yo. r‘- -..4i-.-.-..-.s -~...~. .¢......»-_. i e ' did not tally with IIIIIIILIITITETIIIII GIIAIIIIIAI moi-our; Daily (Pounded in 1m; Pr: ident. lJenL-Ool. W. Ghlter l. Mel-In Vise-President. J. ‘I. Burnett. IJ-l. lecretary, ment.-Col D. A. thefilunon. 0.8.0. Editor and Managln Director. J. l, Burnett. IJJ. l soc-into Editor. Prank Waiter. SUBSCIPPTION BATES III Id l luiiverJ k CIh ' ndvndc-icnluuaailod to P I. IIIIIIII 55.00 per velr lln advance) mulled to Canada and 0.8- Melnbers Audit Boreon of lion: ‘The Strongest Memory fa Weaker than flu Weakesf Ink.” ruasnav. FEBRUARY o, mo. Deficit Financing Souris meeting on Friday night At the _ that when the Public Premier Campbell said _ Accounts for 1939 were tabled it would be found that the Government had not exceeded its estimated deficit of about $80,000 “to any large extent." _ Hon. Dr. blacllillan pointed out that this the information in financial papers on the (icczisioii of the last PIOVIHCIEII loan. Ile was perfectly correct. In its issue of Oct. 7, 1939, the Financial Port, Toronto, published details of a P, E. _1-. lmnd issue of $300,000, tlatcd Oct. 1, which the Campbell Governmctit floated through the Mid- land Securities Corporation and Dyment And- erson and Company. The purpose of the issue was to repay short-term indebtedness for high- “fly expenditures. The bonds were for seven years, at 3 per cciit. The cost to the Province was not revealed. But the Past stated, presumab- ly on the authority of the bond houses which were in direct contact with the Government, zhat “additional funds may be required by the Province in the current year"; also that the animated deficit on ordinary arromit It'll! $107,- 000. Premier Campbell's actual estimate at the last legislative session was 577-785 HIS f5“; mate at the Stiuris iticetiiig was “about 580.090- Ijveii this is $27,000 short of the figure given by the Financial Post last October which was accompanied b_v the ominous warning that add1~- tional borrowing might be necessary. lt is all vcry confusing to the electors. If the Premier's figures are correct, why did he allow the Financial Post statement t0 go unchallenged? Or does he regard the difference between $80,- ooo Zmd $107,000 as unimportant? 11m ini- lln Financial Post statement, the public would have been completely in the dark as to the Liovcriiiuciifs bond transactions last October. The issue was not advertised in this Province, and was only partly underwritten, the remainder bciug taken up on an option basis. It ivas ncccssary for the Government to furnish the bond huvcrs with accurate information as to the financial CUlltllllldl at that time, and it is reasonable to suppose that this was the source of the Post's figurts. But the year had still three months to go when the $107,000 estimated deficit was report- ed_ Three months more of extravagance iii the Public \.\"orks department would bring the total 1939 deficit up to an even higher figure; and this, of course, is only on ordinary account. \\"hat the total liabilities arc, only the Premier and his cabinet colleagues and officials kuowz; but it is safe to predict that they will be truly staggering. At the end of 1938 they amounted to $7,038,014. The dcbt increase in 1938 alone was $1._*.-;,S5S,—aii<l that was not an election vcar. The 1931) Public Accounts may well rc- vcal a further dcbt increase iii the vicinity of two million dollars. Where is it going ‘to end if we COllllllllC at the same pace for another four or five years? \\"ill not Dr. .\lac.\lillzin's predic- tion be then l'f‘lllI/.l'(l, and we shall find prac- ticallv all our jirovinchal revenue bciiig paid out in interest charges? Do the electors of First King's want a coii- tinuantre of this reckless extravagance, which can only 11101111 more and still more taxation, or do they wnilt a strong and vigilant Opposition to keep the zdrcatly top-heavy Government ma- jority in check? Already the Dysart Government in New Brunsiviclc, which also made a sorry financial showing last yt-zir, has intimated that it is plati- niiig higher taxation zigziinst which even its own part newspapers are protesting. The Camp- bell (inwriiuicii! may be preparing to follow suit. A by-election victory at this time may be just the excuse it is Ilmhlllg for. It is up to the Con- S(‘.l'V.'lli\'C and prudent Liberal voters of First King's to sce that it gets no