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TNE a CNARLCTTETCNN GUARDIAN

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SUBSCRIPTION IATII B, m,“ m |-_ y; |_ “Au per your; 12.60 Ior I Iollln ILL’; for 3 nioullu; Q00 ler one month on; Denver)’ ill-W v" vwi "-00 I" ll MI!!- QLH [or 8 llltlnllll; 60o for one nmoll lull lo other Provinces end UJA. 16.00 per yell lecnrday weekly: 52.00 our Yuri 81.00 (or I montll. 50c for l lwnllu

The Charlottetown ‘nnnflnn may be obtained ol Ilolinlllll’! nuvn Annoy, ‘Dlnien Squnre, New York; 01¢ South New: Agency, Corner Alllk nnd Wnnhlngton liueloli lllllnpulllun New: Annoy, 124i! Peel St. Monlrenli J. I'll! u; [my Se, Toronto; New: Stand Chev-eon Lonrleri

Otlnwn; Wolfe‘: New: Stand ludbnry, Onl.| Hub

Shop, Alunotou, N. B.

“The Strongest Memory is Weaker Than the Weakest Ink.”

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Farmers’ Resolutions

Our u-ivcriimt-itts, frdcrzil and provincial, ‘will be wcll zidvisetl to study carefully the resolutions adoptcil c-u 'lihur<d:i_v at the annual meetings of the l‘riiice Edward Island \\lomen's IYISIIIUICS and Fctlcratioii (if Agriculture. As the most re- pi-t-sc-iitativ-ti orgxtiiizziiitiiis we have 0f the fariii industry, tlicy spcak with a gOOd (103.1 of auth- ority. _ _

Both Organizations passed resolutions urging immediate attention to enlarging the Provincial Saiiatciritiiii and the adoption of mfdsurcs I01’ ccimpulsnry- itibcrculiii tests. The \1\"0II\€I1'=‘ Institutes are also desirous of‘ seeing more af- tcntioii paid to home economics in the public gclitiolg and providing a system of education “more Zlflflilldlt for the ticeds of ymlflg P30?” iii this iicw era, of science and tiiechanicsf.’ Th6 Federation resolutions cover wider territory’? they sock appiiittmeiit of a natural rcsourcfis field maii; fClllffitly of the present unsatisfactory buttcr marlcciiiig situation; establishment of a 75 (P1115 per bushel floor on potatoes and 0f a ceiling price only when potato prices rise to a level higher than the comparative yaltie of other goods; rationing of fertilizer; a minimurit turnip price; a farm interest rate comparable to that 0n loans for war purposes; federal provision for grain storage and necessary carrying charges t0 ensure movement of adequate supply at the pm- per time; additional sugar for farmers for home canning; a survey and investigation by the Pro- vincial Government of rural electrification pros- pects, expansion in this (lirection to cover if possible the whole province, with control‘ over such facilities under government supervision.

On the question of post-war reconstruction, the Federation sums up in one rcSOhIYIOH 1Y5 main fCCOllllDCllLlallOllSI that the most careful scrutiny be given to orderly production to Inset anticipated requirements 0f domestic and export markets; that efficient facilities be established iii the wav of scientific research to assist farm- ers iii evicrv phase of agricultural development; that the cslzililisiiiucut of parity prices for all farm coiiiiiiorliiies shoultl be a. basic principle of pm ,-¢.,-.-,,,.-;yrr¢ii..n PfOgFIlllllllC; that low rates of inter-bu he prtividcd for agricultural expan- gm, Pm-[nnL-Sj that the cooperative movement 3,1,0“! (math-y; 11¢ s.) established and protected across ("aria/la that producers may be able, ivith- oiit uittluv hindrance. to control and market their own products ll] whatever markets they may dwarf“ CW1 gliar ilc-iructi\'c speculation in mar-

letting and (listrihiitiiiii bc cllfillflfllefl" p

\\',. lp-\\“n cum, ;, lung way from the prc-ua. (l('|\l'('$>llv[1l'\‘lll'<. wlicii the aitctnpt by the Ecu- nct liint-vllllltdll i.» PllfflfCt‘ basic farm pricfii and iitti'l\c'.itt~ aluiig llll’ lillCi “Kollllllclldedi n.0, “pt. 5,, Hutch tipiiiislllltll. (lllf farmers are now IllitfQ zilvri it» the llJCll of (‘llllllllflllllg ‘lcs’

l"ll\"‘\'t‘ <llCt‘lliIl!l-'ll lll imtrkcting and distribu-

ti u aul l‘l“'l‘l\' rcirartl this as oiic of lhfl . . ._. .> _. _

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Exchange in Argentina

ln tlit- third. iii a 5'.'l'l('5 of reports on condi- tim,“ m m, \,._._,,.,,¢,,,\._ y ,\, strong, Canadian Liwiiiiiziarcitl \'.l "ti 1i: llllcll-Lis -\ll'l’5. (lmlii at ¢..,,,i.lt»;,_l.l; with ilic cxchaiigc position lll llll‘ l ltli

