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TllE lHlAllLllTTETllWll GUARDIAN

Morning Daily (Founded 1881)

nesldent Mouth-Col. W. Chester S. McLiire Vice rlesident .I. R. Burnett, l-‘JJ. Secretary LleuL-Cni. D. A. MacKinnoii, 0.8.0. Editor and llrlzinuging Director .I. R. Burnett, FJJ. Associate Editor Frank Walker SUBSCRIPTION RATES $5.00 per ye-.ir tin advance; delivered to City $1.00 per your tin advance) mailed tu P. EJiiIa-ntl 85.00 per year tin advance] muneu to Laiiiida and 0.8 Members Alltlll. Bureau of Circulation:

“The btronycst JICIIIUIIETI; ltealcer tliaii lue ltealrest lulu."

'l‘l'l.'.~2D.\Y, JULY 26, 1938.

Freer Trude Not So Simple

(ollapu- .11 1111- 111111-11 l\'i11g1lo111-.\11slrz1lia tr.111c 111-j41111.1111-11s >1111\\'-. >Il_\': 111c tilobc and .\l 1i, h. .1 1‘1-|11p',1x 1111* situation l1cc111ncs when cl’ 111s .11‘1- 111..1l1- to 1'1-.1cl1 out. lf lht-sc two lint- plrv c111111" -s_ uhch arc <-xt1'11111'1li11aril_v good c11>111111-.:» 11f 1..1'l1 111111-1‘ 1111 prinviplc, cannot find 11 \\,1) t-1 11111111-11- 1'1-l.11i1111~, what chancc for ulhcfs 1.1111' 11g cl111-1l_\' 11f lll<111c_\' profits?

.\11c1' .1 length) 111111 >v111111~ dlltllllll to inl- p1"11\1~ 11;1 l".,..v..1 ..-,1'1-1:11.-111~, iritain and .\u.~', “ 1\1- 11p, |1.1.1.,~l11-11 11 1111-111or1111du111 .l1c':11'1.; 11' "111111 inll-rc-l 111 cach tnhcr." 'l‘111-.\i11111'.11-1'11 111-11 1111.11 \1c\\'c1l 1111- lillllvll lying- 111-111 :1~ grow. 1'111c1- 1111' l11‘111<;i11g about 111111 111111111c11.1111"1 111' 11111-11111111111111 111111111711 pcacc: an '1',\\\"l1.1l <»'.1-11-.111'. 1111111- 1l<-t'1-11~c- of ,\u\1ralia'.~ 11-rr1111ri ;1111l ‘1.'.11l<-; 1111- grl-atcst 111111'kcl for cx» 1111rt< 111' \11-1.1"11li.111 ]11:|11.l1‘_\' prodtict-f’ lritain 111 1111.111. .1gr11-.1 111111 .\u~11".1l111 \\.'\> "a Sl>l€l' na- tion 1*:1»\1l_1 1111111-1 111 111-,- l\'1n,u1l11111 in 11111tt1-rs of l".1111_,111'1- 1l.1‘111-1-; a c1>1111l11v which, givcn ade- p1a11- p--;1-,11,-11€1111 1.1111 lull 1l1-v1-l11p1111-11t of its rc- .=11u1'cc-, 11-11 1111-111111- .'1 c111 at l‘11\\-'vr in cotltinue-d 11:1r111<»1'-l1-11 with 1111- liuilcd Kingdoul; 1111c of 111c- g1-1:111-<1 cu~t111ncrs in thc world for Utiitctl l\'i11c-1l11111 good-z the domicile of the largest i1111-11111 11f 1X11 ~1,l liiugdoiti capital invested in any s1 1- 11\c1',~111~, c111111t1‘_v 11nd a ficld for fut-

urt- 1' -. Kingdom i11vc~1n1cnt."

