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THE CHAR LOTTETOWN GUARDIAN

flluruing Daily (Founded In 188!)

Pre idenl. l.ieut.-(‘ol. W. Ch!!!" 5- Mill-Ill‘! Vic-e President. J. R. Burnt-L. IJJ. Secretory, Lii-uL-(‘ol I). A. alar-Kinnoi-i, 0.5.0. Editor and alzinu-zin Director. J. ll. Burnett. l-‘JJ. p 511111119 Eilitnr, Frank Walker.

SYHSFIFPTION RATEQ 85.00 per year tin advance) ‘ellver/ tr Cit-v $4.00 per mar 1 arlvanvc-t mailed to P E Island 5.3.00 per vi-ar ain advance! mailed to Canada and U.S ATt-mliers Audit Bureau of Circulation!

"The Strongest lilemory is Weaker than the ill-nicest Ink.”

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"Nil-IDNESIIAY, FEliRlI-UKY 21,1940.

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Th1- Yital Issues

'1 I~.- '1 - ~1 .1, .-'-1~ 11f 1111- l.iberal 211111 Con- .--.--.11-.1 ‘1 :'~ 'I11- 11111-1311 contest have .1 1111-111. 11111-1 1E1..- i~>ucs are pretty clear- -'_1.1- King claims to be fighting :11 l'T1.-11 is his explanation for l l'.tt1tll't'\‘ 1-f his (iovern- .,1 11-1- 1111: war or in fight- for 11.111111; brought Can- :1~ a 1111111-11 nation-a state- ont t'11un1l:1ti11n, the fact 1'1.111111t's vacillating policy 11c l1-:11le1".~hip seriously en-

. 1-.1'.1:_v 111-lore the war had ._1--l Wit-till for scuttling Par- ‘ -.1.1< the vote of censure

1.1-.11----1.-11'~ ltll~Itll<1'(tCl<)l'v\.' war l_1--,;i.l;11111"e 11f ttntariw- -1' --1' h1~ inability to main- _ 111111 11.111-t_v ranks. The

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r1..l .1 King's. "national tniitv" 111-111-111 ~11:1. i11 ‘111 111111111‘, with its (t5 Stilts hl 131111.111" l". 111-l1-:1\"11rcd. quite vain- l_1, .1111l li~ goi-ernnieitt as ='1-1-1'n" 1- l‘11-11c1i-Caiia1lizt1i voters and coi .. 11:1 :1~ a matter of fact both 1111:i--r p: rt- :11--- for enlistment on a voluntary lia-i-L

111", l\l,-;' 11. 1--1 1‘.1- 111h1-r hand. claims that a

~11! \\--itl1l do a better job of 1 effort than a strictly party

111_»-1n-'7 v; 1-1_.

Q11\1'TIf"1'1'. 11c -.-.---.1l1l form this government 11.1‘ 11-1131 ‘- 1111- 111s!" 1111-11 he c1111l1l scctire - lfl-11 : 11 t». rvzuivcs alike. Indeed, he

‘.l-'.'.~ and the Social Cred-

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111". .\l.1111ion has no inten- .111- l.il1c1'.11‘1 party shed its sins 1--n:1- t‘l'(‘-'tllll‘t‘\' shed their slv-ins 11 again 111111 zigain tli:1t there 1111-» 11111111111 people 0n the dole .1~: five vears: that tlll0lll])lt)_\'- . 111- 1i ~1ain on the Government

111- also charged patronage. ' ' 111-y and extravagance and -1. :11 l11- 111-dares that the Gov- 1-111-11 its 111-nor a111l loyalty by i-iit the llritish linveriunent tn xinq >t'll('lll(‘ in Caiuidii i11 i937

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llard On Vocalists

"\\'E1"~'.'1- while (ta-u \\11rl\" is a popular mus- ical 1t1f"'11l v.7111-l1 lll'vlllll>t‘$ tho-e who follow ' :11l\11-1- l11--1»1';c111t r11sttlis.

