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the Reform Mass Meeting AN ENTHUSIASTIC Mr Receives the Unani mous Nomination A mass meeting of Reformers arc those avurahle to freer trade relations held the Town Hall Bradford on last to nominate a candidate to contest riding in their interests the coming Dominion Elections The Hall was filled with electors from every of the Riding and the good and enthusiasm prevailed daring the entire proceedings As the in this county is more particularly on the Trade Question there were many the meeting whose sympathies hitherto been with the Conservation party bat in this contest are hearty supporters of Ms Mr of the North York Reform occu pied the chair and Mr A Yule of Aurora acted as Secretary The chairman opened the with a few remarks comment ing upon the situation and stated that be and the Secretary Mr Yale represented two of the largest an ufocturiujj establish the Hiding they were heart Jy in accord with the movement for freer trade relations lie for then were William nominated by A Hughes seconded by Henry terror nominated by by William Elmer A J by by Coulter nominated by J lavjs by If by it by John Hopkins Yule Dominated by William Fhillif by i made a they were with draw Mr whoe nomina tion was made a vote Mr was then called iijmi and hi coming was received with prolonged Fitters To am deeply by the heady con fidence in me this large aheiubl has just is but a ex pression of my appreciation I that highly value the opiuion of my follow nio and only that my public record fully ma to the approval in your greeting you so kindly When the county of only reelected to the Parliament of Canada the perron whom lailiitnenl unanimously coiidtmofd for conduct pTODOOD- as corrupt scandalous and disreputable a blow waff truck at public morality which if not repudiated by other statu to down opinion to Mi the man whom the county of Lincoln de lighted to honor after he had been publicly having enriched himself out of the public treasury A sense of the obliga tion to stick to party produced that Party is but it inoitbeuied a an for public not for injury- If retard- of the the rank and file of etch party are on to act in the of the party then extreme a penrcrtiun of what be the aim party and would become a cunt to the Kir what the county of Lincoln I that act as an care there is an in Canadian public opinion and we find the electorate on all occasions a due re I for party yd dejDBnd- if the lull right each of av men voice vote and at are promote the country welfare and arly And if ever in a thee the of Canada of the a In iprciion of opinion on public- if that might from a party la order to the conduct of out acts Of milad He floi wium be but it tint the future but lam rather oar people the bring forth rather than to indulge in over the past There Sir to all good citizens the light of to Use that whatever be Canadas position a vut and her future upon the ill Iter own people Therefore air I to fay that the pre cent is an occasion we are as it were at the parting the according as he electors jn the de termine Canadas wnditiou be either that of trade its of and trade stagna tion of sririokage io of property increase and combiner the enrichment of the few at the of many or it be com mercial prosperity of new ami to the body politic re of oar industries political contentment and a well founded confidence the future of our Sir when we remember that under the Treaty 1351 onr trada with the United States rose in thirteen years from an average fourteen million at winch it for the eight mini to bat treaty to million the figure which it stood when the treaty terminated when we compare the effect of that treaty on the of farm in those days to the effect of restriction on the valuea of to day when we as is the fact that for ten terminating in the of Canada increased rapidly than did the popula tion of the United thtt in the Gftein years of that treaty our revenue row from three and millions to ten and million that improved land- increased oxer vn millions to ten millions acre or cent that the value of lands from to that the wheat crop exceeded that of end in the Union rose from buifieU bushels or that the oat crop larger than of York lie ITjiiah tea a to bushel per cent that the Value of our an of to an of per that durihu that she i- her and oat crop her the fnret and wraltli more States I al in the of them if to honestly the of the whole people of Canada who I say can us to restore happy and conditions and which would be multiplied in view of our of prcJuclion and improtel facilities fur and incKMCd now lying ihtr of tho international line When in ltffy pronounced in favour of the Hid so the distinct ie of the that tariff that should not be a final condition of but as to about reciprocity of trade the farmers and who voted for that policy avrcid to subject the country for a rime I the burlensoctf at joned diy ion they did to pledge that at the earliest date siblethe country iould adopt reciprocity of trade with the United States It not to favour reciprocity of trade with the United to legis- lato in fator of Canada a W fill remember how the of National then held a their cardinal principal that Canada was intended the when it at the time that crimination goods raJght connection The organ sup porting the policy replied Then m much the for connection Then the locate of the policy demanded Canadian should not be taxed for the fit of any people themielfeshut now that this system ol has per verted to become an instrument of lion benefitting the few at the of the mjoy we And the combines portions of the press with profits from thepeople and all who free the from the of combine and to the rights of ffiemen wonder this class is to perpetuate the condition of af fairs but when they seek to do so in the name loyalty we must thai true loyalty comes from the heart and riot in ft mans A public win venture to say to ac cept advice from such quarter The fact i Mr Chairman that a great f of in are heartily tired tho pre sent of affairs and hope for large for tjir the favoured few in the Government enonuusly the tariff wall the people of Canada and our people at the of the combiner- manufacture no party lo such moral rather an in- created volume of business and legitimate In he run knows he will be such a condition and there- fort ills that And manufacturer after now rapidly to ibe view that let them markets give them customers in and with Ca nadian industry and energy are going to hold their own Therefore Sir it would be a mistake contradicting the of a vast number of the manufacturers to pay tody that our industries would be endangered by com petition On the Contrary healthy ia atimu- latino and would stimulate them as it dues oil human action It is as true as it ever a thai competition is the life of trade but sir some objectors say that in asking for trade ire are simply the interests of the farmers True it is that free trade with United States would vastly the community