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Morning Dolly (Foundod in 1887) Authorized as Second Class Mail, Post Olloo Department. Ottawa.

President. lan A. Burnett; Vice-President, Wm. B. Burnett; Surya-Trans, G. M. Burnett; Editor and Managing Director, J. R. Burnett; Associate Editor. Frank Walker.

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

S.\'l‘l_'lll‘.\\'. MARCH B. 1947

n. s. an "i... Subsidy

Mr. Hugh MacKay, Leader of the Opposi- tion in New Brunswick Legislature had this to say in the debate on the subsidy question then before the House: .

“The Royal Commission's report and much fulsome rhetoric from Liberal lead-ers and bur- eaucrats had raised high hopes that an honest and devoted effort would be made to solve our national prcblzms. Instead, we got the quor- reling, haggling and double-crossing of the past two years. _

"Finally we get proposals for on ogroo- mcnt which has no principle to it but that of expediency. Illftilifi is no provision for real na- ticnal rccdjustmcnt. The rich provinces stay rkh crd (be to prcvfde lar, for better pro- vincfcl scnIccs ll'.C|'i the pccr provinces. To instance what I mean, let me give you the per capita figures fdr each province, according to the best of my information. These figures are based upon the over-oil amount of subsidy which provinces would receive in 1947: P. E. l., $24.31; Nova Scotia, $19.20; Quebec, $17.29; Ontario, $18.04; Manitoba, $19.77; Saskatchewan, $19.03; Alberta, $18.64; British Columbia, $21.19; New Brunswick, $19.69. ~

"Observe that Prince Edward Island, with the lowest per capita income according to the bureau of statistics, will receive the largest per capita amount of subsidy, $24.31. This is equit- able, if the purposes of national readjustment are to be‘served. New Brunswick has the sec- ond lowest per capita income among the prov- inces,‘ so, if equity were preserved, our prov- lnce should get the second largest per capita amount of subsidy. But-—we don't!

"British Columbia, with the highest per capita income~higher than Quebec or Ontario --comes in second with $21.19 against New Brunswick's $19.69. New Brunswick receives $1.50 less per head than the rich Province of British Columbia and $4.62 per head less than Prince Edward Island which is just a shade poorer than us. Where is the equity in that?

”I .we were being subsidizedon the some basis per capita as British Columbia, we would be receiving from the Dominion about $700,000 more than the strict formula is likely to give us. lf we were subsidized on the some per cap- ita basis as Prince Edward Island, we would be getting $2,250,000 (at least) more than the for- mula will give us."

lcetloes In The liorth Sea

Reports of the prolonged period of severe winter weather in the United Kingdom have made references to the presence in tho North Soa of drift ice, with pans twelve inches in thickness, and extending from the British east coast to tho shores of Norway.

A common experience on this side of the Atlantic during the winter and spring months, notes an exchange, the presence of ice on the European coasts is a unique occurrence. The North Atlantic Drift of the Gulf Stream moves north-eastward after skirting the outer edges of the subterranean plateau known as the Grand Banks, washes the western shore of Brit- ain and cuts across the North Sea to the Nor- wegian coast. It forms a worm buffer around the British Isles. The southern limit of drift ice follows more or less a corresponding line— northward from the Grand Banks to Iceland, thence east to the Faroe Islands, thence north- ward, cutting the meridian of Greenwich in ap- proximately latifude 68" N., or about 250 miles north of Scotland. In the warmer temperature of the Gulf Stream Drift, the ice melts.

In the present instance, apparently, con- tinuous northerly winds have driven the cold northern surface water with the icefloe far south of the protective blanket which, despite the fact that London is situated lour and a half degrees further north than St. John's, has on- abled Biritain to enjoy a far more moderate win- ter climate than that which is generally experi- enced in this country. The ice invasion has not only interfered with shipping at a time when every effort is being made by the colliers to bring cool from the northern ports to London, but owing to the low temperature of the North Sea, fishing operations ore unlikely to prove successful, and that means for the people an

_ already sparce diet made skimpier still.

