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CONSERVATIVE PLA TFORM

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f_ Service.

3 White Commission. ' 3. A practical policy in

t z. A As announced by Premier MacMillan ' . a 1. Continued economy consistent with efficiency in ::the administration of every Department of the Public

2. Having further established our Provincial claims against the Dominion Government to the extent of three , million dollars, to continue to press for a full realization Tof our claims on the basis of the minority report of the

the Agricultural Department

with the view of re-establishing mixed farming on a solid

‘ basis in this Province.

; 4. Changes at Prince of Wales College with the object ‘yof developing a practical Agricultural Course.

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5. Further extension of hard surfaced roads to the villages and centres of the Province if an economical type

' of hard surfaced road, within the means of the Province, fcan be satisfactorily developed.

6. Continuation of our policy of using local pit and shore gravel in our general road work.

7. Cooperation with the Federal Government in its policy of assistance to fishermen, and the general promo-

tion of the fishing industry.

8. Continuation of grants to exhibitions, fox shows

and fisheries. 9. Continued support of

the Maritime Transportation

Commission in its fight for lower freight rates ‘on Maritime

shipments.

10. Continued cooperation with the_ Federal Govern- ment in reference to Unemployment Public Works Projects _ in order to relieve as fully as possible unemployment in

the Province.

11. Continued extension of Public Health activities

including practical Dental Hygiene and Mental Hygiene. 12. No increase in Provincial Taxation. 13. School Books at lowest possible cost.

14. Having been successful last _ a half per gallon in the price of make every effort towards obtaining a further

the interests of the farmers,

duction of one cent and gasoline, to reduction in motorists.

year in securing a re-

fishermen and

LIBERAL SCHEME

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lo raise over $10,000.” This state- ment also received enthusiastic applause. t The records of the two parties with respect to subsidy claims and other matters, were ably dealt , “u, by My‘. Currie, who showed ' conclusively that a return 01' the Liberal party to power meant nothing but starved public services and increased taxes.

An attempt to heckle Mr. Currie reacted badly on Mr. 110F089. who received a double dose of the some medicine, and who loudly com- plained at having to take such treatment.

A gentleman rose from the aud- ience and. drew the chairman's-at- tention to the fact that a Liberal

"lieckler (whom he named) had started the trouble and was the cause of the whole disturbance. The audience loudly applauded. 1dr. LePage had nothing to say by‘ way of reply.

The Premier also produ the repoitof the Board o: Audt re- ferred to in the Lea. communica- tion which stated explicably that the Board had no power to make Fsettlement, and that they did not consider they were in a position to make any recommendation

WORTH WHILE

" “$150,000 added to our subsidy in the years of Canada's worst de- pression-wasn‘t that something worth while." challenged the Pre- mier in referring to Conservative achievements.

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the one preceding. the other fol- lowing, the government leader. Premier MacMllan, who, howev- er, in ten minutes rebuttal at the close, had the opportunity of straightening out the misstatements of both these gentlemen. which he did with telling effect.

OORRECTS MACIEAN MIS- SIATEMENTS

Mr. MocLean had claimed. as

an argument against alleged gov- ernmental extravagance. that the interest on the debt was now 5358.000. “f would like to ask him,”

said the Premier, "where he gets

that figure. It is not contained in

the Public Accounts cf this Prov-

ince, and consequently l say the statement is not correct. The inter-

est we paid at the end of Decem-

y . » her was $220,000. When you take 1 fiom $220,000, you have a

. mistake of Just $120,000.

-'I‘he Premier then took up the subsidy claims question, reviewing

the manner in which $10,000 o_f the

$100,009 increase under Liberalrule ,_

had been received in a general re- distribution of subsidies, shared in by, all the Provinces. He also

$100,000, $120,000. and $100000 ob- tained undei- successive - . .- ‘ihm-govcrnmsnte in this province.

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-. Alerrylnt ,. Q tfullycnthe

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stressed the subsidy increases of~

Premier's office in Charlottetown" which was now history?‘

"1 might tell Mr. MacLean." said the Premier in this connection. “that this correspondence did not 90mg out og- the Premiers office in Charlottetown. He ought V) know it was tabled in the House of Commons at Ottawa, and it is public property. Mr._Saunders did not leave any of his correspond- ence with us at all." (Laughter and applause).

