8 LAURIE AND toi LAKGRKE CANADA SUPPLEMENT A Vote for Laurier on Oct. 26 STRIKING SNAPSHOTS OF SIR WILFRID LAURIER TAKEN DURING HIS ONTARIO ssn i STORY IN BRIEF OF | LAURIER'S RECORD Some of the Great Reforms Which Help Explain Canada's Prosperity. AN AGGRESSIVE POLICY In Every Department Which Af- fects Lives of People Has Had Results. The postage on letters mailed from one point to another in Canada has ird, and the rate on city drop letters by one-half. That 1s what a Liberal Government has done to facilitate business and so- pondence. letters to and from the Empire has been cut »* domestic level, and Brit- entering Canada pay one- Customs duties than for- are compelled to contri- is the encouragement giv- beral Government to sane been reduced by one-t} clal corre > rate 1 enger rate on hundreds of of railway has been reduced by per cent, and freight rates have owered all over Canada. That is part of what a Jdberal Government has done in the way of stimulating in- ternal commerce, The St. Lawrence canals have been deepened to fourteen feet, and an effi- clent system of lighting installed. The result is that the Canadian route is now monopolizing the wheat trade of the continent, and the cost of carry- i our cheese and bacon to the Brit- ish market has been greatly reduced. been Intercolonial Extended. Bringing the Intercolonial to Mont- real has made the people's rallway a real competitor with private railways in the moving of freight from the head of the lakes to the sea, and from Hali- fax to Port Arthur, The building of the Transcontinental is creating a New Outario and New Quebec in the north. and Is adding breadth to the length of the Western Provinces of Confederation. With the inauguration of a system of rural mail delivery, now being car- ried out. the isolation of the farm will disappear and rural and urban life will be indissolubly linked together, both soclally and commercially, and to the advantage of both. Under the aggr< sive and progressive policy of the present Administration trade has expanded in every direction and new life has been infused into the arteries of commerce. Our exports of farm produce alone sanding with March, 00,000 greater than for lan pro- y $141,000,000 in the compared with an in the twenty- ht years previous 6,000 Miles of Railway. »s have been | ays in Can- y capital In- f farms in ces has been | 120.439 0.000 tmml- on farms !n the States | | | cal control, | Pledges Must Be Kept, Factories Expand. vears the amo 1 wages in t 1 from Twelve years ago, under a Gov-! ernment containing tors," the country was engaged in race and creed strife, trade was stagnant, and our people were pour-! Ing into the United States, To-day, under an able, progressive Government, peace reigns, commerce Is expanding, agriculture flourishes, and the exodus is frem, not to, the United States. | the Provinces west of Quebec | 1s undoubtedly the feeling that if the] | patience. | color is | with | avoidable conditions | ducting "a nest of trai-|! THE COMMANDER iN CHIEF TI Th THE CONQUERING OF WESTERN CANADA. --NO. 8--THE COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF, A series of eight cartoons, drawn by Mr. C. W. Jeffreys, representing the Conquest of Canada for Civilization a nd the men who are engaged at it. N 0 PARTISANSHIP NOW ---- EEE XN NATIONAL RAILWAY Another Triumph of Liberal Administration to be Found in Manage- ment of the Intercolonial--Leaks Have Been Stopped -- Road on Commercial Basis. It may be candidly admitted that the Intercolonial has never been a paying proposition, Judged by standards. It was not bullt with that end in view. It was constructed to serve the purposes of Confederation, and was an essential part of the com- pact between the Upper and Lower Provinces. Without it Confederation could not have been made anything] more than a political and sentimental | union. The have been lacking, and the vast com- is now carried on be- tween Ontario and the Maritime Prov- inces would have been limited to the exchanges that were practicable during the months of open navigation by way commercial concrete element would | merce which | of the St. Lawrence. The Situation Misunderstood. This situation will not be questioned Yet it is not generally understood In| There! Intercolonial does not pay it ought to] be made to do so. It wards of $80,000,000, and the of any direct return has cost up- sustained | upon this | with im-| circumstances { absence large Investment Under these easily given to allegatio mismanagement, of graft, and par favoritism. To those who do not kn the facts it may seem that the meagre results of operating are due to politi-| and that in other hands a be realized. is viewed profit would Comparison as to Administration. | A fair test of administration would | be found In measuring tha