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FRIDAY, APRIL 3, 1988.

The Provincial Burden

When the AIACMILLAN Government went out of office on August 15, 1935, the total lia-

i bilities of the Province as shown by the Pro-

vincial Auditor in his report tabled yesterday were $4.877.846-73~

\Vlie11 the C.i\.\lI‘lll“.LL Government finished the financial year on December 31, four-and-a- half months later, the liabilities had mounted to $5,221,746.11; or an increase under the new government of $345,899.38 in that brief period when expenditure is usually at a minimum.

Apart altogether as to which Government was njiost at fault, the situation is sufficiently serious to (leniand that all efforts in the coming year must be directed to a curtailment of expen- diture and the husbanding of resources. The CAMPBELL (iovcrnment is pledged to produce a balanced budget. If there has been extravagance in the pzist, it knows exactly where to place its linger upon it, and therefore there can be no ex- cuse for coming forward at the end of the cur- rent year and showing a deficit. I11 opposition and at the election Premier CAMPBELL and his col- leagues (lcclared there must be an cud to extra- vagance. It is up to them now to cash in 011 their demand. This much we may promise, if the new government ends its regime without adding‘ fur- ther to the Provinces liabilities, there will be no difficulty in its obtaining from the electorate a second lease of powcn But, woe betide it. if it

continue the era of deficits it was elected on its [Q $361,231,085, or by $11,640,707, the operating way or another. 0f all the native

undertaking to stop. i A Blundering Supporter

As noted yesterday in these columns, it was a straw man which Premier CAMPBELL put up to

knock down when he assured the-Legislature month f‘) the end of ll"? Y"? shim/ed lmPmve‘ biie.—-New York Times.

that there was no scheme on foot to “scrap the British North America Act." No o1ic,‘so far as we are aware. has ever suggested the existence of any such design, the effect of which would be to lcava this country without any Constitu- tion. The scheme which was mooted at lhc Dominion-Provincial conference at Ottawa last

"December, according to the Canadian Press and

the Ottawa correspondents of leading news- papers from one ei1d.of Canada to the other, was to scrap the Act “as an Imperial statute"; in other words to remove the amending power from the Imperial Parliament to ,the Dominion Parliament.

Following the conference, Hon. ERNEsr LAPOINTE, Minister of Justice, announced a full meeting of the Dominion-Provincial committee n11 constitutional reform to take place at Ottawa 1~~- March 2. Two specific proposals were to be considered, namely;

(1) T/ml a clause hr arlrlcd to l/ir fircsciil

Constitution taking flu: porvrr to lllll-(‘Illl l/ll‘ valued at 8716,1335. "Ibis coiiipzircrl with 5.723: Qyqflggkpd m many qum-bm-s; this British North America Act array from I/zc .199 giillonsat$7,330,03oi111933. The 1929 pro- Ls that it will be financed out of

British Parliament and lodging it in the Ila- minion Parliament. (2) That the British IVorl/i zfmcrim .~lcl

be repealed and re-enaclcd by the Dominion provinces follows, with 1933 figures iii brackets; the present llltlcblidlll

Parliament. Each of the proposals, it will l": noted, in- volved "scrapping" the B.N.A. Act or an Ini-

gerial statute. Ifliat, of course, did not mean Ontario 2,150,028 (2,944,277); Alanitoba 320,- ghqjys out, h, ggfne Cases

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merit that you are a divorced man. 3K 5K 5K

windfall lo the CAMPBELL Government. In that case the store-keepers and dealers generally will constitute the collectors, adding the amount of the tax to the customers purchase,

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The CAMPBELL Government 1's going back to the old system of road maintenance which proved so expensive and unsatisfactory in days past_ The P. W. D. can have no better control over the expenditure now than in the past, but tlierc will be plenty pickings for favoured par- tizaus.

