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in ‘l

K? '-‘~. . suit of either course. should in-lp ll

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lfl '

.' g of the Maritime Board of Trade

' _ _ in Halifax on 21st November, 1928, by

M assed unanimously and read aslBl‘lihS\vlCk. and handle the greater por- mcommgndamn on p-,.¢igh¢ Rage, ith” Corporation stawd in widmee llows: ‘tion ol the tonnage of the three i w l 1' ' n' lhlaritime Provinces taken togcther-- ~ ' i before the Dlmcan c°mml'"l°n' in et' in

_ | _ _ ~ _ We conceive this to be a. position feet that the i-nilwa admlnlsl-l'l0l0l'l

Federal Representation :lor cxriinple it is estimated that the ‘ ’ y 0

, 4 __ - - ~ i with which-quite apart from details had been giwu . mmdam fm "mkg ,sys.cm hniidlcs between 70 per cent of pm-ticular m¢_e5_it is our function the Intemolonml ply as 'Y-.puny N li'

‘b

ii,l~ .

,= Ai

.1 i ~'f1.',», of the two great parties to give

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-Continued from page 1- .

As a result of the find-

ings of this Commission, thiriy re-

of adjusting matters so as to

place the Maritimes on more of a

Canada. While quite a number of these recommendations have not as yet been implemented, several at the 'most important have been either

or partially carried out. I re- all this for two reasons:

FIRST-That if the affairs of the

Atlantic Provinces had been receiv- ing that intelligent, co-operative ef-

of Maritime members cf both

parties at Oti.u.\v:i, that

importance justified and we entitled to expect. there would have been any need of a I,r_-n-

Commission.

“Onr Country First"

l "The Gazette" of Chatham, in an ‘lrticle entitled “Fighting for the i/Iarltimes," recently stated:

' “The day has gone by, we hope, 'l when either party in this Domlii- l ion can treat the Maritimes to the ' fextremeiy raw deals that were ’ put over them from the time of Confederation almost to date, and that were excused and even praised by one party press, and while they were denounced by the other side, the people were confused as to the issue. and in the main stood by their party, _ right or wrong. Our country should come first and even the hide-bound party papers in small (centres are learning this lessicn 'of putting Province ahead of

party." In this connection it is also inter-

'_ sting to note a Resolution which 'as introduced at the Annual Meet-

5 _,_ Past President of that Board, and ' ' ne of the most successful business

., _ en of the Maritimes, The Resolution

tered peoples make the visualizing of complete unity a magnificent exercise of faith, and its realiza- tion a goal of glorious achieve- ment. No such unity is possible save-_through the medium of that responsible form of Government, which may be truly defined as a Government of all the people, by all the people, for all the people. The party system is the only practical instrument yet evolved l to give effect to such Responsible

_. ‘Government There are two trends

that weaken the integrity of this l system: sectionalism. that mani- fests itself in “hlocs" or third par- i ties. and blind partisanship ‘which subservcs rightful foster-

ll7f,'-; iing of local economic develop-

,li _ment to tlie dictates of party

.Ai - T leaders, who are absorbed in gr .- _ -,istrlvings for the retention of 4. , < ; power. The people of these Mari- ',"_ 2'; ' time Provinces are unwilling that

' i their representatives, by the pur-

to thwart the achievement of true national unity. They expect the successful candidates of citlicr

-.-ur! intelligent support to the con- 1|.-m struotlve policies of their party. '-:.-.~| The people of these Provinces svn* expect nothing from the Parlia-

1 . ment of canada beyond their just

due in the National interest; but they do confidently expect that support of measures to that end i shall be the first concern of thc i Maritime representatives of both parties; that in the insuring of

r :the success of these measures, or

in resisting their defeat, these representatives shall show a un- ited front, and thus manifest to

Nation that loyalty, with- which no party can survive. IOND-That for the same rea- the moral obligations of the Ca-

Paciflc Railway to tl.e Prov-

of Prince Edward Island were urged nor fulfilled.

