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Wir. Anderson needs no ‘n-rfi...ii~ <-o-olici~ziti\'i\ iiiiiili _soiling has iivt iinlv L Fr‘u.~'oii wliv \\-i_~>lii:‘.: ;i_< \i»_> il-i ‘. - r.- d.it\- iii "u1|i'\ lv!-'l>‘llli0l1 l\l'0\'lllill_'-' f\‘l`

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non to tha people of Tpwr ,__ hp iiroiiglit ziliziut giiiiii finnnr-mr ,.._,»u|I_< tiiiii iii litiiiio our _\'.itiiiu :iii-ii. iii

. ut li e lm ii ii ii . H. I-,yor oi ilic i~"i>\'iiit"' \\'li|i ii't\o i ‘

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lt ts joy nearly eight years since

the Libol§lConservative party came into power. l_do not propose to re- view ‘all that has been accomplished durtttthat time, but it may be well tio ' any with the events of the

before you what we pro- posq‘ for t s future.

It is a matter of history that the

Auditors appointed to audit the ac- counts of the province on December 2nd, 1917, found the debt to be $1.- 072,000. A slDdleL§_udit..made_o_n De- cember 31st..l9J._8. Show.: the Present provincial debt to he 51.061000. or a decrease of debt in seven years of something over $10,000. -in this calcu- ihtion it is well to remember that these auditors have followed thc, same

-method adopted by the auditors ap- ence ill U5- :- pointed by the Peters Government to _ _ fjf:;~_-_.J _. - Lt. ascertain the debt of the province in Ed“°“"°"- _ .;"‘§\?_».r___-._I_»_»_f.\"-1l'§».~_-__-1

139|" _ _ _'__-ug-f~_.:_..;._."_:_ _--__- 'rnts reduction of dem has been ati ___0'§ _'P15 {’f‘“;_ ‘ef 1"? iii' "mf “"'@_“ -1 :-

fected notwithstanding the fact that _je ¢*_=>_\_11_H~i __t e _r_ein_s_o. p<_;r~\=“r we .__ .yr-_._--sa-_~.

me pau four years have been mr ount iat t e st oo atten rtntehad _.Ma ._;__ -_,f___.

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most difficult from ti financial stand- point that the province has ever pas-

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red through Faced _M we “.E_._,__\_i[h The re-a.~'on for this state of affairs _M_. _

a decreased revenue and largely in- creased cost, in materials and _-up- plles, we surely cannot he accu.<c_l tit' extravagance when we have ciiiiii- out OL that trying period without any .id- dition to the public debt. li' wc have economized in the_matier of l’iil\lic Works lt is for the double roasoii that every province in Canada was”

advised to go slow during the war already suitill revenuc_ and lost to a| f__"_\_ __ '_-“

period and that materials such as steel and lumber were so expensive and difficult to obtain that it was un- wise to undertake permanent bridge

b 'ldi i ‘ f r ‘<21 s.. ` . ‘_ i "=;7f»» lmfeelizcgrxtgiiiligtligte oxiiarslpoiiiit- i‘~i1trhis per 'war more thi"-\ was hem; ‘mul

respect was sound and that it will

ate. Notwithstanding this tc-riiptirary cessation of our permanent worit pro- gram, we still have to our credit tht- fact that we have built in our time 2.500 fmt of steel bridges, which is

iiiniiii coins

_‘ _ ` ` DD ' I by l p_opie will _.1-‘_.-5 ' . ' solve the present difficulty. The sys-

' tcm proposcd for levying thc aiuoftnt ` `__y_‘\ “ I iii-i»»>.-_<.ii-t iii-inc :i ticpzirturc t'i'i>iti thc

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“ii ciiiiiN is ii ._ _ f. : - - i--_it pioi unity of e.\.pre.~_~ing their .ip-

` u E-_ e priival or disapi~i'ovzil of tho iiit~:i.~'iii'o a l\ it I`1

three _times the amount built by the' Liberals, and have expended over $220,000 in these and other pernian- ent public works. The total amount spent by the Liberals during thc twen- ty years they were in power for the like purpose was less than this am- ount. .-\|l of this, liowever. is a iuat- ter wliich I ncctl not dwell upon, for I am sure that the pcopletqpf the province, being well a.cqua1nt»;~d_ with the past. are more desirous of knowing what we propose for the fu- ture than of dwelling upon the ev- ents that have passed into history. I shall endeavor then to give you a synopsis as to what our intentions are for the future, should the people of the province continue their confid-

gradually dccreii.~'etI from 2‘..o90 in 1890 to 17.078 in 191;.

