LAURIER AND a x --- i THE LARGER CANADA SUPPLEMENT --_ i ------ x N EN = Nl \ 1 Manufacturers Have Prospered nder Laurier In no one line has progress been greater under the Laurier Govern- ment than it has in manufacturing. Workshops all over Canada have been veritable hives of industry in the last few years, and tall chimneys have been multiplied on every hand. a An improved transportation service, a vigorous immigration policy, and a revivified agriculture have had their natural effect in giving a stimulus to industrial enterprise. The table which follows, showing the capital em- ployed in Canadian manufacturing, and value of output of factories, for the years 1900 and 1905 respectively, tells its own story. : : Mk SW \\\ 7 . oh FIGURES WHICH TELL OF EXPANSION *Capital employed in Canadian factories in 1900 . . . $46,000,000 Capital employed in Canadian factories in 1905 $833,000,000 Increase in S years ............. $387,000,000 Value of output of factoriesin 1900 .......... $181,000,000 Value of output of factories in 1905 . . . .". . . $706,000,000 Increase in 5 years. ............ $225,000,000 SAll the figures given in these tables, save those relating to exports, are for establish- ments emplcying five hands and over. THE CONQUERING OF WESTERN CANADA.--NO. 3. A series of eight cartoons drawn by Mr. C. W. Jefferys representing the conquest of Canada for civilization and the Z ; --THE AMMUNITION WAGONS AND THE ARSENAL. men who are engaged im it REMARKABLE THE POSTAL DEPARTM RECORD OF ENT A Conservative Deficit Turned Into a Big Surplus Under Liberals, While Cost of Service to the Public Has Been Cut in Two. Terrifying pictures are drawn of the graft and Incompetence that charaoc- terize public undertakings. It is ar gued that as the work now done by national and municipal Governments is done badly, the fleld of their oper- ations ought not to be enlarged. One department of Government In Can- ada that furnishes no material for such the Post-Office. There was a time when 'it had a deficit of $781,152. This was in 1896 the last vear of the late Conservative Admin- To-day it has a surplus of Considering the nature of and the enormous and settled territory which is vered, this result is truly remarkable, e result is not obtained by unduly ening the persons who use the argument Is istration, $1,101,827 the service, sparsely British Empire has been reduced from eight cents per pound to four cents.per pound, or 50 per cent. In connection with the last-mention- ed reform the Hon. Rodolphe Lemieux obtaii.d from the British Postmaster- General a reduction of the rate of postage on British magazines and newspapers coming into Canada from eight cents per pound to two cents per pound. Here is a record which will stand the severest test that could be ap- plied to a private business undertak- ing, working under the stress of the most strenuous competition. Here we have a financial improvement of near- ly two million dollars. combined with a reduction of one-third in the Can- adlan. American, and Imperial rate, of one-half the local rate, and a much | larger reduction in the case of news- | papers and magazines This Is as if | a railway company had Increased | its dividends to shareholders by nearly | two millions, and had reduced its pass- enger rates from three cents to two cents, and had made corresponding or larger reductions in the freight tariff. No Need for Surplus There is no reason why the surp should be maintained. Ye why us Post-Office or any other department should do more than pay #ts way. The right use to make of the surplus is to improve the =ervice. Upon this prin- ciple the Government is about to In- troduce rural mail delivery. The prob- lem is more difficult in Canada than in England, In Franee, in Germany, or In the United States, for the reason that Canada is a land of enormous dis- tances, with a very sparse population. Great Britain has an area of 120,000 square miles, about half the size of Ontario. with six times the population |of all Canada. In the United States there is an area no larger than that of Canada to be served, but there is In the United States a population four- teen times as great as ours, and a rev- enue twenty times as great to bear the cost of the free rural mall delivery. Nevertheless the problem will be faced, and rural mail delivery introduced and extended as fast as the circumstances of the country will permit. It is a cour- ageous step, its effect will be greatly to jmprove the conditions of rural life in Canada, fla On the contrary, the service rendered in return for a postage stamp | robably better value than is ob- ed for any other expenditure of ey Note the fact, too, that while | of living has been steadily | 1 and almost every staple has increased in price, the vitting letters and other 1 the malls has been iced. Bince 1896 the fol- ns have been made: letter rate was reduced nts