_,.,_ ,.- i“ . 156E FOUR - A Ti-u; CHARLOTFEYFQWN GUARDIAN . methods, plus that of transportation, it was l i 2L found doubled the cost of the house. However/l PUBLIC FORUM vqying local building bylaws throughout Can-y ' _ ‘ado, constituted the major obstacle. Due to‘ “T” ( Elihu“ dizllitmnubyonedlttll‘: these bylaws, the new style house turned out to‘ iiuigiiea biniinels agent we; given ‘ of _ ' n! Interest. The Charlottetown Morning Daily (Founded In I881) Authorized as Second (‘lass Mail. Post (lfllco Department. Ottawa. Prelldent, [an A. Burnett; Yii-e-Pri-sldrtri. Wm. R. Burnett; Seem-Trend. (i. M. Burnett: Editor iinrl Managing Director. J. R. Buriri-tt; Assniiita Editor. Frank Walker. “The Strongest rllemory is Weaker Than the Weakest Ink.” ' FATURDAY. MAY Zlr I921 What Now ?_ The City Council by a majority vote has decided to flout the Provincial statute by adopt- ing Daylight Saving Time independently as from today. The confusion this will cause with Prince of Wales College and other Provincial institut- ions, as well as the railways, banks, courts, etc., remaining on Standard Time, can well be imag- ined. The churches and schools, as well as all our business concerns, will have to make their own decisions in the matter. As the action of the Council has no legality, and ‘as Mayor Mac- Donald states he hos n0 intention of proclaim- ing the change of time officially, it will be a case of "everyone for himself, and the devil take the hindmcst." Such an exhibition of irresponsibility on the part of our civic representatives would seem to call for some explanation or excuse. But none was offered at last night's meeting. The resolu- tion went tlfrough in grim silence, lending an air of conspiracy to the proceedings which was not inappropriate in the circumstances. llow Budgets Are Made Although the reported surplus of $352000.- 000 in the Dominica's i946 accounts glowed like o friendly beacon in Mr. Abbots budget speech. it ought riot blind the country to the fact that it was achieved by using the Pffm-‘eds imm sales of surplus war assets to buttress current revenues. lt is questionable bookkeeping prac- tice. _ Hod it not been for this mingling ‘of pro- ceeds from the sale of capital ‘assets with cur- rent revenues the Finance Minister would have had to report a deficit instead of a surplus. The i946 expenditures of the Government amounted to $2,632,000,000 and _ the‘ revenues from taxes and departmental operations were $2,6iZ,000,000.' Consequently on a strict ac- counting basis of balancing current fliifliidll‘ ures and revenues there was a deficit of $Z0.~ 000,000 in last year's operations. The proceeds from the sale of war assets amounted to $372.- 000,000 and of course are non-recurring. lt was this large sum which made it possible for Mr. Abbott to report the overall surplus of $352,- 000,000. _ ‘ Governments often resort to this kind of lleight-of-hand in accounting to give a pleasant financial picture to the country, but how long would a private company survive if it resorted to the practice of using proceeds from the sale of its capital plant and equipment to show a profit in current operation? _ y Finance Minister Abbott is budgeting for a gurplu; of $190,000,000 in this year's Dominion accounts against the contingency that Premiers Drew of Ontario, Duplessis of Quebec and Mac- donald of Nova Scotia will change their minds and accept the Federal cabinet's financial pro- posals as six other provincial governments have done. ln the light of what Drew, Duplessis and Macdonald have already said this is extremely unlikely. _ _ Nevertheless Mr. Abbott is budgeting for an unnecessarily large surplus against this con- tingency. lf the three Provincial Governments agree this year to make agreements on. the fin- anciol proposals of Mr. Abbott last winter the Dominion would be required to Pull {hem sub‘ sidies amounting to $l0°.09°t0°9. Whifill Wmlld reduce his surplus at the year end to $80,000,- 000. lf, as seems possible, Ontario, Quebec and Nova Scotio