\--u worl." n1.'i_\' not have such

- The current issue of the {cvfew has" this wiirititig ex-

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1-11-1 1---1-11i\1--1 l-_v the l-Ixcise Seiz-

tl11- l\' L'..\l. l'11lice relates how .11 l-V-rce w-t-re eitdcavotiring to locate :111 . "~t:ll" in a t1l<ll'lCl in Nova Sco- ti:1. .\1:1r 11.1111 '1; tl-rnngh several miles of s\v:1n:_11 1' - 11 1- - 111 a thicket 11f shrtib spruce c-1i1-r1- Q ~. .1>1'1 . 11f 1111111. \'1_1i1-1-s lifted in lusty ~11 1 1.1 1111- ears 1-f the officers who

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i-yicc. 111-l ~1i11<-1d1-d in zirresting three _ -~ -'1._-~'1-1'< wl111 lati-r appeared be- .1 11 11 .1:1-l 111-re each sentenced to I _ months i11 county jail. 1 -1'--1-11--1'.1--11 whether they are still 5113-111; 5-11 11' ii 1-_-.1 .1111: it is probably the prison-

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Those Senate Appointments

‘If !’..-1’1.11:..-1.-!.1 111-c I11 rniiliiiur l/iry 1111M! n‘- 1-11 1111/ 11'1" 1*»! 111.1! 11' ill Ufa-V)’ 1111111111." This‘ -|11--1;it11111 |'1--11n a 111-1-1-11 l1_v the late Lord 'l'1-.1-1~1l~1111111" 1. ]1:11'-'_v1-1l by the UHmi-u Join-nu! to an ¢1li111ri1l c-11111n1-nt on the calibre of the 3111111111111. \ l .-11-11 b_v l'l'llll(' .\linister King tn fill 1111- \.-1-..11- ~1.111~ i11 t111~.\'1-111111-11t' Cllllillléi. 'l'l-.e 1111111111/11-1» .\1 l\1n.-5 11111-1111-1‘, i11 .'il1 cmncience. 111- 111-411-11. 1l1-~~~~ 1111111111111111-1115 as measut-ing up 111 11111 --‘ i1-l-~1 I l.111--l '1'w11-1-d~1niur had in mind. ‘K1 111‘ 11111-11-1-11 n11-n sent to the Senate l1~. .\lr. l\in_-_1 during the past two weeks, 1111- _/11111-1'.111I .11~l.~: “\\'|111 are they? Almost with- out i-x1-ep111111 tl.1-_v .1n-1- 1111-11 distinguished only for a certain 11p. 11f .1-rvi1-c to .\lr. King's party, ....\lr, twig". .111p--11111-1-_"_ 11111111- i11 a grave l1r111r 1,1‘ 11111; 1111 111-t 1-1-1111-‘1-111 1111- best in the 1111111111. 'l'h1-v 1111 111-1 11511-1. \1-111 11nr business and indus- trial li1'1-. 11111- 11-~11'1-\i1-11:1l 111' scientific life, nor 111114-1111111111 1111-. .\l11s|l_v they represent noth- ing bin 1111- ~h111-l1 11-1111111- 11f the Liberal party. ,\111l 1111-1" 111-e 111-i 1111- 111-a 11f 1l1:1t pair-fr."

'l'hi\. 111111111 \ 11111" llllil\\'ll cnntetiiprirary, is not nnlv u111':1r 111 1111- Senate; it is unfair to Can- n.‘,-,". “p;- 1-{1111-1. lt malt-w a mockery of .\lr. King‘, f11l~.11111- 1.111. 111111111 ivanting yialional un- iiy

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'Tl11- 111111-1111! i".11i~1-< th1- poilll whether .\lr. l\'in-'_ with l'1l|'1|ltlllt'l|l (ll.\§l|l\'\‘(l in such sum- "ply; 1',,.}1i1111. had any right to fill the Senate “M, 1H; ,,;,,-11'._-,1, f11H11w-1-1-s, .1\t any rate, the mung-t- 111111 :1 right to expect that the partisans 1111111111111» at least the best l\lr. King could <,,,,,,,,,,,,; 115,1 1111-11 would he. of a character to brine siren-gill 111 1111- Fc-nate and to (':m.11da in impel-tiled time. instead, the Journal claims,

his appointees are 111e11 “of definitely sec0iid- rate calibre."

