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Gourllu Drngaio w i; uur Geiedet Cllakarwlli:

b$’side Resident Passes after Short illness

The death occurred at his home in Summerside yeeter of Mr. James Rayner illness. Mr. Rayner was ‘ll years

m , Water Street. £11051? Baggy, Water Street.

The Guardian will be delivered to any n Boy st u P91‘ lily. or lilo per week. Phone 2B9 I ‘m your order to the boy reeponeible for deliveries

fiififiéfi

olumn ls reserved for new! interest, but edvcrtis ewsv nature lnev be illlfl‘

—N0 arrarrrn - Take Rexall

ma. 01L Mylo‘, Drug Co“ of the pioneers of the silver fox

and was closely associat- with Sr Charles Dalton in the breeding of silver foxes in captiv- ity and was for many years l. suc- be can“ “no

Mr. Aberhagt said delegates mustbe ti:

—-HOBSE LIEAT TH . Bl and Cubes: order u’. 500pleb. iofsfui:

Mr. Rayner retired from active

nears: ;::.":;:.z::.o of be rem-ho

winters in Florida. Two years ago comemhw had m second laugh of the day.

mirrisxrfou r-"fsnnnfvfau. ._

elts as usual at my MAN IN sis D\ Donald MacPhail i h f YMCA. services if? sh use o the arrived in sumrnerside on Monday night in connection with the Y. M. C. A. work at the St. Eleonora-S.

home of Mr. Lea. on Hanover Street, summerside, where he had resided.

Besides his wife he

sleigh Shoe Steel, iron sold at Bruce's.

which the results of deliberations

..Flill~.‘hll£N CALLED-summer- misfit be communicated to

en were called out again a fire at the home of caused by a fire

One suggestion that did occur to me was that a sub-committee of the Dominion Government be allocated to this mlnion-Provincial relations. .

Ephraim Reid, Corobart, Basia. Wallace Graham of Greenmount. Also three brothers, B. I. Rayner, Sfunmerslde; E. H. Vince-s‘ Rayner, Florida; of Greenmount and three sisters, Wells, Summer-side; Mrs. M. E. Pomeroy, Florida and Herbert Platts, Charlotte-

held on

die chemical engine. Very little danlage was cuused.—S.

rvxrnsc THl_S MORNING- The funeral of “Illlllélmifli! Gaudet

Joseph Rayner I now firmly believe that income

tax should properly be t e field of Dominion ju

The same arguments applv the case of succession duties, be- cause under the present there is duplication. There ls in-

rforlfing at 8:45 from the home of he: parents. Mr. and Mrs. J. B. milder. 108 Prince street. to St. plnsfaifs Basilica thence to the 50mm Catholic Cemetery.

There are variations of rates and variations in incidence as between different provinces, and I that the commission was entirely correct in recommending that this field of taxation should be trans-

which jurisdiction the tax might be more efficiently collected and

Prtmier Campbell

(continued from_page_i)

How They Looked... llow They Talked

By William Stewart Canadian Press Staff Writer OTTAWA, Jun. l4 —(CP) --Prc- vincinl premiers came short and tall, big and small in Canada's

would cause a lesser those who have to pay. . . With reference to the recommendations plan Q. it would not be correct to say that our province is those recommends.- tions. Flve-sevenths of the remain- 111g revenues left. to us consists of

not accept as final the finding 1e Commission to the the Dominion has been

nd

muss to discharge its full obli- n on those terms of the union. i5 lssiiL’ lS also cocnplicated by .e lncf fhut the Commission took b of its finding the pro-

1..

capital

Under our present have a IO-cent per gallon gasoline highest in Candaa, and that tax was im osed in pecif c agreement with the motorists of the province that it. should be a plied for the pur- pose of a sink ng fund to the debt incurred in the building of improved highways.

t policy, under which we have provided s. three

he Domnilon will gain tent if our net debt is taken over, and the province will

1 for reasons connected with "ar effort, has beenat least de- ierred for some time.

