- IIt-lritttrotluncti this bill, naltcti uti.

Gotten-mutt.‘

lift otiiototiuowtt ouifioiiit

' ‘ _' defllol I dune '""':,,";;7, <:-,.:-,,.."*, .."':::.::.°' aroma.‘ at‘. r-o. -. a

._ , _ g 1, Edi: d Pllllllol- l“ 0."..- u.’ Bola-atria, Antonie Tails "I .-

FRIDAY_ APRIL 1, 1921

MORE BUNGLINQ

Following almost Jmmsdittleli upon the heels of’ the (MQQH 15111 and its admission 0i incoimtrqtenc and wtirst- crime another piti1'iil ex- hibition of the sttttlP lflillifllY i" U“

presentation o1 rim "Ifclcplittiie Aiuteutliuent bill. ’l‘liis hill \\‘=1* liYPaPllied by the Premier anti when asked if he had any itifiu‘

mutton to givc the Ilotisc he ud-

lto practiculLy had none.

Arscnitttlt brought

iuittcd

rlxfiremiei" the proceedings to an ttbflll" hit-it Whflfl he declared that he personal. ly rcfttsctl to "assist the Govern- iuetit i" tualting, a butch of this thing", and insisted upon the Pre- micr prof-tiring some information on tlic subject wlilch irould enable tlit- House to deal with it\iulelll. As a the evening

gently . rcsult

scssiou ivas ahaudouctl in ordc. ifr t-iitiblc Premier Ileil to tirocure flit:

have the ‘bill.

Tltt- lato uovt-rtpitont had mad“

intornitiiion which ht‘ slltllllll

prtvurcti hcfortt prcst-titittg

ILFFHIIKPIIIPIILs for the ILOJIISIIIIPDI of tho-many dlfficultlcs connected the Telephone by which tho rights of tt-lopitone otiinpaities would be safe guarded. The Bell with its fatal propensity to look after no interests ‘but its own, failI-tl lake

ui'i':tn',;t'*iti6'..tll.

witii service and

the ru rat

KOVOFIIIIIPII!

to advatitagc of this

and as a result the

‘Pt-lcpiiotir- company and its pa.

rnns are now at the mercy of t-acii other with nothing to DMlPn that

ho done Premie-

t-itltt-r. lVhen it was sPPll

something must wnslit-ti, titiprettarcti and absolutely that would sttrvo as a guide to intelli, It pitiful

cxattiplt- of ltelttlcssnesa and incom ‘ pctlcnct- and, after all the bungling

that had preceded if and that had the stock to the wholo province. it

wanting in any illfOFilHLllOIi

gent it-glslati an. was a

tntttlri legislature a i-attghing is not to he tvnntlcrctl that ex- bclitilf of

the (‘optiositirti iudiguautly refused

ti!

Ptw-itiici- Arscnauit on

to proceed with lllP bill until at least some’ iuforuiutitttt was ltrtrj i

'i‘ltt- financial III(‘>'> rvvcttletl it-i titc Public Accoitttts, lilt- scii‘ coit.' fassctl huutziiitg in thc l

l|ll('t"t| .

'l‘it_\‘atioti .-\ct. the itiultiplit-utiitn of ‘Iflilfiills increased lltt- cxtteutlititrcs of the tirovlucc

tltt» cxlravaga uct- which

iti‘ =1 uuttrtcr of a million dollars oi

Government. all

sincc the last year tlit- Arse-

nault t lit-so and

Itltlrtt point rtminously" to disaster 1n

vent it and the“ only prevcntivc at

lllllt-ss sttiltPlhillg ticcurs- pro- ]li'\"‘r4'll| i“ sight is the resignation of tlic whole aggregation. Know. lug all that has occurred. realizing that fuorc of the same. character and Itumving‘ as they d0 that they have torn-ire the lconiilpfence nr the whoic electorate tho only redempt-

