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Notes by the Way

NOT long ago many Liberal journals

Iarahg Dally (founded 1581! 85.00 Der year (lu advance) dnllvarod. p4," y; {cu (la advance) nailed la Canada and United Staten.

Pnalchnt-W. Cheater S. IcLura.

Idlfor and Inhaler-J. B. Ilurnott. ueoretary—laiout. col. l).

FRIDAY, SEPTEM

PROGRESS

HE yearly exhibitions are mile- stones along the line of agricul- tural progress. Each year's exhib- its are intelligently compared with those of the previous year and years and progress or recession is meas - ed accordingly.

Men who have attended exhibi- tions here almost without.a break for thirty or forty years are in at- tendance at the exhibition now in progress. Their opinions are valu- able as showing the progress and the changes that have taken place in a series of years.

The most notable progress shown in fifteen to twenty or more years is undoubtedly indicated in_ the improvement of dairy cattle. In this linc wonderful improvement has ‘been made. Not many years ago thc cattle exhibited were mainly ordin- ary we_ll fed and well-groomed ani- mals "of any age or breed?’ probab- ly the best of their kind in the pro- vince but of no particular kind. To- day our dairy cattle wear ribbons won at interprcvinclal exhibitions in competition with the best that Canada produces. And there are many of those on exhibition ani- mals of pure-bred stock ensuring the future of our dairy industry and guaranteeing our future agricultur- al progress, for all will admit that dairying is the basis of our agricul- ture.

Of the horses on exhibition, while

there are excellent individuals not so much can be said. Our horse breeding has been given less atten- Hon in recent years, but there is ‘mcouragement in the factthat quite I number of very promising young horses were shown.

Sheep and hogs also show improv- ed and careful selection and breed- ing. In ye olden time the size of the hog was a factor in determining the animals‘ right to a prize. The bacon hog attracts the attention today, al- though there are hogs of monstrous size on exhibition which arouse curiosity as well as interest.

Sheep also are judged today by the quality and thickness of their wooly coat and there are magnifi- cent individuals shown.

The Poultry exhibit also shows a great improvement cvenlcver those of recent years and thc splendid quality oi the leaders, the cow, the hog and the hen clearly demon- strate the principal cause of agri- cultural progress ln this province.

Between the dairy exhibits of to- day and those of pre-co-operativc days there is no comparison. The exhibits oi this class to be seen

' these latter years would hold their own in competition with the best that any country in the world could show.

One thing the old time visitor misses, that is the work oi the car- penter, the blacksmith, the shoe- maker, the cooper. These, unfortun- ately, are now extinct and we shall probably never see them again at

vlce-Praaldlout—ul. B. Blrlatt.

Allocllta Editor-D. K. Cnrrla. A. llluolilnnun, ll, 5, 0., I

BER. 30, 1927'

compensated largely for those who, on account of harvesting were un-

able to be present.

equal of any in former years.

———i<-o>i—- OUR ROADS

fore the

system was inaugurated some years "will! W85 an exception, our ImPQFI-S’ In this comparison our clay therefrom increasing by $300,000

8E0.

drawbacks, show a vast

conditions present summer.

ourselves as others see us.

provement.

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FILTIIY AND DANGEROUS

torating on the sidewalks and public places.

certain class of citizens.

The 1927 Provincial Exhibition will be remembered in future years as a success and the horse races the

WE publish with pleasure in this issue the letter of Mr. R. D. Willard of the firm of Messrs Rob- ert Douglas & Co., Certified Public Accountants, Boston. We appreciate his well-meant criticism of our roads and our our remarks thereon. current fiscal year from all the coun- Mr. Willard, naturally, sees our clay roads with the eyes of one accus- tomed tothe high grade paved road of New England and, necessarily, our clay roads suffer by _the compar- -' 7 ison. Our reference to present con- ditions is by way of comparison with conditions which prevailed here be-

roads, with all their unavoidable

THERE is, very properly. a law against and a penalty for expec-

This law is being dis- gustingly and openly violated by a It is not an uncommon sight to find a gang

were rejoicing over "the balance of trade" in favor of Canada. In our trade with all other countries our exports then quite largely ex- ceeded our imports. Just now most of these excellent Journals are quite silent on the subject of this boast- ed balance. The quarterly report for the first three months oi the current fiscal year—April, May and

relatively diminished exports. Our trade with the United Kingdom, however, shows an increase of $6,- 000,000 in imports‘ over the like period in .1926 and an increase of $14,000,000 in our exports. . #

