a., ~ -.€£PR"+ 28- 1915 V - 'run .cuAsLo1‘s'EfrowN ,ouanoisn ' _ 'PAGE THREE f
I-1%-ii
\ . .. ._ _
C S ORI
.».‘.‘J>.»'» ` '
-.‘A¥i4iWf!0\\,,li-ave Ai ' B ' I ` ' l 3
,....~i.. ..,.. 1,.. ;'.::':,-.:'.:'..=':.‘.:.°:.'.*.'i.‘rs:,';';:.';~q,';
. ,_ ' i and has been made under his per- ; 'i°.':.‘.‘,‘..'°.:'.§’:=.r.'.:°.i;’.': °";°°“~‘°'°-°»'~
ff `;f ' - <;1it1iiilU¢`rioit»,- Iniimions and “Jost-fLs°f°gl§»¢l'?l1»ll-'tlil'°£ V ;EXp9ifments that trifle with and endanger the health 'dt
IIll&ll_`_ tl hull Children-Experience against Experimgng,
.what is cAs'roR|A
-- is a harmless substitute for c to on p
m,'Drops and Soothin Syrups. Iris ;leasdnt.m-gi.: , _ ‘ins neither Opium, iforphine nor other Narcotiq
_-5 luhstance. Its nge is its guarantee. lt destroys Worms
` 'lull alloys Feverislincss. For more than thirty years it
ls ,has been 'in constant use for the relief of Constipation, i F|““1le|10y» Wind Colic, all Teething Troubles and
L\ Diarrhosa. It regulates the Stomach and Bowels
__.,,. _,_
. asumiiatos tn Food i i ii lui ’
ri.. oi.ii.i....»2 i-......’.§..li§.. 1‘ii‘..i.¥.'.'l‘l"i.i‘.‘.‘.¥l'if“’ "°°"'
GENUINE CASTORII-\ ALWAYS
l _. Bears the Signature of
,
ll 4/' 6
1 in Use For liver 30 Years
The Kind You Have Always Bought
\'rnlczN'rlAus\c¢M|»ANv_u¢wvo|u¢c|rv_
, point out that after a. most searching
s-ii _l
“All Penmans Products are Made-in-Canada”
A.i:..?i,‘;‘i i:::‘;¢ Moron? '
T_here's some points no intelligent man can overlook in
selecting a Motor-theres some cold facts that command attention. In the first place_ what do_ you want? Don’t you want a motor that will be simple, reliable and durable? Of course you do.
THE IMPERIAL MOTOR
is equipggd with the best die-cast babbitt bearings, the famous hebler Carburetor, al_l parts made to expensive gigs, interchangeable and accessible, tank lubrication insur- ing all parts getting_ an even and _economical supply of oil-no dang-
er, no waste.
Besides all these ad-
yantages the Imgerial is eguipped wit the worl -famed Improved
f Thermen Muffler.
Can’t we send you
acatslogue. Itsyours
for the asking.
~ WRITE
Bruce Stewart & Cliarlottetown l’.E.l,
C0., Lltl.
K F ire Insurance a
f
A Necessity y
y Then insure in good strong stock compan-
ies which never contest an honest claim such 1 _ , _
as is repr€_8¢flt¢d by '
E. R. BROW
when "
HISTUHIE SPEECH
mizlng the importance of the loss of a single dollar to the public treasury, because not one dollar ought to bo lost; but l think it is worth while to
' inquiry and- investigation for six
weeks, conducted in aspirit which certainly did not desire to hide any- thing tliat could be brought out to the discredit of the Government and its Administration, the total net re- sult is that in respect of the Powell contract $6,300 are to be shown over- paid; that in respect ot the binoculars, I would estimate the amount overpaid at $3,000 at the outside-I am taking 166' binoculars and allowing, roughly speaking, $20 overpaid in respect of each pair--and that in respect of the horses, from what I can gather from the evidence, nothing has been shown up to the present time to indicate that more than a like amount, that is, $3,- 000, has been lost to the country if that amount has been lost. So that there is a total net result of $12,000 out of $50,000,000 or one-fortieth of one per cent. and of that $6.300 has already been recovered, leaving a sum aggre- gated one-fiftieth of one per cent. of an expenditure of $50,000,000 as the sum in re- spect of which all this clamour has been raised by hon. gentlemen op-, posite. My hon./friend from Red Reer (Mr. Michael Clark) the other day, at the conclusion of a. very eloquent speech, asked us 'to turn away from tho horrors of the Public Accounts Committee. Might I ask him to turn his gaze upon the inferno of the Fer- guson report?
