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THE SUBSIDY QUESTION

(Continued from page i)

"A conference was convened In Ottawa in the month of Nov- ember last by the Dominion Government and the Governments of all the Provinces of Canada. As a result of this meeting the Dominion Government. is undertaking in the very near future to make a complete revision of the financial arrangements as recommended by the Duncan report. We confidently antici- pate that when such a revision is made we will receive a. vcry material increase in our subsidy."

MACKENZIE KING'S DENIAL

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On February I8. i929, nearly a year afterwards. Premier King. on the floor of the House of Commons. in reply to a query as to why, when {he western provinces were being dealt with in the matter of subsidy ‘ilalms the other provinces were ignored, said;

‘TOR SODIE REASON OR OTHER THE CLAIMS HAVE NOT BEEN PUT FORWARD BY THE PROVINCES.“

One month later. iMarch i9. 19291. lhc following statement ap- peared in the Speech from the Throne at the opening of the Legis- lature:

“During the year my Government HAS BEEN VIGOROUS- LT PRESSING OCR CLAIMS for a further increase in the sub- sidy which we receive from the Dominion. and has stressed the fact that in view of the apparent intention to transfer to the ‘Vestcm Provinces the natural resources within their boundaries, _ equitable treatment to all the Provinces would appear to cull for some corresponding concessions to our own Province."

A DEFINITE PROIIIISE

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' On March 2i, (two days later) in a letter to the Secretary of the Teachers‘ Federation. Premier Saunders wrote:

“AT A RECENT CONFERENCE IN OTTAWA, THE PRIME MINISTER AND THE MINISTER OF FINANCE AGREED TO ARRANGE FOR ANQACCOUNTING BETWEEN THE PROVINC- E-S Ab") CANADA. AT WHICH TIME OUR PROVINCE WILL BE ENABLED TO MAKE A FFRTI-IER DETAILED PRESEN- TATION OF Ol.'R CLAIMS. THIS ACCOUNTING WILL TAKE PLACE NEXT‘ FALL BEFORE A BOARD OF EXPERTS. We are hopeful that. alter this Board will have submitted its findings to the Federal Government. we will receive a substantial increase in subsidy AT THE NEXT SESSION OF PARLIAMENT."

Maw-h 25. four thus later, Hon. J. D. Stewart, leader of the Opposition. placed on the order paper in the Legislature the follow- Lpg question: '

I. Ilavc there been anv negotiations between the Government of this Province and that of Canada during the recess of this Legislature regarding the. final adjustment of provincial subsidies,

_nr with a view to obtaining additional subsidy for this Province. 2. Table all correspondence re same. .

And the following reply was tabled by Premier Saunders. March 26th:

"The subject matter is still in process of negotiation and I‘ do not consider it in the public interest to publish the, correspond- ence at this time."

l; HON. MR. ROBITS ASSURANCE

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it October, i929, {according to correspondence read by Premier Saunders in the Legislature during the session of 10.101 Premier Saun- , ders wrote to Hon. .1. A. Robb, Minister of Finance, in part as follows:

"When I saw you in Ottawa last spring in company with l Yllessrs. Sinclair. Jenkins and McLean. we discussed this matter" loi‘ readjustment of subsidy claims» "AND YOI‘ ADVISED ME TO COME TO OTTAWA THIS FALL AT IVIIICH TIME YOU IVOYLD APPOINT A (‘OFIMYITEE OF FXPERTS FROM YOUR. DEPARTMENT TO HEAR OI'R REPRESENTATIONS. In the

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House of Commons last session the Prime Minister in reply t0 8 question as to why a final adjustment had not been made with the _ Provinces said that claims had not been presented by the latter. This statement of the Prime Minister has often been referred to by the Opposition members of our Legislature last session, and ai- though I refused in reply to tabled questions to divulge all that had passed between the Federal and Provincial Governments on the subsidy question on the ground of public interest, in justice to myself and in view of the Prime Minister's statement. I announc- ed the arrangement suggested by you, namely, that I was to go to Ottawa this fall and present our case before a committee of experts to he appointed by you. YOI‘ FURTHER SUGGESTED LAST SPRING THAT TITIS PROVINCE COME ALONE RATHER THAN IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE OTHER MARITIMES."

