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THE CHARLOTTETOWN‘ GUARDIAN

Tha Bharlottetoiiin Guardian

President. LleuL-Col. W. Chutn- l. IaLnII VInu-Prenldcnl, J. B. Burns". l. J I- lourciury Menu-Col. D. A. Miwlﬂnnon. l). l. O.

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Idltor cad lounging Du-rcior I. B. Bunsen. I. I. l. Anoclinc Edfturc, Fronds Waite: and l). K. Oink.

lot-am; Dally (ti-untied I887; 80.00 per you (In oilvuon)

lclfvercd in (‘tly 81.00 ui-r Jen: iln udvunccl mulled In

rum minim! lulu-II. $.00 pa: your (In dunno) lulled lo (Juumll 1nd Unlled SUI-kl

FRIDAY, APRIL, 16, 1937

The Mass Mind

Prime Alinisii-i- .\‘r.\.\i.i;v BALDWIN has tit-

terwl a strong and lllllt'l_\' protest against the grouiii; tt-iiili-iivy- of what hi- dcscribt-s as mass thinking- .\l-11li-ri1 di-ii-li-pinc-iit of commercial

and inilti-ti-ial i-ollet-tiiisiii has the ltaneftil cf-

fvct of ﬁultlllvlﬂlllt the individual. of permit- ting 1111" .'i;-o1-i-g_-:11:11ii 11- l-t-ci-iiii- iloi11i11.'1i1t, and to ri-li-gait- llll‘ lllillYlIllllIl to thc insignificant

part of .1 pas-tie t'o11t‘111'i'i-1'. Xot so long ago, i11-tort- 1-1311111141111-11 was so contpletcly iii 0111-’

trol as ll 1- 11-1111), i1 was not llllllt-llill for thc flIlll\'--.'Ill1l-ll1(‘ to appoint an “official kicker" \\ll4J.~(‘ 11111; 11 was 1-1 kvt-p a watchful 1-_\"c on of- ficialili-ni, aii-l 1o iiolt-iitly protest when he thought 1111-) vii-"i- n-tizpiug more authority tl|:111 tl1i-_\ \\\l'\‘ iiuith-il Io. o1‘ wcrt- leaving un- iloiii- tli-si- iliino- which the} wort- sII]I]tO.\t'(l to 11o. l'-1i'_ lll1i|\l1ll‘i.ll inili-pciiili-iicc is now s0 >..llllltl 1111-1 lllllll'l'llllllt'(l. that tht- average col- l1 t-ini- crow-l in an organization dot-s not even tw-lt-ct an "official kiclu-i”, zilli-wiiig‘ thi- powers-

thrii-i-t- 111-1 1-1111" 1o think for 1111-111, l111t to (l0 for 1111-111 zt- \\<'ll. 11 l_\ lllls ti-n-lcitc-y; .\lt1. BALI)- \\'l.\' w a-lii \ I11 t-oiiiiit-rzict. iiii-l ht- is not alone in appi-(lii-ii-lzi-g 11s daugi-ry Principal 1-‘11-"1-1, of

(\llL‘l'11L'l'l] Llil\i‘?'~llv\', liui- of l/_l'11t'('l1'5 addressed 1111- gfflllllflltﬂ ll1\' 111111-1‘ r111)" along the same lilttzs. lle c-;~-i"=i--l 1111111 :11 all costs to preserve llll’ lll‘l'\llllillli_\' uirvh Ii.i_\' 11.111 ilcvr-li-pt-il in the Linicii-uy- and to 11111111" it to dcvt-lop further.

'I’h<-r1- 1s a \i-i-_\ lT-Il I'l~l\' that cithcr through the: grmiil mfltiiiive of iuiml-i-rs. or perhaps by the CHlII-[tlllsllill of 1lv~|---Iic authority- we may bc inrcr-il to lo-i our llltllYltlllllllly and to share vii-ivs 1111-1 lil‘l(.‘.\ uirz-"h are not really 0111's. "\\'e tna-y bt-o-iiit- not .1 pi-r-i-ii, but at1 automaton." The way Ill prisi-rvi’ our pctsoitztlity is t0 d0

things for 11111-1-1111- i11 our oivn way.

I Editorial Notes

Fatcful Ctrlloden, 1746- * v n1

Otir City clay streets iiccd and

attention, gravel is not thc mediciitcthcsc days.

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In (liitario they have abolished the amuse- ment tax: lii-rc otir Government intend increas- ing the thcatrc tax.

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Shotild wc have a wct summer, which IICIIVCTI forbid, our main roads still unpaved will he quzigmircs and a ntctiace to modern transport. Uh. for a man of vision at thc head of our Provincial affairs!

