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THURSDAY, MARC]! 30, 193D

No Waterfront Grant

’ Further supplementary estimates were tabled in the House of Commons by Hon. C. A. Dun- ning on Tuesday, bringing the Government's 1938-39 expenditures up to $548,915,000. Mr. Dunning’s constituents in this Province looked in vain for the promised $300,000 vote for Charlottetown harbour improvement. Not a cent i11 the supplementary estimates for this project, which was cited as one of the reasons why the Dominion Government could not consider the Brighton Bridge scheme. Definite assurance uas given months ago by the President of the Exccutive Council that the harbour improve- ments would be undertaken, and other mem- bers of the Provincial Government gave similar promises. It is almost unbelievable that this long-delayed project, with regard to which initial surveys had been started by the late Bennett Government, should be further ignored through callous indifference 0n the part of our Liberal representatives to take a definite stand.

project is included in the estimates this session, there is only one thing for our Ottawa repre- lcntatives to do. That is resign_ Imagine the Western Liberal members standing for such treatment! It should be made clear to Mr. Dunning by his supporters inthis Province that our people, regardless of politics, want action, and want it now, so that the work can be com- menced early in the spring.

Mr. McIntyre And Relief

physique, with what agility the Minister of Public Works can turn somersaults in his politi- cal specchmaking. Mr. McIntyre gave several in- stances of such agility in his speech on the Draft Address.

For example, he recalled the complaint he made last session about the Province not receiv- ing its proper share of unemployment relief from the Dominion Government. That he was re- ferring f0 the then existing situation was evid- ent from his comparison of relief figures with other Provinces, and particularly from his re- ference to the millions of dollars then being voted at Ottawa for seed grain distribution to the \Vcstcrn Provinces. He clinched the matter by declaring: “It is time the people of this Pro-

vince woke up and demanded that they get from stration Supported by 300 people in Halifax; and the “warship League may do

the Dominion their just share."

That was in “arch, 1938. This session Mr. McIntyre laboured to show that his complaint of last session referred chiefly to the Bennett administration, and he went on to cite figures to show how generous the King Government has been to this Province in the matter of unem- ployment relief. Why in that case, it was neces- sary for the people to “wake up and demand their just share" is difficult to understand.

But we find, from the Comparative Statistics tabled recently by the Premier, that there was r10 need for Mr. McIntyre to change his ground. The figures show that he was perfectly justi- fled in his condemnation of the King Govern- ment last year as well as in 1937. Statements No. 12 of the Comparative Statistics give the following provincial revenue representing “Do-

minion Contribution Relief Projccts"—: 1934, $93.83;: 193s. $339156: 1936. $258171; 1937. $87,500; r938, $30,510. If these figures indicat- ed a. corresponding decrease in unemployment in the Province it would be all right; but not even Mr. McIntyre would contend that that is the case.

Liberal Excuses U nconvincing

Our local contemporary defends the in- action of the King Government in face of the huge importation of vegetable oils, free of

_ duty, to the detriment both of our dairy and

livestock industries in this country. It advan- ces two arguments: (1) that vegetable oils were allowed to enter Canada free under the Bennett ,Gover11ment,,and (2) that to impose a tariff would not cure the trouble but would ’l1ave the effect of increasing the price of do- mestic shortening.

These alibis, concocted by Hon. Mr. Dun- ning in the House of Commons, were fully an- swered by Conservative speakers. In the first ‘place it was pointed out that in 1933 the entire importation of vegetable oils of all classes was 91,000,000 pounds, as against 255,000,000 pounds in 1938. It was not the comparatively small importation in former years, but the hughely increased imports i11 the past two or »~threc years, that have affected our butter prices adversely. The same applies to imports of Ishortening, the figure being 67,000,000 pounds -in 1933 as against 120,000,000 pounds last year. It is estimated that apart from the loss to our dairy industry, Canadian farmers are losing $6,- ~o0o,ooo annually in the price which they re- ceive for their cattle and hogs owing to the present increase in these foreign importations. . In connection with the second alibi, it was . oinltrzl out to ltlr. Dunning that the United States in r936 imposed on all fats entering that’

country on excise tax of three cents 11 pound

r and above the regular rates which were in pct it that time, This excise tax was of " bl» applied to vegetable oils. In certain ‘it-m an llldltlollQl. “mus-i; m. of from

3 to 4 1-2 cents a pound was imposed. These taxes had the immediate effect of decreasing by about twenty per cent the amount of vegetable oils entering the Untied States. It resulted in-a reduction of from 30,000,000 to 40,000,000 pounds in Canadian fats entering the United States, which had a very serious effect upon prices of lard and fallow in Canada.

