Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - May 20, 1904, Winnipeg, Manitoba I Manitoba free Winnipeg w editorial 5st Butil Nesit Job Kew to Nile hour 7012 Schiller Freedom in Liberty in religion Equality in civil mat the principle of government ownership condemned by when the re bin government in 1001 the Deal with the Northern by which the entire Manitoba system of that company was acquired by the belief under which president Mellen signed the papers was that government ownership was about to be established in this ment desired to establish government font found greatly to its grief that the limitations of the provincial authority stood the on Evans a touching belief in the simpleminded Ness of the Public and is at the same time a striking commentary on the of the government owner ship Plank with which conserva Tive party went before the electors of the province in Plank which Borden has careful not to put into the Dominion conservative but which Evans would like any who May be in favor government to is in the tory opposition to intercom Lonial when then minister of visited the West in the fall of he Madea speech at Vancou ver in which he said that he had dreams of a government railway being built across the continent in the fun we do not recall that the conservative newspapers that Are was led to believe that the government for purely political simply carrying out its solemn clamouring for a stat owned trans con a reelection he looked Forward Tifental were very favourably Dis to the Northern Pacific lines in Manitoba continuing to be feeder of the Parent when the Roblin government turned around the moment it got Possession of those lines and transferred them to the Cana Dian the Northern Pacific Felt that a trick had been played upon them by the Roblin government acting As agent of the Canadian president Mellen and his Board of i in Coorg understood that the sole and posed at the to the suggestion then made by Blair that such a Road would be those that commented upon the incident scoffed at Blairs not a single conservative so far As we referred to his aspirations in sympathetic the Montreal Gazette took up arms instantly against the in a trenchant editorial which appeared within a Uay or so of the delivery of Blairs it said Only object of the provincial govern Blair is already operating Over ment in acquiring the Road was the i Liguz Mues of Bough there fulfilment of the government owners Are grave he is presumably of ship Plank of the conservative plat form in the preceding they thought they were dealing with the Robbia government As not As brokers for the Canadian suppose that the Koblin government had taken Over the Northern Pacific lines not to Transfer them to the Cana Dian but to hold them and operate them As government in accordance with the conservative pre election it would have had under wits control a most advantageously located provincial railway system for whose business the and Cana a rating it on the lines above indicated suite client to pay the operating pending tile Tuuu cation of tiie Lublic accounts for the year ended june recourse must be had to the figures for the previous they show that on june capitalization of the inter colonial was the average interest charged of the Canadian Public debt in that year was per making the capitalization charge of the inter colonial railway but this was not in this particular one of the most prosperous years in the railroading history of this Contin was a deficit of in the expenditure As compared with the making the total Cost of the railway to the people of Canada for Dlan Northern would be competitors j year or nearly 7 per while Jon the South the great Northern j of the Revenue raised by Taxa would enter the Field against the nor Pacific its rail ways Are always looking for business and it would not have passed the wit of an Ordinary railway manager in charge of the Northern Pacific lines in Manitoba As a separate to have made advantageous arrangements with the roads competing for the business his but the Roblin made no attempt to do anything of the sort and in moving the second Reading of his railway Deal Bill in the Legisla on March Roblin very fully and frankly explained it was because he and his colleagues and the supporters of the Roblin govern ment in the legislature did not believe in government be said the question i proposed my Sale Why did we want the North Ern Pacific As a government Road we realized that we could not operate that Toad and secure such mater Ial Benefit for the people of the coun try As we without ing ourselves to All the dangers that threatened to overtake government operation of railroads As shown other portions of we real loss nothing so far As can sized it was not Wisdom on our part to j be judged Ironi the operating of the undertake the control of the Road and that Road is Joper Atea operate it ourselves and make it part Blair required 7 per of the taxation of the people to operate Miles of railway in on the basis of these figures it will be inter Esting to investigate what the Burden would be were Blair in control of the railway extending from Ocean to assuming that the Cost of a Pacific line would be on the same ratio As that of the intercom Blairs experience with the Drummond county railway is indication that this estimate is a most moderate annual Cost to the country of these Miles of rail Way on the Lasis of the figures of would be but a few thousand dollars Nufler per or about 0 per of the taxation of the peo the probabilities Are that the in crease required would be even More than the Halifax another prominent conservative reproduced the Gazette article