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Ylea-Praaldnk-J. I. Barnett. Haallalen, D. l. 0. Associate lilies-D. l. Carrie.

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MONDAY, DECEMBER 30, 1929

‘The Prohibition Situation oiwlv- ‘I'M m0“ dllwflflsins unset

‘of the situation is that under the present administration it, is a system Docent 318-11118 ovidfllwl 0! ‘u!’ which the Province will have to en- regard for the Prohibition law have dam n; L, m, ma“; mu“ 0g ‘W. had at 1cm we bflwmfl 1'1"“ crnment by political prohibitionists. my have phesised tbs ncceh gity u the law being brought hone‘ to rich and poor, high and low- 10-1‘ QAm-inisiored without fear or favor.

The feeling amongst the less well-io-

do of the community has been that Th9 Pr” 9"" °! Mndim- OPUHQ the Prohibition law is intended w be “We "l" "trim Kins h" "W" ‘ammhumd to their duad"nmge_ io wish to dissociate himself and his

n” people who cm ‘new m- p” ‘or Government from the stupid politics-l

"Wm" "t l“ the “w” nnwhnstratgiykzlgleireby the former Premier naents they require, and if the de- S; 1 ewatz’ i?‘ fir; mud m "scripts" exceeds the supply l“: m dsleaie of ‘In Gov- thgy have no hesitation in turrlingyundent ‘t m‘ e m ,

u their bootlegger, who not infre- P° '

‘umflymndes u a‘ poem,“ men,“ Premier J. T. M. Anderson declares

b” d n” commercial “any ‘that Mr. Gardiner was acting under m m. 1cm mpected PM“! the advice from Ottawa when he refused

bootleg“, u to be mum H“ M“ to its-fin zillmzizfeatod in the House. rons consider him, not an offender m“ e by mm" mus‘

llainst the law. but a public bene- muugl cmdmw‘ f‘ not... He himself considers that he ‘M’ “mm” ° n“ m“ °"

is mug no ma“ u“ h. u if the plan was entirely his own, it ‘upping the public 4mm‘ n’ was bad business and poor politics." “The same under-dog in the bootlegging trade- Gwggu ddemfhcfnfi; the pedd1er—i'inds the business a ‘$1: the Free Press, "Premier . dwi h lmed t th

profitable one, and the risk not zoo pom ‘f! %f&"°:n§m_ mm‘; great as, according to the law, the a week Mr. ‘Baldwin laid re-

' , Ramsa MacDo 1 had purchaser as well as the seller cf :3’; h“ 05mm wémgarlm bootleg liquor is liable and the pur- ment had been summoned. cheseris not likely to give the pedd- The” mum be prmdent tmmd ler away. The "middle-man" boot- legger supplies "teddies" to the pedd- ler, allowing him acommlssion ci

..for ND‘. Gardiner waiting to meet

the legislature before resigning. fifty cents per "teddy" for the first two sales, and $2.00 if he sells three

‘This was the plan followed by "teddics." A high pressure rum

Mr. King in i925. But there was ~V~ no precedent for Mr. Gardiner during the intonegnum of three moor-ills, letting contracts for millions and making appoint- ments. This was utterly unh- tr to

salesman can easily dispose of six demogatic md w“ “y e

"teddies" per day, according to our

information; hence he is assured of

airegular income of $4.00 per day

with practically no exertion. So

long as these conditions prevail it is

very hard for the administrators of

Stupid Strategy

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Government. It is no WOMB!’

that Mr. King is endeavor-lug to the law and the officials entrusted with its enforcement to make the

show that he was not the author law effective.

91.511011 stupid advice. “From the standpoint of the Conservatives the action of the Gardiner Ministry played into their hands. It proved beyond doubt to the people of Sask- atchewan that the Government We have not the slightest doubt that the prohibition officers and the magistrates are doing their best to cope with the situation; but it is be- yond their powers. For in the house- holds-of the very elect of‘ prohibi- tionists the insidious truffle finds its way. The revelation of the fact that temptation is so rampant in this‘ Province as to invade homes wherein, one may assume, a respect for Pro- hibition is inculcaied unceaslngly, is in itself the most damning indict- ment against the law and the whole system of its enforcement. In the old days. mien liquor was publicly sold and consumed, some genuine progress in temperance was made by means of education and example. The conditions were by no means ideal, but at least they pointed the way‘ towards a rational solution of the evil. Today. when the traffic is carried on through under- ground channels; when temperance education in the home has given place to reliance upon a so-called law which places a premium on hypocrisy and en- pblee beetleggers to make pre- Jlta greater than the old time saloon ever dreamed cf making. that safeguard is there for any gemmlmity? The increased num‘ efzprehibitien officers has failed to .hep pace with the increase in the pa... The jails are filled with beet- iepgers and yet beotleggers. in great- eilnumber than ever before, walk on streets and ply luau- business. ‘leaping profite which in the course Vim few years. sometimes in a few Heaths, place tileln on "easy street" sadonsslo them to m into the mel- more pavfitable wholesale game. neaoroo-ocuwoolr-amuw- new mp of bqetlessen. recruited 5 from among- the younger jflalbland, wherever poeaiblefrom r‘ "wlpiepleleletiikelytcbe aus- ' fine Ol‘ jail A ‘i alumina-merino: ifllp-alla sqtd tax incidental to

