Notes Il_y_i;_he Way

Acting Pannier Lapointa man- Ixed to keep enough liberals and

gxessives in the House to stave offl ldefeat. but no soone had Premier} King come back and resumed the leadership ‘than his government;

L‘ t ' Vlao-Ilii I. I. firth Q-LI-llliD-I-O. Ami

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- Illa! Iditao and Innn¢cr.J.'I- Innat-

MONDAY, marten 22, 192s

.-.--vrooo0+o0-OOO¢O0-0'O4

-situatictt was new

been discovered that we have I06! the art of conversation. A writer in a lectnt English publication. under the heading "The Lost Ar! 0f

THE PUBLIC ACCOUNTS

While we uuhesitatlngly and heartily congratulate the Goifirn- Ne"! "P0" ‘he ‘Plemfid flmmcifll Consh-vatiotl," says:

ruuwtug for the past year disclosed "Spcech as it is uttered m the in thereportof the publicist-counts. ygugh and tumble of daily exist we are not blind to the diificultietqellco, 191 a bmkfll- difimllliecied- with which it has been faced or iu-lllfllllefii illlnfl- A 57°“? “i 99"“ the dangers of the present situa- sons-talking together rarely ljlllsll

tiou. During the four years the Bell“ 59mm" °" a" “MW” w “y

was outvoted! And it was on a 11101197 V049. i00- Well. there are leaders and leaders and some of

b _ fo th gvwseistoolmillilrl t em are not so capable asagtfiirrirllzgwnugenaThe B?“ sovemmmm

Was it a good or omen that just as the Premier rewmed the leadership of his "co-operating" followers the Toronto Globe stated that what

the country needed and expectcdldel‘ 1° "'3'"? “P "5 “with” Bu“

was "leadership?" That the Budget will

hroughtdown until after Easter

has been announced by Hon. J. l Mblof the Government.

Robb. the l-‘itrance Minister.

Government was in power the true m" m“? 539' "Hum" mwrmPi-iml- c: Easter means after tho adjourn-

things badly said. of ill

-- outiaged by a series of so-calj _ _ mm ' _ words. The grammar ls frightful. attempt belug-

3i! People do not keep

led surpluses. made to lull the electorate tc- slecll

in the fvud delusion that all was

to the point.

other with irrelevances. |long winded. They will not use .0ne word where a doyen will do ‘Bell aggregation gained Will" by,

denouncing anti defeating the Ar-'

well. and that the-"ltest Efllelll"

meat ever" was at ihe helm. The

‘BKQ. 6H5."

This is probably all true li-i

r drscrwed) bufThe talk is full of loose ends. of ment for that festival wh ‘ chosen this year ou April 4th. be three months after the opening of the painfully slow for They interrupt themselves and each wlwlegfler-s and business m" or-one system over the other. but do The; are Canada all of whom are suspense as to what tariff cltatrges‘ may the t Budget night shall come.

lch comes; That will

session. That is. the importers.‘

present kept In:

sprung upon them when

Slow coaches head the procea-Z

l t

sir-Fart... Patriot thinksthat. the

SAUCE FOR THE GOOSE

tadhered tenaclously m the 9115i"

,‘of excluding Sinking Fund IPDN“

jfiiflliflllg and Capital expenditure. _from its Ordinary accounts in or-

pluses. Now that its opponents are in power it deliberately adds those Sinking Hinds and Capital outlay

Fin order to conjure up a doflcit.

‘If this practice was right ‘when the Patriot. editor was a member it is equally right to follow that course today. And if it was right. at that time. then it is nothing short of political effrnntry to denounce and condemn the Stewart government for doing tthe satire thing today.

l do not claim any preference for

dsciaim against that want. of principle which seeks to make capital against an opposing party for doing the very course they fol-_. lowed themselves. I am Sir_ etc.. POLITICAL HONESTV,

