Ohe Advance 30M M enquiring as to the real cause for t Newspapers are asked this question in aeften behind the anxiety there seems to will be able to give a complet s the custom with queries on all sorts 0 date of a prize fight to the cause of som. ple, however, are not content with figuring cut replies of their own and th there is a chance for the remedy to | 7 " _ 1mMiINs, oNTARIO emleers Canadian Week!ly Newsppor Assoclation; Ontarioâ€" Quebee Newspaper Assoclation ; Ulass "A" Weekly Group pressicons, with accompanyIng lalIQUsilik®. ALILL _ kR . 0C 0 the common people, is resented wholeheartedly is a hopefull sign of the times. No longer is there any acceptance of the Â¥déea that these things have always been and so will always | Be. ‘"They should not be. Why should they be?"â€"that is | the present attitude. In answering the question as to the cause of the present wery undesirable situation in the world, the Russian comâ€" wiunist blames everything on the capitalistic system. Had the Russian communist sought to concentrate all his efforts and resources on bettering the condition of his own people, inmstead of using money and Ability to foster rebellion and in every country on the face of the globe, his plans and proposals might have received more favourable considâ€" Without loyalty and decency there can be no hope fur any progress in any country, so the Russian communist ruled himself out of the question from the beginning. As a matter of fact the trouble does not appear to be with the «eapitalistic system so far as this country is concerned. The trouble is very evidently with the abuse of that system. ‘There is no system on earth designed to be conducted on the principle of everything coming in and nothing going aatâ€" or "heads we win, tails you lose." Yet that is the way the high finance gang Are trying to use the system. ‘This kigh finance crowd have profited chiefly from special priviâ€" and concessions from the public resources, yet toâ€"day they disavow all responsibility for anything but themselves. "Fhey made immense profits from trade and industry yet at the first sign of any loss, they have attempted to close up, Feaving the worker to stand any loss. No system could stand any such practice. Another common explanation of the present depression is «verâ€"production. It is impossible to maintain this as an excuse for present conditions when it is remembered that thousands of people in all parts of the world, including this Canada, are in danger of starvation. With wheat and other foodstuffs in abundance, with all sorts of goods for the conâ€" wenience and comfort of people, there is an actual shortage o far as the world in general is concerned. Over production can not be the correct answer. There are those accordingly who go one step farther along the line and Hlame everything on malâ€"distribution. This is much closer to the mark. However, it should not be regarded as simply z matter of malâ€"distribution of goods, but rather a malâ€" «distribution of wealth and resources. The estate of the late FPuayne Whitney has been figuring in the newspapers reâ€" This man‘s estate is valued at around $240,000,000.00. n other words he had coralled, by good means or otherwise, the fair share of approximately ten thousand men. , He was Bbut one of hundreds in the United States who had shown undesired acquisitiveness. The same sort of selfishâ€" mness and greed have obtained in Canada. That is why there sre thousands of men out of work and in need. Industry, esrefulness, thrift, will not overcome this sort of thing. What seems to be needed is a form of practical confiscation wf the surplus wealth of the greedy ring, who deprive others ~ȣ money that seems to be no good to the ring once they "have it impounded. Still more is it needed that privileges ‘und concessions, the rights of the public, should not be ‘BRanded to groups whose chief virtue seems to be acquisiâ€" Liveness. UOme of the chief needsof the day is a good memory. The | watin is commonly reputed to have a remarkably short wmemory, and this may account for the llâ€"usage that the pablic ‘has to erdure from time to time. Just at present the public has special need to remember the late world war and the doys leading up to it. In those days the public were wersistently and insistently assured that war