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Hon. Mr. Laurier.

The distinguished leader of the Lib- eral party is to address a mass meet- ing in the Market Hall this evening \Ve think we only voice the feeling of all Islanders, Conservative as well as Liberal, in saying that we are glad to see him and that he is welcome to Prince Edward Island. The meeting

. of this evening will result in much

good provided the speakers discuss the

wants of the Island on their merits,

and not merely for the purpose of pro-

moting party interests 89 it is tabe-

Do that we shall be definitely told

how the Liberals when they acquire power purpose to deal with the lead- ing important questions affecting Prince Edward Island. There are such qucstims so vital to this colony thatour p7q)le would wish that speak- ers assume; ‘ t_. ir John's‘Govern- ment is done or lat the Liberals are In wer‘ with-‘the Hon- Mr. Laurieras their leader—-and that happy state of things being assumed let us ask the Lil:-eral leaders “ What do you to do to remove grievances that peculiarly affect P. E Island l" As Mr. Lsurier is a stranger among us,§p'e‘hope it will not be considered out-“of place if we refer him to one or’ two of our principle wants and griev-

'. ancss. L‘

The chief obstacle to our prosperity as a ‘colony is our isolation from the continent by frost and ice during four and ‘sometimes five months of each

: year. _()-.lr people always felt handi-

capped by this fact, but at the same

time believed that_the obstacle was re ‘movable, and therefore on our agree- ing.to enter int.) Confederation in -1873, politicians of both our parties --"stipulated with the Dominion Govern- ment, and (though this seems to be .-.-now considered obsolete) the Domin- "_i'on Government stipulated with us. ‘that it would as=ulne and defray the expeuses of “efficient steam service for the conveyance of mails and pra- aen .to be established and main- tained between the Island and the mainland of the Dominion, winter and summer,- thus placing the Island in ‘continuous communication with the Intsrcoloaial Railway and the railway system of the Dominion.” Mark yon, continuous communication with ’tlac'railway system of the -Dominion, summer and winter. If our farmers had such continuous communication witgthe railway system of the Domin- ion §_,the farm in of Pictou County and Sussex Yale have,we could worry along under our present high tariff-although i ~.is‘ double our anti-Confederation

t’ '21‘. We- have the doubled min

but winter communication not made

more regular or frequent than in thfr e

old times—although improved in som respects; we have. good lands, our _ farmers are-industrious and economi- ' cal, and farming is our chief industry; oherefore, anything that cripples the farmers cripples our country at large. It is hard for strangers like Mr. Lau- ri_e_r and his companions L0 realize how seriously isolation damages the farm- ers of this Island. By the time the harvest is gathered in, winter is ap- proaching, and the farmer must hurry oil‘ his surplus produce to market be- fore the ice makes, at a times of the vear:-w-hen he should‘ be ploughing and tilling his fields, when there is always a glut of agricultural products in the market and prices are low, with the result that he gets much less for his labog_than his fellows in the neighbor-

ing Provinces. During the winter,

and early spring when prices of such articles as we export range high we are completely that oil‘ from the mar- kets of the whole world Our mer- chants, again, must put in and carry heavy stocks for the winter because they~cannot replenish them during the winter months except at expenses that leave no profits unless they charge our farmers more than farmers in N. S.

and '3. -B. pay for similar goods.

W'aut~of access to market in winter re- sults in thia, that our fsrmers get

about one half the price on an average for their produce thatthe farmers of the other provinces of the Dominion

get for the like produce. Let. us quote an illustration that already has been

used, but js__so striking that our people, shilldlearn it ‘off by heart and cast it at Dominion politicians of every strips on

every possible occtsion. The average- price of potatoes, for example, in the

various__pr,ovi__ncesl of this Dominion

for thcjear’ I888 was as follows :—-

Ontaii.» . . . . . . . . . .62 cents per bush.- .' . . . . . . H H

II N X078 SC ltlfl . . . . . N n

NOW _Bl'llflB'lCk. H II .IIl8ll(_i. . . . u no '

Qpe can -understand why, for ob- vipus reasops, this article should bring gpgorjg in the‘ three ‘first-named Pro vinces ;.but there can only ‘he one reason why: the farmer of-. P. E. Island should not get as much for his bushel of potatoes as the ‘farmer » of Nova Scogia or-‘H"evL Brunswick, and that is our isolatibnlin winter" and early sprir g. _I“*'lP¢flIlf P. E. Island, just think" of It.—_-you toil and moil to raise your potatoes at a price of only 20 cents a bushel, wlrileyour fellow within sight of you across the straits get 46 cents a, bsshelfor his. Why is this‘! Becafuse the.;_.Do‘_minion Government has Jnot _hit_l_'l_er_l_:o fulfilled its engagements with‘ yO_l_l_ to furnish continuous communic- atlpp, summer and winter, with um railwpysystem of Canada. -.