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Therc is a measure of satisfaction in having one or two of thc go-monopolists at length show sonic life i11 thc Legislature, btit, also, it is evidently mcrcly making a show of locking the stable after thc stccd has been stolcn. The owners o1 thc slced and stablc will not forget this when calling thc present ICIILIIIIS t0 account.

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Disregard for Prohibition as a law mtist be hcld largely accountable for thc revelations at the Lobster Investigations at Albt-rton. Thc people have been accustomed so long to pretend that they are teetotal in fact instczid of mcrc make bt-licvcs, that they adopt the same cynical itttituilt- towards other laws and regulations. If wc sow corruption corruption shall wc rcap. and thc harvest is with us now iti Lobster adminis-

tration.

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I11 his Ottawa lcttcr "Behind thc Ilcadliitcs", in this issuc, .\lr. Dean \\'ilsoi1 makes ccrtain forecasts regarding the policy to bc adopted by the Canadian delegation to thc Imperial Con- ference to help thc blothcr Cotintry and Ein- pirc iii general. It involves a scheme to rclicvc the pressure on Germany. Italy. Poland, Spain and “other troublesome Europczitt zones,” of their excess ltilllltlélllﬂll, and to enable these for- eign peoples to start life anew under the Bri- tish flag.

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\\'h:-i1 Nlr. Gordon Graydtm, M. P. (Conser- vate, Pccl) thought people in rural parts should

be given more precise information and more warning as to when their radio licence fees were

“Do not sill-host: that lam praisingsclfish-ness" "lllc- thc dllnl-‘tcr 0i irramllorl- Hml- C’ D‘

la-id thc l‘1'i11cip.1l, "1111- sclf-ccntrcd lilc is the narroivi-si of all. Self-realization demands thc fullest 1‘l)-1t]1r‘l'.'IllU!l with thc connntinity because society (:_‘Xl>15 to give fri-t- play to human in- rl1vi1l~iiai1t~_v. and it is only i11 its social relax-ions that thr- svl-f van develop."

Th1- ipii-stion which cha-ldcitgos our zittcnt-ion ls "l-loiv can I .\<"'\'l‘ my gent-ration?‘ The qual- ity that above all is Ilt‘C<l(‘(l both 1n mind 311111 iri character is u-hat we may call thc quality of disiutt-rcsti-rlncss. And that mca-tis indivirlua-l thinking, for otherwise httmaitity i-s prone to selfishness, lasit-ticlc, and mental and moral de- lily‘

a * Protesting Too Late

How". lt-I-a, DbN N15 places on thc “temperance people" the onus of failing to protest sooner aigc-ui-st the CAAIPIIIZIJ. Govcrnmcitts intporta- ﬁiori of brewery stallions. The Minister is aware, of course, vhat thc-rc ‘were protests in thc Press before the pi-l-ivy via-s put iitto operation last yea/r. "Phi.- rhd 1111f deter the Government from going athmd with its plans for importing an ad- ditional brew-cry stallion this season. So we assume .\1IR~ 111-. r<is' reference was to the “tem- perance para-lo" i11 the Legislature. Had they protcstcd last sr-s-ion, when thc “genci-osity" of the brewers i-vas being lauded on the floor of the House. thc-y iriiqht have prevented the con- pintizmce of t-lic pol-icy this season.

Now tthzit .\lR. \\‘i<ir;t~i='r has broken the “con- spiracy of silence", we may cx-pec-t other Pro- hihitiim champions to do likewise; wits-hing their

hands, like f'i1..>."r1-.. of all responsibility. Mean- “llllt”, another hreivery stallion is to be import- cil this yi-ar. to thi- dcinrwralization, in MR. Wkionik opinion, of our young men. and the

fun-her inori-eu-orl vimstimptir-n of a product u-lrrh thc Proh-ihition Act makes illegal except for iiii-iliiine.

Hos; .\li<- LrP-ioc. who hail fir-thing to say

lib-nu l-"i-u 1-1111 vl-‘llllltlli was very scvcrc oit thc r1 i-o-r- for "iwit-lvet-i-i-fiig" 1'11 is-uing prescrip- lt'1l|-. llr-vv- i- niii- “iwivki-t", at any rate, for 11111-11 "l1.- ilhflwf- .-tr1- not l‘('.~|I(tll$ll1lC. They 1-1-11 |1l"'l\'~l1il zigsiinsi ri-voiviiig so iviany beer svrﬁ-t from 1111- (lxiii-in-Ltt. (iovernniciit!

