5' mmgufiovernrnent’: prc-eiection r 1 - 7 . p]: ‘Li?! what points have such

‘t.

v-sswa v-.<

z ‘ctivilie: and ' for.“

- Halt. .\l:. ttirutlrt tahlcd lit! .1ll-. "nua, ,, ., of the Dcpartmenhnf w» ilttnr for the year ending

b131,}. jli, lilifi. A, 5 ..' t... t. the House adjourned

z iiststnt GUARDIAN

when}; 1947 -

fiirestion Re" t curt Built . Warehouses

n. the Lcgisiature yesterday an-I

we” m the following questions. “(my no Mr. Heath Strong, Fourth :,r,n,_.,,_‘.....¢ tabled by Premier Mlncsiitis thc Government built or “M... itrrantzement to build any warehouses g8 promised in

<1

, n»; been built or are in- fjfdellfum he built? Answer! I Yrs. |_ Warehouses have been built . n Ellflriii. Wellington, and Doug-

h| Station. ‘Hamil-r Jnnel tabled a. copy of m, (lo-vcrnment's submission otn prince Etiward Island fiscal lrratigemt-nts at. 111E Dflmlnlon- Prm-lnvtnl Conference. 1945; also report of the Depart-

‘i

hnu the a l ation; and brlcf =um-

ivtottndland trade, vo- i._.i'.llllg. the t-adasval Itwcotistrnctiun Department Provincial labora-

Iii rv 0i‘

tomcat. at S ]’l.f‘tl. bfondtly-

BEITIIAL Gllllllllilll

I IIOIIy nature may b; In» a! flu calm a word strictly p”. able In advance.

PIIOTOFLASH BULBQ Electric. M Brown

KITCHEN CLOCKS, C bi Sandwich Toaster and Vl/Tfflclmllm at Brown Electric.

EXPERIENCED slenog he: required for six weeks "ills-g Write Box M. Gimrdian.

100% PURE WOOL Sweaters~ oardldflfls 04.96; Pullovers $4.46. Kennedy‘! Ladies‘ Wear.

JUST RECEIVED at S. A. Mc- Donald's. l\fcC.aul1‘s Slammer Needlework Fashion Book,

SPECIALS-One rack of Blous- IB- fvrvnerly up to sass. now use. One lof- of Purses going at 1-2 price. Kennedy's Wear.

susr nacarvan it s. a. Mc- Donald s. hIcCaulVs Summer Needlework Fashion Book

EVIRYTIIING from a. Needle to an Anchor will be sold cheap at the Y t hi?" s Rum-unst- Sale. Ssturdagv, at 3 ociock 1n the Market Building.

YORK UNITED‘ CHARGE. Rev, J. A. Nicholson, Minister. Services Mandi-r. March ‘n: ti a.m., Cen- lml (mulch; 2-30 p.m.. Pleasant Grove: 7.30 p.m., York.

DON'T MISS the Y's Men's Rummage Sale today at 3 o'clock in the Market Building. Amaz-

'l'lli£.\‘liY'l‘l-IRIAN W. M. B. -_- monthly meeting of Missionary Sqcletyl , \\'s Presbyterian Church I , ‘.\‘.ii ht-iti in the church ..... ‘lhit-stiirv, March 11ml ptesltionl. Mrs. Eineryi filtllllil. The Theme of _ v1.15 "The Prccmlncnt-‘B ~ The mccting opened viii to ivorship, Hebrews . .\h=. bfacNelil. followed - i-v Mrs. R. D. MacLean.

ing bargains in clothing, grqqqr. ies. knick knacks, etc. _ FUNERAL YESTERDAY -- The funeral of the late Mrs. George E. Olive was held from the Macllean

This column h reserved for nlwd “'1'” °' "llilvm t0 Pl! H0 0| "M! him-t. but advertising of

l‘ nx ssnisusur

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Province the sum of $12 p" “p.

ita annually inn-caged tcreascdin proportion to the value l0! tress national production per Jflplta as compared with that of 1M1. There was to ba an irra- duciblc minimum of payments, wtiltich in Prince Edrwurd Island's 0MP would $1,140,000.

