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.. ‘NF-k... ..‘ ' IQ .1: w! M» Con ven t1 on Records Of The Conservative Ad-

ministrations, Federal‘ "Pro- vincial, Ably- Presented-loft‘. Larg- ~ est Convention . _v County Capitailior Méfiiy Years.

Following is a summary of the’ addresses delivered on ‘Puasdagv at the largely attended convention at Crorgetowil: i

lteynominated unanimously as Conservative candidate for, the Georgetown District for Irgislativ-e» Assemblyman, Mr. J. Howard Mac- Donald, M. L. A, in accepting the hoilcplr said this would be his fourth campaign, and lL_\Vl'" i;:d:ctl an i1- spiraficn to have tin) iiidcrsatini of suchfa ivcnclcrfiil unvelrtitlni- With the same loyal sii (is lie had iecciyczi iii the -

felt there

p. lio was bvcry reason for COIIlldEIYP on the present Ofiififiitlll, ‘ ‘

Tlfloughout ti Proiincc Mr,‘ merit running strongly in favor of the MticMillan Government. which stands four-square for economy and sound administration. The added burden which the government is shouidering at the present time, of caring for the unemployed and need , was referred toI Briefly, the speaker went on to review instan- ces in the ixst legislative session, showing how the self-confidence of the Opposition waned as the ses- sion Eprogressed, under the convin- cing- arguments" which the Gov- ernment members grid supporters were‘ able to advance. j

m‘ closing.‘ he referred to the‘ Iplendid record of the Bennett gov- ernment and expressed the convic- tion "that both the provincial and. federal administrations would be returlned with substantial majori-

ties. 5 ION. DR. MACDONALD

Appreciation: of the signal honor conferred on him in his unanimous nomination as. federal candidate-for the qpcunty was feelingly voiced by Hon, Dr. A. A. MacDonaldin re- spongeing to the tumultuous ap- plau which greeted his unani- moui selection by the convention. He aid eloquent tribune to the leadership shown by Premier Ben- nett. n face of the most serious con- ditioss which have confronted Can- ada gince Confederation. Those who road the papers must. realize that the orid today is drifting towards Boci m. radicalism and dictator- ship. The freedom of civlIizationJ-s endangered. Mr. Bennett has taken the best. out of Socialism, while saving the best in Capitalism. and thin ng people in Canada today reali that this is the only policy iikelfl to lolve the problems with which we are faced. The issues in the homing federal campaign are therefore of paramount invport- lnoe. The wholehearted support of warp Conservative worker~is ruc- lmary to sucooss in the campaign Indljlldging from the enthusiasm

the large audience before him. . MacDonald had not the slight.- ‘ 9st doubt but that this suprpcvrt yould be forthcoming.

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Government-tonal vain from are famous Suuu Springs-plus

Jlio finest "jump a '

Conservativeilvgaclgcnpld; and also towihc

i-iiega to serve as a member-o!

Macbcnald had found public south’

,1 wards-JJr. MacDonald,

i, the oiivot is""to_' "IT-filial creilitorsand‘

Seemln Kings»

Iielrefer-"red eloquently to thc, splendldfomrd of the HOD; J.-*1\. able leadership of Premier Micki

under whom it had been ,fis‘1grivg

Provincial Government.

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“Saying good-bye is 50m irnes a

old. M, P., retiring representative" of the Courijygin "Parliament, and member without‘ portfolio -in_.,tho

1Bennett Government, who received’ _ a wonderful tribute of applause r u , ‘ protect the interests of all classes

I am “Www "° expms l" ‘my? of our people. Farmer‘ legislation reasonable measure the feeling I' 15 only a pa“ o; yheiomnmentig

from the convention.

have Hr the support which the party has Bl-IIEILIIR in the

has given me during “twenty-eight years." he said.

