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PAGE SIX s?

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illatlnce 3 l‘. ltL-llic, 26c. Night 7 d: 845-260, 37c, 45¢.

Arliss Blagniﬁctiui in I“

"Al Successful Calaiiiiity" _

George Ariiss carries on the War- iiiii-i" hiL

Xler Bria-L, iccurti of int with l magnifier-lit purl‘ latest ivzirnei" liros, Successful Calamity." ‘liitie is no doubt in tin: iniiid of uiiy member of the audience which miw the first performance of "A suet istiil Cai- iiinity" as to the picture's ii-it quali- ties. Comments ovcrlit-iird after the showing and during the showing in- dicate that Arliss has once more captured the fancgv oi" Prince Ed- ward Theatre piiticez..." ycsicrtlay‘. The picturw v.li li (‘DJllPfl inst night. tells in . il'_'-' of a. inuln-mll- lionaire, hailed iy tho Prirsuleiit as one of the ivorlcils greatest financial wizards, who could not keep his family at home until he told them he lost his money dining a ye.ir‘s trip abroad in the interests o‘. the nation. ‘The us: brings out lllt‘ l'Cill stuff liis l!lill(il't'll and wife are made of, rind brings the story to a happy circling. ‘ Throughout the picture. Arliss is the domin ing l(‘il'.lll'i‘. His deliv- ' perfect in the Arlzss- fan niannti. lie inns th- gamut of human emotion with eirsc and equal skill in performance. He is stiperb as a. dramatist, delightful as a com- edian; He marvelous iii ills abil-

ity to ll‘.’ill$l)(l'~‘ﬁ reality to the screen. In shot "A successful Cal- miiiiy" is the 1: \‘Ll and perfect; Aﬂiss t-iitcrtainiu ‘ i prirczitilig

the highest type of ‘hunnin tirama

“Play (lirl” Tells Love Story Of A Big: 'i.‘0wn Department Store

“Plav Girl." the ' ‘ner Bros, and Vitaplione pi featuring; Loretta. ‘founo. Liahtiier,

Guy Kibbcc, ,i.. . ‘c . .lsa love story of great drama. power. Its

emotional hr-ielits and depths ore revealed naturist. a background of

rushing crowds in a big department

d iifiicér Mary Astor, livalyn final)?- (lrant Mitchell, David Tor- rcncc, William Jzinney, Ilardie Albrlght __§'iuiiii '1‘.\l.KlES itlbrllCiﬂi REYlTIi AND NEWS Vfl-IEKLY

iiproii _ous comedy winch lightens its sequences issues iioui store-clerks, Dig and little bosses, tiouriviiikers, irate lady customers, detectives and all the liotlge-potiue of ll. huge sales emporium. Loretta plays the part of an ambitious civil: who intends to make fortune mid fame by her own ciiorts, iinalied by utiyoiic. She does not. intend to taki- the risks of inarritigti, or the re:- ponsibilities of motherhood. iiow she uses her feminine prerogative of changing her mind when the light ‘yoitli comes along, their hopes and intimacies, constztute the story: Winnie Ligiitner, Guy Klbbce Norman Foster and many 0t‘. screen favorites lire in the large cast, including Jaiites Ellison, Ed- ward Van Sloan, Dorothy Burg Polly Walters, Mae bfadison, Noel Madison and Flora Finch.

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Scientist Amazed i At Recent Discovery

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BELGRADE, Jan ZL-Otlirid, ‘ the {neat "inlunci lake on the Al-i banau frontier, will be the scene, of a. congress of biologists from all over the world nex; spring, scicn-i

CAPITO

\\'.-\Y AND no; cor 1'1“

LORETTA lOU NORMAN FOSTER

happiness!

‘m

szttion .

csiiuiii cuiiiniiiii

ll.\\'lI YOlTi 1l.\'l"l"llllY stored iii .\lfl l'.\‘.".‘i'_\’ sc-rvice and tn- siire iiri jiti i'.llt‘ fur the winter. ,

tiii1l3-l2-24w-1mth.

NOTHING l§l§'l"l‘lll{ than 8 300d Watch for ii New Year's Gift. Lib- eral discounts all this week. E. W. Taylor, Jeweler, 142 Riiiimond St.