could not hapâ€" Thursday, Jan. 14th, 193 wHAT Is THE TROUBLE evi GEO,. LARE, Qwner am he most frequent question asked toâ€"day is that to the real cause for th» present troubles.: are asked this question in anxious tones, but. the anxiety there seems to be a faith that the ill be able to give a complete reply offâ€"hand, as i with queries on all sorts of questions from the ze fight to the cause of some big fire. The peoâ€" . are not content with questioning. They are replies of their own and this fact suggests that nance for the remedy to be evolved that will The very fact that the idea of recurring deâ€" ith accompanying hardships and menace for people, is resented wholeheartedly is a hopeful imes. No longer is there any acceptance of the ese things have always been and so will always hould not be. Why should they be?"â€"that is very Thaursxday by: Ownor and Publishes eyveIr AllUe. it th REsSIDENCE *4 L 11 encouraging to depressions and rse to the idea irrive from time st war was the that the present vill end all furâ€" hC NeA penâ€"that the nations were so interdependent that none of the greater powers could engage in warfare without immeâ€" diate and utter ruin. A book entitled "Canada and Naval Power" was published by a Toronto publishing house in 1912 or 1913, and this book proved beyond question of logic that war by Germany was impossible. The only thing the book missed was the human elementâ€"the element that made Germany start a war against all reasoning and that result ed in the allies winning against all logic to the contrary. If the public would rernember these things of 1914 and before, there would be less credence given to the present vapourâ€" ings of Agnes Macphail, M.P., and some others in Canada in regard to disarmament. "But surely no one favours war with all its brutality!" the anguished tones will reply. Of course not! Lord Roberts did not wish for war in 1914. That was the very reason he gave warning against it. No one favours crime because they wish to be protected from the activities of the criminal. The people who mmost earnestâ€" ly desire to avoid war are those who are anxious to be preâ€" ‘gmrvd to keep it away from their own doors. At the present moment there is a petition being circulated all over the sountry urging disarmament. So far as the further disarâ€" naoment of Canada or Britain is concerned, it is like urging l he disarming of the police to allow the thugs to catch up ‘ m their supply of guns. Among nations as between indiviâ€" d4uals there seems always to be a conflict between the evil ind the good. Under one specious nlea or another the good is ever being urged, directly or indirectly, to disarm to ‘slerate, to be lenient. Those whu think carefully over the matter should recognize the fact that however evil war may be, however much it may be hated, however little it may be sought or desired, it is a possibility that must be faced until the nations of the world that are not So peaceful as this nation have shown good faith in talk of peace. Some weeks aigo The Advance published the list of the amounts expendâ€" ed by the leading nations of the world last year for armaâ€" «on n mm ments. The nation that has talked peace and disarmament / the most glibly has the largest expenditure for war. Britain, the nation that had the greatest excuse for expenditures for detence, on account of her wide spread of empire, is well down on the list. A reading of the list would impress the ; thought that the nations that talk disarmament are not alâ€" \| ways sincere. Indeed, their attitude seems no more than a scheme for their own advantage and the serious handicap of other nations. In view of this it would be well for all i to hesitate about petitions for disarmament. At the best the signing of petitions like this are little better than a vote of want of confidence in the governments concerned. At the worst it is an upholding of those who treacherously preach peace and prepare for war. l n afr» ds ol Pinai At the present time there is much talk of the need for eccnomy. Dominion, provincial and municipal governments | ire all talking it, and corporations and individuals are doing l the same thing. Some of the talk is illâ€"considered. To The Advance it would seem that the slogan adopted by The Toâ€" ronto Mail and Empire has more virtue and