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FIGHTING ’ rim FARMERS.

‘It must strike thinking people as _ peculiarly significant that all farm- -Z ers‘ organizations throughout Can- ‘ ‘L oda, including our own, have ex- _' pressed themselves as strongly op- e Iposed to the dumping of Australian “and New Zealand butter in Canada. 3 while the only defenders of the trade ' treaty which permits this are of- ’ . ‘flcial Liberal newspapers, Liberal rep- : resentatives,’ and Liberal government gmployees. ‘ ‘l ,, Verily, politics is a disease, and it vlpperlrS to havetstruck deeper into O ‘the Liberal group than any other. ‘ ‘Here is a matter that vitally con- . cerns the whole agricultural situation * in Canada, and the farmers and the ‘V; Liberal politicians are standing face " to face, the one denouncing it and the other rlerehrlirig it. 1t is rather 1‘ a humiliating, situation, and a ro- '; fleotion upon the intelligence of the people. The business of parliamen- tarians and legislators is to serve the/interests of the country, not to pander to their own; and in this instalfie we have a clear cut 9X- ample of such pandering. I .The Halifax chronicle, Liberal. bound to the wheel of its party. de- _ votesan editorill, (reprinted in the ‘ hi’ editorial column of the Patriot), in attempting to prove that the impor- ' ‘cation of this foreign product does not adversely affect our dairy indus- try. It says in part:

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g “During the last few years the ‘ p prices of dairy productshave been ' ~well maintained and were high- ly remunerative to producers. At [the present time, for example, the price of butter in Canada is gthree, cents higher than, the ~ world price. It is then simply a . case where the demand exceeds ' the supply. The importation of New Zealand butter is on effect, _;not the cause, of the csndi ion

of the dairy industry in Canada. There is no reason to fear that -< it will suffer on account of the - trade arrangements with New Zealand and Australia." ‘ r This, it will be noted is in direct

contradiction to the opinions ex- , pressed by our dairylng organiza- tions. " , It is admitted that the price of fdalry products hu been well main- tained; but if the price were double what it is in an agricultural coun- try like this Province, not only the farmers but the merchants and -tradesmen, and ultimately the con- sumer. would be benefited. Our chief source of revenue is the farm, and the foundation of the farm is the dairy industry. Whatever affects that industry affects all our inter- ests. Our farmers now have an op- portunity of understanding what politics means to them, and how much interest the professional poli- _ tician takes in their welfare.

i - : POLITICS AND REPARATIONS.

“ I {rhe question-of German repara- . tlons, says the London Chronicle, - ought to be kept strictly in the i sphere where it belongs—that of iri- ; Mrnational business. It hopes ithat ' attempts to make ‘political bargains - -—fnor example, in regard to the Hhineland-will not be allowed to " confuse what ought to be a wholly ~ ‘ ueparate financial issue. "When once v the reparations problem is removed r from the sphere of politics!‘ that paper declares, "it will be easier to ltrlighten out other difficulties."

It is unfortunate that tho King i’ Government has not token this‘ view ' , of lt.- The question of reparation to Canadians who lost heavily by the German method of warfare has long 1 been settled. and tho money has boon paid ovor by Germany to the Canadian Government This money ibolonflbyrightto thcoctowhomit allotted by tho commissioners w the clolml. and should yvocoenpaiaimmthiauonv - tbofcioimnuto. we are informed,

. bestir itself in this matter, and give

what capable financiers they are. There will likely be a show-down at the coming session of Parliament, when it may be expected that the claimants will come into their own.

OUR UNSETTLED CLAIMS.

As pointed out to the Royal Com- mission under Sir Andrew Rae Dun- can, the additions which have_been made to the territories of Quebec and Ontario comprise an area ten times as great as that of the three Marl- tlme Provinces combined. In the vast region of what are now the hin- lerlsnds of the two central provinces, there are forest resources, mineral de-‘ posits‘ and agricultural lands of en- ormous potential value, which will increase with the passing years. These additional territories have al- ready augmentedthe revenues, en- larged the provincial credit and stimulated the, investment of capital in Quebec and Ontario.

