i roux ___ tne Uliarlottetoiiin Guardian

PyQ-nllltlll |.IruI.-(‘ul. W. jllieller U. IrLurl \iie-l’ri'~lili*lll .1. If. uiu-m-it. l‘. J- I- Ktliuir .‘I|I<I not at»; lllrcclllr .l. ls. Burnett, I l. I ~q-tl'il.kf) Linn (oi l) A. sliu-hlnnuu D. . . snob...“- futon-s. trunk Walker and D. K. Currla

Hornitig Dull) tfitulllled 1587) “m, W, V," H“ ipllulllrl deiiu-rril to (‘fly 5i i... w, y“: -||i “diam-in nimleil to I’. B. Inland $201- |I|I ytuv tut atrium-e; lllllllfd to (‘iiniadu and l5. I.

qt-gcsuav. DECEMBER 28. 19s": lriitliitg Trade Pdcls llivnt-tl 51.11p-

ktiovvn the l'-t

p ~ . ‘ -- - _ an" t, M . f : i . :t.;.l.<- kﬂnaitia in 011l-

. t. [ll ' i itgfftdflllvili.

v,-

= 1 t w." tit~l ~i~p an -.:cli

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_ "' l . tl ~ an t - rt t. o "attic t‘ 1 into pro- -"l t} lti he re- ‘ 1 i \. " .1 em »v:.l oi - irt-tr ac- " > - ' ~ .lllll‘.llt‘l’, t it u, ‘i‘t' "ﬁction i .0 ~ , t "r. hut t I - " i- l‘1‘ll‘.'t\'t'll oi tr 1 . - c ‘Vi. ' "i- ;t r Cent. 111'" - - c ' ' i " - l Wt - ".-e a period

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1'» t’ t tt- .\" "er i< ra‘.

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1' t ~~ - t" = w ‘p ztnv country

i~ t '. o. q" l. l \1 I'I'i‘~t‘l‘il. sticjh

p " . ~ t» " "- ":1". alone. l - . K h» ' ' z tltt- coining

o» A i t l t... iticiutlt-

\‘..¢~ done 1Jl~l TtL'!‘t'tllI1'lll~'. if ‘at lizitzut-t ltll'l 1i long :t_‘>'

Rowcll Qoitiniission Hearings t o

lu-iiviiue lllili\l‘~ a pica for ~itt>t' in lilvwdlllllg thi-ir

toxtitiu-situii. The

'11- po-iiiott that it

17w \' ﬁlf‘ -i""

cluiiu- !~ ,1 ‘t l-I (‘iWltl-H“ i_

‘l .\' t.

‘.i.\' <

was w’? --~. - -"t.u- the r- fritiotis lit-tween the l‘~:it":." "t pro zni- and i- inter- tW-E 1:, tit". -" it " ~ on il..~.t n11". iiirow" light on ﬂat-t’ l't'l.tilltl|§. ~>tiiu Strut» it l'l‘:_'lll"l> the mum. ‘i.tl‘illt~ .»- :41: i." "wn of the provinces 31ml ;t> stiyh n17 Vt-"t ‘t It" t'tit1"‘t'il (if thc tiriivltb em] Qtqpflltﬂylll ' "lit provincial govt-rntiieiit

1ll'ill"l. the (‘ttltlllll~~lltll will

Sllli they nizij." lit‘ 1i any province rein-es its

glntilv luzir them. I\(’l'Il|l~-,li'lI. thi- llltllllClltltllllr< iii that provitict: run-t pre-t-in iliiii" lirit-f- tlirouglt tlu- province.

5o far. says thi- Yauuituwz" paper. thc P8P fullo g"ort-t"iiitteiit lllt> l>('t'll iiwliiit-r] In deiiv per- niisqon [t1 Ygtitgiiitvvr iir tti any ﬂltllllclliitlit)‘ N) ]-i‘t"<t"iif a Ffdylitfilll‘ lll'll.‘l to the commission. livrritliiiig. it is sziiil. ittust go thrttltflh I118 ft")- viiict-‘s Ct|llll>t‘l. 1n this rc-pt-ct. the positron a-uiiiit-tl h_v the govt-ﬁtment at Yictoria is dia- ntpfricgllv Uppo-"erl to that taken hv the Matu- Iltltn ziitil Silbkllfldlfﬂﬂlll govcrnittents. in both tlie-t- pi-tii-iiive-s the municipalities were acctlrded il.i~ grratcsi freedom and presented their own lirzTt-fs to thc ctmiiiiissioit through their ownurep- l'r'-t'llIIlft\'t.‘5.‘ At Wiitiiittvtz- the City_of “inm- pvg and .~(‘\'H'H.l municipalities stibmrtted briefs critical of Provincial Government policy and r10

