with. AM’ . l foreign Bible Society ,Meets

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_ wngnrqqilfarch ZL-It is moral m“ spun“; dynamite ‘you are send- ,“ uboutthe world, said Rev. Lynn x Bough. Montreal, lb paying his "m," to the British and Foreign 3M, society. at the ail-Dominion lmgmg here. Messages of congratu- ‘flmng on the celebration of the fif- p mum gnnil/CISRU of the society were ‘naive-a from" Allscolmt Willingdon, _mmler and others.

my, file-Mason, North New/York,

.',,,,,,-,l=l'smetary o! the society of

.41., united. States‘. outlined the Pro-

"nf tliejmovement in the Unit-

es salable-ills“ now-ow coll- m of the bible were issued in the United States in lore hesaid. .

' luv. H. D. Raymond, Charlotte- town, P. E. I., spoke on ‘ behalf of “stern Canada where the first auxil-

‘ my of the bliilesociety was formed.

impulses AND rltasalwrsrrolv

,4 pleasant evening was spent at

the home of- Mr. and Mrs. J. A. llfatthews, OLesry. on Friday when 8th, when e. number of “lends gathered to honor Mrs. H. p, McPhee, Coleman.

The evening was spent in games ma music of all kinds, the gather- 111g was called to order and a. pres-

' eutatlon of a well filled purse and ugeful gifts was made by little Myrna. Matthews and Harry Mcwil-

llAlIlS and an address read-rby lfev. S. B. Profiltt. Mr. and Mrs. McPhee thanked

the donors, the gathering then sang "For She's a Jolly Good Fellow." lifter a lunch being served by the ladies, a. pleasant evening. was brought to a close.

The following is the address.

To Mrs Hugh D. McPhee, Cole» man. P. E. I. _ ' ,

Dear Gracer- l

In gathering here tonight We are reminded that we live in‘ a. world cf change. Only yesterday, as it seems, you were io us Grace Sc- bey, but today you are somebody tlse Xcsterday you were naming your change. Today, you _‘hs.ve changed your name. And of ac- count cf this latter change We are ire‘. here tonight to do you ‘honor-

For five years you have tccupied a position cf responsibility and trust in our community; that of assistant postmistress. During that time you have acquitted youmelf in such a way as to win the respect and af- fection of the public which yoll have strved. v

When we consider that the Doolllc with whom ycu have been dealins are all different, the one from the olher. lvith their likes and dislikes, their whims, their fancies and their failings, we heartily congratulate you upon the great measure of silo- cess which you have had in holding the good will of all d! us.

We believe you have done this ilncillfllly because of your desire t0

.ase. and your willingness to serve.

To your task you brought a. pleas- llli. agreeable disposition which tfraced your ability and faithfulness and won for you a place of interest and affection in our minds and hearts. , ,

We believe also that these same Bitlllilg qualities ensure for Y0" B» Wry successful, happy voyage on fllilt time honored and time tested 5MP named Wedlock as it Soils over the venturesome, boisterous s90. 1h“ leads lto the happy Isle of Home- land. '

Let our presence here tonight as- ‘llfo You that you have been eP- Pltvloted by us, we covet this oppor- tunity of tendering to you in I- 'm"! way our but wishes end "My congratulations. "

In offering you this small wt We Wllll you not to think c: its value. » but rather accept it simply because 0f the kind thoughts and friendly felines that. lie back of it in the “"0404: Inc the hear-ts of the givers. Nay Heaven's richeet- blessings be Nun in the future is the sincere,

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Government on Tariff

The following address on the 3mg. set was delivered in the] House of Commons. March 11th, by Hon. John A. MacDonald, Conservative member for Kings — . .

M-r- Breaker, in rising briefly w discuss the budget. I feel _that the mlslfll? criticism delivered last Thllfsflfly by the then, acting leader °1 W! pasty (Mr. Guthrie) covered the sroundso thoroughly that the Conservative case might well b; 113t- ed there. ; However. there areueu. ally some local aspen‘ to much those members who follow the lead- ers can give attention. _ _ _ _ As has lalready been stated, the fin. ancial eofldltion of the country lstset out in the budget speech in clearpsnd concise terlns. The facts and figures are doubtless correctly statedpbut the

