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psznzvnvc ITS-LEADER local contemporary complains (ugder four-column ‘type heodifll). thQt the Bennett Government’: con-

" trounce a: swmo to m. Borden cogcretc highway and half the cost ._‘ upgw $11,000 of the Charlottetown- 51 aoqleh asphalt highway, still leaves

unlfnplementcd the full obligations ‘ ' the Government assumed. . fact that other obligations

-‘ ffisocial and economic relief, re- ‘ a in:

the expenditure of millions

. offlwDominion revenue, have been

voluntarily assumed by the Govern- mfiit since the last Dominion elec-

-,' fiifi, is of course ignored.

'But taking the situation on our

‘ cofitcmpcrarys own showing, where lsfthe argument against havlnfl elf y roped the Bennett Government to

poTwer? Mr. Mackenzie Kings de- clared policy in the House of Com- mms, just before going out of of- giqp, was that any contribution h!

' Dominion l0! hilhtfii] PIIIPWC!

toithe provinces constituted "s Lhor- olflhly vicious principle.” lie Hid

1 evil-y member of his Government

acbordlngly voted against continu- mg the National Highway policy which the administ .4.“- hfl inaugurated.

for unemployment relief, his wgy was “not a. five cent piece to my Tory Government." (Hansard,

ll 3, 1930.) A ry cent of Dominion revenue

y which the Province has received for

hfihway and unemployment pur- pfies under the Bennett administra-

tih, has been given against the de-

pcucy of the Federal Llbtral louder when he was in office. itvcry time our contemporary crit- lcties the Bennett highway and un- gliployment programme, tt invites this comparison with the do- ndythlng, ‘dog-ln-the-manger attitude 9g)“; own party leader. As a British Lgbor member once remarked of m, Lloyd George's political PTECIFSI “fie higher the monkey goes, the wvgrac he shows his tail!”

MORE 0F KING'S R. 0. P.

Nothing has more clearly shown gm ‘m.- uv of Mr. Vi‘ ‘ ‘ King's attitude towards social re- form than his attack on the unem-

loyment insurance legislation. in-

rgduced, recently in Parliament by Premhr Bennett. Mr. King, at the ppening of the session, professed to be in accord with this and other reform meaeu es outlined in the {Throne Speech. He even boast- gd that they were his own policies orat least his ‘own ideas as ex- pissed a. a book on Industry and Humanity which he had written twenty years ago. Yet as soon as Lhb unemployment insurance bill avg; introduced, he beflfln hi5 5t‘ lack. Re has now declared 0W1’! max-fare on the measure, basins hi5 opposition On constitutional g. ds.

What seems to have aroused Mr. “my; umbahge was the criticism of the former Liberal Government voiced by Premier Bennett. The Prime Minister pointed out that the pofintry would have been much bet- ter off today if such a plan had as. put into operation during the iberal regime. There would have ' ample reserves built up dur- the period of prosperity be‘ 1921 and ivao, which would have considerably lightened the burden faced by the country today.

‘The Liberal leader advanced two allbis for his failure to put unem- plgyment insurance into effect. First {no complained that his government mover had sulcient funds to em- oqg on such a prevails-thin wt- WQUNMughlsncquontaaael-vatlon up; his years of luimhaistratlon W85; the most prosperous in history. gammy, he argued that titre was u hostile Benet». which would have 'tbrownoutsuohlcl'lslaticntfthb Lind government had succeeded fngettingitpassedinthelfouseof 0W8. 14t us compare these aims with

happened undar Mr.

my’: sflurhfstration. on m». ac. ago, the naavvra of tbs leading cit- 'fqofwcstsrnflanull.unabls to “ the rmemvlflvmnnt situation ‘bearing the incarnation of the . ' Provinces personally. wait-

ca the Kin! Government to uric

has so responsibility to the anam- 'ptoyll. "Eventually." he Md. w-

‘il tittfdlllg to I (Xtlldllll PNII rfllifli

or the meeting, "Canada will have “system of uncmployaunt insur- _ cc."‘And. then-sport continues:

opamploymeut relief. lfr. ling l ti. delegation that lab Government

" be acid. Pwartbasalypor- W! to laalwtfl the or.

SATURDAY, FYUAIIY 1C. 1885.

