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FRIDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1922.

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Q 93")’ (905111! 0! the Rocin F"?! is a serious loss ti

‘ll! farmers on the south side o. lie ‘ill-var. With their Christina: lllflllllflfl ready for market, they ‘ I. llor the time being, shut-of - »- rely from the market and thn wants their geese.

. _ l. pork. etc. The ferry boat war-

'_ é is time when the market espec-

turkeys.

hen off the route last Saturdav d since then no attenrpt has ' less made by the government to

. under any assistance to the fann‘

' in or to the (fly. There are tug I Data which could at least male‘- . tlrlp or two daily and so engr-

.p the situation but the city mem ass are too busy wth their awn Ifdll-s to take any interest in tht 114's business, which they arc aid to look after. Had we a live avernment and live city repre antatives the Rocky Point Perry '0uld have been in partial open on at least until operation be. sine impossible. it if‘ not impos ible now for an ordlnziry tn: oat and is not llkuly to be fo- ome days as the icebroaker Mont slm is here for the purpose of coping the harbor open. We nderstalld the city representa- ves and the Department of Pub- c Works 'ith a view to putting n tug boat They all admitted should ‘he done but—~and that as all. And that will be all that ‘e may expect from the present

hove been waitcd on

n the route.

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_ EVERYBODWS DOING lT

Everybody knows just what ifi rong with the world and what ould cure it. Everybody knows lat Canada .-s up to the cars ll. rbt and that the remedy is to it dowll expenses, for evenbod: workilard and honestly it thl- west living wag: ant‘ r tho narrowest possible margin

prollil.

possible

Everybody knows that

ilfillhbor meets with misfortune and we rush to his relief. _ but when it comes to community ad- wlncement each of us looks cut for himself and-well. some one also has as much right to do it as we hsve.

~What are we doing to keep our young people at home? Tile rem- W-‘W. we know, l6 to make it as profitable for them here as lt is elsewhere. What are we lndlvld nail)’ doing u» effect U118? Are we

zltronizirlg our own factories, our awn stores. our own farms or are ‘ve buying from the catalogues of far-away concerns? Are we paying the highest wage our business wl~ll afford. Ill we are all, lndlvlil uaily. doing the best we can and till foil to make this country as lrofltable for our young people as .t iselsewhcre. then there ls- no remedy, our young people go.

On the 22nd of January th- groat majority of us will vote tc prohibit the importation of liquor into the province. Will we. in ‘lil- meantime or thereafter, individ- ilfllly. help to capture the booties ger and the smuggler or wi-ll we ‘eave the disagreeable duty ti some one else and then lift ii‘ our voices and declare that proh= bition is impossible?

must

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HELPING CANADA

Some idea. of the wny tllc Mar Konzie King goverririli nt is‘ holp "U; to adverfso (Lrirada abroad {nay be had from the fact that u)‘ "K0 czirflocs of ‘rift this p0" for dies wi-thin

were shipped tn eels. In the past few years tin-st _

produce whicl thi- West lSl

In lcw week Norwcigillu vi; shipments were made lu silips o the Canadian Merchant When ollr mcrcllllntlsthis your u; oiled for ships of this line a: usual they were told the Canad ‘url Merchant Munine had laid off! The xnuid find no work for Ships

Nlarirle

beer King govel-nmen:

This column is open for the discussion by correspond- ints of qucstilons of inter- est. The" Charlottetown Guardian docs not necessar- lly endorse the opinions cx~ - pressed by its nr-sspond- ants.

it is given out but since contra- dicted that when Parliament shall next meet tho present official lertder of tile Ollmltluu ullsh: be culled upon to retire from that position and give place to Mr. Forkc, M.P., the new lender of the Progressives, the latter use; a larger purty in the House than the Conservatives who are tel by, ex-Prrmler Iileighen. lf this could Shawwha, h, we mane, Wm, luwe ‘unopened. Mr. ‘Melsheuholln n. Moluty-re? is it egolsm of would have lmcu ill d1!!! lwlllli-l l°;an advanced type, or a brain storm "fork over" his present salary olidueno sixteen ‘ounces of booties- $10,000 to an. Forke. n would 8°." ‘llllmf “ew- l“ n" W“ "m"

in his sober senses would writc seem to be arbetter plan in thtselmwh sum as John D_ 1,, gumy m-

