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THURSDAY, AUGUST 16, 1928

SPEAKS FOR. ITSELF.

In yesterday's issue we published 8

fairly complete summary 0! 9h

bibltion Building, Charlottetown

Many hundreds of people heard this .Ip€€0h and many more would have heard it had it not been for the downpour cf rain. In any case the speech as delivered was helrd 811d will be read by the people of the Province generally. Tlmy will be 1n a position to judge of the accuracy and the fairness of the criticisms of it by the Liberal press. The critic- isms refer largely to interpolations in the speech and to assumptions for which there was no foundation. Mr. Bennett has been accused of preach- ing the 8081191 0f 810°"! and u! PBS- solely on its continued adherence to simism. There W85 110$ B W011i 0f its British connection. Should our P63531115"! 1n his WhOIe Speech 0!‘ population become diluted by for-

which were not contained

in any that he has delivered during his tour of the Marltimes. On the contrary he is an optimist of the first rank and has unbounded faith in the future of Canada, but wisely he recognizes the danger of allow- ing Canada's business and Canada's employment and Canada's produc- tion to be permeated by a foreign element. That this permeation is now in progress is clearly indicated by the fact that Canada is not now in a position to give employment to its own people and that our native population as well as our immi- grants are leaving us in vast num- bers. For several years past Cana- da has not retained its natural in- crease of population and it will not require any astute philosophy to dis- cover in this something that is not for the betterment of Canada. These are matters which those who heard Mr. Bennett and those who read the summary report of his speeches will realize for themselves. and they will not bc misled by things which he did not say or by assumptions as to what he meant and did not say. We commend to the careful perusal of our people the summary of the speech in yesterday's Guardian and ask them to judge for themselves whether his representations are worthy of their most careful study.

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a -—-—-<-o OUR FUTURE POPULATION.

ACCORDING to statistics recently

compiled by David C. Lamb, Sal- vation Army Commissioner, of the 90,000 immigrants who came to Canada during the first four months of this year, 36% were British, 12v. American. and 52% continental. 1r there already existed a large Brit- ish majority in the total population these figures wouldnot be so seri- ous. But that is not so. The pre- sent population of the Dominion is only 56% British, and in a few years’ time, if the present trend continues, that slender majority willdisappear entirely. The increase in the con- tinental inflow has been very rapid. It has risen steadily from twenty- two per cent. in 1921 to fifty in 1927. while the British inflow has fallen from forty-seven per cent. to thirty- four, and the American from thirty- one per cent. to sixteen.

From these figures it will easily be seen that the British complexion of Canada is being seriously threat- ened. An idea has become rooted in Great Britain that Canada for some reason or other does not de- sire British immigrants. This opin- ion was mildly voiced by Mr. Ram- say MacDonald shortly after his ar- rival in Canada. He said that the sieve through which British immi- ‘grants entered Canada was “too

— fine." There are technical obstacles in the way of the British immi- grants. ‘Ihcreds a sort of oihcial. ribbon trimming exacted in the mat- ‘iter of extending permits to intend- ing British emigrants when Canada 1s the destinatkm. Just what lies Qt the root d this discrim‘ inst British immigrants itlmight

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‘ '. be difficult torts-ace. it may be‘ an yoiliseqs of u» ToronioGiobc

ministration,

trade of that country.

spread opinion.

British connection.

The Hon. R. B. Bennett, in his re- cent speech at the banquet in his honor at Beach Grove Inn pointed out some of the dangers confront- ing democracy. One of these was a growing lack of interest on the part of the people in vital national affairs. The future of Canada rcsts

digit and alien immigration, our Bulish connection may beromc sad- and permanently weokeneti. The inflow from Europe must b»: safe- guarded and preference must be given to immigrants of British stock. Central Europe has little to offer Canada in the way of desir- able population and the meshes of the sieve through which these people come to us should be tightened very much more closely than they are. The West is saturated with a for- eign population which it will re- quire years to Canadianize. It will -._not be wise to allow this foreign preponderance to continue long enough to loosen the bonds which now bind us to the British Empire.

This is a matter that the immi- gration authorities of Canada should take especial note oi’. The increas- ing population of Western Canada indicates very clearly that in the not distant future the West will be the dominant factor in Canada. Pru- denoe and safety demand that the dominant factor should be Cana- dian and British.

COAL FOR COKE.

