comme. AND PnoenesswEg

. g .. ‘,._ .. Borne non. ‘Ordsr. Mr. Orerlr: ‘Well. Mr. ISpeaker,

il H nm out.ol' order it certalnly

wss unintentlonal on my part. l

'will say. to keep ‘hlm to the cor-

rect llne. IHe can rend my .remarks

ot yesterday and he wlli flnd no- where that il merle the statement due hss Just attrlbutod to me.

Mr. Melghen: il have lllanssrd-be- l'ore me, and il will .read exutly what my hon. irlend said: '

l 'l‘he terms of the smendrnent

ure very simple; they staate that

the budget proposais brought down constitute on uhe part ot tho Governrnent en utter lailure to implement ite pledges by\ leg- lslation. Well, whllo >l have ibeen pretyt severe in my criticism or the Government. ‘l do not thirlk e 'wo are Justmed lby the

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o ‘hon. members to my left. "viziouaness appesle Juet the La those of one fiscal vlew es 0' to .those o! another. The ' gentleman, however, does not .to unit hlmselt vin our position; hun'reiiect on Ihls own. r flooy: l sm just as enxlous .bc', clear on thispoint u my t han. iriend ls. ‘ll ho argues L a'wrong prom-tse should lbe wgà hy wrong action. lite slm. ongles that two wrongs moka

gin.) A

v el hen: me hors. gentle. ne 9net seem “tqu that n he vbractico ol ma‘k rit-,3, pro. e and violating lt that au, kingfrnt. iHe 'has sein-cw essee ol‘ ‘hls mind in val a excuse for refusing‘ .

= nonnes

tho initiative trophiu they hou won, vint they will uy in respect to this nmendment. 'I‘hm 'hon. t0 ‘PNW . _ «aucun »

and stroog. They‘oame for s wh‘eat bond—they came to a Liberal Government .for a Crowsneet. pess egreement—tor a reduced cost ot living—for their tarif! platlorm. And they will go ‘hack and have to esy: d‘iowhat 'honrd, nothing or that; nc Icrowsnest 'pnss agreement. nothing ol thatàif I rend the coun- teunncee ot hon. gentlemen oppo- site arlght. Cost of living? Worse thsn nothlng there lucreseed and

of this country. The tarlil? Noth- lus there. 'l‘he ‘Hudson 'Bsy rall- way, dtd Il 'hesr someone esy‘l I do not ‘know that the .rullwuy was se promlnent, but if so. there. Alll nothing. tht they csn say to thelr constituants is this: We ‘llBIVe uothlng to ibrlng bock for you. Ibut we remembered our old

heavlly 'increasod. on a'll the peuple

nothlng

NeturehuA vidcd:' tho a mime {333e of‘mldcn îs tho ideal lady-building

thon l'

eh. swap: tho 09445111.

Sentt ç Bowne. Toronto. Ont.

t'çal facts of the case. r brerer: flear; hesr.

usure on the ‘Governmen no e -Meigtwn: 'nhab m pmclsfly

‘ n that Government, ’Ilîl‘oïlîs lo'ilowed demorallzlnë ctlce—a proclzlce that he says reprshends. _ ow, Le; me turn for a moment ‘the position of hon. genolemen my left. They e not on very onrg ground to c ldve the Govern. m, .ludeed, t‘he leader o! the gresslve party (Mr. Crerer) has arge share ot' tho renponslblilty tho course the Government hue rsucd in relation to this budget. e leader of the Progressive par— enrly in this session gave the vornlncnt. notice that il they rncd thclr badine on thelr .flscnl dgcg ho would refuse to oeil em to'account. IHe indeed 'he'ltl t an invitation to t‘he Govern— ,m to whandon tho piedgcs they d soicmnly made to the people this country. 'I‘lie -flr.st sign or ' conduct on the’ part ot the nmcnt wss when they turned ’ay trom thelrpledge to make dltional cush grants to ireturned Idiorsntvurned .from it without a ivor, without a slgn of Ihesltatlon. d doclared they did ’not. intcnd

power. germe: No. it wus not.

