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‘Th0 Strongest Memory I: Weaker than the Weakest Ink."

TUESDAY, Ann. as, i038

Criminal Negligence

If, as the Campbell Government organ allegs, the Charlottetown-Borden highway is "crack- ing up badly in spots", the responsibility rests, not on the Conservatives but on the present ad- ministration. whosc deliberate neglect of this highway can only be attributed to partisan mo- tives. \\'e are ziutliiirItativcly informed that on several occasions .\Ir. .\lclutvre's department was warned by competent engineers to have the (lrnius properly cut in the banks during the rainy spring season. .\ couple of men could have providzrl sufficient drainage in a few hours to zivcrt this wanton destruction of thc

ri-ii;_ CHARLMTTETGWN

Our local contemporary itself is in record as stating that not only would the Liberals balance ll" budgfl. but they would do so “without additional taxes, without a cutting of salaries, without even _a serious curtailment of any ne- cessary service." (Patriot, July 10, r935) And again:

“Balance the Budget annually. So

Liberals. We have PROMISED to do have the WILL to do it and we WILL Some of the Liberal candidates sincerity by declaring that IF DONE THEY WILL NEVER RUN AGAIN." (Patriot, April i3, r935.) ' NOW. says our contemporary, the Conserve. UVBSIHTC “loudly boasting that they are going to win the provincial elections." \Vell, why shouldn't they?

1' Editorial Notes

say the it. We DO IT. show their IT IS NOT

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Edward I presented his son to the people of

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the-middle pink-whiskers - grown- grey hove vanished from the aengricoa scene; that. no more ecu our eyu be saddened by the pastel hues of waistcoat, cra- vn, kerchief and spate; no more shall our can be charmed by the vibrant resonance of his polished oratory; no more the fascination o! his courtly demeanor. All this we rcfuoo to believe For Jim Ham hu been mcrq than o flesh-and- biood person, more than o. national figure world statesman. H hoe been, and remains, a legend. Legends never die. They live on in the folklore of a people. —New York World-Telegram.

The Provincial Legislature, voting to boost the indemnltles of ti: own membera,‘ has goitlarounid

recognizing e spcca pos- tlon of Leaders of the Opposition. Provision is made for the “leader

Carriavon as the first Prince 0f lNales, this date, i284. i The Liberal organ parades as something new the gasoline rebates to fishermen. A comparison with other years shows that the increase in these rebates is in proportion to the increased gaso- line taxes, \Vl‘llCl1 the Campbell Government

boosted from eight to ten cents per gallon. i IK i! i‘

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highway. Ssvrral hundred yards have been de- stroyed ilS a result of Liberal neglect in this case, which could have been saved at a nominal cost of a few d ‘llfirs. We doubt if there is a prccedrnt in the whole history of the Province for such callous disregard of the taxpayers’ in- terests,

_______,,_______ "Would Not Be Tolerated" One of the pledges given in the Liberal Plat- form and Manifesto, 1935. was to effect eco- nomies at Falconwood Hospital “by the pur- chasing of supplies and the letting of contracts ori a proper competitive basis by the Executive Council or the lialconwood lrustces."

Speaking at the last session of the Legislature, Mr. W. F. A. Stewazl, (Libcraufst. Queens) recalled this pledge and declared: “But we find on looking over the Public Accounts that mem- bets of the Executive who are also Falconwood Trustees—-we find the firms of which these gentlemen are managing directors—.rclliilg sup- plies Io themselves, a. practice which, while it may be technically legal, i: to my the least un- ethical AND \VOULD NOT BE TOLERAT- ED IN ANY OTHER PARLIAMENT."

The result is strikingly shown in the Public Accounts, from which the following figures are taken of the expenditures incurred at Fal- conwood Hospital and infirmary under the three full years of both party governments:

Conservative years: i932, $82,975; i933, $§I.972; i934, $96,355: Total $261,301

Liberal years: i936, $114,794; 1937, $1229“; 1938. $122,659: Total $360,466.

A difference of $98,464, representing the in- creased cost in three years under Liberal mis- management,—-cn0ugh, as we pointed out ycs- terday to build a new wing m the institution,

Are the electors of this Province going to tolerate a condition which one of the Govern- lflctlts own supporters finds intolerable, and which 1S in direct violation of the binding pledges given hy the Campbell Government in leaking office?

