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-3'. I . aunts or DRINK BUSINESS l ' wim- Thg povernment runs one whole- sale store and four retail drink“ itores, one each in Charlotte- tnwn, Georgetown, Summerslde and, Albertdn. 'l‘_he total revenue from these; according to the Govern- mentaicwn report (not submitted to the rlegisloture but to the Temper- anceiAlliance) is $130,000, yet no proiitjs shown, and no audit has been blade or published to show wha: has become of the 9410.000 net pro- fits thpt should be available. Since the lirhented death of Mr. John Ag- new there has been no independent active fheod of the business in the city, Brown. the present chair- man g r g a mere figure-head who render; at Margata coming to the city only occasionally. _ while Prem- ier Saunders remains in chief con- trol. jAll communications-according to advertisement have to be sent to so presumably there are the hfldquarters of the Liquor Com- missioti unless it he the Premier's oi- lice to which people may go on Iiquorgbusiness. Is it reasonable to expect,‘ that proper supervision oi ‘this ldiormously profitable business is taking place when (a) there is no direct head in Charlottetown look- ing after the business, (b) no pub- Iishedrreport oi the audit oi the bus , and (c) no profits credited in Auditor's report? The‘ Saunders Government has ab- lolutgly no excuse except political axpeflncy for this grou slackness. Undfllthe Prohibition Law, section 181. the Prohibition Commifilon- era eh compelled on the thirtieth of J1me‘! and thirty-first of December of each year to pay to the Provinc- ial ‘fijtasurer the surplus money, if any. over and above mo, remaining m hrohd after discharging all the neoemary expenses. How can the uovdgriment be satisfied the law is being" curled out in this respect un- less it ‘gaudlts the Commission's books and iiwuch surplus be due and pay- able bow can the Provincial Audit- rt be correct if it he not takefi i t of therein? more one looks into the Saunders Government financing, the mvrdlhlspicious one becomes oi the pleozlliet the External Audit has been dispflsed with because oi the two or {Hes hundred dollars lt would enuliyiwe trust the Opposition will ’ the matters to the bottom be- iorefidnsenting to the passing of the est

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It filll be learned with general

aatislaction throughout the Province

that ‘be threatened impasse between the Opvernment and the teachers has

not "heterielieed, and that the lchogt will re-open after the Easter hollhs on Wednesday. In the cir- cea, it is fortunate indeed ~ cvuv merit has r ider- attitude adopted at- Friday's ce, and is now prepared to 1- whole educational question,

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to/an independent commis- eaded by an educationalist oi

fie this connection. In this blairna oi the teachers will

ground for the hope that settlement will be reach- ‘b unwind that‘. this commis- - will la~._,wx-..§am skins

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TUESDAY, APRIL 2, 1929

ers‘ grievance has been an outstand- ing one, and there was ample time during the past year to arrange for an amicable settlement. As far back as May last The Guardian pointed out the danger of further delay and sug- gested that no time should be lost in making such arrangements as would divert further dissatisfaction on the part of the teachers. The Govern- ment, however, chose to ignore this timely advice, and the matter was allowed to go on until it reached a stage where action oi some kind was actually forced upon them. The con- dition oi affairs brought about by this attitude on the part oi the Govern- ment has been broadcast over Can- ada and the United States, to the dis- credit of the Province and of our whole educational system.

Now that a settlement has been reached, however, we trust that the difference between the Government and the Federation will be forgotten, and that the solemn assurance given by Hon. Mr. LePagc on behalf of the Government will be carried out' to the letter.

A NEEDED REFORM

Col. O. M. Bigger, formerly Chief Electoral Officer for Canada, sug- gests to a special Parliamentary committee, the appointment of per- manent returning officers, and de- puty returning cflicers, as one means of preventing corrupt practices at general elections. l-Ie argues that the anxiety oi each political party to appoint its own election officers clearly proves that the returning oi- ficer is supposed to exert_ some influ- ence, and scandals like that of the notorious Baldy Robb in Athabasca in 1025, lend color to his argument. The appointees he considers should be selected from the rank! oi fed- eral, provincial, or local officials or well known men in public life. This would eliminate-the feeling that one selected for such a position, was be- ing rewarded for his aid, past or prospective, to his party.

