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Mr. Campbell Pceved

"I had a very Imusiu perlcn ll Tlmish last nlghinzvifigfg, tics: P90111118 imitating took .pm.- 4n Prince County, and where tho new

dor-ln-Chief of tholldberal rail"

Q19 Dublin questions of the day be- fore me. As the chairman ruled, he was there ss a candidate. but he was most unwilling to take n15 stand on the platform before mo. I was than 1n another capacity. It is "l0 duty and the privilege of can- didates in their own particular rid- ings to make their appeal to the electors before any one else has the opportunity of speaking. This did not sutt Mr. Campbell, and no ex. poled his venom in that stentor- tan voice cf his.

"Then he criticized mo for not having an policy to put before the people. hen I rose to answer him I explained that 1t had been an. noimoed for some days that our policy would be stated at tonight's meeting in this City-which 1 deem was the proper place to announce "l! D0150? 0f the Conservative par-

. in my own constituency, befmw the men and Women who have el- actsd me on three different occa- sions." (Applause). .

unis Mlastatemont

"The editor of the Patriot states tonvight that m. Campbell did not l» we opportunity of rebuttal. That statement, ladies and "meatle- loln. is deliberately misleading. liar.

was given months: his allctsd and war allow’? In stopped vo an . was the conservative candi- WM Opened the meeting, and

it 5 s § E. z i fr‘

. Bo the Patriot

statement is just as foolish

ls many that ho is making. The

“W candidates hsd :11 the op- . a .

rouoaao own rumors: And would you boliovo. ladies and lgzitlsmon. that during 511$: time . 0am was spo , ho m o a single rofcrongs to plstfonnl lie criticised ms- I Premier for not glvlnhig “with a blowing w that In tbs gfllpll‘ piss: and at i He, our platters. the slooton; but of one acting in . Campbell, and complofoly H own party

“- '=r.:.:'.~.:'"~:- In . I

vent to w cu it was snnoulhm Campbell was the new Instead of tihoscmtwo old EQP-Illflbl-b m

big behind that criticism sf- !" (Loud laughter and ap-

vory sorry that Hon. Mr. MB himself able to take over the dershib. ‘Ihere is onafwolsldlilns bettertoseeln e contest. Howove a has not able to do so. noted that - Isl-use. in giving an interview to the Halifax Herald, intimated that he was one cf Mr. Leafs chief lieutenants. I-Is is one of Mr, Leo's chief's lieutenants --onoo romovcdi (laughter).

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Ashamed of n

Mr. Campbell, as I said, never once ntloned his own platform at. Tilnish. That was bis first lapse film his duty la loader. You will reosll, ladies and gentlemen, that in i981, four years ago, they lad no platform; they ran on their "record of performance." This time‘ they h"! I lllatfo and Mr. Campbell

lfldlntly ashamed of It, because MN is so llttls in lt. _ Otherwise he would have drawn attention w it, and dismissed it at the first vertical gluléi): own constituoucnyfsp-

Lstusersuiizxethlsht

form. which the 'y H11

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A005" “no lllmsgtolTgllt tho uglscrctrbvcmscumsu ' INK!“ WI.-

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p genpted Eposure v 0f Manoieuvring vAt Tflxvflygs’ Expense»

tut- to the places when their work lies? Tbst clause ls foolish and ridiculous, and I venture to say that if they ever st into power they will not carry

t out. _

Another plant in their. platform promises "striotwontrol of all dc- partmental expenditure; no in- otasso ovu- ths estimates without approval of the Eixecutive Council or Treasury Board". Nloe words. combs] mo: those men who. during tlsdrtfour years. exceeded their own estimate; b! "lief-quarters of "o ~ on ollsrs. s very necessary that this plank should be there. to be of Wmo guidance to thorn If by any ohanco they should obtain pow- er in this Provlncel

They promise also "prompt and impartial enforcement of all laws. especially of those against intoxi- cated drivers." If they enforce the Highways ‘Traffic Act as well as the present Government has enforced it, they won't have need of any such plank in their platform. I suppose this filers also to Prohibition en- forcement... If they enforce the Act as we dld they won't have to report to the Legislature, as they had to do at tho end of their first year. 100 prohibition cases standing, and at the end of their next year sixty-five such cases slandlnL-a fins exam- ple 0f prohibition cnforcoruont, wasn't it? (Applause).

"Investigation into the feasibility of establishing a. central jail farm 01' industrial institution, with labour for prisoners." A fine humanitarian idea if 1t can be carried out; but they are only going to "investigate". An t does it mean? To build a farm to provide labor for prison- ers might be a good thing from one standpoint, but for every bit of la- bor you glve those prisoners on a prison farm you deprive the labour- ing men of just that much Oppor-

tunity of earning? for their famil-

ies. (Applause).

