.. -_ _-...-...¢. n-G. ueQucn-mcoaxq-ttp<rt&ibfi i

" . eel-mic unable

. wanna... are’

i-ieAol-z-rouit“

rue cnmztoirrlrrowu ouaxouxu

. e

The tiharlgttateucrgiluardlan

' rte-neat, linen-col. w. Cheater s. sin-Lu". . . Ulce-Prealdaat, I. I. lluranlt. l". J. I. Secretary, LIeaL-Oll. D. A, Iaelfinnua, U. d. 0.

i Finance-Minister has somewhat confused this point by including railway deficits in such items, but it is sufficiently obviousthat in coining thc expriesson “emergency supplementary estimates"

E’

riilllnr and Alana]!

Director. J. B. Burnett, If. J. l Janos-late Editor-a.

nk Walker and D. K. Qurrle.

he had in mind those unforseen contingencies, for which, in a time of economic crisis, it is the

Herding {Daily (founded 1801) ".00 per year (In advance)

delivered In City. [$.00 per year (In advance) mulled to

Prince Edward lahld. “.50 per year (In advance) blaileibtu Canada and United Staten.

duty of the Government to provide.

Editorial Notes

THURSDAY FEBRUAIY 20, 1936

Civic PurchasirContemplated

As announced elsewhere in today's Guard- ian, the City Council, anticipatingthe irumored “imminent sale" of the Maritime Electric Com- pany, Limited, properties in the Province, has applied to the Government for approval of the appointment of a valuator, with the intention of urchase b the Cit -undcr the liuzibliu Act,

l‘ l’ Y g 1935- - The statute referred to was passed by the Legislature at the request of the City Council of that time. The preamble states:

“It is considered by users of electric energy within the City of Charlottetown that the rates and charges oi the Maritime Electric Company, Limited. the only supplienof such energy within

- the City, are excessive and the City Council of the said City is desirous or considering the advisability of purchasing the plant and dis- tribution system and equipment oi’ the said Com- pany within the City, on such terms and in such manner as may be provided by subsequent, enact- ment, therefor, and represents that a. full, re- liable and expert survey and evaluation of such plant. synstein and equipment is necessary to such consideration."

The Act authorizes the City Council to ap- point “a fit and proper person" approved by the Lieutenant Governor in Council, on such terms as the Council shall arrange, to make the survey and valuation required. If so directed by the Lieutenant Governor in Council the survey and valuation may be extended to any part of the Company's property and equipment within the Province.

‘There is no question but that the acquisition and operation on a municipal basis of all our electric light and power requirements would be a. distinct asset, provided a satisfactory purchase price can be agreed upon. Many years ago, when this question first came up, The Guardian advocated the measure as one of unquestionable advantage to the taxpayers. The opposition at that time. however, proved too strong to be over- come. and the chance has let slip.

This time, if another favorable opportunity arises, the City (louncil is evidently determined to take zulvzmtage of it_ Fortunately their im- mediate predecessors in office anticipated such action, and had the forethought to make legis- lative provision for the appointment of a valuator. _

Further developments in connection with this important matter will be awaited with much interest.

What's In A Name‘?

No one who heard Prime lvlinister l\l.\c- ma?‘ "it: KING in thc Charlottetown Forum dur- ing "c federal election canlpaign will forgot thc comarn he professed for the safety of democ- ruri- under the BIZNNIETT regime, The crux of Mr. lib.- mzrrfis offence against democracy was, ziccoriliilg to Mr- KING, his “blank cheque meth- od" of dealing in Parliament xvith emergency relief expenditures occasioned by the world dc- prcssion, In failing to specify in advance the amounts required for these rclicf purposes the then Prime Minister, Mr. KING charged, was following in the (lictatori-al steps ‘ of I-Irrlaau, STALIN, and hlUSSOLINI; he was riding rough- shod ovcr the principles of lViagna Charla and the freedom of Parliament, and there was no telling what the cud would be unless he, Mr. 1<lNG—~llllllIlC(l with the republican sentiments of his grandfather Witty-m LYON MACKENZIE- wcrc elected to power

Tllllt thc Liberal leader cithcr failed t0 grasp the difficulty of administering unemploy- .nient relief, or deliberately misled his hearers in this matter, seems evident from a statement made last wcck in thc Ilouse of Commons by Finance Minister DUNNING. The occasion was the [iassing 0f Public \Vorks estimates charge- able to income (Prince lidu/arrl Island receiving nothing under this heading) It was called to the (ioverlinlcnfs attention that there was reported in bc under consideration an extensive. pro- gramme of public works of a kind (lifferent front those provided for in the estimates, and to facilitate business it was suggested that an

outline be given of the policy of the athniu- ~’~

isiration for illc coming fiscal year in connec- tion with such works.

