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THE CHARLOTTETOWN GUARDIAN

MARCH 18, 193

Th,’ prtl-scntzitivcs o1 the Canadian commercial metro- PU lie

President, lJtlllvCnl. W. Chute: l. IIuLIIII \'1i~r-l'r|:ni\lunl, J. B. llurueil, F. J- lecremry Lleul. tul. l). A. lllrhlllllflll, l). I. 0.

Iiiiiiur sud uurmgin; Dir-actor l. ll Burnett. J. l. Aenumuir bun-nu, trunk “Win48! and U. K. Lani;

Morning unity (founded liuti) 86.00 per yea: (In IIIVIIIQQ)

‘Unprrd n (ily $1.00 p01‘ your tin udviun-ei mulled In

Prim-o Lclvlrcrtl Inland, $5.00 per year tin ulvureep Inlet! l0 Uuuiuiu nuu Ullllcd stain

O DAY, MARCH 18, 1937

Those New Truck Taxes Hox, .\l1<. l'i1I\\\.<l-I is ri-portcil at. a rcccnt int-vim; :1. 1'ii1i\.i~1.1._:_; thc tixiiig by thc Legis-

lature iii 121x ran-s on minor trucks zicvorihng, to loails Cill-Ylfll. ibis is cvidcntl)‘ u. slip of the, tottctti‘. as :ali'1-.|<l_v tun iliicumi-itts ltavc been.‘ is-ttiil [riim llh lv1'il\lllL'l.'ll tax ollicc, each pur- potlttiy; to rvptisvitt 1l\'\\' lrllCh tltxtttiotl 1111c: "nkilillgtrtl h; tJiih-i- n1 tlinucil ilziti-d 1st .\la1'ch.

11,51‘, lint; 1.121s

_. ;,‘,,~\- f- ,; ,,,..;l_i ,1 ;.'/_\i r.iii.i-./-.'/'i1fi!i' illi'l't'tl.fl' m titiix: l .1, L " l’i\..1i»:1 in in" hi1‘ iu-Lliitiivil!" llliiw ofti-n ll.l\\ wi- hvuitil -!iiii-.i1ci.111ii11s o1 this dictatorial libi-ixils when in itppnsitiott! ;, l,llit'l'.ll tiotcrnmcnt tih-dgcd l'.\lll’ltll. this hlllil iii thin; ‘tsi-lritv}. 1-» say the least. ziirori- i-ni" local C011tC1ti110t‘lll‘_\‘ vil liml tnii c-i11t1‘:iii=c1in'_\' schctl» ' l'l‘.l\l'\. t'lL'l| purporting to ha\c . in itiiii1'-i11-ti>1111c1l on thc sanic Mil l]!l1ll'l' ,1 ('ii1i-i-1\:11i\c xuhnin- iil ltllllltlVfltlQ ;111il iuvimtpct» ' ' l\it'11 tlli‘ linist i11- litt‘ Cllllfgci l; piiicifiiire. 1111c can imag- ",.i- null \\i11i‘ll f\ll:.\>l{\'. (_‘.\.\ll‘— _.-i.l ,\ltl_\1\i;1,wouldltzncoratctl '|"11c_v would not

piiwwiliiic- lIWll l~1iii‘1.1li\ I'i-I11 niit ti) liiuicks oi 111i .\1‘.~| u" ' ._

ltblt

n1 tiu- snbiict!

‘built ti

my til

, z-hil _.1 hoytil Qimnnissiott to iti- ti gaff‘.

l

lk-wiliiig ili-wission of the niatti-r in the Lcgis- i latnie, it may hi s.i1.l that uhcrt- thc first schi-il- l 111v gam Hit ci il1i'l'>\l"ll to l.'t1'I11(‘l'<, and llX(‘t.l the l 1:i1i- 91’ .\__'.I"l 101' cut. im rombimiiltrucks and , loads of tt\1'l' 111.1101) lb». the rt-viscd schcdttlei rati-s arc no c1111. pcr cut. on trucks and loails , pvt-r iaoiio lbs. and not cxccciling 11.000 lhsu; '

$1.20 on saute our 14,000 lb<.. and $2.00 0n nnv vchicle which when ttnlimilcd \\'1*i_{hs Over 113,00 lhs.. wih thi- proviso that "a ‘iziruicr, car- rying exclnsiiilv, on his own truck. the produce . of his farm or supplii-s for his own farm. shall 1

be alloutwl ti» tIi1'1‘\ 2.000 lh=_ iifcxci-ss of the reuistcrt-il wright iii his truck and limd.”

