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THE CHARLOTTETOWN GUARDIAN

TI! Charlottetown liilardian

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TEIJISDAY. APRIL 16. 1836.

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A Grave Discrepancy

There is a grave discrepancy between what Premier CAMPBELL claims was the amount of the unfinished contracts taken over by the pres- cut government from the M/ic.\l1LLAN Go'vcr.n- ment and the official statement of the Provincial Auditor on the subject.

The Premier said :

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“If we analyze the amounts which the in- coming Liberal government. was obliged‘ to pay out of public moneys as the Provinces 311319 310m, of these {our projects between the dates the 15th of August and the 31st of December. We find that they were something as follows: Na- tional highway, 3263.001), exclusive of any amount contributed by the Dominion Government: Rusti- co highway. $28,000; Province Building, 334.000: ‘F‘alrv1ew' motor vessel, $25,000 Or a total which the incoming Liberal government in its first four and one-half months of office had to pay out. of the Provinces moneys, of 3352.000.

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' But this is the other side as given by the it Provincial .\ll(llll)1' -on page 5 of his report on s the Liabilities of the Province at August 15, c 1935 3

STATEMENT 4 i

Summaryiof Unfinished Contracts of the Pro- vince of Prince Edward Island as at August 15th, 1935.

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Amount accrued on Contracts unfinished

other than H l g h w a y Contract 1

Schedule F 3 4,224.09 C Amount accrued on Highway Contract Schedule G 35.520-60 $89,744.69

Turning to scltcdulcs "F" and “(i" this is what we find the 1'rovincial Auditor shows :

SCHEDULE F C Amount Amount nccrut-il llnlnuco Total paid to .'.II|ll iiiipuid 41110 zlflrr Amount of

Aug. 15th .\u',:. 1.'nlli Aug. lfutli t'untr:u~t. Bridges .. .5 3,432.25 31,826.40 $ 1,390.60 $ 6,649.25 Ferries and Packets . 3,787.50 2,222.69 4,649.81 10,660.00 County ‘ Courts .. ....... 175.00 105.00 28000 d Ferry Fair- view .. . 5,500.00 . . . . . .. 33,211.50 38,711.50

$12,719.75 $4,224.09 $39,356.91 $56,300.75 tl _—:j T‘ W-‘ P

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Amount accrued and unpaid as at

Unpaid labor and material bu]; 14,179.58 Schedule E-5

899,700.18 —: 1

lie Premier the Auditor shows clearly that it gas only $139,000-

\ Whither Are We Drifting?

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*1 No one having a budget speech to deliver Iiese days is to be envied. Conditions are none too favourable to optimism, and without a sun ny piercing the lcaden skies, an oration on rev- urine and expenditure must needs be a drab affair, Sympathy to a certain extent must there- fore be extended to Premier CAMPBELL in the task he had to perform, and every allowance made for the fact that in his first budget he had f flo confine his remarks to excuses, fears, and eensures, without a scintilla of genuine opti- mism, or even a glowing oratorical period of P

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be able to obtain a completely balanced budget." b

Meantime the debt is piling up, and no prac- 0 tical indication of economy forthcoming. The Premier mentioned the disposal of the Govern- ment autos. Isn't that a figment? Are not the

purchasing them at a minimuni, and are they not to be allowed mileage for their use? As there is no opposition through whom these questions may he asked, wc direct them in the Premier, and if they are not \vcll—foundcd will he indicate how the heads of departments are to travel on oflicial duty, and how they. arc.to he recom- pensed? It is mere pettifoggymg pifflc to try and mislead the taxpayers by suggesting that our present Government iucrubcrs are such heaven- sent philanthropists as to pay out of their own pockets the expense of attending the Provincr:-‘s business. \Vc note that when thcy go “picnic- mg" 30 Ottawa, they draw good and plenty on the public purse to defray the expense. Are the)? “kdy go be any more coiisrdcralc when they go by bicycle, horse, car or train to Tignish or Georgetown? Extravaganc our mounting debt.