\\'ith ltats off, and bowing, they exchanged ivortls 11f 11111111111111111 and expressions of nnitual dcpctidvlicc which could hardly hayc bccn ex- ccllcd. but 11111re lihcrzil trallc policies were slmie- thing clsc. 'l'h1-rc ivcre circumstances impossiblc t0 Ovcrcotnc. The United Kingdom is obliged to safcguard and dcvz-lop her cl\\'ll zigrictlltilrc and maintain hcr 1111<iti11n as a gn-llt intcrnational tradcr 111-1-11111u n1.'11"l<1~1s 1111' lnanttfacturcs; so hcr Cflplltil)’ for 11111111111111 products is limitcd, These conditions wcrc ft't'llj,_".1i'/('ll 11v .-\11stralia, and 011 the otht-r 11-11111 Britain fclt that Australia was

jtlstifictl in promoting a sound. progressive dc- vcl11p111111t o1 scclnirlaijv i11<l11~1rics to comple- mcnl cx11.111-i1111 of prunary production. pointing

out, 1111111-1-1-11 that a s11l1~t.111ti11l iucrca~c in pop- 1111111 .11 sl11111l1l 11c 11111114111 111111111 as soon as possi- blc to cnsurt- pta-qrl ss. This is a long stcp front the policy fwrnlcrly’ proposcd: that thc llomin- lt-ns coniiitc tl11-111.1-lv<-s to prin1.'1r_v production

fill-l P-Wllllil-lv for |11'i1'1i11'~ niztntitavlttrcd goods. Rack of all is the dccl:1r:1ti1111 that it “was not only lll\“1‘1l'1l1l\‘. hut dt-sirablc, that both the Knit- -t:d l\'i:1g1l1»111 and .\11~t1'.'1lia sllwtllll from time 1Q

time t-ntcr into trade zlgrvcincnts with foreign ctnuitrics."

The r1-<11lt i: of more than pqscillg signifi- cance to (‘:111:111;1, for hcr agrl-cntcnt, uiadc at Ottawa, is iuvwlvwl. like ;\11:<tr:1li11's, in the pcnd- ing IlPQllllfllllllW of the Ynitcd Kingdom with the Ifnitr-l §1:1tcs. The principle has hccn laid down that, without rlcstiwrving the British pre- ft-rcncc, it is desirable to make concessions for the sake of frt-crcr tradc with other countries and in the ititcrt-sts of international amenities. For one thing. .-\n\tr:1li.'1 will lose to the Iinitcd Ftatt-s some of thc avlvantagcs held heretofore for hcr fruit industry, and 11v ivay of compensation will trv for a bcttcr Vnitcd States market in wool ind other commodities.

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Maximum Fatality Months

Throughout the summer vacation season the lvcrage daily toll of fatal accidents is well above that for thc whole twt-lvc months, and ac- cidental injurics account for more deaths in July than in any other month. This mortality is dcclarcd to he 1111pa1ling, and the figures justify the acljcctivc. ln the Utiitcrl Stntcs, no fcwcr than 3P4! pcrsons were killrd daily, on thc aver- age, in _l\1l_v, according to rccords covering the period 1134-11130. This l-xcccds the (laily aver- age for tlu- tl1r1-1- nlonths 11s a whole by no fcwcr than 11,". it cxct-t-lls thc August average by 78 And the .\la1'c11 avcragc by 133. August is the sccond 11111.1 datigcrous 1111111th while March boasts of thc ininilnum 1ivt-rage. Strangely 91111111411, July has thc 11111xi111iun, not only for a.- citlcnts gl-ncrzllly but for a considerable variety of fatal ini-haps, including death from poison (exclusive of poisonotis gas), from agricultural inrl rccrcationz1l imchincr)’, and from lightning, ind _luly 111111 August togl-tlu-r have the largest number of deaths from cutting or piercing in- ltrunietits. (tn tlu- other hand, motor vehicle fatalitics, while reaching :1 highcr average, are not as ntnnr-rous in July as in thc last five months of the year, and August lcads July in the num- ber of dcaths from clcctricity nthcr than light- ning. For thc two tnonths thc average mortality from this cause rczichcs about four per day, which comparcs with an annual average of two. or thcrcabotits. and with a wintcr avcrage of lcss than one per clay.