such encouragement as a result of next Thursday's polling. Mr. Cardinefs Innuendo King Government members are proving as unscrupulous in thcir campaign statements as they have hot-n llIIlbCII iii their war activities. A notable example is 1o he found iii a statement made last wi-i-k by Ilull. T_ A. Crerar, Minister of Mint-s and Natural Resources. I\Ir. Crcrar stated that the resolution in the Ontario Ixagis- lature censoring the fiovcriiment's war efforts bad bct-ii usi-d for propaganda [iurptiscs by Ger- many. Iltr said further: "The supposed divi- sions in (ftinzidzt were played up. Canada was represented as having been btbught into the war by Iifilillll against ht-r will. It can readily be sccn whnt effect this propaganda might have on neutral couutrit-s in liurtijic such as Rumania." It is, of course, to hc expected that Nazi broadcasters will ilistort facts to suit their piir- pnscs. llut that is no reason why I\Ir. Gardiner shouldidt) so or even why be should exploit stich misstatements for partisan purposes. The (liitario vnlc of censure, as- I\Ir. (iardiiicr I\'llf\\‘i'$. was (lirt-rltwl not against (Iiuinilifs parlicipatit-ii iii the war but against the King (iovernmcnfls iwgligcnce in prosecuting Canada's war efforts. perly worded, would have had no point because similar misstatements issue from German radio stations every day. What he evidently tried to do was leave the impression that there was some- thing disloyal about the Ontario members’ cri- ticism, and inferentially about any criticism di- rected against the Government at this time. The stand taken by the Cliairiberlain Government in Great Britain, inviting frank and open critic- ism in Parliament, is the best answer to such an innuendo. If indeed we must watch our step and say nothing that might be construed as indicating divided opinion in the eyes of Nazi propagand- ists, what is one to say of the unprecendented action taken by Prime Minister Mackenzie King in dissolving Parliament and going to the coun- try at this time? What a sweet morsel that will be for enemy broadcasters! - EDITORIAL NOTES — The number and amount of Home Improve- ment loaiis in Charlottetown as at January 1st were 298, representing $90,949.69. u a- : s King Charles II died this date I685. While he was yet alive the Earl of Rochester pinned the following epitaph to his bedroom door: "Here lies our inuttoti-eiitiiig King. whose word no man relies oti, lVho never said a foolish thing Nor ever did a. ivise one." To ivhich Charles replied: “That is very true: for my ivords arc 111_v o\\'i1, my actions are my ministers . n- in w at \\'Iiat sort of responsible Government have we when Revenue .\Iinister Ilsley, commenting on a Victoria report stating B. C. copper was going to Ilussizi via Tliconia, said: “This is the first I've Iiczird of it and if it is brought to the attention of the Government it will be investi- gated." Yet the mines officials themselves de- clare that the B. C. copper is being shipped in large quantities to Russia via Tacoma, \\'ash. a a x n Dr. Charles II. llertv ,the scientist who first iliscovcrcd the Iirztcticability of converting second growth pine of the southern States into news- print, at thc time told the American Chemical Society that it was an essential part 0f his dream that the South's fast-groiviiig forests should be cut on a “crop" basis so as to provide a continu- ous and -pC1'111(111e11t source of income to the region. To ilcnioustrzite how forests should be tended, Georgia has dedicated two model forests to Dr. IIerty's l1lClll(ll‘_\'. In addition, funds are being raised for a lli-rty Forest Institute that would contain a tiiuscum, a library and the headquart- ers for an educational program in forestry. n? n- u 1r A Liberal writing to the Montreal Gazette has this to say: “irrespective of our party we should National (iovcriiiiiciit is what we require-with partizzui tliffcrcnrtns laid aside for the more ini- portaut and most sirions business at hand. The fate of Caiizidais zidiiuiiistrzititiii is again in the hands of thc jicoplc. Let us consider it wisely —-wc cannot afford to be bigoted—there is ton much at stake to be blind supporters of the wrong lcailcrs hccaust- they happen to belong to our party. and l'l'llll‘llfllt'l'l n; he forewariietl is to he forcarnicdl" Straws show how the wind lylows. w x 4- 1r Ilcrc is what the Ottziivzi journal has to say about radio campaigning. “.