That thii has not been done ‘every body admits. Why, in this very month

of December, now Past but a few days. °mi"" “I” 3” R‘’Y*lt)' has been exclud-

Wopllave had only about six mails from shroud,‘ and bet ween some of those “Rte w__as an interval of four or five ‘bfln . A3 l-hi! Very moment there are

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out to-day,

to a society called the Loyaligu, ,1“ ,ob. ject in the development of tl'|..° lmcill.‘ in. tsllcctual and spiritual life of its mem-

local church. '

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frozen in, i_n nearly every harbor of the

Island til the great loss of our farmers

and merchants; and if these cargoes

escape total destruction from front, not

a bushel can be got to market for the

next four months for wa’nt of the con-

tinuous comuluuication with the rail-

way system of the Dominion that was

promised us on entering Confederation. , We wonder that so many of our farm-

ers’ sons go abroad, ——the wonder is so

many of them stay at home. One ofl them who‘ left this Island twenty years, ago remarked lately that he returned: across the fitraita in the very samel boat that carried him oil’ twenty years‘ ago, and that he spent more time in

coming from Truro to Charlottetown,

than he did between the Pacific Coast

and Truro. . .

x The truth is there never can be efiicient connection between us and ; the mainland for the purposes of . our

industries until the 6§ miles of water

between us and New Brunswick is

tunnelled, and the sooner we realize

that fact the better. It is nownlade

to opp:-¢s‘r probable, that such a tunnel

can be built at a cost not exceeding

live or six million dollars or less. If

it can be built for _ any such sum the

people ‘of this Island should insist on

having it built as a fulfilment of the

D.)minion’s engagement to furnish us with connection with the Railroad

system of Canada. The annual cost.

of the present ineficirmt service and

the direct money loss each year to our farmers caused by our isolation, far exceed the yearly interest of the probable sum requisite to furnish us withjthe connection we are‘? expressly entitled to under the terms of Con- federation. Politicians-should not be allowed to sbirk this question. We now ask the Liberal Leaders who are to speak at to-night's meeting to ex- press their views—their proposa1s——on this subject, directly and openly with- out hedging.

(a) Are you prepared when in power to make necessary surveys and get estimates from competent Engl- neera as to the cost of tunnelling the Straits ll * -

(6) If the estimate for the work does not exceed live or six millions, will you agree to go on with the work l

(r) If the work is proved by com- petent Engineers to be impracticable- or if the work is too expensive to be undertaken, what do you propose to do in order to give the stipulated con- nexion with the Railway system of the Dominion l

The people willbe more anxious to hear the Liberal voice on this question inasmuch as they believe many influ- ential followers of the Liberal party ir this Island are deeply interested in the N._ S. Company's boats, and that the tendency of leading Liberals is to hang on to the old method of com- munication with improvements, if im- provements are rendered unavoidabls by public discontent.

Free trade comes next and is an im- portant question, but as far as P. E. Island is concerned is second in import- ance to a continuous, efllcient connec- tion with the Mainland. Under the sm-alre of battle over the trade ques- tion we do not wish the Liberal lead-' .-ers to evade the discussion of winter’ communication with the railway sys tem of Canada.

We thank Mr. Laurie-.r and his dis- tinguished associates for visiting usat a season when he can j,-only roach us with difficulty and danger. We shall undoubtedly obtain from him as lead- er, an authoritive announcement of the Liberal policy with respect to our wantof communication with the main- land in winter. :If the Liberal leader promises to effectually remove thi- winter isolation of dhich we complain and from which we now suffer so much "loss he will do much to assist his fol lowers in P. E. Island to again return six members to support him in. the Commons.