_______________. Munition Profits

The enormous profits which armament manu- factnrers are accused of making does not seem (c; gpplv to thc industry in the Vnilfll Klfllldflm t" i recent vcars. In the Rritish House 0f Commons rcccntlv the (‘ltancellor of the Ex- Qfigqvjfl explained that effective machinery had bu" s" m, p, nn-vent profiles-ring. He point- ed out that the firms accepting government o1’- deflgiflyffiifllflfifll in other lines of commercial wrnduetlon ll well, and that munitlon mariufac- mgm y" m», u g rule, their maipr acttvity-

40w" m m gcflml consideration of l\l.P., dealing with

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rm; CHARLOTTETOWN _ 911.111.111.11 NOTES BY TllE WAY

The Treasury Department in sending letters to 2,000 clothing manufacturers soliciting bids for suits to be distributed to people on relief definitely taboos two-trouser

independent iron and steel companies,” show- ed that the dividends paid for 1937 were 7.8 per cent _and 6.4 per cent for i936. The aver- age profit for the ten years i927 to 1937 was not more than 4 per cent, and the average divid- end paid 3.29 per cent. That, certainly, does not, seem to be excessive. The financial editor 0t

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‘lhll column In opal for tho dlnuulon by correspondent: ol ' quuutlnuu u! interest. The Chur- i lothtowu fluurrlliin doeii not la- 1 OIIIIIIII oudonu the ' o! | correspondents. I

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the London Daily Express descfibgd the ex_ suits. It. doesnt want any: it won't. THEN AND NOW

~ f h b - have them. Ancl the puzzle solves ‘i

Psflsncsjo 51K “slumps over a term of down east are racking their bralns A mr-rm mom ssmyron Beneath IIGT window 1n the h. yea“ lhe Seasons of acnvity are followed by in an effort to figure out why. — HUGHES I haltlflhrliztétnkitgg: t y ha"

- ' . ' H ~ ~ - DC It F!‘ P‘ . i 51117111351 l“ “Inch ma)’ lmd the" “'0Tl<5 lkllk‘. e m] Be less s1r.—-slnoe 00mins home in the

_____ own their profits gone, their shares at rilbbish prices We don't know about that . w! mrt of July. 1 have been Sl“°°d§ l°°§°§ h?!’ W t" h" - - 1 l; 50m B-mbv - B . and very often theyare faced with the neces; ‘Qjgesfsasglfgllulmi Sig“ bzdggglfietxa‘ r309 Chaafgfwwwf, IIQQISQSPILIIISTEQII Or catch, per-chance, her slender s11) of ivritlng off millions of ivorthlcss capital. me toeless summer sandals Toes I find letters in the Patriot of [Um 531mm’ mm‘? W‘ the nod ~» . . , - ',J m 29m, n e casemen; - Sir Isidore galmon, .\I.P., chairman 0f the even the toes of lovely ladies. dg: filtélhpgge 02,5?) sirblgen enamed- 111m; my”

even when the nails are painted red, are not, to our mind, the most beautiful things in the world. But 1t interests us to find that l

Sweep lazily across the unlit pane; And to and fro. beneath the shad-

owy eaves, Like restless birds, the breath of

British Iistimates Committee, said more moucy could be lllildt! out of ordinary business 1111-111

“Lexi extoll ng the administration : of the F. C. A. Act. .11 this Province. and finding great fault with me

munitions manufacture and showed how the for exposin and denouncing 1t 1n

I we've been ahead of the styles all pa n g “L -1 ab‘) h rd comm; m!“

goyerntncnt had to “go round and appeal to thc these years without knowing it. ‘to rmzxlafnttkaelldfibenfix Dgrtyfs as“ a creeps lflgc-ladenl up m, “page patriotism of manufacturers t0 undertake the 01113’ “'6 V9 bee“ thlmkflll m!" 0U!‘

h 1 , ‘bl , t th 1 sch street. w 0e responsl e bu a eme when an is “m. u H the very

rees Were listenmg for the coming of her fee

shoes were not. toeless, so that. our toeless socks didn't expose our pmkies to the public gaze. -—-New

