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TUESDAY, APRIL ll 183i

No Contest In Queens

It is being taken for granted that Mr. Lester Douglas will be returned without op- position at the nomination for Queens County vacancy next ivuek- The Liberal-Conservative executive consider nothing would be gained by contesting the scat at the present juncture. A general election is due within a year or eighteen months, ivhcii both seats in Queens will be open for contest, and thcii the Conservatives will be in a position to oppose with effect both the Hon. Mr. Uiinnings and .\Ir_ Douglas's re—election. his felt that so litany of the Liberal pre-election declarations of good intentions are as yet unful- fillul tlizit ivrrt- the Conservatives to win the by- election it iioiild be tantamount t0 saying to Mr. Dtnitiiiig-"ywiii are relieved of both Mr, Lar- abec's and the latte .\lr. Sinclair's pre-election promises." llctweeti now and the general election tlic Liberal representatives will have an oppor- tunity to tiiake good which they so far have failed to do, and, if they don't—0ut they go.

Half A Million For Commissions

Even those who watch government closely, says the Ottawa journal, must have been shock- ed to learn that four Royal Commissions in 1937 cost the taxpayers of the country about half a million dollars.

“No lessening of the shock comes by inquiry of what it was the country got in "return for the half million. Thtis far not one scrap of legis- lation has come to Parliament because of these Royal Commissions. We doubt greatly whe- ther a scrap of legislation will come to Parlia- ment that cotildn’t have come just as readily if the Commissions had never been heard of_

“There was that Royal Commission on how to market our grain This country has been hav- ing investigations on how to market grain ever since they opened up the West. Despite this, and for some reason unknown, there had to be another. It made the usual trip to Europe, and after travelling around it returned home to dis- cover that we had no grain to markct- That didn't prevent it putting in a bill for $114,000.

“Next there was the Royal Commission on the textile industry. Two years ago somebody rlosed a textile mill somewhere in the Eastern Townships, and forthwith there was born a Royal Commission" After spending two years taking evidence it wrote a report (largely an essay’) of 180,000 words at a cost of about a dollar a ivord-

“Then there was the Royal Commission on penitentiaries. This Commission went to Europe, too, and to the United States, and though its report is not yet available, its bill is. The hill is $88,000-

"\Vc shall say nothing about the Royal Com- mission on Dominion-Provincial relations, bc- cause for that body there is perhaps some jus- tification. Nor about the National Employment Commission. Generally, however, this propen- vity for Royal Commissions has become an in- fernal nuisance, constituting not merely a dan- ger to responsible government but as well a wholly unjustifiable bill of expense."

As Others See Us

‘This from the Amherst News and Sentinel?-

"In the Prince Edward Island Legislature there is no opposition and the Campbell Liberal government has had practical freedom of critic- ism during the past two years. Quite a few observers, apart from political considerations altogether, have doubted the value of an over- whelming preponderance of this kind, since it docs not correspond with the vote polled by the two political parties two years ago, and there has been speculation as to how long the political harmony might continue- In the first session of the new Legislature this was assured as the government could very wcll place responsibility for any deficits or heavy expenditures upon the previous govcrnmcnt.

“But after a first year this resort loses its strength, and with difficult times among the people, with higher taxation than known under‘ the former government, even supporters of the Campbell Cabinet have been wondering whc- ther it is good politics to try and excuse the lat- est disclosures in regard to deficits and debt. Two of them at least have decided that it is not, lfld in the Legislature a few days ago Mr. Stewart for First Queens and Mr. Hughes for Fifth Kings voiced their sentiments They both expressed alarm over the rapid increase in the public debt and the former declared that if it continued it would only mean a short time be- fore it would lead to a repudiation of debts. ‘No country,‘ he said, ‘could be following on as we are doing without irtvolvi a state of tffairs that in epitomized by the armerl Cre- ditors’ Arrangement Act. That Act was tn- tended to relieve the condition of distressed fami- ern, but it has been carried to ‘such fantastic ex- tremes, both by the applicants andby the. men

i’.- ~ who administer inflict the credit of our farm-

‘otuly deprccsedt, In many cam i mcrcdlt. That fa where they , not borrowing money for and, because their credit is not

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and did not buy what they were not able to pay for. This was the old fashioned way, but seemingly it has been lost in the present gen- eration and governments have been setting the cxamplc- Until they take a. much firmer grip on the financial problem before them it will be but useless for them to say very much to the people. In Prince Edward Island it may be be. lieved from this discussion in the Legislature and from other developments that this will be the last occasion for some time when there will be no Opposition to tum the searchlight on pub- lic business.

"A ‘solid’ this or that may be something to crow about on election night, but when it comes to meeting deficits and casing the burden of the taxpayers something else is needed" -

It's To Be "M. P. P."

