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“The Strongest Memory‘ Weaker than the Weakest Ink." '

MARCH 5, 1938

SATURDAY.

Air GranlwAvailable

An Ottawa dcspatch in yesterday's Guardian is of more than passing interest. It _quotes Transport hlinister Howe as stating 1n the House in Commons that Charlottetown, along with Saint John, Halifax and other large Mari- time centres, woiild be eligible for grants for extension of trans-Canada airlines. “Whether it is done by private enterprise or public, i_t_is still the Trans-Canada and therefore those cities qualify for grants," he said. Negotiations were being carried on already with some Maritime cities for airport development, but the Minister ‘did not name them.

It will be noted that it was not our Queens County representatives, Hon. C. A. Dunning 0r Mr_ Peter Sinclair, who elicited this informa- tion. lt was Mr. Brooks, Conservative mem ber for Royal, NJ}. Apparently he was more concerned about Charlottetown's eligibility for grants than his Island colleagues in the House.

The Park Scandal Again

ln today's Forum columns appears a letter from Mr. Jeremiah Simpspn, one of the dis- possessed property owners in the National Park area. It is evident from Mr. Simpson's reve- lations that the Campbell Government's policy of making settlement by political negotiation instead of by a properly appointed tribunal 1s costing the taxpayers a great deal more than the Legislature and the public were led to sup- pose. It is up to our legislators at the coming session to insist on a full and complete inquiry into these secret transactions, as well as on an amendment to the statute which will bring it more in line with British principles of justice.

Also they should demand that the report of the Higgs Commission appointed to assess thc land values be tabled in the House.

Let us hope that they will not be fobbed off again this year with a caucus discussion behind closed doors. The public, as well as our elected representatives, want the facts,

Mr. W. F. A. Stewart, First Queen's, is now probably not the only member who realizes that a mistake was made in sanctioning the Govern- ment's dictatorial expropriation measure. The same principle of withholding right of appeal was embodied in the Road Act i937 against which several members protested. Yet they al- lowed the Park Act to go through without a whimper,

Mr. Dunning's attempt to whitewash them in Parliament has fooled nobody, and we suspect that notwithstanding the Finance lliinistefs ap- parent acquiescence in the matter, he has al- ready intimated pretty strongly to the Campbell Government that they made a mess of it.

At any rate, our legislators will have the op- portunity of showing whcrc they stand. If they study the admirable spccch made by Rt. Hon. R. B, Bennett on the subject, they will find that the principes he eniinciatcs are those which they themselves professed to hold as Liberals when appealing for votes. lf that doesn't stir them :0 enthusiasm, it should at least shame them into action.

A Pensions Perennial

The old question of pensions for widows of cx-soldiers who had died from causes not at- tributable t0 war service just made its perennial appearance in the lloiise of Commons before the pension vote of $40,900,000 was passed. Lut- ting across the party lines, members appealed t0 Pension liliiiister Power for monetary considera- tion of" widow's of non-pensioners whose deaths were not attributable to war service and who left their families in nccessitious circumstances. The lllinister explained the provisions ‘of the Pen- sions Act, which embodied the principle that pen- sions were not automatically continued to widows unless the man had had a disability of 80 per cent. It also laid down. the principle that wives were not eligible for pensions unless they_werc married before January 1, I930, and Children were ineligible if born after Maya, I93} The agitation for a revision of pension principles was the work of the War Widows’ Non-Pen- sions Association, the Minister said, but so far he was unaware of its exact nature. If pen- sions were to be paid to widows, irrespective of the status of the husband, it would mean a new principle in the Pensions Act, M_r. Power con- tinued, and entail an enormous increase in the pension vote.

Explaining Argenteuil

.n what happened in Argcnteuil on Monday the political prophets took almost as had a heat- ing as‘ the Liberal candidate. As a result, _of course, all kinds-of alibis are appearing in Lili- eral newspapers. ‘ It is said that many voted in

decent memory of the late, Sir Geprge Periw- lt is said that Mr. Legauit. the King Govern- ment candidate. was unpopular, that ncople liiifi gm into the halft of voting against him. 1t is siiivl that the Conservative candidate's tie-uP will‘ 1th, Dunlrssis was a fsctor. Finally, it lil arvvilvl 0m four tlioinmid fewer people voted fir" f" "Wjlast election.

Prr-‘wlilv, says the Ottawa Tournal, each of‘

um» thine: made some difference. and that e~m‘~’-~'l they made considerable difference. The ‘vet remains that they can hardly account

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Governments hardly. With the element of pat- Wnigfl entering into them, they mostly favour a Government. Yet here we have a by-election. and in a province where patronage is supposed t? be peculiarly effective, in which the Liberal Government suffers a loss of some two thous and votes.. It takes a lot of explaining.