Mr. Moiohen: Rencard will .be m-y vlndlcatlon. dle could not sup- port tho amehdment Ibecause .it de clared that the ibudget proposais constituted en utter (allure to im— plement those inledges by legiela- tion. Well, do they not constitute an utter (allure? ’l‘he hon. .mem- ber satd he could not go that far, Ibut lus own amendment goes that fer; it dedlaree that the Ibudget proposais are-wholly inadequate to imploment the pledges Iby Ileglsla- tlon. ‘The leader of the (Progres- sive party refuses to 'vote for ou'r amendment lbecause it says that the mroposnls are an miter [allure to redeem pledges, thut lie le rendy to vote for hls own. which soys they are wholly 'lnadequete t0 re- deem them. il would suggest a etudy of the two phrases 'to t‘he Lilnguistic experts rwho slt around

m.

‘Thc reasons tho hop. member glvos tor saylng thut. these propos» ais are not an "utter fuiiurc" but l'uiiil it or any part oi'v it. The'in his opinion are "whoin inade- mier ot the Progressive party qunte," are t'hcsc: ’l‘he exchnnlge on asked ull hls lfol'iowers to vote provision, and the .marking provi- ainst a censure of the Gover’n- sion. and tho dumping ;provlsion.or ont for the guilt of such conduet. a yewr ago. are wlped away, and on, were they any more lhound these changes are’ a .partiml .i’ulvlll- tho one mledge- than .by tho ment ol' the pledge. LBut tho pledge lier? ‘Once you - ut. tho seal of wns 'mnde over a yesr bofore these ur ihlossing upon that klndïoi’ provisions 'were ever enacted there« mluct you tuke the whole con—se- tare it could have‘ had no relation onces and those consequences to theso provisions at ail. for they o loader or the Progressive perty did not exlst at. the tlme thc pledge d hls rolinwcra‘ere taking now. was glven. 'May Il ask what hus “0h,” ‘iic snld, "l cannot vote for led the leader of tho Progressive ls mnendmcnt Ibecuuse it says Dsrty and tlle chlcl’ whin ol' thc nt tho 'hudget proposais constitute Progressive .party and t-hnt stulwurt utli'l‘ l'allure to lmplement the Liberel (qu. 'Hoey) whn'slts t0 his entres oi’ tho party nby leglsln- left—«what havs ied them to lnduce un." Snch language ls tooetrong, thelr ioilowing not to rvote .rebukc suys. ‘ agalnst the Government for con- Mr. crerar: il Want to correct my duct Whlch they îhemfielves Cün' gilt hon. l’rlend. IHe le lndulging demn? How will they explalnthat ,n gond mnnry excursions this to their constituents? ftornoon. and I want as fer as pos- lI 01mn Wondel‘. When “le ‘Dl‘Oud hic to kcep him t0 tho line oi! dwy comcs that 'hon. gentlemen tolThe utli. my loft return to t‘hclr homes t0

the limaille—thut we let the

giram in which they profeseed to ‘believe.

constituants. For Iny part, were tho

would vote egalnst it.

ceiving the electors of Canada. Mr. Lapointe: What a change

t'ho hon .mem‘ber.

ponsiib'ie government?

olectors heretufter 'vote on

al‘l vwhat is to result lrem vote. remponei-ble -government. comc to the qub-nmendment calledh

vote for the Ihudget?

d“. u. nul-7m64; .0..:* ce

PAY THE I-IIGHER porcs 2 and get less mileage. The Part— ridge Cord Illustrated above ceste” 840.50 às against a fabric

' ' kof apgmxirnatcly equal

. d‘tç‘osuos 5543.90. -

1' e gpxds are more dependable

_. ËlÿeÎfto‘m two to three times

cagêïpfifabric tires.

' a and’os‘itltovsæ

28:, 'SÜNS. Charlôttetonn' m

moco unes

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P. L _

l

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party—the home o! ‘5 out of 6 of us and we kept .the Govemment in We refused to censure them l’or anything. They werelgull- ty off conduct that one and nll of us deoided wes wrong, guilty) or dlshonoring their' plighted word to pcr- forimance go—we resily could not loin in with the Tories to condemn t‘hem. No, they have been the par— ties, ,to the extent ol’ their power, to relieve the GoVernment of the obligation ofr-carrylnlg out tho pro. themselves Thnt is the story they must carry baoK to their

Govern- ment to introduce the ‘legislatlon to which lt plodged .ltself a your ago l, not ibelicvlng in that leglslatlon. But. in arl- dition to not. bellevlng in tliose cen- crete acts ol‘ policy. I do not ‘beiieve in'duplicity. ‘I do not nbelleve in do-

