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MONDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1920

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'i'i|l~: HUG si'rl.Y.\'|‘i0X I The hog situation in Canada today is not sat- isfactory. Prices have been declining for some time ast and the prices of feed have been so high that by the time a hog is fitted for market there is iit- tle left for the farmer. - '

Chicago, it is well known, sets the price of hogs and hog products and it is to the credit both of Can- adian packers and Canadian pork that prices here have, all through- this slack period, been higher than in Chicago. This is due partly_ to our somewhat ex- tensive home market. and partly also to the good! reputaton of Canadian bacon in the Old Country. It

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CURRENT CilMMENT

Tile provincial elections in lirlt- lsh (‘tilti-ntbia elections" lteudiittctl ed in the Patriot as anotht-t- lzlttr-

ious Liberal vitlcory. is atiotltt-t‘ strong evidence o! that LESSPYN ING PO\VER Oli‘ Li-BIJRALISAF‘ ott whic-h ilieir leader the lion. Mat-Kenzie King, complained so hit

terly. T-he Oliver Government’ went lo the ocuntry with a track-- ing of thirty seven against teit. (lotiervatives, Socialists and ln dependents. They carried the last; election by large and sweeping ma~ jorities, but in the present iiisitinre Conservatives ran them so closoI that et/‘én yet there is tiangt-t- that n lew votes in some tronstitttetitties may stpel-l tor them disaster. At t-he tbest when they select a s peak er it. will leave them 2:! to 2:5 on the .i'loor oi‘ the llotise and, as in Ontario, New Brunswick and .\l.tni tuba, tle-pendent tu-pon the mct-t-y

will not be forgotten that we are up against very un equal competition with cheap American pork. Even,

with the rate of exchange as at‘ present the Ameri-t can dealer can pay the Canadian duty of $400 per

barrel on his pork and still undersell our pork in our own markets. Had the Hon. Mr. Lea, Commis- sioner of Agriculture whose duty it is to safeguard the Canadian and especially the Prince Edward Is- land farmer, devoted a little more attention ‘to the

or one oi’ their opposing YOPCPQ tor li-bettty to live. Considering that there was not the usual record (if srttntitil and wrong doing cotijttrt-tl up by “opponents and that the tiov PVDIIIPHFS history was a ttttt-xy- good one. the-result of this contest from “he standpoint of Fonservtttivcs. who tilm-ost doubled their lttlltttv- lug besides vastly increasing their

need of adequate protection for our Canadian meats and a little; less attention to ‘theoretical and absurd free trade talk before the Tariff Commission, he

ipttpilltl-r vote, tntust be tirost eta-titti- aging, while to the Libertils it is Einother u! those fatal finger pints

would have done at least something to show whereitttt-t twists w titett- ttt-stt-tt-ttttn.

the free trade policy of his party would land our farmers if carried out.

Hogs are scarce‘ not only in Canada but in the United States and prices are bound to come up in the very near future or just as soon as the present phase of the situation has passed. The cause of the

- recent decline is easily traceable.

At the close of the war the British Food Min- istry found itself burdened with millions of pounds of American fat pork, for which it had previously contracted. It was then up against the problem of sellng this vast antount of pork, which was far from palatable to the average Idnglishman. Tradesmen preferred to taut-chase Cattadiait bacon, which, though of higher quality, had to be retailed at the saute price as the American pork. The fact that Catt adian bacon was used as a bait to get rid of the fat pork clearly shows the preference of the English iiablic for Canadian goods. These rigid conditions have recent; relaxed slightly and the Food Ministry) finding it increasingly tllﬂflctllt to force the Am- erican article down the tliipoats of the Engish pub- lic, because, in addition, to the “importation of the Canadian article, Danish bacon is beginning to come on the Eitglislt market in increasing quantities

Canadian farmers, however, must do their share to hold that trade, The hog industry has ex- perienced a dull year, but with the gradual fall in the price of feeds, the brightness of the outlook in- creases There is evrey reason for confidence in the industry if farmers are prepared" to raise the hogs and be ready to step in andfhold the trade they se- cured during the war, but which has temporarily slackened because of British control. What is need- ed now is that those m-en who sold off their breed- ing stock, get back into the business, because there is no doubt whatever that the man who feeds his grain is going to make more profit than he who hauls his grain to market--in spite of the continued con- trol by the British Food Ministry. ‘

