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Budget

By Hon. A.

,mei debate on Tuesday even- W, Mr. Lea said he was interest- ,d io note how responsibility had frobered" the present leader of my Govemment. He was amaz- ,d, however, at the pessimism with ,iilch the Premier regarded the giurnclal situation. 'mere was no province that was in such a good financial position gr Prince Edward Island at the ,ferent time. He. Mr. Lea, . could ,hay that the net indebtedness nr something under $3,000,000 more were also some $300,000 of

the Premier had not men- which were due the Prov-

and for which we should re- almost full value.

-nie Premier had net' dealt with the increased earnings of the Prov- inee in reviewing the mounting expenditure, Mr. Lea complained. lr will admit, however," he said, 'that he was much more fair to- night than he was a year ago." During the last ten years the edmlngs from livestock and pot- ltoes were over $3,000,000 and this increase would not have been as great if the roads had not been improved. This was "a revenue iiming investment," which the Liberal Government had made.

The new revenues derived from ihe Domicile Companies Act wa: credited to the Liberal Administra- iltu by the opposition leader. l Answering criticism for not hav- ing issued debentures to par the' bulk overdraft, Mr. Lea said, “wer ue all very wise after the fact but how did we know that the market was going`to be unfavor-

ibiel" '

While the indebtedness had ad- mittedly been greatly increased in recent years there was sufficient revenue to pay interest on sinking funds and to leave an amount greatly increased o\'er what the previous Stewart Government en-

layed.

' Credit for establishing “the Duton Sanatorium" was taken by lir, Lea. Ho hastily corrected him- sell and said, "I mean the Prov- iilcial Sanatorium. I don't know why it is that the Dalton Sana- torlum comes to my mind all the

“mein

lion. Dr. MacMillan: “It's on

your conscience." (Applause).

it had fallen to the unhappy lo‘ ri ine Liberals, Mr. Lee said, to spend il great deal of money bo- cause the Conservatives had neg-

lected public Works.

Continuing the debate on Wed- nesday aftemcon, Mr. Lea said he'

‘And Mr. Leruge Replied To

yesterday afternoon and evening wished to comet a statement' of ,, wusiderabie progress made ini the Premier to the effect that the

me budget debate in the Ilcglslnt-A-Present practice of the bunk is to '.*‘,»‘2`?§.‘?=§‘f:.-.»=s2;===

m_ Mr. W. M. Lea, leader of the‘°0111pound the interest on the ovsr-- N ' ‘~~ '

opposition. was followed by_ Hon. ldmft 111~°11f-I11Y- T110 practice is to ,_ r. arsenault. MP- B- W- I-¢Pase. °°’”P°“"d *I* ‘1“‘“"‘¢1’I1’- TM ’°*°1’°°f ..._ . md Mr. D. F. Bethune, the latter °“ °V°1'd¥`““ When the I-1919513 WW' lf' A mm tire udieummem at 1,,_55.in power was su per cent md this. "' `“" " ` m. when the House adiounled tol °°mp°““d¢<i monthly, wa.; eompar- I 9 ' is ummm able favorably to thc' interest '

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Debate

F- Arsenault

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Mrxlzwms tire Premier in tire"°“""”’° °” d°"°“°“'°‘- ‘ '

I The Premiers statements regard- ling interest charges in last years Public Acoountsfmsdo at the 1ast_ session and during the election campaign. were criticised ru. mi.. le”/#11118 and inaccurate by Mr. Lea, who said the purpose had ovidently been to pursuade the people that the Liberals had doubled the in-

Mr. Lea’s Figures

According to the Public Accounts

Mr. Lea said the net dcbt at Dcc. 3|., 1931, was $2,954,95ii.59. In the Public Accounts Committee report of last year the liabilities were shown at $2,919,000. Against this were assets of $292,000, leaving a net debt of $2,629,000,`or an incrcnsc of $328,534. This, he said, was the extent to which the Liberal Govern- ment went behi.nd.

