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CAMPAIGN TEAOTS. .^" f .•■■ '?'■ ' '*■ '.*•: '"i • ■' •■^ f . h /3/ " (;ri-.v!- • 4 ,,-ir- RESULTS FIVE YEARS GRIT-ROUGE RULE * '-.i '■ .^ IN CANADA. ■; ■' , ,<- -'If t-;' I • 7"A^ /^//M^ Expenditure md the Pitblw 00. Ko# that the elections are oeming on, by tlie dose Of the third PitfliA^dnt of the PominioQ, it is proper to take ^tool^ of the result of five yearn of Grit-Bonge rule in the Dominion. Mr. j^ffuskenjsie came into office with loud professions on his lips. When the eleotioos of January, 1874, occurred, the people gave him a larger majority than has ever been before accorded to any Government in Canada. They believed the twenty years of pro- fessions of the party led by Mr. Macken- zie, and they resolved to give them a trial of five years. They have had that trial. It is true that almost everv election that has occurred since has shown a decreas- ing confidence in the Government ; but they always had a majority large enough and compact enough to enable them to do whatever they thought to be for the interests of the country. With such a majority there could be no excuse for not carrymg out in office the promises made in opposition. Have these promises been rsD\3 carried out? That is the ioiiportant quesUoa for the electors, now that they are ci^ed upoh k> ptonoibice Judgt)(ke '.p: a ** At St. Catherines, on the 15th of No- vember of the same year iOlobe of the 16th) he said : — " Why the Ministry yrete packing th« pub- lic buildings fr'*m aitio to cellar— twoor three In evety r om— tillonncouM hardiy find iils 'way tnrnuffh them. The last Mrae be whs at <)t aw •. he found four men at tti** do r waiting for the kittle man's beh sts inside " The Kouges, in 1872, when they w(>nt through the form of reorganizing under the name of the parti naiio naif laid down the following as among the piinciples which were to be carried into effect by their party as soon as it succeeded in get- ting office : — . 8. Reduction ofthe number of Ministers. 4 Dimlautian of the Qovernor-Oeaeral's •alary. 5. Reflnotion of tbe number of public cm- ployees to what is strictly lequtied for tlu efficient perfoi mance of the public serTlci*. How have theee promises been fulfilled ? The number of Ministers has not been reduced. Un the contrary when, during last session, Mr. Laflamme introduced a bill to abolish tbe office of Receiver- General, as useless, instead of attempting to Carry out the promises of his party, and saving the . expense of thin useless Minuter, a new office, that of Attorney- General, was created. The salary of tbe Governor General has not been diminish- ed, and thus the conduct of the Conser- vatives in resisting tbe decrease in the salary of the Queen's representative, has been vindicated. And the following figures, in relation to the costs of the civil service, will show that, if Mr. Mac- kenzie was right in his statement that the expenses were too high, that the Ad- ministration was extravagant, he is highly culpable for not having reduced them : — 1872 3 $750,900 18734 883,685 1874-5 909,3iO 1875-6 842,0 1876-7 812,200 The Ministerialists are in the habit of pointing to the year 1873-4 as compared f with the last for which we have any pub- lic accounts, as a proof that substantial reductions have been made in the cost of Civil Government under this Government. It is worth while giving in detail the ex- penditures, under the head of civil gov emment for these last two years as fol- lows, premising that the expenditure for ~ two-thirds of the first year was by Mr. Mac- kenzie and his colleagues, and that in th& following year they largely increased it :^ CIVIL OOVBBHMENT. 1873-4. Governor-General $ 48,666 Lt.oGov. Ontario 1 0,000 «« Quebec 10,000 " Nova Scotia... 8 9U3 " N. Brunswick. 9,000 ** Manitoba 9,000 « B. Columbia.. 9,000 « e.E Island.... 