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Notes by the‘ Way

la the world going crazy‘! An ex-

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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1924

THE GAME AT OTTAWA also how little dependence is to be placed on Liberal boasting as to improving conditions. Conditions evidently are not improving. With all the natural resources Canada has, with all the raw material re- quired in every possible iine of manufacture, with manufacturing industries developed by years of stable government to a position in which they could compete with the world's greatest, we have fallen in less than two years to a condi- tion from which our people must escape to another country in or- der to make a living. What is wrong? lnistability and inefficiency and Ottawa. Nothing more- Coniplaints are wide. From every section of the

according to The Guardian's Ot- tawa despatches yesterday, the branch lines bill, passed by the Commons last year and thrown out by the Senate is to be re-intro- duced at the coming session. ll will be remembered that this bill was rallroaded through last yenr during the last minutes of the ses- sion and with so little prepara- tion, so far as the public or even the members were concerned that the "Solid Four" from our own pro- vince knew nothing about its hav- ing been passed until they read of it next morning in the newspapers.

in the course of a speech deliv- ered the other day by Sir James Lougheed, leader of the Conserva- tives in the Senate, before‘ the Lib- eral Conservative Business Men's Club in Toronto, when referring to the need of a business-like admin- istration at Ottawa, said:

"There was the Branch Lines Bill introduced during tho last.‘ hours of the last session of the-Commons. This bill provided for the construc- tion of 1.100 miles of branch lines by the Canadian National and the suln estimated for the work was 828,000,000. But the bill provided or imaginary grievances ___ the“ for the greatest latitude both on are Ottawa“; answers’ the part of mileage and the cost

, Tile opinion is rapidly gaining of construction. They estimated it . ground that the present session will at a cost of 828000.000 but on the

b i ( m I 1 ‘ m T lend the fiasco and with this opin- as a o e m5 0 e ranscouilon hope is returning, for it is ini-

extravagance at

now dominion-

country come pleadings and peti tlons and vices to the government, come de- mands that an election he called at the earliest possible moment and the farce at Ottawa be brought to an end. And Ottawa, official Ot- tawa, is bewildered. Cabinet shuf- fling. promises of acquiescence in every demand. misleading informa- tion as to the actual situatiomRoy- al Commissions investigating real

suggestions. come ad-

tinental it would have cost at least‘

)

Aalochto latter‘, n. la. Oink. unis-up

cololly go after their regular public school hours. in those schools, the

change asks the question and an- swers lt with an array of figures. W- W- Dnnlop. inspector. of Pris- ons and Public Charities for Ontario, is quoted as an official authority. According to his state- ment the population of Ontario in 1891 was 2,114,821 and the number of inmate's in its mental hospitals 3,468, or 1.64 per 1.000 of popula- tlon...ln 1921-the population of the province was 2,933,662, the number of inmates 8,156, or 2.74 per 1,000 of population. -'l‘he population had increased 38 per cent and in the same period the number of insane bad increased 185 per cent! Alnd “c are told that this’ was about the some a; the average for the entire Dominion. -

The official figures for the United States are even more start,- Ilng. in forty states, while the gen- eral population increased in thirty years 100.3 per cent the insane population increased 468 per cent. What ls it that causes this alarm- ing growth in the number of un- balanced minds? The National Council for Mental Hygeine in the United States points out the condi- tions that tend to mental and moral collapse. Among these may be men- tioned "the mania for wealth, the craze for publicity, the loss of confidence in spiritual leadership. the wild enthusiasm for sport. the mania for modern dancing, and the

working principle in life.” There can be little doubt that similar con- ditions in lesser degree exist in Canada. The war no doubt increas-

the war ended.

