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MONDAY, APRIL 5, 1915.

IN WESTERN CANADA

ln a private letter from Mr. James Paton, who. accom-

panied by Mrs. Patou, is making a tour of Westem Canada en route to the Panama Exposition, interesting comments are made regarding the different cities visited, notably on Winnipeg. where "we were amazed at the great llllmbel' of men that were standing idle around the streets. lt is a “.0nd..,-ful city, considering its age, and its citizens have much to be proud of. This place hai SFOWD Yeti' f85f- In the year lRS2, the population was 200: now it is nearly $0,000."

interesting comments, supported by newspaper clippings-

nre given of the Daylight Saving B)'@'lF\W Of 'he CHF' °f llr-gina. which is declared to be working very satisfactorily.

llriefiy, the system adopted in Reilillll “'05 lim “\0"i"ll

of thc hands of the clock forward one hour. Work WHS begun an hour earlier in the morning and tlisconiintled all hour earlier in the evening. Those who had. -under the former order, retired at i0 o'clock now retire in reality at 9 o'r-lock while they save their face by looking at the clock. which points to the conventional retiring hour.-10 o'clock.

The assistance given by the clock is, in reality, sentimen-

tal only and if it hecame customary to retire at 9 instead of i0 there would ht- no necessity of interfering with the clock. it is custom. after all, not the clock. that t»i0\'€‘\‘I\S the rising and retiring. the beginning and ending of the tia_v`s work.

ln the matter of recreation and entertainment custom

rules also. .»\ hall, for instance, opening at seven o`c-lock would bv an anomaly. although tio valid reason coultl be given why it slioultl not begin at seven as well as at eigllb for that mutter at six as well as at seven. incidentally it niigln be remarked here that the popular gatne of Bridge, until recently confined exclusively to the hours indefinitely following eight o't-lock. can lie enjoyed as thoroughly dur- ing the afternoon as during the late hours which former t~on\'t-ntionalities had imposed find we have it on ex 4-client authority that afternoon Bridge is now quite as l`asltionalil.~ as that which extends to thc midnight~and~after hours.

.\\i these thintzs considered for or aga_itist_ the daylight

saving liyt--law. it will not be denied that litany precious hours are idly spent in the summer mornings. _'it eight n't‘lot-lt. wlien stores and business places are opened, the sun is high in the heavens ami the coolest and pleasantest hours ot' the day are gone. Business opens during the heat and swelter of midday and is pursued rclt-ntlesSl1‘ during the remaining heated hours of the day. 'flint it is it wilful waste of time and an ttt\t\ecer<s:ir_\' expeuditttre of cnct‘l~'.\` no one \vill tit-ny.

Nor. on the othcr hand, will the sweetness and restful-

tit-.ss of "la;».ing" in bed during the better part of the, l`oit-iioun. ht- denietl, nor the fascinating influence of con- genial t-,onipany as an offset to the extravagance and waste- fulness of burning the midnight oil or keeping the electric lnctcr working overtime, .-\ll, however, is largely ltahit and might be cured if the trouble were persistently attack- ed. _\s to the effect of the bye-law in Regina. a clipping f-ml->.st.-tl in the letter above referred to well says:

"'l`h'r moving of the hands of the clock forward one hour

in llc-giim last yt-ar was found to result in many very de- cided advantages. One result of the change. which was not dwelt upon to any extent prior to the adoption of the bye -law. was that a considerable saving was effected by cit- izens in their electric light and kerosene hills. .-\t the present time people are of a more frugal frame of miutl than for many years past, and are ready to conserve their resources, and anxious to effect savings. where formerly tltey never gave the matter a thought.

Daylight is at natural resource. but one the conservation

of ivhivh is in most countries neglected."

