ya-ca-o-b- PAGE coon -¢I\‘~v< w‘ ‘Mathis-onus; . _ _..._a»---—--———"-"’ THE CH ARLOTTVEITOWN GUARDIAN JANUARY 4, 1924 ‘i iiiiiiiiiiiiii iiiiiiiiiiiN I-‘kfl n; unity (founded lush Dull: per you! ill IIPIIQQI __.__.__.._____ C l0 Jldcll, “'- ileenlun" no" f i k '"' MARITIME nicwrs .- Ill 7 The question of Maritime rights! There has been fl lwlflleil ‘atoning to the fact that tbc “iy cleared hack fields of tiii-‘i ‘Fast Dominion front. Atlantic seaboard. with their eilleu‘ did harbours. their inexhaustible e031 mines, their immense forest-a. "rfiieir fertile lands, their generous fiwaterpower. their wealth in var- i one natural resources. have in ‘bunny ways fallen short oi the Q Kfanadinu development- "guine hope one fact stares the be-a divider in the face, namely, that iii ~of' Canada were K1811111- ffdistance lends nuchantmcnt {bur ‘ history. ,_, d our dominion hoped mucii anl "promised much for these blaritinics Hint they hoped for nothing that ,. »ih:it thcyydid not carry out and fthat their rut-censors -sliouid not -.huvc carried out ilild tlicl’ ilPlfn Our Hoes is not so much in industrial . . (KIPiPPIOTiKKIOXI. but iii the dttcriorsi-i . calibre. heaviest , Maritime Wri t1.‘ ‘Yhut ii lint of the hlaritimu statesmen. i ttion of the human material. 4 , . “of fifty and sixty years ago zinn iffvook for a pnraiicl among our re- iprcscntaiivcs today and the, seri-i iouiinesc of our ltws will ‘ho pain- iguily apparent. Comparisons. we tare told, are odious. but when we lrecail the occurrences in the two ‘byeelections last month.‘ when we [nee the reputed greatest men in our federal government descend to. : he political travesty of openly and! ‘shamelessly trying to buy up a con- htituency with the peoples’ money ‘e get at least aglimpso oi a darli haptar in our history. There is ‘oom for hopi‘ in ihc far-t that iii icih cases the bribe was indign- intly refused, yet tho selection o! pen to take the places of those iii-hen they their ioourse. la now the vital question ior the hinritinies, the question up n which our hopes for Maritime fdighta must be founded. it in not "forgotten that the one man repre- "outing the MiiritimL-s both In thi- “louse of Commons and in the two irecent campaigns. representing ‘them with marked ability and with i’ bribes in his hands. was the ‘- on. Dr. J. n. M. Baxter, lle n ud- i ittediy the only iliarrtime repre- jentativc today l‘. the ilouro of aéoimnona. Possibly there may be i ther Baxter: in these Maritimcii. llikxtern with intelligence and roe and courage to stand up for oritlme rights, to be more than i labelled automaton standing up ind voting at his lender's bidding. ‘ “i so we noed them now. We have €Lfld enough of the automaton spec- i ‘in: of repreiieutntivnwiiat we uni-d Ir men. men who know what they want, who know what the Mar‘.- ii line: need and who have the cour- l I shall have run Fge and the vision to stand by i‘ vvmrn Mourns heir gum Lill they got it. ; Wintpfr in essentially the time for hopohiion for summer. the time I I In Canada all llllnl bruins.‘ Mel-uni l. D. A. slac-Kllnon. ll. t4. o. i mood; Il- lor and blnnulfh - W "P . Mullmnl Represent!“ _ " New bolls Itcprrea-nintirr-dlnnls ll. Aortlrup C hie-go lleylwocltuih v- ‘iriupav ~ JANUARY 4, 1924 study. p the continuity 0i r9911?" 137"‘ you read in the paper that _ m1)“ an}; l)“; farmer finds moze administered a saline or salt solu- t iit present on practically. everyiume on Ms ma,“ than he “ma. m‘ devote to idleness. need i0!‘ ldiellefi- The lay!“ "mluuter-about ii teaspoouiui to the of next season's crOP 119119111" M“ be“): duvel‘ alone a matter requiring at the expense of and tu til" days and “isms 0g careful study. t nélileci- “m” "'d'h°‘m”i”a'1 “u” and the prudent tanner taken ad- The hiaritimeui ulonfi u“ ‘muwse °f ‘he ‘feather breaks for \th.is purpose. cultural College reports, the Ex- perimental Farm reWfi-fl- 111% P3111?