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Threatened Today Says ML Bennett

Constant Vigilance As Price Of Re- taining Freedom And Democracy In Canada Stressed In Eloquent Speech By Conservative Chief.

Before an audience which filled to capacity the Strand Theatre on Tuesday evening. Rt. Hon. R. B. Bennett. federal Conservative leader and former Prime Minis- [or of Canada, delivered a master- ly address on the principles of Canadian democracy. the dangers threatening that democracy today, and the need for sane and con- structive thinking on the part of the electors.

so frequently was Mr. Bennett applauded. that it became neces- gary for him to ask that the ap- plause be reserved until the end of rus speech. when an enthusiastic demonstration followed.

Mr. Samuel Kennedy, president of the Queens County Conserva- tive Association. presided.

The federal leader was introduc- ed in a brief speech by Hon Dr. w. J. P. MacMillan, Provincial leader

A vote of thanks to Mr. Bennett. moved by Mr. A. F. Arnett. seconded by Dr. A. A. MacDonald and supported by Mr. J. I-I Myers in brief but. effective speeches, was ~red unanimously, sudcesting facilities llihu ands throughout the Pro- vince to hear the Conservative ieader, in addition to the overflow audience at Chariottetowirs larg- °§t theatre.

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Opening Remarks

“some time has passed." said Mr- Bennett. “since last I had the op- portuniiy of speaking l0 Y0“ 0n public questions. I do not purpose tonight l0 enter into an lengthy discu-sion touching ma ters af- fecting the yvelfare of Canada. but rather to confine myself to a gen- eral siateinent. of conditions as they are. the causes that have led to ihcm and some of the diffi- culties that still lie before us.

"But I would be more than lack- ing in a sense of appreciation, per- smalli‘ ﬂs well as politically, if I did not congratulate you on mncnlficent convention that

call‘ in my long experience of ever huiiiig seen, ivpresentiiig a popu- lation so limited in numbers, so magnificent a. meeting. That a thousand men and women would gather as delegates from every part of the Province, at this busy season of the year. to indicate their great interest in matters af- fecting the welfare of the Island, was to me a matter of vcry great

.5lil'pl‘i§(‘. When I came in the hall

I could hardly see the people: Whﬂh I ascertained that five were per- miuril to come from every polling subdivision and that there was nicrly the maximum number from

every poll. and that a thousand delegates had met here for the pin-pose oi electing a leader for

their provincial party, I was more than surprised. I realized that whatever might be said in the past or in the future respecting the in- icrest of the people in this Island in their owii domestic affairs, they have today indicated it, and a'so a devotion and loyalty to the Con- servative party that. tran-ccnds anything I had hoped to scc in this country.

Tribute to Leader

"I also congratulate you on the rcsillts of that convention. You have elected as your leader Dr. hfacMlllan. a tried servant of the people. I-Ie did not seek the position in the sense in which men endeavor to have themselves elect- ed to positions of triut and hon- our; but having served the peo- ple and given them an honest ad- ministration, leaving behind him Bcauharnois or any reflection on himself or his colleagues, he has been chosen by a thousand of his fellow citirens who today rose as one man and declared he should be their m?!“ Prime Minister.

"As I gazed on that audience of delegates I realized that these were men and women who recognized and appreciated the danger that now confronts democracy. We live in an age of doubt, suspicion and distrust. We have been called uP- on to see democracy threatened as it has never been before- We have seen it wiped out and destroyed in the greater part of Europe, and dictatorship establish- ed in its place. we have M!!! l" other parts of our fair Dominion. democracy challenged by 1W0- cracy. We have seen everywhﬂ‘ autocratic assertions of power and democracy set at naught.

"Men and women. democracy did not song by accident. It represent- ed a long, hard ‘struggle 0f m!!! Ind women in ages past. W110 fought because they believed that government of the people. by "l9 people and for the people was the best form by which representative inztitutiom could b,- maintained and perpetuated among the sons of men.

