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trying to shlrk his war tax, said it'

should not be paid c-n that 'year but that it should be nn another your-_ thinking that the tax would and in that one year and he would slilrk it. in the next when It could not be col- lected. All through the province you will find this true: that the man who gives generously to .this Pat;-iduc l~`und, who gives freely out of his poc- ket, pays lils tax f-‘eely as well. But. the man who wlslir-s to shit-k_ ..ddrk,. on the suibserlllllvll lll~‘t liecailse. he i-,trys “'i`liis shoiiid not he it tux; it should bn a voluntary gift." lt in the same disloyal spirit ilisplayed hy.

tho iii:ili_ who slili-ks on both of lhesei

iiccax-‘~iuus. Let anyone examine the tax lists in this province as |||¢» nr., being iuadc up and will lic conipieted. and lie will flrid what. I say is true. .ind thi- lion. i.eader o|` the Oppdg-3. tion, who calls liliiiseif tiio`I.iberul party, will noi. be able to deny it. 'i`im lion. g-entlcrnuri says, .iii tliiitfpiorl- li-y oi' iii.uii` he has given us, that the wa., thc tux was regisierwni last year was not :according to law, Well, it was :ir-cordiiig to law as it is under- stool by lawyers and hy f'ourts.- lla says thcro should be a certain fixed sunt io lie rllisetl i'0r~ li tax and thai dyed suiii slioulti bc ailiiistr-il thi.i way :ind that. way. I dori‘t. kiic~w where he gel the notion froui. l iion't. hiiow wliat his friends on the Opposition must think oi` it. I cannot uiako uny- thiug out r.~i` his coriteiitioii iii that re- gard. ’l`lic ltiw says that the proper- ty should lic valued and that for every $100 ol' value there should be twenty cents of ai tax. That is plain enough. Any iiian oi' common sense can under- st.iiiid that. There inust be twenty i-i-tits ol' a tax on every $100. 'Tho `Ar\| was passed in 1010 by tho liibcral (lovernineut which was then in poiver :ind wc Iiavo been carryirig tlicir nie- lliod tlirr;~iigli. We did noi have a va- luation riiado in 1015. it was it War year. it was nu election yearn' and an election year is no year in which to :iiijiist taxes. 'l`lio lion. geiitlcinuri smiles. and I will just feed that smile a little. I saw it tried out when their party was in power. I say bye-elec- tions hcing held that time and I knew ot' the power being exerted to lndiice voters to vote for the Government. it ‘was corrupiy used for that pur/ pc-sc. I will go further than that and say that it is a very hard thin-g in- deed for a Government in such i1 case as that to prevent improper coiisltiera- tions ha-ving weight. I know the gentleman who led the Government ut that time, and he does not stand be- lowtlie standard of any man who b-as filled this place for many years in this province. I am making no cliargc against him. but I will state that it is :i ilifiicult, and in many cases it proves an inipossihle, thing during thc cou- flict of an election, to produce those :id_iusl.nieiits which would lie fair and cqnitablc. giving no weight to politi- cal influence. it was never inten- ded, and no sensible Government ever thinks ol' throwing such a qucstioii into ii political contest.

The lion. Leader of the Opposition

is very much dissatisfied with some of tiiosc valuations. Ile is justifying some wild statements made by him in August last in iliis Iloiise. Ile was very anxious then that it should go abroad and do as much harm and create as much <iissat,isi‘aciic-ii as pos- sible and should interfere with the pnynicnt of people‘s war tax and lu-ultli tax; and without. any authority, without any information, he wnntoiily stated that it was the intention oi' thc Govei-ninent-and that they were going to carry it into effect-not to make n tr\io`valuation of tiid lands hut. to increase the taxation on thc country thy some ten or fifteen thous- and dollars .find add 25 per ccnt. to :I3 1-3 per cent. of the existing valua- tions of tho' land. I have his words i'or that. ilo had no information upon which to make these statements. lie made them wantonly and recklessly, and time has shown that they were false. And now he is crideavouriug to hack up tiiat. false preillctlori ot' his. Ile says “There is ii. school district in Thy own district in which t.lie iiicreuse in the amount. of lands is -something over $20,000." I want. _to quote his exact. words. bc- cnuse this is to be something of ia measure oi' the value of the lion. gniit.lenian's siatenieiiis. Ili-rc IH what he said: "l have come across several eases, one case in particular. ri. school district in my own disirit'i‘ wht-re there has been an iiicrease in the iimouiit of farm iaiids of sonicthiiig over $20,000, which makes an iiicrensg of taicntiori in that one particular dis- trict of over $400." What. iiirll\‘lf'i- ill that l would ask the liou. gentlcinail?

MR. BELL CORNERED.

Mr. DELI.: it is in the immedinte

vicinity of Kensington.

'rite rnnmlrn: what is ine nnmc

of the district? Of course. you knew what it was before you` made such a. statement, i presume. What is the name of the district? _

__ Mr. BTLL: I cannot give the num- er. Till? l‘REMIEi'i: it is in the vici-

nity of Kensington?

Mr. DELI.: Yes, in the immediate

vicinity.

THE PREMIER: You can't Eli/G

the number, hut you can surely give ilie name. .

Mr. DELI.: We will cali it for I-|10

present Kensington school dlsirlffi- l\‘or present purposes call it that.

THE PREMIER: What would you

call' it for other purposes?

Mr. Ill!!LL:` That will be suillcleni

for you. ‘

THE PREMIER: Well. I find in N10

list this: The 1915 tex on Kensinit- ton was $228; the 1916 tax was $256. ri difference ot $28.

