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EVE LIBERAL DEFEAT

IThe Fifth District of Prince has iwitnessed many sensational election gpmpaigns, but probably none more which

terminated at 5 o'clock yesterday . evening. and which resulted in a tie vote for the party candidates. In such cases possession is nine points of the law, The returning of- ficer, who determines the issue by his casting vote, usually endorses the candidate of the party holdifls the seat prior to the election. Mr. Downing, to all intents and pur- poses, therefore, emerges as the

gxclting than the 6001959

yicfor.

I‘ In face of the concerted Oppo- iitlon campaign, carried on by the federal and provincial politicians, the moral as well as material vic- tory may well be claimed by Mr. Donn/ling who, in his first political contest, waged such u notable fight. against an opponent long versed in

the wiles of party warfare. The Conservative forces

ncss of the Premier. Possibly it was

this fact that inspired the Liberals

kvith undue optimism. At any rate they hailed what they thought was an opportunity of obtaining an ad- ‘zverse vote against the Govemment. IIThe fact that Mr. Downing polled ‘I32 more votes than did his popu- lsr predecessor, the late Hon. L. M. JVIacNeill, 1n the general election ‘am year, lfldicflicS that the admin- istration has the confidence and

supportfiof the people, despite the difficult times which in every coun- those

try naturally react against who are in office. i Tho failure of the Liberal can-

didate to achieve success is increas- ed by the fact. that he had the ac- tlve support, not only of Mr. W. M. Lea, provincial Liberal leader, Mr. L. R. Allen, sitting member for the party henchmen, but also of Mr. A .E. MacLean, M. P., and Senator Mc- ‘Arthur, who played truant from their duties at Ottawa to support

Qconstituency, and their

Dr. MacNeilYs candidacy. Z The, circumstances of the election, therefore, furnish striking testi- mony of the popularity of Mr. Downing as well as the policies of the Govemment which he so ably defended during the campaign.

BAD NEWS FOR KING

Our local contemporary quotes ‘approvingiy Mr. Mackenzie King to the following effect: "To say that the depression is lifting and Canada is approaching prosperity fs adding salt to an open wound." Here is some of the “salt" that has been irritating Mr. King's open ‘wound: it “The tone of business sentiment ‘has improved during recent weeks under the stimulus of a good har- vvest. higher commodity prices and the agreement reached at the Im- pcrial Economic Confercncc."- Bank of Monircal Monthly Letter. i "In view of the gloomy fears that found rxprcssion in many quarters early in the ycar, it. is good to know that these have not been real- fzed, but that instead of getting worse the basic conditions have improved, and the worst is over."- The Maritime Merchant. ' "f am confident that the next few months will witness a large

were handicapped by the regrettable ill-

“We business men have I004 reason to be extremely well satis- fied with the results of the lmperill Conference and accordinflly l! 15 up w us now to make use o! the greater possibilities open to busi- ness.‘ Governments have certainly done their part, and done it. well. Let us appropriately acknowledge statcsmanship."-Col. W. L. McGregor, speaking ll PM‘ ident of the Canadian Chamber 01

our Empire

Commerce.

LIBERAL BOQUETS

Evidently the Vancouver

conviction that,

describes himself as a

under its present leadership.

“We all recognize the fact," says Mr. Ferguson, "that stability, sound Judgment and courage to enforce legislative measures which enure to the welfare o! citizens at large must be the bed-rock of any administration. How can we

who, being elected in no less than five different. ridings in Canada. on different. occasions, has flitted from one to another following each successive defeat?

War, Mr. King, as a non-sup- porter of Union Government (to the amazement of his intimate friends), had but one end in view and that being the leadership of the Liberal Party. It seems, in all his political career, the first concern of our leader has been one of personal advancement. . .

the Imperial Conference, to be- little the efforts of a. body of Empire statesmen, who, casting aside political colors in earnest, unselfish effort endeavored to contribute to the success of the Empire at. large, and thereby shake off the shackles of depres- Bivn. hardly becomes the least member of a political party, to say nothing of its leader . . .

"Nor am I alone in this expres- sion of current Liberal opinion; there are many others who have drifted away. not because of the Kreat Liberal policy but rather because there seems small, ff any, hope of ever achieving those Emit underlying Principles under the present Liberal leadership."

________________

TIIE TESTING TIME

faced the

passing reference Economic Conference, as he de- voted two and one-half hours to- day to a general attack on fiscal policies.”

