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Farewell To The Muses —— (Paul Valery u. the Saturday Re- View).

The late King Government left g deficitof $15,000 000 and trade reduced practically

One of the essentials of art is to create,‘ and poetical creation and the very essence of poetical senti- ment can only develop through one

ceived with satisfaction. Mr. K0181 explanation of his notorious "live

squanderlng the taxpayers’ Wm‘ cent speech" which accom ‘ey right and left in a. ileum 141°“ I offer of cooperation, however. "in to make a showing in its Public iscaycely be said to afford satisfac- Works Department to offset theluon to anybody, least of all hi5 sorry record of its broken elec- I Liberal supporters, whose sincere tion promises, the Lea Government ‘W151; must be that their party is now putting up the biggest blu" - chief would leave off "exDlainlM"

ernment tackled this deficit and the falling off in trade and conse- quently in revenue by the only means in its power. Some new taxes were imposed, many former

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medium, and that is language.

Like every other art, poetry l; on

the wane. This is due largely to the fact that nearly every element of

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taxes were reduced ‘ “y on .icd his small incomes while those of larger es effected were strongly endorsed by business men and by farmers and the consensus of opinion throughout the country was that if all Canadians put their shoulders to the wheel the damage left by m9 former government would shortly

industrialized. In other words, men mcomes were incl-camp The mans. have succeeded in creating the sen- sation and the states of mind that constitute them, were only roused by poetry, thanks to methods that are mostly mech- anical and artificial. cinema and the use of artificial lighting

which hitherto

Radio, the

(which has a distinct

of any administration in the hls- Imp; unexplainable and inexcusable tory of this Province. Not content imux pas which stands reported with spending, in the Public Works '11-, Hansard as the crudest litter- Department alone, as much money ance over made from a Prime Min- per year as the Stewart Govcrn- lgtel-‘g seat in Parliament. Mr- ment received to run the whole af- King's latest explanation 0! hi5 fairs of the Province, the Lea Gov- “five-cent speech," as rePOTWK-l m emment has also’ borrowed hun~,yestorday's 10001 Liberal 0TB“- 35 dreds of thousands of dollars, mort- this:

gaging the Province to that extent, "At that time. when I made the and has increased the gasoline tax rcierence I did‘ make’ to not’ “w.

mg a five-cent piece to a. Prov- 100 Del‘ "l" 00°" will“ "7 “'95 3°01‘ lnce, if honorable members will years ago. '

capacity for rousing all sorts of emotions in the mind) are only three of the many methods by which sensation has been industrlfl- lized. Take, for instance, the facil- ity with which man can now travel, and wpecially the speed at which he can cross from one continent to another. mstead of flying ln im- agination through worlds unknown and mysterious, the modern man has the actual sensation within reach; the annihilation of space. and the conquest of the air are methods of excitement that have been snatched from art. They are now at the disposal of all men in l1

be made 300d. The Liberal preifi and~Liberal politicians stood by shearing at the business like effort of the Government and criticizing every move, obstructing when they could not help and predicting all manner o! ruin to the coiuitry- These un-Csnadian tactics they gnu perlst 1n by falsifylll! the v!- forts put forth by the Government. In their unseemly attitude and evident insincerity they are but digging the grave of their 0W1! party and Canada knows it.