will hoe their own row this year it means that Mr. Abbott is taxing the Canadian people $ii0,000,000 unnecessarily. The prov- inces in questiomhave prepared their budgets for their present fiscal years and they appear ta 'he satisfied that they will be able to finance their expenditures successfully from their own taxes. v Consequently ll may reasonably be asked what iusi-ificaticn is there fcr Mr. Abbott levy- lng an additional $ll0,000,000 on the taxpayers against a contingency that ISIIIOI’ likely to arise? Had it not been for this levy he could have slashed the 8_ per cent sales tax or elimin- ated the vexatious little nuisance taxes that were imposed during the war. flheaii Houses Some people have seen a hope iii the pro- duction of prefabricatzd ready-made homes-— built at popular, mass production prices like automobiles. Such houses are being built and occupied in the United States in several forms —prefabricated wooden houses, concrete block houses, "laid” by the Bungalow Biddy, aluminum houses, steel houses and other modern innova- lions. In Canada, however, such "radical" houses face obstacles. The Fairchild Aircraft factory, which, like airplane plants in England, was con- verted after the war to turn out Faircroft pre- fabricated houses, has had to give up the strug- gle against the obstacles thrown in its way by governments and unions. lts story is related in“ a recent issue of Maclean's magazine. The Faircraft were conventional four- ‘ roamed frame houses with aluminum siding, 30 flit, to. be sold‘ at the factory for $3300. ‘vofnerection by old-fashioned, conventional be actually illegal in most communities. l Such bylaws, drafted according ta local [whims and preiudices, would be a stumbling Iblock to any form of prefabricated housing in iCanada. They vary widely in different com- imunities, and are sometimes at complete odds. iFor example, Vancouver bans metal chimneys while Prince Rupert permits them. Toronto in- sisfs on all interior walls being plast-ered with three coats at union rates. Montreal insists on a specially designed bathroom trap. Halifax in- sists on locally installed wiring, inspected on the site. Vancouver requires rigid conduits for elec- tric wiring, though most other cities permit flexible conduits. To illustrate the attitude of organized labor toward the factory-built home, Maclean’s quotes the president of the Toronto Building Trades Council, who says: "A plan of this nature would not only shorten the hours of work of the build- ing trade mechanics, who ev_en under the pres- ent system of home building suffer to a great extent through lack of work, but what would happen to the established building ma- terial industry and their personnel? . . Thoro- fore, onbebalf of organized labor, l must at this time strongly oppose any plan that would tend to place the building industry into the method of production peculiar to the automo- bile industry." From the attitude of civic authorities with their building bylaws, and the attitude of organ- ized labor, there must arise doubt as to just liow genuine is the mass d-zsire in Canada for a really inexpensive house. Such accommodation will likely come in time, of course, through the pressure of public need-just as it is now com- ing to the United States—but it is somewhat tragic that thousands upon thousands of Can- adian families must be without adequate shel- ter in the meantime. Ganada’s Biids Canada is said to have 500 different kinds of birds, and each different kind has a different travel schedule; in fact, some kinds scarcely travel at all and may be found even in the most severe winter weather in their accustomed haunts. Canada values its bird travellers for the aesthetic pleasure they give by their presence, by their beauty of color and by their charm of song. They are an important control of insect pests in forests and garden, and some kinds, which are grouped as game birds, are n major attraction for hunters in the fall. Not only are the game bird kinds used for sport but they