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The hlnnrl Guardian Publishing Co.

Kilo; lad llnnnglnl Director. J. ls. Burnett Aeuuilntn Editor, Irenk Walker.

‘(The Strongest Memory is Weaker Then

the Weakest Ink." CIIABLOTTETUWN, MONDAY, MARCH m, I949

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When a farmer comes out with a surplus at the end of the year and the income Tax Depart- ment doesn't take it, he can congratulate him- self on being that much in the clear. He can apply it to reducing his debt, if he has one, at the bank or elsewhere, and he can start the new year so much better oiff. This easy-going method, unfortunately, doesn't apply to governmental financing, as was clearly shown in Premier Jones’ presentation of the Budget last week ih the Legislature. _ _ The Premier was able to show a gratifying improvement in financing on current account. 4 For the year ending March 31, 1948, there was a surprlus on this account of $335,990; for the present year ending March 31, the surplus will be $625,982 and for the coming year, l1°_9"'"""9 April 1st, a surplus of 356,965 is_ estimated. These figures include provision for sgnkingfund and are in welcome contrast to the immediately preceding years of deficit financing on ordinary account. On the other hand, the figures tabled at the opening of the Legislature show _that _th_e total debt of the Province, which was five million dol- lars in 1936, had risen to nearly twelve millions for the year ending March 31, l9“; Thele lllld been a debt increase of over a million and Ia quarter dollars in that year, and the Piemiert Budget speech revealed further increases of over ii million dollars this year and ofapproximately ii million dollars for the year efldlllg M°l°ll 3li 1950. This Wllldlillilflg our total debt up to nearly ' '- ' »ars. hfleTelilemllil-leliililiero points out that llglllllll llll‘ liability we have substantial assets which are growing from year to year, and he can seeono reason why our people (except of course the ‘P- pcsition!) should worry about I it. Doubt ess there is much to b_e said for this arqllllltlll hi“ discouraging pessimism; but_we wonder whalt is cabinet colleague, the Minister of Agricu ture, honestly thinks about it. ln the session of 1937, ‘Ml Slwlllli wlll’ Y“ than a private member, dlll ll l°l' °il "°"'Y"‘9' and in the Budget debate of thatyelar he sum; med up his COIIVICHOH!‘ as follows. Lholffilwl’ of our committee on Finance, l" 5° r PP“? our present delIit at $5,t4m‘l(lggéerslil°zgi'|fgg is, a ers, s r I mdac-lydhoome orwgo, but the debt of a coungy lies on the land and the P¢°Pl° WlW\N°““P7 e land must eventually pay the debt. e a-re Zap- “, hqyg 1,000,000 acres of arable lai; ‘as this Province, which with our average farm fa $500 qeres, gives us a Govrenment mortgagedol _ per farm. This is a serious situation an P ca]; mend its thoughtful consideration to pliir refill and the members of his Government. y‘ _ in o" ~* "putt"; ‘f:"::::::r .. 1937, Government mo ‘l9 [this Province will soon amount hto ‘Slfilpobezfl farm, with little prospect of t e rm‘; banger reifrched‘ evehn then. ‘Oefrecougsnsz vzteerltgvee aIwm/s ‘of now t on we I Dominion Government ‘tax flflleelllelll‘ H: ‘Sill bqgk 9n, But we imagine these 502K? o m u solution will nat_be entirely satishacfiryfis W“ practical farmer like Mr. Stewafit, w p! in em his department, We "'°l'¢°i °°“l'°“s Y u" mp

estimates last year b‘! "l" $23500" i

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_ . d d‘ without Vince’ That's“ fifizseepyddnfeetisnfO fir: ‘Agricultural dlfilusslrlslntllarketing Act. lt provides for aPPlY' ‘file same regulations as are in force under f r

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assed. ’. Federation of Agrlclllillle l“ '1‘ l" p d e»

' the Legislature last week, llllll '5 9 9°” bin le of the Federation's concern for the con- sunlier as well as producer of agricultural Pr“ d ts Attention was drawn to the fact that al- thucug-h this Province produces the world's best

oilatoes the consumers in our own city and ur- ban arerlrs are sometimes sold a- YBrY l" grade ‘product. 1f prices were reduced accordinglYr there would be no complaint, but when the con- gumfl‘ pays for a superior product he has every right to be protected against fraud. Many of our ers are conscientious in this matter, and would not think of passing off culls on an inex- perienced biiyer. The new regulations wrlll beblfor their protection as well as for the 9§r\¢rfl_ P" ‘C- egoiinst a practice which is not permitted in other