Al regards tho latter, the question

no doubt. arise in the minds of

is not the Canadian National

hero, and in other parts of

. E. I. Railway The Missing Link ,

._.i str

-#lthat they are entitled to the grati- bl

'_-In due course the Palllhmellb Ol ftude and commendatlon of Canadian

.Canada was made aware of develop- lcitizeiis generally, for the very re- du

and action was 1'eSDOC’.f\illY _V m'arkabie manner in which they have W

carried out their mandate to operate Dl‘°P0l'fl0!l 0° the lU°l‘€l-55 Whlffll 1155

with the ultimate result that

the National Railways as a commer- liven added -Sill” 1912 W l1ll0 fl'¢lEll0

Duncan Royal Commission was

commendatlons were made, with a

parity with the other Provinces ol.

` . .

ways, and feel sure all will agree Hd

cial proposition. When you consid- Sli er that only eight years ago there Bl was a deficit of over tlilrty million lla

cesslve governments of the policy and pledges that surround the railway from its inception, whatever impres-

may have been created by the

slo

form of its administration.

Since 1912. changes have taken lace in the framework cf the rate

uoture, and increases have teen ded to the freight rates. The wm-

ned effect of these had been to lm-

pose upon the merchandise and ln-

stry of the Maritimes, a burden

hich. it is alleged, is quite out of

ucture in other parts of Canada,

though it may, in many cases, only

ve raised Intereolonial Railway

‘doii-.us in the operating ooooums of rates to the same level Ol Scale as

`u.o canadian Nntionoi Railways, rates in other Places-

iind that in 1928 the operating ac- _

The net result of these changes is

counts show it net surplus of sixty bl‘0HdlY 5l10Wll by the flKUl`¢5 Bll/9!! lll

ivcious frat mid a record to be proud f-l0l1 Wll0. Bl2.0l-ll" Telillesl. fl1l‘lllSll€Cl US

...iiiion rioiiorr, ii is certainly u mar- evidence by the railway administra-

(of. The Ciiiiadian National Railways, W

h statistics to show the position

iiwwevel-_ is '.1 company gm; was now as compared with 1912 for the li.,~0ur_.i,¢ img being ig manage and Intercolonlal Railway and for the rest

' of

cperaie various Railway Systems,

Canada. These figures reveal that

`ii...t wo.-o oo-oi-dinoted and handed Intercolonial ral/es have suffered an iover with a specified Government estimated cumulative increase of 92 . _ *mandate to make them pay. Some of PCT C9105 il- €-. l-l’l9l1` 100 1185 ll€¢0m¢ .those Rail'.\'nys were not regarded 192). The estimated average increase

lvsitli popular favor at the time of Of

tlifir acquisition or absorption in the DEF

rates for the rest of Canada is 55 cent <i.e., their 100 has become

lrlationiii System, and the general 155).

public were given thc impression that

_minion as a liability. There was no lother way, however. to avoid the de- ivelopment of an embarrassing finan- cial siiuaiion YH

tion oi the Iiitcrcoloiiiol Railway, as le one of the chief inducements for me the Maritimes to enter the Union, I fill

ii dge for yourselves. Wh

from the Duncan Report, as follows: 0

_ “Maritime Railways th

|transportation services of Nova Seo- n

they were being foisted on the Do- Effect vi' Chances in Rafe Struct-urea

on Maritimes

lginatu at stations in the Atlantic lu

sea), and is destined to points cut- om

abilities within Confederation," given ra

N. B.. Chairman of the Maritime th

Board of Trade. held in Halifax 21st st

drunken sailor’ to furnish ‘communl- lic cations with the Northwestern Ter-

vinces to assist in providing im- di

St. Lawrence waterway and to make e

States in transportation matter|:- of but, what has she done toward pro-

Maritlme Provinces, for the regula- ta

to assist ip the development of Mari- to

plre? . ‘lf

cuss Union until it was agreed that er

for what purpose the Canadian

Division (excluding import tnmc by Pacino was brought into being? Any- 17| d K ` md °°mh.u°u°n_ ,M “midi” "mb

who hu followed closely the oufan 3 eep ed.” th, Ummm” Puma und"

side the Atlantic Division. eu-ly history of the Dominion must .w'e"_ nourished _ th’ animal cannot ph” tho” “_

