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a ‘speed skating contest here,

~7plsnned for the rorum on Friday

v oclally have the contest. so that the

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15th. Permission has been obtain- ed from the MBBAAJJ. of C. to of-

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Provincial Amateur championship. Hockey is a great game. one major attraction, but. after all, one may have too much of a good thing, and variety lends enchantment to sport as well as to the view and to lile. The promoters of this attraction are leaving no stone unturned to make it an outstanding The ctr-operation hf the Railway has been obtained to run cheap lanes from all over the Island, and our enterprising merchants, ever willing and anxious to encourage wholesome sport and pastimes, have arranged t4; put on cheap week-end sales so that the many visitors from all over may combine business with pleasure and profit by both. It will help too, to provide a healthful evening‘: entertainment in Lent when Bridge, Whist and other in- door amusements are largely taboo

A LIBERAL VOLTE‘ FACE

Our conternporaryb attempted ex- planation of the Liberal vote in fav- or of the Bennett Unemployment Insurance Bill only puts the position of its party in a more equivocal light. It denies that there was per- sistent Liberal opposition during the discussion of the blli, yet it says: “The Liberals were anxious to go on rocord that the Federal Parliament had not authority or right to pass the legislation." Why then did they vote for the adoption of the legis- lation by the Federal Parliamen‘? The only logical answer is that they‘ did so for political motives, pure and simple. If they firmly‘ believed, as they contended, that the bill was ultra vires, that it dealt with mat- ters "solely within the competence of Provincial legislation", they could have shown their sincerity by voting as they talked. It seems to have been the old case of opponents "willing to wound and yet afraid to strike." Mr. Bennett's statement that there was general approval of the principle of the legislation in no way exonerated Mr. King and his followers from their campaign of opposition to it on constitutional ground. And it. was to this opposi- Imi, evidently, that the Globe, lead- ifl Liberal newspaper, ‘ ‘ when it warned its party stalwarts that “in these serious dam the peo- pbaninnomoodtotolsrate party lflfiefillll’

W FLAX PROCESS

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Canada-wide interest has been Icoalioned in the recent Guardian story of the achievement of w. nahinh 1r. Smith, a- heave hr Grsrloiltetown. in perfecting a. cheap method of flax Accessing for the Ilancash‘ e cotton mills, by which it; 1s hoped larger quantities of Canadian flax can be used to re- place American cotton. Ontario

terestcd. But as Mr. Justice Arsen- ault pointed out in an interview h The Guardian, there is no reason why Prince Edward Island could not share in any development of this industry, sinm from the earliest Acldian settlement days flax of a superior quality has been ‘pr -‘ " and manufactured here. In this con- nection it is interesting to note the following comment in "Industrial mitairl,” a publication issued by tit Travel and Industrial Develop- ment association of Great Britain and Ireland, on o. subiect suppli- menthfy to the experiments carried on in the spinning of flax cn cotton machinery:

"Several cape.‘ cuts lor the utilisation of cotton machinery for processing fibre; bearing no charac- teristic resemblance to cotton have rsclltly been made in Iancashire.

Miler successful experiments in in of waste flax fibre and cotton m manufacture by special msshanldal and chemical procellel latc- anew m» “z some. inventi- ‘ carried out with

of tho csnadim

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lusts; Hall) unseen r "n10 l0 on was us vaaan dallvssel. gsje per year (in advance) nailed Ithaca

rsrnsvglsaon 1.395s.

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woven and finished on ordinary cotton machinery."

“The first intimation of this dc- velopment was received by the tradB recently when samples of the new fabrics were shown to a gathering of over a hundred Lsncasbice mill managers in Manchester."

EDITORIAL NOTES

Marchl-lts tree Juniper; its stone, Bloodsione; its motto, "Cour- age and strength in time of danger."

Francis Bacon is our authority for the opinion that a dry March and a dry May portend a whole- some summer.

Nearly all the poets and writers have treated of March's particular characteristics. but it is to John Fletcher (i624) goes the credit for the assurance that if it came in as a lion it will go out as a lamb.

At Ottawa the Western Provinces are perpetually sitting attire Pre- mier's door bagging assistance. The latest is a demand for money by Saskatchewan for seed grain, and Premier J. Gl Gardiner is now en- route to Ottawa for a loan 0r gilt of $5,880,000 for spring seeding. If only the House of ‘Commons pro- duced gold instead of I-Iansard!

