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It is encouraging to note. On the authority of Fisheries .\Iinister Robl- chaud, t.hat work will begin. Im- mediately on a program to be intro- duced in Parliament. D0SSlbl.V late!‘ this year, for expansion of federal developmeiil work on new fisheries techniques. Action on the policy will await 9. cabinet decision on what measures should be taken to get the policy rolling.

Mr. Robichaud also gave assur- ance that more attention will be given to the discovery Of lmeXI>l°i'0- ed stocks in ocean and inland wat- ers. There will be increased efforts. too, in the matter of education and training. The minister pledged his department to step up its activities in this field. and the labor depart- ment will be asked to devote part of its training program to fisheries.

His statement was made at the close of the federal-provincial con- ference on fisheries development. and it must. have been Pleasing t" our provincial minister, Mr. Rossiter. and his deputy, Mr. Gorman. both of whom are reported to have stress- ed, as two main points in their pres- entations. the. need to compete in high seas fisheries by more emphas- is on research. and a program of training for Canadian off-shore fish- eries.

Development along these lines may take some time to achieve. but it would seem to be the best. Wall Of insuring the future of an industry in which this province. and the At- lantic area generally. has so much at stake.

British Trade Complaint

An Ottawa correspondent in The

Financial Post suggests, ironically.

that when Prime. Minister Pearson

talks trade next month with Prime

Minister Sir Alec Douglas-Home. « he will be. able to use the arguments ,4 given him three weeks earlier by ' President Johnson.

Here's the situation. as The Post ‘man sums it up: Our trade deficit ‘with the U.S. is so serious that we ‘argue we should get help to lick it.

'The Americans tell us to look at the \

‘'over-all. big picture. Britain‘.-i trade [deficit with us is so serious that 7 London says Britain needs Canada's help. And. of course, we urge the "British to take the broad view.

, But just as Canada isn't con- jtent to do nothing about its trade fideficiri with the Us. 30 the British ‘late becoming increasingly restive.

,"The most recent trade figures show -

Llwhy. The value of Canadian exports to Britain during the first 11 months "_of 1963 was $939.4 million. a 12 per icent increase. British exports to :'|Canada during the same period :were $528.9 million. a 9 per cent de- _creaee.

I There is one aspect. of Canadian ,trading policy that particularly up- igetq the British government. and it E}: cumin Prime Minister Home will

‘l vlhevi it on his list of subjects to dis-

gcuu in Ottawa on February 10. This ii:!a the system of valuation for duty :pur[loaea on goods of a type and kind imado in Canada. One senior British fiffglal explained it this way: 3; ’_'With a small country like Brit- " - T-Hie cost of distributing to a I is relatively low. The whole - harkot is close to the factory. ‘- - i it is regular practice to quote Igor export price than that for ~ i ' zaax-train. to allow for the I I of ‘transportation. But if it Is a ¥- ofstypeandldnd msdoln i‘ y_ your National Revenue of- atap in and charge an

ai-itldumplng duty equal to the dif- ference between export and home market price. It is automatic.

“A U.S. firm on the other hand has dealers spread all over the country. His price to a. dealer 2,000 miles away is bound to be lower than the one he charges a dealer just around the corner from’ his plant. That lower price can then be taken for valuation purposes, remov- ing any difference between the home and export-to-Canada price."

A telling argument the British officials use is that in the Maritimes, Prairies and British Columbia, this duty costs them markets that Can- adian plants cannot fill. The cost of overland transportation from the main industrial centres of Ontario and Quebec makes it possibile for US firms to take the trade away from both British and Canadian companies.

Mr. Pearsoii. says the Post writ- er. may find it very difficult in- deed to resist the argument that Canada should think again about this particular regulation.

By Devious Ways

It is likely that a new amend- ments will shortly be added to the American (.‘onstil.ut.ion——the 24th. Only one step remains before enact- ment: approval by the Senate of the South Dakota Legislature. The a.mendment—iiow ratified by 37 states—requires that the right of United States citizens to vote in any primary or other election for Presi- dent or Vice-President. or for any senator or repi'esentati\'e. shall not be denied for failure to pay any tax.

Few constitutional amendments, critics say. have been aimed at so small 8 tai'get——the use of the poll

tax in preventing Negro voting in ’

the South. They argue that this system has been replaced in many areas by different, and more effec- tive. discrimination devices like literacy tests or intimidation.