Provinces and should be strictly prohibited hm-

‘ fruits rn also come un-

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a ons. d" ‘Awslpldkesrihfilh for the Federation suggested that meat also should be sold. on grade, Mil ‘fir;

she some reason. He went so for as to say t_a while the quality of our exported beef first class, much of whet is sold at home is a dis- gygge" and that’ this practice is so common ‘emf ‘l’ many of his hearers in the Legisla- rive hamlet "have never eaten first-class beef." This we: an arresting statement; and even allow-

‘ figgiggerotiah it points to a situa- ' ‘ not be_ tolerated. l Iii. ’ ' but that the Dominion

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./_ EDITURIAL N01 ES ./, Legislature.

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lt may be after a-lil that the lrishmen will have d-ry walking on the streets for their parade on St. Patrick's Day. The R.C.A.F. got off Saturday for a length- ened week-end in England. They went via Labra- dor and will return Wednesday via the Azores, they should experience all sorts of weather on the trip.

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These are the days when many law-abiding citizens suffer floodings and inconvenience through the neglect of inconsiderate neighbours who failed la shovel their paths, and the City Council who failed to make them do so.

We shipped more seed potatoes than leycr inst year, nearly three-and-a-quarter million bushels, which was 520,000 more than the prev- ious year. We had a good supply of cars, ‘for which the Railway is entitled to the credit—like- wise the livewire committee in charge.

There is something encouraging about an item in Premier Jones’ budget under the head- ing "lndusitry a-nd Natural Resources." $57,000 for assistance in industrial development is not e large sum, but if well spent may mean much to our economy.

U I U In the dim and distant past the great ones of the earth sought to surround themselves with poets whose efforts were supposed to assure the everlasting fame of their patron. Today the poet seems to consider himself a cut above that sort of thing, so that the would-be great have turned perforce to press agents. i I i

Radio, telegraph, telephone, aircraft, road and even rail are pretty well at the mercy of the elements. A few years ago it would have been a useful reminder that man is not in full con- trol of his environment. To the present genera- tion the reminder is quite unnecessary,

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John Byng, British Admiral was shot, this date 1757. He was sent by the Admiralty to re- lieve Minorca, which the French had attacked, but withdrew without firing a shot; in conse- quence Fort St. Philip surrendered. Byng was tried by court-martial and ordered to be shot, as Voltaire said, "pour encourager les aufres."

The armed services, and particularly. the Navy, are great devourers of youth. In the ser- vice of his country a man is frequently "too old_" Cl‘ 45, consequently the decision of the United Kingdom Government to make a point of train- ing and employing retired- members of the army, navy and air force is most welcome

lt does not necessarily mean that the mem- ber of a Government who introduces the bud- get knows much about its contents or even its construction. lt was Lord Randolph Churchill, father of Winston, who, when the necessary out- line and statistics of the year's operations were presented to him to enable him to deliver his speech got confused and calling his deputy test- ily asked "What do all these d--ned dots mean?" He was much more ignorant of deci- mals than his distinguished son alleges he is of Latin and Greek.

According to a return in the House of Commons, Prince Edward Island compares fa- vorably with the other Provinces in providing hospital beds for acute diseases, TB and mental cases, although the average for Canada is con- sidered too low. The breakdown showing bqeds per 1,000 people is as follows:

Acute diseases: P.E.l., 4.82; N.S., 4.09; N. 8., 4.74; Que., 4.23; Ont., 4.28; Man., 5.40; Sask., 5.44; Alta., 6.37; B. C., 6.34; Canada, 4.73. Tuberculosis: P.E.l.‘, 1.54; N.S., 1.43; N.S., 1.73; Que., 0.98; Ont., 0.89; Man., 1.05; Sas-k., 0.95; Alta., 0.57; B.C., 0.82; Canada, 0.97.

Mental cases: P.E.l., 2.66; N.S., 4.19; N.B., 1.83; Que., 3.64; On-ti, 3.60; Man., 3.33; Saslc, 4.36; Alta., 3.09; B.C., 2.91; Canada 3.51.

