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CIRCULATION

Total (my zone Retell Tndlng Zone. 8.151 Alllothers .. ' Total Net Paid Editor and Managing Director, J. B. Burnett Associate Editor, Frank Walker

"The Strongest Memory is Weaker Than the Weakest Ink".

CHARLOTTETOWN. SATURDAY. JUNE 16. 1951

Why llot Tax controls?

In common with other inflation-ridden countries Canada has its share of those who advocate controls as the remedy for high living costs. Some favor price con- trols. Others favor wage controls. Others again urge the simultaneous use of both.

The strange thing is that among the various economic sects seeking institutional care under the paternal influence of gov- ernment, there are none thus far who ap- pear anxious to advocate tax controls. Yer taxes, as the Senate finance committee points out, take a 25 per cent bite out of every family income. A "roll-back” in taxes might be difficult to achieve at this time, but a rigidly administered system of tax control could at least prevent the tax bite from encompassing still more territory

Tax control would be relatively simple to administer. Individual citizens could serve as tax-control police, and the penaltv for tax-hungry legislators would be the withholding of the vote for violation of the existing tax ceiling. Since government spending is the major cause of inflation and high living costs, tax control would rigidly ration the supply of money available to of- ficial Ottawa. This might put a crimp in the "buy as you go" system of getting votes, but since it 'would affect all parties alike, none could raise any serious objection.

Tax control as a counter-inflationary measure is worth pondering. It provides the individual citizen with a doublc-edged sword designed at one and the same time to keep official Ottawa from putting a further bite on already impoverished pocketbooks and strikes at inflation's root by curbing non-productive government expenditure.

Exit Hammocks

Seamen of Canada's Nav.V' will 1'Cl0lCP- though perhaps reservcdly, at the decision to provide bunks, separate eating and sleeping spaces and cafeteria style messing to all new construction naval ships. g

It will not be surprising if they receive the news with some suspicion, for warships have ever been noted for their cramped living quarters and the hammock, which can be slung allowing as little as eiglileen inches per man and stowed out of the way when not in use, has been an accepted solution since the days of Drake.

Generous allocation of space in planning is not a guarantee that it. will always be available. All navics are addicted to "modernizing" ships from time to time. adding new equipment which takes up spam and also requires additional men to oper- ate it. The result: is that a class of Ships in service for a few years is apt to have something like double ii: original crew and half the original space for them.

lllr. Massey's Warning

Discussing the recommendations of the Royal Commission on Arts. of which he was chairman, Rt. lion. Vincent Mass:-y stressed one point before a Montreal service club the other day, which goes to the root of the matter. "We take for granted," hr:

' said, "that the young men in our services

understand the meaning of democracy. When we find that they haven't thougltt much about it we organize classes for l few weeks to tell them about the founda- tions of our civilization and such classes are doubtless useful and indeed necessary. but the articles of our faith cannot be learn- ed in a hurry. Propaganda is no substitute for education. The spiritual weapons we need in times of stress and danger must he slowly forged and tempered in time of peace. Neglect all these things and we re- duce the difference between us and the enemy. We shall be less able to fight ma- terialism if we become materialistic our- selves." Mr. Massey does not make the common mistake of confusing culture with interna- tlonalism. "Nationalism, and more par- ticularly Canadian nationalism," he said, "in not an obsolete notion. Our work. and whatever may stem from it, rests upon the conviction that Canada is to remain an in- dependent nation, and that in consequence it is the right and the duty of our govern- ments and of our citizens to do all that is possible under the law and under'.the con- stitution to strengthen our sense of Cana- . "I lmow that for a generation it has been fashionable to decry 'natlonallsm'. I

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what we can to strengthen and to enrich o'u:. own national life we are doing any disserv- ice to the international cause. On the con- trary it seems to me that for many a year, and even for many a generation to come, we can do our best service to the world at large by trightly ordering our own house- hold'; and our inquiry has revealed, to us at least, that there is much right ordering to be done."

EDIIURIAL NUI ES

Tomorrow, fourth Sunday after Trin- ity. Q

Tomorrow is Father's Day when for once everyone lets him know how they feel about him all year but are too busy to show it.

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"Trotting and pacing races are coming back", stated Agriculture Minister Gard- iner in the House of Commons. Perhaps the rest of the country will soon overtake the Island's lead.

With Festive Week drawing near there are still some streets in deplorable shape despite the efforts of the City streets com- mittee. From now until the 1st it will be a case of street racing-machines against. the clock.

