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

WEDNESDAY. FEBRUARY 24, 1943

Nu“ \Ve Are Unanimous

lll .\li-iiil;i\ K isstit- of our evening contempor- ary, .\l:'. \\'i. .\, tiziittlei has a sciund. well-rea- . ;,.-.] l.;= t- ]il'tt\lll_'_' llle iiiiiiietlizitt- iicccssit_y foi zi l|e\\ tn,- it-riy lle points out forcibly and eift-t-iivt-Iy- llllll llle present car ferry has seen its lll‘\l tlfl\'>_ and with the winter conditions it lllls lti ennieiiil \\'llll is tint to be relied on for lllllfi: iurIhi-t- >-'l'\'lt‘C. except as an auxiliary.

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view of the Bank of Nova Scotia. It is true that Canadians in general have so far suffered little reduction in their living standards. Though they bought iii 1942 only a few automobiles and a smaller volume of many durable oods, there was a material increase in purchases of food, clothing, shoes and many other goods. But an increasing proportion 0f purchases has been coming out of itiventorics and the inevitable re- duction in coiistiinption which is to conic is foreshadowed by growing shortages and widen- ing controls, and by extensive curtailment in non-war activities.

Manufacturing continues to be the chief ex- panding branch nf the economy, influenced by the tremendous increase in war production.

In agriculture the outstanding feature is the unabated demand for all major farm products except wheat. This is emphasized on the one hand by the recurrent shortages of meat and such rccciit developments as butter rationing. and on the other hand by the ambitions goals set for farm production in the present year. The Dominion-Provincial zigricnlttiral conference in December called for a ti?) iiicrcttsc in milk pro- duction, tn maintain the large shipments of cheese and concentrated lllllh ll) llrilziin and at the saiiic time expand (loniestic supplies of butter and milk. It set higher objectives for inc-at animals, poultry and egg. the increase znnotiiiting to iiczirly 30% for litigs and 0;.{){$—-lllc two chief commodities for which considerably larger liri- tish demands have to be met. “From the stand- point of the farmer, the difficulties which will be faced in increasing output on this scale are obvious" says the Rcviciv. “They centre around

lie lll“'t'\ that lllitll> llL‘ hrvllziretl forthwith for problcnls of lillmur Suppl-Y and lhc Search)’ of m U‘,_\,,,,I.,,,, 11.1.“. m inmrovelnent even on new labour-saving machinery, though the feud

the t‘.\.'ll\‘lll S. S. Charlottetown, which was

situation is a good one." For Government ad-

huilt iii tlinutlrt, zuid secs no reason why with l "llnlstratlon the problems foresee“ are tho’?

the i-xprieiict- we llti\\' have. the new car ferry siintiltl not h,- httill here also. As a mat- ter nf izict it cntild, but as .\Ir_ Avard pointed out iii 'l‘lit- Sack-ville Tribune, it possibly could he huilt iii a third of the time in the United Siziies which siiict- the war began, has specializ- ed lll tpiick-titiit- sliiphtiilding.

\\'li;it i5 tunst satisfactory", however, is that the Press of the Province is unitedly behind an immediate demand for a car ferry in the in- tere-t. of illl‘ Island and of its war food produc- tinn pos-ihiliticns. The mainland Press is like- \\'l>;' with us. The Board of Trade through its Tinusptirtatioii Committee has taken action in the matter, and the Provincial Government will nn ilotiht follow stiit. The only non-committal body ni- orgiuiizatioii is the City Council, it liav- in); ll(‘Cl'l left in the lurch by the Summerside Council. Is this because it has other axes to grind or because the probability is the new car frrrv will be named S. S. Summerside? They surely cannot cavil at that seeing number one “as itanicti after the Province, number two af- ter the City, and as Summerside is strongly be- hind the movement for a third, it is only na- tural they would expect she would be called after the second municipality.

We have little use for those pussyfooters and knockers, who are constantly warning us “it can't be done." It can be done if we but have the will to insist upon it being done.

