2a" _ _,, l. u»- n :- iiss-- , §WIIICU jqgbm‘ to give 611000 00 it. I n 4-, , 41 s. ‘White and Mr. E. l7. Nesbltt, re- 7 qaommend subsidy increases of cl,- "___-- atitutod a substantial increase over _ imission report, but it is by no means ‘.. astlsfactory on u basis of final set- '- ‘tiement, a fact which is strongly hau- of the Commission, Chief Jus- tice Mathleson, who takes issue with . -'--~his colleagues on the Ehillnd Ihdt ;;__their report minimizes fnc 11111101‘- rszignoe of “fiscal need" as a guiding -~by reason of the minority report oi 4; aha: been increased over the interim ' _ grant recommended by the Duncan ' Commission. ' W: flince Edward Islands proportion -:. 1 to 7 of the other two provinces. ' ' ‘in the present instance the ratio is I $71 to a and 1 to s. The additional . aidy increase for this Province up fi , ;ts $215,000. dorsed by Chief Justice Mathieson, I _ but evidently consideration was giv- ' ~~ern Provinces demanding further _ :- The commission report W1"- WEI- "'Imony to the convincing mfllmel‘ In - rented. Without in any way reflect- ‘; mended. being highest. _ pa...» .4; -_.-__-. .._-Qhuroh slid in this connection: 0-0 "Qt... ““"‘_...s.m¢¢g urgent problem. The late Lib- “... . w» 4w power and had a reWPI 001°" In!“ w-dfii ‘. “ea-cf "commending sickness and unem- fand appears in detail in today's sis. unnatural. IIOIII wan-sad ruivwuzritinsrogr m euro-iv awaitsd "report of ta. White Commission on Maritime Iibsidy claims settlement has been fabled in tho House of Commons ‘Guardian. The majority of the "Commissioners, namely, Sir ‘Thomas moon for Nova Boot-is, 0000.000 for New Brunswick and 0215.000 for Prince Edward Island. This con- tho interim subsidy payments awarded under the Duncan Com- emphasised by the Maritime mem- prmeipie, and states that the pro- posed increase will glve only partial and temporary relief. In other words, while a substantial ‘dy increase is unanimously recom- mended, the door has been left open. Commissioner Chief Justice Mathia- aon, for further negotiation on a still more equitable basis. From a provincial standpoint, it is highly ‘satisfactory to note that Prince Edward Island's subsidy ratio In ‘the first instance of subsidy increase was 1 to 4% and " recommended is equivalent to g, grant of $3,000,000 at 5 per cent, bringing the annual additional sub- It is significant to note that the majority report of the Commission does not deny the fairness and jus- tice of the case as submitted by the Maritime representatives and in- en to the attitude oi other provin- ces, especially Ontario and Quebec, and to the possibility of the West- concessions on their ovm behalf. ‘The suggestion of chief Justice Mathieson that the claims o’ the Provinces for subsidy should be re- vised every ten years is a. good one. and if acted upon will go a long way to remove any dissatisfaction arising out of the failure of the majority membe a of the Commission to adjudicate upon all the claims pre- Jented by the Maritime representa- tives. The fact that the Commission reached a divided opinion or. this question is the strongest reason for assuming that the case is by no means closed. ..w11i¢h the claims for each of the c; three Maritime Provinces were PW- ing on the other provincial repre- "frentatives, it is evident that FY1009 Edward Island was particvldfll’ m" tunate in tho manner in which II-i - use was pfepgfed and presented, its ratio of subsidy inaraaaa- "a "°°'"' ’ substantially the .___——-—————- ms LIBERAL POLICY The sincerity of the present Lib- . crai criticism WBSI-Ydmfi lmempmy‘ ment relief may best b0 1nd!“ 5V the action; of the same PQFW "he" 1n power, gpsaklng last week in the House of Commons, Mr. T. L- "My hon. friend from Vahwllvdl‘ Centre (Mr. Mackenzie) proposed a dominion-provincial conference consider the question of finan- -.clal relations between the province-i land the dominion, and secondly to . .1 owing“. g- -' ‘u “up entwercnine ydlflm Q5131 .niought this maths to the "t. parliament on than”! e _~iia theniiio mu lanai-abut: WW7» m 00%!" your (In advaoool nailed la I mason. muons. urt- ber. On March 0, 1000, I asked tho unemployment rolbf; ‘ property owners are sending a dele- . tam" leafl _ = lloulnlsoslatlvcd. mflfllllllollhtl. aciiou will be taken. and when! n . IWQI- I. Tho Question of unamploymsut is one for tho provincial govern-- manta. 2. Answered by Ho. I, _ "That was all they thought of it. rust‘ was tbs .0 ~ of which my Iron. friend from 8t. James (Mr. Rinfiot) was a mam- government this question "respecting 1. Has the government any plans for providing useful employment for tbo- great body of the unemployed? 2, It so, what relief will be af- fordad? 