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turbances should hayeuocc-urt at the Hurray liar-bur“ "beefing. preventing a full and freemdlscns- sion of the matters at issue be- tween parties. It appeiri" from the published tcports ‘ihilf-‘bnllf and P

Consprvstive

251i?-

‘rnz BYE/ELECTIONS '

The stage Is now set for

)4 ls quite trufthat the govern- menh expended this alumni. during

candidates and other npql sitar

reed in condemnation of thepBell I

whenthcy

lnariisndooosotnuab Itiyondoroothoaplnlofl oupnonsdby Ilooelvnb ,.DIGOQU.

lam. u.» a Blunder

‘mama - ‘

A $5,$6,

‘A Supreme A inQualitu and Style

Jola’ sfore; -

sas. conisrmz s co ., l nouvncnL -_~==—._~-.=;r

.Fiia Sale

All shades in stock, sold at half price. $1.50 to $1.75 shades for 75c.

3 light fixtures, com- plete with shades $7. 2 light fixtures, com- plete with shades, $6.

8; Mclsaaci 8r Sons

Ifil Queen Strut!

Phone 722-J.

' ierl confidence. that

abyss-elections; the candidates, were I regularly nominated ybsterday iand the issues befor .he electors

i.” d", and y,“ “mum Tbejtbe expenditure was neither a de- ificit nor a debt. Wftb that amount

éelcction is iqrbhe session only, ‘fand sifiar as the winning or Ion-g! of seats is concerned. Willi-i ‘sever the result may be. the Bclii igovernment will still have a in lority and will still be Ih a pool ltlon. for one session at‘ least. t0 carry out it's policy In It's own‘ way whether that way be for the good or the ill of the province.

iTbe ‘byeelectious. therefore. or ivery largely" the passing of a vote ‘of confidence or want of confid- [ence in the Boll government,

i If the people In the vacant dis-i tricis are satisfied thaotbe Bell? igovernment Is worthy of contInu-j it ha‘: acted ltruthfuily and honourabiy v with- tine people. that it has kept m the‘ wrest of it's ability the promises ;ymade before the election, that It's-

iborrowing indefinite sums jmonay without giving any account lof It to the people. they will vote’ for the government candidate. "

tlieve that the

it's pre-eleciion pro--

Boll government has broken imlar-s; that practically everyihlngi git has done since coming . ipower has been In direct onpoatfl

-liinn to it's professed pollrv; that!

BINDER TWINE

Buy The Best -“Silver Leaf" Brand

Guaranteed 550 feet to the. pound and every Hall guar- anteed w give perfect satis- faction.

*2 Carloada of this brand. We are P. E. island Argo-Ills "/'fhe Brantford Cordage 3**°'**niakera of the " T" '—'*=br:inil of T

hf‘ a 7 * ' ia '73- . -

Oal Wholesale .in-'I Retail

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hllcuriui- & 00., ma. ill 1

Ci

ful

A New

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EASTERN A I??? mrslm"

o. a oovssuos emote“ It I s. m. and every Saturday Wednesday trips an vi. l ‘I0 a. m. Thursday. F‘ aliw“! "l!" r0 to lanai? niTURm-Lu a Huston M "I" ‘IVMI Tim!) for Eutport, l

FAR! 010.00 -

l! llltiln notification Is‘ made

‘i, and friends. rather than lh the in-z I

w; will su 'ort the Conservative can-f

it's present road policy which It; violently opposed when In opposi-g _lion is being carried out in the:

interests of contractors. hstzfiers‘

iterests of rihe province, then theyi . . glidaic . ' T record of the Bell govern-, hi. for three years ls before the

peoplc. They know how 2hr Pub’

lllc Accounts have been cooked to,

5

show a surplus that never exist- -eil; they know that the Bell gov-f at it's [compelled to provide for ‘interest.

ornmt-nt. last session was

-- on $200,000 more than yas paid ‘In

iiois; they know that llotwilh-i iivumiihg the claims that the déb' inns been reduced and a siurpitis] produced yearly the debt of the!

