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President Llout. Col- W. Charter 8- Iellure Hun Preuhlolt J. B. llurlutt If‘, J. l.

‘In; lllrorlol J. B. Burnett. l‘. J.

Col. D. A. lluelflnnon. D. l. 0. Auonlute Edltnrn Frank Wllker Ind II. Ii. Onrrle

BUBXQIIPTION BATES 515.00 per your tln udrlnee) delivered In Olly

“.011 ply! your (In utlrunnn) mulled to P. E. Inland

4u.ue per your tln udunoe, mulled to (lanolin and U. I.

Manila: - Autllt. llurenu u! (Jlreulehono

“The Strongest Memory is Weaker than i the Weakest Ink.”

WEDNESDAY. Manon n, ma

Civic Tax Increase

The increase of onc-qttartcr of one per cctit in the civic real and personal property tax rate will, it is hoped. be accompanied by a more determined effort than has bccn made in the past to collect tax arrcas. Only by this nteatis can the Council justify’ its claim that additional revenue is absolutely ticccssziry to balance the budget. In the circumstances, fair-ntitided citi- iticlitted to sttsptintl their judgmctit and give the new Liouticil- the hcnclit of the (lottiit.

Even witlt the tax i increases the budget docs not iticlutlc ttnsntployuncitt relief expctidit-

' ' it g held tlrtt this is a federal rcspons- l Illil y lhc hctlcrzzl liorcrttnicnt scents loath to accept this view-point. ltowcvcr. llut at an)‘ rate lct us trttst that thc experience of 193? will not be reprint-d. whcn, according to the liozirtl oi Trztfc bricf prcscntcd to thc llotv- cll Qotumissititi. of the lliC(‘.g'I'c amount of $14.85 per fznnily pt-r month ovcr the six tnontlts per- iod during which relief “'11s provided, the City

“as fUftTtl to p.'i_\' oi pr-r ccnt, and the .\‘Iayor had “|it';:t"t\";t'tlj.' to be: on his knees" tor thc tnijtistly small p'.'tipot'tttit1 of federal aid pro- vitlcd.

The present Cotmcil would be in a stronger position if thcy had franltly declared their tztx- atioit policy" before the recent election. The need for additional rcrcnttc tras ltnowu at that timc and pretty generally admitted. However, with one exception. they at least made no public promises lo the cotttrary, such as the present provincial gorcrtinictit did in appealing for votes in I935. 'l'hcy \v'crecoiiitiiittc(l as a body to no party platform or guarantee to balance the bttd- get without atlditionzil taxation. Therein lies a dificrcncc which our cvciting contemporary ig- nores whcn. after dcfcntling the itumcrotts tax increases of both the federal and provincial governments (luring the past three yczirs—ittadc in violation of the most solemn pro-election pledgcs~it itictiitsistcntly complains that the City Cottncil gave no advance warning oi their policy.

The Patriot's Faux Pas

Apart front it hcitig unethical. the Liberal organ was very ntuch at sea in alleging that Mr. R. S. “ihitc. COIISCFVIIIHX’ NI. P_ for Montreal- St. Atlltillle-\\if‘stllltltllll. has been playing the dottble part of a jeltyll and Ilyde towards his lcztder, the Rt. llon. l’\‘_ H. Bennett. It is true that many vczirs ago Mr. \\i'hite was editor 0f the llontrczil (lazettc. but that was before he bc- came Collector of Customs at the port of Mont- rcal. On his rt-tirctnrnt from that position he again associated himself witlt The Gazette as an editorial writer. but since 1925 he has had I10 official connection whatever with that paper. Since that ycztr .\lr. \\‘hitc has devoted himself almost exclusively to his parliamentary duties. being cottsitlcred a leading financial critic of government measures in the House, The present editor-in-clticf of the Montreal Gazette and his loading assistant are Messrs. Paul Bilkcy and \\'illiatn l-lcadltw, who are alone responsible for its editorial policies.

