\ ' IWQRNING DAILY - i HARLOTIEIOW GUARIIIA . 1 , D : . g i .g , r -_*fel Morning Dolly I unded 1891 ` I I I $8.50 Per Your (delivlrd In alive wan. oo.. 12...... on... ....7 } _ , ,_ CHARLOTTETOWN, CANADA, THURSDAY, MARCH 18, 1915 { ,L,,,,.,,.., ,,, ,,,.,,;l,,»-..,,.~,.2°f» Bsatuhluo ro Lonlt -Lui-E Au ELEc'non ' *i--_.*._.__ The Stlrring.Speeches at Close of Budget Debate Taken t0 Indicate an Election and Both Parties Preparing iiccordingl Have' lilnde a Tactlca Issue _on the Budget. y Liberals Realize They I Blunder in Forcing the (From our Own Reporter.) 0'l"i‘AWA, March 17.-What the Government is planning no man knows, but the private members of both sides are convinced that yester- days stirring debate spells an elec- tion and are preparing accordingly. With the Budget debate over, the back of the session is broken and the House should wind up by Easter or the middle of April. There is no important business to detain the liouse; the only thing which might cause delay is the boot inquiry and the' Public Accounts Committee. Both these committees will sit while the House is in session in order to facili- tate matters. Sir Robert Borden has given notice 0( Saturday sessions starting this weak. and morning sittings commenc- lag Moonday. This will mean the rapid disposal of legislation. The Liberals are more anxious than the Conservatives now to close the session in n hurry. They realise that they have made n tactical blunder in forc- ing the issue on the Budget and in challenging the Government. 'l‘hcy have given the Government an excuse for an election and will have to shoulder the responsibility. Herefo- fore the responsibility has been ‘upon the Government. The Liberals are anxious to get away from ()tt~a\va, for- MIIIIIIIEIIIIINS. get this unfortunate debate and repair their political fences before Parlia- ment is dissolved. .Their change in attitude was shown by the eleventh-hour repentance ot’ Hon. George P. Graham, who, just a few minutes before the debate was closed, offered to withdraw the Laurier amendment if the change l_n the British preference was dropped. It was too late for the Government to consider such a suggestion. involving as it would a consideration of the whole basis of the tariff The Government leaders and whips were well pleased with the vote of this morning. With _four members away on active service and Sir George Porlcy in Lomlon acting High Com- missioner, the Government majority of 45 was remarkably high. There were few Conservative absenteesi. while the Liberals showed less en- thusiasm iu remaining for an early morning vote. lt is seldom flint one side so coin- pletcly overwhelms tho other with oratory as yesterday. lt is a long time since the llousc has listened to three such magnificent speeches as those of Sir Robert Borden, Mr R. B. -Bennett und lion. Arthur Melgheu. IVAII three were at their best. and each in his own peculiar style has no equal in Canada. "‘ ’.. v-"M it wu`nxis (From our Own Reporter.) (ITTAWA, March 17.--t`l\nnges ol' a more or less important churacicr in thc war revenue taxes were announc- cd lu the Commons to-day by the llilnistcr of Finance. Customs duties and special taxes are both affected. Summarised, the changes are as fol- lowsz- (Ii Changes in tariff. Wild berries are placed on the free list at the special request of Newfoundland. liinnnscripts are placed on the free list. as it is impossible to correctly estimate their value. Bananas are added to the list ot' goods exempted from the additional tax. They remain on the free list. Fertilisers and nriirlcs used in the manufacture of fcrtiliscrs are placed on the frcc list, in order to assist the "Production and Patriotism" campaign. Cotton seed cake and cotton seed cake meal are exempted from the new duties, on representations from the Minister ot' Agriculture for Ontario. Platinum is exempted from the increased duty. t‘oil'c-.e and coffee extracts are exempt- cd from the increased duty. Infants foods are exempted. Silk in the gum or spun silk imported for use in the manufacture of woven labels are ex- .