t‘. ‘ l2 ,.. it l ,. , l \ .5, --_'._.,-._ - _~._.__...- l‘ otatoes.” This “brought down the House.” ‘pleted stocks. It may mean that many of the west? a..-» , l BHARLUTTETUWN GUARDIAN‘ “11111191111111 ‘ ‘ Early last month the question of developing Canada's resources came up for discussion in Parlia- s. u. llIIIett, can" “a Plbllnlnli merit. The Press. prim-lint"! the Allsorlnlo llidltor. Montreal Star has frequently 11nd _ _ iforclbly emphasised the i011)’ of IIIIII‘ Dilly (founded I881) “.00 par you (delivered): ll ndvuo¢|l9911i11118 11111119115 01 dollars across QM pa: you (Illlel, ll ndunee. In Quads. and $3.110 In» U. I. A. the line for oui' coal while we have =¢== almost unlimited suililllfll Within .\ si-zcoxi) taut pantry tgzljrcz°ifl°'fapil';’°";:l,‘§.";g§f°1j:: Iriago to eastern Canada is the ex- The suggestion has been made in the House of qiemilve obstacle 11‘ deficits on nut-f Commons that thc new two -million dollar ice 1°11“ 1'"""_'*>‘§:“n;11:Y ‘T119130! breaker about to be built for service in the St. Law- iif_"n"°l;ux,‘i_’l'lfil‘,’lié no begefsmihls‘ rence Rive- and Gulf, be built as a carferry of o, ,,,,,,,,,,,,,.,,,,,,g mm ,,,,,,,e,, ,,,,,,, suitable dimensions to operate between Borden and,“ carrying 008i at less 1111111 cost. Tormentine in conjunction with 0r in place of the w the owl "1 mes! the wiilsltii-i car ferry Prince lildwzird Island, when needed. “""’“- Mm" m“ “'1” "1' ‘m’ w" With all duo deference to the Hon. W. L. Mac- “ems ‘" “"1"” "“v°_“°‘ bee“ “fwf . . . clopoil to capacity, some evcn .il. Kenzle King who made the suggestion and t0 Mr. J. ,,,,,.,.,1 ,,, ,.,,,,, 1,, knenw, S0,“, “us, E. Sinclair, M. l’, who concurred in it, we do not think lncss like activity in bringing tlicsc. this compromise, if it were feasible, would be acccpt- ii-suurces into beneficial 011611111011‘ able to the business men of this province. The possi- lmf“ :21’ ‘he W" °d"““‘l"“°' ‘° bility or impossibility of so constructing the new uflvifflf: m flpptgjr$gfs 1" “g p” giant ice breaker as to enable her to ply on the Bor- ' den Tormentine route, to fit into the docks there and. Labor is not tiir seeing In n1 lentil to navigate in the water aivailable there, is of course-KW“ ""1’°"""‘ 1““"‘““""- -"1""“‘ _ ._ I l l)‘. N f. th _ d V, nlahtrom the dirt-ct loss in wagcs to. a queglion U1 t1e ( kfilgnel‘ 0 e b 1i) ‘In “e 1 illicmsclvcs and oi‘ their products assume at the. tiutset that they will not take the stig- _,,, m, ,,,,,,,,,.,.' ,,,,, u~,,,,,.,,,,,,,,,,_,. geStlOYl 501101181X. The HEW 5191111131‘ \\'lli b6 \'Gl'_\' much outcome o1‘ strikcs, lllcrc is thc in-. FRIDAY, MAY 7, 1920.‘ f . '1"- A- A. Illletl. Pfioldent. l). K. Currie. scrvntloris that the tux on THE‘ CHA RLOTTEPOWN GU A H IllA N. lluungrflllflloni of the party, he will be sent out into the wilderness, "unto a land not inhabited." Or perchunce the simile ol Jonahjits in as well. The ship is in boistroun seas. They will not cast lots l‘or the guilty one, for they know his sins are no greater than their own. .13 they will find pretext for casting iilm to the fishes. He is not strong eonugh to control and they want» his placd; To him it would not be an unmixed agony. Surrounded by a heterogenous and incongruous mass, pulling and tearing in ave; direction-any place would be Hea- ven in comparison. After the dump overboard there would, no three day's of mental pangs, typical of his prototypos sojourn in the fish's belly, but after that, in the quiet, oi‘ private life under his own vine and 11s tree, like the other Jonahyed actresses. Of course“ it is still hc could dream happily ’ncath tho arbor of Angels gourds. "GRINDING HARD" was the Patriot's black headline of May 17, 1917, lt was quoting a speech made by Mr. .1. H. Bell, then leader of .tlie Opposition. lie was comment» liiuthicsonki oh- "farm lands is llflflllflfl‘ objectionable tax and should bc uholishctl as it GRINDS ilARl) upon the farmers of lhc country." The special war lax ‘was undcr consideration and thc lhcn saintly (ipptmcnt oi lax- lng on Premier larger than the Present c-(u- fQI-yy and it “I911 lluoncc ‘upon rural conditions, atlon adtic.ti,_"Ntiw is his tipporlulr known that the depth of ‘vutel. avallzlble at the term_ \\ luch ll is short slglitcdncss lino?