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QUALITY - COLOUllFUL- Neckwear at Jack Camcronls. the ideal Gift. Pre Christmas special 594: at Jack Cameronls.
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KEEP THESE IN MIND!
Some of the early signs. of cancer BT63
A lump in the breast. Unnatural bleeding from a body opening.
A sore that does not heal, par- tirularly of the skin. face, mouth or lips. -
Any persistent change in bowel habits - such as diarrhoea or constipation.
Many Canadians are enjoying me today because they found that early cancer can be cured.
Keep those danger signals in mind and see your doctor if one appears.
SPECIALS IN MILLINEEY at Adella's. 51.95. 32.95. 53.95. Bal- ance of winter stock 2095 off.
ICE CREAM - Keep a supply on hand for delicious quick des- serts.
LION'S CLUB Christmas trees. Order yours now. Phone 2696, 2887, 2208 and 3078.
SEE THE NEW nyloI over- shoes at LePage Shoe Co. Phone 116 or 548. We deliver.
COLD WEATHER AHEAD! LePage Shoe Co. (both stores) are equipped to outfit you with warm winter overshoes. Shop while sizes last. .
FUNERAL YESTERDAY - The funeral of Hugh D. Campbell was held yesterday morning from the residence of his brother, John James Campbell, Dundas. to st. George's Church where Requiem I-Iigh Mass was celebrated by Rev. Bennett MacDonald who also con- ducted the service at the grave. In- terment was in the Church Ceme- tery. Pallbearers were: Daniel Campbell, Alvin Campbell, Clement MacDonald. Warren MacDonald. Wilbur Wood and Robert Acorn.
Personals
Miss Valerie Myers. Crapaud. who has been employed at the R.C.A.F. Station, Summerside. for the past two years left Thursday morning for Barrie, Ont. where she will spend the winter months.
Mr. and Mrs. George G. Mac- Lennan and son,Ga.rth. Mr. and Mrs. Earle Jenkins and Mr. and Mrs. John McRae of Alexandra and Mrs. Fenton Macolure, Brack- ley Pointfreturned Sunday after a pleasant motor trip to Parrsboro, N.S. where they were the week- end gudsts of Nut and Mrs. Der-
.rell B, Macclurc.
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55b on the loan of 5800.000 was de- ducted annually from the grant of 545.000-only about 30,000 a. year was collected from sale of lands so that up until 1890, only the inter- est on the borrowed money was collected. After 1900, the condition was this-the land had been sold to pay the interest and nothing was now left-neither land nor subsidy. Prince Edward Island got .no advantage by buying out the land but lost a lot of money-yet they still pay interest on the men- ey advanced.
"Other Provinces were given at first a minimum of 5315.000, which was later increased. in lieu of pub- lic lands, but, in 1930 the public lands were given to them and they still draw the subsidy. If Prince Edward Island were bigger, it might be able to effect the can- cellation of the Land Purchase Loan of d'182,40Z.3(i and be repaid s45.ooo a year since 1930, when the Crown Lands were returned to the other Provinces. These amounts are certainly due Prince Edward Island and only adequate pressure remains to be applied. Here lParva Sub In;;enti' appears to be a dis- advantage.
"Two representations were made to induce the Maritime Provinces to enter Confederation.
(al-A railroad to Central Can- ada was to be built.
(b)-The Maritime Provinces were to share in the internal com- merce of Canada. The railroad was built but the commerce with Can- ada has not developed.
Tardy Recognition
"At the time of Confederation. the Maritimes were the fourth largest trading area in the world and they owned more than one- seventh as much shipping as Great Britain. Today, the trading has largely disappeared. giving way to the building up of industries in
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Central Canada. The Maritimers are only one-eight of Canada's voting power-'Parva. sub Ingentl.'
"But. if the Maritimes suffer un- der Confederation, the situation is intensified in the case of Prince Edward island. It was forty-five years before an adequate ferry was built and already the service is quite inefficient in handling auto- mobiles and trucks. Apparently the lack of representation or lack of weight in the Government is re- sponsible for the costly and out- dated methods used in transpon- ation of the Northumbcrland Strait. .
"The great error in vogue today is that there are no automobile- carrying boats apart from the great and costly lee-breaking car- fei-ry boat. for automobiles i and trucks. It is also a great loss to the public whm scheduled fast trips on an automobile and truck ferry boat. is denied them. If trucks cannot carry agricultural products to near- by markets in the neighboring provinces and the United States. how can agriculture and fisheries survive on Prince Edward Island? How can trucks operate economic- ally when there are no scheduled trips other than where railway passenger cars cross twice daily?
