~  J'
Guarding
' lloatifi sthoknockorsalssontbat -hi
fleel in that bzyhsulnemble part of :heir'allato:;!-    
Dockets '
and social!!
no roomfol' the knocker or tlls_eIoak»
knocking usually [proves s hoomfailg IM
dollar contrast lost to Canadian, manu-
Canadian laborers will not have boonentire-
---_--1u_°-_-_i;'_
P. E. ISLAND PEAT B008 THE WQRST THAT: WAS SAID. 0F'_ l'l`_ IS
lu the report of the ikpartment of Mines for 1913 just - `      `
_ issued, statistical information is given regarding the peat ' - - '
’ " __ , “__ ,_ ..._ _._.____1gg.; hogs throughout the Dominion. The following is given of
 "mm '° '°"’ °' '°° ' " " '° _ ____|32,2 Prince Edward Island: “Mermaid peat fuel hog; situated
:'”°2s°;d|':°::y';,;`°°|'|; '°'° " " '° °' °_°_°______ H133 north-west from Charlottetown and about two miles from d
lusts me salt.. Nlgntrmsn   .. .. ..iaz a las M
ount Herbert Station on the lntercolonial (P.E.I.) Rail- li
There are probably few Liberals to-
ny hardy enough to say that the
uilding of the National Transcontin-
l-md onl” at cnsrlsmicws amlcn outa at sum- 8
am-side, Alllorton, Sollrla and Montague. C
London Office. Marconi House. _Sfrllml W- 5- a
way. The total area covered by this bog is approximately ental RHUWIYWY i-he I-»B\\l'l°¥' 9¢V9l'“'
186 acres. varying in depth from 3 to 10 feet. 1110111 WB! ll-ll¥ll1|D8 bill- it 81881101!
“The Black Banks peat litter bog ls situated about blunder. Today this chickenis coming
even miles south of Alberton. by water across the Cas- ll
ulnpeque Bay. The total area covered by this bog is
pproxlmately 884 acres. with a depth varying from 3 to d
olne to roost, a big bird, which has
cost the country upwards of two hun-
red millions of dollars, and which
~ _ _ _ ________,_ _ _ 20 feet. The hog contains ll very one pest llttér. which will cost the country many millions
_ is
tt
rmlenn      ....a.A. amlo
Managing Editor .... .... .. ........ ......J. R. lurnotf ,B
- Island peat as to its fuel content. but the fact that it is
TUESDAY. APRIL 20. |915.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ . . _ _,_-_-,_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-,-_-.~_ .~_~.~_-¢-¢~‘-'-'. cl
FOUNDATl0NAi. -
Boarding houses, tenemellts and dwellings ill lnany"°
huge clues are “ned with men and women ekmg out an to our capitalists. This is one of our few undeveloped
existence which too often is neither pleasant nor profit- U
able many are living individual "veit why? is it pos. profitable returns as any other resources we possess, d
. i
sible that the cause might be traced in many cases to the I
training received in early years? .lf such training had W
taught them more about the natural conditions surround- 0
ing their holnes. their school houses. the farms. might |101
some of lhenl have remained? NOW HS never \i@f0l'° We
are realizing that the home is the most important insti-
tution in the land and that thc arts and sciences D9l`UW1‘
ing thereto are tekilig Dfecedenw OV" the Subjects em' with whlch»to beat the Governmellt for the crime of
phasized a felv years ago. We are realizing that it is C
more important to allow children to develop rather than t
endeavor to mould them by conventional courses of study S
often unsuited to their requirements or their abilities W
While it is true that many who migrate from their fllfm from the Patriot dealing with the same subject; and ask
“The approximate _area investigated in Prince Edward
fairly free from humus, from the surface to the bottom. more.
