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TIIE OIIARLOTTETOWII OIIAROIAII

Notes By The W0)’

Trepldsnb-W. Cheater B. Mclure, li-P. Vice-President. J. Brcretary-Liruh-Coi. u- s. nacho-nun, "- 8- - Editor and Managing Dllet for-J. B. ilurnelt, I‘. J. l.

Associate fidiiora- Frank

Mussollnls ten years of arson» plishments have been nothing short i of amazing. He has made of Italy ' one of the first nations of Europe.

B. Burnett, F-J- I 0

Walker and i). 1L. Currie

M-BO per your (in advance) mailed lu Canada and United Staten

The spirit of Mussolini himself is

Ioraing Daily (founded 1881) 85-00 per year (In advnaob) 4911"?!‘

ADVERTISING IKE PIIIZSENTATI"IQ UNITED STATMJS-The iieckwith Special Agency Inc.‘ New York Can lral Building, New York City, General llolora Building, Detroit. inieratnfl

today the spri: of the whole country. The successful and spec- tacular light 0" Gen. Balbo from

lini‘ "ng, Kunlal lug, Atlanta; Monadnock Bulldinl. 5|"! Philadelphia.

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MONDAY, JULY 31, 1933.

City. Willuughby Tower Building, Chlrago: Glenn Build

1186 Nv- “"1 5"" Italy to Chicago is the climax of modern Italy's determination to increase its prestige and stature in

the eyes cf the world.

Francisco:

CIVIC’ TAX COLLECTIONS

Most cities have been having dif- ficulty with their tax collection! during the past few years, a fact which ls evidenced in a report rec- ently issued by the Canadian Tax Conference of the Citizens’ Research Institute. This report shows that the percentage of total current muni- slpal tax levies remaining uncollect- ed at the end of their reqaective fiscal years in seventy-three Canad- ian urban municipalities oi more than 10.000 population rose 21.6 in 1931 to 26.7 in 1932. Only four municipalities of those under review actually collected a larger percen- tage of their 1932 taxes than ln 1931; namely, Halifax, N.S., West- mount, Levis and Jollette, Quebec. The decline in collections in some

from

cities was as much as 19.9 percent"

or the total levy below the 1931 fig- ures. For Charlottetown in the same period the current uncollected levy rose from 16.1 to 26.9, an increase of 10.8 per cent.

Various expedients have been adopted to meet this problem of diminishing tax collections. Some cities, like Charlottetown and Van- couver, give a discount for prompt payment. Others imrpose a penalty for delinquency. some will accept payment in such installments as the ratepayer wishes to pay, and some pay interest on sums deposited be- fore the taxes are due. The city of Edmonton is reported to be considering a plan to collect taxes ln monthly installments instead of in lump stuns, and the Winnipeg Frce Press expresses the opinion that Winnipeg might well look into

‘problems of no nation are going to

iference to look forward to. We have

1g l5, of course, unfair to judge modern statesmen by the old stand- ards. Statecraft today has not only

to handle complexities that were un , the Ottawa agreement‘ m the eul dreamt of fifty or a hundred years:

I" 5W3“ °I the mnference’ mm? ago, but it has to reckon with a] and more statesmen are turning t0 ~democracy so keenly alive to its own ' them m, they; clue a, to what my [importance that in all the chancel- ‘

. Ilories of the world it has become a1 d i th rlds b’ m‘ re m“ out o e W0 the terror that walketh by night

present’ Iroublea" And he predmsIand the pestilence that wastcth in the outcome will be tariff reductions the noonday‘ '

via a series of ever widening agree- ments,-in other words an extension of the policy adopted at the Imper- ial Conference at Ottawa last year. As for the policy of Canada-and the other British countries in the near future, the Post suggests that this may wisely be predicted upon the assumptoin that the domestic

ally, writes: “Despite the adverse criticism that was showered “P011

Twenty-four truckloads of ticker’ tape and torn paper were removed from New York streets following General Balbds welcome. Whether, the Italian visitor understood n. orI not, it would not be a New vol-u greeting without some sort of lav- ish indifference to cost.

