- "t l9 slander, upon the Great. Atn-c-r.

~ 1mg -_by exaggerating our‘ shortcom- ‘hfls.

m;

TAGE rotm?

i I-l-I E5 i i i

i lllllllllllll llllllllllii

haunt. w. can.» l. Inlarol - “oratory. Lint 00L ll. pa)» an auunr. J. l. Bunch. New \crl

I. I Chicago lopuuuhtlvo-l I. lower

Yho-Pnllilnt. J. n. Iul-IMMI A‘. Inuilllnn, D. l. Asiatic

unwise to attach too much import-

lpcrhaps be unwise to attach “too

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 28, 1925.

OVER-ZEAL

The. tendency to exaggerate while denouncing nn- evil or es- pousing a cattse has not infrequent- ly tusillt d iu,ln'jttry' ~to the cause and even itt nulllifying the future

tfforts of the exponents. lt is a Mas‘;- a. lb‘! time Such as “hlu\v;|l(w,t-||_

cuuLottt-z fat". that many sincere mural and. rt-liglotts reformers have yielded to this tendency to

tiverdo and ‘to overstate the pro- the interest of Maritime ports. speLllVt: lrntflls of their remedy still

and to tnagttlfy lbs- evil they are

tlenottttc..‘.g. protection

A striking example of the poss- "ible injuiy of such overstattentent 0(‘('lll>.t‘!l the other day a-t the Con- thence on Opium at Geneva. Lord (‘st-il, it. the course of a speech on the gfnetal quesmion of the traffic in opium said that more o1..um was consumed in the United Szatts than ‘in lndia. Mr. Porter c.‘ the Fnltetl States delegation ttztk violent objection to Lord ('i't‘~l'_i Sliibrflltrfll, declared Ilt. a

ican people. a calumny unsupport- rd by statistics" L.» dCeciLoncof the mtost cottrtcotts ‘of tillplonta- (is s, at oncc withd. w ‘ the re- mark, saying he had been mis- lntbrntetl lie might have , explain- ed that hr- had got his informa- ttion from inoral rtformvrs in tbc United Stat-s who in their zeal and probaibly tbelievin-g the evil so g1 eat that it could not be 19x- aggtratetl. tnade the statement that lt-d to bis rent-ark .

'l‘ltcr=.? is a wide difference be- tween emphasis and exaggera- tion. Good men and ‘good women tthc world over are sincerely; and honestly dnottncing the evils around them and, largely ‘thtougb their efforts, we have tthe fairly high level of morality we enjoy- Their efforts along this line are often hampered and even made ridtlcttilctts by the exaggerated re- presentations of men and women “whose oral for reform has over- run their discretion.

Even in our own- province, known- -'by statistics as well as by ne- pute to -be the ‘most. law-abiding ptovllnce ln ‘the dominion, we are liable, when shocked -by an occasional juvenllte theft, the sight of a drunken man on ‘the street, or the capture of a boot-legged‘ l0 declalm agallnst the awful dis- reigalrd of law and order. Such de- clamtntlons get abroad and our pro- vince receives a ‘black eye in con- sequence.

We have our law-breakers, it is true but tin o0ml>8f15°11 W191! "1114" ttlaces we are almost clean. There is occasional drinking, it. is time. but. in comparison with twenty w fifty ytsars ago ‘the Island: is n. paradise. We are not. yet dlean. not yet. perfect and perhaps never shall the but wie are making good pt-ogness in that direction. There is much yet to be done, much to be. done lby our citizens as well as by mnr officials whose hands it la out‘ duty .to uphold. We can gain jmwh Iby emphasizing Tbut noth-

‘RITISH POTATO MARK ET

A fllradq Commlaslonoh Ifnrrhon Walloon holds tout good hdpe for a (only prolndnlng market in Great Bnltalfn for’ ‘cannabis potatoes. The home 09D in Ellsland. 811d won a inc-m and Canadian potatoes have won a 800d 1'9" putwlon. m Trlth Commission- p adv-lace Canadians to 0M1» only

“he is exceedingly sensitive mmlmuch is more than enough. Still

ca“ be cunlvamd or killed by Lheksldering- The present tariff on

jAmct-icati butter entering Cuttada Iis four cents a pound and on Am-

EDITORIAL NOTES

Hansel in on Itubiti."

A mission has

of Maritime farmers. the Senfi- .have both gone south

lbuttet" exportet

again this year. (flub ‘fcrent,

lports more eggs than she exports.|

The (‘aledonian doesas much as, if not tuore than any organization to bring to pub-l

Xbe performing so well as might be expected. The lust yearly trade rc-

licnotice deserving local talent of a high order.

