rwo igouttrsilstns . u ‘l letter by Ir. J. Graham? . a former interested’

I

~~ to this province. mill‘ be

w with interest. in placing our

Qnnlreisenla at the modest unm-

‘ filo! two. llr. Crulrkaliank Wits

mpllmeknt

‘of!’ little province a é

lflwe shall. for thc present wit. let the number stand rill-f viscsltoneo. We quite asree with? ‘jfi that the two he mentions arr real needl-

r There are.

3|.

It ll true. infill’ mops of the Island, one on fair‘ heavy paper. puntumu by no‘ laden], Department of the inter- loipgtm too large and cumberwllfi (he use of casual visitors. Au- _o:_.her _is a large folder. mounted‘ linen. an excellent imp slrillc minute details of the Island. lll- eleuing roads. but tor some unac»? countable reason available.

What is really needed by visitor is a little showing the general lealures

concise map,‘

all

the province. its towns and viIlag-‘en.

05.11’; rivers and harbors. The rte-l easioual vlsltor has little use for‘ detailtt; what he wants to knowf 1;," um of m. l

nzere he is and’ uwllerc the places are that he de-l

to visit or has visited. Such; t‘. - maps sold at a nomi- T-pal price and

ysvnllsble. would be s boon to the}

A-aflahlt.

uproar, mucus-r n, 1922

[ceivetl as a grant from the ledllllll

every dollar spent was absolutely ; lost to the province. Where. rhel laature of the soil was such se to; stand the rains of sprint all’! Blllll llIlef the condition and so far require no‘ BNEIIUOIJ. ed m" h." been “defied and areichoice of the dominant niaiority in worse plight today thumb-store‘ n ti,” were touched. On such scol lions.

the recent heavy rains which con; ‘vetted the newly made roads into!

g m a; n» we t

a. l. Inadv- n! n...“ The by- elections, now close at hand bring under review at short notice. the merits. if any, and the demerits, also of the existing Legislature and Government of

lasts-s.

7'." Qflennel) In alwmlea. :G—ala‘ml IIJO l0 ll-l-l-

duct and attitude of the lsw- ma- king and ruling powers should

government. some of

dune has been wen‘ dons andfed by those electors who shall

much of ll __ .

_ L; the evidence for and az-tlnst the ‘"9 M l‘ h" been “euecwd I ‘Administration tllflllld be fully ter the lmlsunplied in order that iii-t c-lec

through with it and as a fééllllgtftfil as I; lury may give a

contractors bad

the principles of right Jtltl lice. It ls not desirable that un- due heat, iudieuation or vtt-lelll

ilng [hr shorrcampaigu

roads are still i150“!-

155cc members o! the llouie. Vfliere the rains soak-jurist, constitute the Executive u-i-

‘he new” mmeu-olumernrucnt. are necessainiy

lnlo the House. ‘flhey were the Jeaders of llle party during the gafection campaign of litlft

the money

.mado professions representat-ons and promises in regard to ivhzit _ .1119; would do if lhegs vvert- rr nothlné

the Province. lt ls moat desirable! that these features of the con»

m0 V-l-‘Fhe carefully and calmly consider-

"mu

l The Public Forum '

Tfieollnlhopeaforllo Isousales by commend» inhdnuestlensaflsho 0d. The Ghsrlottlbnmn Oualilnnloes sstnuaao srllyewlst-setltssplnleas unusual by lta our» _XI@IIQ. s ve Twslteqliemesh

"llltisland of red clay lverdtct. according to the facts anillillfllw all‘! lll'*°°d=-’ Th?!‘ 4*"- ma. .Firttly2 the island. and ~

‘partisanship shall be arous 1| durwghen a map a‘ Office, and this-folded and break- Qin; at the folds, and pencil-marked t—i5 with m6 still. lvrere not so fortunate. i met an‘ lAmerlcan. a Boston lady. at George- theltoiru, P.E.-i.. and when she saw

‘you ge: that?" .sbe sold. "I've- ransackerl all

As. expended wasisuch they made an expositio; of’