Wllilllli Gf-‘Yt-‘Ylllllefll Pll-‘bllwile for “rough ramrr m0 gerrrrar 1m; W1“ sion in both government and Iegis-lTHE PATRIOT AND THE PUBLIC

an education assessment. a scheme c311 conr-ersauon a "IQSI ay-r-g pew

Iatron. . i mltted that the Cooperating Pro-

At every step it is ad-t

ivhit-h would have relieved thetltetl informed men and women would greBsir-es mu," be consulted “m

financial embarrassment and placed care to admit that the t-Onversation. i our education problem praciicull,\'r3l all 1041i? has "U"! 0" in the hands of the school districts bTlUlfl-WY» elfeelilwn?“ 0T dmml —the best hands to hauile it. llav- 35 mmlnrgd will‘ m“

lug defeated the measure the Bell F9“? “Y5-

at" of by-

irrchanges and what not. bttt the Pro- gressives dispose of them. ‘wonder that cold Molasses" anti and Lhat the

stars propose measures. tarlfft

D01 SO SWEBI.

Sir.—~\\‘ltttt is it that is causing such a. burning indignation on the

tpart of the Patriot and its lnspir- also incomplete ones,

ers in regard to the Public debt? is

Little scre- disappointment responslble form» just w _t u". work looks like progress is- l-sw“. as its flare of fallacy and tn srepres- lrplow the gurus.

emotion? lt may feel anger be-' cause the Stewart government is

Biidgeh ‘he i-‘Tlmlailnot such a rapid debt builder as room he 1mm“ Conversation is M, _‘r-_ r. 151p if point in the session. is delayed. ltrlhe Bell combine. of which its edl- 1mated attempt-s

l DENTISTRY AND MEDICINE

some idea of where dentistry rand the dental profession are head- ing our; be gained, when we learn 11,31 at $3nlg Universities the den- fal and medical students take a grunt many of their lectures toge-

l‘. Th‘s is not hard to understand

no‘ “H” the slewan’ gvtemmen‘ haunt? when we remember that medical ‘and dt-ntal

students must both understand anatomy. physlologi’, t~h~>lulstry' and so forth. but they utust go along together still fur- ther. betouse now u great many of the ailments that attack the enllfe body are known lobe caused by ptlismls from the teeth. in fact our dental friends are doing cou- sftlctuble research work along this line.

in common with medical research lllt'll they are finding that abscesses at the roots of teeth, where the nerve has been killed, may be caus- lug serious heart kidney, and in- t-stinal ailments.

Before the advent of the X ray the dentist went calmly on. killing the ltsrve and filling the teeth, and -t.~t long as the teeth gave no pain he felt that his work was well done.

The X ray showed him that 909! of these teeth where the nerve hati been killed. had no root filling, or

of business ?

t ln other words he is now able to

_ instead ofjust above the gurus. If his filling does not got down to the root of the il._ anti ‘if after re- lzle is not success-

surance Department.

EVER has a policyholder sui- fered loss through the failure of a regular life assurance

company operating under charter from the Dominion of Canada. Can as much be said of any other

The soundness of each Canadian life company is rigorously tested, i and the renewal of its license each year depends upon the result of an examination into its affairs by in- spectors from the Government In-

are trust funds so carefully guarded?

To guarantee the fulfilmcntof policy

Imperial Life greatly in exc

c1355 Every regular

pany is obliged to conform.

_ _ The maintains reserves ess of the Govern-

ment standard.

life assurance com.

pany in Canada mustat all times pro.

vide sccurity of an amount at least

Where else

ing business in

equal to itslisbilitiesto policyholders. The Imperial Life provides security of more than $120 for every $100 of liability to its policyholders.

A deposit is required to be made with the Receiver General by each regular life assurance company do.

Canada. The Gov.

ernment deposit maintained by

G vernrncnt found itself in ourcri _ _ U p i is like one of ottr narrow gauge w" “as '3 nlember- ‘Bu! W111 Bill)" Yul. he can then CClll$Ci€llllOlISiy ex.

