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DEFENDING THE SlDLE

. money.

Defense or the indefensible in often ‘heroic; oftener 6’. is iniur- ions and serrasonly 1o “P089 thq defenselesbnper! of £119 POslLtOD This latter has been Lhe ﬁlial"! or Bu; defense put up for the Bell ‘government. Having secured h its Jenura of office by false preten- ‘sea, i‘ has, tnrougn its oflclal or- gan. so: about Pxplnlnlng, encus_ lng..p:<t‘.lla:in:;. To make a reason for rbe increased rues i! impos- od after declaring that. the rev- enue vraz. r-xtiflclent. for all ro- quirérn-enra ti properly administer- ed. i‘. issued a, mlsfcading flna: cial statement." wbi-di (be vex-lean political tyro even among its own friends knew to be a cooked docn men! and all the more damning because given our ovcr the signal. ure u.‘ the Provincial Auditor. During the portion oi tbe Year cov- ered by on. "financial statement." tho prey-ion; government. fund pnr_ chased practically the supp-lies for "n.:- ensuing yam‘, izsd mocha-sod me material for repairs to and supplies tor Falconwtood; the mt- erial for cuirverts and bridges, and

erial. For ail these the preVlOlle government bad paid, ‘Ulla Liberal trick um. tn sum up all or these payments and coll them a "de- ficit" 0i the Arsenauit government The trick, oi rzoursc was discover c-d and exposed but that sum total of payments is still doing tho duty in the Patriot‘: columns as a “de ﬁclt" for the last year oi the Ar- senault government.

This preparation of the polith cal ground was followed by Lb‘- Taxtatton Act o1 1920, regardless of every promise made previous to the election... _

Another excuse put forward on behalf of the government was that the Bell party when in opposition did not know tho "awviul condit- ion" into which tihe ﬁnances o! the prov-loci; {bad been allowed to driit. This excuse also was as damaging ar it. was false. The Op_ position party was fully represent- ed on the ‘Public Accounts Commit tee; every book andlevery account in possession 0t‘ the government was at all times at the disposal of Lite Opposition; if Lbere wvsé any financial transaction that. they did not understand all they hm! m do war. m nsl: For an explanation. in tho face oi nil t-bta they gave as, an amuse for their broken promises with regard L0 tamtlon that "they 41.1 not lrnmv"! The excuse was too

thin hvru for their friend.- to svral- low and tile riofcnse or rile incid- fensibln ngnin ‘rw-rxzme tbs-Er undo- lug

gregaunn [min first. m lost, from ill‘: r-lentlnu till its hm. m: as a lT‘-‘.""l‘ll.lll-"lll. Mn". boon pm of un- broken gwrfilﬂ". studied dv-fcptlot-lv uni.‘ ti-blltllish r‘. u,

:. v1.1a W817: ﬁber-a Wﬁlllﬂ rrill

to zttnnv. tor W: manner o! their election and the deception tﬂiey had practised upon titre pnbltc, wvould _] have ledge spme real etiort bo- l Wards setting tnembptvei‘ rum with this people, towards dunking‘ h. mends. but nothing nt tbs klrid ‘naa followed. _ True, there has been rnad_ml;k- mg, abundance‘ o! it; some sect» ion; have rosilly been improved, but. the history of mu ‘arrow. ta yet to be written. Apart, tram the roodmaklng they have done £501-

giteiy nothing. Tthey permitted the’

,Dalton Bulbtorinm to be closed {and rperham tout. do the previous; it: anything coma '0! the present

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numerous other supplies and mat

T)“, “.503. Nam; m» [be 3;.“ as. 1 three cents per pound tn the local

u» lwpn 1mm. LAG renpunsibintieelt-bib w“? Them is only we m1"- .-.: c-fflttﬁ, some rtfard in! Lin: Wcl “P? “Qmﬁwitiml ‘<73! —‘~‘m‘-“-¢"4l‘- tart: m’ the province, 5mm. qegirélrncatq. l: will-be remembered that,

