isiiiiiirs iscoiiiinic nioiiisns

provision of local services. The responsibility has never been easy to bear because of isolation. size and population. Yet no practical alternative has ever been devised and we must do the best we can with what we have.

Administration is

Continued troll P180 3

iii 1 i-i-iu coming to and im- ::gtl:eIsland.ortoai-rlvein the middle of the night because train connections on the mainland are irregular. Highway facilities. too. must be adequate. for no tourists will remain or return if the roads are bad. Again. other, industries benefit from the tourist trade. For example. we have 208 resorts and in one of them alone S5.000- in wages and 311.000. in purchases of agricultural Pl'01?l1Ci3 am mm were paid out in two months. Every improvement in transP0l1' ation will bring more visitors and increase the benefits to ll"! P001319 as a whole.

carried on

oldest legislatures in the British Icommonwealtb through a cabinet -,of nine members. There is one city and seven towns and a few villages administered by municipal councils suited to their size and functions. There are no county or township administrations. 'i of the size of the Province. mem- bers of the Legislature are peculiar- ly close to the people: again be- cause of size the municipalities are limited in what they can do. Consequently the line between pro- vincial and local government is ob- sciirc and the provincial govern- ment finds itself carrying on. not only its own functions. but also many which elsewhere would be handled by municipalites.

MUNICIPAL NEEDS

For example. the Province main- tiiins hospitals for the mental dis- eases and for tuberculosis. health clinics. research laboratories and a town planning office which tend to meet all needs at both levels because they can readily serve the entire Province. Yet the Provinc- ial Govcrnmcnt cannot divert too large a portion of its revenues to municipal purposes because the urban population comprises less than a quartcr of the total and it dcpcnds so much on the welfare of the rural cronomy. To maintain this balance is a difficult task.

This systcm of administration must perform the same functions and provide the same s 9 r vi c es as the systems in the other pro- vinces. albeit on a smaller scale. Cimseriiiently there is more govern- and thc tilIalil.V fit "1059 Pmflllfls iiiciitiil activity. although less gov- is such that we can czisily S-'ilISl.V criimcnt expense, in relation to the demand on that score. Oiiripnpiilation because a minimum of potntocs,.iobstcrs. and oysters. for 59,-Vice must he provided, Com. example. are famous and we can paring our public works.' health, ass-irc equal tiualitv in otlmr mm-;ciiiit-atinn and other facilities with moditics. lilorcover, we can mCel'those in other provinces reminds the attractions of many of lhe one of the principle that while one food Pmdllcl-5 Whlfh 0ll1CF l.lF0-ifarmer has a tractor for 400 acres vim-cs now import from the United of land his neighbour can't use States. But, we must be able to half a tractor for 200 acres. get our products to the markets FINANCE gilllfkly and ilhl 3ilf;'5"::3bll9p msii The,dominant factor in taxation

"Y 89081719 -V l" 5 5 l 8" n Prince Edward Island is the We m"5' "V9”'"me "5 .hi"d”'"Cc'nntiiral financial limitation of an M ilnpmved 'm"5P0"a””"' agricultural community. As the

1 Rowell-Sirois Commission pointed! PROVINCIAL SERWCES out. the province "does not form is

Because of EfZ()Rl'Elpll,V and ii:-irlyisatisfactory unit from the point of colonial policy Prince Edward view of pulillc finance. and. part- lsland has had. since 1767, the iciilarly for raising revenue. The status of a province and the re- siibsistcnce nature of the ecmiorny. stilling responsibility for the ad- the low average diet Valli? 05 ministration of its affairs and the agriciiltiiral production. and the

VACANT FARMS

If we have the transpnration fac- ilities. we can provide the labollf for the processing industries we desire. Farms are now mechanized and hundreds of our youllil NOD19 move away cacti year to sock em- ployment in industrial centres. They have been brought up in this Province and educated at Public expense. There is land for them! on our vacant farms. if we can increase the demand for the pro- ducts of these farms through 10031 processing plants. as well as pro- vide jobs for them in the iii0P050d plants, They want opportunity and no want to give it to iilf'lll.

