a .7'm_- a...»- W?» 1 -.'~'~LII"EIPCi:vFNlFH'.R* J8 PAGE FOUR in: GIIARLOTTETOWN lillAllliiAli .,i-,’. t. p». ‘~- Notes by the Way fllliiat Prelidellt-W. Chi-lire B. lh-Luro. I. l’. Secretary-Linn. Col. u. A. Iecllinnon. l). l. l-Jiiitor nmi Managing O. Director-n]. B. Burnett Auiwlulr lfiilllurk-Frnnii bVllllrr lntl D- IL Currie Morning Iinli: (fnumlni liitfii 15.00 per yen (in advance) delivered. iiniu per yi-nr (in minim-e) nulls-d in Canada end United linen. Vlol-Irelldonb-J. l- Berni! British people: take l brood view of their relations with one mother, and the life of the Empire depend: on unity. Within even a. quarter- . t century the relations of the units of ' i 300p l 0f Provincial Elections Three Provincial general elections are scheduled for the present. year WEDNESDIGK, JANUARYE-tb, 1931 circumstance is regarded as a signi- ficant indication of the political sen- timent of the Province. ‘It will be sur- prising indeed if the Bracken Gov- All three, says [he Sydney Post, yvziig-rnnient again makes the grada- rrtract unusual interest, because in each case the chances are at least equal for the overthrow of a Govern- nicnt which now seems to occupy a strongly The Provinces which are to witness these contests are Prince Edward Island. Quebec and The Post l'l;1lil'.]_\‘ '.',i\li the opinion of p0: litical forecasters when-i: adds that the defeat of the Prince Edward entrenched position. Rlilllililbil» Hand Government is I certainty.‘ that of the Quebec Government a possibility’. and that of thc Manitoba Government a probability. Prince Ed- ward Island and Quebec are the only rHna-ining Provinces where the Lib- erals hold office. The Govcriinii-iit of Manitoba consists mainly of Pro- gressives, but maintains a precarious alliance with the small Liberal group in the Legislature. who giic it a re- luctant support that arise. ‘Summing up its review of the po- litical situation in this Province the Post concludes that thc next session will likely be held early in March, and will be followed by a general dissolution and general election in May or Julie. There is, of course, the possibility that seeing the hopelessness oi‘ its posi- tion and the advantage to the Pro- vince of a strong Conservative Gov- ernment working nn most questions the Government, in harmony with the federal administration, will ac- cept the verdict already given by the electors of the Second District of Prince. and resign. Its evident reluc- tance to open the two constituencies now vacant, however. would seem to indicate a desire to cling to office as long as possible. In any- cvent, "it won't be long noun" Quebec's pro-election scxsioii is now beinglhcld, and both parties are pre- paring actively for an appeal to the‘ constituencies in early spring.' Liberal Governments- have hcld office tho in Quebec continuously for the past‘ 34 years. The last election, hcld on May 16, 1027. resulted in the an... 0f '75 Liberals and 10 Conservatives. The Opposition has llO\\'(3\'0l‘ scored Over the Government in the by-clec- tons, winning two Liberal seats by cubstantlal majorities. Three factors will favor the Conservatives in the, coming election, and will give them something like a good fighting chance - for the first time in many years,‘ defeat the Government in the last! remaining fortress of Pi-ovincal Lzb-l eralism. These are the dynamic per- sonality of their leader. Mayor Camll- I lien I-ioude of Montreal. the Consci- vative tide that gained such momen- tum in the Federal election, and the reactionary character of a Govern- ment which won its post victories‘ without an effort, which has lost most _ to l l l of its able members and much of its former popularity. The Progressives have field office: in Manitoba under the leadership oil Premier Bracken since 1922. The his: l election took plafie’ on June 2B, 1927. and registered a remarkable decad- ence in the strength of the Progres- sive movement, only 28 straight Gov- ' ernment supporters being elected to a Legislature of 55 members. Subsc- quently the Government won a Lib- eral seat after a hard battle against the Conservatives in the constituen- cy of Lansdowne, vacated by the ap- pointment of Hon. T. C. Norris to the Railway Commission. The present standing of the parties in the House isvas follows: Progressives. 