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FRIDAY, AUGUST 1s, 1922.

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, a "m: ave-Emotions

1

“alt lrgenerally taken for grant-

‘iumers in provide good business ior them. We have ltelmers of the Can

all that all the vacant seats will lldlllll Melullllllle Mam“? m M"

be filled by Conservatives. Liberals who

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'1' ma ‘cnannorrrsrown GUARDIAN ,

By “in Way l

By Q resolution adopted at 1110 meeting of the N.S. and l’. E. l. Board oi the Dominion Retail Merchants Association the income tax was condemned na au annoy- ing and uncertain tax, resting un- fairly on all ‘classes receiving sal- aries." 'l‘he resolution was moved by M.r Doyle. and seconded byrlltr. s.a. McDonald, and when!" an investigation of this tax. The op- inioii that the income tax is au- noying and uncertaip and that it

were “lslrumental! price Ofiipassengerfiratcs at a figure

la inducing candidates to accept, which would suit the purses ofths

nominations admit this. As a msvemisrnnin Ind doubly any Cnnndn

tor of polisy, lt is quite natural {or the Liberal party to show fight; to let the elections go by default would be an admission ot defeat, provided a. candidate was at all available,

.'l‘here will therefore-be a con- test lu every constituency, Con-l Iervatlves are warned not to be In oversanguine as to ncclect going to the polls and casting their ballot, The Liberal party, what is left of it, is wide awake and thoroughly organized. They will leave no stone unturned that would help qr‘ their seats. They have no excus-

tbem win some

but our government has" laid up our steamers and left (the bust-- ncss in the hands oi the monopo- lists, We preach the necessity oi

inducing immigrants to come to

Canada; we appoint commission- ers and immigration agents. we publish columns and even vol-

umes regarding the grl-at oppor- tunities ln (‘anada but as long as ‘the cost of coming is prohibitive. so long will we look lu vain tor immigrants.

STAMP TAX ON RECEIPTS

Among the resolutions passed at the recent meeting oi the N.

to offer for the methods by which they won the lion; they

they are still

i else’

last general have not repented»

defiant and slilll Claim lhcy had no other alterna- UVB; they could have resigned in l! 1'10")’ if they found on assuming

power that the conditions of the

province were such that they could uot keep their pre-eiectlnn promises. That condilitins were

not as “deplorable? as they pre-li tended they were, was evidenced by the fact that one of their first acts on coming‘ into power was to double their Had

the province hPPn as badly off and

own salaries.

as deep in debt as they claimed, their dive into the empty trea- sury was a crime and an inexcus-

anil P. E. l. Retail Merchants was one condemning as an uunec r-ssary and annoying arrangement the placing of stamps on all re- rclpts oi ten dollars and over for the purpose of raising revenue by The resolution went on to state that this taxa- tinn

this government. measure would not accom- plisli the object aimed at and re- trommcntlcd that this legislation which comes into effect next Jan- llflrl’. he abolished. A recommenl ‘lotion from the convention Is in he forwarded lo the Dominion hoard of the Retailers‘ Assocla-. llnn. requesting them to take up the matter with the Dominion Government in on endeavor to

able one, Their usefulness is lonlllpompnpd wim-

slnce gone h)‘, it they ever pos-

tively emphasized by returning all_'h" "lamp l“ on receipts

their candidates to the bnsonis nficritimfled ‘*5 lllllall’ lllll 01113’ their respective families. This canim"r“h‘lll'5 bl-ll l0 farmers 811d the] best be done by everybody’ whrxlmbn" l" gllllllrlll lllllillliich I18 all- has a mm 80mg h, the pong andisales‘ receipts

ln the discussion which ensued;

sessed it and this can be eifec iupon the subject of the resolution?gtlpthtzxasgojhfrld ';'fg'“"xnr:ki‘;‘l:1l'rl:vit gzighhom

‘nnienue and expenditure meet." Now from foundation for a "tour." but it has 5351,00 m $40000 a yparm the m" been given oul. that tihe "manifesta- lm‘ license fees- to he taken out mms" ‘began “gm” a“ 50°" as me M the public revomw! [or 15 m Mirihoniiids moved ibtu-k into their.

over the amount

casting their ballot in the interest “Pel-‘lficd, Whether _ tendered over |thr~ counter, delivered to the house.

of the province.

