SUMMERSIDE GUARDIAN 0
and PRINCE COUNTY CHRONICLE
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oo rooms lr cc ‘L P- 'mu' 1' the Present propri-
Lgffe ,cms mm wh etor. 'rue clliwn l-:cure nas always
better stores been associated with the commer-
L_“.|° u 35 hu cial and social life of Summerslde.
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tation & Whcl W” Wm trav-
tns ng. clling public as one of the nicest
are 1° ¢‘y. om’ flllllly l‘l0l‘»€l.B in H10 Maritim; prov-
development md inces. On the occasion ' of the
pup. at hmm ut! visits of the Governor Generals
____ of Canada to Summerside the Clif-
Bmmnma Brno” ton House was the scene of many
for me mths "um, brilliant functions and many noted
Gestation dr Whclp and dislihgulshed people have slept
for vlxcns following beghmit-9 l;°°f- ld
availabl at your near 0-W YS WCW an 0 EHS-
ri-aus-1-az ts-ti lilh family and resided in oner-
NlcELY_p|-lendl Wm mhrsldc. O11 the deiillii 0! their
'f,°,§:lGr.c learn that Mr mn P“'°“i4- Mi-is Georgie. new de-
Pshea of st muy, 18 “kms ceased and Miss Tottie carriedon
ms,-,oem ° 1- the Clifton House and their two
progress from P0
»»  --» C- -W H-i  i.~:.::.::l....‘:=:.":  is
invest ieedina D“"‘°°°“-
ludmg wgmm _ The Clifton House is one of the
d in ` -
...___ years ago. Besides the Clifton
him or are - Get'-use Williams' house on
need elm Granville Street is claimed tc ne
reed; md the first residence built in Sum-
iiifiiieeiifie
ring; e,srE
Sarah Mawley opened
House. which was bum
Ollllvbell in the early
Burnmersidc. This hotel
in the hands of the Maw.
. until quite recently. Mr.
lcttetown before comi to Sum-
°v' . ow under
the management of Mrs. Bruce
oldest establishments in Summer
side and has always escaped the
many tires that have visited the
town. It came very near to being
burned when tire wiped out 3 gee.
tion of Water Street about eighteen
House. the oldest buildings now
standing in Summersid: are .the
Nurses Home. which was Summer-
sides first hotel and was known
as Sulnmersidc House. This was
UU!" by J0°¢‘Ph Green and was
lncértler occupied by li/ku. James Reid.
merside and was occupied by 5
branch of the Green family.
The departure of Miss Mawley
from Bummerside has recalled to
many of the older residents cf the
town, the early history of the place.
Miss Mawley will be missed by
119? friends. which are irnanlvl Bhc
willalscbcmissedin Bt. Mary's
Cl1urch.of which she has been a
mcmher since it was built.
Her friends wish her every hap-
the time to Uiness in her new home.-.B »~ .
Closing C. Y.M.L.
Card' Party
The concluding party of the _C.
Y. M. L. auction forty-fivcs tourna-
ment was held on Friday night
and was featured by the largest at-
tendance yet this season. This was
the _final card party before Lent
but they will be resumed after
1
W0” Easter. When these card rties
D5
began last fall it was promised that
they would be the best in town.
Arid that that promise has been
fulfilled is evidenced by the fact
that they have been held every
l>1*i\° Friday without exception for over
skis-S four months and on no occasion
has the atteendancc been unsatis-
factory.
A great deal of credit for the
outstanding success of these par-
ties is due to Mr. Joseph Gaudet.
the energetic chairman of the so-
cial committee under whose man-
agement the whole program of par-
ties hls been carried out.