The Maritime Provinces paid their share in the‘ purchase and develop- ment. of these additions to Ontario ‘and Quebec, and the only compensa- tion so far received was the interim subsidy- increase of $1,600,000. pend- ing “a complete revision of ‘the finan- cial arrangements between them (the Federal authorities) and the "Maritime Provinces." Of this interim subsidy Prince Edward Island receiv- ed $125,000. The balance, whatever it may be, is still due. ‘

The Maritime .Board of ‘Prado has undertaken tcpresent this claim on behalf of the three Maritime Prov- inces. It is hoped that the Govern- ment of Prince Edwardfisland will

whatever assistance it can to those who have stepped into the breach: and not be caught napping as has ‘too often been the case in other matters. The time to get busy is now, not after the allottments LIBVC‘ been made.

inch cosr or WIVES.

Chinese business men, whose im- portance is rated according to the number of wives they possess, are re- ported to be protesting strongly against the present increased cost 0f holpmates. Since Nanking was made the capital and Nationalist of- ficlals spend so much time in Shang- hai the price of a. good wife is said to have risen alarmingly, though a coolie can still obtain one for as low as $100, Shanghai currency.

In Turkestan the matrimonial mart was disrupted when the price of rugs went up in New York and Lon- don. The superi r, close-woven pro- ducts of the women of the country were in such demand by collectors that it became more profitable for a father to keep his girls at home than to marry them off. If anvavaricious parent did permit his daughter to marry he demanded a dowry from the bridegroom to compensate him for the loss of the girl's earning capa- city. The higher Oriental rug prices soar in America, the more brides cost in Turkestan. Only in Bosnia, where a man who wants a wife sim- ply goes to the market and buys one for so many dollars or so many bush- els of wheat, do prices seem to have remained steady.

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‘In o. few days the federal and most of tho provincial law mills will be in operation. The ‘hoppers ore filled with proposed bills. many of which may be crushed botwocn tho upper and nether mill stones.

Through a misplaced lino in yootcr- day's edltortol on “A Provincial Need" the... couo impression was given that tho Admirolfieltty Hotel inStJohn wuflnoncodby the Canadian Natiorfl Railways. This, of com-ac, in not correct. The refer- .encowutcthoilowhotcinowbolng

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The foot, o: announced by tho lntarlo Department of Agriculture. that Maritime growers now have‘ the inside track" in the Ontario potato narkot, is reported in the news ml llruls of the local dberal organ A ‘ell’ weeks ego, when it uuskiececsary" to defendtho Saunders Government for its neglect of the opportunity to ndvertisslsland potatoes at the 1‘or- onto Winter Fair, the same journal in its editorial columns jeered at the idea of "sending coals to Newcastle" in the shape of potatoes to Ontario, declaring that one Prince Edward Is- land farm could supply all thc pota- toes that Ontario imported. Here are "two voices" from the same bar- rel, one giving utterance to the facts, the other obviously inspired by po- litical motives. The result can scarcely be called harmonious, A certain class of people require good memories.

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It ls a poor compliment to the intel- ligence of its readers when a news- paper finds it necessary to traduce the chairman of the New Brunswick Liquor Commission and accuse him of working in the interests of the liquor business when he reports fav- orably on conditions in his territory. The Rev. R. G. Fulton was at one time the highly esteemed pastor of a congregation in this city, and is the last man to be accused of carry- ing on a liquor propaganda. As well might the police of Charlotte- town be accused of working in the liquor interests when they report that convictions for drunkenness in 1028 exceeded those of the previous year by over eighty per cent. The accusa- tions are in themselves not worthy of any consideration, and will have no appeal except to the unintelligent class to whom they are evidently‘ ad- dressed. There are no arguments pre- sented to be refuted; and as for the abuse, Mr. Fulton's record both here and in New Brunswick is a sufllcient refutation. His reputation will easily stand comparison with that of any of his traducers. .

