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Some Bordem Supporters Want One Thing, Some Another. Mr. Thomas Doherty. of Sarnia, is put forward by the Conservative press is a lifelong Liberal, who carnot supâ€" sort the Laurier Government because M its tariff policy. Those who are ‘amiliar with the usual line of attack ar the Government will naturally wippose that Mr. Doherty is a free ~ader or a revenue tariff man, who is changed to oneâ€"quarter of the auty, ind subsequently the preference was so adjusted as to be not only advanâ€" ‘ageous to Great Britain, but also rdapted to encourage Canadian indusâ€" ‘iry. On the whole, the preference now averages about oneâ€"third of the genâ€" »ral customs rate. The preferential tariff i* only one f a number of reforms that have alâ€" ready been achleved by the Liberal party, such as reduction of postal *ates, antiâ€"dumping legislation, supâ€" »ression of the opium traffic, civil serâ€" vice reform, extensions of Provincial boundaries, cold storage facilities, and many other public benefits, all in line with the sound progressive principle of rovernment for the good of all. The inâ€" terests of the whole community, not wpecial favors for any class, is the obâ€" leet for which the Liberal party exâ€" ists and strives. ‘ Originally the form of the preferenâ€" Hal tariff was a reduction of oneâ€" sighth in the customs dutles levied apon good& coming from Great Eriâ€" tain. Later on, the reduction was cthanged to oneâ€"quarter of the auty, ind subsequently the preference was itatement : Value of goods wla to Great Bri Thil «:s o« an, n‘ ven KMK®E _ 34 0 6/ areferential tart ‘ommerce with leal of business »ited the Unite motherland if â€" policy had beer that the result sial to Canada ‘he increasing : ‘ound in Englan ducts as shaw 1896 Fat is, the va 1da from Gre ‘rom Canada t servative rule, which recently 1. Total trade ikgregate valu This policy was the more appreciatâ€" «d because it was voluntary on the »art of Canada; not the result of any sargaining. but the spontaneous grantâ€" ng of special advantages to our coâ€" *«Itizens of the Empire. Nevertheless * did help our own country financialâ€" y, so that our trade with Great Britain went up by leaps and bounds, and it wened up a new fleld for coâ€"operation ind mutual help to all the territorial livislons of the British Empire. The resulting development of goodâ€" will and mutual respect is too well tnown to need any illustration or roof. It finds rxpre,slon every day n business, literature, and interâ€"comâ€" nunication. Canada would not occupy io high a position as she does, were it a0t for the wisdom that planned, and the energy that carried through, the preferential tariff policy, which has srourht money to our shores, enl:u'ged‘ »ur trade,. and made the necessltles‘ M life cheaper for our own people. 1‘ Some Idea of the effect of this polâ€"| ty. and other features of our present idministrative system, upon the mag-i aitude and trend of our business dealâ€" Ings with other communities, may bol rathered from the following statements *oncerning the last fiscal year of Conâ€" The Liberal party deserves the fullâ€" wt credit for the diligence, wisdom, ind success with which it has labored ‘or the building up of trado between "anada and Great Britain. The preâ€" wminent position held by Canada in he British Empire is due. to a large w«tent, to the adoption of this wise wolicy. The preferential tariff in faâ€" ror of British goods had a marvelous iftect upon the hearts and minds of he English nation. and did much toâ€" wards makingy Canada better known han before. anada Fhe Bond Between Dominion and| Mother Land Greatly Strengthâ€" | ened by This Policy. | ESULTING TRADE GROWTH 9¢ in Heart of the Empireâ€"Had| Marvelous Effect on Engâ€" | lish Nation. | MADE CANADA PREâ€"EMINENT THE BRITISH PREFERENCE & Master Stroke on the Part t In 1 in THE CHARGES VaARY and exports for _ _ _ _ "‘"C _ old _ Conservative had been continued. The fact e result has been very benefiâ€" Canada is strikingly shown in reasing market that we have n England for our surplus proâ€" ASs shown in the â€" fallac+w_ of goods exported fr Great Britain: enquaAce® »rl‘gn‘n‘ fi w ts from 1 ‘cence of the il tariff in di with Creat 1 ts fr that would d States inst the old C and f Canada, of all Ca for our surplus proâ€" in the following with ( policy, which has our shores, enlarged ade the necessities * our own people. * effect of this polâ€" tures of our present em,. upon the magâ€" f our business dealâ€" mmunitlies. may be it Britain it Brita Imports into Canâ€" ‘ain, and exports nited & the Cthr la, that is th Canadian im ars named: «. . $216,966,23 +. 