\Ii. King, we fear greatly, puts too much trust in the ‘coverage of radio. It is a COllllllOll mistake. Public men especially secin to bclicvc that if they go on the radio jit-oplc zillovi~rtlit~ co1111l1‘_\' ivillsit at their receiving scis- and lislcii to thcm c:ig'crl_y'. The act- ual trutlv-cliccltctl rcpczitcill_v—is that except in cases where some world figure has something vital 1o say about stimetliiiig of vast significance election time people smut gut vcry fed up with appointments or ‘dates’ with radio programs. Iii other words, people will not remain at home, stay away from the theatre, or from the movies, or from a hockey match, just to hear a speaker on thc radio, no matter hoiv important he may be. Indeed, assuming that people do stay at home. there is 110 guarantee that they listen to any particular radio Ilffigfillll, or even listen to lllt‘ radio at all." ##1## The export movement of Canadian butter has followed a more or less erratic course through the years. The amounts exported from Can- ada were comparatively small until 1918 when shipments incrczlscd to nearly ll million pounds as compared with 4 1-4 million pounds in the previous year. During the period I915 to 1918, exports averaged :1 littlc over 6 1-2 million pounds per year, and the total for the four years re- presented 7.7 prr cent of the factory output. After the ivar a more pronounced advance was to 1025) in which exports moved up to excep- tionally high levels. The zivcrage was approxi- matcly 21 million pounds annually, and the total exports during those four years represented 12.6 per cent of the creaiucry butler make. The all- tiinc high ivas reached in 1925 \VlICI‘| 26 1-2 iiiil- lion pounds wcri- shipped from Canadian ports. A sharp reduction occurred in the course of the tir-xt twr-lvc tiionths, and a definite slump de- velopcd in i927. From i927 to i930 the yearly average was slightly over 1 3-4 million pounds; in the jwi-inrl 193i h. 193i the flvcrflgc was 4 3-4 million jioiiiiils, and from i935 in i938 the year- ly average was nearly 5 1-4 million pounds. In i935, Illf‘ (‘XpuHS of 7 3-4 million pounds were l: was his ditty. as a responsible Minister of the Crown, tn have made that perfectly clear. If, all 15,11 I\Ir. (iardincr meant was that the 0n- Lin lafio vote ivas being wilfully misinterpreted by the highest since 1931 when nearly ll million pdtiiiils of butter \\'f‘I'(‘ shipped out of Canada, 10,19 thvv fill slightly II('Ii1\V four million i lat/e concerning sources. and wit of men amid their hardships on the seas. But. my favorite 1.; still m; old exploit of a Tynesicle skipper, which when Prince of Wales. used to rc- late as it cnme friend on H.M.S. Leaving 3. 1914, with a cargo of coal for Hamburg. the skipper arrived two days later Elbe. where very pleased with himself, on board news to the unswpecting skipper doubtless he likes really No. enemy. rather shoot moose than rabbits, but J. Edgar Hoover impresses us 11.1 glvfniz an exagrternwd build-up to hi’: Chrsltian Front "It took only 23 men to overthrow Russia.” F.B.I . Fame logic. slnoe 23 were for bliz Rusfla. IIIITES BY TIIE WAY Irwin Brain. hood of the Welt Ihlrvfew, Pa" municipal council, ' "1 didn't went. the 10b in the first. place: wanted l. family argument. settled or complained about ashes dumbed in the street. or dogs hadn't. m enemy in inc world be- Il8ht1118. 1 fore I took the Job; now I must. nave at. least 11fty."— Baltimore Bun. The city of Lethhrldge owns in its sinking funds some $187,000 of Alberta. bonds — worse luck. When lmthrbrldge with the taxpayers‘ bought these bonds money the rovlnce was paying 810,100 year- y interest. on them. Mr. Aberbart . without so much u n "by your leave" slashed the Interest. to $5.000 a. year. Lethbrlclge citizens are be- int; “SYPPE a d” to the tune of $5.000 year. Yet the Abernart Govern- ment. deuiands the last cent. on ln- tenest owing 1t on bonds of Alberta eltlea held 1n provincial Yet. Mr. Aberhart. continues to nold himself up before Albertans as somethng special in the way of an example Ltetlibrldge Herald. ln fair dealing - A. l. W. J. writes: In the volume of Klpllngls manuscripts that was given to Magdalene College, Cam- bridge, of which he was an Hon- orary Fellow, the followng inscrip- tion was written 1n Klpllngs own hand: He's the man that. wrote