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‘IGE FOUR The Charlottetown Guardian

Prenlilenl IAenL-Cni. iv. Cheaier u. llcLure Viva-President J. It. Burnett, F. J. I. Editor and Managing Director J. B. Burnett, F. J. l. Seeretnry Lieat. Cal l). A. liluc-Kinuon D. l. 0. Anni-lute Edltora Frank Walker and U. K. (Jurria

' Morning Daily (Founded 1881). $5.00 per year (in advance) delivered to City. $1.00 per year (in advance) mailed to I’. l5. Inland. $5.00 per year tin advance) Mailed to Canada and ll. S.

FRIDAY, OCTOBER. 2o. iiisi

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Norman Rogers, Minister of Labour, the Win- nipeg Free Press says:

“During the depression, the responsibility Of‘ the state \\'Zl.-‘ eiioriitoitsly’ extended in providing relief for more than a. million Canadian people, l year after _vear. With improving conditions; the problem now is to facilitate the transfer of‘ rcsponsibility hack to the individual. Invthis connection. the. .\liiiister of Labor placed great importztiice upon the organization of a national emplrrvmcnt service and upon the retraining, not onlv of youths. but of workers in general for etuplqvment that is in sight.

“he delay in providing a ilefinite system "l stayicil insurance in (Tanada i; due to the division of governmental responsibilities between the Dn- j lllllLi n and the Provinces. Some plan must be found bv which this problem can be dealt with in a practical way. The giving of a lead in this

‘ ind in the division of responsibility for vaorl: izt general between the Domin- . the li’ri-\"f' fies and the Aluniciylalities, is one - 1nd,; of the lioivell Commission. Theie b-"iru rcg:rc:t:tbltw delay in the adoption of

i !'.'Lll\'t' in Lianadzi. and .\lr. Rogers told . hi tv of tlcziling satisfactorily with 91o nzent l‘t‘.l£‘f during the great depres- hctutu- of the lack of .1 clear assignment pvt-z-ilnlilv butw-veii the Dominion, the Pro- .-l the‘ .\llllllt‘ll)llllll(‘<. lt has been (lif- ' ~ said. to get efficient and econtnniial

um. There has been continual con- . ~i~ trier the proper proportion to be hum? hv truth giwcriiiiieiit. And the impression that

Commenting on a recent address by Hon.‘ l l

ivxts errant tl that the governments were trying to with‘ their responsibilities, has tended to ltre/ik i.’ “an voniiilciice in all government."

ion. Eli‘. Rogers, it will he noted, is appeal-

iitj bu" that kind of consideration which the liiicril }l.'lll_\', when iii opposition, refused to l the government oi the day. "The ill‘.-

' of dealing satisfactorily with tinctu- i during the great depressioit"—- . v now seems to .\lr. Rogei's,--i\".ts not comt-tlwl by .\lr. Alackenzie King and his ca’? e: wh<n set-king office. lndtrerl, llll.'_\' ..., . d to be iinaivare that there was any dc- pt<a~=trni outside oi Canada, or anything in the llllt‘il>iili\v‘illll‘lll' situation in this country that crtiihl not trr/‘ititptly be remedied by “otitsing the Tlorirs". The "emergency conditions" existing iz-i v5.3 Mr. King tindcrtool; to solve through a 'i<t»i"t~rtit.tti\-i\ Xatiouzil tfitmmission” which .-as to clroporzttc with the provinces and illtllll~ v litics.

The liitnwlritiiwtt Commission zippointed bv -\lr- hing titriirrl out to be a partisan and not it ‘rclvre»~-nt.;tivc" one. lt has failed, seemingly, "to ohzsnn a trropcr division of governmental rc- sptvitvhrhij: lil3L\\'C'l‘.ll tiie ziiimiciplaitiec, the pro- vinces and the Dominion; and now it; i5 sng. i111 "il that “the giving 0f a lead in this tiiaftzi-"Q! (il.1iitt'l_v,_tllr- "timerqtrncy" of two years ago) is] to be "Hll? of the tasks of the Rowcll (tilllllilS-l Lion." .\nd as Mr. Bennett has pointed out. the personnel of the Rowell Commission is also a partisan one. -

