MAY16, 1925 . MAYNARD “nun; during ilbie Budget de- b pno Provincial [legislature sit-n, lur. Maynard‘ F. Mo- ‘ ' conservative member lior neferrins to some state- " n: the Oplposivlont ssld it was ,. dlmcult undertaking -for any ,, of men to convince the poo- qgtbis Proviince of ‘the effective- oi the ‘Bell admimistration. tpfllplifl have decided that ques- n for themselves at the last elec- and their answer was very em- They had before tblem the , 0rd. ‘what could be a more use- , {our years. They remembered a pus-election promises and ‘tins nner lin ‘which those ‘promises are ‘filelfllillllfl-d. ln ‘the face of this = old. lvha-y, could be more a use- . we vte of time than the Opposi- . n members’ attempt-s to convince ... rpBDDTB that, they were wrong? .. longer these gentlemen speak. d the more they try to say in ms- to uuy imaginary good quality the ‘Bell Government. the ‘more diculous they ‘make themselves nd the more tihey a-re dollulg to ken their own cause. A noticeable feature about the position speeches ‘is ‘that the hon, ntlemen are evidently not of one u d. The Leader of the Olpposl- ion claims that Education in tlblis mince is coating to much, or that ~. do not receive full value ‘for the mount of money expended, espec. iy over the lalrge number oi small hools. The menllber ‘for Tign-isb (Mr. Blanchard) cl-nimls that, leducn. iou is ‘NOT costing boo much and goes on to show that there are NEWER small schools in the coun- try today then- formerly! ‘Axain- the Lender of the ‘on-Donn lion claims that the curnloulum is over crowdedl. Whllg Una member ilorn Tlgn-is-h claims ‘that ‘the curri- culum is NOT over crowded um] that there are fewer subjects taught in ‘Prince of Wales Cdllllagg today m“ "1 ‘i119 Pilot. What would be the outcome In the Department o1 Education If those two qGntlgmgn "f" dives of It! (Laughter) Mr. McDonald believed than any- ono who ‘has given the matter serl. llfl consideration must realise that ducation is costing us mo much for ‘the value we receive. When we consider the enormous Expenditure made on education and the ‘fact that ‘i’ "f" Yilllllk ‘People ‘grow ulp to an I98 when they would‘ be an ‘earning law! they are ‘in many cases obllg. Ii; ‘llo move elsewhere to obtain a f!!!» lllood, ‘while the uneducation thman at ‘llililllfi- We must realize dull the expenditure is ‘largely ‘vast. f)“ far as direct returns to cmildm vince areconcerned. ‘Could mun one MIeilli-iflied- e0 that tihese re B people would‘ be induced to main in the Province and become ‘m “mug “wet Where would be V")? 3°00 llloltification for the ex- Dfilldllturc, but this does not alpply l0 the conditlons as they exist to. any. ~We all agree that tho ypnm of our laud should receive such an education as to enailrls lheml to compete with ‘othens gt ‘b01119 M. abroad, but we cannot but demon, the fact tiha-t ‘Prince Edward Island‘ :‘.:".:=.:.‘.‘..""-‘."" ‘ ‘~- wuntry. er Province o The 0| siti . criticise tEllZéMillllsierhc-rllarigrimggl-tu 2;: m"! Mll- ‘gen-‘tlemen must ‘nn more lllflttered ily their eflfortg They com-ment‘ lie was a fine ornament?’ when the P I‘ to re ve ‘ than otherwise _ ‘ll ‘that direction, J2 on the ifsct that i°°liill8 man. and an to the Department lBflt m, m“ People o1 the country ran]. the De Igrtlctlical-ly ‘every-branch M “m: cl; "ment of Asulculture ‘is more sub-cad on“ in may “u” pa“ ad ieflifllilly ‘than under lthe snpenditm narration’ and mm ‘m - ure decreased for $60,000 ‘° “s-‘mii "l" will not was lrlndiiy nucsn PRINTS sasluv TRACED . .-.__ UlliUAKIO. May lo-Flngln- prlnlg ‘by wine from New Yup-k p, me ‘:1??- FBPB identified one mlln. Bureauerf being ‘received ‘by the mt w’: hldSntlf-icaltion hero, The wmlm , s’ ‘wally in connection m“ e n rnationlvlcollvention of “° “iii-TS flit ‘New York. CURING AENEMIA BAlIlil-MORE. Md» May lib-lie- Wiillllng effectively to trcntmclnt being Elven hlln at Johns Hillikins Hospital where he hue btPn suffering for the last two "Milhs of aenem-ia, Sir Adam Deck, chairman of the Hydro Elec- F. MDDDNlllD "- ‘DN BlIDDET DEBATE tion. The present Minister (lion. Mr. IMyers) -is an ‘llon. gentleman of ‘whom every .flill'll‘J_l‘ in the Pro- vince may justly b.