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The Exeter Times, 1922-8-24, Page 6..1EARHFUEL...CONTROL.....PLAI fltrQfler Ellis Outlined Policy Re,garding Allotment and CoUserration -- Suggested Removal of iPuy on Welsh Coal and Reduced Transportation Rates. A ati:Rpooa from Toronto Says:— Provided that immetliato action is taken on the part of Ontario Tramiel- palities, •in co-operation- with each other and 'with the easel dealers to. the provinee, there be n9 real coal famine during the ceming • winter. Suth is the view of J. A, Ellis, Pro- v.incial Fuel °outtalks' as expressed before a eonference of some one hun- dred aaci twenty representatives of ontario muniolp;alities held at the Parliament Bnilaings on, Thursday afternoon. Purchase of Welsh bite, ardnous coal, either admiraltY smokeless, was the measure advised by the Fuel Controller. Tha gist of the Oontrellsor's advice was as follows: Do net rely an Am- erican anthracite. If you can get Am- erican bituminous •coal, get it, but you will be welt advised to look elsewhere for a substitute. Anticipate thet you will have to find some substitute for hard (mai, at least until well on into December, and if. buying soft coal, buy from 15 to 20 per cent, of your normal year's su.pply, Although no eorrarete action grew out •oif 'the oonference, those present learned a good deial about the situa- tion as it affects the province gener- ally, and the individual cons•umee particular. From one source came the suggestion that the Dominion Govern- ment Should take the duty off Welsh soft eoal as was done in 1902, The Fuel Conte -eller •approvect and suggest, ed that the Federal autherities be memorialized to that exid, From Northern °Uteri° representatives came the suggestion that the Govern- ment Should be asked to take steps to reduce the freight vates en, hard wood. Ilia also met witla general eirPuova'4 jt bemps posiated outthat large etre - Plies of hard wood were available for distribution -blmushisut the central portions Of Ontarke • if the 'freight rates could -be lowered to a point where such action would be economic- ally possible, C. A. 'Magrath, chairman of the Federal Advaory Fuel ;Committee, and MeCourt, another member of the same body, outlined the ;steps, takea by the Dominion authorities, and stated that should Ontario decide to purehasse large amounts of Welsh coal, the committee would undertake to facilitate transshipment at Montreal. W. C. Cox, of 'Toronto, declared that there was actually at the present time a serplus of American bituminous coal in Ontario, and that no difficultY was being experieneed in gettine ord- ers from Amsertican firms fillecl for further large ailibunts. The better grades were not obtainable'he eaid, but every day offers were being re- ceived for delivery oi soft coal of a standard almost identical with that of the Welsh fuel, The Toronto deal- er prophesied that the price of Am- erican anthracite, ,following the close of the strike, would be somewhere in the neighborhoods of twenty dailars per ton, laid down in Toronto, NOVA SCOTIA MINES FLOOD; MINERS FIRM Owners Prefer Ruin to Yield- ing, While Strikers Declare They Will Starve First. A cles,patch from Sydney, N.S., says:—Interviews with the heads of the disputing factions of the Nova Scotia coal strike on Thursday yielded a mass of eonflicting testimony. Dis- trict Secretary 3. B. McLachlan of the United Mine Workers definitely stated that the miners would stick to their decision even if• it meant starving, was H. 3. McCann, As.s•istant Gen- eral Manager of the Do -minion Coal Company, gave a 110 less firm state- ment; that the company could not yield to the demands of the strikers, even though refusal meant destruction to, No general outbreak of disorders had occurred. at an early hour Thurs- day evening. According- to Secretary McLachlan there is not likely to be any. "It takes two to make a quar- rel," he