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THURSDAY, MAY 19, 1921

I A8 :T0 FAL-LJING PRICES

The present slump in the price of butter and eggs, following closely upon the drop in thefprice of po- tatoes, 'is, to put it mildly, regret- table. iiwr several years past pric- es of farm products were high, abnormally high in some cases. but during this period the whole province was prosperous. Three fourths of our peopls are farmers and the other fourth make their living out of ‘the farmers. When

‘afltone walls do not n prison make Nor iron ‘bars a cage"

WTwo young men who had been placed in the Queen's County Jaw for safe keeping until the court should decide whether they deserv- ed imprisonment or not decided to assume full responsibility for their guilt or innocence and opening the door, they left for the open coun

try. They acted with more prornptness than did the hero of Artemas Ward's story although with almost equal facility. lie, af-

somewhat

they are well off the minority share- in their prosperity. Wheni farm prices fall below normal all suffer. , Compared with other Canadian cities prices here have been fairly well maintained. In Mbntreal on the 13th inst, fresh creamery but- ter was down to 27 cents and, in Quebec City on the samedate at 27 1-2 cents. A year ago in the; same markets butter sold at 54 1-2 cents. This slump is a bad one for Canada and rparticularly for this province whose sole business practically is agriculture. The cause doubtless is a combination

of the demorallzed‘ conditions in the Old Country and the unemploy- ment antfconsequent economy in our own Canadian centres. Re-ad- justment and ta. return to more healthful prices will come‘ eventually and the season will undoubtedly press hard

present

upon our farmers and consequent-

ly upon the rest of the community.’ __i4>o>——— "

IN FREEDOWS CAUSE _ l

Among the doings and mis- do-

ings of the local iLIbeTHI govern-

ment they have verified at least

one of our juvenile conceptions |

namely that

ter languishing in a ‘prison for twenty years concluded it was a monotonous life, raised the window and above referred to discovered the monotony earlier in their career

left. The two young men

and lost no time in throwing it

off.

Bome will douibt the wisdom of making an escape from jail too easy. it robs the institution of

‘mtuch of the traditional superstit-

ion attached to these old-fashioned and historic factors in the admin- istration of justice or injustice, bu; it may serve as a necessary chaser to that ‘g.eat charter of our liber- ties, the ‘Habeas Corpus Act which in these rapid times of ours 15.11a- ble to become too slow for our immediate necessities. All the same people will say that the jail should be more thnn a resting ‘place between) the torlice court and the open country. Some people

-were quite out-spoken about the

unccremonious departure from the jail of three youngmen a few months ago and suggested. even in the legislature that certain pre- cautions should the taken to pre- vent a similar recurrenceuNo doubt they will be reasonably indignant over- the last departure.

Current Comment

A new and most remarkable in-

ventlon or discovery has been an- nounced ‘from Toronto, which ill its reputed powers would estab- lislt a social, and not to say a i101- itlcal revolution. lt is in the form of an anaesthetic which, added t0 several other methods of useful- ness, will compel ‘any man or- wo- man to tell the truth. An uncanny feature of the case is that Dr. (lot- ton ‘the inventor (let-lines to dis- close the wonderful secret, not even to the administrators of just- ice because of the evil effects that 1t ‘Slbouud to produce. He. ventures to say that "There is not a. man in Toronto who could have his past truthifully revealed to cer- tain persons without danger to himself." That. speaks rather poorly for the Queen City, and comes as rather a surprise to us, always hearing of that place as "Toronto the good", while We were here carried away with an impres- sion. that the bulk of the bad was located near the centre 0f 011! Queen Square and around the 0p- position benches at Ottawa. 0f course, until it is established by the’ severest tests, the public will look with suspici m on the claims put forth by the discoverer, and we have the very test in view that cannot be equalled for severity. There are a few away up in the high places of our TProvincial Gov- ernment, who have a hnibit of sny- ing certain things about their op- ‘pc-nents, and the Guardian. If by an injection or application of this compound to the Premier, some of his suporters, and the Patriot it proves effective. the test will be severe and perfect.

