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in the case.

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A Day. Of Suspense

As reported in today’s despatches, Dr- ROBERTSON and Mr. ALFRED SCADDING, entomb- ed for ten days following a cave-in of the Moose River gold mine, were reached by rescue workers yesterday afternoon, thougli physical contact, then and for several hours afterwards, could not be made with.safety by reason of the insecure nature of the crib-work supporting the shaft. As tho miners sent their equipment back to the surface and reported seeing and conversing with the Doctor, the weary volunteers above went wild with excitement, and the cry “They're through l" was taken up and caused heartfelt rejoiciifg. Ex- treme precautions, howcver, had still to be taken to prevent another cave-in. At the time of writ-

ing, preparations for removing the entombed an

men—work of the most dangerous and difficult kind——was under way.

The hardships borne by the mine victims, the desperate efforts of the rescue workers, car- ried on day after day, night after night. have caused a continent-wide sensation, unequalled in this country since the stirring days of the Great

anxiety. Even after rescue has been effected, the condition of the survivors of this harrowing ex-

cern. It is too much to hope that their physical

going such agouics of suspense, of hunger, cold and misery. The strain, mentally as well as phys- ically, has been almost beyond human endurance.

The strain, during the past few days. must have been intense al upon that noble band of workers, the miners of Nova Scotia and Ontario, who have laboured with such zeal, efficiency and disregard of their own personal safety. A fund in recognition of their services is now being

means of expressing public appreciation. It need scarcely be said, however, that services of the ltind they have performed are utterly beyond price.

Beau ha rnois Again

An echo of the Beauliarnois Scandal is be-

~ ing heard in the Montreal Law Courts where the

(.'o;i",'iiiy and Mr. R. O. S\vi~:uzi:i', its promoter,

T ' are appealing against an Inferior Court decision

awgiriliiig judgment against them for $50,000 by the estate of C. \V, B. SIFTON, for services ren- dered iii influencing the Federal Government to give them a fraiicliise.

l\Ir. Justice llALL' “The approval of the plans that was obtained by Orders-in-Council was obtained by improper and illegal means. That was why the project was taken away’ from SWEISZEY, and developed in virtue of statute ‘for the general ailvantagc of Canada.’ ”

Mr. J. W. \Vi~:LnoN, K.C., for the Simon heirs, read from the preamble of the statute.

' which read: “Grave doubts have arisen as to the

validity of the orders-in-council . . .’ Mr. Justice HALL: “The Parliamentary re-

v port says $300,000 was spent illegally to influ-

ence Parliament after S11-‘1‘oN’s death; his work therefore was not sufficient guarantee to secure approval of the plans, up to the time of his death in 1Q28. I cannot see how his work was conclud- I

Mr. WELDON replied there was nothing in

- evidence as to anything improper; that the ord- ’ ers-in—council originally approving the plans had

been annulled by later statute only because the government was not certatin as to the validity of proceeding by way of orders-in-council, and was uncertain that conditions of the plan would be lived up to.

Mr. Justice HALL reading from the Parlia- mentary report which investigated the Beauhar- nois affair, declared the “general tenor” of the document condemning the transaction showed .“money was spent for improper purposes and approval was obtained by dishonest means.”

' Mr. W1:1.i>oN, asserted there was “nothing sinister in S11~'roN’s opeiations—-it was perfectly legitimate, to use his influence.”

Mr. Justice Bonn was prompted to remark that “There is such a thing as respectable lobby- i -ll

Chief Justice Sir MA'rn1A‘s Ti:1.L1zn, pre- siding, thought the legality of ‘the contract ,by which S1r'rou’~s services had been retained was not the question, but rather the question was the

order that proper rules of law might be applied

' M, re Taxes Predicted I ‘

vT_eeluiiube:heiixtiimni- _ lind-

tlue course is Utiitdd States ' trade treaty. The -lower tariffs extended by Canada on 3 "3“¢'Y.0f Pl’0dI1€iS_ Ind manufactures have mafia {sifeable-hole in our customs revenues Whlfh. It IS believed, will have to be “plugged" by increase in federal taxation. -

Ills‘ What the increases will be, of course, °“lY the Prime Minister and the Ministerof Fin- ance know: There are persistent rumors, however, of an interltipn to raise the sales tax, already standing at six per cent. Income tax schedules will also likely be amended in order to yield larger revenue to the treasury.

