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CHAR IOTTETOVIII GUARDIAN

Electric Power System of this Province. “What sort of trustees, the Queen's Park re- cord shows. . “This was the biggest thing that the people of Ontario had ever done for themselves. This

President Honk-Col. W. Chester S. MeLwe Vice President J. R. Burnett. FJ..I. Secretary LienL-Col. D. A. MacKinnon, 0.8.0. Editor d M nagin Director J. It. ‘n Assiiciate ‘Editor Frank Walk SUBSCRIPTION RATES

$5.00 per year (In advance) delivered to City $.00 per year (In advance) mailed to P. E-Iaiand

$5.00 per year (in advance) mailed to Canada and 11.8.

Members Audit Bureau o! Circulations

Burnett, F-J-I. or

was the proof that public enterprise couldservc the public need honestly and efficiently.- This was tile evidence that the synics were wrong in their contention that public ownership can- not survive in a democracy, bllt must sink be- tween the indifference of the people and the cor- ruption of the people's elected servants.

“And this is what has come of it. Slimed with

“The Strongest Memory is Weaker‘ than

the Weakest Ink."

MONDAY, JUNE 20, 1938

political jobbery, fouled with the droppings of patronage vultures, infected with the rot of party intercst——this is the Ontario Hydro-Electric Sys- tem: the property of the people of Ontario. “This is also a product of the democractic

Penitentiary Reformers

Analyzing the report of Comlilissioli, the Ottawa journal says:

Three naive gcntlclllcll, armcd with His .\la- jt-stys eollllllissiolls, lll bcllzilf of the (iovern- i1lclit_ of (illlllltlll and zit the lit)\'t’l'lllllt.‘lll'.~i ex-

pclisc have lkTli going about the Donlillioll and

the world fol Zl yi-ar and a half looking into our

own and other prisons. 'l'lll-_y' visitctl H3 institu- tiolls ill liillt- countries, spcilt lob’ days ill thc sevell Canadian penitelitiaries ivhcre they took the cvidcllct‘ of 1.340 convicts and 200 officers.

lll titllcr ('Zlll.'l(li.'lli institutions Ii lzirgc llltlubcr of pristilli-rs wt-ri- illtcrvicuvtl, and on their trlivcls they colic-civil 1,100 lcttcrs, books and docu- nlclits.

.~\lld when all this had been done, when the Commissioners were l0Il(lC(l willi the grievances and hard-luck stories of an army of convicts, when these estimable gcntlelllcn were thorough- ly convinccrl that thc penitcntiaries were tlcs- pcratcly‘ in uccd of reform, they cattle to Ot- tawa to hear tht: Snpcrintentlcnt. his inspectors. the Ilc-pilty Minister of justice. Sll]l0l'illll’ll(l(‘lll Ormond ivas pllt on his deft-lice. llc \\'.'lS ques- tiouctl sharply" about letters writtcli years earlier. about dctziils of atlniillistratitlli. And of coursc he was found gililty. lrlt- had been convicted much earlier on the evidence of prisoners. it would sccm. and the defence was but a formal- ltv,

5o the Commissioners recommend the im- mediate dismissal of Gclicral Ormontl. calling him arrogant. a red-tape atldict, charging him with harshness. comparing thc nilmhcr of prison riots in his six ylears of office with the number

