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THE GUARDIAN

Morning Daily (Founded In 1887'» Authorized as Second Class Mail. Post Office Department. Ottawa. President, Ian A. Burnett; Vice-President. Wm. It. Burnett; Seoyz-Treas. (i. lll. Burnett; Editor and Managing Director, J. R. Burnett; Associate Editor. Frank Walker.

"The Strongest Memory is Weaker Than the Weakest Ink."

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1947

CHARLOTTETOWWQ.

Electrification Report

The full text of the report submitted by Mr. T. H. Hogg, an Ontario consulting engineer, to the Provincial Government on the subject of a Province-wide scheme of electrification appears in today's issue, and will doubtless be read with keen interest. Substantially, the report is in line with previous recommendations, notably those of the Advisory Reconstruction Committee which were tabled at the i946 session of the.Logis- lalure. Mr. Hogg comes out more pointodly in favor of the Government taking over the existing power plants either by expropriation or by nego- tiation, but there is general agreement as to the need of n Provincial Commission for the gener- ation and distribution! of electrical power and energy. This is regarded as essential in main- taining uniform rates and standards of service throughout rural areas.

The personnel of the proposed Power Com- mission is not discussed by Mr. Hogg, but in the Advi<ory Committee's report it is suggested that the Commission be three in number; that it be directly responsible to the Government under a chairman who is a member of the Government" that the other Commissioners be appointed on a strictly non-partisan basis, one having the qual- ifications of a competent professional engineer, the other being_"particularly interested in and identified with the welfare of rural communi- ties."

In addition to the powers already granted under the Electrical Power Act, the Committee recommended that the Power Commission be authorized to "canvass the whole field of avail- able engineers and select for employment the most competent engineer available," this official to be appointed at first for a probationary per- iod of one year and subsequently by contract for a period not exceeding five years. Among the Ccmmission duties outlined is the not unimport- ant one of protecting the chief engineer "against any political or other agency that might attempt to interfere with or hinder him ‘in the choice of staff personnel."

The question of financing is all-important in a scheme of ‘this kind. Mr.. Hogg assumes thal it will be an entirely Provincial undertaking, but this should not be so. Mr. J. R. MacNicol, M.P., in his recent address before the Charlottetown Beard af Trade, included rural electrification for Prince Edward Island in his broader scheme of Maritime rchabiit-ation for which we were en- titled to expect assistance from the Dominion Government. This is a matter where the fullest co-operation between our Federal and Provincial representatives is needed.

Rural electrification was a plank in both major party platforms at the i943 general elec- tion. It is therefore not a political issue. The criticism has been with regard to the Govern- ment's delay in formulating a policy in this mat- ter. Mr. Hogg's report may assist it in coming to a decision. In any ccrso there is no doubt that this is one of the most vital questions affecting cur farmers, and that far too much time hc; al- ready been lost in getting started.

Other Days

Every rcader- of Dickens rcmcmbers haw “cs Nickleby, wandering through , took a job as assistant to a ‘rorkshire scvoolmosler; how he saw an act of tyranny, of which he strongly disapproveTd; how he cried out "Stop!" in a voice that made the rafters ring‘ and hov/ h: thrashed the brutal within an inch of his life, and then went his way. The Il/lancliester Guardian takes a nostalgic glance at this rapid and romantic way of righting wrongs, and compares it sadly with the present times. Says the Guardian:

If a modern philanthropist came to Dothc- boys Hall he would petition the Government to cfppnint a Royal Commission to inquire into Mr. Squeers. The Royal Commission would re- port about three yecrs afterwards and would say

that many things had happened which were cer-,

tainly most regrettable; that Mr. Squeers was the victim of a bad system; that Mrs. Squeers was also the victim of o bad system; but that he man who sold Squcer’s cane had really act- ed with greet indiscretion and ought to be spo-

" ken to kindly.

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Very different were the methods of our

j fathers"!

