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ltilltur and lnlulng DII-«tor J. I. Burnett. I. J. I Auocluto llrllton, rnnk Wnilur and D. K. Curr-lo.

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No Revision This Year

“lord now comes from Ottawa that. owing

to the disturbed international situation in Europe, the revision of the Ottawa. trade agreements, scheduled for next mmer, may be deferred for another year. Till tie troubles raised by Musso- LINI and H1r1.1=.1z are satisfactorily disposed of. the statesmen of Great Britain will have little leisure or inclination to resume bargaining with Canada and the other Dominions over quotas. tariffs, and other trade topics. A special dispatch from Ottawa to the .\lontreal Star suggests that the Dominion Government has accepted the sit- .uation, and is resigned to the idea of allowing the much—criticized BENNETT pacts to'continue without re:1d_iustment or modiﬁcation till their time-limit is about spent.

These infra-F.nipire trade agreements. signed at Ottawa in the suniiiier of 1932. were entered into for a live year period and will there- fore be ef’fccti\'e till 1937. But it will be recalled that, before and during the election campaign of last year. Mr. KING declared repeatedly that the return of his party to power would involve a re- vision of these agreements with all possible dis-

Editorial Notes

Now drunken drivers will lose their licenses for a year. But will this be mandatory, or at the discretion of the politicians? /

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The Supreme Court of Quebec gave judg- ment in 13 appeal cases the other day, and it is noteworthy that only three were maiiitziined—the fifth, seventh and thirteenth.

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After all the controversy over alcohol out come: our doctors with the discovery that “shots" Of that liquid is a cure for pneumonia and kind- red ailments. But alcoholism usually develops pneumonia. .

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Just to what extent did consideration for the devotion of Holy VVeek enter itito the plans of the Government to adjourn till after Easter? And why lay claim to a virtue when really it was a necessity?

K I I Premier HEPBURN has done the expected. ‘He has decided not to retire on the ground that to do so “would split the party in two." In other_ words he has again made friends with the Mam- mon of Patronage at Ottawa. it * HE

A New York newspapermaii went all the way to Europe to discover that HirL1:R's mous- tache "is a bright red set in peaches and cream complexion," though it photographs black. He also found that “S'rAL1N is simple. soft spoken and generally plain as an old shoe. He is a strik- ing contrast to Chancellor ADOLF HITLER who is high strung and dramatic.”

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patch, and their amendment on the basis Of a reduced Canadian tariff structure. There are several reasons to believe that the task of imple- menting his emphatically stated pledge may prove incapable of performance.

The reciprocity treaty between Canada and

the United States, says the Sydney Pas!-Record (Independent), has unquestionably lessened. the value of the Ottaiva agreements to Great Britain and the other Doiniiiioiis. The VVashington ar- rangcnient gives the United States the reduced scale of the intt-rniediate tariff on all goods ex- ported to C:inada. ;\s American goods were pre- viously subject to the higher general tariff, this concession reduces correspondingly the prefer- ence enjovcd by Empire countries in Canada under the provisions of the Ottawa-p._1cts. There are only two ways by which this Preference can again be made as effective as it was before the reciprocal treaty between Canada and tl1.c.LI1ItC<l States began to operate. One is by raising the intermediate tarif'f,.and the other by_ reducing to still lower points the duties on British exports to Canada. The former is in reality the onl_v practicable solution, because a Wide range Oi British goods already enter Canatla free under the Ottawa agreeniepts. But it is doubtful whe- thcr this “low tariff Government will feel free 1.. r(‘\ ise the tariff upward. even to, save the mm - l-jmpire agreements as effective iiistruiiicnts of l'11pcrl.1l preference. On the other liaiid, 1118")’ t madian industrialists claim that the intermed- i.-.te tariff structure must be raised. Or that 0th- i-ravise American competition is certain to des- troy several major manufacturing enterprises lll this country, and throw thousands of wage carn- ern into the ranks of the unemployed. Meanwhile the whole Western Liberal delegation in Parlia- ment is told to be exerting desperate pressure on the Government for reduced tariffs and enlarged free lists. The Kine Government is thus the vic- tim of conflicting political forces. .

