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uonnsx,‘ . PARTY CONVENTIONS

. While there has been .10 announ- _~-3§e_‘iieut as to the date of the pro- “flficial election contest, nominating

coiiven are in progress and on

Tuesday. May 14, two such Consen- , vative conventions will be heii, one

in the 4th District of Prince. at

Centreville Hall, the other in Fifth

Kings, at the Town Hall, George-

_ ‘town. at i p. m. Premier MacMiilan

‘will be among the speakers at the

id, by a convcniion to nominate a Jdounty candidate ofor the coming "ifideral election. Numerous Liberal r 1o§ventions have also been announ- ced‘, one having already been held ‘ 7ori Saturziaj: lrst at Moreil, when f "Messrs, J. P. lvicfntyre and H. H. Cox, i\if.L.A., were rc-nominatrd. 4' Conventions of this kind serve the double purpose of getting the party _ papdidates in the field, and of dis- ausing the political issues of the ‘Organization, in the coming I‘ Eontests as in.the past, will play an V" ‘important part. There is every rea- __|on to believe that Conservative sl-

Zard-bearers, both in the federal and provincial contests, A large attend- Junoe of delegates at both Centre- and Georgetown is assured on " Tuesday, and the convention results be awaited with general interest.

WILL VISIT CANADA

It is reported that during the coming autumn, a distinguished party of British educationists will visit Canada. Accompanying G. T. Rankin, the chief Staff Inspector, ls representing the British Board of Education, s. number of members of the English, Scottish, Welsh and Northern Izcland, Associations of Directors of Education, expect to call from Southampton for Quebec, on August 29th to make a tour of this Dominion. “Care has evidently been taken," says a Toronto paper, "to make the selecting of lhis group of visitors as represen- tative as possible, both geographical- ly and educationally. There are four Government nominees, representing Great Britain and Northern Ireland. Included in the party also are dele- gates from the ancient city (Win- chester), the largn seaside town (Brighton), the rural and indust- rial country (Kent and Leicester- shiro respectively.) and the city and metropolitan area of Iondon. The party, therefore. will typify British education in varied aspects and flexible development. Educationally the group comprises men who have achieved fame notably in certain ewcifio fields, and whose possible contribution to Canadian education at this period of flux may be of considerable value."

It is to be hoped that the propos- bd tour will not fail to include the Maritime Provinces. Too often it has happened, in the case of visit- utions from the Old Country, that these provinces have been complete- lq ignored.

CHAIN LETTER HUMBUG

The following timely comment from the Toronto Globe is applicable to. this Province as well as Ontario, where the craze referred to has made its appearance:

‘Ihe world appears to be always ready to take to its bosom any kind of get-rich-quick scheme. Now it is revival, in new form. of the ‘chain letter. The scheme is ingen- ious and interesting. 1t has bad a startling vogue in Colorado, and his made its appearance also in Canada. Prosperity is to be Pm- moied and everything is to be made bright by an initial ten-cent plecol fiere is the way it works:

3 The chain letter starts with a list of six names and addresses. The

_ first recipient is instructed to send ..u.dime to o. person whose name is ~ 1Artho top of the list. marking that off: then his awn name is to be at the bottom. and five of tho letter sent to friends. These friends are expected to keep the chain going in the same way. _‘ Edi-mg the process the name of the at the bottom works to the ,top, undindue timmif thechaiu rfhrnot broken by some indifferent recipient, the set of letters will

_ ‘ multiplied ,to 15.625. and the vpe then at the top of the list m a heavy mail that will not , ILMM in ten mnt pieces. At

~ that is tho way the mathem- itloiuu have worked it out. The p‘ bl! ll f-hlt tho chain ‘IIW-‘flll! ' ‘ on the we]: thin tbnn ‘bumblebee-urine one seem to

m: y.» 11mm- v

Inning Dolly (founded nun) u a m m: an nun-i sun-u. ' ' ' It l) per your tin ldvunoz) Inlet and Fahd Idol

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minis, us;

tennined to stop the game. In the States it is regarded as l violation

no one knows who started the chain. Thus the mercenary appeal enters

stitious. and dire consequences were

5W8)’ went the chain. So it will b:

depression. The danger 1S—&!ld al-

humbug.