Only five states have required poll taxes. and one of them. Vir- ginia. has rushed steps to evade the new amendment even before its ratification by South Dakota. It has passed a law requiring a person who wishes to vote in a state election to pay a poll tax: if he wishes to vote in the federal election he must. file a "cert.ificate of residence." The burden of the. latter is identical with the tax. minus the cost. and may result in less voting.

Actually the House of Repre- sentatives approved the amendment approach to this problem five times since 1942. but lost out in filibust- ers to the Senate until. finally. the measure got through by 8 subter- fuge. How was that? It. was attach- ed as a rider to a resolution to make the former home of Alexander Hamilton a national monument. and the Senate appears to have passed it without noticing its implications!

It is by such devious ways that the civil rights program is advanc- ing. President Kennedy. it is recall- ed, recommended this new amend- ment; but he also proposed ii. strong- er one. against "arbitrary use of literacy tests” in federal elections. which also went down before a fili- buster.

EDITORIAL NOTES

Now it is suggested that social snobbery—-the device which ostraciz- ed tobacco chewing—-could be used to get people to quit smoking. An editorial in the current Annals of Internal Medicine. the journal of the American College of Physicians, urges this course on the part of those who don't. smoke towardls those who do. “We may succeed with snobbery." it'says snobbi‘sh- ly. "where reasoning and fear would fail. Abstention may become the badge of the strong. the vlrile: ab- stention may become the fashion and infect our whole society."

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The International Press Bureau in its January bulletin lists some of Africa's newer countries, as well as Cube. Bolivia. Paraguay, Indonesia and Burma as places where there is no pretence at press freedom. or whara governments make ii mockery of it. Indonesia was. cited for glar- ing Instances of restraint of the press. editors being held in jail there for as much as two years without trial. On the other hand. loraal, Ceylon. Pakistan and South Korea were named as countries in

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9I_TAWA REPORT by Patrick Nicholson Pesticides Problem Discussed By Expert

pointed out that our soil. water - in the oil of fish that live far at

The pollution of our lakes and rivers had reached so ser- ious a proportion that Canada. which is blessed with approxi- mately half the fresh water on

some districts. A hitherto over- looked form of llution of our natural resources w a a high llgl" ed before the House of Com- mons committee on Pesticides and Drugs. This was the poison- ing of our foods by pesticides. “The problem you have cho- sen to explore is one that must solved in our time. I feel strongly that a begiinniii must made on it now," said Miss Rachel Carson. the well-lcnown U.S. marine biologist and author. Her book “Silent Spring". de- scribing the growth of this men- ace to our health and even our lives. has been a bestseller for many months. As one of the outstanding ex- rts on this subject. she was wisely invited to submit her v'le com.mitibee. S h e

and air support hundereds (thousands species of animals and lants as well as man him- self. The development of science

achii ed dramatic results In recent years. but we have tended to overlook its damag- ing side-effects, she quoted radioactive waste. nuclear fall- chemica: eter- ge-nts front homes and industries as other fiactiocrs destroying na- ture.

CHAIN OF FOOD Her most sensational evidence the nceiiitr

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concerned

pol-son through transmittal along the food chain of nature. and the astonishing manner in which this can spread. Knowledge of this wide dispersal of pesticide poisons. tan d tihe point of appliicaiblon. has been acquired only wltlhiin the last year, she sai

most disturbing of all such reports." she repo “concerns the finding of

PUBLIC

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DR. ARTIIUR'S VISIT

Sir:—- Charlottetown is to re- ceive a visit from Dr. Eric Ar- thur. This man is a professor of architecture at the University of- Toronto. chairman of special committee of preservation of historic buildings of the Archi- tectural Institute of Canada. and one of Canada's leading author- ity on historic buildings.

Dr. Arthur and a colleague di- rected a survey of Maritime ar- chitecture in the summer of 1962 and subsequently published a book resulting from this work. His lecture on Historic Building and Sites in the Marltimes should be one based on facts sup- plemented with intelligent

ion.

