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THE._QI!AIXI¢QIIETQYVN..§UARDIAN

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TIIE GIIARLOTTETOWII GUARDIAN

Morning Dally (Founded In 1337)

President: Lleul. Col. W. C1188!" 5- Mill-Ill’! Vice President: J. It Burnett, FJJ. ‘ Secretary: Lleut. Col. n. A. iuuenmnon. 11-5-0- Editor and Managing Director. J. l»- BIIFIW". FJ-l- Associate Editors; Frank Walker and lln A. Burnett

SUBSCRIPTION RATES

3, Man u. rant. $4.00 per year; $2.50 for s monthl-

$1.25 for 3 months; 50o for one month Cfly Delivery $5.00 poi- year; $3.00 for 6 months

$1.15 fur 3 tll0nlhifl 00o for one Manila

other Provinces ulld U.S.A. ‘5- P" Y?"

ggtubrldtlsly ‘lIVt-cklyt $2.00 per year; $1.00 for C months.

50o for 3 months

t ‘uardian may he obtained at Rfafilgzlioiii-dimggttt-y, Times Square, NGI YOIKI Old South News Afifllltf)’, Corner Milk sllfl Wa-lhlllll-Pll Boston; sietropoitturt News Aseiwy. 1M8 PHI BM Montreal; J. rim 354 my Si. ‘riiriiiiivi N"- 5""- Chateau Luurit-r. Ottawa; Wolfe's New! Si-iiiiil Bilb- bury Ont-l lluh ‘Tobacco Shflll. llliillfll"! N- B-

."The Stronqest Mfilizigliyestilsnlll-Vneaker than "II

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER. l. 19H

For Off Things

The mztunt-t‘ in which the war ha! affflffll living in ._l,,_. t [,1 (ountrv is vividly brought llomfi in alleiter Ituhli-ltctl in the tlfanchexter Guardian. Th: ¢0,-n=.p.-.n.lctit refers to the difficulty b6 1.3.1 in cxlliililiing \\'lli'lt bananas were like to! child wln could ‘not remember them. "Yvc been

' _ . ~ ' H ' told Iitvy were a trtut with a yellow skin, said the child,

"I foil m thirtking,” says the correspondent, "of how eusilv one drops into akind of past-iii!- wry, {ncikf-Qi-Iijllgrflgo lOlle when talking I 0f things OI ' four years back. Can you imaging mv dear le Arthur, you once used to play 111 this Pm-k .._ - the grass is now covered Wltli antpaim ' _ and once there was no lumpy. 531.8, l the sky just over our roof.

"In the old o. .vs vou could go to s dairy m4 ddnp a fir“; pf ‘miiig and even then take home L, much ,1. YOU liked. In those luxurious days (igm-vt; 1 i-l l rely silver papfl‘ lrid Whlle P3P’ u? as “t as the cardboard packet; you could b‘1\i as ry",,'._:‘._i,' fli,'.llk’S as you liked, if you had the mono)‘; the roads were thick with motor cars and we actually (you will hardly believe m5) ind l-nittrr and orange jl-llCe every day of the vvcck and fireworks on the Filth 0f N? vcmbcr. I _

“My little Arthur, to whom the word firo- works’ was once expla-lflfll. WWlfl hi" no" °l them, Fairies gre possible, bananas credible, but flrgyvofkg‘ because ‘you could never light tlititi In the black-mitt,’ are just inconceivable.

Fertilizer Problem

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Await.‘ s. m» MOM-r! "m", Wm” my, department heads at Ottawa. sre concerned sbout the fertilizer situation. A shortage is de- veloping in sulphuric acitbblf-‘flilie 0f ll" 10"‘ in; demands of the munitions industry. Sul- phuric acid, which is the essential ingfcdlmtl“ scidulating phosphate for fsrtililfll. l! bxolnmg awlnvard to obtain slthough before the “(If It was practically s drug on the market, “m8 ‘ by-product of mine smelters. As for phoe- phate hock, Canada Is fortunate In blYlri Q01’!- tinuing sources of su ly In Idaho Ind Mill!»- Australia and New salami us loss fortunate. They depended largely on hsurn Island, recent- ], 13km by 11w Japanese. Even before Japan- “, wnquest Nauru was practically unproduc- 1"‘ “can” a y“; o s. German raider blait- “ an mix-lg; wifll Slim .