are also valuable to the residents of Canada as pro- viding an important part of their food supply. To protect its bird travellers which spend part of the year in Canada and port of the year in the United States, Canada some years ago entered into a treaty with the United States which, by co-operation between the two coun- tries, extends protection to migratory birds by means of closed seasons, bag limits and the pro- hibition of unfair hunting methods. Canada's migratory bird treaty of i916 has been of major assistance in conserving this re- source, and has been hailed the world round as the first international treaty for bird protec- lion. - hDIIIlRIAL NUILS - lt's hard lines on our lobster fishermen- unseasonable weather, scarccr bait, and lower prices for their catch. Let's hope conditions improve as the season advances. t A h - One of the BBC’s variety programmes, rcc- ently found a distinguished visitor sitting in the front row of the London studio-audience. lt was Field Marshall Lord Montgomery, no less, and the audience stood and cheered him to the echo. As he took off his coat to reveal row upon row of medal ribbons, the cheers were re-doubled. "Ar ‘l! vir I Deputy Scout Field Commissioner Carrier, Ottawa, son-in-law of Dr. James Robertson, father of mixed farming in Prince Edward ls- iiland, says Col. W. W. Reid is the best tourist representative he knows and that as the result of his recent visit to Quebec and Ottawa there will be a tremendous increase of tourists from Upper and Lower Canada to the island. . e .. .. Lord Chorlcy speaking for the Government told the House of Lords that Great Britain im- ported from the United States last year 356 tons of chewing gum base worth $772,796. He de- fended it as a necessary expenditure on gum needed for miners and those substituting it for tobacco. ' Jamaica discovered by Columbus this date i494, and annexed by Spain i509; in i655 the English commanded by Venables and Penn ban- ished the Spaniards and took possession of the Island which become the great centre of the slave trade. ln i83l-Z a negro uprising occur- red, and in i834 slavery was abolished. The ls- land is now administered by a Governor, aided by a privy council and legislative council. lt is the centre of the banana industry and famous for its rum distilleries. I Q O Q Says the Ottawa Journal: "Prince Edward ga Jail term for spending too much money lll New York. Is there any lcflirr nay to live lii New York?- Toroiiio Twit-gram. ‘frrippcrs near Brantford caught ivliiie muskrats arith pink tails. If it had been pink masks-at; with ii-(rito tails. the report would have started police hunting for stills. —— Woodstock Sentinel-Review. Children who skip school regularly don't gel. family uilciivances. say‘: Frd-rral Health Minister Martin. I-Ie didn't say what attitude the depart- ment would take iii the ease of school strikes. Maybe arrnngemen will have to be made for strike payi‘ -Osven Scund Sun-Times. mlsbohaves. says Your Life Mag azlne. no one says to liim. “You' a naughty child." Instead. they say, "Who is your lathe"? Like father, like sari. What sort of man is y father? Why has he not trained you properly?" So the father. knowln he will be blamed. makes ever; effort to bring up his son properly. It. is batten‘. so reason the Chin , to have e can of nhom you can proud then all l-he gold In the ivorlrl. For what good is money It n son disgriires you and you grow old and in sorrcgiv? When s youngster In CIIIMQDIE, There are many reports in circu- lation of business and professlongl men engaging In income isx fraudp. Same of them have been ev knrrsvii to boast of their deceit and of how they svcre “putting it over" the taxation ireoplc. As the latte: pursiuo their investigations, they may discover iliat crime does n t my and that there will be lltte their fellow citizens. whom they have cheated and robbed, when they are put behind the tars.- Breckvillo Recorder and Times. It lg a poor policy In fines such on these when the doncand Icr: coal for industrial purposes i; greater than rvei", Lo allow thousand!