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’ ethnic h open hr the annual-ell by’ eerirneaprzpcrfuts of our-hunter: cull-lien due In "use: OIGIOLI: the opinion

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E: but make a BFdTitTEtion $55,

gore is a little more. records; of the Police Court m Halifax. N. 8.. show that under government Sale there have been m more convictions for drunken. than under Prohibition. And while the convictions for all of- fences durlnB 1011109611 years of prohibition averaged 1888 per year, they averaged 2088 per year under government "Control" for four

rs.

mover and over we have been told may. the importance o.’ respect ior law is one great reason why we should change from Prohibition to oontrol. Herc is a statement by Ron. A. M. Manson. who as At- tomey General for Britrh Colum- bia, spoke before the legislature of that province of his experience un- do,- Government ControL-"I have no sympathy with the brewers. f could nct after my three years ex- perience. There has never been a. (no when the brewers have not spcnt evcry minute in doing their utmo-t to contravene the will of the people, defy the government and t*nr down the law of the land. To most oi ‘the brewers. the mean- in‘; oi the word ‘honour’ is un- lrnown. 1 have come to the conclu- sion that the brewers and not the pQOplC want wine and beer by the glass." . ' And how about P. E. 1.? There gre some of our people who want Government Sale, but the brewers ‘not distiller; oi central Canada want it for more, and their on'y concern about the law is to get it out oi thc way as iar as possible. And again I insist, the people oi this Island cannot af’ord to rend n million dollars a year out of the province, for a beverage that the school books declare contains a narcotic poison. and that we all mow is a dependable producer of illness. crime and poverty. $200,000 in ollr provincial treexury cannot begin to make up ior the other loss.

Roger Babson. the noted econo- mist said, “For every dollar oi whlskvv revmue received. we have lost $20 ill the lcss of lcgitimate trade, and the cost of the damage done to society." And here is a choic- little quotation from a. book- let, "Alcohol and Life." by Ernest Thomas, D.D..—too true to keep ilidden.~"1~‘:lols wait to ‘earn by their own experience, while wiser men lcnrn by observation"

And thcrc is the cry that Pro- hibition ls doing a lot of harm to our young people. Frankly, w: don't believe it. Scandaiousiy poor enimrment. is doing a lot oi harm to our young prone and to every- body elsx And it Ls no secret that the big “fry" can defy the inw. that some enforcement oflciais arc protecting thc bootieggers, anri that ih- officers of the law who are milking rn honest effcr: to en- force lt.—all honor to them-often have their good work nullified by latte corruption of higher authori- es. g

Bu: what of the younz people in the provinces under Government Hair? The Social Service Council Ind Telnperance Alliance oi Nova Scotia t"l‘s us that "Complaints from all counties in the province are to the effect that nevcr under Prohibition were the young man and young women given to drink" as tlzcy are under Government Sale. _

And how about those younger? Th1"? 11'9". a cute little illustration

I

. t While the bootlegger was getting all a: milk. Let us reply that one

W‘ l! l D001‘ JlIdBe of-eows and 0! milk too. Here is another con- "lstl-hlt is not so imaginary. The chlmli) Tribune has told us that

1X1 that city during the first ye B-icr the repeal of the Eighteen

which ‘

Summerslde?

lliluor for Dad or milk for the chi dren. Which? And by the way 00911.net lcok as though GUT":

the dairy business. Peck. M. A.. Educational Secretar

Government Control assured

perancc. abolish bcntlegging,

sumed alarming proportions."

I make no apology for opposin Govemment Sale of liquor

land will realize that in

dctrrmined P. E. them. I am, Sir. etc.,

T. R. GOUDGE

and a very welcome coincidenc

that "Pro Moderrttiones"

right beside mine. dcc'ared that

book, "Physiology and Hygiene. chapter XX. And wasn't- I humili

now and then is relished by best of men," so we should worry -T. R. G.

_._..___<_ WHYS AND WIIEREFORES

and Wine.

money 110:‘ rum to influence

ilibliioti.

knows that the curd tho

didate.

