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‘Mills:- ‘I'll q _ pron: oii-action.

yams FOUR ‘

liiiiilillliilllWN llllillillN

might be and ought to be dis-

Notes by the Way

President-H. Oink! l. Helen. llcrdlry-Jiluuf. Col. D. Editor and Manager-J. B. Bin-null.

TUESDAY,

Vlcc-Pnaidnni-J. l. Burnett. .‘ tion anti in terms tif reason and

courtesy. The two opposing plans of dealing with the liquor traffic are wide apart iii several respects and teach has its rational advocates and ‘l defenders, but t methods adopted j by a number of ontributors to the

A. Incilllol D. I. 0. Associate lotion-D. K. Currie.

JUNE l4, 1927-

DRIVEN TO THE WALL 01'" liolilicai prolilbitioiiii-iishave now reached the desperate slum at which argument and ap- poni to reason anti intelligence art- thrown to the winds. They are ap- pealing to the trrcdulity and the fears of those who, they imagine, are susceptible to such appeals. Such “arguments" as that, if Gov- ernment Control is adopted, there will he u rumsliop iii cvery coin- "lillllly where boys and girls will‘ iiriiik themselves to periiitlon, anti a frantic ilppefll is nintlt- to the. wives anti mothers in save us from this lurid prospect! 'i‘lic absurdity of such appeals lies in the fact that; we now have in full measure all the evils which they foresee in (lov- ernnieut Control. lf we hall a bone- dry nutl would be some reason iii opposing a change regarding n-lilt-h there might be some tiubieLv. The ridi- culousness oi‘ the prohibitionists‘ stand is that. whatever _the out- come of Government Control may be. it cannot by any possibility be any worse than the conditions now prevailing under prohibition.

vice-free country there

What sane men and women are dc- maiitling is that the present disi-

grace“! mmmmn of lawlessness he law, was partially successful. Whenngulnst those who were opposed to

ended. Prohibition has had as fair a trial as could be given to any measure and it has more than fail-

leaders.

qlisctissioti in both the press and Humps m“ mun-ed‘ each shmmnglplatform tor prohibition has. been ‘strangely tiiscourteous and insult-

for ihe side it starlet] out to slinging Hm“ ‘my w (lay often

port. 'l‘ht- muln question is lost sight of and the aim usually . it is true that public opinion is devolutes into winning the game. tilt/id" 0" "l"! "BW- Wml "5 “'9 tlbelleve, and as our opponents ap- ‘ _ lpnrently fear, a steadfast. majority me" and ‘Wmen new] m “e80 ma" convinced in their opposition tothe heudfl- l“ lwgel ‘he "mlmcimlbcontinuant-c oi‘ the present law atlll noisei-i and do their own llllilklllg.lfl|g[ majority seeking a decided The opinion of others, pi-ovhtedlcliunize with izootl bones of obtain- liiig a better law which will be bet- iier enforcer] and having a popular ‘t-lllllliflfl and l‘i‘.'-l[lt*('l lit-hind it such even ilicn unless it is tuitlersttititi, m, pmhihilm“ w" "(war "gut" r0 Is iii-i to be tit-sanded tumu- Pre-tot-ivo in this Pfitvlllttf). Ila that its jllditjifg opt-p wan) otbm-wiso saiieiii may, tlierc is tiliuuilnnt rotim for‘

it is at juncturcs like these tliu

they are not fanatics or extremists; may be valuable as a guide, liiil

tipinitins, but honest men and wo- iiion will look facts straight lntlie _ oppth-iiiit; systems.

face anti will be guided not b_v

what they would wish but hy what. , It is. however, notorious that the

Th”? "m “my” mime" m "Mme characterized by insulting epithets

tremists or exaggerntorsi or fanatics,

when they are, they are nut safe

Wfrce from such offensive features.

cussed in the press and on the plat- form free from angry recrlniina-

engaged in it.

There is a campaign on in this‘

province at present, and many ai-tfmat

By their attitdde‘ towards the questions at issue their right to leadership must be judged.

Neither side has a monopoly oftiie

whole truth. Prohibition, when it first came into force. at a time

when men had some respect for all

people learned how to evade it anti to get back by devious ways to the‘

etl; it has brought iii many other devils of which we knew nothingl utiili prohibition came. These facts‘

are known to everyone who wants‘ to see things as they are.

