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TIiE IJHAHLUTTETIIWN Bliiflliliil

mam"- n-ny (founded icon saoo per your m. Invoice) comm-Ci. “.50 per year (in ) lulled in Canada and United stolen.

THURSDAY, MARCH 27, 1924

26 NEW RAH-WAYS!

According to the Guardian's Cun- adian Press despatches yesterday Hon. G. P- Graham, Minister of ‘Railways, intends introduce 26 separate bills for new railway branch lines. There are one or ruore branch lines for every province in Canada except Princc [Edward Island.

These bills were "lumped" in one lost year and the Senate, recogn- izing theh all as purely political. refused to sanction the bill, thus saving the country probably $100,- 000,000. This year the King gov- ernment has adopted ‘n shrewdcr Few members,

NOTES BY THE WAY‘

Those Wot Provlncer-bow are they getting along? We mean. of course, Quebec, British Columbia. and now Alberta. They all have government control of the liquor business. One by one they saw thilt there was money in the liquor busi- ness and the politicians like to have money to spend. And the rc- sult proved that revenue for the Province could be obtained in this way. Did not Quebec last year net over four million and a quarter and British Columbia anywhere from a million to a million and a quarter in this way clear off nil ex- penses? Surely they did.

But that is not the whole story. Liberal, Con- They had surpluses in their treasur-

to

we)’.

against a new branch “m, h, msvments submitted to the Iiegislatur-

XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX

For all CROPS, first cal"-

ioad arrived. (Guaranteed analysis) in bags of 125 lbs.

each. Book orders now for

EMPRESS BRAND AN- ALYSIS 2V2. a, 2.

ANIMAL BRAND ANALY- SIS 3, 8 3,

Get our low prices for

CASH or approved CREDIT.

Carter & Coitd.

WHOLESALE s. RETAIL

Ws have the largest stock of Marble Ind Granite Mon. umontg In the most ifiiiiili designs ill this province.

Lowest prices, expert work- mgnphlp, satiefsctlon guar- entoed.

Our prices include monu- ments erected in cemetery.

Cemetery lettering prom?!- ly attended to.

Chandlers‘: Bell

160 Kent 8L, Charlottetown Phone 741.! P. O. Box B3

v "b- lU-ll-tldi ill tilt!

_'__—_~;..~l:l_;»“ _._For Fire insurance i

DQQO-Qofievo

uonmlt IL ill. SIMPSON

lse Richmond sum Phone 800-4.

Professional Cards Palmer & Palmer

H. J, PALMER, K. O, Barrister, Etc,

‘ Money to Loan link of Nova Beetle Charlottetown, P.

;

MacDonald & McPhee

llleoousub. li. r.“ MePHEE

"i Isl-riders. Akin»... Etc. Money to Loan y Ildidlnq

H

,5 Money to Losll Oelvlemn link ' Glllrlottetowvl, P. I. lslelld

...‘_.

bu“ usuli political prices in political

‘.0

Ow“ Constituency m, We" m hisfes. But about those surpluses we may inquire further. You know the old rilynle: “A sea-horse is u sea-horse if you sec. hiiil in tile

own province. By the “scratch-my- back and Hl-scratch-yours" process IIDPIDDPTS are oxpected to help each sea, Bu; if you see him h, ,, ha,“ a ‘other to secure their respective bay horse be must be." lt is much

so demqngn-aleitllc, some with n surplus. so much their usefulness to their constitu-MQIMMS "Pa" Where “ml hm“ Y°“' Pun.“ ifiud it. A surplus that pays ilcbls

l ~ - * » ' . l" a“ probability “he Senate ‘vmlnni lGIiIILBS taxes is a fine thing

_ ‘But what is the value of a Sill‘- mmj“ "use! mo“ 90mm“! bmnch plus if it is buried ilniisr grolviug lines but the onus will be v

llilflllildcbts and higher taxes? Tlizlfs Zl lilc Sulfate and thllt body having a Q10“? of another 9°19“

(‘unservativc majority. the onus of rejection will automatically fall

iiiflliltiil lines and

1 That wais the way with the sur- jplus in Quebec. The debt of Quebec upon the Conservative party. _ Tiliism-as doubled between 191g and the is The Liberal trick, the tieiillerntely 0nd of 1923. At the end of 1918‘ planned plot of the Liberal puriyzQucbec debt ivas alarming. it ivss to buy up constituencies with thefflmglju- A‘ U“? and “f “'33 i‘ [llioncy zirising out of the hard varn-iwas $87'661'632! And the provincial [film's liiicrvnseti from your to ycar. The iiclll incruasild by over scvi-n million dollars u your and tho taxes were mounting illlwllffi while

