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' FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1927

THE PUBLIC DEBT.

E Monetary Times, of Toronto, gives good advice to the Gor- ernment and people of Canada. lt

Additional interest is lent to the occasion from the fact that Dr. l-‘ui-I ‘ton Cotfln trained Sir. Eugene ‘vChen, Cantonese Foreign Minister,‘ who has just signed with Mr. Owen‘

seabed hie credentials to »I-‘resident? Coolidge on Friday last the inter view lasted inst ten minutes. And f there was one feature of the meet-i ging and the f that is Worthy oi note. it was the] noun“ 33oF.“ 3_ qumkpresentation to the President by ‘ Mr. Massey oi a letter of uf9d6llC€1

from King George. His Majesty, in lbis letter, after the usual formal, iwords went on as follows: 1

Blliililliii’

min: ‘(ruinous , NOIZOS by $110 Way l’ that Personal Sketches

FINE LECTURE AND ELOQUENT, When Hon. Vincent Massey Ire- SPEECH!‘

Quilts ;

By [emu W. Barton. MD.

[INFECTION WITHOUT MARK- ED SYMPTOMS.’

Brief Tale of Island Seaman. F

ti-listoricus)

credentials as well MR. JAMES SMITH

in reference to the list of name! given recently in connection with ithe “Northern Light." service. W6 :' inadvertently omitted the name of ‘ two worthy citizens of Charlotte-

, _ , _ l : M . James “Our Good Friend: We have Perhaps you find yourself some- i town m“ a m a” r

' i the shl iudzed it expedient to confer the "1"" “"1" “m, much 1m'-'““ m: Eiliriliitlweflei: 21:31:11 state lg stilllu‘ rank of Envoy Extraordinary and Wm- work not m things in sonar‘ l eilhyllig 119111111‘ 11nd wl-“TY- a1":

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Minister Plenipotentiary upon in is Name ma; you have been ‘ gggwzfifoqtietil‘; gflarfimzzfiwnyclub our trusty and well beloved the working hard‘ mlentally, or on rheond has a record for yank“) s“. Hon. Charles Vincent showy, onher hand your good sense tdllsffloo h, o" his (-3799,- thgt is not Member of our Privy Council of 7°“ {hat as 3' “an” o’ ha’ 7°“ ' surpassedi.

Canada, with the especial object "any “Ewen: been do!" “yi 1

1

hard work.

ADVANCE SPRING '1' o, of NEW WASH ..c.oons

THE LARGEST Aeeonrusnr AND assT snowma or sPRmo Goons EVER man: av ANY nous: m THIS PROVINCE. V DAILY, wmol-i ARE A DELIGHT TO open. AND Tokens THAT srnmo CANNOT s: FAR AWAV- .

NEW GOODS ARE Aflflyvmq

CHARMEUSE 2000 YARDS JUST OPENED

A new waeh fabric called CHARM EUSE, a delightful goods for drleleejndv child- ren's wear at . . . . . . . . . . - .. 42c to 90c Yard

All new Spring Shades. - 1

NEW

FANCY PRINTS

SPRING GINGIHAMS

points out that “We cannot always " have prosperity and buoyant rev-daires‘ ma ‘roan. concerning q enues. And very little reductionmwre o! totem“ concessions h“ as yet been elected l“ ‘he Daithat huge land oi unrest, China. minion debt. We did not pay our: ' war costs as we went along-dhatl . would have been scarcely possiblei -—-but instead, we borrowed moncyi and levied new taxes to carry the, debt." And it adds: “Willie the}, growth of the country is gradually reducing the burden on each oneolor me commodities they have the safest plan is to keep taxation-

imi-

THE COURSE OF TRADE

suillcientiy high to assure an annu-1 , al surplus available for debt reduc- 1 "on? 1the Minister of Finance boasts. I ‘ It is evident that Canada will be. greatly handicapped so lonlz M; hundreds of millions of dollars musttago be provided every year for the paw; . ment oi interest on the public deb;.1 Of course, tile Canadian people who are industrious and thrifty _wili prosper so long as their labors are ported from Germany last year lift rewarded by “record" crops and they draw freely upon and forests of the country for raw materials of industry United States

