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“The Strongest Memory is Weaker Than the Weakest Ink.”

WEDNESDAY, MAY 8, 1946

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A House Divided

llere, ziccnrding tu the 011mm Journal, is Provincial Premiers stood on the Duiniiiiwiifs proposal fur their blllTClltlCl‘ oi corporation and personal income taxes:

'l‘hcre was one tinqualified "no."

There were two tmqualified "yess".

There wfifq six qualified "yess".

Quebec; No, The Uoniinioir proposals were unacceptable and termed an instrument for the “scuttling of Confederation."

Ontario: \'es——btit—the lliminion would have to share succession duties or even surrend- er them and vacate the direct taxation fields on gasoline, security transfers, electricity, pari- tnutuels and amusements; and perhaps increase the basic subsidy under the “X” formula.

Xova Scoiia: \'cs—4but—the Dominion would have tn pay the subsidy on the basis 0f fiscal need rather than a set annual sum.

New Brunswick: Yes—but—subsidy fiscal freed was requircil.

Prince Edward Island: Ycs——btit-—llt¢ Province would have to be compensated by an extra $1 million over the amount of the pro- posed upward adjusted stibsidy.

Saskatchewan: Yes-Jout-somc millions of dollars owed by the Province in treasury bills (unpaid loans) to Ottawa must not be dc- ductcd from the subsidy.

British Columbia: Yes——but—thc Province must be given an amount equal t0 that which B. C. would have collected imposing provincial corporation and personal income taxes.

Manitoba: Ycs—and there were no “buts."

Alberta: Yes—-with no “buts"——alth0ugli Premier Ernest Manning criticized Finance Minister Ilsley for his “rigid" refusal to sur- render the six minor tax fields.

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Plea For A Farm Wife

Among the suggestions made for income tax reform has been one which would grant a farmer some exemption from tax on account of the endless labors and activities of his wife, that unpaid assistant who contributes much to the daily operation of the farm.

. Of all the housewives of the land, the farm wife has the heaviest load. Unlike most of her sisters in the cities, her duties must be done with- out benefit ofgadgets. The stove is not electric, neither is the washing machine. Baking must be more skilful, and the daily house cleaning is harder work. There are no taps to turn, no switches to turn on and off. '

Yet, besides all this, the farm wife leaves

iher own particular realm to help in the yard. the

stable and the field. She mil-ks a cow, she keeps up the poultry, she turns her hand to butter- making and many another task which adds t0 the income of the family group. Many a city wife would quail at the very thought of under- taking the extra chores the farm wife assumes as part of her ordinary day by day labor.

If in such circumstances. the plea is made that income tax rulings should recognize the hard facts of farm life, it will be understrfntl- able enough: and there will be few voices raised ag.'iinst the representations now being made.

National Library Needed

In the Ontario Library Review extracts are printed from John Bartlett Brcbuers book. Scholarship for Canada-dire Function of fildeate Studies, where he discusses the need for a national library in trcucbant and convinc- ing terms. He points out that, by legislative enactment, two comes of every hook published in the Utiited States are placed on the shelves of the Library of Congress; in it are to be found, also, manuscripts, transcripts, photographic cop- ies. pictures and even moving pictures. Canada has nothing to compare with such an institu- tion. though the library behind the Parliament buildings in Ottawa was intended to be the nucleus of a far more pretentious collection, to be expanded as the years passed. For lack of “tens of thousands of books",

lays Mr. Brebner, lie two or three deep on the

-_ {shelves "or simply in piles here and there," al-

most completely inaccessible. He contends that tehouldbe, emptied of all books ex- gyfgbbdireference collection for legislators,

llfd’ the freed space be deyoted to rooms where ' ed ' rleh cquld be assembled temporarily

' 2f Ihrliementery Committees

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' _ restrictions imposed by the Hill, ft is iluggested .' . {defile national library

m In tawa. Here I could be housed

p. discussion by responsible Deepens a . fut. a fair chum 9f

gifts would be made, “instead of the present practice of letting SCCONCl-Ilfltld booksellers take over fine private libraries and siphon off the rare and desirable items to eager American buy- ers." Researchers would be saved the trouble and expense of going abroad-and this would be of considerable importance to the national economy, whenever international questions arise. With the continual increase in research work, such convenient and authoritative sources of ref- erence are indispensable.

—I:Dl IURIAI. NUI E§-e Y-Ii Day this date 1945, U ' I *

Premier Douglas of Saskatchewan, propon- ent of nationalized industry, recently stated, “An independent press with independent news col- umns is absolutely essential to freedom."

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Undoubtedly the busiest‘ thoroughfare in lht‘ U1)’ for street traffic is Kent between Queen and Prince. The City- Council is doing 11 Wise thing in widening it.

