i ZAGE FOUR _ TliE GIIARLOTTETOWII GUARDIAN

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"The Strongest Memory is Weaker Thin the Weakest Ink.‘

SEYPIJRDAY, JULY 20, i946

W/arning Voices

Mr. Brzlckclfs charge that Lllc Ring Govern- ment is seeking to “bribe and bludgeorl" the Provinces surrendering their rights in Dominion-Proviuciltl tiiscllssiolls is a serious one. The Progressive Conservative leader has never favored the attitude of the Central Pro- vinces ill lvjcctitlg Federal tux collection pro- posals. .\> Frctuicr of Manitoba he was an olll-tltinlirlg Clllllllpititt of the Rowcll-Sirois cflllilllir>lllll ‘rrtuirt. 21nd he 1151s zllways insisted tllzl; Provincial rights" are valueless cxccpt under an economic setup which will enable the less wealthy Provinces to maintain a proper standard of 5F7Cllll and other services. This moans distrihttritln of the huge corporation and other tax sotlrcc- which the Dominion is seek- ing to collect, and the big Provinces to retain. But Mr. Bracken is decidedly opposed to use of “the big stick" in dealing with the Provinces, S€|)<'l.l‘.'l.'.(‘l\' or c<»l’.-.\‘ti\'cl\'. llis vicw was thus expressed in a stzitclnetlt made last week. “The Minister of Finance now indicates that the Do- minion will approach the Provinces one-by-orle. There are two dangers inherent irl this method. The first is that it i5 a, lialk-anization procedure. The other is that it substitutes coercion for con- ference and dictation for consultation . . . predict that the plan \vill result in a maximum of ill-will and a. minimum of efficient co-opera- tion. lt will tend to disunity in this country as ltothirlg hrrctnforc has done."

It is not \<~t too late for the Dominion Gov- ernment to dispense with its truculent attitude and revive the Dominion-Provincial Conference Ontario. Quebec, Nova ScOtia, Alberta, and British Columbia all found the Dominion's pro- posals llnzlccr-ptzlltlt‘. but all have signified their willingncss to return to Ottawa to explore pro- posals that tnight be more acceptable. Th6 Premier of Saskatchewan has also called upon Mr. Tl\lfi‘\' ‘tn rc-collvene the Conference. \\'l1y in the circtlnlstanccs should not thcsc potent voices be, hccrlcd?

Why-Taxes Are High

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For the first l|lléll'l€l' of the prcscllt fiscal year-abut is, fOr the ulonlhs April, .\iay and Julle—a grand total of $595,537,085 was col- lected by income lax and customs-excise branches of the Dc artmcltt of Revenue; and this was ‘only $I7,2?_|43_§ loss than receipts f_rom these sources in that ttllzlrtct- of 1945. InCOme 111K accounted for the greater part of this huge sum, or $4o3.553.o3fl, and actually in this division there was an increase of 5512951526

'i‘l1tl.<, the war in Europe well in the past, Canadians ill thzlt quarter paid a EYERT" 511m in taxes out of their national income than in the corresponding ilériod of last year, this des- pite a smllll reduction in the r865.

\\'httt is the necessity for these taxes. Here is a 11:11-11:11 explanation, suggested by Col. Alan Cockcrrlm in thc llutlse of Commons the other day:

.\s of Klarch 31, the llutnber of civil servants in the thrcr- dvfvu-e departments totalled 29,824- Thi: ultra lwronu-s all the more startling when it is rrllltrrlltr-r-lwl that the total llulnber of civil servnllt- for Zlll lilwivlrllcs of government 0n the 5.11110 ¢i'\l< ill 103p‘ was only 44.044-

Civil srrurllts in the .\'avv Department out- lltlnlht-r tltt- mitts-r. and cnlistvll mcll. .-\s of

11mg y) fir-l» writ 1,1101 officers and 6.388 tintiqctl in- t1 1:1 zht» ullvv. Looking after tllcsc 7.11311 wrrc ll-t fi'\\L‘1‘ tltiltt 10,187 civil scrvlltlts. Ctnttltitlcrl '1 lh of thc army on the same xlntt- w.‘ Stlptlorting them wzts a civil scrvlrr- lSJYll»