Economic unity in Europe. and

look at the text in that regard Lately the Lea Government cm-

they will see that my remark was barked on an evcn greater orgy of extravagance in the matter of el- ection road work. A hard surfaced road, connecting the city with the so-called McIntyre Highway built 0n the Mslpeqize Road inst fall, has been constructed and another sim- ilar plece of ‘highway i5 under con- struction on the St. Peters Road, where the gravelling work of many years is being ruthlessly torn up to make way for the Govcrmnenfs election exigencies. The excuse offered for undertak- ing this work is that half the cost is being paid under the Federal unemployment grant. This state- ment, as The Guardian has already rhown, [is incorrect. The unemploy- ment grant expired at the end of last month, and the present road work is being paid for solely by the taxpayers of this Province. What benefit are the taxpayers getting out of the money so ex- pended? That is the question. Are the Lea Government's election roads north the $27,000 a mile ex- pended on the so-cailed McIntyre I-Iighway. Are they worth one- hfllf 0r One-quarter that much to our farmers and electors Kenerally? Anyone who has trav- clled recently over the newly fin- ished highway on the Malpeque Road knows that the answer is dc- cldfidly in the negative, Already_ with this work scarcely a month old-there are huge cracks in the surface, several inches wide and several feet long. In the space of less than 300 yards, seven of these large fissures were counted 'yesterday._ gaping crevices, going right through the hard surface to the under part of the road. In other places there are to be seen patches of newer material, where other cracks have been filled up. Also. the road is get- ting dumpler ‘every day, as motgy- ists who travel over it can testify. Before next summer, if not sooner, it will have to undergo complete repairs, whim may cost as much as the or- iginal expenditure. And these re. pairs will have to be continued 1n. definitely. or the road torn up at further enormous expense, and re- laicl with a proper foundation. The same thing may be expected an the St. Peters Road, which is being built with the same haste, the same incredible extravagance and the same reckless irresponsibility. Here is direct evidence of the most damning kind as to the ruin- ous policy upon which the Lea Government has embarked in an effort to save its face on the cve of the election. Its road work, launched as a huge election bluff, at the expense of many Qlouspndg of dollars to Lgquygrs, is already disintegrating. That 1|; was ever intended to be permanent It is difficult to believe; but li: must be a surprise, even to the Lea Government, to find its "im. proved" McIntyre highway falling to pieces a few weeks after it has been opened to traffic!

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Mr. King's Explanation

Mr. Mackenzie King's offer to co-operaie with the Bennett Gov- ernment in affording relief for the West. though belated, will be re-

solcly with respect to Provinces that had not asked for any 1'9- licf, that were not asking for re- lief at that time, and that, in the circumstances. I felt were not en- titled to it, simply because of cer- tain demonstrations occurring then on this side of the House. I have made that statement to- day in the hope that, if honor- able gentlemen opposite do not accept my word at the moment, a reference to I-lansard will re- vise their views."

Accepting Mr. King's invitation, we have looked up Hansard of Ap- ril 3, 1930, and here is what Mr. King is reported to have said:

MR. , MACKENZIE KING: “May I conclude what I have to say? So far as giving money from this federal treasury to provin- cial governments i5 concerned, in relation to this question of unem- ployment as it exists today, I might be prepared to go a cer- tain length possibly in meeting one or two of the western prov- inces that have Progressive pre- miers at the head of their gov- ernments—-"

Some hon. MEMBERS: “Ohi"

MR. MACKENZIE KING: "-—but Irwould not give a single cent to any Tory'Governmen ."

MR. BENNEPI‘: “Shame?

MR. STEVENS: "Shame!"

MR. MACKENZIE KING: "D0 my hon. friends say 'shame'?”

MR. BENNETT: “Yes, shame!"

MR. MACKENZIE KINGS “What is there to be ashamed of?"

MR. STEVENS: "You ought to be ashamed of that."

iVIPt. MACKENZIE KING: "My hon. friend is getting very in- dignant. Something evidently has got under his skin. May I repeat xvhat I have said? With respect to giving moneys out of the fed- eral treasury to any Tory govern- ment in this country for these al- leged unemployment purposes. with these governments situated as they are today, with policies diametrically opposed to those of this government. I would not give them a. five-cent piece.” ~ '

That. on April 3, 1930, was lVfr. Mackenzie King's declared policy. He made his statement, not in the heat of controversy but coldly and deliberately. Many did not believe they had heard aright until he re- peated it with greater vehemence. The Liberal leader's attitude to. WBYGS "Tory governments" and the voting of money for “al1eged" un- emflloyment purposes seems to have undergone a radical change since his defeat at the last federal elec- 7-10"; but there is an old nursery Thyme which may not be inapprop- riate '00 Mf- King's conversion on this p0int. It rung;

"When the devil was pick, the devil a saint would be;

When the devil was well, devil a saint was he,"

There are two things which the electors cannot fail to note in con- nection with the Liberal leader's statements above quoted. One is that his "explanation" does not ex- plain or coincide with his astound- ing statement in Parliament. The other is that it would have been Just too bad for the Les Govern. mcnt had Premier Bennett adopted the bitterly partisan attitude ox. pressed in Parliament by his im- mediate predecessorl

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Editorial Notes

Is it true that nine convicted booileggers have been released on Ticket-of-leave to help the Liberals in their sore distress 1

Is it true that Mi‘. C. St. Clair Trainor has been appointed Assist.

tc nuance his candidature?

a corresponding economic unity in the British Empire,’ are inevitable developments of the fll-‘lllfe. 110W ever much they may be delayed by temporary obstacles.

