‘ Y ‘It. M 3rd Prince Representative Hits Oaif~From Shoulder, - F? Arsendlllt Examines Some 0f The Fallacies Advanced A3 Afgllments In Su ppert-Of The Saunders Administration And Finds Abundant Material For Good Humored Sarcasm And Trenciiant Analysis. ‘I119 following speech was deliver- ed in the Legislature during the Budget Debate by Mr. A. F. Arsenault Jcnservatlve member for 3rd Prince. spent our surplus and spent 3|] the faxes collected durhiQ the fouowhm "Willis. and Cflrne out with u deficit of $159,000. It was a fine beginnlngl Mr. Arsenault began his speech on A...‘ what do we find last year? we Monday evening, April 8th: find that again they have lncreig. Mr. Speaker: I was delaying 1n my: cd the debt of the province, thl; fling remarks as I thought that the Min- isicr of Public Works would speak first. llan. Mr. McIntyre: I \vlll speak when you me done. Mr. Arscnault: I didn't want to gppehl‘ too bnxiouzr because, as it is him‘, I think that whatever defence has been put up by the leader of thc Government has been destroyed by the leader of the Opposition, and thcre resiains very little to answer. iioivever, it, il our duty 0n this side of the House {criticize the actions of the present administration, That k one of the duties of the Opposi- tion, to criticize them and to watch every step they make and call f0 their attention their errors. And 1 may fell you, Mr. Speaker, that it has kcpt us very busy. The Minister o! Public Works has chosen not to speak just now. I presume that when he thinks iilfiffl will be no more Opposition members left to criticize or answer him he will arise, as he did 18st Yfifll‘. HOW- crcr, we can foresee a similar speech to the one he made at thc last ses- sion. Perhaps ho will not fccl so claicd thlsuycar, and his speech, al- though it will make the Chamber re- scund with his loud. deep voice, will be more or less like the foam on a glass of beer. Perhaps I should not “speak thatjway, lest I should scan- dalize the hon. leader of thejiovern- olcnt and his fellow members, and rand them to their room—fcr c glass cf water. (Laughton) A BROKEN PLATFORM There are certain ways of judgill! of the efficiency of the Liberal Parity during the past year, Mr. Speaker, One of them is to refer to their platform of 1927, and see how they have kept their promises, and which promises have been broken, 11y their platform the Government undertook i0 carry on the affairs of the prov- incc with the revenue at their dis- posallalld make revenue and expendi- lure meet. As a matter of fact, the)’ thought, they would have c. deficit 0i $15,000 last year. Instead, they came cut with u. deficit, on ordinary ex- penditure of only some $1500. We van judge of the accuracy of that statement. however. by the fact that we were refused an external audit this year. In my experience in the H0115" I do not remember any other occa- sion when this audit was refused. I-‘l 1023. the first, year I was in thc House, Premier Bell did not bring in the external audit until the 185i of the session, after being pressed t0 do so; but there was never any your under the Bell Government that the audit did not come out. The Pre- mier has ‘stated that the external all- fiit would tend to confuse matters 0nd in the same breath he said that after all it was only a reproduction of the statement, of the Provincial Auditor, as he gets his figures from him ind fie Comparative statements Bro made under his co-operatlon. How, then, could it tend to collflm matters? I um cure, Mr. Speaker. it would tend to reassure our ilwll" throughout the Province that the fl- nnnclnl statement as tabled ll a. true ltltcmcnt; and a great many peolllr do not believe that that showing of l $1500 deficit is correct. In iflflt W! -know of many bills outstanding. which should have been pnld before the lut of January and which were not. paid. Tho external audit would allow the amount of Inch bills and would may indicate the correct Ii- nunclul ltohmcnt of the Province uP to the lut of December, 1928; and ii this duh we have not got such l "lit/INN. though we are still fllhi" l"! for it. LIIIIAI. lxknavaoancu, ' . I Let rhcrofer you. Mr. speaker, f0 the time w the Liberal party took Dower in A uat, 1927. They carried m for four months. and at the end of tbctiygur they mowed, accordfnl to thou-mm bookl. no incrme in the debt of tho Province of stucco. And remember, we ma 1m them U Audi-n q rimiul of 0101000, ‘they u 1 by $102,000, notwithstanding that the external audit is not forthcoming: which means a total increase 0y deb; in one year and fcur months of $351,. 