_ ‘U-""7 '“"‘° th' ”“P°l`*‘“° P5" ‘ celved through the construction or °" Duma” th’ ct’?““‘2;3d;"’:l°dh;;°t wen.” l Right Thraufh ioqulaltlon of other railways, rep-

. . nl* °“ - °\' 3' . i recent ,lust 7.04 i- ant of the _'rho second quotation is an extract inai and chief purpose of the Por- TIIC Witlhf’-'-' wh°|e_ md mt mpfhaz mn ,army from tho' address on “Maritime Dis- iiament of Canada in having this T k ' "pad in tu" m 6

llway project carried through, was a e Howhmny um” Z, been repaid

by Mr. A. P. Paterson of Saint John. ic weld the Pi-ovifices together, from

e Atlantic to the Pacino, into an

SCO'l`l"S

country that the Company will con-

grmts, lubsldica, outltanding loans

to, Canada in national development, in prosperity to the people, in popu-

Transportation Commission, before economic unit. In proof of this, I ' Muni and “ming the annum m U10 Allmlll Meetmf °f "1" M“m‘"° °“£lt;‘$e:é’ ;il:"o3;“‘;° qslsgepizzsm is the deveiopincnt of industries and in

. - 1 makin pcssibl th odu tl f

November 1920: april, 1926, by Mr. E. W. Beatty. _ Rwll fn wealth? cymofbe :m';m§_ m °

“Canada has spent money like a the;;i-§.:;i;it noi! ttgeosstnadian Pact- Cod_liver The Cana” u we know it today

“Brou ht into existence as one of ' ' is me “mu of the foresight' energy

~ id im roveinenis the iii i oto S i the 1 d ti i vltamms 'md "°""°"”“ °' that mu" °' 3"”

;`"‘°;y Tm gteplxzd: °!pMmm_"‘_ the ‘$51015 Wilde; scan;re°;mB€;is°h scotta aown=.'romnh»,on¢. za-N pioneers who conceived and built the 0 We °P ' C ld P in _ -

and she has taxed the Maritime Pro- North American colonies, the Cana- m um ac C `

ts in connection with the an? olxsillsgeriyilzfyltsmlgjd mhz; ' The Bmw” ul" Mme a NIH”

provemen -

CANADIAN PACIFIC

sr renew No.: '

er since been one of the ‘mme tinue to receive its due measure of A T

Canada an adjunct of the United forces working for the development nd A The

d ti h d esteem and public con ence Cnuuu Puma Rm,”

Canada towar na on oo . 4 Confederation brought into o poll- Canadian Pécmc frankly dem" this An Elle in Nation Building

viding improvements to develop the tical whole the inhabited districts o I trade of the Great West with the the Maritime Provinces, Quebec, On- ;‘:°gehusi'2°5;f°rra iigatwigrlxlxgt 3: Time, the relentless measure of

rio and the far-ofl' Pacific coast. It on er S ° g men and institutions, his applied to

I esteem and confidence because it is

customers-the public.

the U n di Pl iflo Raiiwa ever

tion of trade between the provinces. remained for the Canadian Pacific a a an c y y

bind them together into an econ- canada and me Gamma" Pacmc acid test-of opposition. skepticism

it d to iv the n M emer Railway must continue together the and ridicule in the beginning: or

time import and export trade. or to omlc un an g e e 'y - k _b “di th t b _ make canada a unit within the Em- ging country called Canada 0 System Wm of mmm U ng 9' was ed °DP°sinz forces of nature and apathy

rt ti d commu mation gun the day the C. P. R. commence of mm during tha Period of wnwum

“““sp° “ °“ an “ ‘to riin its moi roiis from const to lr Leonard Tilley refused to dis- without which no scheme of confed- coast ETNS co_opemtmn has been In tion: of difficulties and crises in fl.

ation could successfully have been ‘ nanolnl; Of giant struggles to develop

the nature of a great partnership for

d chic

th It olonial Railway would be consummated, and lacking which it an n ve. .

