Ii dill neg‘ ‘ "the lint‘ the tha Uol 11D sta kee ‘x. cei 631 n3»; > Pzamm <iqgr<sam~i~xmfi1 E lineal-flour; ll-Nnlwuu (billed 1.881) “.00 (hnllel, In ldvnnco, FRIDAY,_I<‘_E1§B_I_.IA_B_Y_13,_ 1920. Welshman to Mould llpillioll ill Ireland It is- curious to note that in the luvuunluu per your (delivered) In nlvuecl ll Onlnfll. all l-‘LM for U. B. A. THE FUR FOXlfEltlllNCE. The Fur Farming and Wild Life Conference to the 19th and 20th of this month should be of special interest to the fur farm- ers of Prince Edward Island. Fur farming origin- ated in Prince Edwardlsland and the extent to which it has grown here and elsewhere makes it necessary that such a conference "should be held. It is especially fitting that the conference should be held under the auspices of the Canadian Conservation Commission. The wild life fur of Canada, once one of the biggest be held in Montreal on factors in the world's fur lng extinct because of ci on the territory in which it flourished not so long ago. Its place must tion of those species 110W far as silver black foxes this is today one of the world. It is fitting therefore fur, men should take the k ing convention. Decisions proposed and steps taken them and this province an them as possible will lnak _ As stated iii previous references arrangements have been made for Pulman cars from Tormentine and everv s "accommodation who apply at once to Holi. A. E. Arsenault", Suinmer- side, who has charge of the local arrangements. THE l"l.\'.\.\'(‘I.\I. YEAR. The January commercial letter Canadian Bankof Comme ily interesting one. Reite slogan as to the necessity duction from our o\vn prosperity' letter proceeds to discuss _ While there are more men available for work in the, forests and mines, mand for more help in factories remains insistent. While the people as a who travagantly than ever be luxuries, deposits in banks, the purchase of securi- ties and the payment of marked increase. Capital ing t0 the productive machinery which was lifted standard of efficiency under the inspir- to a "higher ation of our ‘ar effort. animal husbandry tention than ever before greater production and “unless," as the letter significantly states, or social friction intervenes.” Fieldcrops in Canada for 1919 were valued at $1,452,000,000 or $80,000,000 more than in 1918. There has been a marked falling off in the wheat and other grain crops since 191 ed increase in hay, potatoes and cattle. crop ill 1915 was estimated at a little over sixty million bushels; in 1919 it was nearly one hundred- and thirty two millions. - The increase in value, ow- ing to the higher prices re able. Canadian foreign trad ed. Domestic exports show large increases in agri- culture, wood products and paper. During the year Canadian securities amounting to $910,000,000 were issue being sold in Canada and the balance chiefly in the United States. In this co to note that before the ,war Great Britain purchased over three quarters of the da; in the years 1916 to 1919 she has taken less than In 1919 the Dominion Government is- one p61‘ cent. sues amounted to $726,800, 000,000 representing provi porated issues. .\ l".\ I ll The Maritime Farmer says it has no quarrel with the United Farmers as an o “when they solemnly ask they specialize in be given the farmers of Eastern Canada are to be taxed to the hilt to pay the bill, the Maritime Farmer protests to the utmost against such a same consideration be given our own farming in- dustries. Before this outrage is permitted, Maritime Province farmers‘ should Ottawa. The various farm organizations should send delegates to Ottawa to call for a fair deal all round. If we must have artificial prices for wheat let us have artificial remuneratio eggs, potatoes, apples, and farms of Nova Scotia, New Mrunswick and Prince If we are to be specially taxed for the benefit of the West, then the West must be taxed Maritime Province farmers would do well to look after their own interests. We under- Edward Island. on our produce. stand them better than the therefore in a better position to present our side of the argument. Let us do tions of the three provinces should wake up” The Martitime Farmer adds that an offer for the purchase of that J ourn Growers’ Guide, but the publishers refused t0 