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PAGE FOUR ‘ TllE BIIABLUTTETUWII GUARDIAN

Morning Dally (Fnundcd In 1887)

l t, 1.1 t.-c 1. w. chute 8- Mel-Irv P" gIelg-KIQIEIIWCIILD J. ll. Bun-nail, FJJ. Secretary, LleiiL-Col D. A. Maclilnnon. 9-5-0- Edllor and Managing Director. J. R. Burnett. FJJ. ! soclato Editor, Frank Walker.

SUBSCRIPTION RAEES _ to c" $5.00 per year tln advance) do V¢N' "I $4.00 per year 1 . advance) mulled to I’ I_ lslnml 15.00 per yur tln advance) milled to Canada and [LS- Member. Audit Bureau or Circulation:

‘The Strongest Memory is ‘Weaker "m" I/l¢__W8l1li__¢8l_ Ink. ’

WEDNESDAY. DECEMBER 27- I939.

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Canada's New Flag

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In reporting the arrival of the Istpaiitidian Division in Great Britain, tlic_L2t1iad1;tn Press referred to “the new ivhite ensign of the senior formation of the Canadian :\ctive Service liorce, with its intiplc lctivcs and its flcurs dc lis," which fit-iv from the iiittstltcztd of thc flagillll’ °f ‘he flcct of transports.

The ncw flag was approved by the Govern- ment jtist before the hcadqtiartcrsstaff of the. I51 contingent loft Ottawa. lhe Liiioiyjziclv is in (he upper tiuarter next to the staff. llie field of the flag is white ivitli threc large red maple lcaves in the lower half, and three gold fleurs dc h, on a blue background within a circle iii the upper half, opposite the lack. _ _ _ _

Th5 purpose of the ncw design, it ls explain- pd, i5 to have a ilistiiigtiishiiig emblem for the headquarters of the LTanadian forces iii Bri- tain or in France. U11 other occasions, tllﬁ flag of the (fzinzitlian merchant marine has been used outside of Liziunilzi. But it isuniprop- "h, “~‘(\(‘ m, hhul (cxccpt 011 our foreign lega- [iﬂlls and oii Ltiutidzt House in London, for which special Zllllllflfi/JIIIUII has bccll 3W9"). 3W1 everything must be done properly and accord- ing to regulation, in the zirniy, llence the sudden llllllTﬁYiSZllltlll. \\'hcihcr 0r not the new flag will he retained after the war will dcpcﬂd. n"

doubt, on public reaction.

Different Traditions

Coimiicittiiig on the sinking of ‘the ural Fllee. the Xcrtt lurk 111112: draws this mtcrcst- iiig conclusion: V _ _

The ticritian iiaial tradition is newer than that which iuspircs the British quid American battle flccts. lt is founded on a rlittcrciit sct Ol ﬂihiorg, 1i is not 11111ch older than the \\orld \\';ir. llirtiughtuit that struggle Germairsliips fought vahziiitly; but only against an encircling t'...,.11.. 44--. '11.- ....i.i:..... of ucicut. ...c sct.t.....,_ Liciiuaiiy 3 $5oo,ooo,ooo fleet of 50 vessels after it lliltl 5lll'l‘(‘lltl(‘l'(‘il at Scapa. I‘lOW 1S still re- :,,,,1,.,<1 h, {he llcicsh as a glorious dced and onc

/11-|»<\\lr\¢r< \\)ll||lA\ L\

[<1 emulate.

.\ltIl'(‘t\\(‘I', the Ccrman itiind ligtygtrils, Yictorv is workcd out on a carcfu‘. i-stimziic- of iiizithciiuuiczil chances. lf the oilils si-ciii too -,_-rc:ii the‘ plan is iliscztrdctl. hlorc dain- oiitwcigh the loss of

rejects Icing

igl- to tlti“ fovs ilocs not _ ptic-liqv, which ilcfmt cutails, The Gruf bpct: iuziv hcrsi-lf hzivc bct-ii so ilamztgctl that shc could inflict httlc puuishiiicut cvcii on thc tltrcc llritisli cruisers which, it is now rcvcalctl, wore lllg only tiic to hc fziccd-qiossibly so (lam- rgcrl that she was not worth repairing if slic had stavt-d to bc iiitcructl. ;\s it is, (icrlllilllS C11" rliug to the bclicf that shc sank undefeated.

