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B. iiiiiiiiiiii i GREAT SPEEtH 1111 TARIFF

Iii Course of Discussion 0n Estimates the" Lfladfir sition How In} rho woollen nulls; in Canada.

In the discusion of the estimates

in thi- House of Commons. an im~ 1

i-mnt debate on the ‘Parifl on Wools took place in iviiich the Hon. p, B. Bennett made an important gpdétli.

Mr. Bennett said: "I confess that. t a mere professional man, (m! greatly interested in this wool iii- dustrli wciafcd with one of the large busi- ness civ-Bflirises in western Canada... and it has been my good fortuncl w have expressed to inc from time' to time the opinion of one of the‘ pioneer stock men of that countryQ Mr. P. Burns. regarding the develop~ merit of our cattle and sheep indus- try. He has frequently told me that British Columbia. in some parts of it, is better adapted in his opinion to the production of large flocks of sheep than any other part of the country he knows. There are 59¢. floiis of Alberta about which mo, same might be said. Flocks and herds were the foundations of no» tional wealth in lht‘ early days of’ history. and even until today a m.

_tion's wealth is Lmemsured to some considerable extent by its flocks and herds. This country at the present time has less than three million sheep: it should ha\"c not lcssthan nine million if we are to maintain the minimum production of flocl-zs; and 1ia\"ing regard to the condi-

I have been ircqueiijli- m», -

i‘. but

x aj. u: . Under

those

QflTmPXllS.

ado.

country.

d ask -L\'r s" small a nurrib-ir’.

for

the

lions that oiiiaizi here. twenty mile vyt-q \\'C\ll(l not lyg an eximmgam ibcr c". 511601) i.) ix. n“; tamed Bu! we have oinythret‘ .u I think it is fair that < ourselves why wr‘

‘o! onh" is its coat of wggl _ production of i-tu‘ and lamb for food purpose’, K1 i0 be equally valuable

circiintstances

this is the position:-

Woollen Cloth Mills in Canada. Cloth mills closed down ivith ma" iiiery"

11> VancouvenBC. . ...Can.idiar. Western Woollen .\ 121 RienfrevizOntu Renfrezv Woollen Mills 13» Isle Verte.P.Q ..Guif 'l‘e.\:tiles. Ltd... ..

14i ArnhersLNS Amherst Woollen Mi is

151 Odessa.Ont.. . ....Ernestown Woollen Mills_ 16i Carleton Place. Ont. Hawthorne Mills. Ltd

t'li Pembroke. Ont.......Penibro1te Woollen Co. .. 1Bi Chatham.t)nt.. .T. H. Taylor tk Co. ..

19> RockwoodOnt. ..l~1arris 6. Co. . . . . . . .. 110i AppletomOnt. ...Boyd. Caldwell and Co. 111i Lanark.Ont..... . ...Bo_vd. Caldwell and Co 112i MeafordOnt. ..R81‘.Cll9 Bros. . . 113i Shaw'v11le.P.Q.. Shawville Woollen Stills 114i OwenSouxid.0nt... Harriscii Bros.

115i KingstomOnt... ..Coliies. Ltd.

116i BrownsburgP Albert E. Morrison .

117i Dundas.Ont.. . Clark Blanket Co.

118i Arriprior. Ont . . . . . .. Phillip Dontigney

119i Midland. Ont . . . . . . ..O'l~lara' and Sons .. 120i Baltimore. On . ..Ba1timore Woollen Mills .. 121i Madoc.0nt... . ltladoc Woollen Mills

12111) Toronto. Ont... .~.Can. Woohens Ltd.

