- ~ ..-=;._e~._s_;r-I:.—QL‘E~'~ ....__.-_ -<$¢\-Pw~ _~3 m m s nmvc xzcx “i OI’ loul sontanpm-arfs news adumns are mire revealing than 1B ~ ‘headlines in esnlainhll the remit d Imdsyh federal lay-election in Smith Oxford. Under the date-line, lngsrsoll, Ontario. April l’I, we read: “Flt the remainder of its politlml life which will end with the dholu- tion of Parliament, South Osfwd has decided to continue its adher- ence to the Liberal party." South Oxford is one of the son.- stituencies which is being wiped out under the Redistribution Act. Nat- urally this measure, framed in the interests of the whole of Canada, h {resented in electorates which are ‘a adversely affected. Parochiaiism in ___politics is nothing new, and from “the nature of the ‘gn which the Liberals conducted in the con- stituency it is evident that they banked largely on sectional preju- dice. Thus the resi issues of the campaign were obscured. and the ‘constituency — unlike Job, whose magnanimity rose above selfish con- siderations-foilowed the advice of its evil councillors. and decided f0 expire with a parting kick against the powers that be. v Meantime we note that our eon- temporary, in giving what purports to be the political "box-score", omits , the most important figures of all. .After five lay-elections, all touted as tremendous Liberal “victories,” nat- urally our conte yl readers ~ are desirous of knowing what the real "score" is - how the partias i“ stand in r-srliarnent. They will not .‘_‘"'fhid this information in the Liberal organ! The standing is: Liberals M, ‘ “ ‘ lismentary representati Oorisar-vstives 136, out of s total par- of ass. illhotherwordsandasarunltof Monday's hy-election, 1dr. Macken- f-Azis King's following in the Home a! Oommonsbpreclseiywhatitwas Jrisrter the Conservative landslide. O l... fouryearslsfl. whichbinded the Hberaipartyinwhatlnnlhigflo- tau-esquely describsdss“the valley U Humiliation.’ P 0 ~ _»-, ,, i 1 .5 i! >21 fig '0 up In A T LOGGERHEA DS 2. Our farmers and fishermen, in whose interests the bill to aeguiste the marketing of natural podncts has been introduced in Pariiunt, will read with lsv-I ‘ ‘ enf. thatthe same persistent efforts which were gmme w block the lupin ma: ’treaties, sndilatierly the Unemploy- ‘ment Relief Bill, have heen adopted ’-hy Liberal politicians h) prevent the pessageofthismeasurebythehen- tnstt Government. i. - C Mr. Mackenzie King and his Id- lowers, according to a dspatoh in yesterday's Guardian. have served notice that they would "prolong the debate and battle to the lsst ditch before allowing the measure to pass through the House.” Our farm and fishery producers need not be unduly alarmed at this threat, however. The bill may he held up temporarily by Liberal op- . {position speechmnking, but the Gov- _ ernnaentfs substantial majority in the House will ensure its enactment. .42‘ This should he a iristter for satis- v faction, not only to our producers, ' ’-'* - mi m u» Liberal members of the Provincial legislature, whose attit- ude towsrds the bill is diametrically opposedtcthe standnowtskenhy '_ -ths Liberal members in Parliament. . m Indeed, Mr. B. W. lePsge, lAbsral member for Second Queens, as ro- e/wported in the Patriot of March 14, takes credit for having sugguted 1' jthe legislation, and declares that .'1 ‘if . M he can see great benefits ac- wcruing from its enactment. Mr. fp- "Psge qaoke while the enabling bill ‘was in committee in the House. He instanced the price ' _ which interfered with the profitable nisrketingof ourseed potatosaour "blisters and other products. Ind ~ p. "cted that uis Marketing Act "would remedy this sitmtimsnd he asuhstantialbenefittooiarprodue- era. In thslolltewinllllly alone, awaysstogieafiasqalsteccntrol overeves-yaspwtableitsmeffsrm moth." "Bsnfmldlnnliannlsthwiot, llhrohld), ‘Iasanaesuuilish a aamderfnlworkfm-msagrimliw- isbdthhhovinsa. Wewouldbe inapuisaaisamnaei-éai-eien all of lb. l Ieamsr-y butter an Prinoeldwardllsiand; tbepflceis so-and-ao.’ There is the position wowouldbeinundsrthoesomdi- tiensJndt-habestblidhilliflltim faansesiisrtobem." QherLibei-al members, including ldanwJLlesandllnhnAllsn. exprcssedmsirspprovaloftbsob- ieetsndprinciplelofthebili. Afterfuiidiscusaioiritwsspasasd _Tinthe\' “' ‘ u. ‘rkneanbsnodoubtthsrofue. astoths favourable attitude of both parties in this Province to the measure. which must pass in the Dominion Parliament before the provincial statute becomes effective. Now, from Mr. Mackenzie King am his foilowsrsinOttaws, comes the threat that they will prolong thadsbacssndfiaattiemthsisst ditch" before ailowinl it to pass thruUiPai-liament! Oouldthsrebeanynsorestriking exsmplsofpoliticalpartisanshiitfl! ofdisiegsrdfortheintsrestsofthe peopiapartioulariyofthissectionof Canada, where such unanimity pre walls as to the sdvsntllu of the measurewhichthelieaanettdovern- msntbasintaoduoed? I tbs Provincial legislature were fnsessimnnodoubtllanlelhimhdr. Campbell or some other lf-ral champion of the Market-in! A61’- would move thata pstitionbs for- warded to flie Dominion Govern- inanflaslingtbatithecianxrebssp- pliedtothsdisoimiononthebillin vuwsttheannmmlcedintantionoi thsqapcsitioatoobscruotitliilP gpmymghlhrlillnemt. They mud feel it to be for- tunate indeed. in the interest-l o! thstreonatiwenhthstiheirhiberll eolissguesatOizawaai-s in such hopeisI minority that the anti- llsrhsting Bill eI-mbliln is fore- doemsdlodefsatl h? ENCOURAGING mspi-izieipelfeatineaofthevar- iousrspostsisnssdlfythsnominion flueau of Btaflstics during the monthofllsrohhevebsen sinn- msriscd in a nscial ‘hilletin and misuwbeiounsinthemamlt deal of evidence iustifyms tho cheerful notewhichhssebarseter- ised the monthlylettsd-silued re- oently by m enemies banks. Taken together. has various devel- opmenis mm an mime!" rm“! and one which is decidedly stimul- blllll.'l1ifl show improvementnot only m uis external trade of the Dominion but in domestic conditions also. Canada's total trade figures fcz the heal year will soon be available and will round out the picture almost completed in the eleven months‘ returns; thesesbow- ed lie total Glade af- $918,510,000- beingan increase of 000.500.0110. u- us per sent. In the month of his-nary alone this year there was a sulatsntial inerosseinentemaits-sde. domestic Inputs rising by 811,444,075, or ll per esntewhiie an increaseof 810,- Vfl.'110lnhfll>0l'fe'wll4will toll per sent. compared with Felruary, 1918. It h particularly noteworthy that the lllfellta trade in the elevqmonthsendingwithlebrusry as intelligently as men: they not deny that woman mightgive a useful ‘ “in the study and the conduct of public affairs- They refuse to broaden the suffrage w“ worryirg much as w giv- ing convincing reasons for their refusal. Their stfltude a: this isastionisthssamsasonahund- red other-a Politician show them- selves recalcitrant sometimes, even io a clearly manifested public opin- ion. We have seen an example of vernal suffrage has no particular attraction for them. Their own al- ections are affected. And we must admit that the suffragist move- ment is not general in the Pro- vincs ‘his strides which women have made in the sphere of 110117468 in the few years since they have been given the vote are airissinl. and reflect the greatest credit upon their ability. Only recently l read ‘some facts published in a survey by the National league of Women Voters in the United Stated, which ingicate the progress the Ameri- ca woman has made in public life and practical politics since she was given the franchise back in 1920. ln these fourteen years twenty-nine women have risen to high executive positions, and thou- sands hold important positions in the civil service. 