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IHE BUIIGEI SPEECH
t(`ontlnIIed i'rom page nine.)
abit- oi' tiny part oi' the,l_’irit_i.Sli Em-
pire. tffhecrs.) There is no part
oi tht- Ilritish Empire, no province,
no t:olou_\'. no country, that was able
to place it Ioan on tcrins as favour-
able as little Prince Etiwiirtl island.
tt'iIoc`\I'sl And I will tell you more
.\lr_ Spcziiicr, that it' we had Iollowcti
the pt-ruiI~ioIIs ativicc ot' the lion
I_<~Iu‘.t~r oi' tlir. Opposition last August
:intl had issued dchcntures to raise
:Ito-nov to par into the Patriotic Fun/I
we would liavt- lost over ami over
again Intiny tlioiisainis oi' dollars. anti
tht- I-rt-dit oi' iht- |n'oviIIt~t- would lIuvt‘
siiiilt' iiislcutl tit' standiiu: Ili the high
f-st piii\iut'lt‘,~»lIiglicr than Iht~ llonil
nit,-n OI' t‘ttinui:I; for tht-,I Iuivp borrow
t-.| at F. pci- ct-ut. aiitl'liavt- made Ii
Ili.-I t~tIiiut, wiirrens wt-. prot°IiI‘ctI an
eitlr-iisitin of live _vt-:ini on the loan
nt' i:18:’._tttItI on a inisis ol' 5 pt-I' cent
ti.It.` tt‘Ii»>t‘I's.I it was in ISIII
wltt-ii' liI.ii lotiu t,i` $1li5,0ll0 was Ilofii _
t=tl, and with proper Iiuuiicing wr-
shotilti havt- l'ountI, on thu lst l)et'r-in
bor last :I siiifit-iciii stun in the sink-
ing fund to havt- inet that liability.
llow niuch ditl we iind in tiip sinking
fund? Would this lloust- believe it
-not oiic-hall oi` $1X='.,Il00_ Nt;-t one-
half,--just $!l2_IIIii; and so wise and
pruficiit had those incn been that they
had iilvestetl the sinking tuntl in dc-
licntiires and securities that were not
due ou the lst Ilecembor last, and in
the sinking i'iind there was not ont-
singlo dollar to meet that $185,000
loan except $512,851. which we had
paid into that sInkin_t-; iiintl ourselv
t~s_~-Now, let this he uiitlcrstootl, i'0i'
thc Leatier oi' the Opposition is the
iiuaucittl critic and this is his rt'
cord: lite and his party floated u
loan with ii sinking fund not outfl-
t-it\iIt to pay r.-nc-liali oi the amount
nt' that Ioan at. inaiui-it_v; anti what
titt-rc was in the sinking i`uIid coni-
prising only $fI2,tltI0 in cash. NOT ONE
CENT OF THAT CASH INVESTED
IN THAT FUND BY OUR FREDE-
CESSORS! EVERY DOLLAR THAT
WAS AVAILABLE IN CASH WAS
PAID IN BY THIS GOVERNMENT.
What tiili we do? \Vt~ took the mai.-
II~r up with tho .\t'tiIn Iiisui'aiit-e (‘otn~
ittniy that i.t~|t| sititmititi ot' this Is-
I_IIItl~'s bonds, ttnti at`tt‘I' tt thorough
iII\'t-stigntioii ot the iiuaiittial position
tIi` this prtIviiit‘t\. by Ilicin. we were
ohio IC- get i`I-oin tlivni the iorlns I
have statcti. an extension of five
_vtiairs at ilvv pci' rent. anti as to the
lialfincc of $52,148 which he had to
raise,»~hecaiise wc were put tp the
I-.lioice of borrowing that or putting
on the market aint slaughtering the
debt-ntures and other securities which
our predecessors had put into the
siitlting fund-we raised as a special
batik loan tho sum of $52,148 at 5
per cent. All tliose who t`oilow the
course of events know that (`anatlu
ht;-rrows with thc wliolii cretiit of thc
Dominion beliiini ii. and borrows at 5
per ct-nt. giving II tllstrouni and other
pI'\'iiit~ges in connection with the
plan; so thai. we lisve- actually put
through the whoic amount which we
had tt; borrow on better terms than
(Tanada and better than any other
province in (‘aiiarla. There is an old
saving anti a true one which I would
sti‘ougl_v commend to the serious
thought oi’ those on the other side,-
that "He who goes ahorrowing goes
asoi-rowing." `
THE LIBERALS' SHORTSIGHTED-
` NESS.