“You have a new candidate in the federal field, but he is not new in public life, he has been tried and found not wanting in the pro- vincial field; and r um satisfied that afterhe has been your repre- sentative in the Federal House, the County as a whole will feel‘ towards him as his own district does at the present time." (Applause). "To give you anidea; of what that feeling is. let meicite apprersonal instance. In the 1930 federal campaign. in the First District ofKlnzs, I was

- 96 votes behind. In the 1931 pro-

vincial nfl-mpaigm-a year after- cn ~ some vote. was something over 3,000 ahead. That is indeed a tribute to a man in his own locality. But it is more than that. It leads us to fool that .f.h_ei-o.z.o.an_not be any doubt about hlfelection in King's C0lllfl-1,"Wlltfl pnllhlg date cams around. It la a. practical oa-taluty, flomymind; nndIthink-wearo fortunate In qelectlng l. mun who ls so sure to retain the seat. for the Conservatlvolplgliy." (Applause); Oontinuins. Mr. MacDonald ex- plained how the interests of Can- ada are bound up with the Con- servative party, and how import- unt it is that Premier Bennett should be returned to continue the magnificent work ‘he is doing in face of the greatest, economic de- pression in world history. "We have at the head of affairs a statesman who has no equal in Canada, and I would feel safe in saying the Empire; and who is devoted solely to‘ guiding this country safely through to" stabiiitgfand prosperity," he" continued. "It is indeed grati- fying- fq lmow thatha will shortly retunrto ftanadan-feeiing .fit to "carry ‘on the electiorrw oovictorious conclusionfih." = a '" A warm tribute was also paid by Mr MacDonald to" Premier" Mac- Millon, as one who was devoted whollyand solely to‘ "the welfare of the Province, and whose ability signaiiy qualified him 191', the task

i, of ieadelfébil? all; the present time.

ram? lollslutiun '"

v Mr. Macbonflld [sold there ~wls l00flNI=t1y_.sQme fionfusion between i319 ODBPQMOn of the Farmers’. Cred- itors Arrangement Act and the Do- minion Furm Loan Act. which he wished tq-cklar» up. Th: I-‘armors’ Creditors: nxzfl-Ilsemcnt Aotafs iri- tended to betusedfiry farmersWvfi-l _ are lhwserfousfirlancial difficulties. ‘TI have "inlvwn ‘cases where ‘farm- crs applleditu‘ we receiver who are not ill-financial difficulty at all. It_ f; true they needed money to ow- soiue ‘bills. ‘tfieir prop- erty. both real find personal,’ was in some cases‘ more than double irl valuafthe amount of their obliga- UODScJJf that kind" are not ‘for the receiver at._ali.. Theyare not subiefit 5o fldillstllieiit, because there 8W plenty of means. though the

.. farmer: nlsyms prosud formonoy firm. 1min Board comes -iri.

If a man has a property worth $3,000,, Jmd he Owes $3000. he can get. 02,-! 000 frfim- theFann boon Board to pay off; hlsilndsibtednsssltt 11a- sonable rate cf interest. The object

menl: Act; omfheothel‘ hand, i; to

debt "that lid" caflnot _ good;

this debtor to thcrlnd sce-‘whiii. ls the best Ir " figment they can make to keep t at man on the land as n woriilwhilegcitiron, _ 4 “It ...ie-r.ine.“; attliesetwo. Acts, working Sideby Igide, are m

best thingsfofthé farmer who u u; aizrtoiulies-“ulivhlvv mt been introduced lrrllrisixoiintrtfirrtu true that the ‘Farm loan Board is’ not yet frroperation. The billwu only‘ WW4 fiflwrt‘ . 1110101111611‘- unatoly the Miifilbdkllll b0!!! lick Zoi- tempqsttikfé: weeks, whiflh lo- iciul clay} g it _ only inquemon 0f"! -. time‘ now, when it will be available i0 any person who wants" it. I "believe that when these two cis are in full operation and m a taken p: than, um ‘luvs’. will in foundyu-y beneficial to tho country.

