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with the many problems this was uite understandable, for Mr. Speaker, if you allow me to quote for enlightment and per ps the interest of Members of the House from a very old newspaper. Sir, it’s the Charlottetown Guardian of September 6th, 1913, that is fifty-three and a half years ago. It’s almost a full length of the age and two col- umns wide, but a little advertisement, and the heading is “Prince E ward Island as a Summer Resort" the sub-heading is “The Land of Pure Delight for Tourists and Health Secrets". Perhaps this is an area where we might 've further promotion and then it lists what it calls some of Prince Edward Islands attractions, and I notice that Prince Edward Island hasn’t changed because it says “Prince Edward Island is the best place on earth on which to spend a vacation. It is more. It is an ideal land where we have all heard and sung about the health and days of childhood and youth, the land of ure delight. And some of it’s outstanding features are", and it s on, “a land of auty,” and it describes “this delightful summer climate, a land 0 health,” and it lists the number of people in the high age group that live to the ripe old age on Prince Edward Island and have the numbers, the people over sixty and so on and forty-two over ninety years 'old. It makes a land of abundance. land of agreeable social condi- tions. and as I read this over, we know that Prince Edward Island has not changed. It was in 1913 the most attractive place and it still is. 01' course when I say that it has not changed, not entirely changed, there is nothing that does not change. For your interest I must read of some of the things that have changed in Prince Edward Island perhaps. The Mic Mac Camp at Rocky Point, the old French Fort at the har- ‘bour’s mouth, no these have not changed of course; the Legislative Building, seat of Le ‘ lative Assembly, older than United States Congress; Victoria Park, sixty acres wit in ten minutes walk of the Post Office; beautiful walks and drives, tennis courts, cricket, baseball. Now the section which changed apparently is the section which deals with the fox ranches. ‘Tourists, visitors and investors will find great interest in seeing the scores of fox ranches that are thickly dotted over the western and eastern portion of the Island, there are one hundred and fifty of these. A single black fox represents the value of a good farm with all it's buildings, fences and livestock. The total value of the black foxes on Prince Edward Island is believed to be over seven million dollars and the Island is the recognized headquarters of this important industry. 85% of all valuable foxes in captivity are held within Prince Edward Islan ." And if you turn that same paper to the financial page, the financial page in our local paper is not too extensive to-day, you would be surprised how little was in it in those days, but you will find on that financial page that a quarter of the whole financial page is quotations on shares of the various fox ranches in this Province.

Honourable Gordon L. Bennett: What was that year again? Lloyd G. MacPhail: 1913. Some Member: I think that it should be tabled.

Lloyd G. MacPhail: I thought it was of interest, and I know Honourable Mem- ber indeed enjoy and take advantage of the great latitude provided in discussions on the Speech from the Throne and for this reason I have no hesitation because I figured it would be of interest to you. So I do this in the view that the Honourable Minister, the present Minister of Tourist Development will, and when you talk to him, perha s you can convey to him that Tourist Development was not part of his advent to t e position and even prior to the advent of his birth.

Of course, we must be fair to the present Minister, he has done something for Tourist Development.

Honourable Gordon L. Bennett: Sure he has.

Lloyd G. MacPhail: You are ri ht. I read in the Royal Gazette of November 30th, 1966 an amendment to the Regu ations made under provision of Tourist Accom- odations Loan Act of 13th May, 1954. This provides that all new loans shall bear in- terest at the rate of 634% per annum. Now can this be the same Minister who used to speak on previous years about being the friend and defender of the common man. He was the friend of the downtrodden, the poor, and the weak and now he has been elevat- ed. I would suggest that perhaps he has lost some of his sympathy for these poor Tourist Operators who are trying to make an honest effort. As Minister of Tourist Development he should_g1ve these people an additional measure of protection, give them by need by betraying them in removing this incentive and this is what it was of

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