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rand revival of industries, ‘home em-

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OPPREBSIVE nx ponder: '

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We publish elsewhere ‘in this ifl~ sue an article ‘by Rt, ‘lion Arthur Mclghed, Conservative ' Leader‘ “hick ‘wndred ‘thrills 59"‘ 18.1?" sueof "Marketing, Canada's Busi- ness Ma-glizine," Toronto, 011C811!!-

1hare is no man in Canada ‘who has made as close a study of taxa- tion and there ‘are few, i‘! any, as

camping of getting out ‘the facts as clearly and con- clsuly‘ as ‘ifoiurler ‘Premiier

lldclg-hcn‘. We commend t0 0w‘ roailcrs a careful peisual of this ‘art- ir-‘Ic which, like dill‘). M} Meighenhs ‘.;l‘iil'Bllif.'lll.S, is simply an appeal to Cause and effect taxa-

lOll.‘lll0l'l sense: are insrpurable, Excessive tfon strangle; business; depressed iuslnrse léadtuto discontent. dis io v emigration. These causes are alt work lin Canada today

UOIILQIII.

lhe var naturally left us a herlc. ago of debt. The debt could have been gradually overtaken and ~wae being overakcb until the present government took chcurge and an era cf reckless expenditure ‘began which increased the debt, taxation fdlowcrl; industry was ‘beingpslow- ly atrzrnglerl: emigration followed; production dwindled, starving our rai"ways and our shipping. The Un- Itcd Slates wih ‘its lower taxation,

its increasingly prosperous industry a ttractcd our ‘peo- ple anrlw ‘the unfortunate ex-

odus almost (lopopulaitod the coun- try. Added u» ilii these was ‘the ‘re- m-cralization of our ‘home markets by tariff ‘tinkering and an unstable fllscal policy which ‘made and is still making our country‘ a dumping grzunrl for ‘the ‘United ‘States.

Thcsc causes, more clearly de- laiilorl, arn.\eii.her.directly or ‘indir- ‘rtzlly rcfcrrBdTtn in ‘the article re- p:orl‘ucrd.jf_ V; '

Also tho remedy is ‘stated, a re- “wrmlfin ‘taxutfdh, the bir-‘ildlng ‘up of uurhogne nuggets, the protection

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friend,‘ riity-‘beeemed w m‘ ex- cess u: indulgence that will make ‘the country, she community, the family, hhe. friend non-supporting and ‘useless. The leglitimote and worthy. dcsire to earn, a lrivin-g, to lay lby a competence ‘for a rainy day, ma-y ‘become s0 sharpened ‘by success and developing greed as to exceed the ‘bounds of honesty; ‘may roach-the ‘point where the emotion of ‘the odd dollar in excess of leg- itimate value will not strain the conscience; may continue ‘develop- ing 1,0 ‘the vrice of studied extortion and dishonesty. The justifiable love of money for the necessities and the com‘forts ‘it will ‘bring ‘has ‘been known ‘to grow into the soul-devour- ing greed of the nrlser who makes money his god, who lives for his gold alone and who (lioswith noth- ing b0 hold to but his worthless gold. Every virtue, every quality of good- ness, every legitimate taste which is indulged beyond the bounds of moderation. carries its possessor into the border-land of vice and un- less a ‘speedy return ‘is effected. the end is a vlace. ‘ Thiis is perhaps the most import-

con-tinuously growing

‘that he-ttdid‘ dat- bnnror mks ‘hiajoblmiie-tcoméoneelcediziit. , No selfaespectlvo oflhnlllly W day can affoiflwbulvpitarounia neglected. roqip we ‘the gnoud ‘boast o!‘ thelgfipter ‘part of (‘he ‘province and to ‘fill ‘short of

‘this ‘l5 pp ‘be in ‘the "dug-out." al.888- Let every minke in the need of ‘iiriawevidenbe and prosperity. Roads made now will be a ‘summer-long joy‘ t, ‘the prov- ince ‘and a credit to she community ‘having ‘them a-nd keeping ‘them in good shape throughout ‘the season. ————-<o-¢-—i EDITOBJAL NQTES __ . Thc roads‘ are getting a good chance.

