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ifiiitlhristmtls um In Flannelette i. " q ' AtlPatons

The question of the past fow months, whereto get good llannel ate, is solved by Futons, Ltd" who have, owing to favorable ex-

change advantages, been able to lsecure some exceptionally fine English goods, which for quality, width and patterns is unexcellcd and the prices. quoted will be n pleasant surprise to l‘. E. lslatrtl~ shoppers. Regular 50 and 55 1-1-2 quality, .vltitc and striped flannel» sits, now 40 cents per yard.

36 cents kind now 30 cents i. yard. f Narrowcr widths ,in white 23 cents and ZS-cent a ys-d.

Splendid grade white tiotnat flan- rielette, cream only 35 cents, about 200 yards.” _

Striped patterns worth ‘JO-cents now 40 cents per yard. Y

English spelro tlannelcite in white oxfords was 75, S5 t0 $135 now 55, 00 anti 70 cents. -

There irro several _othor gootl patterns firm truality and servic- able patterns at corcspﬂﬂtllﬂgl? low prices.

Another snap that will appeal n, the mothers of little girls ln -i00 yards of ginghams, wide width m“; good patterns ntarkcd to

clcnr at 27 ccnts per Yilnl- i

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N EXT Von Will be Thinking f .

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Then Think oi the Bayrr Studio

For ‘Your Photographs

1R3 GREAT GEORGE SI. Next SIhlllP-y Fhirw & Pcardtrn

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AT CHRISTMAS TIME ,

" Your lriends can buy I anything you can give z tbenr- l Except your PhotogrﬂPll-

An early appointment l means time for careful Work

THE COOK STUDIO

Be prepared for the greatest winter sport ~ choose your

skates today while our stock is complete.

"isrann" SKATES

Actuo . $1.75 p-upr. "Demon" unplated $1.70 per pr. WDemon“ plated $1.90 per pr.

Regal Featherweight $5.00 ,per tir- Velox $6.50 per pr.

We guarantee "Starr" llllllit‘ of skates not.to break.

AUTOMOBILE SKATES

. $1.90 per pr.

Ladies’ Auto . $.50 per pr. Men's Auto .. $3.50 per pr. Auto Ii. .. $5.50 per pr. Auto '1‘, $6.00 [tor pr.

I Auto C. $0.50 pcr pr. Auto D. .. $7.50 per pr. Bob Skates .90 per pr.

Plus i0 per cent tax Hockey Sticks from 20c to $1.3? Pucks ..................... ........... .. (l0:

The Roger." Hardware ' Co. Lltl.

Queen Street - Grafton Strut

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\ Oi.‘ R RA IL\\,' .\ Y FA (‘I LITI ES

, During the recent visit of the railway officials several important facts were elicited at the Board of Trade meeting. On‘_e of these is that outsotle of the expense of the car ferr and the terminals. there is no deﬁcit against the rince Edward Islgmd Railway- The expense of running the car ferry ~is not chargeable to the P. E. Island service. on the P. E. Island Railway had become a standing excuse for curtailment 0f expenditures here and as a result our railw-ay service has not been and is not. yetiwhat it ought to be.

Another and very important fact elicited is that the railway officials express their full concur- rence in the Island’s claim for a second car ferry steamer and the standardization of the whole Island railway anti are prepared to stand behind these. The only obstacle in the tray‘ is the question of ﬁnance; if the Finance Minister, Sir Henry Drayton, can be assured of the necessity 0f this extra mccommoda- tion, notwithstanding the other heavy calls upon him, he will authorize the necessary appropriation.

So the matter stands, Sir Henry Drayton was here only a few weeks ago. The authorities here had the opportunity then to convince him of. the Islands need, to prove to him" that the one great t0

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collections.

