SEPTEMBER s. 1

938 I

lFClTm PTObIQTNS Stressed ‘As Cf Vital Importance In Qur National Economy

Text of Stirring Address Delivered In Strand

Theatre By

Introduced In Brief S

t MacMillan,

Introducing Hon. Dr. Manion, National Conservative Party lead. 9i‘, in the StranrLTheatre on Fri. day night, Hon. Dr. W. J. P. Mac. Miilan, provincial leader. said this was one of the proud moments of riis life. Gazing at the audience. which left no foot of standing room in the hall and overflowecl into the corridors, he said it called to mind that wonderful gathering held seven weeks ago at Ottawa— the greatest party Convention ever assembled within the Dominion.

Head of the resolutions committee of 83 delegates on that momentous . occasion was Hon. R, B Hanson, who accompanied D1‘, Millli0n to Charlottetown on the present occasion but unfortunately was not able to attend the meet- ing owing to physical disability. The committee rformed their work so well tha not one word in tho resolutions submitted had tobe amended by the Convention, but received unanimous consent.

Dr. MacMillan voiced regret that the government of Canada was de- BFIVEG for the last three yearscf

ie services of o. statesman of the tnllbre d Mr. Bennett. who had brought this coimtry through the tnost fierrible years of world de- presslon. Those years of toil had taken their toll. "And right now in llns Province," he said "we have another man, the Minister of Fin- once. who is paying with his plllMCfll strength for the work‘ that he has done during the past three years. So it was with the deepest sorrow that we learned that Mr. Bennett, on the advice not of Qne or two physicians but, of loin- irjpivi-nlists, felt compelled to re- rc

Dr. MacMillan then referred to the enthusiasm which prevailed at the election of Hon. Dr. Monion, B "1011 DOSES-ﬁlly! the highest qualities of leadership, who had sprung from humble circumstances and knew the needs and aspira- tions of the common people, who hnd made a career as a great stirrzcon as well as parliamentarian. anti s-srveri his country also on the iiclrl of bottle.

"The Best Proof."

"Dr. Mrinion was decorated by the Kiri: for his S(‘l'VlC8 as a sol- dirr ciurlnit the Great War," said Dr Aim-billion amid loud applause. "Prnhnhlv that is tlio bcst trrnoi’ of l'lll‘l‘t‘ he stands on the question of Emplrc defense."

‘PHo comes to this Province as l special friend because on two 1iffrrctlt occasions I and my col- lenxncs, as representatives of the Province obtained his cooperation in crnuection with railway truis- poriuliou.

"l-‘ormcrly the exorbitant mics of $4.00 one wnv and $7.00 return were charged for carrying auto- mobiles on the car ferry. plus regulation passenger fares for G\‘i'i'_\' occupant of a cur. Tim? Wris one of the things which w s keeping buck the flow of touri. to this Province; and it was Dr. lvlrinion who decided. as head of the Railways Department. that-the mics slioudl be cut in two. Torlriv. pcoplc who cross by cor pay $2 00. one rvriy, or 83.00 return. When h:- bccoines Prime Minister of (‘iunida l hope he will make that a dollar oar-h wiry.” (Applause).

At those "picnic trips" to Ot- tawa for which he was criticised by the Liberal ‘Oplﬂiililﬁﬂ- ‘ﬁnd which resulted in obtaining thous- iinds of (lollzirs for this Province‘ Dr. MacMillan said ho had no firmer friend and supporter than the man who now leads the Con- lervoltive party.

Ho HlS) paid tribute to Dr. Robb, the iiowlv appointed port)‘ 0T" Rant/pr. "When we were strum Rlilti! with the difficulty of ll‘_\‘ll1i‘.‘ k

to rebuild Falconwood Hospital and working with the Bionic‘- livulcne Council of Canada. ‘Dr. Macliillnn explained, "we were ud- Visor] lo bring a psycliinlrlst to the Province. to mnke n. thorough sur- vrv. The mnn whose services we otinlncrl was Dr. Clnrk. who come to us from Ontario. sent. by Dr. Robb who was then lvilnisicr of llmltli for that province. And for DI‘. lurks services during the two or three months he was 1R ihu Province there was no chalk-Pk l’ was a frce gift to the pcoiplc of Prince Ffrlword Island. I don't b."-

Hon. Dr.

HON. R. J. MANION National Conservative Leader

would over stand on a public plat- form in this Province and hear me‘ publicly acknowledge the thanks of our people for the service he did us in our time of need.” (Loud Applause.)

