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THE. CHARLOTTETOWN cU_AizDiA_N

Cubland the Dominican Republic, contributed

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beuefils which Canada has obtained ha-re gum

flaming Dally (rounded In III) Pnsldenl. Lhut.-Col. W. Chute: I. leluo Vice President. J. I. Burnett. I. J. I, secretary, [Jolt -Col. D. A. Mullnltoli D. I. 0-

0179103! entirely to the iiiaiiufactiiririg iiidurtrie: in Central Canada.” What a contrast between the effects of this

"mu, Ind mud" min." ,_ ._ nun“. ,_ ,_ I one-sided Liberal treaty and the 1932 Empire

Auoclote Bdltor. Frank WIIIR

Trade Agreements from which our farm pro-

SUBSCBIPTION RATES 35.00 per year (Iii advance) ilollveuil In city “.00 per year (In advance) mulled to P. I. Island

.530 per you (in advance) mailed to Onnulnlnlltl

Member: Audlt Bureau of Circulation:

ducers are still benefiting to the extent of inil— lions of dollars annually!

Ontario’: Share

‘The Strongest Memory is Weaker than

the Weakest Ink."

‘FRIDAY, AUGUST 11th, 1939

The Wrong Note

nroadcasting to the world his refusal “now or at any future time to make a statement of Can- ada's stand toward a hypotlietical situation that might arise in some other part of the world" is Mr. Mackeiizic King's contribution to the ef- forts Great Britain is making to maintain the present peace of F.urope. He chose the occasion of the celebration of his 20th anniversary as Liberal party leader to make this declaration. On the same day ciiiue the statement from Hon. Robert Meiizies, Premier of Australia: ‘.‘If Britain is involved in an European war owing ,. to the pursuit of her present policy Allstfallfi

will flllllie common cause with her.”

\\"hich of the two declziratioiis of policy is likely to promote limpire solidarity and world

peace ?

This is not the first time that Mr.’ Mackenzie died this date’ 1919. Kiiig has taken untimely opportunity to_ tall» at Canada out of the Empire so far as participa-

Eastern grain brokers have estimated that the farmers of Ontario will get $5,500,000 of Gov-

I ernment money, as a result of the extension to

them of the 70-cent per bushel guarantee for wheat, originally given and restricted to the graingrowers of the Prairies. While this looks like too high an estimate, the sum that will reach Ontario farms from the Federal treasury on this account will be substantial, as market wheat prices are now approximately I7 cents below the guaranteed price. It is fortunate for the taxpayer that Dominion elections do not at- rive oftener than once in four years. Ontario's share of this handout, large as it now promises to be, will only be a small percentage of the guaranteed money that will flow from Ottawa to the Prairie country.

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EDITORIAL NOTES -

Two more days till the Exhibition. as 4- : :0-

Andrew Carnegie, the great Free Librarian,

1- as Tourists and visitors generally as well as the

tion in limpire responsibilities is concerned. ‘ordinary “man in the Sweat. greatly enjoy mg

He (lid it at (icneva. He has done it on sev-

eral occasions in Caiiadt.

Those who believe, as most Canadians do, that the greatest factor

privilege of hearing the Light Horse Band in the magnificent setting of Government House gardens.

making for peace is Britain's preparedness for .. .. .. ,.

my eiiiergcncy, czmiiot but deplore such utter-

ances. _ _ _ _ At the last session of Parliament Mr. Kings

The Prime Minister did not tell his support- ers anything about his election plans on Tuesday, but according to an Ottawa Quid Nunc, his

ll°“l9"““t» Jllsllce Minister Lalmilne’ made 3 political aids were not so reticent behind the 5P9°‘~‘l‘ 9Xl’°5‘“K ‘he mllflcy of arguing that Can‘ scenes, “Get ready", was the advice, “we never

ada can remain neutral in the event of Bl'll':IlI‘l

being involved in war. She could only do so by sccedirig from the Commonwealth. Mr. La-

know what 2 day may bring forth.” It 4: at 4-

VVhen the Australian journalist, Mr. Frank W.