When those gentlomcit went bor-
rowing so cheerfully twenty-five years
ago thcv never thought ot’ the flrst
day of December, 1916, coming, when
that $185,000 would have to bemet. The
cost, of floating that Ioan to this pro-
vinco was $7,620,-tliscount and part
of costs. There is no separate record
to show what all the co;-its wore, but
the discount. anti cost, as appear in
the public accounts, amount to $7.-
fi20.72. - Therefore. it will bo seen
that they not only satldlcd thc pro-
vipco with a debt of $185,000 Init a
furtller loss of seven thousand dol-
:Jhfs W‘t.t docs that amount to to-
day? Those gcniletneii, in their rt-.ck
less manner. talk about the extrava-
gallcc of 'this (lovernmeni. Of
tfbhrse, that is only clicup political
truck; any person can make such
irresponsible assertions. But .hero
we have proof of what is extrava-
gance and incompetence; a Ioan floa
ted at that time ni. 4 per cent. which
was a very high rate when Canadian
loans were being floated easily at
3% and 3%. They floated this Ioan
at 4 per cent and had to undersell it
below par. We, after all these
years, have been able to faco s War
l\larkst,- and instead of having to float
our Ioan at a discount. instead of ha-
ving to dost it at a higher rate than
Canada pays, we floated it without a
olia f I t I t I t
» . .ti .
'r ».-.  ~ ; _ - . < -.~ _ » ` ‘.i ' ' '
I r~ ~
HE !lI»0'@“I_ P
what that loss of $7,620 incurred: _ ` ,
twenty-tivo years ago means today! ~ `
IF THAT LOSS HAD NOT THEN - It 1 _ -f ~
BEEN MADE WE WOULD TO~OAV - ' _ -
IE 820.499 BETTER OFF. Every
dollar that ttfey lost on the floating
of that Ioan, by -tho 16th of December
last amounted to $2.69.-~ Take that,-
- THE ListiIstIiiisUIiE-
I
I
Ivagant and wasteful, I suppose. when II
every dollar lost when the Hon. Lead-
er of the Opposition smiled his bles-
sing upon the floating of this loan and
the reckless waste of money in con-
nection with it-every dollar he thus
smiled awa- is noiv Ii burden upon
our Iitiriisflir $2.09, Ima the s1,ti2o| th
facts, members of the Opposition havet "03
rip. hiirdihomi ip mp( pimp; pxirpvni which is to provide for the soldiers
wEoNEsoAv, MAncH 2a, 1911. ~titert§___`X§-,is`_It“iisgeygity Iast`y@aIf for
'I . . . '
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n _
This (Wednesday) afternoon, wIIilcI ses,_'t_lI_t`zi-e_was np necessity this year.
o Bill entitled “Au Act for promo- Ho i_'.on_tendod tint there, should be
waged many stands pgpipsi ip, iii om- ting tho settlement of unused lands more 0¢‘0\l0II1y Oh :IIB IlI1"l_0I` *he 0°:
de|,¢_ ;20_499_ in the (ppp pf ihespi and the development of other ret-mul" VG'l'l\,!llGl\_I Ill llllilll BSIYIIZ ill lll.\_l\0<*9B.
- or this D,.ov|n(.c._». the 0p_|,,,,r r,.i~ _tim-y__oiIIt:ials Ii_ntI retlucing salaries.
aims We were iedrietigiy extra returning i'roIn the wur. was being .D
built a wharf, built, u railwuv. built il
H
Q Ilrcdgc and supplied to the 'turniersi I0
ti tortilizor that has covered tiious-iii()
ands of acres oi’ laiitl for far less mo-i Ill
ney than those people wantonly threw- 5009011. Felllleil I0 U16 0I>DC\`iii-IUII 01' U .
