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THE GUARDIAN

Morning Daily (Founded 1n 1887». Authorized as Second Class Mail, Post Office Department, Ottawa.

President, lan A. Burnett; Vice-President, Wm. R. Burnett; Secy.-Treas., G. M. Burnett; Editor and Managing Director, J. R. Burnett; Associate Editor.

' Frank Walker.

"The Strongest Memory is Weaker Than | the Weakest Ink."

CHARLOTTETOWN, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 30, Unexplained Conduct

The manoeuvre on the part of the Jones Government last session to throw out the grain elevator resolution may well prove to be an _im- portant issue in the coming election campaign. ln the first place, there was no conceivable rea- son-—except a partisan one—far not-giving the resolution 100 per cent support in the Legisla- ture. lt anticipated what has now actually hap- pened, with respect to the increase in feed gram prices, and also what is about to happen when the freight assistance on these grains IS remov-

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d During wartime all grains were under price control, but when the price of wheat was increas- gj last Spring subsidies were allowed growers of oats, barley and feed wheat to encourage pro- duction. These subsidies amounted to Z5 cents a bushel on barley and feed wheat, l0 cents a bushel on oats. ln addition Eastern farmers ob- tained somc freight assistance which is l0 bl! discontinued after the present crop year. But feed grains remained subject to ceiling prices unt‘l a few days ago, and were not traded on the exchanges. Now_all controls are removed, feed grain prices are as free as the wind; they go on the exchange for trading and are subject to laws of supply and demand.

As there is a known shortage of feed grains this year, coupled with an exceptionally heavy demand here in the East and stocks are low be- cause traders and Prairie growers anticipated just the action that has been taken, the expecta- tion is that within a very short time feed prices will advance considerably more than the amounts of the subsidy. That means that our livestock producers will have to pay through the nose. They will be in an even worse position than pro- ducers in other eastern Provinces, as we depend more on livestock production and are the only Province without grain elevator facilities. Why any Provincial administration should oppose a resolution urging Federal aid in this matter is difficult to understand. No explanation of the course followed by the Government and its sup- porters was given in the House; but the electors now have the chance of putting the question, and of insisting on an answer.

lio Marshall Plan-Jet

Speaking in Boston recently, General Mar- shall took'the opportunity of correcting an all- too-general misconception. He said: "There has been constant reference to a Marshall Plan. The reference to me personally was unfortun- ate, buf the reference to a plan was definitely misleading. There was no plan; there was a suggestion."

General Marshall, of course, went on to add that while there is no plan now there is hope for one later on. The sixteen notions of Europe have presented a balance sheet of their needs; the Stale Department at Washington, and rep- resentative groups of other departments-Com- merce, Labor, Agriculture and the lnterior—-are now trying to find out to what extent such needs can he met. When they have completed their work their recommendations, in appropriate form, will go to Congress.

How long all this will take remains to be teen. ”Remaining ta be seen also," comments the Ottawa JournoI—"and it is the important thing-—is what action will be taken by Congress. ln the meantime, in our humble view, if is a pity to sec so much‘ wishful thinking in Europe, and even in Canada, over what the so-called Marshall Plan will bring. Our bet would be that Congress will not be as open-handed as many seem to assume; our fear that when it does act it may be too late with too little."

British Auto Taxation

Mr. Dalton, British Chancellor of the Ex- chequer, lras announced a radical change in automobile taxation which will affect the whole pattern of British automobile production. On alli new cars British owners at home will in fut- ure pay tax. at a flat rate of £i0 ($40) a year instead of the farmer 25s. ($5) "per horsepower." Under the former system, the most popular de- niand in Britain has been for low or medium powered cars and, since they had to meet this demand in the home market, British automobile manufacturers did not find it worth while to produce in quantity, at a moderate price, the kind of high powered car that is popular abroad. For years there were complaints that the graded horsepower tax penalized British exports. Now the Chancellor of the Exchequer has met these complaints.

Since the purpose of the concession is to help exports, old cars continue tov be taxed in the old way, and this will prevent a sudden drop in revenue to the Exchequer. Ultimately, the British auto user may hope to enjoy a larger, more comfortable car through the change, but

at present two-thirds of production is earmark-N Though production is almost’

ed for export. back to pre-wor levels, this still leaves very lit-

tle for the "home buyer.