‘There are a large number of other most interesting little items of information that the country are looking for which. n small dose of this powerful truth producer might bring to light. There would be for instance all the real facts about. that Holstein iBull and that herd of thoroughbred ‘Holstein: on

- the Farm. It would also prodnw a molt thrilling story of those beautiful harmonics" ‘that prevail

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‘cabinet gdthuringtipnnd of those pleasant‘ love episodes that are followed by shattered glass,

‘that’ on not mun

away wrath. The curtain lectures delivered behind closed doors by tho Premier to his colleagues, whom he found wavering in their support, and -the reading of the poi- itlcal riot acts, rby the subordinates to their superiors, AND THE IM- PFJACHMENTS FOR THEIR WRONG DOINGS, if truthfully des- cribed perforce of this anesthetic would be more romantic than a novel and more interesting than anything yet shown ‘upon the pages of romance or theatrical perform- ance. Dr. Cotton's discovery may succeed in ordinary cases but if he wants u. substantial strong ncid test, here is his opportunity.

Perhaps too it might he found posi-ble to so apportion the dose of this famous compound as to ln- duce the subject to act also as well as to speak the truth. If it could what a contract the Bell Government would have on hand after the first application, and how jubilant the people of this province would become over the showers of blessings that would ‘be scattered ifar and wide. Just think of those reductions of taxa- tion, ‘wfh-ich the Conservative Gov- ernment collected with such per- sistent severity, and which for years ‘before the Bell aggregation came into power was promised as the sure panacea for all the purse and pocket, diseases of the people. Then consider again those happy and ample increases to the teac- hers salaries, to be provided for out of THE ‘SAVINGS AND ECON- OMIES FROM THE LATE GOV- ERNMENTS EXPENDITURES. And how splendid it would be to see the sturdy engines dragging the cartralns of mussel mud along that newly constructed spur line to Richmond Bay. And perhaps more ibeautiful than any of these things. ‘and giving us a feel ing of genuine independenc , would be the spectacle of our accounts at the ‘hank overflowing with the wealth realized from our claims at Ottawa, one of those subjects upon which Premier Bell gave such strong and of repeated testimony and promise when he (satin Qu- position. Yesyif Dr. cottorrrntit- aesthetic will only nuke men, par- ticularly adamant politicians, not ll wall ll limb the truth

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i 0tiiers' View Puiatsi

lo Careful (Montreal Star.)

This is the time of year when the careless fisherman or camper can do damage that cannot he un- dons in a century. Already the newspapers all over the country are printing stories of severe brush fires. vdn Ontario they are unus- ually» serious. and, unless more cure than usual‘ is-sxercised in the Quebec hush, we shall have them here.

"There has been abnormally lit- tle rain in Eastern (lanadn this spring, and in consequence bush fires are especially dangerous. it takes so little to start them, and, once started,they must burn them-l selves out. A carelessly smoth- ered campfire, a match thrown. away still alight, even the con- tents of a smouldering pipe u cigar or cigarette stub dropping in a handful of (lead leaves or dry moss and a whole countryside goes up in flames‘.

It is an easy matter to be cure- ful. Anything but care where great natural wealth and human lives are at stake is inexcusable.

Tenacity of the Heart (World's Work.)

Nine years ago Dr.Aiexis Carrel, of the Rockfeller institute, placed a small piece 0f chicken heart in a solution of chicken plasma and' other media, and confided the‘ specimen to an incubator at-thirty-I nine degrees centigrade. To the‘ in ,erienced layman there was nothing remarkable in this experi- ment. but to the scientist this chicken tissue soon assumed the. utmost importance. For contrary to the rule then regardedas an immutslble one, the specimen lost, neither life nor function. This’ piece of a chicken heart, remove-til from the living body and confined‘ in n test tube, coniln-ued to pul-I sate as naturally as though exist- ing in its accustomed habitatMore- over, the passing of time appar- ently had no influence upon its vit- ality. it manifested no signs of EYOWIYIE 01d, Nine years have passed and the first sign of decay has not yet apeared.

Arkansas Chivalry IFWynne Progress.

We wont it to be distinctly un- derstood that when we lambast a Republican hip and thigh or laud on the bonehead of a Democrat that we moan the mule of both species and not the indies.

(‘London Advertiser.

—-1Some decidedly interesting railway costs and deficits are re- vealed in an investigation made by the Wnll ‘Street Journal. If conditions in Canada are simlliar to those across the line, it is no won. der that there is a deficit runn- ing into millions. Tho Journal points out that when u. locomotive goes to the shop for repairs, men of three, four, even of five crafts have to he used to do what the men of two crafts and even of one craft did four years ago.