The worst that _was said of the
land during the month of July, 1913, was 1,070 acres.” Laurier contract when that remark-
The report does not undertake to classify Prince Edward able instrument was before Parlia-
lld tllat it is workable. ll
ment in 1903 and 1904 was less than
assified as " peat fuel bog” and “peat litter bog_" pre- the worst that has actually come to
supposes that it has commercial value for either purpose Canada through the blind recklessness
lld incapacity df the Laurier Govern-
The manufacture of these comparatively large deposits ment. The Liberal Government’s con-
f peat should at present appeal with a good deal of force structing commission, composed of
atul-al resources and has probably as much promise of b
men who knew nothing about railway
ullding, threw away forty millions of
ollars in absolute waste. The investi-
lcluding the silver fox and the oyster industries. The gating commission appointed by the
ealth of the .province will not be exploited until the value Borden Government so found and so
f the/se so-called barrens is ascertained. proved. The cost of the road piled up
year after year until it exceeded the
     largest estimate of the Laurier Gov-
Our respected contemporary is .lt at loss for a stick
ommittlng a surplus. First it tries one way. 'then it 8
ries another. andas it is evldelltaly quite at ses. on the t
ubject, it explains that the Guardian does not understand
ernment by one hundred million dol-
lars exclusive of interest. Until thc
Laurier Government went out of office
and the Liberal constructing commis-
ioil was abolished there was no at-
empt to introduce methods of eco-
nomy into the construction of the rall-
llat it means. W.e give in parallel column two extracts
way. The' Liberal policy of “economy
‘rm-
homes are eminently successful it is equally true that the
great majority often wish they were again UPOH the Old
homestead.
Early training and education have ll great influence
llpun thc carccr. Tile chief difficulty' ill thc past hai! D991-i
that thc farm liolllc has had no champion in our schools.
Tllc pleasures, the possibilities for development. the true
nlcllllillg ol’ natural life has not been placed before the
clllld as have tllc studies leading to other professions. It
is lnurc lmporlalli that the child reared in the country
should be familiar with the process of the development of
all apple or ll berry than that he should know the intri-
cacies of the binomial theorem. Tile transformation of the
egg to tllc butterfly through the various stages, the use of
the nodules on the clover roots-or the proper care of
lllllk, are all important facts to the farnl boy, whereas
mathematical problems are the essential facts of educa-
lioll‘ to the cllgilleer, but why make eitller assume studies
of little interest. and of practically no value to them?
Natural sciences interest the llgriculturist. Why not `
leach them to the fnrm boys and girls? That “familiarity
breeds contempt" is not true in nature. Tile more we kllow
nbout natural objects, and underlying laws the more
eager ure we to delve deeper. imagine a public school
lot-ated ill beautiful natural surroulldillgs-everything re-
quired for llorlllzll, hcnllhy development of lllind and body,
olli~of-lluors, hilt inside it conventional course of studies
ilizlt loud illto other cllallncls. There are so many vital
lllld illtcrestiilg phenomena ill rural districts tllat require
study but which have been sorely neglected, that 'it is
high time wo considered carefully whether the average
boy and girl lvcrc being given ll fair opportullity to make
_thc most of the lift- which is opening up before them. _
Now that agricultural departments are spending time
tllld nlollcy to assist the farmers to larger crops and greater
profits. it is gratifying to note that educational depart-
ments here ulld elsewhere are doing more for the develop-
ment of the child, ill order that the appreciation of home
ulltl the farm lllight be greater. Teachers who are sym-
pathetic toward the natural sciences arc necessary be-
cuusc ill their hands, to a very large dcgrec, lics the fut-
ure of thc child. Collrscs of study will shortly, wc lillllcr-
lstulltl hi- zlrrrnlgcd Ill ordcr that such tlcvcloplucllt llluy
gralluallly lu- llttuilli.-tl. This attained, the rv.-suit would
lvlillolll doubt walrrtlllt lilly uffort and cxpcllsc llcccssury.
Such urrungciilcllts would not interfere with those seeking
clltrullcc to the other professions but we would see de-
vcloplllg side by sidc with tlleln all illtelllgellt, enthusias-
tic, and satisfied class of young people sinlply because
tllcy had come more closely into toucll with the great out-
of-doors.
