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' delivered. Il-lf‘ per your (In advance) mulled lo (‘unndu and Unlttil Vilnius. _

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 15, UM '

_ -Wh€-lt Says Prince Edward Island‘!

There is apparently, says the Toronto Mail

f! and Ettlflfff’, quite a body of opinion that extra- vagance and over-government are one and the .‘ same thing. just at present this popular mis- 7= conception is centered around the B. N. A. Act. " It is claimed that the nine Provincial Legislat-

Island l

the stigucstiou that sucli criticisms are nothing . more than the iut-vitziblt- outcrtipping‘ of bad _tiuie.~". l-Icoiioiiiics can be effected by co-opeiwt- ‘lion Iictweeii the lloiiiiiiioii and the provinces, v ltetwecu i840 and :80; when ilierc was one common legislature iii the Liauatlas. it ivas ' L‘Ul\t‘lll\i\'\'|_\' ,\]|n\\'ll tli:it hariiitiiiy and auihoritv

“The Eskimo

Some Other Island "mi

- I Editorial Notes

Kim; made Canada's name notorious at the ' in such a bovlv was a hopeless and impossible League. (ill-ROY H! ill

s of Psincc “Edward Island made him join them in their‘ customs, and it was necessary for him to take, in nafne only, one of the native's many wives to appease the Eskimos. He joined in other customs and stayed there. for rsome tiuicT-Report of lecture by DAVID IRWIN, arctic explorer, in the Adirondack Daily Euler- frfsr. Stirtimn" Luke, N. Y., Feb. 4.

The excerpt above quoted has nothing to do with tlic Eskimo poems which appeared rec- ently in The GUARDIAN. The context indicates that the lecturer was speaking about his exper- ience on Prince of Wales Island, a small island in the Hudson Bay country—not Prince Edward film's best lflenflm-Wind-sor Star.

After all the money spent in advertising the " ures and the Federal constitute an extravagance lllarlllme Pmvlnces l" the Easter" United

» - . -. - ' ' Q a . ' ld expect the news a rs at anv - and incui duplication and increase of exfleudi-lhl “*- °"¢ “W P P0 - . Em, l

. . ~ . ' " hl l’ _ lll . 4 , m", “my debt N0 Om. has gmwg-Sfuib, Proved rate, to know the ClIlTCICIICC between the Garden W“ c e lmum“ 718ml"! °

this‘ as “m There i5 i, gum] (it-at of rum“ for of the Gulf and the habitat of the Eskimo,

'l‘lie ivorst of February btiliiiitl llS-flkifllajlfi- ‘h ik

- rue GUARDIAN ' IYotesBy The Way what

3MP

, of l2

fllitfl 5,, 4n“ u). Burton. m1). ACIDOSIS CAUSES MENTAL DEPRESSION

Only a mongrel dog. yet he In credited with saving theiifu of a 17-year-old girl who lay exhanlted on th: snow m uero weather lint outside of Fort. Erie. Belief wu expressed that the girl would have frozen to death. had the nct: barked persistently and led his master to invetigabe. Thank: to this wonderul instinct, the girl was reported to be recovering. Argu- l merits go on and on about the value or faults of dogdom. but the above

just another of the many c;- lmples convincing uo that u dog still it, and always will be, one of

Most of u; will remember that . about the only treatment given us

oll uncflong mgy-bg “maimed, as youngsters was something to and maJor Powers may try u; n11 cleanse the bowel-cantor oil or out Ethiopia, but the aid o.‘ other $61108 WB-lllld bikini 500-1 W nations. events are proving. ls not "sweeten" the stomach and intest-

in defence of their uzunti-y and It. would seem that this giving aided by the caprtce of Nature baking soda or other alkali does

guBLic “FORUM.

nu alum u 0w l" ll" canal-u o: concern-III" if quell»: of tnbnul- ‘Ill ohulmmwu Guardian doo- I0! annually alum the opinions u cendpuduu.

ELECTRIC LIGHT BATES

5ir,-A capital stock heavily wat-

end. Annull total receipts from the local plant. oi’ $200,000. Large op- crating and other cost; oi’ 8140,000- A yearly profit of $80,000. These are t e s facts brought to light y the recent discussion and yet many investors here are not. be- ing paid their interest and the cit- izens of Churlottewwn are refused fair and reasonable rates.