Tlicrc is capital. too, for we have lcarned of several husincss inter- ests who would invest in lslaiid industry if local connections with markets were improved. Moreover. (hp m-mzincial govcrnmcnt would pxplnrc all opportunities, not loiily nf ent:oiirai::iiig inriiistrics to conic. inn also of assisting them to Eel started

No factors of proriuction arc of- inctive. of course, without markets. The demand for the kind of DW- diicts which we can cxport is hiL'h

wli isnd; all loovsj underwear made like 'l'ANFIEI.D'S

Here's the underwear that has everything! it's extra washable, and boy's underwear need: to be! It's extra long wearing, and nobody can deny the need for this. And of course it's extra warm, extra comfortable, and extra protective. You can buy from is complete range of Stanfield's boys' underwear at your nearest Boys', Men's or Department Store.

SHIRTS (0171 I) AND LONGS (OI 7l2) of natural colour high grade cotton yarns. SHIRTS. size: 2-4-6 y'un..............ucb 31.00 Size: 8 to 1-6 yur:.................eub LII DOUBLE-SEAT DONG! Sizu 2-4-6 ynrr. . ............pn5r 1.50 Size: 8 to 16 year ....... ..pas'r 1.95

Available also in cream shade. shim (01611) and longs (01612) at same prices.

COMBINATIONS

of fine canon yarns. strongly made so Stsn6eld's high standards for active boys. Available in short sleeve: in white only (0160!) or long sleeves in natural only touooi. Sizes 5 0 16 years. pair 32-”

SHIRT (01611) AND SHORTS

sums la 16 gun, 1,”

Isource under the authority of one of the..

v Other provinces have new re-

iacii of urbanization are reflected in a total real property tax yield which is only onefifth the Canad- ian per capita avert!!!-.Thc PN- vi.nce's lack of any Public 501331! is responsible. of course. for the absence of revenue from that

. The absence of any concentration of corporate or personal income and wealth in the Island makes it impossible to secure a substantial yield from in- come taxes and succession duties. '

The result of this situation is an inability to pay for needed services and to pay adequate salaries to gover inl ye. ' i - and others who are now remuner- ated at rates much below the nat- ional averagc. The present situat- ion is bad enough but there is no indication that additional re- sources will appear to bring in the revenue with which to meet rising costs.

OTHER PROVINCES

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sources and possibilities. such as mining areas. power developments. oil fields, and of course the St. Lawrence Seaway. We would wel- come something like the discovery of oil or uranium under our soil. but it appears that we will he" to be content with improvinr isting enterprises with that . revenue we can secure from pre- setnly available sources. We are not interested either in taking on activities for which we are not suited or in merely keeping up with the provincial Jones'. Even accepting financial assist- ance from the Dominion or shar-

J Charlottetown. P. E. laiand

tour f ' isali medi ' ”"'usio.”r'Z. mi .'2'ii"v?ii'....",.......i"'.'i..'."EE is brushed inside her comfort. Shorts have DOUBLE-SEAT for extra wear. RNIIII no ironing. '"si2?mI 133,35 .... HQLOO 9'N'N0l5!esrI.unl. .. us SI-IOITS . . Ska 2-44 nun, .1;

ing in Dominion-Provincial financ- 'ial arrangements involves difficult- lies pccuiair to Prince Edward llsland. Per capita calculations.

: iwllllil isuiiiiis-iiiiiiiioii FERRY SERVICE

OCTOBER 24 tio,NOVEMBER 30 Daily from each terminal: LEAVE WOOD ISLANDS:

Prince Nova 8 a.m. lp.m. Chas. A. Dunning 11 a.m. 3 p.m. LEAVE CARIBOU: -Chas. A. Dunning 8 a.m. 1 p.m. Prince Nova ll a.m. 3 p.m. For daily report tune iny to CFCY each weekday for First Weather Broadcast. NORTHUMBERLAND

FERRIES LIMITED

(0l602)

basic minimal needs for services

matching grants means accepting responsibilities which are harder for us to meet than for others and risking the certainty of having to give up the services concerned if Dominion policy were changed.

