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SATURDAY, JUNE 25, 1921

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i PATRIOT AND PR-OHIBITION.

In its yesterdnyfil issue the Pat- Int. finding it had "put its foot in -" the day before. unilertakea to xtract it by a circuitous route nd as usual gets deeper in. it V. voids the protest. made by the rince (‘ouniy Grand Jury that the vernment was profiting by the Iquor bilsihess to an extent which ‘it become a public scandal to he pnovlnre. it also avoids the uardianfls reference to the Pat- i0t's own humiliating and damning dmlssion of the previous day that to 90 percent of the H7300’ 11h c-f liquor sold by the venflorst ast year was used for beverage ses, that THE (‘O.\l.\llSSlO.\' 'NEW IT, and that the govemx

ent was justified in using the profits from this sale to help tie-V

‘ray the cost of the crimes. the‘

rauperlsm anti the insanity caused

i)‘ the use of the ihtoxicanis so"! its beverages_ i l‘ In its previous reference to the‘ abject the Patriot tittehipted to

' ustilfy the Bell government in its

lquor business; in its yesterday's ssue, when cornered. it attempts ‘to throw the whole responsibility on ithe Commission. ls it true. '\s ithe Patriot alleges, that the (‘out-i mission is cognizant of the fact that S0 to 90 per cent of the SUI‘..- .000 worth of liquor sold in the {province last year ivas sold for _beiv_erage purposes, or is this ‘ "t scandalous fact known only to the {government and its organ, the‘ i Patriot? i-

TAXES EXTRAORDINARY.

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A gentleman who has always notice’?

been in the habit of paying his bill‘; when due was. some time ulti- I10"- tied that his i920 tax was due. llelng engaged away fruui home he authorized his wife to pity the liili which site promptly did. in the Charlottetown office, receiving a receipt for the saute. Sholtly In!" terivards the sheriff called nl. the hnhe and informed her that her husband had not paid his lliitt tax and gave her twenty-four hours to nctify him. kindly and surrowtuliy intlmating at the same tithe that ii the amount was not paid within that tithe {it would he his. the sheriff's, painful duty to come and levy upon her goods and chatltels. ehlplov a watchman to see that the said goods and chattels would be fflrLhflfifillng on g1 certain day ivhen they would be. sold at public auc- tion t0 satisfy the tax bill and de fray incidental expenses. The good woman ivas naturally alarmed. She had paid the 1920 tax demanded of her and had heard nothing of any zirrears. She communicated :it once with her husband who hasten- ed home to save his propertv. gave her the money with which to pay the hill antl authority ‘to pay it. This she did the next morning as soon as thetax ofllce ivas opened. To her surprise and her husband's indignation she found that the sum of $1.50 was added to the hill tin- dé-r the caption. "ShcrlflT-l Fees." She being only a woman anti ti pretty well frlgptencd woman all that, paid the hill including the Sheriff's fees.

Why was this man not notified‘ of the 1919 tax when paying the i920 tax? Why was the. sheriff sent instead of a regular tax_

The Patriot has recovered breath at last and has spoken :' Iupon the [lfflllillllilln cmhrtigliti. The Sdllhlwfiilllf’ iirahd Jury h ive evidently create-l a something ap- proaching to an electric shock in Government circles. ‘which has reached the oftice of their organ with its powerful reviving force. It could nut resist the impart so it awakens up to stem the tide, ii’ possible ol a public opinion indig- nant at the former outrages of the I ruling combination. and now more " incensrd than ever at this more re- cent ahd official cxpositre of their

llniqulty. And like as ln all the other promises and policies of the

ilovernmrtlt. ll has made no great ig whirling swish around on this uestlon and has comthencctl to . rgue and preach etitirely differ- ent theologies and philosophies so that which they dished out to the eople. prior to the election of 1919. '- ht old, old story about supplying the sick and needy wltlt liquors or medicinal purposes, of a pure ‘VSPEFTEIY’ quality, anti at ACTUAL COST", has been rele- gated to the refuse heap of unful- . '_ filled pledges. and now no price

i tvin be too high to charge the "sick and needy‘, and no beverage can ‘be too poor in quality to hand out Ito the sufferers of our race.

