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Some years ago a citizen of Charlottetown bought; in one of the western PTOVIIIQQQ, 53ml.‘ 116 Bold V-vlllreelng to ac- °°Pi 9 Proportion of the proceeds "i the farm yearly illltfl the whole

v Purchase price was paid. He re- volved his yearly payments w.ith-

some laud »

THE COMING PLEBIBCITE

interest in the coming plebiscite on the question of prohibiting the import and export liquor business although less demonstrative than that. in political elections. is never theiess strong‘ and wholesome. Throughout the province general- ly the feeling prevails that. for

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it has been remarked that sel- dom within the past luoriy-iive years have ‘We had so much 811°" on the ground during the Christ- mas season as we have at the present time. This abundance of snow comparatively early in the winter :is ‘the more Pr“ ‘ "' from the fact that the amouuloi‘

up‘, in; (ell during the summer and fall monthswas considerably

beyond the averallo- F0!‘ i-iii! i“ son there were ulauy nrodlolloflo of a light snowfall, but events have proved that few if any ca" forecast the weather successfully beyond the next twenty-four hours.

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The last heavy snowfall made

uut much complaint until

this

year. ‘He was notified the other day that owting to increased lax. .es, smaller crops and. reduced ‘ Prices and the continued htigh cost . 9i’ mllllllsement there would be no payment this year.

Everyone knows that taxes must be paid. that the interest and a sinking fund on~the war debt must be paid, that the deficit on the Canadian National Railways must bo paid. Unfortunately also everyone knows that these are not being paid and that our debts illSilkifld of brain-g reduced by the cruormoustly increased taxes. nrc steadily incrcasirig. As a re- sult of this our people are leav- ing the country, leaving at the rate of 50.000 in the last nine months. The dcbt falling hereto-

. fora upon approximately

. 1i nine nlillltln people now iatlis with accumulated in-

iercst on a greatly rcdnccd and still falling population and the dis purity continues. Whcrc will ilt txndi?

it is iilc uncurrulnly of tho zms- wt-r to this cues-volt that is tiriv ing pcople out of Canada lulu the ilniicd States; the stream of emigration from Canada to Australia

South Afmca‘ and so weakemnlnthe calendar-moi absolutely. it i.s p] w "milers 9- Partial confidence in the stability of thcilrue’ b“! i” the exieiii iii ‘EM/i “i ‘making safe. There is no doubt that it| isfthe law regulating the lmportationiwell confen-t if the plow lpasse lower than m. Canada yet both iniiiiiii exportation ls so loosely ad iimiii °i "lei" "miles M"! lei it so

Great Britain and the United sta-iluiuioloroi

country. in Great Britain and the United Statoejhe average taxation

tes the- nationai debt has been rc- dnced year by year.

What is the matter in Canada?! Let Ottawa answer. Let those ansi

wcr who stumped the country in the fall of 1921 promising to re- duce expcnditurefpromising to re- duce taxation. promising to check former alleged elxtravagances.

In a previous dssuswe referred to ministerial delegations to Eu- rope and elsewhere. to official rail way joynidlng from coast to coast. is this business"! is it the part 0f wisdom and good management in n country staggering under an ever increasing load of debt?

To meet the enormously dncreas cd cost the government has .im~ posed taxes which arc not only crippling industry and business but which in the manner oi their imposition are an infinitely great- er burden than their revenue value in cash represents. Take the receipt stump tax for instance. Every two cent stamp placed on a paltry and uncalled for receipt costs the merchant probably dol- lars in loss of time of his em- ployee and in verabious delays ln service which cumomers will n0! tolerate. This is only one instance in which the revenue is increased by cents and inlsiness is burdens-l by dollars,

Apart altogether from the pne- election promises bywvhioh lilo paople were dchldod and deceiv- ed in the fall of 192i it is qullo safe to [say that no government in ‘any civilised country in ills worbfiver made a IOIT-lfll’ m"! or everything tit touched than tho MacKenzlo King government llll made during its short regime in Canada. memo of the nroufllod "era of pruoponity" that was to “dswn" when this soverllmifli camp into power we have been plunged into a verftshb Illllr ltmm of accumulating debt m

become a place to be shunned by - ,ts and deserted by l" " Mo. lmelflfl dyer. new .I.,chauu that time 1r “ ma‘. ' ’

the banner prohibition province in Canada, things are not as they ought to be here. The feeling pre vails also, rightly or wrongly, that much 0f the liquor bootieggcti all over the province is a leakage from the liquors i-mportcd bcrc presumably for export.