‘the lti-itish lfiltlllltlll is different. lt is to accept battle as the ltopclcssly" outclassed Rawal- pindi did. It gocs back through the centuries to Sir Richard Grenville, who met and battered “fifty-three saile of great ships" with his littlc Revenge. _ ‘

To the methodical it seems qulX0llC_ Ycl sometimes it ,wi11s, and always it has its prac- tical values. It is not British morale that has suffered from the self-imposed fate of the Graf Spec.

The Need For Secrecy

fhere is, says the Globe and Mail, something that needs to bc said in defense of cciisorsliipct the neivs of the arrival of the Canadian Active Service Force at a British port which has drawn the fire of critics on both sides of the Atlantic. The original plan to maintain secrecy until thr iob of disembarkation was completed was dc- sigiied to guard against aerial attacks upon the main battle fleet of Britain and the troopships in which the first Canadian division crossed tlir Atlantic. _

A convoy composed of twenty or thirty liners. cscortctl by the most powerful warships in thc Royal Navy, obviously’ would tempt Cflﬁllly planes ciptippcil with loitg-raiige guns and acrial torpcdors, to say tiothing of bombers capable of destroying or crippling the largest vessels. Nazi fliers would rclislt nothing bcttcr than a chance u, Sin]; 1hr, rich ,'ir_;_m5i(‘$ from (‘anada as the ships lay at anchor iii tlic estuary awaiting their turn to discharge. thcii" passengers,

Great liners czmiiot be tinloadcd as tiously ris ferr_vbo:its,

tianztdituis of the First Contingent in 1914 will recall thc satfcgiiitrtls taken to prevent hos- tilc attacks \\'ll('ll lhvy crossed the Atlantic. The. prcsciicc of licriiiau submarines iii English waters caused tlic naval authorities to change lllC (lcsiiiuttioii of that convoy Svvcrﬂl litllvﬁ Th1‘ origiiuil itlczt was that llN‘ contiiigctlt should tll.\('lllll-'ll‘l\' at Livcrpool. This ivtis abandoned l)(‘\'}l\1_\(‘ of lllt‘ coiigcstion in thc hlcrst-y‘; Elllcl Siltitliziiiiptou ivas ihcu chosen as the. landing phi-L lliogiu-cisvi‘ of (icriiiitu subiiiziriiit-s lurk- ing 110411‘ the lslo of \\'igl1t rcsullcd iii the con- vov bciitgr brokcii up. with iiistriiclioiis to thi: Illll'l\'-llll'4't' transports to stt'.'1111 full spccd for l‘lviiio11tli, :1 i1:iv:il bzist- with no facilitics for Ill!‘ sptxdv uiiloztilitig of troupsliiyis. Th1‘ first transport (‘lll('l'L'(l l'l_viiiii1ill1 Stuind at scvt-ii in Illl‘ morning, but thc slowest ships. could iiiukc [m], [(-1] lqitiis, 21111] il tins not ulllil cvciiiiig of tho ncxt dav tliztt tho .-\diiiir:1lt_v ivtis iii t1 posi- tion t0 rcporl that the lztst of thc Liamzitliiiu ships hiid ilfl'l\'t‘ll zit Plymouth.

ln the prt-st-iit iustziiicc thc fact is tlt:it, wliilc pzirt of thc Ctiiiztdiait contingent laiidcil at .1 lli-itish port on Siiuilziy. it \\‘2l.\‘ not until latt- ltlonilaiy that llic task of discmbtirkiiig the whole

expedi-

THE CI-IARLOTTETOWN

division was finished.

The authorities appreciated the dcsirability of telling the soldiers’ relatives of their safe ar- rival iii Britain at the earliest possible moment At tlic same time there was justification tcr secrecy designed to guard against a possible air raid and deplorable casualties among ships and men.

-= EDITORIAL NUIES =-

Festival of Saint John. I 1U II

Charles Lamb died this flute, I834—"FOI" the

sake of tobacco, l would do anything but die." 1k I Ii i‘

The Provincial Government offices are now so well staffed that an additional holiday at Christmas does not signify.

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In order to maintain domcstic prices of hides and sltiiis as close as possible to the lcvcls ruling 0n August 31, 1939, Australia has placed these commodities tinder price control.

