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SATURDAY MAY 1B, 1946

More Unnecessary Expense

With taxes .11 Ill] all-time high, and PN- ends to find

vlncial guveriniieiits at their wits' of 1hc

ways and means of financing in \'lC\\' brcakdmrn of the Ultawa Cfllllfilcllfifi‘, W11‘ sidcr what such a measure as the Canada Day Bill means 111 red tape, expenditure, 21nd trou- ble for all concerned! This bill was rushed hastily through the llouse of Commons, given second and third rfladings in one day dvallllfi Opposition protests, and now is before the Sen- ate for ratification. .\ll it does is change the name of 1701111111011 Dav to that of Canada Day; but this is not as simple as it scents. It may run into hundreds of thousands of dollars in legis- lative costs, 0f which the taxpayers are t0 be multced.

.-\s pointed out by Senator McGeer, of Vancouyer, the name Dominion Day runs through a lnige number of Federal statutes, in- cluding the Bills of Exchange Act, the Civil Service Act, the Interpretation Act and many others. It also runs through Provincial laws and municipal ordinances, and doubless any number of private contracts. "

Then there is the Statute of Westminster, of which Prime ‘Minister King is so proud. Can- ada is referred to as a Dominion in that statute, and in numerous others, all of which will re- quire to be changed to suit the wishes of some ultra-nationalists with an inferiority complex who misinterpret “Dom1n1on" as meaning sub- servient to something or other, whereas it means quite the opposite.

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since Confederation, no man has yet been able to do so north of the international boundary. The excuse for not completing the Trans- Caitada Highway has been the same for many years-Jack of money, Yet, for example, we were able to spend as much in one week on World War ll as would have completed a pretty fair highway.

Away back in 1793 the famed explorer, Alexander Mackenzie, the first white man to cross the continent from what was then Can- ada to the Pacific Ocean, chipped on a, rock at Bella Coola “From Canada—-By Land.” Briga- dier blacfarlalte should be able t0 reiterate the boast in I946 if he arrives in Victoria to claim his medal.

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l1 is popularly supposed that the British North America Act cannot be changed withvut the unanim0us consent of all the Provinces. That challenge has hung over every Dominion- Provincial Conference since Confederation. It has repeatedly blocked attempts to secure 1mi- form legislation throughout the DOminiOn. But apparently this is 111st another chimera. lt 1s re- ported that Ottawa is expected to put through a new Redistribution Bill which will increase the allotment of 65 seats for the Province 0f Quebec. And with that report is the statement from close-to-official sources that "no OPDOSl- 11011 1s expected.” This is continued by the fact that no opposition in Quebec or elsewhere has so far been reported.

Comtncriting on this anomaly. the Financial Post says an increase iiilhe historic allotment to Quebec will mean :1 larger and more expens- ive House of Commons, at a time when the 8V6?‘ age Canadian seriously wonders whether we have not too many and too large governing bodies already. But if that change goes through his wondering \\'1ll not stop there. Having seen the sacred BNAA revised to ntake way fOr a few more seats in parliament he will certainly wonder why it cannot be iust as easily altered to make way for long overdue reforms.

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Plenty moisture in the soil these datvs; it would be better were some in reserve for July. i O l i

Island newspapers, bear in mind, are the only newspapers in the whole world that care a whoop about Prince Edward lsland.

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A large radio manufacturer announced recently to the retail trade: “To take the ground and hold it we'll depend on local newspaper ad- vertising."

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1f the Senate has not the courage to throw out this hill 1t will become law and the Confed- eration Fathers, wlto selected the name “DQ111111- ion of Catiada" after prayerful consideration following their first meeting in Charlottetown, will no longer have “buildcd better than they knew." We shall have to change 011r bronze tablet and other inscriptions 1n the Confedera- tion Chamber to suit the faddists at Ottawa; or else shortly we will be accused of trying to create disharmony and disunity’ by persisting in o11r obsolete ways. Any sensible person can foresee all kinds of trouble arising out of this foolish piece of legislation, but the immediate point raised in the Senate-dint of unnecessary cost in changing. statutory phraseology-—is alone sufficient to iustifv its being given the ‘six months’ hoist, or whatever other means the Upper Chamber possesses of getting rid of such igeaSllffiS.

