PAGE FOUR TllE CHAR LOTT ETOWII GUARDIAN

Morning Daily (Founded 1887)

ldent LieuL-Col. W. Chester S. Mel-lire Vice President J. R. Burnett. F-J-l- Secretary LieuL-Col. D. A. MacKlnnon. 0-5-0- Idltor and Managing Director J. R. Burnett, FJJ. Associate Editor Frank Walker SUBSCRIPTION RATES $5.00 per year (in advance) delivered to City $4.00 per year (in advance) mailed to P. E-Illand $6.00 per year (in advance) mailed to Canada and U.S. Members Audit Bureau o! (Jirculatlonl

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“The Strongest Memory is Weaker than V the Weakest lnk.”

MONDAY, JUNE 131 1938

How The Money Goes

The fedcral Public \\‘orks cstiitiates \\'ere in committuc in the llousc of Counnons last week. Hansartl of lune 7 records the passing 0f the staggcring sum of $0,500 for the Province of

Prince lidtvartl lslttnd-bt-ing addition and 11l- tcrzttiutis to Post (lfficc bttiltlitig i11 Charlotte- town. Front the szunc issue of llausard we quote

among other ill-nu passctl the following:

Louisburg-public building)‘. $2i3,000.

.\lr. Cardin: in this case, at Louisburg, the pnpnlatioii is I171.

.\lr_ ilt-uuttt: llow far along is that work?

.\lr. tXu-iut: The ~um of $300 would be sav- ed in 1't'1't iu tvltt‘ raw, and $300111 the other.

.\lr. lcaps: lhw l turlcrstztitd that we are paying $500 per lllllllllll in rentals now in the town of Lonisburg?

.\lr. Cardin: Yes.

.\Ir_ Hvaps: .\nd to make that saving the Gov- ernment is going to spend $23,000.

Mr. Cardin: Yes.

North Hatley—publlc building $13,500.

lllr. Cardin: The contract has been awarded to .\lr. _l_ ;\. Yerret. of Sherbrooke, for the sum Of $3,348.

Mr. Bennett: Hatleyt has at least 25 residents.

An hon. Member: \\'ith summer visitors

Mulgrave-~pttblic building, $28,000.

Mr. llcaps: ".\lay I ask the same.”

Mr. Cardin: “The population is 1,000."

Mr. Bennett: “That must have been counted It the time the train vivasin."

Mr. Cardin: “The postal revenue is $3,371 and the customs revenue $1.000."

Mr_ Heaps: “Is this also an historic site P"

Port Hawkesbury-tpubllc building, 322.500.

Mr. Stewart: “I suppose the same convincing arguments that the minister used about the oth- ers would apply here."

Mr. Cardin: “Yes; they apply to all of Nova. Scotia; the whole of Nova Scotia is historic.”

Btewiacke-Ipublic building. aiisoo. Mr. Cardin: “It (the population) is about 900p

Poinbc au Pie-public building. $22000. Mr. Cardin: “This is a building for postal and customs purposes. on a site on the public high- way purchased in October, 1937."

l\lr. Bennett: “It is open in the summertime, I suppose."

Mr. Cardin: "And in the wintertime too . , ."

Mr Bennett: “ls it a. summer resort?"

lVlr. Cardin: “Yes.”

Mr. Bennett: “It takes the money you collect In the summer to keep up the fire in the winter."

Quebec-postal terminal building, 8000.000.

Mr. Cardin: “\Ve expect to be in a position Io call for tenders in not more than a month or five weeks." '

Mr. Bennett: “It depends on how things go down in the convention."

[ligand-moving public building. $20,000.

Mr. Cardin: "This amount is required for (‘he expense of moving the post office building. The provincial government is building a bridge over the river in the village of Rigaud. and the bridge comes just to the point where the post of- fice was standing."

Mr. Bennett: “The province would pay for moving it. would it not?"

Mr, Cardin: “We pay for moving our post office."

