___ ________ ,_ _- -.- >»-'-.--._-__.~ .---— -*“"' a. PLACE FOUR _ THE cttttittotisiown auianultl‘ Morning Dally (Founded 1337) ‘flesident, LIcuL-Col. W. Cheater S. Mela!!! Vici- President. J. R. Burnett. F-JJ- so Secretary, LieuL-Col. D. A. Maclilnuon. ll - - Editor and Managing Director. J. It. Barnett. FJ-X Associate Editor. Frank Waller SUBSCRIPTION RATES $5.00 per year (in ailvauce) delivered l0 C"!- $4.00 per ycttr tin advance) mailed to l’. E. [filial $5.00 per year lln advance) mailed w! 6311848 ill Alembic-rs Audit Bureau o! Lu-lllfllllllll “The Sh-unyysl [Memory is Weaker than "w JEQQEQL '"'~‘-’ FRIDAY, OCTOBER 28. 1938 Gasoline Price Fixing (tiller provinces will watch with interest the rcsttit of tho l‘attttllo (ictvcriittietifs efforts f0 chi-v; lwtllllllliwllll’ rt-lltictititt in the retail price of quntlitiit in Iiritisli Coluttiliizt. An order is- Slltifl 1:v titt- Prttvittciitl (foal and Petroleum Con- fro‘; t! ztutl ztpprtivctl by the Crovermnenl t rc-lttvtiotis of from three to six tltrottglt-tttt the Province. Last t‘.\;‘t'k‘l‘ a court itijttttctioti was grant- t agztitist the Boards order, .l.I\'t‘ the injunction cotttiflllcd l". ll. w i" .- Prt-ttticr Pzitttillo has warn- " tun; Illl\' ittiritigcittttttts of the Con- " Act \\'ti id be fOlllHYCtl by prosecu- =l‘};.- it», t\\ rs the Govenuncnt to rt-gitlrtte the it.el 5. 311d While he dld no; in. ' auv form of violation, 11w 1'. t is interpreted as a hint that if .. ~ llljllflClltlll now in effect Egan“; , ~, tie order is continued. lllfi itltfi the order until the whole a vires by the courts. If the , oi-t-n gratited, the price re- MHC gone into effect oti Wed- Act is askiri i ~ ugi-tlllv, 5r is worth rioting that the Gov- ‘ I‘.i~i1 l Columbia is seven cents st ‘tttll cents in this Province. the c.i_~.,_ tt-ll Fitivcrtinient is obligated, g'ittn plattl-rtti. to institute “a gen- ~t into the excessive cost of . r sLltll izivcc-iigation‘ has been held, ltntt-ttitl ttvo cents a gallon to ‘ '".~:;.‘t\v:ti' work which under the was being done with generous ace. I lfl.\' ll‘. \.,._ A Worthy Cause Of all the recipictits of Christian eriarlvty the most fldsfiTYllll‘ in this and every community are 1t victims of circumstance, orphan- lltose f _ ‘i1 4.11.1 l, titc children. Institutions for the fllft‘ of sttc hildrcn are maintained in various traits; {it tVEs Prnvittcc 1ttrgely' by voluntary con- ti-ibttzfltt. lint the obligation upon our citizens is ll-lllt‘ the loss ital for that reason, for if the ttzttm v vans not ozherndse forthcoming n0 gDII- et..tttt-ti' ttottitl ltcsittite for a moment t0 Oblam it by t .:ott. hardtack of actual, every-day life.” ' Again: “A knowlctlg of facts, the capacity to think straight, menta humility, and a sense of the fitness of things) it seems to me, should be the objectives of true education. The broader and more liberal a titatfs Cflllfllllflll is, the better able he is to cope with PFCSCIII-Ilil)’ problcuis. lt is true that as a nation we have lllildfi great strides through the art of spccializatioti but, like most good things, specialization has bcctt carrictl to a point whcrc tlic law of ditniuisltitig rcttirns has made itself definitely felt by lituiting the number 0f professional and busiticss ttien and educators of truly broad vision and tiutltiolt. The rigidity of thinking of Antcriczl today is largely the rcsult of over-spccializzttion. As a nation I fear we niay pay zt terrible price iii vetirs to come for having ctlttculctl a whole gen- eration of Omen to make a liviug—c:tclt in his own little field-rather than to ntaltc a life. Those leaders of education tvho have fought the battle so long for a broad liberal arts education will see themselves more than justified, I am confident, in the critical years that lie ztlicutl.’ ’ ,4 r Editorial Noles J‘ Everytone in the fur business is looking for- ward to next week’s Silver Fox Show which is expected to be a record botlt as regards exhibits and attendance. t t: at at x Hon. “iilliatn Dudley, Premier of Australia, who was the first to offer a Dottiittion contin- gent to the Mother Cottntry, for sc-rvicc in the Soudan, died this date, ISSS. i ‘l! l! l Montrose and Georgetown are not the only sections from which complaints arc coming with regard to political interference in highway work. Party patronage is also said to be rampant at Tryon. a u w at ‘ Prime Minister King is still holidaying with the Under-Secretary for External Affairs in Jamaica, but he is expected back in Ottawa soon. He may visit l/Vashiugttin en route, to find out where Hon. B. \\'. LePagc got his “inside in- formation" rcgartling the terms of the new trzulc treaty. u n- ‘at n- Not all American pacifists are denouncing the Munich peace pact. Mr. Henry Ford not only thinks the price paid for peace was “very small indeed compared with tlio- cost of the al- ternative," btit that peace has been s:tvt*<l—per- manently. He forsces a substantial business pickup in I939. n a a It is only natural that Premier “Mitch” Hep- burn, who ruthlessly dispensed with having On- tario’: gubernatorial residence, should conic to the conclusion that “civilization has fallen down” and that we should prepare for ivar. \\’ltcii he was in the House of Commons, and Prime Mitiister Mackenzie King's favourite, he thought differ- ently, but, of course, he himself is now at war with his one-time patron. ' a at a at Mr. C. N. Bissctt contributes a highly enlight- ening and timely article on succession duties to . is by Wily of prelude to the annual ap- ~ icii tbc Protcstnnt Orphanage is mak- itvxck for subscriptions. The fact that »t'-t\1ti".l§{ for sonic sixty destitute chil- . ll zitcrt- is rt largc tinnibcr awaiting admis- zd that titc ptmblt-ut of financing is be- l'l\‘1'l.‘l1*..‘.igl_\' difficult, should stimulate t tn tlus worthy" cause. This is thc .l ‘It?! llrpliattage makes during the year. lite wot-Tiers are giving voluntarily of their titix: zaptl efforts, and will feel amply re- paid if lltfl public response is prompt and gen- erous. Wo coiitriinitittti, ltowever small, will be ilttrtcccptaltlc; "generosity" in this case being as applicable to the widows mite as to the larger dotiations expected, and rightly so, from those more fortunately situated. only up; Education And Disciplined ' Whatever sins of omission and commission the Campbell Government may have to account for, its attitude on inntlanietital questions of educa- tion, as wired in the Legislature last March by the .l"r-.:ttii<~t, is entirclyt to its credit. Today there is evidence that business leaders as well as @.Itt<-at&.»~-::§ are becoming alarmed at the ef- fect ciw-ttiv 1- tioticeable tlirotigliotit the con- tinent, of tut rirtn tbcories on education. A very lot» .blvt~-s on this subject, by Mr. If. \\'. l VI . of Lattcaster, Pa, head of a large b ~< rttrltttlfilllttll, is given in abridged form in :1. ‘tll-WPIII/flli to the current business sutnttttt-l y‘. ‘ d-hyrwlte Bank of Montreal. 1dr. l‘; wis- itiorlcrn school education ln the l as for the titttlue emphasis it pltctts it; inst factor" as opposed t0 tnwtao? t”- A t . N]. tlotibt,” he says, “there “mo. l, iqiii lmftlfc tucntal effort is fully rift-ct ~ n. gi-Icft that the old emphasis on III"II - zttl tlrill should be discarded to ztttotttjvt to educate where Is tlatigttrtlus doctrine. The . l"t‘ll 11ft‘ concerned, is prob- ttcs inlvt't:<t, just as fre- ~t rrt alts offtirt." t lb-ttl -I'1'.'f t‘~'~ "l l; of that mental discipline l ,. oi tit Itl'l‘\'ili“lll in our schools twenty- -:t'1-»:',.'tt it In trttlttlv." .\lr. Prentis "litl- tttl-tittvls ittlvticutcd by our Int ltu- pltilo-ojtltt-rs have unwit- . t iwg group of young people to ~l--~ tgrtztt acliit-vctueuts of :t li- tl-gii on right to which they Ire iu Wu‘? til. itrv-‘ticctive virtually of per- sonal tifotz. ilitt ittt; bad ctlttctttiotial opportun- llv w“ l lo ' in on flu“ half slicll, they are or-ttu to J - tic nit-u wl-o dug the oysters. p dilit-al PVPIIIIITIIIIIPS inherent in iiitc s t i ti ‘ltrtl ' ill mind art: .'tpp:tlliiig to sincere -~ ‘tt v-ttttt ttttlzttivt- tlt-titocrttcy. It ac- ll't.'l~lll‘(' for tltc fcrtitcnt we u< in lltc world today." . .