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COMPANIES LAW

Apropos of the discussion in the Provincial Legislature

over The Vompanles Act, the following from the Montreal tluzette is of interest:-

.~\ decision of the Supreme (`ourt of l"anada in a case

arising in the Yukon and to which the Bonanza (‘rcek .llining <‘ompany was a party, is being given a wide inter- pretation. The company was incorporated ttntlcr a charter of the Provinte of Ontario. it obtained front the admin- istration of thc Yukon a license authorizing it to carry on mining operations within the territory. ln a contest over a claim in which the Government of ~‘.‘anada appeared as n party. the plea was set up that, having been incorporated in the l‘rovin<'e of Ontario, under Ontario law, the company could not do buisness outside of Ontario. This contention was upheld by the Supreme (Tourt, which in effect said that thetcompany was inherently incapable of doing business beyond the boundaries of Ontario. Presumably on the is- sue being raised the ruling would apply to all companies chartered h_v the legislature of a Province or under laws passed by such a legislature. lt carries to the extreme the spirit of some recent decisions on company rights by the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council, and may cause some surprise. as well as some adjustments of business relations. lt would seem from li, indeed, that any com- pany desiring to do business outside of the Province in which it has its headquarters must have s federal charter.

The decision of the tribunal of final resort in the John,

Deere case has cans-ed ministers in some of the Provinces to reconsider their legislation on company matters. ln the New Brunswick Legislature, Mr. Baxter, the Attomey-Gem eral. explaining s measure the other day, said its purpose was to cut out all provisions of the existing law contrary to the spirit of the Privy Council nadlnge in the case men- tioned. Other Provlnces may he led to take like action; sud it will be well sll round if the spirit., as well se the letter of the decision is observed. and so attempt is made to do by olde efforts what cannot be accomplished directly. The situation is plsiu. Under the federal law s company

authority to-do certain things. is given s body. That

, ‘ its' plscdiof business is eshiectgike su individual.” #wwf Dfvvilwlal legislation. There is nothing to be

and ...are tore have been them by ee The spirit of such is good.

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Out of e total of 248,000 farms ln Denmark 133.000 are of

less than 13 1-2 acres, while only 8.000 are more than 150 acres. There are 68,000 farms which average less than half halt an acre each.

in Prince Edward Island._aecordlug tp the census of 1911.

there were 14,369 farms, ot which 5,495 were between 50 and 100 acres; 3, 849 between 10 and 50 acres sud 3,227 between 100 and 200 acres. _ '

It will be seen that our farms are much larger than

those in penmarii, wane tt must be admitted that naman farming methods are very much superior to ours.

Denmark, it will be remembered. has grown very much

more rapidly than our Province. A generation ago the farmers of Denmark were ignorant and poor. When. in `1864, Germany took possession of Schleswig-Holstein, the choicest part of the country, the patriotism of the people was aroused. They saw that they must make the most of their country. The change began with a new system of education, not unlike the system now being put in opera- tion in this Province. it was designed, first of all, to stimulate interest in agriculture and in the things that people used in their daily lives. The school was made a. mirror of the daily life. School courses were so arranged that boys and men attended in winter, somewhat after the manner of the short and long courses now ln force in this Province. The girls attended in summer. The students were of all ages. With the Danes no uniformity was observed ln the curriculum. There were no examinations and no text books. Danish literature, bookkeeping and business were taught in addition to the agricultural courses which were made the main feature. Classes in dairylng.

chemistry, and the management of /co-operative societies were fomied. Danish history was emphasized for the orig- inal motive of the school was patriotism, loyalty to Don- niark, loyalty to the institutions of the country.

Perhaps the great success that attended the inauguration

of the new system was the loyalty of the people to the in- stitutions of the country. Perhaps also, with all that we are teaching and studying in matters of agriculture the first great principle that should be emphasized is that of loyalty, united loyalty, loyalty to the methods adopted for the general good anti loyalty to one anther.

individual effort as such will not make this Province a

country of outstanding strength. While individual effort; cannot be dispensed with. while it must be insisted upon,_ it must be so adjusted as to fit in with the efforts of others in the same direction. With a combined pull, a loyal and hearty support of the methods that are being adopted nothing can prevent Prince Edward island from becoming to America what Denmark is to Europe. ln soil and cli- mate our advantages are infinitely superior to those of Denmark, or for that matter to those of any country either in Europe or America. Compared with ottr own Ontario. which is today the foremost agricultural Province of Canada, we have many -advantages. We have neither the excessive heat or the extreme cold that ltas so hampered the dairying industry in the inland Provinces. Our pas- turage has only one superior in the world. namely Ireland.

