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' The Halifax chronicle repeat: 1730110 absurd contention of Mr. Mac- kenzie King that his attitude on :Emplre trade is in line with can of Mr. Baldwin at the Ottawa Con- “Yerence, and that the Conference failed to achieve the high hopes en- I1 Pain-cameo by the British delegates

,because of the antagonism of Pre-

Hiiier Bennett to lowering tariffs.

There is absolutely nothing" on re-

In the first place, it is to be noted

éhat the issue on which the British :=jational Government was elected i 1931 largely concerned the tariff

_--.. fiigeferences urged by Premier Ben-

."‘"Be... _tt at the Imperial Conference in

3=J§ondon in the preceding year.

It was with a mandate from the Bri- mtish people to negotiate agreements the basis of Mr. Bennett's pro- posals that the British delegates ar- rived at Ottawa for the greet Im- perial Conference of July and Aug- ust, i932; and it is significant that Mr. Baldwin's first sta‘ merit in Canada, on the evc of the confer- ence, was an expression of satisfac- “tion "that Great Britain had never had such a. free hand to negotiate as that given her now by the Bri- tish people."

Canada and the rqiresentativei of the other Dominions soon reached a working agreement. The first note of discord was not sounded by Can- ada but by south African delegates. who took issue with the British del- egates’ attitude on preferential treatment. The second clash which occurred was between the British and Australian delegates. Premier Bennett, as conference chairman, laboured successfully in smoothing

“out these difficulties. He also cli- deavored to Peril-fade ti"! arms“ delegates of the importance of lift- ing the embargo against 65119-115“ potatoes. This was one point of disagreement between Canada and Great Britain; but does our Halifax contemporary suggest that the point was not well taken by Mr. ‘V! Another bone of contention W88 with regard to the dumping of Sov- iet Russian lumber in the British market. 0n this issue, the only 00° which threatened any serious hold- up of the agreement so far as Can- ada was concerned. the T°Y°M°> Globe, leading Liberal newspaper. commented:

"rho Canadian Prime Mlhllm’ can follow no other course than to insist that a trade aineemrflt which does not eliminate such competition as this would be no more than a scrap of paper."

Canada's proposals were submit- ted to the Conference on August A. and it is significant that the first

"mcriticism came, not from the British

delegates, but from the rabid sec- tion of Liberal press in this country. ~In such criticism the Globe. ateunchiy supporting the Lauiier

' ‘ iaeii of Liberalism, took no, part.

On the contrary, it stated: "ivlr. Baldwin and Mr. Bennett

v ' hold between them the keys of

' the success or failure of the Con- ference. The Canadian Prime

_..._Minisier has done his Port. and

"'1: now rests with Mr. Baldwin and

;:his colleagues whether they are "prepared to pioceed on the basis oi reciprocal preferences."

This advice Mr. Baldwin and his

' ~asiociates wisely followed, and the agreements were pushed through u.

' shtisfactory completion. The result

7 changes in 225 Canadian tariff

items, on 23 of which the margin of Britmh preference was increased. The Canadian tariff was lowered on 133 items, more than half of which were placed on the free list: in oth- er cases the margin of preference was increased by raising the inter-

‘ ‘ cdiate and general tariffs.

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‘Bo satisfactory were the agree- , merits, indeed, that on August 10. 1i in a speech delivered in Charlotte- town, Mr. Angus L. ‘Macdonald. now Liberal Premier of Nova lcctia. argued that their eaccsla was due to Premier Bennett’. adoption of ‘the principles of the ‘Dunning Bud- get of 1980, which he clflmcd hail

.-~gulded Canada's nclflfifllfllil "m! I gxczths British esiegmcu ” '

whit VII ll!‘- Nilflflfll Wlfllfi of the leadership shown W 3mm

damper-mete he the conference! Ia it

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pcr year (Ia advance‘) ddlvarcd. In Ollllla all! Ultld lfakl.

Wl-DNLSDAY, snousr u. ices»

any delegation at any hour or place."

ther statement was read at

Liberal misrepresentations in their true light. It was from His Ma- jesty the King. and it read as fol- lows:

"Your work has been arduous and intricate, but I rejoice to think that your achievement has justified the -high expectations with which the Conference be- gan, and that you have been able not only to conclude important prac" 1 a merits for lie pro- motion of trade within the Bri- tish Empire, but also to adopt principles to help in future de- velopment. I am confident that the results of your labours and the spirit of co-operation which has brought about their success will be of real benefit to our peo- pie."