No doubt they were often narrow and often visionary. Na doubt they often looked at a poli-

tical formula when they should have looked at'

an elemental fact. No doubt, in short, they were all very wrong; and no doubt we are the people and wisdom shall die with us. But when they saw something which in their eyes really violated

their morality, such as it was, then they did not

cry "Educate." They did not cry "Improve." Like Nicholas Nickleby they cried "Stop!" And it did stop.

Ex-Sarvlcenien’: Kits

More than 40,000 items of kit and person- nel belongings stored in Britain by Canadian iarvicbmen before they went into action, have been shipped to Canada and returned to their rightful owners, military authorities said this week. Distribution of the articles has been car- ried out by the Kit Disposal Section of Army Records at AHQ in Ottawa. In many cases, it was learned, considerable difficulty was ex-

jupcrienced in locating the owners. This was due

to the fact that many err-servicemen had moved

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several times since they were discharged and could not longer be reached at the address they gave on leaving the Army. Personnel of the _Kit Disposal Section got around this difficulty by working through DVA and other existing rec- ords. Usually letters were sent to the people concerned, advising them of the arrival of their kit in Canada, before steps were taken to mail or express their belongings to them. Although almost everything received has been returned to the servicemen to whom it belonged, another small shipment has just arrived and is now being sorted and rerouted as quickly as possible. This new shipment is made up almost entirely of smnil parcels stored with British authorities by Canadian Army officers loaned to British units. The bulk of the 40,000 parcels returned since the first shipment reached Canada in the sum- mer of I945 was returned ta the owners unopen- ed. Only in cases where positive means of identification was lacking were any of the par- ccls opened.

- EDITORIAL notes _

Canada's balance of trade with the U: S. is I not so unfavorable as it was a few months ago,

arn iieighbour than she is buying from us. I I i

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indicate that hearing aids, unlike glasses, do not‘

have to be fitted. An ideal hearing aid will suit l

almost anyone without individual adjustment. . .. . .

Paving the way for his choice as Liberal leader, External Minister St. Laurent will act as Prime Minister and Leader of the House during the absence in London and Holland of the vet- eran Mr. Mackenzie King.

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It is unusual for Government departments to send representatives to seek appointees for government positions, but this is happening to- day in connection with the Department of Vet- erans Affairs, and of Indian Affairs.

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St. Dunstan's Credit Union, which has just held its annual meeting, is one of the most flourishing financial institutions in the Province, ancther outstanding example of what may be attained by cooperation and wise leadership.

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Reports indicate that decisions reached of the Geneva Tariff Conference will meag the end of imperial preferences as they were established at Ottawa. Changes in tariff rates of the coun- tries involved will not take place until the end of lhe year.

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American shipping men expect the present 25 millions of tons of shipping under the Am- ericcn flag to be reduced in two years to less than Ii million tons. Vice-Admiral William W. Smith is distressed that almost all building now is being-done outside the United States.

I I I “k The Prime Minister assures us he "does not know the first thing about hemlines or babies". The first may be perfectly true, as no one would

but, as to babies, who has kissed more or chucked them under the chin at election than this veteran politician? I I I I In ltaly the Communists have adopted one of the methods of fascism to promote tnne-cius" demonstrations. This is the "post- card" system. Each worker who is to take part receives a postcard instructing him to be at the required place, where the postcard is taken from him by the organizers. I I I I Daniel Webster, American statesman and aiatcr, died this date I852; while Secretary of State he negotiated the Ashburton Treaty which settled the boundary between Canada and the ‘State of Maine; he led the political fight which prevented individual states having the right to nullify or set aside any decree of Congress. I I I I The Mayor of Whitby, Ont., is not to allow . the Federal Government to put anything over him in the way of increased taxation, and so has re- i tnrncd to lhe town clerk his $500 yearly salary l "l am not going to take money from the rate-l j piryers of Whitby to pay back to the Government Irn income tax," Mayor Davidson said. "lt can ‘be used to better advantage in another depart- | merit.

