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GIIARLIITTETOVIII GUARDIAN

Mornln; Dally (Founded lll 1'31)

President Ueut. Col. W. Chester B. MoLure - Yloe-Preddent: J. B. Borne". F-J-l- Secretary: Lleui, Col. D. A. Meollinnon, 0.8.0. Editor mil Managing Director: J. B. Burnett, FJJ. Aleeciaie Editors: Frank Walker and Lleni. In A. Burnett. R.C.N.V.l. (On Active Service)

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

FRIDAY, AUGIISTIIMSI, 104s

UP

Fishing Values

It is encouraging to note that for the first lix months of i945 Prince Edward Island's percentage of increase in lanilctl value in fish- eries (36.6) was greater than that shown by anv other Ifrovince. Lobster fishing was the big thing, with more lobsters taken and landed valug gQing up $190,000. .\I(\Cl\'€f€l afld CDd fiSIl- ing were the other main operations iii pro- grcss. The [Jl'l!\'lll\‘l.'ll catch from all fisheries was 6,335,000 Pounds, representing a total land- ed value of over $550900 35 wlllParefl with 5,143,000 pounds and a little less than $420,- 000 in June. '44.

.\ll told. ilu- three .\lZll'lIllll8 Provinces and British Liolunibizi produced some 33,400,000

_ pounds nrore sca fish and shellfish in the first

six months of 1045 than in the like period 0f last vear, and the return to the fishermen in landed value inrrcasc<l by ovcr $2,000,000. Tho total catch was roughly 407,200,000 pounds. total landed value $iS.4co,ooo. All the provinces reported gains. but New Ilruiisivick did not fare as well as in the lauuar_i'—_lune period, '44. The biggest catch increase, over 31.400900 POUIIdS. went to llriii-li (lilumbia, but much the biggest gain in landed value. Szgooooo plus, was in Nova §cot§a. Prince Iidward Island's gains were iuuch smaller than in the other two DTOV‘ inccs which recorded increases but, as above not- ed, our percentage of increase was greater. “lhilc this looks good on paper, it is accounted for largely by the fact th_at last year, for some ren- soii or- other, our landed value was abnormally low.

The I“i:.'icri<'_r Yea": Rilllc/in, from which the foregoing figures are taken, does not at- tempt to explain the inequalitv so frequently noticeable bctivceii fishery catches and landed values. Last ‘lune, for example, on both sides of the books there was gain in Nova Scotia and Prince Ihhvartl Island, but in British Col- umbia there ware reductions, with the net rc- sult that for the llaritimes and British Col- umbia together the catch of 93,420,000 pounds increased by over 3.200.000 but landed value ilroppcrl to $_;,7_:t).()0<), a decrease of about $400,000. \\'as this due to faitlty tnarlceting? If so, it is a government responsibility be- cause iii no other food industry are there so many government restrictions and regulations.

For ‘Better Weather News

The Nova Scotia government has asked Ottawa to improve its peace-time weather fore- casting service to the llfOVlllCC. It's a request, suggests the Evening Nero: (New Glasgow) that should be joined in by New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island. A good sugges- tion too, which we take pleasure in passing along.

The N010: argues tliusly:

To farmers and fishermen advance news en the weather probabilities are important. Armed with such news, the men on the fields Ind at sea can make plans to use their time profitably.

But the weather forecasting service to this area has alwavs been poor. The system has been to gather the data from widely separated points across Canada and send it to Toronto. There it was co~rclated and finally put out to the public. By the time it was available here in the hlaritimes too much time had been lost.

The Nova Scoti: governmenfls action is in line with a recommendation made by the Daw- son Commission which noted the improvements which had been made for and by the Air Force in wartime,

The Air Force needed better information than had been available to civilians and went out and got it. The new developments should be retained, with the full Maritime weather news being turned over to the public.

