' Continued from pace 5

5PENDIIG rua nous!

In MQMILLAN: 0h yes; be- jm, 1,, ma, it would be a “re- "wue earning investment." He was “mpg about hi! Pal-WY o’ bud‘ ‘ urmmg 1,1111 roads, and he left {he m|pfO§lDIL st least on men, W; 1t would be all right to borrow mom, on a larger scale than ever More. We know that they have bor

ed n tremendous amount of money since they came into Dower. may are known as the "Debt arid Borrow Government’. ‘rhey never new my way of getting money ex-

“p, by borrowing it. They have

mpyed large revenues, larger by

We, $350,000 a year than we en-

ed. They received $600,000 from

we nward of the Duncan r‘ ts- on, over and above the revenues ma; we had. Then look at the in- cense in the motor vehicle re-

“ipfs, These receipts in 1023 s- '

mounted to 048,332. Hers are the figures showlnl; the increase under m, Gcvemments:

111 192i. 851.646

In 19:5, $58,277

11 1026, 901,441

m 1937, $74,391

111 1920, 500.513

1n 1020. 9106.029

m 1930, 138,000 1n other words, they received last

m; more than double the amount ,1 revenue from this source that we "rcivcd in I920.

Then look at their gasoline re- “1915, In 1924 we got $0,593; in 1921510004; in 1920, $27,000. They got from this source $33,003 in 19- ,1, $55,021 in 192a; $106,753 1n 1929; 4123.000 ih 1930.

1n addition they got a large in- mose in succession duties. Succes- mn 411mg- in 1923 were $9,165; in 1921, $0,000; in 1925, $15,200; in 19- 11, $111,791, and in 1927, $0,580. In 191a, in their first full year, they 301511122 from this source; in 1939, $29,325; and in 1930, $25,945.

in three years they I01. an aver-

age rcvi-nuc from succession duties of over $31,000 3, yeargwhiie in three years our average was about $13,- 388. Notwithstanding these large in- creases in revenue, they have bor- rowed more money than any Gov- emmen in the history of this Prov- ince.

In this connection I might quote s11 editorial from their own organ, dllrd August l0, 1027, when they assumed the reins of power:

“Tin.- new Gu-e-nment takes oifirc under ‘peculiarly favorable circumstances. As n result of the recomrnrnritions of the Duncan Commission our finances should 5e in :1 satisfactory condition and there is no doubt will be ample funds lo carry on and give that consideration tn public utilities,

Education, ctr. that are so con- rlslrnlly ‘cmanded in these times."

That is tho opinion of the_.GQl!_:. lmmrnt organ, and with all due respect to ihc members on the oth- irside o! the House, I have Just as

such rcsilult for its opinion on mat‘

hrs of that kind as I have for lllcirs. in his speech in this debate the ilznislsi- or Public Works endea- vored to show how their capital ex- lehdiulrc coilld be defended. l-le iilcssrd the point that they built tire: ferry boats which, I would issumc from his remarks, the ilrrvart Government should have llillt. tart l submit that those ferry Nil-i \\'vr'c not condemned under the rrgihic of the Stewart Govern- imnt. ll tlicy were condemned un- iir the present Government they hid a llr-rfcrt right to rebuild them. lhil is :1 matter of ordinary house- iiqiinr that falls within the duties ii every (iovcrnment. We do not rifles; 111cm for expending money 0 build those boats; but the 0°00)’ burr-cured and spent for irarrlld-l roads I say was not a ‘will "Xhcnditure, and cannot be itiehdcd, because I think it ls a “"110 principle that the work into illivh borrowed money ls put illculd last. at least. the length of ills borrowing period. We know the-t lut is not the case with the roads mlilliill: work under this Govem- "lli, brcnuse the Minister ad- lllilrd himself that the gravel must laétiencwcd evcry two years. In '11“ might have gone farther "l" iflid that it must be renewed :55? year. Anyone who has dealt m ililiivl knows that it is not of _ Y permanency whatever, and “ i'°" can put down 0100.000 0r mlzioilvivorth of it every year, and “Wm 3°" follow it by an equate- ‘m i" ‘he years to come your expenditure is lost. It is not a

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policy that can be persis "i-lmliillly 0n a~ large 5111115,.

for:

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the

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land,

It

Gravel

kept

°n1y two miles o time they were

. Bluk

Gravel, Munch?! a: Gravel, Coile tlon and Tr G vel, Gravel,

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GRAVILLING UNDER. STEWART GOVERNMENT

"rhe Minister of Public Works 1,11,, made the statement repegtgdly that the Stewart Government sravelled i.’ road during the in power. In this 001111800011 1 would like to draw his attention to the report whlgh ll issued, by his own department. 0n pare a? of the 1925 report 11¢ Wm flnd- 51110118 hishway improve- ment contruts n;

ccepted d - tered into durin m en

E 1935. and paid

..$ 2is.1s . 1,001.58

e Construc-

Tolui .... “$400010

HON. MR. MCINTYRP: That might have been for concrete m1- verts.