. To tlie prohlbitlonlst there is no sin but. drink: thtgman ivlio touches‘. it is, according to their reasoning,‘ doomed hcyond any hope oi‘ salva~ iiou. With them only is righteous-l ness! i '5 _ The aim of the Llberal-Conscrvzr’ tivc party in proposing (iflVflfllllllillLi Control of liquor sales is to savo the country from the condition to which so-calletl _ prohibition has brought. it. This condition is a fact, not l1 theory. and it has been growing worse year after year. lt is now about to be teiiaugetl,‘ and tho mi-ii behind the effort to change it are men who may be trusted. lfow ridiculously absurtlis the pruliibitlouist anti fan- atical idea that. Premier Stewart anti ‘his colleagues are deliberately trying to "open the flood gates“ that are going to sweep our young people to perditlon, that they "are in league with llell, to ilcsiroy your children"!

Man for man the representatives of the Conservative party are at least as sober, honorable and as de- pendable ns are the representatives of the lfiberal party who arrogate to themselves a monopoly of tom. persnce and righteousness and who tryto make it appear that they‘ only know the way of salvation. “Seest thou a man wise in his own con- ceit? There-"is inore hope of a fool than of him," says Solomon. if Solomon were with as today what t} book of Proverbs we might look for!

it. is years old

‘ Th6 timoaip ‘now rlpg for 3 ‘fMhKQ-ml‘ Mollfliilz the fetish Pro- hibition. lt is a meaningless word 1° "l! M Preventing any of tlie evils of intemperance. its fruit; have been iiitemperance in its most‘ hide- ous farms, in ‘vice. lawlessness. criminality and hypocrisy. It is time for a change.

‘--—<¢0&—-_. . ' PUBLIC OPINION

. ‘I-w-

[PHAT there should be spy defla-

ite volume of public opinion in the flctfof the numerous cross current: ‘vtiiiclrore constantly agi- unit; it, in even stranger than that ‘Q should occasionally be found

can ‘Mon becomes n pub-

‘ opinions "are at: . ill "flu-flout

flesh pots from which they were- llllvell against their will, they assumed that all‘ reetralping laws could be similarly violated. This was ‘the opening up of the flood gates ivhicli resulted in the ilruuk- enness aiitl vice and crime which oven by the admission of the pre- sent advocates of prohibition, have cast a stain on the once fair name of our city and proviiiqe. It is clear io everyone who thinks that, as liti- man nature is tronstittiteil, prohibi- iloii has never prohibited and never can. There is a hope and a strong probability that. the system of con- trol proposed by Premier Stewart will exercise a strong influence on the liquor traffic anti eventually, if not immediately, create greater re- liflect for law and order generally.

EDITORIAL NOTES.

The public are now having one eye on.ihe DFBDRFRUOHH for the celebration of tiie,Diamontl Jubilee and the other on the political situa- lion.

Tho churches which, during the present. teampaigii, have left politics exclusively to the politicians will be the better pleased with selves after it is all over.

Some people become intoxicated with the exuberance of their own verbosity. some with fanaticism and some with beer or whiskey or moon- shine.

tween the two methods. I

There is evidently a cold. wei. the perm“ blanket over the Liberal prohibi-

tion cause and its devotees are be

coming wralthy. The statistics re- xardini! the "paradise" conditions vendor h. "5 much. 5 “h, o; the l" 3°53” "lldqf Prohibition would right to get drunk as is the sale of

make any Drullibitionist angry.

The fimduatfol Applause accorded the‘ respective speakers at political meetings is a poor basis to found predictions upon. Otis man with a good set of‘ lungs and one vote can make more noise than half a dozen women wlio will poll half n dozen voids on election day.

it is gratifying to note that the annual meeting of the Canadian Medical Association is to be held in Charlottetown. This iii one of the most important organizations in Canada, having a membership of between three and four huhdred. Charlottetown is very property be. coming a convention city, it being till Illéelllis place of tho first con-

IItllv-‘voiition in connection tvlilndtmfeil- A- . ' " V‘ . will‘ 30ft, . . . _ , _ -

mam" to buy intoxicating beverages, at

There is little choice lie-

This fact stands out in bold relief must be apparent

tended the public meetings or have read the opposing newspapers.