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The Attorney-general of Kentucky has ruled that the Commissions of honorary colonels expire when the governor who issued them re- tires from office. Consequently, since the new Governor, Mr, ALBERT B. CHANDLER, took of- fice in December, there has been legally no hon- orary colonels, which means that no fewer than 17.000 have been bereft of the title. Kentucky Colonels are thus as scarce as flies in winter.

i R fi Dr. GRANT, M.P., certainly “said a mouth- ful" when he suggested that farmers should board, lodge and clothe the unemployed while the Government paid them $1.10 per day, At present there are hundreds of unemployed who would willingly work for their board and $15 per month. But to be of much value to their em-

cannot be standing over their help constantly directing them, while they are pocketing $1.10 per day and “all found.”

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Canadian railways earned $306,819.785 in 1935, an increase of $8,982,937 over 1934 gross revenues of $297,830,848. Operating expenses for the year increased from $249,640,378 in 1934

pay roll accounting for $8,514,383 of this in- crease, and the operating income was reduced from $35,885,641 to $34,357,235. The improve- ment in gross revenues was made in the last six months of the year; at the end of June revenues were $755,023 below those of 1934 but each

ments over the same months in 1934.

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Hon. R. B. BENNETT got back very effect- ivcly at Premier HEPauRrfs right hand man, Mr. ARTHUR (i. SLAQILT, K.C., wealthy Liberal 1\I.P. for Parry Sound, Counsel for the SoLLowAY- MlLLs firm. This gentleman assumed indigna- tion because Mr. BENNETT had referred ‘to the “poor rustics" of Saskatchewan legislature. Then 1\lr. lfiiNNi-ITT replied. lIe told Mr. SLAoin" bluntly that there were Saskatchewan rustics who.wcre ‘poor"——and that they were poor be- cause they had paid money to the SoLLowAv- 1\I1LLs firm which, instead of being used to pur- chase stocks which they had ordered, liad gone to pay huge counsel fccs. Since thcn Mr. S1,Ao11'1" has not been heard from.

Tilt‘, total production of ice cream in Can- ada during 1934 amounted to 5.987727 gallons‘

ductioii, amounting to 9,797,430 gallons at $13,- 004,701), was the highest for any yczir for which statistics arc available. Production for 1934, by

Prince l.‘:(l\\'{ll‘(l Ishintl 39,020 (30,801) gallons: Nova Scoiia 315.335 (281,946); New Bruusivick 130,323 (121,150) ; (Quebec 1,001,403 (959,837);

reply to a letter from Saskatchewan, which ask- ed Mr. __An1-:1111A11'r t0 “kindly verify the state-

The proposed Provincial sales tax will be a

ployers they must learn the work first. Farmers]

Notes by the Woy

Among even the moot Ielloul natfonaliszs tn the lrLsh Free State, the conviction seems to be glow- ing that the revival of Gaelic as their official language is impossible. Laws now require the teaching of the old Irish tongue in the pri- mary grades, and t-o some extent in the secondary schools as well. Reviving Gaelic as Ireland's mother tongue will take generations of ef- fort. Apparently, the feeling grows that that effort is scarcely worth while-Minneapolis Journal.

Ivan Pavlov, the great Russian cclentlst who changed the story of physiology, is dead, but his phil- osophy and memorable contribu- tfom live 011. Said the eminent Pavlov at one time: "The achieve- ments of science in the past. oen- tury give u: the right to affirm that absolutely nothing may be considered impossible.” Thu/t 1e, the trend of human evolution 1e bound up in man's ability to unfold the secrets of nature, and as these secrets an laid bare the human race simultaneously moves upward. —Guelph Mercury,

The English language is credited. with half a. million words more or‘ less, but when it wants to describe] an event like the Tokyo outbreak! it has to go to the French for ooupl or more recently to the German for putsch. Our own stroke or blow wlll not do, because they convey the idea of a successful stroke or blovml whereas the coup and putsch are non-committal. “Attempt? leans al bit the other way toward failure, and is not n safe word to use while! the issue is still in doubt. In ad-l dition it is too 10113. We have any‘. number of good words like 1111a,. foray. thrust, upset, overturn, ris- ing, but they just fall short in one

words, the best is “strokef” and per- haps in the course of time will take on a, neutral meaning as between success and failure. It would be let,- teis longer than coup for headline P11190585. but it would not be so liable at. first glance to be mis- taken for sf semi-closed automo-