The only element of hypocrisy which may be said to he associated with the coinmendatory re- marks extended In Mr. Bennett on the announce- ment: of his retirement as Conservative leader was contributed the tiihci- day in Parliament by Mr. lllackcnzie Kitig. We would be loath to sug- as. our contentporary docs in Mr. White's

gust. _ casc. that the Priiite ‘.\litiister’s expressions 0f esteem were insincere. bttt there will be some

difficulty in rcctancilitig them with his campaign attaclts on .\lr_ Bennett as a combination of, llitlcr. Stalin and blussolitii. As Mr. Bennett hintsclf remarked, “perhaps if it had been expres- sed in more strenuous times it might not be ne- cessary now."

Live Lobster Market ln,U. S.

flivt-ti distinct species of lolisttrt" are sold in the lfniigtl 51mg, in comtncrcial quantities —-the true American lobster with claws and the claw- lcss spiny lobster or sea crawfish, writes Mr. C. H_ West. Assistant Canadian Trade Com- missioner at New York, in thc current issue of the Commercial Intelligence jottrnal. The first is caught from the Middle Atlantic coast north- ward, and all imports from Canada are of this type. Live lobsters command thc best price, and consequently the bulk of the UtiitcdStatcs catch (over 95 per cent) is so tiutrkcted.

The domestic catch of American lobsters has been steadily declining since 1930 and is now exceeded by imports. Over 90 pér cent of all lobster imports into the United States are the trite American lobsters and come almost en-

Tlirély from Canada. Most imports of live spiny lobsters are from Mexico,

Imports of lobsters (not canned), including spiny lobsters and crawfish, totalled tf.f2f.533

‘i

Mlfilfllf? Alllntic States. Eastern lobsters. from Maine 9nd Canada, are rated first quality and ordinarily command a premium of several cents over those from other areas.

Ordinarily speaking, the pounds in Maine are cleared b late fall or early winter, and buyer; then sen smacks to Canada after the opening of the Canadian season, There has been no simi- lar movement this year, and Canadian lobsters arrived on an American market that was already oversupplied. Prices, as a result, have reached an unusually low level.»

Editorial Notes I

I

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Emperor William I died this date, I388- ‘ ‘ U I

Everybody on the Island having an income of $700 or over, including cost of living if on a farm, must now make ‘income tax returns, and payment before April 30, under a itiaxitnutn penalty of $500.

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A total of 1,048,232 radio licences vrere issued in 1937, Transport Minister Howe told Mr_ J. Iiarl Lawson (Cons. York South) in the l-lottse of Commons. Net revenue to the Dc- parttnent, after revenue to the Departmctit. af- ter deducting ‘commissions, was $1,925,014, And yet they are boosting the license fee 25$}. and tnalcitig fans pay for every radio in the house and car. lti the case of hotels in (Jntario and Quebec it will represent about $50 per annum additional or the ctittipg put*ol l)C(ll't)0Ill radios.

_ Greater protection for farmers and ltontc ()\\'Il' ers was promised by Premier William Abcrhari speaking at the Calgary Prophetic Bible Institute. “We arc determined to secure the homes of the people for their rest and comfort until the days whcn we can get control of our credit and rzusc the standard of living,” he said. “I still maiu~ tain that all taxes on farm land should be at once removed and placed upon production in- stead,” ‘he added. “No man can pay taxes un- less he can produce enough to do so. hope I have made our policy quite clear." Pre- mier Aherhart made only one reference to Al- berta's new budget and that was in defence of the restoration of salary cttts for Cabinet Min- isters and the indemnities for tnembers of the Legislature. “It will only amount to about $11,- 000 or $12,000 a year," he said. The Premier told of tax sales of farm lands. “These tax salcs are merely formal matters to get possession of abandoned farms," he said. at n: x x

“lumen pipers are calling for a showtlowti over the stand taken by officials of the Scot- tish Piping‘ Society of London, who favor ex- clusion of women in the national piping contest to be held there. It is a. rule of the society that only males are eligible for membership but with the increased interest in piping by women, a

31g: QHARLOFTTETOWN

NOTES BY TIIE WAY

Thousand: of machine-guano] rifle bullets. Several hand Krenadu and other death-denim; mlullq were wasted by Japanese