‘The Prime Minister has informed the House of Commons that it is the Government's intention to in- troduce legislation revising the Civil Service. Details, were not given but it was indicated that civil servants will be permitted to retire at so and compelled f0 d0 so at 05, or alter 85 years service. ‘This would speed promotions, and enable the Government to better equip the ser- vice to meet changing conditions.

The secessionist is always with us —or at least in Nova Bcotia and British Columbia. speaking in the B.C. Legislature during the debate on the speech from the Throne, Mr. Alex Manson, (Lib, Omineca.) a former Attorney-General, declar- ed the movement lor secession of British Columbia from the Domin- ion was growing in "an amazing way." l-Ie declared the question bc- ing asked was "Why not secede?"

Montreal City Council is (heter- mined to proceed with its “on to Ottawa" campaign at the head of all the municipalities of Canada. Mayor Andy Davidson, of Calgary, Alte... i; organizing Western mayors to meet in Montreal, March 05. Mayor Camiillen iloude, as soon as the Montreal Bill is out of the way. will round up the East for s. grand pow-pow designed to force the Dom- inion Government into taking over the dole, o; shoring the costs with

the provinces-all municipalities emmpt. Washington has been advised

that her foreign creditors are not going to take the gold bond decision in any other sense than substan- tiation of their claim to be paid in gold and not currency. Maintaining the recent decision strengthened its position that gold ations under the 1004 Treaty cannot he paid of! in devalued dollars, the Panama Government next week will de- cline to accept a United States Treasury cheque for $250,000 if it is tendered for the 1935 rental on the Panama Canal Zone. The Panama Government intends to return the cheque to the Treasury. as it did

stead, as specified under the 31- year-old treaty.

According to" Ottawa advices present signs poir’. to the termina- tion of this session before Good Friday, which occurs this year on April 19. Both Cursor-vulva and Liberals are anxious to get the business finished with dcspstch, and there appears now little chance of any sittings alter roaster. ‘Ihe New Deal is rapidly passing into the ' limbo of enactment; no further re- form measures may be expected at thissession as o. result or tho price spread probe. There will be little if any contentious matter in the Budget: and. in fact, with a general

medofbusbsndingtheir indem- nity resources, members of all partiesarereedytocallitaday almostsny time. " '

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last year. aha ask to: gold coin lfl- c"

election coming and the consequent it?

Notes ByTIle Way

And what do we stand to lose? one thing. Our friends. Our own people. The Dcmlnions. The Em- pire. The Dornlnions would have nothing to dowiih locarnc. They will have nothing to do with this monstrou, expansion of Locarno. What dccs the pact say? It says that if certain things take place on the Continent Britain is inevitably, immediately, and automatically plunilrd into a war from which the Dominion; are excluded. On the day that Britain is at war and the Dominion! are at peace the Empire comes to an end. If we make this pact, then. we are staking the exist- ence o! the mnplre upon events which take place automatically! Folly? It is more than folly. It is madnessl-Iondon Daily Express.

Our Dumb Animals: Trees, not animals. but they are living things. A deadly foe is steadily creeping northward. and, unless stayed, will destroy the stately elms that have been for generations the pride and glory of New England. It is the Dutch Elm Disease. Thous- ands of elm; have already been cut down and burned to the south ol Massachusetts in the effort to check this fatal blight. The alarm should be sounded from Connecticut to Maine.

Jlnrlrets were rudely shaken last week by one of the recurring dis- turbances whlch come as a reminder oi’ the dangerous elements that lie beneath the surface of trade and finance. The history of business lile affords many examples of “booms” and "slumps" on the Stock Ex- change which have had far-reaching GDDSQQUEALAm. It is doubtful, how- ever, whether such an innocuous, if useful, ‘household commodity as pepper has ever before held the City stage-Glasgow Herald. J-ii

In speaking before the Empire Club Dame Sybil identified the devil as seen 1h dullnem. 1n the tendency of people to "sit. like suet" and wait for things to be done for them instead of themselves participating. Her identification of an evil force had wisdom. She con- fined hcr illustrations to the world of entertainment, but one might easily find examples of the "suet" mentality in spheres other than the restaurants whern dishes are clatter- ed and sausages munched while gloat music pour-s from the radio- unneeded. The lack of active par- ticipa-tion 1h politics hy Bun-chair critics has long been a source of discouragement to serious citizens. The tendency to accept rrostrums and platitudes, instead of trying to understand social and economic problems has hazed legislation. Among some, the attitude to any- thing short of fire, murder and sudden death is something akin to snooping, sq that, while a 1100C! which overruns a bfllfllllrd 15 Billed. an idea which threatens to flood o. country is taken as an opiBi/e-

Yale, leads American colleges M! the list o! 32 Rhodes scholars-elect m- 1935, Harvard is nezond with three, Princeton third with two. Twenty-three other schools have one each 0n the list announced by m, Frank Aydelottc, American sec- retary of this Rhodes Trustees. The awards, made on scholastic attain- merit, character. physical visor and potential leadership, give the win- ners two years at Oxford with 8 yearly stipend of £400. Outstandinl; students set a thud year-Cecil ahhees- dream of settin! an indie- soluble educational link in Ameri- can-British understanding becomes a, gratifying reality-Monitor. _.__..

