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Morning Qslly (Founded In 1381)

President: Lleut. Col. W. Chester B. Mclmn Vice-President: .l. B. Bus-mil, FJJ. Secretary: Lleut. Cul._D. A. Mlolflnnolh 9-5-9- Edllor and Managing D . J. R.- o". rJ-l- Associate Editors: Frank Walker and Heist. Inn A Burnett, R.U.N.V.R. (On Actlvs Service]

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

WEDNESDAY. OCTOBER 27. 1M3

A National Farm Programme

Attention is called to the summary in today's Issue of an address delivered by the Holl- loll" Bracken, Progressive Conservative leader, deal- ing with the present and PQSFWQF Pwblellls °f agriculture. This is the most complete and Com‘ prehensive farm programme to be announced by the leader of any party in Canada, and will at- tract attention not "only in this courllry. bill "1 tile United States, Great Britain and other countries as well. Our farm readers are invited to study ll carefully, and preserve it for future use. _ _

Each Province has of course its own lfldlvl- dual agricultural problems, with which Ml’- Brackcn does not attempt to deal. His orldeavfitl" has been to lay down broad general principles for the improvement of the industry generallv. with which provincial policies can be aligned. His first and forcmost objective, namely, equality for farmers in the Canadian economy. will appeal strongly to farming communities from coast to coast.

Czechoslovakia

This week marks the 25th anniversary of tho founding of the Republic of Czechoslovakia, It is interesting to recall, as is pointed out in s. Conl- munication from the Czechoslovak Press Review, that Czechoslovakia was not a creation of lllo _Versailles Treaty but came into official exist- ence on October 28, 1918, a fortnight before the official end of the war.

Czechoslovakia came into existence through the valor of the Czechs and Slovaks, who seized upon s convenient opportunity to break awfly from the tyranny of the Hapsburgs. large num- bcrs of them had fought through the First World War against the Germans and Austrians. They came from old and freedom-loving states, and even llfl(l€l"€€fl[lll'l€S of oppression their pooplo had kept burning the torch of libertv.

Germany, in revival of her evil strength, mark- ed Czechoslovakia for destruction, and after I- brief score of years in which the country made remarkable progress under its distinguished lead- ers it was thrust back into slaverv-this time the brutal slaverv of Hitler. But the Czcchoslovak- ians have never given in. They set up thoir legal government in London, and their armed forces have fought with skill and the determination to revenge their ivrongs. In Czechoslovakia the bru- tal invaders never have found acquiescent slaves, but a. people whose courage never has wavered, whose faith is constant, who have carried on the war unceasingly with all the means at their com- mand.

Farm bor Shortage

Why are so many farmers selling out? asks Peterborough (Ooh) Examiner, and proceeds: "Have you noticed the number of farm sales which are bPing held this autumn? For some weeks now our advertisement columns have an- nounced four or five of them every day. In its last issue the Lindsay Post carried advertise- ments for twcnt_v-six such-sales. And yet every- one knoivs that Spring, and not Autumn, is the time when a farmer sells his stock and imple- ments, if he hopes for the best market. What is behind it? Our question is wholly rhetorical, for everyone can supply the answer. The farm- ers are selling-out because they cannot go on with their work without proper help. The shortage of manpower for agriculture has been discussed so many times in these columns that we do not intend to re-cover the ground; we merely point to thcsc farm sales as alarming symptoms of what is going on, and the direc- tion in which agriculture is headed."

Maritime Conditions

Ruiiciving bu-incss conditions in thc hlilrilllllo Pruviiict-s during the past month, the Batik of .\ltn1li'1:il business. summary says that wholo- sale uxulc has btwn iuniuiaiuetl at a high level. tlthwllllt‘ difficult/v in obtaining a number of lines. l_ll'llt‘l'$ lliiYt‘ llCJll iu ht-avy volume. ltetail busi- l'll'I§.\ has continued steady, with sales llClng ros- ll'lt‘lt"(l due ll: sh tl'l Collections are good. Sawing of lllllll)t'l' is u' rly coniplctcil and thore is a rt-ntly umrlui for all stock. Demand for lum- bsr is strung from lmlll Unitctl States and local stunt . buitrd kingdom prices have been iu- Cl\'Zl.~(‘(l to lllrvl Lluiadizui ceilings and the British 'l'iuibet' tfcntrollcr l5'“i1'l the market for a 511b- stziniial quantity of llnlg lumber. Cutting of Pull)‘ wuotl has couuiicnccd and there is a wide demand with supplies limited. Vessels returning from the final salt fishing trip report fish plentiful. Catches during the _\'('lll’ were better than average and ilicrc is a strong (lcuizintl. lirosh fish production during Srptt-uibcr ivas below that of September, 194.’. llauufzicuirt-rs are fully occupied, though shorlaige of laliuur ctmtinnes to be a problom. Sllllt_\'tll‘t.l> .'ll'(! working at capacity. Coal Output in tfupe llrelmi in September was up slightly from the previou< month, but production was lower than in the same month last year. .

