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Stye mumipfij GIrifom A 80UTHAM NEWSPAPER Tb Winnipeg Bventaf Tribune ie printed and publlehed mr evening except Bunday by Tribune Newipeper Company, Limited, a printing and publlihlnf company incorporated under the lawe ol the Province ot Manitoba, at Ita head office, chief piece of builneea and plaoe of abode, in the Tribune Building at the Northeart corner Smith Street and Graham Avenue, in the City el Winnipeg, la the eald Provlno T. N. BOUTHAM. President 11 NICHOLS. Vice President Managing Dlrectoi W.

HeCURDY, Business Manager W. L. MaeTAVISH, Editor A. W. MOSCARELLA, Advertising Director B.

T. SPRUNG. Secretary Treasurer The Tribune alma to be aa independent, clean apar for th home, dented to public, aarvlea. TELEPHONE J4 131 Private braaeb azohang eonneetlng all department. WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 27, 1933 MR.

FULLERTON'S BIG JOB The biggest public ownership job in the world ia to be the head of the Canadian National Railways. That responsibility has been placed upon the shoulders of the man whom Manitoba still remembers aa Mr. Justice Fullerton. Whether Mr. Fullerton can carry the load time alone can tell.

The one thing certain at the moment is that he will make an honest effort, giving his best to the task; and that ha brings to it a very considerable store of energy, experience and good Judgment. He waa a good lawyer. He waa not particularly talented aa a politician. He waa an excellent Judge, sound, energetic and highly respected. He has made a success of hla wider responaibilltlea as chairman of the railway commission.

Now be faces a task beside the difficulties of which all hla former occupations fade Into insignificance. The task ia many sided. He has, perhaps first of all, to restore the morale of the Canadian National, staff and employes, to assure them of permanence in their positions, and to revive their spirit. Then he has the task of building up the confidence of the Canadian people In the railway and Its future, at a time when that ia a difficult thing to do. He must defend the railway against the insidious influence of politics and the clutching hands of the politicians.

Then, with all that, there is the administration of a huge, far flung railway property, with many difficult railway and business problems aa a legacy from the optimistic past It is a herculean task. Mr. Fullerton will have the advantage of the counsel and assistance of an able railway man in Mr. conscientious and experienced operator. He has the advantage also of intimate know ledge of the railway problem gained through hla several years of service as chairman of the railway commission.

With all that it till remains a responsibility which might well daunt any man, and especially one who tor so many years nas aweic in ine aoisterea atmosphere of the courts and the railway commission. Winnipeg, where Mr. Fullerton is widely known and highly respected, will wish him well In his new sphere. It may be. taken for granted' that however the dlffi cuttles he ia facing, he will i bring to their solution his very best effort Just, now Greenland's; Icy Mountains la a line of song better left unsai or unsung.

I TWITTING MR, BENNETT Cheap gibes at Mr. Bennett because he expressed in 1031 or .1932 the belief that the worst over and that prosperity would shortly return are not likely to appeal to the Canadian people. There ia hardly a world statesman anywhere certainly one speaking with the responsibility of a prime minister or president who could not be quoted to the same effect at the same time. What else could a public man dq under such conditions other than try to keep up the cour age of the people and build up their con fldence that things would come out all right? What would be thought of a prime minister of Great Britain, say, or a president of the United States, who stood before an audience and said with all the weight and authority attaching to his office: "Times are bad, and the outlook Is worse. I cannot see any daylight ahead.

In fact I am afraid the worst is yet to come." Even if it were true would it be sensible to say it? There were dark days during the war. days when ultimate victory seemed a remote and slim chance. What would have been thought of an Allied statesman, speaking with the responsibility of high office, who confessed, fears of defeat? Courage and confidence on the part of the entire people were essential if victory was to be obtained. Courage and confidence won out The war against the depression is being won, slowly perhaps but surely. One hundred and forty three thousand Canadians have gone back to work since April, on the payrolls of the firms reporting to the department of labor.

Other thousands must have been re employed by the hundreds of firms not reporting. There are five wage earners today where they were four eight months ago. Similar reports come from almost every country in the world. Confidence and courage are being reborn. Mr.

