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Tho evidence rn this case was fully taken. At die conclusion of tlhe cue, both ‘parties woo requested to put theh‘ arguments in writing so that their complete claims would be fully before me. Their written statements. fully set out in Macbeaub Magarius of October First. clearly set forth the issues involved and there therefore remains noth- .ng for m» to do bu? to pronounce illdﬂllﬂll- . .

l find as a fact that:— "

~1:—\Vhilst Canada has a huge national debt ‘it must diemloefree

t-rnde as an otonr-mc impossibility. This ‘we admitted in writiq by Mr. Kin .

2:——-‘l hrrtbvr find that there has been a great exodus of popula- tion from Canada to the United States. .

3—-l also find therc ha: been almost a complete failing off 111' Emm-‘gratlon. _ '

Mr. King in b's rttated case did not deny and must be taken there- iure tn admit the truth of the facts on which the last two findings are i-ttsed. .

Wit-h rcgard as t0 whether the tnlriff tpoiicy as outlined tby Mr. King and the Tariff Policy rrs outlined thy Mr. dticlghen will best D70‘. iPc-t the trtertcts o!‘ Canada. l would point out Mr. King claimed there: sirortid bc a tn: fr‘ for rrvenue. tile asserted that lllr. Meighen relied on’ the doctrine of lﬂgh pzotecrion and he insisted that high protection nteans high taxntticn and that a moderate policy would tend to unify} (‘annda and develop her natural resources and industries insbead ofi stilling one section of the country against the other.

Mr. lieighen slated that he stood out and out in favour or protec-

»tton. profoundly believing it was the only policy to cope with Canadas glrc-sent penlous situation; that it would give new life to industry and auto: prise; provide necessary revenue and improve the Canadian mar-i lurt far its many productions. He aib ly argued that a firm protective policy is practically forced upon Canada through the higher protective‘; rzrriffn of aimcst cvery country in the world. but particularly thtrough that of the United States. ' l

Mr. Aieighen also argued that Canada must have manufacturing inl order to provide vmployntent for her people and from two to threat rnndrctls of millions of dollars of goods manufactured in the Unitedl Slates cud imported by Canadians could the manufactured vriflhin this] country. and :hus provide employment for our people. i

tit tnust be pointed out that Mr. King produced no evidence what- ever in support of his statement that a tariff for revenue would; rut-oi the requirements of the country. Neither did he produce any.

t tutlenco rs rzllow that high protection in Canada would increase the‘ um of living. Nor was there any evidence adduced by M-r. King toI show that his tnooerate tariff rpolicy would tend to unify Canada and develop her natural resources or that the policy of Mr. Meighen would sci one section of the- cottnrryﬁtgainst the other. 1

Accordingly l do find that Mr. King's allegations on these points nret entirely unsupported by evidence. ‘Mr. Meighen denied that protection.‘ would increase prices and taxation and he pointed out in sutpport of his. contention‘ that in the finite-d States where tariffs were increased about| fifty per cent the costs of products and the cost of living have deciin-g 2d. He fu-zther pointed out that to prevent undue or unfair advantnget being taken by manufacturers to increase their goods unrfairly he would‘ exert the machinery of the law to stop that sort of thing and showed. znztt tby a proper policy such advantage could not be taken. t =‘

Neither party made reference to a funnier case which the Court bani

Er. mind. tried in 1873. svherr. the ecenornic conditions in Canada were‘

slmilar to the conditions existing today. It was proved the-u iby over-t avlrelmitrg evidenc: that these depressed lntiustrial wndltions were all

nros-t wholly due t’) the low tariff policy of the Liberal Government ofj

Alexander Mackenzie and it waralso abundantly tproved that the bight

prntectxe tariff introduced by Sir John A. IMacdonald immediately}

.-.r.nrtrla:crl industries and agriculture and brought wealth and trrosperityl to the country, |

l tlrerefrw hold that Mr. King's contention that a Tariff for rc-i venue would meet the requirements of tlfis country fails entirely as hei is attvlrtpdttg to assert a principle which has been disproved by the‘ United Smt- s and sornt- sixty or seventy other countrim.

\\'.ll'l respect tn the charge trn-ade ‘by MrqKing that if a Pdilcy of High prottctiort wcze pu: into effect it would create violent discontent] in the West. no rvirietlce was adduced thy him in support of this con- tention. W. Mr. Xirlfgizert admits that a protective tariff would not

ors or secLiflns of the Dominion equally, he proves. l. y that Ir. would he possible for -his -policy to take caret cf those. sect ons or‘ the coutvry which might labour under any d-isabil- ity. and l believe his assertion that the difficulties could be removed by. means of zransportation facilities and rates. so that the products of one.‘ portion 0i‘ Cartadl would f.nd a market in the other portions 0f the‘ country. and the costs of manufactured goods could be equalized throughout the country. »

l therefore find the: Mr. King has not proved that a htigh tariff policy will create any gr a: sectional differences, nor is there any evidence- adduced by him in support of his ofvrepeated statement on this point. .

