Mining Review
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is part of: BC Historical Newspapers
issued: 2011-09-02
issued: 1900-10-20
aggregated CHO: https://open.library.ubc.ca/collections/xminingrev/items/1.0183532/source.json
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note: & VOL. 4.���������NO. 19. SANDON, B. C, OCTOBER 20, 1900. $2.00 PER YEAR. Mr. Mey^S Speech. . We have not on������ word to pay against Mr. Foley's candidature in the present contest, except that we feel it a dutv'to correct him when ever wrong in his statements and conclusions, as we would any other party candidate, (and he.is a party candidate as much as either Mr. McNeill or Mr. Galliher.) Iu a speech the other night, he said the Conserva tive government gave $100,000,000 in land and cash to the C. P. R. Co. to .build the railway, and i'10,000,000 more to extinguish a monopoly. Does' he or does he not know that, all told the Co. got $77,000,000 for building the. road, and a quantity of land that would never have been worth a dollar if the road had not been built. It is a very lame argument to place a value on land, that only became, valuable tinder such circumstances. It is only in hie imagination, however, that the ten millions was given for buying out the monopoly, as all that was given for it was simply endorsation, the government never had to pay. No doubt, however, declamation of that character passes as so much philosophy in certain quarters. He next blames the Conservative party for introducing protection to help <he manufacturers; but he forgets to tell how many thousands of laborers and mechanics got employment in consequence of that protection. Mr. Foley would educa'e his hearers -better; if lie would when he next addresses them, consider the sec ond pide of public questions as well as the first, In his next 'breath,' Mr. Foley de- nounces Laurier for allowing those Hun- garian miners come into the Sloean ; but there are hundreds of honest miners in the country toda}r who bless ihe day they came in, as it broke up the lockout and enabled them to go to work, when otherwise they might be idle to thia moment. As we have said Mr. Foley has just as good a right to appear for election as ai.y other man; but he would make better headway if he confined his speec…
note: Print Run: 1897-1903 Frequency: Weekly
has type: Newspapers
spatial: Sandon (B.C.)
is shown at: 10.14288/1.0183532
language: English
lat: 49.975556
long: -117.227222
provider: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
publisher: Sandon B.C. : Cliffe and Son
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source: Original Format: Royal British Columbia Museum. British Columbia Archives.
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