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i What the Liberal Candidate for North Waterloo Has Done to Imj 5 ‘ the Conditions of Labor in Canada During the Last Eight .. n C$ae! Years.â€"â€"New Figure in Politics. * K’u:r,“ &4 â€"-"il e o n S hn . ‘the‘ ThH Mster of Tabor to contest the tiding woft N. Waterl0o. The Telegraph wo â€" serits . the story on the basis of _ the * most authentic facts, and roviewed ‘simply as a story i is well "worth §s PR Mr. Mackenzie King, to give . bim the name by . which he is usually known, was born iu the yeat 1874, rmw years has held : position of deputy ~minister of Jabor, . enjoying the. distinetion . of having attained this rank in the pubâ€" He service at an catlier _ ago." than t ly .llon, however, recelving this apâ€" pointment Mr. King had conducted a special inquiry on behalf of the Domâ€" inion government into the methods of catrying out government contracts in Canadd and Europe, and his work in this : «direction had â€" been so~ thorongh ahd comprebensive. that it had . 16 sulted in the éstablishment. of . what 45 â€"known as â€"the ‘‘Fair. Wages‘‘ licy â€" of the Dominion government, Whereby men or women éngaged â€" on eontracts ~paid ‘wholly or partly out of public money have ever since been protected against the eruel practice Â¥m. Lyon Mackenzie King in A Young Man With &m&‘ The administration‘. of policy is now~ part of the work of the department ofâ€"tabor and â€" sub« ject® to Mr. King‘a supervicion, . is in the hands of two officers, whose Yime is occupied in securing infor mation on > which may be _ based UFair Wages*‘ schedules to be incorâ€" mud into the various government * The organization of the depart Uwent has béen decreed by the Concilt by every reader University . Career. Fair Wages Policy m c Ana ©2 ae 3t i ok wauld exert its‘ influehce so. far as.. g:ifl- : the settlement of indus u-=-.'no actual : intervenâ€"} tion of the department was.hot at} that ‘timecontemplated save : by the , permission of both the parties _ conâ€" cerned; that is to say, not more than moral~; pressure could be exerted Jon the parties to a dispute in any stage of the negotiations. ~As deputy minâ€" ister, it dell â€"to Mr, ~Mackentic King to. bear the brunt of this particular work, and he .quickly: beganâ€"to . acâ€" quire:~. fame as a conciliator, «From one o o w ngenes diy fi‘f:fl' er. the work called h,4~_i.;!.‘_; M d which "his â€"studies and. observation had given bim‘ of the relative attithdâ€" es of >â€" capital andâ€"Aabor: in . many ‘ountries: combined to render ‘him reâ€" narkably .fl%;:ud successful = in she plcasing ~of . ~peacemaking: So it was that Mr, King ‘was neard . now amongst the miners at Nanâ€" iimo, or Fernie, or. Lethbtridge in the . west, orat Cape Breton â€" in the east; now with. the factory nanus at Valleyfield, Que., ‘again "with the telephone. operators at Toronto,~â€"or ‘theâ€"sicel workers at Sydney, N.8.â€" ‘in any place, in faet, where trouble brewed; :and it ~must: be . admittod that the fotmer ; deputy minister: â€" of labor â€" has scored some great <t! umphs . in his: work. The people ~â€"of Toronto: will;~in particular, â€" remen ber ‘‘the.: : expeditious. : and effective method of hisâ€"management of ‘the telâ€" ephoneâ€"operators‘. strike inâ€" thab.city eighteen «months ago, and ‘the swiftâ€" dess. with which it induced a satisâ€" factory. settlement of the: differences while the strike itsolf was followed by an , investigation which brought out an official:report on the nature ! of the special work : of . ‘the telephone‘¢ etators, . aid itz effect on the â€" girlÂ¥ employed . in â€"it, which was a val@able cunt!;ibatz to the industrial |li ature>of tiie .continent:>; .. Again;‘" it will not â€" soon be forgotter how promptly and " effectively : Mr." "King acted in; the~â€"case of the Lethbridge coal ‘strike . when: it became evident that the:general public was threatenâ€" ed ~with serious‘ disaster :in â€"the shape Toronto World (Conservative) i @ fuel famine . if theâ€"strike continâ€" ued longer. oug k e ks M I % ( / Tepresentatives It was in his report of the settle" ?b:mwu ‘b::erflant that legis ment of the Lethbridge strike â€" that tion would be enacted to meet Mr;â€"Mackenzie King sketched the outâ€" situation, ant," as a matter, of f4 lines of the mesasure that thas become ‘thé legislation took form during . famous armost the world over as the same‘ year‘ by means of an amendm Lemieux <Act.. In this report, . Mr; to a tieasute before &e imperial‘p King _ recommendedâ€"legistation‘ 0;10â€" Hament, * *>~:~>~%.! "4... viding machinery whereby "dispu hi ue ~ 3 d ’ industries in the nature of publicuté] â€" . _ Oriental: Riots, % lities, and when, consequently, a cesâ€" 5ow is ‘wh % ifr.â€" King | sation of work might cause the greatâ€" &g‘tm‘:fi’fitzfflfim :g’ & est. ‘injury to the public welfare, cial investigations and missions a might at the option of either "party , ing out of the problem of oriental b¢e + relerred < for â€" investigation *o migration, an issue which . it will boards especially constituted ‘fot the rugmb'q;d was > forced . somew purpose, and that prior to and penâ€" rudely ‘to the Tront by the antiâ€"or ding such investigation lockouts ~or 1 disturbance at Vancouver a y strikes in such industries should <be ago. The former deputyâ€"minister illegal. The recommendation of the labor was first appointed to inve deputyâ€"minister ; boreâ€" fruit in the gate under .. royal . commission shape of the act already indicated, & claims of u,e‘)an‘nese résidents measure . in which Canada touches | vancouyer for damages Iflfll{n(ll' whotly new ground in the matter of the riots. Fecling ran high in B the settlement of labor disputes, and ish Columbia at the time and & ; which, short of the compulsory ar=|cia) degree of tact and worldly â€" 1 bitration attempted with indiffetent| dom was needed to get _ credita success in New Zealand, goes further | through the task. The claims, h than _ the legislation of any other ever, were settled to the satisfac country in endeavoring to soive the|of all concerned, and on the: con greatest problem of the twentieth cenâ€" sion . of this work, a second com: tury. ‘The success of the act to date|sion, arising out of matters® brow is a striking. tribute to the sagacity|to light with ‘considerable adroit and practical statesmanship of Mr.|during the frst investigation was King and although the measure _ is | trusted to Mr. King, that,â€"namely known . popularly as "the Lemioux enquire into the methods . by :w act‘" and it was Mr. Lemieuxt who|Oriental laborets had been ":: steered it adroitly : and successfully come to Canada. mh‘;“.‘ through the shoals of the commons, elicited during this second J the mifister of labor was himself the tion threw a flood of w,u man, _ who, in introducing the hilt, whole question. of . e framkly and gencrously credited H-'“flv '5:"::‘-16-:. snint deputy with being its source and \ inâ€"| it make . his atrangem spiration. Up to ‘the present . time O n the "Lovetimment of Japme there "Fave been about fifty digputes With g.p-un-iflvi m:mo in mines, railways and other nm"'“" down to the merely nom ‘utilities referred for adjustment unâ€" WS ""m.‘â€" prevailed. since der the provisions of this measure,and "8U* ol U â€"â€" Coming 1 in _ two cases. d’r“""‘"‘fl.