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' Ian A. Burnett

“The Strongest Memory is Weaker Thea

the Weakest Ink.” WEDNESDAY, may i, ms

The Ottawa Conference

It. is evident from yesterday's Ottawa re- ports that Premier Jones takes a grave view of the prospects of Prince Edward Island obtain- ing any satisfactory financial settlement at tlhe Dominion-Provincial Conference. Prime Min- ister King's assurance that we would be "more certain to benefit by acceptance of the Federal proposals than a number of the other Provinces" is cold comfort, if the “benefit" is to amount to only $2,000,000 annually, plus $15,000 _for filth research, without taking into considera- tion the all-important question of fiscal need. What we require is an annual sum in the vic- inity of $5,000,000 to put us even approximate- ly on a par with other parts of Canada. The wealthier Provinces, which are being offered the same per capita grant, are dissatisfied on other grounds. Not one of them seems to be in accord with the Dominion Government, whose "take it or leave it” attitude has not helped to produce harmony.

Nor has it helped that the Government- olwned Canadian Broadcasting Corporation has allegedly been carrying “utterly misleading re- ports" purporting to come out of the secret Jneetings of the Conference. According to the Toronto Globe and Mail, this charge was made

l by one of the Western Premiers with respect to the provincial stand on tax proposals. The CBC broadcasts, it is claimed, not only violated sac- recy, but gave the people of Canada “an alto- gether distorted picture of the Conference pro- ceedings.“ The motion to go into open session, made by Premier Drew of Ontario and sscorld- ed by Premier Duplessis, not only received un- animous Provincial support, but precipitated a general debate 0n the Dominion attitude f0- wards publicity. Announcement of the new Dominion tax proposals, which increased gram; from $12 to $15, per capita, was also cal- led in question, one Premier charging that these had leaked out even before they/hid b9"! PM‘ sentsd to the Conference.

This week's plenary sessions have bflmllhl

.Provincial grievances into the open. At the time of writing, Premier Jones’ brief had not been submitted but Premier Macdonald’: out- spoken criticism of the Dominion PY°P°5al5 ma)’ be taken as representing at least the Maritime view. They are all the more significant as coming from a former member of the King Government, and they are backed solidly by the leading Liberal paper of Nova SCQil-‘il. ll"! Halifax Chronicle. Just before Premier Mac- donald's statement appeared, the Chronicle warned editorially:

“The power of government rests with the body that has the power of the purse. There is no doubt that at the present time there are pro- vincial Premiers who sincerely fear their gov- ernments might rest entirely at the mercy of the Federal treasury if the present Ottawa pro- posals were to be accepted- without argument."

And again:

"It is absurd to talk of those who are dis- satisfied with current Ottawa proposals as wish- ing to “balkanize" Canada. This country lacks unity glready, not because of ill-will but because of the inequality of economic opportunity in its qomponent parts. To shut one's eyes to that fact is to beg the whole question. To accept Ottawa's proposals in desperation, or merely to fight for a largCr subsidy, is to avmd the fun- damental issue."

Il remained fdr the Globe and Mail, how- w", t.) pm; the King Government's attitude in a nutshell. Here it is:

"What needs clarification most of all is why the Dominion insists on clinging to its posi- tion as an invader of Provincial fields of rev- enue. The Govcrhment is reported as having given flat “Nos" last wcek to twenty questions

i submitted by the Provinces at the lanuary ses- sion. The Provinces wanted to know whether Ottawa was prepared to abandon those sources of revenue it invaded during the war, and to

llrefrain from entering any new field-s of direct

' taxation which the Provinces now occupy: The 'Dominion is reported to have replied that ‘it will give up mothinlz. except that it will not tax resl property or automobiles. _ "It is not enough for the King Adminis- tration to say that it needs the money. Every- body knows that. . But why does it need money? .The obvious answer, is that prior to the last ‘aims... lhsyfiovernment overreached itself on

'. a spending program designed to win votes. and

new’, is afits wits’ end to find ‘funds to meet it§'él' lion plcdtlfil"

' If ‘this vitally important Conference slymlldbé wrecked as was the r941 Conference

‘ f0 consider the Sirois Commission rlpnrt, the

' blame this time will not lie with a few recalcia

treat-Provinces. It will lie with the King Gov- m...“ through its maladroit handling of the ‘ maligned-ll ifs obvious incapacity to rise to ‘ "diicisloli ‘which calls for real statesmanship.

