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FRIDAY. SEPTEMBER. e5. 1911

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"h we,” days of world economic btra-in. every Canadian has reason p be thankful that at the helm at pttawaisaman fanliliarwith the y. ‘isms of national and inter- national finance and, therefore. capable of carrying the chill °i state through tempest seas pntil such time as we enter the haven of renewed stability and ‘prosperity. Already lo the Pfllhe bllnistec-‘a credit stand the putting ithmugh of Canada‘s amazingly successful conversion loan. the ac- Icn at the special session of Par- figment a year ago which prevented the destruction or migration of great Canadian industries, and sub- sequent talifl action and unem- ployment relief measures of incal- culablo benefit in relieving a situ- ation which otherwise rnishi’. Till-VB proved disastrous.

i ACTION WELCOMED

The London Daily Mail. which has always opposed British adher- ence to the gold standard, welcom- es its suspension and says it would stimulate every trade and industry and “take a load off the nation's back."

No better moment could have

been chosen, tile Mail's financial editor said, for the change, since commodity prices are low and stocks of wheat in Great Britain abnor- mally high. It expressed the belief that the-suspension will lead to a great revival in the iron, coal and steel industries and in many other directions. .4 The depreciation of the exchange valuation of pounds will, it says, mean that Great Britain will be able to sell abroad more cheaply than her competitors, while her home market will be available for home manufacturers.

There is "not the least fear." it says, that the pound-will fall to "impossible low levels."

f‘ FISCAL EFFECTS ‘Dlscussln, the effects of Britain's depreciated sterling, the Montreal Btar says :

"This has, of course, the effect of raising a tariff around Great Bri- tain. The British importer must pay more pounds for a. given amount of imports. It does not matter, so far as the home market

g is concerned, whether he pays four

dollars out oi his pound to the for- eign merchant and the odd eighty- aix cents to the Customs House, or 1f he must pay the whole pound to the foreign merchant to get four dollars‘ worth oi goods in both cases, the home producer has only to meet the four dollar rate. That

I ls, if he can give the British pur- chaser more for a pound than this

purchase-r can buy abroad for four dollars, he gets the sale.

"The difference between this form of fiscal ‘protection’ and tariff pro-

’, eeeiion is, first. that it affects all

articles equally. A protective tarlfl’, scientifically drawn, is supposed to protect only such articles as need protection and foleave others free. ,Thus raw materials may be on the free list. But there is no "free list’ under fiscal protection. Raw mater- ials pay precisely the same rate as the finished product. Where raw materials must be imported, this pretty seriously affects the protect- ive character of the policy. ii "But when a currency falls below [an cm the international exchange, it does add the percentage of ita depreciation to whatever tariff may be in existence. And it sets up a practical tarlfl to the some amount on all imports. It is inst possible that this may protect such British Industries ll need it lufliciently to permit tbem to’ consent to a post- ponement of the general election which is to usher in real Protec- tion. The home inarket ought to be

terials with which to manufacture- “rhg - , lation of the new! h expected to help Great Britain very materially in “POWER h" Pm‘ ducts to countries with even more depreciated money. She has been handicapped in the Pm Wile“ lighting for the markets 0f 6811311 Europe. That handicap will now at least be lowered. ‘This may lead to a wholesome increase in British ex- ports and u» demand for British goods. Thus ‘protected’ at home and bonused abroad, British industry may take on a new lease oi life."

DISCOUNTED DOLLAR

As stated editorially in ‘The Guardian, the decline of the Can- adian dollsr in the American fin- ancial market has at least one re- deeming feature, namely, that it will tend to keep our money in freer circulation at home. This is an advantage oi particular import- ance at the present time, and it is so recognized, even by Liberal newspapers oi reputable standing. That section of the Liberal press which, for purely partisan reasons, attempts to exploit the situation by ignoring this advantage, should pay more attention to the inform- ed opinion of its leading party newspaper, the Toronto Globe. This is what Mr. William Marchington, staff correspondent of The Globe. has to say:

“As to the decline oi the Can- adian dollar in New York, it was learned that the United States does not want Canada to eliip more gold over there. She has more sold now‘ than she knows what to do with. Moreover, any further depreciation in the Con. adian dollar in New York means that Canadian purchasing of United States goods will be cur. tailed and Canadians will buy at home instead."

