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when it comes to barefaiced rriis- rowaserltation oi the finances oi the Province, it must be confessed that the local Liberal organ leaves its party leader and followers in the Legislature far behind. Premier Mncldillan last evening in t!!! course oi his iriasterly speech on the Budget, made a scathing exposure of our contemporary in this con- nection when he quoted the follow- lng editorial from ils Monday's is- sue:

"In the year 1930, the last iuli year oi the Saunders-Lea adminis- tration the total liabilities as at Dec, 31, 1930 iSee page 8 of the Public Accounts: were $2.798.- 321 29.

The total liabilities 0o Dec. 31. 1933 were $3,911,627.00, or in other words, $1,118,305.18 more than during the Liberal regime."

The illic-rciice in the above state- ment, is oi course that the Conser- vative Governlllent was responsible ior all the expenditures illcurred in the year 1931 as well as ior the sub- sequent years 1922-33.

The fact. oi the matter, as Premier binrfilillan pointed out, is that the Lea Government remained in power for eight months oi the year 1931 or until the end of August. In Novem- ber of that ycnr. an external audit was made by Mr. Paul F. Blanchet, 0A., and tins is what the auditor found:

“The total liabilities of the Pro- vince at August 3i, 1931, were 83.- 311405 07.‘

In oiilcr words-taking our con- temporary": own figures ior l930— there was an increase oi over half a million dollars in the liabilities oi tho Province in the eight months of tho Les. Government regime for the year i931.

This amount the Liberal organ deliberately misrepresented as hav- ing been inclined by the Conserva- tives! ,

Altogether, during its four years

1g power, the Liberal increase in li- lbilitioo amounted to $1,177,901.25. but in its staggering election-year expenditures it went beyond even its own record for the preceding three years. For instance, the Public

jonks estimato for 1931 provide for

1316,0045 oi ordinary emendituro and $93,000 oi capital expenditure. Tho actual expenditure in this deport- ment was $471,844.86 on ordinary

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account, or $203,815.97 more than was authorized by the Legislature. ‘ From the recapitulation of expen- diture oi the year ending Dec. 31, 2S1, the lea Government actually ' oxceeded thcir total estimates for ' floi by no less than $540,190.11. "No wonder," our contemporary ..ooys, "the Boards of Trade of Prince Jldward Island. whose membership hicludes both Liberals and Conser- vatives, have been protesting strong- ily against the alarming increase in g novincial debt." It. is to be hoped, ii this be the oaso, that our Boards oi ‘Prado will be equally emphatic in protesting against their name being associated with such crude misstatements as the Liberal organ makes for the ‘purpose oi discrediting the Mgqlvll]- lnn Government. It is indeed, as; Premier MacMlllsn pointed out, a otriking evidence oi the essential weakness of the Opposition case, that such efforts should not only be made, biit persisted in daily, in the hcbe of fooling the credulous.

S UPITl-ZESSING FA CTS

‘ ‘We note that while the local Liberal Organ has given publicity IO the subversive criticism o! Op- Pflmllfl members regrading the al- leged inefilcicncy oi the Royal 0m. Minn Mount-ed Police, it has not ‘published the facts as set forth in the annual report oi the PDIJCQ Mi-lvltiel. which woo tabled in tho Ins-Islamic on may last. This ro- tor Pripps discussion

tn the enforcement oi pros-lining NI other lows of the Province “fins the past year.

Evidently the Liberal organ. lilo party members in the Rouse, lo _ flllfiflled with making palm.

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Ilv- Ilfldlthan in givingoo-mn iodthorolations botwosn Jopon curate information w the public. u, ,‘{,,,§",,,,"“,,,, P" fin“; um Dildo, mil i-iu hitherto ro- :¢“'°°““""’°"” ‘“‘°”“'“°‘lllllltbmliibnn.auiaem- """”"““"W°"°"m°°"-pmyiupnmqqngmng-tnholomuueleisnnumwho dtllwiafthe oyster areas iatbodmgmhbha-t. hadbtelyvisltod lmaoow. ooyo: vnmnynonarldlewnaniisss- "I dnnlmanlllwwalthfltbfl

non! of Adventurers. Tho Rupert's Ihlllb beaver flllctlllry in an u‘; of approximately I-lilaro miloo betwom tho Rssport and tho hatmaln Rivers. m this

tslninstion has been paved to u- istinthesoaroomthereoliaotlin the case, exposing lb‘. tyre‘: misstatement and rival-ling tho ser- iousness of tho nitration, ha; been deiibei-otoiy olsaprsmod. lsitanywondmiavilwofouch gslsalcwm of facts in which allourcltiaangllbsralaswellas Conaervativeo, ans ‘ that Opposition nilnboro an complain- ing about the public not taking ithem "oerioluly"?