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educate means to draw out, not drive in- rlpross. Men's general refusal to face the facts of life is the result of deep-seated neuroses, Dr. Kubie, clinical professor of psychiatry and men- tol hygiene ot Yale University, says, and these neuroses "powerful and unporceiyod" acted also

to "explicit for their own purposes even the fin-"

est products of the humon spirit end intelli-

gence, turning these to destructive uses." Ot vital necessity if civilization is to be saved, he says, is o system of education which will give emotional moturity—the ability to face and conquer and not run away from emotional prob- lems—as well as intellectual training. "Long ago,“ he says, "St; Augustine pointed out that the innocence of childhood was due not to the pur- ity of their hearts, but to the weakness of their limbs. And it is ancient wisdom that the child is father to the man. But we are loath to draw fiozn these sound premises the inescapable con- clusion that the evil in the child fathers the evil in the adult world. We have not yet learned how to free the child from evil. We only over- pow.~r him, forcing his rebellious conflicts un- derground. Thus we force our children to be un- aware of their burden of angry destructivcness. We teach them manners to cover their prim- itive savagery. We make them polite instead of making them kindly and generous and good. And as long as this continues our civilization, our culture, and our morality will have little stability, and little on which to pride itself."

— EDITURIAL NOTES -.

Tomorrow Hallowe'cn.

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The politicians are busy to

mend broken electoral fences. . .. ..

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‘Hope ityis not election liquor that is already making its illegal appearance.

‘Princess Elizabeth will launch the Cunard- gllhrtc Star lincr "Caronict" at Clydebank to- oy.

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An exhibition of male costumes lor the last 600 years is being held at the Victoria and Albert Museum, South Kcnsington, London. Very little in the way of clothing can be seen, how- ever, most of the exhibits being merely prints and photographs.

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One thing remains unchanged in a cliang- ing world. Britain continues to provide asylum topolitical refugees. The government has promised to give sanctuary to Stanislaw Miko- lajczyk, leader of the,‘ Polish peasant party.

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The Ontario Legislature has voted down op- position bills to make collective bargaining compulsory and to provide each Ontario school child with half a pint of milk a day. The C,C,F, introduced the bargaining bill and the Labor- Progressives, the milk bill.

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On November ist the first War Savings Certificates will mature. That is those dated the First of May, i940 will have run their 7 l-Z- year life. Matured certificates should be sign- ed and have the owner's address and be mailed without a stamp to the Registrar of War Sqy. rngs Certificates, Bank of Canada, King Edward Street, Ottawa.

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No reason is given for the General Electric Company's termination of its profit-sharing plan for employees and its replacement by a new pension system._ lt is well known, however, that such profit-sharing schemes are not popular with labour UllIOllS which prefer to concentrate on wage increases and avoid fluctuation of the workers income with corporate profits.

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_Richard Brinsley Sheridan, Anglo-lrish dra- matist, born this date l75l; was an active pol]- trcran and brilliant orator; grandson of swifj’; friend and biographer, Rev. Thomas Sheridan, D.D. His best known plays The School for Scan- dal, The Critic, The Rivals, and The Duenna— a musical comedy: "The right honourable gen. tlemon rs_ indebted to his memory for his jokes, and to his rmagmgtion for his facts."

lt should be made clear that Hon. J. G. Gardiner, Minister of Agriculture, is coming here on the invitation of Mr. J. Lester Douglas, M.P., to address the annual meeting-of the Queen's County Liberal Association on November 6, and not in order to open the Provincial Election Cam- paign, of which he knew nothing when accepting the invitation. '

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_ Dr. Arthur Howe, the distinguished lsland journalist who has just passed to his eternal rest in Bermuda, was Editor of The Brooklyn Eagle in the hey duy of its popularity and prosperity. Under his direction it became known as second only to the New York Times. lt had a world outlook, pro-British Empire policy which Iwas greatly appreciated by the better class of news- paper readers. While Editor he exchanged The Eagle for The Guardian, and in addition contri- buted many helpful items to our columns, es- pecially with reference to islanders like Mr. Lane who lthined prominence across the bor- der.

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With reference to the news item from Dart- mouth it may be said that Prime Minister Mac- kenzie King's dilemma over haberdashery neces- sary for his appearance at Princess Elizabeth's wedding had been previously solved-now he won't have to bow without a shirt, says a C.P. despatch from Paris, Ont. Mr. King's problem was to obtain two, size l7 dress shirts. The Prime Minister dispatched a telegram to a shirt firm ordering two such shirts. Back came the firm's reply-none available. Could they be made, Mr. King asked? The firm replied apologotically. "No." The French fabric lor stiff fronts was off the market. While the Prime Minister wor- ried about the shortage and the manufacturers promised to do their, best to find two, size l7 dress shirts, a shirt salesman was listening to the "surplus" woes of Jack Bradley,‘ manager of a store in Paris. Mr. Bradley told the salesman that he had several dress shirts he couldn't get rid of. They were too large-lo l-Z, l7 and 'l7 1-2. -The salesman reported the storekeepi er’: dilemma to home-office officials. A long- distance telephone call from the shirt firm to Mr. Bradley ended Mr. King's problem. Two dress shirr-size i7—wcre sent by mail to the

Prime Mi ilel‘ to take with him on Saturday on route for .e wedding.