The Senate is “carrying the war into’ Africa" ‘by petitioning Imper- ‘ial Parliament ‘for the reduction of t‘he House of Commono ‘by about A twenty-five per cent‘ reduction would make a nice workable Parliament. \

‘ten ‘per cent.

In connection ‘with the dispute a-bout the attendance at ‘the Orches- ‘trzrl Society's concert the Guardian made telephone communications with different authorities ‘with the following experience:

THE GUARDIAN-Alt‘. that ‘Prince of Wales College?

FEMALE VOICE-Yes.

THE GUAlRDlAcN-l-‘Fhis is the Guardian. Can you tell us the seat- ing capacity of the PfW. C. Hall? FEMALE VOICE-Wait a min-

ute. (After interval); The ‘seat-

antv lesson ‘that can ‘be impressed upon ‘the young. There are so many ‘thing-s to love. so many tastes to be agreeably ministered t0, ‘so ‘many! ‘pleasures ‘to ‘be enjoyed. Within’ reasonnlble moderation, up‘ ‘to the point where they may be voluntar- “:‘|y and easily ‘la-id aside, they are not only harmless but necessary to health and happiness: beyond ‘that pdint they are an incipient which ‘moy ‘swell into an uncontroll- able conflagration, a life dastrgy. lug, soul-destroying vice.‘

The child its ‘born with virtues,

healthy oPDBti-tes, wholesome as‘

charming and irseful ‘mat-unity, A,‘ the plant grows healthily and na-t- ‘urally under ‘genial showers arid

Ploynrenu. (hi-nude for ‘the Canu- distorted and unsightly finder an (lions. excess of rain on a ‘withering ‘sun. W“ M" "l Drvhent. under the shine: so also the natural ‘instincts

"lzeneflcent rule" of ‘the Kzirrg gov- ernment, importing from the United States goods which should and cruld ‘be manufattumd in Canada. by Canadilan lnbp-r. If Canada is ‘to become the great nation its nat- ural resources entitle it, to ‘be we must develop our home ‘indrust-ries uurl our homo ‘nilurkets. Tliiis la courmon sense and has ‘been the irraritised and preached ‘policy of the Conservative ‘party, ‘tho pracillsod though differently ‘preached "policy rri‘ the [liberal ‘party and, unfortun- rrfcly, the ‘policy bn-ntcrorl ‘by the ivrescnt Lilmral ‘aggregation for Proirresrvive support. Unvil this pdllcy is restored ‘in its entirety there ‘is no hope for Canada and the present hope is ‘that the time for restoration is at- hand

“uorume m EXCESS."

"Nothing in excess." was xrnmtto of Soc-roles. and is as flflpfloahle m our day as in the days of ‘the great philosopher, 2.500 years ago. Every. thing in mods-ration, rvothilng in ex. cess. is the ‘warning of common sense, inherent in the ‘human race, "lhvrflni also ‘in the lower animal races, fol-Wow ‘animals. liviing in M. turn‘! conditions and undisturbed by man's interference. carry ‘timb- M. W"! wmwenter‘, their moods or ‘hair ‘Dmpenaiiiles w bur-mu ex- _ 0w!‘ Man alone of all the animals hm learned and even cud-thaw,‘ "W 70"!‘ of axons. and he ‘has done- ittolvishnrngit-ndtofhagofthq race. ' W"! grace and virtue ‘man poo- sesses. ‘not emaptlm emu up

proateatof thomaflpInvoorChac-fhhkindkamlnforurnetoimemg.

and tastes of the ‘child will ‘become; dlsrtorted and crushed ‘under an ex. cess of llndulgence. Let the Soon-n. ‘tic motto, “Nothing in Excess" be ours and let lit ‘be the ‘principle fag. W l" the training or the child,

LOOKING FORWARD ...__..

