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TllE llllAliLllTTETllWll GUARDIAN

Morning Dally (Founded 1887i

President LieuL-Col. W. Chester S. McLiu-e Vice President, J. R. Burnett. F-JJ. Secretary LieuL-Cul. D. A. MacKiunon. D.S.0. Editor and Managing Director J. R. Burnett, FJ-l. Assuciate Editor hank Walker SUBSCRIPTION RATES 5.00 ' ' dvancc) delivered to City 3:00 pgaeglelllidllllluirlifll/IEIIICC) [nailed to P. E-lsland |5.l)0 per year tin attvance) mailed tu Canada and 0.5. Members Audit Bureau of Clrculatlons

“The Strongest hllenzory is lVealt-er than the Weakest Ink. iii; ‘ FRIDAY. JUNE 3, 1938 Paging Mr. McIntyre Uiir litcal cniitcttiptirar_i' recently suggested ma, ti... Malian,» stops tilottg tlte railway line from

SZIChYlllc‘ l<> Lliarltittetown are really advantag- eous to tlic tourist trzittic, as tncy enable visitors to see more oi tlit: country". By the Sume- lfllififl. the Ciuiphull tiii\-t-t~iiiii:iit niav claim that the

disgraccitil condition of some 0f_the._ roallS 0f the Prot-iitcc at the prcsttit time. WWIILE "low!" ists to time more sli|\\'i\' and cautiously than lhould be in-ccssary, is conducive to the saute remit iP.,l,{...\-,-.1 to its logical conclusion. Th0 “Quintin ~.".'lll,\ In llL‘ that we are twisting money in huildiu. vita-ls or l'1lll‘\\'1l_\'S at all. lntliaii trails‘ nulis ut-tild bring our tourists into still at u lll itattirc. and would cost prac- ' 5 iti ilic \\'Zl\' of upkeep. The l b» to st-ll this idea to visitors ac- cl‘§lt)i"‘l p. iiidilern itit-ains of transportation. such a.- t' -\' hive on the niainlatitl and as they d when they come licre.

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I, pp... ._,._,,. (Ki-use for the tiovernirients npqltft“, of tigtt nutcli traversed higliivay, the 48 RUM ' ' mutt-town to Cardigan? ltspcr ciallv ,' ll, \ tltriit-i- on. it is in a deplor- altlt- t: . .l. .\lli|llli'l' badly llt'Ql<'\'l(’(l Slfelfill ls lrtflil l oi ixtllwl .\lt‘ll\l\‘l't' lllf-Illwtbv to the Ajrp,.ri_ (t; .1 11w North l-liver bridge and through Kil1€<l‘yrT- ]>,.t,v_i.¢l_<\_.< tltcre are otliensectiotis gquiillv in not-d til attention. htit complaintshavc

been utiniernus with regard to the roads nien— fioiiccl Illltl it ..;.-tn< iucrcrliblc that they should be left in ~lltfll condition at this late date. After iill the n w mu] pyprtnsiv." road ntachinery piir- thaws which Minister Vcliirtrc has becnmak- ing thy... .h.tt_.i,,i i". coiitvllllllfi to show in the w“ of impiuivvtl road tmiutcnrince.

llc should ltrtve rittrntlcrl to this matter long “In and 4mm hi: chores before going Off t0 Qitmm in gitltlrog: flit‘ Women's Liberal conven- tion. Vfhv =hotilil it he necessary to call atten- yinn p» Ttlia .\lcltityrc's neglected Spring dut165. year aftcr year?

A Timely Topic

' "What To Tell A Graduate" is the intriguing title of a rmeut editorial in the New York Times. Perhaps the article does not include all that graduates should be told, but it sticceetls, in the compass of fom‘ short paragraphs, in saying p good deal. We quote:

"Nobody need envy the commencement ora- lors (luring the busy mouth of lune. They can warn this year's graduate against a number of things. bu-t they cari’t promise him much at the They" can exhort him to have high ideals and behave ltim ', but they must be un- happilyi aware that tlrri own uintsratitin. and espccinllv that portion of it which \\'?l§_)'°“"i'- hiring the spr-ctilatioii-niarl period following the World \\'ar, made only a middling record in this respect.

