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Potato PIebiscne

The Provincial GOvernment would appear to be on sound ground in in- sisting that. our potato growers should be in possession of more in- formation than they have been given about the mechanics of operat- ing a one-desk selling agency under the proposed marketing board plebi- scite. Agriculture Minister MacRae has pinpointed some questions to be resolved. which include how the desk agency will be financed. who will supply fertilizer to the growers. and on what terms. who will manage the agency. and what authority will be vested in it. Questions involving warehousing, shipping and pooling are also pertinent to the issue.

We understand that in other prov- vinces where similar plebiscites have been taken. they were preceded by an educational campaign of some kind. In this case the Federation of Agriculture committee which has been promoting the plebiscite takes no responsibility for explaining these points It maintains that it is not concerned with advocating any parti. cular policy. but only that the grow- ers be given an early opportunity to express themselves on matters re- lated to the organization of their own industry.

But surely the growers. before coming to a decision. have a right to know what. they are voting for. wouldn't. it be helpful if there was cooperation on the part of all con- cerned in supplying as much factual detail as possible on this important question?

Speaking Oi Tunneling

No word from Ottawa about whether they've come to any firm decision about how to build that Northumberland Strait causeway which has been in the planning stage since before the second last federal general election. is it to be a tunnel-

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from the French side may be built. 0n the English side. the entrance would be near Hythe. a place well known to Canadian soldiers during two world wars. whose past goes back to the days of Henry VII.

A Troublesome Issue

Prime Minister Pearson took the right line in emphasizing racial equality in his address at. the Com- monwcalth conference in London on Thursday; but. it is noted that. he didn‘t go into specific cases and that Southern Rhodesia was not mention- ed. What could Canada's government lcadcr say on this vexed subject that would be helpful? Nothing. appar- ently. Yet it is clear that the African members intend pushing hard for a conference decision on Southern Rhodesia—a decision that would lead to an early majority rule in a land of 3.610.000 A f r i c a n s and 250,000 Europeans.

The problem was highlighted by the famous cartoonist Vicky in the London Evening Standard. in a draw- ing depicting a a word marked “Southern Rhodesia" hanging over the table at which the Common- wealth prime ministers were gather— ing British Prime Minister Sir Alec Douglas-Home and Commonwealth Relations Secretary Duncan Sandys was shown eyeing the sword ap- prehensiver as they waited for the leaders of the member nations to take their seats.

The British government. has in- sisted that franchises and other con- stitutional matters are an internal Southern Rho d e s i a n affair over which London exercises no jurisdic, tion. But the holders of this View are in a definite minority at a conference where Afro-Asian representatives outnumber 14 to it the old. white. Anglo-Saxon countries.

At their opening meeting on Wed- nesday. the prime ministers adopted an agenda which assured that South-

? ern Rhodesia would come up for

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causeway. a bridge-causeway. or a .

combination of all three. and pre- cisely how much progress has been made since the last. detailed progress report was given over two years ago? Are they experimenting with new techniques or have they already got so many schemes on the drawing- board that they just. can’t make up their minds?

Like the Centipede in the fable. remember? who had so many legs

mind to such a pitch she lay dis- tracted in a ditch. considering how to run." She's there yet. for aught

one to be emulated.

Meanwhile we note that over- seas the English Channel tunnel pro- ject is definitely shaping up. Two methods of construction have been accepted by the Study Group com- prising French and English author- ities: the bored tunnel and the im- mersed tube ideas. Which idea has not yet been finally decided. but the estimated construction time of either ofjthem would be about five years. And it is intimated that a start on the undertaking may be made short- lyi

Z’I‘he proposed tunnel length In iecase is 32 miles (23 miles under p sea) with a distance between Pminals of 44 miles. and the esti- ited time of the journey between mimic 45 minutes. This will cut I: running time of the crack Lon- n-Paris express by three hours. standard commercial vehicles will able to use the tunnel. but they 1 be carried on flat wagons. with estimated driving on and driving time of 20 minutes. An automa-

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that she couldn't tell which ones to ‘ put forward first; this “worked her I

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late discussions. Mr. Pearson will then have to speak for Canada on the subject: and that will be much harder to do than giv- ing utterance to generalities however well meant and expressed.

Ike A Disappointment

A pathetic aspect of the Repub- ‘

lican party‘s confused situation in the US. is former President Eisen- hower's loss of prestige and face. At. a time when he was expected to give a sense of direction to the rank and file of his party. he has been contra- dicting himself from one day to the next. This sort of thing. notes an exchange. happens when a, man sup- posed to be a leader is fearful of making enemies. He avoids being hated by anybody but he also ceases to be a pillar of strength.

One Republican summed up the Eisenhower of today shrewdly. He said: “The trouble with Ike is he wants everybody to like him.” This is a nice ambition, but when you try to please everybody the inevitable consequence is that you disgruntle both sides of a controversial issue.

in the meantime the Republicans who despise Goldwater's policies. but would rather see him triumph than a Democratic victory. are hopefully saying that if he should become president his sense of responsibility would lead him to modify his extremist; views. Th ey shouldn’t bank on it.