B. C. FINANCING

The new Lbaral Government in British Columbia was elected on the promise of o New Deal and the cutting down at extravagant expen- ditures. Finance ltinister Hart has brought down his first Liberal Budget in the Briti-fls Columbia Legulsturc, and. as the Vancouver Province remarks, "the first thing to bo said lo that it makes the New Deal look very much like the old- orily more o0. Lt. Hort, on an es- timated e ‘ituro oi approxi- mately twenty-one and o half mil- lions and an estimated revenue of nineteen and a hall’ millions, is budgeting frankly for a deficit of seven and o lioli millions, the de- ficit comprising items on current account, and no provision respect- ively ror the statutory requirements of the sinking fund or for the moneys (expected to amount to three millions) that must be spent. for unemployment relief. "Mr. Hart." comments the Vali- couver Province, "has DNDlPed hopeful statements’ of what can be saved if he cm re-fund this debt st interest charges of 3 or 3 1-2 per cent. By raiding the sinking funds this year, by making no provision for sinking funds for the next five years. he tells ua he can sovo us $0,- 700,000 a year on tho service of the debt flu the next five years, and $8,873,000 a year [for the ensuing twenty-five."

Analysing tho prospects for achieving this result the Province says:

“it is said that tho bondholders will take lower interest before they will risk default, the answer is that that is u. dangerous theory on which to stake the prospects of our pro- vincial finance. In the first place, Mr. Hart can scarcely re-fund the public debt of British Oollmibia. on these terms unlesg these tenns are severally accepted in the y money market, and he can scarcely n. iund our provincial debt as an iso- lated operation having no reference to the public debt of Canada and the other Provinces.

"Secondly. at the very beginning of this operation theno is the neces- sity of borrowing more money, and the first essential of that borrowing is that tho people who lend it shall have tho utmost confidence that the province will rapay.

“Th1! BudIet-and that is its re- degming virtue if it has any at all -—bringe us oquately at last to a realisation of our public condition, and wo shall have to shut our eyes "T! tightly Ind Io shall have to be recklootly improvident indeed, ii wo reflllo any longer to know that we can't livo any longer on w; dams."

A BEAVER SANCTUARY

"It is significant and appropriate," llya The Beaver, "that the great- est beaver conservation plsn ever undutoken by private interests should be ilunclled w the Hudson's Bl? 5411113111. It Rupert! House °fl JIIIRI Ely. where the Nonsuch

has to be prodded into doing some- wintnwd in lfi-l Dd in!“ b thing for tho outside. This niglsnd with o full cargo o1 m" work "will not only be of _yhj¢h "an. u” bu“ o‘ "l. an” distinct financial advantage to

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cial institutions, but. it will also sti- mulate business and provide ploy-must at a time when it is moot needed. Dollars spent today will do more good and pay greater divi- dends than st any time during the last fifteen years."

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more or les re calcul- on of the penalties involved in being a debtor notion. Canadians fortunately are bccom‘ , more and more able and willing w finance

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Canadian capitol has been indeed supplant- ing American capital on a sizable scale over a course of yeara-Jwin- nipeg Tribune.

Tho Hudson's lay Company's quarterly magazine says it intends to camlII-iln to revive the old cus- tom of firing the noon gun in west- ern cities. But why confine it to the west? The noon gun is a fine old tradition wherever pioneers have settled sirlce gun-wilder was used in Europe. It is ior more dis- tlrictive than a whistle and more exact than ringing a bell. One western newspaper recalls the civic debt of Calgary just fifty years ago amounted to $17.40, owed to the Hucbon’; Boy Company for powder fired in the noon gun. It is said this debt crisis brought about the creation of Caigaryi civic govern- ment.

It ls too much forgotten that our ioreiathcrs in similar times of crisis, as for example, irl the early years of the Seventeenth and of the Nineteenth Centuries, organized great settlements in the New World. They did not, as some imagine, leave the populating of those new- ly-discovened lands to a vagabond chance; but sent out well-equipped communities and supported them in their early weakness, with capital and necessities irom llorne. It was thus that New England and Virgin- ia. and New Brunswick and New Zealand were planted, to mention some notable examples. and there are still empty and ample spaces for similar development oi our na- tion todsy would show the samc enterprise. But in this matter en- thusiaan and expert knowledge must go together, and they must be back ed by the energetic support oi the National Government.