In

my" soldiers and by means of ropes contrived m constantly move them so effectively thqt. the Japanese were wmpletely zoued. For two hours the Japanew poured rlfle and mflflhlflfl-Sun fire on the deserted barrlcadebut the “dummy" soldier: Iteld their own. Thoroughy no , the Japanese then detaled thirty men to launch an Individual attack, but they were driven book by with- eriniz machine-gun fire from a sec- on Chinese barricade. Four were killed and seven wounded-Bong K0111: News. y

Figures recently released, show that China's trade was much high- er last year until the Japanese rafd Slflff-ed. and even with the drop which then ensued the total for I937 was ahead of the previous year. The United States and the British Empire led In the business done with the Celestlals and Japan was much lower down the list. Perhaps this was one of the Inzltlng cntises of the fray.--Brant-ford Expositor.

(icrmans may-cover their disap- iDGIIIl/IHEIM by telling one another l that Scltuschnigg is losing his grip, l ttéoéhers it, ypll gpppar tléat. he , a ts proinp y, rmy an suc- Ntfassfulilty toudlsapglsehAustfiiadn {lam}: o an ea lEl e our a sruc for them to rise and deliver Austria tger to the Gtifneansi tlhe

ermans say i a. I s ec- ments In Vienna or o'her Austrian cities should try w mite advantage of the government's preoccupatlon In Slvria to start trouble where troops have been withdrawn, Hitler will consider counter measures Im- mediately, they start with ablg “lf." rats. "s . so ~a v e . my an Yugoslavia would certainly interest themselves m the. matter as well as Germany, and the more so If Hlt- ler‘? inierycpt werfi Jto belcome very ac ve.- eegrap ourna.

The history of diplomacy Is the history of inevitable conflicts avert- ed. He might recall, too. the famous speech in which Andrew Bonar Law stated: “There is no such thing as Inevitable war. If war comes, It I be from failure of human wisdom." -—Vuncouver Province.

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A process oI'_ extracting sulphur from iron sulphide offers commerc- ial possibilities, Canadian mining engineers assembled at Niagara Falls were informed. In this tops -tuxvi world It. would not be surpr Ing I Iron sulphide, or Fool's gold, Ls I has been always called, burns ou to be of great value-Ex.

A controversy has been proceed- Ina for some time past. between those who hold that the continued

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Indus-wanna

Low BACK ram ustmu. ‘r0 snmnv on meat???‘

When an attack f bu; pain occurn-limtbago g-udloslilattw- the first thought is naturally w m- lteve pain which is vet-y sevggie, “M11111 acIatIc-a. i; 3130

rt. of the treatment particularly

"he" h" We“ my strain from “"7133. 133K198 l mlastep m" from a ligllfifolhfl’ mini-y. ‘ oweve If the been

Btmih orriniury. iii} all“; tnougiff shoul be of Infection and the com- monest teeth or: magi]; "M1116 be remembered. If infection Is the cause and the patient Is tak. 111g no mealclne to relieve pain, he will not usually be free of pain even If he ls restlng In bed In strain, rest or freedom from pain can usually begobtalned II‘ the t. lent places him-elf In a p05 non mil’- Wlll relieve the strain and take the “pu1l" off the muscles.

Unfortunately there are cases Where were ls bot-h fnfectlon and strain’ and there are cases where Infection has previously been pres. .

ent and left some dam . . bqnes and jolntsof the iiiiflefobtfti: “ WflICll is followed b the present. 3111113’. Thur the dfsi or ntishigng; between the lower back spinal bglles may be lniured and press on i.°§.".l252.‘.°?§?.l§°“ ‘i’ ‘if ‘Ziimfiir ~ . e pa n n e p extending w the back of the thigh and Fight down to the calf of the leg. Sometimes old infections wui afllmu? “"59 the Joints between B Shine bones- to become fastened l°8el2her so that. sometimes two, three. or four bones are thus "SWIM t» nether lormlng t. splint and of course preventing prOpeT ‘mwemem l" the lower back. It becomes as stiff as a poke;- and this Sllffnw by Preventing motion often Nléeves pain. o tell whether th¢ severe pain l! due to strain or infection Is often difficult. Dr. Joseph 1-1, m", Boston. In Journal of Bone and alolnt Surgery, reminds u; that the classic signs of lowar bank strain are-spasm or Vflhbenlng of the muscles. listing of the gpim m the 0990506 ride away from the In- Illlb’. lessening of the normal amount of movement. atwblllty to misc lee with knee sblfllilht. tender "spots" down the bank 0f the thigh

