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“The Strongest Memory is Weaker than the W’eakestlrik."’___

THURSDAY, MARCH l0, I938-

Mr. Sinclair's Death

The sincere _\_\'ll’l])Rll.ll_Y of all our [teople will be extended to'the bereaved widow and family of Mr_ Peter Sinclair. .\l.l>’.. whose death oc- curred suddenly at Uttaiva on Tuesday night. .\lr. Sinclair had not been in good health about a year ago, btit he seemed to have recovered fully, and looked the picture of health ivhcn thc left here to attend the parliattientary session. \\ e tinderstyantl that he was in regular attend- ance at his iluttes up till a few days ago. ln thc prinic of lifc. his <llllllt‘ll and unexpected missing is a matter of ilcep regret.

.\lr. {Qiticlxslr had a gt-niftl personality. and a flair for ptlilics‘ uhiclt he inhi-ritctl from his_ father. lllt‘ l:;te llon‘ l‘i~ier Siticlziir. who \\':i~' for llll.ll_\' years a member of the Legislative .-\~- seinhlv of the Province. l'lis brother. the itr-r- sent .\'cn:-.tor glohn If Sinclair. is another cxzimple If th. inherited trait which in the Old Coiiittcv not lllll‘t'i|lll'lll'l_\' runs through many generations 1f pzirliameiitariziiis.

.-\s a mctnber without portfolio in the Satind- :rs tjoyrermncnt, .\lr. Sitichiir got his first ex- tiericnre in pul.lic lift‘. Defeated tilong with iis [iarty iit the following provincial election of M31, he czone bait-l; strongly four years latcr In the federal contest in which he was elected. along with .\lr. l, _l. Larabee. to the scat for [Queens in the llOtlw‘ of Coiumons which he Jcctipieil until the time of his death.

His passing leaves the cottstitticncy‘ with only one representative. thellon. C. A. Dunning. Xlinister of Finance. in thc circumstances it is likely that a by-clection will be called shortly. In the meantime. the political aspect may well be forgotten in thc feeling of personal loss. and the reminder of the incertiltidc of life. which should bring us all closer together in sympathy and understanding. i

Mr. Dunningk Opportunity

Itiilging by the rosy tiicttircs of trade recovery in the Liberal press, and the greatly increased tax collections reported in tnorc élullwflliltlve quarters, thcre is every reason to anticipate a large rcvetine surplus at Ottawa this ycar. From customs, excise and income tax collec- tions alone, the federal treasury received $413.- 733340 for the elcvctt months ivhich ended with Fcbrtiaryn The total for the corresponding months of the last fiscal ycar stood at $349,- iiféoooo. The gain is therefore more than S64.- 0oo.ooo.~an ziveragt- hettermetit of approxi- mately 553620.000 a month, or almost It) pcr cent.

This Jshotilil enable Finance .\lfnistcr Dunning, in his forthcoming budget. to give our ovcr- burdened taxpayers a break by reducing thc taxes. at least to the rates existing under thc Bennett atlmiitistrzitioii. lt should also cnablc the (jovcrntticitt to shoulder a. fairer proportion of its responsibility for iincitiployancttt relief, and tackle such long overdue improvements as harbour facilities for the capital city of “r. Duimingk adopted Province. It was suggested last vear to .\lr. Dunning by Mr. W_ Chester S. i\"lcl.urc that a million dollars should be. placed in this year's Estimates for the latter purpose. The question in Mr, Duunings mind at that time ivas where the revenue would come. froiu. The enormous increase in tax collections provides thc answer. “lhcn he tables the sup- plementary Estimates lct us hope, therefore, that he will bear .\lr. .\lcLure’s suggestion in mind.

' also the pledge to reduce taxation which is em-

bodied in thc official Liberal platform along with the guarantee to remedy the still very un- satisfactory tinemployment conditions.

