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It is doubtful wisdom, while seek- fng financial assistance from the. federal government, to boast that we , are the wealthiest province per capl- ‘ ts in Canada. In the first place it, ls not true. It was true years 830.! but some of our sister provinces have overtaken and passed us. Our plea for additional federal assistance is based on the fact that our revenue‘ is not sufficient, to maintain our house-keeping and this is true. But why. ask our neighbors, if you are so_ wealthy d0 your housekeeping ex- penses excecd your revenue, why do you not tax yourselves?

As already stated. we are not the wealthiest province in the Domin-i ion. Our farmdm by incessant toil; and economy manage to make ends. meet. Probably 25 per cent of them are independent; 50' pcr cent could stand two crop failures in succession without bankruptcy. while the re- maining 25 per cent could not neg- otiate one year's crop failure wih- out hicurring the risk their property. This calculation was‘ made on the floor of the legislature some time ago. It was not questioned l and we believe it is approximately‘ correct. It is true that crop fcilurel has no terrors for Prince Edward; Island farmers; they have never ex- l

‘iperienced a cropfailure. There have l zbcen occasional shortages in some llnes. There have b39fi unfortunatei marketing conditions such as were! experienced in the potato business of last year, but this latter was not ‘

, attributable either tosoil, climatic‘

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In the face of the circumstances as they exht additional taxation Wiuuld be very discouraging to the

. majority of our farmer's. In view of

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our occasional and our post-prandial 0t- tawa and elsewhere, it is not to be at that our skier prov-

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lnces advise vs to tax ousolvcs. We are not asking for federal fav- ors, we we simply ciomandin", our' rights, rights which vmre admittrd by the Duncan Commission, and which are ours according to the ag- greement under which we brcamc part of the Dominion of Canada. ln- stead of boasting of our wealth c1111 our proserity we would do much bet-

- ter by standing upon our rights and insisting upon the implementation of the recommendations of the Dun- can Commission.

THE POTATO SURPLUS

I The Department of Agriculture of New Brunswick is encouraging the erection and operation starch factories in those districts which have been specializing in potato growing. Ind the idea. is to make use of thé‘ ‘small and otherwise unmarkctable‘ potatoes from each season's crop.,

’!‘he first factory. located at Hart- land, Carleton County. is nearing‘ completion and the proprietors have‘ flea looking up prospective custom- l l ills tor starch, potato flour and dex- Hos. Many Canadian mahufactur-j , ifs who had previously bccn using im- j a ported corn starch, have expressed a‘ ‘ ‘lllingness to chang: over when the! flictorles are in operation, and somi Eve already placed orders. b ‘rilncoursgement of young industries a the State ls necessary, even vital, l} their success. It may be recalled ‘at something of the sort took place ‘ Germany before the Great. war. military chiefs, who were con- -- - that the war would be short desired to have plenty of food on hand when the crash came. cod the people to grow hun-, - of acres of potatoes more than normal acreage. The German - -- encouraged the estab- - -~ of factories which took care

of

Another method of csrlns for potatoes was discovered by an bu, l0 years old. shortly sf- lbn no It on a mam-atlas

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much the same condition as our “dried apples," and therefore capable of being held over for long periods. In all probability there are other us- es awaiting the researches of thc chemist.

In this province a similar necess-

‘ ity exists with regard to caring for

our surplus potatoes. While arran- gements are being considered for op- ening up new markets in the Dom- inion and elsewhere other means will no doubt be discovered in course 0f time to dispose of this, one of our most profitable products. ft is note- worthy that the Department of Ag- riculture in New Brunswick has been very active in assisting the farmers of that province and developing new markets. Governments can do very much if-they are of the right cali- bre, and have the interests of the country at heart.

N. B. DID NOT BITE

There is a news item from Char- lottetown, says the Saint John Tele- graph Journal,

"A bill before the Legislature Prince Edward Island glvcs an ex grata payment of $8,000 to British err-army officers, who. it is alleged, were defrauded by the misrepresen- tations of Andrew Fraser Mitchell, of London, who was BPlJOlIII/Id immi- gration agent by the provincial gov- ernment in February, 1923."

