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J.I.I Anoclatc

umclb 88b: and PIil-lcsl BONDI-

IOIIIII Dally (founded I81) U-Q ufl p: you (Bllkl) In chum

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i (delivered) In odvnncnt all

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FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 1922.

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THE IVE-ELECTIONS

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i We had expected that the Pat~ grlot would rejoice with exceeding igreat Joy over the fact that the iBell government saved it'll face ut iwetlnesdaywt byeelectionx. It has .tlone so and yesterday's issue fail’-

[alesfth fify/e with Wear afil/te WM:

It‘ lcadirg

afar-es

l_v slfrallln with hilarious joy. in

111's shouting. as might have been

extrected, it saya foolish

ntany

‘lillllfl! but. until it ltas recovered

.ilJl'IIPW'IlhI from it's ecstatic catttll»

bother with .

itiun. we shall not 1theste,

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JAS. cootsfln: xCO-t-tn-Yzv

MONTQEAL A (‘t-flfllfl politician who scored

,Sllf'f| a "victory"'ns the Bell gov-

Qerttntent scored on llll! occasion writs-n being congratulated on his l

jsttrcess. retuarkul. “another lurch

t . l\'if‘ft>r_\‘_ as that would spell artuihl-

Fire Sale

All shades in stock, sold at half price. $1.50 t0 $1.75 shades for 75c.

lation l "

An analysis of the vole pollt"!

~ t t

lplat-t- that the total vote pollen

on’ Wednesday sllOWii in the firnt

iwas a very small ona. amounting '1 lib tittly u Fraction over 5G percent lot that poletl in the general elec- 1tion of 1919. This means that prob- lably not one half 0t‘ the elector:

3 light fixtures, com- plete with shades $7.

\\'t~re sufficiently interested in tit.-

thc overthrow of the Bell kfvern- meat there would have been a lull er vote with consequences prob-i uhly sealing the fate of tht! Bell government for all ttule.

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COST 0F LIVING

From time to time autistic» art. published indicate the fall in the cost of living. T110 fit!“

to r‘~c or‘ urea are not always consoling and nut alwtrvn ot’ much assistance to the consumer. Generally qpt-akinc the consumer finder that. wlmtevct‘ the index figure; show, 11in weekly or monthly hillfl trourhirt weekly or monthly rial ary. leave a margin that

when tl-wluc: ~-ti

is no: much to boast of. The latent 010-1 this kind

‘m. "mo; figures of the cost of

tiatlcs of twv t1. 1111""

living at r60 at the beginning of the year

160 as cotnpnrt-J with and 100 itt-fore the war.

The contpttrhon may 1: full)’

not be correct; it probably is ap- proximately. us the cost of living iriuttquestionably" incrcaeillll- 511111" of

reductions In the nccessttrlr-H

result ‘to take the trouble to 2o tu

2 light fixtures, com- plete with shades, $6.

S. McIsaac 8r Sons

I60 Queen Strut

Phone 722-J.

tlflr- pflllri. While we admit fllin is; regrettable. that even for the suite m one tteqrtinn the electors sbnni-l

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‘did not think-icwortit wltilt- to 1101 ll

ittnttecesq-utry- expense with no tie-

t

have turned out to vole. y"et many

1511; appearr-tl to tnany as an

i7 ~- 1

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‘finite purpose itt view u; eVPll it‘, gill the opposition cundiditle-t wart-l

elected the Bell government wuultl-

Farmers Work Shoes

The Famous

AMHERST

‘still have a working tttajrtriLY. Hail

it itet-n a getteral election there 11 lno doubt that t-hc usual _vote I have llittlv

‘knott- the

been polled. and there is

that itt that. Liberal candidates vrottltl

doubt either

illilve been unnwetl untlt-r.

When we take into consideri-

life have taken place. some irt~ creases also anti when an at“ 111%!‘ tin struck on the definite fillttrcs of

actlml

tar otuttlttrtrtovtt oulttntlttl

Notes By The Way f

A salient feature of the layer;- ccllulls was the smallness uf the vote recorded. The principal rte- t-on for this Watt that. by grace of what has been called b)‘ its ntem- hers "the ‘best of all governments the ‘women voters were denied the right to take any part in the several contests. They quite natur ully tliu not go to~ the pull! and no doubt iu many cases atlvii-led their forehand‘ and brothers to stay at home and attend to the harvest.

