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‘ MB » y E #£] Day me Ty1 S Bi Fal & 1 7 [ it P Hal *\ H 4 Â¥.« Tok 1896 1908 Letters carried. 116,028,000 323.644,000 Post cards carried . .. .. 24.794,800 33,674.000 Total .. .. .. 140,822.800 357,318,000 Conservatives Had Loss. * Under the Consurvative Government, with hizher rates. a comparatively In the last fiscal year of Conservâ€" ative government, ending in 1896, our national revenue was $36.618,591, and the expenditure was nearly oneâ€"half million greater, so that the year‘s acâ€" counts showed a large deflcit Contrast with this the results attatned by the present Government. To make our figâ€" ures as nearly upâ€"toâ€"date as possible we take the last official returns, being for the year ending April 30th. 1908, and we find our revenue to have been $93,474,555. The current â€" expenditure for the same year was $64,999,608. There was an enormous surplus, of which the Government expended on capital account $28,138,720, and still had a surplus left. There is no exâ€" travagance in doing a big business at 1 substantial profit. There is no econâ€" omy in a small business done at a Liberals do not deny the Opâ€" position statement that the counâ€" try‘s expenditures have been largely increased. _ In fact, the Government claims credit for that increase, and points to it with pride. Any captain of industry. whose wellâ€"managed bus!â€" ressa expanded untll his expenses had grown from $30,000 to $90,000, would congratulate himself upon what he had accomplished, especially If he could show that the greater business was far more profitable than the less. The country may take satisfaction in an expenditure that has grown trom less than forty milllons when the Conâ€". servatives held office, to more than ninety millions under Liberal rule, beâ€" | cause the increased national business is better managed, more profitable, and more beneflclal than were the condiâ€" tlions and methods which it supersedâ€" ars 190§â€" evenue .. x penditure How much better it was to do the ze business with the big expendiâ€" re, than the smaller business at a is. This is only a part of the differâ€" co between the record of the two ars. The larger volume of outlay presented a still greater and better vice. This is strikingly shown in the lowing table for the same two Because It Means Increased National Business, Better Managed, More Profitable, and More Beneficialâ€"The Figures Illustrate. INCREASE IN EXPENSES, SOMETHING TO BE PROUD OF em with a prosperous population, the untry‘s best assets. Part of it has an expendad in giving to the people eaper and better public service than ey ever enjJoyed before. A good illustration of this improved blic service is found in the manageâ€" nt of our postal system. This deâ€" rtment of government in the year 16 cost the country $4.793,699, and : the other year mentioned it cost 108,142. But let us take a look at : actual business results shown by se two different years. . Here they ric $96 enditure A Series of eight cartoons drawn by Mr. C. W. Jeffreys, representing the Co nquest of Canada for clvilization and the men who are engaged in Money Not Squandsred €p naus in CmmE been expenditure. liberal _ What for? For the beneâ€" »untry. The money has not f it, we have railâ€" ulldings, and other : to show. Part of ed in opening up territory and filling ous population, the ts. Part of it has $1,011,765 $7.708,142 6.696.377 $4.005,891 4.793,699 r â€" given $787,808 THE CONQUEST OF THE CANADIAN WEST.â€"NO. 1.1â€"THE CONnNQUERORS. Next to the means for the education of the children there are no convenâ€" lences that count for so much in a new countryâ€"and nearly all Canada is new â€"as transportation facilities for the bringing in and sending out of supâ€" plies, and the service rendered by the Postâ€"Office. This fact has been clearâ€" ly recognized by the Laurler Governâ€" _ It is true, as Sir Wiltria Laurter frankly admitted in his Niagara Falls speech, that the national expenditure has been largely increased in the last twelve years. It &6 equally true, as shown by the Premier and Postmasâ€" terâ€"General, that the progress and deâ€" velopment of the country have been immensely aided by‘ much of the exâ€" penditure undertaken. Progress and Development of the Country Have Resulted National Expenditures of the Last Twelve Years â€"Has Bsen Money Well Spent. ‘*This shows, I believe, what is at the are hurled at us in the press, at \ to be an honest Government.