-!"P"!"" li ..'!'l"l h P;~UN" 8. vt. is M P' Q rt. eo pp ' Motor Competition gi weueeauotiocirvsryrei-to -1. ' 8. LD lie) d IM Ill r G ga. sn QI an ~-_-.-,.-__-- --.__ -__ I MR. J. H. MYERS M. P., t DELI VERS MAS TERELY 0 ' ' 'Demonstrates ‘L. The House resumed consideration of the motion of Hui. E. N Rhodes (Minister of Finlenool that Mr Speaker do now leave the chair for the house to go into committee of Wave and meam. and the amend ment thereto of Ml' Ralston Mr J. H. MYERS (Queens) M Speaker. in rlairg to say a few wordsontliebudgetlwlshfirstto congratulate the Minister of rin ance (Mr Rhodes) on what I con sidrr wls the clearest and most complete statement of the business of the country that Canada has heardfo‘rmanyaday.Iwishalso to congrstiilate the Prime Minister oi' Canada and the present gov- ,ernment for having so conducted ‘tlus atfalrs of Canada during the , five diiiicult years through which we have just passed as to make the delivery of such a budget possible. 1] I listened with my usuui interest to the hon. member for Shelburne- Yarmouth (Mr. Ralston) who al- ways acts as the financial critic for our friends cn the other side. I havl’ always admired the ‘cleverneu of anoratorand,rna.yIsaytha.ton -former occasions the hon. member for Shelburne-Yarmouth has excel- led himself as a financial critic. Today, however I felt sorry for him. because at the beginning of W - e : _ v h . » - . his remarks he was attempting to e. criticize the budget of a govern- ment whose ;,:tlons have met with - the approval of the Canadian peo- ple. Throughout hlg observations the hon. member laboured very hard to maine the beat of a very bad cause, and had it not been for ‘the fact that he is s skillful lawyer and has an exceptional girt of oratory, I do not believe he would have succeed- ed. Listening to him this aiternoon I concluded he was a much bother lawyer than politician and s. much better politician than Canadian citizen. or be would never have at- tempted to criticise the budget pre-V sented. by the Minister of Finance. l'\va'I*ryhgYessa osnadahesccmethrouellfour ~ live very dimcult years; these 2 have been t times not only in 3. 3 K our history but in the history of [_ the whole world. It is pleasing to note that notwithstanding the fact the government faced an almost im- ' possible situation when it came in- to omoe, both as to finances and ss to trade, we now have succeed- ed on ordinaiy account to the ex- tent of having a substantial surplus to our credit. It is pleasing also to 'note tbee ine Minister ez Finance, has budgeted for a surplus aoi>r°1=i- mating about $21,090,000 for the coming-year. Uufortimately problems over which this government or the gov- ernments of any country have lit- tle er no control must enter into the picture. In Canada we are faced with a railway problem and must decide what we will do with it. It is not necessary nor Ls it my in- tention to follow the many figures quoted by the hon. member for Shelburne-Yarmouth. cut. in pass- inglshouldliketnsuvthatall hon. members are interested in the Canadian National Railways. We wish all our railways well, and it should he the aim and object of every true Canadian citizen to try in every _way to promote the inter- ests of those railways. lkpecially shoukithisbetruesofaras the Uarisdiau National is concerned. because the Canadian people have s direct interest in that system. I believe the railway management as at present constituted is doing its under difficult circum . very best - stances. I wouldgc further and - state that railway employees - throughout the Dominion are loyal to the railway system, whether they ei be connected with the Canadian i Pacific Railway or the Canadian National Railways. They am en- ? deavouring to the best cf their abil- ity to further the interests of the roads with which they are con- nedied. mx- couriter some of the dim ultiss. Hon members opposite will say that the high tariff policy of the Conservative party has clogged ‘W channels of trade, that we have lf; aeue tba. met me me other Pi?- |03 rs thing. and that we have not acted ._.i punugpguusct ..... g- 3 ° 5’ :§'5 §35§eg§-iteiiiiiil §§§lE”';ii;§,~§§§ii§§i§§ §s2§§§;§§§§§§,;§i;§§e §§§§§e;§Er§= s§es=§?¥g§§a§ Y B UDGE T SPEECH Following Mr. Ralston, .Opposi- _` "4 tion Financial Critic, Mr. Myers 'Liberal ‘Reasoning Arid The Unsoundness Of Their Policies. gh V‘r_”'l,l,.l-¢7:’..!';,!:_ . _,,,,.,, i_,.,,_, . .__..;,.» gg . , . . . -_ _ .,` `.. i , < _ , gi", _-"af 35, 'jf »_H.¥¢,;‘<-i."3, "J, 'W - = -_ <~= - .~ r-.~~ -- -,---»~ - - -f,.-- ,, -~, ..;~--.-.-V-» .¢.;.. ;. el- ..- , . .....e...-'..