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Local Briefs

Ma Hlcoxns is very weak to-day.

A srrnstn Christmas present, a ticket.

Tm: mails are expected at the hour this evening.

P. E. I. potatoes were bringing 85 cents in B »st0n a week ago

To-NIGHT.-——Itegulsr meeting of» Vic- toria Divisi--n No 4, Sons of Temperance, at 8 o'clock.

SUCURE your tickets for the rink as positively no allowance will be made for auy monies paid at the door when buying season tickets.

Tris Pacrssuzm.-or or THE Pxavia. BOOK.-—'l‘his excellent work of Rev. Dysonfllgue is fur-sale at the Diamond B--oka-tore. I

Tn: Stanley went up: the Cardigan river yesterday breaking the ice and open-

Rink usual

75 to

‘ ing a trace-for the roduco laden vessels L

frozen in there. hey have alhg-it safely away. i. . I , , Tuxlce in .the skating rink is in very good order and if the w. ather tbrns cold- er it is expected that a large crowd will be ‘present at the opening to-marrow mg st. ' ‘ ‘ .' '

Tar 3.3. Colin 1.-tr 8)urls ‘via Sydney for the Boston market with ‘a’. full cargo of potatoes. It is the lnté'ntion af~hei- owners to have her l'sl|l1vl'll and lost! again in Souria if the weather keeps moderate. 5

Rev. J. A. .Goanos and Rev. Sutherland preaclled able sermons. iul the temperance question. Summaries will appear

morrow.

_ Tit! yr.-u people of the Baptist Church in tllll city ave organized themselves in-

NN. under the direct control of*‘the

Tim Sheriffs Proclamation for the Scott Act election has been issued. The Ex.

e'l owing to a decision‘ of th, supmme

Court, which held that the .RMyg]t.y_ W“

part of Queen’ C t d . ' the City---f Cfllladliitrlgtcfgn. ‘fit put of

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Heretofore have had an 0 any sldcliou. I

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THE TWO S-IATESMEN ABE *Ill'l‘ElllIlEWEll.

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Mr. Fisher Strong for the - Scott Act.

The Georgetown Special, which arrived here Saturday afternoon. brought among its aasengers the Hon. Wilfred Laurier, leatler of the Opposition in the Dominion Parliament, and his Secretary, Mr. Cho- quette. Mr. Fisher, the member for Brome, Quebec, and Mr. L. H. ,Davice. The party ll-fy Halifax the day previous, and uined the Stanley {st Pictou. Arriving here they drove at once to :the residence of: Mr. Davies, zwhnse guests the visi- tors will be during their staylhere. On Sunday, Mr. Laurier at-tended Mass at St. Dunntan's Cathedral with Hon. A. A. Macdonald. In the evening he attended St Peter's with Mr. Davies. Mr. Fisher attended St. Paul s in the morning. The party will remain here until tomorrow evening. A reception will be given to-mor- row. Knowing that the ublic would be in-‘ terested in hearing an emarks which our visitors might make, at the earliest oppor- tuuit a r presentative of THE-GUARDIAN call at the residence of Mr. Davies, by

presented to his distinguished guests. THE LIBERAL LEADER

is a gentleman of striking appearance,- tall, slight, smooth-shsven, dignified and courteous. At first sight he gives one the impression of the polished man of letters, rather than the man of politics,-—of a poet, rather than a statesman. He speaks in measured, quiet toncl. and has just enough of the French accent to render his pronunciation of English clear and musical. No onecan, be with him many. monle ts without realizing that he is a plug of power and authority, and born to es .

To , the question. “I resume Mr. Laurier that in coming to rince Edward Island you expected to leave the inter- viewer behind you 7" he smiled, and said he was always pleased to meet represen- tatives of the Press, but it was not-his custom to permit interviews. He had never granted more than two before, and he was so miserably reported and his re- marks were so misrepresented by the interviewers, that be rather objected to the proceeding. However, he kindly consented to answer a few general questions. which might be of interest to readers of Tall GL'ABDIA.\'. The follow- ing conversation then took place :-

“D. you think the general election is likely to come oil‘ soon l"

“I do not know. I may refer to this'at the meeting. If the rules of ,pa’rliamen- tary government are followel, we will not have an election until we have the annual revision of the electoral lists. Last ses- sion the government asked parliament to dispense with the law-which specified the month of J une as the time for the revision ltllcging that there was to be no election before that time. Parliament did so. Therefore. should an election take place under the old list, many would be disfranchlsed, and it would be looked upon as a breach of faith on the part of the Government. But we have ~een so many extraordinary things in this country lhgt we may be 1' pared for anything land everything. I ave asked my friends to act. accordingly,"

“In your tour through the P.-rovinces how H076 youifnulld public opinion in re- lation to the Liberal party ?"

