NOVEMBER 4.19s:

MAGNIFICENT OVATION .

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. E . gist he sacrificed himself for the “ma; of this Province, doing hls duty ss he saw it honour-ably and well, and that so far as the Con‘ gel-votive party ls concerned he will g9 down in the history of this province ls one of our great Pram- iers. is one whose record during ills first Pcelniersblv. and din-lug his second so long as his life and health 1701mm“- Vll "l! "I, ideal to serve well his native Prov-

lnce, (Applause).

"rormycwnnlrtfllmiustso- mg to be the same person that I wssthreoorrourwealslmbe- fore the treat honour of the premiership came to ms. I shall doallthatlsinmypower-forthe welfare of this_1’tovincs, as I have done since I entered political life. there ls no one in political life who has not made mistakes. No one has s. monopoly of wisdom. I shall iismvbwt: thatissllrcenhepe io do- You will have to take my record lrl the Pest as s. guarantee of my performance for the future."

I shell make mistakes;

(Applause).

\, Tribute ‘I10 Colleagues

n!

members

the federal Co Hon. Mr. MacDonald and Meurs

Mollure and Wen. he had faithful ss well I able and experienced "I have that confidence and. comfort to- night as I stand before this won. derful audience-an audience mum fills this great hall. And for what purpose? To attend the annual County conservative Asoolatlon. There is no election in the offing. There i; I0 "f! serious business to he transacted. You are hers as Con- servatives. I do not suppose yqu Inset to fight. (laughter). _ Such was the distinguishing mug o; g

riventlon. which was held in tug (Increased laughter). You are not going to nominate candid-ates for the next ‘Qiwiiiilii so that you must have ‘- ~ here for one purpose, namely,

colleagues. (Applause).

meeting of the Queens

hslitwoweoks sgol

3o show yollr loyalty to the Con. "Mil" any. both federally end wwirwifllv. (Applause).

‘The! Ily there are no Conser- vatives in British Oollnjnbia to-

hisht. (Laughter). But if more are nu Conservatives in British Colum-

bls there am lots of Conservatives

in Prince sum-d Idlllhdl (Loud Iiliplause) I l-smarvber standing in this hall in 102'! and having to ad- mlt that there were only five 0on-

nrvatlve mernibe s elected t9 the

local legislature. But four years "W" I his dill-mice; and ft will be the same in British Cohm-iibla. Thi vol-v fact that tile pehdulun his zone to one extremeGwigQ, u characteristic of British 091M151‘... i“ i116 best Bill-rafltee that ii. ls not reins to remain more for very hymn w ' ill iDonsonsh-tlon

Th‘ mun"! Wflllilat. continued Premier Maimdtillsn, was s. wonder- Piil demonstration of the faith the

. M111- of this County have in tiis

cfmbervatlve administration. It was ziwiderful demonstration of rsitii

t e federal leadership e1 the m, 3°11. R. B. Bennett whose slwgion

rm 193° w“! h? firmly baligygd, mg

cutest tilt that Prvvldsnes squid 1,2?‘ mm“ ‘IP00 this country. ‘staff W“. he believed no greater eeman in the British Ifmlpfre W" “W! lilo present Prime min. '5'“ 0f Canada. M“ swim-i or this stalorncnt m. shfimm cited the initiative mum by Premier Bennett in ap- 3 ‘mieililielv smi- the 1m 016001011, for @105“ zlflzmm- N0 motes cdlltpllmoflt ‘be :1" mid to any leader than ma“ "i "M the lroatcet states- mm‘: the Empire today m all he“ m: the lesd which Mr. Ben- m kat thatthne lnthe inat- "wEmPW tariff preference. lrooq: know mlfltum‘ m n“ W‘ W in continued the speaker, "but i" they are better than in “Y m" Part or the civilised {jfm- We» m yousvlneio cv- th’ "edit if not to the leader of ° Fliers! Government?" iis seg- ed m‘ "mi"! lwlause. "rho

IWWYnment of this Province, so hi“! M Item able to direct it, will

in accord with the polices of m‘ “i-‘liou. n. B. Burnett."

