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MONDAY, JANUARY 25, X932

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intimation is made that, pursu- ant to the declaration made by the Bennett Government in the closing days of last session, the directorate of the Beauhamois project has been reorganized. The new board excludes those on whom the limelight was fumed during last session, and will consist of Sir Geo. Gatineau, Almie Geofirion, K. 0., Montreal, J. S. Norris, Montreal Light, Heat and Power Company. C. F. Sise, Royal Trust. W. A. Black, Bank of Montreal, 3V P‘. Angus. Dominion Bridge cnmpnny, A. r. White, Canadian Bank oi Commerce. hlillcr Lash. K. C. Brazilian Traction, and M. 3V. Wilson, Royal Bank.

Some changes may take place or additions be made before the new Board is finally approved, but it will be seen from the names sub- mitted that the Bennett Govem- ment has wisely decided that a public utility like the Beauhariiols Trust, developing the natural re- sources of Canada, should be man- ned arid directed by men of Can- adian-wide reputation and business experience.

CIVIC AFFAIRS

The annual meeting of the City Council takes place this evening, when the civic accounts will be lubmit ‘- by the Finance Commit- tee, and reports generally received from the chairman of the other committees. This will be the final meeting of the City Council be- fore the election, which takes place on Wednesday, February 10th.

A great deal of interest has been evinced in ci"lc aifaivs during the past year, especially with regard to the finances. This is a healthy sign and deserves every encour- the xv-‘ii being ofvthe community that the tax payers and those interest- ed in the rational development and expansion of the community should actively interest theriisclvcs in the work of their representatives. The City Council is a public body, and every citizen is entitled to be pres- ent at its deliberations. This is not practicable or possible. however,

and for the most. part the citizens depend upon the monthly reports in the newspapers and the annual report of the City Councillors for their information concerning what is going on. Before an election it is desirable that the representatives in public meeting should give an account of their stewardship. Re- cently public attention has been fo- cused more upon the provision made for the redemption of civic bonds than on the expense of running the city. It is the provision made, or lack of provision made, for the redemption of bonds at maturity that has been adversely criticised. As a progressive and up-to-date city, Charlottetown is not by any means overburdened by public debt compared with cities in other parts of the Maritime Provinces as the following statement shows:

zigemont. It is necessary for

Halifax . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $l7.486.942 Saint John ...... .. . . 8.034.408 Sydney 5.224.797 Moncton 5081.158 Glace Bay 1.664.970 Charlottetown v .. . . . .. 1.651.100 Amherst ..... 1.028.030 New Glasgow .. . . 012.450 Fredericton . . . . . ... . 701.560

It should be explained that the figures for Chnrloticiowai are those up to December Ill, 193i, whereas those for the other cities nre to December 31, 1929, and there is reason to believe that the bonded liabilities of those other cities will have proportionally increased iii the two years. Charlottetown is perhaps the best model city in the Maritime Provinces. It enjoys‘ all the latest improvements and facilities, and its taxation is by no

factoriLv, and the citizens offering themselves, and being elected, as Councillor: devote a great deal oi their time and attention to the successful administration of its af- fairs. Of course, they are not per- fect, nor do they escape giving op- iportunity for adverse criticism. The worst that may be said of them, however, is that in the pest they have neglected to provide sufficient sinking funds to redeem their bond-

ed issues.

In regard to the bonded indebt- edness referred to above it must be borne in mind that the City Council has e striking fund oi’ 5141.000 invested in bonds, and 511000859 cash in Savings Banks

coming election these figures should be borne in mind, and the citizens not be carried away by a. general condemnation, supported only by petty iniiuendos and the magnify- ing of mole hills.

MOUNTIES OVER ALL

The policy of the Dominion Gov- ernment. begun by Rt. Hon. W. L. Mackenzie King's government, of utilizing the Royal Canadian Mounted Police for the whole of Canada is evidently being continu- ed by PremierlBennetts Govem- ment. Intimation has just been made that the Government has

|cconoriiy' are the ttvo elements

merge the Morn

cs for the Cus-

SliIllC time the Alberta Government is making approaches re the Ben- iictt Government with a vicw to having the Royal Canadian Mount- ed Police take over the duties of the Provincial Police in Alberta. The same reason for the change is given, viz. greater efficiency and economy in - administration.

