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‘ Never in the history of this province, or perhaps
of ally other province in Canada have thc public bseni so bare facedly and shamelessly' buncoed as they havei been by the aggregation in whom they, under what was no doubt a hypnotic spell, placed their confid-‘ ence last -luly. Since that time, or rather since they, -entered upon their duties as legislators and law-‘ 'makers in September, every lnove ,they lnadc and-1 e_vcry step they took was in direct and flat contradic-, tion of all they had said alld done when begging the, people to trust’ them with the job. Their last act, the. last shovclfui they threw out of the political grave. they have been digging for themselves, namely thei quite-liberal increase to their own salaries, was, ifl possible, more brazen even than anything they hadi previously done although in .each previous exploit they were credited with having reached the limit of niendacity.- §
Promising no additional taxation they_ as sooni
as they were able to colnpass the means of doing so, put on a taxation measure so drastic as to fairly takef away the people’s breath: promising everything pos-§ sible and impossible to the returned soldiers on whosel necks they fairly wept in patriotic fervor apd sym-i pathylhey turned clown practically every soldiers _application for any worth while position, reservingf ihese to their political heelers and throwing thei 'ncraps to the soldiers; promising the teachers a living: wage, they legislated them a wage that leaves them, no better, and in many cases \vorse, than before;, ;»ronli:~ing to abolish all useless ofiices of which they" said there were many. to reduce the salaries of of-; fit-ials and to practise all kinds of economy, if elected,§ i.he_v, when elected not only retained as many _ofiicialsi as before but provided for more and, to cap the cli-, max, rais"l_-rl the salaries of the Premier. the Attorneyi General, the (`-ommissioner of Public Works and tliei Commissioner of Agriculture to $2,000 each and the, sessionai indemnity of private members to $500 each!
Now let. it not be misunderstood, the crime hasi
not been merely in increasing taxation, not in, the; mere increase of salaries; the crime, for crime it alll was, was in brazenly pretending that none-of thesci things was necessary, that they had all been wrong, umlei- the former government, that they had solemn-l ly promised not to do ally one of the things they have done since assuming power. ~ ~ ~ ‘ ~ -
This was the crilne, the unpardonable crime ot'
the Hell Government; the crime for which the people. will hold them to strict account, the crime for which,i before they have an opportunity of repeating it they should summarily be asked to resign their commis- sion. ' ‘ ,
To have proved false to those who placed con-l
fidence in them, to betray those who believed them, and trusted them, is to stigmatize them now audi henceforth as unworthy of further trust and unsafei guardians of the peoplc`s rights and privileges. Therel has already been indignation throughout the coun~, trv; we have no doubt this last act will intensify thel
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feblill_c‘s aroused and it would be no surprise to us if,
an instant demand were made fora dissolution of the, legislature. ' i
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And still ANOTHER TAXATION
UILL. They have taxed everything they could lny hands upon, tangibls and intangible, belonging to the living. By an extraordinary over- sight they hud almost forgotten to tax the dead and in the dying days of the session u Bill was passed for the purpose. The War Ht.-uitb Tax nct. passed to provide a small $20.- 000 or $25,000 to meet oxtru ex- ponses during tho wur wus bittlst ly denounced and opposed by the whole B4-ll conlbinutlon. It was unnecessary, we had ample re~ venues without it, and every mnn jack of them stood up in his place in the ieg|~`!atul‘c and accorded his vote against it. They then went to the country and gave their solemn pledge that it would be abolished.