deserved defeat. It was the last nail in the coffin of the party."

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The WoodUFire

There was a time, says anex- change, when the wood fire was mankind's main dependence for com- fort and even existence during na- ture's fits of inclernency. Those were the days before the radiator be- came standard in this country and the coal grate in England, when the wide hearth and the roaring flame were a commonplace of domesticity. when the Yule log vied with rum punch or egg-nogg as an expression of Christmas cheer.

It is hardly necessary toremark that the race has traveled a long way since that halcyon era; howlcng a way may be gathered from the fact that "The Art and Mystery of a Wood sine" is a featured article in the Jan- uary umber of "The countryman," an Oxford publication. In it Mary Countess of iovelace, its author. seeks to re-educate her generation in the technique of the open fire oi wood, describing in much detail the sire and construction of the fireplace best suited to its cfflorescence; the number, nature and dimensions oi the logs to burn; the implements to use -in their control, and so on.

Very likely the open wood fire re- mains less of a luxury in this coun- try than it dcea in England. But the moral is plain even among ub- namely, that what were yesterday's necessities among the humblest be- came today luxuries among the moat exalted. It constitutes a curious re- versal of the trite formula ac beloved of the high-powered salesman. that today's luxuries become tommews neceeaiflcs.

Editoridl Notes

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Geld has long been known to exist in minute quantity in sea water, and some years ago a fake company tried to gull the public with a plan for the extraction of the precious metal from the waters of the Atlantic ocean. It was soon ascertained that this could not be done on a paying basis.

It has also long been known that the waters of the Dead Sea. in Pales- tine are heavily impregnated with salt; in fact what is now called the Dead Sea, because it has no outlet, was commonly‘ of the Salt Sea. It is now claimed that the waters of the Dead Sea. are ten times richer in gold than any salt or fresh waters and that may be practicable to ex- tract the gold from it. Beth British

, and French newspapers have discuss-

ed the subject in a. casual way, prob“ ably because of the British mandate over Palestine. ‘

Thousands of tens of Christmas letters, cards and parcels have loaded the postal cars on railway trains, the postal service of ships and air mails ‘as never before this year. And despite all that the telephone, the telegraph. wireless and radio can do in the way cf distributing messages, the burdens cast upon the mail service are in- creasing from year to year, with every prospect of larger business in the years to come.

The warfare that had begun be- tween Russia and China is reported to be settled into peace, but, speak- ing generally, the affairs of the world are in a very unsettled state. It is pro- verbial that "uneasy lics the head that wears a crown.” There is a rev- olutionary and murderous spirit abroad in the world as the year draws to its close.

The lives of many rulers have been threatened or attacked of late-those of the Viceroy of India, the royal family of Belgium, Mussolini, the President cFAY-gcntina ouch other high in state affairs in the Old World and the new. And when before has human life been held so cheap in the minds of the assassins as in these last months of 1929 in the United States, or even in parts of Canada?

The snow came earlier this year

- than usual throughout the Dominion

and it abides and piles up persistently. The Quebec Government which had undertaken to keep the highways of the province open until spring is now blamed by the press for its failure to dc-so. Storm has followed storm so quickly that there was not time be- tween to make a clearance. How long this condition of things will continue in Quebec, Ontario and the West can only be a matter of conjecture until a change shall come.

The education of soldiers‘ children has engaged the attention of the Telnlie Government in British Col. umbia. The Minister of Education has ,ublic_ly stltéd fihflii a bill has been Pfllliflfed to be introduced at the next session of the legislature to pl-Qvlde for the education of the children of err-service men who could not afford to pay for it.

This, he ssld,, would not stop at the high school but would enable children of fathers who had sacrificed them. selves for their country to complete the course at the normal school 1i they so desired. The idea is not alto- selher new. for a scheme of that; sort is now in operation in Saskatchewan.

