i _JUNE 13, 1925 1 THE CHARIDTTETOWN GUARDIAN PAGE NINE' ‘ ‘ » *” 4 A., : ks . . .,_ , Y Politicians at eiee- settled up within s tion time. It was a kind of poll fore the Budget, and ei ra §sf HnN| H' U. MBI I i-i001 ‘111whlrle`t»o` catch votes wlthzgot shroud that the N [fuhds . - ' e- !/'! .~‘ B Ulililil lllilili ` king durilll the Budget De- mezefn me Provincial Legislature on Aw-u 3, Mr. H. D. McEwen, oensarvatrlve member lfor Secondl ' complimented his hon.. msg' from Vernon (Mr. Irving) -»°» 'ir' °s°°‘.lfl:..:':f.f’°.‘:.':° mn inet dna e. e 7| member would ag-ree wit-h him -that, -- ta 1:'.°:‘.°;.°:t:":.i:°°s” in 1-Iouse had se H -H s asm; _from the 0990! t (HL e woul ` '°,."‘;;.l‘:“l.i..“°"i.:”t:el:; ng . 0 . . ggde only one "break," and that ,ns when -he said the 'best govern- ment the -Province ever 'had was a ”“’°’i" ..‘§’.fZ.'.Z’.1‘3."?.‘.$”i.i". 1.-’?i‘..‘, `.‘.‘.‘.‘.iT.l in cnc ‘ - peeexcused for that. As Governments are constituted in this country, the people every four years elect .men to represent them. The majority of the elected ef one side or -the other get. to- gether and form a Government, by which they carry on business for your years. At the end of that pe;-lon they -go back argdiask the people IWW they Bd 8 l' adm I1- '°"°::‘:."~.. “":. tlizlt ,d w e ve nmen an they have done what -is right, they return them to power. The habit or fashion bas been for the Opposi- tion in minority to assume that their whole duty is to find faulty and throw m-ud at what has been dom .by the Government of the rlsy. Tlaattmlightldni l}lluTignh»td,-to someoxen. a a -nng in of a constructive nature, as it tends -to improve maltters. But if the criticism i.s simply -made in or- der to help the Opposition get into power, it is not in the line of statesmansl\lp_ Most of the speeches from the Opposition so ‘far this session, in Mr. McEwcn's opinion, have made up the most useless discussion he had ever heard in any House, I-t reminded him of -the scolding tongues of dsh-wives, famous in the Old Countgly. 'Scolging never gets one anyw ere. o Govern- ment is perfe-ot, but 'if the -members of the Opposition -have any sugges- tions to make. any complaints as -to the expenditure of public -money, the Public Accounts are right be- ioru them, and it is for them to point to any items therein which they think can be dispensed with. lt` in their opinion there is some- thing wrong, let them point to it ami say that this item should not be -thcrc. They will have this op- portunity when the Estimates come before -the House, and rf they cnu make any suggestion that will be beneficial to the country gnc mum-hers on the Government ste of thc House will undoubtedly bo glud to not upon that suggestion (Adglausea) ni b r l ere s ou ' e-more o unnn m- ity, more of a desire to workin the interests of tho country and less of the party; After ali, what does it matter what party is in rpow|<1sr e :?>u]ll:tll'§ I: glrianglbzlielhiissall-0 right? Mr, Mcllwen did not believe the 'people care a "boot" what party is in power; but they ‘insist on that party -being a business aggregation which will do things ill nn ellficien-t manner. The Conservatives -halve today n large imajority in t e House Why? Some yea-rs ago, at the last session of -the Arsenault Government, there was quite a strong Opposition, and -they were anxious to get into power. They framed a policy, nog; to st-and on but to “get in" on, In M-rJMcEwen's district. on the good -roads ques- tion, they denounced the very idea °i` Putting on taxes; they said there was no necessity for lrurther taxation, and that the -good road l>l'0iect was only a. speedway for arliltomobiles,-an infernal scheme. e peopl took the ‘Bell aggrega- tion at thgir word and returned them