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The extensive nature of the alterations and renovations made in the Provincial Building is indicated in yesterday's Guardian. Much of the interior work referred to, costing thousands 0f dollars and including such fancy items as el- aborate toilets, tile flooring for the Pren1ier's office, ornamental plastering and luxurious fit- tings and furnishings, adds nothing to the stabil- ity of the building. It will be recalled that when the MAcMILLAN Government very necessary work 0f reconditioning the stone- work, roof and other essential parts they were severely criticised. The alleged “extravagance”

undertook the

building from de-

struction was made a campaign issue, one now prominent member of the Liberal Gov- ernment going so far as to tell the electors that the Conservatives were “tearing d0\vn the Pro- vincial Building." What a farce that Liberal “ec0nomy" campaign turned out to be! For

weeks past the CAMPBELL Government has

g been spending money like drunken sailors in re- ,_ modelling, re-flooring, re-plastering and re- ,1 decorating government offices, and Liberal par-

tisans are reaping a golden harvest at the tax-

payers’ expense.

5 "Item Agreed To"

Short and sweet was the discussion in Par-

liament 011 “United States tariff 771” relating to seed potatoes under the Washington agreement. We quote it as appears in full in Hansard 0f

March 1 7 :

M1‘. ROWE (Duflerin) 2

Would the minister

give Us the tariff 0n potatoes for table use? Mr. EULER: It is ‘l5 cents per hundred

pounds.

Mr. ROWE (Duflerin): it remains the same? '

Mr. EULER: Ya. I might say that under the fiawley-Smooth tariff the rate on this item was 7 cents per hundred pounds. Now it is so cents

from December 1 to the last day of the following February and 45 cents from March l to Novem-

ber 30, up to 750,000 bushels

in any twelve month

period beginning December 1 in any year. Mr. STIRLING: What was it under the F‘0rd-

ney-McCumber tariff?

Mr. EULER: Fifty cents per hundred pounds.

Mr. ROWE (Dllflerin) t

What is our tariff

against United. States potatoes?

Mr. EULER t Free.

Mr. ROWE (Dufierin) : I might point out thht we allow United ‘States potatoes in free and we have-to pay '15 cents a hundred pounds going to

the United States.

Mr. EULER: I understand‘ that, but again it is incidentalto the granting of the intermed- ‘late tariff to the United States. Last year, of course. my hon. friends had an opportunity of placing s. tariff in the intermediate column if

they had so desired

Mr. LAWSON: But you are complaining of all the tariffs we did place there.

Mr. STEWART: The government must take the responsibility for this; they cannot place any of it on the former government. This is their

agreement. ‘ Item agreed to.

Lessons From Aroostook

Some time ago, a Boston newspaper carried I series of interesting articles on the potato growing industry of Aroostook, and the de- pressed conditions prevailing by reason of low prices. Excerpts from these articles have already appeard in The GUARDIAN. One point of interest not previously referred to, however, was the fact that while Aroostook farmers are potato growers “first, last, and all the time," the more successful 0f them are the ones who have made their one- crop creed somewhat flexible. At the time 0f writing, the Boston reporter found about 500 growers still capable of financing their own crops, and whose properties were not mortgaged to the

hilt.

One thing I noticed about all these success-

ful growers," he writes; "they raise almost every-

, thing the family eats and some besides. Always there is n. field of wheat working in their rots- tion; in the fall they haul their grain to the local grist mill and have it ground on shares. They Bri- enough back to last the family through the year and have a. few barrels to sell besides.

“They keep enough cows to furnish their fam- ily with all the milk, cream and butter they 6511

tuck away and still

have butter left aver to trade

in at the store for sugar, coffee, spices, extracts and the other mines they wvt produce on thtll‘ farm. They do the some thins with their exec» eggs. It. makes the difference between just exist-

ing and really living."

