H' it i GUARQTAH ..._ 4_1. Dvflfylphded 1887). $4410 porzyearridellvered) In ndvnnco. -E per your (mulled) In advnnoo In Canadn; and $3.50 for U- 3- A- Prelldent:-Major A. A. Bartlett J. R. lui-nut. _ D. K. Currie. Editor and Publisher. Associate Editor- i_$_ 3, TUESDAX, JULY 15,_1Q_1_9__ ,_ ___ LIBERA LS .\NI) L.\Nl) 'l‘.\.\fl‘IS. t'I‘he Patriot- resurrects certain statements by _Pre- miereiathieson with regard to the Land Tax and misre- pres`e ts entirely the _consistent attitude of that gentle- man,i The mguitiknts from which the Patriot takes its exc ts were made in connection with ourclaims against Ot't;&)a, and Mr. Mathieson was contending that had jus- 'tice been done us and had our claims been recognized in the spirit of our Confederation agreement, there would have* been .no need of direct taxation as our revenue from Ottawa would have been suflicient without it. But the Liberals did not press these claims to a successful issue, being=satisfied instead to run the province into such a sack of debt that it took the revenue fi'oin the Land Tax to pay the interest on the indebtedness alone. To send the Opposition back to power would be to return to those days of debt and disappointed hopes, for there is no reason to believe that Mr. Bell and Mr. Hughes would be any more successful now than they were then in pressing our claims at Ottawa. , looks liliu u lciiion iii ii b:i_=kei of‘ . t‘o.\|l'_\itis0N 01* l-:.\i'l<:_\'l>i'i‘l'|:l-.s'. The Patriot regales its readers from week to week in sent government. There is not much to this as nearly lp- all these eXpenditu1'_@S are lirovided fx* in til? Gsti(lll1f1teS,--i- """ ""m"“m' TW" ii " "m"`.°`l"" ""“" ""’ -*“"“` “""*"" "‘ “"» '1"“’ and passed by unanimous consent. s we s iowe in a --fn previous article the sum total of the items challenged _b_v the Opposition aggregated only $6400. But the Patriot _ii is foolish in not producing othei_equall_\ inteiesting ex- _§“ p'enditi'ire's "and show “fiirthermore" “\vicked expendi- `-_ tures under Tory rule.” , Here are a few more of them: t > _In In qliestioii, bu pliiiiiped for i\rs<-ii.|ult .’ . - - cv Education ' _ _ _ ' _ . _ _ _ _ _ _ . _ _ _ _.i120,4:~is.s5> Hospitals _ _ _ _ . _ . . . _ . . . _ _ _ _ n_il Orphanages _ _ _ _ _ _ _ . . . . _ _ . _ _ _ _ nil Delinquent children . . _ _ _ _ _ . . _ _ _ _ nil Roads and Bridges . . . . _ . _ _ _ _ =>9,:>72_-1_3 Mussel Mud _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ . _ _ _ _ nil War expenditures _ _ _ _ _ . _ _ . _ _ _ nil ` _ $186,010.78- make ends meet by repealing_the War and Healtllgi 'l'z_1_.‘_€_, lt»._ .~oinntiiiiiy--tiiii it is no- i-itiii oi.. = but he has $86,285.42 in th'ese items as a starter. ut is 0 task would be easy in compai'isoii with the problem of ,pn Mr. Geo.`E. Hughes who proposes_,to pay the school teach- H" ers $75,000 a year of an increase in salaries by reducing ff the salaries paid to the public officials. Those -over-paid f t he can,-and his word in this iiiattei' is just as reliable as ,S in anyother political statement he makes. But the late i° i'ed'uced_ Hence there remains only $10,092 on which ‘,',.’,,,,,,_ ,,,,,_ ,,,,,,,_ ,ho ,,._,,_ ,, _._,.,,,,,,,,,,_ 3 Saving' Can be made, and as $4,929.96 of this 111011-Ease clit'_iiiii'<:iii 1-- if! by comparisons of expendituits undei tht late .ind pie- -,.____;_,_,_ ‘\__’__’_f_‘__:__’_‘_"“ “’“°“‘ ‘“ ` ' -.' I ' s polit-_\' is, 's aiiiii-sto 1-Irs on thi-_ siili- of brevitv _ \'ott-i'--:lic clerks Iii oiil' stori-s, i '_ll cry time. ti.; will be done bv i-v<-rv - ering ein.