p u~-.1-i-..~i+;se*rii.

‘rmowu cuimnmi 1 .

_,, V7‘ -, “v51”?

llr Charla DI||D'| Prvulilt-nt, . Ib- K- Onrrle. Alloelnte Editor.

-‘ sometimes happens that there is ,7 ‘borne one whom 19min Claus has

which have been fairly-busy ever

J.

iiince the legal restriction of the liquor traffic came into operation,‘

R. llIu-lett. Editor and Pnbllnler. have aroused themselves to 111-]

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1922.

creased activity during, Jeceutl montihs. This renewed itciivi-ty and ‘the energy behind it has beau . notably prominent in ihitinewsvilr

I FROM BAD T0 WORSE

Th8 general protest now being

forwarded to Ottawa from every

has been inside happy. that Saints, had forgotten him. people, old or young, who

‘per press of the United States and Canada which has 50GB!“ tleiuged

Of all lll9tiVlhli articles, news dcspitclics pun

tiers, all with tho objstcoi‘ prov‘-

hava ‘ 3e _ 15 a fail-are.

ling that prohibition

1S

- "3- . firm-Y‘ ‘ " " “T” P '- l h ‘hlidthdzen __ L _ ‘_ _ 11 - ¢_.- 1, 11 1 ¢l- - 1- .v 5am. i .-~- W" “ ' cultivated man w o n_ '-

v A 3. 6 ll 1-10 0 v ' "a, A A foi- Congress in 1838, and u Presi-

vTh W T-h P bv F far. uric Good Boy Who ...... .... to»... ...... . e y 1.‘. dentiail Elector for "Wiipiiflvwi?" 004000-000» 0+ ‘i ' ’ R“ " .~ n ' gmjablg and Tyler too" in 1840. John DaviB

I run; "rm l | 1 m ~ ~JQM Dims 'L°"3' i‘ . _ .u U?“ I" v t. Uzi?- “nedlinfldo ‘Jr-o ‘L’??? "Th9 @“‘~h"~‘ pmmbnwm‘ tomes UlBII-lliclobuflmn by. °|t’:€1:re9$;ond.-' 5M ‘illiilmile lwuuemam-‘Governor m: tfiuzmanslljfsdtiirylxéxgti "A?

onto of questions of inten- Ql'_M,fl,55fl(i1lUSi:lJ1S forty years ago,

'Q-OO-§4Q-§-Q'f

cstcd iii tho ‘education of Jiiefir children will be glad to hear wluat '1

m. The.. cmriottotbwbij, Guardian does not necessar- ily endorse the opinions sx-_ pressed by its urrospond- ents. - . _

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. . _ NiWyAvuil always be bimewout - d i ‘d d ilended Federal llid for Riinl School: of 01.1.10“ by ‘the Spanish-Aiileri- MY P“'W"“t""’ m“ ‘“‘_ H,‘ , ' ~ can War. lic ivos a. good. though ‘m’ ., -, ‘

»Sir.—No douht runny oft our . _,,_, . . ~ _ “will,&ll.*l'-1)l‘00_l'_p8l.‘b8§' on‘ the

teachers and those who ii-ijc iil-tcr- u" from Hun mdn’ and H ls “l 5'6“, ‘_ ' ,.‘__ ‘l A’

taking placifl "over thc jidii“.

several terins, an unsuccessful can- diidiptg [or the ‘senate and rescued from vobscuriiy by becoming Presi- dent McKiuii-ys Secretary of the

hippilness iii iliscorei" that he ivnsl

pfl 5g (hlilbiflllllnlllgfi of a diury

nine, with his father's aid, he 15 composing rhymes which wouldu‘! look out of place in the contem- porary all-poetry " mngnrrines’:

My garments are of varied hue. t); grew and led au.i navy tin-r". -

eiiresaniiiilvi» lin Klaus-was i1"

