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ral-Prodfiseiie mm is not so o nauseating ~ boasttuiaeas i“, _Hently“prevalllng opin- Qmopg, Liberal ‘propagandists ‘thelpeople are ignorant enough llevait. Everyone in Canada T, l _ pable _of' reading or even ofithirlklng knows that the budget

lug‘ Finance Minister Robb, was conceived and brought forth lllidel‘ the threat and the dictation of Western Progressives and that the changes made are a reverslompf the fiscal policy of Sir Wilfrid Laurler and of both the policy and the promise of Finance Minister Fielding.

The only words of commendation of; the new budget-and they are many and oft repeated-come Er lm the propagandists remaining in the Liberal party, those of condemna- tion come alike from Liberals oi

, lheLaurier and Fielding school and from Conservatives. But while the Liberal party in the House is able to" purchase the support of enough Progressives to keep them lr o'- fice Canada can only wait for th'- opportunity‘ which only a general election can give to -hurl them out 0f power.

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millions. Some of them did it sev-~

eral tlmes- The more sdroit mani- pulators have become Gillie exile" at it. The trick is really quite sssy and can be learned by a schoolboy in five utes. It lsl-limllil’ 6m‘ pldylng the ‘Bell Government plan as already explained in the Guar- dian many times. Solomon in his Proverb? salt! “ a false balance is an abomination." and that ‘is the sort of balance that was P859913 ill)‘ on the people of this Province and which is now atienlptad at Ottawa to deceive the people of Canada.

That the better organs of the Liberal party do not believe in

“the balanced Budsst" is apparent from the gingerly manner in which

they speak of it and avoidendors- ing it except with ifs and ands. The Toronto Globe, speaking 0! the railway debt, says in a head-lins- "The Railway Shouldered u." The

"Monetary Times, which like the

Globe approves the Budget. says;-

There will be a [treat deal of contention over whether the Blld- got has been really balanced or not- And of course nluch depends on the standpoint from which the subject is discussed. It ‘should however be said that we are yet some distance from balanc- ing our Budget in the sense that Great Britain and States have balanced theirs. As yet we have made no protlsion for the retirement of the war

houses have been given their re- gular spring cleaning. Without, the process. has necessarily been delayed owing tn weather condi-

debt, which is an important feat- urc of the Budgets "of both these coilntries.

That In the truth about the so- calied balanced Budget. Great Brit-

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THAT SPRING‘ rectum;

Some years ago- met‘; lady who said she had not ariedapound in weight lu twenty years. This was an ‘absolute fact. but certainly a rare condition. ' ".~ Most people will put on-from three to seven pounds ‘during the co weather. and graduallyflose‘ it ring the warm days of, sum- mor.; weight uring the winter is agood Sign. 1"._I , shows that your tissues recogniieltbe need of a littlé ex- tra. flesh. and so absorb the extra nourishment. Your appetite is a bit keeper al- so, due to thosnap in the air, and the ordinary natural call for more fuel to keep your body warm in the cool weather. All this is‘very familiar to you, but I aln 1writing it with just one purpose iu mind.

During the winter you needed the extra food. If you have been wise or thought- 1111- You have exercised judgment and feel ’all the stronger there- fore. ‘ __ l! You have eaten the extra quantity of food. and have taken no exercise, when the dayg ‘p; Spring arrive what happens‘! '

You have‘put on an excess of weight. and not having taken the

liver and intestines are sluggish. “(You feel heavy, wooden, depres- You feel that you have that lazy $Drin8 fever that is so common- The mother as your know, gives stronz purgatives to the children in the Spring. Now t-here are just two things for you to‘ do.

First. Remember that in Spring till-are is not the need for so much lomi as in the winter, so ilnmedi. ately you cut down on your food intake. ‘ Second. There is hound ‘ be a little more fat on you t n yull need, a little more waste in and about the body. You must get it

I Good brisk walks in the outdoors will help to burn up the waste for Yflll- As you walk you breathe

folr more and more oxygen whjgh wlell it enters the body, actually bum" "D the excess tissue you are carrying. d So when the Springs days come

out sit around and let yQul-gelf get the Spring fever,

-No\\t this putting on of

exercise your digestive apparatus

Spirited Address By Donald During the theLegi

Speaking during the budget de- bate in the Provincial Legislature recently Mr. J. Howard McDonald Fifth‘ Districts of Kings, said'he was much impressed with the clear cut Budget speech of the Premier, w o laid the cards fairly on the ta le so that all could see exactly what he intended to do. There was no subterfuge or holding back of information. He, has shown that the ‘promises made by the Conserv- stive party. during the election will be carried out to the letter, and that the people elected on his platfor‘ are not merely indivi- duals, ?lt a united party, pledged

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to thei word. (Applause) There may bepccasions when the Govern- mentQdaaIous as they are to do what is right and just, may make errors in judgment or in the ad- ministration of the laws, but these if they occur will be accidental ra- ther than intentional mistakes, in- separable from erring human un- tune.

