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"The Strangest Mcmory is Weaker Than the Weakest Ink.”

WEQQFSQA)’. Fbrsnpiny 21, 1m

The Legislature Open;

The tirtainty" of our financial situation ll rcfl(clcd_ Ill almosl Qygfy paragraph‘ of the 5P9~T1l from the lhrone with which His Hon- our the Llcutcilailt Uovcrrlor opcncd the Legis- lature yesterday. "Reconstruction plans," we all‘ lvlll. "arc bring drlvzluccll": but these plans arc in the blur-print slalgcs only. Thcy consist liirxvly of recuuunr-nrlulious of a Provincial Ad- ylsory Lommittcc which apparently has no stand. 111g with the Federal Minister of Reconstruction, Mr. Howe. The Regional Reconstruction Coun- cil,‘ which according to Mr.‘ Howe is the chan- ncl of approach to the Federal Deparlmcnt, is not once mentioned in the Spcech. In any case, our whole flllilllCllil arrangements with Ottawa are dependent on the outcome of the Dominion- Provincial Conference, about which there has been a good deal of official secrecy. Premier Jones will be expected to speak at length on this subject, so that the House will know ex- actly where we stand, s0 far as Federal pro- posals and provincial counter-proposals are concerned.

Our farmers and fishermen are reminded in the Spccch that “throughout the world with thr; exception of the Americas, _starvation threatens, due to \var’s ravages and poor crops in the past year." This is unfortunately too true. It is a. condition which surely warrants something more constructive "in the way of pol- icy than the sad admission, in Paragraph 20. that “the scarcity of labour in agriculture con- tinues with no relief in si ht.” This agricul- tural province should be taking the lead in seek- ing a solution of the farm labor question.

The Speech will doubtless be discussed fully in the Draft Address debate, and Govern- ment members will be expected I0 place their cards on the table so far as our present and fut- ure prospects financially are conccrncd. That is the main issue, and it is a most seripus onc. By all reports, the Government piled up another huge deficit last year and the prospects thls year seem scarcely better.

France Of Today

Hr. Alluendsr Werth, well known for his newspaper and BBS dcspatches from Russia during the war, revisited recently the France he had known intimately for many years be- fore the Gemian invasion. He made s telling picture of his ‘bitter memories" of events (re- corded in his book "Th; Last Days of Paris") five and s half years ago and the France of today. When he left on that famous ."last boat” which carried so many eminent and p0- tentielly significant personalities to England, he left a. France that was in a state of "despair, dernorelization, and bewilderment." The France with which he renewed acquaintance is sum- med up in his concluding remarks r-"France is not e solidly united country, but I left with the feeling that it is not an unhealthy country. . . .

" The French, of course, especially in the tOWII-r.

have developed inhibitions, are given to_ brood- ing, and are unhappy because they think the outside world is not treating them seriously enough and with sufficient regard for their great past." But he thought they were getting over the mental efforts of 1940- H6 58W Ill!" railways working again, almost up t0 pre-war time-tables, and their coal mines m full produc- fiqn, whilc “side by side with much corruption and demoralizatioil, Ihcrc is also much ideal- isnr-a great desire to ‘serve the country and to givefwrancc the place she held in the past, But gbo‘ ne thingcvery Frenchman is W0fl1Qd—— , _ Rlghtist 0r Leftist or Communist-Ind‘ is Germany, and they all feel _ . that l ipllfblde world dues not fully appreciate ll“ '_0f_Ff‘BnC€'S horror at the thought of an- "u German invasion-after three in the last

‘years, of which the last one nearly cost her

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I ‘hitional existence.” l i "_'—___

{Millions Facing Sf-zsf-vatfon

hid that the number of persons in id to famine conditions, if supplies eat do not reach them in the next is‘ ap ximatcly equal to the

IirUniIcd States." Ihat startling " , — suffice to" bring? home to the ‘ ‘ ion the magnitude of the ' A lsrge n. some states have sl- ' upplytcutto s level beldw

nnil butt subsistence.

The reason for these distressing conditions l: s combination of misfortunes following close- lv on each other. which resulted in s blighting drought. There was a great cyclone. causing heavy destructioruandl this was ‘accompanied by Whit i! dfiiiifibfi 88 "l phenomenal tidal wave", which devastated someof the richest districts in southern India. Reservoirs were dried up, as well as natuml lakes and rivers, and the power houses were put out of commission. Speaking on the crisis, the Viceroy, Lord Wavell, has pledg- cd the country to do its utmost toullcviate the situation, but emphasizes that “the final answer to our appeal lies in London and Washington.”

-IQDITURIAL NOTES!

