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THURSDAY, MARCH 10, 1938 N A: address in the United States payable in advance; I ff not so paid. Advertising Rates on application to this effice. Russell Leader RUSSELL, ONTARIO. Established 1899 £ The 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 aid in advance; $1.50 if not so paid. When H. G. Wells wrote "The War of the Worlds," more than a generation ago, he pictured his invaders from Mans as a good deal like octopi-- THE MASK a brain equipped with OF DEATH. tentacles. He could not imagine anything quite so horrible as the men--and women--in gas masks whose photographs so regularly adorn .rotogra- vure sections of weekly publications in re- cent weeks. The gas-mask man seems less human than the higher apes, yet he--or It--has eyes and a snout that are obscenely sug- gestive of a degraded and caricatured humanity. Behind the mask in the in- stance we have in mind--a mock air raid near Croydon airport in England--is no doubt a pleasant English face, whose owner may be capable of laughter, tenderness, awe, intelligent reasoning. But it is the masks we shall see if the sirens blow and the hostile planes come over--not on sol- diers alone but on women and children. If childish fingers cannot keep it adjusted properly, the little wearers will die. If the mother clutches her baby too closely in the agony of her fear, its baby mask may be disarranged--and it will die. Two huge, expressionless eyes and.a snout, an imbecilic countenance that is in- human, yet too near the human--this image, and not a heroic Mars, armor-clad, terrible but beautiful, is the modern god of war. No sculptor, ridden by the night- mare hags of a twisted genius, could have carved a more shocking, a more fitting symbol. When the drum-beats and the bugle calls begin to sound, when anger runs like a flame around the world, it is time to look again, and again, and again, till the truth burns into the brain, at the man --the creature--in the mask. And not the man alone but the mother and child also. And, as Maxwell Anderson and Lawrence Stallings asked, in the title of their great war play, "What Price Glory"'--then? Prime Minister Mackenzie King has re- fused to answer a question by Hon. C. H. Cahan, Montreal Conservative, in connec- tion with utterances by FIGUREHEAD Lord Tweedsmuir which OR LEADER? Mr. Cahan deems con- cerned matters of a public nature. He said the question was designed to give in- formation rather than to secure it. He might have said, "to cause trouble." Some time after Lord Tweedsmuir was appointed Governor-General of Canada we ventured the observation that he was not likely to be a viceroy of the "brass-hat" type, or a nonentity either. We believe that Lord Tweedsmuir -understands the British Empire and Canada well enough to be entitled to make remarks about some- thing else beside the weather, and, by judicious comment, to foster national feel- ing and. to further better relations within the Empire. The days are gone when people are go- ing to be enthused over the commonplace speeches which for various reasons have in times past made the office that of a sort of official glad-hander. : His Excellency has brains and experience enough to contribute something to national life, and tact and judgment enough to say something effective without causing of- fence to other than hide-bound constitution- alists and die-hard B.N.A. Acters. Coming nearer home, the Hon. Dr. H. A. Bruce, recent Lieut.-Governor of Ontario, probably stepped considerably out of the conventional field of opening bazaars, un- veiling statues, and shaking the hands of devout and worshipful old ladies. We hope that the Hon. Albert Matthews will follow his example, and that Lord Tweedsmuir,, who is tied to no political party, will have more constructive remarks to make. It will be refreshing to hear pronounce- ments that are not a build-up for a remote, but eventual election. E Apart from a very direct appeal for the practice of the principles of the universal brotherhood of man, there is something THE OTHER equally worthy of atten- ; tion and refreshing in MAN'S FAITH. the weekly radio talks of Rabbi Maurice Eisendrath of Toronto. This progressive son of an ancient race, priest of an ancient religion and student of an ancient culture, who on many an occa- sion has broken down the barriers of tra- dition, did not hesitate to acknowledge that there was common ground in the faiths of Jew and Gentile--the belief in the father- hood of God and the brotherhood of man. In the Christian churches too, today, there is a tendency, while not to agree on doctrine, to agree on principles, and in this development there is great hope. When there is general interest in re- ligious faith, and dissatisfaction with some of its manifestations, coupled with a desire for tolerance and understanding, there is hope for peace, for not a little of the hatred of the world has been centred on religion. There is room for more than one Eisendrath both in Judaism and Christianity. Boy Scouts of New York City went into Van Cortlandt Park last Sunday afternoon for their regular Hunt for Spring, Sy according to radio de- HARBINGERS scriptions the trove was OF SPRING. unusually