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A n o th e r m ucm discussed su b jec t is economics and quite rightly so, sirico both* dem ocracy and economics a re so in ti­ mately connected: in th e m odern world th a t each ac ts and reacts on th e b th e n H e re again there, is a division of op in ion ,. some holding th a t m ach inery has p u t th e old principles o f eco^ nomics b n t o f da te , w hile o thers a re satisfied th a t.th e business world a s n o w -co n stitu ted -w ill gradually w ork -itse lf back to prosperity. ■-"•. :■ , ' , ' W h a tev e r m ay be our ideas abou t th e im pact of m odem machinery. ,on'econom ics; th e re is no 'doub t abou t th e effect of the political m ach ine on dem ocracy.! F o r it. has constitu ted itself in to a k in d o f m iddlem an b etw een th e v o te rs and govern­ ments, and calls th e tu n e from both ends. , Of course, th e political, m ach ine w as a s ntuch th e inevitable child.,of govern­ m ent by m anhojki „ fran ch ise as th e m odem gangplough was of its wooden ancestor^ I t cam e into, being as a ̂ result of the* . .. 1.'*1 u. X ..A. .A . XM .>kl*X1 .ai .; fa to wb . I'M ' <M M« « î.4rk 1«v1 ' Vinability of th e av erag e vo ter to se ttle upon a su itab le candi­ date o r hiS' lack^ of in te re s t in such : a choice. F u r th e r th an that," i t is. o ften a p p a re n t th a t tod la rg e a proportion of th e itir**mn'hl4a' m ther from Iflok of indflm ent o r know-electorate'^is incapable,' e ith e r from lack of ju d g m e n t o r know ledge, of fo rm in g an in te lligen t decision on th e issues before them . ' T herefore , i t a s possible th a t som e form, of lim ited franch ise m ig h t re su lt in b e tte r governm ent, fo r exam ple,' a franch ise iqualifica tion based jo in tly dfi a certo in s ^ n d a rd .o f ediicatioih.' a tta in e d oi* a ce rta in am oun t , of equ ity obtained but o i o t J n h e r i t t e d i v v , ; . a . - ̂ 'Zn3 " - -r--- rZ- ^rrf On th e economic side th e re i s ; n d q u ^ t io n th a t the m achine h as ru n aw ay w ith civilization. I t Has resu lted in a surpliis o f goods and , w hich is m uch .m dre serious, a lack of em ploym ent.. So f a r nobody has beeniable to eyo lve 'a rem edy' -fo r ie ith e r^ o n d itio n -^ b ey o n d -th e -d iso d u h tin g -o fith e^ u tu reb y i P R E M IE R A B ER H A R T SPEA K S A T O RANGE H A L L W E ST HAY STORE J. H. Grifltiths c a rrie s a full line of fre sh m eats a t th e W estT he O range H all w as crowded to th0« doors, m any h av ing to Bay S tore . All a re governm ent s ta n d ; "on th e occasion o f th e inspected and a t city, prices, m eeting addressed b y 'P r e m ie r F ree delivery. P hone W est 62. A b erh a rt o f A lberta , la s t Mon-; day n ig h t. A . H arvey S m ith , w ho MISS M cGILLlYRAY TO acted as chairm an , said i t w as R ESU M E TEA CH IN G not a political m eeting, but: -- -- ra th e r cpncerned th e su b jec t of. Miss .M arjorie R., M. McGil- economics, in w hich so m any had livray, associate teach e r of th e M i^ Joan 'D urb in W ho is giving ' a. Recital become in te rested in these diffi­ cu lt tim es. H e considered he w as fo rtu n a te in hav ing been able to induce P rem ier A b erh a rt to come over to W est V ancouver to give an address, . Councillor E lg a r welcomed P rem ie r A b e rh a rt on behalf of W est V ancouver, . th e Reeve being o u t of tow n, and M rs. Gos- tick, a ' m em ber fo r C algary , spoke briefly to th e women... , D r. H arvey of C algary, an old friend of P rem ie r A b erh a rt, in ­ troduced th e speaker of th e evening. P rem ier A b e rh a r t, The P rem ie r said th in g s w ere going-w ell in A lberta . - W hile .he J. D. A, T ripp P iano School, has opened a stud io a t h e r residence, 2667 Haywood A venue. Special fea tu res of th e w ork a re ; 1, supervised daily p rac tice fo r beginners and those w ho have no piano; 2, p rep a ra to ry piano class in rh y th m band, theory , ea r-tra in in g and piano technique fo r beginpers (w ith or w ith o u t daily p rac tising , according to age). A, class fo r tho^e 6-9,_ A class fo r those 9-12. This is an excellent course to introduce th e ,s tu d y of p iano and to estab lish rou tine habits.' 