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effected some remarkable cures." Neverth ' Britain in this time of crisis has to stick to something cheaper to relieve her citizens’ ail- ments.

Morning Dally (Founded in 1881'. Authorised as Second Class Mall, Post Office Department. Ottawa.

President. tan A. Burnett: Vice-President. “m It.

Burnett; Berry-Tress. G. M. Burnett; Editor unit,

Mmaslns Director. .i. a. Burnett; ALoeiate Editor Frank Walker.

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Th: politico-t:mpo is rising.

fir“ 539"?" Memwf i5 Weak" "W" Fourteen more days till the election. g the Weakest Ink." _ _ a _ C";R"L'O'T"T'E'—TO—W&“_' “ILONDAY, Nffilglkli“ '24. win‘ We are reasonably assured of fine weather

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lt is apparent from the statements of Pre- mier Jones and his party followers that the Government, if re-elected, will continue to ride rougihshod over the statute of this Province which provides for the taxation of liquor and _ " tobacco for public health services. These spe-"

cial taxes have been collected for the post six | odd years and have netted over half a million dol- lors altogether. Only one-tenth of this amount, ho-vever—some fifty thousand dollars--has beeny r spent on public health (tuberculosis treatment‘;i the rest has gone, illegitimately, into general? revenue. l

Strong exception has been taken by the Tuberculosis League to the Government's act- ion in this respect, and rightly so. The Act‘ whm Satisfaction m“ Canada have from "d" which m‘ l“ l‘ mlsed ‘"15 Pussed l”. the fact that the recent Packers’ strike cut '94‘ if" ° ‘Pedllc P“'P°5er "d l°" "ml "u" Briton's weekly bacon ration from two ounces son was agreed to by the Opposition. The pre-l to one ounce Per week? amble to the Act reads: "Whereas it is deemedl - t advisable to raise a revenue for the purpose all defraying additional expenditure incurred in the provincial health services and particularly in providing facilities for combating tubei-culosis: therefore be it enactedl" etc.

Still more specifically, Section 8 of the Act reads: "The tax shall be collected, accounted lo. and paid to the Minister by such persons, at such times and in such manner as the regula- tions may prescribe." The Minister referred to is not the Provincial Treasurer—as would begthe case in collection of qrdinary revenue-but the Minister of Public Health. lt was obviously in _ tcrded that the fund should be kept separate‘ and apart. This has not been done, and the Gov-= moment has stubbornly refused to rectify its improper course. The public accounts show that this healtn tax has been paid to the Provincial Treasurer, applied to ordinary revenue, and spent u the exigencies of government or op- por'uni.y demanded. ln thus violating the will of the Legislature the Government has followed, an absolutely indefensible course. lt has forgot- ten apparently, that the first duty of any ad- minIstration, as of the humblest citizen, is to obey the law.

Si.‘ Andrew's night sipper tomorrow—-"o

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The condition of some of the roads is such as to make even Saints swear; then what must be the feelings of politicians?

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Th: Soviets are returning tit-for~tat to Can- rn connection with the recent spy agitation. They are sure to make the most of the oppor- tunEty.

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The electorate so far has shown compara- tive indifference to the election campaign. lt takes rousing public meetings to stimulate cold pol.trcal reasoning.

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There is something a little shady about. the Ontario retail merchants’ request that they be allowed to light theirIstore windows and com- pcnsate for theelectricity so used by reducing lighting in the interior of the store.

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Ottawa is preparing to hold a referendum on the purchase of the city's electric railway. The company has what amounts to a perpetual fran- chise. Under its charter it may operate until the city decides to take over its assets at their

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Nine seats are now vacant in the Senate. This would be an excellent time to commence making that body an effective voice of the Prbv- inces as was originally intended but no doubt the appointments will go to "safe" men from o Federal Liberal point of view

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Another accident has occurred up West rnvolvingra waggon without lights. lf drivers_of such vehicles knew what little chance there is of seeing them between two approaching auto- mobiles they would be about as likely to jun‘; out of a high window as drive at night withaui lights.