Mr. llr-nnctt: lf their bridge takes away your post office. by expropriation. stircly vou are not "oing to pav for moving it. are you .7"

hlr, Cardin: “\\'cll, it may not be a sound un- dertalcing. but wc have made it." _

‘.\lr. llcnncit: “l tindorstaitrl you did that prior f0 lllC lilst provincial election."

The Tip Of Maine

Mn I. F‘. Pouliot, Liberal .\l.P. for Temis- couta, Qucbcc, has askcrl Parliament to move for the anncxation to Canada of a small area of five square milcs, at the extreme northern tip of the State of .\laine.

This part of Ilaiue is a land of deep forests but thc 'l'ranscontincntal Railway skirts the boundary and the settlers who followcrl the con- struction crews overflow-ed into American terri- tory. Originally thcy were squatters. Today thcre arc a hundred people. cut oFf by many miles of forest from the rcst of lylaine and forced to buy and scll in Canada, and meet the exac- lions of the customs officials on both sides.

Governor Barrows, of Maine, suggests some- one is trying to make the headlines in Canada and savs lic had no complaints from the region. The officials at \\'ashington are polite but reti- tent,

Mr. Pouliofs petition recalls to the Moncton Transcript the "Ashhnrton Capitulafions". It used to be a sore point with New Brunswickers ‘hat Daniel Webster's scheminc took away not rive square miles but all that peninsula of Maine which juts into Canada and of which the five square miles are the tip. ~-

To this dav. Monument Brook is the head- water of the St_ Crolx. Here “The Monument"

-. has erected by joint international survey. From survey-mark, the-Jioundary, it had been

, passed to the "highlands" of the Saint ihmwlddiweretobefollowediuawut-

"rm: CHARLOTTETOWN cuimonuv

erly direction.

Unfortunately for New Brunswick, American lumbcrmen overflowed the border, like Mr. Pouliot’s constituents, and the existence to this day of Fort Kent and Fort Fairficld on the Maine side, as well as Fort Little Falls, near Edmundston, recalls that there were days when “the hundred years of peace" were threatened.

The aflfair was settled in 1842. Lord Ashbur- ton represented Britain and Daniel Webster the United States. It had been presumed the “high- lands” of the Saint John meant the high lands above the valley of the Saint john, a few miles north of “The Monument" but to Webster the“ "highlands" were the headwaters of the Saint john, not far from the St. Lawrence. He would have taken most of Mr. Pouliofs constituency and county of Madawaska. It is frequently a good policy to claim more than one expects. Lord Ashburton, anxious to preserve American good will, compromised

An Inquiry Ordered

Hon. Ian Mackenzie, Minister of National Dc- fencc, has ordered an immediate investigation into the reported participation of five men wear- lllg the uniform of the Royal Canadian Artil- lery at a fascist meeting in Toronto.

The facts, as reported, are that the men —- one a sergeant, two corporals and two privates —\vent into the hall where Adrien Arcand. the lcatlcr, was addressing a gathering and gave him the fascist salute. The salute was returned,

The question that would at once be askctl by the public, says the Hamilton Spectator, is mt one revolving around technicalities. A mem- bcr of any of Canada's armed forces has a right to attend a political meeting, even if he is not permitted to take active part when in uiform. But in this case there is something more than ordinary “politics" involved. The fascist move- ment, if not directly subversive-and therefore apart in a sense from the duty imposed by the oath to His Majesty——is one that is highly repug- nant to the majority of the Canadian people. More than this, it has caused considerable nerv- ousness in its arrival on the Dominion scene. “lhile some people are inclined to laugh it off. others see sinister significance in it. As leader of the fascists in Canada, Adrien Arcand re- prcsents-Jor what it is worth—-—the attempt to promote the priciples of fascism in this country.

To link, then, in the public mind. the uniform of the Canadian army with this movement, is oply to aggravate this fear. The Toronto in- cident may be explained and clarified in a satis- factory way, for the inquiry will root out the facts and motives behind it. But it does seem that. if nothing else, the action of these men was extremely tactless and unnecessary. If they di~l what they are reported to have done, xvithotit realizing the effect their action would have, it could not therefore be excused. Only a proper investigation will give the required answer.