On the 22nd of January the people will be givem an opportuni- ty to express their will as _to whether or not this importation for presumably export purposes shall be permitted. The wi-ii the people. thus expressed. will empower the government to legis- late accordingly and to enforce its IOIEliSPaLI/‘Yl .

Thero is no doubt as to how the majority will vote. There is a strong temperance sentiment in the province. True this sentiment the con-ilinuous strain of open and flng rant violation of the law during Thcrc has bccn discouragement; many hnvc iwcome disgusted while still

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has waned somewhat under

the past ilewl yours. ot- hcrs hnvc concluded limi. a prohi- bitory law cannot

he enforced .

much work for the snow shovel- lers and a good many household- ers have proved to bc tardy or de- linquent in attending i0 "ii" diii-l" Even in the heart of the town there is evidence of this neglect. The tardy ones wait to be noti- fied or warned. the result being that tho sidewalks are not cleared in front of their dwellings until another storm is due or has al- ready come, From this cause there are many street ‘blocks whorclhe walks are hcre and there almost constantly obstructed and in some cases positively dangerous.

lfionsinnt vigilant-o on tho part of the Street committee nnd the police ls necessary in his mat- ter. it is most important that oh- servunce of tho snow hy-law shall be insisted utpon at the beginning of the winter as otherwiseihings ‘will go from had to worse. Neg- lect tends i0 ‘brood more neglect. Even the most ONIBPIY and law- nbidling citizens Whu observe the snow by-lnw promptly are mndo tn silffnr by lazy or neglignni. noigh bors whose ltrsmises aro ‘blocked by tirlfls of snow; This is unfair

and unjust. |

The snow ihy-lnw should bc Pl]- fnrcod and an example made of

The concinsolt is wrong. Prohibi-

iiUrl of tho sale of lfntoxrlcants canl

_ple tolsay what they want.

crippling mes. and Canada llllfo renewing them on Monday.

ma, ,5 mvemmnhc enforced as effectively as them... w. awaylprohibition of murder and amfaud outrage or any other crime in Our civic tax bills. Th8 filly snow-

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society comparatively]

as to permit of leak, age and bootleggi-ng, the most ef-;

‘lfsctive means of overcoming the|

difficulty is to entixzely prohibit; importation except through the re: gular government channels. This is the purpose of the conning pleb- iscite. simply to enable the peo- if they believe. as the great maiori- ty of siherm profess to believe, that the prohlilbition of the importation of liquor would be of ‘the greatest good to the greatest number of our people. then it is their duty as good citizens to say so by their vote on the 22nd of January. if, on the other hand, they prefer that the present opportunity for bootlegglug and open violation of law be continued. let them vote accordingly, but in Heaven's name for. the sake of our chlildren and our country let us not make loop- holes to enable us to bring thc iaw into con-tempt.

The dnngor in the coming lllolr iscite is not that the prohibition feature will be voted down but that through indifference or false security many wliil absent them- selves from- the polls. To do this ‘is to shilrk a manifest duly. Vot- ing is more than a prlivilego, it is a duty and we trust every voter will do his or hcr duly on January 22nd.

NEW YEAR COMING

Only three more days of old 1.922! l-iow much have we forgot tan? l-iow much have we neglect- ed? Can we overtake our omis- sions in these thrree days‘! Prob ably not but i! we try hard we may atone for some. There were kindly greetings and good resolu- tions st the first 0f the your. These have grown dim. peflupl bans been font-ton. bet us at taut brush them up preparatory

Let not the old your die on whol- ly forgotten r M and kind- nuns. Int an bafllttiiltah min

|thofts and other crimes that are

somu wolY-ofif and conspicuous of-l fwd.- rs Or the city council shouIdI ll?“"‘“"‘|(l' the work of keeplingi ilk.“ in passaibic and surfe- condition and add the cost to service! hero and there but is of no use‘ where heavy drifts occur. its work should 'be followed by that ofthe. shovel. Some householders

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tthnl, which costs them nothing; Others are left to enquire whyi the plow cannot be used on many, more, if not. on all the sidewalks; Present conditions are far from‘ satisfactory in many respects.