_ That abnormal crime t?) of the

Conservatives in flaking a paltry .t'nree thousands of dollars income ' from the. liquor trafftr_ and rcserv~ ‘Ing it as a fund for it rainy day, in l the costa of administering the pro- hibition act. never failed to get more titan its share of denuncia- i lion from the Patriot, and the 5‘ political reformers of the Llbcrtil machine. _'But now that the Grand Jury of Print-c-Cpirnty. a delibera- tive judicial body, have ehtphatic- ally condemned their absorbing of " over saohoo-“pmtlt... AND srtnt. ‘TRYING T0 FURTHER IN- CREASE THEM‘ as evil money for public purposes, their organ is try-

ing the smoothing process, of- ' I Ipocious argument. A crime is. V when it comes under that elite-

y, not a matter for "modificti- "Ilnnf or condonement or smooth- .- iilng over, anti the excuse and argu- ments of the Government will he vuln in in strivlngs to convert "their infqnlties into acceptable Itlues_ Paint it in whatever fancy ,_ olurs you can conceive, and clothe ‘It with all-the garments of cleri- I fancy that you can contrive. and will at l be the P-FIIIIB detected

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moral contempt. our liquor busi-

nbhorrent-e and And that is what noss has developed lnio_ under Bell Government manipulation. and \VIll('ll the Grand Jury of Prince County have so st-athlngly con- demned.

The Patriot __ admits that “The principle is stiund," as against tak~ lug a revenue for public purposes from the sale of intoxlcants. llut ii claims "modifications," and it argues that intoxicating liquors is one of the causes . of crime, pau- porism and insanity. that there, is no good reason why those who are "PERMITTED" to use it should not contribute to the maintain- ance of courts and asylums. But under the design of our prohihi- tion laws as instituted by the (‘on- servative Government, it was not. intended that any but the sick und needy feeble should he ‘permitted’ to use these beverages. and these instead of being compelled to con- tribute to the support of puhllt hos- pitals. should the rather be receiv- ‘ng the free benefits of Siltih, ln- stitutions. “Last year". it says “the surplus profits froth the sales of liquor went a considerable (Ils- tance io enable the. government to

maintain the asylum". Prices were higher in all commaditics tmd

the asylum cost more to maintain, when the Patriot was complain-

ing of the government lal/ing tho $5.000 revenue, than it does today. Why did not the same rule apply then? Anti by the way, didn't this liquor profit go tn paying the in- ‘crensctl salaries and lntlemnities of the members of Government?

But more serious than any of these things is this statement of the Patrlot,—“Ask any “man of common sense that has his eyes open. Hc will tell you that 80 to 90 per cent of the intoxicating" liquors used in this province is

not itsed for medicinal purposes BUT FOR BEVERAGE PURPOS-

ES". And this is the actual cs- itence of ‘The Grant! Jury's com- plaint‘ and the grounds of their condemnation. One hundred and seventy three thousand dollars worth of intoxlcants sold under the auspices of our tlnverntuent in this llttlr} province in one short your, plus no doubt an much more by the encouraged bootleggers, in

- Tllll PUBLIC FORUM

This column In open for the ‘ ' by _ norrelpohd onto of quallonn of Inter out. Th0 Charlottobwn Guardian don not M0900- lrily onfloru tho opinion! upruud by It: cot-r» pondcnlo.

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SOLDIER i’ MEMOIIIIL

Ska-Non have requested tho citizens to give their ideas with re- gard to the form of the Rlezhorizit to our soldiers who served in the Great \\'ar_ The following are thine.

I think that the lnetnorial should serve, one purpose anti one alone. it should be an expression of our love for, and undying gratitude to, the men who died that wr- might live, and be free. indeed it scents almost s rriligious to make ll serve any purpos e, no thatter how praise- worthy or necessary, that will be for our own ilse_ profit. or pletisttre. This memorial ought to be a sacr- t-d thing. partaking almost oi‘ the titulc of a sacrament. it should he the outward anti visible sign of the inward feeling of oilr hearts, a continual rememberance. to this and future generations, of their biifirillct- and death. and of the bene fits whit h we received thereby‘.