to one cent. letter rate was reduced » cents to two cents, ter rate from Canada to the 1 States was reduced from three s to two cents, Cut in Postal Rates. letter rate from Canada to ritalin, and to every portion of :mpire, has been reduced ts to two cents, 1 Canadian newspapers and perio s sent from publishers in Canada to subscribers in Great Britain and other parts of the British, Empire has been reduced from eight cents per pound to one-quarter of one cent.' per pound. The rate on newspapers and periodi- cals sent by the general public in Can- ada to Great Britain and parts of the SIR WILFRID READING A QUOTATION. It's Rural Mail Delivery Now Liberal Government's piring Record Is Continuing--Noth- ing in Borden's The Government's plan of rural mail delivery is said to have been borrow- ed from Mr, Borden's Halifax plat- form. No great harm if {t had been. No reason why the Government should re- frain from doing a thing merely be- Mr. Borden proposes jt. Mut as a matter of fact, the idea of rural mail been considered by the Department under the for many years ntages are undoubted, the s great, in a ntry having population Sc wed 'over an a. Cons tly the Gov- d and wul pro- cause 3 present Government oO at the polliey of roral | fs borrowed 1X platform if tha from Mr The letter rate from Canada to the United States was reduced from three | cents to two cents, . | The letter rate from Canada to Great Britain, and to every portion of the British Empire. has been reduced from five cents to two cents, The rate on Canadian newspapers | and periodicals sent from publishers in | Canada to subscribers in Great Britain and other parts of the British Empire has been reduced from eight cents per | pound to one-quarter of one cent per { pound. | The rate on newspapers and pertodi- | cals sent by the general public In Can- !ada to Great Britain and parts of the British Empire has been reduced from eight cents per pound to four cents per pound, or 50 per cent. In connection with the last-mention- ed reform the Hon. Rodolphe Lemieux | obtained from the British Postmasier- | General a reduction of the rate of postage on British magazines and newspapers coming into Canada from eight cents per pound to two cents the Govern- ficit of $781,- ficl to all this, rerted a de 152 under Conservative management into a surplus ef $1,101,827, It has paved the way for rural mall de- nd for other reforms, an enter- was impossible with a three-quarters of a ble where there : of a millior asier to write the wc Delfvery" in a polit to administer a depar a manner as to render livery practicable, IT WOULD BE FOLLY. To Abandon Liberal Methods to Re- turn to Old Regime. Everyone will admit that there is evidence of prosperity in the export- ing of a large surplus of the country's | products, but it must be remembered | that very rapid growth tends to lessen | this surplus, because so much of what is produced is needed to supply the wants of new comers before the re- sults of their labors are available, It | Is necessary to bear this In mind, to realize how much of prosperity is in- dicated by the figures In the latter of the following tables, which are for the | same years as those just set out. They | represent the total exports of merchan- | dise of all kinds from the Dominion: 1. Under the Conservative regime, | 1888¢.... . 7.10 i 1892 1 | { . 263.368,952 The lesson is obvious. It is simply that the! methods adopted by the Lib- eral party for the encouragement of useful immigration, the facilitating of { industry, the opening up of opportun- | ities for agriculture and othe { producing operat s, have more cessful and effectiv policies which t replaced. Ibe folly to abe on these | either to return to the old {of comparative stagnation, periment with any new schemes + 1 have not yet been even clearly formu- | {lated or explained. The increase in the volume of goods produced in factories has been accompanied by a corresponding addition to the number of toilers employed. The aggregate increase in the five years, as shown by accompanying table, was 44,000--or equivalent, counting in dependants of workers and those to whom their wages give employment, to the crea- tion of a city of 150,000 people. 