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ssrvlmsv, MARCH s, 1932

INSPECTION

m the Public Forum Mr. Phillip E. Plllfner draws attention w the

"live" subfoct of electrical inspec- c... .. .~........ ..... ...........!as‘§§e*;§f;§p*_f;fjnff"f_rfuf;j from the reports current about the origin of recmkmu‘ n g umenuyicemed. They comprise some 400

‘Islands, a mainland colony of Brit- nccessery there should be compuI-l _ - sory inspection of electrical lh-Fjgld “gig” swim“; “animal Not only shwld no newsouth America. The area involved premb“ b° pemmed to be emtedhs some 110 square mllm and the and installed with electrical wiringlpopulatlon about 230° 00o without official inspection, but,‘ m memo“ o! ’ fin” m the" ought b b0 periodic mspec-l-unerican waters are less extensive tlon of all premises to see that the than mo” o! Bdwn. may be_ electrical wiring and appliances

girl up here in the North with are in a safe condition. The time 1s saint Pierre and Miquelm and 1n_

Pa“ “h” " “l” °’ P’°““°° canlclude halal-bimbo. the Guadeloupe afford to allow its safety to be en- Islands‘ and French Guiana, the dangered by defective electrical 1mm. a mainland colony m south wiring or appliances. ‘To-day elec- Ammo, with some coastal mam“, lrlcity is not only used for light- The total area is 33,000 square miles‘. lug. but for cooking. heating ' and and the population 529,000.

other domestic purposes. as We" w It ls unthinkable that these great in manufactures. The users, how- 1115mm, possessions should be

ed States for British war debts. France to be asked to transfer her possessions on this side of the At- lantlc for similar mnposes.

IUTES BY TllE WAY

norm; the discuilon of u" currency question 1n the House of C nunons Premier Bennett stated that because of the divergent views of the Kiwemment and opposition on tariff matters it wB-S not desrable that the opposition should be represent“! by delegates a; the rmporiol Conference. The leader of the opposition concurred m this view. The party system out‘. entire responsibility on the Government of the day for every mgjpf public policy which 1s adOPV ed. Mr. Bennett made 1t perfectly clear that he accepted this re- spollsibility unreservedly- and that his Government was prepared to formulate its own policy with N- fererlce to intra-Empire trade, and to stand or fall by the j d it 0! the people of Canada with respect t0 it.

Dean Inge says Iemewhere that creative work 1s one of the essent-

dCht from h’s writ/Inge that he 1H not unacquainted with the steady and lasting joys 0f life as distinct from the fleeting sensations of pleasure. We all know from exper- ience that the skilled man and woman is "steady" and normally cheerful. It should be our aim t0 help men and women employed 0h repetitive work to taste the Joye of

ials of a joyful life, and it 1s evl--

ever are, so far, a law unto- them- selves. 'I‘hey install new electrical wiring or merely utilize existing‘ W11‘- ing for their purpose, irrespective whether the wiring be satisfactory, safe or not. Any day there may be farther serious disasters, due to defective electrical wiring or ap- pliances, and the insurance oom- paniw cannot be blamed if they insist” upon increased premiums be- cause. of our negligence to insist upon proper mspect’ .

OUR COMPLEMENT

hddremlng 3 great public meet- dng in Toronto on Thursday night, presided over by Right Hon. Arthur ‘Meigherl, K. C., the Right Hon. fwlhsloh Churchill, British States- man. insisted that greater recogni- tion should be given by the Imperial authorities of Crown Colonies at the coming Economic Conference at Wall?“ He. finale-Aha fiom 0°1- ollies would not be fully-represented, although it. was not too late to ac- complish this. "The Dominion of Canada for instance," he said, “was incomplete without the British ,-Wcst Indies, her Hot-home and

run your special steamship; to their iports. nourish and cherish their

creative work. No one can put his soul into the care of a semi- automatic lathe.

transferred fol- war debts at this (or at any) particular time when 0111' WhOlB DOHCy is to build up, strengthen and protect our llllnplre and its interests.

In tho Doukhobor districts of British Columbia and Saskatche- wan about a score of schoolhouses have been burned in the P95? y?" or so, and 1n some instances zuurdl have had to be placed about bulld- mgg, Recently there have been cases of assault, and now come! news from Saskatoon of a school- teacher, a young woman. havihs been shot and seriously woundod while asleep in her bed 1n a little schoolhouse near Blaine Lake. A suspect has been arrested- The facts are proof that there 1s need for e. strenuous drive against time AIBI nslble for the continued arson and violence. Burnlngs assaults by opponents of education in this country are not to be tolerated.