_ It has been the customary policy of incom- "'E_L1b¢I’al governments to increase taxes, thus setting the stage_for a progressive lightening of taxation as the time of the next general election ~—e_ind the need of reviving the ministry's popu- l3""Y*-I’0lls round. That was what the first KING Government did. With $75,000,000 or $30.009.000 t6 bc,spent on unemployment relief, find railway and other charges steadily increas- mg. it is more likely than ever that this policy will be followed so far as tax increase this year are concerned. The electors who swallowed the statements 'of _Liberal campaigners about alleged

iriiguitous ’ high taxes under the BENNETT ad- ministration ‘will no doubt be told that it is now thin: patriotic duty to “pay up and look pleas.

Editorial Notes

St. George's Day.

3K * X The Bank of Canada has paid $75,000 for a property to tear down in Ottawa, on the site

i

.5. War_ In this Province, as elsewhere, the news 05. WhlCh they will erect a million dollar new ;~ has been followed with the greatest interest and edifice. That's how the profits go, Q I I‘

Mayor GERRY McG1-zen, Liberal M. P. for Vancouver, tells the MaCKENzlE KING Govern-

7 perience will be followed with keen public can. ment that they do not realize the seriousness of

the unemployment situation or they would adopt

condition is anything but serious after un(ler- measures tried in Britain and U. S. A.

3K 5K it One thing about the British Government—it does not hesitate to raise taxes to make ends meet. One thing about the British people—they do not kick against paying increased taxation when their government says it is necessary.

if ii if The CAMPBELL-LEPAGE, Government has resumed “tearing down” the Provincial Building.

: promoted and contributions are coming inlfrom At this rate-it might have been cheaper to have ; all sections of the country. This is a practicable razed it and rebuilt it {mm thc foundation 119..

but not on day's labour as at present. *5 it ale

The smaller countries in the League of Na- tions are backing Great Britain in her demand for observance of the League’s Covenant. Any other policies for them would be suicidal, for only the maintenance of the League insures peace _in Europe. - if if if _ Premier CAi1Pn1:L1.’s promise to his Lenten banquet entertainers to continue to stay in Sum- merside may have had a great deal to do with his warning in the Legislature that he did not v;aiit to be bothered with visitors—exccpt con- stituents from the first district of Prince. Of course, it \vould be more convenient for them to interview him in the Western capital. §K BK 306

The Canadian Navy, destroyers Champlain and Saguenay, is'visiting Neiv York where it will remain until the 28th. The Champlain is in command of Lieut. Commander W. B. CREERY, and the Saguenay of Commander R. L. AGNEW, But we have not heard of any great reception being given our maagnigficergté fleet of sea-power.

Hon. H. H. STEVENS has asked in Parlia- ment for an investigation into the origin of the report of a. potato scarcity, alleging that it was the trick of potato men, If Mr. STEVENS takes the" trouble to look into the statistical reports of the Department of _Agriculture, he will see the report emanated from Ottawa. it BK 3K

Quintuplets are getting on people's nerves. A girl telegraphed her aunt in London that “Betty (meaning her Alsatian champion) gave birth to five," and one of the servants, who saw the telegram, imagined humans were meant, with the result London newspapers and press associa- tions spent thousands of dollars tracing the birth of “quintuplets” to fitting‘ thiy had been hoaxed.