said, "and unless the ,company brings in ,strikehre.akers there will be no trouble." On Thursday afternoon thousands of striking miners and members of the Great War Veterans' Association par- aded from the United Mine Workers' headquarters at Glace Bay to No. 2 c-olliery at New Aberdeen, where the soldiers from Halifax are encamped. There they met a new Waterford con- tingent of veterans, the majority of whom were United Mine Workers, and to the music of four bands the two bodies marched back to South Athletic Field, where a mass meeting was held. Meanwhile water is pouring stead- ily into the pits of all the mine -s in the Glace Bay area, while officials at the Scotia Colliery are being allowed to operate maintenance machinery - there. One company official stated that if the present state of affairs con- tinued for three rnore days every mine would be rendered unproductive for six months or more. Asked what the miners intended to do if the operators held out until the mines had been hopelessly destroyed, Mr. McLachlan said they would not be destroyed, "Only those men who just marched by—referring to the Great War Veteran,e-niiner parade— can pres-ent their destruntian though; nobady else *ill do it." Pressed for a definite reply in view of the fact that Number 10 had al- ready been abandoned finally, the Sec- retary said: "We can make just as much nioney -unwatering mines as digging coal." A despatch from Ottawa says:— Under the authority of the Militia Act, and in response to a further rea quisition from the offieer ,eammanding: the district, the Department of Mil- itia is seri cliu g 600 ad d iti anal troops to the disturbed mining -areas in Nova Scotia, This will make approximate— ly 1,000 members- of the permanent rail.itia which have been sent to the strike area in addition to the min- Peranament militia, Which are avail- able .at the orders of the district officer, The Chinese use shark fins for rak- ing a thick, gelatinous soup. During the past year big game hunt- c,,cr6 shot 1,016 111•00SS, 68,caribov, 108 mountain sheep, 47 mountain goat, ..nci 1,120 deer in the. Province of Al- berta, according to the report of the chief game wanclen. There were 5,200 licensed litiorters. Owintg to the. lack of snow in the„early part ef the sea - Retajiatiop Against Canada t Revoked by U.S. A despatch from Washing- t ton says :—Retaliatory provi- sions in the paragraph- that provides for free wood pulp and newsprint were eliminated by the United States Senate' during the, tariff' debate on Thursday. These proposed that, where a country or Province imposed any restrictions on the expor- tation of such materials to the United States, a duty of 1 0 per cent, should be imposed upon importations from such coun- try or Province. . These retaliatory provisions were aimed directly at impor- tations from Canada. Lord hlortholiff4 The great British newspaper magnate, who succumbed ta the illness which brought him back. to England from Switzerland a sbart. time ago. Great Relief. Lady (engaging a maid)—"Was your last mistress satisfied with you?" Mahl—"Well„muni, she said she was very -pleased when I left." The surplus potatoes grown in the Fraser Valley, British Columbia, will be utilized bey a new company, the Pacific Starch Products, Ltd., which is establithing a plant in South West- minster. The producte of the company will he potato flour, potato starch and dextrine, and- it expects to be ready for opeeationts by October 1st, employ- ing, a force of twenty men. Statistics show that the urban popu- lation in the Province of Alberta has grown in twenty -years from 18,558 to 222,904, an average increase of about -10,000 a. yeas% During the same per- iod the rural population has been in- creasing at an average rate el 15,500 a year. Distribution if the seeds of native 'coniferous trees Train the Federal seed extracting plant at New West- minster, B.C., has 'been quite