ion for tho representatives, collect

is almost certain to occur

irt-ly and individually 1a to “throw

tip llll\_ sponge and givo it

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PUBLIC WORKS REPORT

‘Iiic rttpnrf of the (‘onimissitmo- of i-iiittk- Works gives through im- ltinginenrfitt report ft dt-ittiicti state merit of bridges fepillrfitl or rc-- ' built; cites tho (‘anada iligltwnys Act and' tho- projects; undertaken 'l'ltls part of the roporWcoucltttlr-s with a recommendation that stat uto labor on ‘the improved roads ht- dlscontlntted and necessary rcptiirs done thy patrol men. lt ioppearn hocordiug to the ru. part, that mnny repairs have been ntado lhc public buildings of the province. among these are the following expenditures; Govern- ment Ilnutte $727.77; Provincial Building $6. v24. 75; Prince of Wales (‘ollege $7,060.71: Falcon- wood Hospital mutt-tom; (‘mm

l0

House $2,125.53. ma.» arc. "lame amounts and some m lt-tist of them mom have

‘t r been put tumult; in quick tfmo gisrlLwvo-vpvq own-Quinn: - n

A

notably the expenditure on the rmvtttcftit iimitiittt: M"! "m" °' ‘vnlgg College. the consequent (118 ,L’il'."i1ZIIl('P not. having ocoa-r-lonetl au_v___incou\'enieuce to the public.

We lliilP zilso that $5M was etc, llctitletl on a iiiud tlftétlflt‘. will"? m‘ ‘ wlictiu-r in operation. is not stat M; also $15.00 on a "iuud track ' at Oyster Bed ilrltige.

()n the. roads there was PXllPllll

$24,757.97

ed less a revcnuc of

.~,'[_lI-|',',lNi "from Inspectors ‘and Oversee-rs." Iloati Masters stilaries and Com

missions cost i119 Province $3.614»- 8L’; itoad lnspt-ctors salaries $5.11.?

7.1. Titt- total expenditure on lllgit

ways iuittrovtiiiiteiit was $369,110.01’

'l'hc_list oi‘ "Public contracts ac.‘ ccptctl and cntcretl into during the your taro" is a toot: and amt-arctic: ly rcuiuticrative one. There is nothing to indicate whether 111051‘. contracts grow out of tenders oi nothing. titnount of‘

tlicftfo the political scx of the cot.

not and cxccpt perhaps

tho the contract lo ln-

YITIPIOI‘.

REPORT OF FALCONWOOU HosplTAL

'i‘lu- Nlplll’! or Ifalttonwrtntldlns." pital for tho flnsano shows those} were 279 Dtttlents at the begin- ning of the. ynar. During the yt-arl tit patients were titlutltfcd, Iflilkllllg a total number of 341i registered‘ durintythe your. Of this IPIIIITDPI‘ the.’ ycftr; 29 or thcsc were considered

3.’)

wcrc discharged during

a» rccovcretl, A improved; 2 un- iiutirtiveil and If» rt-ittovctl by tlcrtlh.‘ 'l'llf'l"f‘ were tw..- cases of suicide.

in a comparativc statement for tlic years I900 to thc prcsent year the number of paticttts ttdtnittetl shows perceptible

ranging be.

yearly tin change. the rigurcs tween 34 and 79 with no definite utaxiuium or minimum indications

The ifnglneerfls

that considerable repair work was

report shows done during the year. . The Falcotttvootl Farm furnished ttccttrtling to the rcport $14,488.65 worth of supplies to the Hospital ‘ Tbe cxpctiscs :.t' tlic fat-m :t|'t\ fit:- 511.7705. ——---<o->—-i

u rctl at

WHY THIS INDIGNATION

'i‘lte Patriot waxcs t-ltiqtiontiy- iii-i tiigntint because the Guardian has

pointed out that

the ilell govern- the of atliuiuistrzition by fifty per cont. \\'t: fitil

cnutt-iuptu-aryk spasm.

tntrut. has Increase-ti coat

to ace the logic iii nu" Previous l t the last Pltrctinn tlit- Ifiitriotl; grt-u campaign and that tit the Libel-at candidates was that tho tho" cxist ing rcvtrtlttc. was stifficicnt to pm v-ide for all the nct-ds of the pit-i vltloe. lf'llt‘llt‘l"s

inottitling tht- increase in

salaries. In I91!) when they were. responsible for one third

of tho year's t-xtienditttres , there ..

tuight have been some excuse but for T920 when they were in sole charge for the whole year they

had ~ati opportunity to make some -

show towards lmpit-mcntlng tticlr_ promises to the electors. lllfllfllli, they increased thc expenditures‘ by atbout a ttttnrtcr of a million‘ over what they had formerly do. ciared was too much.

