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TUESDAY, JUNE ‘l, 1938

Liberal Bribes In Saskatchewan

From Regina, seat of war of the embattled Liberal Provincial Government which is facing the people oi Saskatchewan 0n June 8, came the announcement of Hon. j. G_ Gardiner, Min- ister ot Agriculture in the Mackenzie King Gov- ernment, that Ottawa is preparing t0 launch a fifty million low-cost housing scheme. Speak- ing at Estcrltazyg in Saltcoats riding, Mr_ Gar- diner said the Dominion Parliament would vote $20,000,000 for lo\v-cost housing in rural areas and $30,000,000 in urban areas. He emphas- ized that under this plan, farmers can obtain loans at an interest rate not exceeding 2 1-2 per cent.

Mr. Gardiner's statement preceded by several days the announcement by Mr. Dunning in the House of Commons. Mr. Bennet ask- cd sarcastically whether the seat of gov- ernment of the Dominion had been transferred to Regina as the news despatch seemed to in- dicate. Under thc British North America Act he pointed out, such announcement regarding money votes could be made only in the House of Commons after the Governor-General had given his: approval. Hon. Ernest Lapoint, Min- ister of Justice, who was leading the House dur- ing Prime Minister King's absence, could only reply that any promises made by Liberal spokes- men in Saskatchewan were being surpassed by the Social Credit candidates. He admitted there had bccn no sum fixed for housing and suggest- ed that Mr_ Gardinefls estimate was “only an approximation."

We note also that Mr. I. Gordon Ross, Lib- oral member for Moose jaw, is reported to have promised his constituents that a large project on the Saskatoon River would be completed if the Liberals were returned to power. When this statement was brought to Mr. Lapointe's lttention in Parliament by Mr. Bennett, his only reply was that "the hon. member for Moose Jaw is s. pretty intelligent man; I should be surprised if he got himself into such a diffi- mllty.”

Surely these revelations call for s parliament- lry inquiry. They point unmistakeably to attempt- ed bribery and corruption on the part of the Liberal forces in Saskatchewan. It is no ex- ruse to say that the Social Credit forces are also making sweeping promises. The prestige of the Dominion Government should not be thrown into the scale in this fashion for the purpose of winning Liberal votes. Mr. Ross, as a private member, is perhaps less reprehensible than the federal Minister of Agriculture, whose pre- mature announcement of a vote to be made by Parliament should be evidence enough that he ls incapable of holding his responsible position.

Governmental Economy

In s brief recently filed before the Rowell Commission, the Canadian Chamber of‘ Com- mercc complains that this country "over-gov- emcd.” Commenting on this somewhat general bomplaint, the Hamilton Spectator says:

"The most frequently used target is the pro- vincial legislature set-up. We have nine of them —reasonably imposing bodies-for some ten mil- lion people. They become more and more in- ldividualistic and more aggressive. Why, it is asked, does each prairie province need one 0t these legislatures with their big buildings and heavy expenses? Why do the three Maritime Province each require one-even little Prince Edward Island? Then follow proposals for amalgamations, cutting down the number of members and making a new and more compact system out of the proliferation of the old."

But, adds our Hamilton contemporary after weighing the arguments for such amalgamation, “the variety of our provincial and local gov- ernments can hardly be blamed for the huge expenditures and the resultant heritage of debt. Amalagamgtions, the reduction of the numbers ‘of provincial legislature members would lead to economy. but it would be small compared to the saving that could be accomplished by a more honest appraisal of where vast public spending ls taking place. Governmental extravagance, with lts allies of spending for government gain Ind popular support, might be ameliorated, if not cured, bv these methods. Onlv public op- lnion can achieve the desired end. And it would be unfortunate if the proposals to reduce the more superficial burdens of "over government" were to overshadow in the public mind the much ‘more vital problem of having the existent gov- ernments cut their cloth to their coats.”

just one word should be added: The Gov- ernments of the _three Maritime Provinccshave shown conclusively to the Rowell Commission that no economy would result from a political Maritime union.

