i l i _"il ll " 1 -l l w , l l=_l.~; ‘ P,__-_ l if 'li A l if i s ’ l 3 ,_ l. il il 1- i 1'. -'. 1 l ll,'<( g 1 'l l lx li . _4 \' fi i ~__. 1 l r i ._ .~- l _ ., l ,fm g ._ ,W ,_ tl .1 0 1 l` ‘lf is , ll 4 xr ». 'l 41;, __ ‘ \ ,gh icy.. .1 'A ‘ l We mill ll \ w* _ = I _ President:-Major A. A. Bartlett , J. R. lurnolt, D. K. Currie, Editor and Publisher. Associate Editor. 7 FRiD`.»\1Y,'JULY'2’5,*19`19. elillhlllllll Elllwll l'.lill'llll]lAll iliiiaintrymen Won 'f-l¢`5T“l-‘l-“°€2`1fl»lf‘°i.lllar°l“.s °::.'; :ready ddrms of flying men, nor me w ~ ° devastating tuuks. The mlm gn me ar _ r-.inks with the rifle in his llanllg won the war just as he won every other ` ' wur since gunpowder was investigat- 1“ his “\H'li‘l|Y lllllll ¢l€SDl\lCll Of ed, and just as thc archers us-ed to oscoacg lllN'lS F0ll""; ' The Motorist 1 is %*#’;3£ -'-'o NIT "2 '"9 Wai’ Whlsh MS already been will ~l~-l fr exi l - » ll -- ‘l“°'°“ fm" 1" this °'°\“m"- _ ~l"i@l<1 covelll-liiborwciiui-ee. pill? rililsst“iil»i a :s we =s as vs as as 45 s as a as vs an x V".-‘_ YES'I‘El:lI)_\Y’S ELl‘l("l‘l().\` S. The elections yesterday resulted in almost a com ‘_ 'plete landslide against the Government, only four of it supporters being elected. The result was a complete sur prise and the causes for it developed within the past fe _ days. The returned soldiers, almost in a body, we under ' stand, voted against the government. Many of them wer led to believe in the promises made by the Liberal candi- I. infantry many times, for the same dates that they would be given a cash grant and othe C0llC€SSlOl1S, that had *l`l0t l)€€Il- l,lS€(l Fight the orderlies, cooks, engineers, in fact, Government etc., etc. We sincerely trust they shall not be disappointed. Doubtless also many believed the exagger- ated and absolutely false statements regarding increased taxation which is the one devil feared by ourpeople not- withstanding the fact, perhaps because of it, that we are 9°-H1-S -`=->'=~ the \-'l-'--- ol' --<-we the lowest taxed people in the Dominion of Canada. We admit we are disappointed, more because of the AS 1- '\\--l- himself. like -nest alleged reasons for which the Arsenault Government was defeated, more because our people evidently believed f-Simi--Ili' .»-ynllllllllt-rlf: ll- llle lavllll-_v. thesealleged reasons, than because the Government was i‘i,`§§',,,“f.."iili";ilili_ overth rown. ~ However, the voice of the majority rules and while ° not looking fora fulfilment of the promises upon which the Liberal party has climbed into power, we shall _hope for the best. ` Premier Arsenault and his collegues did not deserv this turn down at the hands of the people of' this prov- t inodern war." Moreover, it czliinot ince. They-gave us clean, honest, capable government, bu in doing,so they drew upon themselves the ulnreasoneti criticism of those who were seeking their positions. In the prevailing unrest and llissatisfaction throughout the world and from which we in this province, even in our prosperity, have not wholly escaped, the criticism and the faultfinding and the promises for betterment were be- lieved and the result is what it is. .i __O_il X lll(ili~ (‘()S'l` ()l" l.l\'l.\`(l`f Much has been said, wise and otherwise, with refer- ence to the high cost of living and much anathematizing has 'been indulged in of those alleged to be responsible for it. We learn through the Commission recently organ- ized to investigate the cause of the high cost of living that certain companies had made enormous profits on their invested capital and we all with one accord jumped upon these “profiteers.” e There is one thing that we forget in connection with the big profits of big concerns, namely, that it is the bulk turnover that runs into the big profits. For instance, the Ogilvie Milling Company, acfcording to the evidence given before the commission, made a profit of $1,955,414 last year. Of this amount $832,900 profit was made on flour alone. Now it looks very cruel when we are told in glaring headlines that this octopus actually squeezed $832900 in cold profits out of the poor people of Canada for the proportion of bread from these mills that they fed to their families. It was a big profit, and similar profits were made gbyga number of other mills in Canada, profits that aggregatédinillions. But ther is another side to it. The Food Controller alloweffille mills a profit of