'l‘ruck I>\\ll"l'~. if 211i)". whirlunc already paid 1m the fltlvs‘ qtiivvil in the lirst-is-in-il schedule

li-c m" t‘l\lll'~'(‘ iantith-tl t0 a rcbatt: to the. extent of the iliffcrtiiii-e.

In view of thi- confusion catised by this “dc- pzirtmcrital error‘? and the inilignzition aroused lit-fore it was riwnticil. tht‘ lvast that vras expect- 9d from the liit\('l'l1lll('11l organ w:1< a full and frank explanation. lint our cottti-itip'oi'ar_v‘s pre-

vious FlPttllllClJlllPllS of "taxation by (lrdcr-in- lQoiitiril" nuke iiisctis-ioit of sttvh mattcrs vtry rtnliari‘ sing. go it has lVl-l its rvailvrs to find l nut the facts for themselves “any of thctn. n0 tlottlit. like l-lii\*. \l11_ l'|.'ii\\ 1-‘. will he unilcr thc

lmpres-iitn that the lmgisliititrc. not the l_ill\'l‘l'll< Dent. illfltlifl l1.'.‘.t' the power to impose taxation.

N. B. FTuil Growers’ Problem ,

That lltéilll’ problems enter into the question 0f fruit grow "u; 011 a large scale is evident lfrom flit‘ Qttillllill ri-porrof tl1e New llrtinsiviclt TQVlllCl-‘tl iinrticpltiirist, MR. A. Li. ffriixi-Lv. hinting that the 11730 connncrcial strawberry crop in tlvit Province “'11s helieverl to be thc lnrgt-st on rcciirrl. .\l1z. 'l'i'uxiz\' states:

"lEitortiiiiavi-ly, the ni-t results to the grow- ers iron! this larger crop were very far front l tho avcrage price realized was

Batisfactoryi '1

pfrtltllhly 2;’; loner than in 1035, '.l'his was due largclyi to l of ivrgaitization among the growers ziiiil u» ; it~r cimipetitioti on the mar- lti-ts. \\ith 'llll' ll\\ll large increase of produc- iiotl, titishi-tlivti-i-i" p.'ii"k and condition of berries on zivrivril at iléstination. and much

greater compvtiiiiin from Nova $rotia, which llso h;i< ,1 larggi- increase in production but some prgsini/iul l'l'l.'ll‘l\1llllL'. it is \'l‘l'_\' olnions that the

pix-sent [n-iiiliii-rion in .\'<-\\' l-lrunstviclc cannot he mziiiitaiiu-il or (‘\'l'l'] ;1]1P1'1l.\'llll1.ll(‘fl on a pro- flliilllt‘ liasis 1o 1l~i~ grout-r without much need ed ll11fi1‘l'1\'4‘lll(‘lll~ in the grading. packing. hand- ling and liiziiliiiq of bi-rrics up to completion 0f [nailing at iiiial dtlltltlllfl‘ Itltllll.“

Thvrc is ll moral hcrt- for our own fruit

owcrs as “(ll a. other farm roduccrs. . t l’

I Editorial Notes I Princess l.t'llll-(‘_ lluclivss of Argyle was born

011i.- ilatc 1.\‘|,-\'. So was l\'t. Him, Neville Cham—_

bcrlain, but n1 18m.

v a a

We tnnst llt‘ getting bark to pro-Prohibition

days when lllt‘ railway men (ll‘l('l'l11lll(‘ to have

I bar-room fight witlloltl any (Jiti-cusbcryi rules. 1v v 1i

So the C-‘ltllltllrll ("rovi-rriiiir-nt is aftvr further hicri-ztsc of tax1itio1i--—\\l1cre is it going to end? “Your ffllill§ \\ill cost you more," is evidently now the (Qampbcll haltlv cry.

