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leorctary-Llcnt. Col. D. A. Incllnnon. D. D- 0. Editor and lhnltlnl Director-Q. B. Burnett Associate Billion-Fran! warm rrll

Morning oully (founded luau us» oer yo" (lo "Howl dollwml- “so p" year (in ldvnncc) mulled in Gland: 1nd Unitcd Staten.

MONDAY, AFRIL

The Public Accounts

m a laboured attempt to orololn the unexplainable in regard to tho Public Accounts for the past yo" now before the Legislaturo. "lo Pat- riot tries to convoy the impression that. the statement of Revenue and nrperlditure in the Public Accounts o1 1926 as published in The Guard- ian on Saturday was incorrect and that actually the figures were not 0,, page '1 as stated. The conorol public ls not in a Position lo decide between us, but the members of the Legislature, fortunately, are. If they turn to Part 1, page 7 of the Public Accounts of 1926 they will firld each of the items specified 1n cur columns appearing there, and these balzlllcc with the statement of revenue on the preceding page 6 and with tho recapitulation of expolldlllllo °n page 54. But with the statement of revenue and expenditure on 118385 5 and 7 of the i930 Accounts it is ab- solutely lmpossible to make them and the recapltlllation of expendit- ure balance, or indeed to strike a proper balance between the ltolll-i 0f revenue and expenditure themselves. The Patriot may think it. is doing a, clever thing in attempting to hood- wink its readers. but it cannot mis- lead those who have the Public Ac- counts of 1926 and 1930 in their pos- session.

Our contemporary also says that the Provincial Police would like to know whether the Government is substituting I. O. U.‘s for Sinking.’ I-‘unds. The Guardian never suggest- ed, that the Government is doing anything of the kind, if that is our corltemporargws lnsirluatlon, We said that. the Bell Government had done so and pointed out that the Lea

20, 1931 Liberal misrule without being P111118- ed hopelassly into bankruptcy?

Mr. McLean intervenes

According to a. Canadian Press report from OttawlyMr. A. E. Mac- Lean, M. P., complains that, Prlllw Edward Island "did not beneﬁt w any great extent by the UHBIIIPIW" ment scheme established at the spe- cial semion of Parliament.“ This, he said, "was particularly applicable t0 the rural parts." '

Mr. ‘Mlacllcarfs statement, if cor- rect, is a serious reﬂection upon the manner in which the Lea Govern- ment handled this Provinces share of the unemployment fund voted by the Bennett Government. When this fund was being voted, thc Patriot» predicted that we would get none of it. because, it alleged, there "was no unemployment in Prince Edward Is- land." Fortunately for the Province. Premier Bennett ignored this state- ment, and the Province received $90,000 from Ottawa for unemploy- ment relief.

Accordinn.’ to the Patriot of APT“ 8. Premier Lea in his speech on the Draft Address frankly admitted "that Mr. Bennett in regard to unemploy- ment relief had done fairly by Prince Edward Island." Surely, 11191131019. Mr. MacLeans criticism cannot ap- ply to the Ottawa Government! If» as he is reported to hay/B 581d, the Province “did not benefit to any great extent,” the fault must lie with the Provincial Government. which was responsible for tho proper expenditure of the money voted so fairly and equitably by tho Federal Government.

Mr. MacLean is also repoftod 85 advocating a preferential tariff ar-

Govcmmcnt. is not. even substituting i. O. Ufs but is taking, according to the statement in its own Public Ac- counts. the sinking fund from one account and apphyingtit to another" totally different account.

kllnrnling Figures

In order to reduce the Les. Gov- ernment's liabilities to $234 581.23, as shown by the Public Accounts for 1930, Sinking Funds, $72,731.33 ale deducted. Otherwise the liabilities would be $307,312.56. This deduction ls made, according to the Patriot, because “Sinking Funds are moneys set aside against the funded debt, still on hand." The Patriot also con- tends that only the items appearing as ordinary expenditure and revenue should be considered in making up the deﬁcit or surplus for the year. Yeifaccording to the Hon. A. C.

Saunders. former Liberal leads-r, as¢

reported in the Patriot of April 6, 1927, capital expenditure, ordinary expenditure and Sinking Funds should all be included in this calcu- lation. Here are Hon. Mr. Saunders‘ ﬁgures, as given in the Patriot:

Revenue, ordinary, 1926 574706096 Balance Gasoline Acct. . 5012.58 Balance Highway Improve-

ment Acct.

