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WEDNESDAY, SEFZ117ZBEI>25. 1935.

CANADA'S TRADE

Injected into the discussions at Liberal political meetings in Queens County recently was the question of Canada's trade stand- ing in relation to other world countries. It was contended that Canada has not made the progress which other countries have made out of the depression, that she has

fallen from fifth t,o eighth position,

and that her trade has dmPPed. since the depression, almost 50 per

cent while world trade dropped only 40 per cent. _ The answer to these misstate-

ments will be found in the Patriot of Sept. 9. in which Sir William Stavert, well known financier of Montreal, is quoted as suyin-Z:

“It may even be said that with regard to favorable balances of triads shown by governments, and returns, not only is Canada fifth among the nations in volume bu! is. showing a. tendency to 108d N!

contemporary nations buck to prpeperity." If our contemporary featured

more of such items it would place its readers in a better position to vote intelligently on the issues in the present election contest. A few weeks ago, for example, an, analysis of world trade/ figures by the stat- istical bureau of the league cf Nations, representing a careful study which'the League's econom- ists have been carrying on for sev- eral months, was issued, amply substantiating sir William Stavert’: statements. The analysis showed. among other things:

1—-That during the past four years of depression Canada's record in maintaining her foreign com- merce has been surpassed by only one of the great world-trading na- tions, namely, Japan.

it-That while world exports in the past, four years have declined 57.1 percent, on a gold dollar basis Canada's exports on the same basis, declined by but 49.9 percent.

S-Jrhat whereas Canada's ex- ports, on a gold dollar basis, have shrunk by 49.9 percent, those of the United states have diminished by 66.9 percent, of the United King- dom by 57.0 percent... of Germany by 65.8 p:"cent., of France by 58.4 percent, of Italy by 88.1 percent.

4—That, in volume of goods, apart from gold dollar values, Can- ada contributed 3.71 percent. of the total world exports in 1920 and 3.90 percent. of the total world exports iii 1934.

Figures such as these can't be dismissed by election oratory. What they show. and iincontmvertibly, is that in the matter of trade, which is.‘ the foundation of employment, Canada in these years has been do- ing better than any other nation irr the world, with one exception. Japan, where low wages create es- pecially favourable opportunitim for exports, has surpassed us, though only slightly. What they show also is that in volume of sales, in the quantity of goods moving, decline in our trade is much less than is assumed. In that respect our record, comparatively speaking, is even better than when tested by values.

Canada now (ices a larger pro- portion of the world's trade than it did ‘under Mackenzie King. It stands fifth amongst the trading nations u! the world, being ex- ceeded by only Great Britain, France, Germany and United Stator. An adverse trade balance of $100,000,000 in 1929, has been changed into a favorable trade balance of $130,000,000. It will take c. lot m" misrepresentation by op- position politicians to hide these facts from the electors.

SOVIET SCANDALS

Communist agitators in Canada continue to proclaim through their magazines and other mouthpiece: that the people in the USSR. are better of! than the dwellers in this country. so it is in order to draw their attention to some evi- dence thot is furnished from Mos- cow itbelf. The Pravda recently commented‘ on the apathy of the local authorities in various parts of’. Russia towards the appalling living conditions of thousands of workers. Special mention was mode of New Zaporojie, where a census revealed that some 18,000 persons were if‘. i; in 5,000 small dugouts, withou. .103!‘ or lighting, and with- in a fc yards. of the gloat Dnep- rostmt 1 we: station. most of time tenants, according to mvas, have been in} biting time home for uvcni y m, some em m» they come‘ w help’ u. oemuuei ‘bron- c: notion in 1001.111: mm of the flliilill IN liion N?"

in their work. In the dugout villlge also dwell the families of 75 sold- iers. It is recorded thatthese peo- ple have periodically made appli- cation for new houses that are be- ing built, but invariably their re- quests have been ignored, newcom- ers in the neighborhood being fav- ored. At Staiinsk also conditions are bad, teachers living in dugout-s and bathrooms, and directors and engineers of coal mines dwelling in offices and wooden barracks. The supply system remains disor- ganized, so much so that the So- viet Commissariat of Internal Trade still recognizes the existence of ,queues. Anyone out of turn in the {queue may nob be served. Bread shops open an hour and a half be- fore the factories and do not close until two hours after the works close. Other shops are open from 10 am. to 10 p.m., yet‘ queues re- main necessary in parts of the Urals, the Donetz coal basin, the Ukraine and Siberia. Ration cards are again in use in the Altpi Metal Mining Trust territory, actfrding to the Soviet press. These condi-

tions are described as scandalous by the Russian newspapers, which demand reform. The facts as pre- sented indicstte that despite nearly two decades of endeavor the Us. SIR. has not brought happiness to a. great proportion of the proletar- iat. There is no reason to hold Communist methods up as an ex- ample for other countries to follow.

