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Governmental Opportunity

According to a report from British Columbia, there is to be an inter- proviifcial conference next Spring, when problems of finance, long out- standing between the Produces of Canada and the Federal Government, will be threshed out. It is to be hop-

ed the Lea Government will see the - advantage to this Province of resign-

hg before such a conference is call- ed, so that a. strong Conservative l representation, headed by the lion. J. D. Stewart, K. 6., may have the opportunity of presenting our claims for final subsidy settlement.

‘Bro muddle which the Saunders- Lea aggregation made of the subsidy claims question is notorious. Govern- ment members seemed unable to agree among themselves as to our claims, and on the very day on which sex-Premier Saunders filed his brief at Ottawa the present Premier issu- ed a "pamphlet" setting forth claims on a totally different basis.

The emphasis placed by ex-Preniier Saunders at the last provincial elec- tion on the need of both govern- ments being "in line" in order to se- cure a satisfactory financial adjust- ment will also be recalled. The fail- ure of the present provincial govem- ment to take advantage of this align- ment while the King Government was power is additional reason for placing a more competent administration in the saddle before the iirterprovincial conference takes

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place. Most of the Provinces are now under Conscwaiivc governments act- ively co-operuting with the Conser-

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and 12.000111 other industries. The total oi all those working under six- teen years of age was considerably higher, amounting to 72,000, with about half on the farms and half in general industry.

Comparative figures are published for 1891 and 1911, and they tell o striking story. Taking the Juveniles of fourteen and under we find that forty years ago, with about 500,000 in this category, no less than 75,000 were employed in gainful occupations, or about one in every seven.

In the ten years that followed

which saw strict enforcement of child labor laws and school attendance regulations, as well as a rising tide of prosperity, there was a. striking change. In 1911 there were only 25,000 employed out of a total population of 650,000 of fourteen years and under. ‘The figures of 30,000 for 1921 with an increase to 900,000 in the child categ- ory shows a. still further actual de- crease, which in industries other than agriculture amounted to 37 percent. The figures for children employed in agriculture during this period are not so gratifying as they rose from 6,000 in 1911 to 17.000 in'192i. This to some extent is accounted for by the fact that school attendance laws are less rigidly enforced in rural areas, and because many of these young people are part time workers on their par- ents‘ farms.

1i the 1921 fiirues correctly reflcct conditions todav ‘ctr: mom .c be in :1

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Many are nmv busily engaged in urging upon the world the necessity of being prepared for the Periods of industrial and financial depressions which are morally sure to follow each other. As ‘time goes on preparedness has become a. sterlotyped word when indutrial and economic subjects are being discussed. The same word fig- ured largely in the worlds news- papers before the last great war and even before the smaller wars which had preceded it. But the wars and the war came and the only nation that was prepared for them and for it was the nation which precipitated the war and forced it upon the others. It will require much fore- sight and much wisdom to prepare for the next p:.\ d of depression and when it comes, as in all probability it shall, it will find us just as unpre- pared as we were for the present one. There are some human peculiarities which must be eliminated before we can be ready to meet all the various vicissitudes to which human nature is the legitimate heir.

Few men could more excusably exclaim, in the words of Henley, "England my England," than Stanley Baldwin. The former Prime Min- ister has given one more illustra- tion oi the depth of his roots in his native soil. He told a. Birmingham audience that his family from the

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Just why some physicians think that weather has nothing to do with common colds is hard to understand.

Oi course we know that_ more colds, more sickness of all kinds, oc- curs most frequently over the week end owing to the overeating, under exercising, the break in the regular habits as to food and sleep, but nevertheless the chilling of the body by dampness and cold is the match that lights the fire. The material for the fire is all ready due to above faulty habits, but the match is the cold and dampness.

Why?