-..,,..`,' rmptcd, in order to comply with the l<`rcucI| 'I`reul_v. (2) tllmnges i|\ tho Stump Taxes: Purely mutual _ilrc insurance com- panies arc exempted from the tax of one ccnt on number of premiums. Press dcspatchcs arc exempted from the tux ol' one cent on tclegrams. The tax on steamship tickets on At- lantic seahord is extended to include tickets to ull the West india Islands, including Ilritisb West Indies, and to British Honduras. As first arranged. the $3 tax on ocean _tickets was on a ticket valued at $30; that value is raised to $40; tho tax of $5 on tickets worth $60 is changed to $65. Pro- missory notes discounted or collected through a bank must pay the two cent tax as cheques. This docs not apply to promissory notes not nego- tiated through a bank. Tile tax on patent medicines and perfumes is decreased from one cent on every ten cents value to one cent on every twenty-five cents value. On non- sparkliug wines the tax was first put at five cents a quart; it is now pro- vided that the tax on a pint shall be -three cents. Similarly on champagne provision is made for a`tax of thir- teen cents on a hall'-pint instead of 25 cents on pints. che. AIINUII HIIHSI SHIIW I lilllll SIIIIIIISS Tho annual horse show of Char- lottetown was opened in the Agricul- tural llall yesterday afternoon at 1.15. The ilali was skilfully decorated with litllls. The crowd in the afternoon was large and though somewhat small- er in the evening yet there were as "Milly as could be comfortably accom- modated. As a one-day horse show it was very successful and the exhibits Were in many cases, a distinct credit to the Island. However, were the ac- commodation eufllcient to induce all of the best horses to be on exhibition "Willy of the classes would have been hotter filled abd 'the lessons to he gained more marked. The Clydesdale stalllons in the "aged" class were of a good useful kind. Though they were beaten in the championship class by a Y0lll1sster this does not detract in any tiesreo from their usefulness. The Clydesdale mares were of excellent fllltiliti' and type and the classes were PIWIY filled. The Pereherons were of H006 duality and the colt foaled in 1913 was a partieuiarlygood one. The lfrt-y draft mares sired by a registered sire are'worl.hy of paticular mention. They were an excellent class, showin! plenty of substance and quality. The best five animals the' "B91" Of “"9 Pesiltered draft stallion were cre- ditable for any show. The ,iudsills in the afternoon took 5 hours. The evening ' rformance was very ‘::l“t=l;3 improves by the presence of 0 and. Lack ofesuillcient light made the mllllllll rather tiiilicult. The entries might have been better ' filled and while some o ,them were somewhat mlled. 'nevertltolen there were some I‘°l‘=@r which 'give ood promise for the future. Mr. Nellie rezillefed "°"l0n was an easy winner in hi! UIIM. showing remarkably ood UPG Ind the clan for the heath animals from a registered na lags stallion 'Moved he W I gooratoclt Vgetter. The other stallion: were good. 'rho class for grade carriage mares was well nlled. flliwfe was a differ- "“°° In U but tlhey were all good horses ln tbtilr own class. One of the outstandinl leltures 'wal the high- “lw aonltw of norm wma would make soon Ihlvtgrl. ' ‘ On the whole the- show was a decid- ,......» ed |ueoe`||.v|‘nd"wna\a tow improve- ""~*---- 1 _ ments could be made a very strong exhibition. The ring is of ample size and of the correct shape for showing the horses to best advantage. The class of grade animals shown reflected a great deal of credit on the farmers for keeping n class oi' high grade mares and in using a good deal of discrimination ln choosing the stal- lions to breed from. if any criticism should be offered it might be that in some of the classes there was n lack `of uniformity ot' type. This can be re- medied to a great extent in the light horses by having them all in their correct classes. ln the heavy horses it is more a matter of education and if the annual horse show succeeds in establishing on the island a uniform type of draft horses it will accomplish a very great deal. , g Credit is due to the directors for managing so successfully a show on `a small scale under great difficulties when compared to larger shows lu other places. The awards were placed by Profes- sors Reid and W. Il. lteek. (Continued on Page Six) Minard’s, Linimentl Cures Rheumatiam. TIIE WEATHER, TEMPERATURE, . TIDE, MOON, ETC. (Special to the Guardian.) TORONTO, March 18.