.going to feel it and that they ' after because of this tax.

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' III- l. Lmlll-llell, Plrnldeni.

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f? It will no doubt be very consoling to the farmers and others throughout the province to be told by_the Patriot how pleased they are that a party has arisen with sufficient courage to lay upon them the heav- iest ‘tax in their history; consoling that they are not will be happy for ever

Whether this consolation will_ sink suiliciently deep under the skin to anaesthetize the taxpayer while the extraction of the tax is in progress remains to be seen; an_yway it is the Patriot’s consolation and the operation is up to it and its party.

The people now know the tax bill, know the promises that preceded it, know what the Liberal party said before the election and what they are say- ing and doing today. They will not be misled by what the Patriot accuses the Guardian of saying; the peo- ple know and fully understand the Guardian's atti- tude on the whole question of taxation as well as that of the Conservative party which went downto defeat because it asked for a tax of $75,000 for edu- cational purposes and because the Liberal party claimed that even that small tax was unnecessary. The whole ‘ESQ-TS now before the people, who are the jury and who must decide’ for themselves whether they like it or not.

Further bandying of words with the Patriot is useless. The bill is running its course slowly through the legislature and thegovernmcnt is taking the re- sponsibility. It is up to them.

l’..\ I(l.\' RISING (‘l.l'll.

It is now generally recognized that development along any line can best be carried on by organization; indeed few movements of general interest are under- taken without the mutual help that organization af- fords. it has been suggested that in this province of ours, where so much early daylight is wasted and

.where difficulties, apparently insuperable, have inter-

vened in the matter of concerted daylight saving, an Early Rising Club be organized. It is claimed by those who have acquired the habit of rising at, say five o'clock in the morning that, from that hour till the sun is suﬁiciently high in the heavens to persuade the ordinary mortal to get out of bed, the air is more healthful, the scenery more beautiful the singing of birds more delightful and the fragrance of flowers more pleasing than during the “common daylight” hours between 8 apin. and 10 p.m..

In order to prove the corrrectness of this theory and to enjoy the delight and the healthfulness of the salubrious morning hours it has been suggested that an Early Rising Club be organized to meet at Vic- toria Park or at some other place to be agreed upon at say 5.30 every morning, details such as luncheon, ayswim, a botanical expedition etc., etc., to be worked out as may be agreed upon. -

Seriously, such a club could find much of beauty and pleasure and healthfulness in such a venture and if some one with the necessary enthusiasm starts it, we have no doubt it would prove a success.

.\ l".\R.\I PRUHLEDI.

Farmers throughout the province are, this spring somewhat (listracted over the potato prob- lem. Whether to greatly increase their acreage, whether to change over to another variety or wheth- er to follow in the old paths and plant the usual var- ieties and the usual (ptautity, are questions which un- der present conditions, are naturally perplexing.

If some seer should arise and tell us the price of potatoes next fall would be $2 to $3 a bushel for potatoes of any variety or even of some one particular variety, all these perplexing questions could be settled easily. Unfortunately, or perhaps fortunately, no such seer is in sight. There are prophets of course who tell us the price Will be awav up, others who as- sert with equal assurance that it will be away down. The best thing we can do with such predictions is to ignore them absolutely No one knows whether the prices will be abnormally high or abnormally low and the farmer must be guided in this as in every other undertaking by his own common sense.

Certain courses are always safe and one course in this country is zilwziys safe, that is, not to “put all the eggs in one basket." A large potato crop would be an_ excellent thing if prices turned up all right. if prices were poor it ivoulrl be another story. It is a comparatively safe chance to take however to figure on prices next fall that will be far in advance of the old pro-war prices and there is always a good and profitable market on the farm itself by feeding the potatoes to the stock.

Another thing that should be borne in mind is

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_ that the best varieties paybest. If there are heavy

crops ‘of potatoes throughout Canada the coarser varieties will be a drug and must be fed. ' The wise farmer will base his calculations on a general crop, not plunging too heavily into any one line. General farming pays better here than special and present indications are that there will be fair prices all round. In any case every possible inch of the farm should be cropped and every possible inch

fertilized. ‘ x

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Canadas Earliest“, ~ Royal Government

Royal Government in (Iunudii noes back two hundred and fifty-six years. it began when the ruling of tho strugrllni: Trench colony’ was) taken out oi‘ the hands ol‘ intruding company and placed under officials appointed by the King. in its chief features this earliest Royal Can- adian Government was modelled. not after the central or kinizly Gov- ernment of a Province of France.

