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‘FF or International Trade

ANADNS imports in the fiscal year of 1919-20 amounted to $i,o64,5l6,169 and its exports to $386,658,709, a total trade of ' $2,35l,174,878. In financing the many tmnsac- tions that go to make up such a volume of busi- ness", banking experience and resources are of paramount importance. l

f- The Bank of Montreal has been assisting the merchants of Canada in import and export trade for over 10o years. It has built up an inter- national banking organization that offers excep- tional facilities to those doing business with outside countries.

The Manager of any Branch of this Bank will be glad to have you discuss banking facilities with him or you may consult on any problem "connected with international trade direct with the Foreign Department at the Head Office in Monueal, where complete statistical and other infommation is kept on file.

Canadian firm! engaged in P017311 Trade who contem- plate sou/in; reprerrntafiru Io Great Britain, France, Soul/r Africa, India, Alana/aria, C/rina, japan, ar t/ie lVril Indiei, If” find i! to l/reir advantage Ia rum- munirate wit/r the Foreign Department at the Heal 0ft‘: in Montreal.

BANK 0F MONTREAL Paid-up Capital $22,000,000 , Rest $22,000,000 Total Asset» in Excess of $500,000,000

_ bus met and (ivercolne a

Modern Machinery ‘

luls revolutionized lhc shoe re»; pairing business and PPFIIIHS: shoes to be ‘repaired on illu- _ chines like those on ivllich they were built. Tllis means the».

~is expdcied to accrue, has neccs-

THE CHARLOTTETOWN GUARDIAN

lIIE cllillloutlowil GUARDIAN

Sir Charles Dalton. Prrnldent,

‘Ion-nil; Dally 15.00 per year

l). K. Curl-It‘, Associate Editor.

(founded I887) 00.00 per Y (lulled) in nlvuco ll

J. ll. Iiuruett, Editor and Publllier.

nr (delivered) in nlvnleo and KOO to ll. l. A.

Cllldli

FRIDAY, MAY 13, 1921

A SATISFACTORY BUDGET

The Budget uf Sir Henry Dray")?-

ion ull round. As a mutter of policy the Opposition hus tallied amendment of u nou-cunlmlttul ties- crlption for stage effect, hilt thc listlessness and non-zittondunco in

ilfl

the llousc are conclusive indicat- ions thut the members m. lllklllll it at its truc villuc. Asvthc Mom- real Gllzllllt‘ suys: “the ilulllfli‘ sion created lby u reading "l m" Budget Speech and the revision (if taxation is that Slr Henry Drllylfl" diffi- cult situation with ski?»- wiill avoidance of lllfllllfllilllce "l trade in this period of price ud- justments and with what nlay con fldentinlly be zlssunled- will he gell- ernl approbation. There is to be no material tariff revision. That Ilus

grout

been (Icferrcil until comnlfiflfllll

conditions tlip world ovc have re- sunlcd a measure of stability and it luuy be unlil the electors of‘ ("an nda have Ilzld opportunity of pro- nouncing upon the principle of fis~ cnl policy as expounded b)’ l?" several parties. -Such changes in taxation us have been luuile retain and in f1 degree affirm the prin- ciple of protection to home indust- rics, which for more than ifortl‘ years has been the basis of tariff legislation.

Tile West indies compact. fronl 1b,. operation cf which substantial advantage to the trade of those islands and the trade of Canada

situteti lhc cllief alteration in dut-

has met with general commendub‘

can invoice in assessing value for gory, Depreciation in European currencies is also affected, no greater depreciation than 50 per ‘ cont in levying duty on imports into (‘anudlt being allowed. ‘This last amendment will not ilffcct impor-

‘tatlons from Great Britain because

sletling compared with pnr is on- ly about ‘i0 per cent. The country lo he hll is Germany, whose mnrk,‘ n0nlinnlly' worth 23.8 cents, and actually worth in exchange nibout 2 cents, will be converted at cus-' tclns for duty purposes at about 12 cents, that is to say one half of its par value. More stringent regulations have also been pro-iv vided against the dumping of for- eign goods in this murketto the in-c jury of domestic industry. Another commendable clause is that requlrU ing goods of foreign countries to‘ be marked with origin, nn enactment promntive or trade with Great Britain 11nd Franco ond l1 proper protection tu the Canadian consumer. There is‘ to bc n large increase in the duty‘ of spirits from $5 :1 gallon to $10 in the case of imported spirits and

the country of

lo $0 per gallon in the calm! of spirituous beverages lllailc in (‘ain- ada. Hospitals, however receive a much needed relief‘ In the provis-

