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GOING A-BORROWING 5 seripiinns to several United s
States .
enterprises and that he will 11°*
__ ` send a dollar into the Arnemlm
One of the chief aftermaths of THE PUBLIC LIBRARY Rgpublle until the exchange rate is
the war is a general campaign of
rignted In .another viii'-lllf°P“ Mf-
borrowing on the part of govern- It 15 emsom-aging to note thai: Crout remarks: "Our motheg"
ments and municipalities to keep were has been B oonsldembie m_ country, Great Britain, 1011-YW
some of your Scuthem States
tmnss 3°m¢' This is °°mm°“ t° an crease in the circulation of books in rl to
countries and most municipalities,
put not a few are beginning tn rind
their borrowing powers greatly re-
stricted. In the Quebec Legislature
recently power was sought and ob-
tained by the govemment to close-
ly supervise and restrict the bor-
rowings of municipal bodies. The
government reserves to itself the
right to refuse authority for tha
floating of municipal loans. Evid-
ently this restriction does not ap-
ply to Montreal, which, city just
announced through its Mayor that
it intends placing in the hands of
the Bank of Montreal and La wo
' som
Banque Canadienne Nationale. to
morrow a new bond issue of $15,-
000,000. Sir Charles Gordon, Pres-
ident and Mr. Jacques Dodds, Gen-
eral Manager of the Bank of Mont-
real and Mr. Beaudry Leman, Gen-
eral Manager of La Banque Can-
adienne Nationale, announced that
the loans are specifically authoriz-
ed and immediate payment granted
for unemployment relicf of $2,500,-
000 on the following terms:
"(1) That the city will agree to
place in the hands of thc banks
for sale to the public on Tuesday
next its proposed new bond issue
or sls,`ooo.ooo and the banks, in c0_
operation with a group of banks
. such books last year being
since the remov-
to its prwent
quarters. In
full year in
the Public Library
al of the library
convenient new
1929, the last
which the library was housed in
the Provincial building, the total
book circulation was 26,978. In 1931
it had increased to 41,854. Of this
number 27.274 were books of fiction.
'His proportion of fiction drawn
from the Library is somewhat larg-
er than is desirable, though prob-
ably no larger than in other cen_t-
res. Fiction may be of a. high ciil-
tural and educational content,~but
much of it is ephemeral and
e of the modem output can
There _are excellent modem his-
rical, bographical and o‘her
brary which are deserving f
ider circulation than they have
cceived. This, of course is a mat-
ter of individual taste; the aver-
age person resents being dictaied
to in his choice of reading matter;
but it docs seem a pity that so much
solid litcratiu-e remains on the lib-
rary shcives, practically unread.
The winter months show ,ri .larger
in Decem-
and bond dealers, agree to cndeav- ber' when 453 volumes were mken
or to market the issue, without
commitment, on terms of which the
city will be advised definitely on
Monday next.
"(2) That this loan of $2,500,000
and a special loan for $1,200,000 al-
out against, 3,326 volumes of fiction.
There are, Of course. many ‘V110 1`e'iadian dollar an advantage as well
sort to the library for the purpose
of looking up rcfcrcuccs, and books
t d question are well enough known.
approximately £l00,000,000 D DT
the cp/11 war, none of which has
yet been paid. I fail to see why
you should expect Great Britain to
pay ner war debts to you When l'°“
are well aware that some of y°“f
States repudiated their own.”
This correspondence says the Mail
and Empire voices in clear terms
the views held by a great ml\J°l1tY
of people in this country. We do
not claim that we can place the
entire blame for the adverse ex-
ch‘nge rate in the Unittd Statts
upon the United States authorities.
The discount is, in part, due to
well-ascertained economic condit-
ions, but there is a widely held
impression that the money chang-
ersin New York are exactinga
larger pound of flesh than is
°“1y be described °“ trash' justified under the circumstances-
The cause of Empire trade is mt
oin to be assisted by ihosr v~h0
sit round and moan a ou
friction which is bound to b
created between the Mother
Country and the Domlnioas in
the course of negotiations. Howls
of anguish may be expected from
special interests on both sides of
the Atlantic. Some are bound to
be disappointed in any tariff
changes. But it would be fi mis-
take to interpret the walls of thes:
iritcrcsfs :as thc voice of nutloml
works of permanent value in the E ' 5 ' '
Li _ ' 0 g b t the
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clrculfiton of general (non-fictlon),5P"Um”“°» 9’ W imawie that “my
indicate friction between the
literature, the.greatest demand for' 5 i “ 2 __
negotnting parts of the -Emp.re.
