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‘I Then really lresfeo many 01cm- minions that cost I let of money, it would require many words to name ilwm all and man-y tlgures- to ex- finnfl their cost. We shall not here ' . attempt the task. We are reilerrinp, pi course lo those commissions ap- poated by the Federal Government to examine an-l report upon many niattcns which it ‘is felt that the

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turn‘, goinqthbng unforeseen 00 cu’ 1. m; legislative session will clqbe this week. if. has been a mild. nflhlilltful and satisfactory sen- glqu, Little time has been 19°‘ wk" {though dilatoriness in 0W0‘ mf 0|- .“ “(lung for tsilrs sake 0i‘ refine seiiicetlon 9i i1'°l“"°'1°°" My}; libero has been uothinl b)’ w“? u; ‘elipgyflva. criticism.

n-iticisni there was, it is true- n9 is supposed, to_be the role 0i lqgloppeeilleu but in 11181711191311“ if. look the. rel-m of general grumb- iiir} that thinse bail n“! WW1 °‘" 5,115; gun; they had. its to bow c0n~ d-itions could have been ‘improved. lluiv the revenue could have been expel-dim otherwise and in bell" mfv1antago,_lio hint or suggestion pa; been given s0_ fur.

This wick. probably this even- i-igia beginning will be made ,0n the lstjimhtcs.’ The experience of the mi your will be a valuable 501410 iii thief Last ycarthe revenue from the uucqllectalble poll tax was overestimated and this accounted for’ pert of the apparent deficit at Ibo close oi the lyear. The poll tar was a child of the. late government. a child that had some promise and likjiiLhll/B grown into usefulness bad It not ‘been handicapped by in- hc-rent impossibilitics." To avoid payment of taxes is, rightly or wliongly, regarded as__an Inherent

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we ypgrihfs wealth was dost-wind- Mny had fondly hoped that the Wlil‘ of 1014-1918 was a "war seal-nevi war," and it was: many 1W1 11°?“ that it was tlhe last war that w0l!1‘1

There shall be other wars. Civilization is progressing slowly. how slowlY 10 ‘mmmied by ‘he m“ Lhat its 5'01"“: c1111“ again“ W w", me 1W8! of 1314-1918. was per- petrated after six thousand years of climbing from savB-80TY. 8M1‘ two thousand of influ- ences of Christianity. Yet tiwin is hope that eventually we shell overcome this inherited relic of sav- agery, perhaps the most illogical and t-he most senseless 0f all inni- we have inherited from our original gavflgefy, We still have along way to go before we can. lay down ouir

years

arms. before we can leave our doors

neighbor as ourselves.

WONDEfiFUlL FAIRNESS

The Morning Chronicle of Hali- fax, whose lpubllc politicaicreed is destinctly Liberal. whatever its pri- vate opinion may be. explains that the gerrymandering of Cape Breton and Richmond counties was not done expressly b0 hive the miners and so prevent them from diluting the strength of‘ Liborlism in other sec- tions of‘ the constituency. Vlt was oiLly through a coincidence of the

rightiof the human‘ race and, rightly or wrongly, "averybodyzivs doing it,"

geographical situation that all the mines happened to be enclosed in

disgrace civilization but if. was not. '

Administration with" its host of de- puties officials and servants should lnvmtlsote end decide upon with~ out other. aid that it has ready ai hand.

There may be vlrlous opinions on ihe subject within the ranks of both political parties. The mattei has been occasionally referred to in Parliament and also In the press sml we'll/ere pleased to read a few days ago in ib-c leading LIbc-rul iournal of thin Province an editor- 1411 Obinion, in which we entirely concur. that there are really too many of these commissions of high cost whose duties could be more 970011711! discharged st nominal cost by ‘the Government with its official staff and committees of re~ presentative men in the House of Cnlrlmons or the‘ Senate,

Hon. R. J. fdanion, Conservative, of Port Arthir stated the other day In the Commons that the Pulpwood

unlocked, before we can love our Commission and the Grain Ceramics

ion had cost the country approxim- ately a quarter of a million dollar-s nlld had given very little result. Mr. Miinion went on LO say that the Government had appointed numerous other commissions and that well over a million dollars llnn been expended in this way. Few thinking men can be brought to believe that all these or nearly all. or even half oi these were urg- euLiy necessary. Many beiicvg that none of them were called for and hot in these times of industrial and commercial depression and high texntcn the expense should not have been incurred,

it ls true that other Govern- ment! in the past also appointed

HELPING THE Hun-u‘ nsnsnrmsur

_ I wonder, ‘if as a people, we arc grateful enough to our research

_ physicians, who work so patiently

in their laboratories?