The Ontario Legislature has decided by vote that each of its members is to be called M.P.P. instead of M.L.A. Each is to be known as a Member of a Provincial Parliament, and not as a Member of a Legislative Assembly, presum- ably for the reason that he thinks M.P.P. has something in prestige and dignity lacking in the other combination of initials.

“It is," comments the Ottawa Journal, “all very petty and childish. There is one Parlia- ment in Canada, and nine Legislative Assem- blies. There is no such thing as a provincial parliament, and the statute of the Legislative Assembly cannot be raised by its own member- ship. M.L.A. is correct and M.P.P. is incorrect, but that fact seems to have weighed not at all with the gentlemen at Queen's Park.

“Premier Hepburn’s attention should be call- ed to the example of Kentucky. That state has some 17,000 “Kentucky Colonels” created by state authority, and every one of them, evcn to Shirley Temple, is entitled to buy and wear a magnificent and glittering uniform, to carry a sword."

I Editorial Notes I

Primrose Day- s a i: _ It is surprising how generous the Government can be at the taxpayers’ expense. i n- : w

One reason why the legislature is being hur- riedly closed is to avoid awkward looks from indignant citizens on the disclosure of how the money went.

U i U i Now we arc going to have a repetition of the Hillsborough Bridge experience——a second hand ferry steamer. Heaven help us—thotigh it pos- sibly may be as satisfactory as the Fairview- U i F F

It is strange-or is it not ?—that Mr. Legis- lative Clerk Trainor's beer and wine balloon elicited no favourable response Which means that the Government's slush fund will remain in the safe-keeping of the Attorney General to do with as he thinks proper; while the taxpayers will have to look elsewhere for the money to meet the ever-growing deficits, ll I ll i! Those who were in the Legislature when Mr. Trainor made the suggestion that the reduction of the Customs duty on liquor would be benefic- ial could hardly believe their ears and eyes to find that this met with the unanimous approval of the members, including such stalwart Prohi- bitionists as Mr. Mackay, Mr. Saville and Mr~ Barbour who applauded vociferously. a n- u- a

Whatever provision Canada makes for its de- fence is a contribution to Empire defence, inas- much as Canada is a part of the Empire, Hon. Ian MacKenzie, Minister of Naional Defence, told the Winnipeg Legion. The Canadian Gov- ernmenfs desire was the preservation of peace and its external policy was one of no military commitments. “It is a policy of reserving -our decision on the question of war, peace or neu- trality until circumstanccs compel a decision- Advance commitments, placing the safety of the Canadian people at the mercy of governments are excluded.” at n- : a

Increased production of creamcry butter in six provinces during March compared with the corresponding month last year resulted in a gain of four per cent in output for Canada as a whole. Compared with the previous month an increase of 33 per cent was recorded. The out- put in the latest month was 10,072,892 pounds compared with 7,549,188 the month before and 9,683,033 in March, 1937. Ontario had a drop in production of two per cent compared with March, 1937, Saskatchewan 21.7 pgf cent and British Columbia 4:‘; per cent-

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The Reorganization Bill which the Congress sidetracked was intended to grant powers asked by the President. It empowered the Chief Executive to rearrange or abolish government agencies, excepting departments, semi-judicial commissions and a few others. It authorized him to name sitradditional administrative aides for himsclf- It substituted a single adminis- trator for the present three-man Civil Service Commission and permitted the government work- ers, now outside civil service, to be brought into it. It made the Controller General subject to removal by the President, and created a. new Auditor General to check Federal expenditures after they were made and report on them to Congress. ‘

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The grocery trade got a bit of a surprise re- cently when one of the large package tea firms announced an increase in its ices of 5c per lb. except on the cheapest gra c, states Canadian Grocer in its current issue. It informed that blicatiorr that prices had gone u that extent n the primary market since first of the year on the higher quality tcu- There is, however, the possibility that when the Calcutta auctions o rt June than willbe some using up in the s tu- ntlon and nlne of the other package firm or wholesalers ‘have made arty changes for that mnoit- Sugar dcdfned foc. per m. on March 46 following Pptriod bf general walrncn h! nvn. flwtetlttctlottwunonrprlutinthuc

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In flu first quarter of this yen there was a decrease of forty per- cent 1n the number of deaths from pncumonh 1n New York Olly‘; Serum treatment ls cmdlted wl the reduction and l8 lulled u an- for medical acfence

other trt-umiph _ -8af.nt John ‘Iclegraph-Jottrrml

. I1 Duce sees 1t, a raft-cu, but an advance toward a. more dd- vuntageotu point-Ottawa Journal

Actual Illa of the new 13mm. and United Btaaes battleships will b¢ secret until the signatories have discussed the situation but. lt-

that will lsbtpu tn woes: of t-he 1936 ltmlt. The Iondon News Chronicle says that. such battlmhtps may cost. as much as $59,500,000 each. which Ls a stag- gurlng sum 1n all truth.—Hallfax Chronicle.

