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Stirring Passages From’ Masteriy Campaign Speech Of The Conservative Leader

pmrn the challenging address delivered by the lion. J. D. BMW!" y; (,3, gt the opening oi the campaign, in the Capitol Theatre.

Charlottetown!

PROVINCIAL lsguggfwe have many things to discuss in this campaign that are very important to the electoral Mimi’! Whiilh W" h“; gfleci, us more intimately than even iederal polities; and how can w, properly grasp these issues which are so lmlwrillii i" ‘his “"9"” rind which will be decided by this election." we mi! ihvm Wiiil I'm" iederal matters ‘l l may say that ii there were time, and ii there were the proper opportunity, l personally would be delighted to discuss these matters with the Premier or with any other Liberal Film"!!!- and l do not think that any oi us on this side oi politics ‘Willi! i!" ‘h, "w". But as 1 said beiore, it n not the time. and ii is M'- ii" place.‘ We want to be logical. at least.

LI-IA GOVERNMENT l-‘lNANClNG.—What would you think oi the financing oi a mztn u-ho had a surplus oi 515,000, and yet, at the end of that ycar, was iound to have gone behind to the tune at $235,000? Prqducing n "surplus" and at the same time going in debt? That is the situation uiih rcspcct to the financing of this Government last Vial‘- dmlt it. Their Audit shows that durlill "ii? year 1930 they

and they a n ,--\ud yet they bad a ‘ourviufl oi

vvcnt behind to the extent oi $235.

$11000 ! a NEED 0p 5[_']3511).\'._1i there ls one thing that this Province is in

dire need oi at the present time, it is more revenue; and; as l said boiore, we cannot ailord to place any heavier burdens oi taxation upon our people. It is a great struggle, even in this Province, to exist. There are just two avenues to iuriher revenue‘. tilt fifii i5 menu"! ‘Minion m, our pcqpit‘; the second is obtaining the, implementation oi the Duncan Commission report. You know the early history oi that matter, that there has always been a struggle ior a subiidi ""11"" 1mm Qtqnryn, 3nd that practically all the increase oi subsidy that has been obtained ior this Province had been obtained by the Conservative

Party-

1927 INTERPROVINCIAL CONFERENCE-There was their oppor- tunity, where they had representatives irom all the Provinces assem- blqgd, together with representatives oi the Canadian Governmentl-oii m,» parties to the contract were there, prepared and ready to do busi- ness, and only uniting Iona proposal as to how it should be done. Yet these gentlemen, going up there at the expense oi’ this Government- i; YOUR, expense. with YOUR money-hadn't the sense in suggest means oi making this adjudication, and so the matter ended, in “expressions oi‘ sympathW-and not one dollar oi additional subsidi irom that day to this.

THE TAX BOOSTERS-lvhat has been the record of the present Premier wiili- regard to taxation? “i? h" "h"?! ciilimeiilflmiv i" w“ the father, the instlgator of the Lea. Tax Act. He was most indignant at us because we took oii the Poll Tax and made other reductions in

taxation at that time. Has he ever suggested that he would re-‘ duce the taxes '2 Has not his whole record pointed in the other diree- ‘

1ion,—ju5i. like Mr. Mclntyre’s, who says we should “broaden out"—we should pay more taxes-so that Mr. McIntyre will have more money to spend on the roads ‘I

economy NOT ransnvroivin-ae‘! said beiore, we don't want parsimony; we dent want people to work ior nothing in the public services but we do ileel that it is a time when expenditure should be wisely supervised, and that no money should be thrown away-whether

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9i v»- Week

Mrs. (Capt) Gordon, Mr. and Mrs. bookerby and children have motored from New York to George- town tor a holiday.

Mr. James Mchiillaifs iriends are glad to see him home irom the P. ilhlslaud Hospital alter I. severe illness oi several weeks.

ihegueetoiuixaodldremderlek Glills, at theirsummer home. I I I

Hat pine-mother will remember them-are coming book in the wake o! new bat styles nabbed hair put hat pine on ‘the shelf: bobbed hair and the tact thlt the long points