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hops e our rt. entire cost of our. pen in the war of i9t4-i9i8 was $1,670,000.01”- Ihis is about one-half the coat of our wsr st- lon for 1942 slons. This year's budget all! ‘by the outlay of $3,3oo,ooo,ooo on wsr, or sl- um seven time; our normal peacetime budget. II are raising tpz,o5o,ooo,oo by testes and the balance by borrowing. Thus we must borrow Iris year mors than we rsiscd by tum Ind borrowing from 19x4 to x i8.

{Translated into cvery- ay terms, these fig‘- hru mean that we are devotin more than 50

r cent of our national effort oward the war. Em factories and men and women which once made our automobiles, lows, clothes, furniture Qnd food arc now working on war orders. This Is the reason why it is imperative that every omploycd Canadian should buy a Victory Bond- Collectivclv, we have more money in our poc- ket; than ever before, and the supply of thin s we um spend the money on is rapidly ilwin - ling. If we till try to spend our money st once our price rt-tiitr; will be broken, and while we will spend more of our money we will get much less for it.

In The Black Market

' srfncc the hvciiming of the Canadian price ceiling in llvigriiillcr, I941, there IIBCI l7€€ll 493 prosecutions of black market traders up to the end of Atiuuv. l').l2, In almost all cases - 93 per rent w- ur» proscctitinn has been successful and the nffu". lrrs punished.

This shut-r, swys an exchange, that the War- time. Prices and Trzuic Hoard docs not prOS€CUl€ unless it lmoar: the facts. It also shows that, while the blzwl», tnnrkct has not yet damaged the ceiling stud/duly; it has become s factor to be rrclnuitvi with. \\'t- run safely assume iinywviy that for vwry offuicc discovered by Mr. Gor- (Inn's i11v<-~iig.t1~::~_ scvcrzil offences are com- mittctl itulwtit ilhcovery.

should tiu- blntk markcl grow, who would 1,, um yhllllh nf it? The public, of course. IilJlt‘i{~lll.'ll'l\"Qi<, stt-rtzt sales of goods at illegal prim-g Ho] only ilninagv the original purchaser, but can finztliv make the WIIOIC ceiling unwork-

r-EDIIORIAL NUII:$-

“The Sands of Time" are linking f" ti“

3rd Victory Loan. s oi i i

Under Lliiyds rt-gtiltuitum the last ilill’ for Ill‘ suring vessels in the St. Lnivrciico 1s the 15th of this month, but $0 f?" King hi)“ has mt made himself felt.

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Not a few pcmliic are simple enough to im- agine that if we rt-arlt the twbjcctive Set ii§ l6!‘ the Victory Bond issue we have accomplished great things, Nothing of the kmd—that is the minimum expected of us, and unless we sub- stantially exceed it, there will be another call immediately made itpon us. War costs money, and unless we lend the wherewithall voluntarily", we shall have to give it compulsorily.

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Abolition of the Dutch tongue in the Nether- lands is imminent as part of the Nazi policy of Germanizing the country. Mr. H. j. Wouden- berg, Dutch Nazi Trade Labor Front Union head, in s. broadcast over the German-control- led Netherlands radio declared that although the Vcrordcningenblad, 0r official journal, was printed in both the German and Dutch lan- guagel, the German text of decrees would be considered binding,

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Mr. William M. Jcffcrs. U. S. I. National Rubber Administrator, predicts that by the mid- dle of I944 the United States will have an ade- quate supply of rubber substitutes, and that nev- er lgain will it be dependent upon crude rub- bers from lllalaya. Speaking extcmporancotis- ly before the National Association of Independ- ent Tire Dealers, Mr. jcffers said: “If every suto driver will play the game, I believe we can bridge the gap between the supply of ruh- ber we have on hand and the time that we will have synthetics in production."

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This is from The Letter-Review published at Fort Erie, North Ontario: '“P. E. Island re- presentative of \V.P.'l".l"., announced last week that he found people in the Island who did not know about tea rutiuuiilg; did not ltnotti how they were getting supplit-s of tea. This is the very nub of successful rationing—tliat no dis- trict may receive more supplies of any goods than its quota. Unless this is given first atten- tion, rationing will be a flop. This is why we ltear confirmed stories of parts of the country in which gasoline is openly sold without ration coupons."