The Jungle Books —ltkew1se The Seven Seas. He's the man that knows the pn- vat»: soldier's life- He's the man that. gets the credit -—but he owns on bended knees, He isn't any good without his Wife. ' . RK. The Master of Magdalene will be able to ascertain wnether this tribute is still ori the first page of the Volume of may have been expunged by Mrs. Kipling before handed over, but in that. case there will probably be some evidence of the deletion. - London Times. Manuscripts. It the volume was It may be perfectly legal in sell wheat to Russia, and 1t may be that Vladivostok will never reach Ger- many. and it may be that we need to sell wheat badly All be so. Russia is a neutral country —at least so far the present state of affairs go — and 1t may be that Great. Britain does not want. to force Russia to declare war on her. In spite of all this. the fact. predominant feeling in Canada to- day 1s that the money we get from Russia has blood don't. want. any part. of tt. Most. Canadians will feel that we ought at. this moment, to do nothing that. will help Russia and if the Gov- ernment. is wtse it will take some discreet step which will guarantee t U.S.S.R._ as long as behaves as she 1s doing now-Win- nipeg Free Press. Canadian wheat. snipped to this may as the law and remains that the on it, and we .nat no more of our wheat goes to that. country The same spree that would have held 20 women l7 years ago be big enough to zidnut it we do not feel that we would now hold 21, ‘Ann if you have thc right man in the right place. Our couu- 5MP Ym" Wlle bl’ "ellllll- W" __ _ ‘ _ _ - , _ _ should notice quite a little saving. try nctds tho lust lnaiusat can muster to Wfifh mesa _.ee,n._.d 8mm the on-y lll close co-iipcrzitioii for its ultimate sectirity. A immediate T0°ults of a survey 1n which the Journal of the American Medical Association sad American wcmen have yound shrinkaize since the buxom days of thing about it. the merited. Ls that the decrease has been widespread, general and unt- form, It extends through all types and age groups-old women. young women. choice, nrime, BtiOfl-lfl-m9dlltlll and culls. They trend and the same results-three to five pounds lighter. The Journal did not attempt to explrrin 1t ex- oe-pt to say that. 1t mzvv be. 17 years of dletlnc cr 1t may be fashion or health education. _ Chicago Dally News sustained a three- 1922-23. The stirprlsing Journal ccm- tall women. short women. all show the same A traveller for a fancy grinds firm ivalked into a local store the other day wearing tie that and flamboyarice of design would be hard to equal elsewhere. proprietor of the store was not in cheerful liumor. but tie caught his are and lie had to grin. "I don't blame you" snld the _ _ traveller cheerfully. very few jicoplc ll>ll‘lI to radio speeches. Iii |w1fe buyr you a Christmas tie, you wear 1t for love of her, on?" Soon . _ traveller and merchant were (lee-p them. lii ziuy cvcut, thtrrc is 11o such thing as ‘in s (115211551011 or wives‘ gin-helm,“ and haberdashery the traveller departed with a com- fortable order for man who noted the incident han- pened t/o meet the traveller evening. "liixcuse mo?‘ ho raid "but. I'd like to see the wife that bought that tie." traveller. "I'm not the on‘ly Christmas present I got was from the DSYCHOIOEY." - Timmfns Advance. a fancy neck- fnr brilliance nf color The that Ililflllf! "but 1f your and later on goods. A lccsl that "Blazes!" replied married. the and f1rm—a book on Good stories continue to circu- the bravery, re- our sailor- the Duke of Windsor, to blm from a Colltngwood. on August the Tyne at tne mouth of the the German pilot, came the smiling to break recorded. In 1919 export shipments reached "Glad" l0 $99 Y0". cfl-Dtalflf’ hé 16 1-2 million pounds; and while a low tide fiilidyoryggg £313., vgéllscgwégn movement was rcvcalctl in the two subsequent was declared last night!" ' "You years, there folhm-t-il a four-year period (1922 “ital; retlglfid sxlfélgggé; eating swme." and down name his telescope with fult thick German skull. the ship to the open sea. finding its way safely back to the ‘Pyne, with a sadder and wiser pilot rub- blrik a sore bate 1n the charthouse. and regretting blithely counted the coal before 1t was unhatched. - Ottawa Journal. force on the Round went that. he had so When a G-rnan gets hIe man him to be a 1 specimen of public just as a, hunter would D10 EMETS . an 1:1 the omlnlously. chief of the And by the enough 17 now been an then the n ciistoilv should have ounds, but rose in 1939,11; 12.3 iiiillion pounds. maple number for the United funds. , Extract from Paragraph a1, Defense of Canada Regulations made by Order-in-Council of the Government of Right Hon. \V. L. M. King: “The Minister of Jiutlae. 