MAY16, 1925

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“nun; during ilbie Budget de- b pno Provincial [legislature sit-n, lur. Maynard‘ F. Mo- ‘ ' conservative member lior neferrins to some state- " n: the Oplposivlont ssld it was ,. dlmcult undertaking -for any ,, of men to convince the poo- qgtbis Proviince of ‘the effective- oi the ‘Bell admimistration. tpfllplifl have decided that ques- n for themselves at the last elec- and their answer was very em- They had before tblem the , 0rd. ‘what could be a more use- , {our years. They remembered a pus-election promises and ‘tins nner lin ‘which those ‘promises are ‘filelfllillllfl-d. ln ‘the face of this = old. lvha-y, could be more a use- . we vte of time than the Opposi- . n members’ attempt-s to convince ... rpBDDTB that, they were wrong? .. longer these gentlemen speak. d the more they try to say in ms- to uuy imaginary good quality the ‘Bell Government. the ‘more diculous they ‘make themselves nd the more tihey a-re dollulg to ken their own cause. A noticeable feature about the position speeches ‘is ‘that the hon, ntlemen are evidently not of one u d. The Leader of the Olpposl- ion claims that Education in tlblis mince is coating to much, or that ~. do not receive full value ‘for the mount of money expended, espec. iy over the lalrge number oi small hools. The menllber ‘for Tign-isb (Mr. Blanchard) cl-nimls that, leducn. iou is ‘NOT costing boo much and goes on to show that there are NEWER small schools in the coun- try today then- formerly!

‘Axain- the Lender of the ‘on-Donn lion claims that the curnloulum is over crowdedl. Whllg Una member ilorn Tlgn-is-h claims ‘that ‘the curri- culum is NOT over crowded um] that there are fewer subjects taught in ‘Prince of Wales Cdllllagg today m“ "1 ‘i119 Pilot. What would be the outcome In the Department o1 Education If those two qGntlgmgn "f" dives of It! (Laughter)

Mr. McDonald believed than any- ono who ‘has given the matter serl. llfl consideration must realise that

ducation is costing us mo much for ‘the value we receive. When we consider the enormous Expenditure made on education and the ‘fact that ‘i’ "f" Yilllllk ‘People ‘grow ulp to an I98 when they would‘ be an ‘earning law! they are ‘in many cases obllg. Ii; ‘llo move elsewhere to obtain a f!!!» lllood, ‘while the uneducation thman at ‘llililllfi- We must realize dull the expenditure is ‘largely ‘vast. f)“ far as direct returns to cmildm vince areconcerned. ‘Could mun one MIeilli-iflied- e0 that tihese re B people would‘ be induced to main in the Province and become ‘m “mug “wet Where would be V")? 3°00 llloltification for the ex- Dfilldllturc, but this does not alpply l0 the conditlons as they exist to. any. ~We all agree that tho ypnm of our laud should receive such an education as to enailrls lheml to compete with ‘othens gt ‘b01119 M. abroad, but we cannot but demon, the fact tiha-t ‘Prince Edward Island‘ :‘.:".:=.:.‘.‘..""-‘."" ‘ ‘~- wuntry. er Province o

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BAlIlil-MORE. Md» May lib-lie- Wiillllng effectively to trcntmclnt being Elven hlln at Johns Hillikins Hospital where he hue btPn suffering for the last two "Milhs of aenem-ia, Sir Adam Deck, chairman of the Hydro Elec-

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tion. The present Minister (lion. Mr. IMyers) -is an ‘llon. gentleman of ‘whom every .flill'll‘J_l‘ in the Pro- vince may justly b.- p:.u'l. (A-p-

seems l0 ‘be this important question. This was one of the main issues in the election of 1919, but at that t-ime the lllibteral-s clalimed that such a. scheme would be the ruin cf the Province and that it would take mil- lions out of the taxpayers’ pockets. When elected, however, they put into effect the system they had con- demned so lou'dly. They made some unfortunate changes in ithle method of doing the work and had they the opportuniit-y of ‘contlnu-img ‘their poi- icy in the ‘same manner as they commenced ~it. no doubt, in not too long a time, they would ‘have taken millions out of the people's pocket. The ‘Leader of the claims that tho present system ‘is

Blsll Government, but if that is the case, what, must the tax-payers think when they compare the dif- ference in coat. Government the highways cost 821.000 a mile;

are being bui-lt today in a similar mansion-and at a cost of less than 812000 a mile. Applause).

