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Gardiner’; Alibi

Mr

Agriculture Minister Gardiner, ivho boasts 0f

his preference for Idaho potatoes over‘ Prince Edward Island or New Brunswick potatoes, has turned ilmvn the request of Canadian growers for a floor price on their tubers. "Western members," he told the llouse of Commons, "would understand liim when lie said that if he hail his choice he ivould eat westcrii pota- toes." llc went on to maintain that a floor price, by encouraging greater western production, "would result in markets being iloodirtl 811d tlsstroying the sales of potatoes now grown in Prince liilirzirtl Island and Xviv l51'11I15\\'i¢l<-" . Our .\laritime potato growers \\lll> have been trying for icars to get a floor price established. will open their c_vcs at this alibi. The .\linis- Mfs concern for their interests is really toticli- ing. But surely it might have occurred to him that if there was aiiv tlangei‘ of western coni- petition flooding ouneasterii markets. lie could limit the minimum price guarantee to buua fitle producers now in the business. He could go farther and limit these to their production of last year 0r of any previous year. 1t would be just as easy for him to control production in potatoes as to control it in any other line on which floor prices exist. But would 1\Ir. Gar- diners constituents in Saskatchewan stand for that? It is always necessary to ask this ques- tion when an election is in the offing‘. as it is‘ just now in Saskatchewan. .\lr. Gardiner is ti gentleman notoriously industrious at political fence-fixing.

The fact is, of course, that had the Federal Government made any effort to assist our Prince Edward Island growers in providing adequate transportation for marketing their potatoes last winter, they wouldn't have to worry so much about the lack of floor prices now.

The Minister admits that floors have been established for niost commodities, even for most farm products. and that legislation is to he in- troduced at the present session [irovidmg Vtor post-war floors. \Vhy then discriminate against our potato growers?

It is to be hoped that our Island representa- tives in the House of Commons will take the earliest opportunity of setting Mr. Gardiner right on this potato question. .»\ pretty slim hope, to he sure; hut there must be some limit tn their capacity for playing possum, and this is as good an occasion as any to shoiv that tlrcy haie not _\et lost use 0f their vocal organs.

poly. seized upon Mr. Towers‘ reasoned liypo- thesis and said it would mean that if the Bank of Canada should ever have to succour the banks in a panic, the taxpayers’ money would be used for that purpose. .\lr. Slaght seemed plainly to consider that such a step would be an outrage.

Mr. Towers replied: “On the contrary, it would be a very profitable operation for both tlic llunk of Canada. and the taxpayers. Mind you, l iloii't want it to happen."

Nor does anybody else. But the point is that if "a run" on the banks should ever occur, the Bank of Canada stands as a great bulwark to support them. A bank failure is among the worst economic calamities that can happen in any country. Nothing can so quickly shake public morale and produce chaos. There has been no such failure in Canada for a quarter of a century, and no bank is ever likely to close its doors again. As Mr. llsley, Minister of FllHlllCC, said a few days ago "11 the llouse, the Cana- dian chartered banks all came through the try- ing years of the depression without their integrity being. threatened. '

EDIIURIAL NUIIIS _

Rain at night and sunshine during the day suits everybody.

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The next public lioliday- will be Saturday ‘July 1, Dominion Day", which means a long iveck-end.

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Tile force at the airport is steadily increas- ing. but accommodation in the city for marrfetl men is sadly lacking, indeed, becoming quite a problem.

ti!‘

From now on the Island assumes its charac- teristic heatit_v, viewed from the sea, by lhc

1t. U I I Q

The Navy League is fortunate in securing such admirable location as the Riverside .\part- inents for their headquarters and 5.111...." rc- ception rooms.

e e i- e hlajI-Gen. Charles Basil Price, D.S.O., D.C.M. well known in military and other circles here, has been unanimously selected to represent St. .~\iitoine-Westmount division in the next federal election as a candidate 0f the Progressive Coti- servative party. a v a n-

In the House of Commons Transport hlinis- tcr Michaud said that compensation for merchant seamen who lost their personal effects due to the war ranged front $70 to $350 for men and up to $600 for officers. M. J. Coldwell, CCF leader, said $70 was too small an amount to permit a man to replace his clothing.