T]! E ROA DS. i

In the long list of administrative casualties that have emanated from the Bell government and have fallen back upon it with crushing effect, the unfortunate aggregation has still sufficient politi--- cal breath to exclaim “Look at our work on the roads!” To this work what there is of it, they point with a pathetic and disparing claim that they should be forgiven for everything else they did, for every- thing else which they themelves admit they do not expect any mercy or forgiveness for. And some sec- tions of the roads are really good; the piece ofroad between North River and Bonshaw is excellent as no doubt are a few other sections, but as “ one swallow does not make a summer,” neither does a section of good road here and there throughout the province afford suﬂicient material for the proposed monument to Premier Bell. The whole road will be

the monument if the memorial to Mr. Bell and his government is to be confined to roads, and taking the bad spots with the good, it will make but a sorry

monument. What interests the people today is what use the Bell government is making of the federal grant which is being expended on our roads. The monument, if monument it is going to be, will be one to the memory of Sir Robert Borden and the government he led. it was he who nntdtnit possible for Mr. Bell and his party to inaugurate road im- provements and if these are not too costly, it is

possible that our tired people may erect a tablet:

somewhere to the memory of the Bell government with the non-committal inscription, “Blessed are the dead” In any catse whatever-of credit may ac- crue in the way of goodroads the larger part will go to the man who made it possible, who placed a large proportion of the money at the disposal of the province. When, in the course of years and under wther premiers. and Wemicr Bell is laid aside front usefulness or uselessness as the case may be, our roads throughout the- province will have become something to be proud of, they will form a grateful monument, not to Mr. Bell but to Premier Borden who inau urated the federal road grant which made

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.-\ sitrnificttitt iettture oi‘ tht- cl‘ rction was in the total failure oi‘ the (‘rerar so called llnitetl l-‘ttriti- (is party to carry a sittgle-suwtt tin the province antlpuore sittgtilai" ‘still that the rural or Farmer‘ con stitttenoies were principally ttwnrtl

to (‘onservzttivnt The one on- ‘-_v cottyittsion from this is that the ,g't'etii. units-s of the farmers and fruit izr-‘nrets o!‘ that rich agriatti- tural country are not itt sptnpailtt |\\'llil the (lrain (irowers combine. and tidoptetl ililgilltllllfﬂl 01' tlccltti‘ int: their approval oi‘ the tttrilt‘ tin‘- ic_\- enuncia-tetl to thctn by Prentiet" Mr-igltett on the occasion oi‘ his r=~4 lt-util visit to the province. Last stint ‘nit-r the Fniteti Painters ot‘ U. ('., lttlrl a cotitcrcnct- .ht- strong dilTtirt-nt-t~ t.|' cpittltttt 1ll‘l\\‘\'\'l'| the policy‘ of illﬂil‘ orgttit- izatltnt and that which zippeart-tl Snare popular in the country. and _at that convention they tipettly ac- Icepled the Fruit Gritwcrs tariii‘ views; they went even t'urt.lte-t' and ipublishetl tltt- fines-t series of reso- lutions upon political economy and lfisral policy thut tvo have over rt-ad §'i‘he views taken hy them in this ‘respect would ‘he a credit to any political party, and yet with all this the Farmers 01f British (‘trium- bitt gave their lull strength again- ‘st the (‘rerar movement and pisin- ctpally in tfavot- of (‘onservittivo candidates. t ...__. , \\'-hat is true of the fruit grow- ing interest of British (‘olttimltia is also Prlle ot‘ southern Ontario 'where the Tariff (‘ommissiott tire literally heseiged with applica- tions and pnotests against inter- trtronce ‘with ttltt- ttarifl‘ on lrults which, it they ntimkey with it. will mean 1he tlestruci-lon of their tbtieiness and wiping out the most profitable. rural industry in the pro vlnce. Senator/E. D. Smith, one ‘oi the largest ifruit growers and preserve mtakers on the continent in his evidence before the (‘ontntis sion tlet-lnred thaL-“Not only

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Daily Selections Guardian Readers

Furnished by W. Q_ Lpuoon,

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HOME tBy John l). \\'ells. in "Rhymes til Otir Home Folks“ published by ilanpeﬁs.)

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tle bit n‘ song. .~\ little bll o‘ latigltter through the ltall.

a little hit o‘ Yrotthle and a little stmtetltlng wrong.

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would the jam industry die wiped '

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PHI be ruined by free trade, but tho retinitis: (if sugar in Canada would he tit-alt a severe blow and the glass industries would be ser- iously tiltectttti." J. A. ‘Livingston-q ttttotltt-r fruit urtiwer declared that "tinless. tile present tarll'l' uias main tained the lrttit market would he atntrelt-llatetl. American tpetirs wert- nmv coming in at the rate oi’ 451i ltusltels a day. instead oi‘ six cents per pound for good pears grocers had to accept one and a halt (tents tltis yt-ttr." it might well be asked why we ltugglt- over a few trifling dollars in the matter 0t an agri- cultural implement when as iti these cases the saving could only be effected by thesacrlllce oi‘ [lie greatest and most. inttportttiit ot‘ our agricultural as well as industrial in ierests‘? ‘