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lllustratiuglthe great roivei‘ of the people to enforce their right to rule under responsible government case of the / Davies Ministry, a far brninier and more powerful one than the Bell u-nglonreration, who were forced to throw up the sponge at the peo- ples‘ command. The Patriot seeks to draw a streak of support from this to bolster up its taxation ini- uities. “Then as now a _ krful howl was raised throughout DBIICItS ,tha country, on account oi taxa- tion. and the Davies Government went out of power." the Patriot's memory or re- Then‘as now the “ltowl" was ‘not against ftrir and equitable taxation but against the Gpvertttnenvs “ubnoxiout-t“ meth- ods» of assessments, valuations and Under the old land tax, with which the people were familiar" and contented. about‘ $30,- 000 annually was collected. Davies Act slight increase over this, about two to four thousand dollars, but the methods of valuators, unequal us- sossmertts, arid the waste of a large portion of the futitls collected ‘in paying a horde for extra officials, just exactly as it is today, aroused the country to u force which the Government could not resist, and avoid a motion of want of cotr -

referred to the

lt says,

Tlr provided for

This is not

ODIY 8

_Qttnvva the ilnancialneed of the province and no doubt influenced the getting of otrr increased sub- std)’.

we instant-d pust history neither

lustrato the power of the P801118 l0 control their own affairs. But the Patriot. has souilll t0 llTﬂ-W Domi- col comfort from these regions or‘ the dead. and we have no obiectlou i to give it accommodation. The Dav; ies Government, as we said before consisted of brainy men, and the Public Schools Act li-i the lasting and creditable monument to their‘ record. 1t it-catr only resist the on‘ slattghts oi’ the Bell Government anti weather the stormy sens of their neglect and stupidity it will be the greater for having survived a period of such adversity. But i irow about debt and finances in those ancient days? The Davies i

balance of cash on hand, bequeath ed by Conservatives, of $144,637.40. e Front this they expended $40,654.10 tin construction of the new Fal - conwond Asylum. Instead of paying interest upoit apubiic debt they re- ceived from the hanks $4,009.43 iii- tcrest oti tieposits, iii their first yeari They left oillce only ttao‘ _\t.‘t'rl‘1S later wit,- the t-rcdlt baiartce Hllllliéd from $144,000 to $13;- 70158. They left also unpaid ac ~ counts amounting to $60,071.95 to be paid by the Sullivan Govern -

for ret-rimination or glory brrt to il-lr

Government assumed qﬂlce with 5-.

No. 6% Union .. $2.00 per pr. Bull Dog $2.10 per pr. Beaver . $2.76 per. pr. Regis . . . . . . . . . .. $3.50 per pr. Climax . $3.50 pt-t- pi‘. Glacier" $3.50 per pr. No. 71,4, lJnion ...... .. $3.75 per pr.

plements as are now dutiable.

' The Commissioner of Agriculture, Hon. W. M. lLea, who of all men should have been able to givc (the Minister the information he needed, knew noth- ing about it; (lidift know how many farmers there vrere in the province, didift know what the annual average production was, what the annual expor from the province was, didn't even know the area

'0f ' the Island. '

sent his views ll‘l'\~])€l‘S0l'l before ‘the Commission.

ilook for Prince Edward Island.

jEdward Island with its second class,

necessary/machinery in motion to effect it.

“BUSINESS AS lTSlK-U."

standing.” ~

need of the province is better transportation facili- ties, but he was allowed to carry away with him an impression that the Island had about all the trans- portation facilities it deserved and that all it needed was to get the duty knocked off such agricultural im-

_ The only information of any value to the pro- vince given to the Minister was that given by Mr. [John O. Hyndman, after the departure of the Coin- ‘ mission, in a letter sent through a personal friend, Mr. Hyntlmu-n not having had an opportunity to pre- If this letter can by any means offset the inane evi- deuce given on behalf of the provincial government, there is some hope that something will come of it but if our hoped for railway improvements depend uoon what the provincial government witnesses . lplaced before the Commission it will be a blue out-

