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locum-y, 1,1,“. . II A. Macllilnpion. 03.2.3‘ ' ma: . J. Int“. "mi ‘M wum .

"SBHOCRIFIION BATES $5.00 per you Ila minaret delivered lo (It). $4.00 per yen- tln ndvlnocl mailed w P~ K lllllll $5.00 p0: your (In advance) mailed ta (lanolin and U-I» Members Audll Bureau of Lu-IIIINIIIII

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‘The Strongest Memory is Weaker than the Weakest Ink.” ‘

SATURDAY, DECEMBER l0, 1938

The Apple Preference

Speaking thc other day to his NOVB S6053 constituents, lion. j. L. llslcy, Minister 0f Na- tional Revenue, quoted figures to show that the price levels pziid for Nova Scotia apples on the Unltcd Kingdom markets in the five years since the protective tariff introduced by the preferential agreements have been 1n force were actually’ lower than in the fivc years pcr- f, ind PFCVlOUS to the imposing of the duty on Utiitcd States apples.

Mr. llslcy’s inference WES that the preference for that reason was not as valuable as 1t was represented as being, and Mr. llslcy's » rcason for mlilcitig such infcretice, of course,

was that under the new 1\llglI)-.\lll0l‘lCLll1 agree- ‘ mcnt the preference enjoyed by Canadian apple growers is considerably reduced.

Thc fact is that prices of most products na- turally' dcclincd during the dtprcssion years, and

- . it is not stirprisitig that npplv prices in lllfr Bri-

tish market were similarly ziffcctcil. lBttt the

greatly increasczl export of Canadian apples _ under thc preferential tariff more than offset "j,this rcdtiction. and proved the salvation 0f the “industry, as _\lr. I-lslcy‘ knows.

The Right Spirit

xlunrfﬂellflllg on the Cape Breton mining tragedy, tho Sydney Post-Record stresses the way in which surviving workers and surface lncn organized in the work of rescue and re- covery of the victims. Miners worked tooth and nail to succor the dyiing and rescue the injured. Many 0f'“thein carried their stricken fellow- workcrs in their arms where stretchers were not available, many others pushed trams bearing the injured men along the tracks which a short time earlier hztd borne sixteen of their number

.- to their dcaths, and not a pause was taken until

the last victim was rccovcrcd, until the last of the injured had been placed under hospital and medical care. Members of the rescue crew, doc- tors, minc officials, town authorities and com- pany officials all laboured unstintcdly.

In the same spirit, it is hoped, thcrc ‘will be generous response to the appeal now being made for rclicf of the bereaved families.

Still Going Strong

Like a description from Dickens is that of a banking house in London to which public at- tention has been attracted by announcement in the newspapers of the death at 88 years of Mr. Alfred Hoarc, formcr partner of C. Hoarc 8: Co. This, the oldest bank in the British metro- polis, has been carried on for about 260 years in an unbroken line _from father to son. It is in Fleet Street, and its sign, “Established I673," ltands on the site of the old Mitre Inn. Today, fl: ‘is’ reliably stzitcd, thcrc are nine part- ners and three junior members of the family in the bank. It is still the cust0m—as it has been for 242 years——for a member of the family to llcep on the premises each night. There are still quill pens in the counting house, though they are ' “not very popular". Customers may still take a pinch of snuff from the horn in the bank par- lor. Flintlock muskets for the bank's defense in the Gordon riots hang still upon the wall. The "ledgers, which date from I673, show that Pepys, the diarist, deposited 9200 in 7:0 but be was soon overdrawn to the cxtentf 313. There is history in the ledgcrs, whic rccordithe burst- ing of the South Sea Bubb and the shortage of gold during the Napol ic Wars. The bank moved from Cheapsi t0 Fleet Street in I692, taking with it the ign 0f the Golden Bottle, “which still can- l . seen.

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oncealed Taxes ' arning against the "constantly upward ' end of Government and municipal debts" is ‘sounded in the current annual report of Mr. G. W. Spinney, general manager of the Bank of Montreal, who makes a strong point of distin- guishing between thc “deficit financing" un- avoidable in certain cases during the depression ~ years, and the danger of continuing this policy

indefinitely.