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TH E PROHIBITIVE PRICE

1n everything we do or antler-- take to do the price is the main factor. if we have not the price we must go without. be our necd ‘ever so great. The price wanting, both be who has to sell and he who wants to buy are obliged to hold up. The one cannot buy and the other cannot sell and stagna- tlon follows. The great trouble with the world today is that it has not the price demanded‘ by those who hnvn the goods to sell.

Let us illustrate, Canada needs a larger population. The popula- lion is available. Northern Europe _ls teeming ‘with the kind of popu- istion we require, with this popu lation desirous or emigrating from Icongested districts to a country where there is room and oppor tunlty to work. Canada has such room and such opportunity; more- over it needs men and women to help develop it's millions of va- cant acres. ‘of land. it's lllimitable forests, it's mines, it's industries The people who are ready to come and who would come cannot ' bs~ cause they have not the price which the trans-Atlantic ships de- mand, The excessive rates charged by the steamship companies is the largest‘ factor in the prevention oi immigration to Canada today. Only the wealthy can afford to

may the price demanded and tbs

wealthy are not emigrants. The overcoming of thisliiridrsnce will be one of the first steps neces- ssry if we are to got any consid- bfsble proportion of the emigrants

Thom Europe. How it is going to ‘Vibe accomplished lit the problem. "flit steamship companies have a- ,‘ monopoly of the business:

they what they iiirs and aye '. enough, wealthy one

if

[or tendered between farmerg m- a

farmer and a merchant in the course of business. would require a stump to make

the transaction. legal. the

ordinary

omis- sion ni which would be a breach of the law. in paying installments un a purchase of ten dollars and over a stamp would be affixed tn (‘Very refiellit and in the case of a farmer delivering goods to a mer- chant's warehouse and taking thi- receipt to the store ior payment of goods purchased, two stamps would be required if a second’ re ceipt were given at the store. This latter question was brought up by Mr. Giiudet of Wellington ant. tho answer in the affirmative was given by Mr. Trowern, the Domin- ion secretary. upon whose expi. nation of the working of the sci the Association acted in passing

the resolution.

PLEASED VISITORS

lt is exceedingly gratifying to hear from visitors words of pffilgu

of Prince Edward island. Proli- ably never before in the history oi‘ the province havi- there been as many

visitors as we have this season and, although in many respects the weather has not been as lav ours-hie as it often has been, “h. most complimentary references are heard, on every hand. Holt-ls. the climate, ‘ithe splendid crops and the general prosperity every where ev-Ident, all come lit for their share oi praise. Many arr- hero i'or the first time and more than one’ has expressed surprise that so little is known of Prince Edward island even in our own Canadian cities. "lf your many at tractions, your healthful and lin- vigeriitlug air, your delightful drives, your splendid bathing fscl~

have the wishes oi the conventleni

to’

operatcs- unfairly is widespread and general. And strangely en- ough, in this Province. which we are sometimes told has low taxa-

tion we have to submit to a double portion oi income tax.

____ or for correttlng the mistakes es of being hit, but vr.-ry few, and A Liberal government introdu- made m“ lllellll-‘lls 1'93" m x916 these chant-cs consist in being in the ProvlrSelc-Treas. Department

ced it here in the nineties of last century. Painful experience tells‘ how hard it is to get rid of a taxi once laid on. for the revenue it givcs is always wanted. Sn for almost a quarter of a century w», have had a provincial income tax. the only example of the kind in the Dominion. The great war brought on a Dominion income tax as a ntatter of stern necessity and‘ hence we have here a double lax on income and the load has

proved a heavy one. t

, The land tax also had its Ilrllii; in with -1 Liberal government and our» laid on has been tn this has increased| all these whit-ii forinur Liberal

sevornl other new forms of exac-i tlnn liii-ludin! the odious

tax, which like the income tax, is quite an unknown form of ‘ adi. These are the cold facts with regard to ior-n! taxation and nrlsin. And the same ltients that laid these taxes tiponi the shoulders of the people llRVH[ ltv lavish expenditure rendered its almost impossible for their sucl r-essors to remove the burden. I