in tlfc five _V(‘Zli'S previous altogether without rc- gartl to changed world conditions. The things they have found ollt about him are simply terri- blc. But here is a ctlriolls thing: Gcncral Or- mond, a distinguished isoldicr dllring the war. was appointed Rupcriutcndcnt in i032 when Mr. Hugh Guthrie was .\linistcr of justice and his imlncdlrltc chicf. \\'hcn the Libcrtils succccdtltl the Conscrvativcs in i035 General Ortilond was retained under Mr. lapointc. the prcscnt .\lin— istcr of justice. llc llllS scrvctl thrcc ycars itn- dcr each of thcm. lt tnltst bc assumt-tl thcv found him cou1petellt—or hc would have llccn dismiss- ed long ago. Thcy did not discovcr his arrog- slicc, his wasteful ulcthods. his inability to co- operate with wardens. (lcspite their intimate of- fical Tidfllifiilfillll). lt was left for judge Arch- aniballlt, blr. Craig of \Vintiipcg and Mr. Mc- Rllcr of Toronto to find out that all this time the Superintendent had bccll fooling his superiors. Or is that credible? The alternative is that the Comlnissioners-set out with all the prccouceivctl notions of the little band of devoted sentinicntalists—lcd by the old Toronto Globe-who thrust this inquiry upon a government which never seemed very eager ill the matter. And that, suggests our Ottawa con- temporary after a study of the 400~page book that contains their official findings, is closer to the truth. It is the very report the sob-sisters wanted. The Commissioners agree that they had no authority to investigate or report upon provin- cial institutions, bilt that didn't deter them from doing so. and they recommend a conference of the Dominion with the provinces to arrange a “cclltralizatiotW of the penal system. They want ruore authority for the Dominion alld less for the provinccs—admit that recommended re- forms cannot be made effective otherwise-and TCCCllf"(lCVPlOpillflllS have shown how little in- clincd are the provinces to surrender the least. bit of their authority. The Commissioners de- vote a considerable portion of their report to matters quite outside present fedcral jurisdic- tion, thus. lilte the misguided agitators who brought them into being. confusing the public with a lot of stuff about short-term offenders. and the Borstal systcnr Tile Conmiissioucrs investigated the Kingston riots. S(‘(‘lllt‘(l to find the evidence of convicts much to their liking. and acquit Tim Buck of everything, find Gcncrzil Ornlond gililty on all counts. They dcplorc the “idlc indifference in the prison workshops", want an “outlet for grievance". don't like the straps (bccausc they have holes in them) usctl on such offenders as that Aylmcr man who was convicted thr- other day of beating his 77-_vcar-olrl mother, and ivant Canadian universities to institute ont- niore friil -——tlie teaching of pciiology- to train officers for the pcnitcntiaries. Thcv recommend changes in the Criminal Code. in the constitution and opera- tion of Family Collrts (pilrcly provincial). and deal with so many things that the wonder is they did not cover also the oucstions submitted to the Rowcll Commission. Not mllch else was missed by these alter-sympathetic humanitarians.

"$mart" Politicians

This from the penof the inimitable _Tutlitl1 Robinson, Globe and Mail columnist, will be ap- preciatetl:

"The Ontario Hydro Commission is not the servant of any Cmvernmcnt of Ontario or of any politician. bllt of its people. The reason is that the Ontario Hydro-Electric Svslcm is not the property of Ontario, but of the Hydro municipal- ities of Ontario.

“Their faith created it. Tilt-fr loyalty built it. e ‘Illcir credit supportctl it. Provincial Govern- ments of whatever political brand are trustees. no more, for the people of the Hydro municipal- ities, who are the owners of Hydro, the foilnders If and partners in the publicly owned Hydro-

tllc Pcnitcntiarics

lit-gall a similar collection, which she has sud- denly cut short. to open the new Lyndcn Hall or residence for women students of Queen Mary's College, in Essex, on condition that the key she used should 1on8" than any yet uud_wm be be an ordinary cast-iron one and that after she had unlocked the doors. she should return it to

United States foreign policy. negotiations of the Anglo-American treaty and brim: off the treatv itsclfI mysterious currency manipulations to do with devaluation of the dollar. having far-reaching “my

ships for the United Fines merchant marine. Lastlv. settle the war debts. 'It would appear he will have a busy time.

system. “There's no use trying to dodge that unpleas- ant truth. It is. Premier llfitchcll Hepburn is thc fault of thc people of Ontario just as Pre- micr George lloward Ferguson was the fault of the people of Ontario. The_v're ‘smart’ poli- ticians. both of them. and the people of Ontario like ‘smart’ politicians. oral to thc submerged smart-Pllcck in all of us: the smart-Aleclc and thc horse-trailer and the trickster and the chcao admirer of cheap things. “Perhaps. before it is too lair‘, citizens niriv grow up lint-cahoots and discover that 'snl'\rt' politicians arc a luxury that ucithcr frccdom nor dcmocracv nor this Province can afford onv louver. lint we're lvoinw tn l1'i\'(~ m rv1'r)\\' fact if l wt‘ intend to rcwh matvritv in time to srivc tllc Ontario llytlro-Flcctric §vstt=nl."