/

w a" are required to thoughtful persons who have at- intent...“ habits, ‘

ms cssnhomsrowu GUARDIAN ‘

that

into of

yours‘

‘l B; Iona

A new use Fort FATS

Onefof the reasons that. your doc

have considerable bulk to them

absorbed from them in the small in

the lining of the large Weill?! constipation. iNow an indivi- dual with a proper appetite is not likely to eat stifficient fruit or vegc- ables to prevent constipation, and he finds it iietit-issary to take cath- artics of all kinds. This often means weakness and misery.

At the Mayo clinic an interesting discovery has been made.

lu the iicatmeui oi’ epileptics ii is customary to cut down on thc fruits and vegetables, iiui to lll

crease the fats. ' Notwithstanding this diet it. was

‘"1 "mlp-“l f“lf“'°"““ "l "pmm" u“ found that these epileptic pallenls to the merits and tlcmcrlis of the Wm.“ m). ,.0,,_..|ipuwd_

'i‘liis it'd to a trial tii‘_a high fut

- diet to prevent constipation iii par

ienis with other complaints. “A group of patients with joliit

19' atlvocacy of prohibition has been llllllllfkl-‘l "Vere lleillell fiffll- A till" was planned for them containing a llllillloll. lllll the)’ H"? llevflr l-‘X- and slanderous words that are cu- 5mm“ fmmum of hulk’ ("egetalhllja

» and fiuits), but n luige amount oi tlrely incompatible with courteous mm‘ They enjoyed me mo.‘ served and tleceiit discussion. while the atl- “m1 ate it. ‘The gain-iii weight Was‘ vocacy of stale control has been satisfactory. Cathartlcs were stop- ped, and the occurred dally." .

intestinal movement

Usually from three to five days establish normal

What about this? I l Your doctor will tell you that the‘. tliffeient kinds of food (a) meats

and, eggs, (b) fats, oils, milk, hiit-‘.

We have yet to read or hear of ier. (C) VQBBW-ble!» ("m5 and m“ i

any deliverance in support of the Stewart (lovernnient or its policy

should be eaten in the proportion of

l to 3 to 3- That is one part nit-iii

or eggs, to 2 parts butter, fat, anti

that was tieftimatory 0r libellotis milk‘ w 3 PM“, vegetables‘ fruits‘

them, politically or upon ‘moral grounds. The

anti bread,

opponents of mo, al work -even less meat and ens-R‘

1n fact .if not doing iniucli filly-fill"

Government have been treated with.

tconrtesy anti respect, while their might be wise m n.3, 0m the pm

arguments were refuted. Generally- their sincerity has been conceded

ed and buried under a weight of in- disputable evidence. Gross false- hoods as to the Government's plat- form, its policy and intentions have been broadcast over the land.

They have been charged with tlie intention to scatter grogshops broadcast throughout the land; to teach‘ boys anti girls t.o tlrlnk; to sell to men anti women the right to get drunk anywhere except in pub- lic places and generally with being bent on spreading vice, crime and degradation over our fair province. Meanwhile the Government and its supporters were represented as comparable to the defender of Sod- om. These aud other defamatory llbels have been spread abroad by men who knew their statements were contrary to the facts and cou- trary to the publicly avowed pur- poses and intentions of the (lovcrn- meut.

when these sianders were denied and the denial attested by proof. these anti other like slauders were repeated in' print anti from the platform. Not in all otir sixty-odd years of recurring elections have we been made aware of such a lying campaign as has been put up for prohibition here anti now. Permits

the vendors‘ stores will be sold. This may be possibly claimed as an exception. But wherein do permits differ from the "sorips” which oltl and young can now obtain in any number and as often as they are asked for‘! The one substantial differentials tlie wicked and degrad- ing elemebt of hypocrisy which is present in the Pscrip" is absent in

A: about 90 per cent. of the pro- ceeds of the “ncrlps" is admittedly used as a beverage, the sale by the

a permit, but with this notable dif fereuce that the‘ purchaser of n "scrip" is under no restriction as to where he may get drunk. or lie drunk, and is under no alty un- less the police find and arrest him. The limitation and the penalty are all on the side of the permit — a vast difference indeed. t