7.128424%“, his days. He was successful in his

siiirrixt; 'rt'ii\'irs.- Large i 1P ell-WY the Work necessary for a

quan ~. of turnips are being loaded at York Station, Mr. M. Jay the popular buyer liming charge of the business.

WAS FIXED-A motorist, whose license had been cancelled, appear- ed before Magistrate MucKinnon ii few (luv 0 nud ivas fined $50 and costs. '1l:o Mounted Police pro.- setiitcd the case.

L. 0. B. A. Iill-ZETING-Ihe nn- iiiial meeting of the Clyde L. O. l3. A. no. 91x0 Clyde River was held on rIoiv-inix-r 24m and the follow- ing tilllccrs were riveted for the en- l-uing year: W. i\l. Sister Kather. ine Lscoit; I). M. Sister Lulu Mm. Killll/Jll, Cliuyilaui, Sister Chrlstena

Afii .-cietii'. Recording $96 M Iiinry MacPhall, i in‘ i z Financial Secretary, ‘Sister kl. cu MacPhec; Treasurer, S‘ ~ l)()i'n .\iacNell, (re-electedi;

tists having discovered at that; place uiliquc forms of marine life: which have aroused ivorltl-ivitle i-.i- ‘ terest. Ochrid has been christened} "the ‘lakewflivlrig fossils" in con-‘ sequence of the discovery-

Cerman and Yueoslav scientiss; working nt Ochrid this year‘ rcvc cd Lh" presence in the lake of fi; es, crustaceans and lllg-KVOTIHS‘ identical with fire-glacial forms ofi marine life, 500,000 years old, whose ‘ fossil remain; have been found in‘ the vicinity: l

It is iioii- bclicvcci um OCllTld i-‘ll a hitherto undiscovered reservoir‘. ivhcrce "extinct" pro-glacial forms oi l life still survive.

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1) of Cvretnoiiles, Sister Lil- Irt- cit-civil); 1st Lott, S c: _ Murray: 2nd Lee, Sis- icr Kathleen Darrach; Guardian, BlKWilCl” Colin lyfacPhnil; 1st Comm.

woman, S15E01‘ Charlotte Murray, iicrirriiili; Inner Guard, sue.- ~ afoorc, ire-elccztedi: Outer Guxvrd, Brother Hebcr MzicLcan,

(ieelcciedi; Autktors, Brother John Mu and Sister Mary MacPhail, mci . to be licid 2nd ‘and 4th 'I‘u":1i in nuintli.

ALS

Mr. Alfred Watts, Grand 'I‘racn~ die, ivas n. recent visitor to York.

Mrs. West. Yo; spent Friday in the city.

Mr. Hcnijv Peters is visiting in 'illli‘l0l'i"lﬁ\\'l‘-, the guest of Mr. wilfirim Doiroii 1rd Henry Doiron.

.‘.fr, Alber: is spending flic liiifiilziyi sacflson at Union Road, l '.‘l, 5i.

l\fr. Pinion Pn..r~r, Pleasant Grove vpi-n‘. Frlilay in the City on busi.

IQ-Iuhlul ' For Success in Fox Ranching

FEED 3 “ Ili-{PIYRIALS ”

Acknowledged leaders in Fox and Fur Raising.

Imperial Biscuit liompany, Ltd.

i (minister-in, v. 1;, i,

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146 Richmond St.,

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Fire, Life, Accident, Sickness

and Plate Glass Insurance at Lowest Rate. Agent at Summerside, Lloyd Lewis

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Charlottetown i! I l

.. .. id. York, has ent- d the 1'. l, flospiial for treat- i-icnt.

The fricuils or Zlilss Elisa, Vcscy, York. will be piearerl to learn 511g has r-icovercd from her recent in-

t d Lqxi; ition.

Mr". and Mrs. item-y Dﬁlfon, and i\'~'~ children. Lro and Florence, hm = retumcd t.» Charlottetown af- trr attending Hi4 lattcris mother's fu iral, Mrs. Iron Peters of Mar- i: .

IN MEMORIAL!