Ilut tht- scene is charged. They
are now ill power, They had al- l‘ead_\' it-';islal<‘,| to scnreh the country to the tune of about half a lniliion of taxes, but omitted the \\'ar and licalth tax. To leave it undisturbed would have been to
leave one of their election proluises unbroken. Their perfidy could not stand for this. They had salt'-'l
the working lllzln most un\m~reiful~ ly but lilo willows and nrphllns were still zlilowed their bread and butter. This would never do. So
an Act ir passed in continue the War and liczlith tax upon the cs lates of the dead for :lil time to come. \\'hen asked for his reusoll for this shamfui ehange oi’ front the answer of the Premier wa: "Tempera mutantur"’ (The times have changed), to which Hon. Mr. Arscnzluu promptly quoted thc ancient and stinging reply of llorace, "Et nos sis muntaluur" (And we have changed with the times.) ~ ‘
All inridt-ni in the debate un the
budget was when the leader of the Opposition asked the Premier what he and hir Goverllmullt had lion- liuring tho whole eight months since his election. if anything the pllblic had surely been kept in the dark, and even .his colleague, me lion. Member for 'Moreil had to come to the house and with the aid of the Opposition got information \vl\icll us ll lnemher oi’ the Govern- mont he had a right to without coming hero. lion. Mr, (Tox replied that ht-, \\:~.~' satisfit-li, to which lloll. l\lr. Arsenuuli responded that if he
was it war a cflse of being eollttjnt with the rrumhs that ful] f|'0l_ll ` table, hui ii’ itll was sallsileli his
colistitllents were noi, for tlli~y~ltzld asked ililli to resign. Again the l|ur~stion was askcd, “what have you done sine-‘ Sepielllliel' Sill," and Mr. (‘ox iilllehly r‘~plied_ "WIC iI.AVi'I 'I`i\I\'idI) Tllld l’itl()i’i.l'I." Yes that is it in a nutshell, TAXEI) 'i`ili'J i’i'I0l’LE.
l"roin the iltil_ of ill-pl:-luln-r In
the Iilst, ill-rl-liliwr the lieil (irl\'i'l'll- ment spent $172,707.40, None of the ordinary lnoriuis know how
ln:lny_ullpaid accounts have been carried in addition to lllls. All
this money was spellt after inlay st-asoll was ovt-r, lltlll ut a lilllt- when there was little call for out- lay, apart from ofllciai salaries, 'l`ht' winter supplies had been I.'li-I in and _r-aid for, the summer work was conlpietcli ilu July, for election purpose.; according to Mr. ilelli -‘fbi -'Ul1i\ii<'f¢ hurchasl-ti and paid for lo the rxtent of over $00,000 lol eontracfs and repairs cilslrgeabie
to check this expenditure. Nor! ill. 3 would they permit an external nudit` Canada, like any country, has d
cost we are only beginning to iscover. Reference has been made
counts under any consideration.
upon its face. Their accounts dtlr-ic-ilught in 3 U-§p_ or u nah when c
HOW U0WJI‘dlY IHIS ii\0il` Wi1°i" the lilo of an organized community.
conduct with regard to public ur-linac-eil no organization is possible counts been in compurisoll with thc i 5,, long as ,pew Chance resources courage dispiuy':d- by Collsorvalivesillg ,Quay at the hand, and H is fronl tie very outset of their Gov-!,,n|y une, they haw disappeared crnnleai. According to the I're|,|,at 050,15 um made ,O conserve micrs's own admission. instead ofil|,(.m_ The |mp0,.t,,m Cunserva following the precedent and puttlngf lion (folulnlsssion devotes the most external auditors immediately ohio! its |,,l,,,,,,. to an ,_,nqu|,.y wmch the job, lv :darted sneaking nrou:iti_ ,-L.s0|,,|,1@5 a c0,.°ner»H |,,que,,, 0,. 1, the Departments in quest of olle-most lflortem examination. Their sided statclltents which he' inlagin-imporls make dlsmal ,.e,,d,,,g_ but ed he could manipulate with goolI,,|,,.y suggest that the time has poiitleal eil'ev`.-t against the tlefea'-l,_.,,,,,,, to ,__L.,,,,c mlkmg of ,,,,tum| r,_.. ed (iovelnmenl. An external audit 1 sour,-vs_ ,md gpm ,,,m,L. ulU_.nU,,n to would be too decisive,_too holiest {,,,,t,,,_,_,l |,,'ws_ and not sufficiently pliable to suiti Tm, only ,mit of “,'c,,|u, ,S ,,_d,,,,-S his i"'m""“" Hui S"""`ii'i"g wi” i ration of food for al grown mnn. Tile nt-edt-d fol nu eluergency aensatioll. ,,,,,,,,,,.‘ gold 0,. ,,,,,,,,,.' ,S M, |||us,,m_ 'lnd under his direction the I'ro- ,,,, ,,, bu., a B “mol Th,,'wo,.,d fs