Perhaps a good example might be cited from the earlier history of our own Island Province. ;\ certain obnoxious proposal be- 111g submitted to the Legislature in the form of a petition, the customary motion was made that it be laid on the table. The Attorney General of the dav got up and moved, amid applause. that “it be not laid on the table, but thrown under the table," \\'h1cl1 was accordingly done. This happened before Confederation, when our statesmen seem to have been less lrammellerl by convention than they are today.

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Irigadier R. A. hlacfarlane of 'l‘0r0nto has announced ltiinsell as a contender for the gold medal offered to the first motorist to cross Canada on (Tanadian roads.

The medal offer was tnade 34 years ago, by the late Albert E. Todd, then mayor of \'1c- toria. ln all those rears, and 1n fact ever since Confederation. there has been 11o roadway hv which a vehicle could cross the continent north of the 49th parallel.

It 1s lust seven years since one of the main "missing links"—the Big Bend connection he- tween Revelstoke and (Ivoldcn—yvas finished. Still to he completed is the link through the wilds of Ontario along the north short of Lake Superior. Presumably Brigadier Macfarlanc has some assurance that there 1s now enough of a trail along the last section of this uncont- ‘pletcd Northern Ontario highway to permit him to get through with his car.

If he negotiates this section. ‘in addition i0 driving along roads which will vary from Qncrete six-laned super-highways to gravelletl roads and dirt trails, he will have the honor of a conspicuous "first", and lix-Mayor Todd's medal. -

The proposed venture, says the Vancouver News-Herald, is a highly interesting example of Illbllern pioneering. The shocking feature of it all is that it should only now be possible to "pioneer" such a trip.

In 187i‘ B. C. came into Confederation with assurances of connection with “Canada” aférallroad, telegraph line and wagon road.

_ ielegruphfline was soon finished. the rail~ ' 138511111. the Wagon road-molest pflecfeflane prover other-wine =- is

fllltilall there years. V thinned fmotorisn have, cron- mMwtk m Pacific n

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His E111i11ence Cardinal McGuigait will visit his native parish, Rustico, tomorrow, where he will refresh unbroken friendships and be the DflllClDZil participant in the ceremonies mark- ing the great occasion-a prophet having hon- our in his own country.

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\Vhen optimists sigh for the peace and prosperity which a one all-world government would envisage, let them think of Caitada where nine provinces and Ottawa cannot agree, and of India where Rloslcms, Hindus and Downing Street fail t0 come to terms. Unfortunately,

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What the world needs today in People who are willing m luck In- fend of eternally appeaslng me

ind °l P909112 who are never any 800d unless tzhev are wel.l kicked. —I4mdon Ree Press.

ffomnio’: principal coroner m. was men whoame over 50 to avoid fatigue. The trouble is that if you devote WWW-l! to avoiding fatigue, which ls but for you. it ls quite likely that you will make the ac. qualntance of bomdom, wthicir will K111 yo: 411st as fast. —Peterbortongth

“"1 "l! 5Q limit)’. well assured <>l remaining 111 a scum and healthy Physical state lf veil obe the traffic regulations. flieégsw p11 s the 0mm °" W" B5 l P6 l-r ln uall

“HWY as if does upoil miqmotlrfi l! 8 motorist. ‘s fined for drivtng against a red light, then n est. gags should be charged. __ m-mm;

The truth 0f the old Yorkshi lid-BR?’ that. “you can get now; frcrlr-ri llowt. Will be borne tn upon CEIF adlans who ponder the new social security Lax cozitem-pluted by the federal Government. when 1r "L; iemembe-icd that such a. tax will be approximately the salne as tn~ come tax tn this mnntry prior m the war, and tliur income Lax will have to be paid In addition, n, should stmiulace thinlclng among ‘those who lend to talk glibly of ‘free services" 1n Canada. -Hali.fa.x Clhmnlcle.