Mi-. BELL: what is the iuliolnilllf

district? -~

'l‘llE PREMIER: _ Oh dear mc. I

did not inako the statement. YU" know. But l will tell the hon. $0000' man this: that it ls not true. in l'0B'H|‘d lo any single school district .in the electoral district which he reP\‘"°“l° in this llouse. It-in not true. 110011150 there is not a single one of them tht!! lla-ya on the increase of taxation as niuch as $400.- - , -

There is another case I don't know rise up and say I am the Leader ot WHAT 1-H; c,9vE`RNQn'3 QPEECH

P is ersoiiall interested i it' anothe mi ht however. after‘alil the sriod in

D v ll - r S P 'ru cn ,or ui iioiio - i ure

` ~ _ case of which he complains. Ile said which the people have placed their o__enfng°p§f___e "Guia on “.;.__:‘__,___d,__y

the Wit WW \"'°“Kh'- 0" I” G@°"5°‘ "°“"d°°“°° in mm be jusuaed in K" last while short yet covers the ranEe

_ tiewn. I dcn't think it was tiled If doing But he is a. man of too rnucb or _mme _,uh ec” of dee e im on

llc has any objection tohaylng it trledimodeeiiy to do that; a man ot' too ,O ___` -'.,_ ` 35,!" D

i Ri I I ii clan i it:

9'0"” he can take his |333] 'emedil H'-"9 Wmny to ']° mul" B‘ff he nu' Wiih iindaiinsedscoiiivlge the reriiuun

~ ___.?___ and have the place of trial changed. forth. as one strong reason Why th# . f | F |,. _ I in .,,.,,h ||_i'

. _ ,riiese are poor, shit-iiia details that aooille of Nova Scotia llllollld Silniiwl §f,sf,'f,. f.,',‘.’.,,§'v"2__§|,‘,‘,1fp','f,f;'f,,:°,,¢`,-,lc ' ‘

.M___ Bm__L_ _ Wm __n__________k___ ___ th_e Lciider of the Opposition has hllrn, thai_glenGo;{(e_i'n_r:en_tr_l_i_a_;l___e_i_ei;t_ _mm _"___ j__s__(____ WH" __o__"d____,_ hope

glwove _L_ I WHL _ diawii n-iuaiters wliorolie liiinself is in ._.i._ag;ia __ mm t_be_fcu_0S___ __.m__ ____ Wu ,mm w,,,,_,,.,| ,O ,,,,:¢,_._.y in lm,

THE PREMmR_ Verv we___ _ Wm i_,ont.eined either as counsel or per- ncpcl cas s _ _Q ___ -»we _“_ vga,-»,, Ca,m,,,,g,,_-- We shouid ,-9. leave it there. ' "f'f’“"V- C3503 Wh°‘° th” d°f°“d°'1‘5 “ V5” “ge 0°: ' __ °";'_ _T3 _.____"__:_._ lolce to-day that on the Westerii_

M,._ Hm_I__ I have um _mst __________ uere_ enddviiuring to shlrk their res- 1; n;an.__w'__o ag till l/_ or 1_0 ;ec__ _-mm the enemy ,___ in _.e__.ea, muy

_._|_y,fm_ ___ __ poii_.~i.lillities. to avoid the payment of ar o s ll:‘_ y nce,__ nhinan vit _ “__ wheme, they may can it a sg,-,,¢eg|C_ 'rlin r>rtnMii~:n; what iiisii-ict ""f."` taxesi "nd bee-N38 they (Hd not og"-iimlusomeiiing ou its ‘U ymud """°“‘ "" “"y“"“g °"““' “ '°"e‘“ i" ‘

will you prove "_ |n_,-9 1 ,_ ~_i "“‘-‘""’- I’““*“"‘° i“ Um end they had 1° Wmis 1 9 9”’ C- “n 0 “fa” D such it case means dei'eat and it 'its

gan 0 - - ~ ' ' ' -r-r' -- ~_. `_-_~_

Mr. BELL: I gave you either Ken. ;'g"‘_‘;_‘*22_ 11% their dllly. or wllll have 0; the Tl;-Li. H_I_l_il expect? marks one stage in thc closing drama _ -

whether the Lender of thg Opposition the Liberal Party in Nova Scotia ' Ho - ¢0N1-Amin,

singion or the adjoiriing ilist.rict_ " r my’ he makes " B loud t 0 peope - . . Buppo "f the' W£\"- The mst Swim may he |

.Nm l,__EM_ER_ Cu" _ou _vc _____ eut<_ry. `iyhat_are the great public biim by reason of it- and tl.ey did- Mm. M. im _1w__y_ bm we have one Well 0110 .\_G11- Bl Work-_ T110 DYGSI- _

