Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - August 12, 1925, Winnipeg, Manitoba Editorial Section pages 9 to 18 Freedom of Trade Liberty of religion Equality of civil rights Winnipeg wednesday August 12, 1925 a. I ini1 1 11 it. In the at Lri ii. Mackmin. President und then nil mama Al the troubles of the Woollen Industry the condition of the Woollen Industry is much to the fore in a t5tatos great Britain. A number of Dian Woollen Mills have closed in the last few months claim thai they Are unable to compete in the Canadian Market St of lids imported from abroad. There is a demand from the r Dian Woollen manufacturers for increased Protection by s of a higher Tariff on imported Woollen goods. At the t Jame the Canadian Woollen manufacturer is protected the outside manufacturer by a Tariff duty running from to thirty five per cent. The British Woollen manufacturer who enjoys Tariff prot has a shut Down or lockout pm his hands. Since july 24 too British Woollen workers have been out of work due to of the employers and. Employees to reach a settlement. The employers attempted to get the workers to to wage reduction of ten portent., which the workers turned a in the employers have now proposed a wage reduction of or cent., which has also been unacceptable to the workers. The British manufacturer claims that the state of the Industry it necessary for him to Cut his costs in order to be Able to carry on. A the United states where the Woollen manufacturer has the neatest Protection of any Industry in that country the manufacturers claim that they Are losing Money and a ten per cent. T in the wages of the Mill workers has been ordered. Under Fordney Mccumber Tariff of 1922, Woollen goods entering the United states Are taxed from Twenty to forty five cents a Pound and there is an and Valorme duty of from forty to fifty per cent. On top of that. It is perhaps Safe to say that the Woollen Industry in the United states is just about As highly protected As any in the world. Yet the manufacturers Are in difficulty and arc Cut Tine the wages of their employees. We have this situation the Woollen Industry is in difficulty in free Trade Britain in Canada with a medium Tariff comparatively and in the United states with a sky High Tariff. In a Booklet sent to the free press by the Canadian Woollen end knit goods manufacturers association the claim is made hat instead of the Canadian Tariff having been lowered in 1922 and 1923 it. Should have been increased As was done in the United states. Yet with its High Protection the Woollen Industry in the United states is experiencing a severe depression and is slashing wages. The reason for this competent authorities in the . Point ont is that the High Price of Woollen goods in the United states put the prices of woollens so High that the buyers have gone on strike. The worm the consumer has turned and has refused to pay the. Prices the retailers have been demand ing. The retailer could doubt do nothing else. It would seem that you can get a higher Price for your goods through the Aid of a Tariff but there is Law to compel anyone to buy your i oods. In the end the Wool producer and the Wool manufacturer Are hanged on their own Gallows. The Canadian Woollen manufacturer is protected against the outside competitor by a duty running from Twenty to thirty five rent. How much higher has this to be raised in to preserve to him the Canadian Market can the people afford to Institute of politics was held. Wil Liam r. Castle of the Secretary of state s department at Washington and chief of the division of Western european affairs stated clearly the position of the govern ment. He said that the administration had intention of reversing its policy of. Non interference in euro Pean political affairs but that it hoped Cor the Success of the euro Pean Security it intended to encourage the investment of american capital when used for constructive pure Obes and to discourage it for1 building up armaments that it desires the United states to join the world court and that co operate with the league of nations in certain cases without alter ing its intention not to join the league. There Are Many people in the United states of course who would go farther than this. They would have their country join the league of nations and use its whole influence help in the movement for world peace. But there is reason to doubt that the policy of the government represents the present Atti tude of the majority of the american people. Time Only will Tell whether that attitude will change. In the meantime the United states can play a helpful part by co operating in an Independent Way in the solution of european problems and in seeking by its own methods to promote permanent peace. Pay More the visiting legionnaires Back in the summer of 1917 a Bat Talion of United states troops spent a Day in Winnipeg on their Way to Europe. They came from one of the Doris