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The Federal government passed 44,321 ord- cfS-lll-COUllCll in the period Sept. 3, 193i) to May 12, 1944, it was reported iu a llouse of Commons reply for Frederic Doiron (lnil, Lfliarlcvoix-Sagueiiay). 1n addition approval was given to 24,597 'l‘rcasury Board recom- mendations. The day is not very long past since

Newfoundla nd SurplTis

kleiviotinilland had during the past fiscal year an unexpemled surplus of revenue over expendi- 1111's of $5,034,671 as compared with an esti- mated surplus of Only $1,666,200. Revenues from all sources amounted to $23.552'363 a5 against the estimate of $22,179,400, while ex- penditures amounted t0 $22,017,602 which ex- ceeded the estimated figure of $20,513,200.

"The Commissioner for Finance." says R. P. Bower, Acting Canadian Trade Commissioner at Si. John's, “stated that revenues had exceed- ed expenditures largely because business activ- ity had continued at an unexpectedly high level. While work 0n military bases had llCCllllCfl as compared with the preceding year, it was con- tinued in substantial volume, and an increase in fisheries activities had made up for any lay- Offs at the bases. The pulp and paper mills were

Mr. King used to denounce as anti-democratic if not illegal, such proceedings. * i1 >l< Ill

Ralph Waldo Emerson, American essayist, poet and transcendental philosopher, born this date 1803; in prose his style was brilliant and epigrammatic, as a poet he was rugged and un- musical though full of the essence of poetry; as 2i philosopher he was suggestive rather than systematic, his real contribution being his ill$lsl~ cnce on the identity of physical and moral law; his best known and popular work today is "S0- cicty and Solitude: "Nothing astonishes men so much as common sense and plain dealing . Nature hates calculators" . . "Those who lis- tened to Lord Chatham felt that there was sonie- thing finer in the man than anything which he said."

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Notes By The Nay p

Hitler's llme-llke hLs speeches.- is gevulilf eitorteix-btikiuum aca- um-nemi .

A theory ls ma: the dash ln D- dav Slahflg tor com-w ‘Cfl. by e comctueme is Diz-tuti for "uncle."- wmniml ‘tribune.

Imagine 30 lrellhl. can filled wim 811M061“: more powcriul inuii uynanuite. ‘that. ts wnai. 4.1.00 botnpers drop on n German city.- vlcwria ‘limes.

The Allies have the armistice terms ieiicw for uernuny-iiow at.

HIM 11311134118 l3 b0 COIIIDEI GQIXBEDY

to ask 10: them-uttawa Journal.

"Total" Ill‘ la when l! |ele so

total mat you rot-get about politics and tne ciianccs ox an erection 1t 1s uiuy 10.1110 within a

few mites o1

I enemy 10PC€£.—-§El'flll0l‘fl beacon- l-ieraid.

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the nornlng and goes uowii again 111 "19 evenws. tnese KOOd times of 111211 WBELS bemz enioyeci by inaus-

THE!

woriters will be followed by

poorer times again. 1n behooves LS then t0 sperm curol-u-llv rind put 501110011118 by tar tine rainy day. — . ousting News-Argus.

l; speaks muflc-h for a man lf he

can noltl ms temaer under fire. It

speaks more tor ium 1f h imiuenceu by me

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LETTTDEl’ OI fill-

other. But beware 0t the individual who has no temper at all. He is

elcnecr a devil or a god,

and the

mdast are unbalanceti-Vicwria Col-

our troubles. floant when hunger, anxiety and uncertainty of the people of

land, and from the air, there is none to surptiss fla“5"m““mi° “mnmes- _ Gum?“

washing? trom The Rule of St. which dates from i111,- tofltlgef kpt baths shall be offered siiry; t e health, fl -1 1 i to youths, 1t. shall iiotuiie concectcd." ' proverb, venerable with the ivietl-cm of the sizes. sass ln May will -

again to the thoughtless nllreeube habit o. well as children

but they are lnsliznl- conlrasted with the

the majority of the ercury. _ The Volklscher Beobuhter, llll-

lfl" Own newspaper, has hue 001110 out ivlth the statement that there are 8U_.00il.b‘03 rats in "Greater Ger- many.’ the German inhabitants of Greater Germany number lust about 80-1700,. 000. Either this ' H166. or t-he Beobachter uncomfortably frank-Calgary A).

