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The Charlottetown Guardian

President l.I\-11l.-(‘ul ll Cherie! U. “PLIIII Ylmv Prvnlalrlll ~l. l6 Ilurnril, F. J. l. Editor nun Managing lllrrrllll J. B. Uurm-at, l. J. l ai-n-ri-lur; Llrul. (oi l) A. llurlvlnnluu D. I.‘ O. Avnucluiu Hillier; l-ninii Walker and U. K. Currie

Morning lluly (Founded lilli7)- $3.00 per )l'ilI 1m IIAHIIIUPI delivered to CH1. $1.00 per JPIII’ (in lllllllllffl uiullad to l’. If. Inland. $5.00 pr-r )‘l'lll‘ nu ill.|\illl\‘I.') llullrd u: Cnlnuln and U. B.

' SYPYRDAY. NOVEMBER l3, 1937

The Lost Generation

In tloln- of 1h,- ltcnlcnibratlcc ‘Day celebra- tions llzlvc no ob-cn-cd reference to the lost gcllcratioll \\lllCli has played suchhavoc with our rtllqintls, politic-til and community life. lhe boys who \\1‘!1l to the front in 1914, 1915, 1916 nonli have bccn inithcil" late thirties 0r forties totlnv and \1-l1111t:1ril_v shouldering the brunt of

public. thin“. lint, to a large extent, they are not to l.t' found. Many have crossed tl1e llournc, l‘.i.lli_\' rctttrnctl mained and shattered in lh 1dr or lillllllj whiic many others who may h lvc ‘Mn ~parcd in health and strength, had

tho comb wing link between youth, and manhood hrokcil, and. missing the early training in clinrcll and community welfare, are fl0t Wildfir- ing tho acrvicc which otherwise they would have bccn eiiicicnlly and ungrudgingly giving. A t"\!l~i\l1‘l'.".lllC mlmbcr, it is true, are worthily pro- nnilcnt. btlt tbcy are the exceptions and the loss is marked and deplorable. Religious and 5o- ciai work today is borne largely on the should- ers of older men and rising hopes arebeing lost for lack of the t1'£liliing_ and example which the lost generation has failed to provide. Im- patience, disappointment, and discouragement are not infrequently expressed by those who slilltlld have been “has beens", because they are not finding relief from their voluntary labours by successors of an age and fl-‘(Pefieflfic which the war his wiped out. it is probably the great- est pcnwlty the world has to pay for the horrors of p.|,t-1<nS-—tl1e legitimate torch-bearer; of community Itlttl religious life are not here to carry on, tho rising‘ ones have not yet reached the zlgc of experience and discretion, while the past ont s are wcarying of well-doing and XTQl'\‘ll-‘.lll}' inclined to let things drift. Is it yet foo lfliC for the older generation to close the bro: bctnocn themselves and the next suc- C(e‘l_.."' :_'ct1c1':1lioli coming on? The youthful ll1l'l("l‘l'11".~ lnzly not as yet be 0f the calibre we won‘l likc. but is it not our duty to hold out to ltbotn the hand of encouragement. sympathy and a-d-lrincc that they may in time worthily fnWil those public duties of Church and State

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King Government Divided ....____... The King Government is divided over the

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(if the three llottiinions, Canada would be call- c-l upon. if the project were to be undertaken, to I).'I._\' the sgrczllcst price. South Africa would lil‘ rcqnircd only to fort-go some of her Bri- ti-lt prclcrcnvc on oratigcs, and Australia ntiqht face partial loss of her meat and fruit ‘llm-ilioss. but Canada would, as its share, be bbligcd to release Britain partially or wholly (from tho bound tnargitis on such important Ilorntnorlilivs as apples, lumber, wheat and cer- lnin ntcals. The United States has been the prints ntovcr in this project. Its eargcrness has been ltlauifvst’ from the beginning, but the con- wvrsalions in lmndon last summer made it clear that it i- up to the Dominions to say whether

r not the dual should go through It cannot Fif‘ ronclndcd without a disturbance of the Im- Eari-il rtrt-forrtice systcln, and the price for the

val will be paid only by the Dolniniolis. There . little that Rritrlin itself can OlTCI‘ l0 the l.'11i- rd Ftalcs in the way of fiscal concessions. and _ lr. l int; is of opinion that the end would be ‘pervr-d bv (Tanndn and the other Dominions be- ‘loltiing the sacrificial goats. ,

