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ruiYsoAv. Election Promises

1n the closing session of the Legis- lature under the Steunrt Govern ment the lender of the House, Hon J. D. Stewart, produced the clec tion platform on which his party had gone to the country in 1923 and rcad over, clause by clause, the Pm- mises then nxudc, explaining in dc- tail, clearly and to the satisfaction of l the country, the manner in which each had been fulfilled.

It is surely a significant fact that at no time since the Saunders-Lea Government. assumctl power has the Liberal election platform been pro- duced by a single member or rupport- er of the Government. Instead of re- viewing its prc-election promises as the stnvart Government (lid in 10:1. the Lea Government and its party press have endeavored. on every pos- sible occasion, to eli~=trnct attention from provincial issurs by criticism of the Bennett Government's election

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Canada and United Mates

‘APRIL 2s. P1931

cist dictator, Benito Mussolini. Jugoslavia-Jilexander 1. Netherlands- Wilhelmina, whose heir is another woman, Princess Jul- zana. Norway—liaakon VII. Rumania-Klng Carol 11.. the re- formed expatriate whose extramarital adventures have entertained a world- wide reading public. Luxembourg Grand Duchess Charlotte, one of five sisters. Monaco-Prince Louis IL, pro- prietor of Monw Carlo. and owner 0! one of the worlds greatest aquar- iums-the only ruler on earth whose subjects pay no taxes. Sweden-Gustave V., descendant of the Napoleonic General Bernadette.

A Trick That Failed

The ‘surplus’ rabbit trick, staged by the Lea Government, was so cf- fcctively disposed of in the Opposi-

What. aviation i: doing in elimin- ating distances and bringing far places near is stricklngly illustrated by the records just. establishedon two long flights-that o! Commander Glen Kldson, who travelled from Blzland to Capetown, South Africa. seven and a half thousand miles in seven and a half days, and that of C. W. A. Scott, a former Royal Air Force‘ Flyer, over the longer distance from England to Australia in less than nine and one-quarter days.

Germany in the latest nation lo report a decrease in_ the number of unemployed, the total having fallen some two hundred thousand in the last two weeks. lt almost looks as if the worst has beerrpassed in the world-wide economic depression. Just as the beginning of a period of depression is cumulative in its ef- fects, so the upward swing gathers force from its own momcntumwhen it, begins. Putting some men to work means more money in circulation, more goods bought, more employ- ment for other workers, who in turn create a market for more goods, and so on.

' In the United Slates half the population is confined to cities and the estimate is that in a. quarter of a century two-thirds of the population will be city dwellers. Already a cam- paign of back to the land has been commenced and a somewhat simil-

tion leader's masterly speech on the Budget, that it left the chairman of the Public Accounts Committee,

But this criticism fools nobody. least 0f all those uho are in touch with Parliamentary affairs. The Ben- nett Government, although in power only a. few months, has already im- plemented several of its election pro- mises and ii; assumes full responsi- bility for the rest. The Lea Govern- ment, on the cve of a general elec- tion. is evidently ashamed even to mention the platform 0n which it ze- cured power in 1921i

So far as the Bennett Government is concerned, ii can nell afford to

challenge comparison either with tile. Lea Government or with the federal administration which it; succeeded. In this connection we commend to our readers- the following statement by Premier Bennett, delivered in the House of Commons on April 21:

“This government is not in any way. shape or form seeking to es- cape responsibility. This govern- ment seeks no quarter so far as criticism of its actions is concern- ed. This govenimcnt realizes that it has come into power at a very. very serious moment in the life of the body politic. It. will to the very best of the abilty of its members who constitute it discharge its dut- ies as befits Canadians who are trustees for all their fellow citi- zens. Unswerved from their course by abuse, undeterreti by villficatlon or misrepresentation from any quarter, they will go forward to discharge the duties that the peo- ple have placed upon them. If it becomes necessary to ascertain facts, the standing committees of this House are always available. But. the government will never pal- tcr with its principles in order to retain power. No, if the moment ever comes xvhen the majority this House conclude it to he ricsh- able that this Government should

go out. it will go out. but there will .

be no vacillatiun. no palteriug with the opinions of others to secure support in order that it may con- tinue in power."

Remaining Monarchies

With Spain converted into a rc-

who followed Mr; Stewart in the dc- bate, without a leg to stand on. His only explanation for the apparent. doubling of the interest charges last year .11. that 1n the 192a Accounts this il/Em had been improperly pre- sented. He made no attempt to ac- count for the fact, shown convinc- ingly by Mr. Stewart, that there was an actual deficit on current account of 332.892 and a total increased in- debtedness under the present Gov- ernment of over three quarters of a million dollars. And when he at- tempted to capitalize the so-called "evidence" taken by the Liberal members of the Public Accounts Committee he only exposed that. "evidence" Ifcr what. it was-—-bare- faced political propaganda concoct- ed and published at the expense of the taxpayers of this Province.