The curly swimmer ‘birds, the Frogs, ‘the ‘herring and, last ‘but ‘not. least, the auto ‘parties fro-m our neighboring and ‘more distant sis. ter oowns, villages and ‘rwral sod. tiona, announce the near approach of ‘surmlmer. lg is most gratifying to learn ‘from all our visitors that the roads ‘are ‘in excellent condition W"! ‘bwt few exceptions. The ex- Wlliiflfl-S. We ‘were; to say, are in the vicinity of Charlottetown. in these sections no work ‘has ye; been done on tlhe roads and ‘this is inex- Wlfiaibifl- It is true ‘there may be a i" spots on which the snow lin- Kfired laierthan in others but speak- ‘iIIIB Kelwffllly. ‘all our Island roads‘ are now ‘in first class condition to‘ be put ‘lmahape ‘for tihe summer and this should be done. 'l‘.here has not in ‘tn-any years been wciran op-l been the case ‘this year. ‘llhey dtflcdmr weeks earlier than irruai, Wfifilw ‘before ‘the farmers could get on ‘the lwnd. in the most ‘progres-

‘you wont?‘ y ‘

portunlty ‘to ‘fix m, the “was as haaiknnw it_ is a ‘p113? “$.41” only

6°" chairs ‘so wilth n.

"imdred vhllrv in ‘the hull?

"r-g capncty would ‘depend upon the nu-mbcr of chairs in the hall.

THE GUARDIAN-What is ‘the usual nirmbor c-t‘ chairs in‘ the ‘brill’!

FEMALE VOl‘CFr-Wait a min- ute. (After interval). We don't know.

THE GUARDIAN-You ‘have no irlra ‘how mwiry your hall holds or how many choirs you have at your

fireflisposal? »

l rnynnn VOICE——N_o. I THEGUARDlAiN-Thank you.

That is ‘the scirolastilc idea of "practical knowledge.

erable to do with entertainments of lone kind or another in the Prlnce i‘): WiIIGI-i College.

[Paton

} M‘R. ‘PATON-Yes. i run G-IlARDlAN——Cau you toll ‘us ‘the seating cznpacity of Prince o-f 7Walcs College?

MR. PATON——-‘I 41m ‘Knot about the seating yapaclty but I know ‘there are Qrpposed‘ ‘to be about six hundred chairs .50” Wm, the ‘hall. Any additional ‘must be Blllllllled ‘by the ‘party renting the halil. We have put in as mn‘n'y a‘s us l-wo or ‘three hundred additional.

Tl-liE GUmRDl-AiN—Thark you, that ‘is what we wanted to know.

Thagls the practidhq ‘huglness m-nn who converts theories into

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‘practice.

THE GilAlbDIAN—~ls ‘that 1119

Public Works Department? FEMALE VOICE-Yes.

THE GUARDIAN-This is the Guardian-wan you toil u‘! the seating capacity of M“, pnhwe of Wflles College Hail? FEMALE voters-war, and 11.] Bet Mr. McMillan. MR. MoMLLLAN-Yes, what ‘did THE GUARDIAN-Can ymr tell "5 the ""1"! “Dicky of Prince of will" College HRH? MIR. McMlIlbAlW-vlt is sirpmsed to accommodate ' a thousand-you

THE GUARDMNfiAre fihefe six

sive sections (big in; advantage of ‘by ‘the overseer-a and i-iwir excellent WONL-h being corm- mfilifld "Y! mvoflvit. ‘in some sec- iilons ‘viii ‘has not ‘been done ‘and u a consequence, ‘more districts Ire boring . slnftloas and ‘tlrrliltiooa. Neglect of

". . ‘~ , "P". .

‘ ‘ 4' i b been ‘taken D0966 t0 b6, bug‘! 410' my; 1mm," thefull complement. ‘be there at Present. There maybe some bmk, en though ‘t-‘htrlias not ‘been .,.e_ ported

med as backward, ins capacity lo about 1.000, and m, actual ‘numbi- of ohm-a vproridqd

M].