THE Montreal Gazette notes that

last year Canada produced 2,- 027,058 tons of gas-house and by- product coke, and that this year the output will be greater because of the construction of new coking plants. it adds: "More consumers of home products mean a more flourishing Canadian coal and coke industry." Ono would wish this were so. but the fart is that seventy-five pr-r cont. of the coke now produced in Canada is made from American coal. ad- mitted duty-free. and that the big coking plant now about completed at Montreal has been constructed and located for the use of coal from American mines. Under the present tariff. Nova Scotia coal is discrim- inated against. by reason of the cus- toms draw-back in favor of coal im- ported for the manufacture of coke. This tarifl’ item is in direct conflict with one of the recommendations in the Duncan Report.

EDITORIAL NOTES.

The City Council is to be com- mended on its determination to fight the caterpillar pest. It is hop- ed the Council will follow up its determination.

The police report for July is at variance with the claim that drink- ing conditions are improving. Num-

a policy which is manifesting itself in its tender soli- cltude for the good-will of the Un- e lted States and its pandering to the speech delivered on Saturday 155$ by the Hon. R. B. Bennett in the EX- That Canada is-in some way be- - coming Americanized is a wide-

That this Ameri- canization‘ should become diluted with an increasing stream of migra- tion from Central Europe is not a pleasing prospect nor an encourag- ing one for the stability of cur

to the spice and vim of the discus- sions. The effect of the split vote is hard to foretell. Had it been a straight fight between the Govern- ment and Opposition supporters the opinion generally expressed isthat the Op- andidate would have been an easy winner. There isgrave dissatisfaction with the Government on two main points, its serious breach of pre-electlon promises with reference to Prohibition enforce- ment, and the unsatisfactory road policy it has seen fit to pursue.

Although it Is admitted the road machines do the best possible work properly handled, the Government has not - properly handled them through either trying to do too much or too little. The inexperi- ence of the operators has told seri- ously against the efficiency of these admirable road machines, and Mr. Lee's excuse is that because the Technical School was discontinued the Government could not get trained men. If that argument is worth anything it is against the Government for biting oi‘! more than it could chew. Then the by-roads, or secondary roads, have been sadly neglected. Under the old system, the farmers were responsible to a large extent for their own public roads and went out and worked on them under the roadmaster to see they were fit for hauling. Now the Government pays to have this work done, and are not doing it. The farmers do not sec why they should be taxed to pay for the roads being repaired and then have to do the work themselves.

As to the question of Prohibition it was forced on the electors at this time by Mr. Bentley, who is not satisfied that the Saunders Govern- ment has carried out its pro-election promises. Neither is any other body for that matter, but it has been de- cided by the official Opposition to leave the matter in abeyance until the plebiscite on the subject pro- mised in 1929. A good deal of dirty linen has been publicly washed in this connection, which will serve no useful purpose. Mr. Bentley has been accused of being inconsistent as a Prohibitionist by serving wine on his table in 1912. We do not think anyone will attach much sig- nificancc to that. It was only after Mr. Bentley’s break with the Con- servative party in 1913 that he adopted an absolutely non-compro- mising attitude on the liquor ques- tion and went out and campaigned against his former friends.

It is quite conceivable, and even admitted by Mr. Bentley, that before

article. But once he made a politi- cal issue of it, he became a "whole

then nobody will deny that he has been consistently absolutely in favor of the strict enforcement of

cept. perhaps, when a rich client may have "treated" a few friends upon the supposed satisfactory set- tlcment of a law-suit.

In this connection wc may give here a letter on Prohibition by the greatest authority on mental dis- cases of his time, which has never previously been published. In 1913 the Mathieson Government passed the first real prohibition law ever put on our statute books. Previous- ly, so-called prohibition measures were adopted, but they were really merely camouflage, serving to encour- age illicit drinking. characteristic of all Temperance Alliance legislation on the subject. When the Mathieson law was passed, the Editor of the Guardian sent a copy of the paper with an article on the subject to Sir Thomas J. Clouston, Edinburgh, recognized as- thifgreatest living authority on insanity and head cf the Mental Hospital in Edinburgh. Sir Thomas had lectured in Lon- don in i912 on the effect of the abuse of alcohol on the brain, and had argued that if youths abstained from the use of alcohol until they were twenty-one years of age there was little chance of their ever becoming

erically conditions are worse than in recent years.

