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1 unuso sotoielw PROTEST

~We quite agree with. “Returned . , Soldier Battier". in hiaprotest, else-

, demoval of the Soldiers’ Settle- ment Board ‘from Charlottetown to Bét. John, N. B. This step has no

V doubt been taken for economical reasons lbut Prince Edward Island's

~interests have too often been thus sacrificed. We were amalgamated with Nova Scotla as‘: military district for purposes of economy and n3 a consequence ‘were sub- jected to many ,' inconveniences. The removal of the _Soldlers' Settle- ment Board cannot but be an ,in-

‘convenience and a hardship to the three ‘hundred or more returned soldiers who are settled on the Island and who will for several years to come have vcry important

druslnoss to do with the Settle-

’ tnent Board. dent well says. it is much more, expedient to do business person- ally than by correspondence and to the credit of the Board it has been an‘ inspiration and an encourage- ment to those who undertook land

settlement even under the favor-

alhle conditions given them by the government.

Possibly the opening oi a brunch office here‘ ifor n month or so in

As our correspon-

the ‘fall. as suggested Lby our cor- respondent, 'might be a partial - remedy and uwe have no doubt that if our soldier settlers make a unit- ed presentation of their caso to the authorities, their request may be favoralbly considered. “We icel assured that the government ‘will do alipossible for the men whon. they have so far helped and whose right tolthat help they have so generously recognized. V

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' Notwlthsland_i&_— many reduc- tionp the cost of living still rc- Inains at a level which is out oi proportion to ordinary. earnings _ andordinary revenues. Raw -ma- terials, such as hides and ‘have dropped to prc war prices - ‘and even lowcr. yet the cost of

wool.

v g boots and clothing is almost as

high as the .maximum war ‘prices. ffhe price oi. lumber has dropped yet the cost of building ls still beyond ordinary reach and rents are as high as if not higher than over. Other instances might be cited. , In a recont reference to ‘this __ subject we stated, on the author

WEDNESDAY. JUNE 1, 1921.

{wherein this issue, against the

lty of the Labour Gazette. that‘

labtn‘ represented eighty percent. -

‘of the average cost‘ of building a house while the material. ‘brick or lumber. represented only twenty

' percent. This ratio holds prac- tically the same in almost all oth- er lines. ln boots. shoes and clothing labor is the large factor; in merchandise labor, whether in the original production of the ar- ticle or in the actual cost of sell- ing. atldsthe largest ‘percentage to the cost.

! ‘Where thcn are we to look ifor a reduction in the cost of living? Where are we to begin? The cost oi labor cannot be reduced with- out serious injury to the ordinary labourer. His rent, one. of the largest items in his living expens- es remains at the peak; fuel is almost as high as when his wages

the ‘principal items in his daily bill of fare have fallen ‘but iby a small percentage, and while the high prices are al- most wholly of labors’ own making he is the victim of his own action, held in the toils which labor itself has woven.

‘Where shall ‘we "apply the knife? Not to the ‘wage oi laborer although that is the keystone of the arch of the cost of high living. The price of labor went up during tho war because of the necessities of the time and with it the whole cost oi living. To meet the increased cost

were increased;

of living the price of laibor again went up and with it wages and salaricsiin general. ln ‘our parlia- ments, in our courts. in our official circles indemnlties and salaries were increased ‘to meet tho new conditions created by the increas- ed cost of labor. Now we have discovered that the high cost of ‘labor ls thevcause oi the ltlgh cost of living and we are clamoring for a reduction ‘of wages. If the price of ‘labor is lowered official sal- aries and parliamentary indcmnities would also be expected to tumble and the latter contingency ls not. probalbic.

Where to ‘begin to cut is one of the great. problems of thc day. in the meantime thc only remedy for tho high cost oi living is economy. not the economy oi pcnurlousncss but oi that prudence which will continue to purchase what it needs, to sell what it has to sell and to be content, whether buying or selb‘ ing. with the prevailing markci

prices and also with smaller pro‘ fits. -

WIVIYVY/ Current Comment ffhore is worry in the Liberal hand over our trado to thc _Unitcd press over Premier Melghen's States. and to make the sons of

Fredericton speech, more particul- arly over that portion in which he

appealed to the electors to stand ‘by and save from exploitation and ruin, this country for which the

best ‘blood of our sons was spilt i upon the fields of battle. He said.

