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Morning Daily (Tounded in 188'!) Authorized as Second Close Mail, Poet. Olloe Department. Ottawa.

President, [an A. Burnett; Vice-Eresldent. Wm. B Burnett; Secy.-Trcus., G. M. Burnett; Editor ma Managing Dlrector, .I. B. Burnett; Associate Editor.

Frank Walker.

“The Strongest Memory is Weaker Than

the Weakest Ink.” THURSDAY, ocronut a1, 194s

‘tiity Water Supply

Attention was called in these columns yes- - terday to the need of conserving our civic water

supply this season. The following figures will

give some idea of the increase in water con-

sumption in recent years: 1940 . . . , . . . . . .. 453,485,762 gallons 1941 . .. . . 472,102,153 gallons I942 . . . . . . . . . . V. 496,847,068 gallons 1943 ..... . .. . .. 529,428,013 gallons 1944 ..... . . . . . . 530,596,100 gallons 1945 . . . . . 560,864,200 gallons

This amounts to an increase from 1940-45 of over 23 per cent. It is also noteworthy that in I945 up, to June 30, the consumption was 259,292,000 gallons as against 285,359,000 gal-

lons in 1946 to June 30; which means a very‘

considerable increase this year over the high 1945 figure. This notwithstanding the fact that precipitation has been about 4 per cent less this year than last.

To partially meet requirements in increas- ed consumption last year the Water Commis- sion had a deep well drilled at the Molpeque Road pumping station, which is productive of 225 gallons per minute. A turbine pump to handle this additional supply was installed. But for this measure we would undoubtedly be experi-

encing greater difficulty in obtaining our water .

supply today.

Apart from last year's installation, the wells at Brackley, Molpeque and North River Stations are all shallow. As lands are cleared of trees and developed as farms, the water sheds in such areas do not get as much moisture as formerly and it has become a matter of greater ‘and greater difficulty ito find shallow well sup- plies. -» Shallow sources of supply are, of course, affected by periods of dry, hot weather. With these facts in mind, it is not difficult to under- stand the Commission's present concern, and the need of co-operation on the part of all our citizens in the matter of water conservation.

‘Pairing’ In Parliament

In view of the Government's diminishing majority in the House of Commons, Mr. Brack- en's statement that henceforth there will be no "pairing" between Official Opposition and the Ministry's supporters is worth notice.

"Pairing," explains the Ottawa Journal, is an old Parliamentary practice. It is simply a device under which a Government member, con- sidering his absence from the House desirable or necessary, gets an Opposition member to

undertake that he will not vote during this mem-‘l

ber's absence (an Opposition member may. make a similar arrangement with a Government sup- porter.) This practice, when not abused, is rea-~ sonable. Unfortunately, it has been abused; has enabled a certain type of member to neglect his parliamentary duties, enabled another type to dodge going on record on uncomfortable issues. There have been members who, with "pairs" ar- ranged for an entire session, neglected their duties scandalously. It may be as well to have "pairing" ended. It may make for inconvenience on occasions, may involve hardship on others, but on balance it 'ought to result in loss "absenteeism", and also less "ducking" of responsibility. lf it should re- sult in bringing the Government down-well, maybe the country could withstand the shock.

Fewer Salesman

Further proof that habits are hard to change is provided in a survey of the nation's reception to the new Canada Savings Bond, mode by an independent agency accustomed to meas- uring public-action and opinion. The survey indicated that ten days after the new bond had been placed on the market, an estimated 32% of former purchasers of Victory Bonds and War Savings Certificates had already bought-and that an estimated 21% of urban buyers and 11% of rural buyers were waiting for a lesman to coll on them.

Although widespread publicity has been given to the fact that there are fewer salesmen in the field than in Victory Loan campaigns, that this time a large number of citizens must help themselves, the habit of nine Victory Loan campaigns sticks. lt would appear that a great many Canadians are finding it difficult to re- adjust themselves to the new sales technique.

Moro Than Sixty Million Jplis

When President Roosevelt, in his last cam- paign, promised ta provide sixty million jobs for the American people, his statement was widely interpreted as mere political oratory. Today, the American people have 60,340,000 iobs and there are only about 2,000,000 out of work, most of them in the course of transferring from one iob to another. This is not only o state of full em- ployment, it means that the labor force of tho nation has reached its practical maximum. Few additional workers can be obtained from the existing population.

