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TNE BNNNLOTTE IiJWN GUARDIAN

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WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1930

Sponsors Maritime Case

An illuminating article on the Maritime freight rate grievance op- pean in a recent issue of theToronto Telegram. The article, written by Mr. W. W. lifacPhee, formerly of Charlottetown and now on the staff of the Telegram, refers to the politi- cd "breeze" that has been raised in these provinces by the sea which oc- casioned Premier Baxzcr oi New Brunswick to hint that it zrvght be an opportune time for the Maritimes to consider the question of re- maining in the Canadian Confeder- flm. Tho premiers oi Nova Scotia, and Prince Edward Island have re- pudiated the suggestion of secession and Mr. Baxter hm made no sub- sequent reference to the matter.

"But," says Mr. McPhec, "the Pre- mier of New Brunswick was heard- at Ottawa and throughout Canada. It was like the meeting of the tides in the Northumbcrland Straits. Many inland Canadians misunder- szood Premier Baxter. Others laughed at this new breeze from the sea. Many forgot that this man Baxter has been sitting in Domin- ion and Provincial Parliaments and Cabinets for the last; qunrtcr of a century. He is an expcrienccd poli- tician. He warned to be heard. 11c has been heard. And he will be heard again on the very important question of Maritime freight rates."

The writer goes on to explain why the question of freight. rates should cause a Premier of wide CTQEHCIYCL‘ in provincial and Dominion politics to become more or less excited. 'I‘hc-. reason is that the decision of a ma- jority oi the members of the Domin- ion Railway Board. in dismissing the application of the Halifax Harbor Commission and the ffaritime Bor- of 'f‘ralde for a reduction in the x p way rates for carrying Elvin H0111 the Western Provinces to Saint John and Halifax. for export, was a amazing decision to every Maritime. who had given any consideration to the subject. Under existing ar- rangements grain may be sent from

the Great Lakes to ihe Atlantic non- I -i

board for shipment to England by all rail route to New York or other Unit- ll ed States ports at 35.5 Cents per 100 l lbs; it may be sent by lake" 2m‘. rail! via. Buffalo to‘ United Stiller. ‘ N ports at only 18.77 cents: it _. sent by rail to Quebec 6...‘. ..l i u. summer time only and nitdr-i- 1r: rates granted thrr-c years am» the cost will be 18.34 cents; it; may l>c sch‘. by lake and mil tovllallfax or Si. John (but in the summer 01111,") and, the cost will he 19.34 cents. But iii sent by rail to St. John or HJlllllX ‘(either in winter or luxmmcrr ihc 0b- jectlonable rate of 35.5 cents will have to be paid. The Canadian Mariilmc ports asked for a rcjuction in the; rates from 35.5 cents per 100 lbs to‘ 19.34 cents-one higher than Quebec and nearly n. cent higher than l the Buffalo-New York mic; and their request was rejcctcd by :1 majority decision 0f the Dominic". lhiltvayl Board. _ Tho result is that thcr: are no Canadian ports on ihc Atlantic coast.‘ that are in a. ll) compcto; with United Slates ports in the; handling 0f Canadian grain. The rc-g diction in the rate to Quebec doesi not. mean so very much, because: Quebec is a closcd- port in the wintcr| time. The Maritime poris of Saint John and Halifax are opcn winter and summer, but the mics nro nl-f most prohibitive all ihc your around. The unfairness of this decision is. brought home by the citation of a promise made in 1903 by thc Pulls-l ment of Canada and by ihc agrcc- merit entcrcd into by the Transcon- tinental Rallway to the effect. that! "the through rntc 0n OXPOYY» traffic‘ from the point of orglu to ihc point ; of destination shall nt no time bci greater via. Canadian ports than via’ United stages ports," ’I‘he railway was I built "for the express purpose of en- gquraglng the development of Canad- I fan trade and the transportation of (jgngdlan goods through Canadian channels," and this agreement has

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prcsentlng the facts so clearly and impartially to the readers of the Toronto Telegram. There is no ques- tion but. that the Maritimes have been most. unfairly discriminated against, and it is essential that the matter receive the widest publicity throughout Canada.