That shows that there are 3T5 looms closed sills to ascertain the number o! looms that are operating and idle. vi" .iid that there are forty-six clo-n mills. and the figures brought up to the rck ending January 21. 1928. show looms operating and idle as folloivsni _

still standin,

Cloth Mills Operating

Average lflo. of looms operated and idle during week ending Jan. 2i. 1921 ' ' i ‘ ' ' LoomsLOpei-etcdtdie

Perth. Ont . . . . . . .. ...Tai side Textiles. Ltd. . . . . . . . .. 35 Toronto.0nt.. Barrymore Cloth Co. .. 130 Campbellford. Ont . . . . . Cumpbrllford Cloth Co. . . 128 AhnonttaOnt. . ..Cainpbeli Woollen Co. . 15 Cape St.1giiacc. . .. . Media‘ and Frere 11 Simcoe.Ont..... ..Broolt Woollen Co . ~10 Brtintford.0nt . ...Sluigsb; Mfg. Co. . . . . 12f) Paris. Ont . . . . . . {Paris Wmcei‘ Mills Ltd. . . . . 120 Way's MillsQu Telford and Chapman .. '1 Wellesley.0nt . . . . ..Reiner Bros. 6t- Co. . A1monte.Ont. . .Thoburn Woollen Mills . 2o 0xford.N.S... ..Oxford Manufacturing Co. . . 26 Moncton. NB. . ..J. Humphrey d: Son . . . . . . .. 32 St. Croix. N5... ..St. Croix Woollen Mills . 7 Bracebridge. On . ' ‘ . l4 Preston. Ont.. . . . . . . "i9 Wariivick.Que.... ..Wiirwick Woollen Mills 5 McrrlCkVllltLOlll. ..Watchnrr. a Co- Ltd. 7 Lindsay.0nt.. . ..l-lorn Bros. l2 Duiidas.Ont.. ...Wnolsto:\". Lid. . . 3 Barrington.N.S. . R. D. Doane . . . . . . . . .. .. 4 ChicoutlmLRQ. ..La Filniurc de Saguena . Ltd. G GlcnwilliamsOnt. ..G1rn “Woollen Mills W. 12 Sht-rbrookc, P_Q.. ..\V:i‘ter Blue (c Co. . . . . . . ‘J0 Prtcrboro,Orit...... . . . . ..Caiiadiau Woollcns. Ltd. .140 1196

'l‘hat shoivs a tulzil of 91MB looms. from which no report could be rc~ the gentleman whom l ion. The}. and

of which 526 are operating and 4'10

ai"c idle. That ls the position for the asited to get this informal week ending January 21. 1928. There have only _ are some eight or ten other mills the information t2".

hm

ceivcd by

in

the world

The people o.’ _'

\\

Year. Looms

83 looms.

..l924 i925 ..l92$ ..l924

.1927 . 1926 .192?

".1927 1Stalidanlhlillshlgll

1f we turn to the clot!

20

Li

1B ill)

526

however. at I have gzveri

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‘Eris country has made little or no pro- Efvss with respect to the develop- ment o.‘ the wool industry. and yet there is no country" iviierc iivoollei‘. clothing is in greater demand or is more of a staple neces- sity of the people. ‘he “'05! TPquire wool. and with the development of its population must have large supplies of woollen without them people really suffer in the winter. That is so practically" all over Can- We have niadc. it seems ntc. vain efforts to develop the wool- len industry‘ and. if you will. mutton and lamb industry ' l asked the or thrposes of information only. w. the condition of the woollen chin nulls in Canada was and I find that. .l‘r-rc are twcntv-uvo mills. and that

‘XII’

th ‘l

20

was as frill ‘l5 ccizld b: obtairw‘. m):

c: thatpoiizi. lrtitbeborneinmind that the first twmty-IIO mills that] mm. iencd ha! all the machinery for tvreixiring. scouring. dyeing, qimi. JW- 511111111113. “Paving: and fiiiasliiiti refit and . !".'i!f s: Ulfil‘ eapit. 8S invested in plant for manufactur- ing processes up to yam. That is ir."'"-?r\a.'it :*":‘.;. ‘"" tr- Ciillilfli‘?

l have given this house a hst of

shown the mnditicu of the indus-

a

I said. there ar: eighty-three iloorns from which no report was re- ceived Of the number of mills ! one-half. practitrllv the fiist

"we mil . c-ned.

uha: (ices lhis

p"".s tlzat machlri. '" shall come iii iree.

Uil§ZOn to the i» . .

