* ~ 1931

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. ' Issues -E!11P

l I

rge D. DeBlo

\ i . ' address, sum-' ._ follovyliilglcrfigg; the campalfln .60 delivered lust evening V “BSEOTEG D- D°Bl°l5' Pm” froi the Queen's Cvlllllil’ Cm‘ ‘ ‘ ion: we Qjzocgilltiéméfl? M81’ I H" gay that I consider it l o iilccc to be given the 0P‘ p“ f saving a few words to m if; especially 0" m“ w‘ w“: the result of the cam- u we i“, engaged in is of such uxparmncc to this Province. ‘e mmgnizing the fact that mm Minister of Canada, the t Honorable R. B. Bennett, i5 ma; ii stntesman to act like his was,“ by insultini; the intel- l“ people of this country in tell- mem that he would not give "a. an’, pic“. m any Libfliil GOV- my-i npypflllPlPfiS any sane or ‘ bli- pcrsou will readily un- . , ,. that the llonorable Mr. “naturally prefers to do his ' in this Province with u. alive Government, a Gov- iivhose leader and follow- !“ in gympllihy with the work prying at Ottawa, rather than “Mt favors to Mr. Lea. and his ‘who urt- continually spend- "their time in an endeavor to ‘the minds of the people of Edward island through false was,“ 1111i‘ gross misrepresen- pibii of the Bennett administrat-

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misses rucsmvr OPPORT-

UNITY

"iclaim, and rightly so, that this Province has at this time a. wond- piul opportunity of receiving asst- iiiictory settlement of her long ov- eniue claim for increased subsidy by eleéting to power the Conserv- ltive Party under the able leader- p of the Honorable J. D. stew- Tbere are muny other reasons . i» Mr. Stewart and his party receive your support on -- ‘fiih, but n satisfactory ad- i t of our subsidy claim stand; lnimy opinion as of paramount ~ ‘bee. Bluny of you are fam. libido: the history or this claim htidithose who may have forgot- v-i particulars I will remind Iiiillbit this matter was first llp in i025 at the first meet lllotthe three Premiers of the e Provinces, and by the wns at this meeting that lltihn Prime Minister of Can- lbIr. Mackenzie King asked the [It to bc forgotten question, ‘More Maritime rights?" From 1Q ling stnrted the campaign ‘ -- esuitcd in the election of l _ 9W1‘? Conservative candid- kbm the Muritime Provinces ‘Mi House of Commons, and it , cir determined efforts that i‘ ll)’ brought about the up- " n! of the Duncan Commis- *2

. 'lll d not g0 into detail with re- ;" the work of the Commis- j“ if You undoubtedly are fam- i. llh it. The claims of this w‘ were presented by Mr. J. y’ Biwart, and he succeeded in g un_ increased subsidy o.‘

e when the matter " out with more fully. That ‘ ‘situation, ladies and gentle- r1011 the Saunders Govern-

llce had been arranged for

inflame Of Subsidy Claims ‘filament And Other Vital Cam-

e35 Last Evening.

examination, I um sure Y0“ Wlll , -. and this was accepted by come to the some conclusion as I oi in full payment. but as o. have, and you will say to yourself- " on account which the "Whot a sad and shameful record ion agreed to, and a prom- it is! A record full of broken Plllm- ‘W I. further payment would ises. and an absolute breaklnfl °l had faith with those who placed their

me into power in 1927. A money with nothing worth While

siness Man Gives" Reasons‘ For Faith 1 In Stewart Policy

hasized By Mr. is In RadionAd-

presented I would remind you Mr. Saunders asked for $438,000 ad- ditional subsidy. Later on Mr. ma. published in the Patriot newspap- er that he was making a claim for $3,372,000, then at a later date Mr. Lea. went to Ottawa and presented his claim to the Audit Board ask- ing for only $430,000. Now my ob- ject in dealing with this matter is for the purpose of showing you what we may expect in the matter of re- ceiving settlement of our subsidy claim if Mr. Lea. is returned to power. In the first; place they have manifested extreme negligence whether through lack of knowledge, or through lack of faith I am not prepared to say, but there is one thing certain and that is that their action proves beyond the shadow of a doubt, that they are wholly incap- able of dealing with the matter, whereas on the other hand, by ei- ectind t0 Dower tomorrow Mr. J. D. Stewart and his Party, this Prov- lnce will then be in a position to send to Ottawa a man who has the faith, the knowledge and the abil- ity to present our claim in such a manner as to accomplish the de- sired result.

