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The new federal taxation is at present a subject of general discussion and a few of the “smart” ones are even openly seeking means of evasion, just as somenof them sought means to evade service “over there when the men of the Empire were fighting for the Empire's life. The new federal tax is a na- tural and expected product of the war and payment

of it is as much a Canadian duty as service in then“, This i. m, yusiiﬂcmou W ,, across the (NICK, is strangely in, war when the whole fabric of civilization was threat- lizovernment. without a big war ex- the 1M1" claw it i8 not 011W ﬁr»; ened with destruction. The man who shirks this tax ,P°'““""°~ ‘"1" °‘°°‘°d °“ ‘"1 “‘“'§“““ 5"" °“"°" °‘" “l “" °°“"“’"

or tries to is as recreant to his duties as was the man 15"“ T?“ NO TAXNHON "°"' m“ but m“

ivho took to the woods was when the call came for men. A heavy’ tax 1t is doubtless bllt it falls largely

upon those best able to bear it, upon those who pur-

chase luxuries, who pride themselves upon their ability to buy the most expensive things and things

» which many of them could get along very well with-

out. Nor will those who are less favourably circum- stanced wholly escape; part of the burden fails upon them also, but when we remember the sacrifices made by so many thousands of homes in Canada the cost in dollars and cents should cut but a small fig- ure. Our liberties as an Empire and as a nation have been bought at a great price; now that the war is over, now that we find ourselves in possession of our country and our liberties, both of which \ve had ll0éil'l_V lost, we should not hesitate about paying the price. The tax has no doubt been imposed as fairly and as lig'htl_v as the circumstances would permit and, iii any case, it is infinitely small when compared with the price we were willing to pay and the price many did pay between 1914 and 1918.

Tllii PIONEER SPEAKS. ‘i

The milncei‘ in its last issue gives a beautiful

and touciiiilg eulogiuln upon Messrs. A. C. Sailnders,

and Crcelman McArthur, telling in well rounded phrases and silnoroils diction, classical and other- wise, how these two representatives of the free peo- ple of l’rilicc County “stood hytheir guns” in con- nection with the Ilicll taxation measure.

Will the Pioneer, now that it has started it, ex- plain to its bewildered readers t'he peculiar conduct of Mr. (Trceiman McArthur who, in addition to the honour of representing Summerside, also was en- trusted by his colleagues with the chairmanship of the Public Accounts Committee. Will it tell its read- ers why Mr. McArthur, as chairman of that Commit- tee, proiliisetl to include the Auditor's report in the report of the Public Accounts Committee prepar- atory to its presentation to the legislature, and in- stead of doing as he promiselhhad the report prepared

without the knowleilge or consent or concurrence oflcmmd" ‘"“’° "MW" m“ F°““"“' col =1 "villi: W111» ll was Idem"- AlSO-‘mx ilmmuncwnent with “lmosl gOnl0TlI oi lhe savings from a lllore cc»

the Conservative members of the Committee. will it tell its readers why Mr. McArthur" the chair- man of the Public Accounts Saunders who “stood by his guns” Liberal leader to refuse to accept or have entered

..1in the Journals of the House, the Minority report Jiljeseiitetl by _.fhe.lhnservative members-of the Com-

mittee, a breach of precedence and of parliamentary

procedure never before witnessed in the legislature

of this province. The public are

looking for this information.

_ Pending the information they are of the opinion that

Mr. McArthur as chairman of the Public Accounts Committee and Mr. Saunders both aided and abetted

' Mr. Bell in concealing information to which the pub-

lic are entitled and concealing it too in the childish hope that the public would know nothing about it.

The rhetorical effluvium about the “political

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morality, “Cour- ageous stand, standing by the guns” and other similar virtues to which these two Summersidc re- presentatives are supposed to be addicted, will come with better grace after this information is given. Let us hear again from the Pioneer.

educating their constituents,”

