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Canada, end $3.00 for U. 8. A.
Evening Daily (founded 1907) $2.00 by Mail ln Canada
lnd_$2.50 for U. 8. A.
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Monday, Sept. 2d, being Labor Day 'ant
a statutory holiday, the l\/lorriing Guardiai
will not bc issued on Tuesday, The Evening.
Guardian will not be is.-iued on l‘/loinlay, bi
will be published as usual on Tuesday. Ad
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'l`lll‘I i"()Xi l.\`l)l'S'I`l{\' .\.\`l) l<`()_\' ’l'_\X
_ The matter referred to in “Subscribei"s’
lettei' which appears in another column,
being of general interest to the public ani:
of particular interest to those engaged ii
the fox industry ue desire to give as full)
as possible the iniormation asked.
With reference to the fox tax we wish tt.
inform “Subscriber" that althougli it was
on the program ofthe Fox Breeders’ Meet-
ing and thequestion was announced by
the chairman “should the Provincial Gov-
ernment impose a yearly tax of  per head
on all foxes in the Province” the matte.
was not discussed by tli'e meeting, probab-
ly because it was considered prcinature ti
do so pending the collection of the arrears
of fox tax which is now proceeding. The
fact to which our f_foi‘i‘cspoiitlciit i'ci`er_-
namely, that some companies and rancher.
have paid little or no tax for a number o
years has tended no doubt to create dis-_
satisfaction on the part of companies anti
ranchers who had been paying their taxes
and is probably the cause of the falling oi?
in the payment of the tax in the last feu
years. But while it may be true that some
companies and ranchers who were able tt
pay their taxes did not do so, it is not a
good reason for others to follow their ex-
ample. Speaking generally, it is only fail
to say that owing to the sudden slump in
fox values at the outbreak of the war, fail-
ure in making sales and other reverses.
many well disposed companies and ranch-
ers, anxious' to meet their obligations
found themselves not in a positon to pay
their taxes during the past few years,
Such cases were deserving of the sympath-
etic consderation of the Government and
no doubt have been the chief reason why
enforced collection of fox tax arrears has
been deferred till the present time. If any
failure of duty in this respect be attribut-
ed to the Government it can well be said
that its failure was on the side of leniency
and under the circumstances few persons,
if any, will blame it for the sympathy
shown. It is encouraging to know that
during the last three or four years the con-
ditions ofthe fox industry have been stead-
ily mproving. Companies and ranchers
have been 'adding the greater portion of
their increases to their ranches, thus low-
ering their capitalization until it is now in
many cases down to a pelt basis. Fortun-
ately, too, notwithstanding war conditions,
a good market has been found for our pelts
in the United States, where they have been
bringing reasonably remunerative prices;
so much so that it is no hardship now for
ranchers to pay their tax out of the pro-
ceeds of pelts. In proof of this we may
mention that a few days ago, in conver-
sation with a prominent foxman, we were
told that the proceeds of 70 silver fox pelts
sold at the average price would be suffici-
ent to pay the tax on all the silver foxes
raised in the province in 1916, or in other
words if one rancher out of every six in
the province sold one pelt the proceeds
would be sufiicient to pay five dollars tax
on every silver fox born in 1916. The dis-
tribution of large sums of money among
ranchers through the Fur Sales Board and
other fur dealers during the last few years
has renewed confidence in our fox indus-
try and if it has not yet placed all ranchers
on “Easy Street” it is pleasing to know
that it has placed them in a position to eas-
ily meet their obligations. In view of these
favorable conditions it becomes the duty of
the government in fairness to all tax pay-
ers to take the course it is now very prop-
erly following for the collection of all ar-
rears of fox tax.
The Guardian has made enquiries in re-
gard to this matter, and from information
received we can assure “Subscriber” that
in the collection of arrears, big and small
ranchers will be treated with equal fair-
ness and that the taxes will be collected in
strict accordance with the circular letter
mailed to ranchers. From the tone of “Sub-'T
scriber’s” letter it would seem that there
t
of ourpeople that in some way some of our
foxmen have imbibed a little of the prover-
bial cunning of the precious little animal
on which they have been bestowing so
much attention during the past years.
Others go so far as to suggest that there
ire foxmen who hope _ through their re-
iourccfulness and cunning to evade the
payment of their tax altogether. A mom-
ent’s thought, however, _is sufficient to dis-
sipate all such unfounded suspicions. It
cannot be disputed that our foxmen in-
,slude upright farmers, reliable business
nen and a numberof public and profes-
iional men of the highest standing. ' But
t may be said there is a black sheep in ~ev--
rry flock. Well, it would be \vondei'ful
ndeed if among 400 or 500 ranchers there
were not a few to be found having a lil_t‘e
nore cunning than is good for them, but
we must remember that one or two swal-
'ows do not make a sum_m_ei‘. In all fair-
iess it can be truthfully said of our foxmen
that, taken as a whole, they are men of in-
tegrity and high standing in their respec-
and most progressive citizens, It is ab-
zvade their duy and let the biirden of their
.Vere possible for them to do so. Is it not
.vould scorn such a coui'se and that they'
ire men who know their duty and when
tailed upon are ready and willing to do it?
