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Reforestation Programs

Prince Edward Island along with all the other Provinces will be represented at. the forestry conference which has been called by the Dominion Government at Ottawa. The terms upon which the Do- minion is offering financial aid in reforest- ation programmes are important chiefly as an admission of Federal responsibility. The sum mentioned by Resources -Min- ister Winters in making the announce- ment in the House of Commons may be of assistance in completing forest inventories on which productive reforestation may be based Aggregate grants of 31,000,000 a year for five years, to be divided among all the Provinces spending equivalent sums, cover stock-taking surveys only. But Ot- tawa offers no more than 25 per cent of later reforestation costs, with the expend- itures to be limited to Crown Lands.

A point well taken by the Toronto Globe and Mail is that this proposal does not go far enough, either as to the pro- portion of costs to be borne by Ottawa or the scope of the replanting to receive as- sistance. A much wider, national reforest- ation scheme is necded, cspeclally in com- bating the soil erosion proble'm, and for such a scheme the Dominion should bear the greater financial burden.

The grants announced by Mr. Winters are under the National Forestry Act of 1949, which recognizes a Federal respons- ibility bui docs not relate that obligation to the greater benefits derived by the Do- minion as compared with the Provinces. The slowdown in residential building un- dcr the National Housing Plan by reason of chronic lumber shortages should have impressed the Government with the coun- try's poverty in accessible resources. At the same time. export demands indicate a world shortage.

Forest replenishment should be re- garded as both the most urgent conserva- tion need of the nation and one of the most profitable and permanent sources of national wealth. The present 25-75 divis- ion of reforestation costs is unrealistic and will needlessly retard the development of new wealth from this source. The Prov- inces just havenlt got the money. 01- lawa has, both in terms of aggregate income and in terms of its proportion of income from forests and their products. it should raise its 2.3 per cent contribution to some figure more closely in line with its current benefits and its future expect- ations from this national asset.

Too Many Policemen

Too many policemen can mean one of two things. Either crime and violence are on the upsurge. or the Government is en- deavouring to enforce policies which do not command the popular support of the peo- ple. The latter sooner or later earns the shabby epithet: which is applied to Iron Curtain count:-ies'. Everybody knows what is meant by "the police state."

Canada, admittedly, is far from being a police state. People are still free to crit- icize the actions of official Ottawa without danger of being dragged off to a concen- (ration camp. Nor are uniformcd police present in alarming numbers. The sight of an R. C. M. P. officer or local constable is ground for comfort rather than fear in the minds of most.

The fact. remains, however; that Canada has too many policemen. Most. of them do not wear a uniform. . The majority sit behind a desk. They dont look like police- men. Yet they tend to develop a police mentality which, if allowed to develop un- checked, could lead to serious consequences.

Enforcement officers, administrators, co-ordinators, controllers, departmental in- telligcnce officers, they go by a host of different names. Their job is to enforce the multiplying host of official edicts of one kind and another proclaimed by Ottawais bureaucratic top brass. Private citizens are at a disadvantage in dealing with these pseudo-policemen in plain clothes, for the protection .of the courts in often denied them in a way that would be unthinkable

in ordinary criminal proceedings.

Too many policemen is not the result of any exceptional wave of crime. Rather, It reflects official Ottawa's desire to en- force policies which do not command pop- ular support: The borderline between bur- eaucracy and the police state itself in nar- row. .

EDITURIAII. NUFES

We are fast arriving at the season when the Wednesday half-holidmr is something worth while to the city worker.

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Going wool gathering used to indicate a most impractical state of mind but at today's prices it would be a hard headed way of getting rich in a hurry.

I O O

Canada has called on her military re- serves and a great many young men have been brought face to face with the chal- lenge that they have a higher duty than their own personal welfare.

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These days figures of the value of trade or production are apt to be taken with a grain of salt but it is reassuring to note that so physical a yardstick as railway carloadings indicate that the economy con- tinues to be on the upgrade.