, At the head of the Governmcn: lof Canada was n military noble- ‘inan, bearing the title "GOVQrnQr and LieutenantGeneral in Canada, Acadia," etc. lie commanded the

CURRENT couitiui

forgan. it is, thiil lion. J. ll. Bell. twith his associates and supporters. iare the responsible rulers in pro- tvincial affairs today. The Patriot's llalk of the Guardian having "its livayd’ or of following “the lines loot out by" it, is a liberal and wild [chase after shadows. We have been [willing foi- the common good to help and advise, but our advice has 1 followed public advantage and pop- ‘ular demand too closely to meet acceptance ut the hands 0t.‘ on auto- eracy bent upon crushing out every right hitherto enjoyed by the peo-

illle- ll “'35 ‘he 51m"! lake“ bY troops iind carried on relations lilon. Mi‘. Arsennult, in reply to the _ t lPrc-nilcr, that while willing .10 aid make. the sharp answer comes;

iln perfecting legislation, "the Gov- iernment must assume responsibil- ,-it_v for their own measures,"

twe have the yoke about your neck land you must bend. hlavcs obedient ‘do the crack of our whip. Whnt t As auq adviser of the public, wotparl have the people in the deter» wissumo full responsibility for our~ initiation ol‘ government policy un- ‘utterauces. These will usually biyder a despotism which hiis neith~ Ifound to be carefully considered in "r rczuiil for its pledges of honor .tlie country's best interests. \\'e,:ior the stow-reign ‘rights of the ;find no pleasure in following ufteimpeople? in the Qlain language of ,ilu nets, in its high handed over- lriding of every principle of consti- tutional guvernmt-ut, the ilell Gov ‘l‘l'lllllf*l'ii'S challenge to the people

‘tho evening organ. Sui-h an occu- pation may p.‘ -.lu;e transitory" tnlllllﬂivlll0ill. Our preference is ‘along the better lines oi’ a perman- its to go and lie down like whipped em. public benefit. When we sayjcurs, we have you by the throat lthat our teachers are entitled toifor the next three years and will ‘llifl should have a living wugtgltench you obedience and submis- llhat is just exactly what we mean». lsion. _f‘ould you have anything simpler} _i_ ‘or plalnei‘? When we advocated. Straws show WlllCll- way the ‘a special tax for that purpose woiwind blows, and small things are just meant that, nothing morcnlpointlng to the destiny in prepar- llow plain Io any one who can ,:ition for Premier Bell. The leader road English! Would ii have been lot the Opposition advised amend- bard for the Government to follow ‘nient of ii clause in the Taxation our zidvicn, zipproved hi; it tin; nl- LAct which the Attorney General IAC< , ‘early been by the country? We copied on behalf oi’ the Govern- yt-htnk "up illlﬂlll. This did not. please the i _ ‘Hon. Mr. llell, und‘he moved. that “lhen we said that thorn wag not ‘the clause he zidopted as read. 1m honest (icilcli of $2325.00!) wetThis was seconded by the genial mount that also. And the GLJVPTII-lill4‘llll)‘?l' for ituslir-o. The vote was taki-n b_v the-lloiisi- in committee

inent knows that our statements‘

regarding the finances ul’ the i-oiiu».:ind the (‘ll'lll'lllilll, I\-ir. Till-YEN, de- q-y arﬂ morn rgliﬂhlp than thnso ,el:i|t-d the motion lost. llut tho per- '!Olllf‘l\‘lll‘l('F‘s of humping pfppﬂrplLiﬁlSllWli‘ mover»; lll‘(‘l2il'l‘(l lht- "yous is Hnlp Mr, Nash remarked, undi-Hhave- it." They \\’l‘!'l‘ told to stand

'i)]'()(§(;ﬂ5p§ n; “MANTTﬂYIJATION-illp and the two solitary figures

AND g'p[;/\,\.'i(;[;1,/\T1()N-' gpnl Qui islootl up atone. Why did the lead- to deceivethe people, und so niunip- Pr of the (lnvernment show tlilﬁ Mama “posit-angled that they feai-lhostility? Was it because lloii. Air. l1) allow ‘the test of the regular,Arst-nault suggested it; or was it ‘external audit to be applied to,ill hroti-sl ‘ll-Zainst the Attorney i‘ heir books. When we challengediilvllvfill ll-“llfillllil his "iWPIYH-l‘ t’ hp [van-kn m- any one (m um GnvJativo-s?" And what a si-ll)ael( to lormnoni side "g the 1101139 to ox. the Premier. Does it remind him pose their hand and prove a de- of the lament of ivolsley ziftei" his ficit, n Olefin clear and honest UliP, lfall as portrayed by Shakespeare? 1f pvm $100300 w(\ mount 1pm ' As an inditwatiiu: straw it is u fore also, and no one on behalf of the runner of the coming sacrifice svith vouibillilliflll lifts pfﬂliuced the [ig- the one tittr-nrlaint. to accompany ures or faced the challenge in the ‘llilll 1011K‘ slfilllvlfl-

_open. Acting ‘up to their belief that. u lle oft repeated will ulti- mately be believed, they have par- rot-likn gone on repeating the de- fit-it fabric-alien, but that is not. proof nor fact. and does not count with sensible people,