All‘ orgegtowgn

1110p. J. A. Macnonanilfiéalfp.

time difficult. aria tiiaqywttagk . today." said Hon. J. A“ _ _,oDon-

of thé Fflfinfls‘ Cfddilfdisilrfsrlge- » help life farmer wliofis‘ '90 deeply U1 ‘

' I thhk you vvll ngrvc tint the

wbethorfbo 3009b of this 0mm are going-to return to power Si; govcrnmcnt; that has pulled this country uncut crodittbly through the companion years. You need not take-that stlhmcn from Ifr. Mic- bomld or uiuseif, o fioufany sup- porter of tho Bennett Government. You may. go to so ‘independent tri- bunal, and there m- evidence any you will find it. That evidence will be found in the mmactions‘ and records and ‘studied opinion of the League of Nations. .Whcn thc Inna of Nathan: any: that Osnodl. is coming through tllil period of depression better than all! other country in the civilised wnllfl.

credit must be given to the Gov- ernment, a. the Cabinet and the

Prime Minister, who hls gnldoll this during the molt try- ing your: of ifrhiswry." (Loud ap- plause). " - "You have-taken the first step today in the federal campaign. I regret to sec men" like the Hm. John A. MacDonald going out o1 political life. I have followed him and have been more closely associ- ated with him than most people. because I always campaigned this

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HON. H. F. MACPHEE “ ' General

reform policy, though undoubtedly

, , _ 1555 a, most important part. we have m“ mmw\<>a»~.-¢mmis=~i1~ns. got the Marketing Act‘, which is and which the ‘provincial district o; very great use m Max-tam cases the m“ It is perhaps true that it has not

done a great deal with regard to our pOtato marketing this year, but the trouble l5 that the Marketing "Board cannot create a market, and at the present there is not. any market. I mly point out, however, that it was through the efforts of the Marketing Board that about 900 carloads of potatoes went to the Upper Provinces during the winter months. If it were not, for the peg- glng of prices, tho amount that would go would be practically noth-

Thc Cuban Tariff

Answering the argument fro- quently advanced by Liberal spokes- men that Cuba had retaliated against the Bennett Government tariffs by excluding Canadian pota- toes, Mr. MacDonald explained that in 1926 the Mackenzie King alf- ministration put into effect the British West Indies trad: agree- ment. This had nothing to do with Cuba, except that they gave a. pref- erence on sugar duties t; the Brit- ish West Indies against all other countries, amounting to from 10 to 90 cents per lb. according to quality. That was what shut Cuban sugar out of Canada, and not any action of the Bennett Government. The agreemcnir was made for ton years, and is still in existence. Subsequently, the United States made afltreaty with Cuba. under which Cuba‘ gave a fifty per cent preference on American potatoes, in return for which United States gives free admission to Cuban sugar. "That ae- counts for our being completely shut out of Cuba for the table stock market during the past fall; and. again it was no fault of the present administration of this country, which is bound, in the matter of tariff preference to the British West Indies" on sugar, by" the ten year agreement negotiated by the Mackenzie

i ‘their predecessors. King Government."

"I believe very firmly?’ added .Mr. McDonald, "that we have rea- ‘son to be thankfulthattyie gov- .ernment in power at Ottawa today

has had such a grasp of the af- faim of the country and has hand- led them so well. There is not my country in tho ur-orid that stands hotter from the standpoint cf cred- it. We ought to be proud of that record. And how was it accom- plished? One of the measure; tak- en was t0 reduce expenditures. Inst year the expenditure was $81,000,000 less than it was five years ago un- der Liberal administration. The re- ‘duction in Civil Service expendit- ure aicne was $18,000,000. and we are getting along without any loss of efficiency.

"With regard to the coming el- ection," he concluded. “I will not be a candidate but you will find me on the job just the same. I want in assure you that wherever: I oI-II be of any use during the campaign. you have only to call on rnc and put me there. I shall feel proud to make whatever effort ‘l can to ll- slsf. my good frlond Dr. MacDon- ald and the Conservative party dur- Ing the coming campaign." (loud applause).

PREMIER MACMILLAN

"I appreciate the service that you are rendering the Conservative ‘party today In coming hero In such grcof. munben to attend this con» volition," gaid Premier the l-ion. w. J. P. MaoMillan, who was the next speaker called upon. “It is certainly great encouragement to find I packed hall in Georgetown at the first Conservative convention of the local campaign and at your fod- erslnominatin; convention. I want to thank 7011 for it. It gives tholb "of us who are "engaged in this campaign great courage to go" through and win-as we are going to _do-because I take it that your

rank and file of the Conservative 1.3!!!! is in earnest in this ltfulflo. And I would say that you are vnil advised in b! in ea . Hill ‘u r ms political no events, the federal election will bl the moat important politic: c’?

l mt in thc hbtfll‘! of can mum. A choice will lim w bl

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Wivus as good n: bk bond."

convention hem mun: that the‘ ‘

Countyvwith him. He goes out of, public life us la} cams into it, with his honour unfurnished. with bk, record high-es man about whom It; lwal =nlways knovnnibat bis word‘

(Ap- i plause).

