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FRENHED 13515101316 tissue in two provincial election

<—— campaigns. The Liberals promised it in 1927, but they failed to imple- ment their pledge. The nearest alp- proech they mlde lo implemelltaqprehenslon. in the dying

Apparently the sky was the limit for Liberal orators at the political

meeting held at Kingston last week. charges advanced

Most of the ugainst the Conservative adminis- \ration in power have already been answered on the floor of the Legis- , hture or through the press. imce but several times. It is there-

fore difficult to understand what purpose their inane repetition at every Liberal meeting is expected to

lervc. Presumably those in attend-

ance wcre thought to be in need of

the stimulant to enthusiasm which ls engendered by frenzied rhetoric. But that is no excuse for such glar- ing misstatement u was attributed by the Liberal organ to Mr. B. W. LePage, M.L.A , in accusing thc Gov- ernment of having "wasted" $200,- 000 in the construction of Prince of Wales College. Educational author- ities who visited the Province at the formal opening of the College were unanimous in commending the Government upon this splendid in- stitution provided at such compar- atively small cost. President Carle- ton W. Stanley, of Dalhousic Uni- veralty, an outstanding authority on the cost of college buildings, said he "marvelied at the cheapriess with which this fine building has been cdnstructed." Others who spoke in commendatory terms of the work- manship and facilities provided were Dr. Patterson, of Acadia Uni- versity, and Hon. Dr. Cyrus Mac- millan, of McGill University. ‘To none of these gentlemen did it ap- pear thut the Government had "wasted" hall’ the cost in providing first-class educational facilities for the Province. It required the Lib- eral member from Rustico to ILEKB that discovery, and give voice to it unabashed.

Perhaps it is just as wcll that cor contemporary reports these hectic flights oi’ its party champions into the political stratosphere. The clec- tors now will have a good idea of the kind of propaganda that is being concocted for use at the next clac- ‘lon, two years hence!

OLD AGE PENSIONS

been ushered in with a good deal ‘Vi’ Liberal applause is the procla- mation authorizing the Nova Soo- tis, Old Age Pensions enactment of i931. Old Ago Pensions became an Issue in the rcrcnt Nova scotia election, but as the Sydney Post- Rooord remarks, it was an issue over word's rather than realities. Colonel Harrington in his mani- festo, stated that his Government if returned at the polls. would sec that old Else Pensions were paid as soon as possible. and in any case no later than July 1, 1934, Mr. Macdonald (nude what looked like a higher bid when in his manifesto he promised, if successful in the election, to pay old age pensions yvithout~further delay.

i In point of fact, thcse two pledges meant exactly the same thing. No Iohcme of old age pensions can be let up in Nova Scotie. till an agree- ment tlo that end has been made between the Provincial and Dom- inion Governments, and till the Legislature and the Federal Parlia- ment have made the necessary fln- mcial appropriations. Under the act passed at the instance of the Ben- nett Government in i931, the Dom- inion ia to contribute ‘l5 per cent andthe Province 25 per cent to the old age pens-toils fund. But as there has yet bccn no agreement between the Nova Scotia Govern- ment- and the Federal authorities, both the administrative machinery and the funds are still to be pro- vided. The agreement may be reached within the next two or three months or even weeks, but it is dimcuit to sec how the necessary

‘ fund can be provided till next year's

Federal and Provincial budgets are brought down and duly approved

not

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An announcement which hast

tion was to pass. months of the Lea Government re-

quent time by order in council. The ‘Stewart. Government, liklowise

situation on coming into power. At the an session of the Legislature

poor are now reaping the benefit.

A BUSY CENTURY

ing out changes which have occurred in the hund- red years. In none is the contrast

of exploration and adventure. The terrestrial poles, sought earlier by stubborn and long-suffering men likes Wilkes, Kane, Greely, Peary and Scott, became quickly acces- sible snowptles about which Byrd flow, sending the news home by wireless. The Atlantic voyage, a matter of twenty days when The Sun was founded, became a flight of a ferw hours for serial contem- poraries. The world has been well circled and settled. Africa, a. mys- tery until Livingstone and Stanley ibraved its darkness, 1,; now a. plantation for Europe. In Asia, Only the ill) oi’ Everest remains un- touched by man. South America and Australia contalin i“: only hltbitflibie regions not, expbrgd_ Not content with finding ngw things, our scientistshave disinter-

den from us. Old Tut in the Val- ley of the Kings, the remains of Maya-n civilization. the buried city of Ur, all have had the spade of modern mqilisitiveness driven into them. Not even the dinosaur. lay- ing an egg in the Mesozoic twilight, has been exempt from the curiosity M-fl restless century. Our watchers of the skies have added to their list two planets, Neptune and Pluto, which swims unseen and nameless iWhflIl The sun first rose. Two 0151;. iations of Kelley's comet since 1533 ‘have taught mankind more about ithe vastness of the universe than ‘all of Professor Einstein's figures.