Importation: into Australia from Canada during the fiscal year 1934-35 were valued at 4,091,796 pounds, showing a substantial increase of 1,173,701 pounds above the total for the prev- ious year. writes Mr. L. M. COSGRAVE, Canad- ian Trade Commissionér in Melbourne, in the forthcoming Issue of the Commercial Intelli- gence Journal. Australian exports to Canada during the some period amounted to 1,444,063 pounds, an increase of 108,040 pounds over the

fi f - K“!¢ °l' 193334-3“ * *

With some products distribution is nine-

nntui’-_e,,of the contract and services rendered, in ‘tenth of the business, and in most products it is

half, Sir Eiimisr Beim informed the Publicity

‘ Club of Sheffield, England. "It has not yet been

realized—becnuse advertising people have not done their j0b—-that the making of an article in

~ a comparatively simple process compared with

,its distribution. It is exchange, movement, buying and selling, and eventually consumption, which ‘ are the essence of the uriernployment problem. and that is a matter for the -advertising u1d,pub- licityiworld." . '

here from time ioifiueluncnrepinst e Florida

, 8. Senate for, among other

' cnorbltuiit costs to his his law "Lu ,2

bicycle, which he afterwards-I11» Proved on by making it gear- driven. and on which the inventor

-—'I‘he Irlm Weekly.

When the next war comes, at um crash from the sky. A: long es un- H0115 move armies across the sur- faoe of the ground, step by step. one may be sure that there is yet tune for negotiation. when Brtteln mu Ita.‘y lied fleets in the Mediterran- ean there was time for negotiation, or those fleets would not hive been so ostentatfously 'n¢ mam. selves. when the British used 3 device to cause the Italian submar- ines to come to the surface at Malta, some revelation was made of modern invention. Peace contin- ues until offence comes from the eir.—'l‘oronto star.

The, Airierlosn Legion don not any that Inflation, or expansion .of the currency, is right. or wrong. We hold no mandate on that question. We say. just as clearly as words can state it, that if there is to be our- rency experimentation, it must not be committed in the name of the veterans. Let those who sponsor it assume full responsibility, for good or for bad. We also say that the program of the veterans shall not be dressed down by unrelated ls- sues. The day is past when others can do things in the name of the veterans and get away with it.- RflY«M|HPh¥- I ' "Look at 'eln. Jlllt look of 'em!'' said the bus driver, training his whip towards the crowd gathered round’ the bishop preaching from the open air pulpit at st. James, Piece/dilly, “There's soinethlng ’umnn about ’1m, I've 'esrd 'lm down East many 8. time, and I tell you, when you ‘live been a-listening to 'fm for a. bit. a. kind of clean feeling takes '01:: on you. same’s if it was your diiy off and you'd ‘aid 3. bath and not your Sunday suit on."—A. Cv. Gard trier.

No ,|onrr.ialls¢ in Australia had

Governor-General (sir Isaac Issues) at a luncheon given him recently by the Australian .1oumallst.s' As- sociation in Sydney, n1id.n.ttended by more than 200. working journ- alists, representative of n.‘.l Stabes. Sir Isaac Isascs paid tribute to the journalist, unknown to him. who penned the telling aphorlsin that the greatest stand for lirbeity the world had ever known had been the ink sand.-—-Australian Press.

Pasteur, the great French scien- tist, said: “The future belongs to science, and woe to the nations that close their eyes to this fact." The soviet Government is building I gigantic structure on the colld r ck of science and research. For this reason there now remains not in vestige of doubt. as to the future success of the Soviet Union. Her future is doubly secure because no people ln the wo:id so fully real- ise that the scl:ri:c 0.’ today is the research of ye.tern'ay, and the re- search of today is the science of tomorrow.—-sir Frederick Banting.

At the present. juncture a good deal less emphasis is being laid on the question of economic sanctions against. Germany than in ex-P1-3l'1nK the possibilities of diplomacy. P01‘- napg blue is because of the fact that sanctions, as directed at. Italy, have not. to date at, least. D1’0V¢<'-1 a decisive factor in the-Etlitoplfin cnmpalgn; perhaps it.ls because of the Reich might piove more of n. two-edged weapon than they have against Ita1y.—N.Y. Herald Tribune.

