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WEDNESDAY. OUIDIBB i. 1885.

Political Interference

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F The LEA Government has been notoriously fictive in finding jobs for its “family friends", but the revelation 0f flagrant political interfer- lence in the work of the trans-Canada highway ,undcr the Dominion unemployment relief grant “comes as a shock even to those who had some tinkling of what was goiilg on behind the scenes. jlt is indeed, as Mr. McLURE remarked at the _aCrapaud meeting, a serious matter to our tax- Qpayers and unemployed if, in addition to being “saddled with Liberal dictatorship provincially iiwe are to have the agreement \vith the Dominion {Government violated and the penalty clause ‘finvoked involving a hold-up of the federal con- ytribution, simply because jobs mustlbe found for Xrelatives of Premier LEA or any member of his icabinet.

: The agreement is specific that no discrimin- jation shall be made or permitted against any citi- Zzen by reason of his or her political affiliation, {race or religions views. In the casc citedyby Mr. EMCLURE, the charge of political discrimination ;is specific. - _ Nor is it the only specific case which has occurred. At the CONWAY pit, where gravel is I-being loaded for highway work, two other mar- ;ried workmen with families, suspected of being lConservative, were dismissed for no given reason sand their places filled by two Liberals-single "men—-the sons of active Liberal workers in the {provincial election In yet another instance a ’youth just under voting age, of a Liberal family liwho had been given employment by the Conser- {vativcs because he was the sole support of his Imother and invalid father, was fired on the lassumption that his parents had supported Mr. iSHAEP. His job was taken/by a young man llwho had been active in drivinghis car for Mr. FSHARPE opponent at the election.

H In the foregoing cases the pit foreman re- §|fuscd to discharge good workmen" for the benefit “Inf political heelers, but pressure was brcught to iibcar on someone “higher up", and the changes pjfwere efIected-wiolating, in each and every case, the “no discrimination" clause under which the lffederal grants were obtained by the MACMILLAN Ejadministration.

The Conservatives when in oFfice adhered lstrictly to the agreement, making no distinction ;politicall»y or otherwise where employment was iconcerned. The result was so satisfactory that inot even a Liberal Auditor General at Ottawa ‘tcould find fault with the unemployment relief gadministration in this Province. Now the situ- ,ation has changed with a vengeance ! lcxhaps the LEA Government is averse, on ' n principles, to co-operation with the air administration. Perhaps it is hoping, n the event of the grants being discontinued, j-Ilhat it can lay the blame on Ottawa, while, in fifhe meantime, profiting politically. by yiolating lithe agreement right and. left. Initany case, its Epigh-handed actions are of serious concern to the Eelectors. Like their federal Liiberal colleagues, 0M1‘. LEA and his followers in Opposition did Ehothing but criticise and misrepresent the efforts Eiwlhich Conservative governments, here and at gbttawa, made in providing work and remuner- llf tion for the unemployed. rgu; They have seized the first opportunity of ithrowing a political monkey wrench into the ' Eworlts.

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-§ Flouting Democracy

'; PREMIER LEA's claim that his’ Three Million Dollar Blank Cheque session of the Legislature cost only $20 is based on an astounding assump- ltlition. This assumption is that the $300 paid in iiiindemnities to members will be deducted t the next regular session. This money Elias been paid out of the treasury-tenpdollars to icach Liberal stalwart-without any vote or {authorization of any kind in the House. It will gum be voted until the Estimates are passed next

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ill/larch. By that time, some of the members may {be dead; others, like Mn. DEuNis, may have re- lsigued in disgust. Even if no vacancies occur, "pvhat right has the Government to dip into next year's appropriation for the purpose, as Mn. CLURE well said, of “sugar-coating” the three illion dollar borrowing bill which the members lhad subsequently to swallow. The whole trans- faction is illegal and tmconstitutional. It. is a gnglaring example of the travesty of democracy lpwhich occurs under dictatorships.

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, The advisability of establishing govern- nmental control of Canadian banks, as supported gby Mn.‘ KING, Mu. WOODSWORTH and Mu". iSruvENs, is a question that should be very care- ‘lfully examined, says the Brantford B19015!"-

A- 3N0 action of doubtful character should be taken

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-‘until it has been absolutely demonstrated that lltfiwould bring about a more stable sud-advant- lpgcoug administration ot- Cansdsfs financial ' ' "flllu existsundcr the present regime. One sometimes‘ what is to be gamed by g litical influence into the control of Sfitiuld ‘politics be introduced into the

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football of political expediency? ,

These and similar questions should be pondered before any one undertakes to advocate political influence in the administration of Can- ada's banking system. Thelatter is one of the biggest trust corporations in_the Dominion, and holds hundreds of millions of dollars of deposits owned by the people for safe-keeping and in- vestment. Is there a thoughtful depositor in the Dominion who, after carefully considering the matter, believes that his money would be more safely and profitably handled if the banks were under political control? Surely the fine record maintained by Canadian banks during the long years of the depression, in which not a single dollar of deposits was lost, shouldbe a strong argument against the captious criticism of Can! ada’§_ financial fabric which is so popular in certain quarters.