mme or me iuiieinirig iiisii-if-il; 1‘_“‘_°'_§'_f“:l_“___il; ll_l‘-__e_ye_i:. cyrnparea war; :_i;_i:_t_IE_lii€_cl___tl;l_§§g__tl\_§l___l>:llgLw';1_;"1f_¥ siepmiiriieii cient- and iieiiniis or rim ;'C°__l'__ -___l_1?_;‘:‘__‘_."‘-___‘_f‘*_‘;;_:_§'h‘;fSe_;L°_;°' “1“‘__ _ _ _ ._ _ _,___ __.__ __ __ M” "Tm" W" Wi" ""i ‘""°“““ Wiiilifliii'--"" Bi Hui) ini Derimar er tin it seieiyyunon -he ruiiiiii- g"""" "‘“""'.““" ‘"0 }‘“"“ °' ""3 G"""- rind siielfiol talent tl evamliiiiw and “E "H "mm I In "` and h I ' now] will iinilm»l.;i\,~,-_ in prove one rli_~.'- _Im ___(___le_r'_e 1_2 an n ercs s <;_ ___i_\____ 5 The 'had no Im; in "___ inaris _to strike towards the coast oi ______________g _nm _'ho _,?,Q,_§|,|,. ,.,.q(°,’,m.¢._ ,,.,_._ __ _ ._ ,_ _ _. ._____ tru-t in thi- iininediatri vicinity of Ken- fhosé) _YW _' _.vs_ fam }_H"_.__'emH”_L° "'__0vfm'_e 0_.yNm___ ___(_0___; ____ ____0____ (;aiais or to st-"iko any vital part ot ___, ______ __r0_,im_0 ,md my. ,,,(;n,,.§` of pmt ,u,,` \ j', ‘f"_'."_l {`.{‘;'."' “Q __"_‘ ;_` 'qi"g"0" wus i"°"°a’"°"l by $30'00"- po-iitiolii ails' ioihiil '<1-'Tti)zen\li'Sl?'vH' rorli Eiiliided and 'is geiierolis as the lion ll-mam ww 'ues dead; and mg mac" ll|0\'llll‘l'll llllll mllv he lll`i`f>rtIeliv our IH( M n om( “ul mn mu V1 nl'

'l`|ii<I I‘l`tl-IMII-lit: $400 ii. year? ,,,,'_. Bynum' 9,/ Wy, ` D_`;,cPH ur; _ }uem|;e,. fm. A-1313";/sh' 'Th;.y h.,,| mi "0" “pm me .cwnmn n"""hm°" us' people 'ind heirs-i had 'ii-sticiaicd with il -»»‘ r ' -1 » ' -< MR_ BELL: W_____________ _ho mx __m_ ar _£0 te'rs._ dai are mey, wiai m __ who mme __0__w_-"___ _m__» __u_i_ m__ the kiiowlcdgo is borne lierne to thern,| ___n_ _1‘;_______x___ (___ ___F_n- -_-_____(.___e .m__nP__ _ __ie eil i.t o :i iiirtlicr pro ongatioii r. ”“""" ‘°~ iii-(isiieriso lui-a' nn -'-rimmr cond' oraiii-i ewn piwifllt ii iirsi-Liiisi. U'-“ lm"-’ 1” "" h°"° M v‘°‘""°"‘ W'-"i will iz flown/to the llilurc 'ls li-iviii/L; ‘mi -i 'ii ii at - i -i ' i i

THE PREMIER: Wm th" hon' thin s tiiutn gixgpmni n hw t ite institution and handed it over lor" thi be one ol -the mos' D-mm" c."uSU'q mi renllcroed splendid service' 'intl ‘great ni" ( ld' ~ 'lt id" ""n -In l 'fi nfllmnkj ileittlernen now riiake up the tux on ' .kg`_ I fo I To 0.036. omg 0 le ‘mi __ H. _,___ _ ' had ___(___ __ >¢1(‘-Ct”-'lllllll-*»'|lll‘g u’e=q.“°c"5"‘ 0| 0"" MW issisianceoii this >inv'ilrih‘lc worl 0~ 'ro mmm Jeri", l-`°. min" ""1-ng hy' $20000 ____ _hc _________m_y rate? poi e. o tie .elder of the 0 iosi- pu c ti..e. y _ _ s _ ‘|95 and in _,hm-mnmg lm. _|,_,,__, mu, -_-~ - r ~ - _l- _ C- niucii to the Iuriipiir-s ri eiigth iii iii-

inari, do you think that .l.cadi_-i "_, ,,,,,,,.,.,.__ ,,_._. ,,,,,| ,,.,,,,,,,,,,_ I-\l llw._i1r<»i»¢~r time I sh-ill l-li f-~-_l tllo win. oi the l.llior'al l‘ai'ty would have said laihlr oi the llousc a report vtllllulllllllt' ever-_v i-;ipoi~tiiiiit,- giveii our r~liilili~i-it

in liliii: No, you have to support it as OUR RETURNED SOLDIERS line \~;.|~|0||_-, al-in-|,.,; w|,|,.|, ‘hw h_,,.,. _-_______

. _ I lil-licv .ill uill s ith iii

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MR. Iii-}l.l.: ()h.--~-..... 'l‘lII-I i‘llhiMlI~}It: 'l`lio lion. geri-

_tloriiau iiinde the statenicrit that there was an iricrease oi' $400 and he sr.-iit ii. broad:-iist. through the proviii<~c. iii' course, ‘.50 tents on $100 would work out. on $‘_'0.000 to only $40. ilut we are not dealing with ii geutleniari who is liable to make unintentional cr- mrs. We ar'o dealing' with a gentle- lnari who puts hi self forward as ii lin:iiicici° of the ,ery liiglie.-it. stand- ing. A y'c-ar ago he made the cclioes ot' this llousc ring for hours over thc iiorrihir-, fate that would overtake this country iiriicss he could go on the l‘uhlic Accounts (iommitteo, and yet the iie:ii~cst. lie can ge, in his state- niciit. oi' fact |`roru the iiiiererice of fit-titres. is to have it. ten tiino_-i too niuch . That gi\'es‘ a pretty good key to thc- value of the hon. gentlenian's stnteiiients clean through. I don't think that I uni ovf.rs~taiiiig the mat- ter, or uiid'ci'st.atiiig it, when I sity that in i'<-giird to this statemeiit oi' his :ind this pa!-iialilo error ot` his. tio lt: no further out than hr-,is in every siateriiciit. r'c-garilliig facts and figures which he has put liefore this llouso in his last. spec(-lt. I will go fiirther and say this: that evcu coin- ing down to the $40 which he should have stated in the first iristniice, there is not one single di‘:4t.rict. in"all the di:-:triets he reprcseitts. in which there luis been an iiicrcase of $40.