Passed Allotted Span

ls thcre scientific itvarrfint for thé assertion, frequently lllade, that the average life span has been lcllgthellcd in recent years? Th4: question is provokctl by a glance through the late .\lzijor l'ollard's Hirltlricttl Skctc/l of Prince Ijtirtnlrtf Island, to which is attached a chapter of obitu- aries of prominent citizclls who flourished in the dccadcs ililmetliatcly‘prccctlillg and following Confederation. A surprisingly large nuln-bcr of noteworthy contemporaries of that period lived to be octogenarians. Ninety-three was the advanced age reached by Hon. W. \V. Lord at his dcath in i890. Hon.

and noth’ t! . :- 1. .- joscph Pope dicd at Q2, Admiral Bayficld at 90- igiilctiiiiig stlilijtPeifi TIIGMZTZZTOFBXOT ‘hem olmglfllgbgiflde evigrpk diisdil-t Among those who passed the four-score mark such popular figures 1t has bc- iieltilsprircigogzdeiiiltfrilcled Tilii oTiillhlYlTl/"ln were Lieutenant Goveruor_Sir Robert lrlodgson, ggfiglagttlca lgenlus immune from Vlmwuver. brousht the good 112mg 8t; Chief justice Fxlwartl Palmer. 80; llrm. one“ qultewsbrglérg§rslgsioslflefi ?.§.§.“".‘,‘,“*}h‘l"‘,’,,f§fin"§',‘,‘{;‘-g',‘* fave“ justice H. Peters, 80; Adjutant General Peter those in business and politics “m” lnslfil $11M. 1r! these licwengis-f D. §tewart.82: Rev. Donald MacDonald. Church M“) have "W" Deffvrmw “l” ‘lavs- 1' l‘ ""“"""" l“ """ the

of $cotlanrl. 85: l*lon_ jamcs Yeti, 80; Danicl Hoclgson, Esq. Protllotlotaryg 30: Rev. Chzirlcs j. jcnltitls. D.D., St Patti's Church. S8; Ilon. jamcs \\'arbtlrton, 82; judge Young, 30; Sen- ator Donald blontqoulcry’, 85; Rev. Dr. Fitzger- ald. 8i. Past tllc liihlical span lived many other p prominctlt figures of that day, including Hon. b

Bishop McIntyre. 73; Hon. justice ltlenslcy, 70. o alid Licutcnant Governor l-laviland, 73. 9 \\'c doubt whether this record could be dupli- o cared in more recent times, or perhaps at any other period in Island history.

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1 Editorial Notes r _ o

William IV dlfid this date, I837. d I? 8 l! i

About the only thing any one is thankful over

WOTSC- i! i I l

France is having her own troubles these days,

ends meet, e m e v Doesn't this make one envious? Quebec City Council has voted $8,000 towards maintaining children's playgrounds.

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Killing the goose that lays the golden egg is the attitude of the C.I.O. in Detroit. Mr. Walter L. Fry an enterprising manufacturer of autonlo- bile seat covers charges that the labour orgzlniza- h tion has virtually ruined his $1,000,000 business

Fry said that his company had its choice between

moving or going ollt of business. llc declared that famlly- -—NBW York World-Tele- the company was “trapped among President gram‘ Roosevelt's great experiment, Governor Frank The fatherly pfcfildgnf o;

l\lilrpliy's labor policies and .\lichigan's high ln- bor rates." One cent was the company's profit

adding that labor in onc way or ailothcr rvccivcd $l.68 ollt of cvcry $2 ivortll of auto scat covers the company made in that time. a m x e

Queen Mary has ruptured a pTCCNlPfli for gril- crzitions associated with one of the perquisites of a British Queen-Mother. The late Queen Alexandra had quite a collection of keys at Marlborough House, London. They were made of gold or silvcr and reprcscntcl what she had f‘ actually used. or been givcn hcr as souvenirs. ivlicn she opened with ccrcnlony a new building. llr-r successor and daughtcr-in-latv, Queen bfaty,

She consented the other day

Secondly, end

Thirdly. indulge itl

ffects on the world monetary situation. Fourth-

ly. arrange a deal whereby the ‘United States l” “ma” The" l‘ “m "a will bililrl planes t... anal" while Britain builds wt"m°"‘m"“’all'°l‘°‘ "";""""'

W7RflfflWfi1wlvivlflhr-

‘Slnrirt’ politicians ap-.

Disney gives author, the granting of the degree also honours Harvard. The Uni. verslty brushes aside the scholas- tic reckoning that Disney's fort-mi]

Europe at the present time may have one salutary result. Nations which find it difficult to feed their populations out plies are likely

john Longwortlt, 7i; Hon. john ll. Gray, 74;

under existing conditions, advert to the benefit of man-Washing- ton Post.