was not far to seek. Through :t pol- icy of false econoiny atioptvti years ago by the late Liberal adiiiitiistra- tio_tt the _~'\ipplf~itieiit’ar_v Govcrniiicnti aiiowant-6* to teachers was cut off with tht- resiilt that there rt,-iiiziinetl no incentive on the part of tht- dis- trict.- to do their share. The taut-liers were thus deprived of a part of their

certain extent the interest in the schools. This gradually led to a tall- ing off in school attendance. Thr- present Government has been ptiyiiiiz

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so in contciiipltition, wliose dut_~.' it ernuicnt lately introduced and h d

and bridges so avoiding the dr~l.i_v and I t-iialiiiiii; the appointment of ai L`on\ - anno_\‘atit‘r° now cxpericiicctl in having iiilssiottor who will -hold ati cnqulry

Employment. and all such lines having any iliilic

The qitestitin of- ciiipltiviiimt for uivnt will got the opportunity of be-

our returned men and othcr t~lii.~s tif ing licarti. _ . . , labor is one that has rc-cei\'ctl and As a sut'vc_v of our water powers

for education an aver'tge of $45 000

before ve came into power. Tht.

_ -siipblemi-n'.= voted by the school dis-f

Q meet with the approval of the elettor- trims h__r_i in(_r__a___e__ from r_,__,_r__2 ____ _ _ __,____.__.

1911 to $43,630 in 1913, and this _\'t~ar again a further large iiicreti:<t> lifts been made. .\lany districts have ilfiticf well. but many otlicrs are still iifiowi thi- amount necessary to insui-i- gwodj teachers and consequent satisfactory, results to the districts tlienise-lv-.»_<. We, at the last session passed an _-ict which ifa ro\et \ tie ¢> ‘

iiictliiuls'licrotoftire in force we have tliotif:‘it tvoll to give the poiiplo

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Has Done Me, lu ` I ou A. E. AssENAt~Lr_ PREMIER o. P. E. isi_ANo_

He Says ln Statement. .

Agriculture.

___ yr i_,- nm n,.(_,_._`_r._u.y fm. me t., _rwol iiiust cotitiiiiic to rem-irc uit--nil-iii. i_~' now lit.-iiif.; uitttle -and its tliey will

- - » f - _ - _ - z >.< f ciiiplmriicnt ‘irc iiui 1. .'; ` -_ ' - ii 't is living dfvcio ct fo' r c--

_ _ 3 1 I _anv .tin .ilang this line covers .i pi . “mm U '- _ _ _ , _

rrefireilglinggd litmt`i>rfO\xt;'l!ila11§ itnhis gdirre ‘Wide range, anti is of an aiiiliitiiius ' “me “Wh ii* lwllillll-' U’ "ill" `-' "1 -'~ l1`1‘ I>"“'l‘V lll11`110S£'-‘* HWS fUl`lll-"hlU-2

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in my case.` said Hon. _-‘irchic R.

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its .ii "Honey could nm buy the g_.m_| upon this suiiji-ti. 'fha In-r,pr,,,.,i 1,,-0_ iii au ti_ui'icitlli1i‘;ii iii'oviii<'c tli-\ » iiii»- 1»i‘~li.ilil_\' rv_~'tilt in iii_iiiy of tlitisi- \\.tt- : . gr . . ‘ iii ti p ii i I pl i -1 t

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nn urn, \\'}m; hh ywan ,rnnp in {‘_\;5| s tiiort- 1-xt\=:i_<i\'~-ly ciiuiici-ii iii i: ii- po\\'<-i' for :1gi'iciittii'a, indus rizil and

._ _ ., iizvii -n - 1; ~ .» - _. rl ing, luiiilwr‘ii:. iii:iiiiii.t<-iui‘iii~~ .itil iii 1' - ~ \\ ri '

Andermm of Housmrr -I-rx_____ _(__ r i ii_ iiu iiil_ tlit iii wliipiii iii tv. __ _ i_ _ _ _ T

l'i_litin;; piii-po_'cs :_i it lo ' t' st. i.

__emh__ ;\1i» piiiriry iniln,<ir_v_ in it-.n,| L-1-_,,;i,,.:__iiiiltistriail pi.: ':ii;.<_ It is _.ll .Ii~ wr. _iiiiiy lit-coiiio tit-ret-=1=;ii‘_\' :it no rlisiaitit

is unquestioiiably not only ont- of

the best_known_ bm one of me "mst _t_i_i_t;\r_i_i___r thtir i_~__li__ii|_i_ to i<.tli_/.t_ i_ ri _l_l_l_'____l_r:ip____________i_i_rp ____i__._. ______.__ ____ popular mon that ever held public __hm;`L‘l.,Hhiitii-rntlii: irillliig itfiih Hr, __-_`_____,___] _,ff-,_`||_i,_,' ",` 1,!

