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.lelled to Cuando and United States.

_Crippled Children Lose $I.000

' Our evening contemporary, with the pro-

;j`_ verbial courage o_f a rhouse, has beat a speedy ._ retreat. It has neither accepted our challenge of

- yesterday nor repeated its allegations. Well. the

Crlppled Childrens Fund is a loser to the extent

of $1,000.

This is the third occasion we have found

1 it necessary and desirable in the public interest

to issue such a challenge to our contemporary. On each occasion it has promptly “dug for cov- er.”`Posscssing neither the courage to stand by its charges nor the courtesy to withdraw ‘them when discredited, it has lapsed into the silence

of the tomb.

Farm Statistics

The cattle population of Canada at Decetn- -_ ber 1, 1935 is estimated at 8,430,800. a decrease - of 1.5 per cent. during the twelve months. Milch

co\v numbers illcrczlsctl 2;: per cent. while beef Co\v numbers dcclincd 7.7 per cent. All classes of female breeding stock were reduced in numbers

r compared with the figures reported in the prev- '_ ious December. Since the number of cows to ` ealve in the December-May period of 1935-36 has

decreased and the intended marketings for the same period increased, it seems probable that cattle numbers have commenced their periodic

decline.

Milk production per cow increased from

11.26 pounds in 1934 to 11.71 pounds in 1935. The estimated number o`f cows being milked on December 1 was 2,514,000, an increase of 5.2

per cent.

Swine numbers were estimated at 3.950.500,

an increase of 8.3 per cent. With estimated far- rowings higher than those shown in the Decem- ber-l\1ay period of 1934-35 it is evident that a considerable increase in swine numbers may be

expected.

There were 2.628.500 sheep and lambs on

farms representing a decrease of 21.3 per cent. from the previous june and 4 per cent. from the previous December. \Vith the number of ewes to lamb in the December-May period some- what lower than was forecast last year it is ap- parent that the downward trend in the sheep population has not yet been checked.

Farm holdings of hens and chickens

‘amounted to 44.3l9,200 birds. The decline be- tween _lune 1 and December 1, 1935 was not as r a as was re iorted in the salne period of 1934.

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This fact, together with a reduction in the num-

ber of birds intended for market, would suggest that the decline in poultry ltumbers is slowing up.

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Firing And Hiring

The Toronto Globr, (Liberal), is authority

for the statement that strong pressure is being exerted by patronage-mongers on the new Post- master-General. Hon. I. C. li1.1.1orT, to get him to discharge all Conservative postmastcrs in the rural districts and to replace them with Liberals. But to these overturcs, the Globe says, Mr.- ELLIOTT has been unresponsive. Few postmast- ers have been dismissed since the change of Gov- ernment. although some have resigned their po- sitions, “admitting political partisanship." Mass hiring and Firing of postmasters, the Globe says, has been the expected result of change of gov- 'emments for years. Hon. P. ]. Vcnxor, Post- master-General in the last Liberal Government, _was charged with makinga record for patronage changes of this nature. In fact Mr. Vsulor, who seemed to relish this exercise with the spoils- man’s axe, claimed to have made between Boo and goo patronage appointments, and subsequent- ly, when he became a member of the Opposition. boasted that he would improve upon this' record when recalled to office__Perhaps this was the reason why Mr. MAcxl:Nz11: Kms, when he again became Premier, declined to recall him to

office.

It is to be hoped that the Globe’.v appraisal

of the new Postmaster-General, Hon. Mr. E1.r.1o'ri‘, is correct and that he has decided to de- part from the evil precedents established by Mr.

Vzuror.

There has been enough hiring and firing at

Ottawa since the K1NG Government took office to satisfy legitimate political demands,-and far too much of it in the Provinces now under Lib- eral administration.

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Seeking Treasure Trove\ `/'

The hope of finding treasure trove seems to

be latent in every human being. It is this hope which keeps fresh crops of people continually coming forward to finance the search for pirate gold on Cocos Island or somewhere else. It is the same hope that keeps certain chancery suits going or provides the basis for such frauds as the rec-‘ ent Drake affair in Chicago.

It matters nothing that many have failed

_and continue to fail in their search for the lost treasure. Each individual thinks he will he the lucky one. He knows the chances against him are probably several millions to one. The length of the odds only adds to the zest.

