The Daily News
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is part of: BC Historical Newspapers
issued: 2021-04-29
issued: 1921-10-21
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note: ^viwo^ Read the NEWS OF DISTRICT See Page 5 v4« K6( *'!!.< ^?%____ ,, ^ i.. '">— Ivr <??8 Pound Sterling EXCHANGE ATfEAK See Page 6 VOL. 20. Meighen Defies Crerar to Find Single Justifying Act for Abuse. KING'S TARIFF POLICY REPLICA OF CRERAR'S Canadian Conditions Best in World, Not Excepting the United States. SARNIA, Out., Oeo. 20.—(By Canadian Press correspondent ) — Two large halls wore necessary to accommodate the crowds which gallic ml hero this ovenlng tu lieur Premier Meighen and Hon. G. D. Robertson, minister of inbor. Mr. Meighen devoted his time at the first meeting Lo it discussion of the tariff Issue, At thc overflow* meeting lie dealt with erltlclamn x which had been alined ut thc government by opposition speakers. lie also voiced his condemnation of certain statements which he attributed to Mr. Crerar. "I say to Mi'. Clem," he declared, "that when you stand on the public platform and say that I am the puppet of any man, rich or poor, you say what you Know Is falsa." He defied Mn Crerur lo imi his hand on any act which could form a basis for such "sldnderous statements.'* "I have flail ahuu.-ft enough of this," lis concluded. -Senator Robertson expressed tin* opinion that the maintaining of a protective tariff was ut prime importance to Canadian labor. He recounted the uchlevemeutH ot thu government on behalf of labor. Joseph K. Armstrong, Liberal Conservative lu Kim Uunbton, ulso .* pohc "You may have read a speech or two recently lu which our appalling financial condition was emphasised," said lho premier. "Throughout the universe we are going through the uttvr- in.itii of war, but Die fluanclttl, commercial aud Industrial conditions ot Canada aro the boat of any country which went through the war. Tuduy the unemployed uf Canada number inst half lu proportion Ito population to those In tho lulled States; Canada lias 1 letter labor condtlliAia titan ahy country participating lu the war, not excluding the United Hlntes." Discussing the turn' issue, Mr.…
note: The Nelson Daily Miner was purchased by F.J. Deane in April of 1902 and renamed The Daily News. It changed hands again in May 1908 when it began to be printed by the News Publishing Co. managed by W.G. McMorris.
has type: Newspapers
spatial: Nelson (B.C.)
is shown at: 10.14288/1.0397168
language: English
lat: 49.493333
long: -117.295833
provider: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
publisher: Nelson, B.C. : News Publishing Co.
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source: Original Format: Royal British Columbia Museum. British Columbia Archives.
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