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King Carol's Speech

9o few speeches achieve literary excellence that when this does happen, it is worth notiiiq. Perhaps this one owes its merit to the Zlllflll\'lilt\l1;: lfllflllhh translator. hut at .'l.ll_\' rate it lslillilfllllllPll to Kin: (‘arcil of Rountania liv the Associated I'm-w, and King Carol's it shall be. Ile ivas addies in; his sou, Crown Prince Michael, who celebratcvl his sixteenth hirtlidav recently by b’:- coming an zirmy officer. The occasion would have tempted most proud fathers into an out- burst of oratory, but Carol only said this:

"You are turning your back on the carefree days of youth. lleticeforth, you are to be a titan. You will liJiVC more duties than rights. I girl‘ _\'- in to the zit-my, but don't think" that thereby l am honouring the arnrv. Rather the army is lion/airing you. Pie worthy of yqur new imi- form."

'l'h:it, we venture to say, is a great ailtlregg, l!“ ltl""\'=lv is no less remarkable than its zibsciice oi htimhtig and fustian.

"Sharing The Vv/eallii"

Tiii: ivas specially written for the eyes of Premier Alherharl: .

A cubic mile of sea ivater contains-e 2.500.- oooooo worth of table salt-Loy) pounds for every person in Canada and the lfititetl Skates.

$100,000,000 worth of calriiim chloride.

S2,ooo,o0o,ooo'n-or\li of inagiiesitim.

$425.oo0,ooo worth of fPl'lllll(‘l'—l§ tons for eiery farmer on this continent.

Hundreds of times as liillt'li radium a, has ever been iniiteil-Imrl railium is worth $111,000,- ouo per pound.

S5.ooo,o0o worth oi gold.

$4,500,000 ivorlh of Illlllllilllllll—lliilin]g [or 5,000,000 automobiles.

$2,500,000 worth of silver.

$525,000 worth of iodine. copper and iron.

$I.750,000,000 \\'0l'll1 of Epsom salts --ctioti_;li to give every inhabitant of the earth 75 pounds.

In all about 5173000000000 worth of mitieral resources in every cubic mile of seq water!

There are millions of cubic miles inf sea ivat- er around Canada's coasts, and Alberta has just as much right to that water as any of the coast- wise provinces. But she is not getting her share. Herc is a “woiidroiisly simple" solittion for pov- erty in the midst of plenty, a limitless source of wealth; and tiothiiig is being done about it.

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good to us.

Vile ivatit our share of the wealth out of this vast heritage of sea ivater. We demand it. We know the sea ivater is there because we have seen it, and so has Mr. Aberhart. We know it is ours. And we are not going to discuss methods.

r Editorial Notes I

Luke Hansard, after whom the printed debates

of Parliament are named, died this date 1828. ‘ Ill

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It is still sometime before the Civic contests take place. but candidates for the Mayoralty are already pushing their claims for nomination and

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Cuba is experiencing such hard times that her farm population has started to emigrate. A group 0f 57 Spanish farmers with numerous members of their families have gone to Venezuela to start a new life there with the sanction of the Vene- zuela Govcrnnient, which is helping thetii in

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New Brunswick is now in line with this Pro- vince having tiiianimotisly selected at a duly eon- stittitctl Liberal-Conservative Convention a party leader to oppose the powers-that-be. Mr. Squires is new to leadership but has served his party well as Deputy Speaker and Speaker in past legislatures. '

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It comes in the nature of a surprise to find the Government of Brazil soairaid of Coin- iiitinistn that they have ordered closed all secret societies, including Masonic lodges, and have declared the Republic to be in a state of war. Time was when the life-blood of reptiblicanism was zilleged to be these self-saine secret so- cieties, including Vasonic lodges.

