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WEDNESDA

DROPPING THE TAX PILQT-

ter. particularly of

love, ‘unprecedented in

the history of Canada.

that the relations between the At torney General and his

Cabinet. It was known also that other members oi the Cabinet. in- eluding the Premier, narrowly es- caped shipwreck at the nominating conventions but they all, witll the single exception of the Attorney General, had their colleagues to ashore.

Just what happened in the Cardi- gan District lit. would be interesting to lknow. Several “conversatllons" preliminary to the final convention bald been held, notably one at Mon- tague a day or two ibefore the con- vention. lt is known that at some oi these the delegates were advis- ed not to support Mr. Johnston‘s nomination. From whom did this advlice come? iDld the machine place litls ban upon Mr. Johnston, and onder t.hat he be squeezed out? It "is extraordinary that the onlytwol unemibers of the Liberal party in the House, Mr. Johnston and Mr.

the assistance ' oi bring them

The rejection of a Cabinet Minis- the Attorney General, by his own caucus on the eve of a general election is. We lie- "ood m, deception, the his-

tory of this Province. Wfllillli l"

Although it has loll: been know" _ ' money would not cost the ‘MXPBY’ Cabinet colleagues were not as fraternal as might have been wished, there was no special reason to believe that this estrsngement had extended to his party in the Cardigan district. . or that he had ibeen marked out as more deserving of political execu- tion than any other member of the

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lic that every°ll6 B" W! "d"

declared that t-lle

meet thin cost. These are the real

of their word. that his "word is his bond," tho

his word, even his worthless. the same characteristics in our public men? What are we to think of men in public life, who make dc- flniio promises in order to attain to coveted positions, and when the positions are attained. break them? ‘We went to war and sacrificed mil- lions of lives and billions in proper- tybecausensanation we refused to regard our solem-n promise to an~ other nation as a "scrap oi paper." The Bell Government was con- ceived in sin, the sin oi false pro- miscs, and shapcn in iniquity, the iniquity of excusing and paliiating its sin.

This and those are some of the things our Liberal friend-s are ex-

Pdter Brodie‘ were the only two representatives who were rejected without even being named at the

nomination conventions.’ Evidently l the machine resents

freedom of

schooh-democracy has no meaning so liar as the FIiell brand of Liber- alism is concerned.

THE RED HERRING.

The Liberals and their organ. the Patriot, are laboriously trying to convince the people. on the eve oi the election, that they were jus- tidad in increasing the taxes, justi- fied (in taking advantage oi the Highways Grant, justified in bor- rowing money for road improve- ment, Justi-fled in increasing the sessionai indemnity and the salar- ‘im of portfolio members. justifled, in short. in everything they had done. They are making the ' welkln ring with their attempte-i justiflcatllon and explanations and I excuses. They carefully ignore the real wmplainte against them, the com- plaints which brought about num- >Gf01lB indignation meetings as soon as their course oi action wals made known. These complaints are not that "they lincreased the taxes, not that they had accepted the Highways grant’ not that they did a. lot of road work. The complaint is that in everything they dlid since they came into power, they broke faitlh it-h the iléollle. the election oampflilxli- unqualified- lydenounced -their predecessors for 91‘ aganoe and claimed that tile ‘ l venue was sufllcient to take care . Ill nhe requirements of the Pro- , nee includin! a generous increase (an teachers‘ salaries. ,0. [ygglngd power 9n these represent» i‘ ,, m” increased, the taxes . at sour-told. l bum ml,- elect-ion they de- i - ma] u” Highways Grant {Isl-II el

my,“ power they accented "l" l any; great. of forty per cent.

by“! QIKQIOHQr int! per cent. and to "improve" the coun- ’ “M; at I oust that was stag- n‘, Qnjgygllllif. To justify

pected to explain before they-are lagain entrusted with the country's‘

business. ‘These are the things

they are now studliouely avoiding,

while busll n l 1 l speech or actlion in the new Liberal y e gage‘ n exp ammgl

"mil Qxclltilflg doings oi much loss moment.

We want men of honor to con-

men who have false ‘are not confl dence.

already ‘proved worthy of further

TOO CLOSE STUDY

lMueh dwelling upon the present political situation has evldenllly had a bad effect upon the usually placid editorial columns of our es- teemed contemporary The lPatrlot. Diving ‘back ‘into the past it finds where “with lmalilginltyanddastard- ly unscrupulousness the 'l‘ory press and Tory speakers great and small assailed the character of that. Igreat- est of ‘Canadian statesmen <Sir lWil- fred lllalurler." This awful denuncia- tion against the widesprcad "Tory press," ‘was siolne time ago levelled at the deviotcd head of the Guardian but when this paper offered $500 for the production _of any item in The Guardian that could be construed into any such a meaning, the Pat- nult to pay the same amount if it failed to produce it the charge ‘col- lapsed and this is the first time it has appeared sinoe. The Patriot's necessity is evidently great at

They ham during present and anything ‘Wlll d°~ ll

now declares if the Guardian has turned all its ‘ibatteries oi abuse. ridicule, misrepresentation and wlm-ulty upon lPremier Bel-l."