ANSWERS LENS STATEMENT

Answering the statement attrib- uted to Mr. Lea in last night's Pat- riot». the Premier said: "I doubt if that statement was written by MI- Lea. This refers to a presentation before the Audit Board on May 10, 1930. and we know that Prem- ier Saunders in January of that year presented a demand at Ottawa for an increase of $438,000. H"! while he was at Ottawa, Mr. Lea as Ailing Premier of this Province. with the assistance of Mr. J. 0. C. Campbell. presented another de- mand which was printed in the Patriot newspa, . asking for three and a quarter million dollars. Quite a difference between the two claims-but it didn't rnattcri they got nothing anyway." (Applause)-

The Premier challenged the Lib- erals to show how they were g0- ing to make revenue and expendit- ure meet without crippling the public services or raising taxes.

He showed that the Liberal debt increase in their last term was $1,- 117,000 and that they had failed. with all this expenditure, to im- plement their pledge to introduce Old Age Pensions. (Applause).

The government. he continued. had been critici-"bd for spending money. “If we had not brought that money from Ottawa, we would have been very much worse off, and that is the very thing that they are condemning us for. How could we save it? We had to spend that money. We could not raise the price of farm products or fish- eries, but by road work, and work of that kind, we could give some work to those who needed it.

A SPLENDID RECORD

“In the last five years over a million dollars have come into this province direct from Ottawa. be- sides subsidy increase." he declared amid further applause. That sub- tsidy increase alone amounts to $150,000 annually. I1 we did‘ in- crease the debt by $955,000. we have improved the credit of th‘s Province $3,000,000 and we leave the prov- ince that much better off,

He also dealt effectively with

public health. and with the Con- servative platform in the present campaign. Scoring Liberal m’ tutements at the close of the meeting. the Pre- mier challenged Mr. Mclntyres claim that the Conservatives had ever said the Bennett Government v_1_a._s___ ying fifty per cent of the exper dertaken last fall.

"When Mr. McIntyre tries to leave the impression that the Fal- eonwood wing was intended for a nurses home alone, he knows he is misetating the facts," the Prem- ier said. "Part of it was for a nurses home, part for an attend- ants‘ home, put for a laundry, poor; for vocation and recreational I ."

us. A i isoaaisou

rm: c1 A 111.0113 crown

building only two scows and a ferry boat. The Liberals, if elected on their platform of balancing the budget, will either have to cut down necessary public works or increase the taxes, Mr. Morrison predicted. I-lb also empha- sized the insinccrlty of the liberal pledge to abolish officials‘ Jiiotor cars. -

HON. HEATH TRDNG

"We secured the Government at a time when the depression struck this province with full force," Hon. Mr. Strong declared in con- trasting the conditions existing un- der both administrations which necessarily had to be taken into account.

could have funded his overdraft of $1,040,000 at a lower rate than we could on coming into power, but he failed to do so," Mr. strong declared. Mr. Baker had cited the overdraft of the first Stewart gov-

‘ernment but he forgot to mention

that the overdraft left by the Bell administration was much larger.

"They say we must reduce ex- penditure," continued Mr. Strong. Lea says ‘we are going to tighten up in the Department of Public works.‘ It was too loose be- fore. It was too broad-like Mr. Mc- Intyre himself. So Mr. Lea says he is going to tighten up on his belt. They are going to bring that de- pertinent, if elected, under control of the government. insLead of al- lowing it to be run by one man and the officials of the department. This Mr. Strong showed, amid ap- plause, was a poor compliment to Mr. Mulntyres ability as an econo- mist.

“You all know the fine roads you have had in this district since the present government came in." Mr. Strong continued. “We only had one machine to do the ivork, and they are going to tighten up and take that away. The Brass will grow on the roads. There are plenty of byroads that have not yet been machined. It is impossible to do it with the machinery we have on hand at the present time. Yet these gentlemen say the yare go- ing to tighten up. ARE YOU IN rayon or‘ ALL THESE ROAD MACHINES BEING our‘ our AND WORK TAKEN AWAY FROM THE 4 PEOPE?" (The audience showed by their applause that they were not.)

“Mr. Thane Campbell the other dBY boasted ‘We spent the money in good times.‘ Shouldn't he have Saved the money 1n 800d times, m be 506m 110w among the farmers, the laborers and the fishermen of this Province at a time when they need it?" (Applause).

Mr. Strong, amid further ap- plause, referred to the Premier's achievement in bringing $150,009 increase federal subsidy mm the Province. This was contrasted with the Liberal unsuccessful efforts as shown in Mr. Saunders corres- pondence with Prime Minister Mac. Refills Kins, which he read to the amusement 0f the audience. -

Ml‘- smm! oiso referred to the

wmtarnigiiwuy ‘ protects-unr-

reduction effected in car lungs fees and the reduction of gasoline Prices by 1 l-2 cents per gallon. He 3-150 EHSWBNd the Liberal candid- ates criticism with regard m p31- oonwood plans, the gfayg] o; Prince Edward Island. ,

Mr. McIntyi-es policy o} mdéy- ing $20,000 tons of gravel per year from Nova Scotla was strikingly contrasted with the Conservative P0110? of developing Island gravel pits and using native gravel, CHALLENGING QUESTION “D0 you want this trans-Canada. hilhway stopped’! Then a vote for the Liberal Party is a votc to stop this hlrhwoy- They must intend to do it because they say it is loo ex. pensive." Mr. Strong declared drawing enthusiastic applause as he proceeded to show the advant- age to coming execution of this highway. .