THE KNDCKERS
The practice of nludslillglng und gellerul condemlla~
iioll so vit-iously indulged in oi’ late with tl view to secur-
ing some party advantage has. like a boomerallg, come
buck and struck home. As a result of the boot scandal cir-
culaied ulld shouted by the Opposition Press in Canada,
the llusslall Govcrlllnellt, it is said, has cancelled a $3.000.-
000 order that would have been filled ill Clmadlan fuc-
lories. Tile British Government, being more in touch
with ijaillldlan nleillods and knowing the cllaracter of many
ctllllpalglls previously conducted by the Liberal party, have '
placed tllc proper discount on the recent efforts to black-
cll the reputation ol’ the Borden Government and continu-
cs to place extensive orders in this country.
The boot investigation has fallen fiat, for the Canad-
llllls ill the trenches have discarded British army boots
and gollc back to the Canadian army boot us 'the nlore
comfortable and more -suitable for their work. The lnost
reassuring feature of the whole nasty business at Ottawa
is thc dctcrlllillatloll of the Government to pusll the
illvostigutlun to the furthest limit, evell after Parlia-
lllcllt hall prorogued. Tile Department of Justice has
been instructed to act without mercy in regard to
all irrpgularltles lil the purchase of war supplies. incl-
dentally ulso tile Department of Justice will likely find
scope for considerable activity in connection with certain
'curious transactions which went on in Western Canada
under the old Government. The country wants a thorough
cleaning up of political and departmental corruption, and
there is a housecleanlng ln hand at present that will set
some carried-over grafters to serious thinking. in the
meantime there is no room for consclenceless elanderers,
who stop at no injury to Canadian industries if onl the
nd retreuchment” was not born un-
,Patriot, April 15.
“ Another important poillt
made by the Leader of the
Opposition was where he
showed that by not paying
teachers their nlolltllly
salary ill December and
carrying thc nmoullt over
into 1915, the Goverlllllcllt
changed what would have
been it deficit of $8,000 into
a so-called surplus."
¥ " The Guardian this llloril-
0lI.IN(i...TllE ROADS
our readers whether it is possible to grasp exactly what a
our respected contemporary wants to be at:-
Patriot, April 19.
illg . _ . does not understand
or wilfully lllisrepresellts, ill
culling attention to tho fact
tllnt it was the money held
back from the tcacllcrs
which nlade the small sur-
plus for 1914, it was not
colltcndcd that the monthly
salaries for December were
withheld."
c
We note by many of our exchanges that the use of oil oll li
increasing satlsifictioll in solving the dust problem. A i
til after the Liberal Government went
out of office. The road was completed
by the Borden Goverlllllent on strictly
bllsllless lilies, by practical lneli. And
then wllut?
FINE FOR THE COMPANY.
The lluurler colltrilct with the Grand
Trunk Pacific was ll luagllific-out rl-
greclllcllt from thc standpoint of thc
colllpnny. lt provided that the Grand
Truilk Pacific should operte tho rall-
way for fifty years on a. rental equal to
three per cent on the cost of coilstruc-
tloli. That rental would not froo thc
oulltry from interest obligations, lu-
smuch as the money with which tho
roads is beconlillg more general year after year and with road was built cost the Government
hree and a half per cent. Tile half
number of Canadian cities have adopted the street oillllg
system with such good results that there is now a quite
general demand to have it applied on country roads. It is
pointed out that the roads would last longer and there
would be more general satisfaction, not only to the users
of thc highway but to the farmers and other property
owners living ulolig the routes. it is ll well kliowli fuct
that thc dust and dirt blowing off thc roads on to the trccs
and crops on the farms have injured tllcm to u considerable
distance oil each side of the dusty roadways. If the roads
were oiled, this feature. which is a very important one
from all economical standpoint, lvould be removed.
This method ot' dealing with the dust nuisance iles as
far as we know, never been tried in this Province, although
we have had collsidorable experience in town and country
with the dust. All experiment on a sufficiently extensive
scale to demonstrate its efficacy could be profitably " tried
either on the city streets or on sections of country road.
If found beneficial the operations would no doubt be extend-
ed, lf otherwise, little harm would bc done and the question
so far as this Province is izonccrllcd, would be settled.