mom’ in make znoddltmttoné which wiﬂL prubgbly bring i118 93965563 mum; Qeasiutble limits; 111w 8m Attila-fed the ‘whole education sye» Lean, ropiaclcg sonxe o! its rea- pqusibln beads by irresponsible um in 50mg c1525 m least, incom patent oﬂicials. Throughﬁllt lbw‘ whole regime there is little to their credit and even that little is still, ac “Qfdm m m:- Pnrrlot to "w. dl_ rulged. Spbrumtion is rife as in what heretofore repmnble members pnr poan dOlIIg ivhen they n-esemblé 11931, woek. lVll-I they éiill stand he bind the GSUJFPB nut forward for them by ulna Patriot? Have the)‘ any excuses 1o offer for tﬁemscb ‘Wswg wm 1110f; redeem ihornselvc: by pushing their hands o.’ tilt‘ ‘whole bits-mes"? Will the $500 in- demninv hold them in the fell-MB ‘fastened upon titer." ‘vy the lenders of tho party." --_--——-{Q1“""*"“ THE WDRLUS til-EAT SUPPl-Y

‘The gorernmeirs m‘ the won-db

_.ctvi.lizad rountrte; are now 60 fmomugpty nrganiied tba: it ‘I: pos- dibleto ascertain W11‘ hi‘ Year. approximately. the supply 0T 500d ‘mﬂous food commodities requir- warious food couxmodittes reqT-f‘ ‘ed for the year's consutrptirn.

A taremily compared estimation places the quantllv 0! meat reqﬂil‘ ed annually to teed the roentgen-t lug countries. at i133" 11111105 pounds. Anotter estimate along the same line shows Um’. while U18 population of these countries ln- creased between one "rears 190$ and 1914 by 25,000,000, the number of cattle, sheep and hogs during the same years, increased b)‘ "N? forty million.

The inference ls evident; the a‘: uilaiblo gupply oi meat in the World ls not sufficient. to meet the de‘ mand. tCareml distribution, spec- ulation, trad-e,‘ all combine to make the Fllflply "go round" leaving want in many planes and a SUDGT-(l-blll) dance in oLbers. This latter it: is probably impossible m control. The tment supply, like all other supplies, goes wdmre there i5 most money m be ma.» out’ of it; this. t; tho part speculation and trade play in the distribution.

The point. we are interestvd in is that the world's unppliv oi‘ rncnt. is not. surtlcleni to meet the dr- mﬁ-nd. This menus ‘hhat them is abundant meat‘ market ior the ivor-idb meat supply and will be For many warn to come. There can ‘bn no risk in increasing our herds {and {looks provided m» safeguard “our Imbrltet. This, at. nreeent, m‘ pro not doing. Wlthrin the pas1

moi-lull, to be exact, since the first o! February. pork has ‘dropped

market. ‘beet and lamb ‘have drop- ped oven more. lleretolore from January into tbc Spring months prices ‘time almost tinvariobty been

.011 the increase and demarud in- prenzztngwly active. Why the drop

in "M9: to correct the unfavorable

lratc of exchange the British ban-q . .

iiwfqled buying itmqlfcan meats, The. United States, shut out oi the 8mm; market gm mere being no }ot"her-~ reliaﬁgble furopetn ‘ market are nrerktnclced and are dump h: their supplltny n! pork, beef, lamb and even eggs, over our tow tlriir wall“ into Canada.‘ The result is‘ unwe have iv. today, prices fall in; and certain toltalsmucb lower; the dmp tn pork baa been keenly felt “and tbe- packers are antici- pqytiiii-"a s-tt-ll further reduction; cattle ura practically nnsaleable, except tor the local martial; eggs have dropped from 70 t0 t5 cents

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lthdbr u» caption "$535315"; AT ‘IYHE DOLLAR" the Patriot has manna-inn m‘: rim-win” raqu and its history. For instance ltbuKlngﬁiobardatthoBnti-lﬂ o! Bosmrtyhunchbonk with r180"

