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WANTED, A REST ROOM.

ONCE upon a time a Charlotte- town City Council. urged there") by a general expression of Public opinion, decided to build or other- wise procure a rest room in which visitors from the country or strang- ers in the city might find accom- modation and an opportunity i088! their hats on straight, wash their hands and otherwise prepare to 80 out and mingle with the citiaens or do their business in the stores or elsewhere. Nothing has since been heard of it, at least from a. city council, ex- cept an 006831011111 echo of the above-mentioned public opinion which is still as strong on the subject as when first expressed.

Charlottetown is, we understand the only city of its size that is not provided with some such conveni- ences. It is not fair to our custom- ers or to our visitors.

We invite them to our stores and oflioes. We like‘_to see the city filled with them. and we accept their mo- ney cheerfully, but we owe them some consideration in return. We owe them a comfortable rest room in the centre of the city, preferably near to the market.

We trust the city council will take this matter under considera- tion, snd we feel sure that their good business sense will see the need of such ommodation as we have referred to. We are behind the times in this respect, and we cannot afford to lag behind.

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OUR PROSPERITY.

URING five months of the pre-

sent year, according to statistics recently published, our imports from the United States increased by $59.- 000,000 over those of the corres- ponding period last. year. This in- crease has been in evidence during the greater part of the Mackenzie King regime, and it is still growing. It will continue to grow as long as the present fiscal policy remains.

The greater effect of this importa-

tion from the United States is shown in the Western provinces. The policy of the Government appears to have been shapedwlii the definite purpose of winning support there. Preferen- tial railway rates have been accord- ed them. tariffs have been lowered to suit them, and the result is to be seen in the boastful attitude of the United States press with regard to Canadian trade. 1t has been point- ed out in recent statistical state- ments issued by the United States Government that their export trade to Canada had incieased enormously in the past two or three years. A few years ago Great Britain was the principal customer of the United States. Today Canada occupies that doubtful position, and our American friends are looking forward hope- fully to an even greater expansion of trade with this country. They jubilantiy refer to the magnificent wheat harvest of the Western pro- vinces and confidently expect that they will reap out of it a correspond- ing profit.

They are manufact ‘inl the agri- cultural implemente for tho West» ern provinces. including tractors, harvesting machinery. etc. In July last the number of American tract- ors sold in the Wtem provinces was 1800. The present tariff has made all this possible.

The londori Morning Post, refer- ring to Canada's fiscal policy, up‘;

“Canada tried a policy of meek- nees. She turned the other cheek. Indeed. we might say of Mackenzie King that he offered himself in a still more humiliating position to the United states. but it was of no avail. 1f Canada, with her present strong trading position," were to adopt a more spirited pol- icy. we believe she would 11ml it more profitable."

The policy of meekneu has form- ld a theme for the 11011.11. B. Ben-

is beginning to manifest itself, but the greater glory is yet to come.

al throughout the Province. Some of our city school boys are making money picking and sorting in the - nearby farming sections.

world than we usually credit it with, more right ih the views which dif- fer from our own, than we are ready to admit. Let us not entirely ignore the opinions of others. They have as much right to them as we have to ours and, possibly, as much foundation. out, first why we hold certain opin- ions and what foundation others have for difiering with us.

market. When one considers what the effect would be upon Cflnfldififl industry of having the agricultural implements for the West alone man- ufactured in this country, the wis- dom of the policy preached by l-Ion. Mr. Bennett and stoutly maintained by the Conservative party for the past fifty years will be easily appar- ent. The Conservative policy, en- unciated fifty years ago this Sep- tember by Sir John A. Macdonsld. has been maintained in its entirety by the Conservative party and acted upon by the Liberals under Sir Wil- frld Laurier. 1t was only during the tariff tinkering years of the present regime and the kow-towing to West- ern Canada by the King Govern- ment, that demoralization fell upon Canadian industry. Canada will in the near future have an opportunity to express its opinion on the fiscal policy that is driving Canadians out of thecoun- try, and we have no doubt that the verdict will be in favor of a radical change in our fiscal relations with the United States.

