t t i . 11mm» ‘Moms -.> Ohulootpumnl "at-timo- stunt-mu. firuftuu at. Carter a m, (Inn-u n. Al» vvu, Sgfunly Vendor inn t nutty. Isl-muons so. .R.i|laIIu1 Bushnell I. I). ‘Hitler, Grafton lit. ' nonnative-Bruit B. Northrup Chin Representative-M. J. Power ' ' GUARDIAN may he thinly!‘ tmn the following age-ls i WEDNESDAY, J ANUA Associate mm“, b. it. (lurrlo u XVI. llnlniel, §prln¢'l'lrl llniul l‘. ' . Murphy. Prince so. Grocery J. l Unify, Queen M. \\'.. L. “Wight, Kent Sthcft \\'cll ll. ‘Human Willi. L25 Elm Ave. l-‘rvll Guudct. Gn-nt Geome St. RY 23, 1924 rs s CANADIAN PRESS MlQS. F. ’l‘oluii--, Conservative Organizer‘ for (fanuda. complains of unfair nnd purtiztm reporting on the o1‘ the Canadian Press. which is supposed to be and i: paid for being neutral in irolitics. Air. Tnlmit- in a lethal‘ to the Con.» dltm frees llunagor at. Toronto, gives an instance of the purtlzanv ship complained of as follows:- Ou Friday night, says .\lr. Tol- mie. the llth instant, "there tool: place in Motion. ilnL. what was, perhaps. the most Nlmtrliablc Ucul dhmonstmtion over soc-n in (fanatic lt mo: the form of a baa poll- ftnil their iktmiiii-s do no’. Dfllltlllll" gzbe outside they trade. at home. It is a rental-k- able fact and frequently comment‘ ed upon that laboring mun. by regularly or permanently employed as mics earners, are not the con- firmed patrons 0t‘ the hli; depart- mental store. The fairly well to do. the larger sclaricti men and their dependents are m’ ibis buying abroad than most generally speaking the lunu and women who buy abroad. 'l‘bem is much more of us are au-urc of and ibis fact accounts very largely for tho 0c- vnsioinil "dull times" which we on- .' shall btrohosen for that high office ‘f [must be a native citizen of abs,’ ;_ Fnited States and at least 35 yearsi of age. Women are not eligible to‘ d)». t-ll-ctcti. A President is oloctedi ltura u-rm of four years and thorc is. ‘no constitutional limit on to the inumbor oi times that hémay b9 1-9.. elected. but the example and pro- _cept of .Wnsbihitton'hztvt-' since. been followed and no than eight years. There is little ro- t-ni will be the nominee of one oi’ tlto 1W0 ttrent parties. ltepubllcan m‘ Di tnocrutic. which we tneun those who are not: These rospcotivo parties usually; nominate their candidates inationll convention: hold in Juno. ‘The actual voting by the people‘ will take place in November next. st which time the Electoral College is chosen which later elects Presdent. who is at length la-i stalled in office in March follow.‘ lug. l1. has nnw been decided thatf the National Convention for the; nomination oi‘ a Domowotic can» didato for tho Htsoldency shall be bold in New York. The plnco wiicre the Riupnblican National Conven- pcndonts of Question; of In- terest. The Chorloilotown Guardian don not necessary iiy endorse the opinion ox- preucd hy its correspon- dents. vowwo-euocvooou-voo-w TH E IBSU E s;t-,~-lii cpvning your to at discussion of Church columns Cu ion Presldentiycil have performed n public scr iiirulis _ ' twee. May l suggest that you vmultlisimnite land, went on the cars to has nor held the offito for more» sswkvukn perm,” m. rm. as Morw ‘vice in clevnlinit tho tone of tlirwton or even dvlurtmvnm. 4m“ mason to doubt that the next Prvsitl- (‘limlltl-‘l if you would insist that home attain. tho doing a fnrthei" valuable son Iyour correspondents trout with ‘common courtesy those who fail .0 ‘see exaclly as they do on this tun-s lion i’ . _ llbrvlltll‘ a writer‘ signing hlnlseli "Presliytei-iuii" critlzes with KIWI! severity the position taken by ltev. “ill. A. Christie. His reference to ‘that gentleman iwhoso intelligence culture and position in the Prosby itery entitle him to respect) as an Psccltmlusticul puppet" dock! I11" irrrlter even less credit than does lbevlhisloose and erroneous character- ization of his church as “the moi. her of democracies." he Presbyterian church has mutio no such ridiculous claim. It. is a matter of lllllll: common know- ledge among Preshytnrlntis that, of tho three common forum of church polity. the system itropi-smpncy ls tnonarchlt-ttl; tn congrettutionalisnl. deiuocratltuind in Pmsbnerktnlsm "aristocratic, or PGPDBHGBUIUWH" - 8lr.