Many patrons of radio in this lux. “r1011: nae and great satisfaction in listening thereto, especially the 10v- ers of music. It reminds one of the words of Longfellow;

And the moat shall be filled with music; And the ares that infest the day Shall fold their tents like the Arabs, And l! lllflllll’ steal away.

Canada has more live stock than "QT b01011. according to the estimate of the Dominion Bureau of Statistics. Here are the totals:

_ ..... .......60,889,'l82

The ‘increase over i938 was in W!" but little: and cattle were almost the same in both years. Sheep and lambs shew an increase or over 400,000 and swine almost as many more. whiio Poultry increased by over 7.000.000.

Ion. Charles Dunning has boon lifollltlll-IIII hi! views on a variety oi matters regarding Canadian finances, in which the tremendous importance and vast responsibilities of his dc- partment and of the Minister at its heed are very conspicuous. Be gives the impression that the Government, iibetiiaaoiarayatenahaaatltacee- tre a great shining orb dominating the entireayatsna‘ and around all other departments and , mamas satellites. ’ _ *3"- iibl an mtroduetion to hi comics

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getting a body blow from our f

100d intake.

the food, and so it gets deposited as fat in the system.

stages by overeating.

creases they feel less like movins

increase in weight.

‘The overweight individual spares himself exertion.’

Sometimes it is the nature of his work which keeps him sitting all the time and yet he continues to have a ‘healthy appetite.’ Sometimes it is lack of desire to work or exercise, that seems to be an actual pert of the makeup, that helps to increase weight in some individuals.

This explains why this business of reducing weight is considered so dif- ficult to master. It means an effort, a serious effort, on the part of the in-

normal weight.

The effort consists of approaching a

table with a great desire for food and having to cut down on bread, pom- toes, and desert of which you are ex- tremely fond; cutting down as much as one third. It means also that you limit W111‘ liquids to perhaps a glass of water or one cup of tea or coffee at a meal. Also that during the day when you would like to drink twg or three glassfuls of water at a time ma; you limit the amount to half a. glass. It means that you walk a certain distance every day, og- try m gel, ‘Qme daily exercise, five in m; mmqgg, and wear plenty of ciotlming. That, after this exercise you do not gage two or three giassfuls of watgg b"; limit yourself to half a glass. Water is 800d for you, but if your body is a ‘wet’, that is holds water 6551131. then you don't need to drink as much as you think necessary.

Remember then reducing 1a a m“- ter oi will power, willingness to do without a certain amount of food, Wlllinsness to take a certain amount

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THE HAND

The hand of a man is a sapient thing

For the thrust of sword or lute-play- ing. ‘

For sowing the harvest or gathering in,

For works of mercy and deeds of sin.

The eagle's wings may bear him far,

From cloud to cloud, from star to star;

But the power which governs the see and land

Is the power which lies in the human hand.

It grips the lightning, it tames the sea, _

It builds the worlds that are to be:

Ages of labour and strife outworn

Arc lilnned on the hands of the babe unborn.

The prisoned soul behind the eyes May read the secret of the skies, But the thing which works the scheme God planned , Is the awful and wonderful human hand. ' —-I"mderick Oeorle Scott.

THE LAND WE DOVE a; raasa rams

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SLIMNESS N01‘ SO FASBIONABLI

NOW that the fad 10f ‘llimnew is

leaders, and it is considered quite all right to have a fair average welsh! for your height, you may be tempted to lessen your care in regard to Y0"!

As you know about one _case in a hundred of overweight is thought to be doe to the ductlass glands, which do not make the body pmesses work hard or fast enough to burn up all

However’ the other 9s cases usually get their overweight, in the early Then as the weight gradually in- about, and thus the two factors. over-

eating and underoxcrcisinx. get in their work. The result is a lrraduei

dividual if he or she is to get down to

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The Public "Forum-

efqueatlenaoflnhreel The cbarie Iardian deee net necessarily endorse the

opinions of correspondent

Just Past;

WHAT I! HUMOUR

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altohis‘ ‘nwofthe in“

opinion. In this case the pig's opin-

lnan's oplnionJQWho will deny it? The ribald Jest. the obscene story exeiiethe guffaw and "me haw"

more refined humor appeals to de- cency: "and to them that like that

of thing they would like." The Negro minstrei who thinly veils his identity with lamp-black or burnt cork is more generously a plauded than the musical artist or melodramatic actor: anditisasaylngastrueasoldthat appreciation is in general ininverse ratio to merit. The best bit of hu- lnor in "Humorisvs" productions has been introduced by him unconscious- ly, that is his classing his. effort with Mark Twain and Sam Slick. What would poor Clemens or Hsleburion think 0f it could thpy return?