prepare 1- statolnent to his liking_i '_,,,,,,,, i, only by d,,_,,,,, b,,',,,,,,,_ All lllstezld of gratitude for this service i ,,160 ,,,,, ,ood hm, ,m,,,,,y ,, c0,,,|n_ flu- Auditor is repaid with al cowarti- ,_,,,n, ,,,,,u,,_ .rho \,a,u€ 0,. c,oth,,,g ly attach, and cimrged with l-on
even is contingent upon climate and
~=piru<'_v with the lute Government i,,c,,,,,,.(,,, habit, ,,, me ,,.,,p,,,,, lt to defy the Audit Act ami tlefealils ,,,,,,(,S, w,,»,_,,,,(,,,s_ N,,,,,,,,,, ,_,,_ 'hi' will ‘li ill" i"gi"l“i“"°' And ii i.~:ources fail into the same catc- .fioveiops that the "conspiracy.'*-'ibig,,,.,._ T|,,_.y may huvp n contingent 'Mir w""` “"1" Wu; with Hr"n""lv:llul', but at any moment that val- :lnd his <-olieagues, to m:lnipul:lte “L_ may he dl,S,_,,0y,,d' Cm,,,,,,,,,(,,, the accounts against the Arscnaui! ,and trade (lvpend em,,_c,y u,'mn ,his G°“`m""’“i' ,contingency of value. For many ` .-___ __ [years mines near Ottawa yielded
ia handsome profit from lluphnte of
A Bill. introduced by Prcmler;llme_ A new and easier source
lleii, to increase the salaries of the was discovered Ln the Appalach- Leader of the Government, Ai-,iuns, and the (anzldlan enterprise
torney General, ('ommissioner '>f,p:-risheti. On the other hand the
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villeiai Auditor was oluployed toi,,,,,,,,,,,; ,U ,h(, ,mug ,,,,,,|f and can
0' 'his f'°"ii°“ Ui th” public “U Ililil-\i’f\l l’9S0Ui’C0B. but no resourc- to the winter. Climate manifests
V ,es are of any value npar; from the ttacif'at every turn of the wheels.
This is "Di ii fi“Sii0“ 01 i“U|'0 SUB-,iluulau labour bestowed upon them. Frost condenser steam into futile Piéi9“~ ii is ii “if Uvitiwi film Wild frllili. and edible nnhnnl water and lays it own laws upon
onstruction, replacements, und re-
ins Il\0 three Hlili iW0 ll\i\‘<-is Of 11, from the water muy sustain a pairs. The problem now is: these utontll of their administration wiiliwnnderipg prowoctor. -but these re- ru , 110! Si=\11'1 iilV0SiiS“ii0l- ‘sources go a -short way towllrds long must we continue to operate
iiways having been built how
them until the lm'mlgrl\1ts nrrivc to relieve us of this burden of fifty million dollars ri year? Railways are so lnmiilar that we have come to look upon them as nutural means of transportation like thc winds upon the ocean. They have never received the full cost of opcrntion, Pnrl. of their revcnuc is derived from lund which was previously worthless. They were built free of charge nt the expense of the in- vestors who lost their capital in every case save one. The Cunutlian Pacific is the only lurgc ruilwny in Aluerica that ever made honest rc- turn to the original s,ilureilolders_ If the national railways had been acquired free of cost, operation might be possible until lh`cso poten- tial ilnlnifrnnts arrived. If the
present rntc of increase is not ex ceeded, the question of the abandon- ment of the two northerly railways is bou`n<i to arise. The truth is, ull railway rates are on-ly about oile- hnif of what tho service costs. Tilut nccounts for the deficit of ll thousand lnillion doliurs on the' Anlerlcau roads. The contest now
is between those who pretend that thc loss in operation shall be dis- tributed over all the people and those who protest that they who use the railways shall Day for tho service.