“&lm on the the coal miners in Springhii!, N.S.,! of these two sstons a hte" 180. And thatâ€"of the present Bi ol wat 57 the governm strike of â€" Canadiaw Pacific machinâ€"! i on a special ists, has the meagufe failed to .4. MOSb immediatoly on a special | strike of _ Canadiam Patific ists, has the meagute failed jast tX.c. dl.yuic. it must be ~eRmiRIIP t P on it ho. P i ovce ce bered, however, that the disputes or wholly to prevent \strik= es, but simply to atd in the work of adjustment by compelling tThe parâ€" ties to _ come . together and have a thorough investigation hluou& or a lockout beging, in the expectaâ€" tion _ and hope that in most cases such investigation will provent a strike. witren "e n oot foonant Outlines the Lemieux Act C qi T200A 73 SOuPS 0p.. sememe i4 .“ ities â€" reapecti oc however, that the\act doel‘mm.l‘ mfiuh‘fl! copâ€" undertake absofutely» to. settle prning to Canada â€" from es â€" or wholly to prevent :mt-l... mflfl a view, of l‘lilflP‘y to ald in the 'Mm‘ .mhm justment by compelling the P2Y* | on this *rd“_” who . had o come . together and have a | shortly before started t come in conâ€" Ufh investigation before a strike‘ siderable numbers to British Columâ€" lockout beging, in the expectaâ€"| bis. â€" This mission brought Mr. ": and hope that In. most cases into close personal contact with invesltigation will prevent a ing members of the British . governâ€" . meht, Lord Morley, Sit Rdward Grey 3 * and and resulted in arâ€" Italigh Imnigration. ‘ Mw laborers were induced. to , | ie ts Canais." . The fevietigatite mfidonbyaplmm ter, showed that the had been brought .to %fi the eat :injury both of ves . and ge laboring classes of that city, unâ€" lieve that the svmum exâ€" n-dwah-gdr 4 d /. in to Capada, and. that they ’rflu;‘g‘ much ltefll‘fllihdulaqflm Jabor conditions . _to prevent, therefore, as lar as p e, a conâ€" tinuance ot the system, Mr. King toâ€" commended (the ‘passage ol an act making it a crimina! . offence" to© <inâ€" fluence immigration ‘to Canada 1& means â€"of false representation, â€"â€"‘ meagure. was> duly enacted and has Ipund> an : efféctive ©protection against fraudulent practices â€" of the tharacterâ€" indicated, so farâ€" at Jeast as related to ‘what may be done in Canâ€" ada. _A yeatlater, however, occurred anâ€"incident showing thatâ€"<legislative action within Canada did not.. wholly meet the emergency. « «In the spring of 1905 a number â€"of printers‘ were induced ~to° . emmigrate irom England to Winnipeg during the progress of a printers‘ strike‘ in ~the Canadian cify. On learning the real situation, the printers petitioned King #daward for an‘ eAquiry into the citâ€" eumstdnces ~under ‘Wwhich ‘they‘ had quest. of the secretary for the coloni¢s &n enquiry took place. Mr. King proâ€" ceeded: to Winnipeg and reported that the mistepresentations ‘that had in the present ‘instance~induced: the emigraâ€" tion â€"fromâ€"Great »Britain / to Canada had been.made. in England â€"and â€" the gulty, parties . obviously. could ‘not ‘be teached by <the. Canadian law.‘~â€" Mr. i ungi ies fhom ana rmviemeniah facts;;of . case, and Feqp 4 mm ar&:fi-m an ‘effort i. ie friinle in e tewe tee m reat Britain on the:â€"same lines as lthou_,.grl the act passed.. in â€" Canada. In September, 1906, . Mr. â€"King was himself eqtrwus _ with the somewhat delicate diplomatic mission of visiting Great Britain fo. endeavor . to: secure the enactihenpt of a. measure. .. which would make it a criminal ogzncg gor rqr;ies, régident.in Great Britain. .to induce emigration by means ol _ misâ€" tepresentation. ?fir; King‘s .. mission was wholly successful." He left Eng: land a Jew weeks later ‘with a pledge trom "responsible" representatives _ â€"of the finperial government that legislaâ€" tion would beenacted to meet _ the