The Earldom of Oxford conferredled valued at $2,508,001! most of upon the R, Hon H" H Asmmh isttvhich catne front the States, ln the Dflf? b: the historic titles in British‘. hislmy and could “m ha“ tanonl$lAlU,lltlll, It‘ lllu duties on

more deserving

imtbe peerage. his second wife. who

to him. a large ‘fortune.

Vancouver Sun has been]

lies in the destructlveness to cit- ies by, altrplaine raids, and slates‘ that were France to go to War

with Britain at the present junc-

airplanes It Says take warning and

ready for immediate action.

made to secure protection for tarni- ers in Canada which is worthy of wholehearted support on the purt of every Islander whose livelihood upon the sweat of the farmer's brow The Canadian Pro- ‘11199 A55"°18110I1 1119911118’ 111 T01" us his wheat remains wortlt two onto last week unanimously adopt. dollars a bushel as at present, but ed a resolution to the effect mm in how about those in the -.\larltintes the interests of the farmers and producers of Canada the duty on

We may look for creases in the American tariff -whlle inade. According to a bulletin from Washington a tremendous tle- Liberal propaganda lent out from tnand for higher tariffs on agrlcuPofliwl. "'1' "l" 134.450 110ml- tural products ln order to shutout importation: of but-plug agricultural products from Canada and other

l “mnm” 15 M1"! "W19 '11)’ 9W9" owing to the lflilllfl-UOIIB these came The head of to Canada instead and have since American been smuggled into the United

fnl farm influences. the movement is the Council of Agriculture, of which George N. Peek is president? being urged on Congress that either u made ‘ ma, 37317 canmmms now or ln an extra bebclon the tariff who had been 51x month;

ltia

_ very heat potatoes, carefully’

Notes By The. Way

The Canadian Produce Auocla- tion by resolution ha: called for higher duties on butter and eggs. 'l be resolution of course has ltt view the imports from the United States. The Toronto Globe mildly suggests that "perhaps lt would he

unce to the resolution." It might tnucb" importance to uuythlugl Tou

the facts of the case are worth cun-

ericatt eggs two and a half cents a

dozetr The American tariff against mtottgh 111E 1)°11Y- 5° . ll'illllllllilll butter is eight cents u e i! “JflllllilrYuiottiitl and un eggs teigbt cents a

—*“ .ltut it can That ls the American tariff body.

in against Canadian butter is twice us A|high as the Cattudinn and on eggs f“, ‘is doing that job m“. you“ ‘it is more than three times as high as the Canadian tariff on the 13011.1‘. medike American [)l'0llll(‘[, lt would be lhartl for the Catiadiatt farmer not

I _____ gto attach some importance to such Kins and Sh‘ Jam“ a wide contrast as that between Conservzfive Leader i-n the two tariffs, lt is true that Cun-

pounds imported. But most of ‘the|

The Canadian Hen seems not to

turns show 8.319.000 dozens intport-

saute year the extiort of ‘Catiatlian ‘eggs was ‘ahfilthutlo dozens, worth till

‘the iticrease oi‘ the Cattadiatt tl-.it-‘

ics, there can be no doubt that only

l

A recent despatch from Washing-

iton tells of a tremendous demant

erlcan Council of‘ Agricttlt.ut'c..

ntuuity on the other side of the line. A spirit of fulr play otrlbu part of the highly protccltrtl manu-

tltat which the ntunufttctttrcrs en- Joy.

The question arises, how is the Canadian farmer to live utidct‘ cx- isting conditions? The Prnlrio farmer may do fairly well so lung

an Central Provinces who are en- gaged in mixed farming? They have live stock, poultry. meats.

the Import m {M91511 e555" mum"- butter, cheese and eggs to dispose cheese and other of their products. of Their big neighbor keeps hie be raised to Lhasls equal to that own home. market for farm. 0P0- tmposed h, the tar," o! the United ducts shut up by a prohlbltory tar- States. A very ‘strong plan for the protection of thk Canadian farmers

lff, and a Canadian Government whose chiefs love the United States not wisely but too well, and

w“ made by Mr- A- Fmme- a M011‘ are always looking to Washington treal merchant.

for approval, lnvltea the American farmer to bring his surplus pro- ducts to Canada. We use the word _ lnvltesadvisedly. lt ls nothing less than an invitation while the Canad- ian tariff ls only one half to one third of the American tariff.

grant: arrived in Canada in i924. It does not tell what ls the fact that many thousands of these being unable to enter United States ports

States by underground routes". They came to Canada but are not in Canada now. Then the statement

. m.“ "on, ‘than, u"; put shedulea be opened up and dntfeb abroad had returned to Can-

' tip 1m 11': pound ban. He samba on farm products made practically ¢,,mm,,,,, b, m”, m. linfltgd pmbtbtttvtt‘. tt b pointed Olll. that

‘ mam and by tug-blur than only by lo doing can the United u- flllllln tau and by

Hump saunas.

