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THE CHARLOTTETOWN GUARDIAN '

mzmvps PURCHASE

Mr. McIntyre would claim a "Phil! o. $ll‘,000 for last year, a surplus

i Y 30, 1931

. a; T0 REMEMBER!

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propaganda, that the Lea Govern-

to fight the provincial cam-

l issues. For that reason it is ap- the people to “remember” everything under ’ to own record of ineompetency, extrav- on election promises-a record which by Mr. Bruce Butler, ex-member

a Government, when he publicly charged it

“m; “flou

ted every principle of democracy.”

in the enforcement of the Prohibit- ion set- at curl-on Ban Hon. Rus- sell Olark had stated that he Wllllltl Pl! $500 to any charitable institution if anybody could prJvg that ke had interfered with the Prohibition Act. Mr. McDonald stated that he accepted Mr, 0mg; Ollllllt-nle. and that he could prove that liberal members including Mr.

which Mr McDonald declared did not c: st. Moremer. the Liberal Government had received a revenue of $1,000,000 more than hall tho Stewart Government. In spite o! that, the deficit of the present Gov- ernment was $234,000 for the last Year. and the Government went behind in all about 01,000,000. Today it is costing the country 040.000 for

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more,

Clark llld interfered with pfiiiliili- pgllgg “mo, o, m, ptovlnce- Th, ""1 *"'°'°°|11°111~ Commissioner of Police was getting “l! elven e proper tribunal 1 will $2,500 while a professor at P. w. o- llrovo that there his been interler- who had taught for forty years did encell by members of the gove-ii- not receive a salary as large. “m” 7m“ 14’ M‘ 3911-" 1'10 Elleak- Mr. Otto Campbell, organiser for "1' d“19-"d' the Liberals in Second Qileens. was 2:211‘; ‘fe-gtgzlilftmhefi; the th- also secretory of the Provincial but edvnotoee- "Mr. McIntyre. Mr. Stewart had no faith in the sub- nh T; he rau ad- Police. Saunders $210 Mr. Lea ‘r11 down on sidy claim, and believed that the

rmraiion, and the Conservative Mr. Tweedy, the only mgglghltg the Job in that they did not prn- qomh-"oioo, had no fight go n- Ghv-lhlleht P1968111!!! it. Every lar- appointed by the Liberals, received ent the subsidy claims at Ottawa," romp; m go “my with m, m,‘ lner realized at the present time he in all about $3,000 for his work in he lllil-Btell- ‘crossings must economize. "Is the Govern- connection with the Prohibition Mr. Mark R. MoGulgan opened I gum neat at the present time. led by Act. ' his ape-zen w;th a ples for a farmer ‘hggmtqmtgxzd than 11:11:55,112: Stewart K‘ C" leader of the couaervative Party:

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r e n yre rennin: to SCI-Yum Mr. McDonald charged mo Gov premier. He maintained that the qua" m, m," u, cm, w, ,1_ RIGID ECONOMY IN '1‘HE ADMINISI RATION OF gfifulfigulellzziglxznesgn- not: we rrnment with the neglect of press- Conservative Platform was similar who, pmmhe, had been ma, by THE SEVERAL DEPARTMENTS OF THE PUBLIC 8n w.‘ I . . ewl ria .- 1231929 1:13.51” kglglm: F; i: mull-fly prlticticeddby Ltlb‘; Dominion or m“; Government u $ERVICE, CONSISTENT WITH EFFICIENCY.

. lln . spea er pon ou e B e men. an a empe h

Hon. lvrr. McIntyre: "win-nuts 1 diilerentiation as to the amount of to defend the inconsistency of the W212i: E“‘,l°,§fl,§°§§,§f,," 0573a“ N0 INCREASE IN TAXATIQN» AND A DETER- Sily "lint? subsidy claims between the amounts Lea Government in returning to today Mrlmcmnnonwu posmglMlNED EFFORT To OBTAIN THE COMPLETE IM-

Mr. lll-Donald: In April, i919 claimed by Premier’ Saunders mg the system of statute labor. Mr. ma; h“, Liberal; had themulhgacltyigIllléhllgagNléAlNollglEgOFRTq-IE RECOMMENDATIONS 0F

