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l People , Wonder

why It ls that glasses are worn more commonly in the present generation than In

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MONDAAY, JUNE 11- 1923

SINCLAIR TO THE RESCUE

years. We also mentioned the fact that the Bell government had been We note by the Patriot that the repeatedly dunned for this amount Hon. John E. Sinclair, the only re- blll- U18! I111 P99110056 118d 110911 presentative of the province in tho elicited. The Fodeffll

thing good in store for the electors on the eve of the coming provin- cial election. 1n a telegram to the Patriot Mr. Sinclair says:

"ln reference to your enquiry rc- garding railway extension in Edward island 1 can say that the

to-tlato station at Emerald season in addition to completing the standardization of the

west." Signed John E. Sinclair. "This would be gcod news to the people of the province if it were

this same ‘Mr. Sinclair on ye‘.

ces by similar occasions. it has not been forgotten that on the eve of the byeelectious last amtumn the, lion. John came to the assistance oi his Liberal friend, Dr. John F.

.\icNclll when the latter was wag- ing an uncertain war in the Sum- merside constituency. On the day before the election Dr. John re-, cclved from the lion. John a tcle-| gram assuring him that the per-l manent street project in Summer- side would be proceeded with at cnce. The permanent street spro- membered was at that time in the same predicament as the Riggs and Duffy $40,000 project in Char-

the past. Some say that the: race is deteriorating, some that is for style, but the real reason is that our modern civilization requires the eye to do more work than was even the case before. Consequently, the eyes, if l in the least defective, may ' give you a lot of trouble, though in reality they are no worse than those of your grandfather who did not wear glasses till he . was an old man. if you tesl the least symp- tom of eyestrain. remember that it is natures warfllm! 1° you and consult us at once.

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lottetown. Needless to say the Sum Emerside electors were jubilant over ‘Ithc Hon. John's achievement in ‘securing this great. boon for them lend Dr. John profited accordingly 'at the polls next day. But the “per- ‘manent work" never materialized. ‘When the election was over noth- iing further was heard about it; the Qsummcrside tax payers are still ~ figuring it out just as the tax rpay- in Charlottetown are, who

misled by

of Messrs. liiggs and Duffy that

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were the promise

street improvement.

Whether the Hon. John's Emer- ald proposal is another of the same kind remains to lbe realized. Emer- ald certainly needs a new and lar- ner railway station but Just why the need of it and the promise to

provide it should come on tho ave of the provincial election. after three years of need is naturally arousing suspicion. llndeed ‘it is be- coming a general belief that. the llion. John has got into the halbii. 0t‘ “seeing things" before elections, things that disappear immediately after the election.

We note also that Mr. Sinclair promises that. the standardization

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prices.

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was "lbegun" before tho bye-Blew

only begun. 1t is noteworthy also ‘that the

riot. No doubt ohe Patriot thought it was time to start something and realizing that the ‘Hon. John had had some experience in this line it appealed to him. Shall we swal- low it, fellow electors? lBoth the Patriot and the Hon. John ovid- ently think we can swallow ony- thing.

PAY AS YOU GO JOKE

In Friday Morning's Guardian wo drew attention to the fact that the provincial government, nicknamed by the Patriot the “Pay sa You Go Government" had not yet paid ‘its civic assessment for street itn- provement. The proportion due is something over $1500 and is, in

federal cabin,‘ h“ ma“, some, had promptly paid its proportion of this assessment,

without exception paid theirs but the Pay as You Go Bell govern- ment has not paid a dollar!

Prince lion the Patriot came out with a three quarter column editorial ex- Board has decided to build an up- “m”? m“ Ben gwemmem.‘ pay ‘m5 as you go policy. declaring that by its promptness in paying its bills mad it had given the province a stand- ‘ing and a credit in the financial world unequalled by that of any other province in Canada-but not‘ not for some previous preforman- i‘ "Md “bu” m” m7” yea" ‘wet’

lmises, it is ‘its frozen and uncon- what were w them more “gen,

lect in Summerside, it will lhe re-l

they were going to get $40,000 for]

Hon. John's promise was received 11111011"?- 0i in reply to’an enquiry by the Pat- 51056982-3-

. , H ~ _ whole or ln part, overdue for tbreom bring melt pnaiperity.

the citizens

1n reply to this serious accusa-

duo city account!

