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As We See It

We have endeavored, in these columns, to keep the interests of our basic producers in mind in dis- cussing such matters as the estab- lishment and operation of food pro- cessing plants in this Province. This movement, as we see it, offers about the best hope our farmers have of offsetting the current trend toward the elimination of small-farm activ- ities, and the best means by which our natural advantages of soil and climate, and acquired advantage of skilled farming techniques, can be utilized in gearing our production to present-day consumer demands. In the circumstances, we think it deplorable that this program should be in danger of getting bogged down in political controversy at this time.

First and foremost, we suggest that every ef f o rt be made to straighten out amicably the diffi- culties which gave rise to a reso- lution passed last week at the Prince County Federation of Agriculture meeting, voicing dissatisfaction with producer-management relations in the East Prince area. The reso- lution says it has been reported in some cases that growers of crops for processing received bills rather than payments for their crops. The management maintains that it has sent out no bills for seed supplied or for planting. Farmers were bill- ed for fertilizer, however, which was not' included in any contract. In future these bills will not be sent out; instead, if no crop is forthcom- ing, the debt will remain on the books and can be taken out of future crop credits.

INTERVENTION ?—There appear to be other grievances, which raises the question of how best to insure against disagreements in the future. In its brief before the Legislature last March the Provincial Federation of Agriculture stressed the import- ance of the producer having some bargaining power with the plants, and maintained there should be “some assurance" that contracts would be reviewed by appropriate government departments. F r o In other sources, too, there have been suggestions that the Government has responsibility in this connection, since it employed the taxpayers’ money in establishing the companies here. , But how far. under our free enterprise system, could Governi ment intervention go? Such an ar- rangement might have its advant- ages, but it would have to be exer- cised with great care and caution. It would be simpler. of course, if we were under a socialist regime where the Government has much more ar- bitrary powers in such matters. But neither the Liberals nor the Con- servatives are running on a. socialist ticket in this campdign, and we needn’t go into that point any fur- ther.

A much better plan, in our opin- ion, has been proposed by the Kings County Federation of Agriculture. which welcomes the new processing plant at Montague and offers to co- operate fully with the company in setting up its operation and in nego- tiating on behalf of the farmers with the compahy in order to avoid the diseatiefactione apparent in other Thisla a first class idea. It was adopted uneninnusly at the Kings County meeting. and could W‘l ht M the bulb of policy for

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processing plants, and the need for giving preference to local interests in setting up such plants. Certainly we believe such interests should be given priority; but we must remem- ber the difficulties in the way, which have hindered the pursuance of this policy in the past.

Two cardinal requtrements are involved in the successful operation

7 of such industries on a large scale.

One is the “know how", the experi- ence and technical efficiency requir- ed in this highly competitive under- taking. The other factor, equally important, is the distribution po- tential. No company can hope to succeed now without being national- ly known and having marketing contacts with wholesale outlets on a nation-wide scale_

Big companies that can fill these requirements are being sought after in every agricultural province. They are not going begging for induce- ments in getting established here. The shoe is on the other foot, and whether we like it or not we must accept this is a prior condition to getting our farmers launched 'on this new and tremendously import- ant job of putting Prince Edward Island food products in homes all across the continent.

We appeal, therefore, to b oth parties in this campaign to go slow on the political angles of this issue,

I and remember what is at stake.

Let's Keep Our Record!

This week is being observed across Canada as Safe-Driving Week. Let’s hope that Prince Ed- ward Island will set the pace in this campaign, for it has just scored a record which should be an inspira- tion to further efforts along this line. We refer to the results of an All Canadian Insurance Federation survey, just released. which shows

Prince Edward Island as the only‘

province where drivers can expect lower automobile insurance r a ta 3 next year. Why? Because despite a slight increase in average accident costs in this Province, frequency of accidents has dropped significantly.

In contrast, accident c o s t s in Ontario jumped 14 per cent, more than in any, other province. Mani- toba ran a close second with an in- crease of 10 per cent. In Nova Scotia,

accident costs were up 8 per cent,

with rural areas showing the larg- est gains. In both Newfoundland and Alberta, costs rose 6 per cent. Quebec and British Columbia regis- tered an increase of 3 per cent. Costs in New Brunswick rose only 2 per cent, the biggest increase being in the cities.

Car insurance rates, which are set by two rating bodies and by in- dividual companies, are based to a large extent on accident costs dur- ing the past year. Individual rates may not follow the general trend, because they are often geared to the individual’s driving record.

After we’ve taken a bow for our good record so far this year, let’s take a look at what the Canadian Highway Safety Council has to say about the record generally. The Council fears that 50 human lives will beggmuffed out during this Safe- Drive Week period on the highways and streets of Canada. While this is a large and needless slaughter, it would be less than the average for a week this time of year, and less than the seven-year average for Safe-Driving Week.

Here and elsewhere there is need for the greatest possible co-opera- tion by all motorists and pedestrians to make this the safest seven days of the year.

EDITORIAL NOTES

Farmers in northern Italy, where poultry and sheep sometimes live in the living room during severe weather, are discovering that tale» vision sets have interesting effects on animals. Chickens go to sleep as soon as the screen lights up, but sheep watch each program from be- ginning to end as if hypnotized.