'the most striking

the mines the- the and other foreign,

iii sold them by nearly one per cent

one to be proud of or to be perpetu-

v _ L Jand why the formalities above re-_ ated. The natural wealth of Cana-iw Canada flgy “i: perbcenhtmozi‘ 6 da ought not to be frittered awayinom China ana ans oug n . ' i . ‘or the benefit o, its “ch and wok, |1y ‘eighty per cent. more govdslasl Hon. R. B. Bennett, ex-Mirliater,

;0'.\ialiey, the British Charge d'Ai-

ANOTHER fact pointed out b)‘

Mi". Bennett iu the course oi his reply to the Budget Speech was that the prices paid by the people,

ibny have not been reduced, as they’

i ;would be if there had been the 1grcat reduction of taxation of whichi

speech. He pointed out that we im-

of representing in the he‘ in

of our Dominion of Canada. “We request that you will g entire credence to all that

. 301119 111581511011 90111411111619 111 still robust in health after many Alas“) may 'e°'?”°“‘ ‘° 1°“ '" your body. iYellfs of A. ‘B. Serivice Oil the N. um‘ name. especially when he Now while our first, thought, ls- ugh; and gummy and

shall assure you of our esteem 1181111811? P110 £69111.

and regard. and of our irisheg for the welfare and p spcrity of the United States America. And so we you to the protection of t ‘ Almighty. Given at our Court to, seventeenth year of our Your good friend.

131511911) George Rex Imperato

11-5

ideed the prices of many articles are’ K1110 to the Prelldent amunmean-

rather higher than they were a year‘ ‘"11 '°'m“my- °r h“ 1‘ a meanmg? IA year or two ago Canada was your doctor will show a very low

,making treaties off ‘her own bat. temrerfliure in the morning. iowibecame a But .\ir. Bennett's exposition of 50 to speak, and more

i

the course 0f trade was, perhaps,‘ 9111116 941118111)’ 11911119911 the Domin- feature of hioldon and the United Kingdom has

been proclaimed officially, .“the final step toward the 5"1dependence of Canada has

ltlve per cent. more goods than we, boldly asserted to have been taken |did in the previous year, “while we}! 1119 13$! 111111911111 fiflflfereilvim‘

1decreased the amount of goods wei we Sh“ probably hm" more 1"" ' lfore long from leaders of both i-‘iis. drainage of sinuses or gali|

about bladder, IPGIIIBIITIYHI‘ as above, that countries. But this condition is not1Thnt is m 8811' Germany bought oneicanadavs “new 8mm“ and Mr‘ yo“ can have infections m any o’

{per cent. less from Canada and sold i

‘$11183 of the controversy

.\lr.,

"15"- canae you

and yo,"

' hiasseyk; appointment by the King,

we for you.

m- 0i.‘ he throat. of

or head.

r. gas attacks occasionally.

iAnd yet your physician will t ls the above message from the 5°“ ma‘ 3m" mudmm‘ 1mm” infection and he's going to try

and locate it for you- Becausee

blood

rod corpusoles, an

white corpusries

ed in fact.

ly aware of chem.

-;.¢ Fl m: , nd dmittedl 1111"" "111 1°Y "1 111°- awake neighbors. Nor is it prudent1year than m the preceding yem "a c a a y one o

toleave debts unpaid in the hop \

that good crops will enable th From

e cent. more. the

year fifteen per goods than in the

them. C6111.

In personal business, farmers and- others who allow debts to accumu-lbm sold the people of the Unite

late and mortgages to go unredeem- States mfee per cent‘ less 500G511 ed are apt to have their propertydhnn during the preceding twelve, that any plan of possible

bold over their heads. Like conductimonths‘ on the part of a nation. however

great "s natural wealth’ is apt to Canada's dealings with other for But fortunately for mo, he mode 1L _

have a like result. The reductioiiieign countries‘

1Canada the British Empire bought may be picked to if the public debt is one oi the first l gromgganadian; mud, more tpmtltlirown IIOIUSJMJIIXS into the discaixLi