On the following day. in the House of Commons, tha Libcml Pre- mier was asked by Mr. Woodsworth if he was prepared, in view of what he had stated to the we wic- gation, to call s special conference to consid the question of unem- ployment insurance. Mr. King refused. 11s said that unemployment insurance was nec- J‘, s. nutter with which pro- vincial governments rather ~than the Federal Government would have to deal. If the provinces made a move and the Federal Government could co-operate, he would be glad “upon invitation to take the matter into consideration." ' Even after Hon. Mr. I-leenan, Lib- eral Minister of Labour, at a meet- ing in Inndon, Ontario, on March 14, 1930. had definitely pledged the King Government to a scheme of unemployment insurance, Mr. King refused to budge. "Eventually," he said, "Canada will have unemploy- ment insurance. I think that a per- fectly sound prediction. but it is a vcry different thing from saying that I was committing the govern- ment and parliament to a system of social or employment insurance." And when. on April I, a vote was‘ taken on the resolution calling up- on the Government to take "im- mediate action to deal with the question of unemployment," Mr. King and his colleagues (including the Minhter of Labour) votcl against it. and “ _, against "any relief. Every Conservative member voted for the resolution calling for immediate relief." Them are the facts u recorded in Hansard. They do not coincide with the alibls which the Liberal leader now offers, but they show his real attitude towards social and economic reform.

FARMERS’ WEEK

Next week will see a conflux of our farmers from all parts of the Province to Charlottetown. starting on Tuesday afiemoon, the armual meetings of the various agricultural organizations will be held in Queen Sruare School hall, the first of such being those of the Central Farmers‘ institute. The Tuesday night session will be open to the public, and an addreu on horse production will be given by Dr. J’. A. Sinclair, of Canningtma, Ontario. On Wednesday the annual meetings of the sheep Breeders As- sociation and the Dairymen‘s As- sociation will be held, thc chief ad- dress at the evening session being on production costs by Mr. A. H. Cutten, Truro, Thursday morning and afternoon will be taken up with the Clo-operative Egg and Poultry Association meeting, and the even- ing with the annual meeting of the Swine Growers Association. On Fri- day afternoon there will be a meeting of horse breeders for organ- ization bummer, when an address will be delivered by Dr. J. A. Sin- clair. During the week, starting on Monday, the annual show of the Poultry Association will be held at the Lyceum hall, Prince Street. Through the efforts of Hon. Thomas MacNutt. Minister of Agri- culture, in co-operation with Mr. W. Chester S. McLure, M.P., s. special passenger rate has been obtained for farmers attending the agricultural meetings next week, and it is hoped that full advuntam of this reduction will be taken. Of the importance of the meetings to our farmers and the Province gen- erally there can be no question. The deingctes may be assured of a cordial welcome to f‘ lottetown. and of spending a pleasant, as well as profitable, fcw_days in our midst.

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AIDING THE FARMERS

A few ‘up ago the Minister or Finance, Hon. l; N. Rhodes, made his first attempt to introduce the amendments to the Canadian Farm Loan Act which will increase the credit facilities of the Dom- inion Farm loan Board ‘to $0,000,000 and abolish provincial boards. Such a flood of commanda- tioucamcfromsllsidcs of the House that it was practically act-ho ylimof the second daybdiacuuicnof the amendments before the sla- ance Minister found an opportunity to place the amendments officially before the members. .

Corning on top of amendments to strengthen the Farmers creditors Arrangement Act and Priulo blin- istcr Burnett's undertaking to ll-

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'i‘hc present social reforms, on which lli parties are agreed, are o. consequence of the permeating of Christian doctrines.

m whom- of Railways (Dr. 11mm) his given notice of a motion which will result in saving 3.000.000 pu- aunum by the ocu- "Illfln 0! 1118b interest railway bold! into 3 1-2 Der cent or less.

According to Pilot Bhobe the eas- iest Hid moat delightful pltt of the air journey between here and Bos- ton is that between Charlottetown and saint John. After that the flying conditions are dilllcult.

The Msclllllan Government la al- ways ahead cf time in attending to Island interests, as the Board of ‘rrade realized when tlmy ventured to suggest a preferential list for the proposed reciprocity agreement.

When it is not fashionable to go to church you may be fairly cer- tain that those who do go are sin- cere in their intentions. when church-going .ls ultra fashionable, then it is of the mob not of the heart and mind.

Rev. George H. Donald, D.D., of the church of St. Andrew and St. Paul, Montreal, told his congrega- tion this week that he had refused to consider a y offered him. as Minister of Glasgow Cathedral, in succession to the Rt. Rev. Lauch- lan Maclean Watt, D.D., retired. "because nmhing would induce him to leave his flCOPlC in Montreal."

Professor Norman Rogers, Kings- ton University, and secretary of

Premier Angus Mscdonaidb Nova. Scotia Commission, has been nom-

inated Libersl candidate for Kings-

ton and Portsmouth constituency,

Ont. Hc is a graduate cf Acadia, and was for some time private sec-

retary to Rt. Hon. W. L. Mackenzie

King.

