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many wise (?) Canadians take plea-sure in heaters-oi' their readers-how sadly the

iMilitary authorities have bullgled their war

it'is refreshing to find that outside of praise is unstilited. Of course outsiders tell the truth without fear of endangering

affiliations. lt is otherwise a-_

A: red hot Liberal paper, for inst-_

'a well wound°up Liberal orator that would the opinion that .Sir Sam Hughes success-

the military problems which suddenly

<him, would be endangering his poli- Dr. Michael Clark of Red Deer came the. number of his political mess by slig- the House of Commons that his Libeml had lost all sense of proportion in their

criminal wasteof time wrangling over little things while some thousands of Canadians were laying down theirrrlives and doing big things over in liiiropt. Those were not his exact words but tllat was the gist of themspeech which so nearly cost him his political connection._

The following, from the Pittsburg Despatch of_

recent _date is only one of many similar cotnpliments paid~AtYo"`General Sir Sam Hughes and the Dominion Goyeniment for their magnificent handling of the most diftilxllt job ever tackled by any nlan or Government in Canada:

__~f“The Dominion, oven less military than ourselves,

'\and_`with0ut _the pretentious permanent etiicieiicy

claitnedby \Vashiiigt0n-bureaucrats» adopted a busi- ness°like method of transporting its volunteers across the-` continent an equal distance. The Ottawa Govern- ment simply included in the contract for troop move' ment everything that went with it. The railroad com- panies not only were required to furnish proper cars mi' Which the rnen could sleep in comfort, instead ot

three tortwo-seats-in-day°coaches methods on

contract _ were _boiiiid to_ fumish. with three hot meals a day. Arid

tlie men got them. Why could not this have been done in this country? 'A great deal was h_eard'of the mobilization of the railroads to help the War Depart-. ment. ~-If the job had been left to the railroads, as in Canada,iit might have been accomplished with more credit to the Government and more comfort to the' soldiers.” A _ _ _ .. ` Our little critics who could have managedthings so much better than Sir Sam Hughes or the Govern- ment did not take into consideration such little things as moving a' few hundred thousand troops from one side of the continent to the other aild seeing that they were properly fed and accommodated, they were more concerned about the_ possible rake-offs that might or might _iriot be snatched from the large contracts incid- ent to-such an undertaking, a favourite passtime of the happy days when such opportunities were theirs. The speculation as to who were the fortunate (Pl ones and the strenuous efforts to pmve that “some one did it," naturally obscured the little things which elicit- ed such unstinted praise from our neighbours. It would be well to note occasionally what our neighbours say of us. Measuring ourselves by ourselves and, es-

<',,_/pecially, measuring those who are doing things by

___t‘__il_ose who never did much, is neither elevating nor'

\._§li_!_lspiring. We are living iii an age that is seeing the

1 `orld revolutionized and wc are taking part in the

In the midst of these stupendous things,

tuppenny ha’ penny, faulttinding and factiousa

criticism is little if any short of blasphemy,

any case it is disgustng. ‘ _ '

WANT T0 HANG THE KAISER

A crowd of` British working people, one of the

crowds ever gathered at that Famous Londo" place, Trafalgar Square, the other day de-» loudly and insistently that the British should

reprisals on Germany for the murder of Cap-

by_ ootifiscating all. R)-Qpei-¢y__ in

-.-.-;1Lu'¢_-.-_`-.-_-‘_-‘ ~ - - » - ~

the settlement. Gemiany will have some bills to pay_ and her 'property_in possession of the Alliesili E113' land, France, Russia and Italy will help._