effect than all the cries about economy. "Serve by spending" says The Mail and Empire every day. For the immediate present wise spending will help everyone and everything more than any kind of economy. For example, there are municipalities that are urged not to proceed with public works designed to give employment to the workless. They save the cost 01{ the proposed work, but they have to spend for direct relief for the unemployed. As the governments put a premium on this sort of thing by paying a larger proportion of the cost of direct relief the governments must asccept much of the onus for this form of help to the unemployed. There is every reason to believe that direct relief is not a good form }of economy. It keeps men from starving to death, but it does not really relieve unemployment. In one sense it is money wholly lost. It seems to be the poorest sort of ecoâ€" nomy in the long run. It is certainly not the sort of help desired by the better class of unemployed. That class does not wish charity; all they ask is work, and they will not be happy with less. 1 1 There is reason to believe that the talk of economy ori~â€" ginated, with the high finance element, who were unable to see why they should not make money out of the depression, just as they did out of the war, even though the lives of the ordinary people should be menaced in both cases. The arâ€" aument is that unless economy is practised now, taxes will be increased and business will be discouraged. The business that will be injured by a partial return to employment and! prosperity seems to deserve a little discouragement. To disâ€" 1 courage the sale of goods, which the same high finance genâ€" f tlemen claim are "overâ€"produced" seems to be the poorest kind of policy. Indeed it would appear that the only people who could possibly suffer from a return to employment and prosperity are people whose methods of moneyâ€"making do not seem to be in the common interests. _ As for high taxes to come, nearly every country in the world toâ€"day pays highâ€" er taxes than Canadians do, and do less growling about it. As a matter of fact, however, it is only a few Canadians who are forever howling about the bogey of high taxes, and in practically every case they are the ones that are fairly entitled in much higher taxation than they endure. The finance crowd,â€"the men who have made millions out of water powers, timber limits, mines, public franchises, priviâ€" leges of one kind or another really from the public treasury, and those concerned in monopolies like banking and similar lines, these are ever ready to "warn" against the increase of taxation. They should be warned themselves that in the future they will be expected to pay a fairer share of the burden of taxation in return for the special advantages they enjoy at the public expense. In this country changes will come by orderly process of parliament. Changes may be slow, but they are inevitable. The whole tendency of public thought toâ€"day is to better the general standard of living, though to do this a few may need to curtail their accumuâ€" lation of wealth that seems so useless to them when secured. An auction sale bill issued last week by E. C. Brewer deâ€" tailed the beauties and advantages of one property offered for sale. The property was described as "close to schools, churches, shops and the liquor store." In faimmess it should further have been noted that the property was convenient to the hospital and the police station. A report of a session of the bridge bat Culbertson and Lenz is published by Th its sporting page. L fication. Wouldn‘t tt appropriate platce for cot The newspapers last week published a picture of a smiling young man wearing straw hat on street in Toronto on January 8th. The same thing might have been done with comfort for the wearer but no safety for the hat in Timmins. It would have been a warmâ€"blooded young man that would have worn a Sstraw hat in this part of the North on the evening of January 10th, however. GRAVEL AND SANDâ€"AND PLACER} TALK OF ECONOMYâ€"A SCHEME That does e bridge battle between Messrs ished by The Sudbury Star on ; not appear to be good classiâ€" cikl section have been a more of the Lenzâ€"Culbertson bridge THE PORCUPINE ADVANCE, 1IMMINS, ONTARIO Often the question is asked: persevering and sympatheticâ€" is the work of the St. John Ambulancte| ,pgq you need it. Brigade?