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_ 1 Evidently the Nova Scotia Liberal machine I The little state of lran apparently feels, makes no bones about demanding voting sup. strong enough to defy the pressure of the Sovietl port from veterans in return for employment Union. lt has rejected a treaty by which Rus-l given them in government jobs. Political par- sio was to enjoy the right of developing oili ties here would never dream of making such lands in northern lran. This treaty was signed. barefaced admission of pcrrtizanship, at least irr in April, i946, by the Iranian government but,‘ writing. the Majlis, or parliament, has refused to ratify, it. '

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_ France's political situation is pretty much ln submitting the treaty to the Majlis the‘ now what it was before Great War ll—the prac- government seemed to take no responsibility for ticol impossibility of making a coalition govern- it. The prime minister, Ghavam es Sultanelu, meat. This should be a warning to those here indicated that he had only signed the treaty who seek to build up third and fourth parties in under heavy Soviet pressure and apparently wel- the state. The ideal is two parties with the coined its rejection by the legislature. , settlement of undivided differences within the Russia can say with some logic now that‘ respective parties. a a .

the treaty has been unilaterally broken by Per- This is from Lewis J. Moorman, M.D., quoted

sia but it is obvious that Russia itself is lar ely responsible for this result. By its occupation of approvingly by The Canadian Doctor: "lt is well lran in violation of its agreement, by its pro- for the general practitioner to remember that motion of the abortive revolution in Azerbaijan, approximately 8O per cent of the people who call Russia has invited the suspicion and hostility of for a doctor are good for spontaneous recovery the Iranian people. At the first opportunity without the aid of medicine, but they would have they display these feelings. of poor. tinge psychcwilgicolly wirhooj the advice "——~ _ _ _ o a wise actor. en illness strikes it is of Pfiflfll‘: 8f RIIDIBS FM Mellllillle paramount importance to know how tolstay the I storm, to soothe the soul, to quiet the heart, and Many of us who have been Ill have cause to restore psychological balance, thereby helping to regret the large amounts of money spent on establish physiological equilibrium. This is the bottles of medicines, pills and powders. Edward general practitioner's perennial privilege rare- Ward, one of the BBC's team sent to report on '

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the transfer of power from Britain to India and " " Pflklilfl". We"? f0 "Ydefulmd d""l"9 his l/iiif.‘ John Knox, Scottish reformer died this date There he found the inhabitants of the Nizamr‘ l67Z. He was the father of the Scottish Pres. General Hospital being dosed with such price- ' bytcrian Church; a martinet in both religion and less substances as pearls, rubies, emeralds, and politics; wherever he went and whatever he did even gold and silver. He didn't say whether a he succeeded in milking people including the‘ leluclallce l° ll" °"""°9°"l ¢°"5""1Ption of Queen, sit up and take notice‘ ihstalled Presby- such treasures accounted for the cures wrought terianism as the established religion (which it is but he explained something of the methods of yer) of 5¢of|u"d_ He was unequuued before m, the strange hospital which, while it uses known since as a social reformer: "l have learned to systems of diagnosis such as temperature and call wickedness by its own term; a fig a fig; and pulse-taking, sticks to its own ideas in regard a spade a spade." "Nature doth paint women h U" median‘ “dmhknwd- l0 be Wlfllf. frail. impatient feeble and foollsll‘

Wlml W" slww" "'°""d "'9 ll°sl>lifll by the and experience hath declarled them to be uni resident medical officer and said, "Two plates constant, variable, cruel, and lacking the spirit were brought to him with spoons full of bright-pf counsel." But it must be mmembel-ed John flllflllfed. Slick)! medicine 'W0ii|d you like ta was unfortunate in his matrimonial relations try some,’ said the Hakim. Being somewhat over- * e ' r l owed I asked if I could start on some pearls. 'Certainly,' said the Hakim, handing me a tea- spoonful of opolescent biscuit liquid. Thinking rather of Cleopatra, I swallowed it, it tasted very good, like honey, with which, in fact, the crushed pearls were mixed. l asked with some trepida- tion how much of a dose such as I had just had cost. ‘It's expensive’, said the Hakim, ‘about one-and-a-half rupees.‘ Well, encouraged by this I went on’ to emeralds, rubies, and a mix-

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ln view of tariff changes it is interesting to have an Englishman's views on forming. Dr. C. E M. load, one of the best known of British philosophers, who has been for so many years one of the mainstays of the BBC's Brain's Trust, is also a farmer.‘ He became one fairly rec- ently and ‘finds that o life spent on the land is no! the thing of ease, peace and plenty that the average townsman likes to think it is. Dr. Joad concluded a BBC talk on "Life at Home"

‘rm: _ GUARDIAN. CI-IARLOTTETOWN

The modern view ll that alco. 'iOAlSm ls s. disease. It ls strange

How so many people w ly ex- pose themselves to it. Most of i...em boast that they can use al- cohol without abusing it, and look with scorn on those who cannot exercise the same measure of con- uol. - Toronto star,

