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-Sir George E. Foster is not a profession-
al reacher; he is however a professional
.ang practical speaker and has the happy
faculty of saying things in such a way that
they can not be easily forgotten. He
preached a sermon the other day to the
members of the Methodist Conference in
Montreal, a short extract from which was
published in The Guardian. This sermon
or a similar one should be preached ill
every church in Canada. _ _
“How many of us are eating one whit
less? How many of us are wearing one
whit less? How many of us are using one
whit less of gasolene? How many of us
are wearing clothes that we ought to be
ashamed of in war time?" Clothes that
we ought to be ashamed of! Looking out
upon our streets on a fine afternoon;
looking at the congregations in our chur-
ches on any Sabbath, looking at the auto-
mobiles on our streets, at our_ sumptuously
lad-en tables, who would imagine that there
was a war on, in which our own flesh and
blood are facing death? Who would be-
lieve that millions were starving to death,
that millions had not enough to clothe
them? Wearing clothes that we ought to
be ashamed of! Sitting down to tables that
we ought to be ashamed of! Enjoying our-
selves in a manner that we ought to be
ashamel of!
There was a time, now long ago and
almost forgotten-it was before the Wai'
--when the poorly clad were ashamed of
their clothes, when the frugal meal was
something to be hidden from the neigh-
bors. Now, neighbours to millions who are
starving to death, to millions whose rags
will not cover their nakedness, we are be-
ginning to realize that there is some in-
congruity in our extravagant clothing, in
our sumptuous feasting, in our continuous
enjoyment; beginning to realize the in-
justice and the sin of faring sumptuously
and being extravagantly clad. in the neigh-
borhood of a veritable hell of poverty-for
Europe is a next door neighbour-Europe
where millions with whom _we could share
our abundance are starving.
Sir George Foster says we ought to be
ashamed of these things. Are we? Not
yet. Those who can afford it are still set-
ting the fashionable pace and those who
cannot are following in their wake, spend-
ing their substance in the riot of fashion-
able living. Meantime our neighbours over
in Europe are starving. Who are respon-
sible forthe extravagance? Clearly those
who can afford to be extravagant; they are
the leaders. What would it mean to the
starving millions, what would it mean to
our own poor if these leaders should lead
in the other direction, should set a pace in
dress, in eating, in entertaining, that
would be compatible with the times in
which we live? Who among those who can
afford it will set the pace in wearing
clothes and in our general manner of liv-
ing, out of which we can look our starving
neighbours in the face without being as-
hamed?
1"I{'.\N(.‘E Ll‘].»\I{l\'l‘]I) LI‘]SS().\' IN |870
France learned in the sorrows of 187(
the wisdom that French military leader-
ship has exhibited in the struggles of the
past four years.
Prussian genius and Frenchfolly com-
bined to attract the armies of France by
the fatal lure of territorial objectives.
One French army of 150,000 gave up its
whole military existence at Sedan because
French generals permitted themselves to
be hopelessly tied 'ulp to battle on ground
of Germaiiy’s own c oosing.
The army of Bazaine surrendered 180,-
000 men and all its equipment because
French leaders committed themselves to a
hopeless defence of Metz instead of saving
a géreat army- by a timely withdrawal.
‘ ermany tried to lure J offre into throw-
ing French armies into a decisive battlein
Belgium in 1914. Germany expected that
the army of Gen. French would allow its
forces to be shut up in the fortress of Mau-
berge in the early stages of the retreat
fr Mons. '
_ »°%ermiui`y still the al-
o a at a
chosen stra-
to force
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new era in French military leadership. The
plodding retreat of unbroken armies su-
perseded the blundering movements
around Sedan and Metz. Sentiment de-
mands theretention of_territory. -:Strength
demands the preservation of armies. Se_n-
timent sacrificed everything to territorial
objectives and ruined France- _in _ 1870.