(‘ lrt-ttltlcs with our system of sfi- t -, ,t tl- nit t-twtiu: sltitc. .\lr. l'rcnlis bc- ,, _ - , "q; ; t_-,.- fool our youth so Ituich soft, t1. l ttttttlitl brtvtkfitsf foot] that tltcy r t w-itlotti bow lo use tbcir tooth in Taft i i .- n. Iiwsticall"! “l4 5"“! l.‘ ‘W’! the current issue of Cattadian Business, which he entitles “The High Cost of Dying”. The gist of the article is that Ontario and Quebec practically milk the other provinces of these duties, owing to the fact they locate tlic head of- fice 0f most of the industrial mid other com- panies, the stocks and bonds of which form the major part of people's savings. at at 1k a Yesterday was the anniversary of the birth of Theodore Roosevelt, and on Saturday more than 6,000 Boy Scouts and troop leaders front New York, New jersey and Pennsylvania, the larg- est number in the history of the pilgrimage, marched from Oyster Bay High School tn Youngs Memorial Cemetery to mark the birth- day by exercises and the laying of a wreath at the iron gate of the tomb high on the hill over- looking Long Island S und. The visit is made annually on the Saturday before Oct. 27, the birthday of the late President. a a w at p The Legislature was given the assurance last session that there would be stricter supervision in the matter of fishemiens loans. judging from the complaints made at this week's nicel- itig. of the Fishermcn’s Union, the Loan lloartl is still being fooled by applicants who “never were fishermen and never iiilctitled to b2." In the meantime, our bona fitle fishermen are still waiting for the “wider markets" they ivcrc promised by Liberal campaigners in I935. 1F l? * >ll The question agitating the minds of agricul- turatists and business men alilce just now is: Will Canada pay twice? \\t'ill this Iloniittioti, in addition to releasing Britain front certain preferences on natural products to facilitate the Anglo-American treaty, be obliged also to make tariff concessions to the United States on manu- factured goods in return for further concessions from that country? This is one aspect of the present triangular treaty negotiations which is causing concern in Canadian industrial circlt-s. Manufacturers remember that in i937 Caitzula reduced duties on manufactured goods front liri- tain and received in payment for this further preferences from Britain. 'l‘ltcse preferences were paid for, and (Tatiatliati industrialists ob- ject to being asked to give tip parts of the paid for, in favor of the United States. But tnorc important, they point otit flint they are bciitq asked, in addition to giving tip parts of these preferences for Britain, to pay further prices to the United States for concessions in the pro- posed new trade agreement which would sup- plant that of 1935. Both major componcnts of (fanadzfs commercial and industrial fnltric tire itivolvctl in this two-way pay. Tho fruit grow- ers. the grain growers and llu- luuibcr ilpt-r- ators will undoubtedly have to pa_v—-al.~m fartncrs and matiiifrtcttircrs. ‘tut two features of lbc rival havc provcrl espccizilly irritating to (“zin- ntliatis. Otie is the ombargo llllpili-‘Otl on (‘rin- fl/llilll forcst ltffiilllClfl. at tho vcry ll(‘l,'_[lll of the ttcqnliatiotis, b_v Congress, :tl lltc ll(‘ll(‘.