Whether the Patriot meant to be ironical an. the expense of its dis- credited government, its notorious- ly “never-pay-anything" SOVB-m" ment or was only reverting to its old habit of shouting to drown com- plaints against the government, we leave to its readers to 1111180 If ‘he Bell government has ever ‘been dis- tinguished ior any one thing 111°" than another, outside of its notor-

the greatest sufferer ately on the list.

concern than

‘stateme- of the mortality from

tuberculosis in the var 1921, have recently been publiahei by

the Federal Department of Health. A notable feauire of the tables is the far greater prevalence of the White Plague in the Maritime (Pre- vinces than in the Western or Con- tral Provinces. The death rate front this malady per 100.000 in the dif- ferent movinces is given as fol- lows: Saskatchewan 43, Alberta 52, Manitoba 69, Ontario 69, Brit- ish Columbia 78, New Brunswick 104, Nova Scotla 134 and Prince Edward island 143. lt'is most. re- gretoable to find our own Province proportion-

Thoro are few matters of graver importance or welghtler public the health of the people. in addition to the federal Minister of health at,0ttaws, the provinces of New Brunswick and Alberta have each a provincial Minister of Health, and there are many sanltorla for the care and cure of tuberculosis in other prov- inces where that dread disease is much less lprevalent and fatal than it is with us. lBoth New Brunswick and Nova. Scotis have a number of these institutions. As is we'll-known Sir Charles Dalton generously pre- sented to this lProvince s Sanitor- ium Iwhlch bore his own name and while it was in operation under the lute Conservative government h rendered valuablle service. The present government -refused to support it and it seems impossible 1101 10 believe that the loss of many valuable ‘lives resulted from this 791115111- The)’ had. of course, their own masons for this which ought fairly to lbe considered.

It cost some money to ears for the poor consumptive; - and the

iety toi- martinis and breakins ow-

queralble refusal to pay anything ‘that can rightly 01’ 191111180’ '59 19“ unpaid and everyone, including the Patriot knows it. The lPalirioUs 1111!" ture of Premier Bell sitting on the ltreasury chest is not overdone but Zita lronical allusion to the “My [as you go policy" while evading the charge that. the government has been deaf and dumb to all the |Qity‘s dunnlng for a three y?!" [overdue account, ls to say the least ‘in bad taste.

l it is possible that some of the

lPaltriot/s readers may not see the‘

I ‘sarcastic irony, P05531119 m" “me

mi them may believe the Patriot i , . was in earnest and that the Bali

government really pays as ii. goes lrbut the great madority of them, some of them to their own cost, fknow better.

I Has the Patriot any explanation ‘or excuse ‘to offer for the govern- [menUs default of this payment?

WAR AGAINST TUBERCULOSIS

In a bulletin recently issued lby the Canadian Tuberculosis Associa- tion one of the interesting items

the various prov-in- ces for the tuberculosis. -ln this list every pro- vince in Canada, with the single exception of Prince Edward island, is given and the amounts are fair-

grants "iby treatment of

of the road west of Summerslde is ‘Y generous- Albert“ pays over an" to bo completed this season. It will 0°05 37mm‘- ‘Cmumbm be mmembered that this work also mull-fill“ 531-0005 New Brulmwmk» $5,000; Nova. Scotla $98,000; 011i; @130 the lgosmml

‘$371,000;

lions albove referred to but ii was ‘"10 3333-090? Quebec ‘B9900; 835k

atchewau $45,000. (These amounts are in round numlbers.) The total provincial grants is lPrincs Edward island is not men- tioned, yet in the Vital lStatistlcs ls- suad lby the Federal government for 1922 Prince ‘Edward island was mentioned as having the highest percentage in Canada of deaths from tuberculosis. This is not‘ n good record. Are our places on these two lists cause and effect?