w 1r is

l through Provincial

l? i i‘

'l‘his is ltow Lady Astor and hcr fellow mem- ber. .\lr. \\'illian1 Gallachcr, Contmuiiist spar in thc British llouse of Commons: .\lr. Gallach- c1‘, (itntinunist: "\\‘h_v don't you write your slicivllvs? 'l‘hcn you'd know what you are talk ing zibottt.” _

.\i1iiil laughter, Lady .\stor replied: “Being a l Cimnntiiiist. you're vcry lucky to he living among 1 capitalists because _\'0u can say what you like without going t0 Siberia."

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Here is a tip for our own Government, muni- 1 cipahivs and other organizations. Premier inaurict: lluplcssis intimates all Quebec muni- cipalities. societies and public bodies are invited to send Coronation messages to King George VI Secrctarv .\lr. I. ll. A. Pa- qui-ttc. The nicsszigt-s will lll‘ l'L‘l.'l_\'C(l'l-l'Ol\1 Quebec

Notes By The Way

The power to do things, and d0 them quickly and well, churucterlzv es us as a people. By a specles of hurry we have made the desert blossom like the rose. We have tun- neled the mountains and chained the lightning, felled forests and built great cities. But by the over- dolng of the same characteristic we have filled our lunatic asyums and introduced a. new disease called “Amerlcanltis!”

We certainly don't want to sug- gest that capital. in arguments over wages and working conditions, 1s

i necessarily right and labor neces-

sarily wrong. We all know that the "sweating" of labor by greedy, short-sighted employers is far t00~ common. Minimum wage laws, such as that proposed for Ontario, are to be welcomed in so far as they rem- edy such conditions, which make

,],,,~,,,. ,W,,,,,.,_,,H). H, ,1“. hm} to (lttaiva \\'l1t‘.l'_CVll1C_\~'\\_'ill llt‘ forwarded l0 Lon- __,.;,,,h,i,__ in“, H, “m. FWVVC, m“ “H, m _.“.C,,,._| ,1 iliin through otlicial (hplintizttti: channels, thus ' avoidctt: ltltttvcvsszyryi coitlttsion, delay and prob- ably iliszilipiiiutnicnt,

The nt-xt session 01' thi- British lmoislzttttri- will be ask-ed to create a Depart- nicnt of 'l‘radc and Commerce which will go out zmil “ilrunt up business" for the coast province, l'attnllo said i11 The (lepartnu-nt would co-oper- ltlt.‘ with llltlllrll'_\' and consult with other dc- ? partnu-nts of gowrtiiiicin so that the province would itiakc a \\‘t‘ll—lllt‘t‘k‘lt'tl effort .in what the l‘i'cinii~i- ]1l‘(‘1llt"lL'(l would bc the itiost PTDSPCT-y, ous 1o years in its history.

Tflii-rc \\'.'l< a ciiiisiilcralilc increase in the im- ports of hidi-s and skins in januarv at $=,4(i,0;0 compared with $4211.99; a year ago.

for unfair competition with legiti- mately-eonducted industry and thus are harmful to society gener- ally as well as to the workers dlr- ectly concemed. But we do want to suggest that the forced raising of wage scales, whether by the suc- cessful imposition of union de- mands or by minimum wiage laws, is not. necessarily the right way to raise the status of labor.—Saturday Night. ‘

Columbia

address to the

A world well accustomed to Mr. Hitler's oratorlcél bluster will not take hls jibes and affront; too ser- iously. But; it 1s significant that nowhere in his speech tvas there a hint of compromise or a suggestion that Germany might renounce the road to war. To be sure, he denied his intention to isolate Germany. But in this respect Germany 1s like the raw recruit who complained be- cause every one ese was out of step. Whoever disagrees with Ger-

Sotite of . . . , man policy 15 "isolated '-—not Ger-

i;i to call the tirst-issncil iliicu- i hides from Argi-iltina 5243.521), front the Utiit- |,_--;,-. .1 "(up it. l: itizil t-rror", as 1t 1s now gcntly . ril Status $7_1_(1l1(l and from Australia $38,310; iii-i ilieil izi oi‘ 1l (pmrtt-rs. 'l‘hcy would tirolr calf skins from New Zcaland $48,510; sheep

front bcittg the son of a famous father, ln this

, Lord tiladstonc.

