' ‘HISE he resented 8,C?Tt?lll1 state- im. l1

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JANUARY 151.9321. ,_——~_.1=1-—- "

The. Public Forum “i; column ls open is: the ‘undo, p, J-respondeats u‘ “an”; of interest. Till! ggmnttetown Gunilla IIWK u“ ‘nngupu, endorse the "mulls of onrresvviliflil

HIE ‘Conmug-i from Page o

prepsredby the Gov- ‘mmeni; in whichlt was claimed that w, were entitled to an additional "my subsidy of $3,372,166.57 besides . cash payment of $200,000. On the "m, “y, namely the 21st of Jan- “am premier Saunders fyled anoth- er document st Ottawa. called. s I-Mgmorial" claiming that we were "mtlpd to an addiefolfalsubsidy of $572,413.94. In both Government doc- iiments our claims were figured out ‘m the last. celit showing the care grercised in their preparation, though the‘. are nearly as far apart ‘as the rots; m the total amounts arrived at. 1t. is true. the “Memorlal" raised nnly one claim, namely: Public lands h,“ undrf the same hcud the "Pun- F519;.‘ assortod we ‘were entitled 1o 81.041040 more than the “1\femo:.ai" asked for- . _ - llfhou Premier Sa/lnrlers delivered his budget Speech last session ha re-- [erred to the "Pamphlet" which act- m‘; pmnn-r Lea had jssucd in’ thc fqllnlvliltt words, as reportod in_ the Patriot of April 26th. "The Opposit- ‘qvl. ho raid, ha"- heerl criticising my friend the Minister of Agriculture

mcnt of cur claims during my oh~ sauce at Otirlrxi. I want to say right

‘as it ls rumored Mr. King estimates ‘the Audit Board will recommend Ivnly $400,000." _

"After Premier King's visit», h"; i119 fBDort' was circulated that he ‘had stated the Audit Board (Ofllclfllg of the Government) would recom- ‘mend a. subsidy of $400,000 (inclusive of the $135,000 interim payment) which he estimated would be suffi- cien’. ‘i0 pay our old age pensions."

"This is how the matters standsz"

"Increased Teachers‘ Salaries (Re- commended by Hon. Cyrus MacMll- Ian's Commission) $100,000."

"Old Age Pensions tEstimated by the Pull-lop $300,000."

"Deficit ‘and unpaid bills, 1020, $300,000."

"Memorial fllecl January 21. 1930 saysz"

“The need—‘for a subsidy in sup- port of Public Health, Education, the ABed and Civil Servants, especially as all branches of the Public Ser- vice are making increased demands, and with deficit after deficit ap- pearing in our budgets, whence is thc money to comeft")

"Highway Grant abolished by Afr.) King, $382,000."

"Agriculture Instruction Grant abolished by Mr. King, $37,000.“

"Technical Education Grant abol- ished by Mr. King, $22,000."

"Interim subsidy to be superccdcd, $125 000." ‘

"Net- TotahReqllired $256,000,"

"Subsidy supposed to be recom- menrlcrl by the Audit Board, $400,- 000."~ a ~

"Ne. Dclhit per snnum, $806,000."

“Readers will now realize where we are likely to fin-l ourselves if the Kin; candidates are elected."

"If the Conservative Government

hm that I have looked over that 11f, and I {J08 nothing wrong‘ though possibly my friend‘

iriih it.

was just. s little too modest in hisir

(|;~“\gz1rl.<_"_Nfl\V, the question, ljilitlli“ i

ally arises, if‘ there was llflvlhlllgll vitll the "Palliplllct" except‘ g n litilc toomcdcst; if we were entitled to the amount there- uionczl. ivhy did Mr. sailnders, hinau-‘f. on thc day the "Palnphicifll rial. issued, fylcJat Ottawa another-l document called a "lift-mortal" which flfkfitl for only asixth part; of our Just claims. Again, the Patriot nil April 7th reports thc Mnister of Agri- culture to have spoken in the Leg- isizturc on March 18th as follows:

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Hr: cant: - .