. . Despatches from London tell of the organi- 7 'lation of e new company to undertake excava- -,tiona on the already-much-excavated Cocos ` .Illl.\1d. At the same time, mail advices from

London relate the sad end of a treasure hunt ‘much nearer home. Four ears ago a company

Y

in Englgnd to seek the treasure

is lieved to have lost while

in 1216. After four years' the contpiany has gone into

Its ` liabilities are over

under aayathe

apparently due for which lt was

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, Editorial Notes ’

Having an editor of their own in the Lib-

eral ranks of the Legislature, the Halifax Clrronirlc-Star can no longer be accused of being Conservative in disguise.

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It would not be surprising no\v that Ajuwa

has been avenged, were Italy to encourage peace proposals.

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Nova Scotia has joined New Bnmswicle in

opposition to the scrapping of the B. N. A. but where, or where, stands Prince Edward Island, the interests of which are most vitally affected! -it as are

His Honour the Lieutenant Governor has

been advised that in the United Kingdom mgum. ‘"3 f0l' the late King by the general public is not_ prescribed. Of course those occupying high official positions and their wives will continue to wear mourning until further notice.

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Somewhat belated is our contemporary’s

conversloirto the truth that “a 1-eport and 3 rumour is one thing, and actual fact is another.” The time for the rumour-monger to get his facts right is before the show-down.

_` The London Spectator has ever been on the side of the angels in the matter of pac’F|sm where practicable. yet here is the conclusion it has arrived at regarding the present state of the world: “The essence of the Covenant of the League of Nations in one of its aspects is the doctrine that the collective strength at the dis- posal of the League must be overlvhelmingly greater than the strength of the strongest pos-' sible aggressor. We cannot refuse to frame our armament policy in the light of that principle.”

With the pocketbooks iof 64 nations in

hand, through representative buyers, the British Industries Fair, London, is regarded as a good barometer of business conditions in general. More than 30 Canadian firms participated and reported much Satisfactionvvith results. Improv- ing_purchasing power of the general public was m<llcaterI through orders for leather goods, fur- niture, toys and novelties. Overseas buyers at White City and Olympia numbered 13,500, an increase of 2,000 over 1935.

Adniinistrative changes designed to elimin-

ate periodical examination of war pensioners are announced. These do away with the routine medical examinations which pension recipients were formerly required to undergo. Unless the reason for further examination is apparent, pen- sioners will not henceforth be called in, while full authority is given to district medical officers to conduct examinations on request of the recip- ients themselvcs_ The changes were prompted by ' the fact that in recent _vcars the number of re- cxaminations of pensioners had resulted in no change either ill assessment or attributability.

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There are nu half measures with Bolshevists.

A sentence of death by shooting has been passed in a. Moscow court upon a hit-and-run motririst, who drove into a farm wagon, killing a horse and injuring three men, The doomed man, named Uuazorl, was traced after it long search and. according to the police, arlniitted he had been drtmk at the time. Alihorili this is not the first time that Moscow courts have been called on to deal with the menace of hit-and'run drivers, this sentence is the most drastic yet imposed. It pos- sibly indicates thc awareness of the Soviet authorities of the complications being created by the rapid increase in the number of automobiles that are threading the streets and highways among pedestrians and a horse-driving"public, which is not only ignorant of traffic laws but also untrained in such elemental; as judging

distances and watching lights. `

It sems that the Rt. Hon. MALCOLM MAC-

DoNAl.D, M.P_, when seeking election for Ross and Cromarty promised as the price of his adop- tion as National Candidate, (and did while in the -constituency) to observe the sanctity of the Sabbath. Now a London journalist commiser- ates with him reminding him that though he is back in London “he has firmly forsworn Sunday golf-which seems to imply Sunday tennis too- and Sunday shooting. And. of course, there can be no bridge or anything of that kind-though a bygone recreation called Bible Lotto would be permitted. He can clearly not frequent his sister Is1~n1c1.’s inn. He will, if he is wise, clock in with some regularity at one of the Scottish Churches in London, then walk in the Park. if possible with the London correspondent of the Ross Advertiser and Cromarty Intelligencer, and' after that read suitable books, from an approved list, at home. (Actually, life can be quite livable