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The newspapers as a whole throughout the Dominion, as iii Grout Britain, rcvcrcntly r‘:- spcctcd Cliristiitzis by iioii-piibliczttion lint the radio blastcd the pcacc of the home by its ivcarisoiiic and ucrvc-rztcking commercialism. \Vh_v can't radio do, as the newspapers pront- ised to d0, mcrcly broadcast news sirccials should anything occur to warrant them?

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Canada imported 1,090,933 cwt. of fertilizers iii October as compared with 1,111,467 in October 193$. .\ll btit 74,115 cwt. came from tlie Llititcd States and cotisistctl chiefly of phosphate rock, stilphate of ammonia, fish of- fal. muriate of crutlc potash, nitrate of soda, stipcrpliospliute and taiiktigc. .\ iiiarkcd gniii \\'&l$ shown in (fzitlztdxihs ()Cl0l)(‘1‘ cxports of fcr- tilizcrs, the total bi-iiig 77 .2111 cwt. as con:- parcd with 300,283 a yt-zir ago. Ammonium stilphttte, cyziiiainitl, tztiilczigi‘ auil pliosphatc fz-riilizcrs wcre amongst thc l1‘.'1tlt'l'S cxporteil during the month.

Ill Ii II‘ if

.-\s tisual, Finland was the only one of thc dcbtor nations from ulioiii iiistalltiients wurc dtie on Dcc. 15 to mzilte its p;1_vii1c11t t0 the Lilli- tcd Sttttcs. Had all of lll(‘1ll paid thc amounts tluc, the Tircasuiy would httvc bccn richer by $161,157.; . Thc btilziitcc of thc Finnish dcbl was said by the 'l“t'c.'isu1'_v to bc $S.14.:.Soo. TllCfC are scveiitccii tlcbtoi" nations, from tl1ir- l('(‘ll of which payments fcll due the saute day lluiigziry- mttdc a sciiii-nitiititil tokcii payiitctit of $0,333.16. The Stlttc llcpartiiiciit rccicvctl diir- ing the ilzty" notes from other nations rcgrvt- ting their inability to 11:1y—-—l.:itvia, listoiiizt. France. ltaly and Ruintuiizi. The latter rc- fcrrcd to thc "prcsiciit tlisruptctl coiiilitioiis in

laifopc.’ I I i U Iividciitlv school rcgistcrs 10 years hcticc will rcad like gztzctlcvrs if i11:1t1_v liuglish iiiiithcrs ftilloiv thc cxztmplt- of a Loiiiloii woiitan cvzi- cttcc now living at Leighton liiizzartl, llt-dfnrrl sliirc. .\s a coinpliiticiil to tlic town which has givcii lit-r rcftigr slic has lllllllt‘(l licr lJlll)_\’ sou \'ictor Leighton. Thtchcrs bclicvc the idca is likclv to catch oii. jlhl as thc plztcc-iiziiiic mid licro-tiiiiiic notion diil iii thc Great \\':u'. So when thc iicxt qcii-cratiiiii of scltool-cliiltlrcii :11- tcuds ilic roll-call thov will Illl>\\'l'l‘ to such classy "iiiotitcl-xrs" as $11tto1i kiotirtttiizty‘ (wltcii tlic f2i1itil_v's iiaiiit- is cotirtcitzrv), llzirtlcy \\'iiit- iicv and l'iL‘llll_\' Lfiiiiipttm. (lllCY villages in IBcrk- shire. llziiiipsliire ziitd \\':t1'\vicksliirc respective- ly. Sir tiharlcs Closc, pztst prcsidcut of thc liuglish Piacc-Naiuc Society, said lic thought it an cxccllciit iilca, adding: "l wouldn't stiggcst Ilogsiiortoii, for cxiiiiiplc. hut thcrc arc many prctty Apglii-Saxon l)l£lL‘(‘-lli1lll(‘S ivhich would be quite stiitahlc for Christian iiztiiics." d‘ 1k 1k d‘