'1 "kzlllw prepared to‘

, Brit

and constantly increase its fighting power. And we ought to stay on friendly terms with Great Britain. We've all heard the ‘Ettgland expects every American to do his duty‘ cracks of our domestic hritisli-haitcrs; and w e all know" ling-

land's pflllltlgllll(li‘l> are zuuoiig the tuilcst [tropa- _

guiidists in the ivorltl. Xcvtrtlicltws. it is iuatlte- itiatical that tht- bc-t thing we can do, facing possible war. i.- to remain irit-iitls with Britain. Suppose war comes to both <lllI'.~(’l\('$ and litig- land. 1i we are on the 5.11111‘ ~i<le as liillgllltltl. we shall iall into a ltffllllf’ calaniitv—-a vic- tttriotis war. lt w:ll in all probability he :t y vfctoriou> wzir for ll>, hetuttise out" tiavv \\'l1l he

‘ 4~:iiI‘(I with. 131v worltlY- llltl>l tiowt-ritil navy. an-l

ours i" no slouch. 1i we zirt- against linglattrl. or ii liiigluti .-t;r_\'.- on the .~l(lt‘llll(‘.~, the calam- :t_v i.- li‘"el_v to he a iar more terrilile one: uninc-

l_\'. a losing w ar. l-Ivervhotly nt:t_v lat-c in a mot]- erit war. a; tiaciiists are ionvl of sttyiitg, luii t'"_\ to Cttll\l!i\.'f' iit-riuativ. .\u 'i"i."i and Bulgaria 131a! 1f: "tutti. Frzinct- aiiil > . a ltl~l the war. " 1f vve cant re-z-t the (jorgon Ill]: time. at least krt-i» our victory lll>lll" tire |t"llt'l(‘> paid tu-and nuzv do -o. at the r t.‘ oi losing pt-r- li-i"~i'ttllf \L'l'_\ ext-truce as an uulepentleut tia-

“C C111!

_i ~ tril-ute ‘ti this erst- ~\ t -li--.. . .-',\ Lsliillrl out \"~'i' t 'll1llL‘1ll \\l'.ll ljflllxlll.

I Editorial Notes 1

lntffl Xliicaula} iltt-il il.i- little". ISF‘). Yb‘ * *

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1 lift" ltorm vzitiglit tllltt a few tl‘.'."l.~l.~ 11.1 t~

l v 1 l

y pzitg. i i X

l illht" kfltri-tiiias spirit wfpttl otr. tin" l‘z.ii:i_v

znci-ient. ‘ "

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it i- rtuiiortvl i (‘stmplitll (iovt-rituit-iit

:"..is been tviitxrrttitg $_*_;<.t,00r) of their Sinking "V1 bond- lllll the local liond hou-t.» have no

‘ - ("m1 knuwlcilgt- of flit" deal.

F 1K K iF * The citv man inn-t Ttllltllllgjl‘ strv- .\lr.

1i~~ '_\' A. \\ztll.ice. IN i'i-t."tr_v 0i .\§_'l‘lCl‘.ll‘ill‘v'. \\':t zingtrtit. that {air pricr- ior izirni product- are one of the lie-t guurztntetx- of citntuttiiiig cit) pro-peril)".

v a- x x The l>r<\lf‘.~" of tit: lmlltlftll 'l‘iint"s and tithe!‘ French and variou< ltllltfl‘ foreign ll(‘\\>' tiastoral letter of Count

ilapc-r- containing the

. Conrurl von Prt-yy-iitg. Roman Catholic lli-liopoi

Berlin. on the sittiation of the Church in (Ft-r- riiaitv, were confi-czitt-d ll_\' the State Ferret Po- l§ct* to prevent the iitiornititiiiii coming to the itotivc oi the griitrztl ptililit". The)" know" how tu "padlock" in Herman)", a- xvi-ll as in .\lt-ittrt::il. >i= w: x