90min! to see clearly, after many

wrerglgnl-heorv Btlild prlactical per- ces some me id , - _ d9ep_ Amertcansv Mic stay“; :22 Ill take my care like this the Dunning Budget is-it might have been bmm an °rgl°"1l"ml' muhmle“ son through generations of striv- ink. There seems little likelihood that Soviet workers will be able _ p p _ to overcome the handicap of their despite the depreciation of her coinage to make 1MB Bturt in the industrial m“ in

this generation-J-‘tochester Dem. ocrat and Chronicle.

in Washington where the wives of Congressmen are being taught how m make Speeches. Not. we add in

a (lairaste. that we question the right

any Congressman, 1S Possible. And not that we doubt

and necessitates its transference to Georgia. Mr. l?" exceeds the demand We 50111 VBIOPIIIE two speechmakers to a

one of the big publishing houses milled one of his young men on _ ‘ the carpet the per mallufacturcil llnlt last year, Mr. Fry said. him a lecture "You're dressing pretty expensive- lv. he said, “and last niizht l saw You having supper at the Plaza. Don't you think hlVh for $2750 not at all," the young mun said. "You see, 1’ really make between

man warships at Scope Flow. the

is to be continued. Metal indus- tries. Limited, tow the ilpturneti battleship Gros- ser Kurfurst to Rosyth for break. inn up. will now becln work on the battle cruiser vessel of 38.700 tons. which is lying unslde down. with a list of 20 de- grees. in twenty-five and one-half fsthoms. Air locks 130 feet long-

required. A diving squad will be engaged on this wreck till the re-

he left Calcutta for s wor

1on8 take him. Manna Bligh that he hoped more than seven years.

conscious means." he continued. "Tilers

tiorrs at ‘HIE WAY

It seems that clergyman‘: wives have regular customers for handouts of food. And our tale contains a thought for all who gander on problems of public re-

tlons. A story going around at the moment concerns the Spring he" cleaning, a regular customer and an ordinary window blind. The window blind was one of a dozen or more on a chair in the kitchen porch where a. regular customer was given breakfast. The house-wife was momentarily ab- sent when the customer departed. An hour later, when the windows were ready. the blinds were sought. One was missing. The regular on his next visit was told that no more food would be given out be- cause the blind was missing. The regular denied the theft; the lady was adamant. He went breakfast- less away. But he was back the next day with the report that he had seen the missing blind in a second-hand store on Queen street and i! the lady would give him l5 cents he could biw it for her. she gave him the l5 cents. Half an hour later he returned ,with the blind and thereby re.- gained his former right to one breakfast per week or there- abouts.-Printed Word, Toronto.

It is an evil thing for a. self- governing people to have in their midst a vast number of voters who pay no part of the expenses of maintaining the school, building t-llc llighivays rind supporting the Government. And while it is just and right. for the most able fi- nancially to pay most. of the hills. it is the part of wisdom to re- quire all citizens to pay a part, or the bills. -Daily Oklahoman.

New York Zoo has imported a baby giant panda captured in the mountains of China and valued at $8,000. An air-conditioned cage for this prize is under considera- tion, but the best hardly will equal the atmospheric conditions of its wind-swept solltudes in the Far East. Anway, it has got away from the war. but. whether m bet- ter or worse surroundings is a question for the panda itself.

..lf the meeting or Hgfwgffl anti distinction to the

duties of the academic routine-

The r-Iospective food shortage In t

of domestic sup- l to hesitate before llnBlng into war. As Gen Biom- erg, the late German war min- ter. is reported to have said; Y0“ "my be able to end a. war n bread ration cards, but; ygu annot start a war on them.” In ther words. natures cruelty may,

50V“?! theorists are by no mung ull-witted, whatever may be their ther shortcomings. They are

i-suopointments. that the gap be-

8515. had to learn that hard les-

we view wit-fr allrrn that school

Bny woman to talk as much as if such a thing ‘

the ability of many oi’ these wives friendsendvraslonaly.

to lgake better speeches than their He’: sin advised

“I35 ands. But in a country where liar la a e 'a e Supply of Orflwrv already so ma», lflllt. Her blehclllloon ‘ ke the idea of —enthluiasm and emery returned-la.

deliberately de-

other day and gave on cxtravagence.

that's flving too a week?" "Oh.