Sir.—~Ma_v l as one who SP9!" 1 new“ ,0 h‘ do,“ l be called to vote on August 30th lmost enjoyable lwo mouths’ holi-

day lsst summer in Prince Edward

,lsland—'and who saw things as a [stranger —— suggest

ltwo require- charmlng little and sombre

meets in that

A ~.n~.ali pocket mil"! Secondly: A museum. I was fortunate

the “G uardian“

Other visi furs

the map she said: "Wherever did l told her. "Winn" the lnokseilers‘ stores in (‘ltarlptte- llJWll for just such a map.and nona-

‘uf them bad one, or could tell m;

_ t - r . . uher l could gct oneYShc loose “m” umw“ “H” 5"?“ an" he prlumple. or [he pa") ‘mum ltellicklng out Georgetown and ‘Souris. and Suiumersirle and Tig-

n.sh. and such fascinating names

Bear River and Savage Hhrbfll"

enough to bu‘

impassable Qulflllllfll-

was‘

turned u; power, They led th-Fand lmliau'_ Island. "Wherever bevble to believe that the I'm-km“ “l” 8am‘ “l mu" haw "w

lhedog drag and the heelers expend

generally

was done where it that they had taxed the people an They led the people to bu- vlieve that lf they‘ were retuructl 'to power they would reduce and by no means increase,- the burden

of laxationjbut would by strict economy br- ultle to conduct lb:-

government of the Province amt

ed their energies on the portions Oi‘ road which did out need uiuch at» ion. because lt was easier and’ they-could do less work for the‘ out of the revenues, lhen- being

characteristic of the Bell govern-l “meivwl The“ 3'” tat“ Ihroughoul w“ whole “r1 w» believe are quite beyond di

Ipute. it l.= tor the electors gime and for this characterlsllcl the people are compelled lo p 4 lptofessions. representations an,” ' {promises have been kept

fieglecf. favorittsmi. toadyingi wade 509d"

price they received. This has been’

[Dtéfll

and

‘.0 favorites and healers ha; been!

_ ;GOV€l‘lllll9l'll were extravagant andllmng W‘ 3@"°""‘_necrls>d. but contracts were given;

‘to party heelers to use the spilt: duh;

‘where they are. I

s~a railway little-table’ and a map. Don't vnu think a thought ll dill. "l lu-nr people talking 0f Tigttisii anti hi-alrteque and Boar River. all’! ntbcr plat-es, and l want to know nant ‘to lnok for them and pick lhcm out nu the map. lf they are gfilill-ilblé by

;rzi.l or road _l should likt- to vtwil provide for all its public servlcr-Filllvlll- ,ll(l\\'. . . , m“ livas a net afii-rntton, and we bad 1i » l) - . dmugt interesting geography lcssou

But I an) all in the dark Yes. yes. let me sec! ' ll

—be-~:ause we wn-rr lu thr- count!)

at 1h"|\vt- ne-rc ‘studying; nnrl all on by-elections to say how far llléllirllfllllll of my n-zip. rt-irli

in rwzard lo the Museum. Can- uvt-igund naturally oft-looks rat‘:- or to the future than to the past. But one can only understand the prry5ertt by knowing sotnetltitr:

From the beginning it has l)9€lll,|l)()u[ the past; that, l suppose. l‘-

» . , ~ _ . ~ .- - _ Tl.- t b m uy ‘Hula, and a 300d adceflmemen. gng nt the ptgpqratgr) step; mlthe contention of the OPDJP-lllttlt {admitted HT? mus e a

‘to the province. One ol the strung-

pf the compass and a small map ‘carried ln the vest pocket would

iwonwugh this (o; hum such allettlnfi contracts and paying for

inspshould be furnished by in» ‘government or at least inane avail able at a moderate price.

'_ The museum, the other of our acquisition.

wan invaluable Not

ohiy should it contain specltticnalnoo‘ p" ‘my ‘m-‘Ihliflrake "m;

of our timber, our birds and wild

~ ~ ll lll i t th '! animals. our sea shells, our fossil "my rumor.‘ they may h? umrue‘ “a W m“ n supper or em

rocks-for ‘should he early and tory. The

we have these, but lt the repository of our I0

land. not yet so for distant as to, have been fnrlllntlen by many stllll "M11"! m‘ n"? 11ml?" '"*'“'@‘*" Sum:

living, ..vvould furnish

. ours would Ouftilflss much of the.

iiction with which we regale our-l

‘gives. Our island. ynunz BB it is bee!" no doubt‘ How U“ ormml 15!! a wealth of tradition. remin-‘llowen (euderer w" compgnbated

jljlflldel of pioneer days. of hard-l ships, of struggle and of conquest ,w_l_lloh would furnish ilibich we hope will yet inspire‘ ‘some of our budding lltersleurs.‘

a theme!