Tho manager of the National
Railways doclnres that they nmy be made u source of enormous rc-
i’ubii¢ \‘-'orks and Uolnnlissioncr of 5 discovery of gypsum in Canada des- Agrieuilure to $2,000 eaeil, nnrillroyed tho mines in Florida.
‘t
prodm-l~'l an illtt~l~l-stillg til:'t-llssion. idk' no value nt the moment, which
'i`o Mr. l‘eter iirodie, the only dis-,muy rlse_ into importance when u sentient, wt- tom-h our hat. not tlrll ggi-ul-ral scarcity causes a fresh de»
lvl- t~lulor.~'e his eroltomic :lrglllllel\t,1 mzlnfi, or the exhaustion of re,-
his l`il'eelt-clioii prolnises_ ilou.itution. it is conceivable that a .\ir. .\l'.:ell:luit :n;l'et~<i with tht- mea- l time may colne when pulp wood stlrt- bet~allse no mlm of any value,fwiii have become so rare that un.
unless he was |los.~,t~<s<~li ot' personal aeroplalle may be sent to l'tlgava wealth rouitl afford I.: give the tn fetch llolne it log, or food be- >:el'\'iee whicll was rt‘t|llirl-ll of him collle so scarce that un aviator and which it was his duty to giv~ lnuy be sent ou an expedition to upon the small salary hitherto tho Arctic to catch it musk ox. But
paid. lie had pt-rformo,| the duties ,the contingency is remote, and the
ol' i‘ren1Et-r and Atlol-nt-_\' tienoraiicnterpriso highly speculative. lie' for $2,700. inlt he did so at a iossifore resorting to these exlrelue de- Io ililnsf-if of $1,000, and if he had ‘ vices people will probably prefer to not had ltrirate |~|-.solll'e`l\s ht- could irc-ull less newspaper arid cut morr-
nnt have tion" srl, The saline lsihreutl. When the forests were cut
true of* private lllelllbers, who be-la pine tree would be left on some sid:-s .-pf-nriillg six or seven'weekslditllcuit hill top. At the tinicthcrc ill tht- house were more or loss l~n- g wus no warrant of expending lul- gzlgell ill public lnl.--ities-s during the man I labour upon it, and 'it was \\'ii<il" .\’I1I`l'. l`nic'ss they were men iallowcd to remain until less opulent of priv.nl» wellllil til'-iy could no; days. Tin mines have been open- ilifitiii ii it-d up ill England, which had luin
jidie since tho fail of Phoenica, und
"`“ ,thc charcoal burner's smoke was
\’Vi|ilt- tullillii this groulld lll>is(“`-n in Surmyf ‘iw ,first Since'
\vi_~:fit~,| it distim-ily lo he llluler-ipuck left “wks mu' 'INS is mu ,,,,,,`,,, ,,,,,, ,W ,,,,,_, lm, ,,,_(,,_,,,,,gjrolnallcc and tragedy of trade, ,,_,,,,, ,,,,_|,,,,,,,,,,,, ,HJ ,Unk "lm" ,,,, , When the level beds of sandstone 'l'.\x.\'l`lo.\' /\<"l‘_' 'l'ln~st~ sill.-lrl<~.i“"°”“ 'l“‘ """‘"' ‘mf ”"ha“”‘i”d’ could have |i1".'lt pun! without re iwu shun hvgln wdbulld ln Canal sorting to tilllulllmlsllre. lit- l-ould ima" sumo' our clues Lim imxmrv ,, ,,,_ “,,,,_,_ 5,, m,m,,_,,_ ,hw ,ms "Atoll, the stone front Ohio, the doors luuke ,»‘-lllllo clit-:lp political t-:lllitlllfrmm \Vi`w0nsln' inc floors "Um but had ai\\':lys pllrrlleli the llolu-si lim' ('"mHn"S' Winnipeg with Us rollrst- ot' at-tion and speaking from l 'nmmllng stroma and nomo ‘bu"d` his eoniicliou, and llc did so now. img” is n mirage on the Drama' limi. he l'<-lltuilieti ill goverlllllcniin ‘NFS noi' belong in the Scum' that would have been thc gl'oun'|in' ig imported' Wm' the excwuon ,,,_ ,,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,, ,,,k,_n_ nm, "UW zu iof the sand for thc mortur, which always bt- would pursue what ill-‘is °“ly an hllmrvrcm “nd "li" ,,0,,,_,,,,,, ,,, ,,L_ ,hc ,_,g,,, puucy _A ,.1ii, every stone und stick is carried ulattt-r 'nl \vilil-il side of the llfnlselror "vo hundrml muvs although