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“Mr. Speaker Duffy conducted the proceedings with dignity and despatch. His decisions were never questioned on either side and they were absolutely fair and impartial," says the Patriot in a funeral or- ation over the officials in the recent legislature. If Mr. Speaker Ilufly were as dead physically as he is politically’ we would have let the eulogism pass as in the course of ordinary obituary notices. As it is how- ever we would remind the Patriot and Mr. Duffy that in at least one instance the public will take ex- ception, that is, when Mr. Speaker Duffy on the last day of the session put to the House an unconstitu-

tional and ilnpariizunentary motion moved by the

Premier, Mr. J. H. Bell. That motion was to the effect that a report regularly received by the legis- lature and read by the clerk of the House be not eli- iered on the. Journals of the House. Mr. J. D. Stew- art pointcd out that Mr. Bell's motion was without

precedent, that without it the Journals of the House‘

would not be a correct report of the proceedings of theslegislaturo. In the face of this Mr. Speaker Duffy put the otion and saw it carried by a one sided majority. Wi at least this exception Mr. Speaker Duffy's rulings were probably, as the Patriot says,

_“absolutel_v fair and impartial,” yet even this one

exception sadly mars the “absolute." at?

A tcw dayl, ago the Patriot ex- tracted n tow grahls o! cold coni-

llient luxury tax measure. li was il wlll¢o‘~the~wisp justification oi the Provincial tux curse, so it thought. But it knew better. Tile Federal Government wero elected by the people with n broad ulnnd-i ate to win the war whatever itl coat, and to provide the money for thllt purpose. Two billion dollars or over oi n debt was created. and] vast ﬁnancial responsibilities in-i curred ior pensions and gratuities‘ ~ml other expenses to be provided for. Thus the Government tol- iiuwed ilie proper constitutional; land only course open to theni to ‘tulﬂl the commands oi‘ the elector-

cy. swilmping the country with un avalanche oi‘ unneeded taxation.

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1 There is another big difference. lThe fedorul tax touches in its so‘ ‘verity the wealthy. The Bell coul- biliation's TAXATION ACT gets almost wholly after the workinf-I .miln. They boast of their graduall- ed income tax us a measure to levy/contribution on wealth. 'l‘here ‘are few men in their individual capacity with incomes so liirgc as lilo prove n lilllierlai factor in tax gcontribution lit the higher rules. lBut it docs hit all kinds oi‘ colli~ lpanies, principally‘ t‘ox concerns. {where millions oi‘ money belonging lto working men and people oi‘ mod- zeriive means is invested in the hardest way. Practically the whole ,provincial taxation falls upon lab- " r and industry. The federal tux,

instead oi‘ bearing heavily uponihc lpOOI‘ or those of modcrilic means. ‘will (end io reduce the cost oi lliving to the poor mun. Even now jcloilliers are milking their $50,ilntl in seine cases $60, suits down be- llow ilie $45 liiliit in order to ca» lcapc ‘these taxes, and the consulll~ ‘er is getting the beneﬁt.

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l» Sensational drops in wool and icotton prices are recorded in the ilargest world's lllarkels. The icll- lldcncy of lullnutiicturlers ilnd llcill- lers will be to produce those class- les oi‘ goods coming below the lux- ‘ury tilxution scale wiill ilie result lllal everything needed by the ‘tvorking mun will become l'lll‘il|l('l' lllllll] before. When it comes lo ac- tual luxuries, which tho rich call, easily ilfiord, let llilll pily ior his ‘pleasure. We can do without. (lili- llllollds and tiincy jewelry, and ‘those things which we did not use lat their iorillcr prices, will prove ‘no hardship to us evcn ii‘ doubled lin cost. The press throughout

eral zlpproval, only a lew hide», bound partlziln ililpcrs ot‘ the Pat-

Committee Plllfll Ml'.;riot’s stamp have even sought ior m“ Since You. hm“). mutimuup u) permirttetl tllelcrumbs of null-arm‘ to make Donn‘ the teachers. Ho llenoilnced .l’i'e.»

‘(Jill capital out of.

l Emigration to lilo coinilicsis he- Elng encouraged by the imperial ‘Government to the extent oi pay»

A Daily Selections i iluariiian Readers ; z

Iurnlohod by W. I. Lennon

SHINE

By GEORGE MATTHEW ADAMS

l A boy cunle into my oiiice today‘ illlll cilllcd (llll~—"slllﬂ0." Ailu l lsiliil—“Sl‘Rl£.“

Then I wutcllcd liim and liloiiglli of what n difference the shine ,miide to my shoes. i thought that ll ought nevcr to have them Willi- out n good shine. They looked so llnuch lllorc elilw-l-|'lil-»--io me.

l i rather look with good grace on ,tho niiln or woman whose SlllIPS

lire well sllllleil. ll sort ui‘ reflects Itheir quuliiy oi mind.