S611. believing that by maintaining a position of indepen- serving the interests of the wnrldP-end dence it would be best farmers of the Maritime Provinces- that yield to man's care Prince Edward Island has led the world in this at least are concerned alid raw material in order that the we are now enjoying may continue, the are receiving more and keener at- battle between Britain and Ireland, 5f we may call if n battle, the Brit- ish leader is a Welshman, and a rising leader of the Irish is also a Welshman. This is Mr. Hamilton Edwards. one of the new proprie tors of the Freeman's Journal, of Dublin. His partner ls Mr. Marlin Fitzgerald, a retail liquor dealer and long a champion of an indepen- dent Ireland. ll is not surprising to flild Ml‘. Fitzgerald investing some of his surplus weulth ln a. paper dedicated t0 the cause to which he ha; so long been com- mitted. but if is rather amazing to find Edwards in such company llllllerto Edwards has been known to such as know him at all as a brilliant newspaper mun, a portege of the Hlirmslvorths, and lllore lately the owner of a racing stable in Ireland. lIis carcelr has been an interesting one so far, according to '1‘. i‘. O‘C0llilol'. who writes about him in thc Philadelphia Public Led- ger, and mil-y in thc future be even sensational. If he has become an adherent to Sinn Feln be will prove one of the most influential of that body. for he is one of the best eq- uipped [newspaper men. and is bound to greatly increase the pow- ('1' of the Freeman's Journal. market, is rapidly becom- vilization’s encroachlnents be filled by the domestica- business, so lnost valuable furs in the that Prince Edward Island eenest interest ill the com- will be arrived at, methods which will deeply concern d we trust that as many of e it a point to be present. 1 will be provided for those o’ m Twins School lle was ii discovery of George Noxvucs. llll‘ famous publisher who owed his gin-at success largely to his instinct for picking out bril- liant subordinates; but George Ncuriles had had the failing that he was unable to keep lllBllLAS O'Con- l;or silys, Ncsvnes was large iii big filings hilt small in small filings. Ho lost Arthur Pearson be- cause he would not advance his sal- ary, and Pearson became one of his most formidable rlvlils. lie lil- so lost Edwards because he permit- ted Hiirmslvorlli to lonlpt lilm alvnynEdwvards had done good u-ork issued by the rcc is a more than ordiliar- rating the now well known of a greater volume of pro- conditions as they are. the letter states, the de- betler ‘work for Hurmsworfh. become, in fact. one of the maln- yel-y largely for. stays of tho ' lliarmsworth or- ganization, and a shareholder in several of Ibo publications of the presentdzord Northcliffe. Later on. when the chief proprietor wished lo reconstruct. or to buy out his partners, Edward's "bit," illllouilfed to about ii nilllioli dollars. Mr. Edwards was then forty-live years old. in Ills very prime, and burst- ing with energy, but being unable lo find the particular occupation that he desired. he eventually wclif to Ireland and set up a racing sti- ble, lust like another clf Northcllflek" protcges. All‘. Kennedy Jones. 'l‘llcre he has lived lfor thc past three year..- or four years, and if may be that like others before him. has brcoiile more Irish than the lrisll. le are purchasing more ex- fore, and taxes and debts, show a, is being expended in add- Mining, agriculture and and everything points to more general prosperity “political 5 but all even more mark- The potato Tory Tlrrney Sinn Fain’! Apparently lhe old lure of jour- uzll-i-‘slu has 111851191131] him, bul it amazes his friends lo llllll him ill the Slnil Foin camp, for when he lived in London he was a 'l‘0l‘¥ 01 lhe ‘Forlcs. He was a member of fashionable ‘Tory clubs; in fll‘@-‘\ he was n dandy and his associat- ions were chiefly with tbc “ruling classes." 'l‘hcrc is i1 possibility, of course. that he would endeavor‘ through the Journal to win his rea- alized was very consider- e has also greatly increas- d, 76.80 percent. of these nnection it-is interesting securities issued in Cana- HOO-O-OQ-O4 O-GOQO4 O-OO-OO-OQO-Q Daily Selections Guardian Readers - Furnlohod by W. 8. Lflluon .+o+o<+o+¢¢»'<4+o++o+»a BUCK UPl Ily (ii-urge .