situation, an,‘ as a matter, of fact, ‘the legislationâ€"took form during the same year‘ by means g'lwn amendment to a tieasute before ‘the imperial parâ€" Durihg the past yeat Mr. King has been entrusted with a nmber of speâ€" cial investigations and missions amsâ€" ing out of the problem of oriental imâ€" migration, an issue .which . it will be rememberted : was > forced .somewhat mdely ‘"to the Tront by the antiâ€"orienâ€" 1 disturbance at Vancouver a year [ago. The former deputyâ€"minister of labor was first appointed to investiâ€" gate under . m}al commission ~‘ the claims of the Japanese résidents of Vancouver for damages arizing out of the riots. KFecling ran high in Britâ€" ish Columbia at the time and a speâ€" cial degree of tact and worldly â€" wisâ€" dom was needed to get _ creditably i through the task. The claims, _ howâ€" ever, were settled to the satisfaction of all concerned, ‘and on theconclu= sion . of this work, a second commiisâ€" sion, arising out of matters« brought to light with ~considerable adroitness during the first investigation was enâ€" trusted to Mr. King, that,â€"namely, to enquire into the methods . by which Oriental Jaborets had been induced . to come to Canada. _ ‘The: information elicited during this second investigaâ€" tion threw a flood of light . on the whole question . of %hfll@- tion, . doubt . as greatly ‘in -&1: Lenticux, the minster C Sing mhe gotamant S Te having Ts onigration muim counâ€" Ary cut down l: the merely nonh‘:: | l-vng' ot the year. Coming back 'ru..'"â€" n of these two commissions, Mr. j ing ru sent by the gonmll_lut’» m On & m l!:g:‘m Enetand ‘t6o confer© with tt: Printers‘ Strike. 2e hi â€"aKye: â€" Tt menwho . made su ~~The populationâ€" of. Manitoba, ~Alâ€" herta. and Saskatchewan, which was 419,512 in 1896, was in 1906, 808,863. In 1900 there were 54,035 tarms . in the ‘Western provinces 4n 1906 there The public â€"debt of the : Dominion wn $50.8% in 1896, . was : only c t ag per head ’t: 1908. | ‘. capital "invested in : Canadian i’xnntlm(.unn.“‘ establishments â€"~ was f 6,901,487. in 4900. ~In 1905 it was $833,916,155, an increase of $386,999,â€" 668. ~ The wages paid to labor in manufacâ€" ‘Mh"mu-;-u, which totalled $113,249,850 in 1900, had. risen . to $162,155,578 in 1905, an increaso of $48,906,228. f The value of the products . of ‘the 393,203 b:: x;oo ntm:y‘ \ ween s lTil;.h onl hcreua“d g “;.p:?:. W) p 1999, in tholtvzlve years of" goucuuv: rule ftrom 1884 to 1896 have increased by $405,007,089 during _ the _ twelve years of Liberal rule from 18906 _ to â€"Are they â€"not â€"ratherâ€"â€"reasons â€"why Laurier shouldâ€"be. allowed to continue his great work of .nationbuilding? â€" The exports of ~Canadian manula¢â€" tured goods in the last twelve yul: of ‘the ~Consgervative total $69,281,235. From mcig 1908 they hive reached a‘total ‘of $214,443,075. The total‘ exports‘ of Canada since 1896 have reached the enormous sum of $2;445,580,746, During the: last 12 years ‘of ‘Conservative administration they totalled { only â€" $1,203,269,420. The foreign trade of Canada in the last twelve years ‘of the. Tories aggreâ€" gated: $2,026,221,618. ‘In ~the Atwelve years under Laurier ‘the â€"totalâ€"<has been â€"$5,152,259,700; ~ y 3 ces oi kh of o . daoiees pupils had ‘heen cating cordité,.