‘ of minors to remain out qf work and thousands of tons of coal unmlnorl to the deferment of the whole country. _ Brzintlord - Expositor. Newfoundland. had she chosen, might have been one of the orginal partner's in Confederation. before lire provinces of Mnnatobia. Sis-skat- chevron and Alberta ivore even thought about. You coir‘! help won- dering wlielliri". if she lifld become n Caiiadie-ti- province. licr fortunes through the _\"(‘I'II‘S would have been iifllci‘ v1‘ worse. -- Saint Jolin '|‘i~lr~grapli-.li~urii:il With its,» June Bride reason rap- lcly- approaching. ii is interesting to POL!‘ thrii more than 1.000 varieties of orchids are grown in Hawaii St. 'l'i‘icmn.s Tmes Journal. The other day we noted briefly a California advertisement that of- fered zi packet of 35-cent seeds for a dollar. It has been capped in a suburb WlICff‘ n little shop displays a iviiirloss" sizn reading: “Penny Whistles-As. Bel." i-emr-is 111C Ed. lllOfllOlI Journal. Advertising n two-cent whistle for 25 cents must be about tops in frankness. Another London suburban advertisement. reported by err Old Country corres- lvliitlviil. ihfcws a vivid light on ilio scari-iiy rrf dceiwstln liclp in England and ltie inducements that nff‘ thought iiicst. likely to prove really alluring. it too was placed in a shop WlliClCHV. “RS done by li-"iiifl- mid read as follows: “Dom- mIIv Htip Wanted. £2. 5s. R week fi-i" fivri niovrifiigsAiid n New Laid F710." C.‘i".'ifll:iii< (l0 t! l0! (if QPCUCII- iiixz: lll0_\' really don't know how urll off they rite in the world of inclziy. support in Ilia-r- who nrgiir-rl man's cllhrr stow in their own lllicr or cor. tltcmsrlvrs out. of lmrd to in" G~r"'v r“~ri wore thi-n a lllliidrrd vr-w nun. “tit. irr- dig. i-ovwcd sorrcilfri" that. fI."S li°en found lo t-oriveniriit in Vi‘ (li-f‘. Flor districts can b» m altar-d '*c'ni-~ an rlection as to ‘remove t.l1~ i'lllil‘lI'(.‘S of ll»:- part_v,iii ivivwr. I-lls rlir-crivcvy has since ivrrn known or crnjvnirinrloriiirr. And ervrymriiider- likely nrcslrlcd iviili electoral. srrits in the Dominion of Canada — Montreal Gazette. Bollivieii Tin Klnrz who has lust died lri Bueiio: Alres. illustrator drzimaticallv ih-r extremes of wealth and poverty that constitute n. cnniiriuint: problem for much of South America. Out of tho moun- talns of his votive country Pntlno dug one of tho great fortunes of the world, one so enormous that he himself nrombly could not have comr- wlihln iicvcral millions of namiriz the exact figure at. a-ny time. With the money came power. Emperors and kings. prime min- isters end CWGFYIIHBIIIB. tnwned on him. When he went to Europe he took n whole section of e bolt. He would reserve in‘ whole ‘floor oi’ a hoicl for himself and his "HIM"!!!- Two world wars in which millions island, with 94,000 inhabitants, has what the natives loughingly call "prohibition", and temp- eronce workers in the "wet" provinces hold up little P. E. l. iodhe rest of us as an inspiration and example. But, curiously, the sale of liquor for "medicinal purposes" gave the P. E. l. Gov- ernment a profit last year of more than half a million dollars and this, on the basis of popula- tion, is about as much as the liquor profit in Ontario and Quebec." of men died enormously increased his vi-r-alih and his powen- New York Timer. Itriei- much rciipon-Ihllitv our the Unlii-d Slates accept for polltrlcel difficulties which other dctnocret governments may face as they or; caught h the East-West oroeeflre Can the United Stilt” (We eIIeCr tivr- eld to enich Governments? On lt. overhaul its rcoriomic policies l Itippfffi. democracy for sympathy for them on the port of ‘ . OLD DIMTIIES Out In the fields where. the rain- poolg gllstein. Spring ccmes. picking her dainty WIY. Listen. O cold. bore birohee. listen. Spring is singing e roundclay! i 0n with your veils of misty green- ness; Blllow and drape with rig-ht good vi . HAsteor. birches. cover your lean- 1105!. Spring l.s coming across the hill! Why do you loiter? Woodlands flurry Lnto- irhelr gowns of verdant hue; Maybe you've grown too old to worry—- Spring means nothing at all to you. -Lucy Gertrude Clarktn. O-OO-O-O-O Old Charlottetown i (And REJ.) THE LAND QUESTION From debates and proceedings of the House of Assembly, March .10. 