Liiil. lt-ckrrztlu zll-o llliilllCfl to lllt‘ allloulll

' "hrn-J’ ti» b.- fullltd ill the tllrcc services. (Thr- n;tv\, lwl 1111*.‘ officvr for cvcry four men. in the interim army there was one officer for eyerv five men. while lithe air force the ratio was nuc to right.

ln tlu; lltjlll. "f this lllflllfllliitillll illllllr.'l"t‘ Alrht-tt’. llCil that ticlc can egnnotttiw 111 guvc-rilltlcnt becomes anything but convillrillu, it is llllllfifliillt that the efficiency of tllc fighting services be mzlilltainctl. But surely .\lr. .\llllllli will not argue that it adds t0 their efficiency to be overstuffed with OHiCCYS and, \\‘f1l'.~c still, with civil servants.

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Defense be no

. Prime .\iitlist<-t~ King is being accompanied to the Paris Peace Conference scheduled to .0pen July. 2f) by lion. Brooke Claxtoti, Nat- ional ilealth and Welfare Minister; Norma" Robertson, Under Secretary of State for lix- tcrnal Affairs: A. l). l". kleeney, Clerk of the Privy Council; l-Inior-Gcneral G. P. Vatlifl‘. Canadian Alubassarlor to France: and lion- Dhtla “digress, Catlzldian Ambassador to Rus- lia. ‘lhis, comments the Part-Record, is an ex- tlllsivcly Government set-up, a closed corpora- tion of Liberalism, 'a party group from the first in the last name on the list and its partisan character is reflected in the general calibre of

it: personnel. - l My. King resorted to some extraordinary bothering when he tilried to elsplain to tlw of ‘Cunmona- ivlly- hi: Aclminist-rationr-

ate of Canadm-was going to monopolize the whole authority of the nation at a peace table which is to arrange the terms of the treaties g0 be imposedq by m. United Nations On Italy, Austria, Romania, Bulgaria, Hungary and Fin- land. He told the House that this meeting in Paris was essentially “diplornatic" whereas the San Francisco and Lolldon conferences were “deliberative" in character. Mr. King argued from this that whereas it was fitting that the various Pailiamentary groups might be repre- sented at the United Nations meetings, none but Government SDOkCsillCil could have any say in the final peace parlcys. The fact is\that all these conferences,—prcliminary, intcrnlediatc, and final-are both “diplomatic” and “delibera- tive" in character and procedure. While it is true that Only the (fiovcrluncllts of the nations concerned can speak the final word for their several countries at the peace table, considera- tions not only of courtesy but of national in- tcrest require the attendance of spokesmen of every representative Parliamentary group for collateral consultation and deliberation in the case of every democratic country which will be called upon to sign these treaties.

.- EDITURIAL NOTES .—.

A project for the erection of city housing is now underway, and by another year t-here should be sufficient accommodation to meet most of the present demand.

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1t is recorded tllllt Bioudayr, Jilly 15th was the coolest day in the lnontlfsince 1881). 'i'l1:1t atomic bomb has much to answer for without this being laid to its charge.

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As old as the hills. Philosophers of ancient Persia espoused the lllaxim that “There can be no tyrant where there is free speech and de- bating societicrf-the equivalent today of Press and Parliament.

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The Boy SCOut and Girl Guide voluntary workers deserve all the financial support we can render them-they are doing real worth- while work in the practical training of our fut- urg citizens.

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=1- Everyone will wish Prim; Minister King a pleasant passage to England, an inspiring visit to the battlefields, successful diplomatic con- tact with the rulers of Europe, a leading posi- tion at the Peace conference, and a speedy re- turn to Ottawa. to find business has been run- ning smoothly in his absence. m x x m

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With the demise of Hr. Dennis, Dr. Mac- Millan becomes the Dean of the Provincial Legislature, having sat continuously, cxccpt from 1935 to I939, since 1923 as one of the rc- presentatives from Charlottetown (the 5th Dis- trict of Queens).

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The 150th anniversary of the dcuth of Robert Burns tomorrow; nlclnorial services will b0 held in Scotland, England and Eire, and in most countries where live Scottish organizations exist, including Canada. In Montreal it will be held in the First Prcsbvteriatl Church, and a wreath placed on Burns .\l0l'lllll'l(‘lll1 in Dominion Square.