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REFUSE TO LOOK.

OME three hundred or more years ago an astronomer, by means of a telescope, which he had construct- cd, made some discoveries among the stars which were in conflict with the pre-conceived opinions of his day, and he was scoffed at. To prove the truth of his discovery he asked his doubting friends to look for themselves through his telescope. They refused to look, preferring to believe as they had always believed rather than take means to find out whether they were right or wrong. We have learned much -during these three centuries, but too many of us still refuse to examine our beliefs and our opinions, and find out for ourselves whether we are right or wrong. We have absorbed, by inheritance, by training, by en- vironment or otherwise, certain op- lnlons regarding matters which are literally important, but have not always troubled ourselves to find out for ourselves whether we really believe them or why we should. Occasionally we come upon opin- ions which differ widely from those which we imagined were our own. As they are different from our pre- conceived opinions, we forthwith re- ject them and strictly refuse to look into their merits or demerits, just as our mediaeval ancestors refused to look through the telescope which might have convinced them they were wrong. We are not all right, and not many of us'always right. We need to ask ourselves why we hold certain opin- ions, we need to try to ascertain why others hold different opinions from ours. It is necessary for us, if for no reason other than toestablish our own views, to see why others hold theirs. There is more truth in the

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EDITORIAL NOTES.

The frost is on the pumpkin.

The gorgeous coloring of Autumn

Potato digging is now quite gener-

The ennle crop in thisyrovince is

"y, yho mm“ m '0 “Mum said to be below average this sea- gu- gum "ugh". ‘my, m. gnu“ non. This is all the more reason why sflauag were‘ omqmumequqll many of them as are available y”. "winning" m umflnnohould be on lule in o11r stores.

THE CHARLOTTETOWN GUARDIAN

Notes _ by .the Way

SPBEADING lies add misinfonna- tion about Canada has already begun in England by the few hun- dred returned miners who were sent back because they declined to work at fair wages. The press is made. the vehicle for spreading their tales of woe and is backed up by kindred malcontents in the Motherland. Ev- en so respectable a magazine as The Empire Review gives a very unfav- crable impression of the Dominion in an article, "What's Wrong with Migration?" And The Pictorial Re- view is quoted in cable news aspub- lishing an article containing such absurd statements asthe following: The couptry has to be awaken- ed to the fact that it is far from impossible, and equally far from improbable, for Canada to be lost to the British Empire. Saskatche- wan postage stamps, which used to be in English and have the King's head upon them, are now bi-iingual, and the King's head has been removed. l This is really funny to Canadian readers, who all know that no Pro- vince of Canada issues postage stamps. They are issued by the Dominion alone, and. for the con- venience of our large French-speak- ing populatlon, are made intelligible to both English and French.

Describes Visit" to 7711's Province

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A gracefully written account of

Hector Charlesworth appears in the current issue of the Toronto Satur- day Night.

The writer begins with a descrip- tion of his impressions on crossing the Straitsz- .

“Cape Tormentine, New Bruns- wick, is but nine miles from the lit- tle harbor of Port Borden almost at the centre of Prince Edward Island, and between the two points two great ice-breaking steamers ply win- ter and summer, though at times masses of drift ice coming down Northumberland Straits make the voyage difficult. This is an obvious error, as only one of the ferries is an ice-breaker. These vast ferries carry great trains of freight cars, for the “Island" is one of the most productive agricultural areas in North America and its per capitd trade and accumulated wealth would fill certain sections of Canada with envy. As I, looked down into the sunlit green waters at Tormentine I saw hundreds of violet and pink Jel- ly-fish. great and small, that gave a tropical suggestion to these waters. The red soil and intense green of Prince Edward Island itself produc- ed a most vivid colorful effect as we approached Borden. On the-ship in addition to freight cars were aut- omoblles whose license plates bore the proclamation “Black Foxes and Seed Potatoes." staple industries of this garden province."