Western states and were take i through the Dominion on their Way to the Atlantic Seaboard. Winnipeg people will recall the warmth of the Welcome Given to the soldiers from South of the line who were moving on to become Brothers in arms to the Canadian British and French troops on the battlefields of France. They weve men of the old Stock of a. Common inheritance going out. To take their part in a common Iob. The flags of the two nations Prev cheers As their defenders bore them through the streets of Winnipeg that Day a 1917. Today Winnipeg greets Mem Bers of the american legion who have been holding a convention at thief River Falls in the neighbouring state of Minnesota and who have come to spend a Day in Winnipeg. They come As a Friendly invasion seeking to know More about Canada and canadians. They Are men who helped save the Day in 1918. They be Welcome As tourists who Tome to be our guests they Are twice As Welcome As United states veterans of the great War. There should be a Hearty response to the words of the mayor of Winnipeg t0 Greet the visitors cordially to entertain them As neighbors Here m a Friendly Call to Fly the flags of Welcome. After Bryan what or. Bryan Laid to rest in the National cemetery at Arling in Miffy has at once Arisen in states As to the effect his weft non have upon the fortunes of 6 Derao cratic party. Those for Are now at Low ebb. Many Stair Bryan three bes he fed the party to defeat but 0 ers Point out that the party was beaten when it. More Cress flouted or. Bryan and tried sane candidate in 1912, or. Bryan fairly compelled e Ceffo Oratio National convention Wilson in of Champ Clark. For eight is years the party was in Power. To the crushing of 1920 j924, or. Bryan Cau scarcely be responsible. As Early As Jan 1920, he warned president that democratic defeat follow any election that upon the league of nations ii a therefore going rather the enemies of uie com Moner to say that he has been an old Man of the sea on the Back of the democratic party. On the other hand it must be stated that in some of the Eastern and Central states there has been a prejudice against Bryan and Bryan which not Only weakened the democratic party in those states but proved to be an Apple of discord in every National democratic con it was a running sore that May now be healed. To that extent the party May carry on bettor after or. Bryan s death than before. It is a question however if the democrats May not on the whole lose More than they gain if they become too Friendly with the big interests against which their dead Leader led so Many assaults. The Trig trusts and combines the Tariff Barons and the Kings of finance will always find their Home in the Republican party. The tragedy for the demo cratic party appears to be its elimination in the West. The democrats West of the Mississippi have been so anxious to disrupt the Republican organization by supporting insurgent republicans that they have entirely failed to maintain any organization of their own. Even Bryan populist party in 1892 at the request of democratic candidate for president who thought it was Good politics. Hence the democratic party today is utterly unable to com Bine for political action the Farmers of the West and the planters of the South although they labor under the same unfair economic conditions. Or. Bryan had Many Fine ideas but they were not co related into any Well defined Public policy. His in fluence has been personal rather than political. His passing May neither greatly mend nor greatly mar the fortunes of the party in which for thirty years he had been a figure often commanding and Al ways unique the United states and Europe or. Lloyd George in addressing american visitors to the Welsh National Eisteddfod or musical festival strongly urged the necessity of the United states co operating fully with other nations in the Effort to ensure world peace. He greatly de sired to see the United states join a great confraternity of nations to accomplish this purpose. Unless the United states joined in such a con fraternity he feared what would happen and he believed that another War would wreck european civilization. But the answer to such a plea was Given a few Days ago at i Hmains town Mas Wiere the International Darethey let by Morris there would be a Fortune for some scientist who would invent an Asbestos bark for Forest Trees. Well four of the Pine provinces Lave now conservative governments in the provincial Legislatures. The ast five May be the hardest. Hon. Has. Stewart is to. Be one of Canada s delegates to the league of nations. How peaceful International squabbles win seem after the pulpwood propaganda it looks As though the value of the Western wheat crop this year will be in the e of which is a fair or punt of Money to spread around some Farmers. To to an Edmonton report says that a Quartetti of Hunters has Bas s de seven Hundred wolves. Which variety Tom sales member