_ and "mm; at the top o! "bis"

mice. Lay on NcDuIt, and downed be he who ﬁrst cries. "Holt!- enoug Next we will have Rob- esplarre Kpioturwd in its columns bunny employed in constructing tho Ark, and Noah engineering a French Revolution. Getting own.“ up into the ‘flee: blue sky” 0f dreamland, it has the Guardian "in a,‘ frenzy oi raga" ‘be-cause the ‘Bell Government has tinted ﬂlarcb 10th. tor the aecazd annual display 0t their stupidity and incompetence. "Rage" ls surely very eas-liy excl." ed, if the prospect oi a bum show will do LLc trick, but mom. peoplc. including the Guardian, will anti- cipaze the spectacle vrilb compas- sion as in: as. concerns the prin_ cipal stagc performers. the dammi- sir-alien c! "rage" coming ,princip~ ally from the victims throughout the province. With its usual want o! discretion =2. talks oi‘ worship

r “fondness ior the "Golden Cali," ‘Pbere is n iron! o: cieames: in its application or analog. buL to par- fecl the -."0n:parl$0n we might dc";- cniba a few bead; oi‘ departments, and z still larger number oi their followers, on bended knees before the shrine oi a $2000. salary, and zt $500. indemnity god, refusing to abandon tbo worship of thin "Gel: dcn rail‘ cyan at (be urgr-n-i dzrrtztnd o! tbs country vﬁrose izterczd; they- are damning

Then in another of its periodi- cals it bursts out with its on sll_ enced challenge 1.0 the Guardian. i0 prove the Bell Government's ‘broken promises. Tn the people o: this province the proof is n0’. required; it is the every day know» lodge right at mheu- doors and upon the records of Lbeir cash accounts, and n! -Litcii' every do, experience There la 130i, space enough tn our columns, at (ﬁr Iiisposal, to detail

less pledges and promises which they nevcr havemztnd never inten~ dcd, to implement. It. would illiii) inﬁnitely zziuch less of space for the Patriot ic detail who! promlsos they made 21nd actually fulﬁlleddf aucki a curiosity can be sifted out. or 1th» Government's record up to

even the principal o: the count~_

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the Patriot would gush. out into several columns to magnify and blaster and boast of the event.

the‘ present date. We, have asked] ‘But the lamb“ [Ben °rgan m’ our Liberal friend frcquently ioz-Pi-“s Lb“ ‘he Ben Gméfn-‘mult such information. and while “v.11” “"164 m” we“ '1" m“ feel 355mm; “ha! “m. the ¢0unm,. pledges lt made to the electorate. of “he pew,“ behind the throne Perhaps the Patriot trill open its. titeiyfbawe riiltgentlywenrc-hed iorihaart m ‘he ‘public and panmumr'

most trivial n1 mcmunt, to which they can refer as a fulﬁllment of’ any oneoi their countless ore-elec- tion pledges. And. it, after all their scraping and hunting amon- gst the debris ol‘ their Government ‘wackagc, they could have raked out one single item which might ‘no undated into the appeazuince of a DPOTIliSﬂ Hui-filled, how Qpeeilﬂ)

Daily Selections f Guardian Readers l

Fnrnlnluﬁ by W. G Louum, -IGI§'I‘VO'IIGQO§‘QUQCO'UQ¥QQ THE VILLAGES

t can uoL hope that. norm-u... ice‘. form-Fr and n. dag

Willi pass my little Jloucc 0i 1mm whore latttced sunbennm ‘ztray,

But wicn sh:- lagcr. 110i" band at l:t._.;:_ ltpon the s-xingfttg latch,

And JlBfIS where ltapny your: haw» smiled beneath our sprlnv sweet. nbatcli.

Grant. me. ab, God, this heaitrr-i: prayer". that- somewhere ix may be

Wlbaro little, small_town sympa-

thy may fold and comfort

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The little, small-town sympathy

' ml! dold across the ﬁelds - ln blue-checked gingham ‘nprona. , and‘ Mthf flour -upop its hdnds,‘ ‘ ‘ ‘ s ' ~ ‘Flint bakes and throws, and sweeps

' and dﬂlll, that vralieiursar-

wes and shields. '

The little, »s'mall-ton'n sympathy ' 4314i. hows and understanda,

tﬁuy clirtes. d. are huilded high with rven atone on stone,

Bu: liellrtl may ache. and lives ml; droop unneeded and 010ml.