000, Now they come out this year and say: We budgeted laSt yearyfor a dcilclt of 515.000 and we came out with a net deficit of only $1500; there fore you should give us great credit. But, Mr. Speaker, we remember the 601's 0f the famous Bell administra- tion, when they were trying hard to Fflhiure a modest surplus every year. ranging from two to five thousand dollars, and how easily those sur- iiliifiPs were manipulated, simply by Cilflliflillg expenditures in certain de- pnrtmenfs to their highways grunt. Thcy had c chance, by adjusting their expenses and charging it to such an account, of regulating those sur- pluses. large 0r small. This is what is happening today, for we have the words of the Premier and we have also the statement in the Publl: Ac- counts that the Government borrow- cd $150,000 to gravel the roads. Of that money they spent $83,000, leav- ing a balance of $61,000 which they placed in current revenue and ex- pended on other works not author- ized by thestatutc that authorized them to borrow that money for tho purpose. and purpose alone cf grav- eling the roads. The Rcui Deficit They also borrowed $20,000 to build a ferry at Cardigan. They expend- cd of that $20,000 the sum of $14000, leaving u balance of $6.000 which n- gain they placed in current revenue and‘ expended on other works. Thn they borrowed $100,000 to buy road machinery, and they spent of that $100,000 only 591.000: and awn they placed the balance in current TCVEIHXC- Tin-so amounts, tofalled, would leave them with a deficit of 584,500, without the unpul bills-bills Whiflh must be paid and which, if we can judge of the contracts going on last fall. would bring their deficit up to some $133,500. We have X10 GXWTUBI audit‘. we can only surmise by the figures we can Bet from their b°°k51 but we are fairly positive that we a" within the amount when we so state. Now, financially, is that a good rc- for this Government? Certainly not. 11-. “"4 it is true that the Ste- wart Govcllilallt had a deficit 0i $20,005. and that in 1025 we had a (remit Qt $49,605. We admitted our deficits. We got out. external audits every YUM‘ to show how we stood. Blli in 1026 what happened? We went ‘t0 Ottawa and we obtained more sub- sidy and rallivui’ 8mm- Nid came out that year with a surplus of $22.- 000. 1n August, 1927, as I said be- forc, we lcf; a silrpius in the trea- suyy or $10000. And were We coi- lcctlng as much money as they are at present? Wc find that all our col- lections in 1926 amounted to $747-- 000. We cannot say that 1927 was Ill our year, of course. because P"! °1 it W115 under the administration 0i the Liberal Government; but ihfli yem- only.$’738 was collected. This year the ordinary revenue collections amounted t0-$337.°°°-5°m° ‘B0900 more than we had,» Provincial Subsidy - Keeping these facts in mind, Mr. speaker, leg, mo read certain clauses of the platform of my hfm- “kind” in 1927: “A; the infer-provincial con- ference to be assembled this fill we will. It returned lo power If- thc ensuing election, exert our utmost endeavor In llfvllllll "l" claims for jncrcued lulllulhl’ our Province." - That was their pliiml"; and I 5UP‘ p059 perhaps they did. But who! did we do in 1020'! We went to Ot- town; I wu one of the members of the Government who Ivwmlilfllfli Premier Stewart on that occasion. and at that conference we met Mr. Rouel, who suggested that the Mafi- time Provinces luc to set wuthllr ma decide on wmpuu um new . which was available there ever since Mr. Bell was leader of the House, would be divided. Mr. Stewart met the premiers of Nova Scotia and New Brunswick, and after a conference With those men we secured $40,000 a year in lieu of railway taxation. whereas on a mileage basis we were entitled only to $27,000, thus getting $13,000 a year more than we were really entitled to. And that amount, in fuur years, makes $52,000 that the people o1 this Province can thank Premier Stewart for. (Applause) Besides this we presented the orief for increased subsidy. and it was od- mitted at that conference the», it had been called as a result of the ef- forts of Premier Stewart in making the first move in.this matter. ‘Pre- mier King said in effect: "I have ap- pointed the Duncan Commission; they will visit