Nobody likes uses. Business men do more complaining about. them thnn any other affliction, not ex- cepting stormy weather. But in these dayewlientelkofe rie'wtlXP|'°" gram run the newspapers one will find it worth while to take I look at corporate profits. The plain fact is that they have gone up much faster than taxes; end If recover! continue -- we are oonndent it wfll—t.l1ey will continue to move up faster t.hii.n taxes for the higher the profits the less need for dru- tioolly higher rates. The profits of

iumseir zode info oiumw in mo. ‘hit the

ever let him down, declared the ,

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Sh‘.-07111] W BK flG$$IIlI.| cu. tiiln news item. derouu-y up our “IWVQN Invested in a recent or!!- tion of the Patriot. to tho emu: mm: Building,-1; 1,.

wish to state that t.othobedofourhiowl- edu the Market is not “infested with rats." The building has never beenufmefromverinlnlornuiiy yleers put. u it II at the present

inc. '

on different occasions beef has been left on the counters overnight unoave ed and has never been mo- lested in my way. and we feel that any uncalled for remarks either spoken or ptnted up hurtful to the pleasant buslnue relations now ex- isting between the petronr and customers of the mlrket.

H. K. Brown.El:, Browmluy Ford, Chester Ford, Edison Cland- ler, Geddle Mclieod, Ju. Rankin, Ashford Andrews. Gorlinm Cooke. In Auld, Frank Roberts, L. D. Mc- Phee. E_ E. Burke, E. '1‘. Brown, W. H. Johnson.

BEER. VI. T3.

5lr,—In A lefier appearing in your issue of the 18th inst. over the nom de plume “Proh1bltlonlst.," occurs two rather _., ‘, worded sentences which if left uncorrected may mll give rise to false im- presslons. In his letter "Piohlbltlonlet" uses these significant words: “Well what about the senbtortum? Won't tliiit. appeal to farmers, many of whose offspring are Ilia fruits of your (the brewer's) buelnelef" will "Prohibit.lonlst." kindly eimluln what he means by these unblguoue sentenoesoxid by the phrase "the fruits of your business?" Are we to infer that the presence of tub- ereulosla in an individual is prime facle proof of that person’: having over indulged in spirituous ~l‘.quor? Now, Sir. I am fully aware that an apologist can easily take refuge behind the finer shading of grain- matical arrsnzefuent. and can plausibly explain, in the absence of is direct. assertion, that no oh-

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_ -- kin nhn‘ * was 11-, But our language ‘ Ls suificlently llexlb‘e to allow mischievous mani- pulation fihatmnd often does con- fuse and intclead the casual read- er. In this case the association, in his letter of the beer trntflc with the sanatorium susizesis A direct connection .. ‘ een intoxlcants and tuberculosis. That ulseme 111 alcoholic beverages necessarily leads to tuberculosis is so ridicu- louvr. absurd and childish as to be soarcaly worthy of notice, yet un- fortunately there are persons whose lack of information on this subject is such as to make them easy prey to those who are no better inform- ed than themselves. surely no Def‘ son, ,, sum! questions in the pie:e. is 80 P10- foundly ignorant as to attribute tuberculosis to dissipation. I really prefer to believe that your corros- poncent did not intentionally create this false impression. Incidentally. 1 wish to say most emphatically that I do not fake ex- ception to my attitude "Prohibi- tlonist." may take on political or kindred questions.

In view or the mischief his words may create 1! left unexplained I trust that "Problbitloni.st" will ob- serve the ethics inherent and in- atlnotfve in every cememw I“ explain his attitude on the sub- ject referred to. I am asking for mi. oourteey on behalf of the mel- or y of those who are so unjustly

it mal med. 1 mi. 811'. M- TEIJDEANIST

————-——-——-- REPLY TO ME. KDBIING

sii-.—1r Mr. riemmins W in my plane. and many others in like tribulation, he would not. write as he doee.u1d sign his name to it.