The members of the Catholic
Yo\mgMen's League appreciate very
much the patronage they have re-
ceived and look forward to receiv-
ing the same generous support
PERSONALS :lien their annual play is present-
The prim winners at the final
card part _ are as follows. I..e.d.ics
M1” ZW” Gaumt °f summ” nrst, Mrs.yBam Grady: ladies' con-
H°l’°"“t°d °“ in th! Pun” solation, Doris Gallant; men’s first,
md ;°p“‘“1 °n M°nd°»Y m°|'° M. J. White: men’s consolation, Mr.
doing nicely.-B Purves; freece-out. Mrs. Isaac Ar-
sensult. The winners of the tour-
m°°R°“° “NNN TNWUUS nsrnerit primes were- ladies' Mrs
§,,,‘2'§°"`°*¢4 win the Prinoo .rclui c. in-ceruuiitf mee. lauriey
°°Pii*\1 im Sunday and ncucettc. 'rne ccconrl highest scores
“°°d P“°S"°== “Wd ro- were held by Mrs. mein oellent
and Mr. Music Blaoquiere who also
held second high score in the last
ReflU’ll8 F7011! 'mc iiieiiy new pr-ire fertile
tom-riament was drawn by Mrs.
FUD' Salg In .rcnn murray.-s
IIDMCINTON-Company formed
Ne w Yo r k here financed by Denver, Color-
ado'intcr~c|ts, to produce gasoline,
fuel oil and asphalt products from
the McMurray sand Beds.
Rollrood Mo|\'s
Lcmo Book Gone
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many rn uc an-neu P E I 1 d  o icnnutcnuir nite auicrenz
time ulsruircuu m..w,,§,'”',§ 0 o S an S allns uric: that. in ilicil 1. cm. tho
ummcrslde to take up her , _ minion should assist by voting a
in Charlottetown at the R g T E special subsidy in aid, because su
Ladies Home.   0  a subsiiw is a gift and not aekglhé ‘um ,uvemt of wndmom md cu._
mn-
pect of the retro
me enum. A spcctive feature of
"We have, however," th rn _
iiv report continues, "lik, ir., §l§§-
can Commission, taken this re-,
°!'°SD¢°i-ive feature inte wecun; at
mlkills. our recommendations and
also the fact that the increased
subsidies which we have recom.
“WW ‘N W basin in the risccl
year 1985-36 and lot as of the
fiscal year following the dugg of
the Duncan report." .
The annual additional subsidies
Wvrcsent cn a five percent pm-
annum interest basis, mpugjueg
sums of: Nova ricotta $26,000,000;
New Brunswick $18,000,000; P;-mee
Edward Island $5,500,000.
' Stresses Fiscal Need
Chief Jllhlflcc Mllthleson gives
T292: reostinouziévg- trixisscigqtpogiet the
e anceof
"fiscal md" as a guiding prin.
ciple. The first requisite from the
of-flv days to gmnting additional
aid.by the Dominion to a Prov-
ince, he states, is proof of fiscal
need arising from causes for
which the province was no; res-
pomible. He also expresses belief
the proposed increase wculrl give
only partial and tcmpora/ry relief.
"It was made clearly to appear
°i\ this inquiry." chief Justice
Mathieson states regarding the
question of treatment accorded to
different provinces, "that one of
the major problems facing Canada
today is the devising of some gen-
°1'°»1 Plan for adiustment of Dom-
inion and provincial financial re-
lations. The practice which has ex-
isted from early days of dealing
with single provinces or groups of
provinces without due regard to
the interest of all, may bring about
a condition of grave unrest not
free from danger to Canadian
unity."
OFFICIAL SUMM.AR.Y
UITAWA, March 4-Following is
the official summary of the report
tabled in the House of Commons
by the Royal Commission on nuan-
clal arrangements between the Do-
minion and the Maritime Provin-
ces:
Under the terms of reference the
commission was required to take
into consideration and deal with
the recommendation 'of thc Dun-
Lea Ancl Wright
HockeyLeague
M e e t i n g
- A meeting oi' the Les and Wright
Hlockey'lieaguc was held in Bum-
rrlcrsidc recently. There were nine
present representing four leagues.