The ‘hanging of the Kaiser and his associates,

would be the most' merciful th_ing_that could happen’ these wretchesj, ` _If _the Kajsershiollld S\1FVlV€ the ‘VM what place _¢`oiil<l.b_s_ t9und.t9r..him_ a_m°r1¢ the U01"-\‘¢°i heads of Europe, among honorable men? For the lies ofiicially told by his government, for the acts 'of in- hunigp crutdty of his soldiers and sailors, he is:._ dir- q_ictly"§ esgvnsiblei It is by hifi instructions that‘_ the pebpfg of Cermany alrebéing kept in ignorance of what is occurring at the front.. It was by his instruc- tion and in obedience to his known wish that Captain Fryatt and Edith Cavell were done to death? How could he stand among and _associate on equal terms with men? It was by his orders,_directly_ or indirectly that the other day, _on july 3, after _the Bfritisli had stormed a labyrinth of German trenches on a front of seven miles, to a depth of 1,000 yards-- trenches, the constructiotmof which had taken twenty months-_-after the British had taken the strongly fortified villages of Montaubam Mametz, Fricourt, and La Boiselle, with more than 4,000 prisoners and vast quantities of ma- terial, th_at the event was dismissed by the German communique with the renlark, “The Anglo-French attack on both banks of the Somme secured, generally speaking, no advantages north of the river.”

On ]uly 7 our troops captured a further portion

of the important wor_k called the Leipzig Redoubt. They smashed the German line at Ovillers, and at La Boisselle they advanced over a network of trenches to a depth of 500 yards on a frontof 2,000 yards. They seized two woods near Fricourt, and routed the Prus- sian Guard, who were hurled into 'the battle. The German version was that “on both banks of the Som- me the heroism and endurance of our troops caused the enemy a day of complete disappointment. His numerous constantly repeated attacks were repulsed with heavy loss."

Before the war is over the German people will

have found ont that this, and many more similar offi- cial reports of operations at the front, were lies of the blackcst kind. How could these people respect the official head of an institution that could lie like that? For the Kaiser’s own sake, he should be hanged and with him those who were officially associated with him. ' _ -

PRUFITABLE PURCHASE.

1.. ,Q57 fi., .United ~9t..t.,. guvviiirrlellt Dmlglll Alaska from _Russia for $7,200,000. It was a profit- able purchase. During the’fiscal year ending last __]une, $26,500,000 worth of copper, $18,000,000 worth of salmon, $16,000,000 worth of gold, $1»ooo,ooo worth of silver besides furs and other products that made up a total-value of $67,000,000 were received from this northern strip of almost arctic country.

The profltableness of this speculation has no doubt

_fwhetted the appetite of the Americans for the pro-_ _'posed purchase of the Danish West Indies for which _the sum of $26,000,000 has been offered besides some 'other considerations. A recent report from Copen- hagen intimates that the Rigsdag or Danish parliament ffis likely to accept the offer;

1 _ BOOKS RECEIVED

The~Guardian acknowledges with thanks, re-

ceipt' ot' `a copy, two volumes, of a historical and statis- ;tical hand book entitled “Sweden," from Hon David ,_ Berjthorn,’Royal`Swedish Consul General» Montreal. These volumes give in detail a most interesting history of the (1) “land and people'_' and (2) “the industries”

of Sweden, one of the most productive and most pros- perous countries in the world, the measures adopted

_by the Government .in fostering the different industri. _es, schools, agriculture and other lines of activity.

_Sweden is now one of the great butter and cheese - producing countries and being one of the few neutral countries in Europe, has profited greatly during the present war. The two volumes before us make _ ex. ceedingly interesting and instructive reading. ' da.aal kt59Gk shrdlu XZtecr&- XZoea:&-- Xoeaeaele ` ‘ *--_)X(

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For a century England has dominated the sea.

