Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - November 21, 1921, Winnipeg, Manitoba 6 wealthy Here More heavily than they taxed in great even though the debtor the Mother coun try was four time that of the do banners were paying less than one per of direct taxation collected in the rest came ont of Tab a1 matter of fact the weight of tax Skan matters issues at he says at Dauphin premises Grain Pool will handle West if is elected Dlan press staff Premier Meighen closed his Western election Campaign dressing two meeting Here in the in Terest of Robert former Mem Ber and government candidate in Dauphin e first in the town Hall and an in the Dauphin at each he was Given at the main meeting he was Ion the platform by of who followed the premiers speech with an Aldress mainly in tended for the women voters in the Premier Meighen discussed a num Ber of some of which he claimed were not issues at but merely i often he opposition speakers want to see that the Peoples minds Are too closely entered on what really counts in this in this Cate Eory of false he placed charges made against the that it action on capital today he is Treen had discriminated in Lavor of big when Grain in cars at Winnipeg was Worth 15 to 20 cents less than Grain ele Vator at fort the reason for that was that Grain at the Ter animals could he delivered to boats immediately when the at Winnipeg could it was also charged that we Are mixing Grain in the that is it is a Legal Accord ing to the Grain the whole advantage of that it is Dis Tinct advantage for the producers of is gives a better Market for the of grades of because houses will take them Aind mix and the result is there is a product which can be sold at an advantage to the ship per gets a Premium on the Grain going into the mixing talk about profits from mixing there Are More mixing houses in Canada today than Ever have been the history of interests by accepting a promissory note of the lord Oft that it had been extravagant expend that it had built a mercantile Marine without the Sanction of Par Ana that it was wedded to the great Industrial organizations of the handling of Grain crop the real issues of importance to Western Canada but also to the whole were the handling of the Grain Ana the the he dealt with the first at some tracing the abuses which led up to the for mation of the Grain growers Grain now the United Grain As a instead of remove inst the the United Grain growers company has taken its seat on the Grain Exchange and prospered because of the very practices complained Crerar claim that the profits of this company returned to the who produced the Grain was not founded in he adding that a Large proportion these had found their Way into an organization called Public a subsidiary of the United Grain which financed the Grain growers to Advance the political interests of the progressive the Premier said he had recently arned that the guide had a subs ii uary which was pro Udink a paper for similar purposes maritime would Meighen stated definitely that tie voluntary poo which he a poses As a solution Lor the mar would be established n time to handle the crop next the government were returned to he contrasted this definite undertaking with the suggestions a other party leaders regarding or the rain King scarcely knows the difference Between a wheat Board and a Pine he and his Promise is that he will with the Wisest of his dirty As to what is the Best thing to if is the next prime is for the Premier said the progressive Leader offered solution which meant his policy was to let the Farmers help a privilege which they Hod always had with such Able assistance from the us was Meighen asked what Crerar meant by reasonable even to this Bay lie will not commit himself to establish a wheat Grain lard or anything claims consistent Tariff policy if All the industries in Canada were the stage that those Are have Jio protective we would not have five and a Naif Mil lion people in the Premier in discussing the probable of feet of Tariff reduction or Litton on this assertions that lie advocated a hash Tariff were Sie the which he headed was determined to have a Tariff which would the legitimate industries of Canada to com Pute with those of Theta noted and no he Herr he declared that candidate of the Hall trial lib eral and conservative from Toast so supported fills while candidates of the opposition tunning on the platform which tufted the particular county in which they were there were very few candidates running on the plat form which King was pledged to to the province in they were supporting Protection in the Industrial where they thought it would win that is a dishonest course for coun a inc Essit has no moral right to pow the Premier not an ally of big t dealing with the charge that and Allied himself witha Helg inter rats of t ild the taxed the continued from Page 5 Inal senseless that it i leave it to your intelligence and the intelligence of Alt people in this if would bribe weigh Mas ters and inspectors to break the Law and Render themselves liable to Crim the thing is so requires nothing further to refute it is that this is trotted but five years after Moffatt is i wonder if these gentlemen Are taking advantage of the fact that dead men cannot defend think it is one of the most cowardly hangs that can be deals with want to Deal with the spreads on Street Grain track Grain because our friends Are dealing with that arguing that the spreads it is True that a year ago spreads were very High As Between Street Grain i the country elevator and Grain unloaded at the elevator at fort be cause of the very great premiums on at port i have i believed when my opponent resort to Mower Low tactics those which have been i can Only con clude that the thine Isa plot to besmirch my reputationand1 to raise a doubting minds of the electors in the my per Sonal integrity in the Hope that our political win Crerar read letter which he had Bor Den in reply to Luv Letteron Resigna Tion from the Borden the sir Robert stated during the period in which pro have been a member of the your High sense or Public your Fine ability Ana your indefatigable have made your services to Oje coun try especially i ask you to put that said against the Tate ments of those who Are attempting to leave the