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“The ‘Strongest Memory is Weaker than the Weakest Ink."

TUESDAY, MARCH 8, 1938

A Polibichl Tl-foan Board”.

It is hoped that at the present session of Parliament steps will he taken to tighten up thc allegedly; lax administration of fisherniciis

.oans. The ziditiinistratitm of the loans in this Province is in the hands of three Liberal legisla- zive members. uiic of iht-ni President of the Ex- sctitive Council, and all representatives of fish- ing constituencies. Under the arrangement. the Federal tioreriiinent contributes one-half the tniount of the money loaned, but leaves to the provincts thc distribution of the grants. lt should hi: compulsory. on the part of the prov- inces. to have a unit-political hoard in control. \\'li:re. as in this lf‘\l\'lllC(’. the politicians il‘ ithargtr are of one paiitv stripe. the temptation to exploit their tipportttiiities for vote-catching l‘r1ll‘l)1i.~'.‘< is really too ninch for human, itature.

Last year our three Fishernicifs Loan Board ptlllllCllllls had sonic $50,000 to expend under the tcrtns of thc fK‘(l(‘l'fll contribution. These terms obliged them to loan only to hona fide needy fishermen having three years” deep sea fishing experience. repayments to be credited to a fund to he used by the province for making similar loans in future. The amounts were not to be distributed as a dole. and no individual fisher- man was to receive loans in cash; hc was to be given an order on his merchant to stipply him with fishing equipment and supplies only, thc merchant taking n note which was to be return- ed to the Loan Hoard with invoices of goods,

This year it is reported the Board has had more than $50,000 to expend, and that a good deal of latitude is being taken in distributing the money. Farmers applying for unemploy- ment relief can obtain only $3.00 a month, but if they happen to be part-time fishermen. in the constituencies favored by being represented politically by a member of thcFishermens Loan Board, their application, it is claimed, not in- frequently receives preferred treatment in thc way of cash payments to all intents and purposes indistinguishable from the dole. We cite this complaint for what it is worth, as a matter for inquiry and explanation.

There is no more deserving class than our fishermen, and they are entitled to all the assist- ance they can receive from either the federal or provincial governments. But it should not be on the basis of political negotiation. The situa- tion as it stands is open to grave abuses. Not only should there be assurance that the terms of the federal contribution are being fairly observ- ed, but the atlministration should be takcn out of party politics altogether.

This could be done without any additional expense, as our thrcc politicians now in control are being paid for their services. plus their travelling and other expenses. The actual amount of their remuneration is not divulged; u “sum sufficient" was voted for that purpose at the last legislative session. Over and above the political manner in which the loans are

being administered. the taxpayers have this ad-

ditional grievance. that they don’t know what

extra salaries their paid representatives are re-

cciving.

A Canadian Debt

In view of the investigations of the Com- mission on Federal-Provincial Relations, the size of the debts of the different provinces and the effect of thc Dominion taking over these debts, or a major portion of them, as has been suggested; are subjects of vital interest to all Canadian citizens. An article in United Eni- pire WOfkS out the share of the national debt owned by each citizen of Canada as $320. 1f provincial debts were assumed by the Domin- ion, the amount would be raised to $455 pcr head of population. For residents of some pro- vinces this would be an advantageous move; for others. thc reverse-mu the face of it.

For itistaticc, thc per capita debt of Ontario is given as $179, whereas in Quebec it is only $39. There are very wide discrepancies be- tween other provinces. “Prince Edward Island and Quebec would losc heavily-a hundred do‘.- lars pcr man, woman and child," says Utiitcd Elllplffl; “Nova Scotizi would neither lose nor gain. Ontario, which has been wcll to the front in dcntincizition. would gain forty dollars pct’ head, and each of the Western provinces would gain smaller or similar amounts." But what both Ontario and Quebec fear is that. with the federal government entirely in control, the richer provinces might come off badly.

Comparison with thc position in the United States reveals that each citizen of that country owes approximately $314. "Allowing for the fact that this gross figure includes municipal loans (whereas that of Canada does not), hut that the American totals have very largely in- ‘creased in the past three years (whereas those

._ of Canada- have not, the per capita comparison pf a eountrywvith more than ten times the pop-

ulation of ; the senior Dominion is by no means

- Ytnfevourable to Canada." it is observed‘.