1111111ufact11rc of armaments, even though it

is too thin to be accepted by tany . . _ _ I‘ moans giving up a part of their normal bust-

person of intelligence. 1t is ue that, Senator slnclalr seems to be

_.1- _ , ~ _- _ , Work World-Telegram. d t 11 g- m - - d

ll(‘,\>, .\lor<o\er, according to cstitnatcs madt ____ v ‘éeéafegda aflvsmmges andwppm‘ a“ Th“ wme no more, y”, 19st I 11v the sccrctzlry of the Gcticral ITQIICFIHIOH of An 393-13] signpost o; 5m. the administrators do, but Mr. Weep. the breeze

liradc Unions, 80 per cent of the mm} C-xpmuh. plre lhasi been provided by Im- 21ml“? Bndthl-{Fl ffleggfileaniigzgi Sm!“ gfiimseéfigptle“ “m5 M “m”

, , v~ - e" K ' ves are n0 l8 0 ‘ .

turc of armatncnts 1s rcttlrticd to labour 1n th: £11,586 ,,“1,“‘§p,1§a, zggdgml/Xénélr‘; puny Until my heart grows far too glad shapc of wages. Thcsc factstnayhc rcuardcd as signpost. the arms of which in- M“ "LBX" "Us l“ 11ml‘ Senam" 101' ‘em’

Sinclair made an "fldmililble 8d-

di t th ' ' ‘ icae e direction. and distance dress" in Pmhament i“ ‘Gym o‘

_ _ -—John McCrae. 1n nnlcs. oi the various long-dls- -

a sufficicnt answer to British arniantcnt firms’

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critics, {an e 3-,- t ‘p i the admlnistratcn of the Act. But outcof kurrgiiniidggrllfiii 121E211: M“ 51MB" <1“ 111°" "l"? m‘- He to be 1111111. but. 1m authority ls ample, shows that 1t. ls 4.915 miles g‘d§"~°*°§,,§§§n"i,,§,,,lg§§§;1“§§,PYml§§-‘ulmptltspov; due-Kills. 50' lifl :5 - - t L 11.11:] 11v ~- - _ .~ ‘appy otosewoavemgra- I Edllonal NON” I ii) isogllgd‘ l§'s1’§,dg‘§§,,§Z_ ‘Illfi chants °f P- E- Islalld- “hlch m‘. ed from this Island since Comed-

lm" w“ read bl 59mm" Dzmdm‘ eratlon, who in numbers are gen-

.______ 7.747 milcs to Australia; while yet . t P rhmnenc

- _ _ , ._-~ - 1111:1111 - .h x tl t 1t 1 ,07 and hm“ h‘? Si‘ m i‘ - t crally accepted as having been Loulshoulg silrrclltlclcd to thc l111t1sl1 1111- mp0s 91,0 §A?(l‘\,qand,.1,:’ an‘? 269760 gégrélslu-Zrslafgflcoouqltréh“n about‘ 63,000. ‘Ibis figure of course date, 1758, miles to Durban (South Africafl- would have been D mfsgm-iun. i‘; mcluf-ES 111059 0f B“ 51895171"! m"

lfants to old people. but. those who should know regard 18 as a fair guess as to the average age of the \ families who in past years have crossed the straits to the main- llmd. Multiply, then, 63,000 by $5700 and we have the stupendous figure of $359,100,000. If such u sum is anywhere nearly correct, the question may well be asked, “Where dld the money come from?" In any event, whatever the 1 correct figure may be, the drain upcn the wealth of this Island has been appalling, while the effect of the drain ls evident today ln all walks of llfe and artlcularly in our two basic lndus riea of farm- lng and fishing. upon whose an- nual income and earning ca ac- lty every inhabitant of the Is and ls directly and indirectly depend- ent for a living.

The flow of emigration has al- most dried up of lat/e years, owing to the depression elsewhere which has left few openings for our young people. With what result, however? Rapidly increasing un- employment on the Island, already a serious menace to our financial and social status.

Is anything of a really correct- lve nature being done? Are any plans for the future being made? Can anyone answer these two questions?