And surely the effect oi" ii good sllilll- on u |l(‘ll||ll_\‘ mind is quill- slilliulllting. And till-ll, ii sols one ‘to thinking. 'i‘ili- slltles looks hel- ier ilnll shows ils trorlh. lo till" greater ildvilnlilrc \\'ll('ll ii is well shined.

it's that Wll_\' with ll person. Willi il neal ll[>|lt‘iil‘ilI"l\".(!|,iltiil it lace Illa! is kept. covered with "shines" (slliill-s) llll‘l'l' is something most ,lnv|ting iind magnetic.

A brain wiill ll lrt-illi sllilie, also shows its WUflll.

, And, ns with ll shoe. yrlli nevi-r l - .

lull iealize the qlialiiy oi yonr mind until ll is well shined -u'iili knowledge ilnd l-xpericnce. and lots oi‘ work and play. l

Behind the mud and wear oi a lgood shoe are always wonderful shines!

l am thinking oi’ on emigrant boy who became ii great lawyer. And n [arm boy who bPPillIlU lllt: world's greatest merchant. You never know whlit kind oi‘ ii shine ill back of u shoe until you put pm. ish and elbow grease, in lllf‘ lest ‘there! 5-1. r’

ilmoro than horPrtlon of than)»

fort [ruin the Dominion Govern-'

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pie, and have gnni ' and are creating a fun fol‘ U, 0,000 to_ cn- able them to get the choicest of this immigration. It has been ask- ed, wllat is Eastern Canada doing towards getting llcr share? We ask, whut is our province doing or going to do in the matter? When the present Government was in 0p- position, there was abundant talk at’ all that was going to be done illong these lines. But what now? l

A red herring, it good and fut. is. sometimes vcry tasty. When y dry and salt-burned they are any ‘ thing but attractive. The pro-cloc- iion manifesto of Premier Bell. which the Pniriot lo now drliwinvi

grown musty for wilnt oi‘ use ilnd occupation. To commence willl, it had vcry little relation to locill lliiiiirs. At the Ottawa conference lion. Ml". Boill l . wils candid enough to admit that he liiid so lillle provincial ground to work upon that he liiid con siructed his illiltiorlli out oi‘ ted-

(‘Hll material. Consequently the f

_ Saturday. ,

(‘llr Ferry, l) nlinlon Agricultural} -

Ladies’ Golf Heather Hose 4i1 rib for $135-

Grant, Fedora Assistance to Ilc-i turned Soldiers, Standardization oi. the Railwaynnd Reduction of the.‘ liigil Cost oi‘ Living was the bur-f den oi‘ tllc song in tlliit celebrated lliuniicsto. ,

urday.

l ——~ l But it (llll venture slightly on lol czll llliltiers. it was illorc in tllcl negative than the positive SlFllllLl It is said that two negatives ilizlkil an llfiirinliiive. llow illilny oi‘ Mr.‘ Bell's negatives would be required! in make one has not been figured; olit. llut his ilollcy ,or pliliiorlli ne-i glllivtld l!‘v't‘l‘_\'lllllli-Z done by the Ar» scllllult (iovel-nllleut, ilnd every po-E c liey it announced, excepting thosit» features which they saw ill. to, sleiil. l'lziiik No. 2, ior iilsiantvc. said lliat lhe (Ionscrvutive (ioverlr lileilt "added lo llic cosl oi allllllill

only 230- pair.

- Saturday only.

B0y’s'ali wool golf hose siz'e91-

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ii-"traiiilil of llll‘ various (ieparl-i llienis oi the public service frolli iiighlll) lll $3o,ooo." Till" iiegiliiviv inference il‘lli!l lliis coilsiiiulezl a‘

positive promise to remedy ii» Then Plank No. 1 says those “Coll-l serviiiives liiid ileariy $200,170"! more revenue than ilie l.illi-rals."i Another llcll negative illal ilie re-' venue was illliplt- ill their t-siilllil

lion. in fart. iliere were neratlv» es enough in the iloculllclli lo‘ llillllll evelwlllinl: ililsiiivti, ii‘ wcf can cull l\ll_\‘llliilI»¥‘lIUSlliVtl iii the i whole composition.