Because cold and dampness inter- fere with the protective forces of the

' body. "Blood is drawn away from a

certain part, and the cold takes hold. Wliat then should be the remedy to prevent colds, and to cure them quickly when they do attack you? Heat. After the intestine with its wastets has been "cleared, heat to the part affeced, nose,’ throat, chest, and so

on evil days, and shares once worth £3 each are now worth only 20 pence. '

The modern maxim would be to» sell at the top of the market and let-i the other fellow take the risk of loss. “But." said Stanley Baldwin, "when you have an old name in a. business against which nothing has ever been, said, and when you know the public- come into that business on the;

days of Charles II. have been in the forth, should be applied, and heat iron trade. The business has fallout to the entire body also.

The little disease fighters in your blood need heat in order to do their

Yet he would not sell. ‘ibest work. Chilling by dampness and

coldness just at a. time when these little white blood corpuscles are hav- ing a hard time to catch up with the wastes made by your overeating and under exercising, is too much for them and they fail to do their work properly.

You have often noticed a. baseball

strength of that name, it is an im- f pitcher, a runner or an athlete cov- possibiliiy to "throw your shares on i er his pltChlllg arm, or in the case the market when you know that inlof a. runner, he slips into wide loose all human prokrtbiltiy the loss will ‘trousers so that the “w0rking;' parts

fall on them, not on you." I It is the same Baldwin who gave.‘

fairly fortunate C0lldl‘.'.',lll as regards child labor. There is need for tight-‘

ening up in mirluuum schocl attend-l

vaiive government at Ottawa. It is natural to expect that n Conserva- iivc rcprc-veritniioii from this Pro- vince, headed by tho man who pre- sented our claims before the Duncan Ci.‘lll.lllz5i’lil and who is on intimate tc-rur: with his political colleagues 1:1 (ltltc-r Provinces. and at Ottawa, uulzlfi make a much more favorable i::f,.r<.'.~.-»iui1 than delegates represent- inf-t an adverse Lberal government uhich had failtd in its representations

even when its own federal party was ‘ ward free speech ls "shortsighted, in-

in power.

The wisest course would be for the Lea Government to at once accept the verdict of the electors of Second Prince, and resign, thus giving the incoming government adequate time to prepare for the interprovin- cial conference in the Spring. This course would entail no great hardship on the Government, inasmuch as a general provincial election is due in a few months and it hasn't the ghost of s show being returned. ‘If the interests of the Province are what Premier Lea. has at heart, he will con- lider this suggestion vcry seriously.

Child Labor In Canada

fifty yours ago, says the Ottawa Journal, employment of children in industry and on the farms was a ser- ious problem. Grave abuses existed and thousands of children under fourteen and sometimes as young as seven and eight were employed in factories, mines, and agricultural ti. Tbce conditions we're, of course, more flagrant in highly indus- trialized countries, so much so that they became a public scandal, but they existed to a. lesser extent in Canada.

Since the nineties of last century there has been o. tremendous im- provement. The raising of the mini- mum empioyrnent age. extended at- tendance at schools, better wages for adults and development of technical education have’ worked wonder-l. The school leaving age in many countries is now at a minimum of fourteen and in others from fifteen to sixteen.

The Department of Labor has just issued a comprehensive booklet on this subject. Unfortunately the atl- tlstice are only compile: to the end

of 1921, but those responsible state, by goodly majorities. A few weeks that 192i may be taken as o. fair in- f ago ‘ North vancouvvr, Liberal for dex for 193i, with allowance for the ' over sixteen years, elected a l‘

increase of population. V

In round figures in m1 there were 000x120 between the acts of ton and fcurten In Canada. Of then 00.000

wzzc employed. with 18,000 on forms, m1 election, returned the Conserva-

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Isl thousand chzldn-n ivndcr fourteen. i a and factories and stricter" supervision ] , onforcecd to 5c: ihut employers comply uith stlzcol legislation and child employment laws.

Editorial Notes

Sixty-eight professors of Toronto University have signed a manifesto declaring that Toronto's attitude to-

expedient and intolerable." The pro- fessors, at any rate, seem to enjoy a fair measure of liberty in the expres- sion of their opinions on the subject.

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The Prince of Wales says if he were not what he is he would like to be a journalist. Oi course, there are many joumalists who would like to change places with the Prince, though it is feared that most of them would fall down on the job.