National Defense

With all the talk of peace and I goocl-u-ill and disarmament, the lUnltod States, separated from the rest oi the world by leagues of sea, will expend $690,000,000 for “national defense" in the next fiscal year if Congries; adheres to the budget esti- mates forwarded by President Hoover.

Canada's total naval and military expenditure is about $15.000,000 a year-about. $1.50 per capitu- The United States expenditure, on the basis oi the figures above quoted, is about $6 Der capita.

Canada's front line of defense is the British Navy. Without that safe- guard we too would be spending hundreds of millions annually in building battleships and guns and nix-planes, and in maintaining sol- dicrs. 1t means a. lot to us to be in the British Empire!

The Heel of Achilles

Grand Opera is the last rock upon u-hich one would expect the good snip oi the Rt. Hon. Philip Snowden, chancellor of the exchequer of Great Britain, to split. Yet it is not incon- ceivable that this may happen. Great oaks from little rooms grow, and, in l litical life, the catise of a cabinet. lnllrnters undoing has more than once had its source in some appar- cntly trifling decision which has been . magnified out of all proportion to its importance.

It seems that Mr. Snowdcn recent- | ly made a grant of sisznoo for five yc-nrs and a half to subsidize the Cnvcnt Garden Opcra and that this action has provoked an outcry, it be- ing argued that unemployment is a. fact, that the chancellor complains of the (lllTicult_y' oi making both ends zmcl that grand opera is a lux-

‘llCUi. :'l"_'. Moreover-and here's the rub- Mrs. Philip Snowden, the chancel- lor's. wife, is one oi the directors of ihc CovcnL (iarden opera and one of {be governors of the state-controlled British Broadcasting Corporation.

Uncle Sam Follows Suit

President Hoover now comes for- warcito ask Congress for an emerg- ency appropriation of $150,000,000 to dcal with unemployment. As in the case of Canada, the money is t0 be used to accelerate all federal con- struction during the next six months-

Wc hear much of Canada copying the United States. Here is one case.

United Slates i5 Rlfld to copy the e!- ftlTIDlC of Canada. It is a fairly 300d vindication of the policy which Mr. Bennett ‘aunclied marl!’ Si?‘ mmlu“ pgo, and which his Governmmi is now executing with such desP-“I-WI

and vigor.

Editorial Notes

We'd just like to know, says fin 0*‘ cilantro, vrhat Ramsay MacDonald said to Mr. J. H. Thomas whcn he got; him behind closed doors!

Scots throughout the world will re- joice to loam that a. movement is afoot to preserve for nil time the field on which was fought U"? 1115M?‘ making Battle of Bannockburn, when “proud Edward's power" was vim- qtllshcd by the valor of Scottish sol- dicrs under the leadership oi Bruce-

The report comcs from Soviet Rus- sla that Rt. Hon Winston Churchill is in he hanged in effigy at Moscow- The courplimcnt, suggests the Sydney Post, will not. be lost on Mr. Church- ill, who revels in publicity and who

, is pursuing a short-sighted policy."

Notes by the Way

We may assume, says the Notting- ham Guardian, that Mr. Bennct“s offer of a British tariff preference will remain open, in which event it ls to be hoped that it will be for a Conservative Government very soon to negotiate the whole question with the Canadian Prime Minister, with the view of increasing inter-Imperial trade to the maxi- mum degree.

The Ottawa Journal announces that an English flrm has purchased a textile plant in Carleton Place. which has been idle for some time, and will employ 360 hands in the manufacture of woolen coatings and other cloth never made before in Canada. Twenty-five skilled workers will be brought from England and the rest of the workers will be Can- adians. This is a result of the recent tarifl changes.

In an address before the Empire Parliamentary Association, in Ilon- dun, in July of thb year, Mr. Mac- Donald, the Prime Minister, said: "In the autumn we are to have a still more important conference, the Imperial Conference, which has to face constitutional problems and economic problems, the like of which we have never had to face before. We have to make up our minds that there are life and change in empires as in individuals. We cannot live in the past, and we must not be'too eager to imagine that we are living in the future. The great art oi con- tinuing life is the art of combining the two, and whoever has responsi- bility connected with the coming Imperial Conference will succeed only in so far as he can practise and apply that art with success." Brave words and true words. But Mr. MacDonald reckoned without Mr. Snowden and Mr. Graham and a few others of his Ministry, who have refused to recognize that "we can- not live in the past” and who cling to fiscal fetishes. Mr. fiiscDonald pointed the way to success at the Conference — months before; -- but when the time for marching came, he and his Government closed their eyes to the new sign-posts and re- fused tobudge out oi the old paths.