And what about Mr. J. H. Tho- mas, the umbug" man of i930. who, as a member of the British THE OTTAWA CONFERENCE .. Labour Government of that time, would not entertain Mr. Bennett's proposals for a minute? He came to the i932 Conference a member of the National Government elected to re-conslder the Bennett propos- als. He took a leading pert in neg- otiating the agreement with Can- ada. On his return to England he stated: “The Conference was a auc- cess from every standpoint." And he issued, jointly with Mr. Baldwin, the following statement officially

British delegation:

“The agreements made at Ot- tawa mark a degree of success far beyond anything ever expec- ted beforc we left England. We are confident that the arrange- ments made will lead to increas- ed trade betwcen the several parts of the Empire and increased pros- perity which cannot fall to exer- cise an influence far beyond the borders of the Empire itself. No previous Empire Conference achieved such a degree of success or held out such expectations for the future."

These are the facts regarding the Ottawa Conference. They reflect nothing but credit upon the Can-i adian Prime Minister, who was so largely responsible for the success achieved. The attempt to line up Mr. Macke ‘ King with Mr. Bald- win, Mr, Thomas, or any of the Bri- tish delegates on this matter is the most errant piece of “humbug" ever perpetrated by political omiofluri- lsts in this country. Our Halifax contemporary, before repeating such misstatements, or even mentioning the subject of the Ottawa Confer- ence, should study the record.

EDITORIAL NOTES

So far Prince County has scored in Lea appointments.

It does not take long to empty the seaside hotels when once labor Day is in sight.

"The Order of the Boot" is being lavishly distributed by the Lea Government.

A temperature of 9e deg. on Monday and 52 deg. on Sunday is some considerable variation in one week.

Mr. A. E. Meclcen is getting prepared for opposition, and is starting his p‘etform campaign this week-nearly two months in ad- vance of the election. No joint meetings for him.

They are a tidy people in Scot- land. and don't like to see paper blowing about their streets and parks. For throwing an empty cig- arette packet on a pavement in Princu Strfet, Edinburgh, a young Neworalghall man was fined 5s or three days in jail in Edinburgh Burgh Court.

The UBA. having definitely re- fused to finance Italy's war, Mus- aolini ll endeavouring to interest Hitler with the bribe of returned colonies. But how Germany, with a debt already of cisoocooooo, could finance Italy or any other body is a mystery only time or expei-Jence can unravel.

The United Btatel Government il k ha" nothing to do with the financing of an Italic-Abyssinian war. and if the announcement of the Icdaral Ibrport and Import

‘_ Isak that applications for credit

the Conference closing, which puts

“mm: "p u“ vi°wp°mt °’ the with $11,244. The export of pickled

the dispuh at issue. audit is cer- tainly not surprising that the Unit- ed States, after her experience in the Great War, should seek to limit her " to potentially warring nations.

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A c0rre3pOlld ' from New Glas- gow serls the following: "In look- ing over an old diary of 1873 (sixty two years ago) I and thnt on Sunday, August 24th of that year, a terrific storm of wind and rain, similar to the one we have just experienced, passed over the Island. The writer quotes, ‘Trees "B uprooted, fruit trees are strip- ped of their fruit, fields of grain are levelled to the ground, build- ings and fences are blown down, the loss of life at sea will no doubt be very great.'- News travelled slow- ly in those days, but after a time word was received that Capt. John, Molieodfs body was washed ashore‘ and buried presumably at New London. News 01' others who had shared the same fate, cams from all directions. A large ship came ashore at McLure’s. Brackicy Point, but there is no evidence that any of her passengers or crew had been lost."

