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Following is the full text of the r speech of Rt. lion. R. B. Bennett, , Prime Minister, which closed the ' Y-vdebnte in the House of Commons"

on the Anglo-Canadian agreement Tncgotiatcd at the Imperial Confer- ; . once: i

(Continued) Now let us look at the letter dhich the right hon. gentleman ' (Mr. Mackenzie King) wrote from the Ritz Hotel in London on the ,, lard of October, 1923, to- Sir Philip ..l.loyd-Greame_ who is he ‘PI-Ie l5 ‘ sirrhiup Cunliffe-Lister, he has changed his name, that is all-the ' a Sir Philip Cunliffe-Listcr who d in this city for a month or more, one of the delegates. Who was he then? He was no longer the “President of the Board of Trade- that office was flllled by Mr. Runcl- man; but what he was you all _ lmow—Secretary of State for the i ‘ _; colonies. Now let me read from the ‘Words of the Chancellor of the Ex- chequer, Mr. Chamberlain. Mr. Baldwin was then the Prime Min- ister. m. Chamberlain had made certain definite offers—of1’ers of a I pi-iferencc 1' Would you hzlteve it i’ i Offers of a preference; oflers to give freo entry into the markets of Great Britain to commodities from Can- ___|,da. Of course every gentleman within sound of my voice will be- ._-.-.. Jlovs at once that thegight hon. ‘ gentleman said: “Oh 110,: we want ~ nothing of that.” But that is not ‘t what he said. Listen to his letter:

My Dear Sir Philip-

My colleagues and I have been considering with care the propos- sls as to preferential duties-

Duties, mark you i

_ , ut forward by the government Mamet Britain at the meeting 7, .f the conference on October 9, " and which I discussed with you in our conversations at the Board of ‘Prado on Saturday morning. These proposals, which it was bservad were within the frame- of the existing fiscal system Great Britain, will, we believe, received in Canada with due tion as of distinct value dominion rsoducers.

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_ Qua mipomicnt are the gencml Issues raised in the statements‘ a by yourself in your pres- ion of the present proposals, and by the Chancellor of the Ex-

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Address

iln Treaty Debate twlosing Speech-Dal’ Prime Minister A I _On Nov. 3 In, Reply To Opposition

Anglo-Canadian

Agreement. Liberal Leader's in- since rityVScat/tingly Exposed.

ehequcr. I may quot/e from U10 statement made by the chancel- 101"- That is, by Mr. Chamberlain-and

‘listen to these words that lie qllillies- These are Mr. Chamberlain's words 1'

"We want you to tell ul Whether what we have proposed is 501118 to help you, whether our propos- ‘ als can in any way be improved. and if so, in what direction. That does not bind us to accept any suggestions that you make to us, any more than you are bound to accept any suggestions we may put to you as to what we might desire by way of increasing our trade with you: but it does give us thc opportunity at any rate of realizing what the position is, and then it will be for us to say whether, consistently with the in- terest of our own people here, we can carry out what you have sug- gested to us.”

CHAMBERLAINB PROPOSALS

That involves this simple ques- tion: What were the proposals of Mr. Chamberlain? Mr. Chamberlain at‘ the close of his speech set forth what his proposals were. He closed with words that arc not easily for- gotten, because they indicated his clear opinion as to what should be done. I would like to direct the at- tention of the house to his words, because they indicate clearly what transpired. At page 164 you will find his references to raw apples, canned salmon—“which is of particular in- terest to Canada"—fruit juices, honey They offered these MOIICCSSiOIIS he said. They could not do anything with foodstuffs at that time. that is,

ently; they offered a preference on dried fruits, currents, preserved fruits, sugar. tobacco, raw apples. canned salmon, canned crabs and canned lobster, limes, lemons and other fruit juices. These were the proposals which the right hon. gentleman was considering when he was replying to the communication that was made by the chancellor.

Now let me proceed. This is again the letter of the present leader of the opposition, the then Prime Minister:

In response to this welcome overture I have pleasure in giving you a brief statement of our po- sition.