EDITORIAL NOTE

Not so many years ago, Can- ada's whole annual budget was not much more than $100,000,000. Now Mr. Fielding proposes 0o add, in one year, $80,000,000 to our already hugs aamLs ddbt that will cost us $4,000,000 interest annually for years and years. That is a way not’

of information given is the list of

Bail government found other and

needs for the money. They saw the I pressing need of one more salaried lCeibinet Minister and also the im- lmedldie 11150116)’ of increasing the pay of the poor members of the ZLBBlBIB-ture and the Speaker. IThese imperative demands would require $11,000 yearly or $44 000 i101‘ the four years of’ the ‘legisla- vtive term. ‘In’ their wisdom and

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Why the Delay I

5h- --Can you Sir tell us why‘ the dots of the election has not been announced? On the 10th of August the pros- ent Assembly dies a natural deathl and unless provision is made in_ sufficient time before thst~ data this prdvince will he run by a; handful of men lwlthout a parlia- ment. What if a war broke out or some great cslsnrvity overtook us, what would our plight he with no_ legislature at call to -méet the em- ergency? Such a condition of af- fairs never before occurred in this, or any other British country. It. may be their scheme to give short notdce in hopes of getting a snap verdict. -it is plain, however, that they know it is their last chance and they want to pull the last cent out of it before stepping out. This has not ‘been the method of past governments. Former As- semblies have been dissolved in- variably in a seasonable time, us- uaiiy some months before their time expired. Premier Boll has himself ihc right to fix the date,“ why does he delay? ‘is the chill of‘ the political waters freezing his judgment of the proprletlies? is he afraid to take the plunge? The condemned crim- inal generally has courage enough to lwaik to the scaffold on his own legs. TVhy not ldilsplay an equal courage and walk on his own legs to political exeoutionflt cannot be 1111111060. Why not face it like a man land at once’! '1 11111. Sdr. etc, VOTER.

Blind‘ Trained As Gardeners

LONDON, June 9—lt is proposed by tho “(luild of ‘Blind Gardeners" t0 ifounti a special training centre somuwhere near London.

"it was in ‘March 1922 that the "lulld gave its first lesson," tic- rlares the hon. secretary. S0 quick- ly was the idea assimilated by the various blind authorities that wllh- in six months the full time of a zsrtlening lilstructor was occupied.

“We now employ two certified, women gardeners, who teach at 12 schools over 300 pupils. Other‘ schools are waiting their turn tol he included. |'

“in addition, over ~60 fbliml nle-u-I

Ichflfll-y it was decided ‘by these ex. cellent public then that it would be "mwsflible to carry on the iSanltor-

JhB pressing wants of the lmelmberg l“ U10 14881811111111. the Speaker and ltbo members of tlhe government,

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i As for the conaumptlvea, some

of them would dis anyway" There lwere advanced cases that. could _110t be cured in an institution. As lfor the others, there were plenty :01 800d doctors and pephslps some

“I the" Patlellls 1111510 prefer to be treated at lwma- l! Was therefore decided that the first duty of the Governlment and the members of the Legislature was to save them- selves from further suffering and impoverishment and no time was lost in doing this. And the costly Ssnitorlum was closed down. It tuberculosis increased in conse- quence, as it infortunatoly has, 110W could it have ‘been avoided. if the Province has now lbccome zhe highest on the list of consumption stricken provinces, at least our Honoralbles, as well as the untitled members of tho Legislative Ag. gammy ‘m’ nolilnlel‘ 171111115 in pov-. ePlY- Surely that is worth some. thing.

TM" “'9 "m" flood hospitals In the lProvlnoo and a public dis. nemary In this city. All of the... are heavily in debt. All 0t them ap- peal to the public from year to year for contributions toward their sup- port, which are more or less gen- erously responded to. There are for the insane and the Infirmary for the poor at Falconwood, but to which of these institutions could an impoverished member of the government or of the House appeal for aid. trealnment. or cars however great his need or however insane. ‘he might be poll- ticsl-iy? This point seems to have been carefully considered and al- lowed its full weight by the gov- ernment nnd the House in adopting the measure for the [Relief of in- digent Pdliticlans in 1920.