Tribute ‘Io Colleague

“In nominating his suomssor, you have robbed me of om of my gov- ernment, members. But I cannot blame you for that. On the con- trary. I think you have made an excellent choice. Dr. MacDonald is one of the oldest members of the legislature. He is probably tho most popular Vman in the House. He has filled the responsible position of Speaker of the House until 0b.‘. reorganization of the government,‘ when he became a cabinet member. since‘ then he has had hi,‘ seat at. the council board; he has been

not a frequent speaker, his experi- ence and co-operation have been appreciated by all of us. We shall miss him from the local Govern- ment, but. I realize that he is g0- ing info a wider sphere. Iic is g0- lng when ‘as ls most needed. be- cause someone, must. curry the County for the Conservative party in the next election, and I know that my lion. friend, Dr. MacDon- ald, is gdng to carry it.’ (Applause). fllfor that reason he goes from In with the but wishes-of the Gov- ernment, and anything we can do to assist him in the federal com- palgn, we shall gladly do.” (Ap- plause). ‘

"You have had alocol nomin- ation also and I am glad to lmow that you have again expmased con- fidence in" Mr. J. Howard MacDon- ald. who has’ Qbeen your repre- sentative for many years -in the Legislature. As a Conservative member and Government support- er his words of wisdom and advice on manyoccasions in 08110115 have

been of greatvalue. He has good, "

'sound. common sense, and he has cncbavored on all occasions to do ijuatioe to the district he repro- seriis.

i "You have nominated as his ocl- lengue Mr. Underhay. I was very glad to hear Mr. Seymour Knight couple hisname and trace his fain- lly history with that of Mr. Mao- gbonald. I think it augurs well for ,this district, that these two incl ‘ishcuid receive the nomination at ithis particular time. because I am. counting on the Georgetown Dis- trict to return two member; to sup- port me in the next Legislature." (Applause), ’

Commend; 1mm! rumba:

"If we have been able to sewin- plish anything provinciully in the past four years." continued the Premier, “I wult to ssy that Messrs. MacDonald. Myers and mi- Luio havé been of the greatest ll- isistance to my ministry and to my- ‘seif. These three federal repro- sentatives have been of the great- est help in supporting us on those occasions on which we wunt- to Ottawa-and they have been num- erous in the last four years. Thus: are the trips which our political filibonents‘ have descrimd as ‘pic- nics.‘ Perhaps you have heard about them. I may assure you _ ntlemcll, of the Censor-valve party that no matter what you all them. they ,we:e ‘picnics’ that paid this Pro- vince well, because never once did we go to Ottawa on any mhuhn. and come buck empty llmdcdp-ol "In Hbwlla cImO back erupt; haml- ed on every occasion on which they went to Ottawa." (Applause). Itlll ‘behaves those man lo fllnd up on public platforms oi- elsewhere and talk about ‘picnlw to Ottawa, be- uiuo wo brought home somoth‘ every time. and when Alley wont they were not even treated with courtesy. as I shall prove on the public platform M101’! this oom- oslsn b over. v

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“I my coy now," doom-oil unid further applause "that IMWWI roprusntallnul they

this Province

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and his". cabinet. . "wort My we hid strml 1MB

Monro. MacDonald, Ivor: and

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wise in his advice; though he is .

HON. JOHN A. MACDONALD. IVLP.

cause. he could not get support from his own followers in the House. That is not our position. Those mrn never believed in Maritime claims, they never made a study of them that would convince even them- selves. Otherwise the late Premier Bell would not have had to stand up and say he could not get any help, even from the legal men on his side of the House. And within the mitt few months, when this election will be held. you will be asked to put that crowd back in power again." (Laughter). “What have they to offer this Province that we have not done already?“ (Loud applause).