The obvious moral is that if mixed farming h necessary in the greatest potato growing sec- tion of the United States, 1t 1s still more neces-

Q treasury and can

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on martial, but they have. 1w w

1 Keeping the country roads in condition the road equipment

sary in a province like Prince Edward Island. Another interesting fact reported 1s that at least one urban community in Aroostook, though hard hit by the depression, has been able to keep going financially. At Easton, a town of 1.500 population, there are eight‘ teachers. “All the schools are open and all the »__ teachers are being, and always have been paid 1n 163811. The town owes nothing, has money 1n the ‘hire money’ at the bankpl necessary.” Here is the recipe for their achieve- ment: “They have cut out all non-essentials and

-fol-de-rols. Education of the young is_an essen- oug down g jot on their schools.

schools and fifteen

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giftsl’. kinds 0f “gifts" these days, and our Liberal gov- ernments, both federal and provincial, are cast- languishing eyes in their direction. Premier

all our-um

. ‘ Pang rout . - _ v i. I i in our own borders, for motor fuel. We are im- porting many millions of gallons of motor fuel. ‘ At least part of this motor fuel should be manu- factured from agricultural products grown 0n

Brunswick . farms. One-third of New

Brunswicks large potato crop, that portion 0f the crop—the culls and lower grades and surpluses if any—whicl1 never has any worthwhile commer- cial value should be manufactured into alcohol mixed with gasoline and sold as a. blended motor

under government regulation. This would

take care of approximately 4,000,000 tushels an- nually. A price of 50 cents per barrel could be paid to the growers for these cull and low-grade potatoes. Between $700,000 and $800,000 could

s way be salvaged from that portion of the which has never been considered 0f much

11

Editorial Notes

The roads are drying fast. 9|? i! 9k

Agricultural experts in Ontario report a possible seed potato shortage as the result of last year's poor harvest. A below-average quality is feared if there is a sgiéorggeif good seed.

The Halifax and Saint John Liberal mem-

find themselves in an awkward predica- they are opposed to the Governn;:.1t’s new ur policy, but dare not do more than offer

sms. i! I! it

Evidently the policy of the Government with- regard to the Carnegie Libraries is to transfer the Central control to the Board of Education, cutting d0\vn the administration costs corres- pondingly, to cut out some $15,000 for new

and to insist upon the branch libraries fin-

ancing themselves.

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e1 The Kmo Government has made another “liquor dieker"'—this time with France, t0 en- able rum from France and the French colonies t0 enter Canada subject to a duty of $7.00 per gallon instead of $10.00. The reduced rate goes into effect at the end of this month. What say our Liberal prohibitiongkchampions? 9K 9R

Referring t0 the announcement that Alberta intends this summer hard-surfacing a thousand -

of main highways, and grading and gravel-

ling an extensive mileage of market roads, the Montreal GAZETTE says that by so doing that pro-

“may profit greatly in more ways than one.

The good pavements will encourage the valuable tourist trade and the grading will prove a boon to the farmers. Also, much work will be fur- nished.

9E9li9li

It is announced that the population of New-

wick for I935 is estimated at 429,000, an of 3,000 over the estimate of a year us. The vital statistics showed that l0tfll registered for 1934 numbered 10,164, or re than in I933. The rate per thousand re- the same, 23.9. Deaths totalled 4,665, or

243 less than in 1933 for a rate of 11.0 per thou- sand, and marriages numbered 3,045, an increase of 528 or slightly more than 20 per cent. over

for a rate of 7.2 per thousand. 9E rli 9K

from Ottawa, Mayor 12x said despite the fact that the‘ population

of Prince Edward Island was 80 per cent. agri- cultural, “nevertheless unemployment is still one of the major problems, as it is in other cities," farmers being unable to engage the heccssary help, and men therefore finding their way into the city being the primary reason. Notwithstand-

is the limo Government's bill to remedy

the matter is designed “to assist in the relief of unemployment, the‘ promotion of agricultural settlement and rehabilitation, and in the‘. devel- opnient, conservation and improvement of cer-

atural and other resources.” 9K 9k ilt

A distinguished littererateur and Fabian has passed away suddenly at Buenos Aires in the person of Mr. R. B. CUNNINGHAM GRAHAM.

RAHAM was a Scottish laird, who spent the

greater part 0f his life in Spain and_the Argen- tine to which countries he was passionately de-

He entered parliament as a Liberal, but s seat after a four years’ term. Though he

made different attempts as a socialist to re-enter Parliament he never succeeded. Among his

were Journey in Morocco. The Ipa11e, A

Vanished Arcadia, Life of Hernando de Soto. Life 0f Bernal Diaz del Castillo. Cargagena and the Banks of the Sinu. The Conquest of New Granada, and Portrakit pfif aifiDictator.