\Var-Erecfed Humrdles Must G0

Now that the war is over, the duty that faces the Dominion (iovernment, in priority ever everything else, i; to remove with all convenient dcspatch and to the limit of human capability, tho-c hurdles to business, industrial production. frcc cntcrprbe, and healthy’ national develnpmcut ihzu were erected and maintained between 1039 and i045. Canada being once more at peace, every species of regimentation that can be fllspCllfiCfl with, should g0 and go Sltccdilv. The dIOII/VUHI (inset/c thus sums up the situation:

“The inainspriiig which motivates men's actions is the prospective hope 0f success. If hope can be entertained, then men will build houses. increase plant investment, enter into new ventures. 'l'he_v are discouraged front such things if tbcr are afraid that the government will keep on l‘ "ing them more and more heav- ilv, and rcndcrmq abortive the ingenuity and the courage which they have shown. -

"It is impossible to create 'the necessary ronfirlcnce if governments continue to run their finances guided by policies that are the reverse of those which assure incentive and encour- agement to lmtll individuals and corporate enter- prise.

“‘Thc §I1l\'\"l‘llll‘f(‘lll today. while talking loudly of reconstruction plans and speaking words of encouragement from one side of the mouth. from the other is promising things that will inevitably increase cost of government, raise

taxes. discourage new enterprise. Sooner or later politics will have to face economics and decide which is to prevail.” i

It is high time that Government spokes- men ceased talking about the difficulties of their job, and that they began to address themselves to discharge it with courage and intelligence.

__.________ -EDI IORIAI. NOTES-

The end of another marvellous month, ap- preciated by agriculturalists and tourists alike. t i l s

Currying favour with jailers, as an insig- nificant few Canadian prisoners of war are dis- covering to their cost, brings disagreeable re- actions. ,

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It is passing strange that the Washington Government can arrange to have a hero decora- tion at Government House here, whereas Island heroes must go to Halifai: at their own expense.

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In round figures there was paid out in baby bonuses in July $17,500,000, the provinces henefitting thus: Quebec $5-95o,ooo, Ontario $4,840,000, Saskatchewan $1,400,000, Alberta $1,300,000, Manitoba $1,030,000, Nova Scotia $921,000, New Brunswick $350,000, Prince Ed- ward Island $177,000. Alas! this money is large- ly taken back for income tax. I i l I Naturally, the potato exporters are ivarn- ing us not to build too highly on prices these davs of allegedly short crops and big markets. All the same it is gratifying to know that no supplies need go begging should farmers dis- pose of their stocks in orderly fashion. Hold- ing for a rise. sometimes has reacted disastrous- ly. m n: v m

Queen Wilhelmina Helena Paulina Maria of Holland, born this day I880; Lady of the Garter; succeeded her late father, King Wil- liam III on Nov. 23, 1890; married on Feb. I,

NOIGS By n3 Way

o. real estate day proportions. o good l 1n Lethbrlhe which. many P°°P ° gy- 30.000 pow-

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,,° “Dunn "Ai Your P8111 The Christian Science Mon- ltor has the following: “The oom- Palfl" "WM Jamming being "HM by some New England cl-tles reminds us that though world W811i come and go, the territorial dispute between motorist and pe- destrum goes on and on.

“I lull heard that of Andi- meehk in Persia even the fllee die; and when I arrived flhere. I remember, I ask- ed an officer if that was true. or 1115b l1 swry. "He looked at me as if I'd asked him if

‘Of course it's or go un.

IOOI, I-I. S. H. the late Prince Ilenry, ‘Prince of the Netherlands and Duke of hlecklcnburg, who died July 3, I934; heiress apparent, Prin- cess Juliana of Orangc-Nausau, Duchess of hlecklenbtirg, born April 3o, I899: married 0n Jan. 7, I937, Prince Bernhard of Tippe liriest- erfeld; has three datighters, the youngest. Prin- cess Margriet, being born at Ottawa, on Janu- "Y Y9» 1943 n- o o ii-