\\`e need only one thing more, the undivided loyalty of all

to their Province and united action on the part of all for the common good.

NOTES

See what the store-ads say before you do that buying-

for this may determine \\'llERE to buy.

Ninety-nine out ofa hundred of t__l;_ose who discuss the

fall of Przexnysl will fall down on the pronunciation ofthe name. lt`s not so hard to pronounce as it looks. Here it is Psheni-is`l, with the accent on the first syllable.-Hamil- ton Herald.

ln a recent report by "Eye-\\-'itness' it is stated fhal.

except during the retirement at the beginning of the war, not a single day has passed upon which food has not reacli~ ed the men. This is fine proof of the excellence of the work of the British army's supply department. Such per- formances play a most important part in the winning of a war.

We are indebted to Messrs. \\'. & ll. Chambers, Ltd..

Edinburgh, for a copy of "Patriotic Poems for the Young," selected by Mr. S. B. Tait, late Chief Inspector of the Leeds Education Committee. Among the collection are poems by Browning. Conan Doyle, Noyes. Pain, Seaman. Swinhourne and McLean \Vatt. Every young person should make themselves familiar with these poems-among the best-ln English literature.

Tomorrow sees the resumption of the Legislature after

Easter, and tlte opening discussion will be of more than ordinary interest. The Premier, seconded by Hon. lilr. Mc- Kinnon, will introduce his resolution for the amendment of the Prohibition Act, and from both members we may expect replies to the recent campaign of mallgnity institut- ed by political opponents, disgruntled politicians and dis- appointed office-seekers.

A, Ashmead Bartlett, an English press correspondent,

expresses the belief that the war will really begin in May next. if that is the correct view, then the fighting that has been going on for nearly eight months was merely skirm- ishlng for time to prepare for real business. lt hardly seems possible, though, that the future battles can be more destructive of life than some of those that are past.

Sir Edward Grey in his London speech reminded his

bearers that this was the fourth time within living memory that Prussia had made war upon Europe. The three for- mer wars referred to all occurred within the space of half a. dozen years and Prussia was the aggressor in each in-. stance. The first was with Denmarl( in 1864, the second was the Seven Weeks' War of 1866 with Austria. and the next was the Franco-Prussian War of 1870. Pmssla pro- fltted in all. This time she is at war with the larger part of the Continent and the outlook for her is most discour»~ aging.

They have their war scandals in England as well as

we have in Canada. A man employed to buy timber for the Government reaped a fortune in one or two transac- tions; there was an outcry, and the Department, by wsy ot mending matters. allowed him s commission of 2 1-2 per cent., on the first. £600,000 of the outlay and of 1 1-2 por cent. on the next £100,000, which has sroueed fresh pro- tests. Then it is esld _that the Govemment le robbing the taxpayers by paying £76,000 for su snlllue dye factory. with an extra sum for the good will, which is to be operst-- ed st the expense of the public treasury for the benefit of textile msuufscturere who src to determine tho prices st which they are to sell the :dyes to themselves. Some "yellow" papers hint st gross frauds ls the .purchase of neateetgawfur, ntukeu. mu. ima, emmmnma me groceries," ‘ ’ o one in ag out of Parliament certiu l'o_`1`aske

tained by what esvors of spite legislation. ` i fthe Legislature of Prince Edward isslnd is dealing with

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The policy 'holds good witlryour.“neighbt'>r=`

hood storas"of everykind. ., 1 _ _ _

-But, not- even for reasons of “loyalty” to the

shots tn “maltie~good.’.-’_. , . '_

‘D0 , ourgrocer‘make good?" Ishealtve, pro-

gressive? be hold bo high standard goods, and to ' the lowest possible prices for them ? _

When you read an “ad” in this paper, describing

something NEW forthetable, are you always able to get tt from your grocer? ,_ . » How do his pnces compare with those tktoted by the progressive grocers who advertise m t is news- 138901' t0‘d3Y- ` ' - -