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e was alleged to be the cause of What bona fidc indication is ' there that the CAMPBELL Government intends to Lfonow the path of economy? The Premier cites 1 i f the Prohibition Commission now . But is there economy’ ‘h°"°_? h“° ‘report.’ to which under the‘Commission the

. and public were entitled? What ex-

extravagance. Power to borrow no less than $3,000,000 was obtained the first three months, though the Provincial Auditor's report shows that when the MACMILLAN Government went out of Office the total liabilities were less than

ialf that amount, viz :

STATEMENT 2.

statement of Liabilities of the Province of Prince Edward Island Accrued Due and Payable at August 15th, 1935 ' Bank Over-draft—Bank of Montreal Schedule B 8 782,488.88 Government of P. E. I. 3% Loan and

‘accrued Interest, Schedule D 383,443.08 Accounts Payable, Schedule E 81,243.30 31.227.174.72

What did the Government want with the ther Million-and-three-quarter dollars? To play

with ?

So much for excuses, now for fears. The

Premier is afraid that otir mounting borrowings \V1ll sink us in interest let alone sinking funds. \Vhat is lus remedy? Authority to borrow more uioney—the spcndthrift’s course-—zmd “blank

1801165" 10 go on spending more by Ordcr-in- ouncil. Then for censure. Every Premier, every

.lC{id.0f a department, evcry head of a firm, and ccrtaiiily every editor knows what it 1.3 to have us time taken up seemingly unnecessarily by vis- itors, welcome or otherwise. It is part of life;

is human nature; it is part of the British con-

titution. Everybody with a grievance wants ac- ess to the “boss”—no substitute can satisfac- orily take lllS place. If the “boss" is not acces-

ble then the applicant nurses a grievance, and

he multiplication of grieved applicants may pell disaster. Even the King is accessible to the owlicst of his subjects. Only a Dictator with unlimited power can afford to deny that right. And such right of refusal Premier C.\Ml'll1£LL affected by that bloody outbreak.‘

aims.

Editorial Notes

Sleiglis have had a second innings, but not

for long.

17.vcr_vlliiiig comes to him who \vaits,-——in- hiding disillusion to the electorate.

./\ll_\'\\'Zl)', floods did not follow our April

snow full as they Cllll in less favoured places.

“(Setting away with it"—is evidently the

‘high" ethical principle (loininatiug our prcscnt- the min, about meg, ppm, and Do.

ay lcgislators. *5 BK 913

One thing may he said for the City Council, l(‘_\’ are prepared to risk their own future in ublic life in an Cll(l(‘(l\'()lll’ to inakc £1 balancctl udgct.

Statement of Unfinished Contracts on Trans-Canada NE he 9 or H bmm, dB for a 1., C Highway 35 3‘ A“g"5" 15”‘ 1935' The Premier, who iiiiturally affects the mags of uiifomuiiate iii‘0l>l9. find llgis Total expenditure as at August 15, Oxford ratlicr than the Furtl style of linglish, l“t°,('°5‘ ‘“ l_“"1’ behfilf‘ 1: 51”‘: Ll“ 1935 5 361'932'6° zulvocatcs lll(‘ Ford rather than the Rolls-Royce {i;,:,,?ga],iie(:VcI,i2,m:I;,i,,odi'fl:,f,ndiii,:,: Le” amount’ paid no August’ 15' way of "Wetting there and back.” not in keeping with )c!vilizatioii.—-

1935 262'23“2 ° ~ St. Cathcrines Standard.

There is something really unique for this

Allflllst 15-1935 5 99-79018 province in the Orieiitnl Bazaar opened at St. prance standing uf_[_1l1]st (~,c1~mgny_ James last evcning—tli:ml<s to the initiative and next dfl.V Of G9|‘m~'my 01111 J-"-ll-"In On Contract $35-52°~5°5°h°d“19G artistic taste of Mrs. I ATE.

