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“T115 CHARl-QTTETQXVN GUARDIAN

TllE BIIARLUTTETOWN GUARDIAN

Morning Dally (Founded in 1881)

President: Lleut. Col. W. Chester S. McLuro Vice-President: J. R. Burnett, FJJ. Secretary: ljeut. Col. D. A. MacKinnun. D.S.O. Editor and Managing Director: J. B. Burnett, FJJ. Associate Editors: Frank Walker and Ian A. Burnett

SUBSCRIPTION RATES By Mail in P. l.‘ I., $4.00 per year; $2.50 for 0 months 51.25 fer 3 months; 50c for one month City Delivery: $5.00 per year; $3.00 for 6 months $1.75 for 3 months 15y Mall in Canada and IJ.S,A. 55.00 per year Dalia-day Weekly: $2.00 per year; $1.00 ior 6 months, 50c for 3 months.

_”The Strongest Memory is Weaker than the Weakest Ink."

SATURDAY. FEBRUARY 15. 1941.

Buffer Pool Suggested

1hr principal reason advanced by the Minister of .\;_;riculture for fixing the ntaxitntltu price of huitcr at 35 ccllfs was that speculators or llll(ltll(.‘- men stood to ulakt- a profit of millions of dollars in a runaway market. They had bought huge supplies in the summer months of 1940 when there was surplus producfioti, and if the sky was to he tlle limit they were in a fair way to make a killing during the \\ inter lnonths when production falls far short of domestic coiisuiliplitm.

The tilobe and .\lail notes that in the case of wheat, the (iovertunctlt has fixed tnitliiuitln prices sud ltas set tip a \\'heat lloard which illust buy, from the grain growers at priccs not lower thazil "0 cents a bushel for .\'o. 1 Northern at Fort ‘Villhuu. Speculative trading in grain on thc “itinipeg exchange has thus been virtually eli- minated. 'lihe (Toronto paper adds:

“if the policy of minimunt yirices for wheat to etistlre that the producer obtains a profitable tig- l ure is sound, why not a, Illlllllllltill price for butter ‘- which. would enable the dairy farmer to main- tain ii decent- statidard of living? The trade will be timid about buying heavy stocks of butter in lune when the cOws go 011 the grass and the out- put is thrice the volume of December, and it is cs- seutial that the Government evolve some plan vt-hicli will not only safeguard the producer bilt also ensure adequate supplies of butter for the dnnlesiic market throughout the year, anti sitffic- ieut cheese to fill our contract to supply (irezit Flritzlin with more than a. hundred million [rounds of that co1ntnotlitv' annually.

"There are several methods by which dairy farmers cnttltl be guaranteed a f.'lir price for their products, but perhaps the most acceptable basis would he to fix s minimum for butferfat and ar- range for the marketing of all offerings through s. butter pool administered by a board on which the Federal Ciovernment, the producers and processors would have representation The farm- ers and the processors and all other legitimate in- terests wihich make a real contribution to the pro- duction, processing and distribution 0f dairy products are entitled to fair and reasonable re- muneration for the services they render, but there la not the slightest reason for considering the feel- ings of speculators whose only interest is the pro- fit they can make.”

C. P. R. Anniversary

Today, Feb. 15, mark; a, memorable amlivers- iry 111 the history of Canada—that of the sign- ing, sixty years ago, 0f the charter of the Cana- dian Pacific Railway by the then Governor-Gen- eral of Canada, the Marquis of Lorne. The C. l’. R. was not only Canada's first trans-con- tinental railwzry; it was a great colonizing entcr- prise as ivcll, and as such played a dual role of vital importance in the settlement of this Dom- ilaion.

lptltly, with heavy war demands on our trails- portation and cotniutuiication systems, new _l‘c- sptinsibilitics are involved i11 railway’operation. Officers and employees of the Canadian Pacific arc Qo-cipcrzltltlg loyalty in this regard, in keeping yvitlt the finest traditions of their far-flung o1‘- gauizatititi.