‘ it). to‘ manifest sympathy loi the inals is vervlittie more than is required for thc latter “"°"."' "1"" w“'"'"“ "' ‘m’ """ ° f""’"°"" “"1 '“° h“ "" *'°'““ "’ - _ _ _ . ’ lhc inducements drawing labour make them GRIND HARDER." to say nothing 0t the adjustment of the larger ship M“, m, Gummy ,,, “no, Em, _~ to fit the docks built for thc smaller one. ploycrs, W110i} forced to do so by 110w about the "GRINDING" The main consideration, however, is that we need 11i<;|\vlili<l;~tav=ii of lllvllwl) ii-niirliiiltéiisi. the second car terry and will nced it coiitintttatislg‘. liajfp‘l“‘f'l"(f‘lf‘ riczluizg- An ice breaker in the River St. Lawrence mtg t e ' " ' ‘ ' and lo 1i cimsitlcrtthlte extent suc- ‘ available ticcasionallv; she would veri probably not ,,,._.,,,-,,,,_,, Tm, .,,,,,.,,,.,,,,,, ,,,- ,.,,,.,,, be availablc when lieedctl. Moreover to accept the St. llt-lp l0 the cities must in ntiiimii Lawrence stcainci- as a compromise would simply 1>}‘"<'<‘$s ""1"?" "K110011111" 1'}""_“"" mean an iiiiltifiiiitc postponement of the building‘ of the Secqnd can. few-Y‘ . dilions oi‘ which labor makes the This is a iiiattci- for the loarils of Trade and 0111‘ ‘loudest ('llill]ll£lll'll. At 1111150111 thc business men to take action in at once, to insist upon ‘Vfflfltkti sttitftfil.“ in: ttii lands oi omi- the second car ft‘l'l'_\’ being" put in commission as soon mmllllw» 1-111" b"'11"“>'~* 1" 1111's“ as possible and not to ask for or accept any kind of a "“"“"""“"“" m" “"“'" ““"""“ "“""‘ compromise that cnii only l1l(.‘£lll (lisapptiintmcnt and further delay liiiic, labor will find ilacll‘ up against thc unhealthy‘ condition, to now? Truly “my father chastised ‘you with whips, hlli l \\'ll.l.(?1l.~\S- ,'I‘lSl<J YOI‘ WlTll SGORPIONS." The bluckcst caiic thc Patriot l.ih~ crnl gang could conjure up against Conservatives. was a hright spot in comparison with the singelng and scorching and roasting which thc Iicople arc to pct from the blis- lcring llrca kindlcd by thosc all- ‘thtirs of satanic pcijiltlyn The tax ihogics iwhlch they aillegcti to be lllic (‘.onscrv:itivcs‘ progrnmtnc arc ti-illi-s,.onl_v ilrnps in thc bitckct “Hm, dpnnlmp as |, s\u'(‘slgl Wm m|nltingsiilc lhc stupcniious tax por- posiils of lhc lit-ll t-ontortlonisls. Till‘. 1'rcniiiri' cstliiialcil the uggrcg» lhi-n at ll-asl. oi‘ their places antlfll" 11101111150 111 111101" 5300.000. And i‘ . ciiipltrvmtint monopolized to a con-f Wt‘ may depend on lt he did not siderahlc degree by workers from} thc country‘. l‘()'l‘.\'l‘()]‘IS. Tlic potato crop in Canada last‘ year was the‘; Tits mei-siiri- in political Ill‘I'11l1.\‘i largest in its history‘ and prices were the highest. _ B‘ G ‘ | l‘ b n Prospects are good for approximately good prices ,‘;‘,"‘;":L°g"e"s,“,‘:,, during the 1111000111 year but what of the Slze of theiolulitin over broached in mlr halls crop? At priccs ruling today those who have, noitir lcizislation llilii bet-n tabled. Ii seed potatoes on hand will find it difficultcto securejwiiii no llfPlllll in thc lion. m. them and cvcn if they can locate them, will find if diflicult to pay thc price. Many also who have a g0od,,NTANGLBLE,, WW“, b" “m, stock on hand will find it difficult. to resist the temp- #8,, ,,,,. ,,,, i,,,,. ,.,,,,,,,,,,,,,, menus, tation of scllinc, at the attractive prices oiTering. The lllP llliiilllf! in Fill(?