, (lin - »-_raw - Yi w Head Oiliee at Charlottetown. Branch Omen at Bum- meralde. Alberton, Bourle and Montague. Saturday Weekly (founded 1887) $1.00 per annum by mall in Canada or U.S.A. Morning Daily founded 1391)). .$3.50 per year. (De- livered) ln advance; $2.50 per year (mailed) In advance. Evening Daily (founded 1907) $1.50, (delivered or by mall) in Canada. and $2.00 for U.S.A. e _ _ __. e _;__ .__ ,_,,_____Y_.,__,_______-_,»_-,~,~_-_-_-_-_ _-_-_- .v»~-~.-_-.-.».-_-= --A-A-7;'-'-'-‘-r-'-‘ / \\'i-;p.\i;sn.\v, tic'i'oiii<;ii 18, ioio. CANADA in 'run Rim i .\ qlaiice at the record will sliow that Sir \\'ill`fi11fil, \4<>l- ll- l'» -17-3“l1'" _ oilieer at his'owii sweet will to take a car any day is simply absurd. The genital loss "Tllilf l-* IU ~"1l."- “'l‘ll" \\`\'1*f\` l’V*‘l’“"“'*l 1*’ ‘l‘>`“'~"" in the week and tour roads not open to the ‘ ‘his ‘l“'~`5ll*’“ of lmP'~`fli1l l)\"i\“l\"4’~ “¢`llll\`f ml' ful' autoiuoliile~ Neither is it the intention of if Drevemab1e_ but not such as any leagues nor iuyseli believe that any useful purpose can tht pm, nor the “pt of the People that ;mt0m0bi|c_`~ but a eontlrnied pesslmlst need “view l1l‘ ~"1‘l"`\"l l’.\` 5“\`ll ‘ll»"\`l‘»`7"lU"~ ll l-" "" “*\` \"l“"C\`“f- should not be permitted to travel anywhere and at mt is due, not to might, but 10 the :it this stage of ilit* |iI'U\`\‘\'\llll§1~ ‘"1 ‘l“' ll‘““` Ui ‘hi-" :in_v tinie when real military necessity demands it.`h“FV‘-‘Sting Of l’°'“\095 “’l‘ll‘* "el" t`;in;idi;iu l’ai'li;iiiieiii. to li'\' lil il\'\`\‘l\'\' <1\“`>\`l\`\'>`1\~" 1*’ \\`hat is nee-ileil. and what should be provideil for at briiised' in hnndlliig' 'Fliis |ti'iiitsiiiiz. » what is intentlcil hi this ~itli_ii‘~'t iii l1ii1i‘~'\`l1\l l)<‘l\'\\\`\'~lotice. is that when ai car goes out on military service, L' i ll' it is iiiieiiileil sinitill "' ‘ll"`“"‘ “llill llilfl liilllililil bearing a "iniliiar_\' ser\'iee" placard, the people should I 7 l~" l"‘\`l'1\"\"l 10 “ll” ill ll\'l` "\\\\ i\`.l 1i> itil- ]ows1~- -.\\-(_ MT Hn Immlll in ;m\.1|m,Q lim, tm. mtwl, i`iti'i'eil :ii :i tune when better tlse coiilil liavi- been i place i'ei'eiiil\' to ilcpart lroiii the policy laid ilown iii ‘““‘l" ‘ll ll“` \‘“"‘*`_\'- " Jooz~" C 'i`h<:rei'in'e. at this Imperial t`ont`ereiiee held inl.i,n- i :intl voniposeil of rt-preseiii:iti\'e= of the l'niteil l\'iii;gili»iii :intl iii' all si-lt-;ii\'t~i‘tii\i;.;‘ l)oniinions. Sir \\ ili`|-iil l.:iitrit-i' woulil not pt-rinit tiauziila to be con- iii~i‘tL‘il with any srlieiie of f\`:i\'.'il lletleliee. I / Sir \\'ilt`rtil l.aui'iet' ltail lieen in oiiiiic six yt-:irs \\l'.i-u the ln\l‘L-ri:il l`i-iilereiici- oi H101 \i'1t>` ll\‘ltl. .\\ l t that iinit- i»tht»;~ lloniinions and toloiiics hail liven lor ,' ~\i‘;ii's nialting sonic ;ii`kno\\leilgnient to the liiiipire for naval #lt-i`eiii'e_ .'\tistrali:i \\'.'is p:iyiii_e' 3.\`5_§ti,i>oo a _\t-ar, :inil hail a sniall ileei in gun boats :intl torpeilii boats, New Zealanil was iaying' Sti>o,ooo;1 _vi-:itz ‘ l t':1pt-\t,`oloti\' was payiiig .$i_-,o.ooo :i year. ‘ i\`:it;il was paying .$"t>o.ooo a year. I \ 1,.-,iirii-r rt~pri'seiiti-tl t`;in:iil:i :it this lnipcrial (`iin-i ( l 1 fi-i~i~||i~t~, tnlit-i~ I,>oiiiiii\inis weri- :iiixtons that sonii'- thing inore shottlil he iloiii~- _\usir:ili:i raisiril her con- iriliutiitn front $5_;o.oiio to Si,ooo_ooo a year, New - . control their cars 'lliere are olliers who are l'ecl\les.s Zealanil iloulileil her citiiti'ihtitioii; Cape -Colony raisi-il hers iroin f§i5o,ooo to $.:5o_ooo; Natal ironi ; $1»o.oooti»t;§ijF,.ooii, l{\'t-ii .\.'i‘\‘.'