The appolnhnont of o successor to the late Judge Warburton in the Probate Court is ono ivlllch should be made at the eat-lie»: ‘possible mo- ment. The acting J uclgc of Probate, Mr. H. L. Palmer, was appointed b0 act during the illness of Judge War- burton, and any undue delay in mak- ing this appointment permanent, as is presumably tho intention, may result in serious difflculties in con? nection with the work of tire Court. The hitch seems to be, not in the? appointment permanently o1 Mr. Palmer, but in arriving at an agree- ment with respect to the appoint- ment of Mr. Palmer's successor as Prothonotary and Clerk of the Crown. Two applicants whose names are prominently before the Govern- ment in this connection are Mr. R. Hr. Rogers and Mr. DwEdgar Shaw, and<it is understood that there is considerable difference of opinion in Liberal circles as to the choice which it is incumbent upon the Government to make. It is time that some de- cisive action was taken.

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The attitude of our farmers and merchants in protesting against the dumping into this country of New Zealand butter under conditions which are manifestly unfair to our local dairymen is referred to in the Halifax Herald. Commanding the statements made at the recent exec- utive meeting of the Retail Mer- chants Association in Charlottetown, the Herald says:—-“Thesc are enot opinions; they arc plain facts. The spectatcle of 'tcns of millions- of pounds of butter pouring into this’ Dominion in the Winter from a. country that is enjoying the revers- ed condition of ideal pasturage, is serious in the extreme. While the cattle in the Antipodes are wallow- ing in grass three feet high, our own cattle are tied up in their stalls, as we have said. "eating their heads off." It is all vory well for a few arm- chair faddists to indulge in theories about lt-just ask the farmer or dairyman who hbs to pay his feed bills at this season of the year."

A Now ZOIIIIIII importation which, it is suggested in a New Brunswick exchange. might be of some benefit to our foxmen as c. solution to the fox food problem, is that of rabbits. ‘Ibo native supply of rabbits is od- mittcdly inadequate, and they are very plentiful in tho Antipodos. Western Canadian rabbits have been subject to a disease coiled tulcrslnlt. fotol to both mm and beast» and for this reason are not touched in the Maritimes. Unfortunately. while Now

practically duty frooftho ciutoms do- portmont olosuiiloc rabbits u "game" and charges I0 pcr ocnt duty lnotoad of 1-2 cont per pound which would bo uooooed wore it classified "moot."- Thcflporcentumcimiotoll-dconfe per pound. The matter is being tok- cn up with tho Iiodcrol Minister of Fluency in Ill endeavor to fit the classification chimed and thus

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WHAT STRICK TIAININ. MEANS

When you read that Dempsey, Tunney, or other athlete. is going into strict training, you may wonder just what that means.

And this strict training doesn't simply mean boxing and wrestling with his boxing or wrestling parb- ners, punching the bag, and gymna- sium work, but includes what is cal- led "road work," which means run- ning from three to five miles daily on the road. O

A wise promoter is always pleased when he sees an athlete doing this dailygrind, because ft tells him two things.“ - ' g

First, the athlete is in eamost about getting into condition or he wouldn't do this hard road work.

Second, he knows that if the ath- lete does do this road work that he will be in good condition theiday of the .bout or race.

Why does road work. mean so much?

Because when you -raise the body 0" the Sround and send it forward as in running. you have raised 100, 125, 150, 1'15 or whatever your weight may be, upwards and forwards.

To dothis tremendous amount of work the heart must pump that blood down to the legs, and as it does it in a regular and rhythmical manner, its own muscle or muscles Are strengthened.

Similarly as the lungs must purify this extra amount of blood sent down to the less. the lungs likewise be- come stronger. '

You can readily see that with an efficient heart, and. efficient lungs, the foudation work 4s laid.

Then- he eats the right kind of foods, really an all-round diet, omit- ting pastry. '

-What happens?

His heart is so good that it pumps good blood around, because he now gets so much oxygen from the air that he burns up any wastes in his food.

His liver ‘does an extra good job because it hasn't so many poisonous wastes to remove from the flood. and it stores up an extra supply of gly~ cogell or sugar for the time when the "train of the game or bout arrives.

What about the rest of us?‘

Akood brisk walk, pushing body forwards, is the next best thing to running.

