t‘. ‘ l2 ,.. it l ,. , l \ .5,

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l‘ otatoes.” This “brought down the House.”

‘pleted stocks. It may mean that many of the west?

a..-» , l

BHARLUTTETUWN GUARDIAN‘ “11111191111111 ‘

‘ Early last month the question of

developing Canada's resources came up for discussion in Parlia- s. u. llIIIett, can" “a Plbllnlnli merit. The Press. prim-lint"! the Allsorlnlo llidltor. Montreal Star has frequently 11nd _ _ iforclbly emphasised the i011)’ of IIIIII‘ Dilly (founded I881) “.00 par you (delivered): ll ndvuo¢|l9911i11118 11111119115 01 dollars across QM pa: you (Illlel, ll ndunee. In Quads. and $3.110 In» U. I. A. the line for oui' coal while we have =¢== almost unlimited suililllfll Within

.\ si-zcoxi) taut pantry tgzljrcz°ifl°'fapil';’°";:l,‘§.";g§f°1j::

Iriago to eastern Canada is the ex- The suggestion has been made in the House of qiemilve obstacle 11‘ deficits on nut-f Commons that thc new two -million dollar ice 1°11“ 1'"""_'*>‘§:“n;11:Y ‘T119130! breaker about to be built for service in the St. Law- iif_"n"°l;ux,‘i_’l'lfil‘,’lié no begefsmihls‘ rence Rive- and Gulf, be built as a carferry of o, ,,,,,,,,,,,,,.,,,,,,g mm ,,,,,,,e,, ,,,,,,, suitable dimensions to operate between Borden and,“ carrying 008i at less 1111111 cost. Tormentine in conjunction with 0r in place of the w the owl "1 mes! the wiilsltii-i car ferry Prince lildwzird Island, when needed. “""’“- Mm" m“ “'1” "1' ‘m’ w"

With all duo deference to the Hon. W. L. Mac- “ems ‘" “"1"” "“v°_“°‘ bee“ “fwf . . . clopoil to capacity, some evcn .il. Kenzle King who made the suggestion and t0 Mr. J. ,,,,,.,.,1 ,,, ,.,,,,, 1,, knenw, S0,“, “us, E. Sinclair, M. l’, who concurred in it, we do not think lncss like activity in bringing tlicsc. this compromise, if it were feasible, would be acccpt- ii-suurces into beneficial 011611111011‘ able to the business men of this province. The possi- lmf“ :21’ ‘he W" °d"““‘l"“°' ‘° bility or impossibility of so constructing the new uflvifflf: m flpptgjr$gfs 1" “g p” giant ice breaker as to enable her to ply on the Bor- ' den Tormentine route, to fit into the docks there and. Labor is not tiir seeing In n1 lentil to navigate in the water aivailable there, is of course-KW“ ""1’°"""‘ 1““"‘““""- -"1""“‘ _ ._ I l l)‘. N f. th _ d V, nlahtrom the dirt-ct loss in wagcs to. a queglion U1 t1e ( kfilgnel‘ 0 e b 1i) ‘In “e 1 illicmsclvcs and oi‘ their products

assume at the. tiutset that they will not take the stig- _,,, m, ,,,,,,,,,.,.' ,,,,, u~,,,,,.,,,,,,,,,,_,. geStlOYl 501101181X. The HEW 5191111131‘ \\'lli b6 \'Gl'_\' much outcome o1‘ strikcs, lllcrc is thc in-.