The Prince Edward Isl a in! Historic Society should ex- tended an expression of congra- tulations for sponsoring Doctor Arthur's lecture

I am. Sir, etc. ALI-‘RED J. IIENNESSEY Charlottetown. LIQUOR CONTROL

Sir,—-The case against mod- ernizing the Liquor Control Act has centred to a great extent on the corruption of youth. the de- spolliitlon of families. the per- version of morals generally, the impoverishment of the province, the prevalence of suicides. mur- ders. embezzlements, and high- way accidents. of par- ticulars does not in any way mil- itate against new liquor legisla- tion.. for obviously the present law has not been successful In eliminating these evils from our province.

On the other hand. to do cred- it to the pi-nhlbltionlata. the case for new legislation should not center on the requirements of the tourist trade. Surely we do not propose to serve tourists goods which we consider unfit for the native population. on the other hand. surely we would not deny to the native what is good for the tourist. In any case.

world

suggestion of moral tale! to identifying ourselves with the cause of new legislation.

In point of foetal! is difficult to openly espouse is for fear of embarrsaslng.Isne-

author

subs voldtlte. seem

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bute its burdens in proportionate measure on all the citizenry. For example. it provides for special retail permits to the so-called “clubs" (Inconporated Non-Prof- it Associations) which in prac- tice excludes the general wont- ing class from privileges enjoy- ed by those in better flnanc l at circumstances. There are no clubs for the working class, a void which is filled by the public tavern in other countries.

Here we seem to prefer the 11- legal tap-room (the “bootleg- gers"l. which has always flout- lshed where any kind of prohibi- tion is in effect, and whlc h continues to function successful- ly in this city at the p re s em. time. In point of fact, the lflbOs- lng man who prefers not to drink at home. whether out of delicate regard for his wife and children. or for personal prefer- ence. haa no option under our system but the b o o tl e gger. which I am sure is not what the law intended.

A second problem which has been created by government in- decision in this matter is the proliferation of drinking houses most of which will already have their stake established in this enterprise. This will malce‘d.iffl. cult the establishment of places where liquor can be enjoyed as a social amenity, and help per- petuate the Island as a pla c e where liquor is guzzled and not drunk. At the present time. I cannot be sold in clubs where liquor is served. thus helping to ensure a maximum an mo Immediate effect from the liquor ti-nbfbad. sure this is tlieymoat ridiculous provision of the pres- ent: legislation. that we can drink {loner but cannot eat while do-

n

g so. My experience with the liquor is it some ex-

tensive to Indicate all the anoin-

tbe Cabinet will accept

ioua responsibilities In this gsrd. and that Premier win defer to collective . men: of tbe Associates to whom

ra- Show

he has otbarvrtee flvea his coali- dencs in the public affairs in: this . Im . .. ' su'~Tioonss1'

of sea. Siicih residues have been

found in fish caught off both North

coasts America, as well as off Sou,-tih America. Eur

and Asia. The species concerned include halibut living on the floor of the Pacific Ocean. and tuna. ii fish of the open ocean that rarely comes close to land. Oil from some of these marine fish has contained DDT in concentratiions exceed- ing 300 parts per million." To explain the significance of this figure, I should explain that concentration is near forty-five times the legal toler- ance for DDT in foods in USA.

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What Miss Carson called an exceedingly important method

_ in Call- fornia. mxapliene. a chlorinated hydrocarbon. was applied at a dosage of only one-filth of one part per million. The tiny plank- ton organisms in the lake pick-

::g

and built up further to 22 ppm. in the fish.

Finally the concentration built up in birds which ate these fish. pellcia-ns in fact. to a staggering 1.700 p.m. Meanwhile t h e plankton was eaten _ trout from a hatchery and it poisoned them. The lake remained unfit for fish for ten months.

Around Ye-lloxvknife. Mllss Carson related. ere LS an im- portant waterfowl breeding area. Insecticides have not been sprayed within several hundred miles: yert DDT has been found for several years in the eggs of waterfowl and in the young chicks.

Contiaminatzion of our natural surroundings by pesticides. and

the extinction of animal and plant life which ' fol-low. ints up the fact that these

sidceffects should no longer be overlooked when the benefits of

ldeis are considered.

Our Yesterdays

(From the Guardian Files)

TWENTY-I-‘IVE YEARS AGO (January 27. 1989)

The Charlottetown Board of Trade dispatched a telegram to the Rt. Hon. R.B. Bennett at Saint John. New Brunswick, signed by Secretary W.L. Hig- gins. conveying regrets that the former Prime Minister was lea- ving Canada.

