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ticular attention. Twenty-five Calf Clubs. Three Polllbfy Clubs ' and Pour-tom Girls’ Clubs are now es- tablished. Sheepand Foal Olubl are now under of 015111!!- t-ion and it is the intention to extend these Clubs as rapidly as possible. The Central School Fair and Calf Club Competition, » organized under our administra- A“ tion, has proved to be a tremend- ..-;-. ovus success. n s the only wmvlm *" feature of its knd in Canada and h” been pronounced by outstand- ._ lug stock breeders and farmers to 2.‘. be the finest educational feature in t agriculture held in the Marlllmo f f; Provdnces. Z Essay competitions for junior I, farmers have been conducted b? "‘ the department am‘. have been a

‘ some; of infcrmtion and value-

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SHORT COURSE!

~ A central Short Course in Agricul- lre conducted in Prince of Wales bllege has attracted a, large num- §Zer of farm boys from all over the fl-ovince. The course extends from ._:lx to eight weeks and a compre- jiensive study of practical agricul- yural problems of a wide range has i gjeen laid down for the students. In addition, the Department has pro- ‘Iided for two and three day courses -.ln the outlying sections oi the coun- llry, the idea. being to bring the ser- lvices of the Department to the dis- ilricis that are far away from Chap- lottetown. A large number of meet- ings of this kind have been held and the interest manifested by the farm- ers has been exceedingly favorable. The policy of tailing the services of the Deprtmknt out to the local dil- trlcts ls to be promoted to the fullest possible extent. l

SWINE PRODUCTION i

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Particular attention has been Elv- en to the development of the Swine industry. An Advanced Registry

station has mu established at

' Charlottetown from which sows may be qualified on a basis of a slaugh- ter test of progeny. This policy is similar to a Record of Production in other lines of livestock. The Sta- tion is being well conducted and

'~ "well patronized. A large number of Advanced Registry boars have been distributed through the Swine Show and Sale and individually.

A Boar a ‘um Policy ha: been established for the punpoee of DI-

-. listing breeding throughout the ._ Province. A Brood Sow Policy has ' also been brought into operation through which far-men may secure_ improved sown at the lowest possible l

price. Assistance has also been giv-

en in the importation of boars of

high type from Ontario. In addi-

tion to this, encouragement has been given in backwarddistrict; in the,

establishment of Bacon Hog fairs.

Particular effort has been made in the establishment 'of a frame- work for Swine production on the basis of quality and vigor so that our farmers will be in a position to raise hogs that will fill the highest market requirements.

An active campaign of eradica- tion of parasites in sheep and hogs and in the grading and nutribntion] of rams has been conducted.

MARKETS BENG BOUGHT

Contacts have been made with various marketing centres in order to extend sales of livestock. The trade with Newfoundland in cattle and hogs has been increased through special representation made to pur- chasers in that Colony. (W. R. Shaw visited Newfoundland in i930, and made contacts, while L. W. Roper, visited thc Colony in i932 in the interests of the livestock trade). In addition the P. E. I. Livestock Co-operative has been encouraged to extend the market in Newfound- land for livcnock. Assistance has also been given in locating and as- sembling cattle for the 01d Country trade, and exports have been made. Contracts for live cattle have been made in Upper Canada and United States poiris, and carloads are now moving to these centres.

"m!

Organization

.. A large measure of m “ l

. work has been conducted. Breed . nrsmizations have been particularly‘ , assisted. and field days and demon-

, ,_ ltrations have been vigorously pro-

jrloted. Strawberry growers, milk

. producers, livestock and oo-operetivo

ll0lll have been receiving support. ICINTYII

_ ; _ Auswltnllo $5,“? mom-fins...‘ ‘

in Premier was his answer! l

190K CBIOIOVII POI BRAND!

in the criticism of Mr. J. P. McIn- ltyro, Liberal ex-Minister of Public Works, that the west wing of. Fal- conwood Hospital could havebeen repaired after the lfire, and that the Covernment was "negligent imd ox- travagant in demolishing-this sec- tion of the buildinx.

The Government (the Premier pointed cult-had obtairredt-expert v ,‘ ‘on on this matter. "here," he said, “is the reply of m. Alexander A. MacDonald;- ‘Pmsldeflf -0f the MacDonald Construction Company, Limited, of Halifax: A

“Hon. W. J. P. MacMillan, “Charlottetown, P. E; I. “Dear Sir:

"When we were preparing our tender for the construction of the proposed Fialconwood Hos- pital some months ago I visited the cite, accompanied by my cigineer, and at your request

F> made a careful examination of

the brick walls of the old build- ing left. standing after the tire with a view to ascertain the ad- visability of their re-use in the proposed building.