Strong Liberal Criticism

(‘riirnrrorrtirig on rumors of inipentliugchangts 1'11 the llolillllltlli Cabinet, the llllliiilX (llfolllflc _(l,il».~r.'tli s; >2 _ _

-~|] ' “Lam, “in, 11w |)1'(1,Q1‘<‘ss of Lanadzls “i, (ll/ill llrts evoked tlcitiands in luany parts 01 the country for rcorgauinatioti, The will‘ 011011,

it is felt, lacks unified direction at thc top, l>"',l5_

down in :11n;1.~> of lll-Cl1ll\'t_'l\'t‘ll and unrelated s1l:1-:n.~,;1||il falls in lllspillt tllill €t"'|l“l'7‘l"'ll ulrih 1- .—1- inipoitalll. _ _ “the, people of (‘nnadti are, eager and \\1ll1l1.'l tn rvt‘, hilt they have yet to he bred by the ell- lllllalihlll \\lllCll greater leadership would pro-

. sleeping on a bed with no mattress in the hon-e

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right to be heard. It is their war and they are paying for it. The war is not the peculiar affair of the party or even of the government.

“The reorganization should come from the top. The people would welcome the institution of a. compact, hard-driving inner cabinet which would co-ordinate the war effort and direct the

useful channels." I

-. EDITORIAL NOTES an

Your dollar will give you more satisfaction in a lVar Saving Certificate than in any luxury yout can buy with it.

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Use of the letters, “C. A. S. F,” has 110w b6"! ordered discontinued and "Canadian Army Over- seas” substituted in addresses 0f soldiers over- seas.

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In the Air Iiorcc the rank 0f Wing Command“, er is equivalent to Lieut-Col. in the army. lleuce} the promotion of Squadron Leader 1'l_ R. Stewart l is as though he had been raised from Major to Lieut. Colonel on active service. l

It‘ PF Yll The New South Wales- Department of lCductl-l tiou is discouraging pupils from corrcspondingl

,witl1 children abroad, in thc belief pen friendships‘ l° bring “hem l“ m-gm’ ‘Yell be

may be used to obtain information valuable to thc l enemy and to spread Nazi propaganda. ii 1|‘ N‘

Cardinal \\'iscluan, liuglisll and lrish eccles- iastic, died thin date 1805; became lllt-lltq) in 1840, vicar apostolic 1849; archbishop of \\icstliliustcr and Cardinal 1850; won great reputation in ling- laud as an ecclcsizlslic and as a lccttlrer on social, and literary subjects. lnitizttctl thc inovenlcht‘ which culminated I11 the title new cathedral now a. centre of Nazi air attack in London.

m a m n lVhile Kitig (ieorgc and Queen lilizttheth wcte touring a bombed area in lkirtsmouth afoot, a woman shouted zlbove the cheers of the crowd: "Are we going to will, your l\ltljestyi?" “Yes, I am sure we are," replied the Qtlceiv “\\’c are all sure of that.” The couple spctit four hours \'is— filing the poorest districts of the city. They en- tered many ltouics the wintlmvs of which were screened with cardboard where glass had blown out. at n- * >11

The major objective of the War Savings Com- mittee is t0 enlist for thc duration an army of two million regular" war savers. 'lil1is means that each . local committee will have as a quota twenty ptr, cent of the population coming within the jurisdic- tion of their committee. 1.11 other words each vi!- lage, town and city must have every fifth citizen pledged to buy \Var Savings Certificates cvcry month before that municipality can say it 11's reached its objective.

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To her that hath children another is neither here nor there. Mrs. Rosina Chcclcctts, 53. a widow of Bishop St. Bristoll, in atltlition to hav-

ing a family of 19, going out to work in the (lav and being an airraid warden at night, has attoptctl an orphan, which brings her family to tweutv, ranging in age from 33 to 9. Only eight of tle family now live at home, but there are thirtceti grandchildren in the nearby houses. The tielv- comer is an orphan boy of I3, a school friend of one of Mrs. Checkeffs children, who was found

wliere his dead parents had lived. a =11 n1 at

The new British High Commissioner to Can- ada, the Rt. Hon. Malcolm lllacdonald, son of the late Rt. Hon. I. Ramsay Macdonald, was born in 1901, so that he is still on the sunny side of life into which he has crowded a great deal since he graduated B. A. at Oxford in 1922. llc entered political life the following year as private sec- retary to his father, and unsuccessftilly contested Piassettlaw asa Labour Candidate in 1923 and 1924, and was ultimately elected i11 I929, when he became Parliamentary tinder Secretary for the Doiuinions, He subsequently was chosen Sec-l retary of State for the Colonies, and at present is Minister of Health in the Churchill Government. He is a bachelor, and his hostess at Ottawa will ]1l‘l'1l).'ll)ly he his only unmarried sister, Miss: Shiela Macdotiztltl who at present is voluntarily running an evacuee school of some 60 poor child- ren from London. ~ =0- : m at