\l.ll.llicw Adams 000, the balance of $200,- ncial, municipal and cor- DEAL. rganization. But, it says, that the one commodity special preference, while No, many fll‘li1;;- are not what we would likc to have fhcm. Quito a number of corners of olir world arc cruelly blunted from un- expected drops and knocks. Condi- tions new and puzzling look us in the face. fluv- Buck up! The egg problonl. the butter prob- lem. the servant P70171011], the rem problem the clothes prohlolm-fbc LIVING problcm—each in turn. doesn't look iiny Loophocrful. Bu! somehow or other, in time and in place, they will all become adjust- ed. So— Buck up! Theodore Roosevelt. writing to one of his sous in colleffn. wmpa- tlllzed with tho things that the boy mill i0 go through. but gave this "old-time advice: "Grin and b°ar It." That boy did “grin and bear lt"—— then. iind afterwards. lle came back from lllo War "with disting- uished honors. having followed to the letter whnl the "Lion" had told lllm years before- Buok up! Probably never in the history of the world have so innny people. at so dire n time. had to face so many difficulties together. But things are bound to ‘become leuvened. ‘The world must. individually. buck up. You must buck up. I must buck up. We must often remember what G. ‘K. (‘heeferton once snid—"'1‘hls is |the very best of ull Impossible rank injustice, unless the insist upon a hearing at n for milk, butter, cheese. the other produce of the y do in Winnipeg, and are that. The farm associa- al was made by the Grain luck up! 3-. A’. Al, . learn m the old Nationalist views, - but in view of the passions abll tul tlllllll in Ireland today thin‘ would appear to be a forlorn hope. It would bo curious if he were to fry the experiment of changing the Journal from a. pape-igof opinion to the sort of paper that Mr. Edwards Iznows moat about the sort that built up the Harniswolth fortunes and iris own. After nll. ls it any more remarkable to find a Welsh Tory one of the lnoulders of Irish opinion than to find an Irishman like Northcllffe one of the great mouldera of English opinion? Of course. Northcllffe does not belong lo the "honest plirty" zi-s the Jacob. iles used t0 call themselves. al- Olhough he is favorable to some sort of Home Rule scheme. and his an. liDfllhy to Lloyd George and his recent "break" with Sir Edward Carson will probably lead hlin lo tako an extremely liberal view of what constitutes Home Ilulc. Northcllffe‘: Hobby Ordinarily a newspaper propric lor is as cautious as any other (jap- italist with Ills property and will no lnore hazard its prosperity for his owll whims and personal fziilcicr. than would thc owner of a ‘manu- facturing plum. Northcllffe is in a different position. Tile great pap- ers with which his nanlo ls assoc- iated, the -l.olllloll Times and thc Dally" Hall, arc his hobbies. If they shoud be wrecked tomorrow", pro- fitable though botll of them are, and purticululiy ‘the Mail. the Norlllcliffe fortuili- would continue i0 grow. He can be very romantic with thum if he choses. Tho Iizirln- sworth millions are founded on the rock of Ailswers and are nourished by n score of other papers thc names of which are unknown oven lo .1 professional Journalist like “Tuy Pa_l"'.'l‘llere arc woliiclfs pap- ore, story papers, picture papers, sporting papers and religious pap- ers that flourish in England that would flourish in no other coni- lry. we suppose. From the point of view of literary merit they are beneath contempt. but as comlner- for Newncs. and he was to do still cial enterprises they are extremely" is a connnonplace were a‘? n) m‘ He valuable. Englllh Publications Tho career of Iiord Nortlicliffc, to which in some unaccountable way we seem to have drifted. has been an amazing one. In the past lcn years he has perhaps exerted :1 greater influence. than zin-y' other mun who might be named. Thirty years ago he wa-s the editor of an obscure cycling journal. When he started Answers the czlpltnl was $3.000. much of it borrowed. it was II pure gzlluble, and indeed sonic notable Bril-ish publishing success- cs are to be considered as lotteries rather than newspapers. The own- er ls really the croupier instead of lllc editor. Their ideal business manager would b" a bookmaker. 