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TUESDAY, MAY 13, 1930

The Subsidy Hearing

The preliminary investigation by thc Dominion Audit Board into the question of Maritime subsidy claims recalls the suggestion of Senator l-fughes before the Charlottetown Board of ‘Trade last winter that a Royal Commission be appointed to adjudicate on our claims. It recalls too. the fact that l-fon. John E. Sin- clair. who was present at that meet- ing, opposed this idea on ‘the ground that a Commission was not neces- sary and might do harm. Mr. Sin- clair also stated that our case was then before the Federal Government and was well advanced, and that we might expect a settlement shortly. Furthermore. he contended that any Commission would mean a year's de- lay and-Prince Edward Island could not afford such delay. ‘

Naturaly, the statements of a par- liamentary representative and form- er cabinet minister carried consider- able weight with the Board of Trade. A few days afterwards, Premier Saunders returned from Ottawa and ln an interview with thc local Liber- al organ agreed with everything Mr. Sinclair had said. adding that he was surprised that anyone would advo- cate the appointment of a Royal Commission in view of theprogress that the Federal Government was then making in the matter.

Three months later, the Hon. Char- les Stewart, Minister of thc Interior, standing in his place in Parliament declared in effect that the Maritime Provinces had presented no case to the nderal Goverilunt for increas- ed subsidies; therefore the Govern- ment was giving no considcrationto the matter. His exact words were:

"If it call. be shown that ihc present subsidies to the Maritime Provinces are insufficient the Gov- ernment will consider the matter."

‘There. in a. few words, is emphatic repudiation of thc assurances givcn last winter by Premier Saunders and Hon. Mr. Sinclair. Surely, in the cir- cumstances. the Premier should take the P¢°Dle into his confidence and- explain just why it was ‘that the Minister of the Interior found it necessary to make that statement! If the question of the subsidy claims s; an; £6‘ all of the Maritime Pro- vinces was before the Audit Board at. the time, as we have been led to believe. why was Hon. Mr. Stewart's statemen‘ to the contrary allowed to pass unchallenged in Parliament?

Now that the Audit Board has ac- tually got to work, its first consider- ation will no doubt bc directed to thc "pamphlet" prepared by the Provin- cial Government and published in the Patriot on the 21st of January P: mfcr the express authority of the Hon. w, M. Lea, Provincial Bec- retsry and Acting Premier. This statemen‘ sets forth claims _to an ad- ditional yearly subsidy of more than three and a. quarter million dollars. Premier Saunders, speaking on the Budget last ion, fndorsed the i” Ind declared that the only fault he could ‘find in it was that. iterred on the side of modesty. Yet on the very day on which it. ap-

v peared in the Patriot he filed at

Ottawa. a "memorial" claiming only a sixth or a seventh of the amount mentioned in the "pamphlet." what

can oven an Audit Board do with

much documents or with the men who lcsue such documents? The Board loubtless has before it the two statements. and it will not fail to note that at tho time l-fon. Mr. ma. issued‘ his "pamphlet" claiming an additional subsidy of three and a quarter millions he signed. with Pre- mier Qaundcra and Mr. J. O. U. adaption-introduces w the Audit ‘Bosnian "lion. Mr. Campbell, Ai- at»; GmorsP-snothor document sailed a memorial" slaiminl ‘lino n 4gp. s: ‘ausvnnta of the amount. .yhtshofthlscdocumsatl thesa- un» as authentic rc- bc mnJrhcn can be no

Ity. on his appearance before the Board last week. to present a cue which would do full Justice to the claims of the Province. If he suc- ceeds in securing three and a half or four million dollars of additional subsidy for the province, he can wrftc "Finis" to his political career with ‘the feeling that he has done some- thing, after all. to advance the in- terests of his Province.

Teaching the Blind

An interesting and constructive ar- ticle on the Halifax School of the Blind, from the pen of Mr. E. Ches- ley Allen, Superintendent, appears in the current issue of "Social Welfare" a Toronto publication. Mr. Allen re- views the steps lending up to thc establishment, of the School on its present lines, and gives some val- uable information regarding the scope of the work. Particularly int- eresting are the concluding para- graphs which deal with the primary stages of teaching, and we reproduce them as the remarks apply with equal force to teaching children generally as wcll as the blind particularly.

Like any individual or organiza- tion engaged in a worth-while ent- erprise. (writes Mr. Allenl. we have our problems. Our greatest is one in which readers of this page could probably be of material as- sistance. There is a tendency on the part of many parents of blind or partially blind children to keep them at home until. to use their own expression, “they are old en- ough to leave home." This too of- ten means that boys or girls do not begin their training until twelve or even fifteen years of age.