"But democracy has had many fllllnu At time: it has been cor-

the _ met J . hcic lhis afternoon. I do not re-

"Pt. at time; imtfeotivo. At times.

drunk Wit-h DOWBI‘. the men who have administered it have forgot. ten their duties to their fellows

Democracy on Trial

“Todly you saw a great triumph °f demmlfﬂﬁy; you saw a leader elected not by a few but five dele- llﬂles from every polling sub. division of this Province. you saw democracy triumph in the election of a leader who represents all the people and no mere section of them so far as this great party is concerned. Bu; what you may say of the Island is no’ time of all When I say that democracy ls threatened I but tell you the simple truth. You have signs of it abroad. and even in Canada where you have the Premier of one of the Provinces declaring that they must select the organization to which men may belong. You see signs of Fascism in the effort that men are making in some parts of the Dominion to control the movement of labour. You sec these thing; and you must ask your. selves. whither are we going?

"We cannot continue as we are. I would not be here if I believed that- At my time of life, situated as I am, not wanting anything- for there is nothing that I want for myself-I would not be in pub- lic life if I did not ‘believe that having had some experience and opportunities to serve, it is my duty to give my country the bene- fit of the experience I possess by reason of these long years of ser- vice. Because democracy is very dear to me.

"I was held up to you and to others as an autocrat-as one who was a dictator; and yet I chal- lenge any man to point to a single instance in the long years of the depremion when we forgot for a single moment that govern- ment came from the people and that it was to the people that we must account. It is the people that in the end determine the fate of govemnzcnt. It was our fate to meet at. the hands of the people a rather rough time. But I have no complaint to make. On the con- trary. I have frequently said to my

friends that it was a good thing. .

The people, unaccustomed as they were to meet depression, had to find some way in which to express their resentment. And what is the easiest way to do it? Hit the gov- ernment. 5o they took us as the horrid example. and wiped us out.

Minority I Government

"I dare say many have been led to bclicve that the Liberals came into power with the overwhelming support of the people of Canada. I may tell you that was not the case. The resentment of the people was against us, but they were not for the Liberal part-y. If you take the trouble to turn to the report on the voting that took place at the last general election, as compared with i930. you will find that, the Liberal party in 1930 polled 462 votes out of every thousand votes that were polled. and in 1935 they only polled 468 out of every thous- and—or six per thousand more than they did in 1930, when they werQ defeated.

"In percentages this means that the Liberal party had 46 2-10 per cent in 1930. and 1n I035 they had 46 8-10. or 6-10 of 1 per cent more in 1935 than in 1930.

We lost the votes: but we didn't lose them to them. When you hear your Liberal friends talk of their great numbers in Parliament. I desire to point out to you that this Government doe: not represent 50 per cent of the people that. voted in the last election, but only 84 per cent of the names on the register of those that are egtitled to vote. They only polled six-tenths of I percent more votes than they did in i980. The people didn't leave us to vote for them. They voted for the Reconstructionist-s, the C. C. l". and others because they decid- ed to express resentment against us and the conditions under which they were living; but they didn't vol‘ in favor of the LiberaLpaﬂoL when they expressed that resent- ment. They were very careful not do to that-

Voioo of the People

"That brings me to soy some- thing to you about. the ﬁner-ll theory of government. In the days of the Athenians. when they met together for the purpose of set- tling any matter of dispute. what- evar it might be, Demos -the People -spoke and by I mllﬂﬂti’ vote they decided what lotion should be token. But by and by the freq men entitled to vow in Mhlfll became more numerous and it was impouible to get them all in the asslmbly room, and so they elected from their numbers those who would represent them and you 1m- thgm. ‘Thus we have re- presentative institutions. But re-

presentative institutions are based.

ontho theory that I BMW"!