The war continucs to spccrl many Canadian young pcoplc into wedlock, In September the increase in marriage ivas es 1-2 per ccnt ovcr those of a year ago, in (lctobcr 58 1-2 pcr cciit and according to a rcport for the month of .\'o— vcuiher jitst issued by the Dotuinioii Bureau of Statistics, there is a gain of 47 pcr cent ovcr thc number of \N'Cd(llllgS performed iii Novcirtbcr, 1938. This is the iiiorc iiitprcssivc wltcii it is pointed out that the total iitintbcr of young pco- plc marrictl in (unadzt siiicc the war broke out in Iiuropc, that is, during thc nioiitlts 0f Sep- tcmber, October and Novciiibcr, was 40,600 21s compared with 25,510 a year ago. Births regis-

tered in 67 cities and towns in November numbered 6,721, deaths 4,214 a1l(l marriages 5,037 as compared with 0,8115 births, 4.339

deaths and 3,419 iiiarriagcs in November last year, showing decreases of 2 1-2 per cent iii births and deaths and an increase of .17 per cciit iii marriages. Births registered during the clcvcu months jaitiiary-Novciiibcr of this year, totalled 79,034, deaths 43.080 and marriages 46,141, as against 77,345 births, 47,050 deaths and 38.031} marriages during the corresponding clcvcn months of last _vc:1r. This cotiiparison shows an iiicrczise of tlircr- pcr cont in births, two pcr cent iii deaths and 2| pcr cont in mar- riages. ‘I I‘ i ‘I

'I'hcv arc taking Gcritiitn pro-Nazi propaganda so scriottsly iii South Africa that an appeal has been iiiztdc iii lohaiiucsliiirg for a fund of at lcztst $I.OO0,000 for the ptivposc of combating it, to be czillcd the Lhiity l"uiid. The movement has the approval of the Priiiic Minister, Gen- cral Siriuts, and is spoiisorcil by four promin-

ciil $outl1 .\fric:111s, Sir ‘lilllltki Rose Iniics ((111110). ‘irigzitlicr-ticiicrztl llziiiic lotlia (Iircc State). $ir (liarlrs Smith (Natal), and Sir

\\'illi;11n l)nlr_vinplc (Transvaal). The principal ohjctrt of thc lll0\'(‘l'llf‘lll is to combat thc “iii- ccs-atit, dmidly propagniidzi from abroad, and ,thc sowing of fll\t‘tlllit‘lli and ltrttrcd iusitlc our

cotinlt‘ sttiltas ll manifesto issticil by the oi‘- gliiiiri- “.\ liirgc. fighting publicity fund," llicv ilvclatrc, "ivill bc ticci-ssziry lo finance a

iiittioii-iviilc vaiuipziigii to ili-nl with propaganda from zibroliil ziiid llll\l'f'])l'l‘>(‘lllJlll(Ill :1t hoinc by :1 clczir slittiiiit-iil of lll(‘ truth. 'l‘his fund is to prt-i c111 thc l‘(‘.'ll issiic b1 forc lhc country from ht-ciuuiiv; clotul-wl bv racial aiiitiiositics, and to proiiiiilv lllllllllll uitdcrstaiidiiig bctivct-n all soc- tiiiits of llit- pooplv. Tlic prorvrds of lllf‘ fund will provide $o11tl1 .-\fi'ica with ziniiiitiuitioii for (l(‘l<‘llk"" Iicniusl llli‘ t‘t‘.'l<|‘lt‘\~ uur of ivords stag- cd by the Nzui l‘rop:1y;:i11<l.1 hliiiistry.

NOTES BY TllE WAY

o! Lord-l discloses that. most of the Basque children brought to Great. Britatn for safety during the re- cent spanlsti clvll wai- have now been returned home. These were the youngsters so hurriedly cvacuated from Northern Spain in the sum- mer o! 1937 Just before a Nation- alLst army overrun tlie Basque prov- inces. In all some 5.0L!) of them found sanctuary under the Union Jack. Their removal was one of the dramatic incidents of Spain's bltterly-foiiglit revolution. That was before the world had become ac ctlstomed to the spectacle of chll- dren belng separated. in mass. from their parents and sent. far away, as a measure of physical protection Few Brltloiis. watchlng these pa- thetlc Basque children, can have forseen that ln scarcely more than two years their own boys and girls would be similarly uprooted by a. war and forced to take refvge with strangers. The lltitle Basquvs are going back to Spain. The civil war ls over. Some of tlie ret-umlng ex- lles undoubtedly will flnd no par- ents to meet tlieiri. Many of their families must be having a hard time w sci 111mm 1n a system ad- ministered by their enemies But even Great Britain is no longer 5M6. Ii Ls a savage Etiropo for the children or 1939. - u-alt Reporter,

