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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY I8, I985.

THE PATRIOTS SPLEEN

While the Dairymerfs Association. by unanimous resolution, ‘commend- ed the Government upon its offer to establish cow testing associations, (which was part of the agricultural reform, programme announced by Premier Maciilillon at the Associa- tion's annual meeting), we note that our local contemporary takes a characteristic partisan attitude. It lnsinuates that because the announ- oement of policy was made by the Premier, a slur was thereby cast upon the ability of the Minister of Agriculture, Hon. Mr. MacNutt, to explain the details of the measure. Such an is BS m“ ‘ ible as it is‘ false. Due to the fact that the Premier had another ap- pointmcnt. he was the first speaker to address the meeting. As head of the Government, it ‘would be strange if he did not make the Government's important programme for agricul- tural improvement the subject mat- ter of his remarks. The Rims Min- lster of Canada, in personally an- nouncing the Dominion Govern- ment's economic and social reform policies, followed the same course- without any lnsinuation from the Opposition that his Ministers were incompetent to explain the meas- ures falling within the jurisdiction of their various departments.

What then ls the purpose of our rontemporarys veiled attack upon Mr. MacNutt? The Minister of Agriculture has proved himself well able to speak on any subject touchs ing his department, and we note that among the resolutions passed by the Dalrymens Agociation was one thanking him "for his excellent address delivered here this after- noon, and also for the splendid in- terest which he has alwaYS evilliled towards the work of this Associa- tion."

Another resolution oi thanks W88 adopted with regard to the Premier's addres.

Perhaps it was these resolutions which called forth our contempor- ary’: spleen!

A WORLD HERO

Today throushout the length and breadth of the world Lord Baden- Powell’: birthday will. be celebrated- “hi! m honour ruilque in history. No other man has lived to find hi8 natal day honoured in every nook and, corner of the world. It has been reserved for Mfd BldelPPmlf‘ ell of Gilwell. why? Because he in- troduced something into the world that everybody wanted, but I10 body hitherto had the genius o!‘ organizing ability to make 8J1 m‘ oomplished fact-scouting 1°!‘ BOY!- _ The aim of the Boy Scout move-

‘ ment is not rnw or orislnflP-ll l5 as

old as civilization-to develop healthy souls, bodies and minds. the threefold Trinity of Man's Nat- ure, and thus to turn boys into ef- flcient, happy citizens for here and hereafter. It is built on the basis of duty to God and to ones neigh- hour, on which can be bull. a real living faith. Here is where Scoutlfl! and the Churches meet on common ground. Through Scoutin! the Saints of the Church can be held uP as heroes of a great adventure for Christ and His Kinzdom- Th6 Chief scout realized from the first that the heroes of history are Pied Pipers to the boys. No man-made institution can produce a fraction of the great herces that have serv- cd thc Church all down the ages. Ii the boys are to dance to their tum it must be shown that these Saintly Heroes were no sad, long-faced folk, but human men, who falling, climb- ed up again, "Men who." in the vyordg of the Chlnf, "lived lives of adventure and high endeavour, of efficiency and skill, of cheorfulness and self-sacrifice for others. In such a time there is meat fo: boys, there is soul in it," and so will they learn to follow in the tracks of th-E hero-maker. Boy Scouts are not en- couraged lo become prigs, to boast of belonging to an organization that entitles them to ‘:0 considered bet- ter than other boys. It is the wish and endeavour of thcsc organizinil

and leading thc movement, that the! training they rcrnivc will offset lees

worthy inclinations, aspirations and developments, but thc Chief Scout

. . e t‘ and his executives everywh is, se . [mm whwh w i“ mm mum.- o!

their faces steadfastly against the

idea of encouraging "the holler than j u Tm mm thou” spirit among Boy s:outs.i film" bum" h°"° '

Humanity is the same thc world; “W” ‘Mm’ l° arm “M” ha‘: over, under all slime: and. under aill year broke I-ll I'm"! m“

I beginning of the trade revival. roe ' Travel Association states that busi-

skins. Scouting is Intended to de- veioptiae best instincts in the bays ofallraalbandtomihe them worthy eitileiis and better Caril-

time. m scout Law. on which the "or aim.‘ Holiday villwfl will!"

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lnl. Is it does with Honour, Loyalty, Usefulness, friendliness. Courtesy. ’l'hrift and Purity, it forms a self- ‘ r ’ Rule of Life than which there can be none better.

This h why Lord Baden-Powell hasiived to be remembe w today on his birthday in the four quarters of the globe.