confession, increased by 3200.000. In addition to the enormous in- crease caused by the expenditures on the roads of which no ‘ac- cuunt has over been given. Every elector in ‘he provlnceknowg the pro-election promises made bylhe Liberal they know how these promises have riot ‘only hcen broken but shamelessly ile

l riled; they know that from the

candidates;

day the Bell government came in- to power tlll ihepresent campaign the Bell government has. through

It's press and its representatives,

curried on a deliberate campaign tor deceiving and misleading the v people. _ i Knowing sll these things, with the record plainly before them in the Public Accounts. in the Lilie- ral press and by the mouths or their exponents. tlie electors have a clear duty Io perform, a duty to themselves and in the province. a duty to futuro generations of clec= tors and representatives ‘and a warning to all politicians that. henceforth the country's represen- ihilvos shall be expected to deal llflflflllfllbly‘ with those who elect them.

DELIBERATE DEGEPTION

and over again the deliberately misleading statement that the‘ Arsenault ‘governmont..;ha,d.,_ dilrlhs

the uuhrmuhuurqr can; last year]

a ‘Emmi passenger stumars fdq for momma. mu Ind mm

266,000"

Willie; statement ls abso-

.*_‘

the time

a ions government

bfll‘

lths taxes for were always

ipollcy‘ In increasing the taxes and. “"5

be Arsanault

for wharves

autumn. When tlieBeil government came iinio power it summed up all the

mentioned.

government had purchased the supplies for the year. including coal for the vari- buildings. ‘lplies for thorough repairs to Pal-l iconwood Hospital. creosoted and bridilis. teachers’ salaries to date. work on ,ros'du and bridges and in short. all elthe supplier for the current year. - (Moreover they had not collected- the year as these received during the

‘BKDGDIHUITCI for txe eight months; [and called it a deficit. taking no ‘clock In what. hail been purchased

quite true that the expenditure was vouched ifor by the provincial auditor. But

III}

lum~

ofzaccouni of it's expenditures with- out taking stock of what the ex-

u. Oli the other band. they bo- I""""“P*-

"ml clal Auditonnot for an account or

The Pllrint has .-mehréu our

in utriéh rolled. up“; uanFu amply-nature: hnyNi-suujriie

pendiiures had purchased. would by such showing be hopelessly

But this is not all. not even the worst of this 8253.000 "deficit." The government asked the Provin

the eight months transactions. but for the amounts expended during the eight months. The Auditor

gave them what they asked for;

overnment and there seenu. no reason to doubt that the troubio arose from the same cause which aroused the indignation-meetings of two years ago. The deception practised upon the people, the trebled taxes. the dirty indem- nity Grab. are evidently not yet forgotten?

But even the men who looted the "empty" treasury to cram their own pockets are entitled to a bearing! Let them proclaim their own supreme merits and rail. against the "bad Tories“ to their hearts content. lt is not now the Conservative Government that Is now In the dock! They are under the gravest indictments. They are charged with obtaining power by false pretences. decept- ion and fraud and with gross ab- use 0f the power so pained. Let them h; heard; let them ..piead "Not, Gulliy" if they will and make qood their plea if they can. Sure- ly they need a better defence than to proclaim themselves "the Bgst

the “mount and gull . wltrthei-or nota person's taxes are _ M ‘H Govfl-"mnm" naiil. Boiler carry out their pin-

flll hfilld- All)’ 591""!!! 6°71‘ mlses of economy. dispose with ‘ "h uiwlnai and expensive offi-

ln Charlottetown giving au ‘m

BM by a“ means ‘et them be "inln and leave the coIIeclinK

heard! Their defence may be led- lous, boresomo, nauseating, bui give them a ‘nearing. Let It be a falr subject of debate in the pith. lit: ‘ti!!! and at the firesides. is the Bell Government the best we have ever had, or the worst we have had In the past quarter of a century’! What Government before ever so deceived the peo- Dl". broke its must solemn pled- ges, taxed the people, insulted and lordcd it over the people? Wha! government ever before

he could not. do otherwise. The in

. cit - I ti n are given-to the Audi-i “we n a w llore denied the rzght of the peo-