"lat. lif» CilllSidtl‘ what. the island voirri lace if the Cal: Ferry ceased to run during the last or the present ulntrr. We would have lost not. only the $311000 annually granted to us in lit-u of the nonfulfillment of the lt‘li7‘.'~ of Union, but we certainly could have lost several million dol- lars in thc depreciation of ihc p0~ idiom and other perishable crops, which we filid it necessary to ship iicintlulluuwljr." ln other words, accord lug to fircnllcr Len, if through an ctcilrr‘, cl‘ for any cause wliatcurr. the Crir Fcrry should cease to run‘ and we should thereby suffer heavily i tn the rvny of irrldc ihc Federal UO‘-'l‘l‘1‘.ll‘ll‘lli. because of that fact,’ "Quill $1111 furthoi" penalize us byi

_rltttiug off part of the subsidy we!

nov rccclvc, 1t wouldsurcly’ be inter- Pilihg to lznow_ by what process of rtascning ‘Mr.’ Lca arrived at such COIICllHlOIIS. I would really like to lin- dci". tnnzl ‘local (lovernmcnt/s vics on ihc subsidy question; but the morc one cxsm~'nes their docu~ hunts muLthz-ir pronouncements on cct thc more involved and ...cu:. their attitude bccolncs. on thc 16th of May last. 1-1011. Mr. Lu. who had just returned from Cttavxi whore he and Premier Saun- tiers and Mr. J. 0. C. Campbell had mnivrfeii mtll the Audit. Board, gave nu interview to thc Patriot Lin which he rusted "In all, three conferences "- liefcl and al| information pos-

iii:

- f‘ bearing on‘ the case of Prince

Erliixrrd Island JVES presented." These mi~

i ll-T-c bcrphnltimentous confer- . because it. is a well known "phlcel az-zlom that no man can liillsaz-t. to 021073121‘ ‘nicre information °n "i! srblcct‘ than‘ hehimsslf pos- ézsr-c:.»'rhoreforo; Premier Lea.,ex- Premicl- Saunders and‘ Mr. Campbell m"? Dar-sens "nil possible informab ion" or knowledge on this import-

" To‘ rt"~nr wards. these leatlcnlcmare omniscient -on this ' , 321d this, ii_ true, ir. a most comforting assurance and placcs us 1H an vxcellent position.

I Dresunie ‘that information oi‘ such ll wetrbty character was given lo the Aildlt Board in nwitillg, and 1 Tfipffltfl-‘liy submit that it should have been published befdre now, for tin bcntfitiof the people of Prince Trlivartl Island. Like many others. “Wclvr. I fear thst-Psemlel-"Lers “"‘}"8- lmflliiintion sometimes leads turn to unfortunate extremes in ex- rie-"rlv". the full meaning of which doc’- no‘. comprehend, but if we

ed the teatvcf the information giv- m t’ u" 59.6"- qBoard we might “Wide our mum: in this rc- pt” PM l3"! cfbiily. 11st. thc ' ' 11:1‘ an editorial un-

cf,“ 1° "P ii win miners. to ca"... 11 hire necessities it ntuz: bkovgr‘ lrintlra where- . . l ,' n.

I

‘be elected, $741,000 of this deficit

will be taken care of directly by the Bcnnctt Government and the bal- ance will be morc than provided for by a gencrous silbslrly" llildCi‘ thc Duncan report.

It. should he obivous to CVEI)’ per- son ivho givcs any ‘serious thought to the matter that any service un- dertaken by the. Federal Government that would apply to all tho provinces equitably’, or any additional subsidies paid to all the provinces on an equitable basis would not rccluce our claiirs by thc amount oi a dollar. Again, ns I sec it, the Patriot docs riot even pretend to understand our case. It just pbllslies whatever thc Liberal lcadcrs, for "the time bcing niny happen to say or write on‘ tllc subject, no milttci" 110w foolish some of these sayings and writings may be. Now, all this 1:, vcry- unfortun- atc, because h0\v can we expect thc Government; oi Canada and the peo- ple of the other provinces to under- stand our case if we do not llndcr- stand it ourselves: and how, can wc expect to get a propsr, satisfactory adjustment of our claims tlli wc can agree among ourselves as to thc procedure wc should follow to Olllfl-ll such nu adjustment?