In the circumstances, Premier KING is ‘got likely to be averse to the respite from tari s. trade pacts and kindred problems. Winch 3 C0"‘ fused European situation seems to offer.

The British Way

Where but in old England could the follow- ing iiicident have taken place: On March 27 3 group of die-hard Jacobites rnarchcdfo '1|‘3f3l' gar Square and there proclaimed Prince Rbrp. nccnr of Bavaria rightful king of Great Britain. By implication, they called King Enivaizo VIII a usurpcr. Tecliniczilly, this was trcasoii, But the 150 elderly men and women in the procession were shcphcrded by six moiiiitcd and eight foot policcnicn through the roar of the noon day traffic at the Square. There. at the time-staiiied statue of King Ci1Ai<1.i:s l, lhcy proclaimed I{L‘1'1'i<i~.c11'r king. and triiinpcters liorrowcd from King l'.1i\\‘.\k1i's liuuschold (iuarils sounded fan- fare for them! liritaiii has no Statue of Libt-rty, holding aloft the torch of lireedoin and equal rights to all. llttt where is the spirit of Dcinocrzicy so safe- ly ciixliriiicil, so llll1t‘ll :1 part of the national life? ls it an_v \\‘tllltlCl’ lhat rcvolutioii—rnongers despair of making headway in such a country.

The Radio Situation

Reference has been made in the.-‘e columns

to the probable line of policy which Parliaiiieiit will be asked to intlorsc in the matter of radio

broadcasting. The finding of the Liberal major- ity of the parliamentary cotiiinittcc on this sub- ject is, according to irfformcd Ottawa observers, pretty well cut and dried. One of the Ottawa ncwspape?s let the Govcriinicnt's radio cat out of the bag a week ago when it printed the greater part of a draft bill which the KING ministry

had already prepared on the subject. Such a dis- closure was highly enibarrassing, since it made it difficult to preserve the usual fiction whereby a full-dress investigation regularly precedes. action

on important issues. However, the CDl11l1‘lll.tC_e.lS . acceding with its probe as though the minis- ‘gy'a'_ingait_iom_l1ad. been revealed. It will .,§_

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Here is the issue between the Dominion and Alberta as set forth by Finance Miiiister DUNNING: Premier ABERHART insists he will do nothing that will take away from Alberta the sole control of its borrowings. The Dominion insists it will not extend its credit to support pro- vincial borrowings without a say as to the extent to which this credit will be employed by the pro- vince. So the Dominion and the Province are deadlocked. # 3! élt

There are supposed to be 11,000,000 people in Canada. Allowing an average of five to a family, that represents 2,200,000 breadwinners. Prime Minister KING asks for a vote of $50,- 000,000, and at least another $50,000,000 from the provinces and municipalities for the unem- ployed. That is in round figures about $45.00 tax for each head of a family, employed or unem- ployed in Canada. Yet Mr. KING promised to abolish “bla1ik" cheque legislation!

For Canada, as well as her provinces, the only wise plan for securing a reduction in inter- est charges is the systematic and orderly one of gradually rcfuiidiiig existing obligations at lower interest rates, as and wlicn opportunities arise, without repudiation either of principal or inter- est and witlioiit calling, or insisting upon the excliziiigc of, existiiig securities except in strict conformity with contract provisions. The more widely this plan is endorsed, to the exclusion of all Ulll(.‘l'.'4, the more quickly and effectively will it be coiisiiiiiniateil. ¥ ii? * \\'uiidcr if .\la_vor Tl'l(.\‘l-JR will be as re- frcsliiiigly outright as the Mayor of LACIIINE. “\\'l1at happened at the .\lay0rs' Conference at (Jttawa? .\ nicmber put this question at a meet- ing of the .\Ictropolitaii ('oiiimi.ssio11 of Montreal. .\l.'1_vor L‘.\1<1t;:\'.\.\', of Lachine, rose from his seat: "Well. all I can say is that we were well received, well fed and \vcll lodged, and that's all I ltrive to report." lie plumpcd clown into his seat, arose again: “And I might add that we got noth- ing.” 9% 9K 5K

Power to convert every dollar of Alberta's present $160,000,000 debt into perpetual secur- ities, oii which the principal need never be paid, is contained in the Social Credit Government's compulsory refunding bill. Every bond issue without regard for wlicti it ordinarily would inaturc; all of the $0,000,000 provincial savings certificates. and the $20,000,000 in treasury bills issued by the. province to the Dominion could be cancelled and replaced by perpetual provincial stock issues on which the niininiuni interest would be 2.5 per cent. The act will take effect only upon proclama:‘i;oii—n;t upon royal assent.

