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One of Parliament's first serious

‘B. Mel-an.

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duties will be to vote a lot of money to carry on the public services of the country until the end 0i.’ the

.- . . lflllllffi Ddllc and Manager-J. l. Iaraott.

Auuelate Editor-D. K. Cure-lo.

MONDAY, vacations 1a, 1926

financial year. which 'will

360.000,000.- During the iast

GROWING PROSPERITY.

other. is making a good recov- ery {h-om‘ the industrial and com- nierclal depression of a low years ago, years of uncertainty and poli- tical tinkering which almost ro- sulted in ruin. in spite of these hindrances and handicaps, prosper- ity. the natural condition of this vigorous young country, reusserted itself. Bountiful crops, the exploit- ation of our mineral resources and the indomitable pluck of its people, persisted and the country is once more on the road to nrosncrliy-

in the monthly statements of our Banks, the watchdogs of the country's iflnances, there has for e. year or more ‘been a note of optim- ism which may well he heeded. The Banks know the value of nc- curate statements. They know that] the empty cry of “Prosperity, Pros- perity," when there is no prosperi- ty, is as useless and misleading as the cry of “Peace. when there is no peace."

"Peace.

pentiy ‘by Magistrate '1‘. ll. Brunton

Whcu thela right. manted long ago

it to everyone who desires to mike an intelligent interest in the his- tory of Confederation.

-i--o-0&--—- ‘DHE JURY SYSTEM. '

A lively discussion as to the jury system in Canada. says the Saint John lGlobe, has resulted from a slashing attack made upon it re-

of Toronto. who has had a icing and honorable experience on" the bench in the TCounty Court and who occu- pies a respected position in the judicial life oil the province. He do- scrlbes the jury system as “an u’.- tcr farce" and believes it slmuld he done away with and three judges appointed to act instead.

The magistrate says thata great mnny mcn who should he in jail have been set free by juries large- ly chosen from the panel by coun- sel for the defense. and that al- though the British people have become accustomed to jury trial as when

country was at its worst. when our conditions were entirely different people were tumbling over one nn- and when the common people were other to get away from our aimin-loppressod. there is no longer any jglijug indugirjgg, mniiy of nnr necessity for an institution which frightened Politicians fairly the air with the reiterated cry of Prosperity!

We may look for the facts of the economic situation in the Banks’ monthly letters ‘and they

rent results in excessive cost and which too often fails to deal out justice. "How much vbetter it would be," he says. “to have three judges to sift the ovldence-Ahree trained men who could give tho prisoner just as

this total was voted and that by piecemeal. lFour times an interim supply was passed, in each case $22,500,000 or 190,000,000 in all. To keep the machine running re- quires about a million dollars a day. Already .more money has been ‘provided 'by Governor's war- rants than was voted by Parlia- ment and this must now be made good by Parliamentary vote en- dorsing what has been done.

There was a considerable outcry against the Melghen Government before the last election for raising money by Governor's warrants and expending it. Liberal politicians and newspapers made loud protests against it, and declared it unlaw- ful and unconstitutional. liutsincc the Kiug Government has returned to power it has quite rightlymadc the same use oi Governor's war- rants as the Melghen Government did and on a larger scale. Theyhnd to do it. The public services must he carried on and this cannot be done without money.

Three new Senators have been sworn in at Ottawa including Paul L. Hatfield. of Ynrmouth, N. S. Mr. illatiield was elected to the House of Commons at the lastfed~ eral election. _but when a. scntwas wanted for ‘Hon, -Col Ralston, the new Minister of Militia, 311'. Hat- field resigned to make room for him. The rest was easy oi accom- plishment. Col. Ralston was elect- edjby acclnmatioit as member ‘for Yarmoutli. Mr. Hatfield lins be- come a Senator and the Liberal membership in the lied Chamberis

expire ' _ 31st March. The total estimated roqliiraments for the yea; were

stormy session only one quarter of

‘ Db Ianm W. Berton. MD- COM-MON SERGE REDUCING

il-‘or the person who has simply allowed himself or herself to get too fat. the cure is, of course, in their own hands.’

lt is annoying to know that you eat less than another man or wo- man your own age, and yct you in- crease in weight while they romuiu tho same weight exactly.

it may be also that you take as much exercise at least, and yet do not prevent the increase in weight. simpi-y because your tissues do not act toward ‘food stuffs as does those oil snot-her ipcrson.