DR. MCMILLAN: For gravel, in 1920; and according to the M11115. ters own estimate on the floor of this House when speaking in this debate, $1,500 will gravel s, mile o1 road. According to the figures I have submitted from the provln- clal reports there was "Wiley W911i iii 1925 to gravel over three miles,

HON. MR. MCINTYRE: 1 was speaking about maintenance.

D3. MCMILLAIZ: He 7°“ mil? by the Jail and Wrights Bridge was gravelled by them at a cost of $1,500 a mile I wont to know when that road was grave]- led first.

HON. MR. MCINTYRE: Not in your time.

DR. MCMII-LAN: Yes, in 1925; Blld it was re-gravclled "'91? b" of it between Charlotte- town and Wright's Bridge, Does he know how far that is?

HON. lvflR. MCINTYRE: A little less than two miles.

DR. MCMILLAN: It was 1-9. graveiled again in 1927, Now 1 will "f" him i0 the report of the De- partment of Public Works for 1926 at page 12. in which it is stated; “In '

enough

said the

in 1926,

addition to, this work"

(road machlnin grading the 1o ing steel culve

roads

of the two miles of road wrere Ifflviilleil- and you repeated It three times in the course of your speech in this debate. Now. wnnt; to squirm, It ls his own look- out. (Applause).

My hon. friend spent $300,000 i0f gravel. He entered into a contract. 1n his first year. to import sravel at $2.75 a ton. and in the sewnd 3nd third yearsat $2.70 a ton. He explained that this expensive road machinery had to be put in, and that he could only get a contract for three years. But we find that in the last year it w” possible W gravel between twenty-five miles of road with is- and we.

the

preaching Summersid the only wa

schooncrs. The

8. draining W Places, and plac- rts in order to make 11D to the standard under the Canada High- ways Act) “considerable 1mg was done on the roads ap-

Charlottetown e, which seems to be y in which the ap- proaches to these places can he up. Other done at Victoria and portion at Mi eBoach."

I will refer the Minister also to the Public Works report for 1927, at page 12:

“During the past summer the bulk of the gravel was obtained from the Moncton pany and the Gravel Company, while quantities of beach gravel from Nova Scotia were brought in by total amount of gravel imported was 7.010 tons. which surfaced about eight mil-

stretches

Scfliivhe and Souris

and

required gravel-

and

were a small

Supply Com- College

Bridge small

MR. MCINTYRE SQUIRMS

flow does he say that only 1W0 miles of road were graveiled by m“ Gtewart Government. under. their

Province?

HON MR. MCINTYRE: It it only 40 per cent gravel.

on. MCMIILAN: What is the other 60 per cent? HON. MR. MCIINTYRE: Fioreign mutter.

DR. MCMILLAN: But the point i5 that $330,000 was spent for gravel. He Bays it was permanent work be- cause it was put into captial ex- penditure account; but we know Just how permanent it is. Even the Premier. speaking at a Board of Trade meeting, admitted that the Government could no go on with that P0ll0y. that it was economi- cally unsound and that some more substantial scheme would have to be envolved.

ASSISTANCE FROM BENNETT

And so we come to the point where we have the McIntyre High- way. The grest question is whether you should thank the Minister of Public Works, or the Hon. R. B. Bennett for that stretchoi’ high- Wily; because it was built out of the $90,000 that was voted tn this Province for unemployment, You would not think those were the same gentlemen who appeared on every platform in the Province last summer, ‘condemning Mr, Bennett's policies. '

HON. MR. MSINTYRE: My hon. friend 80f» his Picture taken on that highway last fail.

DR. MCMILLAN: It is quite true that I stood alongside of the Min- ister last fall,_in front of the cam- era; and l’ am very much disap- Pointed that those pictures were not printed. I have been given to understand that they turned out so badly that even the Minister of Public Works, in whom you would not expect there was very much modesty, would not allow them m be printed. ' HON. MR. MCINTYRE: If you were not there I would have.

19a. MCMILLAN: Probably that was the reason. At any rate, the Mulntyre Highway was built at a total cost of $27,000. The Province paid hail the bill, and my hon. friends on the other side say we must not criticise the Minister if he spent a few thousand dollars m0re than was necessary. What 1s the difference? It does not matter, according to the Minister. because someone got the benefit of it. Of course they did——and the Province pays for it. This Government is not worrying. They are the great bor- ro\vers; when they run short of money then can always borrow some more.