\\ll1fl ahotit ptrll~liiti~ {or the ltlintl? lii New Bruit-wick. Dr. l\‘. .\. lltight-s and Di". R. T. llayt-s of Saint lolui. and llr. \\‘. .\. lltillen of .\1lIllClftfl. have llLTll appointed hvv lllt‘ Doniittitiii rlircrtor of ntidlczil service- 11> ticuli-ts iuithoriz- “ed to make t-xaiiiiuzititins oi applicant.- for blind [t(‘ﬂ~ltlll.~ which will he paiil for the ilfrl time at

the cud of thc l'tl't'~(‘lll itioiitlt _\l".ltougli. due to

1;. " of time. only a irw" of the ltlllilWtXlﬂlillt‘ 400 app . ins “lllillt paid in l)('t'(‘lllll('l'. .\'e\v llrtiii-vvirk" will hecoitit: the iir-"i province in the lloittiitioii ever to 2l>~l~l it- hhiitl ciiizcn- in this itizuiitt-r. .\lll(‘ blind pt-n-ioits have ht-vn granted so far.

it 1k it if

“Can an accii-crl decline the _llll'l>'ll("lll’ll'l of a court?" 3>l\(‘(l Paul .\loriti. .2". no udtlrcs» charged with burglary. from thc pristiiivri- dock when his case was called hr-fort- (hicf judge tlit-tave Perratilt in Montreal (jourt Ses- >liil'l.\.

“\'t~<." replied judge Perrault.

“In. well I decline the jiiri-diction this court.” said the accused

"What is the matter. ltave I sentt-ncetl you ltciorv?" asked judge Perrault

“Phat doesift itizttter." replied Kloriii. “I have >ome pcrsitnal reason.- which I w tint to tell you iii private. If these fﬁitstms are no good. well then l don't care who the judge is at lll_\' trial."

.\loriii's case was ptit ovi-r to next wet-k hut judge Perraiilt did not say \\ll('lll(‘l' he ivoultl ac-

cord thc accused a "private" audience. if ill i 1k

of

Here i,- a warning to stock cxtthrtugc gnmh- lers who di-al in futures: >'a>k.'ttt"l|e\\":iii :\|i|)l'2ll

“nmnpi “u; made to restrain them or to censor tltt-ir liric " ln Stiskatchewn, the urban muni- ("ipnlities joinul in a brief to which the mayms m’ the tlirt-c- pflllClltlil cities spoke and the rllfﬂl ttitiiiiciprtlitics presentt-tl their ovvn case.

Burea iicralic Encroachments

Court tiphcld the ruling" of a King's lit-itch judge that trading in futures on tlu: grain exchange without intention of eventually taking ilclivery was illegal undt-r the Criminal Code. According t0 the lower court ilecisioti. thc Vriidt-iitizil 15x- change Company. which atlvaiicetl Illﬁlll‘_\' to Sherman lidivartls. was tiii."ilili- to recover

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aﬁb; UHAKLIIFIETUWN GUARDIAN

‘iiorrs BY TIIE viiiv 1

_' On November 20, 1870, i! was}

Just four months since Manitoba had been created a province o! the Dominion of Canada, but. the baby had grown lusty rapidly. On tlus - date polling began for the first assembly of the province, and we are told by the historians: ‘There vras much rioting in the streets of

Fort Garry?‘ Politics was a serirus t 881119 1n Atenitoba in those early l

days-(Nhawa Times,

Talk of a Japanese assumed consxierable (proportions m Great Br. .n. but there is still no evident» that the Briush G-QV- ernmcnt L". prepared officially to p.201»: it. The experience with sanc- tions ui the case of. Italy is not yet f "gotten. The Brush, however. have more to grin in the case of Japan. for the British textile tn- elustry-still an important factor in British eccnortxy-Jvould have an opportunity to regain not, only im- portant markets wllhln the Elmplre. but other markets in the $,uth seas more or lex monc-pofized by the Japanese in the last five ye. rs. l Europe :5 inclined to expect some ‘cud of setnentent of the Spanish .-i:t' tion SCOII. with Musszlinl

‘ ltoldiug out for the best _ vargain from Britain. Bklbllies Week ‘us A.)

boycott has

Perhaps our sympathies are with China Perhaps Cluna has every reason to expect assistance from ozztude. bu: not even hard-pressed China would expect Canada to come to her assistance single- handed. This country has always ntade clear that we are ready to

‘stand b_v our obligation; assumerk

under the League of Naiiotts. or

"any other treaty". Should the day

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second in the lives of the people

r-tzitte when collective action against Japan is contemplated. then wet may have to consider shtittiitg off 'he exports. But should this day ever come and should we refuse- to sell to Japan. it will not rep-i resent an individual act on the part of the Dominion. It will be all ' Part of a collective effort and for t which other countries must assume their part of the responsibility. - Windsor Star. .