- p:.u'l. (A-p- seems l0 ‘be this important question. This was one of the main issues in the election of 1919, but at that t-ime the lllibteral-s clalimed that such a. scheme would be the ruin cf the Province and that it would take mil- lions out of the taxpayers’ pockets. When elected, however, they put into effect the system they had con- demned so lou'dly. They made some unfortunate changes in ithle method of doing the work and had they the opportuniit-y of ‘contlnu-img ‘their poi- icy in the ‘same manner as they commenced ~it. no doubt, in not too long a time, they would ‘have taken millions out of the people's pocket. The ‘Leader of the claims that tho present system ‘is Blsll Government, but if that is the case, what, must the tax-payers think when they compare the dif- ference in coat. Government the highways cost 821.000 a mile; are being bui-lt today in a similar mansion-and at a cost of less than 812000 a mile. Applause). this: Opposition that stead. There is however no com members have frequently Edward island. But the Conserve air they wish to, f-ree of charge! highway.‘ The owners of autom gallon on the ‘gasoline used. and are not asked to contribute a cent in equity between this tax and the Poll Tax levied by the Bell Govern- ment. ‘ nlzln ln_ the. in Don-aid) is the right right ‘place. The able manner , (‘Ap-plausc) year have lproven that, The ‘nlcllliber for Dunn-is) waxed a lprofil, duping the pa-st year. sion ‘sh-own a loss. been able to show a lpfflfll. as well ilt should not, be a mutter of criti- cism. _ Regarding the statement of the mlember from 0'Leary members of present ‘Prohibition Commission are strong supporters of the Conservative partly, M-r. Mc- Donald coulld only say that ‘he ‘holl- ed tihey ‘were. >HI¢ would usk if the members of the former Commission were not all strong sulp-ponters of the Liberal Governmlzlnt. Why should they not ‘be? ‘Such criticism ‘is childish, The temperance people of Lille Province know perimctly well that all temperance legislation ‘has been givin by the Conservative party. C-rit-ici-sm on ‘this matter from Lilrralg is worse thun useless. lt is nothing more llllilll “hot air” and biustcr. _ in conclusion Mr. McDonald com- mented u-pon lllc ‘pronlllt 311911910" to business which hols enable ‘tho seas-ion in be concluded within ih-neo or four weeks. This is wbelnil‘ iilllllly Cfllillllblhflllil ‘by i119 ‘P901118 illliillgll- ollt lilo Province. Tllil dos-batch with which ‘tho -work of the Legisla- ium has ill-on ‘conducted is largely fllli? to tho efforts of l.ll'l‘ alilo Iflildfll‘ of rho (luvcrlllncnt. Mr. McDonald “Hill convinced that‘. Premier Strlvzlri. has dcscrvcllly won this rcsltcct and a-ppreoiution of tho people ‘generally for the a-blle and imslnesa-llko manner in which ‘ho ls conducting llle elf-fairs of ‘ilhe Province. (Loud ulliiillllsei- Mr. McDonald's address conclud- tric Power Commission of Ontario, i" “Knotted to leave tho institution within a short time. cd the -Bud‘gct ‘Debate. Mn. w. o. rum. col-may Plllltooompooo in am won on». on m. "‘ "t! t». "kimono." mii IOII champion arrival lo lout hampton ment Indlloh tou nnmonfi- t to Inland so the un baton ohlmplo M. W. G. Fraser of c FkIOUI WOMAN GOLF IR ON HONEYMOON rilnp, renowned wo- ly for a IIMWYMW" Pour yours one M"; n of Canada Ind ti" tawa with his bride Mill Alexa 8U to any criticism cast in dhat direc- Opposition ‘ihe same as that carried on- by the Under the Bell work according to the Leader of the Opposition they lt has been said by the Leader oi the present Government repealed the Poll Tax but inrposed the Gasoline Tax in- parison between the two Liberal been heard to ‘say ‘that anyone should be wll-‘llng to ‘pay a Poll Tax ‘for the privilege oi breathing this. sir in such a wonderful place as Pnince tlvc lpartly does not take» that atti- tude; they are rperfectiy w-illin-g to allow t‘he lpcc-plle to breathe all the The proceed-sot the Gasoline Tax go directly to the upkeep oi the obiles arc asked to pay ‘two cents a the people-who do not use the roads There ls thcliefore no comparison Th? speaker believed the Minis- ter of ‘Public lvorlcs (Hon. M" Mc- w'hi‘ch ‘he has conducted the nffillrs of h's department during the past 0‘Lenry (Mr. I eloquent over in- ‘fraction-s c-f the ‘Prohibition Act. He criticised Che Gvlennment because the Prohibition Conlmlisslon shoged ill. he would have had much more ren- son for ‘criticism had the Commis- The Conlm-lsslon -is ‘doing its duty as lrcgards the enforcement oi the Act. and if, through efficient man- nglament the commissioners have [lot only done their duty but have ‘that the Breaking durin the Bud et De- bate in the Prov nclal Leg alature on April 3. Mr. H. D. McEwen. Conservative member for Second King's, complimented his hon. friend from Vernon (Mr. Irving) upon the very sensible speech he had just made. He believed every clause). - ~ -. member would agree with him ‘that in the Department of Public it was the moat sensible speech ‘the Works the lmlproved highways House bad listened to ‘this session —from the Opposition. l-le would like to have heard more speeches along tho same line‘. Mr. Irving made only one "break," and that was when he said the best govern- ment the Province ever had was a Liberal