‘Iihia smoun was less by $100,- 000 than the sum received under

Island delegates strongly object- Qd. not only to the amount but to the method employed In u. riving at the irreducible n-iiinf- nwan. ‘Ii-hey argued that this Province must be compared sep- "liF-‘ll’ and Elven more favorable consideration. If a comparison was to be made with other Pru- vinces. the question of fiscal need should be taken into account.

New Proposal

When the Conference recon- vened on Jan. 28. i948. modificat- ions to the August proposals we're submitted. The Dominion pro- posed to increase its grants to the Provinces from $12 to $15 per capita based on the i942 popu- lation as an irreducible miniirnmn. with increases proportional to

any increases in the per capits gross national production over the 1M2 level.

Alternatively. the amount paid to any Province would. in no case. be less than I50 percent of the Provinces wartime tax agree- ment‘ receipts (excluding gasoline tax g-uaranteesi, or loss than two million dollars. This placed the irreducible minimum grant to Prince Edward Island at $2.000.- 000. as against $i,l40.000 origin- afiy.

At this conference Premier Mic- Nair said that the revised Do- minion proposals apparently rec- ognizcd fiscal need as a consid-

h I!“ l9 "Y. was that Prince Edward

or de-

ihe wartime tax agreement. Thief

Minister o! Finance with a ra- lquest that we be allowed g, share

lot’ the inareau that was given to I

certain Provinces. I-li-s stand. 1 ra-

Island had been treated fairly and ‘Qqurtsbly and that our grant on a 1P9!‘ Cflpita balls was, by far, the fliighest-HLSO-lccordlnl to the

i946 population, as against the next

hlshcst $21.29 fornBritish Columbia; the average for the nins Provinces 5B1!!! $18.67 per capi-ta." The statement quotes the leader of the Opposition u stating one". eously that the Government had ~ sold out all our rights under the sDuncan and White Commissions," and maintains that the statutory

subsidies us included in u“ xuannteed minimum annual pay- mcnts.

Treasurer. and Mr. W. l. Massey, Provincial Deputy Trouurcr, are commended as having borne the brunt of the work i-n preparing the case for Prince Edward Island as well as the negotiations.

HON. DR. MIAMILLAN

Hon. Dr. MacMilJan said the Opposition had allowed the reso- lution to go undc-bated and the bill given first reading. but they were not prepared to pass it vuithout further consideration. "l do not think it is fair to ask ms I House to discuss it at this time." ho said. "An agreement so for- mal as this, with very important effects, should certainly be given tlm-e for study. ’

"This Legislature has been ktpt completely in the dark ever since the DNninion-Provincial Confer- ences were mooted. I do not charge all the memtbcrs of the Government because I think pro- bably most of them have been in

Hon. William Hughes, Provincial ~

‘r111; g CHARLOTTETQVKN QQAADIAN

Divisional Commanders [on ii-c Red Cross taniiaiign in the City which npcns Monday ate pit-lured above. Left to right they arc:-~ Walter J. Cox. G. Harold Hen-

tiiessoyg T. D. DcBiun. Arthur Hogan, Lient. (n.1, 1., Y‘, twang"... aid, Frank O'Neill, (iconic A. Mar- Dougali. '

the dark themselves. We might have been advised a year ago aa| to where this matter stood. but] ‘we cotlld not get any informat-| on. .

I don't think we have been

"As for the term-s now offered»

Funeral Home yesterday afterncoml twhcfe scrt-‘Yots were conducted by

treated fairly.

"To begin with I would dues-l ‘flOn the basis of the agreemennl i On a per cnpifa basis Prince Ed- itvard Island will alvrays suffer» >Wc are a stmiil tieoplo, in popu-

eration in thc case of Prince Ed-

ward Island and British Colum- 'R’ev' J T who“ Pallboaxfis were’ bis. The increased grant to the

lgagbeynlggusrrtlfiwguwxfifleénf$1 island. however. (says Premier w“ m Pea 1e. ‘Ce ' i ‘ ‘ Jones‘ statement) was "far below p s me try’ the amount we considered ndt-q-

i .

