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WEDNESDAY, JULY ' 11, 1929

‘III EDUCATIONAL COMMISSION

Although the Summer is passing. nothing nas yet br i. rsard about the Educational Commission which was to have been appointed by the Saun- dem Government not later than the first of July. It will be recalled that file promise of an independent Com- Ilisslon was extorred from the Co‘:- nrnment when the teachers were pactically up in arm and a serious crisis in the educational affair; of the Province had been reached. The" Teachers’ Federation, on the solemn assurance of the Govemmen: that a Commission would be appointed and

I- ‘that the matters. in dispute would

_be fully gone into, called on the threatened strike and returned to their school engagements.

It will be recalled also that the name of Dr. Cyrus Macmillan, of

"McGill University, was mentioned in connection with iihe chairmianship of the proposed Commission. This suggestion was favorably received bl‘ the teachers and it was presumed that the Government would at once enter into negotiations with Dr. Mac-i Miilan with a. view to securing his valuable‘ services in this capacity. Several months have passed, and no announcement oi any appointment or even of any attempt to make an appointment has reached the public. Dr. MacMillian is at present spend- ing his vacation in the Province, and it would be ' a. simple mat-

“f flu for the Government to as- certain his views on the subject. If -- hasbeen done, it is difficult to

‘understand Wily the people ‘bin-vs 'not been informed- o! it, The matter is of too_ great importance to be shelved as merely. another paper

‘_ pledge which the Government had no “intention of fulfilling. The ___ “teachers and the Province generally . accepted the promise of the Govem- Jmen in good faith. The time has now

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passed for the appointment. to be Iflilsde and further delay will only tend to reopen the breach and create greater dissatisfaction and suspicion among the teaching profession. The least that can be done ln proof ofthe Government's sincerity is to let the people know how the situation stands and whatihe prospects are oi the immediate apointment of a. qualified and impartial Commisson.

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Of special interest to Prince Ed- ward Island‘ ‘potato growers and shippers will be the article in today's Guardian on the packaging and ad- vertising of Michigan potatoes, and

- ..the successful sale which followed a “test shipment of 15 pound sacks oi

this product on the Buffalo. N. Y., market. The fact that the sacks sold for l0 cents to l2 cents more than the market price on potatoes of simi- lar quality shows the great possibil- ities which lie in proper methods of marketing. There are many points in the article which will strike the at- tention of our producers, but the chief one is undoubtedly thLs, that

the Michigan Potato Growers Ex- . change have put over successfully

; In experiment which has been talk-

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vince, and which might have been

should be easy inwards supplying the markets with a. commodity which is not only superior, but which carries l- Bllsrsntee of its superiority on every package purchased,

FLAGS NEW AND OLD

“British Flags on Land and Sea: their History, Traditions and Prac- tical Uses both Ashore and Afloat," is the title of a booklet recently published in Toronto and adopted by the Navy League of Canada, which supplies, within the space of eighty pages. a wealth of information on this interesting and important sub- ject. Accompanying the printed mat- ter are one hundred and fifty color- ed engravings, and these in them- selves are a fascinating study.

Of flags famous in Canadian his- tory, mention is made of the black Raven of the Vikings, the first flag flown for a brief period over Lab- rador or Nova Scotia about the year 1000 by the early navigator, Eric the Red; the red and yellow Standard of Spain that Columbus carried to the New World in i492; the Cross of St. George of England that John Cabot, raised on the shores of Nova Scotla. in 1497; the blue banner of St. Martin. with its three golden lilies. proudly borne by the intrepid French explorers from the years i365 to i574; the Cornette Blanche-a plain white flag first carried by Joan of Arc against the English. and than adopted by the Bourbons, which was used by Samuel de Champlain in his tremendous explorations; and lastly the Union Jack and the British standards with the history of which we should all be familiar.