Government. But under the circumstances Mr. Irving could be excused for that. As Governments are constituted in this country, the people every four years elect men to represent them. The majority oi the elected of one side or the other get. to- gether and form a Government, by which they carry on business fol four years. At the end of that period they-go back and ask the people how ‘they liked their admin- istration. l-f ‘the people are pleas- ed with the Government ‘and think they have done what is right, they return them to power. The habit or fashion has been for the Opposi- tion in minority to assume that their whole duty ‘is to flnd fault and throw m-ud at whnt has been done -by the Government of the day. That might ‘be all right to some extent, if that fault-finding is of a constructive nature, as it tends to ‘improve matters. But ll the criticism is simply made in or- der to help the Opposition get into power, it ls not in the lino of stateshansbip. Most of the speeches from the Opposition so ‘far this session, in Mr. McEwen's opinion, have made up the most useless discussion he had ever heard in anyllouse. it reminded him of the scolding tongues of fish-wives, famous in the Old Country, ‘Scolding never gets one anywhere. No Govern- ment is perfect, 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- fore the-m, and it is for them to point to any items therein which they think can be dispensed with. ll‘ in their opinion there is some- thing wrong, let them point to it and say that th-is item should not be there. They will have‘ this op- portunity ‘when the Estimates come ‘before the ‘House, and i-f they can make any suggestion that will be beneficial to the country the members on the Government side of the House will undoubtedly be glad to act upon that sugestion. (Applause) There should be more oi unanim- ity. more of a. desire to work in the interests of the country and less oi‘ the party. After all, what does it matter what party ls in power so long as the business of the country is going ahead all right? Mr. liicEwen did not believe the ‘people care a “hoot” what party is in power; but they ‘insist on that party being a business aggregation which ‘will do things in an afllclent manner. The Conservatives have today a large majority in the House Why? Some yea-rs ago, at the last session of ‘the Arsenauit ~ Government, there was quite a strong Opposition, and they were anxious to get into power. They made a policy. in Mr. McEwenb district, on the good roads ques- tion, they denounced the veryldes of put-ting on taxes; they said ‘there was no necessity for liurtber. taxation, and that -the good road project was only a speedway for automobiles-an infernal scheme. The people took the ‘Bell aggrega- tion at’ their ‘word and returned t-hem to power. The first thin-g they did was to go rlglht back on their promises, and they started this good roads policy. They found there was not money enough and they "stuck on" about $200,000 ex- tra taxation. They ran things high handedly for four years and at the end of thai- period the people simply turned them out. leaving just a "corporays guard." Tlllll‘! spews that you can't fool the peo- ‘p c. Strange to say, the gentlemen opposite are et-ill trying to defend that Bell Government. Tile Leader of the Opposition stated the other diy ihlt‘ the Poll Tax was abso- lutely all right. What does that mun? It means that when the Liberal ‘party come Into power again, t!!! they ever do, the people may expect the ro-Impooitlon of that ~Poll Tex. Ho outed sloo that all the schools with an attendance of Ion than 1B pupils should be cloned. Now wo know something about the policy of the Opposition! Ho also declared that tho third year students at Prince of Wales College should pay for the tuition they receive. Those ore some of the things the pOOlIIQ should pui In their note-books and remomb ., when the next election comes around. (Applause) lf the hon. members opposite were prepared to take o little ad- vice, Mr. McEwen would suggest this: Some day in the dim and dis- tant future, when the people of the present organization have passed away, the Liberal party may again be returned to power. ‘if they ever hope for that event, for Goodness oaks, when election eomoo around loo them mot mention tho name of the loll Government, for it stinks in the nostrils of the people! One thing notices-bio ‘in the ad- ministration oi the present Govern- ment ‘is that the gentlemen in charge oi the dGDIPi-"IQD" °X°l°ll° control over them. Every reason- Qblfl question asked them is ans- wered satlsfoctorily, and it is no- ticeable also that the work of‘ the departments is being conducted wml less friction than to!