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THURSDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1937 | The Russell Leader USSELL, ONTARIO. Established 1899 The Only Newspaper In Russell County Published Every Thursday GARLAND HALL, Manager. Telephone 38. Subscription Rates--$1.00 to any address in Canada, $1.50 to any $2.00 Advertising Rates on application to this §f paid in advance; $1.50 if not so paid. address in the United States payable in advance; §f not so paid. office. :-AP Md BUSY YOUNG PEOPLE HAVE LESS TIME FOR HOMEWORK. There is much to be said for the present tendency to diminish or entirely do away with homework for children in the lower grades of the public schools. The only criticism which most adults would offer to this revolutionary development is that it should have been put into practice a suff- cient number of decades ago to have saved them from unnecessary turmoil of the mind when they were students. But this criti- cism would not be justified because in those former days there was no radio to occupy the youthful attention; no cooking classes; no physical training; no extra-church work and no social activities for young minds; in fact, looking back, it is difficult to see what there was to do at all. Homework was needed in those times lest the devil find employment for the idle little people. Today a child's time is fully occupied without the added encumbrance of homework. One of the beauties of the radio is that there are few programs too difficult for the most backward child to comprehend, and many of them even amuse adult minds. YOUR LOCAL PAPER COVERS GREAT AUDIENCE. Suppose your local paper representative should come to you some day and say: "Here, Mr. Merchant, I have just hired a great hall, and I have seated in that hall some 1,200 or 1,500 families" (whatever the subscription list may be) "and I have arranged so that you can have a place on the platform, to stand up before that vast audience and tell your business story." Would you say that that was the chance of a lifetime? Would you not put aside every other duty in order to be able to make a speech to that audience that weuld make them rise and cheer and rain dollars at your feet? Summed up, that is just what your local paper is offering you. It is offering you the audience of its readers. You can make that audience your audience. You can-make that audience look to you for its merchandise necessities and luxuries if you make your talk such as to win the confidence and esteem of that audience. When you do that you are doing adver-, tising, and the cost of doing it in that way is small compared with the benefits that come to you. You make your talk, not once merely, nor for only five minutes or so, and you have the eye and attention of the readers, not for a moment only, but for the whole period of time in which that newspaper stays in the home circle. CHANCE FOR THE ESKIMO TO CIVILIZE CIVILIZATION. In a recent issue we commented on the failure of the Brussels Conference to ob- tain peace in the Far East. Our concluding sentence was: "Why do we send mission- 'aries to the heathen?" The Carleton Place Canadian carries this thought a little further by quoting a remark made by Mr. Shackleton, son of Sir Ernest Shackleton, the famous explorer. He lectured in Ottawa recently and is re- ported as follows: Mr. Shackleton found the Eskimo 'a very charming, friendly people." It had been said they were treacherous. But he did not find them so. "They cannot under- stand why we white men are such in- credible lunatics as to go to war," he said. ~The Canadian continues: "Here is a <hance for Mr. Mackenzie King to make 'his name live in history. Cannot he ar- 'range for the Eskimo to send missionaries -down South to us? We have often carried "war to the heathen. We have burned his huts, built gaols, given him a taste for liquor, introduced vile diseases to him and 'made him work. Why not reverse the System? "The causes of war are manifold, but the basic one is fear, the most powerful and 'ruthless enemy of peace. The whole world 1s in the grip of fear, and the old time human faith in each other has suffered a seiious setback. Nobody is really happy at war, either in the mass or as an indivi- dual fighter. We are intended to be happy and to live at peace with each other so that the best that is in us can flourish openly. "In the face of what is happening in the world around us today it seems that the duty of the individual is clear. He must not only prate of peace; he must examine the state of his own mind and heart, and be honest in asking himself whether he is living at peace in his home, his business or his community life." +REBELLIONS AND RAILWAYS UNDER DEMOCRATIC GOVERNMENT. It would not be' fitting to let 1937 slip into oblivion without some reference to the fact that it is the centenary of the rebel- lions irr Upper and Lower Canada. After one hundred years it is perhaps permissible to admire the reforming zeal of Mackenzie and Papineau even though one's ancestors would have gladly hanged them. It is even possible to envy the rebels, or the patriots as they are termed in the Pro- vince of Quebec. They had a definite group of people to blame for conditions which they found intolerable. It seemed reasonable to assume that if this group could be forcibly removed from office and responsible government established, condi- tions would automatically