Answm Opposition Clllmg

The Premier then reviewed brief- ly the record of the Provincial Government, stressing the extro burden‘ involved by the “_ of rebuilding Faiconwcod Hospital. and Prince of Wales College.

“they say tho new -Prince of wales College building was an ex- travagance." he continued. "Don't you bcfieve it. The College was built. at a‘ time when we were able tu occur-o tender‘ from one end of which tendered were doing so, not for the purpose of making large‘- proffts-the competition was too keen for that-but for the purpose of kcdping their an- lmtio to- gether; so that we got a rock-boi- tom figure.

"They do not foil you that this Government saved $115,000 in 1n- Bllrfl-Ilce ll Prince of Wales College, by doubling up the insurance we found on tho College when we came into power," added- the Premier, and was again answered with ap- plause.

"Prince of Wales College is now a full-fledged junior college. They will not tell you that! Nor will they tell how this Government was able to interest the Carnegie 00r- poration in education in this Pro- vince and obtained $80,000 to en- dow a chair in Economies and so- ciology at the College. They will not say anything about the $100,» 000 we were able to obtain from tho Carnegie authorities for this grout library movement, which is reaching every man, woman and child in the Province. They will not tell you about the two splendid unit; we have constructed at Fal- conwood Hosphal. No! But they will stand up and prate about $35,- 000 ‘lost’ in planar-plans which have already been partly used in the rebuilding of the existing ao- commodation. There is yet no proper acoommodatio there for treatment of our mental patients, and the only reason this govern- ment has not gone ahead with the plans is the economic difficulties which every government and every country lg facing today.

"they do not toll you that we paid out little more for the whole Faloonwood plans than was paid in architects‘ fees for one building at the Prince Edward Island Hospital. The trustees of that institution. when competency as business men has never been qtkstlonod, paid $80,000 for plans. Tho Opposition member-rand pron luvs Iiflfllhlg to u! about that. hlvc they?" (Ap- blouse).

Liberal Broken 27 lacs

(kntinuins. thc Premier launched into an analysis of Liberal broken, promises which elicited further ap- plause f-scni the aiidicnae. liv in- stunoed particularly thc promise of Old Mo Pensions. "Did they keep that pledge? No: but this Govern- ment did; and we have no apology to offer for doing so. We felt that the aged people of this Province should got some comfort in their last days, and we carried into ef- fect whlt our friends in Opposit- ion only talked about doing by eo- tablishing the old age pensions ‘”um.n

Reference was next made by th: speaker to the importance of the tourist trade and to the substan- tial reduction obtained last year in spun-ates on the car ferzy. Tho

" reduction bu been made spplicabi?

all the year round. and it benefit not only tourists, but own people as well.

The soutbpurf Profccf.‘

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aocoints of _'_tho convention at which Mam. Momtyre and Cox were nominated ll Liberal candid- ow," continued‘ the Premier, "ref- oronco to 0n. soulnwrtNw-vm- think tbs

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,commcnrkd by ‘, Thomas White. on llia presentation.

‘ cmssion.

. when the Duncan report was tabled.

“You will u..." noted in the pros '

wls due largely to defective dain- ige arid poor "soil condition. But we hold the guarantee of the com- pany that built it that Rwy will repair that road. using gravel the

ultlmm result will be nun we. will lnvosbettcrrocdthsnifnodo- mo. hail developed: and .11 h n»! going to cost this Province anything for repairs.

"We have‘ tried several experi- ments, because it was felt that if low priced hardsurfaoe highways 1m feasible i‘- ghout the Prov- ince, that is the ‘type of road we should adopt. I think we were per- fectly justified in experimenting with a few miles of thew projects and. u; 1 safd. iii-tile case of the Southport project the company themselves are going to repair that road, using material which is very similar to that. used on the main highways, which is more ekpensfvo but which will not be at the cost of this province" (Avplause).

