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W. Chester S. McLurc, President. J. R. Burnett, Editor and Publisher. D. K. Currie, Associate Editor l

llature. These two gentlqnea w“!

, . . eve o e e ec on as he usually}; 3e half of the salaried member. B. "n" w. 30;“. MD. i i r 1n 1 u 1 l aitends to matters of this kind 5 ll’ °l ‘he Bell government and l; , about 11.50. m. Riggs‘ $40,000 for m" ‘be flllrly assumed um one‘ iﬂlh District 811d its pggplg would“ be as well looked after undo b l '

ably loom up between ll and 12 on r t e r .

m d b r ' . cuffalld leaderslllil 818 any other of jogging or "stationary run" in. e ay e ore the e.ec.ion. ‘KHSMHOI, in the Provlnca 1; may be developing heart and lungs, some‘ verily we are a good “Murat u: jn-gerest m note how this thriving oi my readers may have the im-

credul , land, ms ,Dression that l do not consider

0W! IlBODlP. at least some m ll porous district fared in the ivaik-lng of value.

nriatters of Land Tlaxes and ‘Poll n lvllllklng iis one of the most henc- _ d I 1 _ f axes m the years 1919 and 1922 "cm exercises \\'1thl11 our rcacb.

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S THAT ARE DARK lit Accounts. Below me the ﬁgures: walkmg was. m“ m jogging you, ——-— iiited your entire weight off the 4th District Prince County ground, whereas in walking one 1919 1922 loot was always 011 the ground or Lend Tax --------.----.$4.104 $12,536

elsc you iverift walking. ‘usually resorted to when in jliilvpo“ T“ ______________ __ N0” 3,087

g Notes by the Way i

"The 4th Electoral Dim-m o; ﬂea County enjoys the diltlnction of having Hon. J. H. Boll an; H,“ yak" M‘ L" a‘ l“ I Presents. itivcc in the government and 1,9815.

iiniy a Few Moreiiays that lvé" will be Moving to the New A Store at the iiid Stand

In the meantime everything in stock at our present store, 145 Great George Street is being sold at reduced prices. '

The opportunity is yours today, it wilipay ym, t.) come now, as the removal sale ends in a few days.

s. A. McDONALD

G60. Street A

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Shoe Polishes

Shines to the Box

{Morning Daily (bounded 1887) $5.00 per year (delivered) in advance. ks-LSO pcr year (mailed) in advance in Canada and United Stat“.

___'i‘_llURSDAY~ JiYiE 2_1_,_1_92s

SOME PROMISES

The Patriot hastens to assure ks WHAT ABOUT WALKING?

ledtit-rs and the public generally the Charlzttetown streets will prob-

ihe Hull Government has no

At Lowest Prices 4 , , _ . znzention of iurtlier increasing the

Woven Fencing- illﬂitr" dif it shoird hnbed] again ;n~

- tru ;-- with iie n ing of e 1n proof of this it, At Lowest Prices

Dominion Woven Fencing

' Strands 32 inch,

Um- As l have emphasized the value

them think we are.

i511 which he declares that although

Our Liberal friends tremis and are adopting the means

the revenue is still small and it was jonly by lite exercise o1‘ the greatest lwuiioruy" ihai they were able to

are in cx-

per rod

Non" to izct down to a practical ‘basis. it’ l wcro 1o ask you to regularly] 10g 1W0 W lhrce hundred steps, or to take a brisk ivalk daily \viiicii' would you sooner do? 1 ‘Fheres no doubt about what your answer would be. You'd soon- er take the n'a‘k. You seethe walk takes you outdoors and gives you a change of scenery. The dull mono-l tony of your room and the couutingl Congefyailyplﬂi the steps is lost. v |ary of Sumnierside, the contractonGovernment iu 1919. And they a1e'reﬁ”3:_1lll£‘v 1° "lake your wlllk lll“‘~'lll'50l' (ll Sllll "glealel blessln-Eéselected a piece of land which was Elm llllYlllli ‘We’ three l-lmllsmld ‘Donal Just shuffle aloiu-f- but take l llle Bell gowllllllelll "llllel-Y ll ‘dollars in iwll taxes. which wcrcnolu o1 yourself‘ and swing your- hold of the unknown until these gentlcimenlseli‘ forivurii right from the hips. 1 - . l.‘ -1' 3 -'. . ‘ﬁnances 0r the province’ came mm pmwr. lilixhlishel-k [iiigllliielgi ‘liiirilllliltlzlhnliziilrijll, are the largest group in tiic body.