The press gallery in the Ontario lcgislatiirc has a. healthful dcflalionary effect upon iiiciiilpcrs of the legislature, Col. \\’. ll. Pizicr. adinittcd to l‘arkd:ile Conservatives. While that fiiiiclioii was exercised throughout the scssioii, it reached its peak at the annual press gallery dinner-—wlicn the mirror (perhaps a ivavy one) was held up to Nature. “Going to the press liaiupict is like going home to your family, with your wife, your sons and your tlauglitcrs sitting there to receive you," Col. PRICE explained. “\Vlicii you think you've done something pretty fine, they tell you you ‘weren't so hot‘ and they tell you why."

Charlco Iiivcstineiits, Limited, with head office in Charlottetown, P. E. I., is appealing as- sessments of the Board of Assessors of the City of Moiitrcal, on two of its properties in Mon- treal, located at 401 Notre l)amc street west and at 394-400 St. James street west. On February 28, 1936, on petition of’ the appellant, the board reduced the valuation on the first property from 2585.000 to $64,000 and on the second from $140,000 to $127,000. Charlco Investments, L__im- ited, find these ﬁgures ‘erroneous, excessive, and illegal,” and are requesting the court to-reduce them further to $25,000 and $75.00!) respectively -the "actual and real valuation." ﬂ ﬂ X

Premier CAMPBELL will have ten clays to prepare his budget and budget speech. It ‘will be the part of wisdom for him to cut his proposed expenditures to the bone and his speech to the essentials. This is the first year of his govern- ment; in ordinary circumstances he will have four other opportunities of addressing the l-louse on the all-important question of ﬁiianees, and now he, can afford to lay the foundations of a sound ‘conservative fiscal policy without fear of my serious lasting politic:

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resentment. This year in the appointed time; next year it will not be so ~ - ‘end the yurvfollowing it will practically be

Notes by the Way

Governor Juneo ll. Ciu-lay of Massachusetts evidently takes a. long_vlew of llfe. He has taken out. an irisunnoe policy the accum- ulated pioceeds to be left to the poor of Boston‘, 125 years after the death of his last surviving chlld. lie figures that by that tune it will amount to over $45,000,000. How- ever there may be no poor left In Boston.-London Free Press.

soviet Russia bu ordered excav- ators to dig 10 per cent. faster.

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“They gave him to ‘drink vvlne mingled with inyn-h: but He re- ceived it. not;."—-Gt. Milt, xv, 28.

"Fill high the bowl. and aplcs it . well. and pour

Tha dew: oblivious; for the Cross is share. . ’

Th: Cross is sharp. I-Dd lib

Is tenderer than a. lamb.

bricklayer; to lay 15 per cent. more bricks, carpenters to saw 35 pert cent more planks, and workers on- gaged ln attaching fbttures to speed up 65 per cent. There's no loaflng, even in the Hammer‘-and-sickle U’t.opls.—Wlnd.sor star.

Public opinion otaeenu the feet-— and who will dare to affirm the contra.ry?—'I'hat: Pranoe, with its forty-two mlllton lrilmbltants, can- not pretend to face I. German- ltallan coalition muster-i.ng more t.hn.n one hundred million men and women and more than ten mllllon bayonet; Meantime. Italian friend- ship at least secures neutrality in the Alps; the possibility of utlllalng the garrlsons and the armament of l tliat region; tranquility In North Africa; the ready and easy trans- portation of French troops station- ed in Algeria, in Momcco, and in Syria. The more that France spreads in the Mediterranean, the more Italy occupies is sort of central position in the breast. of that French Empire. For the averiigei Pi-venclirnan, then, her enmity oom- blned with German hostility. would be a. formidable and even alarming contlgency.—Qua.1-terly Review.

