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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 1921

out) TO KNOW rr

Yesterdafs Patriot reverts to its previous day's editorial on the Lib- eral tariff policy and presses surprise that The Guardian should advocate a "high protection policy." As neither The Guardian nor the Liberal Conservative part3‘

mildly ex-

has ever advocated "a high protec- tion policy" the- Patrititis stirprise We wish. however. to congratulate the Pat- riot the tat-ill‘ issue in its edition oi’ Monday the Jtit-h, we can learn. the only Liberal news-

is beside the mark.

on its tlfleqlllYl/tfll stand on

It is. so fat" as paper in Canada that has rionc so. The Liberals of Quebec have one policy. those of the west another and .\Ir .\Itlt‘Kt'llZit‘ King iiolds to the policy" of thc sci tioti III t-uuttviy itt which lie is expressing his "ropin- ion" The i.n‘.\< tiuestion now rc-

mainitig to lie settled is whether

the Prince Etiwaril Island candi- dates, if elected. are going to form a group (if their own. individually‘ or collectively. Ant way the Patriot- has our thanks for letting us know whore they stand. We sit-all now‘ know how in deal with thcrti when

the campaign really opens.

ia-ii -FIELDING FORGETS

Under the caption "Fit-tiling For- gets," the liltintreal Ilhll} "Star tlltls deals with tne hollovw preti-nces of certain Liberals that the Fiirdncy" Tariff bill is the result oi tilt: teat of the Reciprocity pact; "Mr. Liberal campaign meeting in West the

d9

Fielding in addresssing a

Toronto last night. employed following language:

The tiers-at of reciprocity was the

ICZAIIIMIQ as it ls today. No notice would have been required. .\'o period of readjustment could have be?“ demanded. The blow could have fallen over-night with the sudden-

ness ‘of the existing emergency tariff. Mr. Fielding had not erect- ed the sllghest defence against this always possible disaster.

"Why then does he think that. if (‘anada had been crazy enough to swallow his nnstrum-yvhich even st) friendly and gentle a soul as the then President Taft said Mould make Canada "an adjunct of‘ the United States"~the American ("on~ grcss would have refrained from stuiting us with the Portlney tariff? It could only; have been on one ground; and that is that the "pTB- partitions IO annex Canzulit"—vide. dpt-ttkct‘ (‘hump (‘lark—-were pro- gressing so beautifully that it would be a shame to interrupt tbeili- _

It certainly could not be on the ground that the Fnitcil States wanted our free cattle and our free ivheat so tnucli for purely material reasons that they ‘would never dream of denying themselves the advantage of getting them. For they were enjoying precisclt" these advantages nt tree cattlc and free wheat from (‘anada when this new tepublican (‘ongress rushed through its emergency tariff cutting them off. Then had. in a word, tnany of Fielding and they threw them aw'a_v without a quaint.

"But if they had managed to get their grip on the prospective POLI- TICAL advantages-the advantages that

imperceptible

the material benefits of ieciprocity;

that would have menaced

"light and almost tie" which binds us to the Mother

Country tTaft)—thi>n there might

greatest crime ever VUIIIIIIIIIUII against the country. The citttlc growers did IIIII sat-cm It,‘ ri-ttliz»

what reciprocity meant until rc- cently. when the I-‘orilnvy bill W115 ‘passed by, the United SIZIIPS (fon- ln ‘reciprocity, cattlc were When Picttiicr

States

gress. on the free list. Melghcn the Ijnitctl has raised a tiarricr against (‘an- adian products‘ hc is wrong. .\Ir. Melghen and his party raised this barrier when they ticfeated recipro- city.