The present generation knows ,It-

‘llefiof the days of their grand par- lejts. little of the cost u. hsrd-'

'_lt'ip. in struggle. in social hsppl-v‘ my". lnlprlniitive comfort and discomfort, of the heritage with < today. Such Information

would make inspiring reading and

they

yield-um“... tm a sel-‘lon in l

lutilig-vlnuseum which we so sorely need.

"m: svs-s-tecrtous / The Bell government ls about lb face the electors in ~four vac- aut constituencies, one or which [Ito elect two metnlbertt. The test Wm be s vital one for the govern-

o'- iirat difficulties is to sot him~ them to hold lfieir seats in the right in relation to the points legislature,

And there are manv rumors ro- "'5 m“? l" Power ha" ""1 bee" have been notoriously’

lthcm

far unwritten hits-i I i early days of the lswppon

presented in the House, on public platform and ‘in the press ‘that the promises, prolesvtutis a... represcnt-itions made by the lead

ken by the government to eiidbiel

_ kept but ' dl tb th d l "d l ' ‘ gar tig e me o s emp 0H9 ui violated m “m” and in

f trial

conduct and their the.

much pt-r day and charge l

government from fifty cents to; prttmfgnglhpj; tuatlelnfhe with lhetu-relves unworthy tulnfltlence or trust- Tilt-ac alone. There of course may beiiirilve changer indeed. What

{mane

the peoplc and ti!

their men. making as much

and there may be no 'a nf o -§ -—"- _ w‘ y w V; The facts are in 0Hllil1l9_ in! them but certain’ things hai-t-mdoublzd u“; Wpoipd "M" come to '

light which throw nus" the

the

people, including the new and a- whole systemfidloue poll tax; an expenditure practlcalfly double what It

OVQI‘

For example. s party who con-

.~..._|

m“ l-Id ward island.

Will

ln,):__t_~,"[r-rp|] rt-llcu 0t old Prince Eli- iwurti island [jealously guarded '(_‘h3rlnlfel0vvn, would be nmst- ln-

collected and in a tnuseum in

that,

ltrruztilll and etiucullvo. l went ft

‘Zlll exhibition at (ieurgeltiyvii, l’.L

lfi-aturo wash small collection

spiriLlilflllflllPfl There was an old fllllfi That the members of tho‘ Belbkpt, if | rgmvmbel‘—fi sort of arque in certain cases, it is sald,lGl-'Vi?lll!ll6nl and the mentltt-rs sutnllllr‘ "ll" "lay "B"! "F-"liil" ‘l°“'“ 'contractors pay their mcn sojifllfl-ll“! "'9'". ha“ hi‘ "m" 0 public; .me.i.<ttrez falsified prftlfi-Sslltfls an-"ll

ago in Prince Edward Island;

stir-k.‘ a yard ll homo-Bruin 1W"?

' k Pwllh-‘Iati lndiun axe-ltl-ad. a rlllle ‘Yflmlvl- . - r0 en lbe solemn contpac: lflllY uuu h t“ 1 _ , jlflllfll‘ more than they are paying ’ i l! - . o ma" requu-empnua’ “mud be are-brought the past very lirlllfllly bilgfitands highest among u; pubmlfrtre one. but tlie ntuseum will-ll

Lrmkitig‘ at them the)‘

nut be given up only to the fulfil-

Stzclittns would be devoted to nat |

mural history, Ornithology, cut/mo I lllPrelflre was not included-in that "as the only Engmhnlan "Hmy-mnntstu spend niuuey. in a lllrzel-f-

botany. l ztm told lbul llv not know how the truth may but that the black hear ma)’ Y“! b‘? seen in the north-oust of Prlntt if so. one should be 51ml untl mounted lii the tuuse- um. Then the woods on» full ol birds. Stuffed and inountctl —— n

lutzv.

