Setting aside for the ume bein the railway problem which he has 0 much at heart, Sir Edward Beatty pointed out in an address to the Toronto Board of Trade that he be-Heved in a closer supervision by: the Government of water and highway transportation in Canada, He said that he felt confident that eventually the people of Canada would deal wisely with the duplication of railway services, even though inbyes in that direction were painfully slow.
Inthe early days of Canadian trans~ portation it was seen that water transportation would, of necessity, be a dominant factor between the head fof the Great Lakes and the St. Lawrence River. This has been proven by the fact that tu the past Yen. years over $2 per cent, of the grain moving eastward from ihe head Of the Lakes has come by water at Toast part of the way. At first the principle was adopted that the users of these great public utilities, and not the people of the country at large, should pay for them.
But in 1904 all canal tolls in the country were abolished, with the Ferult that both domestic and foreign commerce have free access to one of the finest inland waterways systems in the world. Sir Edward expressed his complete confidence that the Sudgment of many shippers would favourable to the re-establishment of fair canal tolls accompanied by reasonable regulation of Fates such as applied to railways. And he felt that there should be a loophole for the products of the farmer if investigation showed that they deserved special consideration Turning to the vexed question of the regulation of highway transportation Sir Edward said that his own attitude had been grossly misrepresented on a number of occasions. He did not believe in encouraging a transportation monopoly for the ral ways, but he did feel hat a proper sense of balance should be maintained between rail and road.
Mr. Rogers said, "Vielory over the depression and unemployment cannot be won by a pitched battle, but only by a. sustained campaign along the entire front of our economic lite. It is not conceivable that this or any other country could continue a policy of spending itself out of the present trouble with ut adopting, with all its implications, the philosophy of Socialism. The electorate of Canada is not prepared at the present time to accept a Socialist state, Wo are urder an obgation to preserve the foundation of the state as we have it to-day."
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