Manitoba's Example

Tho Manitoba Legislature is now in session, and Premier Garson has set a good example to othorPromiers by discouraging all complacency ovor tho Ottawa tax agreements. He does not rogord them os a final settlement. Ho is hope- ful that it can yet be possible for the Domin- ion Government to carry out its programme re-

‘ loting to public investment and social welfare, but this rosult can be achieved only if a suffi- eiont meosuro of ogroomont can bo obtained among tho provinces. Meanwhile, tho Manitoba Govornmont will introduco logislatlon to equal- ize tho burden of educational taxos upon lond by distributing to tho municipalities port of tho additional fivo and ono-half million socurod by tho agroomont. Tho agroomont also onoblos tho burden of reliof costs to bo sharply roducod.

Now labor lc islolion to bo considorod will rovido-not for lho "outlawing" of unions as

o boon throotonod in this Province, but for o Labor loord with jurisdiction ovor oil provincial llbor. Iomr.

, ', oilont tdoordooo not mm to hovo

' 1o" tho Jonol ‘Govornmont, though it

' ‘id. oppoorrto bo o Moro dniroblo courso

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, fitable undertaking.

than tho ono suggested in tho heat of somo- thing or'thor by Ptornior Jones at the Legion‘ meeting. At any rate, Manitoba, which is a big farming Province too is apparently not con-I sidcring anything more drastic. Indeed, it is specifically stated in tho Speech from the Throne that the Manitoba Government "does not propose to introduce new legislation on this; subject for provincial industries until the fonn and content of the proposed Dominion legisla- tion for national industries shall have been fully determined." This problem will be considered either at a specialrsession of the Legislature lat in the year or at the next regular ses- sro .’ »

Provision also will be made to protect Man- itoba's natural resources, to improve living con- ditions in rural parts of the Province, to con- struct better roads, and to improve welfare s-er- vices. Nothing very gaudy in all this—nothing to hit the headlines but good policies nonethe- less.

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Tomorrow 3rd Sunday in Lent. ‘k k ‘It ‘k

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No religious education can be fully ef- fective without active co-operation ahuroh, homo ond school.

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A timely reminder to our legislative orators! is conveyed in the following hint which we pass olongfrom a western exchange: No matter how lofty its content, when o speech is read it is about as effective as a kiss over the telephone. j

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Many in Belfast will regret that the Pres-, byterian Church is to lose the services of-thel Rev. Mr. Evans who has been acting minister‘ for many years, appointed by the Presbytery. Tne Presbytery has now decided the time has come when the Belfast congregation must give a call III the constitutional way to-a regularly ordained minister of the Presbyterian Church.

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Congratulations are due to Rev. Donald A. Campbell, B. A., son of Mr. Archie Camp- bell, M.L.A., who has received a unanimous coll to the New London Presbyterian Churches: which he has been serving as locum tenens for] some time. Rev. Mr. Campbell was formerly‘ minister at Picton, which- charge he resigned before going overseas where he served four-and-

o-half years.

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Instead of extending the runways at Chor- lottetown Airport it is now proposed to transfer the [radio beam to Summerside. Verily the Citys_ |nterests_are sadly neglected these days by City Council, ¢Boord of Trade, Provincial Government, and Federal representatives as well. It seems what is everybody's bus-' iness is nobody’: business and nobody benefits except the other fellow who is on the qui vive.l

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Running o hotel is not always a very pro-I A dividend of $1 a share to holders of preferred stock was announced at the annual meeting of the Admiral Beatty Hotel Company Limited, Saint John, N. B. It was the first dividend declared since the hotel began business in 1926. Twenty-one years is a long time to wait for interest an an investment.

