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Proficient-JV. (‘heater I. Alt-Lure, M. I‘. Vlee-PreoIdenI-J. B. Burnt Seorrtnry—LIeut.-Cnl. D. A. Marlilnnnn, D. S. 0. Editor nnii Managing Director-J. R. Burnett. ' Aslnrlnto Billion-Frank Wall-or nnd l). K. Currie lfnrnlng ILIiIy (IIIIIIuII-al 1H7) I500 pu-r year (In mlvnui-r) delivered. 8L5!) per your (In uilmm-e) m II In (‘unnrln and Fnlfrel 5min.

THE CHARLOTTETOWN GUARDIAN

i_ TIIEGIIARLOTTETUWN GUARDIAN n-irii BY TilE WAY‘

i There is on old Ilyln‘. of 3pm“, origin no doubt that it l; pom,- that ‘nine guilty pergoo; ‘boom escape punbhment mm mo; one innocent person should flfllgf the

'=_ ___ _ FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 2o, 193i diam penal”, o! twentyflm

r t the same period. Reduction in both . persm“ lynched i“ 193° in 111°

- IN A AUTSHELL i United States, two were innocent -___- imports and exports has. oi course.

i The difference between Mr. lifoc- I been due

largely to the general lzellzie King nnd Premier Bennett ‘economic depression, but it may be on the tariff question is this: Mr. recorded as equally ccrtain that

and the guilt of eleven other: was, in serious doubt, Mob leaders are? not punished. Surely that l; no; o, record of which any nation may

King always went in-Inorial drendftlie reduction in Canadian importsibe PTi-‘ud-

of retaliation from the United from h" immedia" Iieighiwl‘ W88 States, with the resillt that the.t‘¢1ii$t‘d by thc upward revision dis- United States boosted their tariffs i-‘IEBUY illiidd b)’ the Fedbffli GOV- to such an extent that our potatoes crnmvnt oi Canadian tarii! rates. nnd, agricultural crops generally following i-IDOII "i0 United Billie!

were practically prohibited entrance i TflliiT ABE 0! 1930- In 0359M"! dil- ilito the COllntry. Premier Bennett, rriminntions against Canadian iln- the moderately protective

on the other hand, legislated forJJOYE-i. cinmlo, without reference to thcpoiicv oirthe Canadian Government Uniicd States, with the rcsuit fhrit is iiflliiiiiiniiy doins the Work it was

now tile United Stalin: i: coming intended to do, fairly and effect- the Mother Country will be able toigggfifslcfllne down to ma m five mgs '3‘ 9' numb“ °f dead and 50m talk to the United Statm. France, lb“, from Germany’ Italy “m! “h” nailmisilfurther reduction, and 178 pounds in the“ “m limguage‘ for a height of 5 feet was still con-

siderably too mucll.

almost; and iri-iy, without being prohibitory. suggesting there shrillci be recipro- cal tariff reductions.

Similarly with the biotin-I" Couli- try. ltinckc-zllrle K lz's

on bonded knee

TO BENEFIT MA RITIMES

oo. A decided improvement in agri- lly u woo o 5mm , _, , pol-o, cuiiilrlil conditions in the Maritimes as was indicated at the time i: the “iii b0 030M911 b)’ U10 Fedflfli House of Commons when it was GOVPFP-YIWIIV! P10" 0i Wmieiitiii! shown that the nrtilrles on which 935W"! and Western Canada prefgpgngg was glygn ‘vol-o ol-llolooithrough the Churchill and Hudson which were not used iii Canada, or ‘ Bill’ IOIIW- H0" R0178" Wei!’ were used to such a small cxtcntgFi-dcrai Minister oi Agriculture. re- that a preference “'35 hardly virorthdJnlil that 310 hi" be"! in $011011 giving. On the other llntld Premier v iviih in!‘ Miniaicrs oi Azriculturc in Bennett “rent m mo lllolllor Con“, the Mriritilne Provinces with a view try and showed them the neccssityriv Using "I! 3110501’! 31W IOU" w of having a tariff in order to have,’ onset their disadvantage of domes- reciprocril arrangements, with theliii‘ 9912M F5305. find iii i8 MI‘- result that the luoihcr COillliry is f Wcirs hona that in 1932 cargoes of following his advice and before IohgQconrso grains which aro grown we shall have a real preference in; (‘b95907 in i110 “T05R11! PI0Vin00l the British market and the British - irlll be brought throush this route