Legus remind our readers once more of what (lClCfllllllilllOll has done for us in the past. Un- der the Confederation Act of I867 we were en- titled to six representatives in Parliament, based on Quebec's total of 65 for its then population. As Quebec's population increased our quota of representatives decreased, and it fell to four, All indications pointed t0 this being further reduced to two. The Mathieson-Arscnault Government started to take action to prevent this catastrophe. and were immediately told by the Liberals, and even by the Bordern Government, that any such agitation was useless, as the Confederation Act settled the matter for all time. Did that dissuade the then Provincial Government? By no means. They saw that the Confederation Act could be amended by the vote of the House 0f Commons and Senate respectively, and set about to achieve this. They had the unanimous support of the Island's four representatives, two Conservatives and two Liberals, and laid plans to obtain the support of the other Provincial Governments and other Federal representatives, preparing a brief for their information. It was a herculean task, but they succeeded, and made thil little province the means of getting unanimous lup- port from both Houses to have the Confederation Act amended. Thus it was, in spite 0f the ori- ginal pact, we have the right to retain our rc- prcseiitatiies in the House of Commons at the same number as our representation in the Senate.

What pluck, coitrage and distinterested deter- mination has accomplished in the past in remov- iiig political mountains, can be repeated with regard to our car ferry need. All it wants is full pressure at Ottawa. In 1913-14 Messrs. Angus MacLean and Donald Nicholson rend- ered yeomen service in Parliament in this reit- pecl; surely no less may be expected from Dr, Cyrus .\Iac.\1illaii and Mr. Lester Douglas in the present instance. Don't let the fact that we are a small province deter us. We are one of the nine provinces that make up the Dominion, and have as mtich right t0 have our needs and vrislics restiectctl as have the biggest of them, Ontario and Quebec. But we must have them with us and all pull together in a united effort, never letting tip until the end has been attained.

May we rciitind our readers of what Shake- speare says iii regard to politicians like Mr. Ilslcy and others of his ilk:

Why, man, be doth boltridc be narrow world

Like a. Coloslul; and we potty nu

Walk under his huge legl. and peep about

T0 find ourselves dishonourlble gravel.

Men at some time are masters of their fates:

The fault, dear Cyrus, i0 not in our ltars,

But in ourselves, that we are initial-lingo.

Wartime Expansion

A survey of developmentl om- thi put year

iii the chief industries of Canada il "a record

of achievement, to be seen not only in the fig-

ures of the rapidly rising flow of armaments

and war materials, but also in the sacrifices of

civilian goods and services which made that

‘flow possible," says the current Monthly Re-

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which have become increasingly apparent dnr~ ing the past year-that of providing iiiceiiiivtas to increased output while iiiziintziiniiig the price ceiling, and that of the equitable distribution of civilian supplies.

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~I:lJl IURIA!

Farmers and farmers’ wives are welcome visi-

tors to the City these day's.

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All are saying it—|§tlen, Roosevelt, Stalin and King—tlie \\'0l‘$i has yet to come. lie prepared.

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The Red Cross canvasscrs are hcgitiniug their rotinds; may the rcsptiiist‘ he generous. for it will not he lung before the nccd of kctl Crows nurses will be increasingly felt iii the field of

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A province that can have the Coiificdcititi-m Act amended by the Mother of lhirliziiiiciits in our own interests, surely can bring pressure to bear on the Federal Government to give us with- out delay a car ferry to carry our men, women, and produce to help to win the war.

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In the current issue of "The Canadian Doc- tor," Mr. B. Graham Rogers has an attractive illustrated write-tip of our tourist possibilities under the title “A Literary Shrine in Prince Edward Island", in which he (leals with the National Park and Lucy Maud hlontgomery. He reveals the information that the Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada intend erecting a plaque at the old home in memory of

the gifted authoress. =1 s- a m

George Moore, novelist, born this date, 185i ;'

one of the galaxy of British novelists and lit- terateurs who lent distinction to the nineties; he was numbered among the realists, having been in early life much influenced by works 0f the French school of Zola, Flatibert and Mau- passant; his best known works are “A Modern Lover", "Esther Waters", “Celibates” and “The Brook Kerith": “The one invincible thing is a good book; neither malice nor stupidity; can

crush it."

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If you have forgotten to draw your money from the bank during the past five years you had better get busy and do so now or you will lose it altogether. Unclaimed balances of 1Q Canadian chartered banks and two Quebec sav- ings bank: on December 31, 1942' (owned $3.- 318,000 compared with $3,233,000 at Dmembe, 31. I941. according to a report tabled in the Commons by Finance Minister Ilsley. Deposits outstanding for five years or more amounted l0 $2,311,439 and certified cheques, drafts and bills of exchange unpaid for five years more totalled $543,594. '