CANTEEN FUNDS

The administration of Canteen Funds in this Province 1s carried on quietly and efficiently by the trus- tees, Major E. H. strong. M. C. Chairman, Mlajor D. I". Tierney and Capt. Wm. A. MacLarerl. Accord- ing to the report for the pest year the board continued its policy of limiting direct assistance to ex- members of the forces and their ‘dependents who were 1n distressed [circumstances In each case pay- ments were made, after careful in- vestigation, to those who were en- titled to same. Under the Canteen Fund Act a sum of over $17,000 was inyolvcd 1n the administration. The, statement of receipts and

More than 30.000 deaths are 50¢ to automobile tragedies 1h W’ United States every year. 8°¢°Yd1n3 t0 Official statistics, says 18- P795591 Such a hecatcmb is eqlllyllem w expenditures shcwsz- wiping out a mm o; average gfze Investment to the first gnnugllly, This 1s paying a hOB-Vy of April, 1930. ............sl5,5o0.00,price for who‘ W“ “u Pmgrw‘ Cash on hand 687.98 1 The W“ '8 “Bmmzflily “y? 1:“ m:

c, u Department of Pensions and I nelghbormg rep“

istuation much less assuring ln the |National Expenditures 39.26; Dommion o! Canada-l lsrollowlpg

'Wlnter garden. You ought to lake THtOYQ-st .................. ‘TBS-Dfijthe United States exalmllle- the"- 4‘ care oi.’ these Islands, as if they Total ...................$17,013.29‘we 0115'?"- nmlnhesltate t° take fl, were your owl-l ‘beloved children, 0h the expenditure ride: ‘MSW’ new” i“ “d” m hm; pul; them inside your tariff wall, Relief Account for . . . . . ..$ 2,5400% about greater securléie osecgqts‘:

lstreets and highways. 78320: ity is the more pressing since the l tourist season soon will be re-

Admlnistration Expenses . Balance in bank

“rad” l“ every way." March 31-31 saaosfopeuedf’ l Th1! is the language of a states- Investments .. .....IB,500.00. u _ . man who has the interest of the Total ...... ..............s1"l.ols.2c' S“ u“ nwwhm" G m

Empire at heart. The West Indies and British Guiana are the seeds

was in the West Indies that the first great naval victories were “achieved which made Britain mis- irtress of {he seas. It was in the

Elfpom which the Empire sprang. It.

.1116 world will simply have to give

It will thus be seen that $2,000 oil up the pretence of ppymg debts the capital was utilized during the which cannot, in fact, be pald- 5° year. long as America was willing l0 lend the money for Europe t0 Day backtoher the illusion ornament could be preserved. But when America stopped lending. refused to take payment in goods, and, with

FIVE YEAR PLAN

Mr. Julian Huxley made an ex-

and

hWest males that I the ovepsehs ilended visit to Russia recently, and Trade of Great Britain first started. Iin the Week-end Review has been 1t was lh the West Indies that the 'glvlng his lmlpresslons and opin- milllary and naval heroes of theions, characterized by a freedom Empire first made their impressions. ‘and llldimflhce which are refreshinB- 1; was 1n the west Indies that the ‘After reviewing the situation from great Imperial sugar industry was different anglcs, Mr. Huxley con-A first started and developed. It was ‘lludos thu-sr

in the West Indies that Britain "If prophecy be over permissible ‘first obtained her cotton. It was 1n with regard to Soviet Russia, it tthe West, Indies that Britain first llmy, I think, be prophesied that, in fhbmlnoa bol- hardwood for humble own good time lma m broad out- building. It was in the West Indies 11110. the Plan will succeed, and Rus-

essistance from the French, 00mm“ ed the world's gold supplies. there- by forcing ourselves and many other countries off the gold stand- ard, payments were bound to come to the end. All that remains to be settled 1s the manner in wh'ch they shall be ended.

ltlctcorologhts are now dlicusslns’ the question whether the month of

March came in this yearns 8 lion or a. lamb. Those who 8889 their observation mometer are quite convinced that

by the ther-

lthat Britain first obtained her cocoa. It. was in the West Indies that Britain first learned how to govern native races. It was 1n the West Indies the best school of Colonial civil Servants were train- ed and developed. It was In the

Nova“ Scotla. merchants first". made. It was 1n the West mdles both Canada and the Mother Country found “friendly part3 for mlleh to build vessels for tradln! P11115059!-

lutoly-"ossenttal as a complement of

WcstIIndles that the fortunes of’ . “TIC.