3. Will the government aces t the offer of the province of Ontar o to provide one-third of the coat of certain forms of relief in conjunc- tion with the federal and municipal authority; if not, why noti "Instead of answering that ques- tion the Liberal government asked to have it ruled out of order." EDITORIAL NOTES - r iA-n The Legislature opens its first session today. The temporary broak-down in Mr. Bennett's health is unfortunate, but he has plenty able colleagues ready tocarry on in the interim. It was bound to come. Montreal gation to Ottawa for adjustment of interest and capital of mortgages, on the same terms as farmers. It was stated in the British Par- liament last week that the only two countries in the world free from the drcadiFoot and Mouth Disease in cattlelwere Canada and South Africa. But tho Minister of Agri- culture could not let the opportun- ity pass of having a sly hit st'us. The mot of the disease had not yet been-discovered, he said, but it wasihought it might be in po- Highlanders have reason to be proud of the fact that Australia considers a man who does not speak Gaelic to be an illiterate. Dir. Egon Erwin Kisch, radical lecturer from Czechoslovakia wanted to tour Australia. But the Govern- ment withheld lts approval, and the only means of preventing his “ad- mission to the country was on the score of illiteracy. Unfortunately for them Dr. Kisch knew all the languages submitted to him as a test, till some om suggested Gaelic. That floored him. The Ides of March may easily be taken to cover the period of from Mlrchlo to 20. Plutlmh tells us that a certain seer warned Caesar to be on his guard against a. great peril on the Ides; and when Caesar was on his way to the Senate house, he greeiod the sear with a last and said: "Well, the Ides oi March are come," and tho seer Mid to him softly; “Aye, thoy are oorne, but they are not gone.” Mr. King's friends should take noto of the cases ofboth Caesar and the late Premier Stewart. T ‘ Saturday Night is fol- IWIIIB in the wake of the Finan- cial Post and Montreal Gazette in- reluctantly it is true-conceding that Mr. Bennett is right in the method he is pursuing. "We have to record," it says, "our convic- tions, somewhat slowly arrived _at but perhaps not the less sound for that reason, that the method adopt- ed by Mr. Bennett for ascertaining what scope the courts can be in- duced to assign to the Federal power in matters like these is greatly sup- erior to the method which is being advocated by the Lflnrsl party." The plight of Vanoouve is truly lamentable. The Mayor,‘ Gerry Mc- Gcer, told the Private Bills Com- mittee of the British Columbia Ioglslature that it would in noo- esssry to amend the city‘; charter to , " for the appointment of a Commissioner in ths likely event of the bondholders applyingto the courts. for payment of interest "Should this take placo. it moans wfl wiilbeinthshandsofthsbond- 1 may bl The ~ machine vcraustho man is rovivcd N»... ‘By 11... W... 1am: of lortuas will be sorry tonohthltthottmsbloinAbyasinia ‘aifiparstobavcrevertedto furtllot altwbiisthmmaybsagood deal of aabic-rattlild. no country really wants a war "on its hands. The world conflict is not altogether for- gotten-k. - falallhk question al the‘ bynews from w . A gov- ernment committee mport that has boon ‘ ’ ’ to w. “ ac- cuses moior oar manufacturers of complicating the unemployment and social problems of the United States to newer and faster machinery replace man-power. The Nport says the ‘ dustry has speedsduptoanloa oonsid “lion fast for mon of 40 years of age and that in some instances l9 men now do the work of sso previously. Sir Ambrose Fleming, the veter- an scientist, who the other day Poured scorn on the Darwinian theory of evolution, is the man who made broadcasting possible by in- venting the thermionic valve. Al- though his invention is now in use all over thesvorld. 11c never receiv- ed a penny reward for it other than the retaining fee paid him by the company that employed him. He was alsoclosely concerned in the early IIW ‘ of e ‘ ‘ L ....- and electric light, and holds strong views on tho way in which these enterprises were hampered by un- wise Government legislation. Bir Ambrose is in his 06th year.-I..on- don lbrchange. ' The League of Nations has come In stay if our civilisation is to en- dure. The world is beginning to realise that the alternative to the League and its pacific machinery is a return to the old system of balances of power and heavy arm- ing among opposing camps and the prospect in the not distant future of another great world wan-Gen- eral Smutts. Canada's gold production for 1034 reached an astronomical total value of 521,000,000. Experts predict that during 1985 even this record will be eclipsed and that a total produc- tion of £3,000,000 will be achieved, Ontario leading the way with a production 0f over $15,000,000. Three weeks ago the city of Aber- deen, in Scotland, put on the mar- ket an issue oi $6,000,000 at three per cent. The pa pectus