The Patriot says the road system of the province will he a rnent to the ilcit administration. tits liungering after a tnon-ument to the Bell admlnittlrntinn is very generally reflected throughout t‘ province. The sooner they nrn hur- led the better tho public will op preciate the movement, '

mans

(Special to The Guardian) i HAALIFAX. Mur. 1ll.—-Preinier Murray of Nova Scotln qoufetm- platen retiring from active loader-l ship of the government in Prov- incial Legislature on account of Ill-health according to the Httlifei Herald this morning. He will m; tain the premiership but will no longer take any active part iii the House the _ _, newspaper says if earns from ti gentleman ciost-ly in touch with inner circles of local government.

v0 to»: ‘ ‘

o ro-Ivvr

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' exceptionally clean .

‘his

GURIINLMIIINT

Little Interest. has been taken iu the question of tihe vacant Judge- siifp, dtte no doubt to the fact that it has passed u a forgone conclu- sion that the mantle will, almost automatically, fall ‘upon the shoulders ‘of the Hon. A. E. Arse- nauit, eat-Premier and sax-Attorney General of the Province. And there is no man In the province whose appointment would he more universally popular with all clus- iies of the cunvrntinity, or who ‘can carry into this, high and important office such excellent. and so inauy quulificatiotis. As a public uiau

‘his name hats‘ been the synonym

for honor and his record has bccu Ht- is with- otit cut-titles, and sonic of the high- est testimonies to his W0‘! have come from his strongest political opponents. Both at thc last scs~ sion and the present nicctiug of the l-Iouse obese tributes were ac- corded him by Premier Hell and more notably by the Hon. AHOFIIU)‘, (Ietterul-Jttliustou, who would not he atlvcrse himself to filling tlic position. “ii has carrictl iiito ills public cotttlttci thost- principles of

i fairness. justice and gvllliiiLV which

was the ornament of’ his private and professional life, and today there. is no one at the bar iti this province wtlto ltoitis a highoi" itlacc in the esteem of his COIlfrr-FEES, or in the confidence of the people of native province.

Ills rtlt-t'at.ion to the Judgcsbip, for we cannot conceive of‘ the Gov- eriiiuont making any other selec- tion, will deprive our local Conser- vative party of a valued and effi- t-iont lender. The Hon. Mr. Arsonault. was a man of high iticttis in ittudillr: life, who sfttclf closely to the tioctrlnes that :i hfilitiviilll’?! first. ditty was to his country and the people wiho cletztctl him, tutti

that the word o1‘ a public man should ho above rottroax-h. iti the formation o1‘ his party policy

there was nothing of the haphaz- ard methods. but. that. careful in- vestigation and tnaturo (Iellbera- tion which Iias brought about those restilts front which rhe province is bettefltting - today. His I sttcces- sor, whoever may be selected for this Itnportattt position, will not. only be engaged in o service al- rcatly honored, but will Thrive a. pace sector liitn whlc-li will call for thc highest stamp of state-man- nhip. The Conservative party has never yet failed in securing effi- cient leaders. and, while we have no mandate to declare for those who have the choosing, we believe thc titan is already iti sight. sliciuld such a change be rcttttirctl, who will tiutply tueasure tip to tho Iiigh sttittdartls st-t'liy his tiredevessor, fhc Hon. A. it). Arsenault. Anti at the furthest possible date it will only he aibotit two years lteforc he will itthcrit lhc Premiership.

