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IONDAY. DHVIIIII C D8-

zANdDAﬁS POSITION

The Financial Poet has on men)‘ eccuicm hem severely ormonl u: the Bennett administration. The following editorial from its inue of he. i. however, shows its appre- ciation of the ewitinlly sound policies which Premier Bennett has followed, and fumisheu an interest- ing cimiparlson between the results ichieved in Canada and United states in combating the world dc- presion:

“Side by side on the North Am- Ifcsn continent arc two nations. Both have experienced bitter econ- omic and ﬁnancial tribulation in the pest four years, and both found busineu at the lowest point in a decade last March.

"In the larger 0f the two count- ries drastic steps were taken to Item the downward tide and meas-

acruinttiespringwbcﬂdintrlete unthevuitedststeswerepeenlbd 'atthc'uinﬂtlm,w~hﬂeitbknnin thuinsuohtuaiowunuicuouuura oovcringlilmiilimlnlﬂcf null Yﬂflawkndilthsﬂhnddﬂﬂﬂinqirftnotsomlrhbcclitehr

isnowun ‘ ticnnlcnﬂcitinnsbevvevensnsnccdrulove unuu‘mumﬂmmdanﬂm|ofurutkitsm.ubecsiueqzbﬂ the nnsncisl assistance of the fed-

‘en-l wvcnuneuts cmcurned. i

the Inndcn Daily Wen, that provides lavishly for lunutiu and ahninsis, people whole mental Writing on "The spirit of Csn- wenkncn or moral w.

‘roux’ in the London Spectator. Mnilllllﬂ than s meow: While it wh- ‘R v_ Hodgm m” m,‘ o, the comm a.ooo,ooo m, vigorous, useful

i U ‘citizens to dwell in hovels not tol- o n’ cruted in either mad-house or prison-house.

BRITISH OPINION

fdiminlshing influence" ited States propaganda in Csnads. He finds “fur greater dmil-arity be-l tween the two countries in the out-i The ccndfttcns of Chinese. tradc ward and visiible signs of niuzoriuliuic sericulture is imfvtlblt evi- cwmuuon man-in the inward ‘ndldencc of the accumulated effects of spiritual character of the peoplelhf Iq€$Iu o: M°"°°""- h‘ “n” m“ "°“““““" oOuntry with wide urea: cf ls fertile

urea of far-reaching social and eco-lenmmg ‘ 10w," “menus! o; um m“ u ‘ﬂy m the worm A pa» “mm” sizmcanc” “'9” ‘mmked- The employment, a. sound banking sya-kantry, incomparable in its industry mu" °°““"-" h“ m ‘he middleum. n generally more eireotivqmd frvzalitv and wuraee under oouiue Ind attempted 8a best ii',,,gan,umn m, pubm rent, m‘ .|evc.ry form of adversity, tills the

could to brrasn. the blows of cir- vumstancu WiLhOUt yielding to pres- lure within and without for a rom-

vconomic structure. “Comparative figures are now svaillhlc showing how, at m; end.

of six months. each nation has far- ed as the result of recent develop- ments. The figures are highly 11- laminating:

Buninrn Ilnprllsfmelll Since lhrch 1038' YS Business ni-iivnv .. ‘ 5 +Ili>ii Auto proilvii-iion - Electric prnw-r output (‘nmmi-rvinl ilmlures . Steel inguv llrillluflillii 7g" lilmploynii-nt .. . l-‘nrm since! . imp‘ rm Explain linllk iii-hits .. Par llllilllllﬂ! . . ﬂux-k prii-rs (‘r-miimil iv pflPP! _1_tl Cwiviiriu-iiun contra-W's +ll'2_0 ‘Hr rp ing lo“;

r till

Iofslettu.

