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‘ MONDAY. FEBRUARY 11. 1930

c ‘Page Mr.‘ Dunning

The Bureau of "Statistics reported, the other day, that, so .fa.r as em- ployment was concerned, i929 was the best year on record. "1‘he_ average for the twelve months was nearly eight points higher than for i928, it- self a very good year. Yet, in the first two weeks of i930, the city of Vancouver, in an area not by Amy means the least prosperous in (‘Jan- sda, found it necessary to lay out Q1163 per day in unemployment re- lief, while Calgary. the next city eastward, has been paying out $1000 a day or more in relief for some time. As the Liberal Toronto Globe has put it, there is "famine in the midst

' of plenty."

U. S. Naval Demands

The timely articles of lord Bridge- man, former First Lord of the Ad- miralty, on the question of reduction of naval armaments, published in The Guardian oi Saturday and this

morning, deserve very careful reading and consideration. Recent press des-

patches indicate that Amerlcasde- mand at the Naval Parley is for the right to build a new battleship oi the most powerful class on the Efolmd that she needs it to make her cate- gory oi capital ships equal to Greet arlcsih. This surpflfllnl announce- ment was kept back from the public for nearly a week after it was made at the Conference. The reason, as thaottawa Journal suggests. W“ 0b" viously the fear oi the bad effect it might have on the situation. And no wonderi It flies in the face of Bri- gmy; pfQpQSaI to abolish battleships‘ altogether, and failing that to life" pare the way gradually l0!‘ 51mm‘

Koovers expressed determination- that there should be not only llmlm‘ I ticrl of armaments but actual reduc- tion. The new proposal t0 lily down the most capital ship in thc world, wm, if accepted, block the path oi naval reduction ior Se!" l” “m” for it will take years to build and will elapse after that beforeI the nation would be willlnfl l0 510k “7- l

In a recent leadins iiilllflrlfll the

llew York Times observed:

"When one turns to tho 41ml!“ problem the reduction appears to be one-sided. The American plan l5 to build more cruisers. Only the British will cut down their PTO" posed numbers and tonnflde- - - -

Ac Geneva, Lord Jellicoe argued that 75 cruisers were thc very minimum required for the British cfl t. ' gxaehed to the battle fleet; that on tho average i2 are all the time under repair, which leit only 33 to protect on a. typical day 9,500,000 tons of British shipping over B0,- 000 miles of sea communications. But today the Pimt Lord of the ‘Admiralty declares that 50 cruisers , are sufficient for the British navy- This is a large concession. The British Admiralty has come down while our Government has gone up. in order to establish purity be- tween thc two navles."

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Preaching JnNew York on Sunday. Feb. a. ncv. Dr. n. A. saline. presi- dent oi the World christian Endeav- g; society, said that faith and a rea- illness to make sacrifices for ‘the

. “m, m; “use: the world can be builtJrhe mun. moire h" m1 puny outshone the United States and {he rut of the world in iis exhibi- oi this mu of mo. and u. ;.for the common 8005-" however, is wnatlciiect will have. As 1M4 3145"‘ puts it. Great Bri- mmiil f". h" P" m‘ ma: I.“ l" "i"

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finally to competition in naval arma- ments as a moans towards the estab- lishment of peace on an unassailabie basis.

Old Age Pensions

An Ottawa exchange, which sup- poris the Kins Government,‘ publish- es a report that the Old Age Pensions Act is to be amended, in certain im- pcrtant respects, at the coming ses- sion of Parliament. The operation of the Act, this report says, will be very considerably extended and made more liberal in its application. One of the most interesting of the fore- cast changes is a provision which will grant an annuity to every needy ex-member of the Canadian Expedi- tlonary fcrcc after the attainment of 60 years.

It will be agreed, suggests the Syd- ney Post, that the Old Age Pensions Act needs considerable amend‘ lg. It was hurriedly and carelessly drafted, and thrust upon the Government by several of the independent members at a critical stage of the momentous session of i926, when the Ministry was clinging to office without a Par- liamentary majority. There was hard- ly anything the King Cabinet would not do at that time to prolong its precarious existence.

It is also to be said that the sug- gested Qlsion to needy ex-service men who have attained o0 years of age will be heartily approved by pub- lic opinion. There is however another vcrv necessary »- ‘ nt of which the Ottawa paper_ makes no mention. The Act should be changed so as to cast the entire financial responsibil- ity ior pensions on the Federal treas- ury. Inno other way can an old age

‘ system be established which will be fair to all the provinces. The law as it stands is grossly unfair to such provinces as Prince Edward 1s-' land, Nova Scotia and New Brunswick whose revenues are inadequate and whose populations of aged people greatly exceed, in ratio, those of the Western Provinces, or indeed of any other part of Canada. The case can only be met fairly by a. national levy to which all taxpayers shall con- tribute on equal terms, and from which the whole fund requisite ior old age pensions shall be derived.