Perhaps one of the reasons why there is no Widespread demand for economy in Government, “ Bays Mr. Spinney, is that much of our taxation “is 0f the i"hidden" variety. The average citizen blocs not show concern at hidden taxation of which he is not immediately conscious but rc- ‘aists levies which serve to remind him daily of the demands 0f Government. It might, there- fore, benefit the nation if some rearrangements could be made in certain classes of "taxation which would produce no higher actual charge to he individual but which would result in his lcnowing the cost and therefore assuming a di- m": and personal interest in Government econ- ‘ y which he cannot be expected to have under c present system.

Rirhgvay E _l nomles

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Jnendation of Mr. B. c. vagina. ,.-..,..-..il...'. '

of, the Canadian National Railways, the lﬁpecial Senute, Committee scssioufinrjan 0n- "forced co-opcrative plan which would» effect a saving of 2,467,307 annual train milcl in dupli-

Kcate competitive train services, _rcducti0n in , soliciting offices, -jotnt advertising lnd- joint

passenger and freight offices in United States cities. The proposal included a joint terminal for ~Fort William and Port Arthur, sscentre where the combined facilities comprise one of the largest railway terminals in the world, Since the Senate Committee heard these pro- posals, there has apparently been no effort t0 effect such economies. “It would have been expected that the Iakchead terminals, at least, could have been merged in the five and a half months since the railway experts were sent from the Senate Committee with atinonitions to gct on with co-operation more rapidly than in the past," says Railway Facts. “Problems incident to the merging 0f the Lakehead terminals would appear to be comparatively simple. And the fact that Port Arthur is the home constituency of the Minister of Transport would appear to be an additional reason for making a showing in that quarter if in no other."

r Editorial Notes .r

King Edward VIII abdicated this date, I936. u a i: r-

Thc “Statute of Westminster", defining Dom- inion status and the relation of the King thereto, crime into force tomorrow's date, I931.

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From now 0n people will be so much con- ccrncd about the affairs of Old Saint Nicholas that other matters of less import, such, for in- stance, as politics, Wlllaillf-IVC tp take second place.

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A totalitarian state is one that constitutes the

to none, supreme over all, here and hereafter. It is a purely materialistic conception, one, for instance, that would readily substitute "O Can- ada" for “Grace before Meals."

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The estimated numbers of farm live stock in Canada as in June last follow, with correspond- ing figures for I937 within brackets: Horses 2,820,700 (2,882,990), total cattle 8,511,200 (8,- 84°»5°°)» 5h"? 3»4IS-°°° (3»339»_9°°)- h°8§ 3r 486.900 ($963,300). hens and chickens 53.774.- 600 (53982900) turlwys 2939.600 (1997900)- gcese 807,000 (874,900), ducks 615,800 (654,- 400), total poultry 57,237,000 ( 57,510,000).

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Friends of Sir Robert Falconer, president- cmcritus of University of Toronto, have con- tributed $16,000 to establish a lecturcship in his honor. The lcctureship will be known as the Falconer Lectureship and income from the sum will be used to bring a world-prominent figure to Toronto university every two or three ycars to lecture on some phase of international af- fairs. Thc first lecture is expected to be deliv- ered next year. Sir Robert, an Islander, who waspresidcnt of the university for 25 years, is himself a distinguished student of international affairs.

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With the unusually heavy stocks 0f canned foods this year proving a burden t0 the markets, the Continental Can Company has been consid- ering various plans t0 assist the movement of thcsogoods, so that the market for tin cans will be reopened. N0 definite program cmerged from these discussions, however, and one of the executives of the company remarked that if any- thing were going to be done, it would have to be done now. In the meanwhile, however, the pack has begun to move more freely, so that“ it is possible the need for a coordinated program will be eliminated.