In its llnal (frup Report of the year, just issued, tlic lltnik summarized the ltlziritiinc sitti- atiun tliusly:—ll:ii'v<'s\iiig of all crops was car- ricd out tnidcr griici'all_v favourable conditions. The hay crop W215 .'ivcragc in quantity but of in- fcriur quality‘. iirzlius were :1 short crop in somg

<cci%..n. duc to latr- planting and cxccssive mois- ‘urr- but virltl: \\-<~rt~ about average, except in ‘riun- lflluartl lduutl, whore the llili‘\'(‘§[ of both

"ins and hrv ivzis grind. Pastures were in very‘

--l (‘tillfllllt u ilu-t-uqhuut the season. Despfl ‘l(‘ dznnaigv from disease, potatoes made excel- t progress. '1 he yield in New Brunswick is

heavy but in Novs Scotia and Prince Edward Island below average. The roots developed _w¢ll- Apple pi ing is under way and the harvest is o!» timated be in excess of last year although b6- low-the average for the past five years. Blueber- ries were plentiful and small fruits yieldod Woll-

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To him that hath savings shall be given good interest on Victory Bonds, to him that hath not shall be taken-away even his freedom, should Hitlerism prevail.

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Mr. Justice P.» H. Gordon, Regina, Sask., is “min! ‘here soon in connection with the Red Cross Society. He is reputed to be s gifted speaker, and has just returned from England and North Africa.

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Rev. Edward Lyon Berthon, English Clergyman died this date 1899; was the inventor of the two-bladed propeller and collapsible boats, first used by General Gordon in China Ind by Selons in Africa,

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Oxford University is to create s Department of Opthalmology, whose activities will include research into the causes of blindness and into the problems of eye disease, teaching, and the trout- mcnt of patients. Lord Nuffield has already pre- Sofliod 525.000 ($111000) for the promotion of research in this field. The newly formed Unl- versity Opthalmological Research Endowment Committee is aiming at raising a further £250,000 ($1,: 10,000) to build, equip and endow research laboratories at Oxford.

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Another fascinating glimpse behind the cur- tain of military secrecy has been afforded by the details the Air Force has disclosed about its elec- tronically controlled automatic pilot. This de- vice, used on bombing planes, takes over the pilot's job on bombing runs and holds the plane to its course no matter what air currents, wind variations or blasts from exploding shells are encountered. The result naturally is to provide a steady platform and thus enormously increase the accuracy of bombing. Apparently the gad- get can do everything but talk and wear medals on its chest. What the peacetime possibilities of the device are is something the layman can- not say.

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We have been so completely self-satisfied on this continent that we have never realized how deficient our education has been, writes a contri- butor to Saturday Night. Mrs. and Lieut. Churchill were glowing examples of what an asset another language can be. Their addresses to the women of Canada were pure gold, and the English version suffered not one whit from the time devoted to French. On the contrary, it W35 a perfect example of good taste, good manners and good politics, President Roosevelt followed their lead from Ottawa. "These truly great people have found the need of learning this second lan- guage. Who are we to say we won't learn the language of nearly 25% of our own people? Canada is much too great a country to put up with petty smallness in these important things." Which is good coming from Ontario,

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Isidor Oblo, astrologer and prognosticator, made his third visit to the Brooklyn Rotary Club at its weekly luncheon and offered predictions about the war, the world and the postwar era

Several of his foretellings are as follows: The war will end in Spring of 1945; Russia will be the greatest country in the world: France will dominate Italy; England will move the Crown to Canada. Also the United States will write a Dec- laration of Independence for all the world. Capi- tal and labor will merge within the next r4 years. DeGaulle will lead the march into Paris. Whfn asked whether President Roosevelt would run for a fourh term. Oblo declared he wasn't certain- “But the horoscope says Mr. Roosevelt will be the leader of the entire world in the next two three or four years, he declared." The Rotar- ians, as in duty bound, roundly applauded.