I should like to see it take the fatm of a beautiful monument. A shaft, on which would be engraved the llflllltts of the fallen surmount- ed i)_\' the statue of Liberty, as emhlehizltit- of l-‘reeilotirs cause for which they fought and died. with iour szuallcr statues at, the corners of the baise. representing the four arms of the service in which our boys enlisted, namely the infantry, the Artillery. the Flying (‘orps and the Navy.

As the greater number of our people livc North of Queen Square. and the city must hecessaril_v grow in that direction. it would lie well to plat-e it oh that side oi‘ the square. tiirectly in front of the Pariiiiiiett‘: Building‘ and facing Great George ‘Street, in fitll view 0f all coming tip Great George Street and of those passing along Grafton Street.

In regard to our Public Libraryfl‘ ivc all agree that a llt w library is vcry liadli‘ litw-li-tl IlliIPWlZ but I do not thing our Pnrliathcht Building could be improved by an atlditiuh to ii on the North side. This beailii ful old (‘olonial building is unique in itself, and cannot be added to. ill‘ like trout, except to mar in- stead of iini)ro\'e it] Besides the open space on Queen Square is already limited enough. tor flovw ers. trees, ivulks and la\vns_ witlt- out further curtailing it by the ad~ tiitiuti of more public buildings. Why hot imurchase for ‘this pur- pose the present Batik of Nova Staotia building. lt is centrally sit- uated on a corner overlooking Queen Square and within a stone's ihrtiiv of the Parliament Building. 'l‘hc_ Bank is alivuys foremost in every good work for the improve- ment of the city and province.antl would. l am sure sell-it. lor a vcry moderate price. They might even perhaps tionate. it lo the Province in rt-turn for the long years of pros [ierous business they have done here. Al a fraction of the cost of a new building it could he converted into a library taredltultle in every way to a city the size of Cllflflllild‘ tnwh.

l am, Sir, ettn,

ANOTHER SOLDIERS MOTHER

beverage

lngly tells. And it

keeping up to take risks when

can. Put lt down to "actual cost‘

SICK AND AT ACTUNL COST.

‘OIOIOIGIOIOQ’

Daily Selections , Guardian Readers

Iurnluhod by W. l. L°ulon_ QIOIOIOIOI INTERCESSORY PRAYER

had joy That day; l wondered "how?“

had prayed, “Lord help them now." ,

tiered “how" Their simple words had power

three" had met To pray an hour_

Yes, we are always wondering "how" Because we do not see Some one unknown perhaps, on fan away, On bended knee.

A hidden one-but one near God Was claiming victory,

name. "'l.ord be Thott nigh!"

g sun No need to wonder more

all supplied ‘From Heaven's store. —————<-0-$€

defiance of law and tagaimt the

pnrpflsnsly it uhnpsuab pleasantly in the city, the guest of

“Dolly ash‘ her sister Mrs. W. K. Rogers. "Does it not discourage the use of

liquors for beverages purposes by lllfl lirlciV?" i! CH- Hleks arrived in Shetliac on “led- l-Hilliy encourages the huotlezgcr nesday-and are the guests of Mrs. ltmfils are Nick's sister Mrs D. S. Harper. high and induces him to sell all he . av, Mir. Hicks. who has served

and cut oli' ltls profits absolutely i/sty, and see how quickly‘ he will drop stationed in this Province is now Olll- mill C"! 011i i119 "BEVERAGE" retiring from the cause and ls in-

end of‘ the vendors business SELI» ,- , _ ING ONLY ‘To THE ACTUAL tending. together with ‘Mrs. Hicks,

The MTJZIFY one had rest, the sad

A pk-“ighiimn “liming “i m” ‘mi-k fredty. will visit Mrs. Thompson's

Awa-y in foreign lands they won- the Hummer VaCRl-IOII.