- - . ,. hands so ralnpantly as to be‘ ‘r- -t 11 . 1 1 1 . ‘trams when t-he trak d'ft lg“ . " “i ‘L mml» ited characteristic lt requ-ms cul» _ _ L ‘m H altray lL-t iveaknass? Severe dlsrtp- The X ray also slloivs up teeth ,' *,'nttn..'n-‘ ,. ., _, . "I ‘

I l ’ H. iwml smmtor Dime“ i“ "91""! (Talllpoitltntent ls‘ no excuse even that have not come tllrottgh the ma‘ ("l tmgllag‘ ' C‘ Ff? c9 ‘>1 only make half schedule time tot tlnugh its prophesies during lllv: gurus. impacted teeth they are cal- Volubility i.~: a gft but not fear of being derailed. rllye-ell-“fflifltls life ribbed into lugs. Ietl These often cause the severe livre 1s _0!lv of lh9lll.—(‘PflII‘iUl neuralgia ill the face.

Jflllllilll’ tlllli— , The degree of pyorrltoea is like- "He t.\lr. J J. Johnston. K. (‘J wise,- wrll tSiIOWfl by a good X-ra

chttlleugedMr. Myers to stain film. Now as [h9g9 Qonrlifion

to the attdtetlce whether or not cruise general syntptontu you can llvle liabilities 0f the Province rel lly see that the tlenfst and the were greater or less than two pltys clan will often iluve to come and a quarter million dollarsffmgbthvr in the treatment of n and then adding in big black case. - . . it'll“. "BUT MR. MYERS WAS With 't gool \I l“l' fl] l . . .r,,,ll , t] .., _ _ H _ __ _ I I r t t. r)llltl,lIG(iLll _ llflbs l lllfli ° 197M“ 90" lute of hind Scotta b_\ .\lr. BriTlP SIGNIFICANTLY SILENT.’ i-tt and tho dot-tot". tilt» patient is __ m“ “m1 $111111, 113 party‘ 114.1111“, Se“ jum‘ He sum. “Foul, yea” “gm Atttl ltow the Lrberal rom-trncer i! gout: to have one opinion base-ti

_ , _. .rr---lt tl - ~ - .. . . -. ‘new new“ me cuuns and even The an of conversation is 0W_Vr,ren"el_ hmg pronnsed mu mm h" u ttt 0 a mlt that lt “as min on the Lfillbllitllwll ol .tll thtt up

V r iriflillg two million of; dollar's‘ stead of ltaving the opinion of tht~ getting altar some at the potut ul well worth cultivating rt rs one o

The Imperial Life is more than four times the am- ount required by law.

contracts, the Dominion Govern- ment has fixed a minimum standard of reserves to which every com-

THE IMPERIAL LIFE

ASSURANCE COMPANY of CANADA I HEAD OFFICE ~.: TORONTO, ONTARIO

Branch Qffice: Royal Bank Bldg. CHARLOTTETOWN

without sufficient means of curry" 5°" will" but even when a“ mm.”

ing on. and resorted tu the obnox-

iotts poll tax. a tax not only un-

popular but practically tlncollect- Dam)" an t-rt. n01- is it a pleasing or all able, and when collectubleat a cost

How much ls a promise of Frem- CQUPQN >1

ler King or of any of his Ministersl ‘worth under existing conditions? S 1'5 I00 QW-‘ll llle WFP- "he" l‘ The promise may be tnade over run,- 1-‘01 .11 1119 Bait of ||1[Q]l1g.,.ll2‘ili and the prnluiscrs unable to ‘ I it in the morning. A case ltt. point was related i-n tltc Legisla-

. adtpirablt. characteristic. True, v-Ji" ' out of proportion to the benefit de- 4 . 59nd rnc a copy

"of your Booklet,

"A F4" F l." about

tho distill iahln fea turuof The tnperia Lita,

ull‘li!_v may help conversation but rived. Finding it unpopular and a largely uncollectalble the Bell Gov- ernment made "- suck Wm‘ whlchcnce and knowledge it lusts what- to beat its opponents both witb- fiver g