And loulc may dwell unknown, un-

, a single wall br-

tymon-

Not so the quiet, home-sweet lives that fringe the ﬁlings green.

not others reap the splandoraliord,

but. give instead tn mo

ellort to rectors it, it. will oer-kin U10 fave 0! Cﬂmlléilllvﬂ f0!‘ $116 ‘The [mm ly round oi’ llvln-g blr-nt tainly be no credit. 1n the Boll gm ‘ilrrt time in tho‘ history of this

crnment. The Bonn McLean Klan orlal 1105mm they converted in-f to ns-‘lmft wmifd have been an im'

grnvtncn mo. American 1.15s. .,\nd in 111:- fnnn n! these fact.» lmovvn to every-nu», tho .\lacKen-

wi amalLto vvn sympn thy

Th9 little. smalldown sympathy that steals on neighbor ieet,

Jllrom tiny lmmp-llt houses down n. when BM Where Ulese reductions

nnplo-nhaded street;

m9n5ur,-,,h1_-,- qpouylru VVbito Eta ale PHILQ-fifforut‘ Llbtrars arc de ‘flint lends its strength on teur-

Pphant nan ltiiot been tor the crttt mandln-q n, fnrtlwr reduction in as

tllmmdit ways its own bruta- ed- test. "hard trod.

clam 0g m, gum-M“ which (qr-jtnrltr which is soluw n"; w altar-d The little. wmalt-toyn symnntllv~ “miter fqrjbilrrzrtﬂr. iﬁézrumﬂwllr. M vmrtfilr-

tho vary noul o: qod.

this-“slgrmbyvrhrlcla t0 crmquerftheyi 17*‘- One d "hoﬁlplwxnises m m” have found not-hing, oven of the‘ farmers 0i the country was to get

cheaper freight fQ-IGJ on mussel mud. Did they ever open their mouths or acratch a pen on the subject? In pointed fact didn't they close up the works and de- clam that thrro should be no mud to haul. Yes. tine reduced freight rate but; come, lmi by ivbose el- l‘0l‘Ln'.~' Not ibyttho Bell Govern- mentZ-a. Sick and tired of wilting} for the incompetent aggregation to get n more on, the Hon. A. E. Arsenault, leader oi tbe OppQsL tton, ‘Air. Lelloy iloLrnan. Summer- side, ‘lion. M. Kennedy" rmd Mr. J. A. lllosservcjv, a public spirited citizen, busted themselves in vbo interestn or our‘ iuxmevs, and by aqind prgumou: and push have se-curud this concession from the llni.lu".'i._v (Yummisslon. This of roan-so l5 only initiiti reduction. ‘but with Ave ntcn behind tho pro- ject, its those geutlormen an» prov- ing UIDIIISOITG}, to be, there will be m, no let. up in the agltlon for still humor teiwmnr until we get them. Rut ‘them is ill: other big‘ obsta- W"; unless the people root out the present. combination m‘ incompet- enis, ’I‘IEER.E WILL BE .\'O MUD T0 HAUL

Another or these Brill comblna» ilou pledges which the Patriot ria- sures are all fulﬁlled, ls THE RE. DUOTION OF THEI TAXES UP- ‘ON THE PEOPLE‘. Just for ro rerence sake m; would be more ilwn obliged to our Liberal infor- mant for a detailed list or its TAX IIIIJDUCIIIONS. This tax quea- tlon and the alleged uumercttul taxation: imposed by 't.l1e late Con. Wﬂlallve Government. were tlw big trump cards ol chose political midri- ot the last elaction, and day by day the columns 0t the Grit or- @-B-.V~'9NDVBl'lD6d9d’v\eth Qenuncb atlona or the wary the Tories were will: the people, while their I swamp orltors on the various plat_ ‘forms through the country Show,

llllemaetves disarm in condem- nation o! those unreaéomhle m;- os. bIEEDLESSLY COLLECTED ‘moi: 11m Poor-Ln.‘ Tberelor . it will be a. plenum for u; to lean-n

of taxes hava been made. Was it Poll ‘tax YNo. 1 that. the Patriot, W! remewztor We have not

I Vonrm Five.)

