_ ‘la a handy um. monthly - hilt-anon. remaining s colu- _ hanaira digest of Stocks and 0n listed on all the principal ficlaugea of ‘the Ilultetl Sutcs Canada. ' he course of ulll‘ 2h _\'e-:|l'l' ullnels experience we have but-n , lo acquire a v intimate Ilwwledge of Uunudlnn, American European Hes-until» and we v an ounmnnowu autumn sn- Charles nnneqrn-ueat. l. "n. Burnett, nit» all r number- l). la‘. Dunk- Auodnln llllllh *4’ . 1 ‘ ' W! PUBLIC FDRUII TIIIO column ll 0N" 7°? "'0 b - Inning Dally 0- ner vrnl WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 10,1921 (lulled) ll advance In Canada. all 00-00 IO U- 5- 5- » . tonal population for the province bu] rarwlwd its maximum in 1891 The Patriot. which in the'bappy when it figured 109,078. Hy .the days gone by ‘was wont to record ngxggemzug, in 1901. it had dropped in capital letters the harmony and to 103,259 and in 1911 to 93,728. A the fraternalism exeninillfied pyldrov or almost 1°-°°° b°°"°°" ‘ht’ Liberals‘ a; their magma] con- years 1901 and 1911.. in actual popu- THE WLEARY MEETING. believe that a copv of thia .\|.ll|t|.1l . , always a thlnltlrc alnslrlill-IN {to any-investor. our mm" m” m,“ h. ventions. had nothing to say about "M l-"l '¢<l"e"- the annual convention of the West Prince Liberal Association held at ' O'Leary last l-‘riday until the Guardian in its yesterday's issue briefly reportod The Patriot with its ‘usual urbanity denies the accuracy of the Guar- _ . Francois Xavier Rf. Uptown Branch Otflcr-IM Peel 8t. t Montreal ‘Phone Mull.‘ I000 Torouto-(KPJI. Building Private Wlroo-Fm-xcelled lien-Ice the proceedings. comments on what actually trans- pired. This is rather regrettable man's report, kindly furnished by- u gentleman whose word we have - “Heaps p; w. tlnaceuatamm Easily attached to the stern no reason 1o doubt. is the only rec- orded history of what may or may not have been an importttnt event in the annals of provincial Liberal- Why was there not as the old ‘custom has been. a regular Liberal ‘report of this Liberal meeting in fl-he Liberal press? KVas that lumber I r ism. v P0118519. easy to operate, -always dependable. Evinrnde Magneto — Built-In ‘ Flywheel Type — Automatic Reverse — more power and speed. deal 11 dangerous tiling to touch? Was the defence of the-Liberal repre- sentatives not sufficiently hearty to 5°14 50 ' ju-ltitjv even a summary of-the excus- 4h I cs they offered? Did Mr. Saunders . . 51- Jtlllflv N-F- admit that he had not hmrd of any ' fiver 120,000 sold-used by :5 Gov‘tl. dissatisfaction with the govern- 'mont? The Guardian's report did not pretend to be a full one but, as far as it. went, we have every reus- t on to believe it was correct and ‘the general opinion ln the neigh- lborhood of O‘Leary is that it was ‘one of the stormiest meetings they ‘have had there in many years. -j——<a>i~— ENCOURAGING. iislteti in yesterday's Guardian that t the population of Charlottetown has made a substantial increase during the past decade. An increase or 1,126, while not as great as might have been hop ed for, is very considerable and leaves room for definite assurance» that we are more than holding our 0WD. lt is interesting to recall that our ._ “Pulling his chair from under Mr. King, is the way the Mon- treal Star puts it, and it is certain- ly one of those cases were true love. of the one sided kind. never does run smooth. None will they deny the patient and persistent wooing of the Farmers’ party by the Liberal leader, and a‘ll have in memory the wanm and affection- ate atppeals which he made to them for a coming together in a union so that they could get and keep the political treasures within the now estranged family. was one of those attractive young men that no ambitious young lady could refuse was the accepted con- clusion of the Liberal press, and when his advances and proposals in the Farmers’ were announced they took it for granted "that. it would be a heaven made match, and heralded the coming ceremon- ies from Atlantic to Pacific, even our little Patriot joining in the ‘ _ _ _ song of “Co-opernllon" with every C0.’ evidence of the most supreme de- , = light. ‘But now that the jubila- , lion is tunned into mourning, and " this once bright cloud now over- shadowing their camp with intense ' gloom, the onlookers, such for in- LENS GRINDING stance as the Star, are ‘making sport oi his defeat and adding pain ‘ G i ~ I to his chagrin by their loculnrly ggfysongnggnfhg pointing out to tthe Liberal leader ‘hnd__i' d-ily en ‘zed in as the "what might have been." " manufaciurin t e vari- ifons kinds of eases, used ,_'1n correction of defective pvialon. .lu1gbiereflatri'e nolong do‘; " l! I or kae-itvnoillvrsdkrrr“ h’ ,V CE, is the mofio _ THE SHOP WITHIN- ‘rour vulcanizing shop-is the place Where you can save many dollars gt your used tires, l! you're wise. e can show you haw to get (we ‘and three times rho ordinary life : ccut of your tires-and you know new tires are pretty costly. Our vulcanlzlng will do the trick. Try it" on one tire and prove it to your “all. ‘lTrainor Tire Surgery “VtterslQuccn SITE-El!- Liacriuc WASHER J for sale by l The "Chair" to which the Star thud reference is the seat in North York, a former Liberal riding, where Mr. King was fortunate, or unfortunate, enough to get the fed- eral nomination. lt was a "Grit hive" in which under ordinary con- ditions and by a stiff fight he might have had a chance of election, and probtibly his only chance in the ,province of Onharlo where he was our establishment. G. F. t? % 5 (lion's report without venturing any‘ - t in view of the fact that the Guam j lt is indeed encouraging to note “while by thendvantce census rt-pmjt pub- That Mr. King ' lation was a -most serious loss to the province. We had not only Tiallen off in natural increase which Ill} those nan years should have added several thousands but we lost. in actual count at the rate of nearly a thousand n Y9!!!‘ 0f 0"? previous population. in the early nineties the trek t0 the United States came into full swing and later our own Canadian I West with its free homesteada, at- tracted our people. This ire; is not yet over although in the lust fe\v years it has decreased in vol- ume and there is. room tc- has that “what ‘we have we hold." in any case the convplete returns for the province will he anxiously auvaited. The increase shown in many of our Canadian cities is remarkable and it is gratifying to us in the Maritime Provinces) that: the in- crease is not linuited to the West alone. Halifax has increased from ‘M33119 in 1911 to 70.203, a mntark- able increase due largely no doubt to the employment afforded in the building of the Atlantic Terminals and also to the influx of soldiers during the war. This is, so far as the incomplete returns show. the greatest increase recorded in any city. While the very considerable in- crease shown in the cities is grati- fying, indicating as it does the in- crease of industries and consequent- ly of home ‘markets, we have as yet no means of ascertaining the increase of the total cities is no doubt to he attributed in part at least to immigration n large proportion n! it has cums frotn the rural districts. 'ln our own province nn doubt a [iropurtion of the increase in the city of Char- dottetowu is made up of incomers from the country districts. There is room however to hope that the complete returns will show no de- crease and possibly an increase in our total population. Current Comment Party. either out of compassion or decided either that he was unlit for so important a position, or else the duties were too serious and difficult for his baby constitution, and so they decided to relieve him oi’ all these responsibilities. .This was not a little factlonal side de- cision, but on official determination of the Farmers’ party at large and to this punpose they nominated {their president Mr. R.W.E. Bunaby to oust the Liberal lender from Ontario, in this constituency. lt is in the denouement of this inci- ‘dent that the announced marriage ‘has been called o! and the l-lon. Mackenzie King fonmally notified that he must travel the tortuous political road alone. so can AS THE FARMERS‘ ARE CONCERN- ED; ln a former comment we referred to the call made by Mr. King at the Aurora picnic, upon the Fami- er's candidate to resign this nom- ination to which as the first nom- ln-ated. and in a Liberal hive, he had the first and strongest claim. And Mr. Burnalby has published his comprehensive reply. ft is so plain that it will not be misunder- stood. It is ptiblishetfln their of- ficiai organ, the ‘Warmers’ Sun." "The trombie with King" he says. "is llrat he takes the some attitude that all other politicians do. He says, ‘l amt running, and so such and such should be done.’ That is not the right attitude to take. IT l8 THE PEOPLE 0F NORTH YORK WHO ASKED ME TO RUN. United Farmers should quit be- cause the Liberals had a man in the field first. in the provincial fight in i919 the Farmers’ had a population. u", lugmnse 1h many of the LXBERALS. anci don't care Willi! Moreover, King seams to think the 4pm,, " " ' t r. - l ant of quot on: 0 n0!‘ (founded new) out per you (draw-vii l‘ "'"°° at.‘ ‘rm Chlrhiltehvvn | Guardian don not M0000- arily endorse thl 001010" “pruned by It: eon-Oo- pondula. _.4 Mn intercepted Letter |Sir,-—l enclose herewith for your reading and publication if decldcd necessary, a letter which l Picked up the other day. The name of the party to whom it was 841111138591! and the party signing it l Mlle struck out or altered, but, the con- tents twill be a ready k6)‘ l0 U19 ‘author and likely recipent. Dcar . . . . .. ' l am getting siok and tired of the whole affair. I am sorry l ever en- tered into Politics. Nothing but worry, worry, every day. What else ,could we expect; you know we made a lot o-f promises we never intended to fulfill; stll-l there is one consolation. The tpe-ople are easy or at lsust it looks that way. when they leave us in polwer as long as they ‘have done, You know we promised to run the Govern- ment ‘with less taxation. but.insteud of doting so, we increased the tux on ‘the formers. Oh! tlhat $3. poll tax is what's going to kill the grand old party for all time to ccme; also the $2 school tax rind .0250 road tax, ‘D0 you think ii. urns necessary? Still we had to do something. We raised our own sal- aries without consulting t-he people and that had to be paid for by -h0ok or ‘by crook. We also promi- sed we would do a-way with lots 0f the little petty officers, but. in- lstead of tha-t we increased them. Have we not got an engineer gct- ,roosi, and one also wherein a good memory is of great service. But in the hachlng of chickens Mr. King has turned out an igndble failure, and his memony of past "cotuluct always fails in coming to ‘his rescue in times of trouble. But the ltardest and col-lest tcrack, like the sting of the bee. comes in the tail oi the United Fanmers‘ President's utterance. ‘it is the formal and official state- ment thnt hllghts his lust hope of political success. He had banked lupon the assistiance of tthe United Farmers‘ in carrying lrint through -the fires of the next political con- ‘test, and Mr. Burnaby’s reply has, chilled the marrow in his bones and sent a stream uf cold shivers down to his very heels. "WE THE UNITED FARMERS HAVE NO CONNECTON WITH THE they do.” What nn awful crack? Of course many thought this to be s0, and the wiser ones knew it was ',the case. . King could mot indulge s0 vain a hope in open gfact, but if the electorate could only be hoodwinked into the be- alietf that there was an affinity and a "co-ordination," he opined that it might save same of his candl- d-ates from their final destruction, and so he and his press assiduous- ly cultivated the project, now dash- ed to the ground by the Farmers’ leader in his declaration. And the Farmers‘ president has acted wisely ln clearing their skirts and saying their reputation from the smell of such an alliance. ——-—<0>————- o++++0 Daily Selections for Guardian Readers Furnished by W. 8_ Loulon. z +o+o+++ STOP AND THINK In word-s whose wisdom is prov- ed by their vita~lit_v,. old Marcus Au- rel-ins says "Give thyself time to learn something new and good each day, and cease to be whirled around". ‘Plainly, ‘humnn nature remains IDYQWY much the su me down through the ages. Yet it is likely that in this our day no counsel is more to the point of ltutmt-n need (than this of the old Roman. l The only life worthy of the name is that which tproves itself in growth. .