PRAISE FOR TALKIES

‘Those “high-brow" critics who disparage the talking picture as being crude and. inartistic forget that it is an entirely new art, and that it presents incalculablc p08- siblllties of cultural ‘development. This fact is emphasized by Fedor Chaliapin, noted opera singer, who. in a recent article in the London Saturday Review, makes the fol- lowing prediction :

“The future belongs to the talk- ing film and I think that it will be the inherltor oi opera. Today it sounds ridiculous and hardly credible, but it is, nevertheless, o fact that barely two decades ago a singer who was bold enough to play in a film was risking dismis- sal from the opera company. Even then I was a believer in the film and was one of the first to play in silent nlms, in spite oi all the shocked remonstrances to which I was treated. At that time no one would believe me that a time would come when the greatest artists would play in films. To- day, however. one need not be a prophet in order to be able to foretell that the talking fllm is the herald of dawn for a new form oi musical dramatic art."

EDITORIAL NOTES

Our local contemporary com- plains that "there are eight potato ill-lllectors dismissed, adding to the unemployment oi Liberals in or- de." that good Conservatives may take their places." Perhaps the local Liberal organ will ex- plain how all these potato in- spectors hapllcned to be Liberals, 4nd Wily good Conservatives are not as much entitled to the positions as were the appilintees of the de- funct King Government.

The high professional standing of Maritime nurses in Boston who recently were ousted from their pp- sltlons in municipal institutions to give employment to naturalized citizens, is enthusiastically in- doraed by The Berkshire Courier (Great Barringum, Massachusetts) in a recent issue in which the dis- missal of Canadian nurses is strongly condemned. “A large per- centage of these girls." notes the Courier, "come from Nova Sootla, New Brunswick and Prince Edward

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makes its mistakes. It makes i" moat egregious errors and com- mits its greatest follies in times 01 prosperity. it ia only when 00m- mon hardship is being endured tho! absolute ‘interdependence, under a. natural law oi individuals, of ole-I‘ sea of individuals and of separate peoples is realized in such a way u 1,9 influen mass gttitudel. which are always assumed throlllll the feelings of men and not through their reason. When coin- mon prosperity exists GIDVUB the peoples a common cause of it i8 not always perceived by the mil-W!- but they sense the cause of com- mon suffering."

Andre Maurcls French manufac- turer and-wirter, has just handed out this definition oi civilization: "Civilisation begins when om m!" can rely on the solemnly given pledge of another. ‘Whether 0r not this definition is sufficiently com- prehensive, there can be no cue!- tion of the soundness of the moral- ity it expresses.

Chancellor Bruening oi Germ“? evidently regards ends rather than means. He is quoted thus: "There is a way out of every situation." This is indisputable-there is a way out of the frying-pan into the (ire. Arid there is a way which seemed right unto a. man, but the end thereof are the ways oi death.

But the German Chancellor's dictum can be made to Jibc Wii-h morality without the least sacrifice of accuracy by the addition of one word: "There is an honorable way out oi every situation." The way through Belgium was not the hon- orable way, and the end thereof were the ways oi death for Ger- many.

The greatest opportunities In world trade will come to those countries which are promptest and most efficient in establishing new types of production designed W meet new needs. In this promising field Great Britain ought to be at a considerable advantage. Shs has a diversified home market, with a relatively high standard of liie, so that her manufacturers can get experiences at home in making the sorta of things the world will need more oi as its standards rise. She has the most skilled workers in the world. And she has valuable pre- ferences and prerogative not only in Empire markets, but over a large part oi the earth. Her chance of expanding her export trade depends even more on de- veloping new exports than on re- gaining those she has lost.

