" 'AUGUST»x9,- 1916. ’ _

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Contiauedltfom Pin 4.

~v_lrtue-of _ an act__ passed -by the .former Government. The" valuat- ors_ are appointe_d~'to~iix true and proper- valuations, a_nd_ it _i.s__ ,not ‘true to say-that they have been ihl structed ‘to 'in_er_ease_or de_c_r'eas‘e' tlie fvaluation on any farm la`Ii`<is. If make n`1ittakefs,'the_ law that ww l>a=_=_°_<1‘ the ymbefort ‘wg qnje into power- provide§_ffor-a1re-- m_edy_; -and`_WH_EN 'THEF LEAD- _Ea_- os THE ¢oI7PoSIT1_oN- MAKES THE STATEMENT, 'I`-HAT IT. INVOLVES AN _IN- CREASE TAXATION OF 3g BER-CENT, H_E IS MAKING A_ s_T_ATE1\_¢Il~:NTi_.THAT _HAS No ,s'_o_I_IN_I;ATIoN IN FACT oai TR_U-TH. IT.IS A`fSHAMEF.UL fI__‘fI-_I-1NG’T1~1-AT -INt~TH`1S HOUSE SHOULD. HAVE .HON MEBERS WHO'-'WOULD 'RISE IN THEIR PLACESAND AB3 USE THEIR1 ‘ POSITION ' TO ORIGINATEI AND GIVE CIR' `_CUL‘AT_ION _fI`0. ~; STATE.-. MENTSI SO FAR- 'AT VARIA: _rNC_E' WI_H. THE TRUTH. THERE' IS ABSOLUTELY NO _ 'TRUTH- - IN THE STATEMENT THAT THE IN - 'I_`E'NTION IS TO EFFECT AN 'INCREASE .IN __ TAXATION.- Wl1ether»the result may- be an in - crease _or 'a' decrease no mancan- _tfelliuntil _the' linal adjustments are .m_i*_<l¢- Son1`¢"_cd§e ot over-valua-_‘ tion and _some oi under-valuation may hrise,"because' no man can be per_'fe'c_t in his judgmentland even’ `50.`_mlI1y would' be dissatisfied

Wh?" that AC* Went l“t0~f°fC¢ ull" choice to do their duty or, not. The

'iileiiniy ui Today Noi-'Tomorrow `

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.THE GUARDIAN, _ ___ _ ' _ ._ ..

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PAGE~NINE'

finger- on- a single -item ot expendi- ture which was"wasteful, what were they‘able to `do? They_.made an absolute failure so far'as.that is cortcemed. _ The Public accounts wereitlyrovm open tothem, and the Public,"-Accounts .Committee was 0fg1iniz'_ed'a`n<f.wei_1t to work. On the Qornmittee, from the Opposi' tion. were -two oi`the most reliable

menittltat suggested themselves at Ithat tinie. T e Committee brought 'downl its reportfand-in that there is no reference to a single dollar of- money- mis-spent. _-But. 'this cheap. statement, that money is was- ted,‘_is_easily made. The _Iuniol ‘Member for_West -River says the officials are fairly falling over each other. - I do not see anything like 'thatu We .used to think, when the hon. gentleman was.-a member of the Government, _that therewere many otfleialsf-at that time that might be- dis ensed with. Al~ ways, when the Government was in power, some ‘of those othcials _were so`near tothe hon. gentleman that it, was a"-profit to him to have them here. _ He' tells us about la tax being placed on the iollicials of Alberta. _.So there is; and if he will look_at the salaries of those offi- cials he”will find they are fiveto six tim_e`s as great as the salries paid' in this' province. The combined salary of-.Premier and Attorne General here is not as large as thlatof the head clerk there.. Well might they afford to-pay their tax. Hisprop- osititm' is that there should be a special tax placed on thgoiiicials in this--bn_ildlng,_m¢n who can bm-' ly; live o_n the small salaries they receive now. _ He would tax them, but would allow men with large in comesand great means to pass un- scathed, or would leave it to their

Many warm congratulations-by per-

sonal calls. letters and telegrams were showered Monday upon Dr. J. T. and Mrs.- Jenkins at the home of their idilllhter. Mrs. John-S. Morris or

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If the revenue ~wlll_' not -' .