In the Isles r

buying and selling has reached huge proportions. For instance an Mi- vertincnrent of the C0-0PBP8-'~1V° Wholesale society. hlmiicd- i" i‘ recent issue of the Canadian ‘Co-

sctatos that amore than hi1! the population of Enfllfl-nd Mid W51“ obtain supplies from the co-opfl- atlve societies." In other words this organization must have somethinfl like twenty million customers.

Canada is air-minded andsmbl- tlou; to have an adequate air 5Y5- tcm ol its own and looks even be- yond the transcontinental system the new airway will inaugurate to 3, trans-Atlantic mail-carrying line. The first step will be a. 3 l-2 daY plane and steamship service lrom Montreal to london. The exper- ience gained in such a service, it is believed, will lead in seed time to a trans-Atlantic mall service along one of the threc routes air- men thing possible, the two short- of which touch Cannons-Phil- elphia Bulletin.

New York sees the Junior League of America forbid its members to use its name in commercial adver- isemen‘ lor , reonal gain. ‘liens cosmetic and cigarette manufactur- ers will have to revise much Pub" licity. The executive board of the Junior Leagues of America, Can- ada, Mexico and Hawaii discovers from reports that ‘l2 per cent of the society's you!!! Wm"! B" married and that ‘l0 per cent of the married class have children. An interesting conclusion dis drawn- r , .

Q11 v social adjustments have increased

the domestic urre- — (fluiltllfl Science Monitor. 11-, Council DI ohud

a Canadian and Family welfare reports that the 10M contributions for commun- chests and welfare federation!

too. Spanish-cranial an?! wine go to; Irish eras. Brventeen ships are under construction in ocrmsn yards rd some, some m mreeu. fleneh railway stock has gone for Romanian oil: Hungarian raiicars for fiypiku cotton: Bwlss cheese fer- » Russian pen-pl, fltlauanlin are reported to have been’ of- Med for locomotives from Olleho- aiovalis. Lin) airs vain traded I01’ s automobile. Paris artists III sailing picturesjor veil-m in aim. a a m m: to end. u

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slrr-In the Editorial. Notes ol 7°“ 153W °i Wily. You describe a medical member of the House cl Commons as saying that doctors us. "ally charge eXtra fees to patients 851° $0 ply them, to counteract the patients who could not or would not PM’; and that clergyman who are fortunate _to have member-g 1|; ump-

Wifli a , [Q1- display in marriage ceremonies do the same thing. I cannot speak m; the medical profession, but I can for my own, and on its behalf I deny the soft impeachment. A clergyman does not “make a charge" for per. fvfmin! a marriaae ceremony. nor, so fur as I em aware. is there any stipulated fee for the performance of that duty decreed by law. Should the bridegroom feel like it he hands (or causes to be handed) to the of- ficiating clergyman a gratuity. If he does not feel like it there is n0 gratuity, and this latter procedure occurs far oftener than is generally supposed. And most of my fellow- clergy will, I think, agree with mo when I say that our common ex- perience ls that the greater the dis- play at the wedding, the smaller the gratuity to the officiating clergy- man. As a matter of fact, in the large majority of cases, the gratu- ity is so scant that it is nothing like a fitting return for the time and trouble involved to a busy clergy- man. and, indeed, is frequently so very meagre that a self-respecting clergyman hesitates to accept it. I was once asked by a bridegroom (in the presence of his bride) what my lee was. To the somewhat unusual question I replied, "Whatever you think your bride is worth." And the gaflpy bridegroom handed me one

o er.

Tam, Sir, etc, GLEBGYMAN.

February 26.