In spite of the league of Nations

we have wars in China, Paraguay

and Abyuinia, or Ethiopia. Itthio- pia. ls a Christian nstign, a branch of the Coptic Church, and her rulers claim descent from Mcnelek, the, son of Soloman by the Queen of

sheba. The Italian Government

have a. ccnmssion giving them con- trol over the telegraph system, while Trance administers the post office and t ‘ “ systems-hence the particular interest in that country.

Agreement has been reached be- tween the provinces of Ontario and Quebec to ban "bonusing" of in- dustries by municipalities in ‘their frantic efforts to secure new indiu- trisl establishments. Neither ‘Gov- ernment will permit any city or fawn to either extend subsidies to industrial firms or guarantee any bond issues put on the market by them to finance their new plant and equipment. ‘this is the result of negotiatl -- between the two governments to put a stop m the frantic and disastrous civic com- petition, of which wily pa ‘ were taking full advantage.

According to advices from Edin- burgh it is expected with some con- fidence in ecclsssiaatical circles that 8.8.3. the Duke of Kent, youngest son of the King. now visiting the British West Indies with his bride. will become Lord I-Iigh Commis- sioner of the Church of Scotland this year in succession to Mr. John Buchan, the ‘eminent writer and member of Parliament. The Duke of York, His MI-jeltyb second son. was Oomminloner in 19M, the ysar of lllion of the Presbyterian. Hat there have previously been m- ports of a movement to have the Duke of Kent become the next Governor-General cf Australia. s

Discussing m. Hon. Mlckclifle King's health, the Ottawa cones- ponaoht of the Wtnntpcglrll Press says: "While than is no basis for the. statement other than Parlia- msnt mil gossip, time cicaut to Mr. King understand that his fli- ncas novel- was mauled aa serious and that at no time did his doctors discover any doftlalto flflllllc weak- nau. ffia Ittt breakdown, if it might be lo tanned. was duc to physical and nervous exhaustion

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In view of tho swooping- ug- tions which have bccnqmqg m some quarters, fmplyfpg ch“ m; private manufacture .¢{,g,gmg‘ 1,; necessarily a vicious ‘ taint- ed by corruption and caacu y 1m- patrictlc in its methods. the nsult of such an inquiry should do much to clear the air and enable the ordinary citizen to form views of his own from an impartlalstsnd- point-Belfast Telegraph.

It olllllllft to be as difficult as It seems to be sometimes for some o.’ us to be actively friendly in a world such as ours that needs friendli- ness so very manifestly. That we haven't anything against the world around us, and wish it no harm, ts somethlns. but it really isn't sn- ough. Something in us. and in our attitudes and actions from day to day, ought to keep saying that we really wish it well and are ready to do something toward the realizing of our wish. After all it is ourworld, and to go through it as a somewhat supercllious or uninterested specta- tor instead of as an active and friendly participant, looks like a rather nonsensical performance. An air of superiority or indifference is neither pretty nor convincing.

Last week for the first time. Turk- ish women went to the polls in a. general election wherein they were not merely voters but were also candidates for seats in the Grand National Assembly—thc Turkish Parliament. Thus woman suffrage in ‘rurkcy becomes an accomplcm- ed fact—an event not merely un- precedented in that country but unique in the annals cf the Moslem East. More, perhaps, than all the other momentous changes which have occurred since the war, this full political equality of its women emphasises Turkey's drastic break with the Oriental past and its thor- ough-going acceptance of Western ways, ideas and institutions.

Canada protests against Britain's proposed purchase of Soviet tim- ber. When we buy from Canada we are buying from one of our best customers. We are b08111: in the family. Canada is able to supply all our timber needs. Every time we buy from strangers the things that we might buy from Greater Brit- ain wc afe making the sort of mis- take that hurts the Empire more than the efforts of mommies.- London Sunday Express. ,

Proposals of great fmprarfsncc rc- garding married women and their property have been Rude by the Law Envision committee. The pro- cess of cmanclpating women was carried far in the last century; but it stopped short of its logical and equitable conclusion. Under the law as it stands a married woman ll. as red with a man or a single woman, in o, position both of infer- iority and of privilege-but espec- ially privilege. Apart from the right to pledge her husband's credit for ries, she can involve him. however innocent he be. in the rc- sults of her wrongful acts. She can also cheat her creditors in a way that her husband or her unmarried sister cannot. She ‘cannot (unless trading 0n her own account) be made bankrupt; her separate prop- erty can-by “restraint on anticl- pation"-—bc made to all intents and purposes untouchable by a judg- ment order. These anomalies are an offence, alike to Justice and com- mon senrm-lffew Statesman and Notion (London)

Property la the fruit of labour; property is desirable; is a positive- good in the world. That some should be rich shows that others may become rich, and hence is an encouragement to industry and enterprise. Let not him who is houseless pull down the house of another, but let him. work diligent- ly and build one for himself, thus by example aauring that his own shall be safe from violence when built-Abraham Lincoln.