your Province, take in- formation and evidence from you on those claims, and you will go before them." The King Government was therefore compelled to adopt this clause in the Duncan report and give us this $125,000 as s‘. Jntcrlm pay- ment pending the final disposition of those claims. For the result we can thank Mr. Stewart in large mea- sure. We can thank also the differ- ent Boards of Trude and the many public spirited citizens in this Pro- vince who furnished evidence and facts before the Commission, We had a brief for increased sub- sidy at the conference to which l have referred. We did not display u. as a formidable document, with lovc- ly covers, well bound and printed to tho number of 2000 copies. we dlclnt go to that expense.‘ The brief tho: my hon. friend the leader 0t the Government talks about—- the brief that he presented with the as. v ance of “Attorney General Inlnan" and Mr. Claire Campbell, cost, this Province over $1300. Mr. Stewart presented his brief himself, assisted by some other members of the House. He did not have to be assisted by Mr. Campbell or any other outsider; and he came; back from that conference \ _ ' foxes about S1 \ 111 i: i;riAlci.0'|"l‘ETOWN GUARDIAN have not even a letter to show that there was anything done. Perhaps my hon. friend was told by the Min- iers at Ottawa not to be too hard 0n the Liberal Government, that we are getting n. cur ferry and he must not press the Federal Government too much, and that lf he was a good boy he might get a Judgeshlp (Jill-Of this. -pcrliaps. (Laughter) Increasing Interest Charges While this was going on, Mr. Speaker, while the pressing of our‘ claims was being neglected, willie nothing was being done that we have icny knowledge of our interest charges ‘have been increasing. We are now paying $117,000 for interest, and in- terest alone; cr in other words we are paying about one-seventh cf our total revenue in interest. And vet we are increasing our borrowings every year. It is quite true that tile Stewart Government borrolved some money. but for what pllYp0F07 Tn continue our hlgilxilay prcgramlne, because a! that. time we were getting 40 per cont of our actual cxpcnditurccn the roads from Ottawa. In other words, we were rcaliy paying only 60 per cent, of the actual cost. and it was perhaps pa-udent and wise for us w borrow mancy for road work uncle": that arrangrmcni. But during Gill‘ four ycars we built permanent, \l.'0‘.'i’.‘i out cf, ordinary revenue to the ex- ifillt 0i 316-11100 and I claim, M1". Speaker, that the Ciovernment that can build permanent works out oi ordinary l'\'.".'E‘Illl: is certainly an ef- ficicng Gcvernunrnt. lion. Mr. LcPagc: Colllri you name the. things like that you (lid? and filings like tint. If you ask til: hon. gentleman to your right he will give you the information. I can 29L it for you. Tilers arc a icw works in Rusflco, I l: ' Hon. Mr. llePagcz There \ve"o |bridgcs built in Rusiico. you can b5 iasulred of t‘ t. Mr. 1111:: . We are that the Pilstflicsun (lovernlnr-nt pur- sucd that policy of building a cer- h DO nil-lured “thin amount 0f permanent works cv- rry year frcln nrtfinary revenue, and we find flint fl": Pflaiiilioron ‘foreru- msni. built on-un verztgc £36,000 .1 pcanof permanent \\‘0li1$ out of or- ‘dinary rcrcrvuc, or in all about $288.- ,0il0. And they did this without tax- iing the ptoplc-ilnt like the Dell Jiovernmcnt, which increased the i’. lvlaihicscn rcgintc. ifli'l'f‘i‘..".f“d Jail E::|l':ii:li'.urc-.' l l So much for the finances. I have 15110-11 that ti!" been very succ l Province. New I wish to come to til". iaclnlinistrcficn of justice. Ye find} Mr. AlYiEflillliii Culvrrfs and bridgfi: i Covqrnnlcn; ilas no: 5 ul in financing thci Old Age Pensions. Their pledge was, as follows: "Afilireciating the action of the Liberal Government at Ottawa in P5551118 the 01d Ale Pensions A“. We anticipate establishing it in this Province in a manner con- Bi-Stent with the revenue." l Has that ever been done? Nothing last your ol‘ this year; and we might 58y they have got to establish it, even if they can only give every old gentleman in the Province twenty- five cents a year. They will have to d0 lwmvihinx. be it small or large. They will have to carry out that plank, or they will hear from us ev- -ery year. '(Appiause.) . My hon. friends might say that they have not the revenue. Yet we are asked to vote an amount of $30,- 000 for a