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Annuul islulmeriptlonn Delivered 15.00 m. Mull, (fuiunlu and l7. N. A. 84.00

lTllult iEAili-I

LARGE AUDIENCE

ut the. Strand 'l‘beatre last evening Iii itcar the Liberal Leader, Rt. H111], W. L. Maclrcrtzio. King. dis rttftii tlte political issues of tlte day

was utilized to its full seating cap ru-itr. Thero was a profusion o‘ llc.\ q on the stage attd band mu ‘sic was provided at the door. meeting did not open until twenty- flVl‘ ntirttltes -past eight.

.\ir. (i. S. ‘lmnatr, 1(.(‘.. presidettl of the Liberal Association for Qm-i-tts County, presided. Durint the evening u vocal solo was pleas ingiy rendered by iMrs. J. J. Stew

eral (flub. .\lli. ii. ii. .lEN-Kl.\iS. Liberal can-

iirst called upon, read a short speech in which ire praised tire Lib crai leader" for iris sympathy the demands of this Province at

tlu- mist legislative session. tltrztlt briefly with the Robb Budget. l-Iverjvtltirtg in Canada, lto dcclur l‘tl. is grarittally improving, and urmtcd production and expert fig tires bearing on this polrtt. Wbllc

[lillilililll as regards transportattot. we are in u better position than the. \Vest as regards overseas trade. llc was trtost anxious to see tbt contract let for a second Car Ferry and better railway facilities gett- crally.

A frrli report of .\ir. Jettkins lHtlilC.

HON. J. l-Z. SINCLAIR, the next

as tltc strong hand whicir brougltt into being the llobb liud get. Tic referred to the past ifour weeks’ local carttpzligrt aild to tilt

ltard position dlilr. .lenkins had hurl to fill during tho lust session also

new tttetrrittrt- in the liouso. fir

(.\ir. Jenkins) bad done as ntuclt as any Liberal

for the Province representative for tho County ire fere irim. 102-1 was tho first year .\ir. Sinclair said.

been declared. This policy has lteon expatrsiort of trade. wiilr retiuctiolts in taxation as ortposweti to tho (‘on servative policy of protection which moans irlglter cost. of living and lrigltcr taxation.

Tire customs

scandal, l\ir. Sin-

clair said, had been so ntuclr ltarp-

ed upo-n by the. Conservatives in this election that the sullldcl W11" now as stale to the electors as Mr. .\les.servoy's eggs.

The platform was illcu taken by lion. 'Mr. Mackenzie King who was presenter! with a. ‘boqutri. of flow ('l'ii. his artdience. ho assured tltnur. cv en more inspiring than uny aud- ii-rtco ire had yet addressed irt the campaign. It seemed to him likc coming homo to he once again lll

tho (iarrlelr of tlro fiulf anti tltt (lrudlo of Confederation.

lie. specially appreciated lMr Jenkins ilr Parliament. Mr. Sin»

ciali‘ had praised Mr. Jottkitrs. but be did not. know as mrrch ubortt his

conrittct as '.Vlr. King, because he (Mr. Sinclair) had boon lelt at. lloltro nt the lust election. 'f‘lrero

hail been u mishap, ‘in fact. and they ltnd both been left nt home but he (Mr. lKing) ltud managed

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Tirere was a crowded audience

'l‘lte. platform as vveil as tho hall

The

art. Secretary of the \\'onten's Li-b» tliiinlc for tho County. who was the to

presented by Mr. Jenkins during He

in soute respects we are itr a poor

speech appears elsewhere lll this

speaker, euloglzetl -iion. Iiir. King had

tn witlclt tho King Government ltuii been able to put into-effect the real policy of the Liberal party. when a surplus ltud

Thore was sonretlriug about.

RAT‘ ' “

T "THE STliANll THEATRE

0T0 HEAR THE HON.