The Ottawa 10111-1111! is traditionally Conserva- live in politics, but what says the Toronto Globe and .l!1u!, which 111i: n11 Conservative affilia- tions of ;i11_v- sort? 111 a leading editorial on the same subject i11 ivhich it laments the ten- dency "to regard the Senate as a haven for party whi-eldiorses ins-teat] of a very iinporlxint branch of the lhirlizimcnt 111' L".-u1:ida," it says:

“l1 is had 1-111111411 i11 pcrlllit Senate vacancies to pile tip until the eve of an election. It i: fur ri-ursc t1: fill Ill-Pill 11v politicians of nlcdiotri: tllYl'll'/_\' 11-111111 111-c 1111.1‘! 1111111111- of the country are 11111111111! l1» 111111! cull/i t/ie 1I1!'_f1'1-11!l prof-lent: tou- jro111‘1'11_11 1111' 01111111111-11 11111! t/it- lfmf-ire.”

EDITORIAL NOTES

,-\pp1-11pri;ite1_\1 c111111gh the Liberal Campziigit liea1l1p1artcrs adjoin the Vendors. ‘it Ill V ‘F

President ltoosi-velt is said to be angling for tarpon in .\l<-xi1:1'1, hm his opponents are m- clineil i11 l1.-liev1- 1l1:11 this is mere camouflage for xingling i111- v1-11< for :1 third term.

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Jericho captured by llritish troops this date, 19118‘. l'i'cvi1111~~lv 1.1111011 11y the lsraelites un- der lnslttlll? i11 lzu1-1- tintt-s 1l1:.<11-11_v1"1l by ROlllftllS; rebuilt 11v- lladnaii; finally ruined during the Crtoadcs.

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.~\ srientia is all right i11 his place, bttt ac- 1~11r1linq 111 S1-11.-11111' 111111. that place 1s not the Deputy .\lii1i.11<_\- 11f '111-1"11-s. where a thnr- ftlltjlll)‘ 1-1'|'i11i1-1:t l111~1n1u~~ 1111111 with a practical lnioivlt-dge 111' catching 11:11] selling fish is es- sential.

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The X111i1-na1 l'1Ill-'<'I‘\'.tll\'(* llarty may not of- ficially 1-1--111~~1 .1:ll 1111- o; l’:irli.'11i11-11tar_v seats of tjnebec province i11 1111: coming federal election. l'1"1-~1-n1 ivlzius 111-1- 111 concentrate on election of a s1-l1-c11-1l 1111111l-1-r 11f standar1l-bearcrs of out- standing wild-re. .\lr. (it-urge llcon, l\l.l’., for .\i'_;1-1111-11il who has. lu-t-n appointed (Wgélllllvf f1 1r 1111- .\l--11tr1-.11l : 1 has named a special com- mittee on ca11did.'1tt1rc~, which will aid conven- tions in the naming of contestants.

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The easy c1111r>e which PIIllIlClZIIIF have been pursuing i11 recent v11 s, .‘lll<,l which Premier llepburn is now pnr~11iiig i11 Ontario is the cowardly coin-s:- of taxing rather than of re- trenching. .\'11 local govci-nment should he guilty of it 11111-111; the pr1 -1-1-~s 11f a war which must ine\1it:1l1l_v strain 1111- linaiicial l'(‘.~l)lll'L‘l‘$ 0f all the people. lf l1roviiicizil and municipal govern- ments disregard tllrir clear l'(‘.\t)UllSll)lllly in this regard the result will be t\v11f11ld. a diminution of revt-uiie a\.'1i1al1l1- for war ptirpnscs and a lowcritig 11f the li\i11_; stiuuliird of the people lllClll>L‘l\'C:.