Winsloe,_the occasion being the sig- standiit and we knowf perfectly Ill;-many ways the match race in

tieth s.n|;1lver?.ryk_ot their marriage. well# '- that ti-|¢. 1-eva-|ue3;1__mmsrslds Tuesday between the Dr. and fl- 011 ns whose ages rs Be year olds. ommodore Cresceus

as d 84 “ cannot stand a dollar of nd Umm Mi d

respectively an years are bale ' _ _ owl i -an driven respec- and hearty and are in no sense “old" that"`we 'are 'to borrow' money at RVBIY BY DT- J- T- -7611111115, £116 Veteran

' DR. J. T.

JENKINS

ther physically or mentally. On

ei the occasion of their Diamond Wed-

ding they were surrounded by their

idren, Col. S. R. Jenkins, M. D.

of-businessarld the place was see-_ d ln' ' h l ~

Ing wlt a mass of people who

ha_.d_come in t_o protest against the

y far out oftheir incomes by vo' untary- contribution to 'the Patrio-

ened heavily. Those who derive r higher salariesare paying more C

C I1

cad. Mr H ll Jenkins ot Pincher rock, Alberta, who with his wife and ld is t ‘ > t vislti hi . -

oyd _ol Whyther Grunge, Winsioli R . _ - _ ,

ren a prescn ng s par_

s. and Mrs John S Morris Win

__,______ _ __ ei _ -c. . - grave injustice fl,'0n‘l which thty gif; Fung] than the taxation imposed aloe, with whom her parents live. Bo-

wers sl.iif_oril_1g from that valuation; _

der the~fornler Government I came_ poor man working here for Five ol c

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fly

Lea

the-` hall for the people-who were _

tifie<_i‘ani:l_some were not§'~and‘ ev says- the opposite-, so~tliat"he may °._"Ji-tli\1e_'a_`.re~vaiuation`was'n1ade §? "l °“° -*l’l“`3°'a“d‘53>’ "I" ‘llc th`e_re .were people who were dissat- t"

isnedf arlt_!"efi/ery time a. revalua-

tlonlis I_n_e:__i_li_by virtue of- that Ast. speech-to_-show-he was opposed tr-

it. That method may pass perhaps _ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ __ _ _ _ .

P¢

n_1_en `who.do not 'regard truth can say thotfit is made fol' thepurpose of _increasing `ta:tati'ori.- On thef

t'op__o_f`j_tl_1_i_s_, they say we are propos- mg t° ut “ tax °“ farms ONE with another lbreath he says some

woufn -SIIPPOSE THE T‘Ax.~

E`_S_.-§»_7B`_<_Dl1E_ 0Nf'N`O_ '_O’_1TH;EIi"`woolc bs lawful.. _I tlorft know CLA-.Ss -or resorts, ~wmtLs=~ »_§ll<»=--l»‘l»- lgpl -=»'<l~_fs=r=;_-are; _gt_-I If N0'1i'_`j ' ' » = ' "_.~"t ey lcailn _gi_v`e__ im etter vi e

" ’ _‘THA-I-`i'i‘ ‘t_han‘-that he had`l_$‘et't_e"r change thehl

TH.;-RQ GN? 'arid "rely on `his"` ownunaided in FARM _LANDS-I THE RES1<stin¢t fof.rhls"l¢gs1 views. They

‘BE would contribute-‘molIey, but they

CLASSES OF say, dont p_ay lt now; borrow lt.

THE»D1F'FER`1'Let _us -‘see where that puts those _MATERS 'OF gent Cmen. - ~ '

WQULD THE 'v

_ __'r_H`E *BANKS PAY THEIR SHARE,

INCOME TAx~ PEOPLE

CORPORATIONS.

WILL FALL UST

PI.Ac_E THAT aUR_D_EN-; I'r 1_s"'A REg1AaI_<AseE WHICH M MaEas;oN

MI D, THAT AL

E RRY

Ti-IE -TIME

-wAg.5IN -Powilf

the e oi ls not trtlel

'losed im-:pri .`

wfs aritgls- cheap that

ISS

BORROWI NC.--AN EVAS ION

~I>_AY THEIRS, AND 5

"ls oath." ' '

_ ~J- :_ _I>°I>__s T-_HE PRESENT TAX them, of the risk of their lives,

-some share as well. ‘

0~T»HiE-RISIDE _*THE thatconies from the other 'side of

MIGII-'I`_ DO _the House? __ ‘ N ' ` “ -`- . _

,_ _rioticpropositioni -

-‘_-WAS. IM---»shi__k!__ - _ - _

atriotic' -Funds; Although the

_ouse I was in” _favour of contribu- lo_n_ to the~i‘:ltriotic Fund.” and o_n1.__a_nother place and quote hr;

n a sordid way for alwhlle, but its nd ls early and its destruction omplete With one breath he ould pay to.th_e Patriotic Fund,

rson' tells him _that no such tax

OF jDUTY_ _

Our men who are going to the attle"iield are paying their lives

`No shirldn or` st onin , for

‘ 'They are paying it now.

