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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1929

LAWLESSNESS

The burning of the business‘ pre- mises of a prohibition omcer in Sum- merside is but another instance of the condition of lawlessness develop- ing throughout the province. The Baunde ii Government, though ob- talning cflice on the pretext of streng- thcning and enforcing the Prohibition law, is seriously divided on the sub- ject, and the “antis" seem predomin- ant. ‘The Prohibition Commission has been reduced in numbers to three and has become unworkable. The chairman has practically no chance of carrying out his policy in the event of difference. as there are but two to whom to appeal. Premier Saun- ders received a serious rebuff and set- back in his administrative policy in the Department of Public Works, and now he is apparently afraid to back his own appointed chairman of the Prohibition Commission lest a like fate befall him there also. Meanwhile lootleggers are being sentenced and tome let oi‘! on one pretextor another; ohhera are being protected or their palpable offending winked at; and drunkenness and drinking obtrusive- ly force themselves upon public at- tention. The lawless element proceed upon the assumption that the, Gov- ernment is not sincere in its policy, and according to several well-in- formed correspondents, attempts are being made to compel the Premier "to go easy", and give offenders more scope. Is this incendiarism in Sum- merside meant ‘l5 a hint to the Gov- ernment to dismiss its aggressive of- ficers, and does the Government in- tend to submit to such bolshevism?

THE DAIRY COUNCIL SPEAKS

‘Tn reading the report of the annual convention of the National Dairy Council of Canada, held recently at Toronto, one is impressed with the fact that the delegates in attendance were admirably qualified by exper- ience and ability, to discuss the ques- tions that came before them. Many of those present were men of large business interests, managers of creamer-y corporations turning out millions of pounds of butter annually. , producers farming thousands of ma, and all of them thoroughly flrveeauzt with conditions surround- ing the production and marketing of dairy products in this country. One is impressed also with the fact that if the tariff policy of the country as it affects the dairy industry were in the hands of such men. there would! be diflerent legislation at Ottawa. The Council has consistently opposed

and New Zealand butter as a suicidal i policy, while the Federal Govern-

ment, up to the present, has stub- bornly refused to heed their advice. It remains to be seen whether the

in Charlottetown and Summeraide, designating the kind of animal they have for sale. This would mean an im- mediate sale, and besides. would prove a great convenience to those who are endeavoring to improve their stock. The few cents such advertising would cost would be but a bagatelle and might mean many dollars and h- proved stock throughout the Province.

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British Columbia has eliminated foreign text-books from the schools of the province. Hon. Joshua Tiinchliffe, Minister of Education, an- nounces that supplementary read- ers for the elementary schools have already been revised, so as to do away with foreign publications, and that he and his officials are

studying the texts used in the high schools with a. ‘view to similar

elimination. Before these regulations were issued nineteen books were re- commended by the department for use in grade 1 and of those ten were American and nine British. Under the revision thirteen books are officially authorized and of these eleven are British or Canadian. Two American books are left on the list because they are the only ones available at the moment, and it would be a hardship on the schools to remove them before substitutes are ready. A similar process has taken place in the other grades. British Columbia has always been thoroughly British in sentiment and the Tolmie Government is determin- cd that it shall continue so.

IMPERIAL DEFENSE

How long, asks an exchange, v is Canada going to continue to allow Great Britain to bear the whole bur- den of the preservation and safety of the Empire? We prate a lot about our national autonomy, we sign treaties, we appoint ambassadors and we strut on the international stage at Geneva and yet when it comes to assuming responsibilities of a nation we am still in the colonial status.

. EDITORIAL NOTES

Indian summer_the glorious prime of the yea.r—is now with us. The wea- ther is dellghtfully mild, the harvest is in, and we are all set for Thanks- giving.

Now that Canadian women are el- igible for the Senate, it is to be hoped that they will not be over- looked when the next appointments are made. Conservatives are jubilant ovcr Tuesday's splendid convention, and Messrs. Myers and McLure are being congratulated upon their unanimous

Tariff Commission, to which the, question Ls shortly to be referred,“

will find a way out. There are iniiic-

nomination as standard bearers for Queens. The election date has not yet been announced. but its well to ations that the Government is weak- be mad“ New let iem an come! ening and that it. would gladly wash, its hands of the Australian treaty ii‘ it could do so without a too palpable vclte face. Had it consulted the interests of the people an‘ refrained from tariff tinkering in the first place, the country would be better off today.