\i‘.tn, like every other form of life, ntust go forward to larger and better expresslonpr fall ‘hacktvurd into stagnation and death. There is no middle course. The tree is known by its fruits. Any of us may this hour apply the simple test that. determines whet- her we are really living or dying. It is the lest of growth, the test of growth in production. The trouble is that our flge la prone to mistake motion for pro- gress. Whirlling rapidly like a squirrel in a catge, it fin-tiers itscli‘ that it is doing something. Or w-hat is ‘worse, perhaps it lacks ev- en desire for a definite goal. Like the ehifld on a merry-go-round. it seeks movement rather than des- tination. There is enough lost mu- tlon in the world every day to run a thousand factories for a year. We fail to achieve that concentra- tion so absolutely ientlal to the "learning of something new and vvoruh while" which marks the fun- ctioning of the creative mdnd in very. invention and produc- tion, because we fail tube strill and think long enough to determine dir action. ln this dizzy whlnl to which‘ we surrender, like a dog running rnnn in the field first, ‘but THE LIBERADS rtrr vs a MAN La-l QfillllfllOfllfl twise before defeated. His pro- posed political bride, the Farmers’ TER." it in one of those cases when the chickens came home to after an automobile, we imagine tihat ahthough we do m“ know where we are going we his some- how "on the way." ‘The question is, on the way to vvhwtf-"Doar- born independent." cnanmwrnrowtrh i ' ‘Sensuous ting u big salarypt $700 for travel- three assistants? l don't ‘know where he spends all that. monepnbut there it la. ~we also have a score or more tnany road hunters all drawing out of the public funds, and ua far as I can see doing very lit-tie except drawing their salaries. l knc-w we paid (of. a lot of money for public highways, but l understand the contractors or those behind them are ‘making clean fortunes. and all this done from the particular bene- ilt of the city auto owners ‘and not for the farmers, as there is not $1 nprnt except. only on roads trav- elled by autos. it appears to me the city folks ‘.178 running the coun- lry. an-d the country people are be- ginning ‘to see it and resent it. iota of them ‘have told me so, but l dare not tnenton this in public; and 0h! my that bridge at Rosa's Mill at Vernon River is a thorn in the flesh——0200 dumped in the river. What's best for us to do about it? Would it not be a good idea to "leave it as it is and-let the Tory Government t"lx it after the next election? lt is four or five years now since it. fell and we have made no move as ye; to have it rebuilt. What can l do in defence of such bungling only twist out of it as best l kncw how; it makes the cold chills run down my buck to See a imnn front Vernon tltiver en- ter my office. lf Lhad my way about it l would charge the Whole business to the man responsible lnr he should ltave known better than to build a thirty ton buttment on sand and shell rock, especially “without any support. in the face of all these facts before the people will you have nerve enough ‘to run another election? As for me l am through and feel like thanking God that I pulled through thustnr so easily. You can do as you like but, l am through. Yours Truly, (Sgd) TED a Government ‘and Fires Sir,-—l wish to say‘ a ward about the setting of fires during the dry time. Surely it's about time the authorities took some action to stop this preventable evil. l waited on some members of the Government some three weeks ago_ pointing out the great danger, und loss tc- our province by these fires and asking that steps be at once ttrkcn. to lessen the danger. Nothing was done except a notice in the tiresa telling of the penalty incurred etc. But t-hls is not sufficient. Some drustlc steps should he taken at once to cope with this danger. Yesterday l visited the fire raging between the Monnghan Road. and Avnndnlc. For two titlles titere was nothing but black ruin. Men were guarding the cross rnrul seeking Ho stop it there, hut tr. t‘hc north was taking all before it and the residents were experimenting grout difficulty in saving their buildings and crops, und unless rain soon the damage will be very ‘great. l notice another large fire at Fort Augustus_ and in our niegh- boorhood two or three fires are Ismnultlering for the inst few weeks, one in a swamp not one hundred yards from three thousand acres, oi‘ wood land. ‘l think the Govern- ment should lend assistance" to those people whose buildings are endangerd, antkeven at this lute hour assist" in every way possible. one woman told me she had not slept for three nights owing to the anxiety, and no doubt many others could make the some statement. l irust something will be done at once to stop causes for complaint. l am Sir, etc. ROBERT JENKINS ........................ i 0ilters’ View lbintsl 6 Unemployment in Alberta "(From the Lcihbrldge Herald) Decision on the part of the Gov- ernmen-t and Employment Bureau officials to pretzentt, as far as pos- sible the bringing of harvest hands from the ‘Eatst ini.o Allberta (luring ‘the next two months will, we be- lieve, meet ‘with general n-pprovul. provided arrangements are made to supply the demand from Alberta and British Columbia. ln this way tihe money spent in taking off the harvest will the kept at home and will serve to provide a nest-egg for many with which ‘to tide them over the coming winter. Reports from various ‘parts of the West are to the effect that the past ‘ten days’ hot weather has injured the crop considerably. The result will be that the number of harvesters‘ needed will {be smaller than at first anticipated. This is unfortunate in more respects than one, ‘but it is just as well that we recognise the fact now before thousands of unnecessary men are brought in from outside points to add to the unemployment etitualion‘. Navvapape - (‘Prom the Vancouver Sun) l ln the course of its travels the newspapers goes into some very curious places. - The huge rolls of paper on the rpress receive the im- print of tyipe and oome out in thou- sands of copies, each exactly alike. Like peas in a pod these copies go through the various stages of cir-' culatlon. tl-t. ls only when each copy peaches n. ultimate destination that it takes on ll character, an in- dividuality of its own. Sometimes an old torn, newspaper is picked up in the desert or on the plains, and seems like-A tbnaoth of civilisation to the IOOlQrQ and weary travell- y . t ling expenses together with two or road inspectors, and as ' ‘ itcal men. edncss. share. Creoles an asset of fixed value cannol shrink. plan, build and execute. agencies, have strongly endorsed life Lire . . I ‘l’ l n The Friend 9l ‘Bus|ness Seventy-nine per cent. of’ all business failures in a Canada last year were due to personal causes. Life - , insurance would have savedmany of these businesses from failure and the hardships thus imposed, for"- Lifc insurance ealablishcacrcdil. Indemnifies capital for the loss of prac- Fumishes ready cash lo pay of indcbl- Safeguards {he deceased’ partner's which Insures the most valuable asset of any business-“human lifcmbrains, forc- sighl, energy, pcrsonalily, power lo Life insurance is safeguarding hundreds of businesses today, ancl the representative of any company will be glad to show you how it will benefit you. 'All‘ the chartered banks of Canada, and "creditl insurance for commercial purposes. A It is the friend of business. Insurance Service “cousnnv: flu: non: AID s-r-Anluzs 11-1: a rut-non r r_____.__ comes‘ |land and curries a tender ntessnge '10 the man who is forced to tempor- to expose bud murals (aertnirtly shawls, no signs of flagging. er who longs for the flcsltpots of comfort. Sometimes the-home newspaper turns ‘up in a foreign Two Dollars a Look. (Philadelphia Publ icLedger) an, exua u means a great (ma; Landlords in Toronto have been then" even though n we n week m. a charging would-he tenants two month old. Everywhere, every day, I dmmr“ mprel? m 100k "t “PM” the nawgpaners have the PM,“ ,0 merits. - Two dollars a look ex- am" on a journey or serwm, “cross ceetls the rails at Artemua Ward's continents, oceans, mountains and hotel “'- m°h'"°"‘|‘ “he” it w“ plaimh lqverywhpre mey cam. we‘ ilfty cents a. break-it. Twoldoliars news cf the worid- to the man on a 190k Suggest“ new p°s’“b'h"'e*q the street‘ to the 01d greybeflrd by l in profitecring. For the former the fireside and to the settler in-Jnqce “f a theatre “eke! flunk o‘ ms log “but Bu, n, each copy U. ulte joy of behol-ding at one coup a newspaper had a 80mm"! a mmd} d'eell n pfl-Ttllllry floor. a rudiunt- and a tongue to w,“ n mlgm wish‘ painted rndtutor, a self-starting m ‘flloose m own journey. And uLch-nndelier, a bathtub with high an the places where newspapers ‘tilde clearly marketi, nnd n kitchen- gto we Ithink perhaps these copies Que for a "Feless woke“ “:8 n would ‘like best to find them-selves Yvondar they m" d" n at ‘he “we! -- A goes into the tpiflces where weak.. emmciated people lie, where hope- 05,“): prurchaslng u m