this: Opposition that

stead. There is however no com

members have frequently

Edward island. But the Conserve

air they wish to, f-ree of charge!

highway.‘ The owners of autom

gallon on the ‘gasoline used. and

are not asked to contribute a cent in equity between this tax and the

Poll Tax levied by the Bell Govern- ment. ‘

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Don-aid) is the right right ‘place. The able manner

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year have lproven that, The ‘nlcllliber for Dunn-is) waxed

a lprofil, duping the pa-st year.

sion ‘sh-own a loss.

been able to show a lpfflfll. as well

ilt should not, be a mutter of criti-

cism. _ Regarding the statement of the mlember from 0'Leary members of present ‘Prohibition Commission are strong supporters of the Conservative partly, M-r. Mc-

Donald coulld only say that ‘he ‘holl-

ed tihey ‘were. >HI¢ would usk if the members of the former Commission were not all strong sulp-ponters of the Liberal Governmlzlnt. Why should they not ‘be? ‘Such criticism ‘is childish, The temperance people of Lille Province know perimctly well that all temperance legislation ‘has been givin by the Conservative party. C-rit-ici-sm on ‘this matter from Lilrralg is worse thun useless. lt is nothing more llllilll “hot air” and biustcr. _

in conclusion Mr. McDonald com- mented u-pon lllc ‘pronlllt 311911910" to business which hols enable ‘tho seas-ion in be concluded within ih-neo or four weeks. This is wbelnil‘ iilllllly Cfllillllblhflllil ‘by i119 ‘P901118 illliillgll- ollt lilo Province. Tllil dos-batch with which ‘tho -work of the Legisla- ium has ill-on ‘conducted is largely fllli? to tho efforts of l.ll'l‘ alilo Iflildfll‘ of rho (luvcrlllncnt. Mr. McDonald “Hill convinced that‘. Premier Strlvzlri. has dcscrvcllly won this rcsltcct and a-ppreoiution of tho people ‘generally for the a-blle and imslnesa-llko manner in which ‘ho ls conducting llle elf-fairs of ‘ilhe Province. (Loud ulliiillllsei-

Mr. McDonald's address conclud-

tric Power Commission of Ontario, i" “Knotted to leave tho institution within a short time.

cd the -Bud‘gct ‘Debate.

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to any criticism cast in dhat direc-

Opposition

‘ihe same as that carried on- by the

Under the Bell work according to the Leader of the Opposition they

lt has been said by the Leader oi the present Government repealed the Poll Tax but inrposed the Gasoline Tax in-

parison between the two Liberal been heard to ‘say ‘that anyone should be wll-‘llng to ‘pay a Poll Tax ‘for the privilege oi breathing this. sir in such a wonderful place as Pnince

tlvc lpartly does not take» that atti- tude; they are rperfectiy w-illin-g to allow t‘he lpcc-plle to breathe all the

The proceed-sot the Gasoline Tax go directly to the upkeep oi the

obiles arc asked to pay ‘two cents a the people-who do not use the roads

There ls thcliefore no comparison

Th? speaker believed the Minis- ter of ‘Public lvorlcs (Hon. M" Mc-

w'hi‘ch ‘he has conducted the nffillrs of h's department during the past

0‘Lenry (Mr. I eloquent over in- ‘fraction-s c-f the ‘Prohibition Act. He criticised Che Gvlennment because the Prohibition Conlmlisslon shoged

ill. he would have had much more ren- son for ‘criticism had the Commis-

The Conlm-lsslon -is ‘doing its duty as lrcgards the enforcement oi the Act. and if, through efficient man- nglament the commissioners have [lot only done their duty but have

‘that the

Breaking durin the Bud et De- bate in the Prov nclal Leg alature on April 3. Mr. H. D. McEwen. Conservative member for Second King's, complimented his hon. friend from Vernon (Mr. Irving) upon the very sensible speech he had just made. He believed every

clause). - ~ -. member would agree with him ‘that in the Department of Public it was the moat sensible speech ‘the Works the lmlproved highways House bad listened to ‘this session

—from the Opposition. l-le would like to have heard more speeches along tho same line‘. Mr. Irving made only one "break," and that was when he said the best govern- ment the Province ever had was a Liberal Government. But under the circumstances Mr. Irving could be excused for that.