The ““""°°d°n“d i: we we", w]; m keep out o; League resolution of disapproval. expansion in gcncral traffic move- swine show and sale held on Tues- he hmds of the Americans?"

"The Lfberal leader made only

to the Imperial

st-

ENCOURAGING

ofthc

merit throughout the country. This day under the auspices of the expansion is already in evidence." Prince Edward Island swine Breed- -Colonel E. C. Phlnney. president ers Association is a. most encourag-

of the Halifax Harbor Commission.

ing s'gn of the times. Under the

"Conditions generally are showing agreements negotiated at, the Imper- n gradual improvement, and it fs~ial Economic Conference Canadian

better that should be slow and steady.

lirks and Son, Monty!

Sun. leading Liberal newspaper of Brit- ish Columbia, is not alone in its politically, Mr. Mackenzie King is "through." Writ- ing ln a.n Ontario exchange on the same date as the "Sun's" editorial repudiation of Mr. King appeared. Mr. Allan Ferguson, Toronto, who life-long Liberal, confesses that. he cannot see what ultimate benefit. may be gained by the Liberal party at large

hope for stability from a. leader,

“During the days of the Great

“To camouflage the benefits of

‘The calibre of Canada's members of Parliament," gay; m; Tqmnw Globe, leading Liberal newspaper, "will be tested by the manner in which they discuss the m» Em- pire trade problems to be comm". ed during the Present session. Will they have the larger vision, or will Party Politics sway their Judgment?” And here, according to tho Can- adian Prm, is how Mr. Mackenzie King, Lbersl leader, great Efmpire trade problems in his

51mm on the Draft Address?! certainly not lacking 1h this respect.

According to the English newspaper an artist who painted the Indian leader while he was in London tells of a rather In other ma. M‘ K1,,‘ m," who burst in while the Mahatma h]; by“ to the “bu” vgdmn md WB-s absorbed in meditatbn.

devoted practically his entire tention to “party politics." The mm "What 3°°d "mild it d0 u Globe must be shaking its head sad- W“ °°"'"YY W" 1w "Om the iy over the effect of its ldmonltions. men“? Y“! "mud “n mm the would 1°“ much o’ l“ prams" m

authority.

hands of the Germans or the is prepared w so ,0 the lengths of

French or the Russians in no time. wuhdrawmg n l‘ m, probable ‘h,

choosing h" sherbert between

f th l— f

Gandhi gently, "e765?! that matter lonely path, because of threat of s 39289;; beseaego gjxstigind i:

few seconds after the sweet cn-

tered the mouth, while the indivi-

Th‘ “m” "' M“ L'°"' °’°"' dual was still tasting n, the diges-

tive activity of the stomach in- creased.

t

Parliament this week is the report such improvement producers will receive the benefit of 0f the Imperial 17001101010 Confer-

minim; Ihvpelimentsl Prince Edward Island is dnly province in the

times exporting h085.

Station,

insuch

ent time.

U. S. TRIBUTE

approve of the preferential trade

perisl Conference. Roosevelt, the prospefllve DWI‘ ocratic president of the United

model for action at wushinswfl- Speaking at Sioux City, Iowa, re- cently ha forecast the revision of the United States tariff by means of “reciprocal arrangements with for- eign countries to restore the market for American farm products." He made this pronouncement, notes the Mail and Elnpire, at the £0001 point of agrarian unrest in the middle west-at. the very centre of the farm strike, sponsored by the Farmers’ Holiday Association. The candidate noted that. American agriculturisis produce a, surplus of farm stuffs far 1n excess of domestic consumption and indicated that

made by Governor Roosevelt oon- firms our prediction that what was accomplished at the Imperial Con- ference set an example which other nations would follow. In another part of his speech Governor Rosevelt paid a. further compliment to this country. He said that under the Hawley Smoot- Grundy tariff seventy-one United States factories had been ‘transfer- red t0 Canada. He tfddedt "Every week of 1932 has seen four Ameri- can factories moving to Canada. Premier Bennett is reported to have said in a recent speech that a factory fs moving évery day of the year from the United stats into Canada and he assured those at the recent confer- ence in Ottawa. that, by the ar- mlgemcnts made there, Great Britain and her colonies would take from Canada $250,000,000 of trade which otherwise would go to the United statesrThls, you see, put more men on the street here who hmd been in the factories that had moved to Canada." mesa statements make ‘lflltfestlng and encouraging reading for our ovm people throughout the length and breadth of the Dominion.

