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THURSDAY, AUGUST 29ti\,.1918

Monday, Sept. 2d, being Labor Day and

a statutory holiday, the Morning Guardia; will not be issued on Tuesday. The Evening Guardian will not be issued on Monday, bu will be published as usual on Tuesday. Ad vertisers please note these changes.

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With three-fourths of the civilized worli

in a war the fierceness and destructive ness of which have no parallel in history one may well stagger at the question, “I:

the -world growng better? When we re -

member, however, what the civilized na tions are fighing for, are expending tht flower of their manhood for, are sacrificing their substance for, the question assumes : different complexion. When we remembe that millions have taken their lives in the. hands to prevent one nation from tyran nizing over others, to right the wrongs o weaker nations, to teach the world thu national wickedness shall not be tolerates’ then we ,know that although the earth i deluged in blood national rghteousness ha not departed. The fact that there is a col ossal war raging by no means argues tha the world is not growing better. If thi were the only evidence to guide us then th-' inevitable conclusion would be that neve ` before have such sacrifices been made ii the cause of humanity by individuals or bi nations.

In the matter of mitigating the horror:

of war, caring for the wounded, maintain ing the health of the soldiers on the field and in camp, caring for them when they return wounded and broken and making provision for them on their return to civi ' life, there is no comparison with former conditions. The camp and the battlefielc are today, so far as sanitation is concern- _ed,ga_sY.healthy as the fields and the homef

tury ago there were more deaths from dis- ease than from bullets. Science, spurred on by a kindlier regard for human welfare by a broader sympathy, by a more practi- cal and more enlightened Christianity must be credited wit hthis betterment.

Never in the history of the world have

women in such numbers taken their live: in their hands, gone into the very jaws of death, gone in thousands, to undergo th( horrors and the privations of the ,battle- fields, for the sole purpose of giving wha! aid they could 'to the wounded and the sick. It is not necessary to dwell upon this upon the self-sacrificing devotion, not of the women alone who have gone to care for the wounded and the sick, but of the wo- men throughout Canada, the United Stat- es, England, France, who have literally ab- andoned all and followed the Christ of charity, of altruism, of good works; these are abundantly evident.

In everything touched by the war---and

the war touches every feeling of justice, of humanity, of philanthropy, of charity, of self-sacrifice, evidences are multiplied daily to show that the heart of humanity is stir- red by the sorrows and the claims of oth- ers. and this argues in favor of a general betterment.

‘i`~l:ere is less religious denioiistration

pf-_-rhaps than ever before. less of profes- sion and confession but every act by which others are helped is tinged with the virtues of Christianity receives its impulse from the precepts taught by the Christ over two thousand years ago, is in itself the expres- sion of Christianity. `

We live in a commercial age and com-

mercialism is aggressive, unsentimental, self-seeking if you will, otherwise it would not be progressive. Its charity is distri- buted on business rather than on senti- mental grounds, carefully allotted on a percentage of profits basis, but always dis- tributed and doing its part in the further- ing of the country’s best interests. Com- mercial prosperity is founded upon com- mercial integrity, otherwise it would fail. Honesty and integrity pervade all success- ful huma undertakings, perforce if you will, but Ehey are outstanding features of world progress today. There are of course the exceptions, exceptions which by.con- trust stand out as targets for general con- demnation. The villain, commercial or social or political, has but a slim chance in the world drama today. The great maj-W ority of the audience is respectable and”

*ie amount of sugar normally available

this summer is very short and to meet the

scale of one and a half pounds per person per month, this to include all sugar requir-

use. According to this scale the allotment for each person should not average more than four-fifths of a level teaspoonful. By the adoption of this scale it is believed that

reference to flour, enact regulations and impose heavy fines for infringement. Nc- cessity for this would be a reflection upon Canadian patriotism.- ,

Scarcity of sugar is not going to affect

the price the crop having been bought bv

the I)l`€S€llt Supply Out until thcisoon ns one hundred thousand nieif new Sugar C]’0p is availablejn DeCeI1'1b91“_i»wero called to the colors, and that If the Scale is not adopted then the Selfisivilhe lllnitof uno hundred thousand mon ones will probably have all the sugar theymr recruited who tm or me Order

‘Vant While the Others must gp W1th0ut_0`j'i in-Council just issucii‘. however, ex- the F00d Board may be Obllged tO I‘€S0l`f»_pressly declares that the number of to measures Similar tg those adopted withltheso rolnforcenioms shall be compul-

