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THE CLOGING ISSBION

_`_...‘,¢ ; The iedslstlve session the. se-

under the preleiit _regime As

its close. in many reslwcitl

has diilered widely from 'Pfe-

sesslons. 'From the outsct

government has been on the

dfefenishta 'audi neceaasrllly mulch

thru wasted in defence which

might more profittibly have been ldovoted to necessl-ry l¢ll¢lltl0Il- _'scarcely a session, morning, after- 'noon or night fwas permitted lv pass without more or less elo-

quent refeitencee ‘and Alllwmlltefl refutatlionn ot cliiticirims by tbl! Guardian and where refutation

was impossible abuse of the Guai- dian, personal and otherwise was‘ substituted. One whole afterl'll>0l1 was devoted to'censure of the

Guardian without any attempt at- refuting any of its charsui-

lndeed so habitual did references to the Guardian become that it; was remarked that more attention

was paid to discussion of the pol-i

icy of this paper than to that nfl

the government . 0

-in its first session. a ye'ar ago.

the government had 'lput its foot in it" by adopting a course direct-

ly opposite to that which it had- pmmised the electors to follow and it has -been -busily engaged ever since -in trying to pull the foot out with the result that it has

now got ‘both feet in and each successive strussln Only USFWS Y ' plunge it deeper into the mire.

Their clmrlgie 0( extravagance

against the former government ll'

was followed by a veritable cami- val at expenditure including addit-

ional lndemnitles to themseive. greatly increased salaries to those of them ‘who were heads of do-

partments and to such party sup- porters as they placed in old on newly created offices. With. this unpropitious start against them and the country stirred up to the boil ing point the work of the DB5!

session was wry largely confined to a laborious and almost contin- uous effort to persuade the country that what they lhad done was for- the betterment 'of the province anc an evidence of courage and states-

manship on the 'Part of the lekl-i~

lntors. 'rhnt the party realized the difficulty of the undertaking was evidenced by the efforts made -both at the previous and ipresent self sion to misrepresent the financial condition ol the province under tn. late government, to magnify the invisible and' imaginary blessings that were presumed to accrue from the wisdom and saigacity, also in- vdsible 01 the -present 'administrat- lon. _ .

The suppression of the minority

report nt the Public Accounts Com mittee at the last session was an

act of coward-ice and acknowledged guilt which the people throughout the province have not forgiven. The resurrection of this report at the

present session and its consequent publication, slthoush voted down fqy n. party mmm ‘dldi more perhaps than anything else to show the falseness and the absurdity of the charm of extravssance Stu-lllst the late government and the tat- tics by :which Premier Bell and his 'followers were- attempting to justify the carnival of extrava gance upon which dtey had enter

led. Thai( hah been fluid by the publication of the suppres- sed document and it is significant that the Dirty' made no aitmhl to deny its accuracy ' `_r_.itn's`i»;_m»unn' eu _ enum. the principal government bill bein¢` A "`onra` all" act intended to blank-` et the errors of the past session.

Provision ‘tor the current year is

on e_ scale which holds out no hope laura narninotrsunn gpg 1|t¢|¢,~ if any, improvement in the general financial condition of the province. ‘__~.`,_,<-"

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this week or next it .will go down

letiss lo sow and Plant. Nl!!!

“' bl" “ Wm “M b° °“" °f place silent as the churchyard. More ly" or dlshonestly used 3 sinh; nt t-|10 598111114118 Uf 01° BWWUK particularly during the preceed. dollar ofthe public money. Very season, when operations are helps lug elsht years of Cvllservame properly it is our right tn ash planned which Wm mean E yea,--B Government there was the annual what became of -this vast amount'

H e Y, los to recall, record of PERMANENT STEEL of money, and we are impelled td

"° ' °' " Y " ” °’ ~ - 'AND coxcanrr. BRIDGES. their do so, not because of our suspicion he °‘P°ri°“°°s °f t°m"°' years' history method. and cost of

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es have had the same effect in th »

province mixedl rm-ming without ;`:1;N C320-Zglsg/ll;l;l;NT STEEL AND riolvon Wim. Nail-menu'

much specializing in any one ing and lasting monuml;(iII;'?oatlI:lr :i§iS‘0}l-ITEIVWVITXI-lhAI1€}lli:r]:T

rectlon is the safer course. lt is “bmw and- wisdom’ for years to Ben' in any test before the tl-_L‘ D0! 1108811110 20 ¢°l'l'°¢¢lY predict come. lAnd side -by side with this bunal of thc people. And yet price, but nm”-ience .has p-mveq record put that of the present Com. Premier Bell, nnadn and repeated

mat tha aye,-age 81| round cy-015 ,;lr1;';l0h!;s0fl:ubli.ic 'Works Speaking the charge that Mr. -McNeill, OUT is at least the surest and generally- aut Vanythrngcfo féplft `1`;‘;“;°;l'-ll;- 21231;?) ENDITI-IRE 0F`_0Nl1Y e most profitable. ' ' " , ' properly and ‘n°“l`