Members of the Charlottetown Straw- berry Growers Association have elimin- ated one uncertainty by contracting for -'1 fixed sale price. Now the only uncertain- ties are the amount of production and the cost of harvesting.

I 3 The Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals was founded this date 1824. Under the common law it is not an offence to treat animals with cruelty and the many acts passed in the old country for their protection were largely as is re- sult of agitation by the Society.

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Mr. Justice W. Arthur I. Anglin of the New Brunswick Supreme Court has been appointed judge of the New Brunswick Di! vorce Court. Mr. Justice Anglin was ap- pointed judge on the King's Bench Division of the New Brunswick Supreme Court June 22, 1948.

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The one-dollar-per-day tax exemption for troops in Korea is intentionally not no equal a relief as it might seem. Those whose normal tax would be from nothing to one dollar get less than the dollar ex- emption. For those in the higher brackets it means a dollar less to pay whether out of one or three dollars aiayable.

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A distinct honour has been bestowed upon the P. E. I. Presbytery of the United Church of Canada, and on Pownal Parish, as well as on Rev. A. S. Weir on his choice as president of the Conference being held at Sackville. He and the Rev. W. T. Mer- cer, chairman of the Presbytery here, are playing important parts in the work of the Conference, and from what is known of their respective records the Church may be sure it will be well and truly served. It 9 It The first half of the "leafy" month has passed speedily, and left a record of much splendid work accomplished in connection with our forthcoming Festive Week. Two distinguished Canadians have visited our shores, the forerunners no doubt of many others who will be coming as tourists or summer residents at one or other of our hotels and summer resorts. What we wish for particularly is that we may be blessed with a period of warm, sunshiny weather to benefit farmers, fishermen and holiday- makers alike. Strawberries especially will benefit. 0 Our senators are very meticulous. After the Commons passed the new Indian Act, the Senate passed it-but only after making some changes. When the bill returned to the Commons for concurrence in the amend- ments, M.P.”s asked what the Senate had done to the measure. Citizenship and Im- migration Minister Harris said there were three changes. "The first is the substitution of a comma. for the word 'that'. The sec- ond is the substitution of the word 'or' for and. . The third,” and he paused dramat- ically, "the third is to strike out an un- necessary 'that'." The Commons concur- red.

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It is being discovered that Government conducted vocational schools are insufficient. to produce the mechanically trained men industry requires. Labor Minister Gregg ls advislng Canadian manufacturers to set up their own programs of vocational, youth and apprentice training. The idea is to supple- ment state efforts along the same line. Reu- son for the move is that Canadian industry generally-including the part concentrating on defence-is feeling the pinch as far as skilled labor is concerned. The Dominion- Provlnclal training schemes.. while large.

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SCHOOL TAXES

Sir, -At this time oi the year, before the annual school meet- ings, some Schools give out. notice that it taxes are not paid before- at certain dat-n those urcounts will he handed into the court for col- lection. If ratepayers do not pay

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INDUSTRIOUS SETTLEIIS

From "Observations on Emigra- tion in the American Colonies". by John Mncgregor, London, 1829:

"About twenty years ago, .1 family from Ardnn - Murchen. among many other emigrants from Argylcshlre, settled on a point of land on the north side of Prince Edward Island. This spot pos- sessed not the ndvantugc of marsh, or running streams. which are considered of such indis- pensable importance by all in-

their taxes till the day of the an- nual meeting where me the trust.- ees to get funds to pay the teach- :-r's supplement and huy coal, pay for lighting the fire and cleaning the school? There is no excuse for those school taxes not being paid lll many cases. when pork is sell- ing at approximately 40 cents per 1b.. beef at over 50 cents per lb, eggs at 50 cents per dozen and over. How is the secretary to get. his accounts audited to present at. the annual meeting if the taxes are not paid promptly? Section 76 of the school Act reads as follows: "Every .-nmunl or special school meeting shall have power by the vote of a majority of present thc-rent to exempt from taxation for school purposes the property or the polls. or both, of persons, who. by reason of age. in- firmity or poverty, may in their judgment; be unable to contribute. but no person so exempted shall be entitled to vote at any such school meeting." 1 nm. sir. :-tr. TAXPAYER.