manufacturers will have a prefer- i0!‘ delivery in i710 MBIiQiInE-‘I-

This will be good ‘news to our agricultural producers in this Pro- vince, who have been seriously him- dicapped by reason of high freight 1t is significant that Mr. lfcicken- ratcs on this commodity- zie King in his Halifax address l In addition to this advantage. Mr- used many wgrdg but oped {ow flg_iwi.‘il' believes there will be a de- ures to substantiate his criticism mil-lid i0!‘ feeder! and Stockbrs t0 be of the Bennett Government's tariff i bfililgm i0 $119 Mdfitilne! 1'01‘ finish- policies. The fact is that the figuresin! and shinning out throush show a decided improvement in‘ Maritime D0115. i0!‘ i310 EnEU-‘ih

Czinadéfs trade balance. October of miiiket at a time when m“ IIiB-Ikiiii this year vlas the fifth consecutive I is at its highest-

ence in Canada.

W HA T FIGURES SH O W

M lone as the rich mcI-Ircis of

mo United Klngdom and its do. ;€:b2i"t‘if:\t°" sugar‘ when we rem‘ a neat sentence in the Spectator: ‘starches nild that starches or car- m“ haunts our island, and often bohyclratcs are the energy produgerg conveys herself ,0 us ln on easterly and fat builders we can easily

pendencies ruled from Westminis- ter remained largely open go un- scrupulous dumpinB from highly;

Prophets 0f 6100111

(Vancouver Province) so“ Inge has been predicting a dire mté for the British moi"- "1 am afraid," he says. “our Pa"

ilEilat 3011p of .o Quilts Uj/nlfl W-Barumlilb

THAT CRAVING FOR. SUGAR 0R CANDY

end. We have bcen K°°d "Wu!"-

derful position in the world, but I to keep it." is a long long time since Joseph

The most nitense craving over- Addison summed up the pegilmlifs weight Individuals seem to have is o; n53 own and silcceedlng days In

Tell

Calm)’ 01‘ “"80! B" “Melancholy is .1 kind of demon

Wind."

as a world powo; ls approaching an FROM

Ivlth some luck. to achieve a won- 3°11 i°rthi my 5on3’ like the mshmg I to the miBhtY am afraid Ive are not 800d ¢ii0il8ii That sweeps “on?

hile I deliv , r m Gloom Dean God will inspire me W nillengofiigrcn ioo Sérlilvlllsly. It MY 5W1 i“ the”! '

Amid the last homes of youth and That once there was one whose

No eye beheld.

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NOVEMBER 20,3931 The choice _ of wisdom

"rm: NAMELESS one"

river, 5B8; '

81' thou the world. Whe“ my bones

lie whitening

cld, veins ran lightning

I preferred for itsuni ue i‘ flavour - Try t!

itarlffed countries the British had [no weapon with which to fight i mm m“ mink“ mum“ mine weight of a woman of as, height

understand this craving.

An industrious Emglish compiler,

A ])ll_\'SlClILll undertook to reduce hoplng. no (1011);; lo cure the de-

pression in part by the application

Tell ‘how his boyhood was one drcni‘ night-hour,

How shone for him, through hi8

‘Fresh from the gardens’ I " "'

.uae in asking for lower. tarlffsi5 wetland weigh, 208 pound‘

against her products. Once pro- ltected by s. good, stiff tariff waili

A Washington reporl says flint in "the strangest will ever prob- lated here” Mrs.

ifeSlrlCilllg her dict and liquids her lawns, some o; the gloomlor, 53y-

‘ understand why there was no fur. 0mm mckhnr" [ther reduction until he saw his pat- who died last week, provided forlien, on. We occasions with a lame

BY of a. counter-irritant, has been col-

This Ivas very gratifying disciples of the east wlnd. and has this pom‘ the“ was n° beein circulating them in a leaflet- For instance:

William Pitt——'l‘here is scarcely anything around us but ruin and despair.

Wilberforce (about l800)-I dare not marry; the future is so dark and unsettled.

Roll

The physician Ivas at a, 10$ to

grief and gloom,

No stai- of all heaven sends to light

Olll‘

Path to the tomb.

on, my song, and to after ages.

