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. These statements

. new one ai cnarloiuieua. loosen emu new-iP\l\1\.i¢ ms” inf* 1506550" ¢° ~l"\°W§<%t\3..°P°¢l¢i°1 Wifi” N

mow. Album. “wh -M U°°t~ii'»- . fthe exe# sf .have _,A ' kipwiod m|,"°'”,|,),',',".,2°,f:{,."‘?,,“_2,‘l°:,,l""' ,',m;,,ff,,"~made if either the .old Shell Coninilttee-or the'nev'ri qpdA;mqoggag;;€;iiii’m ie anywhere ir cuuiae: un nzifmiu) is u. s. A. Munirio_nr_ Board find beeri'irioonipeteii't, _iiegleerful offl ~i=\°“'mt°* °l

im" f fm .1 'f(CO||Vll\‘ GY

»ai|i‘i:"'c'ii°»iau.°i»il|,°e°i%‘ier ii. e. 1°' » . '

tlIe_ok_i_y Ill?)-$1.00 per annum by political influence. And, as up to the middle 'of this , _

N" ll' °*'°°‘|' °' ° *month shells of a value of $I0w000.0oo had been seiit` f' ,," Island.

_- Timm M mi AMT __ :ito Great Britain, evidently the orders generally inusti l"°‘_'u'?_<""°' W'

have been pueea with their who desired to do their. §M_ '~ "

heir trust, or-swayed from thfeir .du_ty_.by_selfi.sh

M*”"”-“'~- MUN" 13' '9’6' iwork and do- it with expedition. \Vhei'e these uncon-

' """""""" """" ` _ tradicted facts are understood the 'shell business will’

MR _'appear in its pfoper light, no matter what is said in‘ th

The debate on Sir Wilfrid I.aui*ier's motion in the _not do

House of Commons calling for an investigation into

the transactions of the Shell 'Committee has resulted_ \\ ill be nothing to prevent it but it must be temein-3

Should an investigation be considered later there

imdppd 'linda of the

' 'C 'N lnihanueruunia

of the recent _Char- lireceedlnaq, no _ _ , by the

these eolunuia in sequence. the_rol-

n9\¢l.--

- on Tlnlilsy - the seventh day or me uuiuiiee or the opr-

the. Ex- over tivo

di!!-rtl_l°It_ °l_ and dis-_ twrundeietaud or~

activity. for nie ` riiet.tecia`o!“publlc Interest, within vlevr

“ ,. , 11° .ms our dutfeannd opportunities. aiidrullei- o-operation iiiznll 'i-statin to

_ _ _ E . ._¢_U1»v S

e welfare of the Province." A co ohenelve programmefviu submit-,

ted to the meettiig,-and in order to provide adequate 'oppo`rt\`inft-y for discus-i don tivo arranged tor,- afternoon and evening( The pro- mm ` ` ' ` ~ u e n

e embraced me roiiowiug eubieetsl: Drainage, cooperation. Fisheries,

' "Immigration, Trade and Commerce, Technical Educa-

Trmlpo 3 ' ‘

tion; ll.\rnl_'C0mmunl»tles; Improvementof Towne and Vllhgee; Special ln-

mercly in giving Mr Carvell another opportunity tofbered the Committee was Spending llwney Of the 'duat.ri¢a; N61' Industries; Returned Sol lore. The tlret nioetlng was 'opened

display his rnalignity. When the matter was pre-_

vemment of the United Kingdom, not of Canada, pt

viously before the House full and ample information _and lhiS. 85 011 3 'f0ffI1¢I' 0CC3Si0ll 2f!€\’ the $01101

was Supp|;cd by ,he Ggvefninent as to the origin and __ African war under Sir Wilfrid’s regime, has

working of the Shell Committee, and nothing has been =ll

or out of Parliament, or what Parliament does or d0es_

fl - ` _

d to be a reason why a Canadian Parliamentary gl

_ _ . _ by

agldiiccd since by the Opposition that was not fully Committee may not have power- in the connection. - :

answered then. Sir \Vilfrid merely suggested that the _` allegzitions niade against the Committee justified an investigation, and we believe the Governiiient would _ have been quito prepared to give its assent were the matter under its jurisdiction. But it is not. Thc.b

Imperial Government is in control, and it is the Im-_ve perial Government that must give permission for an

special Comissioncr in the person of Mr D. A. E Thomas to go into the whole question of shell manu- factiirc here, and his report has already been sub-

mitted to Mr Lloyd George, Minister of Munitions. Belfast, repairs (9 wl;3,_;f»3ppm3¢l1 `