1874: Dr. Jenkins said it was .1 matter" for congratulation that. they were now in a position to deal promptly‘ ‘in with the Land Question; and when It should come up for discussion he hoped it would be dealt with on its merits. It. was desirable that by- gones should he looked upon a5 by- gones. To a certain extent. lire lurid- ed proprietors had gradually been got rid of, and. in affecting that, both parties had lent their assist- ance. He did not believe flit‘ system could exist in this country. inas- much es it was one so entirely an- tagonistic lo the genius of the people Yet he was fer from believing that proprietors lied dealt so harshly with the early settlers, as some people seemed to imagine. Hon. Mr. Bracken cordially in- doraed the sentiments expressed by hi; learned a-nd hon. colleague, and also hoped that upon this question they would be o! one mind. The Land Question. lill‘ the bitteniess of feeling and discontent which it. created. had cost this country more than all the township lands were worth. iI-Iearil Some were of the Opinion that. the Laird Question iii itself was sufficient reascrti- why they should have gone info Confederation. . . Mr. L. H. Davies. Lcnrlcr nf lllf‘ Opposition. i-r-mnrkcrl that. a .<.li-niicit~i~ in listening ta tlic discussion on ilio paragraph 0f the Add-res,- under discussion. would have thought lhai the political niillenivm had arrived iii Prince Edward Island . In the matter of irsra Land Question the paragraph was not. quite an echo of the Speech. yet. it was the only paragraph lri the whole Speech that was ‘WOPIIIV of more than ton minutes‘ consideration Since they had izone iiilo Confeclrriitlon, and find 5803.000 placed oi ilie (lis- posal of the Government for pur- chasing mit the right-s of thr- pzoprletors. he felt that it. was the duty of public- men to use their exertions have the question firi- nily settled . . . In tire Olrl Country the tights of tho proprietors l0 lllf‘ laiirl they own lia-rl iii-l. l')I‘l"ll rlis- puted; ‘out. in this Colony it was only nfler the lapse of iiiiieiy year's of political warfare. that. for pffiuo sake, their rights have been tacitly rdmlttod. It was and is well lotvowii that iii.- proprietors never fulfilled the conditions ciiinilnd iliroii ihniii iwltiii flit-y received lfICly lands. But. all these questions happily br- long to the past. Yel he IIIIIICSl. trembled when he reflected liow in 131;; “ht... ..,.\.,,,-..,,, ,.i- pfaeqhyflfifl happiness of v _ (vhue§fls_ m. ,ii.¢.,\.,...e,; m“ voqnmconutiiry. But unlia-ppily sucli was satisfacilon| mcr the invent rcdwtribution of, Tlie lift- nr Simon r. Patina. liltllally 11,, rum, Gama" m“ F‘..-k._il)ll_lc‘il‘lc mcn ‘in the purl trad turned "mum, hm‘, a "M." “Ham lmdflnsidr from lll'll dirty \\'lilt'll ILIP)‘ iliat; _ . g m, fi‘lnfs Show,‘ ‘my my? tried L.’ by nvaiiir-g themselves restori- the German room-my but. insist-id should have ‘lei ‘he fie". cwcrl Ln ilirmsclves iiiirl lllr" prnplr. nf llicli" pgsiiioir i9 riirioli ilio-iiselvcs. He azafri- said he ii-enbrd. least the latter end of lllls question might lpvove worse than fir: first. They g B1.m.,",_,., E..m_.=,,..r_ saw their young iiien doing nivriy _ r from their native lcliiiid by lllf‘ 11.1 ‘My ,4 P1,“! an“, F score. to fir" Uiiiicd Stale: and elsewhere. What could lie of more importance. than rotaniing our young nzcii at. homo, and scciiig Lltom scttllrg dc-ivn to add lo the wealth their conimou not. the case. If they noufd no lo Brstun iird otlicr plai- . the‘: would mcet with Wilfllf‘ Co‘ lit} hard almost said. of iron nvcl iwiiicii who liar-l gone tliiilici" from this. Island. A large prrrnntnrze o.’ ill." iris: has, n loniz and vltrorous. if _ | _ rmiiirntlv disreputable. history. 