.\lr. \. d; any. that the .\l‘§'(‘llllll6 Govern- lllllll, h d. ls ldfgt‘ i‘(‘st‘i'vt"s of gold and foreign fX.‘ll§ll]Q(' lLl‘. haw lix-ii atldcd to from the ac- cuuui‘. i l slll‘l\l'tl\t~ lll lit-r cxtcrital payment ac- counts ch year siiicc before the outbrmli 0f war, ‘flu. surpiiis amounts to more than the vain.- iif -.\i-- _\.;ti'~‘ llfiflllill imports into the r6- public. mid is c-pial lo lllf‘ llllllllllll. [mid illJfOflfl ft r all ilic fiii;ii.ci.'il sf-rviccs, both public and privaic, pvt-r ilic past six years. The QXISICIICQ of this larqt- >lll‘]\lll~' is mainly due to the steadily lll<‘l'l‘.'l~i'lQ \.'llll(‘ of Argctiiine exports, parti- mimlt- ]|1(‘;r{>_ (ullllllllWl with the inability of Ar- gwipin 1., nhtpfiu all licr needed imports from

zibrozid at lllLf pl‘('.~t'lll tiinc, and ilic licavy influx of foreign capital, some of which is tiicmlyi seek- ing a temporary refuge in Argentina.

“liliis couiiii"_v." says .\lr. Strong, “will there- fore be iii a strong enough financial position t0 mvci any aiiticipatt-d future fluctuations result- ing from cvtri-iiztl f.'iclors. Argentina is no longer faced ivitli the need budgeting her available foreign cxchziiigc resources in order

to enable hvr ti. pay for iiccdcd imports of merchandise, 'l‘licre are no lo n g e r aiiv restrictions zigaitist imports except

those dictated by the necessity of budgeting the limited :iinntmt of shipping space available to bring the mcrcliatidise from North Airicrica." The republic, llC atlds, no longer tiecds to bor- row United Stalcs (lollars to meet current re- quirements. as was the case in 1940, when cre-

dits aggregating $ii0,ooo.o0o were negotiated with the lmptirl-lixprirt Hank in \Vasliing1on. The fiircigii exchange tiosilion cased late in I940 for drgeiilinrt dur- to rising export values com- lilll('(l uith lll(' iiirrtwisiiig difficulty in finding goods l!» llll_\' Illlfflllfl. Tlir dollar credits were not tpprovtil b_v (Uiiiigrf-ss in Argentina and were canccllctl Slllhtlllltllll)’ by Washington. '

New Zealand Has Six V.C.’s

New Zealand, the smallest Dominion in the British Commonwealth, has one of the proudest records of any member of the United Nations in the war. Visiting Canada now is its Defence Minister, Hon. Frederick Jones. He ltas every right to be gratified with the brilliant con- tribution made by the sons of his nation on the battlefields.

The little country which Mr. Jones repres- ents has a population of but 1,600,000. In the list of casualties for the first three years of the war, given in the British House of Commons by Deputy Prime Minister Clement Attlce, New Zealand was shown as suffering 19,345 losses. The significance of this record can be seen when it is noted that Canada, with 11,500,000 people, suffered a casualty toll of 10,422 in the same period.

There have been sixty-six Victoria Cross awards in this \var. Six have gone to New Zcaland. So far one has come to Canada. Mr. Jones told the press the pridc he took in this record. Canadians will heartily agree with him. Of the six V.C.'s won by New Zealzindcrs, five went t0 iticitibcrs of the army and one to the air force. Of the six, the highest award for bravery in battle, one wciit to a ;\laori. Iii the New Zcalatid Air Force alone, forty New Zea- landers have been decorated.

.- EDITORIAL NOTES-i

Growing weather. e a u a

The first General .-\ssentbl_v' met in Charlotte- town this date 1773, one hundred and severity

years ago.

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Canada was invaded by United States forces tomorrows date 1812, a hundred and llllYhY-(lllf! years ago.