Iliad with a system of hand-labour

m“ 1"“ whm“ h’ “mmylperieot in its own wnv even if it

,°°P"°‘““°"» h" °*°*“"8“! tmuilscts the hum production methods ‘former envy for aself-oongratuiartcryiog and; and the United stgtgg. plate revamping of the QOClHI anduympaulyt. Th“ malted“, Show.‘

In Kwuntung there is all the wealth of the Pearl River Del-tn snd the istration in Piloting the Csnadimimmpopbzlrfﬁzgistgtmcst; swat: ship of state through the last three 000,000, Ami ygt; m, 1e“ m"; w; years of economic storm. P" Will- "! U16 T109 wllllmwdi l tots! of 9,000,000 piculs per snmln. il insported. In other words, a pop- ulntimi equivnlent to the inhtbitcnts of about six leading towns. including Lord Macmillan, addressing girl Canton. buys n11 ite rice from

students u. Weetfiokl College cn_‘b'°'d~

"How to Get On." aid be would have uuuu on lettm-s fixed by is!‘ “'“" "°“°M'm" """‘"°" n __ 'lthuheennof\u1tofthc8ovietl A‘ mm" "W" l“ “mm” m» bloody revolution has mien to overwhelm other nations. It has Always put, the date st the top been no halt d the lantern o! ‘Moscow that Olll‘ troubled economic sywtnn has not been mattered- They tried hl-nd enough to accomplish

the success of the Bennett admin-

EXPERT ADVICE

Always mention in business letters the date of the one you are ngalying

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HI Nil! MID III! IIAII.‘ Dlllllll Ill YOUNGITBI

Gin-In this morning's ilun It. ihnticn quite truly ltsten that to lncst ct me pnsmt g aeration the [meaning and the value of Prince [Mwud Ishnd currency 1e un- hscm. m. Tsntcn then explains that {Prior to 1011 the Inland - pound Ins equivalent to 88.00 con- ggglm, 0mm,‘ gum tinentsi currency’. end nddl. “The gggmbggguyhyuh-“Qww; dsiisr value vered according to seure. thchlnkothlunﬂncbenkbdol- uqywq- 11 m; you,“ hudsrbeinguixshilllngmmothlliz been 1mm tcscm ihruugrugrnvldlvwnmcmsncyetsnothu-lis maven. and hen-rt ail-up, the wd "unﬁnis- conimcncoldmsybc sreslrnenace| N! ﬂbcriencepf setunlbsnking to health; in fact s msnlce to lite transactions prim- t; iru w“ m; itself. sufficiently extensive to enable me 1n Philadelphia at the chllerqrgl to question Ir. ‘rsntcnb state- l-Iesrt Hospital s record hll been ment. regarding the vulutbq h; the kept for n tan yesr period@1n: tg'dolls.r vfue mooning to the bcnk 1W. durina which use ohilann euf- 1 cf issue. The stltmient thnt prior fering from rheumatic fever and to 1871 the Island pound was heart disease were treated. equivalent to $3.00 ccntnenhl cur- The records show that the svcr- | rency does not seem quite to agree age age of the children was about with the legislation on the subject. 7. which was in effect. pics" to 1811, Notwithstanding the treatment sud for the benefit of those of the given, the results showed, as fsr |s'prescnt gonerstbn who are un- records could be obtained, that iouunilur with the amnion "n- per cent died, or were totally dls- land currency" it may not be n- nbled, and 60 per cent are working miss to refer to the stgtutq. or able to work or go to school. In 1MB. the Inland legislature What do the physicians of this. declared that it wll “deemed ex- special heart hospital advise as tdpedient that certain coins now in the but method of preventinglcrculltcn in this Island should rheumatism and heart disease? have their respective values or nt-

Whmcyounatcr thneisreullymitmuchto

ebcutulnsimlyclenrhigtbe

Currlefw > March '18Mﬂsge

cup-spam

vhveduumrguiuninurtuiiiouoe sgsincovereditsehwithgiory. ‘iockingbutwith pride onthe unbroken record ct your glorious sehievcmentcugingycutqnum that today the fate of the Bidtlsh mliire hull in the balance. I N!“ ll! mlLln the Onnulsn UQSI-knowingthct when Camd- iaus are englged there mu b; m givinguwny. _ “Ulidcrﬂheﬂﬂﬂlolymzrdgvutgd oﬂlcminthecoruingbutue yqu willsdvnnceorfsllwhemycuggmg flcingtheenelny.