The present Government finds it-

self largely in s. difficulty of its own making, he said. ` It is reaping what it sowed when it criticised the Bell Government for increasing tax- es in an endeavor to balance the ,budget d articul l h -

.tax MrLelad

. . a u edtha advantage th

of this taxation measure., If the

Conservatives had been “sta.tssmen instead of littl lltlci " th

making up this revenue. The rev- f

ductlons in other ways had lost to f the Province at least $600,000.

“We too could have cancelled the

poll tax but we realized our ns- ponsibility to the electors," Mr. Lea

e po ans ey

would have shown some way of ws;

cm

said. He, Mr. Les, had been called m

|t’s you that" should

And M r. D. F. Bethune.

to keep skid, loft, supple, youcllfuL

But can ou ge; enough olive oll 2 soap? How

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In

debtcdneq. this

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complexion.

Do you know what is in the

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II1 'be perfumed . . . Criticisms Of Opposition Leader

not your clothing

Lot Julia Footer hllyou some new ldoao also has loomed In tho beauty shops andomsrlrondozvoru

Watch log lor next bounty norm '

: is

, acu&Iy, goes into ilmrolive? amount-in that rest-tube ar

all us

one reason. But some of us don't knowwhere to we it to make the effect mos: alluring. Yen, lt’» sigh: on never on the clothing. lux: touchyour perfume stopper behlncl tlicears. Or a drop small bi: oi' cocoon and

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Beauty In a toot-tuba

Ouvli oil. for are eempieuloui aiwey. iurewu X

BRICK

erous olive oil content great benefits of Palmoiive

PERFUME-JUST . TOUCH IT TO THB

SKIN . .. . .

YES-my dean-we

c perlilms lb:

the skin-

Ol lW0 Oli I

\r \

There is the the right. To can be directly

Song co the

soap you are

putting on your lice? Paimolive tells you. Palm- -

o' eischeonl lar -seilin sos madeofvegemble g dl; exclusively (gfhct Pjmolgve in redients are i

li

I i lm 'l eeury ds ei. ` is nec to rouceori er, ’» ::ru1?l)1l)i'er5nmoreo workable lathe: Sian possible with 1 * uv . ,

o e oil alone.

“Pm p.

have for years urged the use

i

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of Palmolivc

Over 20,000 of the world's leading beauty

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GIRL COMPLEXION

forces He also commented

an dslurbanccs at the Prince and Queers county Jails which he under- stood had taken place since the Conservatives came into power He recalled criticisms which the Liberal Govcmment had received in this connection,

Govemrnent members "had been

driven into behaving themselves" with respect to the PmhToit‘on Act, Mr. Lea taunted. He referred to the defeat of Govemment Control in 1927 and went on to discuss the at- titude adopted by the Conservatives _at the last election towards the

subsidy increase had been an im- portant factor in w'nriing the elect- ion for the Conservative he d -

Y v

emment should weigh heavily on

Mr. Lea thought. Whatever courses

c ture, he suggested that anything

integrity he commended, could, he ‘said, have given all the necessary statements. The extraordinady pre- election expenditure on road work, incurred by (hc L’beral Govemment was defended on the ground that employment was badly needed at jthat time. Tenders had been called ‘wherever pcs'ble and the mon- ey had not been wasted. He wished to know if the pur- chases now be`ng made are made ‘on tender. Mr. Lea. disapproved en- tirely of the appointment of a Pur- ~chaslng Agent. . D'smlssal of "'nexpensive and in-

cial Building was critic'aed by the Opposition leader.

ricd of hard `f1lnt gravel such as

The road machinery expenditure

o Liberals used. of the Liberal Government was also

an D arywenitat -

tacked the Bell Govemment‘s poll pe

dis

e did not object to the use of d

20 miles For permanent Jobs,

s predicted the Govemment will d it necessary t.o use imported ° vel.

The criticism has been made, Mr.

ployment relief was given the

efended. The Liberals had "p.ow-

material within a reasonable ed the ground" in this respect and

tance of the pits but me cost had shown that they were progres-

cntlrely too much to distribute sive.

