5 i L 0 THIS LIBERAL 'What Has Been Done In w= Thirty Years. in All Departments of Government Activity There Has Been Wonderful Advance- ment. --- Read the Record and Vote For Its Continuance. ---- Labor Legislation. Tt has recently established a jrovin cial bureau of experienced and able representative. ih bas passed labor legislation that is regarded as the most aavanced: and progressive of any self-governed coun try. Ii has passed the mechanics' lien act, the empl o. liability act, the factory sect, { railway accidents' sot for the relief of co-opers o tions, the creditors' reliel act, tl masters' and servants' ask, and the act to secure compensation to workmen for injuries. It has enabled trades unions and la- bor organizations to become incor porated, It passed ®n important act ting hakeshops, an act relating to truancy and compulsory school st te , the woodmen's fi wages net, 'the © registration of man ood 8 votes, and: the concilia- tion roti {. ation living in comes, up to $700. It has ted the closing of shops and he our of labor therein fof children Ning persons. oo the claims of work- conteacts for public works. legislated on behali of of street railways. that in a contract 'binding bertain ok, FEE Fie: £ 55 if loniabtion Reads and, Railways Five Hl two hundred and ninety-two miles of colonization roads built 1872; 14,546 miles of roads a and twenty wiles of bridges Ferny branch, in charge of a of J tio benefit. % two hundred and 3 of railway had been to Slat, 1901, to L962 in cash and Way of land grants has beon : railways, to open up ing & Northern On- railway will be built by the gov- j3h8 cost 10. be borne by the la er 2,000 miles of railway in New Ontario. are being built or are pro- hn It placed many additional guards in tecent railway charters 3 % ------------ tario safe or, in charge of an * | since commissioner, has |, 998.50-or only three-quarters of a cent on the dollar. Ontario is without a dollar debt" presently payable. Ontario had $1,468,492 of cash {he banks on December 31st, 1901, Ontario's annual receipts in interest would retire ite total liabilities twice over, Ontario, for twenty years past, has shown a surplus of assets, after de ducting liabilities presently payable. . Ontario's surplus of assets (based on finance commission), end of 1901, wos $2,571,292, The interest paid annually on the provincial trust funde (which are valued at $6,212,497) amounts to more than sufficient to meet the entire an- nue! payments of the province for its liabilities for railway certificates and annuities, : The supplementary revenue act, pro- viding for the taxation of certain classes of corporations and brewers and distillers, has produced $871,576 in three years. Diaries position is a proud one; that its affairs have been Emnag a8 not only to create ory ut to leave a surplus of interest-bearing assets that yweld an annual income that could be capitalized at nine mil- lions, The Mail of February 13th, 1890, said: "The Ontario government's management of the finances has been of be | thrifty, judicious and clean." Montreal Witness ; "Ontario's splendid financial position has been preserved by careful, yusiness-like, honest administration confederation." Toronto Tele gram ! "The financial and administra- tive record of the liberal party is, on the whole, creditable.' The resources ol Me province have been wisely hand- od." Care Of The Afflicted. Fifty-eight thousand, seven hundred and seven persons were cared for in ams and other institutions during 1. Ontario leads the world in ita care of afflicted. No less than 206 institutions are maintained or aided, including , eight asylums for the insane and idiotie, in stitutes for the blind, and deaf and dumb, fifty-four hospitals, forty-one housés of refuge and thirty-three or phan asylams. Average cost per patient in Ontario asylums, $122, as ainst $199 in Canadian asylums and $188 in Ameri- can asylums, $22,323,803 has been expended since 1871 on hospitals and charities, and the maintenance of public instity- tions. It has cared for over 2,000 destitute children, and aided in the organiza Rights. gs watablished legislativ of prone, thers wre jo to privy council, in the 3 te apd preference r license case, Indian titles counsel case, the and distillers, the ] To The People. f en $103, no' than - Shen yor \ as no other pro show. wie 18,205,829 42 instite gama Po L586,591 30 8.971.013 28 1.904.298 03 084,694 wi v 78 ; £] #! : 22335 ABER (a bd - - laid to the peo- | half tion of thirty-five children's aid so- cieties, Temperance Reform. The liquor licenses, 1874, 6,185. Re- duced in 1901 to 2,950. . decrease of fifty per gent., although the popula- tion has. increpsed thirty-four per cont. In 1875 one license issued to every Average commitments for ness for Canada--1 to every 440; for Ontario~1 to ev 654, Total revenue from liquor licenses since 1876, $12,224,539, Of this the municipalities received more than one Seven license acts have heen passed since 1876, each further restricting the liquor traffic. 