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ln this issue the second of a series of .\iigli- can Lihurch Advance appeals appears. There need be no doubt as to the ivillinguess and the abilitv of the members and adherents to sup? port their Church to the full of her require- merits; even to the extent of more than $4.304,- 000 which represents the minimum tn do .1 minimum job nf Advance.

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"A Quebec report (says the Lrllvr-I\’c'uicru) gives the case of a man drawing $00 a month Unemployment Insurance; $50 a month llaby Bonus for 8 children, while his parents. living with him, draw $50 a month Old Age Pension. The resulting income of $160 a month, for a family living in a small country village, is noth- ing short of affluence. Naturally’, no one in the household has any intention of working."

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Alain Rene Le Sage, Ifrcnch author, born this date 1008; his outstanding contribution to international literature is Gil Bias, a great comic masterpiece, the setting of which is in Spain; it has been described as belonging to all times and all countries; his other outstanding work is 17mph‘), a severe satire on financiers of his day.

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Another subject for discussion at the next CiiY Council meeting might well be why all the Provinces except Prince Edward Island rc- corded substantial advanccs in the value of build- ing permits during March, I946, as compared with March, 1945. The figures were quoted in yesterday's issue from a report by the Douiinion Bureau of Statistics. 'I'hey indicate that some- thing besides the general shortage of building material is responsible for inactivity here.

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The Hon. Brooke Claxton, lllinister of Health and Social Welfare, in a recent speech ii: the House of Commons urging the necessity for a responsible gradtialness in assuming the fin- ancial burdens of social legislation, lest the econ- omy and spirit of the country sag under the Wctght of payment, said——“I should now like to call the attention of Honorable members to another element that must be considered; the cost of any social security measure. . . If we fiddifilbfiillliifllly to this load and keep taxes at a very high level, then there will be a steady decrease in initiative, in the willingness of peo- ple to take risks and to ivork, which cannot avoid having a disastrous effect on the value of our money and on our ability to maintain the kind of economy we want." In the course of his remarks (says the News Letter of the Cati- adian Chamber of Commerce) Mr. Claxton listed the various welfare expenditures and pointed out that these were running at the rate of one billion dollars per year.

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Apparently in Saskatchewan fariuers are not progressing but the reverse. Markctings of Saskatchewan hogs by June will be 75 to 80 per cent below the corresponding date in 1944, Agri- culture Minister I. C. Nollct predicted recent- ly, Instead of going back into bog production to help ease the food situation of litrrope, farm- ers are steadily dropping our of hog raising, he commented. During 1945 the markctings drop~ ped by 51 per cent below the markctings in I044. and judging by the marketings s0 far in

by another 25 per cent in the ucxr two or three months. The only consolation, Mr. Nollcl said, is that cattle markctings were somewhat high- er in 1945, and that “there was also an 18 per cent increase in sheep marketings last year." However the figures for January this year were anything but bright, he added. l-lug uiarket- ings wCrc down 55 per cent. cattle down 3 pcr cent, calves down 25 per ccut and sheep mar- ketiugs dropped by 25 pbr cent. II ll It! i

British medical men are becoming recon- ciled to the sodgilizatiou of their profession by the Bevin Government. "Janus" ivriting in The .S'pcctal0r says: “Nothing has surprised me more in the last fortnight than the failure of the publication of the National Health Service Bill to produce any sign of the public contro- versy that was confidently threatened while the Bill was still pending. I should have assumed that The Tinsel- office» would have been sub- merged under aflood of letters from interested readers holding one view or the other, but un- less there has been suppression on an abnormal scale, it is clear the: nothing of the sort has hap- pened. The Lance! has given a qualified bles-

criticised it in surprisingly mild language; vari- ous non-medical papers have published a few letters for and against. Dr. Charles Hill, the secretary of the B.M.A., is crusading up and down the country among the doctors, but. 1 gather, by n0 means carrying. them all with him. Altogether it looks as though there is e 1135011‘. able hope that what ought. to happen-yin, anxious

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The story reported from lnnnon

‘ like or! Windsor asked ernLship from

the Foreign Secretary, Mr Ernest Bevin. and was offered instead the rrtlno! governozshlp of. whet-n Rhodesia. suffers front the defect that. the Foreign Secretary has no rnome to do with such than Loni Benverhroolt. news- tgpers printed tt. —-Ottau-n Citiz-

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Switzerland In: erner ed from the we: .41 ‘spotless flowing vnlth rnilk and honey. The careful Swiss. foreseeing a lung war. hus- banded I-IIlElI‘ zywuioes. They built up food stocks m the years preced- ing the war: they increased their piodthmlon and they established s. liberal but equitable rationing sys- tem. Swiss shops have pimttful supplies of items that long ago dis- appeared from American an rit- Lsh eihelves.—- Chicago Daily News.