Dealing with Public Health Mr. Strong asked who among the Lib- eral candidates was qualified to fill the portfolio of this depart- merit? He instanced the splendid work done by Premier MiwMillan by both the health and education- al departments.

Mr. C. C. Baker, the first Lib- eral candidate, criticised the Gov- ernment for allegedly spending $1,- 035,000 in its first three years more than the Saunders-Lea Govern- ment expended in their corres- ponding period, He also referred critically to Falconwood plans.

The Liberals if elected were g0- ing to save one car for Mr. Mc- Intyre to use as Minister of Public Works, so that “he would not even have to ride s. bicycle."

Increased expenditure at Prince of Wales College was criticised, al- so the Governmenvs taxation methods, winter roads policy, over- draft increase. trans-Canada high- way, It was not the unsrmyilcvirci, he maintained. who were getting the money out of the unemploy- ment projects.

MR. A. E. MacLEAN, MP.

Mr. MacLean, the federal Liber- nismldidete. s l"! 1W1 M Hool- ogy w make discussing Do- minion policies.

Mr.‘ Strong. he was free to ad- mit, had “given more attention to the District than any man that we have had for some time." The only bbiecuon to him was that he was “on the wrong side of politics."

Mr. MacLean criticised l1‘ ' e highway work on the ground that in Ontario the farmers are beind taxed off their farms 0o pay for

manure. a

maintaining that “words were put into m. Lee's mouth which he never uttered. Mr, Mac-Lean also

GUARDIAN 7 n n

use m. u» More-vie critlciln spent for

. Answeilnl the amount Ealoonwocd HclDitl-i

1r Mr. LS8. had done his duty he é

_ but pending

referred to the Duncan report.

The revelations In the Saunders- Mackenais King-Robb correspon- dence were dismissed by Mr. Mc-

Lean as “ancient history."

He claimed that "up to the pre- sent time the subsidy under the White Commission had not been received and he predicted if itwas received by this Province it would Government

be when a Liberal was in power."

MR. HORACE WRIGHT

Mr. Horace Wright sneeringly to the “paltry silm" $150,000 subsi‘ increase by Premier

Cuir- ndencs he "ancient history."

MR. J. P. MCINTYBE

Reinlnisences of - his

"there wasn't any he accordingly entered three year contract Scotio. people, Subsequently,

gineers. Mr. McIntyre attempted to off- set the subsidy claims achieve- ment of Conservatives Liberal expenditures for

for public works.”

He also reviewed Falconwood ex- pendit/ures.

The Premier Mr. McIntyre com-

plained. was a man of great big ideas-a great deal too big for

Prince Edward Island.

He complained that 0n the roads at the present time he counted 80

men behind one med machine. "We got to stop

he declared. Voice: They were

Continuing Mr. McIntyre claim- ed he had never slandeied alandered the

Falconwood Hospital but Conservatives had

McIntyre highway.

NEW DIVISIONS

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ent in the Great Wu.- and estab-

lish himself on the African front OFFER. SERVICES

LONDON. July

ersy were given another push.

The» Government is working with France, hoping the tawo may find some road to settlement of

the dispute which could be pie sented at the meeting of League of, Nationals the subject about July 25.

While up pennislon of

or's army.

A rush of applicants have sent weir names to the Ethiopian Leg- atlon here. These offers are “much Minister said. further instructions from Emperor l-Iaile Selassie he is not taking active steps to en-

alprpreciaxed," the

list volunteers.

Italy's demands were reported to be frontier rectification, economic concessions, railways through Eth- iopia. to connect Eritrea and. Ital- ian Somelilend and appointment o: Italian advisers to the Ethiop- llm state department. Ethiopia wu said to _be resolutely Ollposed to the

latter two.

Both Sir Samuel I-loare, Foreign David John Colville, Secretary for Over- seas Trade, dodged a barrage of questions in the House of Com- question of

Secretary, and Lt. Col.

mons today on the aims exports to Ethiopia.

Sir Samuel said he had not ar- rived at a decision on licenses in the matter but expected to make

an announcement "shortly."