The Lethbridge (Alta) lieraid
secs in the discount on the Can-
ris a disadvantage to the Dominion.
The unfavorable aspects of tile
of this kind arc in cons ant e- _
' V but there are certzin ways in which
m v _
ready authorized by the banks for
unemploymcnt works. $3,700,000 in
ull, will be repaid out of the first
proceedings of the bond issue.”
During inc year several gonor-
ous doiiatloiis were made to the
Library by the estate of the into
Mayor Houde in announcing the Charms Cumming’ M,._ JV A' Rgwey
underwriting of this loan by the
banks describes it as "an uiifiligvt-
tlble service rendered to the city of
the Daughters of the Eli\p`Lrc, 
Cameron, and ozlicrs, the total has to pay as high as $125, to sccurc
volumes acquired in 1931 being 927
Montreal as well as to thc uncm- as a ,mm 405 in 1929 _
ployed."
These are hard days for public
bodies going a-borrowing. and this
is made particularly evident when
we find a city of the importance
E
Altogether, the increased interest
shown by thc public lu the Lib-
rary is encouraging. and proves the
a<i\'antagr of having spacious ac-
- romodation, conveniently located,
of Montreal compelled to accept
the underwriting of a loan on pi-ag.
tically unconditional terms. In oth-
ernwords they are evidently thunk.
ful to get financial assistance on
any terms which the banks may
dictate.
H001/ER'S SUCCESS
The latest from Washington an-
nounces the s2.ooo.ooo,ooo recon-
struction corporation bill, the fore-
most of the measures proposed by
President Hoover for the enliven-
'ing of United Stntcs business, has
been given the overwliclming ap-
proval of`the House of Represent-
atives, and now only requires the
adjustment of a small difference
In det-ails between the Senate and
the Rouse of Representatives to
receive the general approval from
the White House.
The purpose of the measure is to
infuse $2,000,000,000 of credit into
business channels by loans from
Govemment-supported funds to
banks and other financial institu-
tions, which in tum are to pay the,
money to assist industry, ugi-ic.ll-
ture and commerce. The second
item on President 1-loovcrs econ-
omic program-a bill to increase
the capitalization of Federal land
banks by $100,000,000, has been
amended by thc Senate with rin
addition of $25,000,000 to enable the
banks to postpone mortgage bank
installments. It is likely in confer-
ence with the House of Represent-
atives this amendment will be
agreed to and both the measures
will receive the Presidents approv-
al and go into effect at once. It
be hoped by this means to greatly
-oriiicracl the effect of the prc-
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THE BEST MEDIUM
A comparison between the effec-
vertising as compali-cd with other
forms oi' product publicity is can-
tained at a. special exhibit at the
advertising expos tion nf, the Miount
Royal Hotel, Montreal. The claim
is made that daily newspaper ad-
vertising musf, be the basis of any
successful sales campaign in Can-
ada.
Tile newspaper case is founded
on four premises: the universal ap
peal of the daily paper, which en-
ters the intimacy of the home and
1.; read by all members of the fam-
ily; its immediate appearance and
lmlpulse tg immediate action; the
frequency 9! a newspapers appear-
ance and its localized circulat`on,
that is, its closeness to the place of
purchase. Advertising in the daily
paper may be extended progressive-
ly by zones and seasonal variation
may be taken into account by the
aldvertscr whereas he would bc un-
able to do this in a more static
form of publicity.
EDITORIAL NOTES
it has bccn reported to the agricul-
tural comm ttee of Glamorganshlre.
Waits. that after lectures on horti-
culture had been delivered in the
Cardiff and Swansea prisons, some
cf the prisoners protested to the
governors that such lectures were
1105 included ln the'r sentences!