With men thoroughly acquainted with our Is- land needs now in the head office at Toronto, men who know and admit the need of a second car ferry’ land the standardization of our railway there is an ‘excellent opportunity to press, our claims and a move shoultlbe mode at once to have the whole service improved~ The link between Sackville and Prince antiquated, kerosene lighted cars and its, long and frequent stops along the way, must be sufficiently moderniz- ,ed and improved before another 'season’s passenger traffic opens if Prince Edward Island is to remain ,0n the map and we cannot begin too soon to set the

Mr. Roger H. Williams, Vice President of the National Bank of Commerce, New York, at a meet- ing of the Converters Association said: “To my mind there is no greater service that can be rendered to- day to business and to the public than to re-estab- lish a normal volume of buying. And t0 do this business and the public must come to an under-

There is no question as to the soundness of this

fldeuce they resigned.

The Conservative Government following, true to promise, repeal - ed that obnoxious act and conduct ed the business of the country for the balance of their term of twelve years ABSOLUTELY WITHOUT TAXATION and by so doing reliev- ed the taxpayersbf the country

of taxes amounting to over o. quar- ter of it million dollars. it is true that they left it trifling debt, cer- l tifietl to by responsible EXTER - NAL AUDITORS of 3124.000 with

claims assets at Ottawa to offset it, as, the total indebtedness after twelve years or atlmitiistratioii. Our Liberal friend will no doubt trot forget to tell us the old, old story. that they also drew $200,000 from capital. That is also true, tlrawitir: from capital for public works. suriic wlrtrt as the Bell t-otlrbititrtioir arc now doing, with this difference.

however, they drew front cosh at their credit, while the present con- glomeratiotr are drawing from bor- rowed money. We lost the $10,-

000 a year‘ interest we were rc - ceiving on that capital at 5 per cont but even their it is not as bail a= paying out $11,000 as the present. government are doing at 51-2 per rent. But to more than ('ll'\"_‘l' this the (‘onst-rvntivtts slrtttt ti illl lll -

crease 0i’ $fitl,00l) stibsitlv front the Dominion (lovertimcnt, leaving the revenues better than before to the extent of $20,000 net. And our with drawal 0i’ this capital indicated to

merit, and ti. further sum of $50,- 206.67 the cost of completing the Asylum. By deducting these stints front the debt left in 1891, by the Conservatives, it shows the total increase of debt iii their whole twelve years was only $9,000.

Then in 1891, upon the resump-

E,tion oi’ Liberal rule, both taxation

and debt commenced to ticrettse ltr lively earliest. From $124,000 when they took oﬂlce it vaulted ttp to $1,072,000 when they retired iii tun. And in taxation it forged up from absolutely nothing to about $150,000 pcr year, when they left otllce. This is how debt and taxa- tion mounts tip under Liberal rule Then there was apartlal relief for night ireurs under the lliatltiestm and Arscnault Governments. Not - withstanding the great stress and enormous cost 0f government llll - det‘ war conditions, in the whole eight years there was less than fif ty thousand dollars increase in the public debt, and comparatively rm increase in taxation. And now a; - ain, utitler the Bell (lovr-ritnrciit, wo are up to our necks as a province ‘in theislough-pontl of debt and tux- atlon on a scale vttster than any ~ thing lh previous history. As we

suggested aliovv we are tltaliirr, with the living prceictit and art: willing to leave tire dead past to its resting plat-c hut it‘ the Patriot insists, we will not object to deal

with its res urrcctioiis.

necessary buying or extravagance, it will be best for all concerned that buying "and selling should pro- ced as nearly normally as possible. “Business as usual” was a useful slogan during a much darker time than this; it is a good “slogan still.

SILVER FOXES AND All kinds raw furs bought. A. and E. Pierce 8t Co, limited.

