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LIIIIIIIQI, Ill. Aeooshis Idltowll. I. Olrrle

i IN PARLIAMENT.

iHIllOUSEJvhich has been doz-

‘_ complscently since the re‘

Wabbit; last Tuesday, woke up sudd ly on l-‘riday to learn that there: was a lively row on. trellis, as reported by our Ottawa

MONDAY, FEBRUARY 14,1927

‘The-

treduction of 20 per cent. on all Mar- iitime rates should be made effective [and that at the end of each year the: railways should compute the

‘cost of the reduction and bill the’ definite so iar 115 symlmihy 18 Wllfihot irons in

v Dominion treasury.

—————o+>-———— ' WHY?

correspondent in Saturday's Guar-l dian, was over the yearly "loan" to?

Notes by the Way

Venv guarded was Prowl" - Km"; rqply to Ml‘. BIECE Of Yukon as to what Canada has dono to protect Canadians in China. We are told that. the Premier read I prepared answer in which he out- lined the nature of the troubles in Chins and the attitude thereto. His definite statements were few and were limited in their scope. His government is in full BYJHDBUIY: with the iBritish Foreign Secre-i tary's announced policy,—that isi

corned but tells oi nothing done or doing by Canada to protect Cana- dians or their interests. And this “full sympathy" with the ‘Foreign Secretary's policy appears to be‘

‘By lulu W. Barton, M.D. '

eusumc canoes-a ‘vlssus ‘

At the very dawn of histdry we read of the scaring of the flesh by cases of poisonous ‘ wounds or in old ulcers or growths. This method‘ of treating ulcers

,and cancers has been popular, and-

aguin unpopular. with 1111581118 wears.

However as skin cancers can be

i Rail ‘ ys for his "oriental splendor"i - in travelling through the country

the National Railways and |

the manner in which the money was Mini-expended. The trouble was precipitated by Mr. Church, who somewhat severely criticized the Pres t of the Canadian National

and {addressing farmers by radio" --an some more to like effect. Th Hon. Mr. Dunning, Minister of Railways, as in duty bound,4stood by hih ohcisl, and characterized Chu‘ ‘s language as "brutal." The row {mused the lnembers who were only ipectators, but the vote went through for $31,000,000, ten milli- ons ot which was voted last year, leaving this year's vote at $21,600.- 000. _, This amount will be more or less cheerfully paid by the people of this broad dqminion while the "oriental splendor" or whatever other extravagance»: or deficit in the C. N. R. will go on as before and the Neros at Ottawa will go on fiddling while the road is burning. The Hansards of the present ses- sion are slow in arriving this sca- son. Possibly the llthnrgy which has possessed the House has reach- ed tho mailing department also. Anyway, up to Saturday night only one copy, that for the opening day, has leached The Guardian oiilce. Another row or two like that re-

THE ordinary individual who earns

his daily bread by tbs sweat of his brow ls, perhaps, not supposed Ito know the why and the wherefore 50f the doings of the politicians jwhom they elect to represent them

'in Parliament and whom they payi

ifairly generously in proportion to‘ iservices rendered. To many the ‘reason why the proposed coke ov- lens, for which there has been a gen- ieral demand and which were re-

icommended by the Duncan Royal in

jCommission, should be built iCentral Canada and not atvor with- iin reasonable distance of the source {of the raw material which is to be _coked. To the ordinary individual

aforesaid the natural and economic Isiie for the coke plant, which is to

r ltransform our coal into coke, is in

the coal fllelds.