STATUTE LABOR

I want to say a word or two in regard to statute labor. You know that the Liberals condemned stat- ute labor, finally abolished it, and they prided themselves for doing so. Even the Provincial Engineer in his report for last year referred to it. as "the obsolete Statute Labor System." Now when this system is again made a law just‘ before an election, you know how much re- liance can be placed on such turn- about-face policy. In other words, it seems to me that Mr. Lea is just using this as a vote catcher, and if he is again returned to pow- I er (which I think is vcry unlike- ly) there is nothing to prevent him from again abolishing statute labor which his Government describes as

bound to anything because he is ap- pcallug lo the country without- any platform. In other words, he has not committlfd himsel‘ or his Govern- ment upon any issue whatsoever. It ggi-ikgg m; 35 being most extraord- inary, and l am rather inclined to believe ho has some reason in com- ing before the people in l-llls lllllll- n91‘.

Mr. Stewart has placed before you a definite platform that his parly will curry out if elected, and in this platform he has promised to see that every farmer. Lllwfll flllll Conservative will have the prlvllllBil of paying his taxes by statute labor. Ii; is not. my intention to take up any great length of time in review- ing or criticising the work of the

.l'our yum. In .other words, the

1 telephone machinery to the value of

.‘ ing in writing to cover the transac-

bcing obsolete. You know he is not -

THE CHARLOTTETOlN GUARDIAN

years, was two millions of dollars, and from 1927 to i931 this debt has been increased by one million dol- lllls. lo that the Present Liberal Government have lnoroued flid “b; °l "ll! Pri-lvilloe fifty per cent in

Saunders-Les. Government in four years put this country behind fifty percent of whut it took all the other Governments of the country to do in seventy-six years. Taking Into consideration the increased revenue of $1,500,000 paid into the Provin- cial Treasury during these four years the Governme have actually gone behind, not one m‘lllon dol- lars, but two and r "oil million dollars.

CRITICAL SIT UA’! sON

Ladies and Gentlemen, with all the emphasis at my command I call upon the intelligent thinking people of this Province to weigh carefully the statement I have just made be- cause as a. business man, it strikes me that if, by any chance. the Lea Government is given the opportun- ity cf running this country for another four years we undoubtedly will be brought face to face with a financial wreck and ruin- Bad as the situation is I frankly confess that I am not surprised because it does not take o. very clear brain or: keen intellect to grasp the fact that the business of the country is not being carried on in a business- like manner. l put the question straight to any business mun. How long would you retain in your cm- ploy a man who would buy over the $100,000, and have tically noth- tlon? Why you know very well you would not have such a man around your place for five minutes, then I say to you why keep in office a body of men who would countenance the handling of the people's money in such an unbuslnesslikc manner. You will remember that the Minis- ter of Public Works was challenged on the floor of the House 1n the spring of 1928 to table all papers dealing with the purchase of this machinery, and the reply received from him was to the effect that there was no correspondence to be tabled as the purchase had been made over the telephone. This is just an example of what is going on under the present administration.