REGFIETTABLE CONDUCT

It is unfortunate that in this time.

when the energies of all should he exerted in dealing with matters oi' the griivest lniportance, that oui' time should be- frlttered away and oui' hours wasted by dealing with false and pernicious statements such as these. This is all aimed at what cause and with what purpose? ~

it is aimed at every effort tho Gov-

eriiiiient is making to do its duty in raizdng the iieccssary taxes to meet the expenses of this' war period: He- builds his rotten foundation and then' erects on that a i'abric of slander and falsehood and wonders why it should |'ail. Thr-n he barks hack to the fox tax. I will tell you, Mr. Speaker, tak- ing ilie taxes general-ly. they were

paid/ in my experience, as in the year

people are paying more promptly than ever; and' always I ask why, and the answer' is invariably, tiiat the people seem anxious to pay them so as to pay the war tax. The people ef this

Liberals and Conservatives when it coiiiiis to a questioii of loyalty. There is no distiiiguislilng mark upon our pcrpli- iii that regard; not the' slight.- civ. and wlien thc lion. Leader of the t`.-_ii-msltiori rises in his place and pro- Tf'-==es to speak for the Liberal Party iii the narrow and sectional views. that he takes,-in the narrow and unpatg rlntic views he takes. he -is not speak- ing for tho party he professes _to lead.

I have not heard from a single col-

lector that, iii rcgs.r'tl to the prompt- ness and willingness to pay taxes, it ipade any ditiereiice which party a iiian belonged io. There _has been not. ii sound oi' such a thing. We were throateiided lin August last. that, by rr-.isoii of this war tax, the people would be stirred to revolt, and the lion. Louder of the Oppos'ltlon endea- voured to stir up the Deoplc- by every uioans ‘lie could devise, brit he failed utterly, and lic _slioulil‘ recognise that failure now and become. ioytal. in the payment. oi' taxes the-ro has been a prompt. response except. here and there. llelilnd the scenes. in a few_ places we found there was sonic- in- fluence. some sinister iuiiuf-nce nt work. People witiioirt ony rensoii were refusing to pay their taxes, and when the time value and prcssiire was grouglit. to bent' on then) and the cause oi’ their opposition and their rc-t'usnl and delay was unveiled, the Leader or the Opposition was found to be iiio ndvlser in ne-iiri_v' every case. Ile iiiadc a i-itiitcnirfiit. in regard to I.c'wis'. of Alberion, which you will under- stand. Mr. Speaks-i~. is not according to the recoril. Lewis is ii. woait-hy man luit. be would noi. pay his taxes. ire ` would not ae anv~ thing. lie would not. explain, and as the year drew to ri close and we were endeavouring to settle our accounts we began to deal with the few shlrk-_ ers that remained rand he was sued. A writ was issued ngeilllsl- N111 Call 0f, the- Supreme ('ourt and he Came i0 Charlottetown, and for what cause I dmm know, went and paid his taxes like ii man.

THE MAN TO BLAME.

s are members in this House

that man said and upon whom he put

could not dispute values; he could not dispute his legal liability. and WHO" his ovcs were opened he went and pmt 'hu in like s man- But he mm why he had not paid it before. and instead of the responsibility resting upon the Government or upon any gther person in resllfd to the exD€l\° ses that than man incurred, the bur- dnh and respoflsihfiity lie ' upon the* mm who advised him to try and shirq pp; duty. ity/as bad advca, and one thing is to bo iisid for Lewis, he was

tion? It is s shame to have tc- t`ol- low such things; _but to show you, i\Ii'. Speaker,-for it. will have to bo shown and shown plainly .to tho people oi the i>r:~iirilry,~to show you. what a strange view the lion. geiitleinuii Lakes of iriitli and i'ectli.iiile, let nie take this otliersintemciit. `

lie says the Government had cn-

gaged two fiounsels ou a case. It is ai sin-ill ihirig, but it is not. true. lie says the Government had Mr. Martin erigageil. Mr. Martin is an excl-lleiit lawyer, und ii' it were iiecessai'y I would coiisiilr-r liiiti it very proper per- son to engage.. it is not. true, Iiow- ever. Now. I reniernber in 1804, that was about the time the lion. Leader ot' 'tiig Opposition was in this _llouse lic hrotigllt in a hill to siiortcn the i'orin ol' it mortgage, and there were two columns. In one column the words of the new riiortgruge worn set out, and lri the other coluinn the words, equal tc- thein in tho old i'orm were sl-.t out. Iii'tlio new i'or‘in tliere was one clause I rcincinber: “And the iirnrtgageo doth licreby nlioru uuti lieeonio ti=.uaut"; and that was equal ito; “and t.lie mortagoi' doth hereby attorii ami liccoine . tenant that is, ' if you wan- ted t.0 know what the mortgagee meant in the Bell column you had ie go to the other column and find that it meant the mortgagor, that it meant the very reverse ot' what it said. I believe that is the key to the whole course of the Leader ot' the Oppcsi. tion. You turn up and find what he says; then you turn to the other co- lumn where the truth is and you find the exact reverse. It is double entry system.