'T“1o P909"? l" 595W" “w” "m" m“ Flllfll of Tilbz-idg» (Tcrrv lsn- very llld ll “'35 53d l° ha“ to say they had left: home bccniisc the advantages to which they felt they were entitled iizid been denied lro t.‘.irn'i iii homo: and because. also. .0; me genera] discontent. so earner- engendored by the cursed proprietary system of this Island iI-leer!) I-Ie oanrtcstly lioprd that in the future the prospects of the people would not be marred by the interference of middle men. But he 11nd his doubts on that. point. run at many points around the globe? Even if the United States cannot do all ihese things the Tru- mrin program does not seem headed for wer. But ii may skid lnlo can- Iusion. Increased efforts to lay a global pattern c4 economic support and coIin-bretion with all democ- racies is now clearly called for. This must be done if the present challenge to tntollterlamism ls sure- ly to lend to pence. — Christian Science Monitor. COLLEGE FOR. ROOKIE! IDNDON — (OP) -- In act-ord- ence with the future policy of the oonetebulsry that all officers be drown from the renh. e new nri- tionol police college will be opened this your. II will offer In opport- unity for every constable tro tit Guardian does not necessar- Ily endorse the opinion of correspondent; 1"‘: ‘e'b'u‘e'e'e'b'i'le'p'e'le'fi'b'd'b- IN APPRECIATION Sir,_ 1i is two years this month since I first set foot on Prince Ed- ward Island. Dining that time the l/ivo things which have Impressed me irios-i about this Province are the beauty of lhe landscape and the kindness of the people. Both have contributed to the joy and happiness which have been mine since I came here. The countryside is unsurpassed in beauty at any season. From the bop of the higher hills there stretches out before one} eyes a panorama of unexcelled beauty and lntweet. Almost always there is the blue of the sea In the distance lo add charm to the landscape. Especially ls this true of the southern part. of Kings County. the part o! the Island with which I em moot famil- for. Not only is it e. land of beautiful scenery, it a also a tend of warn hearts. The kindness a d hospital- 11y of the people are vidont. ev- erywhere. Oric needs only l-O be l" difficulty to realize how generous are the hearts of the Islanders. I am. Sir. etc. A new-Icurirl-frlend of this Inland. REY. CHARLES D. HENDERSON Murray Harbour North- Misy I. I947. DAYLIGIIT TIME Sin-I always thought that the majority of the people have ruled. but in the case of Daylight» $8“!!! the rulers seem to be those who zn-o fond of fishing. golf. imd horse race men. But they don't seem to be sportsmen enough to take this at the wrist. of themselves. Tn bake this pleasure, they went. the poor hard working man to get out of his bod at six, that means five o'clock Standard time. burn- ing light. iirrd coal. the latter being about $16.00 a ton; also e women who svorks from 5 am. to I1 pm. ‘Flrcse people have to endure all ilrLq in order to give those sport fairs an extra hon:- for pleasure while those same men can sleep lil their beds until iilrie o'clock in the mounting- _ The City Recorder told the Coun- cil they could put thieiir claoliss nliezid if llvxv so desired but the ri-siilliiii: time would riot be legal. Licgnl or rial. they sccm txi vvaiil. Ii) fcnce if. on tire people; and lll0$n people will rake the same view of ii. as Mr. Martin did. It lizis been claimed the major- ity of the people were in favor nf it including railway men. I made ii; my duty to wall; on a large num- ber" of labouring men also includ- ling railway men. There were one out of every ten in favour of it. but llie man who earncdhls liv- ing '.l_\- the sweat of his brow was against it. The Council and sporlsmen may put. their clocks ahead if they like, but llrr- majority will leave them as they are. ' T am. Sir. eta. JOSEPH M. A. MOORE Cliaflfillfllbvill. GASVECIrAN 'I'R.II' RECAILED Sir. - In your issue of Ifi-lday. April 25. iiiorr- appeared an inter- osiiiig account. of the arrival oi’ rte Giisqiiwiri in Charlottetown ul- most lizilf a century ago. 