Second Handicap

Tne second handicap under which our primary producers have labored, Ind is a result of which they con- tend to have a claim against the Dominion, is the result of the so- called national policy. ‘The Commie. dis lowed the claim of the kind and another province to a mcneuirv compensation in

posit on of continuing to impose on motorists in the province a lu-cent gasoline tax for general govern-

FPO B. which will have any relation to the purpose for which the specific tux was originally imposed. h to discuss this ob- tbgiectlcn in detail at the

Among other arguments, they sad that even if such a. claim clid en it would be extremely difficult fro‘ even impossible to calculate or treasure the extent of such a claim in 'li0ll9lfll‘\' vniuc; but as compen. lat l‘ the Commission did. cm other hand, recognize the validit the claim lllltl as compensatory lllll disadvantage under primary producers are laboring, the Commission recognized the theory n fiscal need as governing and reg- 111111111! the assistance which sl be siren bv the Dominion to the

U115°1ll111fli£ly. in the train ofthe

Quebec '

Capital Expenditures Another possible objection which applies no doubt to the provinces is that commission made no provision or no specific provision for

Dark suit: were most popular a- mong the Promiersmthree o.’ the Premiers sported light suits with

rs.- thcre has come another handi- m under which our primary pfc- ducers have been laboring up to the p sent time. and that is regi-

l5 fringed from the top: but-

provinces must necessarily make from year to year. . I must express my rinciple of the finance com- mlss on. Naturally if the Dominion is to take over provincial indebted- ness and service the present debt-s for the future, if the Dominion is guarantee provincial ings in the future for special ur- oses, it is not only necessary

int of view of the Dominion t is desirable from the point of view of the provinces that the

o

should be carefully scrutinized by some Dominion authority. I think this system would work large borrowings for special purposes.

The recommendation that Dominion Government should take

Intense cold

1m this rear have been sacrificed on a market which we feel with e pertain amount oi regulation could 1119 Operated at more satisfacvary The wheat processing tax as borne with particular weight 0n lhe farmers of our province.

HALIFAX. Jan. ld-(CP) — In- tense cold gripped the Maritimee today, and many regions had their is lowest temperatures of the winter as

Farmers Handicapped

0n the other hand. the farmer lees labor pegged from the bottom,

Flffiifilcoxisfructlon. He sees fertil- “91- "llllbnient and necessaries ris- 111F111 lmve. and as I have pointed

ldlled or hi, least deferred . . . lie agriculture is our

11ml industry, dairying and

if! making in particular are

y in New Brunswick ard Island and

t in most Nova scotia ns.

A blustery wind from the north-

west added sting to the cold and whipped fallen snow into drifts on

with employable unemployed would not be of very Brest advantage to our province. We feel that present circumstances even be a disadvantage. I note with some ques the commission has apparently ex- cluded frofn the ployables those who are seasonally employed and who been regarded as employable. This ears upon our province with eclal severity because of the fact at we have a large fishing pop- ulation, who are not only season- ally employed but whose season of employment is usually only a small fraction or portion of the year.

warned against going out of and towns. Nova. Bcotia, too many highways tied up.

der weather was predicted to- night for the Island

finches of that industry; and et Jule stroke of a pen o a Commission appointed urpose the whole Y of the province 1°l91y overridden and

doubt inevitable that sit- kind will arise; yet

g ilclds of jur sdiction the re handicapped in hav- deal almost exclusivel

and New

. n“ was" ,

prospect or ova a. ouu e n .

temeprature was not expected to But he believed there should be n. conference seeking to

what was best for Canada

safeguarding the interests of

category of em-

About the coldest ~lpot in the lvlaritimes during the day was at Moncton, N.B., where the thermom- Lprovincas, with the report as aguide. eter registered 10 below zero. Fred--

ericton was only warm-

ohn. NB.