It has come at last—-the official announce- ment that Prince Edward Island is deprived of representation in the Federal Government. 1t was generally anticipated that Mr. Lester Douglas would receive the Fisheries portfolio, a position from his practical business experi- ence he could have filled Zl(llllil'3.l)l_\'. But no, ever since Prince County sent Mr. King liuiit- ing for a seat in Saskatchewan, he has ignored this province and its rights. It is true we had Mr. Dunning and Mr. Ralston at different times representing us, but these were merely bagineii, seeking us for their own advantage and‘ not having the personal genuine interest of the

province at heart, On whom can we now de- pend to farther and protect our interests in the inner counsels of the administration? I i i U

National advertisers who seek to obtain the advantage of local advertising rates by hav- ing retailers run copy over the local store's signature are being censured by Montgomery, Ward, operating a chain of retail stores in the United States. The company has instructed all store managers to refuse such advertising tie- ins. "If retail merchants generally persist in tieing in with such advertising at local rates for a nationally-advertised product. we can well ex- pect newspapers to try some form of protective rate revision to offset any dwindling of their national copy by charging a national rate for all branded rrierchandise." bulletin to Ward store managers warns. It is pointed out that several firms manufacturing nationally-braiuled merchandise are soliciting advertising over re- tailers’ names-in return offering to share adver- tising costs based on local rates.

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There can be no doubt that, now the W31" is over, civil aviation is in ‘for a growth similar to that which the automobile industry enjoyed at the turn of the century.” says Nation’: Buri- nrrr. “Returning home from the war will be thousands of boys wlin have learned to fly. Other thousands, both soldiers and civilians, will have become highly skilled in servicing airplanes and in the administration of flying fields. They will constitute a great ziir-miuilerl section of public opinion. They will also de- mand personal airplanes-not in the great vol- ume experienced by the automobile industry’, certainly, but in a volume such as few people realize now." It may be added Premier l. Wal- ter lones believes we are in measurable (llSiIlllCC of having an airplane passenger service between Charlottetown and King's and Prince County, with a service station here having air taxis for anyone desirous of hiring them.

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United Kingdom scientists have (liscovcrcd two methods of producing penicillin on a tre- mendous scale. Potatoes —— or even potato peel- ings — form the basis of the first method, \Vl‘ll(‘ll was developed by research workers ol the Irlighgate Ilospital. London, reports the British Medical journal. After treatment with water and hydrochloric acid potatoes have been found to yield an extract which, after further simrile treatmnet. provides a perfect medium for the Efowlh of penicillin mould. The second

Even the Persians g0

Nothing lives and

moves above ground except the

British soldier‘? - BBC London Letter.

The Chametry of the Diocese of Namur reveals that the war cost the lives of 53 priests and 45 mem- bars of religious orders. Further- more. during the occupation the Nazis Imprisoned 152 priests and monks as well as four nuns. In addition to this, 33 priests and l9 nuns escaped imprisonment only by living 1n concealment from the Nazi authorities-News from Bel. alum.

Petain, sentenced to death for plotlng against the safety of France, but whose sentence has been com. muted to life imprisonment by Gen. de Gaulle. Ls a pltlable and con- temptlble figure, but We need not. waste sympathy on him. It ls the evidence of those who worked with him lri the First Great War that: his reputation always was greater than hls Qualities deserv. eel-Fredericton Gleaner.

A news item from St. Thomas says that children who will be starting school for the first time 1n September are being vaccln. ated against smallpox. There ls nothing unusual about. that slnce it 1s now common practice, but ivliat dld strike us as an example of encouraging enlightenment ls the fact, that not one objection was raised by tihe parents. There was a time when vaccination was opposed very vigorously. In fact. not manv decades ago it caused a riot in Montreal. —. Kitchener Re- cord.