The Brltishcr still looks upon his
hcmre ns h’s castle, eve when that
ihcmc is temporarily the jail.
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and though they seldom appear Canada nmy benefit' ,md the
'ill Ui” Y@C°1'd5 Of Cif°“lfm°“- Herald mentons one in particular.
Canadians, it says, who have bccn
in the habit of visiting California
or Floridi during the \vi»ite»
and thc discount on th? Canadian
dollar is the reason. Whcil cuff
$100 in American money, says tl\0
Herald, thc point is obvious. But
the some discount works another
way, The United States tourist
can tike $100 of his oivu
currency and exchange it for $125 or
thcreabouts, of Canzidliln moilcy.
:nd thereby he is provided with an
induccmeuf, to do his holidaying in
Canada.
A France whose policy is dict-'lttil
by fear will never bc a leader, how-
cvcr stored her coffers may bc
with gold. Fear does not make
n meness °f dauy newspaper ad' leaders either ol men or nations.
But if France will set aside her
fears and become as courageous in
the cause of peace as history pro-
claims 'she has been in that of war,
she may yet, at a critical moment
in the world's history, assume
true léodcrxhlp in a distracted
world.
Scnaior Borah’s investigation
in Washington shows that on thc
billions of loans to Eurnpc silica
' 1020, New York bankers made 500
to 600 millions in profits. Sailing
back and forth across the Atlaniic
in their private yachts, the Morgans
and Schllfs and Wiggins controlled
the outward flow of Americivs
money and cred‘t. What have
they done with that credit? Where
have they placed it? Was thc
money not wasted and misused to
build lip competition in Europe in-
stead of being used to build up
markets in Asia? Were those bank-
ers economic statesman, intellg-
ently using the power and money
entrusted to them by millions of
workers and investigators, or were
these bankers nothing but glorified
stock s.il*smcn who, jilgglcd, short-
soid and rc-sold hundrocis of
mlilcns of worthless oil sr~curi*.‘<=.",
to the public. simply to inakr
commissions?
North Carolina furnishfs an ex-
ample of n State which found that
lt was spending too much money
and which faced ri serious problem
with courfge and to good effect.
when the new industrial em ln .thc
Scuthcm States began a quarter of
a century ago North Carolina \v.~.s
cnc of those which bclzau to forge
ahead. Textile and other fnci:ir`cn
n .
' .’l\'ei'e established and the state be-
ic`mc largely industrial as wziil ns
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YOUR. MIND MAY CAUSE
INDIGESTION
You may be troubled wirn indig-
estion and have reached the point
where you consider the medical pro-
fession might turn away from can.
ccr or heart disease for awhile and
try and find a cure for simple in-
digestlon. `
What is lndigestion?
You have been to a number of
doctors. You have had the test
meals-toast and tea-and had them
removed from the stomach at differ.
ent periods after you have eaten
them, You have had the bismuth
meal and have had an X ray exam-
ination to see how the stomach
handles that meal.
The stomach appears to bo nor-
iual, no spasm of the openings, no
ulcer, no cancer, no inflammation of
the lining of the stomach, and yet
you have indigcstion, gas pressure,
belching, distress, and sometime;
pain.
If there is nothing wrong with
the stomach what may be causing
the lndigestion?
Your mind.
Not that you just imagine you
have indigestion because there 15
really no question about that.. but
because your mind is interfering
with the impulses that cause .the
digestive juices to flow.
_You have been upset at times, and
have catch certain :food at these
times, Illld as the upsetment inter-
fered with stomach digestion, indig-
cstion resulted. You have blamed
this on the foods eaten. Accordingly
you have likely been trying to eat
other foods, soft, uninvlting, be-
Cf\\lSL‘ ycil have been told that these
i°‘~f‘~'s v"‘re ‘good for you? Yet. you
continue to have iniligestlon from
tilcsc foods.
What is likely thc matter?
You do not like thcsc- foods, and
therefore thc brain docs not start
the juices flowing iii thc mouth and
stomach before you eat. The food
thus goes through the mouth with-
out much _change and into the
stomach which has no juice really
waiting, and this food has to Wait
until the stomach makes enough
juice to digcst lt. This often takes n
long w‘iiilc. and so indlgestlon oc-
curs duo to forinaiton of acid gases.