"Mr. Fielding has apparently for- gotten the terms of the pact which be put his name and which so aroused the patriotism of the Canadian people that they hurled

SIIYS

t0

hltii from office. lIe uniloubtedlv left the impression last evening’ on such of his auditors as shared his lack oflmemory that there was something in his reciprocity pro- posal <l911 which would have. prevented the adoption of the Ford- ney tariff. I ‘" “Of course, there was nothing of

of

the sort. That was precisely one of the dcaliest dangers of the pro- posed bargain. There was to be no treaty-not a line. not a syllable, not a signature. There was merely an exchange of letters. Indeed , the letter sent to the American Gov- by the thcn (Yanndlan Government made It very explicit that there was to be no treaty. We quote:

"It that the desired changes shall not take the formal shape of a treaty but that tit‘ Gov- ernments of the two countrta» will use their utmost. efforts to bring about silt-h changes liy concurrent ‘legislation, Washington and Ottawa . . . . . ..IT IiS DIlSTIiNCTLY IliNDER-STOOD THAT WE D0 NOT ATTEMPT TO BIND FOR THE FUTURE THE ACTION 0F THE UNITED STATES CONGRESS or the Parliament of Canada, BUT THAT EACH OF‘ THESE AU- THORITIES ISIIIALL BE ABSO- LUTELY FREE T0 MAKE ANY CHIAINGE OF TAHIIPP POLICY or of aim other mutter covered by the present arrangement that may be deemed expedient."

f1lhua who Amlerlcitn Congress

{would antler this arrangement have fboen quite an free to adopt a Ford- Importa from

ornment

Ia agreed

3t

1 \

We could then possibly littvo kept tho Mr. I-‘icltiing thinks so much, by sclling

have been a difforbnt story.

which

American market," o1‘

our soul for it~as Kipling so sol~

l

emnly warned us not to do." ATTENTION PUBLIC WORKS

The bridge or causeway adjacent to the Charlottetown Waterworks.

the dangerous condition oi‘ which rc suited last summer In a serious

ticcident. ls still the man trap l! was then and nothing has been done t_o avert the danger to the traveIllnE public. This danger has been fre- quently pointed out but the Dcparl~ nieni oi Public Works is still busy c»; which is llquitlatetl by a fort)‘ per cent federal

with the “projects” cost of

i grant and sixty pcr- \Vll_v not

lcxpcnil a littlelmoney In repairing

cent I)OI‘I'O\VEII tnoney. roads and Iirldgeit that are positi-

vely dangerous even though it

should mean a little expenditure

from the increased taxes’! ‘—i‘"i- THE REAL ISSUE

“Balancing nnemgroup against another and merits against short- comings we have no hesitation in

saying that the destinies of this Dominion for the next few years

will he safer In the hands oi’ Mr. Melgheny; that its permanent in- terests will be better served by ‘aim than by either of his rivals. Thai is the issue into which the election resolves itself: whether the affairs of Canada are to be administered hy Mr. Meighen in accordance with a safe and stable programme; nr by a (‘rerar-MaoKenzie King com-. blnation. which can only result _ln class warfare, economic stagnation and general political chaos. Shuffle the cards as one will. no other al- tternaitivfz, rPmaInaP-The Quebec Chronicle.

EDITORIAL NOTES

Mr. Mackenzie King promise! economy and lower taxation if he

and his party are returned to power. Premier Bell. when seek- ng election. made r-xantlv the same promise and Prince Edward Island anmers knotw to their cost what happened. Liberal prornincs have long becn like the poverliial pie- crust-inade to be broken.

n. Idiot Ill - ulllalnl.

bad I y

‘tloua lover of his cottntryx. At the u” Yo“ lmneslll’ “em to m“ u‘ be

Current Comment

Instances of variation are na‘ merous with certain kinds of ani- tuuls and politicians. The fox o!