Bennett la twitted because he is say now, again, that there ia ground for con mce. "You said that before, when things MS THE WINNIPEG EVENING TRIBUNE. WEDNESDAY. DECEMBER 27, 1933 were getting worse," la the gibe. What It he did? Then It waa a matter of keeping up the morale of the people and to some extent of a warranted hope for better time.

Now It la a well founded report on conditions. It waa thoroughly justified In both casea, and it la only cheap politics that aeea Vt in any other light Money talks. But today ha voice, artkv latlon and values are in the nature of babela. 1 TRUCK REGULATION There ia a clear analogy between the efforts of the City of Winnipeg to regulate taxlcaba and those of the provincial governments to regulate freight and passenger haulage on the highways. The outcome of the recent Intel provincial conference at Ottawa gives rise to the hope that, the provinces, by proceeding cautiously, will get something that will stick.

By that time the city may be ready to take a leaf out of the larger book. The Ottawa conference was a somewhat academic gathering whose chief purpose waa to get an official show of hands on the seven "principles" of highway transport regulation laid down by the Duff Commission. These principles are: Publication of schedules of rates and charges and regulations requiring road carriers to accept and carry under these tariffs what freight is offered to them without discrimination; protection of passengers by insurance; a proper system of accounting; regulation of working conditions and wages; standards of physical fitness for operators; preservation of road surfaces. There was some difference of opinion over the last of these, but on the other six the provincial delegates approved resolutions couched in language almost identical with that of the Duff "report The provinces declined to surrender any part of their constitutional right to control motor vehicles to the Dominion government This may prevent speedy formulation and enforcement of Domlnlon wlde policies of taxation and regulation. On the details of regulation and taxation the conference falledtqreah any accord.

As there will not be a second conference until the fall of 1934, there is little likelihood that a uniform policy will be built up in the near future, but an effort is being made to have the main outlines of a control program passed through the various legislatures at the coming session. In some of the provinces this will be hardly more than a gesture embodying the "principles." There Is considerable divergence in detail as between provinces which already have regulation in force. There Is also considerable variation In observance and enforcement, but it should be posible within two or three years to secure substantially uniform regulation throughout Canada. The French senate has dealt M. Chau temps a pat on the back and put a dent in the taxpayers' pocket book, by allowing the French premiers' budget balancing plan to pass.

MUSSOLINI'S SERVICE Students of government find much to criticize in Mussolini, but his war against the Mafia gang in Sicily has brought notable results that deserve the applause of believers in justice and order all over the world. For seven years the war has been waged with skill and with all the force which a dictatorship divorced from politics can provide. The enemy is now said to be routed. That secret organization of criminals has ruled Sicily for centuries; it has made crime a profession and developed it highly. With many politicians bought over by bribes or terrorized by threats of death included among ita allies, the Mafia waa at the height of its power and annoyance when Mussolini appeared on the Italian political horizon.

He decreed its extinction. Last year nearly 400 of ita members were tried for robbery and murder and nearly all of them convicted. Today it ia broken. In winning his battle with professional criminals Mussolini has served not only his Own country but all other countries in a notable manner, for hired assassins were senc from Sicily to other lands where gangsters had set themselves up along Mafia lines. It it known that many hired killers were imported into North and South America from Sicily.

Mussolini's ideas of government differ radically, from those in English countries, but hla war against gangsters is one which other lands might copy with good results. Japan la cutting into British markets. Japan is cutting into Russia's far eastern aspirations. Japan is watching Southern China. Japan wants more warships, less advice from the League of Nations, but more budgetary provision for Japan's fighting forces.

Japan is the world's wayward nation in causing uneasiness. THE A.A.A AND HOGS AND CREAM Prom the market page ot the Chicago Trtbun 1 The largest hog receipts since March, 1932, drove price, on Dec. 20, to the lowest point since the middle of last January. Top sales were at $3.25, and the general average was at $3.10. Arrivals totalled 52,000, Including more than 20,000, by truck.

Thle sudden influx had not been expected. Various explanations were offered by farmers accompanying stock to market Many sold hogs to obtain Christmas money, others to escape the Increase in the processing tax, which Is to be raised to $1.50 on Jan. 1, but the chief cause of the large gain In receipts was the unfavorable ratio between corn and hog prices. In the country farmers by the thousands were bringing their cream to market for 22 to 23 cents a pound, and all too frequently returning with oleomargarine at or 4 pounds for a quarter. Butter consumption In Chicago, which last year absorbed large stocks marketed in November and December, also wa I By V.