WORKMEWS COMPENSATION

slr,--Now that the date is drawing near for the local Parliament to open, I will ask the question, what about the Workmen’s Compensation Act, an Act long promised but has never been passed? Authority was granted from Iiiederal House for this Act to be pamed, under Saunders Government, and still it remains a dead letter. Prince Edward Island has protection now, for everyone on‘y injured workmen and their de- pendents, old age pension, unem- ployment relief, and why hold back protection for injured workmen and their dependents? If a. workman gets injured on his job, and has not got a fat bank account, or at least a good credit at his grocers, he 1's entirely lelt out in the cold. Is this a square deal to these voters? One thing certain, their vote is expected on election day. At the time the Stewart Government came into pow- er everything was done to get. votes for the Stewart Government on the Workmenfls Compensation Act. Most all wonkmen who were liable to in- jury voted Conservative, especially the fishermen of Prince Edward Is- land, gave s. high number ol votes. But when election day died, the Compensation Act died also. The Boards oi! ‘Irade of Summerside and Charlottetown were blamed for cal- ling a meeting and sending in a protest against the Act going through. Why should the boards of trade interfere? workmen do not interfere with their business with the Government, and some of those Board of Trade shots are pretty

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votes on day. I have been told by M. Pie that P. E. l. cannot aflord a Compensation Act, as we have no industries of any kind to pay the tax. If this be so, I would suggest every man, no matter where

‘ ed, or what his employment was, pay a tax of 1c. or lite. per day to his employer to help hlrn pay his compensation tax. Some time ago. the writer had information from ‘Irades 8r Labor Congress of Can- ada, saying, if the Province would come under Compensation (and that it was the only province in Canada without it), they would have Do- minion Compensation Act and all provinces would receive the same amount in Compensation, The N. B. Act pays thirty dollars to widows per month during their widowhood, and seven dollars and fifty cents per month for each child, girls to eight- een years of age and boys to 10 years up to five in number, of child- ren. Over live children, 55 percent of one head and, twenty-live cents per month. This is the N. B. sched- ule of payment from N. B. Pompan- sation Board. The N. B. Act ls about the same only N. B. Act pays s mother's allowance.

Ii.’ the Act doesn't go through this session, based on same payments as sister provinces, there is sure to be a great shortage of ballots marked on next election day. especially among the fishermen. .

I am. Sir, etc, . WIDOW.

PUPATO MARKETING PROBLEMS

Bin-In your issue of today there appears a very timely and illum-

amounted to almost $3,000,000, a newroeordfllhhisbutoneformof generosity as practised in Canada.

recorded testifies that Cangdians have more regard than ever lorxtheir fellows in dis-

smart at canvassing the workmerfs ma;

"u" Lasting with these llmviag at liner- "I remember Holocau- Ilostatn or “flaw Mum-p; remarking once," Did ‘flir Hem-rt pflu y“ muggy.‘ Samuel. addnling the" Brithh Jn- elt.blma “m; m; mg q] m. 1|. "is . h" land to the other.

wrrv a sraamrs woass man . A nruuur

Your doctor will tell you that it 15 00W too true that a sprain is 312st! than a break. The reason is

1b a sprain all the tissues around the joint are tom or smtchsgm llllumwta. ‘ ’ of muscles, blood vessels and nerves,--but the bone‘ bones are not broken . '

In a break the‘ bone is broken Milly 01‘ completely across and also the tissues in the region will be torn as in a sprain. ‘,

Why then 1s a sprain worsethan‘ n break?

The sprain is worse than the break because of the way it is treated.

In a break the broken ends,ar’e replaced in position under the X ray, splints are applied, and nothing is allowed to disturb the splints until 3 weeks afterwards. Even (luring these three weeks the X ray may he used to make sure there hasdreen no displacement of the ends of the bone. At the end of the 3 weeks, or even before, light massage is given the aflected~part to stimulate the circulation. In other words the break is considered a serious condition and "cell"? Drmnpt, thorough attention.

with a sprain however, many patients actually try to “work 9m the sprain" by using the joint, Oth- ers will rest it for a couple of days until most of the swelling amp- pears, then they also will use the Joint to "llmber it up."

This means that the tom parts do not get the opportunity to heal properly owing to the movement oi‘ i-hcvlont too soon. The result is an ank e, wrist, elbow shoulder, or hip that seems to sprain, strain, "or tire easily; "goes back on him". the pat- ient states.

Now it must be admitted that some sprains are kept "quiet" too long with the result that "adhes- 1°n6"—Paz-ts sticking together that should not do so-occur and a stilt joint results.

However it has been found out that while the Joint should be resh- ed, stimulation of the circulation ny heat or electricity brings along re- pair much more rapidly. Then at the end of a fewdays, instead of keep- ing the joint absolutely quiet, the patient or assistant quietly moves the joint without permitting any weight on it.