THE DALTON SANATORIUM.

- Tlio lion. gentleman cannot keep lawoy from the Dalton Sanatorluni. I know that last August he nearly raised li riot among his own people with the attitude lie took towards that insti- tution, iasd now he is at it worse than ever. Ile stated then it would cost $14,000 to $20,000 a year to maintain ,the institution. Well, he did not know what he was talking about any more tliian when he said $400 was the increase of tax ou some unknown

__m,_.__. so wnn mm m. H0 (,heerfuny|s<eliool district in the I<`oui'tli District

of Prince. lint he thought that that

1016 I r-iiqulrcd of t.lie collectors ot’ the: w°“"l mam’ the l"f°|’|" ‘"5*‘a“”"°‘]- various taxes, and they state- that the that t° WY me in“t't““°u was 3951*!

toieost $20,000 ia year to keep 27 pa- tients would make the whole .matter objectionahie in the eyes of the people and make them unwilling to meet any respousiibility In regard to it. Oi'

tor a icte oi' $7 000 That gentleman who made this gilt to the provin<~e,-- tile greatest gif; in amount and the greatest in value that we had ever _ received-intended first IL gift. of $20.- 000; and when suggestions of- more accommodation and better- were af- forded, he went on and on until he agreed to $50,000. One improvement after another was made, until to-day that institution stands approved by those who have inspected every sona- torium from here to the Pacific Coast, ranking first oi’ all, in every modern `equlpnient, in every modern conve nlenee, in everything that goes to make such an institution of great va/ luo.. llc went. beyond fifty thousand and spent. some thousands more in providing equipment, and when we inet. the llouse in August last we had in view the filling up of the Institu- tion wltli soldiers disabled on account of tuberculosis and it required consi- derable furnishing material to coni- plete the accoinmodation in the iiisti- tutiou. That seven tliousaiid went -largely for that purpose. The insti- tution. .since ilie first January. is ae- cominoiiating front 25 to 2? soldic`rs, and when the lion. gentleman says lt. is a. charge iipou this province of $230,000 a year he makes a statenieut. wliii-li has no foundation in fact. There. will be snhinitted to this Iiouse, at the earliest. opportunity, ii statniiioiit showing how the institution stands and what its running expenses are. Wiiat does the Ilon. l.el.1der of the Op- position wish to -get at? .lla says it costs ton niucli. Ile says it costs $20,000 a your and that $20,000 should he taken and spent some other way, which would involve, of course, the ciittliig oi’i` r.~l` tho Dalton Sanatorium.

province are not to lie classified into f'-Ollrfw. it was not true. We asked

A STRAlGHT\_QUESTl0N.

I want. to ask him if he has the

courage to back up bis insinuatlons and mis-statements by proposing in this Iiouse that the statute which lm- posed upon the Government certain responsibilities in regard to the maln- tenanco c/I that institutioii, should ‘be repealed. If he would not do that, if he has not the courage to do that then I say his' insinuations

' Thcr - . , who know Why Mill ‘V00 k“°W Wh” and mia-stamernents are a disgrace

and adi-scredit to any man in public

the blame end responsibility- _ H°‘or private -life. Now the session lies had no defence. Ile wall l‘l¢h_» l1“"before us for weeks. Will ho have the

courage to stand up and introduce n bill in this House--he has the right and power to do it--refusing on the part of this province to take any re- sponsibility in regard to that insti- tution? I-Is has giveniui ii disquiai- -tion hero upon -what a sanatorium

shea); bo. it should not be n sona- tori to dell with incipient cases. he says; it should take in advanced cases. There' is over in Nova i°otia_a gentleman who for some years hast led the Liberal Party and who might

was wine 'enough afterwards to no-_

o I `

with some cause--although il don’t.

illl0W|0l\¥*‘ N' "_"\’m.'-" ‘md .m°,°\ ll--think he would be so pmlamptaoiiu-

! SITE OF THE SANATORIUM.

lie says that.'the Saiiaioi-iittii is had

'y situate, :uid yet. the sitiiaiiiiii was -lioseii hy the gi'eat,es¢_ experts in rc- ,zaril to suiiritoriii wliosr- .-aci'vil~t-r ~ould he bought. with money. 'The lion. ueritieinan has no liestitatioii at. all 'ii the vastiies:-i of his lgiioraiicn oi lic subject, in i-oridemriintr -their iriowlcdge. Dr. Miller-_ who has 'zliiirge ot` thi- Siiiiatoriuui iii Nova ~‘.eoiia, thought wortliy of that posi- '|uii. zi iiativc oi' this ill'0Vi"""-» ‘WH .nown arid lllgllly l`f'fiIl“\'i"tl- “'41-“ -.oiii-uiliini: llilys-it-ian who lletwiiiiii- id upon that cite: but the lloll. ;erit.li~iiiaii. while he would do away vith the Dalton Saiiator'iu.m, turn

revert to conditions .of disorganize-

'ttf when it came to the tiurslloll 0' 1;-oviding a "sunatorluin l_llf‘- ‘ionorable member- for Tignish lid not ask the Government or :\n.V-

'ume forward and Dllt UD ill” mC'“eY- ind the road is open for others who ire benevolent to follow suit. ’lhe_ ilon. Leader oi the Opposition would -io; cure those cases or take them iito the Sanatoriiim,--those cases that ire curaibie_ iIin_ idea would be too aut the advanced cases, those which ire incurable. into the Saiiatoriuin.

l`lia.t is what he says. I have tilt” "ecord oi’ his speecli here. It seems

'nci'edibie, but tliiat is what he say '_ lie would put them In/the Sanatoriurn.

iave a. person w . D - ` ' natc-riuui for incipient cases, and il we had another person to provide a refuge for incurable cases we would :ever the whole ground. There is rti opportunity .for that gentleman ind he may not have such a one very long. »

_ THE FOX TAX.

