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‘the seepeaed sale and _m- ictme of o1 h; Can- dds and the lack of slafficien

qualified inspectors to assist Mk. ll. J. MacDonald, dairy gupqflrp zendent. were two of the more im- portant questions dismissed at yes- terday! two sessions of the Prince lgdward Island Dairymenh As- sociation.

Meetings were held in the Leg- ion Hall, which was filled to capacity at both sessions. Presl- ucut, Mr. J. H. Myers, presided,

The s1‘ s session was open- ed with an address of welcome by the Minister of Agriculture. the I-Ion. W.F.A. Stewart. who was also present at the evening meet-

lug where he informed the delry- '

men that his Department would do all in its power to furnish Mr. MacDonald with more asslswnia so that all creamer-y factories coltld (have adequate inspection during the summer months.

it was the reference in the dairy superintendent's report to the pro- posed sale and manufacture of margarine in Canada that evoked s reply from Mr. It. A. Profit of Freetown.

Mr. MacDonald said the quest- (on of oleomarga-rine in Canada would be debated in the House of commons shortly and 1f the Bill lo be introduced in the Coxmmone w... not‘ defeated in the " ‘ l5 it was last year, the future for vnnadian, dairy farmers would not b»: bright.

Diverse Opinion

The Canadian consumer. Mr. filacDonald said. m/ust get suffici- cnt butter for his needs and the Canadian supply this winter is inadequate. Under such conditions. (ht.- (Jana-dlan dairyman could not ask the Dominion repr ‘Hives to s the passing plat-gonna Bill with butter in short s - p1_. Neihher__ could the (‘anadi'fi‘i?“dk‘lr'31man"" continue to produce butter profitably with high cost feeds and expect the consum- er to continue buying it without frying to obtain some form of re- lief. Resolutions against elem-nar- garine under suoh circumstances will not be effective, Mr, MeoDort-

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Coming Events

"Notice - No If’.

more sawdust Milton Mills until 20th March.

"Due to arrive at Kitten. two cruloads of good quality hey. Aldus Carr.

"Pantry Sale western Dlviaion 0t. James Auxiliary. Moore & Mc- Leoda. Friday afternoon.

"Notice - Unloading car Barley lfeal Thursday and Friday. G. C. Green, Emerald.

"Playoff game at Milton to- night, East Royalty vs. Milton. Admission 25c. '

"Hockey at Long Creek rink. tonight, New Haven vs. Lang (Ireek Juniors. Skate after.

"FarmerB-We have _new re- duced prices on feeds. McGulgan and Boyle. '

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"French River concert in Sea View l-lsll Friday. Feb. :7. If not fine Monday.

"Unloading fig lydnq c‘! at Mt. Herbert Thursday and Fridfl of this week. .1. R. Driscoll.

"Unloading today. oar bran. shorts. wheat. and hog grown‘. time!“ w-tee off oer. u. s. Cut- t e.

"Hockey lest aeeeny nnx le- night. couthbtlrt Ramblers vs. alarm neertbreekecs. skate

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"New in stock. barley Ilsai at f; , like. Ales in steels Ilog $5.13.? 3n“; 0”?" E...“ crane. River. ‘t ' ' '

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Discuss I Margarine

MR. EARL ING. Mt. Herbert. new pr '-' n‘ P.E.I. Dairymervs Association.

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Finland Next 0n Communist List?

DONDON, Feb. 25-(A|P)—-Jt was speculated in London tonight that Finland might be the next Europ- ean nation to feel the Corrmmnlst

ueece, Like Csechcslovskie. Finland has been. ruled by a coalition govern- Maw!“ government has acknow- ledged thltt the cotmtry must re- main on friendliest tennis with Russia. New Finnish elections are due within the next few months.

London diplomatic circles salad tonight the new Communist re- gime in Czechoslovakia was e vital link in Russia's "red barrier" against the Marshall Plan.