Crilly Lea, in the absence of Pres-
ident and vice President acted as
lmairman. Some amendments were
made to the bye-laws this year.
The meeting took exception to thc
way some teams are allowed to
play in two different leagues
throughout the season and strongllv
tlecommended that in the future
the various leagues enforce regul-
ations that will check this prac-
tice_ It is against all hockey prin-_
ciples that any team play in two
different leagues for two trophies
in one season.
The executive for _thc coming
year is as follows: T. J. Inman.
President: C. C. Baker, Vicc-Pres-
ident; Fred E. Moyse. Secretary-
'1‘neasurer; Crilly Lea, Max Lefur-
gey, Willard Thomas, Heber Mac-
Querrie, Spurgeon Clark.
The bye-laws governing this
league are:
l.Competit.icn is open to the
ith electoral district lricluding Vic-
toria and Crapaud.
2. (a) All clubs must qualify in
their respective leagues.
(lb) Any team not competing ln
any league must submit a roster
of if players. 8 of which must be
from one school district.
8. Any player who has played
more than two games in an inter-
mediate or senior league during the
prcvlcus season is not eligible.
4. The list of Dlllycrs of each
competing team in the foe and
Wright League must be in the
hands of secretary of lil-id. league
not later than March 2. \
5. Bach team entering this lewiie
mug; pay a fee of $1 before com-
acting.
0. All leagues must declare a
winner by Feb. 28th.
'1. Nc mm participating in tho
nec cnc vlvr-ight Hookovmifssiiiit
ma draw payers *Wm I M ‘
arigtlieraleagllc that lh_a/vc played
dmin c season.
0.'I5hc annual meeting of the
loc. and Wright Hockey League ls
to be held cn the second 'mesday
in February or thcreabouts at the
discretion of the secretary.
ii. All frames must bc played in
eieccrl i..__r-lnlu. .
 
lation. ml decides
Wndptng lation hr |00! OIJOI
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ci,
wley has been associated , . and would “lie gacvidedlgtatih
business and social liie  3 M  D  pence or poop
Bumlhlrsidc for many ada dnot ily thcpeoplc
and mother, theyellfs 1  4 0  of than piriovincf in qiilyesticn.
n ' _ _ "For t . _f reasons
d
can .Commission that there shoul
be a revision of the financial ar
rangemcnts between the Dom
l0V0l'Dm°Dl’f U-Bd the Maritime Pro
vinccs. 'nic report of tic
Commission. submitted to thc gov
"M1466 that immediate ~ in
lump-sum increases should be
three Maritime Provinces. name]
wick $600,000 and Prince Edward
Island 3125.000, and that these in-
terim payments chcula be continued
until the Dominion Government
had time to complete its investiga-
tion snd reassessment.
In suggesting these sum; the
Duncan Commission expressed the
view that these were to be regarded
M the mlliirmirn addition that the
three Maritime Provinces should
have in any such revision. The
interim-lump-sum increases have
been voted annually by Parliament
and paid to the respective govern-
ments of the Maritime Provinces.
Submission of Claims
Carefully considered and ccm-
prehensive briefs were filed on be-
half of the governments oi' the
Maritime Provinces and the Domin-
ion. The Maritime Provinces were
represented before the Commission
as follows:
Nova Scotia: Hon. A. L. MacDon-
ald, Premier: and Mr. Arthur Ba.m-
stead. Deputy Provincial Secretary
and Clerk of Executive Council.
New Brunswick: Hon. I... P, D.
Tilley. K. C.. Premier; Hon. W. H.
Harrison. K. C., Attorney General:
and Nigel B. Tennant.
Prince Edward Island: Hon. W. J.
P. MacMillan. M. D.. C. M.. F. A.
C. S., Premier; and Hon. H. F. Mac-
Phee. K. C., Attorney and Advo-
cate General.. .
Mr. C. G. Howard, K. C., and Mr.
F. 8. Rugg. K. C., appeared for the
Dominion government.
