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Whe Strongest Memory is Weaker than the liakest Ink”.

FRIDAY. APRIL 3!. S938

The House Prorogues

12 noon today His Honour Lieutenant Governor DeBlois will prorogue the Legislative Assembly. ‘Morning, afternoon and evening SCsSlOIIS were devoted yesterday to coin- mittee reading of a variety of hills, two of which -—au ;\ct to incorporate the Horseshoers’ and Blaqkgmithg’ Protective Associationand an Act relating to gifts for perpetual maintenance nt plots in cemctcrics—-\\'ere killed without discus- sioii or explanation. on motions for the Speaker to take the chair. Evidently they had been fought ii\‘t’l‘ in caucus.

The (ljvjgiijll of the liouse on several sections of another hill, to incorporate the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, was inter- 95th,; Th.- sections‘ had the support of the Premier and all of his cabinet colleagues, but evidently were regarded by the bulk of private members as vesting arbitrary powers in the Society's hands. They voted almost solidly for their deletion, and carried their motions.

Doubtless our tired legislators will be glad Y0 get home- The Government's showing finan- cially was frankly disappointing. and the fallnffl to implement pledges was too obvious to be ig- nored. The most ardent Government supporters could only offer alibis and excuses; the less ardent were critical. and sometimes blistering. in their remarks. Altogether, it could scarcely be called a happy family gathering.

______._._____-_- Y.M.C.A. Campaign

‘Shortly after

Gratifying indeed is the response of the gen- eral public to date to the annual financial cani- paign of the Y. M- C. A. Already over one—half of the objective has been reached. Although there are many appeals to our citizens these days on behalf of public organizations it is both pleasing and encouraging to note the generous and sympathetic manner in which the various canvasscrs are met. The work carried on by the Y..\I.C.A- not only here but elsewhere speaks for itself. Its scope is unlimited and its value unsurpassed. The “Y" is not an organiz- ation, but an institution offering its services m the name of humanity. Fortunate to possess such an itistitution, and boastful of its past. proud of its present. let us by doing our "bit" assure its hopes of the future-

___________ Mr. Wright's Speech

at must have been very gratifying to our Leg- islative promise-breakers to be told by blr. \Nright, .\I~L.A., that they “need not worry too much" about their pledge to balance the budget, "because it may be that in trying to keep that promise we will be doing some little injury to the Province." As this was the chief plank on which they were elected to power, however, would it not be fairer, in the circumstances, for the “solid thirty" to resign? _

Mr. Wright has discovered that the capital expenditure incurred on our permanent roads during the past four years would provide, in increased gasoline tax revenue alone, for financ- ing twice the actual outlay and completely wip- ing out the borrowing at the end of twenty years. This is a striking indorsation of Con- servative road paving initiative; all the more striking as Ciillllllg from the Bedeque member, ‘.r'..() uscd to he strongly opposed to allowing lutomnlwilc traffic in this Province.

.\lr_ Wright neglected to say that under the Cimsitrvzitivcs the hard surfacing work was pac- Cfinlplislicil “dllllllll additional taxation. l'<.r- hlllvs‘ he fell that the contrast would he too odious if lic rcuiiudctl his collczigucs of this fact-

Laws, More Laws

,’\ €iilll\llclflll for the Council of Stale Gov- eruuiviiis iii the lfiiitcd States has uirveycrl flit‘ lcgislaiivt- output in that country duruil! _l")._?7- Whatever the real worth. the mass effect ls im- pix-s-ive. lii 4R Slates 7.450 Senators and R1:- presmtativcs passed 17.194 new laws for an av- erage of about two and a half apicce. They failed to pass 17.000 other hills. an average of five apiece. The average Legislature enacted one iii every three bills introduced.

The statistician iloes not give the average animal ouput, but if last year's production is near it. or even if it is excessive, the American public is xvading around under a mess of laws. Citriotisly enough, the average citizen is un- aware, perhaps, of 9Q in every 100 of them, and, stranger still, there is no particular reason why he should be otherwise. A good percentage pf those 17,104 laws will never be heard of again. Others will be repealed and something just as trivial substituted for them. A few will be necessary aids t0 the increasingly complicated business of public administration.

So far as we know, says the Globe and Mail, there is no similar census for Canada. It is possible that we are better _off without it,_for there is no reason for thinking that our legisla- tors are any less prolific, or any more construc- tive. But before rushing to condemn such mass

ction the public should check up on itself.

or some reason it is inherent in man to want a every act or action is rounds for demandln a else. The‘ etatitti an‘: but it is areeaonable as- dia new laws m! no» of " lava can: on

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Unwise Economy

Aberhart Government. “Ontario's beautiful Chorley Park, the main

Alberta.

traditions they represent.

to the standard of Provincial life.

the office."