(lfl_\‘()0(l, llm Wilrll Canadian (ltllliilld for potatoes is exceptionally high,,ln tlii- 11111l‘ll‘11\1‘_.\‘ anti mi- criiii-h- m thanks to llic llll‘,t1"8_i11(lLlSi1‘i1li centres created byl{';'1’fji“*‘nd"'f,§ mi“ch_u_,,, ,5 the 01d Nzltional pone-v‘ ‘ , ilitiincehxgludedlThesc we pieininici A Toronto paper recalls that the first general i,“ ,|,,_,,,,._,1,,,~iNTANGinLE_-- m; election. ziftcr thc zidoption of the National Policyjit-iisi they are the‘on|y' 0110B whlclil was held in June, 1882. There was a general potato who terse-salad M11 can was," “'11s, famine at the time and, as at present, prices were ""1 111111110 as such. They have, very high. The chief Conservative meetings were. purposely under ilrurc the amount. This was in a largo mcnsilre con firmed in details itirnlslietl by thc Attorney General. The ordinary lkct-li-ti on thc (ircvltiusly grcastfil,i‘arm lnx rate is almost doubled. But this does not satisfy the keep- ers ot‘ tho "cflb." There is to be ,:ilso a reassessment and the total l increase on farm lands is estimated at $100,000. Then a Poll Tax 0|‘ $3 on every ninle tit-tween the ages of 2i and 65 will yield another $60,000. Then tho personal prn~l pcriy, details of which arc kept ob scared, except the zitlmlsslon that it Yncluilei-l thc hard working labor- |ll'l\'ill(‘,l’.l\’8 another $50,000 rcvcnuc. On incomes they expect an in- crease of over $80,000. The vicious feature of tho Income Tax is that‘ it includes the hard working labor .0mltled to tax the air wc brci\llie,,°1' “m1 11°91‘ ""111 W110 w91°‘91‘911111' qii-rhtips ‘they considered it 0t‘ totilwd “m1” m“ om 3°‘- whe“ ‘he being held 111 i118 city Of TOfOfltO. The chief speaker|.i,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,-- a nature w levy upondwflfkmillf! pay was only a dollar one night was Sir John MacDonald. He said, when. he appealed to the country in ‘67, the battle cry was Union and Progress, and his opponents referred to his party as the U. P. Now he was asking a renewal of confidence on account of the N. P., which he said" stood not merely for National Policy, but also for National Prosperity, No Poverty, and (after a pause _‘ nd with that peculiar smile) he"'added “and for New ‘cred by the Provincial Secretary- ‘Trcasurer. instead, the unsuspect- ing Premier is the selected scape- goat. As Hon. Mr. Arsenault sug- gested, his wily and ambitious lieu‘ tcniints are already ilrcsslnp. mm lor n sacrifice. Alter the political viiaron placcs his hands upon the shoulders all thc iniquilics "' ()l"l‘l.(N)I{ FOR LIV ‘I h"l‘()(‘l(, ,~>¢ ~+o¢+o #004004 Daily Selections i Duringthe past winter thousands of cattle in; some of the western provinces starved to death or‘ b were slaughtered because of want of feed. Thisl‘ means that during‘ the present summer and next autumn the stipply of cattle from the west will be-‘ greatly reduced; it means also that large numbers q"; cattle will be needed in the west to replenish the de- . Guardian Readers i mmlshsd by W. d. Lennon QQQQ-QQ-vvoooaoooovo-QO-OOQ HIS EXAMPLE ‘fhere are little eyes upon you, and they're watching night and . do)‘. There are little cars that quickly take in cvcry word you say; There are little hands all eager to do everything you do, And a llttlc boy that's dreaming oi’ thc day he'll he like you. ern ranchers, financially" ruined by the winter's losses i will go out ofithe business altogether. In any case it means that the supply of available cattle in America is far below normal and that high prices will rule until the shortage is made up. Our farmers should take note of this and see to ; it that no calves are slaughtered during the present; Spring. If it is not convenient to raise them they. should be sold to those who can afford to keep them.