announced that the city taxes of Aberdeen were lower, than those of Glasgow, min-burgh or Dundee. and that its public debt per capita was also lower than those of thes: three cities. What was the result? Within two days $150,000,000 had been subscribed, — thirty times the amount of the issue. This means that the Scottish public is ready and anxious to lend money at, a low rate of interest so long as it is assured of the reliability oi the borrower and the lattcfs reputation for-thrift, economy, and sound bus- iness administration-Ex. There h a story told of Sir Mat- thew Bcgbie, ‘first chief justice of British Columbia, which, after nearly ‘f5 years. seems to have an application to assessment problems in Vancouver. The story is that a farmer in the Kamloops area. died and left his farm to his two sons. After a time the sons fell out. They could not operate the farm together and decided that it should be d.iv- ided. But they could not agree as to the division, and the Chief Jus- tice, who had something to do with pretty nearly all the legal jobs in the colony, was called H9011 to wt as arbiter. Begbie'a decision was ‘worthy of Solomon. "John." he which disappeared when good breeding was introduced. It hardly required the assurame of Sir Francis Floud that notwith- standing recent extensive develoP- merit of agriculture in the old country, Britain will still need our wheat. Speaking to the women's Canadian Club in Toronto, Sir Francis said that some seemed to feel that tho development oi agri- culture in Great Britain is danger- ous to Canada, but I can assure you that, as far as wheat is con- oemed, Britain will depend mainly for its supply on overseas countries, such as Canada, which can produce it so much more cheaply than we can in ours, where we are at the present time producing only 23 per cent of our bread supply from our own soil." Gradually Soviet Russia is realiz- ing that all is not gold that glittors in Oommunistle theories, or dross that appears static in old ‘ time capitalism. It again permits church- oa to be used for worship, has de- cidodtopl-yaman acoordlngtohis work, has returned to ballot votill for elections, and last, but not i a 8g E .r* ti; it .§§§.f.i%t? tho' physicians that meats argue; m. do they aggravate the symptoms whatever. are at least partly to blame for the symptoms of .... m they aggravate these symptoms. covery has been made by Drs. Frank J. Sladen. Dwight C, lmsign, and Clark M. MoCoil. Detroit. 1n a study ritls (rheumatism), and I38 persons righ Lrheumatism, it was found that eat any more starchy food than did those who did not have rheumatism. ing for sweets was confessed. and on closer examinavlon of the starch dict it was found that the rheuma- tic or arthritic patients had a ten- dency to choose starch foods of the non-protective" kinds, and an in- LIrIIItEIQDI amount of the starch foods o e u‘ . ored sugar and sweets, refined cer- eals. and pastries, white flour and were shy on the use of unrefined cereals, butter, cream, milk, and fruits and vegetables -_ thatisstarch foods that contain largo amounts of bulk or roughage and protective substances, and also minerals and vi starch foods to the protective starch foods, and to use the same amounts of the foods as before. These phy- sicians state that following this change there was a de movement in weight, bowel or in- testlnal action, the condition of the joints, and the general efficiency and well being in these cases of arthritis. that the non-protective foods are all good foods and if fruit or vege- tables arc eaten regularly there will be no lack of minerals and vita- lnins and of general protection of body tissues from the standpoint of infection. arthritis or rheumatism, from the food standpoint anyway the protec- -tive starch foods as mentioned above should be eaten. course that diet is not the only fac- tor in the cause of aggravation of rheumatic symptonf. m: vrnorau‘ nrnr Sm " mramumaaa It 1.! 310W dennitoly listed upon‘ for ‘ sm nor It is now agreed that starch foods atism and that However a very interesting dis- of 148 persons without arth- tio patients did not really “In spite of this, however. a crav- “vs ' kind. Thus the rheumatic patients fav- potatoes and patients were encouraged to ‘The _ k from the non-protective finite im- Now the point to remember is However when there is definite It should be remembered oi said to the elder of the brothers. “You make the division of the property, and mind you make a. fair division, because when you have finished, James is to have his choice of the two parcelsP-vanoouver Province. Brazil curl-ails her output of cof- fee. The Boutham states curtail their output on cotton. Now the Brazilians are working tooth and nail to increase cottonproduction in the hope of capturing the Brit- ish market. It only remains for thesouthcrn states to take