The electors BT55 Province. both provincial and federal, have been given abundant food for thought during the past few days. Let us hope they will profit by it and grow up into politically healthy Canadian citizens.

The caterpillars are still holding their picnics in the ornamental trees along the city streets. and ‘the trees are beginning to show itinn will require several spruyings to

drunkards or suffering mentally from over indulgence, The letter of Sir Thomas was as follows. and we give it now more as a matter of the authentic opinion of an expert than for any effect it may have on merely political prohibitionists: 26, Heriot Row,

Edinburgh, 13 May, i013. I have yours of the 30th ult. and the paper you were good enough to send me. My speech at the Mansion House, London. last year, was printed in the British Journal of Inebriety at the time. I am sorry I have no copy by me. It did not really contain much that was new on the subject. Its im- portance consisted in the fact tiilt the meeting was held under the

convince these

TODAY the electors oi good old

Belfast will have the opportunity to succeed Judge Inman. The contest has been fast and furious, the addition of a third candidate tdding. considerably

"115 polmca] quarrel he d“; not see strife: but he that puttethhis trust much harm in wine as a dietetic glgiinzgagthe degree of lmmunl y

hogger," and we think that since ever trust, and banish all thy fear.

_ To higher ‘heights than these. most stringent prohibition law-ex Like whispers low‘

Love's message to my soul they bring From regions better far: Mount upward if you would attain

Some senseless custom bars.

Toronto.

O-OUQ-OOFOO-OO DAILY LESSONS 3 m ENGLISH

By W. L. Gordon »o-o-o+++0oo-o-o0oo+wo<»-.

WORDS OFTEN MIBUBED: Do not say “we performed our duty." Say “we discharged our duty."

OFTE N MISPRONOUNOED: agnomen; a as in "at," o as in “no,” accent after the o.

OFTEN MISSPELLED: deign; no.

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gift» lama W. Bggion. M.D,_fi ARE HEALTH HABITS REALLY

03TH WHILE? B ill the >W0fd. w BYNONYMB: pacify, appease, A physicm, advanced a strange conciliate, propitiate. placate, mol- argument recently, when he stated my‘

WORD STUDY: “Use a word three times and it is yours." Let us increase our vocabulary by master. ing one word each clay. Today's word: FEASIBLE; capable of bein done; practicable. "It was a solu- tion if it proved feasible.” ~

that this matter oi’ sleep, food, and exercise, was really not important. That if your ancestors had had var- ious ailments such as smallpox. typhoid fever. malaria, and other infectious ailments, that a c/ertain degree of_ immunity or freedom from these ailments, would be handed down to you. He pointedout further hcw some weaklings physically came through illnesses better than others more robust. What about this? Well there can be no question but that you inherit a certain degree of H+ immunity or safety from certain ail- ments and not from others, Other individuals will inherit im- munity from these ailments that at- tack you, and will\ be attacked by those from which ybu are immune. It would therefore. on the face of it. appear that there is really little use of bothering to take care of yourself if some ailments may at- tack you and others may not. However there is the one point

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The Land We Love By Frank Yeigh o-o-o+»+0' HOSPITALS IN CANADA ,

Q. How many hospitals are there in Canada?

A. There are 700 hospitals in Canada, - not including those for mental patients or sanltariums for tuberculosis patients. Of these 400 are public hospitals. 275 private, and 30 Red Cross. The public hospitals are by far the larflgegt units. fiThey that must not be forgotten and that are a “me W“ 6 eds p“ 05p ' is that these ailments that may at- m]; prim“ hospitals average 8V‘ tack you may do so in a very Se“ beds each,.and Red Cross hospitals ere manner or in a mild manner. ac- 5 beds “ch ‘ cording tothe degree of immunity your parents and ancestors handed on to you.

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If in a mild type there is nothing ' to worry about, but in a severe type your life itself m‘ay be at stake. By mbefla L”

And it is just here that your habits of life are going to count for or against you. If you have a good digestion, a regular intestinal habit, good pure blood-, a good pair of lungs, and a strong heart, these are going to count for you in the final struggle. Your doctor will tell you that he has seen cases of typhoid. of pneu- monia. of severe poisoning follow- ing an operation that had been de- layed too long. where the degree of the infection was so severe that he had practically given up hope, and yet the patient's strong heart, his constitution, had brought him safe- ly over the crisis. Now it is quite possible that the day will come when civilized man will be inoculated against the var- ious ailments, just as he is now vac- cinated and inoculated against smallpox and typhoid.