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Merchants rcport that since rationing was iti- troduccd they are selling more buticr than cvcr -—pc0ple Illilhlllg sure of "what's coining to them" ndictlier they need it or not.

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Premier Jones believes in the blessings of sclf- hclp, hence his suggestion to the \\'oiitcti's Iii- stitutes that they should no lotigcr rely on the public bounty for their existence. The Pork Barrel, of course, may be put to other political uses.

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In the case of the T-I General, for iiicnmcs Over $3,000, it must bc acliiiittcd, >l1_\‘$ the .\Ioii— trcal Gazette, the average taxpayer had a tough time. \\'e believe, however, that this ivas ilic fault not so much of the form, as of the tax structure itself. Given the present iticoiiic tax legislation, we have no suggestion for Illlllilllg the form any simpler. Ilut wc d0 have at stig- gestion for the Finance Department, which auto- matically wntild make next yczins form zrrclti- five joy: Ellllllllfltfl the (lual system of taxation. At present we have to calculate income tax twice —once for “normal” and oucc for "graduatctl" tax. Dependents have to be subtracted each time, with the last-straw cotiiplication that cle- peudents are differently (lCflllCd for the two cal- culations. A inzirrictl niaii with iiuc child regis- ters two dcpciidctits I011. ."i1oi:m:1l."..t:i..\:, one dc- pcndcrit for “graduatcd" tax. There is iio longer any sense at all iii lliis division.

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The Fcnale with rclticlaiicc has zigrcctl to thc aiticiidmcnt to the B..\'..~\. .-\ct lo pcrniit of pUSl- yiotiiiig of redistribution. To guard against rash or trivial changes in the Consiitutioti lllL’ Lian- adiaii and ;\lll(‘l'lCZll1 cltzirtcrs both contain iin- portziiit provisions. Tlicrc ll(‘\’L‘l' has bccn llll_V feverish desire iii this country to take lllC cliartcr apart and put it togctbcr zigaiti. 'l'lic .'\lll(‘l‘lL‘£lll document has, by ilic prudence of tlic men who nict at Philadelphia, l)CCll savctl from floods which, had tlicy not bccu chcclcctl by craftily- coit- strucicd procedure walls, tiiighi easily have ivashcd it out. Iti the 49th Cotigrcss 47 pro- positions werc introduced for £llll€ll(llll(‘lll of the constitution. But more cmphaisis is given t0 amendment in the United States than licrc. .~\t \\'asliingt0n a constitutional change is rcnic-uibcr- ed and thereafter designated as an aiiicnditiciit, such as the amendment for national prohibition in the last ivar. IIcrc ilic change is siibnicrgctl in the act itself; it is not even linnorctl by a separate or distinct name. Thc rcsult of this scssioifs move will simply be tcriucd “The Bri- tish North America Acts, i867 to 1943."

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"The papers from London this mornitig (writcs Rex Duff iti lllC Lizizcltc from London) carry word of the death of Arthur Mcc. I had intended today to write to you about war-time waitresses, but this news of l\Ir. Moe's death has turned my thoughts iti another (lircciioii. Over the breakfast table, T. and I have been dis- cussing what Moe ivas, and what he did; and in the half-hour since we rose from the table, my mind has been going beyond what Mce himself was and did, to such thoughts as eventually come to ones mind when one thinks of a man such as he has bcen....Tlie hero in thc account of Mce must be Peter Pan; ivitliotit Pctcr Pan there could have been no Arthur Met: in the first place; and without Peter Pan in the sec- ond place thcre would have been no one to whom Arthur Mce could dedicate his efforts. And \Vllll the work of a man like Arthur Mcc, dedica- tion is tlie whole thing. Do not be awkward and bring J.M.B. into the picture, for he doesn't belong iii it. It isn't important that Peter Pan, as such, is the idea of J.M.B.; all J.M.B. did, was t0 give the lad a name and put him on paper. Never for a moment suggest that he created him! Childhood always is the hero. Whatever has any appeal to childhood is a product of cliild- hood, and ivho-evcr pleases a child pleases him because he himself has liven a child and still is one. Arthur Alec lies (load tiow, and \Vll(‘ll his memory passes (as it will tlo stion), liv will have passed altogether. liut fifty or a llll|l(ll'(‘!l ytvars from iinw you might walk by lllC Scrpcitiiiic and hcar Peter Pan piping."

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Notes By The Nay

Part-ole. -_ as = '- tablets was found on the collection plate of a. Toronto cbumh lust Sun- day. The contributor must. have flu- lshed bLs itwome tax return by Sat- urdasn-Otiawa Oltlaen.