1f satis- fied that, with a view prevent- ing any particular Demon from any manner breliidlcfal ublio safety 0r the oufetv . 1t. 1| necessary do so may notwftmtnndm: . rdetheao regulations nuke on o r: "(b) Imposln: 110011 him such restrictions u may be specified 1n f association or persons in m- of new! talned ln such Dace and under such conditions u; the wnfater of Justice may from time to time de- terrn e: and any beraon shall while detained by virtue of on otclc r this DEPBRIB-Dh be deem to be 1n lertsl ouatods." From a news report of Right Hon. \V. L. M_.Kiiig's farewell to Canadian airmen: “The Prime Minister. evlneina emotion, sold: ‘You will be mi: to preserve the things we value most 1n life-freedom. liberty‘ of thought, deed and word. all the cherished ideals we hold u dear as life itself. May God bless vou and keep you. one and all.’ " All things and paragraph 21 considered, Mr. King should perhaps have left freedom out of the reference. Also God. It seems a little unfair to the Creator of the universe to drag llim into this election. And another thing. Don't think the freedom that I\Ir. Iiiug, evinciiig emotion, said tnembers of the diau Air Force iug to preserve dom of the air. True, Canada's gallant air- men can use the air freely for the purpose of fighting to pre- serve all the cherished ideals that Mr. King holds as dear as life itself. Count them. But the air cannot be used freely for the purpose of discussing any cherished ideals that everybody who is not I\Ir. King holds. Not in election time it can't. The Canadian Broadcasting Coni- mission says so. It has just finished saying so Royal Cana- will be fight- includes frec- upon the subject of co-opera- llOll_ Though it is an ideal that many people hold as dear as, if not tlcarcr than, Mr. King's life itself, co-operation cannot be talked on C. B. C. airwaves from now until after the elec- tion. An order from C. B. C. headquarters has cancelled the series of talks on cooperation that the Canadian Association for Adult Education was broad- casting weekly over C.B.C. stations throughout Canada. The series was arranged and the talks started somewcclts hcforc i\lr. King, evinciiig emo- tion. (lccidetl that he could best cherish the liberty of thought, tlccd and word that Catiadizin citizens are fighting to preserve by scuttliiig the Canadian Par- liament. There were to have been eight talks in all, tracing the growth of co-operation and co-npcrzitivc movements in Can- ada, in Iiiiglauil, in the Scan- dinavian countries and in Bel- gium and France. Experts ap- proved by the C.B.C_ had been chosen to make the talks. Four hundred study groups scatter- ed from coast to coast across Canada were following each talk and preparing for the next with study material supplied by the Association for Adult Ed- ucation. Rev. Dr. M. M. Coady of St. Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, Nova Scotia, was to have given the talk next Wednesday. But it's all washed up now. The series is cancelled by the C.B.C. Co-operation is, it seems, too dangerous an ideal to be given the freedom of the air while Mr. King is holding an election. Or else C.B.C. airwaves are going to be too crowded with important election orators by next Wednesday evening to leave room for any one so iiii- important as the director of the Saint Francis Xavier experi- ment at Antigonish. From all over the world, eco- nomists, agrarians, sociologists and statesmen, men with great names and great reputations. have conic to Nova Scotia to hear__from Dr. Coadyilips the States. This wasn't. a nfoe plot, and it. had elements of mortal personal danger. elements lnheren‘ In its dumbneas. We wouldn't, discount it. But. Mr. Hoover 1s using poor Judgment tn flatter these misguid- ed human absurdities by suggest.