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President layup-Col. \\'. Clientel- b‘. Ali-Lure Tlco-Prevlilellt J. B. Burnett, l". J. I. Idllnr unit bluuugtng Uli-et-lui- J. K. Uunn-ti. _ll'. J. l- Secrolnry Lleut. (ill ll. A. Alaclvlniion U. b._ U.‘ Annie-tare liiliuirn Enuik UufLc-r mid l). h. tun-no

Moi-inn; Duily (l-‘uuiith-il lint?) _ 5.3.110 p»: sear (in 11111-111111»; 1i1-ii11-n-1i 111 tiiy

$1.110 per jﬂll‘ tlu 11111111111» muJvd tn l’ 1.1111111 $1.00 |N'l" yrnr (in lltlulllfl!) uiaileil in (illli 11ml t. b.

FRIDAY, DECEMBER, l0, 1937

The Prohibition Situation

'l'li1‘ official ivport of the lt-inpeizince Feder- ation met-ting reveals that for tlie first time 1.1111111" any tioveriiiiii-iit, so‘ far as we can recall, ir 1111s ti1‘1‘('~:1lTy t1» 1n.‘il.e r0pi‘0<1-iilii1i0iis direct to 1111- _\lllll\lt'f of justice and tlie l‘riiiie Minis-

11:i" of (Xinziila ia-gziiwliiig tlie 1\l'(\51‘CtlllHl1 of 1'01‘- 11?“ t~,...-,j|11‘1,.t1-i11; fatalities 11111: to careless llltliitltt-ltllt‘ 111111110.

i\tlt1llil']' zirrt-siiiig ti-atiirt- of the rt-poit is the uiiiiliziiie objection taken to ilie sworn statement

111111011111-011105 0iig.‘i_-_;c1l by the r\tt11i‘:‘1'_\' » ..l :1 f1-1v 1111111111; ago, to i110 effect that lie 111:1 iizore 1l1‘\llll\'L'l1ll1‘<.$ iii :1 iliiy iii b11711“ 1111, 1111111 111' would see 111 .\I1inti‘1-al i11 a

.\( 1l\\'lll1\..'1.li1ll‘i!_{ that this cvi1l1‘ii1‘0 1111s '.t :1 f11i‘iii.'1l lll\'1' atitiii i111l1.i\1'iii_( \v1'1-l;~ 11111-1, pro~1~c1it011 :11 1110 t:i\p:1\‘1'i'~'

1 - oigaiii/u‘ 111' i111‘ 5111p 111' '1i1-ii1p1‘r- .‘.lr. .\l1"l.1'o1l, did not li1‘.~i1.111‘ ti. 111‘- (1- 1111-. "quite ei‘roi‘.1‘1iii~".

111 1111- 11101-11111: 111-re l!(‘.'1l'El ' ti-ii-

1111- 111111‘ part 11f 11151111111 l 11111-1111‘ 1 is his r1-p1i1. t1\1-'~ :1ll1

1 1 111.11.11‘1:iii:iy:i-~iiii11- . _ . ' \1.- -. ; 1 ‘i 111s 1111 iii .i111>i1l 111111 . ..

1 1 p..ii11_ l: i. .~ttl'l1l'l\l|l_{ tl1-.'i‘1--

oi tin? 111111‘ piiblivitv \\'ll1t‘ll 1111- 3111113?’ sixth-inputs i‘01‘c1101l i11 1111‘ flt‘ll'llll(‘lll 11f 1111i‘ rcp-

. .1‘ ' l-ii 1’r1i1iiic1-. tliat :1 resolu- 1. . t1 l1r.‘1ii-liiig1l1i< s1ai1'i1i1‘iit.'is .2111 nnlltadiiig, and irgretiiiig tl1:it per-

~'»l.'1: 111' 5111111111,; to such allegations w‘.- i~i11pl1>_1‘e1l by 1111‘ .\tt11rii0_v 1101-1111 .'1‘ ttllilliiflly vcstid iii 111111 as l'rohibition 'l‘l11- 111111101‘, siiiw-lv, is £1 very

Lakes, which would give U.S.A. Middle West direct connection with the Atlantic by an all- water transit system. That it would bankrupt the stiiinner port of Montreal, and the lake port of Toronto never seems to enter the minds of the blind advocates of the scheme, but Premier llepbtirii realizes, and so do the leading busi- Iltrs‘ iiien of hlontreal. What signifies that to l'1‘iine hliiiistcr King and his political satellites who see i11 it nothing but a gold mine from Gov- eriiiiient loans to keep party contractors satis- fied and the party chest replenished? Mr. Bennett cried a halt to both schemes when he became Prime Minister, but Mr. King no soon- er returned to power than he determined to re- sunie where he left 01f i11 1930. If this be done, 1111-11 every other province will rightly demand a quid pro quo. and the gross extravagance and financial niisinzinageineiit, which affrights ac- countants like Mr. McDonald, and is bringing us" liiltt-i‘-.~‘kilt0i‘ to ectiiioiiiic (laiiiiititioii, will continue at accelerated pace.