MR. CHARLES ACO RN

During the closing month of the i sing your, Dec. 12, 19232, Mr. liarlcs Acorn, one of the highly

izutccmcd and much respected res-v

had gone hcfnrc to that Eden of ref. and felicity. "Life-the child. lionil of imiiiriz"'ialit_i-," as one defined it. i-iideii and the eternal life of an unending experience realized.

lttr. llhﬁfli ivas born in Village (‘irreri almozit SIO years ago. n son of the late John Acorn and Jane

MATINEE 3 P. M. .. 11c, 26c. NIGHT 7 h 8.45 .... 26c, 370.

SHE WANTED LOVE IN THE WORST

Siie took a chance one a Strangers Kiss!

She gambled on Love . . . She risked her life for I30 not condemn her! Play Girl entitled to a woman's one supreme sen-

siioicl‘ sliBJEUES-MUSICAL REVUE-SCIENIC i

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but also in her community ii~h¢i~

%

LIGHTNER

Isn’t even a

Mitchell. When a young man he bought a property at Mill View, where for sixty years he resided. He married Mary Ellen Acorn, of Mlllview, who passed away some ten years ago. I

During the pastorate of the late Rev. J. J. Coiter he united with the then Methodist, now Unitcti Church of Canada, at Mlilvieiv and continued to be an esteemed and loyal supporter of the Church all

calling as a farmer, and seemed

successful farmer, while living in comfortable surroundings and his wants ministered to by the (icvoted members of the family for which he was grateful and expressed his appreciation. However, towards its eventlde of life, he manifested a desire to deport and join the friends of long ago in the better land. "I am ready to go," he said to the writer, because the prospects were bright and inviting.

He was not unmindfiil of the many fine qualities of his friends and neighbors and expressed his appreciation of the kindly feelings manifested during his life. Pneu- monia seized him and his illness was of short duration, only one week. He heard the voices out of the distance calling and he enter- ed that life for which he longed.

He leaves to mourn their loss, one daughter, Miss Jennie and two sons, Percy and Wesley, all at present residing in the old llOillL- stead.

The "funeral services, oii Dee. 14th, conducted by Rev. H. Pierce, assisted by Rev. Mr. Elliott, of of Pownal, were largely attended by his many relatives and friends.

v human nnhappinene and even ruin

i932 REVIEWED

i __ By E. W. Beatty, K. 0.,

' Ll.D. Chairman andlmmo, mvmm,

President, Canadian. Pacific Railway _

Writing ii similar rcviev: xi» this

n yzar ngo I gave it as my opinion i that the ufter-wiur . period of ad- ijustment through which this coun- itry ivas going was still short of i cornpleton. To my misd tha» slate- mriit still stands. but I ivniili now add lo it the po-llivc assr-rliou that "llh-"illlly its the past tweli-i months may have been and as lacking in rc-arsuirlig factors as llic innue- diaic future may nppra-s to many,

i932 has been ii y». .- of tlfllllllll‘ and constructive 1iroigrt-ss towards improvement.

Wu rec on CV07)’ side the effect of inn-y drmvn out world ira-lc dc- ]\l'4"<"(l1l~(\ proeeis of coinoiiiis. de- flalio:~.—~~gi"iidiiig slowly forward and lJdYillg: behind it a ivakc of

in dircclions where it seemed icost likr-Qv to be |io'::»ilile. \ iii this con- sltiittly brfiiri: our ryiis. and hav- ing no clear vison of .21 defintc end to our troubles, w.- are tempted

diistrlai and coimnercril dpreasicn and past disregard of ordinary buline-‘s principles, could not have been averted. The nation's annual interest b‘ll is mounting steadily Hid has clone so for years. a state- ment that‘ls equally true of Do- aizd munidpal affairs. It is the corporate and in-

divldunl taxpayers who has to pay these, and since

the Canadian Railway Company pays yearly the oountryg largest tax bill, I may 5e allowed to lay particular strex up- on this point which I consider

culls for earnest study at Kie pre- sent tfme. It might be mentioned here that the Company's tax bill for

the year was almost six million

dollars, bringing its total contribu-

tion to Canada's tax collections

since incorporation to about $116.-

000000. Government. bodies have,

failed to recognize the urgent need for curtailment of expenditure and, have made COllrﬂgOmLs if

bcliitcd moves towards stemming the tide.

