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MONDAY, APRIL 7, 1941. -______-

Taxes Sure; Surplus Uncertain

The cuihusiasnl of oiir local cuntclnporarv to th("cllllllilllllr uoiwiihstzinrling, it is difficult t0 get l-xcuctl ovt-r Pri-inirr Ltliupbclhs assurance in his ljudgl-t spccclt ihzit this year he hopes to have a surplus on (Wdjngly-y account, am] a d3- crease of some $0.000 in liabilities. \Ve have luld five years tuul lll(“i_‘ of Campbell Govern Illcllt flnaul-iug. tuul it has always been "jam to- llllll'l'll\\' null jnin yesicrll:i_\"’, but never jam t0- d:l_v. Never that "hnlnilccll budget" which he specific " prl-niisvt] to [iroduce evcry' year by tlu- ext-rt ~t~ of proper (‘L'i'il0lll_\'. Last year's de- ficit of $141.73; and il<-l~i increase of $021914, i518 pUklFZ1llj§lll'_\', uniwitltsiautliitg the extra Sirgooo which the Government hopes t0 raise by the imposition of cxira taxes on tobacco and liquor. lixirzl health services will have to collie out of that, null the hog bonus as well. \\'hcre is the stirphi- going io come from?

To get the light perspective on Campbell Gov- erutnclrt iinilncing, it is necessary to recall that when the Cimsotwitltives went out of office in August, 103,5, the toinl debt of the Province since Cotlil=llt~rzltiutl irns $4,S7;',847,——practically oils-half of what it is today. The other half was accumulated under Mr. Campbell's "economic" regime.

llis first efforts at balancing the budget re- sulted, in I936, in a comparatively modest de- ficit of $341511. In headlines just as large as Saturday's assurance of a loll surplus our con- tcniporzlry' announced: “Complain/yr Balanced Bill/vet l1..- 1937 [IO/VII For." .

The deficit for H.137 was $120,773.

Next year, i033. the Premier budgeted for a deficit of $56,932. The delay in balancing the budget, said our contemporary, was “owing to the lteavy deficit and alarming increase of debt rolled up by the Conscrvzttives"—\vho had no: l.)('('ll in office since August, I035!

The deficit that yicar was $80,II3.

\\'e come now to i939. That year the Pre- mier budgeted for a deficit of $77,787,-—empha- sizing that he was giving a maximum figure which by good luck and sound economy might be considernbl_\' rcdilcctl. His deficit that year, as the Accounts disclosed after the election cam- paign, was 5154.777, with an all-time high rc- curd for debt increase in one year of $I.768.985.

S0 our taxpayers will take, with more than the proverbial grain of salt, the roseatte assur- ance of a surplus and dcbt reduction for the current year. Let us hope that both will mater- ializi‘. In the meantime. what is obvious is that the Premier has been ahle to give no accounting whatever of the extravagances incurred last year, and that his gilesses as to the current year, if they prove as wide of the mark as they have been on other occasions, do more credit to his imagination than to his financing ability.

Surely An Irresistible Appeal

Her Majesty the Queen has graciously grant- ed the use of her name to a national organiz- ation that has been formed in Canada to raise in the Dominion additional funds for the vic- tims of air raids in Great Britain. The organiz- ation, then, is knoivn as The Queen’; Canadian Fund for Air Raid Victims, and the chairman of the Executive Committee is Mr. John G. Mc- Connell, president of the Montreal Standard.

An appeal has been formally launched by this organization throughout the country for sub- scriptions to s humane cause which, as the (jazette points out, at once commends itself to every class of the community, As the Nazis con- stantly increase the length and breadth of their aerial attacks over the British Isles, the need of succrir for the wounded and for those who are rendered hontvlcss becomes greater and more insistent. The city of London was first to bear the brunt of heavy aerial attacks, and the Lord Mayor was prompt to open a relief fund for the victim; and appeal for contributions. The re- sponse was universal. As the Germans spread their bombings ht-youd llondon to other cities, iu-inbly S-viillizlilipion, Prirtsnloilth, Bristol, Car- diff, Swzlusea. Covciiiryg Birmingham. Liver- pool and Alanvhtnsicr, the proceeds of the. wave of bcnrrrllt-ticv ihzii the Lord Mayor of London's zlpplull _<[l1‘]'(‘ll lht-rlugh the limpire were shared by the air raid victims throughout the wider area. llcucc the ticccssity’ for enlarging the mea- sures 0f relief initiated iil Britain's capital.