Gold Comes Back

Tnlare is more in the“ announcement that l'..‘~‘.i\. (iovcrilnlcut ltad shipped gold to Fraintc because the price was a1 a llrtiillliiii of 21c per ounce (JYLT the standard value of $35» than incl-ts the cyc. llr, (l. .\l. \\’. Sprague, 110\v of llill".'ill'fl l'ni\cr»it_v but formerly specitll Zl'l~

vi-ct" to lln: lLnll. 1-1" linglilnd anddatcr to the l'..\'..\. Trtzrlll"). llcprlrtlllcllt, ll(‘ll('\'('$ that 1'0- SlJtlllll/Jllltlli oi thi- \\<-rltl's currencies illlll i11- lcrllrifionol l‘Xk'ililll_Q,l'~ i.- 11o\v [iossible Tllc vn-lY-lYs gold \lt]1pl_\' is adcqtlzilc. lndccd, Hut

onlv is l'::- world's annual prflflllCliflll 0f 20m 3,1 l; pcr ccln :ll1ove 11133 but is 73 pct‘ cent. 11011. linornlous stuns of gold 4W0 10d}!- ctl in =h~ "cxchange stabilizatiott funds" of l.ll‘_'lll‘l'l, Anlrrica and Franco, or are accumu- l'lll'(l in private hands abroad for use in settling

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inlcrtlziliotlill ltalzinrcs. 'l‘l1e U.S..-\. (iovcrn- ntvnt l1olil~ .\‘l._-71.ooo,ooo gold which it has ‘kltilili/ctl"; that is to say, \\'lllCl‘l it has [Itlr- rlrr-r-l with l|l1t'l‘l)\\'(‘(l lil()ll(‘_\' for the express pnrpo-o of lt"t'lllil_'_: it a\v.'1_v from its normal 1N‘ as banhillag or currency» rcst-rvc. liven Japan. whose ballot-c of trade is l1r'.'1vil_v~ against ‘nor, possesses an f!"(‘lllll‘.ll.'il(‘(l slorc of gold from \\'lll(‘ll ln-r llI7:l'l~.('l i: sending out large install- montc- lo ooh» llvr intt-rnatiollal account. in lborc l'(‘-l"‘("\ llzr nlotucnl is unllstlallv pro-

pitionc lttl‘ I1(lll‘l'-'ll rv-ulnplion of gold pa);- moot. for ~l~bi [llllHll of tlu- exchanges.

‘A Gnvcrnnlenl Responsibility

lfrmn l’r.?nn~ Flinistt-r King at (lttauu and from 5n‘ llt-rlwft llarlcr at New York canic llpccchcs 11v- _ cniplutsizitlg flu‘ Il(‘(‘(l for Cflllilllllll lrr fir. King, at a liberal lun- qnct. l'i"‘l 1o tin- sllbvcr-irc influences at vmlfl; !'riir':'"'" llu‘ llontinion and (leplorctl tl~- .'l'li: ‘- 1 f c ‘rlnirl part: of ("maria “where swn- lb" " 11'“ -('lf"'(‘ll~.ll1) is to lllt‘ pro- vilwc," "'i- l" 1'11 mlhn-s-Illg tht- (‘zltnnlirln Club of \' ~ York, criticized those who fail to rngylizp lll-t ‘in 1hr WCFP-s of the Wllfllfi Of ("nmda o“'l Fqwnl the success of every part of

_ lln- country."

"Both gentlemen," says the Financial Post,

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“overlooked or failed to mention a major factor in Canadian unity'-—11a111ely, our national per- iodical literature.

"It is a strange anomaly of present govern- mental policy that Canadian publications, which are perhaps the most potent single unifying force in Catiada today, still operate at a disad- vantage compared with foreign competitors. In fact this is the only industry in Canada which has no protection but pays, owing to duties and taxes, higher prices than foreign competitors on practically all raw materials.

"The Government over which 1\Ir. King pre- sides could make no better contribution to the cause of Canadian unity than to remove the handicaps which still surround this one indt1s- try. Education through Canada's national per- iodicals is carried on at no cost to the Govern- ment and in fact is a source of potential revenue if the industry is operating on :1 profitable basis. Ottawa has already recognized the force of this argument in :1 pit-cortical and half-hearted fash- ion. lt should take steps to remove entirely the unfair ltantlicaps which still surround Canadian periodicals in competition with foreign publica- tions.