to power. The first thing they did was to go right back on their Promises, and they started fills good roads -policy which they so strongly condemned when ill opposition. They found there was nt h l ihfil' "stuck §d)'?e:boute;%%§.000aen;- tra taxation. They ren things high ilglndedly for four years and at 0 end of that period the people “imply turned tfhem out, leaving lust a "corporal‘s guard." That ;}10'WS that you el/n'-t fool the poo- 6. Siflhse to say the gentlemen °Dl>Dsite are still -trying to defend that Bell Government. The Leader °f the Opposition stated the other ‘ily that the Poll Tax was abso- i::°iv1aI| t-lent. what sou that I" it (noe th t h the |~||I°rall -plrty Ignite. Irxoagower :tint M they ever do, the people Y expect the ro-imposition of "ilk -Poll Tax. Hs stated also that 3' *IM schools with nn attendance cle than 15 pupils should be slvsod. New know something 55001 the pollcveof the Oppositlonl He also declared that the third Y°*" ltudentsnt Prince of Wales °°ii°se should psy for tm rumen ::°¥"|“foe1l~s. Thou are some of U nee the psogete should put i" *Mir nm-books and remember mh lla next )else¢Ion oomel' ~ DDIIUII. if the hon. members opposite "°"° Dfsllared to take n little ad- this: Some dny in the dim and dis. tant future, when the people of the Present gellerutiull have passed away, the Liberal party may ngnln be returned lto power. if they ever l10l>e for that event, for Goodnels` sake, when election comes around, let them not mention the name of the Bell Government, for it stinks in the nostrils of the people! One thing noticeable in the ad- ministration of the present Govern. menlt is that the gentlemen in charge of the variouls de- 'pn-rtmlf-nts exercise control over them. Every mason- able question asked them is ans- wered satisfactorily, and it is no- ticeable also thmt the work of the departments is being conducted with less friction than for several years past. The members of the Government work in agreement. We have heard of Governments, not -long ago, whose members used to "fight like blazes." This no longer applies. There may be little differences of opinion 'between members of the party sometimes, but they stand together shoulder to shoulder on this side of the House, and function as a -unit. Mr. McEwen, in his political experience, never knew of a number of -men who were so uu- anlmous and so desirous of doing the -right thing as the present Gov- ernment. This he -believed was to be attributed largely to the Pre- mier, who is not only a good leader but a good diplomat; and also to the fact that those in charge of tho various departments measure up to lille full standard required. 'l‘iu-.> rank and file of thc party, too, are always willing to discuss questions and perhaps -to differ on some -matters, but when these questions are settled one way or the other, they stand together. Their -main objects is, how to do the very best for the Province gen- erally. lt would -be hard indeed to pick out n more representative -body -than the mem-bers supporting thc present administration in this Legislature. We have the cream of the doctors, lawyers, business men, lfarmers, and fishermen. if this Government cannot give the Province the best service possible, what bo-:ly cf men could possibly hope to do better? ° Of course, no Government can please everybody; it never will be so. All that is required is that the mem-bers work earnestly together in the best interests of the .Pro- vincc. What -more can any Govern- ment do? The Opposition made :l serious mistake Mr. ‘Mcidwen beilcvcd in and to clear the reputation of the they can thunk cor the present Prohibition Law. T-he Prohibition Law, which we have ‘IOUHY Wa' brought in the Mathleson Gov- erninent. e Liberal Govern- .ment prior to that d-ld ldovt 901119 would get oil. Till! olmdition of affairs was un- smtisfao't.ol'y.