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r'I'MeLurs, President D. K. Gun-is.

, Dolly (Illllel I881) IO! year (mailed) la

J. l. lurnstl, Editor end- Publisher

Associate Idltsr 3M" "l6 P0"

IBJO per year (delivered) Ia advance. advance la Canada and United Statua-

THURSDAY, JULY 12, 1923.

torn, but every one noticed the active -rcsista

TH! CAMPAIGN come tax paid by certain citizens out)’ and its press Basins!

under Conservative and Liberal 03ml" t” r900" n" rule.

The campaign is now in full wing and from the Conservative ‘Vilfiwwint the prospects are very i: i bright, bright also from the view- ii i Wilt 0f the Province. _ The Liberal ii “iiiiiiiu” are everywhere oii iii“ year to year. A business which ius‘

defensive, giving reasons and ex . yearimuid we" Mord w pay an m cuulimi. iiie coiiiiiici oi iiie Beii come tax of $1,000 might this your Goveiiumeiii’ ior i“ diegiieiisiiiii hsvei been carried on without a 7i 1mm ‘the ma" ii iiiiii mapped iiiiiidollar of profit and there lzavo ‘l ior iiseii iiiiii promised i0 piii-siieilrcen such experiences. is it f; ir .t i baton the eieciioit to pick out certain lean years in a xiii.” iioiiii “iiiii we" ieiiiiieii man's business, compare tiiom with his fut years and attribute til.- difference to political leniency or

Best of All Taxes imposed iBcst of All Governments. this obstinate resistance pcal‘! on the subject by recalling

were correct they prove nothing. Ev

ery merchant in the city and BVOY," lurmer in the province knows that incomes from business vary fr -m

_____._...L.____

it was then and hos sine

tax that there were many

BB.

,5 pride to the roads they havc built but

. a poll tax v . the Iboas-t falls upon unresponsive

phatic by the declaration the roads were built with borrow-

l_ ed money and that

s

forward by the Patriot on behalf [he cos; was of its despairing party, arguments away beyond a" mam“ Dgfpnci; which will not convince even the ._t is always uphill work and espeei. most ignorant of its renders, ar- ally so when the defenders realize Slllllfillll lllllll Wllldl shill‘ lll?

everything. tangible lble". A woman is quite as

comes quite as clearly withl i one“ own ‘VQHKHQSS and [he depth to which it can descend to iniangibie ciass as his , 'i strength of their opponcnuh shicld a party which came into vote, ' v i whim a“ Um speakers are given power by falso pretenses and which "'-~—

a reapecmii hearing at we timer has since tried to hold its position

usage in many cities where

This proyision is not

dldates are listened to with corr- dPi-‘vlYell illld U16)’

mendablo tolerance and their ox- T050111 l1- i- cases are listened to with ill con- cealed lncredulity. There is no ex»

cuse for broken promises, no synr-

very properly They will henceforth

or the Tax Act but we may

demand that pre-clection promises shall he respected. They will not be turned aside by excuses, how- ever plausible nor these are all the Liberal candidates iflfllllllllllll» llollTwér 95W" P80811180- have to offer. The day of the Bell They have decided. that the Bell brand of Liberals is drawing to ai close; it ls quite possible that rezili , " " Liberalism may yet arise under a‘

of the poll power.

tax are

pathy with framed-up excuses and by migrepi-ej.

and it may be readiest means to collect it wi

Government cannot be trusted and that it must now give place to hon-

pealeil.

tax bs abolished, or shall it be continued? Not only are the two political parties divid- ed on the question from top to bot- must have

energy ddr,“_1la_\'c'l by the Government

To them this t l t f d thi . Evenif the examples given iiii ii a ii" o “are iis iiiii

We may get a little light

bate in the session of 1920 when‘ the taxation Act was passed. J

put forward in defence of the poll Vin

who had no taxable property or iu- come and that it was not right that men should vote who paid no tax- The foundation was thus laid and the way prepared for placing on women when they

should thereafter be given the vot-

i .