Too True

Smith, founder of the Edinburgh t_s,hundred Years ago in the Qbrnlaws and the First Re-

iglit-have been writing about fr when, i9 82o. he penned

l yililch enters the

warmth, ight and locomotion; takes on every- thing on earth and in the waters under the earth, on everything that comes from abroad or is grown at home; taxes on raw material; taxes on every fresh value that is added to it by the industry of man; taxes 0n the sauce which pam- pers man's appetite and t)‘ drug that restores him to health, on the ermine which decorates the

the brass nails of the coffin, and the ribbons of the bride; on the poor man's salt and the rich man's spice, at bed, or at board, couchant or lev- ant; we must pay.

“The schoolboy whips his taxed top. The beardless youth manages his taxed horse with a taxed bridle on a taxed road; and the dying Englishman, pouring his medicine which has paid 7 per cent into a spoon which has paid l5 per cent, throws himself back upon his chintz bed which has paid 22 per cent, makes his will

apotllecary who has paid £100 for the privilege of putting him to death. . handed down to posterity on taxed marble;

faxed no more."

It is ironical that Sydney Smith died undel the impression that with the Coril Laws repeal- ed, and the poor man gaining his full franchise, the old burden of taxes would become a thing of the past. Were he alive today he could only conclude that time had run backwards.

l-EDITORIAL N01 ES-

Todny's diary notes inadvertently appear- ed yesterday. i i I i

Rt. Hon. Albert Victor Alexander, Brit- ish Statesman, born this date i885; Baptist lay preacher and Labour M. P. for the Hillsborough Division of Sheffield; member of the Ramsay Macdonald first Labour Government, and First Lord of Admiralty in the second; reappointed to same office in present Bevin Labour Gov-

ernment.

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One would not have imagined that Premier Jones was the oldest Provincial Premier at the Conference. Should he adhere to his decision to retire, whom would he recommend as his successor? Mr. Hughes, Mr. Barbour or Mr. Stewart.

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this issue and is worthy of attention. The Church of England was the first to enlist the

vance campaign, one of the reasons being that the daily newspapers reach thousands who could not be got at by any other means.

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Should the proposal to run a ferry service between West Point and Buctouchs, N. B., be crowned with the success it deserves, we would then have three regular summer connections with the mainland, two with New Brunswick, and one with Nova Scotia. A subsidy will be necessary to insure successful operation, but with a friendly government in power at Ot- tawa, Prince County should have little diffi-

culty in securing that. a u

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General regret will be felt in the Boy Scout Movement at the retirement of Mr. John A. Stiles as Executive Dominion Commissioner, after 23 years service. Mr. Stiles has been a tower of strength ever since he became associ- ated with the late Dr. Robertson, then Domin- ion Commissioner, and when the latter entered into rest, there was n0 one to succeed to the honorary office, so Mr. Stiles was made Exe- cutive Commissioner, a position he has held with great acceptance and ability. His sucdes- sor, Major General Spry, CBC, though a life- time Scout, is not so well known in the mdve- ment, and it will take him some time to fam- iliarize himself with the great and growing body of Scouts and Scooters across the wide Domin- 10n- u a m w