tlrnes of much needed economy to dning o; me, dispense with the salary. which ‘Rcférrglllgigifl lijlllltedilétntlflglbzlnl . pliye n »e nie k c many palm“ mink an!" “Wu. November 25th, he says, "it ls esil- w ha" 99°“ created‘ mated there were eighty thousand -—-' people there," and then to suit. his l! W8! WW8"! ll"? and "l lllelown distorted vision he proceedsto Laurier regime with the end alisay. “forty J-llollflfillll llllll fflxleell mos, m 515m m," “he mnovnflounce bottles on their hlp (how . . n Ho» w“ made of PM“ = Balm"i‘"‘3$§2'§3.?§.‘l.‘fiii..i‘“fifl‘ii"‘l°l’é?fi'é l0 lllc Qlllwslllml lealllll- 5° l" that size in that particular position) as we can remember no suchland in his desire to make out. n practice then existed in any clvl-‘i-ase for booze he forgot to allow lized country. Mr. Borden was tile laldiierlsl rlzeslligtnztttrlllzfvasfil: tlleu leader of the‘ oplwlltlon- 9°‘ tuellinlclfguanutyilug on their hlps.as lT-S llllllsell P- Ylcll ma" lle llld it. would be rather awkward to get not need the salary or greatly de of when needed), so if they were sire it. He consented to lt. how- llall Wolméll llhwlllllll mile“: all“ 9:1‘ m“ vellum mo" "m" = wel~li'ihil‘if.i‘..fi,.i 303...»? w..l.°..‘l‘.‘... olls consideration for his successor including we young boys Wm, the“. llllm "m" ‘w!’ Plellelll Pelsllllallparcrlts. and then to try and bo- advantage. Slr Wilfrid Ll-luriel‘ smlrch his native county and pro- lhus found a soft sml In wllichll/lllflklllc hull lllell-viflll l0 1:1)’ "till"? _ - ,_ _,wus ass quarrclng an ewcr m m" and enlond the. emu“! ‘lights than at a Kings County tea rllcnt for eight years by Cflrnlfllillpflrty on Domhmm Duyy znnsent until his death. Both thel This proves that when he men wit} parties were apparently in ls-‘l-lllllllell ‘ltlrllliliyllru “rulklefllc lgmlcie - Wi l au or y, or le evuon y s W” of the measure’ unaware oi‘ tlho i'act that drinking ‘ and fl"llting at tea parties on ‘l’. E. No ‘_lne_ grullgod the “all”? l” ‘lslandh went out of fashion many Fil- Wilfrid, but at ills death the ygafg “gm lnlar might well have tcrrninatrdl After the Ora-ole John gave 11's Y The country was then loaded down flguriPl-l.‘ Willi all illr 0f flll-‘ilily, llu with debt and taxes. No otlierlsa-"s: (lfflllfslml nme&ly°1“ll'°“‘li country was paying an Opposltlonfrs w“ ll we m’ e aw an’

V _ rule of the fanatic never blends lellller- N0 0119 believes llllll elqwitll the reasoning power of men

tlicr Sir Wilfrid Laurler ‘or Sir and women who want to (exercise ~ he“ Borden‘ ML Mmghen m. Mlltllf]! right nl; freedom and lliilcrty." "array-la KM lwllnl=*n..i7.fi‘l ‘hi! filf-‘iiifilirit-“aiollfi Ll successive oppositions a5 U19)’ lllllGoverrlrllellt of the people. for the were one whit more alert or dili-lponple, by the people, and our laws went lr. m.» discharge of lficll‘ tin-lam ‘mile lly "S ll" "ilmlvfifl- flW-l tins 1:" o!‘ the. salaries “In for u“ by “Gmmne else’. _ ‘meivw Thnw" n _1 _ ll ls truc some people ll‘l this. ; ‘ g‘ _ l" 5*" “TY m“? country still long for their “person- "' ‘loll?’ """"l "ll l'"l“"""lelll mllle all freedom and liberty," but they Olllmlll-"ll “all” l“ llQC-"llltl l'?'“-"nre mostly lunotics and criminals, l faithful ‘.0 his party and more slab-land a few dry fanatics. nervlcnt w. the goygpnnlent which. A large part oi‘ his letter has to pays hm, [do with the “young boys and glrlsl ' 'of the United States, who are go] , _ lrlg down t-lle tolmggrln," tllcrclnrc u ls true m“ m. lungs o’ I'll‘ such is the case, John would do Tllllly loader mnkc great. ilcmullulnrrwre good to humanity if he would upon his time and ener" _ Hglltflllllllt! his advice to his own coun- ts)’ _ dlould duly consider that fact be-i"? a“ "ol lmlhel‘ m3 head almul ‘Ore he accept“ the pnsluon‘ "}°u'l‘i; read his ‘first effort in tho his services are worth IIIOYBHIRHIDI-Qggl one would |nfer ma; »,p_ l1 |_ U19 54-900 lmlflmlllly Ddid lo allwas the only place where bad con- luemmors, or if his needs are great-Idl-tlons and unrest existed, and that on up, Qbflgaflgn m-lghy seem minis country was lllowiug with m-ilk