The most. unpatrotlc thing that has liuipened in Italy In 9. long time, is the way the stock market; slumped after Mussollnl'5 booming announcement. of putting industry under the regulation of the state. Evidently just as soon as the citizens got through cheering 11 1)uce's speech they ran to a. telephone and called their brokers; in other words. cheered long and sold short.——Chrlst.lan science Monitor.

The American farmer has usually judged the hawk as the American pioneer Judged the Indlan—the only good one is a dead one. But. after examining the stomachs of 5.185 hawks and eagles the bio- loglcul survey has come to the con- cluslon that at least slx out of 17 species are genuine friends of man. The American eagle, however, gets only 3 50-50 rating. Old Baldy does about as much good as he does harm to the farmer. eats Just about enough rodents to pay for his raids on the chickens. The golden eagle is rated as a. pal. Gold-Slalldard’ folks will say. "I told you so." The spin-row hawk. it seems, does not eat sparrows, but, since he dates on grasshoppers, all can be forgiven. Pigeon hawks, the biological surwy finds, can be tolerated in small umbers.-Chicago Dally News.

We are told there is more news- print: being produced in Caiiada than ever before, nickel exports are larger than at any time since the war and gold production is .-it p(‘l1k levels. A little more of that kind of thing and Old Ma.n Depression will be back ngaliist the ropes.—PcLt'r- borough Examiner,

Experts in the science of aero- nautics say that with the present design of wing.‘ airplanes can do more than 575 miles an hour. The fastest transcontinental flights to date have averaged 221 miles an hour. It is going to be a long time then, before an aviator can hope to circle the globe in 24 hours even in the high latitude ofour Canadian boundary line,’ where the distance round the earth is about 15000 miles. But if R spred of 500 to 800 miles once becriiiir-s pl'.'l(‘ll'.‘."ll)l(‘ it won‘t be long before some vi:n'.11t'c- some ace will nttcmpt to take off with the sun sortie fine mvrnhig and keep pace with it back to the place of bcgiiiiilzig.-—l2osto1i Trail- script.

We mind not amount to much in this world if we (lid not, drtnm. did we 11 ot lmaginc—.1nd look forwzird. liaring gr!-at cxiiectations. None of" us ever attain (‘\cl‘_Vbl)lllg we look f-rward to gnlitliitz. Few of 11- come any where near the goal. But ills the striving. tho ob_iectivc. the dCl.9l‘mlllRll(‘l‘| to reach the lit~i:liLs that spur us on and Wlllf‘ll gives to us the fllC85lll’l‘ of succc-s that we nchievc.—Tlie foi't1ini=.te thing for us all is that most. of us have wants. we know that only ll low of them will be realized. but. each one that is unfolded to us. makes us just that V much happier over what, we have done.

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Perhaps the qiieiitlon raised by Mr. Matthew F‘. Looney's letter as to whether hot, water freezes quicker than cold may be ,.somowhat elucldi\ted—or compllcated—by a tell story current. in the Klondike region. During the gold rush. It is sold. it prospector lately come to Alaska. heated some water for shnvlns. but It not too hot, He set: the bucket outside to tool. ‘A moment. later when he brought it ln—at lent the story goes-the waiver was frozen solid and the ice was still warm.—-Letter to Christian science Monitor.

How desperate Italy‘: forcin- exctiuige problem has become was disclosed in in brief despstch from Rome under date of Mriwh 21. indicating that Italy was propoalnz to take the plunge into blocked currencies to which Germany has been forced by its recent. compara- tlve commercial ‘isolation. Tourliits in Italy in the future sec-arvlliig to thin dlspltch. will be able to obtain lire at o diacmmt. In other words. in order to obtain the foreign currencies that my be used to im- port needed materials from abroad Italy ll prepariitng to make 1. special rate on llre to those spend-

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By false kind solaces, and spells of

And yet not all unsoo'uh'd; For when was Joy so dear.

And, tliough the strife be sore,

Love Masters Agony; the soul that

THE B. N. A. ACT PROPOSALS

- considered

“He wept by I..au.riis' anve—- bear

how w"ll He

This bed of anguish? and H15 pale

weak form Is worn with many a. watch of sorrow and unrest.

"Hts went last. night. was In great

of . ‘And the and burtlien guard Him so to earth, The very torturers pourd To help mm on His way.