\li of Ain- cricnti lunibcr opcrrtlnrs. and lllf‘ otbvr is the itisislt-ut demand of the [initial S alcs lbat (‘nu- ada totuovt- Iltc 3 pcr ccnl. excise tax 0n itu- "me fr/"ti llint country. NOTES BY TIIE Willy King Boris of Bulgaria, ls sometimes pictured driving ownbaby carriage 1n the streets of _liis capital, lias liberated 223 prisoners serving terms up to l5 years. on the occasion of lils 20th anniversary as a sovereign. Boris evidently ls a kindly and consid- eratenian, which may means that; lie will continue to be king for lllfllly 1110i? YBHTS to CUBIC. —- Montreal Gazette. along with who his the "nnneotnw wax" and the use of “powder poll- tlcs," the new diplomacy has con- tributed a technique of retreat ivliicli might be called the strat- egic crawl. If your adversary ls vvcnk you invade lils territory, raln bombs on lils women and children and destroy lils clues-taking care not to declare Ivar, which would irritate powerful nations. If he ls strong. you open a press campaign against him through Inspired ar- ticles; then you try out his reaction to bluster. If he turns the other cheek, you sound off a magnllo- quent threat. But. if he stands up and takes It, you run to cover as fast. as possible, explaining on the way that your threat had been misunderstood. It wasn't a threat at all. you say. but an offer of co- operation. —From the Baltimore Sun. An inquiring reporter recent- ly interviewed flve people chos- en at. random and DSKBQ if they could remember their first tele- pnotie call. The answers were ‘ntttaztng; Because Lne thrill of ll; was so great, all bur one could recall the experience as If it bap- pcned yesterday. ‘I‘he fifth “LOOK the telephone for granted, like street cat's, radio, airplanes, motor cars-all are common-place now." Of the others, one said, "I could hardly speak, and could not hear froni excitement.“ Another stated, "Wlicii I heard a voice speak to me over it, I got. a futiny feeling utliicli is hard to describe." A Hamilton subscriber when -12 years old tinswered the telephone for the first time to licar of the ass sslnntioii of President McKni- lev Can you remember your flrst telephone calN-‘Peleplioiie News. There ls Something British. by the way, in the story printed in New York papers which said that the authorities had finally de- cided to change tlie style of the clotlics furnished initiates of the Home for the Aged, on Welfare Island. ’I‘lie present uniform- a grey Mother Hubbard for women and equally colorless cotton suits for men -— was adopted about a hundred years ngo, and it never occurred to anybody to change lt. The bureaucrats would go to any amount of trouble to follow the established practice, and some- times their insistence on not de- parting from the rule cost. the clty a lot of money. Hereafter the wo- men will be clothed 1n bright- flutvered percales and hats that look less like those 1n the old pictures of pioneer Women on prairie scliooners. The men wlll be given fitted coats and trousers, and even garters to hold up their socks, if they want them. They wlll also have shoes to replace the present. Congress gutters, and a. choice between rilglitgowns and pa- Jnmas. Of course, the part. of thls story which ls not British ls the (Iecisloit to change the uniform of the old people. In Britain the or- iginal clothes would have be- Cflme. by now, a badge of honor and tlie mere suggestlon that they be changed would be denounced as an attempt to undermine the Empire. --Baltlmore Sun. of the Harvard _ Natlonal Geographic expedition to the glacier fields of the St. Elias range in Alaska should be as cooling as the tingle of ice 1n a glass. There was a time when iceuaps a mlle high covered the Maritfmes and New England, but the last. Ice Age never really departed. There are probably us large lce sheets as ever, only there are fewer of tlieni. Tlie Antarctic has the daddy of them all. There is one 1n Greenland and it appears to be growing. There ls a huge glacier system 1n Alaska and, wlille there are indications that. lt. has been melting. perhaps to make the Alaska-Yukon district warmer and the prairies drler. there l5 evidently lots more lce to melt, according to the report of this erfcait expedltlon. Mount St. Elias, twenty-five mlles from the PflClllc. Hwy be connected ln the minds of some with the name of‘ the Duke of the Abruzzl, who first ascended It. That was forty years (I80. wlicti Italian exploits were