Mr. MICHAEL CLARK: Might I
interrupt my right hoii. friend to the cxtent of saying that I asked that the soldiers' gaze might be turned away from horrors of the Public Accounts Committee; and I would like also,'if his courtesy will extend that far, to keep the soldiers’ gaze away, equally naturally and logically from the Fer- guson report, on the broadest public grounds.
Sir ROBERT BORDEN: I can sym-
pathize with my lion. friend in his lat- ter aspiration, particularly if the sold- iers should be permitted to exercise their fraiicbisc.
Early in the course of ilic war I dis-
cussed the subjcct of purchase, natur- ally in the first instance with the Minister of Militia; I discussed it with , the Minister of Naval Affairs, with the Minister of Trade and Commerce, and with other members of the Govern- ment who might be brought in one way or other more of less closely in touch with the purchase of supplies or materials out of the appropriation of $50,000,000 which was made at tho August session of Parliament. We laid down the doctrine which has been followed, as I understand by the Min- ister of Militia, except hi very excep- tional cases and for good cause, by my lion. friend the Minister of Trade and Commerce and by other members of the Government who have had to do with these purchases; that we should purchase from the manufacturer or producer direct, and should avoid the services of middlorneii and the increas- cd cost to the country which would result from those services. I am speaking in the presence of my coll- cugucs. who know how often this sub- ject has been discussed between us, and who thoroughly understand the principle which the Government as a whole, and the Minister of Militia and the Committee of Council, have ad- hered to from first to last in this mat- ter. After acting for a few weeks as Minister of Militia during the absence of my hon. friend (General Hughes) in September and October last, I wrote lo him immediately on his return from Great Britain, as follows:
Ottawa, November 18, 1915,
Dear General Hughes- When act-
ing as Minister of Militia during your absence at Valcartierl instructed Col- onel Fiset. Deputy Minister, that the use ot’ outside agents and middleman should bc avoided and that contracts should be made directly with manufac- turcrs so that any unnecessary com- missions or increased prices might be avoided. This is undoubtedly the wise policy alid is entirely ill accordance with the principles laid down by our party during the years past. lf for any good reason you may think it desir- able in the public interest that a dif- fercnt course should be pursued in any particular instance by reason of con- diions arising out of the war I hope that you will first consult me as l con-
-, l
wrioormo couoi-i`| ="-isn°.f.i2°' aerial* ..ni°"°
2%
I mini: A simple, sale and effective treatment avoiding
dmv. Vapcrlxed Crcsolsna slaps lliegaroxysms , of hoop|n| Cough and relieves pumodlc Croup at once. his s boon lo sufferers from Aulims. Theslrcnrrylnzililmlluvllsvlvvr.lu- lisled with nary hreaili,
males breathing easy; J _t soothes the sore lhrosl 5 _
and stops the cough. U
0
‘ loan lv oslllollfs
f assuriniuresiiul nlgliu. ltls Inn He Io lotlerl
with
VAPO-CIISOLIIII C0, __ - I 1 - ‘ liz. 'l
lsr-1
nur eliilna. Sand un poalnl for
~ tdanrriptfvo booklff
‘ menus- HEADACHES
Thousands ni mcn and women suffer from
headaches every day, other thousands have headaches ovcry wee or cwry month. and still
otherivhiive headaches occujoilslly butnot at re ulsr intervals The best Doeto isolten unable
does not know what will removelt. so as to glvc
headaches no matter what their nature. take Ann-mimla risioai. ami cis main will in mis {i°‘°".'”ii?i‘Li"5i.?.'i§°'"°' .tilt °i‘°‘i °""..ii‘
Dill I I lil ll , W0 ,
me worth or mars. Aa! ioyri-K Tablets.