Total

569.74

...................$752.643.2B

Expenditure ordinary ..$724,958_49 Expenditure capital 708.80 Sinking Funds ... 15,720.00

Total Surplus

......-......-....$741,387.29 ................$11,255.99

Following exactly the same method

of ﬁguring, Hon. Mr. Stewart showed)

conclusively at. the last session of the Legislature that. the Liberal deﬁcit for 1929 was $246,048. Again follow- ing Hon. Mr. Saunders‘ method, ap-

proved by the Patriot ln 1927, the,

Lea Government's deﬁcit for 1930 is‘ $307,312.56; and this does not take into account $13,398.08 of provincial expenditure on the so-called McIn- tyre Highway experiment nor the fact that a discrepancy of $24,465.83 interast on Sinking Fund Invest- ments," appearing twice on one side of the ledger, is unaccounted for in the Auditor's Report.

Over half a. million dollars deﬁcit In two years is ccrtainly going some! What do our famlcr readers think of It and how long, at this rate do‘ they imagine the Province could survive

rangement with Cuba. It is to be

‘hoped that following Hon- John A- ‘ MacDonald's ‘Cuban Government some such ar- yrangomellt will bc satisfactorily ne-

conference with the

gotiotcd. In the meantime, however, it is well to bear in mind that a tar- iff preference can only be given at the expense of some other country or countries. The King Government. in negotiating its trade treaty with the British West Indies, Cuba's greatest competitor in sugar and oth- er tropical products, discriminated against the latter country. At that time the importance of the Cuban market to Maritime potato growers had not manifested itself. Mr. Mac- Lcan, who was a supporter of the Government responsible for the dis- criminatory legislation against Cuba and other competitors of the British West Indies, has no cause now to pose as the champion of the Mari- times in that market. It would have been more to the point if he had made such inﬂuence as he possesses felt with the King Government two years ago, when Cuba first legislat- ed to our detriment. _____.______ Patriot us. Premier Lea

If, as our local contemporary con- tends, the reduced price of farm products is attributable to the Ben- nett Govemmerlt, then the Speech from the Throne delivered at the opening of the present session of the Legislature is incorrect when it at- tributes this decline to other causes. Far from criticising the Bennett Government for low prices received by Island farmers, the Speech states explicitly:

“It is with feelings of gratitude that we contemplate economic conditions in this Province, in view of the general depression in other lands."

Equally misleading, if the Patriot is correct, must be the statements of Premier 1.0a in his speech on the Draft Address, The Premier is quot- ed in the Patriot of April 8 as say- ing:

"At present. as my friend from Morell remarked yesterday, agri- culture is in a. very depressed con- dition. It is to be regretted that all over the world agricultural products have been reduced t0 a point out of all proportion to the

costs of the implements of produc- tlon in farming."

condition in this Province than in any other province in the Domin- ion of Canada; in fact, I doubt if there ls all agricultural province in the world where the fanners were so little affected as in Prince Edward Island, except for the high cost of the implements of produc- tioll." And yet again:

"It is with a feeling of gratitude that we contemplate economic conditions in this province in com- - psrison with other places. The farmers may be asured there will be reaction in prices and thosﬂ who continue their live stock op- erations in conjunction with a fair amount of potato growing will eventually succeed."

Premier Isa, as our contemporary has frequently pointed out, is a farmer, 1t is possible that he knows as much about the factors entering into the price of farm products as our contemporary does. He never suggested that the world wide de- cline in commodity prices was duo to the Bennett Government. If he had, he would also have to give cred- it to the Bennett Government for the comparatively fortunate situa- tion exlstlng in this Province, a situ- ation which he emphasized particu- larly in the course of his speech.

Dairy Prices

The Liberal organs reference to the decline in butter prices adds point to the complaint of producers in this Province of the enormous amount of New Zealand butter dump- ed into this country between May 1. 1930, when the Dunning budget was announced, and Oct. 12, when the tariff against New Zealand butter was finally restored to four cents a pound. The Guardian is authoritat- ively informed that there is still in the Province a large supply of this foreign butter, shipped here last year under the King Government duty of one cent per pound. The prevalence cf this commodity on the home market, coupled with the fact that commodity prices all over the world have been affected by business depression, naturally means lower prices for the dairy producer. With any slight advance lrl price the New Zealand butter is taken out of cold storage and dumped on the market, causing another price decline. This condition will necessarily continue until the New Zealand supply, ad- mitted wholesale into Canada by the unwlsdom of Liberal politicians, is exhausted. It is a. serious condition for the local producer, but one for which the Bennett Government is in no way responsible. 1f the New Zea- land imports had not been stopped on Oct. 12, if the ruinous tariff pol- lcy of the King Government had been continued, what would be the price of butter today in Canada? It is safe to say that it would be down to twenty-five or even twenty cents a pound.