——“A-~~littlé loin-nib: is a‘ tinn- garous thing-as in bodies thus in souls we find Whlli. wants in blood and spirit swelled with wind." ,1 iittle_ tmvelling may also be a dangerous thing. We have a case in ivointr-A pcr- ison who muy onco have been mod» iest and kind. attending to his own ,slmple affairs, seeking no~notor-' fiety. in an. evil tiny crossed tbci in tho car-ferry into a lls was now on export "Tmvrq. ler" but utterly disenchanted with the world of men anal ships and steam curs. The service he encoun- tored virus not atlnpted solely to his purposes. Other people and things were considered in ‘the run- nim: of the boats ll-llli trains.‘ ' This was unfortunate in many ways. There hos been no pence in “The Public Forum" since. Our “_'l‘rnvelier" has been turned com- pletely around. lie has become a terrific fighter. lie fought Captain Read on his own special ground as a shinmuster and navigator un- til the Captain had no mom t0 learn. lie fougbttbn tralmuontill they put their hands to their ears. They never hoard such n pols-o. Now he is joined in battle with the Boards of Trade. lie uses thp some methods in commerce as in ING ’ _ to servo tho third Prime A balm] write‘ (wring thzufitx: nf Canada in sequence. But clghtl in 1e ' . a‘ ‘l t-en yours in tho poor pnstunuro of. of A SIMPLE METI-iOD or BUlLD- "P"! M" AND REDUCING! t cry significant v _ menl. , "mhw "m1 mm“ in effect it was this "If the people of the United States and Canada would go to bed one hour earlier. and get up at their usual time. the food they would would feed all the American and Canadian soldiers tinder arms." Now there is not any wnr on at present and plain food obtained by almost everybody, so there is no need for thin early bed advice from the saving of food standpoint. But what is the significance 0f an extra hour in bedf’. Simply that when we are at rest, there is very little oall for main- taining the work of tho body. as compared to the need when we arc about on our foot. it has been estimated that lying in complete repose uses only one fifth of tho energy that l5 tinlred by the body when walking about. SHVQ can be l0 00B l't9— Quilts L.-- Bgjmgili Mm. A. c. nuts-coin 3 Ransom-Blair's tlaily o u... Crisis-Affection, for Lawton-Tho I-loolpnatipntnnd his Pathetic» Collapse . x ,~. t (, ., ‘ i i Ly 3. _ - -~ rsc ._ -i -- ~ iIANUARY-23,,f192ti~ ' ~ . . ' '0 “mom H i‘ _ ‘ Joel the" we wrvwdivn: and . i‘ .' t ~-'- '-.¢¢¢=-:;=§~:“¥l~*“ ._ - -H=--:.=:~; ¢=- r1 " . B] . , _ wwnnout vision tho room per- = . ~ t .~_"" q " . ‘i u - ~ ~ —-- ~ W The Public Forum "s" , ' s, . " _. 4E1)!‘ »Rc¢<l|1¢vfi0fl! 0f flwPrlvnte-Secretary - - ~ rhinlsthp you- farsPv-noldential‘, - . . , gf-‘Qfgllla-IAN _ t » - i - _ _ _ gun-mi Vice-President. .1. u. nummioloctien with out-excellent: noigh- T55! "WWW ii- W“ i” -----.'¢->-.-- i i ‘ '3 ' . ly J. L. PAYNE. v . ‘ha: ca. a. n. loeltlnnl. u ;m»a across m.» harder. umesvtu, "'° "‘°“"'°" ‘Y “""°" twnsn: vngnsis no one: t I (Article 81x) Mon-Th; mo“, " 5MP)‘ of Qvld i wvvvv peculiar l-Inpclish secretary. itnd for n week or two it seemed that l was fated Minister opposition had made the Liberals suspicious. No <onc could blame them for feellni: that way almul. ouc who had been ‘for, ton yours living‘ in Ute tents 0i‘ their political trnemi". it looked like a rislty lillflil‘. and risks at that stage of tho new order ut Ottmvn were ro- Kilfllod as impolitic- Sir Wilfrid himself-Jain, trusting. 11nd know- int: his notids-—liud no misgivings. "l will keep you in the bark- ground tor a short time," 1m t-x- plniuod to me, "and tiic apprehen- sions of my friends willdlnopposr." ll. did not so work nut. ‘.\lr. Blair. in the mcuntimo. had rr-lin: qulshed tho Promiershiir of New llrunswlclt and comb tn Ottawa to lake the portfolio nl‘ Itallwltys and Canals. lie had lx-cn at that post for about six months when lie told i-lir Wilfrid bc might hnvo tn give up. because ho had found no way at’ ltrqplng up with his heavy rm"- nwnendonce. Ilo was then two I became prlvntc "secretary to To a man o! tho manta] on. A. G. Blair under somewhat of‘ Mr. circumstances. Bil‘ '\Vil'— ‘that he should no ler hnd naked me to he his vvvTVfiQ“ mill; , llutlnc IOOIOI’ b0 in ‘u . Department of Railways and c nls than he ‘Wu planning lg constructive on in big .304‘ Hence the rapid comqlqm enlargement of the conql and the extension" of the Intt-rcol. oniul tn MontreaL Thu w...“ on which he carried out the‘ latter pr... Jolt will always stnntbup to his ustutencss and‘ ljluvlng done that ilno business for Canada, ized the Guvernlm-tit tum in all its departments, 1w lllrllcrl to wider aspects or tile ‘ transportation iproblem. Tlioltall- way Act of i003, which hronnlllin.