638.380,25 ff $ 62,717.941 126,194,124 Britain ‘s, may be statements ar of Conâ€" fiscal year $95,542,446 $32,824 94.36 2 nto ites of In the eleven years subsequent . to 1896 the entire outlay of the Laurier Governmentâ€"including the vast expenâ€" ditures on great public works, as well as the cost of the ordinary services of the countryâ€"was met out of current revenue with the exception of a littie over five million dollars In the eleven years preceding 1896 the Conservatives, with a great deal less spent on perâ€" manent public improvements, were obâ€" liged to borrow sixtyâ€"two million dolâ€" lars in order to make ends meet. This sentence from Mr. Fielding‘s Massey Hall speech puts in the briefest and clearest possible form the differâ€" ence between the financial record of the Laurier Administration and . the Conservative â€" Administrations | which préceded it. Figures Show Striking Contrast Beâ€" tween Liberal and Conservative Rule, "The Conservatives spent money when they did not have it to spend; we spent it when we did have it to spend." Thus the Liberal Government is blamed for carrying out the platform of 1893, and for not carrying it out. It i®$ blamed because the tariff is too high and because the tariff is too low. What sort of tariff policy is likely to emaâ€" nate from a partx which takes these opposite positions? * Not at all. Mr. Doherty is a high tariff man, who thinks that the Libâ€" eral Government has gone too far tcward carrying out the Liberal platâ€" firm of 1893. Formerly a low tariff advocate, he finds in the advanced eenditions of the country the need for an @lteration of policy. He believes that adequate protection would in & few years give Canada a population of twenty millions. "Vote for the party which favors the protection of your industries." aggrieved because . the . tariff was not sufficlently reduced, and who tiinks that in this respect the Liberal platform of 1893 has not been carried out. In his Massey Hall speech, after reâ€" ferring to the work done by Sir Wilâ€" frid Laurler in making harmony beâ€" tween men of different races . and creeds, Mr. Fielding said that in the revision of the tariff it was necessary to work along somewhat similar HNnes. In the meetings of the Tariff Commisâ€" sion he sometimes adopted the plan of presenting the case against each depuâ€" tation as it appeared. He would ask the manufacturer to consider the case of the consumer, He would remind the farmer that his prosperity was bound Work of Making Harmony, Which Laurier Has Been Doing in Racial Matters, Is Being Accomplished by Fielding in Fiscal Affairs. THIS COUNTRY DEMANDS ONLY MODERATE TARIFF A series of eight cartoons dr the men who are engaged in it A series of eight cartoons drawn by Mr. C. W.. Jefferys representing the conquest of Canada for civilization and the men who are engaged in it. THE TWO RECORDS. THE CONQUERING OF WESTERN CANADA&.â€"NO. 5.â€"THE COMMISSARIAT TRAINS. es of eight cartoons drawn by Mr. C. W. Jefferys representing the conquest of Canada for civilization and wha aus amamcnk 1e is THE CONQUERING OF WESTERN CANADA.â€"NO. 6.â€"THE VOLUNTEERS _ In 1897, when the first Fielding tariff was submitted to Parliament Sir Charles Tupper, then leader of the Conâ€" servative Opposition, said "the indusâ€" tries of this country are already parâ€" alyzed, while honorable members gloat over the destruction of Canadian inâ€" dustries. I was reading the wail, the sorrowful wail, of these industries in the Montreal Gazette, where one manuâ€" facturer after another declared that those industries were ruined, that their mills might close. and that they saw staring them in the face a return to the deplorable state of things thaff existed when the hon,. gentleman who' last addressed the House was in charge of the fiscal policy of this country. I say that a deeper wrong was lwul inflicted upon Canada. So far from reâ€" jJoicing at it from a party standpoint, I deplore from the bottom of my heart the ruin that is going to be inflicted upon the best interests of Canada, and upon its great industries." i Tupper‘s Gloomy Predictions Did Not Come Trueâ€"As Liberals Would Have Been Blamed for Adversity, They Should Get Full Credit for Prosperity. THE LIBERAL TARIFF HELPED PROSPERITY As Sir Charles Tupper really and sinâ€" The Minister of Finance intimated that unless this question was very carefully handled there was danger of a sectional conflict between the manâ€" ufacturing East and the agricultural West. It is true that the West has manufacturing _ industries, and will have more. But, on the whole, agriculâ€" ture will be for many years the domâ€" inant industry of the country between the Red River and the Rocky ‘Mounâ€" tains, and the people will be disposed to chafe against