A new idea in war equipment is a protective ray to be put on Brit- ish shins which will detect any submarine coming within torpedo distance, and expose it to immediate destruction. Now, if only someone will think 11p a. way to equip sub- marines with a. my that will detect the ray, and so on-then finally, if there is any war to be fought, everyone can stay home and let; the rays fight fL-Christian $013216“ Monitor.

The llitler government will bonus large families, the sons being needed as future cannon fodder and the girls as future mothers oi soldiers. Al; any rate that. Ls the Nazi ideal, preached to German youth.

There is one probability f1’ anoth- er general war should develop out of the Rhlndanrl wlilch 111113.‘ be

current taxation which must be s0 great as to involve the con crip- tlon oi' wealth. The only other re- course must be the reput "ilicn of

country in the world cnn afford to douife or tremble its existiii", debt buldoli, except. those. nations which by revolution zilreudy have wiped along

SCYRPPIIYE the AC! flllogclhcr. for in one case it 085 (330,010); Saskatchewan 281,679 (283,157) with the tllTClili.l'.5.~—VlCl.0l‘i1l Times.

would be in existence as a [Joininion statute, and Alberta 377.732 (309,240) ; British Columbia 1n the other case it would be repealed and re- 480,123 (390,461)),

enacted as a Dominion statute. But it would be 9K.

What a place Montreal will be

to live in: a tax on bath-tubs; a.

scrapped completely as an Imperial statute.

It l5 Evident. file", that l" "sfllrlllg the restunpliivii of immigration on a large scale, as 119311165 0f 111M191" WYS-

House that there was no intention of “scrapping the Act," the Premier was simply begging the

‘lllcslloll. Which had to d0, "Of “m1 “Scfillk the time has i10\v conic when thc Clllilltllllll (iov- i; cames h) thinking up he“. ihxag slick following which he has.

The Saskatchewan Legislature desires the

pcr the following resolution zuloptcd February 27: “Iliat this Assembly is of the tllilllltlll that

civic 111x on motor cars, and on top of that an additional‘ tax on the, 111v: did, the tax-lnventcrs happen to miss, door-bells and window blinds? Aid.‘ Laldlaw of Toronto is a piker when

lllllg llle Ad” bill “(m1 sf'l'illllll"ll H!" ‘llll/"Fll/J’ crnuicilt should gct'in touch with Ills hlzijcslfs He lacks the fine ail-lnclushc i111-

of Ilir Iiii/iri-ial Parliament uwr l/ie Ari. No one at all conversant with the issue could have been

Government of Great Britain with a vicw to put- ling forivartl a scheme for the voluntary redis-

foolcil by such a shallow subterfuge. 1:‘.ut Zlllpllf- n-ihuiinh of the while peoples 0f (he 15mph“ hm]

line and sinker! [luau-are of llic thin ice 011

l ("my 01"‘ loffll Folllcllllllllllly $\\'1\ll0“/@<l it 1100b, thereby creating a. stimulation of shipping 11nd are not so much designed t; pay The Rgsolution w,“ o‘d debts (of which Montreal has

trade under the flag.”

‘Vlllcll l" Purl)’ 103d?!‘ W115 Shflllllfl. it llldlcmllfil)’ passed by 42 to 5——the total number of members (ftlllflISCKl the Premiers statement, miscpioting h, ihc Legislative Assembly being 55_ One Uh].

him on Wcdnesdayi as proclaiming tlic non-exist- ence of any scheme to scrap the B.N.A_ Act "as an Imperial statute," and iii its yesterday's issue iudorsing the accuracy of the Canadian Press and (iilardiaii reports that the Premier had said merely that the Act itself “will not be scrapped."