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Having had almost a fortnight of perfect weather we can sympathize with Otitario which has had a corresponding period of snow, sleet and near-freezing temperatures. “lestern On- tario was under a blanket of snow, the tempera- ture at London dropping to 29 above. Kingston,

this side, was equally tinfortiitiate; while at Ot- I

tawa the weather was reported wet, soggy-

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The Hon. Dr. \V. I. ltlaehiillan, on whom

MacGill conferred the honoury degree of LLD. |

some years ago as one of her most distinguished graduates, is held in high esteem by the gover iiors and factilty, who never fail to consult and confer with hint on matters vitally affecting the medical department of the university. Hence his conference with Dr. Grant Fleming, Dean. of the Faculty of Medicine en route to an ex- ecutive meeting of the Cilfllitllilll Medical As- sociation at Ottawa. >11 s w n-

Sir Gerard Campbell, British Consul Gon- eral at New York has been in Ottawa where he told the Canadian club that he wondered, considering the “extremely illogical n-orld” youth faced, l f another movement were not due, sonic- thing similar to the Y.M.C.A., the Salvation Army or the Boy Scouts. Each of these move- ments had zirisen at a time when it was badly nccrled. at intervals of about 3o years. It Wits now ziboiit 3o years since the Boy Scouts was founded. Stich a movement ivould have to he fiindantentally sound, not too idealistic, and would have to take the world as it ivas, not as it should be,he said.

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There is still some use, real or feigned, for a man, even in these days of advanced suffragett- ism. hlary Beatrice Blake ivas defendant at Westminster County Court, London, the other day in a dispute over a solicitor’s bill for settling an accident claim out of court. When she came to explain why it was that the itistirance com- pany, which had offered her lawyers to settle for $575, suddenly increased its offer t0 $400, she said it was not due to the efforts of her solicitor. but to her “invisible man friend.” Be- fore judge Dumas approved the solicitors hill which Miss l-llalce said she would liquidate at the rate of $2.50 per week, he had asked for an explanation about this "invisible man friend," aiitl she had replied: “I was a lone woman, and I know how a man helps in these cases, so 1 invented one." '

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\\':isl'iiiigtoii Government has been investigzit- ing the why and wherefore of disastrous sand- stornis and soil depletion in the Middle \'Vest, and sent Mr. II. H. Bennett, Soil Conservation Chief to Etirope for tips. He reports that row crops expose two-zind-oiie-half times as ilitieli American cropland to serious forum of erosion as is. done in litirope. liemiett asserts, ,\vith the exception of Soviet

tivation as the United States. acres are under row crops in U.S.A. as against only 65,000,000 in Europe. Row crops do not offer as much protection against soil erosion as do other types. Furthermore, the expert re- ports, Europe does not have as frequent sudden (lashing rains ivhich tear off huge portions of topsoil. - a a m a

In the plains 0f Texas the U.S./\. Govern- ment is feverishly testing out for the first time an zinti-mechatiized battalion tentatively approv- ed by the War Department. The New York 'l.‘imes says the theory is that the day of the horse is done, as ivas indicated by the European

the lessons in Spain to support this theory, and both in Ethiopia and in North China highly me- chanized and motorized units have shown them- selves oi distinctly limited usefulness. Few military leaders in Europe believe that the taiil: has ittilocked tlte stalemate of trench war, and most agree that the defense is strong-ii not strongew-than it was at the end of the \Vorld War. Thus, is the future “war of movement" a fact or fetish? And should the infantry division of tomorrow depend entirely upon motor transport, or should we still employ

At lintwistlc on Wednesday Mr. Aberliart said: “Please dotft all become experts. just tell the fiovt-riiinr-iit the results you want, and leave the tnotltotls to the Government.

You must swcr those questions, of so mtich importance to never discuss methods . ..". That sounds pretty_thc military future of the U.S.A.

—in.limited numbers-Abe tried and tested ani- mal transport of the past? The present manoeu- vres near San Antonio should do much to an-

‘ 12,000 to name the tour gilspels, and

There they have, Mr.‘

Russia, zipproxiiiiately the same area under cub, But 155,000,000 ‘

\Var. but doubts it, saying there is little from '

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Japan's atiiieameu in T klo JIPHYS filmy and navy coniimancgg ' “W”? wmunai are umouooeui, fill-l)’ lmormed as to the prosecu- lllmfi 8nd executons tor treason m“ “e dilly incidents or life llnflel‘ 5°V1°li Yule; the Japanese fully iuiderstand the heartening effect on 581114118 men of news of dlssenslon among their possible foes. Con- Sfifillflillly. the operations of the in- vucers at, the junction of the Iawang- pufmd we WW5"!!! are supported IIIOIIGCHY, but. none the less effect- ively. by the panic that. possesses Moscow-New York Sun.

