
jafraid Mr. Borden cannot carry
lout the formula that it is a good
| thing on whieh to stay in power
hon,

I tell you,

it a

and butter. I
benefit of

ladies and gentle-
question of bread
this for the
some of my Tory
friends, that in British Columbia
in the year 1912, we consumed
thirty millions of food products
right in this” province. How
much did we produce? We pro-
duced fifteen million dollars of
food products in this province,
\that is, in order to get break-
fast, lunch and supper, the Yan-
kee has fo furnish half of the
good products. There is not one
of you who would not have ob-

men, is

say

 

trade,

trader. I have my theories to-

trade in Canada. You have to
have a system of tariff, and the
only argument that ever I heard
advanced in this country that
had any impression on me as a
believer Of low tariffs,
fact that we were alongside a
great country of eighty or nine-
ty million people that had a high
tariff, that it developed an en-
ormously growing country, and
it was therefore impossible for
this country to operate a fiscal
system that was materially
different against the chief com-
petitor. In regard to trade on
this continent I submit to that
argument, but that is no answer
to the proposition that when the
United States desires to take its
duties off articles that they want
from Canada, and when Canada
desires to take its duties off ar-
ticles they want from the United
States by common mutual agree-
ment from both parties, | sub-
mit, that in my opinion, it is the
complete answer to my previous
for free trade,

su

argument

But
hever
listened

1944,

any argument. I
the Premier of this
province, Tf listened to the Min-
and I listened to the
presentatives, but T never listen-
ed any argument, I listened
to annexation, possible political
annexation with the United Sta-
but I never heard an argu-
ment, and T want to make this
statement that anyone
knows anything whatever

in September,

heard
lo
re-

Isters

tes,

about

 

increas-

the trade conditions of this

day regarding it, but at the pre- |
sent time you cannot have free)

was the)

who

jected if they had not done

30.

In England I was a free | However much loyally you may

have, breakfast, lunch and sup-
per is previous to loyalty. Is
there any reason why British Co-
lumbia has to import fifty per
cent. of their food products? Is
there any good reason why she
should be taxed for doing? I
am not complaining that the
| Yankee us something. If
ihe did not, we would go out of
business, but I am complaining
of the provincial politicians that
declare to the world their loy-
alty and their belief in the pros-
perity of this country when ex-
cept for trade relations with the
\United States we could not ex-
jist. Nature has determined that
| fact, and the position I take is
that if we have to have products
from the United States, I chal-
nge a man to give any goed
reason why we should be taxed
for doing so. I don’t hesitate to
say that the most fallacious bog-
ey that ever drove the country
mad was presented to the argu-
ment of reciprocity.

Mr. Wilson, the new president,
will reduce the duties in the Un-
ited States, and when he comes
down a litle bit, we will reduce
hem in Canada, and when both
pperations take place, the whole
community will be benefitted, so
that so far as I am conserned, as
time goes on Leurier’s proposi-
tion in the beginning demon.
strated to be wise.

Let me give you another rea-
son, Are we Independent of the
United States? Were we indep-
endent last winter of the United
States? Three months after the
Tories got into power in Ottawa
Mr. Foster, Minister of Trade

so

sends

is

 

 

in the hands of whom?
Lord Beresford to make certain
they are giving it to loyal sub-
jects, and other gentlemen of the
Old Country? No; but to Yan-
kees. An American syndicate
controls today through opera-
tions of the McBride government
in couneil a million acres of the
land in this northern zone. Of
these professing loyalists there
is not one that would give 10
cents extra over the market price
on account of patriotism. Ladies
and gentlemen, they are like
everyone else—they buy.in the
cheapest market and sell in the
dearest.

We are not afraid of the Yan-
kee, I never felt the heartstrings
of my loyalty affected when I was
trying to put up an argument in
favor of better trade relations.
I always felt that | could do busi-
with an American without
estranged from the Old
Country. The thing is an ab-
surdity that we cannot have
commercial trade relations and
preserve our loyalty. The ex-
ercise, | say, and the operations
of the Borden administration
from that day to this demon-
strate very clearly that at any
rate Sir Wilfrid Laurier was
right in his proposal.

The only good thing that ever
I knew the Conservative govern-
ment to do in the public interest
was in 1894 when they took the
duties off rough lumber and in-
terpreted the provisions of that
act to allow lumber to come into
the northwest. What happened?
After the last election the manu-
facturers of Canada rushed to
Ottawa and called up the Minister
of Customs and commanded him
to pul a new interpretation mn
this customs clause which pro.
vided for the amplification of
eustoms duty against rough lum...
ber simply to financially accom.
modate the lumbermen of Brit‘ h
Columbia.

I was challenged repeated'y
when I was a member of this
provinee and asked why [ did not
support duty on rough lumber,
My answer was this: that there
never existed a condition er
position where national property
came into the hands more easily
or cheaply than the lumber into
the hands of the British Colum-
bia men who owned it, and there
is no. place so blessed with the
opportunity for eheap lumber,
bringing ten’ of thousands of

placed

hess

being

 

 

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