“ hiete issued periodically hi’ Agricultural Department and the)‘ all make profitable and instructive reading. No one farmer, be he ever NW6 61119713111“ 1°’ mam 3" “Mao successful, knows it all. “lino 0f °°11"‘d°1’"1°“1 ha“: ‘mm Li always something to learn, some- béhmd "1 111° ‘mam!’ wwam” thing to find out about what othem are doing. i in looking back towards those A ne'er“ rem" issued b). the hi)"; 01 93-71!’ 910ml" and °t “ufibepartment oi Forage Plants. partinent of Agriculture, and which ,inay be had ior the asking, will tilt-Hie 113W 0T 11"" a comm’? 35°‘ well repay careful perusal during the men who laid the foundations me pwsem Wm“,- and M11 m. P°1151m?',doubt lead to the cultivation ml more forage plants in the province. .}lic view" but vet-lamb 111-‘ $01" “ii indeed this is a sideline which too ‘Confederation an we have thew Wimany farmers neglect. in hid? I11 0111' 5101-114 °1 c°mm°ns ‘ma course of even the most favorable ' our Senate fall fnr short oi tlie summer ‘hm-e are 99,104,, d-hen mp WWW", °r 111° F“‘h‘-'“' 0f 00mm“ pastures become bare and sunburiw fl-ration as the latter loom up in cl supplemented by a few acrgg " aifiimposnibic. promised n0liiilll3ltgd W; pol ylil‘ (II ldvnltfl lclhrred- \ICO-PI'II\IQII, J. IL Burnout‘. A 1e l-Illror, D. K. Currlni I C. Io ‘ Ilh "‘ J- Power i There never is -.\ niaiil‘; ‘He reads the Agri- the There De- of the The report referred to above-Jiv- votcs some space to tho raising of. t-iiinilowem as nii cnsilage plant: by many farmers. ' i The sunflower yields heavily, t-x-l pcriments givcn slioiviiig i1 yield of‘ approximately 311/4 tons pcr a~ri:.| I ii makes an excellent food for cat- iie and may he grown very siiccet-ie- fuiiy’ where the climate or the sca- ison is unsuited for corn. A number of farmers in this pro-i vince have had good results from an acre or two of sunflowers and others would uuduobtedly find it ‘i profitable crop. The standard green iced in this province is oats and barley, oats and vetches or "peas and many oi our farmers have very largely in- creased their receipts from tlir niilk factory by a generous use oi one or another of these. it would be well. during the win- tcr, to send a post card to the De- partment of Agriculture asking for one or ‘more of the. various pamphlets issued. They are pub- lished for instruction and unless used by those for whose benefit they are published, they are largely wasted. ———-<O>———-— EDITORIAL NOTIES New that we have entered on the newwear nnd our resolutions are still fresh in memory, let u: curry no discontent or grouch from the old year into tho new. Tho sanding oi the sidewalks yes- terday was an excellent idea, ‘but to have cleaned oif the walks dur- ing the soft weather on Tumday would have been much more effec- tivo. Heal optimism with inundation to build a hope upon is n. virtue, but the artificial optimism which attempts to make it appear that things are right when comr on sense shown that they are not, ls not only folly but it emphasized the hopelessness of the case. Whini- ing while the knee: are knocking together in ubiect terror in a poor sufficient nuke-believe. Sanity in prolperity and in udverlity. in onfety and in gold and storm)‘ days break, “i” iitbat hub? Y 8| [urn W. THAT eALT SOLUTION A railroad accident has occurred , . . . and before help arrives the \i(,lllll lost a lot of blood. lie is rushed .on. What is thiei’. Ju i \\'ilil-'l its uaine implies-Ti ll oiiiiion oi ordinary table salt i . . pint. What is its cffccti’. arm at the bend of the elbow usually opened and the allowed to flow in. Many lives have , _ been brought