_ fE”RU‘§¥f 6 '°”' “ll _ ' _ I t _ 'ram ciuintorrarows GUARDIAN" ' _ 1 rites siivsiv 1 fi ' \ ' ""' - ' _ - ~ - V- ' f ' -if ' ‘f _ » 1 .1., -Tl1¢East_ern Gyardian _ MR."Ii. Nl0H0lSRN'$ SPEECH UN ADDRESS -G1 LLETT is _l_____ P ' - RR C ‘ i » WL' . , . ~\ ' use. inns: have i~.m-'n- = l tion, otherwise \'/ you run grave c.i;.:iccs of Crm- sumpiiqrii Pneumonia. or Con gestion o the Lungs. 'l oavo- thelargsisl. l;{_ply_kPEPs__?\‘ out en. n cor i'i_- coulh mqxtures, syrups, PEPs do not confaii.: ruin* r. oi harmful drugs, and are there. fore best for children. All liquid cough medicines, linen. ge§ etc.. go to the stomach, _ i\nd_i;.verg mother linnws gow _ ¢i\s y aiy S 5 nniuc is 5,; deranged. Once put habys ,(\ stomach‘out of order and all sorts of trouble arisest PEPs heal the lungs, throat - disordering thc stomach. i .° IT PAYS to buy lu this Province __ __.*8MEt.T8 §CARCE.-- The smelt ___*:__§:;110_I:___:\et__ l¢ and accurate service.-Ind be V01! rich or poor, you are assured ot that :areful and conscientious attention which your eyes deserve, and by the constant rendering of which we have gained our present high standing in - the community. . Our store is s permanent institution in your town. ` ard not here to-day - uid gone toxrrow. Wears bare & ivory iiay. and stand ready to sdiust' nay dlblculties that may srlse in fut ure. Isa't this service worthy !0\ll' wl- sfdarstionf ' Hi J. MAION Di-uggltt and Optlolhn \\“\w9J1/I/iisvaswvi M°'\*°l“°» - - - "- '- '- (Continued ported. as compared with $146.794.ii4r for the corresponding six months of 1915. Manufactured goods have be-en exported during the period under con- sideration to the value of $190,823,240. as against it total of something like $70,000,000 for the cori'esponi`i`lng peri- od' of 1915. These figures toll a tale of industri- al and comme-rcial growth vastly in excess. of anything that was tliouglii. possible two o r three .years ago. 'l"nc records establish, beyond perailven- ture, that the foreign trade of Ciiiiii- da, foi' the fiscal yoor, will be vastly gi'..~.1ter than any record ever achiev- cd by n country of seven or eight inli- Iions. Commereinlly and iiiu'iisti'iiilly, Caiiailxt is forging ahead :it ii razi. which must bring pride and siitisfuc- tion to all patriotic Canadians. I might outliiiic some of the very important matters regarding the poi- fey of the Government towards the province of Prince Edward Island, be- sides the completion of the car ferry. which make for the betternic-ut of our people and the advancement oi' our province. There are git-.it terminals being coiislructcf* nt Halifax aiid'harbor i-ni- provemcnls inuiff These are all for the benefit of iriiflc and commerce in that part of Ciiiiiiila, and Prince Ed- ward lsluiiii, being; contiguous to Novn Scotia, will share to a cc-rtniii extent in the bcneflt flowing from the vast works nearing coniple-tion there. Then there have been improvements in St. John harbor, which also will, to ii cer- tain extent, benefit the island. as it ls now on the eve of being connected with the mainland. I might also iefer to the fixing of our representation in the House of Commons, whereby this province has new four re-press-iitatives, although at one time it looked' tis--if the entire re- preseiitatioii of the province might be swept away, owing to the fact that our population was not increasing iii as iapld a rate as that ot' the pivotal province of Quebec. Then l might refer to the increaiseii subsidy paid to Prince Edward Islaiiii i i'.o|ri_ Page Two.) of Europe. Y'et with i~oiirai.' lotul exports for the eleven iiioiitlis eiidiiie, Noveiiibei' 1916 were $i)Til,646,S1i3. as c0nipai‘e`i`i` with $559,893,809 in 1915 and' $389,-l67.415 in 1914. `E"‘I';,**f‘_`7.=ii. ___...-_ by the Federal Government. whereby the province' is glveii the hiiiiilsoiue sum of $100,000 ii year of additional revenue. The establlslimciit. too, by the Federal Governnierit of the nieans by which agi~lcult.ural eiliicntloii has been brought within thc reach of our farmers iinil their eliililreii luis been of enormous bencllt. The expending of nearly $30,000 a year will thus en- able professors aml instructors lu ag- riculture and horticulture to live amongst us and spend their time lin- structing our people in the latest and best methods regarding these two lm- portant branehes of lndustry. I may tiuly say, Mr.