It is against the policy of the Imperial Government Chapel Pier, repairs to approach ;

Covehead, repairs to Shaw’s _Dain

policy governs the case of shcll manufactures i_n Grand River, North, repairs to pier (`:mada unilcr its jurisdiction. But enough has already Ilarbours and rivers generally, repairs and ~ I

to hold public investigations` during the _\var, and this

been inode public to justify the action of the Dominion fiovcriunciit in thc policy its has pursued. The Mon- N trczil (inzcttc puts thc matter succinctly thus:

“ lfp to the time of the outbreak of the war thcrc

was only one c.-ttaiblislimcnt in Canada. wlierci shells To bring line up to Inge;-¢0l0ni;|l Railway

wcrc inadc, iinmcly, the Government arsenal at Que- ' bec. 'Its plant was small and its capacity limited. \\'hcn the llriiisli military authorities discovered 'that

the dt-nmmls for artillery and artillery ammunition Steamer Scrvim bctwem p,-ina, Edward

would be beyond anything they had comprehended, they turned to America for supplies. The United

States was not much better off than Canada. In each Steamer 5¢n»;¢¢ from the opening _to the

country n start had to bc made by getting the machin- cry. and. sometimes also, the buildings to house it. In the L'nitcd States as in Great Britain advances C were made from the British treasury to the con- » tractors iii order that they might be guaranteed

against loss in taking up a new line of production. Compassionate allowance to Lewis King,

T herc is uncontradicted testimony that no such ad- vances were made in Canada. Here the manufac- turers conccrned took all the risk themselves. The most capable men available were secured to study

it the struct of .ill who sought it Machines were made or adapted New processes were devised Raw

Lnitcd States for the first time offered their con- R gratulations to their fellows in Canada on the but-

come of these efforts.

“ The result was satisfactory in every way. .At 4

the beginning of the session of Parliament, when the matter was first brought up for_discussioii, Major- B fjcncral Hughes was able to go through classification

the operations, and thc result of their work was put P

sought by and paid to Canadian producers were less than those paid lo United States companies, and even

Fo `

lcss than those paid in Great Britain, where labour “M5 i°i“‘lY °“’"°di *W 'HS Angb'

and material :irc of lower cost than in Canada. Sir Robert Borden, replying to Sir Wilfrid Laurier on

Tuesday, was able to continue the tale. The Prime Bmdcncui "°C°"5"'”Ct'°“ °f Wharf .\Iinistcr, speaking with knowledge based on reports N°nh Lalmi bmi ha"b°“"

from Great Britain, said Canadian rices for i8- und

P P0 _

shrapiicl shells had at first been a little higher than 5“mm¢f5id¢» 1’°Paif3 l° l’f¢2k\VHl¢|'

those paidto British firms with no previous experi-

paid 'iii the United States to firms having no previous P

ence in shell making; and a little lower than those '

a 1 O.

experience. As far as the 18-pouiider high explosive flliiflill '°°"’9¢"“Ct.i°" I shells were concerned, liowcvcr, Canadian inanufac- 5“"VcY5"i"‘d l"5P°¢li°"5

turers had from the first produced shells whose prices '~`0"‘P1"'¢d m0Sl favvllfflbly with those in Great Bri-

Committcc, too, had succeeded in getting 4.5 higl

for about the same price as was being paid in the United Kingdom for the shell alone. If either the highest or lowest prices paid`in Canada for 6-inch 8-inch and 9.2-inch shells was taken it would bc found' to be lower than ~tlic-.highest price paid-in Gi»¢'a¢_ 1lrita‘in and lower -than the highest price _pnid in_¢h

explosive shells, cartridge case and primer included, (Add_ili0"3l VON?) _ - ,_ _ 5_°l_?»00P_,‘ 5 -' fi' I' ~ . __"°m' md