Premier King's Silence

“fhat is Canada's foreign policy and what is the reason behind Prime Minister hlackcnzie King's apparent ileterminatioit not to enlighten Parliament and the country on this point? The (lttawa corrcspondt-nt of $atttrtlayi Night dis- cusses l\lr. King's zittittiile in thc light of thc

.risis in British foreign policy and Prime Illin- istcr Neville Chambcrlaiifs (ititspoken state- ments on the failure of the League of Nations as an effective instrument for thc preservation of world peace. 'l'hosc who have followcd Canadzfs course in international affairs fairly closely since the present government came into office are unable to understand thc reason for the elaborate secrecy in ivhich the Nlinistry" has taken refuge so suddenly with respect to its foreign policy. The suspicion is growing that more iii involved in the situation, so far as Can- ada is concerned. than has hitherto met the eye. In brief. it is held that Anthony Eden's fall was closely associated with the British Government's recognition of the impossibility of making a trade treaty with the United States which would be. at the same time. a pledge of the Republic's political support. With that prospect eliminat- ed. the statesmen of the United Kingdom are

regarded as having come to the conclusion that . they had no alternative to making a deal with

the Etiroimean ilictatorships if the peace of the world ‘was lo be preserved for possibly several you: anger.

What the Kins »Government is rpputedly wm-‘t-a about is the result of this decision on the ' tbreeswiiv trade shuffle which was to have been carried out to realize Anthony Eden's d-mm of co-oneralion among world democracies.

more involved alrebdy in nrolect than have the other deal. Tint is to siiv. the bu become more committed

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to thepolicy to thc extent that it has gone further than the other two participants iii undertaking to “sell" the idea to the Canadian- le.

In other words. says the Saturday ight cor- respondent, if thc United Kingdom-United States trade treaty is in danger of being dropped or of being concluded on only a limited scale, the King Government's trade policy may be describ- ed. without any danger of exaggeration, as being at “sixes and sevens." Is this the reason wh) the Prime Minister is so determined in his re- fusals to be drawn into any discussion of the country's foreign policy in the current situation f‘

The Name ls Billie)!

Our coittemporary persists in referring to Mr. Robert Smeaton White, M.P., as editor-in-chici of the Montreal Gazette. lt claims he is so des- ignated in “Canadian \\'ho’s \\'ho", edited by Sir Charles G. D. Roberts. Sir Charles’ pre- eminence in literature does not necessarily qual- ify him as an authority on the personnel 0t newspapers. ln this case he is certainly wrong. and has cvitleittly failed to revise his [ittblication to date. The late Senator Richard Smcaton \\i'hitc was formerly president of the (iazctte. and it may be to this “R. S_ \\’hitc" that th- \\"hti's \\'ho refers. In any case. if otir con- temporar_v had constiltetl a standard newspaper authority. stich as the lntcrnatfonal Year Book of Editor and Publisher and the li-izirtit

Estate which gives the oflicizil Circitlatioir. Rates and Personnel of Citnailian Dailies. would have ilismverctl its error. .\lr. l'atil i117- ke_v's name is given. correctly. as the editor.

lt is evident our coittetnporary is not a Stilt scriber to the hlontrezil Gazette, or it would never have raised this ridiculous question. l:'.\iei'v stibscribcr receives The Gazette's annual rcvicu of industrial and economic conditions. and ever). issue of the review. for some years past. has carried a leading, article by .\lr. liilltcy’ as editor in-chief.

/ Editorial Notes I

Cardinal Nlazarin died this dale to6t_ 1 l.‘ U ll‘ \\'e have a very slim hold on lifc, after all. when one comes to think of it. it l? ll‘ It The longer Britain can put off the evil day of European war, the more likely it will not come in our day and generation. . v v n- »

Prime hliiiister Cliamberlziin is not a tiussy- footer when he declares that thc Empire's safety depends on the scctirity of Britztiti, and that if his peace talks with Germany and Italy do not rca- lize his objective, “Great Britain would step up hcr vast rearmamcnt program". T hat is the voice of a. statesman giving comfort to his own peo- ple and solemn warning to whom it may con-

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“More goods-more f2tCt()l‘l(.‘S-—-1Tl0l'(3 work- prosperity! That is thc result of good advertis- ing," remarks Nlr. Robert E. Jones, vice-presi- dent. Association of Canadian Advertisers. in an interview in the Globe and Hail. “It creates steady,‘ topspeed production, and that brings down factory overhead and selling costs . . which means a saying to thc consumcr—lo\vcr prices for everyday needs."

