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The Public Forum

'l'h|a column la open Ior the dlecueaion by correspondents o1 queetlone o1 lntareet. The Charlottetown Guardian doee not neoeeearlly endorse tne opinion expressed by ita cor- respondent;

Notes By "The Way

if every driver of a motor car were careful and obeyed the lawn, rulea and regulations made for the drivers‘ observance, there would be very few auto accidents. There is no machine that is more complete- ly under the control of the person in charge oi it than an automobile.

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Graduate of N. Y. Poet Graduate Medical School and Hospital Practice limited to Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat Orfleo Bayer Building, Great George Street Telephone BSD-J.

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in Planoforte Singing and Theory

277 Richmond Street

instruction

Term Commences October 1at

v turcd into commodities which sup»

_highly protected and government- ‘zlssi-sted silk industry ‘Workers who found ready employ-

richcrl herself

THURSDAY, SE BRITISH FREE TRADE.

iBritish free trade is now face in face with what may be its last bailtle. rulllire have almost given up the unequal struggle and the lac: being freely admitted by prrss am!’ public ‘that lhe old free trade pul- lcy, lzle pr. icy which made Great

Britain the world's greatest indus- trial centre, has outlived its use-

Ainnufacturing and agii~

fillness, and is, under present con- ditions, the cause of the ilpparallel- ed industrial and agricultural disl- lrcss which has thrown a million and a half people out of employ- nlellt.

For lllany decades Great Britain svas the manufacturing centre of the world. _l'i‘he raw products of the world “IGTBVDOIIPGII into the couulry freeof duty and manufac-

plied the world's ‘markets. The industrial centres grcy into popui» oils cities, creating a marker her agricultural‘ products supplied hilt a

for which de- mands. She became o. market for Ell-

fraction of her

the agricultural countries ol‘ rope. ‘III recent years » the scene hag

changed. Germany, lFrancc, and Italy developed industrially and from their protected factories p0iir- crl their wares into England, Rils- sin, Denmark, iPolzlnd other large countries. lfinding free access to British market, developed agricultllrally witll the result that the British farmer has lboen gradu-

ally crowded out. The Nottingham

and

the

milk industry, once the greatest of its kind, has ‘been dcmorailized by its inability i0 compete with the

oi France.

mcntanil earned good wages in the

Nottingham mills are now walking Bradford, once -ihc centre of the wool industry, is in

tho streets.

a similar condition because French the British woolen goods out of the markets of the world, and even out 0f the

woolcus are drivln-g

British market.

The British press is very out- spoken on the subject of protection aml is issuing a warning that in tllc faco oi‘ conditions as U10)’ are kilown lo exist old ‘policies must Iii‘ scrapped and ‘steps taken to save the country.

Tilerc arc conditions under which

frce zlccess of foreign goods may lw a ‘blessing. Tilese conditions ex~ istcd for many years in Great iBrlt- tain. She drew her raw materials freely from other countries and en- by manufacturing

tilcin. When other countries. pro- tcctcil by tariff walls from competi lion, developed their manufactur- ing industries and poured their wares into the free markets of

Britain. The inevitable followed.

We Ill Canada may well take warning from what has occurred in Great ‘Britain. "We are starving our agriculiure by the almost free ad- mission of agricultural products from a larger agricultural country than olir own. We have develop ed our manufacturing by a measure of protection, but in the unequal agricultural competition we are los- ing ground and our industrial cen- tres, our great home marks; is dwindling. Canada is awakening slowly to this fact; the attempt to revive the old humbug, reciprocity, and free importation o‘ food and rllflhlng to demoralifla our agricul- ture ond our industries, is becom- in-g a forgotten (I‘.'('illll. We need an awakening and a house-cleaning

beginning nt Ottawa, ns the people

or England realize that they need it and, in all probability will have

it in the not iiletnnt fuiuro.

PT. 2o, 1923

THE IMPERIAL CONFERENCE.