MACKENZIE KING’S VIEW OF POLITICAL ISSUES

f!

to get a seat. Cotttirttling. tMr. King suggested: back will

party gets ltavo a suf-

carry out their policies." lie b1

this majority.

land. when any question had come

the difficulties. Tire.

ently carried out l'0trr and a half

ment of Canada.

great organization and ultder Sit

which rrteant' greatly

imports, the largest.

the irtrprovetnertt

iilXflilflll. NOT, 1|. young [lflfiifill

ductiotts.

for the few; lro declared. who ltavo not. yet got. one are look

interested ltr hotter roads and making the autotttnbllo (zlteltrtet tbroltglrttrtt. tho cortutry.

in lite troublu Si. "ltul lta~d

dttsl ry round.

had bemt beneficial nil

so stressed. ltr tlto matter of direct taxation tho Liberal policy is that those least able to should have the slightest burden luld upon them.

"the young man getting married." li. was pretty hard to start. married

less than this atrrottrtt. ntelrt was given tl the young people at a time when they needed it trier-rt, lie gavoirtlter illustrations to show how fttr-rtruttlring ure ilrc effects of reduction in taxes.

A furtlttrr retiuctictt ln taxation at l.lto rtoxt session was pledged by Mr. King on behalf of the Liberal party, if returned to powor

(footing more directly to Marl- titno nuttters. Mr. King said ho ro- menrltorod asking at tho last elec- t.iotr "What. are Maritime rights?" but lro had ar-tkcti the question nter- ely to answer it. Ile remembered saying that utrtong Maritime rights was the rigltt to wider markets and among tho greatest wrongs was the defeat. of licrllifflciif- "t? HIP plied to the Conservatives‘ conduct at that t\'me u quotation from Dr. Johnson that "lifliflilil-‘im’: l3 The last refttgc oi‘ a scoundrcl.‘

The question of Maritime Rlkllifi had ltecn raisen, .\ir. King declttrcd. purely for political purposes. N0 doubt there was discontent. in the Mariflmgs. N0 doubt they were suffering to score extent. iltlt tllfl way to remedy matters was not to muke political lrarangues trirollt it- Wlder markets was 011° Wily 0i n“ medyhtg conditions. The Liberals bad done this by securing tho ilrit- islt West: Indies treaty. Mr. Sleigh- en had boiittleti the. treaty "ll h“ could at the lust election, but in parliament when it came tip it 11"‘ sed both Hnrtses and it was served to before jiissolrltion. so that it ifl law today. iMr. King cited also tho treaty with Australia. Mr. lifeighv" bad staQd that he would cancel some part of the Australian treaty. bttt if ho attempted to do that. he would find that the Artsiraliatts would havo nothing to do with it. Mr. Melghews ti\l( or mt all round- consistont protection meant. an nil round increase in the cost of liv- ing and production. and a Pvfilllilng

"Let the people sen that. whichever flcient foilowirtg itt tho iiouso to lieved tile Liberals would receive

die could honestly say that he bad rlot been urtmittdfttl of the ls-

up in tile llousc regarding this Pro-

1921 when the Liberals came into office were rftvietved by the speak- er and the rneasurestaltetrtornect (iovernntent had started on i1 Ddllif)‘ 0i 0901101111! in pllblic affairs arid had consist-

that policy for years. Tire result bad been not only a reduction in public debt but also the greatest reduction in taxes of any Govern-

The bringing together of the var- ious Canadian railways rtnrlcr one

llenry Thornton bad also been ac- complished with beneficial results. They had succeeded irt 1923 in re- moving tire llritislr cattle embargo increased shipments. Exports generally have increased by over Sttltbtitlttfltlt) over favorable trade balance of any country itt tire world. Most important of all. was that had taken place with regard to reductions in 1n tifartada. he declared, Tllli was bei- fer oft‘ today as a reslllt. of these re.-

illr. King cited reduction ltr farm itnplentcrfils, and automobiles '.|‘lte. illlillliltlhlli‘. was no longer a luxury People

ing forward to the time when tlrcy shall. and ‘at any rate everyone is itt

Tito complaint. of the automobile trtartufacturers Ml‘. King compared with v _ the idol ruakera as tlesrcribetl ill the fyllullélqflflllnl Alumlnfl d“ H l W“ 19th chapter of Acts. 'l‘lte result oi "I l‘ ‘J y ‘m m “' l ' H ‘ . lower duties on tho automobile. irr-

Jiedrtctiolt of income tax was al-

boat" the taxqsh.

lifo on any income loss than $1500. By ttc-t lovying a. tax on incontett of irttcortragtv-

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Covers Prince Edward Island Like the Dew

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Read by Everybody

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CHARLOTTETOWN, CANADA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 1926

Some young men are no promin- Inq that they are willing to promiu anything.

b; ruin: Guardian, Founded Charlottetown Guardian Two

l ll‘! Cfllh

lVl 5 P.