Driven of niiwbmes and trucks are warned by the Roads De- partment of the Province of Qua- beo that their lecences will be re- voked if they are convicted of breaking the highway speed laws. It is also announced that heavy fines will be imposed on drivers of vehicles with defective lights. As the offences referred to have been the cause of numerous accidents the warning is timely arid should b; heeded by all those concerned. The traffic authorities in Prince Edward Island would do well to adopt similar methods.

A paragraph in the "Hundred Years Ago” column of the Quebec Chronicle-Telegraph tells oi a happening oi 1831 which will not be commemorated, except; in thank- fulness-that it could not occur now. The famous Royal William was a- bout to leave for Halifax on that journey which eventually took her across the Atlantic under her own steam (the first vessel to do so) and on board was o, detachment from the 24th Regiment "in charge oi a

” of criminals sentenced to transportation to Bermuda." They were probably not criminals in the sense of the word nowadays, but the law called for banishment for their offences, and the law bad to be obeyed. A decade later other shigla left Quebec with "criminals" sentenced to transportation, some to Bermuda. others to the hells of Botany Bay and Van Diemen‘s Land, but they were political oi- fenders, and moat oi them return- ed; but for the others transporta- tion meant life banishment. We have abolished transportation of criminal offenders, but we have substituted deportation. In the lat- ter case the offenders do have at least a chance of a. future in their home land, which the convicts of a century ago had not.

Something should be d for the men who, forgetful of partydn time

a. very superior type of young wo- manhood, devoted to duty, honest, cheerful and trustworthy and in many, many instancel vary super- ior nurses." ’ - i

a at madam swi- _ , United States Ambassador to‘ gni-pret m, prevailing world fie--

progress. "It is not in time of I44 ‘ ,," he said. “that mankind‘

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ANOTHER DEVICE FOB TEE HARD 0F BEARING

I have spoken before about the different devices, now available, to illablc the deaf to hear. They have opened up a new world to those hard of hearing, as they can now go shopping, answer the telephone, at- tend church or theatre; in fact do everything a normal person can do, owing to the aid these cunningly hidden devices can give.

Many cases of deafness are due to middle ear disease. because when the disease ‘itself heals, the little bones carrying the sound from the drum oi the ear are found to have grown together into one solid bone which is unable to carry the sounds as did the three little connecting bone-s. _ '

It is interesting therefore to read of another little device whereby Prof. Frederick Bedill, professor of Physics at Cornell University has been able to/make the teeth take the place to some extent of the little bones in the ear. The professor in- vited some friends to his home and had each of them bite gently a. long piece of wood with a sharp, pencil- like point. They placed the sharp points on a. tiny metal disk on the table and were able to hear a pho- nograph, the sound of which could not be heard without this little de- vice. The tiny metal disk was a. special sound receiver for the deaf, transmitting its vibrations to the wood. By biting the other end of the stick lightly, the listeners could hear, and to two of them at least, the music sounded as perfect as if

' heard by the car.

Professor Bedell said he perfected the device in hope that it would be useful for. the deaf in listening to talkies and radio. The receive;- would be placed on the backs of seatsalnd the straw like sticks would cost but a trifle. They are ordinary wood.

The sound vibrations pass directly to the auditory nerves through the bones. c

Prof. Bedell said that only des- truction of the auditory nerves pre- vents hearing by the teeth method.

The point then is that in patients where the ear drums are destroyed this metho’ will enable them to hear.

It is certainly gratifying to see n11 these new devices coming to the hell! of our hard of hearing friends thus making life very much more Worth living. by enabling them to take their rightful part in family and community life.

DOMESTIC HELP

(Vancouver Province

It la recon/ed from Victoria that in its grappling with the unemploy- ment problcm the govemment is faced» with a very difficult aspect of the general question in finding work for unemployed women. In this conjuncture it has tackled the matter of domestic employment and finds that many people who are in position to employ help are "Bill! Orientals rather than white women.

On the other hand it is reported that white women will do almost anything rather than eccept domestic service. That hm un- doubiedly been the case for many years past and is based rather upon the attitude of housewives to their help than on the attitude of the help.