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Live births in Canada during the first quar- terof I942 number 65,177 (preliminary figures) giving an equivalent annual rate of 22.7 per 1.000 population as compared with 61,009 births and a rate of 21.5 for the first quarter of 1941. Deaths totalled 29,303 with a rate of 10.2 per 1,000 population as compared with 31,731 and a. rate of 11.2. The natural increase for the quarter wu 35,874 giving a rate of 12.5 per 1,000 population as against 29,278 or a rate of 10.3. There were 20,444 marriages giving a rate of 7.1 as against 17.573 0r a rate 0f 6.2 in

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All income tax districts showed increases dur- ing the 1o months ended January 31. Montreal district leading with $339,748,649, an inerease 0f $199,249,085, and Toronto district in second place with $312,413,142 an increase of $178,- 907,090. Collections from the other districts with increase in brackets: Hamilton $105,593,- 930 (63,861,o12) ; Vancouver $92,670,429 ($52,- 526,049); London, Ont. $78,514,282 ($41,464,- 379); Ottawa $62,599,058 ($29,113,047); Win- "lites $37-555-34= ($19,109,910); Halifax $26.- 448.s71 615468.099) z Quebec $i7.419-ss9 ($0.- 832799); Calgary $16,066,429 $8,806,224); Saint John, N.B. $15,283,577 ($8,489,738): Fort _William $9,476,077 ($5,712,817); Edmon, ton $7,438,659 ($4,262,687); Bcllevillc, Ont. 550524.851 ($4.958.996); Regina $5006.19.» ($3,482,750); Kingston, Ont. $4,936,490 ($2.- 351416); Stiskattxm $3,426,281 ($1,887,707); tiharlnttetmrii $1,448,333 ($792,183); Yukon Territory $ss+ss7 ($212,475)-

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FEBRUARX 24’ l

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Notes By The Way

Money ls clrcululinfi "WU 110W- wngg a person gets hold o1 a dollar he dashes right out and slwllda li- before a tax collector can cowl: him with lt. -St. Ifiulfi SlflY-Tlme-ll-

A mechanical cotton Plck" "f wnoiiy new design is said w be nearly human, but not qutte. It; p.cks the cotton nl right. blll "Oil the banjo. - Stratford Beacon- Herald

And then there wag the chap who told the doctor that he worked like an 0x, ate like a wolf, slept like a horse and felt sick as a dog 1n- sflqad- of Spry as n cat. so Doe sent him to see a vet. -Oitawu Qitlzen.

Dawson, which knows what klnd of winter to expect, was short of firewood. This Elves us a little PX- euse fur our troubles, for we had no notice that our winter would be the hardest 1n a4 years —Va1\¢<>l1v- er Sun. i

Fallhcrs of Confederation never intended the Senate to be a tiome fcr the aired. ii more IISOlCSR M)“ izentlaizc. senator,“ art the same pay as ‘tfonbcrs of the COMMONS. Thcy should be elven ivork to d9- —5l- Cntheritie Standard

Everybody knows tlint horses can seen on their tent. observes The‘ New Yuri; Titties. Now comes C. F. \tVlllCllCSi"‘ Llnivcrsily of ltfissourhl with me"; vmrnts in Sflellcl? Wlllflh show tha. their use uo fewer cal- orie: standing than lying down. He, meristireti the exioruv consumption of two panics. owe a thrcc-ycnr-old filly and the czhei" a four-ycar-old mare. which nbliviiiulyi la_v (own at; co‘ lftlltl and silbiiiissivclv wore the hezid-mmks reuutred for b11581 vw1'*"‘"."li<ffl tests.

The ban on driving for sure is ill emersteiicv grl by t“ slcrn HPCL‘ atioii w :1 no other choice: fuel Oil to keep

‘ill! of a situ-

our people and service plants and factories in war work must have pre- cedence over easoline for pleasure or dr-sultcrv (trlrlmx. Oliviouslv the lflW 1s "oliis- to be difficult to en- force lll‘t\Il those iiooiilo who (o rot want to sire iin their peacetime lvihlls and stiirlslily continue

0n. -F'l'0'1l Pl't"‘.'l'lt"l"'(‘ Journa‘. 0,... "f |i.,,,-,. qnuuya- l\"'llltiflf|_fly kg-

r-nnfl ti“. ;,,-,<-.,',,,, qlyilifv qf Amman“ ma.» €~

measure forc- n

me Commons, Mr, Maxline Ray u... w,,,.i,~¢y,.nm,-s head 01L: .0100 Ponulatre C

Binding Pledge at... gamulnlfimll a vlnce :1 Caniim Prince Edwarrlg:

land 1s the Cradle of Confederation l

And this was written Into the 0:;

lBdlBD Xdfl b m“ ‘mpgm

under which Pr

entered the Canadian Union.

