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TUESDAY, JANUARY 29, 1924

“CHE TOURIST ASSOCIATION

l-As intimated

ize the possibilities cf

"ate such.

They realize

place on the continent.

lion will continue increasingly as the years go by, they are giving 'their time and tslents freely for the

bsndii-t of the province. They ex- pect and have a right to expect the hearty co-operation oi all our peo- ple. They are beginning this week a drive for membership and they

expect every man and woman in

the province who is interested in ktho welfare oi the province to be- come s member at the noinina] ice

'6: one, dollar. 1 Small as this fee is.

if the response is us generous as it deserves Io be if will aggregate a sufficient sum to enable the execu- tive ‘to do the necessary advertising sumac. Every dollar will be ex- pended In publicity where it will be ‘ I In the United States “u dominion and in ys as the executive may doom necessary to carry out "19 Jiflrlwfle of tho Association,

I

must éife ‘ and in‘ our such other

namely to attract visitors.

wgl bospéltk m» thorn the fullest.

insists-s a or; cooperation not only {It fbgcolising rnsmbersbutip every vi; possible furthering their pur- "WIIIOOMIIIS the province by Iiolfrespolfdsnce and otherwise, and a ovfidllf bytreating our visitors While Ilfsehsolnland out of season " We 11095 to report a large ma... tisrshln as s result of the extort-i M? beins made. This member- "IP secured, the success oi the Association ls assured.

URITISII TRADE REVIEW

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Ths January number of British Trade Rsvisw ls an exceptionally Intoflflflns and instructive one. informed comment on the m.“ conditions of the United Kingdom "d '1' U"? EmPIre at large is an in- valuable education in commerce, industry and marketing for busi. ness men especially. The British Trade Review, in its avsryissue, gives‘ such comment from ths pens of well - Informed staff corres- Dollcuta and editors. Even the ad. VBrt-Ilofnnents both in their mechan- ical indie uuiond in their message l" llllfllns as well as practi- csi and convincing.

‘ A m: c. n. nmawsv

A Iiéhtlemen who recently re- turned from s trip which carried hill over a thousand milss or so oi the ‘Canadian National Railways IIIIWIIII h! that he noticed a mark- sd Improvement in the service as comtrsd with that»! a few years In. ' Tilers is a business sir on the IIOrI-lof officials and train hands which ataouco convinces the trav- olIei-fthsttllere is a head to the whole system and that all are co- IIN‘ UM‘ lmdsr definite instruc-

in yesterday's Qoyardisn ‘the recently organized Tourist Association has got away to a good start. ,'l‘ho programme mapped out is as promising as it is comprehensive and business-like. The gentlemen at its head and re- presenting the whole province are. wideewake business men who real- a large tourist business as wcll as the cup- aclty oi the province to accoiiiod- that in ‘Iclimetic conditions, in the mutter hof rural and city BCCOIIIOOSIIOILIIIIITI {advantages for such enjoyment as ‘ydouriots Ioolf for. Prince Edward Island stands second to no other Knowing this and knowing that the tourist stream once started in our direc-

ent. given to Sir Iieniy Thornton uiid a quite noticeable ssprit de corps among the officials oi all ranks.

______¢+>_--—- UNTIMELY ECONOMY

Through that peculiar perversity which has characterized so many of the acts of his administration, Mr. MscKenzlc King has intimated that the KOVGPIIIIIGIIIJIIIBY withdraw the prcviiiciul grunt for agriculture uiid discontinue the road grant. The excuse is economy. Curious

draw needed support- from thosc who more than any other class

a long way towards paying this

oi economy. _ The Canadian Good Roads Assn elation has presented a strong re-

u continuance oi the grant to the provinces and we have no doubt their recommodatiori will be strong- ly supported in parliament. possi- bly strongly enough to induce the cabinet to change its mind on the subject. ‘There is a general agree- ment that both the road grant and the agricultural grant whereAjudi-

lnces but, as originally intended, a Jul-rt return for the taxes paid by the provinces for which they do not receive any adequate direct re- turn. ~

