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sitting tn Dublin. FINANCIAL | JUSTICE be called on éven to pay her own 9 only 50, but the Trish Parliament | 'be subsidided by Great: Bri in Stine of twelve and a half mil- a year. Was ever such ture known It is useless that part of that 'amount' is expen Irish sent, one parliatient for two coun : s exercises authority, = Nor does it © a gp leany matters further to say that, : hidg. out that large annual dole, the Irish Parliament would be bankrupt. rio | should be able' to support" itself. fonich Parasitic independence is 'a contra- ® 400] aiction in terms." And a Parliament, founded on political injustice to; and financial extortion from, Great Britain | {1s one which, if ver it comes into being, will have a speedy end. * His- tory afiords no-parallel for' any. such ~ "| double subjection; ~~ Raa THE ILLUSORY SAFEGUARDS ve, took 4 Moreover, the bill contains io pros- > apples | pect of reasonable finality of settle- week. L ment. A Parliamer {it is proposed that the Irish' those concerns; ae| JA country which #ulés its own affairs] | 1 "of folks is like weeds and insects and bad weather. 3 November 13, 191% Ori _a, Ontario, To Mr. James Tompkins; Port Perry, Ontatio. Dear Jim . So There's a good soul nanted Peter MoArthur 'as writes 'some fine 'stuff for the papers; but he said a thing a bit agoas I didn't altogether agree with i He was saying that the. farmer always finds Nature treat him honest and square, but when he comes to sell his stuff he has to keep his eyes 'open. a Now Peter has been. ar, bout weeds anid insects and mold and wet weather, and a h86t of ngs; and he's bad: a-sort of happy resigned tone in what he said about them things. If he was a talking about weeds he'd tell you all about the best way to get. rid of them, If it was insects, he'd trot out his sprayer or his paris green, or some such thing. And he just grins and bears it when he talks about the wet weather? 3 Why don't bre do the same whieh he's dealing with men? Lots Some of them refuse to have anything to do with Some of them has to be cut down eyery little while to keep then in check, Some of them has to be pulled up by the roots and thrown out. Some of them is like wet weather--you has to put up with them, and put up your umbrella. These men (and women) is just'a few more of Nature's weeds to keep us from getting too lazy and sleepy. There's twitch grass men: that roots into your reputation. . 'Cut them out--if you can. Thistle men is another kind that has cutting, you gets no comfort from 'thém. you has to dig out of your life, and them, your business and saps prickly ways, 'and No use trying to handle them with- out gloves, or they'll gt into your hide every time, a There's burdock men with bitter roots and greedy ways. They're agreat tonic if you take them right, and some folks needs a dose of medicine of this kind every little while to keep their own blood pure and bright, ~*~" : Nettle men is all Fight if you handles them firmly. So you might £0 through a whole list of weedy men--selfish, greedy, mean men. They is all bere, and all has to be dealt with, and +1 you might just as well pluck up your courage when you' has to dea] the Ti with them. Sentiment 15 mighty little use in. business, Go straighp yourself, but look out for weeds: . Don't be weedy yourself to "get 'even s nothing in it. x The big trouble is that a whole lot of us don't study that branch of {arming that teaches us to know a mean man when we see him, We most everything but men. We don't learn near enough abou human nature, and now that we is being shut in by. the telephone and he rural ma us don't get to know anybody much but ing and selling at schioel, We aught 16 sell his stuff for the very best And ¢