"We can account for all tnc mon- y we expended and if we had not

made these expenditures, the motor

hicle tax would not be what it is

ve today," he declared.

To "the sagscity of one of the Mr'

W” went to mm who dm not “_ Campbells" Mr. Lea credited thc

me mum. of the Tax Act.. This qu” It `m some cues' he md' introduction of the Domicile Com-

ell

was not correct, but at least he had w b lst in his bell that

to-do farmers, sons of federal

ponies Act from which source rev-

een com ent ef mmhum and Omen Ncewed no enue this year is estimated at $40,.

taxes, to be equitable, should be q,

paid by all sections of the people. pi

I-le had never complained about p paying his own taxes and had al

- v

ways been thankful that he was h

w

farming in a Province where taxes

un

were so low. intended that the grant should be

The road grsvelling policy of the late Liberal Government was dealt ‘ with, credit bcing taken by Mr. Lea

for increased potato shipments due ,

to this expenditure. The Liberal

pect to local gravel was that it was w not suitable for road making.

“There may have been some grav gr-

Government's information withrss- Libgrgig

" wks

In

el in the mud that this Government `¢,°

Gov

has put on the road-S." he said, "but ‘

1'

I!

this

.

or .

enue lost in poll tax andvfurther re- h ,

. in . , 3,-,_

. Lea. continued, that when the un-

r ' '

urchilsed

an .

acco

use

day for hauling gravel for unem- oyment relief Some men had I

ts at the bank. It was never

d in that manner.

llclrrl No Crltlcism ‘

000.

Special statutory consideration by

tm ks *D tak ad_ the Liberals to encourage in this

“N “naive nga. and Ewen _Province the winding up of wealthy

estates and, by succession duty

° "°°1"°d Wm had su" "tm amendments, to make the Province

"a cheap place to die in,” were also referred to.

With regard to subsidy sewe- ent Mr. Lea d'd not dispute that

The ‘mu amount spent by the the late Liberal Government had

in four years on public

all the last campaign, the speak- W me not iresrd cud ..».-itieuru in 1° the general policy of the then emment. A great portion of the

m

failed to secure anything but, he

Wu, ML Lea mid’ $L5u°|000_ continued, the present Government

as in "exactly the same posit- n." It was felt by the Liberals at they' w-.iid gain greatly by

th : wait‘ng until the clams of the west-

I would not call that a graveilino Liberal expenditure was for steel em P1°VI“°° We" °°m“_d~ "U“f°‘*' policy.. The gravel used last fall Tbyidsm fu-14"' °t°__w°,.k m the unateiy the other Marit me Provin- was "ut reset so per cent clay” and tenure class with the necessary ex- we wild mi c°-°P¢f°¢= with ve °’ the work would never last over the pendigum wmch Wm MW have to we would have got a subsidy. But

. gb. mms in "hmmm: Famonwmd we found we were alone... | It was ridiculous, Mr. Arsenault

. Ti Hogpitu and p;~in¢¢ 91 wales Q91- The previous Stewart Govemment sud' t’° °°“t°"d the mmm 1“d““f"|'7

____.. “‘ + “ _ ‘M gun. by reducing taxa had ,.px_ejudiced.. had been developed due to the road-

Qoowoo-oooeooaooo-ooo ***‘**°°N

the Liberal Gwemmenvs case in making activities of the Liberal

Bums the mam: or pressmgsubsidycmms Government. For some time after X

_.__.__________ at Ottawa, he complained 'aims °§;’°' tin; gfvemment had `

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Teachers Wanted

sort sans-Lands nouss. lir-

ply Guardian. 1468-3-!5~3L

CARDBOARD BUITABLB FOI

lining outhouses. etc., lc. Del sheet. Guardian onine. tf

DEATHS

- -- Mem mm”-_ agriculture, particularly at this

time, was emphasized. Mr. Lea had

always regretted, as Minister of

__._._m____i____ Agriculture, that the business men G|‘u_I5__M symmmck _Mm-ch |5_ and business organizations in this lm' Hugh Gum in hh 75 yen city and elsewhere did not realme Funenl may It 3 p_ m_ tho importance of spending

more money in their department.