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It ivotild suit Germany! An unofficial strike of 2.300 joincrs and plumbers working on the £10,- 000.000 fllasgtnv Empire lixltibitiou is SpfCPlIl- ing to other trades, threatening t0 delay the scheduled opening by King George V1 and Queen Elizabeth in April. The strike commit-- tee expressed belief the ranks‘ of the strikers would be greatly augmented tinlcss their de- mand for a pay increase was met. The strik- ers include fotir German joincrs brought from Germany to supervise erection of a scenic rail- way’ n: I 1i a

Last Summer 300.000 visitors went to Cal- lauder to sec the Dionne girls. One rcccnt winter morning, with thc temperature 42 de- grees below zero. there were automobiles park- ed outside the famous nursery. That is the tragedy of thc famous five, according ‘to the Toronto specialist who has charge of their edu- cation. He told a big audience of educators rc- cently that the quintuplets cannot hope for a normal social life. He believes no individual in this country has ever becn_as much photo- graphed as the Dionne sisters.

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Attention is directed to thc close parallelism between retail sales and motion picture receipt- -—as an index of general expenditure-by the motitlily bulletin of the Canadian Pacific Rail- way. The yea-rmtqgfiashowecLsubstzmtial incrczis: in both. Receipts of motion picture houses iii the Dominion declined in 1933. the low point in the trade recession period, to 64.7 per cent of the

re eipts of I930, while retail sales were 64.4 per fr)?» on the same comparison. Retail sales. how- ever, seem to have recovered more rapidly than motion picture receipts; retail sales in i936 ris- ing to 70.9 per cent of the i930 level, irhilc motion picture receipts rose only to 77 per cent. n: u n- w

"Quebec is in no danger from Fascism and never will be," Premier Dttplcssis told tllie legis- lature. “No one with a head on his sioulilers will say that Fascism in Quebec is dangcrotis." Talk of Fascism in Quebec. he said, was part of a “clever campaign by the Communists. It is an old story. Communism in Quebec is in a corner as a result of our fight against it and Fascist talk is made to draw attention from the Com- munistsc Our Government stagtcflAtlée fight against ommunism,’ e asserte . n so at the results are good. But just when wc are on the int of lling up the last roots of Coin- munism post lOIl say a ommunism is

in the 8p] ‘t’ th t C ' ' not dangerous and doing nothing while Fascism is threatening. He said he hiid received a co y 2f . "i mllalgdindtirclilaaslbiiiiinclwafiatmdiiraillofis: and that the Communists “were happy our tactics are approved by the Liberal Party and rlla- mentary leaders in Quebec." "I will tube that circular bi this Assembly,” added the Premier. "I affirm that my information is that the cam- paign against Fascism was undertaken with

fund: from Moscow.”

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m. doubt u» ptilltlen a upm- ese Admirals who Ileh to lcl: mod- eraliey tn these matters cannot. ab;

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iin easy one. , have to reek with the national d

of compromise. and lt. la even pas- slbte that refusal. to answer the British and American questlotls be- fore February 20_ might proceed from mere nlque ratner than from an , serious intention to build bigger ships. No doubt our Admiralty will take care to make qulie certain that Japan actually preparing new naval monsters before we make any further step in the armaments race.‘ The battleship of 4 tons or‘ more must be a. very expensive ln- vestment. and lt might have certain inconveniences when the passage of the Suez and Panama Canals had to be considered. Yet. lf Japan forces Brt aln and the United States to ac- cept ll. we may be certain that. the burden of this new form of com- oetltlon will be felt far more heav- ily ln Toklo than tn London and Washington-Glasgow Herald.