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"Liberal Majorities" ‘ The organ of the doomed Campbell Govern- ment seeks to instill some hope in the “panicky thirty” by citing the majorities with which they won the last election contest. This is adding in- sult to injury because, as every elector knows, they obtained office under false prclences, and on the specific pledge of reducing expenditure sufficient to balance the budget annually. But for that pledge they would never Iia-ua been clcclcd. We make this statement on the author- ity of Mr. H. ll. Acorn, one of the successful Liberal CZUHlldlilCS in the First District of Kings, who so declared in speaking on the floor of the ousc at the special September session, I935, a few weeks after the contest. “I believe. 1N FACT 1 AM SURE,” said Mr. Acorn, "Ilmt THE ONLY PLANK which appealed I0 flu: rIcr/or: in 11m provincial ram- paign was that on which we pro/naked Io make revenue and cnv/icmlifurc meet." Mr. Acorn went further and said that he personally had pledged himself that if revenue and expenditure did not meet during their term of office, he for one “WOULD NEVER OFFER FOR ELECTION AGAIN." Here are some other pro-election assurances, supplementary to the Liberal Platform and 'Mani fcsto: ' _ "The issue is now clearly defined: t/m Lib- bkal [Jar/y i: pledged l0 reduce administrative ‘txpcndiltirmf-Jiinal blessage from Hon. W. M. Lea, Patriot, July 22, 1935. I“. "Premier MacMillan said in 'l'ignisli that we ;can't balance the budget except by increase of taxation, cutting out unemployment relief, or

topping the old age pensions. Bu! I ray lo you 11m! we CAN AND lllU.S"1' balance the budget evil/tout doing any of flicre thingr."--Hon. Patriot, wily 1s. 1.93s-

Reviewi g the Liberal platform, Mr. Le-

qge said t at they were going to have a bal- paced budget, despite the asrerfion: of the Gov-

[fiftitlenf candidates. T lie Government lied had flu past four 4r that m. LiberaLr xzviz _ __ flu BudgaIP-Hcn. B. W. t; Hall. __Pa_triot. July 6, 19 5. . “ ._;go¢o*on incl-ea; rig, the Island t t‘ rope slide v rtn c ‘gtovérnilitilt ls to sage narpln:

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The Montreal Gazette presumes because the Campbell Government was returned ivithout 0p- position in I935, it will be given a second lease on the 18th prox. But our Big Interest com- teuiporary prophesied the Taschereau government would win, whereas Duplessis went romping home. As a prophet the Gazette's reputation is at a sad discount.

i This is the complementary, appreciative refer- ence made to our Little Theatre representatives by Mr. Hector Charlesworth inhis review of the Drama Festival at London in the current issue of Toronto Saturday Night: “An attractive little comedy. ’Tis Autumn Now,’ by Philip John- son, well-known English writer for little theatre groups was charmingly presented by the Char- lottetown Little Theatre Guild, and in a char- acter role Hazel Henry was especially effective." =0: n: a w

In referring to the activities last year of the Fisherman's Loan Board the Liberal organ neg- lected to point out that the Board exceeded its administrative estimates by nearly a thousand dollars. Hon. B. W. lePage, in “salary and travelling expenses," drew $872.22; Mr. H_ H. Acorn, ditto, $1,144.24, and Mr. Aeneas Gallant, ditto, $798.92. Surely the Government could have found a competent independent Commis- sion to carry on this work at no greater cost, without distributing these plums to its own members and supporters in the Legislature.

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The Duplessis Government continues its ex- posure of the Liberal maladministration in that Province. Two Quebec physicians who have been attending Charles Lanctot, K. C., former As- sistant Attorncy-General, testified before the Public Accounts Committee that his arrest and appearance in court under a warrent issued last year would constitute a risk, since he is suffering from heart trouble. A copy of the warrent against Mr. Lanctot and other documents con- certiing the matter were filed with the coin- mittee. There were also filed copies of the war- rants against Dan Lot-rain, former provincial chief of police, and former Chief of Police Fitz- gibbon.

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“England, politically, has little of our hyprocrisy," says the Ottawa Journal. “Thus we have Mr. Chamberlain taking time out from the international situation to demand ‘more sub- scribers’ and ‘larger funds’ for his party's war chest. This ‘in preparation for an election. If Prime Minister King or Dr. Manion were to write such an appeal, some of our good people would swoon. Whether they think that elections are fought or won with prayers, we don't know, but many of them talk as if they did think it. More than that, and worse, they talk as though there was something of the gravest moral turpitude in a man giving ‘(or a party receiv- ing) campaign funds." e s- e e