Over-Production Menace

The need oi the control oi price levels is emphasized in the February letter oi the Royal Bank oi Canada. ’I‘l1is need, it is pointed out, was brought into sharp relief in tho de- fiation period of 1920-21, following the Great War. In the years which have intervened, intermittent action has been necessary to prevent rising prices, but in the last few months it has become clear that the basis of the present price level is somewhat precarious ‘and that without decisive corrective measures falling prices will ensue, bringing on a general de- pression while industry and agricul- ture are adjusting themselves to low- er costs and wages. ‘

World production of wheat, lumber newsprint, coffee, sugar, cocoa, rub-

-ber, wool, and many other commod- ltiss, it is he»... has exceeded 00n- sumption. The available capacit his

l ‘iorthe, ""cfiron and steel, automobiles, textiles, and manv other manufactured products is substantially in excess of that war- ranted by volume of demand.

m tbs circumstances, it‘ is lllll gosted that it would create confidence to feel that there is'a clear under- standinl between the prinoipll na- ancial countrlel. namely Great Iri-

States and other countries in the

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other sections ieerps to be a slum. tekistio feature of the time. It results in large measure from over produc- tion of anufactures and food pro- ducts. Notwithstanding Canada's short wheat crop in i929. wheat and flour are abundant in the world mar- kets andstrenuous efforts are being‘ made in both the United States and Canada to bolster up declining m”.

ket prices. Meanwhile panada suffers from "Millie! "“ n with the United

production of the products of the farm and of the factory.

The years 1921 and 192s were the most prosperous the United States ever experienced. U mployment hardly existed within its borders. At the end of 1920 a. sharp decline in both employment and payrolls had set in and unemployment spotted the country. January brought a slight re- vival which raised optimistic hcpes but today there are still many thous- ands of unemployed workers in the United States.

In England under Labor rule the employment situation has gone from bad to worse. The mining industry is deeply depressed in , ‘uction and export of coal, especially and the government has confessed to failure of its plans to 11nd work ior thework- less.

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..ln Europe the continental nations are raising their tariffs to check the invasion of United ‘states automobiles and machinery and Australia is mov- ing in the some direction. All this increases the pressure of United manufacturers and producers to force the products of their abundant capi- tal 8nd mass ,.. ‘notion across the undefended border and into Canada.‘ And they are greatly successful in their efforts.

Never before were Americans at home so abundaihly pleased with any ' Canadian Administration as they now are with the Government led by Pre- mier Mackenzie King. Mutual admir-

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A MACHINE T0 PUT YOU so. SLEEP '

I find myself often talking about sleep, because it really means as much as’ food to that body of yours.

I have spoken about the aids ta sleep or to getting to sleep-a. well ventilated room; a good mattress: a little exercise to draw the blood away from the brhln; a little food, warm soup or milk, for the same purpose: relaxing the body as if in extreme ex- haustion; trying to get the thoughts off the affairs of the day and on to something monotonous such as coun- ting sheep. ‘ "

If these methods have not always been successful physicians have found it necessary to use sleep producing drugs. which over a shout period may help the patient torelax. It is better to bc able to keep at ODD’! work than to try to get along v/iilhoiit sleep?"

However, what may prove to be of help to sufferers frolll sleeplessness has been brought forward by Dr. J. lio- sett, New York who describes an alp- parstus the action 0i'whlch consists oi a wa/voof encircling pressure ap- plied to the surface Off-he body and thellnfbs, inthe direotionoftile venous flow, that is the flow of blood to the heart.

