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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 13, ‘I931

The Ontario Bil-Elections

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Notes by the Way

flare mint be about Gandhi a good deal of the stoicism of the North American Indian, Impressive round-table conferences in Iondon, ‘ ‘ by the mat R0919 °1' 5°“! East and West, mean notblnl W him, and from his mat he announc- es that-the civil disobedience and salt-making business is to go on as

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[fl/lugs W.Ba_rion.M.D ,___ THE C051.‘ 0F HEALTH

A Maecenas of Education (MOHIIGII (Janette, Feb. 10)

dgtl-qy anything that 110W 911312! in rural districts, except weeds, but it hops to help in buildlnl up some- thing better than is now known and done, and thereby displace what is poor. . . . Somebody’: watchfulneas. somebodys thoughtfulness and some-

One hundred years ago today there was born in the little village of Glen- aladale, in Prince Edward Island. one to whom Sir Christopher. Wrezfs epitaph in St. Paul's Cathedral-JR thou wouldst see his monument, look about thee"-lnight flttingly be ap-

Tbere will be some consolation to ,territory to be selected for this de. ‘our local contemporary in the re-l Election that its prediction with re‘ llrd t0 the Ontario oy-electlcus has been fulfilled. 0n Saturday l: ex- 11105591’! "l8 Opinion that the pros- pects “would not seem to be favorable ' to attack and smash every great lnar- lo the Liberals," and tilt‘ results ollkct by the same methods The plan

Iodnesday‘: polling are fully in ac- cord with this modest forecast Aid. erman Martin. Ocnser/at-ve Govern- Imt candidate was elected by a maj- jority 0i’ more than 400 votcs ovcr =5 Liberal °PDOnent in “lest Hum- iiton, while Mr. James A. Sanderson, Conservative, captured the scat va- cated by Hon. G- Howard Ferguson in the Grenville district. with a ma- jority of l,476‘vote.s over me Libel-Bl

" Argentine ls not the only American

velopment of Soviet enterprise. From ‘F-mall befllllllllss. the system will be ‘extended to a bigger scale. If, and ‘when. the Soviet plan gets lnw full “ working order, attempts will he_ nlade

‘|llmy not carry. but its failure will not be brought about merely by declar- ing‘ that it cannot succeed because it ldependxs upon a docility that workers on Russian soil and in Soviet factor- lies are not likely to continue lduch danger. Japanese, American, German

‘he planned it about a Yell‘ 880- What can be done with people of that type?

The newspapers. magazines, and medical journals are talking a great deal at this time about the high cost of medical care.

when we think what it costs to get relief from pain, to be looked after during an attack of rbeunla-' tlsm, or to have a new baby come into the home, there is no question but that, compared to former years, the cost docs seem excessive. As a matter of fact the doctors fees in a hospital case are but a fraction of the total cost.

Now I don't want to talk about the long time it takes a doctor to get equipped-public school, high school,

Some years ago it was broadcast in the press that Thomas A- E6180" consumes at one meal only B5 much food and drink as one could hold in the hollow of his hand, Recently the wizard, who by the way, used to be a telegraph operator in Canada, was represented as living on a glass of raw milk every two hours. 1t is pos- sible that Mr. Edison has been mis- quoted. It may be that he eats very little when suffering from indiges- tion. But one may doubt very much if he could maintain his intellectual

cations! system. The

America after the failure of B0

plied. and that not in one spot alone, but in half-a-score scattered over the broad expanse of the Dominion of Canada. and, indeed, at any vantage point from which one might survey the whole field of the Canadian edu-

born into the home of parents de- scended from hardy Highland Jaco- bites, who had fled to British North Prince Charlie in the rlring of “The '45," survived to become Sir William Christopher Macdonald, of Montreal. a tower of strength in financial and industrial circles. a generous bene- factor of his less fortunate or less privileged fellow-citizens, and a far- ‘Canadian school methods assumed

sun so well.__-

long-cherished desire to

body's thoroughness are always re- quired, and the progress of the people in all worthy ways can be increased in what might be called geometric ratio through intelligent leaders who possess and use such qualities with infant then lunseliish public spirit." Such a leader in the highest degree. it will be eon- ceded, was Sir William Macdonald. and it was his hope that through the movement which he had inaugurated and supported there would be raised up here and there other leaders to carry on the work which he had be-

It was in 1898-99 that Sir William's improve

vitality, even in old age. on such a

university, and medical college-but

‘and British merchants in Manchuria larc seriously alarmed at the progress

‘Soviet Russia has made in that reg- 'ion as tllc

short food allowance. It is un- doubtedly true that most people who‘ -live a sedentary life eat altogether" too much food; but that is no reason

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about the fact that sickness is somc- thihg that must he provided against, just as we provide against cold, hun- ‘

indelible ~ 1111111888 "D011 schools and universities.