. $6 . __ _ ~ _ * »

n C

Ullllcd 510108. Cxcept 'in one instance." Investigation would show, also, tliatfor the i8-pounder 'H.E. shells, the highest' Canadian price had been i i per cent. lower than thc lliglwqt pa_ifd.in Great Britain, andivei-y'niuc'h|l lower than tliatlii the United States. For the 4.5 shell i the highest Canadian price was i 7 per gem. Iowa; than- 7-

fhe higher British pri-v. and is percent. im. nun no ri.. eeeupoieh of is _entirety aiirereiit

from the German invasion- of Belgimn. At the clbse

the highest iii the United. States. 'For 6~iltfch`_'H.E. shells the ltigliest Canadian price was i7 cerit. lower than the highest paid' in Great 'Britel§,ffand lower ihuitihe _itigheeiy jieid ‘hi rife. , _ *F¥_,f°‘;i9‘_* 3‘5"El‘ °"¢l’» P" °¢!‘*- Wlvsf ile;_Brliiil». 9i_l°1°»_a'n4 e ‘ emi ‘higher duh

Stitsl-Miss;

onstruction of terminals, etc.

r half cost of reconstruction of tciegraph

o increase accommodation and facilities

_ » DAILY SELBIZIIDII" F0! ie, ,-

along the line » 7,700 _ , “num _ Paaaien or labor daily hurled

min ami nit- United suite.-_ 'nie cmuuiian Shen Car ferry,_eonsiriiciion.oi terminals and ._ _» . . ~ .t s '°'1“‘°“"¢"'Y ‘°'“° °'"'° "°""~-

‘ ttctown Pos‘t'Ot`fice~_f_or 1916-i7‘is e pared with $z9,727_.d5_ in -_i'9_i5-16,13;

*-*_-)X( '

, P.E. ISLAND ESTIMATES 4 -

_ ` _ _ A_Lt.o_ _ ; . _ _ ' . . . . __ ._ . _

_Tim ¢Sf_“1\2l°S_0f the Dominion G°\'¢mm¢n¢ WW opiuiier; -,Pi‘er.".1.'a. clark; Prei. Tliivodore neo.; itev, J. A, fircnoiiahi; in considered in the House of Commons show Mr. J. li. ; Mr. A. A. l.eFurgey; Captain Joseph Read; Mr. A. J. Mc- K _ _ Q _ .Bell _ , , _ _

ry considerable reduction, compatible with economy If\_¢l¥0ll:_ Hon. a..E. Ai-senauit; Mr. C.. l~l._B. Longworth; Hon. H. D. Mo d etliciency, compared with those of i914-15 and 37°F; MT' 'mu' 53f‘°Wi M” E' :rbi M“'°"_v‘ ff §‘d'““"°;_;&"‘bM°’f_

l“°l“ifl'- The Imperial G°"¢’“m_¢"f already' SCH! 2 even 1915116. Among the ¢=Stimatxs .for Prince :;_f“i°:;hA'lF`C~l:§,f°;;_I;.T_'R_`;e°:}m“n’nsmr` i,,,,._',_°';_“;z;

dwflfd Island “W UW f°"°“_'"'§ “ew \'°*¢S1-' _ ‘ mi-'_ J. i~:. B. Mecreeoy; itev. nr. Fullerton; Mr. James Pawn; Dr.

Pvntic Woiucs. " ` » pw'

$2.500 ’ x ,400 emo _

improvements " ' cw London, repairs to beach protection

R.\ii.wA\‘s AND ' C)\NAi,s.

branch line standard ’ ` -

I _ M/iii. Asn Sri-:Aiisnir Svnsiniies.

Island, Cape Breton and Newfound- land _ _I ' -

closing of navigation .ini 1916' between

P.E.I. and the mainland

5o'o,odo _

Coiursrvsnioiv. ' ' i en

_ ' of unity among a people; and what is being laid belbre ua in the great events

_ that are now ti-anapti-ing, what te being presented for our consideration there,

‘ may very well be carried by each one of us into every 'part of our activities,

'llito every pert. of our province. Wehave only a emnll province with a small

$’°° population.. and we have to a large eirtent a eonimunity ol interest; but lt ls a~

` falct. whlchevery one knows. that a great deal of-energy la being wasted for

who lost the sight of one eye through an accident on board the Stanley

Svusinii-:s.

_Puiiuc Woiucs.

American Telegraph Co .ind the Do-

minion Govcrnment $i7poo

2,0003”

wnal, repairs to wharf 'un

Rainwavs into CANALS.

I E _ ure date, to be announced later. At the afternoon session Mr. Charlet Lyons,

' -Mayor, acted. is' Chairman. vvhllé tbq evening session was presided over'

Macdonald; Rov. R. G. Fulton; Hon. Charles Dalton; Mr. J. W. Catback.