With regard tr the statement ~by Mr. King that there is no iindue~ trial fl prcrsion in thig country. l find that the evidence produced from inc (lot-crnment rqcorrls has abundantly proved the truth of ‘Mr. aMelg-~ l-cttIs claim on this" print. l question as to whether the hl-gh tariff would wr-rk hardships on the farmer as claimed by Mr. King. ll am inclined ‘.0 give much mor- weight to rhc- argument of Zvlrqbieighen _that there ir- no sense in letting the American farmer send his butter into tbis' country by paying a duty of only four cents per tpoilild. or a duty of three cents pnr duzt-n on eggs. or tbfco cents per pound on cheese or $2.00 Q ton on hay. while our farmers send the same products to the ‘lhrited Sttlivs paying eight cents fps-r pound on butter. eight cents n

tit-zen on eggs. flVt: cents per pound on cheese and $4.00 a ton on hay.

Ii therrfore nun-r ind that if the Canadian tariff o n these and other articles was raised to be on a par uritth the- Tariff of the United States. the (janadian farmer Wﬂlllf] benefit materially therdby.

i further fnd that m the stattmenua of their policies on the tariff rssuc as set forth by .\lr. King and Mr. Meighen as BMOVQ and on the evidence and the findings of fact. that lllr. Ktinfe case wholly fails and his case is therefore dismissal.

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“BLACK8TONE J,”

A m. you a ijrbtral‘!

lint-c you cunsiaiuttly supports-d the ‘IAurier-lcleldlng tariff Wiley?

lro you b51108"; that Laurier and Fielding in their tarllf policy were vrnrklng in the beet interests of Canada? '

if you do you ought to vote against the King Government.

Tho King Government is not following the lander-Fielding tariff policy. it turned froru that policy in 1924. ‘Mr. Fleming's last budget rpcr-ch was made May 1'1. 1923. in that speech he- antnounced the Gov- ernment policy of tariff stability. "The tariff" he said. "will the a mod- erate tariff and probably as low as the country can afford to haw; un- der present conditions . . . . I think the éountry should be content to accept the tariff a»; it will now stand as one as fair and reasonable as can he prepared nnd-er all thr. circumstances and business men should he ablt- to carry on their business enterprises without the fear 0f being soon disturbed by further changes."

in a year the Government changed its policy. IMr. Fielding became ill. his influence was gone. .\ir. Hobbs budget of 1924 put an end tol any idea of tariff stability. it sounded the death knell of protection. said; iron. Mr. Stewart. it is onlv the beginning said Hon. Mr. Mother-well. Mr. King's speeches in this campaign ‘bear them out, The lJfberal-Prm‘ t gresslve alliance in Ontario is another evidence. Official Liberalism in! Simcoe is supporting Mr. Drury, the free trmder who would buy our| steel rails in Germany. ln about forty constituenoiq; Liberals have no candidates and are supporting the Progressives. There is no doubt what they will do with protection. ' ' '

Ilf you are a Liberal and want to he consistent with yourself and your party traditions you cannot support Mr. King.

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ARTHUR MEIGHEN. -

undram-atic. precise." Whilst Vincent Massey zamr- Q ‘ll have a high personal regain! for M1‘. Meiglten and admire his sin- n’ cerity and candour. and '1 respect his courage." i ‘in appcarancez-Tsll. thin, pale. thoughtful. intellectual.

pure Canadian by Ihirth and education and was at one time a farmer. Married and has several chfdren.

l i Hiring the war was Cabinet Minister and a Crown Officer. The uni pleasant duty of carrying out the conscription act fell on him. Boingt; bis duty it was accepted and carried out. unflinohingly as Mmlfe, the wnqrreror of Quebec performed his duty and said "It" is no time toi» think what, is convenient or agreeable: that service is certainly the but‘, in which we are most useful; for my part i arm determined never to‘ give myself a monwntfs concern about the nature of the duty which hisi’

Mldelty is pleased ‘to employ me upon. 1 hope If shall conduct myself to meet with Hi; Majesty's approbation" Boo ’ by Quebec for rerform- ing this duty. he has never been known m l-ly an unkind word n reply. Wan Premier of Canada for two years. .

. 'pIU{v-uvuruw-- thicken few promises but if he gives hie wold. can be relied on to’ L .

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THE RAILWAY Wonxsns ‘ i. . ~ i OF CANADA- ;

Dear Siren " _\ " y L ' __ 11am credibly informed rthdt ‘a whispering-cdrnpaigrt is being carried on in the endeavor lo misrepresent m views, and the ‘attitude of the Conservative Party, inwards. t; e Con} adian National Railway System and the Canadian Paciﬁc Railway Company. _ _ '. l v ' ' l

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In order that there may be no doubt in your mind as _ _ y to where I stand on railway amalgamation, I give you my . ‘_' personal assurance that I have never given the slightest sup- port ito it, and will oppose,_either in office or in “opposition, Parliament dealing with the question of amalgamation, unless as an issue to be placed squarely before the people ata _future election for their decision.’ i i