It was also pointed out that though these oils enter Canada free of duty and with no ex- cise tax, prices in Canada a11d the United States today for vegetable oil shortenings are practically on a par, when the sales tax is taken into account.

Mr. Dunning's further statement that the whole matter of vegetable oils had been referred to the Tariff Board and that the Government was waiting the decision of that board, is scar- cely reassuring. It was called to his attention that this question was referred to the Tariff Board on Dec. 10, 1936, and now we are at the end of March, 1939. As one Conservative mem- bcr remarked: “If it takes the Tariff Board two years and four months to reach a decision on an important matter of this kind, while our farm- ers are labouring under such a disadvantage, there must be something wrong with the Tariff Board." And with the Government too, for tol- crating such delay.

I Editorial Notes I

Budget to be brought down today. I U I

Lord Tweedsmuir appointed Governor-Geri-

eral this date, 1935. a a n a

What about that definite Liberal promise 0

Another name for the “100 per cent" Govern-

the Harbour Improvement scheme, might

be “Four Flushers." u w u

“to get mad" in order to “put common sense into this insane world.” This undoubtedly would be a case of the blind leading the blind. u v l- People are anxiously wondering where Prime Minister Mackenzie King stands in the present

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Canadian Treaty to

The danger of the

fall, it will be recalled, it was predicted owing to scarcity, potatoes in April would fetch $1

per bushel. Alas, the free entry of U. S. A. potatoes has changed all that. Exporters arc now 9,1511,» “mug-red

using the lo\ver prices prevailing in the U. S. A.

as a threat against further advance in Canada. gum,”

Free trade in potatoes cuts both ways. l ¥ l

When Liberals are in office for any consider- able time the morale of the electorate suffers, and we have demands for new parties and new policies to displace the powers-that-be and their machinations. That is why we have a secession movement in Nova Scotia with a public demon-

that is why we have Mr. Daniel R. jay, Winsloe, crying bitterly for a new party to supplant the Liberals in whom he a11d thousands of others have lost faith. i U i O Mr_ R. B. Bennett and Mr. Joseph P. Kennedy U. S. A. Ambassador were guests of the London Press Club the other night and praised the part played by the British press in keeping the country calm during last week's crisis. “We are faced with a crisis," Mr. Ben- nett said, “and we must depend on our c011- ception of ordered liberty, which mean dis- cipline and restraint, if we are t0 weather the gale. Unless we can ma e our democracy as rf- ficient and effective as autocracy, then we have failed." n- u m

Two private bills aimed at resolving the long- standing misunderstandings between the United Church 0f Canada and those Presbytcrians who did not enter the United Church in the 1925 church union have been given first reading in the House of Commons after passing through the Senate. The first bill, sponsored in the Lower House by Hon. W. R. Motherwell (Lib. Mel- ville), would amend the United Church of Can- ada Act so as to allow continuing Presbytcrians not party to the Church Union to employ the name “Presbyterian Church in Canada." The second measure, introduced by C. A. Cameron (Lib. Hastings South), would grant incorpora- tion to the Board of Trustees of the Presbyter- ian Church in Canada. The legislation was ne- cessary to aid the Presbyterian and the United Church to achieve harmonious relations and maintain their separate identities, it was ex-