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In Chicago this week a price rcconl since 1919 on live hogs was established at union stock- yards with good and choice kinds getting $18.75 a hundred pounds and some being held for more. The new high topped the $13-50 figure Sct July I, which was the highest since 1919 when best pork animals went to $23.60 a hundred

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Carrying out a policy urgcd some years ago by the Canadian Bar Association, Justice Min- ister St. Laurent is bringing a bill into Parlia- ment to raise the salaries of all superior court, district court and county court judges by one- third as from January 1. I947. Parlialllclltar- ians will be in a poor position to 0lJJCCl,'—-ll£iV‘ ing boosted their o\v11 salaries from $4,000 l0 $6,000, and making the increase tax-exempt at that.

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It was the C.N.R. counsel, after all, who got in the most effective comment on car ferry truck rates before the Transport Commission- ers. To Hon. Horace Wright's statement: “We consider the fcrry a trans-Cianzldu highway," .\lr. Dysart rcplicrl: “'i‘h:lt strictly speaking is a (|i1CSil0ll‘\VlllCl‘i lies bctwccn the Proviucc of Prince Edward island and lllc (iovcrtllllctlt of Catlada rather than this llozlrd. If thc rates; are such that they hear unduly upon thc pcoplc of the island, tllcll it is tllc duty of the l’ro- villcizll Government lo got a ltcttcr arrzlllgcnlcllt

with the Dominion tjovcrlllllcllt." W‘ Ill =1‘

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Apart ahqotber from the merits of the claims put before the Board of Transport Commis- sioners, a great (lral of useful information was elicited regarding the difficulties and dangers of our ‘ferry connection with the luainlzltlrl. Tllc Commissioners must have been impressed, and we hope convinced, of the absolute necessity of making the Bordcuiforlncntine car ferry part of the Canadian higlfway did free from freight or passenger charges. This may necessitate an additional car fcrry, with regular sailings at fixed hours from both sides, but it will be worth the cost, and in the long run pay the Dominion

handsomely.

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Premier Jones will no doubt be interested to learn- that a South Australian syndicate has told the Minister for the Interior, Mr. Victor John- son, that it is anxious to develop a fur indus- trv from Karakul sheep in Central Australia. The promoters of the syndicate, who are all prominent South Australian business mcn, told the Minister that it would be necessary to im- port the sheep from South Africa 0r Persia. Climate- and conditions generally in Central Australia are perfect for breeding purposes. The Minister said that a large area would be necessary for the development of the sheep in- dustry, and he promised the syndicate support in, its project. The Karakill sheep grow one of the but furs in the world for a variety of wo-

men‘: garment: and accessories. The fur is t -- Ii] 3 ptroent of the obtained by skinning one-day old

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Notes By The Way

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Ohlna lua been common: tin u“ ‘WWW!!! o! her warmwtrg Jmn. n is exactly nine years “Me the Javanese attacked Chin- g-Zenzlrigfrio 1% glrsilfiouchiiaowlknoyvn

. 9 n t» e vc- mll-Y of Peiplns. -—(gttawa Citizen.

The won-roun- crop u reported 800d, and there is some hope o: more sugar by Ghflsimn; Now if ‘here's Dlentv of stri ed red D811"- We may ll-ive can y canes on lhe tree again. —— Christian Science Monitor.

A New J rse d l gambll ESULDHSXIIHCIT! viiaseraidgd by n platoon of the law. And what evid- ence 1111-35 secured of the sucker Dllbllc being taken to the cleaners° It was found that, the house had taken in $20,000 and had paid out to wmners on lil wheel and others a paltry $400, all within a feiv hours. hose figures simply show that the player had one chance 1n flftv to beat the house. »—Sr Qatharlnes Standard.

A new type of prefabricated house complete with nlult-ln rumtttn-e, has been put on tne market in the British zone .0! AUSifiB for 125

unds The house is constructed n sections, éomprising five moms and an attic, arm is deszgned to accommodate a family of five. It. is made of wood 1r- a design typical of the Knittelfeld district in which it 1s produced. The specifications include built-in bath we bcs, two double beds, clivan, collapsible family table, and five smaller tables. The building company which designed the house are producing lwo a week, but ‘hey say that the output could be increased consid- erably if more labor were available. --London Times.