"lb those who i111 I any: You

"Measures to protect children es st which they chi! pass current with rheumatic heart d‘ , from and be l. legal tender, dcflncd by the common cold and other infec- law."

tlons of the nose, throct and chest. It then proreeded to decisive that. oﬂer, in their opinion, the most certan ctins (of specified stand-i practical form of preventive treaty urds or weights, wh'ch I sm not inent, that ut the present time can mentioning) shti have certsm vol- ' be fully recommended. [ues in Isirnd currency from which Of n total of 428 cum brought in I excerpt the fcllcwing:

with rheumatism for the first time. Gold Coins

6|. per cent occurred during or be-

tween the monthnpf December and

Mny with the highst number (5 Brit. Sovereign

per cult) during March. Doub oon

Although rneumntism is not con- Eszle iU. S. A1 sldered hereditary, these physiciansi Silver coins

found that there wll n stronger British Czciwn tendency to develop rheumatism in, Brit- Bhiling Dome families than in others, gm‘ no other who, as there is with tuberculosis, mu coypef‘.

What is the lea-son from the ubove The value of the British pound report? was declared by this Act. to be one The first lesson u char m u: cords "pound ten shillings, ‘uiuuc cur- the child should be put to bell Ind‘ rency. On this huh two British those with sore rhrouu whether or‘ , 1 were (quill to three nuns not tonsil-I are at"! wwent. should pounds, that u. the Island poundi

Vslue m

Island

Currmcy £1.10: 2416s g3.

7s. 6d. 1|. 0d. both silver

Ithe III-lid Ant of 1M1

“What. the ultimate moral of this m‘

little study my be, is perhaps still Always make your we“ “a u u in doubt. For the time being it she we“ the one “mm m yo!" seems very obvious that the smaller moughul

“non h“ done “most as we“ by Be in time for an ngegnent, its pesive policy as has the larger‘ Above l“ thin“. belie" m ‘ﬂab nation by more positive messures.'neu_

Dolbtlcss the smaller nation bene-' ﬂuted to some degree by its proxlm- EDITORIAL NOTES lty to the larger country, but they-Q I much evidence to support theI The late Sir Arthur Currie was view that the larger ham,“ would not only e leader of men; he we; hnvu m“ glgnggf, a‘ we“ ,,.,,,‘u muster of words. No man ever wlmwg mum»; go m radical pm“ wrote or delivered more inspiring rremue. m other words, that the "MWIW- "*4 Inﬁll" t0 the 0m- Ide has turned before the belly-Mann‘ "W" i" "it d"! 41!! 0f ho, 138m‘ March, 101d, reprinted elsewhere on this page, was one of the most. thril- wnu‘ much “wins “Mi that "Miling army orders ever penned. It “an” "M4" m“? 1* "Y! mink‘ was, as a. ul exchange well hi1 she did not embed: on some of says, worth battalions of fresh the ventures included in the PIQ-‘ltroop, Ilri of her friend. the larger ns-: ticm. For prosperity L; min-ﬂing w This from that staunch organ of her as it is to mcet other nstions Uwrluln- m‘ “"1190 510591 of the world snd the future looks ‘Hon. Edgar N. B11065. Iedcrnl inﬁnitely clearer than does that of Minister of Finance, uttered n g0]- h" more rwperxrueuui neighbor u; emu truth when he ssid, in opening the south." ,the Roynl Winfcr Fsir, that the ‘depression was due largely to inv proper mending and lack of 10lo- GRASSHOPPER CONTROL ‘mm 1n m,“ o, Fromm,» Th. Aqlocistion of the glidmculw i‘ m“ m’ “m.” h- "Wlt-ehins crops in the guest oeri- W“ “Wm” T“ “u” trll pinin c! North America through I h" m mm‘ m. mummy” amt” vsgluce of the lhdenﬂe King ed- rninlstrsticn during its nine years of power.

