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“The Strongest Memory is Weaker than trlfgiweofcest Ink".

MONDAY, MAY 18, 1938

Unfair Discrimination

1‘he Liberal Governments of the three Mari- time Provinces are officially supporting the brief presented by the Maritime Transportation Commission in protest against the proposed con- trol of water traffic embodied in the Transport Bill introduced by the Liberal Government at Ottawa. This should impress Transport Minister Howe with the grave importance of the matter. The objection to the bill. from the Maritime point of view, is that it would place water transporta- tion between these provinces and the St. Law- rence or (iireat Lakes under control of the Board of Railway Commissioners. Steamers from for- eign ports could go freely to St. Lawrence or Great Lakes ports but blaritime shippers would first have t0 pay license fees and accept regu- lations of rates before they could enjoy the same privilege

The brief makes a. strong point of the fact that in recent years, in an effort to meet motor truck competition, the railways reduced rates for transportation of potatoes grown in the Cen- tral Provinces. An application was made by the Governments of the three Maritime Provinces under the Maritime Freight Rates Act to the Board of Railway Commissioners to obtain _a corresponding reduction on potatoes grown in the Maritimes and shipped to Ontario and Que- bec. The Board in its decision, delivered Jan. 3, i936, refused the application on the ground that it had been established by the Railways t0 their satisfaction that it was the low motor truck rates and not the reduction of railway rates which was prejudicing the interests of the far- mers of the Maritime Provinces.

, factory. The hours of work vary according to I road conditions and other delays. They have, of course, intimate knowledge of the incidents of their work, the honest and efficient discharge of which is of prime importance to the country. The public appreciates the service given, and it must be said that the plan submitted seems rea- sonable. lt should receive sympathetic consid- eration."

Two Premiers At Odds

“The breach between Ontario’s temperamental Premier and the stolid Prime Minister of Can- ada continues to widen," says the Sydney Post. “The most recent cause of disagreement relates to theunemployment insurance legislation for which Premier King began to prepare the way last summer, but which has not yet made its ap- pearance at Ottawa. Mr. Hepburn now comes out with the public announcement that if the King legislation does not materialize, or if it is not drafted in such a way as to satisfy the On-

It was established before the Railway Com- missioners that there are' 10.000 farmers in New Brunswick growing potatoes and that in some years 90 per cent of the total export was to the In Prince Edward Island,

usually from 5o to 75 per cent of the export is to the Central Provinces. to Maritime shippers to overcome the handicap of cheap motor rates in the Central Provinces is cheap water transportation or corresponding- 'ly cheap transportation by rail.

Central Provinces.

The only method open

Any increase

in rate would‘ jeopardize their position, and the effect would be serious.

\Vhat applies to potatoes applies to other commodities shipped from the Maritime Prov- inces to the Central Provinces u-hich are in com- petition with commodities of a similar kind pro- duccd in the Central Provinces, having the bene- fit of cheap motor transportation. Hence it is submitted that it would be quite unfair to the hlaritimes for the Dominion Government to con- trol its water transportation facilities to the markets of Central Canada, and leave uncontrol- led the motor truck competition in other parts.

This is but one of the arguments advanced, Ind it is a telling one. “It is perhaps not put-

, ting it too strongly," the brief states, “t0 say that the future prosperity of the Maritimes under I Confederation is solely dependent upon cheap transportation facilities to the markets of Cen- tral Canada."

The Maritime delegation went before the Railway Committee of the House of Commons en Friday morning, and three hours were taken up in presenting the case as strongly as possible. The result should be the elimination of this ob- jectionable feature from the bill. What is sur- prising—particularly in view of the opposition voiced last year before the Senate committee— is that it should have been presented in such I. form to Parliament. Where were our Mari-

time representatives in the King Cabinet when theibill was being drafted? consulted by Transport Minister Howe and the In any event, they are now aware of the united front which the Maritimes are presenting through their provincial govern-

Prime Minister?

ments and hoards of trade.

A Mileage Rate Preferred

The carriage of rural mail was before the

Surely they were

tario Government, an unemployment insurance act will be passed by the Legislature of that Pro- vince at its next session. ‘We certainly will not indorse a Federal bill we have not seen,’ the On- tario Premier declares, ‘and I an losing faith that anything is to be done at thepresent sit- ting of Parliament. But we won't make any move until we see what Ottawa does at this ses- sion. If nothing is done, then we will present ourbill at our next session.’

“In these occasional bouts between the two Liberal Premiers, Mr. Hepburn is generally wrong. In this case he is manifestly right. The King Governmenfs record of procrastina- tion on the \vhole question 0f social security re- form, and especially on that of unemployment insurance, leaves little room for explanation and none for commendation."