While we can do much for such children, ft is obvious to anyone familiar with pedagogical princi- ples that the ‘bcst years have been lost, and that the pupil. in addi- tion to his physical handicap of de- fective vision, has now been burd- ened with thc handicap of a latc start in the race for training.’ During the past two summers thc writer. with Mrs. Allen, has visit- cd many homes of blind or_ partial- ly blind children. and these visits have had a marked effect in reduc- ing the average age at which child- ren enter the school. A secondary. though scarcely less important ef- fect of these personal contacts with homes is the establishment of that feeling between home and school which is so helpful in what are oft- en nroblem cases.

Thcn, there is.the._ problem of discovering these children who need our help. ‘There are still parents who have a tendency to conceal the fact that they have a child who is in any way "different! This is where doctors, nurses, teach- ers, clcrgymen, and social workers. official or unofficial. can be of in- valuable assistance in reporting such children. wherever KIWW“. W proper authorities.

Editorial N otes

The King Government budget l!

said to have assisted in electinr 5h‘ Cyril Cobb, Conservative, in an En!- lish by-election lastTuesdfly- It 18 expected that it will be equally c!- fective in electing Conservatives in this country ' The graduation exercises last evening of the nurses of the Prince Edward Island Hospital, is a remind- er of the splendid service which this excellent institution hasgiven to the' Province during the many years of its existence. both in the ‘carc of the sick and injured and in the equally important matter of training nurses to carry on the work.

The critical situation in lntlia is thus summed up by Lord Derby! "There are some people who believe that we are holding down rpoverty stricken country by force ‘of arms. We are doing nothing of the kind; we are standing between two forces of opposing natives who are ready to fly at each others’ throat if we were not there."

f-fow true is the reflection of the Ubcrll ‘Ipronto Globe-that. "the 170' lftical ways of (newspaper mm arc tortuous and lionfusinl when it tries to keep m» with (the exped- iency rnovsmcnts of thc bones." Why couldn't-sumo kind friend have warn- .» our munching: (m: mt when it its amnion mum raisins m‘ m. on mull

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Tim-c are s multitude of grave reasons for firmly believing that though the Egyptians regularly ex- press, through their. press ‘columns and inthefr social-attitude, thcemost cordial feelings for the British. there is an undercurrent o! definite hostil- ity fn their actions.

Twenty years ago cancer sfood eighth in the list of death causes. Today it has advanced to second place. The total number of deaths caused each year in the United Stat- es by cancer is estimated at 120,000. The disease is responsible for l0 per cent of the deaths from all caus- es. In a large per centagc from all cases -at least 30—the disease is hopeless from the onset.

lt is remarkable that while there is complaint of overcrowding in UnitccFStates prisons there is no over crowding in England and no less than twenty-five local prisons have been closed and sold in England for other purposes since 1914. Why there no longer is any use for so many pris- ons is another matter, but it is und- erstood, according to a report from London. that the Government will close others as rapidly as there ceas- es to be a need for them.

The alternate exircmerof pessi-

"mism and optimism over the out-

come of the London Naval Confer- ence remlnd one of the man who wished to sell his car. l-le had hopes of receiving $400 for it, he did not actually expect to got more than $100 but. he finally received $200. Not so much as he hoped, but more than he expected.

The King Government has spent more than twenty-two million dol- lars in bringing immigrants into thc country. The government kccps a record of the people coming in but failed to enumerate thosc who leave, but. Senator Beaubien of Quebec, in a recent speech quoted official sta- tistics of the United States showing the numbcr of Canadians entering that country for permanent residence. This number, as Senator Bcaubicn pointed out. was some thousands in excess of thc numbcr of immigrants entering Canada.

Mr. Richard C. Patterson, Com- missioner of’ Corrections of New York City, in his annual report recom- mends that. criminal drug addicts be confined in prison for life. holding that reform of this class is a well- nigh hopeless task. As the: addicts are said to be increasing In num- ber. his advicels not likely to be put into practice. ‘Jrhe prisons are ovcr- crowded now with liquor offenders, and if the army of drug addicts were added there would be no room whatever for the killers. armed rob- bers and other genuine bad men.