But in the same three months, our trade with the United States was $100,000,000 greater than our to- tal trade with the United Kingdom and is steadily increasing. In the three months our imports from the States represented a huge total of $180,000,000, an increase of $13,000,- 000, while our exports across the border increased by some nine mil- lions to a total oi $108,577,904. What is not at all satisfactory is that dur- lng the first three months of the

June-shows increased imports andibemg

my: cmntorrrmrowu GUARDIAN

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,_ of _ a yours Briana. .~B-:~~M" ANOTHER CAUSE OF ASTHMA

_ You have likely been reading about the Jgvonderful curves‘ now made in cases o ‘asthma.

You have also likely seen a victim of asthma during an attack. 8nd although it is not immediately dan- gerous, it is most distressing. and must necessarily weaken the sys- tem to some extent.

Instead of sending these pat- lents to a different or drier climate. the physicians now looks for some cause of this asthma. Many cases were found to be due to some con- dition of nose or throat, such as en- larged tonsils, and the division in the nose being bent over to one side too much. When these conditions were corrected the attacks of asthma stopped:

Other cases were found to be due to too much protein-meat, eggs, cereals—in the daily diet. Decreas- ing the amount of these eaten les- sened the attacks or prevented them { altogether. This protein may also be in the form of dandruff from horses or cats, from the pollen of

tries within the British Empire, in- eluding the United Knigdom, Can-I ada imported only $58,350,004,while\ her imports from foreign countrlesl were $213,376,440.

exports u. Cuba decreased by soon,- 000. Imports from France incrcas-J

i

that Canadian imports increased continents, Europe, Asia, Africa, North America, South America, and Oceanica. Canadian exports to

South America, Oceanica. and Eu-

That the evils which follow the ex- cessive use of intoxicating liquors are very great, is admitted by all thoughtful persons. But that liquor prohibition is the best or only pre- ventive and remedy As not admit- ted. On the contrary, it is resolute- ly disputed wherever the English, French, Spanish or Italian languages are the common speech of the peo- ple. Prohibition has been tested in the United States for some years past under better conditions and on a much larger scale than it was ever tried before. A nation of one hun- dred and ten millions have made it unlawful to make, import or sell in- toxicating liquors anywhere in that country. That provision has been embodied in the constitution of the country in order that it may never‘ be repealed.

All the executive, judicial, civil, military and naval powers of the na- tion may be called into action to enforce this article of the Constitu- tion on land and sea. By interna- tional agreement seizures of vesselsi which are carrying contraband liquors toward the 'United States. ‘have bccn made from time to time anywhere within twelve miles be-i yond the shore. instead of the, three mile limit before recognized by international law. And many millions of the nation's money have been expended yearly to givc the fullest possible support to the con-i stitutionai prohibition. And with what result? ' i

Many have been taught delusiveq ly to believe that if there were no‘ intoxicating liquors evil and wrong] would die out and this world would be a paradise. A moment's thought will refute'that fallacy. The first murder of which we have record was

in

Imports from Cuba doubled, andi°t

ed by over $60,000, while exports toyears, had suffered with asthma for Highways Improvement-France diminished by $42,000. Ger-the previous nine years-

‘boy's confidence and as thteoboy wlas .willing to help the doc r n t e and 01"‘ 9X11?“ there") 11150 ifl-Etreatment, he consented to be hyp- creasing by 4,000,000. A separate notlzed.

impmve‘ table in the quarterly report shows ment and we feel quite Justifled in

noting this to the credit of those to steadily "Om every one of the five whom the credit is due. The con- sensus of opinion, is that, as com- pared with former years our main highways during the present sum- rope (exclusive of the United King- mer show a vast improvement and d°m) dccreaseii

this improvement, we trust, will bc increasingly maintained in coming years. Attention has very properly been centred upon the main high- ways and while there have been and are natural difliculties to be over- come there has been gradual better- ment. From all quarters among our own people who have known condi- tions as they were and are general’ satisfaction is expressed with the prevailing ‘during the Even in today's Guardian a tribute appears from a. lady who has travelled somewhat extensively. We candidly admit that we have not yet reached the status of high grade surfaced roads and never shall until we have our main roads gravelled and surfaced, but we are going in that direction. We wel- come such kindly and well meant criticism from our visitors as that given by Mr. Willard. It is well that we should, occasionally as least, sec It‘ will keep alive the "divine discontent" which shows up our failings and im- pels us to go forward to greater im-

birthdays and talked and acted as a child would at each different year pf his age. ' the asthmatic attacks centred round suffocation. He remembered that at

silence his cries by stuffing pieces of

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iious study, are here aublimizcd in-