V. M. HEN young women read a certain type of book, says a local minister, It often leads to trouble. Particularly, agree young husbands, if the certain type is a eook book. WORSE 'N' WORSE DEPT.

Over there In good old Ireland they are thinking about putting a new traffic viaduct across the River Shannon. Well it shouldn't be hard to bridge. "There will alwava certain fraction of ttteatre goers," says a critic, "who enjoy vulgar plays. Said customers being, ot course, the vulgar fraction. i LINES FOR A JESTER You laugh at man.

And 'dames," and Love, and Ufa, To you a marriage Means perpetual strife. You mock, and greet So msny things with Jeers, Sometimes I think You laugh to hide your tears. 1 am delighted to meet you said the father of a college student shaking hands warmly with the professor. "My son took algebra from you last year. "Pardon me," said the professor, "he was exposed to it, but be did not take itl" MEMO FOR M.O.

Certainty Uncle Eephle Is a real person, I'll send him around' to see you soma time If you like. MABEL REPORTS V.V.M.j Well I must tell you about Christmas because it was the funniest Christmas I ever spent although I dont mean funny really I mean it was mighty queer if you know what I mean on account of fathers old krony bringing his son Hubert with him I mean the hockey player they all call Humpty the one who is through with women on account of being let down by his girl friend who up and married another guy without any warning. Well so when Humpty and his father arrive from Montreal I find he la just aa good looking as the picture of him I seen in the papers but he is the most con aeeted thing you ever saw in all your life and vary condesend ing if you know what I mean so it wasnt long before we had a grand fight but of course we dldnt do it In front of his Dad or mine but after they had left the room. Well it all sort of worked up gradual like but when both the dads had left the room I ask him if th.rs Is anything he wants to do par ticularly In the way ot amusement and he says very polite but very cold like that If it Is all the same to me he would just as soon be left alone as he Is bored stiff with parti's and shows and so forth and with that I flare up and say that is quite O.K. with me because I am also all In favor of my own company in prefrcnce to anybody else's.

at that he apologises very "ftlcely and savs he didn't mean tn be nirt but that he is suffering from a great nervous strain and consequently flys off the handle quite by accident so to speak at the slightest thing and I also apologise for flaring up and explain that I am in the same boat and in addition to that I am red 'and red heads are naturally quick tempered so then we get quite matey and he tells me about how he is through for with all women and I tdl him how I am off the entire male sex for life. Well so that was that and just to celebrate us making peace I mix up a Graveyard Special which is one my friend "Screwey" taught me about and after the second snifter Humpty suddenly remembers something look here he says my old dad Is very worded about me being off women for life and he wants me to take an interest in dames once more and so if I dont take any Interest In you it will spoil his Christmas and I wouldnt do that for anything in the worli Well I says that is ths same way with my old man In fact he invited you up here specially so that I would once more look upn the opposite urx without feeling sick at my stummak and if I treat you cold It win certainly put a crimp on his enjoyment of the holidays so then he says the only thing for us to do is to pretend we are quite fond of each other while the dads are around and then we can relax and be ourselves as soon as there backs are turned so I said that seemed to be a kind of suggestion and I would certainly do my best to look as If men were once more human beings avfar as I am So then we started acting our parts whenever the dads were around and even arranged so that they would catch us kissing under the mistletoe which tickled them pink because they dldnt' know we were just acting for their special benefit but of course when the dads were not around we just dldnt bother although Humpty did say the day after Christmas that for a girl I showed, signs of remarkable intelligence and I admitted that for a man be was almost bearable and he took me to a movie and a dance just because he thought the dads would expect It and I was nice to him at the dance just to make Myra that blonde baggag: think I was having a better time than she was but dear knows where all this is going to end. MABEL. WHY TEACHERS LOOK THAT WAY "Binoculars are people who write books about other people'e lives." Counsel to cautious witness: "Why are you so slow in giving your answers, madam? Are you afraid of telling an untruth?" Witness, promptly: "Oh, no, sir!" TOUCHING THOUGHT FOR TODAY Now is the time to start feeling virtuous about all the Nw Year's resolutions you Intend to make. Finer Tilings of Life As arrows are in hand of a mighty man, so are children of the youth Psalms, 127: 4.