B.

in this particul crnment has literally out- ed ‘Herod The)’ admit

I

ing, but the number of our farms must surely he i916 the Conservative Government liad a revaluation made at a cost of $21172 20. ernnient spent same work, and in n21 paid the assessors another for valuing the new crop of farms

COO

The Public Forum

This column la open for the diaouaalon by ..... spand- anta of quaotlona at inten- QIL The Charlottetown Guardian aoaa not ntaaae- arily endorse the oplnlona eaproaaad by its some

_ pondanta. o-oo-oo-oloe

Economy I

’5ir,——0ur ‘population is decreas-

increa sing. in

ln 1920 the Bell Gov- 8727350 for the

$909.25 either

'Lightiiiiig’s Queer Likes aim Dislikes

The public has many illusions pheu; iightning. its incidence and effects. The way iishtnins nvw l5 in reality much differfllll ll’°"l “h” the aver-ass person llnnsines Fl" instance, there are superstitious against keeping in the hand any- thing of steel, even a Pellllllllll- vtu are told to keen avrnv lrvlll windows or doors through which there is a draft. The iron in tho wire ofa screen door is believed to attract iishtnins- The vicinity

Boy of Catacombs Alarms Paris Again

The French people are being fey- erishly agitated by a rumor that the Boy of the Catacombs is gallop ing again. Wlheu he 85110115 iIllPl-‘lllfll the vast subterranean passages un- der Paris-the old stone quarries that extend ior -miles—war is said to be coming. ‘The boy and his wagon galloped in January of 1914, and in August came the rueh of the Germans. He sulloped, according to stories and tradition, when Nap- oleon rose and fell, he galloped for or ma wok 9w” is fmbiddcn. b9. Louis Philippe, for Louis Napoleon, cause n. being "on, would ha", a and the war of 1870. And iu 1914! tendenvy m draw lightning A“ Not. only did Paris hear about the the“ ‘m’ We [unvkx generally Boy and his wagon then, ibut an

' _ actual. photograph is said to have speakmg’ Tim” are a [PW Chaim been taken oi him and it, standing still in one oi the far recesses ol‘

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CHASE 6t

the dark passages.

spots give entrance. -but Paris well content to remain ground/in this particular 89611011-

Chcsv Stimulation,

llama.

For about 200 francs, the visitor may get a Peel’ at the ioot of the staircases that 111 is above

The French are noted for their 10510

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SAN BODNS‘

SEAL BRANDTEA

l" Daily Selections

collection

Guardian lléaileis

‘lrom the W. l. Lennon

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cost $9,979.04. 327.63.

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fltliers’ View POIIIIS’

papers

Pllllllllllgd licr iii whatever glory her brief tiny. The B911 Slllwllllllrllflntitoriety gives lier. Several oflhe

taxes Nova Scotia papers anitounce,seem- govci1i-[ingiy as a matter of appreciable im- niriits first laiil on and iniposeihportancc, that 011011’. 0. Carroll, oi-

Dllll" Carroll, is to take Mary Ellen on

Pmcd States. vincial taxation elsewhere in (‘an- ed in the Opera House abplclomor

"5 it is reported that a good many peo- Kllvflfll" pie went to hear Mr. Carroll lec

iwlll he remembered, and the tails ill "l8 Bell El)"‘jof the cows were braided, and there Herflll" were inexplicable noises. ‘In other hot/ins words "spirits,"

closewnntact with at ‘isolated building or tree that offers the elcsegi clr-i-trical- connection witli the lightning.