7*'—'-“Your boys gave their llVBs for _tbis country. fi-lotw do you hold it-hoir sacrifice? Are you going to ' sell the country they died-to save for a. few dollars? Are you going ' to pandgr -the future of this coun- try for a ‘few cents? You would not. you dare not hold the sacri- Qice ‘of your boys so cheaply." And "Hie liberal press felgns indigna- tion that he should associate the fate oi his Government with this 'ss'cred sacrifice of our Canadian But Premier Melglhews was not one of special pleading for his Government, when he spoke of our country SAVED BY SACRI- 4 0p, and plead with the/m not to jell it for a few paltry dollars jnd cents." He was putting it up ‘to those who would wreck our young nation to desist, and after

t uflre bloodshed. and the prlvatlon.

and the bitterness of heart and

. ‘rloul which our people have gone

“wit!!! with‘ in order to save it u thqboritrleof our vevhlé. not for the frifles of a few cents saving. in “u”. lo transform it into an ap- dage of the United ‘States.

L-wu because be saw before- ~ the ‘ will tpndoncy of . adventurers. who for the

l lion in almost. at warring coun-l

and the hewcrs oi‘ wood and (lralw- ers of water to the powerful re- public just across the line. It must be remembered that those who are clamoring for this destruction of our industry are not. in the aggre- gate, native born or those having the ‘real interests of ‘the country at heart. For the most part West- ern Canada has been peopled thy a foreign population gathered prin- cipally from the old continent, and the United States. whose one ob- ject in coming was to make, or get,

‘money. They are without care for

‘those ideals oi nationhood for

, which our soldiers fought, their only objective being a high price for their wheat. and a ‘low price for what tfhey must lruyatnd let the rest oi the people, including the patriots lwho did the fighting, pay thelbills.

iCanada the slaves, the servants

‘But if Premier meant otherwise; if it was his contention that to

stand ‘by the iboys and the sacri- fices they had made ‘was synonom- our with support of his Govern- ment, who lather-e in Canada who could .put forth‘ such a claim, and pm it Iwith such force oi illustra- tion as he can‘! 'Where is the party or Government on the face of the globe today which has gone through political fires in these very interests as his has donef While Kings haw lost their crowns dynasties have been wiped out and administration after administra-

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This column In open for the

" ‘ by eorrlapgnd onto of questions of Into» out, Thu yharqultotwn Guardian don not melod- arlly onfloroo tho opinions oxprclled by Ito corral-

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British income Tax _

‘Sir,—You were recently good enough to insert a letter from me on the above subject and as a fresh point has n_ow arisen, l an. taking the liberty of writing you again. l om now pleased to inform your readers that as result of pro- longed negotiations with the in- land Revenue, all persons receiv- ing income through a British Trust" are entitled to recovery oi tax in exactly the same way as ii no trust existed.

The position oi residence abroad in relation to British lncomo Tax is, therefore, as foilotvs;—- (1)-—.Ali British subjects can recover the whole or part of any income tax deducted from their dividends, annuities, rents, etc" for 1920-21 and in future, tue exact amount depending upon their total income.

-(2)-—Ail (Brown servants, serv- ing or retired or their widows, tnis- slonarles and persons resident abroad for ‘the sake ofhealth can claim as above for three years back.

(‘ID-Every person abroad. Bri- tish subject or not, can recover the WHOLE of the tux deducted from British War Loans or Ex- chequer Bonds. and Foreign and Colonial Securities for three years back. whether held ir. trust or not l shall be pleased to atlvise, without charge. any of vour rend- ers who care to write me exactly how any of the above ciauus should he prepared.

l am, Sir. etc... WILFRED T. FRY.

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London, W. (‘. 2.

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RETURNED SOLDIERS PROTEST

Sims-Wu thc soldier s-ottlcrs oi‘ P. E. l. learn with regret that our office in flharlottctown" has been zimalgamattcti, with the office at St. John. N. B. for the three prov inces. in view of the fact that= there are over three hundred sol- diers settled in P. E. ‘l. one would suppose that there might be a branch office here, if not permant- ently, at least for a month or so] it is much more satisfactory to transact business in person than through the mall and few farm ers can spare the time or expense to g0 to lSt. John. The personal oncouragcntent and advice received from those in the ‘Charlottetown office has been an incentive to do their tic-it, and I feel uurc that l am voicing the sentiment of most of the soldiers settled in P. E. l. when I say-that l trust it will be possible to have a branch office open in (Jhnrlottetotvn for at least one mouth in thc autumn. l am, Sir, otc.

SOLDIER SETTLER

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EIOI<OIC" Daily Selections Guardian Readen

Furnished by W. B. L°ulon_ oli§léfitfflirl A MORNING RESOLVE

t will this day try to livc t. slin- ple, sincere. and serene life; rc- pciilnl: promptly every WW3?" °' (flgggntgnt, anxiety, discourage- ment, impurity, and self-seeking; cultivating chesrfulness, malgllflfl- imity, charity, and the habit 0i hcly silence, exercising economy in expenditure. oarcfulness in con- versation, diligence in appointed service. fidelity to every trustdflill

a childlike trust in God.