It is curious to note that the St. George's Cross which Cabot raised over Canadian soil, under which Sir Francis Drake fought when he de- feated the Spanish Armada and which, indeed, dates back to the Cru- sades, has survived the political up- heavals of centuries and remains the oldest and most romantic flag in the world. Originally the standard of English forces on land and sea, it has become the personal flag oi a British Admiral, and as such was flown at the Dogger Bank and at Jutland in the Great War by Sir David belittle.

Every Canadian schoolboy, we hope. is familiar with the fact that the peculiar arrangement of crosses on the Union Jack-the Union Flag of England, Scotland and Ireland- was evolved by the Herald's College in an endeavor to give all three countries equal prominence in the design. Thus we have the red crosses oi St. George and St. Patrick, and the white cross and blue field of bi. Andrew, all combined. 1t is not so generally known, however, that the Union Jack is strictly th¢ King's Colors and should not be displayed by private citizens ashore or afloat. In Canada. it is only correctly flown ashore by Federal and Provincial authorities over government build- ings and property. "fhe Canadian Flag today is the British Bed and British Blue ensign with the Domin- ion of Canada badgs on the fly-en- tireiy correct, entirely suitable, and strictly in accord with the flags oi

*7 was out very profitably on the Cen- _. i. tral Canadianmarketa last season. l, _ The Guardian has frequently called r3; attention to the advantages which

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tractive packages in which the su- Edward Isl- and potatoes could be marketed and _ featured on and: merits. n. might be .: .15.... idea. to enlist the support and advice of Trade Commissioner Bur- naby on this question: tbera la no .0 ~ ». .-’\¢. ,_-_. ‘doubt that no ‘would-heartily a9-

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Canadab relations with her next neighbor are strange and anomalous. To begin, the Dominion buys more goods and products from the Stats than any other nation ‘and is their but customer. The result is a huge balance’ oi trade against the Do- minion, which balance grows from month to month and from yedr to year. ‘

Yet for over sixty years past the Washington Government and Con- gress have built tariffs. each higher than the last to shut out Canadian goods and products from their coun- try. All the while, and especially since the advent of the King Gov- ernment to power, the two Govern- ments have professed the closest friendship with each other and Min- isters of state have made many visits across the border to each other, their political and social relations being most intimate.

It has come about that the United States some years ago adopted a constitutional amendment prohibit- ing the manufact-ure, sale and trans- portation oi intoxicating liquors as a beverage. Canada licenses breweries and distilleries, and both the Domin. ion and Provincial Governments de- rive very large revenues from the liquor traffic as in seven oi the nine DFOl-‘iflces liquors are sold in govern- ment stnres. On liquors? legally ex- ported the Dominion Government receives an excise revenue of about ten dollars per gallon.

It might be supposed that with governments on both sides of the border so professedly friendly to each other. the Canadian Government wouldnot permit or contrive at the shipment of Canadian liquors to a friendly prohibition country. but the King Government has other views.

It is in the liquor trade, as the Central and Western Provinces are. and proceeds to do business where it can. So every day vessels loaded with cargoes oi Canadian liquors are given clearance papers at Canadian customs houses in order that they may lawfully transport their cargoes across the border.

United States authorities quite na- turally do not relish this defiance of their laws and are striving wigorous- lyto frustrate it. ‘Their coast guards and officials oi the preventive ser- vice have "been greatly reinforced and armed for warfare along the narrow border waters of western On- tario. Much hostile feeling has de- veloped into real border warfare, and international law has been vio- lated not only by rum-runners and smugglers but by armed vessels of the Unitde States on the high seas.

Official clearance oi vessels with rum cargoes ls only an incident in the general commotion and hubbub, but against it strong feeling has been aroused in Canada as well as in the Stata. The King Government has been strongly warned todesist, by a. committee oi the House oi Commons appointed to investigate the matter. and able and influen- tial Liberal journals, including the Toronto Globe and the Winnipeg Free Press. But instead of desisting the King Government persists in its course.

The ways of the Ottawa and Washington Governments and their mixed friendly and unfriendly at- titudes towards each other are pe- culiar and past finding out.