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~ U" . ,\L>.-.,.,_ _-_ Starry Prlgrzms > , _ , , _ . ma» miladiefvean ago Galileo bL ‘ ‘men that. the " ' is not the of the universe and tbatthby had better lift up their eyes lndtaka aoimtiflc stock oi the stars in. their courses. ._Illt- is our good fortune dill to have among us. Not lees swift souls that yearn for . Wm. . Rapt after heaven's starry flight. _But the centuries have made a difference. Nowadays J aus-onomers and oosznogouists have a better time. linsind oiflshutting them up and making them do penance, wo aMend their lecture, buy their books. pore over their prlckley formulas, listen to them on the wireless, and, in short, pay them every tribute that admir- ailion, and awe can wsswt- They deserve it all. For they are the kindly genies who catch up the dull, plain man from his noiuow street. cot him upon their magic carpet woven oi parsecs, Cephcid_ variables, spectro- scopic analysis. and a magnificent gift of exposition. and laun k him on hair-raising and soul-stirring flights into the depths of space. In newt to no time he is whirled away from the homely earth and sun to the nearest star, a paltry four light- yeors away, and thence through, a galactic system which has room and to spare for many thousand million suns, onward to millions of giant nebulae, each in itself a. vast star system mode or in "tho making. whose light takes anything up to a hundred and forty million years to reach the

The 5:1. striking effect ‘and’, 1n occurs 0st slwnyii. is relaxation of u...‘ muscles, and in moss persons, sleep.

This is thought to bedue to the wavs stopping the action of the her- ves that keep the muscles and blood vessels tensed. By removing this len- senem, muscles relax and blood in the veins flows more rapidly towards the heart.

individuals 0h which the effect of this apparatus has been noted BID- pear to contract the habit c»: relaxing themselves. They rest better at night and go about their business or plea- sure, as the can might bo,.in a

ation across the border assures the Prime Minister of Canada thief Washington ardentiy desires that; his Government shall be maintained in power at the coming Dominion election.

I One Arthur Donnelly, i of Senator Donnelly of Pinkerton, Ont., was recently arrested and con- victed of the offence of driving an automobile while intoxicated. He was sentenced/to 2O days imprison- ment and lodged in jail. When half that time had elapsed he was releas- ed under instructions from the De- partment of -Justico in Ottawa. The entire proceedings in the case are too long to be here detailed but the offence in question is so ommon in. every province cf Canada that the‘ casevis one of local interest, not only I in the locality where it occurred and was sharply‘ commented upon, bu everywhere else. ‘

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The Globe discusses it at length

under the headline "Drunken Driv-

er's Influence." and says in conclu- slon:

The chief point; however is whe- ther there is one law for influential citizens and another for the rest.

Coincident o: not. it seems to be a. fact that it is the former who so frequently receive special consider- ation from the authorities. It has not been observed that a motor car in the hands of-an influential drunken drive;- is less dangerous than in the hands of any one else. when the need oi‘ ‘clearing the streets and highways of intoxicated drivers is so urgentand the demand so insistent there should be no compromise with "influence." It seems to be an ap- pallinglfact that there is, neverthe- less. '

We have here a, county jail fills‘ to overflow with individuals of all sorts sent thither for various offenc- es the majority for infractions of the rs hibition Law. Some oi these are influential in the way oi being useful to the Liberal party at times. It is ai- ieged-lwe do not know the fact- that to make room for new arrivals a few of those who have been in- have been released in_ ad- vance oi the expiry of the time they were sentenced to serve and that those who had shown themselves to be useful to the party in power Wm preferred in snaking the select! .

when the g ture meets further‘ mformat ‘ Q y be obtained respect- ingxthis _

Ottawa remains silent as to any sirlyprobabilityofmufairprcviues being represmtodin the Cabinet n

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more deliberate and syswmatic man- HGT.

Whether 1c inthe ‘dalsnness’ of mind, or because the action of the cpparatus drives the blood from the surface so! the body on- ward toward the heart, the

individuals is much improved.

will have some slmiiiar niachineoi convenient‘ size to take the tension off the nerves land musclu, but the well ventilated zoom, the ccmforta- bio mattress, the monotonous th- oughts and'So forth are meant to re- lax the mind and body in a similar manner. '

They are just as effective, less ex- pensive, and much to be preferred V) drugs.

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This was our day, and now the day

is over.

The last of all our splendid wealth oi hours

Fades with the fading gold oi the West-O lover

How we were spendthrift with this gold of ours!

We squandered it on joys too frail to cherish- ' -

Spent song, forgotten laughtorprose sere,

And love that dies with the sun; and now they perish, _

Find we are beggars, and the night is here. ‘ ‘

Oh, dawn on dawn will rise for us,

but none Processlcnal with pageant and with V splendor Will summon back these hours of lost delight- Never cold moon nor strange and alien sun . Will lose Time's hold, nor bid tb night surrender ' The spoil on which the gates swing closed tonight. --Iii:dgar Mclnnis in 'i'he Dalbousie Review.

rue LAND wsuovs airman mos notions no.

torus‘. sees his poor little solar system ‘in a diiIe ‘ pcrspxilive. ‘The iifilculty is indeed to see it at all. In the presence of the newly rescaled ‘hosts of heaven, the familiar sun, ‘once the paragon of sire and splend- our, shrinks to the littleness of a single grain of sand in a heap great |encughto bury all England in. drods ‘of yards deep. Language exhausts itself in the search for analogies which will give the merest glimmer- 1g of tho gulf between utter insigni- 1 once and inccnceivshlo immensity.