Following the imposition of sentence upon a gangster, a Chicago judge was informed by an insurance company that they had cancelled a $10,000 pol- icy upon his home. There is occasion, suggests "Canadian Finance." for no small amount of serious reflection in “'1' T“! PUBLIC KNOW- this announcement.

According to a Washington des- patch, the posts of the American Legion in Maryland are about to

A prominent farmer from one of the moat prosperous sections of the Province called at the Guardian Oflice yesterday and expressed surprise that there is no way of ascertaining where pedigreed stock can be purchasedex- clpt to go around and visit the farms in different iccalities. There are, no doubt, hundreds of well-bred stock. calves. hogs, sheep and other animals in be found throughout the Province hi. it is a hopeless task for the far- mer who wants an animal of a cer- tain kind to go hunting the country for. them. Farmers, who have pedi- greed flock for sale, particularly

the decision is presented to State headquarters. where final judgment will be made, the news will no doubt be broadcast to a breathlessiy wait- ing world.

The city of Edmonton, Alberta, is about to celebrate its twenty-fifth birthday. The first town lot, sold in 1878. fetched the magnificent sum of $85. 1n i004 the date of its incor- poration, the population was esti-

decide "who won the War." When'

Notes By The Way

Five women of Alberta. whose ap- peal to the Privy Council opened the doors of the Senate to women, were named as follows:

(11 Hon. Irene Parlby of Alix. the first woman in the Empire to become a Cabinet Minister,

(2) Mrs. Louise McKinney, of Clar- esholme, first woman to be elected to the Alberta Legislature,

(3) Mrs. Nellie McClung, writer and lecturer, who has represented Edmon- ton in the-Legislature,

(4) Mrs. 0. C. Edwards, of McLeod, who has been Convener on Laws for the National Council of Women, (5) Magistrate Emily Murphy, Edmonton.

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The Judicial ciiiimiimi of "the Privy Council in their judgment de- livered October 15, emphasised that it was unwise to apply to modern Canada the decisions which had been taken, probably rightly, by those ap- plying the laws in different centuries and different circumstances.

The Privy Council disagreed with the opinion of the Supreme Court of Canada, and declaredtltat appeal to Roman law and early English dc- cislons was not a sound foundation on which to build interpretation of the British North America Act, which said the Governor General should summon "qualified persons" to the Senate.

Their lordshipa did not conceive it thfl!‘ duty to cut down the provisions of the act by narrow technical cur.- struction, and it was certainly not their desire to do so, the Judgment added. They believed they should give the act a large, liberal interpre- tation, s0 that Canada may, to a cer- tain extent, be mistress in her own house as the provinces are to a great extent mistresses in theirs.

1n giving further reasons for the award their lordships point out that "a heavy burden lies on the appellent who seeks to set aside a unanimous judgment of_ the Supreme Court and this Board will only set ‘aside such a decision after convincing argument and anxious consideration, but hav- ing regard ; ,

"First the object of the Act-to pro- vide a constitution for Canada, a responslbiie and living Stale; "Second, that the word person is ambiguous and may include members of either sex;

“Third, that there are sections in the Act. which show that in some cases the word must include female Peffififw; _

“liburuh, that in some sections the words male persons are expressly used when it is desired to confine in issue t0 males;

“And having regard finally to the provisions of the Interpretation Act, their lordships have come to the con- cluslon that the word persom in- cludes members of the male and fe- mflle 88X.» and that therefore the question propounded by the Governor General must be answered in the af- firmative, and that women are eligible to be summoned and become memib- ers of the Senate‘ of Canada."

