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THE COMING ELECTION

So far Queen's County is the only electoral district in the province ‘that has all its candidates In the ‘field. King's County has its Conser- 'vative candidate; Prince (‘oiQty will nominate its Conservative can ditlate today. No tloubt the Liber- als in those two counties will place their men in the field in the near future, either by convention in tlie regular tway or by other expetlients.

Queen's County is ready. lt_tias

JUST RUB THE PENCIL on THE CORN AND AWAY GOES ROOT AND BRANCH. DOES NOT BURN OR SMART. AFEW RUBS WITH MOOVIT Court PENCIL AND ALL IS OVER

tour good men in the field, men any the county anti the province will have no reason to be ashamed of. So far ‘as the cziiiilitlates of tho respective

oi‘ Wlrulll, when elected.

])ill‘lI(‘!~‘. arc conccrned the electors will have no cause to worry; tliclr porstinzil characters are tiuussliil- able and the fitness of each to re- Iprcsent his county is unquestioned.

TFJE sfraxoonngagta So far they “gef awa)” in the race druizgists, Hit Great Georiznil- .\\'ith a fair start. . ‘ I _— —_ v lSo far as the policies of the two

parties are concerned the respective

m______ m . iflaq/Z/wzéabqy , Y HYNDHANS THINIIER

candidates are nules apart. So far

‘are concerned the ‘difference bo- rtwecn the two parties is vital. The Liberal party stands for a reversal

lof the t'iscal policy of the country;

i

stands for an experiment in our

ten per cent

Liberal governments respectively Briefly the history may be summed up as follows:

The Income Tax Act wits passed by the Liberal government in 1894 Slight amendments were mrttle at

succeeding sessions, the principal

amendment being made in 1912 by the Msthieson government the salaries of clergyman and teach-

when

ers were exempted. The rats of taxation was one (IIMIVCDQJISII per in i016 the War and llealtb Tax Act was passed by tbc Mathia- son government by which an ltd- tlitional was allded to the original income

cent.

tax of one third percent

Tax to meet the extraordinary costs consequent upon the war, making tho total tax tiwo percent. The \Var anti Health Tax was a‘ temporary measure re-enitctetl year by year as the needs of the province demand- ed.‘

The Idberals wliilo in opposition opposed the War anti lioalth Tax

Cllllllllnil therc was sufficient rev-

enue for,thc needs of the province

without ‘it. When they came into

power they passed a now income Ta);

ranging from one per cont to ten per cent according to tlic amount of income. This runge of front cite to is made to apply

triitle policy iviilch ncltltcr the or-

iginal Liberal party nor the Con-

servative party ever dreamed of embarking itpon. The new Liberal party. tllc party that has succeeded

INSURANCE

LIFE IS ALWAYS A RAY 0F HOPE TO THOSE

LEFT BEHIND

The ma" who ma“), has the we|_ cd ill what ts practically free trade.‘ fare of his own folks uppermost in his mind thinks that he will take out Life Insurance. He is some- times puttilig it off until he can 'bctter spare the money. Attend to’ it at once l5 our experienced ad- vice.

grl-tll convention in 1919 declared that "wheat, ‘WIIPIH, flottr, and all‘ products of wheat, the‘ principal ilrticlcs of footl farm implements and machinery” and a number of

fie ‘SL1 PL!’

. other articles “be free front customs ITHE OLDEST

lDil Their platform ‘adoptdd at [Illllflof one

itho .his income is subject to a tax of ton per cont. As a solatinnl to the

fox industry the government allows

to joint stock coiitpanics of all kllllls and is strongly objected to in its application especially to fox coin-

panics.