active lately. The largest purelueser of this seed is ;the Forestry Commission ce Great Britain, which has taken over 7,000 pounds this year. S'hipments of seedi have also been made to Australia, New Zealand, Tits/amnia, the different provinees of Canada, as well as to as- sociations ere individuals in the United ern+ the limiting- was not as ;good as it States anac, Be giten Sweden, woeld otherwsee have been. Norway Vinland and Peru. • C EASE "Another Wile -less, Wonder --Passing Show, Landon. C lada From Coast to Coast St, john's, Nfld,--Three-quarters of a million tons of ore are to be de- livered to Rotterdam from Wahana TOT trans -shipment via canals into Ger- many. Twelve steamers of 11,000 tons of ore a month ane to sail to Rotterdam between now and Decem- ber. Overseas shipments of iron ore from Waimea have been practically nil since 1914. The new contracts with German agencies will bring about a revival of pre --war prosperity in the Wabana district. N.S.—Several thousand harvesters have -* left the Maritime Provinces for the western grain fields. Included in the excursions leaving frem Maritime points are a number of new arrivals from England making their war straight to the Wes -t in time for the harvest season. St, John, N.B.--The July customs receipts at the port •of St. John were the largest ever collected in the his- tory of the port, according- to a state- ment issued by the local customs house. In the months, just passed $820,604 was collected, an increase of $85,469 over July, 1921. Accardintg one of the customs officials 'business of every kind is brightening and col- lections in every sphere of business activity are good. Quebec, Que.—The establishment of American branch factories in Canada centilitres this year to a greater extent than ever. Among the American in- dustries to locate in Canada within the pest few month's have been a copper and brass concern at Toronto, cutl•ery manufacturers at Hamilton and Wel- land, electric bulbs at Oshawa, hosiery at Guelph, automobile plants at Sar- nia and Windsor, silk miEss at Cower's- ville, auto tire plant at Hamilton, silk dyeing and finishing- at Drummond- ville, and textile dyeing tat St. Johns. Woodstock, Ont.—Operations have commenced at the plant of the Oxford Milk Products, Limited, They have an all -modern sanitary equipment, MGM- ing mechanical refrigeration and stor- age. It Is the intention of the com- pany at first to manufacture whole milk powder and skim milk powder and have sweet cream for sale. Later iilloY Will in,a4,:e buttermilk pOwdler) cream powder and ice cream 111iX pow- der. ' The plant can handle about 60,- 000 pounds of milk for making powder and there is a large creamery equip- ment to handle churning cream. Winnipeg, Mat. --Complete with all modern conveniences Manitoba's new $1,000,000 ;school for the deaf will be leannal,ly opened in Serpteanber. A theatre for moving pictures and pan - ton -Arnie teaching is also a feature of the school. For boy pupil's there is a printing shop, while girls are taught dress -making and other household arts. Stancl mirrors for "hp" and "speech" reacting 'are also installed. Regina, Sask.--There ere very large increases in 'the acreage sown to rye at some points hi the Province of Saskatchewan, according to a govern- ment report. The 1921 •acreage seeded to rye in the Maryfield district has been quadrupled this year, and three times last year's acreage is seeded to rye in the 'Swift Current district. At Meose Jaw, Vidora and Dodsland. the 1921 figures for rye are being doubled and at many other points increases of 5 to 10 per cent. are shown. Not a single point in the, -province has re- ported any reduction in the rye acre- age this year. • Calgary, Alta.