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in - may (Founded in m1) ‘ Animated as Second Class Mill. PM! 9R1“ ' Deplrtmenf, Ottawa.

Piﬂdmt, Ian A. Burnett; Vlce-Presldeﬂi. Wlll- R- Qungat, Seep-Trans, G. M. Burnett; Editor and Klnlﬂll‘ Director, J. B. Burnett; Anoclate Editor. Ihnk Walker.

“The Strongest Memory is Weaker Thu the Weakest Ink.‘

MONDAY, SEPT. i), 19-16

Welcome Guests

Charlottetown warmly welcomes the visit- ing members of the Czuiadiuit Federation of Agriculture who are here this week for the first conference of their organization to be held in any part of the Maritimes. It is fitting that we should be thus honored, as we are the greatest agricultural province per population in the Dominion, and unlike other provinces are chiefly dependent on this one great industry. Our Prince Edward Island farmers are actually as well as metaphorically the “backbone" 0f the community, for on their welfare and pros- perity depend zilmost our whole provincial economy.

Our chief problem here —— that of trans- portation — is one about which the Canadian Federation delegates will gain some first-hand knowledge in their crossing from 'l‘ormentitie. They can imagine for themselves what our sitti- ation is in late fall and winter, and why our farmers and shippers are so concerned about repeated delays in completing the new car ferry at Sorel. They c1111 aim imagine the difficulty experienced in obtaining farm machinery and other nccfssitics from the mainland, and the added cost to our farmers resulting from ex- orbitant ferrv rates and the failure of the Do- minion Government to mziintziiit the ferry ser- vice as an inter-provincial highway.

Despite these difficulties. visiting delegates will find our Prince Edward Island farmers among the most progressive in Canada. It is to be hoped they will have opportunity, between business sessions, of seeing some of our lovely countryside, some of our farm homes and some of our prize cattle and other livestock. This no doubt will be arrangcrl. as the programme 0f the visit is in the capable hands of officials of the P. Ii. I. Federation of Agriculture. which, along with that indisjrcn-"ilile tirganization the Women's Institutes. represents all sections of our rural pﬁlillldiifitl.

Why The Secrecy‘?

A statement show-ing the per capita liquor sales for all the other Provinces was tabled in Parliament, but there were no figures for Prince lidwvard Island. ll-rizi. .\Ir. Iilzicliin- non, Minister of Tirade and Commerce, made the following explanation:

"There is no public sale of liquor in Prince Edward Island. Liquor is sold there, I think I should say zillegedly, for medicinal purposes only upon presentation of a doctons certificate. There being no liquor control board .in the Island as there is in the other Provinces, we do not have comparable statistics. The pub- lic accounts for Prince Mlvvai-rl Island (l0 not show any figures for retail sales; therefore, we are unable to compare them with the figures of other provinces."

Under the Jones Government amendment to the Prohibition .~\ct there is little practical

' difference between government restriction on liquor sales in this Province and in other Provinces. Practically anyone without a pol- ice record can get a six months’ permit, which should no longer be itiiscallcd a prescription as it is nothing more than a legalized formality so far as its issuance by doctors is concerned. Why not dispense with the hypocrisy along with the tinoonstitutinnal powers vested in the Attorney-General, call it “government control" and put in a properly zippointed liquor board or commission? The board would be re- sponsible to the (iovernment. and the Gov- ernment to the Legislature, and it would be obliged to submit full details of its liquor sales and revenues as is done in other Provinces.

The Government cannot continue eating its cake and having it. Since it has virtually scrapped the Prohibition Act, why continue op- crating as if no liquor except for medicinal purposes was being sold? When the Opposi- tion complained last session that the whole- sale vendor's salary was as large as that of the principal of Prince of Wales College, they were reminded by a Government member that ‘thfvendor was _no\v doing “a seven hundred thousand dollar business." No public business operating on such a scale should be closed to public scrutiny.

One of the worst features of the Pro- hibition Act in recent years has been the dictatorial powers vested in the Attorney-Gen-

This was never intend- ed when the Act was passed. Administration was placed originally in the hand-s of a non- partisan Commission. To ensure their good

jbehaviour it was provided that the Attorney'- ‘General could hold an inquiry into their con- duct at any time. When the Commission was abolished and the Attorney General appoint- ed IOiG administrator, this section ceased of eourle to have any value as a safeguard; yet for some unaccountable reason it has been re- tained, and the Attorney General, under the Act, can hold a court of inquiry into his own conduct as administrator at any time that he feels dissatisfied therewith! Nobody else can all him to account. The situation was but it is worse

ow that the Attorney-(ienernl is not even a

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Church As Punishment

In two recent cases Ontario magistrates, dealing with young law-breakers, have order- ed that they attend church regularly every Sunday for a. fixed period.