Increased population and traffic, and not cimalgarrtifpdiji

tion, ore needed to solve Canada’ s Railway problem. My , railway ‘policy is bound up with a reasonable and stable pro- tective’ tariff; bringing with it prosperity and increased Tﬂil! :

way earnings, thus assuring regulaffull time employment for» Canadian. railroad workers, as against short time now pre- _ vailingin many branches of the railway service. A V u ~§ . 7

With my best wishes for a» prosperous future,’-

Yours very truly,‘ A . l -¢ .

t the inspired policies of Cartier and Sir John A. Mncdonald of Carr‘ For I

gen aims alone can-Lid and save this country. according to the "New York Herald" is: “industrious, sober, thorough.‘ i

PREMIER KING.

nccordlng to the "New York Herald" is: chelor," inclined to be suave. drs-nratic and alnu]. ;

y Educated Ell-treated in Canada. Toronto University and Osgoode Hall, uiPPm° °f s“ wmhm

at Mulock.

v Was Deputy Ministerof labour for several I e United Staten and was urnplo

remuneration. during the

billions by keeping out. of the war. During this time he studied econ- lc methods of helping the United States to make more money by tling labour disputes. -ln the dark days of 19.11 ,"he Iva vrltlrimrﬂer" took no port tin recruiting efforts. Wrote a.‘ book msnlty" in the introduction of which he makes lflshnels and Self-conceit makes til-mum llrle to settle the Glut of. a.

hookler who Inked the quest

y . i . '__ be "The In Who 0on0 Butt." -, . .. _. . ..

~ | a Bonets um ho vrili hemmed to compare ‘airs-rand with thatrpledged m strive for m amid-

tlLcvsr tbossts of put perfonnsnoerr-vrofcrriug to let other; do theta“ Q, “awn. M1,‘. a.“ ‘q ' n‘ “In; n‘ ‘ "~ .1 . -.

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Toronto. (‘hicego and il-larvard. Universities; was 1'0

demand stunted torment and, Nova! r, . ' . In 1921 made many pro-election promises. by. kin few. .

Ottawa ohntWre as not ‘ohms Can- aria-our g: count the WWII! vn-hvo suffered. The sill! of m free trodo Government must fatten triangular-on the “listimr any engine." It will Jae cent fir“! ~in plsoeuon the ma.

Nevertheless. it is well to be on the c-iert in‘ order to thwart on! and! tricks that ma be

It dose not follow that by MIOlﬁ-"kmwn as a 6ft.1tn.\ﬁ;verey'th_in:lo0k ins this volley there will arise luv 9d favorable until she got under strife between us and other nations. n, ‘m; p, 59mm muggy. ~¢° which pursue this twllcv thwswlv- blow u» whistle. when slur, the ea. To be consistent they are in try,“ mp9“; 1-1“ gym-y “pow. um, it should. and we mm will be duty bound to endorse such e -pol- mtg; aglgﬂy or u“ “m; gnaw.- the ambition ofevery elector it the icy. For fhh and sound business when m, may“, u" m, approaching election to vote for t moons they will applaud us. and 3x1 13d u; gmp, ﬁr; when" g

feet. or a fiction exactly illustrate!

Historian's.

"neat. chubby. red-faced little‘

mods. ‘While we All should feel stand prepared to trade with us

disposed to be friendly towards our in such mrnoditivu 7a ti: ti an gchfgvujgvmg 1r“; ; "~ 1 t ~ » gnelglmore. ‘we are not called uponinnd we can supply. Brit wgyultltizt. “:9 in n“ Msrlm "ivnlom- ﬁrs“ "an" you-e” long: ’ ' In thin w“ w ir- with n view to vmieefing our own out the mmr mum ‘tried m Conservatives would endeavor m a

ears. in 1914 went t0 tare and neglect our own. l-t is 13b, llw ‘ efﬂilvr -l"v\lld\tl0n afiolrerztforethe plain duty of every years the ﬁled State! was mak- '

interests. one that. when they tax our goodevtm ddftilitow them to n V '9'" h '99" h“, mi)!‘ MG 0W1! 800i, H0O. (If Bflﬂricl"! l0. TIIQN 0115:7111. m“ qﬁ ﬂu by“) phi-ergo dtoldegnzienotepccehuetogointodttliilrmisf thll/"herfdiaea when we: nd.- we done ‘a but we m , ions! Warren and vmvvrltyf t and~ ‘an ootvnoertnuuu- ‘Iﬂdlltry math-we do. 1n ihouid mow-k our bat-lots tries. have been deserted suffi- glre statement ﬁlltr-‘fbr the candidates who pledge iihem- cientiy 1o inform every elector of BlMhm qultmcmnntetm-sotm m ou-ltd ll-‘p I our industries and protect our own hurtbe and thcmemmr neighbors are 1n no need [ofonrholp wbvnltcomeutovot- an; Thfy are well able to protect muse vsl.

The Conservative oaudithtal an

sound their own vvhiatke the (‘no trade craft came tm-c Qllhiutili.

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