—Seven bird sanctuar- ies have been established in the Pro- vince of Alberta by the Federal Gov- ernment in co-operation with the pro- vincial a-uthorities, and regulations drawn up for their •eorstrol. The final completion of the Saskatchewan sanc- tuaries is pending, and a survey is -to be made to locate suitable areas for birci sanctuary purposes in the Pro- vince of Manitoba. Victoria, 13.0.—So prosperous have become the Doukhobors settled around Nelson, B.C., that they have paid up in casth $700,000 of $1,000,000 capital of the company- they formed on June 24 last to tarry on their buying and sell- ing, returns furnished to the Provin- cial Government here show. The Doukhobor co-operation is registered as the Christian Community of Uni- versal Brathathead, Lbc1,, capitalized at $1,000,000. High Cost of Polygamy. The high cost of living is having the effect of discouraging polygamy in Zululand. Such is the report of the Danish author, Olaf Linck, who has so-journed -a year in that country. A good wife costs at present eight oxen, and the market is se firm that many fathers sell their daughters on install, merits. The man pays one ox when the woinan arrives, and one 'weekly. When the purchaser does not pay the installments punctually the father takes his daughter back. The hus- bands find this on the whole ta thear advantage. If ,a; man is dissatisfied with his wife after a week or two of wedlock he simply declines to pay. My Thanks. Lord, take iny thanks for little bits of cheer, Which makethe land of friendship , very dear! The lending of a bOok; some violets found, And posted to me from a garden ground; The birthday greeting, just a line or two Reminding faith that many hearts are true. For these, take tranks, 0 Lord; such bi•ts of cheer Make lily loved land of friendship very dear. =Lillian" Gard. ••11 R::'FED:ERAL,RgyEN...:fs; ATWN OF NEW STAWTAXES A despatch Cram Ottawa ,payee—In- dieations of returning prosnerity M!O• furnished by increasing Federal' 'TOY- anues, and the. saltness of the new stamp taxes as money makers; is be- ing dernonstrated early. Although the tax, has sheen, in operation only afeet-- night, revenue, from this Source has gone as thtig-h. as $1,500,000 in a day. This 'fi.gare is'inordinate and is an tributiOle to firms or anneal -ties: pay- ing in one day for the embossing of their 'cheques for a. month, thus ob- viating the necessity of affixing .stamps. An ordinary days receipts from the stamp tax, however, are around half a Malhon. -- HOW It works out is exemplified by comparing a siingike day in Judy with one in. Au.gust. On July 15, beifore the new levy came into effect, the re- ceipts were 'around $280.,000. On the coress'ponding day of _keg -net they amounted to $590,000. It not 1>e surprising if the montli's revenue from this source aggregates', $15,000,000, S\hvelethausperoatPet;inet:li raof r Ilenitvrtitis'17no'atnerciettreclU%13-'e:d'4'fitll'n of the Simultaneously ,cutsitones receipts are going, up. Those for July showe' an increase of over $3,000,000 (x)mpared with the torresStponding month, while the August inencitsse promises to be mere marked again, The esbiniat,e will be exceeded. LikeWise, in regard to ineonte and business profits revenue -it is apparrsht that 'the estimate of $60,000,000 is well within the mark. From this source $51,000,000 has already been collecte,d, +in four months, the propos-- tion being $45,009,000 from income aTnAlhe .16atio'°e°r°'-tax°°° hlarsame-Xlb?iurseiclile.asesdP'crolfinliet tionS are in the nature of old taxes. , If things keep up at the present rate 'the financial showing at the end of the year will be everteedingly favor- able, ,especiallar if expenditures are kept tin check and the railway ehort- age within bounds. Disastrous ,Fire Sweeps North-West Minnesota A despatch from Duluth says:—Six known dead, hun- dreds homeless, at least two towns wiped out and a dozen others in imminent danger, was the apparent toll of a series of forest fires 'which swept North:Western Mirme- sota on Thursday, causing the worst conflagration since 1918, when four hundred per- sons lost their lives. Drought conditions ha.ve,in.