PERSONALS

‘There is a bill now before the Legislature for the purpose of auth- orizing the city Council to issue de- bentures. So far, however, the civlc accounts for 1930 have not been published. The City Council owe it to themselves to see that these ac- counts are ready for the informa- tion of the legislators and the cit- izens before asking for further authority to issue bonds.

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By [um Barton. MD.

INFLAMED EYES OFTEN DUE TO INFECTED TEETH

During the war aviators began to make poor land-

The Inks-national Mark ‘Inln Society, whose honorary president is Signor Mussolini, has conferred 0.1 Rudyard Kipling the silver medal of the society in recognition of his great contribution to the literature of the world. 0n the medal Mr. Kipling ls termed “Prince of Authors," a description that the late m. Clem- ons. whowas a friend of the recipi- ent, would have approved, and which will be regarded as appropriate by a multitude of readers.

It would be interesting to know precisely what Chancellor Snowden thinks of this I. L. P. manifesto. It utterly ignores the huge deficit in the British budget, the amazing re- velations made in connection with dole distribution, the boosting of costs of public services as shown. in the bungling tactics of Poplarism within the London County Council, and the abject failure in every di- rection of the Labor-Socialist. Gov- cmment to translate the collectlvist creed into a workable hypothesis. Instead of honestly and squarely facing the facts, and showing some inclination to fetch the business and economic interests of the nation into better rhythm with sound and well tried principles of "thrifty reform, the Maxtorlites affect to see no cure for present dlscontents except a stronger dose of the Socialist form- ula which has spread "paralysis throughout the nerves and muscles of the British body politic. It is a costly tinkering for which the British taxpayers must fob up the coin if they cam-while Socialist experts are squabbling among themselves as to the tools they shall use.

a physical examination. The exam- ination discolsed a tonsil that was in a very bad condition. The tonsil was removed but he was not pennin- ted to ﬂy for two months. At the end of this period he began ﬂying again, and made perfect landings.

Why did the infected tonsil aﬂect the eyesight?

Because the poison therefrom en- tered the blood stream and it had not far to travel to reach the eye.

When a noted eye specialist, Dr. W. H. Wilmer, Baltimore, began to ﬁnd a number of cases of inﬂamed eyes for which he was unable to discover a cause, he had these cases examined by their dentist. He asked that X rays of all the teeth be taken in every case. They showed that in- fected teeth were present in most of the cases. ‘

Crowned, badly colored, and pulp- less teeth should be under suspicion in patients who have a chronic in- ﬂammation of the eyes.

It is thought that many eye troub-

les aside from vision, are due to a general poisoning of the system from infected teeth. The teeth may be bad for months or years before any trouble appears, but just as in rheu- matism, the poisons ﬁnally overcome the resisting power of certain tissues and trouble begins, so they "attack and overcome the resistance of the soft eye tissues. Often the eye inﬂammation may be due to more than one poison in the system, from the tonsils, sinuses, gall bladder and large intestine.

Some one might ask if the organ- isms as found ln infected teeth have been actually found in the eye. Dr. Wilmer states that this has yet to be shown, nevertheless from hundreds of observations one must believe that infected teeth are the cause of the eye trouble.

Further, hundreds of cases of what ls called eye strain, where the pat- ients have gone from oculist to ocul- ist because their eyes “bothered" them, have been completely cured when bad teeth have been removed.

Now Just as the removal of infect- ed teeth often increases the pain in rheumatic joints for a few hours, days, or even weeks. so also does in- ﬂammation irl the eyes become worse after their removal. This in part. is really a deﬁnite proof that lt 1S the bad teeth that nave been causing the trouble.

Don't suffer with sore, inﬂamed eyes. While the diet may occasion- ally be the cause,--too much sugar, tomatoes, raw fruits, or potatoes, and bread-remember Dr. Wilmers sug- gestion, get an X ray of your teeth, and have the infected ones treated or removed.

The criminal record and chaotic financial administration of the City of Chicago in recent years have led a good many outsidersto regard itasan example of democracy at its worst. These were the years when William Hale Thompson, commonly known as "Big Bill," was at the head of the civic administration. He had won three previous elections but in this contest lie went down to igno- minious defeat. The people of Chi- cago indicated that they had had enough of him. Most outsiders will have a different opinion of the people of Chicago now that they have bounced “Big Bill" out of the City Hall. The record of the new regime will have to speak for ‘itself, of course, and there will be very wide interest ln its success in improving the administration of the_ second largest city in thePUJited States.