Britain. anxiously seeking on American interpretation o! tho President's speech, 1s left today just wiiere it. was yesterday. Some of the chief newspapers. like the New York Herald Tr bune, see 1n the speech nothing but. on "emotiona. BDPQHL" Others. like tiie Cleveland Pain-Dealer. hope that he w.1l fol- low 1t "with actaxi." Many, like the Boston ‘xlerald. hope mat "he'll con- fine crusading to tiie American eon- tiiient.’ More, like the New York Times, wonder vtriiat. it's all about. Whatever else, this time it is not a ease of “America. speoks."—- London ‘ Dally Express.

It would be we.i fnr the American l‘ people to recognize that so long as poiiclcal blues can step ill to change ‘ the charts and turn Federal control to the Hdvlllhllgfl u! lll.ll' ‘particular group or local interest there can be ‘ little economic pituiniitg for the national welfare. Planning under such circumstances is like astron- yoniy practced iii the midst. of a l

maelstrom. -— Christian Science l f Monitor (Bostoim ',

In Italy the tax on bachelors has proved an incentive lo marriage. met. your there were 60,000 fewer oi them than in 1933, when the tux we; instituted. Thus in ltniy mar- ' ridge has become a reiiige from taxation, prestimably on the basis of the time-honored pblllildt.‘ that, two can live cheaper titan one. — Viclorli Colonist.

Nobody expects anything funny to develop from anything so tragic as ivar, but unconscious humor vras contained iii an admission made by the Japanese high command last week Referring to the expensive Shanghai deadlock, which has exist- ed since Japanese besieged the place n August 13th, the statement. r-ilds: “We advance to right and let.. catching the enemy in a pin- cers. But. tiie enemy is ignorant of | the first. rules of strategy; lie fails to ; fall back; and consequently we can't 1 go oheadfl-Nortia Sydney Herald.

It is almost. beyond belief that 36 out of ~19 mil ions 0i young persons in the United States have never set foot inside a church. And yet. that assertion was made at the eastern eoiilereiice or the Mediodist Church

by the Rev. Frank E. Gaebelein, headmaster" of o. boys’ school on Long Island. Mr. Gaebelen made

tiie rurllivi- £1.~l5'.‘l‘l.l()11 that. a. ques- toiinaii-e revealed that "of 55,000 youngsters attending certain schools 1n New York more than 16,000 never heard of the Ten Commandments." Oi‘ more than 18,000 students " in Virginia, lin send, 16,000 were un- able to name four Biblical prophets,

10,000 to name three of the Christ's (litiUlplCS. ll that. 1s a correct. picture of the alt tude 01' the young people of this country to the church, then there is a double challenge in it. One 1s to the church itself, which tails to make itself antral live to the young generation. The other 1s to the home and to tiie individual; to the home in that lt- adds attle sti- iiiizlatioii Lo the church in its en- deavors to reach the young, and to the mtlivitiual in that. he is con- tent to live in ignorance ol a past. upon which so much of tiie present is built-Buffalo Courier-Express.

Neville Chambers-i- gives more than a liliit. of his economic prin- cples in relation to government. control of business. He also points out that. British business is, despite a good deal of apparent. direction, wonderfully lree from state inter- ference. This ls, of course. the op- [XI-Silk of ColflililllllSifl and even 0t theoretical Socialism in which the state owns and directs all means of product on, reducing every indivi- dual to o. property es and salaried condition. kaselsm pretends not to do this. but ill its application‘ it w-orkz. out L0 constant. state regula- tion. "We try," says ChamberlB-ln. “no exercise tiie minimum bi control coiislstent. with the prevention of any abuse." The British government exerc ses only "so much control as may be necessary iii tiie public interest." Canada please IlCl0.—- Telegraph Spectator.

it. might. have been expected that. the cumulative effect of the "educa- Ilonal“ work carr ed on for years t would begin to show, but, misfortune‘ plainly overtook the Canadian Soc- luiist party in the recent. (Ontario) elections. In the industrial centres where they might. have been ex- pected to make an impression. PRI- tleitlin-ly after tiie very hODEW-l VOW poled iii tiie Ontario elect. ons three yours ago, they lulled to do so. This ivas due. to some extent, to the great divisions among radical vot- crs in Ontario . . Perhaps the C. C F‘. lenders. in reflecting on the results tn Otitarlo, will find that, apart. from the need of more “eai¢ee.tioiiiil" work, there was reth- er too much "pie in the sky" in the programme which they set be- faie the peoplm-W nnlpeg Free Press.

