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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1931

. , Where Science Fails .___._.

v Science, analyzing the substance

all things into protons and flyzng el- ectrons’ and finding in man hnofhing f are being established; and still other bu; i sunspoomu] of m.,l._.lble e196, l! industries are enlarging their plants, we particles’, has been [orced w ad_ ‘Yesterday's despatches indicate that h“ ‘om. other hypothesis ma“ m“ through the efforts of Premier Ben- nett while in Europe recently, France

of materialism to account

have been frank in this respect, and their frankness is refreshing after the

dogmatic materialism of Oeenth century. Dr. Ronald Mach

author of a recent work on scientific IChICVCMBIlL, raises this theme into ll inspiring and even religious motif. the concluding chapter of Dr. Macfies book are well

fiome reflections in

worth quoting. How, he asks, can w reconcile the view

does it throw on the man who lace

his boots and buttons his collar when we trace him back to an amoeba, or to a speck of protoplasm? Do these

views of science in any deep way ex~

plain man or make life worth living? Do they not rather make man and life still more inexplicable? The or- mn o! me’ the building o‘ the ‘body’ Mr. King's own exit as governmental m we womb_ me evolution of anbileader. Nobody wishes those days back mats. the nature of voluntary action. except a few disgruntled “mdmm- the relationship between matter as‘ 5° i’ M“ Kmg has enfious thoughts now understood‘ and mind’ renlaimfat the public interest and expectancy Bennett's every movement, he would do well to

as before, great mysteiues. Man is not

greater in stature when we compare "him as a nebula. nor does he become more rational when we regard him as flying electric charges. Scientific an- alysis does not explain, and except for special purposes the knowledge it gives us is probably less true and less valuable than the knowledge given to us by our senses and emotions. A beautiful face has more meaning to us than any constellation of electrons. A' world of electrons. then. can nut s; a world of ultimate truth. There is something beyond - something which the poet identifies with Beauty, the religious mind with God. When we lose the sense of the nearness of this mysterious Presence which per- meates the universe and gives it har- mony and colour, outline and mean- ing. we lose touch with the only real- Qy of which we can conceive. ‘We boast the new world we have found Yet in that world the roses fade; There is nor scent, nor light, nor sound In the star-clusters we have made;

We have but loosened and unbound The brofderfes of beauty}. braid. . .

Our soul is stormed by flower and star.

Our ears a million songs assail, Can we annul n rose. or bar

The music of a nightingale? Beside the light of things that. are.

The tlrngs of dream and vis.on - pale. Though with our dreams the world we drape. j with our laws the world ex- ‘ ' plain,

for us there can be no escape Rom the sunslfght, the lark‘s re- 7 " train.

Music and color. sound and shape pfiiiege the heart, and flood the - brain."

Jlr- King Getting FidflPtll ' , tui 111g people of Canada are wonder- Q Whit’. MI‘. Mackenzie King b01794 “inn by flying that the country wouklhave been better of! today if sis...» administration had not achieved olfce. Durinl Q18 l!“ 91°’ for a special evflliml.“ 9"‘ lfantent ta deal with the molt "u" depression in the history of the wim- “rqgnupgq aging-the late Liberal lflnu. Iut tho conservatives enjoy- d,‘ ‘yggplng victory; the new Prime spoonful. no time m formfnl his qqanunent and calling Parliament in an emergency union. III! h 5mm; upon the statute books a urn-run pew-mm of "l"! ""1 "' habflltat-fm which has helped to aim an‘. .in a better position than mblflffy other country in the yq-ld today. Through the action of

for his meaning and origin. Modern scientists m“ purchase large quantities or can.

the nine-

of man as red blood, and white bone. and blue eyes, with the view of him as a Milky Way of- electric constellations? What light

donald. In the public accounts ecli- mm”, when sir. John was head-of the wvu-rnment, some one 000110894 5n 1mm for cab hln for the Prime Minister. sir John made a dlllliflifl

Iized. Many public works are under way. Idle fiictorles have resumed

o; work. other factories have greatly

t

adian wheat. In the midst of these activities, t

lent since his defeat

"3.

Bennett's visit to Washington.

e nett/s business was at Washington,

S

upon the dlCIlfA5 of American pol ticfans and

,creased their staffs. New industries

Lfberalleader, who had remained sil- last summer. raises his voice to criticise Premier Mr. King might _have spared his com- mont until he knew what he was talking about. Whatever Premier Ben- _ _ it Germany proposes to deal with the dole fn ‘a way which will have wide repercussions. 1t is intended to use the ‘money to subsidize employment. to make a Government contribution

fs safe to assume that he did no kow- towlng or pussyfooting in that quar- ter. The days when Canadian inter- ests were made subservient to‘ the in- terests of the United States, when Canadian politicians waited humbly,

thought it‘ a dreadful

in-

remarkabl

volume.

