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FAST AND _“'ES'I‘.

p E. llllllLllTTHllllLlL QUTRPQIAN "lull" 595""

WEDNESDAY, MAY 12,__ig2<_>.

i "For the sake of comparison" the

tax, for greater elliclency amaln» mates into one company. - Following this amalgamation their incomes combined into one comes under a.

lPati-iot points out that a half sec- tan per cent rate. ltwlll slash

_ tion of land in Saskatchewan would‘

.have to pay $234 taxes, Coinpari~ song are sometimes odious. We

j.fear that there are some Liberals

who‘will never ‘be able to realize

or not is certain ‘that the pa-st wint.er and the lthat in Heaven there are no taxes resent spring have made a record, particularly mg, m ,, m,’ a,,,os,,,,,,,,e,,,em,,,

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winter still lingers. _ _ storm again covered the earth and with a six blanket of snow. . This following an GXC8plLl0ll3llyl$20fl00 per m,‘ l, requms m,

severe winter during which thousands of cattle died

; trce from taxation. A hall’ section of tlund lnSaskatc-liewan consists of 320 crop, at present pricfls. 0f 1W0“!

ihoeing or weeding, no Paris green,

most unmerclfully into out-popular farmers co-bperatitib”"insfihttions. lUnder ordlnary'conditions an egg ‘lclrcle would pay the minimum of ione per cent._ Amalgamated into one tlarger corporation they are llleeced at the maximum ten per

estern Canada. In “Sunny Alberta” where usually l leurn that there are places on earth 5 cent rate, The “me principle up. genial spring weather sets in along the end of March,

On May lst and 2nd a snow- _ inch [acres This will produce a wheat

l plies to combined business effort of ,every nature. A still more unjust lieature is in the maximum alter- lnative clause. A fox company for ‘instance in a successful year has an income of $20,000 or over. This

0f starvation lS going ‘t0 change the COITIPlGXlOTT 0f‘ lcad HFHGTIEHGS or spraymotois. being most favourable to the Gov-

that once favored province and dim its glorv as at!“ "W Plallll"! l" 59""! "(l l“ ' lreapliig ut harvest, and no Ollllll\ is collected. Next year 1t hag no

lfor ‘manure estimated for at least lpllpu and has no income whatever.

paradise for eastern farmers. , In our own province the spring is somewhat though not exceptionally, late and seeding will be uii

lcrninent a ten per cent Income tax

’ E thirty years to come. But Where lOur bright paternal rulers will not "the Patriot's boomerang rebounds laccept their reasonable portion of

derway by the 0f the month Willi an abund- in this citst- with telling force l5 in I this set buck iind loss. They must

ance of moisture in the ground and the usual promise

of a good harvest. Although - all t

fared as badly as Alberta, a measure of uncertainty

hangs over them all. If a whole section escapes a-Allil no. nnihvvlihslontllng the tact

he western provinces have not}

this liict, that tlutt hall’ section re~ presents three at‘ four island farms which under the new TAXATlON ,At"l‘ will be exceedingly fortunate ill they escape with only $234 taxes.

general famine because of drought or excessive rain, ihhi with the hottest or labor. tht-h-

any portion of it is liable to be mopped up by a hail- storm or cyclone or other catastrophe.

“’l‘ll l‘) THU DISPR I'II’.\ .\'( ‘\'."

land will not produce half the net income oi the western farmer's half . stiction.

Unless squiindering goes on at on

tinparelled puce, with this cnormtius ’

taxtution, it will be impossible to

Under the caption “The Big Discrepancy,” the intuit [in unrcasoflilbly his surplus- Patriot states that the Arsenault government had T Wt Whose twins iv Qllcwfl M a

estimated the expenditure for the year 1919 at $527,- 423, and that the actualexpenditure up to Dec. 31 1919, itvzis $739,281.05 leaving a shortage of $211,-

858.05.