GANDHPS REPLY

Mahatma Gandhi is not usually credited with a sense of humor, but if an incident related in News 0f the World (London) be true, hols

blustcring American

"Say, Ml‘. Gandhi," said the vis-

"Would

that matter?" asked

EDITORIAL NOTES

Among the blue-books tabled in

O

ads" should be PfePiTed w "95P full advantage of the opportunity of developing this important branch of agricultural activity. As noted recently by Mr. C. P‘. Bailey. Sup- erintendent of the Fredericton Do-

‘ the Mari- snd this fact. should encourage our Bland producers to still greater efforts in develovlnd’ the swine industfii- W?!" has been accomplished in prod“!- gm of peed potatoes and silver foxes could be duplicated in 1108 raising, and the prospects for success onterpi-Isfl were never better than they are at the prefi-

Mr. A. E. MacLea-n, M. P. does not

arrangements negotiated at the m- bui: Governor

Stats, sees in these 881998161118 l

under reciprocal tariff arrangements with oversea countries, markets oould be found for such surplus. ‘This wes the spirit behind the Ot- tswa conference. The departure thus

rm: cnannomroww GUARDIAN

In view of the loss of lhe

els.

go." their p-‘ograsive

least, their ment, national attainment.

ways-in business,

has been all important in the de- velopment of the republic. persons will say that it is carried to extremes at. times. and Perhaps they are right. On the whole, how- ever, its dlsadvanlfl8°$ m much more than offsetflbyits ‘undoubted benefits. Perhaps the best way to ex- press our approval of it would be to say that we devoutly wish this! Canada, as a nation, -, sessed more of the same quality, more of the same stirring pride in Carm- dian achievements, Canadian ideas and Canadian leaders.

The Republicans are quite excit- ed over Governor Roosevelt's spee- ches to the farmers of the west.

that airplane pictures have taken of the Roosevelt

of demonstrating that the Gover- nor's home is a. luxurious counfry

estate rather than an honest-to- goodness farm. Records covering Jhe past W11

years illustrate in striking fashion the extent of our colossal fire los- scs. During that period, 407,000 fires in Canada have destroyed property valued at over $145,000,- 000. In addition, 3,514 lives were lost in burning buildings and 9,067 persons were seriously injured by fire. These figures do not take into account our losses in forest fires.

William Pity, said in 1780: "There is scarcely anything around Us but rain and despair.” D"sraeli said in 1849: “In industry, commerce and agriculture there is no hope." The Duke of Wellington said in i851: "r thank God I shall be spared the consummation of ruin that. is ga- thering about us." Lord Shaft-shill’? said in 1868: "Nothing can save the British Empire from silipvwreck." They were all wrong, and this is worth repeating-Exchange.

The International Economic Con- ference may be a failure. Many had predicted that the Imperial con- ference at Ottawa. would be a fail- ure. At. the latter, notes themonth- ly letter of the Royal Bank of Canada, mutual concessions were achieved. Ii, is ‘probable that no country represented at the Ottawa Conference was completely satis- fied with the results attained. In a like manner the World Conference

will bring no complete success l0 any one nation. At. the worst, it may be a complete failure, but

from that failure will come better understanding of the difficulties of other nations and either through a second conference or n. third or a fifth, or through agreements be-

seems to leave little room for oom- promlse since Japan refuses point- blank to consider the Lytton commendation "for continuance of Chinese sovereignty in Manchuria." But without

would

is not mentioned in the despatchcs felling of the there seems reason had a. good deal to do with it. The Liberal leader recently compared the position of the Liberal minis- ters in the MacDonald cabinet tn q-he B, quqm 1n the 3mm, mung o1 encc. The report is exclusive of the m“ M ”' would be l 6mm o, buslness is distinctly be“ 2500.000 hundredmmht of bu“ m,“ o, the trade agreements cream jug, from which it could no; averse to giv ng the

terP-M. Blrks, president of Henry and bacon, and this province, which which will be published later as a is known ar. "the Denmark ofCan- supplementary volume.

tween individual nations, the basis will be established for a. revival of world trade."