1 Editorial Notes 1

Henry Fielding born this date, I707. a i: w w

is at rest for a time. a a a a

“Admiral" Senator Duff, being an 01d salted

at its old game, putting money votes on the esti- mates to fool the electorate, and then not spend- ing it. Alas, the fishermen are the victims. x w w =v “Grey Owl", the distinguished naturalist, as the son of a Scottish father and Apache mother, born in Arizona, might quite legilimately claim to have been a Cockney—an epithet applied to such distinguished litterateurs as Keats, Leigh and Hunt with as much foundation. l a The Mines and Resources Department have quashed the popular belief that Indians of Cari- ada are a vanishing race. While their numbers have varied during the last 3o years, declining from 110.000 m i907 t0 104,000 in i924, latest returns show there are now approximately 114,- ooo Indians resident in the Dominion. a a 1t a A four-year undergraduate scholarship at the University of Rochester to a Canadian second- ary. school student picked by the Ontario Edu- cational Association was offered by Dr_ Alan Valentine, president of the university “to encour- age intellectual reciprocity" between Canada and the United States. _l-lc urged Canadian edu- cationists to guard their Anglo-Saxon ideals of education and to avoid pitfalls of “vocationalism, softening of the brain and inflexibility" into which too many Llnited States universities had stumbled- - a w i. a

Vice-Admiral Sir Axelander Ramsay has been appointed to the new post of Fifth Sea Lord with jurisdiction over the fleet air arm, admin- istration of which was recently transferred from the Royal Air Force to the Navy. Sir Alexan-

the Duke of Connaught and Colonel-in-Chief of Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry. a a a a

County old people at dinner. Sir \Nilliam said:

country for a prosperous people.” \Vill

Campbell Government please note? a n. m w

A spoon-fed electorate was the theme of Pre

llll(‘l' Cauiphclhs ziddress to the Teachers‘ As

things go for themselves.

spcct. For instance, who

those of his own government household- a n- : w

on a turbulent federal Liberal member and

is expected to be on the block at the Liberal con vention in Quebec City next lune. member mentiond Francois Pouliot, M-P., for Temiscouata, bette

der the Taschereau administration but who l down the South Shore. The Quebec lawyer l

in the opinion of many in with the policy supported by

Dupiessie in a House debate.

would hold his own against inn-he

Alberta is also closing its Government House, ostensibly to save a few thousand dollars a year. Possibly it is only a coincidence that the pres- ent incumbent of the office observed his duty in reserving certain recent legislation for the consideration of the Governor-General-in-Coun. cil, and, thereby, incurred the displeasure of the

tenance of which cost some $30,000 yearly,” 53y; the Globe and Mail, “is now in the hands 0f spiders, offered for sale in the name of econ. omy- So Ontario cannot throw brickbats at; In each case, however, the step taken is false economy and a futile effort to reduce the significance of the post. We believe the people of both Provinces would prefer to keep up these places for the sake of adhering to the

“There is no economy, anyway, in ciosing them. The money will be spent, and, in all llkellllmd. In Ways that will contribute nothing _ The pro- perties are put out of use only because they have assisted in maintaining the distinction 0f

It is to the credit of Premier Duplessis 0t Quebec, says the Toronto paper, that he 11a; not suggested closing Government House for economy's sake or for any other reason. In the circumstances it would appear that Quebec is more British than either Ontario 0r Alberta.

This is the day when the wicked legislator ceases from troubling and the weary taxpayer

politician was able to show up his government

der has been commander-in-chief 0f the East Indies Station and prior to that had consider- able expeience with aircraft carriers- He is the husband of Lady Patricia Ramsay, daughter of

Canadians should “resolutely set their faces against any doctrine which seeks to upset Bri- tish justice and freedom, for real security rests only in those principles of democracy,” Sir Wil- liam Mulock, 94,year-old retired Chief Justice of Ontario, said in an address at Oshawa. Speak- ing to more than I00 Oshawa and Ontario an annual complimentary “\Vatch these false teachings, strive for the liberty you have known since i867 and make Canada a safe and happy the

sociation. He ctmiplainctl. and with some degree of justification. that people were looking to the the G“; o; s; L“ rmmh A we,“ l govcrumetit for everything, instead of exhibiting -somc enterprise and resourcefulness in making Unfortunately his own govemnient is the worst sinners in this re- o‘ entertained Mrs Michaud at tea in the Catiatliaii National Hotel, Of P and then, according to the Public Accounts, i sent the bill for $2.50 to be paid by the taxpay- ers? The Premier should make a beginning with

With "rebel" Quebec Liberals demanding new blood in the provincial party, eyes are being cast

young Quebec City lawyer as possible successors to the mantle of Hon, Adelard Godbout, which

The federal is none other than Jean

known as plain “Francois" t0 all and sundry Gerard Lacroix, one-time Crown Prosecutor un-

known to have a brand of Liberal ideas which, Montreal, conform the "rebels". The uo-called "young radicals" of thejdberal party are understood to favor the federal member, as they believe he is of the fighting type who Premier Maurice and that he has

‘THE CHA GUARDIAN

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IIUTES BY TIIE WAY

The mini delightful holiday 54°17 was provided by a Oocitsvlle 11W cf 3 yous, who. mounted on his little tricycle, set out along the traffic-crowded highway to

cerrellwndenta.

