_JUNE 13, 1925

THE CHARIDTTETOWN GUARDIAN PAGE NINE' ‘ ‘

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Y Politicians at eiee- settled up within s

tion time. It was a kind of poll fore the Budget, and

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` king durilll the Budget De- mezefn me Provincial Legislature on Aw-u 3, Mr. H. D. McEwen, oensarvatrlve member lfor Secondl

' complimented his hon..

msg' from Vernon (Mr. Irving) -»°» 'ir' °s°°‘.lfl:..:':f.f’°.‘:.':° mn inet dna e. e 7| member would ag-ree wit-h him -that, -- ta 1:'.°:‘.°;.°:t:":.i:°°s” in 1-Iouse had se H -H s asm; _from the 0990! t (HL e woul ` '°,."‘;;.l‘:“l.i..“°"i.:”t:el:;

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ggde only one "break," and that ,ns when -he said the 'best govern- ment the -Province ever 'had was a ”“’°’i" ..‘§’.fZ.'.Z’.1‘3."?.‘.$”i.i". 1.-’?i‘..‘, `.‘.‘.‘.‘.iT.l in cnc ‘ -

peeexcused for that.

As Governments are constituted

in this country, the people every four years elect .men to represent them. The majority of the elected ef one side or -the other get. to- gether and form a Government, by which they carry on business for your years. At the end of that

pe;-lon they -go back argdiask the people IWW they Bd 8 l' adm I1- '°"°::‘:."~.. “":. tlizlt ,d w e ve nmen an they have done what -is right, they return them to power. The habit or fashion bas been for the Opposi- tion in minority to assume that their whole duty is to find faulty and throw m-ud at what has been dom .by the Government of the

rlsy. Tlaattmlightldni l}lluTignh»td,-to someoxen. a a -nng in of a constructive nature, as it tends -to improve maltters. But if the criticism i.s simply -made in or- der to help the Opposition get into power, it is not in the line of statesmansl\lp_

Most of the speeches from the

Opposition so ‘far this session, in Mr. McEwcn's opinion, have made up the most useless discussion he had ever heard in any House, I-t reminded him of -the scolding tongues of dsh-wives, famous in

the Old Countgly. 'Scolging never gets one anyw ere. o Govern- ment is perfe-ot, but 'if the -members of the Opposition -have any sugges- tions to make. any complaints as -to the expenditure of public -money, the Public Accounts are right be- ioru them, and it is for them to point to any items therein which they think can be dispensed with. lt` in their opinion there is some- thing wrong, let them point to it ami say that this item should not be -thcrc. They will have this op- portunity when the Estimates come before -the House, and rf they cnu make any suggestion that will

be beneficial to the country gnc mum-hers on the Government ste of thc House will undoubtedly bo glud to not upon that suggestion (Adglausea) ni b r l

ere s ou ' e-more o unnn m-

ity, more of a desire to workin the interests of tho country and less of the party; After ali, what does

it matter what party is in rpow|<1sr

:?>u]ll:tll'§ I: glrianglbzlielhiissall-0 right? Mr, Mcllwen did not believe the 'people care a "boot" what party is in power; but they ‘insist on that party -being a business aggregation which will do things ill nn ellficien-t

manner. The Conservatives -halve today n large imajority in t e House Why? Some yea-rs ago, at the last session of -the Arsenault Government, there was quite a strong Opposition, and -they were anxious to get into power. They framed a policy, nog; to st-and on but to “get in" on, In M-rJMcEwen's district. on the good -roads ques- tion, they denounced the very idea °i` Putting on taxes; they said there was no necessity for lrurther taxation, and that the -good road l>l'0iect was only a. speedway for

arliltomobiles,-an infernal scheme.

e peopl took the ‘Bell aggrega-

tion at thgir word and returned them to power. The first thing they did was to go right back on their Promises, and they started fills good roads -policy which they so strongly condemned when ill opposition. They found there was nt h l ihfil' "stuck §d)'?e:boute;%%§.000aen;- tra taxation. They ren things high ilglndedly for four years and at

