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Credit Where Due

The speedy progress made in the p-eliminary work in connection; H-im the c. n. a. hotel is a gratify- ing indication to our citizens that, fiho hotel will be completed within‘ the specified time, and that it will be creditable in every way to Char- lottetown and to the railway man- agement. The indications are, 100.; that the car ferry plans will now be! pushed forward to early completioni and. thsi every effort will be made,‘ to give the Province a satisfactory‘: transportation ser-ice. For both‘ thae undertakings crcdl: ls due to‘ the srynxpatbetic attitude of Sir Henry ‘rhornton and the officials of the Canadian (National Railways,’ without whose‘ initiative and enIer-_ prise nothing could have been done.

There were oimes when The Guardian felt called upon to offer criticism of the Government in‘ connection with the plans of the new car ferry and with the delay in its construction. This criticism. and the criticism of our Boards of’ Trade and citizens generally, was, thoroughly deserved. But since‘ the management of the Railways took the matter vigorously in hand, there has been practically no cause [or fault finding, the suggestions of both public bodies and the press being well received and, where found advisable. acted upon by the railway authorities. This is com. mendable on the part of the direc- torate of what, after all, is Canada's greatest public utility-a utilizy for which the people at large have to bear the cost. either directly or in- directly.

Sir Henry Thornton, a big man in every sense of the word, knows that ft is very rarely that public critic- ism is made without some founda- tion in fact. In the present in-i stance he was quick to see that a; Mr ferry quite different from the: 01w Originally designed by the De-. Dirt-men: of Marine and Fisheries: was necessary for the purpose of? Prince Edward Island's trade and:

tourist traffic; and he insisted upon pmaw agenda Actual unemp.°y_ [beyond the dreams of avarice. Anti

the steamer being made according? to phns provided by the Canadian. National Railways. Similarly with ‘.5: C. >7. 9.. hotel for Charlwtetown. when the proposal was fl:st made, that the Railways should esiablshl an up-to-date hostelry in this Pro-' flnoe. adverse influemes brows-ht to besi- at Otczira. Sir 391117 68-01% upon the scene himself, mode l personal investigation, and, as a result, we are now having the foundation built for a hotel which will be a credit to all concerned. _____.______

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A Serious Situation

“Every day and in many a way," says the Liberal press, “the fact is‘ being brought home to our IFlpiB that gconomic conditions in Canada are indeed highly ‘This fafiuous statement is uttered in the face of unemployment condi- tions more serious today than they have been for several years past; in the face of, to many, a dLeastrous stock market situation which has affected. to some extent at least. every industry in the country. The idea of the Liberal press and the politicians who are its gods seems to be that boasting and bragging will not only keep up one's courage, but, if persisted in, will act as an infallible remedy against every complaint of the body politic. I At the present tinls. when there arc many serious industrial troubles confronting tho country, this pon- aoea is being applied vigorously. both in Ottawa and at home. That it is failing in its effect. ls it has failed ridiculously many time: be- fore, is evident to any one following

the news in tho daily pull.

How. for example, canpone racon- clie the statement of Premier King and tho Liberal prell that there i!

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Ontario newspaper. that eight hun-

dred men were lined up in front of.

an employment agency in the ciiy of Toronto, and that the officials of another employment agcnfy b?" obliged to ask fOl’ police proiwiofl-

A: the present time at Oshawa, ac-,

cording to The Guardian's des- patehes yesterday, there is unusual depression. quite a number of people being unemployed "as a result of

the unsatisfactory state of the auto-

mobile market. which keeps the lo- cal General Motors factory slack,“ resillfmg in "greater calls than last year on the relief funds of the city."

Further disquieting evidence is furnished bv bfr. A. R. Mosher. president who all-Canadian Congress of Labor and of the Canadian Brotherhood of Rail- way Employees. who, in a 1e‘..- ter to Premi-r 14mg. urged that thc Premier oall a conference of finan- czal. lildilfilflal and lab-or leaders to consider "the serious unemployment condition throughout Canada." Mr. Masher rcfcrred to a. conference hold in Winnipcg between representatives of the provincial and municipal gov- ernments and of organized labor for the purpose of dealing with the un- employment situation. He called at- tention to the fact that. from the tame i: was acccrtaincd that the wheat crop mould be a partial fail- ure, the rallz-rayrs had made immense reductions in staff. and their ex- ample was being follotved by other industries which were similarly sf- fccted, with the res t that buying power had been considerably dimin- ‘shed. A widespread business depres- sion was threatened. Seasonafunem- pioymcnt had appeared at an unus- ually early period and the stock mar- ke; collapse had, in Mr. Mosherfs opinion, exerted an adverse effect fully as great in proportion ‘to pop-

