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m DI SI " Gr iri an a -e IT, ed . rover“! of the “new polfcy of the Government. It "mats. not . reversal. but a continuation and do- vetopment of the Government‘s policy. Tho Government has reduced the ates of postage and unaided the nor- _ To repent: Tho strophetiir rue w. reduced {loin tyo, can: to on. can. The mum! mm- AiiGua rem from three cents to two can“ ~~- "-v-"- a small population scattered our In itttmerttrq up; Conuquondy the Gov- ernment has proceed“! m In“ wo- ce'd with caution. The charge that the policy of fun-u mail delivery ig how from Mr. Borden's Ham“ phtforn would In more weighty it up: policy“!- The Government's Nan of rural In“) delivery is and to ha.” been Donov- ed from Mr. Borden'. Huifu pm. form. No great harm it It had been. No reuon why the Government Mtoutd n- trun from doing A than. merely bo- - Mr. Borden provoc- " an. u n nutter of fact, the Ides of rural matt delivery bu been consumed try tho Post-Office Department undel- the present Government for my ”an. The advantages an undoubted. tho expenlo ts Brett, In I country harm: nda to and ' Tho rate on newspapers ind pol-Iodi- can; gent_ by 'trt ”new public tn CID' Liberal Government', Input Record In Continuing-Notts ing in Borden', cum Tho rate on Canadian newsp‘pm and periodicals sent from publisher- tn Canada to subscribers tn Great Britain and other parts ot the British Emptm has been reduced from eight cam: pal- pound to one-quarter of one cent. 9. pound. matter thrm steadily real lowing reron The drop trom two cel The Inland from thno I The letter t'nited Sate cents to two A Conservative Deficit Turned Into a Big Surplus Under Liberals, While Cost of Service to the Public Has Been Cut in Two. ' REhllhRKhBLE RECORD OF THE POSTAL DEPARTMENT A Brtriet, of eight cnnoonl drawn " Mr. e “A, L'p xv J-_-s.. - - .'.l,', 'rt “Rae.“ - . a L Tq - ' Gr-Cd-: “M “\m“: T". - = “ ' a _ririci._t--.ssi,i-Fiai" -. xi..<~'~ ' "e r)'?jc-i'iri's'aie.5t""j. _ " _-e - rscise,i' - 9 “w - “x . dCett == ill _-il', -- - ""ccc.-raFiii'icrcc: \. ti (“’3’ fri',?,' "ess, J.Ccc'etttt:::e. st."'"-" . e - "'iWiei't-" Mg "Sic:;: " ”/7/5 f'" I W. m. "ss? "d . . ' -- ' //~ I " x1 cw ;\\ t.5it.te?':ef' -' "'1..., 's.. - (\g _ T"""'- ""‘S . Ce':;",,",',";""--'--'-" J. '. s~<;/,,,.-â€"---.-..._2& =7....ri--rt-r_ trt t'r'r')', T TH jrllr.j' It's Rural Mail Delivery Now _ll'i,ii' I! . hi' HIE THE CONQUBRING or WESTERN CANADA,--NO, Britain In?! part-7761.3 --- _"""" "" The rate on newspapers and periodi- sine mm" b" can lent by the genes-u public in Cui- “ n. ant. u Ada. to Great Britain and part: of the on of mm mm Sign!) Empire has been p,,',')"",,,',",','.". ma e t cents per pound to our can per "id " tho Ipound. or M) per cent. " under tho In connection with the 1asrt-meettton- " many mu. ed reform the Hon. Rodolphe Lamina: ndoubted, tho obtained trom the British hummus-- country h3vtng|Oeneru n Tduetion ot the I'll. of (postage on British magazines and ‘Mmpapers coming into CM from ielgm cents pg pound to two cents per pound. l tn addition to all this. the Govern- ‘mom has converted a deneit of 8781.- liG under Conservative management limo s surplus ot 81,101,821. It has ,thus paved the way for rural mall de- livery. and tor other reforms. In enter- (tet which was impossible with . dettett of tttree-ttttarte" of a 'mllllon ls possible when the. 51s a. surplus of s million) edollsrs. It " enter to write the words I'“Run.l Mall Delivery" in L political Iron-sun than to sdmlnmer s depart- fment in such . m u to and" 1'1!!! null dellvery ”alums. The ate on thrmuiian newspapers and periodicals sent from publishes! in Canada to submiberan Great Britain and other parts of the British Empire has been reduced from eight cents per pound to one-quarter ot one cent per pound. The letter rate from Cantata to Great Britain. ttnd to every pat-Hon of the British Empire, has been reduced from five cents to two cents. The