SICK-I-IEADACI-IFS
Sick-headache. the most miserable ol all alok-
eesn, wan its terrors when A-K Tablets are taken. hen you feel an attack comin: nn, take two tablets. and in many cues, the attack will he wanted om Daring ‘an stuck take one git Tablet every two hours. The ren and com- ':l which iouow. can be obtained in no other Jonlhad-K Tnllsu her the M mono-
lhm. Al cl drygglm. _ i _
tolind thp cslisc of maui ni those headaches, audio moat other cues nowin the cause. he
n permanent cure. Alibi: can do il to prescribe the usual pain mllnvcni, which give temporary , relief. but the headache returns an usual. and . treatment is again necessary. lt you slider from
Major General, V
The Hon. Sam Hughes. ' , Minister of Militia,
Ottawa, Out.
es replied:
Ottawa, November 21 1914
Personal
Dear Sir Robert.-Re the avoidance
of outside agents, and middleman:
I heartily agree with your position
and have pursued it everywhere it w possible. lu fact, in no instance has it been departed from exceptiugjn rela- tion to the Ford motors, and I have been repeatedly informed by that com- pany that no matter whether we or-
r
To this lctter Major General 'Hugh-
as
dered one motor. or one thousand mot- ors, they would not make any diffs - ence in price. However, I notified them, some time since, that they niu.st recognize us, not as individuals, but as a Government. They have now, of- fered to the department, free, one mot- -or, fitted up as an ambulance, and I hope we will get them down to their proper position. _
Regarding motor trucks, as you are
aware, 'everything has to be done on the jump for the first contingent. For this contingent, we have appointed ii committee to go into thc whole mat- ter. .
I instructed tlicm not only not to
recognize any middleman but to re- fuse to recognize what they call their “Canadian Agency," that is an agency desirous of holding hack ten or fifteen per cent in some cases for their Can- adian agents. I have had them notifi- -ed that these are not for use in Can- ada, therefore no Canadian, merely as a middleman, is entitled to any cou- sideration.
I may say that while in New York I
secured the services of Major Owen ‘ Thomas, an English expert mechanical engineer, and he has been largely in- strumental in showing us how to br- ing down prices to rock bottom. I am having other inquiries made and liopc in ii. few days, to be ablc to give you a rock bottoni report.
And now just a word on the purchas-
ing, contracting and general business dealing of all our deparments. Since my advent here I have, in the early days,watched my director of contracts with very much concern, and also his assistants. At the end of a very few months I was absolutely convinced that not only was lie strictly honest and honorable, but he was as fair and judicious, in the interests of the peo- plc of Canada, as it is possible for i-i man to be. I have. therefore implicit confidence in him, but have not.,rclax- ed Iii the slightest in my pcrsonnl sup- ervisions.
Fnithfully.
SAM HUGHES.
Last autumn some matters were
brought to the attention ofthe Gov- ernment which I dccmcd to be matters of grave conccm in connection with fraud or imposition practiced, and it is only right that I should inform the House and the country what action we took in regard to tlicm. 'i`iic Min- ister of Customs (Mr.'J. D. Rcidlcanie to me in October, and told me that cer- tain rumors were afloat as to one man in particular who had declared to his employers thathe had been forced to pay $500 as a political contribution in order that he might get an order from the Department of Militia and Defence. I wrote two letters oil thc day on which that came to my atten- tion, ono` to thc Minister of Customs and the other to the Solicitor General (Mr. Meiglien). I will read these ict-
ters:
Ottawa, October 19, 1915.