CHANGE 0F FRONT

The Toronto Mail and Empire recalls that when members of the late Union ‘Government announced

rungements for the appointment of an Ambassador at Washington hsd been satisfactorily concluded both with Great Britain and the United States, Mr. MacKenzie King, then leader oi the Opposition, was in- sistent in his demand that all cor- respondence on the subject be made public. Some other promin- ent Liberals favored the appoint- ment oi s commercial agent to the United States rather than a diplom- atic representative, and l-ion. W. S. Fielding was emphatically op- posed to the scheme oi the Govern- mell! 0f the day. From that time until the present n0 ambassador has been appointed. But no inter- est is known to have suffered. it would be interesting tokrlow what has caused the change oi front at Ottawa. i

THE SIDEWALKS AGAIN

The prospect of breaking a leg or becoming otherwise incapacit- ated and waiting for assistance with the mercury playing hIdQ-gnd. go-seek with i4 below is not a compelling inducement to tails a walk in the present bracing at- mosphere. Yot this is the prospect which our citizens are obliged to take cognizance oi when they are about to go out. Of course there is the alternative of walking on the street and getting run over and some choose the latter but neither

ably he expected in a clity oi so

tIorIl.“ TheWdea I permeating the mum is‘ to please and to accom- modate the passengers 1nd place all tbofooilvonibiicqs of the road It their ssrvloo. Oui-

other passengers the mounts-t‘ u» c. u. it. coll!- Ipfit jliorcj ‘than, favorably with

.¢ i

IIIMYWIII la zero weather and when the ilde- Ititrl that In convolution with walks are the most daillleroulf_At' ""1""?! present the sidewalks, for the wint or a little sand, are positively gsrour. We ‘trait the ' hint-for u!‘ t only a taken.

many attractions as Charlottetown. in mild, soft weather land ‘is gen- erally sprinkled over the slippery places. Why can not this be done

Credit for this is naturally

that his idea oi economy is to with-

help to maintain the revenue oi the country, namely, the farmers, ‘or this action on thc part of the gov- ernment, if carried out, wilbhit the farmers more than any other class. The money thrown away on nso- less Royal Commissions would go

grant to the provinces but we have heard nothing oi any intention to withdraw any of these for purposes

solution to the government urging

ciously administered are not only oi incstlmshle benefit to the prov-

tu the House oi Commons that nr- I

of them is such as should rsiison- -

A new height LQILIIIII, ,

Notes-By the Way

cold season and that not with

tures more than fifty degrees be low zero in the Yukon, forty be low in the Prairie country coming eastward toward

Brunswick. wind was a feature of the comforts out of doors,

The cold wave was also a remln der to those who

far fewer subscribers than usual

no reminder and which all gener

"Rely to remember.

tive use.

bill.

thankful.

What has become of the Qpar. rows? But a year-or two ago these pugnacious little fellows flocked in thousands about the strccis. squares and houses in the central PM“ °r the filly where scarcely one is now seen. Have they taken refuse in the country, or flown iaway to other cities, or what h“ ibccome of them? For a. time they [were so numerous in this and other cities that it was claimed they were driving other birds away. They multiplied in town and country "m1 8'98! PBDIIIIY- We are at a .ioss to know whether the sparrows ha"! mlsrated southward or west- ward and left the province, or have

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TUESDAY, JANUARY 29.

AURELIAN

Emperor of Rome. who rose from obscurity to thig eminence and was called by the senate "Restorer of the Roman Empire,” was killed on January 29, 275.

BWEDENBORO

(Emanuel), celebrated Swedish philosopher and mystic, was born at Stockholm January 29, 1688. He was assessor of the Swedish college of mines; and in 1718 in- vented machines for transporting boats overland from Stromstadt to Iddefiord. In his later life he found- ed the "New Church," claim-lug to have divine revelations.

WILLIAM McKlNLEY

Twenty-fifth President was born on January 29, 1843. Soon after en- tering upon hlg second term he was shot by Leon Czolgosz, all anarchist, at the Pun-American Exposition at Buffalo on September 6, 1901, and died eight days later.