“We wonder," says the Ottawa Journal, "whether such penalties are calculated to achieve the desired result of reform. A boy ordered by the court to g0 tolchurch is likely to look

upon the church’ as’ a place of punishment, an J1 ‘conscience develop does the

alternative to iail; he ‘will attend unwillingly and in an antagonistic spirit. There is the bare chance, of course. and no doubt it is this chance upon which the’ magistrates count, that once at- tending regularly he will find inspiration in re- ligious services and a guidance to a new way of life, but we should think the odds heavily against such an outcome. Nobody likes doing what he docs under compulsion. If it were compulsory that we go t0 the movies once a week we might use our ingenuity in finding ways and means of cvatling the order. It is a great pity that so many young people are de- nied the wholesome influences of the church because of parental neglect and their own in- clinations, but compulsion by law does not seem the answer."

.- EDITORIAL NOTES a

The P. E. I. veterans \vill.l>c in annual convcntinit today at the Legion headquarters. 1- * a v-

lnstice .\. .\I. M1150“ of the llritish Col- umbia Stiprcitic Court recently stated: “Next to the pulpit, the press is, I believe, the great-

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Wlivit arrangements wore made for .\Ir. llrackeirs visit, it was not known there would be a Ihovincial by-election here at the time-hence, no dotibt, the postponement.

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About I50 weekly IIC\\’SI)III)€I'III€II will fly in specially charterotl planes to the city next Saturday at the close of their annual conven- tion in Halifax. llarbingcrs of peace and pub- licity, not to IllCIIliOII felicity.

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In future, milk will be supplied without charge in both grant-ziided and independent schools in llritain. It is anticipated that this will lead to a large increase in the number of children taking it. .\t present milk is taken by 72 per cent 0f the children in the schools in England and \\'ales and 64 per cent in Scot- land. The majority of the children have one- third of a pint per day, but about 3O per cent in Iinglzintl and \\'alcs and I4 per ccnt in Scotland ltzive two-thirds of a pint.

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The present and prospective returns for farmers here are highly satisfactonv, accord- ing to the Bureau of Statistics. 1n the first six months 0f the year, Quebec, Nova SCOIIII and Prince Edward Island obtainfd higher re- turns than in the corresponding first half of I945. The bureau adds that with more favor- able crops in the west this year and a higher initial price for wheat. together with indica- tions for good crops in other provinces, it is probable that income in the last six months of I946 will be higher than in the same period of 1945 and that the cash income of Canadian farmers consequently will be itiaintained near

the level of i945. i

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Under Lord hlontgomeryk British mili- tary program, unnecessary parades, fatigues, guards and pickets went to the scrap heap the first of this month. The soldiers henceforth can receive guests “from time to time”, and will be permitted to associate with sergeants and other non-commissioned officers “outside barraclcs." But the \Var Office,urged 00m- manders to use common sense in letting down the bars. llospital patients “physically alble to do so" still must stand at attention when an in- specting officer comes around. The War Of- fice made no tncntion of Lord Montgomery's suggestion that soldiers should be accorded the privilege of reading in bed.

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Mr. King has clearly presented the three basic features of the strike in teel, says Mon!- rml Gascflc. First, it is devaéfating. Second, the public should be informed of the issue (as it has been infornicd). Third, the rights of the community as a whole are as indisputable as the demands of the community are impera- tive. Mr. King has made clear his. own duty. Before leaving for Europe he said that the time had come when he could not emphasizlel too strongly the rights of the community in a matters of thin kind. Now that he has return- ed from Europe, and the strike continues and extends its dangers, it would seem that the community tnight properly insist that the time has come ivhcn its rights might be carried into operation.

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Battle of Flodden this date I513 in which James IV of Scotland was killed as well as nearly 3o of his nobles and chiefs, and 10,000 rank and file. It was an overthrow’ which spread sorrow and dismay through Scotland, and was long remembered as one of the great- est calamities ever sustained by the Scottish nation. The Flodden enterprise of James IV was one example of gigantic folly, righteously punished. The King of Scots. had no just oc- casion for going to war with England. war lie entered upon he conducted like an im- becile, only going three or four miles into Eng- lish territory, and there dallying till the 0p- portunity of striking an effective blow was lost. When the English Army, under the Earl of Surrey, came against him, he, from a foolish sentiment of chivalry, or mere vanity, would not allow his troops to take the fair advant- ages bf the gm nd, so he lost all, including his own life. It i pitiable, evm at this distance of time, to thiiik of a people ‘zaving their inter- ests committed to the care -.' one so ill-quali-

fied for the trust; the Main suffering w much through the infatuation of Una.