\Vhaf is good for a Prcsitleut slmultl he equally good for a Stinator, only Sitafe 0f New York Sen- ators would like their term extended coilstittitioil- ally, as has already been done in the case of the term of (iovernor. The Senate judiciary coin-l mittee l1.'1s reported nut of committee the proposztl tonstitutionztl .'ilnendttient increasing the terms of State Senators from two years to four vears_ ll is planned lo pass the proposal in the hicnate next week. No opposition has developed, and the measure is scheduled to be adopted in the As scmbly as soon as it reaches thc cliambcr. Adop-

rlnce.

"The Ottawa rumors deal with changes in the department of munitions and supply, 11nd 111 ll1¢ departments relating to military tlcftvlty. lherc is talk of appointing a war 11111115161‘ “i111 “Uni-l he lrcc of actual dcpartntcntal‘duties and would 1,1,,“ mp] _\[|[)(_'f\,'l~(f and co-orthnate the work of rin- flirt-e departments conecrlied with army, navy and air force.

‘lllut there is a widespread feeling that the chit-f requirement, at the moment, is a compact and vigorous inner tsabitiet, composed 0f nnnls- tcrs who arc not tied to any one department but who can devote their entire attention to the war effort, particularly in fortning and sitpcrvlslllg 11 unitietl plan embracing all departments concerned.

“Merely to zlppoitit a war luiuister would be inadequate. 'l‘ht: war effort embraces tnilitary, industrial, and tintincial activity. '1 be 1n11cr cabinet should coordinate all of these.

"Such a group would properly include a minis- lcr of war who would be in intimate toticli with thc ministers of army, navy, and air departments. But a tniuister of war would be much less useful if an inner cabinet is lacking.” _

For \'Var Minister, thc Chronicle stiggcsts that Colonel ltalstotl would have suitable qualific- ations; after which it gets back to the tuain sub- ject. _

"Everywhere" it says, there 1S an’ outcry against waste, political infrigtie, stupidity, and qnnplnceiirv. The result inevitably affects ill" vupppfi, ,-,-,,,.,,,.,- 1,, qou-riuilelll appeals,

“The people of (inlatltl arc tlvlll-‘lllllllll-Z It ‘Till [Cufgélillliillllll- 111 this 1161113114 the)’ ha" m‘

tion by both houses int-ans submission of the pro- posill to the people this liall, since thc atnelttltneut will have met the Constiltiticitial requirlueut that it be atloptcrl by two separate Legislatures before the referendum. The measure was first passed in i193‘). ln 1937 the [maple zltloptcd Constitutional, |illllClltllllClll5 incrcasittg thc term of (iovernor, from two years to four, and that of Assemblyman! from one year to two. The four-year term inf Senator failed of passage in the Legislature at the time the other two were atloptcd. fi 1F fi I

When Parliament meets again next wcck 011C ‘of the four special committees to be set up and lalrcatly promised by the Prime Minister will be ph committee to deal with war expenditures and contracts, and how munitions needs are being, squared with financial needs. These functions or .duties are now inlposcd on the Wartime Require- lments Board headed by llarvey R- Mflcll/lillilll- lThat board has not only to ascertain what are the

icarly and urgent needs of the Defence Depart-

I . . . ‘menf, how the tnumfioits plants are equipped to]

meet these needs, how the production of equip-

lmeut can be co-ordiliatcd to speed the output, b"!

‘also what priorities should be established. lt tuay, ‘be that thc special lilousc committee ntiglif call ‘Mr. htachlillan to indicate to what extent tho>c fitnctions have been performed and what grounds .thcre are for recent stories that he has not been lghzen a free hand to do his job. He indicated in his latest [iress statement that he has not hPPII igiveii sufficient fret-doth, but he tl|:1y he given all opportunity of proving he has ground for complaint. I _

country's resources and energies into the most,

' when the appropriation seekers b:-

l by some now humiliation in the Pa- t clflc. But. experience has proved

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i In one way Italy's fsaivdust" , Caesar has}? t: his anciegt c1911;- Idecessors. e 6CII1¢$ 8 115 this lifetime. -- Owen Sound Sun- } Times.

Hero ls something from the al- ways interesting Ottawa Journal that may come in handy fur you if you nerd it. Hm. Jcseph Howe, one time Nova Scotia statesman, had occasion to use this: “I don't. know anything that. I have more con-tempt. for than my opmcus (t yesterday. — Sqult. Ste Marl¢ Star.