in its Issue of october and approved of agreeing with the Gazette Esti mate that a government owned trans Continental Road would involve an an Nual lass of at least eight million Dol it said what would the country get in re turn for this vast annual financial of political organizations of the i fancy my Orab Jei Friend who says agrees with me that unfortunately one tit the most regrettable things in Thuc Public life of Canada today is what is known As the spoils it can not but be realized by any Man who is a Lover of his country that it is at an annual loss to the Dominion Treasury of about yet the part of the country specially served by it enjoys no better rates and no better service than is afforded else where by company roads that Are Mak ing Money and paying the same thing on a Large scale is All that could be looked for under Sion in connection with these very heavy increases Ouight throw Hughl on this Point to take one instance of How heavily these rates have been the press Fli Ajr again refer to the rates on the increase mixed car lots to Winnipeg has been from 43 cents per 1300 to 75 fruit in boxes and from 02 cents to this Isan article which May fairly be termed a jus for the Sake of the it May be that under freight rate a Funge ment Maile by Dominion govern ment i connection with theriaut aug of the crows to the the rate on from Ontario to the West s 3s tents per 100 this diced freight rates policy adopted by the Liberal govern ment at the difference be tween this rate and the rate from Paul to Winnipeg is so striking As to require no increases in the fruit Ratos Are among the have come into operation since the Rob Lin government acquired the Northern Pacific lines in Manitoba and handed them Over to the Canadian Northern the figures showing tie increases in the rates on More than a score of other Large and important classes of Mer Chandise have already been Quoin to by the free the increases Are unjustifiable and the claim that the government controlled Canadian Northern is innocent in the matter and is compelled in helplessness to its share of these immense increases is one that will not stand it would of t my to of railways a larger injurious tothe methods of Man wha Nef gement but the country has already be additional patronage to the we decided we would not Uii rate said Roblin further in the same 6ieech what is government ownership what object does it serve is it Sim pay to own a railway for political Adi extend me Vantage think it is a Means for commenting up to an end and the end in order to j on the suggestion that the intercom serve the Public with the minimum i claim that in the Bill before had More than enough of Blairs Peculiar methods of rail in taking this position the Herald was consistent with its part As it had steadily opposed every proposal to on March without the disadvantage of having to operate the Road through a department of the or a commission the government might we have exactly what a government rail Way would be expected to give the control of the we have escaped All the dangers government secured All that is practically Benes Cial and Desir Lonial should be extended to georgian it made known its position on ip1 the question of government ownership Votolin thus condemned govern ment ownership he declared that he and is colleagues had considered the whole matter and made up their mints that government owner ship a bad the ingenious Sui Ford Evans is now Busy pre tending that the reason Why the Rob Lin not hold Jid oper ate the Northern in Cilc lines was on of the limitations of the pro in this unmistakable language some people and some writers in Ontario have been looking and talking with favor towards proposals for the ownership such Public works As and so but these people have been fully answered and completely dumbfounded by hav ing their attention directed to one horrible example of Public ownership which Canada already possesses in the inter colonial Are hot much concerned just now to discuss the general proposition of Public ownership but it May be remarked that the advocates of this great change can give the country no guarantee whatever that after the nationalization we believe they it of the railways and these Public works might not fall into just As mischievous and incapable hands As those of Blair and his whatever might be said of this much is certainly that the advocates of the the government Guillotine in the House of commons is in Good working and has been accounting for about a dozen amendments to the grand trunk Pacific Bill a the tactics of the opposition in offering these numberless amendments Are not Likely to Supply them with much ammunition for the general though this is the object aimed at by the measure before parliament represents a contract entered into by the grand trunk Pacific railway and the government representing the peo ple of parliament is free to reject it in its but it has not Power to radically vary its terms with out the contract ceasing to to modify the agreement is to tear it parliament of indicate by legislation the form that the new agreement should take in its tout it would then be necessary for the government to induce the grand trunk people to accept this new it takes two to make any essential requiring the assent of the grand trunk would throw the whole matter Over for another in the the new agreement would have to be submitted to the trunk share the delay would be grateful to the which is the organizing Force behind the parliamentary opposition to the it would give it0 another Chance to Knock the proposition among the grand trunk share holders and even if their consent was