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The good. old Toronto Globe. stands ’ bearer of old-fashioned, traditional mberallsm, is sadly wor- ried these days. On the gyratlonl of its federal party leader. Mr. Mac- kenzie King. it has ceased to ofler ‘comment, the course which Mr. King has pursued in his antagonism to the Bnpire trade agreements “d ether issues vitally affecting Canada's relations at home and ‘abroad being diametrically opposed to u.» Globe's idea of Liberal policies. It has been looking hope- fully for light and leading from British Liberals, but here again its expectations have been frustrated. Only the other day, the Globe hail- ed with delight Sir Herbert Sam- uel's announcement: “Liberals we Ire and Liberals we must remain," It saw in this statement an inten- tion on Sir Herbert's part to “nail his colors to the mast for all the world to sec." The Globe, after be- stowing lts benediction on this an- nouncement, proceeded to discuss Ihnpine trade relations and the benefits which have accrued to all concerned from the Ottawa agree- ments. .

And now, from Sir Herbert Sam- uel in the British House of Gom- mcns, comes the statement that he is opposed to the Empire trade agreements. He quotes, apparently with approval, Mackenzie King as promising, if returned to power, t0 do away with these agreements,- the same agreements llllder which, according to the Globe, “trade has grown to the benefit of all concern- ed."

The best thing the Globe can do is wash its hands of the Samuellte "Liberals as it has already done of Mackenzie King, so far at least as his attitude on Empire trade is con- cerned. Samuel and King are evid- lntly tarred with the some stick.

WELL KEPT FARMS

Timely is the emphasis placed in

' “The Tourist Bulletin," official ‘organ of the Tourist Bureau of the MPTOVLYICC of Quebec, on the import- ance of well-kept farms as In at- traction to summer visitors. For the past ten years, the Quebec De-

" igartment of Roads has been con- tributing to the beautifying of prop- el-tles situated along the main high- ways of the Province by the distri- bution of lime and orrlamentas

. trees, and this year several agricul- tural societies of the Province have included in their program a farm [embellishment competition. Com- mending this movement, the "Bul- letin,“ says that the most powerful attraction exerted on visitors from the outside, particularly those from ‘the United States-who for the 1710B! hart know only the stifling atmosphere of great centres strong- __1y industrialized-is that of rural landscape. 'I‘hey experience a lively ‘pleasure in travelling our country- MIid-es, stopping here and there at

._._._._some farm which ‘attracts their at.

tention by its tidirless, the beauty of its~flower garden and its orchard,

.7911. Working together in the fields. But too often it happens, gay; the

-- "Quebec publlcatlomthat the agree- ‘Jlm-lbie impression given by such a '_,_,§harming rustic picture is immed. ,_ .., lately destroyed by the appearance 9M4?! llellhbouring farms, dilapidated, “Mjbaro of trees.

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flowerless, minus anything in the way of a lawn, with buildings and fences verging on ithe tumbledown state, exhibiting, in

qggfffillort. a. total lack oi taste and care .......O§1 the hart of the owner. The trav- ‘ wweller. stopping for a moment

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l0 411111: in the charm o.‘ some lovely

ndscape, might well beat a hasty _, treat, asking himself, perhaps, if ‘lvthe charm of the country dwelling fjhas not been a little bit exagger- "lted. Although he might not cut i short his sojourn it is altogether ‘likely that another year he will "Qirect his course towards more ' pleasant scenes.

my little to improve the appear- Pence of a farm: a fence put 1n ‘Arden a ditch run to line, ‘some I-flowers about the house, trees, ‘buildings arranged to p, plan and in good condition, im lements ,, "VI-Y after use; there are aplenty of things the farmer might

- u-do stiittle cost to inliprove the ap-

‘Matinee of his Property immense- 1y. He will be the first to benefit. Returning from the field at close

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‘W01 day, what a feeling of comfort

quiet restfulness should be his

Tlujt light of his tidy, welcoming-not

y-fcubidding-home. He‘ will have s y love for the land on which

" ‘gtefmi. all day; and so will his‘ . .

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sons and daughters. And the young pevplowllibeleastemptedtcleave the land and try their fortunes in the city. In these times when the throwing in cities of necole who oughttobecnthelandiscreating vexing social and economic prob- lems, wholehearted support should be given to any movement destin- edtonrcaerveinourpovoleths love of the acil and give that some love back to those who might ha lost it. '

A MAGNIFICENT GRANI’.

Announcement has recently been‘ mmdg of g grant for the study of

vast scale, by the Carnegie Endow- ment for International Peace. It is proposed that in- dependent studies of political, econ- omic and social aspects of Canad- ian-Ameriean relations will be made by a large number of acknowledg- ed authorities on either side of the line-es many by Canadians ls by Americans-and the whole cost. which in the end must run into millions, will be borne by the lin- dowment. Tbe ambitious program calls for studies in history, econ- omics, sociology, political science. education, international law and international relations.