lllop‘ ltnzikcs a plucc evcr so lilllvll HWY- Jnleresllng?" l

Yarilslicl Test . 0f Greatest Men

IIIOlI 0f jllflllllttlll, Ihifl HBWBV?!‘

some respects an < on the other method. Wlllllll

qt plebiscite and generat-

lnlon. It is a kind

carried over years

ions, sometimes over About what man has the B93151" amount been written? ln other words. ‘what man has made greatest, appeal to writers of his own and subsequent generations? Find him and you will have loca- led‘ the greatest man A variation of fills scheme lo identify the

Est man nf m; age. according l0

carried into effect Theodore Ro-

ttmrty ivcre ptnved to he will

We doubt if posterity con-

" lble to depend uPOn posterity. Peo tlte'

pie are more interested in opinion of their own times.

Worldi Greatest Library.

A list that is nptm be much by a Cfilllffllllldfflftr Cflllfiéllrllb or lhe measuring of newspaper bulk was compilt-d a short time agn. in the l-iritisli Museum, which contains the greatest llbmry in the world. it holds some 4000.000 volumes. of which few arc worth- less. lnrie-u the llltrary is not only the largest collection, but llvrlnps lllu umsl valuable solec- tion in the world. and contains books ln all language and upon all conceivable subjects, though

50mg n”; p30 n Illlt|¢llt I881‘, led of the endless discuesions as‘ to who were lllE cream! mm "d; women of histcry. "(lived a lllél dts Will Hays as censor. The tho- much lt may lack ln finality, ls in’ improvement

merely a matter of individual orl

‘lee of the book publishing bus- mufiesiiness, and eliminate vicious ten~ C9 -

mefol novels than it is to control the

greatest of living men was l0 add.‘ up the amount of nmvspaper Dull-l liciiy lihey barf received. The man: mentioned oltr-nosf lll the news-l papers was obviously the great-l

this theory, and if we recollect a-l

fight‘ ‘he ‘as! m“ [his ma“ wasislgns of tiring of morbid sex stuflfbooks have a big delllllld. are sPelly

iThe novelists have explored aboutilallsls in morbid sex stuff. sevelt and the former Emperor of; Luet _ . greatest mt-n of their gcnerallonlb" ‘Swot I 1-, i it

firm this verdict, but it is lmpossiwr immoral‘ y excl“ “g on one

t ‘ _. .- i

l- ‘ ‘ he: bit of realism. and sa

- . ‘mats ueatsspheslnllter-

g MES’ vfi. P$BQ slain. Nothing n u» intimate or . w“ delicate for their attentions. The Victorian authors are accused. of

A NOVEL 175N395 smug hypocrisy. because they put

s cloak of virtue on characters that had no virtue, and refused to get down to the real facts of ex- istence. ‘Even if one tires of the prim goodness of Victorian charac- ters, and the heavy morslislng that mpsnles the delineation. one can tire just ns much of pres- ent day’ novel characters which: are sordid. or morbid, or lust plain-

ly common. wallowing around in illth is not a clean business. and a sated public begins lo demand cleanliness. The public has s long- ing for a little nu of real idealism, ‘ for literature with an elevating in- fluence, not piizsty philosopny.

if the principal book publishers got together, and resolved to turn.

(Prom the Mail and Empire) The moving picture business has

atre has A Thomas. Base- ball has Judge Landls. Now the novel publishers are figuring on a censor who will direct the destin-

denclcs and rivalries in catering to salaciuis tastes. lt will be much harder to control the moral tone

moral tone of moving pictures. or theatrical presentations, or keep baseball clean. The book publish- ing business is in more hands. widely different in location and circumstance. and there is n pubidown manuscripts that did not al- lic‘ to which realism appeals, ev-zdtain a certain moral standard. they if it is nasty. could effect a revolution in present

The long swing of present day day literature. But a trade Caesar fiction toward brutality frank GX-KWOIIld be necessary, for rivalries in positions of seainiucss nae about the publishing business are keen. reached its end. The public showsiand some noted writers. wliosei

Un-l every avenue leading to or iromldoubtedly the novel publishing bus-_ Some of'thein have iness needs a clean up, and the! to create sympathy great moss of decent people Wlllll} are wondering what is wrong with" flieyworld will support all)‘ Clean‘?