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e e vaslly increased sums spent by the ed tiylMxrn McDonald Zsws-fulegzz}; Si’; 1h the Erflwirlgcoef 21:11:11 Ilfieilb- which w“ the better proposition’ wpNcqqgfip-ER SCHOOL B-OOKS’ AND SPECIAL AT- imc“ Government F d 1 - ‘ ' ll ~ - that of the Liberals of fifty fifty prg _ 0 TEACHERS TRAINING IN PRINCE OF as ampere mportunt in order ha. the suh- The speaker then labored to show portion m payment or that o, the WALES COLLEGE. the Conservative predvccsstrs. sldy claims might hi- presented in tllflt the Dolley of the Government Bennett Govemmen’, of seventy five SPECIAL A ._____,__ woo hehohogal to the Province’ to twenty five w ivmxhmon ask TTENTION TO SECONDARY ROADS - - - LEADING T0 MARKET CENTRES '

such a scheme or the number of pensionablehTersont Mr m w Wood was given a very in the Province until a few months ago, when a census ' i ' ‘ “i M" Benmtt "Wm m” 5t” “l ‘mrm welcmne by ‘he Pew” “I 5eyenty hoe p91- oohhMol-eover, the, ROAD MACHINING TO BE DONE AS EARLY IN

wa ddtbtk'bth'~ ' . s or ere o e a en y elr road superlntend Mount Stewart m, explained chat Bennett Government hm provided THE SPRING AS POSSIBLE.

ents, obviously as l t‘ t d t ' l d . the people into n-33o§l§§"iial°ll1§° 13d sgmnélsoirlll- Qiiolglngiifnfifzrxlieiiiilielug: ‘°°'°°° ’°’ ““°’“°‘°Y‘“““” “‘ “"8 CONTINUOUS CARE or AND ATTENTION T0 ' ' P‘°““°°- 1'“ "M" "Mm" °"*- THE ROAD SURFACE DURING THE SEASON

structive poll y 1n ' d. c mm home districts‘ One of the planks laid down in Hon. EQUAL OPPORTUNITY T0 ALL TAX PAYERS T0

V electors, we believe, have a much better mem- ‘ a the Lea Government seems to imagine. Here e of the things they are not likely to forget gy poll their votes on Aulllit 6%

" t when the Lea Government assumed office it an a platform of (among other things) econ- 1 :1) o general reduction in taxation. That shortly ' 1 e election the Patriot newspaper congratulated ' no on taking office “under peculiarly tances" for carrying out its pledges.

re was found in the treasury a substantial I, of 370,697 augmented, shortly afterwards, by .1,‘ annual interim subsuly payment of $125,000 1, the outgoing Stewart administration under

‘u’ oi the Duncan report. .

LARGE SELF-UNLOADING FREIGHT!!! MAKES TRIP DOWN GREAT LAKES

The 5- 8- Pltmnld. hunt uli- Jul 1e, f Detrol with .

mum" fiamn“ a" to ‘Mi m n‘ i.“ “Ix-m o‘ ‘Una a might: h; ‘Iloleronéshe carries Hposelble for these large boats is.

Toronto hlbor arrled Btllrda una t- . .MaoqneQn . °° " °°’°'“'" °'|""'°' 1"“ "*1" m“ 1° w“ ' ' ‘ "i °' c” W 5 "l" um new Welland canal mahes itl0ntari0.

SUMMARY OF POLICY

Erlurlciafed in his key-note speech at the Capitol Theatre, Charlottetown, on July 14 by the Hon. J. D.

'1 in less than four months, according to the c Accounts submitted at the 1929 session of the luture. the Lea Government .had _ turned the " Government surplus into a deficit of $159,- ,,' in other words, it had gone behmd to the ex- ,'f5zz9,826.39, and this apart from the highway ac- , p; connection with which 860,000 was borrowed

mber, 1927. _ ' RAKEKS‘ PROGRESS CONTINUES w’ 11.; electors will not need to be reminded no Len Government's first act, at the 1929 ~ , was to borrow $100,000 for the unauthorized

iture incurred by the Minister of Public Works

ho ordered this amount of_ road machinery by _ one from agents outside the Province. That its Mi was to borrow $300,000 for highway work and this sum would have beert increased to $500,000 but g, protests of the Opposttlon.