table it will be remembered lllfldc quite a number of attempts Lu reach the grapes and failed. He then rt turned to his lair with the sorruwitig reflection, "grapes are sour, and aint fit food for foxes anyway." One noted vaudeville politician. fatnlliarly passing in the name of Hon. Mackenzie King observed a bunch of his old time political bed-fellotvs gathered to gether in a kind ot- ltostlle ficld. calling thcmselvt-s variably United I-‘artncrs, Grain Growers, Agra tlans, Progressives, just according to the character oi the place they were posing for votes. And .\it" King saw, or thought he saw an affinity in these in which he couul make them ‘the cats paws to pull his chestnuts out of the tire. Titer-e was this cohesion of thought strong with both of them, at leitst. that they both I_t_\_"_ati'.ed to oust the Mciglien Govcrnmcni, KS1) BOTH WERE IIANKEIKING AFTER THE I<J.\IOI.I'.\IEN'I‘S OF OI-‘I-‘ICE. .-\n-i with this tittraction as his trump card. he lieltl out. so his own press has told us. the "tilive brattch“ anti pitcously plcadeil with them to collie into an tilliance against tho o Melghcti people who won‘! get out to plr-ttse us, AND lI-‘ YOI‘ DON'T JOIN \\'lTII (‘S THEY i‘.»\.\"T Btu‘ I'I'T UI"I'. The Gratin UI'(J\\'t'I'S Party Ufllllllillltiifld)’ turned himl down, ‘and in language which could titt he tiiisittiilcrstooil, lIlllIIliIIPfI that they would tiiii be willing to

for Exhibition. The

spend thtir dying ilays in such tiuestiottablo cutupatiy. Thing-S for And so like the other fox. lii"

lteynarti King became philosophi cal. The political grapes in this care wire exceedingly scuij 'l‘lit-y were not only unfit for Liberal fox es to eat, but there .\":ts an lllllt".‘~ cm poison within that makes thcm totally unfit for any other kind of‘ political animal's digestion. He has become a convert to the phi‘ lOSOplIy that group government is. unfit for any nation or country or people. H2 stiys: “if we are to avoid a repetition of the cvlls iif indecision and compromise to whichvccalitions give rise; "neces- sary reforms" must be brought about by "a strong and united par~ t_\" which will FAVOR THE SPE- CIAL INTERESTS OF NONE but be Iiroadly" representative of the fundaitit-tittil rights and cotiimon lntcrests of all." The refusal of? the Grain Growers party to enter into ‘any coalition with Hon. Mr. King and his trnupn Iias at least

iimp0rtant— t

l

EVERYTHING

COME! to Patons.

‘tnade of the newest

lot this much light into his soul. and infused at lcast this tnodi- tum 0t‘ common scnsi- into his tmtlcrstandltig. But it would have

been vastly tliffciient It‘ the Farin- cri-t hail grasped thc “tilivt- branch" which ho held out to them. In that case he would with tiniicstrtiln-l‘ ed eloquence have found language and argument to glowingLv des- cribc the beauties of group and dass government. r

Dr. Michael Clarke, of Ited Deer Alberta. seems to be slightly tui"r- ctl with the same stick, with the oniforting difference that he was, horn in England, is an Imperiall.~;t|

in this sympathies. and itltliotiiglt ‘

THE ‘CHARLOTTETOWNGUARDIAN * ~

Hit Exit

And s0 we are ready to serve our people

to bottom, is an exposition 0f ‘bhe New

The MILLINERY that is so

The new Dresses and Suits-

The latest P‘all Wraps-

Thenew Bl0uses—

The new Necktvear and Veils~

The new Gloves and Handkerchiefs-- The new Stockings—

The new Lingerie and Corsets-

And AT ITS BEST RIGHT NOW.

Exquisite dresses and gowns are res- plendent with rlcih ornamentation. Tailored suits in delightful pointed and scalloped effects for day and evening WGdl‘;—-—-2llI

tcrials, at wholesale.

Smart simple costumes for tiaytime occasions. Frocks of butterfly gayety for “he evening occasions. Hats, wraps, suits, furs-all give indication of the good taste wthicli guides the selection of, youthful fashions here. Yet no detail is lacking" to meet youths demands for all that is new and different. Special Showing at wholesale Price during this week, Patonis.

s Bid.

linery, furs etc.

whole store, from top

is rea dy-

and most wanted ma- Patons Ltd.