Reading the Bible, .1 - iIgl: die 211111 ' already rritdWhe Bible

lthiough, or itlniost through. a Gilli! ,

60d l\tl_\'. 'i"l1i-: Atlantic lilotithljvi

their. sorrows i0 bear through the _ I _ mun _ ‘ _ ‘an u! the ‘lominiml Hams‘ ‘he FWOVSKIGSB of -the Christmas sen-uh“ n (mam Favor l0 ‘EN: Ll£b rlfklllrt‘ lflilvyuril Illfflfgllin- which 1"‘ hi"! ‘he Bil-malice l" k"'3p> - . . - ~ ‘ ' ~ -si iii’, 't‘-'.*, ‘ . A ‘ _, _,, , . .. ‘ _ ygflc-Kemie King govemmentxs‘ , c‘ _ ‘ , . enibiul- ‘M! "- illfiiliiile file ' H d u“ mgaflnmg “per b“ M“, up u“ i, fined pwemyqour v01. iil .1 diiy iiud lllTLl 011 Jllllilay w, l . - Gan‘. he“ ‘s’ probably “mm mwse 9")’ °l lhe “b-Wfl- m“ "ml ‘l Um‘ IK w“. ,1 ]1L".,),),,s¢b‘il‘i’li,s m, m,“ umes 'l‘l1e1"1> must he rich liatioslliis blbliczul studies were not. alas! cs liiX egaiialiou '5 in striking dewlafion is as com . _. -“ " " '*' ‘ ‘ ’ ' _. f _ , - i pleie as tl1.it not ‘be lnfulted. h" , , ., ~ , . ,,. u. m . “n.0,”. M ,1“ t mm; of 1113111111011. , H . , , piovtuit-ut o1 iituliil loduciition in it who" he iticuii. s 1e . qu e w ion 30mm“ i" the 0009* Yililililml 0“ of the child whom Santa (‘irws t ‘ H e tit ilic rcccni co1ilcrviicc'o'f~ lllé‘and 'i(q)lhxioni “m, '1i;,,,m|q|-e:“any undonm "mom: m, “.111 “p. Liberal preklecum‘ promiwi we forgot. He known-i that Santa l“! “lat-ml “(flu ' lql tiviilyPllllltl lulluilrlyallvk-‘imhydykbllllirli: 1c till]: ndcswim- dsgslm‘ ‘S"'""em"y Mlpreulifl-e thl“ Vuswge: . . were momised l‘ mwefl“? 9r we comes only iii Christmas" there is f:,.g:,:,:,,;m,;a‘:,,,i ,),‘,.:,(,,l,,,?,',,,,, are liliil-“nfulall iallilirll of 'fll'l‘ll|Vdlt‘i-s“l.!: ‘he NMW‘ The ‘my heglll“ m5 "iWhen I 515i iiirtuiqh. .\ltl’|li r its cost of living; the burdens of the ' . ~ . -- , ._ '_ , ‘ _ U U _ lli‘ said “uhclucr it be irucf usijournul ailmosi us" if lie ivcre vuak-‘io glvc me ii knife, i1 wallet and a, n0 return trip of tllt. rciudt e1, ll a» old as inn iuiipuuuii itlilllll O “WW “gurus 5cm“ u, imlmuuw, mg a will; lsuck mm my “PM Smmm,q,_ F,”

D00? were to be greatly lighten- Qil; iflXll-iilii, tht- great bug-bear of the be Pefliltiéill

pioderii- ivorld, W115 gglni; m

The government has bceu in poucr for a ytur and Wllill -iIo wi- find? The whole country from thc

Atlantic to the Pacific protesting

‘s all ovcr llll i1t'xi.(‘li1'i:~'iiiii1.< and,

boy or girl should he forgoiicu l»

list-if and huvi been :1 handful-u

ncwed and llUlil usscrtivcncss itiid with its niucli aiipareiii coufiili-utu- as if sonic staiilliin: 11ml cor-vitic-

d

llIilES rcfuicil by 1W1. till nllill¥lll"5|,lil't3 i1l1.1l~iii~ 1o l'l‘ilil :1 iicivspztpci ill-

hllllt‘ ivork no triiiiiiiig thuil ri-ally

1:11 Ullt‘ fourth of our 11mg ‘uicu

curry-u»- iln numc. l‘1-ui~,i,ic.illy one

.u1'1l1 of :lll our elementary ioucli-

as m“ ma" against "'"‘@"$°ilflb1)' Sarita (‘l-aus. Every one ltiiows f, excessive tiixatlion in sales tax-as. ma‘ mam afp pom- Dmpk. 3n ing Ilisittflvtll‘) lllld been made. ms and one hull‘ of our rural