Dart is the picture painted by FBI Director Hoover. He sees Anl- erica facing “a potential army of 6,000,000 criminals" blames chiefly parental laxity. He would not, criticize youth, but set en ex-

le for them ln the home. Bu! that; remedy does n01 BHBWEI‘ W-lll some of the youths on their way to crime careers come from 00d homes of hard-working, Cvod- ear- ing parents. Good parents cm often be indulgent. They cart follow the modern precept not to appy the switch. Probably if the od- fashloned woodsned was brought but; to the home things would be better. -&3oston Post.

It took a long time to convince the powers that be in education matters that it was 1ii'lllEC-)&§8.\‘%'.0 hold those entrance examinat ns. The move proved w be a 200d one in every respec'-.,Many years E80 it, was the custom to hold these examinations twice a year, at Christ- mas and at midsummer. but the former was done away wiin a long time ago, A movement is now on foot, w eliminate all exatnxlzlatlons. inatlons held in June, and D095 including the upper school exam- the students on their year's record. Whether this would be a wise move or not t5 a, mutter opinion. —Owsn sound Sun-Times.

Mr. Churchill's plea for a “United States of Europo"— a doctrine preached by the late Aristide Bri-lnd- is not likely lo oe answ- ered in our time, Marl has 001119 a long way from the age of trllml chief; he has not yet reached H10 stage where races, nationalities, castes and creeds can be merged into a political whole. The United Slates ls often pointed to as n11 example of what 1s possible 1n the way of unity. But union in tlle United states~ it once had lo be preservomat ‘rte cost of a 18bi- iul civil w-ar- was achieved through the powerful cement, of a common language, through people wl'h basic beliefs in common institutions. There is no such cement ln Eur- ope’ with its m1l.l.lplicltv of lan- guages 1:5 racial anirnosities rooted in centuries, its conflicting political ‘ideas. —0ttaws Journal.

When she was l2. Erna Enzel- brecht, a German Jewcss, fled to England after the Nazis nad klll- ed her mother and he!‘ il-YBII-Old brother in the gas chamber a1 Amchwttz and interned her father in the concentration camp at: Buch- enwald. Last weer. at. l9, Erna was settling dQw-t] fr) life. 113 B. filli- fledged member _of the Ottavr-J. tribe on the Indian reservation rlt Manitowanlng on Manitoulin ls- lad. Ont. In rmlzland. Em met and married George Mlndamin, 26- year-old git-awn Indian who served three years with the Cana- dian Army lMrestry Corps England. Franco and 3618mm- mna was lnlllnteo lnlo the {tripe as Oddawa-Kwe to woman o 1.’:

Ltawa lrllber by Yourl White Eagle. Wampum Man Diced a tribal feather tn her heriddreii- Her baby, Lconwd Steven was named Little Fawn. Although the three Mindalnins are living in a one-room shack with four C! George's relatives, they hope In build a heme of their own with Mindamlnls $2000 service EFF-ill“)? tmd rcLlabilttnJo-l credit. Odd-awa- Kwe has Dromissd Io slay at least one year. Then. if thiflfls don l WOIK gut. right, they may K0 NEW York. where IkldawaKv/e has re- thrives. ~-F'rom Newsweek Mel-S“-

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Down twilight mfifl-(TUWS to s deso- late beach

Quietly creeps tlhe youna and foot.- less nigtht,

Where sea and stone lift blended voice to preach

Their separate sermons to the leav- ening light.

A deep recurrent whisper wakes and

The lonzskur: thllfldefa in m n11- im g oom. -

Breaking the shouted chord, to hold your eyes

Wltth lilhs white that bloom and wither and bloom.

Beauty its always breakifll on 01¢ ree

That shelters righteousness with calm content;

The stollld coast o . conllmonplece

la uhalken as ilhe recreant surge lo

With patient granite. Crest dn reb- el crest .

Goes blazing up that amlent keep

' secure‘.

Still the tpey coat lifts high its more ve breast ‘

a genius. The public, to who“ mu“.