We lee little hope that the lying part of tlie prohibition campaign will end ‘until the vote is taken. lt- is tlie nature of those who lie to re- heat their lies and for perjurers to repeat their perjuries. for hypo- crites to repeat their hypocrisles. and for the colners of insulting epi- thets to repeat them or coin new ones. it is their nature to do so. Perhaps they think all this dirty work is done in behalf of a- good cause! For to their perverted lin- aginations the one cardinal lin above all others ll to drinks gin

tthese fats served in an attractive

would be advisable. , But when theie ls constipation. it

_. portion o_f- 1 of meat. and eggs, 2 of vegetables, fruits and bread, to .3

while their contentions were crush- 0f fills. CF93!" and humor‘

This might mean also that tiollle. thouglitwoultl be necessary to have" form, because fut, butter, cream, even milk, taken separately, might not be appetizlng. Hence the sug- gestion given is that the milk and cream be sei-‘ted in cream soups. cocoa, mom-ii milk. as: "ass. and ice cream.

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DAILY LESSONS IN ENGLISH

By W. L. Gordon o-o-ov voovoo-oo-o-ooowm

WORDS OFTEN MlSUiS-ED: D0n’t say "1 do not know ll it l5 tum-e," Spy "whether ‘it is there." Q -i.- mp1»; iviiiisrtitosotlnoiso: Worcester. Pronounce woos-tor. llle oo an in "look." \

OFTEN MISSPEIJLET): illscern; sic. SYNONYMS: tlissciisloil. dis- agreement, variance- strife, mis- understanding, tllfllilllllilll-

r WORD STUDY: "Use" a wortl three times and it is yours." lint. us mat-ease our tvocablilllry by master- ing one word each day. Today's word: lNT-lM/VHE (verb); to make known. especially by indirect means; hint. "Did you not intimate that l was guilty?

The decent, honest and sincere advocate of prohibition-and there are many of them. are to be pitied. Wo feel sure that some ol tlie com- pany they are compelled to keep in their campaign is forced upon them, or that they do not. know who and what their coadjutors are. Perhaps when more rank false- hoods are added to the diatrlbes al- ready uttered they may understand. We hope and believe there is enough decency, sanity and com- mon sense among the men and wo- men electors to. ury the tribe of falsillers so deep hat. such a cam- paign‘ of vituperatlon and slander may never be repeated in Prince Edward felond.

Tito Guardian h» i-‘oooivcd I lot- ‘ter signed “A. A. MacLeod, general secretary Tempersuce-“Alllance." It is typewritten in two paragraphs of eleven and seven lines each res- pectively. The first paragraph is made up of- exffscts from “Notes by the Way" which Guardian rend- ers have had an opportunity to read and need not be here repro tluced. in the concluding paragraph of his letter Mr, hflclgood says:

. "As these _ observations - in a veiled measure reflect unjustly like upon the Alliance incorplgi-l ators, its leaders and membership I beg to ask you on behalf of this body to produce the names to which you make reference, and

am more you cannot. you on tit

ii! Olll DI

oi wine or lien u‘ a bevpfiqgypgtl, f" ‘

toi- advises you to eat plenty of: fruit and vegetables is that they

and after all the nourishment is testine, th_is bulk helps to stimulate

intestine. The movement thus produced pre-

t('(lll.‘lll‘llCllV€' mind of

lConfederation And l _ W“ l . After Sixty Years i Of Progress

ALEXANDER GALT AND CONFEDERATION

The Fathers 0f. Confederation

Who first conceived the idea of linking together in a strong and permanent iinioa the scattered col» ‘onies of British North America. it would be difficult to say. Probably, like a good many other important miovements, this idea of Confeder- ation was a gradual growth, slin- mering in the minds of a few tmen of vision until the time was ripe to ' make it a reality. Most people are inclined to associate it with the Fatheis of Confederation, but the , iidea is much earlier than their day. .ll‘hey. however, took hold of it and

Dominion Jof cillfllla Gll-"rllmall . Canadian Nod-Ilia“ i ll ii 4 Ii. $0.3. ways

lhiucipal and Interestvpayabje. in‘ U,“ Canadian funds at the option.“ lhepyflder‘

trimmed and fashioned it into a practicable scheme. ‘ Oi‘ the thirty-three Fathers of