You can work out this matter oi overweight for yourself with the help of your physician, because ov- erweigiht is not only annoying but it can become a menace to health. - Formerly all cases of overweight were told to eat less and work or exercise more. As fl. unatter of fact this advice, it‘ followed, would cor- rect most cases- of overweight. However, there are those indi- viduals who ‘hwve always been overweight. practically from hinth. or immediately after emerging

years of age.

A French physician before untlerq taking to reduce n patients weight uses the basal metab lism appara-

the amount of work the body does when it is lying at complete rest and no digestion going on.

Now the reason some individu- als find it hard to reduce their;

The Public Forum

‘lnla ealuna la open for the dmaulaa I‘ eorrospondaats a! questions a interest. ‘the Charlottetown Guardian does not aaeaasarlly aadoraa the op- lnlona of correspondents.

aunties mo mzrnoos or vssonme

Sir.—Undou'btedly RAE, Island has as many up-to-date people as any other province or state per capita, yet one would surely won- der where they might be in discus- sion on methods oi‘ teaching and teachers‘ salaries.

May l quote a letter to the Char- lottetown Guardian, dated ‘Nov. 24th, “Project method requires courses of study, teacher training, departments and materials and supplies specially selected and ar- ranged for this type of work." This sounds ridiculous to one who has taught this method combined with the Platoon srstern oi‘ teaching. providing this were the case, why could not P. E. island provide what the smallest and poorest state in U. S. A. can afford?

The essentials used in lProject Method are namely: a few brains. common horse sense, a ‘use of ev- eryday material uround us, pencil, paper, occasionally flour and paste. and Stevenson's book on project work.

“The Rural School Fair is the best illustration of this method

from youth to manhood or woman-known to .P. E. l. ‘Well-Jr this be hood, that is fourteen to sixtccnso. poor pity to the poor project ‘arm vow would 31,0“, m“ the 1|.

method now adopted on P. E..l., with all due respects to the fine re- sults of our great ilaire. But why stress Project Method if the Dal-

tus, which as you ik w measuresiton system or the Platoon system

could be blended? v

To the writers’ knowledge up to n year ago. there was no fine meth- od stressed on P. E. I. Teach- ers spent a few months in college

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. ~ ‘P. M. MACDONALD - Chairman Committee 0f Gonpral Assembly of The Presbyterian Churchr in icsnatla» . .

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December 4, teas Zing].

80ME OIQERVATIONS Sirg-Jfhe recent election which lined Ontario up with the “wets" must cause temperance people ev- eryw-here to do.» serious 111111111- ing. The resultatfikht or might not have ibeen dif if s plebis- cite had beon taken. some hove. ever. are consoling their souls by thinking. that political leanings had

Perhaps theyherl. P rha 100 the temperance people wer roll»- ing on their oars. At. all events the Ontario emperance Act has fallen 0n evil days. During the past year or two there has been a good deal of what 1 mill’ 0011 '*Obnrchianity" and not quite enough or what is fitlv called “ao- plled -Chrl.stianlty" in this country.

Just why some church 0151111101108

should lend their voice Kind sym-

pathy to me "wet" forces, whiiei others .just -,e.s conspicuous 1n, the

ecclesiastical world. ensue 110111

out stoutly against the wets. ls not

very clear to the laymen W-lio B11

Sunday after Sunday in our church-

es to listen to sermons on the, bringing in of the Kingdom of 6011' in the world.

Now it is not too lunch to ss-_ sume that an analysis of the On-

qnoi- party used every availble means. foul 0r otherwise. to swell the vote i their favor- It is al- so sate to ume that the temper- ance people did not buy any votes. The liquor traffic has never been known to be ihonorwble and hum-i ane! To find it so would surprise, n5 as mncn n; n‘ Satan should sud-

There can

n good deal <to do with the outcome. I

. . ,,, , t/ 1.; .1" WE “MEAT EASY ._ ‘ To those who eoiife nowthejusual holi- day worry will ‘be-practically. unknown. ‘ It is due to iihe extent, variet andiltigih char-

acter of our gooiibfland o money saving pri?es' ‘I . v ,1

__ -_ "T1119 5.3111183 owereiqkept constantly in mind when selecting ouripmsentzstoek,

_ n‘ WASTO an AiuUtfusUALLY-ukaea four. -: Tim ' ' oasr srocx or , f TOILET GOODS-E ER<,-SEEN-IN-THISi- ~ TY-THE Pltlqtlfi. WERE T0 an THE ‘ * WEST o THAT LARGE a BUYING WOULD MAKE POSSIBLE. _

- Any gift; W11 select will be laid aside . for you. Gifts wilkwhen so ordered,be se. curely packed and shipped. Gifts ‘will be delivered to any address in the City.