After an interesting historical sketch of the\ Island Mr. Charles- worth says:-

“One sees miles and miles of pot- ato fields. but these aristocratic tu- bers are not for consu ption. They sell at prices an ep ure would shrink from, for Prince Edward Is- land-has wrested away from the State of Maine a large part of the seed potato market of the Southern States which must turn to the North for disease-free seedlings. The black foxes industry, once the source of crazy speculation, is now on a sane and normal basis. The mad- ness which placed values of $30,000 on a single pair of foxes has ended and hundreds of fox ranches are running on a profitable basis now that the water has been wrung out

Ignorance of Canada is far too common in England, and it is deplor- able when those who write for public- ation indulge in making a. display of their ignorance in articles spiced with malignity. We must put up with it for the time, knowing that in the end the facts will be made known and the situation cleared up, for truth is mighty and will prevail.

And all is not right with our im- migration problem in Canada, as The Guardian has frequently observed. There is in many places in Canada

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v The usual test for the action of the heart is to have patient lie down, then sit up, then stand, then walk or run a certain distance, then rest two minutes. and then see ‘if Iheart is back to the number 6f beats 1t was at the very beginning. Now this test is fairly accurate and the test of having the ifidivid- . ual log a few steps, and then rest ~ two minutes was the usual utest for _a_n army recruit. If the heart was back to the same number of beats as before the exercise, the recruit was actually accepted even 11 the rate was a little faster or a little slower than the rate usually consid- ered normal. However the medicai profession is trying always to get everything down to a. scientific basisparid so the recent invention of Dr. E, P, Boas of New York City is worthy of our interest. A5 You know it woul - sible for a physician t: l: a patient all the time. Dr. Boas has developed an iristru. ment "that will record automatic. ally the number of heart beets over a long period of time even in a per- 5°“ wh° 15 111511181118 in exercise. running, walking. coughing, Iflugh- ing, or moving about in any other manner. In ailments like the sev- ire form of goitre the rate of the fart may be very rapid. I11 other "lmems. associated with weakness of the heart, the rate may be slow." 511W you can readily see that w en a patient is examined. and the

Physician is uncertain as to mo; brow much actual exercise he gets °m his dllly round of work or P1111’. he can. by attaching tmg in. animal‘ 7nd Eeiitinl an account of Jug a“ ""5 e5 ‘m’ ihflfi Particular day, ge whether the patient should Se!’ M011‘. 0X‘ Perhaps less, exercise. raga/hi? the increase of the pulse rom certain work could be permitted for a certain time, the

a degree of anxiety and alarm over the fiood of immigrants from Con- tinental Europe, that are being dumped into the Dominion by vari- ous agencies. This multitude of aliens so vastly outnumbers the English-speaking newcomers. Th sense of alarm on this score has moved Right Rev. George E. Lloyd. Bishop of Saskatchewan, to sound a note of warning. He affirms that this fiood of European continentals is a grave peril to Canada, especi- ally in the Prairie Provinces.