Subsidy ‘claims

The Premier next referred to the success attending 0n the presenta- tion qf Maritime subsidy claims be- fore the White Commission. He complimented the Attorney General I-Ion. I-1. F. MaoPh-ze, on the SD12’!!- did presentation of the claim; of this province. Mr. MacPhec had tho unique distinction of bcln: specially the chairman, Sir

The Commission recognized the claims of Prince Edward Island to rne extent o! $3.000,000, the into!‘- ost on which. at five per icent, makes an annual increased subsidy of $150,000. This was accomplished he emphasized, in spite of the de-

The Real Reason '

"We have always used ‘the argu- ment that betwcen the years 1920,

and 1930. whm the King Govern- ment went out of power-year; that

our Liberal friends refer‘ to as the spmw"

‘prosperous ones because every- thing ivas in an inflated condition --that that was the time that the

Duncan Report should have been obtained. ‘They will tell you that

they could not get any loo-operation from the Conservative Premiers of when the Baum“ Govunment wok

Nova scotia and New Brunswick. That is their argument. I fake lsluo with ii, and I say the reamn was because the then Premier of this Province, Mr. Saunders, would not co-operatc with tho other two. That was why no progress WII made at that time.” (Applause). Striking Comparison

"Under the White Commission award. we obtained an increa ‘ subsidy 0f $150,000, while New Brunswick got $300,000 and Nova Scotia $425,000. If you remember the award of the Duncan Commis- sion, you, will recall that we ob- tained $125,000 a year, New Bruns- wick $600,000 and Nova Scotla $875.- 000. That works out in the propor- tion of 1 for Prince Edward Island, 4 3-4 for New Brunswick and 7 for Nova Scotia, as against our pro- portion under the White Commis- sion award of 1, 2 and 3 for Prince Edward Island. New Brunswick and Nova Scotia respectively. In other words our proportion. as compo ed with tho other Maritime Provinces, wag more than doubled over the 1926 subsidy award." _

a Million n} can

“During the last four years, on account of unemployment and direct‘ relief, old age‘ pensions, road agree- ments, etc.. we will have brought info this Province over one million dollars in cold cash. (Appaluse). That ls in addition to ills 8150.000 annual subsidy ' crease to which I have referred. Arc you satin!‘ ‘ with that record?"

Voice: “We certainly are!" (Ap- , plumb).

Continuing, the Premier scored the itiorl argument alleging “extravagancw on the Government's port. “These tlemon talk about extravagance!" he exclaimed; “tho very sumo crowd that the liabilities of this Province by $540,- Mintholastclghtmonilisfllvy were in purer-almost as much ll wcdidlnthonoxttwoycomwltb all flip rebuilding w‘, hail to do."

Another Opposition argument ad- vanced was that Mr. lea was a farmer and knew mom about farm conditions than he, Premier Mac- Millan, did. “Perhaps I am a better friend of the farmers than thg ones who want. to get into power." he said. "I quite realize that a good deal more has to be done before the farmers of this Province can b; put on a level where they should be, and where I hope to see them. If this Government is given an opportunity we will show that we are the real friends of the farmers, and that we will do more than talk-we will not and do our best to get the farmers book into u proper system of mixed fanning, which to my mind is tho only hope that this Province will ever have. That requires work and co-operation. As a Government we are prepared to do it, and the yea- eral Government is prepared to help

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The Premier concluded by express- ing the earnest hope that the Prune Minister. whose health had been

next time insioad of sand. cud tho '

at Washington, after wilting hat in financial implementation of the gléagfictnwgfirgiphé: Mr. Myers counters-ted some of tbs

endaugind by his

.. to oannda fully restored, and would . be albino plate the glut reform polfcill ho bu launched so uoc . »

luamudu, r.

. Oallodllbw. lflu-lJL-Jlylh said that in twenty-six years of public life lls had been very closely associated with the Hon. John A. MacDonald, both in local and fed- eral politics. Ho bud been Minister of Agricultun when Mt. NloDvnaid hold the Public Works portfolio in the first Stewart Government, and he couldJay no more capable or impartial administrator had over filled that position.

Mr. Myers also paid warm tributes of __,.,.reoia.tion to the Hon. Dr. Mac- Donald- and to the district candid- ates, Messrs. J. II. MacDonald and Unde ‘ . in whose election he ox- pressed the greatoot 00.