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Answers driticlsin '

°~l>iims criticism. iii i...‘ Oppo- ‘mlm Dress was referred to by the

tcnnicedourshsrerl-Is

it“ u" "P! serious situation

ContlnilllnK. Hwmlor Msdbdlllesl Iliipressed deep appreciation of the loyalty shown to him by his fellow the llhreoutive Council ind the Conservative party in the Legislature. He felt also that in vstlve members,

Prlmier who asked what was pencil alpeoted more from the Lib- ‘imi by the statement that Prince srsi Opposition than obstructing re- Islsnd was not getting its medial measures for the unemploy- M lmsrigaomslii rclim d sad fer the farmers sad lfidus-

declared, s

vm being liriotlv adhered w.

Conservative members, one

duced hlm to enter political life.

fire-lent to contrast their pos-ltlo wlththe less favorable one of un- ewbm laborers m Charlotte-

lleve. The Government's chief con- °°m W" W b11118 these classes, the 111°" 110047 0t the present time, "My through the present cnieis,

that this would be accomplished (Applause).

‘Ills Premier assured his audience m" 6° 1°08 as the Bennett Gov- eminent remained 1n power there

and harmony between the provin-

and added that the matter of co- Warstion with Ottawa was a most imwricnt one at the present time.

Educational Efforts The Prunler them reviewed the Government's educational activities. The Prince of Wales College had been rebuilt on a scale common. curate with model-n requirements “BwBhadlc-kmtheadvloecf "ll-I Liberal friends and built the @1198! on the foundation of the i114 Wilding. I all: you‘ wrist would l" 0° Wm! the 300extra students who are enrolled this year?" he ll-ld- The Prince of Wales College wuslwwratod sss. full junlorcol- legeandthlsalsowasanlnvport- ant educational advance. I-Ic also cited the sircoessful af- forts made in obtaining msgnlfl. cent financial support from the Carnegie Foundation for Library Demonstration and for the estab- lishment of a chair of Economics and Sociology at Prince of Wales College and St. Dunstarvs Univer- sity. ' - 131 0109B! the Premior ex, med confidence in the sblllty of the P801710 of Canada to see the bene- fih which the Bennett Government has bestowed, and that at the next election, at hstever time it came, the-y would so esiprel themselves at the polls. For his part all he asked was “a square deal" and he had confidence that he would receive this at the hands of the people of Prince Edward Island. (loud Ap- blouse).

MB- Mel-URI. M. P.

A fitting tribute to the late Pre- mier Stewart was paid by the next speaker, Mr. W. Chester S. McLure. MR, who also was received with en- thusiastic applause. I-Ie expressed his pleasure at the privilege of addres- sing such a splendid annual meeting of Queen's County Conservative As- sociation and thanked all present for the wholehearted support which he had received at the last federal election.

Mr. McLure then extended heartl- est congratulations to Premier Mac- Millsn, with whom lie had been long ‘and intimately associated in public life.

Continuing, Mr. McLure gave con- vincing-evfdence of Canada's econo- mic recovery » under the Bennett Government policies. Statistics prov- ed conclusively that trade in Canada had greatly improved, that employ- ment conditions were being remed- ied and that railway loadings had increased. Be also cited the rise of the Canadian dollar in the Ameri- can market, which has lifted the bilrden of the interest charges Csaads has had to pay in New Yolk.