That the West Indies are amen

she came in as a lamb while those who take the wind velocity as a guide called 1t a leonine entrance. The general public must now await the progress of events before they decide which was which.

sla. raise herself to the economic levcl of the grcwt capitalist w“..- tries. But it 1s precisely then that ihc real fun will begin. when after all the tiglltmlings of his belt, the Soviet citizen can at last enjoy the unod things of this world, will he continue his dcvotcd efforts? For is not Comfort lho great enemy Q! Enthusiasm? Will llc not be con. I

Ivlcnt to live wllnt good communlgtg ‘EUQIUMLW as n. life oi paltry bour- ‘gccls ideology, by whlgi they megn

It is getflng to be common talk says the Boston Transcript that "President Hoover is stronger with the country." It 1s inevitable that this should be so. The practice of abusing Mr. Hoover is going out of style: and. now, in retrospect, as the voters survey the circumstances _ of the last few years, they are be- ‘W!’ h“ 1°“ dvlmilv but without ginning to‘ ICC that thefl‘ criticism particular enthusiasm, and then “‘*~-" -

Flmmng 1Y5 Silllllus leisure on

mcnlary democracy, free speech

Canada. or 1n the words of Mr. "diu- Joy-riding. movies, golf and

Churchill, "our Hothouse

and flue-Sill; and his surplus cash on

and free though? Cr will Russia have more surprises up her sleeve

THE CHARLOTTETOWN GUARDIAN

Dominions and Colonies At Empire Conference

Addressing the British House of Commons on the new British tariff measures and the coming Imperial Conference, Mr. Neville Chamber. lain. Chancellor of the Exchequer, said 1n pertz-“I now come to the position of the Empire countries 1n connection with thlschangelnoul-

fiscal system. The Committee is aware that next July the Imperial Confer-

; encc 1s to be held in Ottawa, when the economic relations of the mem- bers of the British Commonwealth will be discussed. His Majesty's" Government attach the utmost importanceto that conference. and they intend to approach it with s fun * - ' mtlnn m .r.. ~- _ arrangements which will lead to the greater increase of inter-Im- perial trsde. I have no doubt that the Donllnlons would no more question our right to impose du- ties in our own interests with the ‘object either of raising revenue or restricting imports than we have questioned theirs to do the same, but considerations of that k1ndhavetobew"‘ “ the advantages to be obtained from preferential entry into Do- minion markets, even though they should involve some surrender of revenue or some lessening of the reduction of imports; and since until we meet the Dominion repre- sentatives we shall not be in a po- sition to estimate the advantages or the disadvantages on either side and since we desire to mark at every stage our wish to approach this conference in the true spirit of Imperial unity and harmony, we have decided that so far as the Do- minion: are concerned-and 1n this arrangement we include India. and Southern Rhodesia also- neither the general nor the additional du- ties shall become operative before the Ottawa Conference has been concluded. After the Conference its results can be embodied in what- ever modiflcations of these duties may have been agreed upon. I am confident that this decision of His Majesty's Government will be wel- comed by the Dominlons in the same spirit 1n which it has been made.

"The Colonies, the Protectorates, and the Mandated Territories are in a somewhat different position from that of the Dcmlnions. They lie, for the most part, in tropical or semi-tropical latitudes; they have scarcely any manufactures of importance: and their products. which are for the most part fruits and vegetables, seeds and nuts us- ed for expressing oils, and fibres, are not of a‘ kind which compete with the home products of this country. Anyone who has visited those parts of the British Empire will know that they are characteri- md by an instant loyalty to the British connection. In their times of prosperity they have always been large buyers of British goods, partly by means of’ voluntary pre- ferences on the part of the inhabi- tants, partly by means of prefer- ences deliberately arranged 1n their fiscal systems. I am not sure that the committee fully realize how widespread these systems of prefer- ence to this country are. Through- out the British West Indies they range from one-fifth to upwards of 50 per cent. of the normal duty. In colonies like the Bahamas, Bermu- da, British Cuiana, British Hondu- ras, Cyprus, the Falkland Islands, Fiji, Northern Rhodesia, Mauritius, Somallland-in all of the colonies the people of this country enjoy special advantages as compa ed with the traders of other lands.

of Mr. Hoover because he refused to yield to pessimistic talk was misplaced; that the President of the United States could not have uttered a dlscou sin-g word in the last two or three years that would not have made a bad situation lh- finitely worse. They are coming to realize, despite loose clamours for a "new leadership," that none has functioned except that of

cdéflmg.

A FRAGMENT

My windows open to the Autumn night;

In vain l. watched for sleep to visit me:

How should sleep dull mine ears and dim my eight.

who saw the stars, and listened to the sea?