relative] success of the two parties in dealing] the situation under these un-| Which of them| the better skill in con-| ness of the road? e striking facts 1878 d n to sally ur ag y millior 18986, been a material Threa capable has displayed have occu whole there provement Ministers A. G Hon a to lay Ww r fou the ecarryin n o Ir wi | sympathies to say, | by the records. | every {ernment railway knows that he will be videalt with on his merits; that his po- | which | In other words, his being on the Inter- { isters in already been manifested in a happy series of surpluses since 1896. Partisanship Discouraged. The financial results of Liberal ad- ministration are not perhaps so portant as those of another character. It cannot be denled that during all the years between 1878 and 18968 the Inter- colonlal was not regarded so much as & public trust as a valuable piece of an machinery Politics came In y point. When an election oc- curred thousands of men were carried over the line on passés; the employes of the road were in many cases active campalgners; promotions and prefer- ments were known to be the reward of effective services to the party; the utmost demoralization In this regard, extendingito every branch of the ser- vice, prevailed; the men were under constant esplonage as to their political These are hard things but they are amply sustained im- All this has been changed. The em- ployes of the Intercolonial are as free to-day In respect of their political opinions as are the employes of any other railway or any industrial estab- lishment {in the Dominion. In 1900 they were given a classification and schedule which works' automatically, and which Is identical' with that of the Canadian Pacific and Grand Trunk. From one end of the line to the other man in the service of the Gov- litical views have nothing ;whafever to do with his pay; that he Is abso- lutely emancipated from the conditions surrounded him prior to '1886. colonial does not affect his freedom in respect of his vote in the slightest de- gree A Fair Argument. In all conscience it ought to be ad- mitted by everyone that if Liberal Min- charge of the Intercolonial had done no more than this they would be entitled to public approba- But they have done much more. ve placed the road on as strict 1 basis as has been pos- r the circumstances They roved the value of the line of property They have best equipped and s on this continent. ped leaks, and intro- In a word, they have slves capable and above hey have been true to, avisen CANADA'S PROGRESS HAS BEEN UNIQUE Efforts of Opposition to Belittle Dominion's Prosperity Not Based on Fact. REST OF WORLD IS BEHIND Our Trade in 12 Years Has In- creased by 175 Per Cent.-- Unprecedented Showing. It is argued on the Opposition side that the progress of Canada In the last twelve years is merely a feature of the general progress of the world. One would like to believe that the world as a whole had made such mar- velous progress as is indicated by this argument. For instance, in the last twelve years the trade of Canada has been increased by about four hundred millions, or 175 per cent. If the trade of the principal nations of the world has increased by 175 per cent. in the last twelve years, the fact has es- caped the notice of the expert statls- ticians, The number of passengers carried by the railways last year was more than double the number carried in 1896. The tonnage of freight carried was increased by 160 per cent. The bank deposits were more than trebled. The number of letters carried was nearly trebled. There may be a few countries in which this progress has been rival- led. But to say that the business of the world has been advancing at this prodigious rate is an assertion that will not be made by careful students of the world's advancement, A New Canadian Spirit. But the history of Canada In the last twelve years is not to be studied in statistics alone. Many things have contributed to make it a unique period, which historians will study as they study the period when responsible government was granted, the period when the Provinces were federated, the period when the boundaries of Canada were extended to the Pacific Ocean. The growth has been so mar- velous as to change the whole outlook, and to infuse a new spirit into Cana- adians. We may dispute over the question whether Canada has be- come a nation according to. the law and the constitution, but Canada is | surely a nation in fact, or is rapidly approaching that status. The preferential tariff was a meas- ure of tariff reduction; it greatly stim- ulated thought upon the general ques- tion of preferential trade within the Empire But it also did much to en- large the commercial freedom of Can- ada, and its liberty to make commer- cial arrangements within and beyond the Empire. Having acquired