19,776 school children received in- struction in 190F in temperance and hygiene. blind institutes, < bu 0 pT three Forest Reserves--Temagami, the Eastern and Sibley. : , 202 miles and re- of colonization i of a bureau of mines o miining law on b two: dia- drifls,: | Summer mining schools, assisted in developing ._ the nickel, Sopper, corundum kjand other industries, protected prospec- tor and mines. It has enspnraged iron mining and steel and iron manufacture by means of bounties, The production of pig iron and steel reached a value of over two mil- lions in 1901. It has prohibited the export in a non-mannfactared: condition of pine saw logs, pulpwood and hemlock bark cut on crown lansls. It has i the dues on pulp- wood: from twenty to forty cents per tem thet . is admittedly the known. It has explored extensive agricultur- al and timber areas in northern On- tario. . It has assisted in the opening up of New Ontario by means of land grants and bonuses to colonization railways. It bas maintained a progressive po- liey in connection with the pulpwood i try. The pulpwood agreements entered into eall for the investment of a minimum swum over $5,000,000 - the employment of at least 2,440 men, and the erection of seven large pulp mills. It has created a burean of coloniz- ation, which is sesisting in settling New Ontario. It has protected the rights of the public in the valuable erown water powers, best PRES WSIS LEADERS OF LABOR. ------ What They Say About Ontario Labor Laws. " The legislature of Ontario has bad particular regard for the labor classes in the province. * * * The govern ment that gives such legislation is a good government whether it is grit or tory. The working men should con- sider these things and not be forgetiul of what has been done in their inter est." Ralph Smith, M.P., nt dominion trades congress. A. W. Wrigh¥s Opinion. " While there is still a good deal of legislation which we labor cranks think should be enacted, 1 am free to say @at Ontario has. not much to fearn®irom any. state in the union in this respect, and is immeasurably in advance of most of them." The above are the words of A, W, Wright, now conservative organizer in Ontario, when he was a member of the gxecutive board of the knights of labor in America, Good as la- bor laws of Ontario were then they have been greatly improved since. THE YOUNG MEN'S VOTE. ssidpiisnn. Should Be Given To The Liberal Party. At this election hundreds upon hun- dreds of young wen will cast their votes under the manhood suffrage sys- tem introduced by the liberal Ontario 278 persons, now, one to i 0. A runken- $517,008 was axpended on navigation government, } A point that these young men should know, if they do, not know it, and re- member it is due only to the liberal party. that they have the right to vote 4 a a 1t is a bard cold fact that Mr. Whit- ney and the conservatives vi rously opposed the granting of ma suf frage, but the liberals had faith in the young men and carried the mea- sure through®and made manhood suf- frage law. : London Advertiser. Men have been compared to the trees of a forest, and it has been said that in every large city there are many j there are . fine trees in every args forest. The leader of opposition, Mr. as he looked at New On- it as _ "the land of the " but what a different gord. It has perfected a fire ranging sys- |¢ © KPARTY OF PURISTS. There Have Been Some Awful Re- velations, The cry of the ecomservative party is, Give us a clean election ! They can have this if they really want it. There have been some awful revela- tions in connection with donservative campaigns. Has Mr. Whitney condemned them ? . On a couple of occasions be intima- ted, in a mild, milk-and-water kind of way, that he did not' approve of cor- ruption. emery goes back to December 12th, PeREROPEEEPS D Y is the be, the issuer alter the elee- . on, for the Ross govern "ment is as sure of its re i the voters Beware, some men are now promis- ing everything in sight and out of sight. © 5 CREPE EEE) 0000000 0K 1599, however, when he stumped four constituencies in the interest of the