back by this The men “m, round 9‘ 107359 Vluts- such as are bestlinicchanical means of ritiniuis fitted for the particular class-i of, coil, tho meagre forage of such pus‘- titres may be very profitably iicip~-,\\'atur lg used by nose and throat. iept-ciziiists for cleansing purpose the lit-art to puiiip the through the body with niorc fore-n. As you kno\\' ordinary salt and; it is t-iii-utive yct harmless. lvlilay his. By the mcn of similar vision nnd simiiurtiiiui is now being successfully usirii; Two Provinces o‘ the Dominion allow the sale of to the hospital and tilt)‘ it, Church of Scotiunii.-—buth of tiiciii solution ‘V1111 a intoxicating - I i The Pubhc Foruir ;, This column ll o!" f" n‘. ' dlccuulon bywfllllflfliifi" of llllllllbfll o! Internet-TM Chnrlothtovvn llulrdllnlbtl ‘- not mount-ll! 01'4"" l" opinion cxpruood by ltl 00h nnonooms ~ oooo<ooooeo Church Union Sir.—-ln your issue of _Dec. 2T. is a letter on Church Lnioiinffoii- someone who signs liiniscif tres- hyierian." and who uudertakesil Qxpliliu just what the (liSllllCUY-I’ features of Prcsbytcriunisiii are. but he evidently docs I101 R1101‘ 111* stibiect very well. Quite correctly‘ iic writes. "Thc tiistiiictivc feature of Presbyterianism is its iiystcui 0f Church Government? but then lic goes on tn describe a sort of Coil- gregatiouui system which lie Call» Presbyterian. but which is uothini; of the kind. The “fundamental part Presbyterian constitution the Presbyterian (fiiuruli but iiieru -it is. and ivlit-n we join that (iliurcii, ivi: iiiust zinc-opt its counti- tlliiOil. Those who invoke lhl‘ cons- titution of tiie Church iiiust fllliiillii in bc bound by that constitution. t Aiiutlier fi-ature of Presbyterian- ajoriiy ruin. iii the Sossiciii, Prcsliy- ways rule, . er courts the minority has both tliui “qllws "m!" 9°V°""me"t °°""°“ right of IHHSIJIH. and the right of. Tin-so are Qiicbcti and the Dominion excepting far as the sale of liquors hcircrgc purposes is Alberta recently at n isiiig the sale of liquors government control and it is column while six Provinces main dry." Government control of Columbia large revenues. Ae matter of fact the ing derived mnny millions oms dutics on liquors from abroad and heavy duties on liquors manufactured of sale in each Province lnl Government control wholesale and retail liquors Government already hna has gathered large revenues Prohibition advocates iiqllor trade is morally iind that no consideration revenue to either the Province the Domi-nion ought to weigh in past nnd present wrcckcd and ruined thousands homes and swallowed upmore common vice. But it. cannot laying plans. for riding nnd . K’ . . i‘ " are’. danger in admirable. i. l -.-J- commie-i 1m 2m an hquor aalu ha; given Quebec and British Dominion lovnrnnient has from the beginn- iiioncy ycnrly from the heavy cut-it- imported excise Canada. The advocates of provinc- tbc make much of the fact that the Dominion and ‘ways ililfi iind this control of the distilling and brewing business and this way and they ask. why should not the Provinces do the some? have nlwlyg taken the ground that the wrong, favor oi its continuance. The evilv that have resulted from the traffic generations have been incalculnble. Ii. has dea- troycrl thousands of valuable lives. hope and happiness than any other, logically argued that it i; morally do no. That. however. argues noth- ing in favor oi a Province follow- ing the Dominion in wrongdoing. bun under l federal [inhibitory law hnd it not been for the Provin- I llritiiiilinppciil to tiic llifiiiiil‘ courts of Ill‘? Columbia. The other Provinces of Aibcrtii green’ and 0"" “hm tons u“ drhyhare all uiidcr prohihitnry laivs no for concerned. plebiscite gzivt- a majority in favor of author- undnri 