Will such conditions continue to exist? With a petition now on file with the Public Utility Board it is not conceivable that they wilL-but the newly elected Council must: make due preparations for a. full presentation of the facts. The Board also are obliged to take ‘every pre-

which bestowed upon it high moun- more than sweeten the ctomacll talns and deep canyons. burnlng dg- and intestine; it actually sweetens serfs and deluglng rains, the Eth- 01H‘ CUSPOSMOII- Th0 01KB“ 110198 50 iopialls are giving an excellent M. make the blood and tissues less count of themselves-St. Louis Post W511- . Di patch. ‘Thus Dr. F. l-loff, Munich. rcc- crds instances in which the sour Two personal memorle! nf the dlspvfililvll v! an individual whose plesrnt King's first. visit to Can- B1000 8nd ilitsllefi W876 500' Milly approaching the acid condition

for that purpose the Utility Board was established to perform

from the absentee owenrs must; not

caution to see that the rights of the public are protected. The City has

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no inherent. powers to regulate ‘rates

but it is the sovereign right and duty of the government to do so and

the duties inherent in the government for the common good. Statement

Why Young Fathers Insure‘

If they have ever tried to take care of on infant or

c Cllllllflics. ado come to mind. The prince was ll’ l‘ being driven to Government- house

ideal. 'l‘h.it experiencefiippareutly forgotten by most present-flay‘ critics. sh0\\'(:(l that such a _ htlivc body siiuply- divides oii racial, relig- iom illlll gcogiuapliitwil gioiiuils, l‘ (l_\' student of history" know.- llic consistent (l\'fitlll)k'l\ that. occurred and tlic frequent changes in Ministries -—-makiug continuity ttlltl stability of government virtually iuipossiblc- \\"lizitever deficiencies there may have been in the Confederation scheme. it tiiiist be conceded that the Fathers of Confeder- ation llfltl stifiicieut wisdom to see from that very _practic.-il example that the lofty theory of a com- iuoti legislative body for thc Dominion of Can- zula. rt-vivcd by present-day critics, is untenable. The advancement of such an idea is a possible threat to Coiifetlerzition itself.

(irauted that there are fields of duplication betwccu thc Provincial and Dominion authori- Aties, these can be removed by amendments ac-

iLegislature we have been able to obtain (and can do so zigain ivhcucver occasion arises) whatever

the Douiiiiion Parliament would deprive the pro-

ately ran vinccs of their status as self-governing British

Enlighten Builders 8. Contractors

Mr. CLOUGH vVVILLIAMSJZLLlS. MC" _l.P.. F-R.l.. RA, the (ll$l§lllglll$ll€(l London architect and author contributes a challenging letter to the London Spectator on National Idealism and

beauty of life-the overwhelming beauty which lies around." and rcgrcttfully answers in the negative. the average clergyman being too much

Hm] (p;|,(h(-|‘_< {Him-Quail in the subject. and now

i" numy gqhuuls‘ iii l-Iuglzuiil. at utorniug or

afternoon prayers, one for enlightenment in the

apprcchititui of beauty Iias been adoptctl. lle ' gives it as follows 3

faithfully. Let him honour his town and his country,

‘leis-l-

iiilo difficulties.

olutely essential. ‘l’? rle

Yesterdayis Valentines were conspicuous by their absence or zibsurdity. What appeals to the modern lover is not a delicately scented missive. but (l. powerfully cylindcictl car.

A Spealcer, to ivlioiii is entrusted the privil- eges and prerogatives of the House, who begins with the gross breach of the most fundamental of them, to say the least of it, is worth watching during the remainder of his term of oflice.

5h 9F

It is iioteivorthy iii this year 0f storms, floods, and other disasters that we are having a repetition. of the kind of weather prevailing exactly 200 years ago. _ rain-storms and high tides Westminster Ilall, where King GEORGE V recently lay in state, was flooded on February i6, i736.

irig to continuous

cessful, says the Eastern Chronicle. Several. if not all, have (leclared a (livideutl of 5 per cent