_ if vour doctor savs thcrc’s noth-
ing wrong with the stomach try eat-
ing wholesome food that you likc.
0utari0’s Seaport
(Toronto Mull and Empire)
Moose Factory, on .limes Bay,
will henceforth bc known as
Moosolice. This frcsh liamc for
Ontiil'_o's only seaport is a.new one
for our school children to learn,
and lliougli we do not know the
exact iiiiranliig of the name, lt
seems io be justified by the fact
.hat it has been used by the Indi-
nus of thc district for many yeirs
back. As cvcryoiie knows, the T.
.°c N. O. Railway was completed
to the new port last Autumn, and
it will be opened for tourist trade
and general business next Julie. In
pirparation for. the Ollfllilllli the
l'ailv.'.1y man`gcment is erecting a
sluail hotel of the b\lllQ010\V tYD@»
A comb`natiou passenger and
freight' depot of a. .icmporary
character will also be built to
serve thc new town on a site which
will not obstruct the erection of a
permanent building as the develop-
mciit of bllsinrss warrants. The
liianiigunlcnt- is to be congratulated
upon restricting its building oper-
ations in keeping with the times.
The prospect is that with the re-
sumption of normal economic con-
ditions a consderable tourist busi-
ness to Moosonee will be developed.
There is romance n thc thought
that Ontario is at list in touch by
rail with l-ludson Bay, that great
Inland sm which for centuries has
been nothing more than alargc
body of wnivr on the map, identi-
fied, in the miin, with the history
of the historic 1-ludson's Bay
Company. `
agricultural. The statc was provid-
cd with an excellent system of
.good roads. But in the forward
movement a large public debt was
incurred, and when thc dcpresson
came thc people found themselves
in a difficult sistuation. The
governor and legislature grappled
with it, #nd proceeded to reduce
cxpand tures. The credit of
counties and towns was stabilized
by requiring state approval for the
irsurance of bonds, and rigid
cc ‘fcmies were instituted in vari-
ovs directions. As n result the
icfal cast of government has been
reduced in two years by $7,000,000.
and the tax burden nu property
diminished by more than $i2,000_.
000.
reading from the Canadian statutes
which show how the Dominion
Government “makes laws to get
revenue without injustice.” The
United States Congress, represent-
ed as a snail. is asked to consider
the sane legislation adopted in
this country. Our correspondent
says: "This is surely a Bfefit
tribute to our present Federal Gov-
ernment."
The Bennett adminiiztration has
been .able to handle the unemploy-
ment situation with much more
force and effectiveness than the
Washington Government. The
powers that be at the American
capital announced months ago with
a great flourish ol' trumpets that
the United States would have
nothing todo with the dole and
that Lmsmployment relief would
lizvo to be given without taxing
the people. As a matter of fact,
millions ol' worklcss people are be-
ing taken careyof in the American
Republic to-day, in the main, by
contributions from local municipal
treasuries.
The latest estimate is that therc
are 6,000,000 unemployed in the
United States, which prob‘bly
means that there are three or four
times that many individuals in
receipt of whole or partial relief.
No one can deny that the Cari-
adian system of government is
much more adapted than that of
the United States to the meeting
of emergencies, or that of the
Bennett Government has shown a
much more effective concern than
the Washington Government for
the welfare of the unemployed.
Early in the present depression
Mr. Bennett said that the
Government would take care
that no one need suffer from
hunger or cold in this country,
and ills Government and the co-
operating provincial and muni-
niulcipal governments have
certainly gone the limit in living
up to this undertaking.
Gent, Gentleman And
_ Man
iiidmonton Bulletin)
The dons of Oxford refuse to buy
shirts or necktics ut a gcnl.’s furii-
ishing shop. They will, liowcver, en-
courage n trnacsiiniri who onus him
self a habcrdaslieiz That is not sur-
prising. Wlmt is rcnizlrkablc is that
ri gcnt.'s shop dared to opcn in Ox-
ford town, / _
Sonic dictlonarlcs dismiss "gent"
with n. curt "abbreviation for gentle-
man; vulgar." This has moved a
writer iii the London Observer to
ask what is thc lnzittcr with the
word; why and how it has become
so horribly vulgar ns to make Ox-
ford .dons shudder. Many other
words have been shortened and have
still i'ctainctl‘thci1' original respec-
tability. _
It is evident that "gent" was not a
cause for shuddcrs at first. Burns in
his epistle to an Old Bard, asked:
D0'yc cnvy the clty gent
Behind to kiss to lic and skleut
Or purse proud, big »wl' com; fm-
cent.
