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THURSDAY, JULY 21, 1921

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,1}, requires llppl ‘mutely four ylralf was of coalto manu- faqfliro n ton of steel from the ore ln-fttiormo of one dollar a ton in tlijlprscs tot coal would therefore fin-ln increase of fbur andna %Kd4nlln_rq-i-pam.t0l, in the price And it will not be for porters-that the price of coal has Humour] from $2.15 to no and [within comparatively flew ‘The price of Iron and steel bnafndvvanced proportionately. lron unlfsteel are by no means the only products the prices of which are dependent upon the price of coal; practically everything we use is eithertdirectly or indirectly pro dutled in whole or in part by coal; even our farun products aremoved tothe market by means of coal and theirtpricea. are governed llery largely by the priceofl coal. Corn- lhe cost of transportation for; instance with its cost a ftwtiyears ago and it will be found to {bear a close relation .to the étEady increase lin the price of eon. Clothing. boots and shoes, flour and other enables are manu- factured by machinery fed by coal and the prices we pay for these are made up largely b!’ the prices paylior coal required in their mmulfacture and transportation. =;W'.hy has coad advanced so ex- dilkiitsntly in price? There is an unliunllted quantity of coal in (‘an- god. in the Maritime Provinces alone the supplyds practically in- exhaustible and there are unlimited gust-unexplored and even undiscov- ered areas ot coal in the West. At present, and for some time past, the Nova IStcotila miners lire work- ing only about three days a week and at wages wlhich enable them. even ‘working half time, to live comfortably the year round and to enjoy an occasional strike. Does it ~not look-as if something were wrong. as if someone or something held the coal industry, and conse-

_ .4 Current,

‘ “His purposes will ripen inst, tlylfoldlng every Hour; The bud may have agbltter taste, but sweet willbe the-flower.“ Not only in this Province, ‘but practically in ‘every portion of this continent there has been a double wonderment. first at the abnormal albsence of rain and fihen more surprisingly at the ttplen did growth of the different crops, fipardless or the unusual drougth.’ Sodry. has been the air and so hot the atmosphere that human fears were levvamwhere amused and in the great churches and Cathedrals .0!‘ "he land- the prayers, of priests and ministers and people were abundant and earnest, that the qreat Father would open the clouds d send t‘o us ‘the needed bless-

‘. rain, For nearly a month. dbl-only in oulrowu country but in may ‘ others, even the light or passing showers were ulikuown. dud "yer the trees. retained their verdure, the fruitscontinusd to ox- pand. the grain- and roots and slow- ers continued p grow while the on loqker wond ed from whence they got the lpmrisihing moisture. Mnny had tutti poo rested on the promise that. time-god harv- est should not lfntl Wllllf/hle world lasts, but other: were of little faith and fearful, of the end, for the tlmutb was widespread over the

t . '_—'_ , mr own province the turnip a sufferer. Those usually in midsummer, about the the soil at its

ails to cur-mums. ‘some flu-morn s‘ a sscond- sowing. watering

Others again . Lmongst of our agriurillurists sowl, l . ointwjhe rains dtcended. tan! it was still in time » tutu m.- weather to ~ atseinut despite these

‘ " ,_ llwilltltlipatev ‘n 0M1 My because

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j sure and deeper gratitude.

uusntly all our other‘ industries, by tbs throat? ———Qoo-—-- ALIERTA ELECTIONQ.‘

the stage ‘in Alberta since i905 “when it became a province of tho Dominion, sustained a crushing de- feat in. that province in the elec- tions of Monday last.

From the admission nf Alberta as a province of the Dominion it has been overwhelmingly Liberal. The first legislature of 25 mem- bers elected on November 9, 1906 was composed of 22 Liberals and three Conservatives. The second and third parliaments of 41 and 55 members respectively was in about the same proportion‘ while in the last parliament of 61 mem- bers elected June 7, 1917 the stand- ing of the parties was as follows in June 1920: ‘Liberals 34; Conser- vatives 1-8; Non-Partisan 2; Labor 1f Soldiers Representatives 2; United Farmers 1.

lt will be seen that the Liberal party was very strongly dominant from the outset. It will also be

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‘ Liberalism, whiohlrns occupied‘;

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Our attention has been drawn to the weather. by recent events, lull we have given it the benefit some study, with tire result that we have formed certain definite con- clusions. however. we" do not sup. pose them as valuable as those of men who have observed the went:- er for a much longer period and have checked it with instruments of precision. Therefore we are in- clined to defer to Prof. Charles Frederick Marvin, chief of th. United States. Weather Bureau, who immediately confirms one of our own conclusions, namely, that few of the‘ superstitions handed down concerning the uveather has - any basis in scientific fact. _Thos‘e that have apply, as a rule. to cer- tain localities. and are not of gcn- eral uppliction, a fact which is usually ov rlookc-d when one quotes so old saw with tbe ut- most dogmatlsm.