GEORGE PEABODY

American merchant and banker, who eventually took up his residen- ce in England, and on January 29, 1866, added 8500.000 to his former gifts to London poor. Other philanthropies were gift; to American colleges, an educational fund for the South. and the Pea- body institute in Baltimore.

Daily Seleotionsl

_ FOR Q Guardian Readers} rns rmcuo

go is a friend who can y a look. l word, renew The courage in a man, His best and true.

He l; a friend who lives With a largo-hcartsdnsss That takes, as well as giver, And is no leis.

A friend is he who shows '

Who freely comes, and goes

The sold dip of Sunday and yssur- F

day were reminders of last year's

standing its belated arrival this year the winter has still tn be reck- Ollf-‘d Wllh- Some days since the press despatcties gave warning of its coming by tolling of tempera- _ ' . m, um. HYNDMAN elves DETAILS‘

us through Ontario, Quebec and New A stiff north west cold wave and greatly increased its dis-

llve in wealth and comfort that all are not so hap- pily situated. It was a reminder of ihat noble charity the Con] Firm] instituted years ago by the late Dr. Jenkins of happy memory, and to which this year there have been so

Al"! Yet when the Coal Fund was first started about three tons of coal could be bought at tho pricc of one ton today. This is s fact of which the needy ones will require

ous and charitable persons will he

The plumbers were kept busy on 3W"!!! giving relief to household- ers who hnd frozen water pipes and in one or more cases had to bring the" repair outfit and tools from their shops to their homes for ac- ln such rare cases no complaint is likely to be made of any overcharge in the plumbers During the mild weather of December and the earlier part or January some persons who had lil- 1 tie else to complain of in regard to tho weather oblected that no ice could be stored for use next sum. mer. Now that Jack Frost has de- stirred himself and got busy there “(Ill be 1116M? 0f ice for everybody, for which let the ice man be duly

This column. is. open for - the discussion by corru- pondenta of question. of In tereet. The Charlottetown Guardian dou not viscous» lly endorse the opinion no proceed by Ito correspon- dents.

instant, appears another commuu

‘P., and as I have been misquote I am compelled with the matter.

al Manager Brown, that Mr. Brow

Mr. R. L. Wheeler at all. It s-cein arrange that Mr. Hughes had t

tion about Mr. Hughes referred

. January. I can only conclude lhn Mr. Hughes has said o

doubt, wlint Mr. Brown

meant was that Mr.

rect. Mr. Wheeler

known ns a Transportation Exper or Specialist. Iio

by the Canadian National Rail

yenrg ago with the cur illstrlbu iioli service operated here Messrs Baxter and Fox. Now Mr

capacity only on i1 broader scale feel almost positive Manager Brown

capacity. Mr. Wheeler came

Seed Potato situation

cars would be supplied in the fall.

the Island himself during the ship- ping season, if necessary, to see that nll requirements were met. When the shipping season first came on and very few refrigerat- or curs were coming in, Mr. Boiilter went to the Charlottetown Rail-

way Office to make enquiry, and us the outlook was "not vcry brlgh t for cars, Mr.

Grady asked Mr. Boulter if there was any suggestion" he (Boulter) could make. Mr. Iloultcr then told of Mr. Wheeler's assurance of curs being supplied and the offer of Mr. Wheeler to come to the island. It was then decided to send the fol- lowing telegram:

Charlottetown, Nov. 5th, 1923. R. L. Wheeler, Ottawa. “Already Potato Association prc- vented shipplng. no Refrigerat- or Curs in Province. Over hun- drcd cars seed yet to move tn Long Island .polnts: Situation serious unless refrigerators slip- plied.

(Sgd.) W. BOULTER

Ottawa, Nov. 5th, 1923. W. Boulter, Charlottetown. “Anchored here by Express Rut- es case, will wire you tomorrow regarding refrigerators. (Sgt!) R. L. WHEELER The following telegram was seiit to Moncton on the same date, so that the situation was well known there.