‘:11! 1-1 111i 11:1), what 2.11.1- thc amount of bcer :---'-l :i'1i¢11l-l\- for mi-divinal purpost-s last year? .»\'1 Jlll\\\('l' 10 that question would have a good dr-l more bearing 1-11 thc Prohibition situation i11-l llll" aia-i-rifi- 1-1 it». ri-‘l-ministrator. than all tui- pii-tesiat-ii-its oi oitr consoieitcc-gudlty law-

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.l'll'l\\'(.‘, said plenty of notice was being given, and then lic regalcil thc Ilousc xvith thc results of thc yi-rir just closed. In thc fiscal year just cnilcil, said Mr. Howe, a total of over 1,000,000 radio rcctviving licence fees were collcctcd with a nct rcvcnuc of $1,900,000. Ovcr 2.000 per- sons were prosecuted for not paying thcir fccs on tiinc. Of these 1.500 later paid their dues “qttic-tly." “As for thc rcntainilcr." adilcd thc Minister to the accompanimctit of a roar of laughter in thc Chamber, “thaw wcnt to their respective rncinbcrs of Parliament.” 1v 1o- 11-

Qticcn Nla-ry (the Quccn Hollis-r) paid a stirprisc visit to Wk-stininstirr Abbey thc other day and sa-t on the dais, which she will occupy zigain on May 12 to gaze down on the corona- tion of her son, King‘ George V1, aitd Queen l-Ilizabeth. Queen .\Iar_v drove tip in hcr big black Daimler during thc ltinch hour while several ivorkmcn at thc Abbey were playing football with a block of 1110011 in Broad Sanctuary. The workmen stopped their game and stood aside respectfully as she passed inside. The Earl Marshal, the Dttkc of Norfolk. acted as guide in showing Queen Mary the elaborate prepara- tions being made to scat 8.000 pccrs, pecrcsses and other select guests at the coronation cere- mony. She found the Abbey, from which the public is now barred, littered with lumber, car- penters‘ tools and draftsmcifs benches- Shc smiled reminiscently as she mounted thc dais so ncar to the spot where she and King George V were crowned in 1911.

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Although the British Home Office favors sentences of so mzmy strokes of the “ca? on the backs of adult delinquents whose victims have suffered bodily injury at their hands. as in cases of assault and robbery by violence, &c., it is now on record as opposed to the birch being applied to juvenile offenders. The case which London papers say caused the Home Office to issue an inhibition to police magistrates was that of seven boys between I0 and 14 years of age who appeared before the Eat-ling juvenile Court charged with stealing hospital collection boxes from store counters- Each received three strokes of the birch in the magistrates room. One mother who heard the cries of her boy fainted. Latcr an official of the Home Office said: “One of every four chil- dren bitched, it has been found. is in trouble again within a month, and four-fifth of all chi-l- dren birchcd arc convicted of more serious ol-

rciisos in two yea-rs.” u 1v n1

The (‘iemians are bcginnirmg to protest too much. The speed of German rearmament, al- though not its potentialities. has been exagger- ated Berlin experts now declare. She can today

antes By The Way

We keep thinking about. those Amish and Mennonite farmers In FEIIHSYIVEIIIB. who travelled down to Washington to ask the Govern- | merit. not to help their community build a 8125.000 PWA consolidated school. They don't. believe In borrowing money. or taking it as a. gift, even from the Government. They have nobody on relief 1n their township, and they don't want anybody to go on relief. They don't. want luxuries and con- veniences, pleasure automobiles, radios, movies. They don't. want thclr children riding In buses t0 a consolidated school-would rather have them walk to oldfashloncd schools nearer their homes because the ‘children “will giow up to be ftnirgrs and they must have strong legs." We kecp smiling at the quaintness of such notions. Those Amishmen and Mennonites cling- ing to strict observance of ancient beliefs, are depriving themselves of so many modern advantages. The more progressive rest of us can't help feeling a. little sorry for them, as well as amused by them. And yet. while In WashIngt-n, they seemed very cheerful. They kept! smiling, and their smiles were broadcast when they started home. It suggests a. faintly disturbing thought:—iMay'bc they think wc‘re

fuiniiy.-—New York World ‘Fele- gram.

Within a few months three veteran town o.f1c1als in Ashlancl ltnve died. They served their fown In various capacities efficiently and well through the years. The chair- tmin of the beam of assessors was eighty when he died. The c‘erk of the same board was seventy-six. The town almoner urns eghty-six Almost every town in the Com- monwealth can point to at least one official with a long record of service such as those man estab- lished. They are men who contribute tremendously" to making ‘afficlcnli. economic town government. Any arbitrary fixing of» a limit in age‘ when they would no longer be deemed useful to their comimittes would be aibstirb. Thclr rccords mid the confidence and estccm of their fellow citizen; prove that-Boston Post.