H

HMNQ market. he preserved for formers of tblt. country. tlt ls nrg- turns are deluslve in that they take n”, y“ “up; g unmet, noted that the coming IQQQQI] mfly we account only of those who come " ‘Unfit! but! In“ world vogrloullnral but-plus

lumpy,’ "gflvrj m

this can be kept.

ada. This is a most delualve statement as it takes no account of twice or three times as many Canadian who had migrated to the Staten during the year. 'Tha re-

nnd not. of those who go.

Ihoqgldlnt olflktwoj

y

little

And yet a tituscle-a turnip-not any tltlrser than your ls getting so poor. Pretty goon

OCCllTS l0 150K118 vgsisels. perhaps

‘in

lit etimply pumps Tdlllltf _ ~atla exports tutu-b tnore butterhnm a t._..,qe {Mien amt .50 over. So, 1f tht, mutter 1s up; taken

. -than she intptirts—some 21.99'1.01111u0tttes~it. f P’ l 9Y1- before ‘he Opening 0 “Nam ‘pounds exported against 3.767.000

but the former will be ln his place all right when the House meets.-

l.‘t' the obstruction pumps event more

And so if the heant is fast atttl ltard. ietnctttbe-t" that it ls

Jtitettevcr,

.\'o\v what its bite point for you That if you ltave a lcak-ing valve lll‘,_‘lllllC trottlrle, and yet OI‘

1m" Olhr-l‘ ig.) atbout your tcgttlar work recreationwithout any tiotrble or _ your hea.t. your heart tivercmtte any ttottblo that is presattt.

coin- ‘“"'1"'“-1‘ot'..ti,;.

S11011111ET$m were equalised, either by the rcduc I Though a contparatlvely lpoor man tion of the Aniericati duties, or Mr. Asquith ' will

plenty money to maintain his place

m- nrgu n l‘ an

uirtitltictioti itt (‘anada would b. ‘stiuud. greatly stiniulatetl and iticrcasetlf“ ‘ Tellmmt- °“°‘Btit there is no tirospcct of .\lll-\ ' oi the children of the GMSZOW lEP-ierictttt duties on farm products be- ,“,\.,,.",.fl,,__.,,ld yo“ any tnttbarrznas- tiliser millianaire Sir Tbotnas Ten-lint; 11111116 10\\'¢*I‘. 1

mm of the 61,?“ Peebles, bringmgjlrospcct that they will be titatleL ‘higher. ‘i .

‘but st-ill you are beginning

fa. tuurly

’l'ltert- is indeed abut-tit _ You find that a litnle

l your lteart llkoumao = cr. This imctl not cztttsc l-ulztrtn but at the jgtresslng ‘he necessny o1 “evelorr being ntude by powerful fttvtn i|i- i“, "'5 awplane 9701-99110" 11 ‘Win15 fluences there for higher tariffs nu as . I. 0111 11181 111% danger 1n the future farm products in order to shut oul 1 intportations from Canada. At the helm O1 11115 nlovemel" is n"? Amdmttst-lti sonic, or -lt mav be sitnp»;

1-’; to you that the . a tnttsclc, ‘.s notilo "get ‘the goods“ it \va.~. and needs ton-llatv-breakcrs. \\'h:1t llilllllilflfi? We‘ havt; an lllttstraiiott of that in illness King's County during the trust sum- ihe mar. The fishery tifllccr. nflcr

1' 1 may be tlni- in tltat has tlatitagctl

‘urging a demand for a special ses-l _ sion of Congress tn make the tint-i“ 11179 911B 901114 071101193115! ‘"1179 m‘ ies on farm products practir-till_v dustrlal Britain off the face of the tirohlbitory; That is the attitude of the all powerful agrlcultttrul cont-‘