ultimately a years Exten Sion of their present monopoly in the West would be agree we to the electors have a reasonably Good under standing of the whole know the opposition is determined by every Rii eans in their Power to prevent the building by the grand trunk of a transcontinental line and they rejoice tit the Businesslike manner in which who had charge of the measure in disposed of the which were not to but to for the time at the whole propose the Bill is at last out of and now awaits its third which it will get next Ino doubt the Senate will spend some time on but the end of the month should see parliaments consent to the contract As soon As the people of Canad Awill expect the government and the grand trunk Pacific company to get very Vincow but the speeches of j ownership have no show in it Blin in 1jol can be gone Over with Canada in face of the horrible example a mini Ying urlass by or flairs management of the intercom magnifying Glass by anybody else in search of any mention such and the search will 5e in on the it principle of government ownership that Roblin is iii8 which arc quoted he condemned it be j and no improvements can be asked for so loner As Blair and his col leagues Are in the Herald is just present in in advocating the Extension of the inter colonial to the having Jot its is in the game of hum bugging the electorate a j the decision of the police magistrate yesterday dismissing the Case against the socialist Street talker will be approved by the this was a prosecution which was not it would be most unfortunate to have a set of circumstances arise which would enable the Winnipeg socialists to claim that constitute authority was seeking to muzzle Morti mers conviction would have been Fol Lowed by a cry of persecution and Many would have been impressed by where it is matter of appearing to interfere with the right of free speech the authorities should go it would mean a new and Exten came that is too transparent to be would Swinford Evans to read again Kolin quoted and the increased in attempted defence of the increased freight rates on the government con trolled Canadian the Cana Dian Northern newspaper blames the increases wholly upon Northern Pacific j it says la that j the Canadian Northern is helpless in the that the Are fixed on the other and that the Cana Dian having nothing to do to note it is the principle of government ownership that lob Len not government ownership in but government owner Shi Piniy to wikis study of whole matter has led him to class ownership among the thins which Are unfortunate and regrettable and he is vhf us and it is to the country looks for the formulation of the conservative he is the Leader of that the Borden which sets Forth the conservative rail Way policy at the length of some two thousand and which is on rec Ord in contains absolutely nothing to commit the conservative party to government yet the local conservative paper announces itself for government ownership absolute and Complete on the new transcontinental line from the at lactic to the that is what the conservative party the that is what the conservative party would if True but it is not Borden and Mallhi follow ers in parliament Are formally on rec Ord for what the conservative party proposes it is not ownership by any manner of to does not see How any j but simply takes its Proi Lover of his country can advocate based on the ratio Between the j such is j mileage from the Boundary to to innit Kobes As declared by Robi Peg and the whole mileage from St i be own j Paul to the free press is a Felon of the course taken by Iris informed that the part played by the Canadian Northern in raising the Santica Evans ingenious that tin Bolln govern 13 a much More Active an investigation Fly the railway commas Soo pays 75 of capital May Stock holders of the consolidated Superior who Are Porti Sipat in the reorganization plan of the today received notice of another Call of 25 per on thu the i Call is to and on May and will make a total of 75 per that has by the under writers on the total amount at their subscription the Busy Corner every Man is fit makes a favourable Fari As clothing can if Toon will live tip Bur clothing he can pass Muster main and Marvet Are you Bald if toy not write now for our circular instructions for measuring your own v v Dorenwendt Are recognized As the most Natur Al substitute for the natural orders filled Well and promptly by the Dorenwend o i03 and 105 Tonga important position open in fire insurance the undermentioned corporation invites applications for inspector ship for Mani Toba and Northwest Terri a thoroughly competent inspector having Suc the correspondence treated confidentially if joint London Assurance of eng care of Ender ton and s 5 l 1 1 n and scientific piety desire it to be called the regular monthly meeting of the historical society was held last evening at the City the following members being present David president Secretary Bur Dett and a letter was received from mrs of Prince the society a Large collection of it was necessary to decline this kind offer As the charter of the society limits its sphere of operations to the territory North and West of Lake whereas the collection was largely composed of specimens from a letter thanks was directed to be written to the pupils of the Aberdeen school forwarded list indicating the most popular wild lower of this communication will be forwarded to the natural history the organization for which it was evidently tiie following honorary members were elected Bishop of Athabasca Princi pal of Queens University lord Dun Dominan Perinchief of the Canadian militia and sir Gilbert