. U. Appleton Tells

HlNEll Hill HVIIIE FilH E. |5llNll

Royal Commission

0 f Improvements Contemplated.

(Canadian Press)

.\l()i\"1‘l1l-}AL. Sop. 1. ~ 'l‘l|ere will be a rtarlor car service front lilonctttrt to (Yltaritttlerowrt next suntrrtct; it was definitely assured to the ltoyal Commission investiga- ting Aiuritirrte Province affairs here

_ today by .l. l‘). Dalrymplo. Vice- vmw’ __ President lil charge of traffic of Post-war conditions irt Canada lrt U". (iunadlan Natmna] ,R.,_“ways_

W. ll. Appleton General Jiiartager of the Atlantic Region. was quest- ioned ut sortie length by Sir An- drew Kao Duncan, the Commission Chairman. Difficulties of itnprov- ing the road bed and progress made was gone into. There was no grav- el ballast on tho island and would cost about a million dollars to transport the amount needed. Mr. Appleton stated among other things that the llillsboro Bridge “was an obstacle in improving the Aiurray liarbor branch. it would . not stand the heavier power that would be rrecrestsay if the track were standardized.

lteplyittg to .\ir. Appletonfls state- ment that. the island service cont- parctl with similar services on the mainland. the (Jltairntan asked: “Aro you keeping in llllllll that U10 island is u province.” Nit". Apple- tott; ".\'o. I cannot say that i alrt."

“And that they ltave tho dignity oi‘ a province." “Phat tniglrt mean considerable."

"Are you keeping ill litind that tlroro have been nbliguiiolts enter- “tl into as u provil "c. irt respect of the province or are you rel-tard- ing the lttlailll. may I quite frankly ask, as a little side lino."

‘imp. an,"

.\ir. Appletutt did not regard con- ditions on t-ltc lsluntl satisfactory - bill. expiairteii the. difficulty in rttuir- irrg them fro. The railway wan struggling with the situation bcst- it trould. lio mentioned

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the

. heavy reverse curves and itraties front limernlti Jct. to (Jltarlotte- town.

Asked ltow the ‘curves canto ab- out .\ir. Appleton said. “'l‘lrere is tt_ l ant not

late. it but l think it would ho in- Itere-ting".

.\i Appleton z-tzrid lire. use o!‘ an electrically driven car between tits and (Jlrnriottrettttvlt was ' conlortrplalotl. lie placed the figure [required to meet the wishes of the

rtd at. three million dollars. I

Mn King professed hhns-Qlf Qsqtlccreasiltg rrrltritot for our commod- pecially interested ltt ltelplttg (rutlli-lell-

'i‘ite resolution re island griev- urtctes [Tu ted at a recent rtreetittg itt (‘irarloltettnvn of the liiaritinto Rights (‘orumittco mot lil every respect. Wltlt Mr. King's approval. .lro said. lie. did not wish to promise [a second car ferry in an election speech but he could say that. the ‘Liberal (ioverunront ltnd started to ntoei. the. demands of their resolu- tlort re transportation. and other ntattet-s artd would cotttirttlo to do so if returned

Mr. King stressetl tho intport- ance of the forthcoming report of Sir Andrew Rue Duncnitr, chairman of the (Iomrnissiort to enquire into lifaritirrtjr itigltts. .\ir. Sinclair had recommended Prof. Cyrus McMil- lan as a mentber of the Iloard airtd his appointment was ututle accord- ingly. llc ltelfeved the reconrntert- dations of the Board will go far to remedy conditions ,in so far as they can be remedied by the State. At the next session, Mr. King de- clared, the Liberals of all the pro- vinces in Canada will be prepared to join ltantis with the Maritime Provinces itr working out a solrt- tiort of ottr difficulties ltore.