â€"taken frow cu‘trfi‘fi One boy ‘ate . §o much of it that ‘at noon‘ he fainted. ‘The culprits, when uestioned about Do these figures give : you any cause to: say it is time for a â€"change . of ietobatih in‘st se bral iÂ¥ hinitaby t M ©ARECIUCE it, l Bd Whidllt the > %; the sthff ‘and ‘were Sampling it > to observe its ‘effects. couver riots ‘had not been . adjusted ‘z’t‘ge“l;fio“tm with those of the| apanese sufferers, and under ‘ a speâ€" ;:L:l‘ commission, the Depity . minister ‘as required to proceed*~ again to British Columbia * ‘to ‘adjust â€" these claims also, a mission which was speedily | and satisfactorily executed. In all,these investigations the deputy minister had shown a full apprectation of the immensity of the problem inâ€" volved in the. general position â€" of Oriental immigration and of the Jatiâ€" mate bearing of ‘the problem on <the welfare of the people of Canada, â€" © § Child Labor in Quebec. . Mr..King might fairly have claimed to have earned a holiday by this time. His services were, however, still in active demand and on reaching Ottawa he found a new commission awaiting him, instructing _ him to investigate certain matters relating to the cotâ€" ton industry of Quebec which had been greatly troubled by strikes and other disturbances for some months preâ€" viously. This was the last special work undertaken by Mr. King, his ofâ€" ficial report of the investigation, in fact, having been completed but a few days before his resignation.. The inâ€" vestigation itsell attracted considerâ€" able attention to the extent to which ‘Ichild labor is used in cotton factories of : Quebec, often, it appeared, without |the knowledge of the employers themâ€" |selves, and is believed to have led glâ€" ready .. to perceptible improvement |in conditions in this respect. . It is |doubtful if any official has ever been Jentrusted with an equal number of § mu'fu of the.same high importance lin the same space of time.~~ _ _ As to Mr. King‘s outlook in life as twhlbsqvnww:umtheutoc most men is veiled from the world, ;o?dnm‘o'ldun‘fih:ls: 3 inspiring little volume, ‘ ntd.!l:ou-."-lz:-odt of â€" his triend , H. "A. : Harpor, who perished in Ewm of 1901 in [Antohcmnnbuniblihd & lady who had fallen through los on the Ottawa. £ These, then, the outlines of the J‘ANA02 Al nc presont GMW lhnflihhg:mn young | There is a" to son for the «change. In. Canadian ot. the twentieth century. It] stead of faction fights in the Cabiâ€" Mr. King has succeeded beyond~‘ the|net, the race ~and creed strite in average, it is because he found work|the country, there is union at Otâ€" to do that was worth doing and throw tawa and peace in the country. Inâ€" his heart into this doing. The carter | stead of a Cabinet ongaged in perwonâ€" is one the record of . which hndan::ll we have a Government His Ethical Principles. | t it ask why the P\ Ey ues p Ami tar "“;gj.f‘h“‘l.w‘»- 4 â€"x-lq:flfi‘* ul n Wiaktin t the :: eucteniens . + ca d y mor i reemine ts «o terpate of Mr. Hugh Gubhrle and. the ";'R'%'«i- -»,.__\%â€",-‘; iti »5\%"’;{:4« rd in / plc re firagrmze a Sap‘y [‘ * te ‘33 fisncw.xwwi--s&«u.n, \snd Puplitnen t on ts a ’i maAn of poltICh~ ‘a 0+ Jn ru!t in Ieduetinnnt tarie~ 1 .q, "f'v" . _;:" 7 o "“l. ya & "‘; 3 i nven t e jand scandals at :the atatesmen of the country, mon who areâ€" above Following are some quotations from ‘"L,amâ€" not‘a politican, but a man who takes ‘a keen interest in > the aflairs of: Canada. 1 do not â€" endorse ‘the Liberal Administration~. in = all ses, â€"but thore â€"is â€"a greatâ€"deal â€"to be .said for the policy: of Sir .Wilfrid Laurier. f *‘I have never heard of a campaign that hds been_ such a. disgrace to the Opposition party or to the intelligent voters of the country.â€" No man of â€"inâ€" telligence who has followed the record of Sir Wilfrid: Laurier: could. believe that> his .colleagues~ were .a set : of thieves and â€"rascals. *‘The ‘Doronto.‘News pretends to be: for.Borden andâ€"clean politics.. It reâ€" fers to ‘hot shots from Gamey.‘ How can the Administration â€"be clean with such ~menâ€" as â€"Gamey, â€" Foster < and Fowler?