The American workers are now divided be- tween -voriou| basic occupations as follows: manufacturing, 14.5 millions; agriculture, 9.1 millions; trade, wholesale and retail, 7.8 mil- lions; government services, federal, state and local, 5.4 millions; service and finance, 5.2 mil- lions; transportation and utilities, 4,.millions; armed services 2.4 millions; construction industry, 2.1 millions; mining, 800,000; all other work, 9

millions. ' ' Just before the war 45,253,000 personewere ,Eastern dominance.

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employed. Since then 15,087,000 new jobs have been created. The largest increase in employ- meat-M per cent—is in manufacturing in- dustries. Only mining and agriculture show a decline. The reduction of 200,000 in the num- ber of agricultural workers, with a simultane- ous record farm output, reflects the growing mechanization of the form and the drift of farm population to the city. Equally interesting is the fact that self-employed persons, the little t ' , the professional men, the casual workers, increased by 59 per cent in the war years despite the general trend toward large enterprise.

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. A cynic suggests that were there less water in the whiskey there would be more for the fires. ‘A’ A Q i

Progressive Conservatives are planning to nominate their candidate for the Fifth Prince by-election on Tuesday, Nov. 5.

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There are still some 2,800 Canadian troops in the United Kingdom but it is anticipated that most of them will have been returned to Can- ada by the end of November. Of the total number, more than 600 have requested and are receiving their discharges in the U. K. i i ‘A’ k

Evidently Chief Justice Campbell is to be the successor of Mr. Justice Arsenault as boost- er of our tourist resources. The latter has been for many years behind our Tourist Bureau, and fought for its adequate maintenance, when it had not many friends or supporters even in the

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Stalin has been charging Churchill with an- other "terminological inexactitude" in claiming that Russia had 200 instead of 60 divisions under arms in occupied Europe. But the latter, imply- ing he is from Missouri, suggests the United Nations Organization should investigate the matter and decide for themselves.

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William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland, died this date 1765; was the son of George ll and distinguished himself at Dettingen and Fontenvy in 1745, when he was- recalled to England to put down the Jacobite rebellion, winning the battle of Culloden, and stamping out the revolt in the Highlands; earned the name in the Highlands of "the Bloody Cum- berland"; fell into disgrace through misfortunes in the Seven Years’ War, but ultimately re- gained popularity.

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The basic trouble, says The Letter-Review, is that there is no policy at Ottawa; no one to organize one. The Prime Minister has, for all practical purposes, ceased to function as the head of the Government, confining his activities to minor decisions on routine matters, often made without consulting his colleagues. There is, of course, a collection of policies, often mutu- ally contradictory, all produced, not by Cabinet discussion, but by a lot of civil servants, each pursuing his own line of theory. Naturally, no civil servant will admit that he has been wrong, or that his pet policy has to be abandoned, to make way for the pet policy of one of his col-

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Figures recently made available at Can- adian Army Headquarters reveal that of the 417 Nursing Sisters still in the Service the greater number are either awaiting retirement or have been retired but not yet gazetted. Only 160 Nursing Sisters are still on duty in the vari- ous military hospitals and medical centres across the Dominion, and approximately 50% of this total have been accepted for service in the new post-war Canadian Army (Active Force). Nursing Sisters in the Canadian Army reached theirpeak strength soon after D-Day when 3,214 were on duty, 1,930 of them overseas and often operating as far advanced as a Field Dres- sing Station within one or two miles of front- line fighting.

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Newfoundland, for the present, being in comparatively easy circumstances financially, thanks to the paternal handling of its finances by a United Kingdom Commission, is inclined to be saucy with regard to a proposal to enter Can- cadion Federation. Allegations of bribery and corruption have been made, including senator- ships and trips to Ottawa. The question to be answered in the first instance is: Has the Can- adian Government made any approach in the matter? If not, then, who has the authority to offer Senatorships and other political jobs to would-be supporters of the proposal? So far as Canada is concerned, the ancient colony is wel- come to join the Confederation, but the Govern- ment is too politically wise to expect to force the pace by dangling one or two Senatorships be- fore the eyes of expectant membe a of the Na-

