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FRIDAYMAUGUST 1, 1924

‘J. B. Burnett; 'r. '0. n. (Junie-

Ansoclota III

ttvo-llraul I. Northrop Itltlvo-li. J. Ponce

rune-dd from uossamooo in 1930

to $130,231,000 n. 11m.- When we

While making or. allowance for rem“ u“ “c, m“ ‘he nnginnn]

the kindly meant compliments d paid to our llfllvlllllfl by 9° 1'19")’ of our visitors. even our modesty cannot wholly conceal the convic-

ll d

the present administration.

ebt had been greatly "reduced" by the ueetion naturally U395‘ “he” oes the increase in interest come

tion that there is not between the m.’

Atlantc and the Pacific a more continuously ' beautiful country than Prince Edward island, i-on- tlnuouslybeautlful in its fertility, in‘ its well cultivated fields. in the bountlfulness of its Bfvwlllfl 0WD! and in the garden-like, well groom- ed appearance of its farms and homesteads. Visitors from almost every part of the continent have expressed this opinion, have ex- pressed it leo frequently and so whole-heartedly that_'we are fain to believe it ourselves. Premier Stew- art has returned from a motor trip through New Brunswick, ‘Maine and some of the other New England States. He had an excellent 0P- portunity to see the farms, the crops and the methods of farming in these supposedly advanced agri- cultural sections nvnd he declares that nowhere has he seen anYmlHB to compare with the crops in Prince Edward Island. This is true, ho says, not of any one partl- cular -crop but of all. Our potato growers especially, he ‘thinks, have no reason to fear any competition either from the potato growers of New Brunswick or tho far famed potatostate of Maine. in some of! the best farm lands seen durinsl bis tour he saw fields of hay in process of harvesting which, in

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been left for the cattle to harvest. The Premier is quite enthusiastic over the comparison and says that any‘ Prince Edward Islander who is dissatisfied with farming here should take a trllp abroad, no mat-- ter where or how far and he would come hi: fully convinced that. sgrculturally at least, there is no place within manyldays’ journey equal to Prince‘ Edward island. As to enjoyable summer weather also t the comparison holds good.

The Premier's opinion is strong- ly corroborated by our visitors.l They unhesitatingly declare that they have crops, such evidences of soil fertil- ity, of thrift and comfort as ‘here. And our visitors have hnd excell- ent opportunities for observation.

seen nowhere such

A great many of our visitors this season have their own cars and not a few of them have toured the whole province and "nothing like it anywhere" is the unanimous ver- dict.

-——-—@-o-%—-- FEDERAL PUBLIC ACCOUNTS

The Public Accounts of Canada for the fiscal year ending March 81, 1924, have been finally adjust- ed and have passed into the re- cords. in many respects they bear a close resemblance to those with

t

which we became acquainted dur- I

ing the palmy days of the Bell gov- ernment in this province. The out» standing claim, now as thcn, is that the national debt has been re- duced,'while the outstanding fact is that the interest on the nat'onal debt has been enormously increas- ed. Another fact which will call up pleasant and unpleasant mem- ories is the hopeful prospect of still greater things to come, such a1 a reduction in taxation, a larger surplus yet to be. Unfortunately the figures given do not bear out the sanguine prospects.

The customs revenue for the year was $111,500,000. as ‘compared with I168,796,000 in 1920. With the reduction In customs duties now in e

t t

n promises; world have a more Dmmlsllli; l"- ture — in words — but they b9" too close a resemblance to our late local much enthuslaem here.

days. Sydney and indeed to Canada. Mr. Wolvin, tho President of the corri- pany gives three reasons for the

mining keen competition of Belgian and French can transport Canada, pay the duty and underseli Canadian manufacturers own market.

Provincial.

steel industry. tioned that the tariff has been al- most as big a factor in producing

eion. ant factors which MroWolvin omits from his summary

But the only explanation is that

given by the Indian as to the rise in the price of bsrrles—-"Dnnno.- blg war somewhere!"

There is much in 8101's 1°! "5

during the current year — if l!