|'otti\iilaii~l \\'hii'h liziil L bei-ii p:i\uit;' :i liitlv. p1'oiiiisi-il .'i l:ii';\»'i'r :iiiniial i'iniii't- '~ bittton, .Canaila hail dont: iiotliiiitg' :intl uoiilil proniisc notliing. but her repi‘t~seiit:iti\'t-s siiyggiseil that -lic niiglit estiililisli :i .\`:i\'al l\'t--i‘i'\'e. lt' this rouiil he ronsirtii-il :is :i proniist- i; nas ni-\`er fiiltillcil by l.:iu~ ricr. _______‘),,(_~Y_..,.,_,,_ . p RECRUITING - l her- iii the ii;_f,th llziiialion, i‘i'ieretit`e is iiiaile with jitsiiiiahle pride to the fart that the llattaliiiti is nic in.fiiiit:iiiti-il :is a tinit and not ln'oken up into re- iiit`oiii-tini-::t- :i.- \\:i= the wise in our iithei' iiiiii~. .\.`:i- iitrzillj. the lioys are proud of this. :intl proitil :il-o ol ~ - i l this sph-niliil tiaint: they li.’i\'e inaile lor tlit-iiiseI\'e:. both at \'alcarlii,~r :inil since going to l‘.n;_glanil. _\ gentle- niati who visitetl lfiijglatiil t'eci'titl_v anil who is in a po- sition to know, writing lo a lrienil in this city f.poln l`:»i' their success is the fart that the nii~n ri».ili¢e what the' , , I war is, what they are hglitiiig for, and they riri; an- i \ ‘ ~ ~' V tit them for the sorb the instriittion they receive to : bi . i » . -_-.__ ' - ~ ~ - ° . . , . . ` --I ` I ` " ;____= tiiipjZyy|ii\~lt._is“c-oiiiiiiy; sooner or later when they will lhmrmuy ililiéi;i;ii;ni;i::li;i;tsi::)iir;t§£‘Dl:_:,\;i§i . . _ . .. __ _ . . ,_ . ,, H te M- ~ -- vous to prepare lor it and anxious and keen to p.iiti‘e|p.1te iii the big driving ino\tnitiit .it present going..`so well." , A ‘ 'l`his is irertaiuly a record that every Islander with red blood in his veins should be proud of, ai rccoril that every lsliiiiiler of military age and fitness should be ready to sharefy Recruits are now being called for to utaintaiii the streiigili of this llattalionauil also for the Sit-ge lliittery. lt is hoped that the response will be such as shall be a credit to the province and an eti- coiiratgeineiit to the spleniliil units that are now doing their liit on the liailletielils or are on their ivay there. ..________\()(____._..** AS T0 AUTOMOBILES ` _\'ow that the aiitoniobile trials are over and the liceiise. carryiiig with it tliesaiue rights and the same responsibilitics. The trouble at present it that there is no autliority either civil or military, to order a ear out on niilitary scr\ivc._ and owners of such ears going on such service have done so at their own risk, know- ing that it was in violation of the law as it stands, but trusting io the patriotic l`orbearauce of the people and their ivilliiigiiess to help the military authorities in every possible ivziy. .\s ri result niisundcrst:iudings :itid la\\'suits have arisen :inil expeitses have been in- 'l`hc trouble can he easily reiuediccl. \Ve have res- ponsible iniliiary olticers aiuong us who are at all times in a position-to know whether real necessity ex- ists for seiiiliiig :i car out into the country. The peo- ple tlirou_;‘lioiit the proriiicii are ituite prepiireil to ake the word ol' any one of these ofiicers as to whe- ther or not the “niilitar_v service” plaearil is jtistiiiahlc. \\l]i:it is net-ileil now is to have ont- or more officers li-sigiuitcil to this duty, and to let tlte public know who they are- 'l`lii' public woulil then l1~iil. there would he no need of :ippealitig to . the i‘oui'ts. and car owners \\'ould be less fearful of giv- :igc oliser\'er. .\lany of the causes ronlriliutin;_{ io the ` ln pi';i1~tii':ill\' .ill the letters i'i‘i~t~i\.t-ii lroni tneni- iii to ht-nsion and suspicion, and. were the titiie propiiious, ni-t iolloweil, from this time on. tvhicli sliall _et-r\~¢ 1,, i~i»ii|iriit and to _iustilv e\'er\' suspicion eniiirlziinetl or i~\pi'i~~~iiil by thi- sislcr nations, in the time of their ittig their :issistzince when reqiiireil. . ' ,\nil wliile on tlit-'siiliject of atttoniobiles it is as well to say ri_;ht -liere that the l1'ieuds of the much- r1.'ili_gneil machine. il they expect to eiilzirgc its circle it friciiils. must keep a tighter rein on chant`fcnrs. l`heri\ arc incn ilririiig autos who cannot control them- .ilt~ .