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z-Iroeragqyn,

.m~¢»<\-v-..,_M.. l- _ _. .

- " some localities, lees brisk in others.

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—— THE BIIARLUTTEIUWN Glitmiiialt

Notes BJL The W/ay

Pre|ldeni—W. (Thrall-r 8. llrlmre. ll. P. _ Secretary-Idem. Col. l). A. IMRlnnon. I). I. 0.

lfilltor nml Managing Dlrector—\l. H. Burnett Associate Editors-Frank Walker nmi U. K. Carrie

Vlrn- Pruident-J. ll. Burnett

l

l‘ 1| 1181118 l-rnled‘ in certain quart- I ters that the increase in the number of convictions for drunkenness ia due to the increasing activity of the pro-

Iyrniug Dnllv (founded wit?) 86.00 per yrlr (In advance; nelivrrol. 84.50 per year fin advance) mailed in Canada and United Staten.

of

liibitlon officials. For three years‘ past the number of officials. the number of convictions and conse-

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1930

quently the number of drunks has increased, this year bidding fair to beat all previous records. Seriously minded temperance people are ask-

lI’$lIw.all1lI.u-D

RINGWORM 0F THE FEET

Note Local Industry I

Another result of the Bennett pol- 1 111119 1110198511 111

icy of encouraging Canadian indust-l

will be highly gratifying to citizens of Charlottetown and the Province generally. is the proposed establish- ment here cfalarge fertilizer mixing plant. By importing the necessary in-, zredients and mixing the fertilizer in, Charlottetown. thc requirements our potato growers could be met at. reasonable cost. at the seine time furnishing cniplovmont t0 local men.‘ The d-zvlcful predictions of the Liberal ‘ press that our farmers would have,’ to pay exhorbitant prices for their; fertilizer because of the increased dutyon the American product. are‘ thus discounted. This was one f’ the arguments used in the recent by- election campaign in support of the Liberal candidate. That it carried little weight. with the electors was rvdenced hv the clecton returns. So far as federal issues entered into ther almpaign. the bininess-likc admlnis-l. [fatten cf thc Bennett Government‘ lmdoifoteclly’ i’\~"~l.'-l0ti 31:‘. Sharp l his candidacy. Evidence of the wideq spread business and industrial im- provement following in the wake of the Conservntiiw~ tariff changes has

been realised.

_.__.__

promising augury of success.

0 priso and initiative of t

cessary one. none will deny.

and equipment. There conscientious and

in=

111-1119011319 a9°°111111°¢1at1°11 11nd wheat. The human factor must be Lhmsliilrcl.‘ T?“ scraping Fcalesrficr: been given from tmc t0 time in the - . _ k - , - : e i" m m “e50 c5595- ‘ave mm _ appliances. The ‘general iecog ta en llLO account. Assuming that a that the fungus remains alive to

Wes. The proposed establishment

of an important new industry in this .ty is but one of many such g-rat-i fying indications. but it is one which ls of exceptional importance to our cit- izens. It fumislies a striking and ir-l refutable proof of the stimulating. effect of arlcquato tariff protection.‘ and Justifiss the fiirth ‘which Prem- ier Bennett so confidently expressed in the initiative and enterprise of‘ Canadians to build up their own manufactiirles. provided they were given the opp-ortuniiy.

gars for charity.

the importance

' _ campaign if tlie Business Retire":

‘The currcnt monthly review of the. Bani»: of Nova Scotii calls special at’ tention to the excellent quality of‘ the Prince Edward Island potato; a‘ some gflcflfice‘ w its support‘ 9T9?- 111 111051» llfl-rts of the Maritime,

Provinces, despite adverse influences

elsewhere. says the review, business

conditions have been fairly well sus- tained, though dairyiiig has been hampered by dry pmturage. Potato priccxs have been maintained as a re- sult of drought in the United States.