Polish Liner To Resume Service To Halifax

HALIFAX. Feb. To -—(CP)--The Polilh liner Batory la scheduled to call at Halifax Much '41) mark- ing resumption of service to this port by the Comte-America (Pol- ish) Line, it was announced today. ‘Ilhe Batcry was a frequent war- time visitor to the port and carried the West Nova Scctta Regiment to its baptism of fire in Sicily in 194B. The liner will call here en routs from New York to Southampton. Copenhagen and Gdynia and will take on passengers and car-go.

T0 REDUCE RATIONING NEW DELHI. India - (OP)- Food rationing, which at present affects 135,000,000 in India, is to be gradually reduced under a new policy instituted by the gov- ernmertt. Fbod grain imports have fallen far short of the mtnfnunn

Central Lot 16 Man llcalls Farmers’, Group

Mr. Kenneth McLean. Central Lot 16. was elected president of the Central Farmers‘ Institute at yesterday morning's annual meet; in; of that organization held in connection with Farmers’ Week. Mr. PA. Mclsuc. Sous-is, was chosen vice-president; and Mr. Lincoln Dewar. New Perth. |ec.:re_ tary. MR‘. RA. Profltt, Frecwwn, is the retiring president.

Mr. WJL Shaw, Deputy-waisted- of Agriculture, addressed the In- stitutes alnd emphasized (the im- portance of securing better sires for all brsrlches of the livestock industry.

Mr. R.C. Parent, superintendent of the Dominion Experimental Form. gave a talk on what. the Experimental Farm considered to be the most desirable farm practices and Ms’. RB. McLaren ccrealliet at the Experimental Farm. spoke on new and improved

tomalnileln the I'll-ounce ration throughout the country.

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$100,000 Assistance F or P.E.I. Potato Warehouses

OTTAWA, Feb. 25- (Speciel) - The Dominion Government has provided in its supplementary ‘ea- timates this year "e vote of $100,000 for assistance in construction of potato "warehouses in Prince Ed- ward Island under specific regula- tions, Agriculture Minister Gard- iner wrote today in answer to a question asked by Mr. McLure. These regulations provide for re- imburstmeht to any Province of one-half of the share assumed by the Province o! the completed cost of potato store; warehouses in be erected by grow scmoperative as- sociations, provided the undertak- ing by the Province does not ex- teed 75 percent of the completed cost of the warehouse. Locations of the warehouses. Mr. Gardiner sets forth. will depend on (J19 ap- plications made and approved.

POST OFFICE LAND

Mr, Fournier said the Dominion Government owns the lend on which the Charlottetown post of- fice is located but Lhat definite dimensions of the area have not been established. According to in- formation on file at ottsrwa. the Dominion owns additional yardage and driveway areas in addition to the land on which the post office itself ls built.

Alberta Announces lmmlgration- Plan

IDNDON, Feb. I ~ (OP) — AJ’. I-lcoke, Alberta Minister of Economic Affairs, said today (he Province plans to begin movement of emigrants from Britain by sea or air in June with a K081 o! 5.000 emigrants for (he first yeal‘.

1f the econcmlc development of the Province permitted it. it was expected that Alberta would be able to absorb 400,000 rmlgrants in I0 years. Hooks added.

Repeal 0f

Abolition of the Property vole was strongly urged in the Legis- laturo yesterday by Hon. Dr. W. .1. s. aces-Millers. leader of ‘m Oppoli on.

lpeskim on the waft Address. he said the trouble of getting this vote out. on election day was e. nuisance to ell parties. eloeciallv where the voters lived at consid- erable distances from the polling booths. The system of double vot- ing was “outmoded and outdated". and he hoped the Government would take this matter into con- sideration before theirJ/wm eit- hired. and abolish it altogether. "Give ever! man a vets for ever! candideloi the-same as they "l" in other Provinces." he urged.

