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Editorial Note

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U. Treaty Drawbacks

_ ' 'Had provincial rather than political inter- ests dictated, the language elnployed ill the 5peech from the Throne at the opening of tile Legislat- ure, some qualifying statement would have been inserted in the clause commending the trade treaty signed by Pgemier Kmo at \Vashingtorl. ' Every farmer, fisherman and fox rancher knows _that his interests under the treaty were made ,,' subservient to the interests of Canadianwhiskey distillers, who got the full 5o per cent reductioll on their commodity. This is an ugly fact for a Liberal Legislature to face, but nothing has been "gained by ignoring it, as was done during Tues- ; day's debate. _ L Some pertinent facts in connection with the fltreaty were brought to the attention of the Sen- : ate the other day by Rt. lion. Alzrllox llilzlolllzrr. Between 19:1 and 1930, that is to say during the ;,last hl/icxuxzll: lilxo regime, the Washington gCongress adopted successive tariff increases, y; which reduced our exports of farm products to |1‘_ the republic from $174,000,000 in 192l_to a little ~_, over $3,000,000 per annum, Looking back over l2 the past, Mr, hlElGI-IEN said that he would not ffybe surprised if the present treaty has not a rath- Ier short and sorrowful existence. He sees, for P" instance, in the reccntcourse of the United .. States Government, an action which may ill great Umeasure mlllify tlle American tariff concession on imports of Canadian whiskey. Speaking iii "ptbe Lower House, both Premier King and the __Minister of Trade and Commerce, have admit- i, ted much the same thing, so that the Conserva- -tive leader in the Senate cannot be accused of ..lany exaggeration in the premises. E To the Liberal contention that the present ;_ trade treaty is on all fours with what the --Bl-INNi-1'l“l‘ Government sought prior to the last general election, Mr. hll-zlnlllzn opposed the fact that the BENNETT Government insisted on a 50% reduction ill the American duties on certain pri- mary natural products of Canada including lunl- ber, fish, potatoes, milk and crcunl and live cat- tle. The prescut treaty failed to obtain these coll- cessions for the producers and exporters of this D0miniou_ Finally, Mr, hTEIGllEN pointed out that the early effects of the treaty have not been what the present Government predicted or ex- ‘ pectcd, 1n january United States exportstti the whole world wcre only $197,958,000, as compar- ed with $223,555,000 in December, 1935, a drop of $25.ooo.ooo. Simultaneously the republids ex- ports to Canada increased froln $21,760,000 in Derclnbel‘ to $26,990,000 in January-wan in- creztse of $5,230,000. In December we sold to the Clliterl Slates $26,937,000 worth. in january, alttr the treaty went into effect, we sold them S.'_-'.~ ~,4.c0o. So in a declining world export trade illi‘ united States stiles to Ciallagla went up. Ill the ~ me period our sales t o the United States n-t-ut down. These figures are not conclusive. They show a wrong trend. There is the addi- tional fact that employment in some of our in-

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is too early yet to pass ally final judgment upon the compact, hilt wc must still regard it as a ten- tative agreement of a rather dangerous char- acter, \\'e can only hope that it may work out more happily for this country than present indi- cations warrant us in anticipating. This was as far as our local Legislature \vas warranted in going in expressing its approval.

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Trade With Cuba

Writing to a friend in Halifax, a. Canadian business man resident ill Cuba statcs that the llavlula lleivspzlpcrs gave considerable promin- ence to a discussion in the Canadian llouse of Commons last mouth on the imposition by Cuba of her lnaxinlum customs tariff against Canad- ian goods, Cuba. it is complained, finds it vcry difficult, if nut impossible, to secure a market in (fanada for llcr cigars and sugar, on account of the high Canadian tariffs on these commodities. In vicw of Canada's preferential treaties with the West indies and other parts of the British Em- pire, it has been difficult to import Cuban sugars, but it is suggested that this country would find it pruiitzllilc to (l0 away with its uneconomic beet sugar industry ill Western Ontario and Western Canada and substitute therefor Cuban sugar, thus assisting her Canadian cod fishery and po- tato industries to mnrltet their products in Cuba.

The sugar tariff issue was freely exploited by Lihcrnl candidates in the last federal election contest, alld it is high time that something COII- crete was done at Ottawa to implement the pledges then given.