- 111g the IOIIIOIPSE possibility till! their plot. to overthrow the Gov- ernment could have gotten to first base. - New York World films , , Tele- “Tp Preserve Freedoml And Liberty” (Judith Robinson in and Mail) m§he hope that i mum g story of the Antigonish experi- ment. The co-operative move- ment that Father Tompkins and Dr. Coady founded among the fishermen and farmers of a poverty-haunted coast is fain- ous wherever, outside Canada, good men seek to build a good life for men and women in the strength of mutual help. But there will be no room on Canada's air next week for Dr. Coady of Antigonish to talk to the people of his own country faith and fulfilled in the resolu- tion and loyalty and common- sense of ordinary Canadians in an ordinary Canadian village. The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation has cancelled Dr. Coady's talk, together with the rest of the series. Co-operation is not the sort 0f ideal .that the C.B.C. can afford to cherish on Government-controlled air- f§ffl ITIIIIIIIIIJFIIII YIIIII Ilbaradlapzdaa, Don’t Delay _ Nuntil your house ls on fir- Iniiiim now. 1111111111111 amen. Limited Offices: Charlottetown, Summer-side, Montague “HELP THE LEGION CAMPAIGN FOR OUR SOLDIER BOY ” VIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIJJ FY 6. 1940 v a IJIIIJYIIIIIIIJIII§IJIZI ways in election time. Neither is freedom, it would seem. It's a nice thought for Canada's airmen to take with them, as they go out, one and all, to preserve the things Mr. King values most, and fight for the cherished ideals that I\Ir. King holds as dear as life itself. PUBLIC FORUM oulumn In oven for Illa by "onponrlentu of no of Intel-ell. The Char Inffelmvl (lunrdlnn dnen not gq. "Blur": endflrnc the oplnlunl of rreluondrni- UNLAWFUL AUDITORS B1r,—'I‘he Act. of Incorporation enactm-Sectlon 30,—"At the first Council meeting 1n each year the Mayor and Members of the said Council SHALL elect, from persons qualified to be Coun- clllors. one or more persons who shall be called Auditor or Auditors of the City of Charlottetown, whose duties shall be AS DEFINED BY THIS ACT. and otherwise as re- qulred by the by-laws of the said Corporation . .. Provided al- ways t-hat no member of the said Council, nor the Clerk, nor the Mayor of the said City shall be capable of being elected as Audi- tor as aforesaid." This 1s plain reading, what. does 1t. mean? It means that no Clty official can audit his own accounts. It goes further to declare that he must have the quaflflcatlon of a City Councillor. also enacts that. the Council “Stial1." (not may) elect. such Auditors "1n January of each year." Also 1t. tmperatlvely requires that. his duties Shall be as defined by THIS ACT. and not as defined by the Finance Com- mltfiee, as per “resoiutlon of Coun- ell. And what have we got? No legally appointed auditors for the greater and most. Important months of the year? Officials, without a Councillors qualification, or stake in the City. but officials appointed without sanction of Statute. to su- pervlse clvlc accounts, and after compiling the results, one of them count concessions, cdlectlon of as manv otherwise even 1f irregular, wasn't 1t the best of good DUSIHCS! in the end? lures beyond those authorized by statute and. votes of Council. the City with $2,000,000. of these afloat 1t is not surprising tliat..an odd one or more might. not be payment om exact do lty, so why when the remnant are shown as paid 1n subsequent dates, magnify this into "irregularity?" resented for of matur- “chlcanry" or Why the "ado" over paid and cancelled coupons and checks. and retired vouchers 0f what use are they, exce t. as mementoes, shown by cash books. bank tries and the admissions of those interested 1n receipt of the money? "not available"? when paymen 81'1- Adroitly arid , tlmidly these phantom‘; of attack are placarded as “unrecordedfi U where dlcl the auditors learn their existence? Doesn't this fact unrecorded of elle their assumption? 