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_WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 27. 1929

l MINISTRY OF FISHERIES.

“According to our despatches yes- terday, talk regarding the aplliilm‘ meht of a Minister of Fisheries has been resumed at Ottawa, and natur- ally the names of Islanders are men- tioned as possible appointees. We are the only Province in Canada with- out representation in the Cabinet, and if and when a Ministry of Fish- eries is created it is only reasonable to expect that a Prince Edward Is- lander will be given the position. It is significant, however, that the pame of Mr. John E. Sinclair is not mentioned, except as the occupant of a seat which can be made vac- ant as the exigencies of the political situation may demand. Dr. Cyrus

McMillarrs name has been persist- i

ently mentioned as the likely ap- pointee and it is suggested that Mr. Sinclair may be appointed "to some official post" and resign his seat to make way for the new minister. An- ‘other name mentioned for the posi- tion is that of llfr. R. H. Jenkins. MP. Either of these gentlemen would ‘be competent to fill the position. They u". both well qualified and have first hand knowledge of the fishing in- dustry, Dr. McMillan from the at- tention he gave the subject while a member o! the Ilmcan Commission. and Mr. Jenkins from his business u associations.

The matter is still in the rumor stage. The fact that Mr. Sinclair's name is not mentioned, however, will be disappointing to his friends. It was

generally believed at the last elec- tlon that ‘he had the appointment in his pocket, and he was elected largely on that understanding. Now when

‘ the‘ position is in sight it is suggest- ed that he be comfortably shelved to make way for another. The sen- ior member for Queens. who has al- ready occupied the high position of member oi the Government, has not, so far as the public are aware, been given the opportunity of re-eritering

' the Cabinet at this time.

It may be mentioned that Mr. Duff, whois being backed by the Halifax Herald (of all papers!) as thelrightful aspirant for the posi- tion, is likely to find himself in the same company with Mr. Sinclair, among the “also rans."

I BRITISH POLICE EFFICIENCY.

The twenty-fourth annual conven- tion of the Chief Constables‘ Asso- ciation of Canada held at Toronto last August, the full report of which has recently been published, con- tains. among other excellent papers some interesting information by Col. Stames, Commissioner R. C. M. P., on the high standard of police pro- tection in Great Britain. Colonel Stames. in discussing the general proportion of police to population in various countries, said:

“I take Great Britain as a standard, as the normal coun- try upon which to base compari- sons. The country is not large;

‘there are thinly-populated areas, but, in general, it is densely pop- ulated; the people are homo- geneous, and are orderly, law- abiding and public-spirited above

Ill others. All these tend to

make it an easy country to po- lice, with two important provisocs i --one, that a highly‘ developed civilization tends tp make admin- istration complex; and. secondly. that the British people expect ind exact o. very high standard of service. A very important con- aideration is that in Great Brit- the Police are successful, for ‘Mime is decreasing, nearly all ‘ lorioua cases are solved. and the "Population of the jails is decrea- dslg-and this at a time when we beer of crime waves in other . countries." '

f, fine English standard u, for-the wintry and email towns, about one oflcer to 1,000 population; for i; cities. one to 10o, and IOI 1on- "dlh we to 800. In Glasgow there‘ to zoo of. population; in mu Wtolwzinberiimonetomw

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ing to the census of 1920, tho population was over 107,000,000."- and the police numbered B2, , or a proportion of one policeman to 1,808 population. That is. where England, ‘iomoge . law-abiding and with excellent courts, employs 147 policemen fol‘ every 100.000 of her people, the United States, with a population which is confcssedly more diffi- cult to handle and with other disadvantages which the Ameri- cans themselves are quick to point out, employ only '76 police- men for the same number oi peo- ple. England employs nearly twice as many policemen in pro- portion as the Americans do. This discrepancy is not quite so great as it seems, because of a card- inal difference in policy. In Eng- land. the small towns and coon- try districts, are carefully polic- ed, the proportion being about ‘ one policeman to a thousand. No such proportion obtains in the United States."