'l‘lic item “'35 or puviiciriar Lari-crest. b0 me as I was one of the t-wo passeng- er's. carried on the return trip of the Gaspccia. under command of Cziiil. MricKiiiiioii to England. My travelling coiirrpziiiion as we loft (Jiirirloticiounr on Christmas Day, 189B. was Ilia agricu-ltuac agent for Prince Edward Island at. the time. Mr. Joseph Wise. M.P. This trip 1 ‘llfid inc with the first oppor- tunity iii eighteen years of visit. lug my family in Eifglond and also exploring the possibilities of ri (‘lircse amarkct Ill that country. Landing iii this country from England in i880. I first. went to Qritl-liflO to 1mm something of the manufacture of cheese and then crime to Prince Edward Island in 1883 where I cstablislied one of the first cheese factories In Pris-ice County and have made my resid- viice in this Province ever since. I iwil remember proudly straw- iiiiz my fi-icird. Mr. Wise. many places of lair-nest. iii Land-on. One of the places we visited an Jan. iiflilv l7. 1009 was the office of the High Commissioner of London. 0n our return trip we landed at St. John. N.B.. on the last of F131)- riiiifl‘. after a very calm voyage. and. trcssirig the Strait by Ice- boat. landed at Cape Traverse. Al: one of the sessions of the 10m] leg. isliirirre in March of that year. Mr. Wise gave ii comprehensive account of his trip i0 England and 1t. might prove interesting if n. report o! his speech rii that time could be pub- llslied. I rim. Sir, ctc. svnnrsr nlcftnnpsou Sf. Elcanofs. P.E.I. Marianna or milieu/Inca Shn~In your issue at‘ theYOli". of April Edward Jerome crime out in support of "J.F.W." in his inter- pretation of the term “temper- ence" when he defined its merin- lng es moderate. then Mr. Jerome risked Toeiotriier to refer to tne new Universal Hand-book by Wfli H. Johnston and William Hous- ton M. A. of the Toronto Univer- isiiy Senate and see what it luyl nbnui Temperance. Now we r-PG not particular about; the manning of tlic word temperance when We irre in this etru|gle against. this traffic; it: teototlltem we want. Some year-s ego we hsd whet they called temperance locletiu but they were more. th were "Tee- totallsm" societies. ere was a itie ions iirmeeir roi- ii-ie hieiim police wat- piédee eeoii membar took not "to G ‘I I Wet Weather cniiis TRENBH cuiis Rugged and Smartly Stylea Let fire spring rains coiiie. In this carefully tailored gabardlne rain- coat your well groomed look will not diminish one iota. .evvyr0gvi/ itirnrttnf’ Interllned with Rubber to resist riiln. All Weather Coats are featured In fawn and olive shades. Lined Gabardines $18.00 Rubber Lined $25.00*t0 $30.00 Trench Model Cotton Gabardine i Raincoats $8.00 Buy Yourself a RAINCOAT TODAY ENIIEHSIJNEUMIIR WHERE LIAL l8 BUR! P.E.I. Rev. W. J. Enrlght. C.5s.lt.. in “Ilse Madonna", published In Mon- treal by the Redemptnrlnt Fathers Beautiful Seldom ere people backward in publicizing, even to n point. of ex- aggeration. the distinctive acenlo attributes of their native province. If the citizens of any Canadian territorial division have shown too muoh modesty in heralding forth the alluring features of the realm that cradled their infancy, It is the denizens of Prlinco lid-- ward Island. Not tihet they are not proud of The Island. On the con- trary. they are highly and legiti- mately proud of first. smallest. unit of Confederation poetic-ally known as the Garden of’ the Gulf. They love every inch of lts 2,184 square mfles of undulating fields carpet.- ed with gorgeously rich verdure. touch. tiiete: or handle. etc: every member was supposed to be saber not a moderate drlnker_ "J. F. W." says the word sober means temper- ate in the use of liquor arnd to be temperate means moderate. Now we don't want that. klind of temper. ence. Mr. Jerome says Teetotalcr criticises this gentleman's letter and scold; him for not. putting |il| mime at lire end of his letter. This "Teetotaler" never did that. but there was another "Teeiotiiler" showed up lihe other day. I-Ie may have. but lie will have to answer for himself. I don't cue what name these gentlemen sign as ling as they don't use Teetotailer un- til they become Teetotalers. My purpose in these letters i5 to get the people interested enough to eonside how they have been wast.