MORE CONFUSION

On January 25. I930, following the return of Premier Saunders from Ottawa, the Patriot newspaper announced that a special audit board had been appointed and was now engaged in adjusting Island claims. A FEW‘ DAYS LATER IT WAS ANNOUNCED THAT TIIE ADJUSTMENT WAS BEING MADE, NOT BY A SPECIAL BOARD BUT BI’ THE DOMINION BOARD OF AUDIT OF THE CLAIMS OF ALL THE MARITIME PROVINCES AND TIIAT THE REPORT OF- THIS BOARD WOULD NECESSARILY BE PRELIMINARY TO AN INTER-PROVINCIAL CONFERENCE AND SUBSEQUENT RATI- FICATION BY PARLIAMENT.

CONTRADICTOR Y CLAIDIS

During the Session of i930 two memorials on our subsidy claims were tabled in the Provincial Legislature. One, signed “Albert C. Saunders. Premier, Walter M. Lea, Minister of Agriculture, J. O. C. Campbell, Counsel,“ was for a subsidy claim of $408,796.94. THE OTHER, ISSUED UNDER TIIE AUTHORITY OF "HON. W. M. LEA. ACTING PREMIER.“ IVAS FOR A SUBSIDY CLAIM 53.372,- 16657 plus $200,000 CASH PAYMENT FOR DAMAGES ARISING FROM EXPROPRIATION OF THE DALTON SANATORIUM AND FOR MAINTENANCE AND IMPROVEMENTS IN PUBLIC LANDS.

NO DELAY SUGGESTED

AT NO TIME SINCE THE SAUNDERS GOVERNMENT CAME INTO POWER WAS IT INTIMATED, EITHER BY PREMIER SAUNDERS 0R ANY MEMBER OF THE PROVINCIAL OR FEDERAL GOVERNMENTS, THAT IT WOULD BE NECESSARY FOR THE MARITIME PROVINCES TO WAIT UNTIL THE CLAIMS OF THE I PROVINCE? HAD ms‘ GET-Tint. 0n the contrary. it is obvious from the statements in the Speeches from the Throne in 1928 and 1929 that in accord with the ic-ommendations of the Dun- can Commission, "immediate consideration" of the whole question of Maritime subsidy claims was expected. The interim subsidies were first paid to the Maritime Provinces in 1927. HAD PREMIER SAUNDERS BEEN INFORMED BY THE PRIME MINISTER IN THE mu. or 192': THAT IT WOULD ma ADVISABLF. TO WAIT UNTIL THE QUESTION OF THE NATURAL RESOURCES OF THE WEST- ERN PROVINCES HAD BEEN DEAI.T Vi/ITII. III-Z WOULD CER- ‘TAINLY NOT HAVE INSERTED IN THE SPEECH FROM THE TIIRONE IN 192s THAT “THE DOMINION GOVERNMENT . . . IS UNDERTAKING m THE VERY NEAR FPTITRE T0 MAKE A COMPLETE REVISION 01-" THE FINANCIAL ARRANGEMENTS as RECOMMENDED BY THE DUNCAN REPORT." YET EITHER PREMIER SAUNDERS HAD FULL KNOWLEDGE THAT THIS STATEMENT was ERRONEOFS mm MISLEADING AND THAT THE DOMINION GOVERNMENT HAD NO INTENTION 01-‘ DEAL- ING WITH OUR SUBSIDY CLAIMS UNTIL THE WESTERN PRO- VINCES WERE SATISFIED, OR PREMIER MMKENZIE KING DE. LIBERATELY MISLED IIIS AUDIENCE IN CHARLOTTETOWN WHEN or: JUNE 21 or THIS YEAR. HE STATED:

"I remember AFTER wl‘. nan GIVEN THESE INTERIM GRANTS" (recommended by the Duncan Commission in 1926 and paid for the first time in i927) "that the former Prime Minister of this Province. Mr. Saunders. came to Ottawa on two ol- three occasions and wanted Mr. Robb and myself to settle the financial terms so far as the Island was concerned there and then. I said:

‘MR- SAUNDERS. DON'T PRESS US AT THIS TIME. You won't do as well In the end. . . We have dealt with the Maritime Pro- vinces to begin with; let us now get settled with Manitoba, Saskatchewan, British Columbia and Alberta. When we get through with them and if as a result of those agreements some. thing more should come to Prince Edward Island, vou will be in a better position to see that something more is granted. You will then stand a better chance. HOWEVER. THE AUDIT BOARD WAS PUT T0 WORK AT ONCE AND THE FINANC-

ING OF THAT WORK OF NECESSITY HAS BEE 1' r EVER SINCE." N Gone‘ o“

KING'S REMARRABLE STATEMENT

If this conversation between Premier Saunders gm] pram" King took place in i927, or even in 192R, when the second annual int- f-‘Yim PRIME!" INIIIIIIMINIPI! by the Duncan Commission was made.

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WHY DID NOT MR. SAUNDERS ANNOUNCE TIIE PRIME MIN- ISTERJS REFUSAL TO TREAT WITH HIM AT THAT TIME? way DID HE NOT ANNOUNCE THAT "THE AUDIT BOARD WAS PUT T0 WORK AT ONCE ON THE FINANCING" FOLLOWING THAT CONVERSATION? Mr. Saunders was being hard pressed to “on” his failure to implement his promise to secure an ‘ early readjustment, AND HE WOULD GLADLY HAVE AVAILED HIMSELF OF SUCH AN ARGUMENT IF IT WERE TRUE. ‘PI-IE QBVIOIJS ANSWER l! THAT N0 SUCH CONVERSATION TOOK PLACE IN i927 0R i928. Nor could it have taken place up to October 1929. when Mr. Saun- den wrote to lion. Mr. Robb reminding him of the advice glveu by the Finance Minister that the Province was to present its claim "alone" and that a board oi experts would be appointed iu the fail of lhlt year. roll. UP T0 run‘ TIME THE CLAIMS or TIIE was-r. ERN PROVINCIS IIAD NOT BEEN DISPOSED 0F. If this mystee. lous conversation ever tool: place, it. must bu; ocfljfrgfl [Qmeflmg lllflllthepreseutyesr. Batmmiermuqpuyu'mw,

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Central Guardian

THE LADIES of the Conservative Ladies’ Club extend a cordial invita- tion to the Conservative Ladies of P.E.I. to attend the political meeting at. the Strand Theatre, Saturday, July 5th, at. 9 p. m. 1D. S.) to hear the Hon. R. B. Bennett. Seats will be provided on the stage for all la- dies, thus affording them an oppor- tunity of meeting Miss Bennett.

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POSTPONED FROM JULY 2ND. Zion Strawberry Festival on Murdock Ross‘ lawn, Upper Prince. It will be held this evening. July 3rd. Every- body come. 5116-7-3

NARROW ESCAPE-What might have proved a serious accident, oc- curred near East Point, Sunday, June 29th, when Harold L. Worthy. of Charlottetown. waded out among some rocks, tripped, lost his balance, and fell headlong into the water. His cousin, William Worthy, rushed to his assistance, uprightecl him. and helped him ashore, where. by the warm rays of "Old Sol," his clothes were quickly dried. A couple of on- lookers treated the mishap as a "deep joke," which it might. not, have been.