FARCIOAL PROHIBITION EN- FORCEMDNT

Then take the question of Pro- hibition. I ask you, have they kept faith with the electors in this mut- ter? You will remember the nature of the campaign they put on in 1927 in order to get into power. Why, they even used thqservices of the clergy, and the well meaning tem- perance people of this Province in order to gain their own end. And as soon as they gained the victory they turned around and gave these good people the" cold shoulder. Yes, they turned a. deaf ear to the re- quests of the very people that went out and worked, many of them to the point. of sacrifice, in order that these men might be elected. l any to you, Ladies and Gentlemen, that never in the history of this Province

Liberal Government for the past four years. Their record is before Y0"- Many of you are familiur with that record. To those of you who are not familiar with it I respectfully ask you to study the situation carc- fully without deluy- Y°lll clllzm" ship calls upon you to do this as i; matter ef duty. You owe it lo your country. After you have made the

implicit confidence in them." Yes. and it ls also a record of careless- ness and reckless expenditure of

accomplished. since they call"! ln‘

'-~l>er that same year,

' llB a settlement of our rights

~ lncnt of

this

Y” "hi!" Dirt threw away this “‘ "llillllllllllty. and from that ll to December 1020 nothing ‘ ' W" ilvlle. then in December

WW! that an Audit Board had

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vas to be held in the month to power four W!" ll“, ""7 M” thus gone bcirud. noun-din: to "w" "W" 1 the door of opportunity of figures. $753,009. ""1 I ll°ll°v° m“

hot happened? The Liberal bills have been nrflflllfll "l" ll" Province, tolai flbfic“ m- the four m" will h bad management and bung Qxcced the million dollar mark.

Qnunders came back from Ot- utes as I wish to draw your attent- D-fand immediately broadcaster! ion in this very serious state of af- _ fairs, and if anyone ‘Illpoinied to ‘look into’ our sound of my l/Olllfl llllllflhl ‘hmlld -You know the history of the have‘ a paper and pencil at hand. Board. Just s. joke, that is I would ask them to mark tlll! 5°" tit amounted to. In the first so it. will not be forilvllell- h° members of that Board total debt accumulated by llll ll“ illllvcrnment officials which diflerent Governments of this Pro- Nie thing at the start. vinco from‘ the date of ReHPillllllhl° " “"1 lllutunce of the unbusinesl- Government in 185i to 1927, that is

,, ilIUmournla-imwumnlolnuriod of

when all the outstanding unpblfl

HUGE DEBT INCREASE

Lot me stop hcre for a few mln-‘

within the

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numb-ail

are again asking your support. 1 will leave the question for you to decide as to whether they are wor- thy of receiving a renewal vote of confidence from you.

MR. STEWAETS WORD HIS

has there been a greater exhibition of utter ingratltude and insincerity of purpose. lf‘ thcre had been one single spark of sincerity in their makeup, l ask you, why did they have the Mounted Police recalled within a few hours after they had gained the victory? You know and I know that there are men and wo- men walking the streets of Char- lottetown today who have been sen- tenced by the court to spend a cer- tain time in jail, but after being there for a. day or two they were al- lowed to go free. Yes, ‘ in many cases the violators of the luw threatened to squeal if not released. squeal-on whom? Why, on the people» who were elected w enforce the law.‘ Squeul on the people hold- ing posltlons of authority drawing salaries from the Government for the purpose of enforcing the law. Men and women, I ask you, did you as sane people ever hear of anything so ridiculous or foolish, yes, and l will say degrading, for surely it is degrading to see our honoured courts of - justico humiliated and trampled upon in thin fashion for political gain, and yet these peopl! after Inch a betrayal of confidence

BOND

but you in this manner. Ivan bin political opponents have to admit that his word can ho depended upon. Allthutlwuntyoutodoistogive hlmatrialuudlfhcdocuuotmake a better job of enforcing all the lawn on the statute boob of this Pro- vince than the present administra- tlon ha! done, than I my to you vote him out at your first opportun- ity. - New as I said in the Capitol The- atre tho other night, when this campaign started, our Liberal friends thought they would fool the people by covering up the serious mistakes they had made during the past four yours, by trying to shift the minds of the people from Local to Federal, issues, but they have found, out to their sorrow that this little game does not work. The peo- ple insisted that they be culled upon to give an account of their own stewardship, and they certainly have been kept busy maklix. t i :1:- tempt to defend themselvrs.

srrunnos n‘ orrnwn

However, in connection with Fled- eral issues, for the few minutes left at my disposal, I am going to ask you to glance your ayes over the field of action in Ottawa, and see what the Conservative Government under the able leadership of the Right Honourable R. B. Bennett is doing for Prince Edward Island and for Canada as a whole. First let me say that the Prime Minister suc- ceeded in having a committee ap- pointed to investigate the "‘ ” r- nois project, and the result of this investigation has been the means of cxposin, one of the greatest pieces of scandal and highway robbery that this country has aver experien- ced. No fear or favor has been shown in the handling of tho in- vestigation. Tho result. therefore, has been that the relponsibiiity for the scandal has been laid at the door whore It belongs.

