. E -they =proposed~to 'run mlrtters-=-tax the ~,_ _ » ._ _&'>_‘~<_ __ __ - ' . /»` \ .Il ‘ 1 1 , *__ _ _ _ , . » ’" , _“___ __ ____.____v '_ my ,_.. ... ._ _;v______ .».....-.<.-_ _.i '_ __ -....._..___,_,_.,”el, l.,;j.'~»`-11.... w L. _ -_ ~ - - r--f-~ ~4" "A- . TIE CHARL TOW ARDIA IVIORN NG DAILY . - __I_' ‘ I 1 1 ‘ I - I 1' V. I I . - - V V . . ,' . -- » Morning Daily founded lssi ' ' ' ' ~ .60 Per Year delivered in advance _ w..».», dw ml... em., he »} cHARLo'r'rs'rowN, CANADA, SATURDAY, SEPTLMBER 1_1, 1915 {*’,.,., ,.,,..‘.,,, ......i......,_.... ers- _ = ~ f E _ _ _ '_-'I ~»_ » H ' _ - ~ 'l'1» __ _;»l_ `, liR.lil$R Wllllili TAX FARMERS 14"!-'“-rr' ~ 1; ia interesting at the present poli- tical iuncture to revert- to that inter- uting period ill the history oi! the Lib- aigl party when in 191.1 they found themselves drifting helplessly jon the rocks on which-the survivors of the party are once Tore struggling to re- gsinfs footing., hey were lacing two bye-elections which to lose meant an- nihilation and which to win would give them another session and anoth- er opportunity. to apportion among themselves what remained of the loot. They were bankrupt. There was nothing in sight but direct taxation and towards this last hope they began to steer their staggering berque. The Patriot, whose editor in chief, Mr. F. J. Nash, was contesting the bye-elec- tion in the Belfast district, was gin- gerly leading the way towards this iinai hope. ln its issue of Nov. 2, 1911, The Patriot iiambuoyantiy informs its readers that the assessments per head of the population in Ontario for the year 1900 were: "In townships, $6.81; in towns and villages, $9.13; in _cities, $14.53," and adds, "lf we take into consideration the amount of land, road and income tax paid by the peo- ple of this province outside of Char- lottetown and Sumluerside, it amounts to about $511,000 per_ annum. ` Add to this $35,000 .vote at school district meetings, a total of $90,000, which is only about $1.10 per head, so it will be seen that the people of the rural districts of Ontario are taxed about seven times' as heavily as our people. If our farmers were taxed as heavily as the farmers of Ontario they would have to pay over halfamiilion dollars annually. in New Brunswick and Nova Scotia, also, the general government only pays a small part of _the teachers' ,saiaries, leaving the municipalities and school districts to raise the bal- ance." _ As election day approached the Pat- riot became more and more enthusia- stic and more and more rattled, for we find some discrepancies in its figures. Figures. however, never troubled the Patriot, neither did their accuracy. In its issue of Nov._14,1911, we find the following, among other things which weregoing thrown overboard: "There are 1 ,000 farmers on the Island and their contributions to tile general re- venusjamount to only about $3.50 per hes_d,_-Jlbout one tenth of -the average amount paid by farmers in Ontario_” This was s “last word" in the Patriot -before the fatal election in Belfast and this was the manner in which farmers. Fortunately for the province rthe farmers took the sensible view of the matter and the next issue of the Patriot, dated the day after the elec- tion, tells how: “We have been de- feated in` a good cause; we have gone down with flying coiours." And a little ister, from "behind the beyond," after the General Election of Jan. 1912, when Mr. Nash tried conclusions with the electors of Charlottetown and Roy- alty, the history of the encounter also appeared in the Patriot: "lt has been borne in upon ns that neither the country nor the city wanted us." The Grits went bankrupt in 1911 but were prepared to tax the farmers of again entrusted with the govern- ment. New that the Mathieson Gov- ernment has placed the povince