The lit-ll ilo\'t-i'uitict|t liavt- adop- letl a ti¢_-\i' TOIPJ They arc ttow le- gisliititig for fun. or as the carica- turlst describi- it, for the purpose. of “kt-cpiiig top with the JOLt0s'95," Or at least titis is the practical iut-auitig for tilts excuses offered lty Pct-mini“ Bell and Attorney (lcuorai Jtthitsttti, for the TAXATION "cure all" act whitth they arc railroading tlirottuli the Iloustt. The Taxa- tiou Act is all right. so thcy say, titers is nothing ivrotig with lt, t'l'(‘I'_\'il\llli-', hits -bccu finttc t-ort-t-t-ti; attid iti tirdor, bttt jitsf Iict-atist- 'ti' some iiugcritig fear that sotuctliitig

Daily Sclectioos Guardian Readers iutttiqttstfny w. u. L°uIon_ x

INFLUENCE

Frej s Shepard

tThe bcst friendship is that which insttit-es t|.~l1(f"t1'n"t1tff"li'F8T“.' That is why ttic thgtight of mother or wife or trusting sweetheart exerts such an lnfrttonce for good, r-yen when they are far away or por- nps have gone on to "the glory- ltuidfl’. That is why Jesus (‘hrist suggested a9 a friend that stick. etli closet‘ than a. bruther, meant; so much to fliotte who lovo Hfm. As John Newton so wcll writes,- Ont- titcro is above. all others,’

Wcil deserves thc name

tl-‘rlend;

[Ills is I vs beyond a ltrntiieflt. P0017)‘. (We anti knows no end; -'I‘he_\- who once ills kindness tprove. Find l1

°l

everlasting love.

STRONGER M EN

0 do not pruy for easy’ Mves. Pray to bo stronger men. Do not pray for tnstlut equal to your pow- crs. Pray for powers equal to your ins-ks. Then the doing of y iir work shall be no miracle. Ilut you shall be a mlrucIeuEvery day you shall wondor tit youmeif. tit the richness of life which ttzc come to you by tho grace 2f Go .

piighttft be llllt “p11 right." fllfl no weaving this all-woo! “blanket” Intuit! ft to maul! its future wurtnflt and comfort when it come: basin within the chill at- mosphere of the Guardian's "nefa- rious" propaganda. And not that it is necessary but because the Jones family, or the other provin- ces, have tpasued just such legisla- tion, our combination of, parrots are practicing what they imagine to be an imitation. Premier Bell ‘luis frequently some document In his possession, or some precedent or authority which he “CAN PRO- DUCE, IF REQUIRED," to give jurisdiction to his utterances. but which he has never yet been able to "produce" when the demand was titade. 'I\hat is his predicaiiieitt in this case also, for no province in (lauada resorts to tihis kind of “RI.ANKET" cure.

The autusitig feature of the thing is, that. according to Hon. Mr. Joltusittit, the driest humorist in the Ilouse. that the purpose oi’ this act is not to correct errors, for ‘he says pitblic ‘mind and "WITH ONE tlicrt- are none. but to allay the WPROKIC 0F THE PEN" offset and put an end to the propagaiitla 0! that "itefarious press" of t-Iie Oppo- sltioti. Where the real fun or laughable tpart ‘comes iii is in the fact 'I‘I<I.\'I‘ THE CLAUSE UNDER DISCUSSION, which was to correct thcir own ‘lllllllfillff-i in the 1920 Act, dealt with matters which were mover once referred to, EITHER It‘.-\VOUR.-\Bi.Y 0R ‘UNFAVOUR- ABLY, liy the Opposition _press, NOT SINCE THE BELL GOVERN- MICNT CAME INTO POWER. It is their chronic defect of not. hclng able to read or uittlcrstatitl illlitl tat. lcti the lIotif/rttttrtiey General

and his colfcagucs to this Insane act of‘ "wlpitrg out with a single stroke of t-hc pcti" a- sotucthitig

which had absolutely no t,‘X|S1.8ll(‘8 ottlside of flu-Ir fevernd imaginat- tiotts. Perhaps after all there is u. method in their matincss, and that they ‘are legislatitig against air bubbles and straw construc- tions of their ownias ati expedient to kill time and flll In wfliere they have no bcttcr employment.