Tell how, dlsdaining all earth can

give,

He would have taught mcn, from

wisdom's page

The way to live.

"STIRLING HEIIQD" RECOVERED

With the gift of another of the

well of Pollok, the Smith Institute of Stirling, Scotland, has announced that it has found 29 of the 38 his- toric pieces 1n the search that has been pursued for more than 100 years. The "Heads" are carvings of

‘the King's Room in the Palace at

Stirling Castle. When the cutie be- came a military barracks one of tho

"Stirling Heads" by Sir John Mnx- "Heads" fell from the coiling in 1777,

injuring a soldier, and the military authorities cast out the medallions, some of which wereused as fire- wood, and the others were scattered over Scotland. The story of their recovery, one by one, is tinged with

the entire income from her estate, valued at saatoo, to be devoted to the establishment and mainten- ance of a home of refuge foi- stray dogs and cots and for farm animals such as horses, cows. shccn and rnuics. that IN im- of hei- candies on one condition. properly Dmvided m! The 'l.'he condition was that she was to despatch adds that her closest o“; down on“ another ha“ on he, relatives are oontfliin! the Wflirlbread, potatoes, and liquids. If she alleging that she was mentally in- would do this he was willing to a1- capacitated. ' low her to eat two chocolates at. 10 -———-— ‘o'clock, and two at ll o'clock in the France has won the war oi 1931- morning, and two at 3 o'clock and She owes her victory neither $0 three at 4 o'clock in the afternoon. her military strength nor t0 her This meant nine chocolates every diplomatic successes, but simply iiiiday. which was a considerable her economic strerigth- French amount of starch. diplomacy and lWcnoh 301d have What was the result? won many victories this year, and She again began to lose weight at it is now also admitted that the the rate of one pound a week, be- it of M. Laval to Washington cause the reduction inthe potatoes, constitutes a real diplomatic bread and liquids was really more success, and that France has ob-lthan the amount of candy eaten. mined satisfaction on all the Rlrther, as the patient was getting points which appeared to her to be ‘$01110 08nd)’ every day, at four dif. of vital importance. For thisfcrcni tunes durlnz the day. it took reason she will now do all in her Bway that awful craving which for- powef to bring about an entente iniefiy wasnt satisfied until a with Gem-any, an enteritis which POund or more was eaten, she considers to be the onlY WW '"_—_——*—~— o: ensurlns peace in Eurow a Viscount ‘Snowden delicate and difficult task because ____ I of the spirit which now reigns in {Montreal Gazette)

box of candies wider her arm.

She admitted that the craving for sugar and candy was simply beyond her power to resist.

The physician told her that he was going to allow her to eat some

h Germany. The official announcement that moht in which Canadian exportsi _ the Right Hon. Philip snowden exceeded imports. Last month the. WHAT DOES T HIS MEAN .9 With all the zeal of n convert. has been bloated a vlscount will

exports of Canadian produce were of the value of $55,531,917, whilst "Tho loader Issues a Stirring the total value o1 goods lmponod Call for More Effective Liberal Or- for consumption amounted to 545,- ‘ Qanizflilifin Tiiiiriiiiilly PrP-icni-Bii" 940,874, the excessworth of the ex- —-Patriot sub-heading on Mr. Mac- ports over that of the impcru being. kcnaic King's addross at Halifax-

therefore, $9,597,043. The brighten- ing trade outlook is even more grati-

POOR PROPAGANDA

Rt. Hon. Winston Churchill, who was an adamantine free if!!!" mi recent months,. has urged the

cause no surprise. It was unoffici- ally intimated before the general election in Great Britain, in part British Parliament t0 ad0l>i l>i'°' explanation of the fact that he tectlve biifiiifi Wiihmli iiiiliiiri’ i“ would not seek re-elcction to the ddiiiy- T310 Bimsh Pwple- hed-Iouse of Commons, that he would sgyg, have been discussing the go tome Hausa of Lords; and his Principle! 0i "=0 trade nnd 9P0‘ appointment some days after the tection for 100 roars. and the election as Lord Privy Seal in the