The Liberal organ, which in Opposition de- nounced the vast amount of money spent in “doles" to the unemployed, is now boasting of the distribution of similar doles to our needy fishermen. Had the half million dollars voted by Parliament to rehabilitate the industry in i937 been expended, our fishermen might to- day be in a position to earn a more independent livelihood. Instead, this money was ‘allowed to lapse unexpended in the federal treasury. This criminal negligence has been very properly de- nounced by Dr. MacMillan, who said that such a condition of affairs would never have been tolerated under the Conservatives. Worse than that, an attempt was made in the Liberal press» to show that this money had been revoted last ycar,-—a misstatement which had subsequent- ly to be retracted, after inquiry was made through the Canadian Press at the instance of The Guardian. '

e o a According to the Hon. G. M. Weir,‘ M. Du

medical profession in Canada contains many members who can get so little work of a rc-_ munerative kind that they are unable‘ to make "a decent living." Hence he advocates a national health. service which he estimates would. $20 per head of the population. By the some method of argument there should be dilation,

agricultural service to provide " a decent ,liv-, lng" for farmers. tailors, dreesmakm, boctmekcrt and repairers‘ journalists, ioundrere, ciicrwdmgn etc, untl

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of Hie Majesty? Loyal Opposition" in every prov ce except Manitoba and Prime Edward Island. The Provliaigéel Governmental ‘has no»; prov an a. iopro ic o $2.000 for oppositiiiin leaderil But m. Bracken and his associates have dodged what. seems to them the delicate matter of deciding who Ls leader of the Opposition in Manitoba. They propose to di- vfde the $2,000 between Messrs. Erick Willis, leader of the Con- servative party. 5. J. Farmer, (LCII-Labor, and S. E. Rogers, 800101 Credit. -- Winnipeg ’I‘r1b- une.

President Albert Lebruri, the 08-year-old man from Lorraine who has been fE-ElECi/Ri to a so;- ond term as the head of the French nation, did not. want tne honor. Ho was thoroughly tired of being what the late Raymond Poincare used to cull hlmself—the prisoner of the Elysee. Lebrun was weary of opening horticultural shows, at.- tending dinners and "vlns dhon- neur”—-ond all the other routine things expected of B French Presl- dcnt. A demon statistician has esti- mated that Lebum, during his seven years in office, has signed 200.000 state papers, attended 1,800 official functions. presided over 350 incuguratlons. granted 1.000 audi- ences, travelled 650.000 miles, been godfather to 2.200 children and

laced 12 bouquet-carrying little girls. —Ncw York Herald Tribune.

An interesting discussion has taken place. in an epoch when 18-inch guns and death-rays are topical, as to the effective range 0d the old English longtbotw. lProude Ls one authority who questioned the claim that our archers of the Agincourl. period commanded an effective range of c furlong. A furlong~fine old Eng- lieh word dertved from “furrow- 10nfl"—is an eighth of a mile, and 220 yards see-nu a prodigious wev to send an arrow lethally. Yet. the supporting evidence is over- whelming. It includes shake- apeards Mr. Justice shallow, who tells us old Douole, oi‘ his own West try town, "would have clapped i’ the clout at twelve acor ," which means 240 paces. But there la more direct evidence than bhis to establish the rowess otf those mediaeval b man In the British Museum is o. 18th century bow from Berkham- stead Oa-stlels moat. After 700 years the yew is still as thick as n. mans wrist. Without training from youth, a Sandow could not have bent that weapon. One can easllv believe its missile would kill at 220 yards. -Ott.awa. Journal.

0f all the companies which are appearing in London in the Dominion Drama Festival none has aroused as much interest, as that from the lithe rural village of Clive, Alberta. Its company of three and its director repre- sent. the province of Alberta. The leaning man, who put on an- inrccllent performance rev’: play, tanner M. Olive. The total popu- otlon of the hamlet is 250. It. uli chews that there is no reason in Ontarlowhy the competitions in the future should bc confined to the urban areas 1f Olive. why not Alisa Craig, Komcka or Hyde Park, or one of the hundreds of villages and hamlets which dot Western Ontario? As a matter of fact, in recent years there has been o. growing interest in amateur dra- matics through rural Ontario. in many centres through the Winter there are performances put. on in community and township halls. They help to pass the long Winter evenings in the country, and make for conununlty spirit. The Do- minion Drama. Festival officials, now that the Little Theatre 1s so Well launched in the larger cities ct Canada, might. well consider‘ we and means of encouraging movement in rural Ontaria.— London Free Press.