The apples crop. estimated at 1.000.-

000 to 1.200.000 barrels. is far smaller

than the 2.000.000 barrels harvestedI

last year, but of better quality. and

In size is about equal to the flve-

year average. Because of reduced

freight rates, rigid inspection and the

Bi-Qdah mnbargo on low grade apples

from the United States, there is a

ready market for Nova Scotian ap-

ples overseas.

. Coal mining ls seriously curtailed

and shipments to dato are corres-

pondlngly low. Iron and steel opera- tors report a decrease of 40% in pro- duction, and employment has fallen

If! by 23% this year, as compared

with the same period of 1929-

The lumber markets are still very

lull, especially in England and the

United Stat/as. There are large un-

sold stocks on hand, and it is thought that the cut this winter will be small. On the other hand. em- ployment in the pulp and b11961’ 1111115 has been larger by 351'}. than in the game period of i929. and while some mllLs are by no means active. others report a fair volume of business.

In Nova Scotia, fishing has not boon as good this season as last, ex- cept for the unusually large catch of swordflsh- New Brunswick reports the largest catch of salmon on re- cord; prices. however, were lower than for many years. In Prince M- ward Island there has been a fair catch. and lightly salted fish have been in good demand.

Retail and wholesale trade durin! the quarter have been comparatively latistactory.

T-IF- tourist trade has been brisk in

As Others See Us

This is how the

Province:

crnmcnt of that inovincc.

t or Federal House. al in the Federal ) July. when the other wen: Conservative. and the Sec- ond District of Prince is perhaps more strongly Liberal than any other part of the province. The de- feat of the newly apllflmffid MW!" ney General, Hon. Thane A. Camp- bell. under all the circumstances. is quite remarkable and must be taken as evidence of the unpopu; larity of the local administration.

Editorial Ivor;

palgn." disgruntled local

to concoct an alibi on Mr. Campbell's behalf.

We regret to note. in an article in "The Blhle In the World." a monthly publication of the- British and For- eign Bible Society, the ab- sence of any reference to Prince Ed- ward Island in an article by the gen- eral secretary of the Society. deni-

ilng with the organization's activities

"fleeting impressions of an annual visitation to the Eastern Auxiliaries" the author might well have devoted p, paragraph to the praiseworthy ac- tivities carried on, with such zeal and mercy by the Bible iqqlltv- 111

In New Brunswick and the Cape ‘Bre- ton area there has been a consider- the volume of the tourist trade. ovetr that of i929. Else- ry by protective tariffs. a result whim t where in the Maritime Provinces the results of the tourist trade compare favourably with those of former sea- sons; but not all of the expectations which were entertained for i930 have

The Hospital Campaign

The widespread interest taken in the fund-raising campaign for a new Prince Edward Island Hospital is a The project is an ambitious one. and the enthusiasm with which it has been launched speaks cell for the enter- our citizens. l That the cause is a worthy ‘and ne- Ade- quate modern hospital facilities are essential to the welfare of the coni- cominuiiity. No industry could hope to succeed today with obsolete plant is no more efficient ‘nursing . stafi in Cilllfidfi than the personnel of the wince Edward Island Hospit- al. but this staff cannot perform its fui! service to the community with

nition of this fact should. facili- tate the work of the volunteer com- mittees now soliciting subscriptions. These workers are in no sense beg- Tlievare. for the most part. business men and women whose time is quite as valuable as is the time of the parties whom they solicit. The wide press publicity ‘giv- en to the purposes of the campaign v has acquainted all our readers with and necessity of i achieving tlie objective in view. It i will add much to the success of the contributions are given gladly and. promptly, as well as generously. It is surprising how .n-iuch ones active interest increases in a. community enterprise when one has contributed financially, possibly

Monctor. Times sizes up the political situation in this

"The result of the provincial by- election in the second district of Prince County. Prince Edward Isl- and. was rather unexpected and is a bad blow for the Liberal Gov- Prince County has seldom returned a. Con- servative either to the Provincial It went Liber- cmites‘. of last counties