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A couple of African psychiatrists say they have found that it pays to stay on good terms with local witch doctors in treating the mental ills of primitive people under great ten- sions because of rapid changes in less civilized life. "Making use of traditional African tribal ways to ease the pangs of transition into modernity makes sense, we sup- pose," comments the Toledo Blade. “It may help the primitive folk to prepare for traffic slaughter, pol- itical conva and the twist.”

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LEARNING TO SKATE BACKWAR‘DS

OTTAWA REPORT by Patrick Nicholson

Halifax Missed Out Under Liberals

An interesting new commem- orative postage stamp is includ- ed in plans for next year, says Postmaster General Hon. Ellen Fairclough. This stamp will “commemorate the 200th anni- versary of the opening of the first Post Offices in what later ecame the Province of Can- ada, in Quebec City. Montreal and Three Rivers. It will go on sale on 23 August next," says the minister.

Largely thanks to the lack of imagination of her Liberal pre- edcessor as Postmaster Gener- al, “Madame Minister" has sorrowfully learned that a post- age stamp can be sticky, and she has got into a sticky little pickle of a quite unimportant nature through this stamp.

The Maritimer, quite rightly, is proud of his heritage, and no Canadian anywhere exceeds the

.Nova Scotian in patriotic pride

and the historical knowledge he shows for his homeland.

N.S. OF COURSE FIRST So this gesture by Hon. Ellen Fairclough to commemorate the opening of the first post offices in 1763 has roused howls wrath from Nova Scotians, who correctly point out that the first post office in what is now the Dominion of Canada was in fact opened eight years earlier than 1763. and was actually sit- ed in Halifax. Tourists and proud Haligon- ians alike notice the pi a q u e erected by the Historic Sites

and Monuments Board in Hali- fax, at the corner of Cheapside and Hollis Street. This, says:

“First Post Office: In 1755 a line of packet shins was placed on the route bethen Falmouth. England and New York. This was part of a general scheme for closer and more regular communications between the colonies and the mother coun- try. These packets called at Ha- lifax. In that year and in this city was established the first post office in the Domiinion of Canada as now constituted."

Haligonians are very proud of that “first”, just as all Nova Scotians are naturally proud of the many other "firsts" estab- lished by their province. They are the more proud of this as the only post office opened in Canada before the end of the shooting in the Seven Years war. and further, as a post of- fice opened by Canadian offi- cials.

The three "Johnny-come-late- ly” post offices which Ellen Fairclough is now planning to commemorate were not opened until after the shooting stopped at the end of that war; and they were organized. not by a Cana- dian, but by —— football fans please note —— the first histori- cally recorded "American im- port". For no less a character than the famous Benjamin Franklin came up to Canada to form those post offices; and, showing great discernment, and

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GROWING PEAS

SIr,—= Mr. Eldon Drummond. President of PC. Federation of Agriculture is to be commend- ed for his effort in trying to bring the attention of the pub- lic to losses sustained by farm- ers who grow peas and beans for frosted food plants. But all losses are not the results of bad weather as I would like to point out. '

In 1961 the weather for har- vesting peas was perfect, be- cause it was so hot and dry. I grew 17 acres peas along side of the Sherwood plant and in- stead of making any profit. I owed the Frosted Foods $83.00 when settlement was made.

When the first ll acres were ready for hdrvesting, all their equipment was broken down and the crop lost. They later tried to save it for seed. but were so indifferent to getting around to combining II that they lost it again when It could have been saved for a seed. The six acres field was properly harvested.

It is common knowledge that wages are not too high In these plants and the majori farmers who produce for Sher- wood plant are disgusted over harvesting losses and contracts being drawn up which are only In the favor of the plants.

The Federation of Agriculture started an investigation In March 1962 regarding the frost- ed food plant‘s conditions and how they affected the welfare of the farmers- who sum-ess- ed the Federation In Its pursuit In this respect? Why did the Government stamp out the Us- ion movement among labourers in this plant? And further why Is the so enxiwa to bring In foreign companies and give them plants for I they turned their back on the farmers last May when they

MEMORIAL summons

Slr,— May I offer a few eng- gestiona In respect to new Confederation M -

town. "humiliate-sensuous»- dos-matth

of a Carillon, similar to, though smaller 5 o m ewhat, perhaps, than the Ottawa carillon in the Parliament Buildings there. I would like also to see the idea of a Canadian Hall of Fa me, in , conjunction with the buildings, J such a Hall to be a wax mus- i eum of famous Canadians who I

built the Canadian nation, and . pioneers of our heritage. r The following are a few of }

those outstanding historical flg- I ures for the Hall of Fame: Leif Ericson (first discoverer of Canadian territory, Labrador and orthern Newfoundland). John Cabot, Jacques Cartier. Roberval. Sir umphrey Gil- bert, Samuel Champlain. Henry Hudson. Count Frontenac, Ma- dam La Tour, Jean Talon, Bis- hop Laval, Generals Wolfe and Montcalm. Lord Selkirk. Gener- al Brock. General Brant, Chief ec aura 0 Lord Elgin, Samuel Hearse. Simon Fraser. Sir Alex MacK en zIe, David pson. Captain Van- couver. Louis Riel, Lord and Lady Strathcona, Pauline John- son, Bliss Carmen, G.D. Rob- erta. Jack Miner, Sir John A. MacDonald. Lauder, Borden, Mackenzie King, Cotes, Whelan. ‘I‘llley, Topper Howe and many others too numerous for listing. The Hall of Fame would sure ly be a great boon to the Island tourist industry and the Caril- on would give great enjoyment to all music lovers. I am, Sir, etc, Mac

P Montague, P.E.I.