6,814 " N. W. Territory 1,000 *' Eeewatin .... DBPARTMINTAL SlLilBIM. Governor-General's Sec- retary's Department.. PrlvyCouncil Department of Justice. . <* Penitentiar. ies Branch Militia and Defence .... Secretary of Statel Department of the In- terior Receiver- General lulanil Bevenue Minister of Finanee. . . . Treasury Board Department uf Customs. Dtpttrtment of Public Works Post Office Department.. Dept. of Agricultuie. .. (( Marine & Fisheries. Quebec Nova Scotia NewBiunswick.. British Columbia. Agencies— Public Works •( Domiuion Landa office, Manitoba Total continfl^encies.... Total Civil Uovetnmeut 10,079 16,0il 19,181 42,776 33,660 42,656 28 131 28,773 64,139 3 458 35,358 6«,336 82,991 35 916 30 087 4,188 2,915 4928 2,140 2,530 10,683 222 803 660 8:i2 1876 7. $48,66& 10,000 9,973 9,000 ■ 9,000 9,000 9/ too 6,99» 5,403 734 10,092 21,444 l«,724 2.877 42,192 38,336 47,186 26 452 30,777 63 412 3,ri00 34,320 65,160 88,239 3i,123 32,304 • • • •' • • • • • • • •■ • • « •- •i • • * 157,479 6.>4,712 $883,685 $812 191 There is an apparent decrease in the costof civil government b> tween 187i>-4 and 187C-7 of $6, 170. But it will be seen that this has been more than made up bj| the omission from tbe accountd of th& 5 ' a 1876 7. $48,666 10,000 9,973 9,000 9,000 9,000 9/100 6,999 5,403 734 10.092 21,444- U,724 • • • •■ • • •• • • * »• Marine and Fisheries Department of out- side agencies, and the Dominion Lands office in Manitoba, amounting in all to $27,284; so that, deducting tliia from the amount of 187^4, it yviti. be seen that with all their efforts to present a good appearance in •the last Public Accounts before the general elections, the cost of the service, which Mr. Mackenzie denounced as excessive, is $21,114 in excess of the last year for which the late Government prepared the estimates, though the ex- . penditures of these ebtimates were for eight months ol that year in the hands of Mr. Mackenzie' and his colleagues. The increase is in the matter of contin \gencies. That, however, the late Gov- ernment cannot be held responsible for, seeing that they were in office for only four months of the twelve in which - those contingent expenditures were made. The expenditure tinder this head was $222,803, while the eptimate 'Of Mr. Tilley was only $150,000 ; so that Mr. Mackenzie spent $72,803 more on contingencies than Mr. Tilley asked for or Parliament had voted: and having done that, he attempts to make the late Oovernmetil responsible fer the expendi- ture. In order to show that this same method was adopted in • connection with other expenditures on the Civil Govern- ment, it is only necessary to compare the sums voted by Parliament, as appears by the supply bil],under the guidance of the late Government, and the sums expended by the present Government, as appears ty the Public Accounts : — Voted. Expen'd. •Governor-Oeneral's Secre- tary '8 Office $ 5,982 10,079 Privy Council 1 1,650 12,869 Dept. of Justice 9,550 12 415 •' Militia and Defence 30,480 35^776 " B.tretary of State.. 27.727 26,660 " for the Provinces... 16,920 35,556 " Receiver-General... 17,247 21,131 " Finance 45,460 47,139' •♦ Customs 24 835 28,359 " Inland Revenue 19,775 21,773 «« Public Works 41,360 48,686 Post-office Department. . . 66,410 75 9 H Dept. Agriculture 3(»,630 28,9 1 6 *• Marine & Fisheries. 20,015 23,087 Trsasnry Board 3, 1 60 3,468 Marine and Fisheries Agencies 16,200 14,173 Dominion Lands Office.. . 4,800 10,583 Pablfo WorlsR, B. ..... . 