Show K BEIM TU THE me mcgale or OF TRADEL the ime tory hah government overthrown liberal policy of at revenue reform secures cecur a iorge majority in parliament piu clament A general election for members of parliament for the dominion of canada was hold held on june jane 23 the two great political parties of the country were divided on the tariff question the tories or conservatives defending the protection policy which they had bad forced on the people eighteen years yean ago and the liberals advocating a reduction of duties and the adoption of a purely revenue tariff system the sectarian school question and other minor or issues of recent origin were also discussed dis cussed but the tariff was the great national issue the conservatives appealed to the electors lectors lec tors for support on the ground that protection had built up new in industries dus tries had increased iner essed wages and had given the farmers larger home rn mar r kista keta they claimed that a high tariff was necessary in order to protect canadian workers and farmers against the cheap labor products of the united states and urged a continuance of the policy of trade exclusion admitting their responsibility for the tariff legislation of the past eight een years rs the canadian mo MCI Kinley itea ites asserted that the eon condition of trade and industry proved that high taxes had brought prosperity and for that reason they looked confidently for a popular verdict in their favor J the liberals have advocated free trade and fought protection ever evers since inee its ita establishment in in 1878 they denied that the people of canada could be made prosperous by high taxes in answer to the claims of the conservatives they showed that since the protective system went into operation public burdens had greatly increased trade and manufacturing had undergone prolonged depression the agricula agri agricultural cult aral industries had languis languished bed and the people had bad grown poorer than under a low tariff the alleged benefit to labor was proven to be a sham by the fact that since cince protection was adopted nearly a million canadians had been forced to emigrate to the united states in in search of employment the natural natt iral course of trade with this country was waa obstructed by the high tariff wall and the canadian consumers were forced to pay higher prices for inferior goods in order to benefit a few domestic manufacturing concerns heavy taxes on sugar cotton iron iron and steel cordage etc stimulated the erection of some mills and factories for the production of those articles but instead of lower prices resulting from domestic competition each and every one of those protected industries formed trusts which raised prices and restricted production the farmers were the greatest sufferers and many districts were de populated by the failure of the men who cultivated the soil to make a living an effective liberal campaign argument was the question has protection made you rich which met the voters eyes eves on every page of the liberal newspapers was posted on fences and barns and was scattered broadcast on handbills hand bills the result of the election was an overwhelming victory for the party of low tariffs and an emphatic defeat for the tory protectionists projectionists in spite of attempts to create prejudice against the liberals by representing them as the friends friend of the hated yankees and against all the influence of the protected trusts and railway monopolies which had been enriched by the party in power the canadian people elected liberal Alem member bera of parliament and only three conservatives the present government will be forced to resign at once and the hon wilfred laurier launer an outspoken free trader will become premier americans have special reasons for rejoicing over the outcome of the canadian madian Ca elections the accession of the liberals to power means that in instead of the policy of hate distrust sectional jealousy and commercial war stimulated in in canada by the tories tones and in in the united states by the McKinley ites we shall have iu in the future a policy of mutual confidence good will and freer trade relations across the imaginary boundary line which divides the two two english speak ing peoples of this continent and this time when our neighbors have so strongly declared declare A against the artificial barriers which shut american goods out of can canadian adian markets is is a very poor occasion for the people of the united un i ted states to go hack to the swindle of McKinley iam ism which they rejected in 1892 WHIDDEN GICA GRAHAM A |