HON. DR. MANION '-

"Lct my firs-t words be words of thanks to my friend Mr. Bell and the organization which he rep- resents for that splendid address he read to me a. few minutes ago." said Dr. Monion. "I will admit that, as he road the string of let- ters which he placed after my niimc, I recognized few of them, because. while I had gone to Scot- lnncl to eiirn souie of themdn my college clays. I have never used them and I do not think they have been used against me until to- night.” (Laughter).

"I wish to thank my very dear friend, Di‘. MncMillan: a man who has been a friend of mine now for about twenty years; a man whom I run proud of as a friend and wlzozn you Cllll be proud of as a representative of yours." (Ap- DliIlIFOl. "I thank liini for his very kind words about myself.

"I am clcliitlited once again to he back in the city of Charlotte- town before this splendid meet- inir. I have been hcre on several occasions, I should think half a dozen tunes at least. "and it has always been ll. pleasure. Buck here I met-t old iricntls, and there are so iiimiy of lliDiiIl that. I would not tinre to tlbioilnpt to name them to you lOlll i t. But I am glad to be back in this Garden of the Gulf— this tourist tmt-ndisc. becriusc that is what you have here. As I drove down with Dr. kfnrtMillau and the others who met us at Borden I came again to appreciate the great bonuly of this Island of yours. “Nothing, to my mind, can all- peal more to the heart of man than the agricultural beauty. the rolling hills of‘ this lovely Islam]. I know the one great disadvantage it hns is its distance from other centres, and its difficulty of access by those in other parts c-f Canada rind the United States. This diffi- culiy of geographical unattain- mcnt. if I may be iwnniticri to coin a word, is common to other out- lying parts uni it ninkcs (llfficult tho problem of government in thc Dominlr n. But I hricl great plcos- urc on the occasion of my inst visit here. when I was at Stan- hopc Bench o couple of years ago. in niolorin: around the Island and

seeing much of its attract-ions.

"As ivos mentioned by Dr. Mac- Millnn, another very gcod friend of minc. lion. Charles A. Dunning, ftfinisiter of ﬁnance, is recuper- ating from his illncss here at one of your beaches. I am rcgretful of the necessity that compels him to tnkc this i. ration. I hurl hoped to hove thr- iimo While here to go out out! vi=it him. because lll‘ is n very fiiio citizen and n very fine public servant; but. unfortunately we Q01 in hero this cvenlnc and shall lwnvc to lcnvc in the morninft. and time will not permit. I hope that Mr. Dunning is listening in to my roniorks. rmrl that. he will vcry

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genial self again.

“We have here tonight Mr. Thompson. of Lanai-k, Ontario, and Dr. Robb, who has been ap- pointed chief party organizer. I am very proud t.o have them with us. and also my old friend Hon. R. B. Hanson. from New Bruns- wick.

Reorganization

"Dr. Robbs task is a most impor- tant one. We have had practically no party organization for about eight years. In the few weeks since the Convention at Ottawa I have been fortunate in getting a man 0f Dr. Rolibs calibre for this work. Dr. Robb has had a dozen years Oil 1@€1slative_ experience. Be ls a former memtber of the Ontario cabinet and has an outstanding re- cord as a public man. He has fav- Wfed m6 by taking over the pub- licity and organization work of the party, I hope you will have patience. The work will take both time and money. It was Sir John A. Ivfacdonald who said that you cant win elections by prayer; and it 18 true also that you can't or- ganize political parties by prayer. You must have more than prayers to do it. While we are always glad to Ret the prayers of those who are willing to give us them, at the same time you must, have some- thing more and it takes time to get the ‘necessary’ together to do

"There are tuna when I feel that we should adopt the com- IYIIISOIY vote. as it has been adopt- ed in some of the other dominlons in the Elnpire. That would mean that there would be m necggg/lpy for spending very much election money in getting out the vote, and of course money is the source of most evil. It is the source of what- ever political corruptlon there is in‘ the world. though I do not think there is as much corruption in the world as it is claimed.

“This is the first speech I meant to make in the Maritime Provin- ces. because Mr. Kennedy, who wrote me as your president. wns the man who really decided m5 1n coming here. This magniﬁcent Eﬂlhﬁlng is proOf that he was right. (Applause). I decided to ac- cept hisrinvitation but could not do so until the last moment, be- cause of the possibility of a. couple of by-eleciions in Ontario. How- ever, I was able to do so, and to visit Saint John and Halifax on the way here.”