Amendment there was an enormous increase in the amount oi liquor . was var- iously estimated, and that during m‘ "m9 yell!‘ them was s decrease °f 070.000.0110 in the sales of milk. “Willy ‘the same, on c. smaller scale of course took place in Hali- fax. Now what do you think would llliely hlppen in chariottetown and

Apparently the choice is not which end of the cow we shaii stand at, but the choice is between

ment Sale would be much help to In c‘os'1ng I quote Rev. W. W.

Canadian Temperance Fedcration. writing in 1929. “The advocates of the people that it would promote tem- re- duce drunkenness and crime. In no province under Government Sale have these promtes been fulfilled. Facilities for obtaining drink have been multiplicd. Liquor has been introduced into fami‘y and soclni life as never before. and new temp- tations hnve been placed in the way oi youth. Drunkennesa motor accidents, vagrancy,» disorderly con- duct, poverty and jail population, the usual effects of drink. have as-

And so, Sir, and everybody else,

with every ounce of strength I have. And I trust that those who have been elected to take care of our legislation on Prince Eduiard Is- reciting the advances of brewers and dis- tillers from outside our province they have a good fat majority of Islanders behind

PS-It was decidedly comical

letter about "piffle" and “pooh, pooh" in last Saturday's Guardian, appeared And since he th"re is rlothini; wrong with using. liquor, how fort- unate that I happened to refer in that. particular letter to our school

ated at baing ie't out of thc list oi notables! But "A. little nonsense the

Sin-The cilief issue. as I see it, in thc recent election in Foultll Prince was Prohibition versus Becr Mr. Bell used neither the electors and wont down to defeat, a martyr to thc great cause oi Pro- On the otllcr hand. Mr. Wright assured us that ho was in provinces of Canada the several perfect accord with the policies of the powers that be, and everyone Literal , Party has up its siczvc is a Beer and Wino Law. As we are nil strong for beer and wlnc in this vicinity we feltin conscience bound to give our support to the becl- and wine can-

Now wc are g'o.d to sny that our confidence in Mr. Wright has not been misplaced. and we already scc the fruits of his ciiol-ls. Although election was ilclri only 11 few days ago, already the doctors have been supplied with tomes oi becr and wine scrips, a ncw scrip printed on a dirty colored paper. xvllich gives

‘used; in the press a. week or more 0B0 by an opponent of Prohibition. in which he said that the Prohibit- ionist was standing at the wrong end oi the cow. putting in the iced

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cession. ‘be beg

them thc appearance of over-ripe dish-cloths or shreds from thc un-

But although this is a welcome con- to inform Mr.

5-‘

lu-r u-llral; Announcements lull] Corn 10 her, lvurll: In hlernorilun Notices.

Advertising Bates-Payable in Advance

Crntrni (iullrulllln locals, 4n per vvonll

Wclltrrn and Eur-tern lnvilll. 1c In‘ Eventful 2c per wnnlr (‘luau-tiled 70o per lnchl Lisle of Flnrlll am! Imticrn nf (‘unllolenre 704'

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Wright that it is not enough, we d0 510i. want to be bothered going to l‘ k°cll°r "V"? time we require a $2 °l "m" 0' a ll°88head of beer. as try/Int our beer and Wing a, g", 0 air we breathe. and we W151, l‘; My Alsotthat we want it strong, ° “re 5' 5 "HE-llllllled people and can blow the froth off any beer, we voted solid for the beer and wjno government candid t , quack results‘ a e now we want et the Premier reme b' h repeating his alphabet otlsiulll fire 1'1 learning to read) that although A muy stand for Alberton Where they like their whisky clean- That B stands for old Bedeque ' Al"! Bedeque it stands for Beer. I Mn, Sir, etc., ~ B. E. DEQUE.