“Britannia rules the wave” is not the chant of a de- llldedl nation, It is the daily consecration of a work that. must-be

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much In .tho Gono- wll life 1

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sustained. _

vilinlile ro-liuzer lyngeuiisal ln- centuries.

u ln island Bays sail Rivers Now-Placell at ills 'i

-posal;'ol_;_Earmn's.._nlt_N|llhlnal_I;ostT l_lyfWelI_ _ .. ...__ _ ____ _ a _ConsliierellActt_u|:otti?rovln¢lal_tiovernllleilt_ _ g%m._t_.______7j5_____o0_lg»5__ .._§1___(__o____,5__,___________1_____0_ __

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_ ., _ 3H?.“;§'¥""9l9'°°f11°99 i°°ll&_ _ _ ,...l‘;:.tttzllifrstrzrats..::::2.':l:.i.fl.':.:::i:=::. wlwfi the mud 325 .g°°° 'glwg “}‘,‘,; with our 20 p. c. off its worth your while to invest

and whole the reg e mn 0 _

work of lifting the material. Wliaxi - _ ' f

this current is at itil. full strength, _

whether at ebb or llr~w'0f the tide lt _ ls always difficult, and at times _al- _ ’ _ . . most impossible to carry on opci“.l_

_ ' (By J. E..B. McCready_.) _. Willie the natural fertility of our

Island Province ls great, and the N0' portion of arable and productive land in tin entire area ls greater than 111 any other provtncoof the Dominion, many, if not all of our 14.000 farms are ln need of much more fertlllzlug material than ls Dl'0d“c9d in °“\` sm' bles. In common with the farmers of Canada and the world at large we have done a good deal of "soil mln- lng," by which the natural wealth of our fields has been depleted from your to year. Mixed farming and stock ralslng has aavedus in part by the production of manure ln the fanm yards. but the account between the farmer and his land, wbuicll is his bank, has been constantly ovei-drawn. I-ie fs now awakening, as never before, to' the fact that as much fertility must .be depoated as is checked out of his bank or soil inilpoverlahmeiit must inevitably result. Year after year ln the past we have been ahlp- ptnlg away to distant markets in oats, potatoes and other crops, much of the native richness of our coll.

All the while there has been lying

lzer ln the shape of mussel mud. which for want of appliances and transportation facilities was available to but very few of our farmers. By these it was excavated with much toll through the lce in winter and hauled by horses over the snow to tts des- tination. Even when conducted ln this primitive fashion 'the utlllzlnlg of mussel mud has proved of great ad- vantage to those farmers who llved in the vlelnlty of the deposits. To a. limited extent 'the railway was used ln distributing the mud to imore dis- tant polnts. _

Now, so far as the eastern and cen-

tral porttons ot' the Province are coil- cerned, wll this la changed. By the thoughtful and well~consldered actlon of -the Provtnclwl Government a plan was devised and -has been put in oper- ation by whlch steam 'power ls made to do the work of excavation and loading the mud- on the rallwaycars. at Mldgell, on -St. Peter's Bay, where one of -the largest, deepest and most valuable deposits lui found. At the cost of the Province a spur track was built from the railway station to the asm- _ guyiamnilal., h,»f~ -..Nasa and ihoanecessary dwdile, scow and appliances put in plaoe. :So quietly and epergetlcally was,.the work per- formed that last year when the plant was put ln operation it attracted but comparatively little attention, It ls now being realized that the work carried on at. Mld- geld ls of great and growlnlg fmpoi~l._ ance to a very large.section of the

engre farming community of the ‘lel till . _ __e ‘ The general ichenfd is to deliver the mud to the 'farmers at the actual cost of excavation, _loading and trans- port by rwll to its maliydlfferent des- tinations. The coé/‘tg of placlnlg the mud on the carats $6 per oar; the transportation charge varies with the distance. From the first commence- ment of operations last year the far- mers have shown their appreciation of the privilege afforded them. Last year between 700 and 800 cnrloads o

tributed. This year, under the en- ergetic dlrectlon of Mr. A. A. Cos- grove and his five assistants and the work has been speeded up and the output promises to be from 50 per can-t. more to twice as great as last

Supply. 1- 1 _

In a recent vlslt to ,the plant at

Mldgell the writer found Mr. Coll- workers as busy as beavers. That day they loaded 16 cars and shipped 18. The plant ls ln hourly communi- cation by telephone with the Public Works Department ln Charlottetown.