‘Wi incomes of overlaxcil lllPll and starving industries. 'l‘lii> Si. John Globe had the cour-

scrvutivc or Progressive, will vote 1es—=wv<>rdins to the nnnlml swiv- '

Building

Charlottetown

k R. McGnigan

“sum-n. ‘OLIEITOR, are

to n. Illr. Hess

wince. rm ls Liberal economy!

also recently to ilccliiro that

lheithv pcnple were bcinz told llllililiiliz of mic of those branches-Jili- Pr<>\'li1<:<*-v'=is smwiiii;

that rlcil

iiu the province of New Brilnswickiir°m "mm" revenues’

would bc absolute waste of public money. This is trim of practically .

|the hard pressed King government:

ivxpects. help, some struggling Lib-i

gColumbia? every one of the proposed branches ihnd on ‘but the promise to build them willillfilllmlnfifis 0i 525565.369-

it with British The Pacific Provincei 31st. hiurcll, 1017 n total in. That‘ surely was formidable, for fl Pro~_ vinmr with a population of half a!

How was

"m! Candidate m the next elcctloniuliliitln. Six your later lllziri-h 1923.,

and licip ilefcat any Cbilflfifvfitil/G‘ i-iliillidzilc who rlizrvs in (lpllflfig ll i (‘zlilzldil is ioliny suffering asi ,ri'g‘iill!\'l‘l' before under n burden of! adv-bi, and taxation; its people iiilvcl iillfvll lil‘i\'t‘.ll nut of employment by‘ tzlrifl‘ tinkering and tho bartering!

» 1l\l'ily' of the country's interests for

, support which the country refused.

lit. How long will the people slum].

.- nmy. like lliscrclioil, is the better illilfl of VlliOl‘. Thi-y had hints from

ccoilnmy wiili imperative. And 5g . "WY bavi- cut down the estimate by

501119 $27,000,000 and forthwith, Jill's have many of the snlalier Lib- vrill papers singing in chorus about the great economy that is about to hi: pcrpctrated! Taxes will be re- lilll-‘tlli. the cost of living will come down with a thud and the people W"! H")? running away to the Un- itcii Slates-i!

her lotal liabilities were $73,315,680“ all incrvasi: of over Scvcll lliillinns 17"" 1"‘ could “m understand- of Dollars a your, thus zllmosl trilbl-l

lng ills provincial debt in tiu- pct‘- lod above specified. This was cvcni worse than Quebec. But British Columbia, like Quebec was iluvlni: some book-keeping surpluses, along with growing taxcs at the time her debt was growing at such an alarm- ing pace.

Alberta has only lately joined the group oi’ Wet Provinces, as tlic result of a costly plebciicltc. llcr deilt was already formidable. ii now totals some $75,000,000. It is a curious thing about debt in this connection that it has both a push and a pull, at. mice to shove and pull a Province inlo iiifl- wet column. The lure is the prospect of easy revenue to pay interest on the debt. The pilsh l3 the debt and thc taxation caused by debt and ex-

‘clintrcssing, but interesting

The Public Forum

This column. is. open for tho discussion by corres- pondents of question; o! In tallest. The Charlottetown Guardian does not viscose» lly endorse the opinion u» pressed by its correspon- dents.

THAT WITHDRAWAL FROM CAPITAL EXPLAINED

IODINE IN THE

DRINKING WATER ,

A uiedlcal health officer of il lnrge city in the United States, has Prince, stated in ililG Provincial lei;-

Province lost $10,000 u year in in- terest and altogether‘ about one

city by his proposal to put some iodine in the drinking water supply. As you know, many using chlorine in tile wa vent intestinal trouble. His idea iof putting iodine into the

ter m pre» of $200,000 from our Capital a} Ot- tilwa by the Sullivan Government in 1886. But he forgot to mention

g up complications law, an affecting the heart, nud the general tone The health officer client found friends. the Liberals (for lie is lm- was a good loyal Tory at this time) as well as lilo i1iiJGI'Bi~COIIHBI‘\'ll- That people who live on ll dist 0i’ lives for tho wltildrnwzll from (yap. sun ilsh are likewise free il’0lll,il.fli. Bu! did the Province i050 lloitrv. ]$10,000 n ycar in consequence oi‘ He. feels that as goilre is pfflVili the \\‘ilillii‘ll\\'lli from Capital? Tliv out iil his city. and that tho water, only correct anslvcr to this ques- thougli puru, is deficient ‘ill iodine, tion is no, as at this time the hinder tilcreiure imTIPODOSBS to prevent of the Government the late Sir W. poitrc by putting Joiiiile directly Wilfred Sullivuil, went all a iii. u:- inlii the WfiltW‘. . utc to Ottawa to press. our f iilllh’ Now this sounds all right, and for llil increase ill our subsidy and tllerc can be no question now bu! was silcccssflll in gutting zul iil- tllat iodine, is our licsl reuledy in croaso of $20,000 per your. so l1‘ this condition. you ilcdilct tile 8f0,000, lost by (no What hils been the result oi‘ his Wiiillifillvili, from tile. $20,000 addi- sllizuestlon‘? tiounl subsidy you have 810,000 rc- Why the medical health officers cl other cities are beiiil: what tlic