1f not. then b are flfllch that 183g 2g r9811‘ cent of e a eged $69, . e out can be ‘mmmw “f shown as proven, from the face of the report. to the writer it appears as an attempted excuse to give color to falfure ‘The alleged discounts or assess- ment reductions appear to have been too trlfllniz 1n amount to call for tabulation. But to this is added the vague suspicions of further un- discovered amounts. which are no more important shadows. Certainly not worth $10,- 000. on the market for evidence. than graveyard ATlG if. by these few trifling dis- lt resulted 111 ‘iousands of uncollectsble revenue. I am. Slr etc. THIRD CITIZEN. CREDIT WHERE CREDIT IS DUE Sin-We have been rlvlleged recently, through the co umns of your paper. lo read various letters 1n connection with the situation at City Hall. ject. is discussed quite freely. On the street the sub- It. seems so easy sometimes, to sit, on the spectators‘ bench and pick out the errors of those play- ing the game. we are very apt, most of us. when the old machine ls not. working right, 1t and try s. new one. we find that the ‘.0 want to discard Quite often new machine, appointed as “Aud1tor" 1o audit his 1"" the Blamm" W! El" has own accounts. Now who ln all creation can doubt the correctness of those accounts which are so 1m- presslvely "Audited and found cor- rect" by their own creator? And this 1s part of the farce, (costlniz about $15000) which elec- tors will be asked to endorse at the Clvlc Election. worn off, has the same for trouble as had the old. potential Such is the case at. City Hall the old system, through lack 01' proper control and guidance ran aground. shouts "Try something new." “Give us a City Manager". Immediately so eone Would we not be better advised It. now locks as If the main ob- "o "lwld m" “M565 lust a Ml"- ‘m’ lectlve of the audit was to Justify their own existence. The magnum of their report has the appearance of a struggle with bond issues 1n an effort to tangle a wob of iin- certainty which nilght. discredit former Mayors under clouds suspicion Amongst those Chief Magistrates a black sheep might have been a possibility. but none of our senslb": people will cotton to the fallacy that not one but several of these had placed signatures upon deben- M A G ' S THE IMPROVED CONDITION POWDER I08 HORSES AND CATTLE This Condition Powder will carry off gross humors, purify the blood and give the ani- mal's coat a flno [lossy- rip- nearance. Tunes n edleo all a splendid Wllfllll the system. rom- I 1n troubles and 1| , eradlcltor of ‘ Absolutely the finest ‘Condi- tlon Powder money can buy. No owner of stock uhmfld be Without it. Price Per Lb. l0 Oentl. IT PAYS T0 FEED 0'5 HOG-WORM AND TONIC POWDER Each year hundreds of pin die from worms. Thla could be remedied if swine breeders nook! feed worm now er In IIIB- The most dependable and elective of these powder: 1n ace. - D0 not delay. Get your Inp- ply 00th]. Price Per Lb. $5 Cents. We five Mall Orders prompt nt on. Remember we ire only n for from on n1 your Poll Office or nil Box. THE 2 MAB-S tll such time as we are sure that the present system with a proper chance and proper supervision will I | I ‘I or will not, suit our needs? There were some among our present clay City Councillors, with sufficient acumen and strength of Purpose to dig deep enough and hard enough to discover the canker eating at the heart of our old syg. tem. and these same councillors, to their everuastfrig credit, took Immediate and roper steps to eum. lnate this trouifle. Today we have one of the most up-to-date civic administration systems 1n Canada. just beginning to function nicely. Now the writer, positively, 1m no axe to grind, nothing whatever- bo 8e11- It matters not to him, from a. personal point. of view, who or what rum the city. But. 1m 1f we have an ounce of fairness tn our makeup, we should Wwznlze the splendid work lhESH council members have clone In cleaning up a. dirty mesa. and the length they have gone to Improve and perfect our present system. This system deserves a. chance, and the councillors responsible for 1t should be given an opportunity, should they so desire, to carry to a successful clusion the work So well begun. t f am, Slr, etc, EQUITY. THE HILLS OF HEAVEN I saw the lillls ot‘ Heaven tonight. so dark and tender 1n the sky. And straight, my heart. was like a bird that, eager to_lt.s home woul fly‘ My heart was like a. prlsoned bird u, prlsoned bird so wild and strange, Fain would lt. go b unknown ways by lonely s yways would 1i range- Past teasing wood where Spring will l‘ . A111 pug: all bounds of East, o1 West. And nought would hold 1t from it.- quest or blnd 1t. to the dear green earth- No memory of wind-swept moor. o happy dream of fire-wan“ h th, No flPpelTllfg-‘IOYGIIS son of lei-k, 1101' salt wnd from he sounding sea. No memory of what, 15 gone, nor am’ hope of what. may be. Tonight I 58W the hills of Heaven. so dark and tender 1n the sky. 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