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W. Chultor 0- MoLure, Frolldont.

D. K. Currie, Aglocilto Editor

Notes by the Way J. R. Burnett, Editor Ind Publlcherl v ‘ . Lady voters of Prinzc Edward

THURSDAY, JULY 26, 1923.

TODAY'S DECISION

‘By the time this issue of The’ Guardian reachen our farthest oft readers the Iialiots will have been cast and the administration roi- the next four years will havebeen de- cided. As to the result we are as‘ confident as we bavt- been tlirouglw (silt thc This dent-em foundctl iipuii our bullet’ in

campaign. i-onft

thc_nioral sens-v or our people.

The opliiioii is \\'i(Ili51\I't'I1lI, ant‘. we share iii it, that the iaie govern meut played a double role and that in playing ii and in attempting to juatify‘ it they have wrought al- most lsrcparablc injury to the pro-

vince. Their deliberate d],iart> ure from the course they bail pro- mised to pursue and on which Ulld-i erstandlng they 1 their attempts

thol: were their ed openly and

elected; justify which

ivere since to conduct, attempts

transparently lIISlIOIIPiiI on face. iht-se have been discuss- frecly throughout the province and, we believe, have We trust

tlic gent-rail ilinap-

hail their efii-ci, i110)’ have and ibal

proval will be conclusively and dc-

finltely registered in today's balloting. Sn fai- as the

Guardian is conrorneil wi- havi- nothing [U1 retract, nothing lu apologize for. df the icsult of the election in not as we have anticipated and as wt- have

confidently prcdicieil, we

have the SLllI-illwiliill of knowing assure-db; that the best thought in the province believes it ought to be, l

The campaign has been a siren~‘ been

tin-l

IIOIIS OIIDI ('O!ilI‘L)\'QYi~‘)’ IIZIS

animated i~iJlllEliIIlE$ perhaps

nez-es-saril_\' so but not more so

i)i'f'fl.~'iOilS1 l \\'ith ' l

than on man,\' previous and ill our" sister provinces. thiis (lays ilecision controversy comcn to an t-iid for the present at least and the voice of the majority; We Iflllsli the decision will be for the better-l that' “'11, shall be

will once more, prevail. ment of the province and

there shall he no rc-grets. -

hope that tomorrow we able to report a decisive change of,

administration.

_---<oo>—-—~— OUR VISITORS

It ls a pleasure to wclconic to H. .\l.

the ‘Capetown, with her officers

our port another uf 5111115. and sailors whoisc presence in tbc clty ls always the signal for pleas- ant social functions and entertain- ment, all of ivhicli are happily in evidence these days and tivenings.

are ‘being it

The officers and mcn couirteonsiy entertained and is‘ pleasing to note that they are iav-. ish in their praise of our city, ourf people and our weather, althoughl the latter might easily have been improved upon.

and her

present more

‘Besides the warship crew there are at than the usual number of visitors from many parts of’ our dominion, from the Uiiilcd I

West indies.

Status and ilic To many of these the cool weather, ‘which we llflliVt-n‘ feel like apologizing for and which we unanimously "declare is by no- moano customary here, ls a brac-I lug and agreeable change from the excessive heat lii the south and in our own inland Canadian trltlcs.

Year after year the number of our

visitors increases as docs their ap-

preciation of our healthful climate‘

which never reaches the extreme the ivage they received,

of either theat or cold. Many who:

vlnli 0111' 151111111 irrnvinve 101' the plants have acted arbitrarily and first time express surprise that its unj||g[|y_ beauties and its varied attractions putblig

are so iittleyknown abroad. They unhesitutlngly declare that if pro-

ward Island would

P01111151‘ 5111111119: resort on the Am- rcnson why the public should suf- This doctrine, for, we have preached for ‘many yours power and the and still we express surprise WIIGIIIVOIII such injustice.

erlcan continent.

c visitor frufi some remote part ofo on; own doifiillion and particularly"

“what is ever_vbod_v's business l

‘many’ years through the press but [dodged “tut-d m- mny men];

ZPIIS.

simply simmered out without ‘his zisaistunce.