Strands 40 inch, per md "make ends meet," they still iu~ coudiuorh To “Hike up for the loss

tended t; struggie- along WliilOill TAM $4704 $15,623 From this statement it is clear

that the. good farmers oi’ the 4th

District of Prince County are pay- ing almost tzhree times as much in

genemll ‘when the contracl’ “'85 given m land taxes alone under the care of

_ _ ’ ~‘_ _ ,tlie spring 0t‘ 1922 tor a road pro- ne?" Be“ and Lea’ u they were

..-ei:o. that the {iersistent gloriﬁc-uem surﬁng m the “veslem boumL paying under

uiiou of increased taxation is the ‘

rod 42: per rod 47c rod .. ..................................... .. 50c D01111n1011 Poultry Fence 2O Strands. 6O inch, pcr rod _ . . .............. .. 90c 2 pt. Galv. Barb Wire per 8O Rod Spool: . $4.50 American Painted 4 pt. Barb Wire, per 100 lbs, $3.50 No. 9 Galv. Coil Spring Wire, per 100 lbs. .. $5.25

Special No. 12 Galv. Coil Spring Wire per 1C0 .bs. .......... .. $5.00

Steel Fence Posts

Made of good steel, neat, and

" l. "l-mlmel‘ Slllllwrlers they are now, 52'3"“ 4° ma’ any furiher inf-reuse in taxation. in some cases at least. counting- part of‘

[he ~the opposite political sex. Here is

This promise on Premier Bell is solemnly quoted by the Patriot as evidence that there

the

Strands 40 a sample,

7 Strands 48 inch. per is no foundation for

the of

required for the clay that was in it

"lief “gain ‘hey gel for the work. The government cn-

gineer surveyed the land, took pos-

‘sesskm and mm we “Wm” 119'. HM- Cyrus w" cwsby" ‘he c°m'lThus propelling yourself forward at mlsﬁlﬂwl‘ 0f Pllbllc WW“. "P- a fair rate of speed you are doing lrcsentc the m District of Quccnsiilllllllﬁlflﬁ iiiui-li work as in ice |c°umy_ "ow did me good rumors ging; Law Just a few poiiiicrs. if of his ﬂue district ﬂourish 111 tilt-Hi“ M? ‘nu-m. f“)?! ‘Year? “gm a small sum was offered the owner, mam" m. land taxes and w“ tuxescout o1 \i,.~.t. ii .1 uonum have the

(‘UPSPI louse at the top. (live your- lllr- Tllllmas Mll-cllell- Wll° llll-ll ‘lljunder the late giwerllmelll- 1lllll|self u chance lo hroathc. Also wcar

l-le cannot under the Dell Government? The =1 illlll‘ (ll l-‘lllllllllllllllll ﬁlll-WS- You'll he surprised how much limbo walk- ing you would do ii’ your loci. ii-lt lcoiniortablc all the time. Just one more point. Don't look on walking as a joh or 193g ‘a dill)‘ in be performed. $4 56-; Vary the direction of your walkw ' and go out lor the pleasure of it. 230i A ilaily- walk not only ‘burns up the -—»~ ——vextra food you've eaten, but gives $14,199 your mind a pieasurzible cxziltziiiou which is of 111111101151: beneﬁt to that

Liberalism, i1:

l When it is remembered that the wliolc pilﬂlllDX of

',would be paid for it. i.'p to the pres» “5 cut he has not been paid. After ipressure was brought for payment

Hurling Premier Bell, devoted

last pro-election campaign to tell- I

in‘: the people how they were going

'1; ri-ilucc taxation and do away

‘with "useless officials,“ the Prem-‘ways voted MberaL iicfs latest. promise, above reierredmnderstand why he‘ a faithful Llhlpubnu Accounts w“ “a

‘to, will not carry much convicizonl-eral’ Should be treated 1m! way as, i lhose wiio were deceived by former “Homer who is a Conservative and

gubgianglap Fﬁce each 35c ‘lire-election Liberal promises willlwho a,“ sold his ‘land for ‘he same delivered at iuaturaliy ask “if the Bell IJlbcriiis,- in lots of fifty I 1

1st District, Queens County

| 1919

A“ Fencing contract was paid some conslder- band Tax ............. “$2,065

your station rods or more.

