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With three-fourths of the civilized worli
in a war the fierceness and destructive
ness of which have no parallel in history
one may well stagger at the question, “I:
the -world growng better? When we re -
member, however, what the civilized na
tions are fighing for, are expending tht
flower of their manhood for, are sacrificing
their substance for, the question assumes :
different complexion. When we remembe
that millions have taken their lives in the.
hands to prevent one nation from tyran
nizing over others, to right the wrongs o
weaker nations, to teach the world thu
national wickedness shall not be tolerates’
then we ,know that although the earth i
deluged in blood national rghteousness ha
not departed. The fact that there is a col
ossal war raging by no means argues tha
the world is not growing better. If thi
were the only evidence to guide us then th-'
inevitable conclusion would be that neve `
before have such sacrifices been made ii
the cause of humanity by individuals or bi
nations.
In the matter of mitigating the horror:
of war, caring for the wounded, maintain
ing the health of the soldiers on the field
and in camp, caring for them when they
return wounded and broken and making
provision for them on their return to civi '
life, there is no comparison with former
conditions. The camp and the battlefielc
are today, so far as sanitation is concern-
_ed,ga_sY.healthy as the fields and the homef
tury ago there were more deaths from dis-
ease than from bullets. Science, spurred
on by a kindlier regard for human welfare
by a broader sympathy, by a more practi-
cal and more enlightened Christianity
must be credited wit hthis betterment.
Never in the history of the world have
women in such numbers taken their live:
in their hands, gone into the very jaws of
death, gone in thousands, to undergo th(
horrors and the privations of the ,battle-
fields, for the sole purpose of giving wha!
aid they could 'to the wounded and the
sick. It is not necessary to dwell upon this
upon the self-sacrificing devotion, not of
the women alone who have gone to care for
the wounded and the sick, but of the wo-
men throughout Canada, the United Stat-
es, England, France, who have literally ab-
andoned all and followed the Christ of
charity, of altruism, of good works; these
are abundantly evident.
In everything touched by the war---and
the war touches every feeling of justice, of
humanity, of philanthropy, of charity, of
self-sacrifice, evidences are multiplied daily
to show that the heart of humanity is stir-
red by the sorrows and the claims of oth-
ers. and this argues in favor of a general
betterment.
‘i`~l:ere is less religious denioiistration
pf-_-rhaps than ever before. less of profes-
sion and confession but every act by which
others are helped is tinged with the virtues
of Christianity receives its impulse from
the precepts taught by the Christ over two
thousand years ago, is in itself the expres-
sion of Christianity. `
We live in a commercial age and com-
mercialism is aggressive, unsentimental,
self-seeking if you will, otherwise it would
not be progressive. Its charity is distri-
buted on business rather than on senti-
mental grounds, carefully allotted on a
percentage of profits basis, but always dis-
tributed and doing its part in the further-
ing of the country’s best interests. Com-
mercial prosperity is founded upon com-
mercial integrity, otherwise it would fail.
Honesty and integrity pervade all success-
ful huma undertakings, perforce if you
will, but Ehey are outstanding features of
world progress today. There are of course
the exceptions, exceptions which by.con-
trust stand out as targets for general con-
demnation. The villain, commercial or
social or political, has but a slim chance in
the world drama today. The great maj-W
ority of the audience is respectable and”
*ie amount of sugar normally available
this summer is very short and to meet the
scale of one and a half pounds per person
per month, this to include all sugar requir-
use. According to this scale the allotment
for each person should not average more
than four-fifths of a level teaspoonful. By
the adoption of this scale it is believed that
reference to flour, enact regulations and
impose heavy fines for infringement. Nc-
cessity for this would be a reflection upon
Canadian patriotism.- ,
Scarcity of sugar is not going to affect
the price the crop having been bought bv
the I)l`€S€llt Supply   Out until thcisoon ns one hundred thousand nieif
new Sugar C]’0p is availablejn DeCeI1'1b91“_i»wero called to the colors, and that
If the Scale is not adopted then the Selfisivilhe lllnitof uno hundred thousand mon
ones will probably have all the sugar theymr recruited who tm or me Order
‘Vant While the Others must gp W1th0ut_0`j'i in-Council just issucii‘. however, ex-
the F00d Board may be Obllged tO I‘€S0l`f»_pressly declares that the number of
to measures Similar tg those adopted withltheso rolnforcenioms shall be compul-
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requirements of our Allies and ourselves OTTAWA, Angus. 2i_-The omciar
the Canada Food Board urges every home iiaumimii made by me Government if
in Canada to adopt the voluntary rationing-day 0' *W0 “KD with r°f~‘\'@n¢<> w uw
{Militnry 'Service Act is creating con-
I
|sldcrabie liitoiest in military and pol-
'iticul circles. The effect of the state
ed for cooking purposes as well as for table ,,,e~,,, ,,, ,hat 0,., ,,,,,,,,,,,, ,,_, ,,,,, Ac,
will not bo ezihausteil' until one hund-
red thousand inen are ready to leave
tho shores of Canada. The popular lm-
presslon was thot powers conferred
under the Act would be exhausted as
applied to the number who enlisted
ed by reference only to tho men ulti-
mately '-selected and actually despatch-
ed for overseas service. In other words
oiily those who have actually gone nr
who have been ordered to go, overseas
shall bo counted us reinforcements..