ilmplia 0f pill-eel‘.

‘Phone who say anything say that willlc ll. plight sull this other illiice. and lilo iticils oi‘ ibis other medical OiiiCPT, it would not suit ihcm.

Wily‘!

ilcss can be found in tllc Public Accounts of the Provlilci», which show that $10,000 has been paid the Province ilslf ycuriy—$2(),(lilp ver Your since 1887. l am Sir, 01c OBSERVER

——~——<-e§___._ NOTES TAKEN ON A TRIP

Bcirailse jilsl. a very small per- cclitzlge oi‘ lilo people have guitrc, or illlYP ihc l0il(i0llt7_\' tilwilrd it. umi <0 wily subject lilf‘. entire ])(i]illi2l~ lion to i-ilf‘. effects of iodine upon tllvli" system. _

iodine is like any other drug. ltiic, inn-z its uses where there are en~ lzlrizcil lzlunds, and other sweiilngs zllioilt the ibildy. it also has ll. whole some cflcct upon the iblood in some Uiillliiliilllri.

Bu! it l-‘s d (lrug and would have u iulrnllill cffccl upon the system generally, especially if an overdose ivr-rc put iil birc supply. .-:.‘."“.‘.f“‘}'...“.2. ‘£1%‘.I..‘.’"l?.‘..‘i."‘§§.';2 "d - i" iviiiliii-ii: iii ‘or “even death in somsiguns he“? and waft

Sir.—Ais ii om tlklilg i.

Pull. io California and r4 "Yllllkllt it might be of 1.11.. Yfllll’ renders mites of min window on my join-may,

dwell Oil tilc failiilidr sc E. island. lilc tidy farms SiPZiii-w‘, with ivlruli-ss insiilllcdllcrn] "n" UIPH‘. the many fox rilnchci,‘ whklrc the silvers and illm-ks ori-

trip livi rtill-n,_i TPHI iil

to semi you u fvw gs I saw from ti... p,"

silos oi‘ P,‘ and il-lnliv,

denoting tllci Fill‘ instance. one llirmon might cxpi-rleilcc a ilccullar restlessness, .

the (lrvill. “for. fuil iil’ li-c, thrmig crfill Prim-n iQIiWiUYi plnugiilil ils

., . , , . _ Another would have irtlqlll-liltiw‘) ifmm“! n°"‘°le’“‘l . fill imgil g1‘

vomiting spells dud severe lillflli‘, , . V . ._ l _| "iii! two 11.1;- i::"::::..° Jill? “i " ' ' ' . z lli <'l half. Witi ii 2 s th. heart would loci u A. j firs‘ it‘ ii tffifilli to Jump oui. ili mum“, whim mm‘ PM‘? ‘"1 "i" ilie body. You can readily sue that mum’ A youim "m" w“ mm“? M“ l) i_-.~i =1. - in o city will“: _“" "—“—'"-*" ~ lnliiiniylliirijuliilhlie up against some (c°""""°d °" Pa" 87 9359-“7 The act that breweries and home brcvrers know that iodine would CHURCH UNION. prevent the proper manufacture oi beer may cause some 009051110“ 1° his scheme. ' iThe point however is interesting because ii. is well for the D9001“ i? kilnw that iodine is R llmvelllive o'- ilnli a remedy .l'or 530m"?-

.__-¢$}—- ISLE OF REST

vrltine in about uilc hour l will bcrv mnnlp," m,

Sii"——'l‘he Church U soon be before our in order that the may have p clear and pilrposo of the Bill, w kindly publish the incloi-it-il stutc- ment which appeared in n recent is. sue 0f the Montreal Still‘. it is in Blflillie ilntcchnical iilngnngo um] will be mud with interest by muliy. l sin, Sin. etc, Geo. A. Christie,

‘ W. . Ryan,

Joint chairman of iSllb-Cliillfllil- tee on Legislation.

nion Iilll will local legislature. public gUilUTllii)’ idea of the scope

The following exquisite lines by (Yiiill'[(ll.i(‘lliWll'l>i' lnlcnttld writer. Lucy (icrtrliile (liilrkin iiilileilrcil i" a recent isuo of tile Montreal Diliiy

f‘.