on its financial feet, now that the Mathie- son Government has secured a sub- sidy 'of $100,000 for all time to come from the -Dominion. the Grits are anx- ious to have another try at financing the affairs of the province. Will the 'people trust them? Should they trust them? They certainly will not and should not. - I p- _ _ iiASll FllR_lHE GRIIS Mr. Feehan rubbed it into the Grits at Winsloe over the reduction oi’ debt. Various Grit speakers took the liberty of doubting the reduction of the debt of the province _under Mr. Mlii\i°B°“ 5 regime, and one of them referred to the alleged increase of interest paid by the Government. Questioned as t0 his suthority.for his sssertion. the or- .. ,., MR. RRRRIFS sn-clllll fllcls" Both at Winsloe and York Mr. Peter ,Brodie, “the rising hope"ot the Liberal party, stated that the Government had spent $22,000 of _the $26,000 of the Do- minion Agricultural Aid Grant on sal- aries.` Mr. Donald Nicholson, M. P., contradicted him at Winsloe, but he returned to the charge at York and said he had the blue book to prove it. Let us see what the Blue Book does say on the subject. Turn to page 85 Appendix ll. of the Department of Agriculture in the report of the Provin- cial Auditor and our readers will find aheifollowing which we reproduce ver- at m: Expenditure Under the Dominion Agri- culture Aid Act forthe Year End- ing 31st March 1914 By Grant for year olld- illl: March 31,, 191-i $26,529.85 To l\f;l_lr.ultursl i'.d~ ucation in con- nection with Prince of Wales College.. ._ _ _ .$3,273.04 To short course in Agriculture 2,455.67 To Live Stock Judg- ing Classes .. .. 981.83 To Demonstration ~ work in Horti- culture. sheep and poultry husban- dry.__. 1,372.36 To Building an ad- dition to Agri- tultural Hail... 4,014.98 To District Repre- sentative work 2,462.25 To Women's Insti- tutes.. _. ._ .. 1,322.29 To Office assist- ance.. .. ._ _. 916.67 To introducing Na- ture Study in Pub- llc Schools .. .. 3,340.31 To Bal. of Grant Unexpended ._ 6,426.48 $26.529.85 $26,529.85 What reliance can the people of Winsloe and York put upon Mr. Bro- rlie's other statements in the face of this revelation of his gross misrepre- sentation of the facts? ~&.....___,-..-_.___ alll mills _ Mr. George E. Hughes would have tile electors believe that we as a Pro- vince have nothing to thank the Matil- ieson and Borden Governments for. Of course, in his heart he does not mean what he says. Does he think for a moment that the farmers of Prince Edward Island would be such fools as to tum down the people who gave us $100,000 per annum for all time. The car ferry and direct communica- tion with the mainland at a cost of $l0,000.000. ‘ We are not such a pack of ingrates as the Grit candidates would seek to make out. The Mathieson Government goes back stronger than ever with the good will of the whole Island behind it. lll lll_l_lll_sl llsl The Patriot tries to escape from the dilemma of comparing tile amount of interest from year to year as s. true in- dication of the amount of the Provin- cial Debt. by claiming that the interest of the Sinking Fund should not be con- sidered in such a calculation. That is a truly childish contention. The Sink- ing Fund is so much money laid by ev- ery year against the debt. Whish AS equivalent to paying so much off. In- stead of being paid to the bond hold- ers, it is invested and in this case it happens to bc invested at the same rate of interest as the bonds bear. Hence anyone can see that were it paid on the bonds they would be re- duced to the extent of such payments and consequently the interest charged would be reduced as well . _ Thusfit will be seen at a glance that 10 find the net interest we pay annual- l we must, to be correct deduct the _ » y. ~ Aior hesitated ilnd'th0iI hdihii-Wd helinteresi. we receive from the interest \isd.ilet the ,authority at hand. Mr-_ Feebsn speedily suppiisd the iis\1\‘BS_ fr`em"ihe Blue books as follows: ‘ _ .. l~. * A' ' l _ 10,11-`onl1'e -_ :,'ln_eunt _gt_ interest "psId. _.