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Sir Oliver Lodge born this date, 1851. C U l i

The circus has come and gone, and we arc all the richer in experience and heart's joy. i: n w Premier Aberhart may be a sadder, but he is not yet a wiser man. F I C C From now on many of our roads uiill be Storm tossed. c n- 1 n- lt docs not do to crow till one is out of the wood, nevertheless lune weather so far could not have been improved upon. s n w a In true Dictator style, Premier Campbell as- sumes the right to tread his Press organ under- foot. u e w x What consideration did the Campbell Gov- ernment give the Storm contractors for increas- ing the minimum rate of pay for trucking gravel, stipulated by the Government itself? u l! a m A Sweepstake bill sponsored by Mr. Ernest Bert- rand, Liberal. has been debated intermittently in the House of Commons since February. Mr. \’\"er- menlinger, Conservative, said there is no use hid- ing the fact that gambling is going on and thosc who spend money on sweepstakes tickets will spend it on something else of a gambling nature if sweepstakes are not available. Each year, he said, circuses and midway shows travel through Canada. They would not come here but for the money they got with their gambling devices. lllr. Barber, Conservative, said sweepstakes can not be itistified from either a moral or economic standpoint. He thought members from British Columbia should join him in opposing the hill because of the prospect of it enabling Gntario and Quebec to drain the smaller provinces lic- catise of their ability to offer larger prizes. l\lr. Barber said he had not found a hospital or hos- pital board that is anxious to benefit from sweepstakes. I i i i The birth returns for 1937 show 219,320 live births as compared with a final total of 220,371 in 1936. The returns up to the present would give a birth rate of 19.7 per thousand for 1937 as compared with 20.0 for the preceding year. It is expected that complete returns will show about the same number of births in 1937 as in 1936, but with a slightly lower rate. Returns of deaths for 1937 number 113,507 as against a final figure of 107,050 for 1936, an increase of nearly 6,500. The death rate for 1937 based on the present figures was 10.2 as compared with 9.7 in 1936. As a result mainly of the consid- erable increase in the number of deaths, the na- tural increase for 1937 from the figures avail- able to date was only 105,813 as compared with 113,321 (final) for 1936. The provisional rate of natural increase for 1937 was 9.5 per thous- and population as compared with 10.3 in the preceding year. Over the period 1921-36 the rate of natural increase in Canada showed a general downward trend of considerable extent. due to the decline in the birth rate, the effect of which was mitigated to some extent by the gen-- eral improvement over the oeriod ln the death rate. In spite of this decline in the rate of n11- tnral increase, the Canadian rate of 1936 com-

pared favourably with those of a number oi other countries.

NOTES BY TllE WAY

A farmer on Homby Island, Brl- tish Columbia. reports the soil on his farm is renewed yearly without effort on his part. The farm lies at the foot of a mountain and each year rain brings down a fresh de- posit of silt. which renews the fer- tility of the ground and makes the use of a fertilizer unnecessary. The farmer never has found the bottom of the soil on his land: he has put a pole down l6 feet. with- out. reaching bottom. The farm is believed to lle in an extinct crater. —-Chrlstls.n Science Monitor,

Since the present state of debt

in Canada . . 1s very 181181)! d"? to the dominating influences of business in Canadian Politics.

something more inspiring is due from business leaders of opinion. The people of Canada are law- abiding, loyal and steady ln ad- yersity: but. like the people in Germany, Italy and some other countries. they can only be pushed so far 1n the direction of drastic economy, deflation and belt-tight- Political democracy cannot

eninu. survive indefinitely under such terms of bare existence in Can-

ada.—F‘rom the Ottawa Citizen.