-Maritime: Strong north to north-west winds. mostly fair and cold; snow fall in‘ Cape Breton. 'rl-IE WEATHER.-Yesterday was beautiful, with bright sunshine all day, followed late at night by a little "St Pntrick's'l snow storm. which is in progress as the Guardian goes to press. . The lowest temperature recorded for Tuesday night was 20 deg. above zero and the lowest of yesterday was 24 deg. above. At 9 am. it was 24 deg, ahovg; ;at 9 p.m. it was the same. The highest of the day was 33 deg- above. The sun sets this evening at 6.10 and tomorrow at 6.11; it will be high tomorrow morning at 0.04 and Satur- day at 6.02. The moon sets tonight at 9.48. - There was a new moon on Monday, March 15th. at 3.42 a. fn. The first quarter of the moon will 1,, ,,,_ _ , git»;¢'» _open -. annum. | Session With the usual ceremony the Fourth of the Thirty-seventh General Assembly of the ‘Legislature of P. E. Island was opened yesterday after- noon ln the Provincial Building, Char- lottetown. Considerable interest was taken in the proceedings by the gen- eral public, and the Legislative Cham- ber was crowded, the spectators in- cluding a large number of ladies. Shortly before three o‘t:lock ills lion- our the Lieutenant-Governor, I-lon. Benjamin Rogers, attended by his A. D. C., Capt. Palmer, drove up and was received with xt salute by at Guard- of-Honour, drawn up near the porch. '1‘he Guard consisted ol’ the soldier.; who are shortly to leave for llalifax, under the command oi' Capt, I). A. Mc- Kinnon, with Lieuts. Buyer and Rit- chie. There was a large uticliilitrice of members and the lioucc was lcd by the Premier oi' the province, lion. J. A. Mathieson. A plncnrd bearing thc inscr_lption "On llis (Iouutry's Service" was placed on the desk oi' Dr. S. it.- Jenkins, who is at present in llalifax on military duly, as an explanation ot' his absence, a similar card luring un lilo dusk of I’rol'. lVlcPhail. Al. Il olclotzlt the Sptulltt-‘l‘. lion. J. ll, \'\.'y:ttt, took the i‘Iu|il‘ und lllc t`)Ic|'k ol' tho llouso rcud the Proclainnrrou. The Spt~uIt<>l‘ then rcsigltotl the (‘Iutil‘ to liis Ilnuour tho i.ieulcnant-Govur- nor, \vho dclivcrcd thc Spec(-,ll as fol- lows: Mr. Speuhcr und (ivuilcmcu of the Legislative .t\ssen|bly:- I welcome you on your return to your legislative duties in this the Fourth Session oi' the ’l‘hirt_v-seventh General Assembly of Prince Edward island. Since lust. wc met the war cloud which has long been hovering over us has burst with terrible violence, in- volving every part oi' the British Em- pire in a gigantic struggle in which thc lives, frccdoln and properly ol' all our people are at stnkc. it is some mitigation of the horrors of this vast war that it was undertaken by Great. llritaiu to uphold the honour ot' treaty obligations, to protect the weak against the strong. und that all sections of our Great Empire, putting aside all matters of internal differ- ence, lllvo, in spirit of loyalty and en- thusiasm unequalled in the world's history, undertaken to share with the Mother Country the burdens°and re- sponsibilities of this war. I am' confident that I voice the sen- timents of this Legislature in saying that Canada's prompt and effective co-operation is heartily approved by all our loyal people. My Government has had much satis- faction in cooperating with Provincial- Committfees in a gift to Britain and her allies in this war, of one hundred thousand bushels of oats. contributed by our farmers and other loyal citi- lehe of this island. One cargo has already lone to the front, and the bal- ance to held for transportation at