Broadlv speaking. the submlssicris
of the provinces related to (1) the
alleged exceptional economic dis-
advantages of the Maritime Prov-
inccs since Confederation. as com-
Pwed with the other provinces; (2)
thc specific claims enumerated and
discussed in the Duncan report;
and (8) “fiscal need" as a ground
for increased subsidies in aid from
the Dominion.
The existing financial arrarige-
ments between the Dominion and
thc three Maritime, Provinces em~
brace the following classes of pay~
ments by the Dominion:
(i) Annual grants for the sup
port of their government and leg-
islatures and in aid as provided in
the British North America Act.
(2) Interest in respect of debt al
lowanccs.
(3) Further aid voted by Parlia-
ment frorn time to time by wary of
readjustment of then existing ar-
rangements or of special. grants to
one or the other of these provinces
or or rearrangement ei' such sub-
sidies aprplicable to all provinces.
Fiscal Need
As regards payments for the
support cf the provincial govern-
ments and legislatures in aid, the
Maritime Provinces advanced the'
arglunent that “fiscal need" was a
factor to be taken into account in
any revision of the financial ar-
rangement; between the Dolninicn
and any or all of the provinces oi’
Canada. This theory was most
strongly pressed by the Premier ol
Nova Scotia, who claimed that. fin-
ancial necessity of the provinces
had been the basis of most, if not
all, subsidies of every kind pro-
vided for by the British North Am-
erica Act.
In all revision of subsidies he
argued that the object could be
traced back to financial necessity
of thc provinces s.nd the willingness
of the government of the day to
yield when the situation was suf-
ficiently exlgent.
Special Grants
The report admits that financial
necessity has lain at the basis of
most. if not all. of the revision
and special grants of subsidies to
provinces since confederation. But
while admitting this, the view is
expressed that this policy which
eratcly adopted as a rule of action
generally applicable in the matter
of the financial arrangements be-
tween the Dominion and the other
provinces, as it would lead to con-
ditions harmful and dangerous in
extreme.
To the contention of thc Premier
of Nova Scotia that "fiscal need"
might uc rcirly applied if it could
be shown that the functions which
the province was discharging were
necessary: that such functions were
being economically carried on; and
that the province had exhausted
all available sources of revenue, the
report stat/es:
“When any province is in such
a necessitous condition, with its
own credit exhausted, it ls, of
gourm, mcper for _the Dorninltli
Government. if it deems the main-
tcnancc.cf provincial credit to be
of national importance. to come- to
the aid of that province by WI! 0!
a guarantee cf its tei'nP°1’iif¥ buf-
rowings or of a direct loan to be
repaid with interest as soon ss. by
reason of improved conditions or
cf economies effected by the HW-
i credit has been restored
_E
in thc psym ts of bid to ther there was anything unfair
°`“ °“ ’ Y u" llnequinolc in the wncle situct
Nova Scotia $875,000, New B;-ung' as regards the Maritime
has prevailed should not be delib- “1t is recommended by the Duh-
 f»,1,g;;;;;,e;.;wn r WHITE coMM1ss1oN REPoR 1.' is   PRESENTED
at-'
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ll
from
Do-
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test of “fiscal need’ and procce
to consider upon other- grounds the
claims of the Maritime Province!
for increased subsidies '
With s. view to ascertaining whe
or
ri
io
Provinces
when compared with thc other pro
vinces of Canada, the report care-
fully weighs other arguments ad-
vanced by the Maritime Provinces,
including a lack of increase of pop-
ulation ac compared with other pro-
vinces token as a whole; low per-
capita wealth and taxable capacity;
comparison of costs of government
and finances of the Marltirma pro-
vincial governments. In the matter
of greatly increased public debt the
Maritime Provinces were not sing-
ular among the provinces of Can-
of
inicu _ .
Duncan " _ -. to
ernment on Sept. 23, 1926, recom- 0¢\1°\‘ Arguments Weillml IBKFBBBW Biiliruing to each its d
tcrim -
mme ' -
_ i ims
ada.