Among the many statements made in the attempt to discredit the Drohiibitory law, is one by a iliilieallolldoflt that “llrohibitionls wholly responsible for the thon- sands of ‘breweries that now flour- ish in this province." Think of that now! Thousands of brewer- ies and all flourishing in a pro- vince that has but 18,000 families. We are not told how many thou- sands of breweries there are but, take the lowest possible number to make "thousands." That would be 2.000, or a brewery for every nllnc families on an average. Does any sane individual ibeiieueithera are so many as that, or a tenth of so many’!

all of these! There are laws that pliphihiit nnhrdcr, ;theftl, assaults, and so forth. By this correspond- enrs logic it is these laws, which are on the statute books of every civilized iand, that are "wholly responsible lfor all ‘the murders.

committed. While Mark T-wain was still alive and active some- one published a statement that he was dead. Thercupon he wrote the

there are fifty cats out tints " Th6 My hung down hits head. "Were there twenty?" No answer. "Were there ten. or five or even three? Tell the truth now my My!’ "Well, anyway," said the boy. "there was our cat and 8B0- tber one!" There may be s still or a hoooh brewer! here orthore in this island, but we know of none. li’ such enlet they should be rooted out. in the meantime

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This column _|I 09001" “i? discussion by correspond- mgg of questions of Inter- est, The“ Ch-rlottetown Guardlnn dos: not necessar- uy endorse the opinions ox- prssud by its correspond- onto.

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31r,—We are ltold m the Good Book ma; “than ~15 loy among the gpgols in Heaven over one slime!’ that retpen-ttxh." Those, therefore. who may consider it Worth the" while to read the epistle of John [L Main-tyre in the Guardian of Dec 25th will find their grout pause for rejoicing, sufficient even to warrant the turning out. of the Newport Baurl on the occasion or that gcntiemaws ucxt visit. fol‘ has not the wayward 50nd?! W!‘ province nlado n right nbout face ntld lhecome an ardent lover and advocate of his homeland? ‘

Mr. McIntyre may still be an unrcgenernte Yankee. -but we are pleased to note that the tone of his latest letter is in striking con- trnst ~with that of his fornler ef- forts. ln fact the only point of sim- ilarity which one can detect lit-s in tho abundant flow of semi- pont-ic language with which our wm-lhy friend loves to embellish his nihorwise rnthcr nlcaninglcss effusions.

Evidently a fow plain truths lnuy at limos have u somewhat uhoiosomo effuct on ovor critical “islanders abroad" us woll as on those who are content io make liwlr homes in the gin/cu pro- yinrv. Lst us sincerely hope that Mr. hlr-lniyrehi (rhntl-gc of front. lnuy prove to ho of n permanent nnturc.

I am Sir. em. - W. B. CRE-ED, Bridgetown, Doc. 27-22.

loo-mi- More Moonshine

Sim-J sign my loftors “Prohibi- lion" hocaust‘. that. is what island for. if psuodo “Tk-Imperaut-o" wh-n

ymlin queries in Thursdnvht Guar-

tlinu. would adopt n nnm do plume indicative of what ho i". behind. ht- would lm more silent in charg- ing any ono with being “ashamed of ihl- ntoonshino distillery." Nor would I reaps-c him loss for writ-

iinsz under proper colors. or less]

Willing to answer him. oven in his questions whlch- have no relation to the issue upon which l wrote,

they are not without interest.