A word to wise parents. A case of diph-

theria was discovered in school rcccntly. Inocu- ation is now being carried out—prcvcntion is So that instead of $352,000 as claimed by belle!‘ than C1116 01‘ (108111.

9% 31% 916 Now China, which lost Maiicliuria to Japan

n spite of the League, is making 2. second at- t tempt to appeal to Gcneva—this time against 1 Soviet Russia's allcgcd defensive treaty with outer Mongolia.

916 )K Getting tired of prosecuting and fining own-

rs of slot machines, the Council of Wcstport, Ontario, has decided to impose a tax of $30 per flights of birds, the falling rain or nnum upon every slot mint-vciiding machine 5 perated there, and an additional tax of $15 on ach mgichine operated for the purposes of run- ships. Even the most stationary of ning a pin game. Another instance of making inanimate thinks hove movement riends of the Mammon of gambling. 3K

* 5|? How the mighty are fallen! General ERSHING, who won the Great War for the

well-founded hope that the depths had been U_ S_ A” has just been fined $50 for speeding at plumbed and the “l’'8'‘3‘l° 1359“ “°E°ll3t“—d- The the rate of 48 miles through a 25-mile zone in most Mr. CAMPBELL vouchsafed, and that only ca“fom,'a_ The judge described it as “one of 1 faint-lieartcdly, was that “next year," “we shall the most aggravated Cases of speeding eve,

rought into his court." It must have been a case f either nerves or just nerve. 9K 3K 3K

Mr. J. S. WOODSWORTH gave the C.C.F.

ctire. He reminded the members that in England

he Labour Party changed its National Chair- widespread, 1:, doesn't, fongw that man cvcry few years, and thought it would be a theS|l1>|'0m0CB1flml'«YWl11C°m€-Mm‘ the enactment of laws in relation a good thing to have a change in office here. But

he delegates were not prepared to act upon the

hint, the more especially as they have no one slons followed before war broke.

(except his Island son-in-law,

1\lAC1NNl-25, M. P.) within sight to succeed him. R K

Mr. ANGUS

I From Victoria, British Columbia to Ottawa

by air, thence to New York by air, with the pro- mise lhat he will return to Ottawa by air this week, and then fly back to Victoria, B.C., is the record of the air-minded, financially hard pres-

scd Premier of British Columbia. Hon. T. D. 1’A1"rm.Lo is the first Premier to accomplish the feat, necessitated by conferences with Hon. C. A. DUNNING regarding the financing of his pro- vince. it it ii!

A farmer is the latest addition to national dictators. KARLIS ULMANIS, Premier of Latvia, publicly announced his dictatorship on Saturday when he assumed the office of President as well as that of Premier. A trained agriculturist, ULMANII found it expedient to emigrate to the United States because of his pre-war activities in the Latvian independence movement (from Ruuia). He returned home in i913. after mid-

_- ; '1' dlnoornpetenoe may nothe H. , I lmalnua not closely WP‘ at . ’ ' Tudiia tnnuctioiu audited -‘Jllvlfi-~ tlalfildni‘ -—~, 5 ~ ~- ' llhtya.uclnf6ranuaof’tt0IO.’lfllf§l°.l"’

Notes by the Way

The two American: cannot to- late themselves from the rest of the world. it is true. They cam. however, work out a definite sys- tem of trade and understanding of their own which wiu help insure them against. damage from the prolific quarrels of the Old World. Northern and southern products are interchangeable, and a fruitful era. of commerce and peace is wltlin the grasp of the peoples of the two regions.—St. Louis Post- Dispatch.