0 end of that period the people “imply turned tfhem out, leaving lust a "corporal‘s guard." That ;}10'WS that you el/n'-t fool the poo-

6. Siflhse to say the gentlemen

°Dl>Dsite are still -trying to defend that Bell Government. The Leader °f the Opposition stated the other ‘ily that the Poll Tax was abso- i::°iv1aI| t-lent. what sou that

I" it (noe th t h the

|~||I°rall -plrty Ignite. Irxoagower :tint M they ever do, the people

Y expect the ro-imposition of

"ilk -Poll Tax. Hs stated also that 3' *IM schools with nn attendance

cle than 15 pupils should be

slvsod. New know something 55001 the pollcveof the Oppositlonl He also declared that the third Y°*" ltudentsnt Prince of Wales °°ii°se should psy for tm rumen ::°¥"|“foe1l~s. Thou are some of

U nee the psogete should put i" *Mir nm-books and remember

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if the hon. members opposite "°"° Dfsllared to take n little ad-

this: Some dny in the dim and dis. tant future, when the people of the Present gellerutiull have passed away, the Liberal party may ngnln be returned lto power. if they ever l10l>e for that event, for Goodnels` sake, when election comes around, let them not mention the name of the Bell Government, for it stinks in the nostrils of the people!

One thing noticeable in the ad-

ministration of the present Govern. menlt is that the gentlemen in charge of the variouls de- 'pn-rtmlf-nts exercise control over them. Every mason- able question asked them is ans- wered satisfactorily, and it is no- ticeable also thmt the work of the departments is being conducted with less friction than for several years past.

The members of the Government

work in agreement. We have heard of Governments, not -long ago, whose members used to "fight like blazes." This no longer applies. There may be little differences of opinion 'between members of the party sometimes, but they stand together shoulder to shoulder on this side of the House, and function as a -unit. Mr. McEwen, in his political experience, never knew of a number of -men who were so uu- anlmous and so desirous of doing the -right thing as the present Gov- ernment. This he -believed was to be attributed largely to the Pre- mier, who is not only a good leader but a good diplomat; and also to the fact that those in charge of tho various departments measure up to lille full standard required. 'l‘iu-.> rank and file of thc party, too, are always willing to discuss questions and perhaps -to differ on some -matters, but when these questions are settled one way or the other, they stand together. Their -main objects is, how to do the very best for the Province gen- erally. lt would -be hard indeed to pick out n more representative -body -than the mem-bers supporting thc present administration in this Legislature. We have the cream of the doctors, lawyers, business men, lfarmers, and fishermen. if this Government cannot give the Province the best service possible, what bo-:ly cf men could possibly hope to do better? °

Of course, no Government can

please everybody; it never will be so. All that is required is that the mem-bers work earnestly together in the best interests of the .Pro- vincc. What -more can any Govern- ment do?

The Opposition made :l serious

mistake Mr. ‘Mcidwen beilcvcd in

and to clear the reputation of the

they can thunk cor the present Prohibition Law. T-he Prohibition Law, which we have ‘IOUHY Wa'

brought in the Mathleson Gov- erninent. e Liberal Govern- .ment prior to that d-ld ldovt 901119

would get oil.

Till! olmdition of affairs was un-

smtisfao't.ol'y.`and when the Mathie. Son Government came in one Tem. perance Alliance brought the 'mat- ter -up, land Premier -lidathleson said to them: “Make out the kind °f NW V0” Wahl, appoint n Com- mission and take it out of our Mads altogether." 'rue idea was to take 'the mat/ter absolutely out Oi’ l>0iltlcs. so that no one could say that 'the Government was any i°i18er resvonslolo. As a result, we have today a law which is enforc- ed, not -by the Government, -but. by an independent Commission.

This should -be apparent to ev-

eryone. yet the -member from First Prince (Mr. Blanchard) in his speech "roasted" the Government. -because so -much liquor is being bought, notwithstanding the feet that the lpresent Government have no more to do with the enforcing oi' that law -tlhan the -men in the Fiji islands.

