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President. UeuL-Col. W. Chester 8. llebure Vlee President. J. B. Burnett. IJJ. leeretery. UeuL-Col. D. A. Meelluunm 9-3-0- Ifiilnr and M ’ Director, J. R- Burnett, IJJ-

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Member: Audit Bureau of Oireulltlenl “The Strongest Memory is Weaker than

file g Weakest Ink."

TUESDAY, DECEMBER. l1, l!” ' _.._ 1;.;;. f; .T.

A Lesson From Quebec

‘In these (lil_\\ when the cry is too often heard that the Plllllllllllllll is trooping into the cities," says (Ttmtuht'i' ll/cttklv, “it is interesting to learn that itt the Provitict- of» Quebec the trend is the other wav rutttid. The claim has just bcett made that during the past two years there has been an increase itt the rural and agricultural popula- tion of the Province of at least 75,000, and per- haps as much as tooooo. The credit for this

revival of itttcrc-t in rural life is naturally claim- ed by the National Union (iovermeitt, which pttilll- with pride to the different projects, not-

ably the Rural Credits Law, lattnchcd by thc Dc- parttitetit of Agricnltttre to encourage farmers and to iticreasc the interest of the public in the land. Ilotvever, it is one thing to pass laws and another to admit "tcr them, and probably the secret of the success of the ‘back to the land movement’ in Quebec is to be found in the fact that the Quebec authorities follow up their ‘colonists’ to set: how they are getting on in their new scttlt-tntiitts."

If this be the cznsc, as seems likely, it carries all the ntorc wcight as an example to other pro- vincial governments where the vacant farm prob- lem exists. lt is only throwing money away t0 finance a hack-to-tlic-laiid scheme without esta- blishing some form of colonization bureau to follo\v up the work with the necessary encourage- ment and guidance to the settlers until their farms have been brought back to a condition of profitable cultivation Leadership in this direc- tion is badly itcetlctl in Prince Edward Island, where the annual increase in the number of run- down, deserted farms has become a very serious problem.

Canada At Glasgow

Noting receipt of a pamphlet entitled “Canada Comes To Glasgow" the Skzint John Citizen sayst

“A perusal of it convinced us that if Canada went, it was vcry evident that the Maritimes did not. A preface to the booklet signed by Vincent blasseyg Canadian High Commissioner, assures the rcadcr that the Canadian Exhibit will give visitors to the exhibition some idea of the cultural and economic resources of the Do- minion and of the many and varied activities involved in their development. That the term ‘some’ statcs the case correctly, we are forced to admit; for, searching the document from cover to cover, we failed to find any mention of the Maritime Provinces savc for one instance, that of the Silver Fox Breeders’ Association of Prince Edtvaril Islllllfl. This exception catne as a real surprise. References to Ontario and Que- bec were as prominent in the booklet as refer- ences to some of the other provinces were not- lble in their absence."

Our Saint John contemporary may well have been surprised at the “exceptiorW, for no such organization exists as the Silver Fox Breeders’ Association of Prince Edward Island. The re- ference should =be to the Canadian National Sil- vcr Fox Breeders’ Association, with which, of course, many of our Island foxmen are as- lociated.

It would seem, from the foregoing, that a great publicity opportunity was missed by the Mari- time Provinccs at the Empire exhibition at Glas- gow. Why could not our three provincial gov- ernments have taken the initiative in this triat- ter, and put on an exhibit worthy of the Mari- times and of a place in any literature dealing with Canada's showing at the fair?

Senatorial Responsibilities .

Commenting on the recent Ottawa caucus of the Mackenzie King faction of Ontario Liberals, l correspondent in the Globe and Mail says:

“Liberal Senators were conspicuously present, and. it may be guessed, vociferous in their pledges of support to the policies of the leader of their party. This is nothing new in the circles of either major party but docs it not contribute some of the ‘lunch’ to our ‘too much politics’? Our Senators art- given a life job for the purpose of passing judgment upon whether legislation emanating from the House of Commons may or may not be in the best interests of the country as a whole. We expect independence in 0111' Ciovernor-Gcncrztl. Why should we not ex- pect it in the Upper Chamber? How can the interests of the cottntry be safeguarded when even its Upper Hottse divides on party lines?

“\Vhy in the name of common decency can- not these honourable pensioners devote the limit- ed time they spend in Ottawa to the service of the Canadian jicoplc? The title and perquisite of office is given to ensure their independence and not sheltered security from which they may, with impunity, ntix up in matters of patronage and political tnachittations of doubtful value to Canada, to say the least."

Fish And The New Treaty ,

The Commercial Netvs, organ of the Halifax Board of Trade, agrees with other authorities quoted in these columns that the looked-for re- ductions in (luties by~the eaport fish trade in connection with the Canada- nited States Treaty have not ruaterialized.