But even then as now, the condi- tion in which he keeps his body by food, sleep. and exercise, will always be a deciding factor in his chances for recovery should any severe ail- ment attack him. -—-—<-o-o

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Q. Who escorts the debutante to the dinner table? -

A. Her brother or her father.

Q. What is the least a Pullman porter should be tipped for a day, or an overnight trip?

A. 25c a day.

Q. What is becoming customary at all social functions?

A. To use the daylight as much as possible.

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HOUSEHOLD l SCRAP BOOK 3 By

R0 BE RTA LE E o+a+vv Kitchen Help

Hang single sheets oi’ newspaper near the_sink. They can be used in many ways. One way is to wrap the garbage in paper before putting in "*" the can; it keeps the can clean.

Daily Selections 1

FOR Guardian Readers Q Q-OQ-OQ-OO‘ August l6, 192B

MAL

r Cleaning Chickens

A nice way to get chickens per- fectly clean when dressing them, is to rub them thoroughly with bak- ing soda and then wash off with warm water.

A STRIKING CONTRAST- He

that is of a proud heart stirreth up 002p" and at!“ vessels

Copper and brass vessels are brightened by using vinegar and salt in the water when washing

PRAYER-Trust in the nerd. ivr- ‘hem’ _ Q ‘was Little Stories the Voices there are which call me on About The

Canadian Farm 404FO-OQ4-O-OO-Q-O§OO-QQ+OQQQ-Q THE WONDER OF THE SOIL

yet clear and sweet. They linger on the breeze.

"Mother earth" beneath our feet: the soil of the backyard garden and of the farmer's fields is not mere dirt, not a dead inert substance, but it is a living changing vital thing whifin ncxt 14> living organisms is perhaps the most complex, the most interesting and the most wonderful thing in nature-—a highly organized mixture of minute rock fragments] oganic matter. water, air, dissolved chemical substances. yeasts, molds and bacteria.

Through countless ages climatic agencies have changed the outer

And follow Faith's bright star.

Fear not when duty calls you on; Shun prudish shamc which mars Strong efforts in the fight ‘gainst wrong

See high aloft fair honor sits.

She braved life's lesser ills:

Aim high, be ti-uc, and also you May scale those lifty hills.

-Sheila.

I sympathize with all efforts to

constant replacement. icals which they contain are dis- solved in the rain_which falls and are absorbed by roots of the plant kingdom and finally built into trees, farm and garden crops and weeds. Soils differ very greatly in their -- chemical properties. Some are rich in nitrogen, some are rich in phosq phorus, and some are rich in pot-l ash. Most of the soils of ouFWest- em prairies appear to be well sup- plied withali of these three most es- sential elements of plant food. The, soils cf Eastern Canada are usually‘ lacking particularly in phosphorus. Physically also. soils differ very greatly. Coarse sand grains may be as large as the head of a pin while some clay particles are so small that ft requires more than 50,000,000 of them to equal in size one such grain of sand.

Perhaps the most interesting part of the soil is its biological proper- ties. Hidden in the subterranean

somewhat in doubt. Norway has been unsuccessful; the prohibition States in America cannot, I fear, be said to have solved the prob- blem by the measu ca they have taken for the absolute stoppage of the supply of liquor. I do not believe that it can be prohibited, and I further think that such pro- hibitlon is unjustlfiable in the present state of public opinion and in face of the fact that, inalarge number of countries of the world, wine is largely a dietetic article consumed by everybody. In our large cities 1 cannot see how pro- hibition can possibly be success- ful, and if you have a law habitu- ally broken it cannot fail to have a bad ei'i’ect on a community. I believe in all the measures you describe in your article, except that which makes a doctor liable to satisfy the courts that prohibi- tion was in accordance with rea-

bers are often weird in form, some- times harmful and usually benefic- ial in their acts, out never for a moment day or night without their effect on the giant world of plants, and animals and men that lives; forgetftrily lbove them. As many as‘ fifty million soil microbes may be quhriered in a teaspoonful of ordin-l

and his confidential relations to his patients. which are at the very root of our professional work and position. It would seem also to imply an exposure of the patient's name in what is not a criminal offense. also non- ‘ l persons cannot possibly judge as to what is