ZIIIUIPH; perhaps

and that because of tho i-iLrlkc they _are being perly advertised abroad Prince Ed-llhlngg nngm not m be m, be i118 1110B! corporation

‘Island! in all tiic political dis- cussions of the t-ainpaign has beén no charge that any woman has broken a promise. That charge rests against the incirlbers of the Bell government and their supporters.

from ilie United States, tells ll>

they had never heard of Priiicc Eu‘- ward Isliillll. or if they had hearth tl't lll‘ oiinion was formed that‘ ——— _ u t 1 l That charge has been prqven to it was a little fishing plat-c same-QM - hi“ against the“ me" you 5w,“ or i“ ‘m, They Liroke thcir promiiae not to increase taxation. the taxes! l

iviiere ncai" Atlantic Ocean.

\‘.'c have lost iniirh by our neg _v_ _ They imposed a poll lax our li. but tli ‘we've m

‘=5 l‘ your husbands. sons and brothers iii atldiilon to ibc iaxcs they doubl- ihc i-d.

ligeiict: in this respect and w.- are

reinindcti yearly of

seasons come and go llliil we still

neglect. People come from

T" ' " l

1 What greater breach or by accident or from iiiitirniaiiozi

(‘IllIS of thc earth llIllI find us i-iili-

gathered lnt-idciiiiill_v in one n: our the promises they made7 neighboring proviruccis; few, if any,1 ‘T? l They boast that they rich and favor the poor. “'1' 1110 11¢?“ base deception. bu‘, sunlmhl. meui ever laid such burden» on iii»- poor man, tlic workers, III!‘ f incn, lile men of small pi-opci-iy. It has as always been true that these me" have done‘

tax the

tind us through our having ill any R is a

way indicated that

and ibat wo have lilt-

resort in North America.

is1 | The poll tax is pressive. Under this poorest pays as much as the ricli- iu ZUIVQHPIlSU the est! There arc heavy arream of the press has done what 11111111111 11°11 111-“5-

nobodyfls business." At present, and until now, it has been every- boil,v's business

province;

. 1 . - .. . , A ‘l it conic, gratuitously, and our pcoi The Be“ government is pledged

have (lone ninirli 1n n ‘to continue this tax and collect the restricted sense, but no tirgunizctl "T93"!

plc generally‘

l -ft"l" i-a i-"i '-' S‘ t oii iliri bun Illllli, ind i» l ri 1 The conservative party under ault our talk at bomc has been of its ab“ and honest Made,’ M“ _|_ little value.

we shall have a regularly (‘qlllflIXHhthis °d1°u5 tax-

The Bell government broke its at its disposal io lllflfiullllilillc sucb promises about taxes in general information abroad at; will give ui; “"11 111* 9°11 ‘ax 1" Pamculi-l"

_ , They broke their promises about at lciist an equal t-naiicia with our _ .

i our claims. They broke their pro- mise of economy in the Salary the grczit mics.»- of HKJJWJGICQFS who Grab... They broke their promise to the farmers about mussel mud. I

'l‘ouri.~:t' Organizaiioii, with lilciiliJ

neighbors to sccurt: our shame of

traverse the ironiiiieiit year after year. dauch an organization and; They were men who broke

such publicity would mean hun~ than 59mm" promise; 1° {heir m.

ilrcds nf thousand-e of dollars to 1°W m9" W11° trusted 11mm- lhp In_m_incé_ ‘Latina, will you trust illtlll no“. I , It is up to you today to say Wlltrlll- llil5 also lllls bet-n preached for er public men ‘shun keep mm.

ii willi The w‘. impunity. feci, however, is cumulative, slow-i

s0 far with little effect.

Honest. truthful voters look to the honest, truthful women who ‘are now called to vote to help

1y iiicrL-asiiig and, let us hope, will bear fro". some day.