- brilliance of the son.

-111Il1'(‘llt‘tl out 3n yirotcst.

Allhouglt 1hr Tli-partniont of Agriculture had partridge tr;t|||i(-il, with the nhjr-ct of stocking portions of thi‘ priwiiict- where thcrc were none, the l)ep.'ir1tn<-nt itishcs it to l)!‘ distinctly tinder- 510...], not: mi,- Ivor-int trapping llutigsirinti lfiirtriilgt- for thrir own tise or for salt‘ t0 pri- vate partIi-s, \\ ill lll‘ [irnsecttted tinder the law, and the l\'.t'..\l.l'. has been advised accordingly.

In I t ‘

.\."ti-i- long ;\l'L'l1l11(’l'll on depression times and lack of in-iniy Xlimtrt-al (‘ity tfnttncil decided not '0 be hi1 out ii. the col-l zimong cities of the lim-

iri-. and llllsZiCll by 3i) to two a motion to send lis \\'orship thi- .\l:1_vor, and Pcrhaps Aid. Geurgc Layton, to the Old Country as re-

thc outstatiding items wcrc as follows: Cattle

skins from thc built-d Slatcs $02 "72 and from

.\'<-\v Zczilaiutl $5.150. lixpiirts amountcil to

$4_,t7_.\‘o5 ciimptiri-d with $401110. the chit-t

pttrchascr being the ljllllfll States at $309,212. * i I

Fir .\t1stt-n Chzuubcrlain suffered politically

rcspcct he was like .\l1'. llvrbcrt, aftcrtvards lliith latlicr and son were long in thc llinisc of Commons together, and the great reputation of the father tended to dint the \\'hcu he catnc into his own, that is. when the reputation of 111's. father in the party bt-camc historic, Austcn twice just misscil thi- realization of his laudable ambition. Illt‘ lYrciiiicrshiti. first when llonar Law was chosi-ti. and :1_<,;aii1 when llahlwin was called to the Iiiisititm. - p a w i:

An incident during the ltcctie moments last Thursday cvi-uing in the Quebec Legislative As- sembly was ivhcu the votc on thc motion t0 ad- journ dcbatc on the address from the Tl1f011€ was callctl. The motion ivas defeated 46 to 8, and coustitutvd a votc of confidence in the Gov- ermiicnt 2llltf1‘ which thc Libi-ral itpposition .\lr. Candide ROCllC- fort. Xinionzil Lniiin mi-tubcr for St. Mary. Blontrcal, who l1:1d bccn barred from the Gov» ('1'11lllt‘l1l caucus. viitcd with the Ljovcrnmeut forces. and thcre was an outburst of applause from the Ministerial benches. in which l’re1nicr lhtplcssis joined in so hcartily as to indicate that a strayed lamb had come back to the fold.

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The number of hogs on farms in Caitada was estimated at 4.422.400 at December t. 1936, the highest figure recorded at the same date in the six years in which the December survey has been conducted. 1t rcprcscuts an increase of seven per cent. over the number on farms at june 1. 1036, and is 12 per cent. greater than the estimated number for December 1, 1935. The figures for the provinces folloiv. with De comber i, r036, figures in brackets: Ontario ],()8(),(')()O (1,4o0_3()0), Alberta 855.700 (815,- 400). (Quebec 730.300 (000,400). Sask. 660,- ooo (b07400). Manitoba 244,100 (194.5110), Nctv Brtinswick 74.900 (64,400), British Col- umbia (15,200 ($4.500), Nova Scotia 54.300 (46,- 600), li’rince Edward Island 41,100 (41,200).