Paardeberg ‘this datc 1900, ‘ i U I Q Lent begins Wednesday, March 6. 4 s s a

P. E. I. Hospital Campaign is off to a 200d Start, and bills fiiir to keep up the clip. s w

_ There arc two sidcs, at least,_to every ques- tion, and M310!‘ -T. B. Rogers has clearly set forth the veterans’ angle.

s s e _ MQTQ ind mOrc manufacturers are advertis- mg their products in the daily newspapers of Canada. The increase in this national ndvertil- mg m 1945 0W1’ £944 was over_8 per cent.

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“ Sending Canadian shirts to Jamaica. to be bargained" in tropical store windows, is equiv-

alent to sending 94% of newsprint to the U. S.

A» l0" lhe detriment of Canadian newspapers. Business, like charity, should'bcgin at home,

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Msiuba battle in the First Boer Warf where the British garrison was defeated this date I88! ; the Boers “celcbrated" the anniversary nineteen years later at Paardeberg, but on that occasion it was 4m experience defeat and the surrender of General Cronje. .

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A return of the Credit Unions in Canada

for 1944 shows:

. _ Crcdit Loans granted Province Unions Assets since inception P. E. Island . 5o » 334,757 831,497 Ilgovg Scotia. k. 21g ‘ 2,026,728 8,04r;194

. runswic I 1, ,2 2 , 82,1 1 Quebec_ 3 744 44 3

Defiiardins -8s¢ 77,874,334 17o.68s.8o3

Other 1o 327,151 614,928 Ontario . . . . . 22o 4,998,583 19,935,334 Manitoba . . . . 93 901,933 2,028,258 Saskatchewan 163 2,445,555 3,571,645 Alberta 149 972,484 2559344 Brit. Columbia 118’ 948,583 2,071,530 can“ I944 @006 91.574440 214,870.66‘; Catwda 1943 1-783 ‘P93195554 154997.037

ed “Xetcrans Land Act was originally intend. wa ti; m. Si‘ “P “fl/Wcncrsonnel as farmers; 5_ e" BAI-‘Ilrtdcd to include small holdings mltsldfi 13H; Cities. It became understood as a 215mg 0f“ Providing veterans with houses in ur an “Fells. but Mr. G. Murchison, Dir- ecl9f. nowannounces that veterans must in the friam, tum tu other mcbns 1o solve their hous- mk needs. In, plain language D V A intgnds 845C173 ‘W? P711311 mid"!!! Dlan and confine actzvlties to farms. Bad faith will b; Chaffidllf W“. 1f thisbe done. Tcnsof thous- ands of veterans understand that the Govern- mfim ha! Dromised them opportunities to ac- lllilre_ homes under the small holdings plans, at any time III the next ten years Thousand; of their: have lJOQIbIdVISQd to postpone exercising their rights, until the building situation get; bq. fer. There will be bitter resentment if they are now told that there ls to be no housing as-

sistance to veterans as such. i I I l

_ I-"w infirm m: volicv. of cum: Banks 1n both the U. S. and Canada, is producing

its inevitable result, says an Ontario contemp-

in connection with sccuritics of wh" the fut- 11" wnwz wwrr 1n decidedly dubious. The

of‘these_securities _will now acquirg ‘g vfgtgd interest in the memtenanceof low interest rates. The Economist said. some time “o, tbs: a_ Central Bank which took s low interest posi- hou thus lost control f the amount of money in circulation. any Central Bank which took this position would, before long, find itself in the I'm"!!! Situation of being unable to correct its

only too apparent. High taxation, plus a low interest rate on Government obligations, on the scale on which these are now nu standing, must provide the greatest possible ncmrege- ment to npeuilation of all sorts. and, indeed, to every possible improper and even method of nu-klng profits. That basic fact seems to be completely concealed from the

Government economists at Ottawa. s s s s

The pilot who recently flew the British

the remarkable economy of its operation- His

Copenhagen, Lnbeck, the Hague-wen fifteen

imatcly one hundred miles per hour speed sud» the gas consumption is only nineteen miles ‘per gallon. On no occasion wss It necessary forth: pilot so put any oil whatsoever in the cnzine. He" points out that the engine he we: using (Bled:- burn Cirrus one I hundred and ninety horse- power) "bra dons two, n hr M . It» dim , 1'

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orary. Stock markets are steadily rising, even" M"

result is thatwn increasing number of holders;

It mig t well have added that t‘

mistake, when the effects of the mistake became at:

Austq aircraft to Denmarlchas given details of t,

actual flying time for the‘ return journey-via a

"undid Ind mo, hours _" liable oil eeolinfliitlon -

Note; Way i the fllliw

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. tbeyplcked up ,, , hot enough for wit? A , ma. Inn ivory‘ lofty tif- "ld! “WIN . lll tilt JXOICIIITQIIC W" nylon s eckinpw-but if nylon sock: were u‘; |QQyy fish: be different- ‘ um Jour-

fllir rut outline“ aim u. be wbsntln: even In mu ed m- llflnl circa:- ‘Ilie ylst h been uniuecess I_n hs m; r-mrh edludnd obnoxious teusnts In Greece or Jlvgccwmq”; 54m,

Drnsflc overhnflrol our tu sys- tem we: one prom“; dgu-iy m. Dllod In the Dominion prpponls for s new desl with)“ prgvlnqgg, At s recent meeting. bf the Do LnIon-pravlnclsl Minister. King Is sQlIQIfly Fgpgfb‘ ed to have mode s ueflnlte com- mitment on this matter. He re- putedly snld that. as soon as a satisfactory desl wlth the province wla schleved, the Dominion would further reduce personal income tax snd would take lmniedlnte steps to reduce the element of Ilouble

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Prime

Financial Post.

Mull cation continue to offer hand water pumps, but we can't rec that they are any better-look- Ing thnn the one In thefsrm klt- chen of hslf a century one, says The Christian Science Monitor. They stlil have a rhlnoceroiu snout and s bulging mldrlff. Unlike the kitchen stove, the hand pump hasn't lent Itself to strearnrlnlnc. The pump, successor to rope and bucket, first made Its appearance over the well outdoors. It was n revolutionary system, and It found s clsi favor w th the women. par- tculsrly on Mondays. In the sum- mer, onough water was lte t In s pal] near by to be use for prlmlnv. There always was a bat.- tered tln drinking cup perched up- slde down snug against the plung- er rod. We are perfectly wllllng to let the "other" fellow order one of those pumps, but, come to think of It, some time next summer we'd certainly welcome a drlnk nf the cold, refreshing water that would come spurtlng from Its. snout. And It would have to be out of n Iln cup.

Kitdum chores should become In. creaslngly easier and food for ‘the family dinner table more appetiz- Ing if all the promises of science are performed, says The New York Sun, The chemists, who have come through wlth innumerable skis to the preservation of fresh foods, re- cently hnve developed bags if plu- tIc fllm which will keep n ‘mad of lettuce crlso for three weeks. Groxv- ers of vegetables In Western farm areas cm seal shelled pens, strip- md cauliflower or root veueiebles

slrtlght, transparent packages and send them by plane to mar- . ket. A process which removes water from; fresh vegetables to produce "anhydrous" food products nukes possible their Itornge at room temnarnture. But further advances may lead to complications. 'Nnt Iona ngn n dozen diners at Rutgers University set down to sample apple ple whlch had bean baked two and a hblf months before- serv- ing, preserved by oulclr freevlnn ' and reheated for the table. This sugrzests dlsturblniz msslbIWIer. A husband who tells his bride that her baking ‘Is not es 1mm! as his mother's w may suddenly be presented wl h s ple and the com- ment, ‘That's one your mother did before we were married. She ask- ed me to save it until you com- plained about my pleat"

There Is s nest deal of talk about television In the United States st present and commercial Irms are promising that wlthm n ewhnyesrs receiving sets will be wit the reach of s great many buyers, and special television pro-

wIII be provided for them.

ore seems-also to be s wldelpresd Imgreulon that this ls s novelty, sn that the U. B. A. Is leading the world In this. respect. Television was used quite dxtenslveiy In Greet Britain for _I.hreo or four esrs be~ furs the war, s The nxston Whimmnnderd. e receiving sets were too expensive but n 100d many of them were sollhsnd It was not uncommon for publle houses to th ; the customers were eblc to ltleround the television let drinking their beer, watching on noes bola: run st s number

crickqt matches snd football nines were jtiiso quite commomum‘ well s: " s even ,' s and cenmts '3... felevlsed, t wu quite common for the cut of e Wost Ind success to act s few seems from to on lndlsnoe.» i on ' st

fill‘ s wsr. ft m, end

In {I89 fire “thunk h“ , eu Kill" be r

betwes tho U. S. A. we should like to Int out that ltsin has Iud te ovls» ten for ye . » "

illegal fthgni

id's-nus but s r farii?

i» . ' wlthout even the tree

irné. cusslvrrrrbwi

tuxstlon I.u the corporstlon Ievy.— 1,1

of nearby courses; bmsdcsrts of w

Its production fer a u

IDQITIHG Bin-Of Into b; i - ’ i In: much and Landing" h.“ h conditions Inutarvlng. es In agricultural coun 1" In] urzed to ppoducg. ; 1n- "c der to eilevlsw stsrvst on the continent of Eurm ll well-u to the!" untzux,"

hel feed. the up ls, In the 4mm“. 1°; . ulie rllht Ind up y, ..

