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Morning Dally tl-‘ounded in 18in!) Authorized no Second Class Moll. Port Ollioc Department. Ottawa-

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“The Strongest Memory is Weaker Than the Weakest Ink." T1iER5DAY, JULYTZTIM‘! Britain's Position

A reflection of Britain's present sober but confident mood may be seen in a recent leading article in the London Economist, which examines :arefully two arguments often adduced to show that "Britain is finished." The first is that the Empire is "dissolving" and that with it Britain's strength will disappear; the second, that the severe economic problems facing Britain must lead to a permanent lowering of living standards which will undermine her vitality. The answer to these predictions is, substantially, the one given so effectively by Sir Alexander Clutter- buck in his recent address before the Charlotte- town Rotary Club.

On the first pointfThe Economist believes that while the existence of the Commonwealth

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"Builders and investors," says the report, "are afraid to build rental units at today's costs when these same units may have to compete a few years from now with new limits built at a lower cost. This is a prudent-fear, for con- struction costs of apartment houses are now so hlgh thar moderate rentals cannot be achieved.

"After the experience of the thirties, de- flation is an unpopular word, but some deflation in housing costs and prices is an urgent need. To put it another way, some of the inflation in house construction costs and prices needs to be squeezed out in the interests of the home buy-er, the investor in the rental housing, the tenant, and the country as a whale.

— IZULIURIAL NUllrS .-

You can practically see the crops growing these days.

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Lik-a the story of Mark Twain's death the account of the sale of the Toronto Telegram seems to have been slightly exaggerated.

A’ I x * l Housewives may as w-etl be prepared to pay more for bread. The price of a loaf will go up about three cents when the subsidy on flour and wheat is dropped. _

The railway should put on an educational campaign to l-et people know that the peculiar sound made by their new locomotives really

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liotiis By Tho Way

Ber two little girls Inn through $6.500 a year, says f‘ ‘ ‘rlett. Probably just at the age when they cut up $50. bills for paper dolls. -wlnnlpeg Tribune.

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l It is unhealthy to do nothing af- iter 60_ says a needlessly alarmed l psychologist. Ever try tomake an able-bodied grandmother slt down? -Edmonton Journal.

These barbecue effects for the garden are wonderful. A man can bring home a good steak, take it into the garden. and cook tt. just the way he likes it. Then, with some trouble, he can extinguish the blaze, bury the steak ln a flower bed. and stamp into the house yelling for his dinner. -Tor- onto Star.

A willow tree was recently felted lr a. backyard garden. And if the trunk hadn't been disposed of soon, there would have been sov- eral trees right there. as thc trunk was taking root tn many places. The wet weather helped. It. ls sold that the roots of a willow will go half a mlle for water. What a thirst! And a peach tree cannot stand wet feet whateven-St. Cath- erlnes Standard.

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This column tho llaculslcn by corra- lpondontl of question; u The bu...‘ Gunrdlnn docs not neutr- lly endorse the opinion of correspondents

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h'b'h“h'li'u'ln'n'bfin' OLD TIME POLITICS

July l9

for which I beg admission to

the cover of my grandfather's ac-

beors the date July 10, 1859. It. seems to have been a contribution to the “Examiner”, and might be dated, by anyone familiar with the politics of that period. from the reference to some scandal or other — ‘dem boodie stoory.'

I have no notion as to the iden- tlty of Neestm Pelto. but I suspect, from internal llvldence. that he llvsd at or near Rusttco. and that hc was not liuench-Acadlan

1 respectfully call attention to the very valuable observations on pure-bred stock. All breeds are hero represented. except the ‘golden cows’ recently mentioned in the Public Forum by Rev. W. I. Green. whd. I trust‘ had in mind the ap- propriate passage tn Exodus 32:4.

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Sin-The enclosed masterpiece, ' your columns, I found pasted into

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Here all is sunny, and Jwhen tho truant gull l Sklllbhfilt green lcvel of the lawn.

Dispetsls roses: here the hours is-

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Of kneaded brick and the plumed mountain pine.

Such clay as artists fashion and‘ such wood

As the tree-climbing mchin breaks.

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a tower

That from its wet foundation to its crown

Of glittering glass, stands, 1n also sweep of winds.

Immovsble, immortal, eminent.

~11. L. Stevenson. ‘Biwrryvore — ‘lino Lighthouse- "Stsr for seamen.”