U, S. TRIBUTE

A Canadian Press despatch rec- ords that on the eve of the King's "for the religious tolerance, pro- 500,000,000 inspiring leadership," was adopted

at n. Jubilee observance held in a

Faiths. ‘rolerance. justice. progress, com-

was possibfo, where in all quarters of the globe and among five hund- 1g red million pé3ple there was such

under the British flag.

EDITORIAL NOTES

considering retirement from public

year on the anniversary of Flor- ence Nightingale (May 12, i820). who "mothered" many s sick and auzlaimed as the founder of mod-

Red Cross movement.

‘ priceless. Many of our cit-

est in hospital activities, The first

ates oi’ the Prince Edward Island Hospital will receive their dii, mas.

According to the report of the ftatu ' Resources ED111119!“ 01f the 0.113., "Pinning semis to be- growing info a variegated industry apart from cultivated fields. lowing herds and bloating sheep. We have fur farms. the Japanese have gone

is the oystor "form." The latter industry is being successfully ex- tended in ‘ ariy in Mslpeque 3H. Prince Id- wam Island. once noted for iu oymn but. due to tilt depletion of

these beds m coming buck sinco the inlillllffllon 0f WIN! Cilltl-Ilo-

the oyster indilflflr Q10 BIIQWMIIQ

llilallollflvllovtlmlt aboutflmoutbeform mm

‘The world Gods! h it war-goon- omic war. We are all busy fighting mad battles with one another. combating our neighbors-Mandi and foe alike-with tariffs. import quotas. exchange restrictions. cur- . mncy devaluatioos. Such a, m“- ___ tion cannot continue. must be dons soon. or from econ. omic conflict we will drift straight "W "it" “"4"- "19 "We 1181111110 world’ wurP-Christian h‘ 7°“ s"

Something

' into enough. postal authorities are do- salmce Monmm

n critics In the mun‘ an to of the lottery laws and a using of lhluwlnx real brick-bats at politi- the malls for fraud. Lotterieg are li- “m” “d “film's m” "y" 1111519 "1 ing run slowly is not subjecwd to a legal In clam,“ and m, mam Iii-Be IB-rser bumps than if modern heavy strain. I should suppose that “motives m m“ m v up cr tics took up the sport. For bricks a. 5%»_g,m1uq1 depreciation would be a’ w“ W m” "e SW18 to be larger. It has been sufficient to take cafe of “wear and tercepting such chain letters and found, after intensive research in tear."

sending them to the Dead Letter New YOrk City. that builders can

om _ Prose W, 1 n, I save money by fllllllrg‘ng__thg brick. Ce c“ n l‘ mposs 1e u and econom, in these days L; not Charlottetown, PLEJ.

to be desplsed.—l-Iamilt0n Spectator.

l! lets back to the fact that un- the chain letter business. Formerly 1°88 the” l5 msvrt to force. Ger- these ppeuled onl to th - ma"? 11153’ E0 011 1111111118 111 the

a i y e sup" fijhineland as Weill asvin the rest of

e coun ry, l nobod

predicted were the chain broken. ‘that, expeditionary forcgs 33mg: But, of course. it always was broken. set in motion in an attempt to re- Scoffers at superstition threw the SW11: to life i-reutv vluvlslons that

lethrs in the i t ba k t, a G°"““‘“Y “as "“‘d°- "Y my make- ‘ “*5 ° s ° ‘m dead letters. Rather the probability

with this money plan. It can do 11:11:51]: twllllebecicigsxtlglfedtvgs: ti‘: 1-2;: nothing but collapse in aimess. and, 01' Europe. however rctiulnant they while no one Wm 108s much‘ may find the process, will make the neither will he be taken out of the be“ °f “"'P”°"‘d°“°° JQ“"‘“‘-

In his radi b d t'th t ready this is happening-that the evening President“ c“ e o h” amount will be raised, and the bus- "Feel frife to criticise. Tell me of mess beoome a bnremoed _ lottery instances where work can be done And in can“; that i5 33mm; the bflter °r when "11P1'°P@1‘ DYB-CUCES tic claim," he states was then fol-

_ v p_evail. Neither you nor I want crit- law. Dont bother about chain let- icgsm conceimd m a pure} mum ters of any nature. They are all finding or partisan spirit, bit 1 am jealous of the right of every citizen harmony and to the smooth and to call to the attention of his Gav- ernment examples of how the pub-v lic money can be more effectively spent for the benefit of the Ameri~ can people."