1 Advertisers Getting More

‘ ./\1_lv1~i‘1isei's in Canadian newspapers are get- ting even more for their money 110w than a few yezirs ago, according to the latest published view- ‘ point o1 the Royal laiik of Caiiailzi. 'l'hat is

liccaiise cii'i‘ul;iti11ii has gone up iiirire rapidlv

iliriii :i1l\"0i‘ti>iii_; 1'.'1t<-<_ 1

lii ziii extensive survey of i111‘ situation, the liaiilc finds that in Ontario, while lIC\\‘.<]).‘l])L‘!‘r >lttl\\' an increase of. 25 per cent. in circulation

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511111 111317, the advance in advertising rates li:1< amounted to one-quarter of I per c0111.”

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p 111 1111110 l.1l11ar(l Island, with no increasi- iii zidvertising rates. circulation has gong up a1. 1111M f‘; p01‘ cent. In Nova Scotia, lineage rat ‘ limeiii1"i‘1‘:i<1'1l by about :35 p01‘ c0111., and cir- ciilniiiiii l1_\’1‘tll1lI1.<t(i()pQr Q9111,

["111 (Ellil<l.'lfllll'1l'lg‘ 1936, and in both the

1111011 .t:1t0s and (jlIIZKlII (luring 1937,” 111C r11 i111 s.i_1~'. iivpart, newspaper circulation sur- llll\l\t‘tl :ill ]\1‘(‘\'11itI$ records. \\'11e1‘c iiiaiiv other litl\ttlt‘~‘S zictivities declined by 3o, 40 ‘or 50 per cent. during the depression, the decline iii iif‘\\'.~‘p:1pi‘r circulation mounted to oiilv about i; per c0111. iii Canada and II per ceiit. in the

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. 1'1‘ 11o 1111-11-111-1‘ is 11111111- in 1111' 1'1‘~t1ltllltlll\ tii tl.-‘ 1-1111111111111-111 of lllL‘ .\l11i1tre1il detectives last 11111111101‘, 11-1- 111111; that i111‘ l"1'd0i‘:1ti1‘1ii_ recom-

s “Ila.- 1‘:1iplo_1‘iii1-iit of spi-cizil (li-tcctive 1iti'i,1i~‘ 11f a 11‘1i1‘1li_1‘ 1"li;1r:i1‘t0i' 111111 1‘:ilibi‘1‘, t-itlii-r t iri-‘n 1111- |\'.<'_.‘.l,1'_ iii‘ otli1‘i‘1\'i.~0, to assist iii c111 ~13 with 1110. prolili-iii of convivting violators of . 1.1113"

1‘. .~ 1111111-11131111 111,11 foiir si-ei 1.11 i111-mitg-.1t1-rs

we 111111‘ l)'lliQ rnipliiyt-il iii llll\ 1‘.i;'~;11‘i1_1‘,-—i11it i1;e:i:‘i11.~. i-f 1111‘ l\‘.L'..\l.l‘_ oi‘ otlieri1ise ipialilit-d ‘L pt 111111 ' ll_1‘. l.» 1111' l-ii-ilt-ititioii §~£tl1>lit‘tl as 1121-11‘ "01. .ici1-i‘ and calibre"? ° :\l\-<'l'.l 1111111 1111‘ resolutions this _v1:ir and 1111111 1111- discussion as it appears 111 the report i~1111l 1 1 the pr s. is ziiiy i‘1'f0i‘1'iire to a matter r1 ..:1l1-1l as vei‘_v important at the 1936 aiiiiuril 11111-21111; 11f the Federation. \\'c refer to tliehicl; (if 111111111: information with regard to 111111111‘

s.1’1..», 011'. throne-h tiic Liov0i‘1iiii0iit Vendors. 1,1,1. 1- 111i‘ lq-uliiliition Commission, thisiiilor- 1111-51111. 1111111ftslﬁtﬂllltllli)’ aiid valii0. 1111s given .11 d»- "l iii 1111" reports aniiiizillv tabled iii 1hr‘.

