'fr~.Vii._g@§_="iv1‘3:ig;_i_i__*;; _ _ _ *_ V _ _ mmm ___;_'_V VV _ _V _.._._. .- ' ., it _ ‘. - a'»-1| _o J., 1 _ | bi i 9 it ' i ,of VV . ._- .L J__" _mga i - 1 /--i'i""1f. Cohad , [Sit mlll .é ,.1 115;* _V l. _i iii ., u, Hoa olds, ~»~. ., Y. Geori’_ yeai out t day. __..--.-...+..-~,-.. .. __ _ ~_ ,_ . ,_ __,___.._.,'..,._n.___ 1 ;1 l \1'€l'S£l;' .o v ; ‘1,'-'i f _ , ,. .".l~’ 5, -‘ii 1;- / 5'. it I \ and i war 6 sed ly* day V. d`enio1.L to _nit ' the's§ all Anth? d t 1 fi' thou _e I-“`a.\’€_ 0 the r away sees l tarnii into z of wt liows inina tions rieli Ili and .1 tor s ___ _.___._¢__._.__ _ _ _ _--_W- hzati .1_.¢{'.\~_ li o\\\ _ wtf i'\'2‘ cal f _ .‘]._*.-,i_ ii, V1: W Lf fl'-_ ._ ,_. ».<'t- 1'. ;i_;V1;3 '.‘V'~:.l l}l‘i5',3tr-gli ; rw' , 1 ,ilif i. 1 'ii i Y i _ -P 4 ‘Atoll . _. .l;»$, _=..»V 1-Y- § . . VV _ "if, 1, foil ;. F -' . f ii- _ til '-'=i"1~ i f '.2 I i, 1 ,{Y' ' y ii. (ii Q , ~“;_. 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A. ~»-.~.~.~ .,,,,_,`,_,_,__....._..., _ _-....,,.,,~.~.._..-..... ....., .....,_,, . . ._ .. i -...¢,-.~~-~¢7v»_,---_ .».1-~.,_-.-~..»..,~».» ...-.-~»., -._._,_--~¢-at SlII’l‘()R'l` 'I`IlI‘1 l’Rl.\lI5 .\ll.\'IS'l`El{ Sir Robert Ilordeii is the one outstand- ing iiatienal figure around whom the peo- ple can be expeeteil to rally in the new ini- lional i~i“i;;i`s wliicli has come with the an- iiouiieenieiil ol 1-oiiscriptioii. Outside of Qiicbi-e'tIie l'riiiie llfliiiister has no rival iii the confidence of the public. 'l`hat is true wlietliei' we speak of ()iitai'io, the ll/laritiine l’i‘o\'iiices or llic West. l‘}ven in Quebec the iniiioritv whieli has done nobl_v in the Great War has had to look to the l’reniicr for the leadersliip and the ideals which lt. has l`ollo\\'ei|. l’arl._v and politics should have little sig-I nilieaiice for (hiiiailiaiis in the face of the German ineiiaee. The politics of Liberals and (loiiservatives alike should consist of gettiiig behind the ollicial head of the na- tion and giviiig him all the support in their power in order that the Dominion may pi'e- sent a niiite.d front to the foe. The strife- iiiakei' ol' to-da_v isa publicfeneniy-a trait- or whose treason is none the less heinous and daiigerons because it inay be boi'ii of blindness and p:n'tisanship. Those indivi- duals and wi-itors who in presence of the f»'rave:-'t eniei'_e'eiiev are exercising' an a_i.,»'ile iiii_f'eiiuit_v a_e'aiiist the Government might well use their talents to better ends. l.et all sane men in the Dominion consi- der one iiuestioii. Around whom can the iiation gatlier if not around Sir Robert llor- den? Was it not, he who, in 191-2, warned the counti'_v of the national danger and of the coming war? Head his speeches in Haiisard when he urged the people that the catasti'ophe \vould break in 1914 or 1915, and when he iir_Lg'ed l’arliainent and the public to build l`li'eailii have _eoiie overseas. llnder his le:i1_li-rsliip the eoni»it|'v luis iiiainlziiiied. its ni'osp1~ritv and r:iisi-il its eredil. to :i new higli level, despite liner. oul_lays on the war and a pi'o_i:ressive reduct.ioii in the man- powei' of the eount.r_‘,' available for pi'oduc- tive industries. In the liulit. of' all t.liese iindeniable l'=icl.s. pzitentlo everyone, to whoni can the Dominion turn with hone ainl coiif`idence if not to the man who told us the war was cominir, who tried in some measure to pre- pare l`oi' it, and niule.r whoin the Domi- lies and the praise ol' an :idiiiirini': world'.' Who else iii ('»aiiadf_i has the ii'itiiiiate know lodge ol’ [European eoinlil.ioiis'! Who else has had an opportunit_v to study them as he lias? Who else knows the mind ol' the Tiritish and Allied_ Governnients as he does? Who is there but Ilorden? If his defaniers, if those who day in and day out libel him and seek to underiiiine his Go- verninent-if thev could suggest an alter- native ther would surely have done so. 