~ : _ 1 lirrs would b0 disuuilliilcil t0 recent 5min . n- . - - . .. . . , . ' lu‘ . .

i i ps 1 creased postal-to. 11\E'l_\ romniunliiy. that when the N0 grpauq. m“ ,3“, “Him “PD-UH. l)(l[<“\lg(i U1 iliiiir youth, and increased and insufferable cost of father is oud of work 11nd the Iiillt made hy the friends of sobriety ‘I';‘,,,WU, “$\;;,h::l“,llil:l\¥ “Jxetfittlfildllly ll 'v’!T "... , _ ' 1c il‘Sl.l)y ""1- li i"? l"? DPflk 0i iht ("=1 "Runes are short of food and cloth and leurpcrrmcc tliiiri to undcr s“, ‘will, whip], n“. In-iviipqp‘ m- llVTYl! had been rcztchcil and pass-ll“ _ (Ivan 33",“, Claus may 53m} n, rate the forces behind ilhis unti- iii.» imllcl is ii more bi-guucllc for 1|

E .

e“ i" 1919 301 the Wvrsi- it wsiiiirivi-uit to 1-1-11". at l-Ie iis ibc bciiter oft’. biuy nmom: those

belii-iwail. was nvcr. Thc Fiflfiling‘

Bildsci, mi» mire-II: of which was

the only liCl

was the signal for a reverse. The‘

the cost of living beeun- to so up. 2g

T11 lhe last issue of the Canadianthait the Christmas spirit of

Grocer, which has kcpt and corded faithful watch ovcr the ups 11 and downs of the cost of living!“ from month in years, says liu its inst issue:

“The ‘average wholesale price-sic

0i 33 lending staple food comnio- g

amps ‘lmmg m“ "mum “f N“V"it"n. Saniu will find them if he is|

emlici‘ show an iincrensc as comqgh-p“ m, ,,~|,D,,,-lun‘ity_ .Y‘i‘ill!l‘|llli)l'l ili‘lll_V, 1i 195i of thmnitflrv

pure-d with liic gi-ncral

07 Y1K‘ government. who have money, the happy happier and he 1111s not mm“ "r the °|°°k turned biwkfbeen told about the child he for-

montli for mii 11y , w)“,

I itlliristnius clizir i_v

proliibilion propagunila. Bcliiuil it iirc the illiiilfvl iuliiioiis illvestcd iii illc dlslillcrii-s, illc l)i‘F-"i'l'l".<, ihc viucyurtls 11ml the u-liolcsiile 11nd. rciziil wine and liquor througlhoui. the world. Behind lfli are govcriuneiiis "greedy of. Kain} iind grown fut ivitii the revcnucs n

such a homo.

busy with the children of

busy making trztilc 1-

ot last wear. It. is in such cases

Piiil- “Pllllllfl it are the noble army h)‘. of boolltiizt-lrrs and uu-m SIIlUKgIKPIYQ, to help $111M cvcr rcndy to dcfy all the laws of Ilovl '11" mun.

2i

believes in null lives {l S

‘nus to find the little boys and!

volhpcil in the ciiy SCllOPd s stems,

iris who iire l-izihlc to be forgoi- ‘ ","_ _ and \Ylil(',ll has donc sointvthing; bin; ,.., ,1“ ‘_j"_~\y‘_(m'it’ld"3'" m“)! A"dir-o1111tci"i1i:i inc, "Vila iiilii-rcul in

‘ ‘m ° “rs m m” “mlfiilii- public ziiitiiudt- inwiiril \§l(‘lll(.m'l

l

.or whom our pity must go rm-thdi-

i this lS-Flli‘!