Sanatoriunl. They have the money for that. It may be a better Duff-lose: I do not deny that; but at the saIfle time they should carry out their pro-election platform before vcnfuring into other matters. Promise Re Railway Grant Another promise they made wns the , payment of an equitable portion hi” the railway grant in lieu of taxes to the City of Charlottetown and In- corporated towns. ivhat has bcsn done in this connection? Nothing-ii paid last war: nothing paid this year. i I am sure the hon. member from, Summcrslzia wito entertained us lo ai lcltgfhy cirsertation 0n speed on the! Draft AfHiTEFS, if he wants to keep up the pace. will see that this is paid‘. I am sure the hon. speedometcr from . Surnm d: will not stand for that, and-vnll 5C9, that the money is paid Lo the town. , lllr. L. ll. Allen: I do not think what my hon, friend can refer to a mclnbcr of tits House as a speedom- cter. Mr. Arsenault: Pasdon mo, I mean: that the hon. member was an au thoriiy on speed. 'l‘l‘.ere was no r01‘ flcciian intended. (Laughter) I am fiJYly that tile Alinistcl- Agriculture is. not in his seat, miss him very much on fills side cl‘ the Iiouse. inasmuch as he was .1, gocd debaicr. a man who knew the procedure of the House, a man I whom we could fake pride in at least o i z I contradicting. for it always- meant u n~,u;h_ 1 believe, and ngglecting oilfwwed to 3e; a ugenst They do not llivcly battle The rcst, over there -‘ zucil. it, is hardly worth while fight-I in; with them! (Laughter) We are. 79/390 ii your 0W1‘ “l9 ‘sincerely glad to hear that the Min- are p. 9;, good a position 8s Aster of Agriculture is improving and “eye a few years 33m why shougdl Atmmey Gene,“ to s“ u," they, IWUVii-h“ I fills bc so? I believe that our DB wconditions are remedied. Instead of Qiiazlzllng the liCll. member from West i ‘Hm. Ivnnlib-‘cn mghqugh a good fflflflflhaving twenty Prohibition inspectors. iwlil soon be out again, River iMr. MucPlicei and whatever; pinions he lllfly hold. i Agricultural Expenditures Last year in the Department of lth 40 000 of th ll r L, w s ' e m way g an ‘that in 1028 the Dciiartlncnt of Jus- Agyjgulfure they Spent $39333, 1n 1925 and owing to our presentation of those claims before the Duncan Com- mission we were paid another $125,- 000 l. year increased subsidy. (Ap- plause.) Returns Empty Handed My hon. friend the leader of the Government atwnded the next inter- provlnclal conference of 1927. and he had prepared a long brief. It took him an hour and a half to read the headlines at that conference, and it took “Attorney General Inman" an- other hour and a half to do his part; and I think my hon. friend the Premier told us that this brief occu- pied the longest time of any mutter at that conference. And what did they receive? Nothing! They canlc home and told us that all they rc- ceived was anticipatlons. It is true that Premier Gardiner told them ho would not mind giving us $100,000 or $200,000 a year, and in return our Premier promised in do everything he could to amcncl the British North America Act. But s0 far from receiv- ing that $l00.000 or $200,000 my hon. friend has not even suggested means whereby the machinery that will ul- tlmatcly try the validity of those claims can be got together. We have heard Mr. Stewart, on the floor 0f this House, suggest, that there should be a board of experts, and immediate- ly the lender cf the Government comes back, the next dly. and says that ll Just what he was talking about! (Laughter) When we naked the leader of the Government to table the correspond- ence he had with Hon. Mr. Robb or any members of the Federal Gov- ernment in connection with increas- ed subsidy. he uki: "It is not in tho but interacts of the public to have on. information tabled just nowi" 171a is not even u good ls the late Premier Bell used to be. When we asked him to table the correspond- cncc ho hid-on this matte/r, he tun- led a couple of letters. Ono of them thawed that he hld written to the Premier of New Brunswick about coll- lng a cordon-once, and that the Pre- mier of New Brunswick bod replied that be In contemplating retin- moul and» ccqltfnot be bothered tak- ing up tho matter. Ho also tabled a letter from Premier Murray of Nova lootin- , nut in the prucnt can we ...