The Century Dictionary, which
takes the trouble to explain more
about the word, records that orig-
inally it. was an adjective, now ob-
solete. It meant noble, gentle, or, if
applied to womcn, slender, graceful,
pretty. Spcucer‘s Faerie Queen has
the line: "He loved as was his lot, a
lady gent." It was first used as a
noun in thc slxtcciith century,
"prob-ably at first with some refer-
ence to the adjective, but in more
general use was taken up iii speech
from the written abbreviation 'gent.‘
in law records, lists of names, and in
plays, as ist Gent.; 2nd Gent;--
Vulgar; in literary use, humorous or
colloquial?
It was in this' latter sense, no
doubt, that 'I‘rac'kcray used it in The
Newcomcs: "And behold, at this mo-
ment, the rcverei1d gent cntcrs from
the ve.stry." And yet, Washington
Irving, on the title page of “Brace-
bridge Hull" published pust over 100
years ago, inscribed himself as
"Geoffrey Crayon, Gent."
If thg word "'gcnt" has deterior-
ated, so also has "gcntlcnian," The
Encyclopaedia Britannica, publish-
ed in 1915, defines the latter as "onc
who, without any title, bears a cout
of arms or whose ancestors have
been freemen." Today thc word
signifies excellency of manners or
moralirand not necessarily distinc-
iiori of blood. Perhaps this might
be taken as grounds for an argu-
ment that the word has gained, not
lost, in quality.
It would indeed be a pity for Chi-
na to'lose this -war to Japan after
all the losses she has sustained
practising on her own soldiers dur-
ing the last few years.-Ex,
Rub in \|lnaid’| filler snow-sliaeinz.
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MABIAN 1
She can be as wise as we,
And wiser when she wishes;
She can knit with cunning wit,
And dress tha homely dishes.
She can flourish sta!! or pen,
And deal a. wound that lingers;
She can talk the talk of men,
And touch with thrilling fingers.
-Match her ye across the sea,
Natures fond and fiery;
Ye who zest the turtlc’s nest
With the eaglc's eyrie.
Soft and loving is her soul,
Swift and lofty soaring;
Mixing with its dove-like dole
Passionate adoring.
Such a she who‘ll match with me?
In flying or pursuing,
Subtle wiles are in hcl' smiles
To sct the world a-wooing.
She is steadfast as a star,
And yet tile maddest maiden:
She can wage a gallant war,
And give the pence of Eden.
-George Meredith.
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Veterans .
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(Ottawa Journal)
Representatives of war veterans'
organizations met in Ottawa on
Saturday, decided to make repre-
sentations to the Government re-
garding n. number of matters af-
fecting ex-service men.
.One feature in connection with
this decision exhibited a fine tem-
per nnd common-sense. The
meeting appointed a sub-commit-
tec to prepare u statement to be
placed bcforc the Government, and
of this, the reports says:
“The sub-committee was de-
finitely instructed, by unanimous
vote of the coilfereircc, that in
all representations on the pro-
gi-irni i-o be submitted, it take
into cansidcratifm the eronomic
coiiditou of the country ag the
prcsciit time, mid, as far as p0S-
.=..ble. that nothing be asked for
whicll -will materially il‘.i:;'case
the cxpcuso to be borne by the
colmt1'y.`/’
In thc light of Canuda’s record
with rcspcct to her veterans. plus
1-hc cxistiug fiiiaucinl situation,
this, surcly, is the right attitude.
For Canada, everything consider-
cd, and within her capacity to
pay, has iried to kccp fnlth with
llci' vctcrnns.