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T-hv 1W1! Agricultural Society, so called in honour o1 m my“ all-Nu. Prince Albert was the fins organisation, ta this Province to PM“ u" Vi? l-O the tlusbundlng (>1 “Huff's glLir and the eliminator; °! dlt-ldltfy troal theufarrner’; life.

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"m °°n¢lull°h Your committee would soy to ovary farrncr - put, ln requlatlon every effort. of you; invention and ywr ddlgency u, in. ("l-W Your manure heap if vou wish to over-z ruin from yourself and deterioration and llltimntp barrenness from s. 5ol|' nrhlgh» my. L11’! has rennin-red so easy of cult. lvatlon. but which ha‘ not that Biflhfllh and fertility ln its com- ponent parts to supply crops for- liver Without the ald of Rood form. my The pathology of the wheat rust was discussed '.n the report of 1847. t-ho tall rank arc-nth of clover in the cereals being thought t< be con- ducive to the disease because of the d! which resulted from its DNMPMG- Agl-ln in i915, when the wheat crop suffered from weevil and the potatoes were rsvlged by blight. the Society came l-o the do- fenseless farmer's aid. calling at- tention to the advantage; of the

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the relations between Britain and the other British countries "are, in overwhelming measure, those of mutual interest"; and that while formal ties of sovereignty are being "loosened" in some cascs, it is most unlikely that the strength of mutually advantageous strategic and economic ties will be in the least impaired.

On the second point—rlie position at home -The Economist argu-es that while the winter has been depressing (with "on even more difficult economic crisis" due next year), all the prob- lems are temporary and due to wartime distor- tions which will ease themselves out, except two; coal and dollars. While coal will not "cure lt- ielf," the shortage will be remedied in time since it is a technical problem which the coun- try is tackling with a positive policy and with |ood results.

The bal more complex, intractable catastrophic in its effects." the.lclrger context of ten or _ _ I not so frightening. Since so much of Brltalns resources were grouped around international trade before the war the extra effort needed in- valves regrouping only about one-tenth 0f llle country's industrial effort. Moreover, before long the British position will be greatly helped through full supplies of food and raw material imports at much lower prices. _ _

But the main reason for believing that the balance of payments problem will be ‘solved _ ls that it must be." No country can go on living on credit indefinitely. The solution adopted may be relatively painless or very painful; bl" lite very intensity of the crisis ln the late lla-llY-sletldi The Economist to a conviclion that it wlll b5 surmounted before the l9_50s are funadvanced-

This confidence has its parallel in the new- ly expressed determination that the world must recognize the special burd-sris that fell on Brit- ain, because, for a long ‘t-inle SiHQlQWME-dy Sh‘? threw everything she had into the lIQllli Wllllmli’ counting the cost. The supreme. examPle °l ill“ is the great volume of wartime indebtedness that now faces Britain, in the form of "sterling bal- ances" held by other countries and amounting to more than tlir-ee billion dollars. This indebt- edness has nothing to do with the credltfisglle" to Britain after the war by the Untied "ll/- and Canada. The sterling balances arose because of wartime expenditure by Britain in certain overseas countries, largely beiflllie Btlml" “"5 defending thorn (e.g., in India and Egypt’). To B 't‘ h 2 le it is ironic _ sdilhsardp Qllpritaiin should be left with 0 bill it" three billion dollars. "

Yet there has been no cavilling on the lacl’ that Britain has hcrsclbspcnt sums equiva en to more than three billion dollars OVEISGHSIII! bringing help to other war damaged countries? and aiding post-vitrlrgargclcilveryn Almosgmhrllfubpe

,1 ' d'i'ure~‘ . iicn—-ls non-r in." ' Li‘; ‘iasgliliiels $6Z0+miiiion ro UtlRRA, $lZ0 mll- lion to Malta, S126 million to Greece,‘ andrfile million to ltcly. Loans and credits o _|us 0Y8 one billion dollars include $400 mill!!!" vl° France. The remainder is the ccst of.‘ assist- ancc to the German ccoiloi-JY» “mounlmg to $550 million, excluding occupation costs.

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' Housing Reno

The annual report 0f the Dominion Mort- gage and lnmstmsrlls Association, composed of l3 loan, l6 trust and 5 insurance companies, says substantial pro ross was mazle in i946 in overcoming the hou .'.g shortage. There were shortages of labor and ma but 63,000 units w-ere completed. 40,000 houses were commcnccd pleted.’ The report states that boon better, in vIew of the great need, to have started fewer and llfllSllC§l_ more.