Mr. Meighen: dt le a. changetrom ill we are to l‘ol- low the'prnctice in this Dominion oi mu'king concreto urledges tc thc country, oi golnlg to the ipcople and saylng, this ls what we wlll do lf returncd to power, and then com— ing iuto oilico and cullously repu- dlating those pledges. where .is res- l—lon. mem— ‘bars who voie against this amende ment vote. to declare thatwhen any proposal ol’ puibiic pol'lcy, they are not to know or have any ldea nt t'iicir ISucli a. consequence ends ‘Now l so

Mr. Crerar: iBel‘ore dealing with that, ‘wouid my right hon. .frlend inform t'he illouse' whether lie wil'i

Mr. Melghen: lI shalnl not Note; l'or tho budget, and Il shal'l give my rensons in n very tew minutes. lion. membcr tor Marquette snid, though—und this le really il-

i

then l would have accepted rit.

then have troms the House.

that 6d an attitude ot favor il words had 'been sald. not. iHe could have sald in per lect brut‘h t-liat the noeds oi’ easiiy justin 12% per cent.. and

i venture to say. 20 .per cent.

'Minister 01' iCust'ome in

was not cnough t'llese

goods.

on

donc -so flrst.. then 'hrcath 0l this mlght never have

Government.

them. that we vary u‘rom tho principlee

mon across the floor. Mr. Crerar: That wns not truc ion thc frelglit rmtcs 'rcsolution, ' Mr. Meighen: Tire ‘hon. gentle- man did whot he could to acquiesce in the Govenment‘s course et put- ting that question off lrom day to day, knewlng that the puttlnrg of it oir menus additional treight rates daily to the people of this country, l'reight rates -irom which they ;‘Stlllüllld huve lireen relieved .beforo t le. _ Mr. Crerar: Where does my hon. frlend flnd any warrant tfor thut statement? Mr. Melghen: 'He reflused to son port our motion which demanded that the Government announce lts policy. Once rhe Government's po- licy le announced. that is a‘ll the vRailwa-y lCommise‘lon needs, and the iRuliway Commission le delay- lng now because ol’ the l'allure to ndopt that resolntlon which de, manded an nnuouncement of Gov« ornmcnt .pollcy. INow Il state that while the bud« get tollows the protective-prinolple, wh'lle no one could honestly dis. pute that it does—fdllows it se the old Ibudget follrowed it—lt is not. in my judgment, without .laults, and some serions tfaults. There are phases of tho proposais or the Min- ister ol’ 'Flnance thut il thlnk carry with them menace to our_.buslness, our production and our trade. ln- deed. 1l venture Vto suggest that we will Iflnd in commlttee tho Finance iMinieter coming xpretty much to 'ihe ‘views that .I shall now express and ma‘klng some very conslder- dole changes in these ssme decl- elons that are so loudly npproved dry hon. gentlemen t0 my 'left. l hope so. il Ibelieve t'he absence of ail spe- clal restrictions d'ue to the depre— clat‘lon of Germain and Austrian ex- change is in imislake on the part ol tho annister or Finance. and a mis. talke that he ought te correct. Ger- many today ls one of the hlghest protected countries ln the world. as le the United yStates. and Ger- many teday is making malrvellous progress, German mlnds, inventive as ever, 'have devised a plan 'lyy which they are ablo to malntaln the marlg velue in their own counA try at a standard severnl tlmes -highe.r than lt reaches .for puinposes ol' exchangc; that le to say. the worklng men and the people oi

: ney then that vmoney ls worth in

V do lt flrst

4 'ot their essential articles ot con-

‘mon ot Germany in olroumetancee 'Jar ,more advantageous titan those

Germany are ablo to get more in 'koode proportionatdly for their ‘mo-

‘ the vexchange markets of the world. v more by meny times ovor. I ’l‘hey of ail ihy multiplylng mark production, a tremendous in- flation cf currency. 'Fhoy do it as ovoll .by the stabilisation oi certain .‘sumptlon. By these ‘methods they have managed t0 put the workinug

in other countrlee. That truth ls recognlzed the world over. Thls condition has to be met; lt has to be met Iby special provisions 'here. There may -be another way o! dealing with lt .better than tho me- thod heretofore edopted. but l do suggeet to the IMinlster of Finance that somehing ehouid be dons, iire- cause il it. is not done, the .penaity le going to-tmll on large messes ot

vlumineting es to hts attitude: Yqu have ireduced ploug‘he only napper cent, 'binders 21A par cent. Ibut if yen had even said that you could not aftord to reduce any more .be- cuuse o! t‘he needs ot the revenue.