The injustice to the fox industry

the Luurici" patty, stands coiiiiiiitt- lmay be musmned thus: A person

has $1.000 invested in a small coin- Ile may get off with a tax per cent while. if he has his usantl dollars in a largo company

I

THE cnannomsrowu GUARDIAN

lugs of the Conservative party is really oncouarging. The attend- ance in almost every case has been

unexpectedly large, and a feature of special note is the lnrge liuni-

bers of prominentmien, those woo never before interested themselves in elections, who were present tel,- tlering their services and offering both encouragement and practical advice. in the elections of 1917 and 1919 there were many tlissen tients who for varied reasops with- drew their support from the party_ it is pleasing to note that scarce- ly without exception almost every one of these are hack to their form

tr political love. convinced that there iv nothing like the good old

party, r0 pclicy like unto theirs, and determined to hold up the I.lbcral-Conservative standard its it was never lieltl up before. What is still evenniore pleasing is in the number. of intelligent Liberals, who after giving a life-long service tq their party, under its able leiui. crs ln other tlays, arc now joining the Government ranks, not, as they tlcclarc, that they linve renounced Lllicrtllisili in Its true essence, but because they sec in the needs of the present re-constrtictlve period. an imperative demand for n prac- llcn] business policy and. n stable SyE-iléltl of government.

The address of Mr. W. K. Rogers bcfore the Conservative gathering

in the Iltiird of Trade rooms, last l-‘rltlajv, most pointedly illustrated

fills fact. As a Liberal of vet/ long standing, anti a scion aini branch of one 0f our most promi- ncnt Liberal families, he declared liiinsclt‘ as reprcseiitlatlvc of this

Stranger Than Fiction.

(Philadelphia Public Ledger.)

Oliver Optic, Horatio Alger ct‘ Mayne Reid would haw- vlcil with one another to make "copy" o! ths five Greek brothers of Unlontowit who ililllle so much money making shoes in the last fifteen years that tlieyaro about to build a hotel costing $1,000,000 in the middle of the town_

Boolblacking or bootlezging- anyone who has anything to do

with a boot these days seems to be getting rich. The chief end of

‘Tlllll seems to be no longer the head bilt the loot. The story is u rcbulre to il ose

who wiilne that all the proiiisiling claims on the earth's surface were

l-tnlked out before they came along. There is no more paralyzing Iiil- litcy titan this. The chances abound for those with the will and the w-it to st-ize them.

The title of tho lelve brothers is a rccoiil instance of an old, old story, and .1 story. especially CIIUIHICLGPIS‘ tic of America. the land oi‘ oppor-

iunity for those who are not afraid to work.

Yarns of Our Younsters

(Front III" Boston 'l‘raiscript) Two tales of rusticating tots hzivc reached us; here they are. It was little Tdnlrs first slimmer -.in III" country and tier enjoyment of tho fruits in their season had been vl-ry kccn. Along in September site wlis about fed up on green apple and blackberry pie, untl one dliy as desert was bring served she turned to her mother and

class, a very large number of whom were in the country, anti through- otit Canada, prepared to sink party anti cast their votes t'or the Gov crnitient of the Right lion. Arthur Alciglicn, anti for the frilly Cann- tlllln policy for which be stands. llc instancctl the National Policy y" the great (‘anatlian Pacific Rail- way aiitl other great xvcrks which‘, were the foundation of llntlustriztl prosperity anti cxpan ' lsitiii. anti which he regretted to say. had bet-n most vigorously oppose!

the investor three per cont on his by the Libt-ral party. Besides Mr investment provided he has a pro-I ROI-W's‘ “Qveml 9th" swung

anti

“mes are Subjm.‘ w a mx or (an coming so early. as flit-y are, ill tilc

~ INSURANCE ‘lmmsill "Thu ‘l revlflm" lmwn" H H. h ' life IUll liberals were resent

. ; h.’ _ _. _I I K 1 l l l D - v

‘i1. AGENCY ' ‘wards of the tariff should be cf- 111cm isimgzcilo! Wort M“ any?“ and otlit-m again’ nmmugh “MI

y, ‘(W-ind in u“, dumps on wearing tlil- I 0 a p mom mop- DTOSPIII. who voluntarily teiitlered I14’ PHONE 67 lit-trill and footwear and on other Pr", ‘ax of {my cents on ‘he "om their VMM“ mrhmnce m“! hearty

l’ 6| ‘QUEEN 5r l I r l t. n in other wands the larger comp-support. 'l‘lil=so introductions

¢HARLOT1ETOWN_ p5’; [articles o genera (EOIISIIIIII) tun.