in 1920 it cost $20.- l wonder why? l aru. Sir, etc

(TURIOSITY. d

Few Bolt: Hit Earth _lt is said that of all the vivid lightning flashes in summer storms,‘ only one per cent. strike the earth.’ The others are confined to the sk,v._e ———to making contact with other (New York Times.) clouds. The chance oi bclug hit Whoever has interest to spare for by a falling lirii-k or bi-lflg bitten by he .\lary Elton to whom mostnews- P- mall r1011 are grllilllll‘ lllilil- b81118 gave columns- Qi‘ space 3 hit by lightning. in the United cw months ago is soon to have a. ISlatc-s. about 500 persons ‘a year chance-precious privilege ——to see,nre strut-k by lightning, or about one In every two hundred thousand. The rzntin of suicides. accidental deaths, riiiliviiy" fatalities. drown itigs, ilvath." from heat, uiid other" svurcos of mortality, is lllll(‘h larger —~frnni four to tnvcitty times as much lVhr-ii liar-lining ilucs strikc the earth. it takes tlio shortest. path. Penlznivcs, screen doors ui draft; do not have any eficct on .' the tic-l. 'l‘hcr.l is. of course, only one really suit- place, and that is a collar or dug- cut (let-p in the bowels of Aloflirur Earth Being i: ready conductor. tho mirth iinnieiliately‘ scatters hlghllllili: or any otlicr electrical current. and no 01in in it would suffer any electrical shock.

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‘o-o-ovvq-o-s MARY ELLEN.

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en affectionately termed "Peachy" our through Canada and t.hc Unit- Already she ‘has appear-

riin of two consecutive nights. and

tin, t-.i..'*.-

ure on the curious phenomena in he McDonald farmhouse that OIlIGhOW were related to Mary El- cn.‘ .

There were mysterious fires, it

A New York psy- Steel Frames Safe

Inore than doubled the taxes. Thel-liologist thought it. worth whilcto

public accounts show that inter-l

est charges on our debt have iu- they all ceased on ‘his arrival, andlllllllllillii! with steel frames. thqusunrrhis conclusion was that, as in sodlrefl-I ‘lkyncraliers, ! [hfgg many other like cases, it was Mztryitliat are built on steel framework,

of Ellen that bad ‘been playin

crcnscd bv nearly ten dollars within the past years. That shows the value.

they hate "eanmnrked"

in pay interest and sinking fiiuri charges on the debt incurred for their road projects!

Where is thr- mOIIPV lo come, from in carry (l1 the Ordinary pub' lir services of lill‘ country and [var H1850 charges with the nitr- Hills: rlnnlt-h-n? Where. but from still heavier taxation’! That is inovltaihle if the present mud rlni of expenditure , This year the revenue from taxes‘ w-nr-i he announced at session of the Legislature. fact. is now concealed from people Premier Bell who delivers the annual burizci and (‘ommlss loner Lea. who heads the tax- col-

Thisi the

litlos were better known i" life cities of (‘anada and the Unites States," salrl one visitor I11 hearing, “your island would be lill

OLI!‘

ed to the capacity of your hotels?

There is no douot about. this. The only reason why we have not more visitors is that our summer generally

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attractions are not as known as they ought to be. This has been preached for many yfllll"! hut little has been done except through the local press to adver- tise tho lslatid abroad and the circulation abroad of the local press is limited. What we need is publicity! it. will cost something ‘but, for every dollar so expended, tens will return.

We have frequently pointed out the need of a Tourists‘ Associa- tion as the only means of dev. loplngour tourist trade. Through such a medium much could be dons effectively, many things now mllllatlng against us could be corrected; Information could be given to those who seek it and the name of the province as a tourist

We trust that are long such an association will he formed and that an effort will bepmsfln to develop what would unquestion- obiy be a bonanza for the pro-I

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, x _ _ h 20 ‘Ham m mme mm Rm “m? gave up in dos-pair and moved away-

The next safest place ‘is in '1 'l'hi~ instance,

nvcstigate these happenings, but for 8 l-riiflisfaro among the safest of bililtlings,

Crfldlllfll-IS reliilivéii audit-yen though they tower into ill" sky fur over any othefbuildiiigs,

the

This would ‘seem to be a poor, diolt of lightning. if lightning docs .

sirikc, as nilght. happen, it imnin dintr-ly takes to the stool framc,

ziuntetl hniusmantl that finally they?

the ‘Catacombs.