-----Q-ov-_,___ W01'-k. and the few annual and other Purposes tha.n'cai-rylng the. A GOOD ROADS WEEK -customary repairs to Falconwood elwtlvn. -And here was th

it in universally agreed tha; ernment who did this marvelous ,do the 'rlsht thins. and to repairs

good roads are me or the gmategt amount of permanent work out oi' his leader for this unwarranted

i. Current. Comment ,

.~ =s.n.s|i»an.nn¢a¢issr¢uinh»s.` nnuhid restore ,nr the sessions ,mid h,,_t.he more cu-uni shout - . 0 e , NL 3_3 ' 0 ~

~ - ~“f~.~ --»------------- -- ----f --- ---- the 0 a Suit at the Prices I' -” _. _ . . ~ -,_ ,. ...__ _, ,.1 4 . cription of some of the principal .issued by his colleagues. State- _ - g

“‘%¢_f_~*~'**°”°'|'“ *W operation of the you-’. .Ind ill-ll ments made by some of these have _

ernment but when it comes to Uhe

at fields will be devoted been carrie.; on ever since the is 31,14, and transient ,wrk what sturage. These decisions will land had B guverlllllent- the UN Of ever mistakes he may have made

have been arrived at from viper- lion. Mr. Crosby were almost all- and M dwg; umm ,Wm be muy: ience and necessity. . uni. and the rest of the Govern- i neither the opposition nor its press

Dui' farmers nned no advice fron\4 mem' in 5° tar as pohmns to any- has ehaued °r '°'°“ lnsinmtéd

fields they shall fertilize and _on-mm;-y Wm-ks’ those which hiille and this practically. all for perish: h ` ‘l° '- . _ N . .

specific works being done, were as

will be remembered that many constriction, and their great nd. er, at least in person, hut hsenni.; nuanced hy the ndnnrinniiy high vantases to ihe people. always rv- °f the challenge sent out hy Prem--

Drices for-_certain products. hav, lated to the members of the legis. lsr Bell and repeated by all the S ecmized in these on the mlow lature in me budget and tue debate Parrots and the press of the party,

thereon. And lt was so frequent.

E Years' when um “mp was har' ly referred to with pride that these -The Hon. 'last A. McNeill, tha

vested it was found that so many great works were being built. not on former Commissioner gf public others had done the same thing b0rr¢1wed\cal>ltal or federal grunts. Works. is a man ol the highest that a surplus, was created with b“t Wt M the currenf '°"'°""“ M standing "1 'ms l"’°Ylll<=0» against onsequently lower prices. On the me pr°vmce` .whom "em" in “bm °" l"'“'“'-°

--- llle’ NO ONE HAM wvnm BEEN

.I-he? hand Bllfltlusmi Bild ‘UW llfm' To make the matter clearer let. A|3[JE_ ,AND VERY FEW w|L,L_

it be observed that with a revenue

prposite direction. The commodity Of m0l'e than a quarter million 'RElPllOAlCll-I. 'Hs and Premier that slumped in price was sho" dollars less than the Bell Govern. B911 have prwtimuly _“md the crqpped me next yea, Wm, the mem n°W have at their \‘l_lSP038| great portion of their lives in -the

the lat Gov r t d th '

result that there was a scarcity HAND§0MEe_Q|:I1:,Fn0FefI.‘;;l;)egUNo 3:;‘1h:;l“e;!;§;“tf:éyS“";:1°':kE;

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nd hlsher prices. DEED AND Eoivrv THOUSAND wsu known the Ri7PU'l‘A'i‘ioN os* at would appear thnt ini- this DOLLLARIS iN rl-IE coxsrnuic-_ lvm. iviclvnint. 'l-‘on Pizosrrv