A German inventor Diesel motor nusks. But the difficulty at times is

i" has built

a plentiful, supply of fuel could

highway.

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for every additional worker employe

l the late Imd Melchett.

- m. ti..." of’ nu Majesty's Ioyal-Oppmitfon, l position of some ' _r r Hiblltty, for- which public mon-

toignow just Whit-Ml’. King has been -; , 210mm» assist ‘m the solution of some -. o1 thefiiidstbaffling-economic prob- a " lerns ever confronting in administra- tton‘ in‘ this-land. _ ‘If. his statement Just.1ssued--to_‘the<press is the sum ‘total ‘of his fcontribution," then the people of’ this land will know that they ‘choeewisely and well last July. A prominent member of Mr. King's party out in Manitoba has written a’ book about Mr. King- Power At Any Price. 1t is a pity the statement just given to the press can- not~'be included in that significant

that can run on rice

find the rice huslas. Now if an engine could be invented to run on morons.

gotten almbst anywhere along the

This is a, proposal put up to the Brit- ish qoyerpmeht a few years ago by

A new transport vehicle. the "ro-

ch; 3%» 'nf

Quark ' .‘ s; pa... w. 5,1,‘... up 5;”

lnB

m 11m system.

grow tired of reading and hearfn mulch about foods. '

table diet. In opposing this idea

plorers and the Eskimos live en- ; tirely on meat. Ot".:.r iviitctns will point out the

to mistake of not rotigh or 11w foods every day, whilst still others "will show_ that these rough foods are no: only not com- pletely digested by the body, but can

be

be a scurce of irritation to the wizale intestinal tract. Ncxv vrhnt about fcods. Is it

possible that what is good for on: individual may be a source of trouble or rlistrzss to ancthu"?

Yes. ‘Pherc is no question but that d_ cimlrtn‘. haniiie the same [coils tlifiq. and that some Lc:;ls can be tile cause of in- tcstiflal disturbance. skin irritation and 011101‘ canziitjans in the body. Drs. R. F. E. Stier rntl G. Hollis-

mmg n, the‘, du anvtmng or “id “Hers, m.“ or i“ kind in the worm ler. Eyck-an? ivashirtzton after a ' ' ' ‘ - - ' close investigation "are convinced _ . ~ l -. n. d rnadelts appearance last week in _ »_ , anymmg ma“ mm?“ m” o m“ ‘n mghmt The new vehicle can travel that icod is YESDOIlSlLe for many of provoke -"l‘6t,liii3.tiOll," are happily

,which follow Premier" keep them to himself, at least unti Parliament meets. when he will hav a better opportunity

matters intelligently.

A n Absurd Contention

Commenting Oll

bcc contributed eighty one per ccnt o the tax collectvd

vinces have contributed to the pro fits of tne

Central Provinces-as if

went practically scot free. The factls that the head offices of most of' the trust and

large banking, insurance.

on branch organizations doing busi ness in other Provinces are paid through these central agencies. Even if this were not so,-if it: were actually the taxpayers of Ontario and Quebec that pay eighty-one per cent of the taxes. it would simply prove that the individuals and corporations in these provinces have revenues out of all proporton to the revenues of individ- uals and corporations in other Pro- vinces. Actually, the other Provinces pay their full share, though the cred- it. as well u much of the profits on which the taxes are paid, [one to On- tario and Quebec.

Editorial Notes

Congress has passed an wpprwfll" tion of $0.000 w provide for the United sum exhibit It thafflorld’: Grain Exhibition m be mou- in Begins in rim.

The B15010!‘ 0! ffllnllkfl’ OOH I'l- oalls w the Vancouver Province an incident in the ltfaof 50' John Mae-

tha Bennett G-gvcrllflllflt, and by 00-‘

reply q u" mo poor to keep a oar- " tfon between the federal and. new 0f m? “m” h’ ‘m!’ ‘I'M u” 1f‘!

. _ '- l t . there provincial admlnfstratnna and the old to walk. Needel! ° Ill’

.gone. Their departure coincided with

of discussing

a boastful statc- sin-Since ment in the 'I‘oronto Globe that fn- come taxpayersof Ontario and Que-

by the Dominion Government last year. a ‘New’ Bruits- wick exchange s.'\_v.s the Globe con- veniently neglected to mention how much the people of the other pro-

iudividuals and corpora- tiuns WlllCh have made it possible for ' them to pay the tax. It is curious that every year. following the publication, of tax statistics. the same absurd claim is put forward on behalf of the they were being made to shoulder four-fifths of the burden of Domlfiionltaxes while the Western and Maritime Provinces

business organizations being in the. Central Provinces. the federal taxes

auburn-tam bum uh; 0M

less than five minutes. It is state be made in “forty-five seconds. Th ‘new roratler looks like an ordfnar road motor coach. but on the outsid

flanged railzwheels. ‘the pneumatic tired wheels were mounted on cccen 1 tries fitted to_ extension angle

e through the railwheels. when on the which are of‘

road the rafl-vrheels. small diameter, clear the road.