, -. it sold to them. From the countries; Eréditzefoitglfflglnlg hi?" glxfiitgeingfi;

kwho represents-Calgary West iii! tidians purchased last year goods, the (Jolliierivatlve interest. had his’

value of $218,940,249 and-‘Iiirth in Albert County, N. B.. and‘- oom mom goods to the value oqhis career is being watched with} $554,936y999_lwvl"g a balance my - deep interest iiy many DIIIIIIIIIIBTSH orabie to Canada 0t’ $340,996,750

and most important" duties of the present Government. {is

THE LIFE INTELLECTUAL. t0 the

T must be a source of satisfaction to those who believe that “mail does not live by bread alone" to see the measure oi appreciation of the various literary and intellectual institutions in our midst. The class appealed to is not large, but/it is the intellectual salt. The Caledoni- an Club has reason to be proud oil the record it has made in this cou- nection, especially the high stand- l-rd maintained throughout the sev~ ell years oi its winter courses of lectures and discussions. The lec- “tura by Dr. Robertson last evening and the subsequent discussion "fink were of a. high order, worthy of the _____‘o>_____ — Intellectual reputation of the city. As a junior and rising hope iii ’ EDITORIAL NOTES the intellectual world, St. James Literary Society is filling a much- felt want. If we are to have iii- tplligent, thinking and informed cltlaens for the Caledonian Club and similar institutions in the next gen- eration, we must cultivate and de- velop the literary tastes oi the young now. It is generally accept- ed that the avenge man does most o! hie reading before he is forty; afteruthat he supplements what he has already read and finds most congenial; his taste has been fixed. Itiie very desirable, therefore, that the young should be stimulated in their choice of reading; and per- llpl in the young nothing is more or proves more entertain-

"The truth is," said

families!"

the fact that the Frederick of Germany, obtained per- mission ofhis mother-in-iaw Queen Victoria. to hide in a. secret fire- proof vault in Windsor Castle three strong boxes for fear that, while he was abroad somewhere, Bis- marck IIIIIIIt raid his home and steal the papers in them. The fol- lowing was lately copied from his diary: "Windsor Castle, 18th July, 18B'!—Wlth the consent of Her Ma- jesty the Queen oi Great Britain and Ireland, Empress oi India, I have here today handed over to the safe keeping of Dr. Muther (Librar-

Band sold to China only eleven per? United} Government to pay the interest Oll1states Canadian“; purchased last‘

comprising the British Empire Can-

Mn Bennetl-lada are petitioning the “that the United Kingdom and thelGoverument, their chief grievance‘ lbeiiig the present contract system, under which they are employed! They ask for salaries, permanency’

Free States purchased from us very,’ large quantities of our natural pro- ducts, such as meat, butter and‘ oi occupation and holidays, such gram’ and tho money wmoh we obj as are now accorded to employees tained from the sale of those goods: Zlflégz lzgiaiislfelgc; izocigfifiigrqzlaii went to the United States to pur- chase goods made by American ar- tisans for consumption by Canadian

This is a great undeniable fact about which Canadians ought to

That rulers and princes have their private and family troubles, as or- dinary mortals have, was shown by late Emperor

has suggested a new plan

which is attracting attention

d, Parliament. The-

sideration if for no other

There was a like discrepancy in} be °°"51de'ed-"Ag“1n: "Fm!" thelhls

factor iii his suggestion is the fa

pieces

is claimed that the average incom of the carriers is only $782, 'whil the yearly expenses in some case are over $1,000. Their case seem well entitled to a hearing.

Dictator. On the merits of

mfllority of cases gave their

tax proposed in the Robb budget, it has been pointed out that in Canada this tax accounts foi- only 18 to 20 per cent of the total federal taxation, while in the United States it stands for 50 per cent and

In‘ than books of travel and ad- For this reason "the in- ’ eels" welcome in our midst

‘ __ l a widely reed and travelled

ian of Windsor Castle), three wood- OILIJOXQI, bound with iron, my own personal property. The said boxes were in my p-esence placed in a

in England more than that. it also seems strange that when our in- come tax rate was the same as that in the States they raised 300