Favorite expression of one of’ Canados very greatest men. al- thoucn o publisher, is that. ideal-

is ole least used force in the world today. Thls is more than merely saying we are materialistic. Wordsworth cad a low c. nfhclr u. his ale whm he wrote, "’1ne Wilfld is too much with us.” But to any we have idcallam that. we do not uu is l-n expression ofJalth tn the human race, It: ls sincere to be hoped thot faith is well cunded. If it la well founded. Europe must by. now have accumulated vast cwrco of idealism, for little enough bu been used late . 100K418 neorer homo, wo also have been thrifty with out idealism. In every Age men have cried out that they were fallen upon evil time». t-nai. people were bound up in getting one ting, with no conducta-

eve o ll materialistic. That milfforistlc we can believe itch dari|br of correc- by posterity. But it is a r OUU-TIIGOUI thin] to be eve d the cruel hatred of our l: In u: yet en idcoiLnn to mend the world.

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construction, - when more sand found! llytmakp astbod b up m no of; ea open e Mac hm highways to. the use of the public. The they are bult to c and dc- slgmd for traffic; . , I I am. Sir, etc. ' INCONVENIINOID.

PRACTISING 1'0 nisoiirvt

Slr,-Wha.t. object had the Min- ister of Public Works, in broadcast- ing his fabulous misiopruentoticn of o0 raitive cost of his hot finishe {flimsy Highways with that of the finished mbstancielarons- Canada. Highway?

We know these roorbccka are Grit stock in trade at the last mo- merits before elect/ion, when it. is too Late for opponents to burst the baloon, but. tc commence so early in the game. when the Public Works Reports reveal the total unreliability of his sbatmonts. early enough to show their crooked character to electors, before poll- lng day, it is a. stupidity even for ‘tint: characteristic Grit propagand-

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SANITY HIGH-SALARJED ROAD JOBS

Bin-There ha: been much sec- recy displayed on the part of the Campbell Government. 1 live in Charlottetown and thought I knew what was going on here but it was only a few days 415a) that I learrfed that we. Prince ward‘ Islanders. have 0n Our pay-rolls five Nova Sections to do our work and um these five gentlemen have been lured and paid by us since early in the year 1938. The names of thse gentlemen are Mr. E. L.

Miles. Mr. 0.10.3. MacDonald. M1‘. F. X. Granville. Mr. Lorne White- way. Mr. J. F. Kel . - These men are a drawlnglargc salaries from our very extravaxant Deparmien-t of Public-Works, not. only salaries but good fat expense accounts. I have nothing against these men, I cm not. acquainted wl them at all. but I think the pi!)- llc have s right to know why there is so much secrecy about their em- ployment. and why no questions were asked on this Iubject In the Legislature by our so-called repre- sentptivcss w - am, fir, e .. » ENGINEER.

MUDDLIN G THE ACCOUNTS

Sim-I have been trying to put: zle out. whatour present. hide-End", tic-seek Government were trying to do in the various reports issued them.

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I have the report of the Depart- ment of Public Wfirlis 0nd I B9B where the county engineers were paid a. certain salary. not their regular salary, and this is charged up to the ordinary expenditure.

I went further into this report. and I found that. these some engi- neers got. some more salary- and expenses and the various amounts are charged up to capital» expell- dlture. 1 wish some one who is good at would make this out. for me an tell me what. wts really done.

It looks to me like a deliberate attempt to deceive the people of this province because unless you lead every name in tho payments under each protect. you doiftknw if the item is for labour or for departmental aluaee. .'

Why were these salaries not put

their right place? Why were

tb capital ac-

‘Ihere is another item in these projects and thctfis that. the De- partment of Public Works chem“ itself with rental for rood moch- inery; the item is about 030.000. This is taken out‘ of capitol and credited onto ordinary 1100011110 W11 dCes the Department oi Pub- llc orlcs charge itself for its own machinery? I-s this another we; of hiding the true state of n airs from the tax-payers? The public are asklnzsiaheacw 11065110115» '

I am, , e ., . TAX-BAYER.

FOOLING THE imiifiimoriiib

___._._. . 5ir.—fl Guardian writer calla 0t- tentlon to the Governments bll trick to again fool the unemplflif- ed. A man of labor will have very little sense lf he doesrft sec through t-hLs trick. after whet he learned since lut elccthn.

i’ t‘ ' ‘tit? ""'~.‘;‘°“’; “k220i no now eve n.

man promised. if we lcctcd them

t0 baifiwaiul , wanted-work would lot it 1 ‘m’ “‘i’."".s‘l“°”.i”iZ”"“’ if?

muc urn hi3”, we have on tlilslliond harder time for labor toqlivc and more unempicyeif than ever before. And now the some 3c

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Mirror Of The Nation By "Commoner"

orrrvlwn‘, humour of and

every time the eubkct comes up for discussion in the House of Ommnone. This

sitlvcncao on the subject wu in evidence this week when Mr. Dun-