Mr. Crerar: tI do not thlnk ‘my rlght hon. l'rlend wil’l lind that .re- mark in my etetement yesterday. What il did eay wss that it would received .consideretlon

” Mr. Meldhenrfî'o save time vlook- ing‘lt up. let: us assume lt was put way; Il do not see much difl ference: the lion. member express- those Why, t‘he IMinistler of :Flnunce mlght just se, well have spoken those words se

tho revenue were euch that he could

’l‘he needs of revenue today are tour tlmes what they were when his lits own hearing declared thst 17%, per cent same There was nothing in thc world t0 ‘hlnder the ‘Mlnlster or! Finance glvlng the hon. member l’or Marquette that assurance, and l do not hesltate t0 propheey that the Minister o! iFlnance will glve it yet. and i sha‘l’l find no l'oult with him il' he dons. Ilt he 'had only the gentle snoamendment disturbed the

lHon. gentlemen point to where we have voted with the Govern- ment ol’ thc (lay. Our prlnclples do not vary ihecauso the Govemment ot the day cornes over and adopte ll' hon. gentlemen can show

followed when in otllce wcll and its t‘hnn those suggested by the good—let them try. iBut hon. Igen- rFlnanco ïMinister in ‘his budget tic-mon to .my iett tako good cars Speech. -

that on any matter ol' consequence. on any vita‘l mattor .betore the rpeo- ple oi’ this country. they do not the- come parties to nny resolutlon that serionsly rotlccts on hon. gentle-

îtamine-‘b o our-

passing in vitamincarichneaqfeny otiter of fat or oiL

SCOÏÏ'S [ï

or renssr hammams con-mm ou.

lilSION

food and 'tonic for a“ ages.

A little added to tho diet‘ atimulates assimilation and re-înforces the body with etrength.

Scolt’l Emalu'on a ’Il'ghl": chargea! vitamine- bearin fond, buildshcalth. h 10h! now to ctart tahing Scott’s Emalu'on !

en i: no tter lima

22-5

that lustead ol’ the ‘mariioing provl

origln, lt ibe given power to place such lm‘ports as it llkes within the category to lbe marked. il do not. thlnk this is a right provision, and l tamsurprisedr, that rit cornes .from hon. memberq who once worked t'hemjeives lnto,.rury denouncing 0r.der in Council government. Thls Government wanle the right to ex- erclse a tremendous power vby Or. der" in 'Councll unresùrained. vDo hon. gentlemen realize the lever thus to 'be given them? l'I‘lley can say to one lndustry in this country, “You are uot our friands; noibark- ing reqnired or the ugoods that com- . pete with you." ‘ln another indus- ùry they con say, “Yon are our triends: wc will demand tho mark— , lng ol gonds that _compete with you." ln o word, it places lt in the power ol the Government on tarlff mattensawhere albove ail other swlrjects it should not ‘be in the power or the Govemment to impose restrictions et a‘llnlt plac- es in its power the distribution of favors nmong tho industries oi’ this country; it places yin lts hands a. {power oi discrimination that il (lo not thlnk the Government should esk this House t0 flicstow. il do not suy that lt is done in other countrlcs. 'lL mny be that soma slmllur power cxists In tire United istutes. .lmt thcir system ol' govcrn- mentdifterstrom ours. il am lree

"The Government esics as woll

eion by which .Parllament. setcut deflnite urequirements {or the mark— ing of importe with the country of

v1 ' ' W“ “ ‘ Drktflsving pt‘id _ tentlcn a) me for dnringto aux u . 1m duclng hlgher “dutles, tby five- perpcen _on fsrm lmpletnemts —— maires this statement to tho people of his con ätituency et Btellarton on Octoiber

tint u lui! been instruments!