"icn granting a rebate of 99 per

cent of duty pnld on spirits actual- l_v used for medicinal purposes. -

’Finnlly' there is the sales fax. This lmpost hus been raised froln one per centto one andahalf per cent on sales by (‘anadlan manu-

the fall In thp value of the pound’OUR Al-q-QNQMY glppv-Blldflfils

l iitllers’ View Points]

WASTED ENERGY (Westminster Gazette)

When the workmen really l!!!‘ derstand the industrial situation. they -wlll dismiss alike all the fool- ish promises of politicians and all Utopian theories which posses! that the situation can be remedied by (lying to the State. We shall then settle down to the lzrlnl “w! that the world is poorer and that everylbody ulust suffer ill fllmml‘ iitllidt".

Tllzllullton Herold)

Nobody ls more tiluorous nnd su- Spit-Jolie; than your extreme auton- mnisi. “lie sees in every bu-‘lll l!" c-fflcar." lie (ibjetais to having tho prime minister go to London at all l0 Cont“ (in questions important to (‘nnod-a, lest he ‘be caught in the ‘maelstrom of imperialism. lie ob- jecis to having (‘amide lndellelld‘ ently represented at Washington because somehow he does ‘not know how, but maybe somehow-- that arrangement might be used to promote the cause ol‘ Imperial- ism.» lie regards with dread even the imperial conferences because they lnuy lead lo (‘Plllflllllilllllll- Exll-cnlc zlutononlisnl is ll sort of nervous affection.

.-¢-__._-

we require them to ml! out either one thing or the other? Should we colllmiind llip Hon. Mr. Len, for in- stance lo clnsc down his ful'lll,_:ind cease raising thoroughbred Ilol- steins, simply ilecause Ilc is (‘olu- missloner of Agriculture? (fundin- ly we would say no, Just as loudly as we could suy it, for in that cap- acity at least he will do more good to the country thun he cun ever do in any other w-lll". - There is ul- so evidence that the insurzincc bus- iness dolle by some concerns has lunde scmc enlargement of busi- ness since the commencement of

f-d cnndlc. (‘llcaper loo.

LLAMBROS ‘

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‘THE SILVER‘ SERVICE

What would be more appreciated by the Bride than a beautiful Silver Service? ‘Our’ Silverware has a distinct- ion and attractiveness which really puts it In a class by it: self. One guarantee backed by_ over flfty years of service is behind every piece of Silverware we sell. ‘

SILVER FLATWARE.‘

The Bride, will of eoursepwant her table Silver such as knives, forks, spoons, etc., to be in keeping with her Silver Service and other pieces of Silverware. We not only keep, a- large stock of Sterling Silver Flatware, but we at all limes carry a ‘complete stock of Communifly Platd; ‘l847IRpgers Plate; Wm. Rogers Plae and 1835 R. Wallace Plate. 7

We‘ invite your inspection.

W. w." WELLNER, LIMITED SINCE 1868 JEWELERS "GIFTS THAT LAST"

OF OVER ADVERTIZED GOODS

Our ads are small, our trade and service are the big things.

Price and quality speak loudest. Come and see how we are smashing old prices. if FOR EXAMPLE =- Men’s Russian Calf Brandon Boots l, finade only ten months ago, to sell for "'“$15.75. We now offer for $9.00.

All Men’s Oxford, new and old at less than cost. Our best $13.50 Astoria for $7.00. ‘

700 Ladies Boots, Oxfords and Pumps at half price.

Just received 200 sample pairs at half manufacturers price and other new good-s arriving daily.

Headquarters for Holeproof Hos-

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\‘I‘i'}’ bcsl kind of shoe repairing and is us far ahead of llle old style hand work its the electric Iieht is uhcifd of lily old5flgshion~ Quicker and bcltér.

BROS.

..l&.~ announced ‘hy the Finance

Minister Preferential-mates to West Jnrlles products necessarily involve placing duty on lroplcfll products of other countries hither- to“ on the free list. The business profits tax has been abrogated, and isuno-btolbe renewed. Very impor- taint ‘zlnlcndments are made to the Customs Act [in respect of valuat- ion fol: dutyx American exporters are no longer to be permitted i0 enter at. Canadian customs a bill of goods, invoiced at $100, which costs the Canadian buyer uny- where fronl $110 to 3H7. Hereafter the percentage of the discount on

facturlegrs‘ whnlesnlers and jobbers their piil'llllflieill.lll~_v connections.

