, units in our» Confederation.

p y m l pcnsntonrtoittl‘ GUARDIAN Ins-use; Belly (Ionmlul In 1801)

Authorised u t-‘eeond Clue Mall. Poss Olfleo llepsrsnscns, Oil-awn

The Gnnrdlnn mny be ubtelned es: Bub leeeoco Shep. Mnurlllls, N L The News Shop. Mnnewn N. B. Game blolnnn. Proton N 8.

Walker‘: Wh-le Spot. I! Snitch Sh. Illlllnlq N-Is Metropolitan News Annoy, 1M8 Peer 8n, Menthol Unlud Char Storm Chateau lnnrles, Ossnsu Ont B. Allken, l-erd Elillfe Nobel Ottawa, 0n!-

J. Fine. 354 Bny Sh. Toronto Ont. Wolfe's News Stand, Sndbnry. Ont. Old South News. Cor. Milk and Wllhlnﬂon Sh.

Boemn Iosnllng’; News Agency, Times Bnlldln; New lust.

President: W. Chester B. hleuuc, M}. Vlco-Pmident: I ll. Burnett FJJ. Secretary: lsenl Col. I). A MrsnKinnon. 0.8.0- ldlto! and Managing Dlreclm: n B. Burnett. IJJ. Asoclnte Editors: Frank Walker nntl Inn L Burnett

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

SATURDAY, MAY ll, 1946

I

The Post In Error

According lu the [Financial Post, the break- down in the recent Dominion-Pmvincial COn— fcrcnce was due to a clash between “two funda- mentally different pOliliCal philosophies." The Ottawa view was that it \vas the function of the Federal Government to foster economic stability and ensure that "no matter in what Province they live, tiunadians should get about the same kind and quality of public and social service.” The “other side," according to the Post, stressed the danger of too ‘much central- ization and held that “resisting increases in the power ofﬁhe Federal Government is the citizen's best defense against Canada being some- time swept into totalitarian revolution.”

This difference is discussed at length in the Post editorial; but nothing is said of one little factor that invalidates the whole compari- son. If the King Government really holds that it is its duly to see that every Canadian gets "the same kind and quality of public and soc- ial service," why did it refuse to grant the ex-

. tra million dollars which Premier Jones proved

conclusively to represent the minimum subsidy requirement for Prince Edward Island? Fin- ance Minister Ilsley brushed our claims for fis- cal need aside without condescending to dis- cuss their merits. His clash with the Ontario and Quebec Premiers had nothing to do with

_ this basic principle. As one rereuds t-h? speeches

made across the Conference table, one can find little evidence of any concern shown by either Ottawa or the wealthy Provinces for the smaller It was a case of each for himself, and the devil tatkc the hind- most. To talk. of clashing political “philosophic? in the circumstance is ridiculous. As Ruskin ‘said long ago: “The arrangement of the laws of s nation (or pf z DOminiOn or Province) so as to procure the greatest advantages to itself and leave the smallest advantage to others, is not a part of the science of political economy, but merely a broad application of the science of fraud." To that low level did the Ottawa con- ferencc descend. Any attempt to camouflage it in loftvier language would be misleading.

Black Market Situation

Since September I939 Canadians have paid s total of $1,780,000 in fines for offences against wartime regulations, 253 persons have been giv- en ia-il sentences without the option of a. fine, end a number of others have served iail sent- ences because of their inability to pay fines lcv- icd by the courts. Fifteen Wartime Prices and Trade Board licenses have bccn taken from manufacturers and retailers who continually rc- fused tO operate their businesses in accordance with regulations.

.Betwecn September 1, I939 and Febru- ary 28, 1946, 23,416 pCrSOHS were convicted for various offences against the regulations. I’crso11s convicted for infractions of Wartime Prices and 'l‘ra<l¢' Board regulations were- priccs 8,435; rcntxtls 2,350; rationing 3,115 and others 1,637. Persons convicted for infractions of'Wartimb Industries Control Board regula- ti011s¢\v€r0—gas0liuc 5.169; tires 1,623; and others 1,087. Acquiring goods without sur- rendering the proper number of c0up0ns, false statements, counterfeit coupons, etc, accounted for most of the rzititvning convictions. Miscel- laneous cottvictiotts inchitled those for irregu- larities in slaughtering cattle, failure to properly stamp titcal, operating without a license or in- adequate records.