4,000 3,630 CoDtiogencies 160,000 222,803 Stationery j5,000 Possible increases 10,000 .... $570,192 $683,104 It will thus be seen that in the matter of civil service alone, excluding the salar- ies of the Governor-General, the Lieuten- ant-Governors and the Ministers, which are fixed by statute, and are not subject to an .annual vote, Mr. Mackenzie's Government spent in the year 1873-4 the large sum of $112,912 more than Mr. Tilley asked or than Parliament voted. In order, therefore,to fairly apportion the responsibility fur the expenditures, under the head of civil government, if Mr. Mackenzie insists up- on making the late Government respon- sible for 1873-4, on the ground that they brought in the estimates, this sum must be deducted from the expenditure, and the following will be the table : — 1872-3 $750,900 1873-4 770,773 1874-5 909,300 1875-6 842,000 1876-7 812,200 Taking the general statement of reve- nue and expenditure since this Govern- ment came in, including the estimates for the current year, we have the following : Expenditure. Revenue. 18734 $23,316,316 $24,205,092 1-745 23713,071 24,648,715 1875-6 24,488,372 22,587,587 1876-7 23,519,301 22.059,274 1877-8 24,227,000 23,500,000 $119,263,400 $117,000,000 The figures for this year are the esti- mates ; and as the estimate of receipts was $600,000 in excess of the actual re- ceipts on the 10th February last, it is fair to assume that there will be an actual deficit this year of a million and a half of dollars. That is taking the statement as it is there. Sut in the expenditnre of 1876 7 there is an item of $343,591.68 car- 3d:^^-\<^ N ried to suspense account, on account of renewals of Intercolonial railway. Both Mr. Mackensie and ^r. Cartwright have contended, and properly so, that these renewals should be charged against re- venue. In that case, the expenditure for 1876-7 should be $23,862,892. But it is in the cost of collecting the revenue, and of superannuations and pensions, that we have the most remark- able evidences of how miserably the Grit- Bouge Administration have carried out their promises of retrenchment. Here are some figures on this point. In the cost of collecting the customs revenue we have Uie following startling figures : — Cost of Revenue Collected. Collecting. 1872-3 $13,053,900 $568,000 1873-4 14,410,600 658,300 1874-5 15,387,000 682,700 1875-6 12,841,300 721,000 1876-7 12,556,800 721,600 The cost of collecting each $100 of Customs revenue has therefore been as follows: — 1872-3 $4 35 18734 4 56 1874-5 4 44 1875-6 5 61 1876-7 5 75 A noteworthy feature in this Customs record is the astounding increase in the salaries, &c., at the port of Montreal : — Revenue Coat of Collected. Collecting. 1872-3 $5,017,200 $ 87,700 18734 5,639,000 95,800 1874-5 5,866,700 99,800 1875-6 4,296,300 117,300 1876-7 3,869,700 118,000 In Montreal it is well-known that this large increase in the cost of collecting a greatly reduced revenue at the port, arose from the fact that positions in the cus- ' toms were the common form of bribery, used by the ministerial candidates, dur- ing the severe election contests which have taken place in that city. In the cost of collecting the Excise revenue we have the following figures : — Revenue Costa of ' Collected. Collecting. ^872-3 $4,627,000 $171,700 18734 6,651,500 201,200 1874 5 6,141,300 199,300 1875-6 5,597,000 218,3vX) 1877-7 4,974,000 211,000- The cost of collecting each $100 of Excise revenue has therefore been as follows : 1872-3 $3.90 18734 3.55 1874-5 3.87 1875-6 3.89 1877 7 4.24 It is well known that in former year» the Grits and the Bouges .were strongly opposed both to the pension and the superanuation system, especiidly to the former. Yet, here are some figures which will serve to show how they have- carried out their principles in o£Sce. Ihe figures of Pensions are as follows : 1872-3 $ 49,200 1873-4 66,400' 1874-5 63,700 1875-6 110,200 18767 112,500 Cf the Superannuation Fund as follows 1872-3 $ 53,000 18734 64,400 18745 77,300 1875-6 101,600 1876-7 104,800 In the matter of the cost of Administra' tion of Justice we have the following figures. lb is proper to say tbat the establishment of the Supreme Court is responsible for a portion of this increase. But Mr. Blake in his elaborate statement in Parliament last session fixed the cost of that Court at $50,000 :— 1872-3 $399,000 1873-4 459,000 1874-5 497,400 1875-6 544,000 1876-7 565,600 The cost of management of the princi- pal canals, railways and telegraphs was a%. loUows : — $ 1872-3 $1,408,295 1873-4 2,265,333 1874-5 2,006,941 1875-6 ., 1,920,786 1876-7 ..ffi 2,260,485 la the cost of management fot 1973-4, however, there is aa item of $545,000 on account of Intercolonial Railway, which was improperly charged to revenue in- stead Of capitiJ account. All similar ex- penditures since have been charged to capital, and in the debates which occur- red in Parliament it was admitted that this item should have been so charged. Deducting this, the figures for 1873 4 should be $1,720,333, instead of $2,265,- 333. Taking all the charges together, and giving the Grit^Rouge Government the benefit of all they claim concerning the year 1873 4, the estimates for which were prepared by Mr. Tilley, but during eight months of which Mr. Mackenzie was in office, and in a position to make any economies he thought possible, we find the following as the general result : — 1873-4. 1876-7. Civil Government. $ 883,700 $ 812,200 Immigration 318,660 210,000 Customs Salaries... 658,300 721,600 Excise Salaries... 201,200 211,000 Administration of Justice 459,000 565,600 Pensions 56,400 112,500 Superannuation Fund. 64,400 104,800 Public Works 1,720,333 2,260,500 $4,361,900 $4,998,200 Thus showing an increase of $635,000 in controllable expenditure, under this Qrit- Rouge Government, from which the people were led to believe there would be the most Important reductions in the public expenditure in all departments. Taking, however, the last complete year of the late Government, and the last year of the present, we have the following re- sult : — Civil Government. $750,900 $812,200 Immigration 277,400 210,000 Customs salaries.. 568,000 721,600 Excise salaries.... 171,700 211,000 Administration of Justice 399,000 565)600 Pensions 49,200 112,500 ISuperan nation fund ;... 53,000 104,800 Public Works 1,408,000 2,260,500 $3,677,500 $4,998,200 Or an increase of $1,320,000 over the ex- penditure which Mr. Mackenzie was in the habit of calling excessive, when he • was in opposition. So much for the or- dinary expeu'liture or as It is called the- expenditure changeable to consolidated fund. But as an answer to this, the electors' will be told that the expenditure under the former Government, betweea 1«67 and 1873, increased in a much greater ratio. If this were true, in the sense in which it is presented as an answer to the charge ot extravagance, and of violation of their promises brought against the Mackenzie Governtnent, it would in fact be no answer. The late Government has been out of office for a Parliament, and it is with the present Government that the electors have now: to do. But without admitting that there- is any force in that kind of argument^ let us look at the facts. Here is th& state of the expenditure account as taken from the public accounts : — 1867 8 $13,486,000 1868 9 14,038,000 1869-70 14,345,500 1871-2 17,589,500 1872-3 19,174,600 For the year 1873 4, the estimates were brought down by Mr. Tilley, althot^h two-thirds of the expenditure w:^h made by Mr. Mackenzie's Government. Mr. Tilley 's estimates of the expenditHre for 1873-4, i.e., the amount the old Grovem- ment proposed to spend, was $22,483,000, made up as follows : First Estimates $20,941,000 Supplementary do 1,542,000 '• $22,483,000 The supplementary estimates were due to the assumption of theProvincial debts, ./ «iDoanting to nearly fourteen millions of dollars, by the Domin'on Government ; and were, therefore, simply a transfer of liability from the Provincss to the Do- to the entrance of Prince Island into the Dominion, sufficient to account for urease, that during minion, and to the charges incident Edward It is the in- that time the Northwest Territories, British Colum- bia and