'l‘hls is liol to deny the kcenest kind of ability to men like Newnes Pearson and Nortlicllffe. who have made gerat successes of them, for the llelll has been an opt-u and still rcmnlns open for anyone who llllllliS ho can cut any consid- l-luiblc kind of swath in it. The re» _ wards are great. as in indicated by the fact" that in less than twenty years Nil". Edlvzlrdlz, as n subordin- ate, was ublc lo nlzikc a hilndsolul‘ living and thou withdraw lvilll ii million dollars. irlli REASON will l wove-woo 0040000040044» noes LIGHT WEIGH ANYTHING? ‘O To got ill the imswei" lo fills question we must. go buck 1n the do- flnitioll of light. Light is o. wave ili tho cfhl-r and contains no particles of mnttor. it. lh"l‘l?f0l‘0. don-s llol weigh anything at all. When men had studied llghl i110!" ougllly, however, they came to Lllc conclusion that It rnurlt 11MB lht" power of pressure. which from thc standpoint of results, would ain- ount to the some thing as having weight. They reasoned that if you had n perfect balance and let Ellll» iight shine down on one of the sides of the balance. that slllv.‘ should go down under the pressure of light. In their first experiments ulong this llnc men failed to show that under such conditions the Side of the balance on which the light shone did go down. but by contin- uous experiments it was proved finally that the light did not exert a sufficient pressure to cause the ecu-lea to gn down, and in effect this is the same us having weight; but this has been found to be a common property or rays of vnrlous kinds, including heal. and we therefore, do not speak of this quality as weight. but as the power of rndlut- ing pressure. —-From the Book of Wonders. - Published and Copyrighted by the Bureau of Industrial Education. lnc., Washington. D. C. A QUININE THAT DOES NOT AFFECT HEAD Because of Ito tonic an laxativ- effecf, LAXATIVE BRO O QUINI INE (Tablets) can be token by any- one wlfhouf causing lleuouanella or ringing in the head. There is only one "Bromo Quinlne. F. W. GROVWS signature on the lbox, 30c. ‘ '" v a. ' one I Juthorify, is becoming seriously al- l 0fliers "View Pdlllis l o-oooo-ooo-oo-vwa-o-o-waooo‘ ' m ‘parlance or ‘rue oat: (Mancheqfel- Guardian) The weather has been managing lo get itself llito the ‘headlines dur- ing the past day orowo, and that lfood word gale lllis been spelt ill lype of quite impressive propor- tions. type that i-s usually reserv- cd for such standing natural -phen- omena as Trotzky, Sinn Fain. or M. Clemenceau. It is unfortunate that. in order to achieve this dietin- l 870 ction for the name. the thing itself "74 has fo display, the worst side of its character. There are no good points about the loss of u steamer Incumguu 1111.]. in the Channel. or even about a chimney-stuck that crushel through a surburban roof. But the iveatlilz; might very fairly make one point lli favor of its gale. Generally speaking. the newspapers do lint nolice the weather nt all unless it is dramatically bad; even when it is dralnxiliciilly good they a! once set to work lo discover its bad side nnd thc headlines only grow really enthusiastic when thuy can an- nounce the number of sunstroke ; casualties or threaten us with a dis- astrous drought. lhluch of the press of this country has as little use for n fine day as it would have for n saint among the llolslleviksJVViui hadncss. therefore, as more or less fl. sine qua non of the weather's ap- pearance in thc ncwspapels, there is this “much ill. least to lbe i-liiill for the gale-abut of all forms of bull weather it is tho least depress- lilg. For the town-dweller it is a positive tonic, nl-wiiys assuming. of course, that it avoids laying him out allogelhc-r wlfll a slate from a neighboring roof. Show in the city is an abomination. Real fog ls ll creeping paralysis for any largo town. as Henley pointed out in his picture oi’ how the, fog flclld “sel- UPS down. to tho grim job of burl:- illg London Town." . A thunder- storm ls majestic but. to nlally, a little unnerving; nnd though rain , Paid lo Policyholders. Assets . . . . . . Surplus Earned‘ . New Assurances. Assurances in Fore . . , to $l70.00(l,00O. was thc flood of nc business written. lllc great increase in the the year. crordcd instances of its having be come an acquired tnste. But. a grout wind roaring its Wily lhrougu cily streets, ripping the tattered POSIGFS from the lloarilings and bluii- dering about among suburban cucu ’Fz:fty Year sees the company with unimPefl " Our Golden J ubilee The Mutual Life ‘ASSURANCE CQMPANY OF CANADA I Fiftieth Annilal Report CONDENSED STATEMENT 1918 7.021.103 . 