i l‘: and even antagonistic ears when llle reverse? iiig priiiiiiiigii‘ The lirepamiimi

v o- we audience Nuns the he! ‘rm These are me arguments pui was extender] and made more em- " . i . ..

ible as a man and her right to vote

It is a well known and common

out the strong probability of it he- ing put into the law if the authors

resorted to if the poll tax is not rc-

THE GUARDIAN . f Notes by the Way

nee and

11D)’ ill-

Q b)’ the BU W11)‘ ln likening that body to re- to a house l mouth to the vestibule. l the iiaiaverage house. admitted to the vestiibul know him, or he looks a-l ‘is admitted to the house. ‘ 0”" Once past the vestibule your household. voters]

the i'ood. or have satisfies

in; and considerlnz. Once through it is beyou-l rccal tors lllt‘ tithe lending to

och "- nus ii‘ food doesnt i right HIS u musty or "bn 0i- iiie you can expel it before it And situated in the

cih that grind up the food and

tall?‘ lain changes in it chcmica

n the

there

yet emhod- ‘Mes’ _ , ,_ i-., i S. been led lu our Provincial Election Act: ‘iiiiiiiiiiiiiie he s“ “A in

softening it with its liquid point

ililf‘ raoii mm suizur- Thus ll‘ not chew your food. and gel-

ruturncd ioitcnoil auil cliflllfiell lll‘ n"; motuiii‘

. , ' m- This tax seems to be now F0" i" ll 1M5“ ‘iovtliifliiiiiieii (igsiiiiiiiizm not collectable as other taxes are, “"0 m “ii iiiiiiiese

expected that the

Thus your 1101"" Slomach

il be

iup ior the lack of Work <1

glue mouth. But you see the stom-

LIKE A HOUSE-THE VESTI- LE

can only compare ‘your

When somebody calls he is first

Similarly with food. ll‘ you know

that it is all right, you allow it to no“, pass out of the mouth and down domias ihr throat. Thus =ihiie it is in the

mouth you can do your own clioos- might stake 0"“ 01'

i like to think oi" the teeth and

and changing llle filllllcll)’ Pall-s 0:

i-ffort to got the food read)’ l0 l!"

. i. iurther ziioiil-l llllfl 00 l“ fitipgisieiiiic uble (rondiiiou irics its bee

er's of fifty years

ency of mankind to

of prohibitory wherever it

legislation.

that can be made.

0f .\'0ur5 would make

man to law a wa-ger mean the

among the most

e. lf ycu racesi

l right he

and he is amounts that modern

would shudder at.

l yourself

his private

he s'om- n-ste just d" llaivor 'l0es any

the province might transaction,

- ~ l l ‘ - . Attorney General that the Govcrn- iiiiiiiiiiki i0 iiiii body 0i ‘mum mcnt proposed and intended i0 "tax i6

and intuiigisallva to moisten it and make cer-

mmiih Me They‘ Were No Pikers.

lly.

Yudhisthlra,

for 100,000 slaves all well (iressed

i Old-Time Gamblers Were RealPlungers

Judging from an article in Harp- ago, the tend- indulge in terrific gambling has been long de- clining. and has continued to de- cline since the article was written. This cannot have been the result for is legal to bet. there is no limit on the size of the bet Moreover. there are probably no laws which it an offence for a with another The habit is almost universal, and is found among savages as well as highly civilized The ancients were the most desperate‘ gamblers. staking

plungres This is be- cause in ancient times wealth was not so widely distributed as it is A king regarded his king-- domain and

his provinces j; 9,1559,- with another king in. pleasant ills-

: and en- regard of what the inhabitants of think of the

howdahs set with diamonds; next

S

t‘ n. or m next 100,000 beautiful slave girl v0“ do adorned with golden ornaments it mois- next the remainder of the losers

kingdom except tlic land whicl had been granted to the Bralimlns The loser of all