\s.sociziiio1i to apply the i'enieil_\'. )o( CANDID I"RIEND'S PLAIN SPEECH _liisily or ttnjtistl_\', thi- l`niieil .\`taies toilav oci~itpii_-si io t-xziltcil place in the estiiiiation of liitropeaii ii;i~ tions~ lliost- oi its people who seein tinalile to ec his would liiirilly be iinpresseil by an elaborati. it of iii-tail. lt is :i tact palpable, at all events, to the aver- isirusi ol .\iiiei'icaii nioiives and acts now so preval- tnt :ibroail are iloubtlcss iimiiileil largely on niisappre- niight be saiisi'actoril_\‘ explained :iw:i_\/_ The |i;ttif,ii_`~ that entcrtani iiiis;'i\fiiigs respectiiig the sincerity of L niteil Statesileiiiiti'r:icy io sav nothing ol the Lfnit- ed States ii'ieinlsliip. are engaged in :i struggle for their very existence, and will hardly stop now to list- en to i-xplanatioiis where they believe no explanations should have been iiecesszirv. The nations that enter- tain inisgivings ot' L'nitetl States neutrality, to say no- thing of synipatliy. are too nuieh occiipieil with nearer The nations at war apparently niust for the present content tlienisclres with silent coiilciiiplziiions of the attitude toward tlie-in of the one great naiioii ol' the worlil in the enjoynieiit ol' peace. ` l'ii1|uesiioti:ilily, the point of \'ie\\' has a great deal to do with the iorniing abroad. ol' itiipressiiiiis ttiilav- oralili- to the lfuitcd States. The very fact that tho latter sttiilioiisly. and not always with a tiieeregard for its own iliguiiy, holils aloof lroni a struggle in whicli are iiivolveil questions of quite as deep conrerii to its own iiislitpuliotis, and to its own people. :is ti, tlioec of the htilltrns in the thick ofthe conflict. is oi itself suf- l‘ii‘ieni to raise doubt. That it should have repeated- ly allowed what seetneil to be rousiilerations of cutii- inercial advaiitage to ~int‘lueuce its policy when the welfare of humanity was at issue, has been stitiicient to strengthen these doubts- Tllefl’ femalilg- Pi/611)' here. the possibility, as well si- the hope, iliat :ill this niav be cleared away with the' p:i.~.~iiii_{ oi' the w:ir cliiuils. proviiled that a course is sp eis 1 urrlved lu ‘Bll ht a few day much better now and expect to re ions and not getting any eiedlt to bln man will be zmeiicd. :ini Sir, eti--. J. N. MeEACHERN. LIEUT. il l-‘i'r.ni-e. No. 2 .Eastern tglernl llusplial. THE POTl'l'0 CROP Sir.-l trust you will permit nie to otl`er a few criticisms of a recent ed- Iorial ot’ yours on “The Potato (‘rop," ven tliough being n farmer l cannot be expected to know as mneh as it First, then, the statement that the oss from rot will exceed' $1,000,000 vlll not be more than one-fifth ot' that amount. Too much, I grant_yoii. with alarm." Secondly, much ol’ this green and soft, making them easily onibincil with abnormally hot trou- lier, iauses decay to set it. Tliirilly. he reason we are getting only 48 to Brunswick t`armer's`80 to 85 ecntS. iii not because we have not the riglil arietles, but because this is the that time in at least 20 years that a good crop and a good price have eoine to- gether. and 45 cents is more than we have ever received, except lust fall, when we had only one-third of ii crop. Thus farmers are rushing their po- tatoes to market to save the labor of storing and repicklng them. and deal- es, when they can get all they can handle for 40 to 45 cents will cer- tainly not pay more, In proof of this-, if you will look up t.he market reports of this time last year, you will iinil that prices in St. John, Mon- treal and ’l‘oi'onti» were not liilshtif than now, and our island potatoes were thi.