Everywhere under tlie yoke of the invader the Chinese are s‘lll Oliliiese. CVOf’_\‘\\'ll(‘l‘6 tliert- are

pockets ofresistanoe ln which not only guerrillas but also rrgular troops he lti wait for opportunity to strike. Whenever the Japare=.e 8Y9 unwary enough to reduce ther garrlsons to an extent wlitcli mn- ders them vlllllPfillJle to stressful attack tllls fact is inipi-ecsws tin- mlsttikablv both llDTlll them and iinon neutral opinion. The fauure 0f Japan to consolidate licr control ln this rrgm a lull yvrar after the fall of Canton offers a clcso par. aLel to cottdttictis in other parts of mt‘ wlllllll‘? ‘Ildllllltfy n[)"I';\l.‘O)i5 still Cﬂllflllllt‘ in the mu km. n;

P9101118. '1‘l‘.‘1ll5'11. Slitinrzhal, Nan- kliig and Haiikoiv, A i~pgiiai~ Chinese izovcrnmrut, iii.- sum"..-

Cltahar-Hoqx-i Borrlcr Rrimom Hm,“ ishcs in the rear of the Japanese iii those provinces. (‘ﬂ“l!‘OlllllL’ m) his; than seventy distric A spilt-r administration is g1 wing on iii.- Yanctzc. on the horrlrr beluga“ Ktatitzsu flier-o nn- Sll'l (l!\"F'f‘|‘l: 9f crack ITOOIN Wlllwli l'(‘ll'f‘:1'(‘(‘] iii-m

after the fall of II.\\l(‘llf7\\' .. Hjng K0111: Press. Some o! our skilli-d trades. with

ancient twirlitl 11s of

liceship still retain qttcrr ccre.. moniai '['l111.<

U" 1° "l" \'°l‘.\' old and 1101101‘- able callmc of cwwtu-iilg i;

through his ternt, lllf‘ prawn-p is for his l<~a:lir-i--nri"ii~t1 craftsmen o’ tho vnrtl, 11w 01d hands, to FM?!" llllll. mil hiii tn- sidc a b1ll'l'(‘l. and roll l1"iii absut. the Yard Atm- this rtlfllﬂ" (ll~('0".-

ice ls rescued from tn.- l1Wl‘]‘f‘l, in a mm“ 01' lPSS Lridrfv and coiriisnrt condition. and his coufi-rrt-s iii-ii drunk his livaltli in good brown ale. after first tossing liiin un in , tho air and Qqlﬂhlng in“ “Up, In their stiurdv arms Alter this ritual puiictilioiislv lrnpi, the m- prciittce is a full-ticcliwrl t-0;,»i~¢r_ in sklllcfl craftsman and (“l1 look forward to helping in his tum at similar Initiation fo-iivnls .'I‘lr3 ancient tradtioii behind m]; on,“ “Ion-V H183‘ be t0 impress on the newl-vwuallllﬂl PQOPPY‘. by rollrig hlm about 1n one, how important ft ls to build a barrel strongly and soundly. — Ottawa Journal

A PM‘? of nntivvs from the, 111M110? 0f Kenya. the British cel- Oﬂy lll East Africa south of old Ethiopia. arrived recently at Lairiii with a report that must citttso tlie gravest concern to those who have believed that if’ civilized man cris- tlntie: to act as he new is misbe- having they cruild fnid p"ac(- and contentment. by retreating from the front llne ol culture and tak ng up lllelr abode among 1h;- m- m1- live inhabitants of Africa. These natives declared that oii t-hc l‘ trip they had cncotintcrcd ii hart-l or elephants that ivore Illllryglgkqbly "Punk and shockingly disorderly. T'l1e elephants. who ln their 11or- mal state of mliid are models of dignity, indulged 111 lllt" “i051 grotesque antics, cnprritig about ln a manner lll beltttiup; their sta- Ho“. staggering blindly lvllcn they attempted to walk. and causing Rm! damage to the vcgctltllrn. When the question was pm to ‘he "BUWF- "Why do YOU say the

flebliants were drunk?" their 1m- swer was convincing: “Masters, we are sure: they acted just as the white man ftichluclifl acts whpn the bottle ls empty“, _ New york Sun.