and calf, v By remember these "classic"

Igns th I zisflnguilghphys can can generally Infection.

_n a strain and

progress of British commercial anc industrial prosperity is assured ant

concerted effort is being made to break down tltc barrier. “It's not the thing for a woman to blaw the pipes and its unheard of for her to belang to a piping society," an official declared. An- other rccallcd that blowing of pipes had been punishable by death at one time even in Scot- land.» “Women are making enough noise in the world today without them taking up the bag- pipes," hc remarked. Rev. J. W. Graves. mau- ager of the Dagenham Girl Pipers, described as “ridiculous" any attempt to deny equal rights t0 woman pipers. “The impression that sltirlitig of pipes calls for the lungs of a six-foot High- lander is wholly erroneous." he said. “By far the greatest proportion of the physical exercise needed is of the arms. not the lungs. Many women become jus: as‘ efficignt as men."

Le Journal, Quebec, has nothing but com- mendation for an Anglican bishop who advocates bilingualism. “The Anglican Lord Bishop of Quebec,” it says. “expressed high favor of bilin- gualism as he spoke before the Kiwanis Club and recalled the principles of teaching as adopt- ed by Ruskin and other great English educa- tionists and thinkers. His Lordship declared. ‘When a student stranslates Latin into English he subjects his mind to intellectual discipline; he is obliged to think and to reflect. It is be- cause of the knowledge of languages that wc become citizens of the world. And so we must thank Providence for having placed us in a province where we have the advantage of speak- ing French and English, of knowing two dif- ferent cultures, two forms of civilization, and of being able to widen the horizon of our litt- man relationships and understanding.‘ Those words are a tribute to Bishop Carrington him- self, who, living in a French province. docs not believe that his nationality should isolate itself. but that it has everything to gain, as we ltavc. by a perfect tmderstaitdiiig of both latiguages."

U i I I

From the proscribed list of birds and animals issued some time ago by the British Ministry of Agriculture, which includes the sparrow. the cuckoo. the urban pigeon, the gray squirrel and a lot more, the little brown owl should he with- drawn. according to the report issued by the Trust for Ornithology’s Little Owl Food In- quiry. This little bird. it is said, is a great des- troyer of noxious insects and rarely touches thc young of the colorful, singing birds of the land~ scape in the way its enemies allege. The ornith- ologist of The London Times writes: “The in- quiry is remarkable as an example of the com~ plex team-work needed to solve problems with which the individual bird-watcher cannot cope unaided. Pellets, nest and lard?" remains and gizzards of dead little owls hztd to be collected from more than thirty-six counties, covering al- most theentire range of the little owl in Great

lodical slump are unavoidable. one may be attain upon us before many months are past. Those who expect another period of economic depress- ion at an early date argue that we should begin to make provision for the time of trial which will be upon us sooner than we think. The alarm- Ists would seem to be largely influ- enced by the desire to make politic- a] capital out. of the fears of the electors, and much credence should not be given to their rog- nostIcatIons-Belfast Telegrap .

The essential thing is that w;- exports should be bum up in order to nay for this influx of goods which the continuance of reiatlve indus- trial Drosberity still attracts. The Government has already taken a tentative step to help the, export, trade by relaxing In some direct. ons the ban on foreign loans. but more vlizorous measures may be needed. U- Owlntl to the requirements of re- armament and the demands of 1m active home market. this country cannot curtall ImDOTts (a. real drive to irrow more food at home would pflnslderably ease difficulties) ‘manufacturers must seek to do more bulsness abroad. They are In an unfortunate posltion at present- liable to be blamed If they do not.

promptly satisfy the exigencies of‘

the heavy defence programme, and also liable to be censured for not capturing more overseas e. - London Daiiy Mail.