Dean Corbett, of McGill, will dir- ect the Canadian studies in politi- cal science, and Dr. R. H. Coates, head cf the Dominion Bureau of Statistics, will conduct research in- to the movement of population. Professor D. C. Harvey, Archivist of Nova Scotia, c, native Prince Ed- ward Islander, and h-ofessor It. A. MscKay o! Dalhousie University, have been named for the historical committee of the survey.

The studies will be largely objec- tive and factual, and in m sense propagandist. In - i__ the grant, Dr. James T. shotwell said: “It would be highly iniudicious to attempt to interfere with the pro- cesses of national education by propaganda of any kind, even in the good sense."

Students, predicts a Montreal ex- change, will remdily appreciate the great value of the work proiected. We have, in Canada, all too small a body of available economic and social research and what there is, is all too little cc-orvlinated. The Dominion Bureau of Statistics, in Ottawa, would be the first to en- courage further research, for ex- ample, into the movement of capi- tal. The new grant will make pos- sible a series of studies which should prove of incalculable value, not only in the study of Canadian- American relations, but also in familiarlsing Canadians with their own national problems.

THE AUTO’S AGE

The automobile, says a Quebec ex- change, is still regarded by perhaps the majority of people as a fairly recent mechanical development, and certainly it has travelled far from its first beginnings. Nevertheless, the ll . has reached quite a respectable maturity u we are re- minded by the anniversary of the birth of Gottleib Daimler, whose centenary was celebrated in Ger- many last month.

This eminent engineer will al- ways be remembered for his work on the internal-combustion engine and the construction of the first light high-speed engine using spirit as fuel. His patent for this type of engine was taken out in Germany on December 16, 1883, and two years later, he made his first trial with a vehicle fitted with one of his en- gines.

That ulna year, Benz also brought out n. motor vehicle, but whereas the speed of his engine was only between 20o r.p.m. and 300 r.p.m. The engines olDaimler revolved at 000 rpm. and were thus the forerunners of the petrol engines used today in motor-cars and aircraft.

After patenting his hldh-speed spirit engine, Daimler built, in. the next two or three years, first a form of motor-bicycle, then a motor-car and a motor-boot. In 1887 he sold the French rights for the use of his patents to M. Seraain who induced the engineering firm cf Panhard and Levassor to take up the manufacture of motor-are.

Daimler, himself, in 1N0, found- ed at Cannstatt the Daimler Mc- toren Gesellschsft, and with this he remained connected, mainly in an advisory capacity, until his death.

EDITORIAL NOTES

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It was, notes an exchange, under typically happy circumstances that King George entered the jubilee year of his reign-ct home with his fam-

ily.

Canadian-American relations on a‘

Notes By The Way

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a footprint l! 1-3 1110118 in 16118“!

wastcogood seine formlicnand inlllllbly $0 . W110 stands seven feet in height. In all

that which has failed Thomas for house-breaking is reported. One firm regularly ships 17-inch boots to a oilstolner at Blranghail

‘he Neal attempt to diugcon the Church info "goose step” harmony with National Socialist ideals seems to have failed. Recently an enlis-

hringing a memorandum which declued that Protestantism through out the world regarded "the perse-

- cutlcn and dismissal of opposition

pastors a. disgrace to Germany." blow Bishop Mueller, under pres- sure from Hitler, has abrogated the decree o1 January i. by which be‘ attempted to act himself up as a dictator of the Protestant Church in Prussia, and has declared am- nesty for the dissenting pastors.

Dr. Gull-mi case, a ,... ,_ . lea man in London, has staricd a new religious movement which is reported to be commanding wide- spread attention. The sole condi- tion imposed on his followers is that they solve all their problems. civic, political and social, in the light oi the four Gospels of the New Teste- ment. Dr. Case seems to be advocat- ing a return to Christianity.

A college professor declared in n. public address in Ontario the other day that i800 words are enough in any language. And yet there are several thousand words in the Eng- lish language and the number is being added to every year.