The .Prohibition question seems

to be a live one today among some people, andagood many members have expressed their -faith in the QUOHCY of the present law. They have assured the House that they "don't touch it" themselves. and it seems that a man requires some courage -to get up lu the House and make an honest confession. (Laugh- ter.) Mr. McEwen declared he had that courage; he was not particular

lBl11‘D€l'Rl1C6 -DO0Dle todaylike the proverbial ostrich-they -think they are safe because -they have their lleadi th d

McEwen believed, which is not en- forced and cannot be enforced. He

as any member, though he did not pretend not to take a drink occasion- ally. 'Dhere are a whole lot of

whom the public have every oonil- dence. They will do their best, and that is all that reasonably be hoped for.

Last year, when the House met.

the actual condition of alfsirs re-

:l_°°» Mr. McEwen would ,suggest lrlnd of Temperance Lew. -that wif “Ming the _smmus Fund. V” d|,_

_ - ' ` ' covered at I late hour. It was

found tilt they were absolutely depleted of all the security lplsced there iby the former Governrment.

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- count. was A nrlous mutter der ellis

Province. People who know about

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gzhuhouds 'rhhllre 2l:l¥ers“’m'=: the Hoses, isotudin mi. - clans,

were anointed s post on this mat . A careful in- vestiestlon wds lah-dad the eon- clusion -rssohodlby tis committee was mst if the miter . was-not

Liquor was under Government con ofthe Ploviloe mN 4 U01. If s -men was "pulled" for plated. it would phi: ther Gbvern- °°iiil18 liquor he would go to the %mt in s very serious -position. '“°“"°°" 11° iild lillllworted: and the e roconrmendslzion of the com-

member would wlrisper to some- mittee was to replace that security b°dY €l°°hi!i1Bl'1lD-Bud the fellow at once. 'Some of the large boudl

houses of Canada were communi- cated with and ‘bonds were pur- chased at 99, the' loweot price Dos- sible at -that time, and -the Shaking Funds were again anode intact. Some time after, it was ssldi that too -much hed' been paid' for the bonds. It is true that sdter. the purchase the -bonds did drop half. A point, -but they came -boob Qortly. and today those bonds, lulyssd of being at 99,,can be turned own' at 101%, which is proof that lt' *ls a good, sound investment. Ofoourse. had the Government hnM_rn- tilrat within a -few days the bonds would drop slightly, they could" have wallted; 'but it is imposslhIejw\for-

see these things. If memiboglwere wise enough to know in ` libll' when to buy bonds at a proiitpiihey -probably would not 'lbe in politics at ali, or in any other profession but that of buying bonds. Neiman can do that; the best that can be done is to not wilih common sense. In this case- events have vproved -that the Government -made a,wiee investment. (A:pplause.)‘

l.f the Government were to :fake

the advice of vt.-he member from Summerside (Mr. McArthur) those -bonds could be turned over today with a profit of something li-ke $5,- 000. llt the hon. members know of any Government security equal to that, -that can be bought stlpar. it would be advisable to replace them, and -take tihe proilin on these

The speaker was of the opinion

-that while it -might ibe perfectly legal for the Govern-ment. to under-

n e san . take buying and selling bonds. as

We have a Prohibition A-ct, Mr. suggested by Mr. McArthur, he, for

one, would not like -to see the Gov- ern-ment go into the -bond business.

was as much in ffavor of prohibition The -bonds might drop and ‘nol-

come back again; then we would 'be in a hole!

Members should get away from

people who will take it behind the carping critziolsm and small politics door. They are what are _ called as -much as possible. The rpeople iiYDOCrites_ are the judges of parties today.