Charlottetown had its zero weather of the win mercury dropped to five degrees be- was in ‘progress.

low. In Halifax. e seasonal low of above was registered, and Sydney. the reedinl Other hoped the confere them at this time

of Moot Eloquent Argument Most detailed and eloquent arml- .

ment for full implementation o.’ the i rt came from Premier Bracken

m . . e Donnmon Govemmm" Seasonal Industries

f

that in enunciati taking over. all re lei’ in connec- tion wlth employables the Domin- ion commissionere should not ex- cetegory of em- loyebles those who ere eng

an industry like fishing, where the employment is not only sea- sonal but in connection with which the season of employment is ne- cessarily such e small portion of

rice of Prince Edward Island, in common with the other Maritime Provinces. finds el a middle ground. we find ourse ves in a less

then do the central provinces.

B t feel that in the adoption of e re- port of this kind cesserily discriminated against by frugal financial

that thée‘ experience of

h has led a greet many representatives-possibly fear if; further degree

same . ' eluded five above at Liverpool, 11.8., end slx

Ecurn Secum. 115.. expprle

The drifting snow blocked visibil- ity, and scheduled ed Th

above et

M the P i . n. ffuiiiléii.fil°b§°.“ioflfié. ,,,,,,,,,",;1 1,1,," rips to the

In the Gulf ofSt. Nuznerou minor traffic accidents were chgifgd up to the weather. No

i g was re- n nerelLv

1911f- l believe. is not so one of centralization of pow- tlie Dominion—~because an niion of the Commission” that regard makes mum" '5 11° 511119599919" blow. Most lobstermenhed

their traps there before the

War -— 25 Years Ago Today isomer for. o u...

the substance of the Commission's recommendations."

Prince Edward Island's tli-vear- old Premier, Hon. Thane Campbell, dismissed any idea that the recom- mendations involved loss of movin- There was no dan- ger of centre iaetion of authority at

crease cf provin- recommended-but tion of a report of Rive rise to an in- n," than a decrease of m "dry and depertmentalism 111*‘ Scope {if Dominion Gov- on

ms to me that ‘some more

would seem that we s ed upon to share the burden of

I Hliigher than‘ ours. <_ We ee owever a on i “gowsrested in the report) my The mum“ "m, t raider Moew capur - $1 m the island of Madeira. m, mwnom _ British artillery bombarded Geflflan trenches around Melincourt. Giv- oymvm on Westemk He referred u; recent suggestions

f the extreme urgencles con-

t with wartime finance. every mun,-

lrind. We feel. to and bonds of the D°_ that the financial implications o

_ enchy end Zollebeke vernment, and through‘ mo,“ h. “m, M Front.

the opening

“m” Opened With Prayer

is survived Marshall, Wallace and Russell, all residing in Green- mount; five daughter, Mrs. William GCCSOILQKUGEITG Cape; e o

assisted by Rev. C. W. Mr. Hepburn said the financial cook of the Baptist Church-S.

of war."

the war,

Canada's unity.

C0110!!!

But

two

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omanitoba

IITTDOTBUVO.

some danger of that province might have little ain from the recommends

o n fou- whatever wee

vinz .. d his govem- fault; and res t in savings when- lute strength o1 all the provinces- the claim the f

one, but burden of debt. from people who live e Dom ereu inns/pa.

best for the whole.

Premier Pattullo sai merit disagreed with it was necessary to implement the came subject to refun

Th . a" w“ much applause recommendations in orderto auc- Transfer of relief coggs to the iwlwls country and all me pro-

laughter when, later in the day,Pre- mier Bracken referring to the that Georae Brown and su- John s. é“.'.'2.';.‘?°l'.§""u§°{"‘£°?..‘“°ll ‘““"a of age and was a native cf Green- 9 9 1'1 9111 °11 811 Mo» He w» meiotic-sci: more‘ .'.'.‘£; the readlustments recommended. berta. was the last province to enter Confederation, and Premier Aberhart was the last Premier to

ment permanently to the provinces and the dominion a. relief administration since 1930 change in Dominion-Provincial re- ,, lations which 1 firmlv believe‘, wtillel poration and suclczeision taxetshto the 1 “ll-1'- Dominion excusvey was ' e one ro n w m " 1 1- V1 I hm‘ it an and the waytby which we cagifiriance PM‘? R 1Y4, °°su1° (L °° ‘Md’ n” “d mm“ ° g“ m“ e OTTAWA, Jan. i-L-(CP) - Pre-

to the injury and not benefit of the Domini

all the power necessw Canada's full potentialities inawar transferred from the provinces to