No Long Range Forecasts.

Prof. Marvin admits that at tl- tlme science is not able to for- cast the weather with any degree of accuracy far in advance. N0- bodgiiving can tell whatsort of ‘day lt will be in Toronto next Wed- nesday. Tbe probability is that it will-be hot, but whether it wl-l rain. andHif it rains how great wbi be the precipitation, who can say‘! We recall being told by Sir FY80 rick Stupart some years ago that one certain thing about the ‘weather was its tendency to perpetuate it- self. That is to say, if lt rains hard on Tuesday the prospect of it rain-

seen that a,t the last election op-. position to ‘Liberalism had become‘; rampant the province being splitt up into half a dozen or more par- ties. The Conservatives as n party made no united effort to secure control o-f the administration but in >common withths other political ‘parties fought: the government. lu constituencies where a Liberal and a Farmer were nominated the Con-

by was the main issue of the elec- tion. _

How cOHI-Illete the overthrow was is indicated by the fact that only seven tcf the 34 former Liberals

Farmers elected sat‘ in the former leflslafiure as a Conservative. The United Farmers elected number 39. Liberals 14; Labour 4; independ- ents l. ‘

Comment

;much better than we could have expected under such adverse condi- tions. ‘Dlovince of Quebec the crop is re- ported to be about a Mfty percent average, which from their statisti- cal methods of accounting may be

normal. in other provinces there seems to be little of cognplnint as to this article of production, and the probability points to a suffici- enlcy, with careful husbanding. for every need and purpose.

But. why this droughLand how has vegetation met the emergency? Plants l-n their own creation are thing-s of life. Wlhen the soil near. at hand refuses to provide nour- ishment it goes out to seek what it cannot find at home and thou- sands and millions of little rootlets push their way down deep into the ground to gatiher up the fragment- ary moisture that is always tbe- heath the earth's outer surface; al- though not in the most copious of supply. This moisture sustains life and permits s limited growth for the time being, and in addition it encourages vegetation to estab- lrlub‘ an extensive mot system, so that when the rains finally coma it, is ready with its ten thousands of mouths to suck up the nourish- ment in greater abundance and to, devellope in size and strength at a pace more rapid and to amply make up for its loss of growth during the dry season. And while the plant thus gratefully drinks in this refreshing supply the farmer, who has been watching the clouds with deer and trembling, like the ‘in his fields, from the prlvetlonl of its absence enjoy; the rich showers with increased pies-

in the great west the rain show- ers came earliest and inst in time 0o give us promise of e wheat crop the greatest in om- iristory. As this is our "staff of llfe" and m‘ long odds th, most important of all

werg specie‘; Que o; the Unnedfstrlkes, and of drawing the stings "from the professional labor $181111‘

in the great hay growing.

considered as little below that of t

ing on Wednesday is greater than if it had been dry on Tuesday. if one day is very cold or vedy bot the

next day has _a tendency to repeat. There are other forces at work l-1

counteract this tendency, of ourse,

and they succeed now and then. Otherwise, we should still be hav-

crcpsthis continent is to be abun-

dfllllly ‘11195891-‘1- l! 11168118 111M. 111B is a fake, says t-he professor. While Tans denfihflul IDIIFDNBB 01 Dlvillfl 9101111191108 19 it is true that in a few instances Wednlesdm’ hlmhwn- H” 5am a | rtipellillgdfflfll 011d 1118111119 51114911118: small clouds huve appeared shortly lady ‘friend “liked mm m 599“ "d Bewauvea ofler“ n” °pp°5m°u the world lbecause of shortage after tire work of the so-called rain- h°w "° ‘lmmwnce m“ name “I ‘he and the result, as indicated -by the in food, supply through and after. makers, wmmer chm-g; lnygpiably P15514911!- latest returns, was the overthrow "he P9110!‘ 0T 1119 W111‘ 1B $110111)’ l0 show that rain was due in that lo- 31“? ‘he mquired- "No- flmdaml"

(u, Mb 1 t _ reach its end. With it there is la- o a em Dar y which evident ' mentatlons in many places because

of the shortage of labor, but can not this too be, like the drougth to lfood production, a “ripe-nil!!! 'fnst" of the great purpose of bring- ing an end to trade and labfll‘

tors so that nonmal condition may be restored and all things in in: dustry, trade and commerce, as well as in agricultural persuits, be lbrought down to the 011B 00111111011 level, and that the great object of tihe war may he attained of a 1m- lversa-l pence in the areas of 1110- Jduction and industry as well as amongst the people of warring nations?