EXHIBITION VISITORS CORDIALLY INVITEI) TO MAKE PATONS STORE THEIR

HEADQUARTERS

Plan to meet your friends here. Out" prices will bear any comparison you make and our clerks are courteous ' and pleased to see you.

M ICNN SJIA RT 'I'()I‘ (‘OAT and-HI‘ ITS

At less 'I‘"han wholesale Price for Exhibition

Week. Patoiis, Ltd.

Men's Heavy Winter Overcoats. Regular $30.- 00. value $14.95.

"Others at $18.00, $20.- 00, $22.00.

Men's Tweed Stilts $10." 00, $15.00, $18.00, $20.00, $25.00. - ~

$40 to $50, suit value $251.00.

tainted with the Western Mr. Crerar make moat interesting free trade notions he is nevcrtho- rvitllini; In one he says: "It is in less a “m, patriot and a conscmp cumbent on me to meet at once.

furmaflon of the parmengm. Gram unconscious tit‘ iwhat IS REALLY Growers Party, he was in a sense A GREAT NATIONAL P53171- ,, Charter member, an,‘ was for“ If that class "SYSIGIII of government in“, m mo“. coumim Bu, he to which Dr. (‘larko takes stich was not “mg m learning the n” forcible exception, appears to ghim» ward charitcter of the movement wolf’ one of ‘he prlme nmvers’ and ltiintctliately on the fighting

saw groutid, as a "great national peril," his how must it appear to us not in- fluenced by their special Inter

tnd it did not take long for motives as he most plainly them, to become repulsive to

patriotic ‘Instincts as well as to U H, his common sense. Ills letters trt‘ "In"

their

OOQ-OQO

Daily Selections for Guardian Readers-

Furnllhod by W. B, Leann.

Dr. Clarke further emphasis the ‘viclousness of the economic In forests behind the Western Group "Most. obviously." he says, “ tlir group Is In politics I'ot" the express purpose 0F‘ PRI-ISSING ITS OWN ECONOMIC INTERESTS." It t: Just what the Guardian has been contending all along. The Grnln h‘ “m1 m? thin“ you do’ dmr‘ ‘Growers, have under the guise of It's H“, mlng you leav‘, “ndnno a Farmers movement been labor That gives you a bit or heartache in; to get a hold on the itiacliinery’ \"Y lllP Sfittiltz 0f tlié Stin- of government, "to press their m“ “mm” WM‘, ‘nrgomwlt own economic interests," and

THE THINGS YOU LEAVE UNDONE

The letter you did not write. w The IICWIZT-‘I you did not send. dear. l“ m“ r95‘ “r Cimada P"? ‘hi’ Pl" tire yottr haunting ghosts tonight. tier. To their contention that

h _ ‘ r the Grain Growers tariff and ns S“: Z;":°b¥g:1hp';',‘qgll:1;§v" ma" cal policy will enhance tho prlca The M, or a hennsomgcounsp, of farm products he Rives nu You wcre hurried too much to say; emphm“: dgnml In m" Alba" The loving touch of the hand, dear. m elecuu“ ‘ha Says: "F“'"“"s

Th‘. Kant“, w|nn|ng tone’ lwcre. canvassed by fat-titers on the Which you had nn time. or thought, BPDPBBB Erfltlrld that "the return of lthe Farmers‘ Government would result In the increase of the price of farm produce. It is very ridi- culous of course, and ment WILL BE SWIFT AND CER TAIN, but it is necessary to show the workings of the "economic in- ‘terest" idcn. When a mzin of Dr. Clarke's iwltle range of thought

for, Willi troubles enough of your own. t l I<‘nr lIl'e is all too short, ticar, And sorrow ls all too great To stiffer our slow compassion Tlint Inrries iintll too latc; And It Isn't the thing you do, dear. It's the thing you lcnvo itntlone Which glvcit you n Itll of heart- echo

nnd lengthy experience In public life, and dealing with facts right a-t his own door, thus sizes up the

At the setting of tho sun.