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weight is because their processes'——-instead of two to three years in

are not working as hard as they should. and the fat does not get burned or used.

ln this type oi1 cuse this physio clan would use thyroid extract to help make the tissuosburn up the excess fat.

Where the individual is over- weight, and /the apparatus shows that his processes are working real hard and yet do not ‘burn up the, surplus weight, he advises a very common sense treatment. and that‘ is the cutting down on the food iu-i

are distinctly and sanely optimistic.

At the annual meeting of the Bank oll Montreal a few days ago, a rc- port of which appeared in The Guardian, the President, Sir Vin- cent Meredith, said that rlnring the past year there was much to heart- ‘: en and little to discourage. ln ai- . most every department profits were larger.

of natural resources, and lo n les- ser extent in the expansion of manufacturing plants. The growth 01f the pulp and Jinpcr industries. tllc exploitation o0 mineral deposits and the harnessing of water pow- ers were particularly notubiti in flu- ‘ When the plans for on the

twclvemonth. the power development Saguenay are completed 1,100,000 horsepower will be available thcrc. Unemiploymcntds now less than a’. any period during the last six years. Canada's external trade still expands, its value in the seven months ending with October being stzeooooooo. which is $42,000,000 more than for tho corresponding period last year.

President Meredith says thut Canada has emerged from the shad- ows of restricted business. unsatis- factory earnings and indifferent balance sheets, and the trend of business is now distinctly upward in practically all lines o‘! trade. He can see no indication that this period of prosperity is soon coming

to an end. CONFEDERATION STORY.

“The true story of Confedera- tion,"is the title ofapamphlet issu- ed by authority of the Government of New Brunswick. and which is being distributed by the SnintJohn

Board of Trade. The pamphlet is|

now in its second edition. the first halving been exhausted, a pretty conclusive proof of its importance atfd its popularity.

The terms upon which the Marl- ti-me Provinces entered Confedera- tion liave ibeen the subject of much discussion recently in connection with Maritime claims and the ro- cent Royal Commission under Sir Andrew Rae ‘Duncan. Few men new living have any recollection of- tho movement. which holly led up to‘... Confederation of the wiri- time Provinces with Upper and 1mm‘ Canada. and comparatively

increased capital invest- ment was made in the development

fair a trial." This has brought replies from

now not tar 11101111161 that of the Con- take.

Normal School. as elsewhere»- came out-as would be expeoted—- with a ihlt and miss idea of teach- ing, and without u. finger-tip know- ledge of any one standardized method, not being able to give ev- en a definite classified name to more than one method, in some cases not that.

Many experienced =teachers on l’. 1E. if. today are not versed in even one or two, of the best and latost methods now being univer- sally adopted. Few know that the question and answer method

denly turn pious! hardly be any doubt that the min- orltv in this election represents filhat the iC. N. R. shouldlrbe‘ e-pt the better class of society. out of politics -to the extent th t is This leads to the thought that possible; that there should beivery tlhere should he some better qua brew poiiticfl] appqimmems to p051. fcatlon for voters than w! 11105011 lions on the railway service, and olmlns- Tlio 1I§1°1 1s 111111.111“ that promotion to iposltlon-s on the 00111111‘? 19 1111911 17°1- bY m“ be” railway should be made only on the

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the chance to win an election by reasonable men or “P99311115 1° the has” w" h‘ smlafirce. The people of iCanada are it “let?” I “ma” mo“ who can be is true the shareholders jn this bought for money or rum. Hence great orgamzatiw: but it is not m

W. L. COTTON

way are lproptasltions to wiiiich all; business will ~.

. Greatly increased pn.

vate wire Coflflttftiong with New York and

, - Toronto pemiit up to l

I offer an exceptionally ‘ complete Trading m. vice "in allclaaaes of listed and unlisted securities. ‘ '

ticeiw information fur-

the man ready to the sold or ‘bought.

| ‘dilatation: and static. 1 l

111° “l” °i "m ‘"'°“““ ma“ Orithelr interests that. ipoliticians mu 111111194 on Revolt--

servatlves.

many Ontario judges and from some, who point out that while the jury system is ne- cessarily marked ‘by the ordinary human weaknesses, it still is the best that has been devised through long experience. demonstrated

public prosecutors,

It is rby no means that the radical change proposed by the magistrate would result in economy, butcvcu if‘ there were an inviting prospect in that direction it would halve; to be regarded as a minor considera- tion in comparison with the other issues involved. i i—-<o>---_