‘Cfilllfitlefllllllll, tieriiaps seven may be regarded as the governing uilutls. These were the actual ‘Fath - . ' l’ C t‘ d ti — , Alsrugr‘ ugfifilffizfpei? lxgafisnfigfonuty of Verclieres iviis tlie‘ birth (lee, Tilley, and it is probable tliatpluce or Gem“ 1'“ CNN” m ‘he

Sir George Etinenne Cartier

i i The Village of Antonie. iii the.‘

‘chm although mm, 1-H heard Obmonth of’ Scptembtii‘ of the ycai‘

him t-oday, should rank high evenllgn‘ n’ was claimfl“ m" Mm ml",- aiiiiiiig ilii-sti, Without the inilueucemle w?“ de"°"ml°d mm‘ ‘:1 "Hlhm" m anti enthusiasm of (lat-tier it would“ '9 “mud Bram‘ ""V'g“"" “m”

u, persuudeihutl discovered the Si. 'Lll\\'l‘f_'lll‘t'i

'lia-vc been initiossible _ _ , ‘Wendi Canada m flmsem to flm|three centuries earlier and who is»

uiiitin; llrtiwn ensured tlic supportlkfww" l" evwy “chm” "hmb l": ‘til’ tho iiiiiuciitliil llleformets of Up-lcamlfll“ m‘ m" 3'1"" "mmwg (“fl por-fuaiiatla; 'l‘uppei' and Tllley wonluer- in“! '“""°"".‘"‘ “m'e"w"H m,’ ‘Hm Mumimes.‘ McGee by ‘m3 emithe subject. of this lit-tie Skfilcll‘

ere prosperous iuerchaiits who;

tiueiice swayed the llrlsh vote; and-w _ , iheld an esteemed place in the opiii~

lllacdoiitilirs inimitable leadership ‘ pil()tp(‘ Cmflederatmn through-ion of their couiitiynieii and who “Humans (umcumes; bu, meducated the young man for the

mellligal profession. In 1835 hi.- cnti-rcilf

rt-mains true that without ‘ _ , farsiglitetliiess and enthusiasm authupo“ the pracucal- “|)D1,l°““°" "ti his studies in the city ot .\l.0iill‘0ill.

Al u. i . ex“ "who year 1x35 marked h pcrioil

lwlien Louis Papiucau and William ‘Lyon IVlacKetizie were tleciiiing upon armed revolt as the ouly_

(lalt, ii is very unlikely if the Dom- inion would now be celebrating its Diamond Jubilee.

i l

i; you are unable to do sq, ail 9°

Gait saw, years before his assoc- iates, that a union of all the Iprov-| 'uces was the only solution of the- problem. the only way out 0t’ the political tangle which every year was becoming more hopeless. lle took the idea of Confederation and. with infinite card. built it up‘ into a complete and practical scheme. The practical politicians of.‘ his day were inclined at first to' laugh at him and to brush his plan! tisltle as an impossible dream, but in the end they were foiced to a mit that it was not only practicable but the only possible road to peace ant] security. Gait not only ilevelop- ed the scheme of Confederation, but‘ he. more than any other man, pre-i pared the public mind to accept iLi in season and out. of season he talked Confederation, and although‘ no spell-binder, his clear, logical mind, his complete faith in the ideml and the confidence that people had.‘ in his integrity. won the support of‘ thousands 6f citizens who other‘ wise mightliaive regarded the union of the provinces as a mad and duti- gerous experiment.

Without questioning for a mom- ent the debt that Canada owes to the genius of Macdonald, ‘in steer- ing the shop of slate through the rocks and Whirlpools of party. rac- ial anti provincial jealousies and misunderstandings into the harbour of Confederation, it is only just to Alexander Gait to remember llllll he, above all others, sowed the field that Macdonald reaped. Macdonald was a shrewd and cautious states- man. tlie had no faith in rash ex- periments. lie knew that. the wise and successful politician led the people the way they were already inclined to go- Mactlonald was‘ in‘ tleed the captain of Confederation. lint. Gait was its prophet.