After humorously referring to the danger besetting a speaker of “Hiking too many addresses, Dr. Manion continued:

“I want to express to you my very deep appreciation of the mag- nificent support which I received from the delegates from this Province at the National Conven- U011 I Rpt very Rood support from all the provinces. but I do believe sincerely that the most solid vote I rrceiverl was from the Province of Prince Edward Island, and I nm very proud of it.” (Loud ED- plause).

World Chaos

"We are living in o. period o1’ ‘world chaos and bewilderment. such as people never experienced before. Wars are going on in two continents. in China. and Europe. and there is threat of war in other parts. Many countries are still burdened with the debts of the past. Great War-never paid. and most of them never will be paid; yet further (lebts are being incur- red for more armaments, arma- ments greater than they ‘yere at any time in the world's history.

"Coupled with this has been the development of Fascism. Nazism. Communism and other ‘isms, You find a terrible international jeal- ousy of the ‘have-not.’ powers ag- ainst the ‘haves’; the ‘have-nets’ being such countries as Japnn, It- aly and Germany which did not have the vision a hunched years ago to develop great dovminions for themselves. They look at the Bri- tish Empire, for example. and they are jealous of our great achieve- ment in colonization.

"I looked up recently the area of the province of Ontario rind compared it with Japan. Italy and Gennnny. and found that Ontario was only about 10 per cent. smaller

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than the area of these three coun- tries combined. Yet they have something like 200,000,000 people, and in Ontario we have between three and four millions. That sup- plies the reason why congested populations such as Germany. Italy and Japan are jealous of great spaces such as ours. It is a. fear- ful picture when- you consider these facts. and it is no wonder that there is bewilderment on the part of the peoples of the world.

Industrial Revolution

"But that is not the complete picture. because 150 years ago the industrial revolution came upon the world. Previous to that the . pie did their manufacturing in heir own homes, or at the most eight or a dozen would work together". ntanufactuving shoes or clothes or other requirements. But with the development of machin- ery on a huge scale, great gmntis of people have come together in the towns, and that condition has been going on at an accelerated pace over the past hundred years.

"Since that time, the democracies which exist, today only in the self- govcriiiilg countries of the British Empire, in the United States, France and a few of the smaller states of Europe. have undergone striking changes. In 1815 there were in Great Britain about 8,000,000, and only 165 000 of them had the vote. Today in Canada, with n. population not much great there are twenty times flint number hav- ing the vote. That shows how the base of democracy has broadened.

“Why?”

"Then came the Great War that changed the whole picture of the world. and wiped out whole gen- eration of leaders.

“That is the background that we must consider when we think oi’ conditions today. All those events have made people think; think as they never did before. because we have today universal education. Practically everybody in our coun- try can read and wirite. They can think. and they look back to the period between 1914 and 1918 and remember that in that time of war our productive machinery was work- ing at its ninxiumuni. Everybody was tisy. Everybody was paid. Everybody was fed and clothed, without apparently any great diffi- cult. And they ask themselves now, why ccvnnnt that take place in pence as lt took place in war?

“'I'hey find themselves the victims of a. luck of distribution of pro- duction. and they demand justice for themselves. Knowing tliat the time was, not so many years ago, when t-hcrc was employment for all the productive activity of the coun- try, they demand titnt opportunity once again. to have food and cloth- ing and shelter, and the other ne- cessities of life; take part, as they did before, in the national life of this Dominion. In that demand I believe the people are right. I have expressed the vicw in nearly every speech which l have made slnec my election to the leiulcmhlp mid br-forr- my election. that my aim is. first of all, a fair deal for the mas- ses; wnrk and wages. and oppor- tunity for the youth oi’ our country: decent living conditions and a fair- er distribution of wealth. in Jhls Canada of our." (Applausel.