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But iliore were also soinelposliiv- es. lie. wits going to payihc tough-l

onollliczll ilepilrlllii-nlill tidminlsiizl

g lion. llul it was il positive prolli- g

liiier Arscnuuli ior proposing lo illl~ [mgi- i. smooo tax for this pill-postn- ergo, he did not intend lo lax illcm ior this pllfliUllt‘. Another plank was in No. iii, l-e lllussel illllll. This was to be a great. boon to lhe iarlll- inir population. For this purpose‘ ho was going lo have a spur llnei oi‘ railway to llicllliloud Bay.

Yet l ¢

.-\ Fashion llllli for the.

not ll dollar has bUPll placed in illel sunliuel" girl. See Patons (‘iilllliilllJS towards lhe lliussl-l llllidi “at” and |;|0||39S_

industry, and ilic spur line to,

Iliclilliond lllly has vanished ili llic;

ulr. That manifesto also had IliIl+““¢‘v¢¢¢ ---¢¢.¢¢¢¢¢

use for the School Supply and}

there wits to be a wiping out illl this branch oi‘ the service. Ilui it,

¢+ooo+o+o is still in servicewitli it good host- ler in charge. Plyi‘. Shaw, llic,

Cillillllc wvcrnlllent Oll'il'l(.‘t‘i‘ ‘Wilii i

iliso in their opinion a useless zip-l: pendilgc, and would be (lll-lllvllstitlig

Thin column lo open (or tho dlncuulon by correspond» onto of quoltlonl of Inter out. The Charlottetown Guardian don not uncou- urlly endoru the Oplnlolll expressed by It: corros- pendant:

with and iilc Iil(!l‘lt‘._\' saved to illel province. The gcnlul professor iii

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still on the job, and no doubt will, continue to hold the fort, because; the combination can not dn with-L: out llilli. Then those l-lilillls \\'(‘I'(‘iP-OO-O-O-OOO-OO-OO'O-O-O-QQ-OQQ-§Q-QQ lo be presented and collected iroilil the Dominion (ioyernliienl, and lhisi "TEACHERS" was to run ilie COUIllY)’ witllolll llny need oi‘ TAXATION. We have, quoted soille now fl-olli that lulu-l ____ ous, or rather infamous iliailileslol \\'c llll\_\' llilve (iecasinn i0 reiel‘ lo. Sin-l" Yilill’ ls-‘llﬂ 0i llli‘ 17 ill-sl- ll zigilin. ii‘ we can find anything in qrﬁfiillzglrlii,"ihflqiﬁlfluwillﬁﬂl’; it worth collllllenlini: on. in one. 0 '_‘ ‘ _“_ p ' respect ii sis positive, and that iiilltiilsygntllgzflig): gQ-ghwgﬁllg ‘than; ill its direct divergence lo ilielwould rather say by one without lvlioli- |)|'(|_'_'_i','|n] m,- i-m-pimi (my by ‘dilly lIIlPllPCl, for no one, other than mo. m." mzgrogmlon_ ‘llll lgiioramus, would pen such an 'illl“llt'tllt‘.uglll‘ stpyséb“ KlliJIVUHi-jltnti tto e o co s cc ug lemu- ‘er (the teachers’ salaries) to a lfnorough iuvesilgltion zllid the lilrsui: of lily (‘fllltfrgllilllllllti has been iat n ollr or cilrzllico with the lioacllrirli of our province we have llllmll‘ nourishing vipers irr our ‘res- ,ptlcilvi.- bosoiliiz‘ What a deduction

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ﬁ iio arrive at! 'l‘ru'-/ llll‘ liosolll oi‘

/ Al ltho writer is a tl-t place ior the

// L L S ,ll(llll'l>‘|lﬂl('lll oi vipers.

i / l ‘File statistical part oi ills effu-

UQ l —' illUII in wortlly tho man and l would lrecommcnd that 'Premicr Bell em-

lploy him in the Agricultural ile- purtnlcnt for there is llecd oi’ u good statistician till-re. l Our treatment by lir- Govern- lliielii in the lliritlel" oi‘ taxes ile- lcording to this scribe is ill itself .'olllething to he thankful ior. Oil ye gods!

Again he says: “We ndlilii tlhcm

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— l \ \\\\\\*D,s,tl/ s- K I o N EY ,1’, ca‘ MU FlQﬁllEt/‘M/ii-i 5 ‘l! Tlmlll r Dig has? “Pa.