~ i-rench machinery _ should

rcsfzrc: 1o the British indlstr;

reds cf in -ns of dollars in- .. d in rnaciiin "y 2n thsur indus- try induce imple to come troy existing capital in whatever else may be

this countri- said by hon

" be their * "tiers cf

conic idle. and that the cnpi‘ invested nill become

- therein 1 . . .- _ . I l3 . ir lnalilLiftulFfr airh rtxercnce . ductivc and therefore. will be dc- g . 90 P i . ._ . 111211.91‘. Le". me quote his nerds: m» '11 1-Zc1?if"\i"icr\"hh"n“1 . a Ijlf. 1 am satisfied zvith one cent 9.5L?” 2 T ‘(lilfl ‘\I""lw“l}ll')l_l—<ll(‘(;“ll\ Bzda- i prom m‘ “('5'""‘"“r' slmlw“ r " " r‘"" ' ' fo" s‘ 1-: ~ . iorzl. This paper. of course. lhlili" , _, ‘H ' “in ‘a pllr‘ “ f‘, . l m‘ w“ qqgmm, m“ m ‘Kmch ‘ :.l(.lid he .~i'llll('1{‘\€i1. at 1a writ» i i0 fljddfid WC cm“ d1“: tvc do no: he: ll l: 1'= the spread;i>l'_ ~10 The changcs anxiounced laq eetiicei". us and the lOlbilll‘. . FY"- Thcii h? proceed: -

Z fa rel: by the Canadian Finance .\fin-' 1 isfer in tariffs affecting the imports _ mmmmqiimd-for the best cloth which can

ld be read bcught {or $15 to $16. say S20 lfllll-‘i

of yarns and fully goods into Canada woii

r". (lllll'.‘$ zaixicli

2 1 ..‘. greater protection. g ni.\.tvr was considered to be uf §Uchi3hfl phi‘)

"iid the Wes‘.

J" . .

t‘ =~r~ri Mi" (r0011? H- w°°d<l° pmmt to ccurc this lll'.l‘.l\'il'§' ‘ii "hc Don‘.- ro before the tariff board carefully

' (or idcrcd redsbiid will‘ m“ dmm“ in ivlzen "aikiii: prrratelf: 1o some

mung‘. bi: "hose. two witnesses rcalire that t...}" uresson on the 1X" -

be

sion to Otuirrva Li. ghsuzicd

ed goods. C.‘.tia_dian_ government is giving .r eanacia manufacturers is robe New. n ii a fact that our 100Gb mg im- n; in mhiion 1° ¢opp._-i- 9. 11101’: ntf- are - Elilfiwllilll lllL-C than . “>84 lflCflIi-have in this country are idle. and to 53;; to the nation; o; and m‘? 9X‘ that iherc l:

- abolished. I have‘

N! Dimming. and ll‘. addiuonlvnll :13 doubt i from zhs coun‘

.110. . 01:; ‘ha! .i".e iziezizoratida submitted

5!.“ ‘.0

Yarn? proposc‘ 012;.

I observe tlaati in their sub- on c 1'1 L51 ~fr.:e. and I otscrve the same with T ‘frat ttttitYltltfh‘ ‘.3 now to come zri vi

free to compete with men who have‘

It will be a direct lTlCPIlILYC to in 8111i d?“ {rid Hiicldersf.

"criilernen opposite. howeversirong "ws with respect to

Ull-

iniiili peculiar interest in BradlordJP-iP-SF 1t rill be recalled that last year tlic- made un will sell for sixty or se". than manufacturers 8111113“! mi ’-"lll.\' dfllilfi. thrill lyhard for a revisit-n i‘ would gin‘

and thijhtf. that

i: ljlilflaillft.‘ to the lradc of Bradford w". u“. G Riding 111-“ "l0 WM the .\l11 4 Riding chambers of commence >1?" sicn iii t is house. that would eii- "-n

m! M: J. ll C- Hodgwn- and “(Rattle ciery hon. member to conclude ":1; r Hui-in: Manufacturers‘ Federti- "IE1: Qi-Uuld p, ,;,.-.¢._=_.7\» t? b“ ‘k3,.