Tbcre are approxinbsdy 750 persona en- gaged in the work of tracking down black mar- kets, which glocs trot include the clerical staff required to keep records, ctc.

\Vhilc there ltas not been organized black markets to any great extent in Canada, as com- pared l0 other countries, the largest organiza- tion has been in the iuanufacttire 0f counter- feit gasoline and food coupons. The breaking of counterfeit coupon rackets has been the biggest tmdcrtakin of Enforcement Branch. Counter- fcxit coupo s tire, detected within forty-eight hours after-they have been turned in at the banks by retailers. A coupon does a consider- sblenmount of trayclling before it comes under lbs sharp eye of the experts. Coupons ere first durhcd in by consumers to retailers, and then posted on sheets and deposited by retailers in ‘ 1 s across Canada. The retailer's aécount. at

bookie credited with the number bf cou-

he deposits. The banks do not examine e deposited fn envelopes with

‘o inerkcd dn tbeoutside. are delivered by ftlie

_ f,g\is<llt Centre. Coupons Id elseovcl wllellltl"_tll0y m" “mid

tts- M1300 I

late

ed to detect the counterfeit coujpns, ‘

. The Enforcemcllt Branch have statistics which indicate week 'by week the number of counterfeit coupons in circulption: At the pres- ent limb there is a very definite decrease in the number of these coupons being deposited in banks. When a commodity is in short subply the number of cOI-llwne in circulation generally increases. This is not s0 in the butter shortage. Due to the great shortage of butter, retailers have not been able to supply butter to all those presenting valid coupons and there would be no advantage in having an extra supply of cou- pons either valid or counterfeit.

In meat rationing the fundamental control is the licensing of those permitted to slaughter cattle. When these Dwple fail to stamp meal and slaughter over quotas, alloivcd upgrading takes place, and when the meat finds its way to retail stores it is almost impossible to trace its source unless the retailer will disclose the name of his supplier. Invoices are generally in per- fect order. It is the extra money which changes hands and is not shown on any invoice which creates the black market.

Black markets operate at different levels according to the commodity involved. In the case of meats, butter and other food items the black market is apparent at the supplier levcl. In other cases illegal prices are detected at the re- tail level.

The greatest number of infractions at the present time are against price ceilings where re- tailers and wholesalers are selling above the lawful price. regularities to trace or control. No tiational project, such as price control and rationing, can be successfully enforced» unless those who will derive the greatest benefit are willing to co-operatc and accept their individual responsi- bility in carrying out the regulations.

FEDIIGRIAL nut 12s..

"Newspaper advertising is an indispensifble contribution to public understanding and goﬂd- will,” says S. A. Boyer, Assistant to the Presi- dent of the New York, New Haven and Hart- ford Railway.

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While the Moscow official newspapers were predicting another war, Mr. Churchill ad- dressing thc Netherlands’ Parliament was as- suring them that Britain's 20- year friendship treaty with Russia would prove one of the scc- uritiespf world peace, and he is not a peace-at- any-pnce man.

4- n- : s:

It is a grant satisfaction to know that the Island Foods Inc., has found a market for its entire yur’: output of dehydrated potatoes. It 1s urnostly t0 be desired that arrangements

outlet for next year's production, so that the factory at Summcrsid-e may be kept profitably m Operation. ~

t l

r s The progressive agricultural provinces so far as-buttcr is concerned, continues to be Prince Edward Island, New Brunswick and Quebec. The rest, having other, and more pro- filn-ble “fish to fry" are neglecting the» basic industry, and providing an excuse for olco- margarine propagandists with an excuse for con- tinuing their agitation. s a s- s- In this issue appears the Advance Appeal of the Presbyterian Church in Canada. In common with the Anglican and the United Church, the Presbyterian Church is asking her members and adherents to contribute to a fund of $1,000,000 for various necessary pur- poses in connection with a forward movement. A highly efficient Layrncnis Committee, under the chairmanship of Mr. R. S. P: Iardine, has the Province well organized and ready for the opening of the campaign on Monday. s s #- 4-

_ Apparently “absence makes the heart grow tonder” among politicians, judging by the friendly, even cordial send-off which the vari- ous party leaders gave the Prime Minister on his forthcoming visit to London. The Prime Minister was characteristically cautious in des- cribing the nature of his visit, declining he would not pretend to speak for the whole of the Cab. inet. But surely he realizes and recognizes that a member of a Government cannot speak for himself alone on Government business. What he says commits the Government, otherwise he

must get out.