In the saline issue of the PHtTlOI we flnd it declared in the solemn

d t when they language of a resolution passe a

the Cardigan Convention on Satur- day mat "the Conservatives lprolm- ised a surplus of $743,000 ~for the ye" 1919," (This is the second “me the Patriot has malde tlhls

sell will b would niatomenl.) it 6661"" °‘i“'°"“"" GEO 0 '

is that under the COIIBQYVW-lv“ . ruinous taxation. When they theououlvem when not “med out

m, Wuhan out were from two 10

O i lve miles above the surface o ,3“ coil of tile rondwurlrnbor- l" lilo w

m n, vpaggny, mental condition.

millions and thousands. mil" ‘mil inches are all one to the Patriot. P

something lam-pend taxation they claim, the only m“ k trreowayoi its reed. ti! film! m usual-y wWMd m n loudlyll the effected by fie Pmvince anal-am whw °"' '° “M0,?!” u ill

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up this claim they issued a finan- clal statement showing an alleged deficit oi $Z30.000,a ‘statement s0 clgarly prepared to deceive the pub- We"

They have since howled about this alleged bankruptcy; they have P‘"9l5'°mll' W‘ w wads built at such an enormous cost in borrowed

era a don“ althzmgh when comer. each of the four salaried members ed during the last. session, Premier Bell was obliged to admit that the taxes had to be increased to hell!

complaints against the Bell Government: those are the causes oi its unpopularity. 0' "lM memllfll lln pnivatn life we respect. or des- pise men in proportion to the value The highest com- mendation we can give a man is

worst we can say about him is that oath, is in sesslonai indemnltiee of Silali we not look for

duct the aunts of the provrlncelandflhat a fitting time for these nine

llEconomical Gentlemen to take $17,-

‘transaction.

The Public Forum

This column ls open for tho discussion by correspondents oi questions of Interest- Th0 Charlottetown Guardian does not necessarily endorse the

otes by the Way i Premier Ball and his supporters all charged the Arunault Govern- ment with ntravagance and waste. And they all promised to practise Economy. I-n the Alussnnult Cabinet there , three Cllbinel. Ministers The Wreck of the _ dfflwlll! salaries, the total oi.‘ which ship Liberallte

was $6,300 s year, an average of _ $2,100 each yearly. Captain John H. Bell and llle entire The Bell Government changed "u"::°;3I::|cb°|':'°d1::‘:3:"Wu" four salaried Ministers whose salaries made a total oi $8,- 000 with an average oi $2,000 each yearly.

The Bell Government also paid

opinion expressed by its cor- respondents-

, £01m: h 1.1] l Blfll M-Ds HOT WEATHER

Were you asked if you lwere ready for the hot weather, your thoughts would turn to sulmmeé- unlrifervililcalg.

--ltin. oes o‘ o Sir.—In this letter I am not b; body as” doe, 5M“: to w" people haw m vole’. we heavier winter material. u-htere tot vote]. mévhen elect? You see u “In a matter or Qohf. vo e a C m ' _ I, i 3.. ion on P. n. l. l am going to write either Bunltlfer’ o°fh‘t’_";'t“e' l 5 a‘ this letter in such a way that it W835 fl m"! 9t r we ism heat in can be readily absorbed and easily In the w n e 1on1 want it - understood by every voter who may the su-m-mer we‘; F our - chance to read it. I am going to S0 the regu a llm 0 ey shape every sentence and weld sruprply is youi‘, 011V c“ - s every word on the clear, ringing Anti from whence come

of the Cabinet $300 additional year- ly indemnity as members of the House, and paid a like extra $300 to the tlve unsalaried members of the Cabinet.

heat

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anvil of good-will and cheer, so heat? W9 i" deall" “d” Wm‘ w“ that there will be ono unbroken From only one sollrcc.-Frc‘m Governments. each Wll wmiwlfll chain of sweet and humble your food.