Once the true facts are known and understood. there should be no sympathy o1" support in Canada for {he latest, "spPnditlQ-anddelldlllil" spree 0t‘- the United States Govern- ment. observes The Financial Post. There will be loud alrpcals in Can- ada for our uoverntnents to fol- low Washington in new spcndltig. Let us ltcbc our administrators tlis- pln_v more common sense and con- tinue to eticnuraee a genuine rc- covery here by letting the people create their own prospe1‘1ty.—Tra1l Times.

Although there has been heavy lmportatlons of potatom from P. E. Island during the past three or four weeks the opinion is general amongst the trade that there will be a shortage before long as the Island supplies are getting 10w and no local tubers will be available af- ter seeding. The tircsent price of PEI. stock is about Del‘ barrels-Newfoundland Telegram.

When the window of a sporting goods store was smashed three times and merchandise valued at $750 stolen, Karl W. Keefer, the manager, had nu idea. Instead of merchandise, Keefer posted signs in the window. They inform passers- by lt Ls an unsafe place to put. sporting goods because of brick- wieldimz thieves. The police are protesting.

A new art in purachuting has been developed to bring safely back to earth the great sounding rocket of Prof. H. Goddard of Clark Unl- vcrsitv. The early rocket ships ugually destroyed themselves by falling to the earth after they had ascended a mile or more. This new ship comes down gently with a parachute. The Goddard rocket is 1B feet long. about a foot in dia- meter, made of aluminum painted black. and capped with a shining conical head. It. weighs only 84 pounds after it flaming oxygen- gasoline tail which drives it. up is exhausted, At this point. the cap opens and two parachutes come out. A small one carries meteoro- logical instruments sent tip with the rocket. A large parachute with a spread of l0 fer-rt is for the rockets descent. The speeds which this pioneer rocket ship has de- veloped run up to 700 miles an hour.

A somewhat superficial philo- sopher once observed thait it would have been money in the pockets of the Romans if they had chosen English for their mother tongue rather than Latin, whereas it. ls the compilers of Latin grammars that have had all the profit. However that may be it Ls certain that the modern schoolboy would have re- Rarded the Romans with less bit.- terness. When you tell him, as he “sweats out his composition in La- tin," as one of our recent cor- respondents put it, that. Roman children used to prattle the lan- guage gllbly in their street plays, he looks at you as lncredulously as Thackeray looked when. on his first visit to France, he heard the boys and girls of Calais speaking French. Nevertheless. the Trans- cripts correspondents who write in praise of Latin tell us pretty clear- ly Why scholars set such store by 1t; why. once the language has been mastered. the diffculties fall awav and all that is excellent be- comes revealed. A highly cultivat- ed English critic, recalling a Vic- torian of some celebrity and his drill in Latin, says that "he got more culture, more of the best ef- fects of good literature from that one language than some polyglots get out of a dozen." So it might be said of Greek. It is a labor of Hercules to open the vein of gold but. then it proves an inexhaustible treasure from which a man can draw all his life long. If we look 1m Into the sky we must. go back to our Greek and Latin to call the stars by name. The same is true if we explore the depths of the earth Wllll the geologists. For precision in the nomenclature of the sclenc-s --mcdlcine. botany, law physics-we borrow from these tongues of a dead and gone civiliza- tion. But. that is only the material uses of them; it is in the enrich- ment. of the mind that their true value lles.——Boston Transcript.

Whether British policy was wise or unwise, it. ran a much straighter and evener course than German or Austrian before the War. In this sense the British an- nals are comparatively dull. The British sovereigns were discreet men and reticent with their pens. They left the historian no such ro- mantic material as the marginal comments of the Gennan Kaiser, Willy-Nicky oorrespendenoe. the account of the Bjorkoe inter- view betiwcen Kaiser and Tsar. and other exciting scenes of imperial emotion and eruption which add colour to the Gemuin documents. Nor on the British side wu there room for any ruch disclosures as the story of the annexation of Bosnia- Heraegovine, and Berchtoldb ac- count of the visit. of the German Kaiser w Vienna in October, 1918, which figure in the Austrian docu- ments. If the British editors ever let themselves think of the drama- tic quality of their narrative, they must have envied the rich material w to their German and

uimm oppoeite numbers. ere ‘ever held at the British Hir- eign Office a Oonfererwe which lent itself to a record so Thucydl- deen in it: irony u that contained