0X' pccted that legislation will present- ly provide the necessary machin- ery to give effect to tiie popular vote. When this is done there will be three Provinces in the "wet" re- ChUlTh. thc Assembly living the‘) {highest court of all its discussions, arc final-Micro is iio appeal froiiii them and the only right rvcrigniz-i ed io tiie iiiinority is the right to‘ tiisscnt nnd to have their tiissunt recordoti in tho minutes. l gfflllll you it is a right iiiut affords only. sliiii comfort at times, but there iti is and as Prcsliyteritins Wt: hovel to make the best of it. There isi cause it is not n congregational church. Now, how does all this apply lo the Church Union matter? True. the General Assembly, oii tivo n1.‘- iau Church and then fussing ‘JO-i i Methodist and Churches, and a second time on a thing to do in order to afford gui- dance to Presbyterian when they came to decide the matter. ilut thc vote of the people was, not and could not be. under our constitu- tion. the deciding factor. The vote of the Presbyterian was. Had the people given an absolutely unami- mono votc one way or the other. the duty of decision would still have lain with the Presbyterien. and without thom the Church could not act constitutionally. The Assembly speaks for the Presby- terics and does not take any man- date from the people. Now, your correspondent over- looks all this or is ignorant of it, or surely he would not advise peo- pie to sign a petition to the Legis- latures to overrule the decision of the Church expressed by the As- sembly with the approval of the Prosbyterioa. This in a moist im- Prcsbytcrlan thing to d0. as it is of in oi iii of or in Guardian Readers 0 0+0+0+ I g Daily Selections i l MOTHER'S EYES FOR of The light that 5M0!!! from mother's of yes ls light enough for me. For when the nursery light is out. it's mother's eyes l see. he more wrong for a Province to make money out of the liquor | see he, a, he, supper "w" traffic than for the Dominion to In mother’, lovely way, A-tnlking low to fnihur 0f thing; we've done that day. l nee her by the fireside. Two wrongs never yet mode a A, “n,” rem, 310M, right. And then her eyes go floating Till they reach n minty cloud. Canada would have long“ ago This cloud seem; ne'er to leave me . But holds me safe-nnd then Tell me it's day quip! i having the State overrule tiic dv- 1p; itrision their ivitilzitcd ‘liilil. -but tiii-y iti-s IlPPllli-‘HH “TIFF? iY 1111')’ K0 1"‘- sn iiit-rti is u cniii-itiiutioiizii way in iynnd iliut. Aiitl tliorti are several _ , - , . , . jr-xcclieiii. reasons iviiy they shnuiii m" is m“ it h‘ bmomu] by m“ Hw-itisc to intervene, in this dispute no sense in joining the Presbyter-‘m’ o“ caflkms‘ (“d flak the peonlc to o" tho invasion of the rights of ti press their niindn,-~first on the , _ ._ ilenerai question of Union with the Fywalihhlrsourlgxfizléuliginfifiilé 1,1253‘: Congregational From being merely u matter of dis-i .it breaks. to let my mother's eyes Scotland A Resolution ior 1924 What i: your estate worth.’ Take yifld your dependents a livable income to make suitable proviliflfl Great-West Life Income B01111)‘- meet your requirements cheerfully furnilhed. llyniiman 8t Co. The Oldest insurance Auvwv i Offices, 61 Queen St. MESSRS. C. M. for them by Rate; on a contract l0 . LAMPSON & 002s ' Jliillllil iiiiirsiiiiiiii‘ sucrrsnolis » W e recommend for investrlnéfibtand offer, subject to prior sale i the following: i Maturity‘ ‘To Yield r ' . n P. E. i. ; Charlottetown ' stock. Would it t It not, resolve inverting in a Dominion Government 5 tlllli 51g‘? Bonds ................ ...\li Miiturities, At-Aiarkct ' Province of New Brunswick $9,500 5", Bonds .............................. .. lug. 1937 5.05% Province of Ontario $37.01)" 5% Bonds ............... .. . 