The figures show that while the proportion of police to population in the larger American cities is about the some as in England, the rural districts in the latter country are un- der better protection. A recent in- stance of the kind oi protection giv- en to the rural districts in England is cited. A couple of motor thieves were travelling by night along an Es- sex roa.d,—not, apparently a main- travelied route--in a stolen car; they were stopped by a rural policeman who was on his regular beat, and, as he examined the license, they shot

‘and killed him. To the outside pub-

lio the shooting and the subsequent conviction of the murderers were the interesting things. But the fact that a stolen car could not be driven along a quiet road by night without being challenged by a constable is one of great significance.

It is pointed out that while the English system allows for a certain measure of local police control, it also provides for co-ordination, so that if the police force of one city or region is overtasked by an emer- gency, whether a great ceremony or a wave of unrest, it can be reinforced without administrative diillculty. Thus the chief constable oi an English city has a reserve of strength— trained police strength, not soldiery- whichhecandraw upon more easily than is the case either in Canada or United States.

Colonel Starnes in his interesting paper does not discuss crime condi- tions in the different countries; but there is obviously a connection be- tween the criminal records and the police protective system.

HAZARDS OF POLITICS

This happened in British Colum- bia, and was referred to in debate in

the Legislature of that Province as a curious instance of the hazards of politics. It seems that at the last election there were two candidates for Kaslo-Slocan, both of Irish ex- traction, qne with a. long-name- Fitzsimmons-the other with a short name-Leary. Both names were printed on the ballot, and after each, as thedaw provides, there was a square, to hold the cross with which the elector would presently signify his choice. ft ha-,, ‘, however. that the name "Fitzsimmons," being a long name, filled all the space pro- vided for the first name on the bal- lot, while the name "Leary," being short, filled only about half the space allotted to it. There was, accord- ingly, a blank space after Mary's name, and many of the supporters of this candidate, eager to get their mark as close to the name of their favorite as possible, put their cross in this space and not in the square provided for it. This was an error and the ballots were thrown out. The Fitasimmoris supporters cfilld not make such a mistake, and- the luolli candidate with the long name had few spoiled ballots while hla oppon- ent had many.

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Notes fly The Way

Smuggling allem into the United States appears to have become a very extensive business within the past four or five years. A writer in the New York evening Post amt-ms that moat of the Europeans and Asiatios in Canada have come here for the e:- press purpose of getting into the States, and if they cannot cross the border line honestly, they utilize any other available method.

Under the caption "Canada, A Way Station," The Toronto Globe tells that it is apparent that an active trafllc in this line has been in progress since

‘ i924 at many points along the Cana-

dian border. Some 20,000 are said to have crossed the line ‘ destinely at Niagara three years ago. One man is accused of taking in 85,000 Italian peasants on illegal pass ports and "selling" them to farmers at $10 per head, after taking large fees from these aliens. (

In the smuggling process all sorts

A of vehicles and secret methods are

resorted to. Forty foreigners are al- leged to have been carried across in cofllns. Automobiles and box cars have been used. Chieily this business flourishes between Windsor and De- troit but it is alleged that "thou-

ands oi Poles, Russians, British and Italians ontol- at the back gate ‘by way of the underground railroad from Montreal.

Canada's long southern boundary of 4,000 miles is crossed every twenty- four hours by hundreds oi railway trains and otherwise by thousands of people in short ferries at various points, also by motor cars, sieighs, wagons and aeroplanes. In fact there are as many ways oi smuggling men, women and children into the States from Canada as there are for smug- gling intoxicating liquors. It costs Uncle Sam many millions yearly in his not very successful effort to stop the whiskey from getting across, while the Canadian Government does noth- ing to check the outflow of either the people or the booze.

The estimates, larger than those of last year, were also laid before Par- liament earlier than usual. In the usual course there have always been supplementary estimates brought down later,- and sometimes second and even third supplementaries. This is mentioned because no one yet knows what will be the total expend- lture which Parliament may be call- ed upon to provide. The large total already asked for by the Government looks like preparation for a general election within the current year and if the supplementary votes are pro- portionately large the probability of an early election will be still strong- 0i’. .

An amazing’ t for educa- tion of the illiterate millions of China is told of by a Dr. Yen, a graduate _of Yale University. He tells that in China they have two languages, the classical and the language of the common people. In China, Japan and Korea the same characters are used. For centuries the classical has held sway. To -learn it means. a lifetime of studyand most of the people have not time for that. Fortunately four- flfths of the people can read the spoken language, which is as unlike tho. classical as is English to Latin.

