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’As reported in yesterday's Guard- ian, tenders for the new car ferry are to be restricted to Canadian shipyards. If by this departure from established custom the Railway authorities are able to encourage Canadian industry without delaying , the completion of the steamer or modifying the plans, it will be all tn the good. The essential thing, of .1 course, is speedy construction and 7 first class workmanship. Steamers of i, the kind required for the winter ., service here have hitherto been con- . structed in Great Britain. but that ; is not to say that they could not be bujlt just as well in Canada. So

restricting of tenders to Canadian shipbuilders is in the nature of an experiment. Unless there is absolute l a assurarice that the car ferry steam- cr can be constructed as satisfactor- ily and as speedily in Canada as in v Great Britain such an experiment

will have little to commend it to the people of this Province. There can be no acceptable excuse for any further delay in the promised improvement o! our transportation service.

Walking Humbly Before Washington

Taking its cue from the speeches of Premier King in the west, the Liberal press has had much to say lately about the “highly satisfactory trade relations" existing between Can- sda and the United States-m phrase which has some meaning and relev- sncy at Washington but which, in the mouths of Canadians, is about as fatuous a comment on the present one-sided trade situation as couldbe imagined. The United States Dc- fiartment of Commerce has published a trade statement for the first nine months of the current year which emphasizes the satisfactory features of their relations with us; but that ‘ l, this statement should be equally sat- isfactory to Premier King and the Liberal press in Canada it is difilcult to believe. During the nine months covered by the Washington trade statement, the sum of American ex- ports to Canada and Newfoundland amounted to $749,000,000, being an increase of nine per cent. Newfound- land's share in this huge volume oi buying amounted to only ten millions. It is a year or more since Canada rcplaced Great Britain as the best customer oi the United Statesavery remarkable achievement for a nation of less than ten million people. Can- ada not only holds LhAS "enviable" position, but, in the nine months un- der review, has succeeded in outbid- ding the forty and more million con- sumers in Britain by no less a sum than $149,000,000. The UllitcdStatas. during this period, bought largely from other countries, but, at the same time, increased its sales in all contin- ents, marketing, for the most part. finished articles.

The last official Canadian trade statement covers the first seven months of the fiscal year. It shows that the Dominion is selling less and buying more, and in this regard it is well to remember that Canadian ex- ports are largely raw materials while imports are chiefly finished articles, mostly from the United States.

The Dominion Bureau of Statistics has published figures showing a net decline of exports amounting to more than $03,000,000. ‘This net is ascer- tained after a decrease of $122,000,000 in grain snd dour shipments his been sot against s. gain of 038,000,000 in manufactured and semi-manufactur- goods. The statement of the De- prtment of Nationgl Revenue shows tbs most considerable gain to have bfln made in exports of non-ferrous w... and their products. which sug- gqts the importance of precision in classifying export commodities as

_, zzizcturrid and portly-manufact- ilbd. Actually. tho surplus of im- '. port. c..:::_'cd $05,000,000, excluding

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re-exports of foreign commodities. If exports of raw materials and semi- mauufactured commodities were ex- eluded, ‘tho picture would be a very son-y one.

Yet Premier ma; and his party press are satisfied with this condition and will do nothing to correct it so long as the United States Govern- ment is content to leave thinS! =15 they are. They make a great D01!" of the slow progress of the l-iawley- Smoot tariff bill through Congress. and contend, or pretend. that the best thing the Canadian people can do is to sit quietand not provoke our American neighbors, lest l worse evil befall us. It is an old cry. runnlnk back to Biblical days; but it was never the cry of the prophets or the for- nard-looking statesmen of latter days through whose enterprise this coun- try was hewn out of the wilderness and became a self-governing Dom- inion in the great commonwealth of British nations.