Now, Mr. Speaker, l must rev(-r_t._for

1 nionicut to the question of taxation. The lion. gentleman, in seeking to dir up discontent and strife. has said that the Government imposed a valua- tion of $2,500 on foxes and various other valuations. That should go into the column where lie says “Yeti” and means "iio." It should zo into one ot’ those parallel columns. As it stands it has no truth in it. In"1il`l4_ the valuations placed by owners upon their foxes was alnic-st. $800 apiece, the average of reds was with- in a few cents of $00 apiece. Many persons pnlii their taxes upon those valuations; but _when the war broke ont. although the Goverrinicut. iiilglii 'have collected every cent, yet the pri- ces fell and the Goveriiuieiit. coiisidl~r~-

ry ,o ia . » ting xt tax on about $10,000 a pair'

Thgy reduced from aiiuost. $5.000 apiece on silvers to $2,500, and those who had paid on the higher valuu- tion, uiilesi-i they had sold foxes at the higher valuation, were allowed a rebate.

it was it diiilculi matter' to tical

with, ‘but we dealt with it and as far as I know there was no cause for dis- ,setisfactlon left; and when tho lion.

gontfzman says that the Government put. valuatrion of $2,500 upon them when they were not worth that his statement is the precise opposite oi the truth. Tire truth is na l have sated, that the Government volunta- rily. in view of the fall in prices. re duced tire valuation from almost $5,000 apiece to $2,500 apiece, and ct those oi' lesser value, from .$793 to_ $400 apiece. and reds from $59 to‘ $30 apiece. So that intend of the Government being the hard-grinding task master, as the Leader of the Op- position would have people believe, they considered li. fair, on the other hand, to ta-ke one-halt. of what the strict letter of the law allowed. When that goes forth to the public-imd . every man who has had to do with the fox tax' on tha Island will know that what 1 say is true-where will the

- Leader of the Opposition stand? llow

can he expect anyone of them ever again to accept. unless at e terrible

, discount. any statement which he ' makes? _

welt Wi; drin't, want your gift io the - ,_ ' tliiiiiglit su_il:\lile for' |iiiiili<'aiit{ii_ and

l"""l"" Ui' Nm” S"'°u“ “"l"'S"’ y"" 'i‘lie tliirticiairso oi' thc .Spl‘cr~i. li:ii. ` 0' ' . N . "W" " TVA "I" I We '7“"" "H |""" 'ii l~'f\" illiiif f=“"‘l tml- 3'0"" h“"‘\“ il* 5'0"" T’°"km ‘md io do with providing for tho soldiers Huyhm um' "_w'H """‘°"""l" “ hm' "‘“li Day i'or the whole support as well ai _.,_____,_____g _-_.___.__ _‘___ §,,____._ --you Wm “"1" """“"‘|_ ‘ii 'IW "*"'.\' limit"--`i' ll-'I' 'his `lio cn"st. of erection ofthe institution he a__kf___ ___ __0_______e__ __ m____________ h___ tim.-_ :iiui will iiiark it distiiivl stage i|,,,|_ ,.,,,| i, ,,»m,},| y,,._ w(.||_ m,,|_.,,_,_-,li '|‘hcre is a prctty wide gulf fixed he vm., in _,i_.,w me 0_.__:unizu__0__ _"___ _“___ in tri., llevelr-piiiciit. oi' this previrice. mg 0|, -\,,.|m|f of mf. ,_¢,,,,(.,~,m,,.,,l_ 'i tween the Leadeir ofthe Liberal Party purxtmn _-____ qe__k____m__ _,__ _lm ___________'_ It ririrlis this stage :ibovo all: that _ _ _ .n Nova Scotia. und the gentleman |u__d___. m- thi; ___.0'_______€_ _ 'Wm `___'__ tliero has been found. by ri I'rovin<-ini ||,,..(.;,;|,|,-,,,, y,-,,,,, ||,,. I,,,|,|;,. ,,,.;,,,,.;- who professor; to lead the' I.ilif-ral __ _ " nioelinlz. :L boil r ot' iiieii who, without \,,.

say yriy iiiulh upon tlinl Wlicii »‘

have an o|ipor'Iiiiiity ol' iii-aiilig with ii full_\'.~ l iuny iricrffl outliiiv tiiix

t .

provilit-o thi~rr~ nrt- irc-iisltlorulilo tracts;

will ii'ot outer' upon n.-i row farm land,

.ind rr~iiiii‘e i0 :i condition ol' rultiva-3 tion 'i`he `ont~ei da s iii this vol

I i

Illini will involve. the |ircpa|';ii,iml ol' those areas in blocks lr, he di\'illed‘

_ port; and I trust tlil~ i.t-arii=1' of t'hi'- _

rito fzlriiis :is iiiuy 'iii-i.clii=~'5flei-cd pros: suilalill-., win-ri their fitting tip and ile-

an exieiit Ihilt the ini:-riding or-our pziuts iiiuy po in and |ii‘ti:-rcciiti-, ilii-ir cultivutioii us :i iiieuiis c~:' iivnliliooil.