SOME PISTSI

“This is s flue scheme cosnlngfrom mm who. when in powornvlson they had delinquent children from Char- lotte‘ sud Summeralds before tbem whose slion dopondod on strict dlsvlpllus and moral tralnint- to their eternal dhgraoe refused to pay for the support of those chil- dren in tbs Rcfos-mstory. Those ans the kind of philanthropists we have to deal with now! (Applalue). “Inv u Hnn into the question of school books, with a. view of accur- izng s. reduction in the present ox- csmlvo Driull." I I'll-Ill ‘W. ladies and gentleman, that we have reduc- sdthoilflcoofschoclboolnstcthe lowest pomible cost. We are just taking enough out of the sale of the books for overhead expenses. But they are going to "investiga "1 the same mon who, at the end of their four years, left an overdraft in tho School Supply Department of S80.- oomgq, m nsdrnsnagemcnt. Imalos that statement because when we put in a competent er in the person ‘of Mr. George Grant. l1? Bli- VB-Illls the huge supplies -on the shelves he was able to reduce that overdraft in two years by ten thou- sand dollars. (Applause).

m, t r‘ all cited an example of school boolm sold at 30 cents 1n this Ppgvinge, and in Ohtdiflf) f0! 81X ants. I may say that the officials o! the school supply Department d0 11¢ gnaw of any such books. We have knowledge of s. book prlntcdifl Ontario-one of the lower es of seeders-which is marked six cents. and I suppose that is the price it 5°11; gm- m Ontario. It ls one of the older editions which has boon sold In our School Supply DQ118115!!!‘ for nvs cents. (Agile-use).

Cites Reductions Made

Thom are two other books which we have reduced in price from 05 to ppentsgnd from '10 t0 55 cents rs- spsetlvcly since we cams info power. But the main fact about who‘)! boom is that they do got cheaper ‘books in Ontario because they l" sold at a curtain price to the people and the difiecence between that price ‘and the publisher's charge is absorbed by the Ontario Govern- ment. Wc have not reached that stage where the Government is willing w take on, as an additional burden at this time, the absorption of a large part of the price of school books 1n this Province. If that is what the Lfberals propose to do, 1f they ever come into. power they will have some dlffic y in making revenue and erpan turns BDQbwuWh-‘Bh seams’ to be the ohlsf

snlr their plat orm. . Wrheympromlse also "co-operation with the Federal Department of

orles with a view to securing

I ' and better markets, fostering gloat/or oft-operation for the benefit of the industry. scouring lower

t and expnss rates on fish eta. and instructing our fish-

n anus; in the best methods of curing

and packing flab." A 1on8. nice paragraph, whch moans nothing. There is nothing in it but what the

present Government has deavor

' sac. doand has made some suc-

cess in doing. I shall deal later with this subject. GASOLINE PRICE! REDUCED ‘flsstoration of the full rebate of tax, fflflllflm granted to _ ural and indust- ~ s central lhvflfltltlfi} ‘owossivs cost of gssollns.

the

‘ head in this dflpflt‘ “its the view talccn by

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Province; so tho two cents is pix-act- ically vulipsd out and name, because we effected an arransunont with the gas and all companies and wfl accused s coat and s hall reduction of gasoline prices to all who are n]. in; it in the Province.

They

ollno tax and that the present price istoo high. But itwasnot adlrect luomase of taxation because we lowered tbs foes for registration of oars at the some time. It was not with the idea of getting revenue out of gasoline that this move was mule. It was to make the regis- tration of can o. little more easy on the general car owners of the Pm- vlnce. And so. while we increased the tax from six to eight cents, we lowered the registration fees 20 cents per ‘undmd , ". Forex- ample. if your cav- weighs 3,000 bounds. you have been saving sum per year in registration fees ever since this measure was put into ef- fect. The first year we scarcely made any profit at all. It in true we made some since, because more cars have been used, but we felt that for those who were coming into the Province the extra. two cents gas tax was worthwhile; and it will be very much more worth while at the end of this season, when you will have. in all likelihood. a hard- surfaced road connecting this city with Borden. (Applause). .

other Liberal pledge ls lo in- vesignto tho feasibility of canning and procaasing potatoes and other products. Very fine things, with potatoes at six cents a bushel. they would be worth canning, wouldn't they? That is one way in which the Liberal-party propom to find mar- zzlets for potatoes-Jay p. essing

em.