‘ I which the Minister ‘of Finance (Mr. Robb) seeks to draw therefrom I submit are not altogeth- er warranted. It can . gflgfly be shown that other V‘ ‘ so-called Robb budgets have-contrib- uted to the prosperity and increaing trade of the Dominion. It can also be shown, as the member for York- Sunbury (Mr. Hanson) pointed out this afternoon, that the much-vaunt- ed proeperity is not as far ‘reaching as is claimed by the government and their supporters. The prosperity is largely a paper prosperity and is con- fined to the larger cities. As a. mat- ter of fact the annual reports of our banks and large corporations are re- lied on as evidence of that prosper- ity. I agree with my hon. friend from York-Sunbury that if you apply the prosperity test to New Brunswick. Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Is- land, to the farmers and flshennen of those provinces, and to many oth- els who to-day are struggling for a livelihood, the result is not as satis- factory as the government would have us believe.

The eloquent speech of the hon. gentleman who has just resumed his seat (Mr. McMillan) was the most amazing example of inconsistency that I have heard this session“ ‘He opened his addIE-B-s by 80101!!! u!“ everything is prosperous, but that high protection stands in the way" o1 prosperity. He seems to overlook the fact that the government oi’ which he is such an enthusiastic supporter are maintaining this high protection, and at the same time they lose no opportunity to proclaim the great prosperity which the country is enjoying under their beneficient mn- trol. But the hon. gentleman goes further. he characterizes this high protection es embodying I V1910"! principle. notwithstanding the fact that the government which he has supported so unquestionirlgly have had the power at any time 0W1“! the last seven or eight W"! 0° P110 an end to high protection. Then he would eliminate trade barriers. Well. gppgrently, he still believes in the trade theories of Bright and Gobdli! and their contemporaries. But those theories ere entirely 0110 01 5'“ w‘ day, The nations of the world l" protecting their industries and striv-

g a. build up a powerful 100mm‘ system and it would be utterly 1m- possible for Canada situated as Iht is, to maintain her economic Wm” under free trade. The hon. gentle- man also stated that hiih Pmwum brought eighteen years of stagnation- Yet he claims that we have this won- deflul pfogpdflly under the very ly- stem which has been continued with very little éllsnge down W f1" W‘ sent time. "

‘rile tariff policy of the new admin- istration in the United some wu sl- so discussed by my hon. friend. But why not face the facts? 80817009 is aware that last fall the outstand- ing feature of the P0110! 01 “l! m‘ publican candidate for the 11000149110! and his part7 W" Pmmhm‘ 1°‘ F“ farmers to-cover all their products- Thgfg 1| no question whatever about m. 3m that the specie! "W" °‘

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Kings County Representative Scores the King‘

Policy and Deals with

Matters Particularly Effecting Prince Edward Island.

3! Hon. J. A. McDonald.

“ingress that has been celled is to be devoted to this particular purpose.

mil have always, in my recollection, claimed that the tariff was a tax; we have hld w meet that argument inall of the elections I have had lmythirlg to do with for many years D0515, _.Yet in the face of present conditions they claim that they are reducing. the taxation .of the coun- f-Yy/ But what do we find on look- "W119 the figures? The last slim- thafy issued by the Department of National Revenue shows that in the ten months of the present fiscal year, up to January, 1929, the duties col- lected in this country amounted _to $162,703,554, as compared with the duties collected for the same period in 1928 of $139,355,327, or an increase in the last ten months, in duties paid -—which the Liberal party has al- ways claimed to be a tax-o! $23348,- 227

for South Wellington (Mr. Guthrie) showed by figures taken from the public records that the average in- crease in taxation during the last five years as compared with the inst five years of Conservative rule in Canada, amounted to 351.000.1100 per ennum. Yet, in face cf these facts. hon. gentlemen opposite will stand up and say that they are reducing taxation. The fact is that there never was a time in the history of Canada when taxation was as high as it is tc-day by many millions of dollars; and notwithstanding the fact that they claim some credit for a reduction in the rate of taxation here and there, the situation shows that taxation has very largely in- creased. ' If this increase in taxa-

wcre being economically made use of, if we were getting from i: the services which the country stand: most in need of, if we were obtain- ing a. reduction in the debt to the extent that we might have by the practice of economy. then all would be well. But apparently this addi- tional money has had the effect of

iod of extravagant expenditure irl which no amounts are too large.