THE SYDNEY STRIKE

jftiiiiciiietl by unscruiiiiitiiis agitai-l I

urs; if they arc aided and abcitcil

'I‘ - w - . ' < . i . "he “£11m o1 111°‘ “m1 111111915 by a foreign element which refuses

and stciel workers in Cape Breton ,0 l

ii(9(,‘0lll0 ainciiztblo to Canadian

is uvrtr and the men have returned “m3, we“ n“, “giumrs and U“. to work, sziildei" and pus-‘sibly

The loss

“"1591 recalcitrant. foreigners should be me“ 1° 1119 3111119“ taught that they are citizens of

since the end of Juno is cstimziteillcunudu and if “my (hm-I m“, Hz’ the loss iii

at a illllliiflfi dollars;

ilicy can get iiiil. coal production for ilic same per-i '1‘1111~"(‘ 1*‘ 1111 I

ioil is estimated at $300,000.

and will ‘be purchasing con] m, u“ tlic conduct of a souliosss corpoi=

extomomlm figure .b,,L.u,,“-0 of uwlation or because of the presence in

strikc, and lo the country at largc‘l11*' B01111"? 111' '11111-'11@\'1>“1n‘

which in purchasing the product anarchists and agitators whether:

of the Empire Steel Coinpiiiiy (filil-‘lllfl hitter be Canadians or foreign- 'I‘bc

rotinlry

not. be estimated, cannot even be c114. govcriimt-iii of llll‘

guessed at. is pi'iii1:irily' rcsptnisibln 'l‘l1c workcrs, at tlic bcliost of an fur the strike aiid agitator,

gric van ccn

probably because

real or

without

jmnginnry_,|1'l‘lii: soonui‘ tho public realize this} wniii l

stopped working, tbc lint-tier it will bi- for ibc coun~

their wages and continued idle un.lii'.\‘-

til compelled ‘by iwant, to return to THE ROORBACK

work. They ZIIIUOIILDIISIIOII nulli-

'""_—_‘ ~~ ing by the strike, iioiblng but an \'1?fi1@1‘1111>">i P1111101. 811110111118

addition to their povcrty, nn ziggra- that 11w ruling vnnsinn is strong vatioii of their difficulties.

(in ont- prcicxt o-i-

i'\(‘li iii dcalli, "s that Tlic (liiar-l

Si

anotbi-r tho ilian on its iron! i

federal government did not lIIiiJF~lIliIl11ing has in lii-avy lypv, “l,ili'

fere, except lo send troops to pro- totft the llrvltcrti’ and lives of citi-

in-als ilei-lare (.'\'<‘i')' woman must

:puy lax," and procccilc at coiisid~

iMr. Mackenzie Klllg, Zllllvfllbif.‘ lcnglli to flirt-litre ii a

B-Ylifill- 111 1110 5141101110111 01 11111111‘ “tit-liberate uiitrulb. inziiiul'iit~tiirctl

disputes diil nothing. Tbc sirikttjat the lai<t nioinciii to tIt-ci-ivc and lllislllllll the electors."

No such statement lii black typo P91111111“ 1111‘ 111011 111111 T9111 E1191" or otherwise zippcarcil on tho front 11119)’ Wore 11°1- or any other page of Tlic Guardian Perhaps also ‘Could The Patriot in its extremity

tlicy did not give ll fair return for fliid no real "uiitriitlf: in Tho (iuar-

pnld a living wage.

Perhaps iliaii without being compelled to

the corporation ~wblcli own these manufiictiirt- one, charge it to The

Guardian

l

‘flourish, call -lt a

and, with nii,oratorical

The thing ls that. the deliberate un-

there.

Sonic day, we hope, D. Stewart is pledged to abolish‘

l

1W"!

summons-own» ~ 1' ' ‘ 1km lii’ i’ "l

THE TOWN GUARDIAN

w“ illibat

is

The Public F051;" l 5;;

This column II open for the ‘ 9 d, discussion by correlpondaniu l‘; of queltlona of lnteieut. The _ P p

Charlottetown Guardian doe: not necenarlly endorse me

of

. , issue of last evening it slates rue’ doubledplie Province lost 5900.001) by ilio l\v'.1lillIl‘dV~'L\l 1min Capital tit Ottawa.

on a bum mmmlh “.U ‘herumre u“ and it‘; you dug down ilt-i-pei‘ Zlic fifteen thousand men ‘publnii in llllr iislli: the letter oi‘ krmnl bklfllnl" 111 1'1‘ livlulvd 111141 .