Let there be no misunderstand- ing. Thrift and economy and frug- ality are virtuous terms and may’ not by any means spell stinginesswI picayunishness, misel-lincss or avar- ice, or any of those despicable at- tributes which have their origin in the realms of darkness. Conserving is not merely doing without; saving is not hoarding. These base things do not corrupt American life. True economy is not withholding spend- ing: it is spending wisely. A frugal man ls by no meaans a tightwad.

be solved by international panaceas We no longer have the World Con-

to tackle our own problems, by our own efforts with, first, the Brit- ish nations, and secondly, with the other nations with whom we can effect trade agreeents of a useful and lasting character

TRIBUTE To BRITAIN

Not until the thirteenth century W85 it that coal mining ussluned importance in England. It was in the year 1259 that King Henry I1’! granted a charter for this purpose to the flecmen of Newcastle-on- Tyne. Today the annual output of. coal is estimated at a figure of three hundred million tons. and its value comprises more than fifty per cent. of the revenue of the Un- ited Kingdom, and it is calculated that, could the material hacked from the coal seam be converted into a black beam, it would girdle the whole earth in a band ten feet thick. In 1871 the Royal Conlmis- sion convcncd in England to study

Rab/bi Stephen S. Wise of New York recently landed in lmgland, and his first act on English soil was to pay a tribute of gratitude for "the understanding and sympathetic British utterances” on the German- Jewish problem which have rung around the world in the last few weeks. After speaking with special appreciation oi the speeches made by the Archbishop of Canterbury. Mr. Neville Chamberlain, Sir John Simon and Mr. Lloyd George, this American Jew declared: A

the scheme.

1 Discussing the latter plan, the Vancouver Province says the objec- tion to monthly tax collections, is that lt involves more accounting. But it points out that the Dominion and some Provincial Governments have found that collections in small amounts bring the taxes in better and bear less heavily on the indiv- idual. Moreover, the public service boa-porations, which have relations with the public very similar to those

"The attitude of English states- men, English churchmen and lead- ers of English life, irrespective of party and church, has been ex- actly what one might have ex-"i pected in consonance with the traditions of the English people. These traditions include love of what we Americans call fair play, abhorrence of racial prejudice and religious intolerance, and, above all, the will, in conformity with the law, to deal with every individual as an lndivdual and with undeviating jutsice."

the coal supply and its possible fin- ale gave out that a: the rate things were going the coaificlds might yield their product for another thousand years or thercubouts.

The coining of sliver dollars by Canada is being considered in con- nection with the problem of increas- ing the use of silver as an inter- national currency. Owing m their weight, silver dollars are not popular. They were in more or less common use in the

NOT MAKING '11P

municipal treasuries have, collect the money due them for electricity or gas or telephone service month by month and do not shrink from the extra accounting involved. The public service corporations have had long and wide experience in maxing collections and ‘the muni- eipalities might study their meth- ads with benefit. Oi course, the companies have the whip hand in being able to turn of‘! the gas or power or cut the phone wires on romparatlvely short notice.

There may be other objections to the monthly payment plan, but at least it is deserving of consideration by our own civic authorities in view of the dithculty which Charlotte- town, in common with other muni- cfpalitles, is experiencing in the matter cf tax collections.

ADJOURNMENT

Appropos oi the World Economic Conference, now adjourned indefi-

Conference, now adjourned indefi- nitely, the Financial Post says:

"More plain speaking was done by Litvlnofl, of Russia, and Berl-

Wcstcrn United States a few years ago. But they have gradually lost in popularity. Some of the old mining and cattle men still prefer silver dollars to paper as they think the silver is real money, while the paper is only a promise to pay. But even thcsc men are becoming used to paper dollars and are no longer so insistent on getting silver.

From none other than Leon ‘rrot- sky himself comes the word that there is to be no patching of the quarrel between himself and Joseph Stalin, present Dictator of Soviet Russia. The report had been spread around Europe that the man, who organized the Red Army and was then banished, was to make his peace with the present rulers of Russia and return. At Naples, where he stopped en route to a health re- sort, ‘rrotsky declared there is no reconciliation in the making. Trotsky has a weak heart and is ill. But he still has ambitions. He was one of the right-hand men of Lenin in the early days of the Bov- iet. His organizing ability stood the Bolsheviks in good liead when they were getting a toehold on Russia. His break with Stalin over questions of leadership was a case of two strong men opposing each other on questions of policy.

Although Stalin scored the first victory in the duel with Trotsky, the latter does not think all hope is lost yet. He knows things are in bad shape in Russia. If they keep get- ting worse, there will be a call for Stalin's scalp. When that hour

Too lnnny have tried the dodge. Two girls have just been returned to Now York after spending twenty days in a German prison. They were arrested on board a German vessel and when tried by a magis- trate‘ in Germany, they excused themselves by saying they did not hear the warning sounds to go ashore. The story had worn too thin and the girls were packed off to the cells. Then they were deport- ed on another ship and sent home. It was not quite the trip they wanted, but ocean hitch-hiking is not what it used to be.

Every reasonable movement to make this earth a more comfortable one for dogs, horses, cats, birds and other friends of man appeals to us in a large way. We have always had the greatest admiration for men and women who give so un- stintingly of their money, time and energy in the promotion of humane societies and other efforts of this type.

nett, of Canada, than by the other B00 delegates put together. Mr. Ben

._--.._. Earlier generations cl Canadian

comes, predicts the Border Cities Star, Trotsky can hope to return

nett will not forgive us for brack- eting him with the foreign minis- ter of the communlstic state but when Litvinoff said that the world's troubles were due to capitalism and when Mr. Bennett drily forecast

from exile, even as he went back boy! were might by om-ruhloned

FHE CHARLOTTETOWN GUARDIAN

a, I w. a“... up.