-. ..,. f-,.,2.. - . . . . The Fallacy Of abroad in the land today. that our railways will ever be able to make revenues and expenditures balance. We must make up our mind; to assist the railway by subsidies, by payment of their deficits or by whatever method may .ba found necessary. One fact is certain. namely, that we cannot do without railway fac- ilities. The great distances to be °V¢l'0°me. the heavy commodities to be transported, such as wheat from Westem Canad.a._,coai from the Maritimes and Alberta. lumber and farm products from. other sections of the country which can be moved only by railway, lead us to believe that railways are a. necessity, and that being so we should do our very best to assist them in every possible way. . Unemployment Much has been said about the unemployed and unemployment re- lief. I believe, the government has dealt with those problems most geri- erouslyl All hom. members regret that a portion of our citizens is un- employed, and regret further the fact that many of our people have found it necessary tp acwpt relief. Possibly more are depending on re- lief than should be depending upon it. However, be that as it may, we must lace the problem of unem- Dloynieiit and deal with it as best we can. I repeat that this govern- ment has been most generous in the way it has dealt with relief, with the unemployment question and in its treatment of the differ- ent provinces and municipalities. I noticed in the press of thi. morn- ing that about eighty mayors of diflierent cities throughout Canada met yesterday in Montreal. There is no reason why mayors oi' cities should not meet, but we know that sometimes at_ _their meetings they make statements and pass strc-nger-_ resolutions. So far as un- employment relief isi concerned re of the opinion that all and at pres- getting 'rid I do not ada would ibn' to the 1 r trans- . .. it a om fggigg » “ . lilly tough Year Iles ~_ S , T' wond -, Half measures risky is has lis ;, W' i er eeiae. se iii: ec relies byd¢:{ie°;"ni-. Wcod’s Norway Pina Syrup. The healing ingredients of this well known tllerwe _ they had to _do was to pass the re- sponsibility over to the Dominion Government. They would let the Dominion Government put up the money, and foot the bills of the citiw, the municipalities and the provinces. While reading the news- paper article and again while this hon. member for Shelburne-Yan mouth was speaking so eloquently and stating his belief tliat after the next election the Liberal party would be returned to power, I thought it strange in view of the assurance which he seemed able to give the House that the mayors who met in Montreal yesterday had not-postponed their meeting about six months until the right hon. the leader of the opposition, (Mr. Mac- kenzie King), so famous for his generosity as expressed in 1929, came back into power. Then all they would have to do would be to come tc him and he would hand our nve cent piec/es for the whole Dominion of Canada. Mr. QUINN: Ho said, "Not a nve cant piece." Canada along with the rest. of the world, has been facing dimcult times, but we have another prob- lem on our hands which has not faced the other countries. I refer to the drought stricken areas in the Western Provinces, a most unfort- unate situation. I had the privilege of going throurh that coun'ry two years ago and I saw what it looked like. As a farmer I am able tc real- ize what it means to a man to gc out in the spring of the year with highhopebihishearttnputiria crop which he may never reap. I commend this government for every effort put forth on behalf of these peopln of the Western Provinces who have been stricken so severe- ly. Not a dollar spent on their be- half has been wasted. and it is a credit to this country that this proh- lem has been dealt with in such a. generous manner. Libernls Raked Tariff The hon. member for Shelburne- Yarmouth sought to convey in--the House and to the country the lm- preesion that the present govern- ment has always tried to increase .the tariff. To my mind nothing is further from the truth. Ever since this Govemmsnt oeme into oiiice in ll* mwmt °f th’ "*uW‘Y'- 0”* it has been seekiri in every way need only walk dm 01° “mb 0* possible to eieei- tim eiuuuieu ei this city of Ottawa to observe one um, md 9° ww, tm mug, ' factor which has had~cn adverse Wm” countries ,wh show "1 SUM 0° the d¢v°l°Pm°“i °‘f °“f inclination is do the same thing rlllwiyle 'HID 00llditi0I!, Whibh I for “_ Time will not pu-[mt me gg H m°f"¢“°» U °°“" gc into this matter to my greet but figures have been plac- tlmo Utd tim9 onneotion with the tarifs 5:; “E Mr. MYSERS: The Dominion of. ent and years. I present Dwloililis in H1800. in rtaly. in Csoehcslc in the Argentine, in Ireland and in ml-“Y other European 'ooimtries, but these hav; men given time and time again and no pu-rD°»° would be served by repeating them. What- evermyopinionmsybowor-th,it iathatthetariffsoftheseoount- ries up atleast fifty percent higher than they should be. 