Tl Maritimes case on railway 6 new h suction would probably not have continued the advancement of mutual interests. _And md" the canadian Home

‘e hunt and you wui notice v I

| ' t is one of the proudest pages of ta

CI t th t t tr

, tes was put to us in very consid- f 1 th f ti

i - _ 65 of the London Agreement and by or my CHE 0 me- _ B 11 s ou as e grea es ampar- ‘ NOW HS i0 Wllelillel” the C'0V€l‘!1‘ “able detml' The R“u“'ay C°mm15'l ctio 45 of the B. N. A. Act. 1867. The building of the road was en- Canadian Pwincvilmtoryotzzilziuiizy tation achievement in the world,

Se n 1,

t ci: ernment' no pm noe' n The Canadian Pacific gave etlect to

'“°“f'°W“ed Ra-l~l“`“Y5 have been ’°"‘ sion is at the present time deaungithat the Intercolonlal Railway was tered upon as a Governmen proie , has ever km a dollar through this clering the service in the Maritimes, with these same details, and we have lad ed to Nov, smug md Ngw but extravagance and delay doomed' no artnershm The record of Cinadlan Confederation. Without lt

ll* . 5 . .

th at - si this mm no eori friiuro and the “" “al P phd federation or iasv would have ro-

rlts would involve consideration of lway administration and policy. On

.viii quote three authoritative store- the broader question. however. of the ‘ments ond you v.-iii be host able to lhvldehce 0! the exlsilus rates as 0

ole upon industrv and employ-

_ .` L

The first quotation_ is an extract mellt lll the Ma1`lllm95» We have be made w my; ig wg nevqi- expect-

e vary definitely to the conclusion

that the rate structure as it has been i be given (eden/I nmmcm “,|.¢.

tered since 1912 has placed upon ance to enable her to wmpew with e trade and mmmerce °f me li-Ialfiax and Saint John for Canadian

. Maritime Provinces, fa) a _burden I mime. but so great has hem Mont. 5

For all prrictical purposes, the rail which, as twe hgvebnreaid the gre-;1_eal,s holiticnl influence that she has Z

ouncemen s an o a ons un er- ' -

tia and Prince Edward Island are taken at Confedemtioyi it was never is“c°e?ded in 'uslgpmgdtgsw Bt:;? e controlled ,by the Canadian National intended it should bear, and (b) abur \l;?§£sw(;:hN:;;es;°tgf?;_pi-guiding of e §R_"“l""‘3Y5- UW 0'-ll" Hrefét l/1`9ll5°°l'l' den which ls, in fact, responsible in improvements to develop trade; and m° ltincntal system, the Canadian Pacific very considerable measure for i1epres~ central Canada interests also have lon Railway, has its Atlantic terminus at 'sing

abnormally in the Maritimes to-

lst- ‘7°‘lm» N~ B~ mid Sell/65 l-he PW' day business and enterprise which

vime of New Brunswick in direct h _liiie, and on small branches. The Ca- 1

nadinn National Railways also have ,Ms Structure as it then stood Mum with uma mute.” in th. Un

'a main line direct through New

;rc:isoii. and partly also on account of IM i the lilsi.oi.'y of thc lntercolonial Rail

i ways system. mi

fol

il HMUYY °f I“l""C°l°“l*il Rllllwily commercial purposes. He further ex- I i plained that. owing to grades and . The construction of the Intercol- curvature, the opamtmg and mmm, _oniiii Railway was an obligation gemime expenses cf this brunch of -placed upon the Dominion Govern- the ngway were ,m-M3 5,-eiaef ilim ,incnt by section 145 of the British the average of the rest of the system :North America Act, 1867, which reads '§'nd, sim fm-they-_ mag winger ¢°|-|41., i“$hf°ll°WS-“ _ _ tions in the Maritime Provinces ne- l lnasnnich as the Provinces of Ca- eessltated special expenditure arising iiiarla, l\.ova Scotia and New Bruns- [mm snow and ice c°ndm°ns__ and iwlck hav” lolncd lil B D€Clal9~ll0l“l consequent delays in traffic transit-