Upon the number of nicn to be called
ut there is aibsolliioly ns liinlt. 'l‘l1-_~
short, Bruce, M_acKélvie was a man
amo_ng*_men.' There were few like him
-:ind moro’s the pity. ' '
O O I.
The other evening a'xnuu name-_l
Daoust. em-ployod in tho railway
freight sheds here, noticed a. small
pool on the floor of the shed iiour
what was apparently on empty cnsk.
lt looked like gasoline, and smelled
liko gasoline, but Daoust was not
quite suro. He lighted a match und
proceeded to investigate. Then some-
thing happened. The explosion which
his action storied could bo lieiird for
miles. -Men in tho neighborhood wer;
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loaded und unloaded. T110 "F0 WH! Of
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cd and u number ol' freight Cilfb
most 'spectacular ciiarzicter. 8011 its
ogiess wus watched 'bl' 7-\10\|50Ul15~
veral explosions, more or less sov-
c, featured the blgv;gc,lbllr11il\S OU
sks being hurlled through the ulr
using much uiiicst among those of
e onlookers \vho were in their yvako.
oriunately, however, no one was hurl
this way. ll was only by the mosi
tive exertions that the fire was kepl
om spreading in the Sandy Hill dir-
chair Street caught tlrei more than
_0‘i!\CB» Bild ill at least one case th.
lniiiatea nad a rather close cali.
The Labor Department again “_
ports upward movements in wholesale
and retail food prices rlurln rife'
m0nlh'_¥°f, ~7.\\|¥- Ill wholesale.;-ical'
the ncreases wore' chiefly in dairy
products, fresh und canned' vegeigbl
textilml ‘Mid Jllmbor. There were 110°.
rea|_es_ln_£od`der, live aggok mg m,,,lB_
in retail prices there were increases
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ection.lndeed, several houses on Nich-A ` (gontmued on Page seven) _
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blown a considerable diutniice und sov-
ercly bruised and burned. The lirc
spread with the rapidity of lightniiig.
and bcicrc it- could be stopped iles-
troyod something like $100,000 worth
olpropcrty which included the freight
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the Commission and no room left forthe Z
profiteer. The cause of the scarcity here ,,
is the shortage in Great Britain and other ii
European countries. Northern France,'1
proportion of the sugar consumed in Eu- l.,,
rope is now cut off entirely, its factoricxf §_
demolished, its land devastated. A signi-lf.
ficant coincidence of the present demand A
upon Canadians to economize in sugar is
itchcd overseas or they are imimed-
'itely to proceed overseas. An expcctf
d result of -this interpretation of the
ct is that Parllainent will not likcl_\‘
bc suiiimoncd until the new year. I
ye-
illltiiry authorities, should they deem
iiccessary, may call out one hundred '
iid fi-ity thousaiid mcn, or two liund
~cd thousand men, but llicy would not
' - r ' I . E, he reinforcements und’er the terms oi'
which heretofore p Ovlded 3' Very a1g(lthc Military Service Act iintll des-
makes the way smooth for our worst
mies, the German war leaders, in their
most difficult task-that of persuading
their countrymen to go on following them
"he fact that thousands of Canadians today
lie buried in the fields which formerly pro-l
duced the greater part of Europe’s sugar.
At an international sugar conference
held in New York last spring an amount
was pledged which would take care of thc
overseas minimum requirements on the
basis of one and one-tenth pound' for thc
people of France. The United States and
Canada pledged the required amount. g
Upon the amount allotted to Canada
there have been other drains. Much has
been exported to *Europe in the form of
manufactured articles, condensed milk,
_eats to the soldiers in the form of cake,
etc. Besides these much sugar has been
lost through the sinkings by submarines
and, to make a long story short, there is not
enough to go round and supply our Allies.
The Food Board calls for a saving, a volun-
tary rationing. Every patrio'tic Canadian'
will do hs best to comply with the requcst;'
the others may be compelled, but the opl,
portunity to avoid compulsion and to show.
genuine patriotism is now open. 
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THE CHANGE
Within six weeks the Allies have trans-I
formed the whole face of the war, have_
beaten the German armies four successive
times, and have won back almost every-
thing that Gerirlany. 'conquered in her gi-
gantic offensive last spring,
Does the world fully realize what these
victories mean? They mean that democ-
racy and freedom and Christianity have de-
finitely triumphed over autocracy and law-
lessness and barbarism. They mean, that
the spirit of Prussia has failed to crush out
of existence the spirit of Galilee. Theyl
mean that the world has been made safe'
for-_democracy and decency and human bro-i’
therhood. And because of these great,
things, let us today lift up our hearts; not
in a spirit of boasting or of mere revenge,
but in thanksgiving to the God of battles,.
to Him Who two thousand years ago told|
that he had reared Christianity upon a rock-
and that the Gates of Hell would never pre-'
vail against it.