‘ '_ to existence thn llnllwoy slon. was as fur as be put when h; found lilinsclf out of touch wit]; lllalr. it Ill i PPlwrirnce, stroltu u; "I"! rcurgup. -railwny “s. his chief and colleagues u“ Policy m‘ assisting up; ("and Trunk Pacific nnd building, ti" National ‘transcontinental n4", ways. . However ready .\lr. Blair llllght _' have been to ODKlll-It} In the com. '1 promises which ovnu tho into Lam Blorley has nsnurml us are lliovqry warp and wool’ of silccessful poll. tics, he could nnt he a party g.) A thing which his Judgment told m... out‘! at which, from the best in- formation I can gm, m-venteen hand and sixty bad seats. Ln ad- dition“. some hundred lnnlv: were counter. lluylnn tt homo helps all tho hotuc institutions whlln every dollar spent abroad is so much out compelled to be denied admittance. . The Conservative leaders from the Provinite L. 0. fBelloy. lion. Ml! cqpt lldr. Meigbcnha" Mr. Tolmio procure-ls to iliscnss the report “V15 v itutla fifth nf tin- Ililllill>l0ll$ of the lioniin function. tor sill m.» under its present manage- ~ ment need not be addressed to Con- servative loaders ‘unless it is uc- companied b1 mom practical de- monstrations of its sincerity when occasion arises.“ The manna“ is n serious one and it will be interesting to soc bow the Citnndinn Press Manager will uvnt it. Generally speaking the Canadian Press gives unbiased reports although, not infrequent- ly. tho political complexion of Dollie cormspobdanta reveals itwll either by sins of ommisolou or com- mission. The Canadian PFBGB ls "Plot? in the hands of its corres- Mbdcnta and they are not nll poll- llonl saints. The occasional devio- tion from the straight and narrow [will "U-IPPQIII! for than: emphas- IIOOV" uneasily of mrofui selec tidlit twrrivvpoudell‘ and tho noc not‘ also of nosing that they am closely allied with political aliens. mi TIADI A1’ HOME' ‘l v the putforwoauqulto l 9 ‘borofourflllllinnd ovoh 9'? die and lnon loft m the would: in New Brunswick slug. Preparatory-to leav- o7 outfitted themselves in of Quebec travelled some thmo undrcd miles tn atwad. and were qpcompnnied b7 about twenty- five of their supporters. Not only in its numbers but 1n every feature it Wire's funmbu of more mmpletq suneomthnn l think i ever wit- nessed before. Besides Mr. Maig- herlfs Vspeech addresses were deliv- ered by lion. Rodolphe Monty. lion. Hugh Guthrie and lion. J. & hinrtln. l am ut- tonhtng herewith tho Canadian Press! report-something loss time column Beyond b few or- lcnaqis-mmmants" on‘liir. Meir;- hctrefsmiccb, nothing was said of oven: at :d.l_ and no mention modal of the presents: of nllargo de-y lsiznticu from the Province of Que- bec. fSome of these came from as‘ far lbs! as Quebec (Jlty. N013‘ “and, is given oi‘ any speeches ox- at sonic length, t-ompur- people is ilu: role» of God." lug "ti: it a lent: and elaborate. r.- W‘ "il " ‘lilllilil-rl given in tittatvaittie vase. 'i'ln- “liosannas” 11-11; 11y in honor Ol Prutnlei" King. ' provlnctl. a sham dlmctly or indirectly. better place to lire in. MAJORITIES ‘v ties must Jitilllilfliiti [hill wt- do so. . vrays right. that “tine voice oi’ tlt ‘pie-ed the opposite is quill: 0ft:- ngainst certain purpose. ltemll’. This is the danger of ma; ties. have only to look heck titty yours of the Maritime placed ourselves at the mcmy of our larger sister provinces and, o'i' pro vlncles not then created and 1004! wt- hnve our problems of unman- izod "Maritime rights." Minori- tlos need mooning and need dilu- tion. I I ., . . LOOKING BITTER The unemployment situation iii‘ Grout Britain shows n-mnrlted im- provement over inst " year. The Qreot Britain was reduced by about 360.000 during tho your 1923. Com- ploynwnl in ml. u» umber mit of wnricno 907.000 tower ot the end of ma than m mtf _ More mu 200.000 0t the woritars with heavy boots. rulr , working clothes, under» lio for whom work has been prdvillod in the past year are anon. At the dc. They will spend the beginning of 1923, 1.