and it should no i it should not be deemed disloyal to seek benefit that class Nor should policy be open to the attack upon it that tee ate to one class for the the farmers man if our farmery are every other will share in that Therefore a policy which our prosperous not a policy to one class atcaintt another but a policy that will benefit all not all for the competition of frm trade would I trust largely break down the bines and monopolies I freely admit that would not be benefitted by trade but the people were not made for the com bines nor does Canada does British connection for the benefit the com bines These modern parasites came largely with protection and as protection aided in their development so trade aii in extermination Today the people of Canada are in a com mercial bondage Hemmed all sides by tariff pi prevented from in the dearest J buying in the cheapest market In consequence they lose on allthe of life a portion of the value of their tabor The tariff robbing the firmer of ft considerable portion of the id faU and when he seeks supply by purchasing the markets he in runny iiuik and monopolies So that the farming industry in Canada is depressed our lauds re that farming land in Value and are difficult to bold thnt chattel in that the more farmers are rapidly being brought within the the yet we are told it would hi itiIoyut this con For my patt I that I would be doing whatever that if I can aid in my men their to enjoy the full fruits of fur the and in order to such it fiuj to trade with any part of known Mr it would not be right even by silence to piv my electors the that alldouht free trade can be acquired the Untied S files As you all know the Statu legally constituted They say what United States would be prepared do but any observer of recent not hare to pub lie in United States on of protection i rapidly undergoing a radical change When Congress fall passed bill which in fact run mad Just a our lofirer bill by the Parliament of Canada last spring the in being the higher protectionUl went hack to the people expecting to be endorsed hut to surprise and doubtless to iljeirduapijointiiiviit they discovered that at la the of tho Stales had learned from a quarter of a century that protection meant taxation of the many for the benefit of the few ami this discovery took on prac tical form and shape during the elect lota and resulted in the defeat the or purty and now one branch of the United Con gress which six months ago had a large pro majority ban now majority rather way This shows the trend of publieopininn in United States and her public men to observe signs the and anxious they bib to drift with the tide are now throwing nut in favor of free trade with Canada Whilst then fore repeat that opinion out side of United cannot honestly promise what the United will do yet the indications are would view favorable free trade or unrestricted rociprnuity Hut air the United do can be no them without the full of the people of Canada It will take two to make tins bargain and If on elections Canada prOnnnnces against it there Hill bo no not oven if man woman and chill In the favors it let her do duty and place in a bring If pufl- his crisis the con dition off birr When thcprercul a t- not an tariff seen since that day how special up around the and the favored lev hive obtained statutory adion- high protection the In fact of taxiog the people of Canada for their own benefit and now practically the country through the administration of ihe day As well might one expect the combines to wek fur tree trade the death knell of own interest as agoveromeDtwhuemaiq prop is the combines Whatever assurancee such a government give before an elec tion soon as they were for another fire we all doubt find aaio the lndoenceof combine and ihbs not free make all honest to bring around freer trade with the United States for the people of I said before the present is occasion for the people of Canada to deter mine what their future for shall be When opinion in theUoit Slates ripe as it appears to rapidly in favour free trade with Canada we should then have so office a Government ready and anxious to strike while the iron is hot to take advantage of the occasion Let that Occasion pass and the opportunity may not return again a lifetime of the present generation It be said nations men in the affair of men which taken at the fiood leads M fortune If Canada during the elections a paincfr trade the United States may a- that antithesis which Sir Charles Per atd we were on the eve of in name ly Commercial war Far be it from to suggest that the people of Cauada should surrender any right advantage from fear or intimidation but we ignore the fact that the strained relations that recently between Canada ind the United Stales and as Sir Charles said in had brought Canada to the verge of Commercial war still exist and we now refuse fejt Of good fellowship and a desire for relations the American people may diem it an invitation and a challenge to them to actually declarehftt commercial wax upon us which stated was averted three years ago only after the most and abstous Where would be it a blow were struck at our railwajf our commercial intiriiifi Ac To my mind a of whole the of Canada on the occasion to pronounce in trade relations with the United whilst it would leave us in no better position than we are to day give use loan inliuitely worse one Deeply interested then I in our own welfare anxious tn develop Canada her line to our own riiiral esUtence to relieve her Industrie to attract wealth ami population to our and to enable her to the mandate our our furet wealth our agricultural our natural wealth all the gift on s land I to all who would desire such to rise the and jireililiction their vote in of the best the country On line and fur and in of the expressed at hi- 1 now accede to and as a candidate re- the electors of North York in the next Parliament of Applause resolutions were adopted moved ecrnded nrtpthaiiK this do I ret In sprik out Anil Its in Mr third this for ire philtre to and In by In our IndivMual In a manner to Increase majority coining In to riding In pa I we hate his untlrliiK rent In our Intersil a Ids we desire to our and he lias In pari In s In ltlut fully mi national iuciltoii Invite of of York io the of i In the they finrf In a and a worthy of their a rtirrsei native nil- In the or In ItoUse of will have cause to feel Moved A- J by K That Liberals of North Vrrk In ma meeting aemUeil hereby of jUrau by In the limine of In Ihelr to reiitrocjty wili our lo of Mill of to a a lie fanners In pjitlculftr we this eijresiiinrnur Anil Sir fan well Also our tin Win to duty of lit Inrcr- hut also upon by J A V Tint this mertIiitf Huh tn ihif- of tin conduct of Sir John In sUctltt Ih lln- men In conclusion tho the the necessity I his duty to pro ceed to Ihe the ltd of Crist vote favor freer trade relations and ho had no fear of the rcaulf The then broke Lip for lhejitii Mr and the chairman