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l\ictnl>er.= indemnilies to $500 each - 'i`here are certain commodities'
to 1920. What became of this lnon- "Y.’ ihis is one of the llidllell l_¥_______-§._._____
The fiovernlnent has not considered the timei
ripe for going the full length of that change, entirely abolishing the Excess Profits Tax, but it has gone, part of the way. The demolition of the business pro-- fits scheme of taxation has been begun. The rate oi"=
exemition has been raised from 7 per cent. to 10‘ '
per clot. of the profits earned in the year 1920 and -i Guardian Readers § payable in i921. “It may possibly be," says Sir Henry; ‘ ""f»|->-;<<_:z w. o. Loman Drayton, “that with another year business will bei _ "' more norlnai and that no business profits tax oughti UFES COMMON "'*'N°9- LO be i(}Vl€(i," ' ,Tim iiiiill-TH of every day are ull so
In normal circumstances, he admits, it wollldl.,.,,,, ,,f;,",‘,,",‘,,,_ ,,_,,,,,_,,,, M, , __
be hard to find any argument that would justify itsi flew, ' _ Q' " ”"“ continuance. Of the idea of a tax on sales, he thought T"° "f,’,‘§”,,,§’,;““‘“'”* in -ef "eer-
enough to apply it to the sales of mallufacturers, ol nr on l.ll_l_-. wllm- it.-limit wholesale dealers, jobbers and impo ters. Thus T,,,, ,,§`;',i'.'l'i;`t'i"i.|'.lil ll. it-mi... .- there will be a tax of 1 per cent. on all goods thati my or sauna, "M come into consumption through these distributing 3{_“’,,“‘,{[‘;",“,§`,-,‘§;‘;l,,i§"},§,_$'=;:r§,;\r{0 agencies with the exception of the principal foods, , om, ` ' ." coal and artificial limbs. Goods imported are not|"‘” ";',’l§*;,f’f “WY ‘WY ""0 “ll S0 subjechto the tax. This venture into sales taxation'isi'rht» cf..-lluwll hunts or me .ne in likely to prove encouraging and may be followed by‘T,,,, w§,‘,,,‘f,';,“’~,n ,hc “Wm ,IM the whole plunge. The sales of manufacturers, lm- gloom, porters, wholesalers and jobbers of goods for con- T" "";lm"',',f-"‘i" "rf 01" frmllhr gumptinn in Canada exclusive of the 3l‘i.lCleS Wll0S€ The scouts ami slgllts and sounds
tut 1 is not subiect to taxation must amount to "mt "“”"r "rr
‘+0-soo-¢>+++-ooo-o»-oo-oo-¢¢¢¢ Dlilv Selections _ i
'Over 'I ‘ ` _- i ` The homo work, tilcpiuns, the lil;
several hundred million dollars a year, and mustl of i,,,,,y~,. ;,,,,,,,, therefore yield several millions of revenue a year. If °,f,§i,r,l',l,<;g_f»f,;,l1,_f, em ffmmps all transactions between buyer and seller were sub-, ..,,,,i,,,, ,,..,,,_ ject to a tax of from one-half of one per cent. to one ,The °l,mir\,r;P<I;:<,f_r, the i\an<1»<-lop per cent., the revenue therefrom would be m;i_cth~|,, H,.,,,..;,, h,,,,,,”,,,,,., ,,,,_ ,,,, ,,,,,,.