Canadians, through certain local organizations. already l'|Jl\'(‘ materially assisted the good work; but greater help is asked and the Queen's Cana- dian Fund has ll('(‘ll started lo do on a national scale what hiiht-rto has been done by local ef- forts here and ihcre. The pitrpose is to reach every section of the lloitlinion. There can be no (lonht the i'(‘\llll will vitidicnle the Executive (hinmitictVs hvlicf that Czultldians generally, knowing :h:it the mnititenancc of the civilian lilllféllf‘ in llle Mother Country is essential for yi~ (IcfWIICr of (Tzlnzitlzl us it is for llritain, will V(‘l<'4lllll' ilu~ Illvltflflllllll)’ now afforded them to lh,~rllll_v' give to rclit-vc the sufferings 0f air raid liclinls in the llritish Isles.

\\'bo can rt-sisi mi appeal for expression in practical tt-rius of the sviuptllliy evvrybftily mm‘ feel for the sitffcrings of those splendid people who are victims nf enemy nir raids in the lilrl Clilllilrl‘? Tliiilltuug sin \\'(ll lif thctn, who can hesitate to act gcnerouslyi towards lllcm and

Royal Trust.

The Senate,

ing to the war.

Chamber.

responsible for activities.

to his “patriotism?

lems.

Holy Week.

busy

and also on the

on forays.

provinces.

Justice Lazure

trial) Bureau. terations are

mineral oil. oils, including

At

ncss premises.

railings, fancy

the shape of metal tllatcould be

thereby demonstrate s universal admiration for, the steadfastness of Britain's heroic civilians? It should be counted, and by ed. s privilege to make some sacrifice that will reinforce the courageuos people, that will confirm will, moreover, make glad British Commonwealth. Queen's Canadian Fund for Air Raid Victims may be sent to the Charlottetown branch of the

Where Silence ‘ls Golden

hours than our Provincial Legislature this session, was informed by Senator was nothing much it could do about the matter. No business, he explained, could be submitted to the Senate because this was mainly concerned with

ally concerned in work of the war "Though Senator Dandurand, “l available to be initialed contribution the Senate could make is “silence, which testifies to our common sense, our wisdom and our patriotism."

The government leader in have been wise to have followed his own advice before alleging that British

Challenged by Senator Meighen to produce evidence to this effect in the c0tuniunica~ tions on file between the Dominion and Kingdom, Senator Dandurand could only be done with British government.

part to have made any he could not produce the proofs of his allegations. “Silcnce", indeed, would have testified much better “common sense," his

As for the Senate being forced to remain in- active, an exchange suggests that it might profit- ably turn its attention The plight of agriculture, for example. The Senate could appoint a select committee to hear evidence from agricultural experts, econom- ists and practical farmers with a view to develop- ing a national policy for agriculture. could be undertaken without disturbing the key men who are preoccupied with war work. would be a service well worth performing. Senator Dandurand would be on ing such an inquiry than ain’s expense, for the King Government's dilalory efforts in the early months of the ivar. _____________._______

EDIIURIAI. NUI LS a

Italy invaded Albania this date, i939. v »- : v

Our Legislators, like over malty things this current week. l I U i

Much pressure is being brought to bear by pros- pective senators on our rcprescuttltivcs at Ottawa,

The expression “lone wolf” from the fact that a wolf usually Upon the death of its companion an older male or female seldom mates again or joins

Our country highways are much later in being opened for traffic than those in the neighbouring For instance, a traveller complained the other day that the only bad part he encoun- tered from Sydney to Moncton was in the vicinity of Springhill, N. S., which was, he said, always ' bad anyway.

Not all juries treat their duties lightly, as was indicated by Mr. justice Lazure of the Kings Bench, Montreal. In a case based on circumstantial evidence in which a conviction was recorded Mr.

their work in the current term, and mentioned that that was the last case in which an English speak- ing jury was needed. against the jury system," he said, be sbove sll suspicion if we could obtain the same type of jurymen ll you. your colleagues have rendered have been expected by all connected with the strictly in accordance with justice." g u n- u u

Almost sll the commoner Indian vegetable nil can be used satisfactorily as Diesel engine fuel in place of mineral Diesel oil, it has been shown by experiments over a ed by the Government of India Research (Indus- For this substitution hardly any al- necessary groundnut oil, cottonseed oil and rapeseed oil give the same smooth and The behavior of s numberof other castor, also been investigated. expensive than the cheaper mineral oil, under cer- tain circumstances they could find immediate ap- plication as engine fuels.

s meeting in Edinburgh to make available additional quantities of scrap for the department of the British Ministry of Supply and Iron and Steel Control, Steele confessed that so far he himself had done nothing in this matter, but available to the salvage department the railings round his own home, and the same gesture in regard also made available certain items of machinery in his business premises which were not being used. “In Edinburgh to date," he continued, removed railings from i86 private houses or busi-

of the best scrap lies there have but these tonna the total which city." The outcome of the meeting was that prac- tically all of Ii

NOTES BY TNE WAY

Keeper; of vital satlallcl inform us mar. me Lngevliy of the Ameri- can man ls mcleaslnx. ‘Ine lncleas- in; tempo of modem llle has not.

many will be count-

spirit of the British their will to win, and the heart of the whole

Subscriptions to the mvwm” °l ‘mpmvm “'4'”

and longer youth. One Ot-hfl‘ Iflfiwi‘ in increasing the average span of life must. be saner habit; l: eating. Compared with me say and iluttotl- our runelles the dinner tlblq oust»- oms of modern man may seem puny, but. may are far more health- ful. Far fewer men of today are _ digging their graves wltn their teem. - Atlanta Constitution.