J Editorial Notes I

Mrs. Hemans died this date, i835. m m * y

Loye of money is at the root of all evil —- especially wars. ‘I * w at

Mr. Dunning is still ab0rro\ving, raising $140,000,000 to repay $90,000,000; >l= a: y w Thanks t0 the Bennett Treaties, there is still a profitable market for farmers’ produce in the Old Land. U I U I At the first sale of the Cortland F. Bishop collections of postage stamps in New York last week a 4c magenta British Guiana stamp fetch- ed $590 and an I850 orange British Guiana stamp $540- »: y w m

Cheese production declined 26 per cent in April from the April, i937, output, but increas- ed 161 per cent over the previous month. Pro- duction in April this year aggregated 1,787,162 pounds compared with 685,562 the month be- fore and 2.408.362 in April, i937. Increased pro- duction over April last year was recorded in all production areas. with the exception of Quebec and Ontario. British Columbia had an increase

of 277.6 per cent. i

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Evidently much better prices are prevailing on fox pelts l|’l the States than in London. In the New York auction demand was best in the cheaper brackets and some prices resistance was encountered on the better skins. Buyers took about of the total offerings with top prices being $120 for the full silvers and $58 for the three-quarter silvers. One-half silvers sold at a top of $35, one-quarters at $25. silghtly sil- vered types at $18 and blacks at $17. Buyers were said to be averaging on higher-price skins bought in March. a a n m The dissident Liberals in the Province of Quebec _will either have t0 “toe the line and con- form with party policies or else organize a party of their own," officials of the provincial Lib- eral Party declared WllCfl questioned as to the Lacroix. groups representation at the Liberal convention which Wlll be held in Quebec City next month. Mr. Edouard Lacroix, M.P., for Beauce County in the House of Commons and a number of his supporters have been campaign- ing for a re-organization of the Provincial Party and openly oppose the selection of lIon. Adelard Godbout, former Premier and Minister of Agri- culture in the Taschereau cabinet, as leader of the Liberal Party in Quebec. a- w w y

_ "You are the first jury in a British Doinin- ion, as far as I know, who have had the honour of having evidence shown in this wayi you

House of Commons recently, and, on behalf of the Postal Department it was announced that there are in the Dominion 4.540 rural mail

the carriers’ compensation no doubt will come up,

been provided by the Rural Mail Carriers’ As-' lociation with data regarding conditions, and what they desire. The present four-year con- tract plan, with positions going to the lowest bidders, is unsatisfactory. The carriers favor permanency of employment, "depending only on satisfactory service,” with payment on a graded mileage plan.

It is pointedout that the present cost of the service works out at an average of $599.57 per arrier. The average of routes _is twenty-five

.11 miles; therefore the averag_e_ mileage rate_of payment per year is $24. Citing transportation estimates of mileage cost of operating a. passen- gar car, the payment for a twenty-five-mile route lnay be’ allotted thus: For vehicle operation, i $1.75; for driver’; labor,.$i.33. a total of $3503- But it is claimed that actually the courier receives considerably less than this.

The Rural Mail Carriers’ Association recent- ly presented to the Postmaster-General a peti- . 11m asking for a graded mileage rateof pay.

i’ It was suggested that, lifter a certain period of Istperlment, ‘this mileage rate be established at

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may be making history,” said Mr. justice Blair at the adjournment of a sitting of the Supreme Court, Napier, N.Z., when asking the jury lo view a picture of the working of a saw in a timber mill. The case was a claim for dam-

routes, and that the total annual cost by the con- ages amounting to £2070 arising from an ac- tract system is $2,722,050.57. The question of‘ Cldent in which a man had all the fingers and

the thumb of the right hand amputated by a cir-

later. Meantime, members of Parliament have. cular saw. A full-sized rnodcl of the saw occu-

pied a prominent position on the floor of the Court. This model was prepared by the dc- fence, as was a motion picture of the saw. The picture, which was shown to the jury in slow motion, gave a detailed description of the opera- tion of the saw and the work done by the man attending it. m r a m

For the first time in the political history of Quebec, women have been invited to send dele- gates to the Liberal party convention which is to be held at Quebec on June 1o and 11 next "to elaborate a programme and choose a leader who will rally the support of all Liberals." As the representatives whom the women's clubs will choose must, of course, enjoy equal status with the men delegates on the occasion, the new move necessarily means that the women delegates will have the right to submit resolutions on questions pertinent to the party's interests, and to them- selves In relation to those interests. Their right to the provincial vote ‘is bound. therefore, to be made a direct’ issue st the coming convention. and in logical sequence to the same decision of the party organizers to admit women to their councils, it may be fairly concluded that they are in advance to the principle of the. femlnlile freudilll. i

NOTES BY TIIE WAY

We he Hut um- $116M‘; reagyémojgyggs-tilne par - oolore ‘t. so shlner. he cats lumiself a lgatnegs dresser. —- Clark 1n Windsor Btu".