Isvorable factors

Two outstanding conditions which had elected improved conditions in Canada were emphasized. The first of than was the spirit of the people themselves. Next in importance was the fact that we have a Conservative administration st Ottawa, led by a sts of the calibre of the Rt. Hon. It. .Bsnnett. (Applause). With these sdvantllll Canada can go forward, confidant that con- ditions will continue to improve and that we will be back to normalcy-in I "f, IhQb time. ; w. Islam scored the opposition attitude in Parliament. es one of fsultfinding without one con- tl-uctlve argument in its favor. The

of the pountry. Yet this was had been offend. The Opposi-

wbethsr any one would contend that II should receive the “we ssnoimt of assistance. Considering the, ouagisrstively favorable posit,- lon of this Rvovince, we have, he ivod very satisfactory voonsidaraticn st Ottawa. In ob- Wv-ifls the 0113.050 lt was under- stood, that it would be upended where there wss most new, ‘m! dlstlel. snd this understanding '11" Fm"! Paid sflrarm trib- ilh to his col-league. Mr. w. s. Bifiwari- IM also to the federal of who-III. Mir. Mollure. had first in.-

Be asked the farmer supporters

town or Slnnmcrsldo. or with our fishermen, whose lot ths llnQmplgy- mcnt funds would materially re-

lflii "it People could be assured

WONG b0 the 010565! tic-operation

olsl and. federal admnistrations.

THE UHARLU’ 1T5‘ 1'UW N GUARDIAN

ddbllllfld l0!‘ thd purpose u! heaping a smokeecreen around the Liberals‘ "W" "imam-ll administration. The Yell lliillltlun was revealed when Mr. Mackenzie King himseu M}, mitted on the floor of the House $11M‘. 011B Liberal party wgg “in Lb; valley of Humiliation." On the oth- er hand. the disgust of the Liberal press with their own federal party leader was shown by the speaker, who cited a castlgatlon deliv- ered by the (Liberal) Vancouver Sun. in an editorial denouncing Mr. K108 ln the strongest possible terms. ,

With regard to the new party, m" CO-Operative Commonweslth Federation, Mr. McLllre thought it was sufficient to say that its birth- Dlace was Moscow. This party may not be Red itself, but it is decidedly “Dlnk": and therefore he did not think it was likely to make any ap- peal to the people of this seciiun oi Canada. (Applause).

The speaker showed

products,

Answers Argument

The common argument that United States was "our best mar- ket" was then replied to by the speaker. This conception was based a on the fact that United States was ‘our nearest neighbor. But with the possible exception of good Prince Edward Island potatoes was there,

Two Great Problems Mr. McLure then dealt b1... ,. v.l.l. what he termed Canada's two great- est problems, namely, unemployment and railway financing. He showed that unemployment, as far back as 1021, was a serious problem in Cape Breton and in Western Canada. At that time the Government spent 06.000000 for food and olothingfor the unemployed. The policy of tile Liberal party since 1922 has been that unemployment relief is not a. federal obligation and this attitude was maintained throughout Mr. Mackenzie King's regime. When in 1030, delegations applied to Ottawa for relief, they were told that the Provinces were responsible and that there was "not one five cent piece" in the federal treasury for the un- employed of Canada. ‘This attitude the speaker contrastedwith the as- surance given by Premier Bennett that so long as there was any money in the treasury not one Canadian citizen would go cold or hungry.

The disastrous immigration policy of the late Liberal Government. bringing hundreds of thousands of foreigners into the country and Last wmm-l ML Myers convmued, forcinga million Canadians to leave every number o; the House o; it for the United States, was also Commons recelved a letter- 1mm referred to‘ the president of the Canadian Chamber of Commerce, urging the necessity of balancing the budget by drastic reduction of expenditure. Mr. ivIyers had answered the pres- ident's letter, thanking him for the advice, but politely pointing out that it should. have been given ten years ago, when conditions were favorable to the saving of public money-

farm product which was not pro- duced in United States? On the other hand there were many farm products produced in the United States which are not produced ln Canada. He pointed out that the countervailing duties under the Dunning Budget failed to take this fact into consideration and consequently were valueless to our farmers.

Mr. Myers then reviewed the

persuading the British people of the advantage of Imperial prefer- ential tariff policies. He pointed out the difficulties which this pro- posal met with at the hands of British Labor Government and the subsequent reversal of opinion which brought the National Gov- ernment into being and achieved the succcs of the grout/Imperial Economic Conference at Ottawa last year.