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There is a tendency on the part of not a few who stayed at home enjoying unusual pros- perity in war years, to bewail the prospects of a post-war depression. There is to be no such depression unless the calamity howlers bring it on themselves. The best authorities in London, New York, and‘Montreol proclaim the prospect of ten years, at least, unusual prosperity ahead of us, in whicheveryone will share. _After that it will be the survival of the fittest commercially and industrially, and it isbocause of this there is such a grim determination on the port of Rus- sia to assert her dominance in spheres of in- fluence in Europe and the East on the principle that trade follows the flag. Let each of us do our bit in keeping our flag flying, and there will be no need to doubt that western civiliza-

iTl-IE‘ CHARLOTTETOWN GUARDIAN .

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A rather err -enl rather disturbing - sentence from a re cent University Sermon at Osm- bridge by the Bishop of Liverpool: "In the thirteenth century there were about; 57.000 clergy in this country ministering to a popula- tlon of 3900.000 people. Every fiftieth man in those days was tn Holy Orders. Today the popula- lion is twenty times as great, and there are about the same number 0'1 Clergy and ministers of all de- nominations. One in every thoug- andth man is a clergyman." ~_ London Spectator,

Maintaining the Dominion Ex- perimental Farm set-up costs each Canadian citizen about 20 cents an- nually. according to a statement made by a, ilarm official recently. Results indicate that this modest. annual investment brings hand- some dividends to the nation and lo the farm. In reviewing the development of crop varieties and farm practice from the opening of the territories to the present day, e. remarkable story of skill and perseverance on the part of the farm scientists is revealed. _.. Regina Leader-Post.

There is no questioning the feat that. in the Protestant churches of the present day there i; a grggt deal of unnecessary overlapping, and that a lot of money is being wasted because of it. Also there are some misunderstandings which might be cleared up around a com- mon conference table. Whgt the future holds in this connection is impossible to predict at this early stage, but certainly a start has been made. -From Owen Sound Sun-Time.

British stamps. though they have yet to recapture the warmth and simple beauty of the earliest of their kind, have shown great improvement in recent years and the shoddy banality reached in Edwardian days has been left, for behind. It ls now generally M. cepted that a simple and dignified design is a more compelling am- bussador than an elaboration of unnecessary trimmings, There l; general agreement that the new "vlvtvry blue" twopence-half- Denny Stamp is a disappointment. It is well that the fhreepenny d5. sign, with its clearcut symbols. lucldly and fluently arranged, and its "lapidary" quality ls to go out and speak of peBCe and of Britain too, in distant corners of the world, though not. unfortunately, m the Empire and the Coman- wealth, in which the other value will have the larger circulation- London Times,

Many an organization has one or more of these enthusulasls on the staff, newly out of uniform. I! will be o. good investment to allow as much scope for them as Dvssihle-ln the business. En- courage their ideas and give them assurance to go on. Under such condition they will thrive. Never forget either_ that enthusiasm breeds enthusiasm and one such individual in business can do much tdflre the whole staff to an equal spirit of accomplishment. In the Fall, also, clubs and organizations will be again taking up where they

5110611011503 Ofthe clubs will be considered. Why not see to it that each roster is heavily bolstered by some of these newly returned civilians? Their ideas and fresh vigor will do much to inject new llfe into even the most tirgd Organization. _Regina leader-Post.

The sensible and sometimes noo- cssary practice of large numbers of girls going bare-legged in the Summer months has eased 1n part the demand for stockings. Behind this situation however. it. l»; said "it Slwrlflge is as real an as ag- gravating as ever. It doesn't seem reasonable that a country which could turn out parachutes for air. men and air-borne divisions on a tremendous scale should be unable to meet domestic demands for stockings. On the other hand it would seem reasonable for the manufacturers to strike while the iron is hot and make a bid for the domestic stocking market now while comparatively free from out- side competition. The stocking industry could win unlimited good- will today by stepping up pro. durtion to a level which would at least approach the demand. __ Ottawa Journal.