li-eadiustmeni of our subsidies. What lciYt-ct will n revenue out of propb

'l iioii to otir requirements liuve upon

l ;tlit* lrt-tleral tiovernment when ‘wc

{present our claims‘! Formerly wt-

When the Arsenault government made thisesti- i-hhhl hiss that our housekeeping mate it did not know that the Bell government was "W" "“l""°d ""58 “W” °°“‘°

going to do the spending for the inst four months o the year, nor does thePatriot think it wise to ac- quaint its readers with the fact that the Bell govern- ment actually did spend $172,041 of it during these four months. Nor does it think it necessary to inform its readers that the collection of taxes was stopped early iii the career of the Bell government, doubtless to enable the Patriot to announce a “big discrepancy” between revenue and expenditure. These and other

f;not he collected from an already

jovertttxed pPOplP. ‘The opportunist iwill ziiiswer that lu u matter of might 'wc don't nccd to plenil im-

uswl by till lllfflpftil/TIIPPS and to it considerable extent effective in rc- - suits. With moneys at our disposal, in larger quantity than wt- ticetl or can economically and properly t-x-

‘ppcnd, our delegates are tlic. mot?

little items which the Patriot might, if it w0uld_ Or-lllkf-ly to set the com shoulder when

ate learnedly upon, such as ‘the/fact that, last yeah] "WY “m” "W" “Pl’""““°“' the teachers were paid for thirteen-months, which will reduce the present year’s payments to eleven

it i was the distinct promise ql the Bell aggregation that these Ottawa claims would be collected, and no

months. Nor does it mention the fact that thmuixiition imposed. This TAX- Arsenault government had purchased the supplies ATIOlN AC1‘ is 1m evidence "D0"

for the full year, including the four months of the, Bell regime. The External Audit for these last four, months, promised but not yet submitted, will tell little more about the “big discrepancy.” ' ‘

avoided

‘rut: l’.\'l‘lfl()'|‘ “PYZZLICD.”

I l l l “In common with many, we have long wondered; what is the object, what the end the Guardian hasjl had and still has in view in its editorials, its comments; and its made-in-the-oflice correspondence with re-: gard to provincial finances. Ilt has been a puzzle to‘ us, as it has been to others.” Patriot, May 10, 1920. The Patriofisiself-confessed density is refresh» ing; we have had no complaints from the “others" and we have good reason to believe that they thor-l ughly understand “the end the Guardian has had and t still has in view in its editorials.” i Guardian has made and is making itself so clear on the points at issue that the Patriot has studiously; “straw-men” to be knocked down with appropriate circumlocution and, pretended honesty. The Guardian has not, as the‘ Patriot in its admitted density asserts, given “its read- ers to understand that the present revenues are or ought to be sufficient to meet all ordinary disburse- ments as well as to provide for the additional and extraordinary expenditures which it advocates.” The, Patriot’s memory is short, which_ coupled with its; self~confessed density, makes it say ridiculous things. I It was the Patriot and the party whose organ it is that claimed the present revenues “are or ought to be

In any case the

pet-unity. But it is a popular pie-t, ‘

THE TAX PFIOTAGONIST

. its face that they ‘nave not the re- fmotest intention or expectation of realizing n dollur from this source, Llnil they are leglslating to prevent their successors front recovering tlit- ttmounts tluc us.

A vicious principle of taxation. and onc which will prove most ile- ‘structive to industrial eiiterprize. is tlic special imposition upon co- operative efiorl. Ten fox holders,

‘ . ,, . ‘ . . . _ __ . bumclent etc" Thlst the Pdtnott If 1t were posbenPed ‘ each liable lor one percent income

of more intelligence and endowed with a better meni- ory and a little more honesty would not seek to con-j

ceal..

_If, by “made-in-thle-oflice correspondence” the, Patriot means such letters as that of Principal Sea-i

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Dailv Selections Guardian Readers i

man, who showed how egregiously the Liberal leadd - ,.,,,,,,,,,,, b, w_ ‘_ u...“

ers erred in their estimate of the increased cost ofl v education under the new Liberal Taxpayer or any others of the letters in recent issues

programme, Ol‘

THE PRINTEQ PAGE

The power otpropagands is now universally recognized as an in-

of_ the Guardian and which fell like bombshells in the; (magma of almost irresistible force Liberal ranks, we can only tell the Patriot it. has! "i" "l" "°‘"P“P°“~ A ‘m’

tt-sttlttiony was given the other day

missed its guess. The Patriot may have intimate! flf ,. (ynltforonct- u. u... purl pntyt-tt

know ll _- _ _ n . , ledge of made 1n the Office correspondenceU conflict. The speaker tieclared that

the Guardian has never found it necessary to descend

to such.