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That “Old Soldiers Never Die" was amply proyen by the reunion of the Canadian Corps dumlg 1934. Encouraged by this memorable event many Overseas Units have since formed associations for the perpetuation of their indiv- idual records within the corps. Such an event is the Reunion of the 11th Siege Battery, C.E.F., _which will be held in Montreal, Saturday, Oc- tober 12th, when it is anticipated a large number of veterans of this famous unit will assemble for the first time since the termination of the Great War. The 11th Siege Battery was re- cruited largely in the Maritime Provinces and many Maritime veterans are expected to attend. A strong. committee under the chairmanship of MAJoiz W. G. ScuLLY, former commanding of- ficer, is in charge of arrangements. Inquiries should be addressed to EomE DELO, 36o McGill Street, Montreal. ~

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Editorial Notes . Three more days’ field work still for poli- ticians. 9K 9K 9K A vote for a. Liberal, said Sir ALFRED MORINE, Toronto, is a vote for KING and chaos. 9K 9K 9K There is still an explanation due from the LEA Government What they did with that $200,000. ' 9K 9K 9K Liberals are not crowing from the house- tops any more; they are whispering among them- selves-“all is lost.” 9K 9K 9K Will Premier LEA and Mr. A. E. MCLEAN have enough relations to fill all the soft jobs, Provincial and Federal? That is the question worrying Liberal Party workers. 9K 9K 9K

Now the non-portfolio memlbers of the LEA Government can “cash in” more than the port- folio members by acting as purchasing agents.- Fancy the Hon. B. W. LEPAoE blowing froth off beer to judge its staraikdard o; quality. 9K

Neither Mr. A. E. MCLEAN, Premier LEA, nor any other one has any right to discharge a man employed on an unemployed project and substitute his friends and relatives. The Federal Government can hold up the grant if they con- tinue to do so. 9K 9K 9K Mr_ Kinds advisers concede that the gov- ernment leader’s triumphant tour of the East, thrqpgh the historic Eastern Townships of Que- bec, through New Brunswick and more briefly, through Nova Scotia and here has made a diff- erence of upwards of 2o seats in the ministry's favor. 9K 9K 9K

blussouufs Government in suspiciously chastened spirit declares that it is prepared to allow sanctions to follow their breach of Coven-

' ant, but adds definitely, “we ain't goin’ to take it

lying down.” That’s the whole tr0ublc-—Italy is mistaking Mossoum for GARIBALDI, whereas he is in reality moulgedapftaeér NAPOLEON.

A three million dollar borrowing racket “for nuthin"', $200,000 misappropriated, $10 grab for four hours session, abolition of consti- tutional government and substitution of jobs for members, the abolition of Prohibition Commis- sion and substitution of Government Control, is a pretty galling startafifo; lb; LEA Liberal misfit.

The electors will find it hard to swallow the LEA organs statement that PREMIER LEA was not responsible for ‘firing MR. MACMICKEN and hiring a member of the LEA family in his place. Who was responsible if not the boss dic- tator himself? That is what the Federal Depart- ment of Labour Wdlgés g fiflréd out:

The success of the Conservative meeting at Crapaud may be judged by the frantically garbled report of the proceedings which appeared in ycsterday’s Liberal organ. There was n0 Liberal reporter at the meeting, but there were hundreds of intelligent electors to ~vv'hom such propaganda will appeal as the acme of asinine yellow-joumalism. '

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Our contemporary says the administration of relief projects under he Conservatives "would not pass rrruster with a wide-awake auditor.” It has passed muster during the past four years with the Auditor General at Ottawe. who happens to be a strong Liberal. ,Not until the LEA Government took office were ‘com- plaints received at Ottawa of litical interfere ence in violation of *fllG‘D0‘fIlllll0fl lgrcement.