We are exceedingly rich in the

omes. no people

Liberal regime to arouse

90 DAYS SUSPENSION

As intimated in The Guardian's re- ent despatchcs, the British Ern-

plre Steel Corp‘n., is closed for 90

This is a serious blow to

top taken, namely, business de-

pression, the increased cost of coal

in Caps Breton and the

steel manufacturers who steel products ‘to in their

The Sydney Post thinks that

the increased cost of coal mining is not due to the excessive wages paid to the actual coal miners but to exorbitant wages and salaries paid to the pany. depresskm also h“ aomethfng to for novelty, for new thrills and ex-I do with it but places the greater‘ blame on the tariff.

officials of the com-

We Quote:

and steel products, the Post; as a protectionist fault to fnd, further than to say

newspaper, has no

hat Bescds chosen and favored

political friends are now in power at Ottawa and Halifax, ass result.

n some degree at least, of the

assistance they received from that Corporation at the last Federal and

elections. In the ctr-

cumstances we are sure that Mr. Wolvin's representations with res- pect to steel and even coal duties would be received with some sym- pathy by both Governments. not, gratitude is a lost virtue.

If

it is admitted that this year's

tariff changes have given the Can- adian rod market to American rod manufacturers, and that the gen- eral tendency of the Robb budget has been to cripple the Canadian

It cannot be ques-

hfs mid-summer close-down of the

Sydney steel plant as the prevail-

ng continent-wide trade ‘depres- But there are other import-

Personal favoritism and politi-

cnl pull have fastened fancy-salar- icd Iflcials on the Company whose disappearance from would mean a net, if not an absol- ute, proflt to the shareholders The merger has impaired tho credit ol

its pay roll

he constituent companies and has has rendered the financing ol

their operations difficult, and in a crisis like the present, impos-

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EDITORIAL NOTES

if there is not going to be a gen- rnl clcctlon within the year there

Notes By The Way The trial 94 Lceb and Leopold now proceeding in Chicago is re- markable for the atrocious, unnat ural and heartless murder ot‘ which it is the outcome. The crime itself, the manner in which it was plan- ned and executed. the subsequent confessions of the accused and all the 5| details must to some minds suggest that there was some- thing abnormal in the mental and moral make up of the youthful per- petrators of the horror. Not that they were irresponsible, They were intelligent enough to place them above the average of youths of ‘their age. They had the advantage of the best of schools and colleges. They enjoyed the privilege-s of wealth and lived in luxurious homes.

These surroundings really added to their rcoponslbliltiea and should have rendered it impossible that they could entertain the though-t of murder. But their privileges of wealth andstation which should have been a blessing proved to be e. curse. Had they been horn in poverty they might not have be come criminals. Their wealth in creased their temptations. it is often better to be born to poverty than to great riches. From the merelricleus pleasures to which wealth gives ready access the des- cent to open vice and from vice to crime is easy and too often in- creasingly rapid.

In the life they led these now self-confessed murderers admit their familiarity with the wine-cup and the revolver. The gun may have suggested the crime which they committed. “How oft the means to do ill deeds make ill deeds done!" Bug not in this case as it so frequently is, was their crime committed in a moment n: passion. it was coolly and deliber- atcly planned and pronto-dialed. And human life appears to bc a cheap commodity in Chicago where the record oi‘ murders is one n day! Tile national annals, in its tale of homicides is appalling, but in the crime catalogue Chic-

Bil CU .

There the youths in wealthy homes, having run the giddy round of gaiety. pleasure and vice tlnd filIPBG at length to pail upon their

lsenscs. Satisfy breeds contempt tor

citPmcnl-s. To that en dthoy con- clude they must swim further and

might supply the new sensation and the added zest. it would at least be an experiment of interest to jaded appetites and a relief from boredom! And so the crime was plotted and the all-bl necessary to secure exemption from punish- ment in case of arrest was framed-

The gallows thrown its grim shadow over the culprits now. Their crime was brought home to them and they confessed that they had done the damning deed, But they and their counsel are not yet without hope of escapedn this land how lew of these guilty of mur- der are found guilty in the courts? How few even of those found guilty are sent to the scaffold or the al- ectrlc chair. How large a propor- tion of those sentencedito life lm- priaonment are released after a year or two in prison, When was it known that the son of a millionaire Wile executed even for the gravest crime‘! rEven if one is convicted and the governor of the day signs his death warrant the next succeed- ing GOVG? a year later may sign a co imunlcntlon or purchase a free pardon.