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omcfi m The Lone Nm: "[`HU` Muiri- 1- -i -.--1- -- i. ' 2 . _ .~ end tii'ii .~u~-ii iuliili wiirl _~ ii- _ serving as deputv sheriff of l1arri.<t“"' " |‘ "’- ' 'll'-‘ »‘ "’ "'" Nil" »'~"'- ‘ I `

éoumy for twelve' r`€_m.___ Mr_ _\w]__r_ltltrt~ts in the ninrk,.r_. m- ,hr “_ _rm l <i-iiiii-iiwiiy-i'ii>ii i.. iii ri.-ti. ,__ i

ii ti- =». i >lut-ati_iiinl vult _

iii- it l’ulilli- l`iilitic.~ i‘<iiiiiiii_<.<itiii such

_. . . _.__-ii' its lizis lim-ii ora'iiiiizctl in titiicr

priiv iii<'c_~'.

Fishermen :ind Sailors.

- ' (mr titliing i|iiii|‘<t|'v is iililv .~"4"\nti

' ' :iui'ir-iiiiiiro. For _~ri1iic

_ __ _ , _ _ to that tit

cty of Houston, Hg had oct~iipi|»tl "JUN (i Iyrwpz V A V' In ` Jt'i,[~l]'“, _ `~` "` _vciirs p;i~i coiitiiiirctl i-f\}\i‘1'~‘»-iiti~.'1iii_~

2.” ths office only a short t` io wht- i' '"1-"l~" ’f`_" " " "` V " fir \ th h _ _ i in \t. l in

son was elected chief of D0lir‘c tif tiio-\\'uii t~iiii~'f‘fl\i»-iit ii--itcr 1ii~ii-»-.< t'oi'tli<» Will l-1' <'='f\ll`lll\"f|. -*it I`1|Il\f\l\Ili_'-' »'.=

gr 3 i ` 4 Th it (ji\1t|i|,|¢n- }.,`_plti ii. ii' il '.t.1»lu~l‘\ tiui -ii i

. .iii l in tif iiii.iii of spi ili g lil ‘ll ll* 11'* it 'll' 'l

‘i fi l in ti ‘_ ‘

B | erm of Harris Countv di.|_ _\ir_Il>"l\\'f‘t~ii iill_' ; i _-'19 j- i iousi tl tins t`1i-iiiwiuiiiiiii i-_itii itil- to-.vt , ;iii.

Andersonvr friends th@n'pr_r___u___l(_d iii iii_t1_s.-'ci tiitl_ti un _iliv lands of tEi~~ titties of llit- |ii'ii\‘iiii-»- iiiii-i iii. iii-|

mm _to make me race for UH, _m__x_r}irtivint‘e. I`hi_< piiiir,-_v_ will be t~oiitli'.i1-_ to\v:ir<l.< .~iiroiii';i~_;- iii/-iit_ _iii iiiiii -iii

red term of sherir-f_ to which he,€il and cnlarizvd upon with :i \'i»'\\' oi 3 iipcinitioiif- ili=i< lurtii_~iiiiii_' .| lir:»_‘

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with re-election sevendlfferenttii:i»,<.‘fem"z"°r‘ “"0"1"- and served the people in this im-i _ ’ 'i`Eii'oiiuli iii- 0'. »z< -‘ ~‘~~- hr. »i‘ii

years. Four years ago Wir. -\tii1er-| W°"k5- _ e-I iii this pi-ii\'iiir-c irliii-‘i li..- ._l- son .declined reelection and retirt-d| __ _ _ _ _ _ ' -d_\' fuvfiiiiiili.-lit--1 :tool \‘-‘ _‘li Ii.

Trarlsportavcin Hi nw'\ nd P b

0 Private life. H cast his lot Tm “J ' if °"~"'_‘l “"“" ll’-'l~"“" lio\vcv»-r_ ~»»:. iiiiis iii by doin- and uri among the People of Houston and is eg Us IU m"`um"_"ur ’°m“`r P""‘5l`1‘m iteii ct`ioi~t- iiiu_-‘ tr- -l:i'~i-ti--i i.