29. Con- servatives 15, Liberals 5, Labor members 3, Independents 2- A vac- ancy exists which the Government shows no disposition t0 hflve filled- Whethcr thc Liberals will 018511119 under a leader of their own at the coming election or 10in 507°" Wm‘ the Progressives, remains l m0!!! question. In either case, the Conser- vatives are confident of their ability to carry the Province by a substani-ill majority, In Manitoba most of the FCIlCfill seats are now held by Pre- mla Ilcnnetrs supporters, and that 1 ‘while at present there are 60,000 in- I Canada's New Frontier iI-‘eace River country in the last few years by the prize wheat grown by Herman Trelle and Joseph Smith, Eand their achievements have served ,to advertise this new frontieiz- The iDcpui-tmcnt of the Interior has now lissued a third and revised edition of its pamphlet, “The River Country. Canada," by F‘. H. Kitto F.R.G.S.. which describes the land. its resources and opportunities. It is a vast territory’ that is dealt with and the facts praented are surprising. ..Thc heart of this land lies 300 miles {north of Edmonton and is now exper- iencing an active era of colonization and development. The whole area 145,000 square miles, the agricultural part of which has an area of about 60,000.00 acres, exceed- Peace . covers nearly ing the combined area of England. Wales and Scotland. 0f this it is cs- tiiuated that 15,000,000 acres is suit- able for grain-growing. Although it is a. northern land, it has been deni- onstrated beyond question that the combination climate, moderate precipitation and good soil guarantees this area as being one of the world's great wheat and iriixed Its development is well under way. The winters are se- of favorable farming reserves. vere. being marked by dips to low temperatures. but they are modified by the soft Chinook winds that fre- quently blow through the mountain passes from the Pacific Ocean. The snowfall varies from light to heavy. the air is dry, the sunshine liberal, and blizzard; are unknown. Ice on the rivers breaks up late in April in the ‘Upper Peace district or early in May at Fort Vermilion. Harvesting commences fairly early in August, and September and October are stat- erl to be especially pleasant months. Winter sets in early in November, al- though fairly mild weather until Christmasis not uncommon. In mid- summer the rate of growth is rapid, especially with regard to grasses, cer- and smaller eals, vegetables, shrubs plants. Horses run at large all the year round and both beef and dairy cattle thrive. The cattle may be kept‘ out. all through the winter. although‘ l l rough shelter is required in some parts and some feeding ls necessary. Turkeys are easily raLsed also. The, activities of the settlers are directed‘ to straight grain-growing, principally of spring wheat, mixed farming and ranching. There is much park-like hind. but by far the greater portion the area ‘is wooded. Excellent stands of white spruce are found in most of the valleys. Coal is also pres- ent and there are various minerals. of while game, fur-bearing animals and fish are plentiful. It is a territory of natural wealth. In 1911 there werc only 2,000 souls in the district coin- pi-isiny: settlers, traders, missionaries and Indians. In 1921 the population was 20,000, according to the census, habitsmts. To serve this population there are 25 branches of the great Canadian banks and north of the Athabaska River there are 40B miles. of railway. There are more than 3,000 automobiles and 1.000 farm tractors and the acreage of new land broken in 1929 was 120,000, there being 621,- 000 acres under crop that. year. ‘She grain crop amounted to 13,500,000 bushels. Peace River and Grlnde Prairie are important incorponted towns and there are eight villages and five rural municipalities. These facts show the progress made in lit- tle more than a decode and are proof that this new frontier is sol- idly established. Edilorial Notes Our local conlem, my refuses to be cheered by the nssurancee of men in the dairy industry who have a Attention has been drawn to the the Empire have been changed in the direction of liberality, and it bl: , been proved that diversity can. be reconciled with unity, that the true secret for the future of British peo- ples lles in liberty and cooperation. This is a condition which other nutlons fail to understand. The thin thread of sentiment which binds British nations together will be further strengthened by closer trade relations which are being rapidly shaped by inevitable conditions. 