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,i i ONE-SCOUTS Our Weekly Scout Law. 1. A Scout's Old Country Rovers of several years Honor Is to be Trusted. i Scout experience are being sought by This U the first of the Scout I.aw.s ' tue Hudson's Bay Co. for apprentice- to which every Boy Scout throughout 8hl D P 8ts in Canada. Ten or more the world has subscribed. What more have Deen IB touch wlln Dominion oan be said of a boy or a man than Scout Headquarters. A recent typical that he is honorable? Shakespeare letter frolu a Scottish I'.over tells of has said that "My honor Is my llfe:", lw months a 'o^ as cook with his and it is certain that a boy is not much ' fact r on I'ngava Island, awaiting me without life, and It Is equally cer- ' the freeze-up, then visits of Ksklmos, tain that without a code of honor lie ' Ule making of igloos, hunting seals annot use his life to very effective' and 'rapping foxes. All these young purpose for the uplifting of himself or! Scout adventurers write cheerily, re- of his fellow men. fleeting the true Scout spirit under And what does honor mean? Ac - conditions that at times must be lone- . ording to my dictionary a person who Comely trying There are two boys away up iu the far north of Ontario, who are working for the Hudson's Bay Company, hav- ing come out from Scotland for that purpose, who are on the roll of the M held in honor is otio who Is esteem- ed, respected and upright. And Midi porson is one who can be trusted. !* :hat when he gives his word ou any matter there can lie no dou'n but what >ie intends to carry out his promise to ! Ontari ^n* Scout Department Tra- 'he letter. [veiling is so difficult in that country Thus a Scout is honorable, and niay lhat we do not near from them ver y lie trusted, because having Riven His , often - but thev are Ir y |n 8 * can 'y promise to obey the Scout IAW. of, out thelr 8coul Programme loyally which this Is the first clause, he will awa y "P '" t na <- lo ely country. follow through to tin- very end any task which he undertakes "On his honor." and further, being a Scout and An Emergency Guard of Honor An interesting inside story of the role played by a Boy Scout Guard of trying all the time to obey the Scout I Honour Is told by President D. P. (.AW. h will rmi mak stnipm..!.!, . Orulkshanks of the Minto Skating l-aw. he will not make *!ilch are not true. CcoJ Practice Jean Shlley is shown here clearing the bar at over 5 feet. This is Juat, training. We'd say she should prove good Olympic hope. against the misuse of this Act, be- 'the stock to the shareholders and causa anyone wishing to take adrant- abled the North American to function age of the new Act cannot do so un- as a mutual company was secured Current Events As Viewed By The Press less it has been passed upon by a local Judge." I Club of Ottawa. The occasion was the I There was strenuous op]>osltion to last visit of Viscount and ingdon to the annual skating from funds In which the pollcyholders had no Interest or equity chiefly from the surplus In the company' s non-par- Scouts At Famous English Schools I No less than eighty Old Country! ^.j,, ^"^iJ,;;:: "aTcompanled" by public school, now '*ve their Hoy d meral ,ers of the dlplo- Scout Troop, The latest additions, mat|( . and ^^ prov j,,, T K M OIBl T ' , ' o ' Heutenants-governors. Tonbrldge and Westminster. Cana Will- j the passing of the Kudget by the Lib- tlclpatlng fund. The participating eral and Progressive members, but the fund out of which dividends are paid vote was a straight Party one, the Con- to pollcyholders was not only left ab- The New British Tariff take her part iii the cumins perl-,:! Which particular Canadian products of prosperity, but to do this su < are most likely to derive benefit from '""/. our manufacturers roast be p'<- the new British tariff? The subject is Pared to meet the taste, the quality, discussed in the Commercial Intelli- and the I' rice " f tlle buyer, and ti<i gence Journal of March 5, published cannot he. done unless we send ab.-cad by the Department of Trade and tbe rl ht me ' armed with the \\- f \: Commerce, Ottawa, by Mr. Harrison Roods. Sir Harry C-lcster Armfiro-? Watson. Canadian Trade Commission- in tn Umpire Uevlev.- (London*, er in London, who thinks that the; the following are among Canadian ; " in future the mi!l<-rs t.-:- to bey articles in which our export trade is 15 P 61 " ( ' ent - of their bread cereal c\- likely to be stimulated by the prefer- : pensively In jlritain and arc; t.