Medical Research Council Great Brttaln has "arave doubts" as to whether the majority of ton- sll operations am any more than a

qmrtlcular result." It's a sta w that 1n some cases may be hard to swallovk-lsitchener Record.

We have no wlah to area sword: wtth the emlnent. Professor James Kendall. who 1s

d F. R. 8.. we think the profess- orlal rnlnd wandered a. little 1n the folowiugz-"We read of swarms of aeroplanes drenching a sleeping clty with the ‘Dew of Death’ so ékuletly that when its inhabitants w e up they cannot tell who has ‘klllea’ themlW-Press World.

In many sections of Ontario there ls some apprehension concerning the tendency o. certain Industrial promoters to seek locaticn 1n the larger centres of population. Un- doubtedly thls ls an error on the Dart of industry- The smaller citles bresent the best opportunity for those seeking success ln the manu- facturing field.-Chatham News.

What ls the secret.

o 11's success? It ls true that

f Deann she has a remarkable voice! It. ls true than she has revea ed unusual hlstrlonlc ab- ility: she has cultivated a. pleasing personality. But. not ln any one of these alcne. or 1n all of them, lles the secret of Deannirs success. 1s 1n all these plus something else; and the X quality 1s Deanmrs ex- traordinary naturalness, She 1s, ln fact. the embodiment of complete and wholesome naturalness-Wln- nloeiz Free Press.

So much has been sald about a. picture of the Canadian contingent to the Coronation tn London a year ago. Some camera man snapped the Canadians marcfflus 1n London. It auuears that all the marchers were not in steb. A wild to-do Ls belng raised about that now. even 1f 1t wok a year or so for the not to boll. Intrlnued by that picture. we looked uu some other pictures. These showed some gallant Canad- ians leavlniz their trenches to storm the enemy front line. Arid. what do you know? All those attacking Can- adians were not keeolnlz step. glttherr-W. L. Clark 1n the Windsor 8.1‘.

Congress 1s probably better h- formed than any group o; men on what the people are thinking. It ls Dart. of the 29.1110 of polities b0 sense the trends of oubllc oolnlon and to shift tones and emohasls on leizls- latton BCCOICIIIIRlY. No surprise should be occastoned. therefore. by the current findings of the Ameri- can Institute of Publlc Oblnlon. These show that while congress has been klckluz over the traces. Presid- ent Roosevefls popularity has taken a sham drop 1n all parts of the country-Washington 190st.

Most larlrv hosult-als now have funds available for supplying blood without cost to oeoule who are un- able to nay for a blood transfusion. The cost of blood varies. In most tnstances lt l.s around $5 for a hundred cubic centimeters. would be about $50 a quart. In most cases the donation of blood 1n the quantities required ls not harmful to the person who gives lt. Very rufely a disease may be transmitted by blood transfusion. Such a rare and unfortunate accident should not. however. be permitted to ore- ludlce anyone against the need for a blood transfusion when that need 1S HDDarent. . In oractlcafly every competent hospital today blood transuslon is carried out as a safe land satlsfactory llfe-savlng proced- re.

From the Journal of l. London Sub-editor's Youthful son, we read- Those of you at the Brllzhton Con- ference who supported father's rezolutlon that all sub-eddlt/ers be bald some rate as Mr. Walter W1n-

The artist drained- hls can of beer

And muttered “Odds forsoothl"

The stonehand-dess refined. I fear-

Bald "Bllme l" "Crlpesl” and

“Strewt l"

The sub-eds cursed and chewed their ns,

D9 Reporters all looked The oflloe boy cola "There ain't no suc

izlum. and said

bllnkln' sum."

The maclgllne-room staff resigned

6X1 00. Fed up to the eye/brows AND They r; going to sail for 0' New

or . Where Winchell frets ten thousand!