of faith assured that the explanation given "any 11W“ "W" n n"w'" 011111113‘

tum bth tht‘ ' r1’~"""1' - cou ere e an a in view o Mmmm Cannot be Successfully ma“‘giillhhollilylill“rlll ailiing tooth. it is the H] puictl or denied by the Patriot or ‘ ~“

.\'o niliei" __'i'i\'\'l'Il-] i“ the Mandi“! “lowing a m“, o“ surc. Now a‘l (‘OTIIS arc not duc lo

.~_l‘ l

“lsaii: to lei tbe Liberal ,C(inser\':i~""°1“'

unjust and 011' lhécflllogiitwxghgi iltlhégiisibgfigllge%inlifi of the weather upon u corn. There 0 ‘. *, 4 ‘

tax thelscrvativc 111111)’

lbi-aiiiiiiiig ui

lira ii) press

. . Illl tli E int ~r.-'ion |]l]"i“.~i(‘IIlIllIUIl.v' 0i UUI‘ EH51) b)’ the t l L

l _'—___ . . l-purny politics.

l

i/To do so is a libel upon all decent legitimate reason Liberalism! “Hrnwhy H“, Canadian public should blmilillkn‘ not moan deception, ialni-lionii

, . . Wand treachery‘ lo an honest, trust- 1055 1,, [he dnmions who 1w“ but.“ madl- to sulfur eitlicr ‘because oi

standards of public life.

for the inisnuvltiv Share 111 the |)f1'lll(I lo-ss which ii iris ocmsioiit-il ‘wmng d°m9 “the past mu’ years‘

Iillllllfi.

mg ma" who has a Vote w pmmh ‘Wbcn he shouts iii tlic stormy r~ tiii- wrong lIOiETS and ruins of 1lLl\\'(‘l' to worthy hands! . .

Our reports from town and coun- try, from cast, wcsl give assiiriiiirii “Hm. _\-,,_\.L,,,.,|“~‘.‘Break tho Bell government today_

y: opinion expreued by ltl can pa“, ‘vimn of; 3.0m. ‘eel Iron] the f“ _ "‘"P°"‘1°""- ‘cause lust mentioned, t -- ., ,1" . . what to do about it? _ v. » t ‘ Ill" I'll‘ ’\‘fi<-): , ._ ; l _ withdrawal From ' O purl; U011?!’ DllloidlaifllrillltOlilifnoueilllfg1 f‘ 151-1" I I: "11:’ _- ‘ , u size ln either width or lengthn __ ‘v ~r\ 1o- \' '- "vi Uapltai hxplalned! BI Jill! W, 8.1-‘ Yosr feet art]- preclous. ' N 4 #2 if‘ A - i. ti, ., . ' '—1~- ~ 111131 phi: e bu" the regular corn 3- '-' :_ a ' w » Sil‘,-—Tlle Patriot is trying to fool CORNS ifaster with the ‘round bole in the "5": n‘ . i. d . .1‘ lile people zicain on ilic i-vc oi‘ the .. _, _, _ _ h I A, 1 1 l'(‘illI'(3 after removing the centre ' 41 ' - l . Local Election, as in ma. in its ‘““"" "“~‘ 1""“"" 1"'“"" h“ 111'“11191111~7111lf"Dart/This allows tin-l " “' '

bail at Sonic period oi his lile at

that I l"!

pr

east OIII‘ corn.

i liUlll need in describe one to‘ whiv,‘ it “H”: haw known w be you. you ll£l\~(- soon lllt- broad top. wi . ib , . , . . I .. . L, “Observer” which ihllllfiillcti in our ifgglid ll‘.llljl"l;ipglr(fi_“an?t; 13211130 is 15S"? m the 13m m“ and winch root I110 iiure ltiilillT ilii- corn be-y slioivs COIll'1ll5'l\’i?1_\' that the Prov’ Lumw 1 ' iiici- did not losi- one t-ciit by tliie- ‘, .' . cu

. . i .' s 'l‘1l."I "1'...'l1 \\'llilLII'2I\Vil1. ri-icrrrtl io, and we are‘ r111‘ 1 I“ H" m“ 1" 1“ ‘c1

regard iou know \\‘lllll iliat nit-tins when

corrcsponileiit in

SUllVJlilllUS these conisticciir be- u" dwtcn ilic (tics and 21ft: called “soft" ‘COHIF.