WINNING THE PEACE

Sir,-A few months ago I read where on: Paul G. lloffzrnan had spoken before a Rotary club in Toronto on the subject "Fighting For Peace”. lie spoke of several fronts on which a "peace" war must. be waged, such as the econ- omic, thc military, the informa- tion front and so forth. Wishing to know more about what was on his mind, I wrote to him at. Wash- inglon, DC, for some literature on the subject. My letter came to- the desk of his secretary in Cali- fornia, who thanked me profusely and replied saying that by waiting a month or more I would be able to get Mr. Hoffman's new book that he was engaged in writing. I now have the book. It cost t1.00 at. Doubleday Pu-bli-shers. 105 Bond St., Toronto 2. paper cover. Mr. Hoffman has been president of the Stucle-baker Corporation and for two and a half years has been administrator under the ”Marshal Plan". lie is now direc- tor of the Ford Foundation that has two hundred and thirty-eight millions to invest in "waging the peace".

He tells in his book what. has been clone to save Europe, or at least 15 countries of Europe, from being taken over by the Commun- lsta. We can see that something turned the tide in Italy, accord- ing to their last election. He makes i plain that American mon-ey did it. in co-operating, financing and building up morale. It would built up our morale to read it. and consider what. Can- ada! part. in the enterprise should

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dolent. farmers; but its 'sull was fertile, and covered with immense trees of birch, beech and fir; and McMillan and his family were thrifty. and not afraid of hard work. They are at this day. therefore, an opulent nnd respect- able asdany farmers in the Col- ony; their sons und daughters married, and comfortably settled on their several farms, which they have purchased, and on which they have built good houses, barns. etc.

"The second son. who occupies the farm they first commenced on, and with whom his parents live, has built it handsome house, in large barn. different new out- houses. and has also his land: in high state of cultivation. His cart or sledge appears once a week. or oftener. in the Market of Charlotte-Town, with flour, grain, or other produce. while some old settlers, who have been forty years in the Colony, and liv- ing on excellent farms. with plenty of marsh and fertile up- lands. often come, with a bug under their arm, to buy wheat of Mr. McMillan before the month of May.

"Among the settlers on the townships belonging to Sir James Montgomery and his brother, I have frequently had the oppor- tunity of observing the indust- rious progress of an old man of the name of Sinclair. He was up- wards of sixty when I saw him beginning in the woods. ills fam- ily. conslsted of his wife and two grown-up daughters: one of the latter usually spent three-fourths of the year at service; their means were limited. and they were obliged to live very frugully; but their industry overcame every diff-

iculty. Recollectlng the place thickly covered with trees in 1820. I was charmed with its

pretty improvements when I rode pnst it four or five years after- wards. and never did I nbaervo more forcibly the effect of worl- applled industry.

"A little further on, near Sin- clnlr's farm, a settler, who was formerly a tenant of Major Gen- ernl Stewart's estate, Garth. in Perthshlre, and who went to Am- erica recommended by this brave officer to Sir James Montgom- ery's agent. has nlso made most extensive improvements. In the some settlement ll man named Cali-nl. whom I observed the first year, with a rope over his shoul- der. actually dragging after him

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Where wild blackberries hang from dusty vines.

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the horrow which covered the seed. and who had at one time been in good circumstances in Dumfrieshire. but who arrived pennlless in America, told me that. after surmountlng the diff- iculties of the first two years, he had liv better. and that he con- sidered himself much more inde- pendent. than he ever did in Scotland. t

"Mr. Dockendorff. one of the most respectable farmers in Prince Edward Island. with whom I have had frequent conversation re- specting the conditions of the in- habltants of the Colonies, remov- ed to it about forty years ago from the United States. He was then unmarried. and commenced clearing the form which he now occupies. which at that time was covered altogether with trees. in- dicating a fertile soil. It is now one of the finest farm: in North America. His house in large, handsome, and comfortable; his barn, stables, etc., are commod. lous and well planned; his farm- lng implements are ever in the

best order; his horses. cattl.-, Sheep. etc-. alwoyl in excellent condition."

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too high t.i:xes' would be a spur to initiation. And certainly a spur

to Mr. Abbott. C Hamilton Specta tor.

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When Mr. Vincent Money spoke here earlier this week he mention- ed the fact that, while Canada owned almost all the world's nie- kel. it did not posseu a national library. Commenting on this fact. our pen Illpped and we" remark- ed that we had no national urt gallery. This was. of course, not true. for we have an art. gallery which in spite of neglect and star- vation. is one to be proud of. it in easy to forget we have such a national possession. Easy also to forget that the art gallery is not financially able to do what It ought to do. The Massey Report. in a grim bit of humor, told how a prairie brief presented to it commented on the fact that on eastern brief had stated that the nrt gallery was centrally located and easy of access by bus or street car. The westerners thought this might be all right for people living in Ottawa, but not so easy for an art lover in Regina 10 B0! on u Itreet car to visit the na- tional art gallery.-Montreal Star.

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