In o microphone gnnonnuln; tell at Brighton Muelc Festival» all but two of the 15 entrants lot into trou- ble over he pronunciation of Dvorak. ‘It should pronounced ‘Dvor- shak’, " said the adJudlcabcr, “u announcers ought to know." "Well, now you know aleo, ff you didn't beforefl-Glasgow Harald.

The Nevu-Journnl o! Mansfield. Ohio, reflects that. "time won when three bushels of potatoes were ex- changed for a your’: eubecrlpflon w the country Weekly newspaper" imrl adds. “But rl lit. now the New York Times wvul probably be 1n- terested 1n such n proposition". What's more the Times would not

alone 1n that claas.—brazit.fprd Expositor.

5°11" 88y the war In Europe la Coll-sing all this rain. It did the same thins it seems in 1916; but. ln 1917 and 1918 when the mugs were matching the enemy‘: artlllery fire the catinonading in Europe had no effect upon l-he Canadian weather. One war agricultural production committee in Ontario was advised in all seriousness by an anxious farmer to get these airplanes out of m‘? B-lr- TMY. In his opinion. were causing the rain. An Indian pro- Iihet with some honor even in his own ooimtry declares that nut/urn ls sending rain ln order to halt production and rest the land. The soil 1s becoming exhausted, he u‘- sued. wltlh too much cropping and nothing put back, so nut/um la for. ced to take a hand. Stlll others de- clare that dry and wet. periods g0 in cycles and this 1s the peak year for precipitation ln the rainy era.-~ (Farmer's Advocate).

In the household , book of an English noblemanls family for the year 1596 there are repeat- etl entries of rye meal to make bread for the poor. and ln the time or Charles I barley ibnegd was me Sltlple diet of the l-iumbler folk, while iii the sixteenth century rye bread and oatmeal gruel formed the tnaior porticn of the diet of 5e)‘- vants in great fimiilies. Barley bread was the itsual food of the Ordmaiv folk iii the seventeenth century. Even ln the middle of the fllshteenth century very little wheat was cultivated ln the northern parts of England and Scotland. In the years about 1750, so small was the quantity of wheat used that 11' “'85 0111i’ a iioh family that used a peck of heat, 1n the course of a YP-“ir. and that was only round about the festive season.—(Nort.hwesbe'm Millcrk

The recent news story telling of fh-e_rcmarka.bly~ effective work of "flying ambulances" during the Culmiflfllink days of the African Campaign gives a. revealing glimpse of the present actuallties and fu- lfill? JJOE-slbilltles of air transport. OIllCEHl figures show that, 15900 casualties of the Bribih, American and French atmles were mo-ved by plane during that campaign, on certain days over 600 sick and wounded men were evacuated from fighting areas, and the speedy hos- bitallzatiori thus afforded undoubt- edly saved many lives. This emerg- encv service. so efficiently rendered by giant Planes. showing what. great numbers can be transported long distances in a short time, f; an m- dlca-tlon of what may be expected in future afr travel. Passenger air travel as we knew lt. fri the pre-war (l-"Lvs will. without doubt, be vastly “Banded. and freight movement by air ivillbe enormously devqlgp. ed. Possibilities so lately consider. ed to be many years away from fulfilment. are already 1n procqgg or: realizatfork-Halifax Herald,

Music for war workers has been tricrl out with great, success 1n u large number cf industrial plants 1n England. Authorities there have found it the best. plan to broad. cast at the beginning of a. day's work to relieve the nervous strain n! air raid alarms and as an antl- dcte to bud weather; also at the 0nd 01 ii trying day. To have u... best effect. the tune should be fa- nullar w the workers so that they can whistle and hum it. Best choice 1s music with a. clear, well-defined melody that. can ride over factory noises, and the tone level and vol- ume should be kept. constant. The 99ml» should be sprltely, but, “e1- ther too fast nor too slow, and no attempt. should be made to adjust the v/orking speed to the mum Musical programmes are, of course, unsuitable for the offloe workers or executive staff, or for highly 5km- ed workmen on tasks that require concentration. However, they an just fine jobs with little variety and they are especially popular with gomen workeras-Plent Administra-

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The role of very other European pcople from Norway to Greece, was to serve the master i-aoe, m lie-w woocl and draw water, w obey with- out cavll or question the and"; or the Fuehrer. .. Now suddenly this very "rlght of nations to free de- velopment and co-operiitlon" la an- nounced-Ln the communique issued after the l-lltlen-Mumoll-nl meeting —tu one of the two ohlef "alme of the Axis Powers." The other, equal- ly surprising. ls "the defence of European civilization." ‘mo famous Dr. Gauss and a whole team of le- gal draftsmen are hard m, wgyk Bmbfldylng these newly fashionable ideas In the form of i. mat-lei- of Emu-ope. ‘Ilheae political tailors are

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NEEDED: PROSPEROUE FARMERS

Sln- In all the uiscusl these days relative to "the fumbled man- power pollcy" since September.