The fraudulent c ‘ “ tlon of the employment promotion fund ls a particularly low form oi dishonesty. and the firm attitude of the noting minister of labor toward ll; will be commended by the great. ‘majority of people irrespective of their poli- tical allegiance. A man who robs the fund robs his fellows, and in the interests of justice. end as a warn- inz: to the dishonestly inclined, he should be brought to book. The pro- per administration of a relief aye- tem so extensive depends upon the Beiieral integrity oi the unemploy- ed-Aiickiand News. _

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Over in Europe the dictators, who promised a greet deal. are not. de- llVlTlllfl the goods. Germany, for ex- enipie. nnd Itaiy. Herr Hitler and

of real business on the north.

The north side entrance is to be closed up, and the vest: business public, constituting probably over

get. admission to the Gust.

doors and barnyard of government offices are considered good enough

trade and business interests of

PUBLIC FORUM

flail cola-a ll 091a for the diuaaelol by nrreapeadeata of queatleaa 0| The Charlottetown Guardian daee not uoeenarll endoree the Opllllllll ei eorreapnaileata.

BLUBBERRIES ‘FOB EXPORT

Sln- The new: item below. re- garding blueberry shipments from Nova Bcotla t0 Britain, appeared in the financial Post. of October 16th. Prince Edward Island blue- berries are quite equal 1n quality tn those of Nova Scotla and 1n ed- dltlon we can grow cultivated blue- berries 1n our bog lend. which are not only twice the size of the wild blueberry but commend a much higher price.

"N. S. Blueberries to U. Ki’

“Provincial government experi- mental shipments of Nova Scottie blueberries to the British market last year were productive oi such good returns that they opened the way for private exports t.'-'=. sum- mer. The small shipment. made last year went to Manchester un- der cold storage conditions, and came on to the market there 1n competition with the product from Norway and other countries which normally supply migland. O1 such high quality were the Nova. Sootfa berries that. they commended practically double the price of the ~ competing fruit. ”

‘similarly satisfactory returns this reason Indicate ‘that with a weekly boat service available, and with careful handling. a. reasonably good outlet for Nova Szotia. berries can be obtalned 1n the old land. Britalirs import of blueberries lest year amounted to about; 73.400 cwt. and came mostly from Ger- many, Holland. Poland, Norway‘ and the Irish FTee State."

Blueberries can be exported either 1n cold storage or canned.

I, am Slr, etc. ll. K. S. HEMMING

WHY?

Sir.—Can any one devise e reason for the unaccountable an- tagonism of governing bodies to that large portion of the city north of Grafton Street. and bar- tlculerly that foremost business seetlon-Sunnyslde?

Our Market House was built with whatever was of any archi- tectural beauty facing south. while the stench of fish quarters, toilets, and uncouth backdoor appearance was reserved for the emporiums

And now the Dominion Building 1s meeting a. similar mutilation.

three fourths of the travelling and business. population, are to be compelled to waddle all the way around to the south entrance to .Ex- else, Post: Office and ing bus- iness offices of the Federal Clov- ernment.

Evidently the barricaded back-

for the most. important and pro-- gressive merchant houses and the most; popular places of trading within the Province. Convenience of the patrons of these concerns

tawe. edict is to shut them out, and treat. them to whet; in tndll vldual life would be celled a. pos- terior view.

Whereln comes tiie political pull, for pull of some kind 1s always found to be the “nigger- 1n the woodplie"? What particular mal- ice have they to vent upon the

three fourths oi’ the city, all from Grafton Street to the suburban limits of Common and Royalty, "l" they must rlslt upon them nits indignity?

To be 1n the swim all must go Soul-h. for it 1s on that; chosen spot that the political gods have erect- ed the altar of Baal where all must congregate to worship.