Men and women, can you imagine a greater disgrace falling on any country than tn be culled upon to witness men occupylllk high places in the Government found guilty of scheming with men without prin- ciple or sense of honour iiforder to further and gain their own selfish interest regardless of what the cost might be to the country. When Mr. Mckeurlo King was questioned what did he lay? llc stated that never on any occasion bud he discussed the proposition with Senator Mc- Dougald. one of the chief men as- sociated with the scheme. It is not for me to pass judgment on Mr. Mckenzie King or anyone else. but I ask you does it soundreasonable that a proposition of such magni- tude, and seeking such enormous oncessions from the Government of Canada, would carry on its nego- tiations with various members of the Government without consulting the Prime Minister. Furthennore, is it likely that the vast sum of $700,000 would be contributed to the campul funds of the Liberal Party, and for the leader of that ‘Party not to know about it. Think that over and answer these ques- tions for yourselves.

The Patriot of tonight contains an extract from the Canadian Press Desputch, under date of July 19th. m this Despatch Mr. Sweezey, President of the Beauharnois Com- pany is quoted as having said that contributions were made to the Con- servative Party Funds by the Beau- harnois Company. When pressed for u definite statement, sweezey re- membered one contribution and that was made to John Alrd, Junior, of Toronto; the amount being $125,- 000.00. Now the Patriot knows per- fectly well that Mr. Aird when be- ing examined on the witness stand admitted that not one dollar of this amount was paid to the Conserva- tive Party but that he had taken r u. of every dollar of it him- self so that the Conservative Party did not benefit from the Beauhar- nois scheme as the Pat- riot would try to make you believe they did. Further- more, young Aird went so far as to produce the bonds that were given to him, which is further proof of the uuu of his m‘ ‘

In this connection I might add that the Honorable R. B. Bennett had been approached by some of these scoundrels who tried to per- suade him to accept a contribution of $200,000.00 for the Party Funds. But do you think he would listen to any such bribery? I should say not, he soon told them where they got of! and he also told them that there was not enough wealth in the world to persuade him to betray the con- fidenco of the people who ‘ ‘ d him to power, to safeguard the priceless and the noble traditions of the grand old Conservative Party. Rather different from the attitude of our Friend Mr. Mckcnzia King and his followers, who held out both hands and would take nothing less than $700,000.00.

BINNET! FULIILLING HIS PIIDGE!

You belu- s good dell about the

and in full.

"What about the milk cheques that we sec so much about in the Lib- eral Organ?" Let me repeat to the farmers of this Province the state- ment I made the other night, that is that you cannot expect even a g;eat and mighty statesman like the Honourable R. B. Bennett. to remedy in nine or ten months the evil and harm done to this country in nine or ten years 0f the McKenzie King administration. I know that your milk cheques Illfl not as large as you would like them, but I say to you that lf_ McKenzie , King hnd been returned to power in i030 your milk chcqum toll-ill’! would not be half of what tneyi are. l know what I am about. There is no question but - that the present low price of butter: is to a. large extent due to the fact that no less than thirty llve mll- lion pounds of New Zealand butter was imported placed in storage ‘before the treat!’ could be abrogated, and this butler is still being handed out to the dealers.