P°l"t° “'°m_ flmher lh“n.thl5' quoted {min Sullivan, visited here this week, His Honour ll“? Ifmslallo" Ol 3" arllde WIN“ appeargd m the Lieiitenant-Governor placed his lovely north

I. Paris newspaper, by one of the ministers of

shore home at his disposal in order that he

Austria under the foriiier Chancellor Von_Sch:s— might enjoy Surf ba,hing__a Courtesy and kind_ chmgg. who gave ‘mails °f 5‘ conversauon C‘ ness greatly appreciated by Mr_ Sullivan. is 4: an

tween the former chancellor and Herr Hillel” 3?

the famous interview at Berchtesgaden before

it No fewer than 76 daily newspapers in the

the i“““:‘°“ Of. Ans"-la‘ The.qu°mliO“ 561:?‘ United States have eiihcr suspeiidcd or merged Ed fol‘ €ml’l“‘515 b)’ M“ Lepomte read as 0' with other Pllblicafioiis since June. IiQ37- Thirty‘

lows :—

five of those closed their doors during the first

“Hm” 5P"k° l’l"‘l"lV Oi the danger and ‘he seven months of 1939. Iiicreasing labor costs.

eventuality of a European war.

He sketched briefly the external situation of the Reich and

higher white-paper prices and the growing biir- den of taxation had their parts in forcing these

that of the other Eiiropean states. The British newspapers to the wan. In nearly an instances

linipire, in his opinion, is a colossus with clay

the papers were forced out because they were

feet. The Dominioris \v0uld not take P3“ in not able to Pass these charges on to the readers

an Empire xvaigl 'l‘1lictl\rez:kl::epf ;3(Cel};:mSil:u‘: and advem'5e,5’ not ony pOS5l e, ii ex re y .

war come."

Public men in Canada should take warning

from such stateniciits, ‘and give no occasion foif' further misiinderstaiiding as to the attitude 0

this country in time of F.mpire crisis.

Liberal Treaty Bungle

Between 1933 and 1938 the prices paid by newspapers for newsprint rose about 25 per cent. II no: as -u An old legzil axiom has it that it is better I00 guilty persons escape conviction than that one innocent person suffer ivrongfully. A cfise in point has just come to light in New York. A man, without police record, named Caruso was convicted and sentenced to 10 to 20 years ini-

fhc Halifax Cl“'0“lCl¢ (I-lbfifal) give’ °dl' prisonmcnt for a stick-up, and eight months torial promiflfllcc I0 ‘he l'°P°{'t °f the NOV“ later two ex-convicts, Jacobson and Goltleib Scotia Economic Council submitted last year to confessed thcy were me gullgy pa,-ties. Caruso

the M acdoiiald Government.

The “P0” has had been identified by the hold—upvictim,Eugene

l“5t 599“ l"“l‘ll5l‘°‘l “ml ‘he Cl“'°“l‘3lf- f°3l‘“'°5 Scamiellino, as one of two hitch-hikers who pok- especially the C0fl(l9|“|“‘ll0“ by ll‘°_C°““"-ll "f ed a gun in his ribs on July 29, I938, ordered the British West Indies treaty Ilfillomllefl by ‘he him out of his car and drove away. On Mon- Mackenzie King G0V<‘m|T“T"l in 1925- Bemg 3 day Jacobson and Gottleib drove again with ' Liberal Valle 3l~’T€<‘n‘9"l it ha} 3lW7‘Y5_ _l9“"“1 Scamiellino. They described in detail the clothes P3-"ll57‘“ 5“l’l’°"l“T5 3"‘°“E L'l’°"“.l l’°l'l‘C‘3“,5v each wore, the conversation that passed between but this is What l‘-K’. NW3 SCOW‘, F-°°“°““° them, and the exact action of the hold-up. When Council (consisting of lzlllefill aPl’°‘“l9‘35) hi“ it was over, Scamiellino wiped his brow ‘and

to say about it,

"The dislocation of trade rasultlii from the 1925 Canada-British West Indies rude MIN‘ mom. has been a major factor contrlbuttng ta

t-he distress prevalent in rwent. years In wine ,

branches of two of the M.urlLlme.s' primary in- dustries, namely flshlng and iigrlciilture.