It is pointed out, however, that
the further aid recommended, no
matter upon what claim or claims
founded, will find its way into thc
revenue side of their public ac-
counts and assist to that extent
these governments in the immedi-
ate and urgent task of endeavoring
to balance their- budgets. It will
also enhance the public credit of
the Maritime Provinces.
At Confederation the Dominion
assumed responsibility for the debts
and liabilities of each province en-
tering Confederation and fixed a
debt allowance.
Maritimes' Contention
The Maritime Provinces contend
that the greater part of their public
debt at the time of Confederation
represented railway construction
costs and when the Dominion took
over their r-auway property they
charged against the provincial debt
allowance the bonds ot the prov-
inces issued for railway purposes.
They, therefore, argued that they
were entitled tc have that portion
of their debt eliminated in deter-
mining thc extent to which the debt
allowance originally given to them
clrculu beer u reduction. The report
states that the orizirial arrange-
ments have been sc altered by read-
justments or dem. allowances that
it is not possible to make an ac-
curate comparison accorded to the
various provinces in that regard,
although admitting some basis for
the claims.
At Confederation
Of the orisinal parties to Con-
fedemtiem the Maritime Provinces
alone have received no accession
to their ,territory and claim that
in the early years of the Prairie
Provinces the money t.o meet the
cost of administering their natural
resources must have come from the
older provinces. The natural fe-
scurces have now been returned to
the Prairie Provinces. The Turgeon
commission, which dealt with the
ease of Manitoba. recommended a
refund of over $4,500,000 and also
the continuation of the annual
subsidy, in lieu of public lands. Two
commissions are now dealing with
the‘ccsc ci' up provinces cf Alberts
and saskatchewan. The Maritime
Provinces claim compensation by
reason of the terrifM’Y granted by
the Dominion. particularly in the
ease gf Ontario and Quebec.
Speclnl P. E. I. Chiu
'rc this and to the oloooiol oleim
of Priincc Edward Island. Whlldh
never had any crown lands. dim
weight is given. with reference to
the fixed sums expended by the
Dominion upon the construction of
trans-continental lines and local
branch line; in the western prov-
inces, the report asserts that these
were in accord with the consistent
policy oi' all governments to link
east and west by railways and were.
therefore, not so much to the bene-
iit ci cnc western Provinces as to
Canada as a whole. »
' MAJORITY REPORT
The full text of the recommen-
dations of Sir Thomas White and
Mr. Nesbitt follow:
can Commission that a detailed
determination and ooscumlnt
should be made oi these various
claim, of the Maritime Provinces
sc trier. me ...cruel amount as well
as the reasons and purposes at-
taching tc it can be icoosuilied by
the rest of Canada as fair and
equitable. 'mic briefs and IIS"-
ments subrnittcd cn behalf of the
provinces and the Dominion and
the documentary and other evidence
adduced before us have enabled “B
rc mac the ruasootod WH” °*'
smination so far' as it is UNM'
cable to do so.
“An assessment in detail of eiwh
claim is not possible as the claims
are for the most. part based “D011
broad and general considerations of
fairness and equity having retard
to the treatment enjoyed by other
provinces under the same headings
and to thc economic disadvantages
to which the Maritime Provinces
ue peculiarly subject owing to
their isolated. geographic P°liii°“
in relation to the central and
western parts of Canada towards
which the trend of Canadian devel-
opment has continuously and in-
cressini set-ever since the cstab
ts
is thlll enabled to lttrlclto
E
fi0mM!inal\ci¢ldifIU\ll~
E
bf 0if980l-D8
feel obliged to reject this proposed’ “M m usgssmem in dgtm
3
ig?
by their nature not sul-
etailcd appraisal by any
mathematical calcula-
tion as the htel; for accurate com-
parison is wantins on account of
Y
cumstances of development of the
svcral provinces.