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i-‘otels By The Way

The b Ii words 0| Arhflde Brland, 110W tliltl 011d gone, gm bola; leeslledjt. Geneva. ‘rhey were uttered by the then numb Premfer when u questfoh we: be- fore the League, looklng m m;

nunofatlpn of wsr: “As long u 1 am when I am, than shell be no war. I wlll not admit that till; 80011189 c"! will: be let loose up- on humanity. And ff this same V091 C8D b0 “RG11 by 511 who u-g membsmhemultbenmbyeach ‘However vehement may b: our debates. however blt-tczyout eon- flfcta, and however hard ft may be to settle them, we wlll some them In Peace and by peaeeL-ll this be ssld by all, then how fa: we shall have goneV-Wlnnlpcg Tribune,

The ltalhn oubhet. discussing how w Ply for an Ethiopian war, decided among other things to ” the method of payfng war penslons "co u to make the bur- den 1111106 -" A pmtty wsy of put- ting ltl In other words, Il Duce ls cuttlng off the pendouermoi the lastwarlnordertocreatepcusfon- ers out of the next wan-Hamilton Herald.

M u" 549851111118. the hie of Ethiopia and o1 the Leagues: ml. lions was involved. Today. however, Brltalnhss so fur committed her- self by the mobilization of her navy and other forces 1n the Med. lterraneun area that she cannot back down without a diplomat-lo victory over Italy. Italy, on the other hand. ls 1n such s position that she cannot. gracefully abandon her objective ln Africa.

In Montreal s. husband ls on trlsl for the murder of his wife. At the some tlmo two Ohtsrlo wives m on mu r61» n» murder or-uleli- husbands, and another trlsl m which a. wife and the brother of her deceased husband are accused of his murder will soon begin. This ls probably a record fa Canada.

But what next? In the conditions of todsypthere fs far more than _I.n abstract interest. in thfs stretching out of Germany. Italy has en- danger ’ and may still shatter the

by one jot. or tlttle as s result of the present policy the force of ex- ample wlll have Its reactions. That they shall take who have the power and they shall keep who can ls now as ever. the practical rule of dictatorship, and an adjunct ls tn such swashbuckllng parades ls we are to see in Germany from tomorrow. Yet behind this facade 0f meaningless display are the solid facts of finance with no pretence of balance, of trade ahowlng signs of creeplng paralysis. or worklng conditions which do not rl-ss above the standard of serfdom, with an occasional and redeeming ‘ ture in a. strike of workers. There is a stranglehold on the mlnd and splrlt of the nation with such posslbllfb- lea of dlsruptlon as have not been seen for centuries. As Germany parades and bOmsLs let us keep this background tn mind. It. may serve to intensify our sense of the dang- ers arouncl.-Belfsst Telegraph.

Whloh are the unions who are‘ climbing most rapidly out of the depression? They are the British nations. Canada's trade leaped up 22 per cent last month.‘ Insplrlng news comes also from little New Zealand, where Mr. Costes, the Finance Munster, boldly states that the Dominica's economlq problems are "largely solved." Cuts are being restored, emergency taxes r ‘uced, pensions moi-eased. On top of that Mr. Costco gives a. new bibs-k t.) his countrymen. Population of [New Zealand, 1.610000; public works expenditure announced,‘ £5,- 030,000. That means the inaugura- on of new boons and amenities for New Zealenders at. the rate of £8, 10s s. _h2ad.—1ondon Dully Ex- press.

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Itullun submarines are reported as “deployed" ln the Red Bea-the “deployed” ts probably put. ln to make lt more effective. Shipments of arms for Ethlopla from the United States and Japan are mell- tloned.» It seams unlikely that consignments from the latter would circumnavigate the globe lri order to reach British Somallland, the very nearest point of which ls well outside the Red Sea. How- ever, ft would be just llke Mus- sollnl to add to the tnternstlonsl irritation by annoying two blg countries outside the League.

The most Impressive African nu- tlve drum ls that hollowed out of n. large tree trunk. Home of this type firs" 12 ft. long by 0 ft. thick. As the silt tn the log ls only u: inch or two fn width, the hollow- lng out process calls for great skill and perseverance. . . . The chlef usually owns the talking drums, and they are kept 1n l special palace, wheze none save the drum- mer dares to touch them. The drummer must learn the spools! names of people sud things tn the drum language-names which are taboo 0n all other occasions. Thelr rungs under ldesl conditions ls probably never more than M rnfles. . . . Webur, but all our whltn cfvlllnttou cannot help us

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peace of the world, and ff she wins this

The Bennett Tariff

Y0 would putndown your foot f and say that. you wlll not allow ft. You would know that such o. policy would bring ultimate rufn. There would be no uncertainty tn your

thls coll - ads buys more than lt. sells. There ‘is not s scfntlllu- of difference lip- tween the tvm buses. _

I ‘lntcnd hen to explain the process, with extreme care, so that no one reading my explanations can plead ignorance lf and when he out: vote to bbmw his country tnto the hands of the batllff. Ifwe buy s. chocolate bar tn Buffalo wlth sbcentCauadlaupfeoewe cause tobesetupbboentCanadfandehlt at New York whcnthe 0 cents ls sent. beck to Canada by the Ameri- can banks and charged up. we buy $1000 worth 1n the United States, Chlnu, Australia, Argen- tine or anywhere in the world we set up s. Canadian debit at New York for $1000.