It has been noted in press de- spatches that the Government did not oppflse the appeal cf the women of Alberta. That was a politic course to pursue, for had the Government done N the MIHBWTS in the Cabinet would have brought a storm about thei ears from the women voters in Canada which would not have sub- sided in years to come. The five lad-, ies of Alberta have won a great vic-| iory and nation-wide fame for them- selves, and many thousands of wom- en voters who did not conspicuously support the appeal were in hearty sympathy with it. As the situation is, the kudos belongs exclusively to Al- berta and the ViCLOTiOlL‘; Five have become historic figures.

If potatoes wan not perishable, as they are, and could be kept for years like grain without decay or sprouting, we might have potato pools as they have wheat pools in ihc West. But in that case they would become a speculative commodity, bought and sold for future delivery at dates yet months ahead. Some day a discovery mfly be made in which by some simple and inexpensive means good potatue; may be stored and kept: indefinitely with all their food qualities and flavor unimpaired and intact. The Potato crop is so important this province that any improvement in relflrd there to would be of value.

The crow is a black rascal, a thief and a robber, and we do not wonder that Jack Miner turns “Thumbs down" at sight of him as a signal for immediate execution. The crow is very intelligent and cunning in his way, and learned long ago that a man who carries a gun is airway; dgnaef- ous. The black imp of the air will sit on a fence by the roadside and re- main quite undisturbed while motor cars and horse vehicles pass not 20 feet distant from his perch. But a man with a gun in hand, whether walking or driving, finds it very dif- ficult to lot within gunshot of him.

calves ofdalrying strain should ad - vcrtlaa Q lame in the local papers

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THE HIVES

You will remember as a youngste that when you had an attack of the "hives," (urticaria) your mother im- mediately gave you a dose of caster oil, epsom salts, or some other pur- gative.

New this was good sense because it got the food, that caused the hives out of the system.

You can usually locate the food that causes the trouble if you Just have an occasional attack. but there are many individuals who suffer very frequently and are really at a loss to know the exact cause.

As you know there is now the method of using small quantities of vaccine on small scratches on the forearm, and if the surrounding skin becomes reddened and swells, the particular food vaccine that irritates that particular person is thus found. Sometimes of course there are a number and it is therefore difficult to find out Just which one is causing the hives.

In these more serious cases it is now the custom to give foods that are free as possible of proteida, be- cause it is the proteid foods (meat, eggs, cereals, milk.) that are respon- sible.

Foods such as sugar, honey, mar- malade, chocolate (without milk) and tea are given, and milk, eggs, soups, butter, raw fruits are forbidden. .

After about a week or two and the

symptoms have disappeared. then one of the forbidden foods can be added to the diet; first a certain vegetable, then milk, or eggs, trying each one out by itself, and then if it has any effect upon the skin this can be noted. When the one that has been caus- ing the trouble has been learned, then this should be kept out 0f the diet for a. long time.

If the individual is very fond of this particular food he will have to content himself with eating small quantities at a time until he dis- covers how much he can take with- out bringing ‘on an attack of the hives.

The itching and burning is often severe and so immediate treatment of the hives, that is of the skin it- self, is necessary.

There are a. number of preparations that your druggist may recommend, but, the old fashioned catholic acid. one tsaspoonful to a quart of water. or benzolc acid and one teaspoonful to the pint of water, are usually ef- fective.

However don't suffer with hives; find out the cause and avoid that particular food.

The Public Forum

This column ls open for tbs discussion by u... pondeutl of questions of interest. The l“ lotfetown Guardian doe! not necessarily ’ the opinions of correspondents.

HISTORY REPEATS ITSELF

Sirz-There is nothing truer than ‘i-he old saying that history repeats itself. The recent conversations on disarmament, between the Rt. Hon. Ramsay MacDonald and President Hoover, serve to recall some -inci- dents in British history, idealistic in their conception, but disastrous in their consequences, and u, which ‘rhey bear a striking resemblance.