The first requlslte of a good con- versationallst. is not. ability to talk. but abllltv to listen. And very tew of us know how to listen. Real 11s- l-enlnl! is somethlnu oosltlve. not merely closlnu the, mouth. letting another tak, and waiting untll ayou can break 1n agaln. If you thtn lt an ordinary trait. try paying strict attention to the next person who addresses you. Decide firmly make no reply untll thirty seconds B-ILCI the last period. Listen to the tones of voice. watch the sneaker’: eyes. ooserve how he puts hls sen- tences witether. hls choloe of words. the coizency of hls ideas. hls sincer- ttv or lack of 1.. hls shrewd-nose or nalvetc. Follow 1t as closely as 1f you lntenden to write lt, down. You wlll realize you are having a new experience. And from the .4100 of the person opposite you, you will realize that he is hav n1: a new ex- oeiijence. too-Loren Carroll ln Es- uu e.

Rerwort. was Imported Into Plotou County from Scotland. and 1n Prince Edward Island from Ireland where it. u known as Baulihm. It 1s a perennial and grows on n sttfl erect grooved stem 2 to 3 feet. much br ed above. It has root-leaves 8 to 8 inches. The flower heads are aolden yellow and verv shoyyy The lme of flowerln: la July to ovem-

wlt-h the so rlne ln A .

tllutrlwabxlrll!‘ "' "‘°

0 at Mltohel Field. lie . l. Aruiyuhss ell the bullet on? re- placed hlm th e est of bugle-cal snooker . have t6

loud

d from too to bottom.

"routine prophylactic rltual for no b

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I QHARI-OITETQW" GUABJJAIL

A ‘Clinic For I

(The Interim)

Arhnsu le putting its stole em- ployees under clvtl servtee. - new. ‘mm t uufdeoraaninlnsgabeln‘

ljjllc l‘

m p“ w‘ er wgreenwlch. faahl 8d tme t

on co war u . - Inn ls lnatdlltue new methods 01'

untlqs

men ls dolng them all.

Public Administration Servloo ll a. klncl of Mayo Clinic for 11.111118 governments. In the past few years 1t. has treated le from the State of New 2,000,000 population to the to of Shorewood. Wisconsin. with lt-s 114.410. 1t m; done his lobe for the federal government. The pat- ients seem uniformly grateful- paatly, no doubt. because the ser- vice 1s performed at. 00st.

Here ls how 1t started: State. county and municipal officials are banded together 1n a dozen aasocl- attons~the assessors, the public works englneers, the legislators, the clty managers and so on-oll wlth headqu rs 1n one building on the edge of the campus of the University of Chicago. Through their meetings and through the services of the headquarters secre- tariat, members exchange lnfomm- tlon about administrative methods.

There was. however. ho fteld agency to serve them. The Mayor of Hlgton. Montana, might. dis- cover he could save hls town a lot

,..

n of money 1f he could install a new

set of aooounts like the model set. ln Saginaw. Michigan ,but even lf he knew how. 1t. was all the Blgton staff could do to keep up with the dolly grind. Blgton wuldift close the City Hall for a, month while a new system was devel .

'I‘o fill thls need. Pu 1c Admin- istration Service, a non-profit org- anization. was set up with money supplied by the Bpelman Fund, a part of the Rockefeller Foundation. Its board of directors oonslste of the executive head of each of the national asoclatlons of public of- ficials. Part of tts stafl are men eiaperlenlced ln governmental re- search. with academic background; part are former public otftclals~ err-finance officers. former clty managers. veteran municipal engi- neers. When additional specialists are needed on any lob, they are borrowed from the other associat- lons or from other local govern- ments-»; police chief, say, or often these latter days. a supervisor of public welfare.

AS heads no crusades. There are two approaches to better gov- ernment, both valuable. One ls the onslaulzht. of embattled voters de- manding reform. The other 1s through the efforts of elected offl- clals themselves. PAS ls the crea- tlon of ofllclalclom and 1t probes only where 1t 1s invited. Of course. one approach often leads to the other; the irate voters out, 1n a re- form administration which prompt- ly sends for PAS. Just now. for example, lt ls supplying technic- ians for the thoroughgolnlz inves- tigation of Massachusetts govern- ment. that has grown out of the

Bay State taxpayers’ revolt.‘

There ls plenty for PAS to do

wlthout. looking for trouble. and usually a half dozen Jobs are 1n

progrem simultaneously. T a k e Greenwich. Connecticut. ealthy suburb of New York Clty.

W The Boston Post Road. one of the

busiest highways.

through the town. The Greenwich record of deaths from automobile accidents was one of the worst ln the United States. Murder of a filling station attendant. booked as

sulclxle even though the revolver

was found outside the station. flu- ally brought to a. head the long-

growlng msplclon that. something was ‘wrong with the poltoe depart- men .

Seeking expert guldahce. town officials were directed to PAS. Its