FRIDAY, MAY 7, 1920.‘

f . '1"- A- A. Illletl. Pfioldent. l). K. Currie.

scrvntloris that the tux on

THE‘ CHA RLOTTEPOWN GU A H IllA N.

lluungrflllflloni of the party, he will be sent out into the wilderness, "unto a land not inhabited." Or perchunce the simile ol Jonahjits in as well. The ship is in boistroun seas. They will not cast lots l‘or the guilty one, for they know his sins are no greater than their own. .13

they will find pretext for casting iilm to the fishes. He is not strong

eonugh to control and they want»

his placd; To him it would not be an unmixed agony. Surrounded by a heterogenous and incongruous mass, pulling and tearing in ave; direction-any place would be Hea- ven in comparison. After the dump overboard there would, no three day's of mental pangs, typical of his prototypos sojourn in the fish's

belly, but after that, in the quiet,

oi‘ private life under his own vine

and 11s tree, like the other Jonahyed actresses. Of course“ it is still

hc could dream happily ’ncath tho arbor of Angels gourds.

"GRINDING HARD" was the Patriot's black headline of May 17, 1917, lt was quoting a speech made by Mr. .1. H. Bell, then leader of

.tlie Opposition. lie was comment»

liiuthicsonki oh- "farm lands is llflflllflfl‘ objectionable tax and should bc uholishctl as it GRINDS ilARl) upon the farmers of lhc country." The special war lax ‘was undcr consideration and thc lhcn saintly (ipptmcnt oi lax-

lng on Premier

larger than the Present c-(u- fQI-yy and it “I911 lluoncc ‘upon rural conditions, atlon adtic.ti,_"Ntiw is his tipporlulr known that the depth of ‘vutel. avallzlble at the term_ \\ luch ll is short slglitcdncss lino?‘ it). to‘ manifest sympathy loi the inals is vervlittie more than is required for thc latter “"°"."' "1"" w“'"'"“ "' ‘m’ """ ° f""’"°"" “"1 '“° h“ "" *'°'““ "’ - _ _ _ . ’ lhc inducements drawing labour make them GRIND HARDER."

to say nothing 0t the adjustment of the larger ship M“, m, Gummy ,,, “no, Em, _~

to fit the docks built for thc smaller one. ploycrs, W110i} forced to do so by 110w about the "GRINDING"

The main consideration, however, is that we need 11i<;|\vlili<l;~tav=ii of lllvllwl) ii-niirliiiltéiisi. the second car terry and will nced it coiitintttatislg‘. liajfp‘l“‘f'l"(f‘lf‘ riczluizg- An ice breaker in the River St. Lawrence mtg t e ' " ' ‘ '

and lo 1i cimsitlcrtthlte extent suc-

‘ available ticcasionallv; she would veri probably not ,,,._.,,,-,,,,_,, Tm, .,,,,,.,,,.,,,,,, ,,,- ,.,,,.,,,

be availablc when lieedctl. Moreover to accept the St. llt-lp l0 the cities must in ntiiimii Lawrence stcainci- as a compromise would simply 1>}‘"<'<‘$s ""1"?" "K110011111" 1'}""_“"" mean an iiiiltifiiiitc postponement of the building‘ of the Secqnd can. few-Y‘ . dilions oi‘ which labor makes the

This is a iiiattci- for the loarils of Trade and 0111‘ ‘loudest ('llill]ll£lll'll. At 1111150111 thc business men to take action in at once, to insist upon ‘Vfflfltkti sttitftfil.“ in: ttii lands oi omi- the second car ft‘l'l'_\’ being" put in commission as soon mmllllw» 1-111" b"'11"“>'~* 1" 1111's“ as possible and not to ask for or accept any kind of a "“"“"""“"“" m" “"“'" ““"""“ "“""‘ compromise that cnii only l1l(.‘£lll (lisapptiintmcnt and further delay

liiiic, labor will find ilacll‘ up against thc unhealthy‘ condition, to

now? Truly “my father chastised ‘you with whips, hlli l \\'ll.l.(?1l.~\S- ,'I‘lSl<J YOI‘ WlTll SGORPIONS." The bluckcst caiic thc Patriot l.ih~ crnl gang could conjure up against Conservatives. was a hright spot in comparison with the singelng and scorching and roasting which thc Iicople arc to pct from the blis- lcring llrca kindlcd by thosc all- ‘thtirs of satanic pcijiltlyn The tax ihogics iwhlch they aillegcti to be lllic (‘.onscrv:itivcs‘ progrnmtnc arc ti-illi-s,.onl_v ilrnps in thc bitckct