In time to come it will be said of the Rt. Hon. R. B. Bennett as was said of William Pitt, Earl of Chat‘- am “He found England hopeless. de- jected, with no courage and 8.5 they thought with no future. 1n four years he left the country full of fire and full of spirit. He pro- jected his own tremendous Persim- ality into the brain and arm 0f every Englishman from the St. Lawrence River to Calcutta. He fired the country with a new spirit. he made the English people once more conscious of themselves and of their own destiny."

lilr. Bennett, a man of great eco- nomic vision and dynamic energy and unflinching courage, took over the control of Canadian affairs at the bluest period in our history. In his own mind he has a: clear KPH-VP of the economic deliverance towards which he is leading the country. One thing especially he means T0 do, and that is t0 place the Domin- ion on p, footing where it will be financially, commercially and 111- dustriaiiy independent of its great and powerful neighbor t0 the south.

The Chamber of Deputies of France has voted the equivalent of $96,000,000 for frontier fortifications, on which vast sums have already been spent, in the last few years. French legislators evidently are convinced there is more need than ever to be prepared for war.

Our greatest handicap is the fact that. prosperity has made us soft. “The real reason we fear Russia,” says an American exchange “ls the hardness we see back of her efforts —g hardness which characterized America in the time o! Washington and Jackson. Russia blinks at nothing to get things done. Though supposed to be governed by mass thinking, she holds every indivi- dual responsible for his task. The mechanic who smashes a machine, whether through carlessness or in- tent, goes to jail. The engineer who wrecks a train is imprisoned. Here in America, where individualism is supposed to reign supreme and per- sonal responsibility to be the bul- wark ofour social institutions, we expect insurance companies and efficiency systems to protect and safeguard us, and when they fail our first thought is to rig up some sort of a substitute by which we can make a, corporation or the crowd take care of our blunders, laziness or incompetence."

The bureau of research on ltns- sian economic conditions, in par- tlcular relation to the Five-Year Plan, conducted by Birmingham University, has issued a. memoran-

altogether comforting from the Russian point of view and it is quite dispassionate. Factories are often managed by those with no know- ledge oi technical matters. There are 1,212,000 new specialists needed

knowledge can go hand in hand technical and administrative per-

prescribed by the plan. Perhaps the most significant part of the report's ‘ is the following.

c- ’ of the Soviet Govern- ment 3X6 quite insufficient to cope with the enormous task oi planning

sonnel, and proceed at the pace mgeed, States story, was s. gigantic suc- cess; and this without even con- sidering the fact that these Mer- "Ii bewmw mm and more ara- chant Marine ships did do consid- Pamlt m" the 1'05""! 0f 09mm" arable in the way of extending our cal and economic knowledge at the “M,

way that is definitely industrial.

Because of this artificial develop-

ment of sensation ancient arts have lost most of their attraction. The modern man has so many methods of emotions that he no longer turns to art for inspiration. enormous increase in the power ‘of evoking companled by an equally

cheap pandering to his

Further, this sensation has been ac-

strong diminution ln the culture of man-

kind. Men live too strenuously to find

enjoyment in pursuits that require intense concentration as well as leisure. Since man tends more and more to attach value only to what has financial or material valllt. Afl- for Art's sake is to most men a shocking waste of time. "Time is money" has become the slogflll 0T mankind.

The cultured men of the Dim were men for whom money was usually a very subsidiary thing. To- day a man is considered a wastrel who does not crowd fourteen hours work into a eight-hi!" day. FY01“ which it followsthat modern, man is losing fast his capacity of artis- tic emotion and also proving m" and more incapable of producing anything artistic of any depth. 0" the other hand we see 0 notable diminution of serious work.

poetical creation is to-day hedsed in with enormous difficulties. the inevtiable outcome 0i 111059111 me with its rush and ceaseless turmoil and the industrialization of aesthe- tics.

Poetry cannot exist with modern civilization. Years ago "Gautier said that 5 civilized man had never made a. really beautiful material. vase, saddle or weapon. and every century that we move on along the path of so-calied civilization our capacity to create beautiful things dwindles more and more.