Their whole aim is to find somt specific cure ‘for certain ailments, or to 11nd some method of prevent Ing the various ills of nian.

Ono oi our outstanding physic ians, in addressing a class of stud cuts graduating in medicine, point cd out to them. that their per- spective in medicine should not bl influenced by all the sick peoplc they saw in the hospitals. They might easily get the idea that t_hi ' curing of a patient was their mosi Important work, whereas the pre- vention of illness was at least sq ually important,

ugo the annual "death rate we: about twenty one per thousand ', whcrcas it now ran but eleven pei thousand, or In other words It hat‘ been cut practically in half

Now as tlie ailments that carry people oil‘ still exist. tlierefori something must have been done ti save so many lives or prevent s: many deaths,

in other words then, the pro ventive side of medicine, had tukei great strides in the forty years. Of course the big gain Wns mud- In the handling of infectious cases in Scarlet Fever for instance, m specific remedy has been discover cd, and yet while forty years ago there were seventy deaths in ever; hundred thousand. at prescn‘ there were only two deaths in on! hundred thousand.

The figures for ‘Small Pox an Typhoid Fever are even more rc markable.

What is the lesson in this‘!

your family some time when thl health department requires certniv, things of you. .

it may be that they wish to quar antine your home, to isolate ym. lfrom your fellows, to take- a swni

Well, it may come hard on you o" .

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1 The Public Forum

_. This column lo open for the discussion by IAJIIQIIDIIINJOIIII of

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From TEACHERS’ SALARIES

1 age Hampden 0r a. ‘Milton.

q schools like those some of our best

§,nnd ahiest men have sprung. One I

commissions that cost money—xiot quenuwm n, “flunk Th, (thisrlottetown Guardian docs not necessarily emlorso the op- inions of correspondonfl.

"r from your throat examine voui turwa1mlfiadfiahm “twnlifla: 1°11“

reduce their -~ salaries Jnstald of.

I Q ' 7 in whole or in part.‘ wherever pos- one of the n0W1Y 08101111511911 919° nearly so much~hut those Govorn- b100,; m. “mm m any we o; 1 (conunued. u" P" n.

sF-ble,‘ Where there are fixed in- torsl districts and that there were meuls arc down and out and have number or thingg w gpfegunrd you comes, stated, _ss._lalries or taxable 110i- envnllh mines i0 give the other paid the penalty for their sins. The your family, and your fellow olti T0111 P1911911?» 11.1919 19 115 99°51”; districts a 5mm of course n mayliitgainihzogozzrzis|ittiid ti; dbe. zexftsdsmt alwe?! pleasant, easy. or the victim smiles and pays it. When 809m Bi-Nnge i111“- 1116 09" °1°¢"and the tawpayers who are coilrimonvenicnt to comply. but in thi "n", i‘ ‘no fixed 591.317‘ no defln- tom‘ ‘boundaries should 5° m“ 8'5 ‘011791191-‘1 i0 may the money. it is a1Esiigiiiiethflgiiiziirendxdiisdlmbbtr Lin." 11° T131111” W001"! Bi support. and keep the miners by themselves bull vory 10110 50001101- and ii’ lllflney supply you iliriih the mass of evi H wemedy, (m. the dlmflbuuon of small. ‘The 'birt'h rate of our school no property to be selzedin default such coincidences 01W" °¢°‘"- T111“ h“ been ertrevagenlly and wapte-‘denco at their disposal, yoluwill no‘ Qguml, probsrly according to gifiiiliié‘: L“, “ggrfiflnfixfi “ggsmtifu or pnyfnzntgniilfi no imprisonment Ls not a verbatiom report of tllelinlly expended in this way nvtonlvlgsf Itazfprha"! i” b“ '°“5°"a1’1° 1' claims Bllfi caviar: elighezellilgigpt‘; school that would be qilalificd by for debt‘ conga“)? 0-‘ a W“ m! is Chmnlcws explanation but we give should the practice be sionned but » - buy or sell. s impossible. thousands‘ of lion's». of arrears of