Iyingly reflected in the light of ‘comparisons. For the first six In its yesterday's issue our local months of the present fiscal ycnr, BOIIi/JIIIDOTRI’? 5ilciieedi in dBPTOV- ‘April to September inclusive, the i118 ii-I Own fiiiiiifilieni-S Willi WEB-Id adverse balance of trade stood at i0 nilfigod political discrimination about sgiyooblmo, (‘Qnjparflgl vv-lllv o‘ in the administration of the unem- total of approximately $80,00O,000'l‘10yment grant in this Province for the corresponding six months of i when it quntcs the Federal Minis- the previous. fiscal jyczir. For ihefrr of Labor as saying that where grog, sovon nlonlllo of [hi5 flscaljsileh discrimination is shown the year, Canadian produce to tho value Federal Government withholds the or $35l,054,Bi5 was exported, andi appropriation. No such hold-up in ‘the imports entered for consump-lthe appropriation has been neces- tion were worth $364,162,601. Whilst ' sary in this Province under the the unfavorable trade balance foriSta-wart Government's adminis- the seven months is thus seen to be. tration. Tile fact is that the $13,107,786, cnmpzircd with s76,973,-! Provincial Minister of Public Works 052 at this time Inst year, the re- has supplemented the terms of the duction has been substriiltlnily con- , contract between the provincial and tinuerl nnd present indications, inifcdcral authorities by issuing strict the informed (illiillflll of the lilflil-kilT-‘IFUCHOILS against any political treal Gazette, inspire a hope thatfiiiscrlmlnatlon, nnd these Instr-no. at the end of the flzscal year the I tions are being observed. adverse balance will be smnll in,‘ Olli- local contemporary Lq also indeed, it has not been by then con- i ilnfortunate in citing the employ- yerted into a slight export surplus. mcnt system at the gravel pits. ‘At all events, the step already token Whereas Conservntlves with trucks towards restoring the trade equill- never received a day's employment, brium, the better wheat prlccs at the pits under the Lea Govem- which are being sustained, and the menrs administration of the grant, general" signs of Increasing domes- there are practically as many Lib- tic trade, have combined to bringlernls now employed In that comm. about a change for the better In if? its Conservatives, In all (33505 the financial sentiment prevailing the Government's concern has been in the Dominion. to distribute the employment where It is noteworthy that, concurrent it wag considered most needed, Ir. with a reduction in Canada's total respective of politics. imports, both absolutely and relut- In Charlottetown an independent lve to declining exports, United commission, representative of both States trade with the Dominion has Liberals and conservatives has been suffered to a marked extent. Cnn- appointed. This. commission recom- Lda was for several years prior to mends those who are in most need 1930 the United Stntcs’ best cus-. of woI-kfand the men so i-ccom. tomer, but exports from the latter mendcd ore gmployed_ when, the" country to Canada during the sum- 1o not gufflcient woflg to go around, mer months were sixty per cent. be- alternate gangs of man are em- low their value in the corresponding ployed for o week at a time. pol. period of 1929, whereas exports iticai partisanship as alleged by mo from Canada Into the United States Liberal organ is impossible under

time has come for action. Every p-osont Government was regard. [member 0100i“! i0 ‘he 11°" Hwse-‘ed as a. preliminary to his elevation ‘he declares, holds a. mandate from”) the pcemga Nevertheless, the ,his constituency and mi? maim" W fact is not without a. certain irony c! the lnnndiiies "9 1°? Pr°5e°i1°mlthat the Philip Snoivden who en- Such i8 the "bstimce °i Mnllfifid the Socialit movement as a Churchill's Iii-Si Speech i“ “WI missionary nmongzt mankind nowiyiieiiiied Hm“ i’! C°mm°m“should end his political career in For once at leash he "iimm" m“ the House of Lords amongst Tories seniimenid °1 ‘an °ve'whelmlng_whom his harsh tongue has so M8301“? 0i hi5 i°n°w’°°“n"ymen' often casilgatcd- But facts are

i“ stubborn thing", and a record of Addriissi"! "m C““ad"“ Club d new facts lately has helped to Vliiiwilv" Temmly Mr’ N‘ w’ bring to others bisldrs l\'fr. Snow- Powcil issued “Waiiiiiiii ‘mi- ii clcrrs rcalicton of the

nailonal I

10rd Grey (in l8i9)—Everything The Duke cl.‘ Wellington, on the eve cf his death in 185i, thanked

And tell how trampled, derided, hated, And worn by weakness, disease, and

God that he would be “spared from seeing the consummation of ruin that is gathering about us."