A SUGGEETION.

with good reason. regarding the un- even condition oil the sidewalks. Sober mcn and women resent the auspicious looks which assail them‘ and many of them even find it necessary to stop and explain to oulodkers thut the reason they walk that way is because of the hog- bscks and ups and downs on tho sidewalks. May we suggest that the =harrow which was drawn over the sidewalks last spring to hurry the ice away be now used for 8111001111111: llllrlloscs? There is no doubt that the process would very materially improve the condition of the sidewalks and add greatly to 1-110 00111101’! 01‘ lmdestrians, at the same time relieving them of,any suspicion as to their stand on the

prohibition question. EDITORIAL NOTES.

Those who forgot to clean off their sidewalks after the last snow storm will still have their oppor- tnniity.

Christmas is coming nearer and nearer every day in every way. Have you completed your buying. and spent all your money?

Now our sidewalks will reveal what manner of citizens we are. They are our winter certliicaie oi character.

‘Lela than two weeks now _to do your Christmas shopping. Only a few days till the boys and girls re- turn home from lollool and col- lege. '

‘The spirit of Christ-nus, like

“The people should not jump to the conclusion that the National Railway system is out of the woods," says The Toronto Globe. "It is getting there, most assuredly. but when it is realized that the funded and unfunded debt has in- creased by $636,655,000 in the last six years, it is‘ "plain thut there must be patience and faith in the 111118 Pull." The Globe's candid statement shows that tho railway debt has increased at tho rate of more than 100 millions a year foi- flllX years past, yet who would got that impression from the Liberal propaganda sent out from Ottawa?

As for this province, alter fifty- three years in the Dominion, all of our railway mileage is National and

There is much complaining, nndlha“ “f it 111 171 1-110 3460i. (Finch 111111161131-

2111180. 8nd only halt iballnsted at that. And the National manage- ment can't find the money to standardize the gauze. Now that we have three Liberal ‘members at Ottawa and arc prcsentlyto haven full-fledged Cabinet Minister there 111110. may we not hope for some- thing better? This National Nar- row Gauge ‘Exhibit is something no other province would submit ‘to without raising n rebellion, ..___

Already they are counting no“; again in the new Parliament, much as they did beilore. wiants stable government and would feel a little surcr of it. if B01110 0116 P811)’ bani a clear major- ity over all. The straight Liberals number 115 against 91 Conserva- tlu-es. Then there are the smaller zroups of Liberal Progressives, other Progressives, Independents and 3 Laibor members, aggregating 3.‘) in all. Some of these are hos- tile to the Government. ‘but the mn- jorlty are favorable to it. On most questions the Government can count on a majority oil 30.

At length the Duncan report on Maritime Rights and Claims has been made public, It turns outlo be a very elaborate document pack- ed full of information of historic value and importance. Evidently a most painstaking investigation was made by the Commissioners, and from the vast amount of evidence before them they felt in duty bound to render a judgment strongly in fatvcr of the complainant provinces. But why this report, which has been in the possession of the Govern- ment for months past, has been so long concealed from the general public still remains l. mystery. ‘We presume that some explanation or excuse for the long delay will be

‘ in Parlia-

fgw are acquainted with the his- tory of that movement. this history is to know the history of the greatoetmrivelnent in the

irimry of Canada, and this plm- shame-faculty carrying a pareetbut the story clearly and wearing a nails that won't come‘

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breath in the frosty air. is now plainly visible throughout cityand country. "Everyone you meet on the street is, perhaps somewhat

up for 11' meat.

The wnsbytorial! mrch- n Canada has a iadwli ‘ an pop- ulation of nhroo- millions in its foreign milled ‘- notes in India,

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has long been buried by U110 up-to-

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iug very much their particular pro-l cesscs do such a good job on the food that they get enough material t0 keep their itissues "well built up. and also a. surplus which is dc- poslted in the form of fat.

in other words, why curry too much extra weight when it’ the reduction is made front a scientific standpoint, there is not only no danger attached thereto. but really nu improvement in- general health and strength. =

wo-oo-oooo-oo-oeooooo-ooo-oooo- DAILY LE$SONS IN ENGLISH

By W. L. Gordon ooo++

WORDS OFTEN MISUSED: Speak 0f the "falseuess" of a per- sou, the "falsity" oi? a thing. OFTEN MlSlPRONOUNCED: Pronounce brdng-lti-al. ‘Pronounce the 0 as in "not." i as ln "it", n as in “nt", and not bron- i-kal.