“And vet, whatever lllL‘ orators say or do not say. the iqrrivlurite trill imihublv be all Fight. H0 M's “trendy p.111 wine hard iolts and ltttows the world i" not all vrrtivbcrries and cream and senior Sllljlilf. lle is Ylllllltf. and can take it on the chin ziiid come up smiling. lle is hopeful.

because it is lflhltltilClllly impiissililc for healthy youth not in be. "Xloreovi" tlxoiwli the world rill)‘ not 509m

)0 be (‘lTll'l‘l(\l‘:l"f for hi: services now, it is surely going to need him ll." will live anywhere from Iwctitv to fort‘: rertrs lntiqci" than the tirntorfi and the '1(‘l’l(‘l'i!ll"‘l they represent. \\'licn they step out lie will have to sfep in. llc may not gm 3 inb l‘l(‘\Il \\i".-l\' tvl’ lioxt mouth. but in the 1nd thi-re will he plcitty for hint to do.

“\ 11-“- (liwutlflds lllvirt‘ Tlllll he hinisclf may he piillint: at his grrztt; ivli \ rs and scratcliitir: li's (grizzled poll as he tries to tiiid words of advice {m- 3 giill iimvci" fft“lt"l'.'llittll. llc won't be. able to tcll lllPlil hutch, but they will go on and d0 their work. It's a touch luiuinti race. and a per- sistent nu". Illltl over the hill. jti-"t the other side of the l'.'lllll)t‘\\’_ lies lflopiri.

i/fi Political Gesture’?

“lith an eyc on tlic ilangcr which the Liberal Government in Sziskatclieivziti is confronting.- sziys the .\lotilrc:il liazcttc, tlic Liberal blitiistry at (lttatau-t auiioiutees tlnt stock ownership in the Bank of (Ian:ul.'i is to pass entirely itito its hatids. This is .1 victory’ for tlic C.C.l<‘., which has been urging twuiiplt-le iintiotirilizzitiriii, but it is a tritinutli of ittfprzictical impnrtaiicc. \Vhcn first estzihlisltctl the. Central llank shares were sold to private individuals in lliltXlllllllil lots of f5 shares. The Govcrumcitt ii1:....>"ctl the capital stock of the Bank in 103': by a further issue of $5J00w 00o. all of which \'.'Zl$i tiurcltzisctl by tlic Minister of Iiinaucc. .\.< flu‘ original capitalization was $5,000,000, tlik pnictwltirc gave the (ioverniticnf a controlling llll.'l‘(‘:~l, which vsas itiade more cf- focfivg by npiiuiiilmcnt of additional directors. It i5 no“: priuwv-"cil in liiiy lip the Stuck Still held by prfvritc lllrllvitlllflls and vest it in the Bliiiisfcr of Finance. :\s a political gesture the step is intcrcstitig but in so far as the fuuctiotis and operations of the ll"l‘ll\' are concerned it itivolves no clirtrtqc of any kind. The Government has been already in a position to exercise complete control asr-iv-riiitiority stockholder and as the nominee of» a majority on the directorate. It W‘.ll have no more rvtitbnrity now and the Bank will i fmiiib differently. To the extent in which

askatciiewan elector understands this em- ' a ‘ i able influence ‘tint-m him

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after lie has voted. To the degree, if any, in which lie is deluded into believing that the Cen- tral Bank will do more for him in the future than it has done in the past by reason of this change, and to the extent in ivliicli this belief impairs the Social Credit appeal, Saskatchewan and the rest of the Dominion may benefit; but the Government seems to be using a very doubt- ful weapon.

Costly Tariff Tin kering

The iict result of Liberal tariff tinkering to date as reviewed the other day in the House

MP. for South Huron:

‘lIn_ i930, we had a one per cent sales tax, while in I937 we liacl an eight per cent sales ta,‘ In I930 we had no excise tax, now we have a three per cent excise tax, in reality zi tariff m] that amount, upon all goods coming from for- eign countries. In addition to that, we have a tariff which has reached heights never before approached in Canadian history. that I feel quite certain the Minister of Finance (Mr. Dunning) nor the Minister of Labor (Mr. Rogers) could by any possibility look over the top of it.