$39,031-9431 iikl und ' intere t re-_ 'O‘lV9l.d»..A nl. ........A 2|’°°r7°| me ullereel pale.. ._ ....m.000-97 me-c' oNess'vnl'v`e . :Imount gi lnterea't‘ paid----083329-13' skin und into et. rl' _ .»m'.l..‘_... mom _ 11.-'-'°*'“ Nsl interest pal`d.l.. ._ _.$92,359-49 Net deereees of interest paid in 1914 compared with 1911, 08,250.80. 'rhle ce llilgea el 4 'v°r“°ffii~ "‘° . _ _ . _ th Q _ all ‘:£..l'l".°»*f.'.i.:."’.l:.‘il‘:‘*.",‘:..-..-.»-‘ir el aalssaeo. wllseut-takiuf ii*° °°“" ltllaemlell all tapmmellt e ‘£12162-'ig or ` ed , tc. as , 0, the ll;°t°s'lgl`t'ai alllllto:_'a' 'report for last ”'l'll'e~ Grit were dumb and |1350; ,eenelldee the close or the nw- ° insi- Th oeelll not beer' to lake their we pay. The Patriot goes further in its folly. 'lt says that there was 810,126.65 of unpaid interest according to Mr. Bin- nlng's report. This is not correct. Mr. Binning does not ssy "unpaid inter- est," he says "accrued interests," quite a different matter. sithoush not worth considering so far as it affects the fairness of the comparison. But if the accrued interest is to be reckoned we may observe that Messrs. Ross- borough and Dench found that in the two months and two .days following the close of the financial year, Sept. 30, 1911, the Liberal Government had lg pay $12,613.18 of interest on the debt and leave 812,004.81 as eoerued and unpaid interest bssidel. These figures speak for themselves. 'they allow that a large amount of in- terest was caried over into the next nmnclgl year after the close of the last Liberal year. 1011. which the present Government had to pay. As s further proof that the interest chu-‘Q I5 QUAD! GOYII “IG BlllmltO fi!! 1015 as calculated bylair. Newbury, eestlmetee ere s Ya ve re- llllllllla. is $37,900 against $39.00? for 1914, which was s 'slight underesti- mate. Our statement in Wednesday and Friday was rail- and quite correct. rl.. sem la llelnll redhead |11 ti1e‘l>w~ 99|-llell stated since i911 and til in-I terest charge is melting down as 0' m°d|cln°e 1 well. _ L From every poll oll Nomination Day reports were rcccived which ernlllcllt will'bc susiaillcd by all overwhelming majority. Ill two districts only were tllcrc ally doubts expressed about tllc rcturll of zl Government candidate, and the rc- ports stated that were tllcsc two candidates to work zl littlc llzlrdcr among the constituents tllcir seats would be safe also. The enthusiasm in support of the Govcrllmcllt is re- markable and today Prclllicr Matil- iesoll is thc most popular man ill Prince Edward Islalld, bar none. I-ie has llis tral\`l`» . .ff rr ‘,` ____:._' '- ,.1 _ - ,' iors,-jlldge for yourself. as lawyers; compare them as Prem- I sm, Sir, etc.. Four ys of Election Campaigli iHE AEW GRIT LEARER f WHY PAlR|ill IS SURE Vlgoroua Criticism of Mr. Rogers' Re- , cord. Sir,- The article in Monday nigilt's .Patrlot, "The Mud-Slinger," is the ,most absurd effort it has made yet. .Their editorial columns for the 'last its-w months have been so full of mud- ,siinging and lies that all right-feeling people are disgusted. , The Patriot has for years, ever ,since Mr. Mathleson took the leader- _sllip of the Conservative party, per- pisted in abusing him in season and .out of season. No man in politics to- cr, it was at a time when there was ,llo political campaign going on, but _ tile Patriot newspapers kept up a con- _tinual slur and has never ceased from attacking lllln in a venomous nlanlier. Who is this Mr. Rogers whose name they fear being mcntiolled? Is he not the new Lcndcr apolntcd ill the midst -,of a political battle? is he not a fair ,target