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Notes by .the Way

PART from general considerations we here are interested particul- arly in the Presidential election on two points, its effect on the tarifl and its bearing upon prohibition. As

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Editor and Manager-d. ll. Burnett. Aaluclfla Editor-TICK. Currie

TUESDAY, AUGUST 28, 1928

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OUR FARM ‘REVENUES.

any serious thought. In an agricul- tural country like ours, it will be remembered that practically all our revenue apart from our Federal sub- sidies comes from the land. We have few industries other than agri- culture, so we may conclude that all we purchase from abroad is paid

, have advocated the establishment of a bureau of

for from the revenues of the farm. What this revenue amounts to it would be idle without somewhat de- finite statistics to attempt to guess. We import yearly a quantity of flour the value of which may be vaguely guessed from the fact that during the past year one firm in Charlotte- town imported 27,165 barrels. This flour roughly costs about $8.00 a barrel and these figures show what only one firm has handled. We im- port approximately 125.000 to 130,-

000 tons of coal valued at an average T

of $10.00 per ton. We have pur- chased within the past few years some 5,000 cars ofan average value oi at least $2,000.00. We import gas to supply these cars. which may solely be estimated to be worth $200 a cor or $100,000 worth. We import farm machinery which may be es- timated to cost at least three-quar- ters of a million yearly. This in ad- dition to our general dry goods, our hardware, furniture, clothing, boots and shoes, mns into figures which are almost inconceivabiy large comparison with the size of

little Province. For many years we in these columns

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l statistics which would enable approximately at least. to know the value of our purchases and sales. Such a bureau would be oi incalculable value to the Province, for in no other way would the wealth and productiveness of the Province be demonstrated. We have the smallest Province in the Dominion; we have boasted of its productive- ness, but we are unable to give any- thing like a correct estimate of what we produce, of what we are able to buy or of what we have to sell. These statistics, if available, would be the best advertisement that could be given the Island, and we trust that in the near future some provision will be made by which we can give this information to those whom we invite to come and take up their abode with us. - ~

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CLEARING THE WAY.

WE may now look for the usual ‘ flood of despatches from Pre- mier Mackenzie King or rather from his press agents. While still on board the Ile de France some b05668 oi his doings have reached us. In yesterday's Guardian a despatch to the New York Times was reproduc- ed, telling of a conversation be- tween Premier King and Secretary Kellogg. The Premier is reported

as speaking of the “dlscrimination" g

against Canadians in the United States tariff. This is a new version o! the situation. It is rather inge- nious to lay the blame for "discrim- inatlon" at the door of the United States. I-Ieretofore Canada has been making its tariff arrangements with the United States to please certain groups in his own parliament. It would appear that Premier Mac- kenzie King has taken fright at the revelations recently made by the Hon. n. s. Bennett, Opposition header, regarding the tariff policy of the Government, and is preparing to trim his sails. The tariff "dis- crimination" against Canada is a new word in the fiscal policy. and

a llsh of trumpets and with capital

O the ordinary layman who 8°65 quietly on buying and selling as necessity and opportunity may de- mimd- me mum‘! “I ‘m’ purchasing Magna Chartn. When exposed to Ca- power is usually of little concern. As a matter of fact few give this

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letters in Liberal newspapers that Mr. Mackenzie King had secured great things for Canada at the Imperial conference, including a new

nadian public opinion these great achievements vanished into thin air, but while they were visible they created a great stir among the faithful who with one voice cried: “Great is Mackenzie King," But thespasm has passed and now on his present tour to Europe. Where he is to sign the Kellogg agreement for Canada, we may look for other aerial achievements strictly in words. Mr. Mackenzie Kinfs doin85 0n this tour will, we take it, be taken with a little more salt than were those which came from him during the Imperial Conference. The tariff policy of the Government so merci- lessly exposed by the Hon. R. B. Bennett has evidently got on Mr.

King's nerves. Mami- FINISHED HIS TOUR.