“IWe now have a tariff framed upon a new basis. Our customs tariff, which records the rates for the Dominion of Canada. is noiv dis- tributed with blank pages here and there through- otit tliebook. The object of the blank pages is to provide a place upon ivhicli one may write the real tariff, because the tariff schedules as ii stands does not reveal the true situation. One must get the trite rate from the customs branch by a special statement. Even then I Venture to assert that if today I were to ask the Minister of National Revenue (Mr. Ilsley) the tariff on certain items of cotton goods from the Ilnited States he would have to tell me, ‘\\"cll, it is rc- corded in the book.’

“But one must then add three per cent t0 tlie tariff, _and a further eight per cent sales tax. and then if one wishes to follow it through to the last lie would be told that in addition sec- tion 36 of the Customs Act has to be consider- ed, tlirouizh which special values are imposed iinon products coming from the United States. To a certain extent that valuation depends upon the humor of the man who makes the valua- tion. or. to go back to an old phrase. the rate of customs ditty denenrls upon the length of the chancellor's boot."

I Editorial Notes 1

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It takes a delegation from the unemployed to gel Our representatives busy at Ottawa. Why should this be?

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Mr. Mackenzie King and Mr. Dunning plus Mr. Gardiner got busy ‘and nationalized the Batik of Canada in a frantic endeavour to offset Social Credit in the Saskatchewan election. a m w- =t= Mr. _T. McLeod, President of the Bank of Nova Scotia has gone on a three month's trip to England. Before leaving lie said improved world conditions were dependent upon recoverv m the Litiitetl States, and there the problem is the establishment of satisfactory relations be- tween government and hiigincsg x v w if . ‘Mr. A. Strong ,Canadizin Trade Commis- sioner at Buenos Aires, ivritcs that 0n ‘May IO the Argentine Ministry of Agriculture isstied a statement giving the third official estimate on grain production for the 1937-38 crop. Prodiic- tion of wheat iscstimatcd at 184,582,000 btigliglg as compared with 248,899,000 bushels in i936- 37. Figures for other principal crops are as follows: flaxseed, 60,498,000 bushels (76,069,- ooo bushels); oats, 44,647,000 bushels (51,321, 00o bushels); and barley, 23,569,000 bushels (29.835.<>oo bushels). x 4< The probable U.S.A. wheat yield for i038 is cs- timatcd ‘at 14.9 bushels per harvested acre as com- pared with 14.6 bushels for i037 and 145 bushels for the ten-year average. Wu the basis of a yield of 14.9 bushels per acre for the pres- ent year, production of winter ivbent is esti- mated at 754,153,000 bushels, an lllfrfiflsp n; 6Q‘. O5LOOO’ bushels or to per cent over the i037 production of 685,102,000 bushels and about 33.2 per cetit over the 1927-36 average of 5_ifl,3t,(,__ ooo bushels.

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The National Council of \\'onien in Conven- tion at Ottawa discussed the “flooding of ("aun-

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Slates which feature sex and criiiic" and the sale of salacious literature in Canada, atlotitctl a strong resolution requesting the federal (inverti- merit to enforce section i3 of the Customs Tariff Act and provisions of the Criminal Code, The section of the code referring to salacious literat- titre reads: "Everyone is guilty of an indictable

who knowingly makes. tiiauufacttirers. sells r exposes for sale or to the public vicw any ob’- scene books or any pictures, photographs. tnodcl or other object tending tn corrupt morals." lt is worthwhile recalling that tbc present Liberal Government is responsible for present condi- tions having removed the restrictions imposed by the Bennett Government. x m 4 4-

Eucyclopacdias had their beginning in Chitin. the land that boasts that its peoples had gone the ivbole round of social inventions cliaracte is- tic of the civilian estate when the Western £0- ples were still in a state of bai-‘baristn. ,In i726 was printed at Peking, tinder the auspices of the scholarly Chinese Emperor, Kciig Hi, a work entitled the-"Kin Ting Ku' shit tsih Chrng." in other words, "The Cntiiplcte Thesaurus oi Writings Ancient and Modern.” It was there- sult of forty years’ labor and is said to have fill- ecl more than five thousand volumes with maps, plans and illustrative designs. etc. We may he thankful that tliis effort was limited to a hun- dred copies, one of which, in i878. was fi m! in the British Museum Library This “leviathaiW in the biggest of encyclopaullas. if not the first- born of the family. But, if history sneaks true,

for nearly two thousand yearn kindred compila-

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lsbcial standing. Ali, yes.—Edmon- of Commons by Mr. R. j. Deaclitnaii, Liberall w“ J°umal~

