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In five years the amount paid in salaries and wages in these same facâ€" tories has increased from $113,249,000 to $162,155,000, Tweive years ago, under a Govâ€" ernment containing "a nest of traiâ€" tors," the country was en aged in race and creed strife, tn:o was stagnant, and ouwplo were pourâ€" ing into the Uni States, q‘o-duy. under an able, progressive Government, peace reigns, commerce is expanding, a?ruultun flourishes, .ndfirnoxoduo s from, not to, the United States, hundred and dred and six lare, ada a NOO NNM Under the aggr:â€"sivo and progressive policy of the present Administration trade has expanded in every direction and new lifo has been infused into the arterles of commerce. Our exports of farm produce alone for the nine months ending with March, 1907, were $41,000,000 greater than for the whole year of 1896. The total export of Canadian proâ€" ducts increased by $141,000.000 in the With the inauguration of a system of rural mail delivery, now being carâ€" rled out, the Isolation of the farm will disappear and rural and urban life will be indissolubly linked together, both aoclally and commercially, and to the advantage of both. in the moving of freight from the head of the lakes to the sea, and from Haliâ€" fax to Port Arthur. The building of the Transcontinental is creating a New Ontario and New Quebec in the north, and is adding breadth to the length of the Western Provinces of Confederation. Bringing the Intercolonial to Montâ€" real has made the people‘s railway a real competitor with private railways In five years the The St. Lawrence canals have been deepened to fourteen feet, and an effiâ€" clent system of lighting installed. The result is that the Canadian routs is now monopolizing the wheat trade of the continent, and the cost.of carryâ€" ing our cheese and bacon to the Britâ€" ish market has been greatly reduced. Ir ‘ne postage on letters mailed from one point to another in Canada â€" has been reduced by oneâ€"third, and the rate on city drop letters by oneâ€"hailt. That is what a Liberal Government has done to facilitate business and soâ€" clal correspondence. The rate on letters to and from the center of the Empire has been â€" cut down to the domestic level, and Britâ€" h goods entering Canada pay oneâ€" third less in Customs duties than forâ€" ©‘«n goods are compelled to contriâ€" Jute. That is the encouragement m-‘ .n.hy a Liberal Government to sane In Every Department Which Afâ€" fects Lives of People Has Had Results. AN AGGRESSIVE POLICY ‘lal correspor The rate or enter of the lown to the . "h goods en hird less in 6 ‘i<n goods an ‘ged in the work of making 5 â€" 100 acres. formerly fallow, add to wealth of the Dominton. Some of the Great Reforms Which Help Explain Canada‘s Prosperity. W STORY IN BRIEF OF LAURIER‘S RECORD ‘leven years 6,000 miles have been 1 to the length of railways in Canâ€" ind $396,000,000 to the capital inâ€" d in same. # hav M The postage °C years the output of Canadian @s, employing five hands or has been increased from four 4 and eightyâ€"one to seven hunâ€" ut‘ se alls Pua s l 1 A Vote for Laurier on Oct. 26 is a Vote fora Larger Canada d farmers an West fr 6,000 Miles of Railway. Ive 3 ve years, as compared with an of $60,500,000 in the twentyâ€" ars previous. al Factories Expand prairic from i vears Intercolonial Extended. eightyâ€"one to s.evven l;;;- and oneâ€"half million dotâ€" are Cc is the iberal C e number of farms in Provinces has been 4.825 to 120,.439. nearly 130.000 immiâ€" _settled on farms n brougbt â€" into "nited States Another NO PARTISANSHIP NOW â€" ON NATIONAL RAILWAY A series of eight cartoons, drawn by Mr. C Conquest of Canada for Civilization a nd th ~eraip Arsomie n Triumph of Liberal Administration to be Found in Manage. ment of the Intercolonialâ€"Leaks Have Been Stopped â€"Road on Commercial Basis. i OF WESTERN CANADA.â€"No. 8. â€" COMMANDERâ€"INâ€"CHIEF. E PSgF e ME Ew made it one of the best equipped and best conducted lines on this continent. They have stopped leaks, and introâ€" duced reforms. In a word, they have show n themselves capable and above reproach. ‘They have been true to their trust f Co ols axl c cP oo °00 PCE CPPECOq® tion. .But they have done much more. They have placed the road on as *strict & commercial basis as has been posâ€" sible under the circumstances. They have improved. the value of the line as a piece of property. They have nesduoew LE LC TV 1 : 1 A Fair Argument. In all consclence it ought to be adâ€" mitted by everyone that if Liberal Minâ€" isters in charge of the Intercolonial had done no more than this they would nba entitled to public approbaâ€" kkew k es dE is d All this has been changed. The emâ€" 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 estabâ€" 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 every man in the service of the Gov-i ernment railway knows that he will be dealt with on his merits; that his poâ€" litical views have nothing whatever to do with his pay; that he is absoâ€" lutely emancipated from the conditions which surrounded him prior to 1896. In other words, his being on the Interâ€" colonial does not affect his freedom in respect of his vote in the slightest do-' gree. already been manifested in a happy series of surpluses since 1896. Partisanship Discouraged. The financial results of Liberal adâ€" ministration are not perhaps so imâ€" portart as those of another character. It cannot be denied that during all the years between 1878 and 1896 the Interâ€" colonial was not regarded so much as & public trust as a valuable piece of partisan machinery. Politics came in at every point. When an election ocâ€" curred thousands of men were carried over the line on passes; the employes of the road were in many cases active campaigners; promotions and preferâ€" ments were known to be the reward of effective services to the party; the utmost demoralization in this regard, extending to every branch of the serâ€" vice, prevailed; the men were â€" under constant esplonage as to their political sympathies. These are hard things to say, but they are amply sustained by the records. Mr. C. W Jeffreys, representing the nd the men who are engaged at it. any industrial estabâ€" Dominion. In 1900 a classification and 1.Grand Trunk. 