In opening negotiations with Rus- sia preparatory to the resumption of friendly diplomatic relations, the Labor Government in England is en- tering upon perilous ground. The Soviet Administration has given no evidence of a change of heart. Down to a recent date it was as grimly bent on scattering firebrands. ar- rows and death as it ever was. It

troubles insurrection and revolt in all parts of the world. with a spec- ial hostility toward Britain and the British lands beyond the sea.

The gentle voice from the rnet- ropolla of Prairie Lend is quite inac- oord with that of the Prime Minister of Canada who has expressed his personal opinion in favor of the political union oi the Atlantic Pro- vinces. It is true that these Prov- inces something like silty-five years ago were quite disposed to unite and bad sent tiitu- delegates to Charlot- tetown to consider that question.

At that time they were autonom- can Provinces. eacb for itself making

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You may have some varlcosp or thickened veins in the legs and won- der just what should be done about it.

If there are just a few, not heavy and standing out like heavy cords. and there is no pain, heaviness, nor swelling in the legs», it is just es well to forget about it.

However if the veins are very thick. and extend upward into the Ziigb. there is heaviness, tiredness, and awe‘.- lings. it would be wise to have them removed either by the knife or injec- tion method.

There are cases also of ulcers of these veins, and sometimes old skin ailments. like eczema. that simply will not heal or clear up.

Now the reason for this refusal to heal, or delay in healing, is that the return flow of blood to the heart is being interfered with in some way.

Sometimes it is tight garters, per- haps standing in one position too long as in the case of motormen, police- men, and others. ,

What really happens in these legs?

The circulation is s0 interfered with that used blood, blood with poi- sons in it. on its way back to the heart, moves so slowly, that it re- mains too long in this region, hence the “slowness" inbuilcling up, or heal- ins. in the tissues of thisregion.

The rapidity with which old ulcers or skin ailments will heal up if the patient can "get of! his feet" is as- touishing.

Where the condition is not too bad, if tight garters are removed and the patient will walk a. little every day. or raise his body on his toes, a num- ber of times daily, he will help to pump the blood upward back to the heart. _

Upward massage of the legs has prcven helpful also.

If you are overweight it would be wise to get your weight down to nor- mal or nearly normal.

The thought then about varicose veins in the legs is that the blood in the leg contains lea o gen and more carbon dioxide, and should be moved along as above.

If the veins are too thick and tor- tuous then they should be removed either by operative removal or by slow injection method.

These methods are both safe now.

ECCLESIASTES

There is one sin: to call a 811m it“ SNY- .

Whereat the sun in heaven shud- dereth.

There is one blasphemy: for death W PIE-Y.

For God alone knoweth the Praise of death.

There is one creed; ‘heath no world- terrorb wing

Apples forget to grow on avala- trees.

There is one thing is needful-every- thing-

The rest is vanity of vanities

—G. K. CHESTERTON.

THE LAND WE LOVE

BY FRANK IIIIGB

GRAND PEI.

Q. Where is Grand Pm?

A. Grand Pre. is a small and pic- turesque village on the shores of the Basin of Mina-s, at the mouth of the Gaspercau River in Nova Booth. which is the mecca of thousands 0f visitors on account of the romantic and historic background of Ranch occupation and the scene of tho Acadian Expulsion, following the British Conquest. It is also the scene of Longfellow’; poem. A memorial church and a- statue of the heroine of the poem, Evangeline are the features of the village. .

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THE crianaorrauowu GUARDIAN

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Never Finished ”

(p, an Bani-y Thornton. President Canadian National Railways.)

(As ma to an...‘ ruler CW9" In The Saturday Evening Post»)

In the autumn o1 1922 I was offered a position which carried with it sev- eral peculiarities. It entailed the presidency of the biggest fflllwbl’ 8Y8‘ teln on the North American Contin- ent. I never had even seen the prop- my and did not knowits problems. its potential entanglements or em- banasments. Beyond this was the fact that the railroad to ire-e con- solidation was to be accomplished- wru so far in debt, so decrepit in places. so disturbed fundamentally and financially that its ~ condition threatened the well-being of Canada.