Daily Selections Guardian Readers

Furnished by W. l. Union, OIOIOIOIOI IIOIOIOIOIQIU

BElLF-DIBCOVE RY

A few years ago a man almost seventy-five years of Ilse was 181811- uated from one of our college. He bad never discovered himself, never glimpsed his full powers and pos- sibilities until after he had enter- ed college.

Abillty seems to lie in different nntures at different depths. Some of us find ‘our natural bent easily: others of us go half way through life, even long past this man, be- fore we discover ouhselvee. Mul. titlides of people never get even a ‘glimpse of their intent possibilities They go to their graves with their greatest talents still undiscovered.

Many people remind us of one feeling his lvvay about in a. dark room for the electric button. ll is pathetic to see them groping for years, trying to find a light on their vocation. They are not lacking in ambition. but do noLknow Just where their greatest ability lies.

it. is unfortunate that every child cannot be studied scientifically by psychological experts with a view to discm ring his slpecial gifts and posslbiiit es, uncovering his ac- hlevement assets, and giving him u fair start at the yery out set of his life.

Think what a difference it would make in the career of the average person if. when s. child, he could be given a scientific chart of his personal capital, his personal as- sets, and lcould be laugiht how to develop his ability to strengthen the week links in ‘lbs character, which are likely to wreck him if not cor- rected. .

"Somebody neaflyou is struggling lalmrs

Over life's desert send; Faith. hope and courage together a-re gone. _ Iflsach him u helping band; Tun! on bk darlkuess a beam of

your lifht.

crops. this news comes to us as s

soloists um not

national blessing. ‘Statistics tell

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Kindle. to guide him. a watch-firs bright;

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An Old ‘Trick Pluyld on a lllulolsrl

' Banker ,

(Bolton Star.) _

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pass/lug stnalllis- All

-lt isn't often that anyone puts gfigfqirmors wife. who was giv-

uny thing over on t ‘banker; but recently u man walked into n bank and poked‘ to lbonvw ill. The ban- ker didn't want to loan sonunal-l- ‘.- .su.m_at first, but tlualiy agreed when be was handed $10,000 in bonds as security. ltthen develop. ed that another thank bad wanted $10 Jbr a deposit box so the bonds would ‘be, safe and tbe owner de- vised the chealper way to have them safe and get loan too.

Some Queer News. . Toronto Star

—-Queer things happen in newspaper offices, and to the unin- itiated there was a certain aAr of mystery about a number of items which appeared in a contemporary

- nn the Twelfth. They were on this

pattern: . . “Eastern district wlll to... up on Alexander street. Got ' parade state from W. M's. and fill in an slip given you. Rush to

olifice and hand them to Mr.

‘Muir. when completed."

0f course it was just the Tele- gram's instructions to its reporters which thus crept into the columns as Orange notes. lt is not usual to print these little billets doux from the city editonbut in the rush of

lug the same sort of weather to- day that they had the day the gates were thrown open on the Garden of Eden. There would have been no change in the weather from that day to this. Y

Ralnmaklllg a Fake.

Prof. Marvin says that there is‘

nothing in the ralnmaklng idea.

Iwbich may be rather a disappoint-

nrent to Rainmaker Hatfield. ts

cality a few hours or so after the. rainmakers had operated. Our owe

probable that human beings will discover how to regulate the wen- ther and how to secure. children of whatever sex is desired. Some mys- teries remnin locked in the womb of Nature and never will be re- vealed. Otherwise Nature herself might be destroyed by mall. Railr- makers sometimes got by because they study the meterorological his- tory of a district and calculate what is likely to happen, and then offer to make it happen for a round‘ sum.

Animals Not Much Wiser.

Prof. Marvin. like most, scion tists. denies that animals have much better weather understate-t- ing than have human beings. The!" cnn sense a storm a few hours l-e- fore a man can, but not a few days before. The notion that they can tell In the Fall what sort of wua- ther we are likely to have in tho Winter is merely childish. As l‘c- gards the stories of squirrels lay- ing in an extra supply of nuts, an- other professor points out for about tlhe thousandth time that as a rule,‘ squirrels do not hoard nuts. The ground hog and the bear ought to have been thoroughly tliscerdltsd‘ as weather prophets by this tlm|._ but every Spring newspapers will devote thousands of valuable col- umns to a grave consideration of tills old superstition, which has no better foundation in fact than the other belief that on January 15 and July 15 those who are weather wise miy read in the sky and else- where signs which will give _ them s clue to the sort of- weather that is likely to happen in the next six months. .