However if your doctor-thinks you can do this much, you can take of! Y0"! 511098 8nd .108 1n front of an open window, YWm- If You start off with 25 to 5° steps y<>u'll find yourself gradual- ly setting up to 150 to 200 without trouble.

Remember even this much work is not safe unless your doctor says so, becausepas pointed out above, when You raise your- body from floor or around you do o lot of work. '

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Daily Lessons in English

By w. L. coupon t>+ worms OFTEN MISUSED; “mo. thers" indicates relationship‘ by birth, "brethren" means fraternal relation- ship in some Organization, ‘ OFTEN MISPRONOUNCED: dig. col/ell’. Pronounce dis-kuv-er-i, four syllables, riot dis-kuv-ri.

OFTEN IIIISSPELIED: heyday; ey and ay.

SYNONYMS: marriage, matri-

1110115’. Wedding. wedlock, nupum, union. '

WORD STUDY: "Use a word threq times and it is yourg," mt us m_ “P”? W1‘ vocabulary by mastering one word each day. Tflday" word CHERBH; to hold dear. “Shall W6 not cherish the deeds?" memory or m‘

The Land 1W8 Love

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Happenings 0f ' 1' life Week

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It is understood that the illness of theliing is not to interfere with the annual Buckingham Palace courts. If His Majesty is still absent from London when the-courts arc to be held—that is usually in May. or thereabouts-thc Prince of Wales will act for his father and assist Queen Mary in the receptions. It is said that Queen Mary would not countenance the disappointment of so many debuta ‘es by not holding the courts, so long as tho King is no longer in any real danger.

O O O O

After several months of compar- ative quiet in social circles, the Cap- ital promises to be unusually bright for the approaching season. The official opening of the House of Commons and the state drawing room to be held on ThursdoymFeb- ruary 7 and on February L8, will bring a large number of visitors to tho city. On that evening of Feb- ruary ‘1, Their Excellencies the Gov- ernor-General and the Viscountess Willingdontwill entertain at a state reception, following the state din- ner at which the wives and unmar- ried daughters of those invited to thedinner will -be present.

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At the State Drawing Room the ‘dress for ladies will be evening dress. The wearingof veils and fea- thers and of trains will be welcom- ed'by Their Excellcncies. but this does not imply that ladies who de- sire to be present must of neces- sity wear them. If trains are used they should bc worn straight from the shoulders to the ground and should not excced two yards in length nor extend more than ‘l8 inches from tho heel of the wearer. Tho whiui tulle "veil attached to the feathers should not be longer than 45 inches.’ Dress for gentle- men: Full or evening dress.

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Mr. R. Harold Jenkins, M. P., is leaving for Ottawa this morning 1°!‘ the OPening of Parliament. Mrs.

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ital until the following week. O O O O

Miss Smith, whose delightful sinking was~so much enjoyed over the week end. left Wednesday for her home in Toronto, having thor- oughly enjoyed her short visit here.

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The regular Monday Bridge Club was entertained-this week by Mrs. Noel DeBlois. "

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Mrs. Reginald Morris of Sydney is vlsitlns her mother, Mrs. L. W. Watson of this city.

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Mrs. E. S. Blanchard entertained atta delightful afternoon Bridge lost Saturday.

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Venerable Archdeacon 1". 6.. Scott, rector of St. Matthew's Chllfvh- Qllfiboc. and the‘ famous padre with the First Canadian con- tingent in tho World War, is n. pat- ient in Jeffrey Halo hospital. The Archdeacon. who has visited here on several occasions, was gelud with or» attacklof an internal nat- ure. which he suffered about two W81’! ago and from which ho rc- covcrcd following treatment in the Royal Victoria Hospital, Montreal,

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Amour the prominent touring Nova Sootia this week was Dr. A. Campbell, without portfolio in the newly elected Squires Government in Newfoundland, and IOIDIOIIY Minister 0f Agrlcultun and Mines in the Munro Govern- ment. Dr. Campbell is o native of Prince Edward Island, but hag m- sided in Newfoundland since 1002. Ho represents the St. John ‘City West district.