So much has been covered al- ready during the discussion on every phase of Government Dolley that there remains little to be said. The Leader of the Opposition says there has been too much boasting. That is a human failing. and pos- sibly we are all inclined that way more or less; and the members of the Conservative side of the House feel naturally very proud of the honor accorded them in belonging to such a party. But the leader of the Opposition himself assumed

' what was scarcely a human falling

when he had the presumption to nt- talnpt to turn the deficit of the late administrationpa shown by the report oi the external auditor. into a surplus. Mr. McDonald wished to point out the very fuir manller in which the Government has dealt with this matter of the external audit. For years past ox- terllul audits have been made by llotll parties and there always has been a great deal of doubt and dis- cussion as to whether or not these have been really independent aud- its. The last one. made under the Bell Government, was made by a gentleman who a short time of-

mora deeply and. rapidly, and calhterwurtls accepted the nomination-

las Liberal Dominion candidate for the County of Kings. The speaker intended no reflections upon this gentleman; but wished simply to ipolnt out the danger in taking local people to do,this kind of workz- Pro- [bably nowhere could we find more

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once, who has got a first class cert- ificate and some experience and has proveu himself a good teacher. ls as well qualified to teach in the graded schools as third year men out of Prince of Wales College. Mr. McDonald would hesitate to put |hls less mature opinion against that of the member for the First Dis- trict. but for the fact that he had heard him to the length of three or four weary hours in the House, and that at the end the House was not any more convinced than when he started. No doubt the hon. mem- ber is a good politician: when be goes back to his District they well tell him how well he got along- aud he will tell them that himself, probably.

it is an extraordinary stand that the leader of the Opposition has taken in suggesting that the Gov- ernnlent break the law by not col- lecting the Bell Government poll tax. By_wllat reasoning does he conle_to the conclusion that this Government, should take upon it- self to break a law placed on the statute books of the Province be- fore it had attained existence? It would seem a little presumptlous to do that, and at the same time there does not seem any way by which it could be done. The stand taken by the Conservatives with regard to this poll tax is that it was un- fair; that it was not properly ad- ministered by the late Government. For that reason it was promised that this tax would be abolished, and this has been done during tire present session.‘ But there are a great many people who have al- ready paid this tax. if the tax ar- rears are not collected from all, then there will be unfair discriln~ lnatiou in favor of _those who have not paid. lt is known that there are people who have not paid the poll tax for four years. Tbs poo- ple who have paid under the Bell Government would like to know why these people should not be asked to pay- in fact, this is one of the reasons why the Conserva- tives condemnedlthe poll tax-it was not that the people wished to ovoid paying towards the public expenditure of the country, but they saw the injustice of it them-' selves, and they knew that if their neighbour was getting off they had

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in addition we are to have markets t0 the British industrial Fair in Lon-lb)’ Private doll, between April 28 and May 9.l

take our goods, either enterprise or by other means. This question is being

tlons yet the time is at hand when‘ thework must be taken up. Char- lottetown has the advantage of be- ing most picturesquely situated; at its frontdoor ona of the most beautiful rivers and bays on the continent; around it on three sides stretches a scene of rural beauty and agricultural wealth unsurpas- sed anywhere in Canada. These

| Get busy with yourself. capable men than within the Prov- ~ luce, but we have also a great deal _of politics, and our political feel- [lugs are very apt to run away with “.4... _us in some cases. in order to over- come this the present Government has taken the matter out of the hands oi local interests entirely and ,has thereby set a p. cedent which lit is to be hoped will be followed lby every Government that comes t-

there is no doubt that the f-laling incrclal instincts against it would have been llllgopiupon them-on the part of many sat. ; other nations. Restrictions of this Mp, lllcponalq took Objection to kind touch commercial . interests the Oppcglflgn cry about the -p,,o,.'all over the world,_ "and it is felt farmers," The fanning people ollhere that traders are bound to take this Province arc not poor, lmdluctlon if the proposals are per- they do not than]; their nmmobrs slated in. It is pointed out that for representing them as such. all incongruous situation has arisen We have the great heritage of tile, by the fact that American busi- British Flag-a free country s, liess nlen. took a prominent part at healthy ’(;lima.te and a morally the Congress held last year under clean people, living together com. the auspices "oi the International fortably like one family. if tlley Chsmbsr 0i Cvmmsfss In prvtsst-

alu and the United States have honestly balanced theirs. Canada

has not Ltlnestly balanced ‘hers andl“ the party pretence that this has '

been done is not-hing better than an ‘ Se

abomination-J‘ lomon was rl£i1'--| A Budget honestly balanced is uev-l FOR

er in doubt; it proves itself true. '

It dbes not need apology as a fie-l; titlous balance does. Mr. Fieidiug's| balances stood the test. The Belb Government's balances and surplus-

Bl-ltlnll Trnnmstudisd by thegreat trade organiz- ;atlons which are so well-organised and so sapably conducted hers. it is looked upon as a point of vital inlportance. Not onlythe Empire lhut the whole world is Brltsinb gTrade spheres. Free trade means gworld trade. t ‘

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This is the tenth Fair, and it will be in every res- pect the greatest and most import-I ant event of its kind ever held and is attracting the keenest buyers from all parts of the world. l " Empire or World Trade

The Great War, followed by th fluanclshcollapse of the Europeanl Continent, forced Great Britain tol look lo the Empire for an. expau-l sion of trade. Now Great Britain‘ is finding that its overseas posses-

uto power in the future. The leader of the Opposition ap- pears very anxious for reforms

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surroundings only emphasize what- ever defects our. city possesses. The city generally is beautiful- it could. be made more so by the ap- plication of a little paint and a lit- tle general brushing up. This is a loodJlme to prepare for the out- side houaeoleaning and to get ready stunner and summer visitors.