In I970 some pretty i-ytmoy. dtnary things nro going in con-h Dﬁse 0111‘ Way of life. Physiologi-

cal research ls going to make ch11.

dren more happy, efficlriit and Cﬂbable bectiuso nf oiirlcnics, and ‘the lead ls tlie oiidocritv-s, under

the dictatorship of the pluitaigv," ‘This type of research ls going to tell us all about our mcnttil ahllty, eneTIZY. coinage. fatigue, gl'()\\‘lh‘ nervousness, RDIIOHTIZIlI-PKQ. pro- creatlve abilities and the gcti-‘ral ebb and flow of the tides of lifo And, providing you don't. coni- mll. suicide rather than facgi 511"}; an open book about yourself, herr- are the sort o1 considerations that. will inﬂuence your choice of (p011; "....m0thcr love depends mi man- ganese. red blood demands _v0llow CODDQF. we must eat aluminum. lrritnblllty follows a shortage of calcium nnil phosphorus. wt- can. not, reproduu- witlioiit vitamin E, ascorbic ncld ls lnfltionttal ln pre- serving ‘wetb and catises cataracts to tlisapnoar from the cvc“, Thus ‘there will be no ivzilklng 1m to n .(‘OlllllPf‘ and asking for a plcce of p‘e. Lunchlng will be a questmn of drcpplmz into lhv nearot chem- lst- for i1 bnttll! of pornititizaticsw lwrlrcclilorlc pntassiiini, wit-lion just n Z1171» creamy and i1 thin 511g, of rcd copper on rye.

A ltatemenl In the British Home‘

G UARDIAN '

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PUBLIC FORUM

‘I'll: column ll upon for lhl illleiuafon by eorrupondonil cl quutlnno of Intern“. Th: Chu- luttetown Guardian don not I10- enurlly mirlono tho opinion: of

rrrlpomlentl.

WHO PAYS IT?

Slr:— some days ago you report- ed that some 200 lamlllea received relief that week. Presumably thLs wa. from the 01W‘ but; was M‘

Now where do t; use 200 families live? I5 it. tn City properties. 0r 051 tlie streets —or wriere? They don i. own the houses; that la evident or they would not. be “on relief." or do they pay any rent. l! they have no moiiev to buy bread. In nutter 0f fact, not. one out; of ten pays the

or .

I don't know how much the City hands out. to each, but. 1 know that. they go to the landlord t0 get the casii to pay out. to the tenant, I know the landlord hasto pay 1t, and lie has to do it. from his savings of years ago.

So that. tihe tinfortunate landlord has to house the unemployed at a cost of say $3 a week for rent, $2, taxes paid into the City relief ﬂuid for his benefit; another $3 to clean 111p tlie mess rind repair the wreck- age and eviction costs to get. h m out. and then w wait. weeks and nionthsfoir another tenant.

Wliy I5 prpctlcally the whole bur- den of housing, feeding and cloth- ing tlie unemployed piled almost, ex- clusively upon the small struggling landlord (IFIVIIIg him to the verge. if not l_tito direct. bankruptcy? And why is it, that tlie holders of wealth, to a very great extent, are exempt from these costs, except to the ex- tent of the insignificant $5 P011 tax. or Illg small lcvy 0n their expen- sive limousine?

I can remember when under slm- llar conditions the late Philip Coyle Sin, provided free homes for some p001‘, the City remitted the taxes to Mr. Ccyle and if they had not done so there would have been a scorch- lllll unlleﬂval. What was good in those better days should certainly be good today. To take the unfor- tunate liousers of those 200 unem- plo ed by the throat, under process of aw. and tell them you must not onlv hand ln the funds to feed 11nd clothe, but must a1 o provide plaies for them to live in. ls simply inhu-

I am. 511;, 1=lc.. SUFFERER WHAT A PEARCE‘. Sii',—Aii_v0iie Toceedilig a'oi1g

Great George Street on Saturday afternoon would have seen a “l'l1l‘€" slzht iiidccd. lyiaiiy didl-aiid won- dcrod! And just what was this "rare" sigliﬂ-Wliy the great num- bers of our “sick" lined up 011t- sidc the Vcndoi"s for their much needed “m-cdiclrie".

To a stranger lt must have seem-

ed that a terrible epidemic had struck the clty. Saturday was quite cold too. Surely, thought the pass-

ﬂprren- ' (‘Y-bl’. this is a. terrible state of 11r-

ftiirs.-—0nr poor "sick" having to

\\‘l1"1,t 51'} Zlpiylﬂggg- I statiri tor hours in the cold in order [to obtain their much-needed “me-'

icine". By now. Reader. I feel sure you too are smiling. For would not.