“I am not silggresting that I can

bring about a new heaven and earth, but I am saving that this aim of mine ls merely what I call good Canodizinism. the only ‘ism in which I do believe." (Allpliiusel. Good Canadianism —-mlxed perhaps a. little more with Christianity fhrin we have mixed our democracy in the past. “You in Prince Erlwnrd Island. I know, are great readers oi the Bible. You will remember that a scribe went once to the greatest Teacher in tho world and asked Him wlmt was tho greatest com- mandment. He replied that the greatest, commandment was "to love tho Lord thy God with thy whole heart. and mind. and strength - tmrl thy nciizlihor as thyself." I think wr- shoulrl practice more of the Christian thourrht. lll that 14-:- son; more of ilio qouliiv ilurt is dc- lllliilflctl iu tho nini that I have ox- pressed. We must l‘Plllf‘llll)"l'. in this country of great oimottiuiilyg llio million people who urn on relief and the hirlf million who are uii- 975F505’

The Middle Road

"What are the proposals i0 change thr- conditions? First you have n- rviry over to the right, those whom you mirtht cull llll‘ ronclionuries, ‘the group who wnui: no chimnrr. who soy ‘Lot well enough alone. We are wcll cuotieh off. and wc don't want to be disturbed. They fay ‘You must not go forward. co snic- ways, if you like. or backward, but don't go foryvnrd.’

“Thou you have. away ovcr on the loft, the rnrlicnls —oi' whom I am not one. 'l‘lir~y are thr- people who want to unset the whole lip- plc-cart, ihc Pirscists or Coni- muniste, or what-not. and wipe out the liberties we possess as they were wiped out in Germany and Italy and Rllssiit. They went to smash the whole machine and built it again, nearer to their heart's

desire.

‘ y msliloir i»: tho mlrl course: the middle of the road. Reform our system. not smash it. I believe ln Evolution, not Revolution. (Ap- plause.)

"That is surely good Conserva- tive doctrine: though it has been said by a few of those who do not agree with inc~tlicre are not many. so far as I run able to judqe -thnt I am not rs ood Conservative because I have lfl en ihiit forward altitude. But that was the attitude. taken by Edmund Burke I50 years ago. when he expounded the policy

on which he built the Conservative

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lng to do, to preserve what is gooil and throw away what is bad in our economic system.

Since Burke's time, I50 years ago, great changes have taken place iii science, p0 itics. in business. Think of the changes that have occurred within our own lifetime. In politics we have had the War: in business the building up of these huge industrial organizations. “Times change. and men of sense change with them. That is the truth that we should all remember. The only people who do not change are those who are selfish. who are too rigid in their mcntalprriccsscs

change because those few are satis- fied with things as they are."

In this connection Dr. Miinion quoted n statement by Mi‘. Cars- wcll, a. lcniliiii; industrialist in On- tario, reviewing the plienonireinil changes in social and economic improvements that have taken plnce in Ontario since I910. Harri ho predicted such vast cliuiiigcsnt that. time, Mr. Cars-well said, lic would have been called it vivirinuiuj. “I ask you," said Dr. hinnioii,

' to preserve." That ls what! zrmtry- l

“must we stop now in those ud- vanccnionts? I think not. We must. stop floating with the tide. We l must stop hoping, like :\llL‘ll\'\'lI(‘l‘, ’ thiit ‘something; \\lll tnrii up.‘ We Illllal. cure the tlclects oi our syv- ‘ tom. which are llllClIl1)l0_\'lll(‘l\i ziiid | DOVPYlY. .

"lf we are going to conserve our l system of parliamentary illf-llill-l tions, our personal lib. _' anilotir economic system in which wt» bp- licve, wc must (l0 it by working out that fear tisyciiologyi \\llli'll exists in the brains o" people who are unnblc to got. the chuiico to earn a living. That fciir is tho fertile ground for isms which I do not believe in, such ns Cum- muiiism and Fascism.

"You may sny that is ci verv large order. It is. But it is nit. able. This Dominion is the I‘ll‘i country in the world, except 1 haps the United States uiid Rllhhlil. We have enormous resources and a very spare potiulalioii. If we determine it we can build up ii grout. and noble civilization. I am sure that Sir John A. ltiiictlonnltl, if he were alive today, would do as I am doing, because MllPillillflld was very human, very syinpnllnrtic, very understanding of his fellow men.

“My attitude is that we should have o. better, juster and fniri-i- lnnd; thnt we should lliiVf‘ work and wages for our people, lliltl on opportunity for our "outli. “I inlniit that it will take ong plniiiiiiig. But that is no reason uliv \\'l‘.

should not begin. ; Mental Hardships

"I have sometimes asked myself if the youth of today have n hurd- er time than the youth of my tiny. forty years ngo. I bcliovc they have. It seems to inc flint oven the hardships of thosodnys won: different: thcy were pliysit-iil hurd- ships. The food in tln- homes of tiic pioneers was poor but thcrc was usually enough of it. The living conditions were hard; evcrylliiiii; was rough. But today the hurd- slii s of youth are inr-iitul. 'I'li(‘_‘.' loo around and sce no chniicc to get ahead at. all. and they nrc (lu- prcsscd and dcmornlizoil. It is it much more difficult typo of hurd- ship.