PUBLIC FORUM Ihla Minna in apca in the by aerroapoudelta of (has ioetotewa Guardian daea not aa- anderao tho epialeaa of

Vlfllt his ndmotlier several miles steal ‘i. emu eves e limits for tricycles. N0 court action _ will follow the kindly attent. on of a constable-Mall and lln ,

An example of the extra burden laced mm business by many vim‘, arms of our new taxes is contaln- to teem m old

ed in the situation i.ri which whole- “Wm, °

sale tobacco distributors in New Yotrk find themselves in connection with the local tax on cigarettes To affix the tax stamp on millions of packages the distributors will be obliged to get lames- quarters in many instances, additional equip- ment and additional help. That means an increase in their com- pensation insurance and their social security taxes 12f the burden is passed 0n to the consumer it wl‘l mean an increase beyond the tax. New things to tax are easily found. but. problems new tax-es create are not easily solved.--B0ston Poet.

hundred dollars

would hurt

It is not generally understood that on s. low diet people starve for some time without

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actually dying from starvation Nova Scotla. WOTS-e than death for some is a. llfe made mlserabe or health,

and malnutrition con r utes heav- ily to poor health. The ultimate ln- terests of the taxpayers would be served through the improvement of relef diets, because an increase of sickness among lridlgents forces an lxicrease in the tax rate. It wzufd be wise not to antagonize Mother Nature further . -—Toronto Star.

Intyre think if

Do the League of Nations societ- ies throughout the world realize

international 81p} some t‘. it lies in its coffin; but even tliose who are most emphatic that lt must» not be allowed to intrude on the presem delicate situation even 1f it could, fuTy acknowledge that if it. would wake up with more pirac- tlcal sense. it would be a grand thing for the world in general. —- Salrit John Telqraph-Journal.

Tiie pictures painted of the bene- fits of settlement. and development in nla are gone. The enter- prise in Ethiopia needs capital. Italy is bled dry and Mussolini wants Britain to supply the funds to pretend the conquest of Ethiopia was worth even pretending. Italy has grave difficulty ln feeding the army she has to keep in Ethic la m and as manly Italians are sill dying in battles there as perished 1n the actual invasions-Brandon Sun.

After 54 years of service in the minis of Australia and Canada Mr. J. H. Curio-bell has retired as Ma'- ler of the Royal Canadian Mint. It is the close of a career. so fai- as the public service is concerned. which was as remarkable for its high de- votion and capacity as for its length. Democra one feels scme- tlmes. gets a uality of serwce bet.- ter than it eserves; the pity is that more of the public does not realize the great ability and loyalty it ‘gets from so many of those who serve it If lt did. we should per- haps hear less of W056 QhQB-D. l8- norant srieers about “a lob in the civil service.

Northern Alberta's much-talked- about tau‘ sands have started to roduce in commercial quantities. A shipment of bitumen roof materiel from Bltumount, 50 miles downstream from MdMuzraiy on the Athaibaskn River, has ed ‘through Ellmmiitom £08‘ crown Point, mdiana. Officials of the company said that the ability to sh the tar sands product into a hi4; ly-convpetltive foreign mar- ket offered abundant proof as to the field's practicebil ti! 51111)- rnents vyill be maxtlp on a bless!‘ on o us

iiiisiemivrtxigii. flaws: Iieiiif g9 m“ kmdly summer, 36 men were employed in e the Bitumount. refinery 8s 0119"‘ tiOns startecL-Ei/ohance.

‘From the mass or! alleged cures and reliefs, the pal iat.ves and treatments that ardent, eager stu- dents and researchers have produc- ed during the tiwo full decades of study of the cancer problem. two

use them.

Credit who studied

the purpose of

Coo ratlve ls har hi

of which is

prices. If the

Buyi

dared to sell

operative lines, I surner, edited in

facts stand out clear definitely proven, and_they are probably the only t/wo fuel; that. are definitely proven about disease. The women who are

this

one is, that if diagnosed in time. the sairgeon can remove aigrea many, probably the majcirztv of cancers and leave no trace of the disease behind. The other i", that in a very large proportion of cases the use of radium and the X-ray either separately or together, and either in co-Opetatlml with sur- gery or apart from it, cen eradi- cate cancerous growths, if, once more, the disease ls dla osed in time and treatment started in tlme.-—Mon‘.real standard.

ganiu.