{CHOW ltbe above facts bring a laugh to

most anyone: lips? I feel sure they woud. For as the passer-by on Saturday came closer to the htin- dreds milled around the Veridorks

certtug orrlrril is (l\'f‘l‘_ tho n|)v)pwnt_‘d0OI'. it was easy for htm to sec

that the line-up was far from slck- locking.

litclecd they had so much life ln tliciii that ln their enthusiasm they went rleht throitch the biz plate glass window! And ls this anything iiviv? Why of course not! Every- onn knows that‘

Otir present, script system Ls a farce! Prohibition. Bab! I think most of you will agree when I say that 99 ner cent of all the honor sold throuzh our Vendor's wfcket ls sold to persons who are no more sick than vou and I. Why then. Pl"‘l"lbll.lf)f‘l?

If a few amongst. us. who are fortunate enough to be “tn good“ with some of our medical profes- slon can get all the liquor they want.'1vhv_can't we all? This ls what is gouiz on at present. Per- haps tlicn, too. our “Boolileggcrs" would not be quite so popular. At 81W rate one would know what he was drinkinz. and agaln. why shouldn't the Government, be mak- "ii". the profit? Perhaps then there wouldn't. b“ so much borrowing go- liig on and our Government might, show ti surrfus for a change ln- st"'1"l of repealed rleflclts.

Yes. Islanrlers—Problhltfon ls the blvsest farce that, ever fell unon our fplr Isle Perm“ who have lived lri places like Moncton and Halifax owl then vlsl‘ ntir fwli- cltv, are astounded at. the nitmber of drunks lll(‘\' see. And they have reason to h" tco' One sees more drunks on the streets of Prohlbnlonlst. Charlottetown ln one week than you would see on the streets of

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Since the introduction o! the use of diphtheria toxold u n. pre- use of diphtheria in Camda 1n I925, sufficient for more than three mllllon persons has been distributed. Practically all of Lhls product. used in this country ls pre- pared at me Coiinauglit Labora- tories, University of Toronto. Iii the maln 1t ls supplied free of cost by provincial health departments In a ievlew of the subject Dr. D011- ald T. Fraser in the. Canadian Public Health Journal for October. 1939, tells the interesting story of the liiceptlon and development of diphtheria wxold.

It; was developed by Ra-mon ‘n France in 1923 and its use ‘has rapidly spread over the civilized world.

What Toxuld II

Diphtheria boxolcl ls diphtheria. toxin 0r poison to which an gppfO- priate amount. of formalin has been added. kept. 11L incubator tempera- ture until it becomes non-toxic. ltliat. ls iioii-tiolsotiotisl. The great- est care ls taken iii this procedure.

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By John W.S. McCullough, M.D 11111-1.

either of tlicsc two cities ln a month. Unbelievable. say you, but nevertheless it's a fact.

I think it iiiieht b1- n good time now at the start of this new year for our Government and proplc to wake tl\‘| lo the true facts and abol- lsii that. which has made us the laughing stock of the whole eight other provinces. You don't flnd so-callcd Prohibition in them. Surely they cant all be wrong!

I am Sh", etc,

W. G. AN OBSERVANT GTIZEN.

WHEAT " Eb’

Sin-I am sure all of your road- ers feel encouraged by tlie definite and continued appreciation in the price of Vvllfllli. but I wanted b0 send you this word and say s0! Pkairci- valtia-lotis lorthis coun- try's supplies of bread-grain‘ will have iinportaiii. echoes all through Canadian ccoiiomix I am certain of this, iaftor tiiaiiy years of ob- sorvatlon). that, difficult, condi- tions for tlie so-callrd “industrial e ;t" have iirver synchronised ivllh vibrant. and prosperous times for otir quarter-million of Wheat farm-

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I think the Allied cause has been lnestlmaibly served by tlie fact of this Domliiioiiis bulging bins at. t-hls particular juncture of world history. It seems to me that we have reason to be humbly grate- ful Lhrit, todavs struggle dovetailed into the 1939 pprairie yield of ivheat. rather than the 193'! busliclage? The average urban reader may have forgotten t-‘rc story, but will have little diffi- culty 1n tracing It throutzh the following figures, showing the wheat-yields from our prairies over the past Llirce years:

937 - - - . -l56.800.000 bushels 19718 - - - - 426000.000 bushels 1939 - - - - 422,000,000 bushels Behind the vital commodity 1t.- self_ (well-named “the staff of llfe'l stands an essential national

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