The minister submitted figures to show that our per capital debt was the smallest in Canada. He said: “Arent we in a great position to borrow money?” Well, Mr. Speaker, if he is lrrpower very much 101135;," our per capital debt will not be the smallest in Canada! (Applause),

CREDIT WHERE DUE

As l have said before, it is to the Prime Minister of Canada and his Government that the credit should go for the grant of $90,000 which

three years to someone outside the of that money coming to his Prov- ince he was able to begin the fol- lowing undertaking:

Widening and graveling Borden Restoring of Government House

Restoring Confederation Cham- ber, $2,000. Bridge work, Kings County, $14,-

emment grant he has bellln III!- dertakings with an estimated cost of $170,000. Do you think, Mr. Speak er, that the $90,000 apportioned to this Province is going to be of any benefit or not. There is absolutely no question but that it is going to be ofvery real benefit. But we find that Mr. A. E. MacLean, the" feder- al Liberal representative for Prince County, getting up in his place in the House of Commons and con- demning that Maclsan is reported in Hansen-d of April 17 as saying:

of Prince Edward Island, I find that. the assistance given has not been of very much help to us. It came very late in the fall, and no work of any importance was carried on. . may have been of advantage in some of the larger centres. but as regards the relief of the unem- ployment situation ln Prince Ed- ward Island it was not very bene- ficiai.”

on what has been done for this Province by the Dominion ‘Parlia-

ment. of which the member is I representative, and particularly for isilliiifflnililiud; "107 Were 1115111155- the County which he representslned- What is the use of denying it? which we had made with the people. and choosing in giving summer Ingratitude, thy name is MacLean! ‘That 15 m9 91' the Feat diflfireil‘!

ces between hy hon. friends and do certain things; the people ap- The Minister of Pubnc works’ “M5118. We dismissed officials in our proved of our platform, and We did enunclatmg the benelts deflvedWimes. and we have never denied those things that we promised to do tlic work for nothing. from the expenditure on the Mac-ldmng 59' My h°“' _

Intyre mghway’ said that I bemidone exactly the same thing, and bargain or not? If you make a. con- efited personally, because s. man had been injured on__ that; job; he i136‘; ‘fractured ankle and I attend- ed him; I fixed him up to the best of my ability and I charge‘. the usual fee and was paid. He sa-ys I benefited; and of course I did, but I gave my services for it. I do not suppose he has any objection to that.

(Applause)

whatever.

this Province received for unem- ployment. My hon. friends on the other side of this House appeared on public platforms last year and said: "Unemployment? Why there is no unemployment in Prince Ed- ward Island." I ventured to dispute that statement; I said 1 knew of unemployment, right in the city of

regime, when the proof to the con- trary is in the reports of the. de- partment over- which he presides? (Applause). What is the sense of responsible Minister of the Crown getting up and making a statemvhi that can be contradicted by the re- ports in his own department? Durst he make himself ridiculous when he makes a statement of that kind, which can be provcn to be absolu- tely without ioundflilon- (Applause) HON. lViR. MCINTYRE: I FY1800 the statement that you Bfflvellifd two miles in 1924, 1925 The gravel you are referring to new was used for concrete culverts.

DR.MCMILLAN: Your statement was that during the term of o!!!"

and 1926.

stgwlfl Government only

gravel

aiSO that it could

if my hon.

twenty-four

friend

and

find be done

rate 0f $1.50 ii $00

within s radius of seven wiles 0i the pit. How does that

compar

Charlottetown; but they took he very same stand that the late Pre- mier of Canada took when he said, at the begining c.‘ the campaign, "There is no unemployment." A little later Mr. King admitted: “Well, there are rumors of unem- ployment," and later still he said:

with this question he had letters and telegrams from all parts of the Dominion, informing him of the serious unemployment conditions. We have had the same thing re- peated in this Province. I do not know whether the Minister of Pub- lio Works made the statement or not, but I have heard the Premier himself declare that there was no unemployment in Prince Edward Island. As soon as the election was over, however, as soon as Mr. Ben- nett came to implement his prom- ise, as soon as the special session of the Domnion Parliament was

unemployment and this Province was apportioned $90,000, it did nor. take those gentlemen very long to hie themselves to Ottawa and take full advantage of the grant, which. of course was the proper thing for them to do, even after all their misrep- sentatlons in the campaign regarding the conditions through- out the country.

your own cousins are here.

DR. MOMILLAN: One of them; that is quite true; and he was ap- pointed nearly fifty years ago by a. Liberal Government.