Now a-l to llll‘ cause. '

Tlii-jr are dun entirely in ‘pron-

any one else. 'l‘lie said letter is as follows: I ain, Sir, etc. CITIZEN

'l‘bt- _ll<.n (l. l2. llugiics stated

be light SIIOUS. Shot-s iiiiil do not fit bet properly will cause rub’ tires in again lest they would anukc b1"? “"11 1"."”'5ure‘ "m! [he mnm“

_. _ ,, - 1 v tion of corns. ‘ 111mm“ “lmdmmn o1 Lawn“ You are familiar with the effect

wings ago that it would not

canic bank at the 1912.’. and soon aiicr- ilcicuzition went‘ to Otta-

_ ilelt-gatcs. .\l1-.~=.<r.< hfathieson, Ar- lscnault and .\ltl.etin an adcliti nal . l"? iii: 1‘-I1‘.!’.1""..§’.i ifllkifilii. “2.'I...!.‘».i...‘;;I‘. "was" m our Slubbld) “"‘,m‘,‘,'?,,,“,.,n,, This provts conclusively that it's 1 ' ' of ilit- Liberal ,(,'filib'l‘l‘\'llli\'i_1 party", when it comes

Hm‘, Hm m“ dollar-l; lu powt-i‘ again on tlic 2‘litli_ of’

, '_ _ ___,. H w ‘Ion L:[Hlnt|.y,~1ll]_\- l0 iiiii~|-|t~i'i- willi illll‘ (.apiial ibis git-at ntiiiw. . m liciliri‘ 1111111 111' \'111111-4 ‘11"-“““"1 1118513 claims, which tiic Liberal deccivcrs and Dfuiiilsc breakers? ‘promised in do in i919 but

pa iva rds a '

Slill of ibc able. and u.

S11

‘co party - 111 illilil't 111'

They are stm trying to dgggivg! fur.- as in 1912. how according ‘to 111

b no more pzupabk, tbi- incnilii-i-s oi i111‘ IIfRl-(iilllllll

The” can e ‘illPlli and the Patriot ilic Wllllill‘u\\'-

181515110011 111a" 1113'- repcated hum ai lriiii (japital as lill‘ snli- cause‘

dreds of times by the B611 611N116 of Ibo ili-jdurablv i-niitliiion in‘

that m: improvcd roads will not wliirb ibc financial po~ition ol‘ the, cost the farmers a dollar.

Equally intended to deceive and equally false is their statement that the cost of the improved road lions in this rvuaril art- Jusiifit-il, adds "Mhmg to _ is truo would decrease our 111 1131-" °1 ‘he Prwmce’ The Road subsidy by $10,000 per year Debt is as permanent as any 011191‘ was ii (iet-reziscd by this 2iiiiouiit'.’_l11 debt the province owesl T110 0111i‘ (‘(111911

lliv tlvt-ioi-s. "1

tal it

Sir. \\'. a dclt-uati: to Ottawa to pres i-lainis ior an increase in our sub at

m“ Wilfrcil Sullivan, Wtrnl, as ib

tlic

electors at the statement in.

ceive the . moment isihe.

"hi", L,;U\,(,,.,,,,“,.,[ Ufgflfllhili "there sidy and was successful in getting from Scotland who sailcd to (Tan is still in the vicinity of $300,000 at an IIIUFUEISQ tiij$2fiJliiil pct‘ year. So ada ycstciwlay was

up" to Con, il you deduct the $111,000 which we

Ottawa to be taken inst by the \\'illl(II‘tl\\'£ll, from tho-

iiniie the road“ building.. work. m

lzeie is not $3,000 left at Ollaw-‘i 31: I for that purpose! i‘lll>'l\\’ly tliai our subsidy‘ from Q11. ,‘__ iiiwn W115 not tint-reused lll tlit- incredible are (he least by the witliilrinval refcriwnil to.