Loob and Leopold will not suffer unjustly. They are to be tried by a chief justice of reputed rectitade without a jury. But, we are told in the press that a jury may be called to decide upon their sanity and res- ponsibillty. in such case a jury might conscientiously disagree. Or they might possibly conscientious- ly flnd the accused insane enough

(Continued on liege L)

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AUGUST L-You are vcry bold. even to the verge of loolhardincse. You are generally successful in overcoming difficulties, persever- ing , fond of out-of-door life and

force tho failing off for the current seems to be an inexcusable was!!! sport, You are affectionate, iond or

year w'll necessarily be very much of nncrgy and hot air. Prc-elcc-l Exclgn anti” nnu (alien lion speeches snd picnics and ban- “m; love Wm he your! H you “n,

greater.

children and kind and gentle in your family. You will travel for,

off by over four millions as eom- ruwls have been strcnrrmllly con- "°' 1""'"".“ "l! m" "ll-MY-

Your ‘birthstone letho sardonyx

lilffill Wm! 1929 Bllfl Vi" "i!" ducllill "d mo"! “e l“ Proapect‘ which mcans a happy married life. had increased by $100,000,000. The Arc thefle Dfelflllllfe 0!‘ Plibflec"

a .

interest on the national debt ln- lion‘!

Your ilowcr is the many. J Your lucky colors arc orange an red.

THE

ago has achieved n bad prc-emin-i Am‘ the lesson?

Friday.

WHO WAS RIGHT?

vice, the examining officer turned to me and said, .

“I'm wiraid I'll have to reject Ilse as she has an old spot at the top of her left lung."

l wasable t0 verify this, and told the young lady that we were sorry but that we could not allow her to g0 overseas.

She felt so badly than l suggest- ed that she consult a lung specialr let for her own healttrs sake.

She did so, and he gave her the same advice as ourselves.

She went further and consulted the head of a large private tuber- culosis ssnitarlurn, who also advis- ed her not to proceed overseas.

She was a very determined young lady and by using very strong arguments with an officer higher up, she was passed c for overseas service. by a very reliable lung specialist,

lier arguments were - hard to combat. She had done hard priv- ate nursing service for years, she had been in the army on home ser- vice for two years. She felt strong and well, it was not fair to hold her back ailter seeing two years In home service. .

Now why was she proceed overseas?

Was the last examining physic- ian any better equipped to give an opinion ‘than the hand of this larg institution? '

No. Both men stood high in the profession in facq, were practically of equal standing. it was simply that those physicians who rejected hor, felt that aha was a little light in weight. rather frail looking and that with the possible hardships in France, the old healed over spot in her left lung might break down and she would not have the frame, the body to combat it.

Now the sequel is unsatisfactory although she got overseas. as it so happened that she was not under any strain at any time, and there. was thug no opportunity of finding out which specialist was right. i

allowed to

That although a person may ‘have. an old healed spot in the |lungs, they are perfectly safe tinder ordinary conditions, particularly if they have a goot appetite and are ,not losing weight; ‘but with hard ,indoor work-and lOIlz hours, there tin liable to be a "lighting up" of

The Post admits that trade outworn grstlficatlons, They seek'the old trouble.

fommon sense is a big factor here you see.

m", deeper 1n the black m,” Ofoooaobooooo-eooon noon [the boxing contest, and the mod- “With Mr. Wolvin‘s complaint. of crimes. A murder, the slaughter of! the inadequacyof the tariff on steel "n. "WOW"! Mill llflfllllfles vlctlln

Daily Selections

_ _ roa Guardian Readers

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O MOTHER EARTH By May Howe Dakln 0 Mother Earth-— Prone on your breast l teal your welcoming tenderness.

l-‘or my content

You s09, in view

A world of treasures, glad I'l0W-—

and

You have live jewels in your dress-- Pearl and, and gleaming chrysalls;

The drigon lly-‘s Great eyes of jade, l-lls form of jet and sapphire made;

And beetles dressed

in cloth of gold, ’

Adorned like georgefle kings of old‘

‘I

So many lovely ‘Little things,

With shining wings.

eyes and gauzy

l turn to where ‘-

Wild flowers bloom And drench me with perfume.

lhei? warm

O Mother Earth My nearest friend, Be ever near me to the end;

Then gladly will

1 come to rest

Upon the haven of your breast, j-{0>—--—

Picture 0n Dresser Is Burglar’s Undoing

NEW YORK, Jilly l1.-—liow Mrs. Henry L. Btengel, victim of a 835,000 daylight burglary, rccognir ed on her maid} dresser a photo- graph of the mien who had robbed her was told in tho Harlem Court. when the maid. Louisa Provaka wife of Louis Hernandes Campos. |the "red wig burglar", was held in 810.000 ball as tin accessory to the theft.