'Iiberc isonefaotwhichlwoulddrawtf the attention of hon. gentlemen opposite: these tariffs were raised during the life of the previous government. There is not one- single instance that I know ol where an increase occurred in the tsriif of s foreign country since this govern- ment came into omoe. Wa were told by thevlilinister of Finance that since this government came into oiiice and through the workings of the Ottawa agreement the tariff has been reduced on 250 items while 150 items have been put on the free list. This was done to facilitate the movement of trade and commerce between the differ- ent parts of the British empire. A reading of the reports issued by the Bureau of Btatistics or of the newspapergof the country will show sin inorewi in trade and commerce brought about by these agreements P0¢\¢o'l‘l.rlH 5 it 5? ui A statement was madethe oth' evening which I cannot allow to pass without correction. The debat' on the budget is more or less a fre for all fight and an hon. member is entitled to bring anything be wishes to the attention' of th* House. I have not the pleasure of the immediate acquaintance of th* bon. member for Laprr=irie-Naoier- whether he is in the House thi evening. but on March 21 he mad' the statement that this government had increased the duty on pota- toes since ooming into omoe. This statement will be found cn page 2114 of Hansard. If them is any one thing that I claim to know s. little about, it is potatoes, potato shipments and tariffs on potatoes. I took the trouble to mid out just what had happened in connection with the duties against potatoes. My information is that prior to May 2, 1930. potatoes which were United States were subje"t to a. duty or as cents per hundred pounds. Under ri. tari!! change which went into offcci. on May 2. 1930- Mlr. QTJINN: A Liberal Govern- ment. Mr. MYERS: -potatoes entering Canada were made free of duty with the proviso that should any country impou a duty against po- tatoes from canada, an equal duty would be impom against potatoes comin-; from that country. Mr. QUINN: -A oountervailing duty. 'soildhets . Mr. MYERS: That was one of the countervalling duties in the Dunning budget. on May 2. 1930. the United States imposed a. duty of so cents per hundred bounds against potatoes from Canada and s. countervailing duty of the same amount immediately came into ef- fect. Under e tariir chance which occurred in the United States on June 18. 1930. the duty was increas- ed to 'I5 cents per hundred pounds and a similar countervailing duty was immediately put into effect in Canada, After this government came into office and during the short session of 1930 the counter- vailing duty was repealed and re- placed with a. straight duty of 75 .cents per hundred pounds., This duty was imposed subject to the maintenance by the United States of the same duty against our pota- toes At that time I happened to be in the very thick of this fight. as I was a director of the Prince Ed- ward Island Potato Growers' Asso- ciation. I should like to quote the president of the association as fol- lows: 'I‘he greatest national service the Prince Edward Island Potato Gzowers' Association rendered was in 1929, when the industry was threatened by a tarii! duty on the part of the United States which would have completely lost to Canada the large markets already mentioned had it not been for the prompt and insistent efforts of the Prince Edward Island Po- tato Gi-owcrs‘ Association, backed by the organizations it had built up in New York. New Jersey and the southern state; -The sssccus- tion, thvough these org~.niz1tions as spokesman. employed an out- standing ilrm of barristers in, Washington. specializing in tar- iffs, prepared and submitted an intensive brief to the committee cn ways and means ni tha United States House of Representatives. covering years cf marketinr, and vigorously set forth reasons protesting against any further increase in tariff. The association, without the help cf any dealers either in this province or any other province of Canada, faced this crisis alone; .and at s cost of approximately twenty thousand dollars, five thousand dollars cf which was later paid by the Provincial De,- psrtrncht of Agricultum, were succesful in preventing the duty on potatoes from being raised for the 1929 crop: when some time later the tariff was increased, the increase was kept down to 25 cents a hmidnd pounds. § countries, both at ores- CI'lARIXYI'I'E'I'0WN GUARQIQN V - ___ "\uw.i“irrr\l!l" "'- vine (Mr. Dupuis) and I eau.-.ct ny 1' . \a» I x E P1 vw i ,:§sT’ t, f" U / `.* \ - >_,'. 'A' Taken _from actual stories of in .1 u ranc a i ri action an related bypolicyholders. A number of these h n m n n interest stories from real life have been printed in booklet ~ crm. Your copy will be lent FREE upon roducat. Sas coupon in the ad- Qoiniml' column. Q ~ Eiourrasasacoiweeeeeebiegiee . f - mnlachcolinAlberta.lwascomfor¢able, - ~-Ji. , uviugwiaimywifeeuaueieaeugiieef. ' A butcouldscanofuturealissd.In1928I \§§_n' aawdistdierawouldbaopeniripfor _tit-‘ - districtsupervisors. I had experience, s V ! ¢eea.ee°»a,beei¢we..iauke.,e..» ,_ \ . letmyuniversitydagzes. Byaellingourfnrnitineaodcarandrsising - a loan on-my Greaowestlnsurancewa .