It so happens that tne

is lust a Coincid- ls getting

"five we overdone this matter (f Exumme this

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Be often as it ls neces-

And an old English

"Iliev wno baths id ui clay."—- r.

A clllzen culls our

attention and uzs- groivn-ups ns 1n this town cf

tnroivmg waste paper th 'A child w U"

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surroundings, is

statwuig out. to oc a iiaiotnty" .0 m; Comlnuiilrv. ‘mi-s thin; has ll (leep_ or signiticatice, than Just llllildlnegg BL Nlafys is turtunisze in having a tstrect cleaner who uoes u inorcugh honest Job. But ihls (1085 not re.

lleve others of ‘iitetr 20 be LldJK-SC. Marys

1111,15. “Every Famll tar at. nnv time. especially durlng

responsibility Journal- rgus.

Not even the Bible has used ed

the raciieiccrs! Suit

tne recieral Trade table-sly)‘ misrepresenting its e l .e.s" a "a t ctt ' bullets. $T1I1lls)l'1€l_ iiioisiiivdiitséqawgi Only do tnese Bibles otfm- no p11)?- slcial protection. lillc inmlon has pointed out, but. act. 118113’. they 1 the "because a bullet it would be distorted and cause a more serious ivoimd."

hronlcle.

ssion ‘- "armor- Trade Cem-

hazard passing through

—— Halifax

Th9" ll suffly a SIIITRESUDII for

Cvlfllfloiit. concerning tne message 1 ‘n

leti on King

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W U10 Dllbllc to "Came w l5 surely sane advice these y Needs an Al-

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PUBLIC FORUM ‘

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MR. MIeADAlWS LETTII

Slr.-It mull afford you much satisfaction that. the “Public Forum" ln the Guiirdlan has reach- ed a point at which lt ls evldenfy regarded u the best medium ln the Province for the dlecuulon of matters of publlc Interest by per- sons of all classes. lrr active of gee. creed or perty poll lcel lean-

l.

e mm to the Forum which appeared ln Monday's Guardian May 32. over the signature of Mr. A. J. MacAdam, evidently a life- long Liberal, certainly merits, careful consideration by all who. have the interest of the Province at. stake. Islanders are not. fond of- long letters and it 1.5 possible that some of your readers have not taken the time to study this particular contribution. Excellent from a literary standpoint, very readable and full of interest. the letter shows a remarkable degree of general knowledge and of per-

sonal experience. while the con-

clusions are not: only logical but tire inspired by a high sense of elt- lzenshlp. ‘There ls not. a llne in Th: whole thesis. for such it is, that WOllld render Mr. MacAclam liable ti: be accused of personal or sel- fish motives. Perhaps the most striking feature lies ln its origin- ality and cionstructlveness. All will admit that it would be difficult it: equal the suggestion that the Chlgneeto Canal, which would Save the Island 600 miles of water travel to St. John. should be cori- structed and the earth and rack removed from the Canal use; a the bulldlng of a causeway across the | Northumberlnnd Strait; that. a

channel be left in the causeway to‘ allow vessels to pas up and doivnl the Strait. and that the tides passing through the channel be employed to generate electricity for the Island. Possibly two channels four 01- flve miles apart. would supply double the amount of elec- tric power. Had Mr. MacAdam gone a step further he ml ht have

suggested a monorail runn ng from Moncton to Borden, Summerslde and Charlottetown at say 150 miles per hour, surely a dream which tnnst Islanders might regard as beyond the range of possibility. but all of which nevertheless I believe wlll become a reality during the lives of our younger men, To those of your readers who have not already done so l’ would strongly urge them to look up Your Monday Guardian and rend and study Mr. Macmiam‘; letter. I rim. Slr. etc.