NATIONAL ENTERPRISE

The economy of Prince Edward Island has from earnest times been directly affected by general policy determined outside the Province for enterprises not affecting the Province. or affecting it adversely. For instance. when it was est-

divided among political favorites in London to suit imperial policy. As a result the absentee landlord system kept back the economic development of the island for a hundred years. And. at Confeder- ation the island's provincial trade was changed from its colonial channels into a Canadian tariff economy despite the fact that it thrived better under free trade. The result of these and other sim- ilar problems was the familiar com- pensations which were made from time to time down through the years. and which have been dealt with in detail in various studies on the Island and in briefs before

at mnpla. albayaneal Ia: ueinac rent eenumutoss and Doss-.win ans; t inion-Provincial Conferences.

cannot be provided. And accepting jC!llEF CONERN

ablished as a colony its land was'

.. in to the Central Provinces by wayinati of increased shipping and power. facilities. could it not at the same itime adopt. both as a regionali benefit and national policy. the comparatively tiny project of im- proving shipping and power facil- ities here? We wish to open up trade routes by steamship from Island ports. especially if our pro-; jected processing industries deve-i lop.

As it stands the Dominion pro-i vides about four million dollars in: steamship subventions for costai' services and of this amount the Island gets nothing for its purely

that

What we are most concerned with today is emphasizing before this commission, not the "injustices" and "disadvantages" of Confeder- ation. but rather the possibility of this province participating more actively in the economy of Canada as a whole and sharing more equit- ably in the results of federal enter- prises designed for the national benefit.

We mentioned above the possibil- ities of increasing our economic Qpacities by improving transport- ation facilitles. We feel that this is not only an obligation assumed wsm tmda by the Federal Government at Con-,1-owgn REQUIREMENTS federation, but also a national ent- J erprise which, as the late Hon. As for power. the island has niw Norman Rogers used to say, hydro facilities: it must burn oiil "strengthens the Federation by to get electricity; and its .kllowatt sharing its advantages with all hour cost is very high. If industry partners.” To go even further, it increases as we would hope. we is not only a sharing of national will need power and we think that advnatages. it is a good business a national interest in developing. investment. for the activities which local power in the Maritimes and? will result will amply justify the transporting some of it to Princct expenditure and they will benefit Edward Island could be based. at-. not only this Province but also the belt in a very small way. on ihcl nation as a whole. same principles that apply with

There are other possibilities too. respect to power policy elsewhere? For instance. while the national Again. the returns. although com'i

Most people gig; if they have it to spend-

Most people who have it to spend-

government is heavily committed paratively tiny. would bring enor-1 to the St. Lawrence Seaway which mous benefits to this area and

i

Do you like to

.93lfE0'il-

Most people who saved it-

ll The point we wish to establish is.

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from such important national ent- icrprises as defence. federal part- Iicipation in the seaway. tariff pol- .cies. and the opening up of thcl .North bring enormous benefits toiprepared to show that the nation several provinces but have very

little effect on the future prospects ward island and of Prince Ed

'” '”'l Tuesday, Oct. 25. 1955 The

Guardian, P116 7,

dollar for dollar. what it put! HQ the Province and that !ur& Vi erprise will be more than lnatlfid by the probably results. We limit

as a whole.

economic prospects resulting interested. therefore. in the poo- sibillties of more national enter- prises of a regional nature wbihe would strengthen the nation by

strengthening the region. We are

wish to be identllfied II I "III! not" or a "can not" province. Olil policy with respect to economic prospects is to ask "why not . .'f' and "may not . .'."'

.as a whole gets from Prince Ed- existing local

ward Island. We are economic activities almost exactly, wggmgggggg.

AIIMITED NUMBER OF APPLICATIONS WILL RE RE- CEIVED FROM BOYS AGES 11 TO 16 INTERESTED IN BAG- PIPE INSTRUCTION RELATIVE TO FORMING A SCOT- TISH BAND UNDER THE SPONSORSHIP OF THE CALEDONIAN CLUB OF P. E. I. AND DIRECTED BY PIPE MAJOR HAROLD SUTH- ERLAND OF NOVA SCOTIA. ORGANIZER OF PIPE BANDS IN (TAN. ADA AND U. S. A.

INTERVIEWS WILL BE RECEIVED AT 106 KENT STREET AT 6:30 P.M. OCT. 26th

That will Series Canada Savings Bonds pay 3'4 '95

interest each year for 12 years-are oashnble of fun I00

value plus earned interest at any time. They are available

in denominations of 850. 8100. 8500, 31.000 and 85.000.

witli a limit of 86.000 of this Series in anyone Mme.

Thpy can be normed through Banks. Irweehnonl Dealers. ” Trust or Loan companies. or through the Payroll Sauinp

Plan when you inorh.

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