This may be accounted as construc-

live progression in the right direc- iion, azzd if our people have tiecn

brought to give serious considera-

tion lo this phase of the national economic situaVon, it is further evidence [llllt we have set our foot upon the road leading to eco-

noniic fE'(!§till)li¥‘lllllf“.ii.

The railway slluaton retains

place as Canada's most imperative

domestic problem. A year ago we

Illg well ordered ivay towards the

to <l(‘.'»]){lii‘ or to look for remedies to those who [ireach short cuts to economic security or unsound and as surely ilscisiroiis as were the} "Xl\‘~"i\’3...i t and wasteful methods of conducting national, corporate nnrl irdivlilunl business which so grriily contributed to the bringing nlW-i‘. of ])i‘(‘.‘3'lll co zillions. At the some iiinc we urc prone to over-i incl: flies.» evidences l of progress \\'lll"‘l ivouid justify the belief that this traiisiiicnaigv period is taking

uiiivurd turn to better times that sooner or latcr will mark its end. It seems to nic that the mos- im- portant of the several forward moves that have becn recorded fill" the pas‘. year ‘is the change} that has taken p‘ac~ in the minds of the people of this country. A Year ago most of us were in a state of bewildered ivondermcnl, as to what had happened, and one thing we w Sure of was that it could not. 1.2:: much longer. Since that event nfler event of an economic iiiitzirc has forced home upon our pcw-‘e a far sounder realization of ill’ "t viiy of the situation and the ’iii,i~riiti\‘c need fer mczital, physi- cal and economic adjustment to flu changed conditions. That was ilu- first Si/Jp towards rehabilita- tion that had to be achieved and 4i!» l" much could b" done lliltil the move in that direction was de-i cisive and effectual. Something alnns: this line had been accom-'.

He was laicl t0 rest in the family plot in Pownal Cemetery. "Servant of Christ well done." |

The acting pail beavers were the! following: Peter Jackman, Leonard Murphy, Samuel Jenkins, Laivson Jenkins, John R Weathci-iiie and Daniel Cummings.

MRS. LEON PETERS mi- i

‘Phei-c posted peacefully away on Saturday, Dec. 24th lll iiraiiiii, 1m 23, Mrs- Iﬁon Peters in her 63rd year.

Mrs. Peters who was n. daughter 0f the late Mr. and Mrs. Peter Le- Clair, had been in ailing health for four years but was able to go around with help until ten months BB0 when she was confined to her bed, where she gradually ivcziken-

‘hut in the linht of ivluit had hap-

,liaid. Business institutions and in-

iiiiiimi by the iwgfiiiui-g of 1932.}

1iened since we can now seq how far it fell Short of wlitit hnd to be dune. During the pnst year pm- Vrcss has been most important. In- deed if. hus__goue so far that I oon- ccivc it yios-ible (hat in mnny di- rccllcn". the point of upturn has either bee-n rcachcd or is‘ near at

(liVidllllls have been forced go re- organize tlicir affairs until they have broueht them to a position Where anything in the nature of a recovery in business volume would be handled with directness, econo- my and efficiency such as would no‘. have been possible m the flamboyant days that preceded this so-callcd depression. ‘

1i 3'08!’ o!" I suggested that the

ed until the end came on the above; mellliimed date. She bore hcr great. sufferings ll-Yld affllctons ii-ui. m! tiencc and was never knovm to| complain. |

She will rot only be mirsed lni her home where she was a mosti dutiful and kind wife (it'd molhe

she was always hclpnig hand.

read!’ to give a-

4 menial

movement tcivards economic m- adfiisinicni. would go further, per- haps f“»‘l"‘l inio public and govern- insiitiitions, f1'll(l when I say that I consider this latter phase of lil~ general situation to be a‘ least as important as any other now faci g: the people of amicia, I speak from ii conviction ha! faﬂure to boldly meet and sntfsfiiciorly deal with this matter

s] ‘may (vicily- mean national insol- ‘e was a m0“ dclmit "‘°llli"“{|viiiirv aid will eerliilzly retard any

of the Roman Catholic Cilllltqllp-Jssnﬂc return w n rcwjnntﬂav n,“

and sht- died tortifed and sirens-l themed by the last rites of the lfnly, Church. '