But the language commonly spoken had 40,000 characters or letters. In the new educational movement these have been reduced to 1,300, ,which can be learned in four months. Five millions, “old and YOUHB. 8Y9 n°W studying the spoken language, as re- written and newspapers, school b00i<8 and the best literature are beinil published in that form. Dr. Yen tells that the movement has now become national throughout China. Scholars and governors, who at first strongly opposed the movement are now in

ing lt as desirable.

‘Dlapaichea from Ottawa contain a series of interesting rumors and con- jectures in regard to our own Prov- ihce and several of its public mell- The desirability of the Island beinl represented in the Federal Cabinet by ‘a full-fledged minister has long and frequently been stressed in The Guardian, coupled with some degree of impatience that tho much needed appointment had been so ions delay- ed. It is now intimated that at some time in the not distant future-prob- ably at the close of the session. 01' shortly before the comiiil 6190910!!- Mr. n. 1-1. Jenkins or m. 01M Mo- Millan may become Minister of Fish- ‘oi-ioo, and Hon. John s. Sinclair may "tun from political life and accept some official position; What is evident is that thecerds are being shuffled FY9091“?! i0 I new deal in the distribution of Fod- oral appointments. honors and emol- uments in this Province. with the usual uncertainty ea to who or Whit thou be tumlil- Prinoo ldward Il- land people will be ‘pleased u the! pt g mil-fledged Cabinet Minister. and doubly disappointed if the im- Jhadowod appointment of an island- for in that position ‘a denied them. ‘yo: this reaeon an emofooe that more

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a. m... w. us... MD. DON'T REST A STIFF JOINT.

-You have a painful joint and your natural inclination is to rest the joint because movement causes pairf.

And this is just where the big mig- take is made, because rest means led; and less use ofqthe joint. and if it is a knee or hip joint, it means crutches or lying in bed.

Of course it is taken for granteh that the cause of the joint pain (rheumatism) has beeniound and the infected teeth, tonsils, gall blad- der or sinuses have been removed or drained.

Now anything that will bring heat to the part will be of help, because if it is the knee, hip, or ankle you

cause your whole weight is 0n it.

Dr. C. P. Emerson reminds thesp patients that they can exercise any of these joints without walking. by simply lying flat on the back and make movements with the legs just as they would with the arms.

If these exercises are- followed by fatigue or pain which lasts more then an hour, or if they cause a little fever, they should be discontinued for awhile and then resumed but with less vigor. .

The fact that movement makes the joint more painful is no reason why you shouldn't continue exercising for “the one willing to shed the most tears (on account of pain) will get the best results." The diet begins with one week of buttermilk only, at least four quarters a day, which gets the intestine in a more healthful state. After that agood all round body building diet is used. Heat in any form is helpful because it relaxes the muscles and lessens the pain.

for some time the patient is encour- aged to exercise the joint. which he is willing to do because of the effects of the heat.

After exercising the joint it is al- ways wise to apply heat again as this helps the circulation to remove the products that were manufactured about the joint by the exercise. .

In other words with the infection removed, and no fever, get busy with the joint even if it means pain. If you nurse or rest it you may have a permanently stiff joint.

THE LAND WE LOVE

' By FRANK LEIGH

THE BATTLE 0F STE. FOYE

Q. When and where was the battle of Ste. Foye fought?

fought on the outskirts of the city of Quebec, on the road that still car- ries the name. It followed a few months after the taking of Quebec by Wolfe in 115a, and WllS the last at- tempt of the French forces to.re- deem that defeat and to recapture the ancient stronghold, While the battle was successful for the French forces, it failed to change the course oi history by which French Canada was transferred to that of a British possession. A monument, stately in its proportions marks the spot and commemorates the dead of this coun- try.