impression that i am not to be 1 have stated that the whole Grain inquiry was i have simply ibis statement to make that government of of which Meighen prime has set about to use the Powers the state to crush a political opponent a political Whlon they thought was going injure their political itis a Strong statement to Buti make it the if you study the spreads Between Tough and off grades you will find that they were less than if you Are compelled sell Tough grades and grades without any Chance of their being treated in mixing or Hospital it Comet out in that and the United states of Britain Akes advantage of its Condi improves and you get Noth ing it if it is done at fort Wil you get a Premium on the Grain when it is fort another charge is also made in the that we sold Farmers Grain the perils Sion of the if it was thought to give the impression that this was the policy of the it is absolutely there have been occasions through cars of Grain have been sold at our office when instructions were to hold i admit but you cannot handle 250 or 300 cars of Grain a Day with occasionally creeping there Are when Grain in Iten de to be held has been but soon As that error has occurred an Amoun Tot Grain corresponding to that has been purchased and has been that has been the practice and the custom of our com Pany when these gentlemen Bay cussed by the government from Halifax to we have disposed of banners Groin without instructions to they Ore resting their Case altogether on the fact that errors occasionally it has never been the proc Nice for policy of the of there is the question of my salary has been Dis forces it has 3een put at figures ranging from 4u100q to think it would have been on excellent thing if the gentlemen who have been plating on my salary bad got together and fixed upon a definite when the charge is levelled at me that i am getting with some thing additional from subsidiary com All i have to say is it is absolutely we have a Parent company the United Grain grow we have six or seven subsidiary it is my business to look after four of in Addi Tion to supervising the financial and general policy of the United Grain of which Rice Jones is the i draw not one cent remuneration from any subsidiary my salary the whole is a if any of you gentlemen have it put up to Yon it place you can give them that from i the salaries men responsible Posi my salary is not and have been told by Good Worth a Good Deal however that May incan say this that on two occasions inthe last few years i could have improved my i declined to Avail myself of that be cause i wanted to see this thing with absolute conviction that i am Correct when i see this Campaign that is carried in in this province by government and agencies in this government i want to know who is paying for All i put it up to the prime minister to reveal the sources from which Theofun Desfor this Campaign i have stated that the nation Al progressive party can expose the sources from which it gets its Campaign you know you have canvassed for the last two years for the Money required to carry on the work necessary in this that is As i should the people should pay thl legitimate and that is what you arc what i want to know is where the government Campaign funds come i dont have a doubt there deliberate Effort being made to wreck the organizations in West Ern to1 seek to discredit and destroy and that this is being done with the Money advanced by the big interests of the i want to know if the people of this country arc going to stand for you have brought your organizations up after patient you know the character of the men who have been leading them you know have faithful Are you the suggestion of the government and political healers going to be led away this is nor less than a Gigantic Effort on the part of the big interests to prejudice Public opinion in such a Way As to snatch a verdict from the electors in favor of the government 1 put it up to the Farmers in this province and whole of Canada Are you going to stand for that sort of or Are you going to repudiate it i have no doubt about what you will do on december the time is now loner past when the electors of Canada can be fooled by such drivel As is put out in these government pamphlets and government advertise i am confident that on 6 you Wii give an emphatic reply in condemnation of these in asserted contempt for advocate of i november 16 my i contains a double Cen tre Page published by the Meighen government Campaign it is evidently an and preps red for the purpose of avoiding libel i consulted my solicitors about it yesterday and they advise me that it is very doubtful if a prosecution successful because there is no direct accusation against my personal or strongly express my forthe political tactics that will and innuendo of this and words cannot express my Contemp for men who go thus far to try and my reputation by such in but have not the Cour flee to match direct accusations against Mei i want to make the statement Clear a Here and and in Makin it want to carry to the politician and Money de interests responsible for Campass Nethat if Thev or nov of their followers know or if they think they of any one Staple Case where i have Donn anything re tech Ner Sonny conduct or or have knowingly countenanced an crooked a i invite them to make their statements is no doubt about the and i Promise them that if they win do they will trithin24 hours get a and very drastic cheers were Given form Crerar he resumed his who preceded spoke Refu tation of the Henderson and mis Shoal gave a address in effect tevely showed he withe women should cast their votes of the c to the about ten spa prs were Cameron and Outlook in india4 s of at Westminster Church Frank returned missionary from was the at Westminster Church yesterday on pres ent condition Sand the Outlook in the speaker dealt with some of the problems in India at the pres ent including and with regard to the religious the speaker that the religion was not Aoel Lef but every the Hindoos do from birth to deaths he cited several instances in connection with his own work out there and stated that just of ther Canadian presbyterian Fiel there people want ing it oboe to Lack workers it was impossible to do e the same was True of in the big fire on saturday