01 the 29 dis ‘ uished office holders l3 were ap- pointed by President Roosevelt. He evidently believes in the cap- acity of the female sex to occupy key posts. England has a good deal of graft still, in spite of legislation against bribery and strenuous efforts by private organizations. There seems to be less corruption in the USER. than in the capitalist countries at the moment; but that is only be- cause Bovietism is stiii a persecut- ed faith. so to speak. Graft will begin in the great European Re- public as soon as Russian statesmen Paris. The Roman Republic was as sanctimoniously free from it as hhs U353. for generations; by the time the Christian Era began Rams’; senators, Governors and generals were living on graft. With all its faults the democratic sys- tem is the most effective prophylac- tic against graft that has been de- vised. The only reason intelligent people have for believing in the virtual graft-freedom of Russia in the publication from time to time o1 detsiis of the merciless punish- ments that have been inflicted on alleged grafters. This always hap- pens in tyrannies until the inevit- gblg day when the high officials begin grafting themseivm-Sydncy Biuletin. Intbssltyofsanlemmontlfi Italian Riviera in 1890, lived an old man alone and ailing. His only pleasure was in doddering about his laboratory, but one day his heart failed him-and he died regrettim that a charitable physician had not dispatched him to the other world right after his birth. When his will was read it was found that the 1n- oorne from the greater part of his enormous fortune was to be used every year for awards to those peo- ple who, in the preceding year. had achieved most for the benefit of mankind. 1n accordance with this old man's wishes five Nobel prises are distributed every year. The lau- reates in physics. medicine and lit- erature snd chemist are chosen by the Swedish A emy and the Ksrolin Institute of Stockholm. while the Peace Prise is assigned by a committee of five mernbe n of the Swedish Parliament. In this way did Nobel perpetuate his name as g synonym for amity among na- tions. ‘fllefishofthesealtseemgged sessiix just like humans. A scien- tific expeditions, just my 1mm m; Falapegos Islands, with tanks full of submarine specimens. reported the captives showed all signs of nausea the landlubber (eels on his "B! cfllile- They were not affect- ed when sailing smooth sea. But when rough weather set up msel- storms within the tanks, most of the fish grew sick and several “passed out." With the return of calm seas. they developed raven- W-I appetites-lust like humans again-end wanted to eat everything in sight, including each other. i1 A new more depth fer the ec¢an has been discovered. An American sounding off Porto Rico, reached a depth of 44,000 feet. The previous greatest depth was 34,418 in the Pacific Ocean. return to top-hats and trips to m‘ :5?§§§ i iii 5? plants, furs and feathers cause ss- thma, hay fever, and ecaslna owing Land Medical Journal. tells us that rheumatism may be caused by var- ious substances in the body which do not set as rapidly as in hay fev- er, but nevertheieu gradually cause condition of the joints. ‘mat is the symptoms of rheuma- tism niust depend upon something in or about the themselves, which makes the victims react or become sensitive to various organ- isms or substances manufactured lay th organisms. In other words, in order to pro- duce rheumatism there must be the seed (or; ' , l ‘WHO! organ- isms). and the soil (sensitiveness of the tissues.) Added to this are other points that must be considered-ts T ature, atmospheric pressure, sudden changes in the weather, too much starchy food. The first thought however in treating rheumatism is to rid the body of any possible infection. From More's “Utopia” (Our Dumb Animsisl) ‘ltia-stnagethst in all the enor- mouaeaass oalieersture, music and srtmnimdsau with hunting there is so little record of protest against its callous cruelty. But we find it now and then. very strikingly. In Sir Thomas More's "Utopia." much of which is convincingly actual not by aocid ‘ or because the author has an uncanny prophetic gift, but because facts have srwsys been facts and human nature has been fundamentally the same since Ad- am. is the finest pamage which has ever been written on this