be- 1118 Walcljied with more friendly eyes by lxortlt Americans. Accord- ing to Bradford Washburn, leader of the tiresent expedition, the glacier field, which almost reach- The , report University - es the st-a one hundred inllcs west of Mount St. Elias, covers an 1m- metise area and reaches heights of from ftvc to seven thousand fceta-Moiicton Transcript, The Lanatlian boy or five m“ look forward to two full years more of llfe than tlir: British boy of flve lf-‘RFS. HICKS "Canada's Weekly." Tlip Canadian til. 40 has 32 years in front of lilm as against. less than 30 of hls British eousln. Even at 75 there 1s a difference ln favor of the Cniititlitin of a llttle more than n year. There must be a reason for the great longevity of Canad- ltttis. Is ll. their healthy, rugged c11- matt-‘P Isltnsuprrlor resistance to disease crstrongei- physique? Is it dut- lo tlwlr ndttttnged medical facll- ltles? Is It their contpartitlve wealth, their hlglier standard of llvlng. their flne social service? What It 1s? The Idea of the experts ls that n11 of these things enter Into the picture. but It cannot be rlenled that thorn ls another element which has n bearing upon the great. long- ovitr of the Canadian. Conslder for a ntoineiit the probnblllty of a tit-rsnu nged 25 dying wlthln flve years. The probability ls greatest ln the Maritime Provinces and lensl In the Pralrle Prov1nces,-~be- lng twice its hlgh In the former as In the hitter. The expectatlon of llfe tit the age of flve ls over 64 ytears In the Prtilrle Provinces and tinder 61 In Quebec. to take the two cxtrrmt-s. Whv should the Prairie Provinces show better than Quebec itnd the Mnt-‘tinios? The answer ls simple. When large movements of populatlon take place there ls a tendency for the "m"; ‘cMItW ~iid energetic ele- inrnts to move, while the less licrilllty penplt- slay tit home. To move to n FfrnIlIZ!‘ land reqtilres even at this day, somcthlng of the lllflllPPflllg splrll. Hence It. ls that the Wostcrn Provinces of Canada Iiwvr- Ibo llsrltlrst. mortalltv. ‘These Provinces linvtv rccrlvcd much of Ilioir tiopttltillon wry recently. - Sl. Catharina-s Standard. g rrnis cnaizwrrwrowiv quaiuzriiy . __.. .._-_..__..... ....---—- Borden's BylLLC Determination of the late SlrRo- bert Borden to keep faith with the men In the trenches ls expresed again and again in the two-volume memoirs of the war-time prime minister soon to be published by the Macmillan Company of Can- ada. Sir Robert died last year. Descrlblrtg lhe occasion when he was harassed and exhausted with lils efforts to form a Union gov- ernment, he wrote: “My own political future seems of insignifi- cant consequence 00m with the possibility that some unfore- seen turn of political events might dishonor my pledge to the men overseas In such tense moments one can best, be true tn himself lfl he la true to those who tnisted hm" Frequently he proclaimed the Canadian Corps the most formid- able striking force ln the British army After the Great War was over, he wrote: “Sir Arthur Currie brought me the history of the last. hundred days of the war My diary riotx my impression as I read It: ‘It. 1s a tlorious history and I am extremely proud of It. During that. time the Canadians fought: 47 dlvlslons of the German army; all these dlvlslons were de- feated ntid l5 were destroyed“ When he felt tlierc was inef- flclency ln the hltzli command of the Brltlsli Armv he took action ln the most direct way possible. "In the late whiter and earlv sprlnq of 1918 the Gcrttiati had prepared l1 tremendous offensive," he wrot-e "In the previous autumn I had heard that. this mltiht be possible; and I hcnrtl also that the British high command fervently hoped that the enemy would un- dertake sucli an offensive Thus we were greatly surprised and dis- mayed wlicn the German offensive dld break upon the British front on March 21 with such termend- ous force that thr- Fifth Army was broken and driven back ivlth great loss 0f guns. and