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The Charlottetown Guardian

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THURSDAY, APRIL l. 1937

Saved Despite Themselves

We dealt in these columns yesterday with Premier cainpliells failure to inform the Legis- lature oi the diutger tltat certain sections of the Prohibitiitn .\ct. purporting merely to consoli- date cxistitiig legislation, might have an altogether dilfcnsiit llllt‘t'l>1‘t'l.’lll0l1 if re-eiizicteil today. Thanks to the agitation raised iii The Gitardian, and particularly to the letter published in this newspaper from .\Ir. \\". E. Bentley, K. C., an additional clause was introduced yesterday by way of atiietitltticttt, for the purpose of safe- guarding the Dominion order-iit-coiincil prohib- iting establishment of such liquor warehouses h@;¢_;. ProtCCIlOH which the bill, as introduced. yvottld hate wiped otit of existence.

Pretty Slick!

Passed ln committee in the Legislature yes- reftlay without discussion, question or explan- ation was a drastic amendnietit to the Prohib- ition .\ct, which instead of “c0tts0lidatiitg" the existing $ection 69 imposing a minimum fine of not less than $500 for second or subsequent of- fences of having liquor in illegal possession, yet/tires the miiitvititm fin-e to $300, and the n1- lfflltlffi’? mittimimt juil pemilly from six "ton/it: 10 four Intuit/ix.

What does this mean? It means that this par- ticular legislation has been put through for the benefit of baolleggerr-old 0flend2r.r—not first offenders for whom, at the last session, the min- initini petialty was reduced in certain cases from $100 to ten dollars!

Where was Ur. LePage? Where was Mr. Wright? Where was Mr. MacKay? Where was Mr. Seville? “Staunch prohibitiouists" all, they were sitting in their seats, listening to the committee chairman ask, “Shall the Section carry P” and saying eloquently by their gilence: “Sure l"

And Premier Campbell, promoter of the bill, guarantor (“for the fourth time", as he remaf ed on Tuesday) that it was "merely" a conso '- dating measure-nothing more or less-—what did he have to say? "1 move that the section Carry!”

Carried it was-—silently but unanimously. And then. when the whole bill had been agreed to, loud expressions of commendation for the Premier's “prohibition stand", loudly voiced predictions that the Act, now “more drastic” than ever, would be “a great thing" for the Pro- viiive."

And how loudly the bootleggers-old ofiend- £r'.c—\\'ill acclaim the genitis of our “consolidat- ino" Premier, who “put it over” so effectively in their ltehalr‘, and made convictions for second and stihsccyttciit offences so itiuch easier to take!

False, Mr. Premier!

Naturally one does not expect gratitude from n Liberal Government for criticising their neg- ligence. (let us say?) in introducing destructive legislation; and we may regard as a compli- ment, iii the circumstances, many of the derog- atory references itiade to The Guardian in the past few days. l-lut there is one statemcntun particular, of ,1 more pCfSOlllll nature, to which we must take tihjectitm. The Premier charges that iii Friday's Uttartliztti of the proceedings of April i-—the “official report", as he termed it -thrrr: is “deliberate fnlsiiicatioti", both iii the heading and iii the zirtielt‘, with regard t0 Ill?

Prohibition .\ct; that itt the same report the infonnntioii as to the pillslllltlilllllg purpose of the hill had ll1‘."ll "carcftilly sttp1)1‘<‘>'5Q<l"} and that "zni official reporter who docs that 50ft 0f thing g-lltlliltl llti longer be recognizctl as an of- fivizil repwt it‘ of this llottsc."

\\‘.~ hue ‘H.111 .\lt<. kf.i\.\ll'11l-ll.l. twenty-four lttittr-l ltftliilll g spcll in which to reconsider ti t- sw-m tiwttl- above quoted, and to apologize for ll.1\li‘!{ tntdt; thetn. llc has not llflllt so. [II- l.‘ .1 Until. nor ll: m mt l/IC g/rutmll llnil they til." [it tarry twat/teal. The “tifficial re- r-ttrf lll l'ti.i.u,\'s tittardian coiitttiited no rc- iln-n.» t.. Vie Prohibition Act, either in the lp-gdniq ...- l. p. of the report, beyond the

yltilfillitlt! llat’ nt fIlVSHUHCL‘ of tiolice Premier (flxttrtai l.l. l.i'lml Ilic bill, "cottsolidaliitg the 2.1:- f.\"l int/ale and fllltCllfllllfllfS thereto.” The h 11;’ lltfilli the simple legend: “Yesterday's Proceedings" lll la-gislitttire.”