How sharper than a serpent's tooth it Is to have a thankless child. SHAKESPEARE. The mob has nothing to lose, everything to gain. GOETHE. Hide, for shams, Romans, thy grand sires' Images, that blush at their deteriorate progeny! DRTDEN.

Looking Over The Field of Economics ANITOBA showed a surprising improve nvent in crop value in 1933 a seven percent increase over 1932, according to the preliminary estimate issued by the Dominion bureau of statistics. This is particularly interesting in view of the fact that the values for the whole Dominion showed a four percent drop. The best showing was made by Prince Edward Island, with a gain of 31.5 percent doubtless due to the favorable potato wbioh developed last fail. Manitoba's good showing remarkably good when contrasted with the Alberta and Saskatchewan figures is due la part to a similar intervention of natural causes. Manitoba farmers have gone in heavily for forage crops in recent years, and the demand for feed has been better than usual this year, with the result that an improvement was shown In spite of the adverse situation in the cash grain market Because Newfoundland was not able to meet its liabilities without assistance.

It has had to abandon ita status aa a Dominion and become a colony under the tutelage, as It were, of the United Kingdom. L'Action Cathollque, Quebec asks whether the Federal authorities at Ottawa will not have to confront certain Western provinces with some of the realities that the Newfoundland government had to face. Already heavily Indebted to the Dominion government these Western provinces seek to increase their borrowings. If this should continue, Ottawa may be compelled to demand that these provinces shall come under Federal administration. "There are dozens of central banks in the world," says ths Cbarlottetown, P.E.I., Patriot "and they have not saved their countries from ths fogs of depression.

Some are liberal in outlook, some are reactionary, so that If we get a central bank in Canada a great deal will depend on what type we get It would be foolish to look to it to cure all our financial troubles." Great Britain's Lords of Appeal in Ordin ary, final court of appeal in England and Wales, have overruled lower courts by uphold ing the validity of the gold clause in bonds. In the case of Foist vs. Soclete Intercommu nale d'Electricite, for payment in gold of a bond Issued payable in "gold coin of the United Kingdom of, or equal to, the standard of weight and fineness existing on Sept 1, lower courts had held that tender of Bank of England notes satisfied the claim. Although bank notes are not now redeemable in gold fn Great Britain, the Lords have reversed the decisions on Folst's appeal. The significance of this, says the Financial Post is that the decision is final as far as England and Wales ars concerned.

The Lords of Appeal, the judicial body of the House of Lords, give the final decisions In England and Wales, the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council being a body for settlement of Imperial cases. A Busy Union From the London Timee ROM Canton comes news of a busy and I I vigorous trads union, the Union ot III cigarette End Gatherers. It has nearer 1 3,000 than 5,000 members, whose dally earnings average at least threepence each. It has epHt up the grt etty ff fnfnn into five areas in the manner of American bootleggers, and its member are pledged to respect one another's territory. It Is an irony that an age which has seen such prodigious advances in the production of natural wealth should also witness such eager care over the refuse and rubbish heaps of mankind; but the tobacco that Is picked in the streets has this great advantage over other sorts of tpbacco, that it pays no duty, for Its duty has already been paid.

Smokers who like mixtures and blends ars many. But no deliberate mixing by experts will ever achieve quite the combinations that come about in the hands of an assiduous gatherer and mixer ot promiscuous ends. Sherlock Holmes himself found the different kinds of tobacco so varied as to deserve the careful attention of his intellect and one of his rare and valuable monographs Is devoted to them. In American prisons, where cigarette ends have a fancy value, there are different names for the different sizes, ranging from Captains' Butts, where from a third to half the length of the cigarette remains, to 'is next size, Shavetail Butts, followed by Sergeants and Corporals' Butts, and ending with Private' Butts, which ars cigarette ends that have already been passed round, and are now so short that they can be smoked only when a pin has been stuck through them, since there Is not sufficient length for the fingers to hold. This Dsy One Hundred Yesrs Ago Saturday, December 28, 1833.

