The daily Alaskan., 1911-09-14

John Oliver. the war horse of Delta Is putting up one of the best fights nov being vaged for reciprocity, in this province. Outside of his own co1 sau ~ey it is regarded as one of the hardes, tn Canada to win on this is sue. That however is a mistake. City people who reflect on the euorm- ous prices charged them for food sgufis think of tbe farmers getting mosy og those prices. and they think og the farmers being opposed to reciprocity because it win reduce them But city people do not know tha, they pay two Co three times as much for vegetables and fruit as the Fraser Valley farmers receive for. them City 5oR dc not know that. they pay ,rom 10 to I5 cents a pound more for butter than Che Fraser Val ley gets for i- Also they do not know that hams and bacon cost them at least three times. often five times, as much as the farmer gets for the pig And so it goes through the en, tre list The city man pays and pays and the farmer doesn't get paid The. Ethiopian in ,be voedptle is not far yo seek. l
 And John oHyers constituents are Gully awake to these facts The farm CTS or the Fraser Valley know that they are underpaid and that the con sumer is oyercharged for the products of be farm. And they know, too, that protection is making the main teuauce Of the skin game possible The farmer knows that he should get higher price for his products, that tbe consumer should get them cheap CT and that there should sdu be left decent profit for ne middIeman John Ouvys farmers know that Wasa ugtou farmers get higher prices for produce than British Columbia farm CTS get Cor theirs, and they know, too, that Seattle consumers pay less than Vancouver consumers do. And taey know also where the nigger is cached in tbe melon patch. and they know bat this SeueEambian is hiding Uuter protective duties that will be wiped ou, when reciprocity goes into effect That u5sser win get a smoking on September zI that win destroy his taste for melon for some time to come.
 The farmers Of the Fraser valley are being educated by the most straightforward. convincing and com nonsense campaign ever put up in this province. and the brains and tongue Of John Oliver are making the campaign
 Il is good to hear John oliver talk. He is every inch a man, and a big man in his speeches. His straightforward honest declaration sounds good to honest men. especially when there is a chance to make near comparison with he sbif,y cunning and subter- fuse and preyarioauon and eXaggera- ton and windy boasungs of his op- poueut J. D. Taylor John Oliver is a mans man. lie panders Go no sec ton He does not tell the farmers in ChuHwack that their Interests are paramount, and the workingmen ot New Westminster that theirs are ex- elusive. lie makes a cIeaU-cut hon est analysis Of the rights of each with a cIeaving justice that every honest man admires and which ocnvinces ev- cry man in honest doubt
 II the voters in New Westminster want wan Of sterling honesty, of strugbgCung tearlessness, Of unques- toned ability to represent them in' Parliament. they must elect John ol- Iver. for J. D. Taylor cannot in any small degree lay claim to any of thes qualities. He is a shuner, a Quibbler and a coward. because he is liar. John Oliver has the courage that fears not to tell the truth. John ol- iver stood on the platform at Chilli wack and boldly told the farmers thei interests were not the only ones in
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