In a changing wortd It la satis- factory to note two Empires stand- ing out as stable elements-Japan and ourselves. We do not, we can- not, iorget the services rendered to the allied cause by Japan during the War, and it is no exaggeration to soy that the close alfinity there existing between the two Empires is still a cherished memory. The Alliance, so powerful iii its influence for peace and justice and to which Japan was so truly loyal, has come to an end, but the spirit and good- will that brouglit it about still rc- main in both countries. And we are glad indeed to see a continuing ei- iort being made to keep those kindly feelings to the fore by the activities of the Jalmn Society in london, oi which the Japanese Ambaasdor is president, and many Britons prominent in every walk oi life are members.-Enlpire Review.

‘Bio Banking Commit‘ of the l-louse oi Commons _is to scrutinize the operations oi "high finance" in Canada, following acceptance by the Government of the principle loid down in Major C. G. Power-"s motion. The member ior Quebec South was particularly interested in interlocking directorates. advan- oes to the pulp and new indwtrv. the wheat pools, and the Canadian Pacific Railway, as well as the pol- icies adopted by the banks in meet- ing the problems of the depression. If these points establish the "prin- ciple" involved in the resolution the investigation promises to be lar- reactilng. and a logical upplement to the inquiry being conducted by Hon. H. H. Stevens into mass buy- ing and distribution.

spring la in the air: and spring hos a way oi making things appear tawdry. Everything about s. city home, or place of business indoor and out, needs "touching up." A severe winter, with prolonged and heavy frost, has been hard on painted woodwork; and the strengthening sunshine is merciless in directing attention toward scol- ing paint and an "'“'"' of dirt. The thrifty housewife is pre- paring to renovate-or "renovin" —-tha interior of her home; but man

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Death from appendicitis should be a “rarity”, but is not.

Why,

The main reason is that the pot- ient thinks he has a aiinple stomach ache due to something he has oat- en. He may try to induce vomiting but more oftenhotnkss adma of castnr oil or Epsom salt-o which 0! courso is the cause o! most 0d the deaths from appendicitis.

Another reason ior many deaths from appendicitis is that tho phy- sician is not sent for until the pain becomes severe or has settled into the region of the appendix.

Dr. Allen H. Moore. in Medical Journal and Record, reminds us that the outstanding and import- ant, symptom in appendicitis isycon- tinued pain m the abdomen with a rising pulse rate. if the abdominal pain persists, the surgeon should be eozlsziited. '

No one liaé Yet been able to give a cause for appendicitis that has been laccepted by the medical profession. tit is thought. to be due to some in- fection but how the infection gets started is unknown.

The fact that many of the cases’ show a slowness or actual stoppage in the movement oi the intestine would tend to show that this delay or stoPPlflo had something to do with causing alpendlcltis.

What may be causing the delay? The delay may be due to faulty habits - irregular eating, eating when tired or excited, not observing a call from the intestine, constipa- tion, a. low position of the abdom- inal organs.

Any of these conditions may cause the intestine to have a sort oi spasm which so contracts or lessens its size that food or waste cannot pass for various periods of time. Appendicitis seems to "run" in some families, slid it has been noted that it is in the nervous, high strung lndilflduals that these “spasms? oft/er occur.

All that can be dona to avoid serious consequences rron-i appendi- citis is not to neglect watching any abdominal pain. Most pains in the stomach are not due to appendicitis and should therefore cause no alarm.

But when the pain persists, even if it doesn't go down to the region of the appendix, llo iood or drug should be given, because a ‘persist.- ent" pain may be due to appendi- cities, ulcer oi the stomach or intes- tine, or to inflammation oi gall blad- der; all surgical conditions.

Reciprocity Treaties

(Moncton Times)

There are those who urge that Canada should rlish to Washington and ask for a reciprocity treaty with the United States. Premier Bennett has stated that the policy of his G vernment is to make fair trade a reements with all countries but that after the high larifi‘ enactments oi the United Statu in the list- ten or twelve years '_‘le first advances must be made bi that country. But. with lower prices in tho United States ior most farm and other products it is not easy to see that Canada should make any particular sacrifice lust now for freer admis- sion to the markets of the neigh- boring republic.