any restriction of up with the success of manufacturing industry. P s1 oo Ant t & Suppose Sir Charles Tupper‘s fears hbad been realized. Does anyone supâ€" pose for one moment that the Liberal Government would not have been held responsitle for every ruined industry, every deserted factory, every desolated workman‘s home in the land? Practiâ€" cally nothing else would have been talked of. The Llpen.l Government would have been smashed as the Macâ€" kenzie Government was smashed in 1878. Then is it fair that a Liberal Government: shall bear the burden of adversity. and shall have no share in the credit for prosperity? ; cerely deplored from the bottom of his heart the ruin that he saw in the fuâ€" ture. ho must be now rejoicing at the dispelling of his fears. In five years of Liberal Government the capital inâ€" vested in manufacturing industries was Increased by $387,000,000, the wages were increased by $48,906,000, the vaiue of products from $225,393,000. In twelve years of Conservative administration the exports of manufactures were $69,â€" 000,000. In twelve years of Liberal adâ€" ministration the exports of manufactâ€" tures were $214,000,000. On the other hand. expression . is sgometimes given in the East to a feelâ€" ing that the West has been built up by Eastern money amd that Eastern manufacturers are entitled to a return in the form of a protective tariff which will insure them the Western market. Obviously this is a case for careful handling and moderation. If there were a demand for free trade, it might be necessary to remonstrate with the Western farmer. But in this part of Canada at least, the extreme against which it is necessary to guard shows itself in demands for great increases in the tariff. We must not push the West too hard, nor carry too far the contention that the East has put the West under a tremendous obligation by building railroads and bringing in immigrants. _ There is danger of proâ€" voking & reaction which will show itâ€" self in force as the growth of popuâ€" lation causes the centre of political power to move westward. _ All protecâ€" tive tariffs rest upon the consent of the people, and Western Canada, when thickly populated, would be a powerâ€" ful addition to antiâ€"protection sent!â€". ment. _ A moderate tariff is a politiâ€". cal neceesity in Canada; as much a political necessity as a policy of freeâ€"| dom and equality in religton. ‘ their liberty to buy where they please. THE LARGER CANADA SUPPLEMENT _ ONTARIO ARCHIVES TORONTO their supplies THE NAME OF LAURIER STANDS FOR THE GREATER CANADA The abounding activity in all industrial lines has naturally called for an extension of the country‘s postal facilities. The demand has been fully met by the pro ive Government now in power. Nearly 3,000 new postâ€"offices have been estal l"l". is twelve years, and such provision hu.been made for meeting the demands of the people that considerably over three times the number of letters were carried in 1908 that were carried in 1896. Now another and most important further step is being taken by providing for the organization of a rural mail delivery service. Truly. Bank capital paid up, 1907 ........ ..... ... â€"v" m-mnm Notes fin circulation, 1896 .:... ..... ... 2.2. 1.exBaids ‘in. N $31,000,000 Notes in ciroulation, 1907 â€"..., ...... 1+..1. s1118 sxesans #Â¥4400% hene ind m.000.000 De 11(9, 1800 . sasarirra Cs¥®akes 1e @2X 546485 24 ‘1aa00rwawine ie £4 $198,000, D:gg:n:. 1907 C cessn ias Ararrinan. arrtanian Anssovskasnbiss. Puy 00000 $655,000,000 The financial interests have felt the momentum which has been given to all lines of industrial enterprise. As a result the volume of bank notes in circulation has much more than doubled, while the prosperity of the country generally is shown by the swellâ€" ing of the funds on deposit in chartered banks from $193,000,000 to $655,000,000. The story of progress in banking is duplicated in that which panding business of insurance companies. Notwithstanding the of mutual fire and life insurance organizations, the amount at risk panies has almost doubled in eleven years, while the income of str has increased well nigh four fold. With the opening up of the West, the growth in wealth due to the expansion of our foreign trade, and enlarged mineral development, new life has been infused into manufacturing enterprises as well. Development along this line has been aided, too, by the wisdom shown in so readjusting the tariff as to relieve consumers and manufacâ€" turers alike of hampering restrictions previously imposed. Value Output of Mines in 1901 ....., ... 