.. .,=x ~ 000° at Bliddotenowm' IM Glloc helen- which fortunately tire comparatively few. the' farms ‘_ A if _ ' .ll A I i l 1. ‘ 'll i NUll'°0'\v |°“'|°‘l"" ||°'°“l“°~ could no doubt- be purchased at a very low figure. - ~ i 55 f ' .(”f;\"\¢°¢ '1°1_°7J_.’$-_Ui (_“""°"“ 0" W They are just the kind of farms suitable for the man ' ` r Q i ' As we have already indicated Sir -Wil'frid’s two- _ - - s _ hgrouiid somythius which. in the un. s \ ‘ iiiii.r setecnons ron * aiinlbllii num - FIFO! __ l'um|atie|.|y ‘ 1 w. e. asm. . ~ lfié . ‘ *rf* , . .h.`-nf'-....--J'-2. 10"- T ' 1-' ' v ' - ` » - .~ ` - . ’ ' " ~~'- ‘ - - ' ' ' ‘ rf, V w with some means, sufficient means to buy stock,, erect - -‘ . . .fu 1 inn i i»¢i¢¢1»1».u.iiii w yur. (or - _ ~ ._ i»»..."Jl'I?.....i..-‘.’“»._»» .--.-- <----» -----»- ‘°“"f""€e em’ P'°°°é'=' *2_"°"f1°P.“‘? fm"-.S‘°W‘.y Compares European Ilelllgereiils lo Drunken and scientifically Land in this province today is g`u°:°|‘:|"gn:"‘:°::’uf;fxf°.°‘ lm) 'lm P" “nm by more' valuable than' eve); before. __-'It will become I suis ln a ‘A A ~ Great . iirfeasinslv v°'“=\b1°~°=°l*‘¢ “ef-rfflsfém =“<1°=-til Aiidlepee and 3 Very Small $||¢¢¢l|,' _._..._~___~~-.~..-----~--------~--~ ----- -~----------~--~ ---~-~ - - _ v __ _ _. °. __.l _ _ WEDNESDAY, Noviaiuiciz 8, 1916. oiirs fleekunits amendment of 1912 was pure humbug. He held for years consistently opposed the idea of Ca- y P S’ -S enormm-15' t is wi '_ theiie: "We are not only not atrald nada doing anything to aid in -Naval Defence, and in power, while pretending to start the nucleus of a Ca- nadian Naviy, had for two and one half years trifled _th h sf d vemuan was thrust from p0_ done much _practical as well'as_ educational work 3 w_tequeionane y _ wer without having done anything of a practical cha- ' S' W'lf 'd La rier and his followers in sup- racter. ir 1 ri 'u s . - h P°rting this amendment voted (I3 Febfll3fY» 1913) worked whether abandoned ol simply .neglected by °m"°°”i°"' Th°y wer” W°""'y alms' h ld r ceed to build these that Parliament s ou at once p 0 . . ,' ‘ ¢ _wo “ect _mils wnhout __on.Sum"g the people WMP afford a fund of information_which many are_seck- ,,'f,.,|d of “gluing for its ;dG,,1s_,,y.,¢ in-an hour they all voted for another amendment de- claring that Parliament should consult the people be- _ y, ll t, e e_ a ms' _ Pays to arm l'°mll1d€Sl€1llll2l Cha acfer to aid in the Naval Defence of the Empire-he failed to accomplish anything. After he was .thrust from otlice, when he no long- ei had any power to initiate legislation such as would lead to tliecreation of something substantial in the way of naval aid, he proposed inipracticable and in- consistent schemes. It would have been more credi- table tu himself and the Liberal party had he refrain- ed from his last' and most fatal blow to himself and his followers and allowed the Government to order the three Dreadnoughts to be built. Before the cri- tical time arrived they would have been approaching completion. ' A ABANDONED F ARMS _ \Ve note by some of our American exchanges that the government of Ileiiiisylvania recently undcrtook_ tlle management and care of a. number of farms that had been abandoned by their owners. The experi- ment was an unqualified success in many ways; first in demonstrating the fact that lands abandoned by their owners on account of alleged soil impoverish- ment were really valuable and productive if properly handled, and, second, in adding veryrinatcrially to the sum total of the foodstuffs produced in the statef In our province, while we have not what can really be called abandoned farms, we have quite a number of farms that have been left _temporarily by their owners, farms that are lying idle because the owner or former occupant has found more profitable employment elsewhere. These farms, which need only a little more effort, a little more presevcrance to make them as productive as the best in the province are lying idle and waste, seed plots for weeds to infcst the neighborhood, while they ought to be _adding to` tle food supply that is now so sorely needed, the food supply that because of its scarcity has soared in price until it is now almost beyond the reach of people of moderate mleans. If our province were the only part of Canada in which vacant farms are to be found the evil would not be so great, but ours added to the others have contributed their share to ‘tlieconditions which are familiar to us all under the general term “the high cost of ligiggé" _ The utilizing of these abandoiie arms is one of 'the problems confronting Canadian* today. Each province has its share of them; It is part of the trouble so long complained of--the depopulation of rural communities ancl the rush to the citie's._ ~§ Iu our province all the abandoned farms are own- ed and in the great majority of cases the owners can be located so that negotiations for purchase or leag- ing are always, possible. In niany .cases the farms __ _ _ , . I _ . 