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dian iicivs stands with magazines from the lTititerl'

offense and liable to twn years’ imprisonment. npprcwmm‘

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lllJTES BY TllE WAY

Emily Post ha: Just everything clear in me use oi migusn: "when tne implication 1s unmistakable uiat. a may mteiiuea. the word ‘ is preferred, but wnen t.lie word ‘woman’ implies that. a lady might not. be intended. men t.lie word used is ‘lacy? so if sne la a lady, she must. be called a. woman to denote lier place in the species. and if she is a woman, then she must be called a lady to give tier

When the owner of a factory dies, his heirs don't sell the ma- chinery at auction and then try to find a buyer for the empty plant. ’I'liey' usually keep the factory going and divide the profits in- stquid of selling at a sacrifice and divide the proceeds. But when the owner of a farm dies, too often the farm, as a. going concern, is brok- en up. The farm, the community

Farmer (U.S.)

Hitler may think he is like Nap- oleon, but. the “Little CorporaPof a century ago is three up on the “Little Corporad" of the resent clay. Napoleon deserted hs men four times, and Hitler has only deserted his men once-to date. Napoleon got out when the going was too hot. in Egypt, Moscow, Lepizlg and Waterloo. Hitler has only faced determined op sltton once. That was the Mun ch in- eldent “then Hitler turned tail as soon tis the soldiers started to shoot-Clark in Windsor Star.

Those who are contemplating a vlslt to the dentist may get. some consolation from the practice of the natives of British Guiana, as reported by Dr. William Hall Holden, who has just: returned after an exploration among the Wei, Wei, or sci-called White In- dlans. According to Dr. Holden. the dental system of most of the savages is simplicity itself. 'I‘liey merely ram a red-hot. poker into t.lie decayed tooth which explodes from the heat-New York Times.

One hundred and two years ago. there being a surplus in the Unit- ed states Treasury, President Ari- drew Jackson asked Congress to distribute $28,101,000 among the States. This was done and New York State received $4,000,000. Since that time New York's share of the national surplus of 1888 has been resting undisturbed in a special fund, and the State Cori- stltutional Convention, now meet:- lntz. has before it a proposal t0 give the Legislature power to spend the money. Well, maybe it's all right. But our idea would be

that New York State should hang w

onto that fund-preserve it, per- haps. in a shrine of some sot as a rare historical relic. It is likely to be a long, long time before any State ‘will get: another cut from a United States Treasury surplus.— New York World-Telegram.

The London Country Council has this week given a notable lead towards the improvement of eon- dltlons for nurses. At present. the nursing profession suffers most of

l from excessivt hours of labor, which are unavoi \ ble when only two shifts of nurses are employed. The new L.C.C. Charter will give the nurses in public institutions the benefit oi’ a 9 -hour fortnight. and will therefore involve the employment of three shifts of nurses. The reformd? bound tobe costly; but it: is abundantly necessary if standards of service

and lf satisfactory recruitment for the profession is to be ensur- ed.~New Statesman and Nation (London).

One of the unique feature! 0f hot-spring cures in Japan is that patients. when visiting awaterlng- place, rarely. if ever, ask for their doctor's advice. ls because each and every spa has its own traditional method of bathing based on age-old experience. The proprietor of a hot-spring inn that. has a long history usually’ D0!- sesses the expert knowledge of n specialist as to what his springs are good for, how the waters should be used externally or in- ternally, tn what sort. of diet the patient. should be kept, and so on. l-lls advice and suggestions about; bathing, born not so much of theory its of experience. tire well worth following. Bathing-guests pin their faith on his advice and take the baths without any feel- ing of uneasiness.