533291.418 ' . 341.755.7116 . 813.710 . 21,541,069 . . . 137,640,614 . . . . . . . . ..$ Remarkable Expansion of Business-The most remarkable feature of the year business received, duc largely to thc awakening of populhr apprecia- tiou of thc hcncficent function of life assurance by thc experiences oi‘ the war nnd the influenza epidemic that followed. Tile increase in new hllsincss acquired was nearly 90C}. That the record for quality business was fully maintained ls indicated by the large incrcasf of $33,065,691 in the total business in force. being over 80% of the new The Surplus Earnlngs.—No item of the year‘s operations is more gratifying than Notwithstanding n certain number of abnormal death losses arising from the war and tllc influenza epidemic, amounting to $52,857.65, thc surplus earnings for thc ycar were $1,302,801, on increase over tllc previous year of I500}, and showing earnings of $34.27 (or every $1.000 of total assets held at the cnd of surplus earnings. Invested Funds.——-Never in the history of Canadian liic insurance has thcrc been such a remarkable opportunity for the profitable investment of life lnsurancefunds, nnd thc effect of the past year's investments will be to enhance the surplus earnings over a long period of years. through holding up the average rate o’ interest corned on the invested funds. For the year 1919 the company earned the vcry satisfactory rate of 6.39%. ComparntlveStatement of Growth A copy of the detailed report will be mailed to every policyholder in due course. II. .-\. EBICRS, Provincial Jlilnngcr, 135 Kent St-, Charlottetown, P. E. I. I010 Increase 5 8,583,404 S 1.562.301 ' 3.811.002 519.674 38.020040 3.265.213 1.302.801 489.091 40,625,656 19,084,587 170,706,305 33,065,691. s of Progress Our Jubilee Year.—Tlic year 1919 wnsfgotnblc inasmuch as_lt completed the first filly years of the company's active operations, nnd at thc same time marked the yenr of its greatest development and progress in all departments of its business. policies wcrc offered to the public in the spring of 1870. and the cndoi the first half century ble assets of $38,000,000 and policies in force amounting Paid Io Assurance Assets ~ Policyholtlcrs in Force S 0.210 500.000 225.0% 3 26,681 30134.88! 1,696,076 176,151 13,710,900 5,165,493 421.815 '29 ‘Y6 16,279,562 801.750 64. S) 38,020,949 3.811.002 l70.7(itl,.'l0.'| “lliflll, ‘lulu l 920 The first ~ “YZW/ IV/Z umber frames nnd garden palingil-— there is something coinpanionabls zis well as- challenging about that boistroul; vlsitorand his invasion of our bricks and liiotar. filler the mighty wind arises, roaring sen- ward,» and I go."_We shall not go. of‘ course, we shnll merely look to the window frames and skylights- wllen we have at last battled our wily home. and when the mighty wind has Iforcdd its own wily to the 58a and left us lll peace ngillii we shall seftlc buck with complete wisdom to all thc old responsibilit- ies of the rcspectubly shoru lamb. But fol" the time being thc great wind has done its best to fear up more than the posters on the hoard- logs. rulc at present may have benefic- ilil results. This mealls.,of course, in lliaily cases the wearing of cloth- es that are clbviousl-y shabby. But if on, hfihlllly disdain of ole mere- ly fashionable lends to an all-round reduction of prices, it ls commend- able enough. Before long it may happen llillt the wearoi- (if a new suit will he regarded by his follow-. mon Ilrl either a lblacklcg or n "llou- ll vcau rlclle." When that time comes there will be a decided slump iii tililous prices. ON E MAN'S CONTRIBUTION A BELGIUM'S RECOVERY (Ottawa Journal) Mention was 111006 the other day of the remarkable progress achiev- ed lii rc-‘cimstrliction by France since the iiixulstlce. All article in the London Daily Express. written iii Brussels on January 17, shop's that Belgium. foo. is recovering in almost a miraculous manner. The