The National tribune., 1906-12-06
CANADA GRONNS.

Viewed from this side of the st
smilingly content. She knows not
Hearst and his saffron-colored litera-
ture: she is not torn by the throes of
raiiway-rate regulation or tariff revi-
sion; Bryan's chronic wall stops at her
borders; railway kings do not trouble
and robber barons are at rest. One
would think that she has none of the
things that give nightmare to the con-
scientious. philosophical American
citizen, and prevent him taking that
keen delight in the painted woods. the
bracing air and the overflowing gar
ners of this glad Thanksgiving season
Still Canada does not seem happy. She
has troubles of her own which seem to
rend her intestines and PROSTATE her
nervous system worse than the ills
from which we. of the great Republic
are suffering The Toronto Globe, which
claims to be "Canada's National news
paper" and therefore stands in the
same relation to the Dominion that The
National Tribune does to the United
States. makes its Thanksgiving editorial
wall more heart-rending. if possible,
than anything found in the columns of
our yellow journals. Among other
things it says:
"And certain it is that this Thanks
giving Day finds the people of Canada
as never before shocked and humili-
ated because of the uncoyering of moral
rottenness in large areas of Canadian
life. This has been year of exposure.
The literature of exposure has driven
the reports of prosperity from front
page prominence in the press. Scan
dal follows scandal, and month by
month has brought about the sudden
unmaking of hitherto respected names.
Manufacturers, tradesmen, plumbers
fruit exporters and food-supply men
have all been involved in some form of
extortion or deceit or unlawful practice
whereby they sought to make gain at
the cost of honor in business, or even
of the health of the people. And now
for weeks together there has been
served up daily an unsavory surfeit OF
discreditable and dishonest deals in
connection with the business of insur-
ance in the politics of the country and
in the trusted management of banking
corporations. From the Atlantic to the
Pacific, in almost every Province of the
Dominion, there has been during the
present year some serious scandal
which shocked the moral sense of the
community and brought TO dishonor re-
spected names and great institutions.
In the face of those facts is not day
of humiliation and penitence. not a
day of Thanksgiving more befittinS the
Canadian situation?
This comes as a sharp surprise. Peo-
pie this side OF the St Lawrence and
the Great Lakes have been having ii
beaten into their minds daily and even
hourly that every ill from which they
suffer, from the Chicago packing-hOuSe
scandals to the Thaw- White murder
and early frosts and soft corns. are di-
rectly due to the Republican policy "f
fostering the trusts. Yet the Cana
dams, who speak the same language.
have been educated very much the
same way and know neither Re
publicans, Democrats. independence
Leagues, Standpatters or Revisiopists
seem to be suffering quite as acutely
from everything that is complained of
in this country. and they must mourn
as those without hope. for the reason
| that they have no Hearsts or Bryans
to bear light and healing to them and
point out the only sure roads to per-
feet wholesomeness and complete hap
piness, which is to elect either Bryan
or Hearst President.