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e a e t v ‘ were invariably -,ilbbing people. New Dr. and Mrs. Ayers have as i million’! ll brlnlilll them blok- welcome guest their daughter’ Mrs. The pine will be oi junior sire; E. C. Duii. of Montreal. short and ueeiul ior anchoring the v ' '_ _' I ' new little hats. Colilures will under- Mr. and Mrs. Ivan Reddln and 8o chances. loo. Woolen either will children are, being cordially‘ wel- perlnii their hair m crow or use comed home. ‘rhey are sunning tricky T!!!‘ curls and even switches- it Keppoch having brought with The bonnets "roost" halt them a. modern and iully equipped canvas homo which is being greatly admired by summer campers. ,

I I I The Honolulu Star in its social column refers with regret to the de- parture oi Mrs. William C. White and Warrant Officer White who sailed from Fort Shatter ior Fort Jay. Governors Island. New York Harbor. June 30th, where Mr. White will lead the band oi the 18th in- fantry. Mrs. White was formerly a. Miss Brown oi Covehead Road. while Warrant Officer White -i.s the son oi an Englishman who moved with his family to Utah. Mr. and Mrs. White frequently visit P. ‘E. I. and both think this Island is the finest country in the world. Mr. White was Band Master ‘at Fort Shelter Headquarters, Hawaiian Dc- partment U. S. Anny.

I I I lvltrs. H. P. Duchemln and Iamliy o! Sydney are summsring at their lovely home in Iibrtune.

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liners have introduced e band oi ribbon which ties across the leit side oi the held. American design- ers have employed an elasito ban- deau to keep the hat on. The rib- bon and the bandeau, women have icund are a nuisance. In lieu o! something, to keep the bonnet clamped tight women are renewing their friendship with the hat pin. The new hats are reminiscent oi the days or Napoleon m. I I I

"I'he home oi Mr. J. I-I. Judson, Alexandra, was the scene oi the poet- nuptial reception of Mrs. H. Gay Judson on Thursday uiternoon and evening. Miss Helen Judson attend- ed the door and guided the guests mic the drawing room where Mrs. A. G. Judson, mother oi the groom, and Mrs. (Dr) Pierce of Morgan- town, W. Va. assisted the bride in receiving. The bride looked chann- ing in her wedding gown oi egg-

Miss Dorothy 1. Auld, Freetown, had as her guest ior the week end Miss Elynor Ackland, Hampshire. Pierce wore a gown of orchid satin. I I I ’

Miss Etnld Lewis, Freetown, had as her guest tor the week end Miss Mary Edwards, Hampshire.

whatever his politics may be, has the some right to work upon the public roads, and our policy will be to see that every rnln has the some opportunity or commuting his takes in this manner.

LENS INSINUATION CHALLENGER-Mr. Lea has made thQ

place on Government Control, and in other pieces on Prohibition. I say that that statement is not ‘. (Applause). We have not a. record oi that kind. (Applause). It is periectly true, and l admit it, that We put iorward the platform oi Gv ent Control at the last election; but we did it honestly, and. the people havln, decided against it we are prepared to stand by the decision oi the people and carry out the law

upon the roads or otherwise.

AMAZING PERFORMANCEL-l was rather amused, in the Patriot ne ,. , 'u account oi the Liberal meeting at Hunter River, to read that Premier Lea had shown “very clearly" how all the planks in their platform oi 1927 had been "Iully implemented," in loci. more than im- plemented! The Patriot said that the hail iairly rocked with applause. The thing that surprises me is that alter a statement oi that kind the hail did not ioil about their ears.

CONSERVATIVE TAX REDUCTION.—When we took oiilce in 1023 one oi the planks oi our platform was that we would press ior lurther subsidy from the Federal Government, and upon attaining to that, that we would give the beneilt to the people in reduction oi taxes. .We obtained an increased subsidy, and we kept our promise by reduc- Ing the taxes. We are accused-and just think who accuses usl-oi doing that ior the purpose oi pandering to the electors on the eve oi an election; oi -- oring to "buy the people with their own money-" ' ' ‘ The present Government does not seem to understand what It means to keep its word to the people, That is what we did; we pro- mised that lf We obtained a certatin thing, we would give the taxpay- ers the benefit. We obtained it, and we kept our word. And ii we had been returned to power in 1927, l am iree to say that you would not ilnd the finances in the condition in which you find them today.