HE Hon. R. B. Bennett has con-

cluded his tour of the Maritime Provinces. Those who have heard his numerous addresses will not find it difficult to realize that he has created a profound impression. He has consistently preached the doc- trin of “Canada for the Canadians." this gospel has been preached by others as well. Our Liberal friends have preached it, but the hollow- ness of their preaching has been clearly demonstrated by the continu- ed migration from Canada to the United States and the inability of Canada to provide employment for its own people and to induce immi- grants to remain with us. While this condition exists the Liberal claim for Canadian prosperity loses its effect. Profession and practice must go hand in hand. otherwise the profession is valueless. The Hon. R. B. Bennett has placed his fingers firmly on the national sore. Canada is exporting its raw mater- ial and its workmen. It has opened its doors to unequal competition through an obviously unbusinessllke fiscal policy. These things are ap- parent to all and the people have listened to Mr. Bennett with an in- terest hitherto rarely shown in the vital questions which come up from time to time. It is generally ad- mltted that there is something wrong in the Canadian fiscal policy which permits foreign goods to take the place in our markets which by rights ought to be occupied by Can- adian. Mr. Bennett has pointed out these things very clearly and the people now understand them. He asks no favors of the United States or of any other country; he damands only an equal chance for Canadians in their own country. and all red-blood- ed Cinadians realize that they have a right to this chance. They also realize that under the present fiscal policy such a chance is im- possible. It is time for a radical change in our trade relations with our- neighbors.

EDITORIAL NOTES.

The tooting of auto horns is still a distraction. Is it not time that the law demanding this unseemly and continuous nerve-racking were repealed, and a more pleasing device substituted.

From every part of the Province we hear most encouraging reports regarding the crops. The hay was more than ‘an vaerage crop, the grain is at least up to average and the potatoes, turnips and mangles far above the average. So far pros- pects for a good clean-up are good.

The value to Exhibitions of a

' “near Free Traders"; that ls, they

a. party, the Democrats are. what Mr. Mackenzie King would call

believe in a tariff for protection only, not for protection-cum monopoly —cum revenue. When President Woodrow Wilson took oflice the American customs duties were con- siderably reduced under the Wil- son-Underwood Tariff. A commiS~ sion was in vogue which made re- ccmmendations upon which the tar- ifi’ was adjusted to meet existing needs apart from congressional in- terfcrencc. From his speech offici- ally accepting nomination for the Presidency, Governor Al. Smith, Democrat, says he will adhere to Woodrow Wilson's policy and prac- tlcc. He sald:—

“I shall restore this commission to the high level upon which Pre- sident Wilson placed it, in order that, properly manned, it may produce the facts that will enable us to ascertain how we may‘ in- crease the purchasing power of everybody"s income or wages by the adjustment of those schedules which are now the result of log- rolling and which upon their face are extortlonate and unnecessary."

This does not necessarily mean that there will be andmmediate abolition of existing tariffs against Canada in the event of a Demo- erotic victory, but it does mean that the present high tariff would be very materially reduced to the benefit of Canadian exporters.

On the question of Prohibition, Governor Smith ls clear and dc- finite in the expression of his views. both as regards enforcement of the existing law under the constitution, and as regards proposed amend- ments. I-le said:-

“If, with one hand on the Bible and the other hand reaching up to Heaven, I promise the people of this country that ‘I will faith- fully execute the office of Presi- dent of the United States and to the best of my ability preserve, protect and defend the Constitu- tlon of the United States, you may be sure that I shall live up to that oath to the last degree. I shall to the very limit execute the pledge of our platform to make an honest endeavor to enforce the 18th Amendment and all other provisions of the Federal Consti- tution and all lows enacted pur- suant thereto."

Well and good. but not enough for his principles and policy. He pointed out that while the President took the oath to administer the law un- der the constitution, heJikewise had imposed upon him to “recommend to Congress such measures as he shall judge necessary and expedi- ent.” I-Ie therefore let it be plainly understood he will recommend leg- islation to change the existing pro- hibition law. “The platform of my party is silent upon any question of change in the law. I personally be- lleve that there should be change, and I shall advise the Congress in accordance with my duty . . of what changes I deem necessary." The reason for this belief, he ad- vanced ns follows:

“We have not achieved temper- ance under the present system. The mothers and fathers of young men and women throughout this land know the anxiety and worry which has been brought to them by their children's use of liquor in a way which was unknown be- fore prohibition. I believe in rev- erence for law. Today disregard of the prohibition laws is insidi- ously sapping respect for all law. I raise, therefore, what I pro- foundly believe to be a great moral issue involving the righteousness of our national conduct and the protection of our children's mor- als."

