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Isltnoitruetbata man who reached a life-raft from a sinkinil liner with a loaf of bread and 1'9- fused to share his 100d with his fellows on the raft would be uni-

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The Beaaharnois Report '

The reportof the Beauharnols ‘Committee puts upon parliament a great responsibility not hltate to meet. The revelations that were made during

which it is certain it will

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THURSDAY. JULY__30. 1931 M age pensions, and failed to do so. Today they are appealing on the" “record." They have no e-‘Illflcilimn of receiving a subsidy settlement». and they have obviously no inten- tion of practicing economy. Where then do they expect to secure the ‘revenue to pay their portion of the old age pensions payment?

Mr. Stewart's position is very clear. He has a definite policy, in this as in other matters, and be shows that it can reasonably be car- ried out. The whole campaign of the Lea Government candidates, on the other hand, is a negative one- based on partisan criticism of the Government at Ottawa, and on the ridiculous contention that they should now be re-elected without any platform because they have proved incapable of implementing

versally excerpted? Society i; pass-g, é ing i‘ a storm and its mem- ber msy be said to have taken to the life-rafts. Home have a plenti- ful supply of provisions and ‘some have none. I! the sharing/principle were applied, no one would lack and all would come through safely, with plenty to spare, and be better com- rades because of their experiences together.

Only 55 cents per lb, _ Sold only in red. airtight Peerage,

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the inquiry have roused the public conscience and brought a number of public men under censure. It has fallen to the Parliamentary committee to take the first step towards the vindication of public life land Parliament must complete the task. - ' '

In this first step the committee is unanimous in its. iind- M" We" “W” °“ °‘“' dflmflw" ings, which could hardly be otherwise in regard to the con- "5- ‘irmm- m“ "w" “mm! demnatoryphases of the report. The three parties that find "W"- ; _ representation in the House of Commons likewise found W° 1"" ""1"" “um”? “l” representation on the committee under the chairmanship of 0 Pa"? "m3"! P" mvill- ‘"1’ Mill‘ the Hon. W. A. Gordon and no party can afford to counten- i“! "i " "i- l“ 7 "u" F“ u‘ 1°‘ ance or condone certain doings of some of those in control 31-59 P" "n- m‘ 31 3""! miilud‘ of the Beauliarnois project. - ed. This privilege was deified ban

'The committees condemnation is clear and unmistakeable "i" 11° “m5” m "F" i‘ "d 1°‘ as directed against named friends of the Liberal adminis- 953° 1°‘ 1 0°" °‘ 3'"°1- N" °‘"' tration granting the concessions. More emphatic is the com- “WWW” h" m“ P°Ym¢ “i W’ mittee's censure of the Sweezey contributions to the slush 1'5“ "i "9355 P" 09"» °"° "Yd funds for campaign purposes made with the manifest inten- MP- 1°’ immlied 91"“ i“ °“' tion of purchasing the “influence” of men high up in the "11"" “"-

Liberal party. These contributions have burdened the A‘ 1°’ mulml- l" 0" W" by m" Beauharnois enterprise with an unnecessary expenditure W“ “ilk”? "l" "WY P," 3° and the public will uphold thecommittee in its considera- “n” P" mmi- P“ m" i" hillm"! tion that “return should be made immediately of any “w” 5mm’ P1" 7° “m” P" w" moneys improperly taken from the Company’s funds for i" “ilk” m-"l- N°W“"-"'-“l'°" {liiali-tical subscriptions by those responsible for their extrac- 2;“; 313mg‘: vaéfksmvt: ‘i’;

With regard to the proof of the payment of $120,000 to golqfilfi: 31ml?" "m" “i "if"

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‘The Campaign Worms UP

B] lanes . Berton. MD.

PSYCHONEUBOSIS — BELIEV- ING YOU ARE SICK WHEN‘ YOU ARE NOT

,4; the political campaign pro- grease; the strength of the Con- servatives platform argument! be‘ come more and more apparent fiom every constituency comes in- creasingly optimistic reports. There is not a seat in any District today which can be accounted safe for a Lea Government candidate- not excepting the Premier's own dis- trict where the spectacle of "Lea and Wright in sorry plight" is be- coming an almost nightly occur- rence. In some constituencies there will undoubtedly be a. hot contest at the polls, but the situation, even in sections hitherto strongly Liberal, ‘is eminently satisfactory from the Conservative point of view.