Great Britain feels that its aerial fleet is not all that it should be. l Therefore, a contract has been given for 250 new flying machines which are to be oi‘ the highest type in the matter of efficiency as military air- planes. Evidently, Croat Britain counts more on her military means as a. protection against possible foreign attack, aerial and otherwise, than she counts on the surety and effectiveness oi the famous Briand- Kellogg peace pacti

Dr. Julius Klein, assistant secret- at" of commerce, New York, and a well known writer on many matters oi economic importance, says in con- ncction with the matter of advertis- ing: "The firm which eliminates or rarlically curtails its advertising at this time in the interest of economy

He goes on to explain that. advertis- ing at the present moment is to national business just what initia- tive, courage and resourcefulness are to the individual. His opinion is that the signs are indicative of an up- ward trend, indeed that already thc progression economically is upward and that now is the crucial moment. "Nevcr,” he declares, "was there a better opportunity for sound man- agement, coupled with advertisement having a real message, to help Liic business of the country get started on its climb back to prosperity." In other words and bticfly the idcn is “boost? your community, your busi- ncss and your prospects; don't be down-hearted.

The 20th November, 1852, Mr. Gis- crnc, an engineer oi distinction completed the laying of the first ocean cubic, between Cape Tormen- tine and Capo Traverse, P. E. Island, thus establishing telegraph com- munication between the island and

the mainland. The Cyclopaedia of Canadian Biography, page 2B5, states that it was laid "under cx-

ceptionally difficult circumstances," which can be understood, as Mr. Gisborne as the pioneer, had to in- vcnt and control the apparatus and make it work. If any honors are of- flclally paid for first Atlantic cable they are due to the memory of this eminent man.

The Historic Sites Board unveiled a tablet at North Sydney which roads: “First Atlantic Cable. This

marine cable in North America laid in 1856 between Caps Breton and Newfoundland." To save itself from future derision the Historic Sites Board will probably take down this tablet and hide it away. The gov- cmmenti ought to replace it by a properly placed one to record the achievement of Mr. Gisborne.

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.PREVENTING MENTAL AIL- MENTS IN CHILDHOOD

A father spoke bitterly to me one day about his two boys. He spoke of all he had done for them; set them both up in two different lines of business which had given the prev- ious owners splendld returns, but which in his boys’ hands were not actually paying expenses.

The boys came and went when they liked, hired indifferent help. and did not seem to appreciate all their father had done for them.

"Well" I said “What about your- self? How did you get started in business life to do as_well as you have done?"

His reply was very prompt.

"Why no one ever helped me. I left school at twelve years of age and never had any help from home since that time. I hustled papers in the early morning, and had a regular lob through the day, and I've been on the go ever since."

"Well,” I said "Isn't that the rea- son you succeeded. You lust had to hustle and your two boys have had you as a prop, a support, a helper all their lives; they've never had to "fend" for themselves.

"Yes" said he "but I didn't want my boys to have to go through the struggle I had to make as a boy." Now it is this desire of parents to spare their children the hardships they themselves endured, that takes away the fighting or airessive spirit neoesss y for success in life.‘ And unfortunately it is only too true that this ‘kindness’ of the par- ents beginning in the early infancy of the child really hampers the child later in the race of life.

A child that can coax the parent to allow it to do the things that the parent knows is mt really best for him, gradually gets the "upper hand," and even before it gets start- ed to school has many of its life characteristics strongly formed. When parents and teacher recog- nize the battle they have on their hands they often attempt to curb or correct the child by severe measures, and the beginning of future nervous ailments is thus established.