Mr. Chamberlain's statement was than s “weicome.ovcrture," now_ it is thc dead march in Sauli Ilc proceeds:

Canada has been the pioneer in the modern development of pre- ferential trade within the British empire. She gave us the first pre- ference t0 British goods in 1897-98 and took the initiative in request- ing the abrogation of treaties which stood in the way of imper- ial preference. 'I'h.ls policy she has steadfastly maintained. The Can- adian preference now covers, in varying degrees, practically the whole range of competitive Brit- ish exports to the dominion.

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Then he refers to what was grant- ed with respect to the ten per cent discount on existing duties. But be- fore I proceed with this I should like to ask hon. gentlemen oppo- site to listen to the words of their leader in. 1923 in England:

Coming specifically to the pro- posal of the Chancellor of the Ex- chequer thnt we state what pre- forential duties-

Duties i

-weuld be of most. advantage to W!‘ Dmdllvers. and noting that the chancellor quite properly cheer-v. es it will be for the British gov- ernment to consider whether such duties would be in the interests of the British people, I now out. line some of the chief Canadian exports to Great Britain in which an effective preference would be of most value,

Preference l Duties I

The list of course, is not ex. havstlve. '

Wheat. obviously comes first and easily foremost. It is our most important article of export; the quality il unquestioned; the market is now highly competitive; Canada's export surplus is great- er than the totll’ British im- port. , Next in export importance among the grains comes barley, of which Canada normally pro-

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Milling, particularly of wheat flour, ranks high among Canad- ian industries.

I ask the hon. member for Medl- cine Hat (Mr. Gcrshaw) t; listen to this :

It is closely and naturally con- nected with our agricultural in- dustry. The production of iflour normally runs about fifteen mil- lion barrels; last year our exports reached nearly seven million five hundred thousand barrels, of which nearly five million came to the United Kingdom. The indus- try is capable of very great ex- pansion if greater markets are opened. Flour is, of course, a commodity of which the produc- tion and milling capacity in Great Britain is large. The effect of a duty-

Of a duty l

—would. therefore, depend very largely upon-the extent to which the Canadian miller was put. in a less advantageous position than the British miller; a duty which was distinctly protectionist rath- er than preferential, would not, in the long run, we believe, be as advantageous to Canadian millers as the existing situation.

PREFERENCE SECURED

And this government has secured for the Canadian millers a prefer- ence of ten per cent-mot ten cents a barrel-on flour from Canada entering Great Britain. In other words, a vessel laden with flour from the United States, with a car- go valuedat $100000, has to pay $10,000 before she can be warped into the wharf at Liverpool, while the Canadian cargo goes in free. The right hon. gentleman proceeds:

Of the other agricultural pro- ducts, excluding those already covered, the most important are fresh fruits, apples, peaches, pears and plums, all of which Canada produces in unexcelled quality, and, especially in apples, in very large quantities, with difiiculty at Eretgent in finding profitable mar-

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Let the hon. member for Hants- Kings vote against this agreement to indicate his gratitude.

-(for Canada, a preference on" fresh fruits is of‘ much more im- portance than on dried or pre- served fruits); cheese. butter and eggs. bacon and hams. canned vegetables. Of our fishery pro- ducts, canned salmon, which is faced with competition from the United States; Japan and Russia, would at present be most helped by a preference.

But Mr. Speaker, it did not stop there. Let us proceed:

Our forest products, with due observance of conservation prin- ciples, are capable of great expan- sion, notably lumber, newsprint paper, miilboard and straw- board, and chemical and me- chanical pulp. Canada has also large resources in fer- rous and non-ferrous metals, and in the non-metallic minerals. which a substantial preference would assist in developing. Our iron and steel and other metal in- dllltriefl. including agricultural implements and electrical appar- atus. our wood-working, rubber and other manufacturing indus-

tries would supply a wide range of products.

On a. preferential duty basis, mark you! Let us proceed :

I understand it is not your de_ sire at this stage to obtain other "m" 9- Wry general statement. On all the above, and any other branch of Canadian industry which might he included within the range of duties to be lmpgggd at any time. our government would be pleased to avail itself of i110 Ollbvrtunity. as occasion aris- es. 0f making suggestions in fur- ther outline and 1n (temp

FOLLOWING WOODBWORTH

Well. sir, to hear the Liberal Party. nftcr that, denounce duiits is to wonder what their policy is now and in what direction they are travelling. I shall presently show that the extreme left has once again claimed them in the hope of a repetition of 102G. They have for. gotten tbs great traditions and tho 11M"! 0i’ their Party, and the hon. member for Winnipeg North cum-Q (Mn. Woodsworihi. is. now. their directing genius.