l' d. Paine n a u n

Under the auspices of the Canadian Medical Association, Sir john Boyd Orr, M.D., DSc., F.R.S., LL.D., director of the Rowett Research Institute, Aberdeen, will address a meeting in Montreal on April 11 under the chairmanship of I. C. Meakins, M.D., LL.D., P‘.R.C.P‘., pro- fessor of medicine at McGill University, and Dr. I. M. Rabinowitch of the Montreal General Hospital, chairman of the committee on nutrition, the Canadain Medical

who will speak on “New Standards of Diet and Health," in addition to being director of the Rowett Research In sti tu te, is also director of the Imperial Bureau of Animal Nutrition, and editor-in-chief [of “Nutrition Ab- stracts and Reviews." He has long been inter- ested in the economic aspect of the problems of health and agriculture and has been strongly ad- tvocating, in speeches and writings, the ldca that national food requirements should be the basis ,of agricultural planning, and stating that to bring national dictarics up to the new standard for health would lead to a great improvement 1n national health and physique, bring prosper- ity to agriculture‘ and lead térincrebsed‘ 1am- lfmpcrial trade. .

hlbltton for all youths under 25.

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the consumption of tntoxlcanhs af- fects those under 20 years of age. It was put into effect 10 years ago.

f pgr, says that " a man continues

ance of the high quality of our

Unless we have immediate assurance that this ment supporters of Brighton Bridge project and ¥céefi _ Japan Times Weekly, M. the well °V°-

01h lcgtlay mcontalpllriigl 50thp1ecea , _ e e wcg ess a an Miss Agnes MacPhail M. P. wants women Xunig and a; made o; sgajxl-‘flesg

steel made 1n the leisure moments

of table knife grinders. cabinet. perfectly carved 1n Queen Anne style, 1s 4 1ns. hlgh, 3 1-2 ins. wide and 3 111s. from back to front,

European crisis_ So far as the average citizen ipggn thug wuum 1,01,; hurmy mum d h ' ' l ‘ h'dd b d

‘ H i I _ slcpincerfrne be 1s 1n tie air 1 en y a ensc mm which would only pick up

It 1| surprising, considering his gargantuan cou o vcr iage.‘

farmers is manifest in the potato situation, Last ln Ontario 1n the recent. past, has llved tn a sort of fool's paradise

you-go method of flnanclng. Th1!

Association, 011011 who is in charge of arrangmcnts. Sir John. l;

rrramcrrtannorrerown ouanorau

NOTES BY TIIE WAY

An Irish-Canadian who throw lnto the Atlantic a bottle cont-uln- 1ng bis nuns end address has now reoelved a message from a Freud: wldow with 11 llvlng cblldren. Th1: ought. to serve as a warning agalnst such dangerous pract1oe|.- Woodstock Sentinel-Review.

Once there w» a political story golng the rounds. A man was euloglzlnx a particular politician.

ment-s wider way 111 Canada just now recall that story t0 mind. — Vancouver Province.

Another use for a have: tall, explained 1n the Post by a Chlnse

the eating. He says a beaver

Ls a. deltciwy and might. get any- thing up to flve dollars on the New York market. He solved the 1n c- tery of where to 11nd anytzhiiig eatable on a beavefs tail by 111t-

the hard epidermis. Chinese enjoy this meat very much and many whlte people 1n American cltles find 1t exceedlngly palatable, we are informed. --I.1ndsay Post.

A bot debate ls In prospect 1n the Diet when members re- ceive a blll from a group of Min- selto members to establish p110-

t, present. the law concemlng

Kotaro Bando, a Mlnsettlo mem-

w physically and mentally

A perfect miniature teen

exactly to s:u'e. has betox; a sheffleld flrm

the director of The wood

and holds lmlfes under 1 1n. long,

This olty, like most other cltlcs

supported by an inadequate tax

the only way to re- the pinch 1s by rigorous and a strlctly pay-as-

lleve economy

la being pursued. and Ls the objec- tlve of the present budget, which 1f maintained, w1ll make reduc- tlon 1n taxes slmuly a matter of relatfvely short tlme. -Brant.ford litxptxsltor.

