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_ilirariririaiulrr Guardian

/"T`\

Head Office at Charlottetown, Branch Ofliul at Summer-

oido, Alperton, Sourio and Montlguo.

London Office. Marconi Homo, Strand, W.C.

Dubocription Phone .....132-2 News and Edit. Day Phone 183

Advertising Phono . . . . 182-3 News and Edit. Night Phono|...... . . . . . . 1325133

President A.A.BartIott

Managing Editor... .. R.lurnott

I’r<11>,\v, Fr:BRt'.xRv 4, 1916.

CIVIC ELECTIUN

The civic election campaign is no\v on and the

caurdiilates are all lined up ready for action. In only one ward has the representative been elected by ac- claniation, namely, \\'ard Two. in which Dr Ledwell had a walk-over. .\ll the sitting niernliers are out for re-elet'1i<in with the exeeptioii of Councillor Riley, who i- running for the .\layoralty against _\lr l’. S. Ilrown.

The new carnliilates in the various wards are well

known citizens and men of public spirit and sllould give the sittiiig members a close contest and probably in some irisfaiices defeat them.

There are no burning questions before the electors

and little prospect of any exciting contests. I:`.vidently it is a ease of rnen. not measures, all along the line. :ind this being the case, it is difficult to recommend cainlidates or i`orec:\st the result with any degree of certainty. .\ great deal must depend upon the personal eziiivas of the eandidzites themselves and the esteem in which they are held in their respective wards.

For the .\lnyoralty it was thought at one time that

.\l r I), _l. Riley, “ the man \vho holrls the purse," would liave :i walk-oier, lint the many friends of Mr P. S. llrown have per-nailed him to enter the field and he is lighting for the position on his record of six years as a City Councillor. when he \vas instrumental in intro- ducing the Public \\`orks Department of the Council and the ailoptiriii of ri .sewerage system. Both candi- dates are sufficiently well known and their records as public rnen need no canvas. .\lr Riley has for _years lit-en looked nprin as the safe man at the Council Board. lie has looked after the finances in a inanner creditable to hiinself and beneficial to the comnninity. N0 doubt he and .\lr llrowri \vill conduct the campaign fairly and squarely. and may the best man win.

The \\'ater Conirnissiorrers, .\Iessrs i\IcCarr0n, ;\Ic-

llonaltl and .\le(iregor have been re-elected without opposition. They are three good men and true and have given excellent service during their past t\v0 _vears of office and have been closely identified with the \vaterworks since their inception, certainly Mr .\lcl)o11ald has.

nisrrncr nr-:Tiii-:(sENrA'1'rvr-:s

.-\niong the activities p1'oi11oted and encouraged by

llre .-\grieuliural Instruction Act, now in its third year of operation, having co111e into force in june 1913, :is detailed in the Report recently presented by the Corninissioner of Agriculture, and which can be had on application to the Publications Branch, Ottawa, there is none that exceeds in infiuerice and usefulness the work done by the District Representatives. Their duties are inanifolrl and unceasing, but their helpful- ness in the agriculturril industry is abundantly testified to in every district where they have been appointed. and there are now .45 of them in Ontario alone. It, is theirs not only to lie ever ready witli counsel and advice on farming subjects. but also to manifest a live and active interest in_every undertaking having for its object the better cultivation of the land, the increase of productiveness, the development of the live stock industry, the improvement and extension of education- al facilities. the social uplift of the people and the wel- fare of the agricultural community generally. In short their usefulness can hardly bc overestimated, and towards their support the funds forthcoming from the teri-inillion _dollar grant provided to be distributed among the provinces during a term of ten years under The Agricultural Instruction Act, is largely' devoted. All this is frilly detailed in the Report of the Com- missioner previously referred to and which affords instructive reading. Taking the provinces separately we find that ,the amounts directly utilized for this

purpose in 1914 were:

I‘rir|ce F.ilwnr1I Island $ 4,000 f_,_i1ielici' _. 10,000 (_)ntr11"iii 80,000

In most of the other provinces the system has not

yet been organized under the title of District Repre- seiitalives, but in all of ilicrii thc funds allotted find a somewhat similar disposition in fumishing means for the promotion of demonstration work. In Nova Scotia $4,200 was so employed in 1914, and in New Brunswick $14,200 under the title of travelling in- SlI’llCt0l’§. In Mnnifnhn tina.-znrfle nf $11-snnn AC elm

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The grants under the Agricultural Instruction Act

being supplemental to those from provincial and other sources make many things possible that otherwise would be considered impracticable by reason of the expense involved. In particular are they /valuablg in the prosecution of the higher education iff agriculture. ily the help of these grants not only are agricultural colleges and schools made more efficient in equipment, but it is made possible to pay men of first-class infor- mation and experience salaries becoming to their station. Further graduates who have passed with honours and obtained degrees in our own colleges and universities are induced to stay in their own country rather than to go abroad in search of remuneration to which their ability entitles them. Indeed, several good men have already been repatriated and have accepted lucrative engagements in ffie land of their birth. How fur the funds are being used in this direction is indi- cated by the following appropriations made from their allotments for 1915-16 by the different provinces immediately for schools and colleges, apart from ex- tension work, short courses, demonstrations, etc;

Prince Edward Island $10,050 Nova Scotia 27,500 New Brunswick 16,500 Quebec 60,000 Ontario 93,813 Saskatcliewan 22,800 Alberta 38,000

Manitoba and British Columbia apply portions of

the fund in a similar way, but through tfie public, normal and high schools, and thus the grants appear under another heading than agricultural schools and agricultural colleges.

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DRIFTIN6 FROM HOME _

\\`hat are \ve doing for our young people? This

is the question uppermost, as it ought to be, in all our charitable organisations, in our churches, our church societies, among our pastors, teachers and our charit- ably and philanthropically disposed r11en and women, lay and professional. The motive behind thc question is a worthy one, -worthy of Christian manhood and womanhood, worthy of the best that is in us. ,Our “ young people ” of to-day will be the husbands and wives, the fathers and mothers, the pillars of our churches and schools of a few y_ears hence. \\1`liat are \ve doing to fit them for the duties they are so soon to fulfil?

Let it be frankly admitted that, through the organ-

izations and the individuals above mentioned, very much is being done and with the most praiscworthy motives, praisewortliy but often misdirectcd and mis- chievous and ruinous. The most casual observer will admit that, for sornereason or another, the home life is rapidly becoming a thing of the past, entertainment -so-called--is sought anywhere but in the home, the evening at home is the irksome one and when a “ good time ” is looked 'for it must be anywhere else than home. There arc, of course, many exceptions to this. inauy homes that are dearer to their young people than anywhere else, but thc rule is as stated above, away from home for a “ good time." -

This was not always so, and if it is so now-and

we believe few will say that it is not~therc must be a reason and the reason should be ,sought out rind carefully examined. \\"hat is it, then? \\"hy has the craze for entertainment grown so abnormally in recent years that even our school work must be made palat- able to our children; that even our church services must be made entertaining. \\'hy is it that booksellers and librarians tell us that seventy-five per cent. of the books read to~day are works of fiction, and that seventy-five per cent. of those read are the vcriest kind of trashy, wishy-washy sentimentalism? Examine the books in our Charlottetown library to~day and you will find that the best books show little if any evidence of having been read, while every page of the lightest novels is scarred and thumbed with stains that tell of eager perusal.

One reason for all this is that \ve are doing nothing

to counteract it, if indeed we are not encouraging it. We are multiplying our social entertainments, encouraging the away-from-home habit and plac- ing the emphasis on everything but the home and, too often, on everything but the intellectual. Through overfeeding with away-from-home entertain- ment and trashy literature our young people are be- coming intellectually dyspeptic and unhealthy, as far as home life and solid literature are concerned; just as one fed on sweets and Condiments, iinstead of whole- some, nourishing food, becomes physically dyspeptic, unhealthy and unfit for the active duties of life.