-165,057’ male ~in the woods ‘and come homo workers opriog in time to resume ment registry. At the end of the on- tlie farm. With but fen-year the number of men registered lions, these men will ‘brlllgins unemployed had been reduced y/iili them practically nil‘lo.863,400, while this number of wore on the unemploy- the qimtigs". "rui- they "win spend inbieslhvoinoilfhod decrease-truest -=u~i;.. item. in l ruin than mu; 234,955 to 212.2100. .lL of tho legitimate revenue of the revenue in which all We are maintaining many instit- utlons, paying many largo salaries out of the taxes, federal and vlnclsi. These salaries spent at home help m llghtml the bUMdIJ of taxntlonluilp to hoop the wheels of industry turning and la many trays help to make our country a ln thn nature of thlnizs majorl- rule; they constitute "the powers that ha" and we have it on~ the best authority thitt "the pownrs that bo are smut-tr of God." lieuco it. is that we must bend w the will of the majority in ail matters of public or mutual ud- ininlstrutlun and good citizenship lt does not follmv fmm ‘this uyilheir favor,” “my secure . , . - ' _ '_ w v r any means that ntumriiies are alnomlnauo“ Th“ no e e In I n! 111111 l-heihoen‘ elecietl l0 tho ‘crucify hints," both vquully unren_.i(‘aiiada iziakns no such narrow rc-i "Th9 Ollifwll liilflill-lvi." 11'! filfllvti-snnnblc were i110 outeries of inajytjdiriili°ng~ (“'°"“"“°r 5mm‘ bumg , , t , _,, ‘ - prob-ably b~t\\"c~:u a \'lli8l‘lt-r-tn'iti~-s itutt-iifwt by tile mob si)i1:it_.‘i‘l‘i:*:0:l:l_>::lik: :10 ‘lilrdvliiglzltjllvclrpd m comm“ mdvwL UVHlWVllvillllllLI muiorlives, Wlllli" ‘ l feel this millfillliilfililllf; ti Xcrllyt-fillvillflvfillltilli ini r: intirc keenly because of the"; (‘i-Plain direction 0i‘ a ignoring m‘ the presence chin-st the ‘other forms!‘ ministers andimay by their very strep write simply to state that auythinttitheii‘ original “fiber m the ‘my o, coulenuoxl Mimi At this distance-and with no party‘ "l" "till-Milly 0f the (‘anadniniwndoucy of nisiorlties is to ivocomei tyrannical and despotic. Tho "lust of power" is inherent in the mm and it is when power findsdtsdl. either in the individual or in the multitude. thédendcncy is to exert i-itflwffil lllfiriclecturs are still in favor of condltionfl-jlfoustitutiounl Amendment which“li’“'"""rl'7 gtli defea‘ Bmwuflel-‘ltnii. n certain human peculiarity the: critics. The history of all the agcc is filled with instances of the tyr~ army and the injustice of moJori- Eveu in our own Catiadawe to find a striking example of the abuse of power by a nniorlty. Wfl number of persons unemployed in ~ pared wha- high lovol 6f nhein- _ reuon why New York was selected as tho place of mmtlng was that it bid the highest. A national eon- vontion brings together a large con- course of" important and wealthy people and sits for several days. lt is therefore desirable from a monetary point oi‘ view. Now York's bid was cosh 3160.000 and 8250.000 more pledged for the entertainment of the visitors. Son New York was far aboad of them all and we are told was quite do- llghtod to get the‘ convention. An impression prev-u; on‘... ventlon u. this city where n is hold may influence the choice: For this reason tho supporters of Al Smith. Democratic Governor of~New York l8. cdbrougbt. t0 be unlikely by "Roman. Catholic and“ so far nwiuber of that mllgious faith has l‘ the little the on that‘ ground. 'i‘hero is doubt that the majority of pfplatx-s tliu lquor trade under candidates yet nominated. it would b; idle to speculate upon the pro- bable results of a national election to be held in November next. And yst it seems probable that Mr. Coolidge, who as Vice fiesldant ‘suoceeded- the ‘lam President Harding at his death, may be the choice of tho Republican party with a ma» chance of being olocted but by a much lean majority than the very large one Mr. Harding re colved in 1020. There ls s restless spirit abroad. due to high taxation and other causes, but o big cut in expenditure and tat-ea present and pmcpactlva, with n largo reduction (Continued on Page 6) Daily ggléotions Guardian Readers OOOOOO THE SHADOW llnvo cosmic. I160"- "i Altho’ we seem To fight such odds alone. l! l! not so: The Father mo! btrnearor than we dream. _ ,‘ libr Ills the love that will not lo. ua go. ' mint-i Not new for us the ploilcilt» only , "N. _ - ' ‘rho grassy places we so lofll have troll‘ ‘ political nut-minding» of the con-i suite are hopeful that vvithlthe mn- p». t/entioh in the Metropolitan city Culllliw” "f W‘m°_““_,§‘g"hmt UMML m” Possibly. but “by . k <tbe tnain. signatures. are beingmb-t o v-‘-‘t'i"§§§t§¢ytt-T-"'i§’§i it§"ttii‘iii“lf? iiifsiliii 1111-“ w as" “virus leis-u- b sidors m the Qovpg-nor qmtth itlgiiiliillllj“ and for the plain purpose of ‘mrlrade L“ “mmd “lmgethert h" I 1 l S '* ‘t I10 hi. i tion, shall meet has not yet been ,, ~ - d "Im-nbydorian. if ho had taken annwluwd but Wm n" “mm a: t uli to‘ inform himself as tn soon be mode known. ‘i2 wnstitution. would h. _ - have found Mr. Christies position u u ‘WNW’, “fled "u, ‘he unlit-sly logical-though of wutsc. ho would not have 011mm“! "- "mnnhytnrlnn- should change his