THE MARKETS

_ (Canadian Press)

MONTREAL, Que, July Z-Pro- duce prices of butter, cheese and new potatoes exhibited a lower trend to- day in Montreal. Old prices were slightly higher, while eggs held steady. The butter market was gen- erally ii cent per pound lower in wholesale channels. sluggishness in demand and pientlfubsuppiies were given as reasons for the decline. Prices to retailers were unchanged. Receipts were 52 boxes. The cheese market also eased about V. cents per pound. The market was quiet. Re- ceipts were i0,460 boxes. On the egg market trading was quiet and firm. Receipts were 4,109 cases. New po- tatoes were reduced, prices now being No. 1 grade, $6.25; No. 2 grade, $5.00, and culls $4.00 per 160 pound barrels; old potatoes on the other hand were i0 cents dearer, being $1.85 per 90 lbs. in bulk. Old potatoes were scarce. Supplies both at Montreal and at shipping points being meagre.

OTTAWA, Ont., July 2.-¢Eggs)-— The tone of Canadian egg markets today continues rather easy with prices generally unchanged.

TORONTO:—Trading on this egg market continues dull with the un- dertone easy. Brokers report it is dif- ficult. to make sales over extras, 29; firsts, 27; seconds, 25; delivered. Other quotations are unchanged. The demand for poultry is slow.

MONTREALu-The local egg mar- ket is unchanged and dealers are

ll-IALIF/ixw-Local receipts on this egg market were light over the week end and the demand continues good. Dealers are paying prices to country shippers for ungraded eggs, unchang- ed at extras 27-30: firsts 23-25; sec- onds, 19-20, delivered.

Saunders was pressing him for a

INSULT TO INJURY

OBVIOUSLY, IF ma. SAUNDERS was smclnul rs ms STATEMENTS PREMIER KING was smramo our smceall m TIIE TRUMPED-UP EXCUSE wlm walcu no INSULTID no; INTELLIGENCE or ms AUDIENCE IN CIIARLOTTETOWN on ma: :1. AND m VIEW or Ills axrltaoanmaav surn- MENT AT BRANTFORD. omaalo, A raw mun-rs rlulvlovs run rm: sunsmr CLAIM! or n11: MARITIME eaovmcss Inn norm SETTLE!) T0 TIIE SATISFACTION or ALL concern. assume THAI‘ In: ass an MORE RESPECT roa run INTELLIGENCE or TI] morons

ED. THERE IS NO REASON TO

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the Presbytery of Linlithgow in i892

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since as one oi the leading Presby- terian ministers of the Maritime Provinces. It is to be ilOped that Mr. Muir will yet be long spared to give the benefit, of hi; long experience for the coco of t-he Presbyterian Church in Canada.

FORMER LIBERAL

(Continued from page 1) Power Corporation question.

"It is a wonder that we. as honut citiuns and, above all. Canadians, with the welfare of our country at heart, should tolerate the disgrace- iul doings of the Liberal Prime Min- lster and hi5 Government," Mr. Cal- der mid. As he dellevered his ad- dress. he stood near R. S. White, ex-M.P.. for Mount Royal, his old political opponent.

CHANGE NOT WRONG

He first. stressed that. if Canada was a more democratic country, his action in abandoning the rank; of the Liberal party, joining up with the Conservative party, and support- ing its policies and programme, the while he denounced those oi his old party, would not. be criticized, nor would he be condemned as a. traitor and a renegade by the Liberals. In Erngiand many great statesmen. in- eluding Lord Balfour and Winston Churchill had deserted one party for another during a. lifetime of poli- ties, and had done so because they though it best. Their action excited no unfavorable wave of criticism. It was understood that they were do- ing so after having independently

Rev. llfiBraceMuir

Bruce Muir. who has charge of St.‘ James Presbyterian Church, is a na-l tive of Scotland, where he was born 5““Y"’“'° "m m- His ""°“" ‘my fercd nothing constructive m bring one of the old parish-school teachers whose system of education has been.

