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Telephone 98. 23rd St., New Contract Subscribers will greatly oblige by promptly calling up Phone 98 in case of non-delivery or inattention on the part of The News carriers aeGGRFBO Wednesday, Dec. 3, 1913 did not maintain the double standard power, no nation in the world would ver dare in- vade our shores. In view of these facts why not let the German catch up in the race for ‘power. Instead of building Dreadnoughts let the British use these many mil- lions in paying off the national DAILY EDITION THE DOUBLE STANDARD POWER Rey. F. W. Kerr has become for the- that are and convincing. In his sermon night he had the handle a subject propounding both startling famous ories on Sunday courage to that statesmen will only men- P tion beneath their breath, debt. With this debt paid off “Shall Britain Retain the Dou- their people prosperous and their treasury full, what na- ble Standard Power?” In sup- tion would dare attack them? port of that proposition the people of Great Britain stand ae o ready to bleed themselves The Western Mail of Lon- white and the Dominions don, Eng., is featuring a lot of Indian stories of some British- a partner in the mad fight. er who paid a tourist visit to Why? The Germans are the a prairie Indian village. The only people who seem to chal- Indians may very pictures- que to a man soused with Fen- themselves bid fair to become lenge that supremacy and we have their reiterated assuran- nimore Cooper literature, but ces that their policy is entir- they represent a very trifling ely for defence. Possibly in. phase” of Canadian life, and they are not a_ feature which Canadians want used as an ad- vertisement, deed they would like to get a slice of the rich lands that are now inhabitated by barbarians. And if they did would it not be — a good thing all around. Why Making roads with a mattock should not the Germans get a and a shovel in these days of slice of pie, even if they have road machinery, an apt il- arrived at the cook-house door lustration of the backwardness a little late. of the. McBride government in a-—- Is From what we see of the their policy of developing the Germans we know them to be country. Certainly their re- men of industry. They are not cord in Skeena district is not a warlike people. War is de- one to be proud of. structive and the leading idea ———0— of the German is constructive. After prohibiting the use of Sheuld they want = expansion automobiles for years the and power they are likely to Prince Edward Island legisla- seek that in the line of least ture now allow motor cars on resistance and not i a con- the roads three days a week. flict with a Serertud, nation George Morrow must have like Britain. written down home about it. Let us look at the case in the —_—-—— light of British history. What Tellier, the French inventor about the victories of Drake, of cold storage, recently died of Nelson, of Wellington? Were of starvation. His invention will be greatest one of Prince Rupert’s industries. they fought with the advantage of the double standard power? They certainly were not. There were times indeed, when Bri- tons fought single handed, and the whole of Europe and that without an advantage of numbers. Do pie ek PIR The newest dance called the “shark swish.” Tt was in- vented by the ladies to test the sobriety of their prospective partners. A man who can say is successfully, forces Britons lack the vigor of their] it without stuttering could sires? What Britons have done probably dance without stum- bling.. \ Ee EE ee Britons can do, ahd even if we — aE LUMBER SHINGLES, MOULDINGS, SASH, DOORS PRINCE RUPERT LUMBER CO. First and McBride “Prince Rupert The ‘News’ for Artistic Printing ———— ee —__— = _ |LIBERAL POLICY AS OUTLINED BY THE GREAT LIBERAL LEADER SIR WILFRID LAURIER SAYS HIGH COST OF LIVING IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN COST OF DREADNOUGHTS TO CANADA. decade and in Canada 51 per cent. Now just one point here. Reflect that Canada produces nearly 200,- 000,000 bushels of wheat yearly, while the» consumption only 50,000,000 bushels, and the sur- plus has to find a market abroad. this time practically the In the despatches of yesterday was a brief announcement that the Liberals of Ottawa desired Sir Wilfrid Laurier to go further in the policy for the opposition than he did in the is he mapped out course of his speech at Hamilton. |Up Of that speech The Daily News|only market has been the market was unable at the time to give|of Great Britain, If, then, we re- more than a brief synopsis. Asj|flect that Great Britain has to it is of interest to Liberals every-|import all the wheat which she where, it is here given in full so}consumes and if we reflect fur- ther that the price of the wheat and the price of bread is cheaper in Great Britain than in Canada, far as it sketches out the policy in question. “Tt is true I might say some- thing about reciprocity,” said Sir}/then you would have to agree Wilfrid, “but I have no recrim-|with me that there must be some- inations to make. The problem|thing rotten in the state of Den- mark, Canada, “And I have reached the end of the high of living. The cost of living will be higher is before us; let us bury the past and look to the future. There our duty lies. The situation re- quires action and prompt action. not cost The policy I give you at this mo-|in two or three years than it is ment, the policy I believe every|today. What is the cause? By patriot in Canada ought to sup-|the reductions in the American port, and the policy I believe it to|tariff, milk, cream, swine, sheep, be the duty of the government to|beef and many other articles immediately inaugurate, is a pol-|have been placed upon the free icy of absolutely free food- food | list in the United States. There- ifore these products are already the | rushing toward the United States. Liberal leader continued, “‘if you We know in the matter of cattle advocate that policy do you not{alone they are rushing carloads advocate a revision of the tariff|every day from all parts of Can- to that extent? ada where there are cattle toward “Certainly I do, but somebody|;the American market. will tell me that the tariff which | “But these articles I have is in force today is the’ Fielding|named cannot come back free tariff of 1897. So it but the |from the United States into Can- Ficlding tariff was made for the}ada and if no products of the for all|same kind can come back the re- eternity. It has been the policy|Sult is that these articles, which jare the staple food of the people, of the Liberal party at all times | . to stand so far as possible for|are growing scarcer in Canada and the price increases, that stability in tariff, but when the needs of the people call for ac-|is a natural condition of things. free from customs duty. “It would be said of me,” is, needs of that time, not as | tion, action must be taken. | “The situation requires prompt “What is of immediate inter-|action and the policy which I! est to the people of Canada to-|&ive you, the policy which I day?” he went on. “Not the price|think patriotic Canadians ought of dreadnoughts. There is one|to support at the present time, is thing which at this moment en- | that the duty of the government gages the minds of the Canadian|al Ottawa is to give us absolute people from the Pacific to the At-|free food of all kinds, with no lantic coasts, it is a far more| duty.” prosaic and far more vital ques- | tion—it is the question of the| The ways of the coal man are high cost of living. cru-el; “A table of statistics lately was trained compiled by the British Board of | schu-il. Trade, which known for its The ice man was bad, accuracy, has stated that the cost! 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