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Iorning Daily (Founded in H81) Authorised an Second Clase Mall. Poet Olloe Department,‘ Othwn. President, Ian A. Burnett; Vice-President. Win. I

Barnett; Soap-Trans. G. M. Barnett: Editor ease ‘ ; Amoolaee Edits].

Managing Director, J. B. Frank Walker.

“The Strongest Memory is Weaker Than

the Weakest Ink.‘ THURSDAY, ocroisait 2e, me

United Actioii Required

Outranking all subjects af immediate import- ance at the Maritime Trade Board and Trans- portation Commission meetings here yesterday was that of the application of the railways for a 3O per cent general increase in railway rates. This matter was ably discussed in the annual reports by the Commission chairman, Mr. Turn- bull, the -Commission manager Mr. Rand Math- eson, and other speakers at yesterday's confer- ence. There seems no question but that if grant- ed, such rates will seriously handicap Maritime industries-including agriculture—and that they should be strongly opposed.

One speaker, Hon. Mr. Blalieney of New Brunswick, assurcd the meeting that the'Govern- ment of h‘: Province would sand 100 per cent behind the Maritime Board and Commission in deciding what action should be taken regarding the proposed freight rates increase. No doubt the other Maritime governments will be pre- pared to do likewise. It seems that a reply to this application by the railways must be filed with the Board of Transport Commis- sioners before November l0. That does not leave much time, and it is urgent that Maritime unity an this issue be shown as clearly as pos- sible to the rest of Canada-—including Ottawa.

Of much interest also at yesterday's pra- ceedings was tha morning session devoted to air transportation matters. lt covered a great deal of ground. Many of the speakers noted that this question should be of special interest to Prince Edward islanders, an account of our un- usual geographical handicaps.

National Wealth Advanced

At the recent annual meeting of the Agri- cultural Institute of Canada, L. B. Thomson, the President, who is Superintendent, Dominion Ex- perimental Station, Swift Current, Sask., review- ed the wfnarkable advance of Canadian agricul- ture within recent years, and pointed out that no organization, through the achievements of its lflClllbCh, had contributed more to the wealth and progress of the Dominion as the Institute.

In Canada, said Mr. Thomson, many na- tional problems of agricultural production were not fully appreciated by the general public. Just this year (1946) three of the members of the Agricultural Institute of Canada had made great contributions in solving some of those problems, namely, Professor Lads, Macdonald College; Dr. Peterson, Dominion Rust Labora- tory, Winnipeg; and A. W. Platt, Dominion Ex- perimental Station, Swift Current. Professor Lads’ new barley will mean millions of dollars to eastern farmers; Dr. Peterson's Redman wheat will greatly increase wheat production in the rust areas af the Prairies; and A. W. Platt's Rescue wheat, which is resistant to sawfly dam- age in the west, will eventually save an annual loss estimated at 3O million dollars.

Nor should the members of the Institute be forgotten in their work in the fields of live stock, food processing of horticultural products, and in other contributions that are the basis for the future prosperity of Canada and the peace of the world, said Mr. Thomson.

A Fair Return

lt is evident from early reports that the sale of the Canada Savings Bond is meeting steady response. As was to be expected, how- ever, salcs agencies report widely differing ex- periences in talking to potential customers. One question that seems to come up relates to the interest paid- by the new security. "Why 2% % ?", people ask. "Why not 39b?"

It may be that these questions are prompt- ed by some misunderstanding of the purpose of the Canada Savings Band. The name itself pro- vides a simple clue to this purpose. The new

‘ security is intended solely as a convenient form of personal savings, and in comparison to other forms of saving, has much to recommend it. The safety provided by the backing of the ngtion's resources, plus the feature of immediate redemp- tion at 100 cents on the dollar is an attractive combination in any security. Coupled with these features, the rate of 2i/4% is a fair return, and ls not approached by other comparable forms of saving of investment available today