3, R h y th m B and and th e o ry alone fo r those w ishing to s tu d y any - in s tru m e n t; 4,. P r iv a te . governm ent;loans fo r re lie f purposes, w hich is merely, p u ttin g ' SECOND NARROW S _ _ - „ ,. bridge TICKETS was not present to form a politic- . , piano lessons for all ages. al p a rty , he advised th e people Miss M oGillivray is ca rry in g of B. C. to p u t politics o h th e on these classes in th e c ity w ith shelf fo r five y ea rs and g e t down excellent r esu lts in recital and to hfisiness. In A lb erta 80% had exam ination work, signed up to g e t behind S o cia l Children should learn h ab its C redit, th ey had th e deb t s itu - of ; rou tine w ork a t an N otice is g iven by th e Vancou- _ver--H arb o u r; Com m issioners in th is . is s u e . oif < j th e . issuance of fo r opinioh bo th oh th e p ractica l nnd th eo re ttea l . _ , . . , - , m ay very well be th e solution o f th e economic, im passe, they, have no t yet.^beeh tried- ou t nationally . ,A nd .we\ understand' th a t .their,.lanthor. in s i# s4 o n , t h i s ^ ; a n ecess^^ if t l ^ y a re j not long enough; to p ro v e-its .rp rac ticah ility . M eanw hile /no th in k in g m a p 'c ^ h deny th a t ou r civilization is fa lling to p ieces-b e fo re o u r e y ^ . T h e -s ig n s of th is are issue conib ination tickets good fo r ty t r i p s for^ au to and d riv e r . ation in hand, and would be cariy age, and these classes pro- across t h e - Second N arrow s ing dividends, he, hopedj in tw o vide fo r th a t. F o r fu r th e r infor- ' B ridge th e sam e-being eifective m onths. B. C., th e r ich est p ro v -' m ation consult M iss M cGillivray from 1st O ctober;"T h ey a re good ince p e r cap ita . in-.Canada, ;iahd' a t her stud io on W ednesdays only fo r;th ree ;m o n th s fro m d a te w ith th e b iggest p e r cap ita deb t,' and S a tu rd ay s or telephone W est ib u e , and a t th e . ; -M d em >uA w ealth to g ive e v t o ., 585-R-l. office ' t h e ' h o w en(f "of f h e ^ ih d iv id u ^ -$69r,per"TfiiO ' ' ' 'JJ -0- everyw here around-.usi": A nd r th e re fare th e tw o g re a t fo rces-^ Com m unism and F asc ism -- w hich have' o b ta in ed . such a strangle" hold , in 'E u ro p e , and w hose p rogress cannot be ex­ pected to be h alted b y -th e A tlan tic fo r ever. - - - - ^ If we do n o t w ish to come^'sooher or la te r under th e iron heel of one o f th e o th e r of t h e m r i t is h ig h rtim e fo r us in Canada to ta k e .such m e asu re s as iwill pu t. our coun try on a solid dem ocratic an d ecohbm jc basis. , b ridge o r a t the^ office o f th e C om m issioners a t 'th e . foo t of Dunlevy A venue in -V ancouver. T ickets m u s t be punched by th e collector each tim e a ' trip- is m ade over th e bridge. COUNCIL NOTES The m a tte r of school signs, fo u r w ays, in connection w ith Pauline Johnson School w as re- TH E BU R N IN G BU SH ---------^Byl-Suhadar The kids h av e gone back to school and, from w h a t my^mai:- he^ds to g e th e r a s to w h a t th ey fe rred by th e Council to th e would have carved' on th e dear engineer. d ep a rted 's tom b. H ere's a sm p le-. ' . ' o f one of th e m : - A. N . M ouaf, w rote th e C.oun- was co n trib u tin g to O ntario and Quebec to k e e p ' them going. The people o f B.