-. It- e*tial duties: Flour, cereals (includ-! compelled to buy 5,'p p-r cent, from Ing possibly malting barleyj, cereal ' tne Dominions, a dangerous situation foods, apples, pears, concentrated ' mav arise. If Dominion gralii-.r.-civ- apple juice, canned fruits and veget-' ers were to organize a pool they mielir ables, honey, milk powder (and to a ! force U P tuo P* of t)rcad Kln ;>:- lesser extent evaporated and condens- ' mosl to any figure. Tli< Knpll.-b cim ed milk), canned salmon, timber, i trade and millers would have n-. ci. dowels, handles and other wooden- ' Portunity of buying cnoosli ct:?ii- ware. pap?r boards of various kinds, ' K rafn to keep the pric* or ( iir h.a: wrapping paper, wallboards. rubber ' down - as tnelr " free market" wouM footwear, gloves, silk hosiery, metal-. have been curtailed to some 30 P-: lie office furniture, agricultural ma-' cent, of tneir requirement- . Nor < 1,1 chlnery and household ^electric appli- our Government meet sucli an aUem|J.- ancea i ed hold-up by reducing t'.ic cjuotu, i.s The outstanding fact from a Can the Dominions would liavt obtains! a adian point of view is that up to d nnlte quota for their K :-ain in r^ November 15 next the Brlti'U Gov- turn *>* 6<vi"S "* a quid pro quo f, ; eminent has granted Canada and all I manufactures. So our iiuiustiiaKM- Kmpire countries immunity from the' would uso their influ^ic*; to opi. - 'llan Scouts on 'our after the great 1929 World Jamboree in Kngland were much Interested in a Scout notice In the famous quadrangle at liton, recording the activities of Kton Scout patrols prior to the summer holidays. This Is another token of the- fact that It Is generally recognized that the .->.-. int Programme is beneficial to hoys of all ranks and classes, and In every station of 1 'e It should be recollected that thej 'Public Schools' mentioned here are. he old established boarding schools) of Kngland, which are attended for the most part liy the sons of wealthy par- -nts. who pay high fees for their boys' -duration at these colleges They should not be confused or compared with the "public school" as we know It j m Canada. When Does Vind Whistle? How do trees indicate varying wiud elocltlesT At what wind velocity <loes dust rlst and swirl, and loose servatlves lining up solidly behind the measure, while the Liberals and Pro- gressives voted for the Amendment, | To facilitate the approach of thej which resulted in a big majority for I party to the vice-rega! box a strip of the Government I earpet had been placed upon the ice. | A few 10 per cent, duty levied from March 1 on all goods of foreign origin, ex- cept a comparatively short list ap-, pended to Mr. Watson's report. The bread prices Mail anil Kmpire (Torontoi. any curtailment In the Dominion wheat quota lest it react oli thii: before the arrival of the inspection, stepped upon the carpet. It slipped under him. Immediately came visions of a catas- The Attack* on Insurance Companies The attacks upon two Canadian in- trophe-ls"Kxc~eliency or Her" Excel- I 8urance companies which gave rise to lency, or the Japanese Consul General, a recent debate in PWHMMnt have or the U.S. Minister-possibly even been deprecated not only by leading the whole distinguished party In a \ me . mb _?_ rs ^ the _ *^_* t _ ^"T"".: heap on the ice! And even broken bones! The director thought rapidly. eolutely intact, but becomes entitled , to all future surplus earnings of the 1 non-participating fund which, under the old system, would have gone to shareholders. During the debate In the Commons a number of Influential members paid tribute to Mr. Rradshaw's part in the transaction. "Many of you know," said Mr. Bennett, "that he was city j treasurer of Toronto for several years, and he enjoys, I believe, a reputation for probity, for honor and for Integrity second to that of no man in this coun- try." Mr. Mitchell Hepburn said: "1 but, since the debate took place, by , )elleve hft , 9 an nonorable< ble dozens of InfluenUal newspapers ; IIt , emiln and , thlnk ne showed hli i throughout the Dominion. Seldom has UI19emsll |r|l whea he mulual!zed The Empire Conference. Strong as Kmpire trade sentiment may be, it Is obvious that the suc- cess of the coming conference will only result if ail parties approach the problem of Empire trade In a spirit of give and take. If, as Hon. C. A. Dunning pointed out lately, the con- ference is merely an aggression of