The King-row Dispute

Prime Minister King's published reply to the Ontario Premier on the Dominion-Provincial taxation controversy, although typically discurs- ive, has at any rate narrowed the main issue between Mr. Drew and himself. The difference between these statements suggests the Sydney Post-Record, is that Mr. King argues that the fundamentals of a taxation agreement should be arrived at between the Federal and Provin-

again, whereas Mr. Drew's position is that thl "Conference should meet for the purpose of ne- gotiating euch an agreement. Those therefore whe are convinced this for-reaching rearrange- ment ef Dominion-Provincial relations can best

'Inclined to agree with Mr. lfing.. lut these who Ydeelre results will favor the old-fashioned way lug , tad by Mr. Drew, that of foce-to-face ne-

between the high contracting parties. _ f0 this exchange of letters has served no "f" I'll“. unless it be to have demonstrat-

" . _—_ EDITORIAL NOTES .-»

The Liberal: have chosen their standard- bearer, Mr. Delaney, for the by-election in Fifth Prince in succession to the late Mr. McNeill. The Progressive Conservatives have not held their convention yet.

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The most conspicuous thing about Queen's County annual meeting of the Liberal Associa- tion, was the absence of_Liberal portfolio hold- ers. They seemingly considered they were better employed elsewhere-the Premier in Ottawa, the ‘ of Public Works in East Prince, and the Attorney-General at the Boy Scouts banquet.

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Daniel Webster, American statesman and orator, died this date I852; was secretary of state under two Presidents, and the first lawyer and orator of his country, considered by many the greatest man intellectually America has produced; like Mr. Clay, he was disappointed of his highest ambition, and his/death was un. daubtedly hastened by his failure to receive the nomiation of his party to the Presiden y.

i i R i During the war years the Caadian Red Cross shipped 16,310,592 parcels of food to Canadian and Allied prisoners of war. TIICSQ parcels, which so often meant the difference between life and death to starving prisoners in Axis comps, cost more than $46,000,000 in cold cash, to say nothing of the tremendous amount at voluntary effort put into their purchase, packaging, and shipping.

I l’ i i’ As a result of Monday's by-electians and of the death Sunday of Hon. P. J. A. Cardin, independent member for the Quebec constitu- ency of Richelieu-Vercheres, the standing in the House of Commons now is: Liberals, 125; Progressive Conservatives, 67; C. C. F., 28; So- cial Credit, 13; Independent, four; Bloc Popu- laire, two; Independent Liberal, one; independ- ent Progressive Conservative, one; Independent C. C. F., one; L'Union des Electeurs de Pontiac, one; Labor Progressive, one; vacant, one. Total, 245.

‘ 'l' l‘ 1' + . Everyone who heard the eloquent address of Chief Scout Lord Rowallan at the Charlotte- town banquet was impressed by the earn- estness and persuasiveness with which His Lord- ship set forth the claims of the movement on all right-thinking men and women. He left no doubt that so for as he was concerned there was only one way to attain the brotherhood of man, viz., to begin in the home, and afterwards by degrees stretch out to the community, prov- ince, nation, then into all the world. The Boy Scout movement provides the way and the means of so doing.

' i O i t Dr. John F. McNeill, Summerside, makes an excellent suggestion with regard to the sur- plus potatoes in this Province. He agrees that the average former has not sufficient or effici- ent storage accommodation for the winter, and hints that citizens generally should come to their aid in this respect. Evidently his idea is that people in the cities, towns and villages should buy now and put in their cellars all, and more than all, the potatoes that they may need to tide them over till, say May. This certainly would help out, and it is for the Boards of Trade to organize a campaign to put the scheyie into operation. I I fl I The baking industry generally has been somewhat puzzled by the statement of Hon. James Gardiner, Minister of Agriculture, made in a by-election speech at Portage la Prairie that the wheat subsidy will be removed and wheat made to find its own price level. The bakers hope this statement was intended for vote-catching purposes only and that it does not reflect any change of policy by the government towards the Wartime Prices and Trade Board. Notice is taken of the fact that Mr. Gardiner's statement contradicted one made a week earlier by Mr. Donald Gordan, W.P.T.B. chairman, to the effect that subsidies will be retained to keep the price of bread unchanged. I I Q 1r