J UBILEE TREES

An interesting suggestion has been made by a titled correspond- ent in the London Times with rc- gard to the King's Silver Jubilee. The suggestion is that throughout the Empire, trees be planted to mm atl- the event. The Times adds its editorial commendation, -, intlng out that of all the dlmrse forms of memorial devised by men trees are perhaps the most generally satisfying. They are less enduring, it is true, than buildings and more at the mercy of the ele- ments; but discreetly chosen and tended, as all worthy memorials should be, they may last till the story of their planting is lost in the mists of traditionjThem is still sufficient time to prepare for the planting of King George the l=‘lith's Jubilee trees, and to ensure adequate handling of the subject and rule out haphazard placing and planting. _

EDITORIAL NOTES

Carrying service to the farms instead of farmers to the Govern- ment service is the policy of Prem- ier Macmillan."

The demand for Island potatoes in Montreal and Toronto has be- gun: would not an advertising campaign in Montreal and Toronto papers help it considerably?

The nomination by the Dairymen‘! Association of Mi‘. J. A. Dewar to the Advisory Council of the Domin- ion Marketing Board was an excel- lent one. There is no more capable farmer in the Province than Mr. Dewar, and his experience and abil- ity are widely recognized.

The report of the White Mari- time Commission is now in the hands of the Government; wheth- er there is a minority report re- mains to be seen. 11' it be not a unanimous report then the adjust- ment of our claims will not be final, the case of the Maritimes being liable to be reopened at the demand of the Federal government or of the respective provinces-

Mr. Boulter and Mr- Lea are agreed that an average of four acres per farm is not too big an area for potato cultivation. The trouble is, however, that some farmers go in too heavily for spuds to the detri- ment o! other produce, while oth- ers hardly grow enough even for their own use. A quota. system might not be bad for the indust y. the quota to be fixed by the Marketing Board, with an apPell to the Governor-in-Councii.

From a social and governmental standpoint, the implicdtlons of nation-wide television are tremen- dous. The‘ results will be far-reach- ing and will go a long WW 1n Dill- ling the coimtry out of the depres- sion. Each television transmitter built will be the means of initiating the manufacture of thousands of television receivers, involvina’ MW factories, restofifll emPloymim 3nd injecting new impetus into the machine or national business.

The longer selling season afford- ed retailers by the late date 01 Easter will be featured by special displays and selling wwftllfllil" on the part of the retail stores. An early Easter is not appreciated,» it anticipates norms ooeninrs while still winter and tends to P097. business on bothaocounts- But Easter, in the ulna week of April enables merchants to 59°01!!!" m end-of-wlnter sales. Mllmlfilll"!

Easter display all in orderlijllc’ cession.

Mr. Morgan and Mr. Howl-Id both cited Great Britain as a 91161

course, the old country is in thB

ness and holiday visitors durinl i984 numbered 2N3“. Ill "w!!!"

301,106, an increase of 50,604; busi- ness visitors ems. an increase of

Notes By 17w Way

Aaron the line the newspapers were recently boasting that the authorities now had crime leaders well in hand, while in New York this week Mayor In Guardia, during the course of a speech said: "I have been in office but one year, but in tint time Ihave attended. funeral after funeral of our great police officers. Thisis no'tin1e for sentimentality. this is no time for

crooks." Uncle Bem has’

cuddling manifedly not yet learned, the lesson thot his entire machinery for handling criminals needs to be thoroughly NVHJIIPEGr- Brantford xpositor.

A recent British writer has been keen enough to observe that, from beneath the surface con-fusion of the struggle for "orders" in the land of teeming millions and mass pro- duction, “order” somehow seems to emerge-eve.- if, at times, slowly and expensively and painfully enough. Is luw and order forgotten in the commercial field-ore shoddy wares or even poisonous foods marketed sometimes at high prices-there iiilrings up Consumers‘ Research or the housewives strike. When mass meets mass, the odds are on the side of a victory for the intelligent battalions of Creative Emergence.- Exchangef

Lloyd George it is said, will serve in the cabinet, if MacDonald and Runciman be dropped. That, judg- ing from Iiondmi‘ reports, should Present no insupemble difficulty For it is no great Downing Street secret that, in the opinion of most hi“ lingered too long on the stage, Ms Olll-livod his political useful- "955- Vague. verbose, with no flair for economic legislation. and without influence in the Labor Party. he has become a political and parliamentary liability, some- thins 0f a political tragedy-Ot- tawa Journal.

