THE CHARLOTTETOVVN GUARDIAN _§G TH

-75' ~ drink and knows that he can‘ t' f li‘ th‘ - gllie cliarlottetovm Guardian _ .....i .0 the ,0... .1... ....... .."i.‘2.’.....". -.1215.’ "1 brave buccaneerh and does so by "procuring his’ ': ""9'il1-'ii'..'.i*"a:.'.'c'.°3i'ni."ui3.'i'.'.7i'«': it 'a'."'i‘f"" “Y” “ddy "Id soins t0 8 dance. From these - Io-nt-rt. nut.-coi.o.a. auxin.-. n.a.o. three standpoints the Prohibition law must be - - luau . . . . d - ~“_

5‘ 5l‘.‘.1l.2."u-..-. ".'.."'.‘.?:i..‘..‘..E"'-i‘."l.'2..."...‘. ;?,'ffr; ",§‘,:§‘ficj“¢‘,‘f5‘,“(j.ffg’5_Y-in §f"&g;’f’;b£';"¢'“'4- ‘;"'.°.;:.'.g‘”|:“g"(’|_"-.I;¢‘.-‘I"I033;-‘0‘_w:‘g_-:;.;|-__-gzie-°-tg “In brief, what do these statements -(of the

Temperance Federation) mean? They can mean nothing else than that the people of this Prov- ince as a whole are becoming drunkards, that the young people particularly are addicted to ~ strong drink; that bootlegging is rampant, that vice and immorality are flourishing, and that the situation is steadily growing worse. If true. this is one of the most terrible indictments that has ever been made against the people of a peace- loving and law-abiding Province . . . Who are the gentlemen who are making these un- the Legislature this year. Before quoting some f_°““d9d chafflfis? With hafdly an exception I excerpts from the speeches of these gentlemen f"1_d that file)’ “'5 W1)’ '¢'“P°""Y "5ld€m5 0‘ during the session. let us recall what their unani-' ‘till! P|'°VmC¢. Md" 3514 them by What “Kilt mous attitude was when in opposition, That and on whose authority do they malign the very attitude was summed up by the present Premier.‘ fmfirmglgm ‘‘’h°_'l‘_‘h_‘héY :79 ‘f7‘bt§‘"g‘K”lh¢l" Hon. Tl-{ANE A. CAMPBELL, at the March, 1 ‘V9 - - - *9 3|’ 9“ 0 t 5 ‘I . 01"‘ -session, in the following words, which little "955 h35 59"‘ b¢f°“1°d bl’ the“ Birds °f printed in black type in the Liberal party organ Passage. who air: here ’;0da_y and e1seu;|herE.to- for the )lll')0SE of em hasis: "I submit. Mr. m°”’°“' - - - WEN etlme C0m€S¢ at V- iSpeakcr,1Ili.iI lure ciiforiicinciit, especially in re- °"lm¢_“l5 COMTO1 3h0llld b¢C°m¢ the llw of ,thiS fsrcnce to the Prohibition Law, can only be 017- l""d ‘t "W" be because °f ti‘? false lmP"¢55l°“5 loinrd from a C0'L’f’rIllll-clll which has I sincerity bro”-dcnstlby ix;-5° I:‘I°lfI‘_;‘l’l"4‘3‘"i°d I§P3l'dl3{l5; Pf that is born of cam/lotion.” ‘ our mo.-a sfl— r. . . cam, «my: 13716!

This year, astonishing evidences of “sincer- 0f K"l9-l- ity born of conviction” were given by Liberal _ . .“Th° °ih°l' m°“'_‘b°"5 ha"? 5P°k°“ 0“ Pm‘ speechmakcrs, both in the formal debates and in l“b't‘°"- but I 3"‘ 8°"‘8 ‘*3 53)’? LET IT REST the discussions in committee. Here are a few IN PEACEi"—H0"- T- W. In P70‘w-W. CM" gems. culled almost at random :-— l°””0w”-

“The only intention is to reduce the penalty as against those who happen to be found with a small quantity of liquor in their possession for their own use, and I submit that $200 is out of all proportion to the nature and gravity of the of f ence."—Prcn1icr Campbell on Prohibition Ac! amendment giviang Mugirtrates discretion to re- duce the minimum fine from $200 to ‘$10.