Fredericton docs not have to worry whether a. town 01' a. citv. That was settled years ago when

the Diocese of Prederlctan was!

founded by the Church of Einglaud and Fredericton as the location of a cathedral had to b,» a city, inces- pecttve of populatizn. Fredericton has one ti‘ the largest city areas in Canada but gains little in popula- t-iozi from including a csusiderable area of rural lauds, —- Hedetzcton Gleaner.

It ls probably unnecessary to urge young men to p111 the Air l-‘oixie; they have been earning Lr- ward in satisfactory numbms. But. 1f if. were necessary, the campiugu

ed on Mr. Duncan's statement: "There is no prim or advantage in civilian life for the young mail of fighting age to repay 11.111 i31- re- malnng aloof ft" n1 the present. struggle when his ccturucles arc volunteering to make the supreme sacrifice to serve their munlry. Those WlIO do not. play their part. 1n the Line of their country's place themselves outslt‘ ital existence if thei ' "_ If this seems an exagg. ltiou, let anyone ask cite of thcse who were cf an age and able t0 serve, and imiscd out 1'11 the last. war." —- Mont-real St-ar.

1f, as President Roosevelt. says. 1.1111 occasion calls 1.1‘ the .‘1 t. cit patltothtn and sacrifice" as wculd be tie-manned were uatzon at war, it is not unfair to compare Mr. Moi-rays (of the C.I. O.) conccpioii o1‘ Laibcurts re; sibilify with that i Ltllliilli‘ leaders. in Old 031111113’ have vclum, 11 abandcncd~tcmpolwirily‘, of enuz-sc the cherished rnglits which succes- sive general-ions have acquired by b.ld and aggressive effort. The

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l (By M. A. MaoQueen, K. C.)

One oi’ the best Scottish settle- ments in Prince Edward Island is New Perth. What a wealth of sul- gestion is in the very name Perth! In all Scotland no other name is more famed for high class scientifie agriculture and cattle raising than is Perth. To say that one came from that favored spot stamps one with distinction. It denotes high in- telligence, excellent educatimi, un-

tusual industry and the resulting af- lfluence that; flows from a well oni-

ered life devoted to worthy plusuits. Perth people then have a heritage ground into their very blood for generations that stamps them with virtues and merits that should be an example to be followed by their neigh ors wherever they may be domiciled. The little Isle Prince Ed- ward. consfderuig its size and popu- latiotl. has a fair share of these desirable settlers and has received much benefit from the example set before their neighbors of’ order, thrift, industry. and devotion to education and religion.

Among the many New Perth fam- ilies who came out from Scotland, none is perhaps better known than the Andersons, a sepf. of the we]! known Clan Ross that figured in Scottish history for generations. The first of the name to ccme to the New Perth district was Alex- ander Anderson who arrived with 1115 Wife, Isabella MacDougall, in 1809. His father, John Anderson, lived in the parish of Fortingale near Aberfeldy, PBftlIShlN, with his wife Janet Macgregor. The family dicl not remain long in New Perth. Alter spending some time at; Vernon River and Murray Harbour, they found land to their liking in Or- well Cove, a good heavy soil. with some of if. already cleared. an the two 100 acre farms, the leases be- ing surrendered by the first. lease- holder '. John MacPhersoti and John Ross. to Lord Selkirk.

The Andersons were trained farlm- _ elder John Anderson cultivated a small tires on the south side of the river Tay. We would call it here a musket garden. The son Alexander wished to continue farming and as a pre- paration fora more extensive area 1V“ almrenticed to a large farmer

forty-hour wcek li-as n-sw became

seven full days of work; strikes are ‘yea

barred; the “cpcn shop" is tclerat-l ed; privilege o1‘ slLftntg frcin care; Job l.) anther at. will is no loiiger|

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I10 "to prom-c c, ecmcmic w:ll- ,1 of all c s," so. in the Old Country; the work- ers rely with cai-fldmce cn ' ‘ ncvolent lute: Llcn ct tl~.e.1' g n- ulcnt. to RISKS their pzsitioa, waen this hideous nightmare is over, bet- _ ' than n. has ever torn before

_ hstory. The ltcroism and un- prlng industry of the British pecple, 1n this time (f wcrl-d crisis merit the prospect at! such rewards. - Humdton Spertator.