‘ Ilverli rs st. "The EON-DOT] of the Uovornineni vol-x |n agreement. w; have heard of Governments, not ion s30. whose members used to "BI i "i" lhlezes." This no longer nonlin- Tnm may bp-little dilemma of THE OHARLOTTETOWN GUARDIAN till! Side of the House, and function as a ‘unit. Mr. Mcldwen, in his =Doli~tical experience, never knew of a number of men ‘who were so un- animous 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 the various ‘departments measure up to the-full standard require- ments. The rank and file of the 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 ls, how to do the very best for the Province gen- erally. lt would be hard indeed to pick out a more representative body than the members supporting the present administration in this Legislature. We have the cream of the doctors, lawyers, business men. ‘farmers, and fishermen. if this Government cannot give the Province the beat service possible- what body of men could hope to do better? Of course, no Government can please everybody; it never will be so. All that is required is that the members work earnestly together in the best interests of the Pro- vince. What lmoro can any Govern- ment do? The Opposition mode a serious mistake‘, M-r. ‘Mclfiwen believed in voting against the Mitchel resolu- tion. Everyone knows that in the Old Country ‘this Province and ‘Canada generally has received considerable notoriety, and the feel- ing is that those retired Indian of- ficers have been shamefully treat- ed. They have been practically robbed of their money, and that money should be refunded by someone. Naturally they are in- clined to ‘blame’ this Province, but anyone looking into the evidence taken on the commission of en- quiry, and hearing the discussion of the matter in this House, would llnve a deiferent opinion, Any jury, hearing the evidence, would decide that. the Federal Government at Ottawa ls most responsible for that transaction. They recommended his ‘fllipflllllmfllll. lillfl paid his sal- s-ry. That is "going some!" it was simply to clear the matter up, and to clear tllc reputation of the Province, that this resolution was lnougilt in, the request being that the Federal Government should plly the blll. As ll body the Opposition voted against that. Practically, they said “Thut money should be paid by the people of the island." it looks as though they were more anxious to shield someone at Otta- wa than to save to tho Province thg $15,000 that would pay the bill. Hut few will agree with them that the people of this Province should be taxed $15,000 for the blunders of the late Bell Government and their ‘brothers at Ottawa! (Ap- pin-use.) The Bell Government are not to part in this transaction. It was the m-ost childish thing imaginable, done by ‘men supposed to know something! They appointed this fellow and gave him authority to go to England as a representative of this Province without any en- quiries, and knowing very little if anything about him. A ten ycnl‘ old school boy would hardly do that; ‘but the Bell Government zit-l it, because. as they thong-t, it was costing them nothing. it may cost something yet! ' The Leader of the Opposition is strong on Prohibition, and there are some members on the Govern- ment side of the House who have expressed themselves in the some manner. To clear tuhe air. Mr. Mc- Ewen purposed to go into a. little ancient history on ‘this subject. He wanted to show the people who they,can thank for the present Prohibition Law. The Prohibition Law, which we have today was be excused by ‘any means for their ultll. o. McEWEN on sunset DEBATE brought in by the Mathieson Gov- ellllllelll- The Liberal Govern- ment prior to that did ad0pt some kind of Temperance Law, that was useful uhletiy to‘ politicians at elec- tlcn time. it was a klud of poli- tical machiue t-o catch votes with. Liquor was under Government con- trol. lf a man was “pulled" ‘for Bellillz liquor he would g0 to the member he had supported; and the member would whisper to some- body else llislur up. and the fellow would get off. Thls condition of affairs was un- satisfactory, and when the Mntnle. son Govern-ment‘ came in the Tem- perance Alliance brought the mat- ter up, and Premier Mathieson said l0 them: "Make out the kind 0i low you want. flliliolnt a Com- mlssion and take it out of our hands altogether." Tile idea was to tllkc the llluttel‘ absolutely out 0f Poililffi. s0 that no one could say that the Government was any longer responsible. As a result, we 11""? lilillly a law which is enforc- ed, not by the Government, but by an independent Commission. This siloulli be apparent to cv- eryone. yet the member from First Prince (Mr. Blanchard) in his speech “rous‘tod" the Government ‘because so much liquor is