0 O O

Twenty-five years ago Richard B. Bird made the first flight to the North Pole. To- day student navigators at the Summerside air station take it as normal routine that their navigation course include such a' flight.

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Necessity still the mother of invention. A pilot factory for the production of fer- tilizers by using nitric acid instead of sul- phuric acid for the extraction of phosphate from Morocco rock, has been established by Imperial Chemical Industries at their Billingham-on-Tees works.

0 I A hobby of concentration and dispers- ion. Mr. Charles Rone, 75. has been play- ing draughts by post. from his home at London, Canada” with people in London, England, and other parts of Britain, for 15 years. He recently arrived at London airport on a 4.000-mile "move" to meet some of his postal opponents. O U I Sir James Barrie, Scottish novelist and dramatist, was born this date 1860. He contributed to many English periodicals and in 1887 published his first book ”Bcttcr Dcad", followed by ”Auid Licht Idylls.” His fame rests mostly on his plays, full of wit, imagination and fan- tasy. His "Peter Pan" alone would assure immortality. I O O

The indignation against inflation would certainly be greater if savings accounts. bonds and insurance benefits were written down by about fifty per cent but the sit- uation would not be markedly different. In- flation merely takes away savings as day- light saving time takes away that hour in bed in the morning, without the compen- sating earlier bedtime.

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One may attain high distinction in temperance warfare as well as in military. The London Daily Mail reports that silver- haired Mrs. T. J. Clark, of Graham-road, Wimbledon, .is shortly to receive a gold medal for having been a total abstainer and a crusader against strong drink for 59 years. The Order of Good Templars have recognized this by awarding her their high- est honor. Mrs. Clark, who is 75, is the first woman in England to win the award since the Order was founded in 1868. With her husband, Thomas, also aged 75, she is a founder-member of the 42-year-old Wim- bledon branch.

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The rise in production that has taken place in Canada over the past year is by no means so great as that which has taken place in the United States, says the current issue of The Canadian Bank of Commerce monthly Commercial Letter. Industrial pro- duction in Canada in January 1951 showed a slight decline from December. During the same period average hours worked in Canadian factories declined by seven per cent. Under normal conditions of growing output, further inflationary pressures may appear in Canada due to the defence pr - gram. No doubt declining productivity can be traced in part to raw material troubles and the changeover to military production. But an unfavourable trend is developing which, if not reversed, can have serious effects on prices and total hours worked

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In connection with the recent spy trials in New York, the mother of one of the defendants visited the trial judge and spent an hour with him trying to get him to be lenient with her son. In Canada and any other British country, says St. Thomas Times-Journal, no distraught mother, or any other person would even obtain ac- cess to the judge and argue with him for leniency of a convicted person. They would not be allowed inside the office. British justice the world over is incorruptlble, and in saying that we are not suggesting that Federal Judge Irving R. Kaufman would entertain the idea of a bribe for one mo- ment. It is just that once a prisoner is be- fore a British judge or magistrate he lfin the hands of -the court, and no external pressure. even from a tearful mother, could away the bench from doing what it be-

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PUBLIC FORUM

This column I: open to the discussion by u.0I'I'eSp0IldElII.I of questions of interest. The Guardian does not necessar- U! end the opinion of correspondents.

THE SALES TAX

Sir.-The repeal in recent years of the sales tax on building mat- texials, foods and fuel was wise. it slowed the rising cost of living. It. contributed to Canada's continued prosperity, bounding revenues, in- creased volume of, physical pro- duction, and contributed to indus- trial peace.

Clothing and pleasure are hard- ly less necessaries of life than housing, food and fuel. To in- crease the sales tax on the former will result in wage disputes, wast- ing time and energy needed for production. and indirectly increas- ing the price which the Govern- ment itself must pay for services and goods.

