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WELCOME W. M. S. ‘

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ESTERDAY it was our pleasure ' w welcome the Maritime Syn- od of the Presbyterian Church in Canada, and today we extend an equally hearty welcome to_ the Wo- men's Missionary of the Synod, which convenes in Zion Church for its annual meeting. From the published list of names of the delegates attending, this pro- mises to be a very large convention. indeed, and is of no less import- ance in its particular sphere than the Synod itself. The Provincebas a long and honorable record for its missionary efforts, many of all de- nominations having gone forth from our shores to spread the gospel to unenlightened nations. The Geddie Memorial Church is a standing me- mento of the early record of the Presbyterian Church in missionary work, and the Trinidad and British Guiana missions are living witness- es of what has been for those who sit in darkness. The W. M. ‘S. has taken a very active and important part in the work of the mission fields, and their labors from month to month and year to year have been fruitful both mat- erially and spiritually. Our citiz- ens as a whole are pleased to see in our midst so many of the soci- ety's leaders from all over the Mari- times, and wish for them inspiring sessions and a most enjoyable so- journ.

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GUARDIAN recently had oc- casion to call attention to the amount of rum running going on ir. certain parts of the Province, and to the apparent disinclination of the Federal Government to take prompt and efficient action in sup- pressing this illicit traffic. It was also pointed out that the Provincial Government had failed to imple- ment its promise of stricter enforce- ment of the prohibition law and that these two causes combined created a condition which permitted the bootlegger and rum runner to carry on their trade to an extent which was becoming more and more alarm- ing. These statements were mad‘.- by The Guardian on authoritative information, and were published with a view to calling public atten- tion to a state of affairs disgrace- ful to any Province.

The facts now speak for them- selves. On Monday morning nine more drunks, failing to appear be- fore the City Magistrate, had their bail bonds estreated and a man charged with being drunk while operating an automobile was fined $30.00 or thirty days, and seven days‘ suspended sentence. The ar- rests and convictions for drunken- nes in Charlottetown during Sep- tember of this year total sixty-five —the worst record. so far as is known, in the annals of the police court.

The responsibility for this condi- tion of affairs mustbe placed where it belongs. During the election cam- pllgn the promise was definitely given in the Liberal press that "the era of bungling with the liquor busi- ness is over," and that "a new era. in |Il hibition enforcement and bet- ter conditions is very near at hand}? At that timemccordingtothe Pat- riot of June 18th. 1927, the number of convictions was not alarming. For the your ‘i926 the number was 127, and for the year before, 131.

“The number of convictions in Charlottetown for the month of May. i927. was twelve. and for the month of y, 1926, eleven. This does not a ow that even with the imperfect enforcement ofthe Act that conditions are as terrible as some would try to make out." That was underthestewcrt Gov-

ernment. Undcr the Blunders Gov- ernment, of course, the "imperfect caforccmentofthcAcPwustobe lullltituted for a more perfect me- thod. How has tbeOovernment car-

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than that. In an editorial of June llth, 1927. the Patriot stated:—

"The ‘Prohibition’ Act wlllcer- talnly not enforce itself. What it requires is a sympathetic Govern- ment behind it to give it the en- forcement which the people ask- ed to be given it. They did not ask to have the brakes put on and the machinery put on a sid- ingsomewhere and not placed in operation. The stand taken by Mr. Saunders is that the Act is beneficial to the people. and that if he is entrusted with otfice the people with every confidence can rest assured that the Act will be enforced according to their wishes—expressed at the polls."

Is this the manner in which the Act is being enforced. “according to the wishes of the people express- 'ed at the polls?"

In the Patriot of June 9th, 1927, Rev. Dr. H. R. Grant. in a speech on behalf of the Liberal candidates. was reported as saying:-

Our police court records in

|' every part of the Province gave evidence that prohibition has re- duced drunkenness.

Rev. Dr. Grant was evidently not familiar with the Saunders Govern- ment type of prohibition!