Mr. Mitchell was in Fredericton trying to interest the New Brunswick Government in hs scheme before hc

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. gg- Other natural mnmmgong, iwent to Prince Edward Island, but

the province turned l/fr. Mitchell down. It is unlikely that the provin- cial authorities actually suspected that Mr. l\fitchell‘s intentions were what- they turned out to be, but his plans just did not sound riZm- Ne?” Bruiistvick thus avoided some adver- tising the reverse of profitable and probably saved money into the barg- ani.

A PARALLEL

The Hon. R. J. Manion. Conserva- tive member for Fort William, dur- ing the debate on the Budget in the l-Zcuse of Commons made oncuof the mcst telling speeches of the session. lie quoted from a speech previously delivered by the Prime Mlnlsh?!‘ 0X1 the system of fcdéral assistance to the provinces. as follows:

"It ls a bad system, a. thoroughly vicious system. and that is the reas- on why ihe present administration has been seeking to put an end to a system which grew up at a time when the country was in the throes of war or had to meet a post-war A member asked. "What about Old Age Pensions"? To which the Prime Minister replied: "I am

glad my hon. friend speaks of that. ‘There is another case ivhere we are

giving to the provinces a lot of mon- ey in addition to what they are raising“. Pressed as to vlhcihcr that was ‘vicious,’ he replied "I think it is. yes; I have come to the conclusion that it l5 a thoroughly vicious prin- ciple."

This surely is, as Mr. Manion sayi a strange leadership "that brings l" Old Age Prnsions one day ind brands it as a vicious principle the next!"

There seems to be a definite rela- tionship between the federal ‘Liberal leadership at Ottawa and the Pm‘ vincial Liberal leadership in Mince Edward Island; each i; attempting the impossible feat of gcing two ways at once.

EDITORIAL NOTES

One of the inconveniences in the beautiful spring‘ and summer time is the boy with the hose who cleans the front store windows, usually dur- lng the forenoon. to the annoyance and besprinkllng of pedestrians par- ticularly ladies. This work should be completodunfors alnl o'clock in

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NotesIdL The ’Way

When things are at their worst lOIIICUIIIBS the unexpected happens. This is the case with the potato mar- ket. The jump in prices when mos‘. farmers were thinking of throwing their valuable certified table stock out with their seed potatoes as fer- Liiizer has turned pessimism into op- timlsm. But l8: a bushel. though 50 cor cent better thanruling priccs» is miserably poor return for potatoes kept all winter. Really to make the keeping of potatoes worth while the price should now be at least 60c per bushel. The present quotation will not tempt farmers and speculators io plant extensively this spring. More dairy and bccf stock, and more poul- try and pigs are likely to give more sadsfactory results.

Gambling rarely or cvcr pays Once in a. blue moon a man proves lucky. but he rarely knows when to stop. with the consequence that his win- nings. togcihcr with considerably more. go on a second or third throw of the dice. Take for example the stock exchange gambling of recent daze. How many have come out on the right side? A wcll-knmvn stock- broker informed the writer recently that for one who had rua_de good in nickle spcuilctian a thousand had lost. It lg almost impossible to get the bcitcr of the "tape” on "mar- gins," while the stockbroker ls al- ways there wlth his hand on the "Kitty" and rakes in the losses lav- ishly, paying out sparingly-not be. cause he wants to but. because that is the average luck of the game. Re- cently a man who could ill afford it, was persuaded to draw on his sav- 1113s to buy nickle at 65: it dropped te 30: he lost heart as well as money when ho sold out. and that is- the curse of the gambling spirit.

Who is going to win the champion- ahip in junior oratory is now the question agitating many minds. There will certainly be one of the keenest competitions evcr aitempted on Fri- day, May 3 in Charlottelown. The winncr, besides receiving a magnific- ent four brackct candelabra for the cenrre of the table. goes to Tor- onto, all expenses paid. to compete with the champions cf six other provinces for the right to represent Canada at the ~world's contest __in Washington in October. The duty of judging will no‘. be easy this year. The standard of oratory is much higher than last year, and the points between candidates very much small- er. Reports from both Summerside and Montague, as well at Charlotte- town indicate that the oratory of the successful district candidates is of a very high order. This. of course. is one of the main objects of the con- tcsis.