3,500 imaeting in the afternoon, the Premier eald:

M000 not yet nui, iniiiiir it is wen me we should 'organise can commence; i ‘,200 therefore move that Mr. Charles Lyons take the chair for this afteriiooii, and

li , li lt. tltrrslirtl th b lisfqr hlhthte __ , _;::.t..°;'..‘::..“.;..:;°°::.’..::. ._ i...‘:...:.:.::.°.. ... .._.' 1.. ..._ »»

' _ ‘ H

_iilttons arlslng by reason of tho war. and also to consider what the possibili-

;l.loa of t-he Province are when the wnr 'will have been deniiltelyended. We Y ____ _ _ ___ th _te _

' _` V takei to nam '_ n Illplllll y, all By are (lu B8 8

$"9»°°° :;‘;:°:.:"sis:;:‘.:2.ti::.:.‘:s?;°;;;:”:;....:..z'... »,-_»f»,,;--;»;»,f-l---1

__ _ _ » e oc g cxposv pro uces

lt is a theory' that-‘should rec_elvie some encouragement., that the Legislature 8

_poeeeseeii the greater part. of the wisdom of the people. yet t.li_ero,ii.re some V

- who think-and I am. from. many years; experience. one of those-that out.- _ eldo ofthe Legislature there always arela very large number indeed of peo-

$I6,500 ple with progressive idea; who are welhquallllod to suggest and advise upon

_.those things which should be dealt with in the interest ofthe whole province. Wie are particularly desirous, in order to! meet the special circumstances that

0 - l exlet today, and to meet. the general conditions within the province, that aid

"’5o0 should be enlisted now. » I .

__ . _ ` of unltiod actlonand, ln some cases, by opposing action,-one commun-

rince Edward Island _ - ~ $33,_93x_88 it-y jealous of another, and each one endeavouring, to work out what lt. re-

gards aa the highest good tlor itself, without taking eutlbciont consideration of

r _ INDIANS. the nest. of the people. Now. lf this war is producing one vast beneficial ef-

Salarps , $500 feet to counteract the horrors and looses whlébtt entails, that beneficial

men vvcrc traiiicd The iron working interests in the clicfand seed aiu I _Z5 met is mm that R is consuming in its nary furnaces those thi-nga that are

M d. I d gr d d. . '8 petty. those that are mean and eordld. eo that we as is peqple. fbvy the re

F ‘Ca atm” ance an me “mes 5° ,ponalbllltlee that are brought upon ua, by the tremendous bmmgn which \5C°ll3“e0“5 ' ' 550 we share, and by tbe.grea.t objects that tl; our attention, are all __ brought ' l ' to ia higher standard and a broader vision tilmii we ever entertal ed before.

TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE LINES" We should nee to ‘lt when this war is over-lndeed, wie should nee to;lt before,

t P_E_I_ d - 1 d - 00° .we should see' to it now, that the purifying effects of the enuobllng example e men th an anal? mah srmat S f __ I$x7é_x should be utilised ln every-single department' of our actifvltlies; and lf we

(mg c revo es ,n e is I C 0 9 7 have tn the past. often been small and narrow ln»our views, lf we have some

after classihtmioli of shell and Show ha 1, - =1f¢1“' times iorgotten the golden ruie. ir we have not always been guided by me

t t t c prices , _ , _

principle contained ln tliohe “simple words, the principle of livhigund letting -'llve--,we have now our opportunity to remove that reproach and t»o.rlBo, as

_sectional prejudice. and the eordldneen that too' often characterise; us, to

i ' lstiindards that should behlxlier and broader and more generous. ' ' '

2,ooo where nature l_ine_ been more generous in her gifts of opportunity than in 24900 Island. Sometimes we realise this hurt, but too often we for-

2 p.m., condluding at 5.30 o'clocl:; “re second eeeeldn began 'at"l'.80, and 13.20; on 'the' motion or the Premier, lthe meeting was adjourned _to a, fut-

ur. rrmirn_'neeriu. - ' ` .

-ruissi,»sA§<E`iie._ _ ‘ `

'nie lpea_k‘_era.-_tu order. were:-I-Ion.fJ. A. M_a.t.lilas_on, K.C.,__I_?remfer and rney Geneml Mr Charles Lyons,-Prof. W R lbedlr Rev Dr P C.