Yudhis hthira, and

in an

one 1H good luck was

Many of the _

rather suspicious

Roman emperors

goods. and finally the whole 0f his

l

these bets was the magazine writer suggests that Duryodhanifs

ach hasn't any teeth and can't d0 were great piimggrii Augustus‘ i icst men. As above pointgd out the found. ii 35 well asihe mouth-it b“ Lei was proud 0f the fact. At thc' ii,» different leadership anrLwith a fol- ation was laid and the way prg-i So let iigwillloiltlililg- ‘iiélrk iilt wiis in‘ gaming iiihie (jiiiigiiia became iii 5 lowing that will not stool) to raise; ”—""”"“—“ wired M mllw every vow- way a W" ‘“°“ bl

promises and political trickery but.‘ for the present, thc hope of real:

Liberalism as well as of the Pro-i vlnce, is to turn out those I have brought reproach to Lhejhis ciiy, vbrought us the foiiowinginot hereafter be made to pay i -iio’tne of Liberalism. This. we areiclipbing from the Halifax Chron-ilal“ “illerelme “'0 war" sured, will be done on the 26thilcle, tinted Ottawa, December lfithqwoiiieii in iiewaiia They iio Ilfllll. and the DPOYlIICB- Fill olil02l, shortly after the general elerriimiiie in pay it Neiihei. iiiii its four years incubus. will once 'iion_

men expect ii. in 1920. Thoy ‘more sail along prosperously. i “Generous ireiiimem ior aii n, not believe it possible but by

fiat of the Bell Governmen

PROMiSES To SUMMERS‘ ~of age. And in framing that

Hion of the Election Act which

whili A returned soldier, resident idproviaion was

iservice men and women and their- dependcnts was promised today iby vPTOHIiBY-PiECi. hlackonzic King when‘

_

the blue! The women voters LIBERALS’ LAST DITCH.

ers were four years ago. one way to safety

he was waited upon ‘by a delega- Our friends the enemy, judgingilm“ 0' "'9 0* W' V: A" (names oi‘ i] their spokesman, The Palriotaldplegates foi-ioyiri) _y_ R marsh stat- ve now taken refuge in the lastileii aiiei. King itch. The accumulated ml:re- assured Us that . sntations of the past bour exert any miiuenicahe may have . l i . - a . r8 0m being pi oi up M a i" with a view to seeing that the re- de against the ever increasing _ rce of public opinion which is iurmii iiiiiii iiiiii wiiiiicii and mo“ ' ‘ring down upon them‘ but ihoidcpciidcnts, who sacrificed i rrlcade is not holding Even llellll-h i“ ‘he Gm“ w“ are deiiii v

is to turn

poll tax repealed. .____a There is another danger that

the meeting, Mr.

he would gladly

Not all the mcu by were in favor of

in favor of womcn

voting, wh

lifo or

iirrected and is again thrown up- ii first alipeiiriiii iii piiiiii’ iiiiiieiiiiy i the heap This statement as awilfllll? 50m‘? 5°" of reciiiiiiiiioii 1i . .

. ally-one knows i“ Rimpiy as ii of the promise, but the recognition

not here discuss. that is perfectly

nts and receipts to that date "OW 00m“ 1° we conciiisioii iiiiiii l‘ ' lymema for iiiippiiei, pin-chased the fedora-l Liberals arc no betier

lle three-fourths of the year's $2,000 cash grant io a Government ios were still uncollectcd. it no ire shows the financial standing the Province than would o sim- i statement of payments and iipls on a certain date. with- ‘taking account of the stock

get alter the man who has neithe Umce but "one 0i the promises hi“ property nor income. yet Iheen kept. The returned soil dlers have the measure of the Lib-

erals, federal and provincial. and

It.

ih h- m l ivoting for the Opposition candi- as all the o ers w nm 8)’ 4W6

*9! thelnost contemptible piec-

—that the poll tax was laid on by

‘expect or suspect that they will be

Icame upon them like a bolt out of

in the some peril as the men vot- Their

the Bell Government and have thei.

ista within the knowledge of all. any means women voting. There arc still fewer men who are

they are loft free of the poll tax which the mon have to pay. Thcrir

value thcrc may lic in this we need Tho one point clear is that

future‘ if that tax is not repealed.