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Mr. George Peabody, U.S.A. philanthropist, died this date, 1369; s. native of South Danvers (Mann), which changed its name in his honour to Peabody, he began life there as s small trad- er, became an importer and exporter, ‘financier and social reformer; emigrated to Illllllllll, Eng- land in 1837, where he established himsclf as a banker Ind colonial merchant, amassing a huge fortune; in 1862 he donated $2,500,000 to the city of London for the building 0f lodging houses for the poor; he added yearly to his bcitcfac- tions, till at his death it was calcitlated he had donated no less than $12,500,000 for social and charitable purposes.

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Fewer canned goods. The Prices Board sn- notmccs that the tnain products for which metal containers now may lint be manufactured, OI‘ used sftcr next December 3t include tobacco, coffee, honey, paint, syrups, edible oils, wax paste and liquid wax, jam, shoe and metal polish, grease and lubricating oil. The announcement said most of these already are onthc market in paper, fibre or glass containers snd honey pro-

ably will be sold in paper containers. The Board statement said that under terms of the order the use of metal containers is permitted for the principal fruits and vegetables, fish“, meats and milk. It added “metal containers are per- mitted as well, subject to certain lituitations, for some paints, varnishes and dry oils, and s. small number of special products."

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Then Us no longer to be any misnomer: re- glrdinfinfurs. The humble but prolific rabbit comes to his own. The skunk, by any other nsme, must still be skunk. The fur trade comes into the open. Trade names in the fur busi- ness have covered s multitude of skins. There has been very little skulduggcry about it be- cluss the advertiser has taken us pretty fully into his confidence. He has intimated to us, gently but firmly, that our Hudson Sable gar- ments originated with the aromatic pest of the bsmyard and chickencoop. He has intimated to us that our handsome Siberian seal, our res- plendent French leopard, traced back to the hutch and the little animal with the long ears, the quivering nose and the phenomenal fecund- ity. It has not offended us nor got our angora. Hereafter, indeed as from the fourteenth of last month, the fur alias becomes no more than s decorative pseudonym. The administrator of fur skins and garments has so decreed and the administrators of wholesale and retail trade have signified their concurrence.

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The Cansdianization of the R.C.A.F., In England which has been goin on for some time under direction of Air Mars tall Harold (Gus) Edwards, senior officer of R.C.A.F. overseas is making steady progress. The effect of Can- sdianization on our war effort in the sir can be good or bad depending on how carefully the process is applied. If it makes an improve- ment in the mental and physical welfare of our air fighters wilhrutt culling into the operational control and efficiency of the R.A.F., it will be definitely worth while. If on the other hand. the moving of men interferes with operational efficiency, if the process creates a. h0pcl¢5s divi-

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The Isle of Wight. badly hi! when war conditions made it s. promotion urea w tourists, nss worked out its own salvation. 1t ls fast becoming "Tomato Island.’ ‘two years ago there was prunin- auy nu commercial tomato growing more. This season s. million plants produced between vhree and four million pounds of tomatoes. —.t.on- con Evuilng stundard.

We note with some llttle interest that out. In Oregon a. 17-year-old girl named Patricia Alt-see, defeat- ed nine men competitors and won a three-slate plowing champion- ship. Now a plowing contest ls no child's lay Even ln these days of gun paws and tractors. it is no pic c to lay ovcr s. plowed field just right When plowing contests first were held, walking plows were the tools, and a team of horses the motive power A really; high degree of Skill court be shown then — much better than ln these more stniinaiutzeu days of mactlilxie oper- ution-liansas City Star.

There has always been a good de- mand ln Canada for veal and baby beef, but it is in the national inter- est. that this demand be discourag- ed. The armed forces consume a largo quntitiiyi of beef and have priority on the product. The civi- lian population has what is left. Cattle population increases slowly in comparison with hogs said sheep. wltllb dcmtutd for bee; increasing more rapidly than the numerical increase of herbs, feeding to prime weights _puttliig more beef on each animal -ls tine surest way of getting a substantial increase 1n the slwrcst possible time. -—Wlnnl- peg Tribune.