The Minister of Agriculture, and not Mr. Jones, M.L.A., should have been the recipient of our contemp0rary's advice of yesterday to

re the Greeks when they come bearing Brewers and distillers are bearing all

s whiskey deal at Washington and the ing of our provincial representatives for

the loan of a Montreal brewery stallion are

in point. Our contemporary does well to Beware i" But why pick on Mr, Jones,

who had nothing to do with either transaction? 9K fi i ‘

How Liberal Ministers of Agriculture love the booze providers. We have the case of the black horse here; and now it tranapircslhat in Ontario our old friend DUNCAN MAxsnALL, Minister 0f Agriculture, made I deal for $15,000 with a Scottish whiskey distiller for a bull and the listing of his whiskeya with the Ontario uor Control Board. "l don't know how many brands he's got listed with the Ontario Liquor Control Board, but I hope he gets some more u "m I hear he makes good whiskey," said Mr. A. H. Acme, , Government boogg on the other." The minister lat white-

membcr, for Carleton. “Here we have the dealing with bulls on one hand and

" a Mr. Acus taunted him about wonder bull from Perth." "And not

"oontcntwvith buying n $15,000 bull when we have km

i212‘.

atm- ‘the animal,” slid

animals in this province, the min-

pqiidcolturo bus tobri over 1| man to

1-, Acus. "With

here, he has to bring a man

i to mind the bull. A bull at agape to look ‘oft: it."

it“;

Notes by the Way

Whoa an honest plebiscite o“. ducted by the League of Nations resulted in the return o1 tbs so“ to Germlny. Hitler said the; m; lost cause of disputo with fiance had been removed. And now 11o W"! 11D the Locarno pact, Whig}; W18 l- Dlfldke 0f Franco-German Detour-London Advertiser.

A note to The leader-Pout from I. correspondent who has u bu; of I- grievmco agslmt- newspapers makes this statement that he may quit reading newspapers altogether I-nd depend on the radio for m. news, believing, he says, that he Will get more unbiased news from that source. The catch in the thing for our correspondent is that mo Emit bulk of radio news to which he will be listening will be comma out of newspaper offices and from newilmper services engaged 1n col- WW8 "W5- In many cases 1r. will 5° news l-hiili like been rewritten from newspapers 11. Canada. or the United States. Further, the follows handling the radio news will be just about the some sort of chaps 35 those handling the newspaper ncwg In fest. they Inlsht often be the same persons. So how about it?—- Regina. leader-Post.

The Incest part of our 1m 1.. this world is distributed between 1180918 and places. Some lavish this love upon one or two, and are satisfied, whereas with many it is distributed far and wide among both people and places. The very "1008!" °f "I Dlsce that has once endeared itself to us. grows 1n our mind and we dream of the time when we are enabled to return to it. But to stay too long in a. place often cheats us of its chin-m and fascination, though places differ from people in that they have but one language-dhe silent one!

Dfilllkht has struck the romantic island or Pitcairn, settled by mufln. eers of the British warship Bounty in the 18th century, word received here said. A letter from Fred M. Christian, descendant of the lend. ing ooolnizer of the South sea. island. said lack of rain had pre- vented s. harvest-Ex.

A great number of old bridges, which are among the greatest structural beauties of rural and urban England, are threatened by the unconscionable loading of modern lorries. An expert com- mittee is now engaged in research work, undertaken on their. behalf. Three bridges (one in Buckingham- slre) have been finally condemned since they are past saving, and have been consigned to the pe- search workers for experimental Purposes. 1f it is discovered just what weight they can safely carry, 0r fill to carry, the!r dissolution may save the life of many another‘ bridger-Landon Spectator.

N0 part of London's open spaces, it would seem, is safe from the autocratic encroachments of the County Hall. While the good people of Hackney are still struggling to reclaim their Marches from spoila- tion by the municipal builder. the dwellers in Streatham and Balham have suddenly found themselves confronted with a. thcrat t0 the freedo and amenilles of Tooting Graven y Common. This Common is particularly cherished by the local residents as an oasis of nature amid a. sta'k wildemess of houses. But to the spirit of "Progress" it is sh offence and an eyesore. And so the L. C. C. have sent down their workmen to clear away the gorse and the hawthorn in pre- paration for o. school sports ground complete with pavilion-London Morning Post.