H. K. S. HEMMING

A Maritime Diplomat

i Toronto Financial Post»

A sandiv haired Misrllmer who

loves sea-frost llsiilng and playing been ncrned Canada's‘ new Hlgih Ccmmls-slonar 1n New- foundlimd. _ He is J _Sc:-tt MacDonald. born 1n Goldenville. Guy-libero Countyd N. S.. about 48 years ago, Hts Elma-ti Fflttitliff-lfhct‘. Hugh Meal DOIIHIO, sat ln the Legislative Ae- fiembly of Nova smile with J h Howe; was the first representative of Guysboro County.

Scott; MacDonald went ta school ln the Marllimes. Llien wen-t over- s-cas f0: three yszirs in the last. war. He came back to an Arts and Csmmerce course at Queen's Unt- vei-slty, graduating ln 1927. In 1928 he was one 0f the first men to cute.- the Deoartment of External Atffalrs through competitive examin-

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Hls life since that tfme has been largely wrapped up 1n Canada's dlplcmatlc service. for the moat part under the tutelageulof t-ha late P" O D. Skelton, Mia's bril- l t rind outstanding Under-Sec- rr. r_'. 1-1..- has been e specialist ln

iomic and trad»: matters and one of his first Important. jobs in the department. wa secretary of the Wisp-armory c ttee of the Im- perial Economic Conference o! 1982,

He sewed a.‘ a. Canadian adviser ln titie Franco-Camden trade negotlatlonsln 1934, and for two years was acting Cam n advllory

l!‘ you are thinking of your savings. you must ask ourself where you can invest your funds safey and profitably so that they will be‘ returned to you thirty, forty or fifty years hence. The best way to gaugezhe outlook for insurance in years to come is to look at its record in the past.- -

in 1914

At the outbreak of the Greet War, the price of most se- curities rumbled. Bu: the

uaranteed values of Great- TY/est Life policies did not drop one cent.

in 1921

The post-war depression knocked the bottom out of security prices. But benefici- aries or policyholders in re- tirement receiving aranteed incomes from the rest-West Life, were regularly aid in full just es if there h: been no depression.

in 1933

In 1933 the man who owned real estate or a share in any busincss,couldhaveobmined onlyafraction of l 929 prices. But the guaranteed value of his Great-West Life policies did not change.

in 1939

The outbreak of the second World War a ain upset se- curity prices. ut the family of the man who died in 1939 received the full face value of Greet-West Life insurance policin- .

Through many wars and depression» llffi 1M"!- ance has proved itself to be the investment 011 which the average man can rely. Whltever happens, it is in your interest to keep yopr Greet-West Life policies_in force. They will never let you or your family down.

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Nearly 1,000 German prisoners-of-ivai" in lflvflslon days. finch a bright spot. Canada have married girls back in Germany by proxy, an army spokesman said recently. Asked to comment on a Madrid dispatch telling of the [iroxy marriage of a Lierinan Africa Corps scr- gcziut in Canada and his girl back homc, the llfllly man declared: “That's not news, we've had nearly a thousand such cases since we started looking after German prisoners." He said Ger- many, unlike British Commonwealth countries, recognized proxy marriage. The (icncva co1i~ ventioii provides for the trzinsmissioii by a prii~ tccling [l0\\‘Cl'-—lll this case Switzerland —- of legal (locumcnts from prisoners. the spokesman coniiiiuetl: "S0 all we do is see that the handling 01' proxy marriage iIoiJiinIciits. fixcil up hy tlic protecting power, is fzicilizitetl." i 1K IF F

Queen Victoria born yesterday's date 1819; the most beloved sovereign ever to reign over llritain and Britain's (lomiiiions overscas; dur- ing her regime good works prospcrcd, Chris- t'tiiiit_v spread, and the limpire developed iin- I menseLv; some of the outstanding events: a pop- ular constitution granted to Canada; Chartist nioveinetlt begun; Afghan War, Sikh War and {llllillfllllklfl of the Punjab in India; atloptiim of lilt: Penny Post; institution of a popular Educa-

offleer 1n Geneva at the Mag/lie of Nations He acccfinled Hon. W. later of ‘Rule

D. Euler. tihen and Ootnm t the Canadian Provlnelll Mnnlgere -

owe. a illuséralan trpdelanflagotlatlon, held - E n an rra n 5. ' _

n. 11m he returned i.» Geneva LIFE INSURANCE - ACCIDENT f. HEALTH GROUP INSIJNANC". with the Canadian cielecutlon to the 4 assembly and. after m; l” uler meeting -