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Henry Word Beecher, American philosophorl and preacher, died this date 1887; his preaching was marked by great originality and eloquence not a few of his sermons and lectures being still popular. His’ publications include: Seven Lectures To Young Men, Life Thoughts, Life Of Christf "He is rich or poor according to what he is, not according to what he has" . . "Compassionl will cure more sins than condemnation." . . "Ho who is false to present duty breaks a thread . in tho loom, and wiI-I find the flow when he’ may have forgotten the cause."

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Alderman John Walker of Halifax has‘ launched a protest to Mayor Ahern against "too" many secret meetings” at City Hall. Aid. Walker said ”there are so many these days that nobody knows what's going on. The public should know everything that happens here." A former Mayor here when asked why he allowed oil-important business of the City to be trons- acted behind closed doors, replied: "Because I would be ashamed to let the citizens know the ignorance and prejudices of the men who rep- resent them." is this still the reason for bar- ring the Council door? If so, is It not time the electors should be permitted to discover for them- selves the calibre of their represbntatives?

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We had the extraordinary spectacle in the House of Commons the other day, of Prince

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western membon ond blocked by Island repre- sentatives booouse, in their opinion, further in- quiry and investigation was necessary. How come that tho, western M. P.'s who, naturally, were looking a-fter the interests first of their own constituents, were in a position to fully discuss the matter of groin transportation, while our own asked tho Houso to rosorvo judgment till the feasibility of the project was looked into? ls it tho old story, our repro- sentatives aro not themselves informed and therefore not in a position to express an opin- ion, ono way or tho 0:112:17 Government officials claim that this yoor's Income Tax forms aro tho simplest yet, but tho ordinary tox payer finds thorn as difficult as evor. For instonco thoy do not contain tho lat- ost deductions of 16 por cont.iVorlous oxplonai tions aro offorod as to why they oro not indi- cafod on tho 1946 tables. It involvod too big a printing job, said ono official. Tho tox poyor figum this out for himself first by putting o ring around tho figures opposito his incomo brockot in tho proper "status" ond "dopondonto" column. llo thon doducts l6 por cont from tho tox amount shown. Tho toxpayor’! offort in ro- duclng tho tox amount by 16 por cont contains tho psychological implication that lost your tho Fodorol Govornmont roducod tho porocnol lovy 16 por cont. Cltizons oro moro improoud

with this foct when thoy work tho problem out for Nrornoolros. .

Edward Island's interests being advocated by‘

THE CHARIOPTETOWN GUARDIAN

iiotos liy Tho Ploy

Biting tho American ‘he t picking up right when tho Indion leer off. —Soskatoon Star-Phoenix.

Economics will bo m oxoot science when the monaaemont and labor expects come up with tho same mowers-Quebec Ohronlclo- ‘Telegraph.

A! 11ml as "No loo Crcim Today”

vis the saddest news our teen-nears;

can read. t-hL; lg tho world's most favored nation. - Fhrrt little Times- Review.

.,.‘,’,'"5.,,§,,;'.‘Z'§1,.“".,..' m,” If, zilP-Alvrrsan seer-zen msrnacnoi

lneclpe from a newspaper with n‘

hairpin-and in such a manner that nothing left on the page legible. y

What ls tho ouroot way to shorten a business man's life? . . . Why. tell him to retire. He'll loco the purpose for which ho exists, and hi5 mental prooemes. and ooorn the way his vmolre body functions wtll deteriorate-In‘. tlorvcy Agnew, secretary Oonodlon Hospital Ooun- cil.

I non using this tip along for, who! 1t lo worth. says o letter- wrlter in The 31001101181010". 111.. Plmtagrolph. You virllll be suIPTlRd

how good it feels to take a dry ruhl m j». “sandpupor both." Rub llohflv I11 0N GETTING onus BACK, or merit and, as ffll‘ as 1 know, of any

over the body and press drawn more

I! ' various parts

pursue rorzum

Thlo column h opon to tho dlocuoolon by. corro- os ‘ of "

tutor-cot. Tho C lomoown Guardian dooo rm aoooQr- Ily ondorlo tllo opinion of

roopondcata.