-, tlce cost this Prov‘ . $12,000. clepartnlcnt cost $37,109.43. or a dif- ference of $0,893. Why nus this‘? the Attorney Gcncral Mr. slewast. vras conducting that clcpartlncnt per- i sonally. He was not employing as many Liberal attorneys f0 assist him. The present Premier is employing ton many-Aer perhaps because we find that there are cnlv a couple getting nil the plums, and some others are beginning to coin- plain. For instance, tilcy have been bragging about the conditions in the jails. I took the trcilbic to enquire about the jail in Sununcrsidc. and 1i find the following lvmrcnse in cx- penditures: For meal, in 1926, “e paid $141]. Lrst year tilt- moat bill for illnt insiiilliioil was $850. So they must, be getting sonic good meat there, and a lot of if. Dr. W. J. lilacllfillan: Prison ftircl Mr. Arscnzluii: Till-y) rmft. be kerll‘ ing fest days. ihailzhtcr.) Grocer- lcs. iii i926, cost $600. that was high, but last year spent $1200. Hon. Mr. LePage: You used to lea them out. Mr. Arscnault: Not in Summersldc. We never ict them out. For medi- cine, again, we paid $3 in 1926, and last year they paid $61. Dr. Macllflllan: A lot" of Sick fel- lowsl Mr. Arsenault: Brccd cost $104 in 1920; last year $209. Herc is the point, Mr. Speaker: We are paying u lot more money for the upkeep of our Jails. owing to the fcct that there are many prisoners and ‘the upkeep seems to be increasing every year. We are providing for the enm- fort of those offenders under the Pro- hibition Act and the country l; pay- lng for ft, and yet the Premier docs not wish to take one cent from tho Prohibition Commission to defray that expenditure. The least the Com- mission should do is reimburse the Province ‘for keeping their prisoners there and [buying groceries and such thing: at the public expense. (Al;- plause.) they Old Ago Pension! Another plank of the platform of my hon. friends which we claim has been broken is in connection with the ‘:11 nothing new that he was trying not enough; I We thought i ‘ed, Mr. Speaker: The Minister ‘Government; to discontinue the grant. practically been abandoned. All we have left now are the domestic sci- ence courses for a few girls, and worse than that, our Minister‘ has abandoned all the grants to local fairs. It is true that last fall, through some pull, the exhibitions were held, but the fact that, the Minister is against them has had a demoralizing effect. Our people know the feeling of the Minister and his Government, they know that he ls against grant- ing money to those exhibitions and they are not planning for the future, Those exhibitions will be abandon- will kill them that way. and I believe it lsa big mistake for the Department not to continue those splendid insti- tutions which have done so much to encourage agriculture in this Prov- ince. I hope that this year my good friend from the Third District of Prince will not be as quiet as he was inst year, and will say something on this subject. I hope he will have us much courage as the hon. member from West River and will tell us his mind and not follow in the steps of his leader 0r let the splendid exhibi- tion at Egmont Bay be abolished or languish throughthe threats of the I need no discuss any longer the merits or demerits of the Minister 0i Agriculture and his staff. We have the words of the hon. member from West River, who is in the secrets of the department and of the Govern- ment, and he states that the Minis- ter talks too much and he faiLs to see the utility or advantage of that department. We had better take his word. dank you think? He ought to know. lion. Mr. LePugc: Your own 185d" siatecl it was of no use under your governlnent. I10". Mr. Cmernmcnt; i112‘. zing to. Sleviart: Under your s all 1 vsas rcf Over lilnpkn Is of». l‘ We all agrt: ircm Mlcst lt.... Mr. Lrslnzzuit: lllc hon. nlclnbei- not getting value for the money ex-‘ pended. I might say that perhaps. in i111’ 1155i the Dellafimeflt of Asrl- County who should not be allowed tohmmg M, ‘one would my, “wen how l" culture has been a little neglected. l drive a car. and I know u good many We have bean growing potatoes too‘ live stock. There is a shortage now ‘in our livc stock and it will take twoi mp leg; cpneeptlqn 0t 5pegd_ and before our , farmersf cl three years they‘ in his 1iosition, has been stressing iihg of potatoes too much, with some members of that zflncnt. They have been en-i 'ng our farmers by their ex- J‘ ilc to grow more potatoes, advlsq them that tlfey could never over- _ l“ We Shent $35 390; or $3.937 1055 ma“ I run the demand ‘for seed potatoes._ment