Claim! Ill Allnllto
each of the claims presented before
us is for thc reasons given, maui-
fcstlv impraoticable, we adopt the
only course available to us, vis
consider equitably the claims in the
ue
weight accord ng to our best judg
ment and making our recommends
tion in the form of special addition
al annual subsidies to the Maritime
Provinces respectively as a final
equitable settlement of the cla
brought before us for adjudication.
These additional annual subsidies so
recommended are to be in substitu-
tion for the interim annual subsidies
recommended by the Duncan Com-
mission. They should commence in
the fiscal year 1935-tiand the in-
terim annual subsidies recommend-
ed by the Duncan Commission
should cease at the end of the fiscal
year 1934-5.
"The additional annual subsidies
which we recommend are as fol-
ows:
To Nova. Scotia  1,300,000
To New Brunswick  900,000
To Prince Edward Island 275,000
Annual Subsidy Plui Commended
"We agree with the Duncan Com-
mission that it is preferable to make
our recommendations in the form
of annual subsidy payments only
and not in the form partly of sub-
sidy payments and partly of a .fixed
sum in respect of the retrospective
feature of the claims. We have,
however, like the Duncan Commis-
sion, taken this retrospective feature
into account in marking our recom-
mendations and also the fact that
the increased subsidies which we
have recommended are to begin m
the fiscal year 1935-8 and not as oi'
the fiscal year .following the date
of the Duncan report.
"These annual subsidies which we
have recommended and which are to
take the place of the interim annual
subsidies recommended by the Dun-
can Commission, represent, on a
five percent per annum interest
basis, capitalized sums as follows:
Nova Scotia 26,000,000
New Brunswick  18,000,000
Prince Edward Island . 5.500.000
“Honorable Chief Justice Mathie-
son finds himself unable to concur
in the recommendations to our re-
port. Hlsrnemorandum of dissent
is attached hereto.
.
Claims On Merit/s
“In concluding our report we deem
it advisable to say that in reaching
our conclusions we have endeavored
not to be influenced by conditions
in the Maritime Provinces due to
the present world depression in
which all the provinces of Canada
have shared, nor by comparison of
grants made for relief purposes by
the .Dominion to the several provin-
ces, because such conditions arc
common to all and in some present
more acute problems for temporary
assistance than in others. We have
dealt with the claims presented to
us on the evidence of specific facts
pertinent to thc subject-matter of
our industry and of long-continuing
conditions peculiar to the Maritime
Provinces and not common to the
other members of Confederation."
CHIEF JUSTICE MATI-IIESON
Chief Justice Mathieson gives as
his reason for dissent that the re-
port minimizes the importance of
"fiscal need" as a guiding principle.
whereas from early days the first
requisite to granting additional aid
by the Dominion to a province was
proof of fiscal need arising from
causes for which the province was
not responsible, also because he be-
lieves that the proposed increase will
give only partial and temporary re-I
licf.
Mr. Justice Mathieson said:
"I find myself reluctantly com-
pelled tc dissent from some of the
opinions expressed, and the conclu-
sions arrived at, by the majority of
this commission.
“The report minimizes the im-
portance of “fiscal need" as a Wid-
ing principle in determining the
amount of subsidy which provinces
eral Government in support of pro-
vincial governments and legisla-
tlrres.
“From early days one first rc-
quisite in granting additional aid by
the Dominion to a province was
proof of "fiscal need” arising from
causes for which the province was
not responsible.
"Buch proof would, of course, not
be required where the claim rested
on damages as for breach of the
pensatlon for the alienation of Do-
minion lands to other provinces.
A Controlling Princble
“There is no doubt that when the
financial terms of union were first
being considered, one controlling
principle accepted was that in re-
turn for the sur-render by the con-
tracting provinces of their principal
sources of revenue-the customs and
excise-the Dominion was to grant
such subsidies as would enable these
provinces to carry on their local ad-
ministration without resort to direct
taxation. The records of the negoti-
ations preccding Confederation, and
of thc statements officially made by
prime mlnistorl, ministers of fin-
ance and other leading statesman
then and since that time, are replete
r:
llansalrllxccs-pt|Quo¢od ‘
Mr. Justice Mathieson then quoted
three excerpts from Hansard living
statements of sir Wilfrid Laurier-
W. S. Fielding and Bir George Fol-
ter in support ofhis contention.