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The London Sunday Referee said in its last issue that a “tnalicioits whispering cantpaign" coitcerniitg the Kititfs health is being conducted by scandal itiongers. among ivhont it numbered “famous Mayfair hosts and hostesses, promin- nent stockbrokers and Left-wing politicians, most of whom are disappointed office-seekers". Denying King (icorgchs health is in any way cptcsticantible. the tiewspaper called attention t0 the fact that it is a trcasonable Mfence to spread slanderous reports rcgariling the person of the Kitig. The Referee said the basis for the rumors include the fact His .\lajcs1_v ilid not broadcast a Christmas message, paid only one Vl>il to the British Industries Fair, and the re- cent postponement of the Durhar in India. The rezison the King has not appeared ntore fre- (piently in public ‘since his accession, the news- paper continued, is because he is fully occupied learning the complicated job of kingship, so un- expccteilly thrust upon him.

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Do men or women make the best knitters? This ipicstioii was discussed during the hear- ing of a high court cattsc in London. recently. justice Sir (ieorge Hilhery asked Mr. H. B. Samui-Is. King's Cotmsel. why he thought skil- ful knitting was confined to women. "Because in my (‘xpcrictttc it is." replied cottnscl. "I han- pt-n in km“- sritllt mu- wlto is a wry great law- yer and a very skilfttl krtitter." the judge point- ed out. .\Ir. Satnucls agreed that a man might knit well. and added that he hail met a man recently who was a skilful worki-r at very fine tapestry. The judge was rcfcrrztg t0 justice Sir Arthur Lnxmuore. who finds that knitting gnfks i5 a plcasant sedative zifter a hard day with a knotty legal problem in the Chancery Di- vision. lltr was first discovered at this hobby. at which he is proficient. by a friend who had called to take tea. with him

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the Rand, South Africa. years ago was rented for ten bags

many.

One of the most famous farms on which 50

of wheat and twenty rolls of tobac-

co a ycnr, has just been sold to n. syndicate of financiers for $3.775,- 000. It was gold, however. not grain

that did it. The farm, 1,700 acres 1n

extent, ln the Germitston district. ls

the remaining part of the Elands- fonteln farm, which “'21s the first farm on the Rand to be proclaim-

ed a publlc digirings. A large part of

Germlston now stands on what tivas the Elandsfontein fartn-Edmon- ton Journal.

The situation in the United States is practically the same 11s here. For some months espeeailiy unemployment tends to diminish in proportion as industry and, com- merce are more active and more

profitable. But as the Minister ot ‘ world of men he 1s just a day lab-

Lubour at Ottawa remarked recent-

T.v. we should not be led astray by l oleon, Julius Caesar, a great bank false optimism. There is no doubt l er, 01' wealthy business man “sat-

that the economic revival is becom- ing more and more obvious ln our

country; there is no doubt further- l of assisted . of mental institutions have t0 go it is i away back in the history of these equally true that unemployment tn I cases, try to find out what the

ntorc that the number

persons is growing less. but Canada still etmstitutes an enor- mous burden for public b0fllCS—-B burden which shotilrt definitely be borne by all LKIXPZHPIS, _ _ (my. ernments. whether Fedora-l. Provin- cial or Mtmieipnl, will continue tn hwvide a itieans of livrhhood to certain unemployed and to asszst those who do not vroialc, but it ls understood that this can be on y a Wmtmfnry measure in spite of the fact that it has alreadv continued for several years. Little by little this system must dtsitppenr, but we

shall succeed wlth that only through the ctr-operation of the employein-Ex.

The people of the little town of Stirling evidently have their hemts 1n the right plnce 1n the way they regard the birds. as shown m the distribution of grain to fecd them when sorely pressed for food owing to the hard Winter weather. The birds of Stlrlmg are looked upon as part; of the community, and by their thoughtful and humane act- ion the peope of Stirling have glv- en full expression to the meaning of “our feathered friends.” There are kind-hearted individuals who 91W the plight of birds in inclem- ent weather ln their difllculty in getting their customary food, and throw out, food for them. but it is not often that we see n community taking note that there are others besides human beings who need re. lief in hard times. So the town of Stirling has given ltst-lf 11 distinc- tion 1n the soltcltude 1t, has shown for helpless and forlom birds- Lethbrldge Herald.