only 25 cents a barrel and it was shown in evidence sub- mitted before the commission that several mills received only 17 cents a barrel. One barrel of flour produces 177 loaves on an average, so that 25 cents a barrel would amount to one-seventh of a cent a loaf or on the lower basis of' 17 cents, one-tenth of a cent a loaf. An average person consumes one barrel of flour a year, or five bar- rels for a family of five. If the whole milling profit of 25 cents a barrel were wiped off the cost of living for a family~of five would be cut down by less than two cents a week; , The millers’ enormous profits are by no means to blame for the fact that flour has gone up to the enormous pfices of recent years. ' In 1914 the price of wheat was 94 1-2 cents a bushel. In 1918-19 it was $2124 1-2 a bushel. At 4 1-3 bushels per barrel, the wheat in a barrel of flour in 1913 cost $3.93; in 1914 'the wheat in the barrel cost $9.76. In 1914 the wheat for the flour in a family of five cost $19.65; in 1918-19 it cost $48.80, an extra cost of $29.15 out of which the miller’s profit was $1.25 or 2 1-2 cents a week. The high cost of, living is not due altogether, as is usually c`harged,t to the extortionate methods of the manufacturer. As a matter of fact -the larger the factory is the smaller its overhead expenses are and consequent- 1 P ly the less its products will cost the consumer. The or- -rl-le ser-ren wAv ll ~. ' - ,. ~ -- `- R23 nn: PF9-' _ dinar mill turning out a few hundred barrels of fiou y p . could not live on a profit of 25 cents a barrel. Had the flour consumed in Canada during the past few years been produceklby the small mills exclusively at .the current; ,,,_.,.,, ,.__ price of heat the price of ffour would have been very T]Wl\l;rever_1l1r 20 nil-ll iii 1918. \\'lil-n the liritisli nrniy took thc il'-ill it llzi.l 458 pieces of light and \\'l-ill-i~\\'<-ight zirlillory. \\`iil-li the lll'li|i_~'lll-»- wus .ligul-ll lt :ind ti,-itil' guns :llid,lin\vitv.1-|'_~' of :ill'lll-sl‘l‘i|i- tions. l°`or ll long llnie (il-riiiolly had ilil- sllproninlty ill :lrtllll-ry. Till-n (lrl-ll liriirlln ralui.-:lit up and lills-_sl-ll hl-r. '|‘lil-n ltusslo ln-_,' llown 'lnll lil-rni.lliy olive inoro donilnutell, lllvn l.: bl- ilbll- to say lhill, <-vl-li boforl-_ llil- lust 1:11-11| (lr-rlnlln drlvl- hzlll bl-on _~:|oppl~ll, (li-l-ill liriliili hull .lgain :ms-lilll.-ll lin- i»-;ll:¢-iwiilill. The Field .\l:ll'-=li:ll lnl-iltlolis the l".ll'l thai in two llll_\'_-. -113,004) tons of llnllnuni- tion '\vl-i's- lis--ll. THE DIVISION OF LABOR IN MONTREAL. NlO.\"l`lll-Z.\l._ .llilv Z2!-Thi- split in llrglliilzl-l' Iaiblir, \\hilh st-ellis to be lll~vl-l0rl_0`i°lflioi».ifigbi§wn in your _ ° ° _ , the ar and by the withdrawal of so/many thous- ands of m pngductive occupations; ' _ l ' _ , , »1~»_-lu GH`r's ol- ‘S i :,°'»\as1'i:s 9" fl' lil it is better to lose with o conscience _I clcon Tllzin with a trick unfair; _ ,| lt is better to fall and to know you'vl- ‘ _ " 'T . \ most soul A chezlt you must live und dit-__ line srovll nl _ s- e' l wish he hnd inet defenk Willie his conqueror knows he must f Due to arrive shortly _ play_._ths part _ . _ » of a clleilt ami a living ue. lnwest, pnces fm' delwefy acaasaaaeeeaaaea ~ For your converiience, business may be done either ,,, through our MAIN OFF ILE at 51 Queen St., or at the 3 WHARF OFFICE. J. CARRAGHER & CO. Charlottetown I Phone , 7 54 J. IUCIIUOOCU 5 ®¢§*7R9#j,j$@#¢R¢B$$'*rQ;5V*Q \9h\‘$7R4E¢§¢5$*#557§$4$*¢.§#@l@**$“,’$**#@*. ' _ 'C if l___. -1 I* li" l § - "r_h|¢ In vv _ V ,BECAUSE they have the nicest 69, 79 cents etc., etc. Murrny~mudé, etc-. etc. Tl`ii;d)tulyottr glor is all ri lie ° S I _‘ " "` ' -vgfbft. "l5réc':I’res|,'_’ .li V .,,-t* l ,___- l..A|:>|ES’ , hits F-'aotvvcar Sehstbn Got Yours at QQFF3 \All-IY ? and best boot for $3.50 and while this line lusts they are from now on suh~ ject to li discount of fifty cents n. pair. BECAUSE they have li nice line also at $1.98 a plllr. BECAUSE they have Oxfords and Pumps frm $1.26 to,$5.00 a pair. Chlldrcn's white strap slippers for 59, _ cznrtemzw D0-ff (Oriel that We have iuswreceived some ol the lilies: mill and colors in izrlmlieil, painter. Astoria. special. BARGAIN ` $2 25 A BMHDIG 10|? Ot i»l“6¥'1\liDl‘f}l10 4 high heelll combination of patent and brown With over $5.00 Iii' _,..., ',2,;,- _-_ -5. s 1 _-f ‘~1"=*.f*"‘- ‘- '~- -- ~ - ~~