-; ', h .l , ' b9 “Wm his party tn make gflodlllllf-Id lglltrlelll-lsgl-‘rllyre éflzrzwlllanfilgtllli:

“ vvvvév

Prohibition Speaks for Itself

they

hum by a .con30;v,,uve govern the deficiency. It seems altogether‘

prohibition prevent misery as w"

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Tllcllsltlpttcstion nova: i l-llds-tsl-Unnsnnlsrytlx r - 1 --- - --.' ‘ ' im- With luuiliuloncy. w! ouuutlu. Missouri, pot tntimtho, 30W“ l" AWN" °"R'“"l°“‘ newspaper headlines s few' dsyl u-go sl-ter an absence therefrom more than fifty years. 0n but occasions the publlclt! Bil/Bu fill" latln -was due to s crime oom- mltted tlhere. in the lat-tel- in- stance the criminals areas yet un known. fn 1869 they were the most famous of American bandits, namely the James and ' Younger brothers. The same crime wils committed in both cases. namely, the robbery of tlhe bank. There was shooting botih times. Jesse Janfes committed one of ‘his dell-l bersto murders, Captain John W. ‘Sheets Ibelng his vlotl-m.‘ Captain Sheets was the bunk csshlenl Jessu ordered ihlm to opep the‘ vault. He refused, and the bandit‘: . < , shot him neatly llihrou-gh tho, m ‘F0133? tfiylzsgggglleart. ln the more recent case this small community caused bY|lW0 01‘ "IP89 990MB were woun~l over competition in business. 0neided_ bu; nobody was 1,1119‘; The llllilll- "will; l" 8:g:‘t'I8i“l§ll;,-booty secured iby the James ihoys Flleseprlllllhlplenllllilt, "COIILIIQIHIOJI is W“ only a few llullllrml dollalll’ we me or n.3,,“- and "m," u, while that of their imitators is good example may well be follow- said to have run into many thou- sands. One story is to die effect

ed" enters upon the same line ll'l the hJpe that hr- too, will nlilkeimat woowoo 1n smufmes was part of the lplunder.

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(sv w. L. corrou.)

“We are overburdened iby or- ganisa-tlqng." Tiles»: were tile wo s of one of Cllarlottetowlfs popu ar preachers a few Sandal’! ago. The truth of the statemeus has for years past been brought home to every household and to every man of business. Wo have too many organizations for\_the size and Population and wealth of this Province, and the results _aru inadequate to requirements. There is rliledeil a. consolidation and co-ordlnrltlorl by which betterl results will be oblfllllB-d Bi B N" constant drlllll upon the pocket- books of all sorts and conditions of the people.

Tilers was a very good article

prot'its;— and the result is that neither thoso in the business nor the people who are their custom- ers obtain satisfaction, and that one or the other. or both have to drop out after time, labor. and mimoy have ‘bCPll lost.

The effect is precisely the some with respect in our charities and other public rcqllirelnents. ‘Pros-f porous as tho community is, there are 2liWflY5_Rl)Yl‘(‘ poor to be car- ed for: some children who necd

Dayfllght Robbery.

The exploit of tllc Joules boys was by far the boldor. Tho bro thers and Cole Younger rodo lnln the town in broad dnyligh-t and headed strslgtht for tho lbank. Thoy entered, null when the cashier

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come and see these offerings

protection llnd correction. sorrle defectives to be improved; some pllllllc “VH5 w b” ed up a ifew hundred dollars and avoided or suppressed by crmcert- , rd effort; surlle directions lnmade oll- 59559 “'05 "Hilly cuughtl which iby co-npnrrltlvc alloy-L 5.1.. this time, for his horse bnconle, vances/ln ‘the direction of hetterlunmanngoaqyle as 1m trim] iommmq growth. better hell th, and grcateljm "m, GWMBCL Th," he sprang albility, roboulldnlg to the gnod nfiutp bemnd ms brother and m";

tllc community at large may be

nlwle. It is consequently exrpe- WW“ llllfl WaY- ll llQPm“ llllll ll ‘llefll. and necessary that the "cont-lithe citizens had been vcry ‘much illtlllfilly gplfll"? ho cultivated, illlilyin "arms; about pursuing u". (mt. . a-t organizations towards these Iaws they might 0mm, have Own