His statement continued:
"It is a fact difficult to explain
that by degrees this flmdiuncntcl
principle has been departod from
in practice. These provinces have
ceased to rely “Wu Dominion sub-
sidies alone for many of their nc-
cessary public services andthrough
the years have steadily increased in
area and -arnmmt the exercise of
their provincial taxing power until
it practically covers, in the Maritime
Provinces at least, the whole pro-
vincial ficld. while tho Dominion
Government has also invaded the
provincial field, notably in the case
of income tax, and still the provin-
cial deficits grow.
“There has been it ibn! dfi-it H0111
the firm anchorage which the
Fathers of Confederation thought
they had secured.
Notable Developments
“Some other notable developments
have taken place ln Confederation.
The fields of taxation surrendered
by the provinces to the Dominion
have proved prolific sources of rev-
enue, far in excess of what the
‘Fathers of Confederation' could
have anticipated or even dreamed;
while. on the other hand, the rigid
limitations imposed upon the
amount of subsidy tc be granted tc
each province, in return for the sur-
render of its fruitful and expanding
source of revenue, has left the Mari-
time Provinces, in particular, in a
position of financial embarrassment
that urgently requires a remedy.
Fiscal Need Emp-haslsed
“The report greatly minimises, if
it does not quite repudiate, the rei-
evance of the question of 'fiscal
need,’ when it says the provincial
premiers 'endeavored to show that
their respective provinces-have ful-
filled the condition of this test.
namely, that the functions which
the provinces were discharging were
necessary, that such functions were
being economically carried out and
that each province had exhausted
available sources of revenue.’ The
report objects to the acceptance of
such evidence as a justification of
such financial assistance as might
be required to meet these needs. The
objection is upon this ground, name-
ly. ‘the government of the Domin-
ion would have to sit in judgment
upon the question as to whether the
provincial administrations have, or
have not, been economical; whether
or not a provincial government had
exhausted all available sources of
revenue; and whether all the func-
tions which it was exercising were
necessary in the degree to which
they were being exercised.” The re-
port continues, ‘under our political
system, from which the spirit of
strong partisan bias can never be
wholly excluded, grave abuse
through favoritism towards individ-
ual provinces, and consequent dis-
content on the part. of other pro-
vinces whose governments were not
so favorably regarded, would surely
follow the acceptance of even this
modified test of ‘financial need' in
the case of provinces seeking fur-
ther subsidies in aid- from the Do-
minion treasury.” with all due res-
pect, let me say that it was to obvi-
ate such objections and to answer
these questions that the Duncan
Commission and this Commission
were appointed and empowered.
Case Ahiy Presented
“There can be no advantage in re-
arguing or stating more fully now
the questions which were so ably
presented by the representatives uf
the Maritime Provinces before this
Commission and so strenuously op-
posed by counsel for the Dominion,
but I may shortly state my oplriion
an the result, which ls: that vital
questions referred to this Commis-
sion remain undetermined by this
report, and that the increase of sub-
sidy proposed will give but partial
and temporary relief. The lapse of
more than eight years since the
Duncan Report went into effect
granting provisional subsidies only,
has witnessed such necessary in-
crease in government expenditures
in the case of all the provinces as
will quickly absorb the present pro-
posed increases, and still leave them
in a position to compel diminution
of necessary expenditure on provin-
cial scrvices, or a further increase
of provincial debt or of local taxa-
tion, cr of all three combined.
are entitied to receive from the Fed- wrihese old Briggs); eelonies that
formed the Atlantic bulwark of Bri-
tish North Americs, after bearing
their full share of the cost of Can-
adian organixation and development,
should not be treated with less jus-
tice and consideration than is being
accorded the provinces whose lands
they helped to purchase, toprotect
and equip for settlement.