Now that the Bennett Government pe din th ' time when it can assume responsibility’ for? theg full _.,M,',,,§',,‘f§d“‘ff ,‘“§§f,d‘f,°,f“hZ",,§_' M‘? Slewm" Plamlm 15 ‘he "P- ' p holding of prohibition. The author- COMMUTE THEIR ROAD TAX BY LABOR.

cost of old age pensions, has increased the federal pay- m]; coming mm power on m, m“ m cemmlcases do not enforce ‘ USE OF PROVINCIAL GRAVEL BY LOCAL LABOR.

ment to 75 per cent, and Hon. J. D. Stewart has stated that, if elected, he will put old age pensions legislation §f,‘,’f‘§§§§f,,,f,',ff°',§‘; Q',‘,‘Z,,§“‘,f§1§§“ 111° 11am"- Gltlns on instance o! ’ ' ' n point in the statute not enforced. A PRACTICAL POLICY FOR BREAKING WINTER

into effect in this Province the Lea Government has ’ had perpretated trickery, and in- ML Mcmnnon related m“ l r"- ROADS.

nothing to offer, one way or the other, but abuse and criticism. filneczitégesiggnigelsizffi’ 5:11:03: pectable citizen, a temperance man, MONEY T0 SQUANDER the “we m 1m hmented one o, Con. u. n. oflice stating that one PRESSING UPON THE CANADIAN NATIONAL It will not be necessary, either, to remind the el- m y I rm H p m M Do m or his tenants had been sent to jail RAILWAYS ELIMINATION 0F DANGEROUS LEVEL ectors that the Lea Government, though it had no wrfg t; nfimbgselfl éerssnpggns for selling liquor, and that he as CROSSINGS‘ money to pay old age pensions, to increase the teach- RIGID AND IMPARTIAL ENFORCEMENT 0F ALL

9 - . . . were reduced to flfty, had made a “m” M m” pmpertl” “q bee“ l» e ten INCLUDING we

Andrew Fraser Mitchel scandal-m scandal caused by to “u” a month’ as no doctor and “mm out o! the‘: homa “I CO-OPERATION WITH THE FEDERAL DEPART.

iliq bungling and stupidity of the Bell Government of 33:38?” ‘w’ ’°‘ "m" m“ m“ YJL‘."FZ.;‘°.J§; fir: ogfliostflfi?! MENT OF AGRICULTURE IN THE PROMOTION OF which the present Premier, Hon. W. M. Lea, was Pro- Led gs bum, came by Mn Len M.- Mqq-mon explalne, that M, AGRICULTURAL AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION. vlnclal Treasurer and Minister of Agriculture. ' cording f, qtatute an gm... mus, _ _ _ _ the Liberal members of the lesle- t t '1'); f u f t t PROMOTION AND ENCOURAGEMENT OF FRUIT 1 Nor ttlltiat 101,200 was p213, wlthoutt Lfegtllslatlve auth- lnture vessel‘! howl that were h 418- “m °“ e “m y ° “ “m” GROWING AND PRESERVING HORTICULTURAL orl y, o e emperance lance ou o erum pro -

P grace to any civilized country“ It whotfhlut: bcgntconvlctei under the PRODUCTS. its of the rohlbition Commission, and another $1400 lll became the followers of Mr- lee P" "1"" ° - I to a detective from Montreal, who, according to’ex- OLD AGE PENSIONS‘

to attempt to sow discord and dis- The ED851181‘ had advmd the

Premier Saunders, was himself adrunkard _and was satisfaction with the Dominion homeowner to cancel his lease with PRACTICAL ASSISTANCE To THE FISHERMEN lncornpctentto deal w1th_the organized activities of the Government, Dr. McDonald stated. the husband and take a new on- OF THE PROVINCE THROUGH COOPERATION WITH bootleggers lll “US PIOVIIICG. were it not 1'01‘ H011. J. D- Stew- Oilf- Wll-h the WIIE.

art the laws of the country would Liberals all over the Province had ——-----..-

be in a deplorable state, the speak- taken part of Dr. Ivfclvfiilulrs o", ':-=' l1 GRAYLING IN GRAND LAKE New Brunswick, and also at Loci: er believed. He scored the Liberal to make political propaganda but Lamond in the latter province. policy of placing men to work on neglected to consider the content. In comparison the natural 00h

' at the Government then violated its promise of . ral reduction of taxation by boosting the gaso- ‘ . from three to five cents a gallon (subsequently . . it to six cents by orcler-in-couucil), and passed llll0li saddling additional expense on the Province vide for the employment of twenty-five Liberal pgign henchmen as road superintendents.