INSPIRING ADDRESS British ‘Ideals Are

shall speak for all. A great philosopher. a statesman. once said that it was perhaps one of the Kreatest achievements of mankind when it was provided that all should be bound by the will of a majority,

"That is the theory 0f our in- stitution of government; and yet today at Ottawa we have a 80v- emment that represents only 46 8-10- per cent of the electors who voted and less than 34 per cent of the voters on the list; have 170 odd members in that

introduction of third and fourth

their ballots for those candidates. "In Francs they have met that difficult-y by providing that an

secures a majority of the votes. In every riding he then is the re- llresentative of the people because he speaks foi- the majority. But until such time as he secures that majority the election continues, in order that he may indeed be the people's representative.

"In Australia. confronted with those difficulties. they have oom- pulsory voting You are liable to a fine if you do not vote, and it has worked out first-rate. Of course, exceptions are made for cases of illness. etc. But to secure the strength of democracy. to secure the permanence of govern- ment by the people, for the peo- ple and of the people, they have provided that the electors must vote. so that when the ballots are counted the successful candidate represents the majority of the electors, that they may have re- presentative institutions.

“In Tenns of Country"

“I am not here tonight to pro- pound how we must act, but I want you as qualified voters in this beautiful little Province, with all its great traditions and history, to think in terms of your country.

"Every man has the devotion that

attaches ‘to his home. his parish. his country and province He has dcvoiioii. too. to his nation. We Canadians on the northern half of this great continent, numbering eleven millions only, have trem- endous possibilities. We must think in terms of Canada and all that Canada means if we are to make for ourselves a. place among the nations of the world. Whether we are to do so rests with men and women like you. Side by side with a great nation of 120 million peo- ple to the South of us, of men and women more or less governed by the same principles but also with ideals finding no place in our de- mocracy. we must build a great nation or we shall lose our ident- ity in a huge cosmopolitism.

"Young men and women. you have not had the chance that you demand to work, to toil; but lose not your courage and your con- fidence in your country; for un-

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less we are to lose our identity as a people we must develop a sense of regponslbility in the individual, a love of country, a. ivillingness to give it. service. a 113501111655 to live for the couritiy that so many brave men died for.

"I put to you what you can do. Shall corruption destroy the public life of Canada? Is a vote some- thing to sell? Is it something that you are willing to trade off for a five or ten doliar bill? Has every man his price. as Walpole said? Or must we look on our franchise as something that ha. bccn won in the past. sometimes with blood? something that is priceless, that gives you a. voice in the welfare of your country? You men and wo- men have a right to take your part and determine what the policies of Canada shall be; what its d:stiny shall be. Is that to be sold?

"I was tod not long since that at a given poll in one of the Pro- vinces 0f Canadzi. certain results followed because they had large sums of money and a considerable amount of spirituous liquor with ivhich to influence the vote.

The Voter's Responsibility

"Don't think for a moment that I am not wide enough awake to know that both parties have cr- red in that respect. Don't think that I am wrapping myself in any mantle and saying that the party to which I belong has been free from blame. But I appeal in you. young men and women, to ser- to it that when the head of coruptions shows itself you let it be understood that this cannot continue to exist while free institutions prevail. The

choioe is between that and ulti-~

mate disaster or living lies. World history shows that wherever you permit corruption w control the electorate. death has followed; death to freedom, death to liberty.

"I want you to think of that, and I want you to think further of the awful responsibility that rests on men and women in this age of distrust wind suspicion.

and. theyI House. Why? Because with the‘

party candidates the voters cast.

election shall continue a. week from . the day of the general electionp until such time as the candidate'

i into office 'you that it has alwa

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of assembly, freedom of action Within the law. and freedom to Vvote. These things, I repeat, "e not. accidental. They were the fruit of effort, of long struggle. of un-

wearied zeal and vigilance. You will recall that a very few years ago, you were asked to

condemn us, to wipe us out, to hurl us from power, -as you did —because our opponents said that our policies were inimicable to liberty and freedom, that the taxes imposed upon you were ruinous, and that w» were build- ing up conditions with regard to

t rude m“ were impossible‘ Let’! was going to be consistent.

