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JUNE l. 1933

-_~_ ENCOURAGING

The announcement in today's is-

lue of the action of the U. S. Inter- mic commerce Commission ln con- junction with the Canadian Pacific llbrpress Company to reduce rates on

in thil Province.

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meat is not packed in u

fresh cooked lobster meat in un- iealed cans from the Maritime Pro- vinces to points in the United States will be received with satisfaction by all interested inthe lobster industry ked lobster ealed cans

in Charlottetown, and therefore the

reduced rates do not apply here; but

this industry

l i f Bummersidc, where i

has been carried on successfully for lome years, is included in the ichedule. While the rate reductions are not specified, they are bound to lffect an improvement, which will react beneficially on the lobster in-

iustry generally.

unanimous dissent Roosevelt's

terests of

i» Ambassador-at-Large,

U. S. SENATE OPPOSED

According to an Associated Press iiespatch, the U. S. Senate's Foreign Relations Committee has registered

to President

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_1 proposed waiver of g United States neutrality in the in- maintaining Through Mr. Norman H. Davis, his

1.388.08-

the President

P‘ had announced that, if a satisfac-

viv-“aiiiituniu- Ii? "“' "' '

~Reiations Committee.

, g London.

l A The first week in June will see illrom coast to coast delegates from - be in attendance. The Institute is a "of which has reached not only

..but has been taken up in Europe.

tory measure of arms reduction could be achieved, the United States would consult with other nations when war threatened, and, if the aggressor country was satisfactorily identified, would take no steps that would defeat collective efforts to avoid or end a. war. In effect, the Senate's action stultifies President Roosevelt's disarmament proposal which elicited so much favorable comment on the eve of the delivery of Chancellor Hitler's speech in the German Reichstag, and 1s likely fur- vther to arouse dissatisfaction with the attitude of the United States towards the maintenance of world peace. In the circumstances, how- ever, it is fortunate that the Pres- ldent spoke before waiting to hear the opinion of the Senate's Foreign His speech averted o. crisis in Germany which ls unlikely to recur now that the spotlight has shifted to the ap- proaching Economic Conference at

WOMEN'S INSTITUTES

convened in Winnipeg the eighth biennial meeting of the Federated Women's Institutes oi Canada when this outstanding organization will

lCanadian product, the inspiration

through the English-speaking world

largely to this organization. Scihoois from the first have had a 5990181

coming to the fore.

the other provinces the Institutes have developed into very emcient organizations and have to their credit not only a long list of visible accomplishments all tending to the enrichment of the life of their various communities, but they also are proving outstanding fac- tors in the education of the women themselves and in making for cor- dial relationships in communities

been of inestimable value. Organiz- ed here in 1913, the Women's Instit- utes of Prince Edward Island now comprise 256 branches, with a membership of 4.000.

Representing Prince Edward Is- land at the Winnipeg convention

next week will be Mrs. s. J. Rose, East Baltic, Provincial President, and Mrs. Walter Shaw, Cornwall,

representing the Dominion execut- ive. The Island delegates leaving on Friday morning,

ventlon.

ACOUSTICAL ODDITIES

utc of Education, (London, Eng.) . Saturday Review,

Subject, tcld his audience many in- tcresting facts. Grasshoppers carry their ears on their legs, and sea- lions can be trained to detect sub- marines. Snakcs do not appreciate music, but keep time with the sway- ing of the musician's body. The iwisvof an Oyster bcd, clapping its shells, is deafening! Dr. Bcatty is ‘of the opinion that man's sense of hearing is definitely on the down.. grade-which may account for the 49-0?’ that no one seems to have heard the oysicrs applauding when Mr. A. E. MaoLean was speaking so eloquently about them in Parlia- mcnt.