‘ f effort and the provinces would the Dominion." ‘(19191-"111911 9°95 11°‘? 99119111‘ ‘V1111 n19

“After the war," m. Pattullo ad- provinces would “do away with what 111155191“- Wnh 1.95999‘ m 91811115 9d‘ b6 111 l. mllCh IIIOTO i! China!) 311d 111081131 in the pre- v_3_nc9d- before It by the New Bnms’ wise sent system ct subjects." Wick svverumw

Mr. King replied, and the

favorable position to come to conclusions with a. much better _, knowledge of needs and require- Ne Grandioso Design Overalls of that» matters It this

"I do not think that

At Mr. King's suggestion. it open- ed with Speaker J. A. Glen “i” °'..%"m::l°rn bra er w w c e opens M"- wn‘ daiv sitting of the House. M Mr. King opened the conference

1's- with an address in which he said the government. while committed to the recommendations. would not at- tempt to force them upon the pro-

put their lmprimatu: upon

is. _

Premier Patterson gave his sup- of Confederation," but the reccm- T121116 0f the 1143119111195 111 11116 11199- rt in mendatlons involved “no such F91‘ 0f (101111111011 transportation p01- time grandiose design." _ had come when Dominicn-Provin- It also had been said the report 99111991159110“ Should b? 1111°W9<1 101 c which had served aimed at centralization of afithoriiy tailors v1 efforts to build up trade well through 73 years of Confedera- in Ottawa, he said, butin the words 111191-191 1V1£11'1@1-1119 D0116; 311M N91" be geared to conditions of the report, the aim ivas to "saie- 31111151111011 511011111 110T» b9 811911 11- now vastly altered.

If there was any question of vinces." transfer of jurisdiction, ‘question should be

to the recommendations He believed the

C o

He believed the reforms in Dom- mien-Provincial relations were need- ed in order to remedy a condition which he declared to be a threat to unity and a brake upon Canada's maximum war effort.

It was noticeable that those who Thursday from 111$ 111199 1951991199 Ogpcsed the recommendations used on Hanover street, summerslde, at t v. F‘. J. Williams. pastor ristian Church, of the deceased was a member, will

only which HEPBURN CRITICAL should be given New Brunswick for’ authority could function most cffi- -l0ss caused. by excessive freight

e argument that they would im- pair the war effort. while the pro- which ponents used the argument they would assist it.

press and others had attempted to “cloak the report with the garments of patriotism under the exigencies qfhe 011581-10 Premier 5“ tious matters at the risk of dissen- the recommendation that the inlon take over would benefit bond-holders. Bracken later replied to reading a. recommendation in report designed to prevent any per- ‘ son unduiv benefitting in the man- ner lVIr. Hepburn suggested.

Mr. King opened the conference $111199- wim a 4o-mlfulte wees}; in whim [get alonil all right if the he reminded the gathering that the government would help 1n refundlns Government could tinomce tire wQr f today -some looked more youthful }‘,’,‘§"a,*,‘§“",v,.a§’f,-’,‘,§§§§Q,,Qg‘ 1811i“ see than others. ...and some had strong prgvlnégs, voices and others used quiet tones at the opening of the Dominion- Provincial conference.

The atmosphere was something like the start of a parlimentary ses- sion -..Precnier William Aberhaw of Alberta arrived just in time to be 35 minutes late. . ..had to hustle from his train up to Parliament Hill in 1'1 below zero weather...

Premier Mitchell Hepburn of Cn- tario appeared to be the tallest in the group of Provincial Govern- ment. leaders. . . Premier A. S. Mac- Millun of Nova Scotie. and Premier Aberhari. ruri him close second and _third..- Premier Adelard Godbout of Quebec is the shortest.

Conference delegates and crowd: in the galleries hurl to strain frost- r-hllleri ears to hear the Premier's quiet voice. . . .he made the shortest speech. not much than five minutes. and received one of the heaviest rounds of applause

largely corporations and financial with the report.