And thc away-from-home and the entertainment

habit acquired by the young people will follow them into their maturcr years. The new home of their own, to which, naturally, all young people look forward, will soon lose its charm and the habits acquired in youth will reassert themselves. Husband and wife will tire of home life and they will look for their entertainment and amusement elsewhere; the husband will go to his club or to his boon companions, the wife to her " bridge party " or, if that be inconvenient, will spend tier nights in loneliness in her home which is no home. .

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Sir:-ln reply t0“'l'eochor“ tnyeaterday

momlngh Guardian we admit that the mower to the problem; tn' which he re- fsrl, should be'“The proportion of mslol to females ls 31 to 40” and not "40 to 31" an was stated in the 'Deo- chero' Magazine; and "Teacher" ad- mits that the work is correct. Now, would lt not be possible that the prin- ters ln 119134113 up the type, of the then editor of the Mathematics Department. (who V by the way is now on native service) in his burn of preparing the copy for the prlnterl. inadvertently transposed the words “males” and females" or the nilmborl “'31” and "40"? We are not urprlsod that a few errors crept in known

s un to ua for the th edltorln

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chief, whose duty lt would have been to notice and correct' auch errors, ans- wering tbe call of u more important duty, that of his King and Country, en-

latted. md we were left without an

ber with the limited time at our

n disposal. as best we could In 1-|1820 tr and we trust that “Teacher” will be satisfied with this explanation. A similar explanation applies to the other p blem to which he refers ln conf

edlfior-ln-chlef, to bring out the first um ' '

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g times we are not complaining

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be which is the total amount of the Sink- ing Funds on hand. These Sinking Funds, except a small amount which is ted in the Royal Bank of Canada and bear 4 per cent interest. The City Inst year issued $30,000 debentures. Of this amount $13,000 was spent for mucadamlzlng streets and laying con- crete side-walks, $9,000 of the amount was spent for putting down the storm

ro . cluslon let: us say that the prime ob ject. of the Teachers' Magazine is to help teachers in their work. and our aim is to make every succeeding num-

ber of the publication better than the last one. With this in view, we wel- come ~ provement and we now take this op- portunity of* thanking “Teacher” for drawing our attention to the errors ln the December issue.

criticisms and suggestions for lm

Thanking you Sir, for your valuable

SDECB WB ITG,

Sir, etc.,

THE TEACHERS, MAGAZINE.

Charlottetown. February 2.

CIVIC FIIIIIICES

Sirz- The printed volume of the Ac- \untg of the City of Charlottetown for ` e year 1915 were issued to the pub- 1 esterda forenoon and from the

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luirrled review which I have been able to particulars which may be of interest to

make of same I note the following

lie citizens: The total assessed val-

of all real estate in the City amoun-

ed to $3,330,170 and the total liabili- ies on debenture account for City wa-

ter and sewerage purposes amounted

o $639,500 But from this there .should

deducted the sum of $54,378.74,

still held in debentures, are inves-

ewer and 600 for the Motor

S. $4.

Sprinkler. There would still be a balance of $3,400 on debenture account. which lt' lg difficult to find from the published 'accounts how it was spent. The ordinary expenditure of the City lust your amounted to $51,110.83. This

um included $13,849.32 for interestand

discount. There was paid to the School Trustees $l5,430,27 and the Finance Committee shows a surplus on the ear`s transactions of 118.46

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The report of tho Commissioners of owers and Water Supply shows that

S there are 2,500 dwellings, stores etc. S

upplled by the City Water System

and 1,183 buildings are connected with the Sewerage System. The total ro venue collected was $30,234.76, an ln- crease of $804,16 over the previous year., The expenditure on mainte- nanco account was $13,232.35. which left an excess of revenue which was paid over to the City Council of $17,0- 02.41 and the Cornmissloners point out that this amount is $7,869.91 more than the combined interest on water and

ewerage debenture-s afloat.

I am, Sir etc.,

- TAX PAYER.

i1uuNr_HrnBrrir

Three Young Ilan Joined 105th ut Tuesdays Recruiting lasting.