But, sir. it did not end even there. The Right". I-lon. George P, Graham represented Canada at the next meeting of the conference, and what did he say? Well, he said all that his leader 11nd said and a little more too. You will find it all at Piles 166, 187 and 16B. I will not W" "D the time of the house read- ing it, but Mr. Graham madc s ltatcment as to the preference, Whleh would be so desirable for Ulllldl. He quoted. with approval, ti" language o: thc Chancellor of u" lliwhequer, thanked him roi- affording him the OPPOrtunIty to 19MB. and than sold that while we were not proceeding in a bargulnin

Wit-running true to form, n3 in?

in thc British fiscal system woniq crests s new situation. Thlrl, after "mflfll to Canadian onions on which the preference would be most valuable, he makes a declaration o: faith Wit-h rumt to wheat. Liston

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WM by his issues-tn, the", ,

Wheat obviously comes firs‘. and easily foremost. It is our méit important article of export: the quality is unquestioned; the mur- ket is now highly competltivt; Canada's export surplus is greater than the British import.

"Now mark these words :

_ We recognize, however, that in this case- the issus has been de- cided. The Prime Minister has

- announced that the British Gov-

srnmcnt does not intend to put a. duty on wheat. We accept that "decision. It, of course. restricts c the range and value of the p1"c- fcrence as regards the Canadian producer's, but we fully and freely recognize that it is for this coun- try t0 decide what is in the inter- ests of its people and to act there- on.

LIBERAL VOLTE FACE

And now, confronted with a pre-

ference of two shillings n quarter, which is what Mr. (‘innnhcrlain oi- fered when Mr. llrwins came to 0t. tawa, the noble yeomen of the west will stand up and vote against their fellow agrlculturists, declaring that what Mr. Graham, following his leader, described in 1923 ss valuable is now valueless and illusory. Mr. Graham then proceeded to discuss barley, flour, other agricul- tural products, fishery products. With regard to agricultural pro- ducts, he made this statement:

Of the other agricultural pro- ducts, excluding those already covered, the most important are fresh fruits. apples. peaches, pears and plumspall of which Canada produces in unexcelled quality.

Then he went on to discuss fishery products, forest products, metals, minerals and various manu- factures, and he said that our manufacturers in Canada were not merely assembling plants but great producers from the ground up of many manufactured products, and added that our chief manufactures still remain wholly Canadian. He gave specific examples of wholly Canadian manufactures. With re- gard to the Canadian, motor car in- dustry, he said: ‘

I wish again to say how thor- oughly we appreciate, what the British government has seen fit to do in its proposition.

That proposition was made by the same Chancellor of the Exchequer who met the delegates of the rest of this BritisnEmpire in-July and August last. '

1932 CONFERENCE

Now we come to 1930 and 1932. Just one year ago this month I sent an invitation to every Prime Min- ister of every part of the British Empire, asking them whether they would come to this capital city of Ottawa to hold an economic confer- ence. and as a result of that invi- tation there met here for four or five weeks, in the months of July and August, representatives from every part of the empire and, through the Secretary of State for the Colonies, representatives from the colonies as well.

Let us see just l1o\v they compar- ed in personnel with those whom the right hon. gentleman who now leads the opposition mct in England in 1923. We find the same Chancel- lor of the Exchequer, the Right. Hon,’ Neville Chamberlain, whose reputation is enhanced by the at- tack made upon it by the source from which it came; the same Sir Philip Lloyd-Greame now Sir P1111- ip Cunliffe-Lister", the same Mr. Baldwin, ex-Prime Minister of Great Britain, now serving under the Right Hon. Ramsay MacDon- ald; not the same president of the Board of,Tradc, but the Right. Hon. Walter Runcininn, and Sir John Gilmour, Minister of Agriculture. These were from Great Britain, and also the Right. lion. J. H. Thomas, Secretary of Btate for the Domin- ions. who was not present at the conference of 1923. And what hap- pened? The some empire, lhe same problems, and in most respects thc same personnel, and they solved the problemsand arrived at an agree- ment which is now before this house. Yet the Liberal party is ask- ed to [0 out and fight it, notwith- standing that in 1923 the same lea- der of _thc some party, then Prime Minister now no longer such, es- poused and supported it; hut being In opposition he must now oppose it. It ll not difficult to understand why. Those of ul who recall the election of 1930 remember that in the first keynote lpceoh of the right hon. gentleman he law iii. to make an issue of the question: "Who will represent Canada at the imperial conference ‘I I, I, I,—I and my Min- ister of Justice’, my Minister of Na- tional Defence lnd my Minister of Trade and Commute; and if we do not go the empire will pcrinh."

