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Masteriy Campaign Speech` 2 Of The Conservative Leader

cmimnging address delivered by the Hon. J. D. Stewart

T tl i igmx 6; opening of the campaign, in the Capitol Theatre,

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0, |,K0y|_'\'(‘l.\L ISSUES.-We have many things to discuss in this 5 'gn that um wry important to the electors; matters which per- Pilmwt Us more intimately than even federal politics; and how can

ills n my grasp mcse issues which are so important in this campaign ¢iP'f’:h_h wp, be decided' hy this election, ir we mix them with purely WW, matters ‘I I may say that if there were time, and if there were ,.i¢flirampcr upportunny, 1 personally would be delighted to discuss .AW Pnmucrs with the Premier or with any other Liberal gentleman; “Tl do not think that any of us on this side of politics would roar 1*” un; put, as I said before, it is not the time, and it is not the

we want to be logical. at least. l LEA GO\’ERNl\lENT FINANCING.-What would you think of the wncing of a man who had a. surplus of $15,000, and yet, at the end » ‘I me year, was found to have gone behind to the tune `of $235,000? ' manning .1 “surplus” and at the same time going in ,debt 'I That is the dwstioii with respect to the financing of this Govemment last year. ‘nd they admit it. Their Audit shows that during the year 1930 they nu; behind to the extent oi' $235,000.-and yet they had it "surplus" of

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mjhn 0F SUBSIDY--li’ there is one thing that this Province is in me need of at the present time, it is more revenue; and, as I said Marc, we cannot afford to place any heavier burdens of taxation upon mpooplc. It is a great struggle, even in this Province, to exist. There In just two avenues to further revenue; the ilrst is increased taxation on our pmpic; the second is obtaining the implementation of the Dmiin Commission report. You know the early history of that miner, that there has always been a struggle for a. subsidy settlement m¢r.'0tt.i\\';\, :ind that Pfafllmilly all the increase of subsidy thot has mn obtained for this Province had been obtained by the Conservative

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1927 INTERPROVINCIAL CONFERENCE.-There was their oppor- ty, u-in-rc they had representatives from all the Provinces assem- ,¢|, togrihcr with representatives of the Canadian Govemment;--all ,parties to the contract were there, prepared and ready to do busi- ,and only waiting for a proposal as to how it should be done. Yet M grntlemen, going up there at the expense of this Government- i'0L`lt expense. with YOUR, money-hadn't the sense to suggest ing of making this adjudication, and so the matter ended, in

imressioiis of sympathy”-and not one 'dollar of additional subsidy [tom that day to thls.

I I THE TAX BOOSTERS.-What has been the recon! of the present _ Lnlcr with regard to taxation? Ile has always claimed that he was tlitisther, the instigator of the Lea, Tax Act. He was most indignant stirs because we took off the Poli Tax_and made other reductions in tuition at that time. Ilas he ever suggested that he would re- duce the taxes '.’ Has not his whole record pointed in the other direc- ilhr,-iusi like Mr. McIni.yre's, who says‘we should “broaden out"--we slrould pay more taxes-so that Mr. Mclntyre will have more money to ipend on the roads ? » -

l= ECONOMY NOT PARSIMONY.-As I said before, we don’t want isnimonyzg we don't want people to work for nothing ln the public gerviccs but \\‘c do feel 'that it is is time when expenditure should be wisely supervised, and that no money should be thrown away-whether ipos the roads or otherwise,

' _ A\iAZl.\'G PERFORMANCE.-I was rather amused, in the Patriot |1!F5l"l’"'5 3°°°“"¢ °f 01° Liberal llwcllns' at Hunter River, to read il\=l'l’f°‘“l“f Us Md Slwwrl “very clearly" how on the planks in their platform of 1927 had been "fully implemented," in fact more than lm- plcmenieil! The Patriot said that the hall fairly rocked with applause. for tiring that surprises me is that after a statement of that kind the bil did not fall about their cars. -

i CONSERVATIVE TAX REDUCTION.-When ' we took oificc in M3 one nf the planks of our platform was that we would press for ‘further subsidy from the Forlcrnl Government, and upon attaining to llllii that irc would give the benefit to the people in reduction of taxes.

