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52. OF AGRICULTURE NEWSLETTER '

Election Results Indicate; Some Significant Things

An examination of the recent election results will indicate nu- merous significant things. It is not our intention to discuss these matters in a partisan way but one outcome of interest was the evidence of displeasure with the government on the part c Canada's four large centres Vancouver, Winnipel. Toronto, and MontreaL

0f the 57 seats in these urban centres only four went to the previous government. Converse- ly the farm areas appeared to be satisfied to give the old gov- ernment a chance to continue. The above facts leads the Fin- ancial Post which traditionally

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of the urban mass in a clear cut decision in favour of the Liberals was thwarted by the rural minority."

In the same and other artic- les the Financial Post demands that this rural political tyranny over the enlightened and com- pletely responsible urban section ofdsociety be brought to an

en .

Again quoting the Financial Post "the only dynamic factor in the elec on was an urban majority's manifest wish th at Canada should have a compe- tent decisive government for a change.” Again “A straight two party fight with the seats dis,

to and whether the equity enters into the matter as to our know-

s wor epil-es - tatlon by population generally adhered to. We may be untair to the Financial Post but gen- erally we have been of the opin- ion that it was much more con. cerned with the rights of capi- tal than with the rights and wel- fare of people. For this reason we are inclined to be suspicious of The Post‘s solicitude on the part of the individual voter 0nd to be suspicious with its real concern in attempting to prove its statement that “The real problems in Canada today are

breaking and surf Assistance is also oped for rural ponds. and for

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tore rural development needs. ‘0! the different special groups. Forum pro-“which took part last season will . mm] fine brigades m pond fi-am 6will (be officially wolund uhp ; meet to consider the past year's con- ay an nex year's aunc -'r it ‘ struction.‘ Nova Scotta also in. ed too when I es“ s “d do Iomc plum“ tends to initiate research to ex- committee and representatives inational secretary, Rodger Sch- ested

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Uppermoat in the minds of many farmers and in farm or- ganizations too will be the ap- pointment of the new minister of agriculture. Historically the. minister of agriculture has come . from Western Canada, at this juncture with the small number of government members from,I

“They also 5 score of What law Is referred

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was and probably a relgeseg-J'ha Guardian, Charlottetown, Fri. April Ill, 1908. T we - '

Both men and cattle after aiforward to the new grass. {In- another

shortly notices for the gathering season of dealing with what is‘der ideal conditions Will be going out to those inter- very likely th e worst quality‘month can produce a real tl'au- hay on record will be looking!formation in this respect.

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Firs’r Women's Vole Recalled

the Prairie provinces if piece-f dent is adhered to Mayor Harry Hays of Calgary appears to bel indicated. Mr. Hays has been al very sucoessful cattleman. auc-l