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THE COMMONEST CAUSE 0F INUIGLB"L‘IUN—UALL BLADDER ULSTUBMANCE

We may be inclined to smile at the 100a faadisi. who tells us than everybody not only eats 1.00 much but. eats the wrong lQildS of iooci, but. experience snows mat Wild] most. men and women oi to-uay tLBKAIIg MLLAG or no exercise) we do eat too niucn and also tbecause we uo not. exercise) eat. the wrong kinds o1 iooo. And the truth oi this statement is made known by the number o1 cases called dyspep-

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tn the German Documents pfuthe,

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Dyspepsia means hard to digest, or painiul digestion, and wtiile many cases o1 painiul digestion tire due to ulcer 01' to cancer, the majority of them are due to dis- turbances of the liver and gall bladder.

In examining a patient suspect- ed of gall bladder trouble, Dr. Walter Alvarez, Mayo Clinic, at the International Postgraduate Medical Assembly some months ago, made these suggestions to the physicians present.

Inquire, diligently and in detail, whether there is a history of severe psychic shock temotional disturb- ance) causing severe attacks of pain. Has there ever been jaun- dice? Tenderness? Bloating with gas after a heavy meal (typical of gall bladder trouble)? If so, when, and how long did it lust? Ask patient if pain is severe enough to keep him awake, make him catch

his breath, or require morphine for its relief. Even after operation for re-

moval of gall stones 25 percent of women will continue to have symptoms, ln most cases because of a psychosis of fear cf continu- ed gall bladder trouble and some- times because these patients are allergic or sensitive to certain foods.

I believe the advice Dr. Alvarez gives in the treatment of gall bladder disturbances should be made known to all gall bladder sufferers. for it; is now estimated that two of every three individuals, Whfllllfll‘ they know lt or not, suf- fer to some extent. at times, with gall bladder trouble ‘indigestion. bloating. gas pressure, wakeful- ness.

"In gall bladder disease, insist that the patient reduce the size of his meals. reduce the amount of fat in his meals, and that he eat his dinner (big meal of the day) at noon."

It will thus be seen that as far

as our commonest form of indi- gestion is concerned-wall hlndder disturbances-the food fnddlst is not far wrong when he snvs we p"! foo much and the wrong kinds of food. To the stiruzestions of Dr. Alvarez T mnko but one more‘ some bend- inv cvorcises to stimulate the flow of hllc.

Mount Everest

(London Times)

Very shortly a. small group 9f men. all of the finest. mountaineer- 1H8 Ctlllbrfl. Will essay the conquest of Mount. Everest. whose peak, with its disarming penant. of white cloud, rears itself above all other earthly lllflllnlfllil W118. They are not. the first. to blaze the trail. They have "'18 advantage of facts. experiences and dcdlwllflhs derived from several Previous expeditions to this most. coveted of Hunalayan landmarks Seventeen years is an incalculably small span in the life of a mountain; and it. is only m the last aeventmen years that man's knowledge of Mount. Everest at. close quarters nu been compiled. Until the present. century Chomo Lungmo. as 1t is l°¢11llv named- was a mere triangu- lfliloll DOIYIt 0n survey maps, 1m elusive pinnacle in the wetter of Stupendous summits forming the northern wall of the Indies. There vras no record of Europeans having fl-Dproached within fifty miles oi‘ its base. Since 1921 it has been the ob- jective of six expeditions-two re- connais tmces and {our actual as. sault.s—~-but each a-sault has been lTll-‘l-TBV-‘d by the hardships o1‘ nigh altitudes or the cruelty or me weather. On slopes like those mg“ are ‘the slaves of chance. and me flies of every wind that. blows.’