_ p0|,|,A|w_,M Alben? Pmm' Mm 'Our farmers see now the value of

WAN1'an _ naar cuss _'rm- cher for Ii-ishtcwn School. Apply to Preston Campbell, secretary.

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Miscellaneous

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the many em during

cmant.

mth, Wmhm Pound’ aged 35 ,the live stock industry; butter pric- yan, prumnl 'mm hy.. me I-e,|_ :es have increased 10 cents a pound dence ‘¢ 830 Fnday morning’ fn iwlthlh the IB-St f8W days and thcfe vm-mu my" ghw»¢h_ were othér indications that the time I MM-7,|-l0D'- 011 Rb- 2901. It W" °I’P°’t‘m° V’ “re” the benems Liberal fnsincerity in the enforce- Rvoohcatsr, New York. U. S. A., °f 4311? f°1‘111|11¥- H8 W°11Id SFUDCIY A1ggm4q_,y_ M¢¢1,¢°d_ 5 mmve of suggest that the vote for Agriculture pun” Eawu-d -|31. bs not reduced and that ii md, ‘_ .. spocialdrivebemadeibis year to im-

prove ths live stock industry, es- pecially in view of the slump in the

potato market. i Mr. Lea commented heatediy on

an alleged campaign statement of the senior member for Charlotte- town, to the effect that "because he (Mr. Los) was a farmer he should be the last farmer Premier or the Pnwinee." '

W! Ang 0 ' 'S. 1 to M .'Flora llaoholiornf . . Hon. Dr. Maclllllani "I never sakl Ladies’ J:N gsiyber lQI’c’;yPoint." 1450-3*10°9Ii\‘4 - » : l mst, gg g|\_'» B°°I"' 50001111 H5114 5501*- ` -° "- ‘ ’ ‘ a can Mr Ina complained that Dr Mue-

_ WN” 1" 1*- F011 :Ill-10;" ‘ vrrnllraxla uuliiur mould have epeiugided for

M rlwigerfie. oi..-iettetewu. ,gi :mmm statement. urude it ure capitol

_` “Ie H°Il’ W°11f¢‘I ' 'im-S-1041;; e 'rnntre me lueiuuited that ne. Dr.

"WMI lxrnr susan `° onnir -~~-1 wnurrixa m°Mm°°' "' "°‘ “ '°""°m°" b°

Fgnrtmldz Eéd potatoes Arab ` " °‘“‘° I" ‘”" “°’ "° °°'

° Pin" °q|,,|,' ' nu, gg Dilapprovel _was ¢XD1'°S~S¢d by 01° 1`;?'i?;I1‘I.P' u' “Ties-s-is-sifi ' Opposition lender at the separation

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IION. MR. ARSENAULT

Congratulations to the Speaker

and deep regret at the lmtimely death of the late l-Ion. Leonard Mc- Neill were voiced by the next speak- er, the Hon. Adrian F. Arsenault,

' Listening to the remarks of th. Opposition leader, Mr. Arsenault understood more clearly why it was that the Liberals had been defeated. The Opposition leader complained that the people never appreciated the Bell Government and Mr. Belle "modest surpluses" - which turned out to be paper ones; healso coni- plained of the Conservativa nav- ing fostered indignation meetings ' et that time and preludieed the ` people against paying taxes. i Analyzing Liberal arguments ad-

vanced in support of the Bell Gov ernmenffs poll tax, Mr. Arsenau _ pointed out that the tax was neve collected and cited a Liberal mem ber from summerside who admitted in the House that he had not him-

self pald lt.