A POETS 780T!!!‘

Sin-Gtlristionity today. ol- thoilai professed, is in practice preomlnenily unchristlan.

I Qn. Sir. eta. JOHN OI‘ "THE LILACS"

_ O seems from the many

and criticisms from oi.’ Canada on tho ispeech of Premier Jones, that tho

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‘Charlottetown branch of tho Cano-

dlan Legion is getting o lot of very undesirable publicity for sponsor- ing such political sill/tements. It has always been the rule and prin-

clpol to emphaslu tho Lesion as o gethor Switzerland. Austria, Pqlmd, 1111""! P801118

strictly non-political body and as

tors respecting oorvico men and their affairs.

I om afraid the Promior has let the Charlottetown konch of tho Legion down badly in this re- grettable incident.

I km Sir. oic. LEGION MEMBER.

Foreign Policy lull“? Kllllllvln Information)

House o. Oommono an I “Zlth. Mir. Bevin sold that tho prooo treaties with Hungary. 1301mm. Rllmonlo; Hflllnd and Italy would allow. Nlotlmlshijls width those countries to be develop- ed on a much more rottonal booio. Ratification: of the treaty with Italy would enable ni-lroui m wrai- drow 45.000 troopo from that wimlry- In Italy Britain lied lflcd uto establish just hunters, and on _the wtiolo ho thought oho nod muoooodod.

The dlfflmlt ooeos of ‘Priosto hold now been settled and he peroorialw never had any doubt that Yugo- slavia. would sign the treaty. Mr.

is to creole another Donzig. ‘Phat ts not oonrcct. Tho tree port of ‘Ifiwte is not under the domination of any other power. Donal: was." Saying than h-lesto brought to-

Oocchoelovokta. Elma-toy. Yugo-

ilng tearat tho tlmoof tlresodio- ousstons in what is called the Slov mind that our object was to use Tnlwte some any or other as o

ail-magic bage_ 1 mpmjgud m“ 1n and down otoks, since escalator!

iPuis. I repeat t-t again. It never accrued to us, ond it vine never the intention of Hls Majesty's Govom-

-othcr Wsetcrn power to do ouch o

where there m; oallorueod places on‘ Sin-Tho phrase "get one’: back “my.

tho solo; of tho feet. Uso a small up" may bo found ln Webster's die-l

sheet at fine sandpaper and then take Your recall-r both-

South Alberto hao acme 3,000 tons of sugar beets still in tho ground. with no very good outlook that they will be recovered. Out of o. amp of neisrly 400,000 toms. that doserrt look. very much. But it mean; more than 750.000 pounds o! sugar which at present! rorianfng. would provide for 20.000 people for a. year~or more than enough sugar for Icthbrldeo for o yearn-Leth- bridge Herald.

Time spent; in being D0111 ll never wasted. A mom who knows what ho wont; to soy con 00mm” two or three minutes in polite PN- ' llmln-ai-les befmo he gets damn to brass tool-Ls. To be harsh and

foolish economy. Whatever wo may thin-k to the oontaxy, moot of 1B have for more time than we one likely to employ wisely or profit- ably; we can very well spare some of it for purposes of politeness.- Peterbsraugh Examiner.

It lo encouragin; that Counlfan educationlsts arvreallzlng that lf the-re ls to be a balanced and a sane world we must "remember" that: rclence must be tampered by l- realization that. science run wild. as it did In Germany without can» slderation of the moralltles and the spiritual sidle. Ls disastrous. It is to the imiversities and the leader's from the universities wg must look for n world at peace. good-will and talor-anoen-Imrdoixi Ptoe Press.

The Nova Sootinn ooal mining indtusiiry is sick-very side incited- and 1t will need more than tiruk- ecing or temporary attention. It aippeors to demand a thorough rc- organization in all its Jih-ll-"es- Th! araus of mch reorganization is thrust largely upon the camlJB-ny- but because some 100.000 P6901: In the province depend upon coal fm‘ n livelihood, the Government can- not afford to stand by and 119m" more years of muddle and Ineffici- ency to astute-Halifax Chronicle.

tironory under the heading, "Dic- Jlonory of American Slong"—its ‘meaning: "to become stubborn or obstinate." Although it 1s a, slangy expression it is used by many pro- minent people, including provincial Ministers of Education. It i! l very colorful phroso ond we ore indebted to the feline family for its origin. When someone speaks d!