Canada's Youngest

sighted ‘and idealistic yet practical ‘ concrete form in the decision to pro- patron of education who has left an mote manual training. schools were the chief object of his ‘cllcitude, he recognized that favor-

whlle rural '

beginning of an effort "lldldflle- Had our low-ll ucntempor- iwhich is to be extended southwards If! been gifted with as keen a sense

‘with the aim ofidolnillziting the vast of prophecy ln federal affairs o,- i:

‘Chinese market. Similar uneasiness 91¢ bend H! vplulvu Hmong the clcct- concerning their own markets has 935 L‘! '3" semnd District 91 Pflflcfl. ‘tpléild to the merchants of Argentina. he‘: xgcly might it have speculated y on the impending‘ fate of its party 1 Candidates in this Province!

The Ontario by-electious were bit- terly fought, the new provincial Lib- oral leader. Mr. Hepburn, taking a leading part in the campaign. Rum- ors and allegations of slander con- stituted the principal bone of Liberal contention in both constituencies, Ill West Hamilton, hectic efforts were made to make the Hon. W. H. Price, Attorney-General, appear in the role of the Government's "bad boy." Charging agalnst him a series of ob E ary reaction on the part of Russian flcial shortcomings in an endeavoriworkem again“ we soviet Govern- m bring about My‘ Prices dismissal ‘ment abusing them as an instrument

fiveycnr plan, as directed to the up- heaval of trade and social systems ‘existing abroad, has met with “strik- fing success so far." In the circum- ‘l stances, the warning that Canada ant‘. ‘other countries need to ‘watch Russia more closely than hitherto is timely. 'All nations are threatened by the So- viet plan, and if it is not to emerge triumphant they will need to do isomethlng more protective than pa-

iticntly await an expected revolution-

"om we Cabinet‘ his (mporumts went “ to remodel‘ the‘ economic world and‘ m far as w risk contempt m, court ‘rcfashlon tne ways of men. _ by challenging a dkcussion of mat-‘l ters relevant to sub jllzlicc criminal‘ proceedings. The Attorney General‘ properly declined to be n. party to‘ proceedings which the mm‘ Leupold ‘ mg thc increase 0f homicides in the Mwaulay‘ provmcia] secretary‘ dbiUnitcd States are published in the clared, not without laertllencv, would ‘curmnt issue o‘ Come“ xveekly’ In be 8km to ‘ a --(;j,_icagoizat;onlv o; l thlrtyone large American cities, 2,419 ganada-S judicial System Jlomlcidcs were reported in i929. The

Wiser counsels dictated the Liber- 1'3“? “'35 10-1 i" every 100mm ‘Jr pa?“ lztion. The increase in the number

British Way the Best

Sclnc extraordinary figures show-

al campaign in Grenville. but even

1t is acknowledged that the Soviet

‘ earning salaries.

;has strongly affirmed the ance of a national fuel policy, and °" - called upon the

why they should undermine their‘ strength by starving themselves. By he should know by personal exper- ience, not only how much to eat, hilt what to eat and what not to cat. l, these

a u u. c't. r st. Tl um}... “Wren y e ‘y o I ‘ Alld 1 believe if you just give the

Ontario, is about to levy a poll tax|

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ll life's necessities. It points out that! b39111‘; a ‘good lllliSll-IOZI.‘ pllcnty of ‘ women are now enjoying an ,equality‘ ' 0 w mlg‘ “a m“ y expect

with men in political and business ‘t: be ‘Hwy’ mm ‘vet ‘vmmut’ 1168M‘ l

own living. The Kincardiile Review Reporter strongly supports the actlo of St. Thomas.