A successful recruiting meeting was

held last night at Mt. Herbert when three young men signed on for active service in the 105th Battalion, namely Wallace Farquharson, Stewart Higgins, and Fred Dixon. The speakers were Rev. Dr. Fullerton. Judge Stewart and Lleut. C. J. Stewart". while excellent solos were given by Messrs Mclnnls tlampbeu auil J. A. Moore. The Charlottetown visitors were most. hos- pleably entertained by Mr. and Mrs. J. Walter Jones and all speak In the highest' praise of the kindly treatment and generous welcome extended to them not only by their host and hos- tess of the evening but by all whom they met.

READY-MADE PUDDING

Mix two tablespoonfnls of flour wIth_

it little milk, boil one pint and pour over the flour. add one eg and bake half an hour. `

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PAYING OUR DllTO.'

Any man making it pretence at being

honest will try to pay for `W?t he gots. But having adtnlttotl t 6 .illit- ness of the claim that he do lo lil ml! be surprised at the wildnuu df tho ap- plication nf the principle thotilal at the bmi or it. 'riie earth pun, for what it gots-the min and .thrown- ahlne. and the breezes uf' hoiven- with iniltfuinesa waiving lrnllub. urls and hiueeoms aiiii fruits. and the smil- lilll Rreen of nelrls. it ll,',1i0t1,f 1110"! Immun ru-.Ivo-t- ..|........» -..A a\.¢m» \u_

All Steel

(Continued from page one.) November 1. and at least 5.555 mouth ily thereafter. Usual Inspection charges. Shall we proceed! If so. please arrange line of credit through Canadian High Commissioner and in favour of Deputy Minister of Mllltla and Defence, Canada. Specifications 15-pr. just to md, Price inter. Please answer. Committee walt. _

I may Bly that laterye llrrnnged to

have the credit note placed to the erod- lt of the Shell Committee in Canada. and not as is suggebted in this mes- sage. The price of $8.65” arrived at by the experts ofthe Militia Depart- ment who made their calculations with the assistance of machinists and large steel workers throughout the country. Another cablegram follows. from the Militia Department to the

War Oillce. dated Septgamber 18:

Committee reports 1 0,000 shrapnel

15-pr. shells. price $8.30 each, deliver- ed at Montreal. Assuming proceeds with 18~pr. first, can make delivery of 18~pr. already cabled, and follow with 20,000 15-pr. November, and 30.00 per month thereafter.

I should like the House to note that

we made the offer of $8.30 for the 15- pounders and $8.55 for the 18<D0\lD¢|' ers. On September 19 the War Office cabled as follows:

With reference to your telegrams

numbered 132 and 133, we accept the prices as offered for 100,000 each 15-pr. , and 18-pr_ shells. -Please pro ceed. We trust you will ensure punc- tual delivery.

At that time the Shell Committee

was formed and until they were dis- solved some time ago, took over en- tire control of the whole business. Neither directly nor indirectly did the Mllltla. Department or I as Minister of Militia ever interfere lu any Sl\i1D0~ form or manner with the contracts. 01' with the price. In each instance the price was fixed by the British Govern-

ment. _

At, this same time, 1 obtained many

offers from American firms. I will take one as an example. to show Whal- credlt. ls due the Canadian manufac- turer for standing by his 811115 ¢0 help the Empire, as compared with the concessions asked by United States and other manufacturers. which were really freely conceded to them by the British War Office. Our manufacturers never got one cent. of bonus, never got one cent of cash payment, never got anything- They took their own risks, put in the machinery, turned out the shells with their own capital and under their own arrangements, and delivered the goods; I will show before I have finished that they delivered the goods at a lower price than 11115' other country, not even excepting Groat Britain. The course which the Canadian manufacturers _pursued In this connection will stand to their credit for all time. the little. handful of them that we could induce to take bold of the business at this time;

later they were more numerous.