’ I am Sir, etc, I ~ P. P. DOULL Charlottetown. Dec. 27, 1029.

Bed or Atlantic -Will Be Sounded

NEW YORK. Dec. ZF-Eflorts to ascertain just exactly what happen- ed to the bed of the Atlantic Ocean three weeks ago when it was shaken by a series of earthquakes that snap ped deep sea cables and sent asym- pmthetic shudder along the North Atlantic coast are. to be made by cable shipssefqdhe Wvestom Union slele§rnlon' company when they fin- ish repairs on which they now are working._- - __ f "Three shim} the Dominic, largest clvble vessel in the world; the lord Calvin and the Cyrus Field-are now onfduty at the scene of the two greatest tremors‘ the first two a- bout 1,000 miles due east of New York, working on repairs to the New York-Azores cable, and the latter some 200 or 300 miles south of New- foundland, engaged in patching the New York-Newfoundland nnecting link of the European cable.

when they have .finished their tasks, delayed and made dimcult by recent storms, they will be instruct- ed to gather all the oceanographic data possible by soundings on their way back to port. _ So far the ships have noted no marred change in the topography of the ocean bottom since the ‘quakes of November l8. The Dominic. and the Calvin, operating on information ‘furnished by the device which io- cates cable breaks within an aver- age of a quarter-mile of exaotitude have picked lip the Azores cable exl actly where it was laid.

Although the break occurred at the deepest point along the cable's path, the one-inch wire was fished from a depth of approximately three and_a half miles with no more than normal dlmculty, although heavy weather since has prevented the completion of the splicing.

The grappling iron of the Cyrus Field caught the Newfoundland ea- bin ioo,"at the depthoi about two and a half miles. which was looked for at the point where the break came. while cable ships of other companies are reported t0 h!" prom u,’ their BIOXCXI lines in the llliflld area without noting any changes in depth.

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lsenatorship New Year Gift

OTTAWA, DOm-II-ANBI Year's guecfasaat intbmsenatcisfore- eaataseemingioBemRobvl-tyerke. ‘the iatimaticna have-been that. Vbilenothinlwmlldbadoiflstillaf- terOlIrlefinllitmUli-fbl “Noted

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Sin-Your correspondent, Mr. Bcv. yer, of Halifax, in this morning's is- sue tacitly asks my endorsement of his stand en the anonymous ques- tion. While giving unqualified approv-

ible custom may I be permitted to suggest to him ‘thathe leads too much dignity to “humorist? efforts by discussing the subjbct matter of his effusions. Who can be the arb- iter of another man's merriment? It is wholly a matter of opinions. Ono writer under the nom-de-plume of Ded Grilc, said, a pig's face is as pretty as a man's face-in the pig's

ion is as likely to-be right as the

of vulgarity quite as readilyas the

sort of thing, that is Just the sort

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ifitisonlygood enoughtopeuin- speetionandmeetgpinimumrequfie- menis. Many farmers consider they

duet simply measures upxto the amni- nrmnstandard setbyiaw, andibey

loestothemselvesandagaintothe dealer or consumer. Freln childhood iocldageJnevec-ywalkeflifeusrban and ruralJihere is an innate lumen tendency to yon "get past." That is win-y there is an average level where moetofrls ereccntent towalkand work; while the few who eonsilntly strivetcde their best, eeexloehto make a better mousetrup than their neighbor", rise to greater heights and become the leaders in agriculture. industry and in the various pursuits of this highly modernized age. How true it is that ' '

kept

Were not e/ttained by sudden flight, But they, e their companions slept». - _ Were climbing upward in the night. line are act for the a or for the one of only alvcrese skill. We reomtly heardan officer of the Seed Branch alt Ottawa subjected to a growers us'“¢|&m that the standard ofquality setbythleSeeds Aetwas entirely too low. Hie reply was: "Theee standards are enoush for the average, high en for the growers considered as one entire group; they ave probably eshigh as could be successfully enforced, but for the ambitious individual. hhoy are admittedly toe low." -

Laws are inade fer the masses, not for the indivldlm-l. Standards attain- able by the nnk and file are high enough ‘to write on ifne statute books. Apessmarkefdoarililordmasthe case maybe, is possibly higih enough for the average pupil. Hut ‘those who are considered successful in the light of hum-an values strive to do their best regardless of pass marks or legal standards. and it is they and only they, wiho. attain real success and enjoy the satisfaction that ccomes to one who rejoices in a task well done.