That at the end of 1928, despite greatly increased ue derived from the interim subsidy payment, . increased tax. arrears over 1927 of $88,237 and ‘used revenue from _motor vehicle licenses, gaso-

iax, succession duties, real estate and personal 1.1 road, horse and dog taxes, ‘the Government

out u-ith increased liabilities of $192,685, and a

‘ on ordinary account of $1,559.15, as shown by ir own Public Accounts. ,

..’l‘hat in the following year, in face of the Provin- l Auditor's statement for 1929 showing increased ilities of $246,018 and a deficit on ordinary account $13,434, further borrowings were made of $200,000 » 1118 Public 11'0"“ Delitlrtmelli- Our school teachers will not need to be reminded that the recommendations of the Education Commis-

‘sion have not been implemented by the Lea. Govern- HALTAX, N. s., July‘ 28—'I‘hat

That this enormous liability was incurred notwith-

ding that the Lea Government collected and ex- ed. since it came info power, two and a half million [are over and above the revenue received by its pre- euors.

I919 CAMPAIGN RECALLED

In 1919 Premier Lea, Hon. J. P. McIntyre, Hon. B. lePage and other members and supporters of the

Government canvassed the Province abusing and ilslng the Arscnault Government’s road policy, X lng 1t with committing the Province “to vast ex- itures‘ amounting to $875,000 in five years” under 0Q0lilllll0ll Highways Act. They damned that policy u “infernal scheme.” Today, as the elector are u; the Lea Government is spending more revenue tile mlie of rozidwork than would build several un- _ihe Conservative policy, and its election speedway lllilpeque Road, built at a cost of $27,000 a mile, is l1)’ falling to pieces under the summer sun.

The electors will remember, also, that despite its - w" squanderings and borrowings in the Public

v Department, which is today costing as much 1i cost to run the whole affairs of the Province un- ‘the Stewart administration, the Lea Government secured not one cent of additional subsidy from And this in face of the Government’s solemn I embodied in its election platform. to exert its 0st” endeavors to press our claims for increased v i’ and the argument advanced by the Liberal ll’ on the advantage of having the federal and pro- clal governments in line, so that the Province d have a friend at Court" when our claims for ~ Y settlement were presented at the inter-provin- conference III the fall of I027.

PROIII BI TION I

Nor are the electors likely to forget that the Lea ammentpledged itself to 100 per cent enforcement . e Prohibition law, as admitted in a post-election l l al ln the Patriot (June 27, 1927) in which it is " 1118i. “bootleggers, home-brew makers, and sell- ' t1 smugglers of liquor, if the Liberals remain l, ~ their pledges and true to their affiliations with ' Derance Alliance, must be put out of business." - that instead of this promised “great boon of a ed liquor traffic” (Patriot, May 23, 1927) boot- ,,‘- e flourish in greater numbers than ever before- -_ ted and encouraged now under the Lea Govern- l Ticket of Leave Act which enables them, even mitvnvictlon, to evade punishment-and the result i an the Police Court records, which show a great- " 0f arrests for drunkenness, a greater num- _ accidents caused by drunkenness, and a greater 0f deaths from drinking liquor, than at any l~ karat 0181011! of the Province since the days o!

OLD AGE PENSIONS

- Lea Government (the electors will remember) _, I “W K1118‘ Government's old age pensions Rztwhereby this Province would have to pay fifty

m 0f the cost. They promised to put this scheme "1 in this Province “in a manner consistent

.1 1 m" revenues”. This pledge, embodied in their el-

U 111911111“. was absolutely ignored, the Lea Gov- “! It'll-betting even to ascertain the coat of .

ment, though these recommendations were presented over a year ago in order to settle questions which even then were considered to be of the utmost urgency and importance both to the teachers and to the Province.

Nor will our farmers be likely to forget that the Lea Government in its election platform promised “to promote the growing of cranberries, blue-berries and small vegetables, and to thoroughly test the feasibil- ity of establishing a canning industry in the Prov- ince,” and that Premier Lea, (who is also Minister of Agriculture) has not only ignored this election plank but has done his level best to discourage his colleagues from putting it into effect.

THE CONSERVATIVE GUARANTEE

Furthermore, the electors will remember that the Stewart Government’s platform of 1923 was implem- enied to the letter, and at the earliest opportunity af- ter assuming power, and that this is the best guarantee they can have of tile good faith of the Conservative leader in the present campaign.