‘that thc cnnstriiction of the Inter- much in amass of what were expat- Coloiiinl Railway is essential to the ienced in other pm-is of the sys¢£m_

:criiisoliditiioii of thc Union of British 1;

‘Noiiii Auiu-lea, and to the assent Atlantic Division has shawn an opp.-_ l Ulffflo "f NOV” SN-lllil and NGW ating deficit in recent years in spite

fBi'iins\vick, and have consequently of

.iigi~er-rl that provision should be made mg genera] wal- inweuesi that has ilor its lnimccllaie construction by the been imposed on it since 1912 But

iGo'.'ei~nint-ii: of Caiiiuia: Therefore, in there are many considerations tp be ,order to :ive ofloct to that agree- “gen img account in wnsidermg imcnf, it .shall bc the duty of the that denom For our pruent pm- , Government and Parliament of Can- page’ ii is more mnel-ia] to notice that ada to provide for the commence- im president of the Canadian Ng- mem Wmlin -"lx months llffel' 011° tional Railways admitted lnevidence Uliwh- Of H railway cvhhecllhz the that in administering the Atlantic Di-

River St. Lawrence with the City of v|g|

Halifax in Nova Scotia, and for the 15 the old Inge,-¢°1mm| system), M

conslriictioii thereof without inter wc

' te

| mission. and the completion thereof structure of today of the special con. 'V/lfll all lll”llCflCill>lB S0696-' slderatlons, which attach to it as re- F0l‘ Willy .VPHFS b@f°l”0 C0lll@l'l9l°l\- vealed in the pledges and pronounce

tion the project nf such a railway mmm .pany Nferred in we fe

was actively canvassed both in the thi;

lMarltime Provinces and in Upper change, mg; have taken mac,

and Lower Canada, not only as an fi-gi

Iclcment in the political consolidation “boys the gem,-3| inueau that h lol the four Provinces but even as a taken ping; in oth" png, 0| gh, N. .channel of mutual commerce and tional system-is as fair o melaur j "“dl"5- as can be made of these special con ' slderotiona, and accordingly lhoul l Rate Structure of lnlercolonlal be ty-gnsfen-ed from the Mummn

Rlllwly the Dominion so that the original

ad originated and developed before! Umm Runway turned over y t gm °“ the basis “"4 mth °f the-! Executive Government to a Corpor- tl

We take this view the more road- ,.

les greater than would have been iowed had it been built merely for

is true that the operation of the

the higher rate structure (includ-

on (the greater portion of which

cunt is being taken in the ra

ght rates since 1912-over an

tentlon may be oburverl.

The Intercolcnlal _Railway was We recommend. therefore, that completed ln 1870. and it would an- immediate reduction of 20 per ce pear from the evidence we have re- (so that 192 will become apprcxlma 'ceived that from then until 1912 the ly 155) be made on all rates charg

sulllclehtly to meet all interests oi the Maritime 'Provinces on mme which bout originates o

nm! M- tbl

that was intmclcd by the construc-`~ U0l¢'f°ll`l'l@li any Olllllifm Oil CSB m -»Br mwick .m consideration' u ng 9,_ p y

rs so fm. as a judgment on their' “ the railway for forty years reveals f

the term in its legal sense of Nova task was later accepted by that group one unbroken course of constructive Imalned an un uiniied dm", 5 yum

Scotia md New Brunswick giving of men whose titanic efforts and _, _ dream. _

l”°h‘°"e"‘°“t' with it the Domi ion or canada

*hm “’°“" ‘° “‘° U'“°“' ‘ "°“"‘°' ”°'m°° 1" the me °' what time The creed or the canadian Pacino "

tion prior to the event. and again seemed like defeat and

It was never expected or intended iruin finally culminated in the com-

hiit the Intercolonial Railway should ipletion of the railway."

ed or intended that Montreal would

Elhct of C. P. B.