NOTES `
An aviation expert, writing in a recent
magazine, says that the time is near at
hand when an airplane will travel from
London to Newfoundland in a single day.
How delightful it will be to- be able to run!
over to London for the Week-end and backl
again in a day! '
On its way from Petrograd to Moscow
the German Embassy had to be guarded by
eight hundred soldiers. The German dip-
lomats don’t seem to be as sure of Russian
love for Germany as'they sometimes pro-
fess to be.
We do not suppose that any peace nego-
tiations under present circumstances could
have useful results, but we do not see why
try should talk about peace, and
about those in enemy countries ,
who desire peace, in such language as
will not tolerate him. The world is grow-
 #fs-,.1 -
blindly after four years of suffering--Man-‘
cl|omr°*Goardinire
responsible people in this coun-l
News of tho death by iliowiiing rec-
ently of N. Bruce MacKelvio, of New
York, n native so_n of Prince Edward I
island, was heard here with geiiuiiic
icgrot by lliose members of the is-_ ’
lnud colony who enjoyed his acquaint-
ance. "Bruce," as he was called by.
those who knew him intimately, was
one of the most successful of thi.-
young-cr ‘business mcu of his adopted
home: Twenty years or more ago he
left Sunmierside for the United States
entering the Boston ollice of Hayden.
Stone Company, as ii clerk. Hero he
quickly showed' his class, and after a
series of successful promotions was
ndinitlcd a member of the firm. Re-
moving to New York he wus given
change of the flmirs oillco on llroiid
struct, where ho added to his reputat-
ion as un able ‘business man. He was
especially fortunate in mining enter-
prises, and ut tho time oi’ his death
was president ol' one of the best pro-
ducers of gold in the neighboring rc-
public. incidentally he ammassed con-
siderable wealth, rbut with it all he
never became purse-proud. He pnld
several visits io his island home in
recent years, and always had a pleas-
ant smile and hearty hand' shake for
tho friends of his boyhood, irrespect-
ive of -their financial standing. lu
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Who that has watched anxiously
through' the long and trying hours of
the night has not folt the thrill of
iiope that comes with the breaking of
the day _
With the sun new-risen uiid tho-
blrds, in every treo, the dnrk`sl\ad-
ows of the night seem to fllt awny
:ind the bright expectancy of hope
thrills and comforts the soul. Joy
cometh in the morning.
And how comforting that morning
ls and how good' is the God of all our
mercies who grunts it to us. '
Can we hope that every dark night
that visits us with sable fears and
sore trials of our faith and trust will
break into glorious downing and -that
eyes iliut shed bitter tears will greet
the sun shining with joy and hope?
As ooo is Goa and love and ‘iight
are the habitation of His throne; we
may so hope, no'.matter how dark or
foursome the ni`ht may bc,, or how-
ever long the sun may' delay his
coming.
There is no man anywhere in nil
the universe thn_t God has made but
muy say, the_mornlng cometh and
morning brings its joy. .
Weeping may" endure for n night.
But joy cometh in the morning, Psalm
30-5.
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with optimism, cheer, gratitude and
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eligious, natural, social, financial and
every other anxious care that por
plexes you. li' a personal answer li
required enclose a* live cent striznp.
No names wi'l bo published; ll' you
prefer, sign your lulllals only; or usv
.1 pseudonym.
Steam'and Electricity: in imswci
o a “Business Maiiagor" I nm iriml.
to say that advertising and publicity
to business success what stuzini
electricity are to motion null
er. The \vorld got ulong before
c forces were discovered. hilt no
»ow
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Office of the Union Cwmfnercial Co‘lege where students
receive their work in “Oihce Training” under the personal
direction of Principal Moran.
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ufncturer and no coniniunity can
today \vil.liollt lliem. The busi~
man who docs not advertise with
same persistence as he struggles
happiness and to mnkc money will
gglc in vain for both. Poor busi-
and depressed conditions nearly
ays yield to persistent ndvertls-
It is very rarely that there are
exceptions to this rule.
How Can One Ward Off Old Age?"
s "Seriex," Discord the thought
old nge. Adopt the current Cali
a style oi’ speech, and if you have _
lltlll
r’s age say: “Mr. Brown is 84
rs young." Bid -farewell to worry,
, hate, trouble and illl the mind
iration on going to rest. Live as
h as possi-ble in the open. and
p in sympathy with childhood, mu-
and flowers. Be temperate and
p an even mind. . '
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There are some in .ti
mdow.
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