-n briutziiig |15 cents, siniply lit-ifaiisp they were a very litrht eiop, und' our farincrs were iinwillin;.: to sell. liesliics, ii` the white varieties are worth 40 cents per bushel more than rcil or blue, why are our deal- ers ouly paying 5 cents inure per bushel t`or them? Auotlier reiisinii than their suscept- ibility to rot prevents us from tIi‘0W- iug the white varieties,-uainoly. their lower feeding: value as eoinparcd' withj“‘!\’li:lniyi'os." l rim not aware that any iilif-iiiiezil analysis has been iu:ii'.i: to iliiterinine the i`t‘lt1i.lV@ f00ll value oi' dl|`l'i~.i'eii't variet.i<‘s nl pota- toes, as has been dorio with tiirnlllg und nianirels, but the ifoiismisus of opini-on of observant. fariners is that the white varieties are int'cri»or to “i\ieliityres." Now, sini-c a tariner live miles from the railroad cannot. attorii' to sell po- tatoes tm- less than 25 ircnts, they being worth that for feed. and since they were worth only 20 cents in the tall of 1012, 25 cents in 19151, mth- lng at. all in 1914. anti as lately as tho sprint: ol' 1915, blue potatoes were the only kind' saleable at any price, surely it is not strange that lslanil farineiii plant only ii small aci‘t:n;:e oi' white potatoes. _ lu anotliei- »eilitoi~ial in your issiit-V of Oetolier lilih, you ascribe the ini-` |iro\'r~ini\nt in the ittiality ot' our poriti to the packers, “their reoii ls in Sit- Robcrt. llorilciii-1 liauils. and that he is to be eased down by being.: appoint- ed' to a eoiniiuind' ut thc trout. This woiilil he worse than L-oiitiniiing hini as Minist.cr." i"ollowiiig this is ii i'e<:oniiiii~.iidaiion to reail ii lying and obiioxiriiis eilltor- ial. reproiliiiietl. i'or the “i=iili,i:hii‘ii- ment," ol' the Island public, i'|'oiu the Toronto Globe. If the editor 01 the l_’at.riot saw the expression ot_disgnst that 1 saw on the i'ai-os ol` some ol' its roailers on perusal of this article, I l`aue_\' he would' have thought twice bctorc put,- ting it in print. . I do not know what tho' Minister oi' Militia dld to the ’l`oi‘oiito (llobo tor the Patriot.) either t`oi'4ihat matter, bitt l do know tha-i such i-oiitcnipiiblo journali»sni, at a crisis like the pros- iiut, should not only not bo perinitteil. but the tiutliors oi` it should he seven-~ ly punlslieil, ls it not siithi-.icnt that our brave t‘anailian bo_\;s are not re- rfeivint-: the support. i'i‘oni their eoni- rades at home that tlii;.' alioiilil re- i-vive, ivitlioiit trying to sow disi'un~ tctit. among them by lielittliiiu ihoii loaders bet`oro this whole woi'lii"? llas thc i-,i|li.oi' ol' thi: l‘atri'ot, oi- ’l`ornnto (llobe. I wonder. i;i/er stopped to think what it would moan to the boys in Eiigliiiiii and -1-‘rain-o, as well as those trainiiig in (‘anuila. were they to accept. as tho ‘truth stroll ilauinabli- lies as ilu-so two iiiewspapers lnivt: tried to force upon thein? i Daily l see boy:-t froin 0in‘ otvii bo~ lovcii provihiae eonvulcsiriing nent here, with sliattereil nerves, iiiaiiiiciifi and' sut`t`oi'ing from divers ntille‘lons, the result, of many strenuous weeks and months spent ln_ the iirhnx' llui-, They read these articles. und what. do they say? l would not. like to put. on paper for the public aye. what 1 have heard some oi’ them say, for be it known that Sir Sain Hiighcs is thi: idol of l‘. E. Inlnnders, as well as all the tinnnillan boys hero, and they all know, too. that. the nian who raisi~d`| and trained an army oi' nearly 40n.