01ft‘! . 9.111921%. Bum»- M-D 2%". CONSULTING ‘I'll! SPECIALIST It seems only the natural and len- slhle thing to do when your eyes bother you that you should go to an eye specialist, that if you think your heart is affected that you see a heart specialist, if the ear, an ear special- lst and so forth. And yet is this really wise? A prominent eye specialist tells us that before treating the eyes, except for vision, he prefers the patient to be thoroughly gone over by a general practitioner, so as to know the con- dition of the other parts and organs. "Fully B0 per cent of diseases of the eye have a cause outside the eye, and we are not able to tell the cause of it, nor can we treat it.” Further, it is estimated that fully three out of four patients who con- sult physicians have really no or- Aflcr n war in which the fruit of human effort to the extent of many thousands of millions sterling was wasted, says the Glasgow Herald, Britain has embarked upon o pro- gram of public expenditure of uii- exampled prodigality. Money has been spent in vast quantities on new capital goods, often without any real investigation as to whether they. were likely t0 be required or not. More money has been given to a large proportion of the population game trouble. They ma] badly, have without commensurate increase in Something that is bothering them services rendered, while at the same , bu, have “any no lmdermng my time these very people have been re ' Ens“ “Wed M many or the" responslbur You can readily see then that if: flea‘ Nobody Wm deny that some or they go to a specialist who confines m“ outlay h” m” 3°°d' m“ “m? his work to just one part of the was even overdue, but it is necessary body’ that may am likely to be m} m preserve a sen“ o‘ prapol-Mon’ satisfied with the examination. ' Because after all that body ofl 0"‘ M ‘he “has “is” “fin” yours is one complete piece of mach- ithe constitution of the League of, ' Iinery and what may be causing a Nations was that too great influence .otlicr ocean ports are to their Pro- The St. Lawrence Deep Water-Way Problem Iy George J. Arnutron; I. N ew Freak In Politics (hhil lid Q98!) ‘ obi-no into-Outlaw: will: at times, HII,MIIICI_IIOWI Iloducpl- such ~ Make m‘ cropping up eon- tinulily itrAmei-icen public lifeJIhe latest to arrive "in William B0017 Moray, when“ Jon the Demp- erotic uoluinnflon for "lflvemor of Oklahoma. 1U: is equivalent to election. Mr. Nlurray won bil_ nomin- ation iii-competition with o million- aire oil man, who had the lupport of prccilmlly ell the newspapers, and we surmise flint he won it mainly because he unused the voters. 11w! elocfbdhiminr , ‘of: kindot cireuiot the Illblnl-toflll mlnsloit. m‘. Murray. whole known thmiuii- out the state ls"‘Alfelfa Bill," prom- ised,'if elected, t0 liva in the same in the nor of the‘ executive mansion and rent out the noblec pit-amines. thus helping to reduce was. He also promised to be his own ltnleiw and continue to raise enough pota- tmefor the sustenance 'of himself did his funily in the gardens at- fodhed toiihe official residence. On the front door of the house there is u. be hung a. mm benrinc the word "Howdy." Ind if in the course of his term of office Oklahoma suffers from drought he promises to resign for in his campaign he said that his elecllvn would mean, among other things, that; there would be plenty of rain. "Alfalfa Bill" got the - name be- cause he was one of the first fanners in Oklahoma, to raise alalfa, and ever since then he has been singing the praises of the crop. But six years ago either the crop failed 0r he Bot tired of Oklahoma civilization, for he left the United States and went Repeatedly c. few very vogue linel I appear under this helidinl’. Ind while g‘ they are for the great part very tech- inicl-i, they do not u s rule convoy i any intelligent and clear view, to the ‘reader, as to what is rellly involved, or how the project can be of any ml- tericl benefit, or hindrance, -to the country generally. . It certainly does appear at fin! glance, that only the Western Pro- tinccs of Canada with Montreal as the eastern point, can have any bene- fit, if any at all, is to be realized. But after more than a cursory glance at the facts of the whole project, one can readily see that a great deal of consideration would have to be given to it before it can be either con- demned, as only a