sellers, no forward step will result. Quite as important for each part of . e Kmpire as finding a market for their own products is the question of what they can or will buy from the others--KIngston Whig-Standard (Ind. l. sales. But the effect upon lit be dangerou. t:i--i calamitous, on Inter-Imperial r?'n- tlons and good will. Viscount Aster hi the Nineteenth Century tl<uiidoii i. Smartly uniformed Scouts were ' tlle P res3 "I"* " w1th in nnanlmons Ule con)pan y for tne beneflt o{ the Britain Britain is and the War Debt. not accustomed to .scattered about the auditorium on various duties. Hastily he called them together. a voice. One of the companies, the North > American Life, has its head office in ' pollcyholders." Mr. Cameron R. Me- Isolating obllga ions. But the bur-[ Ititosh (North Battleford) said: "I be- Ileve Mr. Bradshaw ought to be com- yuickly he eiplained. and placed them i Tor0 ! lt0 ', The aUacks u i*> n U had j l mended for taking a lead in the at intervals along the carpet, each do with Its recent mutuallzntion under Mr. Thomas Bradshaw. Mr. Bradshaw boy's toes firmly clamping the carpet edge to the Ice. Their Kicellencles and guests passed j , ointly c ntrolled " Company, were through the erect line of Scouts, smil- ingly appreciative of the youthful KUard of houour and reached their paper whirl Into the air? At what j box In .safety, irelocltr does wind whistle In the tele- Boys who are interested in the Lone phone wires T Ask a Boy Scout who Scouts may obtain full particulars by has been Btudylnt; his 1932 Canadian writing to the Lone Scout Department, dcout Diary. Scout* For Hudaon'a Bay Co. Boy Scouts Association, 3JO Bay St., Toronto 2. mutuallzation of that company. It was not to his private beneflt that the company should be mutoalized." There are always those who are I"""" 1 ,?? !".. C " r . t ?"V q .:!' t : f W !*. S "'?? ready to Impute se.flsh and improper who had profited unili from the motives to successful men. It Is en- mutualidug transaction. But as Hon. ,., , to nnd ' that on thls occas | on Charles Stewart pointed out in the there beeQ a genera , de9 , re House on Monday, the price which j ,. fact , of ,. MM be kaown and w these gentlemen received for their shares was the price which they had paid. They did not make a profit. So far as Mr. Gundy wa.s concerned. den Is so great that she may have no choice. She has already it must I not be forgotten, through the Bal- four agreement of August, 1922, us- : '.ed her debtors that she wants from them and from Germany only suffi- cient money to discharge her debt to the United States. All the debts owing to her in excess of this amount and they totalled more than five and one-half billion dollars she has al- ready wiped off the slato.- Vancouver Province (Ind. Cons.). The Legislature in Brief The Ontario. Budget WHH carried iu he Legislature with another big Gov- irnment majority. The Hon. K. A. [ Dunlop, Provincial Treasurer, in tab- ling his budget, showed It to be a bal- anced one for the year 1932, together with an estimated surplus of three hundred and sixty five thousand dol- lars. Increased taxation, amounting ture under direct relief last year had been eliminated Ontario would have had a surplua of two hundred and tiny thousand dollars. Having to Include the necessary amount for direct relief this year and to secure a balanced bud- get, It meant that additional revenue to the extent of four million dollars had to be raised. Liquor Board Not "Robbed" lie was already out of the company ( g. before mutuallr.atlon took place. Late ] ID 1930 he had transferred his shared to Mr. Bradshaw at cost. Mr. Brad- shaw, finding himself In control and finding also that there was provision i for mutuallzatlon In the company's charter, proceeded to submit a plan o the shareholders and pollcyholders which was carried by them without a dissenting voice. This plan Involved he reliuquishment of the Bradshaw repudiate the unfair attacks whloh have been made upon two cltlsens of Toronto and the Institution which they at one time jointly controlled.-Toron- ' M " ch ls lieard a ' )o "<- the financial Financial Problems in the U.S.A. to four million hundred arid tn thousand dollars, coupled with gov- ernmental economies and expenditure i'.