The Rocket's Toll

The extent to which the racket- eers in the United States levy trib- ute from the merchants and manu- facturers of that: country is indeed astounding. According to the Unit- ed States Crime Commission the toll exacted by the various racketeering igangs in that country now amounts

to the staggering total of twelve to i eighteen billion dollars a year. There is a, wide. margin between those fig- iures, because no income tax returns acre submitted by the racketeers from i which reliable data. can be compiled.

But, even if the lower figure be au-

thentic, it is enough to make one ‘gasp. In New York State the ag-

gregate is about $400,000,000, mostly

from New York City. l

There could be little better evi- \dcnce than these figures of the size

public, there are still l2 monarchics; to whkh crkmna, actwiues canflrow remaining on the continent of Eur- I. if unchecked’ m, better mgument for ope. Although the last 21 years have ‘ the exercise o! the greatest pnmub 23.1.5110‘.“‘?.iili.ii‘°i.fiilfilii.illfi~11;;i§g;;§;";;,;;;“ * ideas. economic crises and the grcatl ' World War, the belief in monarchy‘ as a valuable governmental instiiu—'

Editorial Notes

tion is far from dissipated in the Old World.

Not only do pretenders exist for the thrones which have been vacated in the recent past. but each pre- tender has a circle of followers, and Europe contains many moiiarchists who are not devoted to any one per-

Torouto newspapers have been an- nouncing that, at the end of the present academic year Sir Robert. Falconer, one of Prince Edward Is- land's most distinguished sons, will retire from the presidency of Toron- to University. Sir Robert, who is sixty-four. and had intended retir-

ton. but to the theory that monarq ing next year, in any case, has not

chy 1s an advantageous institution

been in good health of late, and has

for society to maintain.

The European monrirchies remain- ing, and their rulers, are:

Albania-Zog 1.. who made himself monarch after being a dictator, and who helps maintain Italian influence, in the Balkan peninsula. _

Bcigium—Alberi. 1., one of the her- oic figures of the World war.

Bulgaria-Boris 111., son of the Czar Ferdinand, whose alignment with the central powers during the World War brought his downfall. Boris recently married a daughter of the King of Italy.

just returned from a two-months‘ trip to the West Indies.

Mr, G. Shelton Sharp's maiden speech as a member of the Legislat- uro was delivered in the course of the budget debate yesterday aft/er- nczm. Mr. Sharp, among other things, dealt very fully with the ex- travagant road policy of the Lea Government. His arguments were ciearcut. and convincing, and his speech made a most favorable 1m- presslon. The electors of Second Prince may well be proud of the

son, for this co

at campaign is under way in Que- bec. Perhaps one reason for the movement to cities may be found in the fact that a. lower standard of education is available in rural com- munities, much less pretentious school houses and teachers who are second rate. State education should imply equal opportunities for all. It does not. so long as the facilities in the agricultrual communities are not equal in every respect to those that obtain m the cities. 'I'hen again so far as is at all possible all the amenities of civilization should be made available in rural districts. Democracy claims the right to the enjoyment of equal privileges and where these are not available dis- content arlses. This ls one of the causes of the. trend to the cities. Those who see in motion picture houses a part. of the scheme of life will go where they can get them. The present-day movement is a re- volt against the rustication of the mind.

Too often those who speculate on;

the Stock Exchange do not under- stand what they are doing. Dealing on the Stock litxchange is no game. When one wants to play a game of chance all one has to do is to go to

~ the racecourse or some place where The Stock air-i

they play Rculetbe. change is nothing like that. It is a market just like any other, and the client is always responsible for the deal he puts through. If he makes a point of not forgetting this, he will be saved many a pang of remorse.

The movement to secure a rein- stitution of the death penalty in Michigan is the outgrowth of a reall- zation that an effective, suppressive weapon, not now at the command of the Commonwealth, must be acquir- ed for use in a general war of de- fence against organized, professional bandits, who are public enemies in the same sense that the pirates of the Spanhh Maine were public en- emies, and who have all the evil of the buccauecrs. These bandits can be dealt with effectively in only one way, and that by applying methods of extermination such as were used in ridding the world of piracy. A dead bandit commits no robberies. rapes or assasskiatlons; and he is the only kind of bandit that doesn't. The Montreal Star reiterates the ‘Federal and hovincial, will soon have in Montreal the most up-to- date permanent organization in this country. Though it is impossible to c-btain official inforznatlon on the subject, it is learned that negotiat- ions are underway to buy the Met- ropolc building at the corner of Nctre Dame street, and St. Lawrence Boulevard, and to install in it. the general offices of the party. The price involved is said to be $500,000. All activities of the Conservative or- ganization would be centralized

there. Other parts of the building would be rented, so as to bring a substantial revenue to the party. Part of the organization is already situated there, while the other is in Versailles building.