"Efficient press“ mice for txbe conveyance o m Passe to be established and willow; between the Island and the maln- land of the Dominion. Winter and summer. thus placing the Ialmd in continuous communication with me Intercolonial Railway and the n11- way system of the Dominion."

Those terms were laid down lll

l873—and it must. be taken as port of the letter of the Bond that. fll methods of navigation and - municntlon improved, a binding Prince Edward and to t-hl rest of the Dominion would be 1m- proved accordingly. Nor can Emergency be accented ll an excuse for inadequate and un- satisfactory service. On the con- trary. Ermergency i; a reason for providing adequate and satisfactory service in the Interests not of Prince Edward Island alone. but o! the whole country and it; war ef- fort.

Let Ottawn_ACT without any fur- ther temportzmg and delaypto brlnB Prince Edward Island into contlnu; ous (and ade uate) communication with the main and.

Mr. Raymond Is A Result

(Hamilton Spectator)

There is only one real measure- ment. of a nunoirs effort in total war. that. 1s what me nation is UvAAAg t» every neiu as aflflmst» W118»

noasnui of wnat a Government nus accouipnsnea and how wall we are supposed to be dOUIK ls bound w

plea- AltlVv. in effects. One form, and this fa

X11510!‘ one. 1s to make people feel

mar. everymmg 1s lovely. And, n

i ls worseiiiiq. There is “"1185 8Y6 Just Lovely. Why Plll lll

iriai. extra ounce of strength? Wny

homes ivarm. preserve the health of Pu“ 5'0“ be“ 1n “mm” now“ l!

sllsllgfi are wing so well? ‘the propaganda to, bolster no a

political puny’; pixsition; the kind oi propaganda that we have had in utiuaou since the war started, where un attempt has been made to 111v..-

ine impression that everything ls

Just. perfect, has not only had ill ef- On reels, but. has played. and in Dlfly- their wav as tliontrli no wiir was lug, Into the hrmdB of the isola- iionrsis in Canada. wno waat no war cnorr. at all.

1n his SpUECh 1n the House o! and, dten.

__ . ' ' 18d (ii-arwrniv-il of hvllflf‘. Last Year in gtlullzggfuwgagaflggufgmgo“gigg-m "ll "f "°"""" 'l‘""“ "ml" fmlv 30 me war 1f Mr Raymond were not '“"""“‘i“ f“ "l ‘Mwh “Qw a complete istilauunist he would """‘ ""‘"l""“‘ M Mum“ ‘n ,i.1iow mat. time is no such thlnl Kl “vlvl-nl] ti... 1I‘!\“!\ ?.-».,.,i_ web- uumg w.) muun in the WBT- M1‘- u..." Hf‘ ,.-- Wilmer‘ "r- ntrtnoinxs very existence. hls rignt t‘ lllP w ins-agree WAlH me mBJOTlI-v of the ~"~" 11"“ ""“ *~il~~'~"~“‘s -—\Vl"lS€ people 01 Canada as to the extent "eflert-i‘ vectltude ml"h‘ he siinivoscd gt participation in this SLIUGSW. d3- t~ have hm», snwwiv-lvit HT1"'¢"1'Y1‘ll\l'l— pends on the vie-cry 0f the Ulllléd --i lf- -*~~=~» i~-~---i-i~=~- M» nunons. H15 home, his b.0910 s "mm-i or 1M1 ti,» pywop rm. {or QuUUEC, his organ Le Devlin‘, h: Ixrvlan “W: l')\\‘f‘" than in the ‘ll'(‘- HWUQS 115°“ vlckol? Just lgsmmléke nnfliwrr ‘mo; w... p-p, in, rosin, 4mm us M15 people 0f uieav eraser-mm think that r""l"‘o has a tilaet‘ in so- Ulffted “liggfia illaigaaaaxéumlsh B: c‘°t". wbrwetis we riierehi llffllPfKl to- W“? 5;‘. e w“ than m“ o1 ‘he w-wi that vleiv —Dt‘if'f\ili Free gfgzfllulfled ‘nations... m d M, _ v - ' l’ “s Rllyllluflu. ilrsreot iythlllsgg; "r 3313i? ‘ififioiifirih i. rinse and is ‘Z IJHSEd on me hooray WW 01 0W9-