complete self-government in domestic affairs, | Canada is step by step acquiring con- | trol over her relations with foreign | countries. This is being done with the | full consent and approval of the Brit- | ish Government, and this consent and approval are in accord with an en- lightened view of the world-wide in- terests of the Empire. It 1s a good training for a young nation to manage its own international affairs If a mis- take is made, it is better that we should blame our own public men than burn with impotent rage against the public men of the United Kingdom, Development of the West. Above all. that which marks out Canada fcr distinction in the history of the last decade is the development of the West, To find a parralel for this, it would be necessary to go back to some period in the history of the | United States In the nineteenth century, to the migration from the original States along the Atlantic to the Mississippi valley, or to thé second migration to the North-West and the Pacific ocean. In the three last years of Conservative rule the immigration into the Canadian West was 56,454. In the three years 1904, 1905, and 1908, it | was 465,860. Between 1901 and 1906 | the population of the West was near- lv doubled, and It 'is probably now close upon a million. But numbers | alcne cannot tell the tale. The charac- | ter of the country has virtually chang- led. The populated area is no longer (a fringe along the southern border, | served by one railway. It has gone { northward four hundred 'miles, and | still the movement | that the next great | district. Two great new Provinces have | been created. Three transcontinental railway companies are eagerly compet- | ling for the privilege of carrying the | Western grain. The railway to Hud- scn's Bay, long regarded as a dream | of romance, is likely soon to be a | realizel fact. A new Canada has tetween the lakes and the Rocky Mountains, tsa is a Vote fora Larger Canada CAMPAIGN. is northward, so | movement will | | be the peopling of the Peace River | TWO TRADE PERIODS IN CANADA'S HISTORY Comparative Stagnation for 28 Years. Stupendous Expansion in Twelve This chapter institutes a comparison between the record of Canada's growth in trade in the 28 years ending with 1896, and the 12 years ending with 1908. Canada's Aggregate Trade, 1868, $112,500,000 Canada's Aggregate Trade, 1896, 217,000,000 Incroase in. 28 Yours. ................< S104, 500.000 From the time of Confederation until 1896, the direction and control of the Canadian Government was, with the exception of four years, in Con- servative hands. During the whole of that period the aggregate of Canadian trade, based on domestic exports and goods entered for consumption, advanced from $112,500,000 to 217,000,000. This was an increase of $104,500,000, or at the rate of three and three-quarter millions a year. Aggregate of Canada's Trade, 1896.......c..0000.00i00000 040+. $21T,000,000 Aggregate of Canada's Trade, GOB. ....ierrssisssnscis ans, 598,000,000 e-------- Increase in TWELVE Years.............. $381 3000,000 The twelve years which have passed since '96 afford a most striking contrast to the 28 years prior to '96. In the first period our aggregate trade increased by a little over $100,000,000. In the second, and much shot iod, the increase was well on to $400,000,000. Against an average annual increase of three and three-quarter millions in the first period there has been an annual increase of nearly $32,000,000 in the second period. One Period in Our Export Trade : Exports Canadian Products, 1868 .......0500 0000000 Exports Canadian Products, 1896............ Increase in 28 Years - es anne The story of our total trade is duplicated in that of the export part of it-- the record of the sales of Canadian products in other countries. In 1896 the exports of Canadian products amounted to only $106,000,000, an increase of $60,500,000 in 28 years, $ 45,500,000 106,000,000 $60,500,000 or an average of less than two and a quarter millions a year. + Compare the foregoing record for a 28-year per- iod with the 12-year per- iod which 'has occurred since. The average annual increase in exports in the first period was a little less than two and a quarter millions a year; the aver- age annual increase in the second period, nearly twelve million dollars a year. Another Period in Our Export Trade Exports Canadian Products, 1896 .. Exports Canadian Products, 1908 .. 247,000,000 Increase in'12 Years = $141,000,000 $106,000,000 THE TOTAL' INCREASE IN OUR EXPORT TRADE IN THE LAST 12 YEARS HAS BEEN VERY MUCH MORE THAN DOUBLE THE TOTAL INCREASE IN THE PREVIOUS 28 YEARS. Again, which will you have: Unity, progress, and de- velopment under Laurier? or strife, stagnation, and depression such as blighted the country In the dark days before '96 ? ¥ 'Y