“I am quite sure that our sympathies go en- *9 3" 3" tirely to the man who drinks . . . It seems a Roads‘ are no\v good all over, though there ridiculous situation that we have I. law on the is still room for improvement. statute books which encourages a man to drink 95 *3 3* and to get drunk, but that has been the unfor- The prices of bread, butcher meat and po- tunate situation."—Mr. Horace Wright, Fourth tatoes have risen within the last few days. Prince, on the rams amendment. (Mr. Wright 3* 9* 3* was himself a member of the committee appoinb Only the spirit of Christ, 21 Christian phil- cd by live Saiiiiderr Governnien! which, in con- osophy, can explain the sacrifice and determin- jmiclioii with the Temperance Alliance, fixed ation with which the Moose River disaster has the minimum fine at $200). been met and fought. It is particularly notice-

}“‘There sefem; tcilcseai great chalnge of heart able, too, that the doors were not the talkers. on t e part 0 t e gis ature, an it now ap- élé pears that a very temperate Prohibition Act is Again Britain has warned the League that about to Come into i0I'C¢. Would it not be p0S- unless they act collectively under their Coven- sible to add another clause. making this section ant, Britain will not be responsible for the peace retroactive? There are very many persons under of Europe. The Lcague agreements must he met conviction and serving terms in the county jails in the spirit in which they ‘V979 adopted. or aban. Of “V0. three and even six months. Since gt is cloned altogether. The alternative is liologas—a considered by this august assembly that a zoo ]_;u,-me when demo ed mm as.