.Dle to reprnaentatioti in’ the Leg- ilniention of using his figures ‘Ollfllalufe, Vining"! the law o‘

people. The figurasfland to do so?

tor in this way with the deliberate

dacalva the

were sproad over the Patriot's

.froni page in‘ caprtai lgttera with}

the deliberate Intention of deceiv- ing the people. and the Patriot, al- though ii knows better. has rte-- peated them over and over again for the deliberate purpose of de- And yet the people are not deceived. they know

calving the people.

‘all. the tricks and all the deccir

lion that have been attempted. Anll even with this the actual

deficit ‘as shown by the Auditor's

statement was only 813734-131 In-

. i i province has been. by their own stead of 3353-53313 B! l0 "BQIIQM"

i I

ly misrepresented by the Patti!!!-

4

THE COAL STRIKE

The Nova 8-6715! coal strike is passion and the only result will be the loss of probably some mil- lions of dollars to thucountry. all increase in the cosliipf living which the strikers must share with the rest of us without a dollar's worth of advantage to them or to us. inallly of destructive strikes will probably be realized only all" a period of starvation and want on

strikes. if only vindication were learned from the present sfrlkfi In the Nay. schtiu ‘it-i-Iuesrthe mil- ha... thht it will cost woitid My. been well invested: lt-Flfilfiglhiflfl Is that ‘every foreignes-of native who

shevlsm in ihIs country should be at once deported as an unrleslr-- able citizen. l-lad this been done when the arch agitator there de- fled the authorities this strike would iiot haveE-mhterlallzed. This lesson also we shalLlonrn eveni- uully blil-pfiilllhiyxflfifll’ infinite in- iury has been done. THE HARVEST The frequent rains of the

few weeks. accompanied as they hail sonar; ‘y b?“ With . bill! '1' .- i;- ‘ ‘. ‘a

winiisa‘ hep’; flap/propagating‘ e

m ‘dupi- sge however. -we_ ‘ii-e informed. ‘i1

past

he Pairiqtaad not |s__ great n’, at first, lured.

ruin-aili-

The absolute foolishness and crlm

the part of those who prerrlltllfllfi

attempts to sow sedition and Bol-

ye

have such evidence of its inex. ut-rir-ni~.e, its biunderlng lflfiflpa. y? What government ever be

Sir, — “f-‘armers’ shore-letter “Somebody Blundered" in a re- cent Issue of the Guardian appear-I to have riled the Patriot's editor somewhat. l-le silt-er does not know which ha should. or pretends not to know, that affairs in the Provincial Tax Depart t are not conducted as they sh uld be. But the many persons who have received threatening notices de- manding payment of taxes already paid. and those upon whom the sheriff has called with a document authorizing him to levy ou their goods and chattels. and in default of‘ payment take and deliver them up to the nearest lailor. while all the while they held receipts show- ing their taxes to have been paid; these people know only too well that somebody blunrlercd. No wonder ir" tries to bluff the people seeing that be was a party to the appointment. at a large salary. of a. chief c'erk In the tax office. aa- sessorend independent LuIIP-‘or. three-in-one official to run that da- partment with the results men- tioned abnve. Oh yes: he is rllert but tlivse who have had to suffer surh inriisniiies. and their frirnris m: well. are also riled A nice slate of affairs, spendinz the peo- ples monev to pay an official who dries not know enouxh to tell

In the hands of Mr. Newbt-ry, a south-man who hna mnnazed ibP business for many years to the satisfaction of all. l am. Sir ANOTHER FARMIJIL

WATCH IT GROW

Sir,——The‘ following dispatch ap peared recently in various papers as far east as P.E.i. and us; far west us Alberta. It emauaierl from Montreal, and was sen‘. as a "special" of date July 25tb:-—