A repeating flash bulb that can be used sitverul times over for brill- hint, illumination has been develop- ed, Chemical and Engineering News 1t lcolu- like rm ordinary

projection lump with a fierce-prong- ea porcelain has“, but. ll. contains‘ a time Kluss coil. fil1ed_ with the tare gas ltenan, which does the business of providing the light 111cm a few yards away it would lmk as bright n5 the sun. and it gives all .3 light In one five- tlicusandtli part of a second.

'l‘he announcement that ii mov- ing jncturc ll‘."fll1'3 ls to be built 1r. ~W1nntp?g which will‘ p-ermit patrons to smoke will please all ex- serviccmcii, “"110. ivliilc 1n Elngiand fcund their vnovie-g-olng doubly enhanced by the added luxury of tobacco. says ‘Inc Wmnipeg Free PW-‘s The ash trays c-n the bucks of seats brcrune n fairiillnr sight to the men, 811C! Mien they return- ed to Canada, where even the most simple pleasures are taken more austerely than in uzevt other coun- tries, they nizssed thcrn

An elderly man standing in n queue felt someone nudge 1cm 0n trie back. Turning) around sharply. he saw a youth z‘. out to leave the place betilnd him "I'm just going across the road to buy sCme ctg-z," said the youth "That's no reason ivhy you should bump me on the back". ictcrticd the elderly man. "I didn't. smack ycu on the back", the yoimg man said just as indign- a-ntLv. "I just put a laiige chalk mark on your coat so that I shouldn't, forget me place 1n t-hls qizigue " —Fro<m N Y Times Mag- a ie

Gariiena, California, recognizes ‘dint. men will alivarys play poker, laudurlly if they can, unlawfully If they must It there-fore licences. rcgulatcs and derives revenue from the plnymg of ‘poker, says The Van- couver Ncws- cur-Id After four Scars of experience, which seems w have provcn satisfactory, licenc- ed poker playing will be extended for anclllter four years. Tnere ts a licence-i ticker parlor for every 1.500 residents Six of them have 1'13 tables and are taxed at $4.25 pc-r table Revenue last year ex- ceeded $73,500

Persons who wonder why ladies (and the most considerate of their spouses and boy friends) queue up for hours in c0113 or rain to storm

PUBLIC FORUM Thin eelninn l: open l0" the ilieeualon by eerie epondenh of question: el Intel-eat. The C‘ lottetevni Gunrtilnn doe; not neeeeenr 11y endorse the opinion e1 ndente.

cm rescues mores‘:

Bib-II was with bitter chagrin that we read In Tuesday's Guard- lan that changer effecting the ln- terests nhcl welfare of the teach- ‘ere of Charlottetown have been enacted by our Clty School Board under the advice of the Depart- ment of Education.-

Whether the changes are bene-

ficial or otherwise ls not the pur- “

port of this letter. but we wish to point out that the lecrecy with which such plans have been ex- ecuted is most detrimental 1o that necessary future confidence and mutual understanding between the City Institute and the Depart- ment.

Old Charlottetown- tr. n. nit-nun, ‘um The city of Cbiiriottetovm-wu incorporated In theulenrvlbbo, and on-the 1th of Au: efthet year first mtunclpel election;

tli°°rtr.'l°.fi..r““rtti.‘l" “'21.? °‘ . . we e

pnrwrenh below‘ - “Yesterday will be a memorable day In the history of Charlotte- WWH- I-hd Will. we cannot suffer ourselves for e tumubt, be the commencement of an ere of increased Drowerftyto the new cttv- A: much will depend on gilt

line of conduct. adopted ‘by uiiiclpiilttv ind as the future

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we trust that nothing w-Ill be sided on witmut the utmost delib- eration and caution. The law In- vests the Mayor and Common. Council with very extensive pow- e be eti- t to

The Director of Education. L. "5

W. Show. has been repeatedly ap- pealing for Increased and better teaching of goo-d citizenship and focthe effecting of n strong and friendly spirit of co-operaflon he- tween the l€flCI10fS_BI1fI ,his De- partment. as only in this way can the best interests of car-h he real- ized. As teachers; the least that we ran expect from our Department is a frank. and mutual di-st-ussion concerning such changes which may affect our just and certain in- lQITSIS.

If suggested reforms relative- to our professional interests uwre fairly and frankly discussed with us. and justifiable reasons given for such moves. (as we DEllFV" there may be i-n this instance) I am ecmvlnred that weare not so unreasonable a body as to lav any obstacle in the path c-f education- al progress.