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a large property owner atid foreiiiost of pQ"_"a"£`”" _l_""‘1/'35 hulldlllg- -“UPF end that conditi:iii_< iii iiiii-iiipi.f._\~:_. :if citizen or that interesting and pros- 5P"“f "1 "ec"-"“°"5' ’“"""“"“’" “'“""S and coil-'<=<i\1»‘nt u'ir»~-'t c.\i.-tin' in

__ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ l ~l.ll_ii,_,( DOY?-Qlll. Office for fifteen consemiiivt-‘ ' ' ' 9 ‘YS 3 U "C iiitn' :i i_:‘i-ii liliri-iii li 1-: lit-‘-'i ~-' i §"?,`»J_ ` _ _ li~ii

rf- § ¢ _ _ _ _ lieu ¢

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perous city _ ' _is money well inve_~:-terl. _ A large it-am other pr`,,,-im,€_§ I, _;,. rr

continued Mr. Anderson ‘and had

of annual expenditure is the mo'

if' T. “I was in a. rundown condition." . _ “ ""`-V NUS l>l‘0Vlll<'1‘. ~ -' *_ _i- , ~ r

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spent in repairs to our culverts and

no appetite at an. irouiii iiiir.ii.v bmgw umm "‘_‘““f` l‘“""*“l""“-" T¢|epl1°n= Connections. etc

_ _ sleep at “gm and never felt lik” tiic__an_ri_ual __~t;¢r\~_inL' _thus crii=_i_-:ul _

__ __ .' getting up in the m0__mng_q_ I was _xi iiioit t .ln pri) uit£‘1P.st.ilirl sink- ,].h0_rmH___\. of 5u|,_`.|_|i7_im_: _._H__,r I [__ rt s0_tu_ed_ I had the worst f__r___ ___ ini! fund on tho tiiiiount thus cxpc_iiri- ,.p|,,,,,,. ],,,,._,., “~;,_`. ;,,;,,|,r,.,| |,,- ,h,. rl-,_'

indi8estion. suffered all tio tiiiii» "" ~‘\ l"<'*|\l\iZl‘<»ltrl »-iirzinvt-_r _spcakiiig |,,i,f-rn ' ~ -i ‘

-__ ___ _ 1 ` _ ' _ _ _ _ ` i liov/iiiiiiliil .tid i_i|iii_i ~ii »- from Bas on my stomach and was f" ;h"__"'_""’_’_'H"‘ff’ll`H"“fl” (_""”r'ff ""lll`<U4*"1 H1111 f|“\"'lui>"il liv thi- i»i ._ _ _ _ _ __ . ___ _ .tt gut ur \\1» _tid tlittl ln ll _ a,,| ' \- lm, ny 0 |i,,; |||,. I, ,\

jr( to ur li.t\t‘ ll vc vii

continually br-ltliing it tindigf_tfil ,_m_____ __ __" _ ___ _ ll* _-i _t.f» i-- ii- _ .< .: ' . ‘ food_ I had to tal-te mv criffon witliiiul ~ _ H ‘ "I ‘mi ` "1"" ‘S |\‘*\\' "‘\\"'|""l Wllll H ll"’\\ -t'l\

. _ I would just belcli for hours. I would “"‘i"T “"'| lib' l‘0fl'l. 1_lll'l _'lf lil" cry part tif ilif- lsliinrl is i--iiiiiio-i'-.| tit-_` ‘-'*;t'. r

bloat and swell up “ko I was DUi5_ ~ -' rorilitlliv. l`i‘l'l.'llll rlillivlllliws liivi-

onell, and suffered with nctiralgic l"l‘l-`_i _l_u\titii`tiini li.»___H_____ '__ `- iii~i_-cii tliitt iict-il iiiljiistiiii-iii :iiiil i'.ii~_ Dams or the worst Hmm and _____m__g T|nL._t~i_ .iii_il_|iiii_ii.vi of _l_rr-iitlii |i.iii~_pii -il rlii- |it|i'|io<.- tif |1,,|,|5,|,__ __ ‘___|__,_ ,h___.__ Heenwd lf, ham mp 0n|y in H u.mD,,,-_ ’-‘ "*’l“"." 'U l'.\ “*“"" IU"-rl |_il r' |“`_ f_\|ti.;li t»iit|uir_\' iitlo :til |ii;ili»'i'_< |'i i.ii-_ ary way I Just can’t tell you how I ' _ _ "'“"\‘-‘lr "I iii, in iclciiliotlc liiii-< _-init in ...-3. -=

trtiii=porlt~d ov'-i' tho

N* tho ronil ti~iiii~'|iortatiiiii it iiii 1.]

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and up to uw time 1 began raking lniportantre that wo should hart- giioil proper information in mi( ,.[,`._,_,__, |‘\,_

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dll suffer for the past four yt-ars r""“"‘ It 'S ll"-""‘i""" “f 'll'-‘ lllllltil that tho tio\'t-i-iiiii~-iii iiiiiv li.iv.-» iii*

Tanlac. a fewrweeks ago. imads' _ . fore l-he "PP|iC-"U“l\ ‘lf Ill" 'l""l@l>l! 'l"l_