Dear Dr. Reid,-In view of your
statement to me as to representations made by Messrs J. D. King and ,Com- pany, of Toronto, the following course should be taken. As I understand it Messrs. J. D. King and Company all- ege that iii their endeavor to secure, orders from the Department of Militia for shoes their representative. Mr. Acton, was forced o pay five hundred dollars and that is was represented to him that this coiitrlbution wasvfor pol- itical purposes. According to informa- tion placed before me there isclear evidence of an intent to defraud the Government.
My attention has also been cullcd by
you to like allegations niudc by two other companies who desired to sup- ply slices to that department. You should communicate immediately with the Hon. Arthur Meighen, Solicitor General,-and with Colonel Sherwood, commissioner of Doniiuion police and the whole matter must he thoroughly investigated. I ani sending a copy of this letter to Mr. Meighen with the further instructions that any persons concerned in any such attempt are to be prosecuted to the utmost limit of the law. ‘
Yours faithfully.
R. L. BORDEN.
On the same clay I wrote to Mr.
Meighcn this letter:
Ottawa, October 19, 1915.
Dear Mr. Meiglieu,- The enclosed
copy ofa letter to the Hon. J. D. Reid explains itself. I desire that you make a thorough investigation of the appar- ent attenipts to defraud the Govern- ment which have been disclosed to him. For this purpose you will obtain such assistance as may be necessary from Colonel Sherwood, commission- er of the Dominion police. The Minist- er of Justice should be consulted when- ever you may think it necessary. You have my authority and-direction to prosecute to the utmost limit of the law all persons who appear upon ros- sonablc information to have been con- cerned in such attempt.
Yours faithfully
R. L. BORDEN.
l was iiiforincil by Mr. Mcighcn nf-
lcrwurds that upon investigation - and if l aiu not stating these facts correctly. I hope the Solicitor Gcnar- al (Mr. Meighen) will correct me- the person who had represented this payment to have been for political purposes had really put his employers money in his own pocket. When we ascertained these facts s warrant, was got out against him and he fled the country and has not since been heard from. Subsequently other matters were bro- ught to my attention and I wrote to Mr. Meigheii exactly the same kind of letter. telling him, in addition, that in his endeavour to get at the bottom of such attempts to defraud the Govern- ment, he was to use all the powers of the law. employing the Chief of the Dominion Police and Gil the staff un- der his command, and to spare no ex- pense for that purpose.
,alder the principle to be of prime lui-
. A A I ` , . lv
If HI ll _9°"au°°' YoursRf'aitlif;il°l§,oEN.
this-to investigate every suspicious case, to exact restitution and punish- ment so far ss the laws of this coun- try will permit. And I want to say now, for the benefit of 1"arliament.aud parlcularly for the information of por- sons throughout this country who may -be concerned in selling supplies of materials to the Government, that if any man in Canada, be he Conserva- tive or ~Liberal, commits any fraud or imposition upon the Government and people of this couatry. or is concern-‘ ed in an attempt for that purpose, es- pecially in connection with the war vote,let him remember that there are courts of justice in this country, and that the doors ofthe penitentiary are yawning for every man who commits such an offence, ` l Now, ln connection with supplies
generally we have had under consider- _ation more than once during the past two years a proposal to establish a gen eral purchasing commission for all de- , partmcnts of this Government. I my- ` self have discussed it with my colle- agues, and I know that my colleagues have discussed it with the officers oil their departments. No doubt hon. gen- l lemen on the other side of the House , who are ministers and heads of de- partments know how difficult it is to get officials to agree with anything of that kind as practicable or possible. Objections of one kind and another have been made, and nothing in that regard has been accomplished up to the present time, chiefly, if not alto- gether. for that reason; also owing to ,thc fact that since we came into pow- er the sessions have been long and very arduous, and that during the past eigtli months the conditions of urg- ency hsve been such that it was ab- solutely impossible to take up the gen- eral matter in any effective way. That Department of Militia and Defence was, oi’ course, never in times past or- ganized for the enormous work that is cast upon it at the present time. l have seen the officers of that depart- ment, especially the director of con- tracts, in a state of mental and physi- cal exhaustion that was really pitiful, because of the tremendous amoniit ui' work imposed upon them. I have hrought the director of contracts into my own office and asked him whether it would not be possible now, even un- der the stress of this war, so to reor- ` gaiiize his department as to safeguard the health of the men who are work- ing tlicre sometimes eighteen hours a day, Sundays included; and also more adequately to protect the public in-' tercst. But the difficulty has been that these men are absolutely submerged by the stress of work which is imposed upon them, and have no opportunity io rcorgaiiizc their department. So it has gone ou; and they have imposed upon tlicm not only the additional work caused by the furnishing of the slip- plics necessary for the Canadian ex- peditionary forces, but also the neces- sity of dealing with cnornious iron- lrscts which the British, French and Russian Governments desire to place in this country, the inspection and ar- ranging and handling of which cannot be done very effectively except tliro- ugh the officers of the Department of
Militia and Dcfcncc.