Our Merchant Marine

(Ottawa Journal) Canada's Merchant Marine.

launched to combat German sub- marines, and continued to extend Canadian markets, appears about to strike its flag. su Henry ‘Ilwrnwn recommends that we get out of the business. and as the ships of the fleet have been losing money every year, and are likely to keep on los- lng it, the advice is most likely w be taken.

‘The Canadian Merchant Marine never had a chance. Built at 9X- treme war prices the ships were financially waterlflililed by an 1m- possible overhead, and while occas- ionally they showed an operatin! profit they never could catch u? with interest charges and costs of depreciation.

The original cost of the fleet was $90,000,000. ‘This, with an additional $12,000,000 in cash loses, has made these ships a rather expensive luXufy. and. in the circumstances. it might be just as well to sell out

dum 01 its work. The report is not for the $10,000,000 that they would bring and get out. Either that or go on in a real busi- ness-llke way, building or buyinB more modern ships, and spendinB B greed deal more money.

of business.

Ov;r the failure of the Merchant

for the execution of the Five-Year mm, policy, the” l; no room for Plan, and the doubt is expressed regflnflngflqng, Canldg, lost money, whether the increase in technical bu; the money lbgl; was but a drop

in ths bucket compared to what

with the proletarization of the w“ 1°51; by tbs United States Ship-

ping Board. The Canadian record. compared with United

out and directing the eoonmnic life mm’ 1931 Show; 5 mqvment of °f 100-000000 P047910 wollbylng 00¢- regresslon compared with the re- am Attomesuuenemlw nub“ mm sixth 0f the globe. The dlfiioillty gulf; achieved in the preceding

now begins to be understood in years-n. icndency which for-bodes Macaw.- Far from ‘completing’. any; danger to the whoh edgier plan." _

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UB NORMAL When we see the number of in-

many as there are students in our universities - and then remember the number of individuals who are not in institutions but doing their best to make a living, we can uhdcr- stand that ‘- ecessity is the mother of invention." For so numerous are these cases in mental institu- tions and the cases that are on the border line but not confined to in- stitutlons, that steps must now be taken to try and lessen the number of these cases.

Accordingly there was held at the white House in Washington, a Con- ference on Child Health and Pro- tection, or it is now recognized that if children are guided and protected the number of these mental or near mental cases will be lessened. And so the recommendations of this con- ference are worth the consideration of every parent or teacher, of any- one in fact, who has anything to do with children. '

Some of these recommendations are:-

Every child is entitled to be understood and all dealings with the child should be based on the fullest understanding of him. "

Every child should receive period- ical health examinations before and during the school period. This should include dental examination.

Every child should be instructed in health and safety from accidents. Should be protected from commun- icable diseases to which he might be exposed at home, in school, or play, and protected from impure milk and food.

Every child should have proper sleeping rooms, diet, hours of sleep and play; should attend school which has proper seating, lighting and ventilation.

Every child has a right to play, and the proper facilities should be supplied for play. The special abili- ties of each child should be develop- ed, and he should be protected against labor that stunts growth, either physical or mental.

Every child who is blind, crippled, deaf or otherwise physically handi- capped, should be given expert study and corrective treatment. Children with subnormal or abnormal mental conditions should receive the proper study, protection, training, and care.

Every child is entitled to the feel- lng that he has a home, children M10 fail to behave in- s. normal manner should receive special care under the guidance cf the school, or a health centre.

I believe that you'll agree that the above common sense care given in a common sense manner is bound to lessen the‘ number of cases in our mental hospitals, sud enable many others to make a normal place for themselves in the community.

CHURCH ASKS NATIONAL PRAYER. DAY FOR BUSINESS

GALVBSION, Text July 6-(U. PJ-A movement to have President Hoover set aside and designate s. day of prayer for the alleviation of international business depression has, been launched by the Men's Bible Class of the Central Method- ist Church here.

“Prayer and petition to the Al- mighty Heavenly Father," the class's announcement declares, "will avail much in remedying our sad blight." It is urged that people throughout the country start 1m. medlfltely to circulate petiti for the movement.

Husband (on beach. to wife who has been to purchase magnum); My deari Some of these girls’ c05- tumesi Really, I've had to cover my EYES.

.W1!¢ (dfyly): Yes, I've no doubt- with your field glasses.

Upon a river's bsnkserene A usher sat when all was green —And looked it.

He saw, when light was growing dim,

The fish, or else the am law him, —And hooked it.

He took with high erected comb, The ilsh, or else the story, home —And cooked it.