A fuller anneuncesnent by Pse- mier Jones as to the personnel of hie Cabinet was alae urged. b? the Opposition leader. "The Gov- ernment today is not complete." he pointed out. ‘The Premier has not given that information ee the {louse which it should have. Role than we mocthrhsve pasted since tlse provincial election, aca

Opposition Leader Urges Property Vote

he has not yet intimated it-that Hon. Mr. Large is his Attorney General. I think the House should have been told that. 1 am glad Mr. Large is here, as I always felt for the Attorney General when he had to sit outside the bar of the Rouse." (Earlier in the afternoon in r01 all (a e. question by Dr._l(facM1i . Premier Jones stated that his cabinet was “the same ae it was before. with the exception ‘int Mk. Prowse and Mr. Gallant had resigned. and one" of these plsocs had been filled by Mr. Arsensuln." (Dr. MacMlllanz "I might ask if it is the intention to fill the va- cancy caused by the loss of Mr. Proweeil") ‘ - (Premier Jones: "The intention of the Government is always known by its action")

A;lllnl Malerity

late. Dr. Ileclflilan said. had been very kind to the Premier 1n the last election. With 50.2 percent of t!!! votes. his party were able to elect It members, while the

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Expenditure 5 liliilion

counts for the- year ended March

Dominion Government-

An increase in liabilities of 3212348179 shown in the Public Ac-

Leglslature yesterday by Hon. William Hughes, Provincial Treasurer. Total revenue was shown to be $4. 000,502.4'1."with sinking fund provision of $822,765. enue and expenditure statements follow:

ORDINARY REVENUE

Approaches Dollar Mark

31. 1947. which were tabled in the

365,387.62, and total expenditure $4.- The general rev-

(A) Subsidies $372,181.86 (B) Old Age Pensions 350,808.13 (C) Blind Pensions 24,211.44 (D) venereal Disease Grant 4,297.94 (E) Physical Fitness Grant 1,861.00 (F) Limestone Grant 24,077.18 t 777,487.57 " “I L. L-l Tax Ag. ‘ 1,077,555.22 Taxes (A) Real Property Tax .. Q 86.40527 (B) Road Tax . . 32,264.02 (C) Income Tax Arrears 3,086.89 (D) Gasoline Tax 593,649.61 (E) Amusement "Tax 52,014.80 (F) Succession Duties 92,617.49 (G) Public Health Tax m. 254,683.71 1,114.B11.59 Licenses. Permits and Feca- (A) Motor vehicle Licenses $199.26“! (B) Pedlars Licenses . .... 137.00 - (C) Prothonotary Fees . 868.80 (D) Chancery Court Foes 245-35 (E) County Court Fees .. 182.50 (F) Land Titles and. Reiistrv Off e Fees 12,515.89 (G) Letters Patent . 770.00 (H) Co-operative Incorporation Fees 20.00 (I) Prince of Wales College Fees .. 13316.80 (J) Brokers and salesmen _ 540.00 (K) Insurance Registrations, etc. 729.20 (L) Marriage Licenses . 1566.50 (M) ‘ Private Bills 665.00 (N) Vital Statistics . s M5230 (O) Commissions, etc. 02.00 (P) Ferry Fees . . 850.85 (Q) Falconwood Hospital 44,694.90 (R) Oil and Gas Distributors 375.00 (S) Fish and Game Licenses 2,890.30 (T) Electrical Inspection 3,580.11 (U) Auctioneer Licenses 135.00 (V) Corporation Licenses / (1) Dcmlclled Companies . $5,750.00 . (2) Accident .1; Guarantee Co. 1,175.00 (3) Acceptance Companies . . 25.00 (4) Banks (5) Theatres . (0) Chain Stores .. (7) Steamship Companies .. 25.00 _ (8) Electric Light Companies 300.00 (9) Telegraph company 50.00 (i0) Telephone Company .. . 200.00 (11) 'I‘rust and Loan Companies 1,800.00 - (12) Life Insurance Companies 875.00

OTTAWA, Feb. Z —(CP)—The Government squceked thro with its narrowest majority of this Parlistnen-t today as it edged the opposition 103 to 98 on a divis- ion over a motion for the product- ion of some documents.

The vote came Just s. day after the administration had ha-d its previous record close shave-aim to 96 margin on a division yester- day.