A claim that he possesses the world's lonzest moustache ls made by Mr. Mnlathangi-i. an Indian ms-d- icnl dresser who llvos 111 Sutzziporo His motistachc measures 64 inches from tip to tin. About. four ycars ago Mr. Mnlathnngi was Ill for two months. Dni-‘ng the time he was in bed he (lid not shivc. ‘Vvhcn ‘ he got 11p hr.- w£t< su i-iscd to find that his moiist-u-lie was IO inches 1on2. Much to his sin-prism it. con- tinucd to grow. Slowly and stctidily It. spread fathct" r1111 father to thr- east and west of 111s 111cc tmtil It has 110w roar-hei- n length of fivc feef. four inches. Ml‘. Maluthanci says the moustache ‘Ls s51] growing:

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usmc sIw-sAL-rs ma. GALL amour-m AILMENTS

Now that liver I; belng used to save thc lives of pernicious anae. mia. patients and insulin to do IIke- wise for diabetics, It should be re- inembered that the use of the juice of other tissues and organs of the body are being used when stlmula- Lion or speeding up is necessary. Hence we sec thyroid gland gx. 91'1""- ‘bemﬂ used when the body processes are working too slowly; thc Individual having become over- ivetght and oftcn mentally and physically Inactive. Other ‘organ’ extracts used by physician; 1n various body defects are those from adrenal glands situated one on bop of each kidney, the pituitary gland lying on the ﬂoor of the skull, the genital organs and others.

It ls n01; surprising therefore When ‘we find that bIle-salts-from the bile 01‘ gall of cattle 15 nqw being much used in the treatment of liver and gall bladder ailments; that these salts act in supplying the needs of the Itver and gall bladder when there Is slugglshness, slowness. or inflammation present.

Drs. Bernard D. Dosenaik and Kenneth G. Kohtstaed. Indlan- npalis. Ind. in American Journal of Digestive Diseases and Nutri- tion. in speaking of the use of bile-salts, state:

"A group of 63 patients, 22 with gall stones. I6 with Inflammation of the gall bladder wfthout evidence of stones. and 25 with symptoms of gall bladder trouble (slowness) IViIIIIOIIIZ evidence of gall bladder disease-was treated with bile- snlts. Marked benefits were obtaIn- cd by a plan of treatment conslst- mg of a low-fut dict (cutting away down on butt/er, cream, egg ynlkg andbthcr fat foods) and the aid- mimstration of a pure bile-salt prcniirntion. The salt. was 1d- mimstcrcd In E-graiti capsules given before or during meals. Patients were started on one capsule three times daily and the dose was In- creased unl-II regular" bowel move- ments were obtained without catlmrtics. The most marked Im- pi-ovcmctit. uvis sccn in the control

0f directive symptoms (gas pains, <

full fcclinm and constipatlon. The best i-csnlt". occurred In the group of pal‘ its consisting of persons lhtlléll liver and slow empty- ing 2:111 bladder."

New this (lot-s not moan that Patients u-‘ltlt those digestive symp- tom- "ur-‘vrl 1,10 info a drug shrc rind buv “bilc-salts." Reliable drug Fri-or. imnufantiirc “comhlnatlctif of bile-stilts with drugs such 3,5 phenolt-lialcitt and others, but

at thc rntc of an inch on Gilli?!‘ side a m0ntl1.-—Vl1IICOlI\'€1’ Province

A curious story attaches to a rifle. given by T. F. La\\-ri-ri;:- to Knq George V. vrhich has hoe-n placed on loan in tho Imperial War Mnscum and ‘ls now on exhibition there. T1112 story is written ‘n Lawrence's hand on i1 half-sheet of note nails-f‘ which is ‘nclosed in an envelop" endorsed 2v thc Into Kitig George: “History of British riflc-cnoturcd by the Turks. given me by Colonel Lauri-choc." Lawn-Price's notc rims as follows: “A short; L"e Erifielrl rifle was captured by the Turks In Gttllipsli and sent to Constantinople as a trophy. The Tﬁirklsh GOV-FYI’!- ment had It cntrravcd near thc lock in gold in Turkish. ‘Booty ranlurcd In the ftchlﬁnr: at. Chanak Kale.‘ Enver Parsha then prrh-ontcd It to Emir Ftelsnl (thcn a Turkish sub- ject. and the guest of Jctnnl Pasha In Damascust. It is IPSCVDFCI In Turkish near the bayonet. clln. ‘Presented by Rnvc-r Pasha to Sheri!‘ Fctsal.‘ “Flolsal scnt thc rlfle to Mecca. The Arabs th=n joined the British. and Fcisnl found that. the ammmrtton sup-pllcd him ‘Ithd Driver's rifle so he CIIITIPTI It. with him from June. 1916. to Dccembcr. 1916, when he gave the rifle b0 Colonel Iawrence near Medina. Colonel Lawrence ct-rrled the rIfIc till October. I918. when Damascus was cupttired." LHWTPYIOE'S Initials are also carved upon the weapon.- London 'I‘Imes.