Mr. Arsenault twltted the Opposi-

tion leader on his remarks on ta.x» ation. They had sounded like ex- tracts from another speech, but Mr Lea had replied that good or bad his remarks on this subject wen original. It was interesting indeed to know that notwithstanding all that has been said in the past, we have one man in the House who can give utterance to thoughts that

have never been expressed before.

I prisoners soon found that irregulari- ties would not be tolerated as they

offensve offic'ais" in the Provin-1

mrird District ei Prineei. i

PHONE

KOTEX

POND'S CREAIV `

_ Reg. 35c

3 for $1 KODAK

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FILMS

3 for 85c

MARCH 17. _1932 _ , THE CHARLo'l"riaTovvN oualzolam Q _ __ PAc_i~:_l_‘HREE ___

C _ ` I ' 1 “ T' H" wi' _`

hrmtyon _

The

ROSS-DRUG1 UNITED i

2" WEE1<-l;lvD SPECIALS STO...

Two Cakes of Violet Soap free with each Tube of Williams Shaving Cream.

All for ase.

WOODB_URY'S

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lar: ir r _ 37c 1 .°..‘; ;;..§:.“;';i2.. IHONI- D 89" .No.5 Government ln order to obtain a " A S T '

FRUIT

FACIAL SOAP

Linen Envelopes and

Tablet

,_°1=fed- 5' 6 a cakes for see EASTER

_ “The d ' _ ir 'r lr i

School es‘tanl?ll.;iWi:lybM :hs Beel'I 31:3- i- NO

the conscience of th's Government", T_w° 15° packages °f FFOITI 56 I0 500

th; Premier may establish in Agri- a 1O0 Shget Writing I Finns Developed and

less than a four or five months' Printed- wiuter eeuree will ae or lime value- All for 39c 24 Hour Service-

The Extemal Audit Mr Lea

,thought was ..wormle5sI. Tm; Pm_

SA LTS

Large Size 79c. ,

_ieguiar 50c FRUITATIVES

3 for $1.00 »

lvlneui auditor, whose ability and I ' `

i had eeurpieiued of nis"'d`e“"“"““zeut in tue

Iby-election preceding the general election, and also that .es a result he had been compelled to seek elec- I tion the First District of Prinef _One would think from the tone of his complaint that he was repre- senting some far-off district at the North Pole, instead of a District of 1 which any representative should be proud. Mr. Campbell's position on

ihis own showing reminded Mr. Ar- gsenault of “Mahatma Gandhi and I his goat."

The previous Conservative Gov-

ernment had been criticised for not building ferry boats, but the fact was that the old boats were service- able at that time and it was sound _economy to use them as long as i possible.

Despite the Opposition leader’s

.deprecatory remarks about local lgravel. Mr. areerreuit ned round in vhis own district that shore grave' ihad been used with good results |'1`he roads can now be regriivelled, if necessary, every three or four years, and the cost will be less thar

the imported material.

Unemployment Relief

Strong denial of the sweeping :harge that the unemployment "grant had been misused for politics' nur-poses under the present Govem» ment was made by Mr. Arseriaul' who cited the satisfactory mannri in which the grant had been ad ministered in his own district. Il was unfortunate that one in the responsible position of the leader of he Opposition should give public~ ty to heresay reports of men will illeged bankrolls receiving unem

rloyment relief. _

The huge pre~election road ex penditures of the Liberal Govem- ment were cited. In one district alone-First Prince- 883,000 was ‘pent last summer." "They werf round fo have an Attorney General this time and were going to build f gravel mad to take him here," com

mented Mr. Arsenault drily.

The present Govemment will en-

deavor to give the people good road' within the means of the Provinc but the Govemment did not intend to throw away money in extravag- ant expenditure in this or any oth- er matter. The people now reall?/2 that rigid economy must be practis- ed in the Department of Public Works. It is easy enough t0 5112115 a lot of money on the roads, and this, Mr. Arsenault pointed out, had been the policy of the Liberal Gov- emment. With all this expenditure was the Province any better off af-

ter four years of Mr. McIntyre's ad-

had been tolerated under the Liberal regime. An investiga- tion was hcld and the troublesome prisoners were confined to their ` cells and placed on rations of hard - tack and water. The present jailor has asserted his authority and the Government has confidence that these disturbances will not be re- peated. If~thcre is any further trouble. even stricter measures will be taken.