J-ION. MR. LEPAGE: We didn't dismiss anybody, anyway.

about the last man who should urge a criticism on that score.

criticise; I said it added to the cost oi’ the road. (Laughter).

worse. don't mind because if there is any characteristic about my

friends opposite it is the faculty of looking after themselves. when this Government was power it did not take long to get all ‘their own relatives, their daughters and nieces and sons- _ ln-law .in‘.o public offices. '1 “we” ‘hm '5 “m” “mmpbyf, as for thl Minister of Public Works, Se?’ but it is not very mufih‘ if you leave him lnpcwer very much

ur ng a" the time he was d” n8 longer he will have the whole Mc- Intyre family instaliedln govern- ment Jobs (Loud laughter).

made the statement that there was called and 520903.000 w“ voted m, only one man in this building dis- missed. I wonder if that ls true. We had a messenger employed in this building; what happened to him? We had a keeper. We had another keeper employed House, another in the Prince of Wales College Hail and still an- understand. why a man the Agrummural gap want ot keep his election promises. them 1 think it was the junior member from Summersldc who laid down

other in You in the services of this Govern-

zhe credit of the

with the price that he has Paid 101

The Minister of Public Worksimfiili- Th0! =ays that he was advLscd not to go (‘d "My Iii!!!" The-i’ to Ottawa. because it would inlui-csrhvvi iuspirtu" by the name of Qvlmg Bu; heUVr. Smith, another by the name went, at. ‘any rate, and got $90,000 of Mr. Gallant. They are not in {or unemployment. and as a result I-‘le Emilio!’ 0i this L~V€1‘I'imcnt. have dealt with its election prem-

TI-IE CI-IARLOTTETOWN GUARDIAN

JUNE 18.1931 .. i v ' _ ,

(Alhdrming Situation Rellealed ' l

Ashpslt pavement, Malpeque and St. Peters Roads, estimated 00st 560,000.

Concrete road, Ipps aches to Siunmerside on Bedeque Road, $15,000.

Placing steel culverts, Queens County, $5,000.

Repairs to whurves in Queens County, 85,000.

Repairs to Bridges, Queens County, $10,000

Clearing and widening highways in Queens County. $3.000 Clearing and widenin, highways in Prince County. $3,000 Clearing and widening highways in Kings county. 83.000.

Placing steel culverts in Kings county. $5.000.

Placing steel culverts in Kings County, $5,000.

Building and repairing bridges in Prince County, $15, . ' Building and repairing wharves in Kings County, $5,000.

Banking local gravel in various places, $5,000.

road, $5,000. property, $10,000. ‘

000.

MR. A. E. MACIEAWS STATEMENT

As a result of the Bennett Gov-

expenditure. Mr.

“Speaking for our own province

. This assistance

Isnfi. that a nice commentary up-

HON. MR. MCINTYRE: NOne

annuated.

non. MR. MCINTYRE: 1 didn’t mum,“ on

DR. MGMILLAN: That is

them very

And

HON. MR. LEPAGE: some of

DISMISSAL OF OFFICIALS

will not find

we cleaned from cellar to attic. Well, we made even "ififlifl improvements in our time, (Laughter). However, I also, I tmnk we painted some rooms and did other cleaning and hmi- renovating, but I suppose we did not Bo far enoush in the light of the ideas that the present Minis- ' 111110319111 10 ter entertains:

say

Empire State Buiidlnl. New firkgk "tie-legal? hi E .

thtehbuse of the uirahlP m n n t, represents an investment of 55. mum“ dollars — the world's record in ofllce-buildlP-i constructlony

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ES no question about o the superiority of’ 1h: record-makers. Whether it lie the height of an ofioe building towering to the clouds, or the popularity ofu mild and frsgrmg cigarette like 'I‘urret, the record

speaks for itself.

After all, nothing can IepIaoQ good, honest tobacco; grown and

_ ripened right out in the field

under nuture’s own sunlight- nothing artificial about thats- arrd the quality is "inbred".

I Mild and Frdqrdnt

rret

CIG'ARETTES

What happened to them? HON. MR.

MCINTYIRE‘ Super- have been kept because they were‘

they iry repeatedly to deny it. It is a silly argument to put but because, contract is embodied in the plat- ii 0111i be refuted so easily. But that form you issue on the eve of the happens that in the has always been their attltudcathey election, are you going to keep to cicpsrtmcnt on bridge like to pose as the Simon Pures in that contract or not? That is the Wlllvll 110 tflkvs swat CFPdiF-llfll“ 0mm so that initiative politics. when

foolish promises. We took a differ-

We said that if elected we would

friends have do. Should we have stuck to that

tract with the people, and that

lses, he argued; they should never-ill

WOFk to favorites of the Govern- ment, that it was impossible to get men to turn out in the winter and