When we sell unythfng, scrvloes or goods, anywhere 1n the world outside of Canada we set up s Can- adfsn credit at New York, because New York ls our clearing house for debits and credit-s for our purchases and sales the world over- If we establish more credltsthan debits the favourable balance is cleared sway by our foreign securi- tfcs or bringing back own own. If we estsblfsh more debits than credits the balance ls cleared away by selling our abroad or in the United States. In establish- ing our net balance ft must be re- membered that we can decide how much we shall buy; but we cannot decide how much we shall sell. It ls the buyer’: decision that settles

A favourable or unfavourable bal- ance ls brought about by both vlsl- ble and fnvlstble imports and exports. In thls s. county-does not differ from an ln- vfdusl home. In- terest. charge, taxes, dentists’, doctors‘ and lawyers‘ bllls are all invisible, but they hurt‘ just as much u visible pumehasea, such as steak, potatou and bread. The prfnetple all through ls the same as between a home and a country and. therefore, lt should not. require any great wisdom for aiman to decide what ls good for his country tn this respect. If the counlifY buys mom than It sells 1t. builds up s foreign landlord posltlon. It makes us tenants, mortgagurs, debtors to those who lfve outside of Canada and who exact tribute from us. We have under past Governments. bought about. $200,000,000 more every year than we sold. To straighten this adverse balance we have, each year, sold $200,000,000 of our assets, such as bonds, mort- gages, properties, etc. This has gone on unttl those who lfve outside of Canada own $6,000,000,000 of Canadian asset-s, equal to all the wealth west of Wlimlpeg or all east of Montreal. About one- quarter of our entire wealth. On this we must pay interest of $1,000- 000 every day. Our absentee land- lord , “on ls over twice as much as Germany's after she signed the ‘Treaty of Versellles, WM -herse1f to pay 131000000000 gold marks wfthln B0 years without; fri- terest, which when brought down to a. cash basis equals $17,000,000,- 000 or $261 per caplta. Canada owes outside Canada $600 per coplta. Canada's position ls 40 times worse than Ireland's when the Irish thimdered at. the House of Com- mons about their dreadful absentee landlord position. Imagine what a benefit to our merchants, mun- ufsetumrs and farmers, ff the $1.- 000000 per day we send outside could be spent fn Canada, and can anyone see any posslble chance of escaping ultimate bankruptcy if we buy more than we sell. The only posslble way to rectify this selling out process ts by raising our tsrlff, so that our exports of goods and services shall pay for our imports of goods and services Anything short of that ls fatal to either a. home or a. collection of homes. The result of dolng otherwise ls so obvious that I would feel that I was n. deliberate traitor ff I voted for a lower tsrlff than we ve The gre t thing that has been done for Canada. since Confedera- tion ts tn stop the selling out process. The Bennett Government ls the only Government that has done this, and to turn that Govern- ment out would be madness. m. King says he wlll smash the Ben- nett tulff. That means he wlll try to smash Canada. He wlll return to the tariff tbotunder his reglmc sold oat Canada every your by 8200,- 000,000 and brought this country each your that much none-r the bslllff. If Cunudfms are u much Interested tn Canada as they are ln their own homes they wlll sec that the Government of the country ls entrusted only into heads that wlll ssstoftthstmirexportspsy

CURING IIUGBAINE — - SIDED HEADACHE

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with migraine or, one sldecl I10ld~ ache.

Drs. Etlenne and Cones-son of Nancy. France, recently reported their observations as to the part played by the imperfect work of the llver 1n causing migraine. They report three types of migraine; (l) the usual severe one sided heed- aches occurring from time to ttme; (2) the cases 1n which the one eld- cd hesdsuh ts present praotlcally all the time, with s feeling apoc- lally on uwakenlng of a confused mental stats, nausea often wlthout vomiting, fatigue, and fnabfllty to concentrate and to work; (ll) the same as the second typo only per- iods when the headache becomes more severe.

Forty-five persons were given treatment, the object of which was

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to stimulate the action of the llver, such as alkalles ln snuill closes, es- pecially sodlum be to, magnes- fum sallcylete, sodlum cftrate and vegetable and other llver stimulants (to increase the flow f bile.)