- creased - the menace to alarm- ing proportions, and on Thurs- day night more than 2,000 were fighting the fires in vari- ous sections. - • P:rthu! G r i ff it h Head of the Dail Eireann and found- er of the Sinn Fein, died at his resi- dence near Dublin of influenza. He was described as the Father at the Sinn Fein and was regarded as the principal bitellectual force in it. . Trinity Sunday was definitely estab- lished -in 1334. Reserve Air 'Force for Bri- tain's Defense. Tha•Air Ministry is mappifig out An extensive program for building. up ea reserve air force which, i,t tclaims, will plateC the potential strength of British aviatiGn beyond parallel in the world. says a London despateh. The scheme, which probably will be inaugurated early next month, effees inducements to demobilized fliers, anti 'while it will not establish as many active squad- rons as the French army has, it will isure a formidable force equals to any ernergencry. Unofficial circlets regard 'this as the answer to widespread' censure of Great Britain's neglect of aviation. The reserve organization will, train , ex -pilots in the newest types •of ma - ;Chines, giving them every opportunity for keeping their hand in without seriously interfering with their civil- ian occupation. It will lye kniavn offi- cially as the territorial air force. The men ;composing it will report quarter- ly, getting twelve hours, of fiyinig the course of n year with full pay far days of training, besides- an. annual grant of £30. A special. course is planned M build up the technical force which will have a fortnight of etudly each year. A mecfsanies' reserve of war veterans also is provided for that there may be no shortage 'Of personnel in the event of sudden 'eniergenda The Ministry purposes, further to grant between 2,000 ands 3,000 tempo- rary commissions to R. A. F. officers not wishing to remain, in the service but willing to continue for three years They will be paid the same 'xis' regular officers ands • on, tissit autamatical uP 1e1 ug - ly willepass into the eeserva Thepro-' &fiction of aircraft, wullul be 'enah as to permit placing a great fleet in the air in a few hours, notice. - The IVIsinistry- is endeavoring to make offers attractive .to the thou- sands of war fliers, -who are -expected, to welcome the chance to get ±01 the air again without binding themselves to the army. Specimen of French Humor. Fond. mother. (in shop) "Is this 'baby's bonnet well made?" Salesiady--"Well made, madam? It will Last your baby a lifetime." eedy Market Repel., T Manitoba svh:eolont at.—Noo.. 1 Norther -re $1.27; No. 2 North.orn $1.19; No 3 - Na -therm, $1.14. Manitoba oats—Nominal. 'Manitoba barley—,Nominal. - All. the above track, Bay ports, American corn—No. 2 yellow, 80e; No. 8 yellow, 79c, all rail. Barley—No. 3 extiti„;.test,„ 47' lbs. or better, 55 to' 58.c according:to :freights- loutside. Buckwhea.t-e-N6rainal. ye No. 2; 65 -to 70c. Millfeed.—Del. Montreal ' freight, bags- included,: brat; per tan, $22 ta $23; shorts, per ton, 9124±0 $25; good feed flour, $1.70 to $1.80. „ Baled hay --Track, Tot -onto, per.ton, extra No. 2, $22 to $23; mixed, $18 to $19; clover, $14 to $18. ' Straw—Car lots, per ton, track, To- ronto, $12 to. $13. Ontario wheat—New Ontario wheat, No. 2, 950 to $1, at outside' points. t Ontario No. 2 white oats—New. 34 to 35c. . Ontario corn--N,ornicial. Ontario flour -1st pate., in jute sacks, 93's, $6.80 per blain 2nd pats. (bakers), $6.30. Straights in bulk, seaboard, $4.50. - Maniteali•a flour—lst pats., in jute, sacks; $7.80 per 1551.; 2releets.'