-Speaker. that it was a red-letter day in the history of this county. which I have the hou- or to represent, and the province at large, when the Conservative Govern- ment came into power in 1911. There are other important things' which have taken place und'ei'~Govern~ ment -rule, but it would take s man of more eloquent tongue than mine to enumerate them. Naturally. owing to the truce between the two parties, the people, l take lt, Sir. have not been taking the same profound and active interest in party politics that they took when the Empire was at pence. I may tell you that the little province of Prince Edward Island. with only. ae- cordlng to the census taken in 1911, a populatiot1` of 93.728 people, has nearly 3,000 of its sons enlisted in the war, or about three and a half per cont. This I consider. _Sl»r. owing to the smallness of our province and the limited' number of oui' people-. a most gratifying showing. We have raised in that province two siege batteries and one of the most magnificent regi- me-nts, the latter being composed of 1,200 men. ln that regiment the larg- est proportion of the men are Scotch- mm. There are descendants of the men of Tipperary and' there are also descendants of the men of the North of Ireland. We have had cons'id'erable_ talk about what`the Eisnch-Canadians have done and have not done. There are only about 10,000 French-Canadr ans in Prince Edward' Island. but I notice one name-that of Arsenault- in tho regimental list about titty times. The 'French-Canadians have done more than their proportion down there. lt shows that they are under good political influences in that part MR. D. Nl\CHOLSONi M- P. \ I While dwelling on thc expaniliiilr FC venues oi' our country and' the pios conditions. although so vastly iavor f responsible fox the cxcecilliigly lilgl law of su ly and deiiiand gov Such ils the condition we find' ln this country today. for wlilie there are splendid prices for all the former has to sell, those who dwell iiii cities feex that the burden for iieceeisitles is greater than before. But this Caiisila. is largely agricultural, the farmers predominate. s'o all that makes for the increased prosperity of the con- sumer. This nisy sound paradoxical to som(-:~, Mr. Speaker, but with great ilemand and higher prices for the pro- ducer. there will naturally follow more demand for labor and higher wages for the working-man. and the city dwellers generally. Wiith your per- mission, Sir, I would like to quote the following Editorial, which appeared in the Toronto "News", not long ago: “Prices are high. Wheat merely shows the way to meat products. to vegetables. to dairy products. Au un- rii vornhlt-_ summer may have some par- tial lnfluence on prices by creating local scarcity, but the main cause is the war. Itussia's wheat nfust be ie- served for homeconsumpton. The closing of the Dardanelles and the Bosphorus removes Russia as a com- petitor iii the world's markets. ln- dlsn wheat is subjected to high in- surance rates and there is famine in ocean transport. A bail season lin Ar- gentina and a half ciop in America. with tonnage scarce. make a combin ation that necessarily would force up the price, even though not one msn was speculating in grain futures. Meat consumption is greater than ever be- fore because fighting men are liberal- ly fed`. perhaps in-many cases more liberally fed than iii peace times. Mil- lions of men are in aims and war has put an end to stock-breeding in large tracts of iire~swept countryside. So all food products are in great demand. while the supply is stationary or ev- of Canada. _ are in mourning for boys who have found theii graves on the hattieilr-ids Many homes throughout the lsiandi en lower than before the war. Other neccssarles ure affected. Leather is expensive. steel price-s are high. every l'ii|irii~ is iiiore iiliflli-uit lo