The Crucible Steel Company, one

of the largest concerns on the con- tinent of North America. on Septem-

ber 10, wrote me as follows:

We are prepared to make the fol-

lowing proposition: three weeks ef- ter the receipt of order for 200.000 shrapnel shells complete. without explosives. and absolutely in accord- ance with blueprint already submit- ted. We can ship 1.000 per day for three weeks; after six weeks we can ship 2,000 per day ‘until the order is

completed.

You will remember that our price

was $8.55 for the 18-ponnders and $8.30 for the 15-pouuders. Their

prieewais as follows: Price. $12 each.

Mark you, our manufacturers un-

dertook the work at their own risk, put in their own machinery, financed their own business. did everything.

I will read ou:

in view of the fact that vory

speedy delivery is required, it means we will have to put an extension to our plant, and also purchase oddl- tlonal machinery. While we do not feel that there is any likelihood of the passing of legislation by the United States Government which would interfere with the shipments of these shells, we are willing to agree that ln such event we would be willing to absorb the cost of all the small tools and the extension to our own plant, but the Canadian Government would pay us the actual cost ol' the extra. machinery, lu which event it will become the property of tho Canadian Govemment and sub- ject to their disposal. The contract not being subject to cancellation,-

Tho contracts of the Qnndlan

manufacturers were all subject to

cancellation.

-suspension, or reduction. for any other cause than above referred to.

That is, the passing of legislation

by the United States.

All of the above quotations f.o.b.,

Harrison, New Jersey. Cash In gold

on surrender of bill of landing.

It will be seen. therefore, that the

famous Crucible Steel Company. one of the beat institutions of the kind on the continent of North America. made it price of S12, while our manu- facturers dld the work for $8.55 and $8.30. Not only that, but the pro- posal of the Crucible Steel Company was such as to glvo rlle to the pos- sibility that at the close- of the war

the Canadian Govegnment would have some thwnd ` of ions of i1orop_lron on its ands-and that is what the British Government in do .ing In the United Ststoofioduy. To, one. United Staten nrm with a branch ln Canada $12,000,000 ln cash.

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quarterly style geview of Butterick contains au-

information

PAT

'rr-rs snorvrssr mtv. ‘

"Mother, what is the shorrtest day

of tho year?" asked little Alfred, who was studying his lessons.

"December 21, I think. but ask your

lathes, to be sure,” replied his mo- ther.

“December 26 ls the shortest day

ln the year," alhrmed Alfreil‘s father who Wag just then reckoning up his Christmas expenditures.

THE ONE THING NEEDFUL.

“l am sending you some mantr-

scripts." wrote the budding author- ess. “I also enclose a letter of ln- troduction from my clergyman, one from my Sunday school teacher. and

thoritative Paris and New York fashions and advance

about style

tendencies, m_aterials, and dress accessories. _-ni-i-1 ,

ONS

is paragraph from our homo paper tolling of my adoption of is literary career. ls there anylhllls else.l might send you to interest you In my writings?"

"Dear madam." wrote the perspir-

ing editor in reply. “You need send me but one more thing-11 good short story."

OPINIONS OF WOMEN.

“lf I had my way," said the posi-

tive woman, "I'd make every unman rind man pay a special tax."

“What would be the use?" rejoin-

ed Miss Cayenne. "Any man who can dodge matrlmony would surely succeed ln dodging his taxes."

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Helntzman Pianos- are made to meet

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TZMAN Is

Canada’s Greatest Piano

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desi the HEINTZMAN isCan-

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me, Albert Jonas, I-Iyllestad Bur-

ave tried every 1`p1_ano, everywhere

and each has said: “I prefer the HEINTZMA

The tone of the Helntzman Plano is

uniformly beautiful thnoughoutlta en- tire range; exquisitely even and. well balanced from treble to bass. The technical details are planned by ex- perts of long and successful experi- ence and executed.by skilled artlsians with the utmost care. In constructing a Heintzman Piano. time and trouble are secondary considerations.

If you are thinking about purchasing a Piano, be sure and

hear the HEINTZMAN before making a selection.

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