Mrs. Stengol surprised the burglar in hor apartment when shc returned home at noon on April 8, nnrl got a glimpse of hlin as she turned and ran to the street for

help. Later she saw a photo. graph on hor maid’s drcssnr. The face was vaguely familiar. She

asked who it was and tho mold. who hnd told n story of being cow- r-d by the burglars revolver, said, "That's my husband." _

The police obtriinnrl copies of the picture and circnlnriscrl the entire

firing of orympré

During the examination of some nursing sisters for overseas ser-

Games Generally _ Misunderstood

ABOUT forty years ago a young Frenchman, Baron Pierre de Cqnbertin. spent some time in Eng- land with the idea of studying the public school system of the count- ry. it lppelars that the intellectual trainiugrgiven in the pubiieschools did not greatly appeal to him, but ha was enormously impressed with tho system of games that had been developed in them and had ‘grown into a national institution. Ho was however, more impressed with the moral than with the physical side of this question, though he thoroughly recognised also the great importance of the latter. He returned to France with the intention of making it his life's work to l oduce games into the national l e of his own country. and when this had been success- fully accomplished he conceived the idea of doing the same for all the nations of the world. To this end he proposed to revive the Oly- mplc Genres of ancient Greece in a form adapted to modem conditions. The idea was cordially accepted by. an international conference held in Paris in 189i, and an internation- al Olympic Committee was con- stituted to carry it out.

Misunderstood by Public

Unfortunately the general public is almost entirely ignorant o! the true objects and aims of this com- mittee. says a writer using the in- ltials W. A. K. in the Christian Science Monitor. Nine out of ten would consider that they are summ- ed up in the holding of an lu- ternational athletic competition every four years. But this is to look at the matter from a wrong point of view. The Olympic Genres are not primarily international com- petitions, and the organization of the games is not the first object of the committee; They are merely a lnenng to an end, in the same way that a horse show or a flower show is an efficient mcans of encourag- ing the production of fine. horses or fine flowers. indeed. rightly considered, the quadrennial games are not, in the ordinary sense of the word, "international com- petitions." lt is the‘ definitely i18- clared policy of the committee that .no'nation shall he declared to have ‘wanwne first place in the games as la whole. No system of marks for hscertalning the relative value of a

lviotory in say, the Marathon race.l

_ern pentathlon,\is permitted-mud lno official Olympic literature con- Jalns any reference to the internat- ional competition side of the ques- tiofn. -

The ideal of the Games.

The games, for the purpose of the committee, are meeting of the finest amateur athletes of the world under the most suitable con- ditions, to demonstrate the idea.‘ manner in which games should be conducted. The actual performanc- es of the a-thletes are of minor im- portance as compared with the manner in which the games and sports rare practiced. Although the press and human nature tend to make the quadrenial games com- pe-titivs between nations. it can- not be said too definitely that this is against the ideal of the games. The main object of the committee is t oencourage the practice of games and sports of a suitable na- ture in the true sporting manner. with the idea of inculcating that ideal into the life of nations and producing increased physical effici- ency. The idea is that a high moral code islacquired quite naturally by the playing of games, a code which so permeates the athlete's con- sciousness that it extends not only to his bfiavior on the playing field. but governs his every act in private life. Surely, if this is so. and games and sport can he in- troduced into the national life of the peoples of the world, than the Olympic movement can compare favourably with any moral move- mmt of modern times. Th-at it is true the moral code acquired on the playing fields extends D every- day life, and that public opinion approve; of the code. h very aptly demonstrated by the manner ll which the llhgllsh-apeaklng peoples apply sporting terms to express their mIral standards. "Play the game." "That's not cricket," and similar phrases are understood, that is, in their full significance by every Englishman. To say that anyone can be relied on to "play the game" is a high form of praise.

A Bound Moral Training.

Two factors whichmre recognis- ed as fostering the sporting ideal

= new vi crsenlllnz quadrennial in-

liiraves jYawliiFor” ‘ ' Jiskimo Murderers

IN a jail yard on Herschel Is- land, northernmost publice post on the American continent. a gallows tree of new sawn lumber testifies once more that the Royal Canadian Mounted Police "always get their man," and dangle ready for four Eskimos who failed to render obedience to that law of the white man which reads: "Thou shalt not kill," says the New York Herald. There, on December 7, will be enacted the last grim scene of a conflict of "love and passion, hatred and revenge," as crudely elemental as any drama known to the sombre pages of the ancient Greek tragic stage. it beganthree years ago and a thousahd miles to the eastward of Herschel Island in the Corona- tion Gulf district, where the tribes- rnen of the Copper Eskimo live on the dreary rim of the Canadian Arctic north of the Barren Land. it started with the quarrel of a white trader and a trlbesman over the possession of an Eskimo wo- man.