'l`he fact that. they have iioniinated no one else shows that thev ai'e wholly destructive and in no way constructive in their criticisin. Is it not time l.liat such tactics were a`baiuloned'.' ls it not time that ever_v. :iigeiicv in the country were united behind Sir Robert Iiorden? t".annot the dissidents bring themselves to this patriotic frame of mind? If they can, conscription can be carried and the brave men who are fight- ing Canada's battles at the front will be adequately' relnforcodé ' 1 _______..__; o ._..__._.___.;.... 'I`l 'li l1l'I1l;\`G IlI'1\'|.\'l‘].\‘S .`lI_’Ilt|'|` 1 Falk as wt will about the duty of in- creasing production. of speeding up indus- tries. and of doing other things with a view. to winniniz the war, it must not be forgot- ten that there is no sentiment in business. The ruling spirit in business is to make the maximum profit. True, in many indivi- dual eases there are those who draw the lVineV of profit short of the maximum, who prince Edward IS|and_ on many ‘of our iefiain from exacting the last dollar of H f ‘farms there is a shortage of help because pro t rom a transaction, but this applies those who had previous] done the Wopk . . . y to the individual rather than to the svstem, are now in the batuo line at homo or else Vi _ _ ms “Chine as 3 Wh°le~ Ana evenjwhere. Are we doing what We can -for L ` " "V I re. 'fa"°'_ It. P1213; be-1 the e.so‘tlfa_t;’t.h£!i§t‘;i¢'ork,ma not..-..sull'er_? buy at the lowest ligur_e that the whole range of the market will sell for. Iliis is Pixceptioiis, even individual exceptioiis, to to have _voiir grocer say to you: “Flour is selling at the mills today for $16 but I bought this lot at nine dollars and will let you have it at the regular rate of profit flt9.."i0. It would be rare to heai' the tarm- or expostulate with thepotato li\iyei',_soiiie- wliat along this line: “I will not: l.akQ`!; $2.50 for tliese iiotatoes. I platlti-.il a lar!-I fi"-'1`f?“ :igelliis _vear expectiiig thiit I would et, at them. 'l`liat price will pay _inc well :ghd l'I| not accept any-niore." Neither t.lie§ nter- case lie will hold for the higher price. Nei-. ther the merchant noi' the fariner is iii-- spii'cd by the thought that the price he st-tsl on his flour or on his potatoes, or the quan--§ tity he disposes of, is going to help feed the; hungry or win the war. To the charitable] and the patriotic these coiisiderations ni:iy_ count incidentally but the govei'iiiiig, the. prcdominatiiig idea‘is to make the most out of the business traiisaction. ~: This factor is one of the great obstaelesi to governinent control of prices. lteinove` the incentive, profit, from prodnetioii aiidi pi'oductioii is curtailed. ln the niatteij of' foodstulfs governmeiit control may check; to a large extent abnormal profits accru~l ing from coriiering and monopolizin-g andl storing, but all attempts at securing' lower: prices will fail unless they are able to con»§ trol the instinctive business desire for big’ profits. lt is this instinctive business de-i sire, this keen ness for profits, that legisla-1 tion must be invoked to control, especially in the necessaries of life and in controlling, it many difliculties will be encountered, aiidl many daiigers also, one of which may bo' the retardliig ol’ pi'odnetioii il.sell`. In- creased prodnet.ioii is the only means pos- sible for the reduction ol’ prices ainl the in eentives l.o inei'easei'l prodnetioii imist be lisiiidled very gingerly oven by legislal.oi‘s. - ~--~---¢-~~~)L»l_ ~-----------~ f 'i'iii'i~; i'.\'i‘i:io'i'is.u V 'l`he lliiitetl States may have been slow in eoniing into the war; that was their own business. 'l‘lie_v came in after all liononr- able att.<--.nipts to avoid plunging the eoun- li'_v into war had been e.\;lia.ust_.r_-il. I-Iav`iii_u eoiiie in tliey are iii it heart. and soul and those ol' ns Csiiiziiliziiis who are still undeci- ded as to whether it is our lii_isi:iei~,s or that' of sonic one else to win the wai' may well follow their example at least in their whole hearted participatioii in it.. When t.he Uni- ted States Govcrnment declared war and eoniinitted the country to a fight to a liiiish a convention of l\/lissoui'i farmei's sent this telegrani to Washington: “Nothing but the solid support. ol' the eoniitry behind l’resident Wilson’s draft. uieasure will pro- tect the eouiitry.” 