“There is a saying that the gods sell all things for labor. Thzit w particularly true before rho \‘ You remember how Alicmvliv. pressed the mutter to C0l)]li'l'll' 1i . Income, 20 pouncls: ouiuo it) pounds 6 shillings; result. Iinppl- l ncss. Income 20 Xlﬂlllliln, oulgo 2U ‘ pounds, 6 shillings"- nit. hiiuii" But today the young mun h not got opportunities‘ for n jrib, as he hurl in those rlnys. I mired it wellknown relief officci" in Worn.- crn Canada n fcw_ month.- iigo what proportion of those on ru- lief were anxious to get wnrk nnii he said 90 per cent. I was "my happy to henr it. bcrnusn 1 hurl no idea the proportion Wu ; so liinli.

Then we should give tlicin woik. “I remember going up in nii elevator in the Iiounc of Coni-

mons during my term as i-nbinr-t minister. Vcry oitcii I ll‘€(‘(l to chat with a returned soldier who was the elevator man. ﬂll(l this tiny I saw that ho was looking v gy gluiii. I asked liini tlic iroulilo, unrl he told mo lie hurl a sou, tvzcntyy-ihrce years of ago. who had never had n day's work in his life, and it ninrle liini very unimp- py. In my office a few (lays llll(‘I' I told my stuff to give the 31min; man ordinniiv day's.‘ lnboi", ilL inc’; imd shovel work. They giivt- ll to him. NOVCI‘ have I soon n chirp so happy as that elt-vnloi- mun. l-ie told me that when his boy cnnio home nftcr doing his [ll'.\1 flu} >. work, he was ilic happiest boy nlivc. That was llll‘f‘(‘ yr-nizs The boy is still workinu some lill)Otll'0l"S work, but happy‘ mid contviilorl. Think of the fact that H0 pi-r cent nf our uuemployv-iltoday urn as eager as that youriti mun for it decent opportunity of ('.lTIlllIj} at

livelihood.“ iApplirnu-J . Agriculture I look upon flill'lt‘llll'll'i‘. i» I think nil men should. a 111"‘ busic industry oi nzliozini n . gross. It is the vory lillllllliilllill upon which all (lillPF lllllll'i'l*':

rest iii almost any country. 'Ul1l‘ country’ which mmlo u llll~lil:f', many yours ago, \\':I.< (owl

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i hiii- l ain, when in 1841i hllt‘i..i\lliii'(l illi‘ , policy of Frcc Trade unit prrinitt- i cd all the other counti-ior; iii mo products upon hor. Till‘ was that she ruiucrl her ngrir tux-e. I believe shc lllilllt‘ n n take then from which she suffered ever slncv. Othci" coun- tries, such as ours. have not mnrle that mistake. but our rurul population is going flown. liini we must do everything in our ])i)\\'t'l‘ to make more attractive lilo on ‘the land. We should r-nrlcnvoiir io tench our clillrlrcn to mlur- ilio independence anil security of thr- serlous farmer who loves the soil. (Applause! .'

“Today a mnri living on the soil. who is it successful farmer within reasonable reach oi’ a city like Charlottetown. has a right to bo among the happiest men in the world. I hnvc throc boys, and I have tried to get one of them tn go on the farm, but I could not succeed.

As I walk down the sirccts of some of our cities I nmponclliourl- lcri by strong-looking y/oung mcu asking for a mcnl. 1 wish they could see how foolish ii is. Wllrn they could gct out iu n few hours, into the country‘. and cul homes for themselves from thr- bush.