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A Popular’ Choice y The election of Mr, Percy c. Black, M.L.A.

_' leader of the Conservative Opposition in the .69! Sculls Assembly, says the Sydney Post-

‘ mast-ans merited recognition of character and

First elected to the Assembly for I965; when he defeated sourcing gopulnr a candidate» as Hon. J. L. Ralstoti,

lack has continued to hold his constituency substantial majorities. with sceni- er Awhcwthetide nu against

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‘ merit. indicated that

hi8 potty than in the years when a Conservative nomination in most of the divisions virtually neaut-au election. l-lis majority in‘ the general lection last June rose to the comfortable fig- rc of 2,242 over his highest Liberal‘ opponent," a d was hundreds higher than that-of any Gov- e merit or Opposition member-elect in the P vince. '

s Minister of Highways from 1925 till the resi tion of the Harrington Government in 1933 Mr. Black provednot only to be an able admiistrator. but also a most efficient and progrssive director of highway policy in the Proviti c. During his eight-year period of of- fice. th highways of Nova Scotia were brought up t_o st ndards of excellence, not only far sur- passing ny previously attained. but exceeding as well . ything previously visioned as being possible w th the appropriations available for the service. l\ r. Black's remarkably successful rc- cord as M nister of Highways was chic to two things,—his unwavering practice of insisting on clean busii ss methods. which gave the Pro- vince full vlue for every dollar expended. and his intensiv study of every aspect of modern highway co struction. ivhich enabled him to sii- pcrvise ncrsnally and effectively‘ the heavy pro- grains his Dpartment carried otit cvcry _vc;tr.

1 ditorial ‘Notes I

William III died this date, i702. Ill i 1F if‘

The late Arc ibishtip O'Leary was a church builder in more senses than one. It was under him that thc for vard policy of building and re- building parish hurches throttghout the length and breath of tli: province iras cunniiciiced and pushed to the li iit_

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In the rcsigna ion of \lr. Bennett as lcztdcr of the Cotiservaive Party, this province loses one of its staunc est friends at Ottawa. When in power, he gra ted us almost everything for which we asked, a d had he remained leader at next election, we ould have banked on him to carry out to the lcter and in its true spirit. the report of the Dunn Commission in full.

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Canadians are e ting more onions, with thc result that there is : scarcity at the present time which is being met y imports frotn the United t States. Egyptian o ions arc expected to arrive in ‘Canada shortly, . cording to the Agricultural Department of the ' anadian National Railways. Canada also import onions from New Zcaland arid exports to that ominion, the seasons being

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udltm c1 m; to kgow before he knows othsrh-‘Sherbrooke Ln Tribune.

The ufwtun of artificial wooli from milk has been successfully: Started 1n Italy. BM the product known as mnltai has been hhown to possess properties airframe for the textile industry. Ninety-four tons were produced m 1936 Ind ‘mo tons in the first seven montnsbf 1937.—N8lLBI1E_

Why should Britain put herself out to re-establsh Bhauggafs pos - tion? Today British ‘ms find Shmzhai s small Imemational Sea- tlement surrounded by Japanese- controllecl territory. The value and fame of Shanghai are declining and the Japanese will nncl that Great Britain 1s transferring her’ interests to Honk Kent: and Stu - snore or to French Indo-Chtnh. in any case. the “Chinese London" 1s bficomlntz a business city of the past. It is not worth the incidents which cccur thcrc alino=t every day between the Japanese army and the Settlement police. If therefore, Great Britain did not move more effectively when threatened. this can be from the value of British tnierests atier the “Hinterland” or the city fell to the Japanese. It 1s quite a different. matter with Hong Kong. Tue nearer the threat of Japanese occupation of the surrounding prov- inces. the firmer the British Gov- crnmcnts voice becoincs.-—Parls Exchange.

When Mark Twain, 1n hls early days. was editor of a Missouri paper, a superstitious subscriber wrote to

him sayl-ntz that he had found a.