And so also of boots, shoes, goods and from two to “V” and a ha" unll other colnnlo-litics. Sboulld per cent on the duly plllfl value we put lhe closure upon all these

of imported gong,“ Th‘. tux on conccrns and hole them before sales l’), munumcturers (“Wet w parliament, and pelt them with pol Iticzll lllli(l_' because oi‘ this? OI’ course if the Liberals make it u on goods imlwflell by lffil-allers 4 ‘tr-limp card, the only natural course Der cent. The exemptions hitherto is iii-follow suit, but in our opin- granted ln respect of the sales tux 1'0" ll l8 boiler t0 181W‘? Ilrivlll" arelqn the main‘ cunmmelt we business inferests ulonent least SO LONG AS THEY ARE Il()\'- FaST-‘LY A‘.‘N'*D laEGlTl-MATELY Tim’ CQNDUCTFILD, AND WITHOUT will yield it is anticipated, the lmwllplgg (m 105g To w“; larger revenue the Finance MlnuVol-lhllrRY-

ister requires to take care of cry

pendlture and upon the wholl. we‘

believe the popular verdict will

retailers is lllilfle 3 per cent and

have briefly outlined tho more inl- portiint taxation proposals.

Ibo that Slr Henry Drayton iuls

(‘nnudlnn money In the United States will me added lo the Ameri-

There is ‘a great inconvenience:

Current Comment

produced on admlrnlblo budget.

vallunble time of parliament. Well

in Poverty. and it is the more partl- ought. we pray, God help the coun-

l call the g-IOPIOIIS past.

. they must

cularly oppressive to thosp whol once lived in the enjoyment of plen- ty of the good tlllugs going. And when the proud and haughty are brought down to the level of the groveliug their plight is surely pltiaible. And‘ this is the predica- lnent of federal Liberalism today. "fheir capital, or whatever they pos- sessed In the substance of political stock in trade, has all been clther squandered or sent to the scrap heap, and now they have nothing to parade iin the mar-ls of ipublic popularity but the shattered and frayed out garments of ‘what they Like child- ren Ibereft of their real playthings‘ improvise something Wllh which to lplflly the political game. And like our own ‘flell Gov- ernment, devoting the time, paid

l for by tile ‘people, to the abuse of ' the Guardian and ‘private citizens, ' . ulé valuable time of the ‘House of

(loljnons was taken up and wast- ed‘ by MlBOKAIIZlR King's first Lieut-

v‘ ennnt, Rudolph Lenlleux, in an at- ,‘ tack uipon the Hon. R. W. Wigmoro . because he saw fit to pursue the

every day course of soliciting husl- ness for the shipping firm on which

he had ‘been a silent partner.

b-id ll. appears that tie firm of Nugle & Wllcmore‘ of which Hon. Mr. Wlgmore is u member, represents larxe trans-Atllantlc steamship companies, and that the Frenclll

_ Purchasing Commission iwou-id re-l

quire ffeiflhi-EBB for large quanti- ties of grain, from Si. John to‘ Europe. And Illon. Mr. wigmmo‘ commilth d the un-purclonabla sin of‘ writing n letter soliciting u share of this carrying trade. Ami the

I ntioehlof still for idle hands 00 do",

IE fill dlwwlw and‘ a ‘mm or um

Liberals learned of it and, Oil owl principle that "Satan fillds some

may poked their nose into if. ‘in a

try’, when we reach that pass that

The main who takes on‘ his should ', ers the burdens of state must seg-

regate himself from every private Interest, nnd ‘become the target for mud-i-llingers when he dares to pur- sue the everyday and ordinary transactions of legitimate busi- ness. But having no other scan- dul for capital to nlr before the House, a copy of this letter was produced, in the vain hope that they could work some prejudice up against the Hon. ‘Minister of Customs.

‘But If it were a crllne for n per- son in public life to solicit busi- ness for his firm, why not make the principle of broader applica- tion than to the single individual whose personality they wnnt to nt- tnck. We know for instance of quite a large number of Liberals, holding positions -both in Federal and Provincial governments, who have extensive outside business in- terests, und in ~muny cases these interests made the more valuable ‘by reason of their parliamentary connections. Why not, make a clean swoop while they are nt It. and 8st after the whole tribe. The lion. W. S. Fielding, to illustrate our Willi, is editor of a commer- cial journal. Because of his pre- stige as o public man that paper enjoys a larger patronagg than It W0uld have under less conspicuous management. Why not atop it? Mr,‘ Lemieux, tho beilgerent al.- tncker, Ilimeldf lbelongg in l1 l-lrm which profits In greater popular- ity because of his political pmmln. once? Should he not follow m; on

his own reasoning, and withdraw from busilneas or pafllmmgnl,

And In our local arena ’we have

Daily Selections Guardian Readers

Furnished by W. l. Lllueon, KOBKOXOKOIU

We Thank Thee Lord

For that sweet impulse of the com-

ing Spring; For ripening Summer, and the liar- vesting; For all the rich Autumnal glories spread,-