Advices from over-seas Indicate that the banking representatives of nine nations have agreed upon the flota- tion of a'loan in behalf of Germany amounting to a total of about thrce hundred million dollars. This is said to be the largest international fiscal transaction which has taken P1360 since the close of the war. Whilst. as yct. the expert bankers have not fully planned the details of the scheme, such as the date of bOHd issue, the price to be charged for bond investments, and thc ratc of interest to be paid upon these hold-

slblc and five or five and a half per cent. is mentioned as thc probable figure, the ultimate decision depend- ing upon further inquiry as to con- ditions in the world markets. Of course, whatsoever fiscal scheme thc fiscal bankers adopt, it will not bc- comc operative until the represent- atives of the treasury departments of" the various countries to share in the proceeds have met and sanction- ed the plan. ,

Seldom has can't...- mh an ambitious enterprise launched as that which was recently announced in France. A group of engineers be- lieves that the Mediterranean can be made a fresh water lake by dams at Gibraltar and the Dardanellcs and that 430,000 square miles of ter- ritory can be added to the, countries bordering on that sea. by IOWQWW its level 500 to 800 feet by U16 "l9 of the same dams. And further bene- m. would be lalned by vumvins the freshwater into the Sahara for ir- rigation purposel-

lt is a fabulous k Ind 00B that is not liksly to materialize, but it servos to illustrate the difference in ‘ between Europa and new- sr countries.

m...” is land hungry and water surfcfted. She could spars some of her seaboard. and other waterways if making the sacrifice would live her more land for colonisation by her crowded people.

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ings, it is reported that most. of the? financiers favor as high a rate as pos-

By Iona W‘. Barton. MD. PROOF 01f VALUE OF LIVER.

When a new treatment for any ail- ment comes along, immediately thrcc classes are formed among physicians.

One class takes up the new treat- ment enthusiastically and one often thinks they see favorable results where there are none.

The second class, who have been advocating another form of treatment for this same ailment, immediately attack thc new method and do all in their powcrto show its defects and failures.

And thc third class sit back and watch thc new ‘method and express no opinion either way. They are waiting to be shown.

Thus when the livcr diet came out for the treatment of pernicious an- acmla, immediately all ovcr the world came reports of its tremendous suc- ccss.

Many physicians working along other lines of treatment denied its value and still maintained that trans- fusions of blood from a healthy per- son, and injections of iron into thc veins, was thc only method of pro- longing life in these cases.

However we are now getting the evidence of what is really happening. Dr. P. I... McKinley in the Lancet. London, England has analyzed the death returns for pernicious anaemia for thc six years previous to thc in- troduction of thc livcr treatment. Forthc cntire six years, the death rate was practically thc same‘. as rc- gards age and scx.

In 1927 however thcre was a de- flnitc dccrcasc in the death rate there being almost one thousand less deaths than in any of the previous six years bcfore i927. This was. more particularly in the young ‘and middle ages, of both scxcs.

~The rate of decrease toward the end of 1928 was greater than at thc beginning, thus showing the actual efficiency of this treatment as its value became known.

As conditions have been actually the same for many years past no other factor entered into the matter, Tho liver diet alone is responsible for this wonderful saving of lives.

Thuswc read ‘It would seem safe to predict that the extension of this treatment top larger proportion of»

Canddifs Mica Resources

There has been issued at the in- stance of’ thc Deputy Minister ‘of Mines, Ottawa. a comprehensive ris- nortby 1-1. s. Spence. of tho Mines Branch. on “Mics" of which Canada possesses important resources. There are two commercial varieties of mica. termed by the trade amber mica and white mica, the deposits of the for- mer being the more valuable. ‘The occurrences ofthc amber variety are to be found. chiefly in those parts of Ontario and Quebec contiguous to Ottawa, and within aradius of one hundred miles. This district was formerly the seat of an important mica industry, furnishing the bulk 01' the world's supply of amber mica; In the last few years. however, for- eign competition and the utilization of substitutes have resulted in what thc report states is a rather serious failing-off in Canadian production. Madagascar is the chief competitor. the amber splittings from that coun- try selling in the United States mar- ket laid down and duty paid, at from 15 to 20 cents per pound less than the prices asked by Canadian dealers for comparable grades.

ln London, also, the Madagascar amber mica is selling lower than thc Canadian article. There itlis stated. that the quality and grading of the Madagascar article are superior to the Canadian. This, Mr. Spence is informed, is due to the fact that the Indian system of sickle-trimming is Pfiwtiscd in Madagascar, while Ca- nadian mica is mostly sold thumb- trimmed. The latter yields a consld-' erable proportion of waste, whereas sicklc-trinuned mica sheet yiclds llttlc or nonc. Native labor also is cheap, which makes Canadian competition a difficult proposition.