Dog Eli

v Famous Red Cross

Retires

i l

The story of Eli, an Elnghsh sel- ter, who iecently gave up his social work in Vancouver to accompany his ma-s-ter to a new lame in rin- other city makes interesting copy. Eli has iuiscd more than $10,000 for the Red Cross sinrc 1943.

n "O “Iorshll? Tho Kinwi pgalnu; quu-‘IENS AkmvFl uate tn carry ottt_ our iaroposed h'_l‘“x_‘e""gfrnilirlglc 3mg A mess farm...“ and mbuu, ,0 .\'.\ti 'l‘he_ Lord's Prayer “Mum, 3° Drums pmckms om “Q reconstruction advisory’ commit- m"; bgwflv y" mp m a rnfanne} E1; “.53 recflwd m a chpp-mu ,0 rsi w‘ P" l" iiilfliéia" Dzgigflfl cKDected shipment of 100 arriv-l ha: ‘glfllogllnfnarrgpgitgqm n! ‘Twill below the ‘YiI/ildlllllfll standards Selwgtg J3: (ljll-OSHSM‘ ‘my’ “om Mr‘ tt-p t Hill! t‘ .9“ h. g , > . . -~‘ - , . _ _ i .. lulu , Hinocttver. » Aim“ ,,“.._A,, I, m;- Tps word for,TwmrakéhrargitiLgifsacggayAlbgiii:l , 194s the case of Prince Ed- ixllmsfllgglyiofliljrlx:zlgeav.“ QicnrdiJizzLaI The 06pm, n; Granvme “m. m. ,._.,~._ w“ "Glory, The min-lone Mm died on the W”; but the"; Ward Island W35 DFPEPMPd bl’ in; '0',” ‘jnrvkllllnll honor n". 'D'.lili§ll|lllI' will GLQVCl‘ be the some. ms c1 W‘ t‘"‘\'l°“~‘ "mmnl “We remainder arrived in good condr-l Pmmier Jrmes who Rrgummmongi “Where ca‘ v- h t It» En‘ H“ 3‘°°d'“*"l11‘l‘tl. xiurcbrrd "W. 1,... Ftlnpifll In thc absence ‘ion find Wm he reigned ‘M51 nihcr thtings, that the subsidies. m“ d d? -°P(fd <1 {{""¢_‘_,E»ng1m5l, “He, Mm m, ,hr°(,_,md_ .1 ut- r t("~'\1'.\% M“- J‘ A‘ MM’ morning. accordinfl lo reports from! “Md l“ ‘he m“ and the amount and pgllm h llhmli ‘ u? mmuladlmlx years m5 dmbed a MM‘ Kwv 1H‘- J- A- Cmru’ w“ “l” Pheasants Unlimited. l "°W "3""! “Pr? toll“? lflfldeq" flmnlgu fiery‘ V“ "ghstgadgxé form near the trcrner to Eolicct . _ l tt-m. During thc study _______ uate to provide a sufri-ciency of: which “mum hi"; Mm r900?‘ chins M. the Red 9m”, is rah-mg v -\- C- '-“““K°Y ‘m’ ‘m FUNERAL YESTERDAY - ‘rrr- “Wm”: m“ “pa” mm W‘ “m nized .' a it t-‘t “pa i t: ""‘“‘°"“d“5" (‘(1 "Wm" I s” I“ funeral of the late William o.....».'..i -"““""“‘ "f ‘my Slmhfl cm“ t...) . n...- ss; ilwmn n 6' F“ ‘We hwrs a tidy 81MB Avril ' xatrilrti by Rov. Ailanunt Hmhfmm was mm ‘,‘_“(,:_(,_;y between the Province and the Prul- the-um» '13" -P _ i130’ 1943' m, ha“ hem for“, m hi, Rm“... ,1» w. the hfissltlllfify Glenn-Hm", n", cmvnm, Funerhfflnmr, Dominion. “creased subdue! Tr“ W: f‘ ' h s mgmc,“ ',box to e-lltlve passing citizens to ab, \t~t w. lt . ick road The Sank" M ‘he hon,’ Md qr“; nuist be provided, based on the ubféi‘ ‘"- ‘l m imilil" "“.,_iq-Qp wins 1,. ‘we Dam feglemfsd to 5k,..,,,,_ y." written by Revflwere condumod by EH21.‘ E‘ Map. principle of fiscal need and not ans“ “Cg” ":8 urtwnugcri“ "N14 Sync.“ |.a1-na,5_ 1m it '~ a T” '“°°““¢ flosedlbcnnan. Pallbearers an» stfiia~.i.nl1‘°'i“"°"°“: m“ me be“ “d?! stilt ettin mtmZQw-i‘ W“; m; tufri: More than stoma. mi. t». ttinm "We've a Sit-WY Tiluw-rme], Joseph Curley’ 1,1,1," Gm“ t, to actual fiscal need could be ob- ~ Mr“ Hull"; Ho,‘ yrs" tclcar oi‘ all cximiscs.

