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_ Miss Canada: In humility, be- .¢a_u__se__o_f _the sacrifices which have !>.¢91_!mH<¥¢ for me. _But _.in 'pride because o -the Spirit, of Fortitude ot ,your Sons, _I _come to__ enlist

your :host sympathetic support, as

expressed by your' financial aid, _to enable me _to meet the many _obligations that still remain* to- wards the men who fought. I relate... wish you t_0-_‘_ i>r<>'-_'idea H12 \1f_ifl1`_,,_§i1_t_l.,i'¢i_¢;g_1__t,_ Na_t,i<ma1._l,.v_Vpr1:in~s V _iiiita 1,:-.i>_ _fonsqiiéaisrhe sbsizien ~_ _ it§1,e~_ 'Word sjmarkets, that yoii,

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iwf Clfhéiis: Perhaps you miglit lilce to

talti this ogportunity of telling us how you exp' "t e 36l0',000,()00 wi- loaned to you last-_year?` `_" ' . " '

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, ll'-.Il/lisa Caiiadia' I would. You

wiIlf_‘_..}?ecnll “that I. asked you for .funds to ¢§'rry_`.0s t11¢._.wf1f._.s11d tb ;en_ablé_ me to advance credits' to _Greet Britain _=m<1._ ,Q_v1‘.AIfl¢S> wh_°.» _by_,_th‘,eir_ purchases here, have prospered our ‘farms and factories. Doyou ‘want details? , __ _ _

L A 'C`llSlZei1S`: Yes. The indie facts and figures you giye us, the _more _fully will you answér“th'e`ni1tllfi_1l queries of those to whoni you' are now_appénliii`§ foil aj fu'rth’ei" loan. ' _ Niiss Carissa: very swell, 'firm I suggest y u_,ask_i1_ic' qi_i_es_t_ions.

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l- Citizens-: How much of the Victory Loan 1918'did you use for war expenditures? nFfiss‘5‘C-iiuaua-9: 'riiree-iif.¢h~s of if -$3 _$00,000 in fact. Bfefqre ,gig-

` "" e_'diture_ ’eta_il,_fl wls }§:"`Z§pl.:?i'n that; ygiir do-'

_ h- ~ p _ mobilization expenses as against fhbse of mobilization have been concentrated within a few months. The' expense of transporting our “Army overseas was spread cvcr niore than four years. Consequent-

f §§lf',the cost of it did not bulk so

arge in any one year’s budget. But to bring home in a few n:_oni'_lj,s l1und`reds of thousands of men,

¢%l}ead from England, France and

anders,_;Ita1y, Egypt, Pale-stin~ _~' ar-off Siberia, was a §;i5>_f__i:niti1_ ,lgexpensivc task. _.lt taziecl nil resources. ' _ _ ”’_'“` Clfizelisr' Realizing thc conditions you faced, because ofthe shortage of shipping, and rememberinfr that other parts of the Empire, were eager for the speedy return of their men,

I think ydu did yc_ry_ well. Give us now. the

d§tails of yoiir war expenditures.

_ ' _Miss Canada: $312,900,000, was ' ent for the .payinent of ,soldiers

_,Rennes th@Arrn`istice'#-the cost ipf

M _Qing tgehm, part cost-_0_f bringing {‘ " ho `e,_separation_allowanegS _ Qhieir dgfpéndents, the »I1flaix1,ten- Q1* ' _pf hospitals, their medical.and 'ins ti%\i¥.S»;-if1»B1'if2i_“ a*?_WS‘-ll #Y

Qin, fo _organi'zation:an`}i’ con. ' ”' loft e_Dep_ar.fment0f So'di_ii§1'

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ln] addition to this, I have

already authorized and am. paying @,ra_t_i_.:iti€_S to_ soldiers ofr`i_ __ their t_l_'is,charge..' ,'. i Citizens: What is ilu- amoiint. of the grzituiiy?

Miss canada: 1 uses s59',oi)‘o',0iio

of the Victory Loan 1918..foi_° this purpose,_ and expect to ' use $61,000,000 of Victory Loan 1919. _

(filtiiletisz Did you :nuke -any other (lis-

hurseinculs under the licailiiiig' ol' war <:xpciidi'tures? - _ _ __ Miss Canada: Yes, $9,000,000

was__sp‘en_t at Ijialifax, tp be__ u__se'd irr ijecojnstriiction after the disastcf.