$7.30, Clie,ess—New, large, to 19o; twins, 19 to 191/2,,c; triplets, 20 to 201/2.e. 015, lar-ge, 25e; twins, 24 to 241/ec. Stiltons,'25e. Extra old. large 26 to 27e. -Old Stilbons, 24c. Butter--F.Mest ,ereamery- prints', 38 to 39c; ordinary creamery prints'34 to 36c; No. 2 creamety, 32 to 34c. Dairy, 29 to 31e. Cooking, 21c. Dressed poultry—Spring chickens, 35 to 40,c; roosters, 23c;„ fovn, 24. to 27e; ducklings, 3-acetutkeys, 35 to 40c. Live pellutry---Spning tchickene, 30c; roosters, 17 to 20c; fowl, 20 to 22.e; ducklings,30e; turkeya; 30 to 35c. Margarine --20 to 22e. ' .Eggs—Ne. 1, candled, 28 in 29c; eeleets, 32 to .33c; 'cartons, 31 to $6c, Beans,----Carraclian, Itana-picked, bus., $4,25; primes, $3.75 to $3.90. Maple products—Syrup, per imp. crah, $2.20; per 5 imp. gale., $2.10; Maple sugar, lb., 29e. Honey-60.4lb. tins, 13 to 131/2c per lb.; 5-21/2-1b. tins, 141/2 to 151/2c per lb • Ontario oomb honey, per doz. $4 to $4.50. , Potatoe.s.--New Unbar -lies, 81 to $1..15. Smoked, meats—Hams, med., 34 to 86c; coakea ham, 48 to 52c; smoked rolls, 28 to 31c; ocittag'e rolls, 35 to 38.e; 1>realcifa•st bacon, 32 to 35e; spe- cial brand brea.kfa.stabacan, 41 to 43c; backs, boneless!, 89 t9 43c. Cured meats --Lang -clear . bacon, $17; lightweight tb•bls., $48; h,eavyweight, rolls, $40. , Land—Pure, tierces, 16c; tubs, 17c; pails, 17n; prints, 1.8c. Sher -toning, tierees, 141/2 to 143/4,c; tubs, 15c; pails, 151/2,c; prints', 17e., • • Choke heavy steers, $7 to $8; but-, ether steers, choice, $7 to $7.50; da,{ good!, $6.25 to $6.7,5; do, med., $5 to $5.75; do, cone, $4.50 to • $5; teller I heifers., ,choice, $7 to $7.50; do, male; $5.75 ,to $6.75; do, cone, $4.50 to 85; 'butcher cows, choice, $5 to $6; do, ined., $3.50 to $4; canners and cutters, $1 to 912; butchen bulls,, good, $4,50 id $5; do, come $3 to $4; feedets, good,' $5.50 to $6'; do, fair, $5 to $5.50; stockers, good, $4,50 to $5.50, do, fair, $4 to $4.25; milkers, $60 to $80; epringems, -$70 to $90; calves, choice, $10 to $11.50; de, med., $7 to $8: elo, corn., $3 to $7; spring lanibts, $11.50 to $12; sheep, choice, $5.50 to $6; d'o, good, $3,50 to $4.50; do, com, $1 to $3.,, yearlings, choice, $6 to $7; do, cam., $4 to $5; hogs, fed ancl watered, $13.50 to, $13,75; do, f.o.b., $12.75 to $13; do, country points,' $12.30 to $12.75. Montreal. Oasts-- Oan. 'West. No. 2, 58 to 59c; do, No. 8, 51.'to • 52e. Flour—Manitoba spring wheat pafs., firsts, $7.80. Rolled oats, bag of '90 lbs., $8,20 to $3.30. Bran ---$25-.25. ,Shorts, $27.50. Hay ---No • 2, pox ton, car lots, $25. Cheese'finest e as tern s ' 1514 te 151/2e. Butt or, , choicest cresam ery„ c: Eggs; ,s,e1,q6tod, 33e. - Canners, $1 pea •ewt.;"• good veal ealvess $8; nued. ealsv-est, $7; gvassers, $4.50 and up; godd lambs, $9 te clictice lots $10•• Com,' la.mbs $8,50' straigtht lots of mills, $7;. shreep,.fairlr. good lots, $4; cern., $3;,, hog, $13. •;1',• Lif Choie ThO couree of DLUe is a series ref elefetivets. What we are now, what we do now, is determined largely by decision to go to the right IOT ±0'OM left years ago. A young' person, who takes 'if.° seri- ously feelix that tilQ choice of a vaca- tion makes a big difference'and it does. 13tut lt does not fellow that the fleet,. Choice offers the 'final hope of suceess. A' great many ,thoose arid change and 'tere seueeessful.- Life that gives us a range of tchotces al•so gives us repeated ehanscee. He who has choseri wrong end gone -,..'sronet may ;choose again and go right. • Yet every determination of the past leaves in some degree lte indalibia 'im- press on our ,present. The man who ;repeatedly has been kind anti gen- erous has established a habit not likely to be shattered; the -Man whoge thoughts and acts were •ecinstistently evil is liable to continue as. he- .al'vRV13 has chosen to do and to be. As we review our own careers we think we.see whiat fools- we were now andothen, arra we would give anything if we COUR "tralrel back over the. years to that ;spot where once we halted, and considered at the tthivergence of the ways,. Wise after the event, we recognize now, and too late, the irre- deemable folly, Very often that folly is one of raismating. An infatuation led to