"Fill high the bowl, benumb 315 as some with medlcln'd sleap."—O awful tn '1‘-hy woe! thirst of death

The In on Thee, and Thou trieet

The slumbrous potion bland, and wilt not. drink:

Not sullen, no!‘ In acorn, haughty man

With suicidal hand

Putting his solace by:

But as at first Thine all-peirvId- lng look 53/vv from Thy Fischer's bosom to th’ abyss, Measuring in calm prestige The Infinite dmoenc;

so to the end, thouch now of mortal pangs

Made heir, and emptied of Thy glogy iiwlalle,

with unaverted eye

Thou meeteet all the storm.

like

Thou wilt. feel all, that Thou mayst pity all;

And rather wouldst Thou _wrestle with strong pain,

Than overcloud Thy soul

so clear in agony,

or lose one glimpse of Heaven be-

fore the time. . 0 most. entire and perfect sucrlflee, Renewed in every pulse That. on the tedious Orou.

Told the long hours of death, as,

one b on The life-strings of that heart. gave way;

tender

Even sinners, taught by Thee, Look sorrow In th€Tace,

And bld her freely welcome, un-

begu1l'd

earth;—

As the deep calm that breatlfd, “F'at.hcr. forgive,"

Or, "Be with Me in Paradise to- day"?

Yet. ln His parting breath

seeni‘d Forsaken. feels her present God again. And in her Father‘; arms Contented dies away. —-John Keble.

PUBLIC FORUM

‘rim column In open for the ill-nunlon by correspondent: of question: of Interest. The Churlnttetown duurllnl dou nu neeeunrll endorse the nnlnlon of correspondence.

Slr,—The Premier has spoken upon the subject of the Dominion- Provlncinl Conference with regard to the B. N. A. Act and has said very little which was not known be- fore he spoke.

Confer-enccs were held. The sub- ject of aineiidtng the Act was dis- cussed, proposals were drafted. and recommltted for further drafting. The ‘Premier ls delightfully vague about everything. No declslon was reached. he states. Yet he admits "the suboonference tcnlri'ulvelv agreed on a form of pro- cccliire to be followed in securing furtlicr anicndments to the Brit- ish North America. Act." What these are, however, the public is left to giit-.=..=. It. was all "confid- cntlril" the Premier states. "the re. SUNS 0111)‘ of the deliberations should be made public."

But it is these results the’ people are lnterestetl in. and have ii right. to know.

other Attorneys—Gencral are not so close-mouthed. Mr. Pei-mu]: for instance. the At.t.orne_v-General of Quebec. lL‘L'l it be known quite defliiltely the proposal is "to revoke the Imperial PnrllI.ment.‘i1 right to amend the Canadian Constitution and to endow the Parliament at Ottawa with this power."

Mr. Campbell seeks to give the impression that this does not mean "scrapping the British North America. Act as A piece of imperial legislation." Mr. Campbell says as to the proposals made that the Do- ii-ilnlon Government “Is not seeking to force iinythlnz upon the prov- men in this respect." Mr. Mcltstr, the Attorney-General of New Brunswick. says. “At the Dominion- Provinom conference at Ottawa last. December an effort who made to obtain from the provinces their connent that the Pullninent of the Dominion be given power to.Imenl the Brllllli North America Ad."

Who is right. as to "scrapping the B. N. A. Act as in piece of imperial legislation?" Is it. to remain an Imperial Act to be amended, when necessary. in Jaoridan. or is the can- adlnn Parliament to be given the Power to amend? Mr. Campbell should be more explicit or more Iccursta.

If the proposal is that Ls to be given the Canadian Pu- ltiin-ient. to n ‘ the Constitution, what are the conditions

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provlnces, or of two-thli-ds of the provinces or of is mere majority of the provinces? Again the public is left; to guess.

Mr. Perrault. mentions a »major- ity, he also speaks of unanimous consent, but the published reports of his speech are too rneagre to be deﬁnite. Mr. McNiilr refers to "the lnﬁentlon to give to the Far- liament of the Dominion power to Invudo the legislative field of the Provincial Legislature, provided two- thlrds of the provinces agree." This is clear and definite. Mr. McNalr does not withhold the information as being of is conﬁdential nature. Apparently the “resulLs“ of the dis- cussions and the matters "tenta- tively agreed to," were intended to be made known. Yet. Mr. Campbell In vvlthholdlng them. The public have 1. right to know.