Stre_ngt].}i sacrifices territorial objectives to
the sec rity of ariniesi, Sttfdhgthfwill save
France and the allies in these years of the
great war. I 3  _ '
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- (‘-\.\"\D.-\’S_ _TRADE
The trade returns for the fiscal year
just ended as issued by the Census and Sta-
tistics Oiiice, show that the volume of the
external trade of Canada is now greater
than at any previous period in the history
of the Dominion. For the fiscal year end-
ed March 31, 1918, the grand total of the
imports for consumption and exports of
Canadian merchandise-taking no ac-
'count of the movement of coin and bullion
-\'_'as over two billions and a half of
Imports for consumption for the fiscal
year, 1918 were greater by 56 per cent.
than for the year just prior to the war,
viz: the fiscal year 1914. Under the stimu-
lus of war orders- the export trade shows
a still greater development, exports of Ca-
nadian goods for the fiscal year 1918 ex-
ceeding in value similar exports in 1914 by
256 per cent.
The total trade of Canada-imports for
consumption and exports of Canadian pro-
duce amounted to $2,502,549,635, for the
fiscal year ended March 31, 1918, while the
value for similar trade for the fiscal year
just prior to the war amounted to $1,050,-
045,583, showing an increase from 1914
to 1918 of $1,452,504,052. This increase
is more than the whole trade for the fiscal
year 1916. The imports of merchandise
for the fiscal year 1918 were valued at
$962,521,847 and in 1914 at $618,457,144,
showing an increase of $255»064,703, whilst
the export of Canadian merchandise in
1918 amounted to $1,540,627,788 and in
1914 to $431,588,439, showing a better-
ment from 1914-1918, of $1,108,439,349.
From 1914 to 1918 the exports of the
mine increased $349,119 to $172,743,081;
agricultural products from $20,623,560 to
$32,602,251; the forest from $42,792,137
to $51,899~704; animals and their produce
from $53,349,119 to $178,743,081; agricul-
tural products from $198,220,029; to $567,-
713,584; manufactured goods from $57,-
443,542 to $636,602,516. ~ '
II.\ NG '1‘l'[E`i\I A LL
John' Hodge, British Minister of Pen-
sions, is convinced that the war will have
been fought in vain if the Kaiser and his
war lords do not find their heads in a
noose. The reason for his Wish is the con-
viction that the execrated gentlemen in
question are responsible for the devasta-
tion in Europe. The view will be, support-
ed by many. The highly-trained and ex-
alted monsters of the chancelleries, who
are always on the watch for opportunities
to conquer territories and peoples, are the
evil geniuses of the world. For their glory
tens of thousands, and -even millions, of
men are slaughtered. Their schemings
bring war after war. If, instead of power
and honor, they were treated to the violent
death they have brought to so many others-
the lesson might go far towards discoura-
ging their kind in the future. No fate
would be too cruel for the authors of the
conflict that is raging today.-Montreal
Gazette.
NOTES
Anyone who has ever led a drunken
man home will understand the latent he-
roism in President Wilson’s declaration
that he intends to stand by Russia. _
_ Lady Muriel Paget asserts that there
were 8,000,000 casualties, including 2,-
000,000 deaths among the Russian forces.
Assuredly the toll was. terrible, It was
_doubly unfortunate in that the collapse
came and made the sacrifices go for naught.
By not holding out to the end Russia lost
her chance of reaping the fruits of her
tremendous endeavors in the first years of
the War.
Premier Clemenceau’s newspaper says
that the Allies knew they had to hold the
Channel ports at all costs, and preferred
taking risks in the South. The German
d_rive to the Marne is certainly far less se-
rious than a German drive to Boulogne or
Calais, or Abbeville, or even
Amicus. is room'
losses.
