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Power The GUARDIAN Iny be obtained In- vlcc-Prcailent. J. Ineklnnan. l). D. 0. ' ' Editor. D. K. Carrie. ll. IIIIQNI a. the following agents l‘. T. Murphy. Prince» J. l’. Dnly. Queen t4 W. C. Wright. Kent titre-ct Went . na Wllte. Lil El- Ave. “'5 Dalnlel. Spring Park Rand Si». GIDQQI’! t. MONDAY, NOV. 26, 1923 “IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN" "Of all sad words ct‘ tongue or pen The saddest are these. "it might have been." . So said the poet: so also, in ef- fect, said the Rt. Honf W. S. fielding at s meeting in Halifax the other night celled to celebrate nls seventyfifth birthday and, in- cldentally, to boost the Liberal can- didate. Mr, George A. Redmond, the Liberal candidate in the coming bye-election. Mr. Fielding according to a re- port in the Halifax Chronicle, plac- ed all the responsibility for the cal- smitous "from the South shore" oi Nova Scolia at the door of the Conservatives who rejected reciprocity and thus closed the United States market to the fishermen the "South shore." He did not mention the equally caisnitcus exodus from the North Shore and from the middle oi Nova SciLia, but. then, those people had no fish to be kept out of the United States. The Hon. W. S. Fielding is now Ill old politician, s gentleman and me who,"through the bludgoonlngs II chance" political, has held thn esteem 0f the friends of his youth. Ils has a "political past" in con- exodus Oi]. riection with our present railway nctimhrances which even his per- sonal friends find it difficult to ‘lat the July election, overlook or to forgive. Yet, is his [advocacy of the claims of the Lib- [sral candidate in Halifax City and iffounty. he pleaded on behalf of the King Government somewhat ut- ter the manner in which the Liber- Ior the candidates of the Bell Gov- other province where arrests are cause. The fact that a man has not did not commit a crime. sons Ihsve been arrested under the‘ each of the provinces and brings Quebec away ahead of the other as having the least number. Tho msg- asine reporter tells what he saw in the saloons and in the streets oi Montreal. Each proves his case to his own satisfaction, each proves that what he set out to prove is correct and the general public will be inclined to give credence to the report of ths- man who claims to have seen what he has reported and that while accompanied by i. witness. The number of arrests in a given locality differs from that in another locality only in the customs of the respective localities. The number or people who are not arrested but ought to be, if added to the arrests actually made, would tell an en- tirely different story. ‘iihose inser- ested in upholding the Quebec Liquor law may have an entirely different custom from ‘those in an- rigldly and impartially made for been arrested is no proof that he was not drunk, nor even that he The question for other provinces to consider is not how many per- laws of the respective provinces but whether the opening of this particular door, the open sale of in- Chat £0112 of your: B‘ ,am‘:‘ if Bgrlfll. WHKT I8 A NEURAETHENICJ l was asked one d8! l0 "f" I“ “ “m; jug! what was meant by nourasthenin. 1 was stnmwd- Y"?! '5“ l‘ w“ thought that a neurasthonfc W88 one who thought he has an ailment. where none really existed. Because he was on his feet. and at his work,.lt was felt that there cculdl! 1 be much wrong. and that therefore he imagined that he was ill. Very little sympathy W" 8"" 1° M" l“ fact sympathy was considered in- advisable as it was felt that he would thus xfiursetand B18811"! m! inar a men s. ‘mister iyt was thought that if a person really thought he had an ailment he suffered just as much as if he had it, and was therefore entitled to consideration and treat- ment. Nowadays it is felt that a neuraslhenic is just a resl tired out person. Tired of work, tired oi play. tired of everything. Now how do you feel yourself when you're tlredi. Nothing suits ou.. yYou find fault with everybody. and everything. Further, any little pain seems like a big one. Every little difficulty looms very large indeed on your horizon. You are cross and irrit- able, and any and do things, of which you are heartily ashamed later. Now what has this to do with neurasthcnis and neurasthenfcsi. simply than, that a neurasthenic is s tired person. Not like your- self, just occasionally, but tired all the time. From the moment he opens his eyes in the morning until he retir- es at night his entire thought. speech, and actions reflect this tir- ed condition. And yet as I said before, because he is on his feet. is able to est and to work, and has really no organic trouble, it has been thought that his troubles were all igaminary. And so what is really the necess- ary trestmentfl’. Just what you get yourself when you’re tired. A real rest and change. lf he can get nwny from work and worry to a place whore he can toxicanfs would be of benefit or tics with barrooms open for the sale of beer and wine and permis- sion to procure stronger intoxic- snts at will, as with the sale of in- ,-,1 pram of this province pleadedlfoxicants under the ban and made! illegal