Rctufllfid Soldiers

"The awarding of at least a fair portion of Government labour to returned soldiers." It may be ne- cessary for them to put that plank lu their platform; it is not neces- sary for us, because we have given the returned soldiers s fair share of work and we have given them more than a generous share of the sp- polntmcnta that we have made in tho last four years. (Applause).

CONSERVATIVE POLICY

There am other planks in their plstfonn, but time is passing and I purpose to deal at some lonath to the Conservative platform.

Continued economy consistent with efficiency in the administra- tion of every Department of the Public Survive. That is our first plank. I do not accept the criticism of the Opposition that we have been extravagant in‘ the last four years. We say plainly to the people that this has been our policy for the last four years and we purpose to con- tlnue it. Of course we eltpelldtlfl money. because the spending of money in a great many cases was absolutely necessary; but they can-

govsmment. Last fall. 1M" ’

not point to any 11cm that was spent wrongly or lnjudlclously. Ec- onomy consistent with efficiency has always been a plank in the Conservative platform: it is one that we have always adhered to and one which we will adhere to in the future

Education Costs

‘rhsy say, “Iiook at your increased expenditure in the Blducation and Public Health Department over the amounts we spent." Mr. Campbell says we have spent saaoooimcrs on education than they did in one year. Isn't that a. nice statement coming from a man who graduated from the Prince of Wales College, and by reason of his education at Prince of Wales College subsequently became s Rhodes Scholar? Does any elect- or in this Province regret the money that has been spent in education? I can remember, in my experience on tho School Bound of this City, how education expenditures in- creased. Ws are expending now al-most- three times what we ex- panded in this City when I became I member of the Board in 1915. Dc you regret it’! Wasn't it necessary? Ara not the children entitled to the bosf. that we can give them in the way of education? (loud applause).

A Shamcful Statement

Is money spent in education mon- sy that was wasted? That is the point of Mr. Campbell's criticism. Isn't’ it. n fine declaration of policy to come from a man who speaks for the Liberal party in this cam- paign? I say 1t is a disgraceful statement. And it is on a par with the further statems ‘ he makes that» 0100.000 could have been saved in the building of Prince of Wales College.

We thieshed this out at Tignish last night, ladies and gentlemen. 1f you resdthc Liberal manifesto. you wu and that Mr. Campbell makes the following statement:

“While we do not wish 1o be too msticulo in the matter of expenditures for sgtioaticnsl rposes. the people o the Pro- mice feel that tho rebuilding of Prince of Wales Oolloas nssd not have cost over 8400.000 and that ' st least s100.000 could have been saved on that ltbln by more III’

orlsllyinthassms issus oftho Pat- wblll l

say we increased the gas- p

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won tho somsl (I-n-ulbior).

led tocnuvloss the mdisuocom

that. buthawlsootdllitsobloiiodo

itaslongsc I wastbore. (Applause). Acco to the

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Government in pusenttinse. (I-lllflhl’). 11167110" evidently only one purpose in their

ropagarida-to Hll this man Mae- Mlllan. Well. ho will take some killing! (loud applause).

s nuous errors-roan

In dealing with my remarks the other night over the audio. the edi- tor of the Patriot made this state- ment:

"Althoueh no doubt the Plum- iu will make a desperate effoit to tho Province. ho might as well keeping tbs tido out with s pt dork."

I have used pitch-forks before now, and I know all about them. But 1 have bpsn trying for yes-m get a certain type of pltchfork. It u the pitch-fork with which Mr. wnlter Jones’ men chased Mr. Lou's men off his farm at Bunbury when they went after a Holstein heifer which was loaned to Mr. Jones by Mr. Lea. as Minister of Agriculture in ordor that he might complete a Holstein herd to l0 to Toronto and capture s lot of prim. and which he refused to give hack when be osmo home. (loud laughter). ~

lvfr. Jonas. you know. is now run- ning as a Liberal candidate in the Fourth District of Queens. Ho got the loan of that heifer and he gct his prizes. but‘ when ho came back he kept the cow. Rumor says that Mr. Leafs men were chased oil.’ the Jones fann with a. pitch-fork and that the case was not settled until it was tried in the courts. That is the famous ‘pitch-fork’ I have been looking for, for the last four years! (Laughter).