The following extract is taken from n article entitled “Uanada’s Rail-

ays," which appeared in the "Dailyi olonist” of Victoria, B. C., and is ldian Pacific has contributed an abun- vidence of the tremendous part play ldant dividend in national progress. d by the Railways in the develop- The partnership of mutual advance-

nt of other parts ci’ the Doruln- merit must remain unbroken. It must

img _-,umoient political influence to 'have the operation of the Intercol- u l b the

ited States and the President of

We are. all familiar with the win- is

ferry. We also realize only too well im

to Island points, compared with the

when passengers and malls are da-

.~~ fini r iathtiiha '_-

'?l?°°°P“,°“» ”“lllIll¢ and '1‘r_l¢l‘.°"Y" |:nce zgiilnsllsniichi C E? R aaniigltllizt

grievance had been cherished and

Tm’ third 9u°t°”°n 1° ‘mm ° nourished by certain influences even pee°h'°f me mm' W' B' melding’ unto the present day, but Winnipeg while addressing the House of Com' might still have been a flu*-trading mmls twenwmve yn" "°' as ml' post and not the chief continental’ °W5‘ h _ I wheat market and distributing pointl Surely sm' the time M mme a ' but for the abounding faith of the

ter yea” or deception' humbunmg syndicate which built the first trans- 'md' trickery “bm” the lm" t° the continental railway in America. Re- Maritime Provinces. that faith should sms md calgary are largely what be kept with these people. and they they an today because of the pop_, sh°“ld “ve °' th'°“gh me running ulatlon and business the C. P. R.| on Canadian territory from Ocean to hu brought to the doors of their ocean", factories and warehouses. Vancouver

wr “"Vl°° this Pwvmce W" '“bl°°t town, and Victoria would not be the to for passengers, malls and freight my it is md” M, the cl P_ R_ had prmr t° the m"“gu"m°n M me C” not made it virtually the Pacific ter-

lhe memcient sawn' tm Province ‘world-wide system of ocean transpor- has been subject to from Sackville tauon '

mainland service, and especially dur- me comment and others have m_ ing the fail and winter time-table. Iowa-1 the imien pam..

t°‘in°d 1" s"'°.kVm° mr t""°°"y'lw° nadlan National were making a h°“"° First' this d°l°nu°° W” 1°’ strong bid for patronage ae the "Peo- seven months of the year, md for the pm. RBHWWI.. it W” no doubt mt “st l'w° yn" 11" been ‘°d“°°d W by the Directors of the Canadian mu’ m°mh" This L' in ‘""°°° Vl°l°" Pacific that the time was opportune mm °f °“r Treny mims' whim that they should remind or inform guarmteed °m°l°"t' °°nH““°u' the people of Canada of the notable “Wm °°mm“m°°"°“ 'ml tm mm" achievements of the Canadian Paci- l““d "“‘"7° "ml" *nd ‘“mm°r' fic, and at that time I series of state-

A prominent official of the Cana- mmu ‘ppured In some of the lead_

dian National Railways, in speaking in. Om-mln mw|p“pe"_ I pl,”e|_v_

6'; “lla banguagr l'h° Am°"l°°" Aug.” ed copies of them all. and I will sub- ' °"' °“ ° °‘d 5“l’°““t"“d°“ ' mit three of the caries which I have

0 011° lhcrew lrlllhz from the mid in the windsor nom at Mont- ,,|,,,¢,,, ,D mv, my mmm, in mi on tho mn oi: June, mo, in

ll credited with the following statl- s»|~A»|»|i,-Mlxir Na I

“Only at the present day are we

beginning to realize the full effect ledge of the facts, so that the Cana- pcn Canada of the construction of i dian Pacino may continue to do its he C. P. R. But for the construe- i full share toward the greater develop-

ties of Fort William and Port thur were established upon thei

_ pledges, pronouncements, and obli-' - |

' ily since the President of the Cana- gnionsn “tamed to my V . ighut cmled by me 0' P' R' to mel

iwny (which forms the greater part dian Nam-,nal Railways system did

:of the Maritimes portion of the Ca- not disgang from Sir sandy),-d mem- inacllan National Railways), evidence ing; muwgy gsgimage that, 19|- su-gg- _submitted to us related almost en- ,gm ,-enum, th, Imercolonial had

itirely to the Canadian National Rail- followed 3 com-se appmximateiy 250 S

cad ofthe lakes. Winnipeg in its days i

almost and wholly a C. P. R..

