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SUMETHING ACCDMPLISHED 'i‘hc coniprt-lit-nslve review of thc work of the Govern- ment, given by tho Premier on Tuesday, and reported in \\’educsdny’s Guardian, will have been read and apptrecl- ated by every person interested in the welfare of the province. 'l`he whole review was characterised by optimism- opiinilsm founded upon something accomplished, nothing to he excused. no drawback to be explained away. Ou this occasion, when the Governments of practically ull the countries in the world are giving reasons for rctiuvcd revenues. increased tuxiltiells. f0f 0050515- fm' restricted activity in public undertakings, few in this pro- vince had anticipated anything like a surplus in the year's work. The most they had hoped for was that the revenue would come within measurable distance of the expendi- tures, which were necessarily greatly increased on account of the war. “We have been called upon." said the Premier, “to expend over $20,000 on the war, $7,000 more 011 all 8llCl@i\l dcbi that had been a discredit to this province. $28,000 in all. And notwithstanding all this, and notwithstanding that certain sources of revenue have shrunk, we have been- ahlc to bring the province through, effecting a small reduction in the tit-bt. . _ . Taking the accounts covering the full pcriod that this Govcmment has been in power. thcrc will be~~notctl a reduction ol' little more or less than $100,000." The vlier-rsiliut greeted the Prcmicr`s statement will bc rc<:i»liocil throughout thc provincc. lt is an achieve- ment of which any Government or any province muy wt-il ft'|-_l proud, when it is remembered that the province hud for many years, under previous administrations, be- come accustomed to yearly deficits and indeed had learned to look for nothing but deficits in thc provincial house- keeping. Another announcement that was rcccivcd with pleasure was that of an additional gift of $10,000 to the Dalton Sanatorlum by its generous founder, Hon. Charles Dalton, Of this gilt. what more can be said than that it was given, glvcn freely, without condition, given so unosten- tatiousiy that. until announced by_.the Premier, no one knew of it excejtt the members ot' the Government? What the Dalton Sanntorlunl will mean to thc province in years to come. how many. yet unborn, will bless the name of llouourablo ffliurlcs Dalton for his niunificeut. gift, will ncvcr hc known. but thc province accepts his gift' with gmtiludo und ull iho ut-isistalicc that the Government will give in carrying out the purpose of the institution will. wo foci nssnrcrl, be heartily supported by the province. Perhaps ilu- most gratifying part of the Premier's speech was that in which he referred, with pardonable pride. to the fact that all the promises which his .p,arty had made prior to their taking oillce. had been carried or were in process of being carried into cifcct. Of-how many Governments can‘it be said at the cud of their first term of oflico, they have a clean record of unbroken promises? Not only is this so, so far as the Government is conccructi, but they have added considerably to social and bencllceut legislation; which had not been included in pre-election promises. Still there is much to be done, for. as the Premier stated, the work of a government is ucvor finished. but the foundation being well and truly laid, it will in- t~us_v io introduce and pass further legis- lutnrc for tho nilvnuccmcni. and dcvclopmcnt of this nlagnlliccnt province. t A FARM PRUBLEM We note that throughout Canada at prcscnt thc ques- iion of fnrm help is being vigorously discussed and the newspapers abound with advice. wise and otherwise, chic- Ily from corrc-psondcnts and lccturcrs and other expondents, low, ii' any, of whom arc farmers or have evcr grappled with the question cxccpt as a literary or oratorical enort. There is no question at'present before the public that can be as easily and smoothly settled-on paper, or on the platform--»as thc question of--farm help: probably no question in which the great majority of our people are so vitally interested. as difficult to settle where it must be settled-right on the farm. For this, and other reasons that might be mentioned we are not going to offer' any panacea. ' `, -_ - ` From all over Canada, in response to the patriotic call for more production there comes the reply, "If we are to produce more food we musthave _more men." And we are told that while this cry is most insistent, thousands of able bodied men are idle in the cities. looking for work and de- pending on the charity of citizens, for a living. The tlicolists are b usy explaining how these men can bu lured to the farms and converted into good farm labor- crs, but the men will not be lured and they refuse to be converted, and the farms are still crying out for help. lt is quite safe to say that not one man in ten of the city’s uucmployud would be worth his board on the farm, and tho farmer must look elsewhere for his help. Farm labor is in -no way _different from any other labor, Mcn work, generally speaking, because they need the rcinuncration that work brings. They will avoid uncongonl- nl work when it is possible to do so but the man who is worth his wages will adapt. himself to whatever work he undertakes. We hear much these days about the “drudg- ory" of tho farm. The fsrrn holds no monoiopy of drudg~ cry. It is to bo fo_\l\d`ilu the warehouse, the store, the omce' -lf one wishes to cal it by that name. Anything, from praying to playing. may become drnd- gury if a msn allows himself to become wearled by it. said it farmer. when discussing this question in one of our ex- chaagm. The peculiar thing is that in the days when form work was really hard there was less heard about drudgery than there is today, As s matter of fact most of the eo- cslled drudsery on the farm today consists in riding a- '° 3 _ . ‘gatdmgt 1°' nw vftvr- le _g-_ "_ OH _ be filled with ~'»`». "l\'e‘trmotl6yl'orvrhe.tt/lloywonld llllfiiofottoltldlltllllt-ilprovinlllllttle llll The hours srelong nodou _ N1 BIB 11088 not seem any _ _ , V , -_ l help for lt, png, qw- gli ' o r to work twelve hours ' _ . sdsytl1su_nohqQ§‘g"_. h rdeetvrorks-msnever did is to pelt the pavements of s biz city lookin! for work on an empty stomach. Yet thousands of people will do it day after day rather than lace what they call the drudtery of the farm, Much of the talk about the drudgery of the farm and the dullness of country life comes from tt mlscheviops and lilly class of literature that ls fortunately less in evidence today than it was a generation ago. Country life and the farmer and farmers’ son and--.daughtelfafvhre carlcatured ‘as "haysbeds" drivinz in lumber waggons or carts loaded with vegetables, dressed in homespun and acting awkward- ly, while the city man was pictured driving a smart turn _~out, dressed a-la mode &c,, &c. City life with its gaities sud its pleasures were one ezitreme of livlngwhile the loneliness 'and dullnass of country life was the other. The common idea of farm-drudgery and countrydullnose had its origin largely in this too common species of literature and art. The idea is no longer true. Country life hasas many attractions today in this province as the city has, and many more, to those who open their eyes to them. One of the diitlculties in the way of procuring help` on ‘the farm, and this is distinctly the fault-perhaps the misfortune of the farmer himself, is that so many farms _refuse to give permanent employment. We may be told that there is no .work ou the farm tho year round. This would bo equally true of the factory. the store or tho oflice. A gentleman discussing this phase of tho question ‘said “One of the great problems of the factory manager 'ls to find work andwages for his men during the dull sea- son, when he really does not need them, so that he may have them when he wants them. "lt would be better for the employers, from the short sighted view of immediate results, to shut down the fac- tory altogother. But that would mean throwing men out of employment. lt would mean, too,_ the dlsorgnnization of ,the staff. And so, for the sake of the men and the sake of ,tho factory, we are devoting all our energies to the one end of finding employment for our men without any thought of profits. The solution of the farmer's problem is that the farmer must adopt business methods. Ile must make the conditions of farm life attractive as we are trying to make conditions of factory life. He must pay sufficient wages to draw competent men, and he must make provis- ion for employment the year_round." A 'SUGGESTION There are few residences in Charlottetown that have `not, in a. back or a front yard, a piece of cultivable land of at least a few square yards. These few yards of earth could be made to yield. first, one of the most healthful and delightful varieties of physical exercise, second one of the most pleasing and clovatlng studies, botany and nature study, and, third. a revcnuc of considerable value. Usually these areas are given over to a luxurlant and unsightly and unwholesomc growth of thistles, burdock and other useless and noxious wcetls, unsightly barrels, boxes and other dirt catching debris. What n transformation might he effected by planting these areas with vegetable seeds, and what a. revelation it would mean to the econo- mical housewife to find that on a piece of land six feet _square she could raise. say, enough beans or 'peas for the household during the summer; or, on a little larger area., enough celery, or, n. little large still, enough potatoes. And there are other vegetables that _might be _profitably and pleasantly raised. ' If the Floral Association were to offer a prize for the most _remuneratlvo plot of kitchen garden, remuucrative that is per square yard, it would help very niaterinlly to iuitlatc a l'onn of economy and u nitrous of delightful oc- cupation, that. cvcutuully would mt-an much to those u- doptlng ii. This is tho time for our Patriotism and Production campaign. Whyrshould not these waste and unsightly areas he transformed into bcaulyspots and sources of 'rcvc-une? AMERICAN NEUTRALITY The Philadelphia Ledger of Sunday last reports a typical “neutral” gathering, addressed by a Mkss Ray Bev- eridge, an actress, who served as a; nurse in Berlin in the early months of the war. "Are we to sell for a 'few _-paltry millions our national “honor'."' she cried. “Think ot it! 