19i8 5.14% Town of’ Sickville, N. e, 52.000 51w. Bonds .... isii 5.30% , _ . of Presbyterianiein "is not. as he c‘ '5‘ John, N_ B_ (swoon _~ .2.‘ 111.3: m”. ‘hfifiiii. iii: do... --.., _ WINTER SALE WILL COMMENCE -. gm 6% Bonds“ ____________________ m6 530% fills up nil the blood vessels. t e name mp 8,8’ . " ,1 1 l ‘Q _ You know how poorly u. punip uaixlglrrflfizigez); sfltsgzgxffeanfi lgyii 24! Province of New Brunswick u-orkis whereJlhe ifiilturhis iiLu-iufiLc-xi- men and elders’ and la ‘he m“! my Hm Fun we,‘ a. Fox o’ a" kind.‘ Buy" one" Lynx, $4.000 314% Bonds ........................... .7 ..... ..Jan. 1933 5.3_7% ent n qunu y. c ear s - p b, l ‘ 3 ' . ' nctly the same, and does not 211x31 cgagtfvltzgut Sig‘ érgs; ailcrentetol intfindetihforr-ngllie"xantnaifinfigilc, be in New Tow" of Grand "m, N_ a contract down on ‘he blood as we" tery'i-i sanction even the Assemb- or no l“ an e n y ' ' $3.500 5i67r 1953 5.40% when‘ [he “$5915 3.": not m" iy cannot make any important Staple articles, such a Skunk. Opossum. Muskrat. Mink. °“‘3‘““‘ m give resmaumx h‘ 1 l changes in matters of “doctrine Raccoon, Bear, Wolf, etc" reaching New York by the morning Province of Britiuh Columbia 5° tn.“ “.8 p“rely.mec anial discipline, government orworehlp." of January 11. 1924. should arrive in London In time for in- $7,000 67, ponds“. _____________________________________ “Aug, 1941 5,40% waly ‘m?! ordlgwylh “mgr l ‘ch: Further your correspondent . eiuolon in the Sale. sat n -eo s eveaeee ' . d , M r; the heart pumps with its proper dmwpu”! £96m‘ w kuggnrhgfieurlofi: Meters. C. M. Lampoon A C0,, report bycablo that their Cit)’ °' EdTz" °"" b‘ a J m“ 6 mo Strength, and 89nd,, 11m blugd—a 1119b "95 Y1" i‘: Fyabsolutely no market ll becoming very active, dwing to an increasing inlereat $4.000 i..- 11119 - fir little thinner of course-to all parts M ‘sfiullgzgael V338 There is no on the part of Continental buyers. P E | T“ "o" com In o! the body to do m £1.08“ woik‘ figgvifilfln wbateverior a referen- A good demand exist: for White Fox. Raccoon Muskrat. i 3'» ‘O00 E: B: d p y 5cm 1943 59Qiy Thus aperson who as net a oi , .. ' ., .0 n . . , of blood due to an accident as 11"":- "flnl; ‘glnlteilzzzggrzilaxgseaf fnfaiivirgdl/atzrtgixeilzirlskig‘? Oiwlwm. and n iiir demand for above. to dysentery. or the result i381: acsngmera u and oumnes ' » Ottawa River Power Company 953 650% or poisoning of the intestine with $3,000 6% Bonds ........... .1 ......................... .. Dec. 1 . wr- -- .“i:::.“‘..‘; i. "m". “"1.- .“T"‘°" t .°-°~t :15‘? " necessary strength back in a “on, dov-n toA (refs y grid oval or realize ul fOfiODCIHPI} CdlJlA or‘ yanuaryl n at,‘ lu a pots- Brlndmm Henderson company I er time 11 @1118 B11" =°1“"°" is 8am" c ' °' ‘ e r m“ "m ‘M’ ' ‘ ° ° °' "‘ m” w‘ ' '°° ‘r c" "my" ° s4 00o o‘; Bonds . .. March 1939 6.00% admmmered m Mm, lliiwhilrovfll- ll H mitllififllgl Dingle: he short. some improvement in price: may take place. i ° " Where there is no immediate 11",?‘ ‘*5 “P1"'°"eg‘ 91K e_ f" ' Q ab’ Po n. company "m" m“ mph“ mm“ i“ by f“ w Assenhblyfi no? h’ 3.1391? u iacsoo “Z-t Bonds .. .........Oc‘.. 195a 6%% allowing the solution to flow tip 41111 ‘he 1181"‘ ffiamhy “hayBgtfwo w’ _V __ __ _ ' ’° """" ' ' 13-12 itiivivegnbrnvg-sétkgér-‘tbe same manii- élégeilaallflxsgembieleg take aw subversive of all conztlgitifiini nu‘; ‘aikilfllfllélrelnl, “that Pgrlitiimelnt J1: Lava‘ smamflflp company . Where there in mhre need for m" “d b.°“'°.°“ ‘“e“°,'“'°b"fs°,‘“' 1233101.’; iigrirfiggirifeihiilt‘ fir: iisiéii rggggnifeu thicso Iii‘... Qincli 5V5“) 7'7" B°“‘“‘"" """"""""""""""" "1923 31 7% ha!“ m" wlmm“ i“ “lwwed w hues’ a "mfm" o! he’: n]? lsiutors are so fond of making stated that the declaration oi’ the . .