D

he blew a wreath of smoke, "l _ le Rev. Dr. lhllton Collin, secret tire-proof chamber under the we did in Canada. Prof. J. Qmlzressfifentlfr?‘ fir“ PM“ “I 3.1651152; m§',‘,’:,._';,: 7811313111,: u? m”? woomgyfloti ' SAQEEB “bu”; o; lt.rnlndo pron”, onto omrouo or wmooo, Como’ Henrmeoii of iMcOIII University ‘s anmm“ "um! o: gihgoton £5.18‘: the igev. IB. Muir, of Gt. James]? Iplutvarlng tunes. "Nonsenesrfll RAW FURQ lefllll Collage, Wlwho is to on which occasion only Dnlliluth- :32“ with the mo" "at" What would happen in canede ll’ v ytwphgnfnhtgyhtei-m “you “m! '1' ‘IIIDIIMI U! “u... o,‘ -- ‘ or mo“. "on" o! the laiduuuo’ ' __;__ like drastic meaearaewereodopte M10110 0f the excellence 6i the; “Yes ‘i have! Tbrs the way 1 we“ »- a , wow-o»- m. m-t-h... a -,_,-g--»--, 3-»- ~- w 12.22:‘: :.':.'::.:.y.u::":l:: 11-?" %i.Zl21"‘1i.L“...'1;"L-e- ..... ... ' ' o ' n -‘ 1 ' an tel a or ' . ' "‘ “*- "' “ttw- ma» t..- _ .,...__ .§__1 “' ' ‘ 11'1"”, l . was»! . .. _._.. h£vfls911.'!.t!__ of ..ia£"$'."J-i'-“"‘T "".'_"", '.'°".° '°'

the alblest financiers in Pflfllfllilelih;

= public point of view, one important.

The rural mall carriers in Can-I Federal‘

are publicly tendered for, and at such scandalously low income." It

Quebec simultaneously last Friday night. This shows the wide interest ‘M taken in the doings of the Italian the arguments adduced the judges at the different debates in a large

decisions in favor oi the speakers preferred to who supported the negative side. I mmmEN 11111591911143): wtihlete; e

in‘

more} leading Canadian journals and will previous yon-Jun doubt be iurtber discussed in‘ Toronto Globe

,says “it should have serioug con-‘ reason! TIDE CRIEATURS TVDRKS

HIGH!‘ ’ ' ' ' I- ,'having such object in view shouid-‘wiohgzéefiedifnilfmilili 511226-415, handywork. Day unto day ut- and night unto Psalm

FOR

‘tereth speech, ct rii-gts slieweth knowledge.

. His plan 19? 1- 2 and}

PlilAirllRz-lord, give to sec auwwars to bear.

FRIENDSHlIP

close of she day iAnd we turn aside to re

Wflyl

care and woe,

lives can know

and true-

tfriend can ‘lift

d 8 B 8

OUT way,

feet wmiid- stray

‘ 111111“! Your appetite is ouily fair, and , States of America the interests you tlntiqyyoumetht drowsy even‘ during the day. wihioh is unusual ’ h

What is "likely the matter‘!

it isn't you sinuses because you S _ - BT61)‘ 118W! 8 D3111 111101111116 Yflwfsevera] of the "ships he

l Janus s’ Dec‘ 7' 1926’ m the It isn't 88111 ‘bl-Added’ lwghaving been owned in this port. He have no pain in that. re- § was a conspicuous figure wherever gion. although you have silishtf be Went owing to his

1g!

an examination increase

‘ ‘If then after examination lie nd- viseo mo removoq o; meg“ o,- mn. onlookers. He was not aware, how-

these places without. being actual- The real proof that he is right cwmy-whe“ they ferred to were “deemed expedient.“ may take some months to demon-‘SNPB “"11 ‘he 10111115 waves- may

I _ u fl d If, flew to the seas just like birds of igrlztznzuaégggx work’ - the air, and bad not met each other

for +e+++++ee+e+e++o++e++eoe meeting Canada's debt obligations,’ Daily Selections

Guardlan- Readers

us eyes

(By can P. Wetmire.)

‘Wllien our tolls are o'er at the

Q3.

'\Ve’Il tarry a wfhfle beside tliie iwiitlh tile friends we love tiie1 best.

Our days have their shaire of

‘P1111 01' 10W’ and sorows, too; But tlhe greatest gifts that our

Are the friends tlhat are kind

0h’. a friendship kept is a wow

A ilioald from u. would of pain. On tiiie rroaxl oi ilife we may lose And’ the trail grow muglh 3nd

1'. 'Tls then when our careworn

11)’

TWO McDONALD BOYS.