b°°k°d ‘md WUGHCG they are trans mltud to lvlldgell. At that uma 0,-

and more orders constantly coming in while effort was being made to gym-

W0\'l¢ Will 80 on unt/tl the formatlol.

to its activities.

wmv delays mid dlllleultlei. Hlgli Winds and l‘0\lBh water aomtlines

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Utlowilnward and outward of St Pet-

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the fertilizer were dredged and dis-

where all orders for the fertilizer-are

darn were ln for hundreds' of carl;

take the growing demand. 'rims tlié

of the ice ln the Bay will put ii stop

The work at Mldgell is liable to -

bl-ins lt to a full mp and his tltiai .loin.'l'h¢ Army Oi llultli

tions; lt ls also to be observed that nllnor accidents to some Doi-tion of_ the plant and machinery may cause interruptions, or a slowing down of the work. Again. it is not always practicable for the railway authori- ties to curry on 'the passenger and or, dliiury freight business of the rmid and to place empty cars or remove 'loaded cars of ifertlllzer from- Mid- gelll precisely on the day or hour when this la required. For these reaching points ln all of our three predict. the amountof work which

the cars and at the 'plant the

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Rall shipments are being dolly made to one or more points eastward,i

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than two~th-irda of the Province and

It ought also to be noted that ln

addition to 'the mud loaded on cars from the plant at Mldgell, a consider

per,carload as' that which is placed'

three carloads to the scow

this 'fertilizer has constantly exceed_` ed the supply. None the les it k

our sliorea. And lt places Prince Ed ward lslan

imen

of our farms. Quite nnnturally, too,

year, Am] .the demand exceeds th., lt has created a demand for a similar

plant for the supply or mussel mud

for the farmers of Prince County, eltlier~fom the abundant deposits of m\"lhm0lld Bly. or some other point

When the stress of war is over and financial conditions permit .this ex- tension imllat receive the attention of our publllo men. ~

At the present time the operations

at Mldgell, conducted by the Provlnl

n ll y W' he more costly under. taking of the Dominion Government ln establishing a. great highway from the Island to the outside world at the’ Capes. Both of these enterprises mark notable strides of progress from

( Continued on page six.)

Why be a straggler in the rear

Suard lllllllillit alan! half dead with nerves, chronlo lndlgestlon and lower vitality? Desert today from the army of Gentral Doblllty and enroll und" tho blnner`of General Good _Hoglth, Y need assistance? Zoatlc is ` 1 fa ful friend that will put .you on yo .wfeat afatn. 'l‘lis.~hmousI health

snlzgles ln alfa:-at ' plbuant

5:: jolt me oleillll 'which ` Wo weeks AM It you,

0 Gill 70|! l0lller trifle with this

urgent matter of getting well anim? gent for P. E. I.

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_ _ factors. before p¢a¢¢gshtmld'b¢'u>n¢iu<ied. 1 - __ » _ ’ _ _l ~T0 Blly -' - ' ' h'ii ' fGmlro rt 110 ’ f " TIM” iv mi if ._ 'A 1 ' -

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the closing of which is also depend- - . I.

enrt upon weather conditions. So far_ B a B

3_1; railway has done well dn handl- ‘~_.. . _ _

1:.f’l'.;:“a;.':::l;‘“:;.“:i:.;i2:.°::::l: iss: ;’:.;‘lf;‘.z:;'g ..°"°..::’;“:.';i.:llzlIJ'_nder. the Dlstfcsulshed Paff0I12\ge Of