by law and custom? It is an easy matter to open u irnment, “the -best government the ever had," although at that time tottering on the brink If the precipice bver which it fell irovincc All that s msnhath will he give ‘or his political lf-fe, and when an tgcd and respected man of Mr. Pieldings once undoubted integrity solemnly ask his friends to sup- port the King Government because II. is the only government that can bring Canada through the pregenf mess, and because the Conserva- tive [mitt-y is one of vaciliatlon and uncertainty. one can only conclude that his estimate of the in- telligence of his audience is at s very low ebb. However, he has mid his say and the issue is before the people and before the machine. WHOM TO BELIEVE it has been vfilm that figures may be produced to prove anything. Recently the Liquor Commission of the province of Quebec issued a report the object of which clearly Was to justify the Quebec Liquor Act. This report is going the rounds of the press, evidently as part oi‘ a propaganda in the inter- ests of the liquor sellers. Without going into details the report shows that there were fewers arrests for crimes in the province of Quebec per 100,000 of pouulatien, than in any other province in Canada. We are not quoting the figures as, whether correct or not. they prove nothing. At one of the meetings of the Temperance Alliance here a few days ago, Mr. J. K. Ross read from an article in a magfsine a report of the experiences of a gentleman who visited Montreal and spent come hours, day and nigh-t in in vestigating conditions there in re- lation to the liquor business. The two reports are as contradictory - é s.<.-@::_t\ should be aet In motion. diminishing birithrate and such a prepared figures libs advantages of such an open door as compared ‘with the restrictions upon “human liberty" implied in the closed door. but the burning question, the ques- tion which wlil not down is: "What of the boys, what of the fut- ure. Yes, if. is an easy matter to open a door but, once opened, will it be as easily closed‘! ARE WE DECADENT? Canadian families are growinx smaller, according to s report deni- ing with dwellings and families in the Dominion, exclusive of the Yu- kon and Northwest Territories. which has been compiled by the Do- minion Bureau of Statistics, and is based upon the sixth decennial cen- sus completed in 1921. Not only are the number of per- sons to a family growing smaller when compared with returns made fir previous decades, but the num- Ila!‘ 0i‘ persons to s house shows a mvrked decrease. In 188i the nv erege size of a iamil! was 5.33 per- sons, as against 4.62 in 1921'. With the exception of Saskatchewan and Alberta every province. sh rws a dc- rrtwse in the sire of the family from 1911 to 192i. Spread over a period of 40 years the Prince Ed- wari island famriy shows the grem- es decline, falling 1.35, and On- tario comes next with a drop of 9". in Quebec there was a slight fr.- crease, the average in 1981 being 5.32, and standing at E134 forty years later. This is rather a discouraging view of the situation in Canada and especially in this province. Evid- ently we need an infusion of new blood in all the provinces and all the processes of immigration With a , fa ~_-,,_,- be, e Quebec exotic as Canada is suffering o». rest a good part of the :iny. inquiry to the youth oi‘ our lsndqnew ‘flaws and facet Mo“ with would they have aqua] opporiunplsufflcicnt light exorcise outdoors Ito ensure a natural sleep. and .natursl appetite, he becomes inormsl msn again.‘ ‘ DH- B-l 8 Notes By the Way Hon. Mr. Fielding ls taking part] ;in the Halifax election, which is l i door. an easy matter to Show “Incite a nronerthins for him to do- thing oisc to disgust tho people Self-preservation is the first law governing human action and the loss of the Halifax seat would be a black eye for both him and the government. His speech on_ Thurs- day evening. however, was wholly on the defensive and judging from the published reports he seems to have made a very weak defence. Against the charge of having brok- on faith in abandoning the party platform of 1919 he hsd no hotter defense than that it might be a good thing to reconsider and drop a plank which the Conservatives had declared to bo rotten. ' He attempted to defend the French treaty which hsd been ne- gotiated by himself and Mr. La- pointe, but omitted to deal with the main objection that the reduc- tion of duties under the treaty was wholly on articles of luxury such as silks and wines and could only benefit the rich. They had failed entirely to make s trade treaty with Australia, because the Aus- tralians would not agree to s" fair bargain. Ii the people at the an- tipodes were so ttnrensonable,sure- ly the fact might have been ascer- tained in advance by correspond- ence and thus have saved the ex- pense of a costly delegation and much ministerial time and effort. Mr. Fielding admits that the ex- odua la serious, especially for Nova Scotia, but charges that It is due to the defeat of reciprocity and to the Fordney tariff. This is ludicr- ous from the Liberal point of view. The exodus was never before so large as it has been this