â€"What right had> Gamey, â€" of all: men,. to. level> charges . of ~disâ€" honesty against such men asâ€"Sirf Wilâ€" frid Laurier and ~ his: Government. Roblim. has <been sent:back west for aking charges he ~knew â€"wereâ€"wrong; and .Fosterâ€"was a â€"man who did not know his own money from that . : of the Foresters. > j % ‘I, as an independent thinker, â€" am tired of <this denouncing Oof the public n of ‘the country. <They areâ€"sthere to serve the country to the best â€"of their ability,â€"â€"andâ€"they areâ€" doing so, despite theseâ€"charges . of :graft cand some of their© preâ€"clecfion . promises, but he placed the Borden. crew in the same boat with the iProvificial Conservatives, who had failed in their. many election promises made regardâ€" ing Hiconse administration, education, Niagara power and other public isâ€" with not carrying out ~to <the letter ! The Conservatives had ~ but one plank in théir platform, that of tariff, and heâ€"was strongly opposed to ‘any raising of the duty. ‘The duty . should be Towered,. in his opinion, and so far as the woollen industry was concerne ed, he ‘argued that if there was no tariff at all the price of goods would be this .amount cheaper. . Thus, _ if the woollenâ€"industries.of the country, which paid for wool a price that was lnot worth the trouble of, shearing, were closed up W. the reducâ€" tion: in price through taking . o of the tarif on British goods would be more to the people than the woolâ€" [Iei'ebncen- now paid in wages. THE BEST TEST OF PROSPERâ€" ITY. ‘ The movement of the population,As Mr.â€"W. L. M. King, the Liberal canâ€" Sir â€" Richard Cartwright said in his didate and the coming M.P., on the Association Hall speech, affords the seene. Upon his approaching suddenâ€" most ° reliable test of the economit ty, he was welcomed with a wave of wondition of a tountry, and theamâ€" hats, and a loud ‘"Three cheers . for ‘ount of â€"wisdomâ€" shown in the govâ€" King." While the work was progresâ€" stnment of ~ the same.. Tt a countrysing, Mr. King wasâ€"being introduced is . stagnant and â€" badly governed, to the ladies present, as he is a lovâ€" people will seeck to flee from it,; if er of ladies as well as a lover _ of it is progressiveand well governed good Governmest,. The great regret ®Apply that test to Canada in 1896 and 1908 and what do we find? In 1898; a constant stream of popuâ€", lation was pouring from the _ cities and towns. of Eastern Canada â€" into the United . States, Even the < new lands: in the Canadian »West were losâ€" ing â€" population to the Dakotas °and Minnesota. ‘The whole. country stemâ€" ed ~to be . suffering _ from an actual mt, and in many. minds the posâ€" ity : of â€"â€" continuing â€" the nativnal existence was a matter of doubt.. . Toâ€"day there is no exodus toâ€" the ‘United â€"States.. There â€" is a moveâ€" ment of population from Ol¢â€"Cana~ da, but it is to the Canadian West. Not only are we holding â€"our own peoâ€" ple, but we are drawing largely from other‘ countries as well. <In five years over . 20,000 people from Great Briâ€" ‘umw- settled on farms in the ‘Canadian~ West. In the same: time more than $0,000 American farmers ruvo been located in the Prairié Proâ€" vinces. American farmers who have p.mpu will flock to it. Amnnto that tact 48 * atrived io‘ the _ western Provincam singe Lautier came into power are toâ€"day occupying -a..nu equal ~to nearly oneâ€"third Jand in . . crop in.