Australian Treaty?" Well, in the first place I read in the Montreal Gazette the other day an article wherein it. stated that the Cheese and Butter Association of blunt-Nil have placed themselves 0n record that the duty of five cents P" pound is. in their opinion, adeqllltc protection to the farmers of Can- ada, and they went on to say that,‘ _;' Canada has changed at last frfllfl i f an importing country to all Hlloll"; v lng country as regards butter. There ' l. is one-special clause in that tieuti‘ that. I would like to draw to your attention in order to show you the business and statesmen-like min- ner in which this treaty has been drawn up, and that is that Ml‘- Bennett had a clause inserted in this agreement to the effect that should experience duty of fivooents pcr pound is M! sufficient protection to the farm- ers of Canada. then the duty I110!’ be increased without. illllllllllce W the other I repeat, "that the duty may be in- creased without prejudice to the other items in the Treaty.“

ado is coins to receive Australian Treaty. In the first place it. is estimated that in the matter of textiles the exports from Canada to Australia of this one article, will jump from five hun- dred thousand dollars to five mil- lion dollars. Then rne million dol- lars worth of canned salmon which

statement I know I urn expressing the opinion of many of the leading business men of Canada, when 1 say that never 1n the history of this country has Canada. had a Prime Minister that has succeeded in ful- filling so many promises in such a short time, and under such extreme- ly difficult conditions as has the Right Honourable R. B. Bennett ac- complished, and you mark my Words that you will find before very long evcry promise made by him in his

ed in full, including the planks re-i ferring to the Permanent Highway? and the Old Age Pensions. may I say to the dear old people of this Province who are looking for- ward to receiving the benefit of the Old Age Pensions, that you will surely get the promised pension The Conservative Party at the grea Convention held in Winnipeg i: 1927, placed themselves on record i; favor of the national system of ti Old Age Pensions, and it was at tb same Convention that the Rig} Honourable R. B. Bennett was Hp pointed Leader of the Conservativi Party, and he has pledged you hi: word to pay the pension one hun- dred percent from the Federa Treasury, but my friends, you know the terrible depression that the

any citizen who has the interest of his country at heart would not want

interests at this time, but Mr. Ben-

he offers you as evidence of his de- termination to keep faith with you, a. payment this year of seventy-five percent, and in the meantime while

to pay the remaining five percent, the the Conservative Government i1" this Province, ‘the Honourable J D. Stewart, has come forward ill’ he has undertaken to pay the r quired twenty-five per cent out the Provincial Treasury, so that l electing the Stewart Govemmei the good old deserving people t this Province are assured of re ceiving their pension.

I, for one, have absolute confid-

ence in Mr. Stewart's promises and i

l know that you can depend upon him to see that the n5: ement which he has entemd into with you will be carried out promptly

WHAT WOULD KING DO?

I fancy I hear‘ someone say

talking '

into Canada ilk

But you say "What about the

platform of 1930 will be implement», -

And“

whole world is passing through, and :

Mr. Bennett to jeopardize Federal Z

nett comes to you like a. man, and

twenty- .; Leader of" '

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FOR Lowizu TATIO A AND GREATER SUBSIDIES SUPPORT .1. o. STEWART

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‘To my mind the question of paramount - this election is the question oi‘ our revenue. come when the Government of this Province

ed without any further delay, because for

should elect whichever party you consider is succeed in implementing these claims.”—Hon. Lender of the Conservative Party in keynote Capitol Theatre; July l4. 19.21.

S TE WA R T 1923-1927

$40,000 per annum for railway tax- ation from the King Government.

$125,000 interim subsidy per an- num pending final implementation of the Duncan Report.

Sleeping Along. Board Bluff. No increase creased Debt

THE RECORD SA UNDERS-LEA

on the Job. ‘ Drifting C r a s s Stupidity.

importance in - The ‘time has should m“ lie

permitted any longer to play hide-and-seck and blind» ‘s bluff with this matter. We should get our claims impler t-

want of . nit

money our public services are suffering, our people, in many cases, who have to perform public services are not paid as they should be paid. For these reasons I submit that you

most likely to J. D. Stewart, speech in the

1927-1931

Audit Lea Bunglcs Badly. in Subsidy, but in- and Taxation.

VOTE FOR THE

1st Queens Walter MacKenzie. Thos. Wigmore.

2nd Queens L. L. Jenkins. David F. Bethune.