Jubilee celebrations a. resolution bewlrc

tre ted members of various that it would produce four lufiur- Mm I d d m w f ith ited d grac lant flee e , f h 5* 1 Y ° 8111"‘ 911801‘ 8-11 P9

a s “n “n er m‘ m“ m‘ desired bZ,§,,Z,,Yf§{b.Z,k“Q§d‘S-§G; this Province and to the Dominion white and ma, the sheep could re Mr. Stewart quotes the minority re- dosed in th t id

New York church under the aus- on thme “d312, noticewtlo sifgdlse it

piers of’ the World Fellowship of fleece without shearing. The system,

its

testimony go the “mum with ‘he Olld (superstitions die hard in rural conditions hi n il in h 11° w ~ a County Monflghall news-

w c we" t e mam paper reports that a series of accl- dnnts and mishaps in a certain

district have been attributed tothe . . met that a "lone" whnethom Bush surerto follow if our claim were bas-

hm been c“, down by a local ed on fact and if its validity were

Hon, J, L, Rglgwn, Qcgoyding w farmer. This belief based on an Lilvenement. Quebec. is mported fflfifnjl§if°fjggflfi wxgwamgsuggfi agiguigorainAm rsetglevteaoyl ware ‘rélflllld Chlllfl; and other eerie inhabitants however vamp ' me’ of the spirit world. The fairies aw ' supposed to hold

d ern nursing and the inspinar of the {fffljiff ,f.h'{’,§§*§,§,°,§§° fimom ciple referred to is not in the DNA. newspapers o, the Fatherland}. n Act nor in the Quebec resolutions,

is said that at the present time 80

Year in, year out, the hospitals ggilgegé guégfedninwsfggfiflss gins: no such idea could have prevailed thwushvut the llud I" Pflmmlnl rles. This is deplorable as a free 1131f}? m ‘ggfdpfgfg v3, :11]; 11 Bflviw Whli-‘Jl. Watched. lb w! press is one of the prime essentials menQM-y he ‘gem u, ma; we“ m,

scale M community values, is ab- in any land.-—Brantford EIIPOBWOY- two gentlemen who signed the ina-

plaoe this month afford a further bombers, capable of hurling tons of 1e d.

“w,” gm “but; mter- steel and TNT defensively upon

09W Y0 01711189 “mun cm“ Porliion B?‘ also taking seriously such effervescent being manufactu in arge quan- °! “m” “MM” m“ 1'1"’ titles, purely for defence. So if the in St. Paul's Parish III-ll 011 waolrld again suffers from a major

4 d - c amity ch as the Great War. it ma“ M" 1 "hen ‘Wm In u will doubgess be-sll for defence.- solution o! the Provinces’ finan- Hamilfo

is

Rh . the bodl. the output fell off. Now lly by waiting m, ‘clear of others‘ mi. it plelloth subsidy and other me New Brunswick in ollo frouiinout in 1n (ii-gems their quick ambition to pin bqfdq.

m" °°“-‘“" m" w“ mm" am if thro’ ‘careless eagerness 1

SOME PQTATO THOUGHTS Sin-A peculiar error erept into

issue in which your w- tter made me lay that the flaking machinery would l-st for "many months" instead of for “H1811? rem!‘ The flaking machin- ery is of a substantial type ‘and, be-

l am. Sir. etc, IIJK. S. BEMMING

May 11, 1935 FISCAL IVEEDS

Sir,-In a triad of letters to the Patriot Mr. W. S. Stewart sees fit to ridicule the claims of the Pro- vino: to an increase or adjustment of subsidy on the ground ti’ "fiscal needs." lvlr. Stewart suggests tnat

“To the ingenuity and iively imagination of Premier Macdon- aid of Nova Scotia. sometime a professor in Dslhousie College, belongs the credit for discovering for the first time an entirely new kround or cause for the Central Government increasing provincial subsidies. l-Ie gave it the name of ‘fiscal or revenue need?‘

This claim. which Mr. Stewart calls "an absurd proposal, r. fantas-

iowed by the advocates representing the two other provinces. The prin- ciple, we are told. is "destructive to

easy working of the Confederation machinery." Indeed, all the horrors of civil war are predicted if this claim is persisted in, for are we not warned that