The present standard of natlvc wages, particularly on the farms. may be disgustingly low. but Is nevertheless designed In enable all natives to pay thew poll tiix of £1 11nd some of them their adirttor-al hut. tax of 10s.; whereas. if nntlve taxation were b0 be reduced. cm- ployers of native labour would Im- medlatcly take advantage of the fact to reduce natlve wages to a. still lower standard. ‘ﬂint. does not strike us as anything to be proud 01f. —Jul'ia.nnesburg Tlmes

OHM!‘ City Council ha; asked the Police Commfsslon to Impose an annual license fee of mo on each automatic vending machine lxvoperatdon In the clty. Whether a. tax of this magnitude should be,

-~J1»---w~a+--t1-u~--l=1ti»--l-loiwi m... Lia's xinlifrliixm £11.11 election )t-ar vxpt-iidittires should not pro- pi-rly he 1111-1111111] 111 eoitiparing the finances gn- (lIT d1 tfcrt-nt‘ party gitveriiini-ttts. “Election year," lu- saiil. “will alwap be the year i11 which sonic unit-ital 111’ carrii-il iner cxpt-nscs will be (leaned up. I siil-inu that every year tinder thc ailmiiiisti-atii-ii of our governments there is a (llll>l(lt'l'illIl(‘ ainl-tint 11f utlpilid ltlllh 21b at DC- ci-nihcr 3t in lllt‘ Public Accounts. But when a gIHCTlllIlIIll girl's 1,1111, of office in midsummer, and an zui lm-r l> brought iii, all of these ont- stanilin; l-ill. ovi-r the past four years will be chat-girl up 11- that one year. lt is an unfair Ciyinltllfl-ltl] lllI'll 11- incliidi- our clcction years 11-11111 1111-11" 1-.\1r;io1il1|1.1ry cxpi-tiscs arc yet t0 Conic." (lﬁitrvol, ,\|-1‘1l II. H135.)

This l-i-ii-o 1111- oftiiial 1.1110111 attitude of the late l‘t‘~[H'<'lL'4l 111.111 of the (jwsiriiiati. Govern- nii-iit. 1111.11 are i11-to think of thc contrary argu- mi-iit llll\\' l-tiiig used by other IIICIIIIXITS of that} Government F

give any nation a scrap far more vicious than it would enjoy, and she cottlrl have done s0 yesterday. But a year ago, at the time of t-he Rhincland reoccupat-ion, Germany would have lost (though she would have fought and cx- acted a heavy toll) had France taken positive measures. And Germany would probably lose today even i-f France were her only opponent, say these Hun militarists. For Germany's first two-year class of thoroughly trained conscripts will not complete its service until next Fall and she has not yet enough equipment of all types to outfit completely all her active tinits. much less all the potential reserves, and she ltas not. it is claimed, satisfactory medium and heavy tanks in any numbers. All of which is not to say that Germany will not fight today or to- morrow if necessary. Every one of her active tinits is at war strength and in war camouflage. ready instantly, and Germany's preparations have now reached the point at which they com-

.mand the respect and fear of her neighbors.

Ievled we do not know. ‘It would seem to be prohibitive. and wheth- er these machines should be ban- ned Is a matter for armimcnt. But. The Journal agrees with council that In ﬁilrnesa to retail business. which pays hetwv taxes. control must be excrclsed over this man- ner of aelllng goods. —0tt.awa Journal.

One flnn In Lonilnn stands 8o do a brink business If COTMBUOTI day burns out to bg wet. The-y have a large supply of drlzzle capes In Coronation colors and embellished with the Saint James rose. That's lust one of Jiho hundreds of ways y the London merchants are expect- lnq to cash In during the Coron- atlmt festivities-Windsor Star. 1

Even at the eleventh hour the Holy Father ls willing to i11-estab- tish peace bctwncn Church ma’ Qtnf-c. HM Hts Hvﬂlnes! 1on1»; H~rr ‘Hlﬂer no room for dniibﬂmz. "f!

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Drs. Dost-rink and Kohfstaedt re- for to "pin-c" bIlc-srilt preparation, The dose should be prescribed by Yﬁlll‘ fllttnlv physician together with prescribed low-fat dict.