In view of the De Valera-Mac- Donald conversatlons, it ls worth pointing out how very nearly the whole dispute was ended long ago. Both sides agreed that the question of the annuities should be submlt-' ted to arbitration, for 1t 1s complic- ated, and there ls certainly a case on both sides. Britain wanted the arbitrators to be British or Domin- iun. The Free State wanted no such restriction. S0 there was break- down. But lt 1s a. poor look-out for Imperial stutesmanship 11, after five years oI bitter economic fight- ing, 1t still remains impossible to close so narrow a gap-London Dally Herald.

The new policy for sports that the Johns Hopkins University has announced will begin next October deserves the commendation and support of the publlc. At one stroke 1t cut-s straight through all of the familiar pious and usually befu - dled talk about amatcurtsm a d professionalism 1n college athletics and goes straight to the heart of the matter-the "gate." Hopkins eliminates the gate. The university itself will finance its sports pro- grams, 1t wl.l open its games to the publlc free and 1t wlll neither pay nor glve "guarantees" to the teams of other schools with which 1t wmpetem-Baltlmore Sun.

An Interesting story of l. dog’! fidellty 1s going the rounds of the newspapers. It never falls to touch the hearts of the readers especially dog lovers. ‘It appears that a man who entered k Island, Ill._ hos- pital twelve yen s ago left his dog outside. A tow days afterwards the

PHANTASY-DAY DBEAMING

I sometimes visit a. young H1811. confined in a mental institution be- cause when at home he dues noth- ing but muuige in phuntBsy-dfl)’ dreaming-and wants to have the other members of the family 111W?" to lllS ldeas. They, like most of us. have work to a0, and no not heal- tate to tell him so.

l-le is without education but has read extensively, particularly works on religion, P01111681 economy and imychclugy. 1n his mind there really isn't anything he doesnt know nor anything he cannot do. Even when I speak to hlm about music Ol which I know little and he knows nothing, there lsift any lllUalC he c0u.dn't soon learn to read, nor any instrument he cuutctri. play expertly 1n a few weeks.

I point out to him that it ls a splendid thing tor 111m to have am- UlllOll to do things, and that tiieumlng about the thin8$ he wants to do is n11 right because we must first. think or dream about things before we put. them into action. But to dream about things- worthy things to do which will ad- vance him and help others—and then make no move to put any of these dreams into use or practice does more harm than good.

As he w, ted my advice I sug- gested as a evidence of good faith. that he first get a job wcrkin! Willi his hands whereby he not only could support. himself but actually help his family who at that time were supporting 111m. He got work handling lumber, established hlm- self in a room of his own near the work and gave some of his money to his mother. I thought he was cur- ed, but he found this was too slow a method of earning big money. that this work was beneath hlm, so he quit his job and went back to the institution. I know some of my humorous readers wi.l say he's not crazy or that he is dumb like a. 10x. He gets food, vrarmth, clothes and has no vrork to do except perhaps a 101v light chores about the ward.

What really happens is that in the lllbllLLltlOIl he can indulge 1n the day dreams of what a real gen- ius he is, cah see himself doing great deeds of physical bravery 01' astounding people with the depths of his mental gifts. Outside in the

orcr. To imagine oneself to be Nap-

lsftcs" the cravings, longlngs, and repressed desires. You can sec how the physicians

habits and surrounditigs of the patient \vere—-unvvind the tangled sl(t‘ll1——~f1.l1(‘l locate the incidents

which made him turn f1'0m rea" to 111110111 things to satisfy his lack of ambition or ability.

THE CHOICE

No! I shunt envy hlm, whoeer he be

That statids upon the battlements of state;

Stand there who will for me.

Id rather be secure than great.

Of being so high the pleasure ls but small

Bu: tong the ruin, if I chance to all.

Let me in some sweet shade aor- enely lye

Happy in eisure and obscurity; Whilst others place their joys