"Jolfre revealed the patient genius of a"
on without horses it ls a matter of
vital concern to the nation that the
jfupply and quality ot, the homes at
,the front should be lnapt up to the
highest standard. ,and many (people
_Who use not concerned in horshs. ex-
cept ln their relation tn the war, have
been interested to hear the different
opinions expressed ss to the value of
Q .
l
1 Since the war could not be mrrled
is
thoroughbred. trotting bred and
draught horses for war work There
has been controversylbc to w'hether
the tiottlng bred horde is more use
ful than the thoroughbred but for gen
eral purposes Uils discussion may be
ompared' to the debate. about tweed
ledum and tweedledee There ls prob
ably no trotting bred hlorse that has
bred and trained for racing purposes
east of the same sect.
About the absolute failure of
British draft horses iii this war,
not sent to the front, or they may
work that war imposes upon a
ing Life he reviews -the failure of
as war horses in present conditio . 4 ,_
stamina. If they are compelled to go
speed beyond ii walk, to undergo,
up and lie down and die in the mud. I
Why they should mil ln stamina Lord 'r
but he says that his own experience
has taught him that all horses' with
an excessive amount of "feather,"
which is the technical name for long
hali' albout the feet, are wanting in
stamlna. This excessive hair, more-
kcep the horses’ hoofs clean when
they are working ln mud. and il’ the
spondont who had said that thot
ln fact, the breed seems to have de-
breeder would walk blocks out of
his way to see a genuine Suffolk
Punch on the streets of this cltv-
would break down on the \‘0l1ll'»
which certainly was 110%- the ellie
some years ago. But ln the mean
time brooding the horses for B'h0W
qualities. without regard to workin5
purposes. has undoubtedly injured
the breed. In notable contrast to
the discredit which the war has
brought upon the British breeds of
r fte the French heavy hoise,'
great record. Lord -Lousdnle BBYI U10#
Percheron cantrot six or seven lllllel.
own stable that out trot for a quar-
ter Of 5 miie ht _tho rote of sixteen
miles an hour.
Prslse for American Hllf°l-Will'
'rrno Porohsron, ming n homo wim-
out long hair about his fetlocks, and
pérhaps because he is s neil" i0 U19
clfuntry ln which so much 0! “I0
is being done. ll D'-ll lll°°l'
by the ooid the deep mllll,
is mo smith A' 'l ""1""
not thoroughbred blood ,in his veins. R
and the fact that for almost or quite
hl
a century trotting horses have been lu
gives them a right to be considered at 6
least blood horses. ln other words, N
while they may be of a lower caste B
*than the thoroughbred, they are at a
Brltlsh Drafters .Fall W
there seems to be up doubt what- th
ever. Of course, the breeders' oi th
Clyd‘es and Shiras will contend that 0
their favorites have not had a fair g
trial, that the best and most typical D
representatives of the breeds were W
point to individual peiforipances Z
that do credit to the whole tribe; th
but the coiisenrsusf nevertheless, is W
against them. This failure of the W
British breeds has led Lord Loiis- p
dale, one of the best authorities in te
the world on' -the subject of horse- W
flesh. to import some Percherons n
from France in an effort to produce lo
a drafter that will stand up to the th
_ th
horse. In a long letter to the Sport-
the British draft breeds at the th
front, tells why the failure was ln- le
evitable and explains why the Per- E
cheron and its crosses would be more Q
useful in time of war’ _ _ , c
Long Feather Sign of Weakness T
o
It appears that there are two elim a
tr
on short rations, and to increase their
in w
Wlhen the ranks that are tliln shall be
cayed in England as it has in Can- c
pda, Even 20 years ago a horse- ber that _fn this war lt is not the de-
tails that matter. All that matters sometimes leads to insanity; but to
is being in the right, and we now be able 'to think on any subject you
know that we are in the right. What please places your happiness in your
Lord Lonsdale says that the general else counts? ‘My friend Meredith
impression is that SlllT0ll¢S' feel 5
ther of Parllam ts
A
c
e fun of faith.
t U ll
uth which will boat the Kaiser.
objections to the Clyde and the Sli c0urg,e5y_" There 15 in uh somethhp
hat mocks at calamity and laughs at
The most important ls their lack of fear. It is the fun of faith.