The flaming pageant of,the ripen- ing woods; The fiery gorse, the heather-pur- pled hills; The rustling leaves that fly before the wind,- And lie below the hedgerows whis- pering; meadows hoary dew; For sheer delight of lasting Once again - That first crisp breath of winter in the air; The pictured pane; the new white world without; The sparkling iledgermws wltcbery of lace; The soft ‘white flakes that fold the sleeping earth; The cold without, the warmth within; For red-heart roses in the‘ winter snows; For nil the flower and (lhrIstmas-tlde; For all the glowing henrt of Christ- mills-tide; We thank Thee, Lord!

For sliver-while with

cheerier

fruit of

For friends above; for friends be- low;

For the rare links invisible be-

‘tween;

For Thine unsearchnible greatness; for the vails

Between us and the things rmny not know;

For those high times when hearts take ‘wing and rise,

And float

‘W0

Blnn Feln Style. (London Times.)

---~'i‘he worst crime perpetrat- ed -by Slnn l-‘elners in the North of Ireland took place day morning, the victim being a poor woman named Kitty Carroll, uged 40, of Aghnumeenu silt miles from the tolwn of Mhnashun, who was put through the farce‘ of a trial by her assassin and shot dead through the bead, her ‘body bell)! left on the roadside.

She lived in very humble circum- stances with Iler father and mol- hcr, aged heiiwocn 80 and 90, and nn Iuvulld brothel‘. She wus tho suit. support of. the fnlllily by fur- lniflg u few iicres of mountain laud and keoplngpoultry. in spilo cl’ her Iluullblo position she fell un- der the suspicion of the I.RIA., and was marked down for assets-sinu- lion.

At midnight on ‘Slliliftliiy n knock will: heard outside tho llt- tle cahln, and Kitty Carroll, who bud long before retired to bed, arc-so und opened the doonto find n party of nliiskeil luun outside. 'I‘Ilcy onlcred the house, lind told the unlnippy woman that they bud eonle for her. She resisted with all her strength, ‘but the murder- ers overpowered her and tied he: hands behind her. She was tIlcn taken from the house in spltp of her pitiful pleadings that she alone» wus left to look lifter thc lit- tle houscllillil, und ‘the men Icd Iler for u mllc down the lune and zlcross l] brldgc which fnrds n llttlt» ‘stream. Two hundred yards fill’. tllcr on u lllock “Court martial" was held in the darkness of‘ the night on lllc terrified Wtilllilll, who, ‘being found “(luilly," was Slifll. through lhc check, lhc bullet en-

tering lllp -bl‘:iin. Ilcl- wrist wllfl also shuttered. A cord was found tied round

her neck with the words “Spies and infclullers beware! Tried, coil victcd, and executed by I. R. A."

Replying lo Sir W. Davidson ill the Ilouse of Conlnlons, Mr. Henry said Miss (‘nrroll wrote some lei- lcrs lo the lhlice concerning illicit ill-ink traffic in the neighborhood.

Tlvlese letters were captured from

the local pnstnlun bynilenlbers of

the Irish Republican Army, and this capture irus the cause of her (lentil. of the Ilouse her hands were tied behind her back. and they forced her along for lllllf a mile. nel- dead body with bullet wounds was found in u field.

London Working Boys. (London Daily Telegraph.)

~——The Prince of Wales could not have presided over :1 tiloro bent-Heal gathering than tho Box- "lg l-‘lllllllliionshlli Meeting of.thc- 'l‘llc lfederution ol‘ these clubs, cf which Prince Arthur of Connaught is patron and Lord ‘Desborougn president has l1 ulenfbersbip of "W" 7-000. drawn from 130 instit- utions in uli parts of ‘London. it holds inter-club competitions, not only in cricket and various sports, but in physical trnining and rifle “homing. as well as chess and droughts, essay writing. freehand

arly yester- v

After silo was ilrngged out *

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Punch

——~~-“llo took llcr ullreslstlng In Ills Ilfllls nnd ltlsscd her forehead. As he felt her soft weight against his shoulder the whites of his oywes glowcrl u dull rcd."-~l<‘rrilll Popular Niuguzini».