‘ ‘ The Advance has repéeatedâ€"; "ya; the public seldom seem to unâ€" ly answered that question by referrIng | gorstand. They say, ‘Oh, somesne has to the safetyâ€" â€"~first work ‘of the SJ.A.B JU‘t fainted,‘ The ambulance man 18 the training classes here, the SeerC(SI sent for. It may be a faint or it may given at games and sports, and th€! mean an operation, haemorrhage, value of the St. John Ambulance trAinâ€"| peart fracture. You generally hear, ing in accidents and emergencies. ACâ€"|:qive him brandy,‘ from people who do tual gxamples of what the S.J.A.B. ha,sl not know how dangerous it is in many done is the best way to make its efforts cases." clear. "The People," a weekly journal _ The Amateur Midwife published at London, England, rec0g~| ppig eorresponden:s says he was once |nizes this fact and in a recent isSUE) to a case of childbirth, and he gives ‘a bright and helpful article On| pag ;, do his best when two married |the St. John Ambulance Brigade work. | women were present, and then one of With emphasis on the fact that what is‘ ‘them fainted and needed help. |done elsewhere is done in Timmmsz "But thank God it all turned out ‘|toâ€"day by this fine organization, The,we]1 he adds Advance herewith reprints the article| ‘‘Only a faint,‘ said a passerâ€"by." ; | by the writer in "The People":â€" | "wWe are of the Order of St. John of: ) § Real Go;id Samantagb IJerusalem " explains a Tottenham woâ€" | q ow I knowIw Y tkhfiStl J‘z nSAm;)u- man, "and in the very first lesson we ance goes. .I asked last Sund2yâ€"|.v, taught to be the Good Samaritan. SC}‘:I'CS of atmlaulancemmenhwrote in i When there is trouble on we must not aS you no o mention t e names 0 pass by. It is our duty to help any who write," said one of them, " as § § That "Happy" Feeling I am sure they feel as I do. We do Btils fot want Nowersâ€"only a liffic respect|.. A CD nce man tells me for the uniform we wear." ‘hat, when he first became interested in | 62,477 volunteers ambulance work in 1893, his average s hours of duty on a locomotive engine The only correspondent I will menâ€" o 1 were 15 to 16 hours a day, and yet he tion is Lieut.â€"Col. Francis, A. Brooks, , T‘M.D.. Commissioner in Charge of the managed to get to the doctor‘s lectures at 11 o‘clock on Sunday mornings! s ‘ No. 1 (London) District, because he x |writes me officially "I was as eager for the knowledge f as a child for its mother‘s milk," he e "I have the honour to command . . 4 _ {nearly 7,000 men and women in Lonâ€" (88YS:. and my interest in the movement Et CC P o o n oc i U o n s h e m ie 4. ie hn y R‘) Aqq' Trew as the years rOIIed on' «m uen i c _ L). ie w on mt i P C L V C Great Value of the MX Ambulance Brigade C What is Being Accomplished Elsewherc'! bed. He is Also Being Done in Timmins. _ |after lost Members of Brigade "Real know eve Good â€" Samaritans." | "We h: "I have the honour to command nearly 7000 men and women in Lonâ€" don, and they form part of the 62,477 who are doing the same work all over England and Wales, he says. "It is our proud boast that no one, including the Brigade surgeons, from the Chiei Commissioner, Majorâ€"General Sir John Duncan, K.C.B., D.S.O., down to the last recruit, receives a penny for the services that we are able to render. "In 1930 my members performed 63,â€". 585 duties of at least four hours‘ duraâ€" tion and treated 15,356 cases. Every night we supply men and ambulance sisters to 133 kinemas and theatres, and also attend dogâ€"race meetings, dirt tracks, ice clubs, and football matches In processions like the Lord Mayor‘s Show, the opening of Parliament, etc.. we open firstâ€"aid stations behind the crowds at intervals of about 100 yards." "In the United Kingdom in 1929," writes "White Cross," we treated over 450,000 cases. Our people are drawn from all classes. I know solicitors, clerks, postmen, railway men, porters and doctors, all working together withâ€" out thought of social status." The Reason Why Why do they do it? Lots of them have written to tell me. "I can look back on my life and deâ€" rive great pleasure from knowing that I have done what I could," explains a man from Willesden. "The journey‘s end may not be far away, but if I can only hear ‘Well done‘ I shall be satisâ€" "We do