Sticklers For "Truth"!

lllti. llotuct: \\'itir.tt'r, M.L.A., is always ".'i;;in” something. 1t used to be motor cars.

and its supporters might constitute a departure from truth!

And what a bungle these sticklers for “trutli" have made in explaining the purpose of their new Prohibition Act! A measure “merely" to consolidate the existing legislation — making “no change whatever" s0 far as enforcement is concemed—turns out on examination to be a measure which, if passed as introduced, would have, restored the liqtior export ittarchotise racket whiclt since i923 has been prohibited in this Province by a special Dominion order-iii- council!

Those Prohibition Economies

One of the arguments advanced by HON. MR. LEPAGE in 1935 for scrapping the Prohibition Commission, was that under Commission ad- nitnistratiorr a purchasing agent was (‘lHplQyull “who did probably an hour’s work in a year and received not only salary but travelling ex- penses amounting in all to approximately S800 a year." ,

_Is it not a fact that uttder the present ad- mmistration, not one purchasing agent htit many are drawing fat commissions, and that a good deal of rivalry exists among these agents in forcing the sale of their various beverages?

\Ve understand that every brewery and (lis- tillery now has its agent in the Province-all good Liberals 0f course, valiant henchmen in the last election contest. It is even reported that a recently appointed Government vendor retains the agency lie formerly had before his itpyioiiitmeiit.

1 llow itiucli did these ttgt-iits obtain last year iii commissions? That is something whiclt the public mtist know before it can accept Puiziiinit (‘Asiitiiizcifs statement that his salary increase of $500 was offset by the economies made

through scrapping the Prohibition Com- mission. 1' Editorial Notes r

Tliei-c is to be a holiday in June after all, the Lieuteuant-Govemor having been advised yum-day by telegram that Wednesday, June 9 would be proclaimed its the official birthday instead of December I4. U I I Pity the poor Balearic Islanders one-third of whom are supposed to be loyal Spaniards, one- third Insurgent Spaniards, and one-third Ira. lians. Next thing probably we will hear is they are all Mandates of the moribund League of Na- tions. o v u It must always be borne in mind that while the Fanners’ Creditors’ Arrangement Act with a comparatively free hand dispenses with frozen assets which are practically out of circulation anyway, it replaces them with some $50,000 good money which presumably is immediately spent in the province. r v were it not that there is strong informed op- position outside-our. Legislature we would be landed with all sorts of blundering legislation. The trouble is, as Mr. Wright admits, we have practically a. one man governmenqand he finds it practically impossible to subject Government measures to the necessary supervisory control, and run the liquor business at the sometime, It is too much for any one man. . l‘ I I Like Mr. Campbell here last year, Mr. Dup- lessis in Quebec is budgetting for a very con- siderable deficit in the confident hope and ex- pectation that he will be agreeably disappointed by about 6o or 7o per cent. Then when lie comes dowit with his next year's budget, he will beable to shout from the houstop “Ho, presto, see what a prestidigator f am! I estimate better than 1 know!" 1K Ill Front Hansartl: llUl1. .\li". Lapointe: \Vhy are the Communists so strongly opposed to Canada having evcii the ShClIOII ofaii army for defence, when they seem to be wholly in favour of Rus- sia having the greatest army in the world? 'l‘hey ivttnt Russia to be armed, but Canada, and oili- er nations as well, to be ilisarnied. Mr. Bennett: I suppose they have becii lis- tening to the speeches of the Opposition diir- ing the last five years. ‘F

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Miss Edith blacdoiiald, 88, aunt of Prime Minister Baldwin, has just dicd at Stotirpoit, “lorcestershire. Miss hlucdotiald was the young- est of the‘ five daughters of Rev. George Mac- donald, an Aberdeeiishire minister and novelist. Oiieof lier sisters was the mother of Rudyard Kipling, another the mother of the Prime Min- ister, Stanley Baldwin, a third married [he famous painter Sir Edward Borne-Jones, and a fourth married Sir Edward Poynter, one-titne president of the Royal Academy.