‘Thou nrt beloved of sun and sea» (EnchwreJ

pendlture. Y{cl. every Province which has sought the aid of liquor revenues to balance its budget has invariably become more lavish in needless outlay and has plunged more madly into debt.

It is painfully true that the Governments both fedora] and pro-

WPH. whilt is this great drop in the estimates? i $1!l,li00.000 is cut off the railway "Xilendltures. This was made pos- sible by certain economies pract- i-“llll iil’ Sir Henry Thornton in the "Dr-rating expenses of the railway. in other words Sir Henry will not

vlncial have been spending money like drunken sailors since the war, on themselves, their slipper- icrs, favorites and satellites. Among the Provincial Governments those in the wet column have been leaders. Liquor revenues are easily gained and are expended with a lavish hand according to the ily- word. "Come Easy, Go Easy." And

il(‘l‘li ll-‘l much help from the govern- ‘mi-nt as be did last year. So this Wm ""1 ha"? B"? effect upon the poor taxpayer. '

From the various bonuses, pom. salons and other helps to the sop-i. iers i-hev have cut off $0,114,090. The agricultural grant amounting to 81,260,000 has been abolished. This is nearly $27,000,000. The other two millions are shaved off different grants. And this is am The farmers and the soldiers are the Ml! ones who are shoring in the great economy and their share is to go without! And the different consfli ' ere promised their

‘ wharves and breekwoters, the min- i istsrlsi salaries ere es big as ever, tile 04.000 indemnity. ills only ploeftllst is new holding tbs ism y, wines of tile pcrtyitontllsr. is lu-

diimoruiisailon always follows in its train.

The example of the Wet Provinc- es should be e warning to those that are yet Dry. Revenue obtain- ed by a Province from liquor is de- luaive. Just as the whiskey drunk by a poor man and which makes him mi- the time. feel richer than before is deluslve. The individual is not richer than ho was before he imbibed. nor is the Province rich- er for its liquor revenues. It is hard to conceive of s sober and thoughtful legislator who would deliberately vote to put s sober Pro- vince into tho wet column. ei- tlfousll after s few drinks o! the ardent be might teke that re- spensibllity.

Tilers was ones s sii may to lle lelnlollsl. A [not mlvvo Ind gathered to see tbs e t st. the noodle-led time. Int in: lull gone vmnll with or under

illlllflllilil "n. ‘Illnesses will. . z ' -

’ Government to tats that tee “m, . . h, .

Of silvery night-w! slowing moon; And ‘roiluil about liheo tenderly Tile summer breezes cronn.

_ Coulmllter- for evince 0f Quebec has issued the following statements on um

Tlloirrl rolled in tranquil lnvcll- ness blrcherl groves bowcrsr- 0i’ streams that hold caress. And fragrant wayside flowers.

(Continued on Page s) -_ and fcrny

the skins‘

Of

Daily Selections Guardian Readers f

No toweringymountain heights are thine.- No canyons-mo forests wild And ycl thy charms. like uiicivni wins, Are potent seeming mild.

vw-v-

TWO DAYS

Dy AUX ‘IVHORN Whose feet have pressed they vol- vet strand. Or crossed thy clover-scented lca, May seek for gold in any land, llut wearied come to thee. —Lucy Gertrude Oiarkin. Charlottetown.

Sweet winds calling from the pills clad llto Dauphin sky a-bendlng o'er a river

c.

Part of June and den hidden, And iSummer and her heart sings too.

laughter in a gur- glory in my

_.__.._._i___._.___ be postponed the foreulan' said. The crowd was disappointed. They urged the foreman to get on with the ioh. “No." he said, "l will not tske the responsibility." Just then one in the crowd came to the front with unsteady stops and with bold confidence and s. beefy voice proclaimed. "l will take the 's_ponsibiiityl"

o'er the meadows,

Frozen mall tho river weans, d"); the bending sky;

Yet the springtlnlsh glsdnsss in a child's eyes linirers—-

All its hope glad as .

There are e few, not many we trust. who would be willing to use‘ the responsibility of repealing the Probillitory Lew in our foir, Province sud substituting o free sale of liquor ‘use: Government control." No doubt some of these are honest on wsli as sober. in their convictions, unlike the men st the launch. But tin time hos

II!

dssl M‘ pifillllfu and oilioymsui.

one sbsrs it with you.

original, QOIITIIBMIIUJDIIE fOi‘I'V8li._Y of h mar. men v hem in your home lite.