openly tired

ground or another. Tliey claim

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roncuvo cAnAn-t - ._,,___,,,_ “m... I

that their dissection of the mentaLup movement. l iprocesses of street-walkers, for in» '

A uvmc WAGE h, m0 Enumsh

i thlrstlcst town l l

more tru=lw0rlhy than unv nnde‘

many are duplicates. The measur

. one mun were wrltlcn by m- |l.. and tn me a most inlcrcsllllfllten about Shakespeare, This "f! striking confirmation. of the lllc judgment, Illfilllll that if a poll of the _ it; ivolf or beur a hitndrwi Irc-ll-‘Hll-ih DWI-lie were taken s; to who: Charm; I?’ Sea" and Mipmean 0V7 _ 3i was the greatest man in history. pint-u of pt-wter, a ll0il\'_v trannlol-i" i5 certain ma! 'f would have bee nln favor of

qurhn U“, prpvmus c0,,,._e".h,i‘.p specimen of each~thcy would glic

material, Jrlylch ln these happier duvs or;

period. trte Increase of the public debt; now amounting upwards by lens of thousands pcarLv; the

merside and Mlscnucbe and whose tender was the lowest, WlYllllrf-IW his tender and the contract was given to the next lowest, a party

ittes like the mussel mud plant it Mldnett and the Dalton Sanitar-

ium without any provision being made to continue the public ser vices they rendered; unbounded exptmflylure where economy and retrenchment had been promlvd;

for his sacrifice is not revealed. in any case s certain politician in Summerslde was very lmsy about it and made a special trip tn Char lnttctown at the time the chsuitr of contract was put through.

nlty Grab secretly resolved upon

of the people. Several hundred men are em- ployed 0n the roads ihroligltottl the province, particularly ln the vacant districts. The road from

Behind these evidences of tn»-

plotten betrayal of public trust what has followed? The unlswtul

Kfllltllngton tn Malpcque ls- nt pre- lgre; the lax administration oi t e criminal law leadln

t t u I . v ' K M" "me- "n! d’ mm“ 5M l‘ to the rampant lhlevet-y expected to he right side up he "ll! has recentiy occurred, the

criminals escaping unpunlshed, or

9508M"! from jail, in wblcn honest and reputable men are ln-

carcersted for trivial. offences. Are 0r are not theseihings trot. and w-lthln the general pul-llc knowledge? And all the while lwve not the members of? the Government been quarrellnp ttm- utg themselves instead at dcvu Ullg such small ability u; |hny possess f0 the busluvsi of the country? Were not the evidence‘ of their-contentions and consplr

lore election day as are also the 00 or so men who are doing the turning. ‘

This in good pro-election spade work. but the laborers allhouzh lllllllllll 500d pay out of it taro not likely to be deceived. in any case the public‘ are not going to be ile- ceived. They want to know yhnt the roads are costing and they

want lo know especially that the

°'°""l dllwfl of great public util-

the selfish and treacherous lndem

and perpetrated behind the hacks

denial of the right of the people to be tepresented in the Legisla-

tijnt sud it la naturally taking ‘the matter very seriously and Eighty preparations accordingly.

money is not being wasted or Ilhrown into the hands of political favorites or friends of the govern- ment.

M168 lmlinst each other forced upon fht- public in upiuy rind nngry de-

llllllcé lll a score of (‘Hlicllll meet-

ings. and cw-n rofluttetl in public sections of the House?

the

itfts pinningllfs out. u. u’. road it's spade work, we may lt-,for everything done on the " ' bin the lbllt has

l‘ '- tidnsflwltlt two eyes on the elections: and the remain-

thst these rumors nre,ull false.

'Ws shall be 10M by the Patriot ' ---—

ll was of course but oaturu "l"! lfflllflltlrslors and decolver . Bitch-as tltt-"o should quarrel for their ill begotten spun; m. [hgy llrve done. Their Motion fights lllfln tend tmhasten retributive lusllcé. But ls it won for the Pro- vince to be uovstmbu by m». n. lllvlnsble captain and s crew .1; "Gust muting? What hust-

tbst the Bell ibvernmeni ll more lmltnltti- ‘today than evéflberore and that Premier “Bell was naivel- more flmily seated in flte siitftllc than today. it _ll_ the Indian ex- cuss for the tncrqstied-‘prtec _»'t|