What it actually suggests is that Mr, King's

strength in the House of Commons is far from

reflecting his strength in the constituencies, Many things have happened since i935, especial- ly in Quebec. As one exchange expresses it, it is an understatement of the significance of the new political situation to say that now, for the first time since Sir Wilfrid Laurier became Prime Minister of Canada, the _“key" Province affords a fair and even field for the electoral rivalries of the two major parties. The result in Argenteuil suggests a much more sweeping/ change. It raises a strong presumption against the Liberal party, Federally as well as 'Pro~. vincially, and that from now on Conservatism

if properly organized and led, can dominate the situation there for some years to come.

I Editorial Notes I

Sir Robert Peel born this date, i788. i i‘ l? 1F

Tomorrow first Sunday in Lent. a- v i- a

Will there be clean streets for the St. Patrick's parade this month? 4- * ii

It may be unusually cold here for “arch, but it is preferrable to the flooding of sunny California.

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Premier Campbell is expected back tonight after his inteviews with the Minister of Justice. the Minister of National Parks, and the Junior member for Queens.

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The Liberal-Conservative Conference at Ot- tawa is provinga huge success, and the optimism engendered is certain to spread from ocean to ocean and from the 40th parallel to Bootliiii peninsula.

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The famous litterateur “Al? in one of his essays recently republished, says that kindness is the salvation of civilization, whether it be a1. autocracy, an aristrocracy, or a democracy, and when kindness begins to fail, the end of that civilization is not far off. Isn't that a warning to democracies to cultivate and develop the spirit of kindness one towards another-or lose their birthright?

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In New Brunswick they arc proposing t0 divide the cabinet post of Health and Labour. and creating portfolios of health and public wel- fare and labour respectively. By this means Saint John would continue t0 have two seats in the Government, as Mr. E. J, Hennebery is slated for the Minister of Labour, while any of the

four medical doctors in the House could be selected for health and public welfare. m r n- r

U.S.A. Senator Hiram Johnson says that Bri- tain’s eagerness to do business with the dictators only shows how wise America has been in keep- ing aloof. It also SllUWS the strong resemblance existing between Senator Hiram Johnson and the man Bill Smith ivho complained that his wife was always nagging him for money. Soine- body asked what Bill's \\'ifc did with all the money, and Bill said he didn't know, lie never

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Returning Canadians brought into Canada $6,- 303,656 worth of dutialilc goods tinder the $100 exemption clause in the customs tariff during the f0 months from April 1, 1937, to last Janu- ary 3i, the National Revenue Department re- ported. Goods from the United States were valued at $5,537,765. Clothing valued at $2,- 974,184 was the principal item in the seven coni- modities listetl, including one for miscellaneous

articles, and of this $2,611,793 represented cloth-

ing from the United States. Second was fiir- niture and household appliances, with $662,103 coming ‘from all countries and $32,004 from the United States alone. Boots and shoe brought .in were valued at $576,505, with $553,302 from the United States, while radios totalled $524.- 833 with $532,293 from the ‘United States. The other two listed items were automobile accos- sories totalling $87,855, with $87,745 from the United States. and automobile tires and tubes totalling $80,183 with $79740 from the [lnitcrl States, ' w w x w

United Slates farmers who harvest more than their allotted acreage of major crops face drastic deductions in their federal subsidy [iayniciits under the new government farm program. The Agricultural Adjustment Administration an- nounce detailed regulations governing payment of benefits from $500,000,000 Congressis auth- orizing to appropriate for financing the new crop control law. Crops affected include cotton. corn, wheat, tobacco, rice, potatoes, peanuts and others designated officially as “soil-depleting." The new Farm Act authorizes payment of sub- sidies to growers who divert land from these crops to those which improve the soil, and who use other practices which the A.A.A. says are soil-building, ‘

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Tlie present depression iii the United States can be ended by a change of the Government's attitude toward business and a “wise readjust- ment" of the taxation structure, Mr. Bernard Baruch told Senate investigators. The 68-year- old Wall Street financier testified before the SenateUncmployment Committee that he was in full accord "with the belief - of his personal friend. President Roosevelt, that the national income could reach $ioo,ooo.ooo,ooo a year, as compared with about $57.5oo,ooo,ooo at present. But, he said, the thing that prevents a business upsurge is a feeling of insecurity-the fear that reasonable profits will be confiscated by “in- ordinate taxation", or that assets will be subject- ed to some “great arbitrary change in the value of money." Linked with these, th~ ivhite-hair- ed financier testified, is the fear of further "dis- turbing assaults" on business. He said these anxieties had produced a liesitiincy or "paralysis

"if on the part of capital, industry...