attire. Since the scrapping of 1110 Coin- n. ~l11ri and the vesting of all its powers and din-as i11 the .\ttorii0_v (ieiierril. the public has

1:11 1111- it‘; of 0110011111" up on 1111: ('i1i\‘<'i‘niii1‘i1'. 11,111.11‘ s i =. 'l‘l1is used to_l_10 con- 51111-1-1-11 wry iinporiziiit by our proliiliition or- g71!i2/.'tll11ll<.

ls it lws important now, 1vli0i1 1110 whole arl- 115.1? ll"'l‘.1i1l is in the lizuiils of one individual, 11,“ 1 11-111-1111 ~11 a< :1 court of lllittllfv "ll 111*‘ I-' 1. 11111101 r-ii-l is i'1-~p1-n~'il110 to 11111111111‘ but L ,| .

'l'1:iip"i.1110r' bcrlctntion i". no 111111111

;1 .- 1"..1t 111' a11- iiiidi-i‘ :1 tli('l.'tl1'1l'\11ll> in this 11 ,.»1-1~: 1111111- ili:i~1i1‘ than anything existing 111 1.11.11‘ l"r17vi1111-~, 11l10r0. i11n1parti.~:iii (Illlltltts-

FiHll~ arr‘ 0111111111011 i11 handling; (iov0i‘i1iii01it li1|- nor salus 111111 011111111016 reports of sin-ti sales are Iyulilisliffl fmi-irtiliczilly. llow can there 110 anv llllt‘ll1‘{(‘1]f 1111011141011 of li1|u1iir conditions 11011- 11111 1'1" siirli in formation is withheld?

l-Z 1111111113 its session iii rainrrzi this 10:11‘ and p<ii-ili.t.ii;g 1111111 a rr-nsori-il r0port of its pro- 1‘1-r1lii11;< tr- i'1‘.".1‘h the public. 1111- 170111-111111111 has i11l.t‘t1lt"l 11:11 it i.‘ no more 1l1-1ir11iis ti (‘.11 i111-

r,;...-. 111111.411 1.1” 1.1111111 1111» put-111‘ into i1. 1‘oi1i~ 1.1.1. ..,1.1pl-1|(-i‘, 'l'l1:»1 is |'i"ji‘i‘tt.'i11l1»_ iii tlii‘ ill- i- .1 1-111|1i1-1;i1i-i‘\1l111l1ii 1~»_p1»1i~~0-. '|l11-p1ib l} l1 - :1 i‘i-_-lit 111 1“;|101‘t that \‘1"lll‘l'f‘ (‘o 111>l'i‘-'Ili'\II 1 .1. ;.1_-.i11l,-d it 1111111111 b0 [fl\'1‘ll, \\'1~ zirt‘ all iii- 1-511-11 to 111-pom:- p:-1‘tii1-i'< in llll‘ eiiforcviii-Aiit and

1 1. mutual trust riiid lllllf‘1'\l.'t!‘-'ll|lL'.

Sound Ailiice But Not Political

iitpryong lii-ariiijq or reading .\lr, .\l1‘l)11ii- 31.1‘, 1111111111 11111110.: at the. 111111111‘ c0li.'lii‘.‘iti1iii

(,1 11W [tum-qt .,i"1‘i-.'11l1- \1ill ailiiiii it» §itltlttlllt"* .-;.;p] 111|111l1i1w.._ 1-1-1‘ _\1‘.1i1~. 011-1‘ $11111‘ the 11:11‘. Ufit1\Cl'lllll(‘lll~ liiiv1t 111111 ilflllllkil. ‘lYlHlHK 11'1" 7a n1oi‘.'~.__< 111' 01:111. igaiiri‘. and 110111 “Keeping

Lu], “m, [hf _l11lli‘\ s." .\1r. l\l1'l)oiial1l pl:1iiil_v

$111111» 11111-11 tl11~ 1-1111 will be unless the respec- Jive 11111111111111-111» 1111i only cry :1 halt, but turn l-fnct‘ itlioiit and i‘1‘ti‘1-i11'li. but your cxpeiirlitiire min 11:111. 1.11s .\li‘. .\l1‘l>1-iial1l, and iucrea=e 111111‘ f-“Lpwq I,\ _i;o p11‘ 1-1-111, and i11 .111 _\'CIll‘.\ inaybr. 11...] 1111,. _\t;1l'\ i~ttt‘1'l_\', 111111‘ 111111111‘ liabilities