Mr. Herrlllgc’! New Dem

good 1f they sttr up lnberest 1n public affairs. Apathy on the part of the electorate 1s the great mem- ace of‘ democracy. But 1f they only succeed tn breaklng down faith 1n our tnstttutlons then they w1ll have accmnpllshed nothing and w1ll be dmtructlve 1n their results. Our British system may not be perfect; 1t. may 1n time have to be altered. However. we still believe 1t. 1s the best system of govern- ment yet devlaed by man for the government of man. Let. us as Brftlsh cltlzena cling fast to our

llberty. —1ondon Free Press. Admlsllonl by Ministers showing

prlnclpally, 1f not wholly, upon the Brltlsh market. Dr. Ryan, Minister for Agriculture, who decreed the slaughter of the calves, 1s today crylng out for tncreased agrlcul- tural production. Llvesbock are the most valuable element 1n the ex-

rt trade. If the calves had not.

een slaughtered they woufd be available today for export at re- muneratlve prices. The Minister's muddllng, before his conversion to what. the Irish Independent re- rnlnded hlm and the Government was the sound pollcy to pursue, al- most rutned the poultry and egg Industry. -- Irish Independent, Dublin.

A member of the Brltlah Home of Oornmona has made the predic- tlon that, wtthm a few years Q“. many w1ll have become a second- olua power because of "lack of 1n- dlvldual talent." He remarked: "Untll the us of 24 young Ger- mans have no chance to use their own talents. Labor and military services take up thelr who! ttme. Even today Germany's leaders are a poor second to those of France And Brltaln." Germany appears to have done about everythln u; cramp the lndlvldual style. t. 1a the some wlth Italy. Where the 1n- dlvldual la submerged to lorylfy the State rather thnn hav I the Btu an Instrument sarvln the

stpltlflacraalon of hunk? lndlgduu]. n persona . - Ieader-Poct. ‘ can‘

I once lmew, In Baltimore, a man who told ‘ lborlcc n: lurid land u Incredible as thou mm ' . for tnstanra. Casanova o cnvcnuw Cclllnll. People 11a- tened beccun the stories, untrue on thali- face, atlll had the quality of htm romance. There was one story the scene-of which was laid 1n annall town lnsoutticrn Inner ..-N1mcl. I thlnk. It had to do with a 111111113111. and the mild cub- lfltutfon of my frluudl 208111111 Inst victory

f E-l-Wlbfil-"i? i?“ 1.11.1111..." "i; 111m about lllh lflldllh

It‘ Jhbll,

resident of the town 1s provedtflbfi g m t eve a vlgorously condemned

ngemenfi 0° . tutlonally mt

in; out that there was meat n the holdings o‘, m”

flat tall when one scraped away problems an” every dwlnwhgf n‘: B 1m to cury ointment application, use

vines hold a meeting,

chairman or presldmg bv Inspect/ore or e

for the service. Rou 111s of work 1s outllned at, the executlve meet-ins. and thelr officers em glve them effect. And I

Chalrmau Paton from Premier Stewart. lnstructlnl hlm to enforce the Act without dts- crlmtrmtlon or

and I believe M1".

w th 11111 torney General for solution.

illegal wrong dotnz? tary was not a "fourth He was an offlclal under From its very inception for years, Mr. Henry 1

the C tered physicians plus dentlsts out the r ht 1n finest ed, llqugonroflts totalled 000. regpecttvely. but 1n these last mlnlitratlqn 1t umped 840. 65f Are eh

a there would appear in .8101!!-

ortbcln n11 tailor. and wlnihls "star", m. over the bulbonoi _f._' 1F ‘m

PUBLIC FORUM

Illnoolunl In o)‘ hello w» correspondent; of

nflltccfl. Th0!» llhdevnfllulllllloecnoc Ic- ovaclrllycnlcra Ila nlntou o! unusual-b.