life. Today, the newspaper says, unmarried women can find employ-' ment as easily as can single men and possibly more easily. They arc freely engaged at Tcmuneratlve wages in modern business. It concludes therefore that, if a poll tax be lev- led on single men, there can be no earthly reason why it should not be levied on unmarried women who are

The Board oi Control oi theMal-l- time Trade Commission in Ontario import-

members of the Canadian Manufacturers‘ Associa- tion for its support in promoting such a policy. At the same time word comes that a. delegation from Nova Scotia will go to Ottawa to law before

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Pmmm. Bennett the report o, the considerable amount of illlless is nctfwhlch he expended in establishing due m ncl-calty, not clue to the fault j the Macdonald College w‘ Agriculture,

recent Round Table Conference at Halifax, and to urge such a policy as

cost should not be placed against] Prince Edward Island. the famllyts the time a man l5 flirty W815 0f B89 sickness, bul against health. That is that just as one buys food, coal, or ‘permitted him to secure an education clctlliilg, they should

much a necessity to life as any of

l more than the usual amount of brains, or moi-c than the amount of ambition, you can only get as far in this world as that body of yours is able to take you. To have ‘ your body in good condition should be just as much a matter of import- | ance to you as the providing of shel- ter aud food. ' And so by thought as to food, rest, exercise and so forth you get along well until some unforseen ailment or accident‘ bcfalls you. And so just as you buy,

back your health. You pay for fuel and clothing without hesitation, in

are called luxuries and don‘t baggie-i‘ stltutious alone his gifts during his about the price.

er, and lack of clothing. 5cm, of Hon, Donald Macdanald, pre- Oi‘ as some one has well put it, the ‘ sident of the Legislative Council oi

able public opinion could be most "llCkly fostered by giving object les- snns in clt‘es and towns to which the country regions looked for guidance. cud where newspaper publicity coulll likewise buy ‘which terminated with his grad- be most. easily secured. l-le thereforei health 1s just as uation Imm the Central Academy at fumlshed the funds to establish anrll Charlottetown, and while still in his ‘ maintain for three years a. chain of Ptecus he entered 1111011 00111111010381 twenty-ope manual trafning centresl life in Boston. across the Dominion, where thous-l qnds of pupils were instructed in! handicrafts. while at the same time Canadian teachers were trained in: ‘he work. An early outgrowth of the’ _ "annual training" fund was the Mac-I

comfortable but not affluent status

ealth. because

l-learkcnlilgto thc call of his llzltive land, his twenty-third year found him engaged as an importer :.nd general commission merchant in ‘Montreal. Four years later, in i858, he had embarked upon the building

With a nice

hp of the tobacco manufacturing ‘Zgnlgdrofhgnmgsgxijufsfiifidwtg:l gallsincw= willfflldwzl: h; Eléowf lrgtoktlllf m improve the crops by encouraging, gargest “‘d°,"°“ c“ par‘ n " ‘ “ ‘lie use of seed inlprovcd by sclec-l n the British Empire; and which Um "cm the best pnviously existing‘: s» Scottish persistently and shrewdness, qmgaggg 0o ‘Vi; é“‘;;d:f,‘c¢°e: lwas to bring to his coffers in abund- a p" o _ we y ‘ , ‘ 1 w‘ ‘ant measure the wealth which in h‘s gfldwieinenrrjeclleizfigiié; ‘:;rgif,_e1§‘;;o_f ilater ‘years and in his testamentary dwpd that the may“ of many of ' sfipsjwjgyh‘; S; the youthful contestants cheerfully] of Canada mmht have opened t0 enrolled themselves as members of them the modern and improved meth- cds in primary, secondary and voca- tional education, and that access to the higher halls of learning. from which he himself had perforce been zicbarred in his own boyhood. To Mc- ‘ Gill University and its affiliated in-

e is not usually happy. As you know. even if you have

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reasonable care and

came the Canadian Seed Growers‘ her necessary things, you must buy

international competitions. Sir Wil- liam perhaps had buildcd better than be knew in thus helping to 131MB "aundn in thc forefront of the world's “llll-llfmflilfilllg areas. Rural school gardclls came next. with skilled instructors training the

ct may purchase some things that

;lifetime and under his will totalled And when you remember that a ‘some $13,200,000, including the amount

visioned sponsor first conceived the cation and philanthropy and m0 idea.