:this siiivrilliii iiistituiiori. i

'i`iiis proviiliiig of fariiis has bccri car' EDUC/’*T|ON~

;-lcd on siir~.-essfiilly by the <‘ i' li I

lwill’ 0\l\' S0|‘1if‘i`S 10 "~’_i|';;le"_ Wl_‘_"""" and iiv private en`tr~rpi'ise and ' 'i`licrc is this claiisc in tlic Spent-li: ' ‘WY Wfllllli and 'intl S “- “P in ° ‘er lieiiigilivolveii in New llruii,'wit~i ' o .“lii iii ilepartineiit. ot' l~Iiliiiatioii ther. \l'0Vi¥l<f‘°-S. THIS Cl llifln Of his QW” a considerable scale. The T (lri\§r-i-iili is cviiir-neo of-inc-rcaslrig(iniercst iii 'i_t;h“'I\_3_\_1l<g(_____C0_:'_;?Ll_‘ :_IlJGi_d“':3;‘i___PT°‘;%;‘_3 ment_ will ask the Legislature to_ o_o' public schools. Morfi liberal sup- seine ot' our sous have not enlist--i. ,v r ' _ gr-an power to procure, to lay f,-ut - ocmeiits have been votei and marked t`or the war. Wo have no record if- il' lW€I\l5” tb0\1Blllld_ <l0l|9-\”S- H1111 _:C and define 11|-eds of this kind ,md mi iiiipreveinents made in equipment. In those who have enlisted _airmail cr. VO\lid i1l|0W 1119 1311595 t0 C'-We" 9 undertake such work as may he noni every branvli tire service has been cept as the wounded sometiriit-'.4 coii. vhole of the conntr};{l=\lll1 ll;IdI‘-‘fe DQO' sidereil desirable in respect thercte,i well ninintaincd. The work in many hack to their homes' but ot` our i;-.-i ne in their homes. 0 W0\l °°“1f‘-I' and it is hoped and iii-iiiivrti that suciil ol the schools has lioell illsoraanizerl ` 1_n them |JOW€l‘ 10 €'l\f0l`C9 ¢\:elr__d__‘Te_C_ ii. plan, ineoting-as it does the propo-i ily tile Cllllstment T01' war sercvice oi’ tiers we can account i'or frilly ii,0l-=- l0nS S0 that they C0\\ld E0 ami* __‘f;;_ sais that come from the Iiritisli Go-I eXi>0\"l@I1C€fi teachers but this disad- men. The count. so far as it is \~.

»_lace _to ;l_l:_<l3 :L-'l)l_€_L_l_i_`¢V_l; _;|_'_l__0__ vei‘_iiment. :hat eve_'y provin_ce iii (‘a-_ vt:rilugc_ wil_l soon _pass, while the_spi- i-ificd. gives the n\imbt_>.r ot' incn l.-. ons ie ' _ j iiata may i o sometiinff in tie wa. or- ii oi' o_va ty ant devotion tc- tut

:ed__by €law.d'l`\1t;:_ _igriéidern _:_1;_.l;l1l\1\f`-_‘30;’; proiiiiling land on \\_liii;li soldiers r\iiai'i$§I-'>Wll by these lf*-lll`|l0l'S Will lllSl>ll`0 it uiiinber ot' others going on Sllcrizii _net cm au S I ry - - sett e,-- it is ho ei that the Govern-'tio present and future generations .' ~e gt l , . -d, .~ t il . ihmugp the hospital:-i';_ not the treat- mem Wm ,-e(.e`;\.¢r,' me @0..0I,e,-,_,l;0,, of! of our s(.h0|m.3_.. _ seiiit inus ie 'iildt so hat it ‘ nent of people at their' homes l_l_\1i eve;-_v member in _the Iir.-.isc in puttingi The statement made by Ilis lionour and from tire.;-eturiis we- reecirel fri ii hrvllgll 1110 ll0SDi¢a|§. T115 gf_;‘d°_ that plan into eilcct. _ _covers the ground almost siifllcientiy. time tn time ni' lslginilers who luv nan would upset all this. He won :_ The Devewpmcm (-nn,,uiSS;0“ I )\,¢,w_ M,-_ §[,,.,,|m,-_ I may say in Vega

iway with modern methods an have nl,-md); I-cfm,-0,1 ¢0_ it paglto liiiuc-atioii: This present year oi'

lou. That lc. the way lie would spend E;;______ __-______ 1 _ ____-;;_____*;_________ _:__ ` _ _5_;_ '

i_lp|iosition lilii_isi'-.li‘ will luke tlii- vt-i'_\'|_,,

. first oppl-rtiiriit ho e-iii iii iii-tkiiixl

.'I -I -- cl, _ -V ‘ ‘ W mm" H lm" hu" ' "ml" 0 ‘O ""‘ hi ieoiul his terrible iiefriiiii iii sliglltirig .

nip iii this pri-_:I-iit _\-mir.

OUR SOLDIERS.