Price 7d. At a of Poles resident In London, held on Christmas eve at the rooms of the Polish Literary Association, 10, Duke street, St James's, a French translation of "the last debates on Mr. Cutlar Fergussona motion in the House of Commons on behalf of Poland" waa adverted to, as having on that very day been received from Paris, where it was printed. Due reverence was afterwards paid to "Great Britain for her sympathy and full protection her laws held out to the persecuted," which was followed by "Glory to Poland, glory!" sung to the tune of "God Save the King." Every one of the party during that evening wore at the button hole of his coat a new medal, struck at Birmingham, fastened with a riband of national Polish colours, one side representing two female figures, Poland and Britannia, the latter consoling ths former with the legend "Poland thou art not and the reverse bearing the inscription "The Polish associates of Great Britain to save unhappy heroic Poland, 1833." From a Correspondent A DOG'S DAY PROLONGED (From Ttie Toronto GHobe) Lame and deaf and blind, an old dog cherished by Mr. William Micks, of Port Hope, ran the dreadful risk the other day of being impounded and destroyed simply because his master felt no longer able to pay the annual dog tax.

Every year for sixteen years the small sum demanded has been paid. But the other day the owner appeared before Magistrate Campbell to plead his case, acknowedg lng his Inability to pay, being ill and long out of work. He loved his old dog. That much was evident And the Magistrate, whetber a dog fancier or Just a magistrate, had a heart For right then he started an honor list placing Toby's name at the top and exempting him from taxation for the rest of his life. IT ISN'T THE COST, OF THE IT'S THE SPORT THING HUNTlMS EQUIPMENT jcert i SHOTGUN SHtU as Wtft Ta" ow mtfyizie Aim: 7 tOM er TiMt EtftrtTCAVS 73 The Peek Davis Shift WASHINGTON adviots in The Tribune TiTI have told of the clash between former II I Agricultural Adjustment Administrator Peek and those responsible for the AA.A.

policy. It was given him ready made. He did not like decreased acreage and destroying surplus live stock. He threw up his hands. Chester G.

Davis now runs the A A. A. policy. Mr. Peek, good Democrat is now running the foreign selling grocery department of the N.R.A., conjoined to the state apartment as anxious as ever to help, Incapable ot holding a grouoh when ha views times like these.

He does not bllev in explo sions. Under such circumstances the personality of his successor, Mr. Davis, is being conned with special a by natlon wldn farm producers. He Chester G. Davis and Secretary Wilson department think alike.

of the agricultural Like the secretary, Mr. Davis Is an Iowan. As a politician, he, while a Democrat, was a leading sponsor of the McNary Haugen tariff bill, a minor edition of the Smoot Hawley measure in force today. Both in purport and in effect these bills turned back Canadian farm products in an ever widening measure. If, as he says, Secretary Wilson regards Mr.

Davis as ''Just the man for the place" the head of the A A A. It I because Mr. Davis has no great craving for independent authority. Nor is his prestige and determination equal Vt that of his predecessor, Mr. Peek.

Like his chief, Mr. Wilson, Mr. Davis knows his American West from any angle applied to government Montana took his advice as good when ha ran a farm newspaper in that state. So much did he elucidate the ins and outs of farm progression in Montana that he was chosen as the state's commissioner of agriculture. There he was noted for his practical handling of a man size job.

When Mr. Peek headed the Mr. Davis, as a natural choice, was his close associate as a director of production In to basio agricultural commodities. He finally threw his weight on the side of Secretary Wilson and leaned away from his Immediate superior. see Davis is a man not "sold" on the co operative record of plans as applied to farmer organizing.

His capacity, when in Montana for unearthing what may be called the jokers' manipulating department was somewhat uncanny. He sees limitations whrre Mr. Peek thought he saw Individualistic principles In co ordination. Mr. Davis does not minimize the long drag ahead of him In jacking up the A.A.A.

from what he must regard as a rather ineffective start His job has more intricacies to it than Mr. Peek's opportunity, as one American newspaper puts it, to bergaln for lower duties with Mr. Davles foodstuffs as products to perhaps, for lower duties on wet goods as a G.D. LABOR AND THE N.R.A, tBjr William Green, the American Federation of Latior'a preeldertt, one of the R. A.