tlve was. the betterment of rural edu- ihe Mactlonlflrl-Robertson Seed Grow- cam)“ thmughmlt Canada’ the mm” 9 eve“ mm-e endurmg mmmments ' o“. A,__),c.;,,t-On which in mm b? cnce and value of his experiments these temporal structures and I ' ’ ‘ ' ‘ were equally efficacious ill the coun- Awtciation a bcciv dlrcctlv respon-l try: urban Sbhoms and colleges‘ “nd M a’: ‘he stlmmus which m3 " clbie for many c; ‘the triumphs won many oi’ the reforms which he pro-"gresslve spirit and splendid lde b“ ‘he Dominic!“ agflcummstq in noted have become a permanent part gave to Canadian education l.

' " ' 1f the educational fabric.

treal and St. Anne . de Bellevue, in native Canada, a bcttcr place for the form of buildings devoted to edu- having lived.

of other people, but due‘to your mis- I School of Household Science and

cl-Pldren in the principles of rotation

there it appeared. to lack ‘he punch ‘ of homicides in the big cities between Wm be just to the coal mdustry of

that province. The result of the Ottawa Conference will be awaited with very keen interest in the Maritimes.

and sincerity that give promise of ‘ moo and 1929 was nearly touflold’ luwefl‘ Prohibition had been remmh‘ while the increase in the rate for ed from the Liberal platform, but Mr. ‘ each 100900 of population was from fiepbum‘ the Liberal leader‘ endeav_} 5.1 to 10.1, almost doubled. New York

takes of ovcrworking, underworking, l School for Teachers at Ste. Anne d2 llveffilll-lllf; or undereatln , lBellevue, a m niflcent undertakin , sleep or too much sleep; 511111226213 l for which he lifovldccl all the fund: "as m“:mts,;iac:::sv:§f'$$:? you might reasonably be expected to ‘Q m Bddmml m these ma!” bellemc‘ ‘ m“ m Sci“. tgst;mony tolhe mm-BL avoid, you can hardly complain l tlons he donated the Macdonald In- n‘h Q08‘ and "mtmectual benefits much if you have to buy back good siftute of Household Science at the y” " '

of crolas, selection of seed and protec-

ofed to get some wanna,‘ out of thelreportcd 425 violent killings in 1929.‘! Eve m“ ‘he dethmnc m“ M - v ' l- s r.

embers o’ the 01d controversy by ca? z Chlcago 401- Colliers itself supplies ,Tmtsky as g member o! ‘he sow“

‘tanning a rumor‘ which has not bee“ the explanation for this situation. -

‘wet ‘n 1928 with 401 kmmgs l“ hierarchy, the ascendancy of Joseph sustained, that the Ontario Liquor- New York my)‘ alone‘ the entire Stalin has been a matter of com-l Control Board had bought some 11-‘ State of New York convicted only Jnellll $11109 the 9X" 01' TIN-Sky 59V- quor at some time through “Tory!

118 killers and of these only nine ‘oral other Soviet leaders have been were xccuted." l t gt 5‘ ward-heelers." The avidity with which‘ e d had b t t "i" “and D obscur y’ and now ‘ ., u e this rumor was seized upon as one of. In 1929 Lon on’ Eng

reported the resignation of the chair-

manshi of the Council of so 1 ‘s

the mam weapons of attack mdicatrlmurders. Those Brltlshers, happily commhpmrs o’ the Sofie‘; Ugo: 2y

ed clearly enough the essential weak- l‘ few l“ number‘ “mo contmue to de- Alexis Rykofl’. His withdrawal was

“e55 of the Opposition campaign CW 151M511 laws and m99h°d5 m‘ m" due to violent dlfierences with Stalin

wédnesduy.‘ by_ e1 ecuom furnish‘ forcement should consider these fact-s. on questions of policy. Both in Rus- strlking additional evidence, if suchland give thanks that they are “vmg were needed‘ of the strength of melundcr a system that insures safety to

sia and abroad, his retirement is be- lieved to fortify his position of the ‘ real ruler of the nation, and to for- Conservative Government in Ontario, H" m“ lmpeny‘ ‘tell an lntenglty n: absolute domln- qe a II confidence which the 91-‘ i?“ ‘atlon by Stalin-