partial benefit to any one territory, or exalted as a ma- terial and national benefit to the u hole of Canada equally. Naturally one is interested to know just what it would mean to his par- ticular territory, and as the questions involved in so gigantic o. project, will be discussed in the Rouse at Ottawa, the interest of the people will immed- iately be centered upon it. It will be sufficient to consider at present just how such a deep water-way can or cannot be of any benefit to the Maritime Provinces. We have two ports here in the Maritimes, name- ly, bt. John, New Brunswick, and Halifax, Nova Scotia, which to these provinces are equally important, as viiices. The St. Lawrence deep water-way problem, generally speaking. divides pain in the big toe be really due to a was accorded to the greater powers. bad (00th, a lazy ma.‘ m. consflpaj The implication was that the great “on. a pa,“ in the head may be due would escape criticism. The past‘ m any one of twenly m. more causJ fcw lbars have shown how baseless l was this suspicion. French ad- ,es; while what you think is heart‘ ‘ _ disease may be caused by faulty dig-l ministration in Syria and British administration in Palestine, to quote] i estlou or insufficient chewing of food causing gas formation which. major examples, have been subject . presses against the heart to League investigation. Now it is Now the biggest thing you can my expected that Germany will demand sibly possess is good health; it an enquiry into Poland's treatment of tlic German minority in that country. Possibly with this will be demanded a. commission on Polish treatment of Russian minorities. If these are asked for it is to be hoped that Poland will assist with good grace. Great Britain and France ' having set the example of submitting to League enquiries, Poland cannot raise the objection of national pres~ I tige. Al; present ugly charges are laid against Poland. but there is probably much to be said on both ,sldcs. In any case it is highly desir- able in the interests of world peace _ that Polish affairs should be cleared i up. Poland is at present the country i which seems to harbor danger of a really serious war. your greatest asset. and if you don't} feel well. or have special symptomsl such as a pain in thc head, in the abdomen or elsewhere, don't hesitate to go to your family doctor first, and: find out what is really the underlylngi cause. If there is any real trouble he is likely to locate the cause. Remem- ber lic has had a training on organ- ic diseases and if any disease is present it can usually be found. If| there is no real- organic condition! but pain 0r distress in any part, he' can give you the best general advice thereon. Should. the services of a specialist’ be required, and they are certainly required at times, your physician is I really in thc best position to tell you so because he has been over your entire body. -—____L.___ fa , ..~ 0' L‘ 10ers‘; PAVLOWA DANCING Addressing a large political meet- ing at Glasgow recently, the Right Hon. Stanley Baldwin declared that the idea of a colation or "national" Government is an impossible one, as the Conservatives can never co- operate with a. Government based on free trade policies. “A national Gov- eminent sounds like a very nic: thing to talk about," said Mi‘. Bald- I win, "but ‘we always have to remem- ber this, that we cannot securely base any Government on any found» ation that is not a foundation of l -Fool.steps of youth through the springtime playing; ‘FOOUCLILQ of snow in a blue mist _ I straying; common pllnciples‘. I cannot‘ M” The rose of Russia in a bright wind operate with the prime minister on - swflymg__ unemployment. because I know that ' in no circumstances will the Govern- i ment depart from finder“ Cobdenlte , Voices chanting even/where and no paths." The largest party in Great _ _ _ , word said; 225$: lingorjfiffiegnlggrfisl"rare’??? ‘Fairy bells from ancient towers sig- . l nailing the dead; ences, which is also the Canadian Light love tuning V1015 whne we Governments policy. dance runs red- A flaming dance of death. Ex-f‘. esldent Calvin Coliidge writes: gtgigrfglfiizie: gfnzazlgtrgorgzeiixe‘: g White, barbaric winters and a sky t - tru ; the advantages of thrift. Thrift 5M5 n8 A rose of fire and snow. who does the best that is possible to ,' she dance5_and ‘he our “as dud’ provide for suitable discharge of the i future duties