A COMMUNITY ASSIJA"

The comprehensive reports sub- mlttcd at the annual meeting of the Prince Edrvard Island branch of the Red Cross Society on Fri- day night contaln much food for thought. They show that the work of this splendid organization has been carried on during the past Year with great success and that the Society is as neces. Sury to the community today, in its specialized field of work, as it was when it carried the whole burden o! Dublic health endeavor. There is no organization in the Province more deserving of publlg support than the Red Cross Society, and none which is more Competent- ly conducted.

EDITORIAL NOTES

After long delay, walthg app“- eritly the advent of "ins-p ration" from Nova Sootla, the Liberal or- 81in asszurt: us that Mr. Ludlow Jenkins, honorary game warden so called, drew no pay or Expenses for 1930. the Auditor General‘: report notwithstanding. Will the Llhfiffl] organ now inform its readers just why 1111;. Jenkins ceased in draw my and allowance on the ere of the 11130 general election?

Th’: Women's Aliasical club of 010M101» N- B. have initiated B movement, which might profitibly be adopted by musical organizations in other hiurit me centres. They 111-10 commit-led Dhns mi- a icszm i" 11"- Zilru b3’ the massed chor". of 1110 cit-y. numbering 175 voices, as- oiiiietl by 8n orchestra cf abpur i-‘wchfiv-flve picces. The results ai- taiiicd in rehearsal are said to give

means onerous. Its affairs are look- ed after, on the whole, very satis-

hromisc of iin evmg that will stand out prominently in the musical his-

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NOTES BY TliE WAY

Canadian several of the hi8 11115-15 m m‘ Umged, gtztes within recent “T9199- n writs demonstrated that We could grow better wheat than C“! p, produced in United States, like- wgpe bettgr peas and several other things. Then it was shown in live stock we could produce P11" winners in 800111! number‘ Lmk" ing at Uncle Sam's tariffs, though. we come to the conclusion that our excellence of production (1095 not seriously 1111111955 111m H‘ does not seem to Want t0 bu)‘ 5111' of these things fwru u=~ He quite content to let 11$ take 01'" m" best offerings once a year s0 h‘? can have a lock at 1116m-

The Hon. u. H. Stevens in "w recently publshed handbook Can- ado 1932 emphasizes the fact that .in order for Europe 1° be "1779 1° gbuy our products they must be better off financially, and one Wily {of achieving that desirable end is ‘to do everything within our POW" "to exorcise the demons oi’ fol? wh'ch are bssctting mankind

account, reducing its net bonclecl Jthmughout m: wcrld). He reffl-SWQ Jlme- T119 F556 01 ETVWUI Viiflt-‘d

indebtedness to 51400000 1n the ‘to the disarmament conference to mm the age’ "he my‘ mmeasflw ' ' ' ‘ _ llri height and weight twi

discussion of civic affairs at the the held 1n Gram 111 February-i °° "5 "W"

land wisely suggests that for the sake of our pockets, as well as for the yke of humanity in the ab- stract. every person should do his utmost to work for its success.

It is calculated that the small savings accounts of the British people now total tcn and a half billions oi dollars. More than a billion and a htlf has been invested in building smieiies. Five billion

lers of savngs cerflficatcs. Govem- ment stocks, and P051 051109 Savings Bank accounts. It is figured that the lump sum amounts

population. and represents 8- twventieth portion of the accumu- lated wealth of the whole country.

I 1

1 The war-debt balance sheet irre-

under consideration the iitiliitatioii >pqyp<1 bv the New‘ ‘fork Times 0111" '91" $011008, because I. nor any-

of the Mounties for the Customs ‘N011 i. 1931, 511011011 10191 llal/mcmsitogp 015%?‘ present‘ caraimgrmve f0“ i , '.cm. 0' f’ .ri

Preventive Service. 1-Tiiiciciicy' and 11;“- “nd 11111110‘ m1)’ Iccwvm and! 3 are a at 5a ' Md or

paid by all cntmtries undcr i110 agreements actually 9211111 5"‘

which the Goi-r-rzimcnt is said to mam. would my $27903 0gg‘0Q()_.iil't8t yquyngsters inherit w'de or have in mlllti 1n their proposals to rover ttn times a: much as she has PHYTOW 11105. Widc 0r nBJTOW shsuld-

, already paid. France would

. - .h t l ,,.. It t be toms Preventive Service. At the 111969111” “Om Gcmmmy $l4'000'000' 11 or c“ mus remembered