It is thus. not the changes. but their veiled method of enacfment that we as a self-respecting body deeply resent.

Our Director of Education has been continually pointing out at our various conventions that many teachers. who during the War gave up their profession to serve thelr country. have informed him that they have no intention of resum- ing their former occupation. since teachers are given only humiliat- ing recognition as an integral end vi-tal part ln the society of our Nation.

How must we City teachers feel as a result of these reforms soon tn be imposed upon us. and which descended upon us Tuesday moi-n- inz like a bolt out of the blue? Why. in modern classrooms even school children are consulted (and rightly so), and their oplnlons re- garded in matters relatlng to changes whlrh may affect their welfare wlthln the school.

Surely our Department is not adopting a Hitlerlan policy over the professional Interests end wel- fare of Its teachers. and that with- in the first year of our attain- ment tn adulthood. having now o-ur professional status!

As a reprw-ntntive of the city teachers on the Board of Govern- ors pf our P. E. I. Teachers’ Fed- eration. I most strongly protest such derogatory action. emanating frown our Educational Department. and nsk for our due rr-rorznitloq as

nylon hosiery stairs, should ponder the Grand Forks Miracle Accord- ing to "the Army ‘Times. the Great,- er Grand Forks Association offered nylons to airy-one who would rent a icom cr apartincnf to one of the North Dakota etu/‘s 3'15 homeless veterans In a jiffy, 185 household- ers offered sin-g)»: rooms and t6 landlords poffcrcd two and three- xocm apartment-s Vvhere had all this housin been, anyway? ‘The mos‘. loglca conclusion its there's more potent magic ln a pair of nylons than Ln Aladdin's Lamp -—C.‘nIcaizo Sun

When the Nazis were ln power, Gennan soldiers assigned to petrol the Swiss border made no effort to conceal their contempt for the stol- id men facing them across the tzarrtcales One nay they handed across the barrica-rie a. handsomely wrapped box addmsszd to the Swiss commanding officer The Swiss were not surprised to find the eon- tents o4 t-he box to be fertilizer. Next day. a slmilarlg handsome box was presented by . s Swiss to the German command-er. who granted about Swiss lack of originality and turned it over unopenc‘ to an ord- erly. The orderly returned short- 1y, amamemcnt on his face In his arms was the package containing a large platter of golden Swiss butter The-card enclosed read: “The ceremony you have initiated is altogether proper Let us continue to send to each other the brst from cur lands " —Eanpire Digest

During 1945 there were no lee! than 3'18 accidents at. railway cross- iiégs In vmfioh 129 persons were kill-

1' .r1y one-third-

iiutcmobiles era-thing into trains. Ir most (‘.1 the other s the automobiles were 51.111211 " were driven across the trains

ember when vtslbtiwy was

weather conditions blur-NEW shields and windows More can. however. will be on the road this um-ufg and summer than in t-h purist, few years when gasoline was rationed, and the Board is appre- hensive of an number of accidents unless motorkits ex- ercise caution. The ghastly results of contests between automobiles and trains prove that. the trnin always Mm. -Toronte Telegram.

sing to the Bill; the British Medical Journal has “m”

loaders in that institution ivhleh. as our Director suns '~s the only hope for world survival. I am Sir, etc. J. A. S. WILLIAMS. Representative of lhn Board of Gnvs. of the P. E. I. T. F. Clftown. P. E. I. May 8. 1946. i

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(Globe and M511) Fundamentally. marlzlxid ts horne- slek Away down deep, so (lee-pl lt is n primal rather t. an

ls Homesick

unbeset by tnternat , crucial strikes, burdensome taxes. No one talked in those days of men having powers they could not eun- trol. Mere things were a t. deal lees important. It must eve been a long time ago.

Ln those days. there were e0 few things that, mattered. first, there was life Itself. A man was bizrn. rm hIm theme were three things necessary: fcod, to make. him strong and give nIm energy; cloth- ing. to protect his tender skin, and keep him warm; shelter, to lve h-lm a home, and to safeguard 1m and his family from the elements and natural enemies. As food for his soul, he had the beauty of the sun- set, the gluten 0t the sun upon the water. the monglng colors of the landscape. For music, he th clapasou of the wind. the songs of the birds, the laughter of a baby. To lead hlm to worship, there was the silent, mystery of the forest. the star-strewn depths of the night. sky. the solttune of the hilltop. And at the end. mere. wee death.

man was not content with

that. blessed sunplletty. He foimd that he Illld mtsiltgenoe. and fenc- led that It gave hlm superiority over the vast. of creation. mm fancy he ie-talns to this day, despite every ' ' see

visible geriri.

accidental fni-l. will kill him. Wlnd.