We -who are at home should bear

What is the manly proposition

.`:What is the honourable and pat

_ 'Ilhat we who stay athome should

'._Tlt3t:_w¢ `slIb\'_'|_ld"_c_aSt . tl'i¢_ burden, which j_we_-are - in _~hon_our_. bound to bear-.'on_the`next‘l et1ei'a__tlonl_

"i-Wi' },’¢tiifn.ar¢ ioilgisef mv) _ths_“.‘§'°¢ l°'

them _sghe ml' .when fi\=y_ _¢°m° liilfok bear. the burden_of1t_axstIon as iiéil.-.i`~-»' ~ - v* _ -_JThat is the gospel- Of *ht “"1”

._-1 g l*ro-hon. members of the Qppoglgigm _ some 0f_ whom _are as _loyal as the King himself. lf tim! think that is th-I dutyothat devoives upon us this day, to rrow the nw-

néeds of the war and to leave lt BS hh added burden on the shoulders of our- returning soldiers? f 'I`hose_whof"‘ stay at hon'_lc would avoid service, and when lt comsll ‘to tile-‘payment 'oi money they can _slrirk lt. And yet that l_s what the fLeil'der of the. Opposltlfm Pf°P°'

,¢,_ _ __ _ _ - In Great Britain they are _paying

er cent. of their income

cont`_i:&o`g_tions,by‘the people are now_'

_ ‘.fI’hose soldi6rs~~wTlo_survive and-amd 1115-1 »_ _ _ P__

` lof whatever their Income may hc'

and i_irom'whatev_er source ddrived ;_ and_-,\we‘_-are"-just as _responsible `_as_ they.-__. --' - - - _ _

ker, and that is precisely the propo' carrying on the war; but for the'

sitlon that comes from the other purpose of maintaining the Patrio--_ side of the House. _ l tic Fiind and* those other special'

ingdif? "‘ ` _

to meet urgent and immediate C

_thc pmvincelbf Alba,-ta_ They Edes--these tive chiidren there are

I-could hardly ana my way into sal# ws believe in sirius to the sr i ' ` 'A ‘P tulations onthe, auspicious occasion. . _ ‘ -_ Than.-.I In I-nl cnet. -

1"; »` '- » _ _ »_ . _ - ` 3 .

591?3_¢..9.f_‘.$h0SG_ mlstakes wererec-_ _toquoté a 'm_an.’on_ the street who

rtoen grand children- five of whom' e nt the front/to offer their congra-

'I`uesdzly for SunImerside_ to drive his celebrated trotter Conllnodore Crcsccus ill a match race for a purse of ilfty dollars, gate receipts to go to the Patriotic Fund. li' Canada can pnme any other gentleman who either after celebrating his diamond wad- dlng or attaining his 88th year can drive one of the fastest horses in Am- erica in a match race. this would be a good time to name him. The Guar- dian heartily congratulates the vener- able cmpla on their sixty years of happy \\:dded life and on the splendid physical and mental health with ...\c1,.\. alan" nun kinnnnd

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J" t' ` 'to` twent live' ercent.

are borrowing 'rnoneylifor

fundii,_what other nati_ol_1 .is bo_rrow~

at other _people are borrow

wir lngrry

hey-are paying as far as-they

an pay,.and _the loans .that are being raised are for the"general pul‘p6i"esl§_oi the war. ' _ '

_Canada is raising- those 'loans,

and we will -leave to the coming ge nerntio11_ all the burden -that they should bear. '_ ' ' _ l

That policy of borrowing money

and going into a debt is not £01- 3 natio_n,_‘except when hy necessity, the

course. _

to out

eybnd that for war 'por lit

poses. volume io that tht

tion was in thc li0US,é'_i11_hi§_'§fSf

'political childllood tlIat_\vas __the_l_p0- _icy_ he adopted ; that was the;po icy that, was follow-.~rl and uIjlder'_which an"e_normous rlclil was rqlled_'up. They fostered tlI;lt_debt 'untilf it grew boyolld :I l1lilllon_ by borrow ,ing money: and to-day we are pay- ing as interest on the debt that grew up _chiefly in their hands more than the; whole ammlnt of the land tax of tlie provillrc.

And now, hnlllly and unblilshing

ly, the policy is avowed _in the House thai. insiemi of paying our way in the transient events that end when thc war is ended' WC should add further to the debt and pass on :I gn-:llcr llllrdcn to those who follow us!