; fine for taking a drink of booze is too much, I y y by P05 g .. in justice to those people who are suffering this , _ 9“ T 3* _ ‘ t _ . extrema penalty why not make 3 gene.-31 jail I . Hlruzlt 5 Birthday celebration in Berlin with delivery? It would lessen the expense of keeping lljlllialy d'5P13Y T€C_31l5 the fact U13? WW6 “'3 '_ them there."-—Mr. Thomas Linklolfrr, T/iird 1‘°‘-‘l""°" has Pl'°"“5¢d “°‘_“ 3EZ"¢55'°_" f°l' 25 3' Di:~h'ii:t of Prime, on some anwmlment. Years l3§3;"5tl F"a"C°v_ ]?;l§1U'1l.t/:\]u:ria,_ Hang‘ " “If I were asked for a 'udicia1 inter rcta- 31')’: '39-» "3 135 5P¢C'3 excel“? “55‘3- 9" Egon of the hmehdment I wojuld he ;..c1;,.gd to rnzm expansion in liurope, he claims, must be guy offhand that it akcady meets the request of into Russ!i1a. Ishit aisiy wondfir l::;(lC]l' the Cll‘Cl.ll1ll; gngynbgt ffom Lot Sixteen_"—-Prgmigr Cam - stances l at t C ovict S 01.1 . inc up Wit -ibolinraply to Mr. Linklsfler. P France; and need we be surprised that Mr. ' "1 ham; been DELUGED by my constitu- BALDWIN appeals to l‘ll'1'Ll'-IR as the only one who _ am: to use my influence to have the law BET- can save Europe? I ,TI‘.R ENFORCED. It is true itgis not enforced * 9* 5 u it might be, but are not all laws of God and The hoiuhmieimber for Rustico claims‘ credit -man broken? .. . . I am in s m ath and ac- for startiii t e rst coo erative cannin actory , cord with the amendment.”—-M Dr? N .yllI acKay, in Rustico.g Surely his metinory is slightlygat fault. . : }:,',.,, D,-Im-d of Qu”m__ It is true away back in 1909 he started foniiing 7 “He was opposed to the sale of beers. Pro- the company, but is it pot the case ‘tihat he quit ' hibition was bein better enforced under the At- and ot out be ore the actor starte operations torney General gthan under 9. Commission.” or egen the fishermen preparliad their lines? His (Will; beer sale: steadily increa.ring.') “After right to such credit perhaps has as much foun- the SAUNDERS Government had come into power dation in fact as the hope that now the Rustico ' the Temperance Alliance had acted wrong in highway will be something worth while. arrogating to themselves the government of the Q 1 I I Province. The Liberals had promised a plebiscite I During the terrible ordgal ht Lfgogg Rivef’ .'.'.'.and were going to ask the Government not to the rescue miners, the doctors. the Press repre- f- iaké 5? H°“- Ml“ SAUNDERS k9PH1iS W0|'d and sentatives and Radio operators, rested not. " Pl'°hlblll°“ “'35 Callled bl’ 3 13780 m3l°"it}’- neither day nor night. Similarly during the last There has been a steady increase of sobriety 72 hours newspaper staffs and radio statiahs since. He had been in Charlottetown a week and we” constanfiy on duty waiting the hoped for .;."°i 5"“ 3 ‘l"“"k°“ ma“-"-M" G“”'9‘ S‘""'"‘-'» flash that would indicate "the battle o'er, the "—‘Flf’/‘ 1\i""'!7-V. 315 "¢’I’0”'¢'d 1'" P'"”l"'- victory won.” No such strain has been placed . “Not l°“g 33° ‘'19 ‘°“‘l"°"3"°° P°°Pl° m“ on newspaper staffs since 1916-17 when HAIG :tthc Government and complained of the failure announced «om. bucks an at the W3“;- fof the police in Charlottetown to co—operate in gt gig is ':‘enforcing the Prohibition Act. Similar com- The mapping of the Imperial B_ N. A‘ AC‘, _-_~plaints have_ been made with regard to the Sum- has been abandoned for the present, announces tgmersizlc police. It seems to me that the Govern- an Ottawa correspondent. The excuse given’ but 73."“°"t is d°i"g 59'"°'hi"g hf," To PREVENT not the reason, is that since all provincial Legis- ' 173T HAT CO‘UPM.{ATIQN' "M" 690"?" 3"" latures soon will have concluded their sessions .' bour, Sccond Prime, an ‘amendment: to the for this ye“, the possibility of carrying out the ~75“P"’dl“"3l M09€~"'°’“_ -4"- . plan during 1936 has ended..It should also be 3-’ H "If the pcdalic sentiment, of the established stated that both Mt Lnomn and ML DUN. ::;,g°r‘£:1 531:1‘: fpfifglxft °‘t’1‘:le"l1l::leg‘:)tOll::;:"‘:“,ioltll1‘§ NING felt considerably chilled in their enthusiasm have very little difficulty in looking after the ti;.:¥)n:a§e3ieg:::;€vitc':eIe:§ oppomloil R dives.”-—Prcmi'¢r Campbell in Budget Speech. 3 3“ 3“ ' y ' (0niis of ".riiiccrify that is ‘born of conviction" shifted from tho Govermnenf fo the public!)

"I have received a great number of letters and petitions not only from my own district but ' from all parts of the Province asking me to use

‘ ‘my influence against ANY CHANGE beln ‘ ma and that the Prohibition law BE MO

S _‘ ONGLY ENFORCED. . . A. I might say

that.‘ I think ,tlIil_tlfll’c|t is somewhat unwarranted

and"! do not.I,mow»of psrson in this Legis-

ldwud on you (In -dune) Hailed 00 Oil“: Ill Ulltod lulu.