NOTES
~__'i_.....-_
Sir Jollll l<‘rencll has made a report oll the fighting at and
about Neuve Chapelle which indicates that the engagement
was one of the most severe ill which the British shared
during the war. The casualties, however, were less in num-
ber than early statements suggested. Of ll total of 12,800,
there were 2,527 killed, wlllle the hospital servicc had to
care for 8,600 wounded. Slr,Johll Frelicll suggested in his
report that the majority of the corps were new to the work I
they were required to do; but they did it effectively, won t
ground from the enemy alld inflicted greater losses than 1
they sustained. Tile success is eilcouraglng botll for the
mell ill the field and the country they serve.
Says the New York Herald:-One of thc llypllcilatcds
who keeps bombardlng newspapers with communlcatiolls
upholding everything done by Germany vigorously defends
the sinking of the merchantjsteamshlp Falaba and the
‘drowning of more than 100 non-combatants. one of them
an American citizen. The fault lies wholly with hated
out»her navy," German submarines are siilklng merchant
vessels. And in the next breath he asserts that the Falaba
was sullk because she dared to sclld out wireless calls for
crime of attempting to “ bring out " British worships. -
"l callllot but conceive." said Mr. R. B. Bennett, of
per cent. difference meant $3,393,230.-
33 up to the end of 1914 whell the road
was completed. lt would mean $908,-
687 cach year during the fifty yours ol'
the lease, or ll total of $43,499,900.
But thc contract nlndc it still cus-
ior for the Grand 'l'rllllk Pacific ily
giving tllem the rigllt to opcratc thc
road for seven years without any rent-
al. That wasn‘t all either. It gave
them the right to operate for tllree
years more without rental, except that
the calculated interest for those three
years would be capitalized. They
would thereafter pay interest on this
interest. Great. This was the con-
.tract which the Laurier Government
forced through an unwilling Parlia-
ment. The Grand Trunk Paclfic Rail-
way _cheerfully contracted to take over
the lille oll conlpletioll for opcrutioli
on tllcsc lcrlllll.
' BLUNDERED IN BOTH.
But the Grand Trunk Pacific fallcd
to realize that the Govellrment which
entered into this crazy contract could
not be expected to show any lllgher
degree of business 'ability in tllo bulld-
illg of tlic road. The company nllgllt
liilvc fairly assumed that the incom-
petence of' thc Laurier Government
would he as great ill the one case as
n the other, that what would help
hem in the one case would hurt them
n the other. History has shown that
I .
llllllv slsllscrlolls roll
lllallllnls or
nl: oullllmllll _ ,
'3-3'!-
Engllind, he declares. Because England "does not bring' F“""|'h°‘ W W' 3' |-°“|°”~
 komu0HwQp
wHe~ olloole cAi.l.s '
help-lll`other words, because she was committing the 4 - ME "°gAmE'”
There is never a. trial or so great _ ~.B‘
There ls lleverafrowll so weary,
But the heaviest loadseenls light ,to
bear - . -
Calgary, ln -the House of Comnlons, "that this is the end of When l hear his laugh so cheery; 4
the public career oi’ the member for Edmonton as it should AW I 99° hi* f°°° - ~`
be the end of the public career of the member for Assini- ' And I he" his ‘Mcg-
bols" (Mr. Turlf1')., I-fe went on to say that the 'Laurier V
Government had banded over the resources of Western There is never a hill on the road so
Canada with lavish hand to'its own party friends. Men T "°i¢D- .` h d. th _
with nothing had grown rich out of the public domain. Thegfrls n;::;v:';m M“yr°m:' .o?|‘;2;’,
When elections came these men rallied to the support of ' pu; ng, hc, 1, "er ,Q mg;-fy;
the Government. "These were the .porch-climbers and it will always begulle
thugs of whom the member for Edmonton spoke.: declared - ` 5° ° 9"” f°|' ‘ "inf,"
 Wben Daddy -calls me “Dearle."
- Y Y. f will Dutld ll 0 D8ll'i¢."