I am unable to answer the ques- tion, "Why should the spirit of mortal be proud?" It too often is. however. Little children begin brag- ging to one another almost as soon as they have learned to speak. They insist that their father is smarter. or bigger or richer than the fathers of the children they are talking to. They know nothing about religion, yet declare that the church which their parents attend is the only church worth going to. If men and women would leave off bragging when they get out of their teens. we would be n. happier and a better ‘ ’ race.—"‘ “

Museolinfa drastic decree, mak- ing cuts in rents and salaries is only one symptom of this financial uneasiness. The esoteric mysteries of international high finance are not revealed to normal intellects. Indeed, even the most renowned ex- perts at the science differ passion- ately amongst themselves on certain cardinal points. Even poitical econ- omy is ‘developing its Einstein theories of relativity. But it will be a momentous fact in human history if the gold standard, which has ruled the world's business through so many centuries. presently toes the line with the Dodo.

horn Budapest comes a. story of how an unemployed locksmith got himself in trouble because he tried To keep somebody else out of it. He robbed the till of a. laundry and left a receipt bearing his name. When he was caught and asked why the receipt. he said: "I am too de- cent to want to get the cashier in- to trouble." H; was given three months in jail.

It ll hard to beat London Punch when it comes to administering a sly poke under the fifth rib. Deal- ing with the prevalence of murder and the cheapness of human life in some parts of the United states. Punch recently remarked: “We see by the Dos Angeles papers that a murder has been committed there for ten shillings! It doesn't seem much, but ten shillings here and ten shillings there soon counts up.

Gangland in the United States has taken to manufacturing its own machine guns and revolvers. which constitutes yet another challenge tothe Federal and State Govern- ments. The disarmament of the criminals across the border threat- en; to become as difllcult a "problem as international disarmament.

Mussolini has scored another trl- umph. Under his clirection the Pon- tine marshes have been drained. In- stead of fever-infested swamps, which they were for centuries. they are now fertile and habitable mead- ows and provide homesteads for thousands of unemployed war vet- erans. .

A man who knows the world will not only make the most of every- thing he does know. but of many things he does not know- end W111 gain more credit by his adroit mode of hiding his ignorance than the pedont by his awkward attempt to exhibit his erudition.

Ono of the strangest natural phenomen known to history is re- ported from a deep oil well at Pol- and. Carbon dioxide gas, under great premure, is forced high into the air where it solidifies and falls back to earth in the form of snow which is identical with the cam- mercial "dry lee" we now have.

Mr. Lloyd George has a plan to put unemployed people in Britain to work. He would take a million surplus workers out of the cities and put them on the land. Recla- motion of waste areas. reforestation. the training of youth for farm life an included in his scheme. It sounds well. But, when after the war, Britain tried to get her un- dnployed to go on land in the dc- lninicns, she failed. People in the slums have been moved to the country and made thoroufly mis- erable. Habits. the habits of gener- ations, are hard to change. A Mus- solini might do it in Italy, a Hitler in Germany. but a Lloyd George in lmgland, we don't think. But that

does not necessarily, make the plan a bad one.

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B! In: U- 3min. Il- TII WEIGHT IIDUUING DIUG — DINITIOPIIINOL

During the year 100s l. number of experiments in reducing were carried out by Dre. W. C. Cut- tlnl and M. L. ‘hint-er, Ban Pran- cisco, with a new drug known as dlnitrophenol. They found that dinitrophenol, edinproberdoeedcausesan in- crease ill the rate at which the processes work, no mattgr what form or combination of foods are used. Even when as much as five pounds in a week was loot. it would seem that the structure of the body-the actual tissues- was i that the actual loss of weight was due to the using up of the stored fat or starch in the

Thus Drs. Cutting and Tainter stats that. "dinitrophenol is very useful in the treatment of extreme overweight (obesity), and may be useful in other states when the badly processes are slower than nor- ma

Naturally a drus that can be ta- ken by mouth to reduce weignt is bound to be very popular with those who are overweight who do not wish to reduce their food intake or increase their exercise.

However the Journal of the Am- erican Medical Association’ cautions against the general use of this drug as yet, ls much of the mater- ial on the market is not pure and over-dosage may cause dangerous symptoms or even death.

Recently Dru. I. M. Rabinowitch and A. F. Fowler, Montreal, have done considerable experimental work on diniuropherlol, employing various tests.

In each test the subject (pa-

tient) was kept in bed for at least 15 hours beforehand and until all observations were completed. No food was given for 15 hours before the drug was given and none until after the tut was completed. Sips of water only were given as it was felt that this would allay thirst and prevent discomfort. because the discomfort from thirst would in crease the rate at which the body processes were working and so spoil or at least affect the test. _ It was noted that in some of the tests the rate of the body proces- ses was increased by as much as 50 per cent. Notwithstanding this in- crease in the body processes. the heart and pulse rate were not in- creased.