for Saltcoats and o. R. Gould member for Asije Rel Boia both being progressives by Mie Way. Have been renominated a for their respective constituencies apparently without much opposition in their conventions. It looks As though the country is satisfied with its representatives at Ottawa or at least that the progressive voters Are. At. Any rate the expected rift in the progressive Lute does t appear to be materializing so far. There appear to be some people in who Don t want their country cluttered up with grave Yards full of British hones. Sis British War cemeteries containing the bodies of British soldiers who fell in the Early part of the War Are to be removed by order of the French communes of arme Tieres and Aventine. The French govern ment says it is powerless to inter Fere As this is a matter for the local authorities. But the French govern ment had jurisdiction Over its local authorities in 1914, although now it seems it has. Riot a its soil for the foreigners who died in its defence. A Little town in California has been life cd. Off its foundations by a twister. Towns a whole lot nearer Home have had their foundations dented by twisters too. A an Ontario Farmer who beat a Barnardo boy has been fined e a month in jail things must be very Tough in Ontario when a Farmer s time for a month is Only valued at president Hindenburg of Germany is to preside Over the sixth annual anniversary Celebration of the establishment of the German Republic. Heis the president Why should t he preside the new Brunswick have Given the new Bruns Wickers a Premier who has at least a Power Ful name namely John Babington Macauley Baxter. A name like John Bracken or c. Dunning looks pretty thin beside that. A headline says that bootleggers Are outwitting the authorities in the United states. Bootleggers would outwit anything including their customers. Manned foreign Areader solotes Way i f i cars. The present situation originated As an economic question and should 1 be treated Only As such. Labor Dis i Pules Are suied amicably in Knox ans a incr world with land France and the United slates i and there is reason Why tin Shanghai situation could not head busted without involving Koisti Al the world politics in books. The London mourn who lived in Stales i a years Ami has viral times to Public. Wines a. Of slut i or. Noun Jum a t 011. iwo hours on us ,-Su-Al." he t it . And Lii skins the St. Says aia Suvata to a Ralrh a Mil Nee a Dill Sotl u a of. J am. Near to the harm a Vik i combined to Vic i Tun who i l and n., i Tala cry Yoncis. 1 j i Rookis a i he text i could nut Beins Al ii. i speech was or. Meighen and the railways the Montreal Gazette which is greatly interested in the railway problem and favors an amalgam p and l.p.k., declares that in the com ing Dominion election the problem will be the o Landing Ssue even Realor i mics mediate moment than the Anil a 1 he occasion for its dealing with the i and of her of a Lime is its cell Swillis weeklies. And inc Samo i Hlinik faction with or. Meighen s reference week Afu a reign in s reference i a Wim a m tin to the railway question in his recent 1 blk aim Loam Western speeches. It save Las Flirtie .1__ -1 w i m i. _. Say Tii us while Thiol i.1 those who of Hope for the overthrow i the daily sayings of Sam Slough sometimes a Man who can t Keap a Olivver running it one of the Fellows that insists on telling the world How country myths of the summer Tim e some myths should be allowed perhaps to live on even when they shame fact while others though traditionally Beautiful deserve to be set upon with the thongs of truth. Take fabrications of the sum Mer time. These have been extolled in. Ecstatic stanzas by poets dwell on Mountain tops and who never even give a hint of How they had to pause in their metrical effusions to scratch the bite a mos Quito. They a Ould have us believe As we Are fond doing that season in which All life is a Joy and All nature is Sublime but in the solitudes of their Evergreen Glades the Dkl not have any neigh Bors. Neighbors happen to be the Alloy in pure Gold of the dear old not any neighbors in particular but just neighbors your neighbor and your neighbor s other Chap and your self. We All change so in the Good old summer time you see in g in the neighbors they see it coming in it begins in those late Bright Days of Spring on the approach to summer warmth. Their chickens intrude upon your Vernal herbs your Pup rum Ples their puss. Nothing certainly nothing at All Only the first tinge of summer s friction. 