optimistic . While this. may be all very gratifying to Atlantic City and Coney Island pleasure resorts, residents of this community should not yet prepare to throw their red flannels aside, despite the fact that a good many wild ducks have been in our midst nearly all winter. The robin, unlike the groundhog, is a bird without a sense of responsibility. His appearance in Van Cortlandt may mean only that he is interested in Winter sports, is too lazy to fly further south, or just likes to fool people. The skunk cabbage is less glamorous but more reliable. It hasn't the freedom of the will that gets robins and men into such a dither. Of necessity it is dictated to by the weather.. So when the Boy Scouts find skunk cabbage unfolding its more or less delicate leaves, we can hope that Spring is just around the pro- verbial corner. Some field garlic, several wood spiders, some pickerel frogs, and a garter snake or two will help to confirm this auspicious omen. It may be a little too early to tell what all this guesswork is going to amount to. Some authorities say one thing and some say another. On the whole, the climate appears to be fundamentally sound, despite day-to-day fluctuations. HE FORGOT He brushed his teeth twice a day with a nationally advertised toothpaste. The doctor examined him twice a year. He wore rubbers when it rained. He slept with his windows wide open. He stuck to a diet of plenty of vegetables. He relinquished his tonsils and traded in several worn-out glands. He golfed--never more than 18 holes. He got at least 8 hours' sleep every night. He never smoked, drank, or lost his temper. He did his daily dozen daily. He was all set to live to be a hundred: -- The funeral will be held tomorrow. He is survived by 18 specialists, four health institutes, six gymnasiums, and nu- merous manufacturers of health foods an® antiseptics, but his motor car predeceased him. He had forgotten about trains at grade crossings. --Exchange. NOTE AND COMMENT We do not wish to see the present Radio Corporation resign. No need of changing horses in mid-stream. No--but we will help them abdicate. That has a better, a more final sound. The danger of a centrally controlled radio is as grave, if not graver, than a cen- trally controlled press. The freedom of the press is absolutely essential in a demo- cratic country, and so, we maintain, is the freedom of the air. - We will grant that it is relatively free just now, but who can guarantee that it will remain free? Letter writer asks a Toronto daily how one can put on one's clothes in a sleeping berth. One can't. Wear a bathrobe, and dress in the smoking room. It's often done. How do you get the bathrobe on? Oh, well, you'll have to worry about something. According to press despatches the On- tario Government is considering seriously the closing of beverage rooms for women in the province. Should such a move take place it would without doubt meet with the approval of a vast majority of the citizenry. What little may be said in favor of bever- age rooms as a whole certainly does not apply to those being conducted for women. Thousands of dollars are spent annually by the Salada Tea Co. for advertising. Mr. Edgar Pinto, vice-president, said recently: "Newspaper advertising is really the back- bone of our sales effort, around which all other advertising and merchandising acti- vities are built." And, it might be added that the Company have been continuous users of space in this paper for years. We have just found out why we pay the two dollars radio license fee per year. It is, shush, so that we may listen to programs originating in the United States from Uni- ted States stations. S'a fact! An old one re-read the other day but still possessing a kick of humor: "One day my brother drove a load of vegetables to a nearby government asylum. As he stopped his team one of the inmates ap- proached and asked the driver if he fol- lowed farming for a living. Receiving an affirmative answer, his next query was, 'Why don't you try being crazy? See that building? Nothing finer in this part of the country. And these clothes I'm wearing, good enough for anybody." Then, assuming a confidential attitude, and cupping his hand to the farmer's ear, whispered, 'And the nuts on the outside pay for it all'." 1 ed to boats other than require four or five years to come into ef- | fect and the changes in working personnel would be simply through The Ottawa Spotlight By Spectator Ottawa, March 8th.