Margaret Sangster.

(IIRIIIUSIOILI

I Others:

V O o

There's a CaIch In If.

(Winnipeg Frctt Press)

New York has H'DUI)IIC official who is still at work at the age of 92. Ile is feeling real smart and cxpecisto llvu a few ytears ntore, and it; remain it uzieftil citizen. He says that the way to live long n to do In IIIOtIPFIIIIOII any reasonable thing that one wants to do.

This is very eticouragitig. Must of us aunt to live in be ittl if wt: can be fit to hnld a job rtt that ag-y In Incl tnost of us are itnxiuuc to

live to be 92, Job or no job. The New York man's statement has cleared the way for us.

But. of ccurse, there is a catch in it. He says any "reasonalilc" thing, and lie says to do it in "Illtr rleration." IVhen we fintl out what a reasonable thing ls and what moderation is we shall be all sci to beat. the undertaker.

THE ARCH.

(Victoria Colonist)

'I"iu iledirntloii of the pPam- tiiw-li which has been erected onthe ii.- te-ruatlonal boundary near Blame. is an event which is, rightly, ai~ triicting interest all over the cou-

‘tinent. It is the expression, ln the form of a memorial, of titt- thankfitltiesi; of tho British rul

't€1__..

proposed prostitution of tlic ma cblnery and purposes of govern mtnt, how can we, with tllffcrcnt Interests nt stake, anti truly

tlves ?

I

na- tional ideals lit-fore us, iall to 0b serve and oppose auch sordid mo-

, Iiiiion of Superb Hutumn and Fall (foods

Our showing" will give you an authentic knowledge of WHAT IS WHAT in all ready to wear garments, mil-

1f a‘ vast

on at wlitilcsalt- pricc.

new upstuiitliiig"

been waiting to buy.

I

- ‘SEPTEMBERYS, i921

assortment of httutlsoiiic styles 0f dresses, suits and Coats for stylish dressers, at a very nlotlctst price will flitritrt tliscrimlnaiittg" IIII_\PI‘H. Iitrgrt- HIIPINIIIIIPI‘ at this @);'hil)i1,_ 5,119 now

tic pi-ctlici a ‘tvrt

xillllllis‘, liitl.

Furs of more practical type are lash" Ioiied into coats of‘ the tlc.=.ii'c:l lengths, Neckpicctas iii-c iii niupjli- rklll sczirfs or the chtiltcini, smart, at whole-attic ljl'll,'t_'.', Futons, Ltd.

uiictitiinltinly

The Good Old Kinds You've Wanted‘ "So Imig, in Ready to Wear and Dry (itiotls, at Patons. '

The IIQWSCII this page tells just how much it means on gtiods that yotiitiiay have

The Artful Sit|i|iIit-it_y' ui‘ 'I‘l|c.-i- NEW FROFKS FOR SCHOOL t-iIItLH (Iivcs 'I'ltcm latttstittl (‘harm -—I‘:tioll.~i.

Ii \"cl'_vlitlt|_\" Is St cpping"

Into .‘\'cw Appztrcl

What a joytotts time it is. How one loves to lay aside the used thing's and wcai- sometbing Sl.l'pl‘8tlli6l_\’, tielig"‘litfuiltv new.

And now our store is filled wiUh the hnndlsomest apparel "obtainable. It is wait- ing for your inspection. Come.

All our Ready to Wear for Exhibition goes Wholesale, Patons Ltd.

Batons lltd.