The Island Farmer (Liberal) eon- gratulates both the candidates in the recent by-electlon on havlntl "con- ducted a strenuous but clean cam- We recommend this Ira-H"! statement to the consideration of our contemporary in the labored efforts it is now making

BPPEII‘ from time

lng, where is all tliis going to end? Where do the recruits oome from? Is anything being done to prevent recruiting? They are told that the convictions are of old offenders and repeaters. If this be so the old army of habitual drunks shows wonderful vitality. Apparently their ranks are not being depleted by death. fines, or imprisonment and their number is steadily rising. when. in these cir- cumstances is that dry era going to dawn which was foretold by the Lib- eral prophets previous to the last election?

really ringworm,

are not of much help

However what was formerly cal

by a fungus or sort of vegeta parasite.

is the infection of the feet."

Now you have seen the eczema the feet with its reddish patch and may be wondering how to t ringworm from eczema.

if youth would listen to old age, benefit by its advice and experience. and pursue a more rational method of living. there would be more vigor- ous centenarians than there are to- day, and no doctor or other author- ity, no matter how eminent. would dare hint that they are only in the way. Long and longc-r live the old folkl

of scalp or forehead, there is alwa

nutinccl against the skin. And this is what is found

outlying little pimples or blisters. Tile Baumes Law in the United States provides that a man convict- ed for the fourth time in the courts shall be imprisoned for life: Commenting on this law an ex- change says:

The Baumes Law is a severe sta-‘ mite, and it. has cm- defect of all tcr- ' m“ ,1!“ “m” between m” Tori“ legislation. u is “gm when sometimes thc soles of the feet. it should be flexible. and because it is rigid it is unjust- One can not deal with human material as one would deal with quantities of coal or

little pimples or large patch of inflammation.

defined bordei'_

the surfaces pools or baths.

adjoining swimmn

fourth conviction establishes the in-‘ corrigibility of John Doe. that is nol guarantee that it establishes the in-- corriglbility of Henry Roe or Tom. Smith. The men may be entirelyf different in temperament and Chill"; nicteristics, their crimes may be a whole world apart. their motives miles 15111111"- W11Y- 11""- 111“ 1118"‘? Wliltefleldls ointment is the bes as though they were all alike irre-ircmcdy This originated .n deemable? Such a law, it. would SCEIIL must be the offspring either of cal-| lousness or indolcnce There is revenge in it, but not very; preparations much justice! 1 1m;

‘lilzclv know about them. as you know how

more than a year and this explain

are so easily acquired.

scinc taaiients become.

ailment. Dr. Stewart MacArthur, Lo Angeles, California. states tha

However some of the

that are giving

King Zog of Albania celebrated his thirty-fourth birthday anniversary‘ 06mm‘ the other day. The throne of that its {t3 restless country is a wobbly contrap- ‘ tion liable to dump

$119 00011113113 eczema. you \v'll knoiv ivlmt to without notice.

lrhould you have an attack.

“Hon. Ian Mackenzie. the new: Liberal member for Vancouver Con-l tm says the Bennett tariff is the} Is Zaro Agha really 156 years old, most audacious and gigantic fiscal "35 111° dilly Palm's 1911 us? HE W111 expefiment made Since confedera. _. have a. hard time proving it, thinks tion. "No such compliment could ever sdenffi Neil's-Miller. 11 50191184? 5B!‘- be paid to the timid legislation in- ‘vice publication (Weshinswm Sava- troducetl during Mackenzie King's @1115 P111161‘? premiership," declares the Calgary; “The old T‘li.i‘k. Zero Agha. with Herald. his birth certificate showing 156 years i of age. who is now being proclaimed to credulous New York as the oldest f human in the world. will have a hard time convincing scientific sceptics