The Government Jester is again on the joh. llis lutost flash of wit is brilliant and genuine in humor. He writes in ‘Tuesdays Patriot, "W0

(‘ould Mark Twain beat that. ‘The next passage knocks this all hollow. ma“ |S not H", mung powma “m. it reads. "stating what is obso- ym U", pow" l]‘\hind n“. mrm“, lutelybeyoiiti etintrtiversion."Thor.- U, mfhmnue H", movmnonls "his nothing of dry humor in this, it g,_,,.,,mnmnt_ The“ who rulosylis ‘moist to the core. Then it 'l‘herc has been considerable talk 50*‘?! 0" will‘ i‘ liiliillﬂlsllt‘ 0f ll"- "f ,k,,n0crn(.y_ HMO we zuuqhtng pending evils to befall the province al)pl‘oac"ing to m,“ in m". body ii‘ by any fear of the (luardiau tho UOHHC? N," U“. "new," of an Government should lake cold feet ‘lifllll in the Liberal ruling uggre- “ml ‘lmi’ ill“ TAXATWN AFT Kano“ Th“ whme "rmciph, "f Faileonwtuotl would be (closed and mp. by n". people h,“ hm.“ tram‘, the three hundred patients turned led under fool. ‘They issued their “"159 "W" ill‘? 150111117)’. Jﬂils Wﬂllitl command“ m H", D0115 b,“ n“. he closed and the cilmtnul hordes qominaung tyrﬂmﬂvonce |n “D5503. left tn infest the land, fllllClillS

We have stated that the Guar-

ﬂim, of H". cinuipl 0pm,“, dpfy mph. would be illsehzirgetl and public manqau_.g_ To "vol-y prom“ “my l works neglected and tho whole ____ t country subniergetl in hopi-li ss

lruln. What adds to tho spirit pf 00-0 o+oo+oooe0o00+¢ - - ”" “ ,|ni- jest and humor is tho changed

Qltone from that which it pit-untied J

_ z wuss than u 'eur a '0. Guardian Readers z ’ i

Furnlnhod by W. I. Lmloon

5 Did it occur to the Patriot's iv!‘- tlle brain that all tin-so institutions |have flotirlshed since the island be- iﬂlllil‘. a human habitation, and that

THE ROTARY SPIRIT

Red roses for the living, and hand-

are now ivriting with moderation."

cluaps warm and true.

A heart that's timed to giving. and strength to dare and do;

The sound of honest lmlklliel‘. joy oi’ lionost toll; _

For those ll"ll follow after, to leave u liner soil. ‘

All this has been and ever will the the ROinry‘ plan,

A man's sincere endeavor to serve his fellowninn

the

A little less self-seeking, a little more ior ini-n,

Less bitter ln our speaking, more kindly with the pen;

A little less of swervlng from paths of truth and right,

A little more of serving and less of dollar might

More peaceful to our neighbors, and staunclir-r to our frzonds.

For this all Rotary inborn, on this its hope depends.

‘To smooth the tway for others, to make of life the most t To make the phrase "our brother" I mean more than idle boast; t To praise sincere endeavor, when 1 praise will spur it on, , Wlthhmding kind words never un- til the friend is 50m; This is the Rotary spirit, this is the Rotary dream,

lGod grant that we may near it, bo- i fore we cross the stream.

-~IDQAR A, QUIOT, Detroit.

lwithout its mert-iless TAXATION ‘ACT. 'l‘hei\ added to the disuster tto all our puhlie works, the clos- ‘iiig down of every public utility and institution, the i-nd m‘ the your ,i920 will show a deficit "of nearly in hiiif a million ilollzirs." Thin looks tslgnificnnt. If the whole public tF-"ﬂdlfe is closed, and nothing ox- lpenilctl, ivhat is to become of the irevenuo? Docs the Patriot wlsii

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iuudu. ll’ so the lax bill is better defeated. The less cash lying‘ around the better.

with foreign colonles-—lho Drilluh colonies on the Atlantic coast, tor- instance. There were local gover-

nors at Three Rivers mid Mon- treal. - Next in rank to the Governor

wnsthe "lntendant of Justice und Finance," usually n lawyer with a training in business and public nflalrs.

The intendant was virtually a spy on the Governor, and every year he sent to the Minister of Marine, whose department adminiateied colonial affairs, letters, often forty pages in length. filled with the secrets of the colony. political and personal. great nnd small. The Governor also wrote letters, and each was Jealous oi‘ the letters oi the other, and so it came ziboui that the relations between Llover- nor and lniendant were for the most part strained.