miobtalnrd an increased subsidy, and we kept our promise by reduc-

the taxes. We are accused-and just think who Mouse, “sg._0¢ big that fnr the purpose oi’ pande-ring,t0 the electors on thc eve or

ic .elccil<m; of cndcavoring to "buy the people with their own mom-y," *_ ' The Drescnt Government docs not seem to understand what means to keep its word to the people. That is what we did; we pm. _slsed that if we obtained a certutin thing, we would give the taxpay- ls the bi-neilt. We obtained it, and we kept our word.. And if we _hd in-en returned to power in 1927, I am free to say that you would mt had the finances in the condition in which you find them today.

lflNG'S AUDIT BOARD.-Nova Scotia and New Brunswick did

Rl ffrvsiilze this Board in the matter oi’ our subsidy claims settlement.

e Premiers of those Provinces know perfectly well that it was of no

nlur, that it was simply a stop-gap. a gesture on the part of the Kin

governor:-nt to mnrk time until the federal election was over.'So they il not attend the sitting of the Board. We had representatives from ms P""`l""° ln the Person oi’ Mr. Lea and another. Did we get any- .ll*lIlr'.’ l will tell you what happened. lt cost this Province a thous- lnd dollars for their attendance. It is charged up in the Public Ac- munli and to the taxpayers of this Province it was not worth one , llc-cent piece-as Mr. King might say.

~ IS llli SINCEKE?-Now I want to draw your attention to this. i lint uln~n Mr. Lea went to Ottawa and prcscntcd a claim of $438,000

before the Audit Board, he lnid already published his claim for $3,372,- l66,57 in the Patriot newspaper. In other words, when hc presented

gs cl.iiin in the Patriot to tlic pcoplc'of this Province he ‘claimed over rec million ilollnrs, and when he prcscntcd it to the Auillt lloard it

shrunk to four hundred thousand dollars. If lic ever gets before

'll' Privy council what wui he claim?

'if ('ll.\SS STUPIDITY.-I have taken up some time with this subject. 5 In endeavor to show you what the pcoplc of this Province can

lu obtain from the efforts of this Government by way of ini-

of our subsidy claims. In the flrsi. place, we have negli-

we have want of faith; we have lack of knowledge. That ls

""‘“lHh. All these tlilngs make a pretty bad showing. llut when you U1 lllls, crass stupidity in the way of presenting tliem-stupidity to ll ilfsrce that it holds this Province up to the ridicule oi’ Canada, l think you can como to a fairly accurate conclusion as to what "Ny Lain-ct from this Government w’th regard to obtaining a sub- settiement from the Dominion of Canailal

WASTE AND nxrnavauasce.-we are not omaemnlnr the

ent because they have funded the auto license fees and the

l"\<‘S; but we are blaming them bccausc in raising these large

of money they have not supervised thc expenditure as they because they havo wasted a large amount of it,-spent extram- lllc money that will have to be paid bsioii. as I said before.

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R0.-iD Glt/\Vli.'LLING.--In this Province we have valuable gravel

equal tn the material imported by 'this Government from the and perhaps better; gravel that can bo dug and hauled to

ll van be used by our own pepole and our own people will oblllll

“MPS and remuneration. That will be our policy. There is where

'"1' the Government. because, having borrowed the money. they "`l ll tw completely out of the Province, and the pcoplo have not

11"! lwneiit except such as they have received from the gravel-

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STATUTE LABOR.-We claim that every man in this Province. -_-.ti his politics may be, has the same right to work upon the “""° NWI. and our pouoywiu he to as tiu.t_»vm mm nu the

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#creased our debt by over 50 per cent in 4 years.

l"~ we can hope for is another million dollars added to our debt, with f-1.-

lf re-elected, their extravagant policy will continue, and the best

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Ll-IA'S INSINIJATION CIIALLENGED.-Mr. Lea has made the

statement that some of our people are going about, carivassing in one place on Government Control, and in other places on Prohibit'on. l say that that statement is not correct. (Applause), We have not a record of that kind. (Applause). lt is perfectly true, and I admit it, that we put forward the platform oi Government Control at the last election;

but we did it honestly, and the people having decided against it we arc prepared to stand by tho decision of the people and carry out the la\v of this Province. And I say no man can assert truthfully that thc Conservative party ever took any other attitude with regard tc the laws of the country which they were attempting to govern ,and that any msn who would attempt to make is canvas of that kind is rcercant to the party to which he belongs.

