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The inauguration throughout Canada of new social services, and the
extension of social services already existing, are policies to which it is now |
clear all political parties in Parliament are definitely committed. Since the}
beginning of the present century there nas been a steady growth, not only)
in Canada but in all countries in the number and scope of these services of
a social character, and it is now evident that the people of this Dominion
are in favor of more and still larger and comprehensive services of this
character.

This development is in line with modern trends and the new conception
that all the people are responsible for the welfare of each individual citizen.
We refer to this as a new conception, yet it is as old as civilization itself.
Man is his brother's keeper and if and when man fails to discharge that
responsibility to his fellowmen, then the very civilization which protects him
will collapse. So it is that the great majority of people will be found to

5 welcome the introduction and enlargement of a national programme of
* social services. <

There are, however, one or two danger spots in connection with such a
programme which the Canadian people will be well advised to recognize at
the outset. These services are designed to be helpful to us as individuals
and as a nation; let us therefore beware that they do not actually prove
harmful.

The first danger to avoid is, that in our enthusiasm and commendable
desire to provide social services, and to establish them upon a generous
scale, we do not overdo it, and embark upon programmes which may prove
to be beyond the financial capacity of the Canadian people to maintain.
Social services such as old age iT mother’s e
insurance, free medical services, etc., will cost an enormous amount of
money annually. Some of these services are already costing the Federal
and Provincial Governments many millions of dollars, but present expendi-
tures are ly small ii with the cost of proposals now
being advanced.

Each and every one of these social services can be provided and made
possible by just one method, and that is taxation. That is, the community
as a whole must through the payment of taxes provide the money which
will be distributed through one social service or another to the people who
are in need of such service. If fifty million dollars are required for, say the

of old age i it Canada, then taxes which will yield
fifty million in reyenue to the government must be imposed and paid by the
people. There is no other way. This fact must be recognized, together with
the further fact that there is a limit beyond which people cannot pay taxes,
and any social or other service which depends upon government taxes be-
yond that limit will find itself in difficulty.

Once established, experience has proven that these social services grow
very rapidly and that expenditures largely increase. This experience in-
dicates a second danger spot. It 1s this: So long as individual man and
woman are required to look out for themselves and plan for their future,
they will, as a rule, work, exercise some degree of thrift, and save against
sickness and old age. In a word, self preservation will be one of the guid-
ing rules of their life. But once it an d and fact
that people will be provided for whether they are at work or not, that the
community will care for them and all their ills if and when sick, and that
the community will suppot them throughout their old age and bury them
when they die,—then there is grave danger that the incentive which is now
the great driving force in our human nature will become less keen, weaken
and gradually die.

One of the tragedies of this depression period is the loss of incentive
and ambition by many people, and a willingness on their part to accept relief
payments in lieu of effort and work on their part. There is a tendency on
the part of some when offered employment to balance the offered wage
against the established scale of relief payments, and to decide whether
the wage plus work is any better than relief minus work.

So, in the development of all social services the greatest care must be
exercised that in our desire to benefit and help our fellow citizens we do not
set up systems which in actual operation will undermine their characters
and prove actually harmful to them as individuals, and destructive of the
morale and stamina of the race.

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Silver Jnbilee Celebration

His Majesty To Broadcast A Message
To ,The Empire

His Majesty will broadcast a mes-
sage to his subjects the empire over
on the evening of May 6, it was an-
nounced officially in London.

This is the principal day of the
great silver jubilee celebrations of His
Majesty’s accession to the throne. It
was on May 6 that His Majesty suc-
ceeded to the throne, and the celebra-
tion will continue to June 20, two
days before the anniversary of his
coronation at Westminster abbey.

While celebrations will be held
throughout the empire, the principal
events in which the king will partici-
pate are a grand review of the fleet
at Spithead, a military review at
Aldershot, and a review of the Royal
Air Force at Mildenhall aerodrome
on June 20. In between will be cere-
monial processions covering all the
London district.

On May 6, the actual anniversary,
the king and queen will attend a
great thanksgiving service at St.
Paul's cathedral.

Planning Tunnel Under
Straits Of Gibraltar

Spanish Government Has Idea To
Link Europe With Africa

The Spanish government is con-
sidering a vast public works pro-
gram to help the jobless, which con-
templates an outlay of about $135,-
800,000, the principal enterprise being
the construction of a Gibraltar tun-
nel linking Europe with Africa.

The tunnel under the Straits of
Gibraltar is the subject of a special
inquiry which has been in progress
some time. It is contemplated that
the subterranean route would be
about 20 miles long and would plunge
under the Mediterranean to the
depth of 1,500 feet. Construction
would be by means of a new type
compressed-air caisson, permitting
the excavation of the sea bottom to
a depth of 1,000 feet.