The Appointed Council

To assist the (lovernnr and the lntendani there was a boily known as the Sovereign ‘Council, whose members were appointed bj/ llll.‘ Crown. _The Bishop was always one, and with him were usually o]. even other Councillors. 'i‘ho duties of this body were varied and com- plex. ll sat as ti high court of law also as an executive body iidvisini the Governor and the Intendant. Such in outline was the main mac; hlnery oi‘ Government in (Iiinada during the French regime.

The Sovereign Council usuully met on aliionday morning. and at first in the ante-chamber of the Governor's apartments at the Chat- eau Si. Louis. The councillors sat at a round table, the Governor pro» siding, with the Bishop on his right and the lntendant on his left. flue, lntendunt

thnurht that iill llif" 12ﬁllil(3lli()l‘S should \\'(llll‘ robes- hlziek on ordinary occasions. lll-‘l

red on grand corciimiiies. lie united the home Govcrliini-nt lo send out the robes, but they never came.

Another lntendnnt thought it in- decent that the Count-ll slump] lfiﬂllﬁl‘ sit in the floverniins ante» chamber, for said he. "tho Hover nor's izuzuwls and valets make iuith a noise that we cannot hear each other speak.“ lie lill>l0 conzplainetl that those servants mode jokes ail tho councillors as they passed in and out.

At that time there stood near the St. Charles river, Quebec, u large bfflwmiv. it was purchnscrl and

converted into the Palace of the

llivqllﬂlllllldwﬂ tho‘ urt House and there the lflqilncih old its sessions. Some portions of its walls are still in use, forming again part oi’ a brewery property which is Williill sight of the Canadian Pnciﬂc lluil- way station.

The Law-Making

The lniendant issued ordinances. or laws, and sodid the Council, and there was an abundanceof legisla- tlon.

The lntcndanfa ordinances were usually read to the people at tha church doors after service. but sometimes from the pulpits. Mnuy have been preserved ,nncl they re- late to a great variety of subjects -reguin1i‘on of inns and markets, preservation of gnmo sale oi‘ bran- dy stray hogs, mud» dogs, matri- monial quarrels, inst zirlviiig, weights and metisures, and other matters.

l Sonic of‘lliese ordinances show to what extent the Government was paternal. For instance, the intend- ant Iloutlol cuino to the conclusion that the people in and about blon- trcul raised loo many horses, which prevented them from ralsint! eut- tle and sheep. I-le, therefore: com- manded that no inhabitant should own more’ thuii two horses or mares, iind one foal. The [ieople were given a time within which to dispose oi their surplus horses, ul- ter which animals in excess oi‘ the speciﬁed number would be killed.

Another remarkable ordinance was thiit of the lntcntlant Bigot. the "iirch-grtiftor" 0t‘ the later years of the old regime. Willi a view to promoting zuzrlculture and

‘protecting tho morals oi" the farin-

ers by saving them from the tem- ptations of the cities, he proclaim- ed to them: "We prohibit and for- bid you to remove to this town (Quebec) under any pretext vvhiit- ever ivitliout our permission in writing, on pain of being expelled and sent back to your farms, your furniture and goods confiscated, and ii ﬂric oi’ ﬁlly livres laid on you for the benefit oi’ tho ll()S[)lffllS;.lll’l(l furthermore, we forbid all inhab- itants ol' the city in let liriustis o" rnmns to persons coming from llil‘ country on pain of a fine oi on» hundred livres ,also applicable to the hospitals."

King Charles’ Head

The spirit of ahsiilulitm .wu_s ev- erywhere, nnd one ot‘ the intend- iinta named Aleules wrote: "ll. is of very great (wonsequences that the people should not be. left at lib- erty to speak their mindsl"

Another illustration of tho ab-

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In 1671 a resident of Quebec City named Puul Dupuy was heard to say that there is nothing like rlnhiing one'a soil‘, and that when tho people of England cut off the lioad oi‘ King Charles 1., they did u good thing. This was twenty- two years after. the execution of Char-

les at the close of war against Parliament. , Deput was arrested and taken

before t e_ Sovereign Council. That ~

body cured little about England's kings and had no reason for car- ingﬂbut it held Dupny guilty of speaking ill of royalty in the per- son of the King of England, and condemned hini to be led in a shirt, with a rope about his neck, and a torch in his hand, to the gate of the Governor's palace and thereto beg pardon for his words. From there he was to be token to the pillory in the Lower Town lo be branded on the check, and set

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the strength of ai lthe Britt“ onies to the south, backed a; t were, by the power of Britain, i

Will) rennet-t to civil matter; system did not work, remark well, in fact, ltjaeenis to have w“ ‘ Qed remarkably ill, for a pm“ writer, in describing the Mme Canada in 1758__iw0 years be, its surrender-says that it t; “country of abuses.”

Such, in outline, was they 11 royal Government in tlilivmun -—n system that came to m, ' with the surrender by Vaudrt-ut] Montreal on Sept. 8, 1760, after hundred years oi‘ existence.

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