OF OXE BLOOD. What is the real basis of the race hatreds that so distress a world enormously shrunken by fast and certain means of travel? Most peo- ple would say that the dislike is In- stinotive and based upon root-differ- ences in the physical and mental 'make-up of the different races and colors. Since these fundsmental facts of race cannot be altered, race hatreds are inevitable, they argue, and the white race must at all costs maintain . its superiority over the brown, yellow and black. But certain unemotional investi- gators called anthropologists leave this argument not a rag to cover ft- self with, Racially the "Nordie," fair Englishman fs much neare® to the Brahmin of Beuares than to the §¢ot of Edinburgh or the Welshman from Cardiff. And the Brahmin is racially as remote from some other Indians as the Scotsman from 'the | other family servants. ott t. Races with tife most ex- treme possible differences are not necessarily antipathetic, Neither does similarity breed content. The Jow and Areb are one race, yet they feel for each other immeasurable dis- like. If color antipathies are instisctive bow is it that the American of the south feels thé color taint much more keenly than the more north- erly American; the Britisher, as a rule, still less, and the Fremch not at sli? And even the haughtiest American fondly remembers his coal black mammy together with all the It we ascribe our shrinking from skins of another color to white superiority, how ean Wwe explain the similar squeamish- ness of the more sophisticated color- . The réason you can find so much fault is because nobody wants it. EE ------------ 3 ! A woman is a person who dan get | a trunkful of stuff into a suit case. ------ There are few tolerant men and Most of them are merely indifterent. I -------- o> Killing the leaders may save Her- » BU it never worked well in Rus- ------ _ Times are so tough, you seldom more than a nickle on the pave- -------------- . It 1s Deter to have worked and ost than never to have worked at 1 #ouble; a man only when well please EE ------------ A general practitioner is one who enough to send you to the it specialist, ------ The grand manner is charming in book, but it's a little annoying } & counter, * ------ there isn't much to the town Main Street it isn't so Lard Tesch Easy Street. -------- 1935 autos will do everyitimg Jomp out of the way when #00 a pedestrian. ------------ any rate all. men are born il 80 far as the per capita in. dness is concerned. ed peoples at sight of our pale ex- teriors? The Japanese visitor dis- covers that even the most refined of Canadians and Americans possess a typical white smell not less distress- ing than that which we ascribe to ne; We all of one blood, and of the earth earthy. Race antagonism is not rooted in primitive instinct. The natural child does mot feel it until the germ has been planted there by education and association. \ The greatest causes of race hate are economic and political--differ- ences of standards of living and the consequent wage rivalries, and the "| desire for political freedom. The struggle centres around "color" merely because in the present stage of the world's history the white man is trying to guard the higher ecomo- mic standards and the wider political experience which he has achieved but whioh are becoming the goal of the colored. raves as well. If rancour can be restrained it must surely be possible to find means of satisfying the best ambitions of all nations and races. . REASON VS. FORCE, President Nicholas Murray Butler, of Columbia University, has been telling a group of big business men that the time has come when force should be dethroned.and reason put in its place. His arguments are Both logical and convincing. Force breeds rebellion, while reason does a more or less finished and permanent Job. * The world is tragieally full of the failures of force. The lesson of 1914-18 is all on that side. It has its place, we should all be ready to concede; but it is nevertheless true that it has seldom, it ever, settled anything. To use Dr. Batler's own words: - * "May we not hope and belleve that our revolutions, our discords, our armed revolutions are pehind us and that we have now come to the point where great questions of policy, im- portant problems of procedures, can be settled fn the form of argument end debate and submitted to the Judgment of an intelligent and pa- triotic 'electorate for decision? "Have wp not come to the point where we enthrone reason and put force in the background as a police to seé to it that reason's or- derly processes are mot interfered with .and sre, when made known, cagried out?" Such arguments are so unanswer- able, that. one wonders what can stand in the way of & universal yield- ing to the arbitrament of reason. The answer is found in a single word-- distrust. Neither men nor nations world s step in that direction, or bring