Despite all the discussion that. has taken place regarding the unwhole- some hoarding of the world's gold in the United States, that nation's store of the yellow metal continues in mount. 0n April 9th the Federal Reserve Board at Washington an- nounced that its monetary gold stocks had reached $4,706.000,000, a new high record for all time. One reason, and probably the chief rea- ‘ accumulation, k found in the fact that the neigh- boring Rupubllc is importing fewer commodities from outside, and that

Notes by the Way.

.rumor that the Conservative party,

By Inna W Barbra, MD

HOW WORRY KILLS.

A famous professional man g (cw years ago had a nervous brcairdown. l-le was doing a tremendous amount, o1 work, andhis breakdown was at- tributed to overwork.

He was a man of strong phlslqug but after an illness extending over a few months he finally died,

What was really the cause of his breakdown or collapse.

it. was not the hard work, but a secret sorrow that so unnerved him that he could not eat or sleep, and so his whole body simply broke down because it was not cared for prop- erly.

Behind every ease oi’ “nervous breakdown" or "breakdown from overwork," is likely a story of lack of sleep. a sluggish liver from lack of exercise or physiclal work, cons- tipation, no outdoor alrppoor appe- tite and‘ irregular meals. And ‘the underlaying cause is not work but worry.

Trying to do any mental work un- der these conditions is just the last straw, and there is a collapse.

Eugene Person says “Worry is a. leak through which energy is wast.- fully dissipated in the unknown void of the future instead of eblng con- structively applied in the present."

I believe that if we thought of worry as a leak through which we were losing a large part of our supply of energy, just as a. cut or torn blood vessel will cause such a. loss o! blood that life is endangered, we would stop the leak just as we pre- vent. the loss 0f blood.

Worry wears us out. in two ways.

First, as we think constantly of the thing thatis worrying us it keeps a portion of our mind always

to do our regular mental work. This means a double amount of mental effort.

Second, the other organs of the body all have their work interfered with; the stomach fails to mix the food with the digestive juice proper- ly because its movements are lass - e in number and strength; digestive juices from the liver“ stomach, and pancreas are likewise lessened in amount and quality; the absorption of food from ‘the small intestine in- to the blood is interfered with; the large intestine fails to act: regularly allowing absorption of waste matter into the blood; the heart beats more rapidly as the mind dwells on the matter causing the worry; the juices ,of some of the ductless glands is ‘increased and others lessened thus ‘interfering with the regulating mechanism-the regulator-of the

body processes.

THE RETREAT

Happy those early days, when l

shined in my Angel-Infancy.

Before I undrcstood tlrs place

‘Appointed for my second racr.

‘or taught my seul to fancy aughl

But a white, celestial though ;

When yzt I had not wallacd above

A mile or two from my first Love.

And looking back. at that short space

Could see a glimpse of liis bright face;

When on flower

My gazing scul would dw:ll an hcut‘,

And in those weaker 8101565 SPY

Some shadows cf etcrni‘._v;

Before 1 taught. my tongue to viound

My consclence with a sinful Sound-

Or had the black an to d 10.16150

A several sin to every scnre.

But felt through all this fltshly

dress

Bright shoots of everlastlngness.

some glldCd cloud or

O how I long to travel back,

And tread again that ancient track! That I might on": more reach that. plain,

Where first 1 left my glorious train: From whence the enlightened spirit sees

That shady city of palm trees!

But ah! my soul with too much stay Is drunk, and staggers in the wayi Some men a forward motion love. But I by backward steps would move:

And when this dust falls to the urn, In that state I came, return. ~Henry Vaughan (1622-1695)

time to time by the Republic's form-

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active, in addition tc which-we try,

Bennett Government Commended By Leading Liberal Newspaper

Leading Editorial from m} Toronto Globe illlboral) of April t!