~ the five â€" Easterm Provinces of, Canada at the present tim:, There is a" to Lson for the «change. In: stead of daction fights in the Cabiâ€" net, the race ~and creed striteâ€"in the country, there is union at â€"Otâ€" tawa and peace in the country. Inâ€" stead of a Cabinet ongaged in personâ€" * i~ulsinzane Tor Werh Wailiighen, JIrd A prominent Bloom elector who wants to see Mr. King ~elected, sends the Telegrap h the following inâ€" teresting account of a political ‘barn raising in that district:â€", t the impres MMLMMNNE e gant in the public é¥pendituresof the country. They do not, ind z.fimm minigter /or public official ‘stole the m .pfim Of courseâ€"they do this without making any assertion that could uwpon, or on which they could be. brought into court on a civil. or charge. On Monday, Oct. 12th, . a large Liberal barnâ€"raising was â€"effected at Mr. Allen. Snyder‘s, . Bloomingdale. Early in the morning the neighbors and friends in the surrounding comâ€" munity began gathermng together, unâ€" til the number ol about one hundred and seventyâ€"five men were â€" present, and about thirty ladies. With Mrs. Thos. Bedford as caterer, the latter were kept very busy preparing _ for the great dinner, which was also Liberal, for all present, both ~Gnt and ‘Tory, partook of it liberafly, and much was remaining. Look at the unreasonableness of their tourse in this matter." . . " ©â€" RVERY DOLLAR OF THE MONEY SPENT mw&m SCRUTINY OF THE PUBLIC ACCOUNTS COMMITTEE, COMPO® OF LIBERALS AND CONSERVATIVES, IT HaS To BE YOTED, PARLIAMENT: 2 n y is o 4o n ~ ts 0n Under the management _ of ~â€" Mr. Louis Holle and his staff, the frame was neatly put together and raised in short order. & EVERY. ACCOUNT AND .VOUCHER MUST BE SUBMITTED THE COMMITTEES AND To THE HOUSE. s l * phctecinicds uarcanrcintt toas :2006\ inbigubtined 1 1319, m y3 %, :'_'::;r SHe â€" THE COMMITTEES HAaAVFE ARSOLUTE . PowWER To . SUM ANY _ WITNESSES,_CALL FOR ALL PAPEXS,â€" AND PROBE /4 MATTEBRS AT WILL. i tenteit eiolnh 5/ .5 s * Keeping thuse facts in view, lot us now look at how the: Ofi% ercised â€"its. oversight and ‘with what results. * e "rald tion with it wasâ€"the appearance . of Mr.~W. L. M. King, the Liberal canâ€" didate and the coming M.P., on the scene. Upon his approaching suddenâ€" ly, he was welcomed with a wave of hats, and a loud ‘"Three cheers . for â€" That is a very large sum of money. It has all passed under the & iny.of the Opposition, cager to discover smmd‘h?:w:t as . to its Barker was one of the chief scandalâ€"snjellers, and he prides himself on his acutehess ol scent for party carion. ‘And bow many milltons “% men object to? S yA VW o [ us hect ts 00 batnea xt ues un M 2 d c ?u. sw- e :(,*v w T SINCE THE LIBERAL PARTY ASSUMED OFFICE mifi ERNMENT HAS HANDLED PHE CONSIDERABLE SUM OF : $80 that they had to bring before him was that they could not have a vote for it would certainly be in his favor if they had.â€" But as they could . not, they would use their influence to have their husbands and intendéed husbands to vote for hind.. â€" THEY CHALLENGED EIGHT ITEMS, THE TOTAL OF _ M wWAS $95,507, ~¢ Te o se t se e o M And, beâ€"it noted, they did not charge that this money was cortuptly. Or fraudulently obtained, but that thn"mna paid were in excess of va or that the profits made by agents or middlemen on the transactions were excessive. * 5 * oo 9e .. THAT: WAS :ALL~$95,507_OUT_ OP $800,000,000;_or Tess Shan $E" $8,0001 6e * i §023 t N>~ > sal ,:l.’,}_lf‘ Alter the main part of the . ~barn was raised Mr. King mounted a pile of lumber and gave.a very interestâ€" ing address which was listened â€" to very ‘attentively by all present. _ A loud *‘Three Cheors for King," .and a Liberal shaking of hands, â€"Mr. < King fook his departure. The men again resumed their work and the barn was fAinished. Supper then b%):uken of ,. which was greatly en , they._ all ed with having spent the day at the Liberal barnâ€"raising. It a manâ€"conducting a very large business wére to find on careful . exâ€" amination.of his transactions over twelve years that there was but. $1â€" in every $8,000 in which there could beâ€"any difference of opinion as ‘to the best possiblé judgment having been exercised, he would have mé& pleased indeed. â€"â€" 4 ; m SA i rRe .. *~â€"In the face of this record the Oppositionâ€"speakers now allege grose misâ€" management of theâ€"public funds and insinuate widespread "‘graft‘ !