On Friday next, ilenzle King leaves for England to al-tend the Conference. (luestlons of vftul interest to the

Premier Mao imperial

Empire and its overseas dominion-s will be thrashed out at this meet- ing oi the Empire's ables: men. questions ill which Canada is per- haps more iIIIIZGTOSIGd than any of the other doulinlons. the subjects the agenda are questions of defence and of inter-imperial trade, on these two particularly the present Canadian premier does not see eye to eye with those of the other dominion»: and the outcome of the conference will be awaited willl keen interest. The Ottawa correspondent oi the Toronto Mail and Empire, discuss- ing the intended departure of the Prime Minister, says in part:

Among ill

“N0 one has ever accused Mr. King of undue modesty, but iu his. "F57- 9558? into the larger field hr is as retiring as “the shrinking violet“. He would gladly fortigo the IZLSUIIIBIIOIIS of the London social life to escape conflict with

the wily Smuts, ‘the militant llriirc

and lmperialistic lliiassey They lire nil men of action, and Cannilah Premier is for inaction‘ in the European si-tuatiol] ulld lnflpcrizll defence, where these

and activity. They are not hampered iil opinion or expression as are British slates» men, and will force the Canadian

_Premier into the open, as one who

Prelulers

lvailt decision

has come to a. great Ilnperial Con- ference without courage or imliin. aiion to define Canada's posiiiun."

HOW THEY HELP.

The management of the Canadian National Railways has placed an order for 23,000 tons of steel rails in the United States. This, While Canalliilnmills areobliged to close their doors because of the short- age of orders and while Canadian workmen are daily leaving for the

United States in search of employ- turning at a crossing." merit is SOmeLhing u,“ requlrps other bye-laws, honored

explanation.

lion 0i’ the Canadian National Rail- z

ways situated lll the United Slates, i‘ “mu” “i” of ‘my kind Shmmi i" iutimiltcly zicquriizitcil rules t

rave never Slllllirfl] these rc arc still in the air from t

but that is not an iulcquiltc exphm. atioll.

Echoes

the noise made by Liberals in Op- young women, and others who

position over the purchase oi‘ Unit- i

ed States coal for ‘the use of the ( Canadian National

Railways, n] - ,

though the purchase was amply jus- written lnw" that no person who

tilled ll)’ iiflilfiiiorlution conditions‘ and the consequent cost of car. l

Plflze. If there fe any justification |

for this purchase of steel rails nl ists.

a time when iCunadian industry is

‘filtering it is up to the Liberal i!

Dress or (I0 111.3 ment to state it.

The recent increase in importa~ tioits from the United States and

tile falling off of our exports

lo that country recently referred m i in these columns and in the Can- 1

mlian press has occasioned consid- erable comment. The prggeln heavy purchase of steel rails from

the some source is an added aggra.

vntion and some adequate explan- aliou of it should ‘be made at once, “Buy at home" is -Canada's prq. sent motto. ‘It is being adopted b_v the people generally as the only means oi’ placing ‘Canada on commercial and industrial feet. our government

her

If ignores it as it evidently does. both in its business transactions and in lite iflscai policy it leaves little room for hope. Can- siln needs it house-cleaning and a general awakening and the opt-rs-

It i b ll . ' . _ _ s pm a) e m" would, if observed by all, tend to the rails are inlondeil for the por- ,

t

eating liquor shall enter a car lo

railway munage- and of those who drive motor cars

are sufficiently cilrcful and suflici- enlliy well-informed and

A horse may run away, though driven by the moat careful driver. But the auto stops on the lnetant— unles-s some part oi it has been broken.

That auto accidents are on the increase here proves that the num- ber of auto-drivers who are careless or reckless ls increasing, that a more rigid enforcement of the laws and byelaws to regulate the run- ning of motors is required, and that whenever there is an auto ac- cident, the circumstances in which it occurred should be investigated.

There it a general provincial law that “no person shall operate a mot or vehicle on any public highway at a rate of speed greater than is reasonable and proper," and that “no person shall operate a motor vehicle on any public highway reck- esely or negligently, or ISO as to endanger -lhe life or limb of any person 0r the safety of any proper- ty." The law also provides that "iu determining whether a rate of speed was reasonable and proper 0r whether a motor vehicle was operated recklessly or negligently, so as to endanger the life of any person or the safety of any proper- ty, regard shall be had to all the circumstances, including the nat- ure, condition and use of the public highway, and the amount of traffic which at the time actually was, or might reasonably be expected to be on the public highway."