4. There is a something in the air As summer comes a something you hardly know Bow to neighbors Are . Longer quite As they had been All win Ter. Then Heij you saw so Little of them., they were such pleasant Folk but now in summer time when they see so much of you you seem so bound to offend. There was the Petty affair of the Lawn Mower nothing simply nothing at All you merely forgot to return it As you and there was that time on the. Beach Road when the fellow next door did t.know1 to give you the Way. Neither was Worth a. Quarrel merely a nothing not weightier than a dandelion s puff. But then a Lawn Mower s a Law Mower and if you had meant to keep it All the Sumner to u might have said so when you borrowed it for the hour. And even if your wife gave the Cost of uie gown spoiled by the dust on the Beach Road As very much More than it was marked at the bargain still the fellow next door need t have hogged the whole Road with a rattle trap like1 he drives. But a Providence lets neighbors get away from each other for a respite each summer. It is a great Relief and when yours go How quiet How Serane How select How exquisitely enjoyable seems the old Street in the Good old summer time. Net. The same place at All without them. And they won t come Back till they Are sure you have gone on your vacation so there Are reasons Why it does not do to become too extravagantly Ful Sopie even about Pur Lovely summer time for though it has Momenta Una watchable hours unforgettable and Days of delicious charms it can be and often it May be a warm season frictions which smudge the Bloom on the peaches. Simply because your neighbor and your neighbor s neighbor forget to Keeja want to begin by seeing too much of each other Only to end the summer time pining for the Long Happy nights of their Friendly Winter time. From the Golden books carry Cornwall i m on the sea i m on the sea f am1 where i be with the Blue above and the Blue below and silence wheres or i go if a storm should come and the deep what matter .1 shall ride and sleep. I never was pm the Dull tame but i loved the More and More and backwards flew to her Billowy breast like a Bird that seek eth its Mother s nest a. a Mother she was and is to me for i was born on the open sea the tile Victoria in Nova Scotia it appears people have got into a Loose habit in pre fixing the. Title honorable to names. In., thit. Province to seems that every member of the legislative Council for instance is so designated but such members Are not entitled to the the Only legislative have a claim to the title Are those who were appointed before and there is not one of these now living in Nova Scotla. During his term of office the pres Flent of the legislative noun cell is entitled to the term but he relinquishes it on retirement. There i another error made not Only in Nova Scotia but in every province of the Dominion and that is in styling sex members of executive councils the parliamentary guide is. Explicit in. This regard. It says that the presidents and speakers of the Legislatures of the province Are to be styled Honor Able during their tenure of office executive councillors of the pro Vinces Are not to have that title but gentlemen who were legislative councillors in the provinces at the time of the Union july 1, 1867 Are to retain their title of Honora ble for life. Speakers of the Senate and House of commons according to the parliamentary companion retain the title on retirement after three years service As do also chief justices and judges. Which is better off m. Gustave Tery the famous Edi Tor of the puts the ques Tion and answer in the which is the More fortunate of the two countries great Britain or France certainly Vance. And which is the Richer trance again. Or the can define the happier of two Peoples let us ask limply in which of the two countries is. Life More pleasant. La h not again our living dear but somehow everyone Ages. The government has a certain Treasury embarrassment yet every body is at work and can make both ends meet. There May be plenty of la mall. Instances of but. This is nothing serious. Just imagine what our situation would be if like our neighbors we peo ple out of the Triumph of the Pound Sterling is criterion he adds. Look at the millions spent in maintaining this Host in idleness it is a Lamen table state of distress which in creases Day by Day and which can Only end in economic m. Tery then Points the contrast commenting incidentally on the hazy Folly of England s reverting to Protection. Whatever the rate of Exchange May be in How much better a Posi Tion does not France find herself prance is Rich. With All her natural resources she is exceedingly Rich and these resources Are infinite. England has never been and will never be self Suffi event and one asks oneself by what strange aberration she inclines now towards Protection. In her we could if we liked though there is reason Wiy we should with the products of our neighbors or at least reduce imports to a minimum. If it is difficult for England to Dis Pense with our Aid in goods we would find Little difficulty in doing without hers. What is1 on weekly financial crisis in comparison with Ulris frightful unemployment crisis that is raging in birthday congratulations to w. G. Stan Bridge. Stonewall born Sussex eng. Aug. 12, 1881, Mary Roberts