away N0 ,Honey Hmm in ,hp mppt Mm ik-.ii “mi miie, mpmpers pf (hm so the motion that was made was not
lic service, for which there is value, Opposition to the Ilill. ii
is wasteti money; but this kinti of
frm, Lcpiier pf the Qppopiiipp hm] cc-mniittco. and tho hon. gentlemun's_
-icaling. ily reckless incoInpe.t.teuce, Spoken at Corifiltlorllhle 1011301 C00- mouon' however wo" *mended H may
where there is nt;-thing at all to com- tlemulng the -bill, anti other members I’
pensate for the expenditure,-that is o
I
exlravagaiufe. It is waste oithcr'tIis
thrtiuiiii utter int-oinpcteiiec or froini
some other cause. In the Iiotatioiniias poi been 3 progressive mepspre _
of our loan to-f $152,000 we incurred befor.; this i{0p§e that minted 10 the drell amendments to at resolution anti
ar. but our friends of -the Opposition UIOVG 'hem I" C°“_““‘It°e- We “rc
 ave opposed it tooth and nail. They “°l I9 IW'-ill '1 D°5iU°“ WI‘e"0 We mimi
f‘barlottetown and back, and uct one My me are ready io do anything in \'0t8 i’0l‘ Or HZBIDSI Ii-
Cfilli m0l'<‘- _IADPIGUSG-I N0 \1I‘0'; aid ot’ the war and ever now and
lecrage, no discounts, no-charges, no_ag
11I0Will\¢`9 I0 HH) >€l`S01l All ei- 'ith great ostentatlon profess their. s
atrioti-sm. BUT WHEN IT COMES` You deal with It when the whole ques-_
“°“' ‘-‘Dine b"°li,'1"<\ “Sli 10 be .slveni To oEEos THEY sHow- THEM- unn in regal-ti to tint but in-ises; Inu
ELVES IN THEIR TRUE COLORS.‘when you are i committee, Itltliougli
BECAUSE HE HAS WASTED THE"I`he moment a measure is introduced numberless saondnients ni-my bs~
ating in any way to the war they made, those amendments are made to'
_MADE A DEAD I-033 OF 520.000 iinmctliutelv decluim against it. it the specific clauses as they onine up;
some costs. 'We had to pay expressI W
charges on bonds from Ottawa to`p
- ' I - fl Y , is
the lion. Leader of the Opposition will! p
power again. On what ground?, 5
Rssour-zcEs or THE Pnov|NcE.I,.,,i
the llouss having taken part In the II
uo.\I str. aIisI§NAtII.'r said: 'rhertt I’
st-Iissetl on the ntotioiroof tho l'ro- WHS DU! 07 0l'iI9l` I" (if"\\“iIl'~0"~ WMI
we ,im pp ii ippipiiigging uppamitus, ruler that the llc-.iso sh uid resolve l'0C0!`tI <‘0\lIi| \I\0l”_§ IW’ 0|' ll dIVI**I‘~`"
elf into It comniittoe of the whole lil I'-_fllllmIil_°3@7 Il _“'”‘* |l'\`9I5\'I”~"
mite the stud Itui into consitiera- ivhea it was attemiIw_<l at the =m1}_Ci11l
It. lion. A. E. Arsenuuit, In It hriet Hesslali last Aaiaistr hc said. l»ut|
It powerful and palpably ci`l'ective WH WGN? Wtllvlltg rules; in fact, all
cusslon _ U
i _I -  -
liir-. DELL: You can make u hun-
. y .
aiu they rise up in their places and to deal \vitli a bill or a resolution asI
posing I1 _special tax for wut purpo-
'l‘ho I’_reInIer pointed out that the
roiioiiing of this ainontling resolution
Ie rules were suspandotl. But even
. _ _
motion like this. We are now III
e, is utterly out of order. and even
Ie practice permitted `Iasi August
tiring tho suspeui-tion oi’ rulos is no
ecedent for this
_._ --_--i-_
THE PREMIER: It' you Dl‘0IlC'S€
whole, you deal with it in the House.
'N PLACING A LOAN AT A RATE must. go tothe country and the world, one after the other. The Leader ot`_
iat in this Legislature a bill was in- the Opposition w_i_ll.su_v lthtire is c-Ir}iI_\_'_
roducel 't' r the rpose of helping one clause in _t s resoiit on. u
THE RATE OF INTEREST AT our solIlieiEII, and lbliltr ‘friends ot' the there again is where his vision falls
WHICH WE HAVE FLOATED TH EI Opposition voted against it and said: short. He- is proposing to, strike outf
or INTEREST HIGHER RELA- ti
TIvELv _To THE MARKET THAN ,
PRES`ENT_LOAN. Tliousantls _ ot’_"No; such a bill will not be intro- t
‘I""“_”‘ “'“"e “’“~‘i“`fI “I l_hI1l 111110-_ duced if we can pc-.zsibly help it. We si
Wilt*-1@=|s I0-day not one single dollari will not consider the hill, neither will I-i
he whole ot' the resolution anti to;
ihstitute in place ot’ that a whole se-
es of proposals. Thai is not :II
'if '“I""‘t I"`-V'-'"‘I In" C0-`il 0f ¢i`“l\~‘~ll>0l" we inake_any suggestions in order thing possible. Ile may amend the-
"_"-’~`- ‘IIC IIUIUIN io ‘IIC 0fIi(’e 0|' ihfi SIP iliat ihg purpose for which the bill i`orin oi' a r0.~l0l\\iI0n. lllli Wilt”-ll he \\ll‘l
Vlilt!-H Iiiltllt Ill (`IIul“I0li€il0Wll Illlli, ip, intended Inav be achieved. namelv. 'ie-rtakes to niovo in committee th;III
Iraiisptn-iiiig thrill lmvlt. Ill ill" providing for the retiiructl t~IoldiersE" tho whole oi' a resolution or bill he'
--l|nit~t- bctwt'-ttii those two reco|'ds,'1
Mr. Spealit-r, titles it in;-t strike you V
that ther.; could be no hesitation on_i
the part til anytuie wllo wishctl well‘i
to this provInt't=" Do ou -It iciei
for ont- IuonIt~nt <-oiIsiIit=r putting into t
Iwtir his sliarc ot i'f‘>~'Il0llS5biIi|.V f0I` vince; anti it' any uicniber ot' the (lp I
say. l\Ir. Speaker, ii' they have any si
ruck out. and ibut a whole series
Iilucihlo suggestions let them oi‘l`er of ,|ll‘0IlfiSll'|H- CHIIVCIY ‘IIfl"ii"I"l- Ii”
hose siiggestioiis. Wo ure all here fuihst.ltiite_tI, he is not iii orticr. Thertf-.