nom-deplumvwor admit his lsnor» once. t Now, tn your issue. of the 18th inst. “Another Presbyterlan"-—-thl8 time evidently an aged Bentlemlm zdescends on the devoted head of my pastor. I say. aged. because in the lastpnragraph of his latter. he has found o real panacea. i'or the churclrs ills. not in llnlon. or in any modern movement. but in a r0- turn to tho conditions which exist- ed generally in the presbyterinn Ffinnciscds bid wna $200,000 nnd church of “my yams us“. .0 w“; Chicago, Philadelphia and other a mhglgtry pitifully underpaid: u ‘largo cltlcs also competed but house of worship uuiltlessof 11w profane "box of whustlss" which has pointed so many souls toward destructlonr-tlllll. l would sup- poste, tho elimination from ‘tho ear service of dhoso "dons hymns!" Thus tho favor of the Almighty Iwould be assured and “the aim dc: u-iined" speedily brought about! That the first, at least. of the above con ditions will eventuato in o. largo [proportion of congregations r0- tnnlning non-concurring, is more, lndeod. than a distant itossiblllty. Mr; chi-lime. says this writer. has [illlillliliilllllll our representatives in parliament and legislature. i "Another Presbyterian," in his consulted his dltrtionary ‘and has found tiefinltions of tho word "mer ‘to ilu- case in puiiu. give liiiu prcat in l'nion, his ti" Iltional church would b0 “sunken fabolishetl," or "swalioivt-d up." ,lluw the cookies of his heart must 1hlf}hli\'l' unrmctl when he made this]... absolute mum-flaw g; what ln-t inc give him. in ikititlness, the definition which real- ‘ly applies in this instance. Under the word "Alergl-i” in the standard itilciltmary, 1 find the following: ".'l‘lm extinguisbtnunt, by op- "eratlon of law of lesser es- "tato, right or liability. into "u greater. . . . . where a low- “er is replaced by a higher "form" &(‘. exactly what is proposed by tho Three negotiating churches and exactly what will come about uu- less there are enough intolerant Preshyterianslo prevent it. As to the meaning. in plain every- day language. of all the frenzied or’ story in the penultimate paragraph of the letter before mo. l-confens myself to be at Sea. This Jeremiah doplores "the uprootlug and annul- ling of (tho) glorious traditions" (of ihofreabylerlan church.» Iio vlsnalizes his descendants witnnss- lnn "tho ruthless destruction of the cherished hope of their forbenrs" —-a.nd gonnrally lets ills imagina- tion rnn riot. l hope it has since occurred to him that the history of tho last 307 years mnnot be blot- ted out. nor are the negotiating churchos. by common consent to forgot their glorious pant. Is it not time that those cham- pions of Pmshytorianlsm ceased their lnmcnultlons and gave us something constructive? Will they not toll us they hope to im- prove ctmdl on in scattered con- gregations which owe their wooll- ueal gonorallyto tho intense do- homlnational rivalry which dim graced pmtestantism in days gone by. and which those anti-unionists arc endonvoring, by their obstruc» tlvo tactics. to perpetuate today? What solution have they to offer. in tho event of the success of their propaganda, for the doubtful amt; us of the thousands of Union cun- gregntions already existing in the West-and nearer home‘! How are those non-concurring cpngregntiona 30in; to exist when their Unionist members, true to their principles. go over to the nanrcnt Union icon- grogntlon rsthor than be counted come alarmed because of the cir- Becntisn. in. "iiilfl mull and (‘XDIBSS is at. its Ztllllll? . “ as they did before Christmas. hut transportation. lie selcc-tg the high 0st hoods and procueds to smash them with language, mostly Eng- lish, though now and again ho lets it be known that in extreme cases ho can use almost nuy kind. When he has completed his assaults on Mr. Ilyndmnn he may be content, but on tho other hand he may not. He may travel away again perhaps further than ever and come back. That is the real danger-he may wine back. He has been challenged to give his real name. l think meimwiseln refusing it. That would ruin any cause. . My idea is that "Traveller" is merely English for "Trotsky." l am. Sir, etc, ‘ A sUFi-‘ERER Charlottetown. Jan. 22. 