MR- MCMTLbArN-There are sup-

‘rnn GUARDIAN-din‘: m m,

- ' were“. NotesBfliheWay'

population, of which we have more to the ‘square mile than any other province in Canada, ‘are much inter- enaed ln the increase oi.’ ‘their ‘live stock, of v:l:tich'they also have more, in n-um-ber ‘to the square miile ‘than any other province. This la no small distinctly. ‘Actually we have fourr ‘times as ‘many _ cattle, flour times as mnnydshoop, six time: as man-y hogs and almost eight times as many head of ‘poultry as any other ‘province of we Dominion.

Some; objector may fly that out‘ square miles are‘ few. That ‘is quite true and our farms are also somewhat smaller than in certain other ‘provinces. Thatargues uoth- ' in‘; against the ‘point we wish t0 make. If a ‘square ‘niileon ‘this Is- land has more people and more live stock ‘than the average square mile ‘within any other provincial area i‘. obviously has‘ the ‘soil and the climatic conditions adapted to

grow and maintain them. What is more important is that the ‘people of ‘Prince ‘Edward ‘Island as a body collectively, ‘may justly clallm to ‘be the equals of the ‘best, with some points of superiority.

Whenever Island people have gone, and they havsgone to the ends of the earth almost, the-yhave achieved a hlg-h average of auc- cess. Some have ‘become State Governor-s, one has held n Cabinet position a; Washington, another is‘ now United States Ambassador to Germany and so on. In‘ fact so many were successful ‘islanders abroad’ as noted lin our ‘local press that the news-papers have ‘been loudly ‘blamed for recording ‘their exploits and successes and so placing ‘b/Bffifr others yet at home the temptation y to become exodians.

no return in lrind. Where ‘is ‘the

ward island from any one of the six Provinces west of tho Mnrltlmes and ‘greatly disilin-guilsh-ed himself| .in this Province? lfow indeed. ‘very much "to enrich the, ‘Provinces both i711 “brains aridi ibrawn. Is not ‘that fact in‘ itself a

‘piirations, capaible ‘like the tender‘! ‘The Gunrdnn next rang up Mrlipisiliioldo“? Beforemiey we!“ west‘ ‘Dlant, of developing naturally ‘try-lorries Paton ‘who ‘has had cormrid-fwnrd m ‘lamds ‘that ‘were yet Imam-

ily a wilderness these islanders ‘had [turned nearly all the forest of their ihorherahu into a fruitful flclrl, ro- dcomod to ‘the sickle and ‘the pl‘ow.i

i-Zewtlt‘ ‘sunshine, so also it ‘becomosi THE G-UARDIAN#—Is ‘that Mn, _ ; _ ' | We said before that! our lsléndém

I

people were the equals of any arid}

Canadians. ‘N-o other ‘province has. rt ‘population so ‘largely cormposc-d of home born ‘mén, women and children. That helps us -to under- stand why the dhfferent creeds and race ‘stocks ‘live so ‘harmoniously together and ‘why the ‘proportion of vice and crime ‘to population is and has ‘been for more than half a cen- (‘My hast lower than ‘in any other part of Canada or of North Almeri- ca.

We have evidently s very um,» Pact. oi-‘im-iy, harmonious, God-I iufifll Ind thrifty community,“ whose ‘average of ‘all he higher?‘ mental nnd ‘moral qualities in high. if these ‘things are so, and who vvil‘l venture ‘to deny the ‘fact’! Then lhffy are worthy of occasional mon- i-iml in‘ any Journal of the irom-e and the fireside. We canlt measure honesty, ‘morality, hospitality, KQQd tvill and ‘friendship ‘by (be yam or the square mile, or weight ‘bheqn rm a Fmimbanks scale, bu), l; is 911M931, that a square mile of good soil, densely ‘ffllfid with ‘people endowed‘ with a high average of these qua“.

in the lprlng limo, our farming ‘

ran. 0m, g[oup bad ordinary window ventilation and a temperature of about .680. the second group had fan ventilation with temperature about the ‘same. Wlliifl‘, P119 group had wind-ow venllation, bu. the. temperature was kept at 590, or about ten degrees lower than other groups. ‘No Iextra clothing as provided for this third group.

ruoscued‘

w“).