conservative cause. : These constitnencies were, South On- tario, South Brant, East Elgin and West Elgin. Mr. Whitney was quite dramatic' in his posings. He raised his hands, rolled his eves, and declared, solémn!v of course, that ho wanted the people to elect four men whose presence would tend to purify the atmosphere at Toronto. And. the four men for whom he sleaded, in touching accents, were vr. Oplder, Nr. Henry, Mr. Brown, ana Mr. McDiarmid, all of whom had been unseated for election impurities. Oh, yes, Mr. Whitney wants nothing but pure men around him, but he doesn't get them: Billy Smith, in South Ontario, spent at least £1,200 in debauching the elec torate. He admitted this wm his evi dence before the court. The judges regarded him as an ue conscionable briber. Justice Ferguson GARAGE ECEEAEEACEEEEEE What Can Be Had. The city needs a strong champion in Ontario legislature and such a man as Mr. Pense, whose heart is in the city's welfare and has the spirit and determi. nation he has, is the sort the city needs there. Broadminded. Honest. Fearless in public duty. Heart 'and soul with the city's progress. A worker. What better sort.of re- primative could "the city ve ? 00008 POROTEEDOPHDIROBLILE ro PDEPORCARDOY OIOL0ICICIOIOIOIGIOIOIOIOIOIOICIO IOI 'a - ® OROEELICOR® | 5000000000000 00000 000 regretted that he was not a defendant, in place of a witness, so: thet he might receive his just deeerts. Did Mr. Whitney repudiate Smith ? Did the conservative party pronpusce him 'unclean' ? On the contrary, was he not re garded as a fit and proper person for rliamentary honors, as one who ad qualified himself for a position of trust hy a hard experience! fix months after had scandalized his politieal friends, by. his edmis- gions in the court, he was nominated by his party, ana accepted by Mr. hitney. 1s that not evidence enough of his hypocrisy ? The Ross government, which Mr Whitney and his supporters would. see defeated, is 5 government of unity in its individual members, a government of experience and a government whose progiemise policy has made and is still making Ontario #& greater -pro- Xings, "then has haw bry facilitating 4 velopment of ita ri Ces. Ontario bas to-day x or degree of prosperity never before attained, and the government which has placed province in this position should have no himit if ita jations are honest prudent, as of the Ross governmept have Leen. ------------ -- ---- T----------" i BENEFYTS TO LABOUR I wid % BAS NOT BEEN UNMWINDELL BUT Has GIVEN GOOD LINES i OF WORK. Reasons to be Thankful for the Aid Granted in the Pat and to Anticipate More in the Days to Come. Some one has asked what the Ross government has done for the working classes ? The question is on 8 resolution which a - Knight of Labour lodge passed at Montreal. J The iden is presented that the legis- lation of Ontario has net been in the interest of industry... | Mr. Smith, M.P,, the president - of the Trades and Labour couneil for the dominion, says the labour laws of On- tari® dre the best in Canada, and Mr. Smith is an' authority." He knows. The electors of Kingston know that the government has not been unmind- ful of the working classes. ' It gave $35,000 for an addition to Rockwood hospital, and the mechanics who worked oh it got a benefit. It gave 810,000 for a sewerage sys tem, and the mechanics got their share of that money, It built the east Wing of Rockwood hospital, at a cost of $16,000, and the workingmen had their hand in it. It installed an electric light plant at a cost of $7,000, and Kingston In- bour put it in, It voted $100,000 for the schools of mines, and = the masons, carpenters, and painters realize what it means to them. It spent $3,500 in a dairy school building and $2,300 in equipment, and the merchants, the contractors and their employees had occasion to call it blessed. None of these expenditures made in the interest of capital, that the resolution of the Knights Labour does not apply to Kingston. For thirteen syears--all the time tory represented the city in the sembly--labour was neglected. In nine years it had. reason to be thankful for many favours, and it hes reason to anticipate many more. ------ AN EXTRAORDINARY FACT. were 80 of a as Never in House Disputed the Accounts. A D. ©. Framr, ot Galt. "Now, 1 am about io emphasize &n extraordinary fact: In all the last thirty yesrs, the conservatives have never even tried to show in the house that a dime was dishonestly speul. (Applause.) - Yet, ana it's significant, on the platiorm they clamor about dishonesty. (Laughter:) "My, Chairman, ladies