Our Dairymerfs Viewpoint

The attitude of the dairymen of Nova Scotia. was well expressed by Mr. W. J. Bird, superintendent of dairying for the province, at a re- cent organization meeting of the Pic- tou County and North Colchester Dis- trict Farmers’ Association. Mr. Bird referred to the heavy importations of New Zealand butter and suggested pressing for an increase in the duty or some rearrangement of the terms of the treaty under which the sum- mer-mado product of our New Zea- land competitors ls permitted to enter Canadian markets in the winter sea- son, when the cost of local production is at its highest. This is precisely the

point which is ignored in the argu- ments advanced by the Liberal press. wherein it is contended that the gain to the consumer through purchasing cheaper New Zealand butter more than offsets the loss to the Canadian producer, who, it is contended, gets quite enough for his product anyway. The consumer to whom this fallacy is addressed should remember that every shipment of New Zealand but- ter under a tariff which enables it to be sold more profitably in Canada than the winter product of our own dairymen is a blow to a basic Cana- dian industry. Just how long our farmers can continue winter produc- ticn of butter under such handicap it is dimcult to predict. Already in some provinces, including Prince Ed- ward island, there are indications of s, falling of! in winter production, which is the more deplorable in view oi the remarkable progress oi’ our dairying industry during the years immediately preceding the Australian treaty and the reduction of the New Zealand butter tarifl.

Editorial Notes

Perhaps the clcverest and most in- cisivo of Clemenceauk bcn mots was perpetrated at the expense oi his Ally colleagues, Premier Lloyd George and President Wilson. Asked by a. Paris journalist what he thought of them, "The Tiger" replied with sar- donic synlclsm: "It is not what I think of them but what they think of themselves. The one thinks he is Napoleon, and the other the fieconld! Person in the Trinity."

The great. poem of the Poet Laur- eate (Mr. Robert Bridges): "The Tes- tament of Beauty," is described by the "Saturday Review," as having “high value as tho final commentary on life of s poet who is also s great scholar, a philosopher in whom Stole, and Christian doctrines have been brought into accord, very much ,1 man and very much In linglbhmsn." According to the some authority it has one delightful touch of imagina- tlvo humor in the descriptive line:- "Md t!" II! Irlsahwbfl wonder-ins knoweth his God." referring to the

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110l- l“ l! late ‘ ‘ ‘ 0! 3111'!!! and Canals. has been IDPOhItQd and sworn in as Minister of Finance. In his case he has mere- 1! Qlflhlnged one portfolio for an- other in the some Government, and this can be lawfully clone wlthoutin- volvtng the necessity oi appealing to

tlon. This fact is mentioned, not be- cause of any doubt of his being read- ily re-elected, but to show that Mr. Dunning is already tho Finance Min- later oi the country and duly install- ed as such.

Prompt action was obviously neces- sary, and action has been quickly taken. The Dominion could not be left without a Minister of Finance nt a. time when the sesion of Tarlia- ment is sonearly due to begin, and tho estimates for the coming year should be in course oi preparation. It is also commendable that a per- manent appointment has been made, instead of filling the vacancy with a mere locum tenems, which course. had it been taken could not be ex- peeled to prove satisfactory.

Mr. Dunning since his ‘entrance to political life in Canada has shown himself to be a man of energy and capacity as an administrator in pub- lic affairs, at first in the provincial arena of Saskatchewan and since 1926 in the larger federal field. He is a forceful public speaker. Temper- amentally he differs widely from his immediate predecessor as head of the Bureau of Finance. Mr. Dunning is much more combative and aggressive than the late Mr. Robb and lacks the judicial calm which characterized tho departed statesman and was so well adapted to the discussion of fln- anoial affairs.

In saying this we would not inti- mate that ‘Mr. Dunning is not the best choice the Prime Minister could have made from among his col- leagues in the Cabinet. Time alone will prove whether or not Mr. Dun- ning can command the regard and confidence of all parties in Parlia- ment and of the banking interests of the country that were enjoyed by his predecessor. It seems to be not im- probable that his combative temper- ament may arouse opposition 011d hostile criticism from which his Pre- decessor was exempt.