The exportation of meats in July was of the value of $2,114,758 com- pared with $2,i46958 in June and $1,944,969 in Juiy 1934. The amtunt to the United Kingdom alone was $1,908,786. Bacon and hams ac- counted for $l,8i6553, the amount to the United Kingdom being $1.- B00,669. The bacon export was slightly 1955 than a year ago, and so was mutton and lamb at $2,552, but from beef at $59 5B2 continued its recent rise, the chief purchasers ilast-month being the United States iwith $28,987, Newfoundland with 512,255 and the United Kingdom

pork increased from $10,284 ‘to $17.- 057, and fresh pork from $1,514 to $70,955, practically all of it going to the United States. Canned meats increased to $23,176, going mainly to the United Kingdom. Pickled bee! increased from $97 to $8,525, Newfoundland and the United States taking the bulk of lt. Poultry increased from $4,072 to $6,136. the chief purchazers bz-ing Newfound- land. Bermuda and the United States, and soups from $27,283 to

lie was able to enforce his will on Italy because he had the power behind him, whereas, in lonel affairs othens when he tries to

largest wheat exporter today arise in INN P1111 from the tendencies towards economic nationalism that have been so apparent in Europe in recent years. Had Europe re- mained en importer of wheat on the scale associated with the years immediately there would have been no recurring embarrassing surpluses in Canada, But practically all countries of Europe have follswcd the course of encouraging the full- est home production of wheat even at considerable expense to the na- tion, either as taxpayers or as con- sumers. We ourselves stepped into line by devising a wheat ichzme so cleverly that, while we paid away fully £7,000,000 to our home grow- ers as a subsidy for the 1934-35. our consumers, who had to find this large sum of money,‘ hard- ly noticed that they bore the bur- den. It is when the world price is lowest that we pay heaviest to our home growers under this iclieme, and today despite the subsidy ipq. den within the loaf, is easily the cheapest of all the leading count- ries of the world-Glasgow Herald.

the donor of the Anonymous Edu- cation Fund for the children cf oili- OQTS 0f the Royal Air Force, which, since 1928, has expended

$51,751, Great Britain alone taking $45,304.

This is how Mr. Aberhart explains his ‘Social Credit system; "It has been called to the attention of the public that there is an enormous spread in price between the pro- ducers cost and the consumer's price. It is the intention under the social Credit system to reduce this spread, increasing the producer's cost so that he may have a, fair turn-over f1 it is not at prrsent adequate, or reducing it if it is too high. The same-procedure will be followed all the way through in the marketing or processing of the goods. On account of the increased turn-over that will be produced by the augmented purchasing power through dividends, salaries, com- missions and so forth, it is felt that the producer and distributor will be able to carry on their bus- iness with e closer margin of profit or commission on turn-over. Thus the province will be able to collect a levy that will provide the basic dividends to distribute to the var- ious citizens."

The new leader and prosptctive Premier of Alberta confesses he has ‘not worked out the details of his

$25 per month free bonus to every citizen, but this is how he illus- trates on paper the working of his proposed scheme: "let us take a. bushel of wheat say at a just price of sixty cents. Fifty-five cents of this is to go to the farmer. and will provide a fair commission on

£4,000. was the late Mr. T. E. Shaw —Co‘.. Lawrence of fund was financed by the money received from the Lawrence's book, “Revolt Desert." The decision to make this fact known was reached at a mtet-i ing of the council of Force Benevolent Fund over which Lord Wakefield prvsidcd. In a let- ter to the press Lord Wakfield said: "Mr. T. E. Shaw allowed him- ; self no share in the financial suc-' cess Desert,’ and £15,000 received from this source was investcd, establish an educational fund for‘ the benefit of the children of of-l hccrs of the Royal Air Home. The Anonymous Education has always been known erice to his wishes. has since i928. expended nearly £4,000; during 1934‘ a‘one it was able to provide £795 towards the education of 42 child-, ren, the majority of whom fatherless." In future, Lord Wake-, field said, the fund will be known as "The Lawrence of Arabia Edu- cational FundP-London Times.

his turn-over. Five cents will be set

grinds it into flour. The cost grinding will be covered by the

We will suppose that the flour sells again given to the government as

the baker who makes it into bread

The forty pounds of flour with the, water and other ingredients would make fifty loaves of bread. luppocc the government levy on this bread was a cent a loaf. That would give an additional fifty cents levy. Thill from a bushel ofwheat, processing it in flour, the government would be able to collect possibly silty- flve cents. This will aho apply to

for $1.10, ten cents of which i6 iumdtaz“gzuynetlld_

its levy. The flour is next turned in u

which he sells at seven cents a loaf. "m"