of life. In its essence it is selfcontrol. Industry and judgment are required to achieve lt. Contentment and economic freedom are its fruits. Most frequently we identify the thought of thrift with various institutions that have been provided to make it effective. We associate savings banks and insurance companies prominently among its agencies. But the main principle is saving today something that will be To be a, poet is to be Absolute master useful tomorrow. The whole theory of one's own ego-Henrik Iixsen. of conservation in included. Money is only an incident. Oh, the cries and martyrdom and , fntal morns. lScarlet nights and fiery wine and bitter acorns, Dancing in a rose of joy from of thorns- -Rapture from a land of thorns. a field -Katherine Hale (From in the Westf‘) “Moming l l are talking about, and who predict, that Canada will shortly be manu- ' factoring all he: own butter require- munu and will even be exporting her l product u in the day: before the King Government lowered the tariff bore to New Zullnd- It prefer: to believe that dairy production in Oun- ade “from now on will be lowered." And all because the Bcnrxit ‘Jov- llllllilwh KIDNEY reputation for mowing vlliqt m}! 0111111200 ll III 90W! l0 QIIVIII ( may prove mutually acceptable. obligations; Chicago drainage canal‘ the St. Lawrence deep waterway; re- cord of Canadirs treaty relations with the United States, etc. ent St. Lawrence system and the pro- the present 14 foot draft limitation east of Lake Erie, will be removed, and the largg upper lake steamers drawing 20 or 21 feet and now novi- gating between Lakes Erie and Su- perior will from Fort William Montreal in a. channel 27 feet deep. Whereas forty-eight locks now separ- ate lake Superior only eighteen locks will be required All the hlddcn pathways, all the i remembered. are nlvleable the Whole does not mean parsimony. It is not , songs unsung, n the flitllrc- Incldently a large por- y“; round, = tn be in any way identified with I caught In flying footsteps Over wnd tion of the world's ocean tonnage (To be continual) the miser, The thrifty pefson is one ., music hung could enter the Great Lskeslfdc":'2d. k -._____. ___ ___... But the sential men-t of 1'1:- ill“ w‘ does not necessarily involve the ll- sumption o! ocean steamers going ni-f to the lakes. The essence is a clear channel 27 feet deep from tidewnter to lake Superior, to be used first of all by the large upper like ltll-mdtl. agitation. In 1895 the first important board, Woterways Commission, wu created and instructed to report upon the feasibility of a deep clmnncl be? ""1 the Greet IAkes and the on. since that time a lav-gi- boards, oommittee- and commissions P have studied and reported upon the‘ problem. Finally. 1n iflrthe Inter-l national Joint commission examined; and reported strongly in favour 01' ,the construction of the Waterway. In as: a c 1mm i mitt; ‘i:":...?§§..$.t'if'il”.i.'§ "ggrleisum... t: construction. n we: i...“ m: the: vmn ‘m1. 1.1.1‘. , l: 17,2.‘ $375233.‘ ‘Jfifiilw '°““"- §fJ..."-:"..ii'i‘.‘.$°"’ " " h Mm M ~11» with? "'7’..;".”.°.l'.l'°€ll‘;'..“' - ~ i: The distribution between boned: and; p‘ "m; p“; pm‘; _' m, the United states of the cut of nevi- Ailirln Tablet ' ‘ gallon would be: v - to Bolivia, where-he founded an Ok- vhoma colony on land granted by the Bolivian Government. This pro- Ject failed, and Murray returned home broke. It was then he deter- mined to enter politlcaandhehad itself into three natural divisions. Engineering. Economics, Historical and Polihcal. Collectively, it connotes at present, a proposal to construct from Montreal to the open water at Lake Superior, a ship canal of twen- i tellectual and the consummation and loftiest lumiii- ous peaks thereof, which, being light- er, when the nations themselves have perished-Nietzsche. ‘ JANUARY 7,3 1931 ._ m . I WHEN OPPORTUNITY comes V \ Q 3 /'/ ‘ fl~ Yomnvinpaccmmtwilleeengiv, you a hind for Business inveaunenm inform ,ori:will vide_a. sin-plus $ twin" help to f; ‘youmocmfortiinglrlogiéoldaie. The regular sa t is piofitableonvbngoucanform. emu 1B: Built Invites Your Savings Accent-pit, I Interest Comjuundul Half Ycmly. THE BANK or NOVA scorn ESTABLISHED 1832 Capital $12,000,000 Resei've‘$24,000,000 Total Assets over $265,000,000 With the object of giving the best. possible service to our marb time customers the Eastern Supervisor’; Department is located in ' Saint John. N. B. “ “To admit that ghosts are seed clothed, is to admit that costs toe have ghosts-Herbert Spencer. i A tutor should not be continually thundering instruction into the gm of his pupil, as if he were pouring 1t through a funnel-Montaigne. Classics are not the planters of in- literary virtues, but freer and purer, still remain become something of a figure of fun before the receit eamPB-l!!! b68111- t-fls total expenses have been listed at $71, Campaigning. as Alfalfa Bill conducted it, was cheap BHOHBh- H9 would hang about“. a gasoline station until somebody dove up in a car bound in the dirention he was traveuing, Then he would say. “I'm Alfalfa B111 candidate for govemor. Some of the boys over in the next town wants me to make a speech. Give me a lift 7" invariably he got the 11ft, and over: lift-lie next town he always found‘ some of the boys ty-seven feet depth at regulated wat- er ‘levels. The Project involves the improvement of the St. Lawrence river section, both for navigation and for power, the absorption of the Welland ship canal into the scheme. the construction of compensating works to restore the levels of lakes Erie, Hui-m, and Michigan, the im- provement of the interlake channels. and the construction of a new lock, or the deepening of oneof the present locks at Sault Ste. Marie. It is im- portimt to grasp that the proposal is not limited to an improvement to the Mums, to km) him over night, dc, river between Prescott and Montreal. 5pm the yam, that; he admits that p; It embraces as B‘ 5mg!‘ unit‘ a great he drinks his coffee out of a saucer ' inland deep water-way 1,200 miles ‘ and batltes only occasionally. S0 long, with 5,000,000 installed horse Ilatumny cklahoma looks i-orewum power. It is proposed to construct this to me govemm. mofiding a good vast entuprlse und" the “m” of a deal of amusement. in tihc course of special treaty, not yet negotiated al- ms term o, omia ' though preliminary conversations be- ____ ,__'_____ tween Ottawa. and Washington have laid down certain principles and cer- tain bases of cost distribution, wihiclw the Canadian share of the navigation- al enterprise would be $0,600,000 which wouldlnclude fixed and oper- atlrig charges. The share of St. Law- rence power to which Canada. is en- ltled is about 4,000,000 installed horse power. The total capital coet of the whole project chargeable to pow- ci- is from 465,000,000 to 545,000,000 ilepending on cost distribution. The question is, should the distri- bution of power costs between Can- ada and the United Stlteii be ascer- tnlned on the basis of power owner- ship? In such a case the distribution between Canada and U- S. A. would be one third for Canada and two- thirds for U. S. A. It can be readily seen that the ef- fects of such a project would he felt either for better or worse throughout the whole of Canada, and as the bas- is of Canada's prosperity lies in east and west transportation it 1a going to have l. very material effect upon railways chiefly. Reviewed from this angle it would not seem to have any direct effect one way or the other on the Maritime ports, which, it muot be Political questions to be discurnezi zvill be such as Canadas status in the hatter; relation of provincial and Dominion rights respecting water. and water power; national Sovereign- L ty; extension in Canada of existing! United States rights; international. and its implications on treaty negofl. atloris; Canada's policy as affected by The difference between the pres- posed future deep waterway, is that be able to move freely to tidewater at from Montreal, The project is no sudden and new entitled the International nimibcz‘ cf 1.2.“...- n§un l srzoiiis lle Onnlda~120,000.000. a M A United Staies--'.‘;i0,000,000. I ' ‘ ' ' The complete annual ' Ohllld gyguuuuuuunum-n. ............................."sum...a................... ___. E. R. meow no Richmond $1.. Charlottetown Fire, Life, Accident, Sickness and Plate Glass Insurance at Lowest Rate. _ » 5.. Agent .11 Summer-side. Lloyd Lewis E . " ‘ 5 Zn'III n-gv GROUND LIME s10: it We have shipped ‘large quantities of Ground Limestone to the Island and It has given wonderful results. We solicit your orders for either bulk or bagged Lime. Can ship bagged lime at one day's notice. Brookville Manufacturing 00., Ltd. (Operating "Government Lime Plant) BIOOKVILE. 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