If is on record that "a London, doctor. in an address to the British Association for the Advancement of Science. has put forward a more ambitious project for producing cheese direct from grass vrinhout. the aid of the usual bovine inter- redlaries." Now we should hear o1 bee-less honey and lten-lem eggs -Exchange.

National. security. should come first. and social security a close

of this country. Real statesmen recognize this. but, procrastinate for political party purposes. Our lack of population is a stern in- dictment of bad statesmanslilp. Emzgration is going the other way. and our younger people can secure employment. more easily in older countries. Lack of confidence in this province has ‘added to the problems of Canada as a whcle. ‘There is no reason why a good part. of our heavy sales tax could not be earmarked for" social security by increased old age pensions and siokitess bettefits.-—Pinclier Creek Echo. ,

Long ago. before they had the mlSfOTlUlle w make man's acquain- Lance. all elephants tit seems prob- ably! lay down to sleep. and felt. all the better for it in the morning. Now they sleep, ftnfiilly, on their feet. as seif-consciotis as celebrities at a first. night. longing no dose down in the good old way but deterred from doing so by the fear that the ubiquitous camera will cat/ch them at it. Poor beasts. They are not the first to find that. a. hnzh reputation can be a heavy burden. Still, there is a certain massive nobility in the way hliby keep that mputzﬁn up; and lf anybody casts a slur on it we can be quite sure that. the elephants will not take it lying down-Lon- don Time-s.

Both nations want. peiwe. The wltole world knows 1t is not France

, those

ot" Britain that is making war in China and Spain, or made it. in Abysslnta. some people ask “Wlll Britain detert France and run out

PUBLIC FORUM

iln odunn lo w‘ h: lhr “nude; by oornlpildolh of quoﬂon II “rut. ‘the Charlottetown Gurdhl doc not oonuonrll! undone lho cﬂllvm cl obnwpollnuh

THE cANfltL-‘rx DOLLAR 1-...

Sir,—ln the proceeding King Government reign the Caiiadbn dollar dropped to a dsoourit of [L1 much as 18c, our dollar worth Ble- ln United States. It, took the Beu- rictt, Government their whole term to restore it to par. Now we find,

ldespite our excess BXpOYla over im- lports. our dollar is again at a dis- I

lmoney. As of old, coming

its relation t-o American events

count 111

cast Lheu" shadows before. I am, Sir, etc., FINANCIER

NOT DEPRESSED-OH, NO!

$ll',—IL ismoit" 2B year.- stuee I left. P. E. Island; at that date 190:; selling along in the tree and easy mariner was out of the question fo. me in P. E. Island but keeping ones head above water was mild i.. those days in comparison to the last seven years in Saskatchewan. Over one half of Saskaiclaeivarfs population now depends on govern- ment support to keep thcm alive. The Mongo tans and Central Euru- I peaii settlers grow" sleek and fat on rations: it "s possible Lha1| they fare off as well or even better. t than they did in tluir otin native laud, but other people who are forced to take relief are growing thtzunet" and weaker. losing all ani- bitioti, many giizng up, 1n despair. No‘ a feiv are retumitig to Eastern Canada after being disappointedl w :h continual crop failure: the greater number are standing by taking the hand-out, believing that Saskatchewan will next year have a bumper crop and that dame fort- une will again smile upon lllPtIYLl Le". us pray that their hopes ntavl be realized, but it is one h: of; a fife. j

some years ago I was in good, firanrial circumstances. but I have‘ practically lost everything. Country is so dry that most of the land has blown away, bu ldmgs blown dnwnp no ci"op to pay taxes or repairi buildings. But it does not seem to! have any depressing effecc upon me. ‘ I still have a roof over my headl and plenty to eat and drink. Pride!‘ has forsaken me. meekness andt Jobs patience now predominated When I leave Saskatchewan for a1 better land I hope my ticket. will,‘ be to the Happy Hunting Grounds". It

I am. Sir. etc, FRED C. MONAGIIAN Rtiymore. Sask.

