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THAT 8.0.8.1’. PLEDGE

It h amiinl. in couneetiiaa wit-b up aria-acne. amnion ‘midi is being waged wiui mo!!! Y1!“- pss in the House this session w I11. Mclntyrs and IAPIIQ- m pull a page in that curious chap- tc q Liberal liietfil7~the 192'! el- agflm campaign. At that time one g the pledge; given by the Saund- srs-lsea-hlclntyre-lePflzt 128W?" 5m, in collusion with Liberal p01- ttieiaris at Ottawa. was to brini W! Royal Canadian Mounted Police to nforoe the Prohibition Actl

The Temperance Alliance. to whom this promise was 81""- d15- covercd during the caml-lfllilll "H" it was merely a bluff and that no effort was being made to imple- ment it. They promptly got after the Liberal leader, and threw such a scars into him that he despatch- ed the following SOB call to Sen- ator llcArthur. who happened then to be in Montreal. The telegram, which is signed under date of June ll, l927—just. before the election- Iad as follows:

"insistent demand by Temper- ance Alliance for Mounted Po- lice. Fear adverse results, polit- loally. unless request immediately granted. Feeling running strong. indignation meetings held. Make sure Police here before next week. Urgent.‘

In Iitical was the situation that Owe Mounted Polics officers were actually despatched to the Prov- bres. They were visible for a few hours m the eve of the election. and after the election they mggp. peered and were never seen or beard of again.

It remained for the Conservatives h implement this election pledge s! the Bairriders-bea Government, h obtaining the full-time services d tbs Mounted Polios for the en- ireement of all laws within the Province.

THE BACON QUOTA

arr. w. M. m: criticism 6r the Department of Ag-ricultine for al- leged negligence in falling to en- courage hog production, so as to enable our far-meta to take advant- age of the present greatly improved prices. will be read with some as- tonishment throughout the coun- try. Ever since the successful ne- gotiation of the Empire trade trest- lea at Ottawa, the Provincial and Duninion departments of Agricul- lulw, backed by every Conservative newspaper in Canada have active- h Qonsored the move for greater bog pmduevimi, ernphanzing the Iaormous bacon quota which the agreements have provided to Can- adian producers in the British market.

‘has put which the Provincial

Department of Agriculture took in

Ids movement has been commend- ad by fire Bwins Breeders Associ- ation in a ruolution which l-lon. Ehfliarpwasablstnciteinre- fill-Um of Mr. Leas criticism.

Uhftwtunateiy, however, some of Z farmers were misled by the quilt-ion campaign which has IIQS all almg to discredit the lumen Government by "knocking" Ire Empire trade treatim, and by Iedicting that they would be of no walus to Canadian agricultural Induces. As we pointed out the She! day, m. Mackende King's IQ of true leadership was shown by the unpatriotic part. which he played in this connection. His foi- hwers in this Province have been Odualiy remiss. Thcy lacked the Qrage d the Toronto 0l0be— hdirig Liberal ncnpaper-m Qup- port openly what they all knew and realized to be a magnificent Qpirtlmity fa’ benefiting our hrrasr-a.

Thus of oilr farmers who ignor- ed the Opposition propaganda and Ink governmental advice to devel- Q hog jroduaion in anticipation d hkhsr prices as a result of the Ottawa Iusernentl. are new resp- il the award. '

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LIBERAL LOGIC

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ma. llcintyrs and LePagc,

However, time. llclntyra and le- Pagn 0811! "Filed tbs fact that they had not studied the lllpset- or’s report. ‘his figures given by the Premier were fr: Prohibition seizures only. "mere were also seized," says the Inspectors report, “i295 gallons of liquor under the Customs Act, and 1N gallons tinder- the Excise Act."

Mr. T, A. Campbell attemraed t0 come to the support of his Opposi- tion colleagues by saying that the figures for liquor seizurm mkbt be used “both ways" and that s better tut was the conviction: in’ drunk- enness. If convictions increased, it showed there was more drunken- ness. and-iriferentially-laxer en- forcement. He cited figures for Bummer-aide; which showed an in- crease in the past two years. But the sincerity of Mr. Campbell may be judged from the fact that he omitted to cite the corresponding increase which went on all through the period of the Saunders-Lea Government. In i921, the election year, convictions fcn- drunkenrias in summerside were 24. in 1028, the first full Liberal year, there were 62.111 1920 there was an increase to M. For 1001, up to July-under Mr. Carnpbells administration as Attorney General-they numbered 5i, a nearly twice the number for the whole year i027.

Mr. Campbell could take the fig- ures for Charlottetown, and find the same evidence. 1n 1927, convic- tions for drunkenneu numbered 168. In 18%, the first full Liberal year, they jumped to 300. In 1028 there was s further increase to 324. and again in 1920 to 381.