up cof- ree growing for the foreign mar- ket, and then the full circle of ab- surdity would be completed. Frank Greges. New York sand- wich man, found $45,000 in bonds in a Wall Street anowbank, and his honesty was with 0100 and a new job. while the Dow-John Wall Street numerative ticker ser- vice abandoned figures temporarily to announce “Prank Grsgu, the sandwich man, is earning the envy of many on Wall street as the only person who has made any money down here in the last week." Ap- parently he could not stand even this temporary return of prosperity, and his mind has given way. It is ‘a tragic climax to u story that seemed to have a happy ending. ‘The people of Lima. Peru, have been celebrating oblate-celebrating the 400th anniversary oi their city's founding. And in that cele- bration there is a gentle reminder that white civilization on the Am- erican continents is an older thing than we usually suppose. When Lima was founded, England's fight with the Spanish armada was still half n. century in the future, Shake- spenrc was not yet born. and Martin Luther was still alive. A society that can trace its lineage that far backis getting on in years. Qan- ada and tho United States may still be youthful; but Latin America is. as human ieties go, well along in middle age. _‘.'.. Sun. FISHING BOATS Into the mists of evening, a sunset- sky, Onebyons andtwobytwo Tho fishing boats go by; Into the mists of evening, As the sun sinks siowlyocwn, a With sails purple, blue andwhlte, Onnge an rusty brown; , m. abouts u. lids. n. ta. d ' an? ' Oiit with, drifting 6s, To isht vatoina tbs shoals slim. go by, - O like molten silver ,-.-, Cudsranaoonllt sky; _, , ‘ ‘hieucuasaaoftiugiasisablisa - mu round with Out ofthanaiaia of , Tbs fishing dart ooulohcmss. \ ‘ ....._1_"_'-5 ""- when...» roxaasu I Sin-Wears informed that rab- bits am being imported to this pm- vindo for fos feed. We an advised these rabbits are carriers of a‘ ted to, foxes and human beinas- In the case of the. latter, about forty percent fatal. The fact that the rabbits are frown does not obviate the danger of infection. It would appear advisable that the practice lKB-I-FIBIIIGAIIIEPBUIIO- TION ASSOCIATION. W. Henry ‘lidnaarah, President. ‘ p, Mr. McKenzieb Proposals (Ottawa Journal) Having become nervous watching Ttome burn while his leader yawned, lancouverh m. Ian Mackenzie ct up in the House on Monday and noved a want-of-confidenoe motion 11811180 tho Government. Mr. King aadsaidhe didn't want to talk about anything but reform, and ‘lttie about that, so anxious was he ,0 get on with it, but Mr. Mac- ‘zenzle, who thinks he carries a field narshaPs baton ln his hip pocket, lbowed Mr. King out of the way,’ marched right into battle on his own. What did he march with? Well, so far as we can discover, with IIOIIIIIIQIIICN than the bald state- ment that tbele was a lot of un- mployment in the country and hat the Government was doing ‘iothing about it. Which wasn't very effective. While Mr. Mackenzie was launching his rhetorical barrage, an official statement was being issued showing that last year, while most ~i the rest oi the world was re- aecovering but slowly, or not re- covering at all, Canada was in- creasing her trade with the Envplrc by 24 percent, her trade with foreign countries 20.9 perccntThat must have helped employment. This country can't increase its exports to Empire countries by $31,000,000 without a lot of the 31 millions going into workmanb pay en- velopes: there must have been busier factories and farms and a lot more purchasing power. And so with the gain to foreign countries. In other words, the Ottawa agree- ments wlth other countries made by the present Government, did help employment, If Mr. Mac- kenzie has any doubts about the matter, let him ask Canadian pro- ducers. Let him ask some of our live stock men. or some of our fruit growers. or some of our mine oper- ators. They will not hesitate about telling him. ‘ What did Mr. Mackenzie himself propose? The answer is that Mr. Mackenzie proposed nothing. Not a thing. He spoke, of course, about "high tariffs, quotas and emlbar- goes"; but we seem to remember that‘ in a recent speech in New York Mr. Mackenzleb colleague Col. Balaton, didn't hold out much hope o1 anything substantial being done about tariffs if or when Col. Ralstonb and Mr. Mackenzws party took office. Bo not much hope there. What else did Mr. Mackenzie propose? Nothing also-except this: "We are prepared to shelve all other questions which are before this House. or may be presented. to discuss thiscmergent condition." To “discuss it." Mr. Mackenzie ,says that there is unemployment and hardship, and that things are terrible generally, and that the thing to do is to talk. It's s great policy. _ Election Speculation ' At Ottawa ' (Monoton TIIIIN) Possible dates of the Ilbderal election continue