GANDHPS FAST

Gandhi has survived his latest penance-a. three weeks’ fast in or- der to draw the attention of his co- reiigionists to the evils of untouch- ability and to atone for the offenses of some of his youthful disciples. He appears to have had no other end in view than to better the lot

Wherever it goes it carries Can- ada's name as initiator but however far afield it travels, strength‘ does not depart from the home associa- tion which develops in all the pro- rincea with the yearn. The won- en’; rnatiutes or Canada as part o! the Canadian scene are a matter of pride not only to their members but to those of their fellows interested in national life. ,

Manitoba's organization was fcn-n- ed in 1010 and now there Me .120 branches with more than 3.000 members. Although there is a City branch, essentially this is a rural

and small town movement and its benefits to the community m0" l long list. For instance 43 libraries I" °W°d “d mamumed by u” ated for his activities in promoting

in‘ pooh, music

institutes and the number of books a _, fluke Twin 3° 5° 39° P“ “b""7' against tho Government. No polit- _$ Willy-flit"? “Fm/MM M” N“ ical conditions were attached to his T. moms, fourteen of which are own- -'-_ ed by m! Imldtlml» A b°°n the” action of the Government must not 7 the country folk gathering in ‘ Ashe town. There are community change in their policy. glam, owned or anal-ea by the 1n- : ‘Ititutel, dreelinl M!" f" "1"" and kitchen %ulpment and the like. Incll hol- ‘M11 no popular reclpiento of help his former illegal agitation he will mtg some; are beholden]

of he depressed classes in India; so that'his penance differed entirely from the previous fast by which he sought to obtain specific changes in the British Government's Commun- al award. On the present occasion he was not attempting to extort any particular concession from the Gov- ernment of India, or indeed from Hindu society; he was simply pro- testing, in a manner familiar to the East, against the evils of an ancient social system.

It remains to be seen what effect Mr. Gandhi's exhausting and dan- gerous ordeal will have on his co- religionists. In the meantime, he is a free man, having been released from Jail at the outset of his hun- ger strike, where he was incarcer- civil

dleobedlence campaign

liberation. At the same time, the be interpreted as implying any It involves, as the London Times points out, “no concession to the lawlessness which ie known rather absurdly as civil disobedience." If Gandhi renews

place in the affections of the wo- men and now vacation canlps are

In Prince Edward Island as in Women's

which heretofore have been divided

by creed and politics. Particularly in matters of education and public

health, their contribution to the development of the Province has

will be and they will be accompanied by the

best wishes of all sections of the Province for the success of the con- ~ ten in the melancholy story of the

In a lecture on “The Sense of Hearing in Animals." at the Instit-

Dr. Beatty, who, according to the is one of the world's foremost authorities on this

NilTES BY TIIE WAY

Fundamental ' differences, eayl the

Manchester Guardian, between the »

attitude of Great Britain and that of the United Slates seem to be implied in a new suggestion for dealing with the problem of the gang-giuuuan. In this country the ideal i5 to linlit, and, if possible, to eliminate, the number of private citizens who are in possession of those firearms whose only real pur- pose is w serve as WBBPQIIS of of- fence. But in the United States, where over 10,000 people are said to be killed by gunshot wounds every year, exactly the opposite system is now advised. Colonel Goddard, who is rather oddly described as “pm-

Western University, Chicago,’ and "arms and ammunition expert,’ recommends that every good Almeri- can citizen should be equipped with a revolver and told to act as his own policeman in a great national calm- paign against “gunmen and hood- lurns." It would be flR-tly contrary to the English tradition to encour- age private citizens to believe that they must look to their own pro- tcction. That is the business bl the police, who in most cases heartily resent the slur on their own edic- iency which is implied in any sug- gestion that a citizen needs a revolv- er in order to protect his own life or property.

Speaking in Washington as long ago as 1916, Woodrow Wilson used

these words : "The

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VACATION SHOULD MEAN CHANGE OF SURROUNDINGS

As the vacation time approaches

you may be sayinB to yourself that you not only cannot aflord o. yac- ation, but you really do not need one as business has been so quiet.

But if business has been quiet, and employment scarce, has your mind lessor" of political science at North-' been quiet and at rest?

A moment's thought will tell ‘you what you already know, that ybur mind has been working all day and part of tho night; that your brain is tired, very, very tired.

The thought then about a vac- ation is not so much to rest the body, but to give your mind a rest. or rather to give your mind a real change because tile old saying that achange is as good as a rest might quite truthfully be that a change is better than a rest.

so in thinking about a little vac- ation, havc in mind a_"change", a change oi surroundings or change of work orplay from the regular routine of the year.