Congress Demands Respect

Persons Laughing At Chilean Parlla-
ment Will Be Arrested

Laughing at the Chilean parlia-
ment is now a punishable offence.
Chile’s deputies were annoyed at the
increasing fun which was being made
of congress and their debates, They
especially objected to remarks made
by members of the public in the gal-
lery and in the precincts of the par-
liament. At the request of the cham-
ber of deputies, therefore, the pre-
mier has given instructions to the
police to arrest any person who is
heard to “take in vain the name of
the honorable congress.”

Champion Bricklayer

Philip Lancaster, 24-year-old fore-
man in a brickyard at Hull, England,
lays claim to the title of being the
world's champion bricklayer. He laid
3,000 bricks in four hours, a record,
he says. In the first hour he laid
908, a little better than 15 a minute.

W. N. U. 2086;

Little Journeys In Science

COSMIO RAYS
(By Gordon A. Guest, M.A.)

Glass becomes negatively charged
when rubbed with catskin, but posi-
tively charged when rubbed with silk.
Also, a strip of celluloid becomes
negatively charged when drawn be-
tween the fingers. In order to detect
and measure the electric charges on
any substance scientists have devised
an instrument known as the electro-
cope. A simple type of electroscope
consists of a bottle with a paraffin
stopper, through which runs a pleco
of glass tubing. Passed through the
glass tube is a piece of brass or
copper wire from which are suspend-
ed two strips of gold leaf. A ball
made of tinfoil is attached to the
other end of the wire and Is, of
course, outside the bottle just above
the paraffin stopper. Whenever the
ball is given either a negative or
positive charge the leaves fly apart
in proportion to the amount of the
charge. A rubber comb rubbed on a
cat becomes negatively charged and
if the comb is placed on the tinfoil
ball some of this charge is imparted
to the electroscope and the leaves
will fly apart. Since the charge is
negative, another negative charge
will cause the leayes to spread still
father apart, whereas a positive
charge will cause the leaves to fall
together before again flying apart. In
this way the kinds of charges may
be determined. When even the best
of electroscopes are charged it is ob-
served that the gold leaves slowly
come together again. is means
that some electrically charged par-

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ticles from the at are neu-
tralizing the charges on the leaves.
Scientists set out to discover what
was causing this discharge of an
electroscope and found that it was
due to certain rays which came to
the earth from outer space. They
are called cosmic rays.

Many attempts have been made to
stop the natural leak or discharge of
an electroscope. These attempts
have always failed despite the use of
the most perfect insulators and the
protection of the electroscope by lead
shields, several feet in thickness.
These experiments suggested that
there exists an unusually penetrating
radiation of feeble intensity.

Scientists have carried electro-
scopes to points near the two poles
of the earth, at the equator, and at
various other latitudes. Electroscopes
and similar indicating and recording
devices have been sent up into the
air in sounding balloons to altitudes
of over 20 miles, and haye been car-
ried to altitudes of 25,000 feet by
airplanes in various localities and
have been taken to high mountains
as well as to depths as great as 1,000
feet in lakes. All experiments show
that the rays come from above the
earth and so they have been called
cosmic rays. Outstanding among the
various investigators in this work
are two American scientists, Millikan
and Compton.

New Gold Strike

Sensational Discovery On Tho North
Shore Of Lake Athabasca

‘Three aeroplanes are busy freight-
ing crews, diamond drill equipment
and supplies to what is hailed as a
sensational new gold strike at
Beaver Lodge, on the north shore of
Lake Athabaska.

Already there are more than 200
men at the camp, hastily constructed,
and more stakers are on their way.
Ten dog teams recently left Fort
Chipewyan for the scene of the dis-
covery.

All reports say that Beaver Lodge
is the greatest gold discovery in
Canada in many years.

Scientists have found “regulators”
of animal growth. Tests on salaman-
ders give a clue as to why ears do
not grow as big as hands.

‘There may be splinters on the lad-
der of success, but you don’t notice
them until you slide down.

Ancient Stronghold Found

Viking Guards Did Not Allow Women —
In Garrison a
A 1000-year-old Viking stronghold —
never visited by women {s the dis- —
covery of Dr. Holger Arbman, who ~
has been excavating at Sweden's an-
cient capital, Birka. That the Vik-
ing guards forbade women to enter
this garrison {s inferred because no ~
single scrap of a woman's ornaments
or apparel has been found in the ruins.
On the other hand, Dr. Arbman has
unearthed remains of the men’s —
arrowheads and many knives and
animal bones left from the meals of De
the guardsmen.

A meteor speeds through space at

about elght to forty-five miles per
second.

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