mutual confidence "into inter- national relations, is an agreement among nations to make reason the sole arbiter in all their settlements. It could be done. OCEAN FREIGHT RATES. There is nothing new in the agita- tion which is now under way to try and to something to lower ocean freight rates. From time to time during the past forty years similar movements have taken place. tive results were not won in a single instance, for a reason which has al- ways . obtained and still obtams. From what quarter or tribunal cam mandatory powers be brought . to bear on ocean carriers? Certainly not from any nation by itself. Even should its jurisdiction be ackmow- ledged, the ways of escape are too numerous to" make the thing worth tryfug. For exampls, if Canada tried on her own account to contro! rates, the stesmers could shift to Portland or New York. It would only be by the concert- ed action # the nations concern- ed that regulation of rates could be brought about; and that is precisely the thing that has thug far failed of accomplishment. Something has al- 1'Ways arisen to block a final and workable agreement, on which the necessary machinery could be built up. Suspicion, prejudice and selfish considerations have risen above in- ternational interests. Probably sus- Picion has been the strongest force. When England, Canada and the United States had come to at least a tentative understanding, either, France or Germany interposed ob- stacles; and without the complete co-operation of all the marftime na- tions very little that would be use- ful Is at any time practicable, It may be that conditions in that regard are more favorable to-day than they have been, The disposi- tion on the part of nations to get together for the protection of com- mon interests is probably more gen- test is applied. A hopeful aspect of the situation is that the carriers would be likely to welcome some sound plan of regulation. They have a§ much to gain as to lose by it. Just now rateg are unreasonably high; but tomorrow a cut-rate war might begin, and tolls would be lowered to a ruinous seale. Such rivalries: have happened frequently in the past. Stapility would be in- finitely better than the present un- certainty, There was at one time the same difficulty with regard to the applica- tion of civil and criminal law on the high seas. It was overcome, manity, as well as Property righ, brought about the. necessary co-or- dination of statutory epectments in that instance. There is no reason why the same forces should be inert in the case of freight rates. As matters stand to-day, and as they have stood for nearly a century of steamship operations, the carriers are answerable only § themselves. The situation is really deplorable, in the sense that vital interests are per- mitted to be always at the mercy of organized groups of carriers by water. It is a reflection on our civilization. Yet, as has been sald, the cure must come through the frank joining together of all the nations concerned. Everywhere but on the oceans the principle of regulation is operative. Discriminations on land have ceased to exist. The railways are to-day held under control with a rigidity which many suspect has gone to the extreme of restraining wholesome in- itiative. Certainly no one believes that a trace of profiteering remains. Yet, with that epectacle of rational policy before our eyes, it is a re- proach to the nations that ocean carriers are permitted to run wild. Not even a checking authority of any kind reaches them. Public opinion will back up our government ia do- ing all in its power to bring sanity into a situation which does violence tq elementary common sense, ------------ a THRIFT AND INSURANCE; The record of life insurance is the stimulating story of growing thrift. In. 1900 the policies in fores in Can. ads had a total of $431,089,846. Twenty years back of that it was $91%,272,126. It is now, in round figures, * Js.au000.000, gress has the double meaning of rie- Ing ability to buy ineurance and a better appreciation of that form of Poser |. |from their veins. They secure a {great deal of relief, and that relief uine and available than ever before. : No one may say until the supreme | Hu-|' By Jems W. Bets. MD, BLEEDING THE SYSTEM. It must be interesting to some of the older members of the medical protession, to see how some of the things that were used in the treat- ment of the sick in thelr younger days, pass.out of fashion, and then come back again to De used even more extensively than before. I have in mind the matter of bloodletting; bleeding as it is called. As early as we have any history of medicine, bleeding was used for. the relief of symptoms. Just a fow years ago it began to be used in emergencies, but now it is a recognized treatment for heart conditipns in a number of ailments. Some of our older folk with very high blood pressure, now have a aumber of ounces of blood removed Don't Forget Charity Ball : WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 18th lasts for weeks at a time. In asthma it relieves the embar- fit rassed heart, and likewise in convul- sions, and acute alcoholism, i During the Flu epidemic dn 1918, where the heart was embarrassed by the broocho-pmeumonia, which often followed the flu, bloodletting or vove- section as it ie called, was used to a considerable extent. - In pneumonia proper, in a good healthy individual, it is not unusual to do a vovesection at the very onset of the trouble. P.S.