These requirements of the law imply that the drivers of motor oars are to use their discretion. On a clear strip 0f road in the country, where no obstacle infer- vcucs ‘the driver may go at speed. Bu! in places where there is traf- fic, or where children or old per- ISOIIS may suddenly appeal", or where the road is rutty or rounded, or where there are culverts. the covering of which is dllglier than theievel of the road, they shall “go slow"—or at least slow enough to avoid lhc danger of accident. They illso imply that when there is

investigation to determine the care, or careless of the person or persons iil cilargc oi‘ life machine or marli- ines involved in it.

A bye-law of the City of Char- lottetown acts forth that "vehicles requiring to turn or slow up shall givo visible and audible warning, and if tilrning ~10 the left into an- other street shall keep close to the curb, and if turning to the right shall do so only lifter ilnssiilg the centre oi‘ intersection of iil" streets." IFurther, tilelaw requires that "no vehicle shall pass or a‘. tempt to pass another vehicle while Thcrc 1w: in tho iroacll by some persons, which he reduction of lllI0-fl(5ifi(I(‘.llI.il. i‘)

lhc number n1 vr-rynnc who drivcs

with govcruiilg Ytt persons w no uni-l v inlmiltiirr

rlir and rcgulatfrns heir operation. ‘Ollfi, small ‘boys nut‘; -uve not arrived al -retloil,

years of vlis are occasionally allowoii o (lrive autos. in some parls of he United Stale-s there is an “un>

lus taken even one glass of intoxi-

lrive it. iHcre and cvcrylvliere a lke law should govern all motor-

lt has to be admitted that the great majority" of those who own

(list-reel. For the rest there should be a lniich more rigid enforcement of the ‘law than there is. Law enforce- ment is becoming altogcthci- loo ax. in respect to auto driving as n respect to the sale and use oi intoxlcnnts, altogether iioo Illll('II liberty is permitted to the thought- less and (aareioaa-tltose who rlrlvc autos and cause aulo accidents. The authorities, policemen, cou- stubles, everyone whose duty it is to enforce the law, should be more seduious than they are in the pro- secution of offender-s lrguinst iIIlG lnw.

Wherever an auto accident occur: and la reported, an investigation should at once be held into all the circumstances connected with if,

and ilio expense entailed should he charged to the person to whose

laxity or carelessness the accident

their disobedience of the law's ‘by which they are governed would be exposed in an investigation, and

an auto accident there shall be all‘

Glen William Poll

'l“iii<1 (“IIAIKLOTTPYFOVVN (iUAliDlAN, Sil'.-l notice ill your paper of the 17th inst. un illtclnpt by lllr. M. Ii. linnncll to clear ilway the Onlis of’ bcilll! ruin-ii uu with Fm‘ attempt by IlIllI-‘llélf and poll offic‘ ials to clinngc the rcsult of the Glen William Poll uflcr tho Deputy Returning Officer hail closed up the ballot box which contained the Depuiy Returning (lfficvns invurn stntclm-nt of fin.- Poll-anil ihc more Mr. llonilull squlrlns over

T0

lug his case.

it is hardly ilrccsi-iflfy i0 l-‘ZO 0Y0!‘ the matter again, bill I would rc- fer fill‘ public to tho apology and retraction which hlr. hiurilock It. hlrllnoil signs-d and which appear- ed in the (lliariliilu of the Hill insl. and l am saiisficil tllul they will sec al once that some interested parties luailo all attempt to huvc the rvlurus from thi- Glen William Poll changed so as to favor Mr. Bonilcll.

.\lr. llouucll in his lcttcl- silys:

"l called on tho day ilIIPi‘ ilin Eiorlinn and llI(‘il iunuirril for and obiaiili-il tho slaiclllcllt froiu him personally.“

'l‘llis establishes IIli‘ fill-t illat Ml‘ Ronni-ll I’<‘t‘(‘i\'t‘(I tho (‘crlificiltie tho (lay :ll‘it\l' tlic llllvcliilll.

Again quoting from l\lr. hell's li-tior:

“Tilill lcttci‘ was vnilorscil on lilo back 0t‘ IIIL‘ FIli-ciinll Ill-turn and (It‘II\'(‘l‘t‘(I to lilt‘ by the llwiiiii)‘ Returning Officl-r several ilays atl- or llii‘ Elcrtiml."