'_1`he comparison is worth~while. It may lead you to

consider anew the whole problem of buying for your table. And the problem assuredly needs new consider- ation if _ygu are taking too much for granted. _

P_er ps you deal. now. with a grocer whois pro-

gressive _enough to advertise? If you do. you know, to begin with, that you are less likely to be paying too much than if you were dealing with a grocer whose dealing witn a grocer whose prices do not, through ‘ wide advertising. come into comparison and competit- ton with the prices of other dealers. _

_ Thus the,fact that your _ grocer ADVERTISE_S ts,

of itself, a strong point in his favor. Through his ad- vertising he submits his offerings _"to the light.” He does away with the two-priced ,policy still adhered to by many grocers. He could not afford to quote too higlt prices on goods, for his competitor. who also ad- vertises, would thus _have an undeniable advantage over him. His advertising would, in effect, be a boost for his competitor. _

Consider to-day’s “ads" of eatables as “bids” for

your trade. If they are better bids than your near-by

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grocer makes, your policy is easily determined.

I-Note the New Advertisers--See what they Say-'

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1>URE_t-zoos

Sir:-\\'e hear a lot about pure food

stuffs and our Goternments are spend- ing n lot of money for,inspection, etc., which has to be paid 'for by the coun- try. But there is one thing I would call attention to and that is eggs. ~ We all know that there is no food so wholesome and nourishing as the pure fresh egg when the hen is fed on grain and other clean food. but there is now a practice of feeding the producer of this excellent food on any old thing. such as newly dropped calves and any nffulls at hand, without ascertaining as to the soundness, disease or other- wise which must surely affect the eggs. For instance, let. a. hen eat of the offals of boiled lobster and note the effect on the egg. As well as I relish eggs I could not touch it. We have egg Fir- cles which have done a great deal to improve this industry by shipping only fresh stock to other markets, and it is creditable, but l would rather eat a stale egg where the hen was fed grain. etc., than a fresh one frotn the feed tnentioned above. Perhaps there is nothing wrong about it--l do not know, but if there is it should be stop- pod.

/ l am Sir, etc..

EGG DEALER

FRANCE T0 FLOAT BIG LOAN IN UNITED STATES.

NEW YORK, March 31.-J. P. Mor-

gan & Company. together with the National City Bank and the First, National Ilank, have concluded ar- rangements with the French Govern- ment, under which they will shortly make an offering to American inves- tors of one-year five percent. French Treasury bondsj according to an- nounce made here i.o~day.

The bonds will bear date of April 1,

and will mature April 1, 1916. Interest will be payable semi-annually. The bonds will he offered to investors ai. 99% and interest, and will be payable at the option ofthe holder, both as to principal and interest, in New York in dollars. or in l'aris at the rate of 5.18% francs. -

The proceeds of these bonds will be

used for the purpose of paying for purchases made by the French Govern- ment in this country.

The amount of the bonds to be pur-

chased has not yet been determined, but probably will not.be less than $25,000,000. and nnty be as much ns $50,000,000.

THE EXPORT HORSE TRADE

NEW YORK. March 31.-Horse

breeders and dealers lu the United States are becoming rich as a direct result of the European war. During the sevéis months since the outbreak of hostilities they have sold more horses, at better prices. than at any period of the history of the horsee ln- dustry.

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READS 0F ‘ 1'llE .GIIIRDIIII

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AN EASTER WISH.