There is no use In ' about the punishment of t.‘ ‘Kalil, ltfgvou insist in talking t n rlna of “ ‘ "Hag l is

not a. sentimentalist, ff you are. He is all that you, gentle reader. are not. He is almost invariably a. brute,

and he is almost as invariably a realist. He will rob you, kill you, de-, spicably use you in any fashion

that suits his purpose. It tickles him

immensely to hear that you love him, and wish for his mfomiatlon.

While the gospel of love and refor-

mation is preached, he is busy in

carrying‘ out his knavish tricks;

quite naturally he thinks that, if

you wax sentimental about him, he

can do what he pleases "‘ ‘ be-

ing subjected to any punishment

that will much disturb his cquanim-

ity.-.Sah Francisco Argonaut.

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If you are specially interested la that great and pressing problem of how to secure the peace of the world, you ought m get a. reading of Sir Norman AngclPa new book, "Preface to Peace." It will be re- numbered how many true things about war this author told us in his epoch-making book, "I'm Great Illusion," ‘written twenty-seven yuars ago. The same clarity and understanding are manifested in this new volume. It is. addressed, primarily, to the common. every-

tllis matter Bfr Nornftn holds to be

ect one of helping him to clarify- hia own thinking about war and peace. sir pct-man findatlte root of war in the prevailing conception of ational sovereignty. _

In spite of the depression, tho ' * of the Unitcd States m: the first tints lines I028 showed an increase in pataenger traffic last source-ft bo-lvoeeusmcf-tha» depression for roads want after the business by lower fares the Public worn Administration loauad them money. to. p “in a v-

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How many people are than who realize how exceptional was the compliment paid to Prince Edward Island by the late Alexander Mac- Donald when be blailt his beauti- ful slunlner residence at Dalvay on the North Shcwriifr. MacDonald was not only a. cult-tired mun, but he is reputed in his travels to have visited almost every country in the world and wming to Prince Edward island more or less by accident for a vacation, he discovered con- diliorls, so “ ' satisfactory and so superior to anything that he had experienced elsewhere. that he decided to build for himself and family what may without exaggera- tion be called a. Mansion, in whicl: to spend their summer months and to entertain their; friends. Now, Mr. MacDonald was ‘an American citizen and no doubt, if he could have found equally satisfactory conditions anywhere tn his own country, he would have given the preference to some place ln the United States. iIlm-themore, he lived in Clnclnattl. Ohio, a three day's journey from Charlottetown. a fact to be remembered as a proof that people of means are willing to 8o a long distance from their homes when deciding upon plans for imefr summer vacaf/lorl. Another im- portant consideration is that Mr. MacDonald must have been a man not only of caution but of keen Jurhment, for he was rs Director in the Standard Oil Company, at that

day man, whose responsibility in .

time one of the most powerful llfflflhllfl-tllons 0n ‘the Continent, so it cannot be supposed that he came to a hasty decision in selecting a portion of our Noa-th Shore as a resting place for the remainder cf ilk life. In fact it is well known that during his whole stay on the Island he many times ,e

his plea-sure in having taken the step. Still another proofthat Mr. MacDonald's judgment in this mat- ter was well-founded is that a friend of his ,aiso an American citizen. Col. W. O. Orr‘. after hav- llfl visited at Dalvay. was so dwfgiaejadwlt: his erace that he W" e g property and beach and, following Mr. Mae.- Donaldb, example. had a summer home. somewhat similar to Dalvay Wilt for himself, viz. "Lakewood 1068c" MW used during the summer 1110mm by our lieutenant-Gover- nor, Hon. George DeBlcis.

NW. these things did not simply hlmen as a matter of chance. Rather only they be regarded as a P1001’ that we have on this Island a climate and other sumnue tourist attractions that cannot be dupli- cated anywhere in the United 5014M. while. so far as Canada is wmerned those who have travelled all over the Dominion will agree thstwcbaveruatllvingtofear in mn- Dstitlon. There are, of course, some delfghtfulinlamd resorts in Can-

.. PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND, The Future Miami 0f The North.

(This is an. Hamming’ third letter on the Tourbt palm Prince Edward Islspdfwhc fou rth letter will appear tn our llcudsy

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Holland Cove. Kcppoch and others not equally well known.

A prominent American tourist rfter having recently merit a few week's vacation at one of our hotels