I by newspapers in the recent world

l God is communicating with the peo- i plo through newspapers and mega-

- - . . ,‘ .l s: The Patriot promises to return to the subJect lll= 7 T...“ gtlnnznt] a. how the news-

anotlier issue. _When it does we trust it will deal with it more intelligently and more consistently. _ “opinions" in the Guardian which “puzzle” the Pat-l °°°- l" m” Wm" "w" "“"°'“*‘-‘ riot are

piipeis iind magazines in the lust live yems have expounded tho prin-

Thel clple oi justice from the Word of

of ‘this character has appeared in

are not expreSsedTthc newspapers nnd magazines

in the Guardian but in the fertile or infertile brain! "m" '“ m” ‘m! °’ °“° ’""“‘-'°°

years previous.

behind the Patriot. It is too late in the day for thei m... (lhtircheg WI" do wel] to Patriot to pretend it does not understand, what the: ""1" "wmselve-‘l "l Evert °PP°"

tunlty oi spreading the truths they

Guardian is driving at, what the people throughout ltold, through lhg-mgdlum o. ngws.

the province are driving at.

The peoplé are indigy pant-rs and magazines.

Whether by newspaper or maga-

nant over the shameless manner in which "they" have; one, o, tmt, o, bogilgtl o, so“, been misled and the, if possible, still more shamelessiil"? "W 51b“ "ml l" "1"" °'

Uod as the toasts oi tue. oi cunt

manner in which the Patriot, the recognized organl n. ti... sq“... 01mm; 9",", m

{if the party,_is_ now “rubbing it in,” in pretended innocence or in ignorance. p all right, so do the people.

The Patriot tinderstands

. power, can he and should be dis-

i tributed m and wide. This method will do much to bring about those spiritual results for which every Church and every individual Chris-

tian longs and ‘prays and labors.

lhitve their pound of flesh, and the fSllflfE-IIOIGGTB are required to dig

|tlown in their. pockets and pay in-

‘stt-nti, one hull of one per cent on ‘the capital vtilue of the stock of. ifoxcs, iind one the value oi the ‘rant-it. liven worse than this. if the income tux amounts to more

ulizin the lifllfvllel‘ cent. on vulua~

ltion, thcn they iiiust hove the tux

lironi income, biil ll‘ otherwise, then fyou must ztult- tip the property rate.

'l‘liis grasping prluclplc zippliés to butli t-tirporntitms anti individuals. ll’ you meet with business- failures iind reverses the whole loss must I be yours. ilt is not unlike some un- lscruplous landlords during the great

iiamine in Ireland. The pigs of ‘their tenants had to he icd to pay

the rt-lils. though tlic children stur- vcti. if our lox Ullllllliililflfl, business

houses or corporations full to earn

tin income, the Govt-rniuent must be

iottcnctl. even ii‘ it tuktis tht- hiciid

lirom tlic cliiltlren‘s mouths.

It lOllkS its it‘ there arc two jok- t-rs iii the Patriot olllce. Wt- sup- posed iliert» wiis only one. Mon- tlity's issue, under the bending “'l‘lll+} ()llJl~l(‘-'l"‘ is vtiricti from lls lclittrnctcristic flippttnt style to ttn icxteiit to betray 2t llPW wind pump- cr on llll‘ job. Hits their dire ox- treitiiiy" llltllltttltl the “Macedonian l‘iy," and u plteotis appeal for help? Anti how iimtisiiig! This is its bluil‘ now. Tlit- (luuixlluu “has bceii o puzzle to its,“ “lllc gist oi‘ all its articles mtiy ht- sunitiiitrizctl, as a DENT/XXI) ~l“()ll INFILEiXSED EX- PENDYFlllRrI." What kind of BOB‘ glen does the Government Jester wear? Gull of this kind is loo ridi- culous even to puss us :1 joke. Just iuedittilt- u llltllllklll. (Jur demands ‘for economy iind careful husband- ‘iiug of thc public revenues it culls o lfllenittnd for increased expendi- -turc." Anti the Bell organ zidtls. [it gives its readers to tinderattind llllni the present revenues, are or iOlIgTlL to be sullicieni to meet all gordinary disbursements llS well as 7:0 provide for the additional and lcxtraordiniiry’ expenditure which it littivocates. The lFlIIPTOl. reads the iGuurditin daily. if l‘ doesnot it ‘should do so before getting on‘ such ‘empty nonsensical‘ bluster.