11.111 b1- 1i1L i11 lrili, and you \1ill 111' 111111: to 1111- 111111111 111111‘ nicziiis. 11155; must gipptuii- 111 1111111 politician‘: as coini- _ 511 of peifmtioii, for, llli\\'l'\'t'l‘ 1101111111111: from ' a tiiiaiiriei-Iq point of 111-wit isiii:ipp1i1‘:ibl1- from a piiiiiviiiiis-oi‘ at all events, a l.ib0r:_1l deni- ocratie politician's point of view. 'l'li1‘. financier l illlllliS nothing of applying the screws, matting ,1 1111- 11111 jittiify- i110, int-ans. \\'ith 1110. l.il)!'l'&1l l’ politiiiaii 111111-1111 justifies the iiiraiis in the re- 1ci".<0 f1t'tl'l'—-1l(‘. iiiiist iii1loo<0n the purse strings to provide PllI]>lIi_\']]l(‘llf and, if and when desir-

1 able. tffflli for ]1l'l\'ll(‘_'._'(‘fl partyineii and party-

' i-ipiiiiiis expense and admitted ivastagc.

£11011 i'('|>1!‘|]l~lllll(‘lll. llcncc this yiroposvil ff‘- ttnppiipn 11f "lllv-lifilff-lll tlie-giviiiiid pol11-_v" in ‘,l1--iiii-1-,-1]--1t1/- pi-1i1-isiiiii of an r-iitirelv 11111111111- ril :1i11l ItIl|lt“t'1".1$.'|T>\1' lliiion l\’.'iil11'.‘iy Station at llr-ncc “t... 1,‘..- pynyynsfﬂlflPPPPIIlHQnfllll‘ Ft.l.a1vi‘0i11‘0 811-1 r-iitiimiiiig it by taiials with the (i11-at

' oi 1111- law: and 1110 tir~t pi‘ii1.‘i[1l1"1»i 1M.‘- ,,

hinted Hair-s. This loss in circulation m- casioiiezl-bv tlii- 111-pres on, has been more tlrin overcome, and the characteristic expansion 11:1,- bcen resumed. 1

“One indirect effect of the increase in cir-

;;iiid 111-11-1100 forces.

eiilzition of newspapers iii Canada is that, in many Iilares. advertisers are getting more for tliz-ii‘ llilitlf'f\'.i'

U. S. A. Arming

"l 110 Ll..\'..\. Secretary of War, Mr. Harry ll. \\‘1i1i1li"i1ig, is out tirging an increase in the army H H _ The army at present i5

inorc (“fltClCllt than at any time in its peacetime l11si1‘»i‘_1',’ the Secretary asserts, but compared with the arinies 0f other nations is "relatively weaker‘ than a year ago”. This, he said, was because other nations have gone for- ward at an enormous rate’ in iiicrcztsing their military strength. “l certainly do not recommend that the United States join i11 this feverish arms r2100,’ _.\fr. \\’OOfll‘lllg said. “I loivever, I do think‘ as an ii1siii‘ai1ce against attack wc should further strengthen our armed forces’. To inei-eqgg 11m ilfﬂfvﬁ Plfiﬁieiicy, .\lr. \\'oodi‘iiig recoiiinieiidetl the following steps: Add 500 officers a yiear uii- til the maximum of 14.500 is reached. Bring the (‘llliSlCfl strength to 105,000 and tuning-tin it at that total; the ziir corps and coast artillery should haie 1hr: preference in building up the maximum] strength. Revise the pay schedule to a, scale comparable with that of civil life, certainly to equal Illllllk of the navy and tlic Civilian Con. servatiiin Corps. ltet-ruit i111: National (itlftfd 11p to 3111,1111» <1ffi1_‘1=i‘s 21nd 111011. (iivr- at 10.151 3.1,.- Wl" rim-ire officers two week's active ditty 041011 y1‘;ii‘._ liirrerisc 1110 number nf boys receiving training each year at the citizens’ military traiii- "Ultftttllli 11m" 30.001) to 59,000. liicrezise ap- p1'11pi‘i;1ti11iis to provide for 120,000 reserve of- fict-rs.