Prohiblrion Enforcement

ment of the Prohibition Act was scored by the speaker. The people have confidence in the Stewart Govemment's assurance that it will do all in its power to enforce all laws.

The Opposition leader's complaint

of "attacks" made on lilm by the Minister of Public Health during the election campaign were answer- ed by Mr. Arsenauit. Mr. Lea had quoted I statement v/hich did not fonvey the meaning of the Minis- ter's remarks.

Mr. Lea: "l-Ie didn't say what he

meant?"

Holi. Mr. Arsenault: ".1-lc said

what he meant, but you didn't read all he said."

Mr. Leak lack of an election plat-

form and the general record of his administration had been considered by the electors and the result was that the Lea Govemment was voted lout of office. Mr. _T. A. Campbell .

minlstration of the Public Works Department? Mr. Arsenault did not think so. He had nothing against the former Minister: he was a like- able gentleman. 30111111. 5°°I3bI“- generous,-but extravaswt-

M.-_'r.ed; "That spoils it alll" Today, Mr. Arsenault said, we are

getting back .to the sturdler, more economical practises of earlier 8211' erations.

The suggestions of one member

of the Opposition that Princc Of Wales College had been burned bc- nause a Liberal official at that institution had been replaced by H11 appointee of the Conservative Gov- emment was strongly denounced by Mr. Arsenault, v/11° “Id *fm W1' son cambie of making such an in- sinuation was not s. loyal citizen.

Health and Education Portfolio

The appointment and installa-

tinn of Hon. Dr. MacMillan as Min- ister of Public Health and Educa- tion was a measure of which this Government is proud. This port- folio was one of the recommenda- tions of the Education Commission and legislation to provide for it had been passed by the Liberals who however had failed to fill the position. The appointment would save the Province many times the Ministers salary.

The revelations contained in the

report of conditions at Falconwood by Doctors Flemming and Mitchell of Mcuill University were referred to, also the classification cf patients now being made by Dr. Clark, an expert psychiatrist from Ontario. This information will be of great assistance to the Government in determining the best type of build- ing, equipment' and method of treatment in reestablishing the in- stitution.

The superiority of old-time school

readers over modern ones was maintained by Mr. Arsenault. The present Minister of Education, he believed. was well qualified to rie- cide on the selection of the proper school ‘books to be used.

Mr. Arsenault reiterated his be-

lief in the possibility of establish- ing fruit canning industries in the Province, including in certain sec- tions of Prince County, the grow- ing of crunberrles and other small fruits. This had been made n sub- ject of jocular reference bythe Opposition but the matter was too 'rnportant to our farmers to be 'eated as a joke. Tobacco growing was mentioned

by Mr. Arsenault as an industry which might be developed advant~ ageouslyy also tanneries, as sug- rested recently in the press. The prospect of formulating

_alans for developing Empire mar- kets at the forthcoming economic conference at Ottawa was referred to as one of the hopeful indications of the immediate future.

Some sign of co-operation from

.he Opposition rather than carping criticism, would, Mr. Arseriault be- lieved, be more appreciated by the people and more in line with the best interests of the Province.

MR. B. W. LEPAGE

Following I-lon. Mr. Arsenault in

the debate, Mr. B. W. LePage coil- gratulated the Speaker on his ele- vation and extended sincere sym- mthy to the families of the late Hon. P. A. Scully and the late I-lon. Leonard McNeill.

Unfortunately, depite a bountiful

harvest for which we should be tliankful to Providence, agricultur- al prices have been lower than at any time in the last forty years. At that time prices of other commod- ities were correspondingly low and the farmers had a different living standard. Today agricultural com- modity prices arc out of all propor- tion to the price of other articles.