I am slightly sorry that he was so hard hit by my fortner letter as to betray his excitement by ex- travagant zambols into emptv de- ciamatlnn. ion" to follow his snake-like. loadings from "Tho point." which is “The Wellies.’ u matter not referred to in my original letter, and one of his own creation. lt is my sticking “to the point‘ that worries him.

ll-fas he inst awakened from a Rlilp Van Winkle sleep that does not know that prohibition was Ions use adopted as the inw of the land, lby an overwhelming vote of the people. and is hes "1 lllffifmed on current facts as i0 imagine that a vote or.» the lllcbiscite Willi either uvipe out prohibition or reflect direct y llprm his "moonshine?" The one queg. lion is. the one upon whlryp Wroie- “iii-L WIE. 0R wrm. WE NOT, PERIMJT OUR PEOPLE AND OlTiR GOVERNMENT TO (‘IONTROL THE EXPORT AND IMPORT (NF LIQUOR WITHIN rm; PROVTNiOE? That is “the lrolflf." and that l am sticking to. too closely to please psuedo “Tern. pernnce."

1n relation to these "hfnwqflgs" which n» any" “tin lsi-lnduY-uow "flourish in this province" I am Milling to admit him as a patter aiiiililfily than l can claim to be, lam m“ i" iiiiiiiii will! nny ofthem

j sud cann r And to. think that prohibition n, knowledge‘: b36321 gm} $520717; wholly responsible for one and iliiiiiiliiod with the ChflPlPV/Fll‘ of

"i" llooillc and do not hedtato in Buy that in claiming amongst rue thirteen or fourteen thous-iu-l tr}... ilics in this province, thr- fixig. fence of "THOUSANDS or snow hefllliiiilliiiiaitiu a shameful “a. m" i3 ‘Milt Deflllle in Cun-

And he says,-—"Proh'iihition “m”? Tiliiilonsillsle" for consummate rot? Apply sensiual reasoning to restriction, and they mppiicnblg,

is this. What his non-- nny lawful are equally and where would it

lund u . w publisher that the report was a because? theelatslfvlfrolliliiiltlsel-‘Fh full? gross exaggeration. We are ln- 1mg M human me murder ‘Hcdnfle clined to think ‘that thosc thon- i-lwvproltipitr theft, and l...,.,..,.,,; sands of breweries and the rcs- Vi: it?“ hoopla steal. Law prohih. mnsilhllllty of prohibition for them 11:8,, bgggfiiiiiii,’ "iii bocuuse u belong in the same category. parallel 2.5,. fiiwhp1ifld“",o°gvgff, department. fh I The story is told of a" smell boy national govgrnmngg?’ Nahuatl or who rushed into the house and ilibllion tomorrow.’ and |f shouted to his father. "Daddy! ?:"°"“ "i i-llose "breweries." us there are a thousand calf! t in .,,,‘,",,°’,,§:f"{_hi;iyii;: i" lllfl-ypxist. d!" ,. -, . ' " ‘ i-

ilrtttfrarttm Iiltzon-itftliitirrmlyxitlrllsr; final-i “Jiiulifjror n aloécost: ' ' i “"15" m0 Nlill i. waTol

trade, they Wm‘ ale in their hlrlln did even in age; ioro Prohibition project. Long

001M003 l‘) 9pm». 8 places,“ they B°ii9 by. and be- beltaecame a world ore lllrohlbitilon. lasmiwcthgzaée it, became cloth“ 0i’ "mountaiice or l“, ‘he maker. ll 119W." "moonshine"

and “hm”? Bmillllers were la’:- lely in evidence, to u, ' “m” ti"! will continue uncut-t:

the of n“ M’ move in this fl.|f9cg|°n_

ttttiitti." M92213! whlburshgouldprobe- cum; M" "m" °i “W”! um- voro at. m ‘sbotolf: ”°"°i.i " l" "iillow of that sort which tooth to nuke u if {mm M“ tbemslves and their arguments gm from this medic: mp1s‘. ridiculous. i’, liibleuds to look upon gr."