_ , ' ' , 1 an ere. gieatel than that obtained from the business pro l s,Thp comm" ,him of mp an R"
tax, and lt would not be burdensome, , ,,, .lm-_ ,
lle \va_~:, i think, llolvi-ver,
not have gone to the :_-ounlry
the (low-rhlneni were in-:ag paid, alld that their salaries slrvllil halve be -n redlll-ell. 'I`h<-_v slllnllt have loltl the peopll- the plain |l'lllll :\n,| their position would have
in-tri
iioivever, be that as il, may. il
eonstituents_ in this matter I be
eollrstz :Intl l>l-czlllse l alw:l_\'s
liiili’ lose by it, politically l support lilo bill.
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lion. .\il, _\rsel\ulllt. "our frielltlsi should not have shown the ullilllllei they did last year. They shouid` havo been consistent. They should
with
the story tll:lt lllose working for
over,
more enviablt- than it is today. iguiiis M D°i“'im` i"“"5l°“-
,,_, ,`i Persons who are clever at figures
limiter lia»tw»ol-ll them and lhei\ i""'~` f°"'i of Calculating ih° mrce 0! |
\i,.,,,, wo ,,,.,. ,,,,,-suing ,hp ,,n],,- ,ight , rivers. With a touch of hyperbole
_,,,,,,,,,tiley, invent new terms, and think
by my l-,.nvp,~||,,,,_,~_ ,.v,.,, ,,,,,,,,,|, I.thcy have created n new thing.
'~, f', 'Ani 1; S ll lr,',,,|ii iwouid even than remain to -he ridd- .-qi' 'ip ed Ontario would do well to think
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llnving built our railways for the
'These observations are peculiar- ly applicable to Cunndu. The bitu- miuous coal of Aibertn may re- place the anthraclte of Ohio under cover of an°American embarllo; but the industry will bo endangered when the embargo is lifted. That
, is the fallacy in all trade that de- ,pends upon tariffs, subsidy, and _,convention Tile conditionq are not _ipermancnt They ure subject to
_,the'watcr that fails in Canadian
They describe those foaming waters as “white coal." or they think of rncing'rivt-rs as llorseé which may ibn "hnrnessed." They even dream 'of satisfying the universal desire for heat from electricity, quite un- aware .lhut a water power express- ed as the continuous labour of
twenty horses day and night for a in M, “Mate place for H pre; Fm, month ir, for heating purposes, only ,md d|,,,e"e H,-,, the enemy_ ,ll is
n law of life thatdisense fastens
equivalent of one ton of noni. Nl- iugara Falls if completely "harn- ii-nst-d" would involve nn outlay of |240 million dollars. and na-lrwoultl'
,yield 'for heating only the equival- ,`t=nt of l50 thousand tons of coal ll itnonth. The cost of transmission
garbage in nn army.
regions In incredibly slow: it re-
, qulreu 160 yearrto produce olfi or,
venue if only enough goods he cur- lried and enough people be induced ‘to travel. One who watciles two 'trains at Kingston Junction, headed iin opposite directions, is l‘ell to sus
ipt-rl that thc passengers would be *better elnpioyed if they stayed at
but h~l-all-1-lu- was collsistl-lit with g lated supplies compels a, slll1st`i-i|,,,,,,0_ A c,,m,,,,.|~,~m| ,,,,-,v,.1|,.,- is
,going to ’i‘orollto and another coming
ito Montreal to sell the sumo goods;
ltwo professors pass each other on ltheir way to a lecture, wht-li each
iwould do better to lecture ul home, tor even ‘o keep quiet. ,Some goods iincrcuso ill value \\'hen,they ure imoved. From this arises the lu-
i,fcronco that nothing hits any value' iuntii it is put in il freight cur. |’i`ransportation is the most precari- ous business in which men can en
gage. Sulntrbun railways gave place in tramwilys; these in' turn to motor-trtlck`s, ns investors have learned to their cost. 'lluilways may bc an asset; they may be a lia- bility also. Their success iles with- in narrow limits. When people ichoose to remain where food is produced, and out it there, the era ‘of the ruiiwuy will have passed.