The day was fine; there had been much cloudy and showery weather for weeks past. Some far tners had had a good deal of strolled anti the the grain nu so day was naturally strong,

ha)‘

Had

would no doubt have bct-n a lat» Ker turn- ottt of voters. Then there wm-t the vital. fact

impulse to save, good a harvest,

the day bcen dull or rainy there‘

TheyPublio Forum

Tblo column lo upon In tho discussion by WU‘ onto of quantum of mun “t. The Orv-r‘ known Guardian docs not nuanc- arily undone the opinion: upruood by m coo-nu

_ pendants.

rQOOOO

Prince oi Wales College

Slr:—ln my last letter 1 dealt with the uver-elllphdnis placctron the classics at Prince or‘ Wait-tr College at the expense of ntuthc~ tut-tir-t. science and modern loti-

QC!

gllgjgréi, .-\l all modi-rn colleges and universities to day the lt-tt- iicucy is rather the other

\\'.|_\, I pointed out how uttlair this} tiiscrittiittatittn is to the student. who ltus .1 illilllllllllllllvfll or a scl- tpptltil- built. And also how the people shmtld proceed to get lllld renteilied.

Now. i wish to proceed to point out the lllilllll)‘ ul' compullttlg stud cults to tnake d5 pt-rk-t-nt to maki-

that the tat.- of the Bell Govern- ment was not at stake. By no nul~ lorlty however large for the 0p-

.position canditiateu could the Ad-

ministration <ln= defeated or com-

lltellcd to resign. They would sttill

go on levying doubled taxes quat- rolling among“ themselves, borrow ing and milling to the debt as they are doing, until next year and the Opposition be lt larger or small-

w-r would be pfnverlflls to prevent them.

The voters vitere powerless to get at and punish the chtet ot- fcnders, the Honorahlen Bell. Johnston. Len and (‘rosby or am‘ of their. forecaxtle colleagues, or such henchmen as nlcssra LiePage. Hessian anti others who ltatl tttade ' lhPlllFPlvFs opecinlly obuox< iousi They n-ere not in the

income and actual nece-t-

t in the majority of caseu that tlu-tt

nary expenditure it will be lounl

difference even when favorable l1

growing beautifully less each

t yea r.

well known to the ntajorlfy of uI.

lllldox rigura recall! tttone harp)‘ would‘

[days before the last federal elec- t inuence Liberal candidates anti the

innit-mt it-ltwr. Hon w. t.. .\iuc

. Ition when itt vmrdtt. of burning elu-

run- ning! liatl they been there and seeking vote» for themselves th

they mils! the itt the t-ttttning or n" tircd from public life. Bye- elections

in power.

lost lllttlltlible‘ speakers, its roatl jobs, its pronlises of office or employment. This was done. In a flfeneral election ntetttlters of the. ,cabinet would be tit-uttered. eat-l» rying l0 save Iriittuelf itt his own district. Anti otherwise the t: oi

l t 1 italic-t the Opposition gaining power

Kit vote would have been ntttch lat"-

gPr anti very different. Next yw-trvtltettt. anti in others a llépfPsslllili

are Ilflluflfillnlfit 1|“, p. no; gm." by p,“ 0f lp- favorable to the party

L": 1

il mus.

sixty five percent is a very high average ulld it itl 1111 ttrondt-r that so tuany fail who

ltavc to make thin average espec tally when the number of subjects 'illt- "mull"; pf vrork in l-tlvlt sult- jet-t and character" of the itt- .~ll'lit‘ll0li that this amount of lwork compels. is coltsidered. ‘ll’ youtnke the average agceuf the pupils into consideration togeth- ‘Pr with the difference in the tnetlt ‘.011 that of lnstructiott that obtains zit Prince of vVilli-s (‘allege from ‘what obtains in the echo-ls they it-attte from, the number of sub- jvfls and the amount of work in t'il('1l. it tlooms a large ntttttbcr of ‘the pllpiln to failure especialli’ ‘where they are t-otnpclletl lo ‘make 65 per cent in ortlet‘ l0 D8"!- ‘ lt is true the “stors" attain Still ‘pass- the lX0-'11- 1 11111 11111 1119111111115 ‘for tltctu. but for tltc ponr plodd- ‘ers. utatly m‘ whom work igropittz: oftt-tl in tltt- dark. anti 1at'ter a years hard, ttterc-ilPss ulnl lsutlllcua grind come onl as fail- lures, which often is not deserved. creates itt some ll rankling splrll at the unfair tleal handed out ,titat cause.» them to throw up thr ptbotttittnltlt- thing 111111 g" 111 5111111" gthing else. , tlur young people on the pvt-i‘- Iilgl" are as bright as their fathers