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Editorial Notes r

l"ir>t airfliglit to Australia from London

vniiipteii-tl this date, i910. n! a it:

liven the expuigaterl edition of the ijeport of

11111: deinpvranec Federation sent us for publica- I tioii malws challenging reading. \\"li.'it like 111111111 llit\l‘ 1101-11 the iii11‘xpiii‘g;iti‘il slur)? =11 =i= x =1-

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l New lit'tlll\\\‘lt'lf has just floated :1 $13,51io,ri<.vi i loan; Nova Scotia has received offers for :1 $5,- tootrooo loan; and the President of the Liliaiii- f ('oi1ii1i0i‘ce tells iis it is the Nike's l’i‘o-

.\.~' :1 good l.ib1‘r.'il 110 ought to 111111111. =1- : n- n1

1 gre».

A piwiiiiiiiciit member of the Campbell (inv- ('t‘lllll(‘tll. was heard loud in his (lciiouiicizition of 1110 hlcliityiw‘. Road policy, which has 10ft our highway and liv1v:i_vs in such a deplorable ton- ditlon at this i110 busiest season of the year,

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"(hit-c bitten twice" sliy is the present disposi- tion of Premier Campbell. llc once held an invcstigaiiiiii iiiio his arliiiiiiistratioii of the l‘ro- liibitioii Act, so 11f! pleaded another engage- lilfllf 1vli0i1 the Prohibition forces invited him to a second.

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Next _v0ar, if all grit-s 11-011. the Public lVorks lk-partiiieiit plan hard stirfaciiig St. P0ter’s Road as far as Mount §t01rart, and the South $1111: .111 11111111 as far as hlontaguc. Souris will be 10ft to a more convenient season, probably 011 1110 eve of 1110 Feilt-ral 0100111111, which is now provisioinally scheduled for July, I939.

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Grave fears that the proposed treaty between the 171111011 Kingdom and the British States will ilisrntit the British market for British Columbia 1111111101‘ are expressed iii representations made at (lttawa by Pacific (first lumber interests. Dc- spite :1 tremendous geoqiuzpliical handicap, Bri- tish Columbia last _v0:1r sold 665,000,000 board feet of lumber to liritain, while sales across the borrler to the United States in the. same [lPflﬂll totalled only ilignoooaﬁrio. Loss of the Ilfll British market would throw the lumber industry of the \\'est Coast back to the early depression stage, with a heavy loss oi employ- inc-iii

‘rue CHARLOTTETOWN ' GUARDIAN

mites BY THE WAY l

The theory in Britain ln regiiiil to libel and scandal is that 1t 1's not. merely an offense against. the tui- inediste- victim but. against. society as a whole. It is a. very sound dot- trine. and the courts apply it witi a rigor wh ch is lacking 1n ths cvimtrin-st. catiierines Standard.

Who are these people who appear to be conquering China? Many years ago they came from the main- lrizict of’ Asia. They came in droves- Korean colonists, Mongols and Mat- ays. Thus the present population of Japan is heterogeneous 1n ortgai, but it is predominantly of the same stock as that from which their Chinese enemies sprang. The Jap- anese caiiie from China, which was old when their own islands were barely settled. They have no 1n- digciious culture. Their literature and their art. are borrowed from Chiria.-Ha1ni'ttoi1 Spectator.

Isn't the Sou a wonderful place? Here good sense and good will among our many races prevails. We have Anglo-Saxons, Italians, Aus- trians, French, Germans, Poles, Finns, Indians and other peoples

And .11‘ 10»; of prejud-

eacn other; 1i years go by we

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far them. tor we see that he is doing the best 1.0 cont aciian c1112 p. ecaiise of l1 111cc oi‘ reigion, and he l1; treated on his merits es a man. We have (llSl'(l‘.'t‘l'B(.l in Iaci tha: to time lrii-iirts we must. be one.-—Sau1t Ste lvfarie Star.

A11 eminent educator asserts not one [worsen 111,50 0-111 spell these ivorcts eoricttfv: D s

reptlloiif, 1iiekntcking. inoculate, interfered, ecstasy, supersede, in~ feried. ltqiit-ty,

eczema, irrelevant, sacritegious, vil- ify, consensus, Ill(lL.S])'3I1S.1lOlQ and exlzi nixite. —- Neal O'Hara, .n New York Post.