At home. the Christiana "two or dangmer am being welwnu,“ home

wondering,

As they went forth to battle in His

-The hands nre steady till the sett- [htelf guggt Miss Dunning 0g Tor.

How courage. faith, and‘ hope were immmy‘

Lois of men who imagine they for he, numerous {riendg DION?!“ 8nd BXDPEHEBII Wiulleii 0i’ are pulblic-spirited tritizens will not "l8 K795i ililiii 0i Oil!‘ 000919. And hear their names announced when out“ ed creature of public the Patriot. admits it. Sold "for the roll of honor i; chum,

Happenings’ 0f The' Week '

BYNG OF VIMY

Never in his life befo-(e.

Hag he stepped upon our shore, Never has he breathed our air, Or beheld: our skies so fair; ' Yet to all the thought will come. Byng of \’imy's sailing hohte.

Not as Viceroy of the King

Do our welcomes great Lord Byng; Not as Governor designate

To adorn the chair of State;

But to take a dearer throne

in hearts that hold him as their own. ,

"Byngs lloy's"~~proutlly is the name (‘herisheti in our Hall of Fame; PrtiudLv shall their glory be Borne to far posterity,

Blazoned as uh golden bridge Archihg Time frohi Vimy Ridge.

Soldier. pure and unafraid.

Peer of Britain fitly made. Statesman. temperate and wise“ But above all else we prize

Byhg of Vtimy, im-anly man,

And henceforth-Canadlnnt

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Surprise was recently expressed in some quarters at thle announce- ment that the Prince of Vifiiles 2s not to start a racing stable, but. the fact. of tihe matter is that tie cannot afford to do so at the pre- sent time. Practically the _\li'll-"'.f.> of his income is denlwtl from the Royal Dut-hy of Cornwall. anti last year the sum of £42,000 was paid rnto his banking account from this source Out of this, however, he makes a substantial annual con- tribution for the maintenance of nis sister and younger brothers. who receive no money whaoevei" from the state, but are supported stiloly hy the King and the Prince of -Vi'ale-s out of their respective incomes. Owing to the way,in whit-h the king itivestctl the in~ come from the llutchy of (‘ornwtill during the Prince's minoriii; he enjoys a ctmiforttible income froth tins, hut -l.ll‘..< is all earmarked long before it reaches him. it was for this reason that he decided some litre ugo to tilspose of a t-otisitler- lttble portion of his estates in South London, and il is possible that a. great proportion of the money so rttlsed ls to go to endbw his sister and his brothers. In addition of the income the Prince of “Jules letfPIVen from tile, source already mentioned, he receives the pay or his rank as colonel of the Welsh (luards, and this may he said t.o,l_i_f

all that he possesses.

\ 8 O Mr. Manning Bagnull ls leaving ilris week fur ‘Kentvitlle, N. 8.. utid it ‘is hoped he will soon regain ro- bust health

i 8 i Mrs. it. Beale and lll.tle son Ern- est have arrived home from Hahiil- ton, 0nt.. t0 spend the summer with Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Pomeroy, Brigh- bl“-

! Q i ‘Miss "Ethel Sinclair of Summer- side ls spending a holiday \\*r.\'

to!

Rev. Thomas Hicks and Mrs.

for over ‘forty odd ytears in the thin- wps ' a-t ~ one period

to leave shortly for ‘England to spend a well learned rest in visit- ing the land of-hls birth, trcnter- lng in Manchester, his native city. i I U

Miss Constance Wheat‘. arrived home Thursday evening from the Conservatory of Music. Toronto, accompanied by lrer mother, Mrs. .l. F. Whiear. who has been on a much enjoyed visit_