, _ _ .. . .. - . . . ; | "v n -t ruper chance can Immlaxm“ nwrvlh as n L‘ alrmd, lit (an contenttate 11S Blilllls anti ‘tut’ “gt c y I M“ l" m“ "m. thring 011,110 forces itltu tpizlv, ils1‘m‘“" m “ "l n“) '

1n

lltut the pttbltctttion of thitt latest!

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days there W11}; not the slattglttt-r nt Prince of Wales (‘ollcgr _ ...,.‘..=... ,,.,-,-,-_ 'i‘ln' sluuglttv-r isnnt tint-itt ticgfiflfllil ' and failure in the racte. bttl tt lt~t

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_ SEPTEItIBER1,‘1922.A ashiottsl Firstewotti I Dashing Frill liais

Wherever cleverly dressed women gather for the rites of golf, tea, ten. nis or travel you sqe “FELT HATS” dotting close-cropped linlio or chum. ming with tea cup or time-table. They come in several styles, some are ad. orned with quills, others are tailored with -a narrow piece of ribbon, in all the latest colors as well as grey and sand, and all at surprisingly moder. ate DPICQS.

Chiltiren’s New Coats and ilals

Now is a good time t0 select the children’s Fiall Coat and Hat. Chilly weather is coming and an early pup. chase ensures a full scason’s wear and comfort, which is in itself an economy to be desired. o

The New Modes 10t- tut.

ARE PLEASINGLY REFLECTEI) - IN OUR EARLY DISPLAYS 0F SUITS, DRESSES ANI) (‘OATS

Exclusiveness, without extravag- ance, is one of the notable features of our early Fall displays. The latest and most" authentic styles in Suits, (‘oats land Dresses are here at prices which you will find exceedingly attractive.

Carly choice give a long scason’s wear.

‘cispmatty Priced Suits lor $01001 Boys

. True boys must _ have nicer suits for school than when at home. But it d0esn’t payito put a big amount in them; there’s playtime before and after rours. Any 0f Patons suits will serve the school purpose excellently.

t.» , -, z l a .1 , ' ' . - ;‘,§1jw‘_”,f," ,,,,,,“,;“‘,j{j,‘§,,,§',',“ o}”__‘.,j,',‘,‘§: Patons suits are trim but stoutly built for rough and liar-gist: 031121;; icltltlfat-‘Htttghit-ex; tumble work at prices that wtll leave a margln for the

strutttion tn bi- too liurrit-tl so that

I , . It '. -:n llflILll iKenzit- King.‘ explained to inter-Iuoultl go lat" to cqttultze the in- "Hm-I of l" mum“ U no v

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llflll the number of pvraottn tlirectt

outed multitude“ that the hl=>hln"l"“'1“ 51111 1116 P1'°-“i1"1"\ 111' 1119 . . , c:

Iopposeti parties. cont of living was due to the 11rd!"

;ly entpltrved by the government.

SHOES

For men who work out-doors. Our new stock for Fall is

~ ready for your in- spection.

GUARANTEED

S()LID LEATHER $3.50 t0 $5.50

Wear the best. Sold b)’

A Alley 8t C0. Ltd.

Agents (Tharlottetown

itlte roatl toasters. the tax collect- Iers, the assessors. the hordes of pvorket-s specially employtetl on the 1roatls fot election ptlrpOnt-s, tltc re lturning officers, constables, ipnll clerks, it would appear

and that lfetv outside of took any ‘irtook in the election and that witlt gout these the =Bell government

ratlditiatrn would have n00 tuft»

these

Tile. total vote pfiHPii in tilt-t election wait only 4.187 in all the contttilutencies‘ combined. as against 6.3.10 in the genera ole"- linn of 1919.

in the First District ot Prince the Liberal candidate, Mr Blanch- ard polled only 1 votes us‘ against 1.089 polled by the late Hon Bnnjamin Gallant. total

o .-

Iiere tho

vote of both candidates amounted to 1.131 votes or only 42 votes ntot-o than ntas pollctl by ‘the Hon Benjamin (liillttnt Bl iand 385 votes lent; titan was poll- Tyeti by the losing candidate at the ignllerlll election.

ttionn

Rc-Opon Tuesday.