revival of these war-ravaged coun- tries ls nearly as astounding. as lhclr endurance (luring thc war. Tile Express correspondent. do- clares that at the present time lBel- glum is doing 70 per cent as much business as rllc did before the war. She ls producing and selling of some commodities almost 100 per cont. The production of coal hits rcnchcd 95 pci‘ cent of thc pre-wur standard and that of glass 98 per cent. In addition lo supplying her own people lshe is selling largely to France and England. O-bseQrvers predict that ill a few years the country will be relatively the most prosperous in the world. It is rich ln money, and is financing its own developments. Industrial stock has trebled in value in the year. ' Her industry has hnd to be re- (Ottayva (‘ltlenl When the research work of one mall adds to the‘ woallll of a nation by at lcllst $15,000,000 ll year. nnd the research worker does not Luke can the nation's gratitude best be expressed? "Dr. (lllarles E. Saund- ers, dominion ccrealist at the (‘en- frul Experimental IParm, Ottawa. bus enriched ‘(fanada lo this extent by the discovery of hfarquls WllPol. alone. He has done more and. pro- rowlw“? D GHJ - 1S5 C DUQ-BrESTEZQP l one penny of it for himself, how " viclcil it is DOSSllJlC‘ for him to stay '- in the public service of Canada. call i ill economic importance at the pres- ent moment by the success of’ Mar- quis wheat, which a lnodesttfulliill; inn without-publicity has achieved "w world '_ - ar do still more. Luther Burbnnks nluch advertised discoveries in the improvement of cultivated plants. famed as they are in the public mind, possibly are for outweighed for this country and, for of agriculture. {y The Valueoi an Objective "The great success of Canada's Victory Loans was In no small measure due to the fact that n definite objective was set bcforo tho campaign commenced. ' Tile present great campaign of the infer-church Forward Movement in Canada. will owe its now practically assured suc- cess to the deflnltc objective set up beforehand. Have you an Objective In Your Saving ?» Or are you sflll plodihg ulong the gllvings bunk route lind- lng it eusler to make a withdrawal tllnn u (ls-posit. seen tho advantage of llio gentle compulsory savings plan of an endowment policy ln tho (Junadii Lilo. you an objective worth working for nnd provides that should , dciifll ovcrtiiki! you before the objccllvo ls rcnchcd your iovcd‘ The Canada Life Assurance Co. ~ Hove you A plun which gives seventy-four years" in the service of the thrifty and provident people of (lunridn ls at your service lodiiy. built practically from nothing. The Germans not only stole and destroy- ed toolls and factory machinery bllt lli further effort to delay recovery they made away with business rec- ords of vnlue where they could be found. But tho Belgians h-llvo been working as they never ‘before workis ed, flndling in their toil forgetful- ices of the horrors of war. i——¢4&—-—- CHEAPER CLOTHES for Men at dWestmlnster Gazette) I am heartily glad to be able to confirm from independent sources the comfortable assurance that "sooner or later" the price of plan's clothes ls going to drop. "The trade." I am Informed on excellent Mom Muhoglny u" oIdO bluchor with heavy Ionllor lllp and fibre oolo and rub- ber heel armed by n growing shyness on tho port of the public, who are begin- ning to realize that persistent rc- rfusal to pay fho high prices which 86.60 .»~.~-.,,..,.,,,om,,,,,,,_,,__,,...... "“'“'"‘*. _ a l nq-worln-yu-nnn-nv v~u - , I - . mw- -wrrwm c~ Shoe Values that are Worth While Goff Bros Ltd. xxx x " W. K. ROGERS Charlottetown Manager P. E. Islan nch d Bra xxxxxx x x xx x x Menu Black Box Klp Bluchu on o nluo Ian and] good wearer. $4.50 Mono Mahogany bal pointed foo. Acme sole. Goodyear welt. 06.60 ll Mono llnok Calf Bluoher yhr welt, Dry foot nolo wit/n double shank. Thin ullono but offer. $10.00 leather lined good. and everything oluo In boon, IHOUI and rubber: for mQn, wo- men and children from 25c to $18.60. Mono Mahogany coll oldo bluollor on n otylloh loot. Goodyear welt $0.76 .:—~. --- .--..-... --.--.¢vv. i f 1 u I , Q _-. vO§ §KfiO fi§O§§§§fl i -_-_--_» Mo.» “4012- .. “mlfierx. ¢-..=.¢-.x&sr2r§'x.~;n..:_.s.s.oi¢.nxu ~ av: r-AQ-fxx". , ecrzzavxx. rafivfxfljni