IWhen a locomotive headlight generator has to be removed, six men have to be employed to do what after all is a simple job~an electrician with his helper, h sheer metal worker and his helper, and a mnchinist with his helper. Four‘

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Daily Selections Guardian Readers

Furnished by W. l. taunt OXOIGKOIOIIIOIOIOIOIOIU BE CAREFUL

Don't worry ‘because your neig- hbor's wife gives pink teas and cuts a swath in society while youm has ‘to ire content with the church tea. inreeiing as n. social function.‘ You don't know what your neigh- bor has to take with the pink teas; if you did it might make you and your ‘wife feel a little more con- tented. The question "where does the money come from" often has a most tragic answer. if you have a. happy home and are paying your, way let the other fellow have the urp appearances in. society. “Bet- ter is a dinner of herbs where love is than a stalled ox and hatred therewith." ‘Money iutd‘ ‘place are not everything. There are mea and women in high positions who envy their servants and others who have no anxiety rboyond ‘tile day's duties. The happiest. man on earth is he who has learned "in whatsoever state he is there- with to be content", i

excitement and worry of keeping‘ -

_Be thankful, int, . And, sonny, do not kick, '

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years ago two mama machinist sud his assistant, did the whole job.

‘Wihen a railway engine boiler springs a leak; three craftmen. each with a helper-under the rul- es that now regulate railway lab- or-have to becmployed to make the necessary repairs.

Four years ago an ordinary handy shopman could change u nozzle tip in the_ front end of a locomotive; he could do it today ir the rules would permit it. But the rules require that six mcn shall be crapioyed to do that small ‘task —a builermaker and hisassistnnt a pipeman and his assistant, and a machinist and,h_is assistant;

These are uli irailroud shop craft jobs. All the workmen urqhlghly paid. All belong to the “skilled labor t-lussificatiohs‘. For each ll- lustratiou given a hundred more might be cited all calculated to show just what the railroads are up against. C

The Fastest Eever.

(Boston Herald)

iTllrllliflg news ‘comes from their longevity. Some ‘alleged one reason and some anothenhut near- ly all had been early risers.

Norbert Barnabe Ottawa's old- est citizen, who will be 105 years it he lives until October 14, might attribute his longevity to a diet of pork, onions nntl bread. This is his nightly diet before retiring.

Small Causes.

(Hamilton Spectator)

—— hai-f m-illion dollar fire loss resulted in Maxville, Ont., through a Chinaman leaving an overheated iron on n. shirt. The origan of this exnsperating waste is a modest re- flex of the great Chicago fire of half a’ century ago, which was caused by a coal oil lamp being kicked over .by Mrs. Murphy's cow.

Grateful to His Bankers.

(Ciriczigo News)

—--- story ‘is going the rounds about a man in St.Louis who wrote a will in which ire named six bank- ers to be his pail-bearers. “They have carried me for twenty years,” ire explained, “and they might as well finish the job.

A Taieof a Tug (Manchester Guardian)

~—Like Abel in the Epistle to

"£3,009. ‘So that/the country’! ln-

terest in a stationary tug ‘that nev- .

er did an hour's work for itsnew employers ultimately cost £5,200. less ' £185 for "scrap." The inciti- ent is not typical of the general activities of the Ministry of Ship- ping. hut it deserves its place in any complete History of the Great W'nr.

The 8impie Life.

(Toronto Globe) ‘

Austin iiopkinson, has given Vaway’ a manor worth $150,000 and twenty houses to the local"coitncl'l and nroved into an old burnt-and M‘! presenter! his chaufler with his costly automobile. live the life or a simple working»- man, his view being tlilltwif itlihlic men showed un inclination to

volution would be averted. Probably the writers of humor- ous paragraphs will find a sub- jcct in Mniiopkinson, ‘but without endorsing every detail of his plan u good deal is to be said for his view that if wealthy men would live the “simple life" they would help to steady public opinion. A few years ago the simple life ‘had many advocates, but lately, per- haps partiy owing to the war teln- per, more drnstlcvremedies for so-

cinl discontent have filled the stage. When contrasts are made be-

tvzen extreme poverty on the one

hand and excessive luxury and ns-

tention on the other the reply is

made that even if all the luxuries

were discarded the result would do

little to relieve poverty. This may

be true, but it does not reach the

point at issue. The evil of exces- sive luxury and ostentation is not

so much the actual waste of mo-

ney as the bad example and influ-

ence, the moral effect on the com- rnunlty of amusing disconent. If

those who have plenty of money to

spare would set the example of _slurpliclty and refinement the in-

fluence would ‘be felt by the whole

conununityz,

lDuring the war much was‘ said

or the extravagance of mechanics! who earned lbig wages, their pur-l chases of silk shirts, and so on. A

man whose income is suddenly in-

creased is not always wise in his' incrcttsetl expenditures. But where

was this lesson of extravagance

learned? For whom were the silk

shirts made in the ifirst instance?