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Railroad circles in New York state that man- agements of eastern roads in the United States have considered a voluntary cut in passenger fares, now 2 1-2 cents a mile in coaches, and may establish a new tariff early in 1939. Senti- ment in favor of a permanent slash in passenger rates was reported to have manifested itself when traffic executives of the major systems took up the question of reduced rates for the New York World’s Fair opening next spring. It also expressed itself, according t0 some rail executives, when the roads more recently de- cided t0 reduce fares to two cents a mile on round trip tickets for Christmas holiday travel- lers. y‘ I‘ l’ It

The art 0f bee farming has developed into an important industry. Bees now are shipped from place to place and are sold by the pound. They are known as package bees. A pound will con- tain between 4,500 and 5,000 bees. The packages consist 0f a wooden frame covered with wire screen and are shipped by express. Considerable quantities of live bees are carried from time to time by the Canadian National Express. ‘In Nova Scotia experimenting with the importation of package bees has brought gratifying results. The bees are imported from the Southern States and enter Canada duty free. Winter weather conditions do not permit of profitably produc- ing packagc bees in Canada.

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Slowly but surely Great Britain is successfully tackling the criminal situation to which her states- men and philanthropists give so much study and thought. The Home Secretary, Sir Samuel Hoare, embodies in a‘ Bill introduced in the Houseof Commons the views of penology he has more than once publicly expressed. Terms like “penal servitude", “convlcf”, and "hard labour" are avoided; corporal punishment ls abolished: and remedial measures are preferred to punitive. Twdnew types of prison sentence: arc propos- ed: corrective training for perlo bntween 2f and 3o years, preventive d those 3o. For young offend: If ' yllth seutdnegroi Imps-landﬁll“)? mlryj n. The-Ii

country “It” (with a capital letter) subordinate __

dud.

A walla-n clergyman, ported worried becnuso there are 110 many Pmlrle residents who are not 0X Anglo-Saxon orlgln, reports a can In which an alien appearing baton a judge t0 secure citizen- shlp was asked to name the Queen. The foreigner replied: “R. B. Ben- nettf-Wlndsor Star.

‘Illa vlnelsnu urowers" uo-op- erntlve tbls year marketed no less than 8.260 tons of peaches, whlch ln poundnze was no less than 8.- 55000100. 'l‘hie prloe scoured was lower than In 1937, but. the tun- naie was 400 greater this year, surely crop for Cath-

Almoll lnythlng about a politician these days, and he will grin Iorbearlngly and tor- got. about llbel. But to stiggest. that he ls not. fully conversant with the prlce level. the monetary sys- tem, the Iorelgn exchange system and thedntrlcacles of purchasing power ls to hand hlm the final re- buke. -I>IamIlt.0n Spectator.

Now that Rf. Hun. R. B. Bennett has purchased an estate 1n the beautiful Country of Surrey, England, and will be removed from Canadian politics. lt. seems fitting t0 revive the Idea of erect- Ing a statue of Mr. Bennett at Hopewell Cape, Albert County, his birthplace,‘ In recognition of hls great service t0 the Canadian pe0ple.-—Sackvllle (N.B.) Trlbune

can be sald

A nevvspnpe whose dul- les take hIm to church occa- sionally says he notices that no matter to which church he goes the men dlscard overcoats and hat-n and ocoaslonally rubbers and overshoea, whllo the women, des- Ite the quite often oppressive eat 0t the buildings, keep on their coats, furs. hats and rubbers or goloshes. Why? he asks. Per- haps some of the women can glve the rlght answen-St. Thomas ‘limes-Journal.

l-lwm marker: on doctors’ motor cars are made lumtnous so they can- be seen plainly after diu- . This ls qulte In order, so long as the cars are being drtvm by the doctors In pursuance of that: dunes. But. when the cars are drlven by the doctors on leas- ure bent, or by members 0f thelr famIlIes, then the Idea or placlng the doctors In a. privileged class ls

not. s0 good. -Peterb0r0u|zh Ex- a-mlner.