The Sentinel, of Toronto tells that there are six Bolshcviat schools operating In that city, where the children of the foreign

Your feet are beginning to give little trouble and you im- mediately come to the conclusion that the arches are giving away. and that flat feet will soon be yours. Before doing anything about it, take a look at your shoes.‘ talk much at about narrow pointed

Y0“ 8

I'm

this time

~ ran cnlianonnrowii GUARDIAN

of

not going to

shoes and high heels. , ago, Mi just want you to take a look In fact. the .ordinary visitor the electors. at the soles of your shoes and would have to stay in England

where they are worn most- l heard a speaker years ago say that a good honest man wear the heels of his shoes out evenly at the heels, and not either the outside, nor the inside of the centre.

What do your shoes say?

Why you have worn them out on the outer side of the heel, and not e11 1t to any great extent. at the back of the heel.

What does this mean?

oi-{lllsol l;olr'lT'i|lltlY lo "to “Pruitt run still TIME YEI

Quota ‘Br l»... manor. uni‘

DO YOUR FEET HURT VOU‘!

would

0K1 Liberal administration. He would

n»

MacDonald Cabinet Turns Out Not to be “Red? But. Only a Little Pink-Man on the Street is Satisfied.

ial reason for turning out Labor until they feel assured of their own retur-n. in any event. they would rather have s. minority Labor gov- ernment than a minority Liberal government. since Labor is more likely to make political blunders at the tactical moment. than their more, experienced rivals. They have no desire to help liberalism to rehabilitate itself in the eyes of

(United Pres!)

LONDON, Feb. 25. -—- Ramsay Macdonald's Labor-Socialist gov- ernment has been in power for a month now. yet the British empire has not collapsed, nor is there any indication that its foundations are seriously undermined. This dis- pite gloomy prognostications of political "diehards" a few ‘months

quite a while to determine whether May Keep Power- Years the country was being gov rned by an old-fashioned re-actlon ry Tory Cabinet, or an allegedly advanced pursues m, present nnlppfgyocat. ive and orthodox W116i’. 1119!‘? 15 no reason why the Labor govern- ment should not stay ln power for several years; in fact. ‘for the re- mainder of the present Perilo- mentks life~tfive years. Ardent con servatlves will doubtless try to

certainly never suspect that Eng- land was under the control of a so-called "Red" government.

The average citizen hasn't notic-

The reason is that "Macdonald's .Reds" are ordinary, sane folk

lln a word. if Ramsay Macdonald '

A delicious health- giyiaf truly econo- nuca food ready to heat and nerve.

or Plain Sauces.

ouorfnicnf of mun caccilult

Clorltpropdnd f The Clark label f: a gllumnfu of quality.

W. CLARK Lllhllli MQNTREIL IITAILIIIIIIIIYI av alonrlllat. v.0.

IV-IIII. HQ. an: uulaoimolvr.

Choict ol Tomato, Chili -

Wall stocked stores curvy on '

"LET. THE CLARK KITCHENS HELP row

lt is a good sign, that's all.

whose only desire is to carry on Further, as you look at the soles

the business of government to the t

force an election this summer, but

tions,

he average Britisher dislikes elec- and unless Macdonald and

you have not worn them out evenly but the outer side is worn down a

of the shoes. you again find that 1,83;

t 5§§.".“’Z'.’...".°.‘li3§"i.'l. "$3311.11 “Si? moon-- dun-s

of their ability, and who Ms colleagues make ‘some glaring

the next few

W. G. I.

WGY PROGRA?! IN-BBIEF ~. i ~

’Phone Girl Goes To Jail In China

disregard of the Golden Rule as_a n

bit more than the inner side.

What about this?

Just another good sign that you have good feet. even if they are paining you somewhat. Now what should be done about 9

wearing?