The salaries of thoughts from the first syllable to the Arsenault Government. were ‘he m“ sam-mlce- I win‘ ywrnlmt’ i H d ‘h, ‘ lng readers, whether Liberal or “£00 a ye“ n a an er s” ' "Conservative," to read above the slmlal l‘nd“-m"ll5'_“l“° memlmm “l lines, between the lines, under the $200 eaeh-—-$i,800 yearly, a total lines, and around the lines. l want o; $3 10g a, yegug your voting readers to digest every Th; "in member‘ of ‘he at" word within the realm of reason Government took to themselves and m" may’ and by doing so I feel euro that when election day yflfly 33-099 l" "lid" aml $élggg comes, they will cast their votes each, a, total of $12,500 yearly. Tllat

according to the dictates oi a. clear was $4,400 more yearly, and $17,600

and calm conscience. I also want rllore during the four years’ term

your voting renders to keep in

lnilld the fact that in this coming than the alleged wasteful and ex- travagant Conservative Govern-

election I have no saddles to lllenti, ‘ , . . "H be wig-lg bridltes to‘ sell, nor any political tolgrthtlgv/wniyiir 20love, sulbsll. e o l‘l'i(. - . . ment ilad received in a like term ax! BIIlgfTCO from either political “Ming ‘runs and ‘the lighter yew of m," years party. I am only an onlooker, sit- lfliliirsla what about meat? We """"= "i" W" "he ZL“.f‘.’.'.‘.'§‘lf1.§.'$.'.‘.‘.J.?‘". L232“. ..l';"..'.' “all we some‘ “i” m“ " ‘s Honorable Gentlemen who compos- View from my point or vantage’ so wise -to nut less meat in tile anypl- ed the late Conservative Govern- that it is vnry easy for me to See mer is correct. You see nil-M (P meat. and nine Honorable Gentle. what. has already transpired in the pairs tissue worn until-ll; m", who compo" m, 5," Gmm-n. last four years of "Liberal lllisrnlc" $07klgliiuill“hltl:eiillll- . ment’ glrldtllezillllllfllalzyfegllll; [Zlilvtllllte ‘hi: ‘Hlllxlll- ll-yil" KY9 all ablllciie indivi- Ttlcse second nine charged the voters of p_ E], Wm “g0 l“ dual, playing lZ-zllmes, ‘walklnl! R "I'm" "iflfi Will‘ fiXl-s 9030119 it'd determination and strike the blow great dual. zlllil really doing poin- waste.. For themselves they prom- that will ollli for nil time the wick- ty ‘of work. or tflllflllli-Zgglihfriilt used the strictest‘ economy" m‘! lalgttzllillglllllestbtlillilfilllyeillplggfilescallletrrl: ZflIuWll-llnnxfllillll‘ll-Nfillllfiill. for re- thoy keep tllat promise‘! "mm ' p;,"r“;,mk_ Now yo“ cat the lncat w°"¢ M‘ ‘M P°°Pl° d°°elv°d This llell Government came into pecans» of the prntelvls ill it. by that false promlm 01' 900110015’? power nllnlltfour years ago. and as it! von rt-nfiy ‘Wilillil “l” l" do And if so, was not that $11,000 ' ‘ which these nine members of tile Bell Government took from the Treasury and put in their pockets money obtained under hiss pre- tences?

The food and drink yvll "Ike "ll" you, is burned up llislde Yw" body in llle air that Will’ "I'll-IS "k9 l“ with every breath. This burning causes the heat. Mill i"? W" klmw he,“ keeps everything working in- glliqyy-tlur body. _

iSCy you see it is a llnlatter oi the quantity and lllllllll." 07 10°“ W" take into Y9!" Bfimm- 7

Well, what about timi-

ln me winter ynu want llllellly 0f me he“ producing foods, that is m“ lumen milk, ve-gctzl-lllcs, pork. ozlllmc-ai.

soon as they felt the power and “flfllfflll the lncnt entirely you ‘Hib’ force of control, they immediately Snlutelly must ca-t eggs, D935» m‘ got drunk and disorderly with the beans, if you are going lo k601i spoils of victory. They no longer yourbmly in ‘good repair. _

cared for the future welfare of . one“ m" are weary to the point those who elected them to office. m sxh;,,{_t-,linn in llle sunlmer, re- Thcy no longer cared for the nwmfbm. ‘Lbstainiflg from‘ eating is fathers and mothers, nor for thelmi MviSf)‘ You neell slrelllrtll and ell-l sisters and brothers who toiled "m, “m; fond LQ qhl- only wnly lynu| early and late, through storm and cynic, i; A lit-Lie extra fluid nil-null rain, through grief and bitter pzlinnnimw, qNlrgIYlHIllOII, but p0l‘tii])ll‘Zl.ll0ll_

in order to lltg up a barll-earllclll ., . f tln-mwilnl; offbeat dollar to pay tiluse unfaithful pub-N's Nam". s’ l‘ U 0

Note that at this time Premier Bell and his colleagues and support ere protested that the fihanees of he Province were “in a most d:-

- . i . iplorabu condmonhl They said and licCgert-v:lntg_' H B H l H Iiand wqs gig’ lstill say that tile Province wzlntbcn “p a n 0"‘ ' e ‘m’ l“; | . l- . _ , . , , t the Ion ‘he verge of bankruptcy‘ wmul llloynl crew of the ship Liberal mm.) results villi eonlc on

ite" have already proven tllclll~i,.an1p_ [mt nltl tcll you, kintlflfrkiindlhl .1’ ‘i it t; th h '. ' - - t inthe I18 all‘ 33023;. Ilnlllglllllilglvlhltl! lllfflll, lilllllllllvlluzlglh yllrllllvprlnnrhllgok hack for tilt‘- thoy have provl-n themselves un-lgafl; four ynllrs, and you will llflil worthy to be cll-cted to powflrllhqt the final result has been a sml again, therefore they have comedian}, in your own llonlc KOVBY"! their own defeat, ,and this defeat mam, You nun also look across the.