The new Finance Minister will not be likely to relish an article in The Globe of Monday last, entitled,» “Mr. Dunnings First Job." This first job as explained by The Globe has to do with something that occurred while Mr. Dunning was Minister of Rail- waysn We quote The Globe:

It was, it will be remembered, at his own suggestion and on his ovm motion that the matter of condi- tions governing the issue and price of the new stock oi the Bell Tele- phone corporation was referred for settlement to the Railway Board- The Minister's proposal, which The Globe feels confident was submit- ted in good faith. was accepted in that spirit. But the Board pro- ceeded to deal with the matter in what was virtually s secret or star- chamber session, in that the mun- icipalitles, Boards of Trade, Cham- bers of Commerce and other public bodies concerned-including the peas-were never notified, and the issue was decided in favor of the company without even hearing the case of the protesting public,

The Globe goes on to speak oi the amazement and indignation with which the public regarded the action at the time, because of the high es- timation in which the Railway Board had been held from the beginning. It had been established in the Public confidence by its even-handed Justice. its integrity, its capacity and its Iss1 for public service. Proceeding. The Globe emphatically says: “What the Board oi Railway Commissioners will not do of ‘hemselves they must- be made to do by act of Parliament. The duty that lmmeflately confronts Mr. Dunning-particularly in view of his action on this matter dams the lest session-ls to Provide by statute a compelling enactment, under which the Railway Commission is prohibited from Xllrthel‘ lnauislnlr in its disposi- tion to hold hole-and-oomer sittings of which no public announcement, is given and only one side of a case ls heard.

This ls Mr. Dunning! first and im- mediate pressing ‘task-An the public interest and in his own."

Tish ls a new form 0! [WWII 110m the chief press exponent of true Lib- eralism to a new Liberal Minister of Finance. He is not merely l queste’. no ls commanded to do certain thinks that he does not dulro to do, and probably will not be permitted to do. oven if he may conclude that it would be prudent to obey the common‘. Like Falstaff. “ho will not do it 0114011 compulsion." ~ Evidently trouble is “gym; also; the oflcial psthwsyof ammonia: but as no sets out on his new ova-oer as Minister ofrlnmw-

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LONDON, Nov. 28.--(B'y Cable).- Tho first time _ I ever vmot M. Clemenceau was at lCarlsbad in 19,10. I was having tea with T. P. O'Connor in his rooms there. Clemenceau was known to be taking his annual cure and I was anxious to meet him. “Tay Pay" ar- ranged the nfeethig, Boon after I arrived, there bultled into the room a. short, broad-shouldered and full- chested man,‘ with an aggreslvo and rather truculent countenance il- luminated byia pair of brilliant and fierce eyes set deeply under over- hanging eyebrows. The size and hardness of his great head struck mc...It seemed enormous but was no dome of benevolence, reverence or klndliness. 1t was an abnormally large head with all the sympathetic qualities flattened out. I am not now analyzing the man but giving my first impressions of his appearance.

He looked the part of the tiger- a. man-eating tiger who had hunted down ministry after ministry and rent them with his terrible claws. He came into the room with short quick steps. Ho was then seventy years 01 ..Bke and his greatest days‘ were to come six or seven years later. We were introduced and he greet- cd me none too genially. I was then Chancellor of the Exchequer and was doing my utmost io urge an un- derstanding with Germany on the question oi naval construction.

Clemenceau referred to my efforts wlilh a scornful dlfl-Dpmval. His hat- red of Germany had the concentrat- ed ferocity which I had never be- fore seen even amongst the most vio- lent of our British Germancpholes. Their hostility 0f Germany always seemed to be calculated-dais was the blood.,Lat.er on I understood it bgt. tor. _ My first interview with Clemen- ceau was net's success. He made it clear he thoroughly disapproved oi

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It is not to be wondered at there- fore that morphine is injected not only to allay the pain but m relax the muscle in walls of the vessel through which the stone 15 D3351“;

11°11'91"?!‘ 1110111’ physicians hesitate to use morphine because of the dan- ger of the patient forming the mor-‘ phi e habit, ‘

‘ I heard recently of a. physician who allowed a patient to suflcr about eight attacks, lasting from throu to six hours each without giving him any morphine. The patient finally underwent l" Operation and iladthe stones removed. ‘

However during the attacks he says that had it been possible he would have taken his life rather than under. go the pain. His doctor was ail-did that he might become a morphine ad- dict. »

It is with great satisfaction there- fore that physiclans have learned of a method developed by a Hench phy. sician whereby this terrific pain can be controlled without the “use or mor- phine.

Just as your dentist injects a local anaesthetic into the gum surround. lnB the tooth to be extracted, this physician lnlects s. local anaesthcti into the skin immediately over the gall bladder.