Canada had one reciprocity treaty with the United States but that was back in the fifties of last century. Signed at Washington June 5, 1054. for a term oi ten years, it provided for the free exchange oi the pro- ducts of the sea, tlie fields. the ior- est and the mine. It admitted the United states to the rich Canadian fisheries and to the advantages of Canadian river and canal naviga- tion. 1t was beneficial to Canadian farmers, lumbermen and miners; but to the Maritime Provinces it relused the only boon worth be- ing considered in exchange for the fisheries. nunely. the admission of provincial ships to the UB. coast- ing trade. The treaty was abrogat- ed by the United States at the first opportunity, March l7, 1806, in the hope that the cancellation would lead to a demand by Canada for admission to the American Repub- lic, but in that the United States was disnmointed.

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words: “I bsva completely changed my point of view that toriih are

negotiating agreements with a num- ber of foreign countries and were enabled to doso because oi your ovm import duties. You must have oomo- thing to bargain with. It is a crude. harsh method. but appeal: under the ulACUIIISiLUQJ to be the only method and it is effective." Could there be o clearer Justification of the Canadian Prime Minister's at- titude towards tariffs and markets for Canadian products.

According to tile New York Times cable, to which we are ’ debtcd for Sir Johns speech, Sir John confes- sed that when it was enacted he liad not expected the new British tarifl system to work out satisfac- torily. "But l am bound to admit that it is producing remarkable re- sults. lt has not raised the cost of living or the price oi raw materials and has not been followed by o drop in our exports. Three years ago Great Britain had dropped tn third place in the list of exporting countria, but today, she again stands first."

Had it not been for Britain's adoption of a protective tarii‘! two years ago the system oi preferential llmplre trade agreements brought into being at Ottawa in 1932 coal mt have been obtained. These agreements have gone for to save Great Britain and Canada and the rest oi the Empire. And what is equally important, both the Mother

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OAIOIIINI TAX

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Just o. year ago Registration Fees were reduced 20 per cent. and the Gasoline Tax increased s3 1-3 per cent. what benefit, I would like to ask was this to cor owners? The Government know vary well

the cor ownero will soon pay back in gas tax what. they gain in regis- tration fees. Did the member; think they were helping the car owners? If they did they an mistaken. They reduced the auto fees to the owner oi the autos then took it from him again in tho way of gas tax. Giving a person money then taking it from him does not help him, does it’! Will. this il just what the Government did when they i1- duced the re tion of cars and increased the gas tax. However, a. year hasrolled by aodthel-loiise is in session again. and now is the time to bring this matter to the attention of the Government. ‘Ibvy did a. good thing when t-hoy reduc- ed the registration fees, and ao let us hope they will do batter now and remove a port, at least, of the gas tax. Let every car owner pio- tes-t strongly l-Ialnot this Gas ‘hr,

Country and the Dominions have now s bargaining weapon in their hands, by means of which they con treat more successfully ior trade concessions with foreign countries.

after all big wars-lalgh prices pre-

vsiled in the United States, and

Canada derived much benefit from

the reciprocity treaty of the fifties in the last century. Following the

abrogation of that treaty there was an agitation in Canada-especially in the ldlritlrnes-ior another treaty and mine newspapers and public men went so isr as to advo- vate annexation with the United States. Later Lhora was a movement for commercial union and in 1910- 11 the Liberal Government of Canada sent delegates to Washing- ton and agreed to a ure of reciprocity which was oo one-sided that many Liberals declared against it and the Government was ovar- whelnlingly defeated in the genera-l election 0i 1911.

Now there is a growing feeling in the United States that the admin- istration at Washington hos gone too for in enacting high. tarlfis. the effect being to turn Great Britain as well as other countries against the neighboring republic. It remains to be seen what terms Washington will offer for trade on fair terms.

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EASTER NO VELTYES

We are showing an exceptionally fine assortment of Eas- ter Novsltieo- Choc- olates, Smi Ioa‘n Chuckles and Moira have the loading place in this display-

In it you will find Fruit and Nut Eggs, Bordo Walnut Eggs» Robb ito. H one. Chicks. Cream Pitch- era, Too Pots. Bask- oto. Mickoy Mouse, Egg Cupaflihick and Carto, oto-

Thooo floods are moving out vory fast so, you should qoll oarlyto got ll good selection.

Ilg aooortmont of [one r Chocolates nloolyboxod.