Ijion. John A. iviacDoilald, 1-1011. .1. D. Stewart

Commission and I presume their coi- lcrigucs ngrcc with thcm. On thc other hand, the leaders of the Lib- cral Party are on record as opposed to a. ltoyal Cilnmission. It. was not thus that thc Prairiefrovinces act.- ed. Thcy ilndcrstqod what they wanted and wcrca unit in demand- ing it. Thcy iverc also "a nilit in favor of the method of procedure that was fol!owcd,,anrl above cvery- thing ‘clsc they ‘ncvcr thought of making it a party. political question, and they worn. ‘ E I have locked into the financial af- fairs of this province for the past thirty yelp-s and I find that ihc 1-:- cord of our debts and llnbllitics arc as follows:

‘In 1899 our Debts and amounted to $5006Bt1.85. ‘ In 1004 our Debts and amounted to $730,222.73“

_In 1009 our Debts arid ulnoillltefl to 807105302. i v In 1914 our Debts and amounted to $014,110.50. ‘In 1019 our Dcbtsnnlil amcurtcd "to 81.198.882.31.

In 1024 our Debts and amounted to $1,875,355.11.

Liabilities Litlfiilllca. Liabilities Liriblliiics Linbllrics

Liabilities

_sidy question _is' settled. ‘

this right jtothe Board and in fact welcome such assistance till the lub-

If the business men oi the vince will not become interested

enough in the matter" to-study and-

l , understand it, and perhaps st some‘ ~ ." - personal loss and inconvenience to - r

themselves, assist in its settlement,‘ (gnuqim p11") what other body. ofmon on this 15-‘ TRURQ"N_ s“ “m 15_ __ 1mm, “ma will 5° m7’, Mid m" "I1 ‘he Bearcats went into the lead in the 9mm?“ “m.” "ewheiiklnd" 11""- Eastern Hockey League here last night ested except through ‘the BORN 0! by detecting the‘ Halifax Wolverines Trade? . . - 2-1. The game was played on water The indications are that. the Con covered we‘ making good 5110mm; servative party will win the ‘next and‘ - _ ‘mp°ss‘b‘e_ Lavlgne‘ d8. Pmvmclal electkm» and this» l". "W fenceman for ‘the locals, scored in °plmmi ma?‘ a]! the Qkcumtalliles-Etlie first on an individual effort. In wwld be ‘ven- The “Cmlmeivlltlvei the second period, Jemmett scored

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K.‘ O-‘S PHILLY BATTLFTR W THE ' VERY new ROUND

PHILADELPHIA. PIL, Jan. 15. Mi __v Walker, forum" mlddlcwvrigllt boxing champion. dethroned by ac- cumulated iveight. today sltood victor in his last-l night's encounter ivlfll ‘Ma-t Adgle, local light. hcavyrveight.

b91118 1121101151‘ it ?li"a_il_ii“i_i flfiifchu‘ another for_ Truro from a mlxup in "m" m‘ u" Eng w" 1 ‘5- a 9"? front of thc Halifax cage. Arm- servauve admhflswatm“ he“ wqukpstrong, tallied for ihc visitors in thr- likely get a. better bearing from Eheullast period, when his pass oiit from friends at the cwm“ "mm m? Lib‘ ‘a corner ‘struck Mills skate and slid erals would receive; besides,_ thc m5‘ sargén" '

methor‘ of procedure which the Ccn- v

servatives favor will probably bring I " ' satisfactory results. Ai"t9'r"'the "next Mickey ' Walker pfOVlhPlfll election the Conservatives’ _ _ lnny he in a porition totake prompt SQQ fegs Easy “Ila action on the subsidy questionfand

if they are successful in getting a

]’ll‘f"}'l'?l' settlement, of this important

lilnt-tcr, they will deserve and should

receive the support and gratitude of

the peop'e. On the other hand, if

they allow personalior supposed party

interests to conle before the interest

of th: province. so as to irljul-e our

care, they should be buried vyithout

benefit of clergy. I fear that at the

iicrzt 0lf‘f‘ilC‘l’i 'n0t enough dliberals “.“,..m he kfiuCkm-j o“; in [hp {ii-Si will be elected to form an opposition. ‘.U,_m,‘ ' both able and ivillilag‘ to liold tile wauvg‘. w‘? M.“ ‘m “Bunch-L