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London has no commercial buildings high

enough to be classified as skyscrapers, writes Ronlus Fu-:MING in “Civil Engineering." For forty years the London building code has con- tained the following provision: “A building (not being a church or chapel) shall not be erected or be subsequently increased to a greater height than eighty feet (exclusive of two stories in the roof and of ornamental towers, turrets or other architectural features as decorations) without the consent of the Council." The code of 1894 was adopted after considerable discussion. Its object was "to do away with the existing acts of the previous fifty years, which had become complicated. doubtful and insufficient, and to replace them with a new act with clearness and simplicity of construction, wording and delin- ition." More than any other single deterrent to the building of skyscrapers in London is what is known as the "law of ancient lights." WEus_1'1-:rt defines ancient lights as "windows and other openings that have been employed for more than twenty years," and adds, “ln Enginand and in some states of the United States t owner ac-

tn /maintain them." “A Nevr`Dlctionary

by Sir jlitttts A.

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Notes by the Way

We norden to sharing with Ann. deacon Rag: and e. boat of earns. pcndeuts their love of those "trees that are England." It is impossible to imagine the taoe of mglgnd clean-shaven. Seen from above, it at once beoomes~ovld.ent that the °°\lmrY is I clwinz in old toms; even some ol' her roads still bend in a half-circle round an oak long since 8°11°. which was too big or too holy for the rude axes of our ancestors. Those axes were not so rude as are the axes of the Rich. mond Borough Council, under wllqse unsparing blows 19 of the noble ems which dignified Richmond Green have fallen, or are about to fall. It is not an irony that the beauty of such a scene should be at the mercy of the pafstng maj- ority in a minor local authorlty?'- London Morning Post..

The Italian peasant. is being hit;

his Government is being irritated by such foolish plnprlcks: and the Italian public ls, naturally enough retalluting by refusing to buy Brit- lsh_good.s. South Walw ls feeling the pinch, having lost one of- its best customers. And the people of our oldest Dominion. _ Newfound.. limd. have been plunged into grievous difficulty in ia time of ex- treme depression. Normally they ship 200.000 cwt. of dried codflsh to Italy. In the present season she has taken only 40,000 owl. It is a cruel b'ow to l~l.ewfoundland’s poor fishermen, who have suffered so severely in recent years.-London Daily Mail.

Professional penologlsts frequent-

ly dismiss advocates of 9. general house-cleaning for prisons as being either too severe or too sentiment- al. They may be-probably are- correct. Still, within a few days the public has leamed that one prisoner. convicted of a cruel and premeditated crime. a son of wealthy parents. had his own private bath and very obviously a large amount of liberty, and that the inmates of another penlientlary had such easy and uncontrolled access to its photographic and engraving labor- atory that they used lt as a work- shop for making counterfeit. $10 bills. Furthermore they also suc- ceeded in smuggling them out of the prison. Can it be that some prison officials are more sentiment- al than the sent-lmsntallsts?-Chrlv tlan Science Monitor.

Provided there is no eaieh in ll,

news that China and Japan are really going to co_opei-ate in devel- oplng the former's natural resources should be welcomed. The necessary consequence would be the opening of Chinese markets to Japan and so long ns this dces not mean clos- ing them to others, it is as it should be. Go-opeiaéan, not can- fllct 1hould'exLst. between a, vast undeveloped country and a sma‘ler overdeveloped one ,when they are such near neighbors, with, however, ithe interests of both and of any third party fully safeguarded. Nat- urally v:s5ed interests there must be considered and accommodation arratlged. But. of' all things desir- able ln the Far East ls provision for Japan of an assured supply oi material and steady markets for her manufactures. Then he: econ- omic penetration of the rest. of the world wi`l ease off.-Ex.

No matter how intelligent we may

become. or how much we learn from every source. there will for- ever remain the unsolvable mystery of life itself. Our loved ones slip away. We hear their voices no more. Their cheering presence and warm love ming`e togethcr in the great silence. Still there remains the com- fort. and the joy of all the beauty they gave to us, while yet in life- imcl that beauty. though silent. is somehow deathlesr.--Ex.

The reports are that pesseDI¢l'

trains, at least on the runs con- necting the larger cities of Eastern Canada. gencraliy are crowded. Traffic by no means has attained its old proportions, but so many trains have been taken oif in the last few years that those remain- ing are hard pressed, on many oc- casions. to accommodate the trav- elling public-Ottawa Joumal-

The vicar had received a couple

of tickets for the opera from one of his parishioners. Finding that he was unable bo 30. he rung up some friends and said: “An unfortunate dinner engagement keeps me from attending the opera tonlghl-I °0\lll`1 you use the tickets? "We should be glad to do so." wus the reply. “but _we no your unfortunate hosts."-Ex.