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APPROVES APPLICATION

OTTAWA (CPI — The Air Transport Board has approved an application by Trans-Canada

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good judgment, he appointed a Scottish-Canadian, Hugh Finlay, to take charge of their opera-

IiOIl. FAIRCLOUGH IS FAIR

A careful reading of Ellen F a ir c l o u gh's announcement shows that she describes these not as “the first post offices in Canada", but as “the first post offices in what later became the Province of Canada“, name- ly the area now covered by the provinces of Ontario (U p p e r C a n a d a) and Quebec (Low- er Canadal. When announcing her 1963 program of new stamps. in a speech at Hamilton last month, she specifically re- ferred to the first Canadian post office opened at Halifax eight years earlier.

But of course there was not a Conservative Government 1955, and above all we did not have Madame Minister at the Post Office in that most signifi— cant anniversary year. The for- gotten and perhaps unlameuted Liberal incumbent of that office then did not have the imagin- ation of Canada’s first post of- fice in Halifax in 1755. And this oversight has bounced back to embarrass Mrs. Fairclough who is now honouring our first "internal" post offices.

To Much/Heat Can Cause Harm

By Dr. Theodore R. Van Dellen THE application of heat can be good or bad; it is a recog- nized remedy for many ail ments. But heat also burns. Many persons assume that the more they can stand, the bet- ter. This philosophy is as wrong as the idea that if a little med icine to good, a lot is better.

Too much heat is particular- ly dangerous when the circula- tion is poor. A 72-year-old man developed pain in his right foot and ankle. He decided arthritis was the cause and heat would bring relief, He soaked the foot in hot water for alf an hour and then applied a heating pad for several hours while reading a book. “I soaked the foot in water as hot as I could stand.” he told me on the following day, “but it urts worse than it ever did. And look at the co— lor of my toes."

This oldster had gangrene. The original distress came from poor circulation as a result of arteriosclerosis. Heat increased the local metabolism of his toes which turn required more blood. But his arteries were too narrow to meet the tie sue demands for more blood and they died (gangrene). And all because the water was much too warm. ’

Most of us can tolerate as much heat as the skin will stand but there is no advantage in going to this extreme. The relief obtained with a little is just as much as an overdose. In addition, the skin is not burned and the tissues are not injured.

Heat cooks meat and it can cook a hand. Dr. Herbert H. Stark of Los Angeles describes a condition which he calls “the cooked hand syndrome." The part is red, puffy. smooth, and feels warm and soft. Numbness. stiffness, and aching occur.

All victims of this condition tell the same story. The hand was cut, sprained, or bruised several months previously and soaked for long periods in hot ‘water. Some received diather. my, ultraso u n d, or whirlpool ths. Temporary relief was obtained but the hand continues to get worse. Cure consists in stopping all heat treatments and using the hand to increase flex- ibility and encourage healing.

(Dr. Van Dellen will answer questions on medical topics if stamped self - addressed enve- lope accompanies request.)

NERVOUS SIGHS A.C. writes: How can slghing when nervous be cured?

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This may not be necessary so long as signing is not doing harm. It usually stops when nervousness is brought u n d er control. On the other han d. if it aggravates nervous symp- toms, the individual should be shown how deep breathing is playing a role. He then will at— tempt to control.the habit.

SURGERY IS CURATIVE

R.W.F. writes: Do bleeding hemmorrhoids ever heal without operation?

Bleeding stops and the hem- orrhoids] veins might shrink but recurrences can be expect- ed. Surgery is the only cure. Send a stamped, self‘addressed envelope for leaflet on hemorr-

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A Study In Contrasts

Canada Press

Canadian Press Staff Writer For observers at the United Nations it is Interesting how Burma‘s U Thant, the newly confirmed secretary - general. honors the example of Dag Hammarskjold of Sweden.

In the nature of things, Thant would say nice things about his predecessor. But the fact is he seems to look for opportunities not only to refer to the work of Hammarskjold. who was killed while on a peace mission to The Congo, but to quote his words.

In a world of conflict Thant apparently wants to get across that he, as an Asian, has precisely the same ambitions for the United Nations as did Hammarskjold, product of European culture.

QUOTED DAG

When Thant made his brief speech to the UN General As- sembly Friday accepting his election as see ry - general, be declared: .

“On this occasion. I would re- call the wards» of my distin- guished predecessor on his re~ election to a second term. He said. and I quote. ‘nobody. I think, can accept ‘the

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The impression was that nei- ther mmarskjold nor Thant the job exactly a seated at what to known locally

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