TRADE WITH U. S.

0n several occasions recently the Canadian Press has reported sub- stantial progress in negotiations be- tween Canada and the United State; in the direction of a recip- rocal trade agreement. 1t has also given publicity to the fact that these negotiations have been going cufcr a long time. The correspondence opened with an exhaustive present- ation of the Canadian argument for wider trade relations dated Nov. 14, 1034, and closed Jan. 4, 1935, with a note from Mr. Herridge acknowledg- ing U. S. Secretary Hull's agree- ment to open negotiations. Secretary Hull expressed appre- ciation of the arguments presented and particularly mentioned his “ap- preciation of the unflinching deter- mination with which the Dominion and Provincial Governments have met their loan obligations." His government, he stated, was ready toiopen negotiations and he further suggested that the discussions take in the question of “methods of de- termining the value of merchandise for duty purposes in either coun- try."

Mr. Herridge agreed to include this question in the negotiations, and agreed to the opinion expressed by Secretary Hull that egotiauous would essentially have to ‘be most exhaustive on the part of both countries, involving a close study of every item in the tariff schedule likely to be affected by the proposed agreement. Changes in long stand- ing tariff schedules would have to be effected gradually.

Experts of the Canadian and United States governments have been busily engaged in this work for many months both in Ottawa and Washington, and a party of Canadian trade and tariff officials recently visited Washington for round-table discussion. Notwithstanding these facts the local Liberal press has the audacity to say that because of Mr. Bennett's "failure to arrive at any definite basis of agreement" President Roosevelt has "decided to proceed no further with the negotiations ll he prefers to deal with a Liberal Government under the leadership of Hon. Mr. King." v Such barefaced misrepresentation is unprecedented in political cam- Dlikfliflk-

EDITORIAL NOTES

Well, well, it hms come to this that the Liberal Party editor hu himself to take the stump to help his candidates.

The Gyro Club in to be com- mended its decision to lponsor a recital in Charlottetown this fall of that world-famed Canadian organ- isation, the Hort House String Qillrfct.

When is Government acticmun- trustworthy and unreliable? When handled by men like Premier Hep- burn snd Pmnier Mussolini. With their: repudiation loom: bigger than reputation.

According so Prime minimi- Bennett. Premier fhpburn specks with his mm in hh chuck when

melts. Mk. Hepburn. told his ‘Ibr- onto financial supporters that he did so merely to "catch the man in the street." There is sincerity for youl

Mr. King's parliamentary prom- ise that he would lower tariffs 50 per cent. would, if carried out, close up 60 pm- cent cf Canada's industria. Now, on the stump, he says he would lower the tariffs a reasonable degree. He is always en- deavoring by some method to shlrk making a specific statement."

Where the Liberals had feared to “provoke”- other countries in seeking markets, the Conservatives countered tariff for tariff, pzefer- ence for tariff preference, resulting in a 10o per cent increase in Bhu- pire trade and 26 per cent increase in Canada's trade with foreign countries.

We have reason to believe there is much resentment on the part of farmers who entered into agree- ments with fertilizer supply firms for potatoes ‘at a maximum of thirteen cents per bushel. verily "pigs in ciover"-wlth the farmers representing the clover.

Rumors that he would “seek H seat in another country," were re- ferred to by Prime Minister Ben- nett at the Conservative conven- tion in Calgary. They were not true. Ihe said. He recalled Sir Thomas IWhite having once remarked. “I will always think of you as Ben- nett of Calgary." "It rests with you," the Prime Minister "whether after Oct. 14 I shall con» tinue to bear that proud designa- tion."

The Liberals have no prospects of electing more than a corporars guard in the West, according to reliable authorities. Their prospems in Ontario are slim, Premier Hep- burn having ruined any prospect they had of adding. to their repre- sentation. In Quebec the Liberal party is so broken up by infernal dissention that they will likely lose several seats there. In the Mari- times the third party has rendered their chances pmblematicai. All of which means a triumphant return of Prime Minister Bennett to power on the fourteenth of next month.