"Speed Bonny Boat like a bird on the wing, Over to the sea to Skye," runs the old Scots song, te-lling of Bonnie Prince Charlie's flight to that most romantic island of the lnner Hebri- des. Now another tune has been composed, anal was heard in a recent BBC broadcast, and this has the title of "Under the sea to Skye." And what is it that is going under the sea to Skye but a submarine cable that is at last bringing electricity to the shepherds in the glens, the crofters by the shore and all the people in this remote and lovely island. The cable, is pa-rt of the new Scottish Hydro-Electric Scheme which, using the abundant water power_availa-ble _in Northern Britain, is gradually bringing éléCfiflC- ity lo the whole of Scotland, and with it relief from household, and other drudgery. No more candles or little lamps with floating wicks; no niore back-breaking work to be done by hand that can easily be dealt with by electrical ap- paratus. With the advent of electricity to the Highlands electric kettles and irons, fljlll "9" a few refrigerators and washing machines ore selling well, and nearly all houses and even the byijes are electrically lit. Mr. Archie Macdonald, who is His Maiestyfi Customs Officer at the Kyle of Lochalsh on the mainland of Scotland where the cable enters the sea to cross to Skye, is also a piper and composer. In a "programme called "ln Britain Now" he played Under the Sea to Skye," o slow march which he had writ- ten in honour of the broadcast. May Frame, who works in the Hydro-Electric showroom at Kyle, talked to BBC reporter P. Lee and said that, far from having to encourage conservative vil- lagers to try out electricity, the Scots, tired of centuries of hard work, were welcoming electric- ity whalelreartedly and reaching eager hands to- wards the switch. Out of one hundred and eighty-five potential consumers in Kyle one hun- dred end eighty-three have asked for electricity, which shows‘ whet a revolution the lzompleted scheme will make in hitherto remote and back-

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1 PUBLIC- FORUM ‘rhln column ls open to the dllcueelnn by pendent-e of questions of Interest. The Gusrdlnn does not neurotr- lly cndo the optnlun of correspondents.

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MARKET nnonncrisr CORRECTION

Sin-In lrlrlday night's market broadcast. the Charlottetown prices on hogs were quoted as $29.25 for Grade ‘A's’, $28.85 for ‘B115’, 831.00 for No. 1 sows and $20.00 for No. 2's. These quotations were received by the Deparuneril. from an auth- oritative source as a-t. March 8 Ap- parently an error wasmmde in these prices. In fairness to the local Canada Packers plant we ivish to make e correction of these figures es follows: Grade ‘A's’ $29.50, ‘B1’s‘ $29.10, No. 1 sows $21.25, Na. 2 sows $20.25, fob country points. _.,

We are, Sir, etc, FARM ECG-UM. Department of Agriculture.

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OONSTRUCTIVE CRITICISM

Sl.r,—In the "Guardian" of Feb. 12 I had the pleasure of reading rwo letters stgneaby W. B. Mc- Lnllan of Alma, P. 17.1. and I was wondering If both those letters were written by the some person.

You will notice In l-he first, let- ter entitled "Co-operative Prin- ciples", quote: "But to me it ls surprising to know that there are so many educated people who do not, understand these principles."

In the second letter entitled “Absentee Representation," quote: "To my mind. we in Prince Coun- ty do not have to go to school, to the other Provinces noi- to the people living In other parts o! Prince Edward Island."

Now if those letters were writ- ten by the some person, he le not showing s. good co-opentive spirit.

He does not, seem to be in love with Mr. King or Colonel Relston. two of the greatest statesmen ever to represent Prince County, the former as Prime Minister of Can- ada for 31 years. He also men- tions Brig. John H. Price of Q12- bec. We welcome Brig. Price to Prince County. and after the next. electiOn lLit is Mr. Price or Mr. MacNaught who is elected. we will do all 1n our power for the bet,- terment of Prince Edward Island as a. whole.

Mt. Malcllaxi also complains that during the short days he sel- dom sees a train in daylight. Well, ivliy not. move to New York as Chicago, where a train leaves ev- ery few minutes day and night?

I had occasion to go wesl: on the train a While ago, and after we passed Alibei-wn I was the only passenger on board. The Railroad would be in pocket by using a dag team during the winter months west of Alberton.

I am surprised to learn that ell of the people ffarmersl of Alma. are such good sleepers. as Mr. MI:- Lellan says, “when tie leaves in the morning they are all in bed and when ho returns in the even- ing they are in bed." Well. it's possible, thiil when he goes away they may not get. out. of bed at all. At any tube ll; ls is sign of a clear conscience that they are able to sleep so soundly. But I would suggest that. they arise n little earlier and make sure Mr. Mabel- liin does not. get on the W100i; train.

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DAYLIGHT SAVING

Six-Once again we have en- countered the "sixtyfour dollar question." Shall we have Dnyllgtt. Saving time or not? It ls difficult lo understand why there is so much discussion over this subject, un- less of course. sorrie people like to hesff their own voices.