being bought, notwithstanding the fact that the present Govcrnlllent have no nlorc to do with the enforcing of that law llllilll file men in the Fiji islands. _ The Prohibition question seems to be a live one today among some people, zludngoozl many members have expressed their faith in tile etlicalzy of tile present luw. They have lliii-llllTlil tllo House tllut they “lion‘t touch it" themselves, and it seems that ll. mun requires some Colllflizo to got up in tllc House and make llll honest confession. (Laugh- ter.) Mr. hiciihven declared he bud that courage; llO was not particular what people thought. He would give ills honest opinion, and it was this, that thore are n whole lot of temperance people today like the proverbial ostrich-they ‘think they are safe because they have their head lll the sand. We have a Prohibition Act, Mr. MCEWUH believed, which ls not en- forced ilnll cannot be enforced, He was us much lll fllvol‘ 0t’ prohibition as any lllcmbol‘, though ile did not pretend llot to take a drink occasion- ally. Thorn are a whole lot of people who will take it behind the door. Tilt-y are what are called hypocrites, MR. Nit-ARTHUR: Is the hon. member reflecting on members of Opposition, or not? MR. IVlcEWlCN: ‘Not all of them. (Lnllgiltcln) I don't think ‘it ap- thlnk ilc is jusclikc myself. Continuing, Ml‘. Mc-Ewen said that while the Prohibition Law would be all right ii‘ it could he unfnrltefl, it was useless to deceive ourselves as to the actual condi- tions that exist. We cannot get lly. ill nearly every school is goill-g io have ll. scriouseffect on Oil. Herc ill Charlottetown boot- lcggers arc thriving. He was in a certain lllliCil a short while ago gutting a silllvc. and ll man told him “l will bet $20 tlla-t l will take you to twenty-three places on this block where you can got u drink oi‘ hot Scotch or rum. A ‘MEMBER: Did you g0? MR. Mt-EWEN: l didn't bet. MR. Mt-ARTHUR: What block is that? Seriously, Mr. McEwen believed this man was telling the truth be- cause that was the condition all over the country. ls that satisfac- tory? What is the use of talking nonsense? We may think we have Prohibition, but we haven't got it at all. lf we hall a plebiscite taken today on the question every boot- lvggur in the Province would be A VERY JUVENILE to loin her lather. She was horn opinion between member! of t-h party sometimes. but they lien together shoulder, to shoulder on 9 a" months ago and has already mode look at England from the dock o GLOBE TROTTIR Little Mary Courtney, ol lromloy, Kent, England. nllod homo on tho "Mlnnodooo" on routs for Edmonton, Alberta, whore oho ls going In Canada two years and nlno tho llvo thousand mllo journey from Edmonton to lnyland. Tho photograph shows nor taking a farewell f MO lhlp. t DUES i" lily lloll. friend, because 1' away from tile fact that we have nloonslllne stills all over the coun- dis- trict, connecting" tile vile stuff that lhc com-lug generation, if continu- (‘ltnvnssing for Prohibition, because they are thriving on it and making money. He was informed that drunkenness is becoming alarming- ly prevalent among young boys. The fact that the Prohibition law cannot be enforced should ‘be real- ized. The ‘speaker cited the ex- ample of Ontario, Quebec and the Western Provinces. He was not advocating ‘that the Government make profits out. oi the liquor busi- ness, but what was to ‘be done? We ‘must face ‘the fact that liquor is being sold. Should we allow ‘the bootlegger and moonshiners to make all ‘the ‘money? ln the face of the present public attitude to- wards the Prohibition law the whole ‘British Navy could not ell- force it. lf people cannot get it from abroad ‘they will go behind the ‘bush and make it. Mr. McEwen wished it plainly understood that he was speaking for himself, and not ior the Gov- ernment Ol‘ for anyone else, He was convinced that if light beer and wines were permitted to ‘be sold in the Province, aifnooderate prices, it would put the bootlegger out of business quicker than anything else. l-le believed time would prove him to ‘be correct. There was one thin-g fortunate about the present situation — the members of the Opposition cannot blame the provincial Govern-ment for what is taking place. The en- forcemgnt of the Act is entirely in the hands of the Prohibition Com- mission, and the gentlemen com- posing this Com-mission are busi- lless men who have made u suc- cess of their own affairs and in whom the public have every confi- dence. They will do their best, and that is all that can reasonably be hoped ior. Lust year, when the House met. the actual condition of affairs re- garding tho Sinking Funds was dis- covered at a late hour. It was found that they were absolutely