‘ There is room in this province alone for more than double the number of cattle we now have; there is‘, a continuous market for milk and beef and the farm that raises the greatest number of cattle is always the best f(-!1‘illi7.(%'l. (‘attic will pay for their keep un- , der almost any conditions and for many years to, come they Will be one of the most profitable lines on l the farm. ‘ An important factor is to see that the stock is‘ of the right tiuality. There are several breeds and: ,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,,, ,.,,,,-,,. ,,,,,,,,,,., each has its iaiii-ticular friends. One factor however!‘ 118111- ‘ ‘ is common to theim all, namely, that the best onlyMM M“ °“""“'” "m" "W" “"1 he wiitchcs dity and night; pays~and every" care‘ should be taken that only thci Y0" "is Billing H" 651111111118 evflrr , _ ' . i, l-IV n fl O best of the liiccd should be retained. Weed out the , p“, m, "m, b0," ,,‘,',,,,-‘,’, wan,” ,,, scrubs, brectlflytp and save all the well bred calves. stow 1w w be like you It will payl ‘ the Wliilifll of the wise; ln his little mind about ynu no sus- picions ever rise; l-io believes in you dcvnutly, holds that all you any and do 11c will sny and do in your way Will'f'l lit-Is grown up just llkc you. Oh. it snmctltnes rmikcs me shud- der when I hcar my iboy re» pent Some careless phrase I've uttered in thc language nf the street; Anti it scls my,hi-art to grieving whl-n some little fault I a-ie Ami l know beyond all doubting that he plckcd it up from me. 'l‘hi~rn'a n wltlc-cycd little fellow -Selected . This Dill should-have been fillll-ltlltl income Act was ’ lit-ad oi‘ the "goat" and loads on hisferitl tax net with andtfrom $6 tip to $22 or more. This is t 1 ;to a dollar and a quarter a day the [ranted ex- ‘cmpting up to $500. Thnt amount rolievctl practically every working man in the province from this tax- ‘ation. Now the meanest laborer in lthc land earns $3 to $5 per day. ,This means $900 to $1600 per year. iAll the. working men oi‘ the prov- ilnce are thus roped in to the Lib- impositlons of [for Income Tax only to which must lulso be added the $3 Poll Tax. When we consider the enormous lordinary revenue, by a large am- ‘ount the biggest in the history ol tthe province, which we will have ithlil year, the iniquity oi‘ these tax- .cs will become more apparent. 0v- ‘r $1000,000 from Prohibition which ilhc late Government never had. iThen the saving ot‘ at least $40,000 in repairs on roads and bridges by the operation oi‘ the Highways Act. ‘And no elections to stimulate ex- tra expenditure, no election or re- ferendum costs, two months less teachers salaries to pay, large quantities of materials purchased .by the Araenault Government and YOUTG 1.10 llllll! fPll0W'S l(l0l, y()ll'1‘(’i|)n hand [0 cQnfl-lbutq [g (hg (gup- rcnl ycnus public works. Surely lhcre is absolutely no need oi‘ a single dollars increase in taxation. it may be required, but not to this i-ntirinous extent, in 1921, but most certainly; it is uncalled for in 1920. ll‘ we add this increase oi‘ $300,000 to the $1,182,772.93 receipts prev- iously estimated in this column, it will make n grand tolnl of $1,482,- 772.93. Considering that our biggest ordinary expenditure can not ex- ceed $700,000 without useless waste of public monies, this startling tax hill will m» an indication ‘of the‘ spending programme of the smooth mouthed slippery economists who held the country spell bound only a short year ago with their do- nunclatlnns of Conservative lax- ulinna and their prontlses of econ- omy and reform. The Davies Gov- er t repealed the old Quit- Milllllll British Spinsterstll the End 1t is estimated that- in the Brit- lsh isles there ale a million women doomed to spinsierhood as a re- sult ot‘ the _,war. In pro-war days women outnumbered-men in Eng- land. but the