Radio System Change

The Government's radio eat (says a Toronto Exchange) nearly escaped from the bag today ‘when one of the Ottawa papers secured a ‘ff5¢oop" by printing extracts from a draft bill allegedly circulated by Hon. C. D. Howe, min- ~»iater of railways, presumably as a suggestion of the ministry's policy-and with a view to eliciting re-actions from the members. The measure pro- synced abolition ofthe exiting radiodcommission, d, the gfgafi‘ n qt“; ian broa casting cor- nrlioli,'c0mp?ising siivgtedlfectors and a‘ eneral manager. Its concern would be prlman y pro- in ‘piodttetiultvMreMfliinistl-atim of radio generally, such a; H0 0f Pflviifi lflllqll!» m». ,1 ‘ s, hold-a a lb casting, advertising an/i censorship, would be vested in the minister of. iJllWilyS, whojs p to bacoiue, the minister o; vwynunicatlpnpg re pan be little doubt afloat the one-tune’ existence of the draft bill united by the newspaper. muff l!» lwwir-vsr-

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Tomorrow Palm Sunday. 9K 3K 9K

with County Court jud es.

I! SEEMS as difficult to end a German in New

R i 7 _ The P. W. D. is losing time on the roads waiting to see what will turn up at Ottawa.

it iii It With 9o per cent. of the children of this Province members of the junior Red Cross we are in a class all by ourselves.

fi * Ni Somebody in the CAMPBELL Government should make it his business to see that the flag on the Provincial Building is hauled down at sunset.

Q fi fi When the MACMILLAN government handed over to the CAMPBELL Government they left a surplus of assets at the vendors of $36,607.57, and at the Book Supply store of $20,990.48. Good business, may cantigue.

Should King EDw/uzlfs coronation be fixed for Thttrsday, May 27, 1937--that would prob- ably do away with Victoria Day holiday, ivhich next year falls on Sunday, May 24. Thursday, 27, could be made to suit both purposes, fi 3K if Our legislators worked so hard this week that they worked themselves out of a job, and will have to take a holiday all next week. Had they made haste more slowly they would be just as far advanced. It 3i It is heartening to learn from Principal MORGAN of McGilI that present day dangers to democratic principles will be averted, because the spirit of liberty will triumph over the spirit of autocracy and dictatorship. But will it be within the next five years? 5K

According to Premier TASCHEREAU the main legislative action to be taken by the Quebec Gov- ernment this session willbe ‘tmvards old age pell- sious, the future of unemployment relief, and rural credits. lle plans for the session to adjourn for Easter on April 8 and re-asselnble on 'l‘ucs- day, April l4. (Quebec Legislature has been iliforinctl that the ‘Province now has 17,654 miles of improved roads and that revenue from tourists increased by 25 per cent_ in'l935. The latter fact shows the importance of good roads for the province (says the Montreal Gazette) and also the neces- sity of continuing the programme of improve- mellt,

The S. S. Harland is not to run this year because the CAMPBELL (fiovernnlent has refused to continue the subsidy. The Federal Government has voted its moiety, but the local Treasury Board maintains that the people of Orwell, West River and East River can go hang. So also the "o lncn the Harland employs.

“llicre is a touch of humor," says the 'l‘oronto Glollr, “in the news despatch comment

dustries hase already been adversely affected. it that. while the Ilouse will function without an the United states. some are better

official (lpposition, ‘no lack of debaters is antici- pated.‘ lt would be :1 queer assemblage of legis- lators that could get along without heated argu- ments." '

The downfall of the TASCHliRl-ZAU admin- istration and new elections in Quebec by mid- sulumcl- were forecast by Mr. IVAN SABOURIN, St. johns lawyer, in all address before members of la jcnnesse Conservative dc Montreal. He felt it would only be a short while before the admin- istration is smothered under a non-confidence vote.

As there. was no indication of the cheese bonus being continued representatives of the On- tario Cheese Patrons‘ Association and the United Catholic Federation of Quebec recently waited upon Hon. j_ G. (iARDINER, lViiilisier of Agri- culture, and presented a joint resolution asking for its, continuance. Mr. G/iltulnlslt promised consideration, but was non-committal. The bonus last year was one-and-a-l-lalf cent per lb.

3E 9K 5K Dalhousie University Parent Course, under the direction of Professor H. S. PRINCE has made a promising start. Dr. PRINCE in his inau- gural lecture said: ‘While the chief aspect of parent training lies in the effective preparation of young people for the responsibilities of home life, the mental and physical heritage of the par- ents is also given attention,” The course is com- posed of a series of weekly lectures, and is the first of its kind ofifered in Eastern Canada. k I ¥

just to show how well off we are by com- parison it is interesting to record that on Mon- day there was a sudden return to King Winter in the West, the Prairies being seized in his chil- ling grip and piling manyhighways with snow dispelled spring optimism. Winnipeg's low of two below made it one of the warmest spots on the prairies. Lethbridge led with a. chilling l7 below. It was six below at Regina and Qu-Apelle, Sask. On the Pacific coast four degrees of frost was recorded at Vancouver and Victoria.