PREMIER KING , . QITAWA‘ JQJL 14___(QP).__(]3_!15- operated with the Dominion Gov- ‘ w r Bu; his admfngyraqon Dregerred clas war effort will be prejudiced if ernment in its war effort and shall 2a ‘es e e to seek the co-operation of the pro- i vgnces in aldcrption fiif tconéstituéicfinl ou a no on. _

foasificgifiglvhc}: this war erfllort but t; iKmk said today in his address 0p- estubllsh a basis for sound relations P111112 the Dbmiflifin-Prvvihvlfll 5°11" "Bu-t this is a peacetime docu- BRACKEN URGES ADOPTION

in the reconstruction period Competition among govemmer.

for sources of revenue to meet swi l_v mounting costs “hangs over t- countrv as a threat to its unity,"

d. “If it is allowed to “gontinue. our

Hepburn Speaks First

Mr. Hepburn, first Premier speak by virtue of l‘llS nf'ovfi_1ce's se- ‘ _ nlior drmsltion lnhpmllcfiliérilblfll. 06- géitllpflltlrillalpeyyéié iéfrfgrihere Wm be m

‘ e o) o- . . giitfilfren tgtoglfgfiéianglifpcfllflicllilua COIiIBO- possibility of distributing the burden 91191917194 11119 P911911’ 11111» 119d M11991" versial question in time of flvar.

He said transfer

Icf war equitably."

The Prime Minister urged the controversy at a time when all who sources to the Dominion WOliid re- great Rgthgrinlz of titaroitflilrxilciatlhminis- loved the Empire were concerned n‘ had l-ers an ' B‘ v Se“ B m z e cor“ M17 with the war‘ ‘government's income ta/x system and |

lti “ tie o iu ion." S“ n u r C H3593“; “my such icrence to judge with an open mind

been made to

Adoption is Necee “It is our considered view." fields Commissions

a policy which , the maximum war terms of reference to the commls- fully 01151116 1119 80119911111911‘

tion for revenue was a. thre

t l that he Mr reign which I am sure cvelybpdy i116 did 110i 11/1511 115 17° b9 will understand.” Premier Goduout that ' ' ' said he would not discuss nnv part

rl s of the report at. the present time. V The Quebec delegation had come {Commissio d ddhetsald to sturdy ‘tits? he ea o co-c era e. mslvdleftgie‘ :31? ‘that, what we). as a. {C1111 be IOU-lid 19 W111 b6 W¢100m6-" minority in Canada, have to protect in 800d hands." he said. H lieved a, happy Canada meant that. god below the zero each “part THUS: be stroggnalmrfihngéiy. Can w a. war an a 1m s- efi oblizatielsns on all and none could 1W” 1118116 I01‘ $119 11111010 C deny the Federal governmentsright meople it “is as much and duty to take whatever steps the safeguardlnk 0f were necessary to deal with it. “But, I think we lsllkilould meet a iol situation w emergency‘ Every road, in Prince ‘zgnpgsures, and I do not think that jtions were the crux of the report. and we ghoul‘; condition the permanent fThe Dominion would take over pro- were future of Canada on the war situa- clties tion now prevailing" had Premier MecM

the

“"119” ‘ your s costly $500,000 report. me prcpagandists for the our-so»

WW1 "1 W911 111111 bemflgglflgg product of the minds of three pro- "branding us as unpatriotic. un-

Provlnclal lnterestl

Mr. King said that while the iRowell-Sirois Commlssi t

an on csts as with the pro tion of feder-

The four financial recommenda-

lllah said that if of relief for employable unemploy- the Nova Scotia delegation had to ed. give a categorical answer for against the recommendations ‘ whole, the answer would have to be .

The provinces in return a ‘concede to the Dominion exclusive right to levy personal lion income tax and s ties. Existing provincial subsidies

out; lwould be abolished and rut while ilustment grants be subetit ted

the where provinces could not average Canadian standard of essential services with an average level of taxation.”