.lace to air them. A 
     
     -pecial invitation to 
     
     'resident Baker, we 
     
    
   
   
    
     1y becoming a relic of the 
     
    
   
   
    
     _, past. 
     
    
   
   
    
     We feel that our province 
     
     is without adequate and 
     
     effective legislation to 
     
     keep in Island hands the” 
     
     ownership and control of 
     
     Island land. And the only 
     
     law that we do possess 
     
     which to any considerable 
     
     extent-limits the sale of 
     
     land to non-residents is 
     
     spreSently being challenged 
     
     in our courts by two Amer- 
     
     ican citizens. If we 
     
     should lose this case, 
     
     then we shall.be virtually 
     
     defenceless before the on— 
     
     slaught of scores of zeal— 
     
    
   
   
    
     oua developers,speculators 
     
    
   
   
    
     and tourism—promoters, all 
     
    
   
   
    
     seeking to make a fast buck 
     
    
   
   
    
     ’by turning the Island into 
     
     a summer playground-—a 
     
    
   
   
    
     , place which everyone visits 
     
    
   
   
    
     but which only the care- 
     
     .takers call home. 
     
    

    
     We fear that many Island— 
     
     ers are unaware of the 
     
     gravity of the present 
     
     situation. The Island pub— 
     
    
   
   
    
     lic seems neither inclined 
     
    
   
   
    
     ' to demand nor to support 
     
     'Government action which 
     
     will effectively come to 
     
     grips with the non-res— 
     
     ident problem. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Views, THE CADRE is the would like to hear your 
     
     comments and plans for 
     
    

    
     ‘ reversing the trend of 
     
     decreasing enrollment. 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     This is in marked con- 
     
     trast to the feeling of 
     
     the Island people of one 
     
     hundred years ago. At 
     
    
   
   
    
     ethat time one of the con- 
     
    
   
   
    
     ditions upon which Island 
     
     people agreed to give up 
     
     their cherished separate 
     
     colonial status and join_ 
     
     Confederation was that the 
     
    
   
   
    
     ‘ Federal Government promise 
     
    
   
   
    
     to assist them in obtain— 
     
     ing for Island farmers 
     
     the several hundred thou- 
     
     sand acres of land still 
     
     remaining in the possess- 
     
     ion of absentee propriet— 
     
     ors. _ 
     
    

    
     We are afraid that our 
     
     .province will once again 
     
     ‘fall into the possession 
     
     of absentee proprietors, 
     
     and that local farmers 
     
     will once again find 
     
     themselves tenants and 
     
     day—labourers rather than 
     
     free and independent 
     
     agriculturists, This pro— 
     
     cess is already well un; 
     
     der way, as is evidenced 
     
     by both the large acre- 
     
     age of absentee-owned 
     
     land currently being 
     
     .cultivated by Island 
     
     farmers, and the exist- 
     
     ence of an operation the 
     
     _size of Dundas Farms. 
     
    
   
   
    
      CADRERSept. 25, 1923 e page 57 
     
    
   
   
    
     And, ultimately, we feel 
     
     that in this whole matter 
     
     of non-resident ownership 
     
     our very status as a sep- 
     
     arate Canadian province 
     
     is at stake. There are a} 
     
     ready those who advise us 
     
     to give up our independ- 
     
     ent provincial status and 
     
     submerge our identity in 
     
     a Maritime Union. We are 
     
     currently losing our land 
     
     at the rate of 2% each 
     
     year: for how long can 
     
     this continue and the 
     
     Island still hold up its 
     
     head as one of the ten 
     
     provinces? ' 
     
     The Brothers and Sisters 
     
     of Cornelius Howatt have 
     
     embarked on a campaign 
     
     intended to help Save our 
     
     Soil. We appeal to all 
     
     like—minded Islanders to 
     
     join with us in our at- 
     
     empt to bring home to 
     
     both the Island public 
     
     and the Island Govern— 
     
     ment the gravity of the 
     
    
   
   
    
     _present situation, as 
     
    
   
   
    
     well as the necessity for 
     
     prompt and effective 
     
     action. 
     
    
   
   
    
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