fl It W Mr. Kinds inconsistency is proverbial “first he would and thcn he wouldn't." The latest sample is his attitude over the bringing down of orders-in-Council. Ile refused to bring down the list from October 23 to the opening of the House on the ground of expense, butt offered to submit any special ones Mr_ Banner-r would call for. Mr. Baulvlrrr then asked for those providin for. appomtments ‘to the public service, and t use a ectmg dismissals from the public gel-vice, Mr. KING consented, but immediately agreed also, it the ti"! 0f a Liberal put up for the job to produce ‘Fall Orders-in-Council providing for appointment! to the public service, and dismiss- H fibril.” "twist. throughout the five eats

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jersey as to end German aggression in Europe.

..n'. CI-IARLU’! Note; by the Way

It in nld that Lady Astor ls never at a 10a for a reply to the quea- tlona of becklers during her politi- cal meetings. We are also told that her answers are not just evulons, but often contain brilliant epigram-

believe that. this estimate of her ts correct, Recently she was address- ing a hostile crowd of socialists. One of her hearers shouted, “Christ would have been a. socialist l! He had lived in our dayi" Quick as a flash Lady Astor replied, "Oh not Christianity is discontent with yourseli; socialism 1s discontent. with your neighbor." How could the matter be summed up more truth- fully? Christianity Ls discontent with one‘s self. It: is a longing for a better life within the heart and soul. It is a yearning for a clearer,

behind, it is s. continual march to- ward the uplands o! character de-t velopment and spiritual lllumlrla-l tlpn. Socialism, on the other hand. is bflsed on the "class war" doctrine of Karl MarxT-Chrlsttan Science; Monitor. '

Business ts chained and shackled. Business doesn't know where It stands. Governments here and Gov- ernments there are taking so much money out 1n the way of taxes of all descriptions, that the margin of reasonable safety has been cut away and there 1s little or nothing left, in countless cases, for those who have risked their capital and put in. as well, their special ability and their hard work. “Why? bus- iness men ask themselves, “should we sweat and toil and plan and risk our capital when so little is left for us even if we do have a. fair measure of ordinary success?” There you have the thing that is holding up recovery, that. constitutes thei reason why business is not expand- ing as lt normally should. And keep in mind that this failure to expand, this failure of capital to open up new enterprises and invade new fields, means the failure of count- less workman to secure employ- ment. It proves, of course, that; ex- cessive and continually rising tax- ation is a double-edged blow. It hits both Capital and Labour. It injures the nation as a \vho1e.- Windsor Star.

Declaring that the lrish are too pugnaelous. the Scotch too “close” and the English too resentful of attempts at. familiarity, a local Welshman summed it all up as fol- lows: “The Irish beat you up, the Scotch beat you down and the Emgish beat you offP-Toronto Star.

I.n July, 1935, the air lines of the United States, including the service to all important centres south of the United Stat/es, carried more than 91,000 passenger, as compared to 50,000 the same month a year ago. That increase oi‘ 82 per cent. in passenger traffic was accompan- ied by a 93 per cent increase tn air mall. The average passenger trip was more than e00 miles. At, the present. time 3,000 passengers, 20 tons o; mall, and 9 tons of express are being flown every twenty-four hours on the average: and nearly half of this flying is done at, night. How safe is it? Well, there are 22 separate air lines operating inside

than others in point of experience and equipment. some of lllP best. air lines have accidents. Despite every precautionary nlcasure,——and these measures are thol-ougll,—uc- cldents occur, During the first ten months of 1935 there were four ac- cidents. in which fifteen passeng- ers were killed. Approximately 850,- 000 flew safely, during that. same period, over our air line systems.- Howard Mingos in The Review of Reviews (New York.)

Students ‘of Princeton must have a perverted sense of humor. A group has organized "The Veterans of Future Wars," and some younz wo- men nt; Vassar have been persuaded to form "The Association of Gold Star Mothers of veterans of Fut- ure Wllrs." The object, of course, ls to lampoon the Vfiltfiallg of For- eign Wars, one of the most. pro- gl-essive of ex-serviee men's organ- izations, and tile Gold Star Moth- ers, made up of women who lost sons in the World War. The stud- ents will discover they are engag- ing tn a highly hazardous buslmx s, The American people are not likely to applaud the spectacle of s. lol. of rich young upsfarts ridiculing mothers who gave their sons to their country, and men who fought for the flag on fsreign soil. For some years, Princeton has been suspected of harboring more than its share of snobs. This latest per- formance will strengthen that. im- preesion-Labor (Washington)