‘ In Vancouver, under amelsflmgng to the Criminal Code, a nisii chug. ea‘ with being a habitual criminal, an conviction can be given an in- determinate prison sentence. It is a sensible law. The folly of tom. ing loose on society, a, ohr-onlc "u; confirmed law-breaker ought to be obvious. - Ottawa Journal,

What. does the word “Ontario” mean? A reader of Ontario Govern- ment Services submitted this ques- lrcn. and after digging around a hit the derivation was found. "Oii- tartu" originally was the Iroquois w-oril "kanadarle," which moan; "sparkling blue water." It was usea ti» cit-scribe the waters of the lake lrldili is now known as Ontario. Later, “kanadarte" was corrupteJ ti» “Ontario? and the white settlers gave the name to the land along the ‘lakes shores for an ever-ex- tending area_ explains the Ontgylo Government Bulletin.

November la the brown month. There ls brownness on the mead- Jxvs. swamps and uplands. Little brown leaves cling to the scrub oaks on pasture hillsides and brown wtndrows of leaves are banked a.

gainst walls. rati fences and in ravines at the edge of stdehlll or- chards. Furrows of Fall plowing are moist. brown ribbons, carved tn precise winding rows along the con- tours. Each day the sun circles lower in the sky and each day time drops farther downhill. Among northern hills and valleys country- men lift their eyes each morning to the granite ledges that cap evergreen mountain slopes. This is snow-dust. tlme. Before Squaw \‘r'lnter sends its first. falls of snow the stratus and nlmbus clouds lightly brush the hilltops with snow-dust..~ New York Times.

Anybody who knows the first thing about. Canadian conditions must. realize that short-ferr-n. hand- to-mouth policies ln industry and government are as unworthy, not. to say cowardly,.respanse to the great opportunities which abound tn this Dominion. An era of ex- yrtaltatlon. of "quick killings", of hit-or-mlss development ls giving wsy w an era of responsible col- laboration between science, indus- try, government and finance. The government's leadership in this di- rection has since the war been less vigorous than many Canadians expected. The excuse up to now has been that it was preoccupied with problems of reconversion and tlecontrol. Signs that it. may be vesting about for something posi- irve and constructive, in the way o: a development. policy are at least encouraging. — Winnipeg Tribune.

Farmers of Western Canada who operate within the Palllser Tri- angle would be foolish indeed to tum s deaf ear to the warnings and a blind eye to the signs that the Great Plains area of this con- tinent ts very probably golng tn undergo another period of low pra- (tlpltatlbn. The rainfall tn August, September and October of this year has not provided the moisture which is required. The snow tn toe comlngwtnter will make lin- t.e contribution towards a desirable sced bed for next Spring, and the. outcome of next year's seeding wlil be dependent upon bountiful and timely flaring and Summer ruins. 1t would be poor business ta ignore thlfsftuatlon; prepara- Lions that are possible and feasible should be made for such an event- uality. _- Moose Jaw Times-Her- aid.

James C. Petrlllo. president of the American Federation of Music- lJllS has struck again. Having de- creed last month that the record- mg industry should expire as of Dec. 31, he now would administer the same fate to all cooperatively sponsored musical programs on the nctworlzs. Ostenslbly, the union leader maintains that if one nation- o" program ts sponsored by many ilifferent concerns tn different cli- tes tt discourages such concerns from offering their ~own local shows with local musicians. This, of course, overlooks the whole ap- peal of the "eo-op" program ln rii- dro; for several individual connerna lb do collectively whst they could rrol. afford tro do individually. But the economic facts of ltfe long ago last their appeal for Mr. Petrlllo. Vvhetlier it la to be one or two businesses that must face extinc- tion apparently is of no moment to a. man who is thoroughly convinc- cd that everyone ls out of step but. Limself. —New York Times. Four hundred years after lta invention. the click of the hand- drlven knitting frame still frlieard tn thatched cottages around Not- tingham - almost; within sound of the mighty plants where hot- lery ls made by high-powered ma- chinery. The hand-driven machine. invented by Rev. William Us of

ture sf various precious stones as well as musk and amber. They'all_ had powdered gold and silver leaf miveil up with them too, there were bottles on the table, some with fair-sized uncut rubies, some with tiny seed pearls, some with

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lite. "First, money. The expense is terrifying. . Secondly, pride. All my life l have been . writing . . . teaching . . . talking. .