-.:~¢-.u1d tin’. tie increased. _ Those who o; m‘. are familiar with the endcnce Sh“... with m? a dosm. m Pqab"

e made an 111‘.

the Dominion. and that their mi»-

1

1:". British yarns is to b:

the Dominion." "Spect to amt one observa~ ziisy ‘l venture further to P0111!

‘r

ti: tariff b; i-d by the British French texule manufacturer:

L‘ "iiscd from 1T‘, 1.23am i. -.

he f ollotnng

"Xe of

jOllli 1350s?‘ .

‘d chambers of ccnz»

10d to. hear Bri.

rzi

I wrote to one of our leading tea-i

1f l maize a dollar a >lllf b9 l

and WlIlTl‘. ivhen i

included.

1 am satisfied. i - New. under those czrcu: "ancrs ‘ " mist n.’ 11:. 1 think. had a siroiiilvirlramcni

z tariff board. set " "'.}l1lDl)!".l. would asrcs- "- and malir a report l‘ cr of Finance f1-r siibinn-

bends OppOSllt‘. that ~11‘ "

THE fittirt n-rrr-frtitvv rrvirtnrtjv

7 V 1 !'i=" time has Mord-QB 1S 11> 11K" 1911011 wit?“ b)‘ ihblflllll of all the states of which" 1' Q ‘ ' a: 1o be no lmlf-i-iiifli! -~‘ ‘mils-i attiv-i l -=1'-i l .::.o in l‘...\.l0l’_\'. Copper is an t to o

increased duties on yams or tlmsh- a parry. I have ‘ozen untrue to llltfi ~, The assistance which the country. That is my submission i0 (my iii to my IYZEINLS opposite.

Owing to the dr," aunos- .

.31“ - ,_ _ ; ___ reaxa cf inc _

Liiircvzitrlmsicg; El fuhjmi°mvie winter is puiiziig on the statute boom". " “ a‘ "‘ ‘Qnlnnm’ If this be 20.11 have failed lament-

.“ Posslblfi it ‘i8 t0 Become i E"0ll0l1ll03-l1y “I ildiifiii ‘iiltiliéi’ .l1;‘l"“.-.~.‘Z‘l;‘?i-"“"“" m" ‘m M" ii dale-w i Iiiiieiieiiileiii With out a Tariff on Wool. l ' ‘

m ‘m? Cenatiiazzs. I '.~_v it without offenct. . _arn exports and I

is nc" true. ll we can protect on“

industry ci Canada. if t".- can ii:-

one would ray". not intend-ad ‘"- "“)5 to iiulziczicc public opinion. 5mm ' t they lll terms slate that ink‘ u‘ d° "w no case has been made Slatidzrd cf traces zicr the type of Fc-r insmsce. with rt ‘living This ianfl. first of all. pro- one r‘ "hose matters that. iargéa‘: a cold C0111‘ ‘ the tariff. that. is the duties 1X18 15 l??? abrics of mohair, wool, reach of Canadian statesmen to az~

.. 1928. c! the Lct ‘ii

the rev: - lea

9 lrt I! mi

e cable readsz- "i; .ish cut pile dc nzohair and alpaca iy eo under genera! wool rar- m " dun“ by m P97 been linoort‘ __

change his schedules. and in ai _- crcnt.

cr~ behind 1111111 and then ~ctk. t1 hl-iziic 11$ or. 1221s uric for the simple raw-n that such a protedurc riiake~ ilci" TtladlliE for the rtianufactir-

f“ really believe that aiifvonc i" M055; deco-v d by that

sc iption i< precise-ls" ~- "that discredits the action of a rtz-ter in charcc of tariff rci

tip 3"‘! i > ~ c n.’ his uinnortcrs fold him h"