Pllllllll CAMPBELL ‘ AND PBOHIIITION

B1r:—I cannot 1n t-hls connection t-hvac lmxencrous, and 1n- correct references to

“He 1.; exceedingly well up on all the Pronlbl- “h” 101111-111 “r 1""- wmH "s “air” a rtlfiiinldtefiileiiid S75E25? fitggidlevutlg-g Prfmm“ QLPISraBM- l?" out‘: ‘£9311 e ec: " 0w e on e answ- ,

era?" Borne of the polltlcal move- m ‘gym

ch )1‘ of e t was r1ghfi;"tg£ugh so Could them be a mo“?! shallow agnmst 00mm on man-

"an that offered? "A

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tor of the not requlres . To this 1s

added that. broad fallacy that "90 oer cent of thecgrrobleuts of ministration m1 the l; vatlve administration were either without Commission at all or by the chair- man wlthout. reference to holding anv meeting." Where else could on conjure 11p a greater mus of plf e? Does the

the ad- le Conscr- declded

reference to the

Government of the Pro- du-

u he to "dectde" the "various

crlbee. roblema" which "arise" every do '11

1t that; 1n tiandltng millions t e

administration can run with only a monthly meeting? Is there one of

t P . arguments l thls line. ap- *1°°'°°°- 1" 3"‘1"°"'""" cacti; 11122.1: “mars 11‘::*~.:.*°..-.. 112-“121-1... from drinking for the malnten- to the mama" o’ government? m

banking and commerce. who speaks

ment? Are dlrectora

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0r shareholders called from the four corners of the earch to dis every da problems tn adm lstrn- tton? U11 0f illiterate weakllnge, government suggestion ls 1.00 mention

eof

mmfsslon ls one

which no u olnt. the rld ulous t.o

speak throu h their o flcer, or rt; employed

the O0 would

All bodies

wercd ave doubts

forks with hatr-thln prongs. a salt a mbetge or vaifimlifi: ' eon o

hen two or three grams. and sugar exggtiviontityfe mafitggggktlmgs

about one grain of sugar at a. fiafidfi ,,".,’§,-,°“'¢I>°k§,'§.'iu1um whd

ttme. -Industrta1 Brltatn. were not. l s of this type

owed me a letter

ect of ersons ton d1 sow

rate, pplemented by a. danger- the best of his alblllty. I was 1n m“ syiiiem ‘i,’ mdebted- iliiliii wudeiw wguhvlcorous 12211013112?‘ m“ ow t e “h; big-us“ ma,’ who toAlgnme-hc wolfid brook ‘p0 1n- “cawh up on us.” and the clty {aflgmmiefi m?‘ w” not “m ya“

ust rforce feel the 11inch. all‘ er gang’ gpohmitmsumlh m‘; awe;

1~1 a 1 11 wliiiomfifiwrihriy

Another reflection. that.

mfsslon appointed a. secretary. "who w? $11110; qfiupigrlzelgt byh the atugigc a .' a n e case.

Statute, 50c. 117 reads, “The G0 -

mlssloners shall aPDOInt one o1 theft- number to act. as 11mm and they shall also appotntinpmfieg;

retary (wtm may be a me l‘ Why

this inference of ‘Ibis secre-

member". the Act.

8m 1J1 was éecretary to ommlsslon. From 1980 w 1985. wtth 65 re - w issue "scripts" be- 80000 000 and $22.- hfgh pressure expert ad- .079.03

0m md temper ed by the fllmry

pprllamentary, democratic system glgvllcgllfatgglpif that. two hour shad- govemment. 1t 1s the rock of °n Gtbraltar of all our freedom and 5nd Wham:- wggfylltgggnlggtle;

esa now.

doctors, less 18 emnlnatcd? The not

w1ll be. 1t

t thlng 1n order now.

denomtnaf-lon. (3) The quantity and

value of ll uors of all klnda, and the quontl ea. held ln stock at the end of 1927, and the end of 1938 rcepcctlvoL. H)“, 1 t m. ease; aga ns

the last three gears. (5) ‘Ihe 1.0 lcosts o1 admin- 18111111 the Act each of the last three years, classified as to the de- ts of oervloe 1n which the ex ndlture was made. If the Pre- er wishes to have the vetl o1’ se- crecy llftcd, and to close the queries o1 public demand. here t; the gold- en opportunity to sttll those voloea, at. least on that. phase of the laauc.