'We are actually prolonging this unprecedented hu- muu suffering by dclibcruicly feeding the monster war. And when il. is all ovcr and wo visit Europe and scc it peo- plcd with cripplcs, with men sightlcss and lacking limbs, will it be pleasant to rcllcct that wo furnished the materi- als with which such niutilations were perpetrated?" Miss Beveridge was followed by I3. Herman Ridder. son of the editor, who rebuked German-Americans for not making their influence fclt in American politics. llc said: “The great fault of the Gorman-American citizens of this country hitherto has been n. lack of sense of responsibility toward political llfc. For instance, in the city of Hoboken they say there are 49.099 Germans and one Irishman-and the Irishman is the Mayor." lt has been admitted by a German statesman that the Germans are political asses. They show it in their efforts to deceive the American peo- _ple with the word "neutrallty.” They will prove it ucyofid a shadow_of doubt if they attempt to votc as Germans in American politics. _ ‘ The New York World observes that the true "American neutrality" meeting thesadnys is invariably marked by vvhoops for von I-lladenburg and hlsses for President Wil- son and Secretary Bryan. In the early days ofthe .struggle there was little .talk in pro-German quarters about the neutrality of the United States. German-Americans were trying to involve the United States as an ally of Germany. but when the futility of this movement becameplaln, and when the oflort to gain at least the sympathy ofthe Amer- lean people was revealed as it .stark failure. the words neutrality began to be heard. Speakers with German nantes have been urging upon their fellow-citizens in the United States the tremendous importance of the American nation remaining neutral. They cxplaln_that it is morally at least an unneutral act for American armament" tlrn'|s’!37oélt rifles and munitions of war to any of the belligorents. The fact is, of course, that .British command of seas makes it impossible for Germany to buy anythlng‘ln the United States. Therefore if the United States were to for- bid the export of war munitions she would be depriving Germany of nothing, but sho would bo striking a severe blow at tho Allies, because now they buy what they please ln the United States. pay good prleee for lt, and run no risks in having it shipped scross the ocean. . ~ \ _ U _ .t NOTES The military authorities in India. have inn with special we T%ue = .tits renowsl as tr ' . , nil mete- mm in that im mhusasgiswuta of some in the nor; nat vmi|iemmt¢tqna.~|_s_,oms mlm tri AN _ As already reported`by cable, Gen- eral Ricclottee Garibaldi is ln England .to raise a voluntder force of 30,000 _men to light for the Garibaldi' tradi- tion. His views of ltaly’s position were given briefly in the cable. Fol- lowing is the full interview: “There is," he' said, “uot the slight- est doubt that,ths feeling in thecoun- try is daily growing stronger that now is the time, at last, for Italy to achieve national completeness by- securing' possosslon of those lands from which sho was excluded by the peace of Prague. ' ' _ “After all," he continued. "italy is only demanding' what is hor natural right. lf anyone will look' at the map he will see that tbsnatural frontier is the Alps. You will notice how the Alps icut acrossthe ~'l`rentino, south of which is the ‘wedge' which Italy de- mands, how they thence travel south- east until they dually come down to the sea beyond Flame, thus naturally leaving to italy the southem Trentlno and the rest of italy lrredcnta round _Trieste and Flame." AUSTRIA -T0 BREAK UP. The General was asked what he ex- pected. would be the eiloct of the war as far as Austria-Hungary was con- cerned, to which he replied that he fully anticipated the complete break- up of the dual monarchy. "I do not think/-'.he said, "there is any' doubt that all the subject states of Austria- Hungary which for. so many years have been struggling and striving to attain a greater libertlnwlll seize on 'this opportunity to achieve the pur- pose for which they have strlven so long. Bohemia and Croatia. as well as Hungary, will claim independence.-As l have said the italian lands will un- doubtedly go to Italy. Bosnia and ller- zcgovina will go to Serbia, whilst Tran- sylvania will undoubtedly be annexed by Roumania. Galicia is to be incor- porated in the new Poland, and all that will be left to Austria will be Salzburg, Carinthla, Styria, Cariola, the Grand Duchy and the Tyrol. AUSTRINS SHARE MAY BE SMALL “She may not eveu,” he continued, “he left all that, as I do not think there is any doubt that the Czechs of Bohemia have great ambitions in the direction ol’ Vienna. I have often talked over the question," the General continued, "with prominent revolu- tionary (Tzechs, for,” he added, with a smile, "all revolutionaries of all ua- tionsalitles seem to -.como .sooner or later to my house in Rome. These men have often told me ofthe steady progress of the Czech element in Vienna, how they have been gradually _pushing forward and pushing .forward until at least 60 per cent: of the Aus- trian capital is now-» Slaw, mostly Czech.. = _ - ' _ .“l have often asked them why, if that was the case and their positions was so strong. that they did not do something. and thc reply was gener- ally been that they could not do any- thing uuntil they were sure of some power being able to take over the posi- ii . ..;’tl`l. _ _‘S tion of paramouatcy held by A“B'»"|“ “B present. 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