1 Editorial Notes .1

R. L. Stevenson born this date 1850. v 1r r at

An apple today keeps the doctor away, be- sides ltclping the Boy Scouts and our apple producers. '

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Potato prices in 187S-—or 59 years ago-av- eraged 38c per bushel. That year, to Noven1- per 30, we exported 1,255,205 bushels,

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, Now that the 10th is past we may expect

lfrost and Indian Summer. Lloyds of Lon-

don fix Nov. 1o as the last date for Marine in- stirance in the St. Lawrence. >1 n- n- m

Make note of this, for you do not find it re- corded in any modern geography 0r book 0f reference: Charlottetown is 4o degrees, I3 feet, 55 inches North, Longitude 63 degrees, 7 feel, 23 inches West from Greenwich.

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The auction of the Champion Boy Scout McIntosh Red Apple takes place this evening on the steps in front of the Public Library. This is an animal event looked forward to with great interest by Scouts and public alike.

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Mr. Angus Alex McLean, K.C., LL.B., was

admitted to the Bat- this (late 1876-61 years

ago. The only surviving lawyers who had been

previously admitted are Mr. Justice Haszard, Feb. g8, 1872, and “Mr. ll. _l. Palmer, May 8, .1876.

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Sir Johnston Forbes Robertson. the famous actor-matiagcr, a native of Aberdeen and son of a tiewspapcr ntan, has passed away at the age of eighty four. llis speaking voice was said to be the filtcst ltcard in the theatre for a century.

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The Girl Guidcs arc to be congratulated 0n having had an extraordinarily successful year attaining a membership of 700, within 300 of their objective of 1,000 for the year in which they have now entered. The Provincial Com- missioner, Mrs. Reay and all associated with hcr deserve cnlliliiellclatioll on the very healthy condition of their organization.

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Negotiations arc under way to provide ex- aminations in Canada for Canadians who wish to enter the Royal Navv, Mr. S. J. McMaster of the NavyLcaguc ofCaliarlzl announces. “The British (iiovcrttntcnt has been giving considera- tion for some time to the enlistment of men from the Dominions, and special attention, we know, is being directed toward the enlistment of Canadians," states Mr. .\lc.\lastcr.

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A Montreal contemporary Says “it may fair- ly be considered that llis Royal Highness, the Duke of \\"indsor, in bowing as be has done t0 public opinion, cvcn though it itiay be minority public opinion, and thereby sacrificing for the lime being his personal and public-spirited am- bition to undertake an American trip of social service and investigation, has revealed that he possesses sound (liscisctifiu and a fine sense of disccrntllctit."

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'l'l1c R.C..\l.l‘. is living rcducctl in numbers. Sir Janlcs .\l;1cll1'icn, the Colnnlissitnicr, ill his annual report says llic wastage during the year cndcd hlttrclt 31 last, (retirements and deaths) was 211, and taking tllt: ('17 engagements into account the filial rcstllt was a net decrease of 144 “There are lilflliy desirable young men available and tiualifictl for cngagetnent, but it is not likely that any further recruiting will be necessary for scrcrzll mouths." The total strength of the force 1s 1,573, of whom 9e are officers, 2,139 innl-ctrnlnlissitinctl officers and constables, 131 spcriitl constables and 22o mem- bers of the marine section which louks after coastal patrol work. » ~-

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I\lr. Dunning expects to have .1 decent sur- plus aftcr balancing his budget as at March 31 next, flu-re being ztlrctltly i|1 the tillin balance of some $.l3.(>0o,(i0t) for the first scrcn months; Two of the tilajol- rcasons. why a deficit last _v(-:1l' was converlt-d into a surplus this year con- ('('f‘ll('(l the flank of (Ianalla and the Canadian National llaillvays. l1 wasncccssarylastiyear to provide $33,132,970 for the railway under the

Refunding Act, but no money was necessary this year. i\t the some time, $28,500,000 was provided last year for tllc railway‘s (leficit and $29,150,000 this year. Last year, the Domin- ion sct aside $5,100,000 for the purchase of cap- ital stock of the bank to give it control. No money tras nccdcd this ycar. Less relief money was spent this vmlr lhun t1 year ilgo. Relief grunts to provinccs totalled $17,201,487 last

year and $1o,14o.otit> this year. Similarly, the cost of rclicf works dropped from $17,100,921 to $10,214,640. Jln llic other lmnd, drought lil'(‘.'l rclicf illcrrzlsctl Jroiil $175,083 lo $3“? ,-

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llllTES BY TllE WAY

Try 0o frequent the company of your better-s. in books flfitl nit, that is tne most. wholesome society; learn 1o admire rightly; the great P1015- ures of life ls that. Note wnat steal men admired-they wmlrcfl 1411M things. Narrow spirits admire bustiy and worship mesnly.