REGIONAL RELATIONS

Sui-With regard to the regional!

quest ons now before the public, it. ,

ls certainly iivithin the province of chc farmer oi" "cross-roads" business mars. as well as the politician oi" professional adviser, m say what.

considerations appear to him to be =

of the first importance in establish- ini; harmonious future reg onal re- lauons.

A‘. least the Rowell Commission j

should enquire diligently into the folowing questions:-

l, Does any region mtercilse gicrzal imperialism?

2 If so, does the cause reside in t,he content of the Constitution, or in a violation of that document?

3. By what specific means did lt achieve imperlallsnt? Was it owing co P high protective tariff. an al- liance with foreign imperlttlistic agencies. a gold sta-Ittlard, a treas- ury policy favorable to special in- terests, to any or all of these?

4. How can an equitable balance be secured so that our political in- st-itutions will funct 0n for the wel- fare of all our people”

It the Commission approaches its enquiry with the preconceived idea that regionalism is an evil, its con- clusions will be unfair and its rc- conxmend-ations vv ll aim more at a temporary soothing of the regional unrest than at a sincere attempt to remove effectively its cause. It must be remembered that regional- ism is not anti-itational; that. the vicious element ls regional imper- iallsm.

From the evidence su tar DN- sented it can hardly be denied that the latter exists. Ittdced. it would be surprising if it did not: since it; is the natural development of present day economic theories to find expression fully in industrial

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Cll‘&S§% and the underclothlngs that you no longer um yourself. — Vancouver Sun.

[THE ljAr-IHUSIIUPE ENABLIZS .PHYSI('IAN '10 SEE INSIDE OF STOMACII

In my student days the three ylillllﬁlpﬂl dtscmes cf the stomach ‘ “Tile tthe stomach- gastriiis, vb) ulcer [of the stomach. and ict cancer of 'the stomach. By test meals. re- ntoring prirl of the contents of the lstctitach at crrtazn ))Pl'lO(l\ afttr [taking thc-test ‘meal. by tho loca- tion of the pazn and its particular .‘t_vpe tsharp, dull, persistent), b} , icstiitg amount of acld in the stomach digestive juice. by loss of vreight. if any, b)‘ blocd in the ‘stoois. and (lIllCT .s_vittptom~. we tried to tell ivhetliei" the "dyspep- ‘i S13" or indige-tion present was due l to one of the three above-mention- i ed ailments. alter tltts time. the Xray ‘(cred and 0y the use of the balitim meal the differtnces were more easily" learned and the

" ueces-atgv treatment given.

With the Xritvs to help in dis- covering the condition present. it was thought Lltat it "coiripeted“ the examination.

However art-other device —— the" gasttoscope igastro-stomach. and scope-to seet. seeing the lining of the stomach by the eye, is now glv- ing one more method of telling which condition "is present - in- llﬂllllllllllOll. tilt-er or aim-er.

Drs J. Seltloss A Ettinger. and J H. Pratt. in the American Journal Mwlical Sciences, tell of the adv tees and lYIIPFOVGIIlEDIS ill the gas-tic cone in learning the exact dtsease present in the stom- llCh.

“Combined Xray and gastro- rctptz- stihdie- have been made on 100 cases. By this method of study it was p0: tble t0 demonstrate chronic gastritis tinflttmntntion), stomach ulcer. and even stomach cattcet". in cases where these dis- P8>PS were not Stl$p6ClEd by the tisuttl fC'.'\l.\ and even by the Xmy."

In the 100 cases studied the Xray cxaminatzoxts revealed stomach ail- ments in only 40 cases. whereas the tise of the gastrosccpe showed siomach ailments in 63. Such con- (llflOlLs as erosions i wearing away‘) of the stomach liniuc. cart. as I.

rule. be discovered only by the use‘

.of the gtistrosecne.

'I‘hese physicians therefore be- lieve tl"..-t the tlFt‘ o: the Xray and ‘the gastroscopc combined. makes g1 the itieat mctltotl cf stomach ex- | aminatictis. particularly in cases of tilcc-r. cancer. or condition; re ult- ing from operations on the stom- ach.

monopoly and high finance. and SIHCU any l't‘Zl0ll which spc kilizr-s in these functions is inevitably committed to the practice of ex- lploitintz its neighbor.