EDITORIAL NOTES

Women who use plastic bags to ' dry their hair shouldn't. One young .

Ontario lady. who did. met her death by asphyxiation.

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Why. indeed. should the British House of Commons have to use its time legislating on Canadian mat- ters? This point was raised by Hamid Wilson. leader of the opposi- tion Labor party. in commenting on a bill dealing with Canada's proposed contributory pension plan. which under the RNA Act must be sanc- tioned by the British Parliament. Mr. Wilson urged the British gov- ernment to discuss with Prime Min- ister Pearson. now in London. the possibilities of making new arrange-

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RUSSIA'S FARM ILLS

Agriculture In Canada Compared

1n the course of his recent Scandinavian tour Premier . Khrushchev entered a defense 1 of the Soviet's agricultural rec- ord. The fact that Russia has to import wheat. he insisted. is mostly a matter of bad luck with the weather. He went on. however. to the rather odd ad- mission that Soviet. farm produc- tion is low because of insuffic- ient capital investment in agri- culture

He is quite right. but that is an odd admission for a man who preaches that. the planned econ-

CoIoI Comfort For Britoin

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prior to Finance Minister Walter Gordon's visit to Britain there was speculation that he would announce modification in Canadian dumping duties which i are viewed with strong distaste in that country. His 5 to the Canada Club in London was expected to reveal some details.

Instead. it gave what the prc- . sident oi the Federation of Bri— ‘ tish industries called “cold com- fort" for the British exporters. Mr. Gordon said that technical problems uncovered by Cana - ian investigation which cau.=~d unintended difficulties to the British would he offered for set- .‘ tlemcnt during the negotiations on the Kennedy round of tariff talks. 1‘

He was defensive regarding. dumping duties. though he ad- . mitted that the Canadian market is highly competitive and that the British exporters face spe- cial difficulties.

‘ British trade.

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omy is much more efficient than I the free market economy in its 1 management of capital resourc- . es.

In comparison m'th Russia. ag- riculture in Canada employs re- _ latively much less labor b ut ’ much more capital and achieves l a star farm output. In the Soviet Union there are . .-

700.000 persons employed a n . farms. compared to 650.000 I here. IN conmas'r I

This country has 62 million

Evidently Mr. Gordon does not think that there is any need for

making unilateral concessions to I the British if these can be used ‘ as weapons to secure some of .

what Canada wants at Geneva. The British, who are sharp trad- ers themselves. will probably un— derstand this. though they will naturally be disappointed. V

lf Canada is unfair. or puts. special barriers in the way of steps should be ‘ taken to rectify the matter. The British buy from us far more than they sell us. Largely this ‘ has been because they need cer- . tain products which we can sell ‘ at competitive rates. It is doubt.- ful if they purchase much mere- . ly out of any special feeling for i Canada.

But it would be wise for Can»

:7. customers might be moved to reprisals which would limit J our trade at a time When it might. be expected to grow.

Haggis Stitchers Needed

Cape Breton Poet

Scottish authorities say theyi would like nothing better than to ; expert more Meals for the del- ectation of Robbie Burns din- ners and St. Andrews Day ban- ‘; quets. but. there's a short sup- 1 ply of it.

A shortage of haggis stitchers accounts for not enough haggis being produced to meet the de- l mand. they say. To sure. ‘ there is some unemployment in : Scotland. as elsewhere. but not, > everybody has the know-how or intestinal fortitude to stitch a ? haggis. Apparently. the Scots .. don‘t include hazqis stitching in their vocational training. It's a type of craftsmanship passed 1

along from one generation to the next in the home.

' es aren't what they used to be in Scotland. nor in Cape l Breton Island for that matter. ; Whoever once would have be- ‘ lieved that the Caledonian So-. ciety of Cape Breton would 3 change its name on the surpris-

ing supposition that few here-1 not

abouts longer know what. the word Caledonian means?

It will be a melancholy day when everybody of Scottish line- age loses the identifying at.th nice of Scottish distinction. This sadly has to do with the almost universal urge towards a on - mon conformity.

Whitewashing TheNozis

Ole-fatten Science Mueller

Most of us must revise our concepts of modern history. es- pecially of the origins of World War II. If we are acce e ideas of Prof. David L. Hoggan. an American historian.

Some time ago. he wrote book entitled "Der erzwungene Krieg. die Ursachen and Urh‘ eber des Zseiten Weltlcrlegs“. Hitherto. it has appeared only in German. But It is expected to be published in New York next. fall. It's title will be "When Pea- ceful Revision Failed The Orig- ins of World War II".