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PXCBPUIIAI U16 Federal Highways

and the Infirmary. The into (;,0v_

“Bets or B' cou|m_y_ _It is also `;;1n$;h50g.0;l; `;‘;;reni;r; (gveriihdenoililnct-Si I;iii;<llll;l.ot 1: glad lin the t§ans_. _ d th L ` th. 1 L, ._ roug e e epar ment an tho “gr” “ ” ‘S 5”'°'“°° a Icquntry, as a wasteful and ern-n_ books of the province before him

least. the proper time to make'vagant. by these men who come; road s arl s ‘With the record of seven hundred

‘thousand dollar expenditure. and

si use yasposifbleinthe

spring, that is, as soon as the roads have become sufficiently dry' to 'bo worked and before the moist

clay has been pulverized into dust. Last year several school districts among them Hamilton, -Margate,

and Kelvin, turned out eu masse-

on a day or two and split log dragged, harrowed and smoothed

the roads .with result that through- out the summer these roads_ were as nearly perfect as clay roads could lbe made.

Why not have a Good Roads

Week for the whole province? Next week, April 25th to 30th, will probably be the-last week 'beforu

farming operations -begin. Might we not all/Ssest to the school sec retary in each district to lead in this matter? We feel assured that all progressive farmers would in their own interests and for tho benefit and credit of their commnn

ities join willingly in such a move- ment. One or two days would suf- fice to repair all the roads in the

province and :put them in gooq shape to stand the wear and tear of the summer and fall.

This would in no way interfere

with any undertakings under the Canadian Highways Act and would

certainly prove a benefit not only to the community .but to the pro vines.-

We shall be pleased to record any efforts that may -be under-. talken along this line and hope that every school dlstrict"ln the pro- vince will take part ‘in what we

(991 assured. if -begun. will become an annual event hereafter. Each

school secretary ran set the pace let the leaders in his district to agree to it and go ahead. Next week will -be an ideal time for it. Let us have s Good Roads week.

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IDITOR-IAL NOT!

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Whether the present session ends

in history for at least two distinct-

ive features, mutual admiration and abuse of the Guardian. The ln- vlabilty offtllnfr case is clearly

fmml’ “UDB-ld bills besides, without 091118 able to boast of a single work Of this kind. No 'wonder the Hon Mr Crosby labored most pn-lnniily in his speech on the budget, and no wonder that all the other speak. ‘"8 “re empty or mnterinl upon ` which to compliment his depart. ment. and had to cast their floral

greaths of soft_soap praise upon

s automaton operations under the

Drovlslons of the Dominion High- WRYB Act.

m¢ Dlily Selections Guardian linden

Pvfohhod by w. a. i.°nun_ lronieltoivesicrelololueiuonzexe

THE -PAW-N

IA man must ever hold himself

in readiness to lbs played. He must take -with' great grace tha. fact that he must at times become a .mere pawn for an idea. Yet may he ranlk among the immortal worth while of the -world-for in Life.as in the game of chess,lihe pawn often holds the -key to the winning play.

l0nly as you are able to link your

own noble alms and efforts with the larger ones of Time. are you able -to feel iwonklng within you the ‘conscious pursuit of a great rpurpose." as Aristotle has so finely put it-meaning, l b_elleve, that the -machinery of high achievement -which Nature has given to Man .he- glns its motion the .minute that he sights his ideal. _'With such s feeling breeding ‘within one's mind and heart, who can hesitate before a great chance? Who would not be willing to lay down his very life and ask that it be traded in for an ideal?

Napoleon walked thru pest-

houses without fear. Roosevelt evaded his guards. while president for it was distasteful to him to think that, if -his body was to be sacrificed, it would not well serve its end.

Greatness stalks out in the

open! .

lBut this big busrinsss of pawn-

serving isa't confined to the ful- ness of fame. The men or women behind their desks and machines, _doing the day's work well. are as truly spending -their lives to a fine purpose-pawns for the chronlcler of a. polling time to note with pride.

Bo let ua talk to our tired -bodies

and to our oft-discouraged hearts, and tell them to remember that what they give out is the onty thing of permanence about them. _me glad to sive. tn serve. to sweat. to fight, to sacrifice, to

B_scauss_ lr pmshy hu s very

large public confidence for sinner; ity his utterances carry consider.