U00
I believe ln miracles. The Marne
s a miracle There will be a great
a . -
fact, any hardship, they simply curl er miracle than the Marne. You and
havesimply got to walt till the mi-
acle liappens:~
Lonsdale does not specifically explalii Let our flag run out straight in the
wind!
The old red shall be floated again
thlnnsd,
Wlien the names that were twenty
are ten.
over. makes it _utterly impossible to That is the fun of faith.
Q C U
You may ask me to tell you how
feet are not kept clean there are half and when 'and where the mlraclo will
a dozen diseases that will attack the be wrought. Where would be the
hoof and' randor the horse unseless. fun of faith if you know or I knew or
anylmdy kngw? B9 ygry gurg that ll, bill. yOU. Cllll, 8.8 it lil Only H bfld hill)-
Suffolks Dyilnq Out when the_ miracle. happens we shall
an no dumbfounded with astonishment break ll of lt wlll break you.Yo\1 must
o catch a glimpse of lt. Old Bis-
Suffolk drafters had stood the war mnrck said that nobody can see the
test very well by saying that there cards held by Providence. He was
Lord Lonsdale answers a corre- But until it happens ‘we need not try
oro :ow if ony suffoiiis at tho front. right. The Kaiser cannot see them.
W
may lose our heads in a maze of
&._»¢u».. ,-¢~»--».-.q
on experience horses e
luncheon ph,-ty swan hy the Mini,"-y smiling fortitude on our lips They
of inmfmhuoh in hahah, of the gm h s bequeathed us their valour The
i-loan delegates. it was noni in the llflllv °f ""1 dead ll* ““°°"‘l'§°'“l’l°
Hu-court. Room' on ‘he Tghmc, Tlielr souls are marching on.
e Thames. The lifoad river wi ° ' '
wmg by “E "ke th, "_,-Bam of hw. Old Lord Bryce, with the snow of
gory, The speeches were phncm. years whitening his' hair, his eye
ami by tho unining or no Division brews- “nfl llls beard- ‘l“°le‘l W°"l“'
Bells. Ministers were obliged to Worth to us. “We must be free or
hurry away to answer qu¢s¢;|0h,_ The die." That is the Wordsworthian
scene _was wel-l set. The Americans ‘WY ‘lf SllYlllH' “The °“lY Wai' °\l¥ Ul
were under the ve,-y ht-,he of (he M0. this war ls through it." France, su-
en .
c s s  _ dying for the freedom of humanity.
1-liked Me,-¢,q|¢h, ph-actor of 11,4 Wihen you shudder at our sacrifice,
mei-yeah chamber of Gamma,-ce_ Hé think of the sacrifice of France. There
ame to _us fresh from hh., gh-ehtesf has never been anything like ft on
epublfc in the world, and -he put new €fll'lll~ F0' Gollllllellll “E” me” Wlll
heart lnto,us. lMr. Page described marvel at ll- .Fl'll“°" lla” ll"'°‘l
m ag 5, typical gpgclmen of "the lllrollgh llei' V8l'(l\lil. W8 8|'6 DOW
kownnn Mmoio woot" andwo nnii- living throush ours- We are her
d oontentooiy. Hs may have thought mate and match ln martyrdom- In
us au a bit com, for when he impui- these dove I een feel our pooi>le_broc~
veiy ieapt to his root and toasted the his themselves 10 bear Sh°°k _ "D0"
rltlsh army, we all looked sheepfsh. Sll0Ck» lll°W “P0” l’l°W» 5ll',°l‘° “Poll
nd the lump in our throats -prevented stroke. The sense of it is every-
us from eheerlnl. ‘ But let me assure where. I see it In the eyes of inen
Meredith that we were not as cold as and In the eyes of women. .It makes
e looked. There were tears ln our _me reverent,
eyes. I hope nobody noticed mine. * * '
O 1 U
AS Mefedllll talked I Bald 10 myB€lf very is licnrtrciiding. As a rulc, our
at there iS H0 fun ln the World like London women do not sally out to
e fun of falth,_for we are in a trough buy papers In the streets. But in
f the war-waves that makes It rare those days i watch them going out in
ood fun to practise faith as well as the evening to buy nw war news, pen-
l°el1Cll ll- ll lll ll0l “SY l0 <10 S0 nyworths of pain. -The mothers ai*
llflll Y0\|l` fflelldi lllld the fl‘l6!ldB Of the wives, the sltsers and the swee
our friends are dylns with their hearts, wnik along the streets with
licks 20 the Wall- Blll Wllllt ls llli’ white faces reading white sheets. I
B 80011 Of fair-Weather llillll? AS I know what grey shadows are in their
rite I hear that -Ballleul has fallen. hearts, 1 know the memories that
hal Of ll? THEY fell me that l'Wl' throng the cells of their brains.