I have no desire to try and in- struct parents as to how to bring up their children. My only point is that from the health standpoint, from the standpoint of the prevention of nervous or mental ailments m later lite, each parent should think of these things when the child a really in arms. Its attempts to ex- press itself in various ways should not be repressed, but should be guided in as sensible s. way as the parent can possibly use." A little thought at this time will enable the child to properly adjust itself to life,

ouosrs or no MAN'S mun (1918-1930)

No one can hear the sound of feet. When dead men rise and march again;

No one can hear the measured beat Of ghosts that move by hill and glen To find some broken, shattered trench

They left to make one final stand, Before each knew the sudden wrench Death scnt in flame through No Man's Land.

No one can dust Stirs from its clay, to take old form, Before life knew the closing thrust And passed before the blood-red storm- Youth, born for sun, Where dreams and hopes move hand in hand, Youth brighter spun Above their sleep in No Man's Land.

hear when dreamless

morning and the

than the Dbpples

No one can hear-but from their sleep

I know they meet again today

To find lost mates, up from the deep And gripping covcrlet of clay;

To dream lost dreams that passed too soon,

Of life and love by starlight fanned, Blue eyes, red roses and the moon They never knew in No Man's Land

Can ghosts see ghosts that might have been

Of children calling in the light? Can unborn shadows still be seen By eyes that hold the inner sight? Shadows that dance upon the air And call in vain, forever banned;

us and the usual preparations are being made to meet h demands.

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The Public Forum

This column is 0pm for i-llo flhgfljlpfl by correspondent! u quium of mums. nu Charlottetown Guardian duh

“CONSTR-UCTIVE CRITICISM"

Bin-Amongst the curiosities of literature I read a. few days ago an evening paper editorial, approving an objection made by a public man against criticism of the peoples servants. ‘

“Constructive criticism", in other words fulsome flattery, is always in order-and invited. But the saintly and perfect edifices of his domain, like Caesar's wife, are so far “above suspicion" as to elevate them to that unknown haven, safe from the pen or tongue of the adverse critic.

Criticism, to be constructive must also be destructive. The one is almost invariably dependant upon the other. Instance, in politics (it was in this sphere that the protest was made), the King Government was the biggest subject oi criticism within the last year. That criticism was destructive, disastrously so, to those in power. It was enormously constructive in its creation of the Bennett Government.

Premier Bennett is today the moat

criticised man in Canada. The pur- pose oi.’ this criticism, from the even- ing critic's standpoint, is destructive. But so for that objective has failed and the result is constructive. It has created undreamed of bulwark: of support and strength to the Govern- ment, showing conciusively its two- fold power to exalt the one u it drops the other into the chills of zero. The Hon. Mr. Bennett is fattening upon those ill-contrived criticisms. They are u choice po- litical food and raiment without which his labors of state would be irksomo for want of spice humor, and he would grow mouldy in the ennui oi its solitude. _ The wrong doer does not appreciate criticism. He“ prefers an obscurity from the public limo light. Tire philanthrophist, unless he is ex- tremely modest, does not object, even to an adverse critic. The more you abuse him, the higher you boost him in public estimation.

Cain was told,—"ff thou doest well, shalt thou not be accepted? and if thou doest not well, sin lieth at the door?" If the public man doeth well, why should he fear criticism? And if sin ileth at his door, should those whom he sins against keep silence, much less respond in hypocritical flattery?

If I were to refer to the fact that, the City Act, forbidding contracts of $0,000 or over without consent of the ratepayers, is ruthlessly violated, it would be stigmatized as destructive criticism. If the effect however was to instil respect for law into those sworn to observe it, ‘wouldn't that be constructive in the result?

I might cite many applicable illustrations along these lines. The man whose record will stand the search light of criticism is the one who in every instance invites the most studied and close enquiry into lilfi public conduct. Like Job he will exclaimr-"Oh . . . . that my ad~ vcrsary had written a book."

There are those however who are as fearful cf the critic as the timid child is fearful of the ghost.

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CRITIC

Through misery of rain and mud,

Of tangled wire, they played thc game;

they wrote their records in the blood ‘

That gave the poppies brighter flame;

And where their thinning dust is spread

They wait again the next command: One cup then to the deathless dead ‘that meet today in No Man's Land! -Grantland Rice in The Ottawa

Journal.

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