~t 000 men. the best ln tl1o.world, i`r.»ni absolutely raw inatiiriul, is no fool and, well able to udmlnlstcr oi' eoinniaiiil. The nrtlele nays that if they pull General lliiglies ,in iioniiuzind ot' troops at the t'roiit, it would be worse than leaving him Minister of Militia. Well. to this I woiilil' answer. thai man, inilike those who criticize lilni most, who lcd troops gallantly over more than one battlefield. ought suri-~ ly`be able to load them the-.rie again. God knows there is tllllieulty oniiugli ln getting recriiltts in (‘niiadii as it ls,` without trying to deceive thi~ would- bo rec-.ruit into bellevlniz tliiit our leailors are iloililardet,-i»iml the Minister oi' Mllltlia ii fool. I would llkc to have liao' some o" these gentlemen on pi-irnile the otlim- d'ay when the General iraine out -to in~ spect the 20,000 (Hanndltin troops of 7, the Shornelit`t`c eoniinand. 'l`hc trenr endous ifhceriiig of 20.000 lusty (‘aii- adian voices might make them think that some method otliiii than fthe writini: oi' cili-loi‘lals in two t‘a1\adinn iii~wsipapers woiilil havi- to ho ri-soi'lei| to. to reniovc Sir Sum llughes t`roiii the position oi` trust wliii-h I have rca- sonis to believe he has iillnil t'altlil`tllly and well for :s'oiiie'_\‘eai's past. \\`-hy not then. dear l~]ii'ilor ol' illi- l‘ati'iot. l`orgi‘t. our little lends, t`oruivo one or two little iiiii.-dukes. and unite in iii'1,:ing our boys to not l`nrf.tct their patriothuii. their loyalty. then inan- hooil, btit ratlier to not tip and not into the gainii before it. is ini late? \\lh_v not. l say, do this. rzitlii-1' than writ(-. some l'olish article with ii high soiiuiliiig title and giirgliiig liiiish, Ini- lievcd hy tow, riilieiilcd' by inaiiy. and ziei-.eptcil by those only whose \iish_ it is to hide behlintl something vastly smaller than themselves. Better, Sir. ai thoiisand ‘times better, to leave your editorial space a blank than to piii , in it an_vt.hiiuz that would prevent onu- niaii t'roin taining the colors or in i-reuse by one minute the time ui' sep araiion be/tweeii some boy :ind his niiillici'. some youth and his sweet- Ilzozirl. oi' siinie man and his \\'il`t». l have not \vri»tti-n this to knack ting.” l`ai-tion, newspaper or power, but ia~ 'ther to jiisiiify lin the public eye. it linaii ot' \vlr.'1ii1 every true Caiiailiaii is l aiiit' should he justly proud, anti' 'whose vast achievenicnts should bc the |.;loi‘_v oi` every trite citizen. Tlianlting you &t`oi- your valuable space. l ani. slr. ete.. | ULRIC GATHORNE DAWSO_N. Slioriielillc, Kent-., Englaiid, ' . _5 | _ 35,. .,. - = _t. ,- ~ ; 4-; 'ic -, , '_ .. it-4 1:55,' - ,-'_ 31 ‘E`=f\i':lV, -' ' ~ ~ ,r -.=.-iv .1 it .ff -i ' vi- .` , . 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Icepiist ~lisire~s- :intl g.{t'e.'i|i-st iiveil. tiliristiaii .\_`vit'iii`t-l ' f i 1 give _voii the courage that docs not lllni-li: I glvu you the iaith " _ that will not fail ln llie Valley oi' the _ Shadow ot Iii.-iitli. 1 give you the ."~.` f , ;i;.m.seh 1.5;. ;.;.;.§5,|.‘..;._;irt;itg53;§¢g B , ' hiels and low heels broad toes and pointed toes. 335;--thgngle 5351 me-=3»_§f 53;; uy t e erc ants branc_l of Rubbers tor Iron wear. evil and unlovely, and th*-l¢!°l1¥u\ ta i march breast-forward against them` p 5 ‘:s:°':.i,::t.. Our neW,GaiterSi expected ci. 14th. The latest shall be iiiwti-o_\'cil, that the lacg qi' ` ` the earth sliall be fair, that the mlnfl_ ° ul man nhnll be tree, that ali ' that \ ` _ came from GGoil shall yet return to, V ` ' _ iam. iiiai. iiiiiti niiidren yet iiinii ies’ ( lliq_l}li\vi\ tliiil no itiuihkrwwbf . l , ' ' ¢_ Lacuna. ~ , O ' r 0 ` \ __..._____ \<..as _..._ .m.`. '