GFS" H1118! fall- _ Wllfl-i Of ll-7 They Watching them as they sleal along
ll me that Ha,Z9l’f°llCl¢ mllsl- fllll~ like ghosts. I wonder how they eat,
-lllllfilf lt? They fell m9 llle Cll‘l’~ll‘ liow they work. liow they sleep. They
el P0119 Wlll fill- Wlllll 0f lt BOW' look -so lonely, so desolate, and yet
SHG. Clllailh P9-HS ll5€lf ma? falll so brave that I grow sick at heart
fl
ich can be token* for
.. - ` '_ - *-Y' ‘"7 A' 7771
‘ , many homes. It ls beyond compu~;
  THE FUN Ill FAIIH  H i» ‘mms--“°‘°» 
there one of us who is notfclutchedif =sh..___n I' with muc
_ i ' h I
_    sv .mules oouo|.As in-'i.oNooN br ills-lem" wi “°"‘°" °f ll? 'l`l\° I llellr-~ro¢s»voor o.m;,l.l“°”‘”° "lat
°p|N|°N man or woman who ds grieved for
  ___' _ yt... .oo ...ny my no
“Tho only way out of this was is you grlevinl (Qi lllll 0" llel' °l"l‘°- l°`
throu h lt I heard hese and lll0l’l`°W 3 ll” m“ll° ll’ °“°
of gommohh They were hpohm hy dead by (altering in our faith They
' 5""  ' ' ' t ss! ~ v
gallant words last week in t” House lllmlly- Bl" B lpn" “°t 'llama °"'_`,
an-American.. We were all at is bill 'lla 11°F {l‘l°°l'-' _-LW- ll' W9". l»l|°l!'1mn¢: on' Yimffmlkg ull' lute:
 _- si ~
o ~ -
ill
H0
perb, splendid, sublime France. is
The women move imc. Their bra-
nre the same women suffering the`
same torment, keeping company with
“The only way out of this war is me same fem-_
rough It!" Count Czcrnln has fal- ~ » »
11- Struck ll°W"‘l>>' his °Wl1lle~ The not tho only woy out of it nii is
mperor Karl has come to the Kais- through it hip and We may he
l"3 heel' Take C°mf°l`t‘ The lle through it all sooner than wc dare .to
a""°t llrevall' There ls B IWW" in hope. There is the supreme fun of
-faith. for the miracle will take us
here, again, 'Islltlie fun of faith. Qht unaWa,es_
fthe depths we rise and smile at dis- _ii
stef- We welcome “F=\te'B ilw» 
GUIRDIMI READERS
Furnished by W. B. Loueon
CONTROL YOUR THOUGHTS
Stop that thought. lt wus ln your
mimi all day yesterday. and it made
you perfectly miserable. Over and ov-
er again you passed through all the
unpleasant scenes. heard all tho cruel
words that were spoken, suffered ag-
ain all the painful feelings, and suc-
yoursolf for your work and destroying
all happiness out of y'our heart.