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The governor 0t the Reserve 1121111: of New Zealaitd, .\lr. la-slic Left-aux, is contributing a complete year's salary tovrzird .\'e\v 2111111111113 war effort. 111s fillillt’ is [3000 a year. ljntil he came 111 .\'1-1v Z1-:1l:11111 in 11134 to take up the post, his. appointment lit-111; f11r seven years, Ur] Left-aux iras :1~~i.~t.11111 1.1 .\lr. Nontagu Norman, governor of 1111- 11111111" of 151141111111. The Prime Minister. .\lr. .<:i1.11;;1-, i11 expressing apprecia- tioti of .\lr. Lefcaii.\"s gent-rum y, said .\lr. Le.- feanx had iiitimzited h-s 111-site that the final year of his tenure should be r1-_q.-irde(l as volun- ary, and his snrih-e 111111111 be ivithout salary

if hostilities 1-11112111111-11 lttllll the end of I940. I‘ 1F >K i

Consider the line-up of [111-cos in Europe to- day. The llussktn alliance has 111st (jermanv the support o1 ltalv and Spain: it has caused the .\'candi11a\-i:111~ 111 :1l1.1111d11n their ncutrnlirv, which proved so helpful 111 liCliilllily during the last war; the l’:1ll1:1111 nations, with the [iossible exception of llnlgaria. dread commtinisiti when they do not dread Xazisni; 'l'url<e_v has lined up with the .\l1l(‘\§ 111111-1- l1-1s. shown himself i111- able to win friends" or influence people in llol- land, Belgium 111111 Stritzei-lznitl. The ltussian defeats in liinland, probably somewhat exag- gerated in the ll(‘\\'> tllsplllcllt-F, nevertheless do not stings-t that 1111- 111-d .\i"111_v can accomplish much 111-11111111 i1»- own ir1111tie1"<. .-\nd. sur- rounded by a l1-1~1il1-. I-'.111"11pe, llitler has also to consider ilomestic tll~k"ttllt'lll~--.sl.\' million sullen Austrians, seven million surly Czechs, twelve million rebellious Poles, not to mention the op- ponents 11f his regime in (lei-many proper. llovv, then, can 4111)‘ sane person seriously visualize this llitl1-1'-.\'t.11lin combination dominating Eur- ope-not t0 1111111111111 the I\'<-\v \\’0rlil, though it may take _\'(‘1'li‘$- to convince the Nazis 0f the fact?

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Once ntore the 111111 1-x.-11nple of the Campbell Gnveriuiient is 111-Eng follow-ed by another gnv- crnmcnt—this time the llepburit Government, which seeks to .lllll\llltllC the law courts bv l1i1re.'11tcrac_v. 1n this connection the Toronto Globe and .\l:1il savs: 'l'hr- fight in the Ontario Legislature on th1- .\'ucc1-~<i11n Duty Act i5 011cc more a battle 111i 1l1e home front for the prin- ciples (Einarla is di-feniling overseas. It is strange indeed that a iiovt-rnment ri-zulyi to cmninit all the fr-~1>tli'(‘t‘.< 11f the Province to the defeat of arbitrary n11-.'1~111":-s 1-l~1-1vl1ere should insist upon lv-eeping the people of the Province tinder the heel of an zn-biti-aijv laiv. The iniquitous pro- vision inserted in (bins-e 2 of the amended Act is only \v-1r|l1_v 11f .1 llith-r: “'l'l1e value of any secnritv \\l1i1"11 is i11-t li~1e1l 111 1111 which no price or quotation is 11111111111111111- as provided in Clause ‘a' shall be 1111- vahie drtr-riuint-il by the 'l're:is\1r- er. and stich vrtlne shall b1- decmcd t0 be the value 11f sin-h secnrirv. and shall not be subject £11 i't‘\'lt‘\\‘ 11v any court. notwithstanding any- thing 1-11111111111-1! 1111-1-1-111." \\'e may agree with l‘renii1-r llepbnrn that the 'l'reastiry employees are experts on valnatiini. 'l'hey may be hottest zind ‘faii-iiiiii-lr-l; 111111-1111111 if we are not mis- t.11l.1-11, .\lr. 1111111111111 himself accused a former 1-111111111-1-1- 11f 1-111111iii11g with executors of an estate 111 1-111-111 1111- (lovernment, and what hap- p1-n1-1l in 1111: past may happen some time in the future. 'l'l11;v even may be generous in letting l)(‘ll('ii('lfll‘l("l 11f an estate down easy-democra- tic privileges still are violated in forbidding ac-