A ntiw ltirn is il.|t.])<'\l'('i‘ill)' to lie made in connection with the tarm- t-t-s liiUYvlilPill. The recent tliscltis tire that the iiraiit Growers. led on hy their $32,000 a year chieflttiit Hon. t‘. A, (‘rel-ar. is alter an a “big interest.“ has suggested to them a clai-iit upon tirbttit cotntnuit- ities, where big interests are sup- posed to thrive. and their latest proposal is to put candidates in the iit-ltl itt _citics as well as in farm in: tlistricts. Stiettltlhg at ltlttst l6‘ Kin. lion. .\ir. (‘i't'.'t'tit"tleclttrctl that there was nothing in, lite |i.:-iit-‘\' cvl tltt- party which applies .~tlott.- to ttlto taunting t-ottttntiitity, htit tlt=t' li is a tloctritie to which all lll;l_\ sults-crihc who believe in the ltttt tring of tho tariff and (tiller 1,111". 0|‘ thc platform." 'l‘his is tho met- hod ofesctitpt- from the isolation oi a l-trottp or special class, hm of n nature too transparent to deceivt any one. it is true enough that “nn_ one tnay subscribe to the plans o tltrir plattlotittt." httl ii is, as sn-mt. ly true that in doing so lic is Fill‘ Ttltﬂiiig a ltuuc itttentlittg ntonrtgitili whose tapertttitttts threaten tn strttn Fe thc lift‘ tri (‘ttmttlittn prosperity.

Yl‘lie (‘ottsertttttivcs tn’ Dittario, For tht- tit-st time in sixteen _\'t-;tr_~, lmvt- met iit cottvt-tt-tititt .witli tho cnttrliioils allclltlaticta til‘ ‘_'_.'tt|t) on '11P (‘lltdlilll-t’ titty and lunch larpt-t‘ "1'"“'i1 1111‘ t1‘tl.\' followiilﬂ- Etirly in 111i’ l11'1"""'l1111l-'N an intimation t-utite lrttitt tltt- hotly ot‘ llit- hall llttit iii:- txtiik and lilo wt-rt- going t‘, 1M“. an ttctivc ptrt in tlp- prot-et-iitigs’ tvitit-h implies that cut and dricd program-titre were t-o he cut. out. 'l‘lte small‘ tsouls foil‘ the Liberal litcss thoutzltt that in this they had a ntorsel to gloat over, and, as in tilielmPatrlttt. lttirtitlticetl it. with big black lte-atlliittas. in point of tat-l no better indication of party health. anti nothing tlilu-i. party leaders more gladly welcome could ltare taken place than this. Tin» great

lake this atwivt- the tliﬂicttlty come.

inlertist htit ltere. is i't)|'lilliiltt*l_\‘ over-

Three Civilians

(sllecial to the Guardian.)

l.()\'|it).\'. llcc. 4 Th“... awn. lttns arc rtportctl to have been shot dead this attttrtttitnt nt-tir Bati- tlon, (‘utility (‘ot-lt, tollotvittt: atti- httsltittg of a party oi’ tittlit-ti says iltc t‘ctral Nrws ltublitt t-arrtislitnttt mt. 'i‘lte police iscatictl without casualties ho

tlifﬂctilty in all party (‘OliVPlIliOIlQ p, . 10 Ht‘! ilte body of the pcoplc to

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A ‘Cross-t-Airm g And A Your. Telephone !

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Brace»-

I. 1 cswELL." you may say, “What is a cross-arm brace?" “What has it to do with me? What do I care ii"—" ‘ A cross-arm brace is an uninteresting-looking piece oi’ iron, One end is fastener] to the (elephone pole, the other end to the ' _ cross-arm to hold it securely at right angles to the pole. At least two are used on every pole, and they haveitt- , creased in price 249 p. c. since 1913. A small item. But only oneof scores of the vital parts oi’ a telephone system the costs oi wlttclt have advanced in a like manner. Here are a few other items : _ . Batteries , 121 p. c. ‘ . Pole line brackets 27f) p. c. , lnstilators 359 p. c. Poles 136 p. c. 'l‘rattstititters 257 p. c. Top Pitts 204 p. ‘c. Cross-arias l5] p. c. ‘ Ground I inc 247 p c. Gaivd Iron Wire 400 p. c.

This is but another reason why telephone rates must be ' increased. -

The Telephone Company oi P. E. island

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Santa Claus Headquarters

er ' 1 gANTA CliAUS has again made his Headquart- _S ‘1 i, ‘lrier S B13 300k, Toy, Dolls, Games and Christ- mas Stores. The old reliable stand.

l_1P-STAIR_S-An immense display of Dolls of ev- er)’ 517-9 311d DYWQ- TOYS ~in endless variety. Games to

an‘??? Ymlng‘ and old. (‘hristmas Decorations, etc., etc., on first floor.

(JHRISTMASC STATIONERY

_ S"? 01"‘ 131g stock of Xmas Seals, Tags, Cards, Greet- ing Cards, beautiful boxed stationery. “ v BOOKS, BOOKS for old and young, “Boys Own,”

("T18 0Wﬂ,”_“(71\limS,” ‘Young (Janada? and other An- iiualts- Toy Picture Books for the little tots. . Beautiful hues 0f Slatlonel‘? for Xmas Gifts, 25 cents to $5. each.

Th? “test BOOKS by popular Authors, Books of PQemS, Blblés, Prayer Books, Hymn Books, etc., Foun- tam Pens, (Waterman’s,), “Eversharp” and other Gift Pencils in silver and nickel mountings, etc. Shop early. Goods selected will be put aside till Xmas if desired.

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