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King George has intimated to foreign gov-

llotes By The Way

If you were to count American silver dollars at the rote o! 90 a. minute, working ten hours a. day and 800 days a. year, it would take you nearly 63 years to count $1,000,- 000.01». In other words, 11 you were to begin counting at. this rate on your twenty-first birthday. you would be almost. 83 years old by the time you finished your first. btlion. Work 1t. out. for yoursclL-Ex.

The causes of the present wave o1 sit-dorm strikes are doubtles to be found 111 other influences than the labor policies. of the Govern- ment. But. the labor policies of the Government would be better fitted to the needs of the present situ- ation if they included a clear and iutquig warning of the dangers to the public interest involved in a resort to lt1\\'leS511€5S.—~NEW York Times.

“The ‘British llon.’ being largely free from aii exttggernted sense of llttifll dignity, is disposed to take tail-twisting llglittyt when assured that this is mercy a playful 517°"?- But the attitude has clianggd with the growing conviction, that the ei-ettiess o1 its tail forms tnniistay of P6806 in Europe.- Ltzndoit Titties.

The time to slop a strlke ls twen- - "ye years before 1t ts Ofllled- If - and industrial leadership ucctptctl and executed U11“. o ition. the ugly aspecflti 0f labor ivnrlare would ultimately dis- appear an increasingly i-esponslole leadership would be bred 8nd

labor, and basic issues o1 neeotln- Hons-techniques. wanes. hows W1 working conditions would be deter- mined 1n collaboration rather than 1n conflict-Glen Frank.

The Italian press seems to 118W’ mistaken the attitude o1 the Brit- 15h Empire towards Itflly- NW6 d15- Ilkes the Italians as a race. Most. of us admire them. But; we do not. ad-. mire bad intth in any leader. The Ducc 1s behaving like a spoiled child- rtither than a. statesman who real- 1zes the value of human life and 1iberty.--Ex.

lDenmark is denied those physical advantages which Canada. ts ao- oorded. Yet by planned eflort. 5119 has been able to attain n. very de- finite supremacy 1n many markets o1 the world. She rivals Canada 1n the bacon and dairy products’ markets. Behind her success is not; a. spontaneous but rather a. definite and planned efiort. By thousands—I think last: year 1t. was LOGO-her young men and womemgatn train- ing 1n institutions corresponding to our agricultural colleges, such train- ing being at; the utpeiise o1 the state and on condition that these young men and women return to the (arms to serve 1n positions o1 leadership, 1n the ultimate hope that. Danish agriculture may bene- fit, as 1n fact 1t has benefited-M. P. Essex. East.

Aviation development, both clvll

ernmetits through official channels that he does not wish gifts on his coronation. This follows the precedent set by his father, George \'. who

Now he wants a law to make Liberal legisla- tion .t‘.'ll) jmlier, and criticisms of it punishable in tltt: same iniuiiier as comments on cases be- fore the law courts. Indeed, it is Mn. Wtucrrfs con ntioii that “in the case of the Legislature it is cveti more iniportaitt that false reports and false interpretations should be prevented." Of course, he and his [larty colleagues are in Mn. \\'tttt;ni"'s opinion the proper people to pass judgment nit reports and interpretations whether they hc true or false, and mete out punishment accordingly!