Loss of the war already is bring- ing its compensations to some GPjllliLIlS, as indicated in the fol. lowing news item from The New York Herald Tribune: -Bava.r. fans have mcze money in their pockets. Americans have stopped pay-cheque rlcrluctlonse for Nazi party dues. More and better muslc is heard in Bremen. The Allies require {the Philharmonic Orchestra. to play wort-rs of banned compos- ers such as Mendelssohn. 0ffen_ bach-and Goldmark. More food ls in prospect for Brunswick. The British have converted a. Messer. schmltt airplane factory into a corn mill. There is a wave of Weddings in the American zone.

in summeiztime llttl

CHARLOTTETOWISL GUARDIAN

PUBLIC FORUM

of questions o! inierui. The Chlrlotteiown G doe: not. neeee- ‘eerily the opinion I of out.

in,‘ ',,,;_-,_,,‘ _ {an} ism-n" '4 JUST FED UP

endorse nd

have responsible government? I am fed up with Government by Order-ln-Oouncll administered by a bunch of fascist-minded political appointees. drunk with power whic they are little qualified to wield.

I am fed up because my Prov- ince has been tn the back-wash of tall the big doings and has received e or none of the monetary wealth distributed so lavishly in the other Province; since 1939.

I am fed up because notwith- standing the act that. we as a Province have been overlooked In the distribution o! war expendit- ure, we have been driven by pat- riotism, by economic necessity and b_v the National Selective Service to dralnpur manpower and our ivomen-power out of our Province untll our farms are run down and under-cultivated because none but very old peo 1e are left; to opemte the vast ma orlty of them.

I am fed up because, whlle prac- tically every other part of Canada has benefltted to the tune of nill- llons and even billions of dollars poured lnto industrial development which wlll carry on largely lnto the days of peace, we have receiv- ed none of this new industry and

our existing industries have been taxed beyond endurance to supply the funds for such development beIyond putri- shores. I H ‘d

am e up. compeey e up. with the futility of appealing to any of our elected representatives 1:0 do anythpligl for ellthetrhghil: ncensawoeor or e n v ual vrvho iéiiaymhuiée a legitimate C356 O!‘ l1 US Ell . I wlant to see the day again when we can go to an elected represent- atlvg lost] tlae “people of Prlnfce Ed- war an t e House 0 Com- mons and feel, yes know, that he will have the ability to compre- hend the ease and the force of

character and respect, for his pos- ttlon as representative of the people, to tell the bureaucrats vrliere to get. of! at instead of standing hat, ln hand like one ap- plylng for an office boy's job, and being told to run along that the bureaucrat ls too busy to listen to tm.

I am fed up with the local bur-

eauerats as well as the Ottawa brand. The local bureaucrats who have, while enjoying lucrative pos- ltlons for the past. five years, exer- cised their powers with such a heavy hand that they have dis- gusted their fellow citizens and ln some cases driven them to distrac- tlon and actually ln some eases to death through worry, needless worry. I am fed up with the continued promises of “pie in the sky" for everybody, by the professional pol- ltlelans of this country who prefer to be called “statesmen? Fed up with the bungling attempts at; So- cialism being made daily by tyros ln the game and which only result. ln the hiring of more bureaucrats, filing clerks and stenographers a- way from productive occupations and into clvll service jobs where they become only an added burden on the productive business of the country,

I um fed up on the lack of per- sonal freedom occasioned by the continued use of the bureaucratic

Nazi restrictions against marriage by persons in disfavor with the Nazis have been llfted.

The Zlyezir-old Palestinian Jew- ish Brigadici- Susia Reich. son 0f a well known Halifax architect who was among the founders of Natharta. W85 the last mB-n t0 we Himmler alive, says the Jewish Chronicle. Wlrltlng home, the brlgadler, who Li serving with the British Anny in Germany, reveal- ed that he questioned Himmler for some time and tlhat Gestnlw chief frequently lnterruped lll-i words to pat. his shoulder. calling him “Mein file-bar." Brigadier Reich was the last; man to speak to Himmler, and he described the Nazi thugs death a5 "unfortunate ly quick and painless." Brigadier Reich, who studied Semitic lun- giiages ln Paris before the war. clld research work in Syilu, enllst- ed in the British Army as a Pale. stlnlan shortly after the outbreak of the war, and Was commission. ed ln the Intelligence Corps.