‘‘â€"s poorer service was operated at a loss to the country, which had to be met from some other source of revenue. Under Liberal management there wore very low postal charges, a vastly imâ€" THEKE‘S LOTS TO SHOW FOR IT the base of these accusations which at what I believe, nay, what I assert, ':â€"Sir Wilfrid Laurier at Strathroy. ,mr‘nt, and in the giving effect to that recognition is found the chief cause of ‘tlx»‘ increase in expenditure. _ Nearly 3.000 new postâ€"offices have been establishea in twelve years, over 8,000 money order and postal note ofâ€" fices have been created, and the disâ€" tance covered in carrying the counâ€" try‘s mail has increased by _ nearly thirteen and oneâ€"half million miles. In the provision made for increased transportation facilities progress has been quite as marked as in the case of the postal service." By the bu‘lldfn& of the Crow‘s:Nest Pass Railway tlui coal of, British Columbia has been n reach er on f)lx:cetau:‘-t;mby the “?GM-:“ ..fln mttvl! ““‘ canals and equipment of the chief har. The Postâ€"Office Department controls one service out of the many which the Liberal Government has carried on prudently, efficiently, and . profitably, It is not likely that the country will take its business out of the hands of that Government and hand it over to the faultâ€"finders who criticize and condemn the modern methods, and boast of what they call the "economy" of the system that was _ discarded twelve years ago. proved and increased service, and proâ€" fit made to be used for other public purposes. Which was really the econâ€" omical administration? Waich Governâ€" travaganceâ€"for mismanagement and loss are among the worst kinds of exâ€" ment was actually chargeable with exâ€" travagance, while liberality may go hand in hand with the truest economy. /ok‘ K & e giving effect to that und the chief cause of expenditure. Resulted From the LAURIER AND THE LABRGER CANADA SUBPLKMENXT the chief harâ€" To the latter question there cannot, on the showing made, be other than an affirmative answer. ~It is rather,. Have the results atâ€" tained been commensurate with the spending? 1906, 5 thalh s t rmalt BiUts. P . The question is not so much, How large is the expenditure? It is largely as a result of all that has been done that exports of â€" doâ€" mestic products have increased from $106,000,000 in 1896 to $246,000,000 in 1908; that deposits in chartered banks have grown from $193,000,000 to $655,â€" 000,000 and that the value of the outâ€" put of our factories has jumped from $481,000,000 in 1901 to $718,000,000 in bor the rapid movement of Western grain to the seaboard has been made possible; â€"and by proviston for cold storage by rall and vessel the transâ€" portation of perishable products, withâ€" out injury, has been assured. On his return from the last Imâ€" perial Conference, Sir Wilfrid‘s attenâ€" tion was drawn to a newspaper report that he was to succeed Lord Strathâ€" cona as Canadian High Commissioner, and to be raised to the peerage. In repdying to the address of welcome from the citizens of Ottawa he made it plain that nothing is farther from his thoughts than the acceptance of any such honors. When the time came for him to lay down the cares and responâ€" sibilities of the Premiership, the most that he would ask was to spend the balance of his days in Canada, and to be enrolled among the membership of that splendid body, the Ottawa Imâ€" provement Commission, who had done so much to beautify the Canadian capâ€" It is a matter of common knowledge among his friends that, although he was &reva.lled on at the jubilee of her late ajaty Queen Victoria to accept knightho@®®, the Prime Minister atâ€" taches but little importance to these things. "Titles and badges," he has said. "do not make the man, and I myself would prefer to be called simple Wilâ€" frid Laurier, 1 commenced my politiâ€" cal career under plain Alexander Macâ€" kenzie, who began life as a stonecutter, and lived and died plain Alexander Mackenzie, and one could not well betâ€" ter his example." Even when most closely pressed 1n‘ debate he turns to his adversaries with | the same calm and graceful persuasiveâ€" | ness, Whether in French or in Engâ€" lish he never hurries and has a perâ€" fectly marvelous control over his pasâ€" slons. An English journalist, in writâ€" ing of Sir Wilfrid‘s presence, observed. that his pose vividly recalled the very beautiful â€" statue of Burke whlch; stands outside Trinity College. Dubâ€" | lin, in which the great orator of a past generation is shown standing with chln" on hand facing the world. | T. P. O.