ar th

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815-1111 your issue of the 2nd inst, a writer, "Pro Patric," tries to in. sinuate that 1n my reference to the "mallkl-Yflll" of silly reasoning exnlb. “@111 by Malcolm MacNelil, 1 was lfymk to deride his learning. Such 1s not true. I have all along been referring not to thc scholarly at- tainments of my opponents but to their lack of sound reasoning. I do not-wish to doubt "Pro Patric/s" statement regarding Malcolm Mc- Neilrs holding n. scholarship at the Prince of Wales College (but in any casc it. has no bearing on the ques- tion of Prohibition), but I fail to find thc name Malcolm MacNeili listed anywhere in the College Cal- endar of the current year either as a. scholarship winner or otherwise. in all fairness to Malcolm MacNell (and the writer believes in being absolutely fail") "Pro Patrla" or his informant ought t0 have supplied i; the date or year as proof of his statement. As to the educational attainments of other members oi Malcolm MacNeilYs family, I fall to see what bearing these have on Mal- colm MucNeiirs personal outlook on thc question oi Prohibition. "Pro Patrla" also says that Mg colm MacNellPs letter contain good arguments, none of which I undertook to refute with facts. If "Pro Patria" will read my letter over again, he will see that it was largely a reply to “Bert Walncr", conclud- ing with certain remarks on Mal- colm MacNeilPs letter. 11c will find, if he can read intelligently. that the first part oi‘ my letter refutes all of Malcolm MacNeilFs arguments. The mere fact that Malcolm McNelll writes well docs not mean that he is a trained iogician. That was the crux of my letter, a point which Pro Patric. evidently failed to grasp. Nowhere in my remarks have I said anything dlscourteous to any writer solely from the point of view oi ' composition,‘ but I certainly have made caustic remarks on what I consider to be utter disregard of the most elementary principles cf logic. l If Pro Patrla is not satisfied with thc refutation of the main argu- ment in Malcolm MacNellPs letter, I shall repeat it in greater detail aucl illustrate by way of comparison. 11c states: “It is immoral to drink alcoholic liquor because by doing so one breaks a law oi the land" (pre- sumably here he refers tothe Pro- hibition law). Did Malcolm Mao- Nelll or Pro Patric. or any others who reason thus ever hear of an unjust law? In each of the other

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governments permit the use of ii- quor, hence anyone living there or even visiting these provinces docs not break any government statute by imbibing alcoholic liquor as a beverage (for the simple reason that no prolllbitory ia\v exists). In P. E. 1., however, one does break a 80v- crnment statute by drinking liquor as a beverage. If, therefore, both laws arc just, they must be built upon contradictory principles. But since two contradictory prlnciPlfl cannot both be tfllv. UWTEYQTB. 0m? must be right, the other wrong. Clearly one is a just law. ill? Ollie!‘ an unjust law. In other words. Nalcom McNelil says that the mor- nl law is different in P. E. I. from what it is in Nova. Scotla or in New Brunswick. “Pooh, poohi" I repeat, this‘ is merely clap-trap. 1f the P. E, I. Legislature, for example, passed a ln\v prohibiting the teaching oi music in our schools we would be compelled to obey it, according tn this manner of rcasonlnfl- 01' the Legislature might even impose fines on people who do not attend o. cer- tain church on Sundays. (Perhaps w. E, Bentley and some of his close friends might consider this an un-

Nplrllutli Orlerlnlll. Cards, etc., 4e per name: ~ llavr“ljlclbznz;rtmu' of flaunt‘? ‘pa! Abbreviation, 10o per inril or 4o per - his‘ law, especmny t; n, were nggutl-pg lulllllllllll Charge-fl;- 1'11?‘ utl-veftlllemcnt twenty-five cents, church of their ChDlCE; OVER 8 - colm McNt-ill would consider such n. §GIJ law unjust; Nq, like Prohibition, it would be an unjust law. 08091189 l!

‘ For Sale

roll sans _ sucnon sour!- Flve. Bridge and Whist Score Cards. Guardian Central Job Printcry.