"I remember wcll a mnn in my own region, who luirl l)('i‘ll .\ blacksmith and loft. l-‘mi '\vllli.un wiili a‘ big family‘, a llﬂllll lnvr-w and a lot of dobis. He. weni- ob ll’ twenty miles iii-to the Slnlc River valley and in about iw~uiv your. became a prosperous fnrmcr. ll" cut it all out of the bush. in a

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turnl pDcellJllllllJS comipared with the lllltil you have in this fine touiiiry. v

"l bklli,\e we niust give every

rcn he isliiiicc that. we can to llit‘ liilii iii the past. we have lltlfl to u about more efficient pzcunc‘ i. by rescaicli. But now l l)(‘ll ullztf we require ls not only m lwis for our goods, but

iuir priics, niiri somethi g in the nu)‘ of stability of prices." (Ap- bzlllmili. ‘

"Tiiert- are flu" too great changes in the pricvs, and there is fur too grunt a sprtuul lictwccn the pro-

iiuci-rs nnrl liic consumers, not only on iii- lziinl hul. also among tln- n. 'l'livrc is injury to

lJi/lll ]ll'ii(lll(‘l‘l'.\ and the con-

iiie sunrvrs in flint condition. “l believe tht-rv should be some-

oi control to wipe inui-li ui' l ti. spread. l be- liovi: thnl. every means possible must lli.‘ taken to assist ‘the most impui-iiiiil industry we have in this muntry-agriculture.

Tllli TARIFF ISSUE

“I zini told that rho Tariff is a ‘ ..~ii i>ll:)_it‘(‘l. t0 cical with in .1 ‘inc Wes; or Bust. of Cau- nui, b " u>c ll. is ciaimcd/‘knd I ilhiik n some justice-that due the middle parts of Cali- fi’. more than do the two

t. ronir ends. But we must not lPl flt tlnio ziftci‘ till the Domin- i"‘ cf Cniiul a nation. not a

.ii_.i.e notions. We i‘ lmuiulil, into nationhood in 7 and I vviiiiiro to sav that iliwo i.- nut. 5 per cent. of the poo- p 0i niiy port of Cziiiudii who de-

- lllii’. \\'L‘ sllilliltl do other than nuo (lS one moat nation. (Ap-

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ltiir I do bcliuix- that there arc llli‘ill"il.< of uuirnciisntliig the Exist nnxl hlrst for wiinicver disadvan- lllffl‘ tin-y have suffered.

"I ll\‘lll'\'(‘ in tlir- principle of rc- nsimirhlv protection for the lab- onri-r nml ilio fnrnicr, just as I lnilicvc in thr- principle of protec- tion for thr- industrialist.

llrllllln’! Example

I; liuc liini there is one couii- -(ir~.\' l§l‘ll;llll~—\\'lll(‘ll attempt- Frc-a 'l"".ulv\ riwuy back in 1846. i titvl‘ eighty years of tlis. British Isles de- nnck mid ioilav Britain iln- most hichly pro- fill the coun- in alto “rll-lll ~with vrry trrcui n» in "ecif" IApplous-ei. I soc Al, Protection igivcs \v .. .ill:'l was: to our own peo- 12v lt n-vo- (Iiwiaw cpportuiiitv to on: prorliivci-s It gncs markets to our farmers in the neighborhood of inrhustrln‘. centres. At least 90 per

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curl-pt \\'l\t‘.1i—i.~; solrl in lhcllc homo nnrrkcls. (lbpplnuse). "‘l‘lic lllitlll chiral of protection is not to misc the price but to hold the lllllhliﬂl» lo;- our producers. If

llli‘ inriii ru cs the price of any product too in l, llll‘ll it. scouts to inc. that tho industry nffoctrwl is

n l. a fit. one for prmociioii. What- ovcr tariff-i (‘zinmln has should he >0 controller] iii zill limes lhnt thorn vvlll be no exploitation 0f the

people behind tariff walls. (Ap- ivlfiiiscl.

"I hcllovo that thut. ts so essen- tial. that so far as I am able,

ivhcn I mu in n position to do so I shrill qnrlvlivoin‘ to sec that that is cnn-irdoni. imrl any industry ivliicli disobey that fair proposal would have its tariff taken off.

Tho National Policy of protec- llvo tariffs was adopted about the your 1870. ‘Trxluv thcre arc few ll((‘ iriirlcrs in Canada. It is iruc that some claim they are free trnrlvrs, but certainly no political hﬂTlY over‘ tn-cvcd its belief in free twirl“ when ll was iu nowor, One pnxtv talks n grool rlcul about it wbrn i‘ is out of office. but nrvnl" liu‘< ii llllo ]t";l(‘ll(‘l‘ when it has lllt‘ 0)'-l\~:'iii‘iil'." vL-nipliicrl.