These are the things that concern the tax-payers in the comingprovinclal election campaign, and they are the things about which they will expect the Lea Government candidates to speak. They will not require to be givema rehash of the federal election campaign issues! They already know that the defeat of the Mac- kenzie King Government was due to its ostrich- like inability to see the economic crisis that was fac- ing the country-to its tariff tinkering that resulted in the exploitation of the home market, and to the boast, typical of its leader's attitude towards his responsibil- ities, that it “would not give a five-cent piece” to re- lieve unemployment in any “Tory” Province. They know that the Bennett Government. since its election, has gone farther, in less time, than any previous govern- ment in giving effect to the comprehensive and construc- tive programme which Rt. Hon.R. B. Bennett submitted to the people at the general election. They know of the special session called to relieve unemployment and of the voting of $20,000,000 for that purpose. They know of the revision of the tariff for the protection of Canadian agriculture and industry, of the extension of federal aid tohgricuitural and technical education, the increase by 50 per cent in the appropriation for old age pensions, the formulation of a national fuel pol- icy—the most comprehensive scheme of the kind ever launched in this country-the appropriation to aid in the transportation of wheat amounting to more than $10,000,000, the enlargement and application of the antl- dumplng provisions of the Customs Act, and many other measures directly in line with the assurances given by the Prime Minister during the campaign. They know that no~Government that has ever held office in Canada has gone so far in honoring its pledges in its first ten months of office, and that, with the im- provement in the economic situation already noted by Mr. W. McL. Clark, secre of the Canadian Cham- ber of Commerce,in his stlmu ating addresses before the Boards of Trade of Charlottetown _a d Summerside, there is every reason to expect that t e IBennett Gov- ernment will continue its splendid record, holding the confidence of the people and the ap roval of all but a disgruntled remnant whose politica aspirations have been defeated, and who, it may be expected, will be- come gloomier and more vitupera ive with every step

which is made, under Conservat ve- policies and all- . ministration, towards-rehabilitation and presperltyl-

around by the nose because Hon. J. P. McIntyre ls able to put men on the roads?" he asked. Voices: No. (applause)

his skirts and make his explanat- ion.

did not even get that. consideration" never bread.

the Government.

of British law.

llfcuorald in conclusion.

Gordon Holmes. » Mr. Holmes in a brief address in-

cuased the relations of the Conserv-

intercession of Mr. D. A. McKin- non. Es suggested that Bou- J. D.

the roads Just prior to a-n election. “Aro you people going to be led

The Doctor then criticised the Government for refusing to open certain constituencies, the Minister of Public Works for purchasing road machinery by telephone. 1n connec- tion with the latter subject the stated that "there is a lurking sus- picion not only here but elsewhere that there is something rotten in the state of Denmark. Mr- McIntyre should here in Mount Stewart clear

All that Premier Saunders got when he went up to Ottawa three times for the subsidy was “favor- able consideration," and Mr. Lea

"Favorable yet bought

It was important to get good sub- sidieo and good roads. but it was even more important that the country have good laws. 1f con- victed under the Prohibition Act a man was lined or Jailed without any appeal. though for any other orlcnsc a man is allowed that priv- llekv. The law had destroyed lheling ii man caught with a teddy or sanctity of the oath, the foundaiirnhqottle of rum. The object of the

Hon. Russell Clark stated‘ that he was tumlng his time over to Mr.

formed the audience it was the sec- ond time on which he had made a ‘ political speech. At Corrsn Ban he had had the “misfortune” to be followed by Dr. W- J. P. McMillan who was a rather terrific man. Here he followed Dr. McDonald who was even more terrific. Mr. Holmes die-

ativo party to prohibition, and also the subsidy question. Mr. Holmes claimed that the 040,000 ralbivay taxes had been gained through the

What Dr. McMllla-n actually meant was that one should value the la- terest of his children more than that of his cows or calvesl Mr. Mc- Kinnon made reference to the speech on the finances by Premier Lea which showed that the total iri- debtedness of the Province was near the $3,000,000 mark. He showed eun- clusively that the Liberal adminis- tration was directly responsible for tho vast increase in debt.

One of the most serious matters before the electors was the school question. but the Liberals had not advanced a single plank for assist- ance of education.

Hon. J. P. McIntyre in a rather spas modic and thunderous speech, de- nied that he had stated that the people should broaden out and pay more taxes. He had said that the peoplo would be better off if they consented to pay more taxes.

With regard to his purchase of road machinery, the Minister of

"We will have to dig down deep Public Works said, Dr. McDonald into our ,. kets if Hon. J. P. Mo- lntyre is allowed loose for another fonr yea-ls," said the Doctor in dis- cussing the rash extravagance of