1924. -i-¢o->-i- CAUSE AND EFFECT Sirr-“Pmvellerfi bu» a mania for misrepresenting my motives, in fact hn is s0 obsessed with the de- sire that he cannot even answer some one ciao without bringing m0 "ln tho limo light." The trouble with "Traveller" itbat he has become an ego-maniac. nnd has such un cxaulttal opinion of his own ability that ho blindly claims he has been . spouslblo for the reduced time tnlmn at Emerald. if his claim he true then it is time .hc was muzzled. and the Board of llilt? irulli is. the time saved at Elllcmitl IS DUE TO THE FACT ‘that tho mull and express is NOT 1‘r95141(-ncy,ii)llllli search for an arttumeut. has NOW A QUARTER 01' W111i! ll Wllfi .:| month ago, and anyone‘ with an nin of common stense would re- gdurlng the Cliiislmus holidays, N cw vhilt,» immediately after iYt-ar's it is at its lowest. .\lr. llyndmau says: "Traw-llei‘ is is going on," but l would like to point out that. "Looks are very often de- tcelviug" a mun may have the jilltllttllfilllfit! of being half asleep iuurl stlllitotlco what is going on as iproven by the fact that when "Traveller" was in Prince County ‘a few days ago, he noticed the ‘train hands _dld not take as long tho grout trouble with his reason-- lug was that it was biased, owing to the several letters be bad al- ready written demanding that tho irnln crew tnko less time at Emerald s0 what would be more natural for a mnn suffering from his complaint than to iutnpjlt the conclusion (a vary injnducious thing to do) that his letters alone were responsible for the change. tiover drehmlng for n moment that the cause could be due to anything else. The effect is apparent to all and the muse to evaryono else except our critic. "Traveller" first passed Judg- ment on tho "train crews," then on the "Memberg of the Board of Trade" nnd than on yours truly. who be is pleased to name as "the author of all your troubles" and (Continual on Pogo 6) BOARD or 1mm: AND rams- ‘ POBTATION- i Slr.--I had no intention or do sire to take any further notice of "Traveller" hut as u letter appear- ed in your paper of the 21st inst, signed "Novla" and which "Trov- eller" evidently thinks I um res- popslble for, according to his lot» tor appearing in the "Guardlaiffof the 22nd inst" I would like to state, that I was not the author of the letter signed "Novlo." I have no idea who the author is. and fur- ther I never wrote an anonymous letter in my life. not had any port in one. I sin not afraid to sign my name. whether I om doniin; with a darkest days- bnclt ‘to God. The race is to the stern decree! , tn the wall? W0 B88 Ho heard uscall. A, Iy conniving: 1. aim. strong-Oh. ‘But m no twin-u thought thro’ There are no roads that Wind not What of the weal: who stumble Oh. heart of mine. the sliatlpw that i is not the Wlll'l, hut God‘s— among such rencilonarlos‘! We have reed everything our anti-union friends have written in the press. They are all silent an the grave on them practical and tlmoly questions. Not the future of the church; but only the put. seems to interest them. Their minds are obsessed by the fear of losing something; what the church, as a whole, stands to gain ‘means nothing to them. Judge of the Court or anyone else. To show how ridiculous the let.- tero of "Traveller" are and to bau- out the contention in my previous letter that he is onlyattemptingn re-hash of some of the matters that the Board of Trade have been deal- ing with for many years. and after having had tho moat careful con- sideration of shippers and business men generally, I would state, that al; for hnclt u 1919. the Charlotte- HowAhen. .0811 thotyonth 0nd vi- gor of our church look to such no town Board of Trade promoted And thus many thin folks wonder why they remain so thin, notwith- standing the fair amount oi‘ food they eat every day. They seem tn forget that they are more or less on the move all tho tlmo. Their friends tcll them that they don't know what it means to sit down and rest themselves. They are often late to bed‘ and up early in the morning. Active minded people who Just have to bustle to be happy. it is Just hare they should think of the words of the health writer. and tho saving of food by tho extra hour's sleep. This extra hour would perhaps see some oi‘ their food made into flesh. And so whenever tho opportunity comes throughout the day. the? should try and get a few minutes complete repose. ovon a few minut- es sleep. Gladstone could go off to sleep for nfew minutes whenever ho wished to do so, and it is said that Presdont Coolidge actually taltosc ilivldunl tho advice i.‘ oven Trade should take steps to have ul delegation wait on him nnd implore ia MDT" iext ra hour 1 i mod" whlCh, though not l\[)[)iif.'