2 “-'-' -“-“ ‘ ' 'ff ' * ° - --» ' ‘ ‘ ‘f Y-1-_‘_-r1-:Y-_-_-_-:f~sJ~A~:: 1-_-_~,-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_eff - -_-_-_-_-,-_- -_-,-_-_-_-, _-,-_-_ - ef ‘fr -_~.-e-_-Y-;-.Q--_-f -A. - -` - - -.~ -_- - - - -.-_-_ ---- ~ -. - _ . . A’ 'Sir Wilfrid Laurier when in power, had he so de-- )o(-l- ig is over. Many people of moderate .means are looking for farms and as only thosejthrat are coni- pnratively highly priced are i_n__t.he market these other-5 are not heard of and rio one 'outside of the immediafe vicinity knows of their existence. The loss sustainediyearly by this province through its abandoned farms, although less perhaps than my an of our sister rovince i ‘ I ' 1 ful waste of one of our most valuable natural re- sources and, with some‘e`ffortl it could be avoided. i The Development Commission which has already would find in this a wide and profitable field to ex- ploit. A registration of such farms as are not being their owners, would form a good working basis and ing for, and would no doubt lead to the occupation of man ifoallofthsfr Ifit f in this province-and with the prices ruling at pre- sen ew wi ou t it-it certainy will not pay tc._ have farms lying idle. ` be formed and will buy up these farms, or the best of them, for the proverbial song and sell them for tht price of a full sized orchestra a process which will bring more profit. to the speciilator than to the pro- vince. ‘ We are merely- mentioning the matter for the purpose of pointing out the extravagance and wastc s ou a way out an we trust t e matter will be delved into until the way is discovered. ` PRESIDENT )\(i$ILSON’S SPEECH President Wilsons speech at Buffalo only iii- creases the puzzle of forming a true estimate as tc. . his political acumen, his real sympathies and his ho- - iicsty of expression in public life. Mr. Wilson re- cognizes that the American people are not united There is a good deal of truth in his statement thai class consciousne°ss has developed rather than national coiisciousness. If a different - type of man had been iii control at the White House, he' might have been able, by sheer force of leadership, to awaker such a national consciousness, under circumstances - such as the sinking of the Lusitania or other cases of Germany's desregard of the' United States., Mr. Wilson is apparently incapable of uniting thc' people under his aegis of social reconstruction. ' Oni may well doubt whether the welding of the'.dif`fcreiii. classes can ever be aB"eetcd save by some great na- tional menace or continent wide calamity. The Unite( States to__-day is too prosperous to be unsclfish, tor' flourishing to make sacrifices. Taking it for granted then, that the President realizes that lack of unity oil the people renders effective concerted action extre- mely diffcult, if not actually impossible, one seeks foi - his way to place both groups of belligerents in exact-__ ly the same class. It is easy to understand Mr. Wil- son’s reluctance openly to express sympathy foi either group, believing, as he does, that the absencu. of unity on the part of the citizens makes it impos- sible for the United States to take a firm stand fo' . justice and right, but Mr. Wilson can, at least, bi expected to avoid any pronouncement upon the ine- rits of the issues. Instead of maintaining such an attitude of nega- tive neutrality, Mr. Willson has for months been try- ing to leave thc impression that he believes the En- tente ,Allies are equally guilty with the German po- wers, that Britain and the nations allied with her art fighting for purposes of aggression and self-satisfac- tion, and that there is no difference in the iiiora" standards of the nations now at war. One may welll