and e; i826, our last full ysal" ln o.T.cc, this the prejcnb aoieynnuanp The Pyeln. Them has m, been sumctent f°re.i w make sure that m“ n13,“ is not ‘are too dangerous an instrument to r lin any other province. In the United Ianchvuenvthing. cvsrl to the judg- tomobllo traffic on our roads, there should be a stricter enforcement of traffic regulations. It f: only a. few years since we allowed automobiles to operate in this Province, and for some time the car owners and driv- ers were very careful. Owing perhaps to their limited number, accidents on the road: were fewer and less ser- ious in nature than we have had during the plst few years. We have now over 5000 automobiles in the Province, and our roads at certain times of the year are very dusty, I personally experienced, while going on a sandy, dusty road at twenty-five or thirty miles an hour, the effect or some one coming behind me and with practically no warning passing me at a rate of at least fifty or sixty miles an hour, causing a great cloud of dust to arise and blinding me and the occupants of my car. and there- by causing some "cuss" words, very often. Now this should not be al- lowed. I; is true that some years ago we were only getting s small rev- enue from auto fees, and owing to our large borrowings and the fund- ing of those receipts we could not afford to spend very much in look- fng after the automobile traffic in this Province, But now. since the receipts have practically doubled, 1 think a larger appropriation should be made by the Department of Justice for the prosecution and punishment of motorists whoexceed cur speed lim- ifs. We find also that foo many are allowed in operate l mr when in a state of intoxication. This is a most serous matter. I think the Attorney General will have the support, of ev- ery right thinking citizen in this Province ff he will prosecute every offender along those lines. These cars ‘we placed in the hands or a_ man un- lhf""=*1~ of ilqilvr. i | 1dr) ng; they are’ i. m, .10. . ...t object U.) Lad.» ll We ‘his W“? Wm" he 5W5 that We “"9 011111 Will (lawful Qbiielis» lY-fYhBP-Ytllis coilrcc- and some lawyers ar better than most men; ‘but I knowl cnough ladies driving in 'Princek 1 men. foo, who should never be all seem to have the least judgment o": thcyido ‘not seem to have their car undel- control. I think it is up to the he should have n few of them to in- spect cars, stop car owners and make fhcm test their brakes. You cannot find conditions of such carelessness Slates they will check your lights esight of the chauffeur. ifl’. Wlwn he 500KB 0T the "V011! 0i if‘? ‘ sight in that dCphFtlflEfit tc regulate got“; m be the [-3.155 et gnngygnj: Department of Agriculture, mention- to inaugurate in this Province. It l.» lquite true that he discussed the taste of lambs and gave us a deser- lfation on the raising of chickcils. But '1 was thinking. when he ivrs speaking cf these ulBtiETS, how ne ilscd to abuse the leader of the 0p- posltion for attempting to carry on as Acting Minister of Agriculture. “Vlliat did he know about farming?" My hon. friend wanted to assure the House, I suppose, that he knew some thing about chickens and lambs, and {rel-hops he intends, during the ill- ness of the Hon. l‘.il'. Lea, to be ac:- ing hilnistel" himself. There has been no announcement to that effect, but I presume that he was preparing the ground. ~ In ihclr platform. also. my hon.‘ friends promised to encourage the) ilrcccllng of horses. Nothing has been done in this respect, and it is un- fortunate. bccnuse we find that at least twelve carloads 0f Western horses have entered this Province west of Kensington. That, is a large number, and 1 think that something might be done along that line. They also pIUHflSQd ln their plat- form to do something to encourage the growing of cranberries and small vegetables, but. as already stated by the leader of the Opposition, they dis- missed the only mun the Province could procure at the time to look af- ter that brunch of agriculture, and nothing has been done to curry on this important work. We know imi- large sums of money are made through the cultivation of cranber- ries. I know farmers right in my section who are making two or three hundred dollars a year out of this business, and they arc only picking their curly crop. I really think something should be done, and that there are bright prospects for the cul- tivation of cranberries. The