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The Liberals federally are becoming quite panicky. Cast your eye over this: “In the question of family allowances, we stand on the threshold of the great and ultimate problem which popula- tion poses for the economists. It is of supremo significance, but it is also of supreme difficulty. To pass family allowances now as a matter oi political expediency, whether by order-in-couhcii or by legislation, tniglif prove irrevocable. It might connote the dawn of a. new day, On the other hand, it might easily launch us into a social revolution in which all the tried values of the responsibility of one man and his wife for those whom they bring into the world ivould be C8511 aside in the hope of ivinning votes by more bread and circuses. Easy is the path that slopes towards Avcrnus!" Fancy that, after our experience here of the efficacy of Liberal "bread and circuses" in the Provincial elcctiqnl Does Prime Minister King feel that the “Big Interests" will withold the sincws of war were he to 11t- tempt to placate Quebec by pinning “family al- lowance” to his Campaign banner?

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Canada proved a godsend and the salvation of the West Indies at the time the Nazi U-boflts were active. “All our labor was busy On United Nations bases being built on the islands and there wasn't a soul in the fields" says the Editor of thg Trinidad Guardian now visiting Montreal, With the influx of American dollars inflation ran rampant and natives who had been accustomed to paying 50 cents for a pair of sandals were of- fering $15 for pairs of shoes, if they could get them. "There was no use trying to ration oul‘ supply. We had nothing to ration. The submar- ines were shelling our supply boats between the islands and in some cases came right into port to sink them." It was then, he said, that the West Indies turned to Canada for assistance "and we got it." “I can rightly say that Canada kept us from starving to death in those black days," he added. “We depended 10o per cent on the Prov- ince of Quebec for our milk supply and they

came through 10o pcr cent. It was fortunate for us they did, because‘ even our cattle were starv- ing for ivant of fwd." Olht-r foodstuffs and material went from other Canadian districts to relieve the shortages '1'- y’ v . \

1'_13i:__1cmin1.o'r'r, illfllflfllfl GUARDIAN

C. B. C. Ozmits Smuts’ Speech

(Globe and Mill)

It ls very difficult to understand why the Canadian Jlrosdcsstlnl corporation did not see fit to carry over its network for t-he benefit of

cllan llc the very lin-

h which Field Marshal

e vcred at. the Guildhall in

Landon on ‘mesday. The Field Msr- sha‘. ls today by common consent in the front-rank of the outstanding personalities of the world. A soldier- ststesmen of great. ability, ripe ifs; he ll.

IO of MI’. tie inner

dliectors 0f the III-i‘ tutor?! o! the United Nations; ho ll widely trusted and looked t» or leadership tn other corun es ban his own. and in his ions pub-

csreer he nu rarely mule s tgeecn that. was not worth ltstenlns

1h this particular speech. o! Whloh tli Canadian public

~ a c" - fragmentary account oug/h the press, he was ‘ ', enlisted by tths British Government as their spokesman for a definite pledge that s. grand assault upon the now-be- lesguered fortress of H tlerlsm would be launched next year. sud. with the backing of his high reputa- tlon u a strategist. he also gave s. very encouraging review of the gen- eral war situation.

Surely a special effort should have been made to let. the Canad- lsn people hesi- the full text. of so important a speech by such an eminent man. If faculties were not available for its direct trsnmiisslon at the time of its delivery. a re- broadcast later ought tn have been possible. ‘n e fare purv_ - ed to the Cimatfian public by e 0B0 last Tuesday. It l; discernible

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t to make room for st least the salient parts of Field Marshal smuts’ speech.