FOB SALE-BLACK ran/cannon Stallion. Registered No 203015, Watching i800. Age 12. wlu take horses in exchange. Henry Mai- lilll. Norboro. P. E. I.

uarza-a-ae-aa-a-l-"l.

PRIVATE SALE 874 EUSTON 5'1‘- Bcd clothing. dishes, some antique furniture, tools, blocks, old age Wt Blass, lamp. Come and see.

_ L-3822-3-3-3i. i69- SALE — 80 ACBI-B OI LAND With dwelling house and born.

Also other buildings. Well watered t brook running through farm. s.

0 Marley. Argyle Shore. » hasn't-a 4-1-11. 7°! can - rear nous!

“milieu with sew and sawdust carrier and one 24 inch surface Planer. Apply at once to E. E. . filial-boil. Portage. n-aiss-s-l-al.

LOST

m“—lQllI auo saruamuz manila ma. um at Mc-

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T9 l-IT - runnsnln Mullen rooms. m slums at. ~_ ‘ - n-suv-a-s-sl

‘i’ Fur-anoint» noon. limbs or sin e olilcs or desk "Q- NM!

Miscellaneous

Silver. West Royalty or phone 1580-2 ...R"',FF.‘!:

ply at Gumdlsn Office.

llama, till ten P. M.

portraits. Real money maker.

C m Toronto. ° my’ N-Zil5-2-28-l8i

ed to save had you .1. A. Moore, Currie Bids.

Agents Wanted

erln side line. pcylfl! mission, write "L"

liberal

and BXPorience. Refegiigggsi-fi-n

Wanted

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ESCAPl-Ii) TWO i-‘OXES. MEDIUM Notify I-fcury R. Hurry,

11-3325-3-3-31.

EXHIBIT. sYPAlNPED AND IIUUK-

ed ‘rugs at Mrs. J. B. MacWii- Eldon, March ilfih, sixth, L-3553-3-4-1i.

AGENTS FOR NEW MEDALLION unbreakable. beautiful United Art

THE BEAUTIFUL THING ABOUT "saving through Life Insurance is that if you die your family is pro- tected by the amount you expect- lived. Consult 37'"- And, judging

COMMIBCIAL TRAVELLER COV- P. E, I. in want of a good com- care Guardian Box 110 giving lines now carried

is in direct opposition to the moral law. I repeat a former statement which none of my opllilnems ca“ °l' will deny: “Christ. changed water into wine at Cana and did not pro; hibit its usc by the weddin! 8116595-

- I inlngine he performed this miracle for thc accommodation of thc wed- ding guests when the wine supply

BOARDEBS COMFORTABLY AC- became exhausted. Perhaps my pro- comlnodated. Heated rooms. Ap- L-3333

hibition friends will enlighten me on this point. Surely they are not so blind as not to see this fact. No, my friends, my very dear friends, the use oi an alcoholic beverage is not opposed to the moral law. I, at least. much prefer being of the same mind as Christ on all things, in- eluding oi course that of Prohibi- tion.

Another writer. styled Prohibition- ist, -in the same issue oi your paper - labors at length to toll us the dif- ference .. ... a gun and a bullet. He also represents Prohibition as a sword. He must be a miiitarist at heart. let me remind, him of the injunction that those who take the sword shall perish by the sword. by results elsewhere, it does look rnig ty bad for the Pro- hibitionists. Let rrohibitionist use a dictionary instead of hurling the epithet "illiterate" at others. Let him, too. study the meaning oi the words temperance, sobriety, and to- tai abstinence. Perhaps, he may become enlightened. but on account of his preconceived notions, I seri- ously doubt it.

Do the people of this province ltiii want kitchen bar-rooms, attic slums. and cellar dives to continue functioning in our midst Almost everyone (and this includes the Temperance Alliance) knows that u. nkenness has been steadily in-

was“; 1100MB ‘roll no.1». creasing in this province. Why not hougogooplng, write "S." care pass legislation, therefore. to end Guardian. n-asla-s-s-al. this trllieicree of Prohibition

which is causing such disrespect for law due to the fact that it is based upon a. wrong principle, and that it is administered by magistrates and iudces who do not themselves obey the law (for the obvious reason that

legislation, let us adopt a campaign of education, exhortation, and moral suasion to promote the cause of temperance.

