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THE CHARLUFFETOWN GUARDIAN

CECEMBER 29, 1931

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$5.1m |11~r 1-.1r llll 1111111111-1-1 delivers-d to (In; $1.1m m1‘ geur 1i" uilnsnn-e) niuJed to l’. B. lslund

$51.11 p111 _1.~11r 1111 111114111-111 mulled so Cunudu and U. 8.

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A11 Luipire Preference Jubilee

'l".-.:11=1l.1v. will iiiairk the fiftieth

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_.i1i11\1r-.1.1 1.1 .~1-.1- 111' the 11111-1 historic speeches 1.. ;..,..l.i1i. t.1i1.11l.1l1\ ;. lil'lll\ll staitt-siiizui. l! .1.-.~ .-.1 1-1.; ,- j". 111.11 .\lr. _l11-epl1 (fhaiiiht-i- ' i pix ~1-11t l'i'i111c .\litii.ster of -_ lirsl .1l1.11i1l1-iit-1l his free tradi-

d iirgul :111 1-1-11i111i11it' iuiioii of the

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1.. ti11- ii-ht-rie- conference at

--,.111 with Sir (‘hzirlt-s Tup- tiui- vhristiiias holidays at 11.‘.'11 v... i.ll'~llll- 11f l.:1i1sd11\vi1tz i1.11\ 11- \\1t~l1i11f,1\1111 lie sltippctl till

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1.1 t1l:.t1. people for c11iiiu1ercial

union iiiiii the l'11i111l States. broke ;i\\'ay' from

hK yi-ctlu-s ::1l‘-.1-~§11i1 m free trade and opetilv

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1. 1- 111-. l1 1111s- feziitired in tlit- 1.11 111.11 llii isli urn-papers. littt the latter 1.1 ~1_-111.1t 1-1-151111- 111 realize that .\lr. iii l'_'.ll'llt‘sl iii a1 lUJhl believing .~ 1...l e1.i111- for 1't't‘1illsltlPfllllUll of lI-"i . |-1-i-1".. .\lr. (‘li;iii1l1t-rlai1i'hint- s.'f -.-.-1-...- i1. ‘1-111- i".i111ii.-1l >111ne1vl1at when he 5...: h.- Uii-l 1111i fi-llon‘ tip the Tor- 11-1111 s1... ' ; .1i_1-11l_ uln-lt. three later. t‘ 9.1-1} I l>.-1-.---.n 11.1- $11 l-ingkind 11nd tirg- l Vi". h. come otil fr1-1-ly and zollvereiu, the Col- i- 1‘1-i-11".1.l to have said: "D0 1.11 I .-1.1- 1.1.11 I would think of I11 1111- p1". 1-111 condition of opiu- 1 \\.11:'1l llt'\t'l‘ do." 111.11 .\lr. l-iit-ldiiig intro- (l1.-.l -'.1- .1 ]\1.-I1'1't‘111‘1' iii the Canadian 1.1.1“. i-.'11..E11 l d11- dcnttiicizition of trade 3-1111 and tii-riiiaiiy. \\‘heii this 11-1. 1l-.1- lniperial (oiifcreiice of .\lr. t‘=.'111-.i11-t“;1iii said that if all the l'1"--111i.~i-~ .1~‘.1-tl for the change the t'1-:.1i..- 111.1111! lu- 1i-iiotziivt-d. 'liht'_\’ did Ho. 11ml l fr.‘ the iii-st time for inter- _1"1-1i111-iits. t~.11-..-1.-1-. until .\l:1_1- to. 111113. that

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l1 \\:1-1‘-1.l_ N1". t l...11.l11 11.11 tw-ituiu-d t11 the stand he had t.-.I.1-1 iii his 'l‘.1i"11iit.1 4111-111 of 138,", and strong- lv f:1111-."1-1l "l1l'1'ft‘l't‘l"1li1l treatment of the colon- i1-~ " lli- elt-vtois iii lliriiiitighzitii, one of the