I am one of those who would like to see Ottawa made beautiful; I am lust as anxious as anyone else to see this done. But I do not believe that the millions of dollars voted for this purpose are being well expended, especially at the present time when the country he's so many other pres- sing obligations. including the bur- den of debt which we are carrying. I do not believe that half a million —or more than half a million-ex- pended on automobiles in this coun- try is an economical or reasonable ex, ndlture. And there are many others that one could cite; one could go on for an hour proving reckless and extravagant expenditures. These are but samples. Yet the govem- ment, because, as they claim, they have no money; are obliged to dis- continue the technical education grant; the statement from the treas- ury benchm is that there is no mon- ey. And they are obliged also to re- fuse any contribution to good roads in Canada; they have no money with which to mist the provinces along that line. But I would point out that there is qggnovement in this country to-day which would be of as great value to the farmers and to others who are attempting to carry on‘ business as would be the improve- ment of the roads.

’I‘he last speaker (Mr. McMillan) referred to a national ‘ highway'_to cost $200,000,000. Why, Sir, that is simply sidetracking the issue; no one jwuld seriously consider such a. thing. But there are ways and means of promoting the development of good roedt in this country. without tack- ling such a project This Domin- ioh. I believe, should follow thelead given by the late Co tive gov- amount when 080000.000 was voted tousist the provinces in road work.

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With regard l0 the tariff, the Llb- .

tion, resulting in increased revenue.‘

tempting the government into a pcr-|

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that if the government turned over; a new leaf and practised sufficient, economy they could wipe out the! sales tax entirely and still not hanl- i per the finances of the Dominion. So . that, from the standpoint of economy, 2 they are falling; there ls no doubt at i all that rank extravagance can be‘ proved against the government. I

There are many matters involved} in a discussion on the budget, and] among these may be included, as im- portant questions, markets and trans- 1 portatlon. When we come to look‘ at this government's work along this 5 line we also find much room for cri- i, tlclsln. Markets and transportzltions! are largely complementary; they go} Viland in hand. And when this gov-i ‘crnlnent established, under the Bri-l,

lCanadlan National Steamship Lino‘

landput steamers on that route, they

terror in not including as a port ofé call for these steamships the city of] that under the treaty as it_ now} stands this may be difficult and per- haps impossible. But I would urge as strongly as possible on the Min- ister of ‘Trade and Commerce (Mr. Malcolm) and the Minister of Fin- ance iMr. Robb), who have this work in hand, the desirability of making Havana a port of call for these steumrhips. Probably“ the British , West Indies would not agree, inas-i much as they are paying a, gubsjdyi in support of the service. I submit. however, that it would pay the coun- try, it would play the Canadian Na- tional Steamships, to abandon that subsidyand make Cuba a port of; call. What ulould happen? To-dayi tiees: boat: are going id the West In- i rlirs with very little freight; they are! nvrt half loaded. But if they lverei iailolved to touch at Havana everyi cubic fcct of space would b: filled with potatoes every trip. That wculdi moan that the earnings of the Can- ladiurl National Stezmzilips would b’: largely incrcascd. liforeoxler, it; would give" very muchenccded a:c:lln-- mcdaiion to the Maritime provinces.‘ The Sltl‘ .. i1 fit .e present time land; i‘ to mmcpzly in this re- yard. The oltlinary shipper cannot Ciilp to Havana. at all; yet that is the hlygeft and best nnrkct we have i0-d:y for cur po‘at‘=" Tint ma‘:- k:: takes 3053.260 czlsncls a year from Nnv lfrlznsxvirk and Prfnce Ed- ujrlrd Island, but no prnzillcdr. can ship a bushel tilerc unlets he is big enough to chartcr a steamer and de- spatzh a wlcolc steamer 12nd. I sub- mit that ii’ it is possible to make some arrangement whereby these boats could call at Havana-they pass that port within 11L few miles every two weeks—it would operate to the ad- vantage of the marizimes. If this cannot be done. some other service should be establisllechand subsidized by the government in order to pro- vide a connection with the port of Havana. That brings us to the general con- dition of the potato market at the present time. which everyone knows to be very bad. If it were not for the fact that Prince Edward Island potatoes are recognized as the best obtainable anywhere we would have had a very poor market last fall; in fact it was poor at its best. but to give you some idea of how largely the quality enters into the marketing of our crop I will just quote from the lUnited States market report in con- nection with the Boston market a few days ago. The quotations show a very decided preference for Prince Edward Island stock, as follows:

Maine. 100-pound sacks, Green Mountains. United Slates No. 1. sacked locally, also-alas.