Saturday Night protests that The Leller- Review’: recent statement that there is a hot- bed of Communism in the C. C. F. is preposter- ous; admits that there might be some Com- munists at the universities, probably not Party members, but argues that the only Commun- ists in the C. C. F. must be spies. The Letter- Re-vieu/s comment was part of a plea for pre- cision of statement. It did not say that there were any"‘Communists" in the _C. C. IT, nor in the universities. It merely said that there were hotbcds of Communism in various places. Com- munisrn is defined, by Communists, as a doc- trine of the state owning all productive capital, and of distributing the National Income accord- ing to the need of the recipient; not what he contributes to the community. Anyone who be- lieves in these doctrines is a believer in Com- munism, even if he never joined the Commun- ist Party. It is too bad that this means that a lot of worthy people believe in Communism who do not know that they‘ do._

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"The press, whether it be in Britain or in our own country (says The Ottawa Journal) is not sacrosanct. It must be free; but with that freedom must go responsibility -- awareness of what pressfreedorn is about. Freedom is preci- ous, but almost equally important, in a democ- racy. are the uses to which‘ freedom is put, with its abuse by the press as evil as its abuse by any- body else. Sometimes we think-we are speslx ing of this continent as much as of Europk-ther is too much tendency among newllpapermen to regard the freedom of the press as something that belongs to them by right-as a privilege which does not involve the most exact responsi- bilities. Yet the freedom of the press-a bilateral contract-owns not fought for. and won for the sake of the press: it was fought for and won- for the sake of the people. when that truth. is forgotten, when the" freedom of the press is looked upon as an CPPMNHW for stew power- ful people to control or. mislead’ milsi coll-lion.‘ or to amus great wealtlipit lsittis and.’ duty of thsfflfillle to takel, ' " cat Jrress his l“! ma" ow ,

judge and the rope that hangs the criminal, on»

on an £8 stamp and expires in the arms of an ‘ . His virtues are 3

and he is then gathered to his fathers, to be w

The Anglican Advance Appeal appears in beans

support of the daily newspapers in their ad- in

Notes By The Wu;

United manufacturers an bo-

Journal

fllllllicfi expects to con- ln New Mexico this to see if tihev

News Letter. Dramatic llrplane rides ay for-

mer President

It might be said that on many occasions. before an editorial gets mm copy fcnm there are con- sultations with the lolw. with pub- suvioe boards and also. at

work. FlIlfl-l policy, be- long to the head of the newspap- er, but information. knowledsze o1 an issue. rnlust mes-t; times be se- emed from outside. Public ser- vlloe ‘of s.

Beans have played their part. in Chg defilt-yprrlerlt, of Canada and

be

use

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a varlet/y of ways they would take the place to a considerable content of other foods to which we have become addicted and which maly be Ln short supply. _

The Prloes Board says more shirtlsfolrmenundboysmeonttie way. which will be s news for those who daily eye ornceproud fitment-ts now stone frayed and

k-lustqe. was-rm mam not wllhhmold supplies of finished stunts 1mm tlhe market. This would seem to confirm a Blowing sus-plclon that 1t was not altzolzlether a. complete lack of this necessary

axmonlt that caused its compara- -lve dlm h-aber

missing from

cldentally. lln view

ed speed of reconvetskm. —~Vl a. Colonist .

Hundreds of thousands of salaried workers, dcWlVQd (‘g

in In bonuses; been slashed by $115

oolrld attests. it W5- uids of our younl! men meta-Ins out o1 m, _ - going over to the United States where conditions Rive more hope. Any democratic society which inflicts too much hordshiv

A devout and regular

urch services the llur

y mu our slurs I have seen old ships ssll llks

ilPor

- sun Th black Cyprus at hugs“ n"; with s

o‘ Holding a view to the

n the "comment by “Realist”

Mlflllnllbt

_ auction cat's-storms." I am no

- take up the

swans asleep . Boiling. $13100 which men still With Iesden an darcugosd. dip- ' mas and the hidden. l

PUBLIC HJRUM ‘Ilala oolnmn ls open fs the lllssnsfloa h; sol-re aoousleab of questions st Interest. ‘Ills Charlottetown Gunilla sloas not usual: ll; endorse His opinion of correspondent.

