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Millinery, Mantles,

Furs, g Dress Goods, Silks,

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Preeldent ....-.~.......... .....-......... A. A. Bartlett Managing Editor .......................... J. R. Burnett

It has been said. that we in the New World-for America

is still new-are wasteful in our methods of work and liv-

ing as compared with the older countries of Europe. The charge is too true and while there are maiffgood reasons for it, there are also good reasons why we should now overcome it.

Our forefathers came to a new country, a country in

which farm land was abundant and cheap. They found large, almost limitless farms awaiting them, and practically for the asking. Free farms carrying a nominal burden of annual rent and for the interminable period of nine hun- dred and ninety-nine years, looked like a bonanza, and it was.

Why should men waste time ln clearing and cultivating

difficult portions of their farms while there were easier

- places in abundance? And they did not. It was the cus- ! torn to waste land, for there was abundance of it, and the

custom lingered. We have not yet recovered from it. Around the fences alone on many of our best farms there is more waste land than is owned by many of the farmers in the thickly settled countries in Europe. True, these waste places are being gradually reclaimed, fence spaces are being more carefully utilized, but in too many cases waste of this kind is very evident.

Perhaps the greatest waste of all, however, is our habit

of spreading our operations over too much territory, occu- pying more land than we can work economically. On every farm there are a few well fertilized fields, fields that, on account of their nearness to the buildings or to the sea or other sources from which fertilizer can be procured cheaply, arc kept up to a certain measure of fertility, while thc great body of the farm. the “hack fields" are left to pasture, etc., and, being neglected, are not fit even for pasture.

These are only some of the wasteful habits we have

inherited from the pioneer days. The remedy is intensive cultivation, the occupation of only as much land as can be properly worked.

Land is mgro valuable in Prince Edward Island today

than ever before. It has become valuable through the im- proved mcthods oi' agriculture now practised and as those methods become more general land values will still in- crease. Our improved means of transportation, the car ferry especially, and the elimination of the “three short hauls" are factors which will make for increased land values. lu view -of these developments wc need to look closer into our methods, and to improve them still further. Agi‘ic1il`iiireliasliecomc a science and we must take advan- tage of every opportunity to acquire a mastery of it.

Through our trained agricultural experts we arc in cou-

stant touch with thc Agricultural'(_‘olicges and the Experi- mental Farms of the Dominion ami we can find out for tho asking, the best methods of cultivation, the most profitable crops, etc. But success in farming, like success in the commercial world, depends upon the prevention of waste, waste of land, waste of labor, waste of seed, waste of inferior live stock, and the trend of all our agricultural training is in this direction.

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BRiTAIN’S ARMY

In reading the daily reports of the war and realizing day

after day how little we know of the actual conditions nt the front or of what the leaders have "up their sleeve,” wo are upt to become discouraged and pessimistic.

We know that for over a. year recruiting has been going

on steadily and we wonder what the recruits are doing. We forgot the time it takes to drill and to equip an army, forget what it means t-o prepare munitions by the thous- ands of tons, to make guns, to invent new devices. But this has been going ou with little interruption sinco Aug- ust 1014.

An exchange points out that when war broke out the Bri-

tish Army stationed in the United Kingdom available for service abroad consisted of about 165,000 Regulars. The Reservists, the Special Reservists and the Territorials who were at once summoned to thc colors numbered not less than half a million men, so that before the call was sent out for Kitchcncr's new army, at least 665,000 were under arms. Mr. Asquith announced in thc House of Commons that since the outbreak of war an aggregate of not far short of three million men had enlisted in the army und navy. The navy has taken probably seventy-five thousand men, so that the total military strength-not allowing for losses-brought by Great Britain to the allied cause has been a trifle under 3,600,000 men. The losses up to August 21, in killed, wounded and missing were 381,983, which must have been increased in the interval to slightly over 400,000. There must be a further allowance for those who have died from natural causes and for the sick, but the total of these two items would not be over 100,000. After making all reasonable deductions, there would seem to ho at least 1,300,000 men still avaliable for active service. Of this total it would appear that between 700,000 and 750,000 men are now in Belgium and France, where they hold about fifty miles of the battle front. Of the number in the Dardanelles. in Egypt, in Mesopotamia and in tho vari- ous African spheres of operation there are no records. lt is not at all likely that more than a quarter of a million British soldiers are employed in these regions, for the Indian army. the troops of the South African Union, and of Australasia have been used largely in Asia and Africa, as well as in the Dardanelles.

The troops now under arms and awaiting orders in the

United Kingdom cannot, therefore, number less than two million men. This great army will be called upon to make good the losses of the million men now actually at the front in the various spheres of operations, and to pro- vide a striking force for the offensive of the Western allies when it takes place. As more than half of the wounded ultimately rejoin, it is not unreasonable to suppose that Brltain's net loss in killed, wounded and captured will he less than 30,000 a month from now on. For the big push of the Allies on the Western front next spring. should it be

delayed that long, there should he at least twp and a half million British troops avaliable, apart from the contingent of Canada and South African troops promised hy Botha. The Australians will be kept busy maintaining the strength of their army corps now at the Dardanelles, which has suffered exceptionally heavy loss. Canada should soon have 60.000 men at the front, with about 100,000 in reserve to make good wastage and in training. The writer of the Survey in the exchange referred to believes that the

armies of the United Kingdom and the overseas Dominlonn

will prove the decisive factor in the war, although up 1,0 .

the present time they have not taken a greet part in it. Britain will begin to exert her full strength when both France and Germany are putting their last reserves into" the struggle. Only a few men in the confldeixce of Lord Kitchener know where Britalu's full strength will be exert- ed. But there is undoubtedly a dramatic surprise lu course of preparation' for the enemy.