Ilon- .\lr. DlJNNixifs reply was as follows: “In thc preparation of thc estimates now before the. committee it was the intention to present what might he willed broadly the normal cost of administering the country, leaving out all those extraordinary matters to which my friend has referred and which in past years have been dealt with by means of what has come to be described as thc blank cheque method. It is the intention of the government to present further estimates “lliCll will be known. for lack of a bcttcr name at thc moment, as emergency supplementary es- timates‘, designed to provide for all expenditures

'of an emergency charachr which are necessary

because of the condition in which the country finds itself at thc present time. The emergency expenditures to which I refer are those connect- ed with relief in its various forms; with pro- grammes with respect to work of anykind arising out of the necessity of creating work; with railway deficits and all other matters which might be describedas extraordinary in their nature and which arenot associated with the normal ornrstionmof the country. Our in- tention is to set forth in the House as clearly as possible what it ' ‘ited over and above the normal cost of "running the institutions of gov- eriantmt due to the. conditions which prevail at the present time." , " ' .

Not being i I " ~ Mr, manned willni what the enter‘

Just a \vcck till Lent.

ii ii! iK ~ Weather may be blustery but thoroughly enjoyable for the season. ’

iii iK 9K

The farmers of the west are to get a dis- tribution of $6,000,000 profits due to the action 0f the. BENNETT‘ Government in husbanding wheat during the years of terrible world depres- sion.

§ fi i Credit union is another name for cooper- at-ive society, and will prove just as successful as the efficiency, or otherwise, _of the manage- ment In eastern Nova Scotia they have netted a five per cent- divigend.

i!

A suggestion was made at the Central Far- mer's Institute that school age should begin at seven and P. W. C. age at sixteen- The idea is that farmers children could then have consider- able practical knowledge of farming before their school days are over. _ - ' 9K * K Hon. W. H. DENNIS told the Farmers Insti- tute there would be four additional stallions at their disposal this year, one brought in by pri- vate interests, and the other three Government Controlled. We thought the brewers were to supply only two under Government Control. iii 9K iii The Temperance i Educational Secretary really can make our blood curdle and our flesh creep in his description of the horrors of condi- tions under our benign Prohibition Act. It is this sort of thing. Mr. BENTLEY claims does more harm than good to the temperance-—or prohibi- tion—cause. ‘ flit i 9K Our Attomey-Gencral now having the B. N. A. proposals of the sub-committee in his possession, should consult some of those who “have been through the mill" regarding’ them before undertaking again to speak for the Pro- vince at the meeting to be held at Ottawa on hlarch 2. 9i? 3K iii

The correspondent of thc Dominion Bureau of Statistics in Buenos Aires, under date of February 3, says: “Cutting of the crops of wheat and linseed has practically been brought to a conclusion for this season. There has been a good ilcal of iuterruptioii in some districts on account of the frequent rains. The same applies to threshing operations, now in full swing throughout the cereal zoues- Yields are proving very variable, both in regard to quality and quantity." . a

5K ti‘. 9i?

ivotes By 1 he Way

A hllle Nazi flag on the north tower o! the perish church in, a Bear frontier village led to gn in- vestigatton by indignant author-it. ies. It was found that, although the priest is french and the .§el's vioee are conducted in French, the north half or the church l; m German territory and some or the parishioners live there, so the N351 flag still flies from the flagstaff.

Judging from a statement by Prime Minister Mackenzie King in the I-Iouse of Commons on Tues- day, he has evidently gone “Ripley- ian." He is reported as saying that when the cabinet was discussing the recent reference of the Reform legislation to the courts he had suggsted to Minister of Jultlce Ernest Lapointe that Mr. Bennett be asked to twke the case for the legislation-JR.

llia devotion to duty, hi! tact and quick understanding. his sympathy with the people over whom he is celled upon to reign. have already been tested and proved. And he is --perhaps greatest asset of all-a very humble person. The man will never be lost in the King. l-le hes been, and will remain (for it is fundamental in his nature.) not above but of the people. He has e deep rooted hatred of shems and false ifignities. He has mingled freely and simply on a. footing of equal manhood with all classes. He has seen and talked with the work- ers in their factories and in their homes. And never has he con- descended or patrontsed. He has been a friendly visitor, a man mov- ing among his fellow men. His courage is proverbial. - London Daily Herald.

The 400th anniversary of the death of Erasmus in 1536 will be mmemorated by the publication in the near future of the first com- plete Eingtlish translation of his “Instituticn Principis Christianus." The translator and editor is tester K. Born of George Washington University and the publisher is Columbia University Press. It is in thlswolume that Erasmus, giving advice to rulers of nations, said, "All governments last longest if they serve the masses. Laws no longer appropriate should be chang- ed. Cases should ‘be settled by the courts as quickly as possible."