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More than 1,000 Anglican and Flee cnurcnes are using nlms in rs- iiizious and educational work, and it this way of Presenting spiritual tiuui should become widew inv- oured it is uscntial that the time, besides beini revel-em, snail oc- Rood But Derhiibl the wlda use of nlms in church is still a long way orl. While Double like the church to be modern and alert. the dominant reeling-even though lt, may not no strici-iy 1081081-48 mat. the talking picture cannon be perfectly recon- ciled wLb sacieu surroundings and with the sense of the fitness oi things-London Daily Mall.

At thin flue of the game l1 will

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This ulun lo open,‘ he the b , OI quantum ol Intonat- The Uharlotutuvn Gllflllll non n: l; undone the opinions

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‘I'll! BXPBOPBIATION\ SCANDAL

8111-1’ see by ilr DIDor that the National Porhosltuatlon is be- lng discussed in Parliament and that our Island rebresentatlvu seem to be afflicted with a lapse of memo . as Hon. Mr. Dunning‘ seems have, forgotten a tltlori with a long llst of name: a tachecl

mice much more than an English boycott to slop Japan. The latter 00111151‘! has stone so tar in its unin- ese campaign than it is unlikely w! cease its efforts for anytniaig snort| o. a cierlnlte "war front" by the leading Dosiers. There is no ques- tion but that Japan can be stopped. The question is: Are several nations prepared to take charge of the et-ovmnk Drooes-B. with all the pos- sibilities such a move raises?- Wtndsor Dally Star.

“All the world loves n lover," and even the South African Railway Administration appears to be pgr- ttal to lovers, for in eiigagirigha

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uizreement provides n. three-year contract at £500 a year and a sec. end-cuss return fare tiom Eng- land to South Africa for tne drauirlitsman. "and, if required. for his fiancee." A similar arrange- ment has been made for a married llrflilghtsmun, Who will thus be en- abled to brlnir his wl e with him at the Government's expense. —- Dally Gleaner.

The search for the treasures of the earth is an endless one, and many scientific aids are enlisted in it. An instance ls the digging of an oil irell in California. which has none down to 12.088 feet below the surface. This is uzobablv the deep- est lioe ever dun. but others have been dun many thousands of .eet into the ground. The drt ling lri the California hole ls still going on. Men, in their steady quest 1o;- some of the mineral treasures that the ear h holds. are not daunted for lack of patience. and the rewards often more than offset all the Ilpbilr and skill involved-Boston os .

What are the 090MB of on, coun- try coming to?" asks u, writer. The unsvrer is easy. They're eventually Coming to the point ivliere they will have tried ill plans and pan- aceas ln an unsuccessful effort to 119l- Eomellilne for nothing. and Him they are izoine to have to roll llD _Il_1elr sleeves and no to work for a livms-Washlngton Post. i

M. van Zcelnnd himself suggests that no help tn freeing their eur- "Mles Bali be given except on clear terms with full precautions against; abuse. There ls no‘ statement, 1n his reDort which will command more emphatic agreement rom the free Mid Deaceful ‘world. The econ- omic machinery will need t0 be de. siizned so that the benefits can be instantly irftiidrawn at the first skin cf bad faith by any nation, Arid in our vlew no assistance what- ever can be extended to Itay so long as an Italian army is fighting In Spain-London Dailv Herald,

No doubt we must recognize that the idea of self-sufficiency has, in itself, a strong attraction for many modern peoples. But no nation can continue for lone the present Ger- mim Dolley of simulating exports pncl drastically T8dll"lllR imports. In he erid the self-sufficient; countries must choose freer trade. isolation- or ware-Glasgow Herald.

I looked at. my brother wltli the microscope of criticism and I said. "Hsw coarse my brother is." I looked at him with the telescope of scorn and I said. “How small my brother ls!" Then l’. looked in tlie' mirror of Truth and I said, “How like me my brother is!"—-Barbara Brooks tn Maritime Farmer.

"Nothing its: than a crime." says Bishop Rcnlsoii. of Toronto. in de- Dlorlnz the muhlDlleilv of charsiies in small western towns-iii some of which as many as elizlit coinnsiintz churches exist. Competition may be the life of trade, but. lt can caiy prove slow Clea 1i for Chlllfill pro- aress-Strattord Beacon-Herald.

Chancellor killer's speech before the rteicnsiusir-previausly fmecasi. as liiiey to ize ii messtiiie oi’ tre- mendous silnlncafize to tiie naLons, -has recttvco 1i.t.e uusiloliy, and in fact. cams whhmi an ac.- of loamy a firs. cnxze nosutlon tii the news- nauers. because of the -ll.l‘ more monicdoiis happenings over the iveek-ciid at. Imidon.-Sydney Post- Record.