letter rate from Chutada to the United States was reduced from three cents to two cents Here is a record which will stand the severest test that could be ap- plied to s private business undertak‘ ins, working under the stress ot 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- adian. American. and Imperial rate. of one-half the local was. sad I. much In connection with the last-mention- ed reform the Hon. Rodolphe Lemieux obtain d from the British Postmaster- General a reduction of the futon! postage on Britta mnminol' 'and newspapers coming into Can-d5 from eight cents per pound to two cents per pound. British Empire has been reduced from eight cents per pound to tour cents per pound, or so per cent. SIR WIIJRID READING A QUOTATION. Janet" representing the conquer" of Canada. hum not vie GG aa __ -iiaiiJurGrii: Inca or owl-sued. 1900 ..... ... ...r.liriwii,iiu 1904 ..... ... ... .. 211.055..“ i 1908 ........ r""" .. 263.368,”! ‘ The ieuon is obvious. It is simply the: the methods adopted by the Lib- eral party tor the encoumement of useful immimtion. the (lemming of industry, the opening up of opportun- itiee tor agriculture and other wealth- producing operations. have all been more Iucceutul end effective than the policies which the; replaced. " would be folly to than on these methods. either to return to the old condition. of Comttarttt" amnion. or to ex- tetrP"nt. with my new scheme. which To Abandon Liberal Methods to " turn to Old Regime. Everyone will admit that there is evidence of prosperity in the export- in; or a large surplus of the country's products, but it must be remembered that very rapid growth tends to leseen 'this surplus, because so much of what is produced " needed to supply the ‘wants of new comers before the re- sults ot their labors are available. It is .necessary to bear this in mind. to realize how much of prosperity " in- diuted by the figures in the letter of the following tables, which are for the same year! as those Just set out. They represent the total exports of mercha- dlse ot all kinds trom the Dominion: t. Under the Cot"ervauyttrime. 1990 1888 1892 1896 - V- \-lvllllvu. Ill-- tances. with a very sparse population. Great Britain has an area of 1'i.'0,000 square miles. about halt 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 mat as ours. and a rev- enue twenty times as great to bear the cost of the free rural mail 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. and its effect will be greatly to improve the conditions ot rural life in Canada. No Noni for Surplus. There is no reason why the lur'plup should be maintained. or why the Poet-Office or any other department should do more than pay its war. The right use to make of the surplus is to improve the service. Upon thin prin- ciple the Government is about to in- troduce rural mail delivery. The prob.. lem is more difficult in Canada than in England. in France, in Germany, or in the United States, tor the reason that Canada is a land ot enormous dis- h..-” _..L larger reduction In the on,“ of new-- papers and magazine:- This is " tf I. railway company had Increased Its dividends to shareholders by nearly two millions, and had reduced as pus- enger rates from three cents to two cents, and had made corresponding 'lf Jt."" reductions in the freight " . Under Litserki IT WOULD BE FOLLY. AMMUNITION WAGONS AND THE ARSENAL. gunman AND THE LARGER CANKD’A‘ 311me ff . . . . . ' 87.101.144 . . . . . 108,806,044 ..... 112,985,490 Administration. . . .. summon . . . 211.055.." . . .. 263.308.,“ ions. It I: simply for clvlllzuion and the men who are engaged in n. ‘ 'HNTA’RIO ARCHIVES TORONTO 1898 .. ........ ....... $200,222,959 1900 ...... ... ...... "7.287.528 1902 ..... .. ........ "4,4ti.MI 1904 .... ......... .... 464,986,501 1906 ...... ... ....... 540.941.“? 1908 ...... .. ...... 