M‘r. Davis Ls Just the man for Australia. He ls a hall fellow. He was soon slapping all the Austro- llans on their backs and calling everyone from John Ciuitin, the Prime Minister, down by their first names. He ls an excellent speaker and has boundless anew?- By rnil, automobile and plane he has rushed all over Australia and has atfcndcd innumerable recoil- tjons and made thousands of sticcches. His acquaintance in Australia is amazing. Few people in Australia today know as much of their own island contlnenit as the high commissioner. He has visited even such fnnaway places as Port Darwin. in tzhe Far North. and Alice Springs, in the heart of the continent. Australians have been made conscious of Canada.- London Free Press

system, months after the war lu Europe has been ended.

I um fed up on the lack of Int- erest. in Governmental affairs shown by my fellow citizens once an election has been field.

They too are fed up.

They my so, but they do nothing about ft.

In short, I am_ Sir. etc..

JUST FE UP.

Faocy Fish Produsts

(Fisheries News Bulletin)

Out of 133,900 cases of canned lobster. canned chicken huddle. and canned mackerel fillets graded lust year by the Fish Inspection Lahor- atory (East). operated at Halifax by the Domlnlon Department of Fisheries. an average of 86.4 per cent, were found to measure up to "Fancy" quality as defined ln the gradlns regulations. Mpst of the’ others came within Standard quality class, and only about. flve

er cent. all chicken hadclle as ft: happened, were below “Standard!

Another 54.603 cases of 011N118 mackerel (salmon style) find "Y" 17,700 cases of canned herring (plain), both lots for shipment f0 UNRRA. were inspected by the laboratory at the request of the Canadian Ex rt Board and 92 per cent. qf t e herring were found

be wlthln the required stand- ards. '

Submission of the 133.900 cases of lobster. chlckenl huddle, and mackerel fillets for official lll-ailing was due mainly to the fact that; higher maximum prices are allow- able for shipments of these prod- ucts which are of "Fancy 81W" than for "Standard" lots or 11h- graded stock. The best: percentage showing in '44 was made by the canned mackerel fillets-96.5 per cent of them rating tn the "Fancy braekeb-but, as a matter of fact. fewer than 4,100 eases of the fil- lets were presented for grading as compared with more than three

If is for the civilian industrial and services that a faster rate of demobllizatton ls desired. For the munltlon industries the govem- meat. would not hesitate w use tlhe powers of direction the retain lf the supply of labor s owed any sign of fulllng below requirements. In fact a fairly rapid thougnpur- tiol demobilization of munition workers ls ln progress. and lt ls probably at a rate 1n excess of the releases from the forces, counting both men and women. Demoblllzatlon ls not; therefore, o. matter of release from the tinned forces only. Nor are tthe dlfflcul.

incthnrl, which was (IISCOVCfCd by a young Glas- gow doctor, is based on colchicine-a chemical which is used t0 increase growth of tobacco plants. For six months Dr. Gordon and Mr. _I. VcKechnie. his laboratory technician. have been trying to find an agent which WOlll(l double the growth of penicillin mould. They have now discoverer] that eolchicine produces six times as much as before. Moreover. penicillin produced bv this new means is stated to be liardier than

ties which Industry laces those of man-power alone. It. owalte the return of much requlaltloned factory space; equipment and me. chlnery need reinstatement or re- converslon; and supplies of me. terlals have to be assured All of these are closely related concerns. Accelerated demobilization would undoubtedly be nn advantage to industry. But. the inescapable de- mands of the war ln the Far East, which must bv no means be un-

any type previously grown,

(tor-estimated. and of the occupe. tion of Germany have a paramount. claims-Marlon Tuna,

times that. many cases of lobster and over 116.300 cases of chicken huddle. or. as this product ls some- times known. canned flake-fish. 0! the chicken huddle 81.5 per cent. graded as “Fancy” "and 9f the lob- ster 81.3 per cent, but the lobster people could give themselves a spe- clal pat on the back because some of their floods. between three and four per cent. rated as Extra Fancy."