Down through the centuries the magicians of the East have perform- cd amazing feats with fire and other dangerous things, but the occidental mind recognizes that these are but tricks which it cannot understand. Only when the magician essays the supernatural does he secure a follow- ing, and evidence of this is found in the statement that in New York alone $5,000,000 is spent annually in spiritualistic work. This makes it a profitable business, but evidently the medium who “foolcd" so many people, was not getting his share of llle proceeds; hence the exposure. People who look at. all this spiritism

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News that pitc-hblcnde discoveries, on Great Bear Lake may meanrthe‘ commercial production of radium in Canada within a reasonable length of time is an event of more than local interest since so much of the pre- sent curative work in cancer is done? with the aid of this rarest mlneralsf so rare indeed that its market value’ l5 about $75,000 a gram. This means, roughly. $33,750,000 a pound, if one can talk pounds of radium in a world which could easily use many times the amount extracted.

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DESIGNS and COLORINGS

The Great B L k d it l . ear a e Ems S make It easy to select for

similar in general character to the deposits of Czecho-Slovakia and the

iv. a sensible and crltkal frame ‘of mind find it explained by the old saying that the quickness of the hand deceives the eye. '

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I HAVE SEEN BEAUTY

Moscow has cooked up another piece of fiction about. France and the Unitcd states preparing to in- vadc Russia. These recurring stories show how desperate is the SovloVs noocsslty to maintain in the hard-driven people some semblance of national spirit.

I have seen Beauty as a morning star,

Too exquisite to stay the garish dawn,

Move down the 511m ways that the shadows are

In crystal victory ere it be with- drawn;

According to recent commercial , reports, nearly half of what Russia

deposits," for at present

to ten tons of ore are considered rich

Belgian Congo. These arc oxide of uranium, a mineral called the mother

of radium, for there is a definite‘, DRAWING ROOM ratio between U13 weight of uranium,‘ HALLS in a mineral and the weight of rad-Y ' lum. The ratio works out at 1 to O.-

00000033- To be exact a gram of

radium from a mineral which is half

uranium (and the samples sent to

Ottawa contained about 60 per cent.)

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deposits

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bought. from the rest of the world last year was supplied by three countries, these three being England, Germany, and the Unitcd States. Those same countries took nearly- half of Russia's exports for 1930.

In the world's grain markets and in foreign trade in petroleum, lumb- el- and their products Soviet Russia has taken its place among the major exporters. Most of its lumber and wood products it shipped to the Unitcd States, Germany, France and the Unitcd Kingdom. Cereals and grains-wheat, rye and barley- and other agricultural products it shipped in sizable quantities to Ger- maty; the United Kingdom and France. Russian eggs, nearly 143,000 cases, went to Germany.

Petroleum products from the Soviet Union also found the best markets in Germany and in Eng- land. The largest shipments of furs went to the Unitcd States and to France. Soviet manganese and coal were shipped to the United

Halifax hopes to have the ﬁrst Canadian statue of Sir Walter Scott. The North British Society of Nova Scotia has the project in hand. The monument is to be of heroic size in bronze. It will represent the author of the Waverley novels seated on a base of granite. The unveiling is expected to occur in 1932. The North British Society is one hundred and sixty-three years old and, therefore, presumably the oldest organization of its kind in this Dominion.

,Almost coincident with the an- nouncement. that the wife of the late Sir Arthur Conan Doyle had re- ceived a. spirit message from her husband writtul on I photographic plate, comes the confession of Nino Pecol-aro, medium, of how he had not only tricked Sir Annul- during States during the yoor in amounts ms “fame but had fooled mm, valued at more than $2,100,000 and

$3,300,000 respectively. other believers in spiritualism for’ n is noteworthy’ especially m or more than 11 years, In spite of this nadmmh that many of the products exposure, however, Lady Doyle will which ranked largest is tlle- list of doubtless continue to believe the Bovlot exports are those whloh oo- phenomenon she experienced ,5 moycupy a similar position in Canadian

And again: “We are in a very much better

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I have seen Beauty as a valiant wing

Strike one white blow against a darkling sky

Of storm, a throbbing thing, a gleaming thing

All overwhelmed, that leaps and turns to die-

I have seen Beauty as a woman's brow

Held banner-like ller beaten heart above,

Which bleeds among the trampled overthrow

And broken shields cause of love!

Be still, 0 haughty trumpets of suc- cessl

Your conqueror is conquered loveli- rless.

of some lost

-Don Marquis, in Saturday Review of Literature. ._______._.._

ST. LOUIS MARBLE EXPERTS PRACTISING ST. LOUIS, April 10. (U. PJ-In almost every playground and vacant lot in St. Louis thousands of boys- and girls, too-practice early and late for the honor of representing St. Louis in the annual national marble turnament - Jimmy Lee. who we: the national title lsst year while representing St.

and even minerals containing only one gram in 200 tons of ore are be-l ing worked. The costs of production of radium are so large that it ac- counts for the enormous price‘ at which it. sells; and the distance of the new discoveries in the north from

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