A Canadian Example

(Iondon Times)

Durln the war the number c! lnoome- air-payers tn Canada has grown from 200,000 to 2,000,000. There have been difficulties, as 1n Britain. 1n ada ting to the circum- stances of wee y wage-earners s system designed for the taxation of middle-clam salaries and unearned incomes. Canada has tried 00 meet. those difficulties by placing income-tax upon a pay-as-yoii- earn basis, and it; ls 800d to learn from Colonel Gibson, the Canadian Minister o; Natlmal Revenue, that. the new system ls n success, and has become popular. when y-u- you-esrn was introduced n the Dominion it. was a. new and untried the first country to adopt it, and there were no precedents or past experience to which reference could be made. It ls not therefore surprising that every obstacle has not yet been s... ounted, and that, in particular, difficulties, which the Revenue Department is confident of overcoming, still beset the deduction of tax from overtime earnings.

when t.- ulso ,y deductions from eamlngs were first introduced 1n this country many workers re- sponded in the same way as they have apparently responded ln Canada-they felt that, they were ‘being penalized for working over- time. This happened ln Britain under the existing system, and it was evidently a. reaction among workers unaomistomed to income- tax, not against the method 0f assessment, but. against the reduc- tion inflicted by the tax. however calculated, upon their weekly pay packets. The discovery that; the pay-as-you-earn method has its difficulties is 110 surprise. It, would however. be a surprise to learn that it: creates greater difficulties or more anomalies than the tradition- al method of retrospective tax- ation. The evidence from Canada. points in the opposite direction. Colonel Gibson has discussed his country's experience with officials of the Treasury and with the Chancellor of the Exchequer. The account which he has been able to give should assist and encour- alze the British authorities lii the revision which they have ln hand

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Security For Farmers

(Ottivwa. Journal)

One of the troubles with all schemes to get. farmers to produce more food has been the uncertainty of the price structure as far as pro- ducers were concerned. Contracts for the huge amounts being sent overseas were on a yearly basis, yet

tJo be planned with a longer temi in view. Ceiling prices on domestic sales have been set. but there has been no guarantee of prices a year or two years hence. A blg crop might mean a sharp decline, and growers have feared this possibility.

In a speech to Ontario producers recently London. AEi-lcultil-re Minister Gardiner dlcl much to til- levlate this fear. He Sflld the Gov- ernment was taking rcspOnSlblllLy for malntslnlntz :1 floor on nrices until the country was re-establlsh- ed lifter the war and that an lit.- tempt was being made to securo two-year agreements for overseas shipments, so fanners will be pro- tected against s. sudden slump. This was good news for farmers now planning their roduc- tlon. who must keep tn mnd the years after that. for farmln ts not. a. one-year proposition. T ey can now go aihesd at. least without the fear that if they should over-pro- duce some o e crop they will have to stiffer ru nous prices for their undue optimism.

CHICKEN AT WAR.

IDNDON -lcP>- Home heat!- qutilrters of an Essex army unlt has received word from soldiers over- seas that. Matilda, a hen which trnveued from EBYDt to Tunisia on a. tank, laid an egg daily, even In the lieavlest engagements. The hen's nest was under the driver's asst.

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Unpleasant Scramble

(Winnipeg Free Press)

It. ts improbable that the minis- ter of national defence, Mr. Ral- ston, takes much time from lua onerous duties to read the sport pages. 1t, is high time. however, that the hockey scandal which is nauseating all Canada was taken in hand by the minister. Certainly unless drastic action ts taken, and taken quickly. the dignity of our armed services is go to bo undermined and the more e of o“! fighting men seriously lm ed.

The modifying scrum 1e be- tween the Montreal and Toronto recruiting offices for the body of one Turk Broda, a professional hockey pie er, touched off the scandal. e repercussions of that blt of unpleasantness have ills- closed some sordid facts.

mom stories emanating from Its-stem Canada tt ls clear that s. number of people In respon- sible places tn the armed services have lost track of the fact we are fighting a. war. They are devot-

g their energies to corrallng hockey playeers for their service teams. ns ad of young men re- porting to their local recruiting offices when they let their call- up. they journey all the way to Ottawa. Toronto or Montreal to enlist.

It is reported that these young men make these weird journeys for financial gain, that they get paid handsomely to play hockey for service teams in addition to- thelr army pay. Who pays them ls not, dtsclos . But the fact; that the large hockey rinks are making great. profits from the crowds nt- triwted to service games should provide the authorities with an inkling as to where the rioney comes from.

Overlooked completely by everyone concerned seems to he the elemental fact that, these men were called into service use Canada needed them on the fight-

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