And the report points out:

"It ls particularly significant that the l est Increases in Canada's trade with the Brllsh West Indies during recent. years have occurred in manufactured artlcleiz, especially clothing. motor vehicles and ot1‘mer'metal products As far as Canada. is concerned beneflts from this increased trade have gone almost entirely to the central provinces. The Marftline Provinces have not gained, even indirectly. alnce few of the raw materials on which these manufactured articles are based are Obtained from outside Ontario and Quebec.‘ ,

The Economic Council recominends that. the Nova Scotia Government urge notice of revision of the present -agreement at the earliest possible date. The Council further recommends that Nova Scotia should see that when revision is discussed some competent representative of ‘the province be present. The Council recommends, too, that in a new treaty the system of fixed or "frozen” prcfcrcnce be discontinued. It is es- sential, says the report, that bargaining power be restored to the Canadian government by re- establishing the right to give intermediate ‘tariff reductions to other countries who are willing to give preferential treatment in f'ClllI'l'l.'

Two of the Council‘: general conclusions are emphasized by the Halifax Chronicle: _

"i. The trade advantages arising out of the I925 Canada-British , have been one-sided. (The effects has been to Increase greatly the sales of British West Indies

_ sto. nails on I quantity ham. and. 1,0 maintain t e total value of -imports On RPPf°"" mate!) the same levels, in spite of much lower

" ’ wlltile Canadian to the British West " “ » ‘ ace] Vitlibotlt quant-

tbe gain to the

IIEII d the

said, “These are the fellows who did it. all right. I must have picked the wrong man before.” an it It :-

In certain quarters, especially where \Vinston Churchill is an idol, l’rinie Minister Chamber- lain and his Foreign Secretary, Lord Halifax. are looked upon as wobblers. This is not the view of either Hitler, Mussolini, Stalin or the Prime Minister of Poland. These recoginizc silk gloves covering iron hands. What has led to the strengthening of Poland's position in Dan- zig and the modifying of the German attitude there was Mr. Clianil>erlain's. speech in the

cat Indies agreement

House of Commons on ululv 10. The Polish newspapers expressed great satisfaction over the firmness that Mr. Chamberlain displayed in

- warning Germany that on the Daiizig issue Bri-

tain was determined to act in accord with P0- land. "Ge-rmany,’ said the official -Gazeta Palska, "is left in no doubt whatever as to what Britain ivculd do should Polish rights in Danzig be endangered by a Ger- man manoeuvre or tricky’ German methods." And it was in consequence of this that the Poles asserted their authority in Danzig making the Nazis there draw in their h'oins. Q I i Q

It is refreshing to find that Europeans now in Canada have no stomach for war, and if it do come prefer to fight on the British side. An Austrian baron, recently arrived to take uo farming near Toronto declares--"Should an- other war break out I shall fight on the side of the British and know that I am right—-Hitler is but a passing phase". Similarly Gcrman,.Itiilian and Russian Great War veterans, attending the Canadian Legion convention at Brantford, vow- ed if war come they will fight forcannchi against their fatherlands. if necessary. "Like thousands of others I did notwiiiit to be ii sol- iller in the last war, but had to do my‘ duty," Carl Yoerg, holder of the Iron Cross and other German war ,deeoi-ations, said, "I think Ger- many and Britain ‘will never fight again, but If

Canada, which I love!’ Several other German

yyeteniis said Yoerg "summed up" thus their

us did the Italians aiidvRussi|ns.‘

from

they do I will: do my pai-t'for my new home.‘

llll'|'ES BY THE WAY

Mind P. Sloan. obalr-nun of Gen- eral Motors Corporation, looks to the fruits of Industrial laboratory research for 9, recovery in * ‘ He matured the other day the rapid march of air tr , v. and the great fmproveancnu fn train travel; the science of synthetic: through which new substances are ‘brought Into ‘being from coal. milk, cotton, wood, from water and the

in; family of chemically-created materials known as plastics. Truly ft is an amazlng advance - one that It is hard for the layman to keep up with even superficially. Most people barely realize how science is reshaping out lives. Yet there still reinalns those enduring challenges to men that are not met. by the most wonderful inventions; rather, they are sometimes made more formidable by them. The distorted use of some of the fruits of genius has brought perils that are all too plain, and the blame for this can certainly not be laid on science, whose practical appllciv tlona of new dlscoverfes are provid- edflrst for the happiness of man- klnd.But it is astark fact. that In many fields the strides of invention have brought notlncreased happin- ('53, but new problems. The matur- ity of materialistic progress is too often thwarted by those who try

—H1smlltot} spectator.