[When i

tBccauae the sense, not that such

of loafers hanging around a street corner, painting "devil's maps" on the once clean pavement with tobac- co iuice. It is a filthy, indecent and dangerous habit. and for those who

our exhibitions. rt is gratifying to see that the ladies are holding up‘ their end of the exhibition. The rugs, linens, and other exhibits oi handicraft. in the opinion of many competenttojudge show a decided improvement over similar exhibits of former years. Handicraft is coming back. than‘ largely to the Handicrafts Guild or- ganiaed some years ago and the publicity given ‘to it by recent exhi- bits in London, Ottawa and clac- whore. In tlfls connection the fin- qg- media work, paintings, crayon and pencil work cannot be over- MM a While. owing to the fine weather which kept many of our farmers in the fields at homo, the attendance ma: our own country section: in u coil have been

know no better than to indulge in it there is probably only one remedy, that is, the enforcement of the law. A few fines impowd might teach people who cannot be taught other- wise andthe police should see the} such ha...‘ areiuhpohea. ‘The habit. although probablioonflned to-a few.

committed by a sober man. if today all were total abstalners, great evils would still remain and abound. War would remain and lust, robbery, and all the crimes in the calendar would still be with us. greatly increased. boys who are yet" too young to be addicted to drink.

Youthful crime has notably among

As we have said. Wbhlblilon. If it " could be enforced to the letter, would come far short of ridding the world of vice and crime, although it would

is a menace to public health, and should be sternly dealt with.

--—-<-a>—-—— EDITORIAL NOTES

A fairly successful fakir row is being conducted on Queen Square, presumably for the benefit of those I who cannot go to the bigger show at the Exhibition.

Ifintfylllloumllfliohlwlth the fahenyouloeeuiorethanthefaker doll. don't blame nu bull-

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reduce those evils. But can it be enforced? In no country ha; w tremendous and sustained an effort 5"" mid! l9 mforce it as in the United States. Yet vice and crime arc far more rampant there, under prohibition, thanin Britain or Canada under other methods of lotion and control. Chicago has long made a record of one mur- der a day with other crimes of vio- t lence in like proportion and a lead. ing newspaper in Buffalo stcutly contends ‘that Detroit's criminal re- oord is worse than that of Chicago.

(ihalrman l. G. Fallen. Chairman

The Public Forum i

Thin column I: ow- l" 1'" dlceunion by wrffllllillldfll" of question: of interact. Th! Charlottetown Guardian d0" not necessarily undone the opinions of oorf6lil°lld'""' t

O-OOO-OQQ §§§4§4§O§QFOO CO4"? oun ROADS

$|r,_A party of us came to i119 (my by cm- 9n Wednesday ‘flail?’ Keuaiugton, and could not help thllla no“, how good the road is for u season of the Yelil? We tiav till grout deal by car each summer bo l here and away. Ill"! l ""151 confess I never experienced better roads 0n the island than we have 1W1 l“ the present year. In July W901“- elled from kcusinawn w 50'1"“ via Charlottetown, and I never was on a better dirt road; and last week we went to Augustine Cove over uu ideal stretch of road. Unfortun- ately coming back we traversed some side roads and paid for our experience. But so far as the main roads are concerned, novel‘ since autos were introduced in 19- 15 have they been better than in the present summer. I hope the new Government will maintain the same higli standard.

I have been for fifteen years in the United States, and only return- ed to reside permanently, two years ago, and so can speak both for the

plants and so forth.

But there have been cases of asthma where there were apparent- ly none of the above causes, and

physicians have been investigating

thesc most carefully. Dr. E. B. Strauss tells of a couple cases which defied all the treat- ment until he tried hypnotism on them.

The first case, a boy of twelve

Dr. Strauss gradually gained the

He was able to recall his past

“The investigation showed that the emotion of fear and the idea of the age of two, his nurse used to

rags in his mouth.

After being restored to conscious- nessthe asthmatic "attacks ceased to occur.

The other case, a young woman, always had a. dream before each at- tack. “I find myself by the side of a. brook near home, the brook over- flows and engulfs me, when the water reaches my neck I awaken into an asthmatic attack."