' The recent and somewhat pro- tracted proceedings in various criminal courts concerning the Iabatt kidnapping seem to have made a deep-impression on- the minds of the small children of 110M100. Ont. One of these came home the other day from Sunday school with a very puzzled air and inquired of his mother whether the daughter of I-Ierodias was a kidnapper. “Why certainly not," said the mother in surprise. “What ever put that idea into your heiidz" “Well," said the small child. “teacher was telling us today about

Recently We recorded the dumping of Michigan potatoes in Ontario due to the oper- ation of the new 'l‘reaiy. Now we have to record the smuggling of Ontario butter into Michigan because of the rliiferential in duty and retail price. With a dutyof l5 cents against Canad- ian butter entering the United States and with niilc cents difference in the retail price on Detroit and Ontario markets, smuggling is once more profitable and has been resumed after a lapse of many years. This week, ROBERT KRIGER was arrested at Algonac,_ biicln, while taking 1,240 pounds of butter across the frozen St. Clair River in a car. ' .

They are looking ahead in London all right for it is announced in an ofiicial notice that the ceremony of thc trooping of the colors will take place on King EDWAIRUS forty-second birthday, J1me 23. The ceremony will take place as usual on the Horse Guards Parade, and the King will then for the first time since his accession ride at the head of his troops back to Buckingham Palace. lNhcn he was thePrincc of l/Valcs EDWARD acted for his father, King GEORGE, at the troopmg of thc colors two years ago and rode at thc head of the guards on their march from the Horse Guards Parade to Buckingham Palace, where he tbok the salute at the march past. King EDWARD has also arranged to present new colors to Six battalions of guards at the llorse Guards Parade on July l6.

A new Dominion Medical Organization has been latinehcd under thc name of The National Society for the Study and Control ofRhcuinatic Diseases in Canada. It is a branch of an International Association with headquarters in Islollantl. Offiecrs elected were: I-Ionorary presi- dent, Dr. j. C. bIAKINS, lviontreahpresidcut of the Canadian Medical Association; president, Dr. A_ A. FLETCHER, Toronto; first vice-presi- dent, Dr- A. LnsAGE, Professor of Medicine. University of Montreal; second vice-president Dr. FRED CADIIAM, Provincial Bacteriologist, Manitoba; secretary, Dr. W. S. BARNHART, Ot- tawa; treasurer, Dr. IJF. Anson, Ottawa. The foregoing, with provincial committee chairmen to be selected later, will constitute the national executive. Couveners for selection of provincial committees include for. Ontario, Dr. W. S. LYMAN, Ottawa, and from Quebec, Dr. G. DOUGLAS TAYLOR, Montreal. 9K ii ii! Probably the beat known advertising execu- tive in Canada and the United States is the ven- erable Mr. R. C. SMITH of the R. C. Sun-u and Son Agency_ There may be, and are, advertising imen better known in the United States itself, but not in both countries. Mr. Smra has travelled and lecturedextensively, has written learnedly and otherwise for all sorts of publications, and has been hale fellow well-met in all sorts of gatherings from Sunday Schools to Assemblies, and ‘then some, equally respectable but not so prosey. Theweason for this note, is that year by "year, Mr-Strtrn is entertained at a birthday

He, Will have l ' fish his p ,c_elied ."blank.

to deal with

hurls, .- sl York, Toronto. where hundreds gathered _- was him/honour» nu a =liuiedletioti u. have a

rty,.an<l one was held the other night in the

1m iltmwtl.

how she danced before Herod and he said that he would give her anything that she wanted, and she said that all she wanted was John Labatt with his head in a charger." —Ex.

Are treaties made to be broken? 'I'hat is the issue that once more, as in 1914, is confronting the world today. That certain powerful coun- tries are prepared to give an af- fiilmattve answer to that question is the most disturbing factor in‘ the world today. That the great maj- ority of nations believe that treat- ies once entered into are binding until voluntarry abrogated by all the patties concerned, and that these nations are prepared to take risks in defence of that principle, is the one hopeful element in a situ- aiion that is fraught with danger for the future peace of the world. -l-Iong Kong Press.

Sir Harry Lauder, the famous Scottish entertainer, sang for the King and Quten at the Palace Theatre in Iminon one night and later visited them in the Royal box. After loavin; Their Majesiies Lauder met a irlrnd just outside the door and said to him: "Good night, George." “Good night and good luck to you, Harry," he heard ‘from behind. Turning. he saw the King had iofowed him out. The monarch laughed heartily over Lender's confusion-snub. Ste. Marie Star.

'Auinmobilcs have temperament! This week I watched a man crank a ear, until the engine turned. The motor stopped as he got back int/o the scat. With a look oi‘ annoyance he left the vehicle, to crank it. again, and with thc same result. Drspcration was in his face when he started to open the door a third time. It would, one could see. go hard with that bulky car‘; but the opening of the door started the en- gine-Ilbt.