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"hm Marv r"il"r""f are ranlri Wlhrlsat- ever‘ at itirzhts. Di . iwwliriie i"‘.1'"i their is l"\'ii"l'i‘il'i an agantta we have. lYlCY‘l"‘=P lri luv-Wile iir-lliieiieiicv, lb "then ivu". mayinond complains be- '"i\"o""~~ trio's l'*""ll‘f'llll' than ever cause tV.ll‘_ mug complained because tn r-"forr-e curfew law's. but there ls Mr, Roymond and the other two m wWW-s '.-i~'- o’ “lPll Pt\f.'J"7‘0- IXIBUIDJS o1 tne House of Commons an...» o. up. ,.i-.-_ "p. h“... a 1.“, who are in be Bloc ropulalre Can- ...i,,.... Vlflnirin-Jg u... ,,., ,,,,..,,,.., i... adieu nave leit their sllDPlgl 0! m. Hm do... ....,.,-~~,,,,._.ai.,, b, totigtiaangof;fi,.f,‘i“$friyi emse arl"l'= offer 0 ii. m. Tl '<""Pf"‘!€'1I'V mNu ‘éaymond has been a member rwlv to will- Y! r-oiloh‘ of blocks h" douse {Commons 8mm, 1935 throiivh "l"Cfi‘l"‘5-'1\W‘TYfll<“‘ll‘f'V\ nnv on‘ e 1 M10. Km is Duty He fed on/“flnrv n. M... i“..- ynnrnv ..i.na....,. S; ‘£22m: or ‘Quebgc the slime ‘on are tll§f"""l".'ll‘i"' ‘his rtvziilvtlnn. The o; dangerous stuff since 1925 that T(‘=Y)CllSil7l'll\', of course, rests on ou-m- part men fed Quebec; islat- nrtreiils and ittinrrllatis. and ii few (ionism, dstrust, of Britain. hBl-Yed rwmrl-‘lri’ "rcsr-"vlirins of such oeo- o; any participation tn any WM’. and ole who allow bot-s and iztrls to that, the greatest. thinsabart-v will‘! roam at large would be the best do was to flKht 888111"- WXl-‘lcrlp’ merm- of brttitzlnc about tin lm- tton. Mr. Raymond l5 l“!!! mum" "rovement Ln conditions. -V‘.'lndsor lntz along the lines of his Party Elm! Star ithe resent. Prime Minister became ______ Len er in 1919. He can thank 111% ltéléi A n...- mi-im rPlriv-vfl- M- mv M. leaders for the eXlilfilwo 0i L‘? ' npaintnnce ls 1n the habit of mp“ iii}- p ng at, the door of hi; master's bcd-; , room In the early inomlng. The The room for the moment ls a sick Absenteelsm In room, and the nurse noticlnt: thef Senate

(Exchange)

dog's punctuality took particular;

care ‘to tef-srt‘ it; For the first four , morn "Rs. e 0:: crime to the door no“; roblems a - at 7.22 a. m. nreclselv. Some of the ‘£6,331; °gu%d8u§try tnp Canada ll stupidest animals have as singularly absenteemm Th“ fag]; h“ been accurate a sense of time. A shep- trwed time and again. An herd whom I knew experimented ‘attempt ha; bun made w 1m- with ii flock of sheep. into whose press on (hose who wot-gin wants wen he dt-Wrvllvd a stiivnlv of roots that to stay away from V1531 Work at. a nuvirttial hour lii the afternoon. L‘, alum“ 5km m “bang”,

If he was n minute or two late In me governing Qggmglon there every sheen was on its feet; lf he u nothing mo" important; than was the least bit too onrlv every Parliament Though doubt dun h" sheen wa< tinny down. The "W7" been cast on the value of the Sen- nf the eternaflli’ forms tn be ns an- Me and were h“ been criticism curate as thr- voice of affection. - ma}, Mu King 15 ignoring the 3",. London Spectator. ‘Ne. It m" m . but of m, p“. numeric of Canada. As Inch the members of the Senate have a de- flnlte rasponslblllty.

Yesterday this new! report was ciirrled by the newspapers. It was sent. out. by The Canadian Pres; from Ottawa:

"The Senate, specially

to deal with the Government's Bu - plementary War ApprwflflWfl ll. had only a2 members. of a total 0f s2, 0n hand when today's sitting opened. A quorum f0!‘ l!!! 5011090 .ls l0 members, including the ‘speaker. l “senator James Kin! (Lita. Brit- Lsh Oolumbfl), Government Mada, said the immu- Houae had lidfoiirn- ed until March I. but the Bunker had authority to IIIHMMI tho mem- hers at any time. and the urxency of the sunplomcntary War Appropri- ation Blll for $B58,M0,000 had made it desirable to call them bm&."