Kin; Vloinr Emmanuel Ill nf

Italy, who has been on his throne ghlrty-five years. believes that the function of a. constitutional mon- arch is to be "a permanent. under- secretary to successive Premiers.” It ls said that only once has he departed from this self-denying ordinance, to wit, when he signed the decrees that gave the Fascists absolute power. But since Mussol- ini tnok control then are those who think that the King has so completely effnoed himself-or been forced to do so-that he has not even the authority of one of the various under-secretaries through whom Mussolini tries to administer seven or more of the departments of the Italian Government.-Gun "rent Inlfufy.

nut for the eiann and the ‘cen- atlnt canoe of insecurity cauled by militant Oommunl-lm. lijll mmf improbable that either -Mussolini or Hitler would ted” bein con- trol of the dalttnlas of Italy and Germany respectively. _'rho soviet Government at ti1n»pieaant. time tiiuleime noponaibillty for the flood of communist mvnlnhdb which has for many yyra been pourinz into ell eauntriu. At the eelne time tt wma undoubtedly from the neeaqtinrtan of the "Third Inter-

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ACID FORMING DIET IN TREATING .ASTHMA

There is much being said and

written about acidosis these days; in fact baking soda and other alk- alles me having a big sale. Thom is nothing wrong in ra general way about this because mostof our diets do contain it little more of the acid forming foods than they should. Acldosis means that the blood and tissues are getting toward the acid- state. that ls. are not alkaline enough.

However just as there is an acid-

osls there is also what ls called alkalosls when the blood and tis- sues are becoming too alkaline. .lust as aeldosis causes symptoms so also does alknlosis. ` One of the conditions in which

the alkalosls condition is found is asthma.

Research physicians are not

agreed that the alkalosls causes the asthma, but it is known that with asthma. there is alkalcsls. It seems logical therefore that instead of an alkaline diet an acid forming diet should be given ln asthmatic cases. , Dr. L. Montagnl in Minerva Medi- cine tells of his use of what ls call- ed the ketogenlc diet in cases of asthma.. The diet consisted chiefly of broth, meat, eggs. egg whites and some green vegetables (spin- Bch.) Some of the patients were in grave asthmatic conditions lasting for days, while others had frequent violent attacks. The patients were normal and' we‘l nourished, and showed no ill effects from the diet.

Dr. Montagni doesn't believe that

a tendency to alkalosls is present in bronchial asthma, but believes that by bringing the blood and tissues nearer to the acid condition the nerves which cause a tightening of the bronchial tubes and smaller vessels in the chest. are made to re- lax, thus giving the patient relief from his asthmatic attacks.

There was a general improvement

in each case. but the diet had to be maintained to keep the “acldlfylng" process going.

Certainly this simple method of

fighting of! asthmatic attacks is

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worth try g.

It must be remembered however

that these were well nourished indi- vidua`s with apparently only asth- matic attacks as symptoms. None of them were considered extra. sensi- tive to any particular substances.

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Out of my harbourlng palm

Drlited la. seed. `

While the thrush freed

His heart, flutlng a psalm.

There in Eartlrs arms it lay-_ Thut small, sllgh. guest- Llpplng her great brown breast Day after day.

Day after day I found No stir, no sign: - Slowly Earth's milk-and-wine

Flowed. without sound,

Till out of- the warm loam stole A tiny splre _ Glowing with pale green fire- A gnome with a soul.

Then I and the thrush, my brother, Blltbe music made.

Blessing that virgin blade. And another, and another.

-G. H. Clarke ln “Dalhousie

' Review.

MAUGHAM IN WEST INDIES

(Cuudlnn Press) PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad. March 3 - Somerset Ma\18ham, British author, said here his next book would probably be set in a. West Indian atmosphere.

The writer of “The Painted Vell"

and “Of Human Bondage" said he had discovered “s. mine of literary and historical wealth" du:-ing his tour through the Caribbean Isles. He had come here on the recom- mendatton of the late Rudyard Kipling.