it because it is one of the finest things in life to be able to help others," says a man from Havyes, Midâ€" dlesex. f "We love the work," says a Redcar man. "I really believe that, in the fuâ€" ture world, God will repay us." The Joy of Service "All through the twenty years of my membership," says a man from Ketterâ€" ing, "I am bound to admit that I have found great joy and unbounded happiâ€" ness in the knowledge that I have been of some little use in the world, for useâ€" fulness is the rent we have to pay for being on this old earth." || "The reason I do it, personally," says a man at Plumstead, " is that, being granted providentially with the means of earning a good living, I wish to do some little thing whereby I might reâ€" pay the kindness shown to me." Work that Costs Money â€"There are scores of these letters all expressing a desire to help. They all say that all do all their ambulance work free. Some of them tell me how is Canada‘s standard remedy. It outsells all other cough and cold preparations. â€" BETTERâ€"that‘s whyâ€"and DIFFERENT. â€" Mâ€"10 _ Steam Heat Hot and Cold Running Water in Every Room Under New Management MRS. A. M. MERCIER, Mgr Prompt and Efficient Service Excelient Cuisine "A Sincie Sip Proves it | Kirkland Lake, Ont. Acts Like a Flash Gold Range Hotel KIRKLAND LAKE‘S LEADING HOSTELRY 0 ROOMS Fireproof then he changes and goes out on duty prepared for anything. He has had to walk a long distance home, He has been called out when he has been in bed. He has been summoned to look after lost children and been expected to know everything. "We have to be ocbservant," he says: "tactful, resourceful, explicit, discrimâ€" inating, persevering and sympatheticâ€" and you need it. "Yet the public seldom seem to unâ€" derstand. They say, ‘Oh, somesne has just fainted,‘ The ambulance man 18 sent for. It may be a faint or it may mean an operation, â€" haemorrhage, just fainted,‘ The ambulance man is sent for. It may be faint or it may mean an operation, â€" haemorrhage, heart, fracture. You generally hear, ‘Give him brandy,‘ from people who do not know how dangerous it is in many "I have attended hundreds of cases of all kinds. I have received many letâ€" ters and words of thanks from people in all walks of life, and after I have attended a case I get a feeling of great happiness and contentment which more than compensates me. My exâ€" perience is shared by thousands all the world over." "They found that part of the woâ€" i mans‘ foot and part of her hand were cut away and that her forehead was linjured. So we carried her to the back | of the publicâ€"house and I had to shine \ my light on her for an hour and a half, to keep anything from touching her, gwhile my mate went to the town to ‘fetch a policeman and a doctor to atâ€" tend her before she could be taken to the workhouse. ‘s 1931 he passed an examination every year, with the exception of 1917, and then when he was yard master at Neasâ€" den he had so many troop and ammuâ€" nition trains to get away that he did not have time to go and be examined. He has a medallion with 20 bars. Then he tells me why he did it. "sSixty years ago, when I was sevenâ€" teen years old," he says, "I worked on the Shrewsbury and Hereford Railway at Leominster, driving a stationary pumping engine. The Medal with 20 Bars A Willesden man telis me that he has seen a member of the St. John Ambuâ€" lancge Assocmtlon for 42 years, and in that time he has passed 23 examinaâ€" :ions by St. John doctors. From 1911 its, firemen ng except S "One night when I was on duty, G. W. Railway guard on an empty coal train came to the station and told me that his train had run over an old woâ€" man. So the shunter and I pulled down notice board from the wall of the station to put her on, for we had no stretchers, no appliances and no knowledge of firstâ€"aid work in those days. Vow That Was Kept. "During the hour and half watch over that old woman I my mind that if it lay in my would do all I could for any was injured. And I have ca my promise." This aid to he has one. Although, during 11 years which have passed since, he had to leave the railâ€" way because of his age, he has still gone on buying his own bandages. Pennies Saved for Bandages "I never go anywhere without banâ€" dages in my pocket," he says. "A bus conductor once asked me what I got out of it. ‘I will tell you,‘ I said. ‘I do not drink nor smoke nor gamble, and if, at the end of the week, I have a few coppers, I go to a chemist‘s and buy a roll of bandages. Then if 1 find anyone injured I am ready to look after him.