G. SANDERSON, was Liberal whip in the Ontario

Provincial Legislature in I926, and Liberal or-

gauizer in 1929. \Vliat confidence can the opo-

sitioii have in presiding ofiiccrsiof tharcalibre? 9F 9k ‘Jk

This is something of interest to auctioneers Montreal, has ruled that‘ an “insider's” bid cau-

iiot be allowed after taxing coiuiniinicatioii of all bids already in. The judgment, which deliu~

rules that where an insider buys assets, ratifica- tion of the court is abs .,

How about thisfor dictatorial zititocracy? Prime Minister KING proposes to recognize only

porter of the party in powcrwithotit the benefit of (iovernmcnt whip or patronage? iir‘ 9i? 9h

in Rosedife, Toronto, when a pre- 030140115 b0)’ suddenly jumped on the running board of the royal ear to have a clo er look. An outraged Catiadian official atfempted-to shove the lad off the car, which was

tervensd, ordered the car stopped. and let the youngster dismount in Perfect safety. On another Rose- dale corner a loyal littfe chap stood on a. chair loaned by n nzighbor, and waited. flag in hand, for the Prince's cur to come along. The prince, ever on the alert. caught sight of the wee lad waving hi: flag and gave him a special salute. —Midland Free Press.

. The Christian Science Monitor tefls us that. America's system of checking hats has not been gener- ally adopted in Etiropenn countries.

memory. as an Amvican tourist

on which it. was identified as be- longing to "Gloomy Gus." Further examination revealed that others’

"buttons" is more flattering. He gives them more fancy titlzs such as “Dimp‘es," “Redhead? and "Channlng."-Wtndsor Star. ‘

The China of 1932 was n very different China from that of today.

Chlang Kai Shek, by the New Life movement, and the suppression of Communism’ and opium, n“ dong much the same for the Cliincse,l

The next time you pass a school,‘ pause a moment to think what that. school means to humanity. Recall the long. dark centuvie; when the masses were kept in ignorance:

mon institution. It ls relatively

moving slowly, but the prince iii-_

Just. as Mussolini claims to have by baking soda or other alkali.

be pccepted as 100% authentic until

has been changed m sweet by established as to every detail T " . o

the use of alkalies. The acid con- dltion Ls usually accompanied by n “rlepiessed" feeling. Moreover pazients with diabetic acidosis (as it is called) are often ill tempered jand depiessed. Just before they lose UAIvDIISClOU-SIIGSS they are anx- -ious, afraid, and may have hal- lucinntions. l It is pointed out that an acidosis or acid condition of blood and tis- sues exists during the “fever" stage or infectious diseases. when the patient is usuofy deprezsed, where- as during the period of convales- icence 0r recovery. when the patient in in a more cheerful mood he has ieally the opposite condition to acidosis, that is alkaloris. | Dr. Hoff slates that the ductless glands of the body (thyroid. pitu- itary, adrenal) and the amount of minerals. (iron, lime, phosphorous)

published statement by the Com-

ent, local employees as '40, whereas my information is that it. is l8 per cont incorrect. Let us have ‘the published names! Besides expert mwyers and electricians will be brought here from New York and their special pleading must be met by equal expert testimony on behalf of the public.‘ Let. no mistake be made. This is a real and vital case and there should be no falling down on the job.

Now for o. few examples that may help 1n forming a Judgment. Take Pictou. N.S., our next door neigh- bor. The facts as tothe achieve- ments of the Pictou County Power Board are given in an editorial in thenNew Glasgow "Eastern Chron- icle of January 16. I936. The

the rate was reduced from I5 cen

lcttlon plays this to B cents then followed "reductio

important part

lovertiredness, overanxiety. n1} have the tendency to make the blood ,and tirsues become less n" "

of 50,000 or lwspopulntion on the American Continent with the single exception of Tacoma, wash." "The

prewslon.

So if we find oureives depressed. cranky or irrltab‘e, it mtght.- be well to ask ourselves why. We can prevent more acidosis by calming and mntnolling ourselves, and build up a more alkaline condition

area aild to Truro to the west." The Board "made large surpluses each year" and concludes "We have better lighted homes and streets and the electric range is in a great number of homes."