Ah, how the City of our Cod is

Many of these preferences form part of the permanent fiscal sys- tem of the colonies and they are continuously applied. Ohly recent-

ly new duties were imposed 1n Mauritius. and the preferences which had already existed there were increased. until today they

are something like. 1n some cases, three-fourths in favor of this country.

“In the Colonies and territories of East and West Africa the coun- tries are precluded from giving Imperial Preference either by the Congo Basin Treaties or by the terms of the mandate under which they are administered. But even there a distinct advantage 1s en- joyed 1n those markets by British traders on account of the deliber- ate choice of the people themselves. What have we done 1n return for our Colonies? I am afraid we must say that we have done very little- and that frequently 1n the past our colonists have had the mortified- tlon of seeing that while they were suffering adversity tbemselves, their ‘ “ --- and , "‘ were enjoying a. prosperity which was given to them because of the preference in the markets of the Mother Country. The recent terri- fic fall in the value of the commo- dlties which they produce has brought many of them today into a condition of such dire distress that they have been obliged to come to the British Exchequer and seek for some assltance 1n their need. No fewer than eight of thém are today in receipt of grants or loans 1n aid, and another four of them will be 1n the same position this year, and I em afraid there 1s a long list of those who are now only living upon their unexhausted balances. and who, if nothing else is done for them, when those bal- ances eome to an end, will be 1n the same position as their neigh- borsand have to come to us for help.

“It 1s obvious that in such cir- cumstances 1t would be useless to ask the Colonies to sacrifice reven- ue by lowering their tariffs 1n our favor, but we have here a great op- portunity of helping them, because there 1s hardly any product which they produce which 1s not covered by these new duties and upon which we cannot give them here a better and a more secure market than they have had in the past. The prefemce that we might give to them would not only benefit 1n- dustriee already established there but would encourage the starting of new industries and the growing of new products which are not at present derived from the Colonies, but which might equally well be grown there, if only they had the encouragement thaifwe could give them. We propose that all produce from all Colonies, Protectorates, and Mandated Territories shall be completely exempt from either the general or the additional duties. We have confidence that this great new departure in British policy will be most warmly welcomed throughout the Empire. I have no doubt it will evoke an immediate response, but I attach even greater; importance to the stimulation of the prosperity and the increased purchasing power of customers of ours, who have shown that they al- ways had the will, if they have not always had the power, to buy the bulk of their requirements from the Old Country."

PUBLIC FORUM

This column ls open for the discussion by rrespundents of " of Interest. The Charlottetown Guardian does not necessarily ‘ the opinion: of correspondents.

ELEUIRIIICAL INSPECTION

Sim-Plum time to time the need of having an Electrical Inspector 1n the city has been brought up, but ‘ " any efforts that have been made 1n the pest we are as yet without this kind of inspection. I feel sure that the majority of people who live in wired homes and those having business establish- ments using electricity would like to see inspection of this kind in force, especially In view of the large num- ber of disastrous fires that have occured lately. The Fire Insurance Companies would, without a doubt, welcome 1t, and those doing electri- caiwirlng and installations would also be much interested in seeing inspection started. Speaking as one of the latter group, the electrical industry wmlld be aided by having

Winter goes without. argu- lilfnllllfu. thumbing, a modicum of o mm“ m‘ ‘my’ n“; w” ought; to art and literature, and clothe, gm- uu u," Qf thug Islands is not his W110?

without due can». for a movement “Or, again, will the innate in- ils on foot in thenffillted scale; lo dependence cl‘ the human spirit re- hgvfthnse island! and Wlflllle-‘wbvl in Rlmla against orthodoxy and fnnlferlld; body bulk to "l! UI-‘llt- demand the ballot-box and parlia-

nd manage‘ to canallse the lives

prophecy into mere foolhcrdy Bbeculatlonfl, 4f’ l\ I a

fslrl

and energies ed her people into new If. without sea, mu starless though

channels, new eofnmunnl activities? u “r "Even w haurd an answer to I“ Jae’? the .mjemc bu“,

mourn the sea. -Ll0n'e.l Johnson.

it, not in the way of any increased profits as the margin of profit could not be increased under in- spectlon any more than it could be

tho“ quugm; l, ‘Ola; beyond um ma" not mm the “a”, not now, but 1t would have a stabilizing

elect and give the public more con- ildenee in the flushed jobs. It mltht swear then, that the

In. a _ B)! J0me; W. Burfon.

ECZEMA

I spoke recently of the skin spec- ialist who had no worry about his patients because they never died and they never were completely cured.

Then when it comes to diagnosing a skin ailment, he has another great help 1n that two out of every five cases are really eczema.

‘This gives some idea of the great amount of eczema that exists 1n various forms.