- of four million, six hundred and 8v'nty-flve tiiousaii'I dollon an- also thown In the budift Increased Taxation The Inci eases In taxation include: raining the gasoline tax by one cent i ili cents a gallon; a tax of ten 'ints a bottle on all Imported liquors ind wines and a tax of twenty-five "in" a gallon on domestic wine; ex- 'eriHlon of Ui umus>-nn>nt tax to In- ilude ticket* as low as twonty-flve unit, and abolition of all exemptions i>t religious, charitable, patriotic <ml philanthropic bodies; Increased 'Ji'-s undir the Corporation Tax Act, *ml Increased charges for law ntamps. | From the Liquor Control Board, the Government had received ten million dollars, hut the profits of the Board had been $1,509,346 less than this figure, the difference being realized from thn surplus profits iu tho hands of the Board. "Any statement, how- ever," said Mr. LHinlop, "that the Gov- ernment had robbed the Board Is en- tirely erroneous." Power to declaru a moratorium iu the case of a municipality in default of payment of Its bonds Is provided for in the newly-created Ontario Municipal Hoard under provisions of a bill in- troduced to the Legislature by Attor- ney General Price. Tho bill merges the Ontario Railway und Municipal Hoard and the Bureau of Municipal Af- fairs Into one lioard. This Board Is commissioned to render upon any municipal matter and Is empowered to scrutinize the debenture of any muni ilpallty and declare u moratorium when u municipality Is In default and thus prevent suits against the muni clpallty. The Board may Inquire Into Those new tains are expected to net 'in- following: Corporation tax, two million dollars; amusement tax, two hundred thousand; gas tax, onn mil- lion threo hundred and fifty thousand; liquor taxes, five hundred thousand; wlna tax, sixty thousand; and law , a bundled thousand. Cut In Expenditures 'nil* lion Mi li'iiilop announced a i in in RovorniiU'iilul expenditures by four million five hundred thousand dol- lar' Referring in thn new Ktisollue 'ax. hn pointed out that automobile ' In OTitari') an lower tlinn any other province in thn lioiniii'on nd that the present motor vehicle and tai together me llfteen IH-I :ent. short <if road malnleniun , in- und il'iiit retlruiuunl. the affairs upon th request of the municipality Itself, or of twenty pei r^ni. of Its creditors. Moratorium Act Explained The Moratorium Act, where Is es peclally applies to farmers, was ex plained by a member of the (Invent muni In the following way: "If a farmer has u farm which Is valued at fifteen thousand dollars, but to-day only H|IOWS a valuation of ten thousainl dollars, then this Act will he In operation nut II siidi time as (lie Retirement It i.i not difficult to get away into retirement and there live upon your own convictions; nor Is It difficult to mix with men and follow their con- victions; but to -nti.- Into the world, and there lire firmly and fearlessly according to your own conscience, that stock at the price he had paid for It. is Christian greatness. F. \V. Robert The sum of Jl, 275,000 which retired son. problems of Britain and Germany; but little about those of the United States. The latter are very serious, bnt there Is fear of taking drastic action In the year of a presidential election. The consequence is that pro- crastination Is marking the course of political Washington In grappling with the financial problems that he- set the country. Victoria (Cons.). Colonist Former Champion In Bermuda farm "Tin- Us prnpi-r valuation." <if |iri)fi>cliire is very nil''- saiil ihi-i tiK-mber. "If a farm- er r<' ( |iiires lo use thn Moratorium n MnrtniiKs, the Act provides Unit he will apply lo a .linh'.i in TIlO ai-tt K!IO!< tin- MMtl of thO pl'< i 'lliiK ii.ilii. Chambers and will glvn all tin- tttdtl i.-l.iiiv.' iii Ills position and the .i,,.h-< will (leHile tin- merits of bin ca-e This l thirty . . , ; , c|iill:ir<. u>nli- tin. '";<'"' absolute privacy of Ihe i-xlstlng taxiiiin'i U In* Hum thirty- ' farmer's I" rsonal business ami. nl Hie four per r.-m. of Hi- loi.il rer< mi" ' "'" ll "" i . I'rohlhlN Hie Illognl us- There IH i!