. . . . . - . r l“ v _ _ " ' p t ) g 1e cxpor u ‘ 0 a to t 1s two tn one of dolor-e 0r DPlllHp-s the X-rtly mun» who th u . A ~ount -' ntl ov-, th nrst desirable oi tiUClBi accom- . _ . w. - , , _ , _ _ . . , e g “ ‘ r7 L“ U‘ "e g ’ ‘tee land wood front Canada but by‘ _ s ‘Irvin they anticipated, and til.- tloesut trgl-ep Will ctthcr oi‘ them, crned or administered successfully Dll-“llllltflllfi 11ml may be acqttlrcdvtonutrroiv representatives 0f AnrMYPalT EDYQPDIIlCIlIS. financial All thrs“ fllPfl should ltt-vu a _ terlcan paper manufacturers had i“ ..ttle\enlent IS two million dollar-i l_-Zl"'Il lliill of their ir-"tizllll: toge- them. below the whistling lltlilll. m‘. “mg and he ha“ heliter than the Patriot and its L .1. .i:t"r at the one Cfliiépt‘, _ There isnttu most iltsitlltvtls l_\'|t. ‘sudden! Chan ed h“ l (I ‘n! oral friends thought possible. ‘rs, it l5 being none a1 30111,; 913mg of lutetter..._., ma little. res; t-ittlly wtw Y i! r - lt-l ll ‘ti-w r iwrqllll‘? some PCOTIYOIII)‘, cven Vlf- .1 _t.l.tl'tllvrpl is =0 lllllf‘h comm. m srensr- Wllen operating on till acriztl fll‘ . 35110 Hunger m 111m, 01 111M .. mrt opposing propngotlthsts, 1n tt. shut the idea \\'lii likely with tt gruuutl ctlllllvtlllllt. Zliidglneasufe." That is r1“, w“), u 1_.r___lyl;\yvlll>tzlll'r Oflllllisv 1lrtl!!})i\\'is"1-ri' 211w, r ’llllt~ ivrrtvt- illlfl no llt-sitzttitrtl in . - ' '. ‘ ""7" n ll? i'll‘l0 Pi "‘ lt<lllll.llg illtll ttlipr lusting thrllr- (m. chucked if the Progret-tsltes or the Amen-t’ ,, .1 ._ , _ . . . , l tans are Opposed m what me Pr‘: dict. .19. It s unothcr 0t tllu-"e brlt- 't>rc:lt typos oi this class of t tan ' mlcr has promised.

1._._

under such circumstances, as therbi‘ illllly and DTBCUCE- k Bell Government soon discovered,‘ ll l-‘l Dilfl-SHJU 7199111159 0i Li"? in‘ intelligence of

rterviewetl and so resorted to the ruse of muk-Icreading

int; ends zuppareutly meet by de- Diesel" ‘MY mi“ "m"

8T9 lllOTC

fraying current expenditure at the “ville”

expense of runded debtflplunging by miqegam tver before. lu the Ottawa Jottrnal

nbtliatrt-h liiih wt.- flntl lhis opinion

trxprczssttrl:

ram gems m- maccuracy 1-0,. wh1(_h‘l'il_f‘Ollgll' the gllllllllfir it worried its marmm. 11m 1,. 1",, ., _. , ‘le Libvru] Qfggn f1; 51111311,; zl(\l'{jy‘lll m“ 0""? 563-72608 overdrun'\\'ilil'il, \\'lll.‘ll alltzti-ltt-(ilituuiltiprfviiiifl 't is.~ *1 ‘he Ham‘ 0T Kimlirmi- 35591111131» rt grottutl. will not t-tttlst- tho "\\'v knlw that at lilo last ads‘- mmrlllilflliiyl lllll! li- “35 nol-lntist tt-rrifit: whistling intt-rfer- slofl oi’ lllt- ‘lnglt-slzttttrt; tlp- 1,r11r.i_‘hrtr1gt-tl up as a liability in illFt-lltvc uvt-r all lil‘t‘ll tlf st-vt-rttl city 11c artmlnrgshowed _ _ _ _ __ Wliiili?’rhil‘(7filllll§_ __utllll_ tho wrltt-rppn-ks .,,-,,,,n.,r¢._ Mrrphmp, “r9 Increased liabilities of $329,000." "rmmm 1' i“ “Mk “I'll TOFQQQ. ".19 nun" ttvttilttlilt» at u very rvttr-ltulable NOW the Public Accounts of lb-r-jlwaimw m" ‘rm-lb Th“ "4"" l“ prirt: ivhich it is illipnrtslbln for :|1st_ 1111331’ 1hr. 1M1 year. or Um Ben-still ‘the llIIZY-il‘ 0F it“ "OOIUB- TlWt-vt-lti the lt-ast t-xpt-riotrt-t-tl ti1u-rttt~ ','U\'(‘f‘fllll€lll. shoiwd the Lirthilitles Pa” "J mull V’ 59L‘. illlllmlifll a or to lnatlipttlttic so as to t-tittst- the 1, 1,1. _;1‘791_05_.1v37_ m“! Hm ac_scll0ol_b0y of nltnostt kindergarten 1pm.; r1l1r1uyflr1m 11, ,rr.1,_._1r1,.,rmg‘ punts for 1925. (published ill the"? \ 1mg," imderstaml" m“ ‘he lll=I"lllll\‘1~l-< ‘