- d i» d- now and make n0“ lm-‘mgh large needles right “n”! ""‘"°.“’ h0g0?“ Hui" dltlistiwork for tliciusclvcs that tiicyi(‘iiiii'cli iind the force of luiv. Now. “e M“ be please to race“ or “.3 111° “"119 11”" ‘*1 "l" 11‘“**°“"*‘1i"'.“‘ "e '“.‘“¥°'- Nfrfmli" "r vf; ‘win undertake to interfere iii a ii the iiiotiier of Parliaments rec~ tit-livery late-r w suit the convenience o! the buyer. who WBlBIH- Yum" probe”. is hum “Ky ‘tom. Church dispute and so establish u lilqililfid this right iii the case cf a iviil tlius be assured o! securiiitilhc mWM-melli Wqlllfed R1 wperc the need is urgciit~a_1°11 fl"? Riilfsrgnfioé ‘Zxrzgpleer shout precedent which iviii eucourageiCiiurcii established by law, how pmsem market 9.1.93 "1139 “l m” “ml ‘mam-such m‘ peeve" e ' ~ ' any dissaytiefied minority in any ‘much more should our legislatures‘ ' I ‘PM "°'”°“"‘,‘f,°' ‘mi save? T1535 glgféllflilfeaéglltfia’ uiliiidbntiiiizd Iiirreczse- Chmch '-° "m"; mo" grle"a“c°’fi1"°i~'°il11il° 11 111 1111‘ "189 0T C11111¢1P A complete list of our oiirrings is contained in our ing of the 00d. tie ve n ii ll, to the legislature in the llflpi- oi in; which haw’ “opt-r iii this liiiiti Amnuury "it, ‘which is no“. ready‘ 1H,,“- mvec-m; spunk] (‘htircii ligis conic to. Now Sii Cgricldggt tqcoxgfiféd mi?‘ ‘zfifggtiliy guess it that tiit- legislator» tjflflgilnutio" of mi.- Church. 1,; urn-u, ciiiars of a ivitlc choice oi‘ investments iii. ziitraciive prices. ”l":i1:;{cburchi intro not liirlrely to‘iin Ziilylfliilfilff felt-i, but i do not contend that‘, Ask ior a copy. . _ _ _ . . t esort. icii‘ on yconceril W M‘ \\'i!,'f‘(‘ property Zllli trusts fir‘ ' mm“!'thfiongasuorrgthfflhthcgmiilzilxorfis‘to soc that tlic decision 0i lilt‘\iCiillf'i*i'lli'(l the Church iiiust act iiiqtiiries by mail given specl-ul attention. h ‘ Church has l)i‘i'il nrrivvti at t-onv-ii- ictiiisiiiiitioiitiiiy._or cisu Silt‘ ivili‘ K111101111“! 111111 $11111 11° ‘rims tin‘ iniivil iii!‘ door to endless litigziiioii.. itri-tisla- iTIit-ri- iiiuy iii.- in ilic proposed Tlint they iire iiiiiinti to do, m... u. will only give tliciiisieiv- 3.1.1 mm go about - - I - “ listen to tiic petition 0i’ iiio glvf- ii“- (‘liiirqgh t:r 0r lstiiiiiii tlic ma nrity al-‘m “m . , l‘ y ' i undylvhne mime ln“._iiiiiiioriiy unless indeed tilt-y arc constitution uiid cannot ‘pvt-pared to override the consiiiu- ilil\\'iil‘l‘illill‘(l intrusion. tiuii of thi‘ churclii 1st. BQliiillnl‘ 1|>idifl those ivlio sign illt‘ petition urc m‘ tin-ii‘ oivn free .\viil iiiciiibcrs anili zitllit-reiits oi a Church which is 50\‘(:l‘li€(i.*—l]Ol directly by tho, voi- vs either of iiidivitliiziii-r or of coit- grcgations-but only so. that is to any iiy Prcsbyiorii-s translating of lnyiiicii whom Hilly congregations have tilt-cited will, ministers whoiii tiic congregations" ililVti called. The l’f‘t.itibyli-il'il’~i have voted by a large majority iiir lmmy .~\l|)L‘i'lUii. ‘Jud. ‘They freely joined a Churtili which by its constitution, allows u» minorities only the right of dis- sent. The State cannot confer on them additional rights. 3rd. Because intervention by the Legislature in this dispute, being and ilnan trausc. l i-iituzitioii. agreement between two parties in the basis which had been prcpnr-i - | , one Church. in which that Church ed‘ And m‘! was‘ probably a Msmniono is concerned. it would be‘ come a question of vital interest to every Church that wishes to re- tain its freedom from state con- troll "Presbyterian" apparently takes exception to the statement that the Church Union question is set- tled. Well. it certainly is settled so far iLg iiie Church's taking ac- tion is concerned: and if it is not| actually settled it will hc bociiuno the State intcrferes,—n