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“The Strongest Memory is Weaker than 3 the Weakest Ink".

jj SATURDAY, APRIL 30, 1938

A Grave Situation

The situation of our unemployed was brought forcibly hoiiic to all concerned at Thursday nighfs meeting in the City Hall. It is evident that conditions have been going from bad to worse, despite evidence of economic recovery iii other dircctioiis- The meeting was not [irimzirily coiiccriictl with placing responsibility for this state of affairs, litit with obtaining prompt and effective action. A number of rclief projects were outlined ivhich would do much to remedy the situation, hut something more than a schedule is iiccc~sar_v, .'ippari-ntl_\', to obtain action.

.\t'l"tll'illllg to onc speaker at 'lihtirsdzi_i"s meet- ing. the authorities zit Uttawa are under the ini- prcssioii that we are a prosperous province, less

in ncctl of relief than other parts of Canada. lf this is the case, then it should be a simple mat- tcr for our provincial and federal representa- tives to correct the misunderstanding. One pr0iii— ineiit iiicniher at least of the Dominion Govern- nient—-l~‘iiiance Minister Dunning—must he aware of the conditions existing in his own con- ltitncncy. Ilc is certainly familiar with our need for harbour improvements, which the (‘lizirli-tit-t-iivii lEoai-rl of Trade impressed upon aim \('l'_\’ forcibly a year ago. and which Mr. \\'» (‘heater 9. .\icl.ure suggested should hc C(l\'\‘l'\'1l by a million dollar vote iii this year's estimates. \\'ork of this kind would not only relieve the present unemployment situation, but would provide continuous employment on tht: water front, by reason of the increased steamer traffic which would result.

\\‘ith regard to the North and West River bridge projects, the strong agitation for this program two years ago will be recalled. Last year a discouraging statement was received from the Dominion Government to the effect that

berr and supporters. The only “political propa- ganda" likely to mislead him was in these same speeches He could not fail to note how, from time to time, the members themselves were prompt to accuse each other of talking for poli- tical efiect, and of drawing “invidious compari- sons," making “deliberate misstatements of fact” and even of speaking “without any feeling for their fellow men" Our contemporary insists on interpreting these comments in a Pickwickian sense. But why object to an unbiased observer taking them at their face value?

After All These Years

Mr. A, E. MacLcan, M.P., has s0 far bestir- red himself as to ask, from his seat in Parlia- ment, what the King Government is doing for the Maritimes in the way of opening up trade negotiations with Cuba “or any other countries in that general area."

Hon- W. D, Euler, Minister of Trade and Commerce, replied that “even this Government can do only one thing at a time"; that ever since taking office they had been “fairly well em- ployed in the making of agreements"; that he “understood quite well” the desire of the Mari- time Provinces for trade with Cuba; that the (iovcriinient was “bearing this in mind”; but “at the same time I must say that. at present there are no trade negotiations in progress with Cuba.”

Poor lllr. l\'IacLcan! \Vhen we recall the way he matlc the rafters ring in the I935 campaign about our Cuban trade, and the profits he cal- culated would accrue to our farmers from this trade when the Liberals got back to power, we feel that his patience must have been sorely tried by Mr. Euler's lackadasical answer- If Mr. litiltirhs excuses mean anything, they mean that the government Mr. MacLean supports so staunchly has been too busy catering to the trade interests of other sections to bother with the in- tcrcsts of Mr. MacLean’s constituents. Three years in power. and still_ “no negotiations in progress with Cuba.”

llicanivhile. according to news despatches, ("iilm is ready and anxious to enter into trade

"negotiations looking to a greater volume of com-

pierce between the two countries. What’s hold- mg up the deal? Not the Bennett Government this time.

The Dog Nuisance

Strong protests have been received from citizens with regard to the nuisance of stray dogs. This is the time of year when preliminary work is being put in on the gardens which help

m‘: Nonh Rm” bridge ‘V0010 Cost at lea“ to give Charlottetown its reputation as a sum- $8“0-000 "00 the We,“ Rwer FY03“? $400900’ mer beauty spot. It is also the time when stray and that this expenditure was considered un- dogs are more in evidence than at any other justifyable. _ It was admitted, however, that “no season There are civic mgulations against p". accurate estimate of a large bridge can be made mitfing d'ogs to run at large, and a special effort

without borings."