'l‘he lll‘i1l‘|. tnttsule needs it, just = ytzut‘ utusclcs ticctl it. l

--_-<-o>_-_

JANlTA-RY 28.—Muke the tuosl of your hNlllln‘. Do no. ltcsitzttc to

att - l t t what scan‘ beyond your - a - 1.t-.-ft3t.'.)nb eve-r ca-ntlons and prtul- §

invaizably

factoring interests prontptn them; to support the farmers ln their tie-I is bemg tuands for equal protection with

produce success. tit-var l-et jealousy come betwccti

ltould have a very happy ntarrlage ' if you are ever ready to forgive Your birth-stone garnet, which mreati-s faithfulness,

Your flower is a snotvdrop. Your lucky colors are Navy~bllte

cottslderubiy increased the potiula- tion of the Dominion during the see“ Thee “m4; wonders’ and m, punt year and that for i la entitled to that

1mm‘ (Anonymoum) returned Canadians

King Government credit. The cold

The Pubhc Forum -illl colon: ll upon for the Illusion by oorrooponduh of Illltlcnl of lllanlt. ‘I'M Charlottetown Bullion don Idflnoouully undone tho 0p- c! “nape-dank.

oMsbr-F-tsutuc ENDANGERED.

. - v - “ “mum Ml)‘ . §lr.—ln reading The Guardian, l THE HEART MUSCLE! '

{Bad a lot about smelt-flshlnfl- bud “In l-a-ttt n fisherman l thought l Would-give yun a little information

l“? ‘ma?’ on: t l know about. smells and 1111111‘ 1 131k ‘dbllui the heal‘ muse"? wlilui. ople are fishing them for. 1°" 11111911- '51“ whelhyo“ stop m 1f! lhe spring of the year at the think a-bottt its job tn your body, East and o! the Bland people go on tuust nwrvel a1 1hr ltwsnltulle but-ll‘: brooks and gather all in.» ot‘ .6 work.

Just think that it pushes

slnelta they can get, and what they

11"“ don't catry home they tramp and iiiffifllikfll" leave them till ntussed up on the 9"‘? ground, und the ones they get go dntlivutlual cell in the rcmot- {of [OXEEL '1‘|,a|'5 Mun a 1m of is’. par‘. c-t‘ your body. will get. 1§1Q9n1g feed to their foxes a" sum. LJllFlSlblIlkIli. and be able 10 ‘EWE titer. The time they get ‘them is out 1o the 151141111 11$ WWW», §° When they are stiawniug ‘tn the the removed front the brooks -and there are tons of them

destroyed ev..-r_v Spring on this

muscular Island. It's no wonder the lslnnd

lhete won't be a smelt to be bad.

Now somewhere away off -l.u the So l-Wisb some one would waken lnbSlfllflllflll up and take this tnatter in ltund. blond and-see that this is done away severe with bofote it is too late. l. tnyseli. t;|,_,ipu¢tt1u|i, site-h as a COIlEBSLOll know by expcrietice. l bought a the lungs, pneumonia. What happdls to the heart? \\'hy ll tltt- oostrtiutton is slight, for one nPt. And it's worse it's hunk»,- gettlttg .-vciy year.

flcct of nets this fal and never ‘made etinu-gli with sntelts to pay

up soon, there won't be attotber t; smelt to be got in a t-otiple of years

and fro-tn now.

overcome 1 8111. $11‘. 0N1.

1 3°95 1" U19 "willie obstructzott, and ‘tnainlaln an A F|5HERMAN- ‘British market while imported bumevbtt citcttltititiu ‘to all pal" . _"'

were ter comes from the United States]

successei-Emuinly. Willi eggs the case is tllf-‘tnnly looking an“ you an. a mm,

Slfflllfie l" 511.1‘ (Tanuda im-iftil organ, and llFdWlllg on its rc-

only

new“ ACTION WANTED

agemcnt of limnigration. Would it

‘the industries we already have? A letter was publisher! ln yottt

s“ only too ll'lll*, but we have an even

trust F0“ W‘ Guardian Readers i You

JANUARY 28,1925

die evil doers. Job S: 20.

the trust Thee.

HER LITTLE BOY

similar to the two i-n King's. bt|t.0f cdttrse, We do not expect law en-

grctlf, and the would-be-great have always been on the side of the ille- gal packer.