question whether in doingko he is expressing his own ‘ _judgment -or merely playing for political advantage. Mr. Wilson is' an educated man. He is no doubi familiar with the causes of the war. He must know about the German atrocities in Belgium and the Tur-l kish massacre of: the Armenian nation. He might,4 through a belief, justified or mistaken, that his-_ country was impotent to support its judgment, be excused from publicly discriminating between the Entente and the Teutonic powers, but in declaring* that it is impossible to discriminate and that no dif- . ference in ideals or ambitions exists he either lacks sincerity in purpose, or is utterly incapable of 'judging between right ,and_ wrong. _ » 4 With the ¢old`on lun and the hug’ air There wells from the depth of mlndll h Mylterloiialy. halt-understood, _ some explanation of why _the President goes out of , - not officials explain the Iarze pro- BUFFALO, N. Y., Nov. 6- Pres!-, ent Wilson told an audience of at east 15.000 people here I st night tl_1i1t_ the United States was goof. only ady. but willing to fight. ns soon as d l nuimouii judgment of-the cltIzens.,was worth fighting for. His words were fe iight, but not iiuiineiined to iight when we can Rnd something as big as American ideals to fight for. “But we want to hear the call Am- _iglea has always listened to," lie add- The people of this community had fought. for a united nation. They nd fought to free the Cubans from cited' In support of the ProsIdent’s ontefntlon that this people was not Mr. Wilson said that “some of tho men who have'beeii talking recently" man who went into a bar-room and, eelng two men fighting in the corner, inquired of the' proprietor. "ls this a. private light or may anyone' go ln?" f the people of the United States was the attitude 01 that niziit-seeking Irishman. To Canadian ears the comparison was not only unnecessary, but posi- vely insulting. If the people of this Republic could realize the tr`emend- o‘us Issues of the present world con- flict, if they could comprehend that 'he Allies are fighting the battle to maintain freedom upon the face of the ubllc man, for the more sake of evok- Ing ii laugh, Ilkenlng the Entente Powers to it drunken, quarrelsome sot in a barroom. It seemed especially in had taste when one remembered that PURE _Y OBSTRUCTIVE l Some day a syndicate, possibly of outsiders, will gh' Www" did nm' think the attitude* I .9 .. ;sn;f;l?naklng after the' entrance ,of tb eeldo1it,__wl1_Llq ,the police sought to get the _crowdsettled down and the aisles cleared. an attempt which was only 'partially successful. A little girl with a Teutonic name presented Mr. Wilson with a. large bouquet of roses, which were. passed to Mrs. Wilson, Iwd the meeting _ _was under way. There wa _still considerable disorder when Mr. Walter S. Bigelow, pre- sident of the Executives’ Club, un- der the auspices of which the meeting was hs‘lll.\trIed to spqak. A bugler In the gallery made valiant efforts to secure attention by'f1tful blasts. AN INJURED Finoisn. The President spoke in ii riitlicr weak and somewhat husky voice whlcli, however, gained strength as be proceeded. His first gestures re- vealed an Injured llnger protected by the finger of 'i glove. Mr. Wilson has a peculiar habit of using tivo ex- tended flngers in his delivery and tho damaged one was very much In evidence. As a speaker tlio Presi- dent Is absolutely lacking in personal magnetism. If last nights’s1 fleeting was a reliable indication. There is lttle power _to sway audiences be- cause his addresses are all more or less' academic and "lnteIlectuiiI." There is still the suggestion of the college professor about both his argu- ment iiud his delivery. and one wond- ers whether Mr. Wilson really feels comfortable ln politics. There was little In last nlght's speech to win votes or to Inspire the faithful. Two or three weak qulps were obviously forced. To one who expects to fliid Mr. Wilson ii purlst in the use of the English language and his speeches ii sd to protect the United States agalniit ipparently makes no discrimination, ind sees no difference between the two groups of belllgerents. Each was represented by one of those fighting 'Iruiiken men in ii bar~room. t (1 GOVERNMENT BY OPINION. ' H- Tbo President ntiitod his political creed iii tho words, "l believe in Gov-I C ernment by opinion." That statement. 