Df the truth of this they ‘have given ample
iroof by their ready response tothe re-
vent call for the payment of the outstand-Y
ing fox tax. We are credibly in'forme<l
that already a number of ranchers have
failed at the Treasury Department and paid ‘
nany others have writteii the Ilcpartment
iromising remittance by early mail. Th.;
reiicrous and clieerful way in which ra_nch~-
#rs are respoiiding is very satisfactory to
the Department, and indicates that the tax
vill be fully paid without resort to the'
'ourts whch will be highly creditable to
`oxmen and strengthen public opinion in_
iiir fox industry. If, however, at the close‘
if the collecting campaign any “slackers”
ire found they will be obliged to do their,
'luty and they certainly will not have thei
iympathy of the ranchers who paid their,
iax or of any other of our citizens. 
We therefore advise “Subscriber” and'
ill ranchers who think as he does to pay!
io heed to the unfounded rumors that may*
‘ie set alioat by mischief-makers, but cheer-_
”ullv do their duty and pay their taxes as
iheir brother ranchers are doing.
TUE l"()()I) Sl'l`Il.\'l‘l()i\`
_ Mr. James Parkerof the Canada Foodi
Board was in Charlottetown this week in;
__he interest of the work the Board is doing
or the Empire and our Allies, doing to-
loyal acquiescence in the food regulations
bv hotels, boarding houses, merchants,
tion is still far from satisfactory and there
must still be further conservation if the
oresent supply of iiour is to hold out until
this season’s crop is harvested. There is
still a very serious shortage and this must
‘ie made up from what we would conserve
inder ordinary circumstances out of our
‘egular normal supply. The situation sim-
oly is that if we in Canada and the United
States consume as much flour as we are,
consuming at present, even while rigidly
observing the regulations, our allies who
‘iave little else to take the place of flour,
Lnust starve. A |
From data of undoubted accuracy it is
known that at the begining of the present
year Great Britain and her allies in Europe
required the equivalent of five hundred
million bushels of Wheat. To meet this
there was available in Canada 110 million
bushels; in the United States not a bushel
for export; in Argentine 110 million bush-
els and in Australia 150 million bushels.
Owing to the distanceand lack of trans-
portation the Argentine and Australian
wheat was not available and America alone
was asked to make up the shortage of 391
million bushels. There was only one way
in which this could be done, namely to have
our people cut down their consumption.
The Food Boards of the United States and
Canada took hold of the matter. The peo-
ple were appealed to, first on patriotic and
districts as to wholly discontine' the use of 1
which they had abundance.
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‘wheat bread in all public eating houses in
the expectation that all would comply. No
doubt many of them did. The Board also
required millers to increase the extraction
of wheat from 70 to 76, a six per cent. in-
crease of extraction. To further encour-
age the use of substitutes the Board re-
quired all dealers to sell one pound of sub-
stitutes with every pound of wheat iiour
'and prohibited the use of milling wheatex-
cept for human consumption. /
As a result- of the general compliance
:with these regulations the export of wheat
from Canada to Great Britain has been'in--
creased by thecquivalent of 87 million
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ihSyeddfohiggfictdsbdrbysthe mill’S Piif"0n‘~‘ Egfr' Yes' but WM i' t° "'&°°“°°
amounted to 7,000 barrels. This_ is only]  ,___ _
one instance-f-rom. among many- ¥f\111S_- l When a man beam no be in sw.,
With all that has been _done it Wlll bl? “'_°“° °“°f“Y "1" f°°1 fflwds sum
seen that the situation is still°faIT from sat-_ “ “‘-
isfaetory, 'l‘he soldiers;"our_=; and those 
of our Allies, must be fed. Owing to the _ \\\\\\ 
devastation wrought in France and ltalyf _ g-` i' ___‘\f/._
Great Britain must share with these coun- __1_._;”" D 0   ‘/=,_
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tries, must see to it that their wonien and » _'
children do not starve. Many of them have _ K | D N E  _
ff * Pl L'i_s 
already starved, or, what means__the same
thing, died from want of sutaining fopd. _ / _ __ _ _S
We are called upon to help by using less _fp [li 1 \;~'7`.)i/
flour. We have abundance of substitutes. dl A l \\\\\1_°\_\_\*Sg_Ej'
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bushels and thc' United States has done
equally well. Some idea of the saving ef-
fected by these regulations may be had
we should be sacrificing but litue if _ \_.L\L__K1,DN_E
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June one mill in Montreal was able to give
the Food Board 7,000 barrels more 'than
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are true to ourselves, to our country, to our _ .‘ 3 Elini; .,1
Allies. » ‘ "
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tive communities and rank among our best' ie DMU SELECHOHS FOR ir 1 YOU" PROM' M5 SOLVED
 eiuimninl READERS °* sv Rev r.s.i.1~sco1--r, o. n.