During the denresslon-a very few years in the life of a nation- the population of the United States increased almost. to the ex- tent. of the entire population of Ccimtle. "cu ma," sew that that proves nothing, in View of the present. volume of unemployed iri both countries. But as I said be- Vtnrc. n-ur oi‘ five years ls a short time in t.lie life of n. natlon._Loo‘: furtliri‘ hr-elq fo-vt take, as s0 many of our new economic doc- trinarlciis do, the pzct few years c". a here for tiny kind of soda! nr business calculation. Take. ngaln, the enormous population

d erybod aptpoln are to be reasonably maintained f: w y

our district got their

ETOWN GUARDIAN“

. PUBLIC FORUM

‘Ihle eels-n ll open fer the Mannie. by correspondents of qnetlone 0| Interelt. ‘the Clin- lolfehvrl flurdlan doe: not ne- eennrlly undone the unlnlnnu n! eormuendents,

GARDENS FOB

THE UNEMPLOYED

Bir.~A news item under the above heading will. I fear, leave an incorrect impression in the mind: of the neoole of Charlottetown.

It is true that. on the first day there were onbr five applicants for gardens in t.lie Lawson enclosure. Since then, however, that number has been trebled and there are quite a number of individual sar- dens being worked upon ln other Darts of the City. some of them mskinir an excellent start.

The above figures. however, are admittedly disappointing and in seekinx an explanation one won- ders whether the City relief system has not dem-ived our unemployeo of a desire to exist. themselves.

‘liters were about 600 Charlotte-

town families on relief last winter and from one to two hundred others. the breadwinnem of which were unemployed. and not. even five Dement of these DBO 1e have taken advantage of the o er being made to them of a good sized lot. plough- ed and harmwed, together with the loan of the necessary tools and the gift of manure. fertilizer, seeds. in- cluding certified potatoes. e and tomato blunts and insecticides. also advice and instruction to tihose who have not had previous garden- ine experience. . The fact that a man ls at. work during the day should not prevent him and his family from attending to a garden in their evenings and other spare time. particularly as employment with most of these people is not continuous.

In the Olly of Amherst, N. 8.. Where the population is only 40% of that. of Charlottetown. free izar- dens have been worked for three or four years and this year 400 of them are being cultivated.

It would seem to me that, when applying for relief money nextwin- fer. one of the first questions to be asked would be "Dld you cultivate a garden last summer? lif not. why not?"

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LAW MAKERS ‘AND LAW BREAKERS

5lr.—In a recent issue of the Pioneer there appeared an item that attracted my attention re seed 8min distribution and violation of the law. nerlflrv and so forth. l would like to know what constit- utes a caae of perjury 1n the Gov- ernment's eye, but: it ls a good sign know that the Government is xlmllv eolnataobaekmoneofm a

ws. Several mod citizens of this dis- trict who ordered oats through the department on receipt of the m

besworrtbothatthenuinwusfor seed purposes only. before a LP. or e men svflclally appointed for the purpose. went no farther as they were in need of some feed for their horses as badly u seed. The law plalnlysliows that no man who knew want had any hand in mak- inz it. and the humane side was entirely left, out. Poor peotple who lost. tihelr crop and had to buy most: of their living and for cash were forced to mortgage their homm for a few bushels of seed. whether they

could get if: into the ground or not. Now. this would be all right. if ev-

erythlng was run on t.lie selmebeels ted wile liv- Runtotheoathofofllee. If they all did an the appointee in the Minister's home town there would be ndbodv sworn, as all from

11min without Evidently Mr. Mahheson ‘ to a. man we

know of who was living up tn lihe oath o! office as mad foreman and

who would not sign gasoline rebate forms wit-bout. the nece _v out or stand for privilege from anyone. Th man did not please the Minister or his colleague, and. we are told. four of the community. and had to be dismissed from of- flee. notwithstanding u. petition signed by 90% of the voters in a recognized Liberal D011 and though he had the beet roads in the wes- tern section of the Island. A1- thouzh a very wet low section he cilcl not. have one place this spring where cars would get stuck.

New this man gtot in wrong with the representatives of the Second District when he would not have anything to do with t.lie placing of an unnecessary mvernment tubem possibly retain s couple of votes for the nartv.

Now I wculd like to know just. the kind of oath the Government ministers take. It. would aDDear that it. must be to do t.lie mimic, or in this cits-s the unjust use of Government funds in the irmnosed placing of the Government tube referred to above. 1 will conclude