KING'S AUDIT BOARD.-—Nova Sculls, and New Brunswick did not recognise this Board in the matter oi our subsidy claims settlement. The Premiers oi those Provinces knew perfectly well that it was oi no value, that it was simply a stop-gap. a gesture on the part oi the King Guv ent to mark time until the federal election was over. So they did not attend the sitting oi the Board. We had representatives irom this Province in the person oi Mr. Lea. and another. Did we get any- thing? I will tell you what happened. It cost this Province a. thous- I-Ild dollars ior their attendance. It is charged up in the Public Ac- count and to the taxpayers oi this Province it was nut worth one five-cent piece-as Mr. King might lay.

IS HE SlNCEltlW-Now I want. to draw your attention to this, that when Mr. Leo went to Ottawa and presented a claim oi $438,000 before the Audit Board, he had already published his claim ior c3312,- 166.57 in the Patriot newspaper. In other words, when he Jesented his claim in the Patriot to the people oi this Province he claimed over ithree million dollars, and when he presented lt to the Audit Board it ‘had shrunk to iour hundred thousand dollars. Ii he ever gets bclore the Privy Council what will heclalm '2 GRASS STUPIDlTY.-I hove taken up some time with this subject, In an endeavor to show you what the people oi‘ this Province can expect to obtain irom the ciiorts of this Government‘ by way oi’ im- plementation oi our subsidy claims. ln the tlrst place, we have negli- gence; we have want of ialth; we have lack oi knowledge. That l: bad enough. All these things make a pretty bad showing. But when you add to this, crass stupidity in the way oi presenting them-stupidity to euoh l. degree that it holds this Province up to the ridicule oi Canada, then I think you can come to a fairly accurate conclusion as to what you may expect irom this Government with regard to obtaining a sub- lldy settlement irom the Dominion oi Canada.

WASTE AND EXTRAVAGANClL-We ere not condemning the Government because they have iunded the auto license fees and the gas taxes; but we are blaming them because in raising these large sums oi money they have not supervised the expenditure as they ought; because they have wasted a large amount oi it.-spent extrava- gantiy the money that will have to be paid back. as I said beiore, with interest, by ourselves or those who come aiier us-

ROAD GItAVELLING-ln this Province we have valuable gravel deposits. equal to the material imported by this Government irom the mainland, and perhaps better; gravel that can be dug and hauled to where it can be used by our own pepole and our own people will obtain the wage: and remuneration. That will be our policy. There is where we blame the Government, ‘ , having borrowed the money, they have let it go complete‘, out oi the Province, and the people have not obtained any benefit except such as they have received irom the gravel- od roads. i STATUTELABOIL-We claim that every rnan in this Province,

oi this Province. And I any no man can assert truthiully that the Conservative party ever took any other attitude with regard to the laws oi’ the country which they were attempting to govern ,aud that any man who would attempt to make a canvas oi that kind is reoreant to the party to which he belongs. ~

STANDING DY l-They promised to stand by the Prohibition Aet. and they are still "standing by"l They stood by and saw the law violat- ed; they stood by and saw more liquor brought into this Proviuoe in the last iour years than was ever seen or heard oi since the Prohibition Act was introduced. They stood by and allowed the poor man to be taken and fined and committed to‘ jail while the big man, the" party heeler who was making hundreds and thousands oi dollars out oi thl traiiic. went unrooleated. That was the way they “stood by”; that is the way they enforced the-Prohibition law during the past iour years. And these are the men who say that we havenot been honest and sincere!

PROVINCIAL POLICE —-l do not obicci to a Provincial Police iorce. I think perhaps it is a good nstliution, and I know they have it in other provinces. But it can be carried to excess. ‘Here they have a stair costing irom $30,000 to $40,000 a year. You see them about, in great numbers, and they are dressed very flue, wearing magnificent

‘uniforms: better than the soldiers’, perhaps better than the oilloera‘ uniforms. And it is all at the expense of you people. That would be all right it it were necessary, but unfortunately thig orgfllilation h” been iliiiii 10f ililrlllucs oi party politicl. They have appointed men who are simply party heelers and who have no quallfioatiens whatever, and l say when they are paying men oi that stripe as policemen they are ihrvwine sway your money and they are holdln; in. m‘; rho-mes in ridicule to the whole oi Canada. -

TEACHERS’ INCREASEI-Ii these gentlemen iuel Ilvrfllflilitd their bounden duty, ii they had pressed our claims at ilitawa and obtained the money they should have obtained. it would not he necessary to place any plebiscite on the election ballot. We would then be obtain- ing irom the Dominion Government the money they now invite you to ieavy upon yourselves an a tn to pay the teaohen.

