fully Itefuizes the‘

‘ O

Sptlilflllg during the ButigdrDc- ule in the ‘Provincial Legislature p, ll 2nd Hon.‘ Mr, Myers. Minda- er n! A rlcuiture, referred ilrstto ollle ‘remarks lnade by ‘tlle hon. uni-her who had lust resumed ills ~ out (Mr. Blanchard), who had tak- n up more time alld said loss thim l-obabiy any (ither speaker during ile session. When one deducted lom his address remarks that ilould never have been uilowcllto nus, there war-l so little‘ left that lwould ibe hard to recognize -"t air .speBCh a‘t'ali. Hon. Mr. Myers ontinuc-tl: ,

'l'lle hon. nlem-ber quoted mv ril-nd .‘from Charlottetown (Hon. .-_ McMillan) as so)’ m: i-hui a lllrd-claaa teacher was just as good 5 l]. first-class teacher. l think l lll put my reputation for under- [milling and my faculty of hearing gtlillst ‘that of the hon. gcntiettlarl nun 'l‘ign‘ish, and i have ncvcr yet near-d my hon. friend from Char- lliiilflwll make such a statement.

'l‘llc iloll. member also said that we hurl tlftcell less small schools in llif‘ Province today than we hull n yuzlr ago. if be had rclnrrned in llll scat i wouitl have been n-ble to tell hinl tho reason why. it is “cause tho Ufllltlillflllulkhffllifd and me school Act are today being ad- ministered, ns every Act should he administered. fairly. squarely and llnpartluily. During the regn of lilo lillt: Bell Government” tbzly ulrttlc no at-ttlinpt whatever to st‘- ruro llugol" attendance tit our coun- lry schools. if a tcacilcrks nvalagc {ell down alld thc-lo was to be a col msptllldlllg cut in thc salary. all solln of the party hccicrs of the ill-ll Government llurL-to do was t0 conic from that srilooi district. K" to lilo Sulnuillttellzicllt of itlucu- lion, alld ho would say “All rlllill- we will make ll‘p thc iiteflt-icntay." ’l‘ilut has llct-ll irhnllgeil, and when tin-ll- is a deilc cnt-y ill tin». tench- elfl-l salary in the school district now tllerc arc just two things to do. See to lt that tile students ill your dlsttritet attend regularly. tintl the average may bc kept up. or lot tile district ‘make up tile dc- llPlLilCy ill tile ottluiy. That is why rr- have fifteen less sllluli schools ills year than ilercttlforc.

‘lilo mcnrilc-r frolll Tilftlish (MP- iliatlchalil) nlcntioncd lilt- fllct that file city of Ciluriottctown revolves luole bcrlriit tffilfll tho money votied for iilduclrtion than the tonlltryilis- trir-ts. That is_not a ia~ir parallel. it is only stat ng one side 0|‘ ill”

vast‘. A»; i silowotl my hon. friclltl

when speaknlg on tho Draft Ad- 4j|lig3"'i[hg country students, not- withstanding nny handicap llifly

‘may be under, are ‘more tila-n able

‘to hold their own with the studollls

‘from th‘o city. So fat‘ ‘as the lnltt- ' -ter of expenditure is concerned, i

might turll tile ‘tables and oily.

"Look at. ‘tho vast artful-l oi JBODB)’

expended throughout the country

tilstricts for roads, and in my own

Department of Agriculture. I would l ask thc hon. member, “What bone- ‘ ‘fit, if any. is llln Ci-ty tlcrlvingifrom

fills?" ‘Wc can't divide thing: up that way. We are a unit. We must put these advantages one against thc other to the best of our ability, and average things up.

Mr. Blanchard Corrected.