year, and if a high tariff is bad for any coun- try, which Liberals contend it is, why do all these Nova Scotlans run sway from under the moder- ate Canadian tariff to seek s re- fuge under the United States tariff which is 60 to 100 cor cont. higher? Mr. Fielding ar nos plaintively that too much shoud ‘not be expected of a government that has only held power twenty-three months. But something might reasonably have been expected where nothing st all was dons, as in the case of immi- gratlon. Half of Mr. Fleming's col- leagues have been absent from Qaoada meanwhile, joy-riding all over the earth. - - was: cnannomrgwu otmnnmu tation in saying thnt whoever is are boss. and do just as they like. and our Government representative at Ottawa seems tn be powerless. The Public Forum Thlnlnllelltnbflnlbsffin ‘QQOOIO The Dean and Mrs. Bradley S|r,—l have just seen a clipping from tho Charlottetown Guardian. of October 30th, in which you re- fer to the gorilla story, and quote Dean Inge as saying: “It is quite true that I have had a letter from Mrs. Bradley. l shall not_reply to it. l should not dream of doing so. Nearwsil, Bhrewsbury. 1 don't un~ derstand your statement at all -- l am afraid either your press agency or the Dean is unreliable, and i cannot believe it is the Dean, whose writ“..- xcept when he wishes ms irilled!——l admire very much. He explained to ms that he had spoken under a misapprehension and 1 am very glad to have It cor- rooted, for l love animals too much to be happy being denounc- ed as their enemy. I am very grateful to have hsd my small part in aiding the preservation of gor- illas. and of course, I take it seri- onsly when misapprehensions get about! I am, Sir,'etc., MARY HASTINGS BRADLEY. 5534 Hyde Park Boulevard, Nov. 18, 1923, Chicago, fll. moo-i- Railway Neglect Sir.-—A great many people in King's County would like you to inform them just who is running the P. E. l. Railway. It surely must be someone who has a particular grudge against King's County. As was expected s few years sgo, we are to be allowed to wear out thc old narrow gauge rolling stoclcanti freight is left in the Charlottetown transfer yards until the official in charge is good and ready to trans- fer the same. We are informed on good authority that cars of coal have lain there for two whole weeks awaiting transfer, while people here are shivering await- ing the same. We have no hesi- rosponsible for thogross neglect should be given a good long vaca- tion for the good of the scrvicu. But who is to do this? The officials As It is there is little use In both- ering about electing s representa- tive to go to Ottawa at all. All ht- seems able to do is to draw his pay as l get too many letters of that _ sort." v As 1 have a letter from Dean Inge, sent August 22nd, from Suppose and you to wind Precious l wife, and You never equally att full THE IMP HEAD OFFICE r. _ Fm; Beyond the Your Creditors- be left for your ‘wife and family? Imperial Life policy madmpayablc to your your creditors couldn’t touch the life insurance money. That would go intact to your widow. host of other features of Imperial Life policies write for our booklet, "A Few Facts." It's vantages of Imperial Policies—- and it's free. you should die to-morrow r executors were called upon up your estate, what would ittlc, perhaps. But if you hold an you should die hopelessly in debt, knew that? Well, there’s a whole ractive. of mtercstlng Information about the ad- ERIAL LIFE ASSURANCE Company of Canada TORONTO rARQuuARQoN, slams iVIanager Riley Building, Charlottetown ...nct|\.auy liitiilllefl LOHbdISL llllll out of the fix he has placed him- self in. Besides. it is quite pos- sible that the views of these cap- ‘sin; might not only be of no uso to him. but might even humpvrthc taxtricating process. He waxes furious at my state- ment that. the Maritime Express ‘lbkes almost two days from Mon- Lrnal ngnlnst one day for the Ocean and vote for increased taxes to pay useless officials. Just how long the people will stand this kind of thing Journal, of St. John, which gives a like amount. and will receive other subscriptions, claims second Venfot the third place. I004 lI-lfl- NOW Brunswick is proud and Rexton naturally very proud tbs-t a great and noble soul, whose mortal casement Again, Mr. Fielding told his bean “ -_ baia . - I- I.A~o.a Westminster Abbey, was a native remains to be soon. This along with n lot of other things, incIud-| lng the pilferring of coal in trans- it, etc. is doing more than any» and make them leave the country. l am, Sir, etc., BUSINESS. Kings County, Nov. 22. 1923. —— The Captain And The Cape Service. Sir.