o t~oiIsitlt>.r what ure the best nicaiis is u place he can iuakc this mctioli
~ - l’ - IDI  - ot' matting provision for the men who, if he wants to, but not III coiiiinittctxl
“"i"""' “'|"’ I‘""‘l' 'Im-“" Iii"-'»‘i WUIIIII having nobly pci-i`ormetl their duty to Ito must abide his time. Ile tziu
heir King and I-oIiiitl‘_\'. are returning so-I his, Inoiiou on retrortl, anti I tlr.-.tire
|H>\v0|° an hon. gcntleiuau who must ami Hiiiiii rtitiirii ir, tlif-_ir miiivt-_ pro ‘tp sce it go oi |'cctn'tl III this Ilousf-.
desire til- st-lit go on rccortl as ONE
ti_tuI_)rtit'l<It»s_~. anti -that it-I't-it-licti iiuan-` piytiiiipp |i_,,. ppy ,iiigggptioii which ii; OF THE MANY ACTS, LED BY
I-ing. _
THE OPPOSITION DOCTRINE OFII
hinks is practicable anti beneficial, H
ei. him make it, and ii. will be for this T
louse, III committee, to say whether T
PERSISTENCE- suggestions so made siiall be actzeptetl `-`
0
’“‘i‘_If’ by U10 0D_D_0SIll0!1°-flnll Il IH bill is bei'oro tho flommittte we will T
typical of- our triends on the other explain rim pi-pvisiopp prim,-ding pp D
IM. ‘0F` CONCERTED OPPOSI-
ION TO EVERYTHING CONNEC-
ED WITH THE PROGRESS OF
HE WAR-AID T0 THE SOLDIER3.|
r rejected. That is the stand the AID TO THE HOSPITALSI EVEIRV'
HE BETTERMENT OF THE CON
ITION OF THE SOLDIER AND.
\\'c have had these false statements ()ppp_qii_ir,p sppiipl -tgiw_ when the THING THAT HAS T0 DO WITH;
W _
side, when they make a statement 1
he sections come up, and if there is
which I5 "Ol f`0l`i`@C`l and WIIICII IH anything in the bill that should be S
I"`“"'" nm I0 'ic' c‘”"`0"f» ‘hey P91198! struck out, ii' there is -anything that I5 RENDERING- EVERVTHING-I
it over and over again, in the hope i
that iI` it is repeated with sufficient t
porsistency it may take the place of i
truth, that ii` a false statement is re- i
pcated often enough it may pass cur
' \V
""1" f“"` IUUV-“'" IIYWG 001| l'l1I~‘l0 the present this House -is to tlocIde‘ S
s not Ioiintled on right principles, il' T
here are any additions or ommissions SOLDIERS-' PROVIDING FUNDS
o be made which might render the F
iill.inore workable, then the matter A
ill receive due attention. But for T
statements made by them. I say, :Intl wiigtii.;-,r or not the bm wut go into T
uritbrtiiiiatcly their hope irrtllifi ll0f‘-- coininittee; whether or not we ap- DED FOR THE BEHOOF AND .AD'_
rave of tti,e,principiQ.that we should VANTAGE OF TH°5E MEN WHO
trine ot' theirs, that a t`aIst-.hood will p
sonietlnies oust thc truth it' persis-I(
ted iii long enough has had its ei`i'ect. i
ITH THE REWARDING OF THE;
OLDIER FOR THE SERVICES HE?