Mir. Bevin sold ho did stood for 311ml"! rights and Italy’; obligat- ione to her. but “two hwvc indicated that we would be willing to diocmo any hardship arlstmg out of thooo oblleaflmio". Mr. Bevin sold that an Ital-Ian economic dolegotlon would be visiting tho United. King- domlnMaltcinanditwotfldl-so

Mn gevin on Bfluinr; This Week In Britain

. (Unltod Kingdom New!)

{and ' - oro pool-roosters all arbor _ t ‘ - w om ' wvhothor it's olr mdd-s. bun bombs

'“"'°“°'“,t,‘;f Ollnhoodmmrrno

—oa- o fuel orlala Right now it’: inoocioltifothotthocrfioi in: felt mast. It's ‘ ueoin in tho my the

conversation. ond cheerful question,

plpeo today?’ is often

Dvwlflb foooo are serious ao they recline all tho implications of in- d resulting from tho ooro weather that has modo o. difficult fuel situation almost ira-

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uotrlolotxrjopogoo

pooolblo. Most mticoo-tflo to tho tendon

to stay or home rut-hoa- t-hon to go Bcviin ma, '11 1, sometime‘ said 1o o. theatre or movie. In [nation's that all we have done in Trieste WQI m4 "I116 l4 "W118 dimly theatre mone- gero who oon't offer tho ono ot- them . The ‘Dlotnon typo who pcmlot 1n their , oer. of! from homo

nun o td a n 1"’ thiiru luc os eon roopec e on glam and 1H1, _ ~ 1 _~ around t omoevoo as they . st I listened to on all important met- “a; "m," djdynfn fifirllwooring their worooots, in the

lonwng movio ond

ltnction that would bring eager oudtonc ‘

‘ theatre.

Iourooer-mnnoeoopuimru

mvoruge city worker ttihto he's getting omougti oxorcloo walking up

aro out of action dnmng the hours

lot tho cuts. Fortunately, Imdonero

faced with power outs don't have to won-y about tyouopers.

tandoori; oil-round bothers oiro g fantastic Ilotht thooo doyo Even [on the coldest lngo rhero have never been form- than six of thcso ,hima.n "polo: bean" in the Ser- pemilnol

In oJnwot every London otzcct 1mm horvo been during the cold ‘spou houses diropod with iolcloo from birrot pipes. but tho oommon- carolenolt-tioootldwoot-hootrongo street wear. Both mon and women

getting his or her back up, we im- considered m“, M the” should be we" warms 5am“ 3131mm;

medlately get. a mental picture of a humped-back hissing out with his holr standing straight on end. Thero lo of course a scientific explanation why a cat gets hi: beck up and makes his hair stand on end An animal expert rays: “When an ani- mal llko o. cat. acts like this he

looks much blazer and more ollrnv- melut before ho had been to Mocoow. imond by

frighten their onemieo."

Getting one’: back up has of course its disadvantages u well oo Ito merits. It has a tendency some-

labrllPl- in an @1101’! to s“! "m6 l! times to provoke ongct and indig-

nation in on opponent. It. is true that many famous men in history got their backs up-ond women too —Cleopotro. no Mark Anthony will testify. Genghlo Khan roamed Eur- ope ond Asia, with hi-s back up. At- tila, “The Terrible Hun." also had his back up most of hb life. Even beautiful Marlo Antoinette got her book up and sold: “Let: them eat coke." Alasl she herself soon had no head to mt either bread or cake. And Hitler was eon- s-tantly getting his back up. The larst we have heard he had his back to the wail in the Reich Chan- ccllery.