The hon. gentleman took a fling ut the Prohibition Law. He made a statement which l do not think ally other member in th-is House u-onid have made. — a statement which should not hive been allow- ed to go unchallenged; that was altogether beside the fact; and that statement was, ‘that the Govern- mont of ‘today is a rum-selling (lovern-ment. That statement silouid never have been allowed to liii-“s on the floor of this Housema- tnnsc it is not in accordance with lhi- facts. The gentleman knows,

A Eamon: Man ‘Pireori nafor of Dr. Pierceh Golden Medical incovar for the blood, u well, ll the “Favori Prescription” for Women, was Dr. y V. Pierce; a lirwfiling hyaiclan in Western Pam- Iyivnnia ht after the Oivil War. Ho earl movcd to Buffalo, d ‘tabi shed Tile lnvalldl . ill up his home ,

orld a Dispensary,‘ who .8}:

- 001's lullapayagi-idnma?

_ er I'll‘! all over the U.

r quantities

nfury‘ fiilaiion r medicine. tl '

‘ 011 fi n . . e gioig, l.dr|......f;'l , mu gallon . "Plague the blood, o ‘be chin of one and blsmicbqand m

‘ammo women feel cu they did

, . “we gully medicinal, in tablet or

Reviews Financial Situation, AndSuccess-

Levelled at Theliiovernmenfls, Policy

u. got ltl (A-pplauoe.)

‘p. vented ntDeil-nlber am. 10h. A

IRQ Charlottetown and P. I!

imornndliloonhforclrlcl m iobim u: numeral-w- "Writer-mun. - '

Opposition criticism

‘ltd no one knows it better, ‘that this Government, or ‘the late Gov- tr-nmelrt. ha-‘l prac ‘ wally noLn try ta do with the iidmlnicllation of the Prohibition haw. lie knows tllat during 'lbi; Aiztthliszon regime the enforcement of the Prohibition Law .wt.r taktin out c: ii i. n-lrlscf the Government allpgetilcl. A Com- lrlzsts on was appointed. That Cortl- mission was allowed to operate llllL-‘flg ‘the i011.” years of thc Bell iuovrerllment tnd is operating to- ‘tluy. The (lovorament of ‘the day il-We prni-ilcuuy nothing whatever ito do with thc administration of ‘thc Prohibit on low.

l think l showed -' hon. friend a fcw night-r ago. lilul as far as ‘thc administration or the Prohibi- ‘tion Law is ronccrnld, it is just .ll-s well, 0r better. lulmlnistered to- ‘dny than ever. i have taken stat- Jstlcs to prove it. The Police Court lermtls of Charlotte-town show that there wt-ro {Lay per cen-t. less coo- vlctions for drunkenness during the past year lllliil :‘.lly other year since records wore llcpt n this

City. l think tilat is u complete ‘llLfiWBl to the crii (‘isms of my hon. friend, lcveliezl against the

Government wi-til ll-ftrcntro to Pru- hibitlon, (Applause)

lie. tells us ‘that the Bell Govern- ment reduced the debt of the Pro- vince $100,000 ‘in four years. klltw that before; l was told li‘ on every platform in lilo Fourth Dis- trict during the inst elect otl. 'i‘here is nn easy explanation for tilnl which l purposeto give later on. He also said that this (lovcrnlnent was foiiowingliln the fconrwps oi the late Government and that ‘the Premier had lately been ill Ottawa at rho Good [load-s (‘onlcrellcc ask- ing for an extension of thc good loads gralrt in order that we might sot-urn more money for expendi- ture on highways. That is not in nccorilance with facts. Tile Premier did not attend the Good Roads Coll- fcrente. He was in -‘()ttawh on otllol- business. .\ir. Shaw wentup ilccauae he was a member of the Conference, nnd' so far as I um aware this-Province did not ask for a single addifonal dollar. ’l‘il<..- nrain object of the Conference was to provide for some of the Western rProvinces who cam}; into ‘thlsgootl lomds scheme la-ter. Their grunt lt.-rd not been taken up and in order to allow them to do so. thn t-inle was extended; rbut no more money has ‘been voted for road work by thc Dominion Government, and my hon. frirnll ought tn know tilat very well.

Flnahcec and the External Audit.

only this. ‘but We find also that dur- ing 1922 ‘the Sdlkillll Fund levy of $10,470 and $27,978.41 collected-un-

MP- Niall". thin w» not only un- sound financing but it was a dis- tlrlct breech of faith with than: who had Invented money in P. E. inland llccuritiel.