0ur Ottawa beater

OTTAWA,“ Feb. 24. 1921——-Not.b- lng very special marked the debate yesterday, Wednesday" evening al- ways being a free night for the ntomhers, the Premlor and (be lendcr 0i the Opposition and others prominent "in Parliament attended the lecture of Sir Ernest Shackle- ton over which Mr. llleigben pre- sided‘. In the debate on the Ad- dress a strong Quebec note was sounded by Mr. Arcbnrnbault, who spoke o! “love-muklog" to that Pro- vlnce by the Government as hope- less. Quebec had not changed, sold. Zillfi the Government had not changed and Quebec did not tor- get. A good deal enamating from Quebec. and reclprocatedln other parts of Canada, has been’ said about the deslrabili-tyot establish- ing u bon entente between the two race-n iu Canada. but speeches oi that character will not. assist. Ita- thcr do they tend to continue the ‘isolation’ of which Quebec has complained and harden the lines o! race cleavage.

Mr. Arclinmboult lmd his illug, too, at Mr. Gauthier, because oi his zoing m the cross benches. lt would seem to lw ll. crime for a P'l‘(‘4ll\?il-(_'ll'lll(ll(1Il Liberal to change bl: political allegiance; whereas when it occurs the other tray it. is highly lauded. Senator Turrit! WSl-EHIII)’ sowed (be seed of Na- tional Progressive Party "in the ‘Scnntr- by taking n seat “balow the sﬂﬂilwﬂii" N0 ono reiorred to hill) as a “Judnsﬂ and no one will do so. It remains for the repre- sentatives of Liberalism to do- nounco a man who has the cour- age to act on his opinions. And, by the Way. expression oi opinion even on the Opposition side oi the

House are not favorable to the

iereuce o! Mr. Lomleiix to Mr. Gauthier. ll is conceded that be went entirely too tar and that: be not only much exceeded justifiable limits but Erossly violated the ed- nous o! good taste. Mr. Lemtenx. who was at one time looked upon as a second Laurlor and his suc- cessor ln Quebec, has been steadily falling in public esteem. One could not, ln- any circumstances of provocation, imagine Sir Wilfrid descendl ,, from hla heights of dignity and pnrllamant ethics to the level oi Mr. Lemlenis on- slaught on Mr. Gauthier, who l! he were also extreme tn hts remarks had been exasperated by the per- ocittlon waged on him by the Franck-Canadian press suppottln: Mr. Lemleux and. it ls slid, ina- hlrcd hy him. One who does not.

read the French-Canadian papers ‘

cairhave no idem to what extant Mr. Gauthier has been ahuod And

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bombarded byvtha Llboml m" o! .

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bis province. Strong as was the ireferences oi Mr. Lemieux to lilm tn Parliament, they were mild in i terms in comparison to those nsetl in‘ the newspapers

We so orten hear the criticism of a. speech from the Throne about it being more remarkable tor what it dld not contain than tor m: it dld that it has become very stereotyped. ' it’, however, we ap- ply that cnltlcism to the debate on the present Address, it would I not be stereotyped and ltf would also be very proper. it is a crl- ticlsm which would involve ilia Government as well as other alder oi the House. The limits ot dts- p cussion in a debate on the Addrw ' are without end, except us t0 d9- -1 cbncy and propriety, but notwllli- '| standing the scope permitted some oi’ the most important problem: o! _' the day have been leit. untouched. ' We have beard nothing or 971w‘ ' oally nothing on the question 0t I exchange. We bear much about " the tarlﬂ, pro and con., but wlmt- T ever burdens tho tarll! M9055!“ that is. for the moment Erma" what its opponents urge-it has it least t.wo most lmpﬂfmllt mam’ h

cer and lt does protect and assiii Canadian industry and labor. Wlmt- we pay to the United States lﬂ exchange ls not. only ll bum“ equal In amount. to that. at the ii- riiI, but it is a clear, o total. 105° to the country 1n dollars B" cents. Then we have the ques- tion oi trade credit; and trade W‘ adjustments.

A pleasant incident o! 901mm’ but or no pnmmn. signiﬁcance v! the week, wad the elevation 0f 3°“- E. N. Rhodes. W911i!" M m‘ House of Commons .855 °i u“ Hon. m. Bolduo. mﬂk" °' ‘m’ Sgnnta, to tihe rank oi PNW 9mm‘ clllors and these Bentlemen hi" been tellcitawd from all sides 0f the House on their _DY°m°"1°“‘ m addition to tho honor thus 5W" conferred n Privy Councillor! they are endowed with tbs film ot the term "Jlonourablo" for i110-

jlptmi)'s_

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it is a. vary large revenuodllmdu‘ .1