of the earlier investments. I saw a number of these ranches and learn- ed that one of them entails a con- siderable capital investment in plant. They are quite different] from the stinking kennels one sees in_ Ontario. The area is wired down through the friable red soil until blue ciny is struck, for the black fox will burrow out of any ordinary soil" and it is necessary that the pups be bred in a natural state if the pelts are to be of fine quality. The importance of the industry was indicated by the fact that while I was in Charlottetown a perjury trial was in progress which was the . outcome of an elaborate fox-steal-l ing conspiracy. , “Foxes and seed potatoes are not however the exclusive industry of the Island farmers. Their egg busi- ness is said to be the most efllcicnt example of a co-operative industry in America, with the most meticul- ous attention to quality and grad- ing. Draught and roadster horses are exported in large numbers also. In their devotion to the horse, the farmer population would not, until comparatively recently. permit a motor car on the. Island, a sore de- privation to the prosperous resid- ents of Charlottetown and Summer- side, and to tourists who have for many years loved the Island for its magnificent surf bathing on the beautiful beaches of the North shore." The historic associations connec- ted with the Legislative Building at Charlottetown are described and a brief account is given of the delegates who attended the Char- lottetown conference which eventu- ally led up to Confederation. "1-langing in the chamber where these notabilities met,” says Mr. Charlesworth, “is a photograph of the group taken after adjournment which provided the famous ppinter, Robert Harris, a Prince Edward Is- lander._wlth many likenesses for his famous picture “The Fathers of Confederation”. A more‘unique me- morial of the occasion,-—the most unique in Canada in fa t, is a bronze plaque in low relié showing the five leading protagonists, Mac- donald, Cartier, 'l‘upper. Tllley and Gray of P. E. I‘. in various types of Roman costume. In the kilted skirt of a Praetorian guard Sir John A. Macdonald looks asone might say, “very nifty". Prince Edward Isl- anders are anxious that the Federal Government should take over this chamber and its relics as a nation- al shrine. At present the local ad- ministration is thriftily using it as a business omce. “Apart from its historic legislat- ive buildings, Charlottatownis not- able for its spacious homes embow- ered in flowers. Its Lieutenant Governor, Hon. Frank R. Heartz, a man of princely hospitality. resides in a beautiful mansion of his own overlooking the great harbor: and uses Government l-louse only for special occasions. B t let no one think that the vice egal ofllce in so small a province is a sinecure. The annual military camp was as- sembled while I was there and what with various ofilcial functions His

Bishop Lloyd points out that the railway agreement given by Premier King two and a half years ago 1111s resulted disastrously and ought to be cancelled, and a quota plan simi- lar to that in vogue in the United States with regard to foreign coun- tries. During four months, April, May. June and July, of a total immi- gration amounting to 86,710 only 27,982 were of British stock. If this ratio of British versus foreign immi- gration is continued. Bishop Lloyd declares that our British connection and even the British language in Canada are in jeopardy.

A new flying machine which the inventor calls an autogyro has cross- ed the English Channel at a speed of 100 miles an hour. This contrap- tion is unlike anything that has yet soared in the air. It can rise per- pendicularly from the ground. move forward or backward at the will of the pilot, and when it alights comes straight down from aloft, alighting as gently as may be desired. The autogyro was piloted on‘ the way from Croydon‘ Field. England. to Le Bourget, France, by .1. De La Cler- va, its inventor. More will beheard of this machine in the not distant future.

"Woodman spare that tree," was a song that was popular long ago when it was first published about the mid- dle of last century. And Joseph Howe. in his tribute to Our Fathers, mentions that they quelied the savage and spared the tree that casts its pleasant shadow over the pathway. Not always did the pioneer settler spare all the trees that should have been spared. Had they done sothere would not now be the want of shade trees about so many of the homes in Canada. There/ is some lack of shade trees about the dwellings in the rural even of Prince Edward Island. Our city has an abundance and in a few cases a super-abund- ance of beautiful and ornament shade trees which grow luxuriantly.

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places need pruning. The branches hang too low over the sidewalks, ob- scuring the street lights at night and much in the way of the umbrellas of pedestrians in rainy weather. When the leafy branches are loaded with rain they hang much lower than when they are dry, and tall folk have to stoop and creep along as best they can, under penalty of receiving a copious showerbath. A few days’ work with pruning and clipping appliances would effect a great improvement by removing the

obstructive branches. Will our alert

, Street Committee take the‘ ‘hint?

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The Land We Love BY Frank Yeigh vo oew

Canada's Governor-General Q. Who have been the Gover-

nors-General of Canada since 1867?

A. The Governors-General Canada since 1867 have been:

Viscount Monck, 1867-1868. Baron Lisgar, 1868-1872.

Earl of Dufferin, 1872-1878. Marquis of Lorne, 1878-1883. ~ Marquis of Lansdown. 1883-11139, Baron Stanley of Preston, 185g-