During wartime we lived on "fest time“, in fact. we even jumped oin- clocks Lvvo hour's. Surely when we know if means so much to so many in stares and offices, we can set- tle for l1 one hour jump ln time lii an amiable mimner.

If is hard to understand ivhnt. prompted Mr. Louis O'Connor and his band to turn thumbs down on this matter. Mi". O'Connor- seems io be n wide awake. broad-minded

poor clly and other urban work- ers who loll indoors“ of about. ninety extra hours of daylight, ls hard to fathom.

The main argument put. up by Fe farmers against Daylight Bov- lrig Time are:

11> When they come lo town on Saturday night. they are an hour late. Well if they want to see the first. show lliey will just have tn make the extra effort to get, Ln an hour earlier. Remember it only lasts about three months.

i2) During hey-making they find that. iiiey are ready to out. hay end the dew is allll‘on the hay. Well if plenty of salt ls used. as e greet, many farmers are doing today, n little moisture won't hurt hay. I out heavy clover ln e downpour of rnlmput, _li in two deyslstemvlth- out. coiling lt- put lots of colt. wlin it, and the cattle really smhcked their Ups over it.

(3) Hired help wants in quit an liour earlier. If he alerts en hour air-lief he is entitled)‘; quit, en liour eerller but lf rie tries to geln time at bofli ends he ought to be fired any way. After ell, lf he started en hour earlier he oen use an hour's extra daylight far tile pleasure in the evening. Just re- member summertime ts short en- ough, and we usually enjoy (f) n 11mg. cold winter. i .

A lot of farmers juer feevefhelr clocks alone enywsy. sort es nieet of these men let up with the eun. :r~ey don't really cere whet their clock use. However when they iisve business in the "city they tim- to ellavr for en hour's difference in time. '

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Where the Iordly light. Walks along the world, And its elleint tread

Leaves the grasses bright, Leaves the flowers uncurled Int m9 to the dead Breathe e gay goodnight.

—G. W. Russell.

Lenten Meditatioiis

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GOOD NEhVS FOR MAIN

"The most alert and intrusive of reporters." wrote William Temple. "could never have hit. upon that stable as the scene of a world- shaklng event." That God should came to man in the rock-hewn cave of n Judean inn was an utter nega- tion of all expectations founded upon the idea of deity as power and immensity without love.

Only the Virgin Mother and the little circle of those who “looked for the consolation of Israel." the shepherds. and later the Magi, can have believerfthal. this birth meant more than the arrival of just an- other baby into the human scene. Yet thus was the .good news sent. ly reject the Christian Gospel pro- phets, and hoped far by perplexed and baffled humanity of every age and race, however widely it has since been repudiated by pride that wlll not-listen.

Good news ln bud times is always is challenge to men's prejudices and ls often mistaken for a delusion of wishful thinking. Many 'who blind- ly reject the Christian Gospel pro- fess ta know already so much about God that they assert that He cannot break into the world-process to de-

liver man, certainly not in the fashion of the Christian story. It. wlll be recalled that

Christmas dawned this year over a world of dangerous tensions and painful confusion, and in the midst of itthe Church sang the Christ- mas hymns, listened to the Christ- mas lessons, and prayed the Christ- mas prayers. No earth-born dream. lte falfh ls something of quite sn- other 'klnd than the charming and ever-welcome ebullltlori of kindly feeling which la the Christmas

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Unlike a Christmas tree, this faith has roots, roots which strike deep lntifthe soil of eternal truth. God has come to man's old; He has en- tered into the world's sln and suf- fering to bring light lnto tile dark- ness, knowledge to his ignorance, power to his weakness. That ls Indeed good news about God, and haw can lt fall lo be also "good new: for man"?

Could anything be more relevant to the present world situation than God's provlslan for pence on earth through the message of Bethlehem?

What man desperately needs ls isewhttiet will restore the sense- of purpose and meaning to life; news that will reconcile, East and West by bringing both together to the feet of n recognized and confessed dlvlne authority: news which ls both the creed of a world-wide no- clety end the clue to the solution of the seer-k problems of lnternetloml polltlce. '.'So God loved the world." The wey to pence la the rand to the manger. There ls no other way.

unl (by fut-time) the public will soon regulate their mei-kefins, Ind when market any ls over. the former will have sold es much es ever. but spent lees time ln'-nle nsll in she market.

hi. fl‘ elerh. office and fec- iory wot on have en hour ext-re each evening for {IDOIIB three months fa m": bil‘ of that. God-

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