She remembered, while hypnotiz- ed, that at the age of three havin fallen into a stream and being res‘- cued. She likewise has had no fur- ther attacks of asthma. These cases show us that. some cases of asthma may be due to nervous shock in childhood.

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FOR THE SCRAP BOOK A ssmzs OF LITERARY

QUOTATIONS FOR BIDOK LOVERS

O-O-O-GOQ

Friday, Sept. 30th. Furlpidea born, 480 ‘B. C.

What laborious days. what watch- lnge by the midnight lamp, what racking; of the brain, what hopes and fears. what long lives of labor-

to ‘print, and condensed into the" narrow compass of these surround- ing ahe|vea!—-Horace Smith. "SUAVE MARI MA'GNO—-—"

storms blow loud, ‘tla sweet to watch at case

From shore, tho sailor labouring

with the seas!

pains are hi8. But that they are not ours, must always please.

‘Sweet for the crugaman, from some high retreat

Watching the plains below whore lesions meet,

To await the moment walls of war

Thunder and clash together. more sweet.

when the

Ilut

Sweeter by far on Wlsdonfs ramp- ired height Tn pace aereno the porchcs oi‘ the

And thence look riown—<lown on the purblinrl herd .

Seeking and never finding in Lil night.

The road to peace-tho peace that all might hold, . But yet is missed by Willi! mill! ‘and by old, Lost in the strife for I powers, ~_ The axes. and the ‘iiCtON. and i116 gold. ' '

and

Oh-sightieas eyes! Qh hands that toil in wainl Not such your needs. Your nature's needs are twain. And only twain: and these are to be free- Your minds from terror. and Y0"? bones from rain- -Luoretiua.

_ thrown a revealing searchllsht “D011 the operations of six bootieggers in that province while the prohibiwry law was on the statute book. Mr. Fulton is widely known and respect- ed throughout our own province and city and we trust that the synoplll

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"Our

not you fully realize the effect of such an article on the public out-

in. We all know The Guardian rc-

llsh everything possible to the em- Tliis is as it should be.

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roads here and the dirt roads else- where. I say the improvement is simply marvellous on what we lieretofor were accustomed. I am. Sir, efc., . MRS. EDWARD PENDERGAST

OUR ROADS AND TOURISTS

Sir,——l have roacrwith much iii- icrest the editorial appearing iu The (luardiau of August-30 entitled Roads" and the question which perplexes mc is whether m‘

side the island, more especially lili- on the travellers referred to there-

prescnts tho views oi’ the political party now out oi‘ power. We also know that one oi’ the "sacred dut- ies" of such a newspaper is to pub-

lmrrassment of the party in power. lt quick ens the mind or the people, REED! public interest alive, and prevents that state of "smug conipluccncy which is invariably nu affliction of u (lisinteresled electorate. Should this political heckling b0 carried lo the point where it is detriment ll] to tho common interest‘! I be- lieve not unrl therefore wish i0 point out what in my opinion iB U10 effect of certain statements in your editorial.

I am not n. citizen ni‘ Prince Eri- ward Island nor of Canada. hence not influenced by political affilia- tions. Whether the government he Liberal or Conservative is of llttlo interest. I um a lover nf the Island. however, spending long Wi- cations‘ in the beautiful country of which you may well be proud.

l1 was my good fortune to spend many weeks of this summer visit- ing the various sections of tho Pro- vince from my headquarters a‘. Charlottetown. I motored \orer approximately three thousand mil- cu of Island roads and believe eucli ll. record qualifies me to speak with authority. I thoroughly en- joyed my visit and wish to state that the roads are, for clay roads. in the main, excellent. The two roads which you mention, that is from Charlottetown to Souris anrl_ from Charlottetown to Borden. are not as you state "almost equal to a surfaced road." In fact, they are, considering the main arteries us a group, vcry poor if not tho poorest. I knnw 0i many HO culi- cd side routls which lair surpass iiieiu. Tho host road whiclil found was from Canoe Cove through Long Creek uml New Do- minion to Rocky Point. but unfor- unately few of the so-called tour- ist visitors travel this route. A vast majority of the tourists first set font on tho Island at Borden. Of this majority tho greatest num- ber have Charlottetown us a destin- ation. They naturally travol the murkori road from Bordon to Char- lottetown. This is one of the poor~ out. roads, for a main highway ou

the island. The section from New Haven to Charlottetown is particularly bad. And I might

point out that the spring and early slimmer care of this road was un- der the direction of your political party, although that is beside the point.