disparity was ‘not so great-its lo destroy in any woman's breast the belief that some day, it‘ she chose, she might 0nd a suitable husband. The toll of the war, not only in killed but in the crippled, was uch us to force home to wo- Inen the fact that them have not riiuch more chancc ot‘ getting married in ‘England than ‘they have oi‘ becoming distinguish- posslble for each woman to feel , that she will not be one of thc mll~ lion, and that if there were only six bachelors surviving in England she would probably be thc choice 0t‘ one ot‘ them, it‘ not ot‘ more than one; but students of social quea- tione who deal in over ages believe rtho situation to be one ot‘ unmosl gravity. Some of them ‘fen. that ll will result in a wave Ol million‘ lality, and the i‘act' that there have been scandals concerning some ol thc young women who left tht-lr slieltcrcil homes to lake a part in war work is citcd as cvitlcncia oi what is to be. ‘ a million of ‘ Others’ lfiiiw‘ ritual‘ _JU8T A8 USUAL. fOfi-OQ (Philadelphia Inquirer) When the coal men remark that “an advance may be necessary to take up part of the burden or the wage increase," we‘ know what they mean, all right. They'll make the advance and the public will take up the burden of the increase -—plus. --_40->i——- FIGTFU L8 OF SOUND (Boston Transcript) An English story relates that n music conductor in n Provincial town engaged n new player and told him he must take the double» bass part. "But. I don't know the double- bass," said llie man. “You must ‘teach me the fingering first." "Fingering!" replied the conduc- tor impatiently, “there is no tin- gering-forlhe double-bans. It is Just played in handfuls, like this" (suiting the action to the words.) b?<+>———+ A FASHION: NOT A FACTOR! upright in. ihjlAiways sfvititfilp in the "Victory! cabin." as he him- self wrote. “cannot be very good tor the constitution. 1 think you will find me grown thin, but never mind." . oer-rim: AFTER "m: MAN riding in their cars. W. B. Fox. oft Syracuse, N.Y., has lust been sued by his wife for ‘$15,000 damages as‘ a result of an accident while she was riding with her huabuitL- "l don't care ii he is my husband," she declares; "he was responsible for the accident." _._j¢ao>-i- OVERALLS AND OTHER THINGS (The Boston Herald) ()l‘ the fast-spreading overalls movement through thc South two lnterestlltl: rei-iults thus far are vlslblc. 0n the one hand, the rc- tail clothiers 0i‘ Birmingham, Ala, have sent. a committee to the news- paper publishers asking them to suppress the news of this effort l0 bring down the cost of wearing np- ptircl on lhc itround that thc move-I nicnl tends to tininage the business (The Columbia Record) (Ilothcs arc vary costly lhciic ilays. Everything clnc is costly. Many new factors enter inlo 111080 costs, in addition to thc old oncsl oi‘ the local merchant; the publish- crs rcfusc thc rcqutesl. 0n thc oth- cr liiuid, in one city thc price of overalls, which bcforc. thc war will at 80 ccnls a pair and a week ill-ill at $2.00, lins been advanced, "on Married men ought to be more’ careful as to whom they take Joy-i [field of Maine Giants or Hlllplra LWlllCll are more expensive. It is so laccount oi‘ the great dcmand,"- lo all over the world, and it has bccn International Marriage Bureau Dealers, ll would Winifred Graham, tne noieiisi, is campaigning in behalf of an inter-l national marriage bureau. She saysl that in CnnuilinAustraliti and South‘ America thc male population is? greater" than the famalc, and in thci case oi‘ the two former countrlcsf. the surplus men are of the slime-i language and race as thc Englishi women who are pining miitclcss, Shc bclicvt-s that it‘ 1141111112 Can‘ adinn wants a wlfc and has no happencti to 11nd a girl who sccmsl suitable lio ought to be able to‘ wrilc lolhe llriiish