\Vl1:tt an illuniinatittg light oti the mentality of the llcdiwpte representative this suggestion af- fords! \\'c recall that it was in connection with l\!.!, \\'t:t<;tt'r's hy-election campaign that the l'r. l1ll('l' l>~llL‘(l his famous ultimatum that any- one supporting the Independent Liberal candi- lite, Rlti. l'.t:i.i., would be “automatically read- ne; ltlmsc-lf out of the Liberal party," and ex- ~h~ '1 from participating in any further party mhonagca Now Mn. WRIGHT comes forward Nllll a lilting quid [fro quo for the Premier's in- xrveniitin at that time, by suggesting the stip-

pressinn of all criticism of Government legisla- tion \\'llit‘ll in the opinion of the Government

said shortly before the last coronation that out- lays for lavish official presetits were needless burdens on others and should be discouraged. Since then British royalty declined all gifts ex- cept those from personal friends. Despite this precedent the British royal family and govern- ment still setid magnificent gifts to other for- eign rulers on stateoccasions. w» w a

Mr. Amram Scliienfcld, brother of Mrs. (Dr.) Leo Frank, commences in the current issue of “Physical Culture" a series of articles on the “Wonders of Heredity that Make You." “Nothing that you did, nothing that happened to you, no change that was made or that you made in yourself, for better or for worse, can have the‘ slightest effect on the hereditary factors which you pass on to your children”, writes .\'l r. Schlmfdd. but “the role of the mother is dif- ferent from that of the father. Although lier part in the child's heredity is no greater, she can influence its development between concep- tion and birth. If a mother is addicted to drink or drugs, her weakened condition~or even the alcohol and drugs themselves-can affect the child while she is carrying it.”

and military, is stirring this spring all over the world, but. particularly on the Atlantic seaboard of North America. Newfoundland at. present 1s rushing to completion a. mile square atrdrome that will rival the world's ‘argest. 1n size, and will be equipped with the very latest tech- nical improvements. Primarily 1t is intended as the American landing place for the projected Imperial Airways translantic service, but 1t. wlll serve equally well tor military craft 1n event o1 war.—Yai1riout.h Herald.

Sidney Smith once remarked that John Bull could tell Jonathan the lnevltabie consequences of being to 10nd or glory-taxes. And John Bull can also tell one or two European nations what Mr. Miciiwber sold about living within orie's income.- Hamlllon Spectator.

The Dominion Bureau of Stalls- tlcs has issued an estimate, based on such records as have reached 1t, that the population o1 the Mari-

clhnb more rapidly than most: of the (ilber prnvirces, are no longer l". 1f their population bynthe heavy

"cii which t;;i;.- sufiered 1n

111 past years-Sydney Post-Record.

Norway, 1n proportion 1o popula- tion. has the largest merchant. fleet. 1n the world and last. year was the most. profitable since 1924. Gross earnings were $125,000,000 and, ac- cording to the industrial depart- ment of the Canadian National Railways, half was spent 1n Nor- way. The merchant fleet means much to the little eountryn-Monc- ton Transcript.

But it 1s one thing to recognise that the money given to the beggar wlll probably cater to his weakness 10i- drink or idleness ,u.rtd quite an- other to achieve that firmness o! character which ls needed to refuse the appeaf. Always there 1s just the suspicion that. 1t ls no great tun to sleep 1n ditches and to so hungry from time to time. The "hobo? with all lils imperfections on his head, his drunkenness, dirt and mendaclty. 1s hardly a. person to be envied, and the average man, ad- mitting the fotloy o1 his generosity, prefers to give rather than to re- fuse. Reason ls no match for sym- pnthy.-Ce.pe Argus.

Opportunities? Hlppy people make their ovm opportunities. And opportunities created, breed other opportunities. There's always a way, somehow. tor the one who wants n way made. A bllnd girl, from Wfkes-Harrelttm. Miss Hxntherlno Smith, a former Vassar College student. who studied joumntlsm and became a reporter for the But- faln Coui-ler-Express-and has been for nearly ten years. She travels, gets interviews, and does a good job. Even her boss sold. "I don't know how she dld 1t. It sounds 1m- msslble. but she found n way to do

t." When a problem clumps you Just remember that there's a way

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P.E.I_.,_ Potatoes

By A. M. Bell M. n.

A'"""t_. s". 1937

PUBLIC FORUM

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11 an, excess of muscle melt-tn such as bee! steak, be taken by a. person 1n excess o1 the, body needs, over a long period o1 time. who has a. tendency to the development o1 gout on rheumatism. thele purtns, which in III-ff: 1101111111 the appetiz- ing flavors to meets and which form uric acid 1n the body may N- sult 1n accumulation o1 the uric acid 1n the system, especially 1n the large Joints, and 101111.! 01' the extremities where the is poorest and cause serious dom- £130.