should be made to see that the law is enforced

This year in the Legislature lifr. W- F. A. during the Spring Season

Stewart asked whether a. survey of the proposed Brighton-North River bridge site had been made; if so, whether the survey was sufficient- -ly complete to give accurate data as to the cost of construction; and whether it was the inten- tion to fully investigate. Hon. Mr. Maclrityre replied that “a partial survey" had been made by the Dominion Government. Residents of the vicinity claim to have no knowledge of any sur-

1 Editorial Notes I

Premier Dysart of New Brunswick is again

in Ottawa interviewing the ministers in connec- tion with the proposed airport and other pro- jects.

n u e u Mr, A. W. Neill, the popular Independent

vey’ Partial of ofhirwlset’ Itndanlgtgase’ “:1 member of parliament for Comox-Alberni, B.C., “if PC5095 to 1m}: Eeitlh rt? e l‘ .n ialgond {Hp has intimated that on account of his health he o m 1 creme y 0 e prov‘ ca a will not seek reelection-

eral authorities-

As Hon. Dr. MacMillai-i said pointedly, there is only one way to get things at Ottawa, and that is to “take off your coat" and g0 after it. He might have said a. good deal more on this subject, for it was by this means that he ob- tained, during his own administration as Pre- mier, upwards of a million dollars for unem- ploynieiit relicfzit a time when the federal treas- ury was depleted to a much greater extent than it is today. He might have reminded his hear- icrs of the criticism he received for his efforts ‘Lon their bchnlf, and for declaring that it was {more necessary to give work to hungry men ‘llthan to balance the budget. That is past history inow, and the responsibility rests on other shoiil-

ders of providing the "work and wages" which were. so fulsomcly promised in addition to the Vbalaiiccd biulgct" still to he attained.

'l'liursda_v night's meeting was a model of iiihat public meetings should be—-well conducted. iilf§ll_l(‘.<§~lll\’P, and orderly. it is clear that our uncmploycrl citizens are not only dcsirous of getting action. but of getting it in the pjopcr constitutional fashion, without threat or intimi- dalion- That is a strong point in their casc. and mic which cannot he loo strongly emphasized by “those speaking iorphem at Ottawa.

Fair To Storm .4 .

' itemporary refers to a repqrr E inc Toronto Globe and Mail, describing the recent legislative session h_ e as the “stormiest" since the present (iovcrnin t took office. It infers that the Toronto pape informant “while acting in good faith was cruel ‘ deceived by Some one “who, for political propag da piisposes, wanted =to give the impression the; ere wits widespread division in the Liberal ranks.’ Now whom could aha: be? p. ‘g _ i. By a curious 'coincidence,}‘,r$be controversial {discussions that occurred durin v sesslqp, both iiin formal debate and in commit _ ere reported Qwmi m: word in identical min ,g.ih,boiiixmi tiiewspaperi- True, the Liberal orfiallls repilm llbiade a belated appearance, and p‘ y \‘__ fnot read with as much interest for , reascn

zlian reports, even -to the paragraph , ‘ unctualion marks. It must therefore be i, iiterpretation of these reports in the ‘I . per," and. not the reports themselves” eeneempoqiry taker exceptioru - “,

-‘,yery ' _i n1. The Globe and M ' i‘ ‘t Libe l in politics.“ It usually is

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The National Conservative Convention called for July 5, 6 and 7, will be held in the Coliseum. Lansdowne Park, Ottawa. Itis expected there will be 2,500 delegates and 4,000 visitors in attendance. it a a e Seven years ago Ottawa City Hall was des- troyed by fire and never has been rebuilt, though $100,000 insurance was collected on the loss- Now the Mayor. Mr. Lewis, has started a voluntary fund to add to the insurance and al- ready the City Councillors have subscribed $300, at the rate of $5 per head of their family or poor relations. n- : w Mr. R. D. Finlayson, political private secre- tary to Mr_ R. B. Bennett, in consequence of Mr Bennett's contemplated retirement as Con- servative leader, has decided to return to Wiii- nipeg where he will resume his law practice It was suggested that Mr. Finlayson should be appointed party organizer but evidently this did not meet with general approval. w w a 1v

Liberals are‘ crackerjzicks atpadding the lists. \\'itliin the last three years there has been an increase of more than 1,000 in the number of civil servants in Ottawa. the Government indi-

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rated Thursday iii rcplving to a question by Fi-zmk l7, Lennard (Coir \Vciilworlh). On Sept. 3o, i035. there were 11.073 civil servants? last February 28 the number reached 12,359 and

According to the Rev. A. A. Macleod, Field Secretary of the Sonsfof Temperance, the lob- ster carnival at Pictou “for the past few years 0! 0 has been one big drunk” He added that it was not the people of Pictou who made the great- est spectacle of themselves, but visitors at the carnival. Not, surely, from this Prohibition