-Ouc can readily uudcrstniul that persons may desire from time to time to practice fraud or to impose imposi- tion upon tlie Government through the very conditions which has arisen. I do not speak of that in a general sense, because I think that they are few peo- ple in Canada who would bc guilty of anything as dishonest and unpatrioiiix. But wc know that thcrc arc men who. even in time of war, will sock to iuuke undue profits out of their business rc- lations with the (iovcruincnt, even when all the people of thc country ure- straining every effort and are inspired with the most patriotic desire to as-
TEST
l
/¢
Buying a liouse paint merely because it is chesp -
is poor economy. 'Z You get your house painted oi
course, but the psmt won t lest. ' 1
I
i
Before painting, _investigate
I
’4|||||i|||||||||
Qllllllllllllll
as dependable as Gililllilf.
~ ,can make ik(
Brandram-Henderson’s “E_nglisl,u" ’ Paint
lt given you the utmost service and satisfaction - and is
“E.NGLlSl-l", you know you will get the service you want, because it is made according to the guaranteed formula: 70 per cent Brandram's B. B. Genuine White Lead and 30 pet cent Pure While Zinc Snr white and iints.
71' Exceptional cnduranceitis a qualify of B-H Paints that has been demonstrated by generations of painters. If the job ia done with B-l‘l,'fEl\¢g=l'i"_ it will be as lailingu paint
We sell il."Calli"ll:ei:iii booklet wailing for
/you which tells about Pelnland Painting.
Fennell & Chandler %
Charlottetown, P. E. I.
Jlll,ll.Illllllll_\-
When you paint with B-H
l
L-__ -T '.i.‘f 1*. '
sits: andhfo sacrifice their own inter-
ests: in. every possible wuy. l.ct me poinll. out to ilu- llousc and to lilo coui `.ry'lliai. this is not irlli: ol' (Yann- du 230110; ii is iruc of :lil oiiivl' coun- tries las wcll. it is truc wlicrcvvr hum- an naitlirc is what it luis liccn in the past and what it is likely lo lic in flic futuri; I have before nic-:ui arfiuli: which. appciirod in fiic liuniion Times on March Zii lust. lr is given ii very prominient place in that grunt journal; it occdplcs i\vo collliiiiis. mul l may bc pardoneil il' l read u liricf cxtracl from it:
Is it iiol fruc fo say that flu-,ro is ai
most llrgclit call at thc pri-,sont time for satiisfiidory nssuraiicc that the money which is voicil and fllc liioncy which gis givcn flow too frccly into the pockets of unscrupulous profitsockcrs
It is like most natural and inevitable conseq slice of il system of “pay whal- evcr has to bc paid" and “have it clone at once no mailer what it costs” that exccssifvc profit will ho tukcii hy sonic. There is no iiceii to citi- cases lo prove that the cvil cxisfi-,f`oi‘ no unc doubts ii.; the ilisclosurcs wiiiizil followed our last wflr :irc iollildillioll vnougli for thc gcnirrul ini|iressi<i|is wllicli prcvuii in the ruinils of thc pcuplc, illlil for
suspicion wliicli, perhaps, goes lic_voii<i
what thc fu(-ts \vilrraul.Tlii- zlirccf ec-
onomic ili.suil\'alila;.:i»isi|serious mat-
ter, but the indirect results :irc of fur more vital iniportuuce at lbc present limo. It is not lou much lo say fhnl this evil and the wide-spread suspic- ion_ li. crcufc.-i i-onstiiutc ii niuiiglianl gru’uTl_h which checks thc frcc flow ol” blood to the ncrvc centres of our uu- tioniil effort.