bluc- berry ‘ndustry is also an important one. and nothing has been done by the Government in this regard. . . Short Courses Abandoned the activities of our farmers, in pre- ienting them from running wild B- long one line. The Deputy Minister, of course, should lovc all branches 0f agriculture and not devote so much‘ time! to one department alone. f hope something will be done along that. line in the future, and that the live stock branch will receive the attrnfion it deserves. I do not be- llsve there is at present sufficient co- operation with the live-stock in- spectors or the farmers. Thosemen here who have a knowledge of. the requirements of the really good farmers should visit our poorer sec- tions and should show those farmers. in the first place, how to build prop- er stables; how to ventilate them, clean them up; how to feed their cat- tle; and with a little teaching I be- licve those farmers would progress vcry rapidly. After all, is it not, a fact that we can grow great potatoes to- day bccaute we have been shown how to grow them; how to plant, hill, barrow and dig them; how to cull them and grade them. We have been successful because we have been shown the proper methods by there staffs of inspectors. and the some thing. 1 believe. applies to live stock. Inspectors should be on the farms of- tener, talking to our farmers, visit- ing their stables, and helping them to solve their problem. Enforcement of Speed Luvs Continuing the debate on Tucs- day afternoon, April 9th, Mr. Arsen- ault said: Lust evening I was dealing with the Administration of Justice and the Agricultural Department. There are still a few remarks with rec-pee; w the department, of Justice which‘ l would like to address to the Attor- ney General. 1 may tell you frankly that I do hate t0 mention these frets. but, I think. for the general benefit of the administration of justice‘ in Prince County, that some reference should be made to them. For instnzc in Prince County-and I think this will apply in the other Counties u well-the speed laws are not observ- The short courses curried on by the Conservative Government have and a thrcnt to the ca" owners and the public in g:r.:r:.l A few yams ago.‘ under the C's-n- servative Government, we lnauguratq ed a system of policing our roads by, hireing three or more men and pro- viding them with motor cycles. They at least had this checking influence on reckless drivers. that they were being watched and cough; now and again. and ull'who were travelling any distance were apt to meet them from time to time. but your 1 do not remember of having ween one of these men. Where are they? They should be on our roads constantly. They are no goodon the streets of Charlottetown or in Summersfde. they should be out, in the country. In the city and towns abuses like these can easily be checked, but 0n our country roads it is very necessary o be vigilant. The motor cycle police should be on u» mud: every day and they should be very severe with offenders for over speeding or being drunk on the roads. ‘ Menace cf Joy Riders We have another condition which prevails ln our County, and 1 believe ltcun be said of the other Coun- ties as well, that too many young men will buy I cheap car, patch it up, and start joy-riding along our roads. They do not care whether they run into trouble: their our only cost fifty dollars and ff they can get thrills by speeding along at fifty or sixty miles an hour they are going to do lt. These men should be atop- ped. After all, the car owners of this Province pay a high fee, many of them have expensive can, and why should they be exposed to the reck- lcssdrivfng of the other clap I have mentioned? f think the Attor- ney General would be well advised if he were more ltrict with these .of~ fenders during tho coming summer than he wu lat year. Magistrate's Court, Summcrcido There ll another mutter to which I ‘wish to refer, and lt hi5 become the talk of Prince County. The peo- trntc’: courts. I referred to this last v v year, but apparently it had no ef- fect. _ The criticism among our p809 ple has been increasing; so much cow-w thug I think it my duty, as the only; representative from Prlnca County in the Opposition. t0 divulge to this House some of the circumstances that exist. For instance, we have a Magistrate by the name of Alexander Campbell; a good man. He has an office on the corner of Wafer street and Bum- I mlr