HAT. IS CONCERNED WITH -THE
on THE DEPENDENTS oFTi-toss
T THE FRONT, TAKING cAsE oF.
'HSM wi-IEN THEY coME H-OME
icx AND .- ~oisABI.ED-EVERY.
HINo oF THAT- NATURE INTEN-
lp sc-meibing for our returned sol-
lIors_ The Opposition say that the
0"” IL'-`i ""I,V 'fi' Nike U10 IIEGFIIIUPG soldiers will not want any land. That
that was I-irciilatetl at the lust gener- i
s their starting point. llow do they
t-ra Ielcction by the limi. ge-ntlcinen know iiiig? Arg they pi-opheis or
1»nt»0=I\lt‘ and r¢=afI it IIii‘0iu:Ii and sons or prophets that they can tore-
jutige it in relation to the facts. and t
then count the number of those who I
came hack into this House in support 0
false stateincms, if they are made 0
reiterated ot'ten enough, will be ac- ii
reptcd by many people as the' truth. "~
ell that none oi` our -three thousand
Joys who are away will want to go
ARE' FIGHTING -0UR< BATTLIES.‘
HAS MET WITH .THE MOST DE-3
TERMiNED'AND STRENUOUS OP-‘I
POSITION THAT THE MEMBER8|
ON THE OTHER SIDE OF _THE
HOUSE HAVE BEEN CAPABLE OF._
BOTH IN-SIDE -AND-OUTSIDE _OF|
THE LEGISLATURE. The have
_ Y ,
_ _ _ n thc-. land again? We are not going 0IlIl0S0ll EVGFY D0SHlbI€‘ meilmi IIN
ot him. to be convinced that after all to give iiic Soldiers iam] thai wiii he w
_ _ _ t' no value in them, They gay; Y@g_ our soldiers and to- strengthen and
tal:-Ip enough and injurious enough and we wppi iq tio sgmething for our 80]. support the arms of Ilritain in this
\
it-rs "Ver well. thou" we sav,
. . . V . _ V
Let. us dp lt. by providing that in case 1110?. D0! only Wiill fill* “ll'f'lif-Writ Ill"
melt we Itnve»i»aon.seeI¢iI\s in .aid
ar. Every effort we have made has
It` the people ot' this province hail been
supplied with tho truth and not mis-
led by false statements in regard to
the financial position and the con-
duct of the Government, many seats
now occupied hy hon. members op-
posite would be filled by supporters
of veit G -I
soldiers want to settle on lantl we
will bc prepared to give them some
land.” The moment we say that,
they reply: No; no soldiers will
want land. llow can they possibly
know that? NOW, IT IS UP T0 THE
OPPOSITION TO SAY WHETHER
a er overnnient than those THE gii_|_ W||_|_ GQ iN-1-0 QQM.
gentlemen had ever known. One:
statement. repeated over and over'
again was this: That this' Gofern-
ment had $200,000 a year more than
its pretiecessoixs. Weil, ilrst ot' all,
we have more; anti long ago we
should have had what we now have.
As long as fifteen years ago in this
Iiouse I begun urging upon the Go-`
vernment then in power to go after
more money at Ottawa. that we.»_I;t`1tl
claims that should be presented, anti
it' they had done their duty, if they
had taken the matter up as we did in
later years, we might. have had our‘
increase long bei'ore_ \Ve did all
that we could. \Ve put all our in-
formation before them; we urged
them in every possible way to takei
action. Resolutions were passed by
the House and they died in this
llouse; they were never transmitted
to Ottawa. But when we came into
power we immediately proceeded to
tio those things which we had -tried
so long and with so little result to in-
duce thc Government theii in power to
to.
(Continued on Page One.)
 
Hail! Smiling morn
_Eno’s makes '
cheer y opt1'm1'|l‘|`
out of bilious
peasimists
MITTEE OR NOT-THEY CANNOT
SHIRK THE RESPONSIBILITY-»-IF
THIS BILL IS KILLED NOW AND
DOES NOT G0 BEFORE THE COM-
MITTEE THEY MUST TAKE THE
FULL RESPONSIBILITV FORTHEIR
ACTION, IN -.REFUSING T0 D0
ANYTHING FOR Tfi-IE SOLDIERS
RETURNED FROM ~T_HE FRONT IN
T-HE WAY'OF PROVIDING THAT
INAIASE ANY OF T.',~HEM WANT T0
sET1‘LE oN LAND sucH LAND
WILL BE THERE FOR THEM TO
GET. They must .face the situation.