Unconsclottsly the Attorney-Gen- eral gave aii emphatic endorsement to what we have frequently insist- ed upon iti this column, and that is that "YOU CANNOT“ ARGUIG WITH ‘IGNORANCIC." Solomon once said, “answm- a. i'ooI according to his folly," iuit almost with the some ltrcatilt ho advised to “answer not a fool according to his folly." lcavlug us. up zigulnsl thc tliffirtrlty as to tvlticlt was the pfOpPl‘ cottrse to pursttc. The jutlgttictil of our cxtiericttce is that so far as thc subject of‘ ignorance is PflvIiUPPllPfl it would he wasted e1’- fort to try and litjecl sound sense into such density. and we long ago aitaudoiiotl -tlic task. Ilut whcu such its tltcst- are holding positions wherc thcy ftfc- capaltlc of itntold ntistthiot‘ and irreparable Iiaiuti aiitl wrong to ttlte. community. which wc have no time to witste iti arguittg; it is ottr_ duty as advisers to tlic pcottlc t.o exposc the transactions

of thcso men and hold up thi- danger signals of wariiiirti when thc llltlfblllflll are at large. 'I‘his

wc have faithfully done, this we ivill coutiuuc to do, and it is lic- caust» wc are doing it effectively that they are uuaihle to conceal their temper‘ when they find their tuistlrtintgs are tbrought to light. 'l‘hc’re is a ground or spot on which ‘iii; said that, “fools rush iti svthere angels fear to tread." Hi- therto Mr. ItLT. Higgs, member for Charlottetown has carefully cttnsltlored his statements in the tcglslnturc before delivery, ‘but on lfiicstlttiy, while tllectlsfling the Tax- ation Illonket. Whitewash not he has either lost his bearings, or lion rt-attlicd a tieftnlte decision to tra- verse the pens uslnortim with the rust of the aggroguttittit, regardless of‘ the gaping chasm, that ‘great void {pace at tho other mid, which is open to envelop them In obli- vion. Hithcilo whatever ottr exception myu have been to his political attitude, ‘we have not had occasion to check him tn stats- Itents wttiidh were wanting in the element of trutih. We DO S0 NOW. In the speech referred to he said, “it '15 not justice to collect tax from one and let euotlher go free." In], that he was body and soul In line with the ground tiiketi and ADVOCATED BY THE GUAR- DIAN, Ilut he went further and said that there "WAS A NEWS. PAPER CAMPAIGN PUT UP AGAINST THE PAYMENT 0F TAKE. ." if there “'11s, f1" wAg BEFORE THE BELL GOVPTRN. MENT ASSUMED POWER, in those days iuhett all kinds of sent-o stuff was dished out. In tihe column; of the Patriot, BUT NONE SINCE. WHICH MIL. HIGGS KNOWS QUITE wntnmtt if hc doesn't in ‘should know It.

,...._. _ ._

/ ' . - ‘PHI: outflow,

01ft Ottawa Letter

fyyrnwn. March 28th, 1921-.- Pariiument resumes "s “mm” after the Easter recess with little accomplished i-n the WY t" *‘°"'“ legislation. The debate on the Atl- dreos the substance Jtf trill"?! (‘Will have been cmnDPPQ-“Pd W“ m" speeches of thflhletltlelfi was drill’. ted titrrzttgll "V." wePlil‘ "l bmTem futile oi-aitotgv, while considerable precious time was thercforejz-n. gumcd with itcatlemic dlscu slot/u. oi‘ [IIOSPPPOVOFEO topic tlutt Dfllllilfiifl nothing but dullness in the I-ioust. The effcct of such a witutti vi] time, scuiuus under atll" “i"“‘""s“ anccsjs tuore untpardonttble at. the pct-scat juncture inustuutrh there tire tiutuy profit-tint! "lflllBP-‘l to be def-tit with. and also bdcause of the fact that tMr. Meiglien has‘ to go to England in early Jtuno to; attend the contort-nee of Premiers. l As it is. it is doubtful whether the tbutlget can new b9 105110890 of‘ before, Ills departure this Involv- ing the danger of its being delfltc ed far itito the summer, as it is not ikely that such an important matter particularly if tariff rcvi sion is gone 0n with. can he brought to Parliament fin the pre mlor's absence. RAi-LWAYS AND FINANCE

