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ome and abroad." The Post i.s un- er an erroneous impression that Pre-

le‘, given out any statement to the ‘ ti-‘aewspapers of what he did say."

, “Why he even broached the question at all was something of " in mystery from the first.“ con- . “Utinues the Post. “The islanders are ' virtually a unit. against the sug- gested merger, and Mi‘. Sounders being an adult person. gifted with ' at least average powers of observa- . "ltion. must be perfectly aware of s0 client a fact: And being a politic- an, a party leader. and a Premier. one would naturally expect him to avoid even an equivocal utterance iin public on so unpopular a topic. The reports of his merger remarks l .were therefore received with sur- lprlse. and his inconclusive ex- flplanation of them with amaze- - lment."

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. I Quoting The Guardian's suggestion

Qhat Premier Saunders‘ inspiration

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mier King, who is known to be favor- bly inclined to Maritime Union. the 0st concludes:

"While there is less actual men- laoe to the Island's autonomy than 3 _The Guardian appears to dream.

iflits indignation over this external

' meddling in the affairs of its pro- vince is perfectly natural. Two or .' three years ago. Premier King was if‘ guilty of the amazing impropriety » Hand indlscretion of publicity de-

. claring that if the Martimes would enter into Legislative Union. his Govemment would be more dispos- ed to aid this portion of the Do- gminlon. It was one of those utter- ‘pances which occasionally emanate : from Premier King and surprise the ‘ jwhole country with his peculiar I" political tactlessrless. and lack of touch with public sentiment. Appar- l, enlly he has recently repeated his " unwLse and unwelcome admoni- tions."

Canada's Trade ii While the United States Congress I ‘iis preparing bigger and better tariffs Uagainst the agricultural producers of [this country and while the King Gov- rnmcntb tariff plans, if any. are eiled in uncertainty, Canada's trade ntinues to gain in the wrong direc- on. For twelve months ending 0ct0b' fir‘ 31. the total trade of the Domin- ' 71m stood at $2.6ll.463,000, which is cry high even for a country which ls liing its raw materials so recklessly. ut even with this careless disre- u-d for the future. the Dominion’: rnal sales have not kept pace with

I, v, growth in imports. There is an CTlIl-SG of $101,000,000 on one hand J’. ~-- e decline of nearly $55,000,000 - he other. Even if grain exports had -- normal. the situation would still

- ve been bad enough. having re- d.to the preponderance of manu- ctured commodities in the import lumn. The King policy of a happy edium moderate tariff. or whatever is. enabled us to buy goods from i‘ e United States during the twelve tbs to a total value of 808,248,- il, while we sold in return commodi- .. valued at $522,875,005. The dif- cs of $375,000,000 may meen to Premier King, but to thou ~ nndiens who are interested in ‘the erciel and industrial welfare of country. end who, know some- o.’ cec-licnlce. it is e serious ‘rile to grave anx-

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“The cryptic and much quoted re- aarks on Maritime Union credited o Premier Saunders of Prince Ed- vard Island in the course of a speech e made at the Winter Fair." says . ‘the Sydney Post, "were so contrary F r- 'p the known and overwhelming sense if the people of his Province that hey attracted much attention at

nier Saunders has since denied that

The New Pacifism

A stimulating note is struck by Mr. G. K. Chesterton in a recent contri- bution to the discussion on universal peace. It is a note’ that has been sounded before by Ruskin and others. but will bear repetition. Mr. Ches- V tel-ton ‘sees, as Ruskin did, that it is lgood to _strlve and pray for peace. but it is always well to distinguish clearly what kind of peace we have in mind. He reviews the kind of

peace that h being offered the world

‘ iflsts, and says:

“This is the kind of pence we must fight to avoid. because it is a peace in which one people may be sold into economic subjection (which is ultimately slavery) to another, in which pledges may be broken, friends forsaken and oppressive alliances engineered without resort to arms to right the wrongs that result from these things."

Mr. Chesterton suggests that if the new paclfists are right, the men who fought in the war were wrong. but viewing the soldiers he knew and the puciflsts he knows. he thinks that improbable.“ 1n the end he says:

"We are forced. if we believe in the new pacifism, to hope for a peace in which there shall be neither right to maintain or wrong to destroy. neither justice to prevail, nor injustice to cor- rect. in which no man can fight and no man can suffer. Men have known sucha condition from all time, yet they have called lt not peace, but death."

Speaking of Chicago

Canadian Press reports the ex- plosion in Chicago this week of "the 104th bomb of the year." The bomb wrecked a four storey building, in- juring twenty persons. one serious- ly. This gives point to the statement of an orator at the American Thanksgiving Day dinner in T-ondon, who said that his friend the Ameri- can Ambassador, General Dawes, did not really come from Chicago, itself, but from within "s bomb‘; throw of it." He wondered why the Washing-- ton Government had sent e man from such n. warlike locality to talk peace in England.

i Editorial Notes

Persons privileged to dine on the roasts. steaks and chops from the Whiter Fair champions, can boast that they are living on the "fat of the land.“

The recent crash in Wall Street has resulted in a. marked decline in the price of membership in the ex-‘ changes. A seat in the New York Block Exchange was sold at s. de- crease of $144,000 from e previous sale, while a Curb Exchange sale de- clined $100,000.