The London Board of Education Yesterday refused to be stampeded bY the Toronto Board into adopt- ing a resolution on the school tax question which woufdhave pre_ vented if from giving impartial con- sideration to any propgsals recommended by the Ontario Government or by any body 3p- DOlTIWd by it. In such a matter ‘Toronto is the last place from which

other municipaliths should take advice or lcadershilz- London Advertiser. , ,

Even the law students at Osgcoclc Hall are somewhat alarmed by the ever-increasing number of King's (‘WW1 bolus appointed by Ontario Governments. In their official Publication, Obiter Dicta, a con- tributor devotes considerable space i0 dlsmlssion or this situation. In the Pzovince, he notes, there are some seven thousand barristers and soiicito rs, and something like seven hundred K. 0's, Here a note of alarm ls sounded: “with the Law School turning out nigh unto one hundred new lawyers each year. and. with the Legislature (‘Felting K9183 Cnunsel at the reckless rate of seventy-five to one hundred a year, a future may be faced with the unpleasant pro- Sneot of a lawyer-ridden Province and a K- C.-ridden profesion."-_ Globe.

President Roosevelt's troubles were increased lately who... m; Postmaster General, in an effort to create a diversion. sent sheets of new stamilps to several friends, auto- graphed by himself. The stamps

went out unperforated, llngum- med and unsolicited and, being filmed l’? a high official, were estimated as of fabulous value In fact, efforts are new being made to deflate the gift stamps by handing out quantities of the

same at regular prices, Latest word is that the storm will blow over. Everything should become normal

again at Washington-that is, un-

ies the Secretary of the Treasury should take it into his head to for- ward o. few choice samples to those of his intimates who are coin col- leciors-Torcnto Telegram.

Hobbies are often am excellent

way of helping children to find their vocation Illh-e, late Cyrus Curtis. founder of the Curtis Publishing Company, as a small boy published as amateur newspaper.

Helen Hosklnson, famous magazine cartoonist, as a child loved nothing batter than to caricature her teacher and fellow-students. A little boy named Bouohed was a tireless constructor of smiall boatzo-to-day the H. E. Boucher Manufacturing Comlpany is the largest concern making miniature boats and parts

Some grown-ups have turned ho!»- bies into profitable businesses. The kiddie-kar was devised by Olarencc W. White in a whittlers idle hours. A fisherman invented a new kind of bait to subtract more fish-and thc Al Foss Pork Rind Minnow, nation- ally known, was the result. A Chicago bond man named Dodson built bird-houses for fum-to-day. Dodson bird-houses are sold far and near, "Hobbies." said Mr. Giles, "make interesting to other people an interested in life," He offers this prayer for parents: “And give to my eons slid daughters the hobbies which enlist their kneenest interest. which arouses their great- est enthilsiaszm, which make then

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of 1,668 over the total for 1983. French visitors numbered 55,786, an increase of 4,048. The volume of Continental travel to Great Britain u a whole has never been exceeded.

There is no method of checking accurately the number of visitors from the with British»! - rough estimate they number about 100,000. It may be estimated that adding together foreign tourist and business visitors, week-end visitors from the Continent, and visitors from the Dominicans, some 100.000 guests ,were welcomed by I“ we

Dominions who travel ts, but on a

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TONSILS ABE STILL REMOVED WHEN 1T IS CONIDERED NECESSARY

The fact that there are not as many tonsils removed by surgery as there were a few years ago, may lead one to think that removing tonsils was only a fad. As a matter of fact tonsils must be removed in many cases if rheumatism and heart disease are to be avoided. However tonsils are not removed now just because they happen to ho large or because the individual may have a sore throat occasionally. To-dsy the question of removal re- ceives careful conside ation by the family doctor and tho, surgeon be- fore any operation is performed. Dr. Ailgus A. Campbell, Toronto, in Canadian Lancet, says, "Definite reasons or indications for removal should always be present. The his. tory of the patient is most import- ant and if he is a sufferer from -acute tonsiilitis, quinsy. has frequent sore throats, colds, rheumatic pains or other signs of infection, the ton- sils should be removed. When the tonsils are very large and tho lining of the throat m-ouncl them is red, thc tonsils should be removed. When the tonsils contain fluid or pus, are firmly fixed in the hollows in the throat in which they are situated, and the glands in the neck are en- larged, operation is necessary."