Prince Edward Island were added to the Dominion. That these ex- penditures were wisely made, we have the most undoubted testimony, that of Mr. Cartwright himself. In the prospec- tus of one of his numerous loans, issued in London, dated 19th October, 1875, referring to the increased expenditure of •Canada, he said : — Tho revenue has shown a continuous sur- ftlua during each y arKluco Conlederation, In 8o7, ultbouga it t^as In the interval betn charged with much heavy expenditure of aneseeptlonal kind, such as tho outlay «?n- nected with the • everal Fenlin attac&H on (be o< nntry. the acquisition and organization of new territory, and providing an adequate defensive force for the Dominion. • » • Tho clRht years since Confederation, therefore, cxblbitianag. regale surplusof two u lUions four hundred and forty-tbiee thounand one hundred and eleven pounds (equal to eleven Bullions eight hundred and elgiiiy-nlnethou- eand eight hundred and eight dollars, atd not Including tbo (slnkiiig fund) which has t een partially applied In iho redenipiionof debt, and |.ar>lally expei ded in new works. 'J'be annual payment for linking fund is includ d in the current ( xpendlture, aud formyiatho aggregate a, further »um of seven hundred thousand pounds (or three millions lour hundred and t\\ ihousand tix huaclredatid slxty-eigbt dollars) Hince (iTonfederailon." And if that were not enough, we have the fact that without the addition of any new territory to the Dominion, the amount asked for by Mr. Cartwright for the current year's expenditure, charge- able to consolidated revenue, exceeds the amount asked for by Mr. TiUey the last year he was in office, by no less than $1,760,000 1 It is worth while, however, to remember that while the late Govern- ment were liberal in their expenditures, iis was required in bringing into operation the new system, erecting public build- ings, and making public improvements in the different Provinces, they never exceeded their income, but on the con- trary we^e always largely within it. Here is the revenue and expenditure account during the first years of confederation : — ExpendUure. 1^87 8 $13,486,000 lf'68-9. ... 14,038,<)00 1869-70. ... H,:«5,500 1870-1 15.621,000 l«7l-J 17,580,600 mz-fi 19,174,600 Jtevenuc ' $i;i,«l87,900 )4,;r7iVH)(i 15,512,000 19 »»,(iOO 20,714,800 20,813,500 8urplu§es. $.01,900 811,000 1,110,500 »,712,600 8 125.)«)0 1,638,000 $91,256 6C)0 $101,442,8.0 $10,186,200 So that if, in consequence of the expan- sion of the Dominion, and the outlay caused by it, the expenditure increstsed $6,000,000 in the six years, the revenue increased so cauch more aa to leave an aggregate surplus of over ten millions, which, added to capital, went in reduction of the public debt. It was not long that, under the malign influence of the present Government, this condition of things was changed, as will be seen by the following general statement : — .,„ (1.) Annufll surpluses 1867-8 to 1872-3 $10,186,200 (i) Surplus, 18'.3-4 $889,000 1874 5 9J6,700 $1,824,700 (3.) Deflolt, 1875-6 $1,900,800 " 18 6-7 l,4fiO,«M)0 Probable do 1877-8 1 500.000 $4,860,800 And this is a result in spite of the fact that while under the former govern- ment, tea and co£Pee, and other articles were made free, when im- ported from England or from the coun- tries of production, and thus the people relieved of over two millions an- nual tax, the deficits under Mr. Cart- wright's regime have occurred, notwith- standing that he had added three millions of dollars a year additional burdens upon the country. But for that increase in taxation, the deficit under the present Government would have been in the ag- gregate nearly seventeen millions of dol- lars 1 An attempt has been made to show that the large increase of expenditure has been the results of works undertaken, or obligations incurred by the late Govern- ment. 