(‘llllli lm maintained. Bu, l, m ‘qhm esfienunh“ i, taken them and shot thcm. butl

the host result»: are to Ibo obtained Swill W" ‘llle lelll" llllfllllwl llY llll‘ 1i the least expense nf time. zmtlfname of James that they worn v-ffirivrt ling ‘WOIIPtV. that the I-zrllfilll‘,pnrul-ittrlil to escape. Some m cos s a no. he so mu p c" ‘ mm one w“, mfrmgp "p0" we tnuce down the ‘road they lmr-t, angina and nqtivlues or anothuryurlother man on horseback lindhls F/vpfy y-uggonghp- man and wc-ihfillfif, they commandeered, Jesse's man must sen the necessity; ofiqwn horse was caught inter and combined and concentrated ef- identified as ms pmperm l fort in simple wrlys. if our charm . lable anrllothrlr crvlnnlllnily O!",.!lil‘.l-| sgacpna-flThlen and Now.

dlsobeyed their command, J.'lnlcs_ si-llot him dead. Theo flluy gather-

ratlons are to produce satl results. ‘ .‘.‘;‘".':x"a:;‘;" .:r.':;:.. .§'.“*““.i2S;-‘ p- a r. . f . .. . . -

nvngmlse b), ti“; nmightfmlyllimit m. dlrrllr-s that in some respects the "donation and tho practical ex m‘ unrlence that we nrr- all or one wllllo ‘in others l-l has (inclined flesh. and that the fllTfll- majority, since the James boys were its jgefifiqlmilgrlgutlgimiql-OAl: m-Oat notable exponents. The. later. our fnruilleunnd the rolrrvnlllnity day rabbprs “M” mmmlm‘ Wm‘ p, _w1,m, n" "w. q,,,_,,.,h,.,-_ fixqn. n lpowerful -motor car waiting wlvfving the spirit of "goodwill round the corner for uhem. and towards men.“ lt is doubtful it‘ qhgy were finned with rifle; that

f. of bank robbery has improved,

dis; ‘ -

"lfllY 90 away satisfied.

‘lherc are Canton Crepe eluding Brlckdust, Autumn, Burnt Orange, etc.

length would bs most wgloomg

‘ _ .

A wraith‘ Suggestions lrolll the

ilress Goods Department .

For the reception, party home or office a gift of a di- can

, But you will hay, to

foryoursslf and you Wm c”

s in all the new shade; |,,_ l Pumpkin, Algonquin, j,“ -'~.

Crepe dc Chane, in all shades from $1.90 to $375 Yard

Vclvcteens In all shades and 45 inches wide.

Beautiful brocadcd lining to $5.50 Yard.

Of fashionable twilis and

lijlllS for

in ‘.22 inch, 27 inch, 32 In”,

v

s for fur or cloth coats $2.50 “Q

Smart New llfrocks For Christmas Holldiay Wear

wool crepe, In different mod.

ell; some beaded, some embroidciicd, some piped In mat colors, some with pleated panels and uneven hQm5-_.f°r school, street or businicsswear.

Full °l Yflllllllul BlmPllflly-offcctlvc, distinctive. You'd "lllcct thcm to he several dollars more.

Gifllists

Silk Stockings, plain or with fancy clockcf. Silk Scarves, Handkerchiefs, Caps Gloves, Silk Gaunt-

'|l(-?l‘0 be in nil Aillorii-zl ll rom-mll-l , ‘lltv ni’ which tho people “agree mnrflnged anything that me towzi "l differ" individually and lo live "w" wlm had bMn awaken“ ‘ l

‘rl harmony lrreslpccrlve m‘ rellg- the explosion could muster. When

community can thrive only un anomalous that any governmentl should pay a party leader as a snrtl

of "devil's advocate" to oppose

lets, Chamuisette in Gauntlet style. Short woolen Gloves in greys, blcaver, etc. Heather Stockings, plain and ribbed.