“Hm, dpnnlmp as |, s\u'(‘slgl Wm m|nltingsiilc lhc stupcniious tax por-

posiils of lhc lit-ll t-ontortlonisls. Till‘. 1'rcniiiri' cstliiialcil the uggrcg»

lhi-n at ll-asl. oi‘ their places antlfll" 11101111150 111 111101" 5300.000. And

i‘ . ciiipltrvmtint monopolized to a con-f Wt‘ may depend on lt he did not

siderahlc degree by workers from} thc country‘.

l‘()'l‘.\'l‘()]‘IS.

Tlic potato crop in Canada last‘ year was the‘; Tits mei-siiri- in political Ill‘I'11l1.\‘i largest in its history‘ and prices were the highest. _ B‘ G ‘ | l‘ b n Prospects are good for approximately good prices ,‘;‘,"‘;":L°g"e"s,“,‘:,, during the 1111000111 year but what of the Slze of theiolulitin over broached in mlr halls crop? At priccs ruling today those who have, noitir lcizislation llilii bet-n tabled. Ii seed potatoes on hand will find it difficultcto securejwiiii no llfPlllll in thc lion. m. them and cvcn if they can locate them, will find if diflicult to pay thc price. Many also who have a g0od,,NTANGLBLE,, WW“, b" “m, stock on hand will find it difficult. to resist the temp- #8,, ,,,,. ,,,, i,,,,. ,.,,,,,,,,,,,,,, menus, tation of scllinc, at the attractive prices oiTering. The lllP llliiilllf! in Fill(?(lfl_\‘()0(l, llm Wilrll Canadian (ltllliilld for potatoes is exceptionally high,,ln tlii- 11111l‘ll‘11\1‘_.\‘ anti mi- criiii-h- m thanks to llic llll‘,t1"8_i11(lLlSi1‘i1li centres created byl{';'1’fji“*‘nd"'f,§ mi“ch_u_,,, ,5 the 01d Nzltional pone-v‘ ‘ , ilitiincehxgludedlThesc we pieininici A Toronto paper recalls that the first general i,“ ,|,,_,,,,._,1,,,~iNTANGinLE_-- m; election. ziftcr thc zidoption of the National Policyjit-iisi they are the‘on|y' 0110B whlclil was held in June, 1882. There was a general potato who terse-salad M11 can was," “'11s, famine at the time and, as at present, prices were ""1 111111110 as such. They have, very high. The chief Conservative meetings were.

purposely under ilrurc the amount. This was in a largo mcnsilre con firmed in details itirnlslietl by thc Attorney General. The ordinary

lkct-li-ti on thc (ircvltiusly grcastfil,i‘arm lnx rate is almost doubled.

But this does not satisfy the keep- ers ot‘ tho "cflb." There is to be ,:ilso a reassessment and the total l increase on farm lands is estimated at $100,000. Then a Poll Tax 0|‘ $3 on every ninle tit-tween the ages of 2i and 65 will yield another $60,000. Then tho personal prn~l pcriy, details of which arc kept ob scared, except the zitlmlsslon that it Yncluilei-l thc hard working labor-

|ll'l\'ill(‘,l’.l\’8 another $50,000 rcvcnuc.