“As reported to you verbally at the time, I found that the walls of the east wing were in

_ fairly good shape and could be

1 safely ze-used with advantage. The old west wing walls bow- ever were in poor condition and on no account would I advise attempting to incorporate them

‘ in a new ion they were not safe and to repair and re-usc them would effect no suvlug in cost.”

(Signed) A. ‘A. MACDONALD.

President McDona/ld- Con- struction Company‘.

Here is mother letter from Mr. Reford Stewart, managing director of the Stewart Construction Com- pany which built the Prince of Wales Collegez"

Dear Dr. Macmillan:

"As requested, webeg to con- firm the verbal information we gave you after we had thor- oughly examined (at your le- quest) the complete fire damage at Falconwood shortly after the fire occurred.

"After making a complete ex- amination of the fire damage of Falconwood, we would suggest that if the remains of the East Wing can possibly be utilized in any new scheme-you may have to modernize and fireproof the whole project-that this be done. ' as the wing is in sufficiently ' good condition that same can be utilized and thereby save money. »

"The Wait Wing we do not . consider to be in fit or safe con- dition to warrant any expendi- ture you might make in an ef- fort to salvage same; except that there is sufflclmat Iuivuged brick lo warrant your spending a. little more money jhau is usually spent in wrecking, in an effort lo save this brick for use on any new building you may under- take, and thereby save money.”

(Signed) . ' W. L. REFORD STEWART Managing Director, Stewart Construction Co. Ltd.

Here is another letterfrom the

paging director of E. G. M. Cape

and Company. Elnsineers and Con- ltractors, Montreal: ' _ ~

1 “Dear Sir:

"At your request we made a complete examlnaticn of , » the Fest and West wings of the Fal- conwood Hospital, having . par- ticular reference to that portion of the two wings that remained standing after the fire, with a view to reconstructing a bulld- ing upon the existing Weet Wing foundatlo and walls.

“Without entering upon a detailed and technical discussion upon the condition of these foundations we would advise that after very careful consider- ation from no standpoint what- soever does this proposal com- mend iiself to us as being a sound one.

"We regret to have to submit an opinion of this kind as? am euro the suggestion was made in the n - of economy, but we do no knowing that if you re-~ build in that way your result will be a building that will carry an exceedingly heavy annual do- preciation char . AND IT WOULD ALSO CONSTITUTE A MENACE DUE T0 THE DANGER 0F COLLAPSE.

“You will understand, if you

we, that conditions of the

act Wing foundations-arc not to be compared with those of the re-clmstructed east. wing. in which you have an excellent foundation upon which. I0 build, and the standing wallelnd not deteriorated under the influence

lng. In my opin- v

if Unprecedented Exposure‘ l- Of Liberal Ma noeuvring (At Taxpayers’ Expense M.

' ll. (Continued from page c)

applause). ‘wee there any Justific-

ation for the slander and abuse to which we have been subjected on

this matter? But as Mr. McIntyre said whendsbo slander was shoved down his throat in the Legislature:

‘no-luck.

srlii.

5E §E if i stillii

in Olhldl but with

ponies of the Uni over them we have no control.

“It will be made again!" Very well. ~ .

My conscience is clear. I have per-

formed my duty in n. way which I

think will merit the approval of the vwlfle of applause).

PAVED ROAD, POLK?!

Our platform on this subject reads: “Further extenllon of hard

surfaced roads to the villages and

centres of the province if an eco- nomical typo of hard surfaced road. within the mean: of the Province, can be sathihelorily developed." That is our policy. The Liberal pol- icy cn this subject is to “investi- gate;" we promise to do omellllng.

And is it not the part of wisdom to encourage the tourist industry in this Province? That has been our idea in connecting Charlottetown with Borden by a paved road. A great deal of the money that has been out into roads in this prov- ince has been wasted. and if we had attempted to hardsurface the roads many years ago we would have been far better off today. The

spring. and a month or six weeks ‘ later in the fall. The extra gas

which will be saved will go far in paying the extra cost.