In 1947, the government's target ls 80.000 completed hcii:-:s bu; this probably will not be reached for these reasons: Building materials and labor continue to be in short supply; build- ing casts-have continued to rise; there is a growing lrzsiicricy to buy houses and equally in- creasing difficulty in obtaining adequate rent- ats.

ance of puymcnts problem is far "and possibly more But even this, "in fifteen years" is

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The report says th: need o ls greater than for purshosc.

masons few rental units have b:en built by private invlstots ill recent years. To encourage rental con- struction, the Dominion Gzvsrnmcnt took two steps in recent months. Double depreciation against income tax was authorized for houses built for rontbaf-bre tho. end of i949 and an incrccso of l0 per cent in rents was permitted tho Wartime Prices and Trcdo Board. No

ovnnont, llowovir,‘ hat‘ resulted, say: the.

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Now that the commission on freight rates has ascertained that every one is against a flat overall incl-ease they will probably go ahead and authorize it.

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If anyone would like to see well kept side- walks, let him walk along Hillsborough Street from Fitzroy to Euston, and his eyes will be de- lighted with an array of lawns of velvet texture

unequalled anywhere. t i‘ i

The Nascopie, Arctic Icebreaker and sup- ply ship, has followed the Charlottetown ta its doom, fortunately without loss of life in both cases. Even the best of navigators experience misfortunes which might, or might not be avoidable.

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lt will be like old times having yacht races at Charlottetown Friday and Saturday, August 8th and 9th. As the Old Home Week follows immediately thereafter, the yacht races should attract a large crowd of sight-seers-they could hardly be termed fans.

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Price controls are to remain in Australia at present, the Minister for Trade and Customs, Senator Courtice, said in Brisbane last week. He added that price-fixing was most necessary and he was convinced that Australians did not want them lifted for the time being. There were in- dications, however, said Scnator Courtice, that clothes rationing would end as soon as supplies became more plentiful. He was hopeful that this would come about by the end of the year.

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ln the BBC series, "Thinking Seriously," Dr. F. Sherwood Taylor says: "Any on-e that loves poetry, pictures, music, becomes aware that there are men and womcn who tower above him in intellectual stotur-e and human quality-poets, artists, saints, of every age and civilization, and that most of these not merely believed in God but mode him an integral port of that for which we call th-em great." . . *- Huntingdon, Que., is experiencing the sen- sation today of deciding whether or not a wa- man should represent them in the Quebec Legis- lature. The sitting member, Mr. Dennis J. O'- Connor died, and the Liberal organization per- shad-ed his widow to come forward to replace him. She gallantly consented, so the electors will have the opportunity of deciding whether she shall be the first woman M. L. A. in the provinc-Js st . . ..

First British Tram Railway inaugurated this date l80l,known cs the Surrey lronyRailway from Wcndsworth to Croydon. The inventor and pro- mater was Mr. Benjamin Outrcm, and the rail- way was popularly known as the "Outram Road" and the cars as "Oulrums"; then as the idea c:ught on, the first two letters of the name were dropped, the cars became known and described as "trams," and people all over the country advocated the laying of tram lihcsonjstrcets and highways. ~ - <

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Mr. Sydney Trevor Cripps, a nephew of Sir Stafford Cripps, employed as a Civil Air Attache in the BritishEmbassy at Washington went to V/indscr the othcr day to marry a Miss Elinor

bli isaird that "while Cripps and Miss Bellini. insist-

tzricl and costs rose,l

it would havcl

i lw-‘ll let ‘tho new factories at moderate annual

f house's for rent. For a number of-

glish companies, direct:

.ve ihelping in tho work of industrial recovery.

Bellini whom he met at a banquet in Montrecl— t the wedding did not take place. The Star

ed the wedding was postponed because of the death of the mother of the groom-to-be, it was learned in other quarters that difficulties were encountered in obtaining proper credentials for Miss Beilini's admission to the United States." Th»: story said Cripps intended to return im- mediately to Washington and wait developments. it \- * i‘

The British Government has initiated a big factory building program for Scotland, and it

rents. Already new work for 60,000 is guaran- teed, but eventually there will be 100,000 now

jobs. Especially great is the demand for now

factory space for liglit industries. While t" out of every three of the new businesses are Scottish, a good many are coming from Eng- land and from abroad. Furthermore, many Eng- d to Scotland by the Government during the wa', are remaining on

.p:acetime produclion because of tho advantage

lhcy have found working ‘in Scotland. A de- lopment organization, the Scottish Council, is Re- presenting managemznt, trcdo unions and local authorities, it is organized on c completely non- pollticcl and independent basis. I

Cover the pan when heating mllk. Why? Light destroys riboflavin, the B-vltamln far which mllk ls the main source, Keeping tho mllk in the dork retains most of it. Other advantages are that mllk heats slightly faster when covered, and the lid keeps a skin from forming on the surface. One caution: Cover- ed milk bolls over easily, needs close watching.