Well what kind of shoes are you Are they wide enough with a sensible heel’!

if so, what about your weight? Perhaps you are living well, tak-

Further, when you were younger and lighter you were taking more exercise, and the muscles of the feet and legs were much stronger than at present.

if you are not haps you have some tion from the teeth, tonsils, or in- testine, and that has got down in to the joints of the feet, and is giv~

overweight per- slight infec-

terns of government. the instltu- mmlths- M“ 3- ‘Elector 3”“ Wm tions and precedents of a thousand strongly resent using PYIPOW" in!" years could no; be swept 11111115 the turmoil oi another general el- ivlthout turning the country upside B0110“ U118 Yew" 10!‘ 111916‘ Pa"? down, which was far from their in- DurPOBHB- Such resentment is like- germong ' ly to take the form of giving an ob- The Macdornald Cabinet contains viosly willing labor government a as peaceful a collection of alleged cl-ear majority in Commons. Which “lteds" as could be found any- lg what, all good conservatives and where. consequently they have the 111191-1115 wish to avoid. .

support (or at least neutrality) of Labor's policy is to lay low ‘for the great massof British public a M1116 and by doing so they can

ed the volume o! msanltyfmflng was; h‘? eéfimig; and planing ‘an uiiiuioll- only increase their prestige-ere ed a lectlire on courtesy and put m’ active period but mere “as a a B t t: t e dyotu me e The ("$3115 01 L0"! Rmhemlerev ceDt perhaps amongst the extrem- her ill jail for a few days as general increase before the war grail“ eewhe: 5,836 wgsagflniégg newspaper “king" and nominally ism The mm, 1n the street reallz- puulshmoul-

and '3 “m” “PM advance 5m” and lighter. Cmlsermnve’ for weeks panned ed that Labor Ministers recogniz- —‘—_‘.'*'_"_

haimammg pictures of the 8mm“ ed their responsibilities and would m3 c°“5eq“e“°es which mlgm be not be stanipeded into ill thought

him for being too hasty.

t-he soul that indulges in it,

As She Is “Sassy”

CANTON. Feb. 2G.-—G\)'l. Ch"! Wu, Commissioner of Police. put an operator in jail for slowness in making coiinectiolis. '

The General tried to telephone his office on urgent business. The‘ operator was slow and "sassed"

The General 5611i. for her, deliver-

Every flit oi anger injures most

WEDN EEDAY. FEBRUARY 27

General Electric Company Schenectady, N. Y. 790 Kliocycles (B80 Meters) Eastern Standard Tlmc 11:55 a. m.—Time signals. 12:30 p. m-Stock market re- port. ~ 12:40 p. lll.—PI‘0llllC8 market re- port. - 12.45 p. nt-Vveather report. 6:00 p. lll-'--Pl‘OdllC8 and stock market quotations; new bulletins. 6:30 p. m. — "Adventure Story" (courtesy of Youth's Companion). SILENT NIGHT.

The budget will provide the Lab- or government with u splendid chant-e to consolidate.‘ As three- lnternlitionale, and have ‘taken quarters of the {manual year rmd‘

' Philip Sliowden as- ovcr the government of Britain in 5°“ "y ‘Kemre _ _ . almost conmwnpldce mamlen sunietl oiflce, he incurs no blame

dam Internationale, but nothing has happened. Macdonald and his colleagues have resigned from the

looked for on the advent of a "Refd h , u b1 4- Socialist" Cabinet. theoretically" fag“ ifgzxes °w°‘" es m“ e under the influence of the Amsterl ' a

Low Cost

and High A

Profits

combined wlthrabsolute security are the outstanding fea-

guch a govgrn. same journal states, the children are taught that the Christians God is a devil who is trying to" keep

possble even for ment as we have at present to keep a country like Canada down. “Oui-

mg Y0“ ‘he 1mm‘ ior the unpalatable parts ol‘ the‘ In any case get busy Wm‘ your next budget, but with a little aw,

fcet, and practise the three simple No 5mm _ 1 s Attempted tutenass he can reap a large am- exercises mentioned once before. cum of kudos for 8mg" concessim,

$l00.000.000. And then they threw it on the Senat‘e in the last hours.

an three parties know the bill will Famous Ensllsh ,1 1 ,1, Th, , , t 1, 1,, k ,1, ,

V, per 1000 living births, in Prince Ed- , t t “P h. regarded on n reno onorv o o THERE woum 1, 1, 1 11,11 1 .11. = w s 1 l! s" "W" 1° o on"! ovooolnfnl 0X