._..-~_--~- ~ -t - -- -- -~ —--——- I 'l‘liis it is unnecessary to say. is

o-oovvo-vovvovao-Qvwvva-QQ-oo I

‘ Potato 1 Baskets

200-D0zlans-ZOIl

a reversal of the DFPSPIII H5031

policy of Canada, a reversal of a

policy introduced by the Conserva- Itive government under "Sir John A. McDonald and never IIWIPTIBIIY al- by the Laurier Liberals, a policy which simetd at affording

tored

attenuate protection to Canadian ia- io Canadian agri- How Canada has prosper-

tlustrles ' and

culture. cli under this policy ls a matter oi’

history. linw generally accepted

I " Strong, Double is indicated by the fact that the .I Laurier government. nevcr mater-- l .- ) 0 u b I e . ’ I Bound’ I ially altered it although a promin- | l strflpped- ent plank in its Platform was for n

reduction of the. tariff’. As u mat- ter of fact the tariff under the present Conservative government

Prices right- Scnd us 3'0"!’ 01" der.

Wholesale and Retail

is five per cent lower thannnder tbe-Laurler government.

What effect would the admission into (‘anntla free of tlutv, of the principal articles of food stuffs have

upon our Canadian agriculture?

‘ ' & What effect would the admission

free of ditty of ngriclfltnral implo-

l, g ments have upon the factories In

€ Canada? We are now selling 85

l per cent of our agricultural pro- ‘ _i. i‘

ducts in the maritime provinces to our home markets. What propor- tlon of these products would we sell at home or elsewhere if American foodstuffs were admitted free of duty’! What would oiir industrial centres become if American manu- fuciurers were permitted to clump the products of their factories up- on lts free of ditty?

Lust year we paid fifteen million tlnllnrs in exchange alone. because of our rxcessive purchases from the llnlted States. Where would our exchange go to if tho tariff burs nwere let down nnd American goods came in free?

(These are the questions to be de- cided by the next parliament, the questions upon which the,cnnlll- dates now before the electors must give an unequivocal answer.

——--—<-0>---- INCOME AND FOX TAXES

iiiillllitiT RINGS

We nro showing llll excep- tionally Iprgo tintl well assort- ctl stock of Solitaire Diamond Rings.

()ur assortment includes all tlic newest styles of settings.

()ur prices are motlerltte, ranging from $25.00 upwards.

W.W. Welllier

Limited. linen 1868

A correspondent asks us to com- Jewelers

when there is a profit;

per cent of their earnings in years very openmg m me cnmpmgn‘ “m

when there are no profits a levy of fifty cents (Yfl tile $100 is made on the capital invested.

The fox tax under the conserva- tive government was $1.50 on every $1000 of actual sales; if there. were no sales there was no tax, the Idea being that when tile (‘OIIIIHIDIPS prospered they should pay ii reason- able tax but when they tiid not Prosper they s

1%?”

llould be exempt.

l

CROCODILE TEARS

Just how‘ much sincerity is in the tallrs shed by the Patriot yes- lefllllY over the Conservatives who tiid not receive the. nomination for Queen's County. we leave the puh~ llc to decide for themselves, The Patriot's sympathy t?) for Messrs Brown. Kennedy and Messervy" ls fl new outcropplng of its political troubles and will be taken by these gentlemen lit. what it is worth and it is worth no more today than fl was in the past months and years when the Patriot's time nnd energy were devoted to abusing them. The Liberal Conservative Cohvertlivn on Tuesday was not Intended to satis- fy the Pntriot anld it is quite clear that it is not satisfied. The Liberal Conservatives are, however. quite satisfied with the choice made. Had it fallen upon any other two of the gentlemen mentioned as decisively as it tiid in the case of lltessrs Myers nnd Donald McKlnnon they would no doubt have accepted it as the will of the people nnd been sattiiifleti, and ti’: Patriot would have been cqttltlly tiissutlsflcd.

1f the Patriot has no better argu- ment to put forward on behalf of the men chosen by its own party or by a clique of its party, its tllc case may ha, than to shed crocodile tears over the decision of n Con- servative Convention. Patriot hold better quit. We mistake

i l

pare the ‘Income Tax and the fox tax under the Conservative and

this province ff their votes will depend upon that kind of argument.

th en th e

the intelligence of the Liberals of

l I

.| I

surely a splendid augtiry oi' forc- ,taste of’ irhat is coming when lhc rcal soul of Liberalism in the (‘Ollll ‘try takes in the situation as it is, and acts upon it.