As Governments are constituted in this country, the people every four years elect men to represent them. The majority oi the elected of one side or the other get. to- gether and form a Government, by which they carry on business fol four years. At the end of that period they-go back and ask the people how ‘they liked their admin- istration. l-f ‘the people are pleas- ed with the Government ‘and think they have done what is right, they return them to power. The habit or fashion has been for the Opposi- tion in minority to assume that their whole duty ‘is to flnd fault and throw m-ud at whnt has been done -by the Government of the day. That might ‘be all right to some extent, if that fault-finding is of a constructive nature, as it tends to ‘improve matters. But ll the criticism is simply made in or- der to help the Opposition get into power, it ls not in the lino of stateshansbip.

Most of the speeches from the Opposition so ‘far this session, in Mr. McEwen's opinion, have made up the most useless discussion he had ever heard in anyllouse. it reminded him of the scolding tongues of fish-wives, famous in the Old Country, ‘Scolding never gets one anywhere. No Govern- ment is perfect, but ‘if the members of the Opposition have any sugges- tions to make, any complaints as to the expenditure of public money, the Public Accounts are right ‘be- fore the-m, and it is for them to point to any items therein which they think can be dispensed with. ll‘ in their opinion there is some- thing wrong, let them point to it and say that th-is item should not be there. They will have‘ this op- portunity ‘when the Estimates come ‘before the ‘House, and i-f they can make any suggestion that will be beneficial to the country the members on the Government side of the House will undoubtedly be glad to act upon that sugestion. (Applause)

There should be more oi unanim- ity. more of a. desire to work in the interests of the country and less oi‘ the party. After all, what does it matter what party ls in power so long as the business of the country is going ahead all right? Mr. liicEwen did not believe the ‘people care a “hoot” what party is in power; but they ‘insist on that party being a business aggregation which ‘will do things in an afllclent manner. The Conservatives have today a large majority in the House Why? Some yea-rs ago, at the last session of ‘the Arsenauit ~ Government, there was quite a strong Opposition, and they were anxious to get into power. They made a policy. in Mr. McEwenb district, on the good roads ques- tion, they denounced the veryldes of put-ting on taxes; they said ‘there was no necessity for liurtber. taxation, and that -the good road project was only a speedway for automobiles-an infernal scheme. The people took the ‘Bell aggrega- tion at’ their ‘word and returned t-hem to power. The first thin-g they did was to go rlglht back on their promises, and they started this good roads policy. They found there was not money enough and they "stuck on" about $200,000 ex- tra taxation. They ran things high handedly for four years and at the end of thai- period the people simply turned them out. leaving just a "corporays guard." Tlllll‘! spews that you can't fool the peo- ‘p c.

Strange to say, the gentlemen opposite are et-ill trying to defend that Bell Government. Tile Leader of the Opposition stated the other diy ihlt‘ the Poll Tax was abso- lutely all right. What does that mun? It means that when the Liberal ‘party come Into power again, t!!! they ever do, the people may expect the ro-Impooitlon of that ~Poll Tex. Ho outed sloo that all the schools with an attendance of Ion than 1B pupils should be cloned. Now wo know something about the policy of the Opposition! Ho also declared that tho third year students at Prince of Wales College should pay for the tuition they receive. Those ore some of the things the pOOlIIQ should pui In their note-books and remomb ., when the next election comes around. (Applause)

lf the hon. members opposite were prepared to take o little ad- vice, Mr. McEwen would suggest this: Some day in the dim and dis- tant future, when the people of the present organization have passed away, the Liberal party may again be returned to power. ‘if they ever hope for that event, for Goodness oaks, when election eomoo around loo them mot mention tho name of the loll Government, for it stinks in the nostrils of the people!

One thing notices-bio ‘in the ad- ministration oi the present Govern- ment ‘is that the gentlemen in charge oi the dGDIPi-"IQD" °X°l°ll° control over them. Every reason- Qblfl question asked them is ans- wered satlsfoctorily, and it is no- ticeable also that the work of‘ the departments is being conducted wml less friction than to!‘ Ilverli

rs st.