Most people are aware that flue Canadian Red Cross undertook various services on behalf of Can- adian and other prisoners of war, but few realize the extent of the work. A_ recent report by the soc- iety gives some interesting details. During the war the Red Cross prisoner-aid services were really big business. The most important of these services. of course, were the food parcels. From 1941 to 1945. 16.310592 of these parcels were packed and shipped overseas to Axis prison camps. Their con- tents totalled l1.305 tons of meat; 3.547 tons of chocolate; 4,075 tons 0f sugar: 8.150 tons each of bis- mllk; together with uUITCUPOYICIHI Culll- bull". Jam and powdered amounts of tea, salmon. cheese and other foods. -Edmonton Journal. A red rona, In token fulfillment of a penalty impossed 600 years ago. was presented by Lord Knollys of Cavershom to the Lord Mayor of London, Sir Robert Knowles. a friend of the Black Prince, was the first to prerent the rose. He built n bridge over Seething Lane, not far from the Tower of London, so that he could go from his old house on one lldg to his new one on the other-doubtless because the roads made pretty bed walk- ing tn those days. His neighbours resented it and reported him to the Guildhall, The City Corpora- tion ordered him to pay "quit rent."

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(Sudbury Star‘;

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ame being lawman I e and sensible Harl- _ . n some centres DTOQIB§ has been achieved along these lines and ln others it has not yet been

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In irmooent, on‘ able s! as ln destructive tallies. pa tme In some communities spirited citizens- Hallowehzn celebrations and to some extent these have diverted the Yflutlhfull mind along wholesome Whilst-s and only from unlawful Pranks. There ls still mulch to be unfortuna/ielyr flfbeflaln element, among the young people i5 Still lnoem upon creating dear-sage, with a warped idea. that smh actions alone reflect one spirit of Halloween, lit will be lei. mbered that in ‘Ibnaaltofis east end last. yea! throngs n! youthful pramksters ran riot, de- tying battling police for hours In an effort. to prevent any recurrence qt the tirouble, the clby is sponsor- lhroitxh some 20 comm-unity comma organized l-laldowdm ce- lebrations designed to provide am ever-lung's enioymcnt to keep youngsters and i-zen-agers off tihe streets. Harm and school clubs are oraopeaioltltrg along with the Board- of Edmonton and other bodies to wdvsmoo the work. mnny and schemes ttrmugih which the exub- erance of youth mary have its fling om find pleasure and endoyment. The sudden lrhflll or feeling of sat- lsfactlbn at damaging other people's property is to some extent disap- and no aoubt will vanish altogether id all young people min be bellter trained to respect the rights of other; and are provided with outlets for wholesome reena- ation that will take the place of callous dwtruotion of property and flouting at the IBIVLK 1h Bradbury the insmen nuns on organized "shell-out? and tlhe navel scheme has time nruah to curb tlhe damagdng ponictlces of youngsters on the loose that even- inf. (A similar programme is being followed in Charlottetown). i and tender one red rose—tresh from his garden in Seething Lane - a "lane" so seething with and city clerks there is room for neither gardens nor roses. —BBO latter.

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happened that Mr. Louis Adamlc, an America-n author of YHBOSIBV birth. was Jnvlted to dinner at the the President and Mrs. Roosevelt. To his surprise. among thq guests was Mr. Winston Churchill. Mr. Ada-mic had Written u. book about post-war Europe and it was the subject of some conversa- tion. After the dinner Adamic went Roosevelt and her party to a concert. and then home to make what he calh tailed note-s" about what was said and of the Prime Minister at. a private dinner in o. most criti- cal stage of the war. A few weeks ago Mr. Adamic put his notes lnto o book called “Din- ner at the White House”, and "re reunarked uhen on the appalling bad taste of the performance. Now Mr. Churchill has entered suit. for Libel ln London against tlhe author and this publishers for passages in the book. and is asking for an injunc- tion against its further sale in the United Kingdom. Naturally the suit will not concern Adomlds professional ethics. at least not mainly. but with the opinions the author expressed 1n what. seems to have been a strong dislike of Mr. Churchlll. a distrust of his long- term policies and an active fear of his influence over Mr. Roosevelt. We are not told what passages in amused Chtuohllliv. special wrath. but there are many which properly he will Thus we we Mr. Adamlc speaking of Mr. Churchill as "a very Brent leader and~so far as I'm ccm- cerned, and because represent.s—also evil." be quoted in Mr. Churc