A literal translation of German title would; be. Enforced War". Moat of would agree that. the _m VI was forced noon the world by Bitier.;but this is not Prof. nua- aau‘a meats. Fa- bles. J m was forch upon Bitier- by the Britlli. . '

Bitter. it. would seem. wanted no m either your Poland as Britain lll mo. nouau'a thesis. according to an interview turner Shield (May is, 1904) la that "almady’ a short while after lllie Munich aareenieut (v bi cb handed over the Sudetenland to the Third Reich). offlcid Eul- laud. without the Englidi nation how!“ this. M ,III “I‘-

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mely dangerous and hostile pol- icy toward Germany".

Prof. Boaaan'a book is based that Hitler's id- eology was not a definite factor in for-min: Ilia foreign policy. And it was unimportant as far as the origins of World War II are concerned whether Hitler did or did not wish to pursue an policy outside Central Europe.

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acres of sown cropland. as against 539 million acres in the Soviet. 0n . average. then. one farm worker here tends 95 acres of sown cropland. com- pared to 15 acres there.

We have in use on farms 550.- 000 tractors. 302.000 m o to :- trucks and 156.000 grain combin-

land sown to crops. has only three times as many tractors. trucks and com- . bines in use. There are no comparable fig- ures. but in Canada capital i n- averages 327.000 per farm. an increase of 512.000 from ten years ago: the size of the

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Output. ls much higher in Can- ada for every kind of farm com- modity. For wheat the yield per acre is 25 bushels here. 12 bush- els there. For oats the compari- son is 47 bushels to 23 rye. 19 bushels to 12: barley 31 bushels to 20; flaxseed. 11 bushels to 4; potatoes. 158 hundredweight to 64: sugarbeets. 13 tons to 7; to- bacco. 1.500 pounds to 882.

EXPORT SURPLUS ( Our agricultural industry pro- vides surpluses for export. and could easily produce a great deal more. while the Soviet's is under great strain to try to

requirements.

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theory. and that better planners would long since have c ured Russia's farm ills.

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make personal gain will think. out-work and out-produce any group of farmers for Whom a bureaucracy controls the cus- ital and does the thinking. A ad that applies not only in e u- ricultural industry.

The Age Old Story

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Juvenile e , Dio etes By Dr. More 3'. Yea Delleu Juvenile diabetes usually is so the victim is de- pendent entirely upon insulin. Tlils form of the disease begins before the 20th birthday as a rule and mm ter 5 per cent of all diabetics this category. The adult type is different: insulin production is mm: but may get along on antidiabetic pills instead of hav- ing to rely upon insulin. as do victims of the juvenile type. Ace to Dr. Edwin L. Rippy of Dallas. Texas. there are no known cases of this dis- order in newborns. Juvenile dia-

tes can develop at any .time thereafter. one reason. it has

The outcome wag pitiful prior to the discovery of insulin. All ' . generally within x‘ months after the disease was detected. 1! of ' those who received the first supplies of insulin sense 42 years ago are still alive and in good health.* Prior to, the development of diabetes. these children are in of n o r m a 1 weight. Suddenly. increased thirst with excessive urination occur. Appetite may remain the same or improve so that more food is consumed. This situation continues for two or three wee s when they begin to lose weight and become apathetic and irri- table. These youngsters lose in- terest in other children and no longer play out of doors or care to go to so 00 By this time it is obvious the child is ill and the parents con- sult the family nhysician who makes urine and blood

porary starvation.

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and. by age 14. is given full re- sponsibility for his diet. insulin requirements. and urine testing. The parents often n

conditioning than the victim.

boy or girl learns to accept the discipline of being a diabetic.‘

TONGUE SORES rs. F. P. writes: What caus- es blisters on the tongue now and then? My mother used to tell .me these sures came when I told a lie.

EPLY These blisters are likely to be canker sores which usuall stem from allergies or irritants. CYSTITIS AFTER DELIVERY E. S. writes: Why does infec- toin of the bladder occur after childbirth? REPLY Because of injury or preSsure in this area.

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Plans for a new pubic acted In one of Canada's biuer cities include provision of escalators for pupils. There are few. if any. three-storey school; being built hows Iii any event children have been climbing stairs to their classes for years and their legs do‘ not seem to have given out. With escalators now. and school buses which are in general use, a special athletic program will likely be needed for develop- ment of legs.— Port A rtb u r News-Chronicle.

y "Whaan mean. Number pleeae’?” said the slightly tipsy

gentleman in the pay telephone booth. ‘You got my dime. Now gimme my peanuts."-— Galt Re- porter.

noun m there will be 10.00» wounds objects ll Qace by 1916 and some people are worried about a traffic jam up there. But it's the traffic jam down here tlbat bothers most of us.—- Ottawa Journal.

accent Windstorm; I. were reminded of a story about a Windstorm that hit a famous aeaaide resort not long ago. The wind was a real Whopper. It ted trees. sent lifeguard towers into the ocean. knocked down carnival boom and flat- tened almost everything within reach. Only three things were left standing. You may well ask what. one In milk bottlea that you throw baseballs at.— Hemllton Spectator.