As reported yesterday, the motion
for the liouse to go into committee
anti carried, Mr. J. A. Dewar voting
with the Opposition.
THURSDAY, MARCH 29, 1917.
a. m. Mr. R. J. McLellan presented
nors of St. Dunst.an’s Colle e askin
wise. As chairman of such commit-
- h
read a first time.
Ing of the following bills: An Act
to amend an Act consolidating the va-
rious Acts relating to the proliibltion
of intoxicating liquors; and an Act to
establish ri Commission fc-r the better-
onforcement of the laws relating to
the prohibition of intoxicating liquors.
These bills were given u first reading.
On the motion of the Premier -the
Iloui-Ie then wont into Committee
again and resumed consideration of
tho following resolution:
"RESOLVED that it is expedient
to introduce a Bill to be entitled
"An Act to continue In force, from thc
pausing hereof to the ond of the next
session of the Legislative Assembly
An Act. intitiileti ‘An Act to levy a
War and Health Tax to supplement
the revenues of the Crown." '
_ Mr. BELL. who was speaking on
he resolution when the House ad-
journed the evening before resumed
his remarks. Ho fnntendeti that the
t a
d r o dscoun ant a s owsr rue 9 FRUIT ax,w s unnccsssn_y because, as
than Canada pays. There you have W shown' by tho puhl c accounts tabled.
the _coa_¢;ret.earesui=s_of tha ipldgplisnt and aiino by lt_bo_0_iiI;r_dIa;i :hero waltz
o tip ent pancn men, w o ave __ » ‘ 0 9\"'P\1!- 0 ll I' IIC -n amen -
Judges our--situation aaa gangsta that NGN" U I-°*`“f"’¢ ment. seconded by Mr. liushes Ii re-
our security is absolute. No part of 22 _ solution of considerable length which
world today can show a loan of will be given in another issue.
t I' II ti arrtm ed n terms  'Mr;.l»lu he in so In he
It uno s s. cond, k t
§s'°1oou. ‘man mt. shun mme ”.' amanaiagwmmtiiin. nftrrvitttt u_
LI
on the Bill' was then put to the vote
The House mot today' at 11.45
a petition from the Board of gover-
E S
for incorporation r,-I' the institution
as St. Dunstan’s University. The pe-‘
titlon was referred to a committee of
tc-w to be reported on by bill or other-
tee he presented a bill whic was,
The Premier moved the first read-
iho most rancorous opposition _ of.
which _the members on the other side]
warp' capable. WHY IS IT THOSE
GENTLEMEN "RESERVE THEIR
SPECIAL EFFORTS, THEIR MAIN
ATTACKS. FOR THOSE FEW SPE-
CIFIC THINGS? The member for
West River, who took his seat a short_
time ago, made the statement -tlint.
thert! is waste and extravagance. I
challenge him before this debate is
tliroitgb, I CHALLENGE HIM NOW,
to stale one single salary he would
lower or one expenditure he would cut
down; That is cheap talk oiil resor-
ted ‘to by a certain class of polEIIcIans.
I suppose, when it comes to public
works in his own district. -and the new
expenditures we have made in that
regard, that also is an extravagance.
We have made subsidies to boats to
navigate West River. 'I‘liat,'I stip-
poso. was waste and sxtrtivagunce.
Let its hear from the bon. member
just who the officials are that should
be dismissed and whose salaries he
would cut down, and how much and
where he would cease to make expen-
ditures in regard to the public
works.
THURSDAY AFTERNOON.
The discussion on the hill to con-
°tInue the Wiar and Health Tax and
the 0pposItion's amendment thereto.
was continued when the House ro-
sumed after recess.
Mr. J. J. Johnston referred to the
Dalton Sanatorium and extoiied tho
generosity of Sir Charles Dalton, but
said If the institution _cost too much
then it is a question between the Go-
vernment and the people. Ho in-`
digntantly denied that -there was any-
thing unpatriotlc In the stand taken
by the Opposition in reference to re-
turned soldiors. Because they do
not support what ho termed every
"wild-cat" scheme qi' the Government
that he said does not make the 0ppo»
sition disloyal. 'He strongly opposed
the levyhig of a w’t1r't~II'x and said the
Government should be able to meet
ihé- situation from ordinary revcnuc.