Proper Buuinen Methods.

Province it is necessary from time to time to borrow ‘money for curry- lng on tilc public uffairs,_but one of -tile underlying principles of such financing nluat always be observed, and that is that adequate provision for sinking funds mus-t ‘bl,- provid- cd in order ‘that the alllouut ‘bor- rflWl-(l may be liquidated at ‘the end of the term and the dcht automati- tully discharged.

i might remind ‘my hon. friends that there ‘is nothing new in this; l‘t is a practice of business men. It’ a luau wants a ioatl of $5000 or $6000 on a farm, he will ‘be piac-i-tl ullder certain ‘obligations. 'l‘ileso obligations would represent for thc most ‘part the sinking funds of the Provlnce. He would ‘be asked to .1851) his farm ‘In proper condition

repair, his machinery kept up to requirements, and bib property ill- sured. in that way, and in tho-z way only, the man loaning ‘the mo- tley on the farm would have his security. lif he finds. on the con- trary, that the tenant of the farm ls allowing things to fall into dc- aoy, practli-ilng ball methois oi arming, so that the price of his iaym would bc. reduced in valuclle would have no other course opcu but to close down on the loan and .-.eli lliln out. That i}: the position my hon. fricndo put the Province .n by their practice ior four yearn.

l ‘might read a letter trout ‘Lil'- llolrd Dealers‘ Association oi Can- ada which l have hare:-

. ".\t thc inst annual meeting of the Bond Dealers’ Associationof Cilfldilfl, (.'f)ilSl(l8l‘fl‘ll|e uttontorl was devoted to tile sll-biet-t or Sinking l-‘untiai During the year there has ilcen a continuous stream of inquiry front all coll- ceivaille sources, including (ll-cat B-itain and ‘the United State-i, regarding the position of our Do- minion, Provincial and Municipal Sinking Funds. At the ins-t Ex- rcutlve Committee meeting or‘ tin- liond ‘Dealers’ Association a rc- aoiuton was passed, u (‘opy of which ia-ellclosed herewith.

"ln view of the critical ntvitudt of ‘these inquiries, especially Oll the part of large investors, rtnti in view of the fact that. at thc present time, our Provincial Sink- ‘ing Funds fail fur short of lili- actual theoretical requirements sufficient to retire the outstand- ing obligations at tllcll‘ maturity, ‘the members of our Association considered it ‘to ‘bn urgent that our Provinces g-lve serious atten- tion to the condition of sinking funds and formulate businesslike policies of debt retirement. it i.-i important that the authorities should ‘take early occnaon to make provision in this connection ‘to maintain the high credit stand-

Hc spoke about the reduction of debt by $100,000. That ‘brings ‘me

l remember during that campaign

heard that story from Mr. Bell anti his followers. that they had added $25,000 a year to ‘the alnkilng funds. which was a reduction of $100,000 in four years. l would just like to go into that for a few minutes and in order to do that I would direct the attention of the House to ‘the report of Mr. ‘Blanche-t who was employed by this Government to go into the finances of _ths Pro- vi-ncc and show exactly where we sfxlod. i would like to read the warrant that Mr. ‘Blancbet received from this Government:

1. “To ascertain the exact debt of the Province up to and includ- ing the 5th day of Sept., 1923.

2. At-lcertain all liabilities ac- crued due and ‘payable up to the amid 5th day of September. A.D. 1927i. . 5i. Ascertaln all liabilities which the Government of Prince Ed- ward isiand is now under and which are not now paya-bie and not accrued due on the said 5th day of September. A.D. 1923.

4. Give a fllli list of all con- tracts relatlng to each Depart- ment made by the Government up to the said 5th day of Sep- tember, A.D. 1923. stalling in tab- ulated lform how much is due on such contracts, how much ls paid. thereon. with dates of payment hereafter to ‘be made.

5. Generally to make such full and complete enquiry into and examination of the finances and affairs of the Province as will enable hl‘m to give a correct re- iport thereon. /

6. To make such suggestions and recommendations regarding the proper system of keeping ac- counts or the simplification or improvement of the existing sys- tem, and respecting such other matters relating ‘to the finances of the Province us he may deem avisable."