Naturally their your first thought should be to get clear away from your village, town, or city so that you will be free from the usual

Uiiilcd SWV-‘Scveryday worries or problemsthut will never be again what it was.| The United States was once in en-

would prevent relaxation. It is re. laxatlon, a loosening up of your

jcymcnt. of what we used to call‘ tensed mind and body that will givc

splendid isolation. The three thous- and miles of the Atlantic sucmcd to hold all European affairs at arm's length from us. The great spaces

of the Pacific seemed to disclose no

tics. That away." What happened to this new creed of Woodrow Wilson ls a part of contemporary history. It is writ-

part of the United States in the creation and subsequent record oi the League or Nations, in the rep- udiation and overthrow of Wilson,

the Republic has concluded that

good.

The opinion is held by some people that a newspaper isll't doing its bit for the people unless it gocs about saying harsh things, shows its independence by berating men of wealth and standing, is a valiant defender of lost causes and under dogs, makes a tremendous noise with bluster and bluff. As it appears to such critics of the press, to make a. charge is to prove it, and if somebody has said somebody else is a thief and a swindier the news- papers ought to join merrily with the party or the first part. quite regardless of the facts, the evidence and the law.

Armaments, according to Norman l-l. Davis, must be scaled down to a level strictly determined by the needs of self-defense. It's a good trick if they can do it. A German gun that can land shells in Paris might ‘be considered self-defense by Germany, and anything but. by the people on the other end. __..-.._

Testifying before a Senate Com- mittee bl the United States, Mr. .1. P. Morgan and his office manager declared ln the most casual fflflhibh that none of the members of this financial house hadmduring the last two years paid any income tax; and this because they had suffered fin- ancial _.losses during that period. Little wonder this startling admis- sion brought from the spectators a gasp of amazement. In the Morgan flrm are men reputed to be among the wealthiest bankers in the Unit- ed States, leaders in great enter- prises, uteri of influence, from whom the people were entitled to expect at least a fairly good example of law observance; yet, while strug- gling taxpayers were being hounded

for their contributions to the State. while they were trying in some way to scrape together the amount stip- ulated, the wizards of higher finance calmly ignored the income tax. not

once. but twice.

But for the time being this issue isl dormant. The Mahatma was liber-

you the real benefit of, a vacation. If you stay at home, though away from work or business, you will not get this “frcedom" from worry be- cause you are really "within call" of

threat of influence upon our poli- condition has passed

that work or business.

Sometimes you hear people critic- ized, particularly our young people, for coming back to business tired, because they have danced a. great

Remember, the big point about a vacation is change of surroundings.

Teapot Tempest

(Ottawa Journal)

A, protracted, bitter fight in Par- liament over redistribution concerns nobody but a few politicians. Nobody is disenfranchised. Nobodys citiz- enship is threatened. Yet notwith- standing this, and despite that not one Canadian in a hundred knows what this controversy is about, or cares, we see Parliament kept in session day after day, engaged in a futile, unseemly. expensive brawl.

One oi the extraordinary things about certain pathetic delusion that the public is interested in this sort of contro- versy. It is as extraordinary as the fact that politicians who will sit in Parliament throughout session without making the contribution to worth-while meas- ures suddcnly became galvanized into almost frenzied activity by a Dioiiosition that is surely political.

Take the case oi’ Mr. Mackenzie King. Mr. King did not regard it as worth his while to make a speech on the budget. The budget concern- ed the coonomlc well-being of the entire country, involved taxation, Government cgmejnto omcedgpec- was precisely the sort of measure to call from an Opposition leader either criticism or constructive eug- gestions. Yet w. King, who is now stirred to passionate volublilty over a purely party matter, was silent on the budget. silent, at all events, on the main resolutions.

politicians

is their

an entire least

The Session At Ottawa

A series of articles deallfll with

the business of the recently

p, _ -'sessionoftbei““' — ion Parliament.

V! . EIABIIIIIIZATION FUND

The Budget was c. declaration 0f the most drastic taxation proilffliil enunciated by any Federal Govern- ment n a long tine, with exemptions for nobody. It offers the primary producer the first hope oi 1m?!“- ed prices for his products since the depression descended upon the Do- minion. It promises what has been specified by economists generally as the pro-requisite to‘ any econom- ic recovery by the country, name- ly, b, restoration of the purchasing power of the agricultural com- ‘munity. And it does so by establish- ing a stabilization fund which is for the purpose of providing both employment and relief for the far- mers oflCanada. It will enable ex- porters to the British market to secure payment not in depreciated British currency. but on the basis of the British pound being worth $4.60. There will be paid to ch10"- ers to the British market the dif- ference between the price actually received and the pound BEBIIIHE valud at $4.80. In other words, to the extent that the pound sterling falls below $4.60, the difference will be made good from this fund. ‘The fund is to be available to exporters of the following commodities: Ani-_ mals, meats (including baoon and hams.) poultry, fresh fish, canned fish, tobacco, cheese, milk products. canned fruits, canned vegetables, maple products. eggs and honey. This provision of the stabilization fund is regarded of equal import- ance in the budget to taxation changes. Wheat is not included in the list for which the exchange will be