MONTREAL. July ‘lulu. Thatl the pimple of this province are' drinking considerable less

provinces under the system, appears on figures lust Issued. Total sales by the liquor-

the

i What KOi/ernmeni ever’ before {shut clown rpublic utilities

commission of this province for]

Jho past year was valued at $15.- ; 1000.000 whiledor Manitoba. with I ia population of only-one

fourth

that of Quebec. sale of liquor iu|

ithe same period totalled 812.263.- !,>l2. In British Columbia, with a] likellmpulation of the mussel mud plant ai Hiidgcll

about one Jifth, lhatof Querbecanrl where the liq-

innd the Dalton Sanitarium? whmluor situation is much the same

Rfivernment here or elsewhere in

lildseshln of the Supreme Court. to provide a place for one of its own members? What government

F0 lezialated the taxpayer's mon- ey into the pockets of minisierh and their supporters? What gov. ernment ever before so. ylgglgcted "If!" Public duties. or maintained

for years a feud and scandalous quarrel between its own mem- bers? ‘

Thane are exclusive ear- marks 0f ‘he Bell Government. Let the electors search the records of

all our governments. Liberal and Conservative for 25 “yearn

Past and see If they can find a parallel for the record of this w. called Bestct Governmental it cannot be found.

But l0! them have a hearing! Let thcm tell ‘zow wise and good and unselfish tncy nrg flllr] how $001M!" and Wicked are the “had Tories." Some Ihiugs they may W789i to mention. but hear whuf. "WY have to say. Some Govern. merit or httier- not the Bell gqv. arnmenh- caritlad Canada, and Prince Edward island through the 3""! Wnl‘. gave us the Car Ferry Ind Ibroke our ‘winter chuckles, saved our representation In Par- Illment from further reduchpm ""4 l0! for the Province an add. mien of 8100.000 for all lime to our federal lubnldy; Th, "m, w" then auspicious for inst-gaging m‘, pay of membsrs supporting the government. The revenue had been increased 25 per cent without tax- "II "to people. Later, the war 0v". the cost of living enormpug. Iy Increased, and stlll the "bad Tories" dld not illbflllgjhg mam "fflf Pay or iirnpou a pointy-l,

I

,. . power in raising the bowed heads of the tall srain which wentdown under lthefipressura of rain and wind. There may be some dam- aited straw but the grain is ripen- ing nicely and, ‘although there any ba more difficulty ill harveiF

11g It. there will be little setiia1.;,|,>yd_ guy,“ 1mm“ "m" m

u, of grain,

I'll (Fanatic ever Imposed a pfQ ‘"1013! iwll~ tax? What govern- ment beforr- created a mum“

ever before In this Province evcr'

11s here, total sales for the year‘ reached 814.000.0110."

The Charlottetown Guardian. us, ually careful and reliable, publish} cd this dispatch under tho head- line “Quebec drinking less Liquor than any Dry Province."

The writer of this letter see-l

fng the dispatch decided in lu- vesiigate the facts regarding Manltoba,. the only "dry Pro-

vince" named Mr. J. N. Maclvean, chief inspector, writes that the "xact amount of liquor (Including beer‘ sold under prescription In Manitoba in the year ending 31st of January. 1922. s-as 13195.29 gal Ions which fizured at $4.00 a quart [Quebec price) would bring In $291,084 instead of $l2.263.912. This figures out at. more than 4000 per cent of the actual!

‘How did such a whopper come to‘ be told and retold?

ll. seems a Calgary paper stur- ted It by saying that Manitoba has sold on prescription 510.993 gallons or 492.707.7i gallons too mflYlY Bcfwrdlng to the [official fig urea.

A Saskatoon paper turned this IMO llllafts by multiplying by 6 Instead of 4 Hills again adding 59 PM cent. The Montreal dis- imtcher taking this at its face value multiplied this enormous fiiz "To by 54-00 ilivlnz tho result of $122631"; lumping DPBI‘ and all Ht Quebec's price for Whiskey, namely $4.00 per quart ‘bottle.