Despite near zero weather and a high wind. the ferry Fair- vlew continued to ply the waters of Charlottetown harbour be- tween lhe City and R oc ltv Point. "the boat is still some dis- tance from equalling her form

record act the winter of 1987 when the service was dia- contlnued the first weak in Feb- rusry.

TEN YEARS AGO

get of the So a

of the Bank of Nova Scotls was

elected as president of the Sum-

marslda Board of Trade at too It

tberneetiag. syornasryw. waiter. and two members of the previous mm: rm Council counctiloss win. I. J . presenting tle East std. councillor James 1.. Mb‘ Dougsl reps-eaenctngtliacaatru wsritvrers re-alectedbyasslo snation. TRAIN IIIIIIAPIILIJ I1 Restore)--laevsa persons were killed sad Injured Saturday when a freight train us Into a station- ary passenger train In the station as zdelany. near Kla- Oo. the at sews Usher resorted.

who presided at M

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Poor Sanitation And Amebiosis

By Dr. Tbeodsre R. Van Dallea

A meblasls flourishes wbere sanitation is poor.

At one time. physician over- looked the condition frequently bec ae it was regarded as is tropcal disease. Vie W changed in 1933 when the news broke that Ohlcago washost to the largest epidemic in the

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Changing the name from ame- bid dysentery to ameblasls made the medical profession In ore aware of the disorder. Diarrlfea is not too common and when the symptom occurs. It lasts only a few days. Ameblasls never would be considered if we. wait-

ed for dysentery to develop.~

ltfost victims of the disease tend to be constipated and complain of abdominal tenderness. disten- tion, gas, weakness, and Insom- nia. The manifestations may not appear until years after expos-

ure.

This infection is caused by a single-celled organism (amebal too small to be seen without the aid of a microsc the intestine and multiplies by dividing Into two, four. eight. and so on.

The progeny leave the colon encased in a protective coating that allows them to exist until swallowed by someoneelse. This takes place when the cysts con- taminate the food or water sup- ply. Prevention is a matter education in basic hygiene and explains why we warn against eating uncooked vegetables and unbolled water in areas where sanitation is lax or nonexistent.

Diagnosis is made by finding the ametbic cysts in stool speci- ments. The culprit may not be uncovered in one or two speci-

_ mens, which means that in sus-

pected cases, most physicians examine at least six. Various remedies are availab-

le but emetiue is the old reliable j

when symptoms are present. The drug is tricky to use be- cause serious side reactions oc- cur when too much is taken. But it usually works so well. older physicians often used it as a diagnostic test. Amebiasis was considered as the cause of ab- dominal distress taking the product. Among other remedies are hydroxoquinoline chloroqu- inc. and the antibiotics.

COULD BE Mrs. R. writes: A 16- year-old

girl reduced weight rapidly by i

going on a strenuous diet. Could of the menses?

REPLY Possibly. although some girls this age have menstrual irregu- larities unrelated to dieting.

PAIN FROM EXERCISE

C.W. writes: Three weeks ago, after doing neck exercises. I de- veloped pain on turning head. Did I strain the muscles or cords or s o m e thing. do you think

REPLY _

Yes. Apply heat for 15 minut- es daily and follow it up with more exercise. Turn the head slowly three or four times in each direction.

SKIN LIFTING

Mrs. P. writes: Would lace lifting help acne scars? I had

the planing treatment but still ‘ have some scars on the cheek _

and chin areas.

REPLY No. The skin is pulled up and back in fact lifting and the ex- cess is cut. off. But the original skin remains, even though it is

taut. TODAY'S HEALTH HINT-

An easy life is not necessarily a long life.

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was relieved ‘ ‘ within a week after

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. NOTES BY THE writ?

A Toronto automobile dealer offers used cars that in “execu- tive tested". Wouldn't mecb:n- ic. tested be more to the point.- Ottawa Journal.

There may be arguments for legalizing lotteries. but using the hospitals as an excuse is not one of them. Health and welfare are the charge of the wh Ole community. and not to used as comeons for whoever is look ing for easy money.-— Niagara Falls Evening Review.