That is tho <l|irkcr`s gospel, and

thosc who think that _such a cheap and flimsy pri-lcxl \\’\l| i}i>l>¢‘\l 'O

e oi this province are

illdccll. _ _

my “You can spend fifty tllousand on the war will be satisfied. Borrow

when th; Leader oi--the 09905;.-

rnggigy; go illto the market

enormous war»_rates and-‘leave it as

T inowfthey say; when'-the`._1Tate5 of i I I it i ' 4 ‘ r - - " .-1 - -

` . , , _ _ interest are ruirIously~'iii'gh`and bor- t _ ‘ _ _ '.

_ row_-money. ' - _ _

» ' to judge. They tell us“to spend _ ‘ `

DIAMUNIJ WEDDING "°"-”°i“““"°“°"° WINS MATCH lik E

' forty 'or fifty 'thousand and

_ _ - _

horsemen ot- the Island, and Dr. Christopherot, Moncton, was about as interesting a'sporting_;evsnt'as has been witnessed in the ~provinoe.‘ Apart from the well»ltnown‘speed »_ot3 the

an addedrburden. '_~ 1 __`_-"_"`“*°""" W" '

_ . _ . _

Th'el_je_isTnot a"man of sense from

one end-of “the -`_p_rovix_1ce to the other,'{wl'_1o`will`n_ot .condemn such a ‘ '- reckless policy and those who _ad~ vocata’~_it' as utterly' incompetent. We areyto borrow-'-for_ty'or fifty tlhousand when a loan can be floa- ted with __t_he greatest' difficulty; and every mari who votes _for"ihe reso- lution moved by the Leader of the Opposition votes - for that ruinous course. If they vote _ for it their 'names will go down to the future as those of men who shirked their duty and refused to give the people all opportunity of

doing theirs. _

THE EVILS OF BORROWING.

\Ve have -enough to meet this

year. ‘\Ve have the iirst mortgage that was ever placed upon this Is' land. It was placed by the Lea- der oi the Opposition and those who were with .him at -that time. That -mortgagefalls due next De- cember, and so improvident, were those men that the whole _Oli that $185,000 had attached to it a sink' ing i'u`nd_ that _accounts for' very little more than one-third, and even that sinking- fund was invested in securities that are far frolnmatur-

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two-coits the owners were the drlv| ers one of them, Dr. Jenkins heing 88 years oi’ age, elicited unusual in-

- terest.-There was n large attendance

‘ and the race was a sporty one from

start to finish. live heats, being re- quired to place the winncr's iaurels on Dr. J. T. Jenkins, and his speedy Commodore Crascaus. Every heat was‘a clear race an the colts wcre splendidiy driven. Crosceus won the llrap..-hbird and fifth heats, the best timsbelng 1.22, 1.17 and 1.18. Uscita

l dofng'the second and fourth in 1.25

and 1.17 1/5 half mils heats. Both

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. MRS. JENKINS

coits were very much admired and Dr. Jenkins roceivsd hearty congra- tulations as well as vociferous cheers on his victory, one of probably more victories than have ever been won by any horsemen in t_\znada. Dr. (‘.hristopher. also calne in for many congratulations on his excellent driv- ing as well as on the speed of his gamey colt. lt is expected that these colts will meet again on the race track. probably at New Annan on An- gllst 23rd. The prooeeds oi _the SBU? receipts will be donated to the Patri-

otic Fund. _ f _

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sa<'>le>l<>l©le>l_<>l<>l<'>leal<§l<>l@?l<>l_€>_le>le>l<>l<-.le

ing still-and cannot be cashed ex'

cept at ruinous rates._ _

That is what. borrowing does for

the country. ` _ ‘

The Leader of the O_pposition’s

policy, and the policy o_f eve'_ry one who wi_ll vote for this resolution, is the ‘policy of putting on' another

mortgage; ' ' _»

If we _went-into the market now

for a .further-loan addcdto the mortgage we have already to meet, it would cost us not o'nly_ the ordi- nary rate of interest which borrow' ing countriesnow have to ay, but it would be surcharged witlla fur- ther sum, because we \v0t!l<‘l-be told that we haveadopted a policy oi going further into debt, of -borrow- ing money on a mortgaged pro- ' vince,` _ which _ is _ [_ not

good business, - _ . - -

\Vhen~membe'rs `ris'e in their plaf

ces and vote yea _or nay_'o_n` this re- solutio_n,` “they‘ . will » vote -" either