'l‘.h.e three cnajor Opposition parties and most Independents to- day voted in a bloc against the Government on a motion of D. King Hazen (PC—-St. John-Albert) for the production of correspond- ence touching on Maritime port

' business. Transport Minister Chev-

rier objected to the motion.

Mr. l-Iazen wanted a copy e1 all 1947 correspondence between the Canadian National Railways and the Moore-Mccormack Lines. 1nc.. a. United States shipping firm. The Moore-McComnack Line. which operated out of Maritime ports lest winter. moved these op- erations this wmter to Portland.

Me. _ When Mr. Halon moved for the

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Vote 0n Minor Issue Gives Gov’t Close Call

"8111 was regular practice that the C.N.

correspondence. Mr. (Ihevrier took iatranediste objection. declaring it

R. was not called upon to produce ‘comments of this kind. If the order were granted, he said, Mr. I-lazen would be obtaining whlat other members lrn the past has been unable to get.

The New B-rimswicker retort-ed that on Feb. 11, to make a point in s. debate, the biilnlster had quqt- ed a letter from the Moore- McConmack film to the C.N.R.

He added that, if a member of the Cabinet sees fit to produce one letter out of a series on a particu- lar matter, then he should be ob- ligcd to produce them all.

Mr. Chev-tier replied that Mir. I-Iazen had been making certain assertions concemmg “dieorimat- ion" by the C.N.R. against the port of Saint John. He he'd produced the letter to show this um not l0 all! that, to the contrary. the C.N.- R. was following a policy of aiding Saint John.

Mr. Chevrier was's.bout to con- tinue his explanation when hewes called to order by Speaker Gaspard

NCREASE ‘

Parliament At-A-lilancc

(Canadian Press)

TM Government edged the q- position 100 m IDS-narrowest mer- gin of this Parliament-on a div- ision over a motion for produc- tion of papers.

Finance Minister Abbott said maturing War Savings Certificates still must be sent to the Registrar of War Savings Certificates at Ottawa.

The Commons adopted a motion for producing of a "paraphrased" copy of evidence of the Commission on Hang Kong.

G. K. Fraser (PC-Peterborough West) said the sooner the Nation- al Film Board is cleaned up the better it will be for everyone; he also urged Dominion-Provincial co-operation for a. Trans-Canada Highway.

J. M. Dechene (L-Athabaska) protested against what he said were attempts by some sections of the press to belittle Parliament.

Thursday

The Commons will continue the Throne Speech debate. The Sen- ate will not alt.

Gommunists Dominate New Czech llablnct

FebI 25 —— (AP) "

PRAGUE.

slovekia today.

Communist Prtm-ler Gotvwald beat down President Eduard Benes’ resistance after six days o1 crisis in this Central Eur- opean slats of 13,000,000 and came out with a new government of his party members and their friends.

It was accomplished by direct political action backed by a show of anns.

Fifty students were arrested to- night when their t-‘Qlumnaatgempj- ed t0 march on l-fridcany Palace to see Benes, and eyewitnesses said police used rifle butts to break up the demonstration,

The President managed to keep the appearances of representative government, for which he had battled herd, but it appeared a hollow victory.

There still are representatives in name of the Social Democratic, Czech National socialist, Catholic Peoples and Slovak Democrat per- ties in the Government. But s11 are friendly and co-cperstlve with Gottwsld and many are considered "Hesades by party regulars.

Britain Insists (ls lllalms In Antarctic

LONDON. Feb. It -(A.P)-.!br- sign secretary Ernest Bevin said today Britain would insist on he: claims to disputed Islands southcf Cape I-Icm despite Argentine and Chilean fleet expeditions to set up bases there.

‘Bevin told the House of Com- mons that renewed Argentine- Chilean claims and fleet man- oeuvres were "highly regrettable."

SYDNEY, NS, Feb. 25 -(Ci=) ~- Two Dominion Coal Company mines and Florence Pit of Old Sydney Collier-lee will be idle tc- mcrrow because oi’ a shortage of coal oars, e company official said tonight.