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tioneer, livestock exporter. and ' ' 192 Fitzroy Dial 4-7387 ’ BY NEIL A MATHESON res! estate develclzer. His ex- Shows 2:30 — 7 — 9 nmmg 0'" 5mm" lFull cut leather uppers with 15‘ _ perience as administrator and Rexafl I: Giro-Cork Soles. Provincial- arm Editor busllligss operator would indicate Saturday 7 & 9 Only ' . . . y ‘ - 1e capacity for the job. Now In Full Swin ' ' A HUNTER River lady 5 letter suggesting that young men of “ms "ab . E i 18 voted in a First Great War tedenall election. if they had alT‘he unknown quanmy woman“ . ° G l ’ father or brother in the armed forces, is responsible for today's “urse- be his Philosophy .WSth EIVIS PreSIeY ET l D 0 w 5 column idea. Alex Mathesori had the exact election day date of gifpggsigmgleaggifefim P0110“? " I M‘ans we“ ; her 19, 1917 for me. almost before the final words of m ' 0 life P8P 1- ' l ‘ ‘ -‘ ‘ ‘ ‘ question had been uttered, and Harold L. Palmer, former udgl’; cularly freight assistance _on He'me 5"" j PHARMACY AT THE ‘Gm‘ Gm- 5L “' “W”? of Probate, told me it was the first time women had ever voted grain. prlce supports. subsidies. I 159 Gt. Geo. St. Dial 4421:) TURN OF A TAP in this country. that persons of 18 yéesu‘s didl riotf vat: etcl.l ’tlille Afeedeling wtliethetrw it is! I e at sent me back to our own fies an min a statement we noun or no is t ei- -- - o i u .- from the Union Government party — they comprised all the ther the minister or the asso-i Fr'day ' M‘ldnlfe l onElfsto Automatic Mrs. Farmer! Conservatives under Robert L lgoirdenll and assime Liberatls Iwhg elated minister will come from? I F. o I 0 water Heme” _ entered into the Union party— a arge vertisemen w to Quebec. bllt who the gentleman . 1 M I?" ' ' . said a woman could vote if she was “a British subject 21 years or might we have no knowled.l V'cfor Mature ; c u, e, ruling??? fingug'r magrsslg: , who had resided in Canada one year and was in the con- 9. I store 'per Month I stituency 30 days". And here's the interesting par-t: the female Of particular jntcmst and con. " ' had to be “a mother. wife. widow, sister or half sister of any eel-n [0 dairymen will be what samson and . LADIES. PLASTIC EASY FINANCING see 1 person male or female, living or dead, who is serving outside changes if any that may be . u ? OVERSHOES ; Canada in any of the military forces or within or without Can- brought about in dairy policy. Delllah ‘ AT our ads in any of the Naval forces of Canada or Great Britain in the Certainly the undertaking to en. i All sizes. Factory Outlet Price . . W I' or Who has been Mummy dismal-zed "om such 38'" courage school milk programs ‘ I Children’s vices and the date of whose enlistment was prior to September V - ' lI m 1917... will receive the support of dairy t 1 & 3 l I should add that i asked Mr. Matheson how in the wand he 3;??? “if! “gm.” b0“ 1.“ “‘9” 5a " ' l LADIES. BULKY ,6 “my street we" knew the exact date of the political battle of nearly 46 years mt s “('1‘ ma; defprlcte tsfip' KNIT SWEATERS Dial 4-8543 I. ago. and 'his answer was eas to on an . irst cousin of 301:5 a“ r 3 1°“ ° 9 . Chulouetow'n his had buried on that day, so the date remained firmly my d0118r- Bob Hope 1 Reg. 7.95 to 12.95. Factory ' OPEN 7 moms A WEEK fixed in his mind. 1 d Hgfifggi'ikggfiemng und . Outlet Price— I’m sorry to disappoint the Hunter River a y. but the answer . . ' ll ' . to her question is “No”. persons of 18 did not vote in that elect- erway for the holding sometime AIIOS Jesse I/ 2 P'rlce {on- next fall of a natllonal cfonfer- J u S R Johnston ece o rob em 0 hog ames . o 0 quality. The first planning meet- LADIES NYLONS

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I ' ' a women s AppreCIaflon '4“ka lng will take place in Ottawa on May 2, and will seek to lay the foundation for the proposed con- "' forence. Questions that are be-. ing asked with respect to hogs are (1) Are the A hogs the best hogs under present grades. (2) Should the present A grade -1

THERE ARE many interesting facts about that election. I think I‘ll tell you about some of them. A Charlottetown man called for me that his wife went out to solicit women‘s votes when the ladies got the franchise for the first time, and came back disgusted because some of them were asking money for the vote for which the ladies had been fighting so long.

It was the first time, ap soidiers‘ Vines had been counted in an election and there still are echoes of the way the e was m mnhtuemm'es When they 50 over B’s? We would sus-

daes. on conscription mek to send em cum Pal-3.21:“; t that when the conference

should they be worth more than I

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av as. by force ,, P90 V to strength ranks of those who had gone voluntarily. actually takes place that con-3 THE OPPOSITION, made up of what were called the “Laurier sidenatlon will also be given tor Liberals". fought against conscription. contended that and grading, grading standards, andl other things. not men, was what was overseas. Naturally the hog breeding program gen- tile service vote went overwhelmi-ngly for the es. erally. I couldn’t find a Guardian file of that date but a Patriot of DAIRY MEETING the following day proclaimed triumphantly that the Liberals had Tod ay (Friday) Marit l m e swept the Island’s llDllI‘ seats. John E. Springfield had dairymen are meeting in Mono- a margin of 852 votes and his colleague. A.B. Wanbul'ton. Ch-aIr- ton to complete the organization lottetown. led by 807 votes in Queens. Capt. Joseph Read. Borden of the remomn committee which won in Prince y 694'votes and J.J. Hughes, Souris had Wm be in charge of the new pm.‘ fig” K3135 tgebeLf‘m‘mnsfigg :59ng give“ We" to the motional effort. Th: mzeeting is the soldiers‘ vote elected Donald Nicholson, father of Eggfirfgggdggebzotmsmtéerg?i Ed D. Nicholson, Charlottetown by 58 votes, and clair's margin also includes the three directors accor ' to the Parliamentary Guide. though of “he Dairy Farmers of Can_ local papers said four. Read held on in Prince his mail; ada' dairy superintendents. and‘ was n dairy secretaries. To get its