AN IINDIMQCIATIC DICISIQN

Sin-There have been arguments put forth. pro and con. concerning the deportatlon

Japanese Canadians. The main argument sttressed ln the various representations to the Domlnlon Government clalmed It would be unchrlstlsn and undemocratic to deport the Japanese Canadians. contrary many residents of Brltlsh Colum- bla wished them deported, (the last Dominion election proved that fact). as they asserted the Japanese Canadlsns were a men- ace to British Columbia's fishing and agricultural industries. Dur- lng the Paclflc conflict. the Japa- nese Canadlans were removed from the West coast to Inland centres and according to a British Colum-

- bla member of Parliament. "there

wlll be bloodshed ll’ they return.” Realizing that racial intolerance. and prejudices are undesired pro- ducts for the postwar world. never- theless with many scars of war yet unhealed. and the labor slt- uation as it ls. a certain faction In Bedeque ls to be congratulated on an undemocratic and unchrlstlun

decision.

I am. Sir. etc. “MICMACW Bedeque. P. l. I.

FIRST MISSIONARY

Slr,—In the interests of accuracy I am writing to correct a state- ment ln your Editorial ln your issue of Monday. A ril 20. under the captlon. "Dlstngulshed Is- lander”. You write concerning Dr. John Geddle "Thus from this little Island there went out the first Canadian mlsslonary."

The fact is that the flrst Protes- tant missionary from Canada was Rev. Richard I2. Burpee, Baptist lsslonary to Burma. Rev. and Mrs. R. E. Burpee left Halifax. N. S. on Arprll 20, 1846. salllng for Burma vie Boston. Rev. Richard E. Burpee and wife sailed from Boston June 4. 1845 and reached

be Calcutta. September M, 1840.

The renowned Presbyterian mlss- ionary. of sacred memory. Dr. John Geddle dld not sall from Halifax untll November 30. 1846. eighteen months after Rev. Burpee had sailed from the same port. These historic facts were recognized st the special Inter-Church Mrsslon- BPY Centenary gstherlnlz held Aug- ustt l2. last year. ln The Getldle

Church. French River. . I.. at which united service the underslgned was privileged to be one of the speakers Thanking you for space in your valuable paper.

I am Slr. etc.

(Rem) ERNEST J. BARRASB.

nany roads

products to with the farm team: that day has gone by. the men with the motor which“ now look after that. and

turn calls for wider and

thins furs and resolve never

usko off the dreaml-

spirit a . iviiflmuriimid m herlbrow um " ‘mm, slhrurrssmious. will:

daughter rltlii 0 m" lck smi- u. °

better roads not only on the main m

highways but on the seconds-FY loads as well. This f what made the Wood

we markets of northern N. .

Mr. Mollwen further states: hate to say it that P. E. I. is only a very tiny dot on the vast Can- adian mop." Here let. me re- mind him that it does not so by sine. The British END!" 90m" prlses almost. one-tourth of the land surface of the globe and near- ly one-fourth of its 960111891011- llmlueud. the hesit- of the Empire. l8 onlv a very llny dot. on the vast. mini-s men and with the excep- tlon of coal and lion ls combata- tlvely bare of natural resources. but. by her industry she dIflWB M!‘ raw materials from the seven sees and distributes her finished Dro- ducts back over the same trade mutes._ to the markets the

world. » ,

Hts statement that P. E- I-B 0011- trlbutlon to the srowth of the Canadian nation has been small.

very small, and except for an occasional sack of potatoes. I can of lobsters. or balzmof oysters. the rest Central Prov ces never heargof us down here." With hhlf

with Mr. Momwen most ally. Our contribution growth a Canada has been out o1 all proportion tgisthe sl

15 Lbs. am, 1.521.127. giifishimiiwid m lm. 1M- 49 lbs. Gross value. $247316- Mflk pasteurized in 1945. 111 quarts. Qts. of lee cream

469. l

Value of lce cream. $109,351.