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THE P.E.ISLAND ELECTION

The Fredericton Gleaner says that the people of Prince

Edward Island value and appreciate the progressive and the enlightened policies which have been followed by the Mathieson Government since'it came into power ln 1912, was very satisfactorily demonstrated yesterday, when that Government was given a renewed lease of power by a, sub- -stantial majority. All the members of the Government retain their seats by handsome pluralitles, and the leader of the opposition, Mr. Benjamin Rogers. a former Lieuten- ant-Goveruor ofthe Island, failed not only to carry his party, but failed oven to secure a seat in the Legislature himself. The result of the polling is a striking endorsa- tion of the Mathieson Government, of which they may justly he proud. i

Notwithstanding the "catchy" nature of the programme

laid out by the opposition as a bait for the electors, it failed to work, and at the last moment the opposition cali- didate abandoned all pretence at criticizing the govern- ment’s record, and directed their energies to three pointsc- (1) the oats supplied for the army field service, (2) the oysters, (3) expenditure of the Dominion agricultural sub- aldy of $26,000. They had no substantial case to put for- -ward against the Government in any of the three points, but what they lacked in facts they more than made up for in imagination, innuendo and misrepresentation.

For twenty-one years prior to 1912, the people of the

Island went through an era of deficits, despondency and despair, and had almost forgotten what progressive and enlightened government was like. The three years during which Premier Mathieson and his colleagues have control- lcd the Island‘s affairs have been marked by much legisla- tion of sound and substantial value, and the statesmanlike qualities that the members of the government have display- ed have earned for them the fullest confidence of the electors, who have no desire for a return to the times when the public services were starved and matters were allowed to drift along any way so long as the Liberal party could remain in charge of the treasury. The Mathieson Govern- ment is u government of progress, and the voting yester- day shows that the people know a good thing when they eco it, and intend to keep it. They are convinced that conditions under the Mathieson Government are infinitely better than thcy could possibly be under any other regime no\v in sight, and they are content to let Premier Math- ieson finish his work.

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THE PATRIOT’S COWARDICE

The Patriot having carried on one of the most outrage-

ously virulent anti lying campaigns lt was possible to -conceive has been defeated and disgraced. It now pleads that the past should he forgotten, and business as usual be the slogan.

We kno\v exactly what that means -on the part of the

Patriot and may best. he illustrated by a story:

When the late O'Donovan Rossa first came to America

the lfenians were in pretty had repute.

In a hotel lounge one day a man attacked the Fenians

`ai\ii'I-Ioine`Ttiile1‘s' liitiefrly, and he wound 'up by shouting: "Show me an Irishman, and I'll show you a coward!" While the crowd was applanding this sentiment,

(l’Donovan Rossa got up slowly from his rocking chair and walked up to the speaker.

“W,hat did you say, i`rlend'.”' he asked.

The orator started, he bit his lip, then he rcpeated`in

low, tremulous tones:

"I said show me an Irishman, and l’ll show you a

coward."

“l'm an Irishman, ” shouted O’Donovau _Rossa fiercely. “And I‘n1 a coward,” said the other man, and he turned

and dashed out of thc door.

The Patriot has been similarly bombastlc and similarly

quick at retreat. _ ,

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NOTES

Gcrmany`s delay in answering the last American note

may be due to the shortage of submarines.

If the Mathieson Government has not completely

crushed its adversaries itat least comes out of thc conflict with all the honours of war. its majority, without being great, will be sufficient to eilicaciously administer the affairs of the province.-La. Patrie.

The North German Gazette publishes an nnswcr to thu

recent statement of Sir Edward Grey. The defence of thc llelgian invasion has now been reduced to thin: “The excitement over the morals of n violation of a seventy-five ycar-'old treaty made for entirely different purposes was ridiculous."

Everything looks wcll for a splendid opening of the

Provincial lflxhihltlon to-day. The entries were still pour- ing in fast last night. Mr Smallwood, Mr Ilcartz and their assistants were kept busily employed all day. The fine weather. too, shows every prospect of lasting. Although farmers all over the Island are busy getting in tllcir crops, still it is not anticipated that this will affect the attendance to any great extent, and the arrivals by last night`s trains and steamers indicate a large attendance of visitors from our sister provinces.

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Our store offers you unequalled facilities for choosing

Anything for Furnishing the Home

The newest designs are here for you to select from

and no house in the business can give you lower prices in any line.

No matter whether you want the goods right away,

next week, or next month, you’re invited to come here and look around, see the large stock and grand values we have, Even if you do not want to buy at present, but just desire to get an idea of what it will cost to get what you need, come in and we will do our best to furnish you with all the information necessary without putting you under any obligation whatever, and we prepay the freight on all orders of $10 or over. -

Visitors to the Exhibition are welcome.

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EVERYBODY WELCOME

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TODAY.

0, when the world is dark

with dreadful trouble.

And untold horror hovers

in the air,

And all our grain breaks like

an empty bubble.

Still God is there.

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fear of things abhor-

“ATTENTION” ,

Exhibition Shoppers

Wha't°‘;{_-,Mug sem 0, Our big cash sale of Classic Shoe Samples will be held all Exhibition week-

sorrow everywhere.

While slaughter. plague, and

famine use their war-

Ladies’ Missies’ and Children’s Boots, at a great reduced price. Exhibition shop-

rm- Pefs Wm do We" bi’ attending this big money saving shoe sale.

Were God not there!

Fear not that after all our

happy hoping

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on his lair.

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regions groping- ,

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