W0 300d the 11D 5d l of a Chief Engineer with our .. cQl-lnhy 9381119911, all unde _ ‘ ' m" mend wad Problem, no ' " probable enemy No ning with little bag; o, mm We need the undivided n of conic! Superintendent o; ilwlotrylbd solvethnq , Problems of our rural M, " we hope the majority at 15m recommendations of the sion on Education be cam the earliest opportunity. ' I am. Bir, Wusr my

One of the hard problems for par- ents is just how to handle a neuro- tic or nervous member of the family who gets certain ideas into his head such as-not being well enough to work, or go to school, fear of being‘ sick if he does go to school, fear of ‘high places, closed o: open spaces, of animals, complaints of headache, in- digestion, hearing, eyesight and so forth.

‘The family physician and the par- ents know that there is really no organlc trouble, which of course is reassuring, but the fact remains that the individual has these feel- ings and fears, and it interferes with his happiness and health, and also with the happiness of the family.

Now a number of these cases in- herit a nervous tendency and this

The encouragement of trade within the Empire through a sys- tem of mutual perferences mutually advantageous was the policy laid down by Hon. R. B. Bennett in his appeal to the country in the 188i electl . Since that time the I.m- perial Conference met in Iondon and dispersed without reaching a- greement in trade affairs. The adi- jcurned meeting of the representa- tives of various portions of the Em- pire, which was to have met in Ottawa this summer, has been post- poned. As n, result it is to the Aus- tralian treaty, the terms of which

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n u‘? Fighting Unemployme

(Mail and mp1,.) The results of the Gov ..,_, efforts to deal with unempln‘ throughout Canada, ‘at-gm:

The electors evidently appreciate the straightforward platform as-

thelr platform of 1027-

have just been presented to Par- liament. that the world must tum to see what Premier-Bennett's policy

accounts for the psychoneurosis, as this condition is called.

John Aird, Junior, which he maintained he received for ser- vices he himself rendered the Beauharnois promoters, the

A road was built in Prince County from local pit gravel in 1020. The

exceptional economic OtilldlilOllg ‘ summarized in the Jung m“;

The Labor Gazette. Joint »... H, ures public works and unde

approved by the Minister o; up to June 10, under m, m,

ment Relief Act passed 1m A m“ amounted to 870,000,250, or h $15,555,040 was spent in Ontario ,, $10,084,850 in Quebec. The m, n“ W8! Byfltclfle Silent a. total 01m

unanimity of the committee's conclusion that “there is no evidence which would indicate that any of this money has reached any political organization or any person authorized to receive campaign funds” may now put an end to some of the stories that have been circulated in this relation.

The inability of the committee to understéand why the Beauharnois syndicate should pay so generou ly for assets consisting of a rejected concession finds special expression in the report and the recommendations in this and other

Very often it is due to emotional shock of some kind, which leaves this mental disturbance as a result.

Overwork, mental and physical, is another common caule. Poisoning from infection-teeth, tonsils, sin- uses, intestine — is responsible for very many cases.

Unfortunately, the surroundings

lurances of the Conservative can- didates and the urgent need of re- turning a government in line with theprogressive policies of the Fed- eral administration if the subsidy claims of the Province, neglected during the past four years, are tc

care with which the Liberals built this road differed very much from the care taken to build the now famous McIntyre highway at a cost of $27,000 a mile. There was a strong ‘Liberal pull against this road in favo: of shore gravel, and one wondered who it was, who was trying to turn it down. Nevertheless

looks like when reduced to specific terms.

Frantic Misatatements

Frantic misstatements are being made by Liberal candidates in crit- icism of the Bennett Government- statements which would be irrelev- ant to provincial election issues,

England suffered a terrible loss ln the Great War. Her greatest mis- fortune in modern times is not re- flected so much in the unelnioloy- mentor in the conditions" simul-

be pressed to a satisfactory fulfill- lnent. rower extended reports of the

even if true, but which, being pure fabrications concocted to mislead the people, deserve to be treated

sting pauperism, which is revealed in the dependence of millions on the dole, but in the sacrifice of the finest of her youth, the material of

of the home-anxious nervous fret- ful parents — encourage the contin- uance of symptoms from which the child might be cured, if he were left

Beauharnois administration,

of the enterprise.

respects will probably necessitate a reformation of the but these changes, it may be supposed, can be effected without prejudice to the evolution

it was pulled through and

one of the beet roads on the Island. This gravel sets like cement in its

1B 110W 312 came from the grads ..,,,_ fund.