A bill in the United States Can tlon of the products of

, the does not permit other countries to in

f

convict or forced labor is the rule.

Canada,

are alert. And there is every indica- tion that they will be.

bymore attention being paid by Ca nadlans to -the special needs of Soutl:

“TEE-fwd by M1‘. l". C. T. O'Hara. Depu- ty Minister pf the .- Federal Depot‘.- ment of, ‘Trader and Commerce. at a meeting ofthe Rotary Club in Mon

treal last week. Canada, he said. sup- plies South America with only abou’ $31,000,000 wortlrof goods annually. which seems to be rather a poor share forthe flith largest trading: nation in the world to enjoy in view of the fact that the value of the fm- port trade of these countries is up proximately two billion dollars.

when Communists and Fascists en- gaged in a “peacefuP debate in Ber- lin. the audience became so excited over the words of Walter Ulbright, rnembe of the Iielchstag. that they engaged in a general fight. during which furnlture,.doors and windows were demolished. Police with clubs re stored order. 1f this had been other" than a "peaceful debate," the serve: of the Leagues of Nations might. hate been required to settle the dispute.

Although there was a pronounczd

ary thfsyear, compared-with the same month in 1930 and i020, the total number of’ persons employed regular- lypwu greater thanfn any one year from 1H1 to 1W6, inclusive. This is u promising sign, as ft indicates that frrdue time industry will again rc- oover its fullstrfde’ and so provide workyfor more persorurthan even in the boom‘ period:

It was-a paafmp when man first noolnlled the year with its object idiom of mcurz-ent-sequencel-L-a bas- fnjron wheel-i toiobcmrothar prac- maumlapenipt What ‘sub-mum beginning the Ohal- dials InliaJhiffIIt-diioerned that

a oeduaal crowed-wandering at ran-

pn the roldas well‘ as the railway and thechangeover- can be made in

tltatvwith four ‘men the change can"

of the PHGWMHCMrGd wheels were cases studied. Based on sound reason;

grass proposes to prohibit importa-l convict or _,‘:rced labor. This is aimed at Rus- Soviet Government

vestlgate the conditions under which? goodsare D1T°<luced-wi:h' some show- window-exceptionsé-dispositlon in the States appears tolfe to assume thnt’

may _¢0mme_rcially profit by the Prnce of Wales‘ visit to Latin ; America ff lrerttrade representatives‘

That good results may be obtained

American markets was very tmely

curtailment of employment in Janu-.

the niulflttidrof-tha flare was "not/

Llle ccmmcn Cvfliplfllllls of patients.

Many new conditions arc con- d tlnually b2 _- shown as due to "sznsitlvatioif or irritation by dif- ferent food stuffs. Fbods were re-l

E

Y e

sponsiblc for the production of,‘ symptoms in about 70 percent of the; ing the logical thing t; do is to test‘

out cases by means of skin tests, a‘. - glyccrine-sali extract. cf the par-I s ticulaz‘ food that is suspected of. causing the trc: 2:10". ' As you know 303d everyday foods

such as ta-mntoss. llCahtllfili, and rawi fruits. can can: an intestinal dis-f

turbanc: and :kin irritation pecple.

_" cf pECpi“ can eat‘ .',\‘.hi!l§.' without tro- . . a1: many ' ivilh hivzs.

pzopl: }

eczema. l in the ,-

stomach ivhich stme izrzi So if '51 l itchy" you _l: kind 2 |;iart.'cu‘a. therexf.

trr. ced to.

uinal uzxcss of

5

.' l Hljrlki AN ARMY

I hear an army charging upon 011C I lanrl. And the Jilznclir cf horses plung- Arrogant. in black aiunol‘. them stand.

whim, 1.119 chariotxrs.

tic-name:

their wharling laughter. blinding flarnc.

as‘. upon an anvil.

They come shaking in triumph their long, grecn hair:

shouting by the shore. r My heart. have you no wisdom thual to despair? IMy love, my love, my love, why have you left me alone? —Jaanei. Joyce.

Throughthe shadowy past. like a tomb-searcher, ‘ Memory ran, lifting each shroud that Time had cast o'er buried hopes-Thomas Moore-

st. ctlons which are perhaps analog- ous; to the materialism and optimism of ‘later’ days-u. Arthur Thomp- son in Glffordfs lncturee.

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snails)“.