Rogers Hardware 01111111211131, Ltd.

Charlottetown

beyore their election’ promised w-able time ago and at a much Poll Tax .............. .. None

I and quudrupledlgreater price than that offered Mn: talilﬁm when they came into power, ‘Kitchen M“ Mnchews land is Total $4,844 _ g .\vlu1.i would they do now if elected, Jug‘ a ma“ 1955 ‘hm’ ‘hree "mebdioilv of vours. as much in 1922 as in 1919. ; ' ' other man's and therefore more‘

-v+o4+oo+o+v+a+o+0++o++u l Hon. J. J. Johnston, Attorney”

The question that is now being General, represents the 3rd District‘ FOR

asked is why did the Conservative °l Km" 3mm)" I ‘ Guardian Readers

n his district ti1c- . l. . get a big price and promipt payment ‘and and pol waxes From the W. 8. Loulon

iii the two collection.

i _ ears we are comparing are SlILNVHlI Llberamln by the Public Accounts to he as TO BE AT REST

.was supposed to be a permanent here tabulwted; ,_the Liberal Premier and some Ollquauty his not ye‘ been ‘paw even- By George

reduce the taxes

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I I much nearer Summersiile than the’ _\\ll('il they only promise not lo in-

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{crease them?" The logical answeriwnumble. lwouid bc that they would quadruple illll~ quadrupled.

i That portion of “llililﬂtfl speech also contains lthe rc-

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the Premiefsi

while the man whose luiaius of another IiFOIHlSC made by

3rd District Kings County

. élllS supporters ‘before lille last geu- the smaller price. was ‘it ‘to win mei ierul election tour years ago. This Conservative over? an any use an; ‘ twas the promise to ‘build a spurl i

Special Bargains in

Men’s Suits $15, $18, $20 and $22

We have some very extra values in young men’s and men’s suits which we are clearing at the above pric-

1922 7. $4.507‘ 1,314

explanation is in order. Klingu,

Laud Tax

iinc of railway between somewherel I l Poll Tax .

in the Third District of Prince and Richmond Bay to enaibie the fami-

,l’eacc'.’--it is this:

iTo know Ahougii all things scum Total $2.955 553ml amiss,

Iiere also the total derived iromlThere is no chance, or fziiep

l l't . it- the“ two taxes was a “me lesslmveoilottlitiiol ruic" to know l

‘Canada's ‘butter trade ore given inman threeqmnes as numb ‘mder llielwe need but trust’ and m itlie current number of illlB 1C. i’. Rfsigen Goygppmgnt, than it was iinilerjueneatl, GO“ 1mm, Mlichever way . [bulletin on Agricultural and lndus- the previous Conservative GOY- The llflli-llwllydlivlllll! lll lvllll ll“llll trlal Developmenl" ermnenL Or tiarkul/litl) iiilreiaitiniiiil; sky;

ln the last ﬁscal year we ex- To know tho Christ-hand ported 2,420,611? pounds oi ibuiter ”'°°‘l’°'l‘ my“ while in the same time we import»

I I i i OUR BUTTER TRADE

ers to procure mussel mud and, in- _

interesting statistics related to cidcntaily, to eiiaiblc some of the farmers oi‘ this thriving commun- ity to sell a right of way for the _ new railway. This promise when it came fresh from of the premier, had its effect upon many But four long,

the lips m,“ Taking the three Ministerial dis- tricts together the electors were

paying $35,724 in land and poi-l

That we may turn and rcst

I t . . e e0 ms As tired child across a slielfring

WCRI}

Great; Swedes

c/urrsrvs PRIZE

HASZARUS IMPROVED I and canrsnls flmtcrouo

PURPkE TOP SWEDE

Thc farmers choice. better, few as good.

Buy them from our Seed Store or our Agents.

Garter & 60., Ltd.

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BEER DISPLACES SAKE IN JAPAN

TOKIO. Juui- 13¢ liver is rapid- ly replacing sake us tho national drink of Japan, Wliili- [hero hug ilei-n no i‘|]l]ll't'('.lilllll‘ increase in the output of ihi- distiili-rics which pruiiucu Hillif‘. thi- inc-rouse in tile umuiiiit of hi-i-r lll‘il\\'it‘.ll is very inlirkcd. 'l‘i-u yours ago 21,288 koku oi’ liner wi-rc bri-ivi-il; last your tho consumption was 7155,1127 koku.