the Hebrews, the liillnlstry of Ship‘ ping "being dead yet spcalketbfi‘ it's latest testimony is contained in a White Paper published yestcr- day on the expenditure of the Min- istry for iho year ended March, 1920. Examining the war bill in detail is n. startling business, and evidently the game for which ‘Mr. E. V. inicns suggested the title "The Old Ladies ‘Show Their Mud- dles" is still tincxharlstcrl. With freights and vessels in the slam of uncertain and inflated vzrlur-s that they reached in the lust (lays of the war, there is a certain amount of excuse for an occasion- al blunder on the part of the Min- istry of Shipping, but one that is mentioned in the present Willie Paper deserves u high place in any list of official mutldlcs. in Febr- uary, 1918 a bug was rcqulsitloncd by the Ministry. The engines were found to be in n bad state of repair so the vessel was turned ovcr to a firm of contractors for the old en- When this had lbeen done and the old engines dumped on the wharf side it was discovered that the itull of the ves- sel. IOm/was out of repnlr, and so badly that it was not worth ‘put- l-lflg new engines into it. Six months later the Ministry came to

‘if the wealthier classes had been '

lavish in their expenditures on looks, pictures and education, ra- ther than on personal adornment and luxury, it is quite likely that the example would have ‘been foi-

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make sacrifices all rianger- of re- I

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Lovely Bridal Silver

For hope chest or wedding gm, t‘ 1847 Rogers Bros.” lS warmly welcomed. It is received as a friend, for, to all women, this brand ofvfinc silverplatc is so wcll known that it needs no _ introduction. .

In purchasing be surc t0 emphasize the full name, “i847 Rogers Bros.” Then you will be surc to get the silvcrplzttc which has been ac- cepted for seventy-five years as the best that could be gought. Every piece rs unquaiifiedly guaran- tcc .

Leading dealers display the Old Colony Pattern, here illustrated. li your tlcalcr dues not have "i847 Rogers Bros." hc can get it for you.

The Family Plate for Seventy-five Years

MERIDEN BRITANNIA 00., Lou-ran, iiamiiton, Ont.

Made in Canada by Canadian: and told by Irnding Canadian drain: throughout ilrc Dominion,

lowed by those, who suddenly

be knrakul kids if they so (lcsire. The white bunny may become mock cortrfidctrce crurinc. if it covets the distinction and mock fox is :1 INIHIOIHIIJIH van- are as they scent, lit least ireluw ity in white hare.

All lllis suggests un increased always what they seem that isi that in the passing fair mt-blids own business. Neiih show upon the boulevard tiling: this nor the uiattor of mock blon u and ltlflllii brunettes seems o tlrr- neck. l1‘ compluxitrns are not! thin run be regulated by law.

found I‘ ‘ves in _ inn of money ‘beyond their needs. Tire simple lifa -is a good deal better us. a hobby than some others.

what's Fair in Furs.

(Ciricago Dally News.)

'Esop's well-known fable of the ass in the lio-n’s skin was not dir-’ ected at the fur trade, lmutundoub-l teclly some people have thought of a possible application. The vaiuf of euphemisms has been recogn- ized ' fur dealers as by most other radesmen, but‘ Miss Agnes Laut, the most recent popular mut- hority on furs. asserts that eup- hemisms in the fur trade have de- cided limitations. "Donkey mas- querading as lion would be indign- an-tly rejected Tby any dealer in good standing. Tire fur trade has organized strongly to protect the public and has laid down the lnw on what is fair in furs.

America is now thcrworltl nrrtrket for furs, but the code of the Lon-

the conclusion that t-hcvcssel-stlll PM‘ chamber M‘ commerce’ “long

standing at the contractors’ whafr ~—was "little ‘better than strap." Three months later the Ministry acted on this opinion and sold the vessel for £185. Meanwhile (he original owners had been pressing for payment, and three months af- ter the boat hnrl ‘been sold for £185 the Ministry settled with its first owners ror-£2,-2o0.' Thig h; itself was-a. pretty bad bargain, but for all the time the vessel had been lying at the contractors’ wharf she had ‘been _-piling lip rent charges. iMharfnge dues, and dam- age caused by the old machinery lying on their premisesmvere claim- ed by ‘the contractors to the tune