On incomes they expect an in- crease of over $80,000. The vicious feature of tho Income Tax is that‘ it includes the hard working labor

.0mltled to tax the air wc brci\llie,,°1' “m1 11°91‘ ""111 W110 w91°‘91‘911111' qii-rhtips ‘they considered it 0t‘ totilwd “m1” m“ om 3°‘- whe“ ‘he

being held 111 i118 city Of TOfOfltO. The chief speaker|.i,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,-- a nature w levy upondwflfkmillf! pay was only a dollar

one night was Sir John MacDonald. He said, when. he appealed to the country in ‘67, the battle cry was Union and Progress, and his opponents referred to his party as the U. P. Now he was asking a renewal of confidence on account of the N. P., which he said" stood not merely for National Policy, but also for National Prosperity, No Poverty, and (after a pause _‘

nd with that peculiar smile) he"'added “and for New

‘cred by the Provincial Secretary- ‘Trcasurer. instead, the unsuspect- ing Premier is the selected scape- goat. As Hon. Mr. Arsenault sug- gested, his wily and ambitious lieu‘ tcniints are already ilrcsslnp. mm lor n sacrifice. Alter the political viiaron placcs his hands upon the

shoulders all thc iniquilics

"' ()l"l‘l.(N)I{ FOR LIV ‘I h"l‘()(‘l(, ,~>¢ ~+o¢+o #004004

Daily Selections i

Duringthe past winter thousands of cattle in; some of the western provinces starved to death or‘ b were slaughtered because of want of feed. Thisl‘ means that during‘ the present summer and next autumn the stipply of cattle from the west will be-‘ greatly reduced; it means also that large numbers q"; cattle will be needed in the west to replenish the de-

. Guardian Readers i

mmlshsd by W. d. Lennon QQQQ-QQ-vvoooaoooovo-QO-OOQ

HIS EXAMPLE

‘fhere are little eyes upon you, and

they're watching night and . do)‘.

There are little cars that quickly take in cvcry word you say;

There are little hands all eager to do everything you do,

And a llttlc boy that's dreaming oi’ thc day he'll he like you.

ern ranchers, financially" ruined by the winter's losses i will go out ofithe business altogether. In any case it

means that the supply of available cattle in America

is far below normal and that high prices will rule

until the shortage is made up.

Our farmers should take note of this and see to ; it that no calves are slaughtered during the present; Spring. If it is not convenient to raise them they. should be sold to those who can afford to keep them.‘ There is room in this province alone for more than double the number of cattle we now have; there is‘, a continuous market for milk and beef and the farm that raises the greatest number of cattle is always the best f(-!1‘illi7.(%'l. (‘attic will pay for their keep un- , der almost any conditions and for many years to, come they Will be one of the most profitable lines on l the farm. ‘

An important factor is to see that the stock is‘ of the right tiuality. There are several breeds and: ,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,,, ,.,,,,-,,. ,,,,,,,,,,., each has its iaiii-ticular friends. One factor however!‘ 118111- ‘ ‘ is common to theim all, namely, that the best onlyMM M“ °“""“'” "m" "W" “"1

he wiitchcs dity and night;

pays~and every" care‘ should be taken that only thci Y0" "is Billing H" 651111111118 evflrr , _ ' . i, l-IV n fl O

best of the liiccd should be retained. Weed out the , p“, m, "m, b0," ,,‘,',,,,-‘,’, wan,” ,,,

scrubs, brectlflytp and save all the well bred calves. stow 1w w be like you

It will payl ‘

the Wliilifll of the wise;

ln his little mind about ynu no sus- picions ever rise;

l-io believes in you dcvnutly, holds that all you any and do

11c will sny and do in your way Will'f'l lit-Is grown up just llkc you.

Oh. it snmctltnes rmikcs me shud- der when I hcar my iboy re» pent

Some careless phrase I've uttered in thc language nf the street;

Anti it scls my,hi-art to grieving whl-n some little fault I a-ie

Ami l know beyond all doubting that he plckcd it up from me.

'l‘hi~rn'a n wltlc-cycd little fellow

-Selected .