MR. McARTHU~R: ls -the hon. and it all depends upon the actions

member reflecting on members of of n Government ihow long they Opllositlon. or not? will remain in power. There was

MR. McEWEN: -Not all of them. n time when the Liberal -party had

(L21lll;lJ‘ier.) I don't. thinlc it ap- the -better -men, but the party has plies to -my hon. friend, because I degenerated. Some day in the fu- think he is just like myself. ture they may come back, and the

Continuing, Mr. McEwen said Conservatives -may go the other

tllat while the Prohibition Law way. .But .in the meantime the would be all right if it could bo Conservatives are in power. It is enforced, it was useless to deceive up to the Government to do its best ourselves as to the actual condi- -to -make this country better amd

tions that exist. We cannot get more prosperous.

away from the fact that we have In all well regulated businesses moonshinn stills all over the coun- there is n ilxcd -time for stock-taking try, in nearly every school dis- wihen the -merchant figures things. trict, ooncocting the vile stuff that up, to see just where he is at. -Il-lei is going ‘to have a seriouis eifecton\looks at the balance sheist vforatlée

' 7 , _ le com. ng generation, f continu- last year's business, and ‘the n s

"Ming "fi=a‘"s" um Mlmhel “ml” Ied. Here in Charlottetown iboot- that any partllcular line was *not mm' h“'°"y°”° k”°wB that 1” th” loggers are thriving H was in a roiltablo he cuts it out He than ‘ O1d‘C°““`“y this Pwvlnce and certain place a short ew'hiie ago Iays plans -for future' business Canada `g”“em“y has recelwd ‘-getting a slinrve, and a man sf:-'ld to Should we not do the same thing

°'°“°"1°"”"1°` “°‘°’i°°Y» “ii "h° me" uint ‘-1 will ner :zo that 1 wut tune as s Province?

‘mg is mm' those 'cured Indian M' you'to twenty-thfrele places on this In starting to take stock where “ce” have 'been ‘hamemuy “ew -block where you can goto drink of \should we commence? Fi-rst let" ed' They h""'° hem* 9"‘°"|°°"y`hot Scotch or rum ‘ uslookfiacts in the face 'l’heLe'a.der` Irlgggd odhttlgfdr |rl?l?uel¥efu:dl:d4ull§ A MEMBER! Did- you go? ofthe Orpposi-Lion talked about the som yn Natural] the are ln_| MR. Mcl:lWElN: I didn'-t. bet_ great prosperity and contentment

6° °~ Y ‘ - V Mn. Mcanrnun: whatlbloclr ls on use Island. The sneaker tovlr

cuned ta blame this Pmvmce’ 'but that’ issue with ihim on that He did not ` ““Y°”" ‘°°"‘“5 ’“‘° “h” °"‘d"”°°, seriously, Mr. Mcnweu ,believed believe this -Provllweis progress- wkcn °” the c°mmi"1°u °f eu' this -man was telling the -truth be- |118- He was not pessimistic.--3 qulry' and hearing me dlBc“Bsi°" cause -that was the condition all I“32BlmlSt -iS 3 dark !ell0W Wll0 ill-

§f,"“° 'gage' "2 ‘mf ,H°“f\°,; “3°‘§'d over me country. le -that sutlsrac- ways sees trouble ahead. and never -

havela fb erend 0P_l1 °1l- mia "1 dy; tory? What is the use of -talking B069 ally?-MDG else. The Optimist. 0" ug 0 ev' eme' w°" ec nonsense? We may think we have on the other hand, is continually "mt mf’ F°"°'“' G°"°"‘“‘°“° °'.Pm1n-bitiou -but we havent got n mins something -good comin.; ?“““"‘,i,“ ‘“°“°,,.',f“°°“°""° f°' °,§‘§,§ at all. 1-:via nad s pleblscne taken around the corner- 'I'-heso are two §l“l‘”’:“_€,,.°”‘ 4 tey :`e`°r?1“,m?gH today on the question every beet- extremes -that are not desirable. , ww 5 'a_pp°.,".l“c;1 a ( pa... II: logger in the Province would -be Wihilt W6 W8-Ili t0 take is the imid- S*1`“’Y- T"“* -" 5° “g s°‘“e° canvassing for .rroal-bltlou, .because die course and view things as they was simply to clear the -maltter -ull. they are thrlvlng on it and making many a,.e_ M Ls corwm ‘hat in Ln,