Fair To All

"We have endeavored to place the employment money where it will ef- fact the most relief," he continued. -“No_ man who applies for work is asked whether he is a. Grit or Tory. If he needs the work and there is employment to be given, he will get it, regardless of politics and regard- less of every other consideration." (Loud applause). ‘ A brief review of the railway sit- uation was then given by the speak- er who showed how political ex- travagances in the past had enorm- ously increased the taxpayers‘ bur- den toduy. During the seven years of Liberal regime, he declared, Can- ada expended $912,000,000 for rail- way expansion alone, and, the Lib- erals raised the money by mortgag- ing Canada. in the United States. The result 1s that we are compelled to pay annually, in United States money, nearly $00,000,000. One high railway official under Liberal rule, Mr. McLure continued, received a. salary of $150,000 annu- ally; another official who acted as a link between the railway and the Liberal political machine received 862,000 a year; another official $25,- 000. A stenographer received a sal- ary oi’ $22,000: “And that's a pretty good salary for any stencgrapllerl" added the speaker amid laughter. He cited other instances including that of sipoliceman who received a salary of 015,000 besides his own private car and expenses. The head officials of the railway had their club dues paid at s. cost of $110,000 annually to the taxpayers. These high salaries have been greatly reduced under the Bennett Administration, and many of the costly positions have been abolished altogether. All salaries over $10,000, with four exceptions, have been re- duced to $6,000. A saving of $1,000,- 000 was made in this item alone. Other railway savings, including re~ ductlon of travelling expenses, col- onization costs, etc, netted in 1981- 32 a saving to the taxpayers of 010,- 000,000. In conclusion, the speaker declar- ed that uncler the sound and econo- mlc administration of the Bennett Government there was no doubt Canada was emerging on the hill!- way of prOSPWli-Y Ind DWI"!!-

A Challenge to (‘riff-s

Mr. IVLvers challenged the critics of government expenditure to say where further economies could be made. He quoted Hon. E. N. Rhodes, Finance Minister, as point- ting out that reductions had al- ready been macle to the extent of $67,000,000 and a further cut of $14,000,000 was provided for in the budget. Theredlad also been a big reduction in the salaries cf Gov- ernment employees.

The necessity of making every effort to balance the budget, Mr. Myers explained, lvas responsible for the sugar tax and other duties against which there had been com- plaint, but which were absolutely necessary in view of the heavy fix- ed charges upon the treasury. The benefit of the federal em- ployment relief was referred to. "They are passing the ha-t in the section where I live," said lvlr. Myers, “for the people of Sask- atchewarl, and I am glad we are in a position to do so. If it was necessary for our farmers to pass the hat for the unemployed of Charlottetown I am sure the re- sponse would be equally prompt. Every one wants to see our needy unemployed taken care of."

The lest few years have been the hardest 1n his experience in pub- iic life, Mr. Myers said. l-lc regret- ted that he and his colleagues could not meet the requests of ev- ery supporter- But, he pointed out, the‘ requirements of the Province hadtobe metwith aneyeto drastic federal economy, and the Prime Minister's fir-m attitude in this connection was one which must be respected, as it was un- doubtedly iri the best interests of Canada.

He closed with a strong expres- sion of admiration and appreci- ation of Premier Bennett's leader- MR. J. H. MYEI5| MI. ‘hm. Warm soul-u» "I" New! W- ritssrmllvrs nsron J, 1r, Myers, M.P.. who first spoke {Qelingly of the IOU llldtlalldd DY m, 4am of Premier Stewart. Bo Mm“ to the passing of other prominent PIYW M93159": ‘n4 voiced his sincere appreciation of the generous suPWPli Whlflh he h“! "awed in the last federal election oampaiifl-

My, Myers then took up the sub- gqsg er reciprocity and outlined briefly its history, pointinl out es- pwmiy m, disadvantages to Can- ads in the proposed treaty of 1011.