--If you are in need of a Tuxedo Suit We have some real beauties--Three Piece Suits Now what is the idea behind the bloodletting? Just that the heart is simply a muscular pump, and if it has to beat | fest, and pump a huge quantity of | blood, it may tire out ana quit work. / It, however, you take a number of ! ounces of blood out of the system, | say a half a pint to a pint and a half, | you can see that it bas that much less, work to do. . i The heart is the big factor, the' main thing to watch in an iHness. Therefore if the patient is lying down all the time, the heart has a great deal less work to do, than if he be sitting up or walking around. It then you give the heart a little more rest, by giving it a little less work to do, it is going to have that much better chance to prevent fat. igue coming on. Ene NB odwenDavies February 17th. One of the most picturesque fig. ures of modern Canadian history |. passed from the scene on this day in 1917, when Sir Wilfred Laurier, who had graced courts, coronations and Imperial gatherings, died at Ot- tawa. In him were gathered the best traits of his race, and he was respected by all partfés and all creeds, Always perfectly dressed, tall, slender in build, with a cul tured face surrounded by an aureole of white hair, his suave, benign pre- sence suggested that if he had in an- other day, lived upon this earth, he would have worn the searlet hat and gown of a cardinal, His friends ranged from the habitants, among whom he was born at St. Lin, Que- bec, to the present King and Queen, whom he accompanied on part of their Canadian tour. ------------ Family Financing. They tell me you work for a dollar a day; How is it you tlothe your six boys on such pay? I know you will think it conceited and queer, But Ldo it because I'm a good fin- ancier. There's Pete, John, Jim and Joe and William and Ned, A half-dozen boys to be clothed up and fed, . And I buy for them 'all good plain victuals to eat, But clothing<-I only buy clothing for When (Pete's clothes are too smal for him to get on My-wifé makes them over and 'em to John; ¢ When for John, who is ten, they have grown out of date, She just makes them over for Jim, who is eight. When for Jim they become too gives $37.50, $45. BIBBY'S Octavus Roy Cohen, Jr.. eight, Is an: author, but he doesn't like the type of stories his father writes about and from Birmingham, Ala. The boy's first story, "The Midnight Road," just accepted by a southern magazine, is full of thrilling crashes, violence and miraculous escapes. Protestant Bible in Latin, A Bible valued at one hundred thousand -dollars has recently be- come the property of the Public Library at Cambridge, Mass. This is the only known copy of the first Protestant Bible printed in Latin; its date is 1527. John Rudelius, a scholar from the University of Frankfort, Gernany, compiled it, and Peter Juentel, of Cologne, print- ed it. It ig illustrated with many wood cuts. The type is black and clear, the binding is strong, and the whole book is in good condition in spite of its nearly four hundred years existence... EE ---------- "BILLY " POURS TO LOAN We have considerable funds to loan on Farm, Village and City Properties, at lowest cur- rent rates. We have some good farms for sale at present. also some bargains in city property. London Express. As 1 antetpated, Mrs. Snow-|| den has qualified her indicfment of Mr. Ramsay MacDonald as "the leader of modern ||| 4 In so many quarters the animosity which so obviously exists between the ex-Prime Minister and ax~ Chancellor of the Exchequer--Mrs. Snowden's hushand--has been attri- buted to the fact that Mr. Snowden was not given No. 11 Downing street, the historic residence of] Chancellors of the Exchequer, and I suppose the suggestion is that Mrs. Snowden would have liked to have been hostess there instead of Mrs. Clynes. The story, however, can have no basis in fact, for the truth is that Mr. Snowden declined the oficial residence, because his severe lame- uess prevents him from climbing the stairs of a house. He, therefore, | Ji preferred to remain in his West mun-|} ster flat. ! . Bach man is 8 hero and an oracle |} to somebody, aud to that person whatever he says has an enhanced value~Ralph Waldo Emerson, 00 FLORIST Phones: OF an Resides HONEY : 5 and 10 Ib. tins ~ 15c.per Ib. HONEY IN Sections a a 800.