'Ihat cannot apply to expendi- tures chargeable to consolidated fund, with which we have been dealing. It cannot apply to the canal enlargement, because that was a work which the late Government were condemned by tho Total debt sii Dedu "assets debt ta 1867 . 18*i8 18»9 1870 , 1871 . 1872 . 1873. 1874. 1875. W7« . 1877 . W ration : — $.01,900 811,000 ],lHtf,SOA 8,712,600 8 IZa.HOO 1,638,900 $10,186,200 9 expan- le outlay increased revenue leave an millions, reduction long that, le present hings was following . $io,iS6,aoo » - $1,824,700 I) } $1,860,800 the fact govern- ed other ?hen im- bhe coun- le people iona an- Mr. Cart- notwith- e millions ens upon icrease in e present the ag- ns of dol- Orits for not preaning forwlird with more vigor It can only apply to the Pacific Baiiway; and in a subsequent paper, devoted specially to this subject, it will be shown tnat in relttion to it there can be no ground for attack upon the late Government, as affecting the remarkable increase of expenditure under this one. The increase in the public debt has been very marked. Mr. Cartwright has been three times in England for loans during the four yvars and a half he has be«>n in ofiSce, and the.following is the re- sult on the public debt : 1872 3 $129,743,400 1873 4 141,163,500 1874-5 : 151,663,400 1875 6 161,205,000 1876-7 174,675,800 Total increase in debt since 1872-3, $44,932,400. The increase in the .interest on the debt has been as follows : — iQtereai in 1 872*3 $5,149,400 iDterest in 1873-4. 6,122,800 Interegt in 1874-5 6,340.000 loterrst in 1875 6 6,752,200 iDtenst in 18 .'6-7 7,132,400 Total increase in the jfiterest on the debt since 1872-3, $1,583,000. Deducting what are known as the "assets," Mr. Cartwright brings out the debt table as follows :— 1867 $ 75,729,000 18«8 75,757(00 18()9 75,859 300 1870 78,209,700 1871 77,706.600 1872 82,187000 1873 99.848,500 1874 108,325,000 1875 116,008,400 1476 124.651600 1877 , 133,000,000 That is. the net debt of the Dominion in- creased auring the first six years of Con- federation under the late Government, $24,000,000 ; and during the four years of Mr Mackenzie's reign it increas- d $33,- 000,000 : and this in spite nf the fact that ' the burdens of the people have been in- creased by Mr. Cartwright to the tune of three millions of dollars annually. That the increase under the former Adminis- tration was a legitimate and proper one, is shown by Mr. Cartwright's Ix>ndon cir- cular, to which reference has been already made. He says in relation to it : "The whole rffhn debt has beenlnourred for logltlcuate objects of i ub lo uill ly. * * * The indirect advantage from 'hese public woiks has already ot-en found la thn r< uia> kabl- rapidity with which the com- merce and material prueperity of the I>eml- nlonhHTebeen oeveoped; while a BUbstao- tla? 1 crease in the dlrbCi. reiuros may lairly be expei ted from the iiuprovementa now In progress and to folUw the steady progress of population and trade." The result of five years of Grit Rouge rule therefore has been, that -while we were promised economy in the public ex- penditure, w|^ have had extravagance; while we were promised " a career of ma- terial prosperity and material progress," we have had hard times in every depart- ment of business, increased taxation and annual deficits ; and while the increase of debt under the old government waei de- nounced, we have had the debt in- creased, notwithstanding our higher taxes, at a ratio double that of the in- crease during the former administration. 1 hese are facts for the electors to con- sider, and considering them, to act upon them by such a rebuke to the men who> obtained o£Bce by deceiving them, as will teach such pretenders^ » salutaiy leewa lor the future. I , ,. to show liture has taken, or Goverii- expendi- ed fund, aling. It irgement, the late by the .1^^^,.., '..\> >fl!! 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