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" ' ` ' ' ¢0|_'_ DR s_ _|EN|(|N3 V _ - 2.gEill1'S_-t i_t_3I‘|Cl S0l.!l’iCl 'fff _ ._ _ " _ ' Eldut son. ` _ _ ' ‘_ iinance,or-they_will-,\fote;lrIic51ldemj_ - MAJOR JA

nationfof-la-.call.that,Is madeion th`é 1,- ~ -' ~ - ' E'°'°°

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CKJENKINS _ - _' " t Grandson. ._ _ -

Copley -LA’Nl>.j_WH»Ic1`1: 1-_iTHE

i>E@n_LE-- lvrl.-I3; _'W-lei.-_plccv _ - »__- - j ANSWER-¢0__mak¢_ 3_`~'5,‘na'_| cpnm. orgal_1l_zatlolI was lncompl_ete,-__ butionf' towards present `urgent $°U_1_¢9f fh¢¥1‘_h.3_"l"8'llffl°0{' '10 "F01 needs_- - '_ _ - ._ "_: _ t1¢y,y,__ii,l1d'havlng. to pay thelr boardf

The proposition of the Leader of -th_;e`f:Governl1lent,' on _thc _r<_v§_fc__

the Opposition is to Tfloat d_el_>entur° senta_t_~ion_-oi- these-facts," agree _to es--forty year debentures-on a payitheboard of thosef men w_ilil_¢_g war market. _ they were here preparing _to__ j_o_lri_ WAS SUCH MADNESS EVER their regiment at some' poll1t___ln HEARD OF BEFORE? Nova' Scotia or New Brunswltk.' That would mean \VE WOULD Wqiound, after some experience,

PAY WAR INTEREST _FOR that it averaged $10 apiece.

FORTY YEARS. _ _

Governments that are forced img The situation has greatly chang

the have si their head s msn of in flu Pfovi-‘-CC the 9801 Si=s¢ Baf-

‘ _ _ _ circumstances of that siege batte_I_y

GRANTS TO SOLDIERS. WCFQ unlqu_e. They_ wcre_ t c

first assembling as a unit within the

This resolution slsoj proposes |>f°vi"¢¢- li was vfw _d°§lf=ll>l=_

dm( ‘here ghguld bg to ¢ye|'y tl\l§t_ ll1C£ SllO\|l(l ()l'WRl‘( asdfi volunteer leaving the province the “mf-_ ¢P"°~‘°“l§l‘°"s were “la “_ suln of $10. I_wondcr ii they know as to special requirements to meet

what that means. In the_ this purpose. and a sum was stew ,rages oirecrulting not $10 but having $10 ln

ymmg mlm cgmg m Liitef, Wlton the 105th Rf' try to Chgrlottetown e was recruited, tho- condl-_

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_tions that_at` _first existed, wljleré y'outlg_-_ men"came` in - from the €f0_1_m' 'try needing- . immediate ' `fun_ds,l‘__ no loligpr-_'ex.jstetl.' '.-Thcy__\ven_i._2t _0!'lC_¢ into quar`te_r_§.__ rect-ived-f tl1¢_l_f F_E__l\l1!'~

form, `an(l-.\v'crc_ notsubjerf t0!nI\y~ = '

special expense. _ ' . _

lrrview df that, the‘ Govegnment

' ‘l 'continued _wir Pals "I‘en. ~ -' "‘

li All Played Out _ _ _

‘ TryiThls‘i'fsscrlpiiltlt-=

the market now to raise loans, if Nl- 7"' flfsf “Ulf Ofganllfd With' --_- ' I ` _` " "

when that over-powering wpariiias

y _ _ _ .

. - _ l allow* and a never-rasted_i'eelinl armies 6 ii?

any prudence at all. take the shor- f°"Y» f°°F“’°d 3 _"°g““°"t“ - _ “_ no "mm, duough test road they can get. _ ance having rclatlon to that. The ?;°"u“d,|:ni1Il1Isamn¥I>1l\‘ biflliih Till

cure is simple. Build up tho cyl ' -. and nourish the body bash to lto_ _ '_ by pure wholesome blood. » - »»'-\

The 0110* 1-' lf

is with-M lg% "i "». 'arc a ini ah! tb* .L-`

convert all mm: ont and tissue-building ~ _ t- weak body is sup lied 'With srvo ro

hardy muscle lil lvl .Isola __‘ £0041 health is Miro to _hll0W_. '_ ~' resllgrvsnt tt; lit 'Wall \l\'d'l\¥ - .

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