‘s Description, | T. P. O‘Connor, M.P., has written ofi Sir Wilfrid Laurier that "he is like | some splendid portrait that has walkâ€" | ed down from the walls of a mediaeval i French chateau and is again stalking | the earth. You could never mistake | him for anything but a man of French | blood. Nor could you at the same time | ever mistake him for a modern Frenchâ€" f man," In the case of a public speaker, it is | impossible to separate the man l.’rom| his message. and Sir Wilfrid Laurler carpiles about with him wherever he goes a dignity of presence, coupled with a charm of manner, which disarms his bitterest foe. His whole countenance is one that denotes peace in himself and goodâ€"will to those about him. | A Picture Gallery. | The lines of his figure suggest| strength without bulk, whilst his masâ€" | sive brow, his keen but humorous | glance, and firm â€" but sympathetic | mouth, together make up a face which | once seen is never forgotten. In the | words of Hon, G. W, Ross, "He is a picture gallery all by himself." Perhaps it arises from the characâ€" ter of his language, but the Frenchâ€" man in speaking opens his lips wide in a way that gives the finishing touch of oratory to his utterance, Of Sir Wilfrid it may be said that his lips | are ever ready with a laugh as frank | and hearty as his words. | my ancestors, They came to me from England, from the great mother of modern liberty. I belong to the school of those men who fill the pages of English history, who always faced the great to get the right. I belong to the school of Hampden and Pym, of Rusâ€" sell and Somers, and of Burke." "I AM TRUE TO ENGLAND" (Continued from page one.) His Final Ambition. ONTARIO ARCHIVES TORONTO it. Would It Be Safe or Wise to Change .Govmmthnfichhow..&MHuSo \mazingly Proparggy * _ While the West has advanced by lea bounds stood still. Here, however, pro b’m m‘:.lo ”m no: lines. ‘While g.min-raisinz has g::' the main 'inngrs’t in the cofi"’ zeyoxtz;l fll-ai: unrios. th'.i'h Ba:::r“u farmer has devoted his chief l.tt::y on ocks and herds. e of Cl | , figures which follow : W.‘mm&mhwe census Number horses in Eastern Canada, 1901. 5 t ‘% Number ’10!'99? in Eastern Canada, 1907. . .. Bushels oats in West, 1900.. â€" 16,653,000 ‘ Bushels oats in West, 1905... ... ..... .. 68,760,000 Bushels of oats in West, 1908 ons z.. , s ts 120,000,00. Bushels of wheat in West, 1900 Bushels of wheat in West, 1905 Estimated, 1908...... ......‘.i Acres in wheat in Western Provinces, 1900 2,495,000 _ _ Acres i:a wheat in Western Provinces, 1905,.. ... ... 3,952,000 ___ Increase in five years...... .... Number of farms in Saskatchewan, 1901 Number in same Province, 1906. .. ... . Increase in five years...... ............ .. Number of farms in thrqe Western Provinces, 1901 , Number in same, 1906 . .‘ . . . ... ... D a vinr x Aa ‘a «is .. Increase in five years...... ............ .. Increase in five years...... Number of farms in Alberta, 1901 Numbe_r in same Province, 1906. .. Farmers have nobiynrolsponc'ld'l to all that has been attempted in their behaif, and the result of this coâ€"operation between Agricuiture and Government is seen in the figures which follow : Number of farms in Manitoba, 1901. . . Number in same Province, 1906.. ... . vVHuor L1io Laurier wrovornmen, agiiviwy®‘" *""*° $ 000 U orous immigration propagand& ‘has :x;lgd enormiously to the number of producérs in the West; a wikely conceived transportation &oincy has inâ€" creased the country‘s carrying facilities and, through the Railway Comâ€" mission, compelled better Service from existing carriers; persistent and well directed efforts have been made E opening and e% markets at home and abroad, and fnformation has been scattered broadcast as to the demands of the markets catered to."" * lg'lonltnro is our basic industry. The proSPOM!) shop, the warehouse, and the office 30pondl on the pri farm. When the farmer prospers, all prosper with him. Under the Laurier Government agriculture has prO Twelve Fat Years for Agriculture Under Laurier In Both Old and New Canada When the Farmer Prospers The West is not hills and battalions ¢ to market. Cattle Cattle Number of horses Number of horses 4u0ECase in production has kept pace with the additions to the number of producers. How great increase has been is shown by figures taken from the census of 1900 and the special census of 1905, together wi:g the most reliable estimates for 1908. Increase in production has kept ; Progress in the East, Too In The Golden West pagand& ‘has added enormously to the number of ‘a Wikely conceived transportation polioy has inâ€" arrying facilities and, through the Railway Comâ€" maneing mc ermn d en ve been made in 0 and ¢ o4 id information has boon'sctttcr‘mm as to l1 grain. There are cattle on a thousand horses are toâ€"day hsufi.flu golden grain JN 1001 _ 1N 1906 _ INCRIASE 283,000,000 IN 1901 IN 1906 INCREASE eoseanoryo ism iss | /.. kh r39Â¥x s kh 184 ¢h s rÂ¥ (4 HAXWS s 4b _Â¥ ¥¥ Â¥A #% 8,629 1901:..;>â€";««‘,.>. .« / 48,/000 Provinces, 1901, ..... 54,625 «o a bob e ow w m m oe won w w tm m e w m w t p n m'm s mdsA i me tise s ahnans ‘nveavarax arersr* . lt t* *:{!}* !...> ..«.. 1,001,000 beSintmateptratra 000000000 ©2,000,000 ... ..... 100,000,000 IN 1900 IN 1905 «+«*+....... _ 77,000,000 IN 1901 _ m 1007 1,075,426 oo aea savtincs shrae+ EOOTTED +<%«+s / HEyRod 2 u uo 4 4 w e m e m e ww e t en en “'“7 ni.c." $4,6285 ApALONNIN:>~AraAm. _ * *T *# o# 4 a s Noi ds ie IN 1901 81,812 of the workâ€" .l"" 'o. 1,457,000 9#47,6771 488,69 1 164,745 8$10,912 of the ACTiO®N A G THE FR