In particular it says the salt fish will obtain less benefit from the Treaty as it

. flow reads than itwould appear at first glance.‘ are quite substantial, 1t

‘iwhile the reductions _ l that Newfoundland re- eeim" e some treatment underthe agi-eemea

srlfltaealt fieh with!!!“

industry‘

expected an equalization in the rate of duty, both over and under 33 per cent moisture con- tent, which would put them in a. better com- petitive position with Newfoundland in the im- portant Puerto Rico tnarkct.

The industry was also keenly disappointed in the failure to secure a reduction in the duty on salt mackerel-apparently Norway is the major supplier of this article, and the United States will only grant reductions on articles to the country which is the main supplier.

J Editorial Note‘ I

All set for the New Year. 1i 4K l 1i

It \vas a real Christmas—weather and every- thing combining to make it the Day of Days. i 1i i 1F

Thomas Gray —— “Far from the madding crowd's ignoble strife"—-born this date, I676. a a u v

Thanks to the goodness of all sorts and con- ditions of men, women and children, including Satita Pals, everybody expericttccd the Spirit of Christmas. ' i i l i Sydney is to have the first beer garden in Australia. The latest Continental gardens will be the model. It will seat 200 people, mostly un- der colored awnings and umbrellas. At pres- ent, however, the licetisitig law forbids the salc of liquor after 6 p.m. l U I U The Duke and Duchess of Kent have decided to take their two children to Australia. A nurse will accompany the children. The education of Prince Edward has not been considered, prob- ably because it is now certain the Duke will not stay the°usuz1l term of Governors-General. They probably will not stay more than two years, as their absence from England will not only add greatly to pressure of duties on the King and Queen but it would also make it impossible for the Duke and Duchess of Gloucester to travel far abroad, n- : n: m Increasing air travel has brought infected cottntries within a few days and even hours of the doors of any country. This greatly increases quarantine difficulties, because enough time docs not lapse on flights for the infection to manifest itself. as was the case when it took weeks to reach one continent to another. Wireless and the airplane has brought medical and surgical treatment within the reach of everybody, but no part of the globe is now free from possible intrusion of diseases which in the past could be detected. i W i i A Melbourne optometrist, Mr. C. H. Flower, told optometrists in Sydney that all organic diseases and disorders cottld be de- tected in the iris of the eye. He introduced to Sydney his invention, the iridioscope. Iridiology, introduced by a Hungarian doctor, Mr. Flower explained, claimed that all parts of the body had a corresponding field on the iris of the eye. Any disturbance in any part of the body was re- corded in the corresponding field or area in the iris. While only 47 to 55 per cent of medical diagnoses were correct, 85 to 95 per cent of iridiagnoses had been correct. i i i l! For at least 25 years economists have advised the western provinces to balance their agricul- tural output by having recourse to mixed farm- ing. It is probably safe to say that where this advice has been followed the results have been favorable, but it has not been followed upon anything like the scale believed to be necessary. The Premier of Manitoba insists that the West must continue to be a grain-growing country, he does say that wheat-growing should be con- tinued in those areas which are suitable to it. Discussing a shift to mixed farming upon a large scale as an alternative, Mr. Bracken has expressed a fear that the West would be enter- ing into intense competition with agriculture in other parts of the Dominion and that in the final result what is now a western problem would spread into all parts of Canada. u a e v

The nations of the New World are united in their determination that this shall be a “continent of peace,” Mr. Adolf A. Berle, _Ir., U.S.A. as- sistant sccretary of state, said at Lima. Assert- ing that there is “more safety in understanding than in arms." Mr. Berle declared that present worldconditions made more vital the reasons that always had existed for co-operation among the countries of the \Vestern Hemisphere. Mod- ern progress, he pointed out, has so changed world conditions that "we are no longer two vast islands, but part of an integrated civiliza- tion.” “The time is not distant," he warned in his speech, “when transatlantic airships, either of peace or war, will be able to cross from the Old World to the New." The doctrine of nou- intervention in the domestic affairs of other na- tions on this continent, Mr. Berle said, is a vital-part of President Roosevelt's Good Neigh- bor policy, but with this “must be bracketed another fact”, that we have no settled interna- tional law or procedure, or bomb proof cellars. It was to arrive at a settlement on these details that the conference was called, and some pro- gress made. n- u e v

The liquor poll held in conjunction with the New Zcaland general election on October I5 showed a slight decrease in the percentage in favour of continuance of the licensed trade, which had grown steadily from 44.17 in 191! to 63.42 in 1935. At the recent election this fig- ure was reduced to 59.45. The percentage for prohibition, which since tqtg had fallen from 49.70 to 29.59 in i935. further receded to 29.24;

6.99 in i935 1o 11.40 in I938. The details a_re:—-

Votes Per cent Continuance 475.637 59.45 Prohtttons 233,939 29.424 State Control 90,447 ' 1L3!