THE MIRACLE

Come. sweetheart, listen, for I have a thing _

Most wonderful to tell you-news of Spring.

Albeit whiter still ls In the air, And the earth troubled, and the branches bare,

Yet. down thc ﬁelds today I 55w her pass~

The Sprtng-—I1er feet went ahtnlng mfﬂllkh the grass.

She touched the ragged hedge. rows-I have seen

Her ﬁnger-pr nta most delicately green;

And she has whispered to t/he crocus leaves.

And to the gnrrulous sparrows In the eaves.

swiftly she passed and shyly, and her fair

Young face was hidden in her cloudy hair.

She would not stay, her season In ' not yet, But. she has rcawakened, and hu set

The sap of all the world mo, ma rent

Once more the ahgdows o! our d15- cart-tent.

Triumphant new: — a mlmch I

sing- Thu everlasting mlmcle of Spring. —Johri.Drlzikwntor.

W__________ YQEdLQLII-IIQ. Pontlff. “peace Is 1w- comc. then the Church of God wIII stand up for Its rlghts and lIberf-Y In the Name of the Almighty, Whose arm even today Isnot. short.- ened." In their struggle cgafnlt persecution the Catholics o! Ger- many wIII have no warmer cymp- athtsers than the people of Irolbnd. --I.i-Ish ' ‘ r ndent, Dublin.

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THE TAXATION JAUGIRNAUT

Btu-If thc-ﬁnmcherous thlrty had told the lt-ory to the electors which they have revealed In cotton would there have been n mother's son of them drawing their Indenmlties and plcktnu today?

In I920. when the Bell Govern- ment. after pledging to run the country 1nd produce a surplus without tax Increase, doubled up their Indemnttles and salaries, and more than doubled the taxes, a Government. member satd “we are taking our political IIle In our hands": eat drlnk and be merry for tomorrow we dlc. And so It proved. An out-raged electorate sent them to Hades.

The Hon. Mr. Maclntym predicts today In nearly the same language, "our political lives," a. prophecy certain of fullfﬂlment.

In the United Stat-es. It was re- ported that a man died lacvlng an estate of 852,000,000" but that the combined taxes and succession duties amounted to .000,000., the whole estate being 82,000,000, chop; of the taxes involved. _

This Is the prectplce toward which the Campbell Government Ls heading. We have paralells In Chicago a few years ago where a. like proﬂlgacy left the CIty unable to borrow money so much needed. even to pay oIvII salaries, of Montreal reduced to almost a like state of semi bankruptcy, imd of Newfoundland which had to be taken over by the Imperial Govern- ment managed by a commission. Mr. W. F. A. Stewart Ls report-ed thus:-

“stresstng the manner In which the provincial debt piles up (he) calculated that on every hundred acres of farm-land In the province there Ls a. mortgage of 8540., not including arears of taxes or the mortgages placed on them by the huge amount of the Dominion debt."

A-"sume these figures correct, add to them the enormous amount of mortgages held by private persons and loan bodies. and what. an appallng total It would make. If we were forced Into liquidation to- day. we are hoplessly Insolvent. The total average of farm lands would realize little over 8100. per acre. and we could not pay 10c on the dollar.

And with the present rate of sky high taxation. the growing spend- thrtft ploflgacy of government, and the higher cost. of Ilvtng, one or .t\vo years of severe depression would launch 11s Into a. ﬁnancial chaos worse than Chicago, Mon- trca-l. Newfoundland, or that of Aberhart the Social Credit wizard of Alberta. In such a depression the farmers who struggle so hard to pay the moremoderabe taxes under Conservatives, would be totally helpless, no matter how willing. to meet. the death dealing toll of Liberal government's tidal wave of taxation.

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BEERRS BRIDGE, BANNOCK- BURN ROAD

Bin-In the annual report of public works and highways for 1936. page 40. and signed by J. A. Reardon, dIvIsIon engineer, Queens County, the following report ap- pears:

Beer's Bridge. Bcnnnckburn Road —-'l'hts old wooden pile bridge was becoming unsafe for traffic and It. was mplaced by a concrete slab brldge restlng on creosote piles. The arch of the new bridge was widened to 18 feet and the brldge was lengthened to 24 feet. Tiers of poles were used as abutmcnts. The approaches were widened and graded to the level of the new bridge and a standard wooden raIlIng placed. This bridge was built by day labor under Foreman William McPhee.