Sunrmorsitle, P. E. l.. t.

doctrine. In a small community like ours especially, ‘the merchants gauge their purchases to what they

The lirrgcst raw fur dealers in (inuatlu.

pknow from experience to be the purchasing capaci- ‘ty of their customers. They do not and cannot ac- tcumulate surplus stock in large quantities; what ‘they purchasce they must sell within a reasonable time limit; to go beyond that time limit would mean an actual loss. This loss they guard against by not overloading.

There will necessarily be fluctuations both in buying and selling but normal fluctuations amount to very little and are not unexpected It is when buying falls below the normal, when for any reason the public generally shorten up on their buying that the mischief is done not only to the merchants but to themselves. This is what, in the larger centres at least, results in reduced orders to the manufactu- rers, in reducedoutput by the manufacturers and in unemployment. The other day in New York sever-

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-.A lselcc tion of every line of Jewehyl marks our stocky‘

We will bclpiéati ed to have yourall

W. Ngalgniitou

wal thousand garment makers were thrown out of remployment because there was an abnormal short- age of work caused by a falling oﬁ’ in pitblic buy-- ing. When this occurs in a number of large centres it ends in widespread unemployment, in reduced wages and even in soup kitchens.

In a community like ours, compact and all mo- derately well oif there is little danger of general un- employment and less danger of soup kitchens but in a lesser degree the effect of sub-normal buyin is‘ similar. We cannot get away from the fac that the interests of merchants and customers are

interwoven that what injures the one will certainly~ injure the other. There should be no panicky. ces-' sation 1n buying; no unusual waitingfor a reduction ofprices and, while there should at no time be un-

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We Ira re ll

llcirrcr. Alaska lit-rivet‘. Kulguu lit-aver" and

Black Dog. sizes 42’ uncut.

Also ll first‘ citrus

(fonts with t-trliber lutt-rliuitrg and Cloth Coats with. fur collars and curl cloth lining, in tht- above sizes.

Ii‘ you rcqtrirc a medium priced coat that will give long service. cnll at our ' Room mid set-tire one while we huvc u largo assortment from ivltlch to mukc your scl-

ection.

Special discounts

lirnilvtl ("Dill-Sh spot-iii] virlues int-lrltlitig Vlliiubati‘,

(‘all on us for bargains.

A. HORNE

I \i Men s Fur Coats ‘PRICED UNUSUALLY Low

qumtlity oi‘ Fu r

’ to 50" chest tncitstrrc-

line of Sitskatt-hewiui lrt-trvy

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in this men’s sore

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GIFTS Expresive oi Practical" ' Thought

Let your indecision as to what t0 choose

oi practical things tbafmen desire.

DECEM Bruin g2

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by the most coiitulete, best accurately appointed display Yoli’ll see everything that tends to