Government to their duty, to ass st them when necessary. and intellig- ibly criticise ihcm for the mistakes and failures they may make. ‘rho. electors of this Lsiand have been in the habit of going too strongly from one skis lo the other in recent yours, and thl= is riot' the wisest’

rwillng 153 1-2 to Atlgifs 173 1-2» Adg‘e, unskilled as a. boxer but tough in a rough and tumble fight, rushed in to mix it at the opening gong, 11¢ landed half a dozen wild blows and then, took a wicked loft on thc jaw. His head irellt track and

_'1j_i_l__l_~: CHARLOTTETOWN GUARDIAN

VERllllN GUINE’ S T R llN ii IN THEIR LEAGUE

MONTREAL Jan. 15, A new con» tender loomed on the Mount Royal Hockey Inaaguc horizon yesterday afternoon whm C. P. Verdun hand- ed St. Michcals their worst trimming of the season _ and for that matter thc worst. setback that any club has suffered to dalc in ihc tiiic race. The Vc:durlitcs played‘ tfliliantly to blank their Irish op- ponents by a one-sided count of 7-0 in the opening game of thc weekly twin bill at the Arena. In tile nlghiu cap Flt. Francois Xavier secured a 3-1 diclslon l')\t‘l‘ the formidable Clialrlpetrc iiexiettc.

While the V"i'tliiiii.tc..

pccctsd to 0116i" stiff opp" St. ltflcllacls in the opener, few ofi the odd four thousand expected them to down Manager Johnny Lynch's rcstite ill such ronihlciiig fashion. The winners dcscrrcrl tllezr victory, but the injury to Jimmy Rowen, the Irish goal tend, who silficrerl a deep gosh over his right optic: from an orpoiiculfis stink. in the early." iarlrt of ihc first larriod rlid not. allow this reliable custodian to perform in his ilsual clearly fashion.

Q0510!‘ Rawrnl; mJury came at a time when thc lrlsh squad “T15 play- hlg on cieii terms with their oppon- ents, but after the injured net Jfllllil)!‘ returned to the ice to resume his position ziftrr being giicn medical attention, St. Michael's never sccnicd to gcl: going in their usual speedy‘ inshioir. 'i‘hc Vcrdunitss simply playrd them off their feet and flash-

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v. Blliii

Navy, 40; P. W. 0.‘, 71.

give any team in the city a hard tussle. < There is no SCilfliltj, oi basketball material in the city. Every team has. plenty of players with basketball brains, but morc attention shuulrl be‘ giien to planning plays and sicnnls and organizing defcns-lvo and offen- sive plays, which will do ai-Jri.’ iviih a

l Blu" Dial.» 3i; Amazons, ‘i! i

In the second match on Tuesday‘ tlleBlue Dots defeated the Amazons: in tllclr first encounter by a score of‘ 34 to 22. The "Amazons", playing together for the first time on ’I'uc.;-, day, llncorkcd a big surprise when‘ they scored 22 points against a much; morc cxilcl-lenced team. "This game