The poll. tax is. notoriously un-

Womcu who rightly have strong sympathy for their brothers and a strong sensi- of Justice, are naturally opposed to They now have a chance to have come to the same conclusion 0“ rid oi iiii. obmiiiiiiii‘ i“ by

‘poll tax who ls not over 65 years,ié'“ieii i0 iioi

i m?‘ lllllwgumess CROP$ IN C011-

THE UNITED STATES. ifers on women the right to vote noi

mgdg may [hgy 5pm" i WASl-liKGTON. July 10. ~Fore-

common chcat and perjurer. Nero would risk the equivalent of $100,- i000 on a single [all of the dice.

T v ' i . Doll casts of this year's crop Dl’°ll00'| he Vi“ oi K "as

iiioii as caiculatcil by the D

iiieinieut of Agriculture not

inounccd toda)’ 11$ mum's:

epnrt- i

from coudi-i ,tion of the crop-S. Jlll)’ 1- “i070 a“

ihe- Winter wheat fiilfi,000éiiiiélloolilillélgldicil the sport of kings. but the truthi

did ‘iliiii Siliijiiigiiii 600 boiiiappcars to be that avarice rather;

the can]. Zsi-i-i-"Oiiixiiiio biiiihjthau proiligality more generally af- ,

i ii ‘Eli i-riiis iii iiioiiiiioqi) bushglli foctod crowned heads. Henry lVi 51111111!!!‘ than last year's crop.) of France was a tremendous gamb-'

are Tho condition ofiall wheat at July 1m imi] m" immense iiiiiiiii iiii 1 “T15[Eivcnlzisfiblilintrllggnieiiijnaiipill)’. lie asked his Minister, the! norma; corn . .- * . i‘

[oats 83.5 pcr cent. out

LONDON. Jidy 10.-—At a meet

ex iug 0f the exvcutlvr- 0i’

and Actresses, hciil at hiujcsiys Theatre, Sir Ilarizroft being in thi: chair,

at whith their lilajostii-s were si-nt on February 26 last at hinjosiifis Thcatrc rr-ulizcd

lie

managiriricnt and working i-xpe ni lho fund, the only expense thr- past your one cheque book.

popular in town and country. To ' on hand iiiiii iiiiieii over by ma“ their breiilreni in Hills iiplm the rich it is a trifle. To the poor e 111001115118 Govellllllellli a 503m‘ "moo" The iiiiiier’ i0 iiiiiii‘ iiivii it is a serious burden. The only 0 eat of receipts up to that date been promising everything irfllll ll reason why it was put on was to,

mo? KING GEORGE'S FUND

George's Pension Fund for Actors

Squire

was stated that the pcrfornmncc

profit to more than £1,000 in aid

bcing 10s the cost of

Daily Selections FOR

iDukc of Sully, to find the money and hc ilcniurrcil. The King had to send to him several times. At last Sully appeared and spreading tho money on tho table said. "’l‘hcri- it is." Henry was awe- struck at the enormous amount and said, “i am corrected; I never zigain will lose my money in gam-

King His ii

inn." The amount Sully had to pro _ iiii, find for illlll is said to have boon a

enough to ransom a French prov-

ince tlwn in POHHGBBIOH of the are not a few women who take thc gftnrijwanriillzidt-trzgliieirgi “fill? 033w Spaniards. Gambling was the . _ . . t ‘, . ' l.‘ ’ ll O ' , ~. financial statement of Septem- “llh 110i only justly ibut generous same view of the matter with their in recon" oi a iii-e pension 0i £100 rage in France in Henrys reign. 19 , iii Bi nature oi 1y)" fathers nud brothers. They say, i,“ iia) iwi, further amiuiianis The Duke de Biron lost 8600.000 in ber,19.0wr e s , .i ii_ _ Our soldier friend Camel ll 5 ‘We want equal rights and not having been elected siucc the last a single year. it was at Henrys q Proviiiciai iiiiiiiiiuii’ iioi iieiiiiii dip ing in his pookei book Since Speciai priviiegeii» wimiiwei. pri-formancc. 'i‘hc.rc+ are no for many mouths, has been re- 0