me say something to you on that point,

"We came into office in and we found conditions which we were buying millions of dollars more than we were selling. Everybody except the government of the day saw the signs, the hand-

1930,

writing on the wail. in I929. Some i

nations shortened sail and pre-

I pared for the gale; others paid no

[attention and among those that- lmld no attention was the gov-I crnment of Canada. So we came

Did it ever occur

sad lot of the Conservatives to

come into office when the country l

needed them most, when depres- sion was upon us, when except- ional difficulties had to be met? “Our Liberal friends have en- joyed the benefit of what we have been able to accomplish under

such conditions, and today they are '

saying, ‘Look at what we have done to bring prosperity!‘ People usually forget. and are tempted to conclude that the government of the day i; responsible. more or less, for expanding revenues.

Voices in the Wilderness

“Do you remember.‘ here in the city of Charlottetown and throughout Prince Edward Island. how our Liberal friends went from house to house and from farm to farm. denouncing the iniquitous Sugar Tax of the Bennett Gov- ernment? I-Iow could youyforget it! The voice of MacLean and Sin- clair was heard in the wilder- ncss, telling you of the evils that came from taxing the necessities of life. Well. ladies and gentle- men, whenI was here lastthetax

was 1 cent a pound, and tonight. after two Liberal sessions of Parliament, with all the op-

portunity in the world of repealing that impost, the Sugar tax is still one cent a pound! The Finance

Minister, Mr. Dunning. has kepti

it there.

"Was there a duty against sugar that came in from Cuba? Was there a dump duty? I think I hear the voice of Mr. Il<ley' cry- ing in the wilderness But it is there yet!

"Did you ever hear of the iniqu- ity of the Income Tax imposed on the people by the Bennett Gov- ernment? Do you remember how your present Premier used to rant so strongly about it? Well, it is

there yet. and it. is increased 15 per cent against corporations. “Turn to relief. What an

iniquitous fellow that man Ben- nett was in connection with re- lief! “ell. we managed to find employment for those who were idle when we came into office. but the trouble i; there are about 100,- 000 a year coming in or losing their Jobs. What was the policy of the late government? Public works with limitations as to our ability to provide them. We have still got them. only now they have become a matter of poitical patronage. To- day in many places in this country. a man can only get relief if he has a Liberal ticket in his hand to get it.

Ward Heelers in Authority

“Whose taxes are they? Who are these men who dare to say to the free people of this country that you can't get a job unless you have a ticket from some Liberal executive to do it? I say you must demand that that thing stop! In Parliament. as long as my voice is

capable of being heard. I will never cease to pro test a- gainst the political activity of

men like the Minister of Agricul- ture (Hon. Mr. Gardiner) who en- deavours to build up a great poi- itlcal machine for the destruction of democracy.

"I do not want to anticipate what l am going to discuss later in another place. but l found nli over Canada that. men who desire to work. honest. God-fearing fel- low Canadians. cannot get a job unless they have got a ticket from some ward heeler. I say that has got to stop!

"You may say. ‘Your party did it when you were in.‘ All I have to say is that in the city of Cal- gary, where I had control, they used to ballot for it out of a hat. Some of my friends said 1 was not a politician. but there are times when you must be a patriot and not a politician.

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ually agreed upon at that great Empire conference. And they did vote against them to a man, with the exception of Mnllsley of Nova Scotia, who declined to do so be- cause he represents an apple- groiving constituency.

"Only a few months ago I sat in my place in Parliament and saw the same Liberal party bring in the renewal of those agrec- ments. There wasone man. B.ily Moore. an author and economist of note, who declined to vote for them because he said he had fol- lowed his leader in 1930 and he

The Same Policies

"There you have the of a Government that many of you to vote for other candidates than those of your party, because you were made to bclicve that this great effort that we were making to preserve the integrity of our country was all futile and disastrous. Yet we have‘ lived long enough. you and I, my friends, to see these same men, after two years in office, following the very example of their prede- cessors in matters of relief, of public works, direct relief, farm rehabilitation, aid to the Provin- ces, Empire preferencrs. When you ask them about it. they say, ‘Well. that is the only thing that is leli to do.’