' Min)’ churches c1111 take a pal.- .ern own ushiern lrom the theatres. There is a. fee m4; among some church people that worshippers should go where the ushers wish to sra» them. and act where the wor- shippers would rather sit. In the lhLJ-LFELE- the llslifil‘ mks the patrons where they wish w Sit. and he e11- deavors m take them as near to that scoff-rm as he can I11 churches. too, where t-he pews are used, it is felt. that no particular spot should be l‘-€l~r' by the worshipper, but 111st latter should move over continu- ally as more people enter the new The theatre iccognlms the right. of the patron t-o sit 1n any sent he chooses. -Tlllsonburg News

The wonder ls not that clergy- men do not undertake and a ‘ phslrmcre than thcv alrea-c do, —wh1ch ls, incidentally, a great. deal mcre than mast rxsctple 1m. B81119 It. ls that, any young man o1 superior eriuuaiion and talents. looking at the opportunities the modern world affords hlm. should

choc-re the ministry as his lite- wo-rk. Obvlousl it can onlv be that. he fecls l‘ urge of a real

"'11"? c! vfcntiioti. Christianity is the very fabric of our civilization 1 i~ m s our ciuture and cur tra-

ditions of life are all based upon from

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ruclazre o. cur (11 nzcntal ticus and to expect. the cdifir to stand Ls shorhsighted has in oonsistcnt. -HalLfax Chron- ic ,

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We are ktrn between admiration for the speed 111.11 lmpcrturbalzillty cf the Ekmbassy attache, and sym- pathy for the frustration imtiich arose in the minds of the callers m the following ‘item from the

realists understand the situation better; where there is life there is action and inaction. and a constant and never-ending fight for suprem-

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Our milk is going to cost 11s more while the producers will get less subsidy, unless the Provincial Milk Boards succeed in adiustinlg matters before September I. That is, between the first of this month and the first of Octber, the Federal and respective Provincial Govern- ments will ltave to arrange between themselves. what the ceiling price to the consumer should be 111 the interests of the producer.

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(jvorge Meredith, English novelist and tioet, died this date I909; an acknorvlcdgctl mas- ter of the art of fiction, especially great as a psychologist; his pOetry also has won a place not less assured, and the great sequence of six- teen line poems, “Il/Iodcr» Lave" stands alone of its kind: Love is the passion wherewith “we cast ourselves into the persuasive speech dis- tinguishing us from animals."

"She whom I love is hard to catch and conquer, Hard, but O the glory of the winning were she ,1.

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Here arc the Federal milk subsidy changes 1n a nutshell: The t\vr>—ce11t-a—(|t1art consumer subsidy on milk will he removed June. I and control over prices and distribution will be re- turned m provincial milkboards. The Gov- ernment will continue to pay a subsidy of 55 rents a loo pounds to producers of fluid milk from blay i to Sept. 30. Further considera- tion is being given to subsidies 0n milk enter- ing into cheese and processed milk. No further action is considered necessary for the present subsidy on bulterfat.

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At a conference in London on "Science and the Welfare of Mankind," Sir Robert Walsoh Walt said: "I have nothing novel to say in summing up the educational proposals of this Conference. They resolve themselves into a restatement of the fact that our re-educatioti must be a twofold one. The scientific worker must learn more of the humanities; he musi learn more of the closeness of methpd between the natural sciences and the social sciences; h¢ must narrow the gap which has existed between the self-satisfaction of the natural scientist in ihe simplicity of his processes, and the mental confusion which persisted in the social sciences because of the extreme complexity and great number in diversity of the variables which the social scientist ha: to separate. And. 0n the other hand, weheve the ltill more difficult task of biinglng i _ scientific method into the nor- mal working , the mind ef-thqtiormnliy edu- ‘eiitdpereon’ who doe: epecfalile in the eeiegceef-in. d the or eo-

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Washington Star. A short. swaz-Lhy man appeared at the math docr of the Mexican Etirbassy here when l1" W Vlaohlngtonlztns called recently for some vacation lnfoirnation. "cfiffy," he told them, “you have t": rim: at the Entbassy ofilce the other side of the building." The two vrallcsd around the building and rang at. the office door. The same short. man answered. not. a bit out. cf breath lhottgli he must have

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PUBLIC FORUM This eoinrnn ie open Iv the diaenaelon by eon-e rpondente or queueing. at lntereet. The Charlottetown Guardian’ doe: not neaeeear- ii: endo the opinion ei 008N090 t

on: comosrm Ill FOB. mu. snrrnngglgorlflfa?