lnus of its great continental and l

"The C. P. R. paved the way across

During the year 1924, when the Ca-

on of the C. P. R. Montreal would ` ment of Canada, as it has so abund- ot today boast of' a population of antly proven its ability to do in the ore than a million souls. Toi-onto past. as originally a small Grand Trunk; The Canadian Pacific _asks only to wr.. 'roomy it is ii huge city, anal no judged by inspire réoord"an‘d`w be C. P. R.. has contributed large- lbe measured only by the service' it

to its growth in-population andjrenders. It makes no appeal for

Canada‘s great spaces and scat- land 80 per cent of the total tonnage t 1 - | uslneas. The foundations of the twin ' business on grounds of sentiment,

l ‘ ° dm’ and B p°5m°“ which “mst ‘possible without regard for what the ici A .

Ai- `

I of the three Provinces. Partly for this be dean with dmmcaily and pmmpb »Duncan commission refer to u I

ed the enterprise over to a syndicate of intornoiiorui oapitoiiru. coinpbmd mostly of Canadians, but also includ- ing British, French and United Stahl financiers.

rail and water. this bend of nation. builders conceived a great and cour- ageous plan of an all-roll trumps;-_ lation system that would bind the provinces together with a system of rapid communication. dependable at all seasons ofthe Canadian olifnate;

, and they completed the road in one-

" ment: half of the contract time, l.e., in five ' "Publicly owned railroads if `thpy vu" ownlul haul, n_."'” .mf yem'

has been to carry its own burdens, and to proceed with cautious and well-measured plans for the steady, forward march of its own and the na- tional progress. Exploitation is un- known ln its annals, despite the tre- mendous difriculties of financing in the lean eighties. For every dollar received from the nation, the Cana-

jnot be weakened nor jeopardized by fmisunderstandlng or lack of know-

but, confronted by such appeals it does ask that its national significance, its record as a nation-builder and its world-wide services to Canada, be re-

niembered.

(Sad) E. W. BEATFY.

Chairman and President

STATEMENT N0 2

The Canadian Pacific A Private Enterprise, Natlqnal ln Conception and Achievement

When British Columbia agreed to

enter Confederation in 1811, the main consideration was the linking up of that far western province with the cast by a transcontlnental rail- way. to be commenced in 1873 and finished in 1881.

Not until 1875 was a start made, and

in 1878 not a yard of line had been built in British Columbia, and only 700 miles of rail had been built as

part of a piece-meal system of water and rail transcontlnental trans- portation.

The government hesitated at the

cost and was embarrassed by the handicaps of the politics of the day. It finally confessed failure and turn-

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tg ““i;‘°" P°““’ll' m*”"'*l° ‘ 91°' In order thatthe people of Cpu- in Wh h '"1 “° “‘°“\ °f°4ll- I h°P° can may have a clear understanding

_' that we. of the Canadian National, ,g gh, nigwm of gh, omgdim png,

will nelvor be loft alone in the fkld gg Q9 ua union.; m¢°"|¢ ‘|14 gg

““ °f "“'°*.‘!”" 10 °°°*4~ Y* "°0l0 the :umm of aiu people individ- nf be a curse if we were, and I hope muy, V, my. mum th, pm, of te- that our friends in the Canadian gm", U gh, mgdmm gh,-ough eil Pacino will continue in be lull: A yum, M my | gm” ng lggwmenu

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t““'“l’*t*“‘°|’ "fed" WON fillrly well safeguarded. the ui-mingig gg ,umm m tm Am; “ep mud °t u" '° 'mt V' Wm ill which will be frankly told the

freight rate structure being auch as tic Division of the Canadian N

" °' "' *' "'5°*°"" 0° Wi' 100° 0¢°°\u1i th' require- tional muwm ruuiiuaing export bllinl 'ith this vm im- menu or their frame. 'rho _lower and import mais, by "5, fm. mg 010000108. I Illh to Italo that Iwo! of rates that prevailed on the to that division), andthat the only the very hiliuat ldmlr- Inmmionioi iuiiwriy system in-lor to ,reduction be also applied in the tbl Uliillllillllt and all of- ill! 1|, in our view, rightly to be ln- , lcntlo Division proportion of