The more highly ' dustrinl zed a lltlllOll becomes rti a period of the wild cxiploittttion of its natural rcsotiroes the more difficult will it he to adtust itself ivhen a rettlme of scIf-stifflcieucyt is forced upon it. Had the Unted States not made the mistake of handing over con- trol of hot‘ land. forests, mines, oil. writer-power". etc, into the hands of a few t"i."li mun and corporations her efforts at readjustment would no; be today almost revolutionary. Canada. in comparison. ls ‘very fort- unate in her slow growth. and in the conservation of licr natural re- sources. But herein lies a grave danger. Two couiascs are open t0 her. The one is along the road that leads to a lasting reform. the other is a temporary" expedient lead rig to disaster.

For instance. the proposition b0 dissdve the old provincial political boundaries woud probably lead to

Li '

the pro U011-

iai chronic inflammation of

1 ROYALSBANK OFUANADA REPORTS GOOD" YEAR

l i 1 TOTAL ASSETS 3695238900.!!!’ 814300.000 —- DEPOSITS 1N- l CREASED $10,000,000 -— LIQUID ASSETS 65.53% 0F LlAgudTlgs j T0 THE PUBLIC —INCB,EASED PROFITS SHOWN,

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-—i__ The Annual Balance "Sheet of $514,671,335. Of this amount 515a- ytie Royal Bunk of Canada made $6,928 ls represented by cash o’: public shows l1 moderate growth ln ,hand or on deposit with the Batu deposits and total asets and a 10f Canada and other banks Wllllqt strong liquid position. ‘Ibtal de- !$245,606,374 is represented by D0- .posit.s amount m $750,009,696 and lminion and Provincial Governgngny are higher than at any period in ,securlties. Public securities 0mg lthe bank's history, with the mingle tthan Canadian mounting u) $25. exception of 1929. , 11921582 show an Increase of 513'- osrasa. This increase l5 under’. [stood to be represented in, Unjfeq I 8nd British G0VernmenL5e- . Ecurttfes. Total investment; 3mm", w $316,568, 917, an increase of $23, ‘3-13096 from the pf€Vl0U5 year an; rshztewbralxililfhélﬁttazfdnm fate history OI -" - - ui assets ‘65.:'4>3'& 0f liabilitiesq to the publif; ;wl"itch of course. is a reflection of ‘Dre-em- OOHdIUOHs rather than o‘ "§§iil°§‘?o°3t.“fi2$i'bol.° ~ ‘i.°“,‘°‘",."“ I g3 0 HVC ‘replaced a considerable proportion of its investments by commc-rcxal

Commercial Loans Increase Current Loans in Canada, includ- _ing loansto Municipalities and Provincial Governments, amount. tn $200.5t>‘ll,727, an increase of approx- "imately 311765.000 as compared ‘with the previous year. Current Loans outside uf Canada amount- ing to $l01.147.l98 are approxi- mately $4,000,000 lower than last year. Coming as it does after a steady decline in current loans over a period of seven years, the

reversal in the trend of com- loans,

Imercial loans is encouraging. As ' Proms High"-

tmight. be expected in view of the

present. stock mimket situation, Call Net profits for the _ve".tr are

loans both in Canada and abroad shown at $317ll379 and (‘Om-pared

than: been substantially reduced. pivith 1936 indicate an pnprmnmilt Call Loan: in Canada amount lof 3207.138. Dividends paid ﬂbaﬁl). to $l_9.39_.€‘)()6, a reduction 01' 0d 32800000. The usual appropria- appioximatey $6.70(L000. Call t MOD of 5200.000 was llhlflf‘ for Batik

lLoaits abroad amount to $10,070.-

U _ Premises but the cotttribtition to n83. a reduction of 54.500000.

the Pension Fund Scoftty was in. creased to 5300.000 as (vgmpafpd with the former ttpproprlatlou of 3200.000 Balance of Profit and Loss Account carried forward totals $2,- 325,176. an increase of 5411.380.