THE RECORD CHEESE

One of the exhibits at the New [York State Fair at Syracuse is to be ‘a “mammoth cheese" weighing l2,- 000 pounds that is eurpected to open the eyes of the natives. “Phimremincis his." writes o. A. Maroon of Montreal, to the Gazette, "of the mammoth chews from Canada which formed part of the Canadian exhibit and which I saw at the World's Oolumbian Exhibi- tion at Chicago in 1893. This enor. mous mus of cheese was manufac- tured art the Dominion mpgplmen. tal Dairy Station, at Perth, Ont, under the supervision of Prof, James W. Robertson, who was than Milli; as Dominion Dairy Cmnmis. sioner. As much as 207200 pounds 0f milk were usedin making it, that quantity being equal eh the milk 0f 10.000 wws for one day in 8gp- termer. The cheese weighed 33,900 'pounds not. It was encased in the

‘mould or hoop of steel in which it

was pressed and a pressure or mo” than t/wo hundred tons was applied to make it perfectly solid. It mgas-

Notes Byfhe Way

nmu uyl um daring rhomlchn navigators visited Brazilan shores

more than 2,000 years w» Pref- Bern-ardo Silva Ramos safs "ll" hieroglyphic: in the Gavea mtun- tain formaton near Rio de Janiero prove this point-

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Road work projects calling for an expenditure of $1,000,000 have been approved at Qudbec and are to be

undertaken shortly. The was will mggge many rnen 0W!‘ l, 00118000!’- EblQ period and they and their families will be able to regard the approaching winter with less ap-

The rich sisters of the press are rather over-playing their game,

gime. enabling ieglslation so that the Province could take advantmfl! mg up u... feelings or kind-l of the Federal Act at any subse-‘hearted people by the recitation of

pledged in i931 to old age pensions. promptly undertook a survey of the

necessary amendments were made to the provincial statute and since that time the pension payments have been undertaken. The aged

In a. review of the century which has passed since its foundation as a newspaper the New York Sun covers mimy human activities point- and advances

more noticeable than in the realm

says ‘an Exchange. of work-

pr son abuses that already have been wiped out~many of them years ago-Jim testimony 0f 00f!- victs and lax-convicts notwithstand- ing. These sob sisters remind us of those emotional girls who send flowers to condemned murderers. A weak omotionalism has been largely responsible for the reign of crime which holds sway ovcr many

|large cities in the United States.

We pray to be delivered frrm the like in this country.

When the story of the present depression is summed up, the posi- tion held by organized labor is likely to provide a strilqing feature. “Hard tunes" are not easy ones for those organizations built on prin- ciples reoognizlng the soundness of the "long view,” and looking for- ward through the decades. It is more difficult to collect dues and keep the member hip intact. Those endeavoring to help “the brother in need" find the drain on their resources severe. And "mushroom" bodies are rising everywhere, at- tempting to usurp their position by capitalizing the existing distress.

The Japanese are adopting a milder tone as regards their cotton boycott of India. This was to be expected when India failed to back

down. Japan absorbed Indian cot-

ton. not for the sake of friendship, but "on solid economic grounds, and to turn to other sources of supply would merely be accepting the next best hting. If it is not the actual

quality of Indian cotton that Jap-

anese mills- want. it is the price and all he other things that go to make a. steady market.

It is not at all n. hard task l0 manufacture enthusiasm when s. great wave of emotion is encourag- ed by those who have the power to

punish those who appear lvkewarln.

We can understand Hitler's anxiety

red old ones which Time had hid- f” “like a We“ “Pres-elm "W"

the people, but it does appear that his belligerent attitude toward the world at large savors more of hys- teria than considered wisdom.