Thus far the fwo most import- .ant subjects to come before the house were the estimates and the railway statement. Iloth disclose a financial cntttl-illo" that dizzy and ‘nppal, Tho gravity til‘ the posi- tion revealed by the estimates is indicated by thr- fact that they cal‘. for an expenditure 100 titilliotis it- oxccss of tlic estiiuatcd rovcntto this your. Tim scitiuttsitcss 0i‘ iltt‘ railway sititciucitf by llic fact that it (llNf‘|fl.‘-il‘l| a tlt-llt-II ttl' sovenly tuliiious. If is a cutuhiiizititttt 0i circutustattctis caicuizifcti to prtc tittco thought; tbut it is not all. For, in addiuion to deficits IQ- vpnoing cxpciitliture. tho (‘Ollfllt’) finds itself fut-ct! with the fact that customs reventte~tlto httckbtllte pl national incomc- is ffliilltllfillld flint. Willh the Vtlflftlillf‘. In trade: Irtlier NOIUFCOS of revenue are tboumt to shrink. Moreover, there are ‘hints, which aptiear to be well- foundotl; that tiic fiuitticiitl pus-i tion or fhc flrauti 'l‘rtm‘.<. lititbllill for which thc (lovtzrntncnt is about to assuitic. is iiiucii tuorc sc-rioti; litayp bciii-vt-tl. and tit-fl; ltt addi- tion, tho ntltttml report of the ‘Mcrctmlilta Murine will disclose considerable Itisscs. 'l‘lic Mer- cantile itiariiic last year sliowctl II profit. 'i'liis year ltoivcvor, the conditions have been tiificrctil.

a.)

'I‘licre have bccu a failing oft‘ zit‘ iiu ports and exports. which incatt stiiull cargocs or t"lhili_l' llWlllllllS

a surplus of‘ niariitt- tonnage such its. lifts not, existed sitice DTP-WPI’ days, and aftreitientlous decline of ocean freight riucs. 'i‘itc rcsull for shipping was hound to be bad. Itt England and Sweden an tlic Un- ited States the c msetttiece has been that tlittusaintlit ttl' Flllllfi Ill" ldlc. that st-vere losses ltuvc bot-ti sitstaiucti. and that shipping values halt- ituti an enormous dccllnc. (‘auadu Itas not been so hard ltii. but Iias iiot entirely escaped. and there is small ctiittfort. for the Vautitiitiit 'I‘reasiti'_t' in tlic fact. that the cxchtzuticrs of other coun- it'll: are worse off than our own

.\'or is tit a sittiation from which it is easy to cuiurgc. Last year. the aP-ttiiitt-nt and with fort-ta. that Ill any time the forty or trioro ships ivliiclt are l-ZQVGPII- itr-ut oivticti cottld ht- distinstati oi’ at least at cost but this argument no longer liultls. The pttice u“ ships has fallen by more than 50 per cent.

Pndcr the nlrctimstanvtes. it h. pPrhftpu little twonder that the Government is rnnmrseleni-tly par- ing down tiny and all expenditure that is not tibsoititely lncstetiptiltlc. 'I‘lio grout trouble is that the luillt of_tlic cxpcntilititrc to for items over which it has ilhSOhllPlY no scntrnl.

As for the raii-witys, Pnrlittment as a wltolo realizes that tlicre is no siittri cut to a solution. im- partial obitervcra. except. for ft few ttartiznns like Mr. King. whtrarc bent on making political capitol out of the matter, know that the situation is not of the present Government's milk-lug, that on thc contrary, it is one for which the IWIDIQ 0f (‘nnnda as a whole are

was tisofl.

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siittittfs/IU, Ki D N EY /}.‘ PILLS, *

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t, - V,“ ‘It tip-ntl

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