Carters’ Bookstore

Sept. 5th

ln the Third District of ‘Prince 'the largest percentage of votes was polled and here the two Con- servative candidates were return-

fied by ittcrausetl majorities. Front.

l: the Recognized Hcad- H “n.1,” t ~ this it tmay safely be inferred that For ‘where the people turned out t" "fvnte they vnteti slmnzly against {the Bell government. in the Fifth Dlfllflfll of Prince AND l

there was n falling off in the totril 215i.

vote‘ of "lit-re the Liberal

a elected by the

small majority of 29 votest, which would undoubtedly’ have vnniolteti

|._ hnd a larger vote been polled.

V in the Fourth district of Kings

the Liberal candidate polled the

smallest vote in the history u!

School Supplies '

A large stock of everything required by Students and Scholaru.

candidate wan

School Books for the differ- ent grades, Excrclnc Bookl. Scrihblero. Note Iookl, Mul- cular Movement Pldl. lnkl. Penn. Pencils, Fountain Pcnl.

Biotting Pap", Drgwln‘ thnt constituency. numbering only Fldlv 31119111 5'1"“ °'°" 264. Bcnltles the ttmalinelut of the. etc.

I A" ‘vote the appeal/Ion to the govern- Wholenle and Rani.

or no chance of carrying a sent‘

tters and the “interesli-t" who com- 1bined and cottsplred lo ltlct-tl the

‘poor commuters, and told us with ‘vehement declomutlon what they

itlte tLilterals. would do to these

|grafter0 and

r-omblnestern they come inln their own.

when \\'ell. they have come into their own or

some one elnt-‘s own anti the cost!

i to the aforesaid IIIHBX figure. lry

1 the

‘of the present year and with in

I I lltiglter before the end of the _ve:;r We

tun pOlfllS since beginning

dicatlons that it will Bo lip-Hf"! remember their denttttciti- lion of strike» and lock-ottts which occurred during the prcviottn rt:- gime and how they. the Lilli-rain.

‘ that. ‘Vcll. herd {they are in i‘ttll power at (lltuwa

would stop all

and the little strikes which occurr ed during tho previous administra- tion were but v as Sunday school picnics compared with the Armn- gedtlon of strikes unti lock-outs slllct- they come in.

Nor are these things recalled for information nterely. the mn- lority of tln know them by door bought experience. They are re- culletl to rcmlnd us once more. oi‘ the width of the‘ “Gulf fixed" be- tween pre-eleciiun autl Tilt-v

tntty remind us also that titer: arc

promises post-election performances". some thingtt that even pOllllcif-llln anti that they profess to have power to con~

cannot control when

troi the ittcontrollablc we zdtoulrl

turn n tit-a! ear to lltctn 0nd trcn‘

thom an impoutertt nntl crttttinals i

THE CANADIAN WEST

The monthly letter of the Royal llanlt of fhtnndfl. always informa- tlvc. uivett among other tftittgtt an interesting review of crop ccutli- llona in the Prairie provinces.

They are our great cotttl1"111°1"11 111

lment was divided by two candi- dates leaving Mr. Bonnoli. the minority candidate in potter-union of the ttotat.

llntl the elncflnn her-n a general

Book: cold at prion fixed b)’ the Board of Education.

CARTER & co. LTI). .

. my

ugricultttru. the farmers with which we have to compete not only In tltc markets of the world but ln those of Canada.

f living has goilfi up. accortlingltllf

As it W111, in lite elt-t-titttts of lwedncstlitl" ltntl as a result of the cotttlitions above noted, ottly 4,187

votes were trolls-ti for all of tltc eleven crltttlidzttca-l, tvherc in the general election of 1919. 6350 votes weer polled for ten (candi-

dates. This showed n decrease n! 2161/, votes polled. The average vote per candidate was 611.1 ltt ll-l- l9 anti only Iilll in 1922. a falling

of nearly tine-half. lt 89111115 rettsotttultle to ilutnlnle ‘that the stlay-rtbltome voters; were largely‘

those who were opposed to Kflvernntettt.

lntnteiilalt-ly following the elcc- tion contes- the attnottnci-tttett» careftllLv cutlcealed front tlltr‘ elut- [tors lill after they had voted! that the Bell government has mode n bond issue oi‘ 3175.000 pay zrble ti‘. years hcttce and hearing itttcrent nt 51,5 pcr cctttl This tid- dition to the provincial dcbt cur- ries with it an attnual interest charge ot $9.625 or a total oi‘ $l44..'l75 for the fifteen yearn to cottte, Well, if the tilxpmverg like that sort of thing that is the sort. 11f thing they Illil".