'l':ikc, first of all, the nlatici' of
pclislous. Since 1016 Canada. has
paid out. in war pensions 462 mil-
iliou dollars, and slic is paying out
.pensions today :it the rzitc of 45
lliiiiliolis :i _\'o:u'_ Iii 1918 thc num-
ber of those i‘r'.‘l-i\'lilg yearly pon-
sious was 25,000 Five ycnrs later,
in 1923. thc iiuinbci' had grown to
63,000; last _vczir the number had
grown io 72.000 Where in 1918 the
cost of pclislozis to the trezisury
was a little ovci' $7,000,000, it had
grown in 1020 to 37 millions This
year, 1932, it \vlll bc over 45 mil-
ions.,
The Pensions Act enacted in
1918 was found to bc deficient, and
in 1930 Parliament, with the co-
operation of nil parties, passed a
new act, designed more adequately
to meet the needs of veterans.
This Act came into force ri. little
more than o. year ago, and sinc/s
then there have been more than
35,000 applications for new pens-
ions, or for revisions of old pen-
sions.
Unfortunatcly, and perhaps ln'
cvitably, thcre was no existing Go-
vernment machinery to cope with
the new condition, with the con-
sequence that the various Pensions
Courts became clogged with appli-
cations
These courts, liowcvcv, ‘.\i c nc-
vcr ceased working-~moi'c than
2,000 persons are constantly cm-
ployed in pensions administration
-and arc now o\'c:l;-oming their
difficulties. Every month :luring
the post year, iiccrlv 500 vctcranr.
were added to the pension list. with
the rcsult that the uiunbcr of pen-
sioners hns grown from 70,000 in
March, 1930. to r~~.o.'c tlian 90,000
at thc presfivi iiinc. They rcprc-
sent -a total pi;-r.li~1' assisted by
pension payiiicuis :il 230,000 of our
population. _
Summed up, the iiaundinii Pen-
sions Act, subj:-cf: i\:':‘:.|;li it must
be to human i`iilllE;ilif;.', and rcstri-
ctcd, of neces.~ii.;:, by the nat1on's
financial limitations, 1;'--with the
possible exception of what is being
clone in the United States-the
best expression of pracil-'al grati-
'tndc nr its kind in urn world
Evcry month something like
$3,500,000 worth of pcnslon chcqales
go out from Ottawa.
Nor are pensions the only debt
which Canada pays to hcr veter-
ans. More than 1,000 returnc:1
men are given free hospital lrcat-
ment cvery month, eight liiispltals
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lmndon nailv Telegraph)
The crown jewels of Bavaria
were under the auctio;ieer’a ham-
mer yesterday. Though the family
character of the Royal House of
Wlttelsbach has had much in-
fluence on the welfare ol' Europe,
from the lack either ti resources
or of desire for gems, its sover-
cigns did not amass a :egalia of
overwhelming splendor. But these
jewels had some of liose links
with the fate of natiorz which of-
ten make the history ‘if Pl'e¢1°“5
stones fascinating and invest this
one or that with what seems a sort
of magic. Who can 1';-call without
something of 0. thrill that in the
_British Crown, beside the diamond
wom by Persian and Mogul con-
querors, shines the ruby brought
to England by the Black Prince
and home on his helmet by Henry
V. at Agincourt?
No such military fame indeed is
in the flash of thc Bavarian jew-
els, But the Wittclsbach blue dia-
mond stirs the imagination.
Whence it mme first the experts
cannot tell, but probably the se-
venteenth contury Travernler. who
saw such huge rind wondrous
stones in the treasury of Aurang-
zeb, if not quite such huge ones
as he described. brought this Wit-
telsbach diamond back from India.
It came into the Wittelsbach family
with a daughter oi' the Hapsburgs
whose marriage was meant to end
the secular rivalry of the houses
which had devastated Germilrw.
It did not rtvert the quarrel from
which came the convulsion of the
Seven Years' War, shaking all the
world and establishing the British
Dominions overseas.
Poets of the Maritimes
(A. review by Edgar Mclnnls, in
thc Toronto Saturday Night, of
“Songs of the Maritimes," an An-
thology bf the Poetry of the Mar-
itime Provinces of Canada, cclitcd
by Eliza Ritclhie )
There are few surer ways of
damning a. good cause than by 2.
pcrsistiint exaggeration of its vir-
tues. Put. it down to innate depra-
vity or original. sin or what you
will, the fact remains that thc in-
terest of the average man is
aroused far more readily by the
controversy of- attack and defence
than by any unrclieved chorus of
praise, however well-deserved.