cesses to the courts in case of a dispute.

THE CHARLOTTETOWN GUARDIAN

NOTES BY THE HAY

Prime Minister Mackenzie Kill! has tucked avray‘ on a shell on Par- liament. Hill what. migni have pro- vided him with a splendid election issue had the war not come along. Ottawa advises that the report of the Royal Commmion on dnmlmon- provincial relations has at last been completed. But apparently, rsecple o-t Canada are not going to get s0 mucn a5 a peek at this mucn- heralded document until alter Mulch 26. It. is still the Commis- siorrs ba/by because. even though the commlsszoners have added their last touches and scattered to their names, it is to remain in filth!‘ custody until alter that date. No doubt it Mr. King so desired it. could be produced with a. twznk- 1mg of an eye. There are, however, two major reasons why he should desire to leave ll. alone. The issue he has at ltand—prosecution ol Uaiiadas war ellorwis stnltllcieilt 1n itself. Secondly, 1.111s is no time b0 commence a general overhauling of the national structure both political and economic. the purpose for which the COIIIIIIISSIOII ivas appointed. Pemaps it WOtlld not be too unkind to suggest a uni-d pos- sible reason-it hasn't. measured up to Government ballylioo. — Wllld- sol" Daily Star_

Grandpa's hair may be gray, but. he can ste-p out with "the best of.‘ them." Down East, in Portland, Mattie, he cut. sueli fancy caix-rs on the ice that. the Judges awarded him first. prize 1n the figure-skat- ing contest Of the sx ttititisand that applauded llllll. nine vrere his own gratidc-hlldren. El'€\\'ll(3l'0 the man with the gray liuli‘ tops all rival-s in a SIILJOIIIIQ match, be- comes checker champion, takes the blue ribbon with an 0:] painting, flirts with par on a "tough" golf course, and hangs up a record as the star salesman among a. dozen eager but: younger fellow-workers. Nowadays the youn .. ers must reckon with Grandpa whose 11101-9 years do iiol mean a let-down in ef-fort. And irliat about Grandma- How clues she managi- to px-ce the best quilt. bake the best. pumpkin pie, and turn out the best itoodle-s you ever taste-d? Maybe sue will not tell. Mar-be that l5 one seer-t that, a wcmalt can kee-p. Grandma "gcrs on and on.’ like ’f\:nn_vscn's brook, outdomg her daughters and grand- daughters in ceitaln spscialazut ac- tivities. Grand-pa and Grandma seem to have learned that mere calendar years cannot ltmzt. use- fulness and ability. Indeed. does not experience ti-cqueutly enhance ghem? - Christan Sc ence Moni- Ol‘.