"It is true they appointed an unemployment commission headed

spectacle induced

b_v the greatest industrialist lIl Canada. Very helpful. But I ask you, do you think democracy can.

live under that treatment? not concemed about myself. but I,“ am concerned about your country" and mine, and its institutions. I

"Then take the question of; trade. I have here the average’ rates of duty upon all the imports‘ that came into this country dur-i ing the last twenty years. and it may silrprise you to know that the; average rate during the last tow? years has become very low indcecii In fact it runs to about l2. l4,ancl 1 15 per cent, because we placed in- i creasing numbers of goods on the‘ free list in our time. with regard to the British Empire.

The British Market

"I ask you this: What is the only stable market in the world for agricultural products today‘? Great Britain. France, Germany- all these continental countries are making provision for their own welfare because of fear of subma- rines and of stark necessity. The Balkans are great exporters. To- day. thanks to the efforts madebv the Conservative GOVOTIIIIICIlLYOIII‘ goods ﬁnd entry inlo Etizlanii free, vrhile the products that come from the United States have to pay duties. That stable market is

the basis of Canadian prosperity-

in lumber, in cattle. in butter, in hams and bacon. in wheat —- all those products in which you as basic producers are interested. "Do you realize that the United States has been with us a spas- modic and uncertain market? Do you realize that we were ruined three times bythcir tariﬂs? Who has forgotten the fact that our farm exports fell to a few hun- dred thousand dollars because oi their duties? Do you forget that the Prime Minister, Mr. King. said, ‘Don't complain. don't agi- iaie. don't retaliate. because they

‘might do something more to us‘?

"When we came in in 1930 we found that we were buying more

than we were soiling; which meant, of course. that unless we could borrow money from some

source we were going to become bankrupt. So we increased tariffs as a temporary emergency for the purpose of enabling our buying to be not. greater than our selling. And we accomplished it. When we lcft office we left with a selling surplus of hundreds of millions oi dollars more than we bought.

Problem In Housekeeping

"I put this to you: if you are a housewife and you continue for many months to buy more than the old man gives you for an al- lowance—if he gives you any at nil-how long are you going to last? Wcii. that is the way with a nation. We were buying more than wr- were selling; we were faced

sincere appreciation and thankful-

_\our unanimous and standing vole?

fol’. some pinde on Auv mini might well be proud of re- ceiving such a tribute from a great pariy, especially from the Conser- I am] vuiive party with its splendid tra- ditions in this country.

to go into politics against my will. I was elected at that time. slice then I may say that I have done what I could in theinterests o1" the Conservative party both fed- criill‘, and provincialiy.

cloiie more than I should have done. But I have fought for this party in the only way that I know how. I have tried to expose deceit and de- ccpiion 0n‘ the public platform. I lime told those gentlemen whom I was fighting with politically what

on the public platform a man who was beginning hzs career in politics. I have been hard upon those lead- ers oi the Liberal party, men who were well posted, or should be well posted. I have said to them on the platform. ‘Gentlemen. you are mak- I ing misstatements and I am going‘ to prove it by the Public Accounts

of this province’ and I have done

especiallv(

‘ so." tApplauscl. l l i i I

with inevitable ruin. and we took the only steps thut were possible. l

"If you buv more than you soil you must have a means to paythe; balance. Why. in those dark} years. did we promote tourist Trade. in this Island w-hlch oﬁcvs so many attractions in this connec- tion? Wily did you have to have

reduced automobile rates and im- proved road facilities? Bccausc~ every time an American tourist!

leaves here a traveller's cheque m‘; an express order or a bill on the‘ United slates. he or she loaves.‘ something that will help pay fol-l what we buy. in their money._

able to M I free and independent democracy? Shall this nation die or live? shall w; become a great peopfe on the nut-hem half of this continent. or shall we lose our identity? That is the issue that lies broadly across our path today.