Many ri. movement that has tri-
umphantly survived persecution
has withered under an excess of
complacent approval.
There has been danger, of recent
,_vcars, that such n. fate might over-
take Canadian literature, and cs-
peclally Canadian poetry. From
some quarters, at least, adulation
has come all too easily. This is not
to suggest that it has been unani-
mous, for there uve occasional ro-
bust voices which nre ready to ut-
tcr ri healthy and unbiased criti-
cism Oniy, it has been easy to
turn from these to circles where
an enthusiastic log-rolling is the
main diversion, and where the
wounds dealt by unappretiiltlve
Philistines can be salvediby com-
munion with kindred souls.
Now, however well-intentioned
in its origin, this is a. process which
can be extremely detrimental in its
results. By all means let Canadian
literature be encouraged. By all
means ict us be ready to honor
prophets in their own country. But
let it be done because the prophet-
lc fire is clearly recognizable. and
not simply because they. happen to
bc Canadian. In an effort to over-
conire the prejudice that no good
thing can be produced in Canada,
the supporters -of the home pro-
duct are sometimes in danger of
insisting that everything Canadian
is good. The result of any such
indiscriminate attitude will bc to
encourage the' very prejudice
against which it is directed.
Specifically, tliic assumption that
we in Canada possess a native
body of major poetry is one to be
urged with cu-ution. There has
been true poetry written in Cana-
da, There has been poetry in
which the major note is unmistak-
able. But thcrefis scarcely ii poet
in whose work the major note is
sufficiently sustiained to set him
definitely among the immortals of
English literature. And to insist
otherwise is to distort and obscure
the real merits of these poets who
have attained. ri definite rank
among us.
Bliss Carman is one of these;
may be given io nny veteran who
is permanently uncmbioyablc. Fl-
\i:ll_~', tlicrc is the Returned Sol-
diers' Insurance, under which 30,-
000 veterans have obtained State
insurnucri totsilliiif.: more than $70,-
000,000; there is thc Soldier Land
Srmleiliciit scheme: the Veterans’
Bitwzau; other agencies as wcll.
What. they moan, all told, is that
Canada today is spending for her
retumed men and their depend-
ents more than 52 million dollars
ii .l‘€l1l‘-~m0l’l‘ than one million dol-
lars pei' week, something like 150
thousand dollars each day. It re-
pvcscnts more than one-sixth of
ilia total revenue of thc country.
Cnziada will go on paying this
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and his collected poems do much
to reveal both the strength and
thc shortcomings of Canadian poe-
try. Cnrman is a. writer who will
long retain. an honored place in
our literature. In his handling of
metre, in his feeling for the 'Cana-
dian countryside, in the quiet yet
colorful simplicity of his pastoral.
verse, are qualities which we could
ill afford to lose. A poem like "'Lov|
Tide on Grand Pre" is an orna-
ment to any literature. And it la'
not detracting from these to recog-
nize that there are heights which
Carman failed to reach. His des-
criptive poetry holds the note of
reality; his didactic or reflective
verse falls back on a conventional
romanticism which has little mes-
sage for the present generation.
There are fine things which he has
sung, and sung worthily; but there
are oven deeper things which ht
has failed to express, and of which
we still await a fully adequate ex-
pression from n. Canadian pen.
Much the slime might be said,
with no intention of ‘dispraise, of
the other volumes under review.
Miss Wetheruld is a poet who,
without pretence of greatness, has
ri. tranquil charm in her best work
which gives it definite pleasure.
And in the Maritime anthology,
edited by Mrs. Rltchiejand draw-
ing from both the elder poets and
their younger followers. is a body
of work of no mean standard. Ii
need in no way obscure our appre-
ciation of these facts to admit that
some-things are still lacking; per-
haps it needs the stimulus of such
recognition to make possible the
further advance which must come
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definitey major significance.
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Paw-"Not necessarily, my son
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