`and when the Mathie. Son Government came in one Tem. perance Alliance brought the 'mat- ter -up, land Premier -lidathleson said to them: “Make out the kind °f NW V0” Wahl, appoint n Com- mission and take it out of our Mads altogether." 'rue idea was to take 'the mat/ter absolutely out Oi’ l>0iltlcs. so that no one could say that 'the Government was any i°i18er resvonslolo. As a result, we have today a law which is enforc- ed, not -by the Government, -but. by an independent Commission. This should -be apparent to ev- eryone. yet the -member from First Prince (Mr. Blanchard) in his speech "roasted" the Government. -because so -much liquor is being bought, notwithstanding the feet that the lpresent Government have no more to do with the enforcing oi' that law -tlhan the -men in the Fiji islands. The .Prohibition question seems to be a live one today among some people, andagood many members have expressed their -faith in the QUOHCY of the present law. They have assured the House that they "don't touch it" themselves. and it seems that a man requires some courage -to get up lu the House and make an honest confession. (Laugh- ter.) Mr. McEwen declared he had that courage; he was not particular lBl11‘D€l'Rl1C6 -DO0Dle todaylike the proverbial ostrich-they -think they are safe because -they have their lleadi th d McEwen believed, which is not en- forced and cannot be enforced. He as any member, though he did not pretend not to take a drink occasion- ally. 'Dhere are a whole lot of whom the public have every oonil- dence. They will do their best, and that is all that reasonably be hoped for. Last year, when the House met. the actual condition of alfsirs re- :l_°°» Mr. McEwen would ,suggest lrlnd of Temperance Lew. -that wif “Ming the _smmus Fund. V” d|,_ _ - ' ` ' covered at I late hour. It was found tilt they were absolutely depleted of all the security lplsced there iby the former Governrment. » The depletion of the debenture ac- - count. was A nrlous mutter der ellis Province. People who know about - r -bonds new that xyoupnt-s Pro - ' - noi bond on s market it H s r i., tits - lr tl .gigs isis 2 I-af?_5;% 3.- l-at i V p l v ’ \ v l ` ,`,_._._.; . ' vi sl put then under oensin conditions sndllysesrtilnllotofthelals- urureena me some *lilo My the bondbulltdntlidsireigthof that Act. 'lbs Ast renuires A eer- tsis' sununt or messy to be avail- ' - . gzhuhouds 'rhhllre 2l:l¥ers“’m'=: the Hoses, isotudin mi. - clans, were anointed s post on this mat . A careful in- vestiestlon wds lah-dad the eon- clusion -rssohodlby tis committee was mst if the miter . was-not Liquor was under Government con ofthe Ploviloe mN 4 U01. If s -men was "pulled" for plated. it would phi: ther Gbvern- °°iiil18 liquor he would go to the %mt in s very serious -position. '“°“"°°" 11° iild lillllworted: and the e roconrmendslzion of the com- member would wlrisper to some- mittee was to replace that security b°dY €l°°hi!i1Bl'1lD-Bud the fellow at once. 'Some of the large boudl houses of Canada were communi- cated with and ‘bonds were pur- chased at 99, the' loweot price Dos- sible at -that time, and -the Shaking Funds were again anode intact. Some time after, it was ssldi that too -much hed' been paid' for the bonds. It is true that sdter. the purchase the -bonds did drop half. A point, -but they came -boob Qortly. and today those bonds, lulyssd of being at 99,,can be turned own' at 101%, which is proof that lt' *ls a good, sound investment. Ofoourse. had the Government hnM_rn- tilrat within a -few days the bonds would drop slightly, they could" have wallted; 'but it is imposslhIejw\for- see these things. If memiboglwere wise enough to know in ` libll' when to buy bonds at a proiitpiihey -probably would not 'lbe in politics at ali, or in any other profession but that of buying bonds. Neiman can do that; the best that can be done is to not wilih common sense. In this case- events have vproved -that the Government -made a,wiee investment. (A:pplause.)