$50 and s60 a week bv rattling if you have any trouble

of!’ my check to oenple in the 72"" "gm"f;“|:“°hw=: ._ on, s c . .

Muck The New Yorker‘ srfomfih, hearThTIrn. gastric

The salvlng of scuttled Gar. iture of which has been in doubt.

,adlan citizenship-q; citizenship in- . defensible from Atlantic to Pacific. w three aumems In its relief schemes-and these are schemes that touch the people very closely in their hearts as well as in their stomachs-the Dominion nega- tives the idea of an indefeadble Canadian citizenship. it insists that (AllllidlllllS shall be entitled to re-

Rovernment. federal oronertv and conserve it for the use of the public. That is n duty that can not Vancouver. for three weeks now. a

permitted to > i _ ins in defianbgcliirf‘ R federal bum

law of Canada with impunity.

is n" answer to

Here's an example from That on a. rouah. hard rook

fiiendless and all alone On this unsweetened stone.

Now let my bed take!

Whose happy hearts has power To make a stone a flower.

niciicnrl

Her back celled-she fall miserable-no pep —sba eellldlfl be

23.". Zffilfil‘: i.'.'."~".l'i IWH“

Sly GOODIYI TO IACKACHE with

Budd's Kidney Pills

'TliE.-.CHA.l3I-0’I"PET0VZN ..<=1J_ARDiA"_

A Sit - Down l Government

(Vancouver Province) Government in been a sit-down strike. It

more pleasant duties.

result is that the Confederation is be and and

order are be

courage or a. policy would be

seventy years aim. The the inlmlcel forces. them on.

ment is a federal responsibility, meet-inc the ouuosillon of oer at

clothe the nrinciole enactments. Yielding WOFUXIR for provincial soveiellznt and against federal unity. it ha allowed its unemployment insur lance plan to be laid on the shelf. If there is such a thine as Canad inn unity. its symbol should be Can

right-the right to travel

and aizainst anoth

er. From such

discrimination.

barriers on provincial frontiers and a svstcm of passports and visas. Al- ready. as Senator Moilthcn has out it, to the governmet at Ottawa, Vancouver. is an "outcast colony" and British Columbia a "foreign” region. One o! the duties or l! federal surelv. is to urotect

be shifted. But in

dv 0' unemployed mcn has been the authorities.

A sit-down izovcmmcnt at 01m“

it-d n Vancouver‘ a s own strike

it . y ooUlQtn/nt/t.

LINES

A butterfly Happy can lie:

be hard No care ~

Small butterfly.

—W. H. Davies.

FAREWELL T0

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l|5

ilassy stomachs RELIEVED

ylistresamelo. dong di- e o e o r. . B-yihtams‘ gtomach Mixture Immediately.

which soon will

Derffllnger, a

I , . tum from Rosyth of the salvage incl-H's

tie wardcn, Sarah A. liurrouts, for ordinary use. workmen, who w"; won |eave h“ I I In" mo,“ _ _ ‘ * * * _ filltmgggrithqtll" 6'0"" K1"- melt of llthhig Caps and

Tt ts astonishing how outstandingly able and ‘ mu‘ Bu"! Illi-

cffective New York newspapers conceive their "I want to prove that a_ poor latlfnt CID! ill I 0010f!

Ambassador to London to be. He is booked to all}. clflhylaiigflgle ‘mend! rarovidet: Plllli "W! —h- m‘

sail bv the SS. Queen Mary for New York on w“; ‘a mmy mow}. m, 2n a?‘ or lole—---——— J.

20th inst. on a nine days excursion and here is shaDB or money: all I want E: 7345a

whfit we‘ are told he intends to ‘accomplish after mwawwtoodm “gm imam" m; "d" n,“ n“. wok

set-mg his eldest son graduate: Firstly. reshape Manna Blnsh a reporter before ates —- - —— 80o “a

it would not be “I am

what the project will

Evan's Stomach Mature is a prucrl tlon of Dr. L. B. Evans. no ed En llsh Physic- ian of which we ave the sole rm.“ ta and since sellln it have received numeroiu - ttmonlala from satisfied nur- chasers.

“Try a bottle llodly- Price “n a e e lit

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THE 2 MAGS

DRUGSTORE up Great out-n lines