Mr. Maugham planned to tour

the United States before returning to England.

N0 BALI

"Say, mister," said the bright

youth to the butcher, “do you keep Joints to suit all purses?" "Sure," said the butcher. “Well, what have you for an

empty one?"

"Cold shoulder," replied the

butcher.

fer joins Germany. now takes fright. In the Senate. Premier Van Zeeland says: “I am unable to N. veal i.n this place the grave ele- ments which govern my view, but I am convinced that we must strengthen ourselves immediately diplomnticaliy, financially. and, chiefly. militarily." Little Switzer. land, home of the League. noone of A Nazi chiel's murder by a Jew, hut not known warfare since Nep- olaon's dey. Now a conference or her military chiefs decides to re. Ofillli-ill her army to meet "e sur- prise attack."-I/andon sunday gg. press. _ 1

::Mtllar‘a Worm Powders not only

make the infantile system untou- \b!° for worms. but by their action births stomach. liver and bowel; they comet such troublae eg leak of appetite, bilioueueas and other internal disonfara that the worms create. Children thrive upon them and no matter what condition their worm-infested stomachs -may ba in. tho! will show improvement ee

PUBLIC FORUM

llll oolull ll CMI lu tho

dllvlellol by eorreenolaleltl of queotllll Ol interest., 'lr Chnrloltlhln Belrllu lou I I eeeelledly endorse the opinions of onrlillildlltq.

“Till WAY Ol' TB! P0lJ’l'|ClAN"

Sir.-Ignatius that at the recent

Cornwall moot Mr. Shaw spoke very kindly about the farmers of this section as well as aeveml other districts. If this ornm eondiment worked as well on these farmers as it did on myself, than Mr. Shaw has eoored high. It la the way of the politician. if he wants to eu- llst. their support in a project of utility or of an iuutllity.

It is strange that the farmers and

fishermen of the south and up to Borden were not consulted re their grievances. But nary s. meeting. Mr. Arthur Gaudet is the man to put the thing over and a certain farmer stated at the Comwall meet- ing that he could bank on their support. Tanlnllus-like he offers us a. bridge on which we would not care to cross during the busiest time of year for hauling produce, that is during me months of.De- cember, January February and March.

Mr. Hyndman also comes to our

help. He offers f/0 build a. bi°ld8e '£0 connect the solution of our griev- ances with the solution of the merry brigade of unemployment ln Charlottetown - hlghlanders and hikers, bootlegs and boarders. -sip- per and sappera.

I should be in favour of a, bridge

if I wanted to walk to or drive old Dobbln to the city. shortening the distance would be worth while. But- our method of travelling has com- p`etely changed and the distance of three miles extra by going around would not cau;e much de- lay. especially on ta. paved road. It might be the shorter way, as to time, as there would be reduced speed on the bridge. lf. when con- sidering the building. years ago, the objection was on the part of many farmers, its lnutlllty, on account a better bridge of loe. still greater shouldthe objection be today when we have auto-trucks and paved roads. and in the winter we use slelghs.

Mr. I-lyndmm stated at the

Board of Trade that the expense at running the ferries would at 4 per cent. pay the interest on half a. million dollars-about the cost. of a bridge. Does he mean that if the bridge be built, the ferries will be closed down? 'This would mean that the people of a large section of country opposite Charlottetown would have to drive about ten miles West to West River bridge and then 10 miles moreby the new bridge to get to the City.

It seems very easy. to start a

project. appoint n committee, hold two or three meetings and then rush lt to the clinic of the Board .of Trade. , About a year ago there was B. project started to get the Fwderal Government to pay the farmers it bonus on their potatoe crops. This would give the selfish farmers who made fairly well on his cx;op, by feeding hogs. a double profit.

Many years ago a project was

.started to build ii break-water at 'Canoe Cove and oompleted. There was no difficulty in this cnse a‘so to get the farmers 'to bite.” The nucleous of a great seaport was to be laid. which would vie with Charlottetown for the trade of lhe mainland. "

Other great projects along the

West River were completed-"of lit- tle use today. Children will wk for the moon and men often ask for that which wi‘l be of no benent.