American peoplxs’ th_a't peace _P\'(\]‘Th(\l(l§< Uffjf- » —~i—--—— ——- -e ---__ " ~ 'gibllit\ v iht- - ‘w ... .*—,"—’ , shmlm ha“! prevailed bolwcm . ii tiol of c. tribal itttcs. scttirctl h)

thciii for so lotig. It,~i historical llllltflflillltt‘ as a l'f‘l‘t‘lll(lIl_\' 0t’ top . ca! intcrcst is liclglitcncd by ih-t fact that it should conic so clnsi ~' bcftirc tlic intcrntitionitl coiifcr- trrlc oh a reduction of itrniamit-iiis which IS to be licltl ai Washinguin Iti the lltittl‘ future. Its signiflcame is further int-reascil by the gun,- ratlcsltip in arms lircd Iiettvcen lite two nations on the bnttleilcltis of I-‘ratiue and In the ttiiizts of tlic North St-a.

The Veto Against fie Mayflower.

[IIOH on Traitscrlpt)

ll is utifurttmtilc, in morc \\':t‘.‘$‘ than (no, that any qtti-siititi should have tirlseii with rcspcci to Iii" cligiliililt of the Iloston’ schooner. .\I;i_\ilii.\'cr, PIIIPTPLI to rcprcscni tlit- lluuct! ‘States in the tnternii-l tlonal races ior the North Atlan- 'I" fi~I~~i"-rien's iroplrv. 'l"hc 1M»

against the entry of the hiayilotvei-

will lit- a ltccn disappointment to tlic rri-tv Pd riwncrs of Illi \'e.\ sin, pnd iurir friends and w-‘ll \\'I~IIPI‘."». I‘ furthcrntorc nr-uztiis

the Iltiitvtl StattPs frtitn being ro- pTPSPIIlt-‘tl by a boat illlllllllPtll)’

fast, one whnsc chances of inking ‘he tiii~:..=i.rt- f rny vestucl in Ill!" ltiiiiricaii :'tt'| (‘anadian ilsirtnt limits sol-uteri cxccctlingly bright. llut thc ii-ictcnii of tlic fishcrmtws llufl _v l-iw itctctl tii-Itlic" 't|'II ra- rily nor bllndl_v_ Tllv)‘ liavc trlcil tn ccnfortn in the spirit IIINIFRK)’ rig the trrms of the trophy‘ donation, and l". t dt-bnrrctl thc Maytiiivcrl I)"(l|l|'~'(‘ nvny seafaring incn limo clalmttl sh» was primarily a .'tf'llll )’ZII‘III. nnd only snctmilarily a ‘Iss3 t rmnn. flihcr seafaring might trhallcngc the ground: tipozi

which ilt'~:c ctiticlattit; were male.

.\itt_vt'ltit\"tii- stands tindci" tirc, thc truslccs of ilti- trophy wIst-Iy rt-icctctl ll(‘t‘ as the .\-:.c:" t-ziii cntruitt.

.-\mci"icaus have always thctiisclvcs upon llll‘ll' good fiptlrls tiiansliip. and our IISIIPFHHIX] rtbitle by the decision o1‘ thc trus-

Pltil Ilic Six Nations iii 18H. by treaty “H” 5lfllll‘tl.ll_\‘ Sir Fri-tlcrick IIaldIm- l- and, (lll behalf of tho British I\'lll:-:.

.-\ new law in (‘auada would, lit"

ltridcil sitid. couiiul the Indians to bccouii-

citizens and ltllt‘_\' the common law

will iii all rcsltccts.

Thc chic!‘ also seeks to have thr-

tB-"a as true R]l0l'I..~'lIl1‘II. 'l‘hc .\Ia_\'- Uuitt-il Stun-s ("iovcriimciit respect

flower is itot to bcar

Eslrirantti, and thc task IIIIIIINIIIII". ly in hand is to find a worthy .\llt'~ ccssor to that schooner. Stircly the flshcrtucu of (llouceatcr, whose scamziiisltip is known \Vh[\|‘pyp|'