This, Mr. Campbell sayr-ths Mc- IntYre-lehire amiment re liquor seizures having fallen to the ground -—tl'ris is the real tut to be applied. 8o be it! But a partisan application of the teetr-a garbled analysis such as Ml’. Campbell attempted to make, only show! that for all their protestations to the contrary, the Opposition criticism of the Clov- ernment’; prohibition enforcement

efforts is pure political propaganda.

THEN AND NO W

Challenged by Premier MacMii- la.n last week to produce any evid- ence of interference by the Gov- ernment with the Prohibition Corn- mission. Mr. Thane A. Campbell, Opposition lieutenant, replied: “It. is not a question of interference." He then proceeded to criticise the Government for alleged actions of the Commission.

The same Mr. Campbell, speaking as Attorney General under the lea Government at a meeting at Pree- iand on Otober 7, 1030, as reported in the Patriot newspaper, said:

‘The Liberals have never inter- fered with the Prohibition Com- mission. Therefore any criticism "W16 lnlnst the enforcement of the Act is against the Commis- ivion and does not reflector: tb; Government in any way."

Arid Mr. Campbell expresses sur- prise that the present Owcsitien is not being mken "seriously"!

A THEME FOR MIRTH

Meals. lea and Campbell waxed quite mlrt-iitul in the legislature on Thursday night over the idea that the Liberal election pledges of 1921 included and: a ridiculous one as that of making the Province 100 110F601“ dry. Trulyrnemoiryiaa fickle jade. Have they not pregn- ed in their political scrap-boob flu assurance given in the Patriot, s! M»: =8. 1m to gm the people cl this Province "the U98 boon of a banished llquir traffic“? 1x they 0°‘ "fill the alurance that con- tacts were being msds for gasoline launches for the Iwvsntivs su-vtev aostrwhichareiaotfltnduty, "him-WM theyretieworawiii

one-half the total.

with less than 02.000 were width;- ally 3 oer cent. of the total man- ber taxed but paid leas than a per cent. of the total while the big fellows with lIIONIIQ of $110,000 er more numberwd quarter of ans per cent. nuuinr but paid in tans more than 24 per cent. c! the total.

bcs-lrwwmahsaalslllusand lIlIfllhofliqnnniftbsLiber-als rniataiisststheirplsdgesand uultct-bdrsffilistiomwitbths ‘neirrperanqallisnmmurtbapiit outefbiuiriesrflwstriiralursrl, 1H1). Jlowllnuaisihnktiocurfsl that bs nevIbsiievvdt-hstmo- bibiflmeouldbsnlccedlfipw emtfionsaflparcssrt.‘ ‘Ibatlsastatiemmtinsdainall dntity. Butwtiat Chill!!! pledgiiflalt-bsywteridiculoifl hirosurougiabirttbeywerwd- fledvsinwinningahiberalvictery, sndstaturientsequslly ridiculous arenowbaing mads by Liberal memberadtlisugialat-mintha hqiaofdiscredittngthellacD/lillan Government. _

CLAIMING THE CREDIT

Ina in every speech he makes in the legislature, are "the fathers" o! 300d roads in this Province. Mr. llclntyre invariably nods his head in emphatic approval when this statement is made. Mr. LePagc pounds his desk. All three look tri- umphantly at. the galleries

It is great to see the unanimity

1101111595 b7 U10 "three miisketeers" who in lair stumped the cmmtry denouncing the Aisenault Govern- ment's road policy, charging it with committing ths Province “to vast expenditures amounting to $075,000 in five years" under the Dominion Highways Act.

We forget which of them damn- ed the Dominion highways project as “an infernal scheme", but they all were as unanimous in their con- demnatio as they now are in claiming the credit for it.

THE INCOME TAX

Individuals liable to income taxu in Oamds are required to have their returns made out and filed on or before the 30th of April, when payment is due, though the tax- lllyer may 1f lie prefers pay one- qusrter of the estimated amount on that date and the balance with in- terest, as in the Act provided, by three equal bi-monthly payments thereafter, on the 30th June, 31st August and 31st October.

The income tax ‘in Canada is very low,‘ compared with that in Great Britain, for instance, where the bulk of the revenue is derived from that source and taxation begins on smaller incomes. And yet in Canada the income tax provides nearly a fourth of the total revenue. More than one-half ths total income tax revenue is derived from the Mon- treal and Tor-onto divisions, chiefly from large corporations having their head offices in those cities.