»‘\ National lllcal "ll slim» in mo ililli (‘nnndlmrs

land which is nothing in agricul- l

nit .\"\l\l together, work f0- ". . hull‘ iowclhcr. We must ‘liriiow in final help and sacri- ll<~ in build no it great nation.

bud is mighty pleasant it's such ° lllendly’

ebud in the b0

‘i beet Rosebud l0! on . lrogrcini/ " e‘ gknd 0i G Plpe dliermtllz: sdlislylng when c" wl qncl liQl“ l” up’

C

'I‘hat is our destiny, our dream that we must make come true.

"At the Convention at Ottawa I pointed out that I am subservient to no individual or class or group or interest. big or little. ‘that is Just as true today as it was when I made that stittement oii July G last. I am. today acting through my party as servant uf my ‘oc- loved country, and I uni aiming to make the conditions of this coun- try better than they have been. “That, Convention WlllCll not only chose me but drew up u pint- form, was what everyone considcr~ ed a great success. I was proud ti.» sec mi-ii thcrte oi all class lllCL-n and creed» within the Lloniiiiioii, and particularly w see the vouili; the young incn and women in their early twenties, W110 were able o0 stand on the platform and discux; so intelligently the intricate qua"- tlons that came before that 001l-

vgitign. "I want to say, whatever criti- cisrn may be offered to the con-

trary. that in my opinion the yoiitii 0i iociu)‘ are better iiiiortii- ed, in a general way. than the youth of forty or fifty )'{‘Lll'.> duo.

Party Prospects

"That convention, I believe. has rejuvenated the (‘onservative Party. Today my best infornmtion is that the Party is on its toes as it has not been since about 102i). Our Party, from coast to coast, is ready to fight for its rights, and I believe ready to go to victor when it gets the tlppﬂflllllill‘. (Applause).

“In conclusion may I say flint as Minister of Railways I lliVl many contacts with you lnrc iii Prince Edward Island, tliroiiazii in)‘ friends, Dr. hiiiohlillan, ‘wt-r hfcLure, John Myers. and MilcDoiiulrlflliivsr- four and I many rx-ciisioir- stood shoulder in shoulder. standing up for the riulits of thLs Province. Dr. Ivhivhli. . mentioned the auto rates on .. cur ferry stcnnnr rcducml to $3.00 irturn. Now he says he wants them reduced to $1.00. But; that. is not all because in driving out frljn Borden ho said to me that tie thought we . ,l)\\l(l rrivc ‘ii bonus to you for cro-siixg on the ion-v‘ (Lnughterr. _

“I also had miotlior thing in do with the Island in removing ilic- cur ferry accounts from tho Cou- zidiun Nntionnl Rnilwnys lo tho

Civnsolirlntcrl Revenue Fund You wanted it very iuucli and l rliri it. though I must conic-u liini I Ill‘V(‘l‘ suw tlic grout. nrivnuiipu. However. it wot your lvu-invss and I was giiid to ho nhlc to

(iblige you in tho mutter.

"I hope to again have tlii- op- rtunlty of being of service to nee Edward Island. (Applause). Izlv I close this tour in ihc hiaritime Provinces by thankinr: you from tho holioin of my lnnrt for your uvciil liuspiizilily‘ uncl kindness. to inc. and may I throurili you. thank ngnin the provinrvs n1 New Brunswick and Nova Scotin for their kiudiicss to nu~ in this very hurried but illcnsiuit trip which I have tirade among you." (Loud and prolonged applause.

Dr. J. M. ROB];

Dr. Robb, chief party orlgnnivor, was the next smoker. l-Io (‘ltlllllll- merited Charlottetown upon its historic associations as the cradle of Confederation.

Recalling the request Dr. Mac- Miilnn made to him as Health liiiriister of Ontario for ilic scr- vices of It psychiatrist to survey the mental health situation‘ at Falconwood, Dr. Robb said he hcvcr expected to be standing on a political platform in this Province, receiving Dr. MncMillunls thanks. Ile was vcry glad to be of $l‘l‘\'i(‘(‘ at that iimc. and rogroiicrl oiilv that the careful plans prepared for the new instiiutiiiii diri not iuritvrialin‘ us a "r-su‘! of thr- sub- sequent provincial election.

"Kumviug whirl Wits‘ lmvk of Dr. ltlucliillnnis mind of lll'\' tun-n knowing the pious he hnd for im- proving the menial health sit- uation. I hope that when you get the opportunity you will return him to power if for no other reason

founded on justice and freedom.

loland lscpkgs. y: lbiln

l‘ a ' \\\\\\~ x 3h“.

programme." Dr. Robb dECIBIM amid applause.