Self-Contradictory

I do not intend to deal further with education; I think I have 00v- ezed that matter; but it is srnuslna to note how time educational ex- perts in the Liberal party differ in their opinions. Mr. , for ex- ample, is quite envphsitlc. He said on March 14. 1938. that a saving cf alt least $50,000 could have been made by using the old foundations at Prince of Wales College. Next year he ss/id the foundations were worth $50,000 “w $60,000. and they should have been used," and at least $150,000 could have been saved. Last July, at a Llbeml meeting at Kingston, he said $200,000 ‘might have been saved, and he is repeat- ing that statement in the present campaign. But I nmice. when he gave his interview t0 tho Halifax Herald s few days age-and in which he styles himself one of m. Ice/s chief lieutenants-he says we scrapped a. foundation "worth $50,- Now you can tabs those four statements and make what you like of them. They are all there. and they are all different. (Applause).

UBSIDY GLADE!

Now we come to"; most important plank in any platform:

"2. Having further established our Provincial claims against the Dom- inion Government to the cutout of three "million dollars, to continue to press for s full realisation of our claims on the basis of the mlnorlt! report of the White Commission."

I road you p. viously, ladies and gentlemen. the Li-bual platform. There 1s no mention of subsidy claims 1n 1t. Last night Mr. Camp- bell made the statement that this matter of claims was settled, that the award received was final and unaliorable. I just told him that there was no such thin; ss a subsidy settlement that was ilnal and un- alter-able. Sir Wilfred Luurier used those same words in 1907. and said there would be no change in our subsidy relations. How many times have they been changed since? I also reminded Mr. Campbell that the door at Ottawa is never closed if there 1s backbone enough to open it. (Applause).

But they have closed the door; they have any mention of subsidy claims from their platform. It is going to be a forgotten thing with them. And well might it be, because there is no more humiliat- ing page in the history of this Pro- vince than the record of the Lea Government in their handling of this question.

“Worth- While"

Over the radio the other night I showed, going back to'1912, that the present Chief Justice of this Prov- ince wns the man who had the brains and the ability to prepare this Provlncvs case, present it at Ottawa and return with $100,000 of increased annual subsidy for all time to come. That was twenty- three years ago. Figure it up at 5 per cont. and you will have nearly three million dollars, received in cold cash as s result of Chief Jus- tice Mathlsaorfs work. aided by his colleagues in the Government. Wasn't that worth going altar? (Ap- plause). .

coming down to ths you’ i020. after the appointment of the Dun- can Commission, the first Stewart

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dlclous salvage and s little stud- qovmmm, the em 1m-

led oooviomv." Prince mdwmi “and, as

That was his statement. Hen is m" mwmm” “m” ‘ u» correction that appeared edlt- w“ i" "We W‘ N"

of $189M. That Oom- rnission recommended s ilnsl and ocmplsto settlsmont. which they felt themselves they did not have the power to tinder-take.

Mil. KING'S STATIME

m years -mv, ma. mo. gig-an i311? movs on the 0

THE cnsnaorrarown customs

lldmselfsaldcnthatcccasion. On

that point.

w this campalgn—a parallel of con-

oorrespcndenca between himself and the Dominion Prime Minister which

1928. to the Rt. Hon. W. L. Macken- zie King, C.M.G., in which Mr. Saunders trim to say something about our claims, in which he tries to get an appointment with Mr. King. It is a long letter, and there are some things in 1t that illuminating. paragraph, which I shall quote:

look how it coincides with the result.

me quote him further: tlon he describes, he says, is

Brunswick. and as snsult we ro-m d! liaps less acute in 1929 than 19114.

mooted in those settlement of our subsidy

You know the answer. You kmnw wnst Prime Minister

Fulfill-W 1Q. 19$ PremlsrblscKsn- ale Kilns, on the floor of the House 0'1 . in Nply to a question s-I t0 Why. when the claims o; ens 3m m were being dealt

. I o er provinces won - 114806. Il-id: 1g

‘For some reason or othol- the olalslll have not boon put for. ward by the Provinces." -

Obs month later. on March 19, 1039, the Liberal Government of this Province. in Ice 89inch from the ‘Ilucne at the opening of the Legislature. announced:

“During tho you my Govern- ment has been usly press- ing our claims for further 1n- orcuao in the subsidy which we necclve from the Dominion."

It fl s strange stats of affairs. whom the Prime Minister of Can- ada contradicts what was put into the mouth of the Lieutenant Gov- ernor of this Province in a Speech from the Throne in this Lsrislsturel

Ido not need to say any more on It ls paralleled by all the cfliilclssn that we are getting in

tradictions.

T0 live credit to the Premier of this Province at that time-Mr. Saunders-I must say that he did make some efforts. I have here the

am sum you will find interesting. MR. SAUNDERS’ LETTER Hora is one letter written Dec. 1'1,