Wiciilrlcr" . i: acted on ‘the request of hi~ fl.‘ n XTFCHPL‘. he turns in us airy >11

zrrirli the manufacturers ivhat _ ~ ti. My observation has been. ev~ ii

saw the play and understood

..’ l

' g Pressman"

ustion: tirhat Ls happening t)? C“; u'ctofl.ff mdwlflu Wild Chan-famous ronia and bnildur-wlll giveyoonzwnu-enphandsamlnuwidltofaufil ‘ y’ and colds. Allueoombivwdin i‘

timiiiios i

regard to that industry! ‘What was the state of affairs dut-y

iziil .nc‘.' Esiorc the Uiizieo 51a..-

. zrzto ilzc war ting .1. ab‘? i ‘ _ "the workl. nit-teased ACUTE)" Il-i"Il;ci¢ i, my prii: pa; ii -

other eotimrir: c" - ; s43" i, 1131c _ . . a Ionics m one

1 mentioned

Zlie looms ""1"

hate

Lulu vi

Li

I. ans of

lcitislaiioii- the iiiiii- teiiiiiii< independent? Is it wor whale ".0 raise it to the level of she-

lnU",7(IlCCl‘l(L‘ and make i".~ peep hifl$dhfl ‘h: “MEG: L0H“ of‘ c; D D 2’ - » w . - r m. - w "- est - ll ' I -. as euohcnacalli free? We 1a.- ofitmséevrggk- souonllflfi-Ily by u” I

in; the war. We entered int a c tract with the late Lord Riionclr by WINCH it was agreed Lhat a hig. er price by a half cent per pointd should be paid us for copper f." "war purncsc. if we would duck-p -.

rel: my friends opposite if i"

exploitation. and at “on: I uid_d“" Nul- 511.“ . i

ac develop the woollen

L DRUG IIYAI- stone i.

-.¢-

crease our flock~"—wh;ch have been r. s: .opper IDGUSLTF. The United u“. ‘ Peter McIntyre arrived home _ _ r1 undaricn cf national treat .: Qxves then raised the price of zi ' ~ "-0-: inst m spend "l" - f,

‘ days of Abraham-then to 44 tents a pound: that was the .- !~. his. garents. M11 30¢ it. We cannot lower the ancurer. before they came into i James Mclntfff-

war. to :1: "seriion of econ: ' 4

cf c":r freople. and we live ‘ rndepind c on the part of " J-ii-l- 5i0u-'l'¢<‘<1n- who MSW-w‘ ,

ry where woollen cloth enzpzre and its allies. Ariel in i. ~11‘ v!‘- flfl ifileflfilml m? m m" l’

sary. Is ii. beyond tit-T ivc-cllen l1‘.d‘.l5ll'_\'—llpO1t which o" ' ~ ‘Tu-med 13°11" ‘m i‘?

life depends in a'inter—shall we f7???“ “m 175' "1"?- " :

lain this end? Is it beyond their Ctpend: _ or mdepzndenr? S (15 30m m ‘"5553 "'5' t " " 1/ axon “sh 11* " v" ""- 9 ias". flock: of sheep. r L m’ 3°“ "Mag" on "g l?»

2r a nxcmint forge‘. "enty millions. or shat ,~

. . iis oi the past. lei us f0 e to impcr: mutton "“’ ‘ _ .3 " " r at variance val: get " c terms. free trade. protectioti. New Zealarc. That LS the qu “_°d‘cme" _ 3 _¢ . \\':".h the zmates: markets open j-"siczai". tor Ofdlllfll’) ills ’

tcr cf Finance said us. shall we ‘extend our for m“ 3'1 118*?“ C" bmucFof l?

. t - W , ~ ..

w." play a! election tam-t- {jgdz qr not? Y ‘ xgexrkrtat-cgb I a! ‘ ‘iii

require a tariff‘? 1 . ‘ e use c-r’ every tool a‘. parliament has a". afcgiiard the 1:: rv perfect _" indifferent w tarzff. a bonus. a bounty. k or an export dti ': I l we use the irstrument< .

fc. t". them and recall 1 "we are concerned a zrea! Canadian ind ‘is ihreazctzcd tvizh absolu " _\'ot in its €!l(I!'€T_\ V ell you thab-becauw . '. have QIVVBY‘ ".11 be sine

1s unsur— \_ _

sorts and Y g ". rziqiicsti-Jnble hcal- " ob no icstirircnial other that "-\":ll satisfl‘ ,4:

Cf’