Nurthei-iiers are prune to ridicule souiheriiers because of their ignor-t anee of developments and affairs in these paris, but only iiortlierners who have occasion to frequently visit all parts of this vast territory have any conception of the month- by-moiitn expansion. Almost ovei‘- iiight new settlements spring up and - tn the course of a few months [kilns are 111111191‘ way for municipal incor-

of the past 10 years, and there are very few ivho are capable of reclting the expansion of the past two or three y-ears-Nrirtti Bay Nugget.

It in perhaps too much lo expect the sons and liters of today to flnrl 11s much i11 st. 11nd entertain- ment. i111 tanii y tasks a5 members of earlier generations dtd. There are too many competing interests. But the girl who learns to cook and keep house and the boy who masters the intricacies of the family fur- nace or learns to shovel walks or inow lawns 111th speed and 00m- plctencss have learned lessons which are as valuable as any m their school curriculum. Perhaps parents have overlooked the possiblllt. es of siieh llfiltlPWofk. Children do not. have to be flYIKlQCS but they might; actually fcnin to like work.—-l0ndon Free Press.

"There, but. for the grace of God, go I," iiitglit say Kiiinloeps as news items from Quebec tell of the rav- ages of (ttplittieian among the Juv- enile population. Such a. condition would be possible in Kaniloops t0- day if it. \\‘1'1‘C not for the mmunlz- atioii campaign conducted by the inedieat 11011111 officers department. Kninloops parents may steep praw- fully o‘ iii;;t‘.t.:, rsecure iti the know- ledge that. llif‘ largest. percentage of i-litlrtreii are protected against the choking 110.1111, and that for years flu-rt‘ 1111s not been a single case of diphtheria in this city. Bait it is a pity that 1111.- proteetion is not 100 pct‘ cent, that. there are a. few parents 111110 have not had their children immunized. -- Kiimloops Sentinel. _.______,

It. ls obvious that British rearm- mncnt. in the an‘ has progressed iniicl‘. tarihei‘ than the public in Brl- taii or elsewhere reaizes. In the first. place the principles introduced under the new pfOgfﬂm which re~ suited in the S0~Cl1llCd shadow me of (tizsiritiutiiig work among ‘ 111g and newly Iiiiilt. factories ]ll't'l\l‘fl to h1- enrrert. Should 1t be iirvcss-aigv at arty time owing to some eii1ei'1;1‘n1y ,the British Air Force eoiilzt secure supplies of as many nritiplaiies as reqii red. Nat.- ui-alty‘ 1l1e niJllClllC 1111s a long wiiy to go yet, but. it is already 1n a stage 11111-1-1: Britain can. 1f she wants to. ouﬁbuilct any other airI power with the possible PXCEPllOII,‘ perhaps, of Russia-From I‘Oeuvre, Paris. '

In Eaton blenim-Ial Church rc-

Jiipnn with a 121111111111 that. might. be still furtht-i- inflated yet. collapse from a single piiipi‘ ek, whereas China was like :1 feather pillow that remained a pillow after it hqd been piiinmellctt again amt {lgﬂlnr-TOI- onto Star.

111-tn; in iea ‘e tor-her ' m3 “Pmlnted by the 2111:2111 oppiiriiiiiity iiiiil tolglijfiiiuiigt and that “my n’ the proceedings ma; would be furnished them. But the meetings were entirely open and ice. We discover‘ 1111' 5.1m min; m the public cordially tnvtted to at- oui‘ neighbor‘ and give him credt lend-

iic to good Caii- _ opinion N11 111.111 suffers words: closed doors" 1n the report which l appeared on Decmeber 8th was 9- ‘Iﬁfy unfortunate thins. , over, insofar as the report pur—. ported to be made up of’ certain things “announced by the official reporter" it was quite false, for I , , announced nothing similar to the 1111111‘. 1111110110.. meaning of those words.