..\ir. King last night, as all through tho campaign, stressed the "con- stitutional issue" ‘and the danger to the democratic institutions of the eorrtttry of Mr. Meighenls ae- tiort in securing dissolution,

tltuicrring to his defeat. at. the last election in

to say against that cortstitttrtntwy. but. it was rtext to Toronto, the worst Tory hive ln Canada.

Mr. lifeiglretrs conduct. durlrtg tho lust two months and no previous occasions came in for some caustic comments ‘by Mr. King, who said he tronltl compare his opponent's cortrse with that of no other Prime

Ho. defended tho TJThUl-Tll (incision last session to cooperate in Parlia- ment with tbn Progressives. This cooperation was .open and above ltonrtl and everything went. on smoothly brti for the Conservative

i

(Continued on page 3- l

at a Canadian price. instead of at

‘T

Shows He Was a

in his speeches throughout the

by pleading that as soon as

a honsecleanllrg.

ls telling the truth.

King anti his (lubinei. knew ~. uda ltad broken down.

frauded of ntilliotrs of dollars; That the Customs

ditti of crooks and thieves; That. legitimate business

by competition lrotrr smugglers; That the hfirrister

CHTTO.

in June 102-i--nrore than

situation before it, On Artgtlst t‘ 192i. a. largo representative depot atiolt ntet .\ir. King and sixgtnem

lug facts were placed before them: “Tho. principal

that the. legitimate irusirress is be lug" seriously and fectetl by tho operation of this ii legitimate trade, and that.

into lmrtkrtrpii-y owing to the opera lltm m‘ smugglers tltrougltorlt Can lulu.

“it was pointed out that. witch these criminals aro caught they ure rtot. adequately putrisltoti

"'f‘lto general TiTJTIEOTTTCTIT-‘i supported by (voncrote facts detailed and cases anti a. summary tience which ltas been no

“Attention was drawn to the he

rttado garments State: were being dumped Canada." (Page 112i.

lug.

mod an independent. non-partisan organization known as rttercial Protective Association. was officially supported organizations as —

The Retail Merchants of Canada.

ll

tion.

Tho Wltolesaie Dry Goods Associ- ation of (lanada.

The Curratliait Association of Gar- utent. Mantlfzteturcrs.

The Canadian Manufacturers’ As- sociution.

Merchants’ Association oi‘ Men- treat.

Manufactures‘ Credit Bureau. Limited.

Board oi‘ 'f‘rade of the (‘liy of Montreal.

Board of Trade of ilro City of Toronto.

These ltnslness men found slug- gerirtg crookedness. They found, among other i.hlngs_ that tho (‘Tilli- ual Blsailiort, Chief Preventive Of- ficer for the Province of Quebec. was in League with the smugglers. ‘fltcy discovered that for his parti- cipation irt tho famous barge "frentitlay" case he was arrested

country Mr. hiaclfonzio King seeks trscajte front the Customs scandal his fiovorrltnent hecatno aware of what was going on it. took steps toward

Lot. us see it‘ .\ir. MaoKenzle King

Sworn evidence taken ltcforfl ti!!! Parliamentary Customs Committee showed that in 1923 and 192i Mr.

That the Customs service of Can- That the treasury was being de-

Preventive Servico was in the hands of ban-

men were being driven into bankruptcy

of Customs. .\ir. Jacques Bureau. was disregard- ing all rules and regulations gov- erning the collection of public rev-

two years agw-cotttiitlons had DQ001110 so disgraceful that a group of busi- ness rrterr sought an appointment with the King Cabinet to lay tho

hers of his Cabinet, and the follow-

points called to the attention of the (‘altinet were

iojuriously af-

ltortest traders are actually being driven

i,‘ VPTT

were with particular-t: of the rtanres of ovi-

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during tho past. year's investigation. lief that large quantities of prison- ioneer fi‘0ut_ tlre [lulled lllttl, 'i‘lte Kiltg Government. did noth- Tlre business tnctr of (‘annrlu for-

the (forn-

by such

The Canadian Jewellers’ Associa-

llS MR. MACKENZIE KlNii ‘I i llNG llS THE TRUTH?