. “I”! be ‘eluted bf 1116 Senate bu! the ward island for 1928 was 46.1‘ Bri- June m’ 18“- ‘ttlll; tllgcltfisiresolfor ‘ganlice hlflwngdi: rekcuonafles M18’ stalwart Chan-T "'8 e- “ e n‘ ‘Quinn’ "c" n s" sham“ ‘Dmom T l" m "no" ‘or , ' pion of the vested interests . rm; "H, few Sad faces here. the demand for a good Ood-Llver-Oll Biscuit wherever fox-

They gave no information to the _ them satisfied wth the existing yr-aikmg on the 1°95 wagdng on , , y GI. ahwe t L" mnwanc, “M” u o" a" countr still remains," and with I . , ‘ The Labor Government attenipt- Th 111 y, n r 511cm,“ 1n 1n. "no! 0 fl . 8 B IP - y Dress or the people and so l think a Sh‘): time under ma‘ overfllsocial and industrial order. Horr- iiililgeillltijfrtlsthzrigeralking on the out- ed no naluntsm There were mile ‘Xx. Tents‘) will please the not “ready acquamted Wm‘ the Grubwut “Hunts n "W liubllfl Will Bllurove of the stand t it m‘ u] g1 n ible as Such ‘eachmg is‘ we are Five minutes. of these twice a if“? nerfipfper ha‘??? 3312‘: “proletnrint." While lhe lflculllel. will pay you to investigate. Our representatives are al- lnen . w resume e p ace t t th i- ' a or ui n s ers en a . . A ' . o‘ the senate in rejecting the hm". occupied a few years ago and" go tllgsfhlidvientlfgizlllietlliottllfaied lllef Chain-is liligir ggpgreggslstlrlrl; arches up midesks at “mlsuauy early Mung’ ‘ilfgazlfflr: ffgttlnglegilltlllgllflltasllzildfllle’ way. a‘ your wwwe‘ Pho” ‘°" Wu“, '1" _ . . l , ~ i t '_ - ‘ Th", Senate“ reject“ o! the ‘hm ynfiiywnrds gfeaQgf pfggfegs and going on, that the places where; » ggxdpxgiizsatgmfiggh oangfigeifilnig expenditure already incurred. i n n a c0 Lguu‘, H was not a Conservative merely. prosperity“ y these schools are located are welli for-e 11 a_ 111___t11e guppnsedly popu- mm" o", Food“ "6 I y g’ g

the majority of the Liberals voted for its rejection.

“Now the Bill, foredoomed to a second rejection by the Senate, is to be introduced for a second time. Why? ‘

The Progressive members are playing the game, they are forcing the hand of the government and the government is also playing a game.

Last year this bill was brought in during the dying hours of the ses- slon when there was no time to dis- cuss it. This time it will be brought in early and the Progres- sives will take their cue from the treatment it receives at the hands of the respective parties. The Lib- erais in the Commons will support

1L 1-11 c t1 14 in Febfullfy. 16 in Murch- 21 J L - - puppies and as the foxes grow older he favors ldry feeding. e 0'18"“ V” are expectedlbetter showing comparatively al- in Apr". 20 in May‘ 15 1n Jung 20 Inventor of the repeating gun bufiflifissaahgzsiggan‘ Sign n; the H; finds dogs and foxes are much of the same nature and to ahoum" we on“ M °pp°smg "m"!!! "19 film" 11°! W1? Y" in July, '26 in August, 16 in “hi” "8"" h“ “m” a “m?” times-and gilarantee of the “san- won ire provldod with ohm» tooth for orlndlfla "In" food- A

It.

the bill will depend the Progres- sive support of the government.

month of July 1923, with pro rata computations some interesting figures.