(This does not take into consid- eration the vast amount of milk and cream consumed on the farms and in the, vlllsules of the Prov- inces.) d crops lncludlnll DOWWN ll

Summerslde. Apri-l 30. i946.

WHAT DID MB. McEWEN FOE BREAKFAST?

sln~l have read with mixed feelings o! interest and regret. the letter in The Guardian of rll 16th over the signature of John Mcmwen. Charlottetown. and also

HAVE

o! Sum- merslde in the Issue of April 18th. In fugéidft was“) Ill: latter that Prom!) me a tempt a reply. First let me state that I have not. the pleasure of Mr. MeDwenb acquaintance. Therefore snythlng contained ln this letter will bear no trace of private but wholly ‘pub- llc critlclmi.

It wlll be necessary. Sir. for me 1n analyzing his wlstle. to quote therefrom from time to time; this will obviously lengthen my letter and perhaps overtax your potl- ence. If 80——0ll we1l—your waste- paper basket ls deep.

The above heading might throw some light on the apparent "In- ferlorlty complex" so evident in Mr. McEweWs viewpoints. Often an ill-chosen menu disturbs the dl- gestive tranquility. causes g gem. porsry mental derangement result- le outlook by an otherwise cheerful personality. Mr. MoEwen first takes a fling at re- construction and refers to ths “grandiose schemes for mass m“; the secrets of the recently sp-

_ pointed Reconstruction Couunlttee

nor. am I acquainted with all of its personnel. but I do ha n to

that body and from my knowledge of his sound common sense and the management of his own sons} affairs. I would expect. when he flnallv gives the Iwort of his committee to the public. it wlll contain nothing‘ srasidlose. fi-lvoclous. or lmnosslh of attain- men .

At. the present tune we are floating on the crest of the wave: lots of money for everything. ‘Ihls

Eli?’- may not always last: the lean

may some stain. when if.

would be well to have a backlog of well thought out projects tn "Where" Mr

McEwen ssh. “lithe moniv for ts to some from elven

mentl" to the mint and whip up s batch ~ ir~ii.i.ils d“-‘ht wou no do as dld before on luff... ferent occasions. some to us and ask for what. l the time. looked llke staggering sums. but on each occasion they got more than they asked for. .

0n yes. f-hsss rsfonns would cost money. but would it. not be ln- ltely better so pa! our

Flel 4.5. l ll 765.000. lglsluebzriilees and cranberries E4.-

ooo. I-I n 08.000- 4 $5.22.. upon-d. 1w , RIB. “min! exported, i946 crop. 88'!

“Th... of seed POi-flififl- 19“

, ios. . crgllsli“eatch. loss. sssoosoo 1h:-

Landed value. U3 m - 1 l

1; om tax D6 figxdguryeln 194s. 8M0. 9- .- Nor does this complete the list. For almost the mat “fired is" "or ”““'l“‘..i:‘5§l2 is‘ exported te mos the hw

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duct of all. Ill-mew. element; men and this Province are ever-y province practically every erleaii- Union. W11"? l" law. finance. wlll-IM- mmmm“ and industry they have nobl! H0- held the traditions of their nnflvv Province: and in literature we m.l'°rl’.l‘.‘.ba‘.ll’é‘.i.“l“ ‘“' m‘ During my lifetime three mill?!‘ rs have taken place and on each lon P. E. l. than ‘her

n le m“ ' M llnh Hitler

giilnlinrllfglig: uussolliii. and tho

s.

Jfillnvalll; 2111C! mass factory pro- dmtlon rather than Confederation us of our vlll e industries.

money hat has ldt

know quite well the chs an of u,

“to

very ma

industry in other ‘Ills o y -ws.v W! hggvy stir on our put ourselves in a

manure