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_ Coahproduclion i11 Canada dur- 1111.: third quart. r of 1940 tctalled 3.9991151 tcn=, an increase of 6 per oent over the corresponding pert-d of 1939. The out-put included 3,- 335.90.) tons of bituminous coal, 135.8311 tons ct sub-bituminous coal, and 527,823 tons 4f lignite coal, Nova Sasha's coal tnuzcs ccritri- butecl 1,983,542 tons ccmpared with 1,693,014 tons in the third auarteri of 1939, an increase of 5 per cent. l Production frtm Alberta aggreg- ated 12291161 tens made up if 768,- 732 tons of bituminous c2111, 135.- 838 tons of sills-bituminous coal,

and 395,291 tons of lig-nit-e Cfifll, rii1s-°¢1"@l@1'l' 011 the now

compares oath 675,483 tcns If bit,- umzncus mat, 93,602 tcns of sub- bituminous coal and 419.365 t-ons of llgmte coal in the same period in 1939. British Columbia c-perat rs mined 459,373 tons cf c011 as against 454,102 fans durirg July, August and September, 1939. Mines 1n Saskatchewan produced 132,532 tons, while New Brunswlelrs coal llrcduction amtiun-ted fo 124.443 tons, an increase of 17 per eznt,— Monthly Bulletin, Ottawa Depart- ment; of Natural Rescurres,

If‘ one were to ask the question: Who is Harold D. Shift-ll, he might not get. many satisfactory auszwcrs And yet. Haiuld D. Smith is quite a man 111 Washington, although he szldicm makes a statement or puts in an appearance at functions. He IS the man who budgets the United States gcvemmeilt. As a boy he came ctff a farm in Kansas, and he has so far advanced since. tliezi that. he has Jllfil turned out a $l7.000,0C'0,030 Job for President! Ro wvelf, and it gCEs to Congress this week. when the duLcits sp- pear to be growing to 1111x1119 size, or

ct-me too nlnnfrous Mr. Eiiuitli goes, home and ll_l a bllsflllflllt, ivurtcsiltip shirts building .1 Lille scuueth 11g- nr-otbei- fer the hcuic. During the sunlmtr when ifs office was .~l1ak- cu by one billion dollar vote alfler anclher Die went off t) help his son of eleven years build a boat, One might trtmclude such a luau would be handy around tile house. He. would be able to Lake thc beck of all cllvvlfitllfi‘, silt down at. the kzt-cllen fable of an evening and set all thc lrusellakl matters of finalise straight a5 a stung. But that ts no‘. the ease at all Mr. Harold D Smith "lily budget. 111 terms ct millions for the Unittd States Government, but; 111 tum Mrs. Harold D. Smtth pre- sides over his family budget; she signs all the cheques and makes all arrangements, and Uncle Sam's

III the Lowlands for a term of some B91118 thus prepared for re extensive farming, he. secured a farm at. Strowan, near the town of Crieff and south of Aberfeldy. He remained there for some year, be- t: tnarrleri and blessed wi'fh four ptlgrléfllTll, one son and three daugh-

The reason for his emigration l5 IIOL‘ learned from any of the old lef- ters available. It was not poverty, as the family found means to pay cash for the 200 acres of land, £222, and sufficient over to help main- tain them until they were making a 000d living on their fin-m.

(Iroitig back to the emigration ttoiy. they fouucl an emigrant. ship, the (larenclon of Hull. England, W115 leaving for Prince Edward Is- land early in 1808. Sailing pro- bably frcm Grcenock, Scotlana, they 100k P11551189 by her. After a, long and llllplfilleillib voyage they landexi 1n Charlottetown in August, 1808. O11 the tray over the dreaded small- ppx broke out. among th emigrants. Inc Andersons lost their youngest child. Pile mother sbrely protesred against tier little girl being bluieri at seu, which was the rule in such cases. However, the Captain ruled omwwl-Se ‘ind berhaps tier burial was among some of the early settlers 111 that almost. fgrgotten homestead of Mr. J. R? Marshtleld. The Anderson family vrent. first to see hisdJstel‘ Mrs Archibald MacGregor who canto‘ Oytciiltlie year before._ They renlain. c ieic tin 1809 when illextmtiei‘ II was born. Th next move was to New Perth as already mentioned, hAf[8_I“1lIl'l:l1€l‘ search 1t appears t e Oiwell Cove farm w