Who is responsible for the prc- sent disgraceful condition? Ac- cording to the Patriot of June 7th. I927, “the present Act places the responsibility on the Govern- ment for its enforcement.“

And according to Mrs. Gordon Wright, national president of the W.C.T.U., as reported in the Patriot of the salne date: "Prohibition can be enforced as well as any other law. though for the past few years it has been discredited by carelessness and laxity of enforcement." (Dur- ing “the past few years" referred to by Mrs. Wright, the monthly convictions for drunkenness in Charlottetown seldom went above ten or twelve.)

How did Premier Saunders regard the matter, during the election campaign?

Speaking at a mass meeting in Summerside, according to the Pat- riot of June 4th, he said:—

“With twelve federal officers and eight or ten provincial offic- ers wc will have twenty or twenty- fivl- officers. Besides that there will be boat; guarding our shore so tit-at we will have ideal condi- tions in this Province; and if we have a Liberal Government bc- hind us-and I will undertake that it will be enforced-we will Lave conditions in this Province such as we never had in its his- tory, Toke it from me; I am as honest and sincere as ‘any prohi- bitionist in this. Province. If the Liberals are returned to power‘ I will see that the Act is made cf- fective."

Are the people satisfied with the mallner in which Premier Saunders has fulfilled his promise to "have conditions in this Province such as

we never had in its history?" i

EDITORIAL NOTES.

The first annual report on co-op- erative associations in Canada, re- cently issued by the Dominion De- partment of Labor, shows 1,085 such bodies, with a total member- ship oi’ 460,133. The largest mem- bership comes from the associa- tions handling grain, including the wheat pools, and totals 191,845. Live stock co-uperators number 105,679, while dairying and miscel- laneous groups make up the bal- 81109.

As the Edmonton Journal re- marks, the world will surely know a good deal more about Canada be- fore this year is out, for it is being much studied. The British Parlia- mentarians and the Young Ambas- radon from England have mahde a tour of the Dominion: a Swedish commission on colonizatio has been studying the eastern pro- vinces; an American tarifl commis- sion has investigated the methods of our Island potato growers; far- mers from Kansas will study agri- cultural conditions ln the weatmnd countless tourists from everywhere have studied the beauties of nature. Canada is u world textbook these

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Notes by the Way

IMPERIAL Service Medals have

been awarded by His Majesty the King to a large number of rail- way men who were formerly em- ployed on the Gvv mment Rail- ways of the Maritimes. What was so long known as the Interwlonial Railway, was before Confederation the European and North American Railway and was built from Saint John eastward. As one section af- ter another was completed it was opened to traffic. the first section of seven miles in 1857. Hampton was reached the following year and Sussex a year later. In i860 the line was opened through from Saint John to Shediac eastward and in the early sixties was extended eastward to the border of the State of Maine. It wu not till i876 that the lntercolonial was opened north- westward from Moncton to Riviere du Lollp, and connection made with the Grand Trunk.

ln the old days before Confedera- tion, party politics had much to do with the railway, and it was the usual thing on a. changc- of Gov- ernment the entire staff of railway commissioners, clerks, station mas- tors and section track foremen re- ceived a month's notice that their services would be no longer requir-

member those jolly old days. Sal- aries were small in those times, and these wholesale dismissals were not very seriously resented. It was the fortune of war; another overturn of the Government would soon come and the dismissed ones, if they had not found some better paying evocation in the meantime, would be restored to their former positions.

The potato crop in the United States is reported to be the largest in the history of that country, and in Canada it is also well upto that mark. There are probably more potatoes ready for market than will be required for house consumption, for seed and export to any import- ing countries in North and South America and the West Indies. The inference from these conditions is that only the best stock can besold for either table use or for seed, and the balance must be fed to farm animals or go to the starch factor- ies. The excellence of our Island potatoes should be widely advertis- ed abroad at such a time as this, to hold and extend the markets we have supplied in the past.