-C. should, like A lberta , Arid one hundred honest •men, and th en have them learn to do w hat th e banks do, i.e., use th e ir ~ow n 'cred it; w hich was a provincial and n o t a federal m a t­ te r. F ive te rm s w ere used in Social C redit, nam ely ; 1, Social Credit, o r c red it you have be­ cause y o u r neighbor lives near you ; 2, C ultural H e r i^ g e , th a t com ing from y o u r ancestors, -w hich should" help o^ou to go LEGION H A LL COMPANY A special m eeting of th e d ir­ ectors and shareho lders o f th e Legion ;Memorial H all B uild ing Com pany will be held a t 8 p.m . n ex t- Tuesday, S ep tem b er, 29th, in th e Club Room a t th e Legion Hall. M ISS JO A N D U RBIN - IN REC ITA L ried f r i e n d s t h e r e i s ^^age, -J o h n , -.v u- i, in th e household. T h in g s g e t a ,V ^ o alw ays slep t w ith h is hosen bit hectic, I am to ld , to w ard s th e :* on. i j »4u end of th e ' su rnm er holidays, . I f h is fe e t and legs badn t been when th e n o v e l ty .o f ho school So cold, • .u* ^ has worn off; Tx>mmy developed *He w ouldn't be ly ing in th is e re • ~ . ■•-1 •l Lj: '_JJJ__ IH ere lies th e body, of F a rm e r ^il re L ots 20 and 21, Block 46, D.L. 430. R e fe rred .lo th e eng-, a nasty hab its of ra id in g th e pantry a t a l l ho iirs, an d D ad as a consequence-'h a s m o re , th a n once had a d in n e r o f sgraps on his return^ fro m "th e office. Johnny and I lo , th e ftw o young­ est, no long^ef q u a r re l ' on th e m ould." Or: ano ther, composed, I should thunk, in th e village p u b : "B eneath th is stone in hopes of Sion, ' D o th Lion. lie th e "landlord of th e lawn and :drencK ehe: a n o th e r ; JHis^ keeps , on. th e business with t h e t g a '^ ^ i H w e - j a ^ vpr.lv will" ineer for. report. D r. G. S. Macdonald w ro te th e Council r e d itch in f ro n t o f 1519 D uchess-A vepue." R eferred to th e eng ineer w ith pqwdr to act. ' * * ' ♦ ; The m a tte r of a 'sidewalk. from 14th to 15th S tre e t on th e n o rth side of M arine D rive w as re fe r ­ red by th e Council , to. th e en g ­ ineer, fo r detailed rep o rt as to ■cost.' ■ ;■ -■'v"" ! The Council dealt w ith th e eng ineer's rep o rts a s fo llow s: 1, f a r th e r th a n th e y ; 3, U nearned Increm ent, an increm ent not ea rn ed ; 4, T he J u s t P rice, being a p rice fixed w hich is fa ir to both consum er and p ro d u cer; 5, The Basic Dividend, w hich m ust be' • x. .u tt -x nu u paid to every w orker regard less "ton 35 , B urton L. K u rth is p resen tin g M iss Joan J)_urbin_in_R€cita,l a t 8 :1 5 p.m . W ednesday, O ctober 7 th , in th e W est V ancouver U n it­ ed C hurch, The a s s is tin g a r t i s t will be Gordon M anley, p ian ist, and- th e R ecital is be ing given u n d er th e auspices o f th e W.A. A dm is- o f w h e th e r he is employed or not, and w hich should give hinil a t least th e bare necessities of life, and m ore as production in­ creased. He eiqp^^^ued th e sources from w hich basic ^drawn by m eans of a hypotheti­ cal s to ry of a m an w ho had a m a rk e t , fo r $5 pairs of boots' aw a itin g him , and" who bought h boot m an u fac tu rin g m achine in S O C C E R -^ T h ere will be a p ractice fo r th e ; "W est V ancouver Football . . . . Club a t 2 :48 p.m . n ex t Saturday- dividends w ere ',', a t , Am'bleside P ark . A ll p layers " 4.U «*.,• . in tend ing p layers a re asked to a tten d . uuw Sleep. com parative peace- w ith o u t s u d - , ' ; denly findifig^theif -tails pulled; :v ; T here are" several t h i n ^ 00m- at any o ld 'h o u r;:; N a tu ra lly , a ^ing over th e , rad io th e s ^ days _ji 1 1 -I' oTinnv TY1£» Mfin ' nVObablV ' ^ . .. x!T»r 1 Chicago. This m an ou t of every Gleneagles L td., Surface o f B link $5 .he received fo r boots used $1 Bonnie, n o rth end. . R eferred to p ay fo r th e lea th e r u se d ;.