78;8'000000 putput of seme 4n) 4807 ..2;1+. <.ss2rs28 s i+ s 32a++k«‘s 2s +5 2h x e aÂ¥es baes sioat ABDROOOOOD To the progressive policy pursued in the Yukon, the opening up of the Crow‘s Nest Pass region, and the wise course followed along other lines, is largely due the fact that Canada, as shown by the figures just given, is rapidly taking her place among the foremost producers of the world in the riches of the mine. Mileage In NDERKCHONR, 1080 ....%... ..« +...s iss sasscanss aav wa 16,270 Mileage in operation, 1907 ... .......... nm Passengers Carried, 1896 ... ...... ...... site Cynale al‘s m‘ Latons in o d i i Pn Passengers Carried, 1907 ........ ...... nm'm Tons Freight Moved, 1896 ........ ......... sa+ asass+* es an++ $6,2098,000 ‘Tons FreIght MOÂ¥6C, 1907 .. .2+>>â€">>». > .. > +.0+68eik8s sinbintienfimenmdipmane.‘ IRODAeOOD The mileage of Canadian railways in 1907 was about 40 per cent. in advance of that of 1896. The expansion in traffic was vast] y greater, passenger travel having much more than doubled while the volume of freight was well nigh trebled. In 1896 the aggregate of our exports to and imports from other countries, excluâ€" sive of coin and bullion, was $217,000,000. In 1908 the aggregate was $598,000,000. The increase in the twelve years was $381,000,000. The increase in 1908 over the total trade of 1896 was $164,000,000. Taking our export trade alone the showing is equally satisfactory. The exports of Canadian products in 1896 were valued at $106,000,000. The exports of like products in 1908 reached a value of $247,000,000. The increase in this case was $141,000,000. Total trade, 1896 ...... r...1++. ..r.irr. att, sirirrtrs1rr1 +. + $2175000,000 Totab APKOCE, I908:si++s1s i1ssi4sks \i+see4 iss / 4+ Â¥se0ss «++ \Â¥y w DORYODIGDD® FACFOAGEG : ... ...@rkiÂ¥iisr 48 rsastie) sskiraries Fiirssris13*stks%%" +age 444# 33‘1-°°°-°°° Exports, Canadian products, 1896 ....... ............... .+. $106,000,000 Exports, Canadian products, 1908 ........ ............. .... $247,000,000 Shorelse 3. 12. io issi cessnb e rand s Aaaps dacae) css 12. .. . baraness Hevaaanare 12200000000 The above are figures which speak. And they do not lie. They tell in a word of the wonderful expansion which has taken place in our trade with other countries in the twelve years the Laurier Government has been in power. . o R Phenomenal Advance Under Laurier in All Lines ._ of Industrial Enterprise Canada‘s Onward March Postâ€"offices in existerce, 1908 . Letters carried, 1896 ...... .... Letters carried, 1908 ........ ... Value money orders issued, 1896 Value money orders issued, 1908 . Fire Insurance at risk, 1896 ...... ... Fire Insurance at risk, 1907 ........ . Income Straight Life Companies, 1896 Income Straight Life Companies, 1907 Postâ€"offices in existence, 1896 . Postâ€"offices in existerce, 1908 Letters carried, 1896 ...... .. ed th Bank capital paid up, 1896 Bank capital paid up, 1907 Notes in circulation, 1896 Notes in circulation, 1907 Meposits, 1896 .;.«...... .. Deposits, 1907 :..1.:...... .. Value of output of factories in 1901 ..... Value of output of factories in 1906 ...... Salaries and wages paid in factories, 1901 Wages paid in factories, 1906 ..... ...... BANKS GROWING WITH THE GROWTH OF THE COUNTRY MANUFACTURING DEVELOPMENT MINES YIELD OF THEIR RICHNESS ONWARD MARCH IN INSURANCE ENLARGED POSTAL SERVICE EXPANSION OF COMMERCE GROWTH IN THE WEST RAILWAYS KEEP PACE . â€".Notwithstanding the wonderful mwâ€"t_h ions, the amount at risk by regular fire comâ€" , while the income of straight life companies that which sets forth the ex $845,000,000 «. $138,000,000 % 10,000,000 $481,000,000 $113,000,000 116,000,000 $62,000,.000 9,103 . $1,615,000,000 © _ $37,000,000 $718,000,000 $134,000,000 Mr. I Pumpi: ment, : atinn | arise Ing dista grea of Ci East farm: factu "And concil lowly mangg bring put do the at that 1 be "It 1: pride « nobler public nobly "the â€"libe understan better ace servatives chine, bu malke it w a iman w #tlll the dians ric it grea W 0 The lea asked for Flelding â€" meant, he did; he wi the ret« Conservs you are . Oanada by : Mon doliars achievemen the Liberals rate they that they ): Canada by $ awelve year Increas five bu lon#«." sented cussion progres seryialti v that in #in 1896 â€" 1908 that a c to be c01 Lendltur re, it army of capabilit not say, m ©Me deciared i best governmo enjoyed" shoul to Conservatis Mir. Plelding « en the scoanda his epponents explained, tha entiy wished of politics," i« long m« it is ! a rule well la «nce: ‘Paind ou want you to d« want us to : petty discussiou tenllon Th« attentior splendid recor Commervietis world has s Tory friends are going + pecall the ap found amons The address at Maszey Ha the most con ances that ho in many a da Ing the Opp: Conservatives HARD FACTS D PY A SPLE #Give Idea b W "A deguat Ima s of Libe Figur of Cc Bec OY 18