am an old hand and my word goes. In farming

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calcined emeralds and rubies. lt was ceritrinly I am a comparative ignoramous . incompet- l "WWI "Pflliflcfl" . ent in the use of my hands and congenitally‘ in- After absorbing the priceless treatment capable of dealing with machines. . . Nobody

Word was taken to the dispensary and shown the herbs, roots and even silk worms’ cocoons which ore used as medicine, also, the charcoal stove over which an infusion of herbs was being brew- ed. and other herbs soaking ln bowls of water.

dreams of taking my dvice and my word, when uttered, emphastically does not go. Thirdly, re- moteness. To go_to the farm is to forget the worla . you live in a world of "your own, Fourthly, the thing is expensive, arduous, humili-

lbetween household chores. Machines

tree's original frame, set with only eight needles tn the inch. They are worked by s foot. treedle propell-

a rpare cash ls not confinedto work- ing men's wives. The wife of

Calverton tn 1580. earns useful spare cash for countrywomen who iurn out fine hosiery tn their homer

err.- loaned to them by several en- terprising firms which send round vans to collect the ttnlsheit articles. lwugh some of the hand-k ' ‘

machines now ln use are I50 years old. theyare far tn advance of

log two yard-ions rows of inter- rtlve needles." Home-knitting for

0'f flaming autumn-tawny, russet, gold, Of tingling, heady alr. Now where

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“Senator Howlan submitted plans or the proposed Htllsboro Sulwvay to members of the Legislature on Thursday. ‘The company represent- ca by senator Howlan proposed to uut a subway or tunnel across the River with tracks for foot passen- gers, carriages and railway trains, and all necessary apparatus, for $250,000, ta be paid when the work is finished t.o the satisfaction of a Government engineer. by deben- tures bearing interest at 4 per cent, payable in thirty years. This offer is worthy of careful t-onsid- uratlonfl- Island Guardian. April 2, 1867.

A few days later The Guardian reported that a resolution enrbody- lr.g Senator HOWlHFFS pmposal was introduced in the House try Hon. Mr. Sullivan. and caused “the most. lively discussion of the ses- sion." Mr. Sullivan argued that. the annual interest of the money required would be no more than the yearly expense of keeping up the fen-y. He spoke of the great advantage it would prove to Bel- fast and the communities east of the river. . '

Ilon. Mr. Yeo, leader of the Op- position, said the House had not. sufficient. information to come to air intelligent conclusion on so im- portant a. matter. The proposed subway would not do away with the need of ferry steamers. In many respects a bridge would be preferable. -

I-lon. Mr. Ferguson thought a sub- way much preferable to a bridge, a: the latter would need constant repairing, and must have a draw in lt, to allow vessels to pass through.

Mr. Sutherland asked where were the reports of the engineers respect- lng the relative cost of a bridge ae compared with a tunnel.

Mr. Bell maintained that tf the company was so anxious to try this thing as an experiment. in order to promote the larger scheme of a subway at the Capes. let them build the Hillsborouflll subway and run it and take the tolls, and the Governmemot. would grant a liberal subsidy. Thai would be more reasonable than to ask tne Government to assume the on- tlre cost.

Hon. Mr. Gordon urged the Government to "go slowly in the matter." He had came to the con- clusion that lt was golng to cost s great deal more than the esti- nrated amount. _

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Against; Messrs. Yeo, Furquliar- son, Sinclair, J. R. MacLean, Bell. —5.

The House then went lnto cam- mittee, Dr. Glllis in the chair. anti after some time the resolution was reported agreed to. The Bill however. fared less luckily. It 'was thrown out by the Legislative Council. Hon. A. Laird moved, seconded by Hon. P. Mae- Nutt. the following amendment. irvhlch was adopted on division: "That the House do not. resolve itself lnto a committee of the whole or. the said Bill for the following reasons:

"lst. That this House ls of opin- lon that. before undertaking a work of such magnitude the Government sbduld have ascertained what. a- mount of subsidy would be suffic- lcnt. to induce a company to can- slruct and operate for a term of years a bridge or subway that. would afford ample facilities for traffic:

‘find. That the construction. dur- ability and successful operation of metaltc subways tn the beds of rivers or other waters hove not. been sufficiently tested to justify this House ln committing the Province to the construction of such a subway as a government

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"Ira. That no statement tiss been lalit on the table of this House showing the comparative cost of constructing a tunnel or subway with that of s bridge, and annual cost of operating each respeetlv. ly."

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for 60 years a widow. Jane Baker, who . entry celebrated trer

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