F“ um, the situation 1n the

armed

services ghtly gets tine spotlight. closely followed by conditions e991)“ ing to the urban war mdustrles, and with the position or agriculture (until recent months) a. pooir third. Probably It. could be shown that It Ls rea 1y all one problem, and that most. of the trouble has come from the fact that offlclaldom at- tached this ‘manpower’ job 1n parts rather than as an integrated unit? This reader's vlew 1s that. for various reason-s. Agriculture ha! 8111' fend most; firstly, because 1t ls the least "organized" of the nation's basic activities; secondly, because (be the manpower policy as slack and stupid as it. may!) the flower of our young manhood and woman- hood fcel naturally the magneuc adventure of war; and thirdly, be- cause wage-levels In the war fac- tories are fantastic if measured against the earnings of rural work- ers~whlch does riot necessarily 1m- ply that urban wage-levels are en- tirely too high but. rather, accents the shameful economic rewards gniplly accruing "down on fJie

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I agree entirely with the view point expressed by your former Minister of Agriculture, Mr. W. H. Dennis, as reoorded tn a recent issue of The Guardian: “If we can make the farmers prosperous we need not pay any attention to the balance of the population."

I think that ls precisely true, and that the sooner the urban world generally, and urban Canadians particularly, come to this conclus- lon, the better for all of us. ‘Not- withstanding the immense services which our farmers have rendered the war effort fn the past four years, In my judgment “food" is going to be the central world pro- blem for the five delicate and dan- gerous and difficult years immedi- nt/ely after Messrs Hitler & Co.. have been liquidated.

A writer ln one of your Toronto contemporaries asserts that “a pros-

perous agriculture will solve more .

problems than all the planners com- bined." Those are my sentiments, I am. Sir. nfc. P.P.C.L.I. (11)

LORWS DAY OBSERVANCE Sfr,— In these davs when the ten- dency to secularlre everything ls so strong. it seems fitting to be re- minded of the duly M111 Dfivllelle 0f worship, public and private, “Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and Him onlv shalt. thou serve.”

This command places an inescap- able obligation upon humanity. Whatever we may think of the na- ture of God, or of methods 0i vmr- shlp, there ls no escaping the oblig- ation resting upon us, God made us for Himself at the first, and endow- ed us with faculties which enable us to hcld close relations with Him- self us cur heavenly Father.

That is our birthright. and man is only true to the constitution of his being, and the higher instincts of hi5 soul when he refuses to be bogged In the slouch of material- lsm. and claims his birthright. both as a citizen of this world and as a candidate for heaven.

This recognition of God in Dllbllc worship is inseparably connected with the observance of the Christ- ian Sabbath or the Lord's Dav. The dav commemorates our Lord's re- surrection. and was intended to be. from every Dolnt of view. riot an incubus but a blessing to man

Let it be noted that God claims a. special proprietary interest lti our weekly clny of rest. In His wisdom He arranged that One-Sevéfllh 0f our time should. in ii very special sense, belong to Himself.

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pressed farmer.

yilllrvfmlyipapd-Lm wlthlkmutzl- u new su o e eep’: co .It will be a utilltiy Iult, designed umqt. l 1y‘ fiirqaclcordance with the mode of e Hz war ffort. And It , f course. be defied u epeodllmilie (it can be donned Neal Oil-many needs fxidav i: flwflmbglfl! every ounceo are nnce a can be squeezed out of the satellite States and out of the people of the occu- pied cohintrleak Exempted: eolchlaig, rae nee s wor ers, o need; , she needs goods. The pol of lmlly- lng, of conscription of main, of requisition of maul-tale. of thrutl BM Penalties. has exhausted lite posslbllll-lea. In some meeaure by amusing and increasing reefatanoe, 1t has efetited its own S0 gieieégdw has new dIILIOCC of the ew er. nd wor an to re- place harsh orders. Lavish prom- ises are to be used instead of brut- al threats. The Herrenvolk will no longer asei-t domlnatlon: ft will