A quarter century ago yesterday Wilhelm II. Emceroi- cf Liza-many, celebrated the lltt th anniver- -ary cl‘ hi5 birth w l his trocps “somewhere in France.“ not vcry far front beleaguered Paris. He was involved Ill the greatest and most wstly o-f wars. was surround- ed by enemies. Wt at tlte msiuent he had little rcescn to anticipate that his plans would tail, that be would be (tell-alert. w-ctrct lcse 111s throne. seek shelter .u a tciegn land, live out his stilts-rt years in otrcurity, a virillaig prisoner, almost forgotten. January 2'7. 1915. accord- ing to the files of '.l‘li.~ star, lCtlllCl the Kaiser recsxvmg the congrat- ulations 0t Fi-airl-"s Jr-epli Eir-‘L-r- or cf Austmlia. and of the Sultan

of Turkey. Willi several of 112$ sons. Chancellor vrn Betnman- Holweg. General Falr-"uliayn and

Grand Admiral vrn Iflipitz, be at- tended d1viize SOIVICC in the field, His avlft-‘s birinfiay l)1'€‘$'-T!lll was an altar cloth, mace with hrr own hands. A Z-sppelzn dntgible tlrw from Friedlcnslial-cn to saline tum at his cam-p. l-Ie received a delega- tion of war corres- nrents. t; \'i'llO1n be quoted the Sf/‘ttl l1 ri-fermer, uilllll Knox: “One man v.tli God ts always a majo“ MUhlV-‘llll-L‘, the cities of the Re: i iveri- (tcckccl with flags in the Kaiser's honor. At Berlin there was a service at tne cathedral, attended by the diplo- matlc corps, liiglt officers of the state and of the army and the navy; later. in the evmtng, a re- ception at the city Ital. The G ' man press, "including the scczii "t. orgzx,‘ published " ‘at-n eulcgies of the Emperor," predictmg that "he will emerge from the war not. Only victorious" but wan his repu- tation considerably enhanced." — Wa-liingto-n Star.

It is not a bad thing to be reminded now and then that the one ‘element. of which account 11l- ways has to be taken in w-ur IS chance The swry of the German airplane that came dawn in Bel- gium a fortnight or so ago is the latest proct‘ ol that. B.t by bit the story has leaked cut, and were are enough bets by this Lme to make a whole A German oftlcer return- ing 11o the from with zrnpcrtunt papers. instead of going by train, persuaded a lellow-oltlcer to tak-e him by air. The airplane came ('vC7-\Vl'l by mistake 1n Bepium; me olftcer mmettia-tcly tried to burn his papers but. was stopped by Belg-tan soldiers. who took tliem lrom him. When under interroga- tion in a guard-room he suddenly snatched the papers trcm the table where they had been put. and flung them tn the lire But a Bel- gian officer retrzeved them tn time at the cost. of a few b: rns. and on examination they vrere tonne! to contain full plans lor an invasion of Belgium. Tnere seems to be gzcd reason to think that. but for their discovery me invnszon would ac- tually have taken place. In tlie last. war one of the mam reasons for the failure of the Nivclte o1- lenslve in 1917 was the capture of a French soldier with dCltlllCd Inns on him. On t-he other sine, it 1s impossz-b-le to estimate new much we owed to the foreknowledge ot German plans due to the capture of the current code-book when the cruiser "Magdeburg" was wrecked in the Bart-to. Money. munitions. »morale—all vital; yet chance can go far to outweigh them. -I_on- don Spectator.

It l5 reported that ln ttlanluma 89 percent. c-f the farmers still r1-ly on horses. and Manitoba ts the oldest. nncl in many ways the most. solid of the prairie provinces. Un- like the buffalo, the horse does not. seem to be destined to vanish lrcm its cultivated plain —nt least. not tttrr some time. - Montreal Gaz- e te.

A resident of Germany re- cently outwttted the censor lll a most ingenious way. to 11 friend tn Geneva he wrote: "Our food ts fully as good as you get. at the Hotel St. Anitotr-n tn Geneva." The Nazi _censor apparently wot: this as a compliment tor Gemmny-‘s wartime diet At any rate, he let it by. ‘flie friend got tne int, however. 'I'hem ta no Itote Bt. Antoine in Geneva but. there is

a structure with um. name - uncut It timer» — 8051011

PUBLIC FORUM

‘I'll! eoluml Ia up“ l" Q5. dine by eorrupundoltl 0| Inle on a! lnterofl. The Clar-

luttotowu Guardian do" not lo- rounrlly endorse 4110' onlnlon o! c-orraloonrlnnln.