1-,». m, mt.- xittons" followed by y, _\i quilt li- nctiirtion. LUni-‘h was srzicd lr-r .i.tommiitee 0f U10 -.;-_.1 g mviil half hour M" f‘.

stirs nycti

‘g-u-nzni

stints. tnnmssss. llEATllS .

50c Pct" insertion

_____?___-_

"slam.

itaonosaEn-V-‘Qxt the homo of Mt ind iii... John L. Duffy. Kiwi)"- vai- a iii, 11m, to Mr, and Mrs- l .\incDona.ld- Memmld’ ‘

égitn in ths Charlottetown Hoa- -~ n, 1e41, to Mr. and no CODG)’. it 80D-

DEATIPB __,____ _.. __.__---—- __. llttrrhlgltlll on March

IONL

i2. 1w, Mrs. George Herbert Jones ill her 81st Y6“? 7mm"! nottrv ‘iii-r.

Velma-noted suddenly in 0am-

- lla:.s.."U.S.A-. on Mm“ w. 4%., iii-s. Frank vouns "l" nit-amt. FTances Ferguson) only datlgliwt‘ of Dr. “Ira. S. Ffiliumn

[Benjamin Moore, John Bell, Wily

‘ liam MacKinnon. Interment war tn l-lighfield Cemetery.

11am Campbell was held from the

Smtlamd at Cape Traverse “them geirvices were conducted by Rev. Harvey Bishop. Interment was in‘ the Church cemetery. The pallbear- ers were, iviilittm Pye. Fred Tren- holln. Edward Mnowiltiama, Lorne Oarruthcn. Cedric Campbell. David Miami'-

ILNJOYED HOLIDAY-Mr. Mrs. Richard Quilty have recently returned to their home in Nuis- com. Snsk., after spending a vcry pleasant two months vacation with relatives and fricnds at South Shore, emon River and Char- lottetown. Mrs. Quilty is a native of Denmark and she speaks in glowing terms of the beauties of Prince Bid/ward Island and the car- ‘diallty of its people.

NURSES ALUMNAE MEETS- The regular monthly meeting of the Prince Edward Island Hospital Nurses‘ Alumnae was held last night at the Cundai Home. The president, Mrs. Laura Ciapp pre-

o! liriiraid University. fflfflmfl? sided. The treasurer, Miss. Evelyn and, P,E_I. IHarvey reported that 3'73 so had N-At her home. lflflwcen realized from a sale held in

~ 1 Strrot, on Friday. MEN!“ .. R. P. Maddignn in hi‘! war.

~ ‘.1 funeral vrill take i111!" \ti\l:\_\' morning at 8.45 t0 "airs Iflasilica. Interment - place in the Cathollfi!

heme of he!‘ Kits. James rraumht. thvrr. March 20th. i947.