I

Her funeral took place, M0ll(i.’l\’,| Dec. 26th from her home to st. Ann's cemetery where a large iuiiii-l b" 01' ﬂlililhbors and friench: oath-l cred to pay their last respect i0 {ti Kwdold friend. ‘

The service; were iwi-foi-iiicii .'l',. the church and grave by hcr lid‘.- t°l'- RCV- W. V. McDonald, visited her fivqucHly durinig h. 1°"! illness and also administci-iil the last rites.

The pallbearers were: Frank l“ W". Stnnllaiis Doll-mi. Reuirn m! 1811i. Dolph LeClalr, John Gailiu '. Zachariah Doucette. 'I'licrc are 1. s‘ to moiirii besides htrband. two daughters. Cicvl q (Mrs. William Doirom and Anci- llne (Mn. Henry Doironi. irlli ii; chathi-“h-“ll. and four Hill Frances of lb;- Civil Service lliji‘, Ottawa, 0st, Alfred, f-r 1pm Q,,,._ be“ Jerry ""0 H9111‘)! at home, nl. i one brother. Mathias or Marin. m"? ehvdrrn predeceased 1w iii, their Infancy, . l

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uiYhﬂsoillrolfiinpcace

\\i'il'l .

liCl‘ SOTTOWiNQ .

measure of prosperity. Nothing that rim troubles of the past your have bronchi, into public recogni- Fou i i=0 ouistzindiug as is the tired for curtailtg pubic expendi- furc and Cfi-Ordlilrttlng and co-Qr- einizing public activities so that ‘llPy may be Dlllcﬂd upon a basis inch as; this Cfllllliry’ of ten million iwople (‘fill well afford. Courageous ﬂfnrt has accomplished rcni pro- ' ss along this. line but much re- uiriins to be dorm before qur na- "oiini affairs are on abound mo. wimic basis. Taxdiion mils-t ever be ~ dlscouragcr of trade-and the i ‘§Slbllll_\' of in-nascd taxation to VllTy ou ill" naliorrg business and ‘rust oi’ zill in iiiri-t; interest, chm-- : on debts i; n. distuibing ought at this tiiic. Over the past " iir, fur from having decreased pubic lndbliwliicss, we have cd lo i’ 'f’lic i-iill for asslslatzce i’ 571° "lifilllliﬁtrcil and their fam- 11rd"? pr!‘ Jill. clfcllmFtilices, "WW d iuiiiuls first attention. "i n0 1's inevitable are the de- -‘ (is l r pvymezil of internal; I‘ qgcs en inei-.~e.::::d national iii-

i-

ventured to hope that its early solution was forc-hzidoivcti ‘iv the

appointment of n competent tribu-

nal to probe into its causes and complexities and to picserit an efficacious so ution. In fomiuliit- ing thnt- hope we did not foresee that the pfOlpilSlfll solul on would be based upon wliat the Conimlsi sion thought the people of Canada would be ivilliug to act-cpl rather than upon the stern ieccssitics of the casc. Nor was if then appar- ent that conditions that had brought about the immediate need for effective relief for u situation‘ that threatened national bank- ruptcy would becomcsrill more ag- graviit/d as businrss offering for the railroads continued to show drns—. lie and unprecedented decline. That is Wlldt has happened. The decrease in freight car loadings which bc- gan in 1930 has coniinueil almost l121illt01't'\lpt0flly. In 193i up to the end of the first week of Decem- ber, 558,350 less frekrht cnrs had been loaded on rill Canadian Rail- ways than for die same yicriod of the previous year. Dining lhe same period thi_-; year 376,016 less cars were loaded than in 1031. The dc- clinc in passenger business has been relatively the .-ame. The resultant effect upon railway‘ earnings has been naturall_i' disastrous. nor the first ten months of 1931 Canadian Pacific gross revenue dfcliitcd 22.1 per cent n5 compared vrlib that of 1930. For t-lic frst ion months 0i’ this yiezii" now closing their W05 0 fllfilltl‘ decline of 15.4 prr cent. The decline co tinucs and there certainly appears to be no evidence