~ i were barely ablotorsisotbenecesaary $`=~ ' flmdstocarryusduoughrhaycsg LK , ` _ f eueeeufuiiugeieiuemy degree, ' / university gavsmethschanca - - ` powmduaa year. I .-_.-' , ln 1931 I left the university with myM.A_. - _ ‘I degree and went on the high achcol bmi \ ` ,_ Ng, at a salary of $2,150. I was not long in ` _ 1-| NPUWDI the loan on my Policy. Then wa ' started looking for a permanent home, and dually decided to build one. Bv mianiog my policy rc the bank I obtained a loan sumcient for a cash down payment. Soon l repaid this loan and recovered the policy, and took my wife to the coast for s well-earned holiday. I am thoroughly sold on insurance. It has helped me to increase my earning power and to have a home of my own. a5_ ire 4 ‘711s-¢_l’=---- .. -- to Get Money, to Your Uiiiivrhmily , hands! backing has modus businsis iliera < with purchslas Togo! live lvl .A g sum the I A3 ` tilt money or _ _ Y°\\ .3 _, ¢ ‘ the sum /V to your heirs. " F _V You would enjoy . stories what Gmc-mba lisa how it has helped men selvu; provided funds cies; esvcd widows number of thee stcrl able in booklet. form. I for your copy FREE. etnl ihThl thus- them- MAII. Till! B9 UP 0 I ‘|-.------_---..-_--..___--_ Tha Great-Wat Life Assurance Company, Wlnnlvite lanltoba. sand ma "lchll Dinh from we ' Dept. 45-B. --é' mp 1 gm, :___-E_ ii Y | E THE GREAT-WEST Lira ASSURANCE COMPANY N", the efforts of the potato growers' heat over the question in the Unit- ed Ststes, and the state of Maine] fought it so vigorously, that the con- ‘ greasinen from that state refused on that occasion to take their s.-:sts in congress until the president ns- sured them that a tariff of '15 cents would be placed against Canadian potatoes. Let me tell the hon. mem- ber for Laprairie-Napierville that. when next he undertakes to Ziscuss the tariff on potatoes he hsuibattcr first acquaint himself with the f:icts» which he intends tg present.-to» this House. ~-f--' ' Island Question ' I understand that I have but twenty minutes left, and I will use the tme to my own advantage and that of the province from which I come. Every ma-ii can best dismiss the things he knows most about, and. I desire in the snort time that re-' mains just to tell this House what we in the Maritime Provinces think oi’ the late Liberal udministrptioxi; the treatment we received ,;irom_ them, and also the treatment that has been accorded us as Maritime!! and, speaking for my own Prov- ince, as Prince Edward Islanders, during the term of the present government. Prior to 1926 the Maritime Pro- _vincf-.s, and I believe rightly, con- sidered that they had not been getting fair tentment from the Federal Government. I am not here to say whether or not the conten- tion Wag justified, though I believe it was. At any rate, the Liberal administration, taking cognizance of these protestations from the Maritime Provinces, in 1928 ap- pointed a commission to deal with these Maritime claims. That body was known as the Duncan Comms- sion and was headed by a. very clever man in the pirson of Sir Andrew Rae Duncan, from the old country. It carried on its investiga- tions, arid l~.~.rc I should like to read to the House a. paper' of the conclusions at which the commis- sion arrived: The terms of readiustment- That is, speaking of financial re- adjustments bctwcnn the Maritime Povinces and the (Federal Gov- ernment. . -are obviously a matter fcr fe- tailed determination and assess- ment, so that th: cc.ual mno' nt- as_w.1!l as the reasons and pur- poses attaching to it-can be roc- ognized by the rest cl cmd as fair and equitable. It is not pos- sible, therefore, to make a iinal recommendation as to the in- crease and form of Dominion aid which is required to satisfy the .iu-St claims of the Maritime situ- ation,- The House will pardon me when I say that I took the privilege of underlining those two words, "just claims.” -but we recommend that the Dominion Government should 'give immediate consideration- And I have also underlined these two words, "immediate considera- ticn." -to the whole of this subject, with It was .he intention of the Amer- loans at that time to put on a duty a few to a_ complete revision of the financial arrangements as - uouvi as 3 E I i i I J _ :rw ':m“......‘°°‘“.'.‘. “'.r°.:..‘.°.“" 1 roa an tn an up :`,;‘.yH,_,-Q yi germ-laden gently and safaly. ’ of AY Neiaeeeseete ti, vuiip , s'raii._.. ..._..;-_..,.._..............~._,.......................... . . _ sl ~' » "" """"""”"`°""`~r~,.¢_.-....,,,,..-r--. ---.. _._ __ > ' - 34-- ». *L _ _ x _ »--- » ~ '- ~»-- . . . _.._,,,_,_“ 5132--»- _gnu-' pathetic help of my goo _ ,MinistarofRailwayawewemable,loanaet.Ik_nowofmauy fat »