0 ieomed very slgnlflcniit in explana- ‘lon of many of the pre-sent Admin- `strutio:i’s “wobbllng" policies. Min! Wilson expressed the vle'w that states- 'nen should conform to public opin- lon," he said. "I bel-love in the en- forcement of opinion." The function if Government. according to this freed, is Interpretation of\pubIIc op- lnlou, rather than leadership. Who will say that Mr. Wilson has not been| true to his conception of ii statesma.n’s ibligntloiis and duty? But Mr. Roose-' volt and many others have a dceldibl- ‘y different conception of them. ' The gathering- in the big auditor- ium was an extremely interostin;;_ one. The hall which ls. niueli larger than the' Arena in Toronto. was com- 'iletely .fiIled. Hundreds elbowed ind pushed oven for standing room In' ‘he corridor around the reserved sec- .lon. Scores won coveted positions on ‘lie glrdors under the ceiling. sugges- ‘Ive of fowl gone to roost. The gallarl- ea were closely pricked an Iiour bo- 'ore the meeting opened. The Buffalo. nollce assigned to handle the crowd ‘iad a hot and busy evening. It was 11| tremendous audience- much larger 'han the gathering which heard Mr. Hughes on his recent visit there- ind every individual In it seompd to be equipped with n fair-sized United States flag. The auditorium was drap- id` and decorated and festooned with buntlng and United -States flags-_ with not a suggestion of any other national emblem £11 sight. Behind the platform a large and roughly-execub ed painting of President Wilson was iurrourided with electric lights and flanked with the Stars and Stripes. The building thus prepared provided a splendid setting for the big audi- ence. - SPRINKLING OF GERMAN TYPES. Probably twenty-five per cent of the crowd were women, not a few of whom conversed in German. Demo- rtlon of female auditors as approv- il of the PresIderit's peace policy. Be this as it may, they were there and- wliieh they ca1°rled.0f ,the .male pro- portion of the audIem%et_here was ii. irenerouii sprinkling of rman types. It may be as is generally believed, that Mr. Hughes has the support of the- majority of the German American element. but at least some of the mittee are suggeiitlveof the uomi roll of the DeutchIand'¢- crew. .~ There were hafta. dolen pre-mature bursts of cheering beforethe Presl- dentlal party proper arrived. They #ere proceeded fully_ flvqminutes. by some six or eight. msn 'Whlt0 ‘ho lender of those Powers saved' ')ewey‘s fleet In Manila Bay, and had ii nn' more than one occasion lnterfer- u ’}er11ia.ii aggression. Yet Mr. Wilson ‘is they knew what to do with the flaitsl names of the Wilson Reception C¢?>15h » A FALL AFTIRNOON. Det me leave the wide rond, ge hard-trnddeii road _ 'the bum paths of men! 1.0¢ no oluiiber me nagging _'wi To liven the day for the dyliil Indie el. '> ' ` Ae ullnme In scarlet and gold- li' They elliig for n Int. farewell! -i To the__M_rd| and t-he wind and Ilia e y ' ' ‘ Lat me reel the crunch of the soft- mother-earth 'Neath the heel of my uiilisllowod shoe! - . Let me reversntly lean with my arms On the old-nfl fence beyond And watch the unherded flocks. Or scan the corn-sticks, row gn my The words ot the ancient psalm . . . -cw -1-“Thou nrvwnelt -the ' yur with-thy goodness, And .tho hills are glrdlod with Joy; The postures are clothed with noon And the _valleys are 'covered pm, » no ii' .- Tha! lllolltl for |07. llld thny |1113," -clonal wii.i.iAui Auucou .__ , Hpad or the Irm-How long do you wliit to be sway on your wedding . ` 1 light '. Sturdr guards of invincible foil' __ ovqrtneir item; tai-ga whites bidim fl w -a pro d oxen ._ - t." T tl rel ~1nnst be sustained demonstration with mn alder-able entlinltalm when the Pre- A nantes and others, eilteroill. Url. Wlllolt lt t t ' Otmbro at model of correctness, there was n urprlse In the I’resIdent’s ropeutcd so of tho word "doii't" with ri singu- lar subject. For Instance: "A phv- Iciilly weak man don’t think stra- ight." And again: There is an impres- sion In some quarters that this Na- tion l1i\.\;%.iii-.- Vi°t°fis RW c _ Charlottetown --1 1 1 ,. W mr ii i ii -rmioms ni .- . s “"“ " ~-~--~~--------~ -~~--- -----W----“--"f‘i’ F<>fM¢1i. Women- Boys Girls andchiidrin Heavy Boots . _ . .$32.32 itll t.'..‘““°l'a."..i‘...-....... 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