Not in 50 years has the lan- guage added & sound cuss word of general use. In that time thous- ands of technical terms in other fields of endeavor have bcen im- ported Into the language, put lnto dlstrlbutlon, polished up streamlin- ed and accepted everywhere so that today I native of the last century would not know what we are talking about half the time.

deepest feelings, we have made

who hlls his finger with album- mer today enjoys no advantage

in this field, no thought, no im- agination. And where you do find an original artist, a man who can

Their art has never progressed roundlngs. Even their compan-

Vantage of the educational op-

rellejves a man's youshave said the same things

elements of the air, and the grow- l;‘“°“

to fit lt into ii splrltual bankrupt/cy. gxpeflm

PUBLIC. FORUM

of unnballntl.

LEGION RESOLUTION

awarded by His I-Ionour, I.feuIte'n- ant-Goverrior DeBloL9 for the best plots in the gmidieri. The prime winners were as follows:

men were exceptions busy and we did not have is great many men but there was 8 large gatili - in; of ladies am! a street deal of

Yet in the field of human emo- enthuslasin was manifested by the tion, in the expression of our people who owned plots in the

garden as well 8.? others from the

no program whatever. The man 5'““'°lmd-‘int d1-STIYO

garden plots were a. demoiistratfon to the fishermen of what could be

over his grandfather, despite the done on me land as mu as to

1mPT°‘'9~‘“9m 1“ l'°°l-5 and We‘ others who own land but are not chanlcs. He says the same thing. uuuzmg pm-pose of There has bcen no achievement growing vegetables for winter use.

It for the

Our Departmeiivt. is looking into the future with the hope that those ga.rde'ns will have the efiect

say something really new and °f m°“1°9'l-kl‘? “"0 l-he mm’?-'5 01

the young the love of the land, of

striking and colorful to express his .

emotions. nobody seems to imitate gl§dgfn°§nz:rdm'm“&d ggopflg $fi"u‘g him. In my time I have heard some make men. uvemmod. H H has magnificent cusing from a few mm efiect_ than the main“ gum ignorant men in the backwoods, wtu far exceed me dlpecl», benefit, natural geniuses whom the world which will be obtained fzorn those has never known or appreciated. D103-5 this Year.

I wish to compliment our Field-

1 _ man, Mr. Lloyd Docketby, who has beyond their little loci: sur gem given mu char‘? 0‘ this Work ions have failed to take Bd- ¢ga1t::,ll5c,$lpL"",5t"'e’d1,e“'hj’_"‘;L“ great

We sincerely thank Hzls Honour

iaortunmrs thus afforded. They Lleut.-Governor DeBlol.s for the have stuck to the o‘.d ways so prize money dcu-a/ted as well as for that there is nothing in our cur- his gieneroiis co-operation in many rent profanity to sho:k anyone Stay; olweufso VILIII to bI’lm'Lk the

e, ml whl h really 3 '‘ my mm M ng fee“?-‘gs. Amer ylho judged the plots and all those

it

ea-fmental Farm the vfclnfg of Ebbsfleet who

over and over again, what pos- sible use are they to you -as an ‘emotional safety valve? 30 long as they might. distress your wlfe_gn,d,shock,the neighbors and pervert your children and im- perllyour immortal soul, they had some authority, some valid- ity. Now when your wife, neigh- bors and children all know them and say the same things them- selves, and rcad them in the papers as well, what. is the use of saying them? A man might as well stay silent and let. his feel- ings writhe unrclleved. In the end ft: is going to be very bad for our nervous systems. —— Vic- toria. Times.