Blaclrmailers are being severely punished in Emgland, one reason be- fng that the offence is a cruel one and tmt perhaps nine people out of ten will submit to blackmail rather than risk the publicity which is in- volved in its prosecution. But the publicity has been removed from the victims and in increasing numbe they are seeking relief in the courts.

The announcement that the Feder- al Government is considering steps to reduce might rates on grain from the Western Provinces will be receiv- ed with satisfaction by our agricult- ural reader! in this Province. Lower grain rates would materially reduce the cost of live stock production in Eastern Canada and It the same time would assist the Westem Provinces in their present difficulties. Strong arguments in favor of such a reduc- tion have already been made to the Railway Commission, by the Mari- time Provinces.

The tide still flows in favor oi the Conservatives from end to entl of Canada. They have just won a by- election for the Legislature in lid- monton, Alberta, while in British Columbia two by-elections have gone l1: favor of the Tolmie Government

votive membe to the Legislature with n majority of over 700. More lately Prince George. which was f‘

one-fifth of his fortune anonymously to case England's war burden years ago, the Baldwin who now strains to Y ticn. He is a firm believer in the a hard thing‘ done, He tells it to his Englishmen.“

Despite tlre widespread nemploy-f nient due to business recessions the health of the people of this contln-v ent last year was remarkably good. An important life insurance com- pany, whose policy-holders repres- ent evcry element of the population, reports that the United States and Canada enjoyed in 1930 “the best health conditions ever known." The deathrate was lower than in the pre- vious year of fair prosperity. If there was much undemourishment oixbad housing beca-use of unemploy- mcnt the years health statistics should reflect those ill conditions.

Beauty, as a gen l rule, implies simplicity; I do not mean the sim- plicity of monotony, but the simplic- ity of unity. ‘that which is highly and nobly beautiful always conveys an impression of balance, harmony or rhythm; the parts, however var- ious they may be, are related in a way which produces an intellectual satisfaction. Mind agitates the mass of sensible impressions; the inner order shines through them and a/p- peals to the reason. '

Life is a real hike into a real country-a. country that is the roughest and smoothest, the ugliest and the loveliest, the most discour- aging and the most inspiring of any country in the universe. There will be dust and mud, flower-screwed meadows and mountain peaks, crack- ing thunder storms and days of blue gold, long stretches of sweet friend- ship And then at some bend of the trail the world will suddenly rise up as a giant, brandish his spear, and like Goliath, challenge you to single combat. It is at this juncture that you will realize the benefit of having come’ prepared. If prepared with a clean dict-actor and a determination to do the right, your hike will be a success and your fight a victory. It improper-ed your life will be a failure.

Every action is a who or unwise investment for future dividends. The past is gone; what we call the pres- ent moment goeo to the past even while we are saving the word, leav- ing only the future in which to work and enjoy. Whatever we do is done for an effect in that future, be it near or for, a minute or a year. Consider well, than, the effect Wu are trying to produce.

Rockets coon vvlll be carrying paaengers from Berlin to New York in eight hours, u-v scientists. The time is not for distant when people ooofled unbelievlnfly at um pro- dictioru. but they have seen so many wonderful things happen in the last fcwyearstlut lhql-rcwnryobout Qppedflng skeptical any more.

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will be kept wnnn. If the pitcher uses the arm or the runner his legs when they are cold, there is often a. strain, sprain, or even partial tear- ing of the muscles, tendons, or lig-

ance laws in Cfllllltl"! districts. sevcr- ' find a remedy for business stagna- Zamenis.

So keep your intestine clear and

might he rgn1o‘y3--I from work m mines adage of the St. Georges Society: your body warm during cold damp ' “when God uvanls

weather.

Should you get a cold get heat to the body at once in any or every possible form; hot water bags, hot water bottles, hot drinks, hot baths, ‘hot inhalatiom of Fryers balsam, hot blankets and so forth. Heat to the body anywhere and everywhere incrrases the circulation of the

is your safeguard.

Despite all theories as to the cause of colds there is no disagreement as to the treatment.