—After several days‘ repose, Captain Read again emerges from the quiet of his cabin into the lime- light of newspaper publicity in a letter longer than usual, and made up for the most part of self-glorifi- cation and a recital of the import- ant enterprises in which he has in the past, and even in the present. been engaged. While the treatment of the trans- portation question in this manner ls doubtless highly pleasing to tho writer of that letter, it affords grounds for the feeling among your readers that they are more bored than instructed. Perpiexed and entangled among the difficulties that his weakness for appearing in prin-t has brought upon him, be in his distress looks for the help of Captains ifinlayson, Murchison and Kelly to extricate him, and desires that l should see them, get their views and have them published. ‘Satisfied as l am that never in his life did he need more help than now, yet. it is not my concern, much as I am sym- close of the war he has come fifty millions short of making good the balance, and has done nothing to- ward paying off our wsr debt as both Great Britain and the United States are doing. A very weak dc- fence, indeed, Mr. Fielding has made. If nothing better can ht. put forward on that behalf the oiectors would not only be Justified. but Iogicallyvbound to reject tho government candidate. A commendable movement baa been started to ereot a monument to Sonar Law in Rexton, his birth- place. Dr. Clarence Webstonthe originator of the movement, sug. gssts that individual subscriptions toward the memorial shall not ex- ceed ten dollars each and heads the list with that sum. The Telegraph- Iilace on the list, and Premier This is a rests in Limited. it is quits evident to any urlfl or goon sense that I referred tn the trip between Montreal and Charlottetown. and not to the trip between Montreal and Sackville. The latter are evidently those from which the Captain made his calcul- ation that the Occan Limited takes only one hour and a half loss than the Maritime in the passage. Even in this. fond as he is of applying the term ignorance, he is mistaken. He should do a li-ttlc practice in arithmetic before undet- taking to correct others. We are in no way interested in the trips between Montreal and Ssckville as such, but we are so between alon- ‘real and Charlottetown. The Mari- time Express does take almost two, rays between Montreal and this. city I\ certainly spoils ."wo days It leaves Montreal at 10.15 s.m. and; reaches Charlottetown (when on‘ time) at 6.20 p.m. the following day.’ The Ocean Limited loaves Montreal‘ tr 7 p.m., and reaches (2horlottc-| tnwn the next day (when tin- con-l nection exists) at about 10,45 p.m., thus spoiling only one day. Every fair and sensible person ‘(new the meaning of what l wrote, but n writer with s bsd case must nccds resort to quibbiing. The Captain, wonderful ~to relate, does take backwater respecting his extravagant and groundless con- tention that 90 per cent. of the pss- sengers cross by the first boat. Ho does not do so. however. with much good grace. Admitting his error. he now claims that after exhibition week the tide turns and most of the passengers use the first boat! What. in the name of common some. has our exhibition to do with changing the tastes and desires of travellers? He might as well have given the change of moon as n reason. There is nothing to It, and he would s-tand better and show more of a desire to keep within the bounds of truth had he acknowledg- OOOOO-OQOO-O lO-OO-OOOO-OOOO-OG Daily Selections POI ; Guardian Readers g TWICE BLESSED ARE WE drear the world without them trios, flPDcal to us in vain, How road and ponder-our hearts aflams with imagery- A drab march of history, without its glittering train. Old Kings. and new Kings, Kings yet in the moulding- Crowns sdown the centuries their reflex glories bring. Warm glows the eye of the who can be called a man, To see the finished product, [I180 0f hive Kings. and dead Kings. how Times, that lack their psgean- and ‘H - ed his error without any quailflca- gory an of the act of God, and as tion. never to be thought of doing again? pvrhaw u“, funnlm, pa" or the is it that it has completely explori- (‘nptulns whole letter is his sssur- "d M5 99'- lheor!’ 97 the ding!!!‘ 0! H100 that his modesty will not per- “rtepnlght "avlgaflo" I" H"! I'll"! m,“ Mm m accept any cred" (or He hsd behind him on that fateful the passage from Tormentlne tiur- "IBM "'9 “ermus P1187" 0f l1"!- ing the violent storm of October passengers, and before him the’ first It was u“. nerowm“, m. ‘he strong and powerful attractions of t-illllhllllil that compelled tho trip. his home. his farm, and his live with the whma. day.“ passenger‘ stock. With all these forces pull m, hoard‘ with, the track on u", ing in the same direction. he was pinr washed out, with the impossi- m" a m?“ "gem- “M chum‘ 9° Mmy of 8mm! “mm back m ‘he credit whatever for the venture! hotel, and with no sufficient sleep Th“ m" w“ a" fight “mm?! m“ ing accommodation on the houbthe “m” N" dimmmy’ m’ mmhap» M‘ mp had m m, mkum Th‘, hum] though the wind, furious as it was. was not far from the boat. and l um was "kWh"? “Kain” Mm‘ Bm m“ » “m, me pamengem m the ca” of return trip, with tho wind with him. ' m cme-‘gency could be induct-d to he could not be tempted to make walk along the m" m ‘he hotel’ even if ton thousand dollars were w.- have u from him that the night. Plilv-“l i" "l" "W" w“ (.1881, w-hy is he so nnxions Such are the strength and power to label this venture, which he says °I “"3 mfllwmes hnher“'“rd' he took without difficulty or mis- I am- S!" 9t“ ' hap. as being something n the outc- TRAVELLER. 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