less men and women lift up theirlq J eswlsa) a x or Fm do Us for family parties. Looking on Sun- thi-n arms to spread the sheets to d, , 43s and legal holidays might be tthe light, has a great and envlable|1esfi_or mnre_thnn on other any: service to perform. ‘To these sick and chndren "H81" be charm‘! hair’ ones‘ m" o“ "m" me ivopldl“ “c”, or double price, ‘The free strt gai- lvmlw '53’ b03113’ “Hlmenl-‘i- “'9 Pa‘ lerica wll-l be tiopopulnted if this Del” brings all the cities of the new for t of indoor (liver-slant fires earth; tit ‘allows them to- sit in then-ho mpu-lar fancy. Why look nt visitors‘ galleries of dignified Pnr-diembrnntlt, or Franz Hails. or Tl- llnments. tlt takes them to every tian for nothing, when you may be- country on uhe globe, ‘to the scu- hold uli the glories nf Gmml Rn. side, to the cool mountains, or to Dltlfi, plus an ormulu clock and u any slpot where their fancy or their bird-cage for two dollars? Why memory ‘would lead them. And in give Mlount. Vernon or Valley Forge doing ull these things the news- the once aver without an admis- pnpcr perhaps eases some of their sion fee when you have the privi- paln and takes away some of ‘the-lrl hopelessness. This is rpurt of the" service which the daily newspap- er wllll-ngliy. gladly and regularly performs. j A Detector of Oarelcunsn H-l-‘rom the New Vork Titties) Rough handling of freight in rail- way yard-s or in transit gives rise to many claimts by shippers. ln p some (llsiricts this cause is reck- oned as producing from 25 to 35 ' per cent. of alil clnimn for damages. . Railroad managers have wrestled : wit/h the pmblern, ‘which is difficult t’ because it is so ‘hard to imce the > carelessness to any one train crew. Now, however, a-n instrument has been devised to detect the time and piece of damage done in mov- ing freight. It is called an "im- pnct register," and has lbeen made the subject of exhaustive tents by bhe Fhicago, ‘Milwaukee and 8t. . Ladies White Pumps Ladies’ White Oxfords Balance of our We bought recently and h n sy- Ladian’ Patent Oxfords thousands of other bargains in fine or heavy boots, from 20o HEADQUARTERS FOR The heat hole dlliy. Pa-ul Railroad. 'llhe machlds is. ’ constructed on the principle or the I > a box car will record the time of ‘ each shock and also the intensity. able b0 prove exactly when and. i where, for example the reckless P. Our morab may not be improv-ingli, _ ¢ ¢_____ _- - -. but our skill in inventing methods‘ ' ' ' .9 -' ‘ ' < - . v v seismograph, and when placed in By this nvenns the management is ‘ll switching of frsidht oars we; dons.‘ nnov-"m-anunnttidlri- .. Bargains . Ladle: wnm Boots $3.00 and $4.00 reduced to . ties and Air}..- a a stock which we are offering at about half value. ’ Men's Patent Dancing Oxfords ’ Men's Patent Leather Dancing Pumps . . . . (American) 07.00 for to 018.00 per l p . HOLIPROOF HOSIERY. for the lust money. New goods arriving Golf Bros lege of laying down two "berries" for a private view of a $1,000,000 apartment in an exclusive tneirupo- litan neighborhood? Need Enough For _ Doctors. (Los An-geles Times.) There is a plt-ysiclitn of some kind for Pvory two hundred per- sons in California. The doctors are said to be thicker ltere than in uny other State in the Union. T-he Lord knows it is not because they are needed. LBut the doctors are ltuman, other nil, and like to live where ‘they like to live. Complete returns from nil over the country show thnt the dent-h rate from au- tomobile accidents is thlgher in Los Angeles titan nnynther city in the world. ‘This is on the basis of popylatlon. There are more curs in proportion to population than in other cities, but not suf- ficiently no as to explain the ttrn- getlies. it. ls mostly ‘plain care- lessness. -—>~ FINES 'EM BY PHONE WlNNlPEG. Aug. 9.—l(‘.ond-uc|.- ing police cases by telephone is the mothern method adopted by Magistrate T. Logan at Rivers. arc-cording to a report in the office of Conunissionet- Rattray. Not-mun Sergeant was too busy having to appear at Rivers to an- swer .1 charge’. of breach of the Motor Vehicle Act and so advised the n1:|gistr.1te._ pleading guilty .over the phone from his farm. He was fined $10 and costs. vvrv Full Of l 1 .41.» ..’ .01.» up 01.07 up ave now on uie B. R. 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