Bennett, LaurienAAnd King

Press comment all across Canada is unfavor- able to Prime Minister King's pussy-footing de- claration of his Government's foreign policy. In notable contrast with Mr. King's attitude, says the Toronto Globe and Mail, was Mr. Bennett's outspoken utterance. Mr. Bennett emphasized that “the power that protects us is not the pow- er of Canada and a frank recognition of that fact is essential to my expression of Canadian foreign policyl" ' The Toronto paper indorscs this mud and sddr: "H: was right also ‘in ntiitgmz that our fate in war depends large- ipollcgeft enemy-Abe enemy of the

in the British Commonwealth absolve: us from obligations toward s common soverflglllY- ll the Premier feared to repeat the Laurier pro- nouncement he could at least have flung out the challenge: ‘When British democracy is at war, Canada is at war'." _

The St. Catherincs Standard goes farther and denounces Mr. King's attitude as “poppycock, either in the light of history or the light 0f self- preservation." It too recalls Sir Wilfrid Laurier's declarationthat ‘when the British Empire is at war, Canada is at war,’ and says that 110 Statute of Westminster can override that. "Mr. Ben- nett,” it adds, “was right when he stated that Canada would be facing a reality and not a theory if war-came. In truth, it would be up to the enemy who would have no compunction about sinking or seizing Canadian ships.’ If Canada were to decline the issue of war, it would be paramount to Canada seceding from the British Empire, and we doubt if the senti- ment of this Dominion as yet goes that far."

And this from the Stratford Beacon-Herald: “The remarkable feature oi the discussion was that it witnessed a Conservative Leader and former Premier using the memorable state- ment of Mr_ King's illustrious predecessor and political god-father to challenge the stand en- unciated by the present Prime Minister, regard- ing Canada's position in the event of war. Sir \Vilfr-id Laurier's conception of the right and honourable place and duty of Canada as a part of the British Empire was definite when moving his naval defense resolution in Parliament, on which occasion he expressed Parliament's "firm conviction that whenever the need arises the Canadian people will be found ready and will- ing to make any sacrifice that is required to give to the Imperial authorities the most loyal and hearty cooperation in every movement for the maintenance of -the integrity and honour of the Empire."

J Editorial Notes I‘

Four Power Peace Pact signed this date, 1833. w- v s w

Another bluff is the $30,000,000 for municipal self Jiquidating enterprises. What utility scheme can city and towns here inaugurate the revenue from which will liquidate the loan?

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A paragrapher facetiously remarks that in Scotland they probably offer two-kilt suits. This sounds like woeful ignorance. The Scots know that a. kilt lasts a lifetime. Montreal Gazette. But even more than that the family kilts, like real estate, serve successive generations. a s

The late Miss Georgina Pope will hold an enduring place in the memory of our citizens, and particularly our soldier citizens, who are best able to appreciate her self-sacrificing service as a nurse in South Africa during the Boer War, and subsequently in England and France through the trying days of the World War. w n- : a

Sir Iain Colquhoun, fifty-ycar-old baronet, of Luss, Loch Lomond, opening an extension of .Glasgow“ and West of Scotland Foot Hospital, said: “I have never had a moment's trouble with my feet, and I attribute it entirely to the fact that as a child I walked barc-foot-as, in- deed, I still do wheneverI got the chance. There is no sort of ground that makes walking bare- foot really impossible." 1r a: s v A month hence we will know to whom falls the honour and responsibility of the National Con- servative Party leadership. Though there are half- a-dozen aspirants, the name most frequently men- tioned is the Hon. Dr. R. _]'. Manion, formerly Minister of Railways in the Bennett Govern- ment, with whom are linked up as supporters such public men of diverse opinion as the Rt. Hon. Arthur Meighen, Hon_ H. H. Stevens, and the Hon. M. Duplessis. But like most elections and races, a dark hon: nlay prove the winner. v

It was only natural for Earl Baldwin when a boy to wish to be a blacksmith. His father and grandfather before him were in the iron and steel business. In a. speech at Worcester the other day, the Earl, three times Prime Minis- ter confessed: “I always wanted to be a black» smith. It is a man's job. As the fates would have it, I found another kind of man's job that took just as much patience as that of a black- smith and dealt with material hardly less mal- leable."

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The $116,000,000 Housing scheme announced by Mr. Dunning is more or less bluff where an agricultural community like ours is concerned. The Banks or Trust Companies must provide 60 per cent of the loan, the Government 2o per cent and the builder puts up 20 per cent. In other words, the incipient houseproprietor must incur a mortgage of 80% before his plans are approved, and his personal security must be such as will satisfy a banker. Anv man able to do that these days could get an ordinary mort- gage almost anywhere.

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Girls who haven't yet been able to “get their man," their Mountie in his natty scarlet and gold uniform, had better step on it before new anti-marriage regulations come into effect, says a Winnipeg correspondent. Apparently too many Mounties have taken wives and the new rules call for not more than 45 per cent of the strength to be married. The other 55 per cent is con- demned to single blesscdness-until their tum in seniority comes along. Each must have, at least, seven years’ service and s good conduct record before he will be considered for married men's pay and allqwapcei.