Charlottetown, Nov. 5th, 1923 M. F. Tompkins, Canadian Nu- tionnl Railways. Moncton.

"Not a refrigerator cur avnilnbln for seed potatoes, shipping hold up every station. Serious situ- ation us Association Illlg- yet ov- er hundred curs to move. D0 something for us. iSgd.) W. BOULTER Mr. Tompkins replied that lie would do everything possible to secure curs. As the season was fast. advancing and contracts with the shippers required that ell ship- ments for Long island be rolling by 20th November, the officials of the Potato Growers Association were very much worried, and Mr. Boulter again appealed to Mr. Wheeler on the 15th November as follows: Charlottetown, Nov. 15th, 1923 R. L. Wheeler, Ottawa. "Potato Growers need fifty ro- frlgerators before twentieth. not one in view Moncton down. Ser- ious for growers as seed I5 not protected against severe weath- er. Respectfully urge cars be supplied to permit us meet our contracts.” (SgdJ W. BOULTER Ottawa, Nov. 15th. 1923 W. Boulter. Charlottetown. "Receipt your wire phoned Sup- erintendent car service, Montre- al. who was in Moncton last Sat- urday he assures that situation not serious. Refrigerators are moving eastward steadily, also some in Moncton under repairs. Assuras that situation is receiv- ing bsst efforts of eastern lines to fill your car requirements." (Sgd.) R. L. WHEELER

Charlottetown, Nov. 10th, 1923 R. L. Wheeler, Ottnwd. "Answering despite Railway as- surances no refrigsrators yst in sight for loading."

(BgdJ W. BOULTER Moncton, Nov. 10th. 1928

W. Boulter, Charlottetown. "Your wire to R. L. Wheeler Ot- tawa re refrigerators. Please ud- vise ms what situatioh is today. Our information that since seed potatoes commenced to move 158 cars supplied to island-only fr! returned under load iii can

Freely sgoln.

_ I

supplied Saturday have more on

Sin-In your issue of the 25th cation from Mr. J. J. Hughes. M. to deal further

Mr. Hughes quotes my previous communication and then announc- es that on consultation with Geller

informs him that he does not know

apply to Mr. Drown for informa- Wheeler, as Mr. to Mr. Wheeler himself in his letter dated -illi

IIIISIIILCTIITGLCII Mr. L. S. llruwn Ill this regard. N0

Wheeler is not attached t0 the Atlantic Divis- ion of the GOVPFIIIIICIIL Railways, and that reply would be quite cor- ls u Dominion Government Official of the Truus- portntion Branch, Ottawa, and is

‘supervises throughout the Dominion LIIOJIIS- tributlon of Refrigerator Cars to meet the needs of Agriculture. llliil his recommendations are acted on

ways. All shippers of produce in this Province were fuiiiilizir ii. few

by Wheeler is in a very much similar

General is quite familiar with Mr. Wheeler in Ills official to this Province in August lust, and went into the requirements of the with Mr. Boiilter. Secretary of the Associa- tion, and not only did he give as- surance that sufficient refrigerator

but also offered to come down to

THE CHARLOTTETOWN cuannmn

sight moving towards Island. Our information is only about 50 car loads yet to move. Please wire me fully. and I will do what

is necessary to meet situation.

treal.

some coming today. delay cnii iiig- heavy loss tn Growers. A

r_ (Sgd.) W. BOULTE

d

Moncton, Montreal, were fully iiwiire of tlic HILIIllLIU n and fiiilctl i0 H Jess Mr. lioultcr, Sccriitury of til o Association, was (experiencing, lili what a severe loss

vices to Mr. Iioulter us Prceidcn

r of U“; Alqgijclgllut] ihuirdg (if ’i‘riiiii.>. 1_____ii_______________ Wltli Mr. Iiuultcfis ‘upproviil I HPIIL (gonflnued on page 5) it. litliigfillll, nlrciuly iruotvd in a ----<¢>--—-- previous IULLIEI‘. to Sir IIiiiir)’ MR, TURNER REPLIES

I also iirriiiigcll with Mr. Iiuiilti-

lties, WIIUII (ipportiiiiity ufferuil.