fel' criticism He is not a priv- ate character, nor has been for many years, alld everyone has a right to criticize his record. Let us look at it. During his political career he was a most bittcr partizan and not even _true to his friends for he ousted Mr. .Jollll Mathicsoll, his friend and col- league, out of his place in the party. _He was Commissioner of Agriculture and without any practidal knowledge, ,made a failure of it. During his re- gime the Stock Farm was a disgrace -to any Government. ~. Then we take his record as Gover- _nor_ The Patriot says, “The firm _stand on the Temperance question and the esteem in which he was held as Governor oi’ the Province.” This ,surely is a lokc! What is the truth? ,ills flrnl stand oll tile Temperance question was allowing prisoners lm- prisolled for infraction of the Prohibi- tion Act to be released from jail on any pretext. ONLY HE had file pow- er to pardon them and he abused that power. It is a well known fact which no one can contradict that he never did his duty as representative of the King in this Province. His duty was to up- hold the dignity of his office Ioyaliy serve his country, entertain visitors oi' note and made Government House filo centre of hospitality for the Pro- vince. How he failed in this regard we all know. He drew his $7,000 sal- ary ail right, but he spent most of his time ill Alberton attending to his priv- ate business in the store while Gov- crnmcnt House was either closed up or no one allowed within its walls. His utterances both in public and in privatc were disloyal. He was avowcllly anti-British and antimili- tary. Ono cannot so soon forgct the “Nelson Shields" episode at a meet- ing in tllc Opera House. He insulted every soldier of the King and every British subject so that there \\'l-.1 al- most a riot in the hail. Tllc following day Colonel Peake, the head of the ,military in the Province, resigned as a protest his position as Aide-de-Camp and up to the time he left Government House he could never get a military man to take the place. Up to the time tile war broke out he talked most dis- loyally and since that time was novor asked to preside or speak at ally pat- riotic meeting. True, Mrs. Rogers did hcr part in patriotic alld Red Cross work and all credit to llcr, but that could not cloak his shortcomings. I do not wonricr tile Patriot fears to have thc nanlo of Mr. Rogers mell- tioned. If the Liberal party in sore straits r-ilosc to take lt Loader wllo was a fllilurc ill evcrytllim: he undertook. all wc can say is "Long may he re- mllill Louder of tho Opposltlon_" I am, Sir, ctc., FAIR PLAY. WHAT THA ERITS ARE GUIAE ll] Ri] ~ - - _ - _ n I ~ ln thc official prngramlllc of the Grit Party ihoro is very llitlc to which ex- ccplioll llllgill im illkcll; virllll-lli_v B0 fur ns it gulls it is tllc tfollscrvnfivo platforlll ol' 1908. [lui the llllofllcinl progralnmc as out- llllcri ily sllcil loading lights as the de- poscd Grit lcnlicr Mr. Palmer. the ris- ing Grit lender, Mr. Pctcr Brodie, and other Grit orlliora is qulto revolution- ary. Some of illc pillllks are as follows. ‘_ .U Disband and dismiss all Agricultural instructors. Dismiss Professor J. A. Clark. " Aholisll thc Expcrlnlvllial Station. liisllliss l'rofc-ssor lioss. Allnllsll Farmers' institutes and Wo- lllcll's institutes. Dlsmies Professor Benson. I Abolish Egg Circles. We wonder how tile farmers of Pripce Edward lslanll like the pros- per _ Oi' course it may be argued by the npporiulllst l'atrlot that lloithcr Mr. Palnlcr llor Mr. Brodie nor any other flrit orstor is authorised to promul- gate an unoflicial programme. But they are the men who are put up to represent the Grits. and have all mllcll authority and weight gg lg, Nash or Mr. J. J. Hughes, THE TWO BENS AND WHAT THEY ARE AFTER I "°““' I .a__~.-.m 4..