That thought had no right in your
iiilnd. You may think you cannot stop
lt you have fallen lnw and you must
get the mastery of your own mlndland
the control of your own thoughts, and
whlle lt will be the hardest battle you
will ever have to fight lt will be the
most glorious victory you will ever
w
e ln.
ontroversy. but it is jolly to remem- ` To be a slave to unpleasant thoughts
ls the worst klnd of bondage, and
own hands, and glvps you ii. sense of
sys that this war ls not a war: it ls"fpower and independence which is not
acrussde. Illke the good word. We only delightful to realize, but which
have come clean through the days of 0lllbl0'B YOU l° d°l'l3l0P Y0Ul`~ Clll1l`llCl8l'
doubt and we are in thc great crusade and shane your life lleeordlns to your
up to the eyebrows. The heavier "O21 0110109-
the imrrots of misfortune, the ‘higher ettho words of my mouth and the
is our courage. ` That is the fun of medllstlens Of my heart be lwcevulblli
faith, ‘ln Thy sight Oh Loid my strength and
l 0 ° amy Redeemer. '
Do not Imagine that I make light
d ‘ r' tot; the sacrifice' that ls saddening so _    _
mfmsiy, the Percl\eron,_hss made alljmpny hearts, so many liearths, so_ T
f MONTREAL, ay ao.-struck by a
_...__ Ifplece of an emo y wheel that burst
_ ~ isuddenly ln the shop of the Armstrong
hm, up ,my ,nik puck, something ,night um dna. hon," h,,,m,"_¢,_~.Whitwonh Company at Lonlueull yel-
terdsy, George Gulmsud, 19 years of
that 1=°l°l‘°f 'ho Clyde nor the Shire nonioiiip, too _mon .dying oonamono,
wh 40, Ho has s ‘Psreherell ll llllliof weather. work at all- hours of the gfhimdégg 1:21322" :e§i,g:;h?;g\“}§?:"h§s;
day and night. food shortages, and ‘and perforated his lungs. _
yet will trot along as cheerfuly as I
poilu. Much or the credit thus giv-
< en the Percheron is duo to the cross-
ing of the imported French horses
~ with American trottlnrbrsd stock-.
'rho remit io me limi miiiory soho.
Of late years the Pcrcheron has been
Imported to Canada in increasing
numbers, despite the firm hold' the
Clydesdale has hnd"ln thlmcountry,
and particularly ln Ontario. If tho
opinion ot Lord Lonsdale is to car
*K
cccded ln spoiling the day, unflttlng-
“I
inoomtion wm .now,_¢`
(enter increase until. _breeders
and Slilres edt work
_-s-~*
v SELFISIIIE33 _
_ , Isl colu
which are -bot I lllllll-
ln8. and seldolin gltiiaagd ;)"ll'Dlr.
accept your phuohophy ,hi ml; le to
will pardon fme,`liowovsr` itl ga- You
caption to some of the views sdvka ex'
:n yourdexcellsnt article ot this :iff-ef
, u .. -
>ni1i='ii°' 5"’ °“l’“°° Dense: in or
` ¢lruut\»~ . »
` 7-_ “8elfishness‘ 'ml ' V J
_ f . f `
lhttoincfg own adxnegmthitxinl H
_ I ggleilliury to others. is commend.
N°W- l l‘n0W your sentlm '
unlmpeachable. but ln `my husiilife £82:
lnlon you have not expressed them
my happily. soinsinieso is it vioo, no
el' ln what desroe. and een new
,be commendable. If I stole a cent i
W0uld be equally guilty of a gin
alnst -the Sth commandment as [ggi
stole five thousand icents. True .th
offence is mltlgs.hle~ or is unpmldo 6
able according to its trivlallty or 1?*
gravity; but the FACT of it is estahs
lished without reference to any wh:
sequences. When you suggest that
selfishness ls desirable to a certai
°"l°“l lf". lllllt ls what -1 uniiooitaii
lngly infer from the ,quotation above)
you propound a very dangerous prin-
ciple and one that is respnngime for
many evils which you frequently de.