Playing excellent combination and ECIJARKS BEANS . . .- . . . . . . . . . .~ . ."1."1".-.=:= .~.~.:3-tin.~i 25c I using a. well organized defence, the Navy hwnsms er-lersed victorious‘ Tomntocs .. . . .. .... .. 2 ti»... 2.1.1 o“ Tuesday night 9v" “ ‘°".‘°"““i Corn . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . ,. 2 tins weakened "College team by the _ _ - _ , ‘ above mcmoned worm "Rusty" Wax Beans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ._._. ,1 11hr,‘ _9<- Ryan led the attack for thc Navy's‘ hiipigvoikiilibs Ioiwililid iiii¢»d§¢°‘i"ifls" lsrucml. BLEND 'i‘ii.-\ . . . . . . . , . . . . .. v lbs. JHJNIE. 6 lo goa ' on we execute _ ays. _ - Bil Reid, husky centre for P. W. 0.,‘ _ u“ qioik.‘ 59a‘, 3 Mk0,‘ 1;‘. ran wild in thc first period, scoring _ .. ~ J-ll .. ._‘ .- 10 points before thc Naly subdued‘ H qt‘ 0 I F‘ _ ‘ Eli P’ L" his efforts. The College boys showed - - ’ “Em m“ " m“ i-"'1-‘»"1"~‘ "3" . lack of condition. hut are practising v ‘iiihiiiiiy "ii i" a “w” “m” "i" liviirrr: on i*l~:i.l.o\\-' urn‘ BICANS .. a lbs". zsc I

, (‘pivots .. .. . . . , . . . . . . . . .. .

lot. oi needless. and ivzisted cxcrtlun. , I _ ‘ ‘

The ‘Hm, mm‘ m, a, ‘0“0,,.‘, m,‘ lomflii» ( titsup . . , . . . . .7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . lmttlc ihc Tuesday night: ()l';lll;'".‘-' . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . .. .. .. lllr-"x-n 1111c

P- W- F- NW1’ Rrrin Flour" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. its‘ Ill. 114154152111) A1°“'“’ '1‘ U°‘“““~" '1 Pruliiw." . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3‘ lbs. 25c M. Owen I.‘ L. Connolly l0 J. Duffy 2 G. kfvli/flihoil C.‘ f‘ “I ' wUDMOI{EL BRQS. C. Walker 5 H licnncs:'~_v f‘. - - _ . , . A. Pc-ivrs. 2 B. Doirr-n 7'.‘ (' R ()(‘ t‘ R Filliter 4 ' cr. Criylc :~ ~

Friday and S....;.1—.Is.;.t.|.

Davis 8' Frilscl" Laird . . . . . . . . . . .. . . ROEEPd Onjs (fllinilivittw- . . . . . . . . . . \\'ci|"co,~,-tyl'.~;f|§;"t- Hiiuct- . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Iliiinlcl. ivlirri»; slur

And 110w!

LONIVON. uni-T l5.-An order ha hcrn lssucrl in the. police of the (J1? of Shrfllcld ~ri force. whlth. incl <

entally. 1E» contaollcd by the Socialist majority in the City Council-that.

Death Calls ‘vi/ifs: Of Bob Shawl/Icy

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EVE-T. udfv u!

-Ml/\l\’ll BEACH, Jiill.

M rs Hob cilia u ‘t. <

coilrse to follow. The Montreal Harbour Commis-

his knees started to bucklw A hook to tire same spot made l1i3ii'.’l‘5 ‘worse.

crl combination plays that would here turned back any scxtclte in the league.

.. i:~ -.~ l N‘: v.‘ brought forth a great exhibition cfwtnllrp mam‘ El ‘F: 1W“) _ , "rs, -< .' . " l". if» shooting on the part of both teams. m ‘w m ° I n ‘ . who are to be ‘warmn comlucndcrllhrrn .11 1.1.110 a. m. Iii-clay 0i imrtlnur

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they nlust salute on sight The Lord, lllzlyor and Lady llfayorcss, the Map isirntcs. ihc Town Cleric and thq

and ‘M13 ii. F. llicPhcci are on record in fnvor of n Royal:

l“ ‘°“"‘9‘°“ _o[_ busmess Arlgie took another left and int put the 11811816101 the port. filsi._ . ‘_ . 1 “Md A‘; ‘he 6mm‘ When political parties change‘ at OL- we E100‘ win R " _ _, 1 tawa the Commissioners resign and of “we he‘ grabbed the ‘OWE m“ other lncn take their places, in or- ‘Hugged ‘hhnsflrlcebly w P“ “Ft tlfil‘ that thc Commission may be in He ‘vas'wowy‘ And '35 ‘Vanda. 5w"; line politically with thc Governlnciit- "ed “p "o Snlack‘ hm again’ UL o‘, ‘he (‘BL ‘ , referee stopped-the bout. It had on- I would be fal- from advising that 1y take."‘th'lee'blo\vs" such a course be followed with rcs- pcct to provincial administrations, wfmld not ‘m!’ and m us also hqpe but circumstances may arise when it, that ‘he settlement OI me quesmm would be well i0 consider vrheihci- Wm ‘mum lonmdchuvéd‘ such a course wold be advisable. Oul" ' '1 am‘ 5"" ;:"'_‘E“,ER provincial clcctlon has to be held in ' a few months anyhow and the re- sult. will probably bewvhat most people oxpcct- A few months delay: ' ' __'"_' _ now ma‘; mean a year-é (‘day ‘n we‘ Sll~:-—'l‘hcl=c -ls a matter of no lit- scttlemcnt of our subsidy. Senator-inc imensbm themunal public that

Hugncs has figured that we shouiduwc sh°“]d']_1k°'_ "Wdisausst m {vfgr get an increased subsidy of more‘°°1umm‘""rh‘5 '1‘ "h" m“ er 0 e

than a million dollars. The Govern-!c°ll°°”i°n' Df‘ m“ cmlzges {or the mcnt say we arc cntitlcd to n1ore|Is]a“d'T¢l9l7h0I1e~ Company by thc than three. millions additional. Msecrmarles °r'me' "mm “mast “u.” ‘car-s (‘shy ‘s ‘hmflore a 'Se‘.“')u5"l'lll'ill lines are erected and maintain- mattcr. andno Government’ and no"°d by "19 10:11 sltflrerhfltlicrs‘, and‘ 11:1: political pilrty should take such aapiatziymtlwzuilfigi‘M; 113:9 no " k a :1 ’- ml "ibiilt ll nil; - O i fofin‘.‘c‘ilg‘.‘g‘aréignsis y .3 “source of revenue. The Island Tcle~ Tm, repbr‘ o‘ m‘, Duncan CommmQphone Company complete many calls sion makes some definite findings,'°“ u“ "mm lmulm" which they has several" recommend tions and "Mel" 1°“ °h‘“'5°s"““d while w° some suggestions. The definite find-" and rum] fines‘ have w my f” e“ inils. so far as this Island is con-if“? ca]? '“"_"“E’_|"3"ed mifside ‘pa. ogfl corned, have; I think, .been impia-i “aim “efwgltf "zuflstzngpleteed on mentcd, and many of the recommen- c “m” m ‘e damn!“ have béexfcarflcd you‘; Thekuir lines. And now to add insult to

rcport refers to the inter-provincial mjurY “my pa“ PM m“ m“ M Comcnmce o‘ ‘Q07 ‘men; ‘m, ‘mbgcollccting their toll charges for calls

sidics to all the provinces for, -~1~1..'\-i~i¢i- Piigmm“ °“ °‘“' "m5" 9" m” support. of provincial Governiuenisdmal :""°°"'°E“E3' M each um- ' ma“ and Legmawrcsn were mcrcastd‘ who has to work without pay from and it certainly gives tile impression mm“- I" "j-"e" "wrds LEW-V “k “s i” ma‘ ‘he conmnsskmers were‘ samycollect their money, without paying fled that the 100": adjustment was it" the “"1"- -

llllfflll‘ to the Marltinics, but thc WP- ‘he "wmiwis °l 1"" 130"!“ Commission siatc tho “Terms of Re- Rural Telephme 00mm“ ‘n91 ma" Terence‘. m,‘ m.‘ w“, them the 310W, this is not fair or just, and would like c‘. ‘o so m“), “m, ‘m; (mcsuum Thls to hear from other rural lines through memo‘, am.‘ a“ ‘he owe‘. questions these columns to get. their opinion left unfinished by the Duncan ‘C0lll- ‘m ‘i155 "NWT . mission, as WCll n: the settlements Bl’ “"1" °f u" 3am?“ Rim“ T“ mode with thc Prcirlc Pruvll cs. cnmpimyq