. m Cairns, Baldwin's Road- ‘l valrs. i-‘uneral Snturdli- ‘an from the home of M)" -.-Pll Cairns to St. Teresa! ‘waving the home M 9 hwn-nent in the Church

the

liiscicanf

tFcbritatyv. Arrangements were made for the nurses graduation fiance in

_ llvl‘ remains are rcst- May. Miss Betty Hooper. techniciani _. her late residence from at the P.E.I. Hospital gave a very “mm”. or revs" hack m prewur

Jnteresiing talk on the RH factor. Before tho meeting Mr. John Mar- tin nf the National Film Board

showed a picture which was mat-h enjoyed. Following the huszncss

meeting a dainty lunch was served.

TRINITY \‘.P.U.—Triiiiiy Y. P. U. held its regular weakly meeting in uhc social hall last nlflhi- TM meeting was opcncd m’ m! D7991" dent. Milton Cutcliffe and a short business session followed. It was agreed tihat Mr. Golden Barrett be asked to make a book cabinet for the Y.P.U. Enjoyable recreation was 1m, by Clifford sfoase and Keith Henry‘. A livcl)’ 211ml‘ 01' W“

drew imtmy "cnrncy" remarks from

govern] members of the swim. Af-

ter recreation a worshiv l°lvl°°

UNDERTAKER under the lcndfrslliilfl 10! Campbell, Jenn e nrw sc. .

EMBALMER Bar-wipe, Claude Campbell and Wil-

flm rinttctown and

laid Brchaut brought thc mcctinx to a close. The u-orship service took

North Wllishlre ‘he tom of m ‘mwlnnw mp 9,,

Phone Ill n“. Chrlgtinn Mi$si0n at Indore.

‘ India. Pianist; for the cvonintl were Joan Storey. Olivine MacLcan

ll. J. M3130"

omens-rains- “"1": and Supplying Glasses m.

blnsstafno P. I, l. fllllrc flours to lo l: a, n l s a. s r. n.

Holidays m. bv appointment

Office Gonna-old With

Drug Store

and Doris Oraawell.

____..___----- Mr. f-‘rcd M. Nash. who has been Q patient in the Pill. Hospital is

new convalcscing at his hcmc on Lfwgg Pflnco Sf.

Mrs. 0.1!. Warren of Prince A!- horl. Basic, in visiting in Char-

FUNBRAL AT CAPE TRAVERSE‘ -—-The funeral of thc late Mrs. Wil-t

MaoLcan Funeral Home on Thurs», day afternoon to tihe Church of‘

taint-d by the compilation of a‘ model budget of minimum roas- onable expenditure to enable the‘ Province to carry out the Donrinq ion health and welfare program‘ and leave sufficient revenue’ av- lailablc to at least approach a ‘reasonable avorzigc standard in" education and other services.

Terms Disappolnflng

Premier Jones told the plenary session that when the Federal iproposal was presented it was. ithought to he the exact embodi- ment of what. was desired, for it proposed to equalize services in the various Provinces; that he.

mmhimself fiad been guilty of holdingl

out great hopes in the fields of ‘public investment, social services land even education; but that he ‘found little or no provision had lbech made for economic needs in ‘Prince Edward Island, that the ls- tland was to be paid per capita like ‘other provinces. and that nothing was provided beyond what would balance the budget and pay the pensions. He argued that thc minimum subsidy required to im- jplcment its programme within the )next five your: would be three |miilion dollars.

“We believe," says the Premier's statement, "that had the Confer- ience not adjourned sine die we Iwould have received the fullest isupport from all the provinces. lf-Ioivever. that is history now and ,yout' Province was faced with two alternatives, either to accept the Dominion budget proposal of $2,-

|collactlon of taxes."

I For thc term of the agreement the Dominion would undertake to supplement the present statutory sitbsidies in such a way as to pro- vidc that each Province signing ]an agreement with the Dominion ,would receive a guaranteed mini- .mum annual payment including statutory subsidies.

The Premier's statement goes on to say that "being far from satis- fied with the new proposed tax agreement, we made further rep- resentations to thc then Minister of Finance and gave them g form- ula which we believed indicated a fair and equitable basis for the distribution of federal aid to the [several provinces." Thin formula. based on a reasonable minimum -standard of service. worked out to a subsidy of $3,056,000 for Prince Edward Island.