A iman bearing the Christian" name oi "Staniiaira has just, died tn Nova. Scstla, at. an advanced size. a reminder that the hisv. John Sun- naze. one o. the faithful clergymen of earlier years in Leeds and urch- vllle. had charge of ii Nova Scotlan parish before cominit to this part o. Canine. He was born tn Janey and. educated there. entered the ministry in Neva Bcctia ln i834, serving iii; 5;. Margaret's Bay for 23 years. Thence he went to Wal- liind. later to North Augusta and finally to Kempvllle. It ls said that. he was responsible for buldlng at least n. score of churches during his ion: rnlnlstm-Brockville Recorder and Times. _

The only car-wuhlnl equipment of its klnd tn Great Britain, and the second in the world. has been installed in the large siieffleid gar- axc (l) recently opened by Viscount Nilf old. Thirty men one employed on la cur washing section, which works on chain principle, and by which cars can be washed and lub- ricated at. the rate of one every ellzth mLnutes.--Industrlal Brita-tn.

The English are o very odd poo- ule. in Fiance. when they decide to recognize greatness, the subject of attenlon is elected during Lllfl with all possible bomb to the Academic

which he received three months ago. It ls weil known that there are man dispossessed property owners w are not getting an hon. est deal. .

Prfiiggr Catt: but lgnglh Hon..B.'

. ze a c lature that. this Park L“ cost more than f dollars ($15,000) and they hbve paid almost that for three farms near here. (about three hundred acres). I take it those two gentle- men never got one hundred fig: cent for arlt-hmet when y went to school.

Healers have persund " a. num- ber of the farmers that their land would be taken, that they had no sav ln the deal and if they did not take what they were offered. they would not gel: anything.

Mr. Riggs told me that sixty-five dollars was the most they were P8111118 an acre for agricultural lend. The two fair": near me have been sold, I um! l and for over

lXly dollars an a re. I do not say that this is too much but does it seem fa.r that where there are ten or twelve acres taken off one’s farm they do not get more per acre than where a who.e farm is taken? ‘ There are several fifty-acre Amps which are being ruined. Land the. ls neiii- one’s buildings is worth ‘ twice as much as what is fur awuv. Any of the land would bring ln from _ten ‘to twelve dollar; per acre each ar, Now. the interest on slxty- lvc dollars t“ the Elm]; brings only ninety-seven cents per year. Is this a profitable drai? L: our Government. Wishing to have thii fatigue? o1? Eliot‘? .

l‘. . . c ‘iiy. member for {he First. District of Queen's. at- fillllhl‘. ‘f.’<y‘"i.'§i¥.li" ‘S"o?°"i"l&

a an ev o him that I should be satisfied as they had offeret. me one hundred dollars an acre. Now, when one 9g the executive would make a state- ment such as this to one of the members. what can the country ex. poet?

0n A Ll 10tl.. I ,~ letter lflégllilsp. sdl-‘leldlnriifltlbileepiiitg Provincial Treasurer. stating that my land had been taken and what I “'85 t0 be Diiid. I immediately an- swered that I could not possibly accept their offer its it, m; 1,35; than half its value. ‘I'm; i; over 51X months use and 1 have 11m no answer as yet. My cranberry marsh alone brings in twice as much as" the interest on what they offerecli me for land. water right". and €§f’.'.'£‘.i“%i Eli“? ‘ills 3° f“; "°“'

sa o ii ge.

ThlB Park l5 being purchased without the consent of the tax-

uyers. Thls matter has never

een before the pcopla such a large expenditure of public money should have been thorouvhw (115- plilimeddn an election campaign so

"l? 51 MIX-Buyers could have had a chance to vote on it. I don't know what ihls Park ls going to cm‘ bill M?‘ Risks assured me in his office last October that; 1r tegeflime got what they should for

eir land. ll would cost a million‘ dollars. and he told me I had to make a. sacrifice for this par]; will’ 5h°l11 I make a sacrifice for Smnelhllis do not approve of?

The Dominion Government » I understand will give forty thous.

Jam of the winner $50.00 for the nominate: of the dun of second norse and $213.00 for the nomiuawr of the dam of third horse. If hsrse- ineri would exprw their lVlGv-l __“ e ' s of "The Guaroian" we WOU-d get m idea how many owners of brood mares would be interuted in the to give "Maritime Provinces’ colt performers a boost. If were nominated we could quite reasonably expect six purm with. a total of from $10,000 to $12,000 to race for: iii fact. if 300 mares were named and the payment made on 200 foals, with the addition of the starting payment on 50 the purse for each of the futurltles would be $3.050. Add to this $500 00 to each dlvlslon a: the bld of the association to secure the races anu it would br-fir each futurity gig to $3,550 in value. to be dlvld of course, between the ellglbles of each. gait. ‘The interest on the pzyment i would hel to take care of the ex- pense at ached to advertising, stationery. etc. It should be stated that only colts bred and foaled ln the "Maritime Provinces" would be eiiglble to start tn these events. I am S11‘. 0w J; M_ NICHOLSON Charlottetown