If I were to jndg the rest of the com- munity by the feelings of -those w-th whnra lc.-sine in contact. the feeling is ilverwhelmlllgly in fauorgof the Liberal narty. But I do not pretend to say I‘ have seen enough of the country durin my hurried tour to form an opinion. I base my hopes on the [soundness of our pulley, and the soundness of the people's common sense, ‘

How do you explain the defeat of the Ljh-ral candidates in the recent bye- electlous in Quebec?

In Naplcrvillea the Conservative stole our programme. Their candidate came out strongly for Unrestricted reciprocity, --that is with no restrictions expressed, I don't know whether there were any r-svricti--ns mentally-reserved or not. But‘ no man could have beenelecte-l there on any other ticket. . ' “You spoke of the soundness of your policy." May I ask what is the platform upon which"the Liberals will ;._p'peaI tn the country?

"I will refer you to my sponoh cm Mon. day night. Unrestricted reciprocity is the main issue.” ~

But is that an issue over which the Liberal party have any control All . -

“It naturally requires the consent of two nations. We believe that what has taken place before will mm, ,5)“, _,,g,,in_ Wu have the example of the “flimsy. Znlverein. At this very moment nego- tiations are going on between Germany pod Austria for a similar tr-aty. I We say It can be done.‘ We know, too, that W?! "I the United States are favorable to such a policy,"

." Did you en joy the winter navigation of our Strait?"

“The exp -ricnce was more pleasant, when over than at the time. The ea Isa _very rough. I could wish the means of winter communicatpin were better, but do not know how it can he made so. The 36¢-n!e_v is carwnly. 8 good host, and the Captain a very prudent and ‘ell'ec'tive oflicer." = H8. FIIIIBII. OP BROKE . was interviewed at the same time. This gentleman is an earnest and devoggd mm. pg‘-rsnc_o ‘w-writer.-—-oas,,oI,the few politi- °”""l W 19 “Lil =.'l}0 .13. prepared‘ to sink

rty and ev y y if need be, to _ soodffituie He was parti- cularly frank, affable. and courteous, and impresses one asheing a gentleman of by. .3.) and liberal. views, a credit alike to the party with which he is identified'and_the army of temperance workers whose cause he has done so much to further. .The constituency which he represents in Brome, on the borders of Quebec. " Our Onnyersation immediately turned to the Wlilect 1 ,3‘O?EIl9|"8fIt‘f0 apd tshe Scott Act.

Do. -avoro t e cott Act Mr.

“ 0- -I’ so thoroughly in favor of it.

it In the county pf Brome in

think. The largest Village in the °"‘"'tY I18! mmethlng less than 1000 in-' habitants. The Act has worked on the "W0 Very Satisfactory. Of couni-e I as llflt snap to no

whom he was courteuusly received, and"

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prettysuccessful in our lrosecutioml. Wel

ave a branch of the mniniun Alliance in the county, and the Secretary has Mflllmed the responsibility of all pro- socutions. ‘(At fit-st. we had a difliculty in Nifilllll lnnne‘y to carry on the work, but - now the lines imposed supply a fund for this purpose. Under the resent arrange- ment the fines go into lle hands of the County Secretary-Treasurer ‘to be applied for the purposes of the Act.’ We got our County Council to pass a resolution direct- ing that those fines be available for any pulllly who undertook to prosecute success-

u y." Why, that is just what we want here. The City Council dismissed the prosecutor, pfisid‘ the Marshall 85 a year not to enlipircp t e aw, and the W, C. T. U. took to 0 the matter, appointingn prosecutor them- selves. 'l‘hey are now asking the Council to pay what they expended in his salary. Don't you think their request is fair ‘? “Certain-ly-«perfectly fair. That was