A; Major George Fielding Eliot wntes, the ability of Amer- ica. t. produce war suppLes to: Great Britain ls not so lsrrpcrtanl as the ability to get those mater- ials l0 England alter they are pru- duced. bea power is 30mg to be the decidlrig factor 1n thls war . . . . The nation or group of nat-Lns The Ministers, who are prlnctp- which oonuol; me w; lanes wlll su rvisin a d arr i wln. The nation or group cit nat- pe g n c y “g on the 1on5 which are cut. off from the rest.

departments, are all in the other o; me wmd mug; mgynably p“, I did my level best,” said More or less of a stalemate is; -. - developed 1n Europe. Germany s could find no legislation the European 0mm“, bu, mus here. He thought the best far has been unable to so any fur trier. England ls rapidly mopping up Africa but. this far has been un- able to take tlhe offensive ln Eu- rope excepting in mg air. If Ger- many fails in her attempt. L; invade England. 85 melt. experts feel she will, then the outcome of the strug- gle will depend on wluch side has the greatest resources and can bring tlhose rescurces into play. The greatest help that. the United States can glve England is to help England keep her lines of ccmmurucation open. This we can do 1n two ways. We can augment. tllie British navy by turning over patrol vessels, des- troyers and we can constantly 1n- crease the British merchant fleet, makLng up for losses from German submarlnes. - Watlertcwn Tlmes.

which has been sitting even fewer

Dandurand that there

a war session which is financial legislation relat-

the Senate would

industrialists holding up Canada's

were early war

the United replied that this the permission of the It was inexcusable on his reference to the matter, if

If Hitler believes that the masses 0f this country flanker for Lhe des- tructlcn of their tlmde unLns. for the suppression of free speech and free vurulg for concenllratlon camps and all me bestlallties of the Ges- tapo, he fcois himself. Much mone probably he was trying only t.) fool his hearers. Though even when they must have raised astonished eye- brows when they were tlold that. in Germany “the people utidmbtedly rule the state and debermme the policy of its leadership." Do we de- tect. hlifg an uneasiness. a. susplclon that the old Nazi slogan: "The Puehrer ccmmands, the peple obey," is no longer 50 popular, even among the "parly-camrades," as ll was? — London Dally Herald.

“wisdom", and his

to many important prob-

This task lr

safer ground in promot- in finding alibls, at Brit- 1g h, 3119;“ u,“ m, flppfgvgd method cf scattering a mab ln Aberdeen ls for a. p.l.c.nlan to doff ms helmet. and Lry to rake up a. collectzon, Aberdeen is the siwewd- est. clty on earth in attracting g.cd llumoied altlemlon to itself. Who has not. read the Jokes on itself mar Scotch city mminually sends out. to make the world laugh, That. very capable publicity man, Henry Ford, makes a practice of collecting all the jokes on his car and lssmng these in booklets by the tlhousana. It. is said that. the core of Aber- deenis jzke factory is a gr up of professors at the city's IHLVGYS ty. If so, tit-ere must be a few of nle world's greatest. adveruslng minds at that institution. Othel- places could follow Aberdcews example ll they didn't, merely imitate it. For the pilblic is quick to spot the re- hash. The canlipalgn must be orig- inal and based en something that. is generally credited to the place. In Aberdeenks case the moon that it is stingy ls the verlest libel, as lts public campaigns fc-r money have sll 2WD many llmcs over. A m re gen- erous people probably do not. live. but the c.t.y had the genius to grab for itself flu,- w.rld notion of Scotch "heartless." Over at. Edinburgh, tso, during war weapons-week, $45,000,- 00 was subscribed or over $1,000 a head. This was on tsp of terrific lax- atlon. It. has been lllzs columns idea that ally small vlllagl; in the coun- tlry with no money fcr advertising c.u1d project itself into the lime- light. and get. itself talked abzut for tourist purposes by a Judlcicus system of local street. signs. 'Ille S00‘ put up a wooden welcome arch during its "Wolf Week" and l: had on it a. couple lf unusual quips de- signed lo impress the vlsltlor. So the $20 arch was photographed and a New York news syndicate sent, it