Every Province in Canada is go- ing into hard surfaced roads, and this province-I am informed by engineers who are in a position to judge-is getting down the best practical type of road between hero and Summerslde. It is getting far better value for its money than is being obtained in

experience -which we have had on that experimental road at South- pcrt, where cars and trucks are breaking through their so-called high-class roads. That is not hap- pening with the type of road that we are putting down between this

"city and Borden. Within a year

you will be able to drive to Borden without the dust nuisance; you will have satisfied the tourists who will go away hB-ppy and contented. You have only to read what Lady Baden-Powell said the other day in speaking of this province, to realize how favorably impreaed she was with the beauty oi the Island.

Motorist: Beueflted

They scofg at the work that we have done in road construction, but I need only mention the splendid pavement through Montague. and the approaches to the l-liilsboro Bridge, to prove that this work is o1 great value and importance, es- pecially to the motoring public.

The section of experimental road which has not stood up this year is being repaired, as I have already explained, at the contracting com- pany's expense. Yet we hear noth- ing from the Liberal side but criti- cism of that Southport project. We know that roads in Nova Scotia went to pieces when they were down only two months. You don‘t hear anything about that, do you?

Mr. Campbell at the Tizuish meeting, referring to the McIntyre highway, said it was Just as good as when it was laid down. I wish that were so. It has had to be patched repeatedly, and if it keeps on another year we will not know which is road and which is patches. l-le knows there was a bill last year of about $4.000 for repairs to the

McIntyre Highway. and there was a repair bill before that. we do not

oonde it entirely; we do not take the miserable attitude that everything the Liberals did is wrong.

"Back-Door" Campaign

I dont care who the person ls, you can go to the jails or the penitentiary, and in the worst s... oi criminal you will find human trails. something good in him. Do you think governments are worse than individuals? D0 you think that every single thing a. government does is wrong? That is their atti- tude. And they have resorted to

other methods of abuse-to things

which I would not mention. things

this Province. - (Increased

Nova Scotia, where they have had some of the

Government Grants

:_ Provlnbe. because the fox industry

hubeenofgreatvalnetothe

and we will continue to do so. While have for years

giants to exhibitions, we have sup- ported them all. because it was in the interest of the farmers and because these rural exhbitions helped to reach a. class who were needy rather than experts in their particular lines. We have always supported as well the large central exhibitions. That has been our pol- io)’. and it will be continued.

' FREIGHT BATES PROBLEM

Our ‘next plank is: "Continued IPPNI’! of the Maritime Transpor- tation Commission in its fight for lower freight rates on Marltkue shipments.”

The Liberal platform says they B" aolng to try to secure lower freight and express rates. The only logical way to proceed with that is the way we have been doing for the last two or three years-the Mari-

with the help of a commttee of 501m business men. with a trained legal man working all the time, watching where certain industries in other parts oi Canada are get- ting concessions from the Railway boards that we should get in the Maritimes, and in short making a

such an organization as the Mari- time Transportation Commission. That is the only way we will ever 89¢ concessions on freight nteei and it is the only way’we.wlll

to market. We reorganized the Maritime Transportation" Commis- sion two years ago. Today it is functioning energetically. They are makim a thorough study of the question and i1 any amelioration of freizht rates coma to this prov- ince, it will be through that agency. 0D!‘ New“. co for u this is con- cerned, ha: been one of the fullest W- " (Applause).

UNEMPLOYMENT RULE‘

Plank l0 of our platform reads: "Continued co-opora“ with the Federal Government in reference to Unemployment Public Works pro- poealble unemplo um.‘- the Province."

as much as we could in the mat- ter of une ' r‘ expenditures. What has the Liberal party to of- fer the laboring man in this city, in this Province? What has it to offer the poor farlmr and fisher- men-the single man, the man out

make revenue and expenditure meet, and we are going to cut out

Work: Department to do it." That is their policy. Bo says the Liberal platform. 8o says the Liberal can- didates. Bo said the Liberal mem- bers in the Legislature last year when they moved an amendment to the Estimates. to cut down the pub- lic Works Department estimates to a sum sufficient to balance the budget. -

A llopeiel Policy

hard illnu? We have made every effort to get them jobs. The only thins we regret is that we have not been able to give jobs to every man in this province that needed one. But the Island is not unlike other provinces in this respect. No gov- em at the present time ls able to find employment for every man and woman who needs it. We have done our level. best. and w; puf-

depertment and express com- States; and

Our next plank is: "Continuation

grant to the f0! exhibition in this

Island. We gave grants every your

Liberals been advocating the cutting down of

time Provinces working together

determined, concerted effort through

help farmer: to get their products

leak in order to relieve ls fully ll

‘That has been our policy for the pee-t four years. to help our people

of employment? "We are going to

enough expenditure in the Public

What hope dog no]; g W11" hold out lo those who are out. of employment. who feel the pinch of

which form their "back-door" cam- paign. I am quite aware of what! is going on. But I am not afraid of buck-door campaigns. Al. lea-rt the people o: this city know mo. After twelve years you know me pretty

we w so forts to deal with this greet prob- lem-the most ‘ have, to my mind.

on and make further ef- Dloblem we

Co-operothaihoeveuly

.fueetgravellnourpite this

well indeed. Inf. my record for Itself." (Loud applause).