Citizens: We quite app’re<:iatc ihc fact

that these were all necessary war c,\`pendi- tures. Perhaps you will tell ig; i`\o`\v what you dd in the \v;\.y of advancing credits to Great Britain and our Allies? ' 1 ~ _ Miss Canada: With pleasure.

I argvfanced Great _Britaiii $173,'-` 500', 001 to help purchase your grain; and I loaned h}er_ another $_30_i000,_000 to buy other food st`u_if_s.

'Cifizerisz Dir] Great Britaiii buy any

f;sh from us? ' _ ‘ '

Miss Canada: Yes, $9,000,000

worth. I loaned her the money to payyou for it. _

Citizens: \Vere there any other loans to

Gres: _1§r'_iia;n?_ _ , __ ’ ' _Miss __ Canada: Yes, Great srigoia e_oPs1,1‘f__ $2_900_.0Q9_ w0rt!1_._<>f ships built here. I loaned her the money to pay for Then I 1o'aned‘ .her $5,500,000' to meet other obligations _in ,_ _ _ connection _ with

munition purchases.

1,5 §€_itizens:'What security" have you for

all this? ._ __ _

Miss f Canada: Great Britain‘s

pledge to repay-ebacked by the reso_u_rces_ that made her Banker,

Maitéufacturer and Bulwark torlier

All _' s__durin_g-the war.

Citizens: That's good enough. Did you

do zinytlliiig for our Allies?

Miss Canada: I loaned them

$8,200,009 to buy your foodstuffs, raw material and manufactured

products.

CICIZGUS: That accounts for last yenr’s

I_.oan. ' Will you tell us' now why you need another Loan, and how you purpose using it?

~Miss \Canadai¥~l need another

loan to,Iin'ish`_'payin`g the expenses of demobi1iz'at`ion§`siiic'e the _ proceeds of the 1918 Loan _were exhausted, and _to meet the _obligations I still owe to “your -Soldier Sons." I also need~m'oi_1ey: for`»___National Working Capital. _ - .

€l12lZe!‘lS2 What are the obligations to

soldie_rs?_ _ _ _ _ _ '

_ Miss Canada: The cost of bi‘ing~

ing thjem home. The paymentof all _those still undemobilized, in- cluding ,sick and wounded,,Wh0 are still in hospital, _and who of course _,remain on the Army Payrolluntil

discharged, `Th_e _upkeep of hospif- tals, an their medical and nursing _?l_fai_fs_.,' ~_ _ ' __ _ -

,Citlzensz How i-nuch will these items

entail? ‘ __

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__CifiZér`iS: Does that include the gratui-

ti'es?_ __ __ _ _ __ _ _ _

Il/fiss _Canadaz No. I shall need

$6l:,00'Q,Q_l)Q _of New Loaf: to lin-' ish paying these. _ _ _ . _Ci:i'zeiis=' will that ineiuoe the money. :O

h|ianc6_._the` Dept. of_ Soldiers' Civil Re- :-stablisliment, includiiig the Vocational Training Schiiols, and the \v'orki`iig out of the Soldiers" Land Settlement Act-?_ H M_ls's__Canada-=: No: l__esti’rnate 557i09!l»000. _f_Qf.€h_iS‘~‘ _ 1l\ilV¢_2l1lT9?‘lY appi°o_ved_ loans t_o_the _amount of $20,000,000 ,to _soldiers a1§:§:a’dy`,sé,t- tledon the land under t, is Act. _ Citizens: llow' many soldiers are taking

mlitiiitaige of it? _ ,

_Miss Canada: Up to August

l5_th_,~__29,495 soldiers had applied for l=H`\_<l__1'1f1d¢f the terrh,s‘_e_f _tha 'A'_c__r- 2_2,2'3?1 applicati'ons` had been ap- proved. 9,04_3_ men \_vei‘e__ already hissed C11 fv~rm`_S'.§ and mil_Iib`r_1S_i>_f» acres will be _under cultivation, that might otherwise' be idle.

Citi?/ens: What do you`cons_ide_r the

grént_national ad`va_`ntage of liaying soldiers become farmers, apart from increased pro-

duction of food. _ _, Miss Canada‘:_Tl_i-e love; of out- door li_fc and t_he_resourcefulness_ of our soldier _ citizens are _ ju__st the qualities is e12i¥<é_fh¢i'1i.S\i1_¢;c@S`sful farmers, and upholders of the best Canadian ti‘ad'ition`. I

Ci_fi'zens:.. Have' you any other war

obligations? - _ _

Miss Canada: Not that I foresee.