1 wish that l could nay ‘

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And throw your wlnter_

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"Get what you need To cut s dash, Spare no expense,

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WOMAN’S STORY OF THE SIEGE OF LIEGE

i\1ALii'-‘AX, March 31.-interesting

stories of Belgium under German rule and the history of the viclssitudes ot' at least one Belgian family, were told in Halifax by the Matriojes. of Liege, father, mother and son, who arrived here on Sunday by the Allan liner Scandinavian front Liverpool. They were met at Halifax by M. Mutrloje's brother. who is employed at Stellarton, and came to this city to take them' to his home inthe Picton County town. German atrocities, the siege of Liege, and the dramatic escape into Holland

c J anet e oy r,

were the travellers chief topic of con- versation during their stny on Sunday

near Deep Water. Madame Matrloje was the chief' conversationalist and her bearers were thrilled with her tales. -

She was in Liege during the siege

of that place last August. \\’hen, on Attgttst 7th. the Germans entered tltat city and all Belgian soldiers there were made prisoners. A number of Belgian women, who attempted to take provisions to the prisoners. were roughly handled by the Germans and struck down. A young nephew of lilsdame Matrioje, who was a member of the Belgian garrison of Liege met his death in a tragic manner. Mme. Matrioje says that when it was decid- ed to surrender the fortress lots were. drawn by certain of “the Belgian sol-i diers as to who should erect the flag of truce. The task fell to a married man, but Mme. l\latrioje's relative at once insisted upon hclng allowed 'lo place the white flag in position. lic did so, and the flag stood firm; but he

rioje, "myself anti fifty other Belgittns, mostly women and children, set out for the Dutch frontier. Only nineteen of us crossed into Holland. The re- mainder were shot down by the Ger- mans. Our party had scattered so as to make escape easier, but most of them were killed in the attempt." -»

lil. Matriojé himself was not in Liege

when the war broke out and for six months his wife searched vainly for him. When, after some time spent in Holland, she arrived in England, ac-, companled by her fifteen year old son; Frank, she found him and he decided to come out to his brother ln Canada.

“ln .Belgium today,” said Mme. Mui-

rloje, "lt is dangerous to speak to anybody on the streets. The (lermansl ure crafty. They Speak French welt

secured sttlllclent evidence for their purpose they burn down the houses of the patriotic Belglans whom they have beguiled."

The eldest son of M. and Mme.

Matrioje in in the Belgian army. Young Frank volunteered bit was too young to he accepted.

“Wampoles Emulsion of pure cod

liver oil, is unequalled for curing coughs. colds, cheat and lung, trouble -rapidly strengthens the run down system. Price $1.00 per bottle. Mac- Kinnon Drug Co., Cor. Great George and Kent Streets. MEM

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` desires’ , nd your own ow -“to_ perfection!-ii a oneo? the mod of _ _ - ' A oss' c ada; assay foreigtiéisraeris into own Countiyg youudremsxavinz 50 pw- dull' 1ll1<l1fIl8i8hf,‘b¢Sid€S_ buying “Made-in-(..anada” goods. _.. ' O

_ We are showing a splendid range of triiescmodels ing from $1.00 to $5.00 ver pair, and our Corset lady _

‘delight in selling you the corset best suited for your figure.

_ All are fully guaranteed NOT TO BREAK OR RUST.

.nuts Patou & co.

_ . Charlottetown, P. E. I. “HOME OF THE BETTER CORSET"

How We CanfHelp You With Your House Cleaning

in _

Houseclezming time is now here and you will need

to be equipped with everything that will lighten your labor--the proper weapons with which to combat dis.- ease germs. ' ._

That’s where we can help you. ` We have a com-

plete stock of everything that will assist you to do the work quicker and better, with the least possible phy- sical effort. Everything we sell in this line is better in quality, price considered, than you can purchase elsewhere. Better call in and get your supplies here.

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if ff ii A Typical Great-West nt. Rent l

ami Monday at the Victoria House,; $2_,0fiO-20~YC3l.' E11d0Wl11€l'liI.

Issued 189s. Matures 1915.

Age 21. Premium $93.48. ~.

Cash Value at maturity.. $3,110.00 Premiums paid in 20 years........ 1,869.60 , Profit over premiums paid........ $1,240.40

I- The l’olic_vholder roceivctl a return of all premiums to- I -gether with compound interest at 4 1-2 p. c. Over and above this he rt-t»t-ivctl $45.44 and was protected by insur-

ance of $2,000 during twenty years.

Ask for rates at your own age, anti examples of other matur- ities; also annual rt-port. for 1914. HJ,

The Great-West Life Assurance Co.

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