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Catiadzfs war effort ls s very sitbsttititial one. But it is perhaps good for our souls for col, Drew to rcliilttd us; “It: ls e. fact that if we had the same number o! men in the armed forces ln proportion to the population of Britain there iuiould be IBSKLOOO Canadians to the armed forces." -sault Dally Star,

An uninhibited Philadelphia hw- ycr, in town 0n business that de- nnttttietl early hours and a. clear head, stCppLd In the Waldorls Peacock Alley the other night; at 11 OTIOCk and ordered a chocolate ice-cream soda. The '\\.'ill9l' start- ed perccptibly, hurried 0ft to con- sult lus capxiin, and finally re- turned Willi ii tray 0n ulilon \\'6l‘Q n bottle of club soda, a small bot- tle of milk, a jiggcr of chocolate sauce. and a liighbatl glass con- taining a. scoop Ol ice cream. “Shall I mix 1|» for you, sir?" he asked. - The New Yorker.

If there really ls 1 coffee, shortage, then all of us Will gladly accept rationing. There docs seem to be some question, however, how gettiiine the scarcity of coffee ls. Be. cause of the quanvil/y oil’ war goods "we have been shipping to Brazil, cargo northbound has been rela- tively nmplc. The ‘best available figures indicate that we have re- ceived around 85 per cent of the usual amount; of coffee. Prcspscts are for on increase during the n-Ext few monihs. Perhaps much oiI this has to do to our Allies. There may be other explanations for the ap- parent shortage. Can and will somebody einplaln authoritatively? --Burt0n Heal-h ln NEA Service.

Two men worked side by side In s War Production Board office in Washington. They never spoke, but each watched the other, One man quit daily at. 4 o'clock, The other toiled on till 6 or later. Sonic months passed. Then the harder working of the two upprL-iclied the other. “I beg your pardon." he said. "Do you mind tellng me how you clean up ~our work every driy at 4 dclock?” ‘Not. at all," said the other man. "When 1 come to a tough pl/SCG of detail, I tum-k 1t ‘Refer to Commander Smith.’ I fig-tire that, in an outfit as large 8s this, there Ls sure to be a Com. mimder Smith. And I must be right; none of those papers comes back t0 me." The harder worker started to remove his coat. "Bro- ther.‘ he said. "prepare for action. I‘m Commander smith." --Boston News Bureau.

The disclosure made by bho Wlzmlpeg Tribune that prices paid for land for air school sites by the Dominion Govern-ment; are greatly in excess of normal values is shockln news to those who hoped and be -eved that tihe Government has been doing its best to see that the taxpayers are given full value for their money. We admit to nav- lng had misgivings n5 to Jiis paint tor a. considerable time. It ls time we think, that the piubllc should be, glven more facts about war Sllimdinll. Tlliere has been too much closure on information. Such news- papers as The Tribune which are in a position to open 11"] these truit- ters and let. m s, llttilii. light. can Dvrlrirnt a greatly needed service for the CflLllZlt-lfln people. —FX‘OJI Dufferln (Man; Leader.

A woman said tn a soldier, "They're such Ill-lie coffins." The soldier replied, "Yes, myam, none of the boys was over 13', and most of 'em were Just tykes of 8 or l0." The words printed above were over- head by a newspaper correspond- ent who attended the mass funewfl of twenty-eight. schoolboys who were murdered ln n German bomb- ing attack on their school in s ltvtle South of Ert land village on Tues- day last; wee . They conjure up a trilifidv u pathetic as any the war has produced. These little ohlldmn were 1n school belt-lg tmugmt when the Junkers 88 tllved down and blow the schoolhouse to bits. There wns a peculiar and charnctsslstl- cnlly Vile brutality about M10 au- taok, for the Junkers dropped de- layed action bombs, and not only were children killed ln the school-

uae. but also some of time; whom the headmaster, Charles Stephenson. was endcavorlng to lead to safety. Miss Florence Weekes, one of the teachers, managed to shepherd sixteen little ones to s safe place. but Charlotte MarshnTt. another teacher, was killed u well as the headmaster by the bcmbo. For such a foul outrage as this tiere can. be no possible excuse. Nor docs the English langusgu

sion of command, the result will be bad and the contain woods stronz 611011811 l0

mandate of the R.C.A.l". to help win the war

condemn It. But more ls n lesson ln this wiped? 1t could have hp-

RS quickly as possible will have bctn violated. pened here; it may happen here yet