Mr. Rear-don’; report as above states that this bridge was con- crete slab resting on creosote piles. I ﬁnd on page 21B of the public works and htghways report. an Itemized blll of Imbor wfm only two small amounts of material In- cluded, nevertheless Mr. Rear-don has a. signed statement. over hIs ovm signature of a concrete slab and creosote piles. The question Is thls; this bridge was built under ordinary revenue u’ there la no reference to this bridge In the Public Accounts under the Unem- ployment Relief and Asafatance Act. 1936.

Not only would this bridge have to have creosote ptles and cement. also lumber. ‘and and gravel and I Inge quantity of Iron. I01‘ the dimensions of the span Is 18 ftby 24 ft. Beer’: bridge Is on the Bannockbum Road and one mllc from K-Ingcbon Comer In the 2nd dfstrlct o! Queens that has the honor ct having tmo mclnbec-a In the present legislature, Hon. B. W. IAPBBQ- President of the Exec- utIvc Council, and m. Angus Mc- fhec, MLA, New l-hvcn. It will be remembered that. during their regtme s few years ago thntKtng- awn Cornu- had a monument charged up to c new brldge In the public works and high-why! report. that never had one nail driven. By the following Itemized statu- rncm I fall h ﬁnd the cost. of obi-w: mam-In] man" ‘ ln t-hll iii-um. why 8101114 mu brim bl cumuhd u I ﬁnd tho coat of c number d tribal wfth creosote pﬂﬂ, gi-cvd. and. cement. mikes and m1! Included In the 00d.

Beer’: kiln BtrnM-mntcrlcl,

811m. mart Anderson-labor. 864.50. Bertram Aida-labor. 816.40.

II! Acid-Mint, 817D.

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Georg: H. Beer-labor, 817.28. Herbert Campbell-labor, 824.00. Nell Campbell-labor. 812.00. Albert Glow-labor, 82.88.

hr! Glow-labor, 86.00.

George Dlxonr-labor, 806.03, Boyd DIxcm-labor, 819.00. Kolth DIxon-labor, 835.00. ‘John Dooherty. Six-labor. 85.00. John Docherty-Iabor, 838.00. WIIIIam Green-labor, 829.40. Wlllfam Hounam-labor, 82836. James Jewell-labor. 810.00. Adam Livingstone-labor, 821.00. Russell Mason-labor. 888.00.

W. G. McPhee-lsbor. 886.40. Waldron McPheo-Inbor, 86.00. Parker LAbPhee-Labor, 860.00. WInnIfred Proud-labor. 840.00. - Leland Sleeves-labor, 853.26. Stanley Ward-labor, 810.00. Dante] Ward-labor, 846.20. Wtlfred Yea-labor, 82.00. T0ta1-4868AM.

I am, Sir. etc" TAXPAYER.

.___i____.___ THE WHEAT EITUATION

B1n—The report on the world wheat situation made by n writer In an Edinburgh paper which i; gtven front. page prominence In your Wednesday Issue is not only sensational as you suggest but un- duly pessimistic. To substantiate his prediction of a. world wheat famine the writ-er In question even refers to a Biblical story recorded in the Book‘ of Genesis. I am not. an ex- pert In Biblical history and I have yet; to Ieam that there 1s any rule Iald down in that; Book about re- curring years of world famine. 0n the contrary I prefer to lean heav- Ily on the promise that; "while the earth remalneth seedtime and harvest shall not cease," and also that. if a man, even a wheat farm. er. uses the talents with which he Ls endowed he will most. assuredly reap his reward In the form of a sufficient harvest and thus merit the salutatlort “Well Done." This truth has been verified In the past It will prove to come true In the future. “In God we trust" Is not a meaningless phrase.

The Scotch wrttcr also bases his argument for a wheat famine upon the fact. that six years ago there were enormous stocks of surplus wheat. In store whereas by the end

of the current wheat year on Ang- usu Isl. there will be practlcally no wheat held over In the grarierles of the world. such a. situation ought. to be a reIIef rather than a cause for fear. The large wheat carry- over of recent years has always been looked upon as a menace m. ther than a blessng as it, tended l0 499F855 Prices but now that Itl has been moved out. the outlook for a fair pt-Ice to the farmers tor this years crop Is Improved so may, irrlth a fair CBJIDKIIIIIII crop and a m1!‘ Price for same our way to fin- ancial economic and business recov- ery would be brightened conslder. ably. - The report of the crop bureau of "10 U- S- Department of Agi-iciiit. u1c_ has just. been made public and Ind sates from conditions existing 011 AlJHl l. thatthe Winter Wheat ¢Y°D In the United States wifl be 656.019.0110 bushels compared to i¢9.013.000_ bushels In 1936 and with 62312 1928- 32 five yeur average o: 220.000 bushels. The April 1 "mam?" W118 reported at 73.11 per cent. ot normal compared with 685 1:12P w" a year ago and the 192s‘- centtert year average of 78.9 per 5h“ iSSPUIB 0f this report; caused w eat, prices to tumble on the C111. c313‘) EXCIEBIIEc and a statement by glglésisocisted Hess has this com- "Unwrl-ﬂlnli? which prevailed re- lﬂllll/cdlfg the government crop re. gin-n much to stimulate active t" b8 0f wheat futures and to de. “V975 B31695. authoritative unofflclal advices were current say- addltional rains that. have fall- glgvi" first} areas of thc Southwest e mu e the condltan of the new winter wheat crop excellent. It, W88 ttiidded that taking the be]; a; g W °le the Prospect-s pointed to he largest harvest slrtce 1931." An addftlonal comment on the following day reads:-