"w venom} infestation of grues- Mlilkrs. is contained ln s despuch from F1110. North mkotu. whae wwmlovints representing the two febrsl jvvtfﬂllﬁllll, four ststeu. 1M W0 Provinces. recently met. in conference. Reuliution that the destruction of cxc-ps by grsdicppers "human-low problematic’ actfvatinl force behind the ofllcisls cnlilug u» meeting. ~ Olﬂhwnen know no menu- mnni bwnllIl-U. n tutor which u lulu-Ind: hormone with u. kncefedge that a triad hm; mm. ulﬂwlr Muh- tmn to ml d n lbmtcry nature 1| in evidence.’ Inﬁll null cl the one round in- llsl in Ounce tub tall

AIIPWOI of the news that coun- teffeit United ltlhl $100 bilb-cn excellent imitation-ere being cir- culnted in Icon-cal, the OtteIl Jcurnsl Noted thlt since 1R thlrl hes been no luccssfui counterfeit d Olnldiln nob fluid lit-hot lly the Dominion or by the chartered bunks. In the Ulfted MMQ the MI m mum and rustic in the Government burenu at Well- hiwn. In Oansdn um m nines in Ottswn unhi- ccntnlt w e liv- ste firm which cps-rail OK h d!

these enm. It was only the stub- born resistance of the cane: portion o! mlnllntl that foiled than. The ‘abnormal situation between the United States and Russie ls about ‘to be ended. The American people will be wise to avoid too sanguine gxpectntlons. 3o will the Wa-shinc- ‘ton Government, which undomat- edly will have its hands full protect- ing Amer-fem rights and furthering American interests. Recognition will regulsrise the handling of inevit- able Runo-Auzierlccn controversies and conflicts. There is that much gain. But it. would be fatuous tn believe thst. it means the beginning d n bountiful friendship—'l'hc Philsdeiphiu Lek"-

llitler, nye the Imulcn Referee. has done eou-lething more than re- verse the peaceful policy of the lute Gustav Btreee n: he has defied the pacific will of the whole world. And it is not. possible to foresee when his defiance will end. It may well be that the curtain has been rung up on the first. Mt. of that trlgedy which Mr. Baldwin recently described as the end of the civili- zstion we know.

Cumulative evidence of decline ls beginning to stutter all camouflage. The total number of , in the ﬁeeﬂtnteinnceiptofPoorLew relief on the lalt Baturdsy of A08- ust. was 19,475. or 20.042 more than i; Ilﬂgn the equivnlent day of int year. The: figur- diow sn increase dlhneﬂpuemtcnrulrcvenltkie fact that Gd per thousand inhab- ltentcctthnnveltstes-relnre- coin c! relief. Where. than. is the woQscrity at whlli u». mm- and other Iinbterl speck so much: when is the glowing employment

be carefully wutched. It is this rest in bed that is the greatest preven- tion o! permanent heart disease. Naturally n younglter o! this age, when the “oo1d" 1s better is snxioul to be up and pllying. The treat.- ment. means that the most careful watch should be kept to prevent him getting out of bed and playing around the room.

ember, then, colds may de- velop intO rheumatism and rheume- tism into heart disease, and that rest is the biggest fnctcr in the pre- vcntion of rheumatism end heart

FROM “THE Bill)"

Hither thou connect; the busy wind all night

Blew through thy lodging, where thy own wnm wing

Thy pillow was. Many n gullen storm

(For which course man seems the fitter born),

Rained on thy bed

And harmless heed

And now ss fresh end cheerful 0| the light,

Thy ltttlc heart. in early hymns doth lllg

Unto that wovidence, whose un- seen arm

Curbed them, end clothed thee wsl! and warm.

—HIIIII vllljhn (17th 0811MB’) &_

sewyemhencmnotntbisind- mtthildemegingbbwntinin- nlticnlioonﬂdmcehubesnﬁllv- endltbndhactiontebekll wiihcuunlynowiuniulenvnnv themtiieilwrittenlugeﬂlﬂl

was the equivalent a! only two thirds of a Br tish pound or sov- ereign.

{this Act remained in force until .1071 when an Act. of the Psrlis- ment of Canads we! D1581 "W 5' tcblsii on? unlfcrm currency for the whole Dominion of Canada.” By thst Act it was declared that the eumncy of the Province of Nova Bcctis should be the ssme as that of the Prcvinczs o! Quebec. Ontario, and New Brunswick. and s dec ma] currency was establish- ed, the denominations being d011- nis, cents. and mills, the cent be- ing one-hundredth psrt of s dollar, snd the mill one-tenth pert of s cent. The British scvmluu W“ decluod to be equal to $4.00 2-! of the currency of Oausdn.