DEAD AND PULPLESS TEETH ALWAYS UNDER BUSPIUION

You have a number of teeth from which the pulp (nerve and blood- vessels) has been removed and these are known as dead teeth.

You naturally do not want to lose these teeth or have them ex- tracted because they are your own teeth and nothing your dentist can put in your mouth in their place will feel Just as good or do as good work.

However you read that many high authorities in the medical and den- tal profession believe that as all dead teeth are possible sources oi\ infection and may cause rheuma- tism, heart, kidney, and blood ves- sel ailments, they should be re- moved.

What should you do about it?

Your best plan is to have an Xray oi your teeth by your dentist. After he has gone over the films! and is able to assure you that there is no area of infection about the root, nor any changes in the Jawbone into which the root is inserted, you may feel reasonably sure that these fill- ed or dead teeth are doing very lit- tlc damage to the system.

However if you are feeling a little lazy, tire easily, always ready for sleep, a little more irritable than you know you should bc,-you should consult your family doctor and be thoroughly overhauled.

If‘ after going over you thor- oughLv and finding no organic con- dition in the body, and flaming in your habits of life to account for your symptoms, you would be wise to go back to your dentist, explain to him that in the opinion of your

physician as there is nothing else] he can find, he suspects the pulp-

lcss or dead teeth.

Dr's. R. L. Haden, P. S. Rhoads, and G. F. Dick have made cultures of hundreds of dead teeth in which the X ray films showed no root in- faction, and yet the harmful organ- isms wereten times more plentiful than in hundreds of live or vital teeth. In another series of hundreds of teeth in which the X ray showed infection at the roots the number of harmful organisms was about twelve times as many as In live or vital teeth.

Thus you can see that dead or pulpless teeth with no apparent root infection are almost as harm- ful to the system as those in which the X ray shows infection at the root. Removal of these pulpless teeth in which the X ray showed no in- fection of the roots resulted in im- provement in practically all of their patients.

The advice then is to have your physician and dentist work to- gether and determine what is really best in your particular case.

A SONG FOR BEAUTY

Each breathless moment comes and goes

Touched with new loveliness for those

Who, eager-eyed and hearts aflame,

Make hymns of praise in Beauty's name.

so light, so fleet the vision caught, With nameless, tameless rapture fraught, Who but some heaven-sent singer were Its exquisite interpreter?

The way a young bircn lifis its head, i

Or lisping infant's prayer ls laid;

The love-notes of a mating bird,

Lend music to the perfect word,

The furtlve feet of furry things Make melody with flight or wings, On silver lines of summer rain Angels descend and mount again.

A sunbeam gilds the dancing mote And glorifles the beetle! coat;

The margin of the pool shall be Stirred by a flowers white witchery.

Nothing trivial is, or bad That maketh smallest creatures 8M. ..

dominoes, and we presume that reasons of economy have led to the general substitution of women tea- chers in the majority of present- day public schools. Most of our wo-

I from exile when the Czar was over- thrown.

EDITORIAL NOTES

And the eye that mirrors truth, Revels in immortal youth.

—-Lily E. 1". Barry.

C. C. F. “Brain Trust”

(Win-hill! Free PM!)

Who drew up the new Co-opera- tlve Commonwealth Federation manifesto? The answer is: the Nat- ional council of the organization, which received and called in some outside help. '.l'his help constitutes the body of men now half-humor- ously known as the "C.C.F. Brain ‘rrust!’

The story behind the formation of the Brain Trust is the story of the more or less fonnal consolidation of Canadian academic socialist thought. Henceforward canadians who are striving in their own way towards the planned and socialized economy will have behind them trained thinkers who have a power to express coherent, logical views well based on prolonged study of socialist philosophy and practice.

At the head of this group stands Mr. Frank H. Under-hill, Professor of Political Science in Toronto, for- merly oi Saskatoon. 1-lis column in the Canadian Forum, undier the title "O Canada," ls among the best, as it is the most virulent of modern pol- itical writing in Canada. Father of the League for Social Reconstruc- tion, he has become a rallying-point for a group of young professors and others whose bond is an ardent faith in the scientific socialism of the present day. All told, this group numbers between thirty and forty. of varying intensity of faith and ability. But among the more able and most active are six Rhodes scho- lars. Mr. Underhill is also an Ox- ford man, and that university can therefore claim its own peculiar in- fluence upon Canadian socialism.