Gm] ibroke mir years to hours and days, that Hour by hour And day by day. Just going on a little wayfi .We might be able nil along To keep quite strong, B/hould all the weight of ‘life Be laid across our shoulders. and the future, rlie With woe and struggle, meet ‘us face to face ’

At just one place.

We could not go;

Our fect would stop; and s0 God ‘lays a little oll us every day. And never. fl believe on all the iway,

Will burdens bear so deep

Or pathways lie so steep

But we can ‘go. if. rby_iGo<l's power. We only boar the burden by the hour

George Klingle. -----¢o>-—-- ‘nus ow cnnnnuut slurs iflarden makers often plan to sow seeds Just before a rain. 'but that is a mistake. for vii‘ the sun comes out bright and hot soon after- wards the soil will lbe baked so lhard that the seedln-gs wi‘ll find it hard to get lt is much better to work over the garden as soon as ‘it is dry enough after a rain and put the seeds in them.‘ There will ‘he plenty 4 ' oi moisture to ensure prompt germination and many weed seeds ‘will ‘have Sheen destroy- ed. Remember that the fin- , or your loll the quicker and more satisfactory will be the _ iIlAi-lonmf tit do. ,

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illnrlottettlya ’ l50_Y_em Ago

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(Continued) “Sad. ls the ‘burden of my song. _ A tale of death and human wronl; involving deeds‘ oi‘ such disgrace As seldom shame the human race; No fancy sketch! no trifling theme! Ab! would it were an airy dream! But sternest truth- -which takes the form, or midnight murder in a storm."

ln 1849 when the gold fever broke out in California, n company of forty men more than half of them residents oi'Chariottotowu. formed a partnership and bought n vessel to carry them to the gold fields on iho Pacific Slope. The brig "Fanny," a ship oi two hund- red and fifty tons with her cargo was purchased from James Peake for four thousand pounds. and tho gold seekers set . sail from Char- lnitetown on thc 12th of November 1849.

The sailing of the “lfanny" was

quite an evqnt in the early days when some twenty iivc of the, stalwart citizens of Charlottetown sailed on a journey around Caro Horne which took seven months and seventeen days to accomplish. However they landed safely and with fcw exceptions they‘ all re- turned ii‘ not richer at least wiser men than they were before they left their quiet ironies in Charlotte- town. . The last of the (rompnny to re- turn was John Hawkins who came home in the fall o1’ 1874 after an absence in California 0t‘ twenty seven years.

‘In 1855 the first bank established in this‘ (‘olony was opened in Char- lottetown in a building belonging to the late Judge ‘Pope on Grafton street where the Soldier's Home is now established. It was called the flank of Prince oi‘ Prince Edward island.

in response to a petition from a number of the inhaihitantir Char- lottetown, including the Cont-mun, was incorporated by tho General Assembly in 1855. under tho lifllfllfl of the (lily of Charlottetown. ft was (iivldcrl into five wards and thc atlminlstration of the City Government was vested in a Mayor and tcn Cotmclllors. The Mayor was elected annually, and the coun- cillors held office for two years live retiring each year.

in addition to their ordinary duties. the Mayor and two Coun-_ cillors were required, each day ‘be- tween the hours of eleven o'clock in the forenoon and two o'clock in the afternoon a hold a Police Court for the City of Charlotte- t0\vn. . '

The first civic election was held on the 7th 0i, Atrgust, 18355. and the _ following Mayor and - Councillors were elected I

e FOR MAYOR

ltobcrt Hutchinson By Acclamatlon.

FOR COUNCILLORS

Ward‘ I. \ Benjamin Davis _ 120 voics ltobcrt Longworlh 85 votes Ward n l John C. McDonald 7i’. VOtfK-ll Donald Mclsaac 67 votcs ' “fart! lll fillas Bernard ‘ 66 Notes Artcmus G. Slmius 64 votes Ward 1V David Stewart 115-1 voice Thomas -W. Dotld 105 voics Ward V Richard Heartz 71 votes Thomas lleililck Gil vntiua