Another point worthy of our earn- est consideration is that of securing for the government the money at present going into the pockets of bootieggers. Why not have the gov- ernment enact iaws that will dc- crease taxes (the farmers pay a great deal in taxes) by securing revenue which is being pilfered by the host oi bootleggers now operat- ing in this province? 1n these years oi depression the farmers are bear- ing the burdens and heat of the day, and are being excessively taxed one way or another. ‘ who continue “touching” the farmers’ pockets? Why not introduce government cou- trol and thus secure the revenues that are going to swell the private coffers of the bootleggers? But my prohibition friends will now say that I am showing my hand. aye, cloven hoof, when I suggest this important phase of‘ the question. Let me re- mind Pro Patria and others that I am a true patriot-my fatherilmd comes before the bootlegger every time. Thus do I hasize my stand against what I have called the plffie used by some of my op- ponents under the guise of logic. I again repeat to those who enter the

it is unjust). Having passed such F

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STOCK " QUOTA TIONS

Morning Stock Letter

(Received over Pitfieidend Co’: Private Wire) -

NEW YORK, March 8—It is expected that the President will submit his tax program to Con- Bress today or tomorrow. Techni- cally, the market is in a very in- teresting position. Yesterday the Dow Jones industrial closed just below the high closing of the year. Although the rails closed up on the day, this lagged. The ability oi both aver- ages to go into new high ground would be especially the ability of one without firmation of the other would call for caution. Nevertheless. we think yesterday's market won friends for itself and we would look for irregular firm market today with higher prices in the steels, motors, motor accessories, Can stocks and oils. Dividend meetings scheduled for today are Int. shoe, Mack Truck, McKees-Xl

port Tin, Sunshine and Youngs- town Spring and Wire. America

smelting earned over $5 last year,

should be a few points in it. TORONTO. March Mines remain rctlclent as to

3 — God's Lake-Officials of God's Lake Gold

Exchange

and Curb Market) IQ-

lists as ioglcians that very often “a little knowledge is a. dangerous thinly-especially a, little knowledge of sound logic.

Dare I estimate the total retail value of the alcoholic liquors con- sumed both legally and illegally in this province under our benign pro- hibition laws in the year 1935? Does $1,200,000 fall far too short of the actual amount.?—I wonder.

I am, Sir. etc., PRO MODERATIONE. .-__________ PARK CORNER SCHOOL

Standing of Park Corner School for February:

Grade X—-l, Annie MacLeod.

Grade VII-l, Gertrude Graham; 2. Willard Stewart; 3, Hollis Mac- Kay.

Grade VI—l, Layton Stewart; 2, Sutherland Montgomery.

Grade V-1, Irene Underhlll; 2. Marion Joliymore; 3, Leigh Mac- Kenzie.

Grade IV-l. Roma Montgomery; 2, Nina MacLeod; 3, June MacKen-

zle. Grade III (Sr.)—l. Doris Delaney. Grade III (JrJ-l, Donald Cou- sins; 2. Everett Burt. Grade II-1, Jean MacKenzie. Grade I (a)—1. Jimmy Montgom-

ery.

Grade I (b)—l, Margaret Mont- gomery.

Grade I (c)—-l, Vernon Cousins.

Perfect attendance - Margaret Montgomery, Jimmy Montgomovy. R o m a Montgomery, Sutherland Montgomery.

Highest average, Junior, Jean

MacKenzie, 87%.

Highest average. senior, Annie MacLeod, 82%.

Teacher—Annie M. Dyment. ——-——— —-—-——————-. _ . _ _

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Produce

(Canadian Press)

MONTREAL, March 3-

Baricy C W no 3 47.