Street, and in the same build- ing, and adjoining his office with only a glass partition between, is the ofllce of the Premier and Attorney General, and of Mr. Thane Campbell. his partner, a son of Mr. Alexander Campbell. Most of the prosecutions are‘ brought before Mr. Alexander Campbell, and cases on behalf of the Crown are prosecuted by Mr, Thane Campbell, who is also a good man. But don't you see that that very con- dltlon-the fact that the office of . tho son, the prosecuting attorney. and of the father who sits in judg-rr ment, are uparaed by Just a door and glass partition, while there may ' be nothing wrong, is bound to create suspicion and dissatisfaction? Don't you think that the people generally are beginning to believe that there is something wrong, and that should be’- stopped? It is not well that our peo- ple should complain of these condi- tions. There are lots of prosecutions _- .~ where a man ls found ‘guilty, and perhaps he might think he had a good case. and he goes back t0 his settle- ment and says: “What could I do? I was being prosecuted by Mr. Camp- bell, who prosecuted me before his father. and the father naturally would give some sympathy m the .5011 and would be pleased to see him win his case: so ‘he would naturally give judgment against me." These ru- mors are circulating. and peopi ngin to lose their faith in the ad , mnistralion of British justice. That houid be stopped. We have another l . ~ . lull. Liagistrdte. Mr. Smcng. who is well qualified tn hear many of those cus- ' cs. But no; they seem to persist in perhaps taking advantage of th situation. It is nafural ihat a lawyer could I win, with the father ‘sitting in Judgment and the son prosecutf" ma?" 1 know my hon. friend the} Premier would not ivunt that condi- . ffon to continue if he thought there WE! Hill/thing wrong. and he would see that the number of cases prose- cuted by the methods complained‘ of would be rcduccd to the fewcst pcs- riblr. ' l-‘nx Sfvzlilizg When I was 1131110 last Friday I " ivas accosted by a large number of fox men who visited my office corn- plaining of a decision that had been given in that some Court a few days before. _I do not wish to criticise the decision. I; was perhaps all right, ac- cirdzng to law; but here is what hap- pcncd: A man W35 charged with czling a fox. He was caught with Life goods, or identified, and his case was brought up under a certain sec- tion of the Criminal Code which provides. of course, for all sorts of’ thefts. It so happens that this sec- tion only provides penalties for the stealing of dogs. cattle 0r domestic animals of the value of $10 or over. At the time the section wag framed, they had no idea of the value of a fox, and no provision was made for fox stealing. The defendant's at- torney very wisely succeeded in bringing the case under this section, and instructed ihe mun to take sum- mary judgment instead of being brought to the Supreme Court. What happened’)? This case was brought bEiOfe Mr. Alexander Campbell. The defendant chose in br- fried before the MagLsfrate, the bfngistrafc under that 5063011 tried him summarily and fined him S25 and the amount of the goods stolen, And what are the consequences? A man may come into my fox iranch and ff he is caught he pays the value of the fox and $25. If he is not caught he keeps everything. That is c. very dangerous stoic of affairs, where the fox ranch; es mean so much to this Province. This is now the time of year when it is easy to enter a ranch and steal a. number of young foxcs. and the Attorney General. I think, should take steps to at least advise our peo- ple that any further thefts cf foxes vvlll be prosecuted to the lull extent of the law. 1 understand the Alfor- ney General was represented there by Mr. Thane Campbell, and no ob- jection wag raised as to the import- ant decision of that Court. We have. are looking for a chance to make money out of stealing foxes. 5cm: demlc of these crimes. and our fox men had to get, together and prose- cute those thefts. I suggest that t Attorney General look further thh lultur and lee that this sort wince. ed properly. We are getting now to a stage when, owing to increased tu- ple are simply scmdollxed by the condition; in some of our lingu- woatinuubm m PAGE ictc%i c NSERVATIVEPROUND SCORED 11v TEu unfortunately, loo many men who YEN‘! I30 we had practically an epb‘ thing “u not repeated in um no; i ‘ v w i "4 i)?