Disraeli (in mull-In industry, commerce and agriculture, there is no hope.

Lord Shaftsbury (in 1848)—N0th-

lng can save the British Empire from Shipwreck. The list recalls the happy Mk‘. Brltllng who, as Mr. Wells, his creator, described him, was inordin- ately proud of England and abus- ed her incessantly. i

token in the course of a. strenuous life. He was one of the strongest figures in the ranks of the Labor party, as he was one of the strong- est figures in the Labor Govern- ment when a Labor Government was formed. Because he was a‘ specialist in economics and finance) it was predicted that he would be the first Labor Chancellor of the Exchequer. That prophecy was duly fulfilled, and as Chancellor he has been compared to Pitt, Peel and Gladstone- His services in

WIOIIB. Ho fled for shelter to God, who mated His soul with song-

With song which alway, sublime or vapid, Fiowed like a rill in the morning- bealn, . Perchonce not deep, but intense and rapid— A mountain stream. -I. C. Mangan.

During o. service atSt. Paul's Church, London, recently a playlet, “The Gardener,” was produced by the Mystical Players.

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that high office earned for him the title "Iron Chancellor." Cer- tainly he showed great resoluteness in lately bringing order out of a bewildering chaos in Britain's Government finances, in co- operating ln curtailing public ex- penditure and in achieving a-

no sentimentality about Philip Snowden as a Commoner, and as a peer we may be sure that he will continue to appeal to reason rather than sentiment. In the House of Commons he has completed a. very

of Lords, if his health permits, he will, as a member of the Govern- ment. be able to take up a new mission and curry it out with his , characteristic efficiency and

thoroughness.

balanced budget. ‘more has been E

difficult mission; and, in the House ‘

capitalists failed to bring about an early adjustment of the present situation, hummity would intro- duce a system to replace it. ">1 am not o goclalist or Communist)’; he declared, “but I am convinced that capitalism must step in 2nd do its part." There is grOWiIiB recognition of the fact, amonf; thinking people, that the capitalist system is defective in many re- spects, and that its future use-i fulness, to saymlothing of its! salvation, must depend upon the’ application of some far-reaching‘ reforms. People have become somewhat fedwili Wiih ihe 00m‘ placant assurances, so often issued by financiers, bankers, big business Qpgfpfpffl, and their official spokesmen, that the institutions which have crown ul> "lid" capitalism ore fundamentally safe and oound. The Egyptian pyra- mldo om: the old Chinese wall are “fa and pound, but they are all of little service.

That IJIe flow of gold across the Allonglo gays the Manchester Guardian should stop is really lust

our contemporary would do well go ocmflno its anti-government propaganda to matters about which the public il less informed than it is about the work undel- the unem- ployment glint, IhlCh the Stewart Governmmt is earl-yin: out with the m1] ypprovll of the federal authoritiel. and in "brooch keep-

danger ihnt was thrcatcncd in}

Cl-eai: Britain by such cuifghti serialization n". W‘s advocated bv a. pnriy which so signaliy fnihd to comprehend the vrst nnd cnnlplic- ntcd problems of the ccuni-rys In» dustrial and ccollcnfc rystoln. Mr. Snoivdclfs repudiation ct h's old party ls proof of n profound nppi'ccl'tion_ cf the hard fflcls (iii government and ccfmm II: started work in the civil hrrI-"cc when he Ivar. fifteen years of age. The records show thwl this son of working Yorkshire wczlvcrs for his mother worked nt ihc looms as well as his fathom-Ives a vci-y 800d (‘iiirk- H6 has. Indeed. bcen good ct everything he has under-

as important to the French no go American bonkers. French in- vestors are already beginmng to lose their nerve and to wllhdmw their money from the banks and hoard it: and If that Internal drain got going in earnest nil the bullion.’ which is now crorsblg the Atlantic: would be poured into a botiomlegg pit.

The Socialists‘ dennunchtion of, a tariff says on English Exchgngg can no longer be taken seriously now it is known that sixteen mem- bers of the late Cabinet voted for a revenue tariff. Quite ~i"pnf‘l; from its lmportance for fngulaflng 1m- ports and restoring tho grade balance, a tariff give’; l, bomolnlng power which with cur present; regimo of Free rrmrl- this country'