were led to think ll would?" “i say n0. it docs rlot." i‘We still heal the knock of poverty at the iloor of the holiest underpaid wilrkinc

merit and so they laid them up

if’ the impetus of a healthy conl t‘

unity spirit. Dverbody knows

')ur merchants were obliged brokers and

Q4 ‘ - at the only way to keep our p0

tl. _ ake lit as profitable for them to

= tlatlon from emigrating is

e-pmaln here as to go abroad verylbody knows that the )]!8 for the salvation mng people. hcrc and hereafter

only of our

to rigidly prohibit the import“. Inn and sale and drinking of al -hollc liquors. Everybody knows all thest lngs for they have been told st peatedly in the press, from the atform and the pulpit. hey have been told it in private lnversation and at public gather lga, and not only have they heel. -id it but they themselves havl -ld it to others. There has never yen more unanimity upon s loetlon, political. religious. "Q lstrlsl, commercial or social. an upon the‘ diseases and thl medics above mentioned and ti hlch many others might be add l. Yet all the diseases persist id the remedies arc not beini ovided. What then is the matter? What to we doing to reduce Canada’.- ibt? Cutting down expenses’! Of-

from

all; in

cisl salaries remllin at the peak yon ‘which they were set owing I the increased cost of living ilur g the wur. Some inconsequential age earners have had their ages slightly reduced but these vductlons were more than offset l. r increases elsewhere. The com- tiseionn from Ottawa during the 1st few months will cost Canada tore than it will profit in the ext ten years by what the coin- lissfons have accomplished. And ie rest of us? Why we are look lg for jobs and demanding more s1 dos what we are doing. Arc we fostering the communi- -- spirit‘! We give rein to our ill-

x ‘ 3t charitsbl-inesc when u ha.‘ \_

lppiy to through ‘hem to procure the services o: “orelgn ships. Wlhat happened ir. Charlottetown happened in man) Canadial ships could not be procured bi Ant‘ we are looking for immigrants!

THE FISHERIES

lther Canadian ports.

cause they were lyllng idle.

~ The fishing industry on. the Al. lantic Coast is experiencing con- ditions almost as tryinll as thos- which prevailed during 1921. The marketing of fish and fish prt» due-ts is beset with difficulties. and the fact that prices are nor encouraging to the fishermen ‘ends to decrease the catch. past year the value of fish marketed was ‘$34,931,935. the lowest totn since 1914, and no material im- provement is anticipated duriny the current year.

Up to the end of the first wee! ln November about 600,000 quln» this of this season's catch of cod llish have been exported from New foundlalld, and by the turn of the rear it‘ is estimated that 700,000 quintsls will have been shipped ‘raving 560,000 q‘l‘int.l‘:‘ lo suppli‘ the market from 1st January un- tiil next season. So far as CBl1_:ll6 ludged, the catch of codfish this year ls about 270.000 quintals less than that last year. Special. ef- forts are being made by the ox- porters to retain the markets se- cured for the first tilrne in 1920. and the prospects of better prices in the foreign markets have re- cently become more hopefulfSome delay is inking place in shipments to Spain, pending a decision as to whether Newfoundland desires t0 he included in the recent Angh- Spslvlch Treaty. That Donlirrlon may come into the agreement, provided l.t will reciprocate by tak

ing Spanish mines.

them. lt is moreover un-Prltish. No British parliament would en- Irlrtain such an ahsul-dition. The Dominion example has not been followed by other Dnlmlnlons, It l5 true’ that the province of Ontario "aye the ‘lmlricr oi‘ its Opposition. and the Bell government proposed to do the like here, ‘bu-t those ex- amples are not alluring. When ex~ "remit-r Arsenault declined the offer, 0i‘ the Bell government his action was universally commend- ed.

The advent of a third party in Canada would seem to afford a

further reason for albollslllng the salary now paid to the leader of

the Opposition, although no man who has held the position was better entitled to the salary than

man, we st.lll sec th-o pinch ofhurl- gcr on the pallid, sunken cheek of youth. We still hear tile low mur- murs of the discontented and the groans of the weary and oppress- ed."

He hears all this in the great and glorious country to the sout-h ‘of us. -~th<l laud of the bravo and thr from-wind l wundor ill this tho some John D. Mitllltyrc oi‘ Boston who could hour all t-hcsc thing" during hllfbricf visit to the island this slimmer with the odor of "illrly cow stables" in his nostrils at the same time.

‘if so, ‘then his case is a bud one, and the beet thing l0 do is agree with him, if he thinks he is Napo- leon salute him as such, if he thinks he is ‘Nelson. never let on tile dif- ference-—for my part ll am prepared to make allowances. I th-lnk the case calls for it.

He asks us to discuss it over the line fence. inlscusslon is all right in its place, lbut when Yan-