Strong Liquid Position

The liquid position is strong. total readily realizable assets being

orVitalit alwaus u;

(JBILARPIG%I!-I!I§ZITENALH

‘A HAPPY NEW

We wish to thank our friends and policyhold- ers for the liberal patronage which has been ex- tended to us during the past year,-—assuring them that our efforts to provide a complete in- surance service will not be relaxed, and wish- gig one and all a Happy and Prosperous New ear ~

IIYNDMAN & 60., LIMITED

Established I872

The Oldest Insurance Agency In Prince Edward Island Chnrlotletc". Ii. Summer-side and Montague

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YEAR !l

==—_—=.——_ _;--_____ a1 economic r gions in

. _ e_r—t0 se- small freehold where the far ggggleglflglegfgnapggducttge units the small businessman, tlie artinsliati: F 9m Y 001186- and‘ the laborer" are assured fair if

Il "' r - “zed agelmles- The PTQPOSIIJOH ls mocest. returns for their labor.

too much in line wtt th - -

cratic sociallstic ideahof cgtfiiigllazg- I m’ 5"’ 6w", P ct Lion. of merging ll "g5 . , ' ' ‘ control, rind of ‘gfgtc-utglgiilhiitrlge,

wherein the voice of dictatorship WOUIKlvDTPVBlI. A Plairtning commis- sion would regulate what the farm_

c . em. 9w‘ mite and mill, 5W0 Pﬂlllliilg is at variance with "It" diversity which is one of the esentlrtls of creative work. It would 3135' WHSte the various reglonal cult- Hrzintlti traditions, and destroy»

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the totalitarian slate, an The course which leads to a last- l“? ‘fmumn 15 U10 one which aims a ex etitually making the prevallng characteristic of the country the t l

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tof the Anglo-French defence pact?" ffhere is no chance of it. If the =tw"o IIBMOIIS separated each would ‘be at the mercy of any war-making _

and shows Itself ln head- aches. sore eyes, etc. A p"- son has no way of knowing

the full amount of thc ltiftll lwcziusr- thc f110lt(‘_\' had been advanced for an illegal purpose. The Appeal (hurt supporter] this iiuiliiig. flriginal

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i The Fortnightly l.:i\\' Jmirnal tiuotes with ap-

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lti-ovstl 7f comnitriit from the Brﬂﬂlfflfd EXPO“ tor, ilrlltillllflllg bureaucratic cncroachments by l'i"itiiiiri.il 1t[4"i~l;ittirc"~ Hi1 I116 TIlJlllS 0f can" iiiliztii citizens" to fri-t- ' to the law courts. The Lcgislattires. it is in. sted, have no m_an- (pnp [rim] thi- ppotilt‘ lit SCI ftp 3 SllpefState wnh‘ iii the >i:itc. il_\' iiivzirliiig thc prerogative 0f file Fitltlts, "'l‘lii\ principle.” s8)?“ lhe law Publlcw tioii, “niav put a Il('\V weapon in the hands of {h1- t-tuu-ts in residing the subordination that IS tiring zwtiw-lyv enforced upon them. It $11!‘ pip-ts a t-on-‘titittitiiiitl liinitatmiwnit the legislaf- live pnwt-r. "\Il_\' statute which is stibvcrsive _0 the il('lllii(‘l'itllt' principles upon which the legis‘ lntitrr‘ fttttctitiiis :intl is founded ma)’ “l1fl°r_thal 'lliv'll'lllt‘ II(' Fllllllllilll) rejected as tiiicoi1stituti0ﬂil1 3,, ’h;!f it» ﬂnliittttls 1o a denial of the origin of l("_'l\l.‘tll\f‘ power." _

'|‘||(-' fPfUFPIIIQP iii the llrantfttrd paper l5 spizvlfictillv to the (tiitaii-iit Lcgislzitiire, but if Hump: “m, Wpmt forci- to other Legislatures 1l|'l l‘i"oviiii"i;il tlovvriiitit-iits. Several instances of tviii-t-.~tiit-r;itit" l'llt‘t‘iiilt‘llll'lf‘lll on lll(‘ legal rlfill“ ti.’ our iriilyt-u- llIl\t‘ twciirrtvl iii conticctioii with dtt- (i-tuipht-ll .'ltllllllll~ll'illlllll iii this province— “M, p,,t~,-o;i~~l-iiii-ii| living ttizule easier by reason u‘ flu‘ ﬁllF-riflﬂl political criitiplcxion of the