Zaro Agha Only 100

At Lewisham, England. what is de- scribed as a. wierd-looklng model has been made, resembling an airplane. submarine and a. small battleship _ that he has lived so many years.

rolled into one. The inventor, Mr. RJ "Old he ls without a doubt, but 15-11011?» 11011135 1X1 111.8 11981‘ 11111116 iiltliose who have looked into such

111111“ B- 1110551118 01' the Atlanflfi 111 11 l claims in the past are laying their

scientific wagers that. he is not much

teen hours. He calls it a heliplanei and it rises straight on’ the ground withlmt my preliminary m“ t ‘fully authenticated was not quite 111 h“ nfiy "rel" be‘ that in aiew yealsiyears. That record was substanti- 1 e when and n8 n‘ d Wm beam“? 'ated by the English investigator, Dr.

obsolete‘ ‘I’. E. Young. who in the early part of this century considered close to a million oases of supposed centenarl- ans and found only thirty persons who from other outside evidence could be shown to have lived a hundred years or‘ more. Of the thirty, 21 were women and nine were men.

“Medical statisticians hold to their idea that extreme old age is a. rare phenomenon although in the million or more deaths annually in the United States at least several hundred death certificates show ages of over a hun- dred and occasional ones will shadow

“In fact. the most extreme case of longevity that medical records show

When a constituency which has been consistently Liberal since Con- federation turns clown a. candidate whose election the Premier declared to be necessary to his Government. it looks like the last will and testament of the Liberal party. This is what happened in the Second District of Prince on Tuesday.

Letters and arfloiel of a. distinct anti-British and pro-Gandhi flavor tn time in the

United States press. Since Canada reads much that has its origin across the border. some of these articles may tend to cause doubt and misgiv- ings in the minds of Canadians who cannot be expected to possess an in- tlmate knowledge of India. Were it not for this the pro-Gandhi GM!- trap across the llne might well be ig- nored. Canadians

such startling records as 120 years. I "When such cases are looked into it is oftm found that mistaken iden-i tity confers upon the supposed cen-‘ tenarian his remarkable record. Re- peatedly instances like this are un- covered: John Jones was born and his f baptism duly recorded, but he died ati the age of fifteen yea-re and through} an oversight his death was not regis- '

need to remind

themselves that it is a 89118151 Wflik" _ I throughout Canada. The omission, 11°55 1°’ hgmtizcchrnrzcfih". ' ouraevel l’ "ll ‘ of course, is nintentional. but in his l“ o, our 1mm“. The impuunon m that we could have done a0 much better than they. It is a comtortina self-deception and from an exercise of this fofble ill-will is not to be le- eumed. Nations suffer from this hu- min peculiarity as much as do in- dividuals, and national tendency i6~

"WM1"..'1.".£2R!1P°"' s..-‘

tered. In the same year that he died another male child was born in thef saint Parents and mince John amiss; perhaps In emoration of his de- i ceased brother. The second John! was never baptized. When he; reaches the ages of 85 or 90 his appearance of ‘xtreme senility attracts attention and the baptismal records apparently eiiow that 11¢ is a hundred m- over. The aged igenflg.

mwee-e-iamireii

CHARLOTTElOWN coanman

What Iiihp

9mm

One of the conditions that many people think is eczema of the feet is

and so the usual remedies that help to cure eczema

As you and I remember ringworm it was upon the forehead oi- head.

marginal eczema of the feet is now known to be ringworm and is caused

“This fungus mrects the flat skin on the fence to wait till it comes surface at almost anypoint, but the most interesting at the present time. owing to the great number of cases

You “my remember in ringworm The inan who holds a. decided opin-

a well defined border, very sharply surrounding

ringworm of the feet, there are no

In eczema. however, in addition to the patch or patches. there are often blisters near ‘the

Th: inflammation has‘ nct a well

Ringworm of the feet usually af- toes.