$14!

Comparisons are sometimes made between the salaries paid in educational positions and those in industrial careers. A case in point. In a recent issue of the London S/tccfalor the fol- lowing advt. appeared: “Worcester College, Oxford. The College proposes, ‘if a suit- able candidate presents himself, to elect to an Official Fellowship combined with a Lecture- ship in Philosophy for the Schobls of Literac Humaniores and Philosophy, Politics and Econ- omics. The emoluments of the Fellowship and Lectureship combined will be to begin with, 540° ($2.000) Per annum together with rooms in the College, free of rent, rates and taxes, and the usual allowances. Applications should be ,madc to the Rev. The Provost, by 15th lllay."

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William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham, died this date 1778; Britain's first real imperialist; the administration of 1757-6: is famous in ‘Brill ish history fortﬁc successes of Wolfe. in Canada

in Europe in which Pitt supported ‘Frederick the Greet of Prussia, enabling him to make Prussia the first 0f the slates; Fred? erick left upon Prussiht: pbliblcs ‘a trait oi un- senipuloriinéss which readied its ecmeof evil in the plotting and conduct bf Great Wars. I slid II; Pitt, however, ‘did not foresee this; ‘a great oritor, and of emmpesdiabledntegriry, he ‘possessed the confidence. and edmlretlen of tho public as probably. no. other British‘ Minister he:

These are the tnost difficult ir--

can be nude by the Government for a similar

and Clive in India, and for the Sclren Years’ War .

astray m. lest words were slid/lo t» "Opng ~

.38. Molt". rus- Rﬂ 0 . 7st. Cettlsarlné tsndIé. .

Now you fellows who have won- whot it would be like to hold a glamorous screen a: ln your arms heave the word o! an ﬁlm. ‘I110 men who rescued Greer - son frmn the ofuean says ll. we: a sardine ou

of . --%‘?.‘2!... st

er. The moss sslnl single pro- blem before £91412 today 1s to ln- duoe le to leave oltles and to seek their fortune in that. place wherewhe pioneers found on the frontlers of this wide rich land. It is BIl-Ebd and not in who towns that there arise those op- portunrltles which can lye young le their best start n e new lawrla. Colonist.

Within the next 05 to '15 days the world wlllrﬁ thro the most. serious fcuf c rs qt time. im- thtb pedal at least the Canadian

1k: slwtzld be wtlluig to revise

eating habits. “Whatever the dental that. can be made. it will b11118 no mayor discomfort. Ger- liﬂinlv no one in Canada will starve. I! the effort is not made, quickly and willingly. then the grief will be “D011 our heads The geoples of the woe-id are htmgry. Ive them this do their dolly bread. -—Tor. onto Gobe and Mull.

Barn ﬁres an: sufficiently num- amps to vrarrant exhatustlve research work in an effomr, to ' and effective uneven-live. Practically all met ls - to te Ls that

. —V

couse a blaze, but, what are they

anrlhowaretiheycrteutedfllreal

gcventtve would be worm millions agriculture. --G'ue1ph Mercury.

In the United Kingdom e rlgld ﬁlmy of producing for airport trade forte cmtaerulng _to local demands

never see. the line or “export or die."

ls not so acute hen. But llhene is a danger never-males. The pressure for more and more con- sumer 300$, with which we have, arknittedtly. been doing without, ls stronger "than ever -—M0nt1tecl Sher.

Dlnoovery of n new and ‘abnlo rich mine tn the former e ee Stale of South Africa. probe. mu not start a wnrld-wlde s . ‘This is a different sort of world from ‘that of 184B, when Sutbark n all nations

xnlne assnyl 5.21 potmrds of port- arhou-se bo dig bun-well. that. would

em come a jimvping. -Chlo- ago Dally News.