.hsving dons that he

28. last:

llko Col. Cantley—unwjiilng t glve pledges. 'l tell lyou. if l g

la a. reel duty. duty. And epealring of steel he said:

and not a tek

thatlwhen the L'lberal

6th they will flnd a solution lo

homes” where 'but despair.

ther he said:

II go to Ottawa :l .shall move a re

Scetlo . that the duties steel

on products produced

enalalc thon) tu be effective.

oppos'ng tho Government.

plat”... ,... in...

boueux hein cnnstituonclcs. Simlirr nomnn‘nt applies to many hon. ; en'icn‘cn opposite. I do not thinh tir'xt in tho history ol’ Canada a. go'crnmerxi cVer sat in office whoro pou. on was more impossi- ble. xnnrv iudcfcnslble, more unen- vi‘iln'n ti-wn 'im position oi’ the hou. genilonlen now, 'Some talk about tho d‘un: lt .s ol’ the Government

Tlie scourge tliey.benr was madc by themselves; their difficulties are o! thelr own creation. 'l‘he

iflclds of revenue had lbeen explor- ed. 'There is no now 'fleld found in this budget—none ai. ail. There

to admit that the regulzltlon on this .mottcr. in the wuy lt paseed iPnrliumont .last session, wns se Ibroad thut modification ils essen- Itial; hut lt. shouid bc possible ,hy this timc to maure .such modifica- tion or t0 restrict tho power ol’ the Governmcnt within norrower lim—

.is simply the traverslng ot the old ones. That does not prescrit the difllculty that tho Government ls in nt sll. The difficu‘lty tlle Govern- ment is in le this: lt is impossible to oct in consonance with lts own official commitments, wholly 1m. possible, and do justice or HILVU dlsaster to Canada. iIt ls impos-

‘As regards various ether tentures of tho ibudget I t.h|nk thero should. 'be important changes. IWhat l: mean to say .hy .my vote ngainst tho budget Is this: iTliat 'havlng in mind certnln .matters particularly tho question oi’ exchnnge and -lts effect on vuluution. tho question of mwrking as ,well, and ulso 'theques- tion ol' thc abolition oi last year's dumping clause—a. ‘proposal that to certain industries ‘or this country -ls inj‘urious and seriously se. I (in not leei troc t0 vote for the budget; 'l‘hcre may also 'bc reductions that should not. .be mode. iTliere may Iim otlicr reduciions that could he mnde, .l nm ready to wnit l’or thel oxplanatlon ot‘ thc ‘Finnnco lMiniS< tcr in those regards. Li he can show that lie hus mode some reduc- lion 'to t‘he consumer without in- jury lo tho pcoplc et this country, without injury touthe worklngman —at least with no uncompcnsated injury to tho working man'—well and gond; l want rcduction if con be made in that way. il am rendy Le wait l'or his cxplnnation. l .bc- licvc he 'wlll ilnd that in relation to lmplem‘ents lie has donc some— tiilng which vcry prolmibiy wrii‘l in- jure the manufacturer and his employees, very probalbly willturn working men on the streets in varloue citles of this country. but will notmrcduce ‘hy one cent the .cost oi the impiement to the con- ‘sumer in Canada. A>ll the saving thnt ls effected on vimplements oi n hundred dollars value is 36 cents; niminst this also the lncrease in t'lie solos tax will rceult. in another ipractlce—that implement manu- facturera who distriibute by means nf agencies and heretelore have allisoxibed the. anis-li sales tex’ them- selves. will flnd lt lmposslb’le to abeoub the langer tax, and the full extent of that sales 'tax wlll fall upon the consumer. l would nothe surprised thorefore. if the Ihudgct s'hould resu‘lt in a s‘iight lncrease in cost—even the article whose duty is lowered. And tho sales tax addition ls general. '

But. what le to fhe soid of the hon. rnember l'or 'Brentlord (Mr. Raymond) who contested his seat on tlle distinct and unique plat- iform of opposition to rthe reductlon of duty on lmplements?‘ What is to lhe thoug‘ht cf him if he sn'hmlts to this budget? Particulnrly llnving in mind the Finance IMinister's as. sertion nnly a ufow days ngo that ho was hopei’ul there would ho no ereddcllon of revenue owing to the 2% pcr cent reduction of duty!l If thore is no reductlon oi’ revenue it simplï meane more importations; it menus that this rcducilon 'ls made et the expense of the worlo men of [Brantlordz lt menns .more :people on the street nnd more char- ity levlee in the clties ot‘ Brant- ford. oi lllamllton. of Toronto and ot sixty other places in th‘ls coun- try. li tho Finance Mlnister's logic le right that ls how it will resuiit. and nll without advantage to the consumer of this country.