OroupJ Under ths New Deal, to use that term, we have made thus far but a beginning in industrial adjustment We have shortened hours, but not enough to put every one at work; we have raised wages, but not enough to compensate high prices and give' Industry the buying power needed to create a market We shall have to raise wage sgain and quickly, or workers will lose out as prices keep on rising, and Industry's market will disappear. Our recovery program is limited in its effectiveness by the reluctance of business executives to undertake reductions in hours with compensating Increases in wages that would provide incomes for all and buyers for all products and services. However, our limited success points the way. Wise p'annlng will assure that the shorter work week, with leisure for ail, lies in the near future leisure for the culture which material civilization makes possible. I I 7 tv I if ifp I arflBVSSeMBSBagrSarBBessaa.

Hutfrma PftlVILEdtt IORBr fob. kWJNa FARMER'S puctt snr ruTAt Joseph (Mo.) Gazette Scotch Sea Serpent By A. C. CUMMINGS From The Trlbuae'a London Bureau OoprrtfM by the Boutbam PubUahlns Co. EONDON.

Scotland has got an "Oge pogo." It rivals anything that British Columbia can produce in the Una of prehistoric monsters. It beats ths sea serpent seen off the Pacific coast the other day. It is a real monster of th deep because it has a police guard. And an act of the parliament to protect it from the shoo ing lust of Ul disclplinsd sportsmen is seriously proposed by scientists who ought to know what they are talking about The monster inhabits Loch Ness, the long narrow lake In the Highlands that cuts across Inverness shire like the gash left by a glgantla sword. At times the Ness river rises so that, its weirs are flooded and It is then practicable lut any average "sea serpent" of no greater "draught" than a small steamer, to make ita way from Beauly Firth, aa arm of the Nortli Sea, Into the Loch direct For months past there have been stories of "long sinuous necks" appearing over th placid waters of the loch, of "wrlggUng humps" that suggested a school of seals, of "curious sp.ashlngs" that indicated a mighty marine creature held prisoner in the lake and unable to find its way out Naturally, these first reports were met with sly references to the strength of "Hie'lan" whuskey;" to the notorious capacity of other wise truthful people for making marvels out of the sight of a few seals gambolling about in the water; and even to "mass hallucination" such as is supposed to overtake Europeans ia India when they assert that they hava see a rope thrown up in the air, a small boy go up the rope and disappear.

But the Loch Ness monster la not an tangibility ot that kind. He has been soea, by nearly sixty people most of them Goe fearing Highlanders, slow and cautious la statement and disinclined altogether to believe that there isn't a reasonable explanation ef the existence of the supposed monster. Here is a description of what six residents) of the highest respectability living In the Glass Urquhart district saw ths other day "For some minutes we watched what seemed to be a huge creature in a fury. The monster, or whatever it was, lashed about with enormous energy, and it was because of the spray It created that we were unable to get any clear Idea of its formation. "The splashes it was sending np were thres or four feet high, and nothing but aa occasional suggestion of a dark brown shape could be seen.

Judging from the area of the commotion In the water we should say I'm creature was about 30 feet in length." Here is another account of a schoolmaster, a master of arts, and a man with some scientific training "I saw It 700 yards diatsnt from me on a perfectly clear sunshiny day with the water of the loch as smooth as glass, I remarked that the monster had a serpent like head and neck of a dark color rising five or six feet out of the water and turning now and then from one side to the other. I saw nothing of the body but the water rippled as the monster moved. After about 12 minutes it sank slowly out of sight snd disappeared." a Some dozens of other people have beers similar descriptions and their stories hava been so consistent that the scientific expert who wrote an account of his observations for The Times, is satisfied that a creature about fifty feet long is actually Imprisoned in the loch, having come there from the sea. He rejects the suggestion that It might be some surviving form of prehistoric pleelosaurus, but thinks it resembles some vastly enlarged, long necked form of newt So the mystery stands at present Day after day photographers prowl round the shores of the loch trying to get snapshots. Day after day crowds of motorists from Inverness spend vain hours hoping to catch a glimpse i of the "sea eerpent" which they are convinced I it must be.

But only now and then is anyone rewarded with a break In ths smooth surface I of the water and the motion of a wriggling body hidden in its own waves. The patrolling po'leemen are the unlucklest of all. They have seen nothing so fsr and are beginning to wonder If "mass hallucination" doesnt explain a lot of things. 1 vr CS U9 4. I I a 'V.