. i “When lread the testimonials of

The weight of the load to bc traits-

som‘ who had been relieved of ported by_hlghway must be mea.=u`r- Q' _ _._r_.____ ;______

troubles like mine I felt like I

couldnw mak 8 mlstak ‘b_ mm road to be ti'_a\'eiled and must not ox- 5 5 9'# 5# 5% is % sb §¢ sk tk sf: ee Sf: as es

ed according to the nature of thc

i_ i Livtiitltd iii,

ii.'iv<- hot-ii ni:itl»» t-i tht- l~`ctIci';ii uiitii- iiritii-.< ui'i.'iii_t; tli_ii at-lion be ttikt-iiio |iiiivldi~ti _i:i.iiit lot' the furtlit-r alc- icltipiiioiit of ilii< grczit intlllsti'_\'. it is plczisiiit' io (iii-to that stops \\'ci‘o tatkcii ri~t~ctitl_v to place the ii_=lioi'ics under ii _scparzilc head of l)cp;ti't» mt-nt. iii this priiviiice tho fi.slii~i'ics nrt- ctiptiiiic oi' i;i'»\:it t~xptiii.<iiiii. llcrc- tot`oi‘t- thi- ii.iiiili<-tip of sliort li'.tul_~' ii;i_< gt't'zitl_v iiiilititotl against thc pro- pcr itztiidlinar of our t"isli. \\`itii lit-t- tcr tat-lliiii~.< :itz -toiled by the stniiilard- iziitioii oi` thc Prince Edward isliiiitl Ilaii'.vti_\', :intl with the rciicvved ini- petiis .iri.<iii_tf fi-oiii the re-orgtinizatioii of the I"cdertil 11--partitient of Fisher- it-s wo have ri-ii_--iii to hope for great iii-tivity in this industry. The Navy i.i~:|i.tu\- 1ia< this _vcar voted the _sum of l\vcnt_\'-fivc tlioiisaiid dollars to bo siiciit iii this pi'.\viiit:c for odiicatioii ol"_s;iili>r< and iislicriiioii :ind this irriiut will ii-i iliiiilii bv- cotitliiiti-il l`|'¢>tii _vt':ii' Iii _vi-_ir. ll is llil- |illt‘tii;<4‘ fri llii- t.ii\'~i'|iiii- 'ii to i~ti-opt'i'ittr~ willl iii~_~ .`\`;i\'y l<~-iL'u»- in tlicli' olijovi ui' i-iliii-zitiiia thi- ~--ins of .stii|ot_'.s and li_~li--iiiivii riiiil to train llit'ui iii tlicir :ivot-:itioii :tiitl to ii! tl\|~iii for posi- ti~»ii= iii lii¢~ I\'.i\j-‘ ziiid ilic .\lt-rt-aiiitiiii _\l;iiiii -_

, Proviticial Righlis.

l~I|i~i'ii;il vigiliiice and slutiti_\~ and

economical means of road toustruc ti rtncual ol’ its charter tome- before have to pay for the preservation and

ery to ascertain thc bust and most Company of Ifririce Edward Island for|flrtn representation is the price we

tion. A system of road patrols is al- the Legisl`ture next springftllre Gov-'restoration of our Provincial Rights.

Gradually since Confederation this

will be to fill. ruts, repair i~iil\~crts|iiiis.<»d by tho Legislature an .-\ctiproviiicc has allowed some 0|' lla

rights and privileges to -be overlook- ed and neglected. and in many cases

suvh W0,-k ,i,,,,,._ ' land t-eport' dn all iiisttt-rs pt-rtaiiiing,sacri_f1ced through want of proper and

to tclcplionc lilies iii thc provinceiconttnued' representation. Some of

ul- 'our just claims against Canada have

tlcs"t_ii' grievtiiicos requiring adjust- .been either denied us or only partl-

ally recognized.

It is a deplorable fact that under

thd inte Liberal regime in this pro- vince and at Ottawa on many occa- sions our provincial interest; were not only neglected but often sacrific- ed. I need only give a few instances to show that the "eternal vigilance" was not exercised in those cases but that the provincial governments.tlien in power, slept on their rights.

The building of the Hillsborough

Bridge is a case in point. When this project of bridging the River Hills- borough was decided on by the De- partment of Railways the provincial gover-ntnent entered into negotiations for :t carriage way on said bridge. The request was granted, but at a cost which involves this province into an

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PEoi>Li-: or PiiiNcE Enwiiiiii istliil

»¢,m,|dered_ These elalnis had b1'en_ lic lands are undeniable and must

.paraded at each election anti iiiatli- to h serve as a bait to induce tn rc-ltzrn c to power a Liberal Government in e lille with the Governmcnt at Ottawa. a

.(;olutn’bia`did,_ they remiilncd' abso- d

large ‘increases to the larger Pl`0Vi""' Y es and a paltry $70,000 to Prince Ed- v

offered this province in 1887 when we S were not represented at all. which sum was the smallest amount that could possibly fall to us. On the other hand the resolution recommend- ed the removal of limitations by which on one item alone, namely on ner capita subsidy, the Province of Ontario then got an increase of $629,- 000, and Quebec $429,000 per year. and this apart from what they obtain- ed on other grounds. On Der caDlU-\ subsidy we received absolutely noth- ing additional. and barely escaped losing over $5,000 ti year on what we

had heretofore been getting.