Major-General Smcdley D. But- ler, sounding off vigorously on troubled world affairs. told the Senate naval committee Fklday that. the Unlbed States should abandon defense of the Panama Canal and let. American shipping take cure of ttself on the high seas. The doughty retired mariner argued that. the canal could not

really be protected because a "handful of bombs’ could de- stroy 1t. He suggested that the

nations of the world k the canal open by some international understanding. — American Ex- flhartee.

The new system of Issuing driv- ers licenses. the (Police) Com-

g out. the unfit ‘The examinations will be ln wrltlng and the applicant w1ll have toshow thathg lrmrwstherulesof the mad. The license will be good for only three years. and it may be suspended whenever ltts holder proves unworthy. The written test. becomes a nent record and can be motorist. breaks rules with which he has claimed to be familiar. Such an arrangement promises to make the thoughtless thoughtful. The yearlsoffwa startwlthafl per cent reduc on 1n traffic fatal- ltls. The police should have full eo-crperatlon and all agencles mak- lng for safety should be encourag- ed.-<Detmft. News.

At Watson. Sash. which b about 150 mfles north of Rtegtna. there 1s a man 100 years of age who has just. gone on record to the effect that a good laugh la man's best. medicine. One doesn't. think with a poet. that; man was made t0 mourn- one 111:6 ho think that. he was meant to smile and laugh and be jolly more than Ls the case with most persons and more so than al- ways has been the ease with hu- man beings. some one has said that th¢ loud laugh speaks the vacant. mind. One the truth of this . hearty laugh is another of those things ln 11f, that 1s doubly ‘blessed. It, 1s good for the man who emits ltandltlsorottghttobegooclfor the person against whose frame such effusions made their impact. —R.eg1ri.a. {tender-Poem

II ls reported from Shang- hal that. when the Japanese forces - upfed the town o ‘Ikurtgmlng they found 1n a nursery 50 Chl- nese babies whose 14 umahs had fled at. the s/pproach era The major 1n command. himself s father. lavued a. general call b0 other fathers 1n his unlt to feed infants with mllk.

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to forage for 1n the described town. days litter one of the missing amaha was found. and when taken 0o the nursery she gave B. loud scream. The balbles were all feeding happily. but the soldiers had mixed up the 50 be- f their ever being

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yo hope o sorted out agialn. - Baniffshl Journal.

Th: WI! to dam-cue the number of the unemployed ls to orhlnatc lsea which

vance nation) . ls the end which Mr Rogers seems to have 1n mlnfl. Public works. he says, not with the sole putpcae of procuring work for those who do not have 1t but. rather work which will exploit the natural resources of Canada. which wlll ald 1n the expansion and enrichment, of our young country. which will increase Domlnlon revenues. li‘or example. tourism which brlitgs tn $300,000.- 000 u year and which can prcdtice more with improved ormnlza- tlon.. It ls with pleasure that we note that the Hon. Mr. Rogers dc- alrec to enooura to the but of his tiblllty educa lcnal and admi- zielurtdeitiaktiig; ttltiatiks to which utcnn.atborvea, oungpeope will be thoroughly at home n the which will be entnmwrl to m. The Federal cuthorlflcs shwld be tabla to count. on the full and free collaboration of the dtf- fererit. provinces 1n this particular and highly important fle1d.-- Le Prune. Montreal.

The Saint John clergy an very indignant bemuae they are not to have the prlvlkle 0f sitting In the legislature-the new blll now before the hcrum dlatlnctly bu: ill olertry- men, The members of the Saint John Evangelical declared the blll ls tuscomtlhttlmcl that 1t. 1n several other t-hlnfl ft. i-tqitit viii“ "until iii

. ml!!! 179W 9° thlrtk that lf a clam-yuan ‘via slur hlc Cmuch and co tlon he will have llttlo time lot for polltlcm-Dldvlllc rut. i

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IIITES BY TIIE I“ i

Pucuc FORUM

nun-fly oldlrll Ibo opinion of - oorlolpondenll.

APPBEIATION OI‘ SHORT COURSE

aura.» n student who enjoyed the prlvll o of nttcn the

lgrlctut short course am Lroud to joln my fellow members n trlbutc -\' apnreclctlon to thou who a iaOIGd the opportun- ity. biped y to Mr. W. it. Shaw also on. W. H. Dennls, whose supervision afforded us hcuslvo knowl c of “i: include? “i t be ln itebptn no o rcgre m s. that Instruction o this klnd dented us by clmuutstattcea should be so fleeting. A more permanent ed- ucation along these llncs would satisfy the appetlte created by the taste awakened 1n the three weeks .1 instruction. NALD. Chum Point. P. It l. I-‘AKED DEFICITS

Elm-Not alnoe the present gov- ernment cauie lnto had a reliable statement. of deficit, or expenditure estimate.