OLD AGE PENSIONSF-‘Pendln lull payment, the Federal Gov- e. ent has passed a statu‘ to provide ior '15 per cent oi the cost, and it ls our intention, ll elected, to provide the other 25 per cent irom mill"! which we believe has been wasted by tho prevent Provincial Government in other thingmand so cars-y o... my; ppm“ much w" made to the people oi this Province.

TIME FOR AfllQNe-The time has come when the Gvvenungnl, oi this Province should not be permitted any longer to play hide and seekfand blind man's bluii, with this nutter. We should get our claims. we should have them implemented without any iurther delay, because ior want oi that money our llublle rel-nee, are jailer-in‘, gnfl o...- lleollie ill mflfly- cases who have to periorm public urvieu are not paid an they should be paid. , ' a -

FOUR. YEARS OI‘ FAILURE»! submit i0 you that you should elect whichever party you consider la moat likely to ouoeeed in Implg- mentlne our subsidy claims. You have had iour years oi erperieuoe with the present G-"ernment. You have bad some experience beiero that. you know what the Conservative Government secured irom an Opposition Government at Ottawa-an adverse Government, end you know the record oi the present Government, with ite own party in power in the federal ileld- When this Government took ofllee iour

years ago the door vile open ionthem to deal with the mutter of g subsidy settlement. They had. as I said, s favorable government m _power at Ottawa; and you see the result. or rather you see the tailors oi any result.

use? rim GOVERNMENT! IN novel-m. ‘Blunders told the Legislature in 1927 that it was a good thing to have “a intend at Court." I-le said that when he vnrlooking ior a ehlllle in the Provincial Government Mlrht 1 be permitted to say it new? It would be u good thing ior the province to have a friend at Court; to have one who bee h" "Riv elilvfimvr-illil. 11mm, with some knowledge-oi time matters. I think the people have learned, In very many we", in mo" lessons, that it u better to have the Government or this prone... tn line with the Government et Ottawa.

on, hali or! the head. Ill-each mil-

shell satln and corsage oi pink‘ roses, Mrs. Judson wore a. black‘ chiiion with silver brocade Jacket’ and corsage oi sweet peas. Mfrs.

statement that some oi our people are going about, canvassing in one i

ices. The rooms were beautiiully decorated with pink and white poi- ted plants and ‘out ilowerssAssiab- in; m gerving the dainty lunch were Miss Beatrice Judson and Milo

Joins IubeL-Beaton o! Boston is m“ Mum] o! New Yum M,“ m“

Mutch oi Boston and Mrs. Waiter Wilson o! Charlottetown. ' o e o Miss Helen Hornby ls home irom Baltimore Md, on a. visit to her parents, Mr. and Mn. J. J. Hornby. Q I I I m. and we L. n. nrindlev o! l0ttewa, are holidaying at Sianhope iBeeeh. I ‘I I Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Mappin o! ;Montreal who aPflii 1M Week-mil iin theThoiuend Islands are oom~ ling next week by the S. S. Sylvia to spend a iew weeks at Brackley Beach.

Mrs. W. Wright accompeniediby ‘Mr. and Mrs. S. Beal and Youni;

‘son Bob have motored irom West-i

mount, P.Q., on a visit to Charlot- tetown and Summerelde. ‘ I I I

Mrs. George Maclzie with her sons ‘Alexander end Ian, oi Montreal ore ‘summer visitors at Holland Cove. | I I I

Four and one-halt years’ exper- ience oi this life may not seem w iyou to be enough to Justify a blo-

grsphy ior what can happen in so

short a. time to so important a

young lady as the Princess Elim-

beth, eldest daughter oi the Duke

and Duchess oi York. But it all de- Ipends. ior this particular young ‘lady was not only the World's best- known Baby in her youth, but at four and one-hall years she is something else besides. She is a Person-a. Princess with a. high sense oi humor which frequently plays havoc with the discipline which God and England have de- ‘cided 1s a "Good Thing."

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It is recorded that at her first

Mm mm“ Gay “mend m’ we,“ public appearance, she received her m“ the dining r°°m when m‘ w” first visitor, Sir William Joynson poured by Mrs. Nathaniel Gay 8nd flicks, the Home Secretary, with u Mrs‘ wnuam Moculum c“ the (yawn. And iour years later she said