_ eratlon is grateful to "lYcitW “Itpmrley- 0111111111111 and The Patriot for the generous amount of space given the publishing of the Federation's report; and Temperance Education in general, resolution number four. It Temperance" and others who are interested have not already done so. I suggest they turn to page six of your where they wt‘l ﬁnd a full ac- count of both sessions of the an- nual meeting of the Federation.

our Department was justified 1n our contentions. we secured at. a considerable expense the services of C. C. Etdt, of Kentvllle Experi- mental Station, Nova Scotia. A very comprehenslve survey was made by this Province under his supervision. I feel that. in recent years. there have been very few undertakings in the Province which will have a greater effect on increasing the revenue of large numbers of people than the establishing of this ex- perimental plot, and a comprehem stve undertaking to foster this 1n~ dusti-y within the provnce.

what: discouraged. and wondereu whether our efforts Ln trying to get the Dominion Government inter- ested would be effective or not, and ti; is with satisfaction we know our efforts have been crowned with success, and I would strongly urge our people who have been fortun- ate enough to have nature supply them with a generous amount of cranberry vines, to get all the ln- tormatton they possibly can in re- gard to the matter. and be erned by the advice of the expert who will be sent. to this province.

of cranberries, almost equals that. of an equal area. of strawberries. You have no replanting, you have no cost; of berry plants, and I feel assured that‘. there will be a won- derful revenue derived from this. industry, 1f proper care la taken of grafting, boxing and marketing of the fruit.

1:01.111 the 111-1-1111101‘ aptly compared .

the human mind the idea of author- ity has been combined with the 00n- cept; of utscloin. with the result that. a. new myth has swept. the world- the myth that i1 strong Govem~

PUBLIC FORUM

TIIE FEDERATIOIVS MEETING

stag-Yesterday in your columns

there appeared a letter from one who signed himself “True Tem- perance" which referred report. of the annual meeting o! the P. E. I. Temperance Feder- atloii which appeared -ln your paper De.ember 8th; the portion which stated that the

tothe

particularly

port. The annual meeting of the Federation was not; held behind closed doors 1n the sense that the public was not invited to attenml It; is true that. before the meeting both the Charlottetown Guardian and the Patriot were notified by the Secretary of the that an official reporter was be-

Federation

Federa tlon

I should 11kt: to add that in my the inclusion of the "Which was held behind

More-

The P. E. I. Temperance Fed- both The

as is indicated tn

issue of December 9th

I am, Sh‘. etc. A. E. MACKENZIE.- (The advertisement calling the

1., m , . . meeting of,’ the Federation did not

11121111121 td‘r0111gvlilltfilierftgiliilgpiiiéiizfii mvne the pubm- No other mun‘

111g could betaken or intended than

that the meeting was private when

the Press was notified tn advance

that an official report would be supplied. ED. G.)

CRANBERRY AREAS Biff-Ill was with a great deal

of satisfaction I read in your pa. W!‘ 0f December 8th a statement that‘. an Experimental area. for the study of cranberry production in this Province had been selected on the farm of Hed- Cheverte. East; Point. Our Department. Ms for the ‘past. year devoted a great. deal 0t time and‘ energy in locating the many cranberry areas on the Is~ limo and impressing on the Fed- eral Government the advisability of establishing an experimental plot: also provtdtizig a suitable man 1o‘: the supervision of the same.

In. order to assure ourselves that

At- many times we were some-

gov-

The revenue from a certain area

Intelligent

I am, Sir, ete. - W. I-I. DENNIS. Minister 0f Agriculture

By one of those strange quirks of

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Canned Foods

(St. John's Telegraiihy Journalii

one of 1.1m most outstanding commercial development; in Can- ada-nnd elsewhere for that mat- ter-has been the great. increase lIl the consumption of canned foods. Hardly a season passes but some new product, or severalappcarson the market in ready-to-eiit form. and incidentally the sale of food- stuffs 1n bulk has dwindled to a1- most insignificant proporzions

Canned foods produced in Can- ada. during’ 1935. according to the Dominion bureau of statistics, were valued at‘. $45,299,000. imports ad- ded another $2,684,000, xvhlle ex- ports amounted to $1ﬁ.975.0(i0, leav- lng a total of sit-MIX“ for i1"- inesttc consumption. m‘ S? 81 Der capita. This compares with $2773 puer captta tn 19:14.

The growth of the industry tn Canada since the first of the

Crepe viist llU$|EllY

She'll be in seventh heaven with 3 pairs of CREPE stockings for Christmas! twist makes these glemorously sheei-Hmein- forcements prolong their wear. Sparkling cop- per and rich smokey tones. All sizes.

s. A. McDONALD

Of chief interest in the Mari- time Provinces ls the canned fish industry‘. The figures for 1935 and the preliminary returns for

include he following: 1935 1936

S l $9,663.00 $11,139,000

1.2112125 2.249.000 2,229,000 BIEBIORIES

Sardines 1,180,000 1,381,000

In addition to the actual value N01, by the years do I recall g. of the foods processed, there is going- the added employment given to

those concerned dlrectfy with industry iis well as to those mannv facturtng containers and to allied

enterprises. The development; is of

increasing tmportanc to the Do- -

minions economic situation. whet-her “- W” m” Spring m h 1.—..-.- _ .-.--:-.:—~_= December

llEllEF IN ZD ' MINUTES

DECEMBER 1o, 1931 "““":-=s

GIVE lIER

3 PAIRS 3_()()

Their high

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1936

the

tears flowing Neither too soon nor late.