.. » - » Editoria o es 2252181252553“ m ‘t5 polmos ‘may __. the right wing oi the Communist ' No, little Peterkin, it waslft illepartv which Opposed the extreme snowsmrm that kept the Pa-Jr|,,t‘fc:onomlc policies of the government. Two of Rykoffs right hand men, Tomsky,‘in charge of labor affairs,

Coincident with the 3lll\OllllCElll'.“.1l;‘ and Ualanov. head of the trade hat Russian lumber and pulpzvoed "T119 Lllleflllfi have every mason toumlon movement‘ have also been Ill-H" Wm be barred n, we Unmj ‘ fccl highly gratified at the outcome dropped from office. Stalin stands

_ , o‘, yesterday.‘ contests_"__pltrlot supreme and lt is safe to predict that “n” 3nd that m9 Cnnwhm 8°" l _ 1 t. Russia will be under a more absolute eminent is considering further action edmmal ‘m the Ontario “we 9c Inns’

epotism than it ever knew under to prevent Russian coal entering this This "lukcs i‘ ‘mammmls’

the Czars.

l"“'7l,l‘\'_ comes word from Argentina‘ that, besides grain, the Soviet has; r

Soviet Trade Mcfilorls

roosters in yesterday.

Sir Robert Borden, in the evening‘ Candi-m‘ n h" “an um‘ make

better Americans than the Americans raw materials and manufactured ‘liclt-"lted b3’ m‘? T°T°m° Gm” “'1 ha“ themselves. That is one reason wiiyl goods md ls ‘imposing o; ghem wnrling reached this week the thirtieth they have always been admitted to

, . l - the United States without quota res- ' "m; regard to any fixed lmcc‘ m ma’ unmversflly m‘ ms Selection as N“ on trlctions. Once across the line and having decided to stay there, they 0119111191‘ than fill‘? 1311051108! cflmllvilllg ' become assimilated at once-ab- article in the market, so that local! Our local contemporarys alibi 1°’ sol-bed into the body politic. Italians manufacturers have decided to pctl-i lhc defeat of the Liberal candidates‘ go mat‘ makfi as goiodnAmeilcans has lion the Government to prohibit fur-lln Ontario is that the electors in‘ ‘$35M ‘El-tut; :1‘ the Itflfilansfifl; i - i <1 ‘both tituencles had returned her importatlons of Sov et prc ucts‘ cons l 1 ‘he people to "y um‘ The“ 1mm!“ ‘a 0n the ground that Russian goods are‘ Conservatives continuous y or ‘ u bu‘ m beam with‘ ‘M "my hue produced by forced labor under Slate past twenty-five years; therefore it dmem“ mumutlon, ‘m! dmerent iupervision and undel- an‘ economic! was not to he expected that the L1b-| gaflltlorzs. ll"or a ‘gsenelgltlon l-tdleast, . ., _ - - z n - regime with which Algmtlne muhu lerals could do more than reduce maul‘; 21112211 Alzflczgllllmmligll "°""“""' “m” “gm” mmpm‘ ‘ha’ wmnmu‘ mmrme" u m" pot But though not assimilated suf. The wofidhasbccome fan-lillar with ls anything" in this explanation, it‘ fluently w “come t”, American!‘ Soviet dumping of such staple com- ‘ enhances the significance of the vlc- m” do become mlmlm“ “b ueditiaa as wheat, timber and coal,‘ lol-y achieved in this Province by MY- flclently to vote, and their votes can m; the new; that a start has been ' G. Shelton Sharp, when he defeated ltiiefitoztrvpszdédfllolrtlizef node with manufactured goods on the ma Government candidate in a. m‘ the Imuu‘ m“ u n "mm. u gemiiphare may come as a revc- constituency which had voted Liberall

_ _flom antagonizing lthe Irish or In " to many. W0 mo)’ be aura. “m- since Confederation. . Qu-m"; q- g“ m‘; w“,

slaltzci to dump there all kinds of.“ m“ and “m” nllrement’ u tel‘