The Price of Liberty

“Visiting every part. of this Do- minion u I do. seeing its peo- ple. knowing their thoughts. realizing their hopes and aspira- tions, I come to you. my friends in this Province. and I ask you not to forget that the price of liberty- in the words of Carlyle -ls eternal vigilance. But liberty is not license. Liberty is discipline; liberty is restraint; liberty is con- trol. Then nevcr was a time when there were greater demands being made upon us to maintain liberty and freedom-freedom of

Empire Preference:

‘ “Did you ever hear about the British trade agreements? Do you remember that your Liberal mem- bers from this Province stood 1h their places and voted against those agreements? Do you realize that because the Conservatives negotiated them at Ottawa where the leading statesmen came from all parts of the British Empire. that Mr. King said it was ‘a Tory

conspiracy.’ "Think of it! Men like Stanlvy Baldwin. Neville Chamberlain.

Stanley Bruce of Australia, ‘Mr. iiuvenga of South Africa. with bullets in his body. some of them from Canadian rifles in the South African war-a ‘Tory conspiracy‘! And Mr. King called upon his party to stand in their places in

wor-i Paiﬂiament and vote against thcwc

ship. freedom of thought, freedom] trade preferences that were mut-

That is the reason why exchimgcf becomes steady": that is the reason their dollar and ours is at parity.

U. S. Agreement '

"That is what we did from i930, to 1935. And now what about thei United States agreement? Presi- dent Roosevelt got authority from Congress to enter into an agree- ment. without it being ratified b_v the Senate. for ihiee years. Un- der the authority conferred upon him the Government of which l was the lcadcr ncgril. ~-l with him

for some time. We i .r! to Zivc him certain coneessc. s '.~. return for concessions which we believed

to be of paramount We carried on those ncgotiaduv": for a year. OIIQ thing we ivah" rt was the right lo have our fish en- ter the Republic free of duty: We

insisted on that, in the lntiercsis;

importance. i

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BYRT. Hoiv. E B. BENNETT

lFarther Report

Of Speeches At

Big Convention

High-handed Pi-‘Fcedure Of Camp- bell Gov’t. Denounced By Hon. Dr. MacMillan In Speech Accept- ‘Y‘,%“'jf _ in g Conservitiye Leadership.

Replying to the enthusiastic ova- iion tendered him Tuesday after- iiooii on the occasion of his unani- mous election l0 the leadership of the Conservative party 2X1 Prince Edward Island, Hon. Dr. W. J. P. MacMillan said in part:

“I am almost overwhelmed on this occasion, and words fall me io express adequately my feeling of

uess that you have selected me byi

to continue as your leader in the in- ietests of the Conservative party in this province.

"You could not blame me if I this occasion.

"Fifteen yours ago I was induced

and

"I am told sometimes that. I have

I was going to do. I never attacked

"There is a vast difference b€-‘ tween the Conservative party 8nd: the Liberal party. We believe In; sticking to our platform. in QZVIIlZ, euryoiie a square deal._ That_ has‘

of our cod and We were not going to make abar- guin that we did not believe was

favorable to the Dominion o.‘ Can- ‘

ada.

"I can Point out to you that the bargain that M1". King signed fail- ed to give consideration to those, Canadian interests about. which Wei were concerned. Mr. King. of course. did secure some conces- sions that were highly beneﬁcial to [his country. that we had ar- ranged for as well. but it was not the kind of agreement that I felt was satisfactory- in the long run. to Canada. -

"I have never found it difficult to make decisions. but I have al- wavs found it difficult to be able fully to weigh the effect of those decisions. Do you realize when you make a decision about your country that you have got to think of what is going to happen in the long future; not this generation, alone but of other generations as well? I have not lightly donei things if I could not see where,‘ ihe implication led me to. In that] agreement with the United States' as it stood. I could not see-much, as I desired to get the bcneﬁtthat i would come l0 me politically - I’ could not. bring myself to sign it, because the implications were too serious.