‘ "I have had great pleasure in knowâ€" ing that I have done what I could to make the world better." No Fun at Football! A St. John officer belonging to Reâ€" solven, in South Wales, tells me that there are boy and girl cadets attached to the organization. "In our locality," he says, **"* the men who work at night sacrifice their day leisure and others take their place as they come home from work. until 7 he char red fot I have had that I have ke the world Called Out of Bed! rrespondent does â€" 1 7.30 at night, he hangesand goes 0t man says he has rendered first hundreds during 42 years, and never taken a penny from anyâ€" John mt me unfortunates volunteer to do time and money I duty, chaps| unfortunates ; lunteer to do e and money SsSOrts ol peo i Army attenâ€" I\‘.\!\". (n"' e nor gaÂ¥ > week, I chemist‘ Then if : ivy to look anyone carried r gamble, ek, I have mist‘s and n if T find look after in knowâ€" I could to I had to made up power I who out "When a man is on duty at a footâ€" ball match I can assure you he does not enjoy the game, as he is expecting every minute to be called to an acciâ€" dent. Sometimes he spoils his clothes by attending to casualty, and often has to travel a long way home on foot after attending an injured man." | The Work Underground I was told of ambulance work underground, where there are a terâ€" rible lot of accidents and where a docâ€" tor is very rarely seen. Often a man‘s life depends on the skill and judgment of the ambulance man working under terrible disadvantages. "He is in danger every minute himâ€" self. Light is very poor and everyâ€" thing is covered with dirt and dust. It is often a long way out through long tunnels." "If the man lives it depends upon the skill with which he has been hanâ€" dled whether the doctor can heal him. Irreparable damage can be done by wrong handling.‘ *‘ . Te with a beart : iz es C V‘ Nt# Done it Since 1892! Another man belonging to Redcar, in Yorkshire, says he has dealt with thousands of cases since 1892, and alâ€" though he has been unemployed for over three months he still goes on. All he has ever received in thirtyâ€"nine years is a box of twenty cigarettes from young woman who injured her leg. _ A Hucknall man tells me that in Notâ€" tingham, when a man had fallen down some stone steps and cut his head badâ€" ly one of the arteries being severed, he attended him, and was afterwards told at the hospital that his quick action had saved his life. This man is now one of his closest friends. Then there was the Scotchman who was so close he got slapped. "I want a tooth took out, and I don‘t want no gas because I‘m in a hurry." * _Two little boys came into the denâ€" tist‘s office. One said to the dentist: Dentist:â€""That‘s a brave little boy which tooth is it?" Little Boy:â€"‘"Show him your tooth Robert." You save on tea when you buy Red Rose. Use less. For Sure Results Try a Classified Ad. 2 CHOICE QUALITIES â€" A_ NO NARCOTICSâ€"PLEASANT AS SUGAR "Beef Goodness"‘ A RTPTPPT TTIHNEZES$G MAY save you weeks of weakness RELIEVE THE RESTLESS CONDITION BROUGHT ON BY THE PRESENCE OF wWORME AND RESTORE THE CHILO TO NORMAL HEALTH. M 4 AT 7.30 P.M. Election of Officers for R. ELSTON Timmins Horticultural Society Will be held in the Town Hall on Friday, January 15th wWORM POWDERS President â€"Exchange "is good tea‘ of the Red Label Orange Pekoe Steven‘s Amusement Parlours Timmins Wrap all Garbage in paper. Keep your Garbasze Can covered Use plenty of Chioride of Lime which can be procured at the Town Hall free. Householders uvsin= we‘ll water must boH it for at least 20 minutes. All Outside Toilets must be made #; proof. By Order of THFE BOARD OF HEALTH â€"the most popular of all indoor sports bowling ATTENTION HOUSEHOLULDERS the year 193% T. A. SKELLY, Secretary â€"Treasurer Bowling is not a fad. Like any other national game, it is here to stay. Its healthâ€"giving qualiâ€" ties are endorsed by medical men and enâ€" joyed by everyone. Come in toâ€"night and bowl on runswick Alleys. â€" Surroundings are clear, equipment modern and cozy. Ontario 47