Hg was proud, he said, to associ- ate himself with Premier Macmillan on every occasion when the Premier cams to Ottawa, because be coon" rounded the respect of Mr. Bennett and every manlber of the Dominion cabinet. The Premier, in fact, Mr. Myers said, is to Prince Edward Is- land what Mr. Bennett is to Canada --a leader of outstanding ability. whom we are fortunate to have at fir; head of affairs at this critical t e.

As for the MaoMlllan Govern- ment's record, Mr. Myers believed that the subsidy increase obtained from tho White Commission alone entitled them to re-eleotion. (Ap- ause).

Discussing federal matters, Mr. Myers pointed out that when the Bennett Government took office they found on adverse trade balance against Olflldl of $110,000,000. This condition has been more than re- versed and during 1003-84 we sdld more of our product abroad than we bought, to the tuna of 0140.000.

The Dunning budget-introduced as an eleventh-hour election gesture by the King Government, ho char- acterized as a budget in which its "didn't know whether they were coming or going." It was a “brick" which Mr. King had thrown

high tariff barriers against Canada

office. It seems that there is noth- ing shore of l famine in the United States which will induce them to buy our products.‘ . . There ls, Mr. Myers believed, a great future ahead for the livestock breeder in Canada, particularly in horses and cattle. He hoped to see our farmers format potatoes and get back to doirying, hog raising and poultry — mdustries which they should never have ‘left. ‘ The argument Idvanoed in favor of Unftod States bride hi! been that that country is our nearest market. Mr. Myers compared the two coun- tries tc two farmers separated by a lino fence. “What is the use of try- irig to sell your neighbor l. hot-u, if he already his all tho horses he wants? Ho‘ may to your unseat ‘market’. but he doesn't want to buy." , That, the’ lpelker suggested. has been our experience in trying to market agricultural products in the United States. That was thc reason for thg I-lawls, " tariff. It was this condition which Mr. Ben- nett found when he took power in 1930, and which induced him to open up negotiations with n. view to est; ablishing closer Empire trade rein‘ ticns. The history of these negotia- tions, culminating in Empire ‘Prado Agreements,‘ was briefly given. Tho need of the Bennett economic reform policies was also emphasized. Reference was made to thc radical‘ group headed by Mr. Woodswonl}, fig?" who wish to establish a social- 0 Even in this Province tbs support of this group is being advocatod. "They are asking that wgbhould let some overseer comb in and turn our farms into‘ one, and we could all work under the overseer. That is what. communism or commonwealth moons. You and I, whose forefath- ers come to this country for two locum a few sores of of their own, and township God u they wanted to-wo are be- ing asked to relinquish this heritage in the name of Socialism. Not yet for Georgetown; not yet for Prince Edwlrd llllndi" (Appllliso). Nav- ertholess there are abuses under tin capitalistic systom which we must get rid of, and which it is the pur- pose of tn; Bennett reform ialiclos to do." The speaker emphasized in this connocti the necessity of giv- ing basic producers and working men a greater proportion of tho wealth derived under , aystom. Referring to the Firm Loan Act. Mr. Myers stressed the need of some provision to enable a funnel‘ to oh- tain money for the purpose of estab- lishing his sons on farms of their own. Every reform measure introduced by the Bennett Government, liecunq tinued. has been l- ‘. erly opposed by Mr. Maokenai: 1-. g and his col- leagues.

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Pleasure at. tbs privilege of par- ticipating in such a splendid can- verltion was voiccd by the next maker. Mr. W. Ohutor B. Nahum 11.7.. who also. was received. with enthusiastic applause. m gather- ‘ing. In sold, would do molt to any

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.. '.~ .- ‘z ; ~-_-_ MAY 16. 1935 constituency in p, ' o ‘ l‘ meptewd 11m m ‘i’ y E l'l SDWE Iepreg Wllgautinafifin. Dr. mm aid on his nomination, bu, MCL ‘ recalled that heroic part whim, u‘ country doctor plays in m, cm munity, and the recognition will,“ has recently come to him the publicity lllffllldllllfllithb cup; and progress of the Dianna mph tuplets. “A few yeargigb thought the country doctor wag 5k lug to pass of! the stage and the m; of the specialist was coming up bu‘ therg is 30W l- much wider moan‘. tion tb ever bgfore of the gm value o the services which g countrydoctor is performing. Tho provincial " also warmly comp nomination.