It is remarkable how unanimous the chief pacifists have been in urging Greet Britain to go to war rather than to knuckle down to Mussolini. The Manchester Guard- ian, historic organ of Giadstonian Liberalism and traditionally Eng- land's leading organ of paciflcism, warned the British Government not to betray Ethiopia for the sake of

averting a conflict with Italy. ‘Whatever wounds the League might suffer if it failed in spite of sincere efforts

to prevent or rapidly extinguish

deadly as those it would inflict on itself by an act of treachery, how- ever veiled," said The Guardian. It scoffed at the idea that Mussolini would end his war once he had succeeded in avenging Adawa and added: “Everything Mussolini says makes it more likely that the Lea- gue can find no way of satisfying him without betraying Ethiopia and dishonoring itself."

The US. Federal Potato Control Act goes into effect on December 1 and will restrict the cultivation of potatoes in such a manner as to keep prices at a given level. Al- ready there are murmurings of pditicoi revolt among both Repub- lican iianners and dealers. A New York State farmer having ready access to the market has advertised in the newspapers that he will grow potatoes on his land without ob- serving any clauses of the new act, and that he will go to the peniten- tiary willingly for his crime. This spirit of martyrdom found im- medilte response in New York. A dealer sympathizer, anxious to go to the penitentiary in the company of "nice people," wrote to the fann- er as follows: "'1 hereby tender you a bona flde offer to purchase six or more bushels of ‘strictly illegal potatoes‘ to be grown by you. , , . I offer te make two or more pur- chases, as it is my understanding that the second purchase will en- title me to so to the Penitentiary." The letter also instructed that the farmer ship the illegal potatoes through New Jersey. thereby mak- ing it an inter-state offense. Of Mum. this is simply I Political

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Italian troop movements through the Suez Canal have already net- ted the operating company ap- proximately 0200.000; so that will be another argument against clos- ing this short-cut from Rome to Addis Ababa.

Following the example of Great Britan a group of American pm- moters are preparing an elaborate commercial expedition to Latin America. An exhibit ship will demonstrate the efficiency of American bath-tubs, orange juices, etc., all the way from Maracaibo to Punta Arenas. . . . But alas! With all these gadgets, exhibits and en- tertaining, the American trade ship will have no Prince of Wales.- Washington Post.

The general expectation in Gen- eva, ls, however, that Italy will 1e- ject the plan of settlement prepared by the League council. Most believe that Mussolnii is determined to make war, but that he may be con- tent with one ortwo initial victories "to avenge Adowa" and then pro- pose a settlement. This latter is more than belief; it is, unless the League is bent on self-destruction and fails to do its duty, l. certainity that he cannot continue to wage war if denied imports. The league has only to stand firm in this res- pect and Italian operations will be brought to a standstill. Even now Musoiini is trembling at the thought of economic sanctions.

The Prince of Wales once said that 'a "rahnqh" was a "ranch" which merely lost money. Calgary reports that the long-sought crude oil pool which i8 believed to be the source of the millions of gal- lons of naphtha pouring flxln Tur- ner Valley wells may be located be- neath the E. P. Bench at Pekisko. is evidently not to become I "rahnch."

An attack on the League of Nations has been launched by Hitler over the situation at Memel. a city or district that belonged ‘to East Prussia and was transferred by the Peace Treaty to Lithuania, subject to a kind of guardianship by the league of Nations. If Ger- many tried to recover Memel by force Russia would probably go w Lithuania's support. Hitler can only fulminate. but the League should, and probably will, try to in- sure fair play for the German population in‘the Memel region.

The Nazis have begun the pro- cess of ileifying Hitler, and soon he will be hedged with the divinity of the Mllkado. The head of thb labor front tells him as has given Germany "an exalted and holy religion,” and the leader of the youth movement ' -, “Fidelity in you is our gate to immorality." He is to be the Mahomet of the new dispensation. Ridicule will kill when even inclination fails, and when the rest of the world begins laughing at Hitlerimn its end will not be far off.