Consul and bul supplicil. She points out that (70ll-l sills arc ilppolnlctl to transact farj lain facts oi‘ human nature. A man might readily risk his best friend to pick mil a linme for llllu, or :1 cur or n suit of clothes, bul will-ll it clinics, lo tihoosing ii wifc cach lllillli has the secret. but 10811101011016‘ idea that he is the only picker. ll‘ ho would not be willing that his pal or his father should slick ills, hand ‘into tho grab bag for him, can it bc supposed that ho would trust a consul lo supply him a wit‘:- by turning up a card index? » l l "In, toilectual Companions" Arthur S. Draper; the European correspondent ot‘ the New York Tribune, says: “Ono remedy that has been seriously suggested is that every Briton select one woman to bu the mother ot‘ his‘ children and the other his intellectual coni- punion." lie adds that this plnn is dismissed by some who are op- posed to polygamw-pnd it is re- freshing to know that there sur- vive some ofltheee-Last Dltchers-~ and by others who contend that not every Briton needs an intellect- ual cornpanoln. There is anothef argument to the effect that the high cost ot‘ living would put a muffler on this suggestion. The chief defect of the plan, however, would appeal‘ to be that the mil- lion British women who have little prospect oi‘ getting British hus- harids, are not willing to comprom- ise on the basis of intellectual com- panionship. lt may be so that some oi‘ iliem are not intellectual at all. At any rate we understand the problem to be the corrallng of hus- bands, not the development oi‘ in- lt-llectuul friendships. So this ser- ious suggestion that Mr. Draper rc- poris fails dismally ln its efforts to ho serious. As thc English would say, it's i1 bit thick. Leap Your‘ The fact that this is leap year was expected in some quarters to icnd toward the solution oi’ the problem. 1t wns hoped that it least bachelor-hood would be abolished. Every eligible man would be wod- dcd, and while even then there would bo a formidable liurplurof what George Gisalng called the "odd women,“ all possible hus- bands would have been enlisted. flfll‘. export said that the natural rent tnx nf $25,000 and stihiitituted n $36,000 Assessment Act. This "Tux Curse" was denounced at in dlgnatlon meetings held all over the province and that excellent government, authors of the Free School Act, which proved such a boon to our people was hurled from power. What answer will the poo- ple hf the province give to those princely ilecelvers who after gull? lng the people to give them. the government answer back by bury lng them under an avalanche of taxation. ' ,and tnoretfemales when tho fomule so after every great war. Time, re-i ailjustmentsnhe final re-aiiserlion of llic old and eternal laws that reg-l ulnte commerce in the long run,‘ will bring us hack to it normal con“ tlition inllme. Overalls clubs may,‘ be satisfying as a sort oi‘ [iop-viilvc‘ to blow off thc high pressure of rc- soniiiient against conditions, bul tlicy are not likely to (rlmngc the conditions appreciably. -__--¢-o-Q-_--_ THE OLD "VICTORY" (The \Vestmlnster Gazette) Nelson's famous nld flagship is‘ going inlo drydnck on Aionday‘ less iinpiirliini and necessary bllsi ‘ncxl. i am glad to hear that her ‘11110110181111911- 18 11 511011110“ m‘ “"14" ncss than thc purvtgving of wives islout oak timbers, obtained chiefly 1"‘ 11111111110111? Tlic only defect In this otherwise} from the Kent and Sussex Wealdsqill"? l’l'1‘1111"l‘l1 1" 11"." 