.lli)l\!:i ize that. for t month before andiThe ficlent little nap before ho makes u is speech. Toihe other type. the heavy in- more timely. The person who is overweight usunlly———not always-likes to inks u full night's sleep, and to zett to a chuir as oflon as possible through- out the day. it can readily be seen that ll‘ such one is willing to do without the at night. and the fre- ,qut-nt rests during the day, be lsipinc.» r... going to use up a considerable quantity of his surplus flesh. ially in the Fall months) that con- nected with the Ocean Limited. following telegrams in Sep- tember and October of that year speak for themselves: No. l. To _D. l3. Hanna, President Canadian National Railways, Tor- onto. "Ifroposetl time-table (‘Olli~ ment-inn" October sixth for Prince Edward Island will forco passeng- 01's from Vft-st by Ocean Limited delay in Sackvlllo twenty-two hours. This is‘ most unsatisfactory to travelling public and discrimin- ates against our Province. Same conditions existed last Whiter. and our deputation last February protested to Railway Board in Ot- tawa. Board of Trade recommends present timetable" on Island con- tinued November then fast express as suggested by Deputy Minister. ($50.) J. O. HYNDMAN No. 2. To J. 0. l-lyndman, Char lotwtown. P. E. island. “Your message second have con- sidered matter fully and regret cannot agree with you. Records show volume of passenger traffic during Winter months does not justify holding up Cor Ferry to make two round trips. Ferry can he used to much greater advan- tage to tho Island by moving pro- duce to fullest extant during day- light hours. iSgd.) D. B. HANNA No. 3. To D. B. Hanna. President Canadian National Railways, Ot- lawn. “Your message sixth please boar in mind our Province deprived for over forty years transportation service entitled lo. 1t Ls a matter of honor. and not cost between tho Dominion anti this Province that we ho given adequate an of- transportation Voiumo of traffic will expand when satisfactory service model-ad. lu- efficlout service has already cost tho Island lnculculnhla loss. Pros- ont proposal to curtail sorvlco u violation Terms , Car Perry having proved n success- ful experiment has now made it. Confederation. (continued on Page o) .~~*‘r“‘ " l‘ i t _I)I‘II)I)‘QST.: UN .E~Y*§i ruEY. ti“, VIM/fl‘ "' ‘tr < n!“ . '~' against the chitin; out of the soc- thuo for leadership! , gt... have and trip of the Oar Ferry (ospre- thnusnnd letters behind. Without goinrr Into details. 1st it ho‘ sold at once that Sir Wilfrid tilfilral to loan him lilo atwretury from tho was from ovary point of views colossal blunder. Wetjppy nqufq" afford to be frank with bur-ugly“ and admit that Mr. Blair wnqflgh". so lea}, obscurity of tho Privy Council of- flco, and I was sent over tn West Block. it was curly _ln February, i807, on the morning utter the top story of that block had been do- rtroycd by firo. - I had set circa on .\lr. Blah‘ but once before. 1r..- mnde a. most fav- orable lmpression on me at once. He explained. his difficulties. which were really due to a faulty system. nnd unread to try my plan for o. week or two to test its merits. I mmaincd with him tuilll -lic re- signed on 13th July, 1003. lbe administration colonial, and him to suspect that I wan doprcci- of’ r-wt the false impression. nnd Sir Wilfrid said: "I am glad I mis- Iuntlomtood. you; for Blair was a bit: man; yen. u wry pin mun." "Phat was also my estlmnto of-flie innin. With none of my chiefs did i! live jlfl-Qlfllli-ly nnl did with .\lr. tfllair. During my‘ last limp-yearn lwlth him. I csnsay without the mlllthlrst cxniztrcrntion that we were not only in intlmntc relations Jlmuighout cvory working day, but I spent at least four nights out of’ isovsn with him ln"bis library until mldnil-thror later. t _ in from; pus. llc was it homo mun. His domes- ticity was so strum: that lie had no clubs nf any sort‘. Ilc llovcd his family and his lkbratyv. During my more than six years with him lie bought a irrcnt many hooks. lie wus‘ fond of pictures. too, and when he died his books and nrt tztlllery constituted nn im- portant purt of his estutc. lucid- cntally, I may say that he liud nlno‘ children. A son died in i897, nnd pm 0th December. i902, ho lost u ‘beautiful daughter in a drowning accident on the Ottmvu ltivt-r. Mrs. lllnlr, a sweet and true companion. survived him for about night years. Mr. Dlnir hurl about as nearly n perfect judicial mind its it was evor my privilege to know. When call- ed upon to make u. decision, he seemed able to divest himecll‘ of every trucc of personal Ieellng or prejudice-wind timl. must be urarc gift. l-lc had