depleted of all ‘the security placed there by the former Government. The depletion of the debenture ac- count was a serious matter -for this Province. People who know about bonds know that if you put a Pro- vincial ‘bond on tlhe market it is put there under certain conditions and by a certain act of the Legis- lature, and the men who buy the bond buy it on the strength of that Act. Tile Act requires a cer- tain amount oi money to be avail- able as security for thn payment of ‘the bonds. Three members of the House, including Mr. McEwen, were appointed a committee to re- port oll this matter. A careful in- vestigatlon was made and the con- clusion reached by the committee was that if the matter was not settled up within a few days, be- i'ore the Budget, and l-f the fact got abroad that the Sinking Funds of the Province were absolutely de- pleted, it would put the Govern- ment in a very serious posit-ion. The recommendation of the coul- mlttee was to replace that security at once. Some of the large bond houses of Canada were communi- cated with and ‘bonds were pur- chased at 99, the lowest price pos- sible at. that time, and ‘tho Sinking tFund-s were again made iintact. ‘Some time after, it was said that too lnucb had been paid for the bonds. it is true that after the purchase the bonds did drop half a point, but-they came back shortly, and today those bonds, lnlisad of being at 99, can be turned over at 101%, which is proof that it was u good, ‘sound investment. Ofcourse, had the Government known that .within a few days the bonds would [drop ‘slightly, they could have waited; ‘but it is impossible to for- see these things. ll‘ members were wise enough to know lnfallibiy when to buy bonds at a profit, they probably would not be in politics at all, or in any other profession but that of buying bonds. No man can do that; the best that can be done is to act witih common sense. in this case events have proved that the Government made a wise investment. (Applauszu) Ii the Government were to lake the advice of ‘the member from Sumnlereide (Mr. McArillur) those bonds could ‘be turned over today with a profit of something like $5.- 000. if the llon. memhors know of any Government security oquai to that, that can be ‘bought ut par, it would bo advisable to roplnco them. and tuke the profits on tilcsc bonds tllut we have. But lct us llc mighty sure that they are equal to ‘the bonds we have! The speaker was of the opinion that whilo it might be perfectly legal for the Government to under- take buying and selling bonds, as suggested by Ml‘. McArihur, he, for one, would not like to see the Gov- ernment go into the bond business. The bonds might drop and not come back again; then we would ‘be in a hole! Members should get away from I as -much as possible. The people are the judges of parties today. and it all depends upon the actions of a Govern-ment mow long they will remain in power. There was a time when the Liberal party had the better men, but the party has degenerated. some day in the fu- ture they may come back, and the Conservatives may go the other way. But in the meantime the Conservatives are in power, It ls up to the Govern-ment to do its best to make‘ this country batter and more ‘prosperous. In all well regulated businesses ,there is a fixed time for stock-taking when ‘the merchant figures things up, to sen just. where he is at. He looks at the laalancs sheet tor tho last year's business. and ‘ii he finds that any particular line was not profitable. he cuts it out. He then lays plans for future business. Should we not do the same thing as a Province? in starting to take stock. where should we commence? First, let us look facts in the taco. The Leader oi the Opposition talked about the great prosperity and contentment on the Island. The speaker took issue with him on that. He. did not believe this Province is progress- ing. He was not penimlsticr-s pessimist is a dark fellow who sl- ways secs trouble ahead, and never carping criticism and small politics ' MR. i. c. lulu was 9.. Following All‘. llulltllin in the Budget Dcbulo lil tile Provincial Leg slatulc on ilpril 3rd, Mr. J. C. lrving, Llilela! lllrlllllfil‘ for Fourth Queen's said llo ilild often thougllt| that lll lrulliicul strife llleu soulc- times magnify the evil that is to! be wrought upon tho country if their own particular ideas regard-l ing the management of public ill-l fairs do not happen to prevail. It,‘ is as well to guard against un error‘ 0i‘ ‘this kind, and willie members on‘ both sides have their respective places and duties. and are entitled, to their opinions ull pubic policy,‘ it should be remembeyell that ii\'i‘lll if Ono's owll views do. llot prevail, the government of tilt- country will‘, still be carried on. j Personally, llc believed, that tilt-II best kind of government fol‘ this‘ country is a Liberal Governllleni.