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i THE CHARLOTTETOWN GUARDIAN

Notes By The Way

IDOH la flu art of paying for l covered neat to watch high-paid aaeclalim work at their trade. -

lmilton Spectator.

We Bro rlzht In that the child Ia a superior animal. for 01: tpgyehtziorqlstsrltell Ila :Imt is w a e s a o being, igniy a; body awws and nu mind and b0? grow to be a. man. But ne must. be restrained from obeying his natural, selfish animal instincts, trained to act as u civilized belt-g. Byour neglezt we are passing on to our children me standards qt

barbarians. - Hamilton t-‘pectu- poi".

Yell’! ago we had very little trouble finding the little traversed roads that led through colorful country and enhanced our enjoy- ment of motoring. ‘Ibday them are still thousands of sum roads all ave-r Cane-ii. but the interest in finding them and traveling them seems to have waned. Perhaps the modem desire ‘a? speed and our anxiety to get somewhere. whether we have to or not. At ary rat-e it. appears that most of us se-k the main hisrnvavs. those smooth- ly paved ar-zl wine roads that per- mit us to let he out all the wry

.it.s. - Chatham

If conquered Germany demand- ed a piece of the Ukraine from vic- torious Russia. or if conquered Japan asked ‘or a slice of China’- Or if Italy claimed a chunk of French territory for her scrv cc; B5 a "co-mIIige:-.-nt."-- The whole world would be astonished at such a dnnmable effro-itery and impu- deme. Worse thwn anv of these imaginary claims is tiic- demand by ‘Nazi Germany's Jackal. Bul- garia. for Ws-st-zn Thrace. a his- torically rightful part oi the ter- ritog of our indomitable ll"‘e AI- 1y. reece. The Bulgarian request proves one thing, Bulgaria riill is a N-zzi state. Q0 is aru Ia" powe: that supports the. Bulgarian de- mand. Moscow papers ple sc copy. —»Buffalo Courier-Express.

Not the least of the virtues of the S Ivatlon Army is Its uniqui y. The rue and "ed of the ‘Innye adherents are accorded neiier-fail- ing respect v/herever they may be. The other Saturday a Salva- tionist lassie was making her wry through the mews beverage rocm of a large Toronto howl, sellin: copies of The Wizr Cry. In defe-i - ence to the lady the shund of revelry decreased by severe‘. doc‘- bels. A young veteran of World War II handed the vuurg Indy a fifty-cent piece and shrucged lllC magazine aside “But your Change. sir?" she asked. Pointing to his honorable. discharge button the young man said quletipi “I've had my change from the ﬁalva- tion Army." - Printed Wmci.

Every tenth American pots sick enough in the course of a year to become a hospital patient List year, more than 10.250000 people -I2.3 percent of the total popu- lation—spent rome- time as patients in hospitals. blearly 2,000 000 new citizens were born in the 7.000 hos- pitals of thu rruntry. Ifrispltnls rank nmorw, the ilrst l? tiggest American industries. They repre- sent a capital investment of more than $5,000.000,0WJ. an opei-atlng; expense of £I.0fl0.000.000 u year. and employ abou; half n million DEODIe. All but five percent are xjun on a non-profit oasis. Government- operated hospitals (local, state and Federal) account for '78 per- cent of the total hospital sod c".- pucity of the nation. Americans in hospitals on any given clay in 1945 was 1.405 247. --New York PM.

Twice in a generation we have learned that a two of peace and an unready sun-rd 11cm n Sll-‘lil cut to war. It has become -he func- tion of the lighting man lo pre- vent fighting by reepir-r, Ins artrs bright. That, 1n tne Army is the duty of Lord Mun-gomerv as he sees It. He begins. characteristcally, with the basic ckfﬁilillll unit —the Individual soldier It is a truism that the soldier is today regarded as a citizen. Total war has brought the change-but it has nevertheless been left to ivlowgcmery to state this conception. not as a vague aa- piraticn to be oi the same foot- ing es men tn uvlltan occupation. Pay has been improved, but It must be improved stIlI mm-e. Tne GIGS wants tn abolish birrackr. and provide bedrooms and sitting- rooms. He wants to end archaic restrictions. lie wants the soldier, Off dutY. to come ﬁnd v50 us he pleases. He want; him to eat us well as he could in a good civilian restaurant. Such Ideas are anouzi‘. to give apcplexy to the aid-time sergeant major. But time. have changed, and it Is the mark of a vigorous, far-seeing mentality that It can mange with them. - London Dally Mail.