Following is the text of the re- port delivered by the Presdent, Mr. doom p. DeBlols:

As we anemlble here tonight for the Annual Meeting of the Con- servstive Association of Queen's County. it is my duty and privil- flé t0 make a report. covering some 01 $110 bill-Milieu of the pest year or more. _

Uliifliiiiiiltciv. owing m the ill- ness of our isle Prenrer, and the unavoidable absence of Mr. Mc- riie Liberal periv at that time. he Lure m0 00- Myers. who were cal- mowed, was itself divided on the led to Ottawa. use woven“,- u; question and this was evidenced bysttenl a Iplclal Session of Parlia-

the Laurfer Government sustained.

The failure of the King Govern- ment to secure better forms from Wcshlncton was scored in a man- ner which evoked loud applause. e-rlclusively that between 1020 and 1031 heavy increases were made in the United States duty on Canadian farm and new duties 1m- posed on many other products which previously had entered free.

The lnslncerity of the Liberal ar- gument agalnst Conservative tariff uses was shown by reference in the pre-alection D irig Bud- get of 1930 which applied courlten, veiling tariffs on U. S. products.

we dld not hsvp our Annual Meet

too strongly the importance

, ‘zatlon.

i First of all may I embrace this ,opportunity of giving expression to that feeling of sadnea and sense of loss, that I am sure comes to us all, as we miss the familiar pres- ence of our late beloved Premier, ommommmmmmm

a long and lingering illness, borne

with lieroic courage and great pa- tience. E's passing in the prime of life is a severe loss to this Prov- ince and to the country as" a whoie particularly to the Coil .al;v; Party.

Tributes and Sympathy

Premier Stewart was a strenuous worker and a great leader, ever

time and energy in the service of his country. We mourn his death and we shall miss his wise counsel and guidance at our gatherings very much indeed. However, he has but travelled on c. road that we shall all have ct travel on sooner or later and in the meantime let us honour his memory by using our time and whatever little talents we may posssess in trying as he did to make this community and world a better place for having lived in it.

Our heartfelt sympathy goes out to Mrs. Stewart and her family in their great sorrow and bereave- ment. v

As we look around this hall fo- night we also miss the familiar fac- es of many of our old friends and staunch supporters of the Conserv- iiiivv Cause. who shoe we last met together have answered the final summons. I am thinking particul- arly of the late Honourable Donald Nicholson, Arthur A. Alley, Leonard M. NfcNelli, W. H. Hogan. A. A. Pomeroy and Jerome McGulgan. men of fine character and. of gen- uine kliidllncss, beloved by all those who were privileged to know them and mourned by the whole com- munity which they served so filth- fully and well. These men belong to that typo of cltzen that makes for the up-buildlng of a country materially and morally. I am sure the happy associations we have enjoyed with them in our work together and the memory of their warm friendship will ever remain with us a cherished and prised possession. In bidding them fare- well truly may we say of each of them in the words of the writer of old,- “A friend lo truth, of soul sincere. In action faithful. and in honour

clear; Who broke no promise, served- no private end. _ Who gained m title, and who lost no friend, Ennisoled by himself. by all approv- ed. Praised, wept, and honoured by the friends he loved."

The New Premier

I know you. will all Join with me in extending happy fellcltatlons and congratulations to ollr new Leader and Premier oi’ this Province, the Honourable Dr. W. J. P. Msclviill- lan, whose outstanding ability and scholarship is well known to the ileopie 0f Prince Edward Island.

Tho life of a Premier is not an easy one. It calls for great sacri- fice of personal interests, but Dr. MacMillan has always been ready to respond to the call of duty and to give of his best for the advance- ment snd welfare of the ‘people of this Province.

As Minister oi Health and Edu- cation Dr. MadMillan has rendered services of ‘ tunable value in advancing the cause of health and education throughout the length and breadth oi’ this Hovlnce and I say, Ladies and Gentlemen, it is s fortunate thing that we have a rnsn oi’ thc caliber of Dr. Miacmdillan. who is willing to devote so much of his time in the public service.