Y overseas service at 2,000, to whit!

rd '

1017 we hope will see inc end of the

We had hoped that of 1916 and

wa" foes on; and we wr-'iid bo very

ills. woiiltl help and ht' iiecossarv ii.

striiirvlc, Every man, woiiiriii

\\'o would likr. to say |li;»=

the youiigesi who are ohio i-~

wort: to thi- oldest, \\'|- would like I--

ii~ iril~|'i-iisiiig thc. |»roiiii<'lioii §. prliviiii-c fi:-i' this yliiir, null "-

iiiny say ilini it is our 'riiiiilioii tii '

_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ nilowr»d their lioli<luy.~' iii thi- shrill* ’¢\l'lY I" |'I'|""" i"‘iW-'Wil l"`|‘md‘ tho irtilaisiiiwi is intr‘o|iiii'l-d you will 'hp."fl'g]"""' "(."'7“m U' |"’h"""l h'“"‘ 0" “Htl fllllillllll if lil" l"“*lll" ill ||\i‘ ‘il

~ liolitiriii rl-lntioiis, hnvi- coiiibiiia-ii

V __;tli1=riist'lves to work for ilil- giioil of

-. -_ . ." thi- proviiict- 'l`lif~i'<‘ is no iiiori- .

iiowfiveiw thii ¢-'t.- ' tu _--I . ' . ‘ -1

‘ 'H (U ‘Hn "M " "I H" hopt-fill l'|i*<'timstiiiir»» in thc' liistorv ||,_-_

ol' vacuiil Iaiiris which our people iiil,ru_ fx.-&::;`__l’;`:"_V_::_lf‘_l;__:_l_i_ar_i_)i_l:_a_t. s_\|:‘_li_ 1i_ body _._,____,______,m_g ______,_, ____ ______|__ ___ _,___ (~_,,

_ 1 ‘ "‘i .' I HH' .sivliools will lit- in the r-on:=illl‘i'atioil -f -nlivizit,-_ tlicliisl-lvoii iii surli :iii i|iidr~r~ in

___ _ ____ _ _ __ taking. and it sliould i'r‘r‘f-lite, |'rl:~:ii m

' . ' - ~ _- -it-r loyal citizen :intl froiri r~vt~ryoiit~

iiilcc in tii' 'cs 1-'t 'vo i' .-1. ' A U V .‘ _ _ -

‘H ' n ‘ " “"’ lm who wishes .well to this province, thr-,|}

- most. uiir|unlilie,| :intl ¢-ritliiisaiai.<|ii- sup- 1|

irici so d<‘sii‘t‘_ '|`li:it is. it sii;ill I.- opl-ii to all districts to liaivt- -=ii~iri'_~ iid lull \';it»:iti|ni if tlity so ilis:'ii',»- ' :iiiiiluil school iiiei-tiii,;. \\'li.l| s-~

li 'i`rii~'.it‘l*s. \Vii:it. special ai'i'.'ili:i- f="t.- may lic marie in Priiice iii

.\\'al»:,¢ fir;-liege, will also bi- consiilur- it

iy tlif- r;ov<~i'ntiieiit, but in l\oiisilit~i'iii; ili iiiziiivr full wr-ight will iii- given I -vi-i»,, ¢-;i>:r- to svttintf i`ri~i- our |i<-o|i.» oiiiiifj :ind old, fi-oiii t-vi-ry ritlivr ilu' \'.'lil‘li plissililr- iii iii'i!l'r that ilif'i' liiii iii! in the-. iiit-ri-;i.st~ll prolliil~tioii i-_` til , .

I wisli to close with :i short ri~|'- ciice to tho nuniber oi` our inert uti- liavc gurio to the froltt. I tltfzilit t.li"i'»~ is ri. slnglo Iiritish possession in wliivi-

pcople enlisting within our own lit.=

total cannot full i`ar short of Ii.0tio;

ft'niitiiiueii on Page Sixt.rcn.)~

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----» 'Keep UP UIQ

I F ood Supply and Help

W`liy doesivt he then, with all his - 0

wealth? Wliy doesn’t he do some-

Lliing to help out such cases? \\f°l t _ l iio has rovidcd a sa _ - »

i Sure

he $20900' Xvhy does he not .spenq ~ ‘ s.i..~» »<.;:.u"..-'-- ~ ~»/t . ..-ri' . »_,-._f, s.`..__~ fm. ` -i- _ ' T- ‘.

Alla' assured that

my' people will re- spond to every call

necessary to the suc- cess of our cause-with the some indomitable ardour and devotion that hcwejilled me with pride and gratitude since' the war began.”

ills i\lA_ir;s'i‘\' Rise Gifoiter-;

UR soldiers must be fed; the people at

home must be fed.

And-in spite of

Germany’s murderous campaign_to

cut off the Allies’ Food supply, by sinking. every ship' on the High Seas-fan ample and unfailing flow of food _to England and France must be maintained.

This is National Services- Not. to the Farmer onIy~-

WE must unite as a Nation to SERVE

--to SAVEand to PRODUCE. Mt-ii,

women and children; the young. tlic millilit- aged and the old-all can hclp in the Nation's Army of Production.

EVERY pound of FOOD raised, helps

reduce'the cost of living and adds to

the Food Snppfy for Overseas.

ed that in order to suppr-rt the Indus- i »

t t tl t extent iufitcad oi’ collec

the would make it one h-ill' of tlint

PLAN 'I" agardcn-small or large. Utilize

your own back yard. Cuitivate the

vacant lots. Make them all yield food.

OMEN of towns can find no better or morg, important dutletiior their

energies than in cultivating a vegetable

, garden.

Forlinformalion on any subject relating Be patriotic i act as

mroniu/rrros iiuiui/in _ Department of Agriculture

. tothe Farm and Garden, write: Tl well as thought P

Qvcrlook not/ring.

_ Dominion Department of _Agriculture 4, - o'r'ri\w/i, CANADA. _

` HON. MARTIN BURRELL; Minister. *. - `

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