Icieeo-sytn5pendtheotherfel- low‘; money, and rnonuls--0|! $113 kind of philanthropist the other fellow should be. But if in the other fellowfe shoes he would play a dif- ferent. tune

I deal now with IMIIII facts, not

egories. A widow with A two tenement. house left to her, her only pououlom lives in one end and rent: the other. not tenant is is

., ,,.,,.., iigiiglitii til: i i §3§g -siéiiz

to discuss public .

pledgs given by the local govern- ment. Every one know its impos- sibility, but they bit the but all the same. . Duntthlnktlntlemumlnznt our worthy Councillors. All Mr. I-lemming says of them is true to the point. I don't believe we could have I better set of men. But they are human. and to perform their duties as they themselves see it demands courage to test their hu- manity. They know what they should do. they know they can col-' lect. the taxes if they set to it, but. .l'.he frbllnees of ‘ ,mpathy demands a determiriatlon and forb- ltude which even the but of men shrink from. But that is no reason why they should let them escape and tack their default taxes on those who pay. Mr. Heinnilug says we have the lowest tax rate. and assessment of any in the Dominion. Not so. al- though to the superficial ft. swears on the face. In Nova. Scott: for in- stance ' ‘ lines are obliged to collect provincial tax as well as their own to ply to the govern- ment treasury for maintenance of asylunis and institutions which in this province is collected by the government. In one‘ large city is property was’ pointed to me which sold for $13,000 assessed for 03.500. A other, insured for 310.000 and assessed for $1, , which I was as- suied was the average rule as to valuations... The combined tax rate. city and provincial, was 3'.&%. To compare tax rates Mr. Hem- ming must dig deeper than the surface announced rates. ' I am, 811'. etc-. ONE WHO PAYS

QEPLY '10 MB. ACORN

sir,--The speech made by Mr. H. H. Acorn in the legislature on April lath has very seriously misrepresen- ted the Temperance lea‘ of this province and their work.

The statement of the 1 perance Federation about liquor conditions in this province has been very un- justly crltfcteed. Those who have taken the lead In defending Prohib- ition have been attacked from two sides. They have been accused of knowing very little of the extent. of illicit. liquor selling. and have been told that if they knew how widely the law was violated that they would no longer defend it. They have also been accused of exoner- atlnc the violations of the law. When» both criticisms have been bel- enced, the Federation is ukely about right.

Ms‘. Aoonfe flowery description of the ideal 0) conditions now exist- ing on the Island is qulw unbeliev- able for any observant. person. (It is one ugh!‘ to be told that boot.- legglriz has been done away with in Bout-is.) Our flan to - - merit Sole, with its vast. increase 0 the evils which always accompany the increased use of liquor. bu not blinded our eyes to the unnecessary abuses Ind imperfections of our present. law and in operation.

assured me that no less than thir- teen delthe have occurred In this Province within the lent three years which were caused either by the

M:-.Acornrefen Ilr.WItter- worth’: statement tbnttlul-eueet, lent thin! llllolt llflllu eelltnt places in amiinerelde, and their quoteltbolllnletcrfelauooletlmln wbIabt.bcyenv,“Ifthelocelboot.- lecatrwuulnnbotndei-etendthe tlieoouriuIlwutboiwlhlylnurn- slteboutenftlolnutlupruentltw ninsvoddbeenrediielmingotf in thin nefarious Grtflic." And he argues fromtbettbet theytblnk tboreflonlyolnbootltuorl Ifhe liernot'umIInt»|!IuentiHobo urto\ie.!twoifldbeonoo!t.lubest oliuwlolu. " ‘

Andtbenbewenue . mu

“Wit. ‘film. III a twowI!8totIhIt.betg.er£moneie W’3‘u.u fiW‘:fiO|‘.'lbg1vo

IR. Juofltdtbe VI fl new outnneuiuou Vb tsmbueuse work!!! have no more IOIIOU muuuon ‘III. ’ and no 1 .