to be a “ for speculation at Ottawa. Some of the political Pmlllosticators at the capital have bmn quite insistent upon an early spring election, but the lesg impatient ‘ recasto have set the date in the late summer or narly autumn. In the end, how- ever, Prime Minister Bennett will say when the people of Canada will go to the polls to pass judsment 00 his administration. Whether the data will be soon aftm- tho ses- sion of Parliament or late in the autumn, there is a. growing con- fidence among the supporters of the Bennett Cw mment that the r00- ple will decide to continue in power the man who has brought Canada through the years of the world's greatest depression in front of tho nations of the world. v to the question of the '- monopoly, the gain» of combinations. i: 8 5' g i i t s? I i’ "g i g ‘é who,stlil talk as though we could find salvation in laiasea faire, dar- It would In as sensible as In leave an epidemic to run its course. The world we have come to seems like a crazy world. We have pov- arty and hunger amidst apparent plenty. In the year 1084 we had nations destroyinrmillions of dol- lars’ worth of goods and foodstuffs while millions of people lacked clothing and food. Holland burned 15,000,000 flower bulbs and destroy- ed 100.000 pigs. ‘The United States destroyed 2.000.000 sows and 4,000,- 000 little pigs. Denmark incinerated 20,000 cattle. In New Zealand 5,000 lambs were driven into the sea. In the United States every third row of cotton was "plouglnd in." Brazil destroyed 36,000,000 bags of coffee- and so on through the record. -'Ib talk about going back to the classical economists for light or lead ing-about such things is to talk Frocesstl lllcksy AN" P and acked .. , _ » 1N Nicholson ftharlotit. PRODUCT IIIWII BRIGHT cur" SMOKING TIIBAGBII adness. Adam Smith and Ricardo and Mill never contemplated such things; have no remedy for them. are problems that have to ~ba acod in the light of today's realities. which are not the realities of one hundred o,- fifty years ago. Nor can they be solved by nice theories. There are those who rave about "liberty," who denounce _,‘ en- tation." But maple raved and talk- ed that way about the reform pro- posals of one hundred years ago. All the world know; the story of the English factories, the "cry of the children." the "horrors of the city slum." and the "song o! the shirt." Dickens, Kingsley and Car- lyle, lmowing nothing of economics. and caring little for ‘liberty’ that left thousands to starve, protested. But the great economists of‘ those days, or most. of them. 0l1l>osed fac- tory lrqlslation, and a great Liberal like John Bright claimed the right -as so many are claimbig now- to “do as he liked ‘with his own." These ‘people. oanonised by some now, argued that strikes could not raise wages, that wage laws could not operate, that thorn was no hope for tho poor except harder work, less children, and escape by emi- gratlon from their native land. Bright and Cobden. contrary to a common view. wem no friends of the worker, or oi social reform. Free Trade meant only cheapness; low- er productive costs for hte factories. The good people who are now de- mflfldifl! that business be "let 0100a’! or that we mustn't lay hands on capitalism, are no wiser than ly of a congratulatory ntaure to His Majesty, there has been the suggestion that advantage may be taken of the presence of the Dom- inion premiers to discuss some Im- perial matters. with the Liberals quite evidently disinclined to court an early elec- tion on any mounds, however, tho Government is left with the duty of mousing Mr. Bennettuattendsnce in London. and with tho freedom tharaaftrr of choosing the election date which it deems most suitable. The middle of June is‘ the earliest time possible after the Prime Min- ister’s return. An election in either July or August is not favored by Conservatives on the grounds of the number of city‘ voters, tradi- tionally supporters of one party, who are absent on vocation at that "m. September. accordingly be- comes the next month to be gun- sidened, and in it, the third Mon- day. the 16th. is understood to have beenthe subject of discussion. The stronger cabinet opinion. however. is believed to run in favor of a Juno election. The political tide is admit-Ind to be running at the present time in the Govern- ment's favor, and a majority of the ministers hold the view that it should be taken at the flood. FARMERS ATTENTION While ha Ila City do not "f!" "If "Nib 0| . mac's condition Powder. For Iona: l Cattle. hose who fought reform one hund- would be suidicul. Only out. ed years ago. Their clamor about out Socialism or Commun liberty," when lilnrty means little a yiasclsm, could be it, my nore than license for a few to ex- .1oit the many, leading to revolu- ion or anarchy, ls silly. 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