These resolutions formed the basis

ccetlcd iii making a better bargain. .\ [cw years ago an intcr-provincial

provinces of New Brunswick and Que-` bec. This bridge has a separate car- riage way built at the cost of the Dominion for the use of which iieith- cr New Brunswick nor Quebec pays one ct=nt_ _

About the year 1909 the Dominion

Goveriinieti-t decided to establish an experimental farm here, such as had been established in other provinces. in other provinces such farms had lit-cii purchased and pnitl for by the Iloiiiinion Government. The Liberal I’i‘ovincial Government was then tucf-ting with annual deficits and did not know which way to tut‘n for addi- tional revenue rind vet they consent- eil to buy at 11 considerable expense the land necessary for this farm anti to iiizike ti gift of it to thc Dominion (loi'erniiicnt. thc only provincc in t':iii:itl:r to saicrllicc pi'o\'i|it-itil rights in this way.

annual t-xpentliture of $12,000 to $13,- on which the ilominitin Government 000

\-ew Brunswirk and Quebec Suc_iProvinccs and when those were up

riiilivay bridge was built between the|5""k" af* follows* showing that our

grantctl atitiitinnal -subsidies to the

for confirmation in the HOUS6 Uf C0111- nions in 1907. Sir Wilfrid Laurier

delegates had locked the door on our claims:

“The plan we proposed was that we

should revise the subsidies given the provinces with the Clear intlmatlon to them that this was to be a final setticnic-nt, that tio further claim would be recognized, that eftrll l>r0~ vince tiiust carry on its affairs with the means at its comniand and must not have ret.-ourse to this Pt1\`li21lll<’I\l- We thought we could not do better than have ii friendly conference with the provinces and ascertain what was the most they deemed requisite in order to prevent their coming again to Ottawa and knocking at the door of this Parliriiiietitf'

An lionorable member _asketl Sir

Wilfrid Laurier thc question: “\\'liat will you do if they t-ouio litick?" to '-vliicli Sit' \\'ilfv'i'l ioplii-il: "T"i'~ _-ct- tlouicnt is final und '.in:tltoi':tlil»-_ llic_\'

\\'c ciitcrcd cotifctlcinliiiii with it

i-cpreseuttitioii of six niciiilicrs for thi- liousc of t`oiiiinotis, although ac- cording to population wc were nit cn- titieil to this nuiiibcr. .»\t the adjust- inciit nccessiiry under thc tlccciiiul census of 1881 with ii I.iliet“al-(`otisci'- vative Governtncnt iii power lit-rcand at Ottawa-_we retained our represent- ation of"s`ix nieinbrrs, although only entitled to five, but at the re-adjust ment after the censiis of 1891 with ti Liberal Provinciiil Govci‘iiiiit=iit wc lost mio i'upi'c.~iciit;ili\'c and again in 1901 with Lilicrul Govortiiiiciit both here and at Ottawa our reprosciita- _tion in the l~`cdci~:il llousc was ciit down to four und thc saint' tliing ivould have liapponcd uftcr the ccn- _~'ii.~' of 1911, liut loi'tiinzitcl_v for us. thc I.ilir~i‘;ii~i`riiisci'\'uiivo GrivPi‘iiiiiciit in this prti\'iiict~_ tiftcr a _sti'cntiou.s fii.:lit_ sticcecdetl iii iitiving our_dimiii- isiiing ropi'i~scnt:itioii stopped for till tiiiic to ctinic.

I now come to tht- most imptirttiiit

as wcll as the most glaring t-asc.-i

rificctl. .\'ot only were our right!

closed against us by the very men iviioso duty it was to have protected the proviiice and fouglit foi‘ its c_:iuse.`

in the _rear 1900 tt (‘onfcrcnt~c of,

thc prtivliices was held at Quebec,at_ wliicii we were represented by threer iiiciiihers of the Government.. This conference adopted as a foundation for a re-adjustment of provincial sub-f sidies resolutions which had in 1887] been adopted at a similar conference at which wo were not represented. Coupled with the resolutions. howev- er, was tho following: “Under rc-l serve of the right of any province tai now subiiiit to the Govcrnincnt of] t‘ttniidii int-iiiurtintlum in wrltlng` covf-i'itir: any t-lulins it may have to |m‘fr‘~i‘ :suiiis than llitiso sci out iii- suid rvsoiiition or to additional ctiti-9