improve. Although the rebellions were unsuccess- ful, they undoubtedly hastened the estab- lishment of responsible government. No political party today can hope to imitate the autoeracy of the Family Compact. If it showed any sign of doing so, it could be turned out of office without a shot being fired. There would be no need for secret assemblies of its opponents. They would have at their disposal public halls, news- papers and, perhaps, the radio. As a corollary to this happy condition we now can blame no one but ourselves when things go wrong. It is not disloyal to criticize the mistakes of our governments, for we all share the responsibility of having elected them or allowed them to continue in office. We may, for example, find our railway problem intolerable, but we must admit that it has been created through several acts of governments elected by ourselves, and that many of these acts, however unwise they appear in retrospect, were enthusiastically supported by many Canadians at the time. Basically, our railway problem, however created, is that we have more track and more equipment than we can profitably use. - The average Canadian has no objec- tion to a railway's earning a reasonable profit, for when the railways are prosper- ous the country is prosperous. What galls is that the railways are not earning a pro- fit and never can under the present set-up, and we all are forced to pay the deficit in taxes on something we do not use. William Lyon Mackenzie is no longer available to lead a revolt, but perhaps his grandson can help without resort to arms. One of the best resolutions we can make in the new year is never to do anything which we would despise or think meanly of in another. If everyone executed such ideals what wonderful town this would he, December! The month when everyone. is urged to do their Christmas shopping and mailing early. But at that, it is not too early to perform both--the merchants and postal officials will appreciate such co- operation. > The two battle ships of Canada's Atlan- tic fleet have joined her other two capital ships on the Pacific. What they are going to do in this strange manoeuvre is hard to say, but the mighty massing will not likely scare Japan on the West coast if that's what they have in view. Will readers who write Editor" for publication, make sure that they sign their own names. This week we received two letters signed by anonymous names, with the result the epistles were thrown in the waste basket. All letters must be signed properly, but an anony- "Letters to the mous name may be substituted for publi- "cation. ' For most merchants December is the im- portant month in the year. In variety stores, for instance, volume of trade is 100 per cent. ahead of the average of the other months of the year and for department stores the corresponding increase is 60 per cent. With this large proportion of the total retail trade of the year in December it is important for the merchant to know how freely the public is buying at this sea: son. Early reports are favorable; and in 1937 sales have exceeded those of 1935 and 1936 by a satisfactory margin. A good Christmas trade may be anticipated. So far this year the dollar volume of retail sales in Canada has been about 8 per cent ahead of 1936 .and about 16 per cent. ahead of 1935. There is every reason to believe that December will considerabl: increase the 1937 percentage. ™ The editor of the Smiths Falls Record wonders what becomes of newspaper edi- tors in after life, in the following opinion: "We believe there are a few--a very few-- people who think that newspaper editors 'may or should go to heaven when they quit this land of the living. Others feel confi- dent that editors will go to the place of fire and brimstone, while many wish they were already there. No matter how elo- quently the editor may boost for the de- velopment and progress of his community, no matter how diligently he may labor to build up his home county, no matter how loyally he supports a friend in politics, ex- tolls the virtues of a famous native son, stretches the truth to praise a local prima- donna-to-be, or gently lays a metaphorical wreath on the grave of a departed, he seldom hears a 'Thank You.' Rarely does anyone say 'Well done." But let him make aslip... Zowiel" The Ottawa Spotlight By Spectator Ottawa, December 6th.--One of the most important political issues facing the people of the Dominion is, what is the future of the Con- servative party? No matter what a person's politics may be everyone is interested in the maintenance of good govrnment, and one of the es- sentials of good government under our system is an effective opposition The C.C/F. and [Social Credit parties may or may not have something sound and constructive in their doec- trines. They may also have a fu- ture, but at the present moment thev have not the rumber of repre- sentatives in parliament to make them a major force. The main bur- den of opposition rests on the shoul- ders of the Conservative party. They are the "alternative." The last general election, while giving an overwhelming majority to the Li- berals, decided fer the time being at least that this was a two party country and not a country of "groups." The recent election in British Columbia chipped another head from the Conservative mem- bership, and it was an ancient Con- servative seat. The time has there- fore come when in the