Soviet Rilsiais ban on imports, from Canada was to be expected. followingthe action of the Can- adian Government, and should serve a useful purpose in ' directing the attention of the world to the cour- ageous lsadership the Dominion has given. ‘ The monetary loss to Canadlant business amounts to little. Exports in the calendar years 1929 were fir, 403,00), and in 1930. $i.68ll,000 while imports were, respectively, $009,000 ar-i $1,964,000, a favorable balance of $2.500."00. thus becoming an ad- verse balance of $170,000. These figures are small compared with Canada's total trade. They are more important as revealing what has become recognized as Russiab jockeying trade policy, described by Sir Arthur Balfour as “skilfully playing off one nation against the other to greatly extend their terms of credit." If Russia were able to implement her proposal ~10 pay in gold for two-thirds of a $10,000,000 purchase here, it would be because of her manipulation of trade else- where. Some other country would have to pay for it. Great Britain has been trying for six months, without success, to make some ar- rangement with the Soviet represen- tatives for the settlement of stand- ing debts, and in the meantime Moscow has been piling ulp new debts through longtcrm credits. Lost year she managed to get. $110,000.00) worth of products into the United Kingdom by taking $30,000,003 worth in return. The Canadian Govern- ment is fully justified in trying to

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ilumber regardless of price; as a mat-

bccn ‘launched upon lull. those mar- kets that would feel it most." . . I Sii‘ roux schucur, psi-t, England: ‘fit seems certain. he had been in- formed by good authoritieaythat the policy of the Soviet aimed at das- troying the "economic structure, and through this also the political struc- ture, not only of‘ the neighboring countries, but of the whole world. This question would have ‘w be fac- ed. Their evident object was to usage pqflticg] unrest that: would, undermine all social systiemiand th' very basis of our civlllzatlon...._1>er serially, he.bel'leved' it. yould be b? to break of: all commercial "lam" with that count-W?’ _ ' Alldf these authorities, and othci:

who gould be quoted similarly- I" favorable toypolicles which will keep international. trade channels HD911- Somc of them are absolute free-trad- ers. They are not moved in their at- mude inward Russia, therefore. by any wish to restrict legitimate busi- ness. On. the contrary. “W? W“! “l” sound business principle-i W“ "Y ‘he defeat of Soviet meihfiifi-fi-

.Belglum has taken official action m meet the mmuojguslncss men in Spain decided to reieci R-wil"

and big strong liodlu.

them? It. would certainly be interest- ing to know what system they fol- low in assessing the public for In- come and Personal Property Tax. Not as laid down in the Act at all events. The city has both an assessor and a Court of Appeal, while under the government the assessor is also the Court of Appeal. which is the better system Mr. LePage? I am “sir, etc. CITIZEN

m- 01 principle. The‘ tendency in the United states is to restrict the credit of the Soviet because it is believed that; Russian financial structure will collapse and bills will not be met.

Canada has done what Sir Fell! Schuster believes should be done generally. Russia can "M? ‘m1!’ m’ the expense of others

into a noose, no matter how attrac-

neath it.

Canada is well out of it for her own

sake. She is escaping the costly les- Ysons which other nations must ex- perience if they continue pulling the Soviet chestnuts out of the fire, al- ithough she is paying dearly in loss of markets while those nations, and Iparticulariy Great Britain, keep ‘grasping at the shadow and over- ‘icoking the substance.

Business leaders in every major trading country recognizes Russia's rmethods of doing business as a menace to the well-being of the world. Comments from a few of them might be read with profit:

Mr. Rene Duchemln of France". "The Russian monopoly is unload- ing upon the world markets vast quantities of goods that have more than sufficed to throw into disorder markets already oversatur- ated, and these massive sales are. accompanied by prices lowered to a point where often the consumer only has to pay the value of the raw mat- srinl used.“ -

Mr. silas H. Srawn. United itatcs: "One grant menace-perhaps h: greatest menace-to the recovery of normal economic conditions throughcui: the world is the practice of the Soviet Government of selling “eonnnczlitfis at any price. Obviously ‘such a przi""rc diclvatcs markets ‘inlnaivs ' and ruatcriafljr s rondilixns.“

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prevent this country from stepping‘ tive may be the bauble dangling be- Trade cannot be carried on suc- v

cessfully with a country utterly lack-r _ ing in moral or business principles '

ROCKY POINT FERRY Sir—As we peruse our papers and being a. constant observer, we find much room for thought, of proceed- ings in general. In this day of mod- ernlsm and the great struggle to keep abreast with the times, to cope with the situation before us, we must of necessity make the most of every possibility that ccsies within our reach. . Our agricultural pursuits are of is igiivlzinzzetize gmnyzxxgfggf Paramount importance, and we learn lottetown having the privilege of see- M m“ ‘wume’ p“ mm‘ ‘° m“ m: the, any Assessment M“ How end. Since the potato industry came about the boks in the Provincial Tax inn?“ lémeltght to such a “at mmmmwwgmmmmmmu lleve past conditions we see a great deal being done so that thq industry may not be handicapped, large sheds being built here and there in every “$39550 .v louoliiy. and means made available whereby shipping may be carried on with as little loss of time and labor as possible. Were it not; for persistent efforts by progressive people would we have the Car Fierry and now a second one in building to