Ln the lust four months of 1935, by waste of money 1n extravagant expenditure, and by charging up to that. year accounts property and usually chargeable to the incoming year. they managed to fake a defl- clt. of $376,000. and had the gall to try and fasten ti. onto the Muc- Mtllan Government.

By this process, with the added scheme of leaving thelr own debts unpaid, they contrived m fake a nonutml de-lcit. of about. $25,000. 1n 1936. But these unpald accounts (not all of them) had to be paid then, so tn 1937 the show, on pa- per otxy, another cu -t.o-order defl- clt 0|! 3120.000.

And this does not. show the act- ual deficit. on the year's business. 1n that the carry over to next year 1s not. included, nor have they 1n- cluded that portion of the 1938 revenue which was applied to 1907 exvpendlture.

Then for estimates? Inst. goes: they budgeted for a deficit. of J,-

., and doubled 1t up 1n fact. to $120,000. This year Premier Camp- bel budgets for a deficit. ot $56,952 which by their ordinary rule of practice will agaln be don-bled with an unerrlng certainty up to the more alarming sum which may well reach up to $150,000.

I am, Sir, etc" FINANCIER

POLITICAL PUTTY

Slrr-Why is 1t that. so many members of the Campbell Govern- ment. and it's supporter-B 111 ~01! House have to rcll so bitterly against. the Mackenzie Ki Federal Government tor the she y treat.- ment we are ttettlne from OLtawa?

Is it because of the glorious pros- pect. held out 1n 1935, of peaca prosperity and plenty, o1 n. tan floiwlnit with employment for the masses. and tables supplied with "mllk and honey" whet the gov- ernments of Canada were all 1n

llne. Ltlberals tn sympathy with and (5

pledged to go hand in hand to help each other‘! And now those roseate pledges and promises 1n neglected fu ftllment? Or 1s 1t. ‘becuuse our local ma- ts made of men of putty, which the ottswa dictators can mould at. pleasure Into a plastic. servlllty, and when moulded cast them into the dump They could not do this wit-h Du- plessts 1n Quebec, inr with Hep- burn 1n Ontario nor wlth Dyaart 1n New Bruriswlc , 11nd is there any one so weak minded as t0 believe that: ll’ Hon. Dr. W. J. P. MacMlll- isn was at the head of affairs 1n Prince Edward Island that Ottawa could twist. hlm tn their plaster mtziglds as they are dolng at prea- en And this Province ls about. the only one 1n Canada that ls laying down 1n submissive meekneac-ottr heads upon the block ior economlci execution. The whole brood of them com-blned haven't. got the courage and splrlt of a tadpoc or they would effectively resent the outraxc. To whine and w per thelr speeches 1n the legislature ls the sum and bstancc of their heroism. What. weakllngs we have. I am. Sh‘. cw. ANTI-OOWAIID

UNEMPLOYMENT

Etta-Now that sprlng has come and the Legislature 1s still 1n sea- slon. 1 think somethln should be consfdcxed to relieve e present situation 1n Charlottetown.

Extensive programmes of pav are to be undertaken throughou the province. This W111 be a great. help to the unemployed 1n the vtctnlty where this work 1c 1n o-

. We worklngmen 1n C ar- ottetown strongly commend the dlfcrent representatives for advo- cating projects for their districts. It. is a great blessing to have men who will advocate something for their unemplo ed. as the farmers’ sons need wo as well as anybody else. There are at. present. eight hundred men idle 1n Charlotteown

em at. The Charlottetown represcntntlv have Mild nothktl about. hls

their speeches. 1n fact. we have not heard them mention the labor ques- tlon from any angle. They dld not even speak out 1n favor of the

oubt. Hon. John A. Campbell prov- ed that. he should be the represen-

tlgttéave for the worktngmen o Ohcr- mo

town. The wade earners won't!

receive their just sham of oonctd- 9,1 _ u“ m; 1 crltwr he hid the umber wn- iiificpggpfis doc and, "o r50“: 1min bot-t. ‘l wmflnp men of Hon. um"

Jbhll ll. 0am l dllfiflbf. 01!! NIB g dgmoq-gqgy |, dflfugfl, gyg. lwlrm thlt 0 in inlvnmthv with 0cm DNVBIJI. Lcwl m enacted tn their 1 ob He made 1t pllju v1”; ‘or m; by we“- clear that an were some good ed nm-uqnmuvq; 1 m. Qlmllbfll-l l tlnna and lmperfoctlom an