Rinehart noted author born Pitt Birsh aug. 12, 1876. I the chinese viewpoint the situation in China As viewed from the chinese standpoint was clearly expressed by a chinese Ward bang Shuey Lee in a recent letter to the Montreal Gazette. He is evidently a Well educated Man and he says in part the real reason for this outbreak is due to the unequal treaties which Are hindering China s Progress extra territorial privileges to foreign nationals the Tariff treaty and others of a like nature. , or the rights of foreigners to be tried by judges of their own nationality was secured when Occidental found the Laws in China different from their own but rapid strides have been made in judicial Reform since the signing of these treaties. Owing to these judicial foreign residents in. China carry the Law of their respective countries with them wherever they pro. In other words they Are not subject to local Laws and being above the Law. They form a privileged class in the midst of the chinese people. At the Washington conference it was agreed by the principal Powers that a com Mission was to is formed three months from the of the treaty in order that China s system of May be investigated with a View to the abolition of these objectionable extra territorial rights. Over two years have passed and that commission is not formed yet. Since the Laws Are in conform Ity with those of Western nations is it not reasonable for China to sex. Pet people of other nationalities to respect and abide by her Laws while they Are. Making their living in her territory another Thorn in the situation la that China is by treaty to impose a Tariff of Only five per cent to. Valorme on All commodities whether luxuries or necessities while other nations Are levying a tax of Over 60 p or cent. At the Washington conference China asked for an increase of from 5 per . To Only 12% per cent., yet up till now Noth ing has been done while during the meantime much needed Revenue has been lost through that Means. The High sound engr phrases of the Washington treaty. To respect the sovereignty the Independence and be territorial and administrative integrity of seem rather inconsistent in face of the fact that China in not allowed to fix her own Tariff without permission from for eign Powers. A year after the signing of the Washington treaty several things happened which raised doubt in the minds of the chinese As to the sincerity the Powers in pledging themselves to respect the sovereignty of China Charles Coltman was shot and killed by chinese sentries ire Kalgan As a result of his attempt to smuggle Sliver out of Kalgan in violation of Law. A note was then sent to the chinese govern Cut demanding the Freedom of americans to transport Silver inde pendent embargoes and local Vio lations the outcome of this incl Dent was that the chinese govern ment was forced to pay an indemnity of if a chinese were to smuggle anything in the american continent and were shot for refusing to Stop. Just a Coltman did. To is problematical whether his dependents would receive any indemnity. The cry of Boxer uprising has been frequently used any thing unusual occurs in China but term has been taken advantage of so that it has lost real significance. For. Instance the at tack on a train running on the Tiant by bandits two years ago when europeans . Taken captive was bailed by Many As a movement towards a. Boxer Uris yet it cannot be denied that up risings of this sort take place very frequently on this Side of the Pacific when Irvine Are held up and much loot taken. As a result of this the diplomatic corps representing Var Louo Powers drafted a Strong note of protest to the chinese ministry of foreign affairs demanding 1 j500.000 to cover damages 2 that a railway defence administrative Bureau having authority Over All National railways in China shall be established with a foreign officer As chief 3 that foreign accountants and officials appointed on the chinese railways. It was this latter clause that caused resentment among the and Many compared it to the notorious Twenty one demands of Japan 19j5. The latest reports were that has been paid for the Bandit outrage. The chinese government immediately took to reorganize the railway police but refused to accept Tjie schemer for the formation of a rail do join ethics Knous that should be done. I hat Somel Hinr must i mire s. He done it the country is not to so i Clown under the weight of Aco Umu Noi i cd lating railway debt and one or , it not More Concrete solutions have i hero been Lyle. Hid Bohol his Faik Vail he in Jid hero under r in Fri ufos and Ici i Iii s to to Iii Leo med aitu1 i which if any of i were Nuj Voil in his Siose solutions is or. Ills Hen die i Al inaudible nor Ever to to come so. Wjk ii Vori Hizy mrs. Carlyle was to in la i Cheston. In Iho grave Fol her father or. Ave Lye Acejo Alrig to Rove Nani of thirty years and Atli so Abbey Foj oin Lef loom i in that body would