To be “supported” in such blundcriiig fash- ion by his party press must be exceedingly ir- ritaling lo a lawycr as clcvcr as the Premier in the art of using ambiguous phraseology. It is like trusting o11e's razor to the tender mercy of a wood-chopper. He will have to stiffer, of course, in silence. But like many of his Liberal predecessors lie must. feel like cxclaiming: “Heaven save me from my friends!"

Editorial Notes

Poor HAlLn SELAssn; is deserted even by

the war correspondents. 5|‘. it lit

Alberta is learning by bitter experience that the way of the finaixlal transgressor is hard. 5K 5K

It is a curious coincidence that the two wealthiest per capita Provinces, Alberta and British Columbia, are the two most depressed and insolvent provincially.

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If the Garrison-Government makes a suc-

cesaful dielrer, Federal Gowmmqi-l f?’

‘_ nélal Income Tax it will

i will get greatly increased rodpocd expense. '

“Web not his sorrows to and the wondér is, that a pro- eontlifued to get himself into

_ ._ his, Hetold his "Prophetic ~iiswyu=flelorfapiiianedi divorcefifve only .1111 now-in 1v

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mo. his mum: the electors, for the right w impene- Udlflqul 1111

isler was amongst the eight absent. 'l‘l1e other eight hlinisters, including the Premier, iotcd in favour of the Resolution.

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Owing to the early melting of the snows and because of heavy rains this year’s maple syrup crop will be greatly reduced, an estimate placing it as low as 25 pcr cent. of last ycar’s figure. Iii Montreal maple syrup was being retailed at $1.75 to $2.00 a gallon, while in some eases $1.50 was quoted. No great quantities are sold ‘by the gal- lon, however, the syrup usually being retailed in quarts, at 6o cents a quart, bringing the price to $2.40 sold in retail SlOfCS-‘Afl instance of how short the production will be was supplied by Mr. E. Lussinn, of the Co-operative Federce dc Quebec. A farmer in from Mississquoi informed lllm_ Mr. LUSSIER said, that while, last year, he had a ‘crop” of 325 gallons of maple syrup, this year be docs not expect his production to exceed 6o gallons.

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Premier CAMPBELL approaches considera- tion of the proposed B.N.A. amendments from a wrong angle altogether. He argues that for years the tendency of judicial decisions has been toward centralization, therefore why shouldn’t we expedite matters by making it easier for the Federal government to accomplish its‘ object? Eternal vigilance is the price of safety. If the alleged tendency be unchecked we shallbe “cen- tralized" body, soul ‘and spirit, and made mince meat of provineially, before we know where we

. are. It is the boundeu duty of those to whom

our independence has been entrusted to fight, tooth and nail, against any such legal tendency, oi-"Federai claims. The B. N, A. is the bedrock of taut-independence and who would lend assist- knee to removing or tampering with it is selling

flglllfltltll} of tiie politicians who have started out to tax eviii-ylliiii; in sight in Muritiwal. The worst. feature of ll. ls that the new taxes

plenty.) but to provide for a new Orgy of municipal spcudingn-Jfor- onto Star.

Because of p0pllllr unrest, Brn-

tial law for ninety days. This is not showing a good example to Europe, nor is it encouraging t0 the advocates of a. pau-Anlerlcan league to maintain national and mternational peace throughout the Americas.

Ila-Premier Zamora. of Spain. who was regarded a5 an extremist when lie eiime into power, now sees hla property seized by the 1936- model extremists. An extremist these days has to be extremely ex- treme aboul. his extremity in order to satisfy the extreme extremists.- Windsor Star.

Anthony Eden ls perfectly right in pointing out that, if it comes to having to decide as between hence and Germany, a, treaty is I. treaty. It may be that people feel that the treaty was not entirely lust to Germany. These may re- mem‘ that, butler this feeling,

zll has been declared under nur- hr and lilscolleasuesdellbemelvde-

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HOSPITALS AGAINST ADVICE

We are all naturally concerned when we think of the large numb: of patients in our mental hospital , that. there are more patients 1. these hospitals than in all otlit: hospitals combined.