The rotum to Parliament of Mr. Arthur Henderson, Minister in the former Lalbor Government under Premier Ramsay MacDonald, but who broke away from the Premier on he great national issues of 1931 is an event of major importance and universal interest. Premier MacDonald's interventon in the election campaign on behalf of the Conservative candidate, as might have been expected in such a roclcbound Labor division, reacted unfavorably against the Ministerial candidate, who, however, polled al- most double the number or votes registered for the communist can- didate. Next to the overwhelming personal as well as political triumph of “Uncle Arthur,” as Mr. Render. son is affectionately known Bm°n85i all political parties in the United Kingdom. the most out- standing and not the least, signmi. cant feature of the election returns is the ppucity of the Communist vote in one of England's Labor strongholds.

Pmblbl! n0.t_wo words are more loosely used or more diversely inter-

preted than the terms progress and

science. We owe to the scientific method an immense debt. This will be readily acknowledged. It has enlarged our horizons. Many of the former secrets of nature have been Dlaced at olrr behest. By applies. tion of mind to nature, the func- tion of art. man has multiplied his powers a hundredfold. ‘This is true 1n a mechanical sense. The Victor- ian era of mechanical inventions "id Productivity has been actually Sllwflssccl by the mass production of the twentieth century, with mm- ifications of skill and of increased lflzenulty outspread into every de- partment of human life and activity.

it as a feature of his business in

every lme my of Great Britain

and Ireland."

ured 23 feet in circumference by six] Syracuse Fair may have iis 12.000 feet in height. A special truck was pound cheese, but Canada

made

midi? f" ‘Nlllpmlhs it through and displayed one of 22.000 lbs. 40 Brent Bfltflln filter it left Chicago. yea/rs ago. And that record does

In this Province it will be mcal- It was later sold to Mr. T. J. Lipton led chm. old use pensions was anjot London. England. who exhibited 611100 that time.

not seem to have been exceeded

Li HE CHARLOTTETOWN

GUARDIAN

Mr. King 0n

(Mcnizeal

Third Parties _

Gazette)

There is sometimu an engaging frankness about the Liberal leader, engaging because iilll-llilll, laud Ill his reported utterance at the Mu- sey summer school he rather eucal- iled himself m this respect. Be took part in a roundtablo talk on group representation in Parlia- ment, there being in his mind, no doubt, as in the minds of others present, the not too distant cloud of dust that betok the onward march of the 0.0!. although. the discussion, actually, was on propor- |tional representation. It la his iopinion, as expressed on Tuesday, that new groups in the House of Commons might be embarrassing to the present Government, a sugges- tion which seems to imply that Mr. King is not so sure that a general election—without which the pres- lence of a new group would be im- ‘possible-mems. necessarily, the ‘overthrow oi’ the present, Adminis- tration. Nevertheless, he is quite willing to accept the responsibil- ities of office and lean upon a third party, or a fourth, or to alternate between one and another, should the opportunity arise. In this he is running true to form. l-le has done it before and it is a fair inference from his observations at, Port Hope that he is quite ready to do it again. He recalls, ~with apparent satisfac- tion and pride, the fact that when in office with a majority of one he was able to command substantial

majoritiea in the 3W" WWI" the Profits-viva and Labor GIOIIPI were ready to aupPol-t radical 19b ialation and the Conservatives to vote for measures of a conservative character. This is In accurate if gomowhat, cynical recital, dépiutinl one of the shabbiest and most hu- miliating parliamen‘ y periods in Canadian history, and Mr. King sees nothing wrong with it, nothing of which to be pol lly ashamed, nothing that he is unwilling to re- peat.

One of the Liberal leaders asser- tions was that he had never made a deal with the Progressives, but that the House was given more consideration than might have been the case if there had been a large Liberal majority, and this, he argued, was not undesirable. Most Canadians, it is sale to say, thought otherwise at the time, and do so today. They are unlikely to be im- pressed with the assertion that no deal was made with the Progres- gives; m; deal, in the sense of a formal compact, was necessary, but the bids for Progressive support were obvious enough, and the re- sults spoke for themselves, The last thing that Canada wants or ought to have, especially under present conditions, is a repetition of the sordid chapter of P01151651 hucksbering which Mr. William Lyon Mackenzie King recalls with so much personal u lacency.

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THE LAURENTIANB

These mountains reign alone, they

do not share

The transitory life of woods and streams;

Wrapt in the deep solernnity of dreams,

They drain the sunshine of the upper air.

Beneath their peaks, the huge

clouds, here and there,

Take counsel of the wind, which all night screams

Through grey, burnt forests where the moonlight beams

On hidden lakes, and rocks worn smooth and bare.