THE POET’S CORNER

FIRST. "I know there wait for mo (The common lot of all) Sorrow and toil and wearinese and loss | Before the long nightfall. "But, ere I bend my head Before the griefe to come, . Grant me some JOY to know. some song to sing 01' ere my lips srow dumb. "Grant me warmly to live, Grant "me greatly to love,- To teatetho banquet ere deapoiling 70ers its varied sweets remove. "Oh. give mo golden grain lnough for scanty years, Gal-noted In mommy's aoorehoulc. . ‘men shall ago ' Be reft of half her fears. “Out of the "lovely put I aiiall have buiidod mo A treasure-house of beauty, when to dwell In sweet serenity." _ :_ --Annle lwhil Waples.

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Condensed from The Forum- (Frederick Lewis Allen)

Among the wizards of nuance some work their woy up from the bottom by ‘slow and painful degrees; others

career has been the quick kind-Only a. few months ago I knew nothing about the stock market. In fact, l knew even less than I do now. I nev- er read the financial pages of the newspapers. Whenever the men about me dropped into conversation about the remarkable rise in American Bread or the pressure exerted by the bears upon the leading rails, I seized the opportunity to be alone with my thoughts. I hadn't the slightest no- tion of how a bear exerts pressure upon a rail or of what happens to a rail when he does it. I could distin- guish between stocks and bonds, but debentures were beyond me; and at the mention of amortization and sinking hunk and time money 1 ioit myself plunged into a fog.

But that was before I began com- muting from New" Canaan. It's a_ long ride‘ from New Canaan to the Grand Central; long enough to read clear through the latest torso murder and arrive at the financial pages. I began to enjoy puzzling outfthe dramas of this strange new world. "Shorts are squeezed as motors climb steadily": what was this if not a naughty ro- mance of the open road, depicting the temptations of the limousine? "Rubbers are heavy as liquidation progressesW-was this a weather re- port, or the confession of an over- shoe manufacturer?

Very cautiously I now began to join in the talk of my fellow com- muters.

"What do you think of American Suction?" one of them wouldask an- other.

"Nothing better," the other would reply-

“Whyi" 1 would put in timidly.

“They're earning between fourteen and fifteen dollars a year now," he would say to me, "so naturally there's a. chance that they'll split up."

“This is terrible,” I would say to myself, "Here are fine fellows, men of ample reserve (someone had said that they had an ample reserve) who no sooner begin to earn fifteen doi- lars a year than they are at each other's throats. But," I would think. "let us~look at the bright side of things. Here am I earning much more than fifteen dollars a year and at peace with mankind.

"Can't anything be done‘ to patch things up?" I would say, but no one would hear me .They were all talk-

. ing as if they thought they might

profit by the split-up in some way. "Buzzards," thought I.

“Don't you think the market is get- ting top-heavy?" one of the men would ask. "Look at Steel, for in- stance."

"Yes," another would reply. "But look at money. There's the thing to watch. Money's so easy—"

“Whati" I would burst out, "do you think it's easy?"

“Certainly it is," he would say. "three and a hnlf. It went down yes- terday." And I would hide behind my paper again and look fixedly atSteel.

At last, however, I began to get the hflllfljf things. I began to look at brokers‘ loans. I wasn't sure who loaned them money or what it was for, but from my own experience I knew this was a thing to be done sparingly, if at all. When the amount of loans “caused some uneasiness," I felt uneasy too. Then there were car- loadlngs. Here, apparenty, was some- thing altogether diflerent from brok- ere’ loans. Oar-loadings were all to the good. Nobody asked what the cars were loaded with. It might have been ’ ‘ for all anybody cared. All you had to say was that more cars were loaded this Week than the last ,and the financial community rushed out and bought U. S. Angel Cake in a frenzy of optimism. Solbecamoexpertinthelorooi the market, and Presently. when l found that some of m! friends-wen making money, my owrfpaima began to itch. ‘ v z sold m! hoidino! in General Gaspipe (nine abaroa) to clear the way for a big speculative stroke. _ I

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Nervous Liquidation - i (Condensed IIOm The I011!!!)

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tuaily bought a paper on the WHY 9° luncheon. 1t had the 11 o"olook brin- ea in it. Well, welii General Utility was at 1881-41 Flour points more- that made 20 more “nocktios this morningl It was almost too much. All afternoon my excitement con- tinued, though I worked at the office just like ordinary people. That night i bought two papers, down on the train to read the good news leisurely.