lt is not the intention to write
the cconolnic history of Camilla in these few pages, but the condition of the forests llluy be taken as an illustration of our proress in the destruction of those natural re- sources upon which our future wus based. They huvc disappeared ill the lifetime of those now living,
,and a forest once destroyed is never replaced. A pine forest is tho finest product of geological tinlo, its flowering and final achievement. Tile world has a re~ corded history of four thousand years, and never ill that time has u
forest been renewed. ill old settlctl countries under dire- necessity patches ot’ lnnd have been planted with trees; but the land must first have been thoroughly cleared nud labour uvuilable ut uoluiuul rates. Destruction and replauting have never done together since it is more profitable to destroy. ulld the cost of ropiuuting takes away -the profit from the "development" lt costs twenty dollars to rcplant lm acre of pulp wood und no returns are in sight lor seventy years.
ln the artificial forests of Europe
the trees nro cut by u process of selection. Tho ripe and dying illit- ber is selected. in (Junndn uiso the principle oi' selection prevails, but with this distinction: we cut the good trees nnd allow the dead and dying to remain. in Europc_wherc the forests are in aetticd areas. within rench of cheap labour, anll every twig carried away for uso, that method is practicable. 'With us it is a vnln hope. Our business is to salvage what wc can. The forest trec is n wild ihlnll. it will not live in the -presence of man, The forest
upon the old und feeble. in Canudu all the bnlsum is dend or dying, and ln llns int-'tonne "showed lnclpl- ent stagcr. of similnr trouble." The hardwoods are ton heavy nnd poor to bear the cost of loluzinK_ and
tho slash develops rlinense like
The growth of trees in northern
four inczlcs in diameter. 'in Quebec the yield is one six~lnch tree par acre per year. If this pcrlshes by fire or disease, there is no increase. All the f'-lots are now known; The various governments have in their clnpioy men of sincere minds and scientific uccurucy. Their reports are 'bllscd upon precise experiment and ussiduous labor. .There is no longer need for guesswork. Esti- mates of n thousand million cord; have shrunk to 85 millions; and 25 millions to one hundredth of _that quantity. As one observer puts it. 16 ncro;-i to ll cord is in areas once burnod u ttnrcr ostilnuto than lb cords to the acre.
For every trce thot is cut by the
:tx twcntv~l-no perish by fire, und of two trees that escape tllo fiaults one dies of disease. A rniiwa,v burns more tilnbcr than it hauls out, and as the forests recede frim 'he streams logging becomes nt first diiiieult, then impossible. The business will cease automatically. it has comcaimostto that point in
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Q A I I - mysteries whicl the ovcrnment convenience ot ..po,em|u.. ,mm,_
, refused to disclose. The Audit Act i grunts, the end is`not yot_ |13".
_ ,_ it appear.: was not strong enough, ____ ways ,nust be operated' at what
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Thin column I dlnouulon b.y°:;:|~¢'°'i~i\0 _
_ onto of qu¢"|°m ofirnl
ut. Tm cum-|.,¢¢,,”"” Guardian 4°" ,M ””°Vl|l nrlly endorse the ¢|||,,|°:,:
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Sir:--T.hc letter which rem uptpom‘od» in your column mu' th heading, "The Teach? Case" shows us a new um; ine" eating aspect of this mucl alum' sed question. The writer glveuz subject that careful, emo, scientific treatment which gum' practical matter demands, 1-1,, ° members what many ure Drone" forget, that this is a material ll that we must not suffer ourseilyu to be influenced by se,,,,,m,;f that we must nlwnys be gu|de,,,, sense.
Tile sinocrity of this writer;
tho United States, and as at result
ion cents' at pound. in Canada filo -ond also is ill sight. ill 1004 lilo i~‘orcstry ll.-pllrtulelli of Qllellen estiln-ated tilai the supply of p'llp
lltllltlwil yt:'.rs have .-lince in-.1 abandoned, and it is now tl quen
valid estilnate.