Ottawa ltltlstim show that the winter of 1027-20 saw e. raw fur production of $18,158,177 in Canada. It is interesting to note that the production on the fur farms ec- counted for $3,154,350, and that the_ output of these farms is increasing yearly.

Honduras hu found e wey of keeping busy its hosts of Generals- more numerous than Uhe famous Kentucky Colonels. On the theory that en idle General a e. menace w peace, the old military chepe have n11 been made superintendents of road-mending gengsfend-nre IQ tired at night that they don't even tell about put warn/the (tenor-sin ere

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THE CHARLOTFETbWN suluuiuiii , ‘

Our province might learn Bermuda in regard to regulations con- cerning the export of produce The Board of Agriculture of that island has issued specific instructions res- pecting the inspection of all produce to be exported, and requires that there shell be of standard grades. The regulations deal separately with beans, peas, beets and other roots; cabbage, celery, lettuce, onions, pars- i ley. potatoes, sweet potatoes "and v tomatoes.

There are also special regulations jrofldlfig- for standard containers, . 1d particular directions are given as ‘ o their size, their materials and "anliness, with specifications as to

I to be used. Particulars, are also given as to the marking, and it is distinctly set down that any produce shall be considered unfit for shipment if im- properly or fraudulenly graded or packed, or if unmarketable quality, while the packages shall be consid- ered unfit for shipment if improperly made or coopercd, or if of unsuitable material, or dirty, stained or mildew- ed. or below the prescribed size, or in- completely filled or improperly mark- ed.

The Bermudan Board of Agriculture has evidently given very close atten- tion to the requisites of good market- ing and. has laid down rules and specifications that must greatly en- hance the value of all its exported farm products. If n. like code were ap- plied to our own exports from the farm, it would make a. short crop available for export as valuable as a full crop has been hitherto.

Our Liberal friends contend that

Canadians should eat millions of pounds of New Zealand and Austral- lan butter in order to make 800d t0 them the balance of trade which i5 against them in their dealings with Canada. They fail to consider the enormous balance of trade against Canada in our dealings with the United States which the King Gov- ernment has not done or attempted to do anything to adjust. Under lis tariff policy their tre- mendous adverse balance grows from year to year. Helping the south- ern Domlnions to diminish a trade balance which is in favor of Canada. and at the same time helping Wash- ington to increase the balance against Canada is not rationed. But Wash- ington likes it and the far-away southemers like it ‘and that pleases the Ottawa Liberal machine.

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Anything that pleases Uncle Sam pleases the King Government, It has always been that way since Mr. King came to power and will so continue to the end. That is why intelligent and patriotic Canadians hope and trust that the end may come _soon. What is wanted is a Government that will legislate and administer Canadian af- fairs for and in the interest of the Canadian people, and that is what Mr. R. B. Bennett promises to give us when he becomes Prime Minister.

' The degradation of the island as a province continues. Down to 1026 the Province always had a representa- tive of some sort in the Cabinet at Ottawa, either as head of a depart- ment as in the days of Sir Louis Davies, and more recently when Hon. Mitfidacdonaid of Kings County was thus honored. or by some one "in the foreclstls" es in tbs case of Hon. Mr. Sinclair. It remained for the King Government to take sway even the forecastle privilege,

' This has been done and the door closed. With amazing docility the three Liberal members from this Province acc:pt the insult, submit to the degradation and vote for and with the Government whenever the divis- ion bell rings. The time was when every Prince Edward Islander felt himself to be a freeman in every sense of the word. l-ic has become something less than that now.

And not one Liberal newspaper in the province apparently dares to make mention of this fact, much less to discuss it or print a protest. Bo- called Liberalism at Ottawa and here at home hu brought this humiliation upon every freeman in Prince Edward Island, something more pitlable than wl-s ever realised before.

The Seunderg Government lppgf- ehtly is also a consenting party to the humiliating conditions existing. 1t is co-opereting with the King Govern- ment end courting its favor in every way as if ilfduty bound. As the eyes ‘of e hendmeid to her mistress, so the eyes of Premier Saunders and his col- leagues ere turned toward Ottawa, looking for higher honors end em- oluments "which the hands of power ere scattering end crumbs which which from iti table fell.

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FLAT 0R BOUND CHESTS

Some years ago I spoke about ex- amining the chest-s of recruits for overseas service. and that the only young men rejected for having a chest that was too small. admitted that they pad not played much as youngsters.

‘Why?

Because the parents were afraid they would get- hurt.

Now were these chests flat, as you have understood was the case with weak chests?

No.

Their chests were acutally round- ed. and apparently deep.

What did they lack?