1000, and pay 511.000.000.000 to her creditors, rrtcfinlng the 1101111190 01 53.000.000.000. Britain would rc-

debtors, virtually all of which 11111 ‘be repaid to the Unied States. Italy would rrcclve 51.009130110011- and turn rcrirly all cf it over t0 11¢!‘ creditors. The United States would collect a. tolol of 52111091101101”- and keep it all-that is, unless the whole system collaPiicd 1" the imcantime. Obviously, but three {nafons are primarily concerned ‘vwith debt cancellation. Germany stands to better her position 10" paper) by about $24.000.000.007. France stands to lose $3.000.099-09°~

szroooooonoo. Th? oils-silo" 1°‘ the latter 15 “mother it will cost her more to try to collect than to forgive.

n 1s rcgfclhhlg says the London Times that the Japanese "Govern- ment's hands were forced by 1119 military leaders in Manchuria. be- cause in fact Japan has a v91’? good case, and an 111111011191 11101111‘? might well have established that justice was on her side. Alike by homi- and by interest she was. and she ls, called upon to take tho League into hcr confidence. The Japanese authorities have a list of over 300 examples of minor in- fringements of treaty T181115 1111M) the Chinese have refused 1c settle. and they maintain that lhcre 11111"? been no fewer than 400 cases of banditry against the Japanese "11" ways in the course of the last two years.

The St. Cuilicrines Staflflflrfl Independent commenting 011 EX Premiers Mackenzie King's speech it wihrriics says: "It can b” proved irrefutnbly that; had it not been for prompt tariff action on the part of the Bennett Government in 1930 and 1031, thousands of em- ployes more would have been thrown out of work than the un- cmploymcnfl figures, tragic as they arc, have shown in the period un- der reviw. Canada would hflve been subject to such foreign dumb- jpg of goods in a period when commodity prices reached the low- est level in half a century 01' more mpg some of the major industries of this country would have been crippled to such extcnt that they would have been lost forever to the Dominion." '

Increased taxation and further ewnquiieg are the measures to b: Qmpldyed so that the United States Government's budart may b?

wry of Lb. W.

balanced. I181" 7M1’- Melmn’ Secretary oi the Treasury. and Mr.

, did well at

doilars’ worth is held by i116‘ 110111’ .

to nearly $250 per capita of the!

ccive about SNLOWJDOOQOQ 110m hm]

The United States standS 10 1059i

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Bu lame: W. W10", M,D

FORCTNG YOUNGSTERS l‘) EAT

One oi’ the greatest beurlls; that has come to growing children is the vdrlnklng of plenty of pure rich ‘lmlk daily.‘ milk is an all round f 1 However, like many 013m- 300g lthlngs. it may be carried to ex- ltremes. One of these extremes or irnlstakes is trying to make a young- lster with thin parents, and thin |grandparents, drink twice as much |milk or eat twice as much food as another youngster of the some age vmo happens to be bgge; or more plumb.

Some years ago in examining 1m"! of a prewar-usury school, it was my custom to take the height {and weight in Sepfcmber and again

l

i1d1y from 14 to 18 as in any other iiwo years. This was of course nat- ;_ura1 as these are the years oi’ at- taining puberty.

l If the boy dd not show a reason- jubie gain from September m June. the matter was investigated,

f In the majority of cases it was ifourrl that one or both the parents .wcrc of low or medium stature. were mt any large, nor did they ,1\'@ish any’ mOre at the same age ‘as their boy.

5 In other words tiyiiig to make ythin youngsters drink more than a ‘quart of milk a. day, or eat too much food, wll riot only get rm- Inlts but win up the youngster iliarm. The amount of wastes in his sys‘em is gong to keep him Esluggish mentally and physically.

Z It is not fair w criticise the ‘height and weight tables as used

ltlie 1i\'€‘l‘fl_'{_'1 (ype of youngsfer, Howcvrer ft must be recognized

IBIS, 1mg or short bodies, long or

‘that nations pariicularly America, v15 made up to a considerable ex- ‘tent of peoples from Great Britain and Europe. with their racial char- acteristics as to he ght, weght, heaviness or lghiness of bones, qvldth of chest and him, length of 'legs and bOdy and other character- vistics.

' My only thought is that parents when they are told that their youngster is imdenvcigh‘. for his ‘ace become needlessly worried and iity to force too much food int-J- the youngster,

‘They should try to remember their own family characteristic at rhis age. It will likely remove their ‘fears, and make life more comfort- able for their children.