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Thi- \\‘:i~liiii1.,'Ioii Titties. :i Ilexirsi publication. toiiiiiiii-iiiq the ltl‘t'~t'lll iviirltl i-"ittiatititi with tlml

action of the Prudential |"'..<<"li:iiit;t- was to oh- tain paymcitt of eight pi"oiiii->oi"_\" itotcs all dzitio in July, 10:9. niailt- hy SllPflllllll lidvvtiivls iii favor of the company .~\ll hurt‘ llllt‘l‘('.~l at the rate of eight per cent. Total ]il‘lll\'l]l1ll 2lfl\'illl(‘t‘f1 was $534: and vtith itiicrta-"t at _Iuiic 3o. iogﬁ, thi- total was $9,023, which is now ruled to be tin- collectable. g ' n- ti- it

The editor of Rurkcls Peerage .\lt". C17}. llnw- kinson, states that the Duke of \\'indsor’s marri- age “may already he COIhiIlCFUfl a itiorpzuizitic our" “\\’e of Burke's place the Dutihess of \\’iud~or. by reason of thr- tltttc of creation of her hush- ands ditkedom. as the Jlllt or juiiio" lliiclte-s." the article stated. “We lJt-lirve "' .i she is de- barrcd from taking any l‘(t_\5il precedence h)" the letters patent govcriiiitg the titlt- of ltcirs. held by the Duke, iii which it is clearly suttetl that neither his wife nor his issue can take Royal rank." Dclirctfs, also an authoritative lltlllllfil- tion on rank and titles. lllllCCfl the Duchess in thi- eighth rank. the article went on. "'l'li:tt is. Ill!’ eighth lady in thc realm or the third Royal Duchess. ratikiiig itiiinerliatt-lv- after the Duch- ess of Gloucester and the Ditthcss of Kent." De- hrcttYs had reached thc dcciiou on thc "recog- tiizcd rule that a wile take.- llL'l' liti>liniid's pre- cedence and that it is already established in the peers’ roll that the Duke of Wiiiilstir‘ is rank- ed rts the vnuiigest brother of the stivercign. that is. the third royal fluke." Those :u't- the tvvo

1f till; illltl 1'H§. ~Il>\~-' _ _ '"\\',\ utiplit to l\L'(‘l) our navy at fup efficiency,

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group. But the Anglo-French pact is not enough. lt needs widening of more nations of all nations will- ing to enter. That partnership should say to the world: We have formed t1 new club. It ls open to any nation that will keep the rules. The rules are: t1» Each 01L‘) mem- ber musi. take its disputes to peace- ful settlement and loyully acoetpt the verdict, favorable or unfavor- able; 12) An attack upon any mem- ber of the club is an attack on the whole club and will be rest-ted by the whole club. If the Anglo- French pact were broadened out like this. at last. the world would have a real League of Nations. At last; ti, would sure of peace. — London Dally Herald.

There may have been more than coincidence in the fact that. with- ln a week or two after flnc old worth-hearted James Douglas of The London Daily Express upbratd- ed Brttlsheis fno harbor “the mothbzill mtnd" that Mrs. Frank- ltn D. Roosevelt took a shot at Americans of the samg kind. The Vancouver sun quoted James Douglass last Saturday. It might as wcll have quoted the wlfe of the President of the United States. Coincidence or not, the message was the some. Give away to those who need them but. cannot. buy them. the ITIlClQs of worm cloth- ing, the shoes and the booluond the socks and the stockings and

the stilts and overcoat; Ind the

TIIE CLAMDIGGEII

He walks in silence for the slow retreat

Of dragging waters from the drip- ping sand:

The sea must. give consent before ; his feet ‘ ‘

May trespass on the btvalved bor- i derland

Between the gray dunes and thc l izull-wugcd sen. -

With bended back and booted

thighs outspreiad

He drives his long-Lined fork, fev- erlshly.

Into the spurring sands, while over head

A flock of garrulous seabirds wtttc. his race

Willi time and tide. The flats gro" olive green, . , ,

The sun goes down. . . ger lifts his face

And marks the glinting saber- thrusc between

l-lls labor and the shore. . . . ‘Ilicrr

is no time to lose. . . .

Weighted with clams he comes with weary stride

Across the purple of the clutchlirg

The dig-

ooze. g Beyond the menace of the deepen- ing tide He awps to light his pipe. then waltows on, lmpelled by hunger and sustained ‘ by brawn. . . -—Harry Elmore llurd in the Nev. |

York Times.

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