“W ruption. * P M L etil o ce t QUERYâ€"WHY bip THE OPPOSITION NOT RESIST THE PAYâ€" MENT OFâ€" THOSE . vYA$ST sUMS Or MONEY! WHY DiD IT STOP AT DISPUTING A FEW TRIFLING ITEMS! WHY DiD IT NOT _LAY MURDERED MAN CHARGES IN A REGULAR WAay iN Preston, â€" Oct. 14.â€"Cornelius Brusâ€" sard, who is said to have been mutâ€" dered in Chicago, worked here during last winter in the factory of the Canâ€" adian ‘Office and School Furniture Co. He Jeft here last May with the intention of â€" joining bis sister _ in Paterson, N.J., Since then nothing has been beard of . him by friends here {-en the M\kuu mornitig ‘ol his . beiag murdered in Chicago, asd it was understood by them that was still in Paterson with his sis One interesting feature in connecâ€" LIBERAL BARN RAISING © Did the Opposition wWORKED IN PRESTON xÂ¥ ter, QUICKER MAIL ‘The Postoffice Dezartment at O . tawa has made final co.* with the Preston and Berlin Co., and the â€"Galt, Preston ‘and Hespélet. St. Ry. Co. for carrying the mail ~ b& . tween> Berlin and â€"Gait, <Preston,Hesâ€". pélet and Freeport and mails . be cattied . each way twice ‘a day. The service was put into opcnlfi * few days ago and will be greatly ‘ preciated by~ the general public « Of: these towns. xÂ¥ Up to the present time, undwg; ‘railway system . between Berlin; § terloo, Galt, Hespeler and Preéston has. not been utilized for the purm:sé carrying mails, oho " w o ce Letters posted in Berlin for points south after 3 ‘o‘clock p.m. have not been delivered . at their destination until about noon next day,although in point of time, if the electric serâ€" vice be utilized now all these plac« es are not miore than one bout apart, For the sain¢ reason Freeport P.0. although on "the direct line of . ~the electric railway, and in hourly comâ€" munication _ with important railway. points _ both to the north and . the south, _ cannot receive the Toronto papers on the day of publication,as mail for this â€" point is catried. to. Doon on the G.T.R., and thence . by. stage to Frecport via Strasburg and German ‘Mills. : *E2 3 It was obviously. desirable in. the interests â€" of the public convenience that the Postoffice Department should avail itself of the greatest and most convenient â€" means of transportation available and the attention of â€" the authorities was called to this matâ€" ter by the Boards of Trade of the points named, . and these representa~ tions were supplemented further~ by Mr. W. L. Mackenzia King, who after: his â€" artival in Berlin, wrote the deâ€" partment, pointing out the importtâ€" ance ‘of the matter and urging specâ€" dy attention. â€" M e The Postmasterâ€"General issued : in« structions for the réâ€"arrangement of the mail service between the points in question and the postmasters â€" comiâ€" plied with the request with the re that the clectric railway system wiH be used in future. obJECT To SYSTEM The ‘Townshin of G:zaiph Blnr;l: Health is tak out an injune to prevent m"&-m sewage . from belug turned into the Itiver ©Speod a visit of inspection some “’-t and an analysis has shown that ‘ refuss is < thirtyâ€"fAve times "bad weaâ€" ter"; The mattert bas caused «a great deal of feeling and ‘this year an adâ€" ditional tank was put in, but the meéting on Saturday Abat th, injunc* SERVICE SOUTH sc