Coservative Record   
     
     One of Achievement 
     
    
   
   
    
     0i prime importance to the electors oi Prince Edward Island in marking their ballots on July, 
     
     23 is the record oi the Macldillan Government during the past iour years oi unprecedented dit- 
     
     ficulties and world economic depression. a a 
     
    

    
     This record is oi achievement, not oi promises. lt stands in striking contrast to the broken 
     
     election pledges oi the Liberal administration which was deieated in 1931. lt challenges 
     
     comparison with the achievement oi any government in Ganada, or oi any administration in the 
     
     history oi the Province a a 
     
    

    
     0n every political platiorm Gcnseruative candidates are prepared to prove this state- 
     
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     _ non. w, J. P. MacMILLAN, M.D., LL.D,. m. HGYG I8 SOIIIG Of “'18 EVidellCB 2 g 
     
    

    
     The obtaining irom Ottawa oi nearly one million dollars in cold cash during the past iour years ior unemployment reliei and other purl, 
     
     poses. A large part oi this money went directly into the pockets oi our iarmers, lishermen and urban working classes 
     
    

    
     ‘Provincial claims to the amount oi $3,000,000, representing an annual subsidy increase ior all time oi $150,000, obtained irom the 
     
     Dominion Government through representations beiore the White Gommission—the greatest subsidy increase since Goniederation. a Liberal 
     
     achievement during the preceding iour years in this connection: -lllL. 
     
    
   
   
    
     year’s course, bringing the institution to the iull status oi a Junior Gollege. g 
     
     Rebuilding oi Falconwood llospital to the extent oi the Province's present linances, with provision oi plans ior a complete mental hospital 
     
    
   
   
    
     i iinit. Reduction, at the same time, oi administrative costs so as to save, in three years,awholc year’s expenditure at Falconwood over the 
     
    
   
   
    
     costs incurred by the preceding Liberal administration. 
     
     Introduction oi 0ld Age Pensions, promised by the Liberals but implemented by the Conservatives. 
     
    

    
     r Obtaining irom the Garnegie Gorporation oi $88,000 ior the endowment oi a chair oi Sociology and Economics, and oi an additional series oi 
     
     grants oi over $100,000 ior demonstration library purposes ior the benetit especially oi rural communities 
     
    

    
     Establishment oi a Department oi llealth and Education, and the reorganization oi health and educational activities under the adminis- 
     
     tration oi llon. 0r. MacMillan. » ' a 
     
    

    
     increased grants to the Rospitals and to the Provincial Sanatorium. 
     
    

    
     Establishment oi a grant to the Prince Edward Island Fishermen’s llnion. . 
     
    

    
     Obtaining, in co-operation with Gonservative representatives at 0ttawa, oi a substantial, year-round reduction in automobilerates on the 
     
     Dar Ferry Steamer; also transierence oi Gar Ferry accounts irom the Ganadian Rational Railways to the Dominion Gonsolidated Revenue Fund. 
     
     Substantial saving eiiected in School Supply Department, where a $36,000 deficit was leit by the Liberals in 1931. 
     
    

    
     Assistance to Potato Growers Association by guaranteeing fertilizer and spray material purchases to the extent oi over $90,000. 
     
     Special encouragement and assistance given to livestock and mixed iarming by aggressive policies including establishment oi cow testing 
     
     associations, extension oi agricultural short courses and rural meetings, promotion oi sheep, swine and cattle clubs, oi Women’s institutes, 
     
     dairy organizations, exhibitions and school iairs. 4 
     
    

    
     (lo-operation with the Dominion Government in establishing a Marketing Board, a Farm Loan Board which will shortly be extended to cover 
     
     loans to iishermen, and machinery ior the operation oi the Farmers Greditors’ Arrangement Act. 
     
    

    
     Assistance and co-operation in a province-wide campaign ior dental hygiene. a 
     
    

    
     Gonstruction, now in process, oi Trans-Ganada Highway between Borden and Gharlottetcxrn, in co-oneration with the Dominion Govermet. 
     
     lThe hardsuriacing oi the highway will mean increased tourist traiiic, greater convenience to the local travelling public, and enhanced value 
     
     oi iarm properties. 
     
    

    
     Practical experimentation in lower priced asphaltic highway construction on secondary roads. _ 
     
     Ex ensive use. bothin road maintenance and construction, oi Prince Edward Island gravel, in contradistinction to the Liberal policy oi using 
     
    
   
   
    
     imported gravel. 
     
     Replacement this year oi the S. S. ilillsboro by a new steamer ior the Gharlottetown-Rocky Point service. 
     
     Maintenance oi salaries oi school teachers and civil servants against Opposition pressure ior reductions in all such salaries amounting to 
     
     $500§or over per veer. _ 
     
     Thy and other achievements were eiiected by the Macldillan Government with an average annual expenditure in the past three years oi 
     
     $1,5 ,630-—,-or $52,440 less than the expenditure incurred in the last Liberal year, 1931. 
     
     They were eiiected with an average debt increase ior the three Gonservative years, 1932, 1933, 1934, oi $309,023, as against a debt 
     
     increase oi $540,920 incurred by the lea Government in its last eight months oi oliice. a 
     
        ~ BDTE TllE GDIISERBATIIE TlGllET F011 G0llTl|lllATl0ll 0F S0llllD, AllD PRMRESSlllE GOVERNMENT. 
     
    
   
   
    
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