The Guardian has not advocated lino-reused expenditure of any kind. lnoture or description, without ulso l

' . iutlvoczttiug increased taxation to

llli€9l it. We have advocated a living wage for our teachers, and an ad~ tlitionnl tax to meet that extra cost ?\\'e have maintained that with over _‘$.l00,000 of extra revenue from Pro- illillillnn, which the Arsenttult Gov- zcrnment did not have, and n large amount of uncollected revenue cur- lrictl over from last year for tho lnitipose of bolstering up a false dc- incit to discredit the late govern- ment, and with less need of cx- pendltujet because of pit-rniiiiit-tit ronds and bridges to hc built tm capital account, there is no tit-ml

he llltlnlplllillvil to cxirnct hull n tnilllon dollars out of the people's pockt-t iluring the coming your. There is no need on our purt of adv votzztting "the retiring of a pyramid of tlcht," nor have wc reason for

in the background." Debt rsisers of the highest class are now on the job. ln addition to their enormous taxation measures, they have sl~ ready Passed n bill to add a quar- ter of a mlllllon dollars to the debt of the Province. ‘And before they leave olllce there is every prospect of another quarter million being added. Yo god's! The Patriot or anything Liberal to tnlk of Debi!

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The Teachers’ Cause

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Sir:——l have ttlreiidy furnished one article re. TeachersYsnlaries and it is my intention to continue on with the hope o! helping to rally nil the teachers to the ranks for a genuine forward movement. l hope to hear of it meeting of till teachers culled pretty soon. l think that was the decision of the inst meeting. Never before hits the teaching profession received such it slop its it hits from the present government. Just ponder for a moiucnt, teachers, and ‘sane ratepayers. on the present situti~ lion. Just (ronsidcr seriously the itwful abyss over which our etluv cntioniil lower is leaning“ What avails the great Murcli conference‘. where the brttinlest element of the province irrespective ot‘ creeds, or politics, liud gathered lo bring pressure to bear in the hope of bettering our schools. All to naught! Well might the public suspdct tlmt the framers of the present School Dill, lintl Olllfll‘ in lore-sis thou tho wcl-foro of tlic bright boy or tho gvtllltt- littlt. girl in wtiom the iillll(‘l‘ iind motli- er have ’piiiccti ttll their litipss You inirenis, your mission on t-ttrth is tt liuppy one. for your hearts overflow with 10y at the prospect of the future career of your dear children. Your tltilly anxieties; your nvcrhtirdcnctl ITPTVPS, Ylllll‘ ]li“l‘.“ll.'<ll(‘lll (‘ilfllsi OVOT ilicm, nli ltliutl in ot-siztsi-“s of joy when you behold your tit-or llttl. ltttl iind 1ttssit\ rittiiiiiig liomc from school. \Vu tent-hers can short» iii your pzironlztl solicitutie. Tic member the renl factor in udc- qunic salaries which is Ilit- ttdviiii loge you will lutvc in sulccliut; 800d IPHCIIPTS, As it is u! prt-s- eni, you hitvt- lo coniirit- yotii children to tlit- first lPilUllPl‘ who offers his iicrvicc. Atlt-ittiitit- salaries would tivcrcrowil tlit- now depleted rimks of l0lli‘ll"l‘S, com- petition nniong tt-ut-lit-rs would be eon, with the result ihzti your children would rcxtp n litmdreti iold, little sttcriiitrt» we teachers "I" “King YOU lt’) ltittkc. Lei us teachers rcmcmibci‘ wt- tire heart iind hand in sympathy wiili llic parents.