'f‘llat was pretty wide scope for an auditor.‘ We did -not say, "W‘ want you to cook up an account to make things look bad for the Bell Government and 500d for us." We “M, "Wg wont you to find the true financial conditio ." We paid him m‘ that: we wnnmdlhc frvlli and nothing but fhc firuth, and we

id you turn to Mr. Bienchct‘: re- port (pages 3 and 4) you will ilnd the Sinking Funds invented u fol- lows: ' Charlottetown and P. E. i.

bond; .. ..... 134000.00 Victory bonds 5599-00 Government P. ill. I. deposit -

receipt! 1,844.5

1min in file wit! iii"! "N . ember 310i: 1022. however, w . a: a differed! story alto titer. for on that m» we flndt e in- vertfnonfa as follows:

lng which we. have hitherto sn- joyed._" What action were my hon. friends

to the question of the sinking fund. takbg during the ‘pant four 3'08" lto maintain the highly creditable of 1923, from every platform weiatandnrd ‘that we have hitherto ell- joyed?

That is the way they 0c- count for ‘their reduction of debt. by ‘depleting the ' sinking funds. which they had absolutely no rig-ill to toucb. (Applause.) And 1 um glad to be table to tell the House that that money has ‘been credited back to the sinking funds. and Wc are in such aipoaltion today that we can approach the ‘bond dealers and put up a genuine proposition; we can chow them just where W0 stand, and we stand just where we show them.

A Brief Review.

The Leader of the opposition yesterday wandered far afield. in order to cover ‘the ground and foi- low him as l would like to -do it will be necessary for a short Lme to review some of the poiiticaihL-l- tory of our Province. ‘though lgive the House the assurance that i will not go nearly s0 far ‘back into ancient political :hlstory as my hon. friend front the First District.

l would just like to review the campaign of 1919, and l do not think there is a member in this House who is in a better position to review that campaign than 1 ‘myself. i bod the privilege of contesting the election for ‘the grand old ‘Fourth District of Prince against the former Commissioner of Agriculture and his colleague. Premier Bell. They always told the some story. night after night. They had‘ it down so finethat ‘they simply couldn't make a ‘mistake. l have a fairly good memory, llnd l hnppen to remember the story very well. Though the tide was against the Conservative party on that occasionyi bad the pleasure at ‘that election of cutting down the majority 0i that wonderful Com- miasionel‘ of Agriculture ‘by over one hundred, and int campaign I uni-visa up m. job. (Annmarie-i You remember. Mr. Speaker, that previous ‘to 1919. owihg to the high coat of living, largely brousllrt albout by ‘the war, the teachers consider- ad- that they were not receivinl

voQ LIKE YO

I WHAT wouuia gm’ 5R1‘

. i. .l1S4.500.00

mnhmngmtfntaopula ‘ mo’: ...'.....'.....tu.ta€.io.

W‘ . allownlr null during m 10ml 1m o» 000000.00 Victory mm, had been sold. and the 91'0"."

‘turned into liberal revenue. Not

tiie credit of the General Account. wym an honogf,

his fences and ‘buildings in proper.

i

sufllcient salary. Living 510911888 had almost dun-bled and in order to provide fol this Premier Arsen-

d" m” "m" vemc“ A"! W911i- l° auit cattle before the people in 1019

open stattlnellf. that he required ‘more moucy, and cskctl the people to help hilll 3.. lt. What was the attitude of our iron. friends -in the Opposition on that occasion? No one kno a it better than myself, for l liete d to it for ‘tilirteeu or fourteen nights .ll the Fourth District. and on each