How the income tax bears on different clause in Canada is shown by s return of collections for the last fiscal year. Thus 83.776 persons With ihmwes 0f $2.000 or less. paid a total of 0410.776, an average of less than s7 each. Persons with irr- oomes of between 82.000 and $3.000 numbfrcd 20,460 and paid a total of $468,335, or an average of about $16 each. Persons plying on incom- es 0f bet/ween $3.000 and 04,000 numbered 21,540 and paid a total of $530,047, or an average of near- iy U0 each.

Those with larger incomes paid more. Thus those with incomes of 8.1110 to $10,000 numbered 1.902 and paid a total of fiQMl, or an av- ersge of nearly 8M each. Those with incomes of $20,000 to $25,000 numbered I72 and paid an average of nearly 81.900 each. Those with incomes of $6.000 to $60,000 num- bered 91 and paid $76,740 or an average of nearly U000 each. Those with incomes of $50,000 or more numbered 300 and paid 00,082,356, or an average of nearly $24M» each. Those figures refer to individual taxpayers only, who paid las than the balance

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EDITORIAL NOTES

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economically raient. At tbs same time, the bre -dowrr of in- ternatloml finance is plain evidence

of the end of an era of commercial

ghornc resources to an increasing es- itent. !t is merely nonsense to say

primitive industrial community to an industrial nation equipped with electrical power. railways, high- ways, airways and other modern machinery of service in this twent- ieth century is visible evidence of ‘he industrial xevolufion as it is ;tsk'.ng place generally throughout lthe vwarld.—ibt.

i Whlls other peoples seem is nerd clacl; shiflJ or brown shirts t0 ibuild viaduct: and houses and make 'tlrei1- trains run on time, England ‘seems to be able to do these things

fairly nicely vi-ith the same old .shlrt. Also. shc seems to be able t0 ‘do them withoug mottoes and ban- ,nera or much ballylioo about plans. .'1‘hus Mr. George l-fambleton cables from London that Britain is well iunder way with a scheme under iwhlch a slum population of 1.107.000 will be re-housed and 254.000 slum dwellings will be demolished. A great historian, defining the differ- ence between two famous states- men, said that “while one kept rapt, gaze fixed on mottoes and banners, the other scanned the faces of the men who marched." That seems to be the difference be- tween England and some other countries. There are peoples who love mottoes and banners and plans and bsllyhoc; who like to do things with a. great tumult and fus. The Erlglish, who have a great capacity ,for keeping their shirts on while others an- tearing or changing their-s go about ihlmts quietly, get equally good zesults. Curiously enough. too. they get them under the old. much- pbused system of just a plain de- lmocracy.

i Mark A. May in the Spring Yale Review: When the pinch comes. the Jack-cf-all-trades eats when a champion may starve. The depres- sion has demonstrated that Jacks- cf-atl trades not only have a place ln the sun but that just now they are very lucky persons.

As nastier-s stand today the Pre- sident fccls no real restraining treasure. The mass of the people. sick from four years of depression. is with him. Oongrms is with him; Democrat and radical stand shoul- der to shoulder. E has no "little group of wilful men“ to obstruct him, a; Wilson had; no ambitious Cabinet officers to question or em- barass him, as Lincoln had. He has everything that the autocrat. needs for success or failure. Arid he has more than most autocrats, for while he has the fervent support 0f those who believe that radical methods are needed for recovery. he para- doxically still c1110)‘; the flexible and patient faith of many who believe that he is at heart conservative and will keep the country out of the Quicksand of uncontrolled inflation. It is gnly when these latter count the billions now flowing away, some never to return. that their faith is stretched out almost to breaking. —New York Sun.

The girl around the esrnq’. laii an exchange, has the unemployment problem completely solved. She mentioned machinery that would do the work of fifty men has been "installed. throwing forty-nine men out of work. and so on. "Why not," she asks, "a machine that will do the work of one man. but which takes fifty men to operate?" That wiry the problem could be cleared up cvemlght, she says.

President Roosevelt lass just al- nounoed that in his opinion interest rates on many outstanding obliga- tions of industry. municipalities and foreign Governments held by the American public are too high and that,‘ voluntary or legislative, corri- pulsory reduction in these ratu would be of tremendous help in

Profs-or fialllsl. as I" lesd -critis. has lately told Argus

blame,

"indigestion"

stomach.

page occurs,

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of stomach upset, try to remember that while the stomach if often to three times out of four some other organ is respondble for the pain or distress.

One o! the commonest causes cf is constipation Ind also diarrhoea. Although it may seem strange that both conditions of the large bowel may upset the stomach, this is nevertheless true.

Sometimes, due to consti

organisms that usually live in the large intestine find their way up through the small intestine to the Sometimes an irritating substance in the large bowel causes the muscles of the bowel to con- tract. so hard that “spssm" or stop- which reverses the movement cf the intestine so that it goes upward instead of downward. This upward movement reaching the stomach may cause nausea and vomiting and of course the stomach is blamed.

sometimes starchy food passes through the mouth, small intestine without change; when it reaches the large intestine the starch granule is broken open causing much gas which presses against the stomach.