Mr. Campbell is in 8 very pecul- la: position. He is leader in is House which is not representative of all classes of the people. Nearly half the population have no rep- resentative whatever in the House. They cannot speak; their wishes cannot be advocated, their views cannot be expressed, they have no voice whatever in the legislature. In fact, the carrying on of its func- tions by the Legislature without any representative whatever from 42 percent of the electorate, is 21 violation of the spirit of respon- sible government. When respon- sible government vviw asked for. many years ago, it was sought as a guarantee that the well-under- stood wishes and liitcrcsts of the people would on all occasions be falttifully represented and advocat- ed. _It was intended that the Leg- islature should be an "image and transcript of the British Constitu- tion and should be represeiitatlvo of all classes of the people." Today, and for the next. five years, no sound may be heard within the walls of the Legislative Chamber either in protest or in warning from one half the population no matter what may be the course of action contemplated. It behooves the Premier to be frsnlr. He can- not. be criticized in the House, nor can any questions be asked of him by those who are unrepresented. The very plcnltudo of the Premier's power should make him careful. He should err on the side of caution. He should also be superlatlvely frank. No execrntlon will be too great. If in his present position of abeolutlsm he lrretrlovably sacriﬁ- ces rights In his solo keeping.

The matter admittedly ill grave. The Premier admits that. Yet he says, "It. doesn't eppear to me to be of 11. great. deal of importance whether amendments to the 3 tlah North America Act. uel ma tondon or in ottavvs."

Attmney-General Mclvnir thinks diflerently. He says “Under the new scheme New nninnvlek would lose line status. enjoyed‘ since her. foundation in HM. u I province of Great Britain, and would bocome Ilmvlv is Ierrltorlul dlvliilovi of Canada." _ '

Attorney-General Pen-null. asks, "in it nmesu ,7! He refer: to confederation an I. contract "be- tween majority and minority, be- tween nee; and cioeds." giving mg. uln right: of which "no power to uvmil should be canceled."

In it not V°\alble Mr. Cunpbgb‘ may not undmtend fully the an- vity end the .u.'ouenou of the

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that I was misquoted in the letter of "Oldt.lmer" I would hardly feel it necessary to answer his letter. I did not c1‘ltlcLse the policy of our Government bounty on skunks. Nor they were the chief food of the horned owl. when only the bill of the owl is sent in to claim the bounty it probably would be hard to tell just what '1ls food consist- ed of. But. I know, of course, that oftentimes little boxes, containing the hoards of allspecles,ss.well as live birds are sent. in.

be in the office where the bounty is paid, anti crated up In a little box was one of the farmers friends blinking and seeming to ask if I could not. do something for him.

poor fellow." "Kill him." was her exact reply. "115 alive, kill it." is the ttt‘e of 9. little pamphlet. given out. by our friends to the south, which gives the attitude of ascertain class of people there. It is well worth read- my.

school on this Island a bird flew in through ii open window. The clilldrenis attention was attracted to it. at once. In its efforts to es- cape it became imprisoned between the two saslies. The teacher, ii lady, if you could call her such, caught it. went to her hat, coolly pulled out a pin, struck it behind bird‘; eye. when it fell limp in her hands. The lmpress1:n that dont made on

But. I wonder how and who killed that owl, as well It. must. be a noble "sportsman." ..

was put on owls. To protect the H ngarlln partridge! "protect" thorn? Why :0? Two or three “Oldtlmers" can klll them. A strange process of reasoning. "Pm- tect them to klll them."

seeing them around. and for the put. several vvlnkm have fed them refularly and protected them as re- quutod by one of the tinportarl through the page: of the plan. or 1“ course just so he and I few other: could "kill" them. themselves. But I uni compelled to any that all farin- ern are not so anxious be have them around. especially those who stack min out over winter, on se- count.-of the holes they burrow tn the at-clu to get down to the grain. thereby letting the rain and anovv In andmao destroying quantities of an

say: they have Increased and drive the native birds out to such III ex- tent thlt. they had to put a bounty on them in his section at. least. If ﬂpt in the whole Province. nut.