It is no wcnd§r that the poor plain mm, as he speeds further and farther

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would at alltiloelbe attheirssrvicu in time's! war lllhlst Illlland. It was Kat's foarithab William would follow his conquest of llllillaud with a further conquest of Scotland, and it washers pin-pose to frustrate any such measure. The Earl. and his des- cendants. proved-filial: allegiance to Scottish pauses so sincerely that they werelaccepted as a. olan. with a dis‘ iincttartanoftileirowrhlisfaras I/knowtheee faoisarscoxrectlam personally well acquainted withthe Kerr tartan. and can assure you that it is not the Siewarta- ilUGH F. B. mum (u. s. s.) \

, Scottish and Irish Names.

n} reply u. captain Morgan's ‘que- ries, I venture to submit the following details, without going into questions of genealogy:-

Rossr-Gaelic, Rosach, R05} based on "ros" a piromoiory. '

mlucrsch-oaéiic, Gilieandmis st. Andrew's gille, Giilandefi. MddAndlow Scandinavian parallels, Andersen, Andes-soon. son of Andrew. -

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Kennedy-Gaelic, Gloanaidieach, Gleanadaidh. Brian roimhe or ‘Boa-u (941 to i014). the l abor oif ‘Ireland

from the Norse yoke. was Brian Mac- Oinneiididh ‘tive. The Book cl

(probably the bamo person) as hav- ing made grants of land to Oolumba and Dips-tan. . Irish, Oeinneddighr-fmm oeann. head, ondeitigh, ugly-Fully head." _K€'l'lh€i/h and McKenzie are from

The English Kenneth is not thc same ivcrd being the royal Scottish name,

atlon oi the first name "fair one?‘

Clann Coinnigh" is the old name us-

' ed by the Macvurich bards for the

Clan MacKenzie, whose ancestval llomefihthink is the Kintail district.

Campbell-The most probable de- rlvation seems iio be "cam-beul," wry mouthed. from they analogy of

word is pronounced "Cnnnsl" in the! north east,_wllere a pig, for ,solne' riystirilsus reason, was sometime’! cal I '=d “Saildy Canlaui.’ |

‘in-pic the vas: unknowll, gasps out questions winch bear ‘clear traces of nostalgia. Will he have ito go Q like this for ever and ever? Orwlll _he come at last to smile ‘ultimate ‘edge and peer over into uninlagln- able nothingness? Above all, will he i ever be able to_ get home again?

I" Sim general huh-inch o! tho body in these ‘m, gxponmi of relutitity h a. hand

to reassure him. Thelemis no need I

Now it. may be some time before you » u, w"; space‘, u", ‘oomgomy, 9g- .

jalains, though ‘boundless, is not ih- lfil Thanks to its kindly curvature the traveller who pioughs steadfastly ahead, turning neither to the right hand or to the left, is bound sooner or ' later to come backto his starling- point. It is t-"ile that it will be later rather ‘than sooner, seeing lira/t, ghough he should round the spatial curyes at the iight's modest speed of six billion miles. a year, the most hopeful traveller cannot expect to complete the circuit of the universe lniesmchan a hundred thousand million years. The prospect is not rosy_ ior-individual effort But even already the expert makes bold to say that. given -a. not inconceivable in- crease irithn siso of telescopes, light which left ‘the nearer swrs a hundred thousand million years ago might be detected coning round the universe

even _ culnte " “ i‘ certain 0! the fainter nebulae may not really be the back view of older and nearer friends already " studied by metrono- mem frmn ‘the opposite side. Be am as a. may. one wnwiins ihciishi awaits the bewildered voyager when he once more feels earth from be- health his feet. assuming/w his own unspeaknbly vinocnslderablo speck of stardudt, he comes back to the home o; m, ma“; ' ' o: all. Now- here eucln all encu- ranaliiue thrmh the mmmh can his brilliant conductors yet point to the P991‘ "l that < fearless and unconqiicrolilo spirit vihich ‘does not find it too Si?“ a task toms-P. measu , and comlift" head the mightiest wonders of the skies. - "