A SORRY ‘SPECTACLE

What. a lorry spectacle of s. grelt party, under leadership such ll that, which prefers to go into opposition rather than support the clnls of the country, a cause which It sup- ported so vigorously only u few

'to understand that the Liberal party. when it is led as it now is, is to allow wounded vanity and pride to compel its followers to go into the wilderness of opposition, with its lender against causes winch it espoused and supported when in power? Ask the hon. member for Lisgui" (Mr. Brown), with his ideas of consistency. Ask hon. members who tonight will go like sheep t0 the slaughter, when they are asked to do so, and go hack on the poli- cies of their leader advocated when he was Prime Minlsler in 1923. Ask those hon. gentlemen who now find themselves in opposition to every- thing which at that time they de- clared was in the interests of Can- ada. If flit-st- things were in thc interests 0i (‘nmula in 1923, what "b"!!! 19331‘ Were they good then? If not, why (lid thc party opposite support them on that occasion? If they were gnnd then, why oppose them nmv? That is thc question. Wc are therefore driven, after this his- torlc recital, the accuracy of which cannot be challenged by any hon. gentleman 111 this house, because it appears on the record and speaks for itself, to ask this question: Why dues thi- lender of the opposi- tion oppose this agreement? Why

if they had read, they would dc- elare should be accepted, that which their leader stipportcd and espoused as the cause of the Canadian peo- ple ln 1923, in 1925 and in 1926.

Now, sir, I ask this question: Has any adequate reason been givn why the policy of the party opposite has been abandoned? I have looked at Hansard in vain for any answer. No business man in all this coun- try who reads these addresses de- livered by lion. gentlemen opposite thinks for a moment that any ade- quate answer has been given to that question. Thcy are the laugh- ing stock of business men through- out this country, As everyone knows, the former Ministerof Trade and Commerce 1M1". Malcolm) did not oppose this agreement in the bit;- ter and resentful spirit which has been manifested by some hon. gen- tlemen opposite. He realized that tho conference was a great family gathering; here in Ottawa were as- sembled representatives of differ- cnt parts of the ‘empire, masters in their own houses, who came togeth- cr freely and voluntarilyas mem- hers of a family of nations to work out a great policy and to deal with problems the very nature of which had already been analyzed by our,

general terms, of thc government of 1923. ~

ARGUMENTS ANSWERED

What are the reasons given as to why this agreement should not be supported? One says that the poi- icy is still that of high tariffs. Sir Wilfrid Lnurier said: Where you have industries created and estab- lished under conditions where all governments have supported tariffs, you must not lightly lay your hand upon the structure. No man who has any regard for‘ his country,’ its eco- nomic structure and its life would dare to destroy it as would be clone if the suggestions made by hon. gentlemen opposite were adopted. Someone has said that the agree- ment does not meet with thc appro- val of economists. I have it on re- cord from one of the most disting- uished of the British delegates that the opinions of economists wash themselves out-there are just as many who think one way as anoth- cr in connection with any problem with which they may have to_ deal. Another says that we have closed the doors of the world's markets, that we have shut out the foreign- or. Sir Wilfrid Lauricr said that that was one of the first things he was going to do if he got the Brit- ish preference, and that is the one thing we have donc. This great fam- ily council met fcgcthcl" for the pur- pose of discussing empire prefer- ence. not foreign preference. We re- alized that we must trade with the world, but we realized also that our 11m duty was that which s11- wu- frld Lsnrler enunciated, our duty to one snot-her. This family gather- ing met together to promote trade to their own mutual advantage, as the leader of the opposition said he was aiming to do in i923.