HUMAN JUDGMENT

How inadequate‘ our human mea- surements are to size up human virtues and human vices is fadi-

' outed by a news lteln in our columns telling of a recent incident in La. Grange, Illinois. Tweim ragged hu- boes, vagrants, down and outs, pro- bably criminais, were being 00l- duoted by a. police guard to work on the streets to which they ‘had beet sentenced as vsgrants by tho City Court.‘ Passing by a sanita- ‘Plilm "I07 sawflames bursting from 7.1M‘ balldlagpod knowing that hu- man lives within it were in danger trio; manic lluwrked heroically

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honest audit.

he honest Mr- Fielding has to be

iueut speaker at the Liberal ban- quet said. "This was the first real Liberal Budget since 1911." This could only mean that Mr. Fielding'a

Liberal Budgets.

Thus the Little Man In Grey, the Right Honorable Finance Minister as he still is, once idolised by his

edit i by a. farmer supporter. Mr. Fielding did not deal in false bal- ances. He is now ill and absent.

but we doubt not that he believes as strongly in "a just balance" and a stable tariff as he did when he made his Budget speech in 1923. His party cheered him to a man then. Today they dishonor him and cheer with heart and voice over s

fictitious surplus and a. debt ro- duction that is a pure fabrication.

Other times. other manners!

Why this labored effort to con- vlnca a party of fifty Liberals tho! the Robb surplus and debt reduc- tion were real and not fictitious? Obviously because the majority of those present did not believe itl Nosuch meetings were called or arguments used to convince-old- time Liberals that Mr. Fleming's budget statements about debt, lur- plus or deficit were true. They were accepted as true without“ " M or misgivlnl- Now it has be-

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coals noceln , to discredit Mr. Fielding in order to stake good old

es would not stand the test of an The Robb surplus and debt reduction are in the same category. To make them appear to

discredited. That was why a prom-

Budgets of 1922 and 1923 were not

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CONSOLATION

I know that somewhere under the sun There are quiet women

their peaceful tasks In a blue twilight; Folding things,

And putting things away.

ing back into the past, Content.

their labor. Into cool rooms plunging out of the glare and heat of the day Looking in the eyes of the women they love And knowing that life at least can- not rob them Of so much ss they have had. And happy ao-

And lovers creeping closer in the

due , Pleading their pitiful vows under the moon. And little children falling asleep like flowers. And men and women gathering in

wide open spaces " With exultation in their hearts At some great news.

Somewhere under the sun l know these things must be-- Then why, in, heaven's name, do I sit brooding here In the pit of mine own thoughts, Dark‘ and unhappy, When if for a moment, I reach out ' to them, even in vision,

I know a consolation Deeper tlian thought? O foolish mo! 0 blessed human- kind!

-—George vnlron.

party men who will uphold their party, be it right or wrong. And too many have been willing to ac- cept a lower standard in public men than they would tolerate in business or iniprlvata life. This

Between white walks, going about

With quaint restful minds dream-

And men coming home tired after

along various lines. He is full of suggestions as to what sholld be done._ Possibly he is right lnsome of these; indeed, he ls quite right in some, for the very reason that they are among the reforms that this Government is already carry- lug out. lt seems strange, how- ever, that these innovations were never. mentioned during the four years of Liberal power during which time the hon". gentleman was a member of the House- It would look now as though he was sim- ply trying to make some political capital. He does not seem sincere bllt to be speakingmerely for the purpose of getting his name in the papers as advocating the same measures as this Government is in- tending to carry out. (Applause)

The member for the First Dis- trict (Mr. Blanchard) has laid con- siderable stress on the fact that land was to be taxed at its value. In what way is this going to be a hardship? lVir. McDonald felt con- fident, coming from the district he represented, that so far as his elec- torate is concerned it will not work any hardship at all. because they are today paying taxes to the va- lue of the land. Possibly however the ‘hon. member's statement ac- counts for some of the strange things that happened during the last election campaign. There were .very few districts that made the mistake of sending to this House some of the few represent- atives of the Liberal party. The hon. gentleman from the’ First Dis- trict, who was a member of the late administration, evidently saw to it very well, as he told the House the other day, that the peo- ple of his district were only taxed to one half of the value of their property. Would not this discrim- iaationhe in itself sufficientl-eallou for this Governirnent passing an act to clear up the tax question, and give assurance to the tax-pay- ors that ALL land will be tart-d equitably and at its proper value‘! This irons ‘of the best arguments.