200 UlS. newspapers with its story. Aberdeen jckes are serious business, Their calibre is shown by the tact that they are printed all nver the world. The publicity gift la the rarest. in the wxld. It. is an srt. and not. s Lrade, profession or calling - ban-l of inner qualities and of long experience. -Sault Ste. Marie Star.

lfili

Martha, of old, will b:

blinisters

generally. I l I I

is said to come mates for life.

a family group

it!!!

ill!

thanked the men of the panel for

“Much has been said

“but it would The verdicts you and

various cases and were

period of three years conduct- and n; delivery m London the“,

maLnot elapse no less than

wee : the usual interval ls tour weeks. I have before me a. bundle of envelopes which Qstabllsh thls dlSBT record. The blame, it la

to the Diesel engines, and aceful trouble-free operation as the felfififill; fzufhemwrm gamrhlfég

cocoanut, til and others, has

Although generally more Km” m‘ censor‘ who d”! Wm‘

tters from America in the German lflnkuaze are fairly business-like, these letters get through in a forl- flllhl» But for this sorry service the Postmaster-General the effrontery to charge 2s 6d per ounce. - London New Statesman. Am I er cs must give vvlr l“ to lfile British. ‘There is m longer any serious question about that. It. la equally true that we have 80$ to see that the aid gets to the If that means convoys, ll means convoys. We want to keep ll a war without. combat. if we can. ll ls more likely to slay that way if time British kee the enemy busy. The Axis c ulcf)

Uflifi

salvage Lord Provost Henry he had that day made

his daughter had made to her house. He had

use of fore; s: well ls resources. Our one chance is to keep the flow of war material Q lng m the ‘ . We have got. to pr vlde required and we have 80:’ whseetphat th "get ll where sn w en ey :1 .—8a.n ma. clsco Chronicle.

____._ The trouble with so many bays In this country snd elsewhere ls they are not taught how to play. Modern edueallonlata are b inning sl.wiy lo find out that c. lldren shculd be taught. how to pltv just s; assiduously as they ale taught

"we have

This yielded just over loo tons metal. From corporation proper- been removed 309 tons of railings, ges are only a small proportion of could be made available in the

dinbtirgh will be denuded of its ivater fountains and everything in dispensed with.

been suulclenrly lethal to offset me '11; saner habits of llle. more exercise lnlr

run Cl-iARLOTTl-ITOWN GUARDIAN

The Potato Farmer

(Amherst News and Sentinel)

are reported to be ESKIXIR lzrowlmz cannot be subslcllred same lines ' the wheat. e federa

TOWQI‘ 0D

areas to run fallow this year and 82.00 an acre it this acrease 1s turn- ed into the production kinds of coarse grains. There bus been s Rood des of protest alnst this policy on the part. era of Ontario and 1t ls very likely that their viewpoint. ls shared by firmer-s ln general in easlem Call-

ted out y Prince Edward Island as well as this province, that the costs of pro-

duction are likely w be considerably higher this sear but the certainty of a profitable market is not u. The increased costs will be ln farm labor and in fertilizers as well as in containers for the product such as bass and barre Unless a better

can be secur

year. with lilm how much he almll at- tempt to Dlant this year and whe- ther the Reneral call for abet production shall be heede 11 it means a loss ln his operatlona.

Everything cannot. be put on I- strallzht monev basis durln a period of war when vastly blillfer UB8 l" at stake. but when the eastern farm- er sees the labor man protected Willi "war wanes.” and industrial DlBfll-i

and when he notes what ls

done for the farmers in western Canada, he naturallv ivonders whv go hiiittrlselff shouldumiaotprntzveur Us?

ene o an ass

least some guarantee that what he does shall not be at l 1055-

Forest Fire Prevention and Control

By H. D. Long, Provincial Forester, Department of Agriculture

The month of May ls usually one of the most. dangerous as regards the the hazard and since this will soon be upon us 1r is well to be prepared for the worst. The major- ity of forest. tires are man made and are possible 0i prevention. Very few are sex. by lightning and otin- er agencies. The tire menace there- fore can be most efficiently dealt with by education of the public in forest. fire prevention. Forest. fires originate usually from Lhe follow- ing sources: (ll brush burning i2) grass burmng <3) camp tires i4) sparks from railroad locomotives (5) cigarette and cigar bulls and D1116 ashes. During some, seasons of the year there is very little danger of fire even though no precautions are observed, but. at other seasons the hazard ls very high and even a single s ark is ergugll to start a conflagra on. During such hazard- ous periods, great care must be exercised. The fire hazard ls great.- ast in the spring and fall when there ls little green vegetables. 1n the summer, the green herbs and plants in the woods are a hindrance