00380.!” Political economietl used to me that a country we: dttradvantagsd by exporting more good- than it imported. This theory is not generally accepted now, but tn my cue, tt could not apply to e new country into which we: pouring n desirable immigration. be- come the mess od import: would in- iciude the poemsione of the new com- ere, and use much of the capital in the form ot both money and meterial which came to be used in the opening up and development at the country'- reBourcetr. Therefore Cum my well be con- mtuiaxed upon the magnitude of her imports u wen u upon her Ina-plu- products which we lend to other countries. " we take no nomina- diee imports for the shove not out. but chooeinx you " wider in- terval- tor the suite of Win; our table, we obtain the my; eta.- meat: 1. Under the Generative regime. 1888 ..... ..... ...... $100,071.02! 1892 ...... ... ....... 115.160.“: 1890 ...... ... .... .. 106.331.!“ t. Under Liberal Adminietntton. 1900 ...... ..... ... . tli'd'lt.g', 1904 ..... ..... ...... 8.500.019 "" .... ...... “n 151.1153“ of the twelve you! that have earned since, during which I. Libel-u Govern- ment has been doing an in It. payer to promote the country’s mum. Here are the corresponding figures for this term: Difforonc In Room! Yours. These tttrare. show a Inbstantlu ad- nnco, but nothlng like what I! shown by the figures for the alternate yarn The total trade of tho Dominion, that is, the mate of the value of the imports and exports of an kindl, money Included. taken for the alter- nate you: of the last twelve than nan of Conservative 'Mministmtton, ts let out in the following table oom- piled from the latest report of the Deptutmettt of Trade and Commerce: Under Conservative Regime. 1886 ...... ...... .... “82.071810 1888 ...... ......... 189,965,778 1890 ........ .. ...... 206592.661 1892 ..... .... ...... 227594.105 1894 ...... .... ...... 227,354,021 1896 ..... ... ...... 228,272,279 Nevertheless, it is true that wise 'rovernrnent, encouraging industry, pm- mating trade. and securing dalnble Immigration. will immensely eid such development and proiperitr. striking evidence of this is found in the re~ markebie progress made since the peo- ple turned dimtiefied from Connem- tive mismanagement, and placed the control ot their public affairs in the hands of Mr Wilfrid Lautter and his associates. _ Every patriotic Canadian rejoices ‘in the phenomenal prosperity that our ‘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 me that this growth has been entirely be.. cause our national affairs were ad- ministered by I Liberal Government It is due in the main to the splendid opportunities which this country pn- sents to enterprise and thrift, to the vast natural resources from which labor and skill any draw umost un- limited wealth. Wise Encouragement of Industry and Immigration Were of Immense Benefit. _ THE GOVERNMENT HELPED Figures of Mada}: Growth Under Liberal Rule Cannot But Cause Rejoicing. 1886 1888 1890 1892 1894 1896 SOME FACTS THAT STIR THE HEART coo. ...... ‘oun Under Liberal Regime- $290,222.95! $67,287.52! 414.431.!" “4.985.601 “6.947.437 63.38%!” of continued progress will be found in main Jidi,Q, . r the Gomtmwhkhnnhmmhwtmlada The most convincing evidence of the success of the hmier fi, ind general policy is seen in the leap in our exports of manufactured go. A policy that has removed restrictions and given intelligent aid to mm Air'- turers has placed our factories in a position to compete not onlv in tlo ' inc market but in foreign countries as well. The pmot is seen in die tabl , (ll tells of an increase in mummy-M "M..- ., --- u. __-, “' $28,500,000 in 1908. In five Ontario cities the value of th, by a little over $50,000,000 in five years history has anything like such a record been achiev- xp In ed. All Ontario has bene- E fited by this expansion. The cities named have felt 51:23:; .... the direct eifeet of the im- London .. . .. pulse given, and farmers, Guam" .. .. have been enriched by peter“; .. .. supplying a. market at .. .. their own doors. The salaries and wages paid employes in Canadian factories, onq/, 0 1122 five hands or more, have grown from $113,000,000 in 1900 to $162.1 “NW N :n 1905. Business men do not need to be told what a ‘Wages and Salaries stimulus an increase of Salaries and wages paid in 1900. . ... .. . $113,000 l, u . ' fi " tl 905........ '21 liinl nearly $50,000,000 III the I" , 16 f" annual wage bill of arti- Increase in five years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . $49,000,000 . . In bk . iv " en urw- 1' , 3:115 31ch to trade 1n all air'h1ttii'i'h)oii1'jiii'ry2s. '"lnt""u,itt,trg,ep,,'1e,rr, r, Ft es. tion of a city of 150,000 people. The increase in the volume of goods produced in factories hm t,, CO accompanied by a corresponding addition' to the number of toilers only: l mi, ---tt----i----"- The aggregate inrr.r,v, in Employ“ in Factories the five years, as Sh: r: r, by Number employee in factories, 1900. . . . . . . . . 339,000 aeeotnpan.vulg tubb . 'dirt' " 66 " 1905......... 383,000 44,00G-or PTllviv_t, ---..._ counting in dependm r of Increase in five you: “.000 workers and t h tt yt to whom their “11:05 ::\‘P 7 . employment, to tlu, "ra- Increase in five yettN.............. Value output Ontario factories, 1900. . . . Capital employed in Ontario factories 1900 $215,000,000 umv‘t’uvu UH vvvgi my" _ An improved tranaportation service, a vigorous i.mm.ig.rttion l" 1:3,. and a reviviited agriculture have had their natural elfeet.in giving a 5m; Jus to industrial enterprise. The table which follows, showing the (gum .,m_ Ployed in Canadian manufacturing, and value of output of factories, for me Years 1900 and 1906 respectively, tells its own story. _ m..-. In no one line has progress been ment than it has in manubeturing. Work veritable hives of industry in the last few multiplied on every bend: iiiii'iiiii'ii"iriiiirrer's Have Prospered Under Laurier, - . n ll Increase in five years. . . . . . . THE EXPORT' END OF IT Eiport-ofmufutwed products; 1896 . . . . . .. Eorrortttfmumfaetrsr'edrmaeu, 1908.....-- ‘AD ttte mm Iivul In the” “Mel. lave those relating new clamoring It” hula- and over. 'thal We] in Canadian factories in 1900 . . . $445,000,000 Capital employed in Canadian factories in 1905 $833,000,000 . lacreaseiaSyears.... qqqo* ... . . $387,000,000 Value ofoatpat of factories in 19” . . . . . . . . . . $481,000,000 Value of output of factories in 1905 . . . . . . . $706,000,000 Increaseins years. . . . . . . . . . . . . $225,000,000 1nrore1gu mm as well. The proof-is seed in: "VF Fla . . “he e tabla Increase In m in 1ftftst man tured exports from '10,00tt,000 in ls ' Ontario's Share in It mas watch TELL 0F EXPANSION The Best Asmara; ianyun. " 1905.... Toronto. . . Hamilton . . London. . . . Ottawa. . . . Peterbom . . . h hltyg,r,t,',yg the?) the "'rn2"t Vaughan: mum-- av A m n n m u an -..- h n a8vll'lu'lU'MIWg',h','l . “m“ 1'Fr ‘Wages and Salaries Salaries and wages paid in 1900. . . .. . . . a " " " 1905........ 1905 391,000,000 .m,..:.......... 310,000,000? "'1"'-:tiuiiiiori'ii)'j "'ooooooo... $18,500,000; Expansion in Ontario Cities $1N,000,000 $241,000,000 361,000,000 $120,000,000 of the output men greater under the Laurier Com-m Workshops all over Canada have been t few years, and tall chimneys have men e output of factories has irwr, "sed '. In no Previous period in Carr. ia's $38,415,000 17.122,000 8,122,000 7.638,000 3,789,000 Vane on”: mo . Ontario ha share in the vival which place. Near] creased capi in Canadian ing. and oval dition to the duet turned l to experts. at. he mum: ing, and over half UH " dition to the value of Pl'"- duet turned out, is rowin- ed to this one Pros .nvc. Ontario has: had her full share in the industrial pe- vival which has Mkvn place. Nearly half thr in- creased eapital emplnyvd in Carmina manut'm-rur- 685,714,000 2t,625,000 12,626,000 10,641,000 "th ur- 817.29% JO 7,503,000 0.604.000 8,008,000 1.777.000 "die t0 a " Awe!“ al of u be, CH ‘I ts Ink It [I “Mew CREDIT “out How wit nation