Il is rutllcr fun prilcllsing this in front of u looking gloss. l

MAID OF ORLEANS HONORED IN FRANCE

PARIS. May 11.—--To-dzly, for the first time in French history. Joanne d‘ Arc became the central figure of u national celebration. and the llleluory of the Zvlaid of Or? Ieuns wrs honouetl throughout Franco wilh as luuch enthusillsnl iS was ll(!-!Ol'(l0(l the Napoleonic con l.€ii¢'il‘_\‘ three duys zigo. The occas- ion was the anniversary of llll‘ hiaids entry Into Orleans.

The only (llSCtlFilllfli. nnle wus struck h; the (‘ommunists und ex- treme Socialists who protested. not against the tribute paid to Jeanne d, Are but against the fact that ('iii.l10ll('.~‘ took n lending purl in the celcbrntlon, Requiem masses were hcld in all the churches nnrl tho buizilings thepclvns wot.- dccor atoll Wl'lI the Virgin's colors, lillil‘. and while. Following the official exercises before the Statue of Jeanne In Place dos Pyruluidcs. u number of young l‘olulnllnists, who bud fllii. hitherto nlndc. themselves conspicuous, began to shout, "Down wilh tho Aruly.“ bong live jllo 3M“ lets." 'I‘huy were inlmciliutelv ilt~ tucked b; a crowd of ll1'-'!‘- 0's ndmlrelns und wcre suved from z

(lo l.'ld"lllll’ today, as France's zllll~

l\ (it'll lowu loulu. 'i‘lll~ (‘ollcgo but first and fotulluil 9i; pong‘ [if

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noise-snow, Mny .12---l‘1.\‘cill=- i .

moot rciizns in lllc Victoria l'l|ll. iic school Ilcre. It appears that flu Q principal asked tho tcuchcrs to ill "l?!" lllc llltizel- girls of their chm. l soil-girls of twclvc and lllirlccn l Yours of llgc-~»llliit It was vun- m, s llloilcsl to come to school ("lzlil in Q Si")?! fllflllkllltis showing their lliilre t Inf-Is uibove ‘the knees. 'l‘lle teachers did us llip priuclp. "l il-‘lkml. and then there wrll; a lrciublc. ' i From some of lllc lltlfPiils (ll l the girls cuuuc llolcs informing tho i llflllfllllll that he iillll nothing to 1 do with the luanner in WlliCll the 1 SClIUUl _gi|‘ls) were clad and polity d “l! telling Iiinl that he should mind . Ills own business. Tile principal, l however. still thinks that it is his I business. iinil further l luenls urn li\\'ilil.8il, , --__ AMBASSADOR TO VATICAN i

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llllils‘ iii-ll‘ >"_~—l‘llzll'lcs Jonuari. (“mmr AlllPll lllgll Collllnissitincr lll Athens and lormql- Qxlppgrdi".

Ill_'_\' idlnhussnilol- to lbc Vatican hull boon definitely sclcctcd liv lhc Frcncll

(lovernlnent 1ll'(‘0l'lllilg

busslldtil" to lllo \";|¢i(-;|n_ The mis. H1011. soys tllc. llcirspupcr, will bc 4| l<‘lllll0l'lll‘.\' ouc. for u pcrioll of six ulontlls. .-but SlijPPL lo rem-q‘. nl

Pflhe Benedict. IJEcluir gullog has chosen Nionsigllol- flerrctli, puller under-secretory nl‘ state, u nunclo in Puris, llilflllr the sunle conditions. .

‘i_'_Z"*" CRICKET MATCH AT KING'S COLLEGE ~

\\I.\'I)SOR‘ N. 8., .\i:l_\ 10.~-—'l‘Ilo lnnual lfinczlclliu crlckcl punt-ll s ])liI_VP(l Ilcrc this illtcrnooll In» Kinli“? "(WW-EH llud ill!‘ wl-lll lo

ventlon of the police, who nrrestcd

severe ilcaiing only by the inler- which 'i‘iulullly illtlii-L ‘_‘[‘., not out.

The town club rcspolnlctl with ll.

twenty dlsturbcrs. lotul of 56 runs, thus winning by ‘J0 runs. For the wiunr-rl-l Allslolv iii- isl-orcil ill. not out. lliifl Vll-zllhcr- We l0. Mouncc. of Windsor took ‘ BAN 0N ‘MMODESTY fivc ivlckels ilul- 1.1 runs. Tn the.

highest sllorvl‘ on file winning side will go the bots offered by the Cornwall bequest llt King's.

‘PARIS, May 12- The

French Milnlster of Justice is Cleansing Stafle

after-war orgy of pleasure in cos-

drawing, map drawinggreading, and= mopolltan centres has developed so