patriot) Draws [he pmscm ma“ undrtng of that overdraft by cpn- “muse 1ri11r1en. m 32_048'517_0o_ Th“; Showstvverston into debentures is not an tubes he increase of debt during thdmcreasF o’ ‘he debt m m’ extu“

whole three years of the Sit-ward“ a “"9” “"3" zovertltllent lo be only 8257.457.00,‘.pid flnamfle“ 0t the _ 1r near“, one hundred thousandifllill rcgale the public with The the muxlmttln point of tefficlelltry donar- less‘ than the dreamy U“ fallacy that ‘this transfer from cur-rind this balance t-tttltlot be disturb- .rfl1 pram“. charges against n in rent to rfttndcd account ntakcs it ed by any control tm the set. A1)- I. Sillglp y(-31'_ can them be no re an: atltlltion to the debt. Could any. proximately forty of ttllese ntuch- jrf from 1M5 filrarnrng or rho mm] l-h "K be more FlLiiClliOi|i~I?—-iS it. tllcittes-are installed in (fharltittettnv-ll 1nd [arts-r prntltlct of ignorance or llltlllct: and zlro nightly bringing itl lung Herc is one of illc boos ill the Ami" ii DPPlPlltIs ignorant-o oftllstttllt-c sittiiotls with tzltlrity and the Gasoline Tax ftltltl which nn-vulullto without t-attr-lillg their

language

the country deeper itl the mire. The Stewart (lovcrnnlcllt has hatl to straighten out. tilt: dcplurablc

. stoic of affairs. and the first tiling}

‘S. A. MHCDONALIYS Spring Millinery Opening! TAKES PLACE THURSDAY AFTERNOON, IVLARCH 25th

Mr. Barnjum was a Liberal in those days. ‘but he is not uuw classed asarrmrdctvt sttpptlrttrr til Premier King. After all it is more convenient and satisfactory to follow a pttrty lcatlcr who gives evidence 0f sortie reliability ulltl stability as well as ability.

"Ciiliitlliflllfi tlrt: not good talkers.

, w rt '~ltti' r- ttq-ud it has dune has been the platctng e n?“ H d kw 0N ms A e st

of the funded debt ou n sccurc bas- _ - speakers ls and tltc itllruductlon of an cffic- r 1 pit. but, takuu m the gross. capac- icnt system of ‘book-keeping which “y r

have a few competent

in Parliament and pul-

_illfilll‘llllli.'llll~i thttvtt the nctltrtllizvtl so that they give the full power of amplifirtttitllt it» Yet the stir the wcuk signals yet this ttntpllil- Liberal aunc- cation is ttttttiltlatit-ully bttlttlnt-t-tl at

or expression of dllOlIi-{lll is rllissiug. tln England as‘

finances Tltl-‘t proves conclusively tn most of Europe. conversation is

precise

_ . . 1 . “hm” m ‘l game the “a e of m“ The estimates have been sub-

mitted to Parliament and certain; Liberal journals even In the .\lari- times have expressed their pleas- ure that appropriations have been listed [nr public works and build lugs horc and tilt-re on lilt- nluin laud. iiut wo 'bave not lltlticetl