Prince Edward Island. Bil-pound lacks. Green Mountains A grade, 01.50-01.10.

That condition assisted us very ma-

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this year, because the same guer- ence is shown in Cuba and the Canadian markets.’ Even ad that. however, we cannot unload the flrge

|qumltity of excellent j, tatoes which

still remains -in the hands of the farmers. In that connection I might say that we have been endeavoring to take advantage of the market which exists in western Canada; it is not a good market with regard to price but it could be made an out- let for a considerable quantity of our potatoes. In endeavoring to make use of it\the Canadian National Rail- ways did giveus a very nice reduc- LiOil in freight rates, but it was not sufficient to enable us to send our produce to western Canada; the freight rates were still too high al-

A few dgys no the hon member i tish West Indies trade agreement, the ' though a few carloads were shipped.

A few years ago we had a similar

‘condition; the Minister of Agrlcul-g imade, it seems to mo,‘ a very serious ture (Mr. Motherwelll took a hand‘

in the matter then and claimed cre- dit_for a. reduction in freight rates

Havana. in Cuba. I realize, of course. {which W95 Blvefl- In I Ciffllllfll‘ Which l

he sent out at that time he s d We would add here a reminder that this movement wfll be in competition with selected stock lmllorted from well-organized shippers in Minnesota and North Dakota, their shipments over shorter distances bearing lower rates, particularly to Winnipeg, but with 33 cents per one hun- dred pounds duty. This winter the shippers appealed

‘Ito the Canadian National Railways Ifor a further reduction of 15 cents .per hundred pounds, which would rnable its to ship quite a few pota-

toes to the west. We were not able

to obtain that reduction, but the gov- 3

ernment had it in their power to give

us that l5 cents advantage by ra'.s-,

1118 the duty on potatoes to 50 ceflt‘. i791‘ hundred Pounds. which would

place it or_l'rn equality with the Uni- 1 If that were done, we would have the advantage we; compete with, the potatoes of North Dakota and,

ted Stat-es duty. Peed in order to

‘Minna-sole. the condition of not cllly this year

but BVBYY YEN‘; never a year passes-

without many thousands of bushels QT Potatoes coming into Canada from the United States in the spring while 0m‘ last years crop is still in first-

where. in a month we will be offered new potatoes from fluoride and Georgia in the restaurant of this house; that has happened every year in the past and probably will happen again m1; your, although there are millions gjld tens of millions of first-class potg. toes in Canada which we should be eating instead of using potatoes 1mm the United States. y These are matter to which the government should give somevatten. lion, matters with which they should deal in order to protect our iflrmers from this outside competition, and give them a chance against our neighbors to the south, who take ad- vantage of our markets to dispose of their surplus products in the off-sea- son. They should give protection when-rlaedodv-something- which will be stable and which will allow our farmers to carry on with a reasonable assurance that they will at least have the full benefit of the Canadian mar- ket when the foreign markets will not absorb our products. ' These same arguments may be ap- plied to the butter trade, and not- withstanding the statements of the last speaker we find that there hes been an enormous-change in the im- POIK‘! Ind exports of butter since the Australian treaty came into effect. We find that there has been a seri- ous decrease in the deirying indust- ry generally, and we all know that the number of cattle inCanada has dropped seriously. What are some of the faults of- this treaty from a

may t; no question about the fact terially in marketing our potatoes

BRINGING UP FATHER

marketing standpoint? ' In 1025

‘Iilat would apply to.

r Canada ‘exported about 24,500,000! pounds of butter; in four years our! exports dropped to 2,056,500 pounds! These are the latest figures taken‘ from the dairy letter issued by the

Department of Agriculture and re-i ceived to-dcy; the figures include; our exports up to January of this? ,year. Now lotus consider the other: ‘side of the picture; in 1925 we im-li ported 162,848 pounds of butter, while I according to the same letter last year f we imported 21,108,000 pounds, val-, ued at over $7,000,000, The farmers of this country should have produced‘ that butter and should have distrlb-i utcd lizat. money among tilcmrsellves: And the loss is not. only the money‘, lost by not producing this butter. as‘ every farmer knows; in eastern Can-y .340. eiheeially, we are not able tol {keep up the fertility of the soil if we do not keep cat-tie. We must‘ have