1e to the other ce of the Govâ€" that he will be at he is absoâ€" the conditions prior to 1896. & on the Interâ€" his freedom in e slightest deâ€" LAUtiis®R AND Wik LABunk CANADA SUPFPLiNMILNE grisen tetween the lakes and the Rocky Mountains, , |ada, and its liberty toâ€"make commerâ€" ./ cial arrangements within and beyond 1|the Empire. Having acquired complete ; | selfâ€"government in domestic affairs, |Canada is step by step acquiring conâ€" â€"|trol over her relations with foreign i | countries. This is being done with the ‘| full consent and approval of the Britâ€" . |ish Government, and this consent and l approval are in accord with an enâ€" ‘|lightened view of the worldâ€"wide inâ€" | terests of the Empire. It is a good ! training for a young nation to manage lits own international affairs If a misâ€" 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 for 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 perlod 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 the second migration to the Northâ€"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 1906, it 'wu 465,560. Between 1901 and 1906 the population of the West was nearâ€" ly doubled, and it is probably now close upon a million. But numbers alcne cannot tell the tale. The characâ€" ter of the country has virtualiy changâ€" ed. 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 is northward, so that the next great movement will be the peopling of the Peace River | district. Two great new Provinces have been created. ‘Three transcontinental railway companies are eagerly competâ€" | ? for the privilege of carrying the| estern grain. The railway to Hudâ€"| sen‘s Bay, long regarded as a dream of romance, is likely loontobeal The preferential tariff was a measâ€" ure.of tariff reduction; it greatly stimâ€" ulated thought upon the general quesâ€" tion of preferential trade within the Empire But it also did much to enâ€" large the commercial freedom of Canâ€" 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 Provinees were federated, tne period when the boundaries of Canada were extended to the Pacific Ocean. The growth has been so marâ€" velous as to change the whole outlook, and to infuse a new spirit into Canaâ€" adians, We may dispute over the question whether Canada has beâ€" come a nation according to the law and the constitution, but Canada is surely a nation in fact, or is rapidly approaching that status. I 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 rivalâ€" 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 studled‘ The number of passengers carried by the railways last year was more than double the ntimber carried in 1896. 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 belleve that the world as a whole had made such marâ€" 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 wofldf has increased by 175 per cent. in the last twelve years, the fact has es-‘ caped the notice of the expert statisâ€" ticians, CANADA‘S PROGRESS HAS BEEN UNIQUE REST OF WORLD IS BEHIND TORONTO ir Trade in 12 Years Ha creased by 175 Per Cent Unprecedented Showing. rts of Opposition to Belittle Dominion‘s Prosperity Not Based on Fact. «">°°**) """"/~V!! wTilil jVo@ mavse , U“l‘y. IN'O"I" and d‘- velopment under Laurier? or strife, mtflatlon, And depression such as blighted the country in the dark days before ‘96 ? - Again, which will you have: Unity, THE TOTAL INCREASE IN OUR EXPORT TRADE IN THr LAST 12 YEARS HAS BEEN VERY MUCH MORE THAN DoUsiz THE TOTAL INCREASE IN THE PREVIOUS 2 YEARS Compare the foregoing ( record for a 28â€"year perâ€"| Another Period ir iod with the 12â€"year perâ€" iod which has occurred E:":‘:;t:cte,a ;‘:Odl since. The average annual Exports Canad increase in exports in the Products, 1908 first period was a little less than twc and a quarter Increase in 12 Y. millions a year; the averâ€" age annual increase in the second period, nearly twelve million dollars a year or an average of less than two and a quarter millions a §;u: 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 shorter period, the increase was well on to $400,000,000. Against an average annual increase of three and threeâ€"quarter millions in the first period there has been an annual increase of nearly $32,000,000 in the second period. Aggregate of Canada‘s Trade, TB0G; >« . .2 .+ : :n s . + + £L% valk wl s x a s $217,000,000 Aggregate of Canada‘s Trade, > 1908. :; : s1 arrx us sia 64483 . 2. . 598,000,000 Canada‘s Aggregate Trade, 1868, $112,500,000 Canada‘s Aggregate Trade, 1896, 217,000,000 Increase in 28 Years................‘... $104,500,000 From the time of Confederation until 1896, the direction and control of the Canadian Government was, with the exception of four years, in Conâ€" 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 threeâ€"quarter millions a year. 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. 1896 ............ ....... _ 106,000,000 Increase in 28 Years â€" â€" $60,500,000 Exports Canadian Products, One Period in Our Export Trade : Exports Canadian Products, Comparative Stagnation for 28 Years. : Stupendous Expansion in Twelve TWO TRADE PERIODS IN CANADA‘S HISTORY Increase in TWELVE Years.............. $381,000,000 Increase in 12 Years Another Period in Our Export Trade Exports Canadian Products, 1896 .. Exports Canadian Products, 1908 .. $ 45,500,000 The story of our total trade is duplicated in that of the export part of itâ€" 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 vears. 28 years, [ uns l l: ’ Mo NOL. xXx) THI 10c to NR THE HOUSI oF 4 AT Ni M a