i~'itlt~r;it.ioii or rt-t-oxriiitititi.” i This wits in thc iiiitur' tht-ii of an

iiivliiilioii to tiny provitit-_o litiviiiguny .s|ii-ciiil t-laiyns to suhiiiil tliom for thc t-oii.<i1lr-mtititi oi' thc llotiiiiiioii (luv- criiiii|~iit_ Wt- know how for _\'c.ir.=: provioiis tu this wc had lwcn told that this lslztiitl liud special clttliiis, :ind that thc l,ibci\:il Govornniont lit-rs wa.-i

going to press them and have tiicni

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wiieto our proviiiciul rights were sat'-|

sat-i~itit~etl but the door was actuall_\'|

iiecii not coinc litick. tii‘ tltiui' is lock- gdf' And so it \v.i;: that ui 1012. ivlirn wo \\'t-_'nt ‘ai f`J=f.i\‘.'_i >i'_t‘ltiitj.j 13 havn our ciziini; recognized :intl nd- justcd wc found the floor lockctl an-I it was with tlic gi'catf.»st dijculty that wc .siict-<\f»tlctl not only in tinlockiiig it but in lihvitig the ciiiiin f~oi;<itl~.\i'- cd. That our efforts were successful. that \vc sticceetlcd in getting an ad- ditional subsidy of $100,000 per year is now ti matter of history. Not only did ive unlock 'thc door but we took thc iiioiicy iiicrcly on account and left tho door wide open so that now tlicsc claiiiis iiro in a licltci' position than they were previous to 1912 by rciison that liaving been recogiiizcd and part payiiicnt niiidc on :icciititit they cati- iirit now be rcritttlizitctl.

'I`lic iiiciiitiritil pri.-scnlctl in litllltlitl

not iiiiivvvrr lnclutlt- any clatiin in wliit-li thc other tivo .\'lttritiiu¢\ Pro- viiicus wcrc jointly interested with us. Those were iiuservetl and after- \\'zit'<ls presented in 1913. They itl- cludcil:

1_ .»\ cltiim for tt sharc in thc \Vest-

ern School Lands interest.

12. A clalnr for compensation for

the Public Lands of Canada, in which we liztvc a partnership interest, and which were in 1912 granted to On- tario, Qucbec and Manitobtt as an ex- tension to their boiiii<lzit'ie.=;.

These are a few of many instances_

where through want of firmness our” provincial rights were sacrificed. It must at all times he borne in mind

that Prince Edward Isliiirrl is ii pro- vince in Confederation an as such is cntitlcd to the same rights anti .priv- ileges as the other provinces. The fact that we are small in area and in nimnbcrs docs not lessen our import- ancv tis a province. The fact is that . <`:iiiatla was vory anxious that wo siiouirl ciitcr (‘ntift~dr~i':ttioii. For six voars \vi~ stood out und only gave conscnt on certain promises being

Liivcii, some of ivliicli \\'cr'n only lzitc- t

ly fulfilled and others wliicli strc still rcinaiiiing outstanding and which it liolioovcs us to prci-is to it satisfact- ui'_\' coiicliisioii.

Tliosc ns well tis thc claims ol this

prnvliicc to it right to similar subsi- dlcs as those granted the Western provinces by reason of having no pub-

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e adjusted. They 'are not all new laims, some of them were in nce during the period of the Liberal dminlstration. but as accord to

The opportunity was now offerc-l but Sir Wilfrid Laurier our Liberainsole. instead of our dclegatca taking tid- gates, among whom was Mr., (_}eo|~5° vantage _at the opportunity as In-iiisii ,I-1. Hughes. M-L-A.. had atrowsd the

our to be closed at Ottawa, and as

lutely dumb ‘arid permitted resnlutioiis they had in 1907 made.a. pgs] and ito be put -through recommending unalterable settlement the' dergf

he government in 1910 had to anim; ery candidly that it _wa.|_no.hs,a tgi-

wafd ilgiamr n sum which had been him to look to Ottawa for further as-

istance. _

The Liberal Conservative party

when they came in power in 1912, took immediate steps to formulate and present all these claims as well as many others, and as I have already said they succeeded in having the claims recognized and an amount paid on account. During the war the time was not opportune to press them further, but now that we are at peace once more and in view of the reconstruction program to be carried out in this province, we need more money, and with Union Government at Ottawa assured for at least three yéars to come it is only reasons/ble to assume that a friendly government in this province will have greater chances of success than an Opposition Government, led by the present leader ot the Opposition. Surety the people of the province will have more faith in those men who brought about the Car Ferry, the standardization of the railway, the increase of $100,000 an- nual subsidy, the stop in our dimin- ishing representation in the House of Commons, and many other conces- sions rather than in men who for twenty years did nothing and who. during that time, sacrificed many of our provincial rights and who now come forward _and in a program most ct’ which consists of planks long ago

part of the Ligpvrai platform, try to parade in burr ed feathers plucked from the cloak of the present Gov- ernment. The Leader of the Opposi- tion must surely be living in a fool’s paradise it he imagines‘ that the peo- ple of the province do not see in his platform many of the very principles advocated and carried into effect by the ldbcral-Coiiscrvativc party since 191;’ or already announced by them tis their policy of the future.