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beyond dispute that they did ti. We think itlmight he well, Iyadies and Gentlemen electors for you to ask the Liberal candidates aibout this

will surely coull- to Captain Johll Se“ and HPO the unhappy condit-I H. Bell and his entire crew 0n “m5 flfl n rosnlt of llliarllle. Yolll election day. Jlliy 26th. We all can gaze upon Russia at the pres‘ know thcrc was treachery, trick- (mi time and sec i101‘ Dlflllfllilg illlil cry, treason and disloyalty among bogging for bread. You cnn M50 the crew of the ship "Liberalitn." has, if you wish. dho ilfellilllll 5mm and we also know there was politlc- of Germany, where at this time in- - a1 mutiny on board that "top- 1109:3111, little children. half-starved heavy“ vessel. We also know that and poorly clad. are trying to Captain John ll. Bell lost control anntch a dirty bite tn oat among K of ills vessel, and willie his disioy- dogs in back yards oi hamlet, town a] crew were in mutiny, and still and city. Yoll can also look upon drunk with the spoils and gain of the pages of history through U10 victory, his ship kcpt drifting on ages, and you will find on many and on to the reels of destruction. pages the stains of tears and the e also know that Captain John crimson spots of blood.

H. Bell did not slow-speed and Captain John ll. Bell and take soundings to find out if he llisloyal crew came lfllfl

was ncar a rock-ilollllli shore, or dangerous, hidden shoals. We also know that Captain John H. Ball did not listen to the warning signals that came dolcfuliy sound- ing through the nliat of tears. We also know he would not listen to the low-moaning ail-tbs of breakers ahead coming from the painful

Daily Selections FOR and disappointed breast of the electorate. We can sec his ship

now pounding and going to pieces 'v¢‘-¢¢ *-: ‘_ t- ‘vr-Te on the jagged rocks of political

desolation. We can ace Captain THE BACK FENCE

John H. Bell icebly clinging to the "w"

masthead of despair. We can sec ‘BY ‘Mary Wffitly" Dill/IN him there calling rm- he", whfle To know that 1’ve a friend like you he waves of public lmllgnatlon Puts in each rose a bit more dew, are washing oVer him, and More high delight -in each bird's mercilessly lashing hinl to political trill, , - death. We can see his ("Hifiylil and ‘More red alhove Itlhe sunset -h|li‘l. unfaithful crew struggling and It. tin-ts Lhe blueslt sky more blue

It ‘might be well, also, to remind the Liberal candidates that at the time when the ‘Bell Govcrnmentdld this, the population of the Province was falling away. There were twenty thousand fewer people in the Province than there had been only 20 or 30 years before. There were lesa people and these nine Hon. Gentlemen said that the pwbllc fin- ances were llu such a shocking con- dltion that they had to make these few pay $200,000 more in taxes yearly tlla-n ever before. And yet these nine took that $17,600 nnli compelled the people to pay it.

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The people were not told by these nine Honorable Gentlemen that they intended to take this money. The people did not know it until lit was done. ‘The people did not expect it, or think it. possible that these nine Honorable Gentlemen, who had promised to ‘be Econom- ical could do such ‘a. thing. The like had never been done before in all the T50 years of our hlistory as a iProvince.

The wicked Tories "iitiglilgflngtl. bnizbinglllnll ailrloking 'l‘o know that I've a friend li-kc hm A I t d W e l sma wui of tile lost. you! ' llllnsmvilstplrlilgggelvln‘; sleigh-chug cam“ l“ m“ n" M“ l" “V” and ‘yr F ‘m l Ge n the!" from the cruel. chill. nnlrky Ilut,oh, llwpnllerllrllquenlly,

e y -4COHO ca n.emen waters that will surely engulf wlmg, gory, gf nellghibor do you 513g did it. - They took $l7l600 oi the the"! TlIHPWlHY. July 26th. 1023.

Wilcn past. our lfence you look at

taxpayers‘ money. under the con- me?

dition-s above stated and put it in their own pockets,

This will be a day pi rejoicing on I‘. E. i. It will be a day of (loiiver- ancc, a day of freedom, a day of | liberty, and a blessed day of new and better thoughts in the lninris 0f lwly thinking men and women. - There has been much said in the