matter:- "Hunters also, and hswhers . , . if the hops of slaughter and the es- pectstion of tearing in pieces the beast ‘foth please thee: thou shouldsst rather be moved with pity to see a silly innocent hsre murd- ered ofsdog. thsweskof the stronger, the fearful of the fierce, the innocent of the cruel and un- mercifui. Iherefors all this exer- cise of hunting. as a thing un- butchers, to the which craft (as we said before) they appoint their boridmen. ilbr they count hunting the lowest. the vilest, abject part of butchery, and the other parts of it more profitable and more honest. as which do bring el- ‘&‘;;§5eii 9 535% . If the whole expenditure in respect of these two items could us eliminated. what would it amount w: Just about seventy-five cents a year, per eaplts. It is M05051! quill tax-payer in Prince New Brunswick or Nova Ssotis who would be willing to have the identity of his province wiped out in order to save such a trivial sum each year. But of course, there could bs no such saving as is here suggested. A legislature would he needed for the Province of Oceania, or Nova-brun- sed. or Edwickstia, or whatever the new political unit might be named: and the new province would, like- wise, hsve to have a civil govern- ment. A total saving of two-thirds of the annual present expenditure for government would surely be a generous estimate. But if we could save that much, it would average fifty cents per capita for all the in- hahitlnts of the Msritimesi Is there a Canadian in any other province who will quarrel with us for figura- tively turnin: up our noses at mach In his Halifax msech. the Chief Justice of New Brunswick made it clear that he was not advocating Maritime imion. At tbs same time. he made a pies for a better mutual imderstanding and more coopera- tion among the people of the three provinces, without any sacrifice of individuality. That plea has in it the kernel of the whole situation in relation to the question of Maritime union. It is recognition of geneses eddistinetsocialuniisinaoflmnar- men to have made perfect homogeneity merits-hie Physical geography and economics have, instead, had the effect of pro- moting dissimilarity of interests and objectives in various respects, and have served, as well, to discourage the free and natural ' " that min have followed from the placing community of interest. llaritlmers there are who deplore why-this is so. They earnestly desire remedy the situation in so far as be remedied. Such an ad- drom as that delivered by is invaluable for that pin-pus. An as an indication of the thoughts and attitude of a dis- and able Maritime citi- iitiiiil ti?“ i‘, i iii ' whowauld fain mifold Allthesecretshislotkcdlipahold. —Norah Holland. All Fisheries Under Dominion Regulation (Fisheries News Bulletin) "What authority regulates the Canadian fisheries? The governor in council at Ottawa?" Right, Ottawa regulates. “And the Dominion also admin- isters, all the fisheries, too.” No, wrong. The Dominion adminsters some of them, the provinces ad- ministe some. This little article may help to can! cries, and. starting out. it may be back all the way to adoration sixty- ding 0f was that under Section British North America ' the lation and administrative control of all the fisheries of the Dominion rested with the federal authorities. A little later on. how- ever, a quation arose as to the ti’: and ‘evelorpments that have produc- vinoas. minim, land portion of Quebec and than, by apeament, ‘la under provincial administration. #3 FOR SOUND INDUSTRY industry and trade are the moon: bywblch e country makes aflociivo use of natural wealth. The Royal Ihnk has always been ready to encourage sound Canadian enterprise. It he: maintained this attitude through many years of varying conditions. THE ROYAL BANK OF CANADA E. R. BROW FYre, Life, Accident, Sickneu and Plate Glass Insurance at Lowest Rate. Agent st Summerside. Lloyd Lewis 146 Richmond St., Chjglottgfqyn I. K. S. 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