which destroyed and most of the Royal Bank Jock in which the stores were located will total More than it is estimated loss on the building will be and the Woolworth loss on Stock will at the four firemen who were injured during the have most entirely Fife was the third most serious one in the cites Atai an extensive Stock of destroyed and the build taif contain in the goods was gutted in fire which started at in the Woolworth store eighth Avenue although the thermometer registered 22 degrees below Large crowds of citizens hurried to View the spectacular Over which played streams of water turning quickly to icicles on the charred timbers and on the clothing of the anxiety was Felt for the safety of half a dozen working at the rear of the building when the roof Over that Section col lapsed about 10 but the men squeezed themselves into window ledges and the Metal Selling crashed harmlessly past them into the abase one removed in the injured were Mctie Aitch in chiefs Marks whose cuts were with and Jack who was removed in Anam fire at one time started to through into the Ashdown As far As can be ascertained the fire originated in boiler atthe rear end of the Woolworth r of stated the Cyvas Oniya owing of jibe St per r Tia spread from it jests caused a mensa volume and 4 to nerf 1 f Flercy whole extent of minutes first1 floor of fireman Jack Tomis Marti chief of half hour the v they were Rofar of the burning through crevices Wales Szef i Ash owns Brunsink when heat burst a Larga Glass window headaj1 the shattered Glass was thrown them with the Force of an cutting their Caps Coats like Shearer was knocked out completely and had to be removed in an smarts cuts necessitated two stitches being put in his head Mclaughlin a injuries of a Slighter crowd keeps police Busy the intense cold a great throng soon gathered an the police had could do to keep thet Way Clear for the chief of police Dave hastened to the scene1 and took charge of the fire of the i tort utilities of the electric Light and fete reef of the waterworks also came and directed work Light wires and Mains fire Clearing keeping the water we have had fair water pressure from the beginning of the fire and Are having no difficulty with except in keeping the hos Ehnes from said when the fire was at its we have thirteen lines and expect to have two or three More i the also said the water pressure was the lines were opened from the Reservoir and the auxiliary a pumps at the station manage William of the Woolworth said Hervas notified of fire from the fire department immediately after it started about he had been informed the fire noticed first the night watchman hardware but he had been unable to As certain where the fire first when the firemen Clouds of Black smoke were pouring every Crevice of the the attacked the fire water1 f l l fire Side othe building that kept fire Side and the Royal of the Tim and a of 1 stand pipes Inas Downs was brought into play East the Ashdown Storer ther danger spots and oclock1 the Root in rear set Lono the building but half a firemen thereat ample and crowded into the Dow Ledgess roof Sec with their weight of Metal went crashing into the basement firemen in the Lane kept streams of the Heads of the men in the until had Chance the ladders of but All of were v cased in solid mass of ice a froze As soon it touched this position momentarily the fire men swarmed up ladders to the roofs of the Royal Bank building and Downs in the whence the water waa poured into the Interior burnlng1 upset 459 residence of Frank the Interior of Frank Jesi suffered considerable damage As the of re which1 broke or and according to the outbreak of their left charge of an Oil Burner in the efforts made by neighbors to extinguish the flames were the Fira on arrival Walsmith and Canadian Pacific department of natural re have arrived from Calgary and Are registered at the Royal Alex Andra 7 pored when seens at the Royat Alexandra hotel last of the Small towns scattered through out the parts Tot albertan a air evade Riceci by1 returns now say that i am altogether regrettable inthe cattle business the of albertan most i Prospect Unithe cattle Are incline or Thersea Sansare the Low prices Wea have been rect Elv that High and increasing costs eight higher they were Olden Dayap they Haver trebled the Lasic Itoi Sifton Byj that Lotof the country the Southern Saskatchewan naturally air of agricultural Ford Sifton in mapped and for he had it designated Asfor ranching purposes be he Onither Best authority that that Besic after he the got Ern Metthe government saw fit to cancel and do away leases Iti country covered1 by country has been t so thai seasonal ondi ships suffered by the have gone in is the part of have5 trying to irrigate tremendous 1 dons continued mrs in answer to a it can be reclaimed i dont think it grass has been been introduced which is taken e of and whote Vioti of the value unsafe Fop my sold this i of Many always thought it a very t farm i have sold soy and have always act Eden my belief that was an Ideal c try to this Wasi sir Clifford his Decu Reserve the parts and Saskatchewan purely foe i ing waa based no Ness advice and experience of Somai ogs Best experts in his had fully investigated the sitaua and inspected the rfcs vision has been proved to t the lations you mention to me a ing it May be then Tui evidence of the i position sir Clifford took in the i Ter it came under his a As minister of the if other proofs be look Eck have Only mention fact the country which was As ranching has unders present coat Dominion and provincial go which expended in to keep on the land the people Whu we unwisely allowed to go in theraid the outset discusses russe Lush father chrismas deals Trines of International biota stud r before larger and which filled the National t Atreo sunday Denvered the first rules teachings of at Bible dentists Mon and t Las evening Deal with Rua the course of the Deal with the arguments put i that those wha die without c have another that Cal Ransom Given by no guarantee everlasting life tos and that Carlst never rose1 the to Menta the other the Ore portly j suit of Reading the millennial Daw and chrismas wild the four remaining lectures t series on the four successive a they want i All t Forse no tliendec3de Here ;