It is thought that infection is dis- trlbuted by incans of bath mats or

how new infections and reirifectlons It is easily tindcrstocd then how discouraged

In the treatment of this obstinate

the i Northern Hospital, bcndon, England. _ , wholesale 01‘ 11651331"- drug manufacturers are getting out ‘excel- results. and your doctor will

eruption its appearance. how it gets rt brtwccn the toes and on the ‘soles of the fcct. and that it ls not do

counts, he sometimes runs long ill his travels.

if other peoples invest their money in its industrlesP-Iord Beaverbrook.

moi-1-

Metropolitan Store '

_ r JLTOBER 24, 193 _..___-_____~ " ' ' ‘-—"---—--_ . Qn Holding Opinions I

\ _.._;r:f1’ F:

Jack “Legs" Diamond k ‘

(Arthur Ransome in the Manchester ' Guardian)

The owner of a decide opinion likes tothinkmat he hammered it out for himself, that it is the fruit gfiyxsxyaop 3p t‘; 1:112; fitabas‘ 0:‘; v _ iid racketeering has become a maioi-

. 4 reasoning“ industry. n n |

One decided opinion is worth R5 ‘Mk D“"‘°“d' “m” u“ l” “ hundred of the other sort. Flor one $19150“ uuknown ‘t m“ wrmng’ mm‘ n is a we“ d“; ewe‘, to get iseems to have succeeded the late, a hearing for it. “Nothing moderate." f "munmted “rwld mmsmn u u"? isays Bacon. "L; liked by the cmwdy: 0f the New York underworld. He An opmon- moderately hem cal-Hes iseoeived much publicity recently when the disturbing suggestion that there ‘i115 desire to visit Europe W“ 1101 are two sides to a guestiori. and ‘irfltlfled because he was refined Per- Something still to be said on either. mission to land at any P011» D111- No wonder the crowd dislike it. g mend perforce returned home. to be preferring always a plain answer to 1 interviewed and wined and dined. a. plain question, black or white. yes singularly it seems to have occurred or no rather than any kind of doubt- to nobody that the man might bc i111 1111111-1161118- T119 "'91" Win15 l arrested. although the despatches run for its money, and leaves sitters without gem- o; “be; refer u, him

°”‘“‘“Y " "Fmme" “m” “m1 your investment will the beer runner." ' n

Now this eminent citizen of what‘ 3am 11111619511 f0!‘ you. l The crowd may not agree with a Americans m“ the greatest any m . g

, decided opinion, but it would rather the worm has been mot presumably - l BANK OF. MONTREAF.

be able to say that an opinion was ‘m, ms fenowiangsters; and New Established i811 TOTAL assars 1N excess OF $00,000,000

(Ottawa Journal) While the United States permits its crooks to become public figures in- tead of prison numbers it will not 1 izrprlse anyone that crime flourishes,

| I

interest coupons».

When your interest con- pons become due, or when you receive Cheques for interest on registered bonds, deposit them in a t Savings Account in the " Bank of Montreal. The money you receive on

led .

ble

back. by which time the fence itself may have rotted away.

of es.

wrong than be left in uncertainty as Wwk Ls presented w“ the sort of ell 1

to whether it was an opinion at all. _ , And in this matter the crowd is right. ‘Zhxveiilsfgslifidilgstliirztlzfs‘

ion is a public benefactor even if his a" me tawdry pmaphemalm of m‘ opinion is mistaken. He clears the air y “mm? Germ“! ‘flout a “wk dying m, his Opponents as we“ as for m5 | with sealed lips because the "code" 1 “mes ‘m for himsem [of his lawless tribe requires that Then’ tom n is a rare thing to vengeance shall be a matter for pri- flnd a man who holds only one de- “t” gunmen- cided opinion. One decided opinion Since 1t 15 Pmbflble 111115 not more ___ gathers others. The man who has got ma" 591119 111111111‘ B115 0! P9150118 k110i” ‘l;