on the other hand the Herald an Independent Liberal newspaper says that air. Mcgill speaker a Good fellow above All else for party leadership be is a Good but thai lie has a big Job ahead of him. Referring to the present state of the conservative party in Alberta the Herald Winch remarks rather pointedly while lie wrote in Trio Kemi la the Nave of the of Jong a ruin How further decay with la s s Down on her mile granule. The Wisht of her j Ace will never plan s on me the incr Lanilon 1 or. Mcgillivray was named Leader the conservatives i to provide i ii irn a following where it is j most needed in the legislature. The i Only Man there of the same political 1 complexion As the new Lead i is general Stewart who undoubtedly could have had the leadership had he been willing to accept it. What or. Mcgillivray needs is a following Strong enough to Send supporters like or. Stewart to sit in the if Sis Lalive Assembly at Edmonton. It is there that the new Leader will run into insurmountable obstacles. That Alberta will suddenly be come conservative now the party has named a capable Leader. Can Only be the conclusion of a pure and under led Optimist. It will re quire prolonged missionary work be expected to and the a Slit of his life As some if Carlyle s pro half , in he i Lieuw off in laser Verax. Are int if on Juir rps Titis not amusing. Battla of Beautiful soda Jewell master of poor5 Good Humoured Owlet of .1 body Oxford and very conscious of being so not knowing life he hand from left lord Jeffrey. The Edinburgh critic who had b in a Good Friend an amiable old dribble very cheerful very to Lex. Very forgettable and Thacke Garcal Deal of Talent in him a great Deal of 11 y. Vanity without Noth ing or Little but to guide it Sublime of the commonplace riot one of whose has the Leist of greatness of originality or and kind of Blip error Merit except neat Ness of he Fiat i t emf Jenny land at dinner had to before Alberta can _ make such a Complete swing around French with Iho into the Circle Cut bit hut he would vol Sivi Len Pence to hear her Alberta . S enter Federal Field the nomination of members of the Alberta legislature As for the coming Federal elections is going to cause serious complications according to a report from Edmonton to the Calgary Herald. Its correspondent says the subject of holding by elections to fill heir places in the legislature is occasion ing not a Little anxiety to the Farmer government. Under the recent election act of Alberta a neat in the House vacated by a legislator must be Elled within 120 Days of his resignation. If a Federal election is called in the near future the government will be faced with some alternatives. Either a Nock of by j elections will have to be culled just prior to a general provincial election i or else a number of constituencies will have to go without representation during the Early session of the House in 192s. The Only other Way out would be to Amend the election act again extending the period of Liberal Side of the House. C w Cross the sitting member for Edson has been nominated to Athabasca Federal a. K. Mclennan one of the five Liberal members from Edmonton a been the Bookman. Position continuously when he Bemme Manl ctr of in the government of Kir wifi Rel Larler. After Fillmir tills Rej Pon sible office for a Yearb he wan Defeated at he polls in 1911 but wan Al Cleil a pwn a a Liberal unionist in 1817. Hut for his support for the policy of conscription War lie would probably h Ive prime minister. Liberal who elected to sit with the Farmers for three sessions and then changed to the Independent group. Haa been nominated As the a candidate in Mac cod Federal on the Farmer Side of the House. It is common talk that a. M. son. Farmer member for Vega eve a will get the 1-Aj-Nier lion for Tho Federal Riding. In and i Dixon several other Farmer i la prs Are said to have aspirations for Federal nominations. Or. Retirement Hon. W. S. Fielding announced his retirement from Public life in a let Ter to the Liberal convention for Queen s and Lunenburg counties in Nova Scotia. The Veteran states Man recommended the selection of William Duff m.p., As Jet eral candidate for the combined i Densu of Queen s and Lun Enburg the former of which was represented by or. Fielding and the convention accepted his nomination. Or. Fielding is now in his seventy eighth year and has been in Public life almost continuously for about forty three years. He entered the Nova Scotia legislature in 1882, was made Premier in 1884, and held that men buys a Hudson s Bay made to measure suit Serges tweeds worsted tailored to perfection Juji the latest styles. Come Quick very special offer for a Short Timo. Men tailoring department think Prosperity every moment of the Day and Prosperity will come. Remind yourself constantly to give preference to goods made in Winnipeg. Winnipeg s Progress increases your own ties. Use Witch Hazel toilet song ;