Mr, Frederick Palmer, Canadian Trade Com- missioncr at Melbourne, writes under date April 21, 1938, that the latest estimate of the area sown to wheat for grain in Australia for the harvest of 1937-38 is 13,807,000 acres. Pro- duction is estimated at 181,ooo.o00 bushels, but the trade expects that the ultimate oduction will not be less than 185,006,000 bushjels, plac- ing the yield for 1937-38 next to the peel: fig- ure of 214,000,000 bushels recorded for each of the seasons 1930-31 and ,1932-33. The average yield for 1937-38 ls estimated at 13.07 bushels per acre, or 1.6.} bushels in excess of the ever-

for the prevlonrdecennium. The yield fn

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In the avenge human body, ss- tqo ‘s. scientific inventory,

there's enough fat-to , ‘uoe seven bursofsoep, enough limetowblte- wash a. small chicken molt». enough phosphorus to gmske about 2,000 matches, L iron tn make two small nails, plus about. two pounds of sugar, six taw- spoonfuls of sslt snd 10 gallons of water. Melted down, you may still —Moose

be of some use this spring. Jew ‘limes-Herald.

An invention of s‘ “slanteyed” camera which mCfllllfus moun- tains from the alr was reported today by the American Geograph- fcsl Society. Used by flying cam- eraman, 1t takes nll its pictures st h tilted angle instead of straight down. It has shown, among other things, that reports of s chain _of mountains 1n Northern Labrador higher than the mile-tall sum- mits of New Hampshire's ‘ Washington and North Carolina's Mount Mitchell are untrue.

Most people csll moths “butter- flles," yet there are about nlne tlmea as many moth families as butterfly families. Because butter- flies fly by day, while moths are nlght-flyers, the fonner are oom- rnon sights to the most casual ob- server. There are, however, num- erous ways of telling them apart. Butterflies fold their wings high over their backs when at. rest, while moths fold theirs down flat. Butterflies have club-shaped an- tenne, while those of moths are feathered.

"From French and English di- plomatlc circles comes express- ions of satisfaction at the com- mon vlews reached by French and British statesmen 1n their recent Flscusslo 1n London. One diplo- mat stated that ‘we have never been in such complete ‘- y.’ “Perhaps there still remains t.h reaching of an accord on the methods to be used 1n reaching for a settlement of Europe's prob- lems, considered by both France and England as an essential pre- llmlnary to any territorial con- cesslons to be made to Gennany, but the main lines of the France- England entente appeared to be definitely settled. “There 1s as yet no telling what may be the effect of the recent conferences 1n the Ehnptre espltal, but 1t seems cer- tain that: they will oontrlbute greatly to curbing the intentions of certain over-belligerent na- tions." —.La ‘Tribune (Sherbrooke.

A reporter 1n Toronto sshed eight men what they wantged to do when they were boys. rbur of the eight, including Hon. H. J. Cody. president of the University 0f Toronto, said their ambition hhd been to be locomotive engineers. But not one of the four became B" Bflslneer. And rlsht there one

countc p two truths, (1) that; s great many lads have felt: they would like to drive a big snort- ing railway engine, and (2) tint l."..“‘t.’..§°“‘ ‘hi?’ “° 1511?. M’

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Genersl Sir W. Edmund tron- slde, who 1s to succeed General Sir Charles Harlngton as 00v“. nor and Commander-ln-Chlef st Gibraltar, ls a big man 1n inches, a stern dlscfpllnarlan, a linguist. and has eves which can make any man quail. The artillery of GlbPB-llfll‘. seward and land- ward, are vital. In the changed Spanish conditions Great Britain peeds" a ffrstclass artllleryman at Gib. General Ironslde learnt foreisn lansuase, like the famous OXDIorer Burton did. He put <10 on n Postcard a list of words eve day and memorized them. Thus he built up e vocsbulerly by

—.New of the World.

Tourists like to stop st But- lwd. NB. and u»: at; the cov-

rlver. It's the longest mvgrqd brtdge 1n the world, The structuxg stretches 1.282 feet. Its nearest rtval, 1n Norway, 1s 200 feet short- er. The Government pays a mm 8100 to 8150 every Winter m put snow on 1t so sletghs can get across. The bridge also has gained fame because 1t presents n1 optlcal illusion. When a. motorist drlves across 1t at 28 miles 1m lggauga Zlnéall ‘cracks between the es 0 e span appear ta run together, permitting a, parlgct and apparently unobstructed view of the river, as 1f the bridge had no sldes.—The Canadian Press.