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ll-ticthuized By M i (Antique Dealer

vlgiflll‘ tin Inndon, Francis l-lackett sends boot to the New World some . interesting foo" brought out in a Mal concernifll r, collection of antiques which rp- cently amused dealers and shock- ed the general public. We Sui-ll" that it isia suit entered ‘by small mmetl, Adolphe Bihrager b38108‘! an alleged expert, part of whose name lg Basil, though as to Who- tiher it is the prelude or the rost- script we are left in illwfflllce owing to Mr. Hackews whimsical ‘way of writing. Basil is described as a “swell antique dealer." To him one day came Shrager, who was in the rubber business dur- ing the war and rolled up a hand- somle fortune. l-le oontcludedthat it would the a good idea to invest in antiques, for he had -heard that genuine antiques were much like diamonds. They did‘ not lose their value. On the contrary it waslilre iy to increase. and in the mean- time one had the use of them

Not knowing much about antiques. he consulted (Basil. l

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The Willing Expert. ‘f l‘ s 1r a r - ‘ Basil was ready to oblige him.

Adolphe explained that what he

wanted was genuine antiques, col- lectors’ pieces, and that he wu: prepared to about! "11P i0. 1001300 pounds in making- a collection. Basil made some suggekiions con- cemlng tsheraton. Hippelwhito. Queen Anne. Charles ll and Adam. Mr. tShrager was astonished to learn that any pieces of Adam had survivud. he being undertheimDTP-u slon that they hud perished a! least in the flood, Fbut accepted Basil's explanation. He was also told nibout. some really good oak

mnclling from Royston Hall. in Hertfortishirc. and u. tomillflil clock. Basil received ilrrlcns to

g0 ahead. and il-ld so with llfilili enthusiasm, until he had sllbiii sscoz pounds, Then came an ‘un- fortunate turn in the stock mar- kct. runner behaved badly. Ho saw his fortune slipping. What he tneedetl was a considerable sum

lfnr. atpari from their irrelevance, of ready cash if all was not to

lwashed away. it occurred ‘to him .l.hal. he had a 10L 0i’ alltlflilei iwhich he was not using, and that {he might dispose of some of

He sayo.—"lf Prohibifitliem. which would yield h‘im the‘ refuses to stick to the point."_m0ney he needed All"! Bi" lily? are ms "m1 imimle W" my ‘iiiiiiriill-hint a profit on his investment.

Plolllsclte.“ to the subject oi‘ "hre-tD'“"°ha""i1°"t'

tso he sen-t for anoiheruiealer. frhe dealer

isaid that he could do with the pieces. Then Adolphe. in ‘panic. summoned a [Herbert Cescinsky, and in court Herbert made the following revel- atlons:

There was no Royston Han. That was just Basil's happy thought. Theiold oak panelling.

some of ft. came out of a dairy on High Street and the rest out of

the carpenter's. lt cost three hun- dred or less to start with, but after the "reconstrnctinsw Adol- phe wns permitted to have it for 3.000 pounds. Ye “fine olde Chip- pendale" lamp stands were nei- ther fine nor Chippendale.‘ “The logs were obviously new." Mr. ‘Cescinskyehowed the courtflarut the stem had probably been made from 9 child's four-post bed. The prlca of 460 pounds was ridicul- ous. As second-hand furniture they would be worth 8 pounds l0s." This bitter enpert next exhibited an “eighteenth century blur- lac cabinet.” He described it as “a well known article of commerce." it camqpflom a stock of bogus an- tiques. ‘like the political ideas of Sonator-xjrodge. "it was rot Queen Anne, but was recently made up in a. ory. The ‘lacquer’ _‘v'as merelyirliirench polish and, the bras/s. ‘ 'k was‘ of a wrtll known Birnvl ‘am make", This ‘bit of artful gory cost the rubber lning shdjipoundr. '

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ingenioiig Frauds. . .-

Adpl, hud u fatal ionnin" in- ward Queen Anne. so lhr nt-xt thing fell for was a Queen Anne red lccxluer writing bin-can. This bureau was an ingenious thing, a oomibhation of Dutch body anti ‘an Oriental chess-board tacked on top. qllight hundred poundsfthe price of any fashion- able operation. A Ohnrios ll wt‘- nut table with marble top was the next exposure. Oescinsky took the sumo ddlght in showing this up as l-fotidllli did in sprinkling tn tacks an the stage for the colo-