1 SOME FACTS THAT STIR THE HEART Figures of Canada's Growth Under Liberal Rule Cannot But Cause Rejoicing. Employes in Factories 000.00..0 00 Number employes in factories, " " 3008. ...00000 ------ Increase in five years.......coeeavaaees THE GOVERNMENT HELPED Wise Encouragement of Industry and Immigration Were of Immense. Benet. The salaries and wages paid employes in Canadian factories, employing five hands or more, have grown from £113,000,000 in 1900 to $162,000,000 in 1905. Business men do not need to be told what a stimulus an increase of nearly $50,000,000 in the annual wage bill of arti- sans gives to trade in all lines. Every patriotic Canadian rejoices in the phenomenal prosperity thatour country has enjoyed in recent years, and points with pride to the vast ex- pansion of our Industry and com- merce, It would be absurd to argue that this growth has been entirely be- cause our national affairs were ad- ministered by a Liberal Government. It is due in the 'main to the splendid opportunities which this country pre- sents to enterprise and thrift, to the vast natural resources from which labor and skill may draw almost un- limited wealth, Nevertheless, it is true that wise government, encouraging industry. pro- moting trade, and securing desirable mmigration, will immensely ald such development and prosperity. Striking evidence of this.is found in the re- markable progress made since the peo- ple turned dissatisfied from Conserva- tive mismanagement, and placed the control of their public affairs in the hands of Sir Wilfrid Laurier and his associates, The total trade of the Dominion, that is, the aggregate of the value of the imports and exports of all kinds, money included, taken for the alter- nate years of the last twelve fiscal years of Conservative administration, is set out In the following table com- piled from the latest report of the Department of Trade and Commerce: Under Conservative Regime. « see. $182,072,810 189,965,778 206,592,661 "Wages and Salaries Salaries and wages paid in 1900........ "" '"" "" 1905. ....0e4 $113,000,000 162,000,000 Increase in five years teiesess $49,000,000 ble previous. ven the comparison was between salaries and a hy iy si in 1905. In this table the figures cover both salaries and wages in both years. Ontario has had her full share in the industrial re- vival 'which has taken place. Nearly half the in- creased capital employed in Canadian manufactur- ing, and over half the ad- dition to the value of pro- duct turned out, is credit- ed to this ome Province. Ontario's Share in It Capital employed in Ontario factories 1900 $215,000,000 " " " 1905 891,000,000 Increase in five years.........c.oceee $176,000,000 Value output Ontario factories, 1900.... $241,000,000 " " " " 1905.... 861,000,000 Increase in five years.............. $120,000,000 In five Ontario cities the value of the output of factories has increased by a little over $50,000,000 in five years. In no previous period in Canada's history has anything like such a record been achiev- ed. 'All Ontario has bene- fited by this expansion. The cities named have felt the direct effect of the im- ulse given, and farmers ve enriched by supplying a market at their own doors. Expansion in Ontario Cities Increaey ¥ 5 youn $27,299,-00 7,603,000 4,504,000 8,008,000 7,777,000 Value Output 1900 $58,415,000 17,122,000 8,122,000 7,638,000 3,789,000 Value Output 1906 $85,714,000 24,625,000 12,626,000 10,641,000 11,566,000 Toronto.. ... Hamilton. . London... .. .. Ottawa.. .. .. Peterboro .. .. 54,021 228.272,279 Different in Recent Years. These figures show a substantial ad- vance, but nothing like what is shown by the figures for the alternate years of the twelve years that have elapsed since, during which a Liberal Govern- ment has been doing all in its power to promote the country's welfare. Here | are the corresponding figures for this ha The most convineing evidence of the success of the Laurier fiscal and | term: Under Liberal Regime. . $290,222,959 367,237,628 414,431,881 464,985,667 546,947,437 1898 .. 1900 . 1902 . 1904 ... 1906 1908 Political that a 'country was disadvantaged by exporting more goods than it imported. This theory is not generally accepted now, but In any case, ft could not apply to a new country into which was pouring a desirable immigration, be- cause the mass of imports would In- clude the possessions of the new com- ers, and also much of the capital In the form of both money and material which came to be used in the opening up and development of the country's resources. da may well be con- | » magnitude of her 1 | other } ct we take the merchan- srts for the periods above set | hoosing years at wider in- for the sake of shortening our obta we ment Under the Conservative regime. $100,671,628 the following state- | general policy is seen in the leap in our exports of manufactured goods. A policy that has removed restrictions and given intelligent aid to manufac- turers has placed our factories in a position to compete not only in the home | market but in foreign countries tells of an increase in manufactured exports from $10,000,000 in 1896 fo $28,500,000 in 1908. 4 4 THE EXPORT END OF IT Export of manufactured products, 189%. . . . . .. . . $10,000,000 Export of manufactured products, 1908 . . . . . . . $28,500,000 Increase in 12 years .. . coc veo veee $18,500,000 The Best Assurance will be found in maintaining in power the f tinued progress OS such vast progress has already been made. Government under which as well. The proof is seen in the table, which § 2 ai . any Sg