A "wise" rvvmlrer cf the Govern- ment party in the Legislature boasted that the report of the Public Ac- counts Committee did annoy with the‘ necessity for an External Audit. Does it? In the first place the report sub- mitted was only a majority report, merely the lpsz dlxit of the Govern- ment members. In the second place the Provincial Auditor i5 the main authority on which the repon. is bas- ed. and it is his work the External Auditors are appointed to probe and i-cpcrt upon. According to Hon. J.D. Stcwvart even this report of Govern- ment suppozners discloses the as- tounding fact that $300030 v.':s bor- rowed by the Snunrlzrs Government and only $270,000 was accounted for in increased liabilities, What became of the Othcr‘ $30.0-’30—that is what tho average toxpzrvci- would Lke to known and what an External Audit would lzove disclosed.

The fund for the Bcy Scouts is making progress and is deserving of liberal support from all who have boys’ work a‘. heart. It i". sincerely to be hoped that. before the cncl of this month. a "sum sufficient“ will be subscribed to enable the Provincial Commissioner and his executive to "end ihe Provinces full complement to represent H5 at the Dominion Jam- boree at Ottawa in July and the In- ternational Jamboree in England in August. Subscriptions may be paid to the Bunk cf Montreal to the cre- dli of "G. Filllter. in Trust of the Bey Scout Fund." Do it now.

It is getting more and more ap- parent Prince Edward Islsmd has only one representative at Ottawa. the l-lon. J. A. Macdonsld. l<le is the only one who gains concessions from the Government and gets our griev- ance; aired. He receives no assist- once from the other members but on the other hand, when they see that

' Mr. Macdonald is scoring heavilyand

bringing the Government to his way of thinking. one by one. Mr. Sinclair. Mr. Jenkins and Mr. McLean "chip m" m say what they allege they had done secraly without effect. and to justify their voting publicly against what they alleged they worked for

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Perhaps you are bothered with, pains in the region of the appendix,‘ at times and naturally wonder if you; have “chronic appendicitis." l

Now it is just possible that you_ have apllelldlfiltlfl, but most ol the Dflin in the abdomen comes from gas.' that is the fermentation or putreiac- tlon of food that has been eaten."

Dr. Albert S. Wclch, Kansas City,‘ Ml. tells us that under ordinary cir- cumstances the usual articles of diet) such as cooked potatoes and tender meat. _are acted upon by Juices in the- stomach and small intestine, spcndl a sufficient time here for proper dlgl estlon, and after about two hours the! material that has not been absorbed.‘ into the blood. passes into the large‘ intestine. 1

As it is still in a liquid state a little - obsorplion into the blood takes place, l and ‘the hard covering of the starch granules that did not get broken up In the small intestine. get brake“ 410W“ by theorganisms in the large intestine.

Now this starchy material may get; through the small intestine unbroken‘ and therefore not digested, because‘ the food is “hurried" along on its way_<

Sometimes also because the digest-. ive juices in the small intestine are! I10! strong 000N311 to break down the hard or "cellulose" coverings of the starchy food. this starchy food reach- es the large intestine llnd]g@5tgd_

Now the natural organisms in the, large intestine are Just waiting furl Wmethinz like this to happen,‘ andi they immediately seize on this starchy I food, break down the coverings, and thus allow the escape of considerable.‘ gas.

Dried beans and coarse vegetables.

are examples. Others are lettuce eel-i‘

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‘Condensed from The Survey Graph its-Walter B. rilbfn.

The largest problem of the next "rcneration is the conversion of the ‘owcr Mississippi Valley into an ‘lflplffl of health. wealth and happ- iness. Today it ls the sore spot of the tiation—an area as great as Ger- many cursed with swamps. floods malaria, and almost universal pov- crty. .

At the same time tho llflddle West and the North West see in the lower Mississippi River a way to new wealth. so huge is the volume of traffic ivest of Chicago that railways cannot handle it expeditiously and cl caply. We must have inland wateiwvayrs comparable to those of Eur-ope if not f1!‘ greater, Years hpnoc as our population grows we ntiall nccd the black earth of these

ibottoms, uhcrc floods now interfere

with cultivation, for agriculture.

The project I have developed bring’; together, in. a single closely organized procedure, the following ‘ important aims:

l lt will build deep waterways from

St. Louis to the Gulf of Mexico.

end floods in the lflwél‘ ltflssissipyii Vallr-y except in a very fuW small areas up the larger trib- utaries.