| and that tile tlurlitions and history of the past prove it. lf at llO (lis- lllnt time we again have a Liberal Government in this Province. ht.‘ trusted that it will be as success- ful as its predecessors have been in the days gone ‘by. It has ‘ilccn repeated many times —-and it is a fact—that Agriculture Is the great basic industry 01' the Province, upon which zliluur oiill-l- industries depend. In tho speaks-l".- opinion there was llo more inlporz- ant branch of agriculture tiluu llalrying. lt fertllizes tllc liillfl fur the growing of crops and the valuc ls rcturncti again to tin,- liillfl \\'lli‘ll those crops have ‘been fell to lTll‘ rlniry cattle. Great importance l-lllnulll be attached to tile fertiliza- tion of the soil; it is ‘better tilun to double tile (lallilty of land. ’l‘lll‘ production of large (lllulltitics m‘ raw material exhausts tile soil ltll“ tilily and this can only be rcstol-cll by tile use 01' fertilizer and till» feeding oi’ the raw material to livc stock, and shipping only the finish- ed product, such as beef, pork. poultry, eggs, butter and cheese. A brunch of farming much nug- lected in this Provincmand wlllcil ' might ‘be made very profiatble, is fruit growing. Mr. Irving was [Jill'- ticularly pleased to llear tile Mill- ister of Agriculture, during his secs anything else. The optilllisl“ on the other bzlnll, is contilllluliyi seeing sonlcihing good coming.‘ around the corner. 'l‘l1<.-sc are two; extremes that arc not (lOSlTilblU. Wihat we want to take is lll(‘,llll(l~ file course and view things us tll-‘yl really are. it is certain tllut ill til -‘ very near future solnctillllg mus be ‘done by lllu Federal Lluvcrll-l ment and tile hlilrltilllle l‘l‘ll\‘illt-l-. ‘ as a whole, to better conditions‘ llll this part of Cullullu. Till.- press-lit, discontent cannot continue; solllol readjustment must be lllllfle. lf tilt- members ill this House keep l‘ peeling that everything down lit-l‘.- is all right, whnt will uilvy say to‘, will 51MB] us at Ottawa? They “What are you coming up llcl" for You have all you want (Town filers." it is ‘better to toll tile truth. ,l.\l\- plause.) About fifty years ago llllS l’l‘u~ vince entered Cnllletlcrzltiun, ull-‘l our population was in tile vicinity 0f 108,000. From 1870 to 1ST‘) purity throughout Lilo Provinces generally, were iloonling. Tilell tile ruillwnlll gradual flCCFUliSQ ill uur population. until from 180,000 it bus-l sllrullk to about 75,000. Tile lust census show- u<l a population oi‘ 88.000 for llllfi Province, ‘but there have been loss- cs since. These figures show that we as a Province have pructiuallly lost twenty-five per cent. of our population since Confederation. Nova Scotia is complaining, ‘but they have increased by about fifty per cent. since 1867. New llrulls- wick about lihe sumo. QLIEDOC null Ontario have increased in that liml: over 100 -pvr ccllt. All ovcl‘ Cultu- da tllorc llllS been all iiVPTilRu ill- crcasn of 64 per cunt. ill population during the period [lllll this Plu- vincu ilus gone steadily hunk. 'l‘h@ speaker was uni crying down Lilo lslullll. Wily SllOiilll ilu’! ‘Fill-n- zlru at lcal-‘L six gvln-rzliiolls of lllv MUEWCll fulllily ill tilc l'l'(lVllll'l‘ llllt cull nllc lit! luun i iuull with fol tryllll; ill lllfillu filings ll4‘ll“l‘ lUl‘ tilmlc wllo (‘umu ultl-l", m lint our children's cllilriroll will be zliliu in stay ilcro and lllukc u living? Tllflal‘ people wllo cumc from Scotland zl fcw days zlgo——<l<l tilcy TUVI‘ Stol- lililll lrss ilccausc tilvy lvllvu ll? N-o, tllcy llllll Lu ivuvc llLTililf’ ihcro were other runs-nus tllul drove thom overseas; illvro was the llope of better and 'l)l‘ll2llll‘l' op- ‘llflfllllllllCfl fol‘ their cllilllroll, ContInuodYrT-Papoqill). Mr. m. Huge, the spent of ueuhho. there was a season of grout ]ll'(l:i'llil3|l|5i'~l _\I;\]'i[l1l]|' oll lilo limp. sizu is not uvvrytllillg Tilc Fralllcu- —‘llut oven lilo important illillg. .