PUBLIC FORUM

Ills nth-n I n). III» fi‘ lllsnsllol b: com-null!" I quntlsne cl Interest. ‘lie Cllrlollokssl “Gnu-l: Cor-DI: unusually en use II cl nfllillbllolis

LRDAD worm T“ n“ on APPLE MAGGOT

Sir,—'I‘]ie letter ln s. recent ls- sue of the Guardian with regard to the Railroad Worm and sisiird “Small A ples" was read with n great dea of interest. I s.m very glad that some of the farmers are taking an interest in controll- lng the Railroad worm or as it ls properly called the Apple Mis- got. The recommendation that stock be turned ln the 0r¢hi1rfi l0 pick up the drop ionic-i will iii“ some measure of control but it ls only part of the story. First. of all livestock turned loose in an or- chard is giving the trees Hillier harsh treatment by rubbing ti- gainst the bark or breaking the branches; and secondly to ef- fectively control "this insect, com- munity notion ls necesafy. as the adult, fly will move from ‘one orchard to another. To comb-Elfi- lv eliminate this pest from an or- chard that ls ln the vicinity of other Infested orchards ls almost an impossibility, even by follow- 111g a definite spray program. It l; lble that. the writer over- est mntcd the effect of livestock controlling the Apple Maggot a5 the current season's BPDlB QFOD l" general was not so heavily intest- ed as usual, probably due to the fact. that the 1941 season was so cool and wet and only e small number of these insects over- wlntered.

The adult. ls n small two vilngvd fly very similar b0 the house fly. but smaller with two black bands running across the wings. The female adult punctures the skin of the apple and deposits its eggs inside. These eggs hatch in from 5 to l2 days. and the young whit- ish or cream coloured maggots burrow through the fruit in all directions feeding on the Pull! 0f the apple. The tunnels made by the maggot are brownish ln col- our, and at first are almost lm- perceptible to theeye. bill b60011"! larger as the maggots increase lu size. Infested apples tend to ripen nnd drop prematurely’, but some may remain on the trees until picked. In from four to seven days altél‘ the frult falls the mature maggots may begin emerging from the fruit and enter the snll to a depth or several inches where they remain over winter and enterue the following spring as adult flies-

Almost every orchard ln Prince Edward Island ls infested w some extent with this insect and 1f ev- ery one took some interest in con- trol work a large percentage of our fruit could be grown at home.

CONTROL-As mentioned pre- vlously community action is nec- essary as the pest, wlll spread from one orchard to another.

1. All wlld and uticared for ap- ple trees and thorn trees in the vicinity of orchards should be de- strayed.

2. The picking up of all drop ap- ples if followed regularly gives some measure of control. It. is particularly important in the case of early varieties, The early var- leti€s siould be picked up at least every four days nnd the later vat- leties every week, These may be destroyed by feeding to livestock. dumpin ln tidal waters, or bury- ing in feet of earth.

3. Spray thoroughly with arse- nate of lead. 3 lbs. to 100 gallons of water or combined with the regular fungicide sprayis. Two lip- pllcsitlons are necessary, one about the middle of July and the other two weeks later. An advisory bul- letln as to the exact dates 1s us- ually published in the local press or over the local radio station. Arserttite 0f lime. Z 1-2 lbs. to 100 gallons of a fungicide spray 1s al- so effective.

Success or failure in control work will depend a. great denl on the thoroughness with iwhlch the sprays are applied and the pro- per timing of them.

I 911i. Sh‘. e00.

F. . CANNON

Offlcer-ln-Churge.

Dominion Entomological Labora- tor-y. Charlottetown, P.E.I.

Turkey's Position

(By the Canadian Press)

Concurrently with the growth of the German threat to breach the Caucasus mountain wall where Russln defends not only her own oll riches but also a vital approach to the Middle East, Turkey has voiced her fear of attack.