'l`hey also passed the following resolutions: “Whereas, the time has arrived when the farmers of the United States » nnist choose between supplying' the Allies with food so they can keep an ellieieiit army in t.he field and keep the wai' in Europe, or allow the Allies to starve 'and we oui'selves take over the brunt. of the great world war with mil- lions ol' our nien in the ti'enclics and the wai' ti'aiisl'eri°ei'| to Ainericaii soil; tIiei'efore, be it resolved, “'l`hat we, the l`ariiiers ol' (‘.onsoli- d:iled District No. 2, in the (Tounty ol' .lolinson, Missouri, do earnestly pledge oui' support, as individuals and as a group, to a counti'y-wide organization which will help us to work together in producing and conserving an increas- ed supply of food; and, be it further resolved, 1 “That we, as individuals, pledge ourselves to give a small`_portion of our time in helping any ofour neighbors who give theirtime in furthering the proposed county organization, so that they may keep up this public service, knowing that. their worlt-athonie will not suffer." ` The last resolution--to help thosewho are giving of their time in organizing the country so that their work at home shall not suffer. may well be pondered bv us in . ~ | this are rare. It would be rare, for instaiice _ _ . ii the outside, seventy-live cents a bus el 'torl _ Mm., , ¢;.,,,.,,...-1.1... . . - . 1 1 ,. - '. - ' ~l " 'Il~I' I I - tlini riitIel;\'0l'l\ll (liant noi tht l`.iiint.i who would .idopVt_ tliisVi:::V;c_V_;>V_:VViV; lu .MLW .UV nw BVVVVMV course would, be regarded as a liiisiiiess,,E,,,(,,.,,,,.,C,, ,,.,,,.,,,,,,_,V ,-.»....i_,~ wg.-11.111-. man and we liave not heard of inaii_v of|::ii';Vt1rV§;§:‘;0fult“|IQivxw::'f‘}f;mt"":;”§:§l: them doing il.. Asa ri_ilc theincrcliaiiLsellsl_, C.,,,,,,,.,,, ,},,,, ,,,,,,,.m,,|, my win, his flour for t.lie niaxnnuni inarVket. priee,1:o;:oVVi-VV:.11oVi:_i-iiizslmi V:;ov1:iV_Vi.aV;=[i1V1VJi::o i'egai‘dless ol' what he liiiiiglit; it foi'; tlie2,.,,,,,,, -,-he,” _,ou om, ,,,__,, ,,,,,,,_,, ,.,,,,,_ fariiier sells his potatoes for the liigliestliiiiiiiliiifs, iii<1i‘ViwiifIf'ii'~_ Oro iiV<"i\l'\“lVlr _. _ _ V- _ » I x _ _ I _J iiiilepeiidciii of any iillninei. .ill woili- piice the inaiket viill offei hnn-un ess_ic|,,,g ,,,g,,,,,,,,. ,,,wu_,__, _,,,jq,.,,, w,,,,.,, (,‘Xl)(_‘Ci}S the l`l]2ll`k(3l, tt) gt) i`llgh(;‘l', ln Wl'1]t'lt_lIiey ut all events coiiceive to lie" In |liusiiiess and nofault can be found with it. E A- J- . _, ` 1 ADDRESSES PARLIAMENT -|- - + O' * _ V* mv. _ I I* _ |+< Yi- lifiii-'5»»_1`»T|» i . l -".\'ow. gentloiiieii. it seeiiis to nie ‘lo Iii- Iiilerestiiig to riiIIllJHl`U UU’ Pl". Ilicli own Iiitoicsti-, Iliit how dillei~ eni is that bone? wliieli unites lheni. Iiow illlterenl ure ilu- iileus which tlii-_v pursue!! 1\t llils' inoiiient. if all tlio i-torles wlilrli i~eiii'Ii us l`i'oiii ev- ery source liuvo the Ii-in-'t izrniii of ti'utli, you have Germany fighting for hor own selfdentrcd ends. encircled by a sci of states whom she has brought under her control. who lovu her not, whose interests are' really not idcntlcll with hers, but whom she has got into hor grasp. and who doubtless, if they could. would carry out their own policies in their own fashion. _ "'I`li,o gi'caleii_t of all tlu~i=i~. puwi~,i'n is 1\nslrlii. iiiiii' _v"i-t' we all luioiv. or all of uf-i who have ~:ii~i~.t-so In uiillieiitie ln~_ forinatloii. that Austria ls not working with Germany as wo are working with France. or as tho dli`|‘ei'- ent units and eleiueiits of the [lrllisli Iiiiiiplrr are vl"orklii`g with oiieh other. tti.riiiaii'y luis uso e1,~iitriveiI liei' diplo- iiracy and has so~‘nri'iiiiged'|iei' iiiiiterl al forces t'liut_ Aiistrla.' perliaps. _luis no( a wI_l| of her_own. anli Ifohe has a will of ‘her wn ` she is ouito incap- able of cafryfrig it out. Wliat ls true of Austria is true ivitli iiiiullliciitlons and ilifl‘