prisoners The Canadian Corns lmrl been tittncltnrl: and Indeed preparation was so thorouzh (as the Gctnittn ItilclIlct-nce listrl ro- bablv dLscovrred) that an at rick would have boon rntlvr tvt-Ycfine. Borden nrrlttcd In London on June 3. attended a incetlng of the Imperial war cabinet three clays later and “by reason of Informa- tion which had reached me from various sources" sent for General Citrrle, Canadlan Corps command- er not their "I opened the conversation with him (Currie) by Informing him that. 8.; prime minister of Canada I directed hlm to tell me the tin- varnlshed truth about the situa- tlon at the front and for that pur- pose to banish all consideration of military etlquette or other con- ventlons . , . .Gen Currie cave me a. lurid picture of the situ- atlon." Attacked Incompctency Following thls Borden appeared ln the Imperial war cabinet meet- lng and for nearly an hour at- tacked “the lncompetency, disor- ganization and confusion at the front." In a report to his colleaguas in Ottawa dated June l5 Borden wrote: "I discussed (with Currie) Memoirs ABNIGII. Canadian Press Std! Writs (copyright I918, by the Camdll-n Pres) w I animablo peach and Igaevefnvielshfa lzongratulatiom u Walter Long and other ministers.’ rm m» u... Pin-flier he watt: “one could the inability of the War Office and even of the Admlralty to utlllu the brains of the nation at a time when brains are most needed. At. the War 0f- flce they restricted brilliant. men who enlisted In the new l0 the rank 0f Bflndler-Gen in m-dgr that. pmfaslonal soldiers mlkht not have their careers inter- fered with. I attacked this in the cabinet on Thursday and said that it amounted t9 scrapplnc the brains of the nation at. a. Elme when they were most, needed. Aa a result of thy discussion thus started a committee of the war cabinet cotnslstlngof the British prime minister and the prime min- lsters of the domlnlons was up; pointed to gather fnformalton as what further effort would be ne- cessary to win the wa-r. "We de- voted ourselves assiduously totlie Inquiry . . . and I beleleve we db- talned all available information for the purpose of our rt." Borden added that probably t e report was never proscribed as the tlde of the war turned In favor of the Alller about that time. Later, on July 14 when Lloyd George and Borden were walklnt‘ in the country. Iiloyd George ‘ex- ploden" with regard to the h1g1‘ command. “He said that for elgh‘ months he had been ‘bolllng with impotent rage’ against them. He complained at Great lenltth their constant mistakes, their failure to fulfil expectations, and the tinne- 95-55311; loxses which their lack of foresloht had occasioned. I asked lilm why he had not dlsmlsed those responsible the evlous autumn: and he replled hat. h" lmd endeavored tzo do so Kilt did not succeed in carrying the cab- inet: the lilgh command had their tifflllatlons and their roots every- where and 1t. was (pr the purpose of strengthening lils hands ltn deal- lng with the slttiatlon that he had summoned tihe dominion ministers to the Imperial war cabinet." Frequet. tribute ls bald In the memoirs to French-Canadian sol- diers. Dealing with the compara- tlve failure of recruiting ln Que- bee, slr Robert: wrote that the French-Canadian “has an iin- bounded belle! in the invincible power of Great Brltaln and m- garded the oo-vpera on of ma. as useless and futile a4 well as burdensome?’ He added: "It was no lack oi’ courage that held thae people from enlistment. 