'âMuch is being said and done about Labrador development. Mil- lions go to subsidies on shipping down the St. Lawrence to Labrador and another million and a half to subsidize shipping around New- foundland. Is it because Prince Ed- ward Island is 'Parva Sub Ingenti' that the only ship subsidy on Prince Edward Island, other than a. ferry subsidy, is paid by the Province itself?
Maritime Projects
"Prince Edward Island is nearer than St. Johns. Newfoundland, to some Newfoundland outports and nearer than Quebec City to places like Seven Islands on the North Shore and all points East to Lab- rador-and it produces in quantity most of the food products they re- quire there. Hundreds of millions
go to deepen the st. Lawrence to transport the are by a safe route but who has urged an alternative quicker and safe route by a. Chig- necto Canal and the Bay of Fundy? Policies of a big nation are not de- cided by small areas who are weakly represented. t
''In the case of Prince Edward Island, it must be said that it is located off one end of the country and outside the main stream of commercial activity. To succeed in playing a. part in the nation's af- fairs, communications must be constantly and efficiently main- tained. There are ways of providing compensations such as special freight rates and subsidies. some extra subsidies have been paid but the standards of wages and prices of products are still much lower than in any other province. This is not because Princeonldward island is '1'-'arva sub lngenti' but because of its geographical position. It was recognized by the Fathers of Con- federation that Prince Edward Is- land could not participate effect- ively in the Federation because of its isolation so that the bargain of continuous communication, winter and summer. was made.
âThe history of communications across Northumberland strait since 1873 is that there was continuous agitation to have the terms car- .ried out. In 1887 the Premier of Prince Edward Island refused to attend a. Conference of Provincial Governments because, he said, the communication question concerned only Prince Edward Island and the Federal Government.
"Premier Sullivan appealed to the Imperial Government in Lon- don and Sir Charles Tupper was sent over to opposehim. The gen- eral result was that Lord Gran- ville suggested that Prince Edward Island get treatment similar to that accorded British Columbia- also a small amount was added to the Prince Edward Island subsidy and a. new steel steamer the
'Stanley' was built in i887 to
navigate the Strait. Later, in 1899,
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"A tunnel was also mooted and some surveys made but the idea was dropped when the cost, M0.- D00.000 was announced. In 1908 sir Robert Borden, seeking office, said II believe the Prince Edward Is- land tunnel would be built out of one year of Liberal Stealings' and. after he came into power, an- nounced s carferry in 1913. which was in operation in 1918 and which finally got the Prince Edward Is- land Railway widened by 1930. Later, two more excellent ferry boats have been provided and within the last few years the ter - inais at Tormentine and Bard have been satisfactorily improved.
"The growing automobile and truck traffic is not being fostered. There are only two scheduled trips daily over an B-mile distance. Un- til recently, height carried in trucks paid a scheduled rate which hampered participation in main- land commerce. A vice-prwident of the railway wrote: 'Every auto- mobile we carry is in competition with our own rail route; 50 that the Railroad has now asumed the place that Canada should occupy in carrying out the terms of Con- federation and apparently, has no intention of putting on practical scheduled automobile ferryboais. That will only be accomplished when some politician--who needs Bur votes-"will commit his Party to build automobile ferries, or better still, make the ferry a pub- lic utility administered free of charge as a Federal compensation for Prince Edward Island's geo- graphic location.
"A Toronto audience might won- der why we got mixed up in Con- federation. Certainly, the Mari- times did not want Confederation; but Ontario wanted it badly be- cause Confederation was necessary for her existence. It was Ontario that approached the Imperial Gov- ernment because she was clamoring for a readjustment of representat- ion in the Union Government of Canada. Sir E. P. Tnche, Premier of Canada. admitted that Confed- eration with the Maritimes was necessary to preserve British in- stitutions and stated that if the opportunity were allowed to pass by unimproved, Canada would be
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or would be placed on an inclined plane which would carry it there insensibly.'
"The above does not agree with the popular notion that the Mari- times were permitted to join Can- ada and that they have proved a heavy burden ever since.
Sirois Report Cited
"'In the middle of the last century the Maritirnes were one of the World's greatest commercial powers. holding
the
fourth place in registered
rage of shipping. They had be- . gun by building ships to carry l their own produce and this still provided the backbone of the business. In addition. however, the vessels of Nova Scotia and New Brunswick were in the trade from Europe United states-to Southg America-the East Indies and Australia. They carried coal from England to the East.
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