A ‘Parisboy, Gid- eon, sent down to plant mush-rooms, was the first to' discover the roam- ing of the ghost, and. frightened to eath, rushed up the stairway to

,‘ the street to report.

An Upsettinq Discovery.

One morning as be planted spor- s i‘or ‘Monsieur ‘Roupe, a musli-

room dealer, he beard a rumbling roise. "Mon ‘Dieti, what can it be?" asked the i-zid. He knew it was not the subway, which

was too far

way to be heard. The noise was

coming nearer and nearer, growing with terrific intensity, ‘It was llkuil

heavy train coming in the dztrk pan"- sageways, jarring. scraping, bump- ing and echoing tlic clung of stops. As lie ran ior the stairway iotlie street. and stumbled on it, the noise pwsscti witli u tremendous. roar; there was a dark shape, and‘ a pundemioiiium of nameless noises. Gideon staggered upstairs to Mon- sieur -R,oupe’s store, and stuttered out his tale, as much as fright would lot "him. Monsieur iRoupc

"Lot it's iliid out about this," he de- clared. He and a lsrave party form- tld an exploring group. ‘They des- cended into the Cntziconths from his cellar and dicgait to ‘liuiit.

Found in the “Domc."

but they also ltave quite a supersti- tious vein in iheirlbodies, and whenl

i

ring events

they have had so many Wilfllkslll" buzzing around their

m: FUN-NY rsttows

Funny pt-oizilc here below!

ears‘ [hey are justified m watching For only hear ‘em cry!

m‘ “Sig”? “Praise God front whom all bless- ings flow. u. n. a. enoressons ASK But iwcp your iwnwdnr drY-y

TO BE PUT IN LINE FOR

PENSIONS We race for isme and worldly pull ilnnnioittcrox Aug i1.—Ai>n- “Nvillll "lilllllkllll “Heb "r ml":

licwtions f1‘t)lll~§t‘\'t‘l‘i.ll Ynivcrsitiesdts lnvc vmil‘ 118181111075 515 W111‘- .. . . . , .

of New Brunswick llrillellfillllli “c” . U, which ivcrc miidc to the board of] Bub-train your 1411118 011 llllll- ; ' ' z l=i llllll‘ nit-ct- ieiiglctlfiliuhftttfivioliiiirufiging that the-lGuinl hri-tlircn lill f0!‘ pciirwc we .“ ‘. " . .1 .-zll-~' applicants be placed undtr tho op I malnw w“ “w “m! mu

, ‘l: .\‘-" l!‘ l,'\\'f'l(‘ "aqfltggl‘irg()il)‘t’rll(qion fir“, flirt‘LAHQ‘Hllf—~"Sll’Ulli§lllBll every fort. and

was familiar witli tlic tradition of g tho ‘hr-y, and soothed his worker. “

list-once, 'l‘lii:~" would zit uni-c i-liin- innit» the majority obtlic lll'l‘»l~'l‘lll "acuity oi‘ tlit- llllll'l'l'Sll.,\',

There are no street lights, no;

the Catacombs. A lllilll could lio-

_conic lost in five mitiuies, and \vzin-,

dor until he dropped from cxlizitis-l- ltion, to die of hunger and‘ thirst,

1S0 the party took bulls ot‘ tvrine; ' and loft a string out to.

mvith them, its they com-l

Audit-ale their way,

\ _."ind offer the/finest target i111‘ ilinionccd exploration. ‘Past crumlilinglg

pillars, they went until they camc- [it] the "ilonie", the fiiblotl mot-ting- plni-e of the French rc-volutionistsj

I t

Conan Doyle did, and lie only told about, doings no ‘than those that put lfiiilodnnin Mills ion the map. the spirits are going to follow Mary ililllen l“ mmilmprvtfhroiigli which she is to peregrin- m».