The expreued attitude ofdapah

1'8‘

Japan the League

Furthermore, if Japan

hesitate, in

cabinet split, but to believe he

cal with its head in a

nly escape by breaking the Jug or "it ‘he 119065"! WlSiIP-"CE- PEP" by w“; pulled out. by the tail. Mr. haps he did: and

Lloyd George intimated

mmas av m WAY

freighter, Bright-Fm with m: c!!!" of 253,000 bushels of when it seem! timely w indicate the unreal-h wheat shipments by way of Obur- . chill in the current season as will!!!" ed with the same eight weeks end- ing sept. 22 a year asor 1931. I.- 064,7l3 bushels: 109i, 544,700 bush-

wo have says the Border Cities Star, a. very deep odmlzation for the United states and its people. We see imperfections in some phases but, ales, we observe Just. as many, perhaps more, a; home. What we particularly admire in our Ameri- can cousins is their "get up and methods. lheir efficiency and, last but not intense devotion to national ideals, national advance- This latter quality is reflected in nil-BY in the profess- ions, in the arts and, notably, in athletics. It is a. wonderful unit. It

some

speeches in which he referred to his own farm. his own farm lease-B. etc. So concerned indeed, are they, been FY0991"! along the Hudson for the purpose

PUBLIC FORUM

This aalnnu: In open for’ up

y vv v of qufltlonl o! interest. Th" Charlottetown Gunrdian dlMI not ’ n"

aafiiifiltl?‘ " ' »

The Hope Of The I Future

Iii _ (Sir Arthur Currie, in an address at; the Autumn convocation of McGlll University, Oct. 0.)

of society would crumble. The uni- versity IQQII truth with Intensity of purpose and desire and imself. lsbnau. The scholars passion for truth, showing itself in laboratory or library, in search with lens or

opinion of correspondents.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

Big-Through your columns, the Finance Committee. of the 1930 cgmpalgn Fund, wish to acknow- ledge, with th , the receipt "Om the Sun Life Insurance Co. of Can- ada, through Mr. J. A. Moore, its manager in this Province, a cheque for 81,000.00, the second payment on its pledge of $5.000“ i0 the Prince Edward Island Hospital Campaign Fund of 1930, payable in five equal yearly installments. The Committee appreciate very much this generous donation and tho prompt manner in which pay- ments axe made. . I am Sir. etc.,

W. F. Tidmarsh

Chairman Executive Committee

TO

SLEEP

A flock of sheep that leisurely pass

by

One after one; the sound of rain, and bees:

Murmuring; the fall of rivers, winds and seas; ‘

Smooth field, white sheets of water, and pure sky; '

I've thought of all by turns, and still I lie

Sleepless; and soon the small birds‘ melodies

Must hear, first utterd from my orchard trees, And the first: cuckods melancholy cry.

Even thus last night, and two nights more I lay, And could not wln thee, Sleep! by any stealth: So do not let me wear to-night away:

Without Thee what is all morning's wealth? Come, blessed barrier between day and day, Dear mother of fresh thoughts and joyous health!

the

-Willlam Wordsworth.

iiliiat

3801i» of £01m

By lame; W. Barton. MD

DESSERTS OR SWEETS ARE HELPFUL

Your doctor will tell you that some medicines were used for cer- tain deflnlte purposes I01‘ mm)’ years before the nature of the effect of the drug on the system was dis- covered. For instance, cod liver oil was used to build up thin sickly children a long time before vitamin D was discovered. It. is the vitamin D that. is sunshine itself. It would appear also that some of our customs in regard to eating have been found to be helpful to digestion without any good or ap- parent reason for them. I refer par- ticularly to the dessert that follows the regular meal, or the "sweet" as it is called in Great Britain. For centuries dessert has been a reg- ular custom of most nations.

Dr. Donald A. Laird and his ns-

actually stimulates further diges- tive activity in the stomach.

estion in the stomach will be going along at a regular rate during the eating of the meal. At the end of two hours after eating the meal digestion has reached its highest point of activity. If at this time a sweet or dessert is given the rate of activity will go even higher. If something bitter or sour is given the rate of the digestive activity becomes less.

food experts disapprove-eating a

ter tasting foodstuffs lessen the contractions and the digestive act- ivity of the stomach. Dr. Laird sug-

sociates at Colgate University have been able to show that this sweet taste in the mouth from the dessert

Their experiments show that dig-

Another custom of which many

the different

On the other hand, sour and bit-