The removal of the sales tax on

food, fuel and building materials, so far from causing the Govern- ment. financial loss, was followed by magnificent. surpluses. The same may reasonably be expected to follow removal of the sales tax. on the other necessities of life, clothing and pleasure. Since 1938 the physical volume of goods produced in Canada. has more than trebled. A further three-fold increase in the next. few years would mean happiness at. home and respect abroad. To continue and accelerate this in- crease in production the Govern- ment should remove, not increase obstacles to production and ex- change oi goods and services. It. can be done.

Governments are corporations whose first duty in to protect in- dividuals and groups in peaceful occupation of locations where they may enjoy the fruits of their la- bors. As Governments learn to collect fairly for this service they join the worthy ranks 'of honest. corporations.

The sales tax retards bus ncss. reduces incomes and profits which have been important sources of revenue, and increases the price of even Government purchases.

We therefore urge that instead of imitating the folly of the ten per cent. sales tax countries such as Russia and Spain. the Govern- ment should demonstrnte its he- hcf in a free economy by repeal- ing the sales tax altogether.

We are. Sir, ctc.. THE SALES TAX REPEAL ASSOCIATION

Alan C. Thompson, n sldenb. A. Hcrrldgc. Secretary-'rrcn.surrh Toronto, Ont.

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Caution Urged For Tag Days

(Telegraph-Journal)

Jud-ge Harold R. Comcau of the Saint John Juvenile Court yesterday gave a shanp reminder to organizations sponsoring tag days of a need for care in select- ing children to do the collection work. Before the court, was a 12-year-old boy, whose parents are unemployed, and who was charged with theft of funds col- lected in an Animal Rescue Lea- gue tag day.

The boy was placed on proba- tion for a 12-month period and will be under supervision during that period by A. G. Plummer. probation officer of the Juvenile Court.

The court was youth that he had collection container building and taken out the money collected. He said that several other children used for collecting had done likewise. Detective Norman W. Seely, in- vestigator of the case. said that police have had numerous reports of similar instances. most. of which have not been drawn to the authorities for officini act-

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fl. Judge Comeau said that Mr. Plummet had reported to the

court that those who run tag days are not always ”ca.ref'ul in the selection of children. . . in

some cases it is known tint they let nnylbody art all who comes along undertake the collecting and too frequently children are selected from families which are hard put. to even survive and naturally these people are plac- ing A tremendous t ,.tB.'tion be- fore the children."

The judge wurned that "unless they are more careful in future in the choice of children to work for them the loss of money will continue."

He commented on the tempta- tion which the money collected would place before I child which nonmally had no spending money and which came from a home where money was scarce at all times and the father Myed.

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”on Wednesday of last week an immense 1 T 01 P601710 90m different parts of the country as- aembled in Summerside to witness an interesting ceremonial of the Catholic Church. This was the laying and blessing of the corner- stone of the new church of St- Paul now being erected in (hilt town. Already the sacrlsty and side-chapel in connection with the building are almost completec. and the brick walls of the main edifice appear some seven feet high, The dimensions and general design of this church closely. cor- respond to those of the Tlsnl-9h Cathedral.

"The Rt. Rev. Dr. Rogers. Bis- hop of Chatham. N. 3.. with the Bump of Charlottetown. and I number of Priests. 35515155 if ""3 ceremony. Bishop Rogers belns the officiating prelate. A sermon of much merit was preached by the Rev. Father Lamont, of st. Dunstan! college. Not I few of the Protestant gentlemen present contributed liberally to the col- lection which was taken on ad- mission to the interior of the building, in which Father La- mont: dl5COHI'5x. was delivered. The sum of 51215 was voluntarily paid by those who were present to the Very Rev. James McDonald. in appreciation 01 N5 i'-l8lm9"5l' ed exertions, and in aid of the noble undertaking. This worth? pastor is entitled to Emit Wm- mendallon for his efforts in be- half of the material and spiritual advancement of his parishioners. and, indeed, of the community in general. within less than twelve months, he has erected and furn- ished I Convent of no mean pro- portions, in public hall, well equip- ped, and is now outstripping his usual zeal by the erection of what promises to be In splendid church edifice."