What then are our grievances? It

ls the want. of passenger accommo- dation and facilities for transport- ing the products of the land and of the sen. and rivers to their des- tined markets, facilities too for the more direct importation of such things as the farmer and fisher- man wants. Under present condi- tions the nsherm/en has to get ‘product drawn over unpardonable roads to n railroad station. from which it reaches Summerslde. before it. is .sent to the markets of Boston and Ncw York. If we had a rall- wny, we could send direct and in- crease our profits by three cents per pound. When there is n potato boat loading in Charlottetown the farmer gets only one load per day shipped. The loading is done so quickly that. the farmer does not get much of his crop away. If he has 1.000 bushels it ‘would take him 20 days to do his shipping. He could do the same job in about five days if he had a railway. it is a well known fact that the farm- ers here are getting three to four cents less for their potatoes than they would get on the railway line. A railway would link us with Char- lottetown and give ‘us access to other markets. For the want of a railway, some _of the farmers here do not go to the city mon than once or twice during the year and when they do go it. is only to be refreshed or to see n picture. They deal with T. Eaton az Co. and the country stores. If they had a rail- way they could send their pm- ducts to Charlottetown and pur- chase all their goods there. A rail- way would increase the value of property not only in Cornwall but liao in n whole notion of country as far as Borden, and a railway em be built without building North River bridge, and the idea of going around to accommodate as many places na possible is better thefi"'thd‘lde\ of a short cut.

.I am str, atc.,

MALCOLM Ma'NltlLL

ELECTRIC LIGHT PRDBLEI

Sir.-It ta well evar to beau- in

mind that 5 public utility compeny il the creation of legislative author- ity end always continues to be aub- Jaut to the control end regulation of tha Stain. When injuelicaa or eaueae of complaint erin. the people are justified in lookin; to the gov- ernment for a remedy. When the control or regulation ia not axpteu.

eeaaumueetmentmlm.

ly ivan to tha city or municipality Nts' Nllill in.t‘ha government.

of “eminent domain." _

In _i898 the Charlottetown Light

and Power C0. was incorporated and was given express power and auth- ority to purchase the then existing electric and gal plants and the company were el-so given certain franchises, rights and prlvileges within the City. The Montague

Eeetric Company was afterwards

ewiss incorporated and was given

certain rights and privileges within its area. Then come the Maritime Electric Company with a. Dominion charter granted in 1917. This Com- pany did not aDDly to the local Legislature for the privilege of buy- ing and taking over our electric plant. They ignored our Legislature and it was only tn 1927 when they wanted to extend their influence to other parts of the Province outside the limits of this city that they came with a petition seeking not only such extentione but these words were also inserted in the Act. “ln addition to the privilege and right. which it now exercises within said limits which right la hereby ratified and confirmed."

The Legislature did not bother

about protecting the interests of org citizens by putting ln any provisio about rates or about submitting an annual statement to the City Coun- cll or about a. local representative on the Board of Directors, or about stock issues. ebc. This was an allen company and were given all they asked for without question and without regulation. It is not neces- sary just ‘now to enter into the legal phases of the matter as to what rights, easements. privileges and franchises, ff any, lt. _actually did pass to the Maritime Electric Company either by their purchase of the Cbarlottewwn Light. and Power plant or as u result of the 1927 statute above mentioned. That question will be considered ln due time, but just now let us look at what action was taken by the in- terests behind the Maritime Electric Company once they obtained this Legislative sanction ‘from our Pro- vince in March, 1927. At that time there was outstanding $126,700 bonds of the Charlottetown Electric Company and the holders of these bonds were given the opportunity in fl/larch, 1927, to exchange their bonds for $6.50 preferred stock of Associa- ted Gus and Electric Company on the basis of 10% shares of stock for each $1.000 bonds. That transaction shows clearly who were our light und power owners at that time. Then ln 1929 this same A. G. E. Co. had the local employees go out to their friends. relatives and neigh- bours and sell more bonds, certif- icates and obligations on some of which interest has never been paid. und many have since been conver- ted on the books of the Company into ordinary common stock of the A. G. E.

There ls no use crying over spilt

milk. 'Ihe damage has been done. It could have been prevented by our legislators and would have been. had they known the facts. It was their duty to have ascertained the facts and tx, glve,eKeot to their sovereign duty ‘for the protection of the pub- lic interests," especially in the mat- ter of a public utility which so vit- ally affects the community life and well-being of the citizens. What is the remedy? First, to insist' upon an immediate and drastic reduction in rates ,and to give the absentee owners no concession of any kind until such is made effective. Sec- ond, to insist upon local manage- ment and control ln any future sale or transfer and proper regulations for the issue of securities; thlrdly. the facilitating the purchase by the City under u competent and effici- ent commissioner, and, fourthiy, that ln any sale. transfer or change that may be brought about our in- vestors or that portion of them who hnve been given worthless certific- ates should be given protection.