Hitler l: sincere when he says that. he demands nothing more of France than peace, snce peace with fiance would give him Biglsnd. the l British Empire, and world trade. In the light. o1.’ lessons from Signor Mussoimd, whose aeroplanes forced England to retreat and who talks of dlsinembermg the British Empire ln coJuston wttn Germany, Herr Hitler is no longer looking Last, but West. For twenty-five years he WA“ leave Europe in peace and work for the pacific or military domination of the British Isles. l-le hopes that their pacltlsm will lead them to ee- cept treaties of commerce and fin- ance, or immigration and coloniz- ation, equivalent. commercially to a political conquest. Hitler ls being lea , back to the Kaiser's dream. Econ- - ouuc determinism admits only of one-way trafflc.—L’Ord1-e (Paris).

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INFECTED FIRST TEETH MAX CAUSE ENLARGE!) TONSILS

The tonsils are filters-filtering poisons from the blood. Healthy tonsils also have the power ot destroying harmful organisms. It is therefore considered. advisable to leave the tonsils in place unless they become so infected themselves that. they put. poisons and organ- isms into the blood instead of re- moving or destroying them. That. is, just as s. filter on a. water-tap can become so filled with impurit- ies (unless cleaned often) that 1n- stead of filtering the water it ls actually causing ll to be impure;- so with tonsils. ,

However when the tonsils are

Whatever the future holds, Can- ads has so far experienced no more. than a pause in the pace of business progress, whereas the United States has been seeing business. sip raptu- ly downward tor months past. ‘Ibo tendency 1n this country is to as- sume that we get what. the States Set-S. only probably a lttle later, and that 1f the States suffers a real de- pression. big or little. we must CX_ pect to suffer too. But. really it doesn't. follow tn the present: case, at least to the extent commonly as- sumed. particularly 1f the ‘U. S. de- pression ls to be short-lived, as seems likely. 1f that. proves to be so (if the current U. S. recession ls to be l Period of months, not. years) it. ls quite likely, this column bel eves, that its influence on Canadian pros- Peflty will be much less than ls commonly feared-Saturday Night.

In Great Britain the Government has achieved a good deal by foster- inl! training and instructional courses, chiefly attended by the younger unemployed. These cater for three classes of men-those who

a modicum of skill ensuring in gl- most all cases their permanent en- Bflkement; those who find their skill unsought are fitted for other trades where labour ls in demand; those who have 10st manual dexter- ll-Y; or general physical condition, or the habit of working, owing w pm. longed idleness, are given the op- portunlty to tone up eyes, muscles and hoards-Auckland News.

The Ottawa Journal suggests that in awarding credit; for the peace that has existed between Canada and the United States, the part played by Great. Briton should not

tlorrof avoiding quarrels, or of af- fording Canada a more effective do- fence than this country could have pmvlded for itself by any line of fortifications along the boundary. Nor should it be forgotten 11ml; France and Great: Britain, neigh- bors and ancient enemies. have maintained peace between them for justaslong as Canada and the United States, and are today ac- tively co-operatlng to uphold in_ tematlonal law and ordcia-Orilila. Packet and Times.

The men who died left the city (‘glad and free to their children," and we realize that we have gained a kind of freedom, if not much glad- ness. We are nearer to the realities of 111e, and have no illusions about. war. The churches are not so full as they ought to be, but. there 's a deeper and more general interest 1n religion. Above all, we have been through so much that 1s unpleasant in these post-War years, and the world is so upside-down, yet so strangeiy and painfully interesting, that we should find the world of 1914 about. as muffled and repressive as a padded cell, ll we could some- how put the clock back twenty- three years.—Iiady Tweedsmulr.