"The EON-DOT] of the Uovornineni vol-x |n agreement. w; have heard of Governments, not ion s30. whose members used to "BI i "i" lhlezes." This no longer nonlin- Tnm may bp-little dilemma of

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till! Side of the House, and function as a ‘unit. Mr. Mcldwen, in his =Doli~tical experience, never knew of a number of men ‘who were so un- animous and so desirous of doing the ‘right thing as the present Gov- ernment. This he believed was to be attributed largely to the Pre- mier, who -is not only a good leader but a good diplomat; and also to the fact that those in charge of the various ‘departments measure up to the-full standard require- ments. The rank and file of the party, too, are always willing to discuss questions and perhaps to differ on some matters, but when these questions are settled one way or the other, they stand together. Their main objects ls, how to do the very best for the Province gen- erally. lt would be hard indeed to pick out a more representative body than the members supporting the present administration in this Legislature. We have the cream of the doctors, lawyers, business men. ‘farmers, and fishermen. if this Government cannot give the Province the beat service possible- what body of men could hope to do better? Of course, no Government can please everybody; it never will be so. All that is required is that the members work earnestly together in the best interests of the Pro- vince. What lmoro can any Govern- ment do? The Opposition mode a serious mistake‘, M-r. ‘Mclfiwen believed in voting against the Mitchel resolu- tion. Everyone knows that in the Old Country ‘this Province and ‘Canada generally has received considerable notoriety, and the feel- ing is that those retired Indian of- ficers have been shamefully treat- ed. They have been practically robbed of their money, and that money should be refunded by someone. Naturally they are in- clined to ‘blame’ this Province, but anyone looking into the evidence taken on the commission of en- quiry, and hearing the discussion of the matter in this House, would llnve a deiferent opinion, Any jury, hearing the evidence, would decide that. the Federal Government at Ottawa ls most responsible for that transaction. They recommended his ‘fllipflllllmfllll. lillfl paid his sal- s-ry. That is "going some!" it was simply to clear the matter up, and to clear tllc reputation of the Province, that this resolution was lnougilt in, the request being that the Federal Government should plly the blll. As ll body the Opposition voted against that. Practically, they said “Thut money should be paid by the people of the island." it looks as though they were more anxious to shield someone at Otta- wa than to save to tho Province thg $15,000 that would pay the bill. Hut few will agree with them that the people of this Province should be taxed $15,000 for the blunders of the late Bell Government and their ‘brothers at Ottawa! (Ap- pin-use.)

The Bell Government are not to

part in this transaction. It was the m-ost childish thing imaginable, done by ‘men supposed to know something! They appointed this fellow and gave him authority to go to England as a representative of this Province without any en- quiries, and knowing very little if anything about him. A ten ycnl‘ old school boy would hardly do that; ‘but the Bell Government zit-l it, because. as they thong-t, it was costing them nothing. it may cost something yet! '

The Leader of the Opposition is strong on Prohibition, and there are some members on the Govern- ment side of the House who have expressed themselves in the some manner. To clear tuhe air. Mr. Mc- Ewen purposed to go into a. little ancient history on ‘this subject. He wanted to show the people who they,can thank for the present Prohibition Law. The Prohibition Law, which we have today was

be excused by ‘any means for their

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brought in by the Mathieson Gov- ellllllelll- The Liberal Govern- ment prior to that did ad0pt some kind of Temperance Law, that was useful uhletiy to‘ politicians at elec- tlcn time. it was a klud of poli- tical machiue t-o catch votes with. Liquor was under Government con- trol. lf a man was “pulled" ‘for Bellillz liquor he would g0 to the member he had supported; and the member would whisper to some- body else llislur up. and the fellow would get off.

Thls condition of affairs was un- satisfactory, and when the Mntnle. son Govern-ment‘ came in the Tem- perance Alliance brought the mat- ter up, and Premier Mathieson said l0 them: "Make out the kind 0i low you want. flliliolnt a Com- mlssion and take it out of our hands altogether." Tile idea was to tllkc the llluttel‘ absolutely out 0f Poililffi. s0 that no one could say that the Government was any longer responsible. As a result, we 11""? lilillly a law which is enforc- ed, not by the Government, but by an independent Commission.

This siloulli be apparent to cv- eryone. yet the member from First Prince (Mr. Blanchard) in his speech “rous‘tod" the Government ‘because so much liquor is being bought, notwithstanding the fact that the present Govcrnlllent have no nlorc to do with the enforcing of that law llllilll file men in the Fiji islands. _

The Prohibition question seems to be a live one today among some people, zludngoozl many members have expressed their faith in tile etlicalzy of tile present luw. They have lliii-llllTlil tllo House tllut they “lion‘t touch it" themselves, and it seems that ll. mun requires some Colllflizo to got up in tllc House and make llll honest confession. (Laugh- ter.) Mr. hiciihven declared he bud that courage; llO was not particular what people thought. He would give ills honest opinion, and it was this, that thore are n whole lot of temperance people today like the proverbial ostrich-they ‘think they are safe because they have their head lll the sand.