-The Islander. July 23. 1860.

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laws respecting the purity of and drugs in the 'U.S.A.: one of the leaders in the campaign was Dr. Harvey W. Wiley, chief of the Department of Agricuiliurels bur- eau of chemistry. As a means of

food, Dr. Wiley fcd his infant son. Harvey W. Wiley Jr., on a special diet of ground cereal; he was known as "America's best- fed bnlby". He died last week If. the age of 38. This proves nothing against scientific nvuvtrition. or the desirability of pure fobd. It docs prove I. point. which needs sup- port, at present. viz., food and good living conditions do not in themselves guarantee long life or happiness. We still do not know why people die, some of them young and some of them ol.d. Life is still 3. mystery. and when we are tempted to think that. we have probed all the sec- rels of the universe, it is well for us to recall that fact. - Peter- boi-ough Examiner.

some eyebrows have been nil- led over a few straw men that both External Secretary Lester 3. Pearson and Ambassador Hume Wrong have of late been shooting at. The Canadians are such good friends of ours that good rela- tions are taken for granted. That. is a pity: as Dr. Johnson once said, friendship must. be kept. in constant repair. Our newspapers. by ignoring Canada, don't help very much. though. if news con- cerns the unique. the peculiarity of Canadian-American amlty de- serves space. Nor, for that matter. do the Canadian newspapers show much interest in news from Washington, if the couple of Can- adian newspapers show much in- terest in news from Washington. if the couple of Canadian corres- ponde-nts here, and the lack of news agency representation, con- stitute a. yardstick. However, if the newspapers err. the govern-

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1. Notes By The Way

Sweden and much have undo I crude deal for the exchange of goat Hunt: will send- Sweden Inc, bilateral Is well an multilat- xuch strategic materials as mun- -era-l. - From The Washington zanese, chrome ores and coal. It looks as it Russia doesn't realize there's I wait an. - Ottawa Cit-

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Like 3 slow. bcneflclent now 7'-he signs of sprint Ire creepm; over the countryside. Across thg valley: I green hue, covers 7,3,, ods. an ion: austere in their

. and there a tree in A warm, gm. i tci-ed spot is almost in full leaf. l'l'he pasturn are rich with the virgin color of new grass. The bare earth lies passive. as if wait- ing for the life hidden in the seeds and rootlets beneath 1),. surface to burst forth. In the woods shy hapaticas and dog's. lsooth violets lift their head: to 11,, warming sun. Beneath the um the ground is moist and upon" and in the hollow: small pool; of water glisten in the light. The

, sunset glows in pastel colon, cool

as the night air which soon flow. down from the outlet darkness. From the ponds and wltei-ooumg. comes the notnnoua whistling of the hylas, tireles and tuneless. Occasionally from the black woods comes the moumful quay. er of- an owl. but when silence comes the land holds its breath as if in expectation. Glorious in the northwest sky floats the splendm of the planet Venus, queen of 11,, evening stars. The 'fn.miliar win. to: paizterns of the constellation lnwe disappeared below the hex. lzon. Like 1 huge question mark symbolizing the mystery or 1),. universe, the Dipper stands on in handle in precarious balance right above. And all the time the earth keeps spinning in its daily whirl speeding the natmn-n of day. when the faint glow of sunlight. touches the eastern horizon. n robinll sin-gle note awoken: the ma-tin chorus of the feathered choir. Travelling crows hurtlc north. ward as if fleeingsozne unknown danger, calving at the dawn. Sud- denly, as if the conductor had dropped his arms, the choir stops: leaving a vibrant silence that rings like an echo. The fresh clear light of day calls to the spirit as it were a challenge. daring it to deny that spring is coming. The stir of life lifts gratitude to the heart. The days of summer's glory are not so far behind. - 'l'oronlo Globe and Mail.

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