This Dill should-have been fillll-ltlltl income Act was

’ lit-ad oi‘ the "goat" and loads on hisferitl tax net with andtfrom $6 tip to $22 or more. This is

t 1

;to a dollar and a quarter a day the [ranted ex- ‘cmpting up to $500. Thnt amount rolievctl practically every working man in the province from this tax- ‘ation. Now the meanest laborer in lthc land earns $3 to $5 per day. ,This means $900 to $1600 per year. iAll the. working men oi‘ the prov- ilnce are thus roped in to the Lib- impositlons of

[for Income Tax only to which must lulso be added the $3 Poll Tax. When we consider the enormous lordinary revenue, by a large am- ‘ount the biggest in the history ol tthe province, which we will have ithlil year, the iniquity oi‘ these tax- .cs will become more apparent. 0v- ‘r $1000,000 from Prohibition which ilhc late Government never had. iThen the saving ot‘ at least $40,000 in repairs on roads and bridges by the operation oi‘ the Highways Act. ‘And no elections to stimulate ex- tra expenditure, no election or re- ferendum costs, two months less teachers salaries to pay, large quantities of materials purchased .by the Araenault Government and

YOUTG 1.10 llllll! fPll0W'S l(l0l, y()ll'1‘(’i|)n hand [0 cQnfl-lbutq [g (hg (gup-

rcnl ycnus public works. Surely lhcre is absolutely no need oi‘ a single dollars increase in taxation. it may be required, but not to this i-ntirinous extent, in 1921, but most certainly; it is uncalled for in 1920.

ll‘ we add this increase oi‘ $300,000 to the $1,182,772.93 receipts prev- iously estimated in this column, it will make n grand tolnl of $1,482,- 772.93. Considering that our biggest ordinary expenditure can not ex- ceed $700,000 without useless waste of public monies, this startling tax hill will m» an indication ‘of the‘ spending programme of the smooth mouthed slippery economists who held the country spell bound only a short year ago with their do- nunclatlnns of Conservative lax- ulinna and their prontlses of econ- omy and reform. The Davies Gov- er t repealed the old Quit-

Milllllll British Spinsterstll the End

1t is estimated that- in the Brit- lsh isles there ale a million women doomed to spinsierhood as a re- sult ot‘ the _,war. In pro-war days women outnumbered-men in Eng- land. but the disparity was ‘not so great-its lo destroy in any woman's breast the belief that some day, it‘ she chose, she might 0nd a suitable husband. The toll of the war, not only in killed but in the crippled, was uch us to force home to wo- Inen the fact that them have not riiuch more chancc ot‘ getting married in ‘England than ‘they have oi‘ becoming distinguish-

posslble for each woman to feel , that she will not be one of thc mll~ lion, and that if there were only six bachelors surviving in England she would probably be thc choice 0t‘ one ot‘ them, it‘ not ot‘ more than one; but students of social quea- tione who deal in over ages believe rtho situation to be one ot‘ unmosl gravity. Some of them ‘fen. that ll will result in a wave Ol million‘ lality, and the i‘act' that there have been scandals concerning some ol thc young women who left tht-lr slieltcrcil homes to lake a part in war work is citcd as cvitlcncia oi what is to be. ‘

a million of ‘

Others’ lfiiiw‘ ritual‘

_JU8T A8 USUAL.

fOfi-OQ

(Philadelphia Inquirer)

When the coal men remark that “an advance may be necessary to take up part of the burden or the wage increase," we‘ know what they mean, all right. They'll make the advance and the public will take up the burden of the increase -—plus.

--_40->i——- FIGTFU L8 OF SOUND

(Boston Transcript)

An English story relates that n music conductor in n Provincial town engaged n new player and told him he must take the double» bass part.

"But. I don't know the double- bass," said llie man. “You must ‘teach me the fingering first."

"Fingering!" replied the conduc- tor impatiently, “there is no tin- gering-forlhe double-bans. It is Just played in handfuls, like this" (suiting the action to the words.)

b?<+>———+ A FASHION: NOT A FACTOR!

upright in. ihjlAiways sfvititfilp in the "Victory! cabin." as he him- self wrote. “cannot be very good tor the constitution. 1 think you will find me grown thin, but never mind." . oer-rim: AFTER "m: MAN

riding in their cars. W. B. Fox. oft Syracuse, N.Y., has lust been sued by his wife for ‘$15,000 damages as‘ a result of an accident while she was riding with her huabuitL- "l don't care ii he is my husband," she declares; "he was responsible for the accident."