Final Offer

The Premier's statement con- tinues: .

"The result of this analysis brought about a change in the pro- posal formerly offered to this fProvtnce. The Dominion Govern- ‘ment offered to increase our guar-

lanteed minimum to $2,100,000 with

the understanding that this amount was to be geared to gross national production. The latest figures f

h"unwn_ u". Rue!‘ “f m..- nl-phewihave from Mr. Abbott is that thc

and his ivlfe. Mr. and Mrs. Earl Warren. “

Many friends and nefilllbol‘! W"- be glad to learn that. MPR- G901’?! uses/farm, Ooveheaa. is out of the ear. Hospital and is atsylnil for a nhort while with her daughter at I lllilcboro It.

amount is estimated to be $2,285.- 000 for thin coming year."

"The tieing of Prince Edward Island and British Columbia to gross national production brought curtain rrhercussions with a result that all provinces received addi- tlonal stints.

“Again we upland before the

Dr. Mach/Lilian: "Ills part of the 82.100000 minimum?" Mr. Hughes: “Yes."

S pedal Dam ages

Dr. ltfacli/lillan: "Those two subsidies were given us as stat-

lutory payments for damages. Byr l what right or authority any Mar-

itime Government can allow i those subsidies for damages to be put info an tifzrecmcnl deal-

ing with taxation fields is bcvnnd my comprehension. Thi- Domin- ion has no right to put thcm in- to a tax agreement at all. "The basis of thc statement I made regarding this matter was the authority of the Prime Minister of Canada in a letter to ‘the Premier of Nova Scoiia. He stated that payment of the Dun-

can and Whtite Commission s--

iwards would be resumed on a ‘ thirty per cent basis. You cannot ttell from day to day wh-nt is Izo- ing on nt Ottawa. but that was Ithe Prime litinistefs statement at that time.

l "The nhoile proceedings have been relegated to a basis of ‘horse-trading. ‘Instead of dealing seriously and honestly with this issue at an interprovincial con-

- ference, there are back-door con-v

ferenoes between the Dominion Government and the government >of each Province separately. The Dominion Gnvernmcnt knowc very well that the smaller Provinces muat accept improper agree- ments because there is no other may out; and so we have Prince

Edward Island now having fool-

‘ishly allovrcd the awards under ‘the Duncan and White Commis- lsinn to an into thc wartime tax ‘ agreement. . “Now we are in be paid them back-as part of a tax agree- l ment. My contention is that those Jubeidies should have been re- . turned, clear qf other awards ai- together. ' The Mnlbhleetsn Subsidy

i “In making uip this tax agree- ment I would ask about the sub- sidy of $100000 Paid to this Pro- vince since i912? It was not put info the wartime agreement. That subsidy was obtained by Premier Mathrieson and it was the first payment on account of dam- ages awarded to Prince Edward Island against the Dominion for nonfulfiliment of the terms of Confederation. The IWIIdIJ-lfldfl‘ the White and Duncan Commis- sions ivere follow-ups. We never got ‘complete satisfaction. butthc dissenting judgment of chief Justice Mathieson under the White Commission kept that door open. and it has been referred to ever since. The present Grief Justice Campbell made it the basis of his clslmmbalore the Rowell Birois Commission. "flame awards are all very precious to us. and I was dumb- founded whsn 1 read the letter

of Prime Minister King to the;

Premier of Nova 5cot1a.~saylng that repayment of our statutory subsidies tinder the Duncan and White Commissions would be on n 170 prr cont basis. Ho was pr»- paring in that letter to cut the credit balance that we had up at 0th!!! of $15000!!! h ‘I par

I

i, A lot of nlCl-tlflq nirri titmcs, riarti the odd bill. were slipped illiO thc Itan; to make that total. and a tot ‘of tail wagging. tongtt-e-tsrctrk, and Jamous "flog apptal" u“; expotided {willingly by Eli's par’.

\Vitic-e_\,'cd ioddlcrts and admiring

rchool children lanow Eli hcst (‘Many s mother has found that i-ftitlld-‘FBII just " pass Eli by.