What remedy has he to offer’! The Canadian system of Government Control as the following extract sh0ws:— v

“Some immediate relief would come from an amendment to the Volstead Law giving a scientific definition of the alcoholic content of an intoxicating beverage. The present definition is admittedly inaccurate and unscientific. Each state would then be allowed to fix its own standard of alcoholic con- tent, subject always to the pro- viso that that standard could not exceed tlie maximum fixed by the Congress.

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STRONG MEN NOT ALWAYS COURAGEOUS

I heard a preacher tell his hear- ers that the idea that all the strong men of faith in the bible, or even in our own times, showed couragefl was not true. He then recounted the successes and failures of Eliiah, Gideonu‘ David, Job, and others, and showed! how at times they had their days of . discouragement and failure. _.Pcrhaps you wonder why you also have days when you feel that youi culd do mighty deeds and other days or times when your ordinary everyday job seems almost too much' for you. Now frequently it is because you do, or try to do. difficult things that you feel that life is a wonder- ful thing and that you are doing a real job in life, and the actual striving tires you physically and‘ mentally. You work strenuously, buoyed up, for hours, days, perhaps even weeks, with the feeling that you must do,| or complete, certain work. l With the work completed, or near- ly completed. you perhaps feel that you have really "tackled too much and you begin to fear that you wil fail after all, in your efforts. Why do these men get dlscourq aged? Why do you feel cowardly at: times? ' Simply because you are tired. l You will remember Chesterfields‘

quotation. “An attack of indigestion, a sleep-, less night, and a rainy morning willl make a coward of a man who would. otherwise have been a hero." l Now the most important of thcse| three causes is the “sleepless night)’; As mentioned before also, our‘ physiologists tell us that it ta es; seventeen nights sleep to make up‘ for the loss of one complete night. I Continuous work, mental or phy- sicnl, means the formation of waste matter, poisons, in such a quantity, that the blood cannot get it out of i the system fast enough and this‘ poison gives the tired feeling. It is tiredness then that takes some oi the fight out of you. It is for this reason also that in- fcction. poison from teeth, tonsils. or elsewhere in the body, causes a tiredness, a wearlness ,with slight

BEAUTY

Condensed from Scribner-‘s Magazine Marguerite Wilkinson.

By night we slept under the maples, protected only by our blan- kets, a strip of canvas.‘ and the broad leaves above us. We had cut ourselves loose from the multifarious cares of our ordinary lives and had given ourselves up to learning the ways of sun and wind and rain.

It ls something merely to perceive beauty. Once, while driving witha woman, we came upon mountains

.that were a perfectly honest rosy ~pink in the distance. “Pink moun- tainsl" I exclaimed. “Who ever heard of pinkmountains. 37°“ funny W0- man?" she said solemnly, without even looking at them carefully.

For her the lights and shadows had fallen in vain. The sunset had wasted time in being original. It might as well have copied yester- day's. Looking at the Aurora Bore- alls or the Grand CHHYOH. She

would have thought the conventional thing, and she would have said it. Oh, the affectation, the lush non- sense men bring to the discussion of sacred themes.

Yet it might have been otherwise if she could have lived out-of-doors for a few months, sharing the over- flowing sun. the cool rigor of rain, the invigorating roughness of wind. She might have learned to pray for a soul as beautiful as a far hill un- der rosy light. For the love of beauty, normally, begins out-of- doors. The race has been born in- to this beauty, and out of it.

To the people of the town all riv- ers are very much alike. The camp- er knows that no two rivers are alike. A townsman gets little joy| from the scent of wood smoke, for he does not know that there are many fragrances in the burning of wood. Dead wood is not like green, and pine is not like maple to our noses. Smoke in frosty air smells

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The Land We Love

By Frank Yclgh 00-00-0004

v-oo Cshnadian Forest Indust in:

Q. What is the state of Canadian Forest Industries?

A. Canadian Forest Industries‘ continue to show steady, indeed. rapid progress. A little over a third of the land area of Canada is for- est land. The net value of all for- est productlon, from camps, mills and factories is nearly half a billion dollars annually, from nearly 7000 manufacturing establishments, em- ploying 125,000 people with $150.- 000.000 in wages. Canada's exports of Forest production are nearing $300,000,000.