secure. it lizh thes figures tell. ‘wc _ i)iiiistyn;vtl1(ose sigiii. ei the fact that held meetings at Halifax. Charlotte able to the proiliirer. are bearing somewhat heavily iipoii tlic i-our-iiiiiier Not for one instiiiii no i utimii. sir. 110"-‘ iiiw 'wt yet been illscioscd. that the Government should be licll The DD ` erns these, and' the prices of commo- dities are fixed by ine increase or lessening in the demand for such. Q ment to curb their operations." " Now. Sir, I believe that iii the sprini- of 1916 this Government was spciiiliiif at the i-ate of oiic million iloiliiis ir' month in separation allowances. Be sides this, there are some 360.000 mei' in arms, foi' which the Goveriiinenl iinust provide salaries, nnil all thai goes to make up the coinpiexlty oz the orgauizatloii and equipment of ii modern army. These are all rather extraordinary expenditures called' forth by the war. Nobody is' objecting to these, vast though they muy be But. Sir, the taxes must be increased higher czitics must be levied and tin people must realize that economy wil have to be piaetiised. in order to meet the outlay. The Government must sei the example in this regard. lt mus: economizc- iii the face and stress oi these perilous times. It must use its best wisdom and see where- necessary rctreiiehiiient may be introduced nu( exaiiiplr. because, should tliewai' con tluuc, times naturally will beconii hard'er and unless the Government and the people begin to practice iigii economy in all departments ol’ publi- service and in all personal activities the result will be discouraging and dis astrous. Ho\vc~ver, I am i-fatiwfierl that the Governnieiit in its wisdom, witl the wise and far-seeing stotesniei whoni we have iii the Borden Cabinet fully realize the gravity of the presczi ano' the seriousness of the future situ ation. und' wi-ll not only ci'_v.~,'tiili'/.e in to legislation the principle- ol' ecoiio my, wherever possible. but will als( c-:lueate the people of this country ti be careful in all their outlays ant* save. to a certain extent af. least. theli money, and not to now indulge hi thi frivolous pleasures and reckless ex travugaiices so prevalent in tiiiics o‘ peace. There is another, mutter, Mr. Speak » er, while I ani referring to condition: in the. Maritime I’i‘oviiices, and ilia- is with respect io ship-liuiidlng. and' the iioiiusiiig oi' iissistiiig of iiidividnals o. coiupzinies' in the construction oi rueli. In our province parti-izularly ‘llic press has been printing iiiiium arable letters from sea ciiptains ani ship-builders. besides' editorials. iipoi the important suliject of the coast wise trade and the building of ships cated' that the Government appolnter _ a conimlsirlon oi’ three gentlemen tr investigate into this trade, partir.-ular _ ly in regard to the delay of sailini _ vessels procuring their cargoes of coal at the edal ports. This commission _ town and Sydney. and probably ir. other points of the Maritime Provinc- cs. but tho result of their delibera- ’l‘hero can be no iloiiht but that tht | il'eliiys at the coal ports have hem price or foodstuffs io iiie emisiiiiici-. vary serious and' oiiscmiercd ii his loss to owners of the smaller sailing vessels. Indeed. so much so, thai they have been to it great extent driv en out of the trade and off the seas I could cite- instances ii(numerablt in proof of uiy statement, but l do noi care to weary the House by so doing Suffice it to say' tliat the merchant marine of Canada. from holding fourth I, . third place-has greatly ilegeiierated and today, I am well informed that the Scandinavian flag has supplanted the flag of the British in regard te the merchant marine ou the Seven Seas. "ln the "Canadian Railway and ‘Marine World" for October. 