One prominent American firm which maintained splitting shops in» Quebec for many years has poi-inan- ently closed down. Another factor re- sponsible for the dullness _in Canad- ian mica business is that thcre is less insistence now on thc use of amber mica in electrical insulation. Amber mica was for s. long time preferred and specified for use in commutators. but now undercutting ‘of the mica segments permits the use of the hard- er and cheaper muscovite. '

Mica is an essential part. of prac- tically all electrical equipment on ac- count of its superiority as an insu- lating material. It is employed in most of the electrical household ap- pliances. such as telephones. radios, light sockets, fuse plugs, toasters. irons and heaters, and large quan- tities are used in the commutator-s of fiynainos and motorsyand also in

patients suffering with this "“

the numbcr of deaths annually.’ Since calf‘s livcr was thc kind used by Drs. Ninot and Murphy. it was natural that everybody should try to use that kind.

It has been found by testing that satisfactory results can be secured from young beef, beef, pig and chick- cn livers, which are loss expensive.

There are now hundreds of ways of preparing incl" so as to make it ap- pctizing. The whvlc point to remem- bcr is .h.\t it should not be over- cooked orhave too much salt or other condiments used while it is cooking which may harden and toughen it.

There arc fried. creamed, and other preparations.

boiled. custard, forms of livcr

FROM ‘ZAUGUST, 19H"

These homes, this valley spread bc- low me hcrc.

The rooks. the tilted stacks. the boasts in pen.

Have been the heartfelt things past- spcaking dear

To unknown generations of dead men,

who, century after century. held these farms,

And looking out to watch the chang- ing sky,

Heard. as we hear, the rumours and alarms

Of war at hand and danger pressing nigh.

And knew, as we know, that thc message meant

The breaking of! of tics, the loss of friends.

Death. like a miser rent.

And no new stones laid where tho trackwly ends. ,

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The harvest not yet won. the empty , bin, - stalls. The fallow on thc hill not yst brought in,

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will show an oven greater‘ decrease in ‘

The friendly horses. taken from thc

‘inc cracks unplanned in the leak-

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-_ . shire loam . As-breaks the dumb hearts of the English kind.

Then sadly rosc and loft the well- loved Downs.

And so by ship to sea. and knew no more,

The fields of home, the byres. thc market towns.

Nor the dear outline of thc English shore.

But knew the misery of the soaking trench.

The freezing in the rigging, the des- pair

ln the revolting second of the wrench

When the blind soul is ‘flung upon the air. -

And dicd (uncoutlily. most) in for- cign lands For some idea but dimly understood Of an English city. never built by hands '- a Which love of England prompted and made good. —-John Maseficld

THE LAND WE LOVE a, rnlwx LEIGH

GOVERNOR MURRAY

Q. Who was Governor Murray?

A.- General James Murray is a famous name. in British-Canadian history. When the Treaty of Paris came into force in i763 and the Gov- ernment of Canada was changed from a military to a civil one. Cen- eral Murray was appointed Governor- General of Canada, making the nine- teenth, counting from the eighteen under French rule. f-ls operated under an executive or advisory council and proved togbe an able and wise admin- istrator. Murray Bay and River pre- serves his name in Topography.

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i condensers. 111s value of the industry in the Ottawa district of Quebec-am‘. Ontario is therefore apparent. it is. to be hoped that improved methods ' of working mica may bafound and that other means of meeting the Madagascar mica competition may be developed. The satisfactory feat- ure of the situation is that thc Ca- nadian feposits are capable of sup- plying large quanties of mica should thc present unhappy economic sit- uatlon in the industry be readjusted. AMAZING RESULTS

l-‘OLDOW GIRLS HOAX

(Canadian Press)

CAPE TOWN. S. Africa. May 12.- Twelve thousand mail articles, let- F13. Post cards, illustrated papers and parcels have arrived during one fort-might from England in response to a short letter inserted by a South African girl in the "Dally Mail." The letter read:

Sir-For the last 19 years my sis- ter and I have been living on a lonely, God-forsaken farm in a for- gotter. corner of South Africa, and would be grateful to any one who would be kind enough to write us a letter or a post card ohm in g wnnc, —rMissi Kathleen Punt. Mud River, P. O. Malmesbury, S. A.

Whon the first batch of letters arrived at thc one ma-i post office at Mamrc the work of the postmas- ter was disorganized. Thrce men had to be called in to work for three and a half hours sorting the mail mat- ter. The follou ing week the mail was still heavier. and it was quite be- yond the capacity of thc Mumre men to handle so many bags.