Evidence is Herewith Submitted Which

Party t0 the Wrong-

Doittg Which Blasted the Liberal Party.

and charged with conspiracy. but ilfdrlitteti after wholesale perjury. 'l'b'-y aid the facts before Mr. King. in a letter dated February 4, 1925. they repelled. as follows: _

“These investigations have oven more strongly impressed the busi- ness men who have given close at- tention to this work with the mag- nitude of this traffic and the nec- ossity of prompt and drastic ac- tion. it is restpectfuliy submitted that the (renditions herein set forth llro sufficiently well known to the government and to its departmen- tal officers . .. as to justify the (ioverttrtrcut taking intlnodiate ac- tion." (Page 121).

l The King Government did outli- "K.

.\ir. Percy Sparks wrote to the Printe Minister again on February 21.1925. lie cited the rnass of mal- feasance that had been uncovered. lic laid before him tile crookedness of the man Bisallion. And he con- cluded his appeal thus:

“Might l again repeat what. l think I ltave said to you before. than front the standpoint of the loss of revenue. I thing tho smug- gling business is second only to the loss occasioned front the operation . or the Cartadiztn National Rall- - ways."

- The King (lovernmcnt persisted in doing nothing.

As the ntonths went by the sit- uation grow increasingly worsellis-

- 101121111 with the smugglers, had left the ltoriler wide often to ltautis of . fraudulent. dealers and their agents who swarmed over the tron-tier.

l-‘intlly in .lulle_ 192i. the King . tiovernlrtcrtt. made a gesture of ac- - tion. sod by Protective Assoclatiotr, 11ml (‘flaring exposure, they brought. down two Vumoudnr-srlt.» totlrc (Justonts Act . and ked Parliament for a vole of Ssntutitl to tirevent sntuggltng.

But it was only a gesture. It only added ltytrocrisy to fraud. The ant- enrirtrents to the Customs Act were allowed to heconte dead letters. The tttoney voted by Parllantcnt was . titted tn hire ward heelcrs to elect- for the King Government. Here are some ol' the men who were employed ortt of this fund: No. 1-—A pool room orteratotg sits- pecteti of operating a ltandbook. alld a ltcavy drinker. Ne. 2---An electrican. who drew special prevenlivos officers’ pay, but who never did a. day's work on the service. lie was a ntessenger lion. Jacques Bureau. No. 3~A man who was found guilty of peddling ntoonshilte whis- key; and who was suspected of op- erating a otlll. No. l-A man who was over 70. No. 5—A man who was unable to read or write, and who was uttorly illiterate. During nil this time Bisaillon the perjurer. Bisalllort the thief and confederate 0i’ the smugglers, Bis- alllon the friend of the Minister of Customs-tittrlrtg this time Basalt- lfln was writing Jacques Bureau 11nd nteeting J. P. A. Cardin at. the Widsnr Hotel, Montreal, to promote greater fraud and theft nf revenue “ill tho interest. of the party." During uli this tlnto~durklg two yearn of the ltlackesi. record of pub- lic theft tlrut this generation can recall-Mr. Mac-Kenzie King was a- wnre of tho trutlt. it is such tnen who, on Septem- ber 14. present themselves as fitted by character and record to continue to‘ govern Canada.

The Farmer

VOO§OQ§QQ4P

it is cosiirtg the farmer a lot of

money and causing him to stiffer u lot. of distress to enjoy the distinc- tion of being called "Tire llaekborte of thc Country." Our “stntesmen" ltave been trying to make the (roun- try all back-boue- All but farmers North York the have ltecn discouraged front com- Mbm-at 103,10,- Said he pm] pinning lug to iCanada. This means that we grow more than we can consume ortrselves, and. having an export- uble surplus, we must sell that aur- plus at the lowest world-price. Also our sales at home must ho made at tbosame price, less the cost. of freight. to Liverpool. instead oi‘ for- cing tho farmer into the position of having an exportabie surplus, and Minister of Canada. taking the lowest. Price. we shortid cultivate a weli-rottndod economic system, would produce only what the oth- er classes could consume. and do away with unprofitable exlwrtablo surpluses, so that our farm

under which one class

pro- lucts could be protected and sold

of the Country?