It lame citizens are surprised that a. new peace-time record of ex- oe:-.¢i:u.ics -r these purposes in a single year is recuiiimended, such citizens should remember that army budgets all over the world are being expanded. During the past week-end the British Government revealed that it intends to spend

tremendous amounts of money on

its army during the next three

years. In France and Italy, in

Russia and Japan, in Germany and

Poland, increased appropriations

for military purposes are included

in the annual budgets. However

much one may regret the necessityl for such huge expenditures, the] fact remains that one nation can-, not economize in this field when

anothes insists on having more

armaments. Action of this charac-

ter has been delayed sufficiently

long by the United States, so thntl no one can honestly say that this country is setting a bad example for others nations. we did not start it new armaments race. But one apparently is devcloping.—Provi- denoe Journal.

So far there is not the slightest evidence that the control of the Government by civilians has been,

Foreign commentators guessed last week that in a new Cabinet the army would be far more powerful. Some said it would control the Government. Japanese spokesmen were more reticent, but one and all predicted that the Cabinet would continue to bc dominzltcd by civil-

ians. Apparently the Japanese know more about their own country and its government, than do foreigners, particu-

larly the Russians. who originated the wfldcst rumours because they were more excited over possible de- velopments than were other no- tionals. This is anotltcr illustration of what we have often statcd—that Japanese leaders are inclined to tell

holes. a practice which other people find so surprising that they refuse to believe anything which comes out of Japan.—-Detroit News.

No Briiisli king’. until the present one. ever visited the worst slums in the realm. King Edward arcuses the

One day it's ;t story of Russia. and

against Russia. than of Italy and Germany against Britain and France. “What ti munition makci"s paradisel"——Ottziwa Journal,

If any prisoners in the Great War had been treated with any- thing like the inhumanity is shown to the inmates of German remand prisons and concentraiio" camps there would have been an outcry hat would have rcsotmdcd libovc he noise of war. and the conscience of mankind would have been stirred, blunted though it was.- Manchestcr Guardian.

That which gives so much beauty to life is its movement. The sway- ing bush or tree, the winged

now, the ebb of the sea, the flow of the river. the walk of man, the advance of trains, vehicles and

to them. The rock, the mountain, the road, even books—-each has un- seen movements.

When the number of British lloenses reached 6,783,580 in 1934, it seemed that the saturation point must have at last been reached; but ast year the total increased to '7.- 403,109. This remarkable support of the B. B. C. is practical evidence of the listening public‘s approval—— Ottawa Citizen.

There is no doubt that in the minds of many men and women

come. Certainly there never was a time when anxiety and dread of approaching calamity were more

1870 it was held thata harsh peace would be overthrown within a few years by force of arms and excur-

This time the‘danger is just as clear, and the actual experience of it is fresh and vivid in the minds of the rulers. I-‘cw rulers will survive the next war gamble and they know it. They will not throw the dice iightly.—1ondon Daily Express.

Dlplitlierin has not been “practi- cally abolished" In Toronto. but its ravages were reduced from 1022 cases and 64 deaths in 1929 to 22 cases and no deaths at all in 1934. This was a record which, under present circumstances the city could not expect to duplicate, and in 1935 there were 46 cases and 8 deaths. nn insignificant number when compared with the records of 1829 and earlier years, before toxoid- ing of the city's children was un- dertakcn. It 1.1 the toxoiding of children which has wrought the change. since 1929, 128,000 have been given this dlphthoids-prevenh inc treatment. It in not absolutely curtain in every one. but results pIoq__to indicate that the claim mm. for it-5 per cent efficiency -In more than justified. Its auceeg

1 war contributions.

PUBLIC FORUM

chuluhtown 0 -or nueauully onion: the up Ilon of oenuulloltl.