in addition to the ilrhflVfi votos thcrc were 356 ‘polled for thc d1‘- featod cand‘ ates making the total voto cast 1 11. At this timc tho population 01' Charlottetown was 6500. - ln 1866 Charlottetown was visit- ed with a great fire which des- troyed nearly tho whole of four blocks in Ward I. The fir:- broke out in a building on POWllll] street, knnw as tho Bagnnll billlfllng and spread two blocks wide until it finally was checked before rlcstroy lug tho buildings fronting on Great. George Street. The loss was esti- mated at $200,000. At this time tho citizens were expected to attend the fires, under the direction of thc Chief Engineer and fire Wardens they were compelled to work in putting the fires out. An oiq fashioned hand engine, manned hv flrfifilen. was placed as near n}; could‘ be to the burning building and between this engine and thc pumip a double line of citizen was formed facing each other Full fbuc- kets of water were passed from the pump to the engine "by one line, and the empty buckets were passed back iby the other line ln this way tho- engine was supplied with water. Soon after the ilro the citizens decided to procure a stéam fire engine for Charlottetown which cost. about $5.000. A large part of this money was subscribed by private persons and the balance was paid by the Local Government Later a second steam fire engine was imported for Charlottetown.

‘During the pnstjiity years the population has about don-bled. and Charlottetown has grown from a town to a city. Hundreds of ‘beauti- iui houses have been erected, and the streets. that used to be knee deep in mud‘. are now clean and dry. The sidewalks too, which for many years were only foot paths in the grass, and afterwards laid with hemlock planks, are now up to, date and permanent;

of civilization many of the customs

of other days have passed away. in.

the very earliest period of our hin-

tory. after the olou of ouch sel-

loa of the Legiaiutm. tired-iro- IRQN! w» "WM is m! ‘

‘ran commas

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0thers’ "View Pointsl

AT THE FINISH (Toronto Star)

It is evidently true oi the Bri- tish- in golf, as Napoleon ’sll<.l.°l them in war, that they generally ‘lose in a tournament until it gets tq the finals.

WORSE THAN AN ANNEX ,(Guelph dieerald.)

Premier Moighen spoke of the Liberal party as an‘ annex of the Farmers’ Party. Annex lil 110i- quite the word. lt looks more like a “lean- to.”

NEIGHBORINESS (Toronto Globe)

Mr. i’. ll. Watson, n solder-set- tler on a rcscrvc ncar Whitcwood. Susk., had his eye inlufflll while splitting woodlio was unable to go on with the work of secdlng- The neighboring farmers orllflfllzed a bee among the soldier-settlers, and 94 acres were seeded in one day This is the ‘spirit of the pioneers 0i‘ old Canada.

FIGHTING WITH WORDS (St. John Standard.)

‘Mr. Miackkcnzlc ‘King, who likes to strike u tnilltant pose in Parlia- ment. is more itnXlc-ns to fight the Government. with atljectivcs than with (ballots. Thus in York-Sun- bltry, and in ‘Medicine dint, where a ‘writ for a lby-clcction has just been issued, Mr. King is without candidates. The former riding af- fords fair fighting ground; the lat- ter has ibeen Liberal sincn 1911. Yct the Liberal leader. who trics to giivc he impression that the country is clamoring to make him Prime Minister, is content in both cases to strike his (‘lag to the farmers. The sauna refusal to

aloud. in thc ntost prominent pluc- es in ‘Charlottetown, “tho Acts that had been passed at thc session. This custom pFUVilllOll for bcvcral years until thc laws were printed and glvcn to thc imopic to rcrul for themselves.

There was also a hcil post on Queen Strcm at thc door of the "(Yross Keyxs" \\'llf‘.l'0 all notices of public int-clings and other gather- ings \\'Ol‘“illll’l()lll'lf'i‘(l after thc loud ringing nt‘ ilu‘ hell.

Anti’ thou loo l|li3l‘0.\\':~iS thc Town Crier. ll:- uzis. for many years, a well known institution on -l.li(‘!, streets oi‘ (lharlnttntmvn: The last. member oi this profession was Mr. John Hatch, whom many of thc old; cr cltlzcns will w‘! l'."lll(*ill"lGf‘. Hc ('lti‘l‘l(‘1l at largt l)l‘il$.'~‘ hell which he rang vigorously a! the slrcct cm‘- ncr, and then cnr-ti. so loud. and in Slitli a peculiar voice, that it was hard to lllllli‘l‘i~'l.ll.llfl a Wflffl ho said ~cxcept "0 ‘fez.’ 0 Yez.‘ to ho sold h)" auction."

Our fnrclhlhcra in thc curly days llvod by pinching poverty, indus- try nnrl strong faith. Many of them with only thc bare necessaries of lilo rcnrotl and educated their llfllll- lics ant] sent them forth to build up civilization in this new land. By courage and foresight. and their in ‘lontitztlrlc wllls_ they laid the. foundation for the comfort and con v-znicnces that wc enjoy today. The growth has ‘been steady but