interest of Canada and of their party, the Con- servatives must take toll of the situation. Whether the chieftain of the party, Mr. Bennett, 'who has borne the duties of public office in and out of the premiership for many years should lay aside the leader- ship and give the reins into the hands of another and younger man is something for Mr. Bennett and his followers to decide. Certain it is that the ranks of the party must be rallied; they must gain cohesion and be instilled with new life. The sands of time are running out. It should be done without delay. The Trans-Canada Airways It is now pretty definite that the Western section of the transconti- nental airways will get off to a fair start some time in the winter months, It 'will be remembered that the airway service was promis- ed for last 'summer, but in the in- terest of the safety of the route the work of preparation was 'carried out with great care, necessitating some delays. Between the Atlantic sea- board and Vancouver there will be in all about 100 regular and emer- gency landing fields. In 1929 some fields were constructed in the prairies and an airmail line put :n operation. For purposes of economy the line was discontinued in 1931. During the depression as relief mea- sures a number of other airports were constructed at various points across the country. Later the work was taken out of the hands of relief administration and further fields were laid out. The groundwork ex- cept in one or two places is now in good order. Some of the Western fields had to be extended and im- proved to accommodate airplanes of a higher cruising speed than those in use in 1929. But laying out the eroundwork is not of course the whole story. There is the equip- ment, the radio kLeacons, ground radio, the 'weather equipment to keep pilots constantly informed of changing weather conditions, and work on this equipment has been going steadily forward. tere has also been the trainine of the ground crews and the pilots. At the pres- ent time a number of young men ave under training as pilots at Winninee, Canada has been a little hehind" hand with interurban ai» sef- vices but in passeneer, mail and fraiocht carrinoe to svarselv -pova- lated areas. this country has been work to be it's great to It's so much easier to shop by TELEPHONE... On wet days and snowy days, on days when there is so much house- aren't feeling up to scratch yourself or when one of the youngsters is ailing, phone. And on fine days too, and when everything else is going right, it saves you an endless amount of tiresome traipsing around. Make the telephone your market basket. done, on days when you be able to shop by tele- unexcelled and probably unequalled. Its Northern aviators are the 'rue pioneers of present day Canada, and the people of this country need have little fear that they will not be well served by the young men, raised in such an atmosphere who will take over the piloting of the new service. There are now four planes with a speed of about 180 miles an hour in the hands of the airways and more are on order and will be delivered within the next few months.: In equipment of every kind and facili- ties available to the pilots and pas- sengers the new airways will be quite up to any service operating in the United States. The planes be- ing purchased are not of the largest type; they will have accommodation for up to eleven passengers, some planes carrying a smaller number. It was decided that planes of this size were suitable to our needs. When the Eastern section of the route will be in full operation is not certain but the probabilities are that the line from Vancouver at least to Montreal will be in full swing before the end of next sum- mer. It is possible that the com- ing year will see the line from the Pacific to the Atlantic complete. One of the important features of the new line for the future is its projected co-operation with other lines to form an All-Red system about the world. Last summer tests were made across the Atlantic. This summer further tests will be made aiming at the inauguration of a regular transatlantic service. Thus step by step the vision of a world crossed by regular services is being realized. Mails from London will THE NAME CANADA How Canada got its name has been a matter of controversy for a long period of time, but the his- torians now seem Very generally agreed that the Iroquois word "Kanta" is the real derivation. Kanata is still used in the Iroquois language to mean a collection of dwellings or settlements. y Cartier, in one of his vocabul- aries of the Iroquois speech, says of it, "they call a town Canada." Its evolution into the place name Can- ada can be fully followed in the narrative of the Explorer, where it appears first in his account of his second voyage in 1535. The two Iro- quois Indians whom he had seized at Gaspe and taken to France the preceding year informed him on entering the Great River (now the St. Lawrence) that their home was in Canada, which proved later to he an alternative name for the village of Stadacona on the site of modern Quebec City. Cartier himself seems to have extended the word to the surrounding region as a convenient territorial name--much as the name of Quebec has been extended from the City to the Province. BEAKEAENBABENBEERAN es LS A A EB BE. BE. BE. BE. BE SP. BE. SF. OF. OL PF FO A. CS . 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