Ho quoted from the'0pposltion am-
ontITA'ent. explaining their proposi-
tion to borrow money so that. as 'he
said. the burden would not be Im-
posed on- the people of this-geiiertr
tion." .lf ever there was o time for_
rigid economy and retrenchment he
said. It was now and this was the
way -to go about it.
lion. Mr. Arsonault in rogarti to
the question, wh .not borrow the mo-,
nay.. said that alroady they had had
too much experience of that kind. This
is a temporary expenditure said ho.
and it does not payto borrow money -
except for -permanent things. I ln ra~
gard to tho war- mx thoro was-novar‘
onmwhlch was paid oo. cheerfully lost
year. pod it wllrilo paid Jtttifss cheer..
fully his yur- I
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Mr sscsnnss waited It to in .its Itisimd the war tax, wu unfair in Im-tme|_i_t._ 1-is _wttatga  ,sich
tinctly understood that the Opposi-I
tion were as loyal as anybody else.
They were desirous of the ‘ Govern-
year’-with $200,000 had mad; as goodi
on soldiers buttheir method _or|
get _ the -money. he said. was in-i
correct. Ho referred In derision tc_
the amount of the Government's sur-_
plus for the Inst year. It' they want
.tocut down expenses said he. go back
to 1911, get the same- oillcialts as then
and pay them the same salaries. llc
said the Liberal Government of that
your with $200,000 had made as good
showing as the pi'e;-Ieiit and thefre was
no occasion to put on a. wa;-_ tax. It '
tho tinie-comes when it seonis impos-_
sible tp nniko ends iiioci. tho way to
tio so is.by moans ot’ hontls and do-I
bsliturcs, io- spread over it period of
years. I
IION. Mr. Mcl{INNON said he had
no do ibt tho last speaker lutittut every
word he said. llc had f~1ff0fI`0II Ill IIN
surplus oi’ $700 last your, hut, said hu,
the Opposition were In power 21
year-iz-a`iItl never had seven cents of*
a surplus. It was al\v.1ys debt so
high that it would take all the land
taxlfof the _Province to pay for Ii-
l’Iit'ting .on taxes was certainly a
sirorig"-atti'Ilnite oi' the Liberals. They.
say fit'-cost forty or IlI'ty tliousand
tlollars more to run the tloverinncllt
than? when they were hi power. The
money voted for. running it all passed
thiough their hands. Why did they-
not object? They should give tIie|
Province credit for the increase of
revenue. The Opposltion's stand
practically means that they should
deprivo__the teachers ot their Increase
in sal-aries and pay tiiem the same
.is wlien thcy- were in poiver. .
Mr. J. A, I)EWAI`t said all were in
favor of paying for the Patriotic l<‘und
l-`ii`ty thousand was asked for and It
loolrs »as'it` it would be paid. He said
the Government had done well in ro-
guidto ilnancing. lie could not ap-
prove oI` a war»tax or of paying It
special -tax on .tho Saiiatoriuui. _ llc]
incorporated cities and 'towns were ,deportntent-thoyiwohld-ig ' "from,
exempted. - He characterisedItt‘o`s"`a v' jmii
Mr. W. H. DINNIS said the member piece of -husinesg. go try to 3 wide,
for Egmont 'Bay hid passed a remark the payment ot this money on 1,0
which conveyed the id’ea that the others. This is o`nI smll-I party. pg.
f  -ft-i._ i j  _ ._;_ ___ ;-_ _   _ only -j rt>,_IiI;-taut-r,.i>1aN»'   _ - -- - -f "_MAj_§cst'ao.'_Iais.---.
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.ggpq¢|ttp|1__was disloyal. Iitics, said Mr. Mclilywan. The-psoppi
I0\' Mx ARSEINAIIIT: I deny In thecountry dont appreciate ii.
that. ~ |They are paying their war tax cheer-
I\Ir. DINNIS started to repeat his fully and are willing tn pay-it. He
statemen-t.'  ihatl no patience with such -tactic-t4 us
HON; Mr. ARSBN-AULT slid* that employed by the Opposition.-' in rc-
tlie rui'os are that when .It is alleged _gard to getting omeislit ¢£.'.“,'0,-ii ui
a nic-mber said something and he`_ de-_ the pay nf tive or. six years 850 he
nies that he made the statement that. would like to seo any' oII_p-f_w_ilIiIIg to
t\n`ds the mutter. ' Ido so. III this Legisluiuroioday the
Mr. DENNIS went on tp say that nlonzhers are_t.-:ily getting one-twelitli
Iliélloveriunent members -thought. the. of. what it-I paid in other 'R.i‘b1’iiIces_
opposittott dl_d__IIot tio I-ight In vnttnt; it. is Itii_rIgItt to talk in gsaiaitiitit-i
against their proposal-_ for iookingfbui. it_Is tlmq to get do i '-19.11 solltl
afthr` the soldiersbiit. he said, “Not foundtition. The Opp9“sfIEIon~`sht>i|it]
one at-ro will tlitire' bo for tha hang- say whom they would.-dl_sIcliui‘go and
ers on ot any party." _ I  what work thov wouithlsnvo 'unttont~.