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MINI hi] are an accumula- tion of knowledge that has been gathered from experience in mast- ering the little things. It is interest- ing to note how the little things to a work of art are really the im- portant onee in giving a. touch of Bcnlus to the finished work. Life is made Pleasant through the little nlceties, the little kindnesses and the little ‘houghtlulnezscs. A boy at a summer camp was kind to an old man who came to visit it, and it so impressed him that he left a large sum to beautify the camp and to bring happiness to thous- ands of other boys throughout the

year. "'I‘riflcs make perfection," we‘ read in our Copy Book, "and pen,

(GCUOII 1-5 110 H1118." Mhny 3, one has failed to hold the merely because he never thought it worth while to master the small job. Anything that i) worth doing at all is worth doing weii, and in the best way that one knows.—Ex.

The economics of Fascism have not stood the strain of world hard times at all weii. Mussolinrs pres- ent mistake lies in forgetting that

internat- he merely irritates

Plfl U1 dictaton-Ex. y e

Canada's troubles as the world's

fo‘1owing the war

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TOTAL AND PARTIAL amoviu. or rue TIIYIIDID GLAND nor. aaaar AILMENTS

I have spoken before of the work done in Boston and other cities in removing the thyroid gland in the neck in‘order that the heart will not beat ao rapidly and so wear itself out. It is the juice from this gland that makes all the processes of the body( in- cluding the heat beat) work more rapidly.

A very interesting series of cases is reported y Dr. G. Bank- ofi in the Archives of Clinical Surgery, Berlin. There were two groups of patients, one group of 20 were old cases of advanced heart disease, argina pectoris, and with e. slowing of the circulation- insreased blood pressure, and the other group were young patients (19 to 30 who suffered with neurasthenia (tiredness). rapid heart bent, and their body pro- cesses were working faster than normal

In thte first group of 20 with

heart disease the body were working 15 to 25 percent above normal. Following the total removal of the thyroid gland the rate fcfl to from 5 to 20 per- cent above normal, the pulse be- came slower; the blocd pressure came down to normal and the at- tacks of angina pectoris (breast pang) did not return. Those with advanced heart diseam improved greatly-mo breathlessness, no palpitiition, no swelling of the feet. In the second group of ten with fest heart, incLeased rate of work- ing of body pTOOSSSES but without any heart or blood vessel disease. Just a part of the thyroid gland was removed.

There were no deaths in either group.

The patients of the second g:ouii were likewise curd of their symptoms.

From the above it would ap- pear that in cases of severe heart disease and high blood pressure the whale thyroid gland should be removed, and in cases where there is the fast heart rate and the body processes are working too fast a part of the thyroid g'and should be removed.

» However no physician or pati- ent likes the idea wt an operation and will ..void it unless it is absolutely necessary. Thus Dr. Bankoff recommends total rc- movei of the thyroid in those

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I loved you, so I drew these tides of men into my hands and, wrote my will across the sky in stars

To earn you Freedom, the seven- pillared worthy house, that your eyes might be shining for me.

When we came

Death seemed my servant on the road, till we were near and saw you waiting:

When you smiled, and in sorrow- ful envy he cutran me and took you apart:

into his quietness.

lvfen prayed me that I set ounwcrk‘. the invioiate house, as a

memory of you. But for lit monument I shattered

This “uncertairity" Mackenzie King's ‘possible impli- he may have opportunity to disturb the system of "fails to discour- in public

sentiment."

PER-SETS.

ed by the tion. with tions, fails movement

cations." the chance that Bennett's established trade recovery. age this improvement

If the people or seriously King would be this optimism could

it unfinished: and now The little things creep out to patch themselves hovels in the marred shadow Of your gift.

-T. E. Lawrence.

the limited few Liberal stockhold- ers who imagine he will have up- poitunity to put his threat into execution. Practical financiers. us- lng "intelligence" in lieu of "pre- judice" (a la King) have no fear of this kind.

It may be explained by the fact that shares in this Bank were too limited in quantity, (only 15 allot-

hcart patients in whom all medi-

the Royal Air '

of his book, "Revolt in thej

so as to

Fund, as it". in defer-i

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Last week one-time Governor

"Alfalfa Bill’ Murray, of Oklahoma. now a mcdestdarmer, walked un- recognized into store near his place. l-le purchas- ed $1.65 worth of groceries when he was about to pay for them