the impulsive error, which has made the time since then a period, of penance and repentance. , A man. sits in his prison cell end 'wonders how hoNreame there. It is not -the man he is now ''ho put him behind the bars; it is a man he •alahers and repudiates, dne thong ago be- trayed and undici him, -when the evil side of our eoannsen harnan nature TOSS up suddenly and over-ea/ire the good. ' It took' two minutes to do the wrong thing; it has taken ten years for the expiation. Why?. He asks 'the riddle of his ONVT1 universe and has Tro sins - 'ver. All he knows is he made &pis, take. He .cannot retrace' the false step. But he need not bake the.same step again. He eau go the other way after this, and.a, right kind of periaf system' will fortify him in, the per - pose of so ,cloing. The quietest of lives. cannot Wholly escape decisions 'whereon a great deal' depends. -A human being goes neither right nor wrong alone; he inspires or disheartens others whom he relay never know; he lifts' up 'Or he drags clown when he tis unaware, No bioe grapher•can tell, in the case of a great, good man, the most valuable result o/ such a life in the lives remote or near that he has quickened to tb-e--bettei than they were; as none can e,stiniate, for a baci man, the subbleepoison that he loft behind to creep in the veins of those that shall come ,a.fter him. When a man decides what sort of life he is to lead, positerity ±0tconcerned, and; tire world tis better or worses--' the choice he makes. The Brain of Ireland. Arthur Griffith died in .Dublin list- ening to the faint and far echoes Of the gunfire of a dying civil war. .He had come a Very long way in 'his fifty years. Twenty-five years back his pen, one of the bitterest political pens Sille0 Dean Swift, was getting, into ils -swing, He was editing the United Irishman (and visioning Ireland as a nation, This dark little man, OlIS af the dark Celts with a ,strain of Welsh in him, was beginning the career that made him the ohganizer ,of "Sinn Fein." He knew English ptivons and 'what it meint to Ide "out in iho. hills." He die5 head of the Dail Eireann mad of the Irish Free State. Because of him and men like him Ireland 'eftee •••• 700 years, had 'come to the edge of Paane- Of all her sans, Ireland, can least afford the loss of Griffith. His wosd was no male than half done. This qatiet little man bads -come to clear sanity and walked with realities rather than arm -in -arm with Gaelic: dreams and Middle -Age mysticisuren Ide had grown to .13S the 'brain of the new nation as Michael Collins had come to be its sword -arm. Out of the chaos of six years of rebellion, ambushes, arson and murder he was being -Mg order. His death will hurt and may bewild- er the Free State that leaned s,e'lleav; ily upon shim. More than any other Iran in Ireland, he had tshap,ed 1±0 Anglo-ltrish pact. He had beoken the grip of Robert Barton, Erskine Chil- ders, Charles I3urgess andeDe Valera. Childers is in jail, Burgess Is dead and De Valera is "on the run," bet Griffith's death may cause new align- ments, renewed confusion and change the' course of Irish affairs. - Therm were long periods when De Valera and qe.lolline were 'tthte foremost Irish figures, but the Griffith influ- ence was powerful always; For two years he had been "the steady- and stabilizing force in Ireland. There was a time when the heart of Collins . g're'w weak and he, seemed ready tq listen to De Valera and Berg-ess aixt Rory O'Connor.. Griffith stood fast for the 'treaty and for the elections o/ June that revealed the Republiean weakness •ancli gave the Free State its mandate to suppress the Republican irregulars. More than arnythlitg else in the world, Ireland needs ;common sense. This Ilriff4th .11ad ±0&eat measure. He was the Irish 'balance -wheel and sitabillizer. This man of exquisite judiginemit and cht11i tire has beeni taken away from Ireland when slue needled ban most.