TQPEPéBDIP-N- JIHAJETQHETQWN

liotos By The flay

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Illgh prices make those who get the hlgh wages the maddest! - Quebec Chronicle-Telegraph.

The thrifty Dutch are aald to be

developing s "hot air" engine which .

Vllll produce as much power as e Diesel. A useful gadget to take around to election meetings! — Windsor star.

It ls strange the little frills that l" Bddfli i0 many articles on sale as an excuse for almost doubling the price in these days of steadily rising quotations. - st. Thomgg Times-Journal.

Senator Thomas of Oklahoma says "it took eight years after Vvorld War I before the price level finally was set. in 1926." But. ll. wvk only three years after that before lt. was badly upset. so wilere do we g0 from here? -Kan. sas City Sitar.

State editor of the Orlando tFla.) Sentinel received this not; from one of his correspondents: ‘You will have in a few days s story about the wedding of Miss . . . and Mr. . . . Please publish "n. with as little ostentutlon as pos- sible, because he is my ex-llusbmq and she is my ex-cook and ft hurts me to think of someone else wear- ing the name that, I ware for 37 years." -— Editor and Publisher.

The members of the Lords are not. a group of decedent, reaction. ary moss-backs; for from it. The Lords include some of the best minds in Britain which make a specialty of understanding govern- ment. and its processes. Theb- no. bales are likely to be thorough, learned and frequently extremely interesting discussions b well 1n- formed and well groan men, .. Wall Street Journal.

The conclusion cannot be ignor- ed that. Confederation ts now a li\'8 issue in Newfoundland; that l: has strong advocates amongst the country's a-bleet leaders; that the chances of its being approved by a majority of the electorate are stronger today than they have ever been. For the question must. event. ually be referred to the people for their decision; and the clear indica- tions are that its opponents are not anticipating that references vivttr. enthusiasm. - Sydney Post-Rec- ord.

Tenants, the millennium may be closer than you think! Down in Nova Scotla, that gentle creature, the warm, has not only turned bu}. is showing its fangs and landlords scuttle for the nearest crack in the plaster, writes T.D.F. 1n The Ottawa Citizen. Get an eyeful of this from a “house wanted” ad tn The New Glasgow News: "Land- lord must. give reference with re- gard ta honesty, interest ln the wei- lare of tenants and intention to spend at least a portion of the rental in an endeavour to make the home happier for four of the common people.”

A new device has been develop- cd by the Paramount sound en- gineers and used for the first time on the current Bob Hope film, "The Paleface," to permit Indians to dance to a. previously recorded drum rhythm during recordingcf dia- logue between Hope and Jane Rus- sell. Small wireless receivers wlth- out tubes or batteries have been matte "in the form of tiny ear- phones which are not apparent to the camera. The phones were worn by the Indians. and the drum rhy- thm was broadcast an u supersonic carrier wave, which produced no actual sound except in the phones. The radiation energy _was limited so that. if. would set up no inter- ference outside the sound stage on which the scene was being photo- graphed. -_ New York Times.

I telephoned the home of a Brit- ish author in the outer suburban belt of New Yark_ after receiving a Lip that this man, a. tanner mem- ‘oer of the British secret service, has appeared as o. witness in a very mysterious federal grand iury H1- vestigation involving the local Reds writes Edward A. Lillie)’ in Th‘? Chicago News. The author's wife answered. The man wasgnt home. and she wasn't: able to tell me where he might. be in New York. "He never tells me those things," she explained simply. “Will he be home tonight?" ‘I inqulrsd- "l" may be." she replied hopefully. "because he didn't. came home last night." This has been bothering me all day. Maybe most. of us hus- bands just. got. started wrong by telling the weaver where we were gulng and when we would be home. It's too late to change now. I sup- pose. But I sure would like to catch up with this British author. If he cant tell me about the Brand jury investigation, maybe he 0B" explain such fine control at. home.