n. lirond mind, any- wny. Ilia training in the law had led him to adopt certain principles of reasoning. and from those prin- ciples ho never departed. Dock of that was n tremendous strength of character. I am confidant that he despised mantles. which he often told me lod to humlllntlnz comprr» mines. Yet he who a politician, in even tho narrow sense: As ho ox- olnlned: "One must play the game In 1M only way it can be played, or give it up." It would have been imposaiblo for Mr. Blair to delcantlto nny- thlng small or moan. Ho was n mun who reflected his moral nttl- tude in bin bearing. He wu n big man physically, and always walked with his head up and n firm stop. Ho was actually a giant in strength, and told me that he hmd never but once in his life kpmvn what people meant when they mid they were tired. Ho could walk in his vigorous wny nil G57.‘ an?! thou take a turn of n couple of mllcl. n ho put it. "Jolt 1.0 freshen up hoforo going to bed". I fancy o wu also n stronger to fear. No one can be dunno ic l8 to that, however. Every ‘mun ll probably Years later I was one ‘tiny tnllt-. inn with Sir Wilfrid Lnurlor about "Hill the Impr- into the future. something i sold led Blllll“ fol‘ tiling .\lr. Illair. I hastened to cor- kunw what was hinj mind rm thi- Irrom ocean to ocean. he was pn- |lield. rather than approve it oven nnd that nut of the "jflflngu m railway hulldintr of that perlpdh“ srown u problem more sdrloui than that ivhlcli at this mane"; confronts any other notion on earth. If anyone doubts that y; Blair‘ clearly foresaw ‘the situq. tion as it has developed. it-t him mad his speech as delivered u. the House o! Commons when explain. ing his resignation. I lhould m“ to quote from it; but it wcuidlnke up too much space. THE RAILWAY CRISIS. That mon-th or July, i903, saw Canada facing" n crlnlu with batons _ open-eyed. iooltlmz clearly I was with Mr. many hours of ovary day during that momentous porlmlond Issue. He believed that Messrs. Mackenzie andllimn were insanely seeking lo‘ create n second trans - confinental rallwny out of their loosely built and makeshift linen in'thn WcstT and East. lie sow very plainly flint weakness rather than strength would supcrvenc. ' To him tho Canadian Northern was a. source oi’ rnni notional danger, and when to tut- situation wu ul- tled the project of n tliiribrnilway pnrcd lo sacrlilco ovary pcnorml ambition. and the birth pllco ho by his silence. \l'lutt infinite loss and menace Canada would have avoided it‘ Blair's prophetic vlniou and judgment bud prevailed atlhtu time! What strange influence was it thnt blinded men nt the helm of state from 1903 to 19M? Looking hack on all that happened durlnc , those fntcful eleven yours. itwoultl ' soem that the power to roman; from definite premises to logical ' conclusions haul been taken from ‘ the brains of‘ thosc who shaped public judgment. It was only when the crush came, and llackcnllr und Mann sir-oil at the thrusltold- ' of Parllitnlent asking for $0,000.- 000 tu stay tun immediate colinplt. that men with the rolna of’ govern- ment-in their hands opened their oyca to tho truth. 'As subsequent t-vutitu have made pinln. ten times sixty millions would not have mldc a sound thing out of the Muclien- zie and Mann enterprises. AFFECTION FOR LAURIER. How for above his fellows lir- lJlair towers in the retrospect! Yet. clearly as he femur ‘who would happen. ho never fornmolil- cnt wavered in his uoction for Sir Wilfrid Lnurlor: nor did he doubt the. Prime llilnluter’: nlnccrltf- "Poor Sir Wilfrltf has been Ill/ll‘ nullsod by Senator Coxflhe slwm sold: and Senator Cox Wu meal! lhc Pr-ntrol figure in g lprjg p0"?- ivoth in and out of Parliament. 0f several of his colleagues he IP01" less imiulm-ntly. Ila wu uuuill? riosc-llppt-d in such matters. A your later, however, he sold to M one afternoon when I mot hill" "I cpnnot bold int trnuch ion!" There are some thing's that hi" cot to be told." But he died with . the sent o! silence unbroken, and! shall never ceslrvo believe till" ‘the strain bu! mueh l0 d0 Wm‘ hm sudden" and. - ' Some lltllo time mn- hll resil- notion llir. Blair was ukod to ulw tho Chairmanship of tho now Bill" way Oommllllon, uni honcoevlli- ; No batter choice could hnvo be" ‘ made by the doveirllibenté for M afraid of something. ‘ The Time u» INSURE lo inlay, when you lro n» no citation with h In the pink. OI Ollflh and pot him to nmngo for you onoFof amt-wept sonnets which will prdvlio ‘pondlnb, or your awn doollnlnp yo v " limbo it g mm»: aim...