McDonald. lborn at Little Pond P. E. l., now caretaker of

éDonaldr-they were sons oi

fhfarlner ot the highest standing, ,wlio sailed successfully ior many lyeare over tempest fussed seas. sailed

splendid physique, attractive manners and friendly disposition, and weighed [365 lbs., while Hugh L. turned the ‘scale at 230 lbs.

.A rare incident is related of the meeting at sea oi those two stal- lwart islanders, after Hugh L. seaman "before the

recent“. mo. blood pressure, a thinning of tiheimast" and ‘Dominic had risen to as shown by a decrease in i the command of a full rigged ship, the number and redness of yourlwllich Wag then iii D011 11! in ’ Orleans, and ivas making ready to ghowlng1finii. Among the large crew who in- that they are fig-biting some infec- boarded the ship W118 8 5110K. 1110111. been 111 W11- Your whole resistance is lower-

New

young ‘seauian who made the ini- | pression on onlookers that it ‘twere better not to attempt to trifle with 1him. Capt Dominic was one of the

ever, that Hugh L. liad been caught by the "lure of the sea," much less that he had joined his ship for the voyage. They» were like many others of the brave ‘boys oi King's saw the

for many years. On board they went about their duties as usual without recognizing each other. But there was a personal mag- netism growing up between them, though no approach was made. Finally the Captain broke the ice by asking Hugh L. what McDonald he was and where he came from

imagine the surprise and delight they felt when they shook hands’ over the news, and felt it hard to restrain a cheer for LIttleJPOnd-by- the-Sea. They were now in mid? ocean, however. and the

opportunity, but they had pleasant

the» voyage—recalled their

, between them. had both passed tlie age of hood, and could recount equally strange tales wlilch they had heard

they had witnessed. '

The last part of the story is that Captain Doininlc passed to Great Haveil of Rest and Pence. in Souris 811K311! ten years ago, and Hugh L. is safe on board Provincial Building as caretaker of the Ship of State in l’. E. I. where all will Ibo glad to see iiiin many happy years.

The finale of the story is that the Northern Light was sold to the Government ofyNeu'foiindlantl for an ice-breaker in Harbor Grace and was broken up some years ago. The Stanley is reported as being re-commissioned by the Dominiono Government, the Minto and the

S

It

,0f the Government, service in dtrotus gift, Eafltlfiffimwetre 50111121111158"! 111111“ ‘Canada whore mo“ no employed Like sunshine after the rain, 5 i‘ ‘m a“ “u 9' under contract, where the positions For a friend c“ 1°” and a control’ whue the C“ Ferry

“proudly flies the flag." of ‘Brit-

tannia in their place. ‘n

The lecture delivered on Thurs-q, this city, was attractive and instructive heard yet before the Csledoninn Club,

ly W. L. Gordon

Oimlt "o ."

‘ OFTEN ylaunch. The a as ‘in “all?

rlpooil

mastering one day's wand:

168M111 of pioneer days.”

Tr‘

‘WORDS 0min»: ivnlsusED: Don't say "it b inside of nine box-"

MTSPQIONDUNCED: an as a in "oa-lnf’ is

Ae to the reduction of the Income BYWUNTYMBI circula/tivn. Imvv- 1‘1“1-}T;11011. EPW111111. vortex, rotation,

"WORD SIIUDY: "Ulse a word ’three time: and it is yours." Let us increase our voabulary by ‘word each day. To- IJEIGEND; e romatlc 0T Hun-historical awry. "n, w" a

times as much from this tax es1me arm“ of m sen“ ' “h”

To the “ma, our beans how and merited all the praise That “the dictatorship of dear. received irom the large audience 11 Mussolini la detrimental to the _ “"11 1116 "11"" ‘"111 gecimd" 01111111 best interests o__f Italy" was the l r h l i subéiect of debate ‘by 6011688 '**“°‘ “ ‘ ‘wee: ‘Sliienombeyaitcftsthle 215210211“; m1 stu ents in Toronto, Kingston, DAILY On Ullg occasion the vote of London, Ottawa, Lennoxviiie and, IN LESSONS 111811118 W118 811011011941 ‘by His’ other centres m Ontario and; ENGLISH ‘Honor Judge Stewart in a Ibriei’