This condition Mr. LePage at-

tributed largely to the tariff pro- tective policy of the Federnl Gov- emment.

Instead of practising "rigid econ-

omy" as the Conservatives promised to do, this, Governments policy could better be described as "wilful extravagarice," Mr. LePage said. 1-Ie criticised the expenditureof $5,500 on Ministers' cars, also the crea- tion of the portfolio of Health and Education and the expenditure of “huge sums of money" in scraping the roads. Had tile money "wasted in graveling" been given to the ia- boring men it would have ,been better economy. Mr. Le-:Page criticis- ed also' the appointment of a Pur- chasing Agent and the qualifica- tion of the appointee.

The road graveling last fell was

done on roads not properly prepar- ed. He cited Rustico Beach.

Mr. J. A. MacDonald: Toll us

about Oyster Bed Bridge."

Mr. LePage said he did not want

to be mtcrrupied. He complained

of wasteful expenditure on road.

work at Rustico Beach which was worse than useless. llc hoped that “Providence would carry that work away, because it spoiled thc beach." Out of 44 men employer' on that job only three were Liber als, he said, adding that he knew w

bat he was talking about in this <‘

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matter.

Mr. D. F. Bethune: "You've got

another `think' coming." i /it Nine Mile creek, Mr. Lerage maintained, °600 tons of gravel were hauledtat a cost of $3 per ton. Pure gravel could have been landed there from Nova Scotia at $2.75 per ton whereas the local material was only 50 per cent pure.

Two wealthy men had been giv-

en work under the unemployment grant on the Nine Mile Creek job, Mr. LePagc averred. One of them "owned half a dozen houses in Charlottetown."

The Premier, Mr. LeP.1.ge said.

had been elected on the issue of pressing for subsidy settlement. Sli months have elapsed since the el» cction and nothing had yet beer done in this connection. Old Ag\ Pensions had also been promises and yet there was nothing abou this matter mentioned in th Speech from the Throne. This not- withstanding that there was no dif- ference between the situation now 'ind before the election.

l-Ion. Dr. MacMillan: “We are ear of you now." Mr. LePage: "I think the Prov-

ince would be just as well clear of

you.",

Hon. Dr. McMillan: "They didn't

say so, though.”

Takes Credit

Credit for building the Provin-

cial Sanatorium, Mr. Le1_’age said was due to the late Liberal Government. He reviewed public works expend- itures amounting to $1,016,800 which the L'berals had made and which he said had properly been charged to capital account. Notwithstanding this. and deducting revenue assets. the net Liberal debt at the end of their four years was $2,954,89c.49 or an increase- of only $934,234.80 dur- ing their term.

“We built the Sanatorium," Mr-

LePage again declared. If a Liber- al Govemment had not been in power "there would be no Senator- ium there today." Denier eiiuiee should be held in

different parts of the country un- der thc direction oi' the Minister of Health, he thought.

Mr. LePage was “not quite Sure'

that the Stewart Government wal enforcing Proh bltion as well as thc Liberals did. At any rate, it was the Liberals who had saved the Prohibition Act in 1927. Two mem- bers ol' the present Proh'bltlon Commlss on he thought were not in heartfelt sympathy with the act because they had previously sup-

ported Government control.

Mr. LePage’s Unde'\'tand'ng

Mr. LePage said he was sorry to

hear the Premier say that the Pro- vinc'al Pol'ee now had nothing whatever to do with enforcing the Prohibition law.

Hon. Mr. Siwart: "I did not

say that."

Mr. LePa.g.‘: "That is my un'

derstanding.”

Hon. M1 Stewart: “I am not ft-

sponsibie for voir und~rstai1ding."

Mr. I/:Page: "I thought you mcanl

what you said."

Hon. Mr. Stewart: "' certa'nl\

meant what I said but 1’ did not say what you quoted me as sav`r~' I Cond tions at Falconwcod M" ‘~ Page said, were not "half nr ‘~- " lu the McGill doctors had r

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