to have the desired effect and is now removed. ‘nine in no closed Inuo|enfbeui.andtboy_uevo-

garded as one of their worst pests. and as such are regarded by num- here of our farmers-in this piovlnce. and they have cost. us hundreds of

1 am, sir, etc., dollars already in bouiitles on own

PRO PATIIIA. that should have been saved to say nothlng of the dunno done to BOUNTIES farm cgops,

"Oldt.lmei"' quotes some “facts' supplied by the special Game 0!- flcer R.C.M.P. If they are like M" of his recent reports they Will “'9” to be revised. However one "Iact“ he quoted we believe to be ING- The Hungarians do not. turn Whlw in winter. The snowy owls are all shot anyhow, so why have 1 bow!!! on them?

“3portsnian" and “Farmer”: 53! the great. horned owl Ls out-Wet’ by all game authorities and arm- thologlsts in Canada and the U.S.A- The USA. Dept. of Azriculiun! Circular 61 Biological Survey. 0110'- lng what. they claim to be the mast noted authority hi Anlerlcﬂ 53!“: "It, is to be regretted that the mem- bers of our legislative coniiniut-es who draft our laws are not be’-I91’ acquainted with the life hlSll>l'_\' 0! our l'ﬂDlIOI‘llil birds. That the bent- flclal Hawks and Owls will be Nell‘ tuslly protected then is not me slightest doubt." V

Already the leading agrleulursl papers and spart.smen'ii journals N9 depreciating the fndlscrlniinaze slaughter of those useful blltlﬁ. and after giving 11 list of fobcls of 110"!‘ ed owls taken from the larsc ““F“' ber of stomachs examined, which include rabbits, to species of “"5 gophcrs, chlpmun , four sP~“'l95 °l mice, four species of squirrels. OM muskrat, two species of slirens. and besides those maminals and llllllh grasshoppers, beetles, Cf'(\\\l|§l|: scorpions are also taken to 533 nothing of skunks. finishes 1117 by saying: “The horned owl docs ' great amount. of good, and if farm’ era did not allow their chlck<'n.~ U’ roost on trees, the principal t'l'Illl-

sir,-—«were it not for the fact.

In iegard .to the

dld I say

A few weeks ago I linppeiied to

I said to the lady in charge, What. are you golng to do with that

A few years ago In a certain

the

lllcl-,1 me. at least. of the,‘

children pre t. ll never be blot-lnge done by this bird would bf ted out, and the ly thing she is provenlgd," remembered by “I allve, kill it." "Oldtlmer" says he nd\‘ot‘alF5

protection on our small ow'5- 1" hi aware that countless humbzns 0 them are shot, trapped and kill?‘ with sticks. III In the hoP¢ Oi claim; me the bounty? I dare -Y W“ " he would have I look Into 1;: bounty office moat any day. , could lee some, perhaps “5W“°d" but the large numbers as "1 l‘“;’_,, for the t.rut.b" only gettlnﬂ “-5 l u the furnace. our the b°““{ table but "inum" is the word IV” them. a Now, sir. I have no use to en" or money to make by hlvint W” "mo: in. .i.i:t." “Oldtlmer" an°",; Mr. J. D. Jenkins. Mr. Jenkins ‘:1. not long ago: “ The llmmum foatiire of this bounty in £110 1'" numbers of small owls come,“ in. And be also acid to mm l "‘m, 5 your ago, just. after ehovvliis VL specimen; of the rare hawk 0“ "There has been enoulh 0W‘ ‘l’, now." The rest of the eonvm|“!", I will quote in my‘ next letterl have to reply. I" Now. air. I have tried to rim thh nutter squarely. -nd 11- "M careful investigation and hm’ _ both nus of mo mmr by 0°“ t roe nuttiormev. “, authorities decide to run oonl-N" the bount.y,.vvlty we will hi"

ruin on but out. lul r tiiink ", (Continued an-rm I)

scores of others? oldtlmer" tells why the bounty

But why

Personally, I must say 1 gnjoy

A friend of mine in mniwiiu

a most all bounty l|vn.’lt felled