Sake still is usvil on (‘Ilfi-llllﬁiliill occasions, hilt ill‘l‘l‘ la tho 11mm popular huvi-raiw. , -_._: . ......__.

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Efllliﬂilll‘ l I i "sill" '

years interspersed with extraordin- arily cold and stormy winners, have perceptiibly dimmed it. it won't “cut any ice" at the coming elec- tion. Ii. is revived by the Patriot ziincng the other straws which it is feverishly griusping at in its extrem- ilty. count i'or little and the Richmond it may just as

Bay spur, much as may

needed, well stowed away along with the old promise to reduce taxation. it will not. catch any votes now.

There are several other promises iu the political air at present, among them a $45,000 bridge in the (ronstiluency more or less repres- ented by the Hon. I1‘. J. Nash. There has not been much said about this one except that the plans and speci- flcatlons are on exhibition ' in the Patriot. Office. immediately ‘before the election we may look for some ﬁreworks in thc Patriot about this wonderful llllllge and the lblossing it will ibel 1o Mr. Nash's constituents but wel are of the opinion that these people’ are "on Liberal preelectlon promises and that they will not

may appear in the Patriot's show window.

but minute root-backs may also ‘be looked for immediately before’

the new station at Emerald which was to be built "this season." He‘ ‘will no doubt be beard ifrom on the

Bull four year old promises

be be

{H.095 to 2,724,913 pounds.

ed about 6,000,000. Of our exports the United Kingdom received $113,709; the United State-s 3,032,- 939. Other inmortlng countries were Belgium, Bermuda, British Guiana, Barbadoes, Jamaica, Trinidad, Tobago and other British West indies‘, China. Cuba, Newfoundland, Si. Miquelon and other countries.

The rapid growth of the butter export industry, says tihe bulletin, is seen in a survey of figures over the past twenty years, in 1903 a mere 390,397 pounds was exported. lBy 1908 this had increased to 1.068.703 pounds. T-hiit the real growth of the industry is conﬁned to the past decade may be seen in the remarkable increase -in the ﬂve year period 1910 to 1915 when the export ﬁgures jumped from Be- tween 1915 and 1918 exrports doubt- led, reaching 44,920,154 in the latter

France,

Pierre and

Yem- ithey whacked the tanner over tho

EDITORIAL NOTE

taxes In 1922 against $11-$13 Pild in 1919. T-han. is over tihree times as much. These are farmers‘ taxes. There were no poll taxes under the late government. The Bell Govern- ment laid them on and are deter- mined to keep chem on, ziltiiough the farmers, whom they profess to love so dearly. pay fouriﬂifths of all the poll taxes. But besides the zlrobled land taxes and the poll tax- es Lhere is the personal properly tax for which tlhe lfarmers owe to the Bell government,

The Personal Pﬂlplrty- Tax In Messrs. Bell and Lea’: district In 1922 was $1,543. in Mr. Crosby‘: district it was $597 and in Mr, Johnson's district $772, making a total of $2912. And they gathered as much more in. Income Tax among

ibreast, Who needs but know Love only stoops some blessings to bestow. .

MEASURE

When we count out our gold’ at ‘tho end 0f the day, And have ﬁltered the dross tluii luis cumihcred the way‘. Oh! What were tho liwlll 0i‘ Olll‘ treasury then Save the lovc we have shown to the children oi‘ nicn. -—G. I). Johnson

_._.__-¢-o>——-— F ENGLISH BETTING END o STILL SEEMS FAR OFF

coupon. Juno 19.—Tho siieclnl iaouimittco appointed to heir the government tleﬂlill‘. whether it will pny to tax betting. lwlll "llllllle-l‘ public sitting recently and exnmin- od several police officers. Their testimony was against it. Mr. Caldwell, police superint- tendent of Liverpool. said the bett-

the dear farmers whom they now claim to have specially favoreiLl Thus did Bell, Lea, Crosby and Johnston chow their love for the tar-mar in their own district and throughout the Province. Eirst Wiilll threefold taxes on land. Secondly

head with poll-tax to the tune oi $20,000 a year. Then thirdly and fourthly they levied upon him for

fear that

the 1101i

The Patriot's the abolition of

' swallow this lbriiige attractive as it Wm maul; in increasing the land m“ mo"! .

tax is about as ridiculous as an)‘ argument it has so far produced. The iniquity "l ‘"19 9°“ tax is that it is an addition to the

‘had nothing recently to say about w“ 9nd his farm help who pay "gm an“ “e only amnut you, 5 more policemcnt bellowed iii his iieft ear. His smile continued.

the bulk of the poll tax, hence il absolute unfairness and hence also Ir. Stewart's objection to it.