-able`vrek_ht. and for this 1eaaon'he"

'lrismonv or rua: Pnovuvcn

that he has "improperly" or illegal

°l wrvns doing hy the commission -

ING. TO POINT TI-LE FINGER OF

ly’ expended $110 000 for no

e 501d..

en opportunity .for Mr. Crosby to

t0ur 0ttawa _Letter

o'i*'rAwA, April 11-frhc rnil-

way question continues to trans- cend all other political problems. It developed an acute stage this week when the Grand Trunk Rail- 'way, unable to do its own financ- ing, yet persisting in keeping con- trol of its road, practically in vio- lation of an agreement with .the Government, defaulted on its bonds amd brought about a deadlock with t-he Govern/ment. Briefly, the po- sition is this: Under the legisla- .tion providing for arbitration to determine the price which the Government should pay for the preferred and common stock of the railway, it was provided that the arbitrators should report within nine -months, the railway imean- while to remain under control of the Grand Trunk directors but op- erated by a board of managment upon which the Government, through the Canadian National Railways, would have representa- tion.

Now nine months ought to have

been ample time for both parties to the arbitration 'to submit their case, but despite t.he fact -that the Government long since completed its case, the Grand Trunk has been guilty of what the Prime Minister characterited as “inexplicable dila- torlness." The result. as was ine- vltalble, was that when the time specified to conclude the arbitra- tion elapsed the Grand Trunk was still in the middle of its case, and pleading for .more time. This was both unjust and. from the country's standpoint, calculated to prove in- iurlous. it was unjust, because, as there was evidence to prove, the Grand Trunk was guilty of unjust- lfiable delay; and it was calculated to prove injurioutiwhecause 'the Government, pressed hard ilnancial- ly and anxious for vital reasons, to get control of the Grand Trunk and

coordinate it with th, Nntinnni System could not afford to grant

more delay. ' Hence it said, in ef- fect, to the Grand Trunk: "We cannot agree to prolong arbitration except on this condition: that you hand ur over control of the rail- way, pending the arbitrators re- port, sothat we may get to work in putting the system into shape; oltherwlseltisuptoyou ‘to do your own dancing."

stand -dlnillngly ready-so 'bel

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The Brand Tmn-k's reply was eva-

‘unent wanted. bill- merely control 01

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` `_ I I ‘ . 'with the public works ol the and an hut little miury, hui comin;

FRIDAY-, 22, 1921 f ¢m|ntry_ ln this the present rid-:fiom Mr. Crosby. even if fabulous, al , _ '

. ` _ _ _ _ , , -_ _ ing .powers are almost: -barren. and they might be inclined to be be.

- - 3 he 1 ho 1 il , 1 mn ; ------- -----W ::::..“‘:.:.:;'.:;..:. *:..‘...:;.;‘::: .z:.°“.::.".‘““'.'::°:;;'.f1..::...-;. Alf°°‘l¥ “W” °f '-*‘° ‘“““°'° ""° colorless page. 'rhey have had 'his new-tmnnt. wi-lol`.l.v nkcnu- ,,,,,¢, mi,-_,i..,, ns in hw may mush in any nn the work dnhtfsiva or THE mol-iwlsvs all divide their acreage, already under the provisions of the High- WORKS amounted to the endi-

h ` ._ . - - méy M" deemed “pon ,hu ,ar ways Aot, for which al-I primary :nous slim of about __8_280.000'last

credit is due to the Dominion Gov. ,yea._r. THE LA-ROBS,'i‘ -IN THE

One of the leading manufacturers

- of boys clothing,-finding himself heav-

- ily overstocked offered up this lot of

boys suits at an exceptionally low price which we are passing along to

They are stylish-absolutely cor-

rect in every detail--The patterns are popular and the colors fast, the styles to the smallest detail are the very lat-

- est ideas' in boys clothing and the

quality the best at their respective

45 BOYS TWO PIECE SUITS

» They are made of good quality wool and cotton in tweed and wor-

sted cloth in all the most popular colors and patterns.

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so B0Ys Two PIECE sUi'rs s1zEs- 6 To 16 .YEARS $5.00

Combining good style and serviceability at a. low price made of good

quality cotton and Wool tweed and worsteds in an assortment of 'popular prices, styles, patterns, single breasted style with belt and buckle and slash pockets, bloomers are correctly cut and lined throughout.

100 BOYS TWO PIECE SUITS SIZES 7 TO 16 YEARS $6.95

Here is alot of smart good looking suits in an assortment of co10rs~

about twelve patterns to choose from-Made of a good quality wool and

- cotton tweed and worsted 2 and 3 button style with slash pockets and belt

and buckle. bloomers are full fashioned and lined throughout.