These ‘

D Jill l’:

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wbshybur-

‘of ‘

AlR-HOTOR COLD ‘

An interesting experiment conducted by the Health Depart- ment, upon ‘he school children of lw-tv Ycrk City.

l: we‘: an endeavor to discover the ‘rifert of the air ‘in the school ‘rooms, in relation to the cause of ‘rrhpng the school child-

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m‘: ma‘. us.‘

WES

third

\ mind llhll at an. 00f a lpgde!

Dig "your-garden in the brawls.

Without aid; '

When Iozintonba is a bore,

And you wish ‘that it were o'er,- Oheerfulneaa you will restore With spade. ' \

Why take powdeu, droughts, and ‘ pin!‘

When a spade

Cures all troubles no all ills That Iinvado

Us poor humans, rich and ‘poor? Why should we such things endure, when we have a certain cure

In a spade!

Victim of the wakes are.

Get a spade!

Sufferer- from Income-tax,

' ‘Be not stayed!

Do not fret and fume‘ and boll; Be a simple son o! ‘toil,

The children exposed to the cool- Or (the same thing) ton ‘of soil,

er wir- had fewer attacks ofmcolde," than ill echlldren in the warmer‘ rooms. The children in the fan ventilat- ed rooms had more colds, than the Splcer smiled last ‘Saturday by the children in the window ventilated 5_ 3_ Montfogs for England, rooms.

Further, although moisture

‘the air i‘; wise if the temperature is not loo high. ‘it was found that has been in tho city for the i188! excessive moisture with high tem- few weeks taking ‘the BefvllQeg in perature‘ (750 or over) lessened the ices of body heat by the ski-n.

With a spade.

U O I Prince Girorge and Mr. Earl O .O O

in Rev. James T. Ibbott of Halifax,

St. Paula ‘Church most. nccliptabiy

It was found that air that was f?!‘ Rm’- Mr? ‘mynmnd m1“ h“

0U ii‘ 0 llOl

‘And further the lack of the fresh , air interfered wil.h the natural air, ‘mm whg) has come to Prince Eid- peiiitc for food, and these P011115" sters would ‘have soon declined ‘u health had the eXDefimelli permitted to go all)’

We st‘ii need the fresh air then. ‘Such can-es are but the ah- i-n tire‘ rooms ‘suiouid not ‘The ‘rshhm has d‘0Il8 s!‘ ‘Mr “l0 F‘

larger-l’ " - ‘

if

gotvtng any amount of firesh air. Does this mean that our air friends are making ‘a mini-stake

not tcp warm and moist, permitted been in Ontario on business

l-‘he yfiilliBsilfi-‘i i}? a? "will; “m; cairn-action with the Bible ‘Society'- fortnble utioug , e wn ow o‘ _ , . the tun ventilation were shut. off M“ Raymond expected home “u fa-r a time. The ‘saurc- air heated and "1811!- made the children so uncomfortable that venulation wa‘. at once demanded. In other words

» your

urther.

‘|,‘.‘.‘-. “, , é '

Daily Selections

FOR

g‘ Guardian Readers

APRIL 25, 1925

A tovn FDAST:——Better is a nnhr- of herbs where love is, than stallrd ox and‘ ‘hatred therewith. had some points of ‘sir-pcrlority. Onoiyroverbg 15.17, _ of these Win-ts is ‘the ‘people ‘here ‘PRAYED M ml . , ‘ , "" ' 2 — uy no ng our are beyond comparison nailive born d‘ be ever done by us‘ 8am m love to Thee and ‘to our fel-lowmen.

APRIL 28, 1925

.' ‘GREAT POWER mom con: “Behold, I glwe unto you power to bread on serpents and ‘scorpions. and over all the power of en's-my; ‘and nothing shall by any fineans lnurt you. Luke 10:19.

f,_PRAYEIt:—O lmrd Mont Hilgh, ‘we neck to dwell in t-ho secret place ‘where no ovel-l thing can befall us. hor any deadly thing touch us.