The Liberztl-Conservative party is

now appealing to thc people on the principles of preservation and recog- nition of provincial rights. -If we are to make a strong case at Ottawa, if wc are to prevail with thc Federal ziutlioritics we must as in 1912 have a strong hacking from the electorate. Nothing will lend greater assistance or strengthen our case more than an nniphatic backing from the people. On the results,of the election will dept-.nd whether wo get additional siilisitlics from Ottawa. The return of a Liiicral Provincial Government would be the surest means of defeat- ing any chances of success and a weak l.ibcral1(`onservative Govern- nit-iit would not be regarded at Otta- wa as an indication that thc province wzisbttck of theso claims. The pre- ss-iit inilications point to a return of tho present Govornniont with a good increased majority. I now call on the people to give us such backing as will enable us to go to Ottawa and tell Sir Robert Borden and his gov- ernment tltat Prince Edward Island appreciates the Car Ferry, the widen- ing of the guage of ‘the railway. the addition to the -subsidy , etc., all of which were conceded by him at the request and on therepresentatlon of thi- Provincial Government working in harmony with our Federal Conser- vative representatives, and if .such happens then I feel assured that Sir Robert Borden and Sir Thomas White, the ‘Minister of Finance, who have shown themselves to he the friends of the province, will further recog- nize our just demands and will make such further concessions as will place the Government in a _position to car- ry out the progressive program al- ready submitted tothe electorate. Let tho people speak. the issue il clcar und untnistakeable; a verdict f0!` thc Lczidcr of the Opposition and his party will .bo an intlmatioti to Otta- wa llitit wc tlid not want. the things hat hiivc been obtained and that we ire not looking for further conces-

sions. An emphatic verdict for the

ircscnl Government will be one of

| _ appreciation for-ptist concessions and ti dciniiiid for tr just and equitable ad- justment of the claims already pre- sented und that if returned to power l promise to press to ‘an adjustment.

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T ma 8 _l “eh d e_,’ ng ceetl tho weight that can be liauicd ` ‘ is * * * *`¥¢%*g¢**

bottle and have just now started on m Ird and lm a difreren man al

heavy grade then the load must be measured according to the capacity to haul over that one mile of bad,

kilt#

H3, mg _sian I ha? ex%I;te§_"e?hT;§K over tiff? worst ptrrtion of that ro:ifl.- 'K M - -

to féel better after takmg my mst If one mile in ten is had road or a 3 p. m. P

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read . I sleep like is log now and eat gust any and everything I want

road. How necessary their it is for

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the farmer, for the iiiercliant and till

all

& rthe slngxestlag‘si2m§?_:f__r£;€;iotliors who have to ti‘nnsport_ loadsi

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o\f~r thc roads to have such higli\\u_\' unifrirml_\' good. Good roads can only be obtained by thorough drainage. Ono of the most experience-tl as well' :is tho lie-st known roiid niakors in- (‘anarla has laid down ihrcr rtilcs for.

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NEWS WEEKLY

De n who may wish to benefit by i Knott mail miikiiig. which lic gives as .,__ _

nryngxperience with this great inctli- c e ’

%`Tlsc is sold in Charlottetown by

Rodin Bros. (Adv.) ,

Fir# `

Minsrfim Liniment co., i.imiicri_

i)§ar Sirn.-This fall I got thrown on. a fence and hurt. my ch#-st vcr;/_ bldfso I could not work and lt hurt me to breathe. I tried all

kinds of Linlments and they did m£‘,over with gravel or other stiltahlsiiiu- Il ' good. lteriai. By working out from _the vil-

9 ‘bottle of .MiNA'RD‘S LIN!-'

follows:

lst. Drainage 2n<i_ Drainage. 3rd, Again drainage-_. _

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We must have thorough drainage if

we expect to keep our roads ln con- dition. To that end preparations iiro being inade to survcy our roads bc- giuning wllli those that are most in nord of attention in order to asf-or- taiu tho lcvclfi :uid ilrnlntiitc :irons- Whcn this luis lincn :it-.cnniplishctl wc will give iitlcntion to building up a propcr road bed lastly covering ilu-in

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