That should have been sufficient; but there were additional elements: I really did not possess a background of experience in these particular sur- roundings. This was a state-owned property. The only state-owned roads I had ever seen had been in Europe under the thoroughly warped con- ditions of the Great War. My opinion was that they were unhappy heritages. The Minister oi Railways, of one of the European countriep had con- fided to me shortly before the war that the harassment of politics had convinced him that railroads were in their proper element only under private ownership. In addition, there

was more than a hint that certain elements, political and otherwise, might prove embar- rassing and that there might

be a great many more thorns than roses. It was an exceedingly interest- ingly situstion. So I took the Job.

This concerned. of course, the re- habiliiation of what now is the Can- adian National Railways" owned and operated by the Dominion Govern- ment for the people oi Canada. True. the name had been coined before I had arrived in Canada and applied to a portion of the system as it now exists. However. people in general had a. more expressive term of descrlp tlon. They called it the National White Elephant.

Bnnning on the Redifiide oflthe Ledge!‘

A railroad or set of railroads can make or break a country. There is no true development without them; ir rare cases there is an arrested de- velopment because cf them. This lat- ter was the condition in Canada. True, there was no feeling of despair, but there certaintly was an atmos- phere of anxiety, particulary among the financial institutions. Here was more than 22.000 miles o; railroad. far from solvent, and crippled in equ- lpment, but thoroughly robust in its ability to run on the red side of the ledger. Indeed, it ran in the red far more steady than it ran on time. I like a good fight. l-lere was certainily the place to have it. '

‘This was in the autumn of 1922. The Canadian National Railway as it stands, ‘is six and a half years old. The income for 1922" was less than

i$2,000,000 which was better than pre-

vious years, since practically all of ihem showed deficits, sometimes running as high as $30,000,000. Today_ the railroad is solvent, and has been so uni-a 102a. Its not income available last year for interest on funded debt was $51,585,945, Perhaps those figures may be more interesting when it is considered that in ihe six years freight reductions aggregating $2,000, 000 were put into effect and wage in- creases aggregating $8,000,000 also came out of the earnings. A still bet- ierr comparsion is that in 1922, at least one large Canadian newspaper and many individuals believed" that Canada would be fortunate if some- one couid only be found who would take the system for its debts, plus of course, the usual dollar in hand to complete a sale. There were others. more radical, in favor of complete abandonment. which. of course would have been a national calamity. A transition from that status to the present one sounds like magic It was magic. and I can say that mod- estly. 1hr the nvcromacy was not mine Ii. was the accompli ‘ ‘ of a peo- ple who had decided to have faith to pull and tug and fight ‘hemseives out of a hole to save their own pos- sessions. As a man in my organiza- tion aaid recently, every Canadian birth Certificate ‘is also a ‘share of stock in the Canadian National Rail- ways. More than 000.000 people or one-eighteenth of the entirCDomin- ion_ population are directly affected by the welfare or the woes of the m-ganintlon through ,actual effort. family ties or dependency upon the employed. Back inpoiiell day! in the, United Static long before the world war made ma a British subject, I

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that, there must be also a story of ancient wreckage. L

The Canadian National Railways was not always state owned and it

gathered tbs visions. the achieve.- iuenis and mistakes of empire build- ers ever since the 1850's. Then, in the Maritimes, began the building, under government control. of various lines which came to be known as the Inter-colonial railway, and which, at the time of its almagamaiion into the CanadisnsNational, consisted of eight railroads and a weakness for deficits. Today the cost of these rall- roads starlds on the government's books at nearly a quarter ofla bil- lion dollars.

A Lot of Railways. Each Witb a. Deficit

That was the one ingredient of the present system which can wholly be called private in its original state. The other segments were private or