_._j¢ao>-i-

OVERALLS AND OTHER THINGS

(The Boston Herald)

()l‘ the fast-spreading overalls movement through thc South two lnterestlltl: rei-iults thus far are vlslblc. 0n the one hand, the rc- tail clothiers 0i‘ Birmingham, Ala, have sent. a committee to the news- paper publishers asking them to suppress the news of this effort l0 bring down the cost of wearing np- ptircl on lhc itround that thc move-I nicnl tends to tininage the business

(The Columbia Record) (Ilothcs arc vary costly lhciic ilays. Everything clnc is costly. Many new factors enter inlo 111080 costs, in addition to thc old oncsl

oi‘ the local merchant; the publish- crs rcfusc thc rcqutesl. 0n thc oth- cr liiuid, in one city thc price of overalls, which bcforc. thc war will at 80 ccnls a pair and a week ill-ill at $2.00, lins been advanced, "on

Married men ought to be more’ careful as to whom they take Joy-i

[field of Maine Giants or Hlllplra

LWlllCll are more expensive. It is so

laccount oi‘ the great dcmand,"- lo all over the world, and it has bccn

International Marriage Bureau

Dealers, ll would

Winifred Graham, tne noieiisi, is campaigning in behalf of an inter-l national marriage bureau. She saysl that in CnnuilinAustraliti and South‘ America thc male population is? greater" than the famalc, and in thci case oi‘ the two former countrlcsf. the surplus men are of the slime-i language and race as thc Englishi women who are pining miitclcss, Shc bclicvt-s that it‘ 1141111112 Can‘ adinn wants a wlfc and has no happencti to 11nd a girl who sccmsl suitable lio ought to be able to‘ wrilc lolhe llriiish Consul and bul supplicil. She points out that (70ll-l sills arc ilppolnlctl to transact farj

lain facts oi‘ human nature. A man might readily risk his best friend to pick mil a linme for llllu, or :1 cur or n suit of clothes, bul will-ll it clinics, lo tihoosing ii wifc cach lllillli has the secret. but 10811101011016‘ idea that he is the only picker. ll‘ ho would not be willing that his pal or his father should slick ills, hand ‘into tho grab bag for him, can it bc supposed that ho would trust a consul lo supply him a wit‘:- by turning up a card index? » l l "In, toilectual Companions" Arthur S. Draper; the European correspondent ot‘ the New York Tribune, says: “Ono remedy that has been seriously suggested is that every Briton select one woman to bu the mother ot‘ his‘ children and the other his intellectual coni- punion." lie adds that this plnn is dismissed by some who are op- posed to polygamw-pnd it is re- freshing to know that there sur- vive some ofltheee-Last Dltchers-~ and by others who contend that not every Briton needs an intellect- ual cornpanoln. There is anothef argument to the effect that the high cost ot‘ living would put a muffler on this suggestion. The chief defect of the plan, however, would appeal‘ to be that the mil- lion British women who have little prospect oi‘ getting British hus- harids, are not willing to comprom- ise on the basis of intellectual com- panionship. lt may be so that some oi‘ iliem are not intellectual at all. At any rate we understand the problem to be the corrallng of hus- bands, not the development oi‘ in- lt-llectuul friendships. So this ser- ious suggestion that Mr. Draper rc- poris fails dismally ln its efforts to ho serious. As thc English would say, it's i1 bit thick.

Leap Your‘

The fact that this is leap year was expected in some quarters to icnd toward the solution oi’ the problem. 1t wns hoped that it least bachelor-hood would be abolished. Every eligible man would be wod- dcd, and while even then there would bo a formidable liurplurof what George Gisalng called the "odd women,“ all possible hus- bands would have been enlisted. flfll‘. export said that the natural