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I The sum of $Z4,l44.3l in retroactive pen- lsions was obtained for veterans in the month lof September by the Canadian Legion accord- ing to a report issued by Chief Pensions Officer lRichard Hale. A grand total of ll2 claims n» lpensIon were won which means that these vet- lerans in addition to receiving their retroactive pensions will get a monthly income for life be- sides free hospitalization for their pensionable ailments. I I I I The over-all Maritime employment situa- ilion has improved considerably over this time last year, R. P. Hartley, regional superintendent of the Unemployment Insurance Commission told district managers at a meeting in Halifax. Of the Maritimes’ 450,000 potential working force, 13,323 now were registered as looking for work- 8,000 less than one year ago. Reports of dis- trict managers showed that Halifax, Sydney and New Glasgow accounted for nearly half of Nova Scotio's 9,294 unemployed, while Saint John and Moncton jobless comprised five-sixths of the 3,- 357 seeking work ‘in New Brunswick. I I

A strong sellers’ market for passenger cars is likely to continue, for two and possibly three years, is the opinion of Mr. J. R. Davis, director of soles and advertising for Ford Motor Company. Even more families plan the purchase of new cars in I947 than in I946, he claims, and the aver- age annual replocement demand for cars will be higher than in the pre-war years. The average disposable income after necessities are bought is 67 per cent above that of 194i, and this fact

but we are still buying far more from our South- '57-99°»°9°~°9°~

Studies undertaken at Harvard Univcrzilyjllervosiis.

accuse him of admiring ladies’ legs in passing, "

ccaunts for the continued demand for new CHI, he adds. '

Notes By The Way

Britain‘: pedigree livestock ex- port trade is being maintained and, indeed. expanded. owing to the per-- sislexuy" of overseas buyers who ieroauize the excellence of United Kingdom stock. and ‘whose pres- cuz-e has always been welcomed a’. Isl-flours agricultural shows." The cnpovl of livestock is a valuable dollar-producing branch - of Brit- ain's national industry. and such t'\p0l.‘lS are not. largely confined to thoroughbred horses and beet cat- lie as in the past. but range aver the whole field of livestock breeds. -_.\f0nlrea1 Star.

Canadians. by all the statistics fiom the most authoritative source. the Bank of Canada. are certainly lll the mane); more than ever In lllf‘ lisz-al history of tliis Dominion. .'. report. from the nationally opcr- .v:c<l bunk reveals that individual savings of Canadians are higher ou ‘ire average than ever before. AJ- zliough exact. figures on savings in be l0l‘m of government bonds field by illillvlflllrilS are not available. Il. ..s estimated that the figure is near Saving deposits are currently runninr: at $3.600.0tl0.000. This makes a total of $10.600.000.000 xii government bonds and savings oz- approximately $850 for

cm Canadian. SH\'II1"S averaged :cl_v $560 per person in 4 or ._0’i' in 1939. - - Sydney

Pest-Record.

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Negafive Policy Fails l At The Polls

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iMunlreol Gilzetici I Yovk-Suiiburyls emphatic rebuff ‘of LL-Gcu. Elixir-st 5011.50.11 lll favor of Brig. Milton Givgg, Liberal Alin- .Isl.ei' of Fisheries, will dismay Proq lgrcssive Conservatives LIIIQIIQhOIIII ithe Dominion. Thor-g is lull reason for dlsquietude. Not ~ouly has lihe ,Libern1 candidate won by one o! the hanilsomest, pluralitles in a scat . t‘.'acl'.tierrially' Canservalivc;' f-hls 11e- fzat follows so closely on the strat- tcring failure at Halifax that It must. arouse queries if not doubts In the minds of all rank-rind-fllc Progressive Conservatives,

There is no doubt but Quit the drastic degree of Liberal spccess may correctly be attributed trfiebe

remarkably high r-fficlcucy n1‘ Pre-miei- John McNarrls jii-oviucinl rune-nine. But that explanation,

ilrue though it. inriy be. is not of it-

self sufficient. excuse. Nor can lrefuge be taken or consolation found in the statistical/fact. flint the total vote was lower than is crritriiioii In a eouslrlviruiirgv ibzit. takes 11s politics. it not lls politi- clans seriou _. in the lack of significant issues upon which to arouse public opinion: or in the failure to create such rm is- 511v.