- The coal fields of Nova. Scotia - must be the great source of supply for the coke plant. Why haul it a thousand miles to convert it, and haul thc greater part of the con- verted portion of it back over the 1 some road?

i The cost of erecting the coke 1 plant will, of course, be defrayed by zprivate capital. not by the govern- ‘ment. Are all the capitalists in ' Montreal and Quebec? is there not i capital enough and courage enough lin Nova. Scotla to carry this work 'to completion? There are coke

limited to “going as iar as possible: reached by the knife, or by the to meet the legitimate aspirations of ‘ Callie?!’ 3*‘ this heat!“ imtruslent k ‘he “we” "amm" 5° f" thereifzlllllzfi blheiiliggaliliéfhzfi offlii-eattstnznt was really no answer given to ‘Mr. its wonhyconsldeflng. Black's question i Dr. A. c, Scott .lr., of Temple, iTexas, gives a history of one thou- That it would not "PW in)‘ "5°'isand cases of skin cancer treated 1u| purpq$c to send Cauadiauiby cauterization, as this flesh burn- troops under present circumstances é iniglififzfilllsldifled-heat actually is a conclusion which will be sen-Echarse the cancer tissues, and mat 9P3“? accepted i“ ‘he Hmme ‘mi its diffused into the surrounding tis- the country. And that Parliament hues 315m \ will be at once consulted should‘ ‘lilowuthe Silgliilfifsjngeim-iilllsy erglttritébgzl - o en n s - igrelfisosspfifisllr; ftfsjseljeqgg: raid by theg results of same after a

h ulumher of years. As cancer usually t° what h“ bee“ ‘hue d“ Wm"- t °|has a tendency ‘to recur within a

80119111111911! DYODOBQS 10 d0 l0 Dfiwfevv’ months or perhaps two years, tect Canadian life and property ln,Dr. Scott 16110115 i110 P6811148 0f 1115 China, or whether the Premlezfgaziztflfnsee" ""9" Yea!“ mi" the thinks it necessary to do anything: pms reéults Show that m only at all, he has given no intimationwabout rum. ‘per cent o! the cases And as to any contribution ofloocs the cancer reappear. .

money by Canada toward providing, in other words where the patient defence for Canadians in China he is wining t° underg‘) the cautery

is equally silent That the helmet treatment the success of this charr-

, mg of the cancer tissue, and the distinctly evaded any real answeridifl-usmg. of heat throughout the to the inquiry made is apparent on

tissues surrounding the cancer is so the ‘face oi the despatch from Ot- well established, that folks with mwm surely (he members of PM, this unsightly condition which llament and the country at large

grows progressively worse with will not be quite satisfied with this

passing weeks and months, have

now something aside from, or in vague, indefinite and evasive state-f mcut of the Prime Minister at a

combination with the knife, that time like the present.

means n cure in over ninety six cases out of every hundred.

That other method aside from the cnutery. knife, and X Ray have apparently been successful in a few cases cannot be ignored, but with a record such as the above, it does

That Maritime members of Par- liament should stand united as a

The ‘Io,

{in solemn ll fill Jlsoassloa b! auction cl

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IT MAY CONCERN

‘PO WHOM

sin-d fhink it time for some

consideration to be shown for dumb animals as well as ior children Ind citizens. To walk on the streflt and see so-called representatives of law and order ‘brutally shoot down ' r unfortunate dogs whose only ault may be their muscles have been stolen. l am sure there is a more humane way of destroying these animals it‘ necessary- T119 present could- not be equalled for cold, heartless senseless, brutality. Couldn't they be 08118111- 111 9- 119i- and quietly and peacefully done away with, in the same way that they handle the situation in larger cities?

I personally watched the police department, destroyiflfi 011B 9t 111959 faithful animals this morning, it was sickening and heart-tending- There must be someother way of carrying out this part of the Eaw in a. civilized community. it is too dreadful for words- What use is there of having meetings to educate our children for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals when we allow our Police Department to pull ofl these cold blooded murders on our public streets, in front of all who may happen to be in the vicinity?

l am Sir, etc., » A PASSER BY.

__._@-¢-o->i%. ' THE PROVINCE IGNOREID

Sir,--From January 29th to February 5th inclusive there was held in the Mechanic Building, Huntington Ave, Boston, an exhibi- tion called the Sportsmen's Show.

All the available space in that large building (basement included) was token up by exhibits of wild animals of all kinds, birds and fish.