At t-hlt time (1871) Prince E- ward Islnnd wu not e member of the Canadian Confederation, and hsd its own separate currency. (the "Islsrrd currency" refrrrcd w). The Hand legislature, holﬂﬂ‘. decldd "to establbli a Dedmsi system of Currency in this Island". and pcssed an Act. declaring that. It was "expsdient. to ll fmilnt: the currency cf this IllI-nd to that. of the Dominion of Csnsds and of the United States of Americn. and to introduce u decimal system of

Vllllwttﬂcbutctqvintoiluncrt- llity-Yourniotiimwillnotlnmalt Wurfatebutwillbeploisdtohnve b01110 llkthltml. Your gum“ '11] bcreveredfolovvrsodeverbyyoiu- mtcfillcoimirrysnddodwﬂltnkc

wss sup- erseded by the Psdersl Act. ﬂehcol a today may easily remember the value in doi- lsn of the Island pound by keep- lnginmindthstitwuonlyequei to two-thrdl of the Britfsh pound. The per vslue of the British pound being MM 2-3, the value of the Island pound was two-thirds of that. sum n I24: the value of the Island stilling bong l6 cents. Whie the Iaisnd currency was in use here, money of the decimﬂ system, that is tn say, dollars and cents, was brsught from other plsoel, snd used in payment for commodities or debts or exrhsndﬁﬂ for Island currency. and the re- duction of nich dollar money into Island currency became s matter of some calculation. ‘Ib asst. in this reduction tables were printed 3nd aged which gnve lhQ crmplrt- tlve vsluec in Islsnd currency of sums rsnging from one cent t0 s dollar and from one dollar ‘to one hundred dollars. Some of these tebl-s are still extant. I um Sir, etc. W- l. BINTLII.

An essential adjunct tn the main- tenance of Canada's ewcrt mir- kets is the znuins and imvwﬂw of live stock products u they en- ter into the fonim trade. I

The nnturs-l diendwsmegea in- volve din the wide IHII-rstdcn of the prairie grain fields from the markets o! lhnwe hll been con-

k-eping Accounts n the Public 0i- flccs into this Colony.” The Act of 1M0 wu then repelled and i‘ was enscted that. "the unit of n:

count in this Island shall be u

‘dollar of one inn-lured cunts. the nhie at when doYI-r shall be the mu of four hundred one Hshtv- mr cenu, and two-thirds of u clot. to the pound of Brittle sterling money". The Vllllc OI the Bfifﬂl gbﬂling wee deduced to he 2| 3m: the liwmcc, l2 cents: the American gold dollar, one dollar; sud Osnsdim silver coinage wu to five tin vniue espoused on its

mPrinconu-wuniwnuceu- tied Oentetnticn in 1m tb pppeeezwumncyuueouinad‘ inhunocnomhouniuoiu out ﬂﬂtbhriiuiient cfOlIieﬂ

slderoiziy lessened by pcrticuiar and continued effort; to iuwrove the huh/ting and ﬁunqscrtstion fe-

Here ll "nothing for Nth;

BUSINESS WIDMAN u think about.

Fllflf". “Willy. Nutty-ﬁve yesre hence what vnll lie your outlook on life? - Either You will have a guaranteed heme el you owls. You will be able to retire if yon desire to do 00-10 travel-to own u little home with I garden. You will be care-free, able to enjoy lib to the full. Or

You will begin feel ‘the yous hung hesv; over you. You will curt to worry eboui. you; position. You will look fox-wan‘! to the future with apprehension You will wonder how you lrc going to support yourself in your later yearn. The ﬁrst alternative is open to you through s Gun-Wm Lu: Retirement Annuity. 11m second must inevitably be your lot if you hi] to make provision for the future.

A Gun-Win LII! Retirement Annuity guarantees you more income for leel money than my other plan of saving. Income cheque; will be msiledtcyouesch montlubqinhins It 55, 60 or 65, and will continua to be pcid 1e 1on5 u you live. You will IIIYQ no invug. lent worries-

Itwill yyoutonnd thecom lefapgrugq.‘ lsn ofptlhis pllll now.’ To less-show to "y; scientiﬁcally. To end money worries

in you: later yous. No obligation.

MAIL nus couroiv

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