The most dynamic subject which can be introduced ln rural clrces at the moment. ls the question of en- larged school units. At the conven- tlon of school trustees held tn Cal- gary. protest against enlarged units was tn the corefront of utscuslun. Opposition appeared to be stronger than ever at this cnnrentlon, prob- ably because there has been u con- siderable increase ln the formation of large units, wlhoul; the formallty of vote-taking in the school districts involved. Arbitrary methods have not popularized a scheme which made no great appeal to trustees at any time. An argument frequently heard is thatnnder the enlarged’ plan. school dlstrlcls which have managed to maintain themselves on ; a reasonabe mtll rate, will be ob- - lized to assume heavier obligation i, to carry impoverished districts which y

would be included tn the large unit. The reply of supporters 1s that the enlarged unit ls a step toward equalization of educational costs - HiRh River Times.

The sticking point at London, and the factor dilcfly responsible for the breakdown of the five-Power aiireement which had limited naval arrangements for ti decade and a half. was the dlssatisfactlon o. Jap- ‘ an with the ratios hitherto tn force and the insistence of the Japanese Government upon a "common upper limilW-that ls. upon naval parity with the United States and Britain. This ls still the chief point oi dis- agreement. between Ja an, on one slde. and the two chef Western naval Powers on the other. And until there ls some meeting of minds on this maln question, there wou.d be little value tn holding a new cou- ference on armaments, as some members of Congress now propose- New York Times.

The bombing by the Chinese of Japanese civilians was just as out- rarteous as the bombing of Chinese by the Japanese. The Chinese bombitltls cannot be excused on the grounds of poetic justice. No nation, evein in war. has the right to slaugh- ter the innocent. But. the effect of the bombings upon the Japanese people will be tremendous. They will realize that their armies can no Ionizer slay Chinese civilians with tmnunlty while they remain 1m-

mune themselves. And the bombings also demonstrate that China has not given up. Japan. after all. evl- dent-y has a fight on her hands. - Boston Post.

The Japanese we have with us are for the most part. law-abldlng citizens. Thousands of them have been born here. What we have we can absorb. To have more of them would be to invite the danger of their absorbing us-Vancouver Provlnce.

One ot‘ the “small merchants" told United States Congress. that govem- ment; ls a lot like business. and said that the only way business could succeed was "to take ln more than vou pay out." That's me last time that fellow will ever be called to Washington-Exchange,

The policy adopted by M. Hon. Nevll e Chamberlain tn seeking bet. $91‘ fmllln relations ls flndtng re- action in Italy. Osservatore Roman- no. Vatican organ, has the following w my: "Stanley Baldwin at the twi- llizht of his political career let thlngg drtft..- Mr. Chamberlain started h career as Prime Minister with the desire to concrete reallzatlone and to realize apparently means. from Mr. Chamberlain's viewpoint. the deslre to liquidate the past, at- front no one by Witt-Hg a prejudiced viewpoint. discuss things with all. negotiate and even yleld when the act o. yte dlrnz ls the lesser evll." If Mussolini adopts a slmllar attitude, with the Italian people as a whole in support of lt, then some progress may be made along the lines Mr. gpamberla has ln mum-Windsor

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Announcements from both Span- ish military groups polnl; to an early end of the war in Stpaln. The inter- cstlmz angle, however, ls that the Rhastly war of aerial re rlsals which seemed destlned to evelop out of the growing stalemate on the Arairon from has apparently been halted. e shocking raids on Bar- celona ha not. recently been re- peated. and loyalists seem to have stooped with their own renallatory ralcl on Salamanca. After having read numerous European dispatches, one is under the impression that both sides have finally concluded that the business of slaughtering defenceless civilians ls a mlllt ltaoorperanizrLePetlt. Journal (Mon-

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In Asia the nntlv; make e drug fro-m hemp and call it. hashlsh. and from this word ls derived the Eng-

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VALUE OF A GOOD BREAKFAST

One of the- mistakes that: we make as a nation l; t0 forge; may. breakfast means breaking our 1H1. l-hfll, liver 14 hours "without food-o oclock ln the eveutn to 8 o'clock in the mowing-the no]; lwdy is not. only ready but asking for _lood ln order to do its daily wont.‘ l m m

El-"y n e morn tan - erature ls down to lids ore97, lfie blood pressure ls down 10 to 20 Mints. and the pulse rate ls down 4 to B beats. All the body proceszes want- stimulation or “startlng" for the day's work and only food can glve them the proper ‘start. .