Another suggestion was amore careful preparation of the voters‘ lists. At present, particularly in po- pulous centres, impersonation is ire- quently practised. With properly au- thenticated lists, this would be more difficult. The cost of preparing the voters’ lists might also, Col. Bigger suggests, be greatly lessened. Under the present system the preparation of votcrsfiists for the whdle Domin- ion costs about a million dollars, whereas under Col. Biggafs scheme ii this amount were spread over four years, and the lists kept up to date by a yearly revision, lists hav- ing a. high degree oi accuracy could ‘be continuously kept available. The weakness oi the old electoral meth- ods has often been demonstrated and the above proposals are along the right line and should be made ei-

fective.

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EDITORIAL NOTES

"I want to say now that so far as the members on this side_ oi the ‘ ouse are concerned, if the Stewart

Eovemment had been returned to power the teachers would be getting the advance for which they are now asking. That-is our aide of the argumentf-Dr. W. J. P. MacMillan in the Draft Address debate. "-

Premier Saunders argued that ho n’. u poorly-paid at uooo a year in comprised with other Premiers. He neglected w edd that he receives also $1500 as Attorney General.

aireerailway pan and all his

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travelling expanses to Ottawa and madoinotherprovieeggglgghmr elsewhere: His office hours are not m! “WELL?” , noohloogeriaenthe-teoonerrzeud- l" "*1"

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Notes BLIYIe Way

E's-President Coolidge has written an article which. appears in The Ladies’ Home Journal on “Promot- ing Peace through Preparation ior Defence." in which he says the force required for adequate national dc- fence "should be large enough so that others would see that there would be a great deal of peril in- volved in attacking us." The force, he says, "should not be so large that our country would feel that we would undergo ‘no peril in attack- ing others."

"Every one knows.” he says, “that if there were no police our cities would be ransacked within 2i hours. “He makes one candid admission "I very strongly suspect," he says, "that if there were but one nation in the world supplied wiih an army anda navy, to make the supposition as strong as possible, if that nation were our own it_ would not be long before the other nations had been overrun. It seems to me that it is a moral certainty that we should find some excuse for taking that action. But when we know that other coun- tries have s. considerable ability to defend themselves, it is human nat- ure for us to regard them with a more wholesome respect and be more careful about violating their rights. If we reverse this picture, we can likewise conclude that if others know we are prepared to defend our selves they will be less likely to com- mit offences against us."

We can all agree with Mr. Coo- lidge that if all other nations except the United States were unarmed they would be in peril of aggressive attack from his country. For he himself has said ltJBilfi his sophis- try is built upon the huge, fallacy that the United States is'in present on prospective danger oi attack or insult by some other nation or some combination oi powers. No such danger exisis. On they contrary there is no other nation under the sun that is so secure against attack as the United States. Mr. Coolldges country is by no means so defence- less as a city without a police force, as he would have us believe. It has now a navy as powerful as any oth- er country ever had. Its coasts are defended by forts whose guns are of ‘a ‘calibre and effective range un- equalled elsewhere. And its trained military forces are numbered in mil- lions, although just now dernobiiised. Hi8 argument supports general ar- mament among all nations rather than disarmament as a means of promoting and preserving peace. Aliainst this we place the Shakes- perian exclamation," How oft the means to do ill deeds make ill deeds done,’ ‘alongside of Mr. Cooildgeu admission oi what the United States would do if it had the power. / .