- ople, immensely to the prestige of his province 'nas_ever had-a man oft ‘oiind tis and rife tliroiii.:lioiii thi-_I .ition betiyieii ini our inil cni S --a»i_-~e----- --- 0 _ _ ' aaaawars .aa-sr " 'riiii i.iisi~:i:_\i.s _isp 'riiic iio<"roi:\\'t-i-ii -Rev- enue :intl Expenses of Gov--i'iiiiieiit_ iiiid then rliiiins that tlivri- is ai ilrlicit in our provini-itil iiiiiiiii'i~_~'_ ln no liiisiiii-ss i'i-ure liciivveii recciiits and piiyiiiviiis iicres- sarily show _surplus oi ilclii-ii. 'l‘lit~ dlI`t`ei'eiicc hetwei-ii rcvviiiil- and ex- pt-iises ol' (lo\'ei‘iiiii»>iit_ that is curreiit expeiiditui'e _ilioivs siirplus or |li~llcit und ai-trees with iii<-i'l-:iso or flct-i‘casc of net liabiliiii-s. A fiiriiit-i' iniglit pay $1.000 nioro than his i‘i.~<--ipts iii : _vczii on ;i<~<»oiint oi' p:i_viiii.; oil ai ;i"~_¥"=? =..=.i $1.00!) iiioi'i,.:uu<-. _\l-i-oi‘r of lui-t Pziirioi know-< ouiii- well its iirixiiiiii-iit i ieioi iil/o iil l elections'tlre'medfc’ine"Was readily availabl ,'bi_it this old §"___ H _ 5 if _ l"" _s -_ world moves some and we are continualy confronted ' ' ' ’ ' if.” - _' _ _ with new problems. That is where it'has the Grits ` ¢¢The~ *_ _ i -_ where the_wool is short. They didn’t notice it before all ‘ f their candidates were in the field. Now they say that the ‘ H 0 ' key of the whole situation is in these doctors’ hands; at least in their particular districts. Why? Because in their hands is placed by the Prohibition Act a tremend- Get Your ew Suit Here Come and see our big showing of Men’s Suits. ' A - ' We prepared months ago for the un- precedented dem_and» in,Men’s clothing and while it has more than met our expectations we still have hundreds of well bought suits to offer you. Suits purchased last October which are fully 20 per cent cheaper than we can buy today. Come to us for your-New Suit and save money. See our Blue Serges at $22.00, $25.00, $30.00, $38.00, $40.00. Tweed and Worsted Suits $20.00, $25.00,. $28.00, $30.00, $32.50, $35.00 and $37.50. NEW TWEED WATERPROOFS $18.00 $20.00, $22.50 and $25.00 l"ello\\' -wii,L:c-i-ai'iioi' :ind siiizill-sni- ._ (_ - pistons --i-iii-liiiiis: ilziiii.:i'roiisl_\' high Only a Belfaster § Sir,--.liihii _\_ I\'li'lililsoii. iioiv hiilil- I rail Go\'i‘_i'iiiiii~iit_ :iiiil the cxiilaiiiii- I lou given was "lli"s ollly ii llislfiisti-1'. Pr iiy\vii_v'_" John _-\iiiIoisoii. l’i'ovin<'i:il inco has not iiii-rciisell iiiidei' the H _ _ $1 . _ _ o lietlr-1' i-xplziiiziiion than “Ili-'s only 5 ll:-lfasti-r, :iiiywa_v." Shaw M<'_\lill:iii ` Ef ls “ ‘ - - ~= ~ 1 ' -,-i wi 59 5# ah $5? ¥¢ %i’¢5E *X5 ‘1¢ $54 5455! will have soiiii-iliiiil-I to say lo thc a_>il~ nf HM 'm" H' S mt 'mm' \ W oi' ol' ili-‘ l‘:iiriot lit-twci-ii now iiiiil '__ ' SOLILOQUY l‘}lr-rtloii llaiy, :inil il is 'iiot going; to ='¢d:Q'¢€'¢¥¢.fi¢ ¢‘R¢F%f‘:*f _ HINTS FOR \\'lii-ii :iii oiigiiio li:~<'oiiii‘.¢ o\'<'i'lii-:ii- ol`tf‘ii tli-- lirsi sign that thi- i':>olii oiii the `:ii~k ot' \\';iti‘i'. Iiisiill`ii~i1~iit_ ooliiig ri-siilts iii thi- t‘_\'liiiili-in ' and? i-iiipi-i'at|ii'i-s, aiiil its the only \\1l_\' hzit heal 1-tin 1-scope lriiiii thi- pi:-'loiis _‘ tlii'oiii.:li tht- vyliiiili-i' \\':ills; wh.-ii he t`oi'iiii~i' b<~coiiii- \'i»i'_v liol. tht-ri- ir little coiiiliictioii of hi-:it iroiii ihf _ sions that the 1':-nli-r ol' thi-ii' lit-;iils,; spi-rinlly. bi-ionii-_-; hot t-noipzli to llrt- hi- clisirgos, while ilif‘_\' uri’ l>i'iIlI»! <'\"l\' c-sseil upon the tip stroki- ziiiil bo- ri- the _spark ori-iii's_ 'l`lii- porlioii ol' to thi- heaiil aroiiiill_ the i-xliiiiist-viil\‘e lso inay 'ii-roiiio hot oiiouizli to raiise i--ignition. \\'hi-ii this pi‘e'1iiiitiii‘o ._ ° *l _ y _ _ H ‘,_ pr iii.-;}_ Signed the Treaty that I <-:iiisii-s “|iliililiig" noises iii thi- inoviiig piston and its <'_vlinili~r iiiiillli--"ri---ii viii-li lii-tiring and lh'<‘ : ~`_~‘. *_ 71?- _"cF,- L l \.\\\\\_\`fTS§-A -- --L_Kioi\iE`f -,~.~“,,~‘,_ ;~I have returned _'-.,_ QQNYLG-U* jg/-r|5 ;i5'