\ll". Prussian wzlr was on and tilillzudlilopwi (il-ulqgv. vx-Prl-lllil-l‘ of ill business started up. From tllut linu- ,llllll maul“ l‘ lcrclufl‘ lo up to the pvt-sent lllurc has TJOUll ll slaluln‘. Hill". "ill ill)’ (‘tlulltl-y WI‘ and MnAl an; Canadian Government lmlnhg s shipment of shrubs which arrived at Toronto ‘ PKGE ‘mun - ~. , EM’; mnmliflj BllDDET DEBATE speech on the Draft Address, re- lcr s0 encouragingly to bile possi- bilities of this industry. In the sister provinces of Nova Scutia the growing pf apples is curried on. iu some sections exclusively and pro- fitably. Tile fact that our Island exhibitors in competition with N0- va Scotia producers have won first prizes goes to show that we can I)l‘Ollll('L' apples ill this Province equally as good. it‘ our farlners gave ‘the same at- tolliloll tn fruit growing as to other ilrullcilcs of agriculture there is llo ilfllllll. but ii could be made a ‘l)l'i)- [liable industry. Tile Guvcrlllllcllt lwuulll Iln well advised to lend sumo pl-zlcticlll cncullrngcnlellt to tho glowing Zlllfl lllurllotillg of fruit suitable to our l-li-nlutic conditions. Another (lllcetlnll of grout illi- portallcc is immigration. Tho [Slililfl llzls suffered from decreasing population, but all tile Eastern Pru- villccs have had a sillliiur experi- ence. Tile speaker was picusd to llczlr that the Govcrlllucllt llliS been ell-operating \vitll tile Federal Gov- orlllllellt fur the purpose-of halving ll survey mulie \\'llll al viow to du- tcrnllnillg the nu-milc-l‘ of vacant lurllls in tile Province, nlul having this information compiled ill all zlvzlilubif- fnrlll for settlers. W1.- lllust llot forget that most of us urn the descendants oi men who cllmc out from hlngiullll, Scotland, lrclului and France. and that w‘: lll turn silulllll welcome pcupll: of lTICSO countries tn our slum-s. \Vitil- out ilcing egotistical], we may any tilzlt liley l-nnll‘, like ourselves, m‘ u stuck llllrquililf-ll Elli‘ wnrlll over. 'l‘lle. location of [IUUDTU frolll ill!‘ llullrollll-s would b0 vury tivsilwlltll‘. 'l‘|lt-_\' zlru u llalrlly poopiv, industri- ous, lrllglll lillfl skiifnl. ’l‘lll-_v siloulll iillll lllg island ll suitabil- place to slaltlu in. especially thus‘- rllgagoll in the llshcrics. There urv opportunities ior greater develop- lllPlll l-oli and herring fishing. T'l(‘T)l'0(TlflllS would be sci to the Province in lnll may well be tllkcll ill fol‘ ‘rllzlnicll. A qursiioll of pcrnlzlllent import- zlllrc is lllfll of cie-nlcninry and lligllvl‘ (liuvzlliull. lll those (lays. \\‘ll(’li till» schools fillil colleges of lllt‘ liilifl un- lleillg llll‘(l\\'ll open to lllll‘ illlys mill girls and Elli‘ oppor- llllllllln‘ 01' uduczltloll llzlvc supra-ut- ly inclw- ‘. it ill-hooves 11.‘.- to givo (‘\'t‘ll lllorc lillflllllflll tilzlll lll flu; past to this vital mnttol‘. Uur svllllul syniulll is glloll, lllli wt‘. lfllllil lllzllm it s-‘iill l)f‘lli'i‘. it is l-l .1 llull lllt- f'lllltll'f‘ll ul‘ u roun- ly zlll- il- gllultvst ilt-‘lal-l. ill ill‘- spvllkv - upilliun ill‘) ilnverlllllcllt coull llill (in u \\‘0l"k ni’ greater llll]lt)l'lillli1‘ tilzlll i0 give cvclgv ut- (Pllllllll flliil care to Lilo education 0i‘ our young llcoplr‘. \\'e an: lllktilll oi‘ lllt.‘ l't:L‘ill‘(l of our educa- lirlllzll institutions illill wn i-llfllllll gin‘ tilt-m t-\'(‘ll lllUYl‘ ulluqllnlrlalnfl hourly sllppllrl. lt is llulliltllli i!‘ filly Province or ,\'l.'ill‘ llus <‘\\‘l‘ })l'l)4lili'(tl, propor- Tlillliilll 1. ,L'.li'ill ll llllllll)\'i' 0T ltiilllYri il llli lliJliT cl‘ (‘llllf'lilll)!l. ll-ligiull, .~‘i'l(‘lli't‘ lilill §1ll\'\‘l‘illll('lll. as llllfi lllili‘ Provllll-l- which wt.- alru all prllllll i0 (‘all llullle. (Ap- \\"llil.- we may THOR slllllll llrllzlill, l‘4‘1ll,Vlll_L', in ll spi-zlkt-l‘ who his slllull llll-usull- llu-ll 1mm lllu uilill up." Till- ]l|‘O]li‘l‘ rulllplll'is0ll l)(.‘[\Vi‘t'll countries. is tllcil‘ capacity, lll‘l‘li for zlrcn. liy this lllcllsul-cnlolll lirinou llduulrri lslullll is ills largest Pru- vlllce ill (Yullallll. We have a larger population per square mile. and u larger nllnliler of live stock per square llllli‘. than any other Pro- vince of lllc lmmlllinll. One mnill different-v l)t‘l\\'L‘Pll the island null lilo sister PFOVTlIPOH is illui we llllVl) pl‘ cully nu Wiiflll‘ lflllll, our lln- (!lllll‘v’lil(‘(T pol-lion bring about lif- lf‘(‘ll p01‘ (rt-lit. 'i‘ilnu;;il we llilVi‘ a largo propor- llfllllill‘ llllplllullnll, \\‘l- sill] ll.l\t' ll‘(>()lll fur lllorl‘. Wl- llfl\'l', alvrlr lm‘ lu-rl», llll‘ bwsl Plwlvlllr.» lll (iullzuirl. l1\])]lll\ll.\‘(‘,| (luv lSfllilllltll, which lilllll rl-r-l-llily \\‘:ls :1 lllfilillVfllllllfl" lmw illl nlivuningv; W!‘ y |)l"\‘\‘l‘lil. lllc lilll'lllllif‘llflll 4 - I , and wc (Zllll. ii‘ wt» r- .‘ -, - illspt-l-llnll nl’ all llll‘ products \\“- sl-llrl zlllrnud, llpml lllf‘. quality ul wilicll nllr mur- ltt-ls lll-pcllll. As‘, fill ulzril-llitllrul country, lmrl i lspl-clxlii ' u llairying country. we lulvc rlin llf‘ lHTVliflllIl-‘ZUS possessed lllilWllHFl‘ l-lsl- lll Canada, and by giving; llltlllllll-lll nilvutlon in lhl‘ llifil-li-ni ilrullcilcs of lligrirlllillru .lllo zldvalliugcs oi soil furiility‘ will T)!‘ nllllvll. Mr. Irving .\lli\\' bright. ollllnllllllifil-s nil-wall for lilo Pru- villcu, (Appizlllsln) INSPECTING SHRUBS FROM HOLLAND tho HoIlsnd-Govornvnont, on loft. Inspector of in! mology- ox- ntly from rl ..'