1111' i‘ 111119 i“ logical idea is that it ignores (‘PF-‘HTC still in good condition. and than" 111119 111111 "T" “'111'11°‘1 111111 111*’- price will go to 25 cents u pound. shc itiay sllll have many years afloat. But 1 never rn aboard her without wondering what Nelson would havc thought of thc change could he havc visited‘ a modern battleship. From July 30th, 1802i, when he joined her from the "Am- plilon," until July 20th 18115, when he lantlcd at Gibraltar, he. ncver sot foot tishorc. Yct thc height oi‘ the cabin is only 5 fcct, 11 inches-wt tall man, that is, could not stand chivalry of men‘ would lend illicit‘ admirably to the uses oi‘ leap year, and that if ll. girl had the nerve to make u proposal’ she rarely would ho repected. On the other- hand u more sophisticated author- ity said that in u sense every year is leap year; that women lead thc man up to fhc point where the only logical or opposite remark ho can make is "Will yin be my wife?" 1t‘ n man is mnnoeuvred into this position what difference is it whe- lher the girl makes the proposal or the mun? Advocates of the leap year idea say that if a girl loves a man there ought to be no reason why she should not tell him so, es- pecially it‘ his blishfulness makes it difficult for iilm to utter the fateful words that would lend nat- uarlly t othls modest nvowul. Fewer Boy Babies A further aggravation oi‘ the sit- uation is revealed in the fact that oi‘ all European countries Great Britain has the smallest proportion of boy babies, so that eligible spin- sters who are waiting t‘or the next generation to grow up are likely- to be baffled. There is an old idea, probably without the slightest scl- entiflc basis, that after a war the tendency of babies was to become boys rather than girls, with the idea of restoring the balance. This touches on the old question of the ilredeterminstlon of sex. So fur as one can tell from ‘experiments with live stock, the tendency is for Na- ture to produce more males when the male is the weaker oi’ the pair. is the weaker. In other words. the controlling factor in the produc- tion of the mule is the robustness of the female. Speculations to this effect are"not likely to assuage the nnxlcty of tre million of British women who as n result of thc war nre likely tn remain husbirndloss. They may be better off, ‘but no stntesmnlt is likely to have ‘the courage to attempt to prove ll to thcul. Weihuvo sumo remarkable bh Women's; house‘ shoes 75c. ,- Wonienfi-i Patent litinls in lace and button. cloth alldkidftop‘, low‘ ‘fncilluiu lilltla Gents $1.95. cliliirirtifi Remember that prlcfs ‘on Ho! "got their increasi- ‘prices of anthracite coal all over, $6.00 a pair. seem, fear the effect 0f_ tho cam- paign on their ordinary trade; the rule oi‘ supply and demand, always opcratlvc, fll)\VPVt‘f"illilCll it may become complltriiicd with inclden‘ lial circumstances in any particu- down wlicn fcwc r people want to buy any kind of goods. Bui whcn great niluibcrs of persons suddcnly put any kind of goods inlo 11111101"; imil demand prices inevitably g0 up. 'l‘h‘o 200 per cent a viincc in thc overalls case is arbitrary, hut it illustrates the rulc. nevertheless one wonders about a lot oi‘ othci boostlngs about price, actual and Why ‘I Consumers 0n the very dill" that the luincrs iii \\'ilf'(‘S thc, (lrcalcr Boston wont up a dollar or more a ton. The Commission on the Necesaarlemot‘ Life asked a lot of definite questions of thc deal- crs as to the justification l‘or tho advance, and the testimony, rc- portcd in i‘ull in lhc Boston papers made reading that both intiircstoil and lingered lhc readers. Tho nat- ional commission could 11nd no roa- son whatever for tho increase in thc prlcc of bituminous coal. Ev- ery such incident makes converts to radicalism far faster than the soap box oratora can make them. SOAP-BOX ORATORB. ‘ (World's Work.) The soap-box orator no longer uses a soup-box; instead he has a neat folding platform and usually from half a dozen to ii dozen assist- ants. ISomo of these scattered through the crowd in order to ap- plaud or to ask questions-i; crowd that could not be held by a silver tongue will stay to hear a dialogue, even if only in the hope that thc speaker will be worsted. Others of the assistants have pamphlets for stile at a small price, and so skilled have these men become in the man- agcment of street meetings that n very poor speaker will hold ‘his ou- dience and send a good part. o! them away with the conviction that there ls something in what he says.’ The street man does not attempt to ex- haust his subject. Rarely is he con- structive; he does his whole work if he convinces a certain number of people that they lire being wronged POSSIBLY (The Moose Jaw News) it men and woman would "cut out" the demands for "stylish" sp- purel, ignore tho dictates of fash- ion, and be content with those things which satisfied the fashions oi’ a few months back even, they would not have to descend to over- ails and ginghsms. The merchants would be ready to sell them the goods required, so long as they have them. As things are,_thls overall campaign can he regarded as nothing more than a tempor- . bowl of‘ . MAY 7,1929, l .. ., . '“* ‘ 1i Tllli 11001.11 loiwli a , "i1:.:':'.ia"l';°::."..':;.::' \ent| of questions of inter ~ est. The Charlottetown Gusrdthn don not necew. arliy undone the oplnioru oxprouod by its corres- pendent: w-owwoo-o-oopwa eke.“ I MORE POiTATO ,- onowmc PRIZEQ ~Slr,—-1n your-issue of the Gust-q. ian for May 1st, in item entitled ,"To encorage ‘potato growers." | .not.e that no prize has been offer. ed ‘by ipotato dealers in Prince , County. As a potato dealer in litild County and one ititereated in lite . island's. potato industry l perm”, i offer a prize of $50000 for the bust State potatoes, of Twnniy acres iii- more, grown in Prlucc (lounty, u]. H0. u prize of $50.00 ilor tile host . field of Maine Giants or ililinpli-t- State potatoes, tit‘.’i‘wc.ii|y acres or 1110M Krowii in tin-y part of the l9 land. (‘omptititlon for above prlzgs to be open to all parties. i um Sir, etc, ,, M. J. MCIVER, | Van Bursa, Maine, Mill’ 1th, 1920.‘ ,--—_i<§‘§____- wuooooowovovoovoo 0o o; l f The Reason Why woovovoovooo-ooooa fOQQQQ WHY THE SKY is BLUE What- makes the blue sky and tho glorious hues ot‘ sunset? pm, 1311135 has Elven the answer in a‘ lecture on "Sounds of the (Bonn. try" iii the ‘Royal institution Lori. don. ' The blue sky, he cxpluinctl wit; duc to thc iutcrcelptlon by llifrllt-l- cs in thc atmosphcrti of tho blue rays which form i1 part oi’ illl‘ Wlllli! light oi‘ thc sun. Thu 111L115 oi‘ whitc liglltconveyctl by longui. "'11 111111 Y"110\V light ivavt-s iiianag cii to Jump the many rillllSiillltftifi in the atmosphere and wi-rc sot-n at sultsct. llc showcd a disc of light on the scrccn which, passing [hrQugh a water lit-clinic grnaimiiy rt-dtlcl- as tht- wzitcr got clniiilii-r, 1111 ilt 1031- 111101‘ 1m iliiitatlon or thc sun lu u Nuvcmhcr fog, it fadcd away. _ Aiiothcr clevcr i-xpcriulciit show ed how thc wind made stiutnds in thc trecs. A stick put into a m; volving bowl of water sci. up little Whirlpools behind it. 1n the 511mg way, the" wind rushing p331 {was formed Wllirlwlllllrl on a small scalp and these teausod tlios~ sounds so ailinlrahly ilcscrilictl by the ltuliii. tbivc Mord “sounding? "Similar sounds are sci up L’! telcgrapl Wires. ‘ , ' ESCIIALLOTS Early Garden Pens. Early Garden Beans. t t 200 Varieties Sweet Peas. Choice Dublin Bulbs Cholqe Gladioll Bulbs. Slimmer Savory Seed t ‘And a full stock i-f Garden Seeds at Carters Seed Store‘ , ary fad which will quickly exhaust itself as have so many others oi’ a similar character. Tliliidqualled Vilues rgiilnli on counters this wceltz-i- Odd lot Women's boots $1.98. 0. Misses 1.85 and $2.25. - v\' eproof ho ry ~wlll allvlltme 211' p“ . @6111‘ eeooaiusoouiooooo40444‘ ‘ii llflll high heels. $11-75‘ ccnl soon; Bily now. ,.