A large revolving mop showing the Provinces of Canada was ‘shown, and to the motorist it was a imarvel in itself. It showed the Provinces, their capitals and also the principal cities, lakes, rivers and mountains from the Atlantic to the Pacific. ~Thousands of people, with note books in their hands went from booth to booth planning next sum-

body in support of the Duncan re- port goes without saying. Almost equnlly important is that the press. not only in the Maritimes but throughout the ‘Dominion should’ avoid treating the Maritime case

seem to he a lack of wisdom on any

burning treatment-

Untll such time as the cause of cancer becomes known we can sim- ply use all known methods to pre- vent its growth within the body.

one's part to reject cautery or the‘

z‘ Canada will be thousands of dollars richer on account of.ths advertis- ing received from this wonderful show. '

Is Prince Edward Island a Prov- ince of Canada? It was not even

mel-‘s motor trip, and no doubt

Agricultural Values

ommous or ‘ax-Pears Secrets of Success iii‘

(Historians) _

We have spent a short s99"- among the experts on Fodder and Pasture "Plants, and have 11111118 some excerpts from this 091111011! on s. few varieties of those pisui-l which appear to contain the 181'!‘ est quantity of Agricultural Values; ‘let us read them" in ink, its fol-- lows:—- ' t

“Agricultural Values -— Crimson Clover ll-lsy is readily eaten by all kinds of farm animals, and 1! claimed to be especially suitable for those doing heavy work. Like other clovers it has the highest nutritive valuewhen in flower and should not be cut for hay laterf than in full bloomf The blossoms are provided with a great ‘number; of rather long hairs soft and harm-l less before the plant has reached, the flowering stage. When i111 blossom those hairs become stiff) and may cause some serious indi- gestion. Experience has therefore- shown that it is advisable to cuti Crimson iClover a. little earlier than, in full bloom. Harvesting may be! done in the same way as for Red‘ Ciover—-Where the seasons are mild, enough to allow Crimson Clover to‘ be sown late in the summer, it can be pastured the same as in south- ern Ontario, making spring sowing necessary, posturing must be limit- ed to one season.

“As >Crimson Clover plants P10‘ duce a great numiber of heads con-

s

. taining numerous blossom, a large

amount of seed is generally devel- oped as the quality- of the seed is affected by rain. Favorable wea- ther, however, is necessary during, harvesting. The seeds are easily! shed, and it is therefore advisable to cut when the heads are wetwithi dew, to handle the crop with the; utmost care. and to thresh it as soon, as possible. The average, CPOD is from four to five bushels’ io the acre. -

“No forage plant has been so im-I portant to agriculture as Rod Clover. This is due not only to its feeding value, which is surpassed hi’ 19W 1118MB, but also to its ser- vice as a fertilizer and improvers of’ soil texture. No other lcgumin- ous fodder plant is equal to it for these two pllrpggeg,

“tiled clolver has its highest feed- ing value when in full bloom. if, cut late tile stems became woody’; lose their pnlatibliity, and the gen. grhal value is considerably lc5$@ne,1_

e quality of the hay depends to 11 great extent on the way it is cured. Careless handling cdugeg {he leaves to shatter. ilxposul-o to rain or heavy dew discolors the hay, 41s. Dels its aroma and reduces its nut-

‘The BANK

‘The Better ‘Thin s

- i . FEBRWERY

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“mount, y There ‘lsfmgliifltittns: word .“ Home" rwhic

- never canbeforgotterb,

Did ‘ever stop to ' how few homes would

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Capital $10,000,000 Resources

secured uniesslromoong saved money?! _‘ _ '

We invite your Saving) Account and will ammlo to coups deposit} by molt when required;

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ESTABLISHED 1882 i

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Reserve ' $19,500,000

$245,000,000 '

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comma BACK“

A defunct used car can be cheaply doctored up so that it will just about

carry the ‘ purchaser away-

is, he stays away-

customera by making enemies.