BEAUTIFUL HANDS

Such beautiifiul, bedutllful ‘hands! Not wondrous white nor email, nd you, I know, would scarcely

‘ say Thait they-were fair at. all. _

and hugh

A ‘sculptors dream might be; Yet ‘are these aged, wirlnkled hands

‘I've looked on ‘hands, w-hose form

More beautiful to me,

sad‘

Such beautiful. beautiful hands! Through heart were weary-and

pained‘. hands kept toiling

on, That the children might be glad. And I could weep, as looking back

To child-hoorfs distant day,

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O O I Mr. Hugh Qlmpson is President

5km of the Charlottetown Tennis Clill‘

can get a reasonable chance to get m!“ Ye" 3nd we‘ 9mspects‘ are rid‘ of the heat of your body, you very bright for a 800d can be fairly comfortable, even if sport which officially opens n: ‘am vicwhrh Palrk on May 24th.

free-h

season '

O O O Miss Jean Martin is ‘leaving this

The Island has given many of her by dunanding fan‘ ventilation, open morning -on‘ a visit. ‘to her nun. sous and ‘daughters to adorn high Windows and 80 WFUI? b a it Mrs. McKenzie and other reiunv- positions in every walk of life to “rarimrclrfiuimijailtwfillgél fsugggteks in Boston. . . the Central and Western ‘Provinces could‘ no, do as efncleut wnm-k ‘m ' ' cl Cunndzt. The gain was to taose the “sialo" cool air, even if thQY MP5- M- I?‘ W911i‘ "f vancouvm‘ Provinces nnd for it they have mad‘: we” ”‘?“‘I°"t“bl°‘- B. C., is visiting her brothers

M-ozsrs. ‘Harry and William Hunter or summleraidc; also her sistor. Mrs. Ben), Rogers, who has spent the wintur with Mr. and Mid. Wm- Hunter. O O I

The spacious rooms of Bishop's Lodge, Halifax, werefll-led to ovoi-

caelon being the annual "At Home."

their ‘hosts and ‘hostessus.

-_ gown of black velvet with let and mauve trimmings, assisted

ner in receiving ‘the guests, tho Co-adjutor Bihop Right Rev. John HacKenley also ‘receiving with His Grace. It was, indeed, a great oc- caslon, when the priests and lay- men from all parts ofthe Diocesoin eluding several from ‘this oiity, Judge Warburton, Mr. W. L. Cot- ton, Mr. James ‘E. l-Iaris ‘and others, nret ‘to show ‘tlueir loyalty to their greatly ‘beloved Archbishop and to renew friendship of former years ——to many this being the only 0c- ca-sion when this is possible; The wives of the clergy asslsilod Mrs.

3h

bevy of charming young ladies iu serving ‘tho delectable refresh- ments. So enjoyable‘ was the "Ar Home" that all were loath ‘to say good-bye. Among the guests w-ua Principal MaoKinnon, of P-lne Hill Uolloge. Many took thlsoccaskn‘ iu bid. God-speed to .r Rev. W. A Geddos, who leaves shortly on his i-‘mzrn to his work in the l-‘a hrrih, where he will be follow-ad by the beet wishes of all who know ill the wonderful work that ls being performed there. l O O

Mr. A. deB. Tremaine, of the marine department, Ottawa, nnd Mrs. Tremaine, who have, many friends hero, are now on their way

given ‘by His Grace Archbishop and! v _ Mrs. Worrell, ‘to the members olflwms in Dorchesnm N_ B‘ this wwkl WM" Tllifikinfl i" TIM"! ‘TF1! ‘the Synod (clerical and lay) with; Mnsl Worrell, attired‘ in a very becoming 3cm“ d"

Hlsi l Grace ‘in her usual charming man-I" The Cathedral o, {he Holy Trim’

Worrell ‘in pouring, asgfubed- by a '1

ties has a high value indeed.