Unlmdlau university lludcntl have just

acted 1n exactly the opposite wa to that In Iwhlch Amerclan unverslty students would have acted In slmllar clr- cumstanccs. The question ls. Why the difference? - and Its scents to present. a neat problem. At McGlll University an attempt to select. a beauty queen for u. student aoclal fimctlon was laughed of! the campus. when the ballot boxes were opened they were found to contain plenty 0f votes for Hltler, Mussollnl and some of tine “veteran professors, but not one vote for any co-ed. At Amer- lcan universities, on the other hand, the election of beauty queens Is almost a. serious matter of 20131118. —Ktngston Whig-Stan- dar . - l

Industry now prumlscs the women 0f Amerlca a new ltoslery fibre as strong as steel. The ques- tlon artses whether this Isn't. a good deal more than the women want. It must. be fine to have a synthetic sllk smoking Immune to runs that flesh-colored hoslety Is heIr to. But. there should be a middle ground between sllk stock- ings that tear at the slightest op- portuntty and stockings that. never wear out. Tradition says that men llke to keep 0n wearing thelr clothes. but vwcmen sutrer dread- fully from wearlng the same 01d thing forever, as the phrase noes. ‘the real boon -01' stocktngs as strong as steel ls obviously for the parents of small boys, and mothers who mend and fatncrs who buy. They constitute a vary large class or people wno never get tlred of seeing the chlldrzn mar the same old thing all the time. — New York 'I‘lmes.

Th0 Molar Show concluded last. montn at. Earls court, L.nuon. has focuxsed attention upon the magnitude of the ITIQLOI‘ tncu .ry In Great Brftalg. ‘Parlay the ln- dustry 1s one or‘ “.0 tanks. n1 ms country, slnce It produces about half-a-rtiiliicn VCALJALS each year, of whlch nzarly 490mb are prl- vate cars. In the ccur1e or 20 years lt-has multiplied 1.5 cu.._.ut. 50 times and now prcvirlcl em- qldyment for 1.300.000 workpeople.

e Industry conzurnes nnrttlallv a mlllton tons of slcel, 27,350 tun: of non-ferrous metals, 11,000 mil-ea of cloth, 5,500 tons of glass nnl 2,810,000 gallons .01’ paint. The British motor movemmt can now muster 2,800,000 vehicles iwhleh

vIde annual contrlbutlonrto

e nstlonal revenue In direct tax- ntlon and Ieul tax amountl to

.000,000, and consumes 1, ,-

7.000 allons of petrol each you.

- -Indll.l ll Brltaln.

The boys of. Tln Pan Alley, when they lrlnd out. songs today to be forgotten wmarrow‘. were In a remlnlscent. mood when they took a poll recently on the ‘I011 turned out bly their follow-composers. Amon r ten wvore In the Shade of the

oholcn A l0 Tree and By the Old wtm time. no one (Ivan nla lungs 1m nlrlng

ll l vrkncr rout. or joluod In a

lmllmanhl bout. o! clone harmony

' tho . may quarrel. Hut Ibo songs ncmod

KEEPING A I001) DIAI! T0 FIND CAUSE OI‘ ‘AITIIIIATIO ATIAOII _ Now that ft ll knovrthcl, In many cues, asthma In duo to senslttveness to v mbstmnu --pollen of lanta, fur, feathers. house and 0 er dusts-o tut. for these substances ll mode by scratching tho skin and rllbhlnl some of the suspected substance Into the scratch. What are called patchptesta are made by p Lin: some 0f the substance on skin and covering It com lowly vrlth a small square of ealve 11$.‘ a number of scratch and pa

skln, the red inflamed spot of a certaln slze this foodwor otltiﬁr c

cause 0f the attacks frequent st.-

Many tacks 0f urtIcarIa. (hives) are able to trace the attack t0 a tocd eglrsn and many attacks o! asthma can likewise be traced t0 oertaln foods II a careful watch Is kept. Such everyday excellent foods as when and eggs may cause attacks of hlves and asthma.

when the scratch test. falls to show just which food Is causlng the asthmatic attacks, what In called the “ellmlnatlon" dlet. Is used. A dlct. of ‘innocent’ foods, foods not likely to cause attacks,

used and foods

suspected cf causlng attacks may b0 added, 0m at a time. I have mentioned before the llst. of foods llkely and not llkely to cause attacks. u ar- ranged by Dr. Walter Alcarez of the Mayo Cllnlc. A very. satisfactory method of flndlng which food or foods are causln8 the asthmatic attacks ll by kecpln; o food dlkry. A simple system o! keeping the 100d diary Dr. K. P. Tumu- Sou em Medlclne and

u . "1110 food dlary consist-s of a. crou-rulud meet of paper, the food: being written (ll the loft 111M811: and the antes on mo mnrgln. Thus the talent. n only makomxln to! each food under the 11110 for the day on whlch It was eaten. If on lt- tack of hIves (or asthma) occurs 0n a certain do , that dly. should b nttentlon drawn marked f0 the twenty-fam- houn before attack occurred."