Earl Nelson. IfflFITBll-‘llflfihflf of Horatio Viscount. Nelson and Duke of Brant-e, Victor of Trafal- gar, has died at. the age 0f 89- HG ls succeeded by his brother. ti" x-ron. Edward Agar Horatio Nel- son, who ts 87, and the title will continue. for the new earl was the father of five sons. But. people are wondering what will happen to historic ‘Prafalgar House, the rum- fly seat. near Salisbury. The Gov- ernment. appear to think that Tra- falgar l-Iouee should eventually be 50mg {OIL ol Government depart.- ment. Surely a better nmon 1e that. it should be presented in l-hl nation as a museum, together with the many relics it. contains. as a memorial to the great admiral for a1; time. The relics include the uniform the admiral wore la the Victory, the sofa on which hie srm was amputated, his w tch, and hie telescope —t.hough n , they say.

the one to which he put his blind

cye. Many other souvenirs of the tilustrlous Nelson are contained m the huge house. — Inndon Dally Nab‘;

_ PUBLIC FORUM

Thin column to open to the dlaoanton by corra- apondeats of questions ol Interest. The Charlottetown Guardian does not necessar- ily endorse the opinion of correspondents

ffn'ls'u'l|'u'lu'o'ul'lu'a's. RESPECT FOR. LAW

Sin-It. is noted by the Press that Hon. James Gardiner is to come to the Province on the eve of the coming election campaign on behalf of the Jones Govern- ment. ‘

It may be that. the visit. is only a coincidence, but it. would be well for the Jones Government. to look over the Election Act and in par- ticular to refer to Section 210 whereby it is provided that. non- resldents may not Lake any part in a Provincial election in this Province under payment of the penalty provided of a. fine up to two hundred ($200.00) dollars or in default of payment of fine, 1m- prlsonment from three to six months.

The Jones Government has been very adept in disregarding the law in many instances since they have come into power some four years ego. These notable instances ivere in respect. of very important. and substantial rules of the law under which we are governed. To cite several. there were: the proclam- ation by Ordev-ln-Councll chang- ing the Prohibition Act. after the Lieutenant. Governor, B. W. Le- Page, refused assent to the am- endment; the proclamation by Or- cler-ln-Cauncil in respect of the Divorce Act. and the taking over of the Canada Packers plant. by Order-ln-Council. 1t. l5 quesllon. able whether any one of these proceedings by the Jones Govern- ment was e valid and legal pra- ceeding. The amendment to the Prohibition Act was passed by the Legislature but the Lieutenant Governor refused assent and at that point. the Act. became defunct and could not. be resurrected by any Order-ln-Councll.

The Divorce Bill was introduced in the Legislature and failed to pass the House. but despite this. an Order-ln-Council was passed proclaiming an ancient. Statute. Clearly, this was a disregard at the expressed desires o! the Legis- leture.

396911“? an Order-in-Councll was passed taking over the Can- ada Packers plant. No legislative authority exists for such a step and there is not any foundation tn 1 or any precedent. in prac- tise for such an outstanding viola- Wm 01' rights by the executive.

The disregard of law by those llllflrgfid with the administration of law and justice ls not a desir- able thlng in any community. It lessons the effect and respect of all ‘laws. nnd it. would appear that a tlmehas been reached virhen the people of this Province should elect an administration that will hot only follow the Constitutional Rules but will set, an example in its respect for law that. will be emulated by all the people 01' um Province.

I am, Sir, etc, LEX, Charlottetown, Oct. 29, 1947.

Regulations For Christmas Parcels

(United Kin-gdonr Information)

All parcels entering the United Kingdom are liable to the appro- priate rates of duty ‘and or pur- chase tax. There is no exemption for Christmas gifts, wedding gifts, or any other sort at‘ gifts. Nor is there any exemption for parcels below a certain value.

The conditions applying to gift, parcels are:—

(a) They must not weigh more than 22 lbs. (20 lbs. lf to bc sent. by parcel post.)

(b) They must be bona. fide un- solicited glflts, and must be marked as such.

(c) They must. bear an ltemlsed list. of contents.

8a far as concerns duty and pur- ‘chase tax. the main points are:-—

(a) No duty or tax is at present levied on food parcels.

(b) Infants’ clothing (of cotton or wool) and used clothing whtcn shows o. reasonable amount of weer are completely tax free.

(c) No duty ls levied on Canad- tan goods, with the exception of liquor, tobacco, and a few luxury items such as silks (and nylon) furs, perfumes, wat/.'.hes_ grama- phone records. etc.

(d) Purchase tax is levied on al- most everythlng except (u) and (b) above. It. is difficult. to give any useful summary, but speeklry very broadly. '

1.0a basically essential items (clothing of cotton and wool plain

crodcerty etc.) the rate ts 16 2-‘3 per cent.

ll. On slightly less essential, bul still necessary items (hats. gloves. toys, piece goods, pens and pencils etc.) the rate ts 33 1-3’ per cent. Most. articles of ordinary daily use come into this category.

ill. On luxury articles (silk, fur, jewellery. cut. glass’ em). the rate lo 100 per cent (or in a few cases. nylons being the most important, 68 2-3 per cent.)

(e) Information on rates of duty and purchase tax ls ‘obtainable from the Foreign ‘Tariffs Division, Department of ‘It-ado and Com- merce, or from the United Kins:- dom High Commissioner's Office or the United Kingdom Information Office, Ottawa.