Mr. King’s Mystery

made-as

(Vancouver Province)

What does Mr. Mackenzie King mean about the Royal Commission on Railways, and. what is there back of all the dark hints and in- iiucndoes of the Winnipeg speech? Wc expect the Liberal leader, when lie goes out to have dinner with his political friends in Manitoba, - to proclaim the virtues of Liberal- ism, and we do not expect to find the government of his Conserva- tive rivals nt all to his liking. But wc do not expect the 1 sponsible leader of the opposition-or rather we l-iave a right to expect that he will not-to add to the trouble and the anxiety of troubled and anxious times with suggestions and hints and insinuations which, if they are justified at all, can only be justi- fied by the most explicit and cate- gorical statement. Either Mr. King should have said what he really meant about the railways and the Duff Commission, in Winnipeg lost night. or he should not have spoken at all.

Mr. King, denouncing what he 0611-‘! mystery in the proceedings of the Duff Commission on the Canadian railways, manages to be exceedingly mysterious himself. He says the Dufi’ Commission is hold- ing secret meetings, and he says it is a Star Chamber method of pro- ceeding. He says that "Liberalism will stand like a rock" against any proposal which will destroy the in- dependence of the Canadian Na- tional Railway system. He warns Premier Bennett not to make the C. N. R. the "scapegoat" for the

Mlle, Under-Secretary. This may be sound policy, but it ls not calcu- lated to make Republican votes in a year when they will be badly needed. Thing: prlltical are not breaking well for President Hoover and his associates.

condition into which his own po- licies (Mr. Bennett's) have served to bring the country.

, his work. goes on to hind it, should never have been

says that the "secretive and mys- tcrious commission has proceeded in its enquiry has given rise to certain- unpleasant thzit the most unpleasant of these suspicions is that, at the end of the coming

may be even worse than they are today," something in- the nature of an emergency measure (pm- sumably a railway measure) be sprung, “to cope with which, and to save the nation from disea- ter, the country will be told that a national government alone will be qualified.”

mean by all this? We understand him well enough when he says, as he does, that the nation wants o change of government. He means that the nation wants a change from the government headed by Mr. Bennett to a government head- ed by Mr. King. And we have our own estimate, probably different from Mr. King's, of the strength of that desire.

one thing that the country does not desire. It does not desire e fur- ther bedevilmcnt of the railways 0f 981111115 b)‘ Dilrtlsan politics. It does not desire that the very ser- ious and important work of the Duff Commission should be preju- diced in the doing with attacks from politicians who are supposed to be responsible statesmen. And it certainly does not desire to be told by w. King or by anybody 9mm

worst sort of insincc n nonsense~ that the policies of the Bennett government. whatever criticism can be made of them, err in anywiee responsible for the pre- sent Dllsht of the railway system ofOeudl- . . .

PEACE OR WAR ?

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Montreal Stet)

Sir Arthur Currie. in an address

delivered in New York on Saturday, madeapowerfulplenforanex- empletobeletindilnrmnmentby the United States. Thqglst of Sir Arthur's .1 t is that Wash- ingtonisinnuniquepositionto take the ‘ , because she is not suspec‘, she is safest in her geographical position, the richest of nations, and not involved as the nations of Efurope are involved. . As Sir Arthur succinctly put the matter, "It isuseless and futile to talk about the war being over, for the whole thought of humanity is war. There is no peace. You cannot love a negation.” The League of Nations has failed hitherto because it has lacked the means to enforce its wishes and decisions. The Kel- logg-Briand pact has also failed, though not for the same reason.

The League's preparatory disar- mament conference spent altogeth- er five years in the drafting of a plan for the approval of all the nations signatory to the League. ‘rhat plan only failed of approval by the votes oi’ Germany and flus- sia, the former holding that it did not carry out the requirements of the ‘Preaty of Versailles, which ob- liged the victorious Powers to dis- arm after first disarming Germany, and Russia holding that it did not go far enough in the actual accom- plishment of disarmament.

‘the Geneva Conference will meet under the shadow of far more acute economic conditions than those which attended the previous con- ference. Yet the need for intema- tiohal agreement upon this ail-im- portant probiem is also more acute than it was. ldealists have dreamed of a solution in which the United States would say to Europe: "Dis- arm, “and we will forgive you your war debts." But there has been nothing yet to suggest that such a dream is within the range of prac- tical politics.

sir ‘Arthur rightly points out that it is too late in the clay to advocate anything like total disarmament. That is, of course, the unpractical dream of the arch-pacifist who reckons without world conditions and world hates. But nobody will deny Sir Arthur's contention that the only way to dispel the attitude of fear which the nations at pres- ent manifest one towards the other is to do what can be clone to bring about gradual disarmament.

As Sir Arthur said in his peror- ation, the task of the twentieth century is to bring about disarma- ment as the greatest factor in the establishment of universal peace, but this can only be realized by the nations of the world working in