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communists won control of Czecho- ‘

Reefer Car

‘I'M seriousness cf the retriger-l ator car shortage as (t affects 1s- land potato shippers was broughtf to the attention of the Legislature yesterday by Mr. J. Phillip Math“ cson, Conservative mcmber for. Second Queens, in a query which; elicited the statement from Prom-I ier J. Walter Jones that he had had the matter taken up at Ottawa and anticipated an increased number -of cars moving to the Island short-

Mr. Mal-heson said that during the first twenty days of February. Island shippers had received only 2T5 reefer cars, as compared with 57b which went to New Brunswick during the same period. "They have not as much perishable goods to get covey as we have at this tlrme of the year," he added. "I understand that quite a number of reefers which came to Saint John recently were shipped back to On- terio empty. whereas they are ur- gently needed here. This situation is worrying our farmers very much."

Premier Jones said he had taken up the matter with, the railway of- ficials, and had released the infor- mation he had obtained to the press. He had also communicated with the Provincial Government's agent at Ottawa, Mr. Herbert F. Gordon, and had Just received the following reply, dated Feb. 24: “Dear Mr. Jones;

"I beg to confirm my night let-

Kkmem , ter of yesterday: ‘Your wire of 21st

instant refrigerator car shortage. Had extended interviews today with BS. Liberty, Transport Adviser to Minister Transport officials (stop). Increased number refrigerator cars will be moving to the Island short- ly. Writing fully.’

"Fortunately Mr. Liberty was the otficisl called in when we had our struggle (with Frank Neate, Coal Administrator, lest fell over the mhortage o4‘ coal cars for the 1s- land and I made it clear that while they had been guided by informa- tion which proved to be inaccurate on that. occasion, we did not pro- pose to contend with the same sort of thing this time, and I told him » frankly your view of the statements (which he admitted he had furnish- ed the Hen. Mr. Chevrler, men- tioned in your letter of Jenusr! 3rd. "He snalntslns that the Island was provided with more cars in the crop year 1947-48, an 8.900 car crop year than in 1948-47. a. 10.000 car crop year -- in other words, a bet- ter ce: supply this year than. last year.

“As you know. the ears available are those used in carrying export meats to the Atlantic seaboard: Clsl-R. refrigerator cars then being diverted- to PEI. for potatoes. CPR. cera being assigned usually for N5. potatoes.

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"Be suggests that many Island shippers have been using the cars for shipments to Ontario, etc. to catch the high prices antLms now be caught in their efforts to rans- port seed potatoes south. I told him this appeared to me to be immaterial, as it was his respon- sibility to make provision that all Island potatoes reached market wherever that market might be,

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The Provincial Government's ac- tlcn in taking over the local plant cf Canada Packers’ Ltd. during the strike period last Fall had its first airing in the Legislature yester- day, when it was dealt with at some length b Premier J. Walter Jones in the c rse of the Draft Address debate.

Farming. the Premier said, has been in a satisfactory condition during the past year. There had been some talk about "little pigs being offered for sale" on account of exorbitant feed costs. W! i" dlnnlased this as being largely "election prcpagandl". AHYOM WW1 corrmon sense could see that “in some way or other we were going to get the feed problem lev- elled out and hog pmductien would go on as usual.”

Opportunities in farming during recent years lied been excellent for those who were not afraid of hard work. "75 percent. of us are primary producers vwho have to work according to the weather or the circumstances. We work all night if necessary. without extra pay. That is the system in this Province. 1f people in ether places choose i0 wosk-say-qn eight-

Premier Jones Discusses Packing Strike Episode

hour day, that is all right; but lf they try to force that on a com- munity like this. why. We mil" resist it.

"We have seen some pressure e1 that kind put on us in the lest couple of ears". the Premier wid- “We have ed to fllht them right in our own departments. as for example, when a men tlghilne ‘J10 snow wank. to quit after eight hours, although the snowstorm is, still on. We expect work to be can! when it is rtqflifed. lust al W d0 on the farm. We don't see eye to eye with Labor unions who demand rules and regulations for every- thing. Our economy does not fit in with that kind of thing. I realize that industriaillm is growing and these people are beginning to run the country; but they don't run it yet in Prince Edward Island.