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ulation in Canada as in the United‘

States. It was of the utmost import- ance, he declared, that public con- fidence should be restored by a sur- vey of business conditions and that plans be dratvn up for the provision of employment by both public and

mcni. and the fear that it would spread to great proportions had. cur-

tailed public expenditure. creating a‘ ivlcfous circle which might work ex- offensively 1n use at and near De-

zrcmc havoc in Canadian industry. Here surely, in Mr. Mosher-‘s sug- gc-ston to the Prime Minister that

were he call a conference of industrial gggablggheq ‘my, me regmg m" 12

heads for a survey of the present conditions. is a bezter method of re- storing public confidence than any

amount of inane shouting and ges- i

ticulating about the “highly satis- factory" state of our economics. The call is for prompt and determined action. not for falsely optimistic pol-

itical speeches. The situation. as wc

see it, is b1: no means hopeless. Can-

ada. with hcr vast resources and the‘ indomitable energy of her people, is bound to forge ahead. But nothing can be gained by camouflage and ‘ subterfuge on the part of the Gov- ,yernment in power. Nothing can be gained by any conceivable manoeuv- "eels in mud upon which is reared.

cring of politicinnsfthose the fundamental society's superstructure who. when they wrigglc, mistake the agitation of their tails for the tremb- ling of the cdifice“—of which w; have had enough and to spare. The situation calls for a conference of statesmen. The first requisite will be to find the statesmen; and one of the qualifications of statesmen is abil- liy to face embarrassing facts hon- estly and squarclyn.

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Editorial Notes

Judging by the present crowded condition of Queen's County Jail, there will not be much room for the Christmas guests. The Jailor reports

others, including four for drunken-

lno uncmpiyomant in Canada, with ' ' lsentiy reported in every

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twenty-throo prohibition offenders at present in the jail. in addition to ten

neas. Among the prohibition boarders

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What pools in the West have dis» closed the reason why Canadian wheat growers should hold on to, their wheat. They claim um there is a world short-ism Ind whit“ quently a marked advance in prices must come before this year's crop season is over. Importing coun- tries need to buy 170,000,000 bushels _ and when exporting countries have not more than 708,000,000 bushels to sell, is the dailn. ' "The wheat and flour exporting countries include Argentina, Aus- ltralia. Canada, United States and :Russia. but several of them have less to sell from year to year be- cause population and home con- sumption of flour are increasing ,more rapidly than wheat produc-

; zion.

So many automobiles have been ,seized by' federal authorities in the ‘United States in connection with‘ ithe illegal transportation of liquor; that it has become a matter of seri-i ous concern to the motor car Indus-z try. The SuprameCoul-thascorlseni-i ed to consider and decide whether the . federal Government has the right! ‘to confiscate cars under the inter-Q Znai revenue laws as has been the.‘ practice hitherto. ‘ i a brief Hem of news from Moscow! printed in the London Daily Mail] ion Monday last. tells that the; lPrmcers Lady Lieven is now in jail; ‘in theRusian Capital. The ladyf ‘mentioned iS a saster-ln-la-a‘ of _Sir: Kynaston Studd, who was last year; Llcrd Mayor of lfondon. she is in; prison because of her Christian mLasionary activities in Russia, the specific charge against her being, that she read portions of the mbzol to the children 0f Soviet working: people. The Toronto Globe remarks uponl this. that it shows the aim of Corn- munism first of all to overthrow ‘Christianity And the point to bei borne in mind is that. the “R/zd" in: Afosoow is not different from hLs‘ fellows throughout the rest of the] world. including Toronto. In face of such facts it seems.‘ strange that the resumption of dip-i lontatic and trade relations with! Russia should now be under con- sideration.

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The making of automobiles no! doubt requires the employment of} workmen of exceptional skill and} capabiliiyzv The? are carefullpfi selected and trained. The Ford? Company, which has immense- factories in both the Republic and the Dominion, has led in the pay- ment of very liberal wages to its wrorkers. Years ago the minimum wage was fixed at $5 a day. Later von the minimum was raised to $6, [and has been raised to s7 a day in ,"Canada. The great car-bililder has ‘always paid hLs workers generously and while doing so has become rich

lnow he is turning out airplanes as |well as cars.

Ram-running airplanes no.1 been

limit in smuggling Canadian liquor linto the States, until recently, when

lCO-OPQTUUQH between officials on both sides of the boundary wereé

of the contraband vehiclm of the

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i air were captured. i

i Already defeat In the House of lords has come to the Labor Gov‘- ernment. The probability of such rebuffs for the Administration was pointed out in ‘The Guardian some months ago. The first of these occurred a few days ago when the ‘vdndows pension bill was under discusion. An amendment to the bill. moved in opposition. was fldOp- ied by a vote of 3'1 to l6. providing that pensions payments shall be only made to window's in need. This B probably only a foretaste of fur- ther opposition in the Upper House to Government measures.