In

unf-prnoeanhr-athu than an un- diiiindfiief tmsuuiat nu f.n the 1t was co- retold/our the one mad. with a um vorfinpar-feovnalteryluf the force's

I U" railways. 811700.000 wofzh of emplny- g Wis no further . on . i

‘m; oppgrtml-jes has Eon author-if

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ofnatulmandontlieotherwfthl

belief tn and in the possession 9‘ will W lPl-lllw-IIIIIIWVQ "n"

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sour "roons "cause amount: g1 often-think that . readers must

One health writer will advise that meat must be omitted from the diet if one wishes to be healthy and strong. He advocates a strict vege-

ano-ther writer shows that polar ex-

having plenty of

The Public Forum

RURAL TELEPHONES

Sirz-A resolution was passed at the annual meeting of the Earns. cliffs and Cherry Valley rural tele- phone Co.. in favor of the suggest- ion of theBangor lfne, whereas the Earnscliffe and Cherry Valley line pays the Island Telephone-Co, ap- proximately $200 per year in tolls, we feel that the Island Telephone Cc., should bear the burden of col- lecting this money and suggest that all other rural lines pass resolutions to the same effect.

We are, Sir, etc. FRED NELSON, Pres. BERNARD DOYLE, Secy.

QOURIST AND OTHER BUSINESS

Sirz-It was a great pleasure to nu this week to again see the good oltl Guardian, I cannot find words to tiescribe the pleasure that comes to a P. f. when he-cnce more comes in contact with the Island news. A lot of us young men leave the Island. not always because we want to, but because We cannot all find work to keep us there. Most of us hope to sec the day when we can go back nnd spend our last clays in the peace of the dear old Island.

I note with pleasure that the bus-

iTourist away from the Island is lack of hotel service, and advertising,‘ op~

The St. Lawrence Deep

4 vey has been made of the whole pro- ject with its possibilities and subsc- _ ;t|ucnt improbabflitics ‘ m mlmyiglance at the wheat wring" forward points which may be in effect with i the St. Lawrence deep water-way pro- ject tinder political discussion. Onc or two observations on the position “thv-"cauaa -oE-;-2¥~x\:!-‘c ' “ Cunad. are notIQe.

is If}: am (“Luigi culture is the most important single! u amt bee-sures, . .‘ tilting or industry lll the ‘Dominionvbasezl on;

any l the net ‘Jalue of its production. Of all

L w‘ jui" what t Canadian agricultural net production" [OCH m“, b? m? Cans: field crops produce from 65 to 70 per} ' lcsnt. of the total value. In the prov-; ‘tnces of Saskatchewan and Manitoba’ During th field crops are an even higher per-i revolutions csrntagc, running sometimes to B5 and ‘ clined to a 90 per cent. Coming to stat stfcs of the field crops of Canada izntlonIh how that the value of wheat is ap- yroxlmatcly 40 per ccnt. of the value cf all field crops. From the point of view, therefore of production it is seen that wheat as n single commod- ity assumes agricultural production accounts for about 40 per ccnt of the total net pro- inw. foam abzut their knees; I duction of Canada. It is then obvious bgilflnd from these figures that wheat is by long Odds the mc.t important single Dis-caning the reins. with flu-tterin-gl commodity produced in Cnnadrr.

just as important. Of fifty leading They cry m:- a the right their bat- i commodities exported in 1926. wheat accounted for about 30 per cent. by I moan in SIC-PD when 1 hrar afar value. It is about three times as im- portant in value as any other sing]: They clesve the gleam of drzams. a commodity exported from Canada. From th‘s brief review of the nation- Clatiglhg. clflhzlng "B11111 my 119R"; al status of wheat, it is seen that from ’ Tthe point of view of production and iexport it is reasonable and Just. in an {economic analysis of Canadian con~ ‘ditlons to devote the main investiga- They come out of the SE11 Bl"! Tu" I tions to the economics of wheat. Pro- duction has two vniues to it commun~ fty, ft creates goods or services for local needs and any excess of such goods or services ts then available for exchange or barter with others else- where who may be creating different sorts of goods and services. 1t is this exchange that creates trade. and trade involves, of course transporta- tfon. It is apparent, transportation is involved ln the whole range oi’ the economic life of Canada. It is not confined to one de- partment.

The importance of Canada's trade with the United States ls generally -» > understood and appreciated. What is not realized so fully is the magnitude

however cannot be appreciated with- out a great deal of time and space. Before the war. Europe was by far the most important grain importing area-

the mropean production fell short of domestic supply, and the deficiency was made up by imports, the order of magnitude of which-was 1,000,000,000 bushels per annum. Russia was before

frtcss men of the Island are getting interested in the Summer tourist trade. All that keeps the American

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