It is ilcsiraiilc thai I should state to
tho House what the purpose of fla- iiovcrnlncnl is to mcei, the conditions in rciipocf of thc cxpeiiiiiturc of mon- cy under lhc appropriation oi’ $100.- 000,00(l which has been passed by l’ai'- lianiciif. I recognize at once thai it is thi- duty of thc Governmoa1t, in view or iho cliaraclcr of that vidio and of lliv widc discretion which is ¢¢,|\f._-ri-9.1 upon the Government; 10 goo that iii., iilniosf possible care is exercised in order that not oiic, dollar oi' this lurgl- :uiiount sliull lic cxpeiidcd ollu,-rwi,<i- than wisely and ccononiii-nl, . ,
llut before l come to ii sfulcini-iii ol
flic measure which thc Govcrnuicnl propose to fake for thai purpose, l have another duty fo perform \\'liicl| in not ol' an ugrcoablc character". il. is one which. ncvertlielcss, must hc dis-
<f|l21l‘|-l0¢i_. however iiisaluccalilc if may hc. it is one of thc penalties of oc- "I\lD>_’i_Hl_r il Droniiiiciif position in pub- lll-' |1if*_lh3l» 0- man may hc callcd upon to perform iiiitle-.s which in cw-r_\' iii-
f(`m|tiiillv<i on piig{:`“l'olll‘l 'V A
2
P
So far as 'those matters. or any oth-
er such matters, are concerned, what we propose: to do iii every instance is
~"\ T.-\ \ f ey
J
’ . l
_ *’
4%” »;\»L_` , ..- ' ,
_Q/‘ _-1- _ _'_ _. ‘.3-
` ,v ‘ll 11// ' /,
: .
fi:
‘9\‘
` l‘_`. i 1_5.-
4 /_ L- . _p 1' -’-if-_,-
lil J; ‘_ ;‘ZP1:”: 17-# .= / -i tiff' K ‘5`~"-_'3f'\"'3‘3‘ ' Qfi: "Z‘,"- `
~ ` - ' -l ‘ " ff -:--= -‘7 .°.- "7-' "- -‘ 'J' '-
tl ";.=-'.1' ig -- ~-i,_‘;_’,Q-_,.¢__._y»‘ 2-';".i,;//fp;-=;_'. *- I; 1 - ,-5:"-1~ -
/' \ .t 7'; ‘V-lv'_,,,1:_~"_~?;`v_="`-I'-sl' ' if;-1 'V ___;. 2_'~` -5:. ,
. V _
_ .+ r--f ~ - , ,. sw _
\
M / Qfve r -'
` 1+- , I _
f/ 1*,-
J-£3:‘;/5115*., 0
,-'ziilw
,Ji:‘ li-§_
\ 'i-`=_ "
r 4,
_ .‘ :.
ll
ll/1,4
N”
-,.
(_.
FP 'f/e
_ [05
';l‘\._ ,-
J ’
A/4%!!/URYMM’
SMOKING Tos.-loco ’ is also put up in packages, and ~
is CUT from the,Genuine PLUG _
Same fine aroma-
W” Same delicious taste-
`soLp i-NERYWHERE.
G ENUINE
, I / ll
ff' 1
\ l