That ts why ii good breakfast ls so necessary. Of course the man 0r woman who does physical work -the farmer. the factory hand, the

house keepeP-must have a largo.

breakfast not only to get t/he bcdy prccesres started. but to keep the body processes going till the next

meal, besides furnishing food to do '

the hard physical work. swever it ls hard to convince the business man or business woman. the clerk and stenograph- er, that. they need a. gcod sized breakfast. They state that they wish to feel keen minded for their Wonk and that. a large breakfast ls Ipf. to "slnlt" them mentally As a matter of. fact. if they arose a few mzutes earlier, ate their breakfast feisurely, and did not hurry away, they would flnd that the breakfast would be almost.

completely digested by the time‘

theywere ready t0 commence wok in olflce or home. that. is necessary to add to the usual cere?! toiist. marmalade and coffee (or tea) is a couple of strlpps of bacon or an Egg. or both. in order to get a breakfast that will start. the body process and maintain them at good working strength untll the ncon hour. This complete breakfast is particularly needed by those who feel that only a light. lunch can be eaten at noon if the mlnd ls to remain alert. It cttm- P’ a great surprise to many when Drs. Haggard and Greenberg. Yale Universtt. were able to show that; ll: was ‘ finger" not "tiredness" that les=ens the working ability toward the em. o! th morning or afternoon hours. So break our fast. with a good- sized break asl. even lf ll. means wetting up a little earlier in the morning. Growing children tlCulBfly need a good breakfas .

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INCREASED TAXATION! INCREASED HEN‘!

Bin-I see by the Guardlln of March 8th that the City Cotpiell dld what. moot of us expected dil- thelr promises) vlz: they

t necessary to - crease taxation. but. as we tho t, that was only en election p -

Well. Bu‘. I know most Voter: are paying rent. and they feel that this mcreuse tn tlon will not effect

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The City Council ls also b streets at exorbitant prices, an nasslnit the burden alonk tn the broiiertvk oyper. a-tud plea tn turn mus ma e e ren on m hlzher. p

I am Sir. etc. TAX PAYEB

THE COMMERCIAL TRAVELLER

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, S11‘. -- The commercial i: “eri iwes fort-n and fertlltzes the earth with uuctuous story, he joins in the iharvest. song, covering his person the while with fine linen. He knows his rights. and knowing dares main- tatn. ‘Therefore he llves on the fat of the land. desplslng small things. and cultivates the liberal arts. 0r the art of being liberal. which ls _much the same. Like the busy bee athat bears the polen from flower to flower so he bears seed thoughts from man to man. and the world lfructtfles and ls more glad and t bountiful for his belmz in 1t. He ts ever a Dl-lflflfik but never a stramer. He works ln the church, talks politics on the street and plays ‘cards on the train. He cheers the country merchant. educates the crossroads politician, and by dfflp- innit a dollar among the Peter Pence throws a ray o! 113m. am. wart. the pathway of the man of God. A romeless wanderer. his grip ls no less embarrassed in the check. room than he among the children of men. He ts easy and informal in his manner. and often at m; attention ol the waiter i; 1a with. out the eccentricity of an lntrodue. tlon. Probably he has met them elsetit-‘e w his mute and n mivm tum feel at his own fireside to hear their tzente voices I. calling roast Egg’. roast mutton. veal-and mo, But. beneath the guy and non. chulumi demeanor there ls oftttmes a serious mien. Some little locket holds the counterfeit; of those who have a story. or tn his watchcaae la a face that ls much to him. Mo" ma" ‘mldevendenl; relative may be a nensloner on his purse. and now and. then he takes a flyer in the market lust to chance n little Christmas n m for the fireside folks at home. e troubles not. the world with his own affairs. when... 01‘ 0f Rrtef or zlfldnese, but hem t0 all about hltn the splrlt of m.