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wanuasmy. APR1!._fl. use. "As You Like It”

If there be wisdom in diversity of opinion. then our Liberal law-niakers were a. concourse of Solomons when they undertook to discuss the vexed question of Prohibition enforcement in

Editorial Notes

The Motor Show at the Forum tonight. In 9: iii

Tomorrow St. George's Day—Patron Saint of England.

The discussion in Parliament on the Gov- ernnient's Unemployment Relief Bill shows conclusively that the Bi:NNs'_rr way of handling the situation by the Government instead of by parliament is the superior way. Liberal and Labour iuernbers alikehave expressed concern about what is likely to happen when parliament prorogubs and an acute situation arises. Accord- ing to Mr, Gum: McGsn it means tying the hands of the g'overnmeiit which would have no

no ll t be classed u TEMPER- .. ’ ""w.irqu. .?ri'.._L¢£'9ael,.P~4ii!¢~!of ‘hr, ”‘?Y'7°'-_‘f?.'?'°°‘ '3' ",',‘.°'§,"'3f _

-1 7 ~ ' i-- ’ ' . "I h v often heard men ..-part! y ~‘*":;,';‘..j’,",;’;‘,,',':',°)" ‘fill my blunt‘-ssolsen fellow eounty.inyen of v k- _ g H “Shaw, “ time,’ shire," says Lady‘ Snowmn in agpcecli report-

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. Brutal, dam‘ ,_- 'tl1,t Ihoi goods -"" "‘ iweii and iii’: «mic is‘. simian,

no‘n;fl"to..t15ead man ‘ d|f,W|.Ul‘.’fbfn1s.of‘Ifl- ‘>,V£‘full|'l‘_:lJl1Ifl‘Ie);feply'__' ,flW_s”yel_iecnthatthsy

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Notes by, the Way

Anyone who sells lllnnnl ug- ularly must be unused at the know- ledse of Rt. Hon. R. 3. Bennett on

House. No matter what the abject. or what the department of the gov-

‘. ML Bennett seems to be thoroughly fainlllsr wluh lt. ms memory is astounding. He quotes llguru by the ooiumna without any reference to blue-books; he recalls acts and Judlclal declalons wlthou; sending for the statutes. His know- ledce ts encyclopaedle. what. is more, he is tlneless. He la continually on the Job. As opposition leader he ls maklng I. reel contribution to pub- lic ll.fe.—lW1nnlpeg Free Press.

A new: Item the other day stated that some people in Ohio were due for s. surprlse on openlng a box stolen from I. parked car lg the oontnnta were—-a. pet skunk. As a. matter of fuct, akunlra can be made very dellzhtful pets. It is neces- sary, of course. to extract the sale oontalnlng the fllllld which he uses for ‘efenoe. but when that is done the result is very pleasing, for be- sldeg belnc u. very pretty animal. the skunk lsn gentle and playful companion and can be trained to do things just like a dog. People who hsve deodorlaed skunks report they are affectionate and amusing and qulte harmless playmates for chlldren. People are too much down on the skunk. He is really one of the best friends s. farmer has. Ho destroys more beetles. grasshop- ipers /and small insect pests than all other animals put together. True, he eats eggs and sometimes kllls I. ahlcken, but the balance is heavily in his favor. Quite a. re- spectable family man 15 t_he skunk. If you are fortunate you may some- times see him stepping along sed- ntely at the head of his wife and

chlldren—ebout. ten of them—1n single file searching for food.- stratford Beacon Herald.

Lltoldl. or the use of understate- ment ln order to produce an lm- presslon of greatness. could hardly go farther than it did in the Bul- letin of Oxford Labor Clubs. pub- lished by students at the Univer- sity of Oxford. It will possibly take the plnce of the stock moles of Paul when he declared that he was a. citizen of "no mean elty." Edward VIII was an undengraduste at Mag- dalen College, Oxford. and. on his accession to the throne. the Bul- letin published an edltorlal on the new lung and gave it the simple title "Magdalen Man Makes Good.".. Fort Wllllams Time Journal.