F!!!‘ filming. begun here has long since been carried to the ends of the earth. It is no longer confined to the breeding ‘of foxes. cf divers colors, but includes the propagation in captivity of beaver, otter, raccoon, sable, pine martin, fisher mink, muskrat and coyote. One of the big muskrat farms is‘ locatid at Ques- nel 1350., and owned by fihg»swan Lake Company. It claims to have 50,000 rats within its enclosure and is to ship 8,000 of the live animals overseas within the next few months as breeders. Officers of the company state that 3,000 of these will go to North China and lesser numbers to limgland, Scotland and continental Europe. -

United Statm Mall Airplanes are

heduled to fly thirteen million miles this year along many routes. A principal route stretches westward from New York to Ban Francisco. With this. noldhward routes con- nect tc Boston and Montreal andto Victoria, B. C., and southward to Havana, New Orleans and Mexico. A longroute runs aouthwestward comparatively near the Atlantic coast from Boston to Mexico City. Ail the principal citila in the Unit- ed States are served with mail irphl north, south, east and west by air- planes. . ‘

An agreement has been made‘ be- tween the C. N. R. Department "of Colonization, the White Star éteam Ships co. and the; British Govern- ment under which ~l00 cottages‘ will be, erected for ‘British immigralit families that are ‘being orulqd for farm work in Canada.‘ e worl oi-constructlon will begin n; o”; With each cottage’ roino on build. lnga and two acres oi land will he allotted. The object in view is to provide temper-lit » ‘eoeonrrnodanun for families, until" they become ac- cilmated and Mprov_e'_their' condi- tion and are r _ to tuba up. farms. ‘me first lot of ovtiam will rebuilt

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TEX RICKARD

It is now some months since “Tex" Rickard, the famous fight promoter passed away, following all ‘operation for appendicitis. ~

The late Dr. John B. Murphy, the famous surgeon, on_ce made the stateq ment that “In every death from ap- pcndicitis somebody is to blame."

Who is the somebody?

Richard's illness came suddenly on New Year's Eve. v

Physicians pronounced it appendi- citis and stated that an immediate operation was necessary. l

Rickard however determined to force himself to recover from what he believed to be an attack of “acute in- digestion."

Five physicians the next day ad-

vised immediate operation but Rick- ‘

ard laughlngly told them that if the painpersisted another two hours he would undergo the operation.

At the end oi that time, at the earnest pleading of his wife and the physicians, he consented to be rushed to the hospital.

Although the appendix was remov- ed, so much gangrenous infection had developedthat the amount of pois- oning was more than could be com- batted. As Dr. Jno. B. Denver says "in acute appendicitis the ideal treat- ment is to take out the appendix be- fore peritonitis (inflammation of sur- rounding tissue) takes place."

.The danger of appendicitis is the danger oi peritonitis, therefore if the appendix is taken out before this oc- curs, the risk of the operation is very

small.

"Peritonitis renders the outcome.

uncertain and makes for trials and tribulations in the surgeon's life, and‘ too often for the death of the. patient."

You can see how the physicians and

surgeons are handicapped when a strong vigorous man determines that he'll fight off the attack.

That it is possible to have an at-

tack of appendicitis and recover with- out an. operatiorris oi course true. In fact it is possible, but not probable, that no further attacks will occur.

However. when there is an noute

fllvtbck. file Pain persists, and the

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BYIIIDWmS grow progressively worse, immediate operation is indicated. Remembe , less than one in a hund. red die when operation is performed the fiYSL day and the death rate in- creases with delay in operating.

avoided. but it is a dangerous thing to delay operation in appendicitis,

"flBht it out." It is too dangerous.

FROM "A SHROPSIIIRE LAD."

I hoed and trencllcd and weerlcd, And took the flowers to fair;

I brought them home unneeded; The hue was not the wear,

So up and down I sow them For lads like me to find, When I shall lie below them, _A dead man out oi mind.

Some seed the birds devour, And some tho season mars,

But here and there will flower The solitary stars.

fields will yearly bear them

_ As iight-leaved springs come on,

And luckless lads will wear them when I am dead and gone.

-A. E. Housman.

Lesson in English

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Th: Public Forum

This column is open for the discussion by wr- lpllndehls or questions of v fflaia Charlottetown Guardian does not necessarily the ’ opinions of correspondents.