and gentle men, the party that is raising this ery sat in the house and never at- tempted to show that a dime was misspent. The people of Ontario will not give credence to such men. (Ap- plause.) "What do you think of a party that says nothing in the house, and then says all kinds of things on the platform ? Sir, you can't trust a liar, even when he tells the truth. (Laughter.) '1 doW't say that these men gre liars, but I do say. that their statements are hes. (Laughter -and applause.) If a tory charges the Ross government with dishonesty, ask Bim for a single instance in which a committee of enquiry was called. (Ap- plause.) "Now, It's this : sir, what is the question? The party that finds fault no nse, One must construct; destruc tion does not bring prosperity. A party most build up. The party that pa pothing to show, no proof, when it makes charges is pot the pari that should be supported," 4 ------------ FACTS SPEAK LOUDLY. There Has Always Been Clamo: By Conservatives. Facts spesk. loudly. Ii liberal rule had not been economical as well as honest, is it reasonable to suppose the fact would not have heen discovered be- fore pow? The return, term after term, of the Mowat, Hardy and Ross governments, (speak more eloquently than volumes of print. The enemy cried 'Mowat must go.' Bat he didn't. When Mr. Mowst retired it was claimed that the liberal party worn ak the end of their tether, ht independent tors who want best the ballot can provide, decided that there was no reason for & change, so that notwithstanding fact. that Mr. Mowat's strong had leit the helm, the liberal party did out of power. And now with of Mr. Ross' strong personality the battle, the forces and successful and business and does nothing else is no good, of |} Toronto Globe. i The Ontario ministry has sustained the best tzaditions of liberalism in its progressive Jsbor legislation. The me- chanics' lien act of 1573 was passed soon after she liberal government as- sumed office, and was igned to pro- tect mechanics, builders, contractors aml others in their claime for labor or material furnished in the erection of buildings and machinery, This act has been amended from time to time, and other labor laws have been intro- duced, as conditions have rendered. thew necessary. An act to facilitate the enforcement of the just rights of wage earners, passed in 583, provides that "every device by aay owner or contractor, which shall be adopted in order to defeat the priori- ty of wage earners for their wages under the several acts relating to me- chanics' liens, shall, as | such wage earners, be null and void' An- other section gives jurisdiction to police magistrates in cities in' actions for wages up to claims for thirty days, though the amount ot balance exceed the limit of $40. This hae ve lieved workers of all the tricks and Aélays othérwise possible through the: inerts of the law. Many a wage bill has been paid in' summary order by a police magistraty that could never have been collested through the costly and unwieldy courts. ~The varions amendments - to the uiechenics' len law have been madé to close all the loopholes through - which dishonest contractors and other employers have succeeded in escaping the payment of their workmen's v The safety of employees in various tions, and the sanitary condi. tion of workshope, factories and oth: er places of ula fetien; Bave been taken 'up as dema by the develop: ment of industrial conditions, and the government has been in all cases cave ful to anticipate the needs of the worker, and to prevent the develop ment of injurious or detrimental eon- ditions, As in other evils of slow de velopment, prevention has been found better, and at same time easier than cure. The liability of emplo, in case of accident has been establish: ed. In the factories act of 1884, with amendments down to 1901, and the shops regulation act, the safety and sanitary condition of employees are provided for. Legislation of this na- ture for various places and lines , of employment is carried, when necessary, to the minutest details, The sincerity of this legislation is shown in the pro- vision that makes it gimd oyee to bargain away his | rig to The still more advanced legis. lation in this r + includes the es- tablishment of technical schools, ' the provisions for the adjustment of trade disputes, the regulation of benefit so- cieties, and the establishment of a provincial buresu of labor. Tn all these fields of legislative action the interests of w workers have n carefully guarded. No detail has been omitted, and while many of the sta- tutes seem voluminous, the peciliar and often technical nature of 'the mat- ters dealt with renders much legisla tive detail necessary, The liberal gov- ernment of Ontario has Jed all the provinces in this respect, and she re- sultis seen in a more satisfactory condition in every line of industry. Sdn, DIRECT RETURN TO PEOPLE. What Ontario « Government Has Done in Thirty Years. Take the annual direct return to the people of provincial revenues, and it will be seen that the grauts for the samé services as compared with 1871, have wonderfully increased ss foliows: Education .. ne A fAgricultare and arte . ospitals and charities. . x Avylume, eto ..y . 