I The big Liberal-Conservative con lvention at Georgetown, last Mon Iday, is another indication of tin.- .t0wering strength and unanimity jprevtiiliiig amongst the Govern meiit fort-cs preparatory to the coining contest. It is also a bat-it slap in the face to the FABRICA TION lifAflillNE of the Patriot which only last Saturday scatter cd its misrepresentations, declar- ing a condition of division anti dis» eortl amongst. King's Cotinty (‘on servntlves which never liad any existence, AND WAS MANUFAt‘. TUREI) OUT 0F WHOLE CLOTH by tlio ELECTION FABRICATION IVIACHINE in that office. That con volition was not only a largc on», but it was brim flill of enthusiasm;

--i O-OOGO

Daily Selections for Guardian Readers

Furnished by W. 8_ Lennon.

.'~l :~ON __

I ASKED OF GOD

glvi- j-IIIITPHR To llic high tnsk I sough: I/lf ll'ili to 2L); I flsknti lilat all 1142-: less, Anti thnt my hours llllltht be few: l nsltctl that far and lofty heights

the hlctlranccs

of weakness

'.v'“ “M pliin and sorrow came

‘was only six inches deep, and re-

CilIli-lilflllfllkfi a fwog? he scolded "Fy was

‘The King's Words.

earnestly inquired, "Mltinma, when will the mincebe ripe?"

A little three- year old who hall been snnimerlng on a farm fell in to an old well wherl- the water

malned there for some tiiiic before ’t- irils lilstoverctt. \\"Ill’fl lie was rescurd his pent-up lntiignation knew no boundsz-"You fink 1 kin tay in a well wizout nufrin to eiit.

no better fadtlcfn itiutlti-'r‘n you,| I llcss I'd go wlfout clllltlreii."

HEAD OFFICE

and children now.

Write to-day for our booklet, "The Creation of an Estate." interesting and it's Ircc. -Addrcss:

_ g THE IMPERIAL LIFE ASSURANCE

Uninsured l-a tragedy

(No man appreciates life insurance so much as he who is not insurable -—because of ill-health, for instance.

The hordes of men in this unfortunate posi- tion must tforce you to realize the necessity of taking prompt action to perpetuate your income for the protection of your family in the event of your early death.

An Imperial Home Protection Policy is the one definite, sure and convenient method of making suitable provision for your dependents.

If it is only a $1,000 Policy to start with, you ought to insure that much protection to your wife Next week may be too late.

Company of Canada

It's very

SEPTEMBER 22, 1921 ill l}

=11 IF...

TORONTO

P. A. FARQUHARSON, h... 5mm, Frown 8163., CHARLOTTETOWN

“

l. ,-

iou; it is a tcriii tisctl slut-r the ltitli century by sovcrt-lgtls as illl honor-

A liyng Boy: You ask why, lnl thl- proclaiitatloiis ttow issued at! Ottawa lln thc'l{ing‘s name, Lord llyiig is rcferrctl to as "Our right trusty and well-bclovetl J-ullait" l-tc whereas in the proclamation issued during the regime during the Devonslilre regime the dtike was stylctl "Our night trlistyl

and right entirely beloved cousin: You '.

‘llltI counsellor, Victor“ ctc. might have gone farther hack anti found that the Dukl- of Connalight in similar proclamations was ro~ ferretllto as “Our iitost dent‘ and t-tltirely beloved unclc anti most faithful counsellor". Here the re- lationship correctly stated-it is a fact, while the supposed relat- ionship of "trousin" is a polite fict- ion which Ila a basis of truth -liliii- drods of years ago. The word does

is

the very best of ltarinoiiy prevail- ctl, as in all other Conservative gatherings, and there was only tho one dominant doteilninatltin, to save Canlida from the would-lie vrrcckers, and to preserve stnbto ant] responsible goverilment_ Mr. Mclstlac the sitting member was unanimously nominated without any of the divisions or opposition falsely predictcd by the Patriot, nnd with a feeling and enthusiasm which will ensure his return by il hlindsomer majority tlinn evor be- fore in the history of tltut riding.