‘ l.f the Government were to :fake the advice of vt.-he member from Summerside (Mr. McArthur) those -bonds could be turned over today with a profit of something li-ke $5,- 000. llt the hon. members know of any Government security equal to that, -that can be bought stlpar. it would be advisable to replace them, and -take tihe proilin on these The speaker was of the opinion -that while it -might ibe perfectly legal for the Govern-ment. to under- n e san . take buying and selling bonds. as We have a Prohibition A-ct, Mr. suggested by Mr. McArthur, he, for one, would not like -to see the Gov- ern-ment go into the -bond business. was as much in ffavor of prohibition The -bonds might drop and ‘nol- come back again; then we would 'be in a hole! Members should get away from people who will take it behind the carping critziolsm and small politics door. They are what are _ called as -much as possible. The rpeople iiYDOCrites_ are the judges of parties today. MR. McARTHU~R: ls -the hon. and it all depends upon the actions member reflecting on members of of n Government ihow long they Opllositlon. or not? will remain in power. There was MR. McEWEN: -Not all of them. n time when the Liberal -party had (L21lll;lJ‘ier.) I don't. thinlc it ap- the -better -men, but the party has plies to -my hon. friend, because I degenerated. Some day in the fu- think he is just like myself. ture they may come back, and the Continuing, Mr. McEwen said Conservatives -may go the other tllat while the Prohibition Law way. .But .in the meantime the would be all right if it could bo Conservatives are in power. It is enforced, it was useless to deceive up to the Government to do its best ourselves as to the actual condi- -to -make this country better amd tions that exist. We cannot get more prosperous. away from the fact that we have In all well regulated businesses moonshinn stills all over the coun- there is n ilxcd -time for stock-taking try, in nearly every school dis- wihen the -merchant figures things. trict, ooncocting the vile stuff that up, to see just where he is at. -Il-lei is going ‘to have a seriouis eifecton\looks at the balance sheist vforatlée ' 7 , _ le com. ng generation, f continu- last year's business, and ‘the n s "Ming "fi=a‘"s" um Mlmhel “ml” Ied. Here in Charlottetown iboot- that any partllcular line was *not mm' h“'°"y°”° k”°wB that 1” th” loggers are thriving H was in a roiltablo he cuts it out He than ‘ O1d‘C°““`“y this Pwvlnce and certain place a short ew'hiie ago Iays plans -for future' business Canada `g”“em“y has recelwd ‘-getting a slinrve, and a man sf:-'ld to Should we not do the same thing °'°“°"1°"”"1°` “°‘°’i°°Y» “ii "h° me" uint ‘-1 will ner :zo that 1 wut tune as s Province? ‘mg is mm' those 'cured Indian M' you'to twenty-thfrele places on this In starting to take stock where “ce” have 'been ‘hamemuy “ew -block where you can goto drink of \should we commence? Fi-rst let" ed' They h""'° hem* 9"‘°"|°°"y`hot Scotch or rum ‘ uslookfiacts in the face 'l’heLe'a.der` Irlgggd odhttlgfdr |rl?l?uel¥efu:dl:d4ull§ A MEMBER! Did- you go? ofthe Orpposi-Lion talked about the som yn Natural] the are ln_| MR. Mcl:lWElN: I didn'-t. bet_ great prosperity and contentment 6° °~ Y ‘ - V Mn. Mcanrnun: whatlbloclr ls on use Island. The sneaker tovlr cuned ta blame this Pmvmce’ 'but that’ issue with ihim on that He did not ` ““Y°”" ‘°°"‘“5 ’“‘° “h” °"‘d"”°°, seriously, Mr. Mcnweu ,believed believe this -Provllweis progress- wkcn °” the c°mmi"1°u °f eu' this -man was telling the -truth be- |118- He was not pessimistic.