"commendation from a valued subscriber, Mrs. W‘. H. MacLeod, who informed us yesterday yum m; “Mm 0g 3m thatch: has not missed a r in tw'elve years- M!“ l! i Aétirther source of iuteriixtin this connection E. _ lighvir particular list has been in one family nor can ti!!! . hole of m; time. m time. w. are mjgigtfmfigw, . , . r. Put McTagufi of Pipwre Brorqdthe meinw‘ ‘ha! Wren peered own rein the el eat m!!!‘ - ‘to Mots, ‘liken to David, agd is ' m m" ma“ m. -- leyoungeetson, red- elvytllflflflfil W“: .» re responsibility for the nfe h’ m“ . I e.

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The botanleal department o! the DeDlrlmeni; of Agriculture arOt- mvu wtbetgn go some announc- u ii e e on ue provid- ing the lzmredienite for a reducing diet. The leaves and roole when good bitter salad. that. dandelion leaves are good for m, also that coffee can be m e from the roots of dandellons after they have been thoroughly dried and put through the coffee def‘. And then comes the information that from the flowers of the dandelion ii is possible to make wine. -- Peterbomugh Examiner.

A mnsle building to coat $350000 will be one of the features of the New York world's falr. The bulld- lng, which will accommodate 2.503 persons. will be erected on a plot of 108,500 square feet of land, and will consist cf an Eflflflthilpfld‘ aud- itorium, and a box-rke stake house eighty feet In helghL The auditorium will have no side walls or plane surfaces. for the rocf

will curve from fcundatlcn to ftun- daFon in an unbroken line. In- stead of a balcony there will be tiers of seats rising behind the m- trances. and beneath there tiers will be a large foyer-lounge. The orchestra pit will accommodate 100 musicians. The prssoenlum arch, the arch framing the curtain. will be thlrtv feet wide, and the depth of the stage will be slx'y feet. The interior decorations will s’mple in thg ext-reme-Tbrcnm Telegram.

The tlny independent state ol Andorra, in the Pyrenees. has sud- denly founcl its population more than doubled. by 10.000 Spanish refugees, At this time of year the little mountainous country is coy-

ered with anowdrifte. — Monctcn Transcript. Few people realize that just

outside Ionidon ls a factory where glam is blown in substantially the same way as it was three or four thousand years before Christ. Until fifteen years ago 011's an- cient glass works was in ‘riidor street. close to the Observer cfflce. where it had been since the year utter the Great Fire, When lift/zen years ago. the Whltefrlars- eo called from the London neighbor- hood to winch they belo

moved to the suburbs they took with them a flitting from the fig- h-ee at. the old fadory. It grew and flourished now outside of structure which resembles those described in sixteenth and seven- teen-th century treatises on glass- bl0WlIlQ.—L0l'ld0Il Observer

The world in in the worst state today that it has known since the fell of ancient Rmne; it is facing the prospect of mother dark age. an age that. may well be fer darker than the medliwvel one. All the nineteenth century faith in pro- gress is gone. Democracy is. appur- ently on its tut legs. We have Fascism and Bolshevlsm We have Hitler and Stalin. We hear the echoes of the shots in Moscow, the shots in Berlin. We smell the stale odor of human blood, shed unrlght- eously, All the ancient, ills are still with us. The Ghost of Want lifts up its feeble hands in the streets, and the pllla Warders of D lr moun in the court and the market- plaoe. And in the murky atmos- $6M of contemporary proceeding, e murmur of the world's well- wlshers comes fainter and fainter on lily, cincumnmhient air, crying "How Long, 0 Lord. how long. must. we endure these lnfemies?" — Chicago Dally News.

A report on "The World Coal Industry" being prepared by 31¢ International Labor Office for sub- mission to the World Coal Con- ference which will be held in Gen- eva. during the first fortnight. in May, wtimubes that if the future rate of coal extraction does not 1925-35 average, the world's reserves of bituminous and anthracite coal are sufficient w last at least 37 centuries. Should the extraction rate increase. how- ever, by 0.5 percent. annually, then, according to the report. the world supply would lust only about s: centuries; or. with an increase of 2.0 percent annually, it would last only about. 20o years. The proved and probable world reserves are estimated at, 4,600.00 million melrlb

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The greatest reserves of any country, the report. shows, are in the Uruted States. These are plac- ed at. 1.975.000 million metric tone. with the extraction rule continu- ing at. the 1926-36 average (035.8 million metric tons per year) they are good for 3. 680 years; but Wm! an increase of 0.5 percent an- nually in the extraction rule, they will last only 59a years: or 217 years, with nn increase of 2.0 961'- cem annually.