the opening of navigation. The noble stand taken by the Bel- glans in defence of their country and the havoc wrought upon them by the barbarous conduct of their invaders. has called forth the admiration and be on Tuesday, March 28rd. at 0.49 sympathy of our people to anunprece- dented degree, 'rho 'contributions in clothing and PROVINCIAL LEGISLATURE NOW IN IINNUALISESSION Formal Opening Yesterday Witnessed by Unusuaily Large Number of ir Spectators. tiuard of Honour Composed oi' .Soldiers Enlisted for Active Service. Two. Members Absent on Military Service-Their llacnnt Seats Draped With Union Jack. Speech from Throne Foreshndows important Advance in Agricultural Education, Estab- lishment of Provincial Laboratory and Announces a Further Decrease in Pravlncial Debt. ' is 1 , R . HIS HONOUR LIEUT.-GOVERNOR ROGERS. Hw HONOUR PREMIER MA-I-H|ES0N_ influence nn rural conditions.. The warded by the tiiimnlzitco is not snr- passed by any 1-fnnmunity of equal numbers elsewhere and the generosity of our people is not. yet exhausted. Not only from their home Province. but from every part of Canada our sons have volunteered .for this war and will do their full duty in uphold- ing the flag of the Empire. My Government has assumed the rc- aponslbllity of contributing' to the Pat- riotic Fund in aid of the dependents of volunteers going to the l‘rout, to the Army Field Service l~‘und and other War Relief Funds, confident that their action will meet with your hear- ty approval. As the educational conditions exist- ing in any community are a measure of the progress and advancement of that community, you will be pleased to know that during the past. year there has been a rapid and continuous im- provement in theschools of this Pro- vince. This imprcvenlent shows it- self not only in a greatly increased en- rolment an a larger tially attendance. but chiefly in e higher quality of ln- atructiou and in a growing public ln- torest in the work of the schools. The food to ilxe‘Bel|lan Rellet~Fuml for- ,era during ‘the past few years, the - ~'l‘ho financial disturbances resulting greater consideration shown to teach- very substantial increases made in their salaries, the better training which they now receive, the thorough supervision of schools made possible by thc appointment oi' a sufficient number of competent Inspectors, which, without depriving anyone of advantages heretofore enjoyed, seeks to place thc emphasis in schoohwork on the proper training of boys and girls for life in their own communities, have all contributed towards the pre- sent hopeful educational outlook. The School Supply Dcpartinont es- tublisilcd during the year. has already more than justified its existence by making all uccdcd all needed school equipment readily available even in the rclnolesi districts. to all trustees, tclu:ln~r:s nutl pupils :intl by the ilu- portuni rrduciious brought about in the cost of scliool books and supplies. lluriug the past. _\'t‘ztr Agriculture has prospered. 'Vlw l~‘i(-ld Crops lutvv licvll linilorrnly <~x1~cII<:lll. rind Livu Slot-lt r'outIition:~' ituvo couI,inuod to iutprovt-. 'l‘l|c org:1ni7.uiiol\ oi' ilu' l’oulir_\' lntluslry hm: been prost>t‘uit~tl with t‘ltc|'g_v by the I<`t‘tIt~l'ul Depart- moni of /\grit'nltu|'t-, and plans are bo- ing developed which will plucc this brunt-h ol` Agricultural Industry on at lnorv porinunvllt und prolii,aI>lu basis. l’l'ogr°css has also bctrn nlude in the orgzutizuiiou oI` Agricultural ldtltlvn- tion. 'l‘l|c fiunnriul assistance received from “Tho Agricultural instruction A<-t" mudo possible the adoption of a much more comprehensive system ol education than formerly existed. ’l`ho 1-urrlcultun of the public schools bus been euricllt-il by the addition of Nature Study, School Gardening and llomo Projects and provision has been made f'or the training of teachers in these und kindred subjects. The Womens Instituto movement has made satisfactory progress and promises to exert a highly beneficial plan of nnprovcmcut includes the for- muticn oi' llgriculturztl Centres in l