Width. ‘

For years our text books have iaught us that the weak tuberculosis chests were flat, and those of us who have had an opportunity of ex- amining- many chests of growing boys and girls have noted that the weak or tuberculosis chest was not flat but actually rounded and deep in proportion to its width. “

Because as an actual fact the tu- berculosis chest, in the majority of cases, is an immature or baby chest.

You have seen a. baby's chest, and if you will remember, it is about as deep as it is wide.

But Nature didn't intend to have it remain in the proportion. As the boys or girls grows older the chest widens more than it deepens, so that at the age of l4 to 16 the width should be nearly two inches more than the depth, and at the ‘age of 21, the width should be three inches more in the man and two inches in the woman. .

And so we read now in one of our medical journals that Dr. S. A. Wise- man of Minneapolis finds “that the tuberculosis chest appears to be

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round, deep, and narrow. The healthy chest tends lo be flgt, and wide." ' -

The reason that the tuberculosis chest appeared to be fiat was be- cause the outstanding symptom of tu- berculoslsls tiredness, and so as the patient stands or sits his shoulders droop forward, and as youviook side- ways at him the chest of course ap- pears to be flat because the shoulders are so far forward. If the shoulders are drawn or pulled backward, the chest will look rounded, not flat. And fir. Wiseman says. further “exercise in early childhood canhelp to develop properly the underdevel- oped cilest." '

This likewise bears out our obser- vation of recruits. Not a single re- cruit was rejected for having a chest that was tub small», who had ever played games as a youngster.

The‘ lesson to parents is obvious. Sec that your youngster plays.

'i'ilis Little Greatness .

(W. B. ll, in the Vancouver Province)

Before an astounded world. W906?“ biography of late has been pouring glittering treasures of newly-discov- ered information about the great of all ages. Never before has biogra- phy roamed so far and‘ brought back so much, for no one is sacred to your modern biographer and no part of his life too personal to be discussed in rutlflcss detail imthe Intel-mt of exact truthfrheresulte of ihiscxtraordinary new‘ incursipn into history can not be foreseen yet, but one school of critics already is frantic with alarm. It» foresees due things, the duinlction of allus- pect for the giants of other den, ‘e blow tn old-fashioned virtue and even the weakening of our instructions when this bold familiarity has bred general contempt for the men who established them.

ed, but there a another side to‘ the question which the critics seem to have overlooked. The ultimate result indeed maybe the exact‘ opposite to what they expect. The intimate re- sult ,may be to. encourage e new virtue and a new piety, of a less dazzling sort than that of the story books but perhaps more solid and more real. ‘ .

Up to now the superhuman virtue attached to the great has been so

reaction to it probably has been in the wrong direction as often as in the right. History until reoeiit times has tended to place great on ped- estals so fsr above our reach that many of us could feel no reel kin- ship with them. nor any strong in- centive to emulate virtues which we knew we could never achieve.

Now, when it is seen that the her- oes of antiquity were only men like us after all, and yet did great things despite that handicap, ilherc is seen to be hope for everyone. There is real encouragement to be respectable as ofwn as we can, evéh 1r, like them, we can not be completely respec- table all the time.

Ludwig on Lincoln

When we learn, forlnstance, from Mr. Emil Ludwlgls recent biography that Lincoln got himself “engaged to. a lady, falledto turn up e_t the chur- ch on his wedding day and hurried off to Kentucky instead-to write says on suicide, and when. we recall that this man became .hls_ country‘; most honored citizen, we can-surely find iiOpe for ourselvu, who have never disappointed a. lady in our lives. And the knowledge that Lin- coln used to slay in his dusty office, and dine off crackers and cheese ra- ther than face his angry wife at home, must establish a homely un- derstandlng between him and us not to be found - in the Getilysbllrg Speech. Comforting toohbolmen who never write letters to any ladies but their wives is Uhe recent discovery that Disraeli, a prime minister of p“- land a new widower at 7i, lndlted

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CLOUDS

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The motor drones like. some gigan- tic fly, . .

A monstrous mound of vapour bathes my wing . . . .

And backward with the wind goes

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Above the vcidswhiie crags go sharp and dim. . . _. _

Oaks wave, the discs cfroolless ls- lands swim, _ _ _ ,

And arches climb and crumble in the sun

Over grey dinosaur and i -

Earth, dim and fluid, seals the reg- ged spaces

Where misty islands meet end Part below;

Cities that mask eternal hungering faces

Black wood and water mingle tn its flow.

Down, down ten mounhin heights be- neath this floor

Of marble-smooth and marble-solid air,

The shout and pride and colour ere no more

Than moon-faint motlings..Di.stenc does not spare.

They are the clouds now, Icy-lipped I ride

A window-floor immeasurably wide, firmer than rooted stone. And thr- ough its glass .

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THE LAND WE LOVE

By FRANK YEIGII

Thai, possibility must be oopsider- _

beyond the range of most of us as ' to be often discouraging, and the ‘

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