Ii Soviet. Riuselafa extraction rate continues at the 1926-35 average (80.3 million metric tone annually) her reserves, estimated at 1M5.- 000 million metric tone. probably will outlast those of all competit- orsf for. M that rate, they are good for 35,478 years. With an increase

011160 (if 0.5 D610!!! lllil n i. said that i1. that doth anything for the they noun 1-» no pm: or 1g public is accounted as doing it for nobody, so it "w" "ma" is not often that littlest public servant, the news- boy, comes into his own in the way of praise.

again l end 7.1m; they followed pretty faithfully T ilféyl~yve were pleased therefore to have a word of flludggf, whet-angina The. n

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the tlcun lid: arm $3’ loruacyazeuriol be trig?‘ g-

a per rem with the newrboye, of and incursions in that there boy: harm.

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no forethought 011% ktfndugrlfdif finial-é‘ From where I live u; 5mm; I . some three or four ohalns Bllwose. the road became wholly impassable a few days ago, 1m- the reason that. sufficient drainage was not Dmvlded to take care of the water that came down the hill. {humane would be very Qggy 3mg "EXWII-fllve here. because the rono pop: close to the benk of the five, new from experience. however that there was no use talking to any official about it, hence I zot u couple of men to make tcmpoy-

course sand or navel on the road so that; it will be passable rm- g few days. But if permanent drain. 53° 1-5 n0! Provided. the water will 11D attain. flow under end over the road. and the place wul be B qlwkmtre once more.

I have said that the nib-grud-

Rollo Bay w Souria bridge w.“ commenced twwyeara ago 3nd i; not finished yet. And gt m; “m; 01 Drottress that hen been made it tibia." §1‘.‘.."2f.....°°2‘.‘“‘ "°“°". '° to do the hard surf ye“ or w”

radium. Xreys. and surgery. they cannot understand ls why the Mule 0f a ed man from the beginning of bla- bory bu: not been discovered in these days when other fatal dise- azes are new being conquered. They cannot wonder whether woii: is being done with the hun- dmeds of thousands

faction to rend done by lust one cancer research organization-The British Empire (tanner Campaign, reports that Iss1 yerrxs work sivw- ed that schemes of research were mlagtconducted over n wldc. area. an, drainage’ and m haul Mme or girlon was drawn u, the “Mk

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m t of Pirblle Works belan the CAUSE AND CUBE 01-‘ CANCER. 5

5 of mu niece of 100d. —~——

about five er six mile: in , those who hav loved

BM the work la not. f suffering with, or who have died

to rub-grading the travel of. cancer, 1t no comfort. to an from Bouris hee had to go know that while cairse o1 can-

bv the demure. and 1m m1 both cer u wn, it can be cured in

iii-emit road and def-ours iieemie its earlier stakes w the use o!

disease that has afflict-

be blamed then if they or not, serious

of dollars im-

riuaily spent on seeking the cause of cancer.

It will tliuii be a matter of sells- of the work being

Lord I-lo-rder

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R0901 Cancer Hospital from which it; appeared that the appllcafion of tiny doses of Pmdtuclflfl chemicals would cause a definite decrease and sometimes complete disc. present 1n an male. This giving of

m8 or the road ‘mm the he“ o! w doses of u chemical which in

certain cancer-

runce of tumors

doses caused inueeas in

Browth and symptoms. and in small

caused a decrease in growth

and ptoma l medlsymc m. s not uncommon in Inpth; northern part of England

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Th . . w“, be ‘our m, five yew in m ma: Dickens also found the above facts

Souris and the country w t; 0| 1t, will be practically aeDaratATi. Dur- l last summer there was a great

W be true. These two research workers were also seeking 1o learn the effects of ultra. short wireless ""95- They have shown that the

of machinery on this road and

and carts. but: they seemed to be wwlnbllshlna very little, beyond wminc a fairly soon Dlece of road into an impassable one. I spoke to the Deputy Minister n! Public Works about 1t two or three times. alsomalltheotberperaomthntl thought had or should have in- fluence with the Denuitznent. but apparently I mlaht u well have hlrtlinu to the winds. so I gave that method up. Now. Bouris West bridge appears to be in a dencemus condition. It is sinking in several places. Lute last fall one nlle was driven at one of the sunken nieces. but that W111 110l- hell) the other plum