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CHEER UP
`lit.:1‘ up! The rose is re:l|lci'
Tliain the one we saw last year;
l`l1f_- mo:-k l1ii‘il’s' song is sweeter,
.\n1l lizippiei' to li--nr;
l‘l1e ;.',rass is giiitiiig lirigliter,
ri-quired enclose xi
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Dr. Liiiscotl in this column will_
help you solve our heart p|'oblunis.i
_.1c-ligioiis, nutiirnl, social, iinnncial und 2
-‘very other anxious cure that per~
_pierces you. if a pers'o:ial answer is
_\‘o names wi`l he puhlislierl; if you
`ii‘f»l`ei' sign your initials ‘uni ' oi' uso
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ilvc cont st:iinp.‘
.\nii i`aii'<\i yet to see-
Flio world is grcnving I1»~lier
Tliaii it ever used lo lie.
‘liver up! The sky is bluer
'i‘lnin it was ii year ago;
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1 pseiiiionyni.
Vote by Ballot: "llow much has
flovl to :lo with voliiig, or in druwiiig
1lois'."‘ nsks “A (‘urlous One.” In
'proporlioii :is von-rs ui. national oi'
heir tax, many have remitted by mail and ._
1. ---_O_-;-
`l1_1.1 very slnilos are 1.:laddi=r
.»\nd hzivo a riclicr glow;
The i‘a1ii\iiii',' and the sunsliiiie
.\i‘.~ liolpiiig you and nie-
l`l11~ world is growing better '
Tliaii it over 'used lo lic.
(‘li.\er np! The rose is sweeter, ` i Of 004- AS U’ 110W
The birds have newer songs; I
We iind more things 'to please us
Anil dream of fewer \v|'oni;s;
'l`lio\'c's always lots ol' honey,
So lel’s he like the liee-'
'l`l1o world is growliig better
l~‘or l`olks like you and nie.
-/\n|lioi'. llnkni\\'n_
USING OLD TIN CANS power in sunllglit.
With tho *American Army in Franco,
Ang, 26.-A French prisoner, who
~3;~;£f_1i¥;_l_r_‘f_<_‘____f_'_<£1_ i'_\_@__§_@;u11_=i'1a____u1§1_ _ _en _
'iirned to his own lines, io-day told a
story oi’ iiaviing been forced hy the
(lerinans to work in an aspliyxiating
sus factory. Tho Frenchman said the
Gerninns now are using old tin cans
inthe niaiiufact1iiro~oE one oi' their.
gases. _
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i oiliei' 1-li-riioiis ::i'1- irlio io God iii that
|ii°opoi'lio11 they vote :1<'<-_oiulllig io [iw
iniinil of God. The in;ijoi‘ii_y vote ai 1
lan cl<~<~_tioii expi'css-_\s the consonsiis l
_ of the opinion of the people nnd there-
fore as nearly us liuinan lieiiiigs can
_ iarrive at it, this expresses the niinil
1
_do in drawing lots I cannot say. In
l0ld Tesianicnt nnil New Testaincnt
days, they soinelinivs found out the
mimi oi’ God tiirougii <irn\viiig (lots,
but I iloubl li’ ills inind can he found ~
out iii these days by that niothod.  
Color Healing: "ls iliere any iruili
in (‘oloi' lleiiliiig'1" asks “(‘i‘llic_" i7|\~
douhierlly there is ai izrvat heaiini:
oi’ the colors ol’ the speelriiin has its
own rate ol' viliraiioii, oairli ore pro- 0
duces n dilierent effect upon ho hu-   .
man body. A knowledge of ilivso
1`r1'c‘\‘_s‘ and of tho sp:-_cific effects ol’ llio
colors is esseiiilal io one \vlio would
take ailvanlagc of color healing. Dr. - _
Iloliliilfs “(‘.iii-omopotliy _ ».
of Light and Color,” is a slaiiilaiwi
work on this subject.
Mlnards Llnimenr Lumuermans Friend
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_Oliice of the Union _Com n_<-_rcial College where students
receive 'their work in “Oiiice Training” under the personal
direction of Principal Moran.
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LONDON. AUX. 26.--The M1inl9'iA‘Y prices aye fight'
September 1. Girls under i8 in munit
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charitable grounds and later by regulations _ _ ____ - _ _ 1  
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The United States went so far in somé_ i We have manv good and servicablc lines of Boots, very suitable for Schnoi Children, and fll¢
' of Munliivfw has Ordered 'Um “W Here are a few special values in B1v's and Girl's Bo: t.. _ A
wheat proéiuctas udllltlii  presgntttthirvesg wages ol women munition workers be Boys; 1 75, 2_0_0_ 2_35_ Girls; L85, 1 9;_  ) `) _
'S game” an ml e “Sing Su S I u es’ 0 lnvfewwd five =\1i*""K$ WMI! ““°', Seethese values before buying the childrei School Boots.
In Canada the Food Board passed regu-` piano w1i1rmivs `1111_111m1me or mi' ‘ .`. ` -
lations restricting the consumption of A °f°'"1» . -11,1 '  
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