_ , .-\nd i1‘ any out: disputes‘ ilii< lacl. deceptltms attempted 1° be ma“ the evidt-nrc ul its correi-titnss can

med inst new uiwn the =1=v1°r= lie inniniwin page i2 oi‘ int- Public‘ y these men. Their entire poliqv Accounts, wlicrc the Province is . . . . 1, , - ' . ~ U00 l'll'-\'<':l‘1,\' oi taxation. road building. lllltlill-s‘n:1;1(11:g7“11“11 $1 - 0 1“ p‘ ing, miiihtiigging and (‘lllllll'(‘illlt'i'l- ' ‘ was conceived and L,'(illlllllll;"1

l ain. Sir. vii‘. inc; OBSERVER

iii deception!

l They call themselves Liberals! ‘.'.4"'.""' " ' ' ' ' " ' ' ' " I

l-Imyvale.

Surely. . Liibi-rzilisin

Daily Selections

FOR

M Guardian Readers _____‘ aoiii-rimM-xwmnu-xenh

The time has come for judgment‘ THE NIGHTS and execution against ..there de- 1110 31111111191‘ N11911- . , ' as a snii c of JJIgIIl, “we”! News the day and .\nd she sits on a SZLDPIIIIT‘ ilil'()ili.'1 "°W's 111° 11°11" <11 17in“! 1°“ dfliem Whilst tlic sweet Winds load her \\'itli garlands oi‘ odor, From llio bud to tlic hltiwii!

Thai: is what liberalism means.

llli: pouplc. government

The women of the Province had. shameful public

Fnsi- iltl"

But ilic Autumn Night

_ lIflS a piercing sight.

ill'_\' rt-inv to the polls with i-li-aii And a Sm], ha,“ swung “ml mw. Let them join with every .\nd a voice for woiiilcr, honest’ truuflemng promise keep, [like tliowvraili oi tlic 'l‘lii|utlci',

"111111-‘7 111" .\nd tho Winlcr Night

1H all cold and white,

i.\nd siic singetli a song of pain; _'I'ill the wild bcc liiiiiiiiit-ili.

_.\iid warm Spring (‘Ullll'lll,

m“! mum, \\’licn she dries in a ilrcaiii of rain.‘

We believe they will do so today.

iiial. ihcy will.

(l, Illt‘ Niglil, tlio Night! ‘Tis a lnvniy siglil,

ladies, and give the deceivers, the Whatever iill‘ t-liiiit- or lillll‘.

i [taxers and wasters a i your power!

“mm: of For sorrow llll‘ll noari-lii; .\nd tlic iovci" outpoiireib

IIIS Soul in a staiwbriglit i‘ll_\’lll('. If a new government led by J. D

Stewart isnot better than what we it brliigcili slot-p

taken... Give them a trial. 110111 110 1J1‘llL‘|‘ wc shall know wbai lo ilo with tbnni ibcii,

are dependent upon the coal truth? Truly Tilt! lPatrltit is sco- l

lng crooked at the last moment.

These “'0 trust it will

n, m“ opt-not] tonigbi. -—-—

EDITORIAL NOTES

blcd white. have its eyes

is Ufljlldi this is iin

the, lir-i everyone who has a votn go ‘to tho ipolls today rind register his or her V010. If, on the a privilege, it iii a duty and every the; hand’ “m1 as is genera“). be“ Rood olilzen should do his or her eved. the have been duly today. Vote the roniinmncii _ government out.

The government has

authority to DIR-

strike-a

Voting is not merely i

now have \\'f' shall bt- greatly iui.~:~ To the forests din-p,

|| Hwy Tlic forest bird to ii< ni-si;

' 'l‘o Cart- bright lituirs.

.\nd ilrciiiiis of ilowi-rs,

iliid that baiiii in tiiv Wi1lli‘_\'_' livid.’

‘Ii-in Onuasr Insu on Aolsucv u Prunes EDA. Is

LIGHTNING STRIKES UN EXPECTEDLY

but our insurance is always your financial protection, v insure your property against Fire and Lightning, your wife against poverty, and to make your life absolutely tranquil insure your automobile. We write all kinds of Insurance. All our Fire pollciel include the risk of Lightning.