-r~ "it f1'.1- ll‘. .- c--1i'.1'1--, were astounded at his attitude. uhivh lie ;,11‘.i11i111-d. \\;1s 11111: to changes in tli1- l-inipire -tr1ict1trt- by the" aid given by the I'1.11iiiiii11ii 11nd coloiiie< in the South African \\':1r. ll-- r1-i11-:1i1-.l his change of faith in the llotist- 111‘ commons a i1-tv day» later. and was at (lllCQ dcncuinet-d u. i, protectionist who ivould wreck J-li-iiaiii‘; c11iiinit-rce "for a sentiment." [liziiiilierlaiii 1‘11tl\t*1'te(l some of the members of the llalfotir .\liiii.-ir_v' to the new policy, but he goitld ii11t carry them to the taxation of food, which \\';1s the basis of his policy, and so he re- signed, to carry on a campaign through the El\ll1lll'_\' for "'1 :iriFf Reform"; but he failed to [11|1\'ltlCf' the C(1llllll‘_\', though winning his seat iii lliriiiiiigliaiii, (it-spite a free trade barrage. Forrv-tive years after that. Toronto speech. Mr Nit-ville Chamberlain signed at Ottawa a trade agreement between tire-at Britain and Canada based ttpoii the very principle which so electrified the world Fifty years ago. ]oseph Chamberlain and George Taylor DcuiSon and the latter's allies in the linpr-rial Federation pro- paganda had gone 1 btit their ideal had triumphed at last. The llllity of the Empire which had been cemented in 1111111.] in the war with Ger- manv made inevitable the tiriity of trade which vasisecured by Mr. R. B. Bennett at Ottawa in

1932.

Trade With Japan

Japan's undeclared war against China M5 meant greatly increased purchases on the part of Japan of nickel and other war materials. Al- together, her imports of ores and mfitilli ‘m- creased by nearly 15o per cent. in the nine months period January l0 sclllWlheri I937. 35 compared with the corresponding period 185i year, according to figures published in the cur- rent issue of the Commercial Intelligence Journal For the first time, Japanese statistics this month do not classify imports of stcfil. 1T0". lead, aluminium, tin. c"l‘l>e1'. fll§keli flllc- etc-- separately, litit only show one item 0195 and minerals“ in the returns. It is known, however. that lzirge quantities of nickel are being import- ed into japan at the present time, and accord- ing to the returns of the Canadian Bureau of s1...1..1.~.1. 0.1.1.... 1.1 1.... nickel 1.1 Jaimi- i1" nine months of 1937 mlilllf-‘fl 71.083 CW“- ‘Th!’ ‘d at $_1_go.)__1_-_;_ _[..1p;1n‘g largest imports from Catiadzi iii other commodities were lead, lumber, pulp, wheat", iii-ivspriiit :uid_altiiiiiiiitim.

Japan's total trade with Canada for the Janu- aryqn-sepieiiiliei- period of I937 was valued at 9_;__<76,274 yen 71s against 65.335302 yen m the 11136 similar period, an increase of 27.237972 Exports to (l-uiada were valued at t4,808.-

yen. L _ _ 2H4 yo“ “q ngujnut q__:,111,(11i8 _\'<-t1, an increase of g_-_>4(1_:rif1 1-1-11; imports from (zuiada were valu-

W] M ;-/—_/—11.\‘_11;r1 yeii as against 553/‘7111104 W". an ll1t‘l‘(‘.'l~.l‘ o1 11.11-11.44“! ,\'(‘I1- JIIPQII hilfl “m?” no l11if11\1111t'l1l1- balance 11f trade witlt Canada

ziiiiiitiiiiiirg 111 1._-_1,_;.1,.<1.t1 yt-n as compared with

an ext-e“ 111' lllllmfls during the 10$“ “lmllar period of 411.214.1111!» yen, 111i iticreasr of 16.7441‘ .1"... y-1-n.

',l'his is .'1t‘c‘t11'(llll_L' t1i _l.‘||1.'l1t('~'(‘ statistics. VrhiClI :111 i111t 11f conr-e. show indirect exports to (an- ml. 111' oicli products as raw silk, which is pur- vlia-ed t‘llt(‘fl_\ through .\'eiv York. If (Taiiadas

purchases of Japanese raw silk ivere taken into account, Japan's uiiftivourable balance of trade with Canada wotild be reduced to a considerable cxteur

By far the largest stippljei- of japan in the period uiidcr review was the United States, with British India second and .\l:uichttktio third.

Japan's trade relations with the United States and British countries complicate very consider- ably the situation resulting from the Slim-Jaip- aiicse conflict.

Editorial Notes I

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Gladstone boru this date, 1&1). >11 1a .1. 11.

The (‘ll(l(‘il\'0lll‘ to constitute Boxing Day a statutory public holiday has the stipport of the Provincial Litiveriiiiicnt.

