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AMP THE CANADA IMPLEMENT THE ERA OF FULFILLMENT YEARS UNDER LIBERALS A at tho Big Things Which Have Been Accomplished Under ACTION HAS REPLACED TALK As Illustrated by British Prefer- oijce Filling Up West and Many Reforms SIR WILFRIDS SUNNY SMILE The Story of the Golden West Did Not Begin Until Laurier and Business Administration Came Into Power n and respects Tim Calgary Calgary Principles That navo Guided and Now Lib eral Party EXPLANATION OF Policy of Opposition Little Mow Than Ono of Negation and i it by little tl tho to re- party whose policy negation and political virility of In tho of those great found fir Jjruilipi It Is that In our Parliament ay we find f to tho Legislature of nearly every Where Increases in Expenditures Have Taken Place q and the Returns Obtained Therefrom Expenditures on the public services of the country have been increased under the Government This in varying forma is one of the chief charges preferred by the Opposition against tho Administration of the day The fact is admitted Expenditures have grown The amount spent on the ordinary running services is larger than it was twelve years ago more has been spent also on what is called capital account ie the construction of permanent public works But have the people been burdened by the taxation imposed Has the future of the country been darkened by the piling on of a load of debt Are there returns to show for the money spent These are tbe questions in which the country is chiefly interested These are the questions to which answers are herewith submitted Q THE ORDINARY SERVICES Lot us take first a few of the ordinary services of the country and Q why increases in cost have taken place in these o o The expenditure on the postal service in the nine months ending with March 1907 was greater than for the whole year of But this does not mean an added burden for the people The do mestic on letters has actually been re duced in the interval from three to two cents and a letter can be sent from Vancouver to Lon don today for two- thirds the charge im posed for sending from Toronto to Richmond Hill in 1896 the to the treasury of the In the short year nine months the sum so transferred Part of the the creation of two Provinces Part of it followed upon an in crease in the subsidies to the older Provinces A portion of the surplus of which Mr Whitney boasts cornea from this On lighthouse and coastal service was spent in In the nine months ending with March was expended As a result of the in creased outlay in light ing coupled with the deepening and improve ment in our waterways the St Lawrence route is capturing trade which formerly went via New York and Boston More grain passed through Montreal in the last three months than through the combined rival American ports in same time IMMIGRATION expenditure on immigration in was In it was Large ly as a result of the greater outlay the number of farms in Western Canada in creased from in 1901 to in 1906 AGRICULTURE The outlay by the Agricultural e part- was for the full year of In the nine months forming the short fiscal year of no less than was spent by the same depart ment But in the same time and partly as the result of the increased spending the value of farm exports by THE LARGE EXPENDITURES The chief explanation of the increase in the total disbursements of the country is found in the outlay on great public works works which will be of O lasting benefit to the country o PUBLICLYOWNED RAILWAYS Between 1896 and the end of tho fiscal year of over Intercolonial and- con nected railways Up to the end of the same year over had been on tho portion of the Transcontinental own ed by the people The spending of this money has not only ad ded to the countrys transportation facilities and so helped general trade it has also in creased tho value of publiclyo rev enueproducing AID TO PRIVATE RAILWAYS In addition to the sums spent on publicly owned railways over has been ex pended in the form of subsidies to private rail ways Some of these roads are providing transportation facilities for territory which oth erwise would still be unoccupied As a con sequence of the liberal policy pursued by the Government the length of all the railways in Canada has increased from miles in 1896 to in 1907 and the total of the capital invested in rail ways from to 1 CANAL EXPENDI TURE Over 20000000 was spent in the ten years ending with on the St Lawrence Wil liamsburg We Hand Trent and Soulanges canals an expenditure which with the im proved lighting service is helping to make our waterways great commercial artery of North America About lirds of the capi tal ox pen I it re on the Soulanges Canal which has made it navigable for heavy freighters has taken place under the pre sent Govern i WITHOUT ADDED BURDENS And in accomplishing all this only a trifle over five million dollars has been added to the public debt In the previous eleven years over sixty two millions was added to the national obligations While too more money has been spent the rate of taxation has ally been lessened In the average rate of Customs taxation on dutiable imports was nearly per cent in 1907 it was 13 per cent More money has been collected but with less burden upon the taxpayers A parallel case would be afforded by a growing town which while actually lowering the rato on the dollar increased its total revenue as a result of additions to the number of taxpayers and taxable property The money has been spent but the country has obtained returns Mi for tho spending and the public burdens have been lessened rather than increased o o o o o o o o o o o 8 ARCHIVES OF