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Kings where Conservative J. Mclsaac won by 52 votes. program underway by June 1 1

C U VOTOS DIST" will require some intensive work i as 30 days is not a long period. IT HAS always been charged—I believe it was actually ad-lto complete this work. ‘ mitted later—that the soldier votes were distributed in seats ARDA PROJECTS ; useful to defeat Liberals. But I never could We are receiving fairly regu- figure out why they let John Sinclair win in Queens by three or m- inim-[nation on ARDA devel-g {our “'0” merits in other provinces and '

votes. when four or five would have upset Tll . ‘ p Union Gave-ane won 153 seats in Canada. the "Laurler’ know that on the Prairies that I Liberals" 82. Quebec backed the anti-Conscription Liberals 62 to PF A and ARDA are comb}..-

“Mee- Milt Ontario “de 3W9" 74 to eight ing to develop in this year 11

’s votes now are distributed to their own home ~ _ rulings and applied to the candidates in those areas. so the "ex:cggwnaegasfriidag citing. or stacking of 1917 cannot happen again. Or can it? “an! “h ,or eight mmmunit}; Nobody has over explained to my satisfaction why Liberal Oash- P t in‘ Saskatchewan ha“ W.J. Brodme last year in St. John’s West (New- p“ “m 65 000 N v

a court decision later indicated was a than:- ‘n8 a ‘9‘“ 0‘ i. “95- 0 a; of selvlcemen‘s votes. I believe the ruling indicated that Scot“ ‘5 “V9109”? a P1?“ 9'“ i more servicemen assigned their votes to that constituency than d" A313“ ‘0' “Thug WI?! "V: had a right to do so. not how could that be done. if the rep. dividual farmers I M we. ulations are as foolproof as we had been led to believe? E

Donald- Cameron-’H‘lghest lniegri‘ty'j Population

i e RALPH CAMERON this k that his great I uncle Donald rcrll-eme frol‘lieeSpl'ington and rel

presented F‘lrat Queens. was chairman of the legislature com- .

mittee that was outsider the oontastious rulway bill after it had boat given second reading. Unfortunately for him the corn- mlttee vote was a tie. he had to cast the deciding ballot. He voted WASHINGTON (AP) __ The ‘0’ fl" " W- W “I” I“ 1371- 'Natlonal Academy of Sciences “'9 M h” be“ bud“ 60"“ “3" he w” I‘M-“ted 0“ has called for an international of railway supporters and carried aloft mind the effort to cope uuncon. While W' m“ I“ "1‘ him trolled population g r 0 wt h" through the world.

All that reminds me about what my triend Charles S. Mac- . Donald. Wood Island told me about Mr. Cameron some time ago. b A mmflutgdg‘; “fignlz‘gaed isMyosImaillwasthattheSprtMtonmhadbeenof- V] a; "m ugh vtha my (GradupwS10,000lfhewoulds-uppntttheideaofputtlngt‘hedec"f b“? 9' n e railway though his own Strathallryn area. But I'll let Mr. Mac- 393"" 01‘ 5 "IS Peace." “0 muss an“ M d :I'Oblem I, mm urgent:

"IT WAS hopedandexpectedihatthemliway waddbelal i , mp. mm] “In our judgment. this prob- .“ w H h' “d lem can be successfully at- its tacked by developing new methods of fertility regulation opes, but press-Ire and implementing programs of as upon him by argulnenta which he could not refute. voluntary f a m i l y planning It was pointed out the terrain was too fll. rugged and mo‘widely and. rapidly throughout

costly which was true on . _ :the w .

" reluctantly yielded. had he held from he! The gcademy is g private could have gained a con-id G 1mm of may. hut he W” organization of scientists and I" . told you, he wm never elected alum because engine,“ are people WI he had betrayed am. and would not listen mum.“ um u :1.” ml:

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