Nor 1s ibe vvliolc rxjiluzirrhon the glittering: bribe offered till‘ riding in 131a flattering form of n czvbiuil. representative.’ Millet. the ojijrosition could only agree lo oppose: uud rcnp for York-Sunbury that

“illi a threatened shortage of lilo; v.1.» vvrutcr because of an iii- r :1 number of freight. cars to qel it bore. a checkup of your or now by someone qualified - menu a big saving. Installing i windows and plugging up! -. around doors and win-' uuvvs, as well as replacing insula- llflll an the pipes. will also help kccp dovvn the cost. But tlie mestl Jllpllflillll job is llizit boiler clieek- I v.p_ to make sure that there will’ ".01 be any waste there. By aloingl lll1> 110w 1i may 1110.111 more cOm-l rlc lrvzuq later on. and a lllli8 l expensive. luo.--Bost0n Post.

Mime people are fond of telling U121’. n shorter \‘.‘\Jl‘i\' vie-ck doesn't. vial llfllflllvllflli. and llicil the oo-l n v‘I1\C mould '

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be n six-hour day. xvurl .1 live-day week. Which sounds . 3 1e lvakvuu lo tire agricultural '.\ est. Aimounucmeilt ltz-is just been

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umvrle that the (iovez-irxneul Coal,

vii and the British Minczs‘ Un- ur: lvnve reached an agreement vvlic:'eii_v' lie miners will vvark

longer hours in an effort to in- .rc.i:~e the coal production which Britain so desperately needs. The llvc-tlumv vveek has been in efiecll m Bi mu since lust spring but: Biiiniivs socializing mines cauuoti .:iu ouf the coal needed by the. stint’. work week. A 10L of Llieoigvl it exploding in the faces o.‘ the flcruucz-s who promised the British

- heaven and a new (lurm; the elevoion campaign \\'.'ll‘.-— Letbbrldge-

(‘ll . following live Herziid.

Arc we entering a. phase of ini- ._ cry beekeeping in Ontario. asks PYKL. G. F. Townsend. head o.’ the Dflj).l‘.'lll'l(‘lil of Agriculture, 0AA. College. This is a question which uzuuy beekeepers are asking them- selves. In California and many other slates bees are moved thou- sands of miles by truck b0 follow ‘lie vtirinivs honey crops. Several iirous: z colonies. marry from Water '._lO\li‘l1£‘§'£‘(l north ‘:13. trurk this Summer. It 1S ex- ‘pevstctl that. in the neighborhood or 10.000 colonies will go north in m; Spring of 1048. At the present‘ 1111c it ajiptilfS lo be more profit- dble to Winter the bees» in‘ South- ern Ontario. taking them norgli eat-n spring. Some of those moving north plan to obtain a crop from ;..)\'(‘l‘ during July and then move lo the burned-over" areas for fire- vvccd during August. — 011118110 Agricultural College NEWS-

ln Boston. the irflnkrs‘ "hi" ll0lllbllS the vise of brushes more viinu four inches wide. Why? H9105 ‘..ve answer by Ernest. A. Johnson. soc.ovary-treasurer of that cilys l-‘uilrliug and Construction ‘rracles Council. He says: "If a larsfl‘ 5i" were vised it would not. be physical- 1y possible for the workman to push rv bicper brush all clay. Try ll ..0me time and find out.” But Oul v- est where men must. he stronger. the Les Angels-s vmion allows a. brush 6 1-2 inches wide to be used on most surfaces. S0 I'M" U19" have been no reporbsof Dlllflleff vilbpplllg from exhaustion. — Wail Street Journal.