Let us now turn to your other editorial on the progress of New- foundland under the British Gov- ernment Commission. Here again you quoted, this time from the Financial Post, whose writer, Mr. Norman A. White, in telling of the lans of the "hard-headed bus- ness Commission". speaks of its prime objective as being "an tn- crease lri the wealth of the Island through expansion of existing in- dustries and the establishment of new ones, the task involving an examination of all resources to sea if 1t ls not possible to raise u greater variety of products."

Had Mr. White been visiting this Island, instead of our big sister further down the Gulf, he could

s. ,1. a. ,1. Imperial Airways Bulletin,

The President's mother says shc 1111s never heard her distin- guishcrl son even mention the possibility of 111s seeking a third tcrm in the White House. Never- theless. n lot of people have been , mentlonmsz 1t and some persons would not be greatly surprlsedl were FDR to throw his hat into ' the r1111: once more, After all he would ltavc nothing to 1059 and much to gain by such a move, for no man 1111s ever held the Chief Executive's office for more than two terms. Tradition is all against 1t. -Wlndsor Star.

these outrzgesus pixzcecd ngs _had

been BIIOWCQ to g.) unc;n.1'ad1c.ed.

I 100k the ca.lie.~t pos=lblcv oppor- ,tun'it_v to challenge the acculacy. and expose the 1111.c11nall1t_v of that mendaeous documenr. and Sena- tor Dandurand ezxphalned how he came to make such a mistake. I would be pzlac! indeed lf the whole

"pie of P. E. Island could pass liidgment upon my ccnduot 1n tlns regard.

Senator Sinclair must l1ave_ had some reasons for the ex raordaiary course he followed in 1.111s affair. and perhaps Mr. "Lcx" can tell us what these reasons were. It seems to me m be very significant that “ ir Play" “Lexi and others who

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Blontrcal Gazettc reports a rcdnction of -5 pcr ccnl in tourist traffic this scas1111~du1g n11 doubt, to thc inclcntcncy- of thc wcathcr plus. the lf.S..-\. recession and Xcw Dcal.

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Australia has rencwcd the Ottawa agrccmcnt with the Xlothcr Country for anothcr six 1111111111.". and laid down a scrics of [iriuciplcs for thc furth- cr (lcvcloptncnt of trade hctwccn the Ifnitcd Kingdom and the Dominion.

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write to the pres supporting the administration of the Act 1n_ this Province withhold U101‘ real names. Honest, courageous men who es- DOuse just causes are never afraid 0r ashamed to fight in the n. Mr. H. J. Gordon ment oned above ls the Dlrectzr of the F. C. A. Act at Ottawa, and he told us 1n the Banking and Commerce Com- rnittce that part of his duties was to check the expenditure accounts that came in from the administra- tors of the Act in the several prov- inces. He also 101d us. m answer to my en ulry. that some Lmes he found t: necessary to reduce these accounts because they were large; while at other times, and 1n other instances, he found 1t neces- sary to increase the amounts of these accounts because the were too small. In other words. t e ad- ministrators of the Act were so stupid that some of them dvid not know how to make out their own expense accounts. That. some of them would cheat the government, and others of them would cheat. themselves. if Mr. Gordon would let them. It was surely very fortunate that we had a man of Mr. Gordon: integrity and ability at. the head o! the business. If. for instance. ne increased the accounts he got. from Nova Scotla they must have been small before he checked them, and if he reduced the accounts that. came from P. E, Island they must

Thcrc is a dispute bctwccn Acadia [lnivcrsity and the people of \\'olfvillc ovcr thc (lisappcar- ance of the obscrvatory-‘s rain guage. The staff declare some vandals stole it, whcrcas the towns- people say it was washed away by theilong con-

tinued hcavy rain we have hccn having. =01 =01 n1 >11

Those who at times feel that the small town has but few ad- vantages and think their content- ment and their prospects of success would be greater in the larger towns and cities, have had anoth- er thought in a recent deliverance by Roger Babson, well known economist, who in urging college graduates not to expect too much at once, suggested that they get a job 1n a small town and put their savings into a. small farm, He urged that their real hope in these keenly competitive times, and with so much unemployment everywhere. lay in getting a small business of their own. —Amherst. News.