The various provinces, 1111

vsasoa, while an additional mg

own natural soil, and will not soon wear away, if ever. The Government has never attempted to put out any more of this gravel, although it has been offered to them at 15 cents per ton. "Too expensive," they say,

meetings in King's county have been available for publication than in Prince and Queen's, but the Con- servative campaign was never in better shape than it is today in that

companies and Government

ments cooperating under the m, employment Relief Act, fumhh .. statistics showing that up to May: employment had been given ..

future greatness, in the Great Wat's slaughter. But at least her census, revealing resiliency in the population, carries an assurance of recovery. Her ship of state "still

The outstanding fact to be borne in mind is that just before Sweezey handed the $700,000 to the Liberal campaign fund, Rt. Hon. W. L. Mackenzie King went with Senator Haydon to Bermuda where he was in conference with Sen- ator McDougald who paid his hotel bill there with a Beau-

more often undc: the influence of school and playmates, and sensible teachers.

Sometimes something which oc- curred in early childhood may be

with contempt.

It is contended, for example, that the sales tax increased the price of school books. On the contrary

school books are exempt from sales

section of the Province and the meetings strongly react to the pre- vailing sentiment in favour of the Hon. J. D. Stewart and his party candidates.

Any doubts the electors may have entertained as to the respective

tax.

It is claimed the sales tax creased the price of tea, m m9 consumer. purchases tea knows that this state- ment ls absolutely incorrect, more

EVE?! householder who

has actually been a. decrease in the retail price of tea since the Ben- nett Government took power. '

That the Bennett Government in- creased the taxes on the people of this Province by "a round million diluam" T7118 i5 a pure fabrication concocted on the ridiculous theory that taxes are paid on a per capita basis. The fact is that in its income tax exemptions alone the Bennett Government has lessened the bur. W?" °T1 WXDRyers in this Province

strength of the two party leaders must have been dispelled by the "sorry failure of the widely advertis- ed Liberal “ralliesfl-the first held at Hunter River. the second at the

Capitol Theatre on Tuesday night. Bo discouraging was the first

meeting that the Liberal Organ pub- li-lhfid only a bare summary of the proceedings. The last must have 1m- Presscd itself on Mr. Leo's mind as one of the most humiliating ex- periences of his career.

under steadfast men." sails bravely on. The Englishman is still there. —Boston Transcript.

Representatives of seven great Powers are now in conference in London to try and find a, solution for the German financial crisis. On their deliberations much depends. In fact it is not too much to say that almost overwhelming disaster to Germany and the economic secu- rity of the world may result if this conference fails.

The situation in brief and ghorn of all political considerations is that Germany urgently needs o. loan of not less than $500,000,000. Falling the early receipt of that loan her whole economic structure is likely to topple. Revolution and anarchy would be the almost cer- tain result and repercusions throughout the world would shatter all hopes of early financial re-

stiil having its effect upon the indi- viduai.

harnois cheque.

On the other hand - " par-

ents when they know that there is. really no reason for this behavioal are apt to be unsympathetic and im-i patient which is not good treatment.

The ideal treatment is to be kind to the patient, but not sympathetic towards his behavior. He has to be‘ shown by the physician that although he has the fear, the anx- iety, the pain, there is really no underlying reason for it, nothing about his body to cause it, and that iie is just nursing the idea beoliuso it pleases him, or is the easiest thing to do.

Once any infection is cleared up, the patient should be given a good mixed diet, some outdoor exercise, mix with other people, and try to do what he should be doing in the world; not leaning on this condition for an excuse for not taking his full

The Public Forum

dloenaaionbyeuarulpondentl efqueltinnsollntuusk This

OFFERS TO PROVE CHAR/GE OF POLITICAL INTERFERENCE

The following communication to the Guardian speaks for itself: Borden, P. E. Island July 30th, 103i. Sim-I, notice in the Press that Hon. Horace Wright and Premier Lea claim there has been no inter- ference in connection with the en- forcement of the Prohibition Act.

the Island. In places are rounded hills filled with gravel called "Morainesfl y I It is strange how history repeats itself. We do not know the exact number of years that have elapsed ‘between the_moving of this great imass of gavel by the Continental l‘ Glacier and the, moving of the next great mass of gravel from New Brunswick, by the Lea-McIntyre- Clark Glacier, but we do know that it would have been to- the interest of our Province, if this ’ , of gravel moved to us by Old Mother Nature, without cost, had been used by our Government, instead of bor- rowing money, and going after more.. That it is the best of road material is not denied by either party. Why not have tried our own deposits of gravel, instead of trying

201,730 persons, amounting to gm‘

again "small and narrow.’ This gravel does not need to be crushed before using, to keep it on the road. It is tho only gravel that stays where it is-placed. It does not roll around the road for a year and then sink out of sight. It is 50 per cent gravel on the top and going down gets to 60, ‘l5 and 80 per cent‘gra-

228 man-days‘ work. These fig-mg ., not include the very lax-gs n of individuals engaged in in, m, duction and distribution of mtg». ials of all kinds which have hem necessarily involved in tbs m structlcn of the publoc work; ,. undertakings referred to. If ......,.

vel. The Liberals speak of

with the gravel.