It will turn all the el::ti~lc1l P9" er of ltfuscle Shoals and whatever other porcel- plants may later be er- t-recterl along the Tennessee River and its upper tributaries to the perpetual

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Thereby it will take Wilson Dom forever out of politics.

And-most incredible of all prom- is-cs-it will - accomplish all this without our having to vote another tlollarfromthe federal treasury be 50ml what has already been set aside for these aims.

A fairy story? Very well! Let us

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The gravest error in the plan of the present Flood ControLBoard is that it fails to p:'o'.".'5, in one

ery, cflbbggg. radmhes, and 59mph lllrcllrnmmc. fcr the three closely a“ o; which’ Dr‘ welch points Outxlnterrelated Problems cf the Mas.

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bet Muscle Shoals clean up the‘ Mlssissipl Valley! 1

We have invested more than $60 000.000 in Muscle Shoals and Wilson Dam. and we have a magnificent plant. But, as President Coolidge said recently. we are unable to se- cure resultg which benefit anybody. The difficulty i; that the power de- veloped here varies from about 87.- 000 horsepower at low water to some- thing like 1.000.000 horse power at flood water; and as powers for fac- tories must be delivered in an even flow. only the minimum amount de- l veloped can be sold. y

But. if we use Muscle Shoals pow- i er for Mississippi flood control for the next quarter ccniury, the flue-f tuation ln seasonal amounts makes little difference. Indeed the maximum power would come just when it was most needed.

I propose that the federlal govern- ment and, the stgtes of the‘ lower Mississippi Valley combine in a pro- ject to run 220-000-volt power lines from Muscle Shoals to the entire section of the flood area; lying with- in 300 miles of Wilson Dam. l pro- pose that the power be used to orfirate electric dredges and other machin- .9131; 811d that. huge dredges, perhaps ‘four times as large as the mammoth dredge now being built in Baltimci for the Panama Canal be developed for this special work. I

1f 511 m" a Power from Muscle‘ Shoals were used to run dredges. in five years every square $.11. of the Mississippi territory could have a canal 8 feet deep and 64 feet wide, in other words, a respectable water- way for motor barges. Morever, the earth removed in a single year would so so strengthen the levees as to solve the problem of flood control.

Th“ dmlfl- lllpnase our dredges were put to work making a single channel from St. Louis to the Gulf of Mexico. This would have to b: about 750 miles long. Suppose they had ‘to cut. a channel 630 feet wide and 28 feet deep right through dry Theoretically, this camy

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::A. Prime D;:__...; for Wounds- In some factories and workshops car- SIr,—Although l quite agree with: b011,; acid lg kept for use in cauterlz- your correspondent "Historicus" that i mgmvounds and cum sustamed by m the 01W (1095 "l" 0W3 the milk" l workman. For better to kccgi on hand square I uzn equally convlufiid K1103} a bottle of Dr. Thomas‘ Eclcctz-i: on, it is not, as flstorlcus claims, the ' n, 15 Just m; qulgk 1n action and Gm property of the Imperial Govsrnmenz. not scar. the skin or burn the flesh, As is wcll known. after the fall o!’ ‘ liouisbui-g and the canitulativn ‘*7 Quebec the whole Island bccanzc vc. ed in the King by virtue of a pro- vision cf the Trmiy vf PM“ negotiated in i763. — Nor is 5i correct to state that Charlotte-

Thc Chicago Undertakersfllssocit- tlon says that a funeral costs less than half as much in Chicago as it does in New York. Mass production certainly cuts down the high cast of

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lead to fermentation in 0h!" large 1n. testine.

Now this does not mean that, the above articles should not b3 eaten because the foods in themselves. are

9! “Ugh material are of he] rubbmg m’ "raPl-nt.’ the sides of the large intestine, thus stimulating movement and preventing constipa- tlon.

It does mean, however, that these foods should be well chewed and mix. Icd with thesoliva, the digestive juice in the mouth, because a good dea] o; llreparution for absorption by the small intestine can thus be done

intestine without mum means that. they will cause gag djg_ tension in the large lntesggng, chew your food.

TIME. YOU OLD GYPSY HAT.‘

Time, you old gypsy man,

Will you not stay", Put up 'your caravan Just for one day?

All things I'll give you, Will you b: my guest,

"sippi. We are plunging ahead on flood control, which, in the long’ run ll: the least important of the three. I Vrhe second worst flaw in the 'present policy is the failure to link