Snider 1n his Duper, and asking him yvhetherthat was a sign of good .u_ck or bad. The humorist wrote nun this answer and printed 1t: “Old Subscriber: Finding a spider 1n your DBDG!‘ was neither good luck nor bad luck for you. The spider. was merely looking over our per to see which merchant 1s no ud- vertislniz. so that he can go to that store. sbln his web across the door and lend a life of undisturbed eace gig? flfC8FW8.I'(l.——LBdl8S Home our--

The English people have the fac- ulty of being able to laugh at them- t.

selves. Professor James us kivlng them a good laugh over efr use of the letter He takes the

The small loan com any is the refuge of the. , average family when it runs into financiall trouble, Mr, Leon He derson, eminent United | States economist, told c Banking and Com- t mercc Committee of th the course of an outline of the small loan busi- i ness in the United St tcs. The widest study i. yet made of the financ ng of the average fam- ily, undertakcn by th United States Govern- o to 30 per cent of all families are compelle to spend more in a year than their income. Medical attendance, legal needs, intermittent e ployment, refinancing of instalment purchases, nd these families to the small loan companies‘ tosloan sharks.”

In New Brunswick sometlT of a sensation was caused when Mr. G. W. erry, Conserva- tive M.L.A. for Carleton propo ed in the legis- lature an amendment to th A dress introducing compulsory voting in vile hf an early election. "I'd like to sec compulsory voting like there is under the Australian law," he said. “It might not be so popular, but it would do away with thc necessity of hauling voters to the polls. I would like to see good, clean, honest elections which would not cost the poor man so much in ex- penses." He also would like to see more "or- dinary citizens" on the floor of the House. The Carleton county member said he thought “thc laws woul be better if they were made by farmers an laborers." “They would be more inclined to save money for thc taxpayers." he said, “A $10 bill looks a lot bigger to a farmer or a laborer than to a. lawyer or a doctor."

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Here is an example of thc way U.S.A. federal benefit payments are to be determined under the new United States farm program. Suppose a wheat farmer has a loo-acre farm. and his share of the national acreage which the Agri- cultural Adjustment Administration wants to wheat is 90 acres. Suppose also that the nor- mal yield of his land is 1o bushels an acre. If

r House of Commons in f‘

‘ must, have vastly imiused as well as

he planted 9o acres to wheat he would reccivc benefits at the rate of 12 cents a bushel on 900 I bushels, the normal production in his acreage al- lotment, or $108. Suppose, however, that he plants and harvest ioo acres of wheat. For cx- ceeding his acreage allotment his federal pay- ment would be reduced at the rate of o6 cents a bushel on the normal production of the extra io acres, which in this case would he ioo bushels. The deduction would be $96. leaving him a net benefit payment of $12. i IF l! b!

Do medical specialists charge by the hour?

During the hearing of a suit he had brought in a London court for unpaid fees of £3 10s ($17.50), Dr. John Barr Stevens remarked:

“l had to wash -my hands before and after treating the case.”

The Registrar,‘ Mr. Friend, looked astonished.

“You are not suggesting, are you, that you are charging anything for washing your hands?" he ucstioncd. » _

“ hat ls all lnthe work. and if one. is delayed longer. then one ls entitled to ask payment for it," Dr. Stevens replied. , . "I have never heard such a suggestion. I pose, then, a famous surgeon adds ten guincaa to his fee as a charge for preparing for an operation i” .

“He may do so," the plaintiff admitted.

Dr. Martin Joseph Hcaly, the ftunlly doctor of the patient concwietl. said that he thought Dr. ‘Stevens had made a very good lob of the cane.

Earlier it w» stated the patient, u- woman. was suffer-Tn; from bursitis. :

Registrar Friend: "That ls a sort of second cousin to hottsemcid’: knee?" ~ ,

Dr. Stevens: “In this case. the elbow.” ‘

sent/once, "It 1s a little disturbing when a man stands with his back to the fire and announces that be not some tar on the tires of car

on his way to the tower,"

1m: when a man stands with 1i back to the fah and announces that, he got some tab on the tabs of his cah on his way w the tah." Which

pointed a lesson. Better by for the Brent bit-ling Scottish r-r-t wbt rolls out like a river 1n spate. But we have some curious things on this side of the water. "Nova Bootletr," “Canadaa” and such like which 1n- steod of drooping out the “r" put 1t where no "r" is. The Professor selected President Roosevelt as a good example of a speaker of good English, but. 1f ‘we mistake not. oven Roosevelt nods sometimes when he comes to an “r." words like “ever" for example, he gives us something ~l1ke “evah? Where does 1t come from?