"From being s leubr on the smallest of stages General Smufs," in the eloquent words of the Times "has become a gmat imperial thinker and a. man whose word counts nct'on1y with the British peoples, but far abroad in the world outside." To sirpplement that statement we would add that them

is no room for any doubt that General Smut! could. he wished, and the

highest honors, great fame, and abundant wealth in several spheres where his opportunities of exerting a, tranquilizing influence on inter- national polities would be as vast as they would certainly be benefici- ally utilizeoi-Johannesburg Times

Collective ", requires arma- ment. and each country pledged to must maintain its propor- tion of strength which is regulated by the strongest force. While tenuous efforts were. being made to reduce armaments the question of collective security was intentionally not Dllhuiped, al- though the principie stood. In dis-

world. When France and others feared to follow, she was forced to rear-m: and then and then only did Britain, seeing no chance of peace by disarmament, come out a! the champion of peace by collective action. Britain has been logical throughout. and has worked mag- nificently for world peace.

Germany bu made deathleol contributions to muse, and has been known as a nest of singing- birds. But Hitlerism is death to all culture. Peter Dykema, professor of music at Columbia University. who has returned from a tour of Gor- many, says that German youth has put aside melodious folk songs and sings sttideiltly of war and death. "In all this music," he says, "there is no attempt to create beautiful tones." In music painting and oil the creative arts Germany is com- mitting suicide for these things of the mind and lpirit can only thrive when the mind and spirit om free.

sedte that now infest grains and plants. “The seeds that on now carrying these vicious menoces will b9 freed and given better oppor- tunity for their Ill-rt in life. What will be the effect on plant growth of these new use: of radiations? No one cm Nil without eximidnd trinll. The treatments of some kinds of radiations like X-nyc m known t2» influence the plant's chamom- istica to such on extent that new variation m thctlby erected. One medmbutaatapmcrattolmsgiuc cclidlthnl of uiectim by some mehmeam that "would mrmit of deotroliflf the uudnired weeds and thus reader available all the food warm by weeds." rmkru if mu mission-om am w do u to Mpoctive buttonl and no

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REMOBIHOIDS 0R PILIS-IN- JECTION AND OPERA-

Some idea of how the injection method of treating hemorrhoids or piles has taken the place of the old method of removing them by a surgical operation can be gather- ed from the report in New Eng- land Journal of Medicine of Dr. Belch of the Rectal Clinic, Mass- achusetts Generai Hospital, Bos- ton. Since the Clinic was organi- zed in 1928 the number of opera- tions for removal of hemorrhoids

cases; in 1830, 28; and in 1081, 8; and in 1082 only 5. These figures show pretty wen how ul is the injection treatment cf the average case of hemorrhoids.

During that time, 350 cases were treated by the injection method and Dr. Belch concludes that the injection treatment of internal hemorrhoids (not the kind that hang outside the body) can be satisfactorily carried out in about 85 to 00 percent of cases seen, with from 5 to 15 percent having to return for further treatment within three to five years.

The treatment is almost pain- less and practically free from seri- 011-5 curl-sedition . The patients are satisfied with the result.

After having treated more than 5000 cases of hemorrhoids by the injection method Dr. Ihnsler of Minneapolis in Journal of Iowa State Medical Society. TG-Qmphggj. lee that only internal hemorrhoids that are not fibrous are suitable for injection. ,

While it is very gratifying to know that the great majority of cases, (that is realy the average case), can be cuud by this simple method there are thousands cf cazesboin which this method can- no , used; and on surgery can affect the curb. w

Ibr those whose cases are not suitable for the injection method Dr. Fsnsler gives most encourag- ing information. In former years the operation meant ten days to three weeks in hospital with con- siderable distress immediately fol- lowing and for some days after the operation. aside from the expense and loss of time from employ- ment.

Dr. Piansier describes an opera- tion now performed which, fol- lowed by hot Sitz baths the next day, and the bowels moved by on oil or water enema on the second day, allows the patient to leave hospital usually on the fifth day after the operation.

The thought then is that no one in ordinary health should suffer with hemorrhoids now the injection method will cure most cases, and the surgical method does not mean lwtmuch P11". “Dense. or time cs .

PUBLIC FORUM

~ pound in exaggeration.

editorial on “Pampering the West-

tember I980, and that it was 21-4 "

cents in Montreal in September 1934.

He did not mention what rounds he referred to, or whether his m- tertaining friends had inadvertent- ly given hiin something to affect his vision. The Agricultural Min- ister, Hon. W. M. Lea, in his Re- port of 1930, published the average prices of butter: New Perth Cream- ery 20c; New Glasgow 26-50 cents; Lot 16 Dairy Asociation 30 cents; Lake Verde 80-78 cents. Thus on this side of the ledger Premier Gardiner was only 12 cents per