"I can point out to you the bcn- efits; but who can weigh those beneﬁts against the ultimate re- sponsibilitics?

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Foreign Literature

"Take one example. which Icitcd this afternoon. When we came into office in i930. we found that llicre were about one and three quarter million of American mag- azines ﬂoating around in Canada. circulating every week or fort-l night. Now my ancestors were= driven out of that country be-l cause they would not take the| oath of allegiance to the rebels. and I still believp in Canada. I bclicve that we can build here a nation on the northern half of this continent that would chal- lenge the admiration of the world. But we can only do that if we] educate our people to think nat- ionally. to think in terms of Can-- ado. to realize that we are part, and pared of the British Empire; and that within that Empire there: is every opportunity for our people i

to exercise their genius for self- i “eiebfallon here in i034. and visu- governmcni. and control of their: e ‘pioneer settlers "When I saw what was goingon I WW5“- Philllifli; "Oils 11nd b in this country. the slow’. uncon- i i"! scioiis inﬂuence of all these Am-'

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erican magazines on our national life, I said. ‘Well. if you are going to send them in here you are g0-

ing to pay for sanding (hem) be- l Ills 0WD impressions of the \.i . ness of this Dominion. it‘. cur." ‘ possibilities.

cause their advertising gave them enormous sum; o’ money by reas- on of their circulation. We put im increvcri stamp tax on them and " cy pail us .<‘~'l00.000 a year. Thai duct-u ihﬂir circulation b_v three- quarters oi 3 million. and increas- -.~.i the circulation of Canadian -~a~nvmes. not to that extent. hu' uopovtlounlelv. That. is all gcrc zonv. In six months thp circula- iion of their magazines increased

halibut ﬁsheries. '

‘are exporting vast quantities o

,ubove other things in eonsldcrui; ‘economic and political problems. l

inigigiiy s;

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i bell Gnvi-rlinlcnl lo lulu- llniii llll u uliul “as giwn mil‘ sewn liundiii Muir. ago ui plzi r1.

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.iii\'4 its.) ./l 1min . If th- liinli-ouiii-rs iiml iiii- (iini-riiiiicii (uulii not isgrrv. un- would have le ilicin appeal lu the iuuris." 1A3)

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i . 1 fillfi \ii.‘.h -‘ illcn svl zi-iiie Uul (‘nlnml-siini‘ iiport iiml sii iii Jnilguieril Ull ou Ifipy 1i i.

been our policy. Let any of our l eral friends get up on. a public p. form and make that claim tor ll own party today. and s08 .1 hc w... be believed by the people oi iii‘... Province." (Applause).

Dr. MacMillan paid irzhutt- late Premier Stewart. wiiom l loyally served as first lieu and later as Acl ng Premier ti‘ Mr. Steuariis last illness. lie . found great loyalty among Conservative members ot ilie Ho. They constituted a happy illllll.‘ QllilC- a contrasi. he suggest u. to the “happy Thirty" now in tliiltt.‘

"if we were deft-tiled in 1'1 >. everyone knows now what (ii-ii 1i ~ us.‘ he continued. “It was no: ' local conditions. It was that ing of unrest due to the depressor. It was flint idea that a change oi QOYGYHIIIPHL W38 2011i‘; l0 C1111‘ Iilv evils But I say this to you. gentle- inch: the Stewari-lvlarrkllllun goi- ernment went down to (ieimt hi1‘ we ivere not buried in any ‘Vuilig. of I-ium llaiion.‘ We met deicai lion- oriibly.‘ (Appiausel.

The People's Rights i a

"During the time that we wcre‘_ iii power we did not act in an)‘ ' disgraceful manner. We thd no‘. t ' to take from you yoiu" birthright, is being done now. ‘

“We did not say to the people o! this Province. ‘We will g0 tlirouﬂil your farms and when we want to widen our roads to make boule- vard: we will take what land WP want from you, and we will let our ‘Minister of Publzc Works (iOCidP what in his exalted wisdom you are to get, and you must take ii and like it because if you don't you have nn other recourse.‘ iAllllifllibt“.