Get, ralivtf almost at oiiea from .1851, G001’ the vtiiiking, wheezlnl. Illpllll and fighting for breath of 11111111111. Take Templeton’: ItAZ-MAH Capsules. Parsin-

eiit treatment bring; uthmn

ember Noi- ponder any more.

By no stern calendar with l. blacl date s Noted and marked to start the M

You turned in silence, etoatn: the Softly behind you. I do not. rem-

imdet oontml. Relief from II. worth - or mane! back. BOoand Il in. druggiltn. 605

century has been most. marked. Canned goods production value in 1900 was about $8,250,000. by 1930 it had reached $55 millions, or a six and one-Iialr fold increase tn the thirty years. Although the total dropped back to $32,84't,0001ii 11733, It gradiiizlly advanced during the two subsequent y-csrs. and 1t ts be- lieved to be still on the upward trend-

Fruits and vegctabies naturally account for the liwzest proportion of the present output, followed by fish, milk, soups and meats. The value of the various i-tnsses of products of the canned food iii- dustry in 1935 is given iis follows:

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I-‘Itttng and Supplying Glaslel Etc.

ll. J. MABOI

omomlfnisr MONTAGUE. r. E. I.

Fruits $ 4.757.000 Oﬂleo Connected with Vegetables 12,101,000 ‘ Dill l0!’

Fish 111,639,000 Milk 8.142.000

A '1‘ '1‘ E N T I 0 N Swine Breeders

Iil the tlme l0

Mr. Tea Poll fays: For a Delicious Cup 0f F1111 Flavoured Tea Use

other provinces British Columbia 1n the matter of big maple leaves. 01111111111111 TftlVPl Bureau cuinpetitoii. and cacti year. some

merit is necessarily i1 wise Govem- merit. This confusion o! wisdom with strength has exercised n. subtle fasctniitlon over mllltom of radicals tn all countries. America has not escaped the contagion-as witness the passion for‘ Govern- ment regulation and interference. It.

It scciris quite useless for the t0 compete with

Each year the holds a

Illlﬂl against

PIG - WORM

by ullng the moot effective remedy on the market;

0mg: Palms Ta‘

Enough that. when mow cast-i t" pearly awning

Over the eartti—enough when 1'01"‘ drops start

Theft wlsifiil dirge on billllﬂl-l?" “l da1vning—

Ghostitke you walk by heart-

‘ONE FOR OFFICIAL! (By ‘r1111 Canadian i-ressi

LONDON —After IosintZ 11"" halls at. the seventh hole. in '5 Wimbledon Park golf toiirnnm-n- John Weaver threw down a WW" ped ball, gave tt a knock andhot- ed out. He turned tn the be“ card but his prize ts being helctiip

BRA HMIN

British Columbia boy nr girl walks away with the iii-lac. This year. the biggest 111111-121 inches by 22 inches. with n. surface of 284 square inches —1vas sent. in by Miss Mary Jamea of Cowtctian. while the second prize went. to ‘Wallace Gourlny of Lady- smlth. The broad-leaved lorest. mane native to Lh s province makes it. easy for British Columbia. com- petitors. When it comes to another par‘. of the competition, however» the most. beautifully colored leaf -_ this province is left. far behind. The broad leaf merely turns yellow and drops ofI. The small leaf 0f the vine iniiplo does color up, and tn the mass makes quite a. show at times. But the brilliant-y of coloi-‘ng. the variety, the gradation of shades to be found tn the leaves of the hard maple of the East. are lacking. We shall have to change our climate it we vmiit to Fit‘), 111': prize for color- lrvz. And of roiirrn vie do not want

York Heiid ‘Pi-thine.

to do tiiat.~~vancouvcr Province.

rests on the delusion that politic- ians are wiser than other men one therefore should be empowered to tell other men what they should do and 110w they should do iii-New

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Fox Petting and Cleaning Station Morell Hotel Warehouse

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