Tim Potato Growl-rs lliitl t-xper ii-iiccil some difficulty iii 1922 illli iiultciiii 0f Illl1)I‘()Vt¢llli‘.IlI, us re tzariis triinspiii-tntiuii fzicilitii-s, lvnll illllilllg were iiiiicli worse iii 1923

'l‘i"zuli\, with uiielc iii Illlllil, could HPUIIYP. rr-us oiiziblc ni-isilriincie for lidcqilate iii ciliiiias iii futui-c. Mr. IIlIl-ZIIPS iii‘ iierivlirlis Iiczirliig that I llilll thl! lllitlll0ftlililiilll prcpiirtitl- for ilii ilozlrds of Trude,

ity, as Inferred by Mr. Hilgllili-l- to

sociutiou. "Mr. lioulter, however, did welcome iiiy offer of co-oper- ntion, and I have his authority to publish thc above felt-grams. As rcgarils thc rcqucst for ilic (‘air-Ferry to make zi spi-ciiil trip Ill bring over refrigerator cars on Saturday November 17th \\'0ilI(I say, that five rcfrigerziioi" curs that were zictiizilly zit Torlilcniiiii: \\'i‘i‘i‘ brought over to thc Islunil by rog- iilzii- trip of the fi-ilry on flint (lute. The balance of the curs that slioulil hiive been ill. Tormentiiur appear to liiivo becii sIilc-iriicketi along tlic line, which is the lutcst word from Moncton, and possibly that is 'tlic reason why Mr. L. S. Brown did riot authorize the special trip of thc Ferry that Mr. IlOilIlCl‘ appeal- ed to l\Ir. Brown lo be liiiidc on Sunday the 18th November. At any rate the balance of the curs ox- pcctieil did not come ovi-r uiiill Monday, 19th November, and ll. is quite possible there iiiuy have been good uiid suffli‘ int rczisoil. I would not care to criticise any one official in this rcgnrd witllniit hav- iiip: tlic uctiuil facts. I Lflkl‘. iixiivll‘ tion tn Mr. liugliles’ inlsqiioting liic tn the cffcct iliiit I llliiI said the Potato (Irowors Association were well sntlsficil wiili lIli‘ liiill- wny Service reuilcrcil. Wliut I dill sny was. that I Ilelievc Mr. Iloiiltvi‘ wns well satisfied with the service rendered by local Railway officials, which is n vnry different innttur. If blame for luck of curs will: pluc- ed where it belongs, it would be on the shoulders of local officials, as the ieltagriilns submitted give slifficlniit proof. Mr. Iiliglics now talks of advocating an uifiirinl in- vestigation. If tlicrc is any cvi- dence trrwurrzint this, it should be the proper course. I mu sure local Railwny officials would wel- come nu investigation rather than be hounded through the newspapers us guilty without nil (ipportiiuiiy to iiefcuil themselves. In this Ilrlt- ish Country a iiinn is presumed iri- noccnt until he is proven guilty. I hnd no authority to speuk for luc- ul Railway Officials, uiid as fnr IIH Mr. Grutiy is concerned, lie has riot. approached me on the subject in any form or shape whatsoever, not- withstanding Mr. Hughes’ insinua- tinns in one of his cnrlier com- munications. With all iluc respect I would like to suggest that Mr. Hughes be more exact in his state- ments in future. 1 um, Sir, etc...

J. 0. HYNDMAN

Charlottetown.

January 28th, 1924. _Z-¢o->___ CHURCH UNION

Sin-Would you please allow me to bring to the notice of the members of the Self-Appointed Presbyterian Church Association one of the finest biographies of recent years, namely that of the “l.ifs" of Dr. Alexander Whyte, one whom all true Presbyteriaus loved. He was brought up in the straitest sect of Prssbyterianism, and to his last day was a Puritan theologically to the utmost degree. But with him the idea of not only