From many reports um. have been coming to this country, Ger- mans have not been over-eating since the Nazis decided to divert lmportatlons of food lntn improm- tlons of munitions. Since "Strength Through Food” is hp- parcntiy a lost. ideal which does not comport wlth Nazi theories of autarehy, the German people are perhaps the gathers 1f they sre permitted to make motor oars their food substitute instead of guns and shells-or, more sc- curntely. as well as guns and shells. Cars against butter 1s a hair's breadth better than suns against butter as n national ss- ptration. By dashing fest enough over the countryside 1n their "Strength ‘through Joy" slx they may be able to tske their minds off the price and the scarcity of food. ~-Bsltlmore Sun.

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PATIENTS SHOULD TELL THE PHYBlClAN IF ‘REY ArtE U5- ING HEART TONICS

A pet-lent consulted a. physician about his heart as the beat was fast and he was getting out. o! breath easily. As 1t was before the days of the electrocardlosraph the physician outlined the slze of the heart and found s murmur indi- cating s leaking valve , but the heart was beating regularly and only s few beats above normal. After having the patient take some exerfcse 1t: was found that: the heart beat. was not unduly fast and came back to its normal rate before taking the exercise within two minutes. 0n these findings the physician advised a walk of a half mll e twlce daily and other light exercises and asked the patient to return 1n a. month.

When the patlent returned he found that the heart rate was faster, the beet irregular, and the reaction to exercise not so good as on h1s previous vlslt. He informed the patient that hls heart was not doing as good work as on his pre- vious visit and that he would have to forbid exerclse. The patlent quite frankly replied, "I guess f loreot. to take my dlgltalis lately. I was taking 1t quite regularly when I came to see you before."

From this lncldent you can see that the patlent should have 1n- formed the physician that he was taking the dlgltalfs and the phy- sician should have obtained a bet- ter history of the case from the patient.

Something of s. similar nature. 1s now being discovered 1n the use of the electrocardiograph, That 1g that this definite ‘electric’ reading of the rhythm or regularity and the strength of the heart 1s the truth about the heart condition at the time of the reading but much 0! this rectum-try and strength may be due to some heart. med- lcine or tonic the patient 1s tak. 1H8 resulerly.

Dre. R. Aschenbrenner and Q. Oodlhflwmpson 1n an abstract 1n the Journrg of the American Medical A ration from a. Berlin medical journal, state that. 1n view of the rather extensive use of quinine 1n the treatment of pne- umonla and influenza they de- cided to investigate the effect on m9 “Wuwflfdlvkram of the use of quinine by the patient, They found that qlllnine strengthened and steadied the heart-a fact Zlé’.‘i‘.'.a52ai£2."‘§"t."°’°“,.,,““h ““

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THE BLIND MAN T0 THE MAIDEN

The blind man to the maiden said. ‘O thou of hearts the truest.

Thv countenance ls 111d from me: let not 111v question anger theel Spelt though 1n words the fewest,

"Tell vghst kind of eyes are

Dark eyes or llzht ones rather " "My eyes are a. decided brown- So much. at least. by lookin down. Prom the brooks glass I BM er." "And ll 1t 10d. th little mouth That too the bl must. care for." "Ah I would tell 1t soon to thee, Only—none yet. has told 1t me.

I cannot answer therefore."

"But ‘float. thou ask whet heart I

ve- There hesitate I never. thine own breast ‘tts borne, and

‘Tls thmfne 1n weal, and thfne 1n

woe, 11b1- llfe. for dream-thine ever. —\l‘.rom the German; Browning.

have had business to transact at the Cutler street twarchouses of the Port of London Authority. Today it stands just as 1t dld when John Thwaltes of Clerken- well placed 1t 1n position 1n 1801, and ew people would realize that. the clock has recentb/ been equip- ped with an electric motor 1n place of its old weights and pull- eys. The clock, as John Thwsltes installed 1t, has had an tnnlngs of 136 years, and with its new mechanism may live as long again to give the time of day to merch- huts who come to bargain 1n cer- pete, drugs, ourlos. silks, cigars, and sll the other thlngs that are stored 1n the Cutler street were- houses. The work ‘rhwsltes inthefseeofthe olocksndits hmdm-The Times, London.

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nure liquid sud solid and infor- mation along horticultural llnel. This might be better than a course in agriculture 1n public schools or oollece. Perhaps some farmers would llke to express their opln- lons alonc t-heseelines. o“

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