Just what. the White House did in the matter of bathing until the Administration of Andrew Jackson is a matter of conjecture. Jackson, elected to the presidency in 1828, was the first occupant of the White House to enj running water ln kitchen and s ower. The preced- ing half dozen presidents mus have been of stern stuff. It. was not until the’ 13th president occu- pied the White House that. a bath was installed - during Millard Fillmores term ending in 1853. The White House had one bathtub dur- ing the next 40 years. in 1894 Grov- er Cleveland (1837-1908). having

MILLAR MscLURE St. Peter's Bay. P. E. I.

(Enclosure)

Mr, Editor of the Dally Argus and Wlckedty Examiner.

Dear Sin-Long spell back I fine a terrible ocean on me head to sen you sum letter to put in your papernews.

I has leave Rustlcaand cum to live long side of Curtis Brook, and since I cum more near town I fine meeslf feel very droll-seem like me very flesh and bone want to sen some letter on the papernews.

I speak bout dat to me hole mother. 8he‘say dat was caus de moon stay big long spell dis month. I speak Art Cole bout clot. He say go ahead; the wlmmlns never please only when dey nock do good out of s mans. I fine so many tang to write about I fine it hard to tell which to commence on. But. angry- culture- ls de thing dot fine a man his grubs, so I spose it. must have de pole.

been the 22nd president, demand- ed o. second bathtub when he be- rame the country's 24th. president. _New York Sun.

Canada accepted the “oukobors for better or for worse, and it is still debateable whether the bor- guin was a good one or not. The Doukhobors are a peculiar and ex- asperotlng people. and thelrpasslve md sometimes active resistance to Canadian laws and Canadian folk- ways have caused the authorities untold troubles. They have refused to register their births, deaths and marriages, they have refused to send their children to schools, they have burned schools and other buildings. they have staged nude parades, one of the most recent of them in a Vancouver courtroom. Now, a new colony of them on Vancouver Island has scandallz- ed the neighborhood by announcing a plan for the sharing of wives and husbands. -- Vancouver Pro- vtnce.

There is a new: interest in men's clothes, or how would fashions ever change? A group photograph of 1910 wlll show the men looking as out: of date as the women. and no matter how a man may affect to despise clothes he is peeved if hls new suit ls unnoticed. It is pos- sible to argue that men are more discriminating than women. A change of fashion ln a man's suit may merely be a difference in the out of a lapel or the width of a trouser cuff. To alter the fashion in women's dresses the designers have to add or substract several inches from the length of the skirt and move the waist-line from the hips to the shoulders. Attempts to cot. men to accept more com- fortahle clothing succeed slowly. hilt n man dressed in the lightest tropical worsted suit; is still carry- lng several ounces more weight than his- women-folk think requi- site for either comfort or decency. Perhap-smenwould he better off if they have more encouragement to the designers or their fashions. A little imagination applied to tho business suit could work wonders. —'!'tlc Printed Word.

Train whistles are one of the links in the chain that helps to hold together the vast. sprawling regions bf a great nation, says Tho Wall Street Journal. On the wide upland prairies of the West, fami- lies tn the lonely farmhouse listen for the plaintive, drawn-out whis- tles of the long flyers and tho sneedlnrr freight trains. 1n the sandy-soiled pinelands of tho South the echoing whistle reaches through the woodlands to humble cabins. In tho level Midwest farm boys wait. at the end of corn rows tn wave to engineers who lift s hand in grave salute. Among tho bills and valleys of the Northeast the whistles bring their message , to quiet. elm-shaded villages where ‘white spires reach like exclama- ilon points into the sky. loch day

train whistles blow st thousands

of crossings. Men working on tho farms look at their watches and think, ,todav. hut she'll make it up on ,the straight run int/o "Controvlllo Junction." And ln farm homes ovcr the nation young lads llo in their lbeds in the evening and listen for the poignant high-pitched "Vlhooo-whooo-whoo-who." as tho night train rushes along on man's business. More than one boy has

I fines a letter bout dat. boodle business, an nader bout; de tomfool- ery ting we call a Government on dis Islan wants very bad to get first place. But I not gain to be shunt off me rlglnal plan. But I bet. a dollar dat when I sen you dem letter you able to see dc fire