“Such a principle, once : ‘opted,

Three years ago the Soviets let it would most mm]

y bring on either kn°wn that b!’ 1118mm ' civil war or the complete destruc- volcin; appreciation to King George "away demmwd- f1" “a” 0T 1111‘ lion of the Canadian Govern- afgfegs Igmlld g" 11081321011811! COF- ment’s credit in the world's fin-

B r W85 QC ETC ," areas and equity enivvad by about that u sheep could be examp e’ and“ mam

As a proof, no doubt, of this poss-

port of the White Commission, as follows:

“There is no doubt that when

it was asserted, could be adapted to the financial terms of Union were any other animal. Those who had iirst being considered one con- ments the Ottawa Journal. go hand figffizgs the long and painstaking in hand with freedom of speech. breeders to better their flocks re_ They are not attainable in any strained their enthusiasm for this men‘ Principle “w” “mvemm‘ great degree without it. they can rewlmmnaw departure 111 Pram-ice-

not m maintained without it. n 1s Ytwfi‘; glfwgwm-

trolling principle accepted was that in return for_ thesurrender by the contracting provinces of

the Customs and Excise-the Do- minion was to grant such . Josidles

m“ as would enable these provinces “m”? t° 31mm 1Y°¢°1°111 °1 EPW31- the great flcece-increasing-ssif-ool- I mum °n we“ m“! “dmmm” and t0 the developments which cring-self-denuding prozess i5 not have taken place under it. that the the 11110111111396 DWOGSS "-5 udvunoe

a 11° t 1 notices proclaimed. True, it had but m we “B spec ace o! Jubilee Day one defect, but that was an import- _ ant one: the sheep could not stand merit," we are told that "if this

tion without resort to direct taxa- tion."

Referring to this, which Mr. stew- art calls "an extraordinary stator

‘statement were based on fact, it would give more than plausibility to the plea of ‘fiscal need.’ It would fully establish its validity."

The statement is not directly made that civil war and financial bank- ruptcy of the Dominion would be

established, nor does merge Stewart advise that for the sake of peace

This aspect of the situation ls lost

the" ""115 sight of by the learned ex-Judge in Mother's Day fell fittingly this 31°11!” SW11 “995- "id "'- 15 11°15 his condemnatlonofthiflgrosacare- that woe overtakes any who inter- lessness" of the Confederation dele- fere with theni.—Ex.

gates and all concerned "for neg- lecting to have placed in the resolu-

A trade paper publllhod In Ger- tions and in the Act an objective to wounded soldier and who has been 11111113’ his had the Wmvflty t0 weft ‘whim m" ‘n "e "m t° m" ' ' that "the average German gets his BB1

eed." While admitting that the Dfln-

Judge Stewart informs us that it is an elementary principle of law that

jority report of the Commission

f lzens. as l result of the oPon invit- it Asdbgl (Eggmgtfigu “aaaxw “mum m“ um“ n’ “i” fiumiFd W Vi!“ u" Pnn“ for "the establishment of far-flung something to the contrary. Edward Island and Charlottetown defence bases for the Army Air memory does seemtowam him that Hospitals yesterday, are now better Corps. It i; this last bill that fav- liter the 1100i W" 001119193“! i114

Not but what the Judge has heard

agreed to some of the speakers at

ed"df dl '- tn brd be- wqumud with u“ work “w” m, tween (laarfidangand etheo gnitgd the banquets given were so elevated “"'“'4°““ m “W- n“ "m" States. One defenm item of the 1W1 611mm“! bl’ the relrelhmeu"

gradua" exercises which take Unwed an“, ca"; m, new 9W" provided as to picture a ‘Provincial

Utopia where no taxes would no fev- . . but no one would think of

utterances." To show the complete absurdity of such a claim ‘the ex-Judge asks:

"How comes it that this happy

ciai difficulties bu never been thought of by any one for seventy long yearn, until its discovery by the Premier of Nova Scotia? ‘rhat such a. simple and effective mn- edy should have eludedth. ' trik- ing principle of the many eblo men who have during that time composed Maritime Provincial ex- ecutives is simply amazing."