1916. a long article appears. entitled, “The Dominion Government asked to start ocean ship-building." The Quebec Board of Trade. in their action. af- firmed that they thought it would be wise for the Government to lake their initiative and build six or more com- mercial stcamships of olght oi' ten thousand tonnage each; say two at Montreal. two at Quebec and two in the Maritime Provinces. on the baslis of the cost of labor and material. plus ii reasonable percentage forthe build- er. By doing this. they would intro- duce an element of competition, and at the same time establish a basis of cost to guide them in the legislation necessary to establish this most im- portant industry. l could' easily refer to statistics which showvthat the Unfited States ship yards had at that time on the stocks three hundred and sixty-eight steel steamsliips, aggregating more than one million tons. and that there are more than twice that number of ships carryl/ng the Stars and Stripes than there were before the war. If they can do this, with wages for ship-wrights as high as seventy-tive cents sn hour, surely wo can do much better with the more moderate scale of wages. prevailing in Canada. .For these and other reasons' which fl might advance. l do hope the Gov- 'ernment will see fit to respond to the wlslies of tho people and take action I So keenly has this subject been ailvo` lace in* the world-some contend' in the near future in the uiatter of encouraging ship-buiidliig and allevi- ‘iiting the grievances coiiipliiine-;| ui- by the roasteiii. _ Ship-building is liuiiusvil iii Norway. Russia, liritisli i‘.oliinibiii. Eiigiiiiiil. Newfoundland iiiiil the lfnitcil States. and I suppose iii ull the great nations. So for the pupil ot' Canada. its l‘ut_u.rc and its eoiitnucci' prosperity, I trust the matter will bi~ seriously eoiisiilcr- eil' by the House. | There is one piii-iiizitipli in the Ad- 'lress that I wish to rcic, io. :iiiil that ‘s with referciice to the fiftieth year if Coiifcdeintlon iii Cansilu. To ins is a (laiinilliiii hiirii, it is very clicigr- ng to size the liiiiiiicliil collilitiuii our :ouiitry is iii iiiitwitlisluiidiiig thu viir. Let us go bunk ln the _\'i~|r 'S67 for 'ii iiioiiicni. The ioliil ri-veiiiio if this i-ouiiiry lbeii was $i:l.00f),|)0li. . n 1873 the i'eve|iiie wus $l7.00l),000. I liter 1873, it great man, lioii. Alex- ander liliiclteiizic, iii.-:nnie I‘i'euiii-r. and at the milf: of his term iii oflire, il_n 1878, oui'_i'eveiiuo hail only iiii;i°i-.ur sd to $22l,000.000 or $24,000,000. Tlicn 'here was ii cliniige of Govoriintuiil. ind in 1896. iit tlic- ii-nil ol' llioii' lei-iii, our revciiiic had iiiiioiiiitcii to $40,004).- i)00. Thnl. is only iwciiiy'-oiio _vi-iiis . ign. A new goveriiiiient vaiiie iii uu- -ler the learlcrezhip of the right lion. Sir Wilfrid liiiurlcr. anti' ut the cnil ol its tcrni of office our rcvoiiiic uinoiiiii- ed to $100,000,000. l ani given iii \iii» -lerstand that this _vear our rcvoiiiic will amount io $180,000,000. l :ini sure the wonderfiil advance wi- havi- made in the last fifty years must bo eheeri-ng to every Caiiaiiiaii. I should also like to ciill the uiivii- tion of the Iiouse io the dc-bt of (Tun- ada. In 1911. after those fifty _vciir.~. the' iiet debt of Canada was iiboui $346,000,000. When the war comnicnr- ed, after three years of Coiiservallvo rule, the debt uniouiiied to not one dol- ilar more. which is very gratifying. At ‘Jie end of those fifty year.-i. aftei pro- viding for the expenditure ol' the »various departnieiits, there was ii .~'.i.- plus Of $250,000,000. But for ibut sur- plus 0t` $250.000.000. our ii‘.‘l>i. iiisiwin of being $346,000,000 woulil lip $.'\5)ll,~ ope,.a|_€..|_ H must get the peoph, ur 100.000. 'l`li;-.-'. is iiiusl"i';itil`yi|\l~' to ':\'i‘r_v Cuiiadiilii. _ , I ilo not' want to lic i‘iii\trii\'ci'¢=i:il, Viut l wish to say ai iroril in rcgziiil lo mme oi' the ii-iiiiii'ks of the hon. iiiciii- ber for Boiiziveniure (Mr. ivlarcil) the itlier day. I pei‘fectI_v agree .with iiin in what he said about the Frencii “iiiiuiifii-iii people. I nm often ilownin tho province of Qiielivc, :it faiits; :iufl iublii- gziilicriiigs nl' min noi 1. or iiii- Jtber, und' l aiu quite* satisfied tlioro ;oul. if i' ii V ='~ 'V21' iii 1 ii .. i I - itil if I. i 5 fi 1.. i_ 'ii _ i... ’ i ii .5 vi. ~ l. 1 . J `» -__-_ ii; 5 K . .'». ‘ va i.~ » Epi. li i -ii -av .....'L_'?.'...,‘ r _-.».*f°' s. 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