N9 Cumin’:

amablc to operate t0 capacity because of difficulty in tibtaining labour to get out raw materials, while a falling off in the demand for ore had re- sulted in itertain unemployment at the Bell ls- laiirl llllll(‘\. While revenues from practically all sources exceeded cstimzites in 1043-44, cus- toms revenue zit $15,000,000 was almost $900.- ooo grczitcr than the estimate, while direct taxa- lion totalling 87.783000 was $3.o0o.o0o in cx- cc-gs of tlic original estimate. This includctl i1i-- come and corporziliiiii trixcs and excess profit iinpiisls.

For 1044-45 tlic hudgw provides for a total cxperiliturc of $24.:_:=.0oo, ivlifcli is $3.742,- ooo more than l:._~t ymfs estimate.

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Reassuring Safeguards

‘OD! strange iieivs iin finance, credit and other kindred elements iif this country's cur- reiici .~ll'llt'illl‘(‘ have been ziirerl licfiirc the lloiisc of Lfoiiiiiion. Banking and Commerce Commit- tee zit llttaiia. .\luch that is interesting and constructiie has also been heard. llut some of the discussions must make persons of conserva- tlic mind iv-iiider what Willllfl happen to (‘tin- adahs financial position if the “lioiigic-ivtmgie" theories of the "experts" were ever to he 311W?" tioti Department; an Irish Municipal Act Wss- “l Md Pl" lmo FUN" I ed; the Tractarian Movement started and spread;

“l1 lirallfll" Thwffs- (;°"¢T"°l' "l the Ballki the disruption in Scotland in favour of popular of Ginaila. has made the reassuring ohservationl church administration; repeal] of 1]“; Com Laws; that if a hank panic was ever to develop in Can- me grime“ w"; the Indian Mutiny; dis,eslah. ada the chartered hanks could obtain from the pshmcm of m‘. Iris], Chump; abomio" of m“. Bank of (janada u-hzitcvcr assistance they might. £10.15 was a. Oxford and Canfln-idge; abomgon needlto tide them ovcrntheqcrisisg Commenting n; Army Commission purchascs; B3110. and 0'1"‘! slalclllmll- ll? “"11"”? ~ llcclatol‘ $41."? udicatiire Acts assed; Berlin Conference and , t P9 rm- Mr. Towers, it should he stressed, was not anti- 1pm“ with ho 0'35] assured on [hg qgynincyfl; fifhfngfifllgffile-Qrggvgfi “all? cipating any SlICh‘ (listrcssing situation; he was [he Zma war; the autonomy of me 130e,- re. izgrodmeomgonml o! m merely being realistic ‘and endeavouring t0 1111-, pubpcs rQCQgni-ggd;suzefainityin Egypt 513555“- have been umned u; b‘ m. ‘gm; press upon tlic committee the safeguards that “l; Home Ruic agitafln" Started i" lrepmd; Job 1n the event of exist to ensure the safety of (‘aiiarlas hanks and, |‘|(‘\\' Franchise .\ct passed; South African \\'ar "lam" "W" l" "l"! all)‘ ""l“°l<<"l rm‘ 'l\"'"fll"|'ai1r| establishment of freedom from Boer op- lh?" "lilll" l"? "WTP "W" IhPir resources. 1TH" liressinn; Australian Coimnriiincaltli cimstitn- sent. ln to was much that was comforting in his calm ivords [in]; granted; (him. jm~;.,]¢,| by great Britain, milflh flown-Ev. oowlblv under fire. olilanh aim“ m: flaw" 5W! fllldflllje" ‘llfclfvi? t0 llclePcn Pllblic confidence the United State‘s, Russia and France to put u Mb _ emifnwiuilcaflorie were reed and eh. '" "5 ""1" T." s maml" 51'5""?- down the Boxer .TOV('l‘l"lf‘lll and the o ium trade: l‘ ' “"11 - ' _