“VPMYQ l-Ilsewiiii » - ii __ duriniz October of .1321’. por 091"“ \ PM w V.‘ k. ...-ac iii-p they who have “int-mun. y” mm" 6m‘ mm‘ m’ on? p” 14M?“ “"1 W‘ I" b-tlie i-nnlzivcil VlUllll-in of thc traffic, rpm ,, w rxplmn how ai in 1y . - , , ‘mlidt- ccrtiiin that Siilllil. (fiausl , The incrciis-c is. only for one g-lrain with almost irrcslsmblell

01011111; the prcvioilfl month show- ed an increase over the prccediing month: December will show an increa-sie over Novcmbcr and, un- less tlic protest now going to Ot- tawa from cvirry part of Canada. Mer-

chants Assoclnvm, our Board of

including our own. Retail Trade and our Ulty Council, has its effect the cost of living for January rind will

CTPSSP .

succeeding months show an even greater i111-

At a recent meeting in Toronto Sir Henry Drztyton, M. P.. Minis- ter of Finance iin the iMeighen Gov eiflmfiiil- libs-d the King adminis- tration for its sales iax legislation which, he said. burdened ilie couii try with the “freedom 0f lickln‘: sitam-ps." He also referred ito the tiact hhai, not-iiiiihstantii-ng the in- creased taixiitlon and because of the increased cost of collecting it, the revenue had fallen off $25,- 000,000 as compared with $815,000.- 000 under the mcnt.

Such is Liberallism. federal provincial. Gull the public before the election, dom from taxation, promise them everything; after election, "the public be ilamnetlil" little ern-ment ls n copy iin- miniature of

Meighc-n govern-

and

promise them free-

Our own provincial gov the King government. Before the election they were going duce taxation. dismiss "useless officials," of prosperity. Since the election they have quadrupled the tongs, engasz- ed an army of "useless officlais," made jobs for their friends altd to‘ day they cannot afford to pay tho- postoge on fox tax noliioes or the, expenses of a. cortmoiin inquest.‘ it is time for a chanira both in Ot- tawa and in Chsrlohtetown.

l0 1'8-

inaugt-riite an era

—i<-o->-—-- WHOM SANTA FORGOT

With the best of intentions ii

i h-rgotten. No one irirowftha bli- of the impish-t that weeks been buiidtnl its

s zisflt mfitflsnta Ant - riiilfwhsn tho I dds-tr‘, “I

. l

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will not oiwirlook any boy or giriilnrckp Not an of they,‘ however" this Christmas. ‘ mcinbvl" of the mania Cl at it cost of only one ilillllil‘ citizens will provide against dis-- ‘ZHDDOlINLITlQIUt on thie par poor child in thc city and whcnqqhose lumps and mayors M.“ [o].

the happy sciison is over they will

kiicivllng iiitit this year there is no mey 100k w pflflitullim as

M‘ lit-coining "iuro iviliinglyr on the side of 'lo:itl1c and tilihorb it, would gladly: see it forcvcr banislicd from tlini 'lu11d. Thousands thus

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prohibition ‘fr. fccl that tlieyl m, nave lbecu ensl vcd; tilt-v would‘ fuln break their shackles, and] iliel child WhOm 5301a Claus 110$ 5°" bcst means yet devised to re- move temptation from UllQlILIllOll” children and ihi-ir neighbors,

have ,tiie great satisfaction

gotten. -—-—{-o-o~ r———

A litilc more than :1 month hence

HOW OTHERS 55E IT. . ~ our 090K116. men and ivomnn 9f we have been talking am‘; Prince Edivarti lslaind will be _ _ called to vote m lhc question of’ tuberculosis talk for man) yearn. further rpmminmg ‘he liquor m“,

shedding fllflillldili tears ovcr the m. in “is province by prohibiting the import and export trude in liquors. 'l‘h:1t would have been done at any time within ihc past twenty year's if our province hnd the DOWPI‘ tc do it. Now we have i119 iliiwer. IS there any sound, hu niziue or sensible reason why we dliould not exercise it’! is the-re any valid TEiIS-‘ll uhy the liquor trade should be carried mi in at province where for twcnty years past the sale of liquor for bever- age "punposes hus been prohibited None whatever!