It might be well to try the plan so very successfully carried out by Hon. P. C. Larkin in building up his enormous tea trade. Pack the po- tatoes in neat boxes of various rims, from a peck -to two or four bushels to meet the demands of the householder. Fill the boxes with choice potatoes of uniform size and appearance and label them with the name of the potato and the words "Prince Edward Island." This would combine a good advertise- lnent with a choice product, and it must be borne in mind that in all our Canadian cities there are thou- sands of customers who will buy the very best table potatoes at any price. The small package serves to introduce them to new customers. The larger boxes could be so made as to be easily taken apart and the box when emptied returned to the shipper in a flat shape, sides and ends lying on each other and occu- pying but little space, to be used for future shipments.

Every school house should have a flag and flagstaff, especially in Charlottetown, Summerside and our smaller towns, to be utilized in sig- nalizing public holidays, the Kings birthday and other important an- niversaries and at half-mast on occasions that call for general pub- lic grief or mourning.

Air mail service, with a five cent letter rate has been inaugurated between Montreal, Albany and New York, and between Montreal and Toronto. The international service across the border was given prece- dence, being opened first, in accord- ance with the Americanizing policy that dominates Ottawa.

when the list of drunks is allttle larger than usual lt becomes con- venient for the pseudo Prohibition Organ to omit its usual police court report, lest its readers might be too soon informed of how the amended n hibition Law is working. Thus at the approach of danger the os- trich buries its head in the sand.

0dr favored Island is having a beautiful and glorious Autumn fol- lowing a most delightful summer.

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It will require several months for people of the amlthern peninsula of

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l.ondon—By Mall. The hospital wards of Parliament are full, and as a consequence, though verbally the relation is not apparent, the trade . a of Cabinet making is looking up. m. Mr. Baldwin of course has been 13» lame: W. Barton. MD _ patched. up at Alx-ies-Bairls but

his co ues have not all been so AN HOUR WITH YOUR FAMILY {Qnunfiggg _ DOCTOR- Mr. Brigman, first ‘Lord of the _ - Admiralty. may rule the waves on Everybody 15 interest-ed in an =X- behalf of Brlttania... but whafthe lififimfim and when m$§ ¢xPeYlfldoctors call, or-used to call "tides." ment concerns that body of yours, have beam,‘ mm The otldes» are Wgeiégflsgwailwségtfdmggflously auithose of uric acid. So the constitu- you get out of life, all you give to life. Liby way of your ,l:lody..whe—! ther it is the product of your brain of your brawn. \ ' The New York Academy of Medi- cine decided to give acornplete phy- sical examination to about one. thousand persons cf various races! both sexes, all ages, and chiefly from wage earners‘ families and others of limited means.

None of those examined consid- ered themselves sick, nor were they taking ally treatment for any con- dition.

What was the result?

"Less than 3 per cent were found to be in good health; 72 per cent needed definite medical treatment, and 24 per cent needed only hygien- ic advice to correct or arrest some slight defects."

The Metropolitan Life Insurance Company published the results of whenever a membe!‘ 0r B- 50V" the six years experience with the emme?" °f We ‘m3’ l5 fiirced m": first 6000 of its policyholders who")! Office 01‘ "M temporary retire- were being examined each year. {ment b3’ m health resulting {mm

It was found that a total of zllvverstreln. he receives the sympathy 9i these orlggnfluy examined pef-‘of the House expressed as fluent- sons had died. This was only 72;1Y and as sincerely by his Oppon- pcr cent of the expected. There waslents as by his 00116118095- therefore .1 saving of 2s per dent. The members 0f the OPPOsItion.

The company tested this resultnwllstever it may be-Conservative. out in comparison with the exper-‘Ubfirfll. Sflcifllist. Communist. In- leh: wTtTl their whole body or dependent-Who voice their reams ordinary pclicyholders who had beenfflre not hllmbllgs, but the fact re- insured prior to 1915, and foundfmains that they, in the concrete, that the difference in the number of land the Party System in the ab- deaths between these examined peo-‘stract, are the fans et origo mail. pie and the latter, was 24 per cent in Incessant obstruction, eternal and favor of the examined. not often honest misconstruction of

In the light of these figures it is motive, cavllling objections utterly certainly worth your while to haveiwithout regard to merit or demerit 3'0"" family d°¢i°r 590ml an houriagainst every single proposition put overhauling you from head to foot, forward by the government in of- befilllfie You!‘ llfe- mlourself. fam- fice at the time, mock heroics and ily. and the community, is worth it. Shani indignation inevitably lead

Further. when you stop to think of those who are subjected to it be ‘what the’ Qiamlnmm" may 5W8 l/Olliit sooner or later. to breakdown. _" e 3i 914M109 0f D8111 and iilnessfwhether it show itself physically or itfig certaigly worth the investment‘men¢a11y_ o me an money.