LOCAL GRAVE]. USED

Our next plank is: “Continuation of our policy of Icing local pit and shore gravel In our general road work." That ls what we have been doing, instead o1 giving contracts for many thousands of dollars for gravel bought in Nova Bcotia and laid here, ail the late Liberal Cov- ernmont did; gravel that was in-

ferior to the gravel of Prince Id- h

d. The eruincers who

conditions eey that we have tbl than they . lut-

IL

‘C. ' roman m. . - . " I'm-P mom rlcanvns an, hi! wagging-nouns; ‘,‘,°f{"§",, lglfig, m, w“ i‘ i! will‘: Mr» = ~onpuuun rah in in Iakrooiouof u.» hi, mmmfi“ "° “‘°",,,"“°m,,,,"‘§ 9"‘ "W! b °"~"""“ h m“ m“ "' vent-lemon ‘gleam; runulnmlgul." wbmifln: the I ffillflyupifl‘ Illllylllulodl %m“guywn|‘hh QQ-mh.‘ dflu" i .....-w....."-~:.:.-wc ner- ~ M M» MM 4i . h. m-inmunuuneqlu an w.» peel on babe! of his loyal fl.

The only way we can deal with it is by co-operatiun with the Fed-

eral Government on thou projects

going lo make revenue and on. pendiiuro moot;

“theyaregreen

" the madman "hatwehavehodtomakeinthe last, four years in the interests I lhoee who one poor and suffering:

pay much attention to l to keep together the Fbodies and souls of b11118?!

pooch i m mi; Province that we did it. and

y on fluhnlhizhlg government is proud of fill

in that regard. (loud IP- plause). "

The remaining planks of our platform read:

“11. Continued extenailm of Pir- lioh uenlul activities lncludllc prudkal Denial ilyslcue and Men-

"13. School books If. lowest p0!- dblo coll.

“IL Ewing been luooesdul lul- yenr in securing a reduction of one centnullnholfpergalloulnlho price of gasoline, to make every ef- fort towards obtaining a further lo- ductilm in the interests of the far- mers, fishermen and ‘ risk."

There is our platform of 14 punks; ladim and gentleman. I present it to the electors of this province with tho assurance that they will find something worthwhile in it. It is not the empty thing that the Liberal platform l5, which holds out absolutely no hope to our people. -

Uberlla And Health

Take for example our Department ment of Public Health. If the Lib- erals come in. what do they pur- pose doing with that department? Is there a. Doctor running u a Lib- erul candidate? Not one. Ifave they n man in the field todly who ll competent to take charge of that department? We have made some advances in fighting diseases in ev- ery form. The Liberal record in this regard. is a rather mean line.‘ Go back iour years when we were en- deavorlng to get the Red Cross 8o- ciety in this Province. We went time and again to the Liberal gov- ernment, of which the present Lib- eral leader was Provincial Treas- urer-and we could not get any- thing from them.

Take their record on delinquent children, to which I have already referred, take their record in con- nection with the Dalton Senator- ium. When that Sanatorium was handed over by the Dominion gov- eminent there was not initiative in them to see that they got a proper settlement. That Sanatorium prob- lem was left until it was solved by the Womens Institutes of this prov- ince, who circularized the people and got them to pledge between $70,000 and $77,000.

What has been their record so

started the first government grant to hospitals in this province, the Stewart government raised it from $500 to $1200. and the present gov- ernment added $1,000 a year to each of the hospitals. The orphanages l a... now getting $1400 a year each in government support. Who start- ed tbosc grants? Conservatives. Who first increased them? Conservativ- es. Who increased them ugafn in the last year or two? Conservatives.

And what did the Liberals do? All they can do is go through this province decrying "this man Mac- millan" because he is Minister of Public Health. He is "to extrava- gant"; he wants to "expand the Services"; he want to reach out to the men. Women and children of this Province in order to save their lives and do something for them. ‘Phat is the kind of a man that should be killed in this country. If