'l‘llnt is that .\lr. iollncll (llliillll- 0d lill‘ (‘vrlificntii llic ilily afivr IIH’ Eli-l-iion, and that scvvrzll ilays aiivlwvlrds (iluriug which time illl‘ llt‘t‘i‘Si~illfv' became ilppnri-llil Ii" took ll ilark i0 lill". Zill-Lcild i0 l'll- ilorsi- on IIH‘ back the NItliPlllUlli. ill‘ IUIIPI‘ to ilu- ltvturnini: (iffici-z".

in ri-gnrrl i0 lill‘ fact \\'Iii*'Il“l‘ m,- hdfllf-IIRHH ]lI2ll'L‘iI nu ilic bat-ll of (‘orliflcatc was inailc iil pcuvll 0r ink docs not matter, tho facl. is tisiulilisllvil that i\'ll'._I\li¢i.i-oil was llliluwil in pill Llll‘ siaifllni-lll illurl‘ —iiuil as Ml". Z\l<¢l.i~0il iolil m" ill souall)’ ill l)l‘i‘Sl‘lll'i: ai‘ a with-- tllai ill‘ was (‘oaxvil l0 lilli ihf‘ Sliilvlllfllll 011 iIll‘ bnck of Ill“ i-l-ril» ficaic, tilis is proof’ ihnt div. Ill Imoil iiiil not run iiliru‘ i‘.

lion-

this incident tho worse lic is nlak- v

_ 1mm“ Hll‘(‘]l, null illal iii‘ is l‘ll\"illl'

First Millinery "pg".- ing at the New Store

Our Mlle Seaman and‘ Mlle Shaw,

IS YOUR CHILD DELICATE?

I have often womlcrcil why pm‘- PIIIS will any: “You know John or iilnry is (lelicate. and so I doll‘! iliik them to llo IllllCIl around the house." John gets out of cutting the grass or taking out nsllos, and lllary is not required to do billY household chores.

Now, if John or Mary is ilclivall‘ tlln family lint-tor should be coli- slllivil. Don't ill-ik hinl fur ll K001i ionic for till-m, but ask lilin to take .l look ovcl‘ them. There must ho a reason for culiinl! "will dmicm" and lot him llclp you to filld it.

Yolingsters that urn (SDIIHIIIQTPII ilelienic lose ll large DH" 9i m“ ilcccssziry training ill ilfc.

From the moral and lucuilil standpoint ilivy losc hcilvlly ‘iil- (IUWI. A "ilcllcatc" boy can bl‘ lllfil a iiltlc slack ill his HLIOINIIIIICI‘ ilt school, in his general carc of IfIOIIiPr and body, and ill his 144N101?!‘ um‘ dill-t ill school or in the IIOIiW-"llii U“. 0m cry gors up "Oh, hos doli- caic." . _

Now, the mental nllil moral in luirilly myilcid. lint I Imllvvi‘ w" ll agree with lilo ill tho nbovcslnlt- illl‘llI. ,,,

Now, what ilbont him iiill/flicillll-

'l‘ll(- l-lilllli‘. (llll error occurs. iii‘ ‘is illlrlwcd t0 ill‘! ill) will“ h“ Hiw“ cat what he liked. go to bud “hon he likes, and dons not iudilllil‘ l" “my exorcise or galncn brcausi- Ill‘ rim-sift like lllvm. _ ,

Now, when you collie lo illiillilll it, isn't it zlbsuril? _ _

\\']|y, the youngster nilvr liliiiii! ()\'i'l‘I!lllli1‘iI by ilic fzlilllly pIil/lilidill: tiIllHlIlI- llilvc more v illoiilfill “lb fflffl apt-ill on him from a h_vi-'.l"iiil stillulpoillt than a llorlnzll i-lilld.

As a math-r of fact hr has loss. bvi-ausi- IIll‘. bill-HIP"? m“ i“ S" “T” pfllii" is. zillmvcli iil illlvrivri- with prngl ss, menial, moral and physi- who ii You llavv i1 “llvlifill”. "mm 5v,- flmi hi‘ izi-trl iluiilnolks" PYPY)‘ ,1;|_\-_ gris good fnml and Hill)‘ "i nlcalliinv. lhnl. hi‘ W“ "I i"“" W"

are two w¢|| known artists whole ability is well known to every |ad

Y i" the Province.