_I have _coyerjed the major 0f_i‘és`.____

Citizens: You 'purposc.exten‘cling further

credits to Great Britain :intl our Allies, do

yoi1n"<§t? »-'- “ '_ , " '_

_ _Miss Canada: Yes, to t_he`exten't that your Loan will pe`rm_;it_ to.

_ Citizens: why sexi fs__'Gr'¢i§;13ii11;:in ami

our Allies if th_ey__can't_p_:fy_'_Cash?__

Miss Canada_: Their orders are

absolutely essentia1__t_t_;_ the Qgntiquf ance of your- agricuturc and in"- dustrial prosperity. ,_fIf‘Ii_e _g_na`!5,`1ll;' tude of _ their ___orders',, and the amount of employment thus core-' ated will depend upon _the success

of the Victory Loan 1919.

Citizens: Willi ,youexphiin s~.iin;»ly' :i_I_:

idea f_»_f credit. an<.l.whj/ it is so iiev:css=:ii _v i‘_;i'.

we shduid .i'_“»'e it?

Miss _Can-ada: Farmers _ and

m'an}lfacturcrs (and t_l1'_at incliidesz the \§_orlte_rs oh tl';e_se,orders) must

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bei d cash for their products." _ I _ Therefore I must borrow money frornyou to give credit, __teiriii~:-r,- arily, to Great Britain and our Allifes. , 1~__;._.ié,‘ctually,_ no money will pass ouiioi Canada. »_,_I‘i';ycn do not grant this c.°c-dit, otl1_'\:;r_count_ries__wiil; and they wiil

1; the 11’2\d'¢»_ Md l1.1W¢_f~l\~> ¢_mi>1<>:~'-

that, shouldhe yours, to dis# _lte amongst their wo,rke_rs__ _ -, _3'}.Af,nd rerfnen1be`r,».you .absolutely heed-.these f?l_‘<l_€¥Sf U5. ¥_l??’fillf“l_f¥'_¢tY&-

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_ ` <f_fu1, business ,'_,will_ feel the

, E sion _and con_dit_ioi'&s__ _every-` ____ will be adversely a ected.

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_ And -explains her War Financing to her citizens: ‘

citizens: will you use the process; or

the Loan for any other purpose?

Miss Canada: Yes.i I must

carry out , _the National Ship, building and Reconstruction pg-0'.. gramme. I a`i_n also committed to _adyance loans to Provincial Hous-' ing Commissions. ,

citizens :I what are inaividuai-personal

advantages to be gained _ i`n buying Victory Bonds? _ i _

Miss Canada: The fact that

Vi¢t0l;y Bonds are among the world s premier investments-in secui_'iry-~in good interest yi`eld- and in ready saleability.

r 'Citizens What do you mean by Secllrlityl?

_ Miss Canada: I mean that the whole resources of -Canada-all the assetsof ati the people-pius"al1 the ‘Yselih _!¢f.__t9.._l>_¢_ __dis¢Qv_e_1:¢d____i§ §F'_1hi_nd my_pled_ge_.to repay youyour principal when _due and to' inset' each interest payment.. __ _ _

' Citizens: What do 'you rineaniby interest yield?" _ _

Miss Canada: You receive ,

your savings de_po_si_ts 3%._,,1nv¢§; In my Bonds, Wi_th_ the securi_ty__g3`, all Canada behind? you, and you get 5lé%- ' ~ .-

Citizens: What doqyou mean by “ready

saleability?" _ _

Miss Canada: I mean that if, at

a__ny time, you wish to get__C3sl_i for ‘victory Bonds-t_hat1i,s,fsell the you can do it at a r'nor"neiit’s. Qr, if you want to borrow moneyiojj them, any bank will loanit to' yojii' and accept them as security. all. rractifel purposes Vi¢f_Q1§vf Bonds are as good as money, ex- cept that if you keep n bill in a box at lioine, or in ri _vault,_it do_esn’,t _elarn in'ter‘est~-:but Victory Bonds 0. V '

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gallantly flied for her-we pledge ourselv bpy youg _VictorydBp_nds to the ahbsolufe o oura iity an t_usepsure eres’ ‘ of _our highltst and best ’ag'|:>i'r2i:'ibi:?';g Canada and all Her 'peop1`es.' '

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