800,023 100.00

lotlejvot-L

hoped. mil

It! to favour State control of the trade.

_ p053.

but‘ the figures for States control increased from" b‘

Very little was heard of the liquor issue in the j election campaign, but it is thought that the pub-g lleity given in recent years to drinking among _

jrrt_g_c_'ijg.at.orrcrown_ cvakbfatv

tunes av n1: vnv puwc

i. Carberry, superintendent». Mfia queellole ll llhlii. The Ober- leetelewu Guardian den In no-

' tmea Q id I t eeeaurlly eudlrn the Ipluleue of Lyman; d c“; flqwq‘ “mm | eerrelnundeule. arrived 1n pea from the

FORUM 4

flowers wem in HUNGARIAN when unpacked. after travelling over 10.000 mltee. The name of erect." ‘svermiwine: e n: ve we)’

sound of the stalks of the plant lmwiwlmfl- rubbing together. The name 1a now generally used for trade pur- It 1s botanlcally known u "Orulthoialum" but the people of South Africa refer to 1t. as "Scum Affleen Wonder Flowers." These s freeb from six to l8 weeks 1f the-ends of the stems are clipped periodically, and they wlll continue to bloom during that time. The flowers are dainty clusters of waxy wblte on sturdy stems, with buds and full blooms on each stem. _—Nat.1onal Revenue Review.

to cull the very .

em 1f they would

swine

may not

you clean

Dex-tie We have

these ment considerable Too freely l: the opinion ex- the pressed, and often by those from whom better might be expected, that unlveralty students are gen- erally a loose-living, addle-bremed crowd of yell-givers. when 1t 1a considered that from the ranks of

today's student: should reasonably ' I

w that 1n 1n thk Province a may

throng with Huxleys. Edens and g Mackenzie 8S. Bill i0 hOld 8[:;__Apr9pm 9f cuaalon regard merltd of tzhe k daioers

vldnals somethi r fatten’: Oommlttee these gentlemen Is not only untrue but vicious. — The Manltoban, University of Manitoba Student Newspaper.

Diff-initial‘

An entrant from Some time back one of my eorres ndents wrote insist that. Kama Ataturk was obvious the best of dictators 1f only on account of his name. At that. time I hes!- tated to commit. myself because I thought I had once or twice

might quallfv. But recently I read a deipatch from Istanbul which eald at Ateturkk will had been filed and that. after leaving smell annuities to his daughter and his alx adopted daughters. he had left all hls money to the party which 1s a con- siderable sum, being estimated at over $8,500,000. There la something very human 1n this wlll, so maybe after all Ataturk should be rank- ed at. the top. Cynics will say that the fact that he 1a dead makes 1t easier to put hlm there. — Balti- more Bun.

They will never be free 1n their entire lives," said Herr Hit.- ler, speaking of the youth of Ger- many to the new ans of Sudetenland at Relchenberg the other day. "And? Der Puehrer ad- ded, fthey are happy about. 1t." In one of the uewspapersfiasl: week. there was a description of the British Columbia clam indus- try. and 1n 1f the statement that the blg Pacific Ooast butter clam never moves more than two feet ln his whole life. Llke the Hitler youth, he never knows. freedom. And. like them. foo he la happy about. t. No one has ever heard hlm m a complaint. Even when he is ude into chowder he re- mains content. —Vencouver Prov- ce.

the evil of men

this type your into consideration making the U Trade and

feot of thltreoud o rather than which these bodies Here the tendency checked ls clearly poratlve std/ta and

for

mbotlt

m amazing comeback of the "mm l‘ w“ m"

pleno industry. whlch has fumed

oeperl . enough. But welt-Mist. about the campaign to re-educafe the publlc on the piano‘; value es a complete musical instrument and on the pleasure and cultural importance of creating one’: own mum? Didn't thla begin four years ago before the new console and splnet styles appeared? And what about the 1,200 cltfee 1n the United States whose public schools offer lano lessons free or for a ridicu- ously low fee? Have not these had their effect? Whatever the reasons for the plane's industrial recove . 1t. 1a ln art a victory for culure over he encroach- ments of the mechanical 1n a ma- vliltzlne age.-Chr1st1an Science Mon- r.

of an elvll and revenue

Sinners and Dletr Act, the 00mm bv“The mlnclpes WW‘ 00111111 ' the Dairy Impact Nova Stole. wfrly 1

We doubt ve much whether Albertans are wll at this time to assume the burden of providing services for another couple bf hundred thousand square mllea.