.125 BOYS TWO PIECE SUITSIN PLAIN AND FANCY COLORS $8.49

SIZES 7 TO 16 YEARS

This lot comprises suits which sold regularly during the past season

at from $12.00 to $15.00. They come in 2 and_3 button double- and single breasted styles with and without belt and buckle patch and slit pockets in

, Brown, Grey, Green and Blue tweeds and worsteds in all the most popular

patterns bloomers are full cut and well lined. Sizes 7 to 16 years . . . . $8.49.

other exceptional values in boys suits ni $10.00, $12.00,',$15.00,

$18.00, $20.00, $22.00. . -

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¢ould not be expected to hand over its stock unless and until it knew what price it was -to receive, and then, after being assured that it was' not stock which the Govern-

management, first accented and then refused under cover of a legal tedlinicallty.

The situation_ae a consellllelwe

is this: The Government sim/pil' says to the railway: The arbitra- tion, as agreed, is over. If YOU want an extension. let us have the road. M you don’t want lo let us have the road. want to keel! ll* conltrol then do your own tlnancinS- We are tired of lllllltllls UP 11101193’ for other peoples -benefit." And‘ so the Grand Trunk faces the al- ternative of climbing down frofm its high position and getting a fair arbitration award, or persisting in its .present attitude and seeing U10 railway go under the hammer into liquidation.

Meanwhile, after futile attempts

on the part of Mr. King to 'play

politics, a committee has been ap-` pointed -to look into the question of establishing a link between Par- liament and the Management of the National Railways. Briefly, the duty of this comimittee will be to determine just how mulch of its business can the National Railway Board make public in Parliament without placing it at the mercy of its competitors and injuring -the

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ll' tlllli H1097- imD0\'U*“'- 'ask U“"- has while in attendance or leave Cana- in June. Cabinet reorganization been submitted i0 9- I’“""“‘m°“"‘"y da before prorogation, the end of is now almost sure to be delayed committee lu lIl&'l\¥ Years- the session may be looked for early until after the Premier‘s return.

Apart from the railway question, the stfsslon develops little of mo- ment. Estl/mates are being voted, but, mainly owing to a great deal of harphazard, cairplug _criticism on the Opposition’s part, there is still

progress. Thlfh, IOI' 0l&I!lDI9» 0119 member na the Onulvsltlfm °°“S“`l“' ed no less than five hours of the ,publlc's time this week with a rambling discourse on the Canadian Merchant Marine.

The Budget threatens to be late.

mils, perhaps is not surprising, seeing that the financial situation

shows little sign oi i1uproveinenit,_

and that the Government is prob- albly considering special measures to deal wltll it.

ln a little more than two months

time the Conference of Premiers opens in London. and Mr. Melghen 'will at.tend. As it is not likely that he will adjourn ‘the House

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The 0ld Gar_dener Says

By all means set out some

raspberry plants this spring. ll; is impossible to get any such raspberries in the mar- ket as you can grow at homo. because this is one of the fruits which does not stand shipping well. .lt is well to ihave s good spring fruiting

pulbllc interest. Manlfestly, there are many msltters wlhich cannot be made public, seeing that the Na- tional Railways have a mighty competitor in the C_.P.R... but, on the other hind, it is lfelt that Par- liament, which is called upon to pay the shot. should have as much knowledge as is consistent with public safety in regard to just what it il that it is paying for. Mr. King as is his won‘t, demanded the impossible. ll-Ie wanted a commit- tee that would compel the National Railways to lay ali of its cards on the table,-40 divulge all facts and _figures in its possession every time an Opposition member desired to go on a muckrsklng expedition or to satisfy a whim for an inquiry. Fortunately, the 'good sense of the House_prevailed over this, and the Govermnlws position was sustain- 'ed by s substantial majority. As s result the new committee. com» posed of the belt brains of the

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sive. It took the ground tl|et.|t7

House, will be soon at work

raspberry, like Cuthbert of King. but you should 'not omit the late summer ana fall bearing kinds, some of .which also bear well in the spring. They include -St. dteurls, the best known, La France and Erskine Park.

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Free records is a phrase much used now-adays by some who would have the purdheser believe he is getting ~ something for nothing.

WE DO NOT GIVE ANY FREE RECORDS!

We sell G-mmophones and Records at Lowest Prices

consistent with fair dealing to our customers and ourselv- es, and the public may as well understand that in the final analysis THERE IS N0 SUCH THING AS FREE REC- ORDS.

Did we give free records it would 'be necessary for us

to charge more for our gramophones, or furnish AN IN- STRUMENT INFERIOR IN QUALITY. In either case the Purchaser [when he would come to know the truth would be sore, not only on us, but on -the music business in gen- eral. We believe outs is an honourable business, and are determined to keep it so by selling honest goods at honest prices.

No catch penny offers here, rather

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