.‘.”.2’..‘;l..§t‘.;’..°“°'“°“° ““““““°” “““ his Honour Lieutenant Governor Mac wil”».°’i3’f'li»t"‘I»..’§Z.2'?.1‘L%“"»?y ‘Z-'»'iI1‘f'Donald will be held on the grounds of

spectlon of the list of bookings and. ’ `¥ . shipments at the Mauager's\ office 0 0"”

winch was the privilege or tile wr-noi-._The Ch’t0wn Dnvlng

westward and southward,-to Sourliv

and intermediate points and on tal 7 _ .‘,7°‘\_ _ .A grand programme oi"§__e_vents has been t`5‘.¥...§"“t.’I.’.§’.”.`.Z11§‘.ttl‘,?.';";.‘ii’§°§.‘Z..‘Z,°‘lI$i‘.i arranged, also horse racing, and nothing {‘t.“;°'l.l:..§“'.€?l.$`“;’§ “`.€,".”..‘il?.°' 31?; willbe _left outto make this gatheringan ;'.:"...°ll:ia0°CaSS1°H Of We eFJ°Ym@l1flrf°f a11.W1?° trllnitlon or this valuable fertilizer attend S eclal tfalns andrlow fares Will

s wi ri a area, ere ll scarce l _ ' P - . .

' if farilihihatuisttea milzs dliitant froiii

the rails, while more than three- e _ , . ._ . _

_¥l’“.5§*tf £3 ‘.‘;3’3?li‘;'%.“§.‘.”‘£3 {.‘Z.‘1";t’§5; the Province to travel thltherwlth com l‘.';.°.f.§ZI.“.i‘.§'f..‘i.‘t°.‘:‘ll.i’.1' .’l2°§2l.’fI‘%‘t fort and convenience. .Vlviglp ., Banner ;.’:.':.;:.':f;.:';.:,:.t.“.;t _‘”‘““" ”’ "“‘ and Pageant, Fife and D_1‘uin._’ .

_ Scotsmen and their fr1_<_=._1%_clEs will

i.°.1.i..;‘“;:‘:.f:..:;;::°:°.;;:‘;s iztazforgather On the gala day., 1 if Will §.‘?..._f‘t_'_.i°‘.‘.l‘..l’.§’.‘.'-“.‘l.2.?.’~‘. S"Tt_’§‘?.§}2..t’.2¥ come in Tartan and Bonnet, will .“...§.."°;2?..2;‘ .&t°.l‘;°‘§?...§’;”‘;‘t.‘l.Z§ dance to the Plbroch’s sound. A_-cordial '_ on me we »-_mg aminvitation is extended to _ladies and ..l'::’.:::f,‘:.””::°i..l5.'::r“.;2;a'“.f.“lst gentlemen 111 all, Walks Of llfe t0 C0018 :.li.:::.":: rtstzalzlfealand g>@11d_ H pl-€aSaI1t day.

, ,,,,, ,_ _ aterlng arrangements have bggp

i;§‘5_.__.‘;.§’.‘l_;°_'t.__‘_._l.."¥.‘é'?.;§..§§2”3.§i.“‘l°§..?$‘.iAmade that cannot _fall to be amplei and .-1.5 °m....t..'...:§_'°.‘l .?£f:.‘..’°.?;’..“.I.?.‘i€ satisfactory. Should Weather prove en y into view the mlne of wealth ' ° ~ _ - _ .~ _. , th»at,llas beneath the _waters close .:*..::',.:.“.°.1::_‘.‘ sfslsan the followmg day- For Competltlon prize ‘ L‘2..§“ifl‘;‘;it$;°.£.é3f.2"1‘tL“i.l’.l.l"“l°":list and other particulars see program ’

D. EDGAR SHAW, President "

T. M." MCMILLAN,

not too distant from the railway.

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plalg_¢_i;rernnl_:aiit1. may falrly take rank _ A

Hayingc Supplies _

To get the hay in with_out: trouble or lass.-oftime

vw have to have proper equipment-and this in the place toget that equipment. 1 _ ' » - Storgiirioatalieetzlfglixdz Chand;er’s-_the Farmifs Holgdwgg ‘ s sure 0 ' ' `

the lowest prices. Come here fogreiriiiii the M tm.”

S¢Y*h¢° A Nut: and boltd for the

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