Apparently In B recent editor- ial we did an injustice to the City of Ottawa. We were com- mentlng on the progress of civic beautification in Ottawa and -we gave the credit. to the Ferleral Government for all the expendi- tures. The Ottawa Journal quite properly palms out that the tax- payers of Ottawa have made large conlrlbutioiis,to the beau- tlffcstlon scheme of which the public generally knows nothlrig. It: 1.; only fair to the citizens of Ottawa for the country to know that they contribute their share towards the lmprovcmentii which are making of Ottawa one of the most; beautlful capitals of the world. Anyone who can think back to the days of the old ‘ House and the Russell Thcatre will hardly recognize the down- town Ottawa of today and the driveway system is unsurpassed. Canada is proud of Ottawa. as Capital and there is llttle objec- tion to the expenditure of Fed- eral money on lmprovements. But Ottawa. citizens when they have contributed out of taxes should be given t.helr share of drum. We are glad to make a.niendn' to Ottawa. -— London Free Press.

The nlinout incredlbla spread nf the motor car is reflected in a table showing registrations from 1896 through 1938. 'Ilhiis, five years before the turn of the cen- tury. only four passenger cars were registered in the Unlud states. and in 1900 the figure had only reached 8,000. whlle last. year the total, ' ‘ T‘ _ tax-exempt. offic- fal cars’ of the Fcdeml Govern- ment Ind the States. was 27,628,379. From this tabulation alone one may realize the revolutrlon in the labile of life, in the facilities for travel and In the knitting together of .u._ nation wtifch has been wrought by the automobile. Last. year motorists paid one out of every eltht. tax dollars, with A totll tax bill of 01.529.312.126.‘ ‘Rio industry was first in t.he:ooii- animation of steel, gasoline, rubber. plate , nickel. lead and mo- hair and. in Iddltlon, was In im- portant consumer of cotton, wool, Gill-30.311038, sugar cane. ‘corn, soy bonus and, 3 dozen other products of mm Ind’ forest, doiiianlo mil

gii:c°iuIdIid'fn¢Ii‘oct pmpfoyine t of one-aiientli at all person! Illnftilly arnnldylfl int year--and one in ever! '!V."?.

now naturalized British-subjecptnt- _. mfcoadtu flu tiiakfii¢,ol

-'te.a,omiinveii for the

matalally

iégig-ertakhig the huge success It I am, sir, etc.. V W. H. DENNIS.

Nllnlster of Agriculture.

Rolling The Pork Barrel

(Globe and Mall)

"Theylre rolling the pork barrel from the Atlantic to the Pacific Hid beck B-gain." exclalms Dr. Man- lcn apropos huge sums Voted by this Govemmeri-it with no other Oblect tzhan “to buy the votes of the people with tlir.-Jr own money.” And the depimuble feslrure is that the le, as represented by the in cfpalltles are falllrig for ft. The word apparently has ‘gone around that the Federal Tceasiiry lg wide open and there ‘ls an unseemly scramble on the part. of cities and towns all over the oovun-Ery to get their feet In the trmigh.

Toromcto wants a. Doinfnloui Gov- enimeirt grant for E new 5ew9,g" disposal plant. Mayor Day couldn't get to Ottawa fast. enough: he tm. velled back and forth by gem. Plane. Owen Sound notes that otzhe clues have obt.a.l.ned Federal undat- anoe to build - ts and asks. “Why not an oi-port. for Owen smmd?" St. Catherlries. obmrvfng the general trend. clemamds the beautlflcatloai of the old Welland

ia;’bee;m";‘:;it.’i‘Ta;=T?7rn.a prosperity of the nation. — New York Times.

— Gassywstomachs Relieved

Every perron who in troubled with gas In the stomach and bowels should get a bottle of Dr. Evans stomach llllxturo and see how quickly It will re. line all ‘distressing Iymp

Bhlrp palm In the abdomen or about the heart are often due entirely to no prulilre.

Dr. Inns Stoinuihlllxt e taken at mu! this not (till! i. all mi offectrtroin fl . but It mines the func- lollll sat! tv of the stomach. talus ill on and fnipronn the Inc , te. . Dr. Inns stomach Mixture In all 0 at the Two lines at 850 per tie. . _ Get Yul! Bottle Toilay.