{iO->—--~—- 4 Daily Selections FOR

Guardian Readers <e+e+e0+++o+w++0w¢44+* August 28, 1928

THE SACRED PEACE-Keep thy foot when thou goest to the b01188 of God, and be more ready to hear. than to give the sacrifice of fools: for they consider not that they d‘). evil.-Ecc. 5:1. '

PRAYER-May we ev/‘ei worship Thee, Lord. in the beauty of holi- ness.

PRAYER 0F ONE IN LODGINGS

this wish (My very heart and soul‘s to me;

desire)

sweeter than smoke in summer.

Beauty is with trees. I think that man has little culture who has no intimate among the trees. I have loved pines for their power, birches for their refinement, and apple trees because they have received me into their arms. I have listened mute with wonder to the grim rustl- ing of palms in a sea breeze at night and I have watched their dark, pointed fans outsprcod against the sapphire sky.

The most wonderful sky that I re- member was in northern England. It was purple as heather and gray as age. and streaked with amber and rose like an apple, and troubled with wildness like the light in the eyes of a cat. It changed from mo- ment to moment, hue sliding into

Edward Island, there are not lacking

shop at every door." To these, Gov-

lutely: “When I stated that the saloon ‘is and ought to be a defunct institution’ I meant it. I mean it today."

hue, form melting into form. Dusky castles with blue battlements. reared themselves before our eyes. Move- ment upon movement, glory upon glory challenged our attention. There is no such thing as Indeed, if beauty is to be

effort.

Because the individual with in- fection is usually easily discouraged. If you find that you are having. too many blue days, see if you can]

locate the cause . Tiredness from bad

overwork, or overplay, or else in- Wealh°r~ recur,“ ,. Judged by its rarity. a great storm ‘ may be the greatest weather and ___¢¢>___ the most beautiful. To love only

weather that is blue and white and golden and placid is to be limited in the love of beauty. Those who can butface a storm and exult in ithave z lN ENGUSH is clew to the meaning oi life which f By W. L. Gordon ‘can help them to triumph in the . 040-0 o4+o++¢+o>oo+ou¢~C vicissitudes of experience. I remem-

ber a thunderstorm at night by a WORDS OFTEN MISUSED: Do northern river-side. We saw the

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DAILY LESSONS

not say "I am angry at you.” Sayiglory of dark trees lllumlned by “with you." |lightnlng. with leaves that had been OF TEN MISIPRONOUNCED; like black masses in the darkness

spaghetti. ‘Pronounce spa-get-i, a as suddenly" otohed Sharply llllfln 8

A modest home that's all my own, set in

A small green garden with an apple tree!

Let me experience the matchless joy Of hunting rugs and cretonnes for each room,

Of buying brass and prints and pot- tcry,

And dear, prosaic things like mops and broom!

I'd love a kitchen with blue-pointed walls,

A singing kettle and a braided mat. Some shining pans. a friendly eight- doy clock,

And, last of all, a portlyMaltese cat.

No stately domicile, or large estate. 0r furnishings magnificent and fine, Just a small place, where I may lock

my door ' And dream before the fire-knowing it's mine. I have some

Qulmper ware and

it be for others! I-‘or_it is an inex- llcnsive blessedness that I have found to save my soul ulivc in me when I have taken to a highway that leads to the first shrine of the first fnith, where trees stand guard over boulders that are altars, and where birds and winds and waters make the hymns I need to hear. And at this shrine I have found bravery for my fear. and wisdom for my doubt. and life to do battle with life again.

in "ask," e as in "get," i as in “it,” clear background. Such a glory of accent second syllable. splashing rain upon the vexed sur-‘ OFTEN MISSPELLED: depend-' face of the river! Such a smell of y ence; ence, not ance. sweetness in air that had been stale l

SYNONYMS: ignorant. illiterate, as fever. l uneducated, unlearned, unletteredl What is given l0 11$ 15 l-he Privilege . untutored. of looking on small particles of