llut ev( ry cord of pulpwood secur-
ed is a ceru saved. The operation of tho mills is silet-r gain. Their only fault is illat they do not opera- te fast enough to overtake tha i ruin. The country is under a heavy obligation to the men of enterprise land cou-'nge who have undertaken to salvage the forests which were idoomed to destruction even before they arrived upon the scene. The ,Ministry of Lands and Forests in 1918 testify that the manufactur-
Iers were earnest and enterprising I men who strove to get value from their lll:ltel‘iui. to utilize waste, and
turn all b_\'~proliucts to profitable account. They, conceal nothing
i ports whose reports are Open t0 the world. Mr. idiiwood \\'il_~on, rilair- man ol' :~ eolnlnittvc ot’ the tlunad- ian i'ulp and Paper A.s-soeiziilon to confer t-pon ml-ans "esselltial to
,tho |lre;=cl'v;ltioll and perpe_tualion i of the forests," sent to the persons ,eoncerllt-d n letter rl-lllalrkabie for l its breatltll and silleerity, in which
lfter reciting every possible alterna- tive and eollsitlt-ring evl~l'y counsel
of perfection he arrives at the omin- ous collcillsion, “it almost seellls as if there were no solution." Denloro
li IIS WP illily' Wi' ill"l' f1\C0 I() f1»\(1C with a piienoinenon of nature which will not bu guiusaid.
, \nk lo:-_)lI|\l\r|I'» mul luke no other i A iinaut-ini jc-urllui publishes rules for discovering counterfeit ,bunk notes, What tho average mlm wants is u few simple rules fur lliscoverillg the genuine article.
, They liave their own seientilc ox~,
evident ,from the careful clllcu, tions upon which he has l.||||
news-print inns ronched thc price of' ,|(.,|,,c,|0n_,,_ T,m ,Hgh ur ,WL [_ li
,of the teachers' wage cauneqlg: ' lo doubt ut first the lualilcmalidl iaccurucy of his reasoning, bp, have carefully t~ilecke,| his figuiq
‘ and find them : --
would last 12144 yt-urs. The thrro ,|0¢lm_-.\|_ if 1,4. (l;i,l”,,rLt.i-ri,‘,;Il,|,;l,,l‘i
it was in calculating the pump, of working hours, for he neglm.
tion what part oi' the 34 years is a = ed to 'duduci im' "'"“y 1'0"" Wllu
the classes are reading, wi-ulu etc., and the teacher is not won. ing ut ull.
Let us consi<ler`thn teachoru
a machine which we desire to rp ut the maximum efficiency dm-4|, its working hours and that at 11|, uiinimum cost. Tile writer tg um l have' referred has shown that ui teachers working year collslattlll 904 1-2 hours. The normal parm requires three lnellls a tiny or up meal every eight hours, our ., china, then, to run normally, mul ,be fueled 113.0625 times dung the working year. I shall treattb unruly decimal as a brush urn ther to maintain my meuplm us that shovel of fuel tllrownq to bank the fire overnight anim sldcr 113 iuellngs as sufficient run this machine during the lark. ing year. Next, as to tlleeozt of this fuel; To more easilyuiq. late this i shall for the mullet! abandon my lnetapllon A MM ,i study of rural markets in lilly l and widely separated parts ollilt , province, an exhaustive knowleiip ,nf raw food values, und tile ap plieution of the principle of hal. ' anced rations enable me to state ' uccuraiciy that the price alone , meal for one tmleilerls on lllc average 31,9 cents. 'Fllcrwte the total t-ost of flu-ling our mltlnuu for the year is appz-oxinla_tcly’J\.\ii , We expend on this, nnlchini Wit per year; this - shows tl ye wustc of S4ti3_84$‘“- ‘ _
l huve p\\rpone\y madc no" _
tion of the lubrication became to ki-ep the machine runlllll smoothly 'i`he s_t-urclty anti th prohibitive price ofthe ill'°W sort of oil makes it more deslrallio economically to allow tile luacltilit to rul\ down than to expend tlllle and money ill proeuring liiiiiliiiidi might nlu_kc it l'ifli\l»
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that matter of Insurance another day. If l’°il cannot attend to it personally, 'phone us.
ay have been your 200i- had a fire you can never
*tell when one will occur. »
\ 1 ’Tis better to be sure than sorry-better to have
_ the protection of a high grade contract thanii
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The (lille-.sta Insurance Agency in 1'. E- I'
While a discount sale
store ln Charlottetown,
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