The some“ rule here mamas my m d i dr business mm numbers for if graded school one ' - o n or nary - _ t _ .11 n as a “my mmprehenaive “m”? the offenders’ should be punished. success in health administration ibxrbtions. When it comes to a sltu- year‘ might be reduced 0 a w“

lation. poll tax outstanding which cannot ’ be collected and it is useless to In-

’ one the ncxt and thus cause an u-n- 1"" a“ 11 “wk” 1°‘ 511C691“ “"1 otion an We have "1 Mwmgue 1‘ 1“ celasing change of teachers wild W119" e111“- hard to figure out uiid easier euid gradex And even “- fh-uspclaflig Iian doiie. teachers did nothing more than pro‘ ' Votes P01101191 11110111118110! 124 pare students for the Prince oi ‘or Union and I04 against. The Wnlcs College. thcygave good wi- cludo them in any estimate of rc- congregation includes 148' femjIlIlv-s. iltllff. for}; that follllego (is the gatewpy . ' ’ ‘, t, t nd 102 reman non t‘ roug w c a stu ents pasewio Velma‘ The great bulk o! W" H“ fifidwiilflatloilheaproperty About one take up higher. professions. The ' 1mm 1mm“ m“ 1°99“ 0t m“ an iali of the 46 that voted out came mQIJOPS-IY 0i tthzso who micclessflliiy was pnid by farmers and others o Montague long 0"" i110 Dinilel" Pa“ e e" r“ "'3 “"1" n“ ‘m? " m f I m] they that college have had tht benefit of who were otherwise taxed, but it .xewfia1lzilliga?ltllepilggggt am," u, first-class teachers, fell very lightly upon those for imld the property, which is wort: argfirgéi‘; "1l°llgi;€frlg11i1t1leii1lifiifilié1xlizfl ‘whom it was intended. It was a I" 19”‘ $6'mw'0o' How m“ knowledge, laying the foundation i f 1001110 9111"" Party m“ V” mm and expanding the mind of the “me atwmm to “get Mood out o’ 111° "m" 1“ "mum "I 8M0? Your!!! students so that when they it poo ." That the post should pay I nm. Sh‘. 010w enter college they will be mor .' - A PUZZLED LAVMA-N “m for its standing room is not denied Montague_ but how to induce or compel it to do so has not yet been discovered. _T‘he poll tax was not abolished by ‘he Stewart fhvcrnmmit because it was not needed but ‘because It could not lbe imposed fairly on ac- count of the Impossibility of col~ lei-ting it fairly.

Sir.—WilI you kiildly give space

t vol‘ The ‘greatest statesman the Em- -

-pire has over known, received his r "*'*“*"'*“*“*”*” eerly education in alemeil schoolhiln . LEM m AR|THMET|Q a little Ivifeisli hpm at, alnd f t s A Paola ‘ Province in our day and ‘generation Sm_ln me Pmflo, of Ab," 15¢ could produce onollke h m the cost advhmymann at Alberto“ suggests of education would be considered

APIANOI-Slfkl

There are several

i A mIiIIen dollars spent on com-1

minions! Most of us workers andi toilers. are not accustomed to "link in millions. A million doll- ars would pay a thousand dollars 111 "W05 i0 ‘Inch of a thousand workers, so many [huugandg or W110i" “P” 01111108 themselves from their native land to find flmpluy. "will and breed for themselves and their families amOng fgfglgn. ers und-vr an alien flag, A mill on dollars would equal the present value of 200 farms each of a value 0f 85.000 and representing the hon- est toll of its owner during p, llfc time.