The Death And

‘On the 31st (Jul _ 1795) dyed l‘, tries, after a '

bIlGMOGIQDI-flltd m“ “iffy - 1 comwstinona, h. 6d 941mm)’ by the 101% of native DUIIIOI‘, by the way-mt)‘ and tend, verness of passion, amt b the glow. lug touch of a deocripive pencil wl remain a lasting monument 01' ‘he V1800!‘ ‘and the versatility of a mind guided onl b the fishy; 0f nalure and the limp m... o1 n

6 has F0 lmelv contributed,

will l arn with regret; that hi; ex. traordinarv en owments were M. wmwinled with fnailities which rendered him useless to himself and flmllly- The last months of his short. life were r 1n 31.3.1955 and lndtgence. an his widow. with five infant children, and mt- hourty 68086010011 of a sixth. is now let: mihm" my resource but what she may hone from the r rd due to the memory of her h and. ‘A subscription for the widow and children of poor Burns is immed. lately to be set on toot, and there is little doubt of its being an ample ONE.

Wcillatfld by "It! P988111 which is due to the shade of a genius, his remains were interred on Mlonday last, the 25th Jilly, with military honours and every. stumble re. sweet. The corpse having been previously conveyrd to the tow“-

all o; Dumfrlcs. remained them till the Iollowintz ceremony took place: The military there, consist- n2 of the Clnque Port Cavalry, and the Angusshire Iibnehibies, having handsomely tendered their services, lined the streets m. both sides to the burial ground. The Royal Dumfrlas Volunteers, 0g which he was a mernber-irl-uniforln, with crepe on their lefl arms. support- ed the bier; a party of that coms, agpeointed to perform the military 0 qlllfis- mPl/HIE.’ in slow, solemn time to the ‘Dead March 1n Saul" which was claim by the military bmd- preceded m mournful array with arms reversed. The principal Dart. of the inhabllants and neigh- bourhood, with a number of parti- cular friends of the bard. from remote parts, followed in mess-i. lon- the great bells of the c umber tollin at intervals. Arrived st the chu yard gate. the funeral-party according m tne rules of thanexer- cise, formed two llnu. and leaned their heads on their firelocks, point- ed to the ground. Through nhlsspace the corpse was canted. The party drew 1gp alongside the grave. and after e interment fired three volleys over it. The whole cere- mony presented a solemn, grand and affecting spectacle. and accord. ed with the general regret. for the loss of a man whose like we shell scarce see again.‘

Epitaph

‘Oonsigned to earth, here rests the lifeless clay.

Which once s vital spark from

Heaven inspired;

The l»: of genius shone full

brigh as nay,

Then left, the world to muum its light TEllfCd,

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While beams that splendid orb which lights the spheres-

Whlle mountain streams descend w swell ‘he main-

While charlgeful season; mark the rolling years-

Thy fame,‘ O Burns, let Scotia

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To these interesting notices mtgy here be filly appended, urhat. apart from intrinsic merit, may be con- sidered the "most remarkable pro- duction ever penned regal-din Burns. It was at. the centenary o his birth, January 25, 1859 that a Erear. festival was held at the Crystal Palace, Syuenhnm, in in)“. our of the memory of the Scottish national poet.

Many personal relics of the ill- uslrlous dead were shewn; there

and high-strung auditory. that the Offered prizes of fiftv Suineas had bl-tought together 021 poems by different arulhors, in honour Burns memory; out. of which rm three gentlemen judges had sel- ected one as the best." and this was forthwith read by M: Phel s, the eminent Lragcdlan, with tm-t t. ing effect. It proved to be the composition of a young count o- man of Bums‘, up to that 1mg scarcely known. but who was in some respects not less wonderful, as an example of genius s ringing up in the lowly paths of ifO—\l‘lOl‘ name Isa. Craig. There was an en. lllllsiastic call fol the youthful 911194101661". and had she been pre- sent. she would have received hon- ours exceeding lvl fervour those at the laureation cf Retnarch; bur Miss Craig was then pursuzng her modest duties in a distant pat-t o; Imldon. unullnklng of the pro- Cfifldinss at Svdenham. The poem was as follows:

We hail this morn, A century's noblest birth;

A Poet peasant-born. Who more of Elaine's

dower

Unto his country brings,

'l'han all her Klmrs! ,

As lamps nlgtl set Upon scme earlmv eminllfl- And to the taker hriphter thenel ‘The?! t? the sirllere-lghts they