BVETEQB man

had their

There is reassurance in Premier - Duiple sls‘s definite sistement that. foreign interests tre not to secure

a. foathcld on Antlcostl Island. in @90-

Th sy. were giant poor working

deal cf apiorehensfon was ai-cwed weavers decided

last December by announcement that a syndicate of German and Dutch capitalists sought to pur- chase the island for development its forest re ources The peril of this lay not so much in a change rlvate ownership as in other uses to which the island might be put. The thought of Germm in- fluence immediate‘ .d mil- Ilniuy prob-eta. av German ownership oi this eta-ate lc int on the 8t. IAWTQMQ W0" 6W n0 sanctity if the territm-y were needed for the furthering o! Hltierinn-ddail and Empire.

While ‘lion. Ian M ckenaie. Miri- ‘ fewer of National Defence, was tell- ing an audience in Winnipeg that "~—t~~‘-'.= (Wm-M nieanrres con-

DQGBOIIE

ance companies arid their bank! daily turn-over lars. tor millers o flour

stltuted a eontrbution to the de- . of Emory. Cootiel

eaten by retail o

r ThQIO are

5 their hundred-sci’ tli

es. They 2"‘

At ll!

one and

A TRUE PDOVEEB

Sin-When one contemplates the ever increasing bickering and snarl- %l~t Present mini; on among the

entiouables in our Pro- Leaislature. one is Justified Ho rogues fall out. honest men will get their dues."

Don't you think so, too?

I am. Sir, etc

oi: from $7.00 hun red from Roy

that. they will be election? No they must remember that no fair-minded Liberal would vote for them to send them back to do the fisherman more harm.

many a one besides me. They went ln power lses to help the fisherman and farmers, and now they are going to pass a blll to starve them out and then come back »to the coun- try to tell the people all they have done for them, and look to be re- turned agaln. But let forget that people have minds 0f their own, and are well able to

I am. Sir etc. FISiIi-ZRMAN.

CO-OPERATION-GET IT RIGHT

Sin-J notice, by your issue of April 13th. inst. that the Hon. Mr. Jonm txirrected the statement he made ln the legislature regarding in Charlotte- town purchaslng milk. Mr. Jones. 2000 Cooperatives, should have known better. ever. we who are interested in the Cooperative Movement, grateful to him for admitting and correcting his mistake.

I also notice that the Hon. Mr. MacIntyre seems to be laboring under a grave delusion concerning C00 native Store. He seems to fear t at, the work a on the merchants by cut- ting pr ces, He need have no fears. The Consumers Cooperative at. Mt. Stewart ls founded and strictly run on Rochdalc prlncl les. to sell a

Union

tothe

it's useless for consumers against. them are too

now ne in every and bottles of milk solgm in azngianp. pulaticn of g: ‘coollerators not

I E M8300. n n land a 000.00: 1e. W... own t’! , .000 of one cent of which was ost. in the th has ruined onsands of mall ln- nece vertma since the Great War. E1336 liah cooptrawrs workers at higher a trade billion

M. _______________ A FISHER-MAN'S PROTEST

Sin-In reading the Patriot noticed that some of our Liberal members want to put a tax of flve the outside lobster buyers 0n P. E I

Now I don't think w in power for that or any the fisherman, that sure will. I fished the season of 1933 and got $1.50 per hundred pounds for lobsters, and ln 1934. b0 $11.00 Der

Savage, from

I

i ul: them lug that and

But that does not suit our Is- land packers, they want; to keep the fisherman under their thumb and have it all. When comes along and gives us a chance to live we want to keep it, and we want a price for our fish.

Do H. H. Cox and James Mac- that, next

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ma; me resent, l5 their great (jp- I have always been a. Liberal, but portunlty The League is not. iwt- if that goes though. I will never llfllly dead. As an instrument for null another Liberal vote. and

by prom-

them not

How- feel very

one current gentleman were better acquainted with the history of this Cooperative founded in his own community, he might possibly counsel some of our local merchants against ting. Has he noticed the some of those same merchants, for whom he seems to be fearful. have appar- ently forgotten their own just lu- dlgnatlozi when the now defunct Club sold its goods at cost, plus andllng expenses? eard that wholesale houses who Cooperative store were boycotted by some of those same merchants? Why such opposition? 1f the O0- operstlve Movement and run on Rcclidale principles is not a good thing, will some of t}: ect-s? If it Ls s good thing why