THE S'l'A'l'U'I‘E O!‘ VVESTMINSTII

31: —In order to give proper con. slderation to any proposal which is now being made or which may be made for “sc1'flPP1nC the B. N. A, Act" and for having the Canadian constitution in future amended at Ottawa, it is proper first to under. stand the development which cul- minated in the passing of the statute of West ’ ‘ in 1931. It is unnecessary to be con- cerned with the history of Can- ada's position with regard to treaties, League of Nations (1: her We are con- ocrned at present only with Can- ad‘a‘s position in relation to the Provinces. It was out of the par- turition of Provincial legislative powers in 1887 which then were plenary, that powers were derived which were conferred upon the Do- minion Parliament then brought into existence. Today, the infant, Canada, seeks to obtain the right to increase or to diminish the pow- crs of its parents, the Provinces. without reference in future to the Mother of all Parliaments. the Legislature of Great Britain. Whether this right should be con- feried upon it, with or without re- strlctions, is the question. when public recognition of the nationhood of Canada was being advocated by her public men, there were far-seeing statesmen who realized that this recognition, valu- able as it might be to Canada as (1 whole. was fraught with grave danger and peril to the position of the Provinces. It is true that Can- ada. was an emanation from the Provinces, a super-province, as it were, and that this super-province had come to receive marked recog- nition throughout the world. There were conditions however which ac- companied Canada's production: there were what have been at var- ious times called “covenants." "contracts," "treaties," "under- standings." These names have all been applied to the terms and con- dillons of the “Confederation Com- pact" as it is sometimes called. If the infant had grown large enough and strong enough to be master or mistress in its own house, could it break its chains, so to speak? Would these treaties. compacts. understandings be nothing but “pious hopes" when the complete emancipation would take place and when Canada would become mist- rcss in her own home? Provincial scnsibillties became nlnrmcd. Pro- tests were made. Ontario, through its Premier, protested that "No re- statement of the procedure for nnicnding the Constitution can be accepted by the Province of On- tario that does not fully and frankly acknowledge the right of all the provinces to be consulted and to become parties to the de- cision arrlvcd at.” other protests were made which need not here be referred to. After several Imperial Conferences had taken place, a conference was ar- ranged between the Dominion and the Psovlnccs in April 1931. The terms of the proposed Statute of Westminster designed to acknowl- cdge Canada's position as a self- governing nation on a parity with the other members of the British commonwealth of Nations were discussed and approved but with one important qualification am‘ addition affecting the rights of the Provinces. This addition and amendment for the protection of provincial rights and autonomy was embodied in the Statute sub- sequently passed by the British Parliament known as the Statute of Westminster 1931. The amend- ment reads as follows: “7 (1) Notlitng in this Act shall be deemed to apply to the repeal, amendment or alteration of the British North America Act 1867 to 1930, or any order, rule or regula- tion made thereunder." Thus by this express reservation in the Imperial Statute of 1931 passed after conferences with all the provinces and with all the self- governing British Dominions, the right of the‘Parliament of Canada to amend or alter, by Dominion statute, the terms of the B. N. A. Act was expressly negatived. so that there might be no pos- alble room for misunderstanding as to Canada's position under the Statute of Westminster, another clause was placed in the Act,

_ Provincial Convention at Toronto a shock the the view prevails that war must munely: membcrs concerned to have all 0PP°"“‘'“lY 0‘ other night by suggesting that he was anxious to

"7 (3) The powers conferred by this Act upon the Parliament of Canada or upon the legislatures of the Provinces shall be restricted to

to matters within the competence of the Parliament of Canada or of any of the legislatures of the Prov- lnoes respectively." Yet it is these very provisions that are now to be abrogated. if reports speak true. Results reached after long deliberations and various conferences are now to become nothing more than scraps of paper. The Imperial Statute of Westmin- ster, of which all were so proud, has apparently, in view of these lconoclaats, become unsuitable, and requires amendment after 3 life of but five years_ Rights which are guaranteed the Provinces, definite- ly and absolutely, and unequivocal- ly, are to be given up entirely, Just because wider legislative power: are aought—som9 of which indeed it may he quit proper to grant—by the Dominic Parliament. some of the effect: of this ac- quiescence if it were granted will next be oonal‘ ..-G. I am. Sir, ol.c., mo PATIIIA.

WILL IKPLAINED

Tourist at 61:: Gun. Ariaom—Do they still hang horse thieves out here in the wild and woolly West?

Nafive~—No. there ain't no more.

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