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'.1i.' Unless delimit: measures m taken at. once. the educational out,- took each yflfll‘. for the next 2. a, 4 a‘? Years. will be the some u _ l Mme timbers 8"“ W111 drvriimu 0f gmziyyfiraifig all 0f Grade B. chiefly because they ve abilities tn other directions wwmvslth tflhegfintiilrlr, v mm 1- de a in 1 ' Logahehiabhm fir]: flats. “on ore w amp t, or grade 9 mainly resifieldllehifi

examcriations and grade t0 is a1. mes: entirely a erarmnrng ground for these examinations,

W) Elemelary alumina already weak because o! liummuabely train- ed "where- subiecr matter and methods nor 1n oonfonniw with Dfwvnt needs. Mid modern cnlld D5Yf1h0l°8y la-s wcll as other fact.-

rccm rural school thm 1 the urg. ent xiecesslty driving re Wagner 11° llellwt all txhcrs 1n favor of the cnebr two pupils possibly sucee55_ ful in the P W_C entrance exams.

1.11 An ii-prmllllls Proportion of the ‘elect number Wlbl’! more bookish interests, 11101-9 l‘(-\f,e]]uve mflnoflei greater courage and ambition who re-ntaln through trade 10 and face the entrance exams are doomed t-o failure, and will fail since they are the product 1t the same school system, and confronted with the same type of examination that. has resulted in approximately the some ggcentlage of fnl-ures year after

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1e) The effect. of these failures (not ‘to enter ‘some lofty hall qt learning but simply to pass from’ second year high school to third 36R!‘ hiSh sohoolt will be far-reach-

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1. The young people will find many avenues of usefulness closed to them. since a hagfi school education Ls a mtnzmum requuenrant nowa- days for almost. any vocation.

2. The irervous CBHSLOII of months cf cramming for the entrance ex- aminations: the pressure of teach- ers and arents; and the truly t.e'r~ rtfic or cal of the examinations upon been age boys and girls. and the final disappointment and hum- illataon wllt have lasting Lll effects upon the mental health and ner- vous organism of many.

3. Many parents wtll suffer for years froajn a sense of frustration.

III. This strobe of affairs need not. mnunue for even one more school term.

(at Prince of Wales College can begin. 111 September. to function as r1 Ccmpcsit/e High School, and con- tlnure to do so until high schools are established tn the rovince.

l. Prince of Wales Col ego already lras the college preparatory depart.- mem and the commercial depart- ment, t/wo d-c-parunc-nts included in the courses of the- Comlxzslte High

Schcol (cf the up: suggested or P E I l

III lat 2. P.W C has in lbs "short" Ag-rlcultuial Course and

Home Makhig Course. the nucleus uurh courses 011 a Composite High School level '

3. Its rehabilitation department. can lfoun the basiislloz" variolus (‘ECH- nica. oourses on 1e same evc.

(bl Prlnoz of Wales College can admit, to its Composite High School Department, 1n Slgxfomber, all boys and girls who e the entrance examinations ‘n Mme, whether they pass or fall.

1. Those who pass ma . if may wish. take the regular co ege oratory course. the only one o composite high school courses that.

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dashed ntarlly bhitOtigh the Ent-bassy to get. to the other door ln time "Sorry." he totzl the callers “the office 1s closed for the clay." We have met, that ‘ellows brother: in Ottawa Same of them are lurking for the Clrcumlocufion Branch - WInni-peg Tribune.

The first house in French (‘un- eds. was stone house that came ‘In: .2 Tilt’ first houses in the Marltlmes and Canada West. were lcg cabins that came from Sweden by way ' , Umlfed States. Then there were Georgian houses from Ebigland by wa of New England and New Yor — later bungalows from California W have borrowed our hon" T-Cflnrv’: and pa‘. up with the ln- convenieneu involved. for none o diam are suited to our climate which, tn general, is c-ne of extremes -hof in Summer and cold in Win- ter. What. we need ls a house than will meet these conditions. than; will be insulated agamst. both heat, and cold and that. will have a heating plant that will be adequate and convenient. without bankrunting the

owner. The problim L1 one which shot d sure-v not beyiorrrl our "c1311. ls an arcalbc If 11s more

ly 11 matter of outllni the pro- blem and going at it. ttherto it tins never been tackled. —-Va.rtconv- or Provlmoe. .

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America's untitled more! then: days are teeming with four-legged life as vast tiumbors of citille are betng turned out for waning. While