puovalenoc lof the white plague and trying to discredit the record of our deaths from this disease. The city oi Montreal. the othcr day. donated a building site ivorfii $500,000, a building worth $400.- 000; agrees to pay during years the cost of maintenance (if 200 frce beds at :1 total cost oi‘ $1,825,000. in addition to this the has made

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provincial government a grant of $150,000. The citizens of Quebec are now asked to con- tribute by private subscription $150,000 11nd they will do it. All this has been given for the pur- pose oi building a new until-inbor-

Beyond question so long as liq- qiior may ibe freely imported it will ‘be un-lawrI-ully distributed to make men drunken. Greed of gain and cm army of bootleggcrg will see

to that! We have had albundani ciilous hospital in a suitable experience in Budh thing! m m“ wooded section of ‘liilaisonneuve province. The law of the land l;

violated for the doubfe purpose of unlawful gain and to discredit and

break down the law. in that line lies the strength of the attack up.

on prohibition hero nlidihrouigh- ""- t-C a ii l1 " Stile; Nothing so unmistakably be- gzervaliflzeize this Utmwfi speaks a community's prosperity u, prevent Drombitidiijhgthié or stnlrna-tlon as its newspapers. forced, 5nd than n.9,,‘ at A gopd newspaper cannot live in once become the m ' ugly in

a bad town, comments the Sault '9"°“1“l’"""8 m" i __I_IO Ste Marla Mun" “m” sood and trim n omilofiie ef1~

____ forced!

Tho city stores clearly indicate that Santa. Claus has been on the rounds and that Christmas is drawing nearer and nearer every day. Seldom if ever have Christ-- inns goods been displayed to bet-

Park! This is the kiind of talk

that counts.

EDITORIAL NOTE

The prohibitory law 111111 done STEM good in Prince Edward ls- liinil Klihflillh it has never been properly nnforccd and could never have n fair chance of full enforce- ment so long no importation of liquors was permitted. We count

we make them puii-utia‘. zigctlts in

ly. :1n 0VPl'\\'llt',lll\llig majority

work is so sluuill as do lit‘ DTIiCllCr

.llil‘llll)i,i‘t',il cnriill iuoiri- thun Kipper’. _ _ taunt cf llic, boy» and giils ol‘ the" biiinnil to whom 1mm 1Qng¢onit1nu9iYnation and tho equipment oi‘

~lizilblt tho iippctitc craves a t]:1ily‘.111i1j1.1-lty' of the rotors iii the 11:1-

. mmlst-cs 111,110 cxci pt through dihdiariili ting (jiublliquor trnffic. Tiiousantk of them 111d,

enslflve(_lit‘iill he moths‘ ‘t0 lzirfiiili t of any‘, _ I ‘ quill-int s uicnf. s11 lad 1c. i ‘A16 immug the number of thosegursinps silmmqyyqy- miuble flu-in i0 tindcrtiiirc propcr] pl‘i‘]l‘illl‘illli)ll for the "out cxpunsc to tlicii- pitrents.

lilic vulva of 111111111 six cos in trinhigvo.“

.sor lisieil some of h llu- liliifi‘ sinuous ilciccis 111 ural s lliill sgvsicui: “First i11 ty-

iciil Hlilltti, the iiverziygo li-ngili of crvicc of lhc Yilrfiil tetichcrs is oi lll(li'\"lllilll two _\'\"lll‘S' scconil- cf r

h from liquor lit-crises, sales iinil 111,. lluffil tlrfl/vhllfs “m”. "U; pd“, ,1 c l - pciniiis. Behind 1i arc also :1 hi»; ihc iiuc oi twenty one, while tcns l‘0-‘coniuiti'niiy' manifests itself, it is of the rich and l‘(.‘:ii))l‘(!l<'i'llll' 11111‘ "i. H""‘“"“""s M mm" ‘m’ "my - c1" -- x ~' ici-u iiud cighlcuii . . .~ bore ‘lllll there ' " 1-! I ‘ ‘i "Mum “Hm. ' ' . Le duly "r “my Chrdsfllnn‘ 0r ‘ _, A [up]. 0' ‘l mhls Ylila old; tiiriilly. llli’ lllfllllilllVfill V”), ma“. woman L‘; “him ier or .1 pile-st who lUViLlllP wiuc- “y -- L,.;,,.],,.,.H who ha“, ha“