court that the method of speedy ruin was inventor! of writing vouch crs for losses, so that when n man

nsos for

_ had lost all the money in his pos- ii , -W0lfl€‘l1 8Y0 lli ililllker of being {Ti i session he could gamble upon the 1| i _ . *¢**** v ooooooo-o-s-oo " fiesses tobea statement of pay- has not yet materialized. He has “mp0 c0 i0 my 0°" i“ i" H"

future. statesmen Votaries Stnicsmen were not any better

than kings in the matter of gamb- ling. indeed, in England they

r 35A WAVES wore probably worse. Walpole

l Iii-air tho sound oi‘ waves 4, _..i,iiisii_ notes that in a Parllamcntarytloe

llliZ- - bate, February 6, 11772, Fox “did

0H ruck” and sands tlicy are a not shine." “No wonder", says

"Mllhlllg- [his contributor to Harper's Maga-

-\"‘l lllPll Pl mflfln zinc of half a century ago. “ Ho. lteiczlsing foam.

i sec the waves virhitc

To seas belong.

had sat up playing at hazard at

Aimack's from

i Tuesday evening, idate and the repeal of the Tax. preaching, Mimi a“ the 4th‘ ti“ 5 O'clock in the “"00 Jule“ iiiid iiiiiiih iiii-..i;."id' deceived, namely, that it is lime i0 The lloli (iovornmcnt and its sup- T" llllll lll""l'~'vl\'¢‘hl 0n limsi- rc- limo" 0i ‘he 5m}! A: igziiir iiiiioio ll t any ‘ ,- ,, l ti, lid -o 6,0 tai 1e ; the iiimnca con ion-T? h turn them-out, llnrlcrs will nuor repeal this tax Ami" itfjiflgg fiiidliiimtlliegntiefi’ sdinner ‘which reheat in Charlottetown.‘ “Ti e or any other. ..A vote given for _i violent crash was iii 5 (fciock. he ha“ Emmi’ imam was prepaifgfi by the -_j<‘}——n_ "l! ~ Sign00°02'02"Teacfteaiizpzizittiinilne itii: l°5lll8 $55,000. On Thursday hc - l . , , ». ommem n", ihe “ii, purpose EDITORIAL NOTES . M" i“! Nouisliioirlii lillllzlillllifiiq iiovie '1 seeking, spoke in the debate referred to by - . the , i ll ll-lll ‘mil ""0 l! mcvt- Walpole; wont to dinner at past 1i “i°.iiiiii‘ and deceiving ii“ -. . '___ “'0' at night thence to White's whore m "id furnishing u “w” "Whom do you vote for? ‘W h)’. ‘It was under the plea of neces- The Syrenfls song i gum-using the taxes. 1t was the Doctor and Chester, of rourse,“ arty-a necessity that did not exist

he drank till 7 the next morning; thence to Almack’s, where he won

, l want to splash in there, relieving 030-000 “"0 belwee“ 3 “"0 4 i“ the deliberate fraud attempted "140" “a 10° C°“i'e"w‘ii'°’ ‘mi iiihtvoaiieihi igmiisiriiirgntnanzoiioveiisy _ afternoon he set out for Ncwmar-

‘ as" Gommniem "d no ing i0 get mo" without the pgll mam ii riiillrned w pow’; My earthbound soul, a iresh re- ket. His brother Stephen iosti " .. ' llficmlfls- 35.1000 two nigh-ts ami- and

w]; mombaf of the Bell lax? This queflllv" W"! llllllell ll when the big Road Debt comes (lite ,\i_rn|n hi. i,” Chimes $50000 on me iiiiii. m‘ i pm today claim that it in Conservative lady the other dsy._to find another necessity and de-iLife by the sea. that in three nights the two way represents the financial Her reply was “Whenl move lntoimm“! m“ “'°"‘°" "M" pa?’ 0°" i fl