in carrying on the linancea oftllo and every" 0134;118:011 tilt-y came i...-

fole the people Mr. Bell's state- ment was this: “We don't need to do that; there is no neculty for it. Put us in power and with the then existing rcvcnu-g at our d-l- poul, by drsmlulng a numbcnoi nudes: officials and by practicing economy we will not only be able to make revenue and exfluifmm“ ma", “m1 Qlvg gfficlcnt public eer- vl", but wg vu.‘|i be able to double fh tcacllcrn‘ salaries." That wa-i the statc-lnell-t anti l challenge any man ln the Opposition to_ deny it. The people didn't know bull, then: he put that rosy proposition ‘before tilcm and be fooled tilc 119011"!- But you can only “Fry f?" “Q game once. The reaction 1'3"!“ l“ tho rlcxt campaign‘ Am" ‘my turn into power they knew very rvrli they could not curry 0i"- m?! out‘; alltl tile first th n: they ‘lid was to increase ‘taxatioli ‘by ‘U19 famous TAX ACI. 0f 19301 8nd thc)! incorporated. into that, that won- .ler".ul Poll Tax which secnls to b9 so popular with thc Opposition. i wonder just how popular that was. when 11ml Poll Tax came dowli tilt-re was an indignation meeting "n Charlottetown, and all over thc ountry as well; in fact. Wiiefewi‘ these ‘men wont to speak. whether at an agricultural, meeting 0P a meeting of any other kind, it re- solved i‘taeif into an iadiflllflliiil‘ meeting.

What ‘They Did ‘in Charlotbcibw"

At ‘that mac-ting in Charlotte- owll i i>r“it-:' to save their lives. the {up ntaiivt-l; oi the City had .o promist that tiloy W611i‘! Z0 back .1110 tht‘ ilouse ulld lllake arrange- lnellls Wilt ri by that Poll Taxwould no; npllly o (Jllllllottetown. These .ucll WUYE no. u-ble to curry thflll‘ ljlylnl, "ho Government insisted ‘n pllit n2. i lilfmliiii. ‘makilil "- .ptlatlvc on the incorporated towns i5 well. and that is out‘. of thc 59356113 ‘that at the last election hose two gentlcnlcn were turned lown.

it‘ that Poll Tux was so popular. why are lhc books burdened with arrears today? l may My Tight he“, that never until tho present time did we know wilcrc we stood, completely, with reference l0 W!’ arrears of taxation. During "l‘- mm- yenm o; the Bell regime, I think l would be stile in suyinr; that more mistakes wont out from ‘that Tax Ofllcc l0 U19 iiffilii“ (“the Province than in any eight ye!" before. When wc rami- into DOW" and ‘took charge, it would simply wmflze ymp Mr, speaker. to see the careless, haphazard way in which these accounts wcrc ltclit‘. and We have since had to be veryvcflftml‘ ln gull-lg over them to rectify these mismkei M" who had died three years ago were sent out circulars! (Laughter.

lnuflng m9 past season I PM the clerks ‘t0 W011i ill i-iii-ii omce- and we have tabulated the arrears fol 1020, 1e21, 1922 nnu ‘i923. ‘w that when a notice goes out we wil-lfbe able also to send the ‘bill of arrears to each individual.

They tell us tllait came in they .iound the teat-here on strike. Thalt -ia not quite in au- ggrdnncs with the facts. Theteach era were all rzhl (luring ‘he A“ senault administration. They We" promised an increase and ‘they were watching the steps that werfi taken to secure l‘t; ‘bin "he" m“ Bell Government went through the land preaching against ‘that it; crease, and when after they hi1 ggjned power the teachers in dele- gation afiter delegation waited on them without success until their patience bad worn 01". and "in" the professors oi Prince of Waiefl Collage, "me after time, waited on the Government and received n0- tblng but ‘plausible IJPQmiBQS-"w" it wan, and not until then. that a strike occurred; and the teachers simply rebelled.

i am credibly informed that when the teacbe n of the College.—0ui' own Island boys—threataned ‘i0 strike, Mr. lBeii made enquiries from other Provinces for a staff to take their place and he was in- formed ‘that for the salaries he was offering he could not get half l staff. And then he bad to Beldliw" on his knees and make terms. (Ali- pluuse.) I am proud to any, n I member of the prevent Govern- ment, that since we came" in we have received the hcarticat cc-op- oration. not only from the worth)‘ Principal of that College but from every one of the luff. (APDIBUBB-i