'can al the same time hurt their political foes. it is time me C‘|""7 m°'“b°'° H"‘“8 dfllwled of the pupil., go QD y ca e m `
Canada, in every province of it, our own included. had put
main. he said. the former Government -halrthen started to 1~\,9{§ l, “ever 4 ,hung when ntgmgg
. .top to the mdiwdmmlw "md" so (mm "mulled In lcorrupt the public opinion. Little did the people of West- dawning nigh,
for the sake of party advantage. aspeeieo or slander tim,
spares not even the fair name of the country so long as it
is supposed to besrnlrch the 'character of tile party in
power. What' we n'eed,~~fn Canada, and particularly in our
own province at present is constructive, not destructive,
Pacino," esta Jir. Dellnett,v"anti, expressed so mllc\l`eon-
m_!m`h gi M “_ w°v.r° an tm .`_°`  f°'|' W  'U  nut  
ef wh ln 'fl of rfwverity ind or mln-sl helen-slant, "'»""‘°"m*""°’="" ‘°"3‘f"'*" -' » V'  V  
ern Canadallnqw when they listened to the outspoken M“°° me 1'0" °f‘T°'m°"’°"'°
member for 'Edmonton that he had sold the _iudepéudeuce There
of the press. "When the honourable gentleman stood up ,
and discussed the-,logis(lation‘rsspeotin| tho Grand Trunk
s. trouble to come bye
dreary,
care, » " ‘  I
an assumption of that kind would have
been a reasonable one. Tho»Laurier
Government blundel-ed in the bulld-
ing of 'the road as they had blundered
in framing the contract. and this time
the other party to the contract stood
to lose. The railway that was to cost
$61,000,000 actually cost $161,000,000
without interest, and the rental basis
altered in proportion. The road was
completed at the end of 1914, with the
exception of the Quebec bridge,_ the
history of which is the history of an-
other stupendous Llberal blunder, a
blunder which cost the lives of scores
of Canadian workmen.
And now the Grand Trunk Pacific
sllows a coldness for tho Laurier con-
tract. It displays no eagerness to be-
gin the operation of the line on a
rental basis of six or seven millions.
It shows no inclination to take over
the big white elephant at all,
OFFERS N0 PROTECTION.
And in this situation ~ the-Laurier
contract again fails to protect thc
country.
It provides no adequate security
to conlpel the Grand Trullk Pacific
Railway Company to operate the
Transcontinental.
It is beautifully indefinite ill its rc-
fcrence to the time when the road is
to be taken over by the company. In
other words, it provides that the road
is to be taken over upon completion,
but it docs not say what constitutes
complctioll. So there you arc.
In the meantime it will he llcccs-
sllry for somebody to operate the 1,-
800 miles of railway ill order to pre-
,vcllt if fronl rusting. The Govcrll-
illcllt has for some tiillc bgcu opcrlt-
lllg ll bl-wcckiy service over the lost
end ill New Ilrunswick, with llltcrlzol-
oilial railway stock, and is paying $12,-
000 a month for the operating by con-
tractors of 270 miles ill nortllcrn Ollt-
arlo and Quebec, for the benefit of
seti.lers.lt looks as if the Govcrllmcllt
would not huvc to opcrlltc the whole
lille, for purposes of maintenance, and
in the interests of the few hulldrcd
settlers wllo have gone into the coun-
try. lt will bc an expensive business.
l
WHAT WILL BE DONE.
As a. first step the Miniter of Rail-
lvzlys has given notice ol' a. resolution
sccllrillg for thc Govcrlluleni. thc
right to ll:-lo thc lille frolll Luke Super-
ior Jullctioll to thc llcad of thc Lakes.
Tile Laurier Government in the course
of its railway frellzy allowed this lill-
portant link to be built and owned and
controlled by the Grand Trunk Pacific.
Thus the National Transcontinental
Railway was cut off from the Great
Lakes trafiic. Tile lille from Lake Sup-
erior Junctioll to Fort William was
built Mill Owned by the Grand Trunk
Pacific, with mucll public assistance.
The Minister of Railways is now tak-
ing power to acquire or lease this
necessary link, including llll terillilllll
ftlcilltlcs, nccommodutloll works, ctc.