‘iii; WllfllSUCVPl‘ ior tlicir

11y 11*

the

ily ucgllgiblc and fourthly, de-

upiirvisiou which has ilccii

non-l

tiracliiug, is priicf , . si-ui in lllc rurul sisiiuols." schools it uiusi he

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‘T h rc- 3

Lin: l

lo-

‘on gi-uiériiiiy will bc limited Vllill’ those schools proviiic. l‘t'lll('il_\' thi- proli-ssorl

As to the

“l huiiirvc," lie says, “that the. miy W11)‘ in which this coiiiiitiirni

. i-iciiul-l generous lo- service with-l klven, with higher salaries. l liiiicviglliuiil such u policy will ho ncodz-il if Wc are to kei p the profcssiiiii open to young pi-opic -fr0m tho iypc of family" that we have hithcvin d"- llPllilPil upon to suipfily our lP-ivli- are," Fi-dcrul aid is i'(llli~il(li‘"?(‘il iii-ces- <i\l‘_V l)l‘(*‘rlllS(\ lilfill _l‘9V\’,ll\l(‘F UH‘. inadequate, ivliilc the Fcileriii Gov- crmncnt through the Incouic. tux and through import (lllllPS has §'.)\ll'('€‘,i4 0f TPVPYHIC‘, llOl (111011 lil tho stairs." Now us. :1 proviucc Wllil’ have we to lcnirn? What about, the ugcs of our lPlllfllPfb‘? Are illilli)" "1' thcm not lciicliiuz someliis uld ii’ not oliicr than themselves? Wharf about the schools supervision’! it is true tho inspectors visit thi‘ schools in lhoir ilisirlct. But you cii-nuoi cnil that supervising. As for the lot-nl trustees-they 05 ii -rulc attcnd llll’ closing cxcrclsls

~—nnd tho :ii1nuul meeting; hut once more you cannot mill that supcrvision. ‘Vhcn how no our

schools siipcrvisod‘? And as for tho deliglh of silly our tczitahcrs make in their schools-can we any they are betlcr or longer than in the Slams. Two years? l am-"nfflild in many cases one year would be the answer. As for ihi- trninlngfiiir teachers; receiver-is one 0i" two

Pleiiiscite Day tn vote "with the bootleggcrs to keep lit open! Every vote given every victory gained (Ll previous elections on this question goes to prove the con- trary. The votes in other prov- inces at plebiscltes already token. prove the contrary.

Despite all the arguments and sophlstrles of its opponents, pro- hilgition is no lost or falling cause it’ is sweeping on to victor? throughout this civilised worlil. The testimony given at the recent world conference at Toronto con-firms the fact that prohibition has made greater progress during the past ten years, than in any previous decade. Still its enemies are many and powerful. They have set -up an active press propaganda and an active secret still-hunt to de- feat it or to prevent it; {iii-thei- mlvanco. its friends should boon the alert and active, careful not

tar advantage an: in such variety. confidently that thy yo“ of u‘. And business ls mod too. The fai- lacy that money is scarce is boinil exploded every day; indeed the indications are that it is more

abundant than ever.

rneilt of our that they will go to tho polls on

poirtant criulcs or errors in inY“vKQ,‘-d i-‘y(._.;p,\i1-"-_ conduct." Blameless and Happy.

marks Thi- Nciv York Tinicsf lie ful life. The note of moral earnest-

to the ziiili-piiriiiiiis of today. mflilllilUkllllifil ilirtiiighout. Iiuclrllcild Put 3,1,1 ‘fi-ircwcll’ lill- intcrlz-ciloii.

ihclinhabitauts, one l!liil\l‘(1ll and ‘lllTEi‘ “gym; g-“lkm- will}; i1 mi luavycrs" officcs. up Juhu Davis ivas wise to ellll-irhfihtft

grate. Buckiielil dldn’t uifw ioolAn min-im- pinup;