STANDING BY l-They promised to stand by thc Prohibition Art,

and they are still "standing by"i They stood by and saw the law violat- ed; they stood by and saw more liquor brought into this Province in the last four yesrs than was ever seen or heard of since the Pi~ohib'tinn Act was introduced. They stood by and Allowed the poor main tn be taken and lined and committed to jail whllo the big man, the party hcclcr who mia making hundreds and thousands of dollars ont nf the traffic. went urirnolested. That was the way they "stood hy": that is the way they enforced the Prohibition law during thc past four years. And these are the men who say that we have not been honest and sincere! ° '

PROVINCIAL POLICE--l do not object to a Provincial Police

force. I think perhaps it is a good institution, and I know they have it in other provinces. But it can be carried tn excess. licrc they have a stat! costing from<$30.000 to l40.000 is yrar. You sec them about. in rri-at numbers, and they are dressed very mic, wearing magnllii-r.it uniforms; better than the soliliers', perhaps better than the oil'ii~<-rs' uniforms. And it is all at the expense of you people. That would bc all i-ight if it v_vere`neeeassry. but unfortunately this organization has been used for purposes of party politics. They have appointed men who are simply party heolenisnd who have no qusllnestlonr whatever, mul l say when they UI NYU! mln of that stripe so policemen they are

throwing away your money and they are holding up this Province ln rlillculi- to the whole of Canada.

Tl‘iA(‘lil.~IltS' INCREASE.-lf thcse gentlemen had performed their

buunilcn duty, if they had pressed our claims at Ottawa and obtained the money they should have obtained, it would not be necessary to place any plcblscite on the election ballot. We would then be obtain- ing from the Dominion Government the money they now invite you to icavy upon yourselves as a tax to pay the teachers.

OLD AGE PENSIONS.-Pending full payment, thc Federal Gov-

ernment has passed a statute to provide for 'I5 per cent of thc cost. and it is our intention, if elected, to provide the other 25 per cent from money which we believe has been wasted by the present Provincial Government in other things. and so carry out this pledge which was made to the people of this Province.

TIME FOR ACTION.-The time has come when the Govemmcnt

of this Province should not be pennittcd any longer to play hide and seek, and blind man‘s bluff, with this matter. We should get our claims, we should have them implemented without any further delay, because for want of that money our public services are suffcrlnz. and our people in many cases who have to perform public services are not paid as they should be paid.

FOUR YEARS OF FAILURE.-I submit to you that you should

elect wh‘chcvcr party you consider is most likely to succeed in imple- menting our subsidy claims. You have had four years of experience with the present Government. You have had some experience before that. You know what thc (`onscrv:\tlve Government secured from an tlpposiiinn Government at Ottawa-an adverse Government, aiid`yon know thc record of the present Government. with its own party in power in the federal field- When this (invcrnmcnt took oifice i'_our years ago thc door was open for thcm to dcal with the matter nf a siibsidy settlement. They had. as I said, a favorable government ln power at Ottawa; and you soc the result. or rather you see the failure of any result. ~

KEEP THE GOVERNMENTS IN LINE.-Mr. Saunders told the

Legislatiim in 1921 that it was a good thing to have "L friend at

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Safeguarding The Farmer

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When Hon. Mr. Weir. Minister of Agriculture, was -

dealing with the Root Vegetable Act, Hon. Mr. Motheiv well, former Minister of Agriculture, and Mr. E. J. Young, Liberal member for Wcyburn, disagreed as tc whether or not imported new potatoes should be pgradetl ‘ for customs purposes. lint while members of thc Opposi- tion expressed widely different views, Mr. Weir was able to sity that the Government had received a number of _re- qiicsts from Prince Edward Island and New Brrinswieli that nil potatoes there should be graded; that. indeed, grading should be made compulsory and covered by eer- tiiicates of inspection. In addition, the administration has received resolutions asking that new potatoes hc brought under the same regulations as other potatoes. these resolutions being subscribed to by the Canadian Horticultural Council, the Ontario Vegetable Growers’ Association. the South Essex Growers' Co-operative, and the Central Ontario Potato Growers’ Association. The simple fact is thot while members of the Opposiilon quar- rel over the problem, the Government steadily adheres to its policy of affording agriculture a protected home market, just as it provides manufacturers and city work- ers with a protected home market.

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