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mandoul fuk of financing me ontar- Drim turned over to the syndicate the 700 miles which, because or the oxigencies of politic: and changing Policies. had out the excnuive lull of 087,780,310, and (fluted a. onli subsidy of 000.000.0011 and li icuii aub- aldy of 25,000,000 acres. aftorwu-dc 01041004 by illfllihl back to the gov- ernment wt of the lend la liquida- tion of a loan of 010,000,000. Thus the total value of the nu

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became a living reality from the At- lantic to the Pacific-the potential of the nation. which hu now taken Ill# place among those or the earth. l The people of Canada achieved the iC|nadlan Pacific and made it the ’ greatest transportation _system in the world, and the Canadian Pacific achieved the natlonhood of Canada. . With over 20,000 miles of railway ,track owned and controlled. with a 'great chain of hotels across the coun. f-PY. Wllh ,fhrlll-I for the production of supplies for its hotels and dining 00". with 125.000 miles of telegraph line linking up with cablu to all parts of the world: with its great ir- rigation system on the 3,000,000 acre

block east of Calgary; with its col- ; animation and development work cost ‘ins over $00,000,000; with the in-out mining and lumbering industries it 110-S developed. and the sound finan- iilill iwlitlun it has achieved; with the standing that position hu given Canada in the financial world, the Canadian Pacino is marked u a vital economic and industrial factor- in the country.

Canada, and the Canadian Pacific

in present interest and in future pros- perity, are one and indivisable. Ca- nadian development, Canadian pros- perity, Canadian progress are essen- tial to the growth and expansion of the Canadian Pacific. The expansion ‘cf the Canadian

Pacino brings to Canada new growth in population, in credit, in invest- 100001. in nrolperity, in everything that helps to develop and strengthen llla position of the Canadian people

as a factor in modern progress. Kllll Glorle. ar Prince of Wales, once truly said:--“We all know how the Canadian Pacific Railway helped

to make a nation."

CANADIAN racirrc 0f» By lllfl For. the Canadian Nation

Does it not seem only reasonably

that this first and great organiza-

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_______g___¥ tion. brought into being by tho Q.,

nadlan Partiiersliip, not only to “ld these Provinces together by I thin line of steel, but to use its gigmm influence in developing and pi-0m°t_ ing every phase of activity for ou, Cvuhtryh prosperity as it whole, is 1,. so clearly defined in the above slim. ments, should have been oxpemd and entitled to extend its unique ser- vice to all the Provinces; Having con. tributed our share as one of the si; partners of Canada in 1813, hu ii been an equitable or consistent policy that Prince Edwin ` 'sland, the Crsdp of Confederatloi: iouid have been deprived of the L ...idlan Paclflcm-. vices, and today still be in the un. fortunate position of having infer-iq and inadequate railway facilities and connections with the mainland rall- ways? The Duncan Report on Marl- tlme Claims, on pages 27 and 30, states the following:

Transportation for Prince Edward

Island

"There are two features of train.

portation, as it affects Prince Ed- ward Island, that call for special mea- tion- fa) Prince Edward Island Rail- way.-The Railway Administration li mitted that there was substantial foundation for much of the com- plaint we heard in Prince Edward Islandwith regard to the railway service there. It appears that ln vie! of the character of the road-bed and succession of heavy curves and heavy grades, the difficulties which railway operations incur, and the inconven- ience which the public suffers, cui- not be quickly and substantially less- ened without 'a measure of capltll expenditure. Such improvements u the Railway Administration could el- fect, if they had to be undertaken oili of the revenues appropriated to tia Atlantic Division each year for mill:-, tenance, would take a long time in complete. We recommend that thi Railway Administration should in asked to make a survey oi' what ll required in this connection, and tiiil the Department should make capitii provision for the improvements to I undertaken within the shortest sible time. We heard considenhll complaint also with reference to tie train service between Moncton and the Island. but the Railway Adminll' tration stated in evidence that thvi f-#_-

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