<" to h" included I v. o million, JlMi . inh I'll tii.iii-.ii,.i for direct rol>f. for nnemploj n th I.P."I " ii mil If the The Railway Commission. The Canadian people will not per- mit a railway monopoly under pri- vate ownership. Neither are they in a humor at the present tlmo to bring about a railway monopoly under pub- | He ownership. But so far no respou- j 'i-ii- public man, no responsible rail- . way official, in fact, no one whose voice carried any weight of authority ! whatever, has advocated amalgama- tion. Mr. Bennett's last word on the subject was his well-known slogan: "Competition ever; amalgamation never." Mr. King Is as vigorous iu nil insistence on the maintenance of both railways as independent systems. And from Mr. Bennett and Mr. King the list of those who have expressed unqualified opposition to any such idea could be prolonged indefinitely. To suggest, therefore, that the Royal Commission Is going to pick up the Idea out of the thin air and present It In any form as Us major recom- mendation for the solution of the dif- ficulties of the railways, staggera credulity. Winnipeg Tribune (Ind. Cons.). "It Pays to Advertise." "I can count on ray ten lingers tl.<- department stores in this country that are doing more business today than they did a year ago," said Mr. Itab on. "and in every case 1 find them situ dolug more advertising than a yea. ago." Mr. Babsou is of the opinion that manufacturers and merchant who offer good quality, honest Ben- ice and the lowest possible pricts. and emphasize them by truthful, forceful and continual advertising will find 1S>32 a profitable year. In other and more familiar words, a year in which it will pay to advertise. Bos- ton Christian Science Monitor The Language of Broadcasts. The talking motion plolures anu the radio are undeniably having ..>. effect on language as It Is spoken. Tlir microphone has definite limits, wbicli are even further limited, by the Aims and their technique. Ix>ng words, and particularly sibilant words with nil ance of inflection, do not reproduce properly. So for the making of "talk- ies," there has to be a vocabular> censorship. This censorship has weed- ed out a long list of words. It is noteworthy that most of those words which have been retained hare been those belonging, roughly speaking, to the Anglo-Saxon family. And many of those which have been banished are of distinctly Latin ancestry. Phil- adelphia Ledger. # Building on Increase Dominion Figures Show Ottawa. A marked increase in building construction for the last two months, as compared with December, is shown by the Dominion Bureau of Statistics. The contracts in February were valued at $14,802,000. this com pares with $12,738,000 in January and $11,357,000 in December of last year. Canada's gold production in 19?.i of 2,0.86,700 ounces, valued at $55,- 157,000, set a record for this precious metal, being 27 per cent. aboYe the 1930 production. Kansas Grocer Puts Customers to Work Lawreuce, Kan. A neighborhood grocer here has his owu remedy for the economic situation. Many of his customers had been out of work all winter and were indebted to him for groceries. And he wanted to bnild new combination store and home. So he put his customers to work, paid them half their wages, and credited the other half on their bills. The men got work, Mr. J. C. Carter, the grocer, got the building, and the' grocery hills diminished in site. Safeguards Taken, "II will IIP fi-all-'.i'il," In- s.iul. Ilia! iTemianl ii:<s IHMMI l.lken dene Tuniiej .nl, .veil fame in I 1 |.n III! .' Ii . i:,l ': . 'i'lilim v ,ire ' I' they are , ; ii short uicaUon. ![': . .' I If '". 1'llt 111 till- on i Ui tour r. >rrauda, h*rp. The Irish Government. The popular conception of Mr. De Valera hand In hand with the bogey of anarchy Is as completely unfound- ed as it !s unfortunately prevalent. There will undoubtedly be attempts. In the Press and elsewhere, to dls-l credit Mr. De Valera's actions from ' the beginning. Actually there is no necessity to Jiulse Mr. De Valera of, today by tho Mr. IV Va'.era ot 1916. 1'ower paradoxically clips the wings! of fanaticism, ami nowhere more! "trauRoly than in Ireland. Spectator : < I. melon). Britain 1 ! Foreign Trade. I:' our pd'i'Ie would milj "wake up," '.[ would Mi.il.v lie poi-ibl(< t,i increase our export trade i nornuMisly. The following i|iiotaiiim is from the recent- h p'!'-]l-li.'il llasle report: "There N it.- inM.ime i:i economic history of n -. in* matter li.uv mvat. which has not boon folk.'.voil l>y p-'i'io\M of^ stability ant! prosperity." llrltaiu o*n I "She likes pul>!u'H>. eh?" "Does she? Why, she thinks the society roluums ought to make an n em of it when she gives a little breakfast to a tramp." Jewels As jewels aro treasured In tue cas- ket, to !<o brought forth on great oc- LI-.. us >,, \\ r would preserve the re mcmhiMMci 1 of our .tins. >11U | keep them for siv. - 'Ms when >p><cia.l consolations lire -v-iiitcd to cheur the soul. 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