11. >1. 111 .\lr. Pzuil Botichard. who was defeated by ‘.\lr. _l11st'ph \-'_ l-‘raiicoeur iii Lotliiiiiere Cottnty‘.

tjtiebec, is an extreme Nationalist and separa- tioiiist. lle otit-llephtirifs l'I(‘1)l)lll'll so far as ilissticizttiiig {jut-bee from the 111her provinces is etiiieerncd and would cut tiff Uiitario as well as the \\i'est. =1 The late Sir Douglas llazen ivas one of th1: stalwarts who stood by this l‘roviiice when l"re- tiiier Mathieson, Messrs .\Iacl-eati and .-\rseii- atilt fought for our rights at Ottawa, and 0b- tainetl iiiereaserl stibsidyz and the fixing of our parliamentary representation at not less than tour.

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Production of gold in Canada during Qct- oher aniouiitetl to 358.8311 OllllCUS as eoiiipar1-1l with 348,109 iii September and 3351183 a year ago. Total output (luring the ten iiioiiths ended Uctoher was 3.370.121 ounces cmiiparctl with 3.- 0115433 iii the sziiiie period of 11136. The aver- age price of gold Ull the New York market dur- ing October was $34.01) iii Ciillllllllilll funds;

, valued at this price the outptit in the latest i iiioiith was ivortli $i_*._:55,1'1;.z.

F!‘ 1* i Pl‘

“l-iighty perceiii 11f the iiieii eiigacet‘ in fish- ing from .\l.'ls>£l\‘llll~l‘lI< ports are zilieiis, chiefly Nova Scotiaiis, “s: i the Boston Post. “Only :1 scattering of Americans can be found iii the eu- tirc fishing fleet. Those engaged in tiishiiig claim that Americans cannot or will not ‘stiiid the gafff lt rcqtiires a particularly hairly sort of iii- d-ividuzil to battle with the rigors of the sea iii ll\l(l-\\'llllCl'. It is too much to expect jierstiiis on the relief list, even those with some sea experi- ence, to jump at thc chance - of a berth on .'t trzitvler. So long as it is possible for them to find a softer way of eariiitig a living, they iv1in't g1. to sea. Yet, in Canada and Nt-ivfotiiidlaiid. there is never any lack of nit-ii for very iiiucli harder and 11111rc (laiigerotts fishing jobs than a trawler provides and, if the iiiiiiiigrati111i liars were lct down, there ivottld ht- a flood of nit-ii from over the border eager to get berths iii our local fish- ing flcet_ \\'t-, Sillllll)’ do not raise any more. of the old breed which iiiadc (iloticestcr famous. Those hardy men loved the sea and scorned its

datiger. But the life holds no appeal for the newer generation.” s1 =11 >11 >l< At the time of the birth of Christ. graft,

corruption and opjiiressioiis prevailed t1. stich an extent, that the tax gathers job was .-_vii111ioin- nus with hightvtrv- ftllillCf)’. The inthtt-nce of Christianity practically wiped out this practice and consequently, for htuitlreds of yeztrs pttblic life has been more or less free from abuse. Alas since Christi-unity has become aprofe. " than a practice there has been a reversion to type on the part of councils and officialdoin. Nearly half of Buffalo's Common cottucil stand indicted on felony charges and a grand jury plea for a special prosecutor has been forwarded to Governor Lehman. An "overtime" grand jury investigating city affairs shook the officialdoiii of New York's second largest city to its roots for the second time in seven ivecks. ti) Iii- dicting four city councilman. an assistant city paymaster, a former Erie Cotinty stipervisoi‘ and four others: (2) Iucltiding a plea in its final report for appointment of a special prosecutor to carry on the city investigation --this work the jury described as a “gigantic task.” (3) Re- questing the setting tip of an t-xtraortlinary grand jury to ivork with the special prosecutor. Supreme Court Justice James E. Norton, who received the jury’s report. said he had ordered the plea for a special prosecutor sent to (lover- nor Lehman. Meantime, the accused have been arrested, joining three other city couiicilors in- dicted by the same grand jury earlier in the month. Seven of a city council of 15 have now been indicted.