“Red clay shalcs," as an pinning" for our Province.

"Foreign materiaW-eounds Bolshevik-mixed Mr. Fiche: onl.it- ted mentioning that we also had

sons engaged in work as 5 ... of the Government's elforb, total wouldofcourse be verym

recorded.

"under This

alone is a. splendid rosrl builder.

ment’

and when mixed in the 60, '15 or 00 per cent gravel, as our local pit gravel is, is unexcelled in road mak-

lng.

This is the gravel that

have been bought with “unemploy- money, wherever possible.

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should

were taken of these additional -

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larger than the 201,735 ofliciuiy

But we were told by the Liberals that Mr. Bennett would not buy iti We all know, the pmvinces drew

Now, I wish to ciro some cases that have come within my notice

the College Bridge deposits, which were later "turned down" as too

by thousands of dollars. Wbilliaimn-

That Cuba raised her potato du-

ll you want something no

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place in the community.

Old Age Pensions

Mr. MacKenzie King's inconsist- ilwy in the matter of old agg pen. eions legislotions was scathingly ex.

ties because the Bennett Govern- ment had raised the duty on w. Bar coming from Cuba. ‘This state. "lent. i100. is a pure

fabrication.

"Hot ice" is the product of‘ In amazing scientific experiment re- cently made by Prof. P. Bridgman. of_ Harvard University. With a machine that exerts a pressure of 600,000 pounds to the sqiare inch.

in my own work, and I will leave it to the people to Judge whether or not there has been political inter- ference. These offenses were com- mitted and proceeding stayed in the District which is represented by

rutty?" _ Bo also is the Liberal road policy too rutty. "Our local pit gravel has been utterly disregarded. Why? We all admit that when the Liberals started their gravelllng programme

up the programme for the spending of the "unemployment" money, and they were submitted to the Domin- ion Government for their approval. Mr. McIntyre took up ours, and on

l0 l0 fill! B0070. W5 an l"!!! liberal discounts on these for remainder of tllc week

o" lllflcial 15c cap in a beauty.

The sugar duties were not touohed 111 any shape or form by the Gov- eminent in September last. If there W115 any motive of retaliation on the Pa" 0f C1105. it was because

it was $5,000 for banked shore gra- vel. Bennett don't care what kind we use. We know of one particular pit of gravel, that laid idle this spring, while 10 or 12 day laborers in the vicinity also laid idle, while our comfortable Liberal farmers

posed in Parliament on Monday by Call and leg mom, Premier Bennett. It is well that the electors should recall Mr. King's attitude on this point. in view of the

bitter partisan criticism that is

the P:einler and Mr. Wright. Early in the summer of 1030 one of the most prominent bootleggers in Borden, who has spent consider- ablye time in Jail for previous of- fences, was raided and a bottle of

in 1028, no shore gravel was ready banked. An B. O. S. could have been sent out. The work could have been started, but it was not." The local pit gravel was just where it is today, and the owners were ask-

Prof. Bridgman makes "ice" that it is as hot as a cup of steaming cof- fee, and boils eggs by compressing them. In Prof. Bridgmanb machine hardened steel flows like putty.

FROM "NARCISSUS"

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Baby Pants

’Twas down in a. wood-they tell- In a running water thou sawest

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bolus levelled against the Bennett GOVQTYIIHBIR 0n this subject. Speak- ing of the policy of federal payment of old age pensions in 1929, Mr. King as reported in Hansard, page 316, on being asked if he thought this ‘too was a “vicious principle," re- plied: “I think it is, yes. I have come to the conclusion that it is a thoroughly vicious principle,"

This is the man who nozv criticis- es Premier Bennett for not paying

country was discriminated

against in the West Indies agree- ment negotiated by the Maokenzge Kins Government.

The H ash-Hush Organ

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Our local contemporary complain; that i" Wednesday's issue we quoted "a 10118 rambling article on Beau- harnois from the Tory Ottawa Jmlmfll" Well. on the previous day

m0 pa’ Gem of old age pensions m ‘We quoted the Toronto Globe, lead-

a time of world wide economic Itres-s, when every government in the ‘ World is finding it difficult to meet expenditures. As an evidence of good faith, Mr. Bennett has imple- mented his promise fifty percent by