You ere

7st come for any men. or

I ‘i ti. . armpit"? - - ,. ‘mo; n. .

l i\(‘i‘ii no! |¢v9v4¢e§¢eve¢e4 vveevye-e v

UH‘ firrlnaill '|part taken by our brave boys iniliuiileiliil, Iliiliilvli iili~ illm. willing... Th9 filmy”,- \v(tr(r'iu lllllli, i.< now Lliut Si: h which lilP pflit-JZ], lliiji. ill iiltl lilmliii iu in.- I'm _\'.[lll‘l1i]]g uplil)‘ Lbui Ul LilU i-lly 0i iiiiiiilllll-IV‘, Put czllws of luv, dppur-i fflilt lliii-k. and rcucliilli:

Piping winds and snowflakes flying m

and promise. who so

MARCH 27,-You core a great but always endeevor to have some- rather on have s teen some are popular among your uni acquaintances, slid

' r blrtlletlhls is o Illoodelmle,

Sin-bin J. S. Blanchard, Firsi ‘ rather startled the people of that islaturo on the 14th instanbthatthc .

cities are million ilollars-by the withdrawal '

condemn his new 1

c.

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irr CIGARETTES

"Super- Quality”

‘é

l0 lbrl8¢

20 -- 55¢ and in Iinsof 50 and I00 _

More sold than all other brands combined

Beeufifu/[y Cool and

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vavvooos I

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THURSDAY. MARCH 27

LORD BALTIMORE

(thorn-c Culvert) English slam-s Fe

mun ihlli cxpiort-i‘; iuulluci- ui[ f? (iii .\iiii'.'.' ll

illiil.‘ ifivi-i‘. ll... ilulili- w‘ 1>"I‘l><"ll¢"<'l1-

LOUIS XVII

O OOQAOOOOQO O4

Tlllliiil‘ killg of Frilnvu, ‘ of Louis Xvi. und Maris i\lliUlll-l -..-itc, \l.':\.~. illlrll ‘tti \l‘i'_‘iiliiil‘.i uu- Murcil 2T, lisil. lmpiisilui-il ilpilil. llic iibulltiuil of the illoilircby ink liit: French lfcvclutiuil, iil: Wilri pro claimed illill: by llli- clfllflflffi "Y i703, ibut lib-ii in prison.

l JOHN BRIGHT g

Distinguished English liberal,’ iaiatcsmnil luld one of the lklri-inosl‘ ilrnlors 0t‘ ills day, dicil in hail. Clltiillftf. England. Mflffill 27. 1339-‘ llc was u conspicuous lucnlber uli the House oi‘ ‘(lllillfllllllfi lnr llfliiiiyi forty yours, was uii ilrilclit Niliit-uii-i iDFflilHL and u. Frco Trailer, niiii Willi il)l4_>l‘(l§ll.‘li in llliilfi)’ cvcry llilcfllii iiloviullvili. cl‘ ills tinlc. I

PETRUS JACOBUS JOU BERT

Flllnolls Hirer general uml stnics

man. Mir a time commniliier-in-i-lilciI of the Boer iurcos ln the last war with blllgilillli, dilcii ut Prctilrld, Mfllfliil 2?. i900. ll-e was. iwii-u urt

illg prnsidcilt of the ‘South Airiclllii illspuiliic.

COL. TH OS. CARLETON

“linen New Brunswick wlis sup- lll‘;lli‘ii lrnul Nuvu iii-illm uiui ullliic ll province in l7tl-iI Uni. 'l‘llnmiis (iurloiilli. u. brother of Sir Guy (‘ur- i0l0ll, ivas mudc governor, mid lic, held ille post for lhlrty yours. Ni-w ilrliniiivlck consisted 01' 16.000 pc-o

pie, 12,000 0i‘ lheill llmyallsls. Col. Carleton wlls dissatisfied with i’nrr| 'l‘ol\'n (now St. John) as a vupilili, llll(i selected St. Aniu-‘s Point lor- the new site oi.‘ government, mun» ins: it Frflidlrilltflll. in tumor ui‘ tile Iiukc of York. There wils only onc tvuil between New Brunswick and (lunatic, at that time, and when Col. Carleton heard of the illness oi‘ his brother afqllebec hi» set out on siioiveiiocs on llle 400 mile trip through f-lie woods to visit illm and so sparsely settled was the district between that he slept eight nights the open. 0n this day in 1848 Fredericton wlis incorporated as a city. .1: remains the provincial Oilpi- ml. and is a thriving city and tile home of the provincial University‘.

Pl LLS _‘ ‘Flt... “l liiilryii