1st Prince Wilfred Tanton Jos. J. Chaisson.

2nd Prince Austin Ramsay. G. Shelton Sharp.

3rd Prince 3rd Queens Thos. MacNutt. J. Augustine M’Donald. Adrian Arsenauli. M. W. Wood. 4th Prince 4th Queens Hugh Morrison. Shaw MacMillan. Heath Strong. V George MacLean. .5th Prince 5th Q1489"!

Dr. W. J. P. MacMillan. W. Allan Stewart.

AND ENSURE The Proper Presentation of At Ottawa

W. J. Lidstone. Leonard McNeil].

STEWART CANDIDATES

By a Government in Line With the Federal Covemment

1st Kings ,7 H. D. M: ‘Lean 7" Dr. A. A. MacDonald.

2nd Kings James B. MacDonald. Harvey D. liiacliwen.

3rd Kings H. Frank MacPhee. Leslie Hunter.

4th Kings Maynard MacDonald. John D. iilzicilcod.

5th Kings J. D. Stewart. J. Howard MacDonald.

Cur Claims

inserted b!’ (‘tniserrzi t ivv Association

prove that tllB

BENEFITTS OF AUSTRALIAN TREATY

Now let us see what. benefit Can- from the

Let me tell you that I knowfrom practical experience that the Hon- oiuabli a. n. and nu as

"glittering promises" made by Mr. Bennett in his platform of i030, and l H i i K ll ZUII i

was formerly imported by Australia from the u llllnnchmuuuusiuuuoodu maiu-uuucfln-unouufllllllébu illuminan- III u Inns

Unlfid States will

and ii, is claimed that over ten mil- “on dqligrs wmth of timber will go from Canada this year wlllch was formerly United States. In other words the “m” l“ ‘he Tram“ editor of u reliable New York Dill- ” "bud (but, p! l. conservative estimate at least twenty five mil- lion dollars worth of Canadian fll'°' ducts will be imported M» Al"-

from the United Statel-

Minister of Canada knows what hf‘ onto was the big British firm of

stated on a previous occasion over city of Toronto at. a cost of $753.-

the full particulars as to how till? new tariff is mokins the Wllells °1 industry hum in this country. N0 matter whether you are in doubl- or not I strongly advise you to 80L this issue of the Hansard. it will 0pm your eyes as to what is 80mg on. and it will give you some idea as w what development you may expect to see in this country Wlll-‘ll conditions become normal akfllll- Only the other night I was inform-

Surely a treaty of this nature is ed that the latest manufaclurlns convincing evidence that the Prime concern to 0P6" "D lll T°l"

shipped from the

"u"; this your that formerly calm

i5 doing. New industries arc Open- Baldwin d: Paton, Wool Producers. ins up in Canada every week, As I They are bulldlus ll Plilllt ill u"

0m, hundred new industries have 000 with n payroll to date of around coma into Canada since July 1930. fivo hundred ilwlllll- 1 tell Y“, and i; there is i; mm and woman Ladies and Gentlemen, Canada is “signing u; me tonight who doubts just beginning to come into her this statement I ask you tum up 07m. Y's, under the Bennett rule in the Hanson! of June first, 103i Canada is going Io show the world

Canada has a Conservative Gov- ernment in power you can rest 11S surcd that our tariiis will be mzuli in Ottawa and not ‘in Washington Yes, but the inrumys in this Prov- ince may soy, "that is all pcrfcctl: true, DeBloLs, about, Ontario 01K other manufacturing centres, bill what about this Province?“ My im- swer is this, -.~ us nu oilllflllilllll ln-ovincc will gain trcmendousl; through the buildinif llp of thcsc il dustrirs bccuusc all the cmlllvlfl" of these different industries have to be fed, and what arc they goini to be icd on'.‘ What lIcti-cr lib" could they pclssibly want thin Prince Edward Island potatoes Prinrc Edward island bultcr 1"" rggs and lobsters, and by Clvfllllll a market along these llIlP-S W0 "ll then be developing u. hornc markv

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