- lti: their money. We never our eyes opened before to realise the awful amount of money the people are spending in these two evils. I see that in England the bl! men sre deplorlnz the serious drain that tobacco is making on their resources and it l; the same all aver and it. wouldn't be. Why shouldn't our‘ little Island with the best. close of people in the world rise above this sordid condition and lend the world in the opening "D 01 a new are wherein dwoueth rlghteoueneoe. Here is from a clipping that I tied preserved e few you; a" which zivee the tennnony of e hell breed Indian I-Ie aid take alcohol and tobacco out. of the world end inane institutions and prisons woeild have to alone their door: no e matter of course. I-Ie had been a heavy drinker and we: always ln trouble and saving noth- inl. than he live up drinking and had e MP9? home with monas- l-n the oak end s cor. Now there ere lots of people like that today, apendtni their money In liquor- nnd~ tobacco inched of caving It for better tlilnlo. I llfl. Sir, Ne. FIIIIOTAIII got’ I am wriLing u one whose mis- fortune lt has been riot to be born in Prince Edward Island; a mir- tortune partially compensated far by the feet that I spent slx of the happiest yearn of my life there. The occasion of my first rin- iact. with. Prince Edward Island ll llill lliresh in my mind. It is among the moot. fragrant. of all my meni- ortes of the past_ ‘Dire time wear the late afternoon on p, fair July daiy in the year 1929. As I rode on the train fi~oni'Boi'den to Chur- lotietoivn and watched that ravish- ing panorama unfolding itself lie- fore my vision ln a crescendo of loveliness. I could not refrain from asking myself: haw is it that so mo/ny of us non-Island Canadians are so unfamiliar with this tieiuiy 8P0! in our country where nature seems to have ‘indulged in i; prank- lsh display of pastoral rnunifr- ceneet O O O The capital of the Province is the pretty little city of Ohm-loite- town. plciurr-squely located on Hlllsborougli Bay. Wlriil. Charlotte- town lacks in si-ze in amply cum- pensated for" by lt-s brightness. cleanliness, many shade trees, up- lo-diiie stores, and cspeciaitv b,“ the geniallty of its people. Char- ioltetown has melody in Ill very name. Long before there were any prospects of my going to Priirro Edward Island. 1 was attracted b)’ the name --Clranlottetowrr. -\i‘-il now that the days of happy sojourn therri have coma to an end. lire mere nii-iiiion of Charlottetown ' stirs up nostalgic emotions wiiliiii Ina. In my esllmltloll, It is the most musical name of llll we . capitol cities in our far-flu"! country. "To me it. sinks the soni of the land of my predilection. .. l I I ‘Iihe spirit of the people hill" monizes admirably with the natur- sl beauty of the country. A visitor in Prince Edward Island never. feels like a stranger. He is 110V, lay-passed by strutting virtuoso: if formalism. Everywhere he sees i-‘il friendly. smiling faces of DWI?" Who are eager to make their guests . feel the warmth of the peerless Island hospitality. No matter ivli-ll part. of the Province thOY “°"""' from, whether from Rollo Bay. 01“ Palmer Road; from "Its-on. or Ker“ 1y’; Orou; from Bedeque, or Ml" couche; from flhsrlottetown. °" Bummer-aide, they radiate the um! contagious Irfandineoe. Our strife-torn world can IMP" a pfofftlble moon from Prince Ed- vverd Island. that little Prov-inc! .. where some 08.000. NW1! ll" tire peaceful and rational chili? merit of Mother Nature's v1 qlfu. ca Ednrlrrd Islands": have m lei-ed the art. of _ because their philosophy °l ‘m ll tiioroulhly Chrlltilm my astray: rouse ‘ ' mrmon - (or) - The m" I octrenesriirt ieoo d m’ into "seminar-w 4t enmtieof roqlntiievnlil‘ lintdom. llvkfll‘ '1