Lord Rcthermerfs pro-Italian Evening News in a strong editorial the

called Ethiopia civilized

"a blot on landscape" and

"Mussolini can and means to civi- we min Wllh

INSTANBUL, Turkey. July 15- Two hundred Ethiopian eunuobs. Abdul Hamid and Sultan MehmedCahld- edine, today offered their services to the Ethiopian Army. They tele- graphed Djaffer Alba, former chief of the Royal Harem. now in Ankarl. volunteering to guard lh-npoiwr

line Ethiopia and good luck to him."

rormacrly in the service of

Haile with their Hill.

The former Harem guards are a picked, forosJlLofdlnt. stature and

m“: "rammed-is

famed for their bravery. skilled with sword. spear

GOV"! POLICIES

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referred

of . ‘ved Maddillln from the . Bennett Government. The subsidy

claims revelations in the Saunders "ismissed as

achieve- ments as Minister of Public Works were given without undue modesty by Mr. J. P. MoIntyrein his onen- ing remarks. In 1938, he claimed. gravel to be found in Prince Edward Island and into a with Nova he maintained, he had employed en-

by citing railway. new car ferry. and “$40000 l. year

this wasteful extravagance of money because if wegoonvlewontownourovwn homes. Owing to the tremendous borrowings of this Government,"

all Liberal

15—(A.P.)- Many Britons began to offer their services as volunteers in the Eth- iopian army today as Great Brit- ain's peace efforts in the controv-

the council on

the Government has held arias firms to ship, munitions to Addis Ababa, it is unable to prevent British citi- zens from enlisting in the Emper-

m. MacKeasie pointed out to efficient management $40,000 is saved snually in running present t. A set of plans could be bought every year Mid have M01101 left .ver, with what is saved. mt u the record.

Dealing with the text book ques- tion the speaker pointed out that when the nt Governmont- took office it found a deficit of $30,000 in the School supply De- partment. A new manager was womwd and g, profit of ll0.000 has been made int three years. ‘Phat is another exam?" it‘ what the two Governments have woo . Referring briefly to the Liberal platform and espec- ially to the plank that; revenue and expenditure must meet, Mr. MaoKenzle reminded the audience of what Mr. J. P. McIntyre had said when speaking while Minister of Public Works in the late Lib- eral Government. He bad said: "It is time to spread out and spend more money."

Mr. J. H. McDonald the first Conservative candidate to speak received a splendid hearing and was warmly applauded. In begin- ning his speech he pointed out that this country has been carried through the depression just a little better than most other countries in the world and it. has been

plans that due

The Conservative candidates of the fourth district of Queen's, Maui's. A. H. MacDougall and J. Lawson Jenkins, were roundly ap- plauded last evening by a large audience that packed the hall at Eldon. His Worship Mayor Ken- nedy supported the Gvvin ment candidates while J. J. Larabee spoke on behalf of J. Walter Jones and Dougald MacKinnon, Liberal candidates.

Painting a picture of blue ruin he conceived in his personal can- vass of the Belfast district Mr. J- Walter Jones. Liberal candidate. was taken to task by Mr. Mae-

under a. Conservative Government. This Province is in just a little better position than the other Piovinoes and it also has had a Conservative Government.

The opposition critics, said Mr. McDonald, have been making a great howl because the MaoMillan Government went behind in four verypooryearsin themidstof depreu-ion. But what about the late Liberal Government, _ that went behind in the four preceding p. ,. in years? If it had not been for the ability of the present Government things might have been very serious. Regarding the criticism by the Liberal candidates of the amount spent to provide water at lfslconiwotu Hospital from the City of Charlottetown supply Mr. McDonald pointed out that when the fire occurred there was no water to fight it. The first thing the present Gova-nment, which looks to the future, did was tolayawaminainfromthecity supply to the Hospital so that in case of future fires there would be water to fight it.

Mr. Reid Underhay the second Conservative candidate to speak also received enthusiastic ap- plause. He referred to the amount the present Government saved in - running Iuilnoiiwood Hcqiital. The Liberal speaker claimed that .the late Liberal Government had had

a surplus in the three ars but forgot to mention, he ted out, the amount they went behind.

$500,000 in the last eight months they were in power.

Mr. Wade Hughes who spoke first criticised the amount the Government went to provide water for Feloonwood Hoqiital. He claimed there was a tial surplus of ordinary revenue over ordinary expenditure under both the Lea and the Saunders Govern- meats.

Mr. Geowe

the second Liberal diitlcised the Borden Read, which he claimed was’ largely for the benefit of tourists, He also criticised Prince of Wales College. He did not think the Province neded so expensive a college. ‘rhere are 1000 children in the Province that are not even learning to read and write, he claimed.