We are confident you will agree with us thag

. our Mil- lmery la In a clan by itself.

Grand showing ofiMantles, Furs, siik, Dre

and all ready to wears. Don't walk elevator. It is herc

it Good;

upstairs. Take (h.

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m,“ 1., plilv like oill¢-i' ('illl1il'l‘ll. ' isiri that n rnnsiilial)!"lift" pnsiiitlll‘!

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ilnmlcll to correct a nlisizikv, null, lhi- virriiillstuliliiil l‘\'iiIl‘ll('l‘ slunvs, that n clliiuifi‘ W11“ lli‘*iT“‘i ‘l"‘|“""1 grpily riiiillircil by Ml‘. lluliili-ll Poi as lo ilrilli: the lllIllI vnii-ri fur ihv lwn caliiliililivs i‘\‘l‘ll, lluuni-ll, and‘ his friends. lmliiu! Ill’ iili“ i" "M; ho liutxiruillii Ufi'i<"‘l"=i l‘“*“ll““l vnir. llcrc

lics iln- secret. lIlHll "lliiccssily is tho nmilir-i‘ nf inven- lion “ iii Mr. lloliili-ll Iill‘ lli-rvrifilly pppoprnil vi-vy strmlg iillll no ilolibi lilli to thu invi-niioll of whzii limb illacv.

wns due. If auto drivers knew that"

'11". gldllll .\lr_ "ilniiucll (ilk-Al. h)’ his li-livl" illlllllfhfi llilil IIll‘ ltniuill- lug Officer because Iii‘ Wfililll "i" admit unlawful vviilclii-c, as nuulnsi lllv legal cviilullcu ,V]ll"l' ballot box {mil returns, has failed iil his -'lui_v but any ]l(‘i‘:iilll kimwiiig tho fzlris rail only any that illu liclurlr lug Officer .\ir. Panic (IIII his dull" which was ill fllll accord with Iilt‘ law. Mr. liollnrlfs sfatcmvilt that his Agents IllllI li-fi tho Poll hcforc tho box was closnil implies a IIGIEIIKOIICP. of duly on lhvil‘ iiiiil which they zliul llr. liouucll ma) svtile lllllCillK themselves. I And, after all, slumping up tiin whole matter ii’ Mr. ltouni-li ivas salisficil that a ‘wrfiiik Iillil M"? roiuinittiul. iil‘ ii Ill“ l‘\'l'll hail a doubt that nlaliors won» not col- i-vnt, why iil IIll‘ name of common si-nse illil Ill‘. allil lliei ill‘lll‘ Liberal [riumls uni ilpply for a ri-coiiill.’ which they liilil unricr illi- law a perfect right to do. lhcvrr-anml d rvcount was not ilppllml for is ob- vious. Possibly fi-ar oi Hi0?" ilamaglng ilisciosiircs of (itllcr III- i-idonts of lilo i-illupiligu may have iililucllcivii tllciu to bi- eioini-vxlial i-iliiiioiis.

lie that as it may 1 trust lilo l"i‘.-

more rare and fmvcr flfiPiilllllli-i. \\‘w note that OIIICOFfi of ‘Lilo law iil Montreal are vcrl‘ Wfiivllllli ilwl‘ auto trnfflr, and that lliosc drivers who disobey the law. iil‘ liii‘ "m" firs of tllc law, are scvi-rcly pun- ishcil~~hezu§v fines as wi-ll as im- prirsnunlont lining inlposi-il. Thi- ilanger is, of course, ilfij-‘iiiii’ ' i" largo i-ltics, nilil narrow FLHWHI limp it is in Cllilrlotirtn\\'ll. lllul warelossiloss and disillioilii-iici- should not ho pi-rmiili-d iii-re in any grnnlor extent than in lllnu» lroal; and pllillslinlr-ut should lol- low as surely horn as in Aluuiri-al or London m‘ any ()l.ill'i‘ city or cmintry. it is hopi-il that Exhibiv lion week in CIlill‘illll\‘lll\\'Il will uni lie marked by ally uuio zli-iridclilfi. and that everyone, lilclilillug Illf‘ police, will he wulrlifiil auil active iil the prusni-liilnil nl‘ those ilrivi-rs of nulos who urn um careful.