truthful reference account. for hLs

ureter ty of

that we had better make the moat of whet we have before we look for new fields to conquer. What has happened 1n the oll industry 1n Alberta since 1930 1s just a hint. of the problems whfch new fer- rlwry might place on our shoul-

one of it! kind it nerlo overworked econ be deed of this "Thrill." poor wn-a-nenuy film and feul

“lien-m

young people and the effect of liquor upon the 5 ' number of motor accidents‘ influenced '

ere to the fact. amt in the heavy y ave .

rltbe ma find‘ h fltlilffwulty fitting enough d we d be gxfieful them somethlng

Q .. e .....°.".t “e12... often amumulbw and

tnveeune worth while, we are anxious to pre- serve the birds that ibhln the Province wlth the hqae the near future we may have “insurer's Para- W

1 the Dairy Act. 1938K)! the Province of N Scottie.

Rage reeds as follows

loosen

“Your Committee can elude after revlewl that. the surest m

is not only possible. but v1 Ref m fflcall

I. mi. .371 $5.... n3»

' lbutcrs

zttmfis Report states:

in ion Act to

. The . not contz-fbuteeniy

PABTR-IDGI

Blr:— wouldleepeotftil uk I attentional“, rig‘:

tn the farm assist a little in to eat. This mean . If ones’ manger: which ve throw. th where the

e congregate and more 1y are we anxious ebottt the Rlne-Neeked Pheasants. lniformetf p! to believe that there are

onthetleede atleaot .Ae

money, though I m. was well we have now

em Sir etc.

an ear tomorrow's -lea.dera ln the , .

fleidatof ailbzlgoet arltberptrasfhlt l? w‘ un or una a e a u e o

iron-university folks should be so i AGMCULTURE‘ contemptuous. No one would

claim, and 188i‘. 0! Bil the students BK AND CREAM ‘ACT__ themselves, that their numbers ANQTHER vmwpom-l-

the public die-

the merits or de-

' Act. 1t may not be wfhout lnterm u: observe axiadla

of

the point n Bar on Nottewor by

Olmnces 1n Statute Law, 1938, wlt refer-awe b0 slmflar legls

latlon. more Arbitration ova

the Oomtnlttee‘: ' there were

breed directly for oolmir, and the hand, large ferrules with a large watchm- mmed M, m“, joined u,‘ other begavtitérspble charecterlsélc: girth. but wltlérgcdcpxafg-olfpberrflltim u m wlsthgmfmof thtélsliplsulDFam- ht. l fh lnth ~ he .lfl‘nfl‘l~lly0°u BWYYPWT U 1W“ ' Y-B MW“ e "556" §ii‘“.y¢'¢1'if§i'i1t3 Muuiisniitim, anti I“ a “MLQQQQXQQ fifqflfl .1 slflrve of the pelts laced Because fox 111mm Mve felled and M.Hl1l bHCh-lnk this lflllffliagl 1t sieemlpsd to me that 1f Mussolini on gum ,5 the Bah-y bmgqon pxrimtlmazumam ‘at the preset: m: ggveupropet; ltcohnilsdeipdt-loa m’ to tbewcllt-vlldgpv Jymlgeetasimtfifi ox breed mod

m 1y n sense °t hum” h” M‘ 1m‘ °‘ ‘he mm“ °' M“ sari“ allcgehlter boo backward 1n an.» conclusion um snail females knowledlle ct tub sulbect. n. l-lua recognizing the fundamentals with are better breeders than 1:185 had teulzht nob to the Duke oi

y to the production of e ferrules. The Dominion rtment Clarence the late Klnz Geonu clear black colour. of Agriculture has viewed with the Ftfth when the two brothers

what they tage. In

11c 1t mos". 1f not all, of o .. “In den-ling wiillty

legislation of tee has taken the question of

nleus and various ultuml

Associat-

otmimtlsory re- _ as mcorporatlon, legislation and the like but has come w the conclusion that the ef-

nly be to tfgl-vten the 001111-01 already exercise. unlem definitely towards the oor- despotlstn. only ocu- the matter aaublllt and lneea an f

ise effective con-

Doesltble. ‘Ibe adequate enforcement and order and the correc tlal administration of the

law of the land m»

w ti...» e.

y d c-ealln

, 1 B, of this Aot."

am Sir, elm, READER.

THE MILK ACT Slrr-Oould J. F.

mwv$ik° '1' Bil llfl lled to

lfold mis-

Tm m‘ w‘ F" 5° l" 7°" representations he strings his "red m"? ‘P131 e Wznplile dmlW- herring" 1n other directions with mg?“ ° f‘ an“! ‘mines characteristic disregard of ac- pw were pin F 3"" m "5 by curacy. slrvertlng my statements. "me" ° 13° m“ u" and near-bl to me utterances Wm" W"! think which are fabrications m his own.