If you don't. believe in slgns you have no business drlvlng in wash- lnctonl More than 50,000 traffic algns, excluslve of semaphores and intersection lights are placed along District streets. and the number ls lncreaslns doth’. 'I'm.l‘flc lights number between 1,000 and 1,100 and are located at 350 lzitersectlons. They represent a cost of close to $400,000. The clty is divided into seven zones for the purpose of op- erating the traffic lights, and the lights 111 each zone are controlled by a. master switch. Sixteen men are on the pay roll of the Traffic Sign Shop. Two are electricians. seven are kept busy putting up new signs. palntlng white lines on the street and making replacements and repairs. three are designated to test automobiles whose owners apply for titles at the test station, and two men are assigned to the storeroom. where a surplus of signs of various descriptions are kept.- Tlie Washington Times.

The stand of this Domlnlim was exactly the stand taken by Mr. Eden for Great. Brltalii. Even the dashing young foreign sccreiary would not be so hold at Geneva as to tell the league that oil salic- tlons had to be llnposed. yet that was Mist some of the diplomats tried to manoeuvre Canada into doing. Not until this Dominion was being branded throughout the world as an agitator (or another interna- tional war did the Canadian gov- ernment see fit to issue a statenient setting forth the willingness of Can- ada to co-operate but not to urge war. It is well Mr. Eden has clear- ed up the question.--'I‘he Windsor Star.

It is reported flint alter the Pre- lnler of lluntsry and the leader of the Peasants Party missed each other in 5 pistol duel, they both stamped from the barracks in high anger. At least. just. as angry as a man can be who is tlckled. pink that he's still sllve.—Chr~lstlan science Monitor.

I on I uuistaiag with a big maanlnz. I help everybody and hurt

ofhl¢handlowdegree.Iamuse-

riileverymoinentotthe day .. Ilynunelaomirecm-'I‘nec.aio. Ihilweyaoumal.

‘It In I carton coincidence,‘ comments In exchange, "that the

every question which arises tn the '

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, PUBLIC FORUM3‘

‘nu eel-in Is one he the illuualol by oornspoldhtl of II llhnet. lbs‘

"or so nun‘ (And Thou Also an-la combine)

. —__. 51'-—Th° P1409! I and when oom- Darlng Burnmerslde wlth (mu-lotto. town was the actual price charged to me frequently for “yen; ye”, back on actual purchases, 1 ,e, we focal bread oomblne hove now mp. ed In the Summersf bakers. My comparison was based on last year's prices, now y _

I suggest that some of the Hunt. P981. 8331801‘. Portland. Boston and large city prices where rents and overhead costs no sway above oun, with aome as lowls do per loaf. be reproduced from the lug admuu. merits of these artlcles In flaring display are daily published.

I um. 81!‘. etc. lN'.l'll»l§'l'lD

THE GREAT DI8Al'POIN'l'MlN'l'

31!‘.-—'Ilhe House has closed. Two weeks of emptiness. except to the pockets of those who fiddled away the time at the rate of $200 per man. per week—w1t«h extras for the higher up.

Nothing for the country but a few lnoog increases of taxes. Noth- ing for the vast mass of electors whose brlaht 110963 of government jobs, so solemnly promised, have been shattered and mu-lgd in (115. sppolntiment, and embittered by abuse because they dared as]; after the election for what was pledged to them before they marked their bal- lots.

Not even the crumbs tihst are thrown to the dogs for the great army of unemployed. filled with expectation that the assurances from thlrty Llberal candidates. and columns of guarantees from the party prass, that they only had to vote Liberal and all thelr 1115 would end, and work in abundance, and the “Good times that always follows Liberalism" would dispel their pov- erty and llfl: them up lnto tihe sev- enth heavens of plentiful delight.

Dlslllusloned they long for the flesh pots or Bennett and MaeMll- Ian whose employment system gave them at least some bread to eat.