Nova Scotia apple growers cxpcct this year's crop to be the equal of last year, Xmvllr11ns\vicl< and Prince Fdward Island apple growl-rs havc not yet reported to Ottawa. hut it was statctl that a light infection of scab and brown rot had rc- ducccl the crops of both chcrrics and plutns,

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After four months daily publication at the rate of two columns per day, we have concludctl the list 0f “(lcscrving Democrats" who ilarticipatctl in the Campbell Governmcnfs patronage during the past year. If a11_vone's n111nc has becn n11- intcntionallv omitted, which is quite possible where some 800,000 cntrics arc conccrncd, if thcy

would let us know we will rectify the omission. v =11 n1 n1

Iildmonton Public School Board will have the support of all Ed- monton taxpayers 1n its fight. with thc Provincial Government over the amount of interest to be paid on each others bonds, The govern- mcnts attitude is hard to defend. It holds Edmonton School Board debentures but refuses to exchange them for Alberta bonds the board holds. It insists on collecting full interest on the Edmonton bonds. but refuses to pay full interest on its bonds, in spite of the fact that. sections of the interest-reduction legislation have been declared in- valid by the courts. —Edm0nt,0n

It is reported that the Hon. Charles A_ Dun- ning a frvv months before his collapse let it be known in certain circles that hc might rctirc from active political lifc at the end of the tcrnrof the

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present parliament. As 1t 1s anticipated Prune u l —————— he applied the pruning knife t0 all; 0:56lnligeriiailivemgleiediilf-hlelyiiii?

Minister Mackenzie King, who has hccn in poor among ‘mam,’ “églllaléggygtopgstgg: mgr“: Gordon appears to be 515mm“, gleedtlgge fgztrlfiglglg atgnwglcgverrl-gygigg OH '

sided man. Sometimes he guard protecting the public treas- ury from the raiders. At. 0th

health during the past two years, will similarly retire, the Liberal party may be due for a severe shaking up before an appeal is made to the coun-

try.

a handful of brightly colored con- fetti among the young primrose plants. 1n the early spring when the birds are nesting they are on the lookout for any bright-colored material for the adornment of their homes. The young primrose shoots attract their attention‘, and it is a common experience to find that. In a bed of prlmroses all the young shoots and buds have been

rich or p001". young or old. mule or female, who has the interest of the Island at heart.

Moreover; the cull ls just as 1n- slstant whether regarded from selfish or unselfish points of view. Those seeking larger incomes can hope for some only from an m- creased circulation of money which in turn can come from no other source than greater- humm

er times he ls on guard protecting the innocent creatures who would work for the government for too lltt.le, and mam. at other tunes, he pre- pares a document attacking the characters of his neighbors, the merchants of P. E. Island.

"Mr. Lex" tells us that the fann- ers of mls province in their con-

u The Governor of Bermuda asked the legisla- ture to make an exception for his car in the pro- hibition of autos in the Island. The House of

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Asscmhl unanimously refused, hinting that it plucked m" Many new“ 97mm“ ventlons have approved of this law. ""1"" ~ l" m" "-56 in Ilrmin: would myerclv be the thin end of the wedgt It iiiitgedglaiiitli tflimgicaitkfgiiagtintflcifti. It‘ is “we m“ me funnels m on‘ and “hing; while upon mo“

. . , of thl co ventlon pproved of ‘"10" Twirl-S Bo out. bu the “n- will be recalled "the tlnn end of the wedge’ here The blrds gather m“ “p “vldly- “s the girl-Hr nroperlysuziimlnlstered." Employed. Whose acute suffering

, it saves them the ll l was provided by Mr. \-‘\-'. A. Stewart and the lafc troubles of plcklng thoimialiiriiflsartsb flflfitlfijgiflomfwfif“ $12,116}! ‘libi-lelflihilgilllltyn iige"h'§l.°'v; righn‘ Mr. \V. K, Rogers who introduced the first auto Dlecfls- -1»0I1d0n Telekrflph resolution w,“ passed before me further set, “his

farmers knew anything about the outrageous expenditures, I doubt if any convention of farmers would a resolution today commending