lquatteri have taken over the Lying quarters of the American embassy In Warsaw and the am- Lassador is currently attempting t0 drive them out hy_ M90198 m!" powerful radios 50108 "libi- and rlay. Presumably he has been fore- cd to tell back on Polish programs. for his purpose a product for in- ierlor to our own. A judicious selec- tinn of American programs. neatly balanced among swine hands. will! operas and comedians, could cer- tainly he depended upon m drive the mnsl. truculent squatter out. of a building. It not out. at the coun- in. Our only objection to the om- hassarlofis course OI’ will)“ IIIJ I" lls inrllscrelion during these c490 of American housing short-Beel- Amerlcim iii-e aulok l0 168m. Ihfly have unlimited access to r1610! and unlimited friends who need n- partments. If neighbors are to be encouraged. by diplomatic prece- cleut. to turn radios against encn other. the whole fabric of Ameri- can civilization might. well be burlf.‘ asunder in cacophonouc disaster. — t.c.v York Herald Tribune,

"WONDERFUL SPIRIT" DARLINGTON. DURHAM. E08‘ land — (OP) -— A IO-mifllli! 709m‘ Ing service/held dolly in n li.un- dry ticre for the last 25 years. help! start the day nff m a "wonderful

spartan fari- ibzil is the best Ihul.

c< ~ln their be expected frcm Gov- eru:ne:il.bo".:.:1ly' in sueli circumv- svanecs.

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Each one of these lQCbOfS con- trl-bulcrl its share to m." crushing Progressive Cans votive failure. But ncittinr sspai-ntely nor col- lectively do they adequately excuse the cxttni of tliul vcul. The ex- planation is fnr- simpler. The York- Suubury by-olcctinn \'.'."is not 10st election (ivy. Gen. Suusom was vanquishrd In Ottawa monilzs ago wfnnri his own party seltlrcl nu lbc strategy to be lOllO‘v\’("l,(iLl1‘ll11! lllv aloof-on. ‘Tirol a r).'il‘I_\ whose svliulv faith is based on initiative shculrl adopt a negative pol1c_v in clnciicu strategy l: of Il-clf dofoolism. Thcre couldbn 11D other i-esul.’ than that lhaf- urcvrrccl. Pi-ncvcss-vr- Consevvalirrvi is pr: ' " ' rzrrsslve. It Is enter]: ' n 1t. abandons there bn . vvnlclvvvnrfis of its prnerrm il aivIe:r~.-vt'<~.il'_v for» felts it: most p0\\'<‘l'llll clnins lo al- lcgiancc.

0f putt-Xv are? ' iiiniml ziclivlt- lbs within 1-11" on sr-iuriiiyv during the election period there can be no possible criticism. A fine strenuous fight. was foualit without lhouabt of wit‘ or o.‘ any nbiect bu! victory. But "l must b» noted flint the Pro- gvossive (TOl1"f‘1'\':‘lll\r' organization had lo be irupravisr-d for the 0o‘ easioiv Al-mosl no | vrslige of the’ mechanics cf voiv-catchcna re- mained from the General lilociinn two years azo. The Liberal ‘Or- gaW-zntiou. n11 the other band met

in emergency" of the velar-nus they‘ are, and with the tram spirit. of permanent association. - . n

In any event no o-:5_"iiii2::ilinn. however devoted or" lusriivcrl can wholly compensate for" tlic lolul ab- sence of consistency." in biz-h policy. The lesson is obvious. Unfortunate- 1y It has been taught. before with equal brutality: and with equal lack ohimprec-sion. T-hcrc is n qurilllyr of the Bourbon in Propressivro Consor- vativa policy-making l.b.'it will not encourage lhr‘ loynl ndbercnl to hope for success at the polls. For York-Sunburst. correctly assesses}. leads inevitably tn mcrlilalkins on those (marvels of Natural llistoi-y now extinct because they failed tn learn adaplbillty to new Couflllififls of’ lido,

Feed Grains

rFrom Alexandbri I-Ianvlltan Insti-

The Dominion Bureau of Statis- tics reports that. livestock produc- ers are likely to experience an- other tight situation in feed grains during the 1947-48 season. Cold "not weather during the planting season. and hot dry weather dur- ivg the growing season has re- suited in n shortage at teerl grains. particularly oats and barley.