The liver and gall bladder cause more distress in the stomach than an ailment of the stomach itself. Your doctor will tell you that gas pressure, that “b1lious" and restless fooling in the stomach are due to s sluggishness of the liver and gall bladder; a 50ft of "backing up" as it V1011.

Nervous strain of course inter- feras with the movement of the food and wastes in the intestines \rd this slowness or stoppage reacts on the stomach.

The point to remember then is that cutting down on rich foods to lessen the work of the liver. and keeping the intestine regular are laig factors in preventing "indiges- on

many parts of the world human beings are beginning to come into their own-which is their right to life and the pursuit of happiness. iNery great movement for the im- provement of the world is born within the breast of some individ- ual. And when that movement is latent in a suflicient number of lives a. new order, sooner or later. comes ' into being. None of us liver suili. ciently ‘until we have entered into the program cf letting others live!

The movement towards a miffed banking system throughout the Ein- pire is interesting. The Etrioire is progressing daily towards internal economic strength and this means that the unnatural links with for- eign money merchants will be broken and Imperial connections

EAS TER NO VELTYES

We are showing an exceptionally fine assortment of Eas- ter Novelties- Choc- olates, Smilefn Chuckles and, Moira have the leading place in this display-

ln it you will find Fruit and Nut Eggs. Bordo Walnut Eggs. Rabbits, Hsns- Chioka. Cream Pitch- ers, Tsa Pots. Bask- ets. Mickey Mouse, Egg Cispsfihick and

“m! m‘ These ‘goods are. moving out very fast

‘so you should, call wrote svt I m“. selection. . -

Iig asooromm .1 u I aster, Chocolates nicely boxed.

stomach, and

Wblialinottrsvwllqtlasmalwe “martinis-announce Ilhvlllfllnoatbssiimsahstaew wobrsak. wqflranbsoomsacwbuemsua- rendsrrrsat. ‘Pwuthslilltriflflfldlllofllll n. “din worms and tbs Anddeatlysélllaibsolmstbslilll» witbrnauaudbaastmdstonnfw tbamtbsroad. i‘ hfthfinthsdade of trossthat nowweplsnt, Tbssafqsmoetb journsyfladtbs curtain Yeahirilirightiirthniandorecv- errant; In: us day-labour, travail of the soul.

Andyettheroadisoursasnever theirs: Itisoraegiftuausslonebestowsdi Porusthejoyoljcyaopionsaae; We shall not travel, but we make

the road! —V. H. Prlediander.

PUBLIC FORUM

‘rls column ls open IQ abs dlssusslcn

of qaeuflsll n! tacit. The Charlottetown 8 uarllsu loss OIIQIIO Q1

n00 I Qgillell II w. GASOHNI TAX

Bin-There is room for argument in the complaint o! “Oar Owner" in Wednesday's Guardian. and with sounder- public revenuu I would

to Gasoline taxes an high. Bo an other taxes. and the ditficuityis thersisnotyet sufficient to meet thsrsquirsments of government. The problem is not can we reduce; but can we plod a- long with what ws have.

Reducing license costs and adding to the gasoline tax in truth increas- ed the car owners aggregate tax, but it increased revenues in moan 0! this tax. some ‘boil-sands of tour- ist cars, which pay no license, eon- sume the gasoline and than contrib- ute to our income. We pay s llilht- ly greater tax. to have our contribu- tions implemented by that of tour- ists who otherwise PIY nothing. Would it be wise to reduce our gas- ollnetaxslatseostofflloascf public revenue? We would have to mane up this loss ourselves in some other method of taxation.

There is sound objection to taxing tourists whose presence we want, and l would oppose anything pre- judicial to tit patronage. 8o loug, however, as our gas tax is no great- er tban our neighbors no prejudice txlsta lower rates, if that we possible. might be an ‘ ‘ ‘ to

legisiatlontotaxgasilqbirtthisls held up by some stumbling block, possibly me fear of losing tourist trade.

Gasoline is too high. There is a strong feeling that. Canada. is being exploited by profiteers, accentuated by the mu able spread between prices in Canada as with the United Statu. ‘his wide differ- ence has never been satisfactorily explained.

If our Government would tackle

The most recent sample of this survival, for the aversgs city man, wnsrsceritnewsitemintbshes Pr‘: from Ilfoni. on item was telling of

attract them. Nova Scctia forecasted n;

THIS IDEA HAS MADE MEN WEALTHY IN THEIR LATER YEARS