Amlliing it ll. l! true; but ll ll‘. true? To the law and to the teati-

in (or pen-l fuming and now there I live olili hope and that I think do mm,‘ u, u. m u. ‘u m. i. ‘mm

' nonovel u Judge Stewart llll eats. ' Who clome iriw this world, and since Hm Gm.“ m," n, M51, m

Clflllll- lllfllml" Myself it’ swim with such good hvgcfi" when M laud m m‘ n’ ‘

rlinmont of Cunadl in R-

ommnv ~ r tukccmy comfort whatsoebr befall. '4“ mm“ ‘mm '“"' I bide oaiddbide, as if more stout ' '

"The local governments of Up- per and Lower Canada will sover-

Wu it a inure put-prmdlsl or 0f- hrveooout utterance of iflclloitw-

' I m : "lbltoillflobutmlllo

rer the subsidies

M 00$‘? qfi vihfurtbmwuluwlidedtow ' What IN local requirements? Arc theynot “fiscal needs!" _ Wore

, Sir Hector Lsngovin?

Let us examine o few mop “el- fervucont utterances." . ‘

Col. John Hamilton Grey, u dele- gate from the Province of New Brunswick, in I812 published a book narrating the events . which took place at the Conference. He refor- rod meclfloully to the very great dif- ficulties which took place at the Conference upon the subject of tax- ation and subsidies. inferring to the Maritime Provinces he stated:

"It was absurd. therefore, to siiwose that the delegates from those provinces could consent to any propositions for union that did not make adequate provisions for meeting the existing wants and

trlbutfous to which their people bad been aoeiutomod."

I-Ie stated the per. capita plan was suggested and rejected and finally the‘ a" tmont of a Comgnitt consisting of Messrs. Brown and Gait, Dr. Tupper and Mr. ArchibI-ld. Mr. Tilley, bllgPope and Afr. Shea, who finally‘ agreed upon a plan which was supposed to accomplish the purpose, namely, to meet all io- cal or provincial requirements. Re- ferring to the insuperable objections on the part of Quebecand the Mari- time Provinces to resorting to direct taxation and the need of finding a solution that would meeFt-hese ob- jactioxis, that is. provide a revenue that would meet all their needs. Hon. George Brown stated, after fe- ferrlng to his own proposal for some alternative scheme:

"But. Mr. Speaker, there was one difficulty in the way-a diffi- culty which has often before bee; encouraged in this world-and that difficulty was simply this, it could not be‘ done. We could neither have carried it in confer- ence, nor yet in any one of the existing _ provincial legislatures. Our friends in Lower Canada, 1 am afraid have a constitutional dlslncliuatlon to direct taxation. and it was obvious that if the confederation scheme had attach- ed to lt,a provision for the im- positiou of such a system of taxa- tion, my honourable friends op- posite," etc. "The objection, . zore- over, was not confined to bower Cauada-y-all the lower provinces stood in exactly the same posi- tionf’. .. 1 . . _ .

These matters, it is true. took place aeventf years ago. ‘fhey were the opinions-pi the parties who took

‘part in framing the Confederation

Compact. Whether the delegates were “open to severe censure for gross carelessness" in iecting to havethem placed tn the esoiutions and in the Act is not the questi Those ineurare not-m trial. 1f Judge Stewart examines the confederation Compact he will search in vain for any system on the subject oi" wheth- Dmvfdod were sup- posed to ‘be adequate or inadequate for-me purpose for which they were intended. On that subject there is complete silence. It is not a ques- tion of the law of evidence or of the contradiction or violation of locu- ments. ‘the rule Judge Stewart re- fers to has no relevance. Tbs ques- tion is one of justice and equity for the provinces. They were never supposed to come begging. hat in hand, for enough to carry oin their provincial affairs. It is a matter which anscends. evidence "rules. The claim of Prince Edward Island and of the several Maritime Provin- ces to receive on adequate subsidy to carry on their provincial affairs goes directly to the spirit of .tho Confederation ‘n51 ement. As stated by the Federal Minister of finance. Hon. W. S. Fielding, more than a quarter of a century ago, when a readjustment of provincial subsidies was faking place: 4 . - "This money is not paid to the provinces as a favour. The grants now given to them are necessary to can-y out tho lplrlt of confed- oration."