Thus Intentionally or otherwise dry KMIUIIIOUTR drink bill is made to appear almost. equal to wct Qll6b6c'_s wlib four time sihe po- pulation! Nexti 3

I am "Sir. etc. ,

J- 0- NWIMI‘. Gun’: beqflethry.

Social Survico Council _of Jclailllttikii.

PB"! r5corda..l..oi ‘them ‘hair; the

k001i "thing that.- the government which claims lo be “The Best" has done, one oasis-In thwbarveu 1188011- of H1811’ doingg, W9 d9- sire-that they may have full cre- dit for It. Lei. what. the Conserva- tlvewGovernment did in its time- a time of great difficulty, because (rf the War-iv also ‘be . ldiriy/ con- sidered. The Bell Government is the prisoner in the dock. 1t‘ may avail little That other govern- monis- _h_ave_ __ dope better than it has’ doiio. fie! the electors try. the Government fairly. on its merits and demerits, and may

‘Ourifafome these Pmvllli ' i=8. the sea naturallkash for RED

want very heat-

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Klondike Gold Rush IIas Silver Jubilee

‘Twentydlveyears ago. July 17.

events in the history of the West-— ‘an event which profoundly influ- enced the history of the entire PaciflcCoast from tae Arctic Oc- ean southward. lt was the arrival at. Seattle of the steamer Portland

oi whom carried ashore a "poke" of gold from the Klondike, a tribu-

rary oi the Yukon Just eight of the Alaskan boundary. That gold was

material “proof that rumors 'of the great strike made by Blll Cormack in the preceding summer true, and it started a stampede

surpassing that of Lao California

argonauta half a century earlier. immediate eflects were almost magical. not only in Seattle; but all

along the Pacific Coast, and they were felt in the East and even in

foreign countries. The free silver campaign of 189B had turned the minds of the people to gold alonu with silver. Hosts of people were ready to grasp at any chance oi bettering their shrunken fortunes.

WIIIQFIA vague belie! pruvailed ma‘ ‘uwmos’. cities an ordinance forbids the than are the people of the "dry" aska was a land of vast,- untouched uttering of [he sidewalk‘ n mus, PTQFCFHWM‘ wealth, and it hadbeea supported be admitted ma,” compared with

by LAG sight of steadily Increasing quantities oi gold brought. back from Forty-mile, near the Yukon.

[and b)’ We "911 lode dwelopmcmsdooklbg neat. As for the parks, no

around Juneau.

A New Land of Gold

‘in a day hard limes were for gotten. all minds were on Alaska.

which was regarded as a mcrc ex .

Lention of the Klondike, and thous- ands set out. though the short Northern Summer was nearing its end when they arrived. Dawson in a Iew months became a great. hustling city Wild all the character- istics, good and bad, of a pioneer mining town. The north-bound stream grew lu 1898 to a might)‘ flood, which narrowed but unbroken stream when it climbed the precipitous Cliilkoot pass to the lakes which ioriii the heat. waters of the Yukon. Every Pacific Coast port outfitted Klon- dlkers and ran steamers to Skag- usy, Portland taking a band _wit.i the old steamer Elder. The flood oi‘ husky manhood was made up of

From Dawson the gold-seekers scattered down the Yukon and up every tributary. They landed far- ther west and penetrated the mighty Mount McKinley Many took ths“sea_ route; to_St_.

t.lie Yukon, and some ol them stray- ed up [.19 beach oi'_Beariiig Sea to the Seward {Mfinflllj They. found

the Koyukuk, Cpo ' ‘inlet and in profusion in the each sand at Nome, which supplied characters and-plot for t ‘r llcx Beach's "Spoilers." Tlioy [glut-z tpundi-inuch more-wopperwh he l‘ er of that

‘ niinitl, coal in great beds iii the

-i-.—-s-i-— r sumo region. many seepage-s of oil, Le; l)", elem,“ who p; '3}; oatl iertliu valleys where any. i0 you, calmly Cami-pg égyQh‘ .iln'g would Brow-land where 2i.