However if we think for l. moni- ent we at once realize that whc 1- patiente enter o mental hospital 11 1s always for weeke. months o." years; some remain till old e30.

In our other hospitals the stay is for days or weeks, eomatlmoe pel- linps for months. '

, This means of course that, the

; patients 1n the ordinary hospitals

’ aways come out again and usually 1'11 a. short time. so that the num- ber who enter is naturally much larger than those who enter meant.- hospital-i.

However, oven in mental hosp- tiils, six of every ten entering u» permitted to return home, whim compared with. former you-s is v;1._ encouraging.

One of the dlfllcilltloe lh; authorities in mental hospitals mcc.

PATIENTS LEAVING MENTAlf

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NEW SPRING HATS

TRY ON ONE OF OUR NEW SPRING HATS-(YOIPLL LIKE THEM

The styles are new, the colorings are smart and the quality at the differ- ent prices, the beet. that can be procured.

are made by the John B. Stetson Co.

m... $3.00 $3.50 $4.00 T0 $6.50 SMART NEW TOPPERS

1s when the family wish to have _

the patient back home before it l; considered safe or wise lo let him leave the institution.

If the patient; laono who gets‘

greatly excited the family are usually willing to let 111m remain 111 the institution. but when he is quiet and apparently Just depressed, the family naturally believe thap his home surroundings would affect

a complete cure. And etimes they are right. Dr. L- Mlnskl. in Journal of

Mental Science, London, states that of ninety patients who left the Muuclsley Hospital and went hoinr: against advice seventeen cannot be traced, twenty-five are in mental hwilltals. llwenty4°llr have recover- ed, sixteen are at home and no bet- ter. seven committed suicide, and one died at. home.

Naturally the way the patient was behaving or seemed to be behaving so influenced the relatives that they

thought he was ready to leave lll‘? i

institution or would dos-better at home, and for this reason the larg- est number taiken home while still ill were suffering from depressio 1 of spirits, in which condition they are not likely to be quarrelsome or cause so much upsetment at home.

The point to remember is that mental institutes are crowded and are only too anxious to allow pat- ients to return home. Relatives can thus be assured that when the pat- ient is ready to so. he will u eent home.

PUBLIC FORUM

This column to open for the dlnoulnlon by correspondents of question. or interest. The thnrlotutown Guardian ti“; no: necessarily endorse tho opinion: of correepondeute.

THE “VOLTE FACE"

Slfw-Prernier. Campbell's first. parriarrientary declaration v. Dllld look nicer it it were not in contrast. ivith liis pro-election uLflQfancg5_ Not a. line of importance disagrees with what Premier MacMtllun, the Conservative press, and every gov- crnment candidate told him, and which he and his thirty followers denied 11nd denounced with abusive inuendo and defamatory slander. Had he admitted the truth then, which he 110w borrows and uses for his purpo: e, he would not. have the

He promised to balance the bud- izct "by economy" and without re- sort “to increased taxation," The Conservative press and every Con- servative speaker told him so, and the electors, and Liberal press and every Liberal speaker replied that it can and will be clone.

He 110w admits the truth, admits the falsity of his election truth, that. they correctly represented the finances ‘of the Province, and that

ceived the people.

l-le and his party went further thnn this. They not only pledged themselves to "balance the budget without increased taxation," but they promised a programme of pub- llc works. increasing employment, in fact. absolutely abolishing unem- ployment ln- the Province. This boon they all declared "always fol- lowed Liberal government."

They promised to build cold stor- age warehouses throughout the Island to help the farmers. They promised a survey preparatory to establishing a. reformatory. They promised. to continue permanent highways, going one better than the Conservatives by building them both in the highways and byeweye all over the country. And without further taxation. Conservatives told them and the country that it. couldn't be done.