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‘Dr. Alfred Thompson, .\l. I’.. for Yukon. has left Ottawa to spend the summer in his constituency, Mrs. Thompson and daughter, Al-

mother ln Nova Scotia. and then come to Souris, P. E. l_, to spend

i i l i Dr. and Mrs. Alley anti little from their three months stay in

Montreal. ~ I t O

At the Golf Links this alfternon ten will be served by Mrs. J_ A. ‘i Mntltlieson. Mrs. J. H. Malcom and Miles N. Gillespie. The weather has been itmi for obit. and the progress tbeing mnda zby new mem-

bers under the tutelage of Mr. Cornfoot, in remarkable O I I

,,Dr. and Mrs. Bousefleld have ns

onto. who is greatly enjoying her

O 8 I .Mrs.Noel Ddfllois was hostess at an enjoyable Bridge last evening

IOU

gun CHARLOTPETOWN GUARDlANfl

remain lhcrt- for the vacation,

Hotel on ’l‘trestia_v evening was a’

most novel and interesting even!

that received large patronage‘ i O I

Tine Illilfflllgfi of .\liss Dorothy A. Longworth daughter of the late (‘ol. J. A. Longwortlt and “is. Longworth, of Montreal, formerly of Charlottetown. to Mr. Edward J. lVatersttih, son of .\lr_ and Mrs Thomas Waterstou. of Westmuitnt. will take place quietly at Ste. Aline tie Bollevue on Wetlht-stlay. June 29th. c u a ' Mrs. (Dri John-um is being upl- cometl home front o. visit to her daughter" .\irs. (‘ross in Vancouver. Her datightt-r. Mrs llamm and Johnson, is zllso rchcivitig old friendships in this city_ ' i i 8 Rev. l)r. Stet-l. Supt-rintehtlcnt of Missions, and iii-ll known in this city expects to leave for ltllll,‘ l:tntl on .lul_\' tam to visit his old ltom-et. and later to alLt-nd illlf‘ ecumenical cmift-rence. O O I A young Canadian sin tar. who has fHCPllliy appeiretl ln'i.ohtlon. with great s- ‘ccss, is Nliss Sarah Fischer, of Montreal, who sang at a concert last month, at which Princess Mary was tircsent. The concert \\‘ilS organized undt-r the auspices of the Society" or Wo- men Musicians, anti .\i»;itlame AL bani, who visited this province some _vetirs ltgo, ivns among the many Cahzttli-tihs who went to hear their COlllllT}'\\'l)lll£lll. for whom they predict a distinguished career. I l I

Among the welctnue visitors spending the summer at Eldon is Mrs- iDr-i Ii w. itt-ict-nzle tin-i son David of Montreal ivho are the guests of .\lr. Jatties Si. (‘_ Rloore,

I O i MP5. (Seltattir) J_ P. .\lc.\'it-holl has arrived from Philadelphia to take up ‘her resilience at her lovely new home at Cardigan.

_ g o at a _ 'lltt=re is an zidtlctl rxcitehicnt this week to the life of lite city by the presence of upwards of 4.10 tifilt-ers and mcn in t-ahip at Vir- toria Park, their drills, htnrches, etc, being watched with pride and admiration by all.

_On Thursd cvili/‘Plllllll Aliss, Anni‘. _ Newibeiyv t-tiit-rtaint-tl very pleas- antly at bridge. , O U O

Mliss itut-t-hlinz. Lady Principal at Edgehill. Windsor. and Silas .\Illl'I‘£l_\', \'ice-l'riitcipal, have taken a t-otlagv- at Holland Cove, and will

O O I Mrs. Arthur G. Putnam t.f Naiv- castle. .\l. ll, it-(‘Plilllllillllvtl by lit-r lillt- ath. and lier thothiil‘, .\irs. Maciaotl, passed through (‘har- loitcioivti last week vh route in thi-ir old ‘home iii Flldoti where ihci will spend the stimmt-r_ I I 8

'i‘herr~ is to he a tournament at the Victoria. Tlentiis Courts this tifterntion when the tea ltosiesses will beMiss IVluy.l<‘aitqithtirs'iti. .\l s Hillta ‘lIOHIUIl anti Miss lilthel Ries- scrvy.

I O O Miiss Elizabeth Irving. grand- daughter of tSiir llenry Irving, and lterscli‘ m favorite. of the English stage. ‘wears a charm which her itlisllhguishetli gtrtintllltiltltcr always wore on the first night of a new