The world m ht us’ well admit the reality, wht 1e that. without foreign interference the case of China Ls hopeless. And Russia. the one country with an immediate urge to have a showdown with Japan. s too much afraid of the opportun- ism of Germany. It will not. take a chance. China cannot stand alone, and there ts no likelihood of Chum belntz anything else than alone. - Poiland Oreuontsm.

A movement nlylnl on dlatutor- I

ship for its success obviously cun- not, make headway in a democracy where normal people enjoy freedom of action. It has nothing (pa whit-ix;

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remedies may help m well being of the patient.

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DUIIDS the 1918 and 1019 ‘fl r-tldml“ 1 immense w be semeii Medlpul QHLOGI‘ of u large military hoop-tat and was 1n a poalttsn to watch 01¢ effect of different types of treatment-the u.o of fever re- Sflwlll! dfllésv the use of various alcurt. sum ants, the effect of get- 3518 Defiant-s to bed th, first day ut the attack (and also three or

. Izur days afterthe attack first oc-

_ the effect of removtn blood from patients who had reg wvefed 811d infecting 1t into others. particularly those with a high temperature or where there was a complication of broncho-pneumonta or pneumonlau

Our records showed that our death rate was much lower than the average for the general popula-

, lion and this was believed to be due

to the fact thatcvery soldier was checked over dai and those with influenza were paced in hospital a. day or two sooner. It was this ‘getting the patient into hospital B day 0r two sooner" that brought about early recovery and prevented the dangerous complications — broncho-pneumonla and pneu- monia. These t/wo ailments, not influenza. were responsible for most deaths became they overtaxed the heart.

That early rest 1n bed L; more important 1n preventing complicit. ttons than the form of treatment is shown by a rt by Dr. Alfred M. Glawr. Cincinnati. 1n the Ohta State Medical Journal. ‘There were $0111‘ Broups of patients.

Group 1 was tven aspirin com- Dflnd. when ital. bed rest, forced fluids, and light diet.

Group f was given the same treatment as Group 1 plus fifteen grains of soda bicarbonate-baking soda-every for hours.

Group 3 was given same treat- ment. as Grou 1 but quinine was used instead o aspirin.

Group 4 -No medicine of any kind except rm 1n bed. was given but at gelatdn capsule of glucose (simir) eve tour hours.

The resuts of the-e methods showed that the temperature. the stay lnhospttal, and the complica- tions were not. any higher. longer. or more numerous tn the cases where reel. in bed was the only method of treatment than when medicine was used. Dr. Glaze: stated that, however, those who did receive medical treatment. seemed to “feel better" on leaving the hoe- pttal than did the others.

I believe the above records teach twoth .P1rvt.sminsmt>ea and m n; 1n bed 1s more 1m- gartant than medicine; second,

t. s11 of us “like attt-“t-‘zz-f" when we're sick and the use of ‘ ,' the morale or

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to feed. If any 1n inclined m take Around Fbsclsm seriously, ‘et him remember that. the dlctamorsht of Europe grew out. of dftferen soil. . . . Canad- ians are mt. ruled by an numeracy, and there ts no, busts for a Com- munist revolution. There ts no ex- cuse for a 1st. movement to overthrow Communism or any o her 1am. The people are not. subserieent enough to permit. any ambitious politician to hold them 1n the n01- low of his hand. The element-s nec- essary for the success of Fascism or Communism in this country are all absent. Communists and Fascists will learn this 1n times-Tomato Globe and Mull.

A Cullfornlun, recently convicted of manslaughter for the sayln of his wife and her lover. testified hut at the moment of crisis "everything went white." This ls a serious oe-

imraui-e from the accepted ndlcm that. beaks of anger tinge eve.y thing red. Peihups the color scheme affected the jurymen. too, so that they saw murder as only a "white" crime-Edmonton Journal.

The cane whit. the Prime Mlula

' Minister of Justice mm;

vuelou of men’: h without iw n and them of r incl