The treatment is heat.

Study In Americanism

(Baltimore Sun)

One could not ask for a more beautiful lronical study in 100 per- cent. dmerlcanism than the spectacle cf the merchants of Boston solemnly boarding up their plate-glass show windows in preparation for the American Legion convention, while hotel proprietors stripped their cs- tablishments of vases, pictures and other destructible things of value and put them into storage. An accomp- anying plcture is that of boosters from a score of cities. including Balti- more, earnestly beseeching the Legion

towns next year.

, ,‘ of Boston were speculating on the means by which they would get themselves to Worcester in the event

Massachusetts coast and settled down to a celebration in Boston. They told themselves with some apprehension that the Germans would smash up automobiles, break the windows of hotels and residences, put the police to route and make the town a noisy, disorderly aha-rubles. Had the Boston Chamber of Oom- merce sent enrissariea to Kaiser Wilhelm II, to urge him to make Boston his headquarters, such o ualot would have been hanged in front of symphony Boll. The war has taught us Americans not only how to take punishment butphow to lo alter it.

Next year Detroit is to have the Legion as its guest, and it is none too soon to begin planning the earthworks barricades and other de- fences nccellary to the full enjoy- ment of l. modern convention. With Canada. so handy and the river full of spccdboats, the 1001 event should set a record foroll time. And Detroit, never having had a police strike to practice on, can't begin too coon to insure its plate glue and anticipate o magnificent patriotic occasion. ft lo comf "ti; to know, however, that if Detroit is rucd to its foundations, Baltimore, Seattle, etc, will be lobbying for the Amari- con legion convention of 1932i

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(Toronto flmco) "Cheerful Crown Oflicc-row (place of my kindly cngcnduro). . . a man would give something to have been born in such plooesP-Esnyo of Ella.

Under the trees on the lawns of Inner Temple Gardens the new foun- tian now plays-tentatively, it would seem, as yet, for that crystal plume,“ the statue of a. boy, this brick-built pool are newcomers not lightly to be credited to a legal company where tradition lingers and Doomsday js but a.yester'clay. Cheerful Crown Office- row from the ‘crest of the rise looks down on it. The casement window: of No. 2, the place’ of Charles Barb's kindly engenduro. face the ' ovation across a sweep °1 Ereen. Framed in an arch of foliage the fountain now plays, and the boy on his pedestal looks on. It is all too new to have won approval yet, but if Charles Lamb, brooding today from those casement windows, hoard the splash of the water from the garden he lov. cd so well surely a wistful sigh would move him. For here, with the new fountain, is one of his fondest dreams come true. r

Fountain-court, that ornament of the neighboring inn, exercised a pe- culiar fascination for the essayist. The sparkle of the gentle stream, marking with its lazy cadence the quietude lingering like a. breath of peace over this oasis in the heart of London, captured the vagrant fancy of another Charley-Charles Dickens. But the place of Dickens‘ kindly en- gendure was not Crown Office-row; and tradition round Fig Tree-court and King's Bench-walk hands us down no picture of this other Charles slghing about the gardens for some fountain to play for him. In Lamb's day". as now, a. fountain seemed u. gracious act of man, in homage to a setting in which nature triumphs over a city's roar. On February 10, 1775. Lamb was born behind those casement windows. One hundred and fifty years later his fountain plays. A gracious act at the hands of the masters of the bench.

Why Crocodiles Cry

(Vancouver Province)

Crocodiles have been endowed be- yond other croatures with the gift of tears, and are believed to find it a business asset. While the world has stood gaping at the spectacle oi so tearful a reptile the crocodile has

OZYMANDIAS

I mot a traveller from an antique land

Who said: Two vast and iaunkless legs of stone

Stand in the desert. Near them, on

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Half sunk, a shattered visage lies,

' whose frown,

And wrinkled lip, and sneer of cold command,

Tell that its sculptor well those pac- sicns read

which yet survive, stamped on these lifeless things,

The hand that mocked them and the heart that fed;

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on my works, ye Mighty, and

despair!"

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