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gm. MdL-uro then took up the ,,,,_§ emplo u.....t question. “Prior tq\ 103i," he said, “we neyer had w} employ tto any extent. True, w‘: had seasonal unemployment. Th; fisherman could not’ follow his voca ‘ tilm all the year around. and them was a time when the farmer 3.150: was unemployed, likewise the long-E shoreman and certain other C1555“: of labor. But in 1921, after thc War; period, things began to change and: besides seasonal unemployment w‘: had a growing unemployed populg. tion 1 throughout tho yfifluflky, pp 1024 those registzrcd as unemployed, apart - from seasonal unemploymgng, . numbered 50,000. It went on auq1 on,. each year increasing until ' 1930 there were registered 170,000! unemployed, to say nothing of those: who did not register". Added to that; in those years from 192i to i030, 1,-; 130,000 of our able-bodied citizens‘ had to leave Canada to seek em.- ployrnent in the United States. Al. tor the crash came in 1928 many 01-.

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Canada, as there was nothing m them to do in the country of their” adoption. When you arc told flint there nro 500,000 registered unem- ployed, it ls wcli to remember that , the greater portion arc those who were driven out of other countries on account of the depression. and thy‘, Government of this country has had , lo shoulder the burden of taking’ care of them."

What, Mr. McLure asked. was tho attitude of the Mackenzie King Gov- ernment toward unemployment’! The question was raised in Febru- ary, 1930, when the mayors, heads of labor organizations and other offici- als representing co mm unitieg -

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interviewed Mr. King as Prime Min- ister at Ottawa. They were met in a small room which there was hard- ly standing accommodation, and. tho " first thing Mr. King did was to loc- gture those people and tell them that the question of unemployment wal- not a federal matter at all, but that the responsibility was on the muo- icipalities and provinces.» Subro- queutly, from his plow In Parlia- nieat, he declared that give u. five cont piece from tho ful- ernl treasury for unemployment ro- llof to “my Tory Province." __ This attitude Mr. McLui-o _c0m-. l pared with the attitude of the pres- : ant Prime Minister. Inltugust, 1030.; after coming into power, Mr. Ben- .. nettfia first action was to call a We“ . isl session of Parliament at which’: $30,000,000 was voted to assist" the r‘ ‘. Tho was op- posed by every Liberal member, from Mr, Mackenzie King down. Yet the

Conservative madorlty, uulnoarly » $100,000 of that grant was received. for unemployment relief by this Pro- vlnco. Mr. Bennett did not say to the men Liberal Government of Prince Edward Island, ‘Not a five cent piece‘; on the contrary, money was distributed to all thfl provinces. according (Applause). . "If you are in the House of Com-l mons when any relief mcasu c: _ brought in by the presenvGovem- . merit," continued Mr. lVicLiu-e, “you will always find the Liberal 099W‘ mm opposing it in every fway- Mi . before the Easter recess it was them‘. desire of the Government to brins _ in a public works bill whereby $112: ,, 000,000 would be available for the _ benefit of the ‘unemblflyfid- The Liberals fought it from starfto fin-M llh. and field it up so that thg bill has not yet been passed, But I can assure you it WILL bc pissed. ' (AP- . plause). _ " Mr; McLuro amusingly described a hunter who shot several times at‘ ‘ an imaginary possum, only to find~ that. what he had been aiming at wnstan insect on his own eyebrwo This was the position the opposition found themselves in when» they went p out. "gunning" after tho Govern- ment. The mischief they succeeded in finding was in their own rmflw- . (Laughter). i A a _ If over Canada had a Prime M111‘ . istor in which the whole electorate .- shouid take pride, it is at thepreseilt l‘ time under the leadership of Premier- Bennett, Mr. McLure declared. He was “without a peer in Canada, and with not any superior as,;a states-l i- mln in the British Emplraf‘; Th: m agricultural legislation introduvrd — by the Bennett adminiatrntion_ ho added. has done more on behalf 01 tho farmers than has aver H?“ .- achioved in the way of legislation - since 1007. The hope of tho count" lay in return of Premier B60110" - and the Conservative party, to carry i‘ forward the reforms already brew‘

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