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PROVINCIAL SUBSIDIES.

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When the Provincial Premiers together

with some of their colleagues formulated a plan for increased subsidies to all the Provinces they opened up a very large and important question. Their proposals were not so captivating when viewed from the federal viewpoint, as when seen from the capitals of the Provinces. If in a matter of millions in new subsidies it were more blessed to give than to receive, the federal ministers were in no great haste to andoy that greater blessedness. So the matter has remained until it came up the other day in the Senate.

Senator Scott, who is a member of the

Government and Secretary of State spoke WU Dlllllly against the proposed new raid on the Dominion treasury. He charg- ed tha Provinces with wilful negligence and waste. They had voted away their 111050! ill railway subsidies and other WI!! that brought no valuable return and then made their cry tu Ottawa for "Mere, more." He eendemned local ex. travaganee, said that there should be but we spending deperrmeneana thought the provincial subsidies ought not to be in- ¢-\`¢°~9¢d “83&_pt"in the case of Prince Edward Iind which has little to come U-Bd U0 00.' Senator Ellis of St. John

followed iu a similar vein, holding that_

there had been too much borrowing done. and if the subsidies were to be now in-

°'°°°°d th* I>°0nle would have to pay for-i its

N°¥Nl8' Nu be more apparent than

thatthaincreaaad subsidies, if they are increased must oomaoutof the pockets' vfthsneonle; neunae resent me sue 1ooalPot1ia|nentshava the haxlngpower,

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charged with the dutyof raising it.The ex- lsting rate of subsidies may beinsuiiicient and at the same time the federal taxation is quite onerous enough. Larger subsid- ies must mean a higher rate of taxation, and there is one strong reason why local taxation is preferable to federal taxation. When we tax ourselves for money to be spent famong ourselves to supply local needs we [know what we are doing, we know the need that exists and how the monev tm be raised by the new taxes is to be applied. But then money is raised by federal taxation we know not whether it

Manitoba, and often we can have little

supply-

We have a strong impression that the

J proposed increased subsidies are obieotion- able on another ground, which we pointed out some months ago. The _ largest and richest of the Provinces would prodt most if the plan recommend- ed was put in operation. The people of the Maritime Provinces would be especial- ly at a disadvantage in that regard. And moreover in nearly all the Provinces the local governments seem to be on a down grade. Few of them are up to the stand- ard ofa quarter century ago either in ability or character. For all these reasons we think it would be better not to in-

crease the subsidies on the plan proposed. Rather let our Dominion taxation be

reduced, and let the Provinces provide for their own spending when it must excaed

the amount of their present incomes.

THE CAPE TRAVERSE BRANCH.

The present railway service on the Cape

Traverse branch gives but one train each way daily. The train leaves Cape Traverse at 5.50 a. m., and does not return till 8.39 or later at night. All other sections of the Province, including the Georgetown branch have a double in-ain service, except

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Wear a Christy _

spring suit by buying a new hat,

Strong and Lasting

All our wool boys’ suits made of Halifax

tweed, made strong, especially for school

suits. No boy can get through

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Some Umbrellas are only worth lending.

Ours are worth having and kee@g, gcc, $1.25, 2.oo, 2.50 and 3.50. Get one of _ these and if you don’t want to go in out

of the rain, you don’t have to.

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inthewintarseason. Theolaimlsxnade that no other!!-mile sectionofthelsland Railway pays better than the Cape

will be spent in Yukon, Nova Sootiaor

knowledge of the needs which it is to

Traverse branch, and that there should hola return service giving floss connec- tions at Emerald Junction with the morn-

ing trains from Ciarlottetowu and Sum- merside, and also with the evening trains. Such a service is strongly desired by the

people of Cape Traverse and the stations i _ . _ _ _ along the line, and ought to be conceded _ .i _ _ . _ to them if at all practicable. _` l ' i _ A _ _ There seems good reason to believe that > ~ _ '_ 5 __ = A _ V _. A _ _ tha doubled service would add largely to- _ = A _

the _:receipts from passengers, as the present arrangement does not afford the facilities tc induce residents along the line to use the railway. In like msnne haight is handled at a disadvantage to patrons of the road, being dumped out at the way stations ,in the night when it is not convenient for the consignees to be present and take charge of it. The tramo over the branch might well repay a little

nursing, as it is often surprising how railway business will develop when the best facilities are given it. W6 would be glad to see the earnest wishes of the people of this _section complied with, and believe the experiment would bejustiilad by .the results after the service became

on§e regularly established.