The trouble You can't malts W0

prefer to make and keep friends.

LW. B. PROWSE & SONS

GREAT GEORGE STREET

ifusen cm" lsloutv A5' DEPENDABLE-l ‘As ._THE-_ neatea WHO;$E-LL5 n‘,

I

ported in our Saturday issue, may

brighten things up.

O TH E DUNCAN REPORT.

IN order that there should be no

misunderstanding as to what the main recommendations of the Dun- can Royal Commission are, we

:ovens in Sydney at present. Their Iproduct is being increasingly used ‘ithroughout the Marltlmes and, we Qbelieve, in Quebec and Ontario. gThe raw material is produced at , their own doors and is available at ‘ztbe minimum cost of transportation. in establishing the plant elsewhere,

SW6 888111 =1 brief 811111111811’ 01 say in Quebec or Ontario, as is pro-

them. There has been much dis- cussion, much unseemly propagan-

da emanating from various sources

with a view to creating an impres-

sion pthat the recommendations were unfair to other sections and many‘of them unnecessary.

The:

i ‘posed, the cost of transportation

‘both of the raw material and tile {manufactured product, will be igreatly increased. Why‘!

-—‘—-a-o->‘-__-_ STATESMANSHIP 7

wholtfmatter will be discussed and; IN Govamments depending on

probably disposed of in Parliament, shortly, and it is well to know what we have a right. to expect and to

compare it with what we shall get. The following are the main recom- mends iuus:-—

The Duncan Report suggested four or flvs major things. First of all it suggested an increase in Fed- eral subsidies to the three Maritime

Pro ' es as follows: Nova cotia . . . . . . . . . . . . . $875,000 New ‘flrunswlck . . . . . . . . . . . 600,000 Prince Edward island . . . . . 125.000 kl ___._ Total ...... . . . . ......$1.600,000

The" Commission recommended that Ibo, heavy grades and curves on the Prince Edward island mile- age of the National Railways should be ie 'ened, the workto be done on capital account. The cost of this work,“ according to the estimate of railway experts, will be roughly ;1o,ooo,ooo. '

Th’ _‘ Commission also recom- nends a second ferry, or freight oat, between Prince Edward Island ind the mainland, the capital out- ny who 8500.000. Also, in connec- lon with Prince Edward island. here is s. suggestion that the har- IOII of Charlottetown, Georgetown ml Sumlnerslde be improved.

‘Two short lines of railway are ealt with in the report. It advises bat thelvKent Northern Railway, a IOIIT-miles in length, in New rllflwfok, be taken over, the cost

popular support the politician who is more studious to pull the :wool over the people's eyes and to outwit party opponents than to promote the public weal is too of-

ten conspicuous, declares the Tor- jonto Mali and Empire. Hence some allowance has to be made for sophistry or worse in many of the speeches that are designed to in- fluence voters. But what other man at the head of a democratic Government asks so large a license for false reasoning as does Premier King? Consider the speech he de- iivered in this city on Thursday night at the Liberal banquet given in his honor. That farrngo of non sequittlrs and preposterous claims ought to be ticketed and flied away as marking at once the high point [on the scale of party lenders’ brag- gadocio and the low point of party leaders’ ommonsense. in recent years the statesmen at the head of all the principal nations have found themselves at moments in very tight corners. They bad to show some dexterity and to do some hair- splitting to make a case that would disarm their adversaries. More often than not they failed. In France, in Germany, in Britain it- self, clever pleas availed not to keep Governments in otilce. None of these national leaders, however, made any attempt to impose on the people such s hodgepodge of un- proved, unprovable and absurd

treasury to be about osonoo

unifies, or $1,020,000 ml- the whole

I‘ "fliers fa also a suggestion ' t. John and Quebec Rall-

' OTC!‘-

tllero fl the Commis-

statements as is the part of‘l>re- mier King's speech cataloguing the achievements of his Government in

da out of the vortex in which‘, he

“Nocmlniondatlons regarding - ._ it is that a

your of Conservative rule. i s A-

wouid have us believe. it had been oil but swallowed up under ten

,.