No highway construction or pub- llc works program. Of course a “balance the budget" and phantom “economy" (walls for this. They prom- Lsed these, but they also pledged themselves and party in a contin- uance of public highways and pub- lic works. some going so far as to Dl'Oml5e‘Il0i- only the highways, but also the bye-ways. Conservatives warned them that this was impos- sible. but they were hungry for richer diet, they were lured by the Siren sllver voice of Liberal per- formers, and walked into the dalntlly bated trap. They are now forbidden even to look in to the festive chamber where the master of pre-election promises, happy in salaries from five omces, Pixemler. Attorney General, M.L.A., Prohibi- tion Commissioner, and Falconwood Trustee, must not be disturbed in ms meditations of dictatorship. The great “Dictator” in his bud- get said the people "have short memories." Perhaps they have. But dolly reactions will revive these memories into living forces as soon as opportiunlty offers 8. chance at Campbell and the betraY91'5-

I am, sir, etc.. VOTER

..__—-—————-— THE CIVIC ESTIMATES

Sn-,—'I'he letter of Mr. 1-lemming

ln Tuesday's issue In typical of the kind always used by apologists in defending a bad case. Because 8 suggestion was made that with an increase in taxation there should also be some evidence of retrench- ment imd economy in expenditures his reply ls: ‘Would he. however, be satisfied if the personnel of fire brigade and police force be reduced. if the excellent health service were aibimdoned and our streets he-8160‘ ted, or If his water supply were lim- ited by metre and the drains of the City allowed to become clogged. If these community advantages are not apparent to him he can free him- self from A share of their cost. by removing to Royalty. where taxes are negligible." Arguments such as these are not original with Mr. Hamming. They are frequently trotted out to bolster up a. policy of "lalssez falre" or simply to maintain in "status quo." We were led to believe that there was waste and extravagance. to a certain extent, under past clvlc regimes, that the number of per- manent offlclsla were annually be- in; added to, that men with the ex- ercise of business ' ‘ could remedy these shortcomings and fol- low I pay as you go policy.

Your correspondent will scan my previous letter in vain to find any ouggutlon against an increase in tunes. I am fully aware there must be an increase and ‘A of one per ‘cent means an addltlonal ten dol- lars out of my pocket. Mr. Hem- mlng is an expert accountant and

1% increased tax wlllrealluuy eao.ooo,howesn elm Increase In revenuewtpsout unuinual dsflolt ofnbautlmooo. ’

I thlnk Imeu: for the majority

_ofcltlunswhenIstatot.hetwe

want those recurring deflclts to once. we will! not be tooorltlcal In to how thb can be ltouxht about. but we repent. the almost universal demand for a. balanced budget. The estlmatu as submltud for this year can for an e nature of 08'l0.3lo.aa which la 06. more than was event In 1085 increase: being shown in eltht different. items. It Is en el- molt universal experience that set- ual expmdlturu always exceed es- timated expenditure. In 1036 the eetlnistea were for’ eau.m.oo. ‘heroes the actual amount spent

* was $901,710.12. ‘mat wunot a bed

min‘. The only erltlotsm that honestly be laid anlmt last

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, ‘a transaction: la. that the col. . u. gitlne department. fell down on lta‘

provementt At the moment it would not so appear. I remain, sir, still an advocate

FOR A BALANCED BUDGET

THE PRICE 0!’ BREAD

S1r.—Lookln¢ over the Montreal Dally Star I noticed several grocery advertisements, in several of which bakery Goods were prominent. "white bread. brown bread, mllk loaf, fnilt loaf. whole or sliced, 34 ounce loaf”, all so retail. “Nut. loaf. lemon cake with eltron, etc.. loo each.

These u'e.—“F‘ree delivery toany part of the City." when we remem- ber Montreal Ls about ten miles long, with some dellverles from the centre a possible five miles. that rents, municipal fees are about five times greater than here. and wages higher, we can estimate the profit- grasptng at home. ~