‘Major Douglaa may have ai-

reudy done tnealctllable harm to his

own Social Credit. cause and more

harm to his own reputation. For should Social Credit fnti in Alberta the impartial but; nconverted will

abandon further thought of it. with some regret. that. it. had not n bet-

ter trial; the opposed will gloat gleefully over the wreckage and thank whatever god is their’; 1o: their deliverance; the believers will have been administered a setback from which it. may take long to re- cover. That i8. if it fail; but no anticipate that. would still be very premature. Yet at but the Social Credit experiment. even with Doug- las, even with 100d temper restor- ed. will begin under the shadow of this cloud of Douglas’ making; and dwbt 1a no frame ot mind in which to launch no great an undertaking." -Cal|sry Albertnn.

There will be [tell admiration for the fifteen hundred men of Navr- tolmdland, old and ymme. who have nailed north for the mi catch.

Owl‘!!! llflflfllflflil tn (we the northern nan during March: and additional flalmr 1| lent. the advan- tuna up the rm in» the commo- III.

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_ Iudqm ID, lama. IILD. SOME POINTS ABOUT ASImvIA

when a. text book in medicine Hgives over two hundred ways of treating and preventing an ailment Ilit is a sign that. the cause of the l ailment ls not known .or that the l symptoms are due to so many caus- es that these various causes must be treated. ' I am speaking of asthma and as-

' tltmaliic attacks ln which the pat- ient gets a severe tightening in the chest, a feeling of suffocation, the breathing ls o1 a wreezlng nature. eyeballs become prominent, the

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nu Onlulnn u ow M "t; flung“; by norraapnnilanta a qn an or lateral. ‘Illa Charlottetown Guardian than I0! naeuanrlly undone tho opinion! o! oorrllpoldentl.

OONSOLATION

Sim-Not often. even in the warm days of Bprtnz. do we hear the voice of a stranger bird. This bird ls called Mitchell. Well, to analyze the word, it means the little Mitch, (the affix, eli meaning little). He says something like this: “Poor Allce ls dead." This affords a. great deal of consolation to him. He will not. be troubled with her tears, nor with her blessing over the project of n new bridge that would cause her to make three sides of a rhombus in going to Charlottetown. As to Pele-r the fisherman from Canoe Cove, he says he drives now. Well. I think he should. His distance. in making a figure that looks like a “Z" would be made nearly bwlee as long. But

bloodvessels in the neck stand out, lips are blue, and usually patient tries to get. to a window to obtain more air.

It is now known that, some cues of asthma are due to a sensltlveness to foods and other substances, oth- ers to defects in nose and - throat, others to gland distlubances, while more than half the cases appear to be inherited.

The treatment during an attack ls usually an injection of adrenalin -the juice from the adrenal glands situated one on top of each kidney. However physicians and patients want more than simply relief during an attack, Besides the adrenalin has to be injected which is not always easy or convenient without a phy- SlClitll.

Research workers are therefore seeking methods of preventing at- tacks, and so removal of defects of nose and tltroat,‘ avoiding certain foods and other substances to which. the patient may be sensitive, breathing exercises In which the all" at. the bottom of the lungs ls forced out by using abdominal muscles, use _ of a teaspoonfni o! common table salt; a half hour before meals, have all helped some cases.

Dr. Marjorie Gillespie, in Quar- terly Journal of Medicine, Oxford, records a series of lZCSlLIIIBElS in 109 asthmatic patients. By removing the meal from the stomach by means of a tube at definite periods of time after eating she found that. a great many of the cases did not have as high a percentage of hydrochloric ncid in the digestive juice as is found in normal individuals. ‘Pl-eat- nlent to increase the amount; of ilydrochlorlc acid in t-he stomach juice showed that as the percentage increased the improvement in the patients increased also.

This may explain to some extent the improvement in asthma cases by the use of table salt. as recorded by Dr.s. Pottenger in California. Medl- cine some months ago. Salt; contains chlorine as does the hydrochloric acid of the stomach juice,

PALM SUNDAY

And He answered and said unto them, I tell you that, 1f these should hold their peace, the stones would immediately cry out, St. Luke xix, 40.

Ye whose hearts are beating high with the pulse of Poesy,

Heirs of more than royal race, Fmmkl by Heaven's peculiar grace, God's own work to do on earth, (If the word be not. too bold,) Giving virtue a. new birth,

And a life that ne'er grows old-

Sovereign masters of all hearts! Know ye, who hath set your parts? He who gave you breath to sing, By whose strength ye sweep the string,