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EDITORIAL NOTES

Everything points to the Lcgisla-' ture concluding business on Thurs- day. '

"-600 O O $0 UOOO4Q 0O #0 OQ§O 4

Ch aracter Readingg p QQI QvQ OQ§§FO-O'OO-OO-Q‘O-O P‘ 4

The turned-up or retrousoe nos: shows a love of pleasure and a Der fcct genius of making other peopl- happy simply through their owl joyfulness and love of life. it‘; owner may be s. little selfishly in cliiied, but more from want n.’ thought tbun true self-indulgence.

There are rival collectors for the distressed Iwomen ‘and children of| Sydney. ‘The Mayor and Citizens Oomlmittee should Insist upon all contributions passing through their hands.

il-blo of learning and conquering the higher branches. iIf there is any sound of complaint It is not ‘be- cause -we have first-class teachers In olir small country schools. Tho country hails with delight the effort made to reduce the 00st of school books. But any proposal to releg- 010 i0 i110 Dnni. Ihc readers ‘now in use, and ‘thereby incur additional expense will not meet general ap- proval. We sincerely thank liis Honor, Lieutenant-Governor Heairtz mniempiatcd work for the inillfe- for his gift towards school grounds As public 01100009010040 11V P110111‘ for (luring the past year much im- ‘mem. they are 01100 i0 P11111110 wmfiprovement has been made on coun- men-t. And those of the nrenenl try school grounds and buildings. session come in for a liberal share. the Qxpenfle mung borne. by u“, Particularly that part deellne with ratepayers, with the substantial aid education. and cooperation of the Women's

With nil due WSW“ ‘i0 01"‘ 93"imstitutcs. and any measure tend- teemed Premier and his (XliiflafillfiSdng m Iowa, mewrade of any o; [claim the privilege of also making tho“ Mm,“ schools Wm be me, by :\ few commnnts on this sulbjc-ct. .

.-Q\l0i-ing from the Premier's _

speech. in pert, "Wc are paying fully too much for our education in proportion to the value we are re- Let Us Help You Cure 1hat Cold

Snub Noses-We generally flilt v'@——'—' that the snub nose goes with I humorous and Impulsive nnturc also its owner will have a very

plucky outlook on life in general

Gardening has commenced ill-- ready. many men being seen "pott- ering" about their yelrds.

RURAL SCHOOLS N°b°i1y for s moment believes w-__ that any real value has boon re- c°1"°i1 1W th-e country for one doli- ar out oi ten of the vast sum ex- Delidcd 0n these commissions. Evnlybody knows that for the 01°00)’ wanted in this way every member oi the Government is rc- sponsible. They are all in ig._be. 19m 1! 1" "P00101101; i-iie commiss- ioners, and behind it in paying Y0!!!‘ money and ours to the pam- pered commissioners, most oi them roiling in luxury, or fuvorItl-g of the party in power. or camp (on. owere who subsist upon what they can pick up from day to day.

.Sh-'_Th¢ speeches delivered by the members of the House nire al- Waylg rend with more than ire-Billie interest. espclciallly Ithose .of til-e Government members slw-nkillil 00 the draft address, as they ably rc- vlcw the past and foreshadow tho

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At a ipublic meeting of Wom~.n In ‘the Foresters‘ flail, Toronto the other day, a resolution was unanim- oiilvly adopted to the effect that thc only course open ‘to Canada was to raise her tariff to the some lovcl gs that of the United States.

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Whether the warr which drcnced Europe ln blood from 1914 to 1918, modified the war spirit or fanned it into what is already becoming a thmatening flame. is an opc-n quee-

More than one nation is talk- wer; more than one country In Ihtropo is looking to its guns and its vlrmuments and more than one bwbilfi openly predicting liiofflier war during the present gon- Motion.

Trcmi-rr Mussolini of Italy I5 urg- ing preparation for war as the best means of preserving peace and heavy expenditures are being pro- Iicfed for the strengthening of the Itllion navy and aerial forces. l

France is unwilling to make any cuvtsihnent in her arms and arma- ments mini adequate security is given with respect to German in-

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AiN UNIJIMITDD SUPPbY:—-ii ye nbidu in mo, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask whet ye will.’ and it shall be done unto you. John 15.7. PitAYiidltr-Our Father, with corr- fldcnce we come to 'l‘hoo, for with‘ Christ Thou will also frccly give us all things.