As mentioned before there are cases where the individual is unable or unwilling to undergo Operation and yet the tonsils are doing so much damage to the body that they should be removed. A method using electricity-diathermy - has been used in some of these cases but Dr- f‘ pbell advises against it bo- milsfl Y-hfl patients tire of, or quit treatment before it is completed. The Symptoms arc often aggravated by scar formation scaling or cover- ing over the 1itt‘e crypts or holes in the tonsils so that the pus or ex- udate gets sealed in, instead of being removed. Then should surgery be finally found necessary the surgeon has a difficult time with all the hard scar tissue present.

"A 800d. clean, carefully perform- ed surgical operation requires less skill than diathermy, is more qulck. ly performed by less expensive equipment and gives much better results.”

It would seem that the X ray treatment acts in a somewhat simi- lar way to diathermy and is not usually advised according to a state. ment from the Journal of the American Medical Association.

British Parliamentary History

(London Times)

The task of compiling and writing a complete history of Parliament is now well on its svay, thanks to the preliminary work of a distinguished Committee of members of both Houses of Parlimrnnt and to the persistent exertions of Colonel Wedgwood. The History is to b: divided into sections covering per- iodsyof approximately forty years each and will eventually run Into some 40 volumes. These sections will be divided into two parts, the first‘ containing a list of members, names of candidates at contested clnctions, the number 41nd length o! sessions, and the names-of holders of official positions. The second part will consist of a biographical account of all members returned. It is an enterprise which should oer- tainly command public support (when £15000 is raised m». Gov- ernment will authorize the publica- tion by the Stationery pfllce of 20 volumes) and which, when it 1s finished. should be dipped into by the general macler, porad over by thc scholar, and acquired by all who have shared in the government of their country.

Obviously the biographical section will havc the greater general in- terest. All those who have had to study history have come across that grave constitutional problem- the Knights of the shire who, with almost less personality than wooden chessmen, h0pped about from a Parliament at York to one at West- minster or from one at Lincoln to one at Oxford. It will therefore b: stimulating to learn that them elus- ivc gentlemen were really human with names, families and fortunes, and even numbered among them the author of "Moi-to (rm-tr ur." We know little of those bearded and beruffed persons who sat in Queen Elizabeth's Parliaments and listen- cd to their ageing mistress, as she wlmedled supplies with assurances of her love for them and that she was “no greedy. scraping grasper nor a strict fast-holding Prince." How for did all this deceive them? Did any dare to ' 1 Answers t0 these qi-nstlons may well become easy when, as the result of this

which they can lose themselves completely, Amen."- Rntarian Magazine.

With his uncanny faculty for saying the right thing, Dr. A. R- "Qulntuplets" Dafoc says that the rive Dionne babies are not the only children in the, world. While it is of importance that their health be guarded, ft is equally iimlportafll that other children get the best of care. And there are so mam’ other boys and girls who need someone to take an active interest in themfirhere are hundreds of crippled children whose parents cannot give thorn the attention they require. These boys and girls are confident they will ‘not be forgotten when the people are asked to do what they can to help relieve their suffering-Genie: Cities star. ~ »

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General Bir Bindon Blood, 0.0.3.. writes in the February number of The Empire Review about tiger- huntlng in India. During my rer- vice of 82 years actually in India. he says, I only saw three tigers measured at or over 10 feet in length; two of them being i0 foot- ers, and one, a, splendid beast, l0 feet 8 inches long. I shot all three in Nepal, the first of them. a i0- footcr, during my first visit in 1900. to that delightful country. Ho was marked down in a long rather shal- low ravine which meundered for several miles through s. great allu—‘ vial deposit at the foot of the Hima- layas, and varied in width from a hundred yards-or so to nearly half a. mile, with tall l2 to 15 foot grass in large patches, and with trees in clumps and also ‘in many cases growing singly and in twos and threes. We began by beating about two miles of the ravine, two guns being with the line of beating ele- phants, and two forward, at a place where the ravine widened to about 400 yards and the grass had been partly burnt, so that there were several open spaces between de- tached patches which had been left standing, I was the right-hand for- ward gun, and I stod at the end of a passage made by the fire, between the main body of the grass which was being beaten, and a patch of

about a quarter of an acre, on my right as I looked forward, all of it being under my command. The up- burnt grass was about 15 feet high. with me in the howdah was a jemadar of Sappers whom I had known from, his childhood, a gallant fellow who had won the Order of Merit gloriously. I told him to watch the detached patch on the right, and to touch my elbow if he saw a tiger. I watched carefully to my left. '