The wholo situation shows how lit-
ilo regard the Lauricr Govcrllnloni
bud for thc public lllicrcst, and bow
little capacity it had to protect that
interest. The National Transcontinen-
tal Railway was to have been the
crowning. aclllevemelltof the Laurier
career. It was to prove his claim to
the reverence of posterity as a nation-
buildcr. It was tl Laurier enterprise
froln bcgillnillg to olld, a new through
line cast of North Buy never having
.been contemplated by the Gi-and
Trunk. lt was to round off Sir Wilfrid
Laurier's "work."
It is dollig lt. it has proved Sir Wil-
frid Laurier to be one of the greatest
bluudcrers that ever blocked the pro-
gress of a young country.
<1-.._..€.._
NOT SUFFlCENT`
‘ WAR TAX STAMPS.
TORONTO, Ont., April 17.-Twelve
mlllloll war stamps have been sold
from the Toronto postal depository.
Tho Inland Revenue oiiicials have
handled 100,000 stamps of various dc-
llomlnations, but the demand is great-
er than the supply of two cent ones
and the 50,000 which were on llalld
from Ottawa this morning were clear.
ed out in an hour. One hundred thou.
sand could have been sold.
__..._._.____ _
DlJ'l'OH TRAWLER8 RELEASED.
LONDON. Anrll 19.--A despatch to
the Exchange Telegraph from Ymuid.
en says that the four Dutch trawlers
taken by German worships into Cux-
haven have been released.
-_ __--_..._.____
CARGO OF FOODSTUFFI
THROWN INTO COURT.
19.-
from
WI!
INCW
Ladies’ Black Slick¢r-Goats at 
All sizes. We have about a” hundred
garments to select from. All our,Coats
, are guaranteed.
ti ' sl>l=.clllt slltls or clilirs
Z 5 unlmlzltls Now -on s
l . ,
98c values for 75c, in a variety of straight
or turned handles, good heavy covering,
- - strong ribbed and self-opener. :Get one
of these and protect yourself* from 'April
showers. ' `
PATONSW
in
M811
l.@lUlRl
C( NE reason why so many of my customers use
0 Beaver Flour, is because they know it is -
' always the same. It never varies in strength
or qllslity-and they know Bcaver"'Flour will make
the best Bread and Pastry everytime.
“Being a blended flour, they find it equally good
for Bread and Biscuits, Cakes and Pies. “
"Yes, Ma’am I I’ll send you a sack right away".
DB/\LERS~-write us fnripriceel nn The T. H. Taylor Co. Umliosl
Feed, Coarse Grains and Cereals. IBI C|\atba_m, Ont. /
. l-
? -- -Y i
A i
l Quality Paints
@e To Think About Painting
a "Yes, Ma’am l You can depend on
BEAVER F LOUR
 
Brighten and be t' ' I
famous l_3randram-He:1dél2’ol¥9I‘§lgii(s§?Pe¥inilLttl}ig
paint with the guarantee, the best paint for all
purpélsesd H d
ran ram- cn erson paints are superior to all
Olfilgififs 111 every way. They can be_ applied easier
a_ moge economically, they last longer, looks
nicer an costs no more than many inferior brands.
Call a_nd let us tell (you _ why Brandram-Hem
eerson paints excels on eve point why the super-
étgtééluallty of these paints ‘goes not increase _the
...¢.t.
mi-
Fennell & Chandler_1_|_|
Nictoria' Row` '  -'  ~ .
2
__..-ac
Y0Uogu,,i,"‘Men’s
  Slip-;-on Coats
more. f A~ dark
'iéliéndtiisonl
We have just opened up
a splendid line of Young
Men’s Shp-on Overcoats for
_ early spring* .wea1'.- The
- atterns are mostly Scotch
weed and pepperiand salt
effects and are really swag
' ger. Weinviteeveiyyoung
man to look them over
Prices $15.00. For the
more conservative.,d1lsstler
, we show aealendid black
overcoatat$l0. leail5worth
f 2r'°r*ii.’-i°::.5"$5.....°°-' *ci
ac s s l  a
$1800' ` Every tl 'ber we