One of its own number, whose interest in comic statistics is not his

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I Dangers Of The Highway

(Toronto Saturday Night) The dangers of the highway are due in the main to the conduct of individuals who have never learned to submit to the restraints which are n ary in the common inter- est. It is not that they want to kill anybody, but they wantto enjoy themselves, and have never been taught that civilized human belnflfi do not purchase their own enjoy" meat at the risk of serious harm to

somebody else.

The Ontario Department of Bligh- ways has set itself to combat the this type of ignorance by an ener- getic publicity campaign. It may be argued that those who have not learned from their parents, their

conduct are not likely to learn it from an advertisement. But the

alence of this particular type of anti social conduct is largely due to the general

sole passlomhasrcmarked that the

are quite highly civilized. 'I‘hls at-

averagc age of the Brain Trust is, 31.75 years. As this average includ- Imwphere ‘awleranw w“ a great es Mr. Underhill, whose salad days ideal Wm“ a few Years ago ma“ it lie well behind him, his exclusion I15 may’ and the “nprovement ls would bring the average almost be- largely due m sysmmatlc cafnpaigns 10w 303N115 group has been working 30f educations among motorists and on the Joint production of a bmkflhe general public. When the public

Iwhich will outline the case for the I” a Wh°1° eamesfly believes that

‘socialized state Ill detail, and will Pa“ ""1 “kw-SS drill"! is a" "l1 probably become the can handfllwhether it kills anybody or not, book It Wm be a co-omratlve vyork, ‘ there will be very little bad driving. Ibut its chief editors are Mr. Under- {what the world needs 17°“? I5 a hm himself, Mn R R Cassidy‘ ofygreater capacity for real moral in- the Department of Social Science of Idlgnatwn’ and Mr‘ Macaulay“ Cam‘ Toronto, and Mr. Graham Spry, alpam“ I5 We“ desIgned t‘) help i" Manitoba graduate and Rhodes devempmg It

scholar, once editor of the Weekly 5"“ l“ 011mm- The Prince As Film

men teachers do their work well, but much is to be said, in favor of

land. are able to obtain coal‘ plac- tioally ma, owing to the decision

Three days before the opening oil the Regina convention, three other' members of the Brain Trust blew in from the East. ‘Ihese were Messrs, J. F. Parkinson, J. King Gordon‘ and Eugene Forsey," called in by thei C.C.F. national council to assist in} drafting the Manifesto. There also‘ arrived Miss Agnes Macphail, MP. and Captain Elmer Philpott, a 37-; year-old badly crippled war veter-, an, who walks with the aid of two] canes, and is rapidly winning a place as a 0.0.1". leader in Ontario.

Mr. Parkinson is one of Prof. UnderhIIPs colleagues, a young Scot hailing from the London School of Economics, and in the Old Country a member of the Labor party. m. Forsey is an Ottawan, a graduate of McGill, and a. Rhodes scholar, who is now a member of the De- partment of Political Economy at MeGill, where he provides a sorme- what startling contrast with his chief, that embattled Tory econo- mist and humorist, Stephen Lea- cock. Mr. Gordon is another Mani- toba. graduate and Rhodes scholar, a son of "Ralph Connor," whose way of life has led him through Oxford economics into United Church pas- toral work, thence w New York for further study, and most recently in- to the chair of Christian Ethics in the United College, Montreal, where his interpretation of the PIIUOBOI-lhy of Christ's teaching has caused some oi’ the wealthy members of the United Church sleepless nights and wary days-

Mr. Woodsworth, himself a man of academic frame of mind, must have welcomed the young professors who brought with them some at least of the fruits ofthcir colleagues‘ work in the east. Nor was the wel- come from Mr. Woodsworth alone, for many and glowing were the eul- ogies presented to them from all quarters of the convention.

A fourth member of the Brain Trust also appeared on the Regina scene in the person ‘of Mr. Frank R. Scott, a professor of law at MoGill, another post-War Rhodes scholar. and a son of Archdeacon Scott or Quebec. the famous chaplain cf the First Division overseas. He was, with the exception of ear-Judge Stubbe, the only lawyer at the Regina can- vention.

Both Sides Are Right

(Glasgow Herald)

Star

(Ottawa Citizen)

The premiere ofva full length film recording incidents in the life of the Prince of Wales, on the eve of his royal highness’ birthday last month, is an event of distinct inter- est to Canadians. The record cov- crs the first occasion of the film- ing of the prince, during the in- vesture at Caernarvon in 1911, and it is brought almost up to date. The prince is shown as soldier, sailor, sportsman and ambassador, and the film also constitutes a record of activities in the British Em- pire. He is shown " steeplechasing, elephant hunting, receiving golfing instruction from Archie Compston, and making a speech in Spanish at Buenos Aires.