Moreover, the military claim that. Manchuria. was "Japan's life-Line" was not without foundation. What does this term mean? To the north of Manchuria. lies Soviet Russia, now a respectable member of the League of Nations and to an in- creasing degree (xi-operating with other nations, but then still nom- inally pledged to world-revolution and tireless in her propaganda to that end. 1t was common knowledge in Japan that such propaganda could be heard in Japanese on any night over the radio from Vladi- vostok by anybody who knew the correct wnve-length-a. thing which explains perhaps why Japan still forbids wirleas acts above a certain strengthzsays W. 1-1. Murray Walton in The Empire Review (London).

Vetch, u poisonous pllnl. that thrives in Southeastern Alberta, was responsible for a 400.000 pound slump in the province's honey pro- duction lastyear. Annual report. of the Department of Agriculture said fieldbee losses from pollen obtained from vetch ranged from 50 to 00 per cont. The honey yield was placed at 1.100.000 pounds-Ex.

From the up bnlh of New Eng- land comes the news that progress has made its way in the maple groves and the sap is now gathered l? pip lines, not in sup buckets

ugrring-off will soon be a dull and prosaic process not worthy of the attention o1 a small boy or little girl.—New York Sun.

After five your: in retirement, former Mayor William Thompson. of Chicago. "Big Sill," has resumed bio politlcll activities in character- istio style. For instance, he nys that after a "dead man" has voted five times, he ought to be retired,

in. if they needed outside instruc- tlon-llontrcol Gurltie. ‘

returned m. from drifting

PUBLIC FORUM

lilo oblnll ll IIII h! lie rlfunonlol by correspondents 0i question 0| interest. Ibo Charlottetown Curlin- looo not uoouullr onion: the opinion of correspondent.

DENTAL suave! or err! scnoors

BlrrLast spring. following In educational campaign in Mouth Hyslene. the Pxovinolll Deport- ment of Health in co-operation with the city den“ ‘ carried on s dental survey in the schools of Charlottetown. Each child's mouth was examined and all defective teeth were charted. A chart was given to each child and the parents ‘ acquainted with the defects found. As a. result of this survey several hundred children had their defects corrected.

It was also discovered that many children with defective teeth for financial reasons were ‘unable to get these defects corrected and c011-

tance from the Department of Health and the Rotary and Gyro Clubs of Charlottetown, besides a generous contribution from the City Council, it was found possible to equip and operate a. dental clinic for these children who woultfnot have been otherwise able to receive the benefit of the campaign and survey.

Again this year the Department cf Health requested the free ser- vices of the city dentists to make another survey in the city " ‘ and again the dentists have been generous enough to give their ser- vices for this worthy cause. 0n Thursday, March 26th, the survey will start and will continue over a

classroom has been visited and every child's teeth examined. I. am Sir, etc., B. C. KEEPING. Deputy Minister of Health.

WOMEN AND PBOHIBITION

Sin-I believe it might be truth- fully said that no group of people in this province has better oppor- tunlties for influencing public opin- ion in the matter of things that af- fect home life than has the Wo- mens‘ Institutes. It is therefore en- cournging to find them so loyally supporting prohibition as is indica- ted in the brief letter in your issue of the 24th inst. No one suffers more than the wives and mothers the evil results of the liquor drink-

g. I hope, therefore, they will not be lulled into n. sense of faise security by the statement of the Premier. He speaks for himself, and for his administration, and we can rest up- on his promise. But he cannot, and doubtless did not give anyone to understand that he could speak for the House as a whole. Some of his opponents may speak of him as u dictator, but let us not fool ourselves by thinking that he can say what the House shall do in this matter. We wish he could. If the Women's Institutes have any plan for im- pressing upon the members of the House of Assembly that the people of this province want the Prohibi- tion Act malntsined and adequatel enforced, wisdom would decree th sacken not their efforts. “Eternal vigilance is the price-of safety" al- Wily-S.

I am, Sir, etc.,

READER.

THE BRIDGE

Sin-I would like to make some remarks on the letter of your issue of the 21st re the bridge, and it is with some hesitationthat I do so. It is with that feeling of inferiority which Burns expressed, when, visit- ing the Lord of the North, he felt like cringing into a corner and pul- ling the hat over his eyes. If an ordinary farmer is permitted to an- alyze the lettcr 0f such an honor- able gentleman, then, perhaps I am not running head-long into danger by doing so. The first impression is a plenitude of platitudes so plaus- ibly shown forth as to make a screen that would hide the inutility of building a bridge, and he carefully avoids stating in any specific way any single advantage the bridge would be for transportation or for shortening the route to Charlotte- town fcr the southern section.