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illio llic heat oi’ our society almost on all equal footing!" Sad indeed would he the day when ally teacher would be obliged to associate with Mr. Writer or ilie likes o! liim.

T-iiauking you for your space

l om sincerely TEAICHER. East Kings.

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Tllal Bridge al liullera’

Sir,——ln reply lo. Mr. Ed Welilhhi letter oi‘ _tlie 15th, l have leurnctl lroln its contents thut- he is com~ plalniniz oi‘ some unknown writer accusing him oi‘ doing too much, when he built that ioy bridge ilcross Fisher's sirciinl. ill-l loo bud lo hello any man. I liopc Ml‘. Welsh will not take the matter too i-lerlousLv iind tllkc leakage oi‘ ilie heart. Mr. Welsh must lliivc llliiiun- doriltootl llic wriicr. lie only nc- cused him oi‘ not knowing how to build a bridge.

l um Sir, etc. FARMER

_—-'-aoo~ NOX A GOLD TABLET.

A Info um a em! cure tnr uni-rip q, Fnughc. Co do, Holduch?‘ Ntlllflll! l.

A presentation of unusual values in stockings that will bring increased saving to you and yours. »

Most wonderful values offered in this city in well cut, good fitting hose, in. which quality is not sacrificed for price.

Buster Brown Sisters Stockings a few odd sizes in Sky, Blue and’ Pink. Friday and Saturday 450- only. ‘

l A good line of children's mercerised cotton stockings in Black, Dark Tan and White 650- Friday and Saturday.

Children’s Soxs for warm weather in Heather Mixture and striped also plain Black. Sizes 5 to 7 1-8. Prices 331v to W1‘- Friday and Saturday. l

Boys’ Cotton Stockings all sizes 55¢" ""11 65¢" Friday and

2 and at $1.75 and $2.25

Friday and Sat-

Plain Cashmere Hose in L0vat’s Shades till-W for $51-25 Friday and Saturday only. ~-

18 Doz. Ladies’ Black Cotton Hose Friday and Saturday

Black Italian Silk Hose size 8 1-2, 9, 9 1-2 at 50¢ pair. Ladies’ Black Cotton Hose v white soles 75<'-- Friday and‘

Ladies Lisle Hose in White, Black, Brown, Swede, all sizes at 60". 85c. $1.00. $11 5- Friday and Saturday. ~

Ladies Silk Hose in Chestnut Brown. Navy, Black and Grey. A good purchase at $2.00. All sizes. Friday and Saturday only.

~ Elaver Good News For You.

lar of brushed wool

“Shimmy Pilliovers,”

shades of copenhagen

HAT AND BLOFSPIS fol. the aumniei- troul-lseilux ill Patons Ltd.

Bright Colored Sweaters in Soft Woolfor Summer Wear

A slip-over in pretty waistline effect

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with smart cord‘ at belt, and square neck ' is just the needed thing. You might pre-

fer one of the fancy weave with sailor c0]-

or one of the new

so becoming to the

younger giitls. The colors are very pretty

blueinile green, l

rose, light alld dark, American beauty red, mauve, purple, yel-

low, browns and combinations. Patons have awondcrful sho\v-

in from $5.25, $0.75, $1.50 iissosu p, piano. ~ f5 P

::v#¢§‘**¢ c“ :“‘¢¢$‘¢¢.v oo+ooo+oo+uo~ rrooooao-oo-o-ooo-ooooo-ooo»

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that matter of Insurance anotherday. If W“ cannot attend to it personally, ’phone us.

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‘tell when one will occur.

‘l Remember while it may have been your 8°°d fortune to never have had a fire

you can never

‘Tis better to be sure than sorry—b‘etter to have‘ the protectiomof a high grade contract than to

take your own risk,

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61 Queen St. The Oldest Insurance

Flu n mild laxative. rook: lp n wnlvl In n low hours. Got thn {enu- no, Lt nil drug ntnran. I51: per on.

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We are now showing the highs at grades made in Canada o! men‘ s and woman's boots and m” priced by us tar below what tho sn mo, goods are sold [or in the swell cat stores in the infill‘ “m”

Men's Astoria, Footrito and llr andnn in Calf, Kid or KIIHRRIOO arc the host values how" new‘ We have the prettiest ling lnost graceful pumps and Oxfords procu ralilo in Canada and til"?

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