So much that ls of importance to Scotland 1e being token out. o1 Scottish hantk for management from London that. Scotland's right and abllltv to lcok alter her own affairs h being seriously challeng- ed. Scottish men of foresight and ezit/emrlse oorfnor allow the coun- try's future to be ltmtperilled by the elimination of men on the spot, nor can they lightly leave the Government to neglect, opportunities it. ought to grasp. Some sbeps have been an to help industry and agriculture, but the lrngortant wort: o allfureetntlon ls all wed to go forward to jog-trot fashion. Ac- cording m 114ml Mansfield, we could" _v.'lt.h advlmtnwe have four million

acres tmber. thus glvlng employment. ho 200.000 men ~ a. number than employed ln a ture and mining combined. ereby not. only would Soctmndﬂs wealth be increased but beauty would be added to her lofty hei hts, furious already for their ma. esty —and poverty. —F‘rom Edinburgh Scotsman.

To secure herself Russia need onlvkeep faith with the United Nations. Her policy of expansion betrays p. lomenaabe indifference to the urpose o1 N. If ll con- tinues N will be wz-zzlaed before its work has begun. The‘. security of any nation and all nations ls supposed to be the

sent, orlsLs can b,- pertcefutly settled only U N slrfirfjtllfnid.

between Brtafn There is tel: cl 1'

t ..mer1c.\ .

i511‘. Ll

Mun’cli our hopes cf

would ‘r; dlminlslicd. . .

ence, an»: its sequel, sr d ught the woz-fu vnrvicn?

n e ‘Ffhlvt . v1.2a to repeat ll-"zlf. l‘; nan‘ do so. The Anglo-fur‘ r121: combination w lcn ‘e ls surely not so bankr- . . mnnshlp their‘: ll. rarmo» a1». def its own mutual fetus sud surrl :l':ns. [on-rim Dally Mali. ‘

Shortly after the war ended some medical ppietl: alarmed the public by predicting that aur-

lr the ensuln winter, paétlcitl- ‘av tat a

to that wlhlc-h caused so much less of ltfeﬂtzlellinglgltenliast “gig. wosild ‘wee-p war ey a. re‘ o- ted epidemics o! other rlseoses prlgvlnatlng ln th dls- glaced and hmneles peqale In

crepe, but. 1101a: of lihese ‘th s have occurred, or like v b0 oocin. Bo fa

reap. nslbilli-y | of the semirtty council. _'I‘he pre-|

need be, by a closer tinderntinuingi A

B_'M'I11;s_§ , illar with on P c l ‘. - wrlro-Ilt ts the mapledeaf of our an: 5 4‘ w.‘ ~,~' adlan ausumti wluh all its varlegn ‘t. ed colours of red and yellow and

fr

bitten‘ folly it would be ll hls‘:~r_\‘r:l5een,5. w Y“ ibli. tlco! urc h“ ntgtilflsfeffst dgstlny must be ellmln‘ a .

PUBLIC "FORUM Ihle enlnsnn h open In 4M dlscnsdon by earn spondenh of qneeslun at interest. 1h Ghee-lemurs: Oueullsn done nos eeeeens

P. W. U, CBITIOIZID

Sin-Within the but. week l have. (both In amusement nnd amusement. been reedlng the let.- ters in your per concerrnng the Mayors r speech with regard to P. _W. C, It ta my opinion. how- umble that might be. that those who sign themselves "Pree- entP. W. C. Student", "Ex-Rural Teacher," etc" should be more or less ashamed to say so and leave themselves so wide open for attack. Any person who brags P. W. C. up to the hlgh ek they do and then- show wthat ttle good the elevated education hne done them, certainly add one more point In favor of the 'DX‘O'B." I ~ - if I - “ correctly the Mayor stated openly he was not a former student and dld not lntaml to criticise ll as such; therefore bland state- rnent; coxweznlgitg ls more or ess a was pnpcl‘. Wales College ls no less than e tern of Prince Edward Island. The teacher who said ‘bottleneck’ ls the wrong word dld absolutely nothing in constructive effort

furnishing a new word. education he or she received at .

so‘ without

when 1t ls quite easily seen the tables are reversed. Anyone- who has been ln eervlc t, to

(my; know enough a

s eo s: r e. lZP°Yl$€SRi ' n» m all! And if.» I. along with the Ma no doubt would any ls that. for h spend at P

sonsecmc would discover a beollstake know

way! am Sh‘ e \ ANOTIiB in muggy

OUR CANADIAN FLAG Slr,-—The\'e 111s] grim: remand; almost. settled. With D ' ion my gone, the Cmnadlan Clt bl ﬁiiiiérzi iireviiuegaiifdhigh Sliive The King on the way, and oleomugar- lrre banned from our shores we can breathe easily onze more.