--There is plenty of grist for the parliamentary mill' this session. The government's two transport bills have made fur- ther progress towards enactment. One that has passed through the commons and will now be considered by the senate amends the Trans- Canada Air (LinesAct. Th e bill will enable planes on this transcontinen- tal service ito pass over a section of Maine on their way to and from the Maritimes. [The airways may also, in the future, operate some air links across the international houn- dary into the United States and the amended bill will give the air lines power to do so. The necessary au- thority was also given the Canada Airways to make its agreed invest- ment in the Trans-Atlantic air ser- vice. Canada's contribution to this service, amounting to about $1,250,- 000, will represent 24% per cent of the shares of this enterprise. A si-| milar proportion will be ownzd hy the Irish Free States while the Unit- ed Kingdom will own 51 per cent. Next month a delegate will be sent to Ireland from Canada to discuss the formation of the company. Im- perial Airways will continue sxperi- mental flights across the Atlantic! in preparation for the inauguration | of this service. ; The other transport bill which has been introduced by Mr. Howe, but which has still to be fully discussed in a committee of the commons, will set up a Board of Transport Com- missioners., . This will be the Board of Railway Commissioners vith en- | larged powers covering air traffic and inland shipping as well as the railways. An effort has been made to strike out the contentious fea- tures of the transport bill which was introduced in the senate last session and defeated there. The new trans-| port board will make no attempt to regulate highway traffic. The pro- vinces objected strenuously to the provisions of the bill of last session regarding the control of trucking on the highways. They said that was their field, not the Dominions. There will also be no attempt to re- gulate bulk cargoes of grain and other commodities on the Great Lakes. [Further there will be no control vested in the transport hoard over coastal traffic in the Maritimes | and British (Columbia. One of the measures of control in the hands of the new transport board will be through the issue of licenses. These 'will be granted by the board when it is satisfied that the service for which license is de- sired will meet. "public convenience anc necessity." As an aid to ship- ping on the Great (Lakes which has | been troubled wvith competition of second hand vessels, the bill pro- | vides that licenses will not bbe grant- | e i ) British boats hereafter imported into Canada | which were constructed more than ten years. before their importation." | The clauses of this bill will be fully discussed in a committee of the house. : Not much controversy has arisen as yet this session in the Commons over the ever present Canadian Na- tional deficit beyond a private mem- ber's resolution urging the govern- ment to do something about it. How- ever there will probably be consider- able discussion when the supplemen- tary estimates, in jwhich the deficit is the main item, are presented to the house. The senate will probally witness lively exchanges over the resolution presented in that cham- ber by Senator IC. |[F. Beaubien. The resolution says: "That in the opini- on of t'e senate, ithe government | should be urged to settle the 1 way problem in [Canada at an early! date in order to stop the ruinous loss made each year by 'the Domi- nion through the Canadian National Railways, and which already amounts to several billion dollars." Senator (Beaubien advocates joint management of the C.P.R. and C.N:R. with a board of fifteen direc- tors. It would mean an annual sav- ing of from 60 'to 75 million dollars he believes. Under the joint man- agement plan, he said in the Senate, 5,000 miles of track could be aban- doned, 15 per cent of employees re- leased, with the elimination also of duplicate stations. He was speak- ing he said on behalf of the "for- gotten taxpayer." He claimed that the plan would not ibe harmful to the employees as it would the natural retirement through age, ete. Features of outstanding interest in the proceedings of the commons have been the presentation to par- liament by the prime minister of the "white paper," giving the let- ters and documents on the St. Law- rence waterwav and questions sur- rounding dt; and debates on old age pensions and on whether the Do- minion should assume the full cost of unemployment relief. The resolution of Mr. Heaps, labor member from Winni- peg, suggesting that the pension- able age should Jbe lowered from its present limit of 70 years was ably supported by several members on humanitarium grounds. The finance minister, Mr. Dunning, while sym- pathetic to the idea opposed it on the principle that "you must cut your coat according 'to your cloth." 'A reduction of five years, that is from 70 to 65 years would mean the increase in the cost to the (Dominion treasury, which covers 75 'per cent of the full cost, from 130 million dol- lars in the coming fiscal year to 48 million. If the limit was reduced to 60 years the annual cost would be between 71 and 72 million. The con- stitution of the country in its pres- ent form didn't give 'the Dominion A.A Temperance Column THE ANNUAL (CONVENTION The Annual Convention of The Ontario Temperance [Federation meets in Toronto on March 10 and! 11. The session will be held in| Trinity 'United |Church, one block west of the corner of Spadina Ave. and Bloor Street, commencing at} 9.30 on Thursday morning. SUCCESSFUL BUSINESS The presidents of both the Bank of Commerce and the Bank of Nova Scotia in their addresses at the an- nual meetings comment on the im-| provement in trade in Canada in the | vear 1937 over 1936. Both of them! estimate the increase in money in- come of the Canadian people in this! period as about 10 per cent. There is one business at least that! seems to be in a preferred class, | Hiram