J. P. McMillan: Prof. S. B. McCr68dY5 Ml". Nell McLeod; Rev. J. J.

TNE PREMIENS INTRODUCTORY ADDRESS. _

In moving the appointment of Mr.,ChnrIee Lyons as Chairman of the

We have ii. programme of considerable length. and -while the meeting is

Webnvie ln the united action of tli'e.Brtttsh Empire ‘ln this vyar the great- example the world has ever seen of what can be accomplished by a spirit

can rise ln thlii Island. above the smaller things. tho meaner views, _tho

I doubt that there ta in all the broad British Dominion! today one e

tt; too often we have seen men of broad views and of enterprising mind; , because they could not get the support that their broader views entitled

’3’°°° 'them to. We have seen that ln morcbnndbe; we have eoen ltln many other i

» departments. ‘

E.I. Railway, bridges to be strengthened 3,600

` ' (%e'ntflnueé' on -nge six.)

necessary connections i0o,oix>

The estimated working expenses of the PEI

ilway for 1916-i7 are $625999, as compared with 5o,ooo for i9i 5 i6, a reduction of $25,000.

swam

_ The estirnatcd costfoftlie oiit§ld_¢l8¢_l’_vi¢e offGliai-` *ff _ *","*» ”)5"'.',. _ ' _ ~ _‘

` ` °‘ 1 _ _ _ M, I _ _l _

825 The cost ot the Inspectors is iiist $6,i1po last -year, ati increase of

lpn~n&inh¢-e-_

The situation in to in 'Greece

the second Balkan war. tn\'de._a treaty with which Serbia acquired certain

in Snloiiiki. In in Sefblfs blitz! ,'

and=were_giv¢ii

of the things

strictly fn emily

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1@ i

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- ‘ ""“"* _' _ .0b.vrhntie deroe th lame lt.,

Purchase ' auaweuiasiiinugeaaimeieimoriii.

Ullbt, Calling the plan of

WORK! Work, the Titan,

‘if ':.-.1 “-

ss§§ in _ o gli? - is es "

Uotngivrhatevei- the spirit. _villa Rendering a continent were _ To answer the dream of the Mel-

or _ ‘ter heart ' _ »

9 Than# God ibr e world where

` lilly llilfk. `

Thanh God ffnr the splendor of

' ii9;i`°6~ I C

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‘fspmgf 1916:

' . J

Thie__84-page spring quarterly style review 'of Bntterick contains au-

_ thoritative Paris and New

York fashions and advance information about' style tendencies, materials, and _ dress accessories. ____-‘...__.. ,

HlGH EXPLOSIVES.

l’x'otessor Smltliclls ol' Leeds Unl-

tvos, said that one peculiarity of them ls that you coulil do anything ou llked to them, oven kick thc-'ni w

from 15.000 to 20.000 times its own

olume of gas, and the velocity lg at _

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Wash being shown early this Séason. "5

1 A11_t¢i..i and l1ove1§;_iei_r e on Exhibition _ also

Crun'_1’s l Prints ,in

the _ newest-__ '_ pat-

terns. ' I f _

SEE THE _DISL

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PLAY IN oUR W1NDoWs.l=»

James Paton & Co.

‘ PHONE-9 -6

Dry Goods, ,Furniture and Household Furnishings

the rate of about seven mlloe n second. ii speed at which one can travelfrom Leeds to London ln about twenty-sew on seconds. lt’ a man turning ii street corner. meets ii gale of wind blowing at elizlity miles nil hour, lt will 'uimrly upiiot hliu; yot lt only trnvuls about- foi-ty yards ii seco`|i_d_ in stead of sev- en mllea. Thus 150 gales of wlud would have to be met with cumuletlve affect before the veloclty~of-1. _‘high explosive will have to be encountered.

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0 tage ratligr than a blessing.

Issued by

H EAD OFFICE

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_ iefifi ui f 'i ii uiai pi rhsiriiepriu. gi-pgioigiilitbe invegiled t?/Iyaiienlii iansiiibomein Bbt is it invested

1. to yield an income? ore often it is lost ineo`a‘ie_foolish

yenture. This cannot happen to a guarantee monthly

i income. ‘

A large sum, when placed in the hand of an gieixer-

ienced ` rson, is a temptation and often proves a isa an-

Ask for particulars of the Monthly Income:PoIl.dy

The Great-West Life Assurance Co.

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BRANCH OFFICE - - CHARLO'_l`TE'l`0_WN

' HYNDMAN & CO.,

miuaci-ms, 'i>.'n. i. " ” _

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sts

For Good.

Board, Coiiie“§}f`l'lere

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quality and more

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about thelineefwnllboard '

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Rubber Boots for fishermen The

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