Anti the monster [IGIIIOIISLTBIIOJ of the ‘Llbernltlonservatives cl Queen's County, last Tuesday, was iturcly an object lesson anti an in-

(By L. M. Montgomery) splration to our leaders, and if '-__ anything can be a guarantee ol

Iluitllrly I risked nf God to glvt- success it most surely filled the ""3 10V- bill. People looking around the

To croygl'igxi'l{,llre Wm‘ "losmms of spacious Market Hiill nt tlic vast 1 p1 .d fm- happiness Winn"! sen of faces, extending from end alloy. to end, would wonder where they Desiring thllttlnlv pathway BIIOIIItI all (‘time from, flfltl if IIItIL vast

l‘ t- -

Praycrllnli )1 itlulrh» those bngsincs crowd ‘epresenleix only “m work h, “mun, ' ‘ trig forces, in thc mime of sound

Anti now I thank Illm that llc Jtltlfllllelll. Wllfll f1 "Qllfllllrsfl (ll rift-v" "l9 M1- votcrs will there bo when the

H _ _ great rank and file join these in

I asked of God that lie. siimilii the march u, mo no"! to 1.90am

their votes 0n the side of Canada and the Empire, anti ln favor o! the Melglien Government. And yet with this conclusive demonslrat tion of lmpregnsble strength be- fore them, of which they will take

l"! "ill°ll~ good care to well inform them~ AM “‘l'“r'_l:'£;“ekly mmlk mm “ml solves, the Liberal manipulators

and the Patriot fabricator, will without any doubt whatever, sen-t

lfic style of addressing persons of t-xalted but not equal stivt-rign rank. Iii England this style of address buns hack to the time of liteiiry IV (iilllll-l-llil). lilackstonl- says tll:it this ltiiig—-~t.-illici' by his wlfc, his IIIOIIIPI" or his sistci» wits ill'IlliilI_V related or allied to every earl in England, and bring a tisllrper never ceased roniiiitling his peers ot‘ their relationship with the crown in his own person. The custom rciiilliiis,

though the reason for it has disap- pt-alrctl. King George in tiflicizll docu

ments, atltlresses peers with vary- ing degrees of" affectionate tl-riiis. according to their mnk, thus dukes are addressed as: "Our right trusty and right entirely beloved cousin“; tiiarqulisrs as "Our right trusty anti entirely beloved cousin" (the sc- contl “rlght" used in addressing dukes being omitted; "nrls as "Our right trusty and right wclbbcloveti cousin" ("rlglit well" being used in place. of "ontlrt-ly"); vlscounts as "Our right trusty anti well-beloved cousin’ (the second "right" usctl in IIIHITPSHIIIK earls being oiiilittctil; barons as "Our right trusty and well beloved" (without "cousin"). So lLord Byng being merely a bur- on is not styled “cousln", but if he should be elevated u step in tlic. peerage (vlscount) "cousin" will bc nddcd. ll-ie is the first governor general in 28 years who ls not III" lting’-s nominal "cousln“. "(‘onn- sellor" is ntltlcd when the person addressed is n uieuibcr of the king's privy council in Great Brit- itln.

A “Bee" Story.

(Montreal Herald) The latest "bee story" comet-t from the place where ittost til‘ Llie astonishing stories arfl mnnufuctiir- ctl: Out in Texas a swarm of hens

not in this caste int-an a blood rclltt-ilnll required t‘IIlU\\' KFPilSt‘.

I'll] lsliitig slioos nl.w are ilrlictit-ltllyl t‘lllllllt’It‘(I. 'l‘lll~ii tho sliiiio Wfla‘ itciisativc, aiitl tIISiI|)I)(‘.2II'l'tI wi'li the least ruhlor llatupiiess.

But it was a busy ulriuy til‘ boys on tho strct-ts oi’ Now York, with tlloil" little boxes anti liuiiihlo l-qiiipiiit-iit, seeking five cent ton t-t-tlt =aliini.lsttrrs iii lli- yczll-s llctklrt- spccit- payiiicnts werl- r»- stiniell following tho “lar of III" lti-bcilioiifantl llllllly of thctii clotti- ctl anti lcti themselves with their aarnings.