The 2.500 deslgwllshfgl; a

a been

bonunlgi of Canada. have M

h .

elf ‘fit-mars are authentic than ls likely _to 3e ‘someTred trle. lee In the new eegr.

they say. 1e typically Etiglleh

the Cross of St. George was red. It would be interesting to observe. in thls connection. that.

bottleneckﬂn the educational sys- ,

W C. should enable ne or she to do om ltl I80

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i _ iCltvurloIlelowiri" ms.‘ smut-e. ism I

stirs; tests i‘ Egg $535 §=

,.- a s ii; Egg s“;

n lnfluen lal one

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1n natrea-nd held tn the

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and flags. After the cleared n concert was

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leomree concerts. “tbsp-fights? which

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and ow was at that

and made s. ﬂnc mow when to the unit

Wﬁﬁ

wish m be putlcularly ‘

to our new friends the Rllﬂil-YW W also use nhe word "red“. There min’ be quite a. number of white lrl- ungles ‘m the new device, is the.

A considerable quantity moe had etlll mmatlmd use l

when

white triangle ls typically French. gmug;

The diagonal line separating the two colours will, we presume. rep- resent. Quebec and Ols-(arlo but the

separation seems to be superﬂuous gm-

as these two provinces seem e getting quite close together of late. The green triangle sheaf ls to represaht the soll of Canada, el- "‘°“““ l“? “Flt?! .§ll“3';‘“....“r§2%‘ reen. n eas - E e Edward Island.

and stir Canad- d ls

plnkthat touch the hearts the imagination of young tans from coast to coast. If re so slginficant let lt be all-red.

The one thing definitely settled be that everylih em- rlgln and

kt: way for someth Canadian".

1y h. orstlrlctlvely Ctmadlan r e n 1 1y

means no person has as YQl ev

. ’. d l tll . -

“kﬁliphctd. 5r ziis stalwart cen-

sltatlna around e huge table sorting out colours and rtiepee emf sizes dny after day relplndﬂ 0M very vividly of "Dlnmhe ting Party" when "I was Seeing Nelle Home." This at. one limo in Olll‘ nation's story would have 98-5593 for high . but will . clvlllztttlieanmtggrmbllm "I Anfilfhen the Unlo

eq . an 1B pounder sling and roll over the wwlers edge when lt

e 0 o A1 the gular beenwglthctrewxfi she re; Z1; “In 3am“

aimlton criueed qulle n rln. In the Monitor

er ‘has’ been elxl-Y cot wldc. wnneotln: Street one

troops

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of ordn- e

some years. 1‘. was m

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nened a c un or e l aired U-ro d fsquflxi‘ atmlteer null

as n fav- antd the

by "thug, newspaper June, 10M. the following para-graph I .

and

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rmutstmiuumeewma still tobeenduicdmwurweqodllnlh-

ls raleee once more the often- "ealned question, “Why ls

'onﬂi€ progress to v

' eoonom S8.

nmirmg o! its mew. ctille m: ._ ‘ “I and almost lmmedlsl

eeekkig b0 eettl twee. O circle-e say the eOablxiot, has been study!!!

vernmetnt w

Y es o: selective hnmlgmtlon. with British settlers given prefer-

Y illdl Mil lllﬂﬂll Si‘ '57:: d Ilsa m1:- "lxcwItr IQWII$'

RIB O UL AT! $4

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traces of worms and In

Prloelleenlsporlb.

DIUGBTOII 1Q Greet George emu

All Mel! Orders Glynn Prompt sbentlon.

Omens: ll-LIBON P. McLEAN-Dﬂiet Ml-Illlr n0 ﬂlmlnerlldh CYRUS A. B. SHAW-District Manager ‘n! Nonsense.

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and well- ‘sum nneese. the lu-

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