It la true, aa we lhavs already said, that the public health la a matter of great Importance. And it is also true that the government of the day has apparently given it very little atteniou or support. But may there not be n sufficient and indeed an all-important reason for this? What can be more important than that our government men and our Assemblyman shall be each pos- sessed of a sound‘ mind in a sound

body? How else could they frame wise measures’ or heap rule or legislate as they should? And how can a Statesman’ or any other msn have a sound mind in a aaand body

I if he is undsrfed, under nburisllldifi _ M: y": mum oufleiont danish: tq-‘mw t5 turn m mum mo.

')£‘l"n' cf the Guild practise gartievi- ‘m; at their uwn homes and are flooketl alter and aided in the work l

i , v [At tiio National Rose Show, which having you grow tired of my eter- erully," he said, "our interference ""1 811d B1 the same time relieve? "ill b0 held on June 28, a ii§l')lfl'll'l'l3-l prenchlnl! about a lazy iriltifi- with foreign ships is prompted only ugn nl

stall will be devoted to the gnrdmi, 010111100 Krllwn by these members:

"On ll. advice of some n! the_ heads of the ‘various blind fusing-i lions. the Guild is now preparing t” ma“ 41 “Declal traininlg comm where tliosc who pfgye Lhemaelvgsi P81141119 may he fully trained as sfirdencrs and become able to earn‘ ‘heir livelihood.

‘T1115. of course would not he 80 practicable where the pup“ is P1111110’ bllnd- ‘M11113’ of the certified .1}lrll(l have a modicum of glghg w ich enables them lo distinguish {Wye-ell clearly defined objects. it‘ 1302i‘? W11: 11111!‘ be encouraged to UIBLCO gar 8mm; as a living’ B“!

mpieteiy blind mat. Expect m ggaomeanpamillly self-stipportiqg, health and, llmse and greatly to the

“The m 31111111088 of their lives, Mrs A" uln er or the Gum! w“

. 1.0 phus Duucomhe. Shtsl herself is blind and is a . v ¥nrtlcticf than many o! thoslgctnltar have the blessing of sigma Inwifigi coume f" yam-s ‘her sense of touch and scent have been dcvolo N] an extraordinary dsgrg n" ‘F’

CHEMIST DELVES DEEPER INTO scone-rs or HAFNIUM

COPENHAGEN. June 9.—-Pr0l'eg. fior Nils Bohr, the discoverer or "m

9w 9191119111. hafnium, has now tie-I tsrmlned its atomic weight. The element, which was named in honor °' ""1 ‘>10’ 01 Copenhagen. is still» Q14" ‘Cf-hmlllletoly isolated but the prov sssors efforts in this direction are "Qaflllgloompletion. The connection of the element with zirconium, a kindred element, has made inves- llsfltlons exceedingly difficult, but Profesor Bohr has been able to as- certain that the atomic weight lies ‘between 179 and'181. Five of the 92 elements existent remain to be discovered. As a result of his experiments. Professor Bohr has discovered that hafnium is impenetrable by Ron- gen-mys. l-le asserts that it has the good qualities of bismuth, whichl ls used in connection with Iiont-I gen-ray experiments. hut none of the bad ones and the discovery isl expected to be of considerable value to medical science.

NURSE/RY 1N SCHOOL FOR BABIES OF STUDENTS

NEW YORK, June 8—Es.rly mar- riages have become so Konoral among the students at the Moscow university that the American Jew- ish joint distribution committee has installed s day nursery there to cars for ltho students‘ babies while they are classes_ it has been announced.

There has ‘been a great increase in marriages among otudents bo- fore graduation at all Russian uni- versities since the revolution, the committee act forth.

keep him wanm’? No doubt the pub. ilc health may have suffered by, the change. but our Statesman, as _ x ‘go has named t-honi, have enabled to eat. three square

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