Divorces granted in Canada during 1945 totalled 5,076 against 3,788 in 1944, o 34 per cent increase. All provinces with the exception of Prince Edward lsland had more divorces than in 1944, advances ranging from 18.8 per cent in Alberta to 119 per cent in New Brunswick. Ontario and the three prairie provinces had in- creases which were lower than the average for the Dominion as a whole. Ontario reported 1,940 divorces-SB per cent of the Dominion total- in 1945, compared with 1,471 in the preceding year. British Columbia had l,366 divorces, com- pared with 1,009 in 1944, Al_berta 575, com- pared with 484, Manitoba 405, compared with 316, Saskatchewan 282, compared with . 226, Quebec 177, compared with 108, New Brunswick 171, compared with 78, Nova Scotia 158, com- pared with 93, and Prince Edward lsland two, compared with three. I U I I

The Canadian delegates to the U. N. Con- ference at New York are the some as announc- ed previously except that Mr. L. D. Wilgress, Canadian Ambassador to Russia, will replace Hume Wrong, former Undersecretary of State for External Affairs, recently appointed Con- adian Ambassador to Washington, as alternate member. Delegates are Mr. St. Laurent; State‘ Secretary Paul Martin; W. McL. Robertson, min- ister without portfolio; John lraclien, Progres- sive Conservotive leader, and M. J. Caldwell, C. C. F. leader. Alternate delegates are Hon. J. T. Hiiig, leader of the Opposition in the Senate; H. L. Keenleyside, Canadian Ambassador to Mexico; George Mcllraith, parliamentary assist- ant to the Reconstruction Minister; M. W. Mac- kenzie, deputy Trade Minister, and Mr. Wilgreee. Advisers include G. C. Andrew, Canadian In- formation Service; and H. J. Armstrong, of the Finance Department; Miss ll. D. Iurwash, H. H. Carter, l. A. Cote, i. l. Hopkins, G. lgnatieTf, R. M. Mocdonnell, and Escett Reid, all of the External Affairs Department. Secretaries are Mr. Cate, secretory-general of the delegation; G. Cox and I. M. Williams of thejiiternal Af-

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Paul Robeson says the British Empire is one of the greenest en- sliwers 0f hunan beings in the world. A remark like that must make a lot of people wish Mr. Robeson would stick tio his 30b ad Pant.’ one of the greates. singers in the world -—I.£id‘ibi'ld88 Herald.

The luxurious pnscngor liner that will skdim the wcndfis oceans at tiop speedrrmynot acadreamottlue future for much longer Intensive work is moozerimg in Britain m apply gas-turbines to ship propuis. ion, says The St. ‘Ilhomas Times.‘ Journal On s, much smaller scale, for VOXDEUEIIOIHBI pimipom; mg Principle of jet pLWBI‘ ls being ap. plied to rivercreli to deimoiristrate i-tc possibilities for cheaper, taster water transport. A United King- dom engineer has invented an aut- iboard motor that, is propelled by a waienjot Large nuriibors have been earmarked tor export.

A woman picked more cotton than any man in the arzziuol national 00n- at Blyiiheville, Ark the other day._ Nevcrtlts-lzss, he; pflljg was only $250 whereas the highest man trailing her b". four per cerrc got $1,000. It happerwcd, at course, be- cause the disposition of prizes as. sumed lihiait v/omnu is inferior- in this field of physical skrlill and Siamimii- Damn-De also than: larger prizes for the r-ren put the women in tiheir Diane Nat no: the first. time the cold results blast that. as- sumption —S*.. Innis Post-Dis. pawch. i