A noted physlnian declares that many of the physical Ills of tozky are to be held ness of the people. in so ‘ur as rafting hyslcal eve-raise Is concern- ed. W»: king is an unknown art for a considerable number of persons irf these days qf automobiles. and a large percentage of beginning to ill-waver _ missing many of the pleaswcs con- tingent upon gn-iu health because. of the lack of oveiclse. says Th: Guelph Mercury. One notec physic- ian of Great Britain believes In walking for health and particu- Inrly u n preventative c! that great scourge, sincer. A great number of sedentary workers be- come easy victim..- of the scourge because of their almost total ab- stinence from exercise, he rialms. They take the our everywhere. Ra- ther than walk around the block to visit n Friend, th_ lump In their Auto Elle. Ra er than walk to church on Sunday morn- ing, they ride In em and cor:- fort. be the distance short or long and the weather Ever so beautiful and ht. Walking seem» 1o be just an exhibition stunt with many and the effect of this ck of ex- ercise la beeo-nhz more notlvenble In the carriage of the persons no n lectful qt tnelr hbilll! The best. fit to resist disuse is the man when bod is In good health. and 300d henl is not compatible with soft and flabby muscles. abort

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THE POTATO SITUATION

Bin-I noted h your Saturday's issue of The Guardian “ vlew Potato Price Prospect!" and al- though I have had less experience In Lhe potato business than it: writer I fear its effechon our potato growers. The potato business In no uncer- tal-n that no one can estimator in advance what mmv hlPPEﬁ If"! because of that every dealer luf- fers to a greater or lest: extent be- cause he often forms the wronu opinion.

We have on Prince Edward 1a- land an Increased ncreage'grown for seed over 1M5; we do not yet know what percentage of this has passed inspection. Tile Increased acreage in seed rvzltices the acre- age planted for tablestock. The yield is very uncertain. early Cob- blers are a poor crop and it rs very doubtful if we will harvest and ship as many potatoes from the 1946 crc-p as were marketed from the 1944 crop: It is true United Stltol nu I large crop of potatoes but the est-l- mated yield can stand a blt of analyzing The estimated total in- cie over Inst year in all areas as t August 1st was 3'1 mi-llion bushels, I6 million being in the northeast. 5 million in the inter- mediate states which are nearly through shipping and I6 million In the early States which are out of the way. Offsetting this are estimated (let-lines from the I945 production of about 13 l-2 million in the Cmtral States and 3 l-3 ml-I- Iion in the West. So disregarding the inert-use in the forecast for areas that have finished shipping we get 16 million more In the Northeast, 13 1-2 million less in the Central States Bind 3 l-2 mllliﬂll less in the West, or an estimated production In the 30 late States of a million bushels or so below last year. We have no estimate of the Can- adian crop. Last year we were about 10,000 carloaris short. We may not have enough potatoes In Canada this year for our own re- qulrements. There is every promise that we will be able to sell seed to the Un- ited States In large quantities par- ticularly Irish Cobblers and Kat- ahdiais. We will have more Green Mountain seed than can be sold for seed purposes. No United Slates liriquirer has ever asked the Potato Growers‘ organisation about disease or pests of any kind and if we were satisfied to take the price they offered we could have sold hundreds of car-loads. The price offered was not high hut \ve feel i-t is time enough to take a low price when we are convinced we cannot get more, No potato grower expects anything like last year's prices but let's try to get n price that will stl-II put us above the cost ol production. We have handicaps this year, notably the loss of premium on U. S. money and higher freight rates. We are certainly handicapped In transportation because the new ferry Wlil not be here, and shot-g. age of refrigerators, A pam; on the part of our growers to move the potatoes as fast as they are harvested Will result in less re- muneratlon to them than If they followed a system of orderly mur- kl-‘URB B! in the past. i The writer is not yet hopes that, the will prove profi ers.

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When Col. L. Moore Co ave. DSO, the officer who sign for Cmadn t-hg document. accepting the surrender of Japan was in Mon- treal enrlier this week, he described somewhat. humorously the fact that. for n time he himself comprised the entire Canadian Army tn the South- west Paciﬁc.

when he ﬁrst called upon Gen. MacArthur, Col. Cosgrave was greeted with enthusiasm as the vanguard of a Canadian force, and i: took him some moments to ex- plain that he was at tihe time the entire Canadian force available. Gen. MacArthur laughed on heur- ing this a d told the story of how his grand other once had to de- liver n group of refractory Indians back over the Canadian border and when he arrived there was received by a solitary RCMP constable who calmly tock over the w-hole party. “I trust. however," said the Gen- eral, "that this time we will see a few more Canadians a little Iatrr m,"

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