-money. . I-le was informed that VBYY 1168!' future somethin! mlm

P’°Vhl'l°°'i uma' this mi°]h“'t,1`°“ sf: idrunkenness _i-s becoming alarming- 'bc d0118 by the Federal Govern- broug 1' n' t, 9 reques ` e ng a ly prevalent gmpng young |boyg_ ment and '£116 Murltlmo tPt‘ovll\c0! the .Federal Government eliould pay » The not that we _Pmmbmm law as B whole' to Mm’ commons in me bm' A8 “ ‘b°dy the pD°°m°” cannot be enforced should 'be real- this Dart of Canada. The -Pl’°l®i1¢ vo'ted|_nl:alnstthat.Prncl:lca1ilhtheg Mei The speaker cned the “_ discontent cannot commune; mme Mid That money shmlld pa ample of Ontario, Quebec and the readiustment 'muetibe made. If l-he bi’ *he P°°i"° °f me m““d° " western Provinces. He was not members in -this 1-leave keen re '°°k° “ "‘°“9h "My w°"° '”°'° advocating that the Govern-ment beating till! 8V°i’y'i»lllDl down hGi‘0 “""'°“° ‘° °h'°'d '°'”°°"° “ 0"” make profits out of the liquor busl- is all risltt Wil” Wm N19? Guy U’ W' ‘"3" ‘° ""° '° “‘° 'P"°"'“°° ness, but what was to be done? Weill! 5* 0"‘°W°'7 'N101 Will “W- the $15,000 that would ply the hill. must lace the mm that liquor is, tiwhat me you comm' up hm. ‘or-, But Icw will agree with them th-pg ,being s°ld_ Should we allow we You have an you 'ant down “Wray thc people of this Provln-ceshou bootlegger and `m0onshmerB to It islbeuer to te" me mmm. (AV

b° taxed $15900 mr uw blunders make all the money? In the face Dlause.)

or th” lute Ben Govemmunt and of the present public at/titude to- ...

"l‘°i’ 'i’)'°"‘°"” ‘ii °“““’*" (AW wards tae Prohibition law nie. About stty years aso this Pred- Dulirie- . ' _ vince entered Confederation an Tile Bcll Government src not -to X33” igmtshmgozfg ;’;:;%tn;;t°;'t our popummon W" in nm vfomm

bn cxcusrd -by any -means for -their “mm wbrwd they Wm so ‘into the of 108'000_ Fmm 1870 to M73 part in this transaction. lt was woods or _swamps and make it' ,hero was B Seann or great P,.m_ tho most childish thing imaginable. Mn McEwan wished dt manly ,parity nu-°u5h°“¢ ,the MU-mme done by men supposed to know undgrgtqod fthgt hs wg; spggklns P.l'0YlDC€‘B gBl10I’“|Y. 'DIIG Fl’lllJCO< “°m°"""S’ They “i’i’°’“"’d W’ for himself, and not for the Gov- Prussian War Wu on end WM* f°"°“' ‘md gave mm “'m‘°my t° ernment or for anyone else. He was ‘V010 ~l>00ll1l\\¢- 'liiwll 'D16 l‘8lir0l¢\ 8° *O E“Si“'“i “S “ "°P"°“"“"“°“'° convinces that if ngltt peer and business started un. From thatilme 0' this i"°"“°° “"”“°“" 'mi' °°° wines were permitted to be som an to the present there has 'beans ‘l“ifi°°- “mi i‘“°“"“¥ "°"’ "‘"° if in the ru-ovluceat »moder-ate prices, sradual decrease in our population. llllylllilrs 8iJ0“'i- h1“"~ A t°” ye" it would put the bootlegger en; nf until from -108,000 it -has shrunk to old school DOY W0Uiii hi“'diY d° .|,u,|ne,, quhyor mm” anymlu about 75,000. The last census show- LiH\i= -but the U0" G°"°""‘l°“* 'lid eng He believed time would prove ‘ea u population or satooo .for this it, because, as they thought, it was mm' w ,be Conan P1.m.mce|,bu¢ were have been msg. costing them nothing. It may cost Them W" one mms fonunn, es since. Tlleie UZUFGD UMW mi" sulnethirlk Yeti! men; me lp;-eng” npmmen _ me we as a Province have practically The Loader Ui *hc 0Pi’°”"'°° is members or the opposition cannot' lost twenty-five ner cent- ot our