its heroic struggle to snatch Cana- "l"! i5 "humid I114 11011011111 110i

as in any shape party political. There is no politics or partisanship in the Maritime Commission's Re- Dort and none should be imported info the discussion. Party warfare may 11E expected to go on indefin- itely. but -would be as much out of Dlace in discussing the Duncan Re- Dort as it would be ii our case were 110W Bonding before the Supreme Court of Canada. All who halve to do with the matter in Parliament should Dresenve~the—calm, unim- ‘passioned frame of mind which 5s best calculated to result in a just and euitable decision. nothing less or more is what the Maritlmes are asking for. "Let

Justice be done though the heaven's fall.“

A fair measure of progress was ulade in Parliament during the past week. At least there were no three or four-hour speeches to waste the lime oi the House. ‘Tomorrow (‘Tilesilfli’) the Senate is due to rs-

hinery of Parliamentary govern- ment will he in operation. The Senators seldom make very long speeches and are able to avoid late night sittings almost entirely. And as vacancies are frequently occur- ring and new appointments being made» "19 111111"3in of Conservative “mm! is being steadily reduced. _ -___..

A report of the Civil Service Commission recommends an m. crease "t "h"? 111 11-11 grades for civil servants in both the mama and outside services, beginning at the bottom and extending upward to salaries of $5,100 a yeah 5114mm Parliament adopt the report" it l, estimated the increased cost would ‘be almost three ml]- lion dollars. Will Parliament sane. tion this? Vcry likely it m5y_ "The service" has a great pull on Gov- ePn-mvnis and melmibers whatever party rmuy happen to he in power.

..

Saturday was the anniversary oi‘ the birth of Abraham Lincoln, who was iborn in Kentucky on February 1'2, 1809. II-lo was the 16th Presid- ent of the United States and one of the greatest and noblest figures in the history of that great nation. His tragic death at the hand of an assassin occurred at Wood's theatre in Washington on April 14, 1865 shortly after the beginning of his

sume its session and the full mac--

yearly l’

FOR THE SCRAP BOOK

A SERIES OF LITERARY QUOTATIONS FOR BOOK LOVERS

0o Monday, Feb. 14th.

i St. Valentine's Day..

i Hail in thy returning festival.

That andlold Bishop Valentine! Great is thy}

inanle in the rubric, thou venerable Archflameu of Hymell! lrmmor- {tal G-o-betwoen! imanner oi‘ person art thou? Art

thou but a name typiiyillg the rest-i

lcss principle which impels poor lluluans to seek perfection ill un- ;ion? or wort thou indeed a mortal ‘preloie, with thy tippct and thy ygchet’ thy apron on, will (lecent ilawn sleeves‘! lilysterious person- ‘age! Like unto thee, assuredly, there is no otlber llliLTCii father in ;the calendar: not Jerome, not Am- brose, not Cyril; nor the consign- or oi undipt infants to eternal torments, Austin, whom all nloth- ers vhate; nor he who hated all mothers, Orlgen; nor Bishop Bull, nor Archbishop Parker. nor Whit- 'gll't. Thou comest attended with ubousands and thousands of 111119 loves, and the air is

"Brushed with the hiss of rust- ling wings."

Singing Cupids are thy chorlsters and thy vprecentors; and instead of the crosier, the mystical arrow is borne before tllee.—Charles Lamb.

ideas are born; they have their infancy, tlhelr youth—their time of stress and strug81@—i-hey succeed. .they grow senile, they nod, they isleep- they die; they are buried ‘and remain in their graves for lages. And ilhen they come again in the garb of youth, to slaughter and slay-and inspire and liberate. iAnd this death and resurrection igoes omfnrever. Iln Time there is inothing eillher new or old; there lg only the rising and falling of the infinite TiiiE.—'Ei’ilG|". Hubbard.