The rates in Tacoma, Washing. ton mentioned in the above editor- ial are 4.5 pei- k_w,h_

Minimum charge, 50 0911i! Der month for domestic cus- tomers. How do these rates com. Pare with small users in Charlotte- WWH. and my information is that

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A PRAYER ANSWERED . In Charlottetown for 20 k.w.h. the F0128‘ lafiaicl-PO. 2r 9.30 per k.w.h. omn o k. .h. h ~ is ‘mo. r w t c inte In Chnrlottet. i f 60 k. , _ rate is $307, crud? ptoa: k.w h‘? h the

iGod rave the King! wheieer our

tongue is spoken, ‘Mid Indian palms and ‘mid Can- I adian snows,

Our God has saved the Klng._ been definitely esmbushed whet ~ ever they have been put m practice.

show thc necestiity for this a recenc '

puny gives the number of pennan»

Conserve the llome and

out obligation.

Lower Queen Street

nnderltnnd why u widow cannot euro for her family and

mull child for oven one whole day, they are ln u position to y earn a living at the same time. I I

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uors wnicn might serve as u guide or a warning as to its posslbe fu- ture influence? An examination of the record reveals but one continu- tng story of steady and increasing demornlizntion oi vendor as well as

thc who.e period of beverage sale ‘there seem b0 have been struck

and upright. qualities, making them objects of reprobation flllfl cou- teinpt, compared with which the

great law of compensation was ap- plying to the liquor-seler a scale. so that. to the extent to which, through the sale of his toxic vend- iblea, he deprived his victim of sense, of money, of brains, and of health, he himself was deprived in equal measure of all that makes

one and much will necessarily have to be omitted from this narrative. The cupldity and greed of these purveyors of alcoholic liquors read- lly took advantage of the deslrc of

buyer to seller given for the price of llqiior were so common that. it. became necessary to pas; spcclfl] enactments to protect the buyer from the rapactty of the seller. These enactments continued to be written into the statutes throughout

orized by the license. when it. io considered that

pitcatton to liquor license-holders, and the filial culmination of the local option principle in the com. plete prescription of beverage sclc. I am, sir, etc, W. E. BENTLEY.

' ceptablc to the parties to Confederation, ratified. ill all ll- . over the", you simply hand your m the blood and tissues also p,“ Board was formed 1n 1920, I; 5w. of purchaser. —--—-.-____ as l" thc 1105i, b)’ the Inlberial Parliament. Credit unions as established through Fast- topper to "buttons" and he rarely imPortani Darts in the feelings of figs pmféngmllitslblgrhltlflrblzntgi tscgulirllgillillglgtoryltlglll ‘jllllfuuljllll: gcgilllli CONSUMP-

. . . '. . ‘ ‘- . - . ' , _ k lst-tik . “ " ~ - 0U 9 OLIC LI By wwurbe to a dhpdsslonatc Imperial "m Nova Siiotm seem to be proving wry Sm- glféseiw: cittillfinde enlfiiirly btbtlilorlilslillfilzlllleiiihltgllés fibre Bgtlldeexullxlisflsll ciiiif Private 00019011)’. In thesflrst month Benerlmfl"! V’ 7°00 m" tl1l°ll8h0lll ‘won

Sin-Thanking you for the pub-

_ _ _ _ _ _ discovered. When he retrieved hhlaLso. n “calm” °f l"? “"1019 0" U000! correction f5 llCCffsSflfy iii tlic distribution of leg- on the investments. and they have provcn very hllt 111 a Blldflllesl hotel he discov-i (There is no question but. that S; ifl§°gfl°fifcflflfgflfi§jf°£jfj 5112,01: 22c ,,°,“',',',‘}°'f,§,,§',’,,.§‘“§‘,’,'d V319,: 0mm] m 1"‘ WWW issue of your islative powers, To hand over that authority to helpful fat-tors in relief of mo“ who “nfgytun- BT00 ll 511D 0f Paper in ill“. bandllverwfllk. OVIPEB-‘lllfl- Sllrvflmll- are lower than in any other place "Till! sword of Justice. fill manly esieemfikpaper’ I be“ luv’ w

submit for your renders’ further consideration the following on (a) the History of Drink. and (b) the

entities and constitute a negation of thc whole Prime ltfinistcr KING is determined to have hats‘ were marked ‘with such terms and approach more nearly the acid system has been extended 60 miles Position of their unfortunate vic- 515m” °t Llqm" l-figlslfllm" l" Confederation principle. grossly partizan Liberals in control of the House “d {Igise Face." Sh“ fed ~3h1,.;'--,State_ Thus depression may cause to the east, includlnlf the town of “m5 W" B11110“ 0 blefllllll- The l??? attain: i, l, l of Commons‘ “is appointee as deputy‘ Mn I. an rid Face. with the womenmcidosls and acidosis may cause de- Antigonlsh and a large surrounding record would indicate that Notary; e l’? o ermented lqllvrfi

stretches back prOblbly 30,000 years. The use of fermented drinks seems to be a universal custom of those races that have attained the agri- cultural stage of civilization. Even among the shepherd folk the fer- mented milk of goats, or, as among the Tat-tars. of mares. is used 5s

