es and dislikes. They are not your
likes and dislikes. They are facts as to the Canadian people.

Canadians have no faith in a system of government, whether under a
Turkish Khan or a Lloyd George Chancellor, which delegates the rule of
a nation to butchers and bakers and candlestick-makers and "the dear
people" fakers. They do not believe that a man who can not rule his
own affairs well can rule the nation well. They regard government as a
grave and sacred function, not as a grab bag for spoils. If a party
makes good in power, they have no fear of leaving that party in power
for term after term. The longer their premier is in office the more
efficient they think he will become. They have no fear of the premier
becoming a "fat" tyrannical king. Long as the party makes good, they
consider it has a right to power; and that experience adds to
competency. Instantly the party fails to make good, they throw it out
independent of the length of its tenure of office.

Canadians do not believe that
"I-am-as-good-as-you-are-and-a-little-better." They will accept the
fact that "I-am-as-good-as-you-are" only when I prove it in brain, in
brawn, in courtesy, in mental agility, in business acumen, in
service--in a word, _in fact_. They are comparatively untouched by the
theoretical radicalism of the French Revolution, by the socialism of a
Lloyd George, by the war of labor and capital. They are untouched by
theory because they are so intent on fact. The "liberty, equality and
fraternity" cry of the French Revolution--they regard as so much hot
air. Canadians since 1837 have had "liberty, equality, fraternity."
Why rant about it? And when they didn't have it, they fought for it
and went to the scaffold for it, and got it. The day's work--that's
all. Why posturize and theorize about platitudes? Canadians are not
interested in the Lloyd George theory of the poor plundering the
prosperous, because every man or woman who tries in Canada can succeed.
He may hoe some long hard rows. Let him hoe! It will harden flabby
muscle and give backbone in place of jawbone! Help the innocent
children--yes! There is a child saving organization in every province.
But if the adult will not try, let him die! If he will not struggle to
survive, let him die! The sooner the better! No theoretical parasites
for Canada, nor parlor socialism! "Take off your coat! Roll up your
shirt-sleeves! Stop blathering! Go to work!" says Canada.