UIXPPODQTLY taxes thousands of doi-

Jippeared in l-iighgnta Police Court ,but pleaded that hc coulifnot hear

“'9 elem-ml‘- ml- 3- E- sllmlllll‘ ll" land tax; it is the farmer and his the evidence against him.

pared the magistggte.

income taxes and personal

mom WHIBPER AND i SHALL HEAR

LONDON. June l7.—An old man

Four policemen bowled in his

“The case is dismissed," whis-

Hc heard tiiotr-l-“c ‘ 3| _

lug law was very difficult to enfor- ce and very unpoillllllr- l" ln‘ consistencies and lOUDlIOlO-B “Tie no numerous that in practice it nniouutoil to one law for the well» to-do, who could bct on crcdit with- nut incurring any risk of gcttinZ fined or imprisoned. and another for the poor who, because of their proverty, hnd to confine them- uelves to ready mOHOY llBil-lllk Allllicll meant street betting and were liable to get into trouble if they were caught at it. in Liver- pool $40,000 a year was spent in cfforts to enforce the law aﬂﬂlllﬁl- betting, and the result had been a total failure.

Thevor Bingham, assistant com- missioner of the metropolitan police, said a striking develop ment of late years iinii been the increase of betting among women of the poorer classes. London was ro riddled with street betting that to deal with if effectively would require n very much larger number of police than could be made available‘ without prohibitive rxpenditure. The police felt. he mid, that even if the repressive

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Iome to us and save money.

SPECIAL RAINCOAT BARGAIN

Men’s Tweed Raincoats at $10.00. We got a special buy while they last you get your choice for $10.00..

Henderson 81 iluilmnre

101 Grafton Street

curtain" having regard to tlio strength and extent of the tnsto for betting, that some means of evading it on a large scale always would bc found.

Mr. Binglinnvs views on betting nro entirely at variance with thoiiu cxprcsscil by the majority of the spokes-men of various religious iioillos that have appeared before the committee.

Lava-i MORWENA BIRD SAID YES TO EGYPTS ROYAL PRINCE

CMRO. June lib-Cairo is gos- siping again. The inhabitants had barely recovered from the Tutnuk- hnmen affair when a scion of tho EBYDi-llln POYHI house secretly married an English girl.

The bride was liiliis Moi-wen“ Bird, and the royal bridegroom is Prince Said Halim, second cousin 01 Kill! Fuad. The minute the regal relatives of the prince 11mm] about his love for an English nmhl of another faith they hogan mak. ing objections, hut got no whom with them. The Prince ninipiy took his sweetheart into a Mosicin religious court, went throught [he ceremony and ran away to sou Europe in the fashion of honey.

law were recnamd In c clean and nun-dame tom a no ilmolt

mooners. [in Bird IIIIOJHI - ~wn has

been mic of tho bright figures of Ciiirifi-i hail-rooms. livr father was 1i (Ioiuncl stationed in Egypt bu- inrc the war. The prince, who is 25, uironrly has the reputation of helm: ll good prophet and n rock- ioi-i iuuu with his purso.

Ills iiiicnt for getting rid of money cumo t0 public notice when he ivus sent to England tho war to utuily under uruiy tutors. lii- was so extravagant. that he iuid to be stint away to Silviizer- lund, whore, in those days. thorn ivcru fewer opportunities for cutting poor quickly.

Ills penchant for prophecies was

bcforu, ‘

- n durinil Ill‘? “'" “hi, to to the ll" l iiilfiililllY

recognized lic persistently wro spapora that 'i‘urkcy uni _ were going to fall. As (‘Hffggsli known. this forecast cuuio ll “ow in ii manner, so iiic princi- ill

ii prophet with some lilo" l“ own iunii.

ESPECIALLV NOWADAVS-

3 man's y l5 talk

lust boul

dlarou~“'l‘hcy any when Pars are red that someiioll lug iihout him."

ihlghort-“Yce: and he Pllll‘ hot thut somebody is illlllllllll “ him it his nose is red.

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