There was a rlog out on Long Island a few year's ago who went rescue-crazy He rescued a iititle boy The Iibilllt! bay was playing airound in the hinges o! the gin-t and got knocked down by a smell wave. Before his parents could get ‘Lo him and pier him- up, em dug mashed right in and aid as fine singleliandied jab of rescuing as you'd want to see ‘The boy's fam- ily and all the neighbors quite pm- perly made a terrific fuss over the dog. They praised nim, patted him, gave him extrzi tocd (and probab. 1y cigarsi. let him sleep in tihe house, jump on liiem, lie on the sofas and ride around lrr the car Unfortunately for all the swdtrr. mars on the beach, soot-cm went, to his head. There-after he tried to rescue aniybody who went in tihe water and nearly succeeded in drowning a coiple of good swish- mers who foolishly tried to resist him. 11c B0! to be. such o. problem than. they finally but. zeliuiatanitiiy hedtotichimupeverytirnctihey train/red to take a quiet. swim From “How t4; Raise n Dog" by Kinney and Houcycutt

The housing shortage has. as everyone knows, forced a number of young married couples to live with tiheir in.la\v;. This requires a bit of diplomacy cn both sides but we hoard oif a prlred hilt o! tact ori the part ad e young bridegroom aim he reached the home of hie bride's peasants tier rnicitihcr, a fomnidiaible womanr. tool-red at. tihe young morn and said: "Now, while you are living here lcertainliy trope we'll have no trouble". “Mrs. ." he answered, "it was chiefly to ha/ve you as a mothcr-iii-la/w than I fell in love Mill‘! your daughter " - Kitche-ner Record.

Theft of a portion of flte Duchess ad Window's $1,000,000 tewei- col. lcotlom should be a lesson 11o all who aan claim title to a lot of eoapens- lve knick-larmcks They had been getting altogether loo careless as this amid an earner ‘ ckiervl; ptxw. ed. Aweekorooagoifiizigihrotik o1’ Elyilt. checked out of an hotel in Italy and 1dr 31.400900 in varlom kinds ad vahiiifea lyliag around. mrtmwbely for him, or the insur- ance omnipainy, there was no oet burglar on the spot and his over- looked wealth woo delivered to btm by e painting men-sender before hie plane not out for home, Ont bill- iiera, one may be SUN. rad of this with interest, if tire Dichm ildn't. —Windecr Star.

The first shipment. of Canadian’- maide toys has arrlvea in Rlhlri andwillbeonsudekitlieetiape bedhre Girtsitimas, Malone Canada's Weakly. These are at all-pleotto construction. ‘Ibo itdne include a helicopter with reauvvabin tutor-e, my wrist watches, dove, tea eete baby raditleq do

fairs Department. Mr." Andrew will act as in-

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formation officer, assisted by T. F. Newton, also ef the Canadian Information Service.

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APNNII"! Canada has no yet no well defined immigration policy, 11 on] by is sirbotiantiiil increase i? pips.’ tile-two. then mreiy is 1.. tdme that this Daznirtion Ls looking n» n; share of suitable new settlers. _

More. Scottish Than Scotland

(Ottawa Joiueiai) 5011K: pecr ltflppod off a in Sydney, Nova Scotia, this wee greeted in Gaelic by Jot Macbeth, lrnmd him- . eel steamed Said titre

Marya: "Stick around awhile and

we'll teach it. m you". A

nllod him in Gaelic, the Scottish Prime Minister could only in tlic tongue of_tihe

Thin the Semi of Nova. Scotia. keqnrg ailive through the years the memories and glories and titre tongue of Sow-mid. in Anblgvrnlah you will find them, in Tlgnish and Ingionleh, men and n-r/irien Bus? "have tthe Gaelic" and with a. in their hearts:

“X7001 the lone sheliing of the misty islands

Mountains dlvrde us, the

waste of seas; But the heart is yound. the High. blood ls ardent,

Arid we in dreams behold ‘the Iiotlides."

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And not oinly among the old At St. Anne's tihe Spl-l. where long ago Scottish settlers lnrded. there gath- ers each Sumi r the descendants qt the clans fair their "Gaelic Mod". Then ls heard ugaln the call of the bagpipes and the cld tar-tans are brought uiLl. and youngsters sing again tn the old tongue the stirring songs of Scotland.