'I‘ho.se who went overseas proved themselves worthy of their descent from a fighting and heroic race." He mid General Sam Huafhes’ "malndrolt methods reached their highest polnt in hls attatricements for recruiting among Fretich- Canadlons." These activities escap- ed the notice of Borden until "their unfortunate iestilts had been made manifest." PUBLIC FORUM ‘Illa cola-l In III! h! Iii the campalmi of last ytcar and especially the German offensive. during the past three months, Thel report which ll“ gave me was veryl depressing and I am convinced that; t the present rlttuition 1s due to lack- of orlzanlzatlon, lack of system. lack of preparatlon, lack of fore- sight and lncomnotent leadership. "If the British army corps had made the saute prt-iiaratlon to meet the German offensive m‘ dld General Currie and the officers and men of the Canadian forces the German offensive could not possibly have succeeded as It did." Clalmlni! that. the British offen- sive of the your before had ob- vlously been a mistake. Borden ad- ded; "It wlll be remembered that the Canadlans took Pnsscliendaele, at a cost of 16.000 men. In tho end the offenslve, Currie tolls me, and I believe he ls rlzlit. had no useful result and the British army immediately went on the defensive and the campalgn ceased for the year. No advantage In position was. gained and the effort Was slmplyi wasted." Eirplnlnlntz that the Canadlans put. out during the autumn and winter 375.000 yards of barbed ivlre entanglomcttls. he added that Cur-‘ rlo had told hlm one BFlllFll corps commander said ho had put out 30.000 yards. Another British of- finer told Currle that his ,co had no barbed wire prof-action on any such scale as the Canadians and that “the men wort- cmtiloved ln lavlnc out tennis coitrts." "’I‘liroe days before It (the offen- sive) bcttnn the chief Intelligence officer gave the Canadian Crops a. tlp that they nvcd not expect an offenslve from the Germans. "The Catuitllnti Army Corps ls admlttedlv the ntost. forttilrlnble. striking force In ‘lit,- Alhrt‘ arm- les. Probably It ls the b-"st orvntilr- ed and most efficient. unit. of 1 alze ln the yvorlrl today.” He ad- ded he believed Currie was the itblest corps commander In the British forces. "I went Into all these thltigs and rnanv other matters on Thursdiw In the war cabinet and nlthouth I spoke with re=trnlnt I dld not. mlnce matters. Abnarpntly I gave no_o_ffer_tc_e__as__ Lloyd George told ‘A VAGADOND SONG There is something In the autumn that ls native to my blood- Touch of manncr, hlnt, of mood; And my heart ls Ilkc a rliynte With the yellow and the purple and the crimson keeping time. The scarlet of the maples can shake me like ti cry Of bugles golng by, And my lonely sp rlt. thrills To see the frosty aster; like smoke upon the hIIIs. There Ls something ln October; cell the glpsy blood nstlr; We must rlse and follow her. When from every hlll and flame She calls and calls each vngabond by mime. 4mm Car-man. to lfve handlcatitled Industry? wlll be adml of the teachers as also the in. comes of all othere classes of our our farmers turn that. their eamlngs can be and conditions. t, Fed citation t-o dilonnln by MIIIIIDIII" 9| quell lntcnll. The Glau- lnthtown Guardian don not n- ctonully undone Ob lnllhna of enrrunnnlanto. TEACHER-S’ SALARIES Slr,— All will agree with the Ex- ecutive of the P. E. I. Teachers’ Federation that. the standard o! the Island's school teachers should be raised and that, in Order t0 accomplish that end, their salari- les must be Increased. Does it. not however, occur to the Executive of the Federatlon that. this most desirable end can be attained only by a similar increasing of the incomes of our government and of their taxpayers, the farmers? Would it not, be in order for so highly Intelligent a, body g the Teachers’ Federatlon to do some basic thinking and some baslc plantilng, having for bhelr object. the betterment of the lot of those who toll on the land? There are many ways in which this can be accomplished. Our De t of Agriculture ls 0e y doing best. with the limited means at It. disposal, but. blazer things are needed and to whom should we look for suggestions with greater confidence than to the Teacher's Fledemtlon? Are we not. m at the expense of a sorely It surely Ufid that the salaries people are necessarily dervz d t. upon the net. n an annual earrings of’ and flsliermen and In belle!“ 011W by improving methods Whit has the my 1n tlgcls regard? 