in sight that for many y-ears wjc‘

shall so: thcin entirely eliminated and our carnirga; back whcrc they were in 1928. It is true that the railways have effected driis/tc eco- nomies. A}. compared with 1931. Canadian Pacific operating costs for the first ten mouths of this ycar were 15.3 pci- ccnt lower, and we expect that we shall make a still better showing in this regard throughout the coming year. Here again the part twelve months have been a period of substantial prog- ress.

Having the best hope in ghe world I hesitate to prophesy any great increase in gross earnings and it

is my deeply considered conviction

that if the rziilivays over the next. tcn or fifteen years are to livc any- where within their iscome, eco- nom'cs will have to g0 very much further indeed than ha". yet been considered by a gr ntnumberof nlil‘

We are very pleased to extend to all our

customers

a word of thanks for the penerous business favored us during the pastiyear, and also to ' extend hearty wishes for a New Year of Ilealtlz, -

happiness and prosperity. ‘

JOHNSON &

JOHNSON

The Quality Drugstore

i iem to the more general rconomic sl/iiation. It is fundamentally a world conditions with which we are faced. Dark and uncertain as the outlook, may appear to the cas- uni observer, I still think that in this wider field the year has not been without important develop- ments leading toward trade stabili- zation and enoourngements. In the matter or international war debts there have been measurable ad- vances, particularly over the past months. world-wide discussion 0! the subject and the action of the debtor nations have tended to clear the ar and to bring the whole mat- ter nearer a focal point where, I believe, common sense views and a reasonable spirit looking towards just compromise may be expect/ed to assert themselves. Among ‘those whose interest, lie in the direction of u. resumption of lritematiunal trade activity the conviction grows that. the firs; step 0O be taken is the settlement of this much vexed question. Since there is no phase of industrial or commercial activ- ity unaffected by international trade relations the urge towards settlement steadily becomes more ivide-rpread.

Another factor which I believe will prove to be a constructive in- fluence of far reaching importance is the coming World Trade Cori- ference. Pious hopes might fore- see a. very general scaling down o! tarff barriers that would go far toward; encouraging the movement of commodities. If the conference only starts a. general movement in that direction it will have been well worth while. An outstanding event of our year was thevImperial Trade Conference at Ottawa in July. It has already‘ proved to have been helpful and its agreements are re- flected in increased inter-domin- ion movements of various products. Its full effect upon Canadian trade has yet to be experienced. There exists also the very real probabil- ity that lt will influence among other nations a willingness to meet on a common ground of trade en- Lllul agement.

I do not thing that in this re- view I have erred on the side of pessimism, even when discussing the railway situation. On the sub- ject of Canada's ultimate future I am as great an optimist as ever I was, and I have a lively hope that even now the turn has come and thnl. forces which are not fully evident are working wwards u. general business improvement. There are factors-like our largely increased production of gold, the establishment in Canada of many branch factories from other coun- tries and the Opening of Emph-Q markets for new goods, e11 o; which

‘will have important result; when ithe flow of trade begins to assume a nomial aspect; Another most en- couraging factor is reﬂected in an announcement from Ottawe that for the twelve months endiﬂ! N" vembe 30 the country h" l b" ance of exports over imports of over $17,000,000. It is true that. our to- tal foreign trade has 511K911‘! R severe decline, but the fact that the balance is on the export side i: evidence that, as fai- as that trad! is concerned, we are bezlmilns if gggln live within Ollf’ 11193-115- Havmg In View world condition: and the far reaching complexity o; gur own problems, I cunﬂof» bc lieve that the return to what will prove a nonnal state 0f RUB!" Wm

be i; gwift process. But long be- ,‘

fogs it is clearly discemable the slack of unemployment will b41811‘ to be taken up and the worst of our troubles will have receded intt the background. General 0108M!" lty will develop and become P" miment only so fast as We 8Y9 lb“ p; adjust ourselves to the nev conditions prevailing. I cannot think it well that the recover} should come with a rush 81"“ m‘ temptation w forget iiie" ivswn! W‘ have learned W0l1ld be too sf-TOXIB IM- one thing, I do not hesitate M say that if within three Ye"! w‘ found ourselves c8011! in 5"“ ' pgﬂﬂd or economic inﬂation now! experienced about 1928, and if W‘ had riot then dﬁﬂiilliély settled the railway problem on round and P" nmneng economic tinu, we would again be swept of! our feet by a ﬂood of wmpetition and com?!“- tive extravagances. This, I thick applies with equal force to all forms of business.