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requirements of our Allies and ourselves OTTAWA, Angus. 2i_-The omciar the Canada Food Board urges every home iiaumimii made by me Government if

in Canada to adopt the voluntary rationing-day 0' *W0 “KD with r°f~‘\'@n¢<> w uw

{Militnry 'Service Act is creating con- I

|sldcrabie liitoiest in military and pol-

'iticul circles. The effect of the state

ed for cooking purposes as well as for table ,,,e~,,, ,,, ,hat 0,., ,,,,,,,,,,,, ,,_, ,,,,, Ac,

will not bo ezihausteil' until one hund-

red thousand inen are ready to leave tho shores of Canada. The popular lm- presslon was thot powers conferred under the Act would be exhausted as

applied to the number who enlisted

ed by reference only to tho men ulti- mately '-selected and actually despatch- ed for overseas service. In other words oiily those who have actually gone nr who have been ordered to go, overseas shall bo counted us reinforcements.. Upon the number of nicn to be called ut there is aibsolliioly ns liinlt. 'l‘l1-_~

short, Bruce, M_acKélvie was a man amo_ng*_men.' There were few like him -:ind moro’s the pity. ' '

O O I.

The other evening a'xnuu name-_l

Daoust. em-ployod in tho railway freight sheds here, noticed a. small pool on the floor of the shed iiour what was apparently on empty cnsk. lt looked like gasoline, and smelled

liko gasoline, but Daoust was not quite suro. He lighted a match und proceeded to investigate. Then some- thing happened. The explosion which his action storied could bo lieiird for miles. -Men in tho neighborhood wer;

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most 'spectacular ciiarzicter. 8011 its ogiess wus watched 'bl' 7-\10\|50Ul15~ veral explosions, more or less sov- c, featured the blgv;gc,lbllr11il\S OU

sks being hurlled through the ulr using much uiiicst among those of e onlookers \vho were in their yvako. oriunately, however, no one was hurl this way. ll was only by the mosi tive exertions that the fire was kepl om spreading in the Sandy Hill dir-

chair Street caught tlrei more than _0‘i!\CB» Bild ill at least one case th. lniiiatea nad a rather close cali.

The Labor Department again “_

ports upward movements in wholesale

and retail food prices rlurln rife'

m0nlh'_¥°f, ~7.\\|¥- Ill wholesale.;-ical' the ncreases wore' chiefly in dairy products, fresh und canned' vegeigbl textilml ‘Mid Jllmbor. There were 110°. rea|_es_ln_£od`der, live aggok mg m,,,lB_ in retail prices there were increases **_l<_--'_~______

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blown a considerable diutniice und sov- ercly bruised and burned. The lirc spread with the rapidity of lightniiig. and bcicrc it- could be stopped iles- troyod something like $100,000 worth

olpropcrty which included the freight

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the Commission and no room left forthe Z profiteer. The cause of the scarcity here ,, is the shortage in Great Britain and other ii European countries. Northern France,'1

proportion of the sugar consumed in Eu- l.,, rope is now cut off entirely, its factoricxf §_ demolished, its land devastated. A signi-lf. ficant coincidence of the present demand A upon Canadians to economize in sugar is

itchcd overseas or they are imimed- 'itely to proceed overseas. An expcctf d result of -this interpretation of the ct is that Parllainent will not likcl_\‘ bc suiiimoncd until the new year. I

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illltiiry authorities, should they deem iiccessary, may call out one hundred ' iid fi-ity thousaiid mcn, or two liund

~cd thousand men, but llicy would not

' - r ' I . E, he reinforcements und’er the terms oi'

which heretofore p Ovlded 3' Very a1g(lthc Military Service Act iintll des-

makes the way smooth for our worst mies, the German war leaders, in their most difficult task-that of persuading their countrymen to go on following them

"he fact that thousands of Canadians today lie buried in the fields which formerly pro-l duced the greater part of Europe’s sugar.

At an international sugar conference

held in New York last spring an amount was pledged which would take care of thc overseas minimum requirements on the basis of one and one-tenth pound' for thc people of France. The United States and Canada pledged the required amount. g

Upon the amount allotted to Canada

there have been other drains. Much has been exported to *Europe in the form of manufactured articles, condensed milk, _eats to the soldiers in the form of cake, etc. Besides these much sugar has been lost through the sinkings by submarines and, to make a long story short, there is not enough to go round and supply our Allies. The Food Board calls for a saving, a volun- tary rationing. Every patrio'tic Canadian' will do hs best to comply with the requcst;' the others may be compelled, but the opl, portunity to avoid compulsion and to show. genuine patriotism is now open.