The City has the right. to acquire

the local plant. and it a refusal is given, or, if the price asked ls too high it can obtain authority to take it over at n fuirmarket, value. The present Company has no riuhi W ask one cent, for any rights. privil- eges or franchise for these are the gift. of the government and cannot be transferred. In the fixing of the lnir market value, only such pro- perty found to be used and useful should be taken into account. Pro- perty which is not. serving the pub- llc should be treated as unnecessary facilities. Under all the circum- stances which are now known. the City is clearly justified ln demand- ing its “pound of flesh" and should hbve the co-operation of the Legis- lature in the operation.

Ln s report, presented to the New

York State Leglsature on February 24th last and from which I will give quotations in future, I find these words:

"Where a company is honestll'

operated, the stocks and bonds will be represented by physical assets of at least. a like amount." “The eodttlons which have been shown to ‘exist by the testimony P\1bl1Cl¥ EW' en were not created by this commit- tee. The correction of such abuses is in the hands of the stockholders. If they do not clean their own houses they must. not. complain of the existence of filth."

Inasmuch as the Maritime Elec-

tric Co. have no stockholders it is up to our City Council and to our Legislature to do the hou.se-clea.n-

llll.

I nm, Sir, etc..

JOHN F. WHEAB.

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WIIY A “00MP.AC1."’T

Sir,-Have walnot taken pride in

the fact that we have hitherto had democratic govemment of the moat advanced type? Why now this ad- vocacy of n“compaet"? There were certain good reasons for'the Family Compact in Upper Canada in early days. Among other considerations, there was danger from lawless rov- tn| characters and from American enemies.

We have nothing of auch e nature

here. Our people are not nomadic.

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s sol' of answer does n _

isfy the 'I‘emperanoe peoplgt :xo would like to see the laws enlorwd Mr. Rogers' letter of some days' HB0. summing 'up Mr. Bemleys correspondence. and then showin the olondltlons as they al-E today, was the most clarifying and direct answer to Mr. Bent‘ey and

palgpggtthat has yet appeared on the

I am one of the many who am

interested* in real Temperance ra. f°!`m» “nd U0 5“8€€5lloi‘i5 theritrl or of enforcement. or laws, slioultl be denounced by Tetlexs conlusinff issues. _ °

This question of Tempzrancn la

too serious for sarcasm or personal inslnuatlons on either side. A n-al answer to Mr. Rogers* letter Wm, helpful suggestions, would br- llke an "oasis in the desert," of me many letters on this subject ap. peering la-te‘y.

I am, Sir, etc.,

BONA FIDE

Summerside.

CAUSE AND EFFECT

Sir,-One of the members of

King _George Division, sons of Temperance. Murray Harbor. sup- plied me with the following illu- stratlon: “What if the old Pro- hibltlon boat is leaking! well ball bex' out and stick to herl It ls bet- ter than swimming."

Of course some of our friends

tell us that we ought to just jump aboard the new boat. “Government Control," but unless we are very wrongly' informed, that new boat leaks worse than the one we are now on, so we are still very im. willing to change.

The opponents of Prohibition per.

sist in telling us that things are terribly bad In our province. How oft/en is it necessary to sav that this is abso‘utely no argument? It is like saying that because one apple is half rotten therefore the other apple must be good. It may be all rotten. Those who oppose our pres- ent law have not produced evidence to show -that Government Sale has reduced drunkenness. law breaking or poverty. If I am wrong in this statement, will someone kindly cor- rect me. I shall be watching the press. . -I repeat. in order to come to a reasonable conclusion about the re- lative merits of Prohibition and Govemment Sale, lt/is necessary to compare conditions on P. E. I. under Prohibition with oondltlons in other places under Govemment Sale, and to compare conditions ln the other provinces, etc.. before and after the change from one law to the other. This the opponents of Prohibition consistently refrain from doing.

In previous letters I have given

a. good deal of evidence to show that Government sale does noth-

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