He then reviewed briefly the work t!‘ tlie Nﬁlltillnl ivrvative Convention. stirs. la" i.:<~ lac‘. thart the enthusiasm crtgl-nthrec. has. al- ready SIJTGZHI to all pawns of Can- aria.

“The Liberals claim rl leadiiic: a fo‘ orn llﬁlny" continued. “From when I her-v tile l'll!lI')llll£‘.S of iorlozit hope are in the halls of the Parliament build- 111! tldav, SQIllt‘ o.’ the" numbers 0i Llic Govrriiltit-rit are rtr ' COVOI‘ :ili'enr'.§."i‘iio,\' - death of Manion." “You have gin-ii

e nbi iv on to I'll‘)

Y; "No!" Dr. Robb; “flow much longer are you gnizii: to put up w; i liini? lei: us civo lllib‘ man AI and I con assure _\'-.\'.l not be miv worse, ut. ho." (Ape-

Iﬁrcxnior King l; t d. "thrown out the. old cln: llC was going to 1w ir-riii flit‘ Sch- ate." Dr. Robb nriiiwi. He had snid so to Ml‘. Inupointc. What satisf- fnction was liini to time who liYB liviitu" in humble lmnn» in this countrjv. i0 our fishermen and formers who are still lookink for tin‘ rrorkr-tu Mr. Kim; promised

plruisei

tin-m tliroc years our)?

The speaker" sztrrxsr-cd particu- lnrlv the gravity of the uiiemr ployed youth problem. Ho then rim-alt with the question of oi"- ininntiou ouri in i- '

rl Foil, amid. rii doubt. if you on»

lllt‘. the Priniv

this country" who

ituich experience as 17!.

in (llhlllllﬂ l-l_\'ll‘il‘iilll‘.i‘llf‘llllll with lint (‘luvs (if pcoplc \lll't mwzi- ngpd lioln lurid); "

MR. T. .\, TllﬁﬁlPﬂtlN

Conservative nwuu "'1' of Par-lig-

nioiii fo" Lunnrlz. (Mitotic), .\’ir, T. A. Tii<iiiip.<-.ri_ l i pup swmk, or. dccia mi l‘ ~. ii M;

rr~ ping

iioi iii I,‘ on tho i». _ tn ,1. N11,‘: (nil front llw l » , - H. same ship will: D2". IWillllOlYS forhcnri». ..i‘i‘ ,. . . ‘ . rm. slime ('Oll‘.‘.'.‘\, \\‘~- .. pm clluu: in Ill" loud. my son l)l‘lll‘.; the li/lllill gr: i » in; 1),. ,9“.- plnr-o.“ llh d, ‘ ‘ that ulntost

more th’ ii tweii Agriculture and inriu phusized, nre ma‘ partners in tin» Canada. The sumo rriv rind cop-I'M 'l“,_ together. S'l'l.\.\iill-T lliv‘ \.li.;~\ of tnoleciion. Mr. Tlliiikl‘. (Ylll B. lllllllfl’. l T‘."‘.' .~l’ll mv ]ll‘(l(l'll'l‘§ iliriii to x3e rlusirinl activri. i , lmVP steady ompuvgnii - wages. I have tl homo market. mnrkct, and door. (Aﬂlpliiliscl. Mr. Thompson so’: strong pariv lllflll, u pl believed in the two-party svslini as the bent that democracy has ru-lved. He cmphrnivccl ill!‘ ililllTff‘ at the present lllllf‘ of intoi-rnl (iisconi. Mr. Mackenzie KlllR, ihwe your: arm. preriictitrl lic \ noiuir to have a “lmivpv fnm.. of Lilvoml premiers meeting arniinrl the 001m- cil table at (Mir-awn. “not a hntmv fomilv! "Prim" to ‘tho provinces and the Dotuitilon point! Liberal, internal discord was fl cloud on the hot-iron no blt"ll‘l' than n. man's llPlVl. Today it rlnrlzoi-q tho whole horizon and llll"‘lllf‘ll< the vory lttlllldillltllls oi‘ (Iiiifcdi '.'£1“oil." he (lNlHTﬂl.

Appealing for unllv b-“w-‘cn all ' clames imd crrorls. Mr. Thompson said this could only lac achieved by pressing forward with a com- mgrvmobieciivawqnrl, id-“ol, ‘such g

tnrlff‘ sniff: “I

than that he QhOiAH 661T! 0M that

‘Conllnuedonpﬂwolllolti.