As before stated, meats; 1151i; cerea‘: and wheat white bread, which Iorm o. large part o1 the dietary. m very highly mid 1mm.- imz. in the body. so 1t 1s most obvious, that; 1n oiyier to prevent; the development o1 that dread condition known a5 axrlltbsis other foods must be combined with the“ in the dietary to neutroltae this Mid property.

Acidosis can be corrected when present, and be ‘prevented, by us- ing alkaline forming 100d: 1n amounts and Q1la11t/y to accomplish this, rendering the tlsuu slightly alkaltne. O1 p11 the lmown foods. the potato. with its rich 100d contents o1 vltaimtlnes and afknl- tnizlng property (leis this require- ment tnore completely than any other 100d used today, being seven per cent alkaline iormtng 1n the y.

It has already been noted that the potato has a good content o1 iron and copper which 1s so es- sential 1n the bodY h: maintain tho normal Iuncttooilng o1 111a by sttpplydrtg tron 1n ntltablo torm and amounts to the hemoglobin o1 the red cells o1 t-ho blood 10i- emot- ent. oxidation, with out which lite cannot exist.

Quite recently 1t. has been d15- covered that, although tron may be present 1n abundance in the 100d consumed to serve the body need. yet 1t. cannot be utilized by the body unless a. small aimotint: o1! copper also 1s present 1n the 100d used. While the amount o1 copper required 1a extremely mull, yet. that small amount 1s absolutely ‘ despenstble (or the ultfllzatlon of iron by the body.

The use o1 the potato diet, supplemented by 1e11- axnount o1 milk and the green leery vegetables and eating a. little liver once a week aflords absolute protection against the develop- ment. o! anemia, as the potato used with these utxzestwfll fwd-i provide the tndispenshble tron and copper for the hemoglobin. so- 1t can be assimilated and converted ‘into blood peginent.

There ts no 100d, commonly used, 1n the dietary that can be substituted tor the potato ttfat 1111 all ‘ the requirements already named. ..

About the only foods that are ever employed as a substitute for the potato-are-pobshed TlJCE-Blld Macaroni, both of which are highly acid forming, and nedther have any iron or copper or Calcium or Phosphorous or vitamins content and little l! any other food vallue content. emepo their contained carbohydrate.

No one 100d. when 1t serves an the sole diet, 1s fully complete 1n itself and capable o1 maintaining good health and vigor over an extended period of time, M11]; 15 the most complete 100d 1n itself, knonm ‘co-day. as 1t contains n11 the necessary 100d elements, but 11: is too bulky 1n volimie to stibslst, on erwrely and 1t also 1s slightly deficient 1n 11s iron commit, w make 1t. fully complete, to serve 11W!‘ an extended period, so 1t needs to be supplemented by some other 1ood to supply this deficiency, The potato-containing both iron and 1301mm" mode 1t a most admlr- able food oomblnotton with milk and the liven leafy vegetables to isrtipply this slight deficiency o!

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Foods must be so combined by careful selection in the dietary so that they Drovlde by their digest:- lon products °_f—i>rot,etns. rats. wlll-ff” we . ' ~ 19S Hlld lnoyggnjc elements and water and the proper acid baseequtllbrlumwhe nutrients exam“ 7°!’ bod? functioning. should be combined no a; m

I - 800d each other; deficiencies.

(To Be COhblnued)

DEATH AND LWE

Because 031135311: hold not thy llfe Plan for the retire-found broad and strong-mm high; N°bly to fall 1s more than victory 0V8!‘ unworthy toes; mom-n not nor weep, 0M span o1 111a thou hast ‘fwixt 499D and deep. f: =11 thy care m nit 1t gloriously: ve even as 11 thou knewwt thou couldst not dle. This day ls shoi-tP-there wlll be years torsleep.

Therefore work thou while 1t. 13 called today '

.And let the night’ in the night's

things take care.

By those strong souls who leave our earth more fuli-

with their strenuous service unto all for aye

I charge thee work. and let not. Death dismay

Nor the shadow o1 Death, but. greatly hope and dare.

-I-Ierbert. E. Clarke.