A long aeasinn of Congress is pre- dicted at Washington, possibly con- tinuing until June. A large Re- publican majority can be counted upon to support the President's taf- iff policy, but the Senate is said to be split in factions which nre~a serious obstacle to progress in 1H!- islat-ion.

Stale control of railways. and state-ownership of all transport facilities in the metropolitan area of England has been announced by the MacDonald Govcmment in the House of Commons as its policy. This is a very radical movement, as it includes street cars and busses. Therailways alone and the system of underground tubes have cost hundreds of millions sterling.

Full details have not yet been disclosed but the Government has made known its intention to explore with all the interests con- cerned, a plan for complete con- solidation. upon fair 1nd equitable terms, of the passenger transport agencies now providing services of omnibuaes, trams and local railways in‘ we mndon traffic area. m aim

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MIDDLE AGID routs

You read from time w time about the span of life, and bow by our knowledge of hygiene, and medicine. the average span of life has been lengthened by ten years during the last half century. ' ‘

This of course is pleasilig news. but:

at we mentioned more than once be-; fore. all this means is that more? babies are saved at birth, and durlnl the first year. ‘that is of every hund- red children born as a larger-number will live after the first year, the gen- eral ilverage of life will be lengthened.

Hon-ever there is now an urgent de-i mand all over the world I0!‘ the pre-i servatlon of the health and life of- the man or wmnsn of l0 or over. ‘

There is no question but that at: this age of 40 or over, that something: will have to be done if the lives of‘ these individuals, in the prime of life and at the best age to serve the worldn’

' are lo be prolonged.

0f course our economists point out; that it is only to be expected that a| great many of these middle aged folk‘ will pass away. because a great nuns-l ber of them were» nqt strong as‘ youngsters and were only kept alive‘ by the utmost cal-Eon the part of‘ parents and physician.

Another point is that certain ail- ments, cancer for instance. do not ap-r 1-Year until middle ll!- tqd ‘this in-l creases the number of deaths at andi alter middle file.

Now why have physicians been to save somany children's liv. ,

By careful feeding. and fresh ail-i and sunlight, and by getting ahead of; ailment, before they appeared. . w

Is this done by physicians _for a middle aged folk? - Q

No. Because the family doctor or,- the specialist can't walk into mo] home and tell the, middle aged or older individual just how lie should; live.

In England and Wales more; thought has been given to the can! of middle aged folk and they have: shared in the improvement in the‘. death rate of all groups.‘ . i

In America however there ha been.‘

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811mm heavyweight b o x e r; l but would - any person dare to assert that there is no

an increase in the death rate in agel

Now if middle aged folk are to be preserved in health for further ure- fulness, the same care that was be- stowed on youngsters must be ob- talned.

This means that the individual will go to his family doctor not less than once a year for a complete overhaul- ins- Any ‘besinnings’ of trouble any- where in the body will thug p; young, and little ailments corrected to give more comfort and efiicianoy. and even serious ailments such as early cancer can be removed, and-heart. disease so supervised, that a fair measure of health can be enjoyed for many years. _ I l

Remember also that m; yoga‘- ster's life was saved by proper mod, fresh atnan d sunshine.

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Bun-lite foreword to the flpublic forum‘ explicitly stale; that that col-

rspondents of questions of interest.‘

pendants that theyconfinaltheir re- marks to subjects which may reason- ablybeexpecbedtoheofgeneralin- ferut. and rthat they may. not abuse this privilegeby fostering endless dis- cussions which appeal only to those

In the "Guardian" of the 2nd inst. this entire column was occupied by an article edtttled "Family bongetriiy" -with emphasis on ‘the "Longevity." I confess to wading through that article with ‘ever increasing inter- est (not in its content) and wonder as to what lengths this ‘question cf interesti-would extend. when I fin- ally gained the end I found myself very definite fact. namely. that the Gallant family has a prior claim over the Doull < family to the honor of sfclfer longevity. The logic of the arguments seemed to be devoid of any fallacies, and the mathematical cab, culations appeared equally flawless, sol that,‘ provided‘ thesfatistics are cor- rect. I am constrained to concede the aforementioned honor to the Gallant family. But 1 cannot concede, that “Rustlco's" idea of a question of inf tenet" is equally divorced from logic- al fallacy. _

Supposing. for the moment. that the Gallant family is the oldest 11y. ins family incanada, does "Rustico" fondly imagine that any one (except. Pfiabibly. some members of the Gal- lant family) _will_ accept_that fact with a thrill of delight, or will store it up as a genifor future reference? BB l-hihu i9 IMY. I‘m.afraid that “B-ustico" cannot be justified even in this lone assumption. _ Gene Tnnncv was rqrently proclaimed the world's

other living man who with equal training might not lick Tunney‘; 1a it not‘ quite -, Island there may be some families, the aggregate age of whose members eclipses, even that of the vGallsnt family. and yet. dug w modesty-oi generosity the)’ refrain from snatch- ing hway the palm? Quien sabe?