Sirr-We mad a great deal these times about starting new intiustrles on the lslttnd and about the encour-

not be as well to start at the proper point and tty and protect some of

columns a few weeks ago with re- ference to the threatened extinc- tion of out" smelt fishery. The state- ments contains-d in that letter were

more lmptirtttnt industry than that which is being slowly‘ but surely strangled. uutl the authorities arc not only wiukitig at the violtttioits 011"“? M11“ hm“! yo" “MB m, of the law which are doing lhc , _ harm, btit ari- aicutitlly t-ttctitiragitig tram ltklll0ll -tor insurance. and any 5",“, vmimnvha

- xattiineil you was

l iwtt-i‘ to tln- Lolisted Fishery. wbidli as any tracker or fisbcrmutt can tell us. 1s rapidly dwindling 1-0 away. (me tit‘ the ntain cattscs of “Maul- this ls tlic itmotttit of illegal Ilitb- ittg and tint-him; which is going on. To prevcti: this we have four fish- ery l)\‘l‘l'~t‘\‘l'!~‘ on tho island who (‘P19111011 have sum.- ltttttdr-tls 01' coastline .1: make you breathe rapid‘ to watch. l have no doubt that b-aats these tut-n are unxiotts to do tltclt" duty, ‘but it is a tibysicztl impossi- ymi any billty for any tncn to do what is saute time it it-"leyweqqtlrof tbctit. And if by ltardl

work and good luck tin-v matings on one of the

'lll],,l standard of Edttcatiott tor her

|ailable to compare costs m‘ (‘reuni- lery operullott ltt this province. with

many weary all-night vigils sccttrctl! lack of u-orlt or ex.-.<onvict'lons against two of the guilty parties-both licnnsetl pack- ‘ They were fluted $100 and

.‘ Than thc tisuztl happened. (30268 of Canada, the llffflTS-‘zfithi 1925. s? ial politician gels lntsy and the lisbery ofllrer rccclvctl instructions not tinly to collect the ilnv but to send the -bill of costs to the depart- ment, who would pay it. lf that is not a burlvsqtic on law and tirdcr.

voooboooo-oaoo-o-ooccaoof

SAFETY OF THE ‘PERFECT- Behold, God will not cast away a " perfect mun, treltlter will be help

l‘RA'YER:—-O m... Tlldll dost titove in a nt-ystet-lotts way Thy wonders to pe-rforttt. But we have

cannot be found on this side of the border. Some have undoubtedly come back but to count these and take no account of the much larger number who have gone away ls only an nttemtp to deceive. The King Government's tnanagentent of immigration .has been n1isntanage~ maul and tttter fnllttre, and lt ls to cloak that failure that the one- alded statements are made. Yet even by thtflr own statements int- migration ln 1924 fell 9 per cent be- low the barren record of 1923. --.-<oc-,—-

NEW SHIP FOR BOSTON ‘

d. YARMOUTH SERVICE.

Oal-vlvn Austin, President of the Eastern Steamship Linen. lnc.. accompanied by Mrs. Austin, Milli-l on the 8.8. “Aquatanla" February 21st for Englondi where Mr. Austin will place contracts -for building a new passenger ship to go on the Boa-ton-Yarnttouth, N. 5., rou-te.

The plans and specifications which have already ‘been made call for a oh-lp 365 ‘feet king“ 285 staterooms with both and toilets and every other modern conveni- ence. mid many innovations which canot yet be made pttbllc- The

mow sltlp will be of staunch. oon- ptrucrlon/aufflclent for her to melee a round llhe world tat-nice lit

necessary. The specifications call for a speed of 18 knots. Im- mediately offer contracts arc

‘vploced -wmk' will be blamed and

ruched tlrrmnglt to completion in - bring , her 011k. ln the

t I

“Always a ltlllle boy to her." Now matter how otld he's grown. HPI‘ eyes are blind to the strands

1 8T3)’. . deatf to his tnan-ly tone. His voice ii-s t-he saime as the day

"Whatt ntitkets ‘the old cat purr?" Ever and ever he's just the sameé A little lboy to her.

"Always a little they. to lter," » She heeds not the lines of care Thot funrow his face~to her it

As lt ‘was ‘in boyhood, fair. ll-ls hopes and hlsloys are as

As they were tlu his stnailltboy (lays. lie never changes; to her he's

"Mqkllttle iboy," she says.

"Always a little ‘boy to her" And ‘to him she's the mother fair, With the laughing leyes and cheering stntile Of the boyhood years back there. Back there. Iomewbere midst. of years- Bock there with

‘ 10!. , And. to bar he is never the mun we bee. Btt-t. always. “liar tllttle boy."

"Atlwlys a little boy lo her." The ceaseless march

your: docs rapidtly by. but m: drumheats din