thing uii- hcnrd of in these days oi religious freedom. For previous to the Gen- eral Assembly of 1916 the Presby- tcrics had approved of Union by a vote oi 53 in favor, nnd 13 against. with 3 tics and 7 indefinite re- turne. This Assembly (1916) then took deliberate action deciding on Union by a vote of 406 to ill). nnd every Assembly that has voted on tho question since. has given a majority of more than 3 to 1 fort Union. So then there can be abso- lutoly no question that the Church has come to lier decision in a per- fectly constitutional way. But my critics will object that already the legislatures hnvo been approached by the Unionist... and that the hill in an invitation to the State to interfere. This is very fnr from being n true statement of tho case. The Bill asks two things: let. Thnttho United Church bc in- corporated. This, no one cun ob- icct to. 2nd. That without violation of ihoir trunte. thc negotiating Chur- choe he enabled to hand over tlinir property and trust funds to the United Church. This latter is the more intricate nnd difficult point. it involves that the State should recognize the claim which the Churcheq specifically make in the preamble to the Bill that "they have the right to unite with one another without loan of their iden- tity. upon terms which they find to be consistent with the funda- mental principles of the Christian fiiit ." And the State hln a iind precedent for no doing. for in 1ii21. when the Established Church of made n similar declare-x U011 01 illwlflfliltn to the Qfitlih iii any connection ivitli tiiu siattfi‘. clizingc tho constitutioiui rein). is nni it. and that wiiy, l may _ _ _ by appealing m mo, New Bank oi Nova Scotia Building. ii-giz-iizitiiro for ilic State did not} chaflonemwm p_ 5 |_ one siircd of its ‘ _ WiiilDlHi *1 “i - W. H. V. DUNBAR, I aiii. Sir. 011;, i M o. A. CHRISTIE. “nag” l...hr.-~h,-‘Independents Have AMHERST. Jflll 1i.--At:c0i'<ll.ng to ivi-pnrts |‘ll circulation around town Kirby, Cook. t it‘, iiiivn fuilcii flat. siliie to secure accurate informs-i see some real hockey. lion on this sitbjcct. as tho various; lndnpontln-nt tin-y know iitilti or nothing 0i.‘ the have a copy of this list ‘before buying. it contains parti- ‘. l do not (‘iflilil tlitit tlici those who ivouilii Eastern Securities Qilqlilllililil ' INVESTMENT BANKERS iiiiiy lic ilcisiriilile. but if‘ J ~t iiu-nt will go through. The nioni‘; that Bickcrton received while piny- liig link-pendent hockey. ivuiiid not pay for the time ho loot. Possibly the registration committee will take this into consideration. lilac- imod of Sydney and Johnnie Piittcr- ' son of Sydticy. arc in the some box. Patterson is n veteran piny- t-r. The Registration Committee will give n decision on these cases. nnd n number of other on January 10th, in St. John. ‘iiiilV tiiai Lester Loivilit-r and i-iisit-r ' itickcrtoii would iiroiiniiiy join Fiiiiirston Cook iti Halifax. to imi- stcr up liis team. With .\lc('.nrrnii, lJt-i Sullivan, Blair 511111071‘! lililkillcliilvllifii Carrol. Luster Bickertoii nnd Lester Lack of material Loivthei‘. Halifax would assuredly cos has been placed nstlic have a strong independent icniii, ‘iifortuiiately’ it is iiiipos- and Halifax City would foi" u cliiiiigc Fallen Flat Irvine Bickerton will have a claim that‘ chance to i-iccuro hie amateur card. ‘Fill’. iliii fiius should not cuiortniii strong hopes iiizit iii!" ri-iiistutii- iitiilctcs it was riimoroti yester- HIGHER Priors Can be Obtained by Shipping Your Silver Fox Skins _ Canadian Fur Auction Sales 0o. Ltd. ‘ 132 Ldgauchetiere Street West MONTREAL, QUE” CANADA ‘To be shhi at Auction n. Their Coming side To Be Held February i2ih.i924 - ; AND-Z DAYS FOLIDWING ivy- _. LAST nncnivnvc DATE JAN. 21st‘. .