The present dilemma of an “intel- ligent conservative class" ls to wean the masses from the current. be- gullements of the unscrupulous poll- tcian, of whatever nominal stripe. It ls really a. question of character as much as intelligence. It; ls a ques- tion of honesty. The teal of con- servatism is the dlspositioti of human affairs by reasonnbie means towards practicable ends. The dem- agogue promises something for nothing and magic out. of Heaven. The sober-minded man believes that. gradualism ’s a better way than vio- len: revolution. The difficulty about betterment "within the framework of democracy," is that the pace must be accommodated to the slow- er rather than the faster capacities. The right way to look at P11110058 l5 ‘ to look back a. generation, “vi u yeah-Vancouver Province.

No one yet. knows what is "Par- liamentary" and privilege and what the rights and duties of Members are in Indian legslatures. Members are busy finding out. in various ways, and keep Speakers and Presidents uncomfortably alert. Westminster has an elaborate code of behaviour built. up through the centuries; by this time it may be supposed its Speaker has in his store an answer for every question, a precedent to help him in every difficulty, .f only he can get at ll; the moment it. ls wanted. India, hovere, cannot. bor- row practice and habit uncritlcally from Westminster. Parliamentary procedure 1n this country must dc- velou in its own way, with _ West- minster-'s and others‘ tradlt 011s to he1p.—-Calcut.t.a Statesman.

If you take this year's calendar and put it. away you can use it. again 2B years hence. This discovery was made by _ o Dutch mathematician and the University of Edinburgh has bestowed the degree of Doctor on him-St. Gather-mes standard.

Ilovv much you have! Probably lh~ highest average of wagzs in all the world; certainly the most gsnsrous of all social services, llisvtlrflnce, health, hollflffl. The widest. meas- ure of political liberty that any peo- p'e ever enjoyed, the right to speak and write as you please. The most.

fro: moose to all the thought and

‘from attractive for the beginning.

' the earth. Cherish these privileges!

red and swollen-chronically en- IargecL-there Ls the question of their removal and the physician and throat specialist go into con- sultation because the tonsils should not, be removed lf they are doing their work properly, but, should be removed if they ore a menace to health-rheumatism and heart disease.

That infected teeth can cause an enlargement of the tonsils ls sometimes forgotten; and even when this ls remembered, dentists and physicians are not anxious to remove any of the first. or milk set, of teeth. If these first teeth can be left in their places as long as possible it means that the per- manent teeth can come down more readily into their proper places which will give a more accurate chewing surface and a better apprarance to the mouth and jaw.

Dr. Grantley Smith in Dental Magazine 11nd Oral Topics says:

‘I have proved lo my own satis- faction aiid that. of pediatricians (children's specialists) working in conjunction with me, that there ls a definite relationship between the septic (infected) first. teeth and the chronically enlarged tonsils. And I am convinced too that this In- fection of the first teeth lessens the local resistance to the entry of organisms through the mucous membrane (lining) of the throat."

I11 other words, the first teeth may be at fault Instead of the ton- sils when a youngster has many attacks of colds and sore throat.

Parents should, therefore, not only see their physician but. also their dentist when there is a chronic enlargement. of the tonsils. A consultation between physician and dentist will be greatly to the patients advantage.

Writing Competition

(Winnipeg Free Press)

Vllhen a. person gets the rage to

write, does he pause to think about what. he is up against? Up against as far as material recog- nition is concerned. He does not! There is no tribe quite as self- confldent and self-assured and vain as the writing trible, taken as o. whole. So ‘lets point out what sort of competition they have to meet: and the scant. opportunities there are for monetary returns. ' In the first pace, Canadian writers have to compete with Americans for both Canadian and American markets; and as there are some 250,000 American arid some 20.000 Canadian free-lance writers trying to make a liveli- hood at scribbling (though pre- cious few whooly succeed); there ls a quite noticeable field against which to run-l

And what are the markets? Fourteen hundred trade Journals each buy from 10 to 20 articles every month from free-lance writers. That's 200,000 articles a Year! Five hundred general maga- zines buy 40,000 short stories and features annually from free-lance writers. One hundred syndicates buy several thousand columns, fli- lors. short-stories and serlas each year from authors. And there are 1,930 daily new=papers and 3,500 country newspapers buying features, fiction and fillers daily from free- lance writers. But; that ls not all. There are 150 book publishers who nccopt- some"2;4000 novels a year, and who accept juvenile and non- fiction books to the. tune of about