The public llilVP t-lcorly shown ""5 SYIIIDIIHIY for ihc lfllllfllill‘. when‘ 'hcy eicctctl ti gtivternmtqit llinl promised to greatly inffpdgp our salaries The public S0llll> nieiit in our fiivor was itgttin clvir- ly shown by the great conferenci- at Charlottetown.

We teachers are confident that ii is .'or the best interests or t,~,_ Drovlnco that we tlemttntl and is celve our rights. But nlns for those in whose hands w ~ the ""W8r '0 change tlic sittiiilinn. we" "lllhl ll"! Emitter number of "i959 5WD out from their pin-sum

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fora "-the' ‘teacher? “w oin now accruing.

In conclusion l wouldmlllflfl l"

. teachers to express their views.

publicly so that the llllbllv m" learn tnenmlntls of the teachers- l aim, Sir, eta, I

' UNION TEACHER.

A Wonderful Bridge -

-Sll'2—~The bridge, in_this locality was rendered itnpasslble in March last by n fresher.‘ The people ln the vicinity notified their most es- teemed roaduiaster. Mr. Edward Walsh, who came promptly, and. employed a number at men tc build a temporary bridge across the stream. They "considered the undertaking quite " dangerous as they would have to work some forty feet below the main bridge After some consideration, some of the most courageous of tlieni von lured to descend, while the more timid took to the woods to procure lumber. They brought out lizili‘ it cord of saplings and three spruce poles, iii feet long and about tour inches in (llittueter. With this lillll< her they constructed the grciti bridge. The. first man who came to‘ pass over, after viewing it with considerable appreliciisioti. finally tlcclded to make the attempt but not being it miner ttctzusiouictl to tlesccntl in perilous slmlls, he litntled crosswuys tn the stream litstetitl of on the opposite shore.

The people residing on lleuki-‘s

llottd, oust’ oi this strcuiu, llilil pro- Q - % for the safekeeping of valuable papers, stock certificates, jewelry, policies, etc. ' l-

dutec- to linul to mttrktit, and fuimtl

it ncccssur_v to ropiiii‘ the old ‘,1 gringo. 'l‘wo menyoltuttct-retl to ;.

o llic work. Tltcy took tlic lllllte plni-ftirm oil’ the strt-um. iind put it on the old bridgc. It took l_lll'.lll two hours to do the lob. Next day tho people began hauling their produce to Peoktfs Station over the old ltritlge, but lb». loh-hecltt-rn

iigtiln notified Mr. Wnlsh. lle came N

to ilit-ir cull, ztntl tirtlterctl llltl pt-i: lit‘ litid so closely iritiucti to timi- troy the siructtirc, ttntl rcpliicc tlit- tiliilitiriu oiutlm H|I'(‘.lllll below. 'l‘lic iiiitn who cams tit-or losiu! his horses iind his own life, built c. -p ige over the old brltlgt: for lils i convenience. Titt- llvtlplt:

nro itlso tilting their old l/ritlat- I" but Mr. Walsh still "takes ilit- ll|W -»

r-utl" w». tlit- plnlftirm.

Wliilt- llic prt-curiottsncss oi’ lrtt-

vcl iiy this tloublt- taztttstewzty is 1t t't)l‘lSl4ll‘l‘.llll)l‘l, llic t-tisi also is :it)lllt“ll|llll-‘, ‘o hc coiisitlcrctl ‘lllil ll is sold that tlit- loud oi’ sitpllngs ztud (he tlsict. lilllvh‘ tiliovc rt-fort-c-i to cost something like $20. l‘ would be interesting to know w utt tlit- tcmptirtiry bridge down bolti-v cost in cttsli, not reckoning tho risk. Possibly tlit~ lnfornizttitin could ho secured by II question on ilit- orilcr paper in Ilio litggislztiurc. l tun Sir, kc. Pcttkcs iloud, Mtiy 9.

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::An ()ll ‘Flint ls Prizctl Every wliei't1..~-l)r_ Tliomui-i‘ Eclt-clriti Oil was put upon the market without any flourish ovcr tliiriy years ago. It was put up to intent the wants urn smull section, but lll~l soon as its merits because known it iind n whole continent for n flcld. nnd it is now known iind prized through- out its hemisphere. There is notli ing equal to it.

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