Dlore, For, every man being his own
judge as to the limits to which his
indlvldual "selfishness" may be ph,,h_
ed without "injury" to others, It ig
faslly seen whither your propnsmon
eads. Perhaps. however, I may jg,
charged with qulbbllng, and the word
"selfishness" may .he subject ig other
than a literal interpretation. I assure
you I have no intention to tilt at a
more term, and I think my consruct-
ion,of your satement ls justified h,
view of the further assertion:
"The man. or the woman, who
ls utterly unsoiflsh, may be R
beautiful and a loveable charac.
ter, but it is not through tbl; _
tue alone that the fabric iv
we cull clvlllzntlon has b
built."
The 'utterly un? s son i ot
only "beautiful an lo I1 Mshlgjh
I nm wrong- ln regal' r go;-ds;
as sardoiiirr) but ls LY`i'ound~
ation on which our Civilization. inthe
best and truest sense of the word, has
been built. What would the Emplrp
do today but for “utterly iinselfl "'
men who are prepared to give t|%
dearest possession-lfe itself-for o -
ers? The utterly unselflsh mah is not
ey whisper. What of it? That is with ping And uh gym- Eh,-ape there 'necessarily-ssl am inclined to think,
perhaps unreasonably, you lnsfnuate
-a "darned food." The soldier on the
field dying of thirst offers his last drop
of water to a companion ln equal case
with himself. He d'oes an utterly un-
selflsh thing-but foolish Utterly uii-
selflsh people may not be able to make
money, but I venture to think wo
would not enjoy the civilization we
have to-day-our Liberty-not to men-
tl_u_,tl\_e__aff1uencc_ of those who, _ _armed
with the “safety first" doctrine and
exercising their right to be “selfish in
so fur" are unable to see the line of
lemarkation between their own "ad-
unceiiicnt” and others' “injury”-we
t
  F ll lgviiiilil not enjoy all tlils without the
utterly unselflsh." To fostergthe
view that “Selflshness ln so far as it
alms nt one’s own advancement with-
out injury to others. is commendable",
ls ln ni_v oplnlon to destroy the found-
ation of the' greatest asset ln Canada
and the Empire at the present time-
Sell'-sacriflca. No man who thinks he
can with Immunity be selfish even ln
the slightest degree. will be readily
sell'-sacrificial. “A fool and' his mon-
ey". etc. 'Eminentiy wise proverb!
But, 'I repeat, the vice of selfishness
can never he commendable, either
l`rom a moral or from s logical point
of vlow.
With apology for this lntiuslon
I am Sir etc
READER
The only difference between "Read-
or" and The Guardian ls wlietli-
er selfishness under any circum-
stances is justifiable. "Reader"
admits that “utterly imselflsh men
may not ho able to make money." H0
should have said that utterly unselflsh
mon can not make money for, if they
were utterly unselflsh, they Wollld
oltlicr not accept a wage or would
zlve it away after they had earned lt.
lf all were utterly unselfish" and url-
ablo to make money the"fabrlc whlcli
we call clvlllzatlon" would never have
been built. The point which The
Guardian tried to make was that, “P
to the point where the riKl\tS °f
others are recognized, selfishness
ls commendable; beyond that point.
where it transgresses the rlllhlll
of others, it becomes a vice.
The history of the world's commerc-
lal and industrial development includ-
ing its benoflcence and its 0IlDl'¢’§'
sion will hear this out. The Guardian fl
srtlclo dealt with the satisfactory
working ol' organizations. Take' fm'
instance, the Law Society. lt might
not be to the disadvantage of the Soci-
ety were a member to aspire to ll
judgeship. If the member were ut-
terly unselflsh he would stand nslfle
and if all were of the some mlnd the
office would go begging. A' little self-
ishness ln this case. like charity.
would be twice blessed, blesslnK lllm
who gives and him who takes.
 
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