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a augment a man's wardrobe with taste, style ‘and ppm, p, ntlity , 'l‘i<*~i--Our' Christmas ireckweat" arm l¥tilitls--50 cts., and 60 cts, this season is wonderful VALUE, 75 cts. and $1.00._ Boxetl- Flat and tll8$p26BtegI1lS25aI$31 %UPPC.1‘.R[». ‘gpecéal galvetr or gilt bWllée amp ' Prices ,1. , . , ‘ .5 all lJP- an S, 05-; arm ans and i, _“,,ﬁ-l,,,.__.__The Christmas mum garter sets, $1.00; 1.25. ‘ 1 -~ -- .t 'k' l_ hndsome; , s _ siilcbh rdilclrnegssrlofngolorings have P‘ Flwélélogglléilrigegtglé) i111“! a Cal) never been shown heré and no Plces . , . , . . r .g'g%oahllfg‘ edwakﬁl, Lined winter caps, a large assort- niuiflers in plain and fancy stripes ‘mm’ $200’ 2'25’ 2'00 up t" "*0"- $1.75, 2.75, 4.00_ 4.50, 6.00. t IIIIlK‘-(-I-HQ$I€IJ;ESOOf SIlkTIIIOSQ, mosh _ ~_ . _ _, ,_ zrnys a e, t . pair, .3 210k Pure lirlteuhilfcligxlit‘dnifflfttldilis’lflillkil 512a W001 icashmere- $100 twin Faro gveiv $2 50 ' - gasltzrﬁiere Plllose, g$ll-25hparr; Igtleagvy ~-* j" ea era w'oo‘os,~ ..'. Vim‘ (iltivv-s-dvotliing more ap-- Fancy silk hose, boxca, exti?a propriate forks giftd Uulineg tgualitil", $2.50$ pa; White wool Cape, $2.25; trey Sue e, $2.5 ose, eayy, .1, pair. Grey Suede, stitched backs, $3.00; ‘ t , Grey Suede, silk lined, $3.50; 1|"l"|k"l‘1‘|li<‘i'~-- Silk handker- Natural Chamois, $3.00. chiekfs, 75 cts-dand $1.00. Pure . _ , ,,____ _ - Iris Linen H kfs; plain, 60 cts. """." ""'.‘.",§’ _ B_""”l_‘_ Mimi“ anti 75 m. Fine Linen tantra wool lined, $2.00, Tan (rape, lined, Hdkfs 75 c,‘ colored border @153? 5065;" PW?“ rlmded Gfmp“ cxceldiis, 25 mots, ivihite lttwri I Sllkchll Téttl liucllltlskiilnew-ool lillbeti’ zolctiiaggl “*5- Pilowliil’ ' i * ’ s., co ore. ‘t er, ant n- » l8”- ' tials, the latest fald, so ctr, Wool (ilovt-s-ddiqe, warm Wool ‘ ‘ Gloves, $1.00; 1.25;'1.50; ﬁne “"'""=u=~--A1=1rse twinge m

a gift. We are

natural Wool Gloves, $2.25.

' .\ut0 (Hurrah-Lined 0y- unlined in gtcys, blacks or ians_ $5.00.

|“=""'.\' 5|'i"i---Ntitlritig nicer for shotviirg Christmas some very handsome shirts in Percales- and Madras Cloths made by the best makers.

Black Prices $615,110.00, 10.50, 1250,1350, 15.00, 22.50 and 28.00. _ ~

TPHIIkic-Why not a steamer this trunk? Prices $8.50 and 10.50- ' Regular, trunks $10.50 to 16.50.

Drt-si-ilirg (d0\\'llii--$leclal prices

i Prices $2.50; 3.00; 4.00; 4.50; 0n good dressing coitus. M8110 l 5-00. p and 20.00. Smoking Jackets , g,,_.,,,,.,,,,,,,.,__A sensible gm $13.50 and-1§.00- Places 75 cts.; $1.00, 1.25. Boxed Frrrlirrelltti-w-A useful gift, $2.50,. free. Suspender Sets. 2.75, 3.00. High grade, close Ji‘“'*‘|l'.\'--Ctiif Links, 50 ctsn rolling umbrellas’ $500’ 6'00’

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(‘nntrirry l0 thogt-ncraii riiitr, the

street car comp-thy finds its lrang- ‘

crs-oir it FOIIYQP or r-t-vcnttr,

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si v Just receiycd two Crates of best English

Teapots, an exceptional as- ' sortment to choose from

Black 8r Bu,

' SUNNYSIDE

7"; ﬁts-l ajld $51-00‘ Tie Holders, 2o cts.; 3t) cts. and 50c.

Henderson d? Cttdmore

6.75. -

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(lifts That Last . Jewelery is the most lastintr \ appropriate Xmas gift. Make n selection\ from our well ass stock. . - 65W,‘ We have all the best and nevlI/Jink)" Bracelet Watches, R0188» Cuff I

Pins, etc. = - . . BUYP NOW v o. iii, TAYLW ' -rrie§€tli§li§flvl“sftili"i'3°"”