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PlE-CRU ST PROMISES

Slr,-If the Teachers’ Federation has not already capltulated they; should positively avoid a settlement‘ based on a Saunders promise, writ-i ten or otherwise. for did he not make‘ it a plank in hLs platform when he was last before the electorate that in- corporated towns would share the C. N. R. grant? The Mayors of the sev- eral towns along with the Mayor oi Charlottetown have for their share but without. result that Ilam aware of to date, Can you beat it! And the public accounts show the amount as having been re- celved during the year. Trust him? not much!‘ .9 ‘ '

I am, Sir, etc., ANTI-BLUFF

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THE PROBLEM SOLVER.

Sir,—Mr. Doull in a recent letter dealing with our schools asked the question, “Who shall give the solu- tion?" Evidently this was intended as a poser to our citizens, or to give ordinary persons a revelation of their own inability. He himself knew, and in due time l: letter io- Thursday's Patriot brings the solution to the long expectant multitude. First of all, the present bolshevlsm must be eradicat- ed. Mr. Lowther most of all is taint- ed with it. He caught a bad germ of it overseas when he fancied he was fighting for British fair play.‘ ‘ll-Ind he stayed at home with the rest of vs and studied the letters with which l/Ir. Doull so frequently favors the public, he would have learned to dis- tinguish, as readilyss Mr. Doull hirn- self dos, Bolshevism from British fair-play. Mr. Lowthefs recent pro- motion has brought him a substantial increase in salary. But he is not sat- isfied: hc persists in demanding high- er remuneration for the other teach- ers. Rank Bolshevism! Mr. Doullfis British fair-play would have taught him to look out for himself, and let the “Cioven l-Ioof" take the hind- mcst. (Cloverl Hoci is the expres- sion Mr, Doull used in his letter, when he felt that he first had to say one more little naughty word at Mr. Low- ther.)

Mr. Lowther modestlyappeals to British history,_ but "right , there."

‘ shouts Mr. Doull in capital letters,

“I take issue." What is a little thing like British History over against the ipse dliril. of l/lr._Douli? What can History do but gracefully retire from

No one likes the idea oi undergoing the Smim leaving ML Lowthel. w“. m °p°mi°n i‘ 1i can possibly be victed of Bolsilevismil.

Another crime proved against Mr. Lowthsr is that hqhas been selected

It your Physician and surgeon ad- for ‘one of the best positions inths ‘he immfdifite °Pemt1°n- dmft try U‘, Leaching profession oi Prince Ed-

ward bland. From his letters indeed, ‘one might suspzct that he would sland near the tcp in any vocation. For aught Mr. Doull knows lie may have been in the very front line when fighting the Germans. A forward fel- low. indeed! ‘ Furthermore, Mr Doull accuses Mr. Lowther of being educated-an awful crime in a teacher! On his own part, Mr. Doull liulniily gives thanks that he himself has btan left in the lzalurul state, that liq may gu rm with sLL-conidfnce to discuss au- thoritatively mattms 0i education. “Let the shoemaker slizk to his last" l-ilid Mr. Doull not, turned aside io jvc lexcns in paiiiotlzlti to our sol- diers, he ccufd have blinded the eyes oi‘ the public with demonstzaticns in electricity lnsicad—but they would have mlszcd a lot of fun. Aggcln is raised against advocates of lrorthy causes the old cry, "Thou art a Samaritan, and hast a devil.’ But up to date, as Mr. Doull always is he vciccs it in truly modern phrase, “Thou art a Bolshevist, and hast a eleven-hoof." No, indeed, Mr. Doull is not going to apologize to the teachers for calling them names. lie need make apologies to no one. Lat him keep on writing letters, using at his pleasure the prouounsfI or we. Both suit him, if used often enough. In his next effort, let himeiucidute a proposition that he has advanced in his last letter, "Education has

made all our teachers Conservatives.‘-

. » l am, Sir, etc., OBSERVER

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Bir,-As a farmer taxpayer, and one interested in the educational welfare of the province, I wish , tn voice my opinion in connection with the matter of the Teachers‘ strike, for higher pay, which involves at this time the government_ for such an extra levy, and. an already overburd- ened people whose mxpactationa of last years crop have been gaqy bialfed. ‘ . ~ ‘ _ Pirat from whence came A this 4.. nendi and who but!» right o, eh. of