A THOUGHT

His i-ionor ‘the Governor and the Tourist Association are to be heiirt-1 lly congratulated upon securing the visit of the West indium Fleet here‘ for the ‘whole of Old Home Week. It will make things hum,

scale’

The Ministers who are at the hold of this commission business

are nearly all head f De r,- A quiet spirit of optimism prri- menlL Each h“ a zepzrummgqxpto

veils throughout the province, andlbimself. and ell or them [Qggthef if the ‘Sydney dispute could be 39¢. are responsible for the manner in tied and a market provided for ourI which 00118111913171’ "w"? 11m" 3'

1 lliion dollars a day is expended produce. the t 1' ,. m . ' sent Year uremia or the p" nounting week days and slllldlyfl-

- Today we are speaking of, com.

missions alone,‘ as one of the worn, Good reports are being received form! o; wasteful “pentmure, b,’

014110 F0! imp crop. ‘it has been cause It is entirely controllable by n good brooding season especiaiiy i110 Gmefllflifiii- And if In this, one 80 h? 8o weather is concerned. Ema" comirflm '“1° 15 '° 3”“ what shall we say. or think, or ens- Th9, m, m“, h, "m, m pa", out ls to the waste that has been w»- m- l» :.';:'.':.'.t:'.'.:.:"::.::.::;.:"“ rogue“, as”; 3M” l, oqum]. a news cable Maurice Barret. t...‘ . ' l" 011151109 NW0"! 00min! "1117 ""14"" ‘"10 m! a lsil seot- For ourselves we are forced to lid her runner‘ allied enemies in enoe for his prticipotion in the riqt- the commie» tfclt that wasteful M“ to "math w“ h’ ‘m’ i" a m. 17.3mm", of Pa“! on and extravagant expenditure is eat. agreement or, that failing, by 391M007. filmed his medical course m‘ "m we we" "m. M m‘ “m”

. . i i . l i I Mfconsbined small-h of its newly exoutfnntlme with a policemen at difizlnzailaffulrsxlfyiirsfr? ‘s3: intloil. ' '

.. _ “"11 ‘mf- 411! 111011167 sent for many-an increasing number as v.5,“ ' em n, may”; u, “This been. the linen ism m l. W1. we verily believe-she hold the nutter .l.tiero_fa." the Mn

gen“; ‘M the "n", '9“ to m. same opinion and view with nierm d” film“ o. loam“ on n‘ ‘Manon the ‘action and conduct of Minis- ibuuo-n alumnus: or 4190171101! no same "

M! who w llilitlr mo: ‘w the , _ '1“ n“ m? winds the moneys oonfidlnlly plac- - _, and Ineonafnd blltlonll of "mod." ‘ H‘ l ‘ :--.. A-flfififjnvi. - an.» ' If‘

cciving, end as s result of the staitue passed In 1920 we have first class teachers in very small e is where they are not earning second or third class pay so far so the amount of work is concerned. And. in practically e-ll the upgraded schools In this Province, second grade hers. if they have the teaching sbil-Ity, will do lust so through and as efficient work as the first class teachers. The most they do is vpropere students ‘for the Prince of Wales College, mild a sec- Irksnrl grade teacher has the know- . ledge to do that just as well. That 1 there are two many schools, with all average ranging from ten to fif- teen, pupils. where the teoche cam- notfieorn the isslory ho is pal lfiom those districts comes the A retort courteous, Legislation ls cost-l i wakened tothst gentle touch, H" the Province 19o much, and And opened wide the door I {hgt-‘hgqfl "e Q9911“ op my", be. 0f thoughtlsnd to my dearest sides the teachers who do not earn friend the guilty they are paid. Why at- Upon that other shore. tack the defancoiess email school and its inoffensive teacher‘! 1 Why are not the pirpdlsfwho hop pen to belong to a school. with an avenge of ten or fifteen. entitled to, as good s teacher u those that be- long to Inger or o graded schodl? The rate payers of many of those omel-l schools, ore st present cheer- fully paying o high rote oi school m, to got one benefit of l. firsti and ‘£006