“We didn't say i0 the farmers. ‘We. are going to take front NW wliat was given to you seven hun- dred years ago at Runnymede. when the barons took King J0hl1 hi‘ ‘hi’ throat and made him give ihcin their rights.‘ __

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another three-quarters of a n lion, and the $800000 revenue "m? ‘ i . - lost. i

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The Longer View we were in

“Here are our boys and wills growing up in Canada. lllllllfiillPfTi b_v the iliéfflllirc of anotheroo‘ i.- iry, holding up to their eyes the greatness of that other collnli": and deprccating the greatness oi their mm, laeliitling their own ir- stitutions. their Sovereign. cv ~- ihing connected with our Br 1

ideals. We were expected to c

that literature freer access 11x0‘ < this eountljv. I could not do it. I - did not do it. Ami I wouI-iiirt dol

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it. tomorrow. (umplu-ll (iou-riiment

"Under tile ﬂ'.'i‘f‘(‘i‘l'i(‘l'lf that w “""" -‘“‘""“'“- l" h-IiuHIiI-ir its bud- made the circulation of (him li ~ W.“ “"7” ""‘ W“ "l" (‘H1911 11> Mc- ature has increased, as I have j ‘mum’ m!" *3‘ "M" m" 17"‘ 1111B said. b_v three-quarters of a. mll-' im-“m-llluii oi our lint" un that

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lion. and we lost $800000 in rev-i enue. I ask you. my friends. to-‘ night. how can you build a nation under those circumstances? That‘ is what I could not bring myself i , to see. and I don‘t bCilPvg ihe.: sobersecond thought of the people of this country would want l! to be done.

“Temporary advantazcs irr. come to every man. There a very few of us that at one llinf' or another have not been oilcrcii u price that was tf‘ll‘ll)0l‘?li‘i1_\‘ a tageous, but which in the loi. led to a condition that we (i! 6d and despised. Think the son-r thing about your colinliy. Io good bargain ever was eon mated at the expense of pusl

"I remember :1 distinct: Liberal stiilcsmaii who i-lvkﬂfi. \\ did posterity evcr do zor Wcli. I am vnslil‘ cohccriiorl a posterity. We have gm n, policies that. lime for their ~ pose the interests offimudu turluy. Canada tomorrow, Canada ti"; (lg; after tomorrow."

Continuing, Mr. Bennett. rrila-J red to his visit last year to Sump

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ililli lhonn - ; ~ - i elect Dr. Mil .\l. ;'|).~Fill'( §_v ii‘.('!'l‘il>l4 ‘liv i; -

Africa. where he was im§3l‘(\_\_\(‘ﬂ My‘ m‘ “ the inscription on a memorial (n. ‘W. j,‘ I, Scottish troops who fell m “ill: imxn]? ' . " war. It read: "Scotland it tl-iolm, muuu,“

Poorer but the world is the richer by their death." , he had gone through the and» bition at Johannesburg accompllnﬁ led by a former Islander. lilr Kcn- ~‘ nedy. whose father he had had‘ ‘i1 - the pleasure of meeting on the“ l‘: ' in ii: present. occasion. l l1"/="<"=\"1‘ ‘ Mr. Bennett recalled the ("ax-tier Ehvmil’, ' ' nil ‘ I .

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homes out of the wildcrnc

He referred to his visit to itic Confederation Chamber. our‘. the work of the Conform-u‘:

Fathers. He. then went on to ,-

At present. he pointed on: “F

our raw materials, on‘ of the i»;- acles that we should he toner-w" about for the gcncrnyons (in! ill

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lo come. ,.,..yy m i W lie closed with an eloquent or . ,,._ p, w. "i- l\i"i'(\llli hu- zvcnl to plnc" national inir ~' .,..,., W, -; i,_;;,,,-“,-,. I

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