‘This past suriimeir, at St. Anne's time writer at these lines watched a "Gaelic Mod"; saw those people ad N Scatiais sea and vnlieys in tlher Scottish dances. and heard their youth in (iaeiic song, and saw tiheir Angus MacDonald in kilt move proudly among them. Every- whi-sre ivas pride, clean coinage and SSlII-Téllfl-ILOG, and with t-hem the Soatnish trait at reverence for tradition, Herd by, on a. hillside, stccd OaiJpe Breton’: Garlic College. We live 1n a day when "interna- tdormilisvn" is fashionable, when traditions and ancient moorings are at a discount, when men mum- bie aiboirt "one world". Yet revec. eniae for old renown even memo ted sorrow, is not. something to be de- spised. As expressed by tnesie Scots of Nova Scotia-and of Glengarry and Zorro. in Ontario-ft. is same- thirig to be admired. '

Attack and Retort

(Ottawa Joanna) Mr Winston Churchill in a

r At Madame Tussaudk incur ‘Iknnadin ln the Winnipeg . Bee Frees) John Seaohey, aritisii Minister allbod, tsintciepmoessodtrans- iotlmiutiowax by "" mu.-

ud'e amt-great; grandson Bernard ‘lfiieanud end his small band of ex-

perm.

To effect this image of bumm- taltby is no simple matter. 1h taken about forn- mamiis to tinfsh the Jobondymrnaveiobr-oneo! the mud family to be ablic tndoit

m". ‘ltunoiird took a young wo. men artist, Vera Bland. and a photographer, Reynold Edda, along

Mr Strachey

with him to sec . While tiaikkiimwitn him-fair some- thing like tihree hours. Mr. Tues- ivud measured his features. care. fully. Mia Bland made notes of the aolaiur uind texture o-f his hair and drln and Mr Edda took about three damn piiirtogrnptis - full lengtih and Just heads ‘more we Mr. Sirrecbey from every angle — eiveinthe tupafhishaocmttienespe at his neck and under his chin. I i O

Beck tn the OlAiUlO use team of experts consulted Mr. Stracheyb tnillor and got .111 his measure- ments. Then Mr Tussaud chose what he calla the "master photo. giro. ", pinned _l1. up above his vmrk beach and proceeded to mold the Stmatney head out of clay. Ha is still working on that and 1t will take about a montih to oomipletie

Wlhen bhe Ezeaa‘ has been fin- ished and duplicated in wax. Miss Bland with] begin inserting hairs. one by one. She softens titre wax under a light bulb sufficiently to pemiit her to cur each hair into ll. Wihen ‘it tiaidens again fa is 1m. possible to pull me hair out. Miss Bland also tints the complexion in the pimper degree at freshness or otherwise arid paints the moirdih. M11 “mom finishes up wit-h a pair of marginal glass eyes which take him about a day to insert so that they don't squint.

Meanwhile Mr Striwheyb body will receive hhe same careful at- tmtiaai as his head. It will be miaide a.‘ wax reinforced by iron and canvas. If he can be persuaded to domino his hands or on impres- sion, well and good. If not, some rrtemiber ad llhe staff whose hands are similar- wllt nerve.

Time was when a. new suit and iinderolothes-yes, the wax-works vieair imdezcioihes — could be or. oered from the tailor. A member of the staff would wear them for atewdayutoreimoveatoonew appearance and pistol a new mode! would appear amongst. the great to be stir-red wt. art will by you and me when we're in London. Now m. stiaohcy will have to be ivheedied into giro-g up e suit of clothes.

Jcllrn Strachay has niri arresting face. Hts nose i5 one the cairtoozi-

speech the oihzr daiy refered to Mr. Aneurin Devan, the Labor Minister of Health, li mess re- sounding words; “The most mis- chievous mouth in wartime has become in pea-ze the most remark. able administrative failure" Mr. Bevan can do nothing better in the way ad a intact than to coil Mr Cdwircihlli ‘that w‘cked man" who “spaced rum. poverty and de- otrirctian in the mine lmimtry". "That wicked man" as applied to Mr Churchill is no more than a political pleacazrtry. But when Churchill in one cf his famous war speeches used ine phrase to Hitler, in ringing tones 0t passionate wratih, it. was like the voice at mankind arrnlgnlng the lfiietirer before the bar of Justice -