_-.iQ-i THE CHANGE

Within six weeks the Allies have trans-I

formed the whole face of the war, have_ beaten the German armies four successive times, and have won back almost every- thing that Gerirlany. 'conquered in her gi- gantic offensive last spring,

Does the world fully realize what these

victories mean? They mean that democ- racy and freedom and Christianity have de- finitely triumphed over autocracy and law- lessness and barbarism. They mean, that the spirit of Prussia has failed to crush out of existence the spirit of Galilee. Theyl mean that the world has been made safe' for-_democracy and decency and human bro-i’ therhood. And because of these great, things, let us today lift up our hearts; not in a spirit of boasting or of mere revenge, but in thanksgiving to the God of battles,. to Him Who two thousand years ago told| that he had reared Christianity upon a rock- and that the Gates of Hell would never pre-' vail against it.

NOTES `

An aviation expert, writing in a recent

magazine, says that the time is near at hand when an airplane will travel from London to Newfoundland in a single day. How delightful it will be to- be able to run! over to London for the Week-end and backl again in a day! '

On its way from Petrograd to Moscow

the German Embassy had to be guarded by eight hundred soldiers. The German dip- lomats don’t seem to be as sure of Russian love for Germany as'they sometimes pro- fess to be.

We do not suppose that any peace nego-

tiations under present circumstances could have useful results, but we do not see why

try should talk about peace, and about those in enemy countries , who desire peace, in such language as

will not tolerate him. The world is grow- #fs-,.1 -

blindly after four years of suffering--Man-‘ cl|omr°*Goardinire

responsible people in this coun-l

News of tho death by iliowiiing rec-

ently of N. Bruce MacKelvio, of New York, n native so_n of Prince Edward I island, was heard here with geiiuiiic icgrot by lliose members of the is-_ ’ lnud colony who enjoyed his acquaint- ance. "Bruce," as he was called by. those who knew him intimately, was one of the most successful of thi.- young-cr ‘business mcu of his adopted home: Twenty years or more ago he left Sunmierside for the United States entering the Boston ollice of Hayden. Stone Company, as ii clerk. Hero he quickly showed' his class, and after a series of successful promotions was ndinitlcd a member of the firm. Re- moving to New York he wus given change of the flmirs oillco on llroiid struct, where ho added to his reputat- ion as un able ‘business man. He was especially fortunate in mining enter- prises, and ut tho time oi’ his death was president ol' one of the best pro- ducers of gold in the neighboring rc- public. incidentally he ammassed con- siderable wealth, rbut with it all he

never became purse-proud. He pnld several visits io his island home in recent years, and always had a pleas- ant smile and hearty hand' shake for tho friends of his boyhood, irrespect- ive of -their financial standing. lu

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Who that has watched anxiously

through' the long and trying hours of the night has not folt the thrill of iiope that comes with the breaking of the day _

With the sun new-risen uiid tho-

blrds, in every treo, the dnrk`sl\ad- ows of the night seem to fllt awny :ind the bright expectancy of hope thrills and comforts the soul. Joy cometh in the morning.

And how comforting that morning

ls and how good' is the God of all our mercies who grunts it to us. '

Can we hope that every dark night

that visits us with sable fears and sore trials of our faith and trust will

break into glorious downing and -that eyes iliut shed bitter tears will greet the sun shining with joy and hope?

As ooo is Goa and love and ‘iight

are the habitation of His throne; we may so hope, no'.matter how dark or

foursome the ni`ht may bc,, or how- ever long the sun may' delay his

coming.

There is no man anywhere in nil

the universe thn_t God has made but muy say, the_mornlng cometh and morning brings its joy. .

Weeping may" endure for n night.

But joy cometh in the morning, Psalm 30-5.

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Steam'and Electricity: in imswci o a “Business Maiiagor" I nm iriml. to say that advertising and publicity

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ays yield to persistent ndvertls-

It is very rarely that there are exceptions to this rule.

How Can One Ward Off Old Age?" s "Seriex," Discord the thought old nge. Adopt the current Cali a style oi’ speech, and if you have _

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