‘the City's expenditure

APRIL- 16, 1937

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nu: uncom- 0F THE um“- _ 00101111111151:

Sin-The Chairman o1’ Coutmlttce In his report, declared that he had nothing t4; fepgyt __ never were truer words Bp0ken; yet 1n I 1011s dislolnt-ed Mdress filling two full columns o1 your papey he gives little Informatlon to cltlzens that they didn't know before. He evidently feels quite sore that hi5 bumptlous accusation against 1,111, Wffestloﬂdent made at a. previous meeting of the Council was w fully and quickly exposed establish. Ing the uttcr unreliability qt 1,1, accusation. Wfth razicour and bit. tcrness permeating his whole speech he goes on to repeat the charge In even stronger language,

There are. I suppose, a very few stray birds that the use of such words as “absolutely false" are quite befitting any occaslon when used by a representative of u“ people no matter how wholly 1m- called for as in this cgse, but, in the opfnion of all reasonably. minded moderate men the proper

the Light

term to apply to It 1s “booi-ish- ncss." Mr. Chandler has doubtlesi

some Admirers who have misled him with the assurance that. he is the strong man In the Council. In his cforts to live up to their specifications he has over reached the mark and succeeded In making himself ridiculous. He should learn to walik before he attempts to run.

An Important fact, however, did slip out dut-Ing his discouse. no doubt not. Intentionally. Notwith-

standing his vigorous denials, that

thc City had anything to do with valuation of thc plant of the Maritime Electrlc Company, ho now says It paid to the Board of Utilities $4000. but. he wok good

care to conceal and keep tinder cover when 1t was paid. It was most Ilkely last year. If so it

should have been mentioned in accctint, but was not. Citizens have a rzght to know all that has been paid The valuation completed liora

‘last autumn, L11. no report. from

the Valuattng Company-tins yet been furnished the people. Why keep If: back?

Then he spoke of a. wonderful agreement the City made with the Maritime Electric Company where- by the whole cost. of thc valua- tion. whether It be eight, ten o! twelve thousand dollars, must be paid by light: users In homeopathic doses extending over a period of five years. What wonderful states- manship, how the Maritime Elec- trlc Company must have chuckled over- the easy marks - they have found in our City Council. II. as claimed by the City. the plant of the Company was overvalued, then the company should have paid the whole costs of the valuation.

The Chairman boasts oif the re- duction In the light rates. Some of the reduction was made before this Council took office. as to any recent reduction. I can honestly say that. my blll Is as large, If not: larger than bcfoje. .

The Council" has enactcd what can be correctly describcd as a piece of tom-foolcry with regard to the collection of City taxes. In the past we had one bothei-atkin a year In scraping up enough money to pay our taxes. Hence- forth, through the childish action of the Council. we must endure four times a. yOM‘.

I am, $1.1‘, etc, CITIZEN I l

Corns

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PUTNAMS Corn Extracto

‘Official reports 551d begm-ment of the crop outlook for new domes. U0 Winter wheat the last fortnfght Is a result of milder weather and of favorable moisture conditlong, 1g wns added that recent; snows were decldedly benefclul In the spring when belt. wIth top-sol] moisture throughout the greater part. of the area now sufficient for present needs. Meawhlle. unofficial advices emphasized that reappearance of spring-like temperatures and o! EPOWInB weather In the whiter-crop territory In the Southwest should be of special beneflt to wheat. 121x051 1a as much as three weeks

In addition to above there has recently been a decided lull In the purchasing of wheat for the over- seas markets and as a consequence Brucln values are reported as drop. P 8-

The Inst. paragraph In the lrtlcla appearing In your paper is worth repeating. Here It Is:-

"Flor hhe present, however, the public In Britain and abroad are not lIkeIy to feel the rPae In the

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