In all cases immediately after tho injection, the pain disappeared and! ‘the abdominal muscles relaxed. Usu-I ‘B111! 011a infection was sufficient as the Power of the aesthetic lasted! from four to six hours.

Where there was continuous dull; Pflln and discomfort in the region of ' the gall bladder, the injection was! repeated daily for from ten to fiftoenl days. f

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factions to the use of morphine. .__.__._?____________ lPDf-‘tlntment, made or to be made, oi a member from Prince Edward Islsn" to be Minister of fisheries, as expect ed by our Liberal friends. Quob: lost one of its Ministers by the ddmls; of Mr. Robb and the appointment o m. Dunning to succeed him, an Quebec ls not ususll! content to loa s Cabinet Minister without arecewa‘ Ia the chance of a Prince ndwart Islander hiring ‘again a represents? tivo In the km‘; Government fading all untouohsd and uatastodg

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1 i' me. Had I never soon him ldlm- 1! should have disapproved o! hlm- He“; l never seen him 8801B 1 81101311114115 ‘ recalled him 8s a powerful but on‘ agreeable and rather bad-tempered old fellow. It was years-eventful years-after this meeting that I dis- covered his real fascination. Ills" Wit 411s playfulnes-the hypnotic in- tsrest of his arrestlne. 001090111112 personality. i And a day wls to come-scone: than anyone of us expected-where events occurred that explained to me his apprehension as to the men- ace as well as to his detostaion of the arrogance of German Imperialism. I remember driving with him from the historic meeting at tho ‘Iraaaron Palace Hotel at Versaillx after he had handed to M. Brockdrofl Rant l can and the German delegates the, draft of the lie-we treaty. I drove‘ backtoPa-rls inhiscanAswe pas-t sod the ruins of the Palaccof St. Cloud which had been burnt by the ‘

remembered seeing the blaze. Ho was the Mayor oi Mont-Matro during the seigs of Paris, and from the heights l of his ntaycml domain he witnessed} the destruction of the famousi chateau. That event seemed toh-avel burnt itself into his memory even more that the scenes of hunger and ‘. prlvstlon to which he so effectlvely' minlstereds On this occasion, hcl spoke with unwanted plaoidity, about

in whom internal fires oi revenge had at last been quenched by the cooling draft of victory. There is only one incident of 1871 of which he spoke to me with emotion, and that was of the poignant scene in the French Assembly where Jules Favrei came straight from an intorview with Bismark to report to the deputies the nature of the terms demanded and the ruthless with which the tri- umphant chancellor had treated the supplication of the French delegates for some amelioration in the dc- msmds. Tears came into Clemen- ceau's eyes-for the first and only time in my intercourse with him - as he relates how “the old man" in attempting to describe the harshness of the conqueror, broke down inthe Tribune and wept. I then understood something cf Clemenccauh hatred of the Germans. They had not only in- val!\‘ France, defeated hai- armies, 1 ," ’ her ‘capital, humbled qhfil‘ ‘ bride, but 1n the hcur of victory had treated her with an’ lnsolence ‘which l for fifty years had rankled in the heart of this fierce old patriot.

AN ‘ANGRY OLD MAN When I met him, at Carlsbad the sore was still stinging him into anger. He was essentially an angry old man. I Those who read his relentless words on the death of Herr Strescmann will

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know that not; even victory had com- pletely stampod out the embers of vengeance in the bosom of this terrible volclno of rumbling and surging hat- I reds - personal, national, political and religious, . That he should have succeeded as War‘ Minister ls not a. matter of sur- prise. Ho possessed a relentless ener- gy, indomitable courage anditho gift oi infecting others with his own combativeness and confidence. I know nothing of his qualities as an admin- istrator or organizer. The greatest tasks of organization were over be- fore ha took office at the end of 1917. A combination of energy, courage and common-sense were needed at that hour and be possessed these three attributes in an exceptional degree. As for his courage, there is no bet- ter illustration of it than the story which is told of him when it was proposed that the Chamber of Depu- ties should move to Bordeauxlat the beginning of the war. Tho Germans were within a few miles of Plrls, and I ident and Senators thought it better to gel; out- of tho range of the l German guns ere it was too late