Oomplaintsihave reached this oilice of

frequent illegal sales of liquor at ~`Bham- rock to which we direct the attention of

the. authorities. I ‘

I We have not been over-sanguine as to the decision of the Supreme Court cn our

[representation case, and have had more hope :of a favorable judgment from the

‘Privy Connell hereafter. The Supreme Court has on several oooasionsdeliveted judgments in favor of the Dominion on matters at issue between me fedex-e1 and provincial authorities, which judgments have been reversed by the Privy Council. It ia~to be noted in our case however, that the Supreme Court has reserved its judg-

ment, after deciding almost ofhand

_ against the contentions set up by Ontario. _

New Brunswick and Nova Scotia in Baird ta their representation in tha Commons. FrnmthUwaueledto infer thatlnthe opinion of the Judges ourcaae

for retaining our original quo‘a of mem-

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hona that tha Court will not be quite

unanimous lo rejecting our claims. _

It is given out that- there is little pros- ,_

pee; er use cmsaiaa. a1s¢r1eaa;~Iemt_ Hi* Commission reassenablihg this year. object for which it was appointed* was the settlement of the tradedshing and boundary questions pending between Canada and the United States. *Inability to agree upon any made of settling the Alaska boundary led to an indefinite adjournment of the Commission. The London am Washington governments subsequently by treaty agreed to the appointment of a boundary ccmmissfon, _ which relieved the Joint High Commiss- _ ion of its greatest obstacle, and it was‘ hoped it might under the new conditions

be called together to _deal with the trade and ishing questions. Bat another and _ greater question is now looming up, that `

of preferential trade’ within the Briish

'E<vp‘~r¢. With this bstsrs their minds:

fceprocity with our next neighbors. Still ' if they should desire to take up that =0uesti6n in earnest our people would be

willing, but without eagerness, to con-

sider it. But it must be nojug-handled ` proposition this time with the handle on thc United States side i

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afsimilatxon Bouyancy ht of every woman. She if she will only use blood givesappetite, nerves, color to the to the eyes A box

once transmitt- and strength.

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and medicine dealers everywhere

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many in the city who ' would use no other, Price I5 and 25c per bottle.

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sixty days with a good margin for P9~SSl°l¢

detentions. When the Siberian Railwayl has developed to its best and with the faster Steamers of the future on the

Pacific the time Schedule may be reduced , ' to 50 and quite possible to forty-five days.

Globe-trotting is something easier now

than in the days of Captain Cook.

_ other daily wants.

operations oi the Intercolonial during the

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critics points out the large sums expend `

Bw, mek .huge of the Depmmem For rates and particulars apply to

permanent improvements had been all

charged against the earnirgs_of’_t_l1s road' there would have been no surplus either - in Mr. Blair’s or in Sir Chimles ..Tupper’s 1

time. The extension of the railway to Montreal, the more than doubled equip-. ment of rolling stock, the doubly power- I

ful locomotives and cars of more than

doubled _capacity also involved the laying of heavier rails, the strengthening ol

bridges or building of _new bridges, all of wear and Granby Ru which cost a lot ot money. But these out Shapes and 8526.- ’

lays were necessary and were just-itied by the results in doubled earr-ing power

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_COMlNG_El_/ENTS» A

City Council meets on the second Mon- day in each month. Dr. James Warbur- tondhdlayor; H. M. Davison, City Clerk.

The B. I. S. meeisi on the first Monday

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World in Eighty Days, few of his readers H ,ve-em;=_.-5 , _ ~ _ _

thought of itotherwise than is a leasent l*=¥-"'/55"” S- *¢"l~` c

bit of fiction not capable _of realllaation. _ ` And yet already Verne's schedulehas been f ‘ " ~'* 'ff 'if-_ “F y

beaten bv. more than twenty days by the _ 'gfi `-(C 5 I -_

all-British route. Considerably shorter _` 1 _ _ly _ ` Ill' TI’€ WU” time is practicable. The record time from 2 _ _ _ gas ever ghgqg, gk London to Hong Kong, via the Peninsular fi ' ling gf gtg agua and Oriental line and SuezCanal is24 days. l _ _ M 9 ` ' Tmumtnp .& nb

From Hong Kong to Vancouver is 1'l§ P . ' 5: '\ 4 coating’

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days and from Vancouver to London / -/ '/' A ` days, making a grand total of a2§ days 0 ~>\\/_,»,,<' *ls

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would therefore be quite practicable too -¢* f-{`,,;,___‘~. GQIRS FU!! arranges soviet round the would in "" ' _ " " and b¢S¢

John McLcod&C0., im lla

___ A _ Persons require to be continually reminded that

life insurance 1s not a luxury to be provided out of

The Opposition journals are seeking to, Su lus roits but a nec - ’

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discredit Hon Mr. Blair’s surplus' on the rp ~ , Slty to be Purchased kk*

°::.i:;:;:’.‘; The Canada Liic Assurance C0

ed uponthumpmement md emma” issues all the _most desirableforms of insurance tat of the read and rolling stock since Mr. either Prolxction 01° TnV¢§tm¢nt 01' (mmm

amounting to some ill millions of dollars. ' »-

No ddubt if these millions expended for _-P R0 0\V9 We Ka

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