These mountains once, throned in the primal sea,

Shook half the world with thunder, and the sun

Pierced not the gloom that clung about their crest:

Now with spent force, toilers from toil set free,

Urivexed by fate, the part they played being done,

They watch and wait in venerable rest.

—l~“rederick George Scott.

Bygone Booksellers

(Arthur Waugh in The Spectator)

Who can discuss a. purchase or a choice with the modem run of shop assistants-these flitting fiappers, in flowery overalls, glancing at the mirror as they skip around upon their lawful occasions-these hob- bledchoy lads, who ought to be out upon the football field, where their hearts are (quite naturally), stray- ing all the afternoon-who can do comfortable business with such as these-except it be to pick up a self-filling pcn, or pocket a packet of envelopes? They serve their pur- posc, but that purpose is not. ours. “Hove you a copy of Matthew Ar- nold's Essays in Criticism (Second Series)?" You ask.

No. Miss Plucked Eyebrows has never heard of it, but she has Mr. E. V. Lucalrs latest essays-very much in d ’-. An excellent book indeed, as you yourself have had the pleasure of saying, in your last written reviewbut one; but it does not happen to be the book you asked for. Your old provincial bookseller, under the shadow o! m; Abbey Tower, would have known exactly where Matthew Arnold stood in the dark corner on the right hand side. "My last copy in stock," he would say, tenderly. "You will take it? So do, dear boy, so do, I must order three new copies tomorrow." But you would ask him in vain for the latest shocke , that had a whole double column adver- tisement in both the Sunday papers yesterday. Antlquated methods, of course; nobody could run a book. shop on these lines today, But the" was something about it, something that the new world will never know, something that we of the old world will always remember-with tender. ness and regret,

"What's the time?"

"Ten to seven."

"Ls it? I must hurry; I‘ve only sot ten minutes. My wife arranged

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TREATING THE PATIENT, NOT THE AILMENT

The physician who has had to start practice with less hospital training than he felt he needed often regrets this, and feels that ne would be doing much better work, had he been able to stay even a few months longer about the hos- pital.

Now no one would question the value of hospital training with all the available laboratories, X ray and physio-therapy departments, but there may be the danger that while various "tests" are being made valuable time ls being lost. Not that this occurs very often, but it does occur sometimes.

However the real danger from too much hospital experience is that the disease or the suspected disease is always in the physician's mind, and the patient himself is in the back- ground. Many of the symptoms of which the patient complains may not really exist except. in his mind.

Dr. Waiter C. Alvarez, Rochester, Minn., tells us that patients who complain of physical ailments are often really mental patients. These patients do not talk about their mental symptoms, but discover physical ailments in stomach, liver, kidneys, lungs, heart or other or- gans. Their description of the symp- toms of any one of these ailments may "be just enough like the gen- uine symptoms that the physician naturally makes various tests to see if he has the right diagnosis.

The thought is that if, as Dr. C. F. Martin, Montreal, suggests every patient coming in to see his doc- tor is considered a mental patient, much les time would be lost in finding out the patientfls real all- ment than if elaborate laboratory and other tests are first made.

For instance what one eats is loss important than how it is eaten. One should never eat when tired.

Dr. Alvarez suggests to physic- ians that if a. patient does noflm- prove, to do no more iufiliralory work but talk to him and get a real history of his case.

The thought for the patient is that when he goes to his doctor he should tell him everything about his‘ home and business life and about his habits, instead of just about these "queer" symptoms which may or may not really exist.

Backaclie is Sign of KidneyTrouble

Backache in Nature's warning that there is something wroi-i with your Kidneys. Never neg ect it. Backache, if no: corrected, is often followed by more serious form: of Kidney trouble ouch as Rheuma- tiarn, Dropay or even Bright's Disease. At the fin: lign of Kidney trouble, such as Bsckache, turn unhelitaringly to Dodd’: Kidney Pillo—which for over three gen- eration: has been the favorite

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Doddk Kidney

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Head Oflice

' The total assets of the Confederation Life Association, at the end of 1932, were over $92,000,000—an increase of nearly $4,000,000 over 1931, after valuing invested assets at less than the amount authorized by the Insurance Department at Ottawa.

' These simple facts may help you to under- stand wlly the conservative investment prin- ciples of the Confederation Life Association have earned for it the reputation of being one of the strongest Life Insurance Companies