Mr. .IAMI-IS I’A’l‘()N quoted flgiires l\Ii-_ Mc-Ewen 'after further rcnIurIi..
to show how Ciinrlottuiowii pays in- concluded by saying it was u godst-ntl
come tax $3.28 to every dollar puld when lilo present Government. got
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iii-ouglmut tho Province. Here. we in power as the Lihcrult-i'wei'@’ $200,-
ure asking ft:-r a paltry suui of $28,000 V000 In the hole and here ‘they wci-If
and the Opposition stand up and ob~| today debating matters when they
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ect to it. in reference tp the pro- should be doingfsumething. '
posal of n previous-ape-aker that they. Mr. A. P. PIEOWSE said that it
go back to the salaries of 1911 he camo with had grace from the Libe-
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aid no officials could live today on rals tp say this money sIir.~iild».coiIit.-
ha salaries of five or six years ago. from ordinary revenue. The Opposi-
'oulii this member ask the farmers tion in opposing aid to the soltlicis
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to reduce their prices so- that they are hurtiiig tlicmselves and going
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ould live on the prices that prevailed against all Liberal records every-
then'.'. “We are living In I1 time." where.
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aid Mr. Paton, “when all should put Mr. BENJ. GALLANT was speaking
heir shoulders to the wheel an up tr- 6 o'clock when he himself Inov-
do everything ive can to help in this ed ad_iourninent ot’ the debate.
great struggle.
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Mr. HOW-ATT was another who SPAIN PREPARES FOR EVENTLI-
aid he had no objection to the tax. ALITIES,
but to the way it was put on. The tax. --- .
lic said, should be to all alike. He (Special to The Guardian.)
eferretl to Military oflieers in (‘ana- LONDON, March 29- The oilicitti
du and England as pets oi’ the Govern- Gazette ot' Madrid. publisl1e'd today
inent wiio do no. have to pay. a. decree suspending constitutional
I-ION. H. I). t\icEWI-DN said the guarantees In all provinces ot' tht-
country is at war and the money is kingdom. No information lias'licen
nestled. It could only bc- got out received' here in explanation of this
of thc rt-venue by starving some de-act In Spain.
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' ~ Smile, Smile, Smile.” Sung by James Harrison.
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' of the most original popularity. They’re singing, whistling and
- v humming it allovei'
'-a-_‘__ hear it, and you’ll
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' I The liquid-golden
stirs to ecstary in thc “M’Appari" (Abi So Pure), from
l"iotow's exquisite opera, "I\I:Irtha" (Record 48788).
. Louis Groveure, the baritone conjuror of
happiness, sings thc t.-xqiiisite "Kentucky Babe" luIial»_\'
and "Since You Wciit Awa_\"' (Record A5939).
There are two extra clever dance hits-two
. o 'out of twelve-that you init:-.t liear~“Keep Your Eye on
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the Girlie You Love" and
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HIS is really zi great song--optimisni put to music-a melody
-__.  another Al. _Iolsou liit., “Ev’ry Little \Vliile" (Record A2181) 
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Frank Gittelaon-violin music of endless delight. Technique. and HI>°.\’e
all, tone, are the spirit-stirring qualities in (liti.elson‘s playing. Here is a delightful example:
MINUET. (BoccIicI*ini.) Frniili (liitelson, vio-
A gl” I linist. Charles A. Prince ui. thc piano. »
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Monkey Still Left in You and Mc.”
Olga Petrova, the sensational screen star,
provides some unique rccitittions. De l)iaghilci`I"s Russian
Ballet-the Trio de Lutccc--l.ucy Gates, soprano-“Flora
_`B<‘Ila" :tml “Miss Springtinie" musical
'  " comedy lIiis»th¢-Coliinibiu Ste1lsrQuar-
, I) tctte-»aiid the fmnous Taylor 'I`rio, are
¢- ist a 'few more of the alux ul A ril
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A 2179 SOUTHERN MEDLEY. Fred Van Eps, banjo solo. Orchestra accompaniment.
Io-inch BALM OF GILEAD. Harry C. Ilrowne, baritone. Orcliestra accouipuuiiileut
85:: with _banjo cilects by Harry C. Ilruwne.
Frank Drdla ) Frank Gittelson `
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