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No one doubts that the Liriited States Gov- ernment would seize very huiigrily upon any means of greeting Ontario into line on the St. Lawrence seaway project, says the (lazcttc. That. stibstantially, is what Mr. Kiiiglsaid to the On- taxio Government in his September letter to the Provincial Secretary. The idea that the Can- adian Government might he seeking tn further the seaw-ay projectby’ the sanit- means, for the benefit of the United States set-ms to have been expressed first of all by Mr. Stcvrart Lyon, then chairman of the Ilyrdo-Electric Power Coin- mission, who resigned recently at Mr. flop- burn's request and is now flllilClilllg his former employers for having renewed the Quebec con- tracts. Mr. Lyon's ideas in September appear to have been more agreeable to ‘.\lr. ll"1l)lll'l‘| than they have been since that time. 1-" are likely to

now and the three-way movement of Seasonal greetings which is enliveniiig the season is the more interesting to the public by reason of this singular unanimity of animosity. The. saute pith- lic. however, are not wanting in intelligence if they fail to sec just what all the rumpus is about and what purpose it is intended to serve. Mr. King seems to think that the astute and resouce- ful Mr. Hepburn is eudeavoring to create an im- prcssion that in renewing his contracts with the Quebec companies his hand ivas forced by the un- friendly attitude of Ottawa. Mr. King's capacity for detecting political motives is not to be under- estimated. biit in this instance there in very little to connect the supposed object and the means

which in Mr. King's opinion, have been adopted for its achievement.

be now. The principals are all at logger-heads-

Seerelary Wallace appeals agsln for ms c1... normal gfflamry. ac has n. scriptural faith in Lne.p.a.n. Didn't Josepu a0 it. 506685511111)! tn hgypi? Drool Joseph ever normal giaiiary . Lek the locusts and drought? True etiougn Joseph! Yet one reflects than Joseph nacl only two abnormal enemies to lick. Secretary Wallace is up against. a tiougnei- game. He must secure a never DQ111131 cLncn‘ bug, an ever normal wheat 111s», an

normal boreal blast, as we]. as ever normal lOCIlaI-S and rain, and - probably the hardest of all-an ever normal political pressures-San Francisco Chronicle.

by the American milltaiy govern-l meut during the first lnwrventioii,‘ has been approved by the Senate at Havana as an attraction for tour- sts. The measure cults for construc- y Jon of a $500,000 ring in the capi- tal and one ring each in six provin- cia. capitals costing $250,000. Net profits would be taxed twenty pct- cent—ten for national charities, five for tourist propaganda and five for the Civic Mllatai-y Institute. And so one more attraction may be added to the many boasted by the Pearl of the Aii1-iles—if you can call bull- fighting an attraction-Harrison ln Windsor Star.

Lord Michael Killanin. special D0l'l'C:pC-T1.ClL‘l]L of The London Daily Mail. who has arriied in Vancouver [mm Hong Kong, appears to be a rather pesslmiszic sort of person. He is reported to have CXPTEeSBd the Opllllfill that, Brita ii may soon have to surrender Hong Kong to the Japanese or perhaps it will go lzwrk to China. and in either case Britain ivoulc- lose the great. coastal trade Hung: Kong controls. This conjures up a picture of Britain hastily scut- tllag out o {the Far East after tak- ing ll. on the clrn by either Japan or China. Since Chill}! is doing some sci-tiling out herself at; the present time, it must be Japan that ls the i-cal bogey man. Btit Lord Michael may be all wrong-Telegraph Jour-‘ iia1.

Tho preaching of the doctrine, that a nation to be real must be" racially liomeogeneous bears dir-

ectly oti the United States. It is the

basis for H't.lcr's ingenious dasst-i fit-ntion of this country as an em-

pit"! "governed by a small nucleus

of real Americans." Millions of. Americans of German, Scandiua-' viaii, Italian and other European

racial stocks. who are contributing

tn the welding of a unified America

will oe stir-prised. 1f not outraged. to

learn perhaps for the first time‘ 111.11, they are not. “real Americans.”

~New York Times.

The market. sitting ln its gloom.‘ apparently forgets that the dangers

which it fears are no new clevelo -1 nisiu. and that for years threatened, catastrophes have berm. skillfully‘; averted, and that time is on the

side of an ultimate solution. The

pessimists who predict an early end

to trade activity can apparently find i no better reason for theconteiition

than a vacue belef that it is too’ good to last. While if is possible to‘, appreciate invcstme-ztt. discriminq ation under existing conditions,‘ there seems little justification for the market as a whole indulging its nerves to the extent It has clone rec- entlyn-Glasgovi- Herald.

Without detracting frmn the tra- ditional heroism of the soldiers of Nippon, it has been the heavy artil- lery. the warships and the big air squadrons which have swept au-ay opposition. In these days more than ever before. it is the strong man armed who keepeth his goods in peace. To be weak in defense is to invite aggression. That is the logic and justification for Britain's arma- ment program.-Hami1ton Spectator.