. . ,, : _ p .1] g - > at a d t‘. A ' b k l t _ revived the national ftrvour mitt _ for the first man honourable and true and refi- an fntoxlcllnt. Very primitive peop- =~ so my - ~ i- r»- ~i

four countries have neither the skill nor the means for procuring intoxi- cants. It is believed that thc prtni- lttve Luke-dwellers of Switzerland

. - - . . - - .- hile ~ bet" >1 ‘i g “ - . man t r -

Colwcrllfll "hm" m“ 50cm] , andi egllgtlally‘ ‘My lays doll" a fomparllnvely "law. pmluple Kind ciiiillmiiiis a viii; wiiiiktltiv-l 0%’ I laeggutthl“: got ltlxlilmnsumefs he“ use e unroriunate victims of the m!‘ :3: ggltiiklmfermenth: 35130:] niiicrie

financial aspect of things. He says h»; has been observes that awarding a bid to an insider-is an "wards “mung chma’_slngapom L; . . . c yo nduige their Bllllfltlies- from the m be," muyberry‘ and ,, . . ,, . In Tacoma for 20 k.wh the rate Pledges and pawns of property from Sp y’

much niort- sticcessfiil in getting schoolmasters unfair practice, and in bankruptcy cases also Free Press. . 15 9o ccmsu ' ' dggbeyfy, 1h Itaty wtm; gcom; tc

date zrcm the Bronze Aim Il l‘ probably not. until the 18th cen-

tury that liquor (alcohol: al koivl) was distilled by a process itivctited by the Arabs. More definitely alco- holic beverages have been extracted

“Lighten our darkness’ we Mseech Thge. “m. Pam-es i“ ‘the House of (0,,,m0,,s, C0:‘S‘or_ 31261510511583‘Ltglllgnopjgtsfiglb‘ gllifirll Ffmgfeéglgialggillt? in his loved land “Igl-"llbncomn for 100 kwh. the rate grunge period of legalized bevcr, glézlllxliérfqglflwrhltfllggVfiilgftlflllilltgs tliait livfc“ billfgvtehnblllfitzilvtcsnfcigll?é‘ oéielhgztzrlé? vutives and Libcrzils, by nainti and tolciapl all me very beginning o; mam, Sh"? Hearmm “hidden, mus the pray" “In Charlottetown for 100 k.w.h. All" fill! Vlcl-lm 0! drink had ex- Lory of the liquor problem. P511901 hi: l‘? "SEW 't~ g I H] f u u?“ he ma members not beltingiug to these gioupv llzltll" gle for kiicwkdge. self-respect, and arose. mmldlhle mic) $5.07; tinduce- hallsted his immediate resources in '-——"*=="-=='———""" ‘i411 "~- ll lYl-ll- 10W 0i 0 0° l5 0 Y Y wndenpg" A (‘Ounnmng-L 50cm] Qrcdigpy, the recognition of his lllllllPIlBblC Think not today our prayers were mem ""9 $4.45. caterinfl t0 hi8 BPPel-IW he clliwm" (Continued on. Page 141

- a c i n u i in lltil- l Th no moic lnul wan ony a er 1e van i ag , C‘ C F L‘ u R n “r 1i ‘M I my other rights. the lcliool has been nis~ utiregarded e history. of electric rates in nrily nppllcdfor liquor on credit. “on of ms dark and lonely hear," domg both m . _ .. “no r, cct i. lit oi . D _ a y I greatest any‘ we refer“ ‘m, HhmUNor vain me words our my“, vole” Montreal is interesting. According By allficlal enactment a of for himself and grcat mischief to his fellows. name would naturally spell oppositionist. “r hy as “comma!” bvcause i, bamngs w 5mg p53; bulletin issued on January 6, relief was granted but; this only up. ‘or