the famous Canadian As corresponding director of surveys Mur of St Stewart of were appointed David Laird was appointed to j represent the society at the in of the Royal society of Canada at on or about the 24th of june this meeting will be held on the tercentenary anniversary of the discovery of the John River by which event took place on the feast of Jean hence the name of the the matter of naming the new Park was next and after some discussion the following res Lii Ion was motion of Bryce and Grant that the historical society in View of tin old association of lord Strath with Winnipeg dating Back to his generous and con e interest in All matters con the City and and on account of has remarkable Devo Tion to the respectfully Sug est City Council and the Loard that the new i e Iii Meil Strathcona f Grant and were a id As a committee with other in approaching the City Council Board the mat Puring the evening the society was Lipri ored by a visit from one of its Carifa pending the meeting be held in fiftyn1ns specials that of trains required carry immigrants this since beginning of the present year is immigration specials have been the from m6ntr real for Winum Bers Over new came to but were detained i at Selkirk be sent Forward i the first train to arrive was t a it consisted of2s All of which were filled with a Iciano Spei Jal and twelve of and eighth tips officials say that there is a Strong demand for labor valid new arrivals who wish to go to work in Stead of taking up have no difficulty in finding bargains exit Spring enter summer were Are you h Holiday list and j i d window skirts Worth and on Sale for Sale held regu Lar to in Sale see Bencea week ladies heres a bargain for the holi 15 dozen White in vesting and White Linen fronted with fancy full assortment of to sat urday Cushion 60 lithographed Cushion in pretty new also fancy Art Demins with All ready made up for ladies gloves a splendid variety in Lisle and in shades of White and at special prices for the Holiday 92c 10 Beautiful White Cam Bric made very foil on lace inserted col Lar and Yoke finished with wide also 6 dozen skirts of Good Cambric with lace insertion and deep lace on flounce and 92o fifth the very latest in neck made of pure silk Duch Esse and taffeta in saturday 45c ladies ties ladies neck ties and sum Mer Stock Many new and stylish just prices Range from to millinery summer 36 ladies summer net made in up Odate straight medium and Girdle lace trimmed and perfect All sizes and saturday 4sc ladies 25 Dox ladies Fine ribbed Cotton very elastic Nelmi full fashioned and absolutely fast Dye sizes 8 9 Reg v1 l5c summer vests everything you need for your self or summer Fine Hygiene Quality at 10c 12 and Gage and Heiman hats Green Brown Lack baby bonnets 25c Babas embroidery slightly Only a few Clearing at new hats Linen Batavia pique and embroidered hats for new idea and models in dress hats arriving Flowers by Price on Case filled with flow tour Choice saturday half Boot and shoe ladies Dongola laced boots j o regular and s q 100 pairs ladies Fine Dongola kid laced medium weight or heavy Extension Patent or kid toe High or Low military strap up Bach of Black silk top a neat and stylish and saturday ladies Dongola laced shoes regular and saturday y ladies Dongola laced shoe Sand strap military or concave turn kid Patent or kid toe made with either Short or these Are Beautiful fitting and saturday stationery Florida 185 Best Quality Florida in Large or Small saturday saturday toilet sat 2 a Superior Quality toilet put up expressly for 2 for mens mens fancy shirts see window regular and saturday by a Streak of Good Luck we were enabled to buy another 50 of those mens Negligee shirts the same As we sold a Short time they Are just the shirt for camping out or for the hot Good Well with pretty Zephyr and fancy sizes 14 to 17 and saturday or 3 boys boys two and 3piece Fauntleroy and Blouse in Well made and perfect mens 2 for 250 mens Linen stand up turn Down in 1 34 for hot weather Wear saturday 2 Staple damask table a Clearing up of Odd lines of damask table size2x2 assorted ready made 75 pairs White Cotton All ready to put on your size 2 14x2 made of Best american saturday crash coloured crash suiting for summer skits or colors 12c stand 150 honeycomb stand and Bureau sizes saturday 15 per cent off a big Day 15 per off in the basement among the wooden for new beginners a rare Chance to save old housekeepers May also on saturday we will give a discount of 15 per Oft any article you May that Means you save on every Dollar we have everything in Kitchen bedroom dining room Crock Ery i by Dollar we Nave everything in Kitchen bedroom Aming room and doll carriers and express everything on saturday 1s per cent Selling shoes saturday earlier to bring you in our store is the purpose of these we could not afford to offer such bargains unless we hoped later to hate your there Are but five items but they Are the things you want for yourself or childrens boots Vici stylish tout plenty Strong for Al the summer i regular and sizes e to 9oc ladies boots this is a line of broken sizes in but ton Treyve sold regular for and Friday and of slippers a lot of 1 and 2strap slippers that Are surely value at the we must sell them this going at 9oc we Art agents for the Douglas shoe ladies slippers heres the first read it and youll understand Sale ladies Prunella Cool for sum Mer easy the soul of Comfort ladies slippers vice we with White kid heres something with Wear and sold regular at butt Friday and saturday we Are for the Doug Las for it is the Best shoe men have it looks Best and lasts Best Rannard such 536 main ;