Now i134: to‘“OondItnns-.rn ltl-‘glergpeglévtlouigelt b]; mosslblo. that , . I0 O‘ lnfll behlnd this hue. and

Not many vents s30. be. firm- era of Western Ognndn wore paid, M‘ l° BTW m0" W cumin order to preserve the msr ots 1nd ,0.“ In other sect on: of orth Anlvitlcs pigs were estroye Jn on“; ‘to keep the pork and bbcon on an “even keel.’ k ,

The writer wonders‘ Ibthe o-i ple lof Great Britain and the 85n-

nent know that we cou d‘ hsve produced enough food, um. m spare, hnd we been Allowed m "

Whereln lles all this short-fight- edness and stupldltyf. Are our leaders to blame for fIfllCh of tliO conditions In which we find our- ' selves today?

Let us, as gn Anglo-Saxon peo- ple, stop for a short breather and take stock of ourselves.

Who was It‘ that figured so -pro- mlnently in the flrstnct of the world war, and who was It thst led us Into the depression of the ‘Thirties? War It not the some leaders, or Ielidnrl of the ‘I810 cstnzory who ‘find much 1o o, either dlrectly or Indirect! .wlth the second act of the wot dwnr, the curtain of whlctriies so lately been rung down’! " i " .

If It too lnfe to hope- that some strong and righteous lenders will Mlle from the cbsos uoundbnd about us-leaders who will 31rd their lelnr about them, sndlend us out of this thin: that ‘Is already

threatening us, as a nation and people " again-l refer‘ to r the t act In the drums, which has yet to be lnyed. v 1f things continue to drift u they are now drlftlnfi, then-I fear for the lmmedllte future, that the next few years. Just so long us we allow ourselves to be c ol- ed and blindfolded Into belle ‘a! that the Bretten Woods AI ment and the San Francisco flnsco will keep the peace then just so much the sooner wfll the curtain be rung up on the thlrd and Inst act of the world wsr. And will! l conflict that will be. But It Is heartening to learn ofthe rather unexpected passing of the 03.0. 5o It would appear that o world government run by the notions wlth the most money or the loud- est say Is to receive a setback and rightly so. It: conception was un- chrlstiun and undemocratic and wu born In conceit and stu Idlty with boon,“ ogthe Coldwel and Laskl t e. Maybe when we cnnr Se! rI , completely, of the Insane thing we will then get beck 1.0.00!!! Plan, that ls buck to u-n ecohflhilc and financial lxsls u lpld byiMoses on t. Bimni children of Israel to walk by, when he gave the Ten Commfllldmflmv the laws, the Statutes, end the ifrudgmentsl as the only WW8 1°!’ one peop e. Just so Ions as we. will‘! W!‘ Anglo-Saxon berm continuo- t0

tionsl Finance end minted wlth It, then. so mnchlh! longer will we continue to find ourselves In our sent stste of-

economlc and financial distress. It is up to us to demand of eentntlves before It It too, lute not to repent their betrayal when the Dnniherton Oskl 9"‘- lull furrow for dllmisslnn.” ' l eve been _ ,, down the rIvOI. F? enough. us. um um ws an MI swept out t; s" F“ " G. A. Cf

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der snnuityfrom college, oducc- nsl- Institution -or society," s vertlstrnent ‘concludes.

of ell‘ h brurherand orsnge-wood sticks," he had ramovedleal than

city wh ch, wlrh in estimated pop- ulation of 4,000 to 0,000 wu huge

fbxlts day. ~

tor thls beglnnln , 0 lone! Kin] vlrtuslly muspende act vltles businesses which he holdr dlrectorbh and devoted g himself to the eilcbte task of dlgllngu the mounds. He wn Pl - sl ed a Is wife, Mn. Blanche

n3, an Qllllidltlllll,’ and

by (other heologllts.

From all parts of the country urcheoionlsts ’a| well u tourists, came to look upon the deed city nnd to exsrnlnsthe evidence of

who has elf a cent- . "Actually

scientist», an Iiivflilm‘ eontrIbu-nd lo lshnoct h

reasons sft . used to srd m! hunches. But Ifve learned from my friend the turtle that yoitve not. to stifakc your neck out In m an?

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,0! eoune, ‘herd work fnvsrllbly ‘precedes m» flash-of inspiration- M Psstcur observed: “Intultm

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‘given only u. hlm m» be: ‘nylon; preperstlon for nee fxfuftlorihnny strike when one least meet. It. l "rowed 4hr

found

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explored, and ' t

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geiifahed ruins thlt Oolonol ascribes n the “wo

There sre also gracefully Ioned clsy figures, which clearly reveal the colffures of the day: hairpins of bone snd shell; and. figurines of fiuorn

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