--3 qulry' and hearing me dlBc“Bsi°" cause -that was the condition all I“32BlmlSt -iS 3 dark !ell0W Wll0 ill- §f,"“° 'gage' "2 ‘mf ,H°“f\°,; “3°‘§'d over me country. le -that sutlsrac- ways sees trouble ahead. and never - havela fb erend 0P_l1 °1l- mia "1 dy; tory? What is the use of -talking B069 ally?-MDG else. The Optimist. 0" ug 0 ev' eme' w°" ec nonsense? We may think we have on the other hand, is continually "mt mf’ F°"°'“' G°"°"‘“‘°“° °'.Pm1n-bitiou -but we havent got n mins something -good comin.; ?“““"‘,i,“ ‘“°“°,,.',f“°°“°""° f°' °,§‘§,§ at all. 1-:via nad s pleblscne taken around the corner- 'I'-heso are two §l“l‘”’:“_€,,.°”‘ 4 tey :`e`°r?1“,m?gH today on the question every beet- extremes -that are not desirable. , ww 5 'a_pp°.,".l“c;1 a ( pa... II: logger in the Province would -be Wihilt W6 W8-Ili t0 take is the imid- S*1`“’Y- T"“* -" 5° “g s°‘“e° canvassing for .rroal-bltlou, .because die course and view things as they was simply to clear the -maltter -ull. they are thrlvlng on it and making many a,.e_ M Ls corwm ‘hat in Ln, -money. . I-le was informed that VBYY 1168!' future somethin! mlm P’°Vhl'l°°'i uma' this mi°]h“'t,1`°“ sf: idrunkenness _i-s becoming alarming- 'bc d0118 by the Federal Govern- broug 1' n' t, 9 reques ` e ng a ly prevalent gmpng young |boyg_ ment and '£116 Murltlmo tPt‘ovll\c0! the .Federal Government eliould pay » The not that we _Pmmbmm law as B whole' to Mm’ commons in me bm' A8 “ ‘b°dy the pD°°m°” cannot be enforced should 'be real- this Dart of Canada. The -Pl’°l®i1¢ vo'ted|_nl:alnstthat.Prncl:lca1ilhtheg Mei The speaker cned the “_ discontent cannot commune; mme Mid That money shmlld pa ample of Ontario, Quebec and the readiustment 'muetibe made. If l-he bi’ *he P°°i"° °f me m““d° " western Provinces. He was not members in -this 1-leave keen re '°°k° “ "‘°“9h "My w°"° '”°'° advocating that the Govern-ment beating till! 8V°i’y'i»lllDl down hGi‘0 “""'°“° ‘° °h'°'d '°'”°°"° “ 0"” make profits out of the liquor busl- is all risltt Wil” Wm N19? Guy U’ W' ‘"3" ‘° ""° '° “‘° 'P"°"'“°° ness, but what was to be done? Weill! 5* 0"‘°W°'7 'N101 Will “W- the $15,000 that would ply the hill. must lace the mm that liquor is, tiwhat me you comm' up hm. ‘or-, But Icw will agree with them th-pg ,being s°ld_ Should we allow we You have an you 'ant down “Wray thc people of this Provln-ceshou bootlegger and `m0onshmerB to It islbeuer to te" me mmm. (AV b° taxed $15900 mr uw blunders make all the money? In the face Dlause.) or th” lute Ben Govemmunt and of the present public at/titude to- ... "l‘°i’ 'i’)'°"‘°"” ‘ii °“““’*" (AW wards tae Prohibition law nie. About stty years aso this Pred- Dulirie- . ' _ vince entered Confederation an Tile Bcll Government src not -to X33” igmtshmgozfg ;’;:;%tn;;t°;'t our popummon W" in nm vfomm bn cxcusrd -by any -means for -their “mm wbrwd they Wm so ‘into the of 108'000_ Fmm 1870 to M73 part in this transaction. lt was woods or _swamps and make it' ,hero was B Seann or great P,.m_ tho most childish thing imaginable. Mn McEwan wished dt manly ,parity nu-°u5h°“¢ ,the MU-mme done by men supposed to know undgrgtqod fthgt hs wg; spggklns P.l'0YlDC€‘B gBl10I’“|Y. 'DIIG Fl’lllJCO< “°m°"""S’ They “i’i’°’“"’d W’ for himself, and not for the Gov- Prussian War Wu on end WM* f°"°“' ‘md gave mm “'m‘°my t° ernment or for anyone else. He was ‘V010 ~l>00ll1l\\¢- 'liiwll 'D16 l‘8lir0l¢\ 8° *O E“Si“'“i “S “ "°P"°“"“"“°“'° convinces that if ngltt peer and business started un. From thatilme 0' this i"°"“°° “"”“°“" 'mi' °°° wines were permitted to be som an to the present there has 'beans ‘l“ifi°°- “mi i‘“°“"“¥ "°"’ "‘"° if in the ru-ovluceat »moder-ate prices, sradual decrease in our population. llllylllilrs 8iJ0“'i- h1“"~ A t°” ye" it would put the bootlegger en; nf until from -108,000 it -has shrunk to old school DOY W0Uiii hi“'diY d° .