~I .wmlld suggest that both Mr.

Doull andfRustico" should pursue , their investigations in a more private . Dinner. 1nd if. after tbapresmrc of.

ajtioceas of aystemstic elimination, it be__brouglht_ to likht that either the Doull familyor theGallant family is really Q1110 oldest living family in_ Canada. - then and _ only then, I would. consider either Mr. Doull or "_Rustlco"._fully justified in having the details of the ‘matm- pub- lished. _ Under such circumstances, in- deed, agroup picture of the famir would undou“ “ly be publicly sanc- tioned. _, . - - - .

1 am._Sir. std,

- . _ J. M. BOVYI-IB. De ‘ r 2.1929, 3i Larch Street.

Says the son of msnr _"I am oldl" Yet he knows there are older things: The lurking wolf on the world; ' The windy. spumy wings . Of the sea-gull; and the sea-crea-

tures, careful and cold. Likewise. though these be old. There are ever older things: Mountains in snow-clouds s The golden downgoinga Of the spent sun, in his harness of

changing gold. Owhatisitthentobeold? Still older and older things

Pulse through the Vast untold 1n aeonian Joumeylnga: Maiestlc orbs and orbits, mysterious,

manifold. -- - ~George Herbert Clarke in Queen - Quarterly.

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the Pacino after a course of 380 mild. Prince Rupert stands on an island

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Unemployment in MontruhJnd Ottawa is reported io/bo making more than usual demands on public charity. ‘

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Halifax, n, s. _ '_ moo scaoor.

Honor roll for Ulgg school month of November-w-

" Grade -X—l Arthur Reynolds: 2 Etrereit Maobeod. _

Grade 12-1 Eileen MwcPher-son.

Grado VII—I Marion Maclmd; 2 lnmhemia Mlclnod; a Sadie Mac- Donald.

once vr-i Wesley rumba; z John Maolfherson. ' ‘ Grade v-i Cltherina Shaw and avelyn merrier-m (equaDc David Mscleod‘, a roan Show.

ond9.I\t--1, Christine Mscteod: 2 Isabel! Mscleod: i! Olive Macu-od 4 Donald Hume. _ ‘ ‘

Grads III_Br.-1 Irma Glllis; 2 Binciair1daoieod; aimiriuflrlsd- Plursoutjdlwon Idaclood. _ .

"oi-ado m Jn-l Dorothy Mu:- acm n-z James amuoa

Grade 1-‘ nami- tsadtaodsua-j voodoo-duos; Edna Glllls: awelya- Dawson. ' ' '

Honnoallacfedd. principal, lym- tair Kaolleod. assistant. ' noaritsmouth. . flunaufiuumm be an " allliiotim -ot Killian. the for dial-lea, moan- ins a ." It was damned b! wnldm. manic: of u» Dbcovwy. in mo. bdrm-did not (at aiyoaatln mouth andlavbpoeed it to be I pnall. uaimbbrtanbltnpam. vaaémrvar nam- bd use rm. flfllngfon. m

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ORIGIN OF SURNAMl-IS

AINUIT

Originated from lands of that name in Pile. Previous to 1710 there were

taithlle, Balcrorno. Freeland. and Ber- ryhole, all in the Kingdom. The name mly pflglbly b0 GOflVEd H0111 "Earn- ochi," bar1e_vland.-. J. H. J.

BURNETT

This ls of French origin. and signi- ngs, of brown complexion or dark skinned. Brunet is one of the coni- monast French names. In Somcrset there is a place named Burnett, tlic burn-head- 1O. E. Burnc hedfod.) whence some of the name may spring. ‘lord Monboddo, the famous old. Scottish Judge, was a Burnet. He: was a Darwinian before Darwin. bc-v licving in the relationship of man and monkey. He entertained Dr. Johnson

Arnott of that ilk of Woodmiln Bal- -

2 Manage Buildings,

lain! John. N3- Cbulottclovrr. P.B.Y.

one: at his estate. Miss Burnet (the "beautiful Miss Burnei." of Burns) was his daughter.

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