strong on Prohibition, and there blame me 'provincial Gomrnmenf-mlwlngw _mme .C°n¢9d,m|_|0n_ are -some mem-hers on the Govern- for what is “kms phcm ,mm ob Nov, scum 1, °°mpmnm5_ .but mem Sid" °f the H°“”° “"‘° "“"° mreemeut or the Act is entirely ru they have iacrmed by about Mtv expressed themselves in the same the muah of um Pmmbmon o°m_ D" can 'mes 1861 Now BNI". miinnef- T” °|°"" "'h° ““" Mr’ M°` mission, and the entlemen' cons- wick about the sims. Quebec and Ewen purposed to go into a little Donn; mis Oomlmrssion are bust- Ontsnio have hacroueed in tlnttnime ancient history on this sub.l9°l- H9 neu men ,ho have made A Mm. over 100 rpsr cent. All oser Gale- W““f°d W 'hm' "W P°°pI° WM cess of their own affairs and in dl 1-NN ll” Mil H IVUIMO lil'

crease of 64 per cent. in population during the period that this Pro- vince has gone steadily -beck.

The speaker was not crying down

the Island. Why should he? There are at least six generations of the McEwen -family in the Province. But can one be found fault with -for -trying to make things better for those who come after, so that our c.hildren's children will be A-ble to slay here and make s living? Those people who osme from Scotland a few days ago-do they love Soot- laud less because they leave itl No, they had to lesve because there were other reasons that drove them -ovsrssss; there was use nope of -lmm ma triglner op 'pdrtunities for their ollildreh.

It is something to think ever.

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--and it is your duty to provide for the unexpected.

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papers it can often be read where so-and-so died in some ipart oi t'he Island, leaving four or Ave sons; olle in Western -Canada, one 'in the States, and so torth.-“nd “.lohn.

at hgxzaei" There is generally only the -boy at homo.

We -m-ust "take stock" and see

1118!. what is -the -matter with con- ditions, and when the trouble ii! located a remedy should -be applied. The Maritime Provinces must re- ceive fair play or there will be "something doing." ‘In 1912, when Quebec was given 350 000 -miles of Hinterland, away up to the north, it was thought d useless pos-

session, .but no pefeonagan tell the -potential value or tli property. Ontario was also Si'V0i1 146,000 miles p of ill-nd und Manitoba 170,000 miles. Altogether they illve acquired a total* of some 700.000 milf! of ter- ritory, of which- we were entitled

-to a £.ropert:lonat»s share; That would' ve meant- 14.000 -miles. equal te seven times the present line of this Province! `

Aire these not trim which should

be made rkhtf that reason the Government should press our claims M. Ottawa, and the Opposi- tion should cooperate in a united swell in the interests of the Island, so that our children and children‘s children can live dn comfort and prosperity in the land of their birth. and not -be forced -to emigrute elsewhere.

llr. Hcllwen recalled that in 1873

we md four furniture factories on the llsud, making furniture fonall the lpsople and exporting s consid- ersble quantity to the mainland. I-Ie could remember a machinery lrm. ridbtln Charlottetown, making the 'bolt mingle machine und. We md hunerles sl over the country; tailor shops where every- 0us’s clothes were made lll shoo- lnkers who really made boots' H( shes. We had -brsweries where thy made buf. sud- where our hhon sold their barley and malt ‘M ddhty (ood prices and mods moneyout of it. llc the beer was

as -bad as they tell us today it is on the constitution, it is a wonder that any of us are here at all!