Referring I, year ago to the Roy" al Commission on railways. I uYBf-‘d that the people of Canada should meet it, suggested solutions for

oration of their economic vuluei unbiased by political color or pre- conceived prejudices. The question is now more than ever a matter of urgent public discussion and W11 continue so for many months. 1 think it well to stress the fact that it cannot satisfactorily be dealt with in a way to save the country from disaster unless it be consid- ered as an economic question and settled in accordance with the eco- nomic truth that transportatior, agencies are no different from any other form of imiustrinl institu- tion iii that they must be both al- lowed and required to pay theli way. Any other aticmpted solu- tion of the difficulty would be in- effectual, and it is the inescap- able obligation 0f the people of Canada to apply this test to what- ever proposals for settlement of

the problem may come fofwﬂfﬂ,

l illlinowoon FLOORING

we have a "like shipment of beautiful Birch flooring Extra quality at ordinary price.

MacDOIIALIJ-ROWE

WOODWORKING 00., LTD. Phone 341 Charlottetown

people, who it i; n. ly fair 1o 52:110., have not had cveu a fair oppor- tunlty oi’ informing themselves up- on the situation. For yrars we have been impelled towards large capi- tnl expenditures, and at the same time competitive transportation agencies have been viuilt up and maintained out of public funds. The Deputy hfinislcr of Public Works for Oniarlo rccrnily itaied that the total cost of highways in Canada. was $617,323.00!) while the preliminary report. of the Domin- ion Bureau nf Statistics puts the total cxpcrdlturc for mad coil-struc- tion for 1931 at $6G.'_!50,000. Bofh of these amounts rifl‘cl- more lhﬂll anything clc ilic advent of mot- orized road traffic. Accci-ilirg to the Department of Railways and Canals Canada's ioliil iiivcstmrut in. Canals at March Ills/t, 193i was $236.2l6,46l. For nppioxiinnlely cirzht motiirs of ilic year they compete. wtli ihc railways nnd they are i.‘ ill frcc, their users con- trlbutnig nothing l» either operat- ing cnsLs or interim‘. chai-grs. Keep- ing these facts in vlcw and having in mird lhc ]i"iva‘>i~:* course of ccononvc events or"; the ncx’. few ycnrs. the urgent-v of me nnmf for

fundamental change in our railway pnlicv should b»- cw-irly apparent.

With ionic twine 0f relief I

‘khiwm’ '4'”- l“ I "W" w! in- turn from our own railwir prob-

Lumber

lumber

We have on hand and will be pleased to

supply the following: Viz:

Rough Boards . . . . . . . . . . $1.00 per 100 ft. and up

Spruce Sheathing Pinned Pine Boards .. Unpluned Pine Boards .

Pinned Spruce Boards ......-.. Pinned 1x2 Spruce Strapping .. Planer] 1x3 Spruce Strapping ..

.................. 01-00 per 100 ft. and up

.. $1.50 per 100 ft. and up .. $1.50 per 100 ft. and up $1.75 per 100 ft. and up . 00c Per 100 ft. Llneal . 15c per 100 ft. Llncal

Pinned 2x4 Sui-m sliiaiuii; $1.80 [IQI 10o n. Linen! Pinned and Unplaned 2x5 Spruce Studdlng 02.00 pcr 100 fl. Merchnntnble Pinned Hemlock Boards .. .. 01.50 per 100 ft.

Also. full- line of

Spruce Scantling,

Joists, Fir and Hemlock Timber.

L. M. POOLE & CO,

Paoli’s Wharves

our problem with earnest could-Q

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