Canada operates far more railway mileage than can be sustained by available traffic under modern con- ditions of transportation imd com- petifon. Until that mileage ls cut. down ln accordance with the needs instead of being mivntalned ln ac- cordance with political expediency, there is no chance of materially re- ducing the annual levy of tens of millions of dollars o nthe taxpayers b0 meet the 00st of unnecessary aer- vicr-s some unemployment would be caused by curtailment, but. the light,- enng of the taxation load on the country would be bound to benefic- ially affect business and industry. so that there would be compensating improvement 1n employment: oppor- tunities in other occupations. In aiw event it. must be a ruinous pol- icy to operate loss-producing rall- wity lines for no better reason than to provide payrolls that have rio other justification-Toronto Even- ing Telegram.

The Japanese Victory parade

atnlv throwing a match tnbo a pow- der barrel. And it bears a suspicious resembwince to those totally unjustl- flable night manoeuvres Japanese troops near Pelptng last July which led directly to the pres- ent undeclared war. The technique of provocation has been elaborated by the Japanese mllltarlsts into an art.—Wshington Post.

The social historian can trace the

NOTES av iTlIE iiui m”,

'are making wise and prompt de-

ttlivpuizh the Foreign settlement in. young king heard of Saws plight

Shianizhait was a. case of dETIbEI-t he asked the Dxrecwr of A1 Moassaz,

of the.

CAL BIAIJIH

I When we read some years ago that about 40 percent of the lit- mates of a'New Jersey State Hus-

Bull-fighting in 0111111, 1111111111111": pm. were --¢...ed-. ‘by 1191/1118 m-

fectlons of tieeth, bOllSlla, sinuses, gall bladder and intestine remov- ed, we realized how much the body and its defects can aftcct the mind. ‘Phere ls therefore present ln most of us the common-sense idea that if we want to be well, to feel bright and hamly. we should take good care of our bodies. However it. is only fair to that body of your that you remember that; just as neglect, defect, ex- of the body and its organs can affect, the mliid, so can wrsng or foolish thoughts, anxieties, use- less worries, poor decision or lack of decision actually affect the body and its WOrkliigs. That just

as there is physical health to watch, soalso must the mental 119111111 be watched. l What. ls meant. by mental health? Mental health concerns itself

with the emotions, the mind and the behavior 01f the individual. There are degrees of mental health Just. as there are degrees of phlsl- ca] health. The goal for which. we aim in mental health are the mat- turity or control of our emotions. taking our rightful place iii our own minds-dust as good as ain'- one else; no better than others — and adjusting out-sexes to other

people."

I am quoting from the Medical Health Bulletin reprinted in Hygeia. 1‘

"One problem of mental health is indecision, the cause of \vh.ch varies in accordance with early training . " .

In childhood and youth. the school, the playing field, and the sununer camp put boys and girls “on their own“ and help t-hcm no make normal and proper decisions.

“During adult life we have such problemsaslovc. marriage, parent- hood, illness, death. old age. un- erriiploymenl, busliie-s reverses. The person who has good mental hygiene is able to meet. these var- ious problems with buoyancy and- s/Lrengt‘ ."

Encourage your children to pluv. to mfx with others, to fight their own battles and make their own decl-ions. And we adurs to attain and retain mental health must. look in on ourselves and see ‘if we

cisinns, are seeing the other fel- law's viewpoint. and have neither an inferiority nor a superiority complex. -

WINTER

Wheiri the winter comes along the river line l

And Earth has put away her green] attire,

With all the pomp of her autumnal pride.

The woi-ld- ls made a sanctuary old,

Where Gothic trees uphold the arch

of grey,

And gaunt, stone fences on the ridges crest.

Stand like carved screens before a. crimson shrine,

Showing the sunset glory through the chinks.

‘There, like a. nun iv-ith frosty breath, the soul. . Uplift. in adoration. sees the world ‘Ifi-ansflgured to a temple of her

Lord;

While doiwn the soft blue-shadowed aisles of snow

Night, like a sacristan with silent.

step, Passes t/o tight the tapers of the stars.

—Bliss Cat-rug;

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ever normal dust. storm, an ever MENTAL HEALTH AND mush 1

i and not a few with free

l London-When Charles I. the

.of the Romans and other princes

_already been kept this year; but

ford to give him enough food or 0o keep him ln a hospital. The young giant has had trouble in "fitting into" his parents’ house. When the

special bed and take care of the - young man for the rest of his life.-

STRATEGY

During the battle the captain rushed up to his men ahd said:- Now, boys, fight. like the very