The Rt. l-lon. W. E. Gladstone was recognized in his day as a pacifist in matters of foreign policy, and in pursuit of that ideal, he made many concessions; two of these are out- standing. During his administration the island of Heligoland, a British possession, was ceded tc Germany in return for some imaginary concess- ions in Zanzibar. By Germany it was tumed into a great and impregnable fortress. Had it been retained by Grcac Britain it would have given a different complexion to the World War, or might have shaped quite dif- ferently the events leading up to it. The other was the negotiations with the Transvaal. when after Majuba Hill and Potchestroom, a British ex- Pedition was ready to strike, Mr. Gladstone. in a mistaken spirit of forgiveness, halted its march, and concluded an ingiorious peace. But in years to come, his action involved Great Briiiain in a long and bloody war, that strained the resouroq of the Empire, and coat thousands of lives and millions of money. The high minded and honorable intontlnm o1 the British statesman were undoibt- ed. but the cause of world peace was not furthered by his actions. on the contraryphe placed e, wupm m the hands of his country's adversaries, that they were not slow to use a- aairist her, when the opportunity came.

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‘THE CHARLOTTETOWN GUARDIAN

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(Margery 1. Loch. Iii Natiinir History) A social worker in New York City found to her amazement that the It- alian tenements of Mulberry Street housed numerous sol-caresses who carried on a prosperous business in charms and incantations, and that in? hall, bedrooms people were piercing emgies with darning needles and scorching them over the gas flame. to destroy their rivals in love or other persons against whom they bore a grudge. . Indeed, we find the vestigespf mag- ical practices -, isting even in the ’ l centres of our big cities.

When hard-headed business men in the silk industry feel that they must discard a. textile design based on peacock feathers because of the sup- erstitioris associated with this bird. and when skyscrapers, thesymboi

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commonly omit the number 18 fromi their floors and rooms, it seem evi- dent that even in this rational age the deep-rooted belief in the potency of certain talismana to divert the forcu of destiny still has a foothold. There is probably no people among Whom some phase of the ‘ l complex may not be found. Perhaph the most widespread mag- ical practice is that of working the desired end on an image or effigy. It

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Bill Jones had a farm by the Fraser deep,

With an old grey horse and -some Shropshire sheep, V

A nice lot of chickens, a Jersey cow.

A few ducks and 89959 "id 5 Tam‘ worth sow. _

Now Bill, by the by. was I bwhelwi KEY.

In blessedriess single i-ie iust meant to stay;

For with marcelle wave and the pic- ture show

The fiappers today make the money. to go. '

Now Just up the lane lived the Widow MacGee;

Oh, she was smart as smart she be!

When Bill came along, sigh, "l-feigh-ho;

Pray how, Mr. Jones, does your Tam- worth grow?"

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Bill went t'other day to the Westmin- ster fair;

He polished his boots, and he oiled up his hair.

When he got to the stage in the new suit he wore,

Why, the widow was sitting there close by the doori

I hear in the church their banns ' have been iii-led, They soon will be married, and live side by side. She has captured his heart and cor- nered him now, By praising the looks of his old Tam- worth sow! —Diana Bellenden.

THE LAND WE LOVE

By FRANK YEIGB

Slll HENRY THORNTON

Q. What are the chief facts in the life of Sir Henry Thornton?

A. Sir Henry, Chairman of the Board and President of the Canadian National Raiiways,__iwas born in the United States, aiidloiiowiii; his grad- uation from the University of Pen- nsyivania entered the service of the Pennsylvania Railroad in 1801. From lilll to 1914 he acted as General Superintendent of the Long Island Railway, a part of the Penn. R. R. System, and in 1014 he was appointed General Manager of the Great Datum Railway in England. He then acted concurrently as Deputy Director of Inland Waterways and Docks; As- sistant Director-Generai of Move- ments and Railways; Depaffi Direct- or-General of Movements arid Rall- ways and Inspector-General. In 1910 Bir Henry was auetted a Knight Commander of the Order of the Brit- ish Empire. ‘

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The Peruvian Indians, ‘to kill an enemy, moulded an image of fat mix- ed with grain, and then burned the efllgy on the road where the victim was to pass. The aborigines of Vic- toria, ‘Australia, drew on the ground rude likenesses of their ‘enemies, and condemned them to destruction with caballstic ceremonies. The incanta- tion was so dreaded that persons who learned that it had men directed against them were ofteniknown to die of fright. A Malay desiring re-

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