Splash-tinny. dash- away», spout] the ctr-Hit, itt tile word, and if lllv Opposition had curried all tho five lsealet. it wnttld have made no tlii- ference. llowever. lit-for.» m9 close

___ tt-tcta in Northern Allyprtp and tn

‘Snskatcltewttn whore serious

droughts occurred. growing condi- tlolut itt the wept wefp [nfygt (av. uruble right up tn the time of lltlfvélfllttg. An a result the went- cttl grain crops are vcry ‘much iurgrt‘ tltuu average. What a fig- ure these crops will cut'1n tho ntarketit ntny he inferred front the following estimate of the crops of 1922 mt cnntprtred with those lust y-etlr:

of

.1922 Wheat . . . . . . . . . 297.7Rl,000 Bu.

‘one and the object to be attained With the exception of a few dls-_'l1‘lnx

tlt-LV

in, and to t-ruwtt all tits-y are ask- 41d t0 tttake 65 per cent.

Gull help us! if W? ill tirdcr to get into lleuvcn were Elven suctt lnstrttclions as £11m" 1197115- "n so tnntt)’ Subjects. anti were its-lad m make 6:’- per ct-ttt how tnztny ‘ui ‘tut would get tllcrt-Z’ i tttn 1111111‘ Hllre lower on the atvcfflllt‘ 11.1‘ 1111' Ethan now pilss at Prinrt- 11-‘ \\'-tl~>=

pocket book.

t Dress your boy for school at Pttfons.

“my 1 ant Sir t-tt-_|‘l].:',‘|1w:"*"u,“ "1 1’111‘1"- 111 ‘\\-11t1~ _ It ntuy lit: as stilt-l)’ t1t‘41li(‘L‘lI",l"ll1liiillll 1t 11>‘ curl)‘ a l1-llIl.lH‘,.US~ ioucATloNALis-r _ -v l Inuit ‘ln-ltttntslttll. tttttn. llll‘ vlllllllltlnl‘ wltu trams illtil stlllc. , _ i

\ i? lslrfritlléllnlt-u wattle: tu tit/lo iittic llliiiu t. nut tIl'\'l)ll‘i1 lu i am. Sit‘. t-itx, ‘J , I - . _ t, |-- -.~. t't~tt|i.tt-y-. and .\l:tlltc< CREELMAN M A nu. 1 P. w. c. lllu tlllrtilltlll Fillnvll by “induct .tuat ~ c RT fi j

Sir,—|n your issue 0t’ Ailglli-l lilfltl; there appeared a letter. nllln‘ ti-il "Etiuctttloltallst" which trill-red llsotttc sit-Vere criticism of the “all

of llt-xt session the (loverutntetli tnttst disclose the facts‘ as to tltc lltiattcipl condition of the l'ro~ vittce, which, with the intent ,tu ticceive, they cottct-ltlcti from lltt- voters at thc byerlvlflitlnti- A 1111“ titer issue oi the pay is wc‘ no bonds to be paid ill i118 llllllifl without coating the lilX[lil_\'(‘l's ll cent tntlfit be ltlfliit! iWXl YPIII‘! Vvhethcr tltc taxpayers-t are st) easily ltnodwiittkod and lblulictl as the Honorable “Pour I"1l1\'1l1'l‘~‘" now intagine, or whe- ther they are Just ‘being givt-n rope enough with which in hung themselves rctttalns to lic seen. The general election of next yenr will tell the storyt. ll willbe a ltttrrlcr icst than the bye- t-lcc- tiomt, ln the meantime good Lib- Pral supporters will pocket for one more session that $500 indent nlty which the Progressive ,\l|-, Glllis was "after" but tild ttol get.

Daily ‘Selection; Guardian lleuletsi

‘rum the W. 8. Loulon collection

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00-» a MESSENGERS.

By Thutntts (‘urtis Clark “Joy has left the world," l suitl; And my heurt was tuute and and Then I lienrtl a bluebird] nole. A1111 llllttitt my luiart Wlln glntl.