|,u,|ne,, quhyor mm” anymlu about 75,000. The last census show- LiH\i= -but the U0" G°"°""‘l°“* 'lid eng He believed time would prove ‘ea u population or satooo .for this it, because, as they thought, it was mm' w ,be Conan P1.m.mce|,bu¢ were have been msg. costing them nothing. It may cost Them W" one mms fonunn, es since. Tlleie UZUFGD UMW mi" sulnethirlk Yeti! men; me lp;-eng” npmmen _ me we as a Province have practically The Loader Ui *hc 0Pi’°”"'°° is members or the opposition cannot' lost twenty-five ner cent- ot our strong on Prohibition, and there blame me 'provincial Gomrnmenf-mlwlngw _mme .C°n¢9d,m|_|0n_ are -some mem-hers on the Govern- for what is “kms phcm ,mm ob Nov, scum 1, °°mpmnm5_ .but mem Sid" °f the H°“”° “"‘° "“"° mreemeut or the Act is entirely ru they have iacrmed by about Mtv expressed themselves in the same the muah of um Pmmbmon o°m_ D" can 'mes 1861 Now BNI". miinnef- T” °|°"" "'h° ““" Mr’ M°` mission, and the entlemen' cons- wick about the sims. Quebec and Ewen purposed to go into a little Donn; mis Oomlmrssion are bust- Ontsnio have hacroueed in tlnttnime ancient history on this sub.l9°l- H9 neu men ,ho have made A Mm. over 100 rpsr cent. All oser Gale- W““f°d W 'hm' "W P°°pI° WM cess of their own affairs and in dl 1-NN ll” Mil H IVUIMO lil' crease of 64 per cent. in population during the period that this Pro- vince has gone steadily -beck. The speaker was not crying down the Island. Why should he? There are at least six generations of the McEwen -family in the Province. But can one be found fault with -for -trying to make things better for those who come after, so that our c.hildren's children will be A-ble to slay here and make s living? Those people who osme from Scotland a few days ago-do they love Soot- laud less because they leave itl No, they had to lesve because there were other reasons that drove them -ovsrssss; there was use nope of -lmm ma triglner op 'pdrtunities for their ollildreh. It is something to think ever. nxt' then sro more -Island people in che New England Stst thsn there are on P. al. lsissd y. so eordlug to this hind ststi cl. - We know we ‘hwvo , Idtlle farm sud- I une clan ol Vw- msrs; but- we-have some who sro not so prosperol. In the newl- usb ple We have some uptodate ter-, i i MW’ of Life M /-,V " ‘r -' _E 5/§"`r,».&~ 'I A lf' .i Ol f ~ i`\. we-'ff _,/ /' _ £6 Sl ». ~. ”%/ - ,/ / _i - s.. ¢\"'\ , -\}" /) 41/ /"'/*// t _ -F I/\ ,_ _QQ . ,wil . A/ .` ' ’* 1 }. t;".`_:;;j /., I :\¢._~¢_ A LLED WITH THE BOUNDLESS OP- TIMISM OF YOUTH, you face the future together. It is` g a rose-tinted future of high achievements and great expectations. In it there is no room for thought of failure. Ydiuig matt., may your pathway be as bright as your ‘ dreams. Yet none may know what the morrow holds in store --and it is your duty to provide for the unexpected. So, for the sake of her who stands to lose all through your neglect or thoughtlessness, make ample provision against the sudden, unforseen contingency. ~- - ~ -------~----~ Grant her--and the little ones that may gather round her knee..-the unfailing protection of Life Insurance Service. t ll -e ._ a-n*.1f.Z -4,.” . _4 - ' - .;az<»-~ _... __ _,__ I I ilu § ii-I-; .-_.,- -fn. 1. » useful ohlefi £0 O.. (ywh ‘,.\,,.._.,y` V\_'},; r”".~:. A ~.1§ ' l- W , 'V .-,iz '. fi, .jf . 14. .Y },__\ t-. wg. » ntl, .. ‘ ‘ i.. V -...li f _ rs.-._ ' ‘ v of ,. \ if .iii f idi- l’ #rp tif; 3.. 5,-.r-._ -~ .-ev _,; gi; ‘- ; ‘,.{=~‘ 3.-.~ lt, -_.. ¢,'..'- ~; 'ii' " -.».nre-r--J.-v»>~,¢. .ev»'§"~e°~rli-`»i'u,3&|§ L