Stevenson once said that the two things about the British middle classes that annoyed him most were their fear of death and their treatment of their domestic serv- ants. Old habits die hard and even the modern housholder's wife is not entirely enfranchlsed from the old habit of treating the maid as something of almost another, and certainly an inferior, race. Girls will not go to work in private houses for this reason. Every woman is to some extent a reform- er, a manager and one who feels a

of stress, havg patriotically joined the Labor men in the new co-opel" ative endeavor in responding to the call of duty. Notably in this the case with Stanley Baldwin, who, perhaps, might have forced the resignation of the MacDonald Gov' ernment. but chose instead to give his assistance to the man who ha! been deserted since by his ‘ain folk." Ho it was in wartime who anonymously gave a largo part of his fortune to the British treasury. He has made other great sacrifices in the Empire's interest. Any land

ia favored with men like these to

Ifldl" it service.

EMPlRE Thane.

(J- Butterfiald in Vancouver Prov- ince.) s

The New York Times noise rather wlstfully, but without actual complaint, that there has arrived in Montreal a great ship- ment of cast steel folflingl. for the manufacture of piping, and thatit cams. from England. The Times notes that it was consplcuoualy labelled on alarge label bearin! both the Union Jack bud the Canadian Ensign: ‘Made in Great Britain for Canada. Canada aent us this order. Buy Canadian produce." _

The bottom of the paragraph bears this regret: "In the past. such forgings have been obtained from the United States."

And that is nice work for the Empire Marketing Board.

Whales And Dividends

(Manitoba Free Press)

To most of us the word "whale" brings up only memories of joyous hours of reading. Few of us have seen a whale, still fewer have smelled a. dead one (a never-to-be- forgotten experience, they Shy). but all o.’ us have read books about whaling, boys’ books, books of tremendous, thrilling lldl/Qlliilllé, of llardihood and daring. We re- member one by R. M. Ballantylie (may his spirit rest quietly for all the joy he has given to boys). The young hero rows out with the boat crew after a sighted whale, the harpoon is flung by a husky big Swede, and the wounded whale r‘al-s back and swings his flukes. and all kinds of excitement follows. We remember feeling that the only life would suit us would be that of a whaler. _,

But any slight trace of that feeling that may have persisted through the years has been ruined by the recent facts that have come to light about the whaling industry. It has become an organized massacre on a great scale. No longer does a small boat-crew of mariners start off on terms of even combat with the whale. In- stead, great floating factories set out for the scene of the slaughter with auxiliary killer-ships, armed with HBTPOOD, guns. The biggest of them is a vessel of 22,000 tons. 550 feet long and '7'! feet in the beam. Seven killers chase and destroy the whales. Air is pumped into the bodies which are towed back to the factory. They are hoisted on board. cut up and boiled down. The vessel captures more in two days than the original floating. factories ol1904 did in a season. In 1929-30, her catch was 1,300 t0 1,400 whales. Her actual pro- duction was 119,000 barrels of oil.

The whales are being driven_

from the seas ‘into the category of

extinct animals, along with the buffalo, the seal and the flightless birds. If we want to save the» whale, steps must be taken of as drastic akind as those taken by the Canadian Government to preserve the buffalo. I

Whaling began long centuries ago irl thelBay of Biscay, at a time when schools of t‘- la of

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hitherto immune from attack, re- suscitat the industry. Hnmark, Tromso and Iceland, the Hebrides. the Shetlands and the Farce Islands all saw the establishment of new whaling stations. Japan, Korea, West and South Africa. Spain, Australia and Tasmania followed suit. A scarcity of whales quickly followed.

The Antartic remained the last refuge of these fascinating mon- sters, the great factory-whalers poured into the new waters, and big business took hold. In 1905. the first station was established on

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the south, has ordered a discon- tinuance of Antartlc fishing next year, but no species of whale has ever yet been known to lecove from the effect of over-fishing- Even although the League of

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