‘Prince Edward Island, but for all On the government support of’

._.__ -¢o>i__ VITAL STATISTICS

Vital statistics just issued for the

for the year, give With only one exception Prince Edward island's birthrate per 1000 population for 1923 was the lowest in Canada, namely 20.3. in 1922 it was 27.9; in 1921 it was 24.8 and in 1920 it was 25.8. We have fallen sadly behind in this important in- dustry. ‘

The 1923 record for highest birth- rate is held by Manitoba, the fi- gures being 26.2, New Brunswick second with 25.2.

ln infant mortality. we iilake a

of Canada are still very much high- er than they ought to be. The num- ber of ‘deaths under one year old

‘known to the police, but nothing‘

"“°'“°'°'”°“"' "f I“ P"°$'°“"“’°“ tish Columbia holds the record at l“ "M"! “l” K°"°""m°"i w 40.1, while Manitoba with the high- "bund" the bmnch "nea- including est birthrate is also highest in in- tlle Hudson Bay Railwaymiil be a rant monamm the ‘mums be“! lever in the hands of the Progres- 972' Ne" smug hem‘ “an Wm, elves to work their constituencies 771

Th!“ ‘a ‘he w“ the "me mo“ The total death rate per 1000 pop- "om m” outside‘ n Wm be u com‘ uiatlon in Prince Edward Island pncned one and m“ pubuc Wm was 9.0: Alberta 5.7, being the low-

watch l! Wm! lllleren- est and Nova Scotia 10.0, the high- est.

THE COUE METHOD

SEES GENERAL ELECTION Our Liberal friends. taking a leaf ~

out of Cape's healing method. have La Presse. the big Liberal news been declaring to themselves and paper in Montreal, foresees a gen- others that "we are getting better eral election at a early date. Dis- and better every day in every cussing the political situation at way." The complaint regarding the gttawa, La Presse concludes that unparalleled exodus from Canada whatever may be the ability of the In the jest two years has been Prime Minister. it‘ does not appear jubiiantly met with the Liberal de- to be probable that he will suc- _ciaration that they are coming coed in conoiliatlng the acute dif. back and that the exodus is over. ference between his party and the

The American Bureau of Statis- Progressives. "So far are we con- tlcl recently made the alarming vincell of this," says La Presse. statcnielitthat 50,000 Canadians had "that. without professing to play migrated to the United States dilr- the part of a prophet. we foresee ing the first two months of the that the Honorable llr. Mackenzie present year! The’ figure

for King will before long be so drivq

has so far been done to reform

them or root them out. ' ‘i t

Aatroiogists tell us that much de- pends upon what particular sign of the Zodiac one is born under. There arc twelve of these signs. which is also the number of months i-n the year. If we assume that each sign dominates a corresponding month in the calendar, it becomes astrologically important to know in what month our rulers and would- be rulers were born. The date of birth of most of our Parliament men is told in the Parliamentary Guide. although a number of them for reason; of their own do not supply that information. Of 224 members of the House of Commons whose birth-dates are recorded in the Guide, 21 were born in January.

September, 26 in October, l6 iu November and l3 in December. Premier King was born December 17, 1874. Ex-Premler Meighen had his birth six months earlier, on

Two of the most eminent of Canadian political leader; of the past, Sir John MacDonald and Sir Wilfred Laurler, had their birth during the time of short days and long nights in January and Novem- ber. Sir John was born January 11. 1815 and Sir -Wilfrid, November 20, 1841. Washington and Lincoln, foremost Presidents of the Great Republic, were both born in February. Milton had his birth in December and Shakespeare in April. Without citing further not- able names and dates of birth we conclude that one month i; quite as auspicious as another in which to be born, that many insignific- ant and some notable persons have been born on every day in the past and that history will continue to repeat itself in that regard. And that being so only very crsdulous persons can have faith in astrology or horoscopes.

Modern invention has produced so many wonders that when a new one is announced we hesitabato dis- credit the story. Just now a cable from Paris tells that Moiot has invented an _ aeroplane that has no motor and no revolving propeller. but is capable of flying

ill! was 178.000; for i928 it was that, in order to find a way out o‘ ‘M “m” m m h°‘"'- Th‘ "m"