Despite the favorable results ac far obtained Drs. Rabinowltch and Fowler state that because dinitro- phenol does not always‘ act the same way in the some ‘individual, and because of ‘the danger from cverdosage, further study. must be; made and in their opinion all ex- periments for some time to come should take place only in the hos-

FROM "THE NLBRMMD"

Brighter than the bright noon, Clear as a summer moon, Fair as the wheeling Seven That nightly dance in heaven, She stretched her arms to him out of the bay- in which

Smooth was the water she lay,

Smoother than beryl; and white was she,

Whiter than frost-white stone can be

White-as the wind-whipped spray of the sea.

Her voice was like the lute

Touched where waves are mute,

Twelve leagues under water,

By the wan Sea-King's daughter:

Amber her hair in its amber comb-

She laughed and called to him out of the foam,

"Fisher lad. are you toiling yet

At broken oar and torn net?

Lock no more for the spiced gale

To fill and lift irl your crimson sail—

Put by the years of spcnt endeavor,

Furl up the wings of your ship forever;

In a dew-sweet dawn step down to

me, Step down and be lapped eternally Lost in the cool embrace of the sea."

(Audrey Alexandra Brown in the Dalhousle Review»

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Joe Miller And His ' Book

(kchlllle) - Joseph Hillary-famous fcr the Joke! made, was born 250 years

professional descendants, comedians cndwriters of show material, did him honor in New York City on that say. They Placed ct Joe and the amt Joke Perpetu- ted on his name-the joke that as- cribed to him one of the wittieat tongues of his day, whereas the ro- corded truth was that he made only one and certainly not more than three Jokes in his whole life cl’ fifty- four years.

The original Joe Miller was an ac- tor and a popular one in such parts of Teague in Bir Robert Howard's

Committee." 'I‘rincu_1o in "The Tempest," the First Grove Digger in

Busybody."

but when he took his ease in his inn, the Black Joe in Clare Market, Lon- don. he laid humor strictly aside and the humorous marketmen and theat- rical wits who congregated there, could never get a smile out of him. It became the custom, in fact, to ascribe all sorts of wild stories to Joe Millerpsince he would have been the last man on earth to tell them, and after his death on August 1e, 179B, his friend, John Mottlcy, the play- wright, made a collection of Jokes and anecdotes from many sources and published them, under the title of "Joe Miller's Jesta: or, the Wit/s Vade-Mecum." ‘rile book appeared

memory was still green, and had an enormous success. It has been re- printed innumerable times, generally with additions and modernizations of the material.

U. S. Crime Menace

(Montreal Gazette)

state and municipal forces of law and order have admittedly fail- ed ln the work of preventing and detecting serious crime in the Unit- ed States. This charge may not ap- ply to all states, but the very fact that the federal forces have had to be requisltioned ‘to wage warfare against criminals in many sections serves to prove the oft-repeated assertion that the evildoers have ways and means to secure protec- tion and avoid punishment. It is here-that politics enters, and some recent events in this connection are illuminating. In Illinois, for in- stance, United States agents have won what is termed a major victory by forcing from John J. “B0e$" McLaughlin, Chicago politician, a confession that he had, helped dis- pose cf $53,000 of the 8200.000 in small bills paid for the ransom of Edward Bremer, a St. Paul banker. As McLaughlin and three others have confessed, they have been charged _with conspiracy, which seems a comparatively mild charge where the terrible crime of kidnap- ping is concerned.

The case of the Chicago politician is not "an isolated one. Flagrant scandals resulting from corrupt pol- itics and the appointment of judges by party bosses have recently been exposed in New Jersey and New York. In the former state one judge told an investigating committee that he had paid $25,000 for his ap- pointment to the Bench. He paid more than cash. however, for he informed the committee that he was so harried and intimidated by pal-Ly M15698 thflt he kept a revolver on his person while presiding on the bench, to protect himself, if neces- sary, agalnst racketeers who want- ed him to obey their orders with regard to the disposal of charges against their friends He also de- clared that he had been called out of bed in the middle of the night to sign release orders for gangsters ar- rested by the police, his callers be- ing district political leaders. who, while giving him orders, promised to give him protection if he in turn got into trouble for serving them, over in New York there was another iudce. who was denounced by the Bar Association as being "hopeless- ly corrupt." tor being in close re- lationship with a notorious fixer, who, though not a lawyer, appear- ed regularly in court, and went ms length cf sitting on the bench be. side the judge during the trial of cases in which the bosses for whom he was acting were interested. 'I'hc usefulness of the 11161898 in question in the two neighboring states is of course at an end, but the system that permits such corrupt practices will have to be wiped out if the criminal influence is to be abolish- ed. The Attorney-General of the United States is striving earnestly to bring about reform and the ver- ious bar associations are aiding him, but there can be little change for the better until the way of corrup- tion is made impossible for the ward and district politician. “Polltlcal" judges do not dispense fair justicq an‘; corrupt politics enccufage C C. c