Uneaslmss about food supplies In the event. of war Is not llkel tn be entirely dispelled by Sh‘ Thomas

those who maintain that, since per- I

AFTER THE LAST BREATH

There's no more none done, or feared, or hoped; None now need watch. speak low, n uiinoiltnst’ and m“ d 0 ' e crease 0 th , pillow sloped utsmoo e no Does she require.

Bllmkly We gaze. We are free to go

or s ay. Our moi-rows anxious plans have ntlssed their aim; Whfilhteli" ige leave Ito-night or Walt t 8

Y Counts as the some.

The lettered ls 1 ' . seem with». ".5i“iia8a"l°§“§§ll‘2il them here; ,

Eam Dalliatlve Its sllly fww, pre- sent-s

As useless gear,

And yet we feel that. something 55v. ours we ;

W6 trauma? numb relief withheld

om wgéiibelm/ed l5 Drisoner In the

0f Time no more.

We see by lIttI

wh gchievfimen? now the den

- er y s e as esea,

Wrongers n.1, pea the

In vlew of which our momenta, bereavement

Out-shapes but small.

—Thoma.s Hardy.

Insklpb assurances during s. recent. debate In the House of Commons that the Government's food defence plans are completed In everything but. detail. If the Minister has been bllizhtly more exp Iclt, If he had . been able. for example. to state the size and probable nature of the Iron ‘ration that. Is to be kept In read!- , ness against an emergency, the

country would have more readlly ac- l

rented his contention that the Clov- emmentfs plans must remain sec- ret. For while It is obvious that full details oould be ztven only at. the risk of rafslnp prices and dlslocai- In: markets. 1 ttle harm and a great deal of mod would have resulted from a more precise statement of the Government's IntentIontt-G as- flow Herald.

The trouble with the whole slln- ation in Canada has been that many most. worthy men have forgotten that the part should not be greater than the whole. that. we are not n llroup of Balkan States but. a Dom. Inlpn and that Ia any matter o! this nature, the pragmatic test, the tat 01-’ expediency In the widest. sense. should be more often applledt.

o

e he Dominion?" but rat-her It In the Interests of the country n: a whole that there should be - fled rules of low and unlfled Id- mlnlatration this citlnr

If we could hove I Iltlc more realism and u. lot leer rhetoric, more true nationalism and ten pet.- Iam we should 11nd thlt our

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pounds valued at $2,487,211 in 1936. of which Britain. To check the possibilities of game and M. u mt ‘quantity Canada was credited Willi 3.312.361 poultry being locally favored as a diet, some “ma” _______ unds (2.2o7,519). Mexico. the Union of fifteen game estates and poultry farms were Denmark. for tgguth Africa, and the British West Indies were intensively worked in 1937» all" ll" Kmenl .‘I'.la§‘tl»”3m o ‘ i; next moat important sources of supply. The investigation had been, completed", The com- mini antidlan figures may be taken as relating I0 mittee of eminnt ornithologlst, which has wuhffgmuht ~tve Iobatera. Imports of spiny lobster "not can- supervised the investigation, point out that the, mt clot‘ d: ' he?!" include cooked lobster from Mexico, enter- result has been “to yield proof of only negligl- hum“ __ y principglly into Californiatfind also frozen ble destruction of game, poultry or wild birds qf um mu ' stgr ulh from Cuba. the British West Indies. Ill ages. and to show that except In abnormal mg‘? gm?" Africa. r .. iALMS-..jitflllmfilltllfifilllll¢ oivlafeqcl éliiiolt wholly upon rtreun with’ such insects, other TIIVCflCFTlKQ-iiifla ‘fimtill u‘ d“ mammals as can be readily picketlup on the 1.15:“; sffinmm egrotmd during the hours of ffflllllfl~lflfgcly mfaltpwt. Qflwexét