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Blessings of Rheumatism.

There are some persons‘ more sensative to coming changes in the

weather than others. Those afflict- ed twith corus or rheumatism can

more readily detect the presence of molst/ure in the air than those not thus equipped. Any changes lu atmospheric pressure are sure in- dications of more obvious changes in the weather. There are men whoprofess to find their golf clubs sensitive to a storm a week ahead, but these game persons are likely

‘to tell Just as marvellous stories of

their feats on the Ilinku. One old saying ‘has a basis in fact, and that is ‘ ‘The wind in the west suits every- one best."

Thfs is because in middle lati- tudes the direction of ordinary. un- disturbed winds is from west to

Bl!!- Tlwfofflre a rldlcully different direction commonly‘ indicates no

his dlnttourugsmenu. soothe

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‘hotns in mourns. not lone‘ m-"w mllnbersd to ‘her horror, that she bad forgotten to order any 011E868. and that cheese unhappiiy formed

the staple diet of the vegetarian -

guest of honor. - Towards the close of the maul she was about to apologise for the omission when, to her surprise, the native servant entered bearing lbs required dish. ‘ ‘She was surprised at his fore- thought. ..After the guest-s had 116- parted. she asked him how he bad

‘managed to procure the cheese at

such a short notice.

"Oh, Mam lSahib. be replied with a smile, ‘me emptied sll the mouse traps."

rue BRILLIANT ma. ‘ CHURCHILL

(Manchester Guardian)

‘Mir. Churchill, -who despite ms approach of mature years, is still the most incalculsble force in our politics, had a field day to him- self in answering for the new Min- isterial Department of the Middle East. d-lis speech ‘showed plenty of hisf better qualities-imagination, courage and independence. He is a politician with whom no govern- ment seems able to dispense.

Cull Hllm Just Angel

(Hartford Cour-ant

All the clever things of Com- mencement week do not at once find their .way linto print. A good many Yale men are telling of Mr. speech at hire

"is it pronounced An-

he replied, "angles are acute and Ivitglht. but they are also obtuse;

lldea coincides with that of Prof. "M 11° 11°€°11TR°91P° 111111111111‘ 111*" lMarvin. We regard it as equally desmmhm" A“ 1° ‘he 5mm"-

Dr. Tod ‘was tasked whether he spelled his name vvith one or ‘two "d‘s".. and he said he spelled his name with one "d" the same way God spells his name. "As for the new pl sident, Angeli, he spell his

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nounces it the same as Michael and GianbrIelI"

U. S. And ‘international Obliga- tlon

(Specials lby fuiesldfsnt Hibbemof Princeton.) '

“we ‘are in a- posltltifl in Ani- erica alt the present crisis of the wr-rldh history winters, following the line of least resistance, it seenm to nanny to be wise on our part to buy immunity from world res-ponslhlilftlesi, and consequently vl‘ will Vllviluimndtiesl order that we may develop our own re- sources and be s realm unto our- seilves. We found ourselves un- DTwI-Ibd for war; ‘we were litm- wise unprepared for lpeace. We are sadly unprepared if we do not-see‘ tloday in the possible in- ternational relationships the way 0f responsibility ‘which must lead inevitably to the open door of a great world _ opportunity. We cannot afford lo lpurchiase time- dorn from international obligation 11y paying the price of e loss of in» ternatlional- power and leadership.

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Tobacco and Health i.

‘(London Express

‘When nearly all men and most

,, smoke tobacco, it is n matter of national concern whether

the practice is or is not harmful. Let us put aside the ‘violent opin- ions of cranks. whether for or llfliust, and use bow swerdustruc- ted medical. observsrsatiou decides the miestion. Every doctor will tell you that smoking ls beirfor the ‘young. It may weaken tire hen-t and damage the ‘nerve of the eye. Let the mt rule for nation- al guidance be than, "No smoking for hon." Ne one should be al lowed use tobacco excepton the

rarest occasions until his chief growing yeergare passed. Lot boys end girls welt at least until

they are twenty-one. What about end women‘! The answer is

that. as with molt other things, i, em in modern tlou.‘ N41 001! them excess. lu- dividuels vlty iit- their susceptib-

' lllty to the notional unseen bow‘ m‘,

not. ens what a moderation m1

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