‘Dr. ‘Im-rentlne polntn out that this keelilhk o! a food diary 1.1 simple and inexpensive and wﬂ] glve results In some cues he rlrln tests dtd not locate or slézwhwhfcti food wna causing the a c .

ARMED. FOB WAR

“Is lLfe 0n ﬁrth a vﬂer thing Than ever wan known before?

Whommghall we ask-the wise old n

Whose years have reached flvo score?

when we have questioned Olulrcb and State.

Is there anyone also to at?

Is It the Barby. three weeks 01d. That wears a. gnu-proof mask?

Is It ‘he Infan lﬂfid to meet A polaonadcartfi and sky- A thlng too weak o m. Ill hand To rub a sleepy eye? -W. H. Davies.

AN OVENS SUCH A GOOD PLACE FOB A

LONDCN. Dec. 9-011: of the 11.. 000.000 people In Grant Brltaln who put the money In the Put Office Savings Bank nearly 55,000 or om In every 2C0, lose thelrlzooks In the course of a year. The Savln Bonk has created a speclul ‘bran which ls now rzspcnsl le for dealing whh all thsse losses,

One dupes tons dog ate ‘he book and he opened a new necoun . u he could not o an the dog. A rater lost hIs bunk n the Paolflc and can he could not the ccran for It. A

mic nu mv crrkzt and eaten by an ele- hunt"

One woman kept her boot: in 1m ovzn. but fcrkct ona week to ' thou‘ before oooklnrrths Sjrndny 10 nl-wlth nnfortruuts ruul s.

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Pan Allﬁy should try. like tho world, to forgst It. -- 96¢ mml-“irk. II

eouinirr steer

awjfff-“Tlh” i 5.

. . ,. u‘) ﬁll-Talia?» l for 1H0;

no by ,.

Un- hq-novneunfnlhls-‘mdnyn Ihnﬁuykudldndi Dali'- Iln.” add n HOP» I lay in you

b"??? nap-dub‘ u , m asthma-rayon

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. nu ulna: In no! will lung-log by ool-ruponlallu of quotfon or lumen. The 0hr- IIMQIOII Glllﬂlllﬂ Gnu not I0-

mnlrlly undone tho onlnlon u!

condominium".

LONG RACES OI’ III LONG AGO

Bug-I my last letter-I omlttled to slate that. that jwonderful 2-year- old colt Blrchwood was a half- hm“ 0f Pmceptor 28, Imported b0 Charlottetown from Kentucky In 188B the late 110m. Heart:

km! Char Gardiner. The other li-heat, affair t. In- dependence tllat summer, l8 l, was

worth w , too, qltbough the

pants were only 8.10 nau when t . Thom was 11M l. mes of s , loo, 30 of m,

ppose elr hoof: wore down a0 much after e1 ht or nIno heat: that thle truck url them and the broke. And what makes Ia the Inc‘. that all t-hla

see a oke

Inflckl after the some was over, with the proud mone wln- ners onortlng defiance at nan: 0r

sIx-dny Then here It. ls, true t0

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gathered at the Iowa town, I now Introduce to vou the b

celdlnv Stevie, undoubted champ- Ion split heat race winner of the known world. and tho only horse that preferred tmttlnz tlll bsdtlnte bmlkfut the next day. And before goln any further, I want to slug t. e pedlgreee of Stevle to you and see how you Ilka It. and. how you thtnk It would III n good horse Icdoy. Beams to m0 Its hard to beat:

bv See-W's; American Slur. I guest Col. MacKlnnon, George Buntaln,

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Dec. '1, compared with $8,757,488 In the correspond. In: period of 1987.

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