deal, done considerable swimming, pegged. It was explained that since 501:; lffiuyong (ilvaslgséh orarowed or on“, a pa“ o; Canada's crop E005 a ‘- Vi-‘YY i1 - eynave come home tired p‘,l‘llflp5,bllli only physlc- complicate the nmket and i, was angaéged‘ ancildéfliat 1185mm“; fir“; claimed that Canadians would not , , va n an a voca on a liSUTTlZOTZEQQgtéQYLiI-i; Dgggiyfjryfltlixggyi they have done the things durinK heme! Course that an“ the mum‘. vacation they had bccn planning t0 l ‘ ' do, during all the months or weeks experiences of the past three years, previous to the vacation. I have no "health rules" I would isolation is impossible. even dsns- suggest null. you mubw during your t-‘YOIIS. U135 ¢°~°l>°mii°11 35 W315i)" vacation, You should do the things saw it and as Roosevelt evidently, you W311i; to do. My one suggestion sees it holds greater posslbdil i" for‘ is that you sit down for at least half an hour after each meal, with per- naps a rest of another half hour be- fore the evening meal. Don't colnc in for your evening meal so tired that your digestive processes arc un- ablc to properly handle the food

to the United Kingdom it would

get the advantage of the entire ex- penditures if the found was to ex- tend to grain. Neither is it extend- ed to apples. In this connection it was argued that Canada has such a big protection in the United King- dom market as compared with the United States apples that the mar- ket is quite secure as it is.

HA5 UNLIMITED POWERS

In view of the probability that the various Provinces may require further relief from the Federal Government during the days of continued depression, a Bill was passed by the House of Commons entitled "RELIEF ACT OF 1933." It permits the Federal Government to cntcr into agrements with any of the Provinces respecting measures of relief which may be adopted. and- to grant or guarantee financial as- sistance.

It further enabels the Federal Gov eminent to take such measures as will protect the credit and financial position of the Dominion or any of the Provinces, or o! any public body or corporation.

The Bill is wide in its scope in that when Parliament is not in session it permits the Governor-in- Council to take all such measures as its discretion ls necessary to maintain peace, order and good government in Canada. It permits the Federal Government to pay out 0f the Consolidated Revenue Fund all such monies as may be deem- ed necessary for the operation of the Act, but it provides that the amount paid for direct relief for the year ending Marcll 31st, i934, shall not exceed the sum of twenty mil- lion dollars.

DOMINION REILEBI‘ In September, after the present

ial Session was called and the Un- employment Relief Act was pass- ed. This Act came into force in September foao and continued until August 193i, when the Unemploy- ment ment and Farm Rclief Act became effective and gave the Gov- ernment unlimited power for the

Yet Mr. King is not alone in this propensity to subordinate vital, bread-and-buttcr issues, things that really concern people, to things that concern politicians only. Too many politicians appear to think that politics is a mere game. a bat-

preservation of “peace. order and good government."

For all Canada, during the past two and one-half years, the Gov- ernment has spent approximately $115,000,000 to relieve unemploy-

tie between the "ins" and the “outs' that their sole duty in public life is to n in l rtl . ated on grounds of humanity and ‘are. 208:3,” git-iii?“ £23,125!

common sense. It would have been u, confound the enemy“

unwise to risk the odium of iris, death in prison, and his decision to ' hazard his life for the reform of the ‘ caste system gave the authorities an , opportunity of releasing him on: grounds which cannot be miscon-v

probably again find himself in fail.

policy in India.

I

It is a foolish thing, and futile. In the case of redistribution, for ex. ample-the worst gerrymander that ‘the most perverted ingenuity could devise couldn't be counted upon to keep o. party in power. Not in these days. In the old days. when every etrued as a back-down in British m“ bum was either a "little Lib- eral" or a "little Conservative.’ and