\

Also at grandfishowiing 0f new mer- chandise as selected in the home attd foreign markets comprising ready-

tltnt it we are to provide for our an rtrt. in Canada, in most cir- l

,futlded debt and carry on efficient- cits, it is utterly deficient. ‘We

Iy the services demanded of an up» have not even the biting and gill“?-

“Hknu provmu “lure rmrunuc 11m“ times ulnuslng slung of our Anteri-

wl, “rm “Queer is necessary“ Ho“. (‘an neighbors. wllllc for the charm

is this to be obtained’! The most practical means is tho brushing of our claims at Ottawa, claims which have been fully demonstrated in the lmglslatttre last week. No bet»

tor opportunity has been nffonded

lire use of the right word, and ihc avoidance of the commonplace. so characteristic of English French conversation, we sulhtlt- ttte dt-cayetl platitudes, or hyper- bole. or tautology‘ or the common- est or second best words."

anti

meats.

for cashing ln on these claims than 1 1 Tilt-re is undoubtedly much truth

‘in this somewhat serious accuse» tion, but. with all due tlefercncemvt- submit_ lt ls too sweeping. The occasional ungrammatical and loose

the present.

There is a warning llcm-ssury ill the handling of the situation. The tornptation will be for the [£81m

‘Mum m so cut ‘m! carve the 95' talker on the platform. in the tlrrtw.

ing room or by the open fire place does not prove the loss of an art. a help. Our public services require we grll] have our 011mm; and our so much money for their adequatebrllliant contversatlonallsts. but if administration and to estimate tbe- we look back over the low this mlniluum is to invite trou- shall find that oralors. poets, bril- bio. Better allow keep within the estimate than cutiwlllfi to Ulla world of otms in flocks lo the bone and then exceed the bl"- Bellemili’ in 91118195- ‘we Sal" estimate through courier; beyond "mil-m!- bY demwau"! °"l‘ °“"" the control or heads or Depart, ago. Nevertheless W9 submit with- out. prejudice and wltltot full con- currence these opinions from wid- ely separated sources. They may

timates for the current year as to make them a handlcslp rather thani

years we

n tnargln and liant converstptionallsts have never

OUR LOST ARTS

Ever, no“, and an", we are soryservo to warn us against errors elnnly and regretfully reminded h wnvemuo“ and “um i“ orawr? ‘and lead us into a more careful lselectlon of phrases and words and

the use of thorn. ‘

that we of ‘the present generation have lost some art. some custom. sour-g blessed oharacteriutlc which sanctified and hallowed former generations. iWe have lost so we are told. the politeness. the urban- Export or mo“ from can“, "T; ll" "c" Fl“ "11"" mwedumped from czaasspoo u. 1m to 9019997 9f "'9 500d 01d ‘W!’ ',Q37.7l5,000 in 1925 while the value veritable pol-adios as seen through”), mum, Qxwrred w“ rrom ‘M "m? ilmm“ "l 1"" "l" °i $2,020,000 In 102a m $0,202,000 in hallowed tradition. It has nowmgg

EDITORIAL NOTEG

any texullttllt. shouts front our Lib

press of Prince Edward island over the generous expenditures to be made within our shores. How- ever, the completiop of the Hudson Bay Railway is on the list all right.

Political co-operation works like that. It has ‘been found more pro- fitable to stand outside 0|‘ the offic- ‘nl Liberal party and give orders that. must be obeyed than it is to be Inside and compelled to obey. A-nd the outside Comparators llavu ‘ull power to enforce their orders holding the life of the Government ln their hands.

Whether this condition of things ls good or bad liar the Dominion is ilnot-her question. We can hard- Iy think the sensible and patriotic men and women of Canada would zhoose this form of government if they bad any alternative choice or privilege. But they have tno al- ternative. The last. thing the Co operatives would consent to is an appeal to the people.