171.423 898,168 inistration of jest .. 104.040 416.042 Colonization roads 65.409 134.801 If the present government, which cane into power in 15871, had continu' ea the same scale of distribution as it# predecessor for these same services, the people of this province would have received $25,000,000 less in the past thirty years than has been refunded to them. ROSS' ONE AIM. To Promote Development K Of The Province. The one aim Hon G. W. Ross has kept before him since he assuined the Jeadership of the government has been to promote the development of this province in the speediest and most ef- fective manner. In carrying ott this idea be has rum eounter to the tradi- tions of the conservative and may have offended some Of his own following who prefer to move along the beaten paths. To our mind his readiness to adapt himself to the changing conditions asd put into ef- feet his idea by the shortest; quickest and most certain means, stamps him as pre-eminently the man to guide the destinies of the province at- this time. LIGHTNESS OF BURDENS. Brought About By Good Gov > ment. 2 [the opposition critibs. handed 'over for publi THE: MOREY 15 ON TAP au Slay 4d Net'A' Pia To LM o™ of the favorite hobbies ol. 4 nario ition is that sun Ree i province ter dy the statues of 1854, is not avaliable to the province, and consequently should not be called gn sesely » To settle this ques (Looky at these ne am n have. (he Fi wn of EE to L if in of raising money for your public works by the issue of securities, pou aven_ fit to make i the acts spplieation, : 4 Jobore cited, for portion of these mo neys from the dominion, the gov: cogpined Shi an ot an ni as use a, and wou jx authorized the payment of the sum required. If vou desired now to >, to the gbove conditions, any moneys standing to the credit. of pro= Vinor, there would ppt be any objec tion to your so ing." Now dl a complete answer 1a Hon, Ww. Be will be ks if the provincial government , but ae they get five per cont. interest ow. the and can borrow at a much less rate, iv is 'good-business not to withdraw it but to just leave it: where it ia earning a good dividend each year. The financial eriticism of the On tario government basi not a pin ta perch on WHAT WE HAVE WE'LL HOLD, Fielding says the moneys Grants Made to Public Works in " ton, In 1802, o libstal was elected to the legislntawe, one: who woh soon favors ed with a seat in" the government, and in nine years the following grants were made to public works : Rockwood hospital, hm 7 Asylom sew aystem;, $10,000. East wing, kwood, #18, Electric plat, (Kingson outers t) 540. ; chool of 'mines, $5,000 a yoiy til last year, fhen for. two splendid buildings, and KOO Lox maintenapee, renewables on 'petition from year to year. . " Dairy school, $1,000 & ,anll - new building - costing, ,0004 The annual vote at present is $4, 850. G In addition there is the sssurhnes- given by the government to. ile seme ber--of a convalescent wing to wood, to cost about 500 a year to the school of 0 8 pens . forestry, whic it is to pe provision for iv is being ho 3d of the new buildings in 's cole presistion of all these things ? wit it not express its gratitude, fo the Ross government especially, for its handsome treatment of the school of mines ? wn tw o campus. we A houid Kingston not show its A Fine Record, Rince the ng. of "the govern- ment's bill in 1808, pled Lan export duty on sawlogs, mew mil with =» capacity of 213,550,000 feet » at have been erected, gto cost of $849, 400. anid old wills, WH a capeity of 147,800,000 feet, have been star to fun at & cost of SISL500, These wills are employing over 2. 4 Aim Of Ross Government. "Build up Ontario." is the Ross government, 4 is directed to people are © the th hole. di -- An of ira Ontario has received from sum of $11 ia 85,000, 000 would not have hed been received il the their way in Jie s f ge ATE § i i