Absence of Equality
Confederation contract, or for com- "nie eviden;-4; pr-°¢|u¢¢d hem,-¢ me
Commission showed from early days
a total absence of equality in the
treatment of the different provinces
in Canada, both in regard to money
grants by way of subsidy and in the
gifts of vast areas of Dominion lands
to some provinces without any unl-
form' plan and without any com-
pensation to provinces that did not
sharo in the partition of the com-
mou property.
"It was made olesrly to appear on
this inquiry that one of the major
problems facing Cauéda today is the
devising of some general plan for the
adjustment of Dominion and pro-
vincial financial relations.
Unsatisfactory Practice
"The practice which
from early 'days rl
With dtbltrhtlbhs to thlt effect."
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(U. P. by Glianllalfa Special Wire),-~
IIVINGHTONE. Northern Rhod-
esia, March 4-Anxlously sought -ing:
wild territory since their 
pear-alice on a plane flight four'
days ago, Lady Margaret Young'
and Dr. James Kerby, Government'
. Y
_portedsafe and rmharmcd. _ `
Olotcd t at Gokwe in Southern p
Bhodlesl: with word from the miss'-'
ing woman. who is the wife of
f‘overnor- Sir Hilbert Young of
piloting crashed and the machine
was badly smashed, but the oc-.
cupants were unhurt, and were .
Gokwe post
At Gokwe there is only the nas-
ive commissioner and six white in.-
population. It is 250 miles south-
east of Livingstone whereas on the
flight from Livingstone to Lusaka,
Lady Young's course should have .
been northwest. There was no ex-..
planation of how Lady Young, an
wwmbuslied Pilot, came to be so
far off her course.
Two Killed By
Snowslide
(C. P. Cirle)
(By Gnar-d.lan's Special Wire)
UORNERBROUK, Nfld., March C
-A snow-slide swept down the side
of a hillrtoday and crushed the life'
out of two persons, seriously injured.
two more and completely destroyed
two buildings.
Caught llnprepnred, Mrs. Leonard
Diamond and one of their children
were killed by the avalanche that
seriously injured two others. The
pied by a family named- Prosper,
were 'wrecked but the Prosper family
escaped without serious injury,
Son Of Former
Weds U.S. Girl
(A. P. By Guardian’s Slpcclal Wire)
ROME, March 4., - Ernanuela dc
Dampierre. descendant of French -
aristocracy and a distinguishes Uni-
ted States family, became the bride
today of Don Jaime, tall young son
of former King Alfonso of Spain,
amid scenes of royal pomp and cer-
emony. -
Royalty from many sections of
Europe and hundreds of representa-
tives of the nobility of France, Spain _
and Italy attended the impressive.
ceremonies in the centuries-old Jes-
uit Church cf St. Ignatius.
The bride is the granddaughter cl
the former' Josephine Curtis eg peg..
ton, whose family goes back he .n
Connecticut deputy of 1622 and in~
cludes such figures in American his.
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For Life Saving!
(By The (hnadlan'Pi‘css) H
HAMILTON. Ont., Mtirch 4--In
1'¢°0KI'iition of hercfc action in li_ic__
saving the Royal Canadian Humane- »
ray of Saint John. N. B., and J.
William Urquhart ci New cilasgcwgl,
i’1'0n'l drowning at Saint John Jan.
9,1935" and that of Urquhart for
"rescue of Raymond Jollata from
drowrilng in the East River, New
Glasgow, Nov. 14, 1933."
Governors of the Association
have awarded i2 mode an
ious parts of Canada, in the jigs
annourlmd today. `
To Prevent “Fill ” 
Dangerous germs which lodge iq
Grippe, Flu, or Bronchitis. You can
dwtwv these germs if you cleanse
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