Walker - (Gooderham and | Worts, distillers, in their statement for the year ending August 31, shows a gross increase in money | value of their turnover of 16.7 per-! cent., and an increase in t*eir net profit of 34.7 per cent. Distillers | CorporationiSeagrams had for its) fiscal year ending July '31, 1937, a; net profit of $7,444,000 as against $4,208,000 the previous year, an in- crease of 76 per cent. The ICanaidian Breweries [Limited for the year end- ing October 31 shows an inerease in | total income of over 18 per cent and an increase in net |profits over 1936 of 386 per cent. NAVY GROG MONEY In the British navy, following an ancient tradition, a rum ration is allowed to all members of the crew. | Cwing to the growth of temperance | sentiment an arrangement has been | made whereby those who wish can! receive a small cash allowance ir-| stead of the liquor. 'An idea of the resulting situation may be had from! the information in a recent article in Maclean's on the Royal Canadian navy which states that out of 114 members of the crew of the H.M.C.S. Fraser only 41 take the ration--the others pocket six cents a day in lieu of the liquor. The allow- ance is popularly known as "grog money." A DRY TOWN'S GOOD FORTUNE (Condensed Globe4Mail) Stayner is a dry town. It claims it is the only town of its size in 'Ontario that has never at any time Lad assistance from the provincial government for direct relief. Of its population of 1100, not one family is on relief, and !Stayner started the for 1937 were lowered he thought it twould be on a contributory plan for the new age bracket. If the Dominion were to assume the full cost of unemployment relief the annual expense would be 100 million dollars instead of 30 million, the Dominion's present share, Mr. Rogers, minister of labor told the house. The additional sum, would have to be raised by income andl sales taxes. He saw other disad- vantages in the idea. | monte are not hindered from SIDETRACKING TOWNS (Almonte Gazette) Some years ago the Henry Go- vernment built a link in Highway 29 that had the effect of sidetracking Almonte. The Council of that day acquiesced because there was little else it could do. It was thought, at first, that this was a serious blow to the town but as the years passed the change turned out to be a bles- sing. Those who want to visit Al- doing so by the new section of road. On- the other hand, the town escapes the congestion and wear and tear on its streets occasioned by cumber- some 'trucks, which wouldn't leave a cent within the boundaries of the | municipality. This should be cheerful news for | towns like Arnprior and Renfrew because whether they like it or not the future policy of the Highways Department is to sidetrack all towns and cities wherever possible. We don't know what they will think about that up in Renfrew and when the time comes it won't matter much as we found out down here. : If Renfrew is eventually jostled off the highway its citizens will be- gin to envy towns located on the Rideau 'Canal system. After all, if by any stretch of the imagination, the time were to come when Perth or Smiths [Falls 'were completely isolated, so far as land transporta- tion was concerned, they could fall back on that good old artery of traffic, the scenic 'Rideau, the plea- sures and uses of which are so high- ly commended from time to time by The Renfrew Mercury. All you need to enjoy a winter resort is plenty of money and the nice heating system you left back home. present year with $1000 in the bank Since the depression began, Stayner has built a new reservoir, raised its educational budget, rebuilt its wa- terworks system. Its mill rate is 53. Within the mext .three or four years it expects to lift its heaviest debentures and thereafter have the lightest tax rate in Ontario. Stayner has lots of business. One of its two hotels holds the Ontariq Motor (League's shield for the finest small-town hotel in the province. It has a creditable hockey team, is conducting a community skating rink with free skating in the-after- noons and a twenty cent charge on band nights. There is little crime. For eighteen years the chief and only constable has managed to cope with all evil doers in addition to fulfilling his du- ties as sole tax-collector, sole in- spector and maintenance man of the waterworks system and town bell- ringer, at a salary of $60.00 a month. "One thing Stayner doesn't want--a beverage room. Never, not if I can help it," emphatically Qesclrag His Worship Mayor Black- burn. YOU CAN AVOID ALL THIS! The weather doesn't count when you have a. telephone. Just lift the receiver and the butcher, the baker, the candlestick maker all arc ready to serve you -- just another instance of the part the telephone plays in smoothing your every day. Nothing else gives so much in convenience, comfort and safety, for so litti- avenues of taxation .to defray the additional cost. If the age limit CHOOSE THE ECONOMICAL HOTEL SINGLE $1.50 to $9.50 NO HIGHER 2 8 2 )3 ED pt pt i HOTELS ad ll | AD et apabwrag Ud Lf j| MODERN, FIREPROOF HOTELS q CONVENIENTLY LOCATED | "When Ford Hotels you patronize You obtain the rates they advertise @ With all features'sought by travelwise | So stop at a Ford and Economize"'