1W This you'll Fashi more REPLY T0 Bin-Some p letter in about, I would be doing at least, unless of reply. .m'bu la/r at himdred coming on. be ashamed worthy not try to Wow Coughing! Bringing no 1i local Take by hldn| RAZ-MAH 60o or ll at dr am. Sir, e _ ll. If. S. HEMMING . short. time ago I read It appears that the oulty with "Flahemian" ls that. he did not get work mWl-Bflfle 1f they do not nick up an odd dol- some work besides fanning. Who are more entitled to work on this wharf than It ls not being bullt for accommodation to over one of rum. and I won- der who grieved the most then, RWY. load in his nets and set mil £1011. rectum. and when one sea.- wn 010665 there is always another I would ca! let "Fisherman" of his profession, the profession St. Peter himself lowed while on earth. Do not about the few paltry dollars Door farmer mlsrht make on Prlnoe- n Wharf. but take lib: see- boat and lils fall-h; walk on the water): 08st his nets over the sldc, haul _ eat CHRONIC BIIIJNCHITIS Clpunhl. Choking, wheeling. luplng. uptigh- In; m usually relieved at once. Chock attach fool tight. Rolls! from ll norm-o: money beck. I00 Fashion raft A OVERCOATS fine llne of Overcoats in rich fleeces and many new patterns along with good styling and smartness give you an Overcoat be proud to wear. on Craft Overcoats cost you little than the cheaper makes arnd will give you much more wear and service. Let ua show you the Fashion Craft lino, it’: outstanding this season. Henderson & llludmore "FISIIERMAN" ln the silvery pockets with go I am, Sir. etc. POOR. __.__-________. FARMERS‘ CREDIT do not. think I Justice to myself. I made some sort whole dllfl- automdbllas, and m “N, emails-ea t would iii? m, 33h’? ' me, D th m-“mlm- t." "t. a: ..:'..:::.i~>- l€°IIL° .'.'.l§':..’.°“.: Y ans for t eli- cat-s yes, then we ask yon to try EVAN ‘S STOMACB MIXTURE Howl's Stomach Mixture Is a preccrl tlon of Dr. L B. the tanner-s? the express Purpose of accommodating the Enlni n mndon, En land, farmer by Providing a shipping Ind la sold for the uu eiit place for his produce? In days gon.“ 0f Indigestion, Heart-bu n by I have seen this same wharf "Y! Nlllll. Sour Stomach. G trio Distress. and many other ailments peculiar i0 the stomach tanner or fisherman. W; ink you only to try It. I also know of’ fishermen offered YIN! wlll be delltlllfll will! "IQ W01’! m this some project. and It refill"- . was turned down flat. Would not PRICE PER, BOTTLE I60. work at some poor land-lubbefs . —-—_%. ilgb: All tl‘i)ac"l;{lsliemiari" needs MACS BLOOD FOOD 300d . e can int it For Ila and fliln o. A white or green or even battleship eonnlinnlon especlaliijiplvalii- able 1n the ‘ atmenl of those for the bylney, and map the hu- diseases when their orllill ll vest the good Lord placed there lraoeahle to an lmpaverlt‘ m» him. No fertilizer. or cultlva- cvlfllflin o! the blood- We lilghl recommend Marl Blood Foo for the treatment of rheumatism and for thosr who have lost their appeilt Mines Blood Food wlll provr not 7°!‘ the restorative. W"? TRY IT TODAY. “me muci: PER BOX so» We wish all our customer.- l0 lmow that we now have ln flock Marslllea 72% Gennlnv Fruich Castlls soap. Budd's Pills — 39c per bu! A. S. A. Tablets - — — 49c per Bottle of 100 Ranember The Two Mam Meets all Prices. THE MAGS Phone 315 w) 803 up phlefll. or hacking to Templeton’: RAZ-MAH whenever chant bellnn to "lflllll 25.1938 Styled for Winter Wear i? lIaoa/rd and llne lib FARM!!! i’ Blr.~I» have often thought this! our farmers throughout the Prov- .l_r_ig_tl_g_x_iqt_rfillge_tlie__advantago (Continued on page 9, Col B) GREDIE G O O D C O O K IN G Demands Real Skill 1ND THE CAREFUL MIXING OF IN- NTS. EQUAL SKILL AND CARE IS REQUIRED IN THE PRODUCTION OF OUR CHEWING RAW LEAF UNDER TOBACCO. THE GOES CAREFUL PROCESSING BEFORE IT IS OFFERED T0 THE PUBLIC UNDER THE WELL- KNOWN NAME HICKEY’S BLACK TWIST CHEWING 10c Per Fig Manufactured byl IIIBKEY and llllIllilLSllll