The Michigan Highway Depart- ment has collected about hall a ton oi’ scrap metal, ranging from scis- sors to tobacco tins, by means of the cruising road magnet. This novel magnet costs about 35 cents a mile to operate and covers an average of 42 miles a day. Built by the highway department, the machine is eight feet wide. ll feet long and slit feet high. It is drawn behind a truck. The metal ‘objects picked up are tripped into e hoppera-New York Times.

Mtlllollnl complaint! ihll 1h! five-power pact c! mutual assist- ance is opposed to the League

‘ because it. is based on the non-existent hypothesis ol an Italian attack. fl Dues is deliber- ately numerous. The Ethiopian war is e violation f Italy's pledge under, m; Ccvenan and Mussolini aye Italy will treat u an act of war any agreement by League ne- ttml to stop their exports of oil to Italy. The difference between a threat and a hypothesis in this case is Museum-it's joke-Ipndon

Advertiser. . ,

Chat Idol:

of s ghouts Iv Jqm w. eta-reg. mp.

sromcu‘ commas-rs ABE Nor usoeuar one T0 rue sromcu

An outstanding surgeon made the statement some years ago that when a patient complained of indigestion or gas on the stomach. he had the liver tested out to see If it removed poisons from the blood in the usual amount of time required and also had the gall bladder tested to see if it were emptying properly and in the usual time. For, in his opinion. most of the "stomach trouble" of which patients complain is due to a fa ty liver or gall bladder.

ow the stomach has e great amount of work to do. It takes into itself all kinds of food and liquids in very large and in very srnsil amo ‘s, etilnes as often as B to 8 times a day and sometimes only once a day. It must prepare this food in such a wey that the small intestine will accept it and further

work on it, so that the blood can absorb it and use it for building up all parts of the body, supplying dig- estive and other juices ,and making all the body processes work.

And yet the stomach itself doesn't readily get out of order. It is com- posed of strong muscular coats which churn up the food with the stomach digestive juices and when the food is “ready” it. drives it. for- ward with these strong muscles into the small intestine. ‘

But as mentioned above the stomach can be effected by other organs-liver, gall bladder, small and large intestine-which seem to float" or back-up in their work and the stomach is affected and blamed for the disturbance. -

Thus Dr. Melvin Price Iseminger, Professor of Hygiene, Oregon State College, suysz- _

The stomach is often blamed for

trouble which lies in other parts of the body. Curing so-celled stomach trouble is more often a. question of curing or treating some other organ or system. Stomach complaints are common; in fact if one is ill at all. a. derangementtn the digestive sys- tem is almost certain to appear but in four cases out of five there is nothingwrong with the stomach- The trouble is usually somewhere else in the nervous system, the ap- pendix, the gall bladder, the lungs, the kidneys, the liver or the intes- tines; or perhaps there is nothing wrong at all. The point then is that stomach ailments do occur-inflammation of, the lining, ulcers, and even cancer- but "four times out of five" the real trouble is elsewhere, should be searched for, and corrected.

non ltov

Rob ROY 5451418113801‘. he is irked with lying still

Underneath the heather in the crook of the hill;

Rob Roy Macgregor, he is weary of the tread

Of the white sheep grazing in the turf above his head.

The blithe old cateranTs calling for his kin;

Will they hear in their golden

graves beneath the flowered

whin?

Will they rise at ' his bidding, as they rose to a man

Ill the days‘ of his glory when he culled the fighting clan?

Wild-eyed and wild-haired, the sun upon their backs.

Only the bold wind to follow in their tnvcks- _

Each in his iwnrlet plaid and each with dirk agleam

Will they ride through the heather in the chase of a dream?

Ah, Rob Roy, but the pibroch calls in vain.

Turn batik to sleep with your gal- lant dreams again:

Never sintll you ride as you rode in days gone by,

To themcntc o‘ the redccate and the liftin’ o‘ the kye.

Draw you your mantle clme against the winters cold,

Dream oi your prowess in the gay ycnrs of old-

Dream oi the yellow flame above the kindled stack,

And the swift tlirust-and-parry of defence and attack.

And kmw. though your splendo s and, chivalrics are done, KIWW. #1100811 Wu!‘ grey eyes are, sealed against the sun,

Know, though your bright plaid with driven rain is wet,

Your needs and your memories are

Dart oi Scotland yet.

Till the heath spreads longer its tapestries of bicom~

Till the gorse buds no more-till the mlthty Creek o‘ Doom-

Your spirit shall ride where your fleeing quarry ran,

And your dead voice shall muster up the shadows of your clan.

-A\ldfll' Alexand u. Brown in the Winnipeg Free Prue.

ifl_