French-Canadian Quebec, as wa generally expected, ran about. tru to form, and returned sixty Li borals out of sixty-five constituent cies. A surprising feature. how-the almost complete dis-ice of the Progressives (Farmer party) as a powerful, dis. tinct force, the Conservatives' mai ins in the key pro-Inportant planks platform were moderate tariffs and development of Western Car Under the latter came equalization of freight rates which would divert much pram grain from Great Lake and Atlantic ports to Vancouver and Prince Rupert on the Pacific. The Conservatives came out strongly for high tariffs, directed chiefly at the United Stites, as a means of putting pep' into Canadian industry and manufacturing. This policy brought much support for the Conser-votives in the industrial east where promises of more trade and higher wages were flung far and wide by In British Columbia, traditionally Conservative, Liberals and Conser-}vatives shared the honours of victory despite the fact that the Liberals had offered the west, and pledged, more to assist its development than had been placed before it at any other time in its history.
Indications from all sources are that the coming session of Patliament will be brief. The consensus of authoritative opinion is that Canada must go to the expense and worry of another general election by next spring at the latest.
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