PORK PRODUCTION AND IMPORTS

Sin-Since writing to your paper at the end of December calling at- tention to the great disparity ex- lstlitg between grain pilces and pork prices which culminated in the commendable meeting of the t-hree Maritime Ministers of Agri- culture at. Moncton last Friday, azi- ot-tier and still more menacing fac- tor in relation to pork production has come to my attention.

Feeling that. the subject to which I have reference would be dealt with at. the meeting referred to a- bove I did not. wish to impose too much on your generosity in grant- ing space in your valuable pub- lication, ‘out. since according to the report. of the meeting ,it. was not ldiscussed I shall greatly appreciate the space necessary to present some stat-thug facts, that are already having a disastrous effect on the Canadian Hog Industry and the Maritime livestock industry in par- ticular. I have reference to the practically free entry of American pork and pork products into the Canadian market. botli for domes- tic consumption and for export.

American hogs of a weight. and type similar to our select Canadian Bacon Hogs are selling at. Chicago at. $5.25 to $5 50 per owt. live weight. and have already forced down the price for our Canadian tings from approxbpateiy $10.50 to $8.50 at many Canadian points and as the imports increase tlhe Can- adian prices slump still furl-her.

These American hogs, are for the most part; . . . bonused hogs fed on bsnused grain. grown on bon- usi-d acres and financed for the farmers by the Federal La-iid Banks through the Farm Security Admlitlsti-atiou loans extended to farmers at interest. rates of three per cent. What chance has a Mari- time farmer to meet such com- petition and why should he be forced to '2 Necessary Federal Leg- islation ts already povlcled to meet. such conditions. It, has been and is being applied in defence of the factory in the form of adequate tariffs. dumping duties, embargoes etc. Why is similar treatment dented to the farmers?

This and equally vicious dis- crimination against Maritime farmers over a period of years have reduced the Maritime NET farm inz-oine to the lowest. on the continent with the single exceptlc-rl of the share crc-ppers of the Snutlierit U. S A. and forcing them i11-to a position little if any better than the peasantry of Southern Europe by the yardstick of measurement of real wages and income.

Thvs-e imported hogs are practic- nllv alI corn fed. their flesh con- tnnun-z ii mui-h higher mofstue and fat. content than oilr Canadian barley finished hogs and consequ- ently are not. a suitable product. from ivliieh to produce quality bit-on such as the Canadian hog has beccme famous. Substituting Am lean earn fed haconpn the En: s11 Market for Canadian bar- liv flifstied bacon is certain to have ciisasfetous repercussions, ll not at present, at least in the af- ter irat- period that will likely take _r:-:irs to live clown.

Th1- moi-e intimate concern of nin- Maritime farmers at present. ll(7'1\‘€\'(’l‘, is the matter of price and the nlrn-tuing proportions whit-h these imports are obtaining. Re- cent fizures that I have before me lt-cni the Dominion Bureau of Statistics show that these imports Fave, inerees-ed over one hand-ed thousand times from September 1937 and Sept. 1939 or in other \v: zls from 17 lbs. F1 Sept. 1937 t0 1.7 9.000 lbs. in Sept 1939. Even as late as December 1938 the im- parts were onlv 587 lbs. whereas in December I039 they ieaehed the alai-mln-z figure of 4,614,000 lbs. ivltli still larger amounts in Jan- uary. Present indications are that the importatious will reach 100.- 000001) diizing i940 if the influx is not checked. This will mean 6V; t) 7 cent. pork tn the Mm-itlmes.

Under ordinary circumstances these pork products would carry tli-e almost worthless protection of one and one half cents per lb. but since they may be either ex- ported or consumed in Canada pro- vitled a sln-itlnr amount is export- ed of Canadian bacon or hams a tllll._\' d aiv back of 99 per cent is :1 lowcd the importers, thus giving the farmers a total protection oi less than one and one hall cents per bog.