in those times, the wool would

Ibn taken from -the shecp’s -back and made into clothing for the chil- dren and other mcmbclrs of this ,fanl-ily--ri'g.ht on the I-sland; .and the boys and girls were satis- fied then to stay home and help in the work. » , In 1871 there were 49 schooners built on the Island. There were square-riggers and all kinds of craft, and the harbor was filled with vessels. There was a big ftrade with the West Indies and a lot of stui! such as oatmeal, etc., instead ot’ -being imported, was prodluc-ed righ; there and exported. We -m-ado all our own harness-a big 'item in it- self! in those days. Today. the harness shops are simply trying to exist. . Carriage factories were located ,in every village and severai in uhe Towns. These employed wood- workers. -blacksmivhs. -painters up- bolstlelrere meklns' almost every- ching used by our farmers from wheel-burrows to the very best car- riages. ln feel in those days- al- mlost everytirlng worn by our peo- ple ss we-ll as m t of our mndhln- ery-wse made light hero by our 'people and as a result all this money vwns -kept sq, -home and cir- culated locally. Compare these con- ditions with those of today when almost evefry‘llflng 'worn and used by our people is rnsde fm- us in

the factorle; of Quebec an_l Ontario and rullcrrv erin# our loss of -pop- ulation then te ue that wc are »pros'porous. “Ill hues the lend te hasvsufng llis s prey, where wealth increases and 'men decay." ` - when Federal tnstters are du- “llpd we tl* olli fly. Ind when fre argue from the standpoint ei P. I. island we must talk another way. -Members of-this Legislature are here to YQOICM tile -Isldlll.

and they must took to the interests

[it certainly does not suit this

standpoint will suit all Gallatin. alike. Quebec and Ontario want high protection bcuausc they wnnt. to scil manufactured il00l|S. bill how docs that affect us? Wo have to nct as scavengers and soil our stuff in all parts of the world, bc- Causo those manufacturing Pro- vinces raise everything that wc ralse. We, in this Province, have to look to foreign markets for what we have to sell. The present tnriff may suit Canada as a whole, but

lslnnd. All these facts wo simuldl .,

take with ws and go as n body anti, lay before the authorities nt Ottu-. ` wa the true situation, nnmciy ~- that wc uro slowly bleeding to , death, and that if tilcy have :t Zi honrt in thom they will not soo tlicl baby Province go out of existence]

entircly.

I-f things keep on as they are.

how long will lt be before this Island 'hns nothing left -but one " huge lox ranch? Mr. McEwen ba- lievod 'it was only a question of ,Q4 arithmetic. Why should that bein 7 the best little spot on the Uni-

verse? What is it that we wantf, The delegations that go to Ottawa| .must go through a certain political etiquette. Ii' you are a "friend of

hanging on the tree which is going -to drop shanty. and you are liable

and mlm-zerly. ln! the pact. it' you are an opponent o "the party" you will simply he listened to and total tluit his matter will he "taken intel serlmn consideration," and that ls

the last you gill hear of -it. Ilut et us go to ttaws as men repre-

lgerntipg no »party, but the Maritime " ov aces, ss men desperately in

earnest. not with gloves but with the -hare knuckles, sua with u sara ~? nat to put under the noses of that Ottawa gentlemen and say: smell thatl Come across with 2-

more ciltisldg ss s partial recom- Dease for w at we loss in other

of the Island. It has been said* that no policy from n hdq-sl

win- ? look out 'lor trouble."

Ono elegatlon from the Merl-

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to catch it, you must -be pretty nice &

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times has nlrcndy spoken out pret- ty strong. it wus even insinuutvd that recession might hnvc to lm rcsoricd to. l’rcmivr King got .1 liltlu rllfflud nt tllzlt. and resid cur- tain things that perhaps ln- should not have said. lin sillowcll that ho dons not ||nders<tu.nd conditions

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