And finally. your ability to worlcighfiireinazge ‘$05G may your ability w Pmy’ w give and as there have ever been, although

more as he has decided to retire. Sir Austen Chamberlain, arm in sling, pale, drawn and to the lay eye a very sick man. has gone in search of health, and no man of mature years and insight could fail to see. when he left these shores, a vision of a generation or so ago. It was the wraith of his father Joseph Chamberlain just before his collapse which entered the railway carriage at Euston when Sir Austen began his journey. The world at large may well hope that the portent will not be fulfilled. But the question of the recov- ery of health of this or that Min- ister of State, however much it may matter for the moment and to the individual, seems not to be the whole point.

ents of Oswestry and the members ‘i of the House will soon know him no V-

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signed correctly, and horrors horrors’ head accumulate until the trouble is corrected and the peace‘ of the world again assured. Any- how, the orthodox crown is to be that of his naval and Tudor Ma-

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with his late Majesty are apt to be obscure.

The patriot who discovered the Admiralty tragedy hides his name in modest obscurity. but he is be- _ lieved to be a. first cousin to the dltfons of parliamentary life can warrior who won the war by alter- , endure. ling the angle at which “Tommy's"

Speaking of the complications ofithumb should touch the seam of political life, it is hard indeed tollis trousers when he stood at at-

Istone and Beaconsfield (to go no‘ ‘further back) shrink into utter in- significance. And members of the House who have known the intol- erable burden of office are won- dering how long the present con-

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mcdiately but in anticipation may entail.

Within a few weeks something like thirty millions of free and in- dependent and, of course, intelli- gent votcrs-will receive more than thirty millions of forms to fill up. These will be collected by an army of Heaven knows how many hang- ers-on of the type who live on elec- tions and who," later on, will be prepared to pour Niagaras of words upon helpless owners of the Fran- chise from any and every angle- for a consideration.

And this flood of official forms is but a. pond to the Atlantic or the Pacific when compared with the ocean of literature which the printing press are preparing to turn loose.

As for mcre spoken words, the statistics for the next 12 months will show an appalling increase of verbal hemmorhage.

Apart from the casualties which the Cabinet is suffering, "deser- tions" must now also be taken in- to account.

N0 less a person than Lord Birkenhead. it is credibly reported. has "decided not to wait for the next General Election in 1929, but at some intermediate date to trans- fer his superlative abilities from the sphere of politics to that of Commerce. In the latter sphere no one can doubt that the glittering spoils which will fall into "F. E.‘s" pocket will be of a brilliance and intrinsic value such as no states- man can while (like Lord Birken- head) he remains honest, ever hope to secure, unless indeed he be a Law Officer of the Crown, and even there the comparison, incred-

TRUST BANISHES FEAR.—Be- hold, God is my. salvation; I will trust and not be afraid; for tho Lord JEl-IOVAI-I‘ is my strength and my song; he also is become my sal- vatioll.—Isa. 12:2.

PRAYER-Trust in the Lord, for- ever trust my soul, and banish all Thy fear.

YOU NEVER. CAN TELL

You never can tell word,

Likc an arrow shot from a bow

By an archer blind, be it cruel or kind, r

Just where it may chance to go.

It may pierce the breast of your dearest friend. '

Tipped with its poison or balm; '

To a stranger's heart in- life's great mart

It may carry its pain or its calm.

when you send a

You never can tell when you do, an t ' . l

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Just what the result may be;

But with every deed you are sowing a seed,

Though the harvest you may not see

Each kilédly act is an acorn drop- Pi!

In God's productive soil;

You may not know, but the trees shall grow, "

With shelter for those who toil.