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FRIDAY, JUNE 14, isle

UNRRA And Fishery Markets

Thg Fisheries Federation members, meet-

ing in Charlottetown on Wednesday, were warned that the (lczidline for UNRRA Pm‘ chases of canned fish products was in Decem- ber and there was nu indication zit present that this deadline would be extended. The Dill"! Clll|)ll£i§l'LL‘(l iras that other markets than those silplilit-(l lllftlugll ENRRA purchases must be snug-ht, that competition from Norway and other Ctlllltllllln’ is lieetmiing increasingly keen, .and than greater attention inust be given _t0 quality production and improved marketing methods. This is good advice in MY £35m 311d mn- ni-tvducers would be well advised to follow i . t it seems strange, however, that the ques- tion of discontinuing UNRRA purchases should arise at this time. Acc0rding_ to I58" Guardtia, director general of this organization whose full title is the United Nations Rellcifl-Ild Rehabilitation Atlministration, the food situa- tion ‘m Europe and China was never more seri- ous. The countries for which UNRRA pro- vides are Czechoslovakia, Poland, Austria, ill! Ukraine, Byelornssia, Greece, the Dodecaiiesc Islands, Yugoslavia, Italy, Albania and China- a population of some 500,000,000 I>¢°