$ l MRS. CLA RK TO RESU M E TEA C H IN G 1 M rs. M argery R. C lark, elo­ cu tio n is t, has reopened h er sad hole h a d 'b e e n m ade, in th e ...w hich annoy m e and probably x «ri+Vi* - sofiie-others.- We a re very pleas- back to th e engineer fo r rep^^ fo r w ages; took $1 fo r h im se lf ,; stfid io a t 2365 Belfevue A venue 2 , A .'W . W yllies application , and $̂ 2 to pay insta lm en ts due on follow ing th ^ fthm-mpr recesiJt. d ra in across Gleneagles Drive, D .L. 771, B lockfl; L o ts 29 and , t h e eng- fep o rt as to cost in th e even t of {water reach- th e p ro p erty of R' A. Wyllie. , . - - . ------- ------ ----- , th e sum iner recess, th e m achine. In tim e the. w here she will teach th e speech m achine w as paid for, and the. a r ts , read in g and E ng lish phon- on ev e ry p a ir became excess - o tics. C hildren a re p repared fo r profits, w hieh in th e case of a ./: fe s tiv a l w ork. A ny in te rested province o r coun try under Social >.;jare, asked to kindly .call a t th e C red it, w as used fo r basic d iv i-'-^atudio-or phone_W est 468-R. xx«vx ocfa i iw ixvicw.v.v/«. __ ■ . u, George C arter, r e 6 th S tre e t dends. He exolained thflf th<a tMess,^peace>has_beon_qbtainidi,afiJ®st us __north_from_Keith4uLaid_ over_price could not be-reduced to S3--M a%^T)resent w aiting h is eagei^-at a p r io e rra th in g th e L eague „ a%^present of N ations neyer.d ifi un d erstan d . ?iands th e I ' ' ' i i h^t he coal b in .' S im ilarly in tn e mu lik d ^^p itip h s^ 'S ie r^^ birthda,y o f th e folIJ a u -flfid fhem ew s conveyed ..to, mm. xui u n til n ex t m eeting. council in s tru c ted , th a t following lots b e ; sold to H. because th e public would suspect a cheapening o f th e article, and^ ' would n o t buy it. ►LLY ED W A RD S---------- -- TO R ESU M E D A N a N G CLASSES; V, u -..Tv-, ' "J tipw<5 rnrivpved to him. >ne xouwwiiis iuwj ue.auxu tu XX. Talking of export, he said he .r. Molly Edwards will resUme her number rfJpId.-vi^agM.and. old. and t o news conw y^ Akerman for'$160.56.; D.E. 783, had arranged with the British" :'teacfepg of dancing next Tues- churches, eMh. wrth^its phutoli- , ^ E '/a, Blocck 9, JM 2 0 ;D .L . 783, Co-(^ratives to take Alberta's';- .day. in th e tegion Hall. On the yard, m acertainlEnghsh..county;.,';Whe. e _. . . . . . ..r-f.icp Block 10, ^ t B; H-L* 783, cattle and wheat in exchange for . aftemoona and evenings of Tues- the tombs, t h e r e . ' O ur " f o r^ ers had a . ,'love competitor has his w ay hom e from th e o t - . J u s t th in g s ,lik e t h a t ! . ' d a y s 'a n d T hursdays th e re will Lowes a t th e - ; b e classes fo r all ages »n rh y th m , . ge Childs w ith " .atic, abrobatic, and ta p dancing, sale of T ax S a le 'la n d s and to h is one-string violin led in com- / .w ith a special tum bling class fo r th e period of accep tance;of th is m u n ity sing ing in th e in tervals: .'boys pn S a tu rd ay m ornings^ * betw een speeches, and a t the end '^M arjorie R ivers and D orothy o f th e m eeting W. R. H am ilton ;^4?<>sfiiar.wiir a ss is t. Full inform - :_proposed-a.^ vo te--of--th an k s t p ; - a t i o n can- beo>btained-by-phpn-- 3330 Radcliffe A venfie \to V an- P rem ie r A b e rh a rt which w as ih g W est 208-R o r calling a t th e couver. a ̂ passed unanim ously. ^ a L e g ip n H all on th e above days. Mi' ;{ : , I l '4i< *»'J; ?S1 r X* .*»f \,v iitj ' w :li. 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