Muir received his primary education at his father's school, from which he passed to the University of Edin- burgh. Here he took his Arts and Theological courses under some pro- has become world-lvide, notably Professors Char- teris and Flint, After completing his Arts and Theological curriculum he was licensed to preach the Gospel by

assistant to several oi the leading ministers of the Church of Scotland, including in succession the Rev. Dr, Carmin- ers of Faikirk, the Rev. Dr. Graham of Bathgate, the Rev, Dr. Wother- and the then oi Aiioa, now of Glasgcw Cathedral. 1n 1906 he became minister of ‘Prinity Parish, Aberdeen, where be learned all about the Independent Labor Party and their methods of dealing with their constituents. During this period the Canadian curlers toured Scotland under the captaincy o! the Hon. D, C. Fraser, Lieutenant Gov- ernor of Nova Scotia, Through his influence Mr. Muir was induced to visit Canada and has remained ever

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‘ statwmen, so had he, » said, and today he was with the Oon

servativc party because he was of

the firm belief that their policies and i programme favored Canada. whereas . the policies and programme of the Liberal partY—i?B$t and presmP were not in Canada's favor. and of-

a. stop to the present economic de- .pression and ills, including unem- ployment, adverse trade balances. etc. "I have made the change fearless- 1y," Ivlr. Calder emphasized, "and as 8.11 independent-thinking Canadian citizen who desires, above all, to see a. Canadian government with Can- ada's interests at heart." _ l-ie had been a Conservative until i904, he admitted. Then, as he had now, he had changed and embraced ' Liberal policies becausehe thought. they were the best. for Canada. at the time. and he was sure ‘that he had acted as wisely then as he had acted ‘wisely now. After having run as Liberal candidate in Mourr, Royal in i926, he had made the resolution to remain inactive in politics. but now, for certain developed tenden- cies, not. so much on the Pl-Yt 0f U" Liberal party as on Mr. Kim's iii-fl. he was active Illin- lfld 116 W" nauseaited at three W118! which. he declared, demonstrated clearly Mr. King's stand as mares Canada ind her welfare.

shameful Campaign

m present campaign conducted by the Liberals under Premier King

Mr, Calder '

Liberals or Conservatives.

reason that the Govemmenz had not»,

I in my Mother's house, but mg. tress in my own.” . '_ Mr. Calder soundly flayed u“ a“

mier for his “five cent speeclq." d’. ciaring that Mr. King. confronted by the awful‘ spectacle of thousands or suffering and miserable unfimploygQ workers in Canada seeking relief,‘ turned his head and mid them he ~~ Wtfuld not give them five cents un; less he knew how they voted in 1926. -- This was e. gross insult to Oanad. ian citizens, Mir. Calder said, m4‘ one they should not forget. It was“ mfibl Iii-misting, and ailamefui state- ment to make, and one that. in show up the Premier in the light

of one who would give no relief to any eieowr who had cast a Conggf-""“ vative vote. ‘ In the aeauhmlois Power col-per?“ If "Wm PYMM. the K1118 Gwernment,___ and especially the Premier, showed marked apathy towards the wilwlg affair, Mr. Calder charged, stating mm the 1m, um it was permitted" to proceed without a signed order- in-couneii, and with only the peel‘ mission of the House of Commons, showed that the ‘Government was not acting in the best interests of Canada. The corporation, he 413-; ed. was going over the developmeno. of a limited amount of horsepower, Ind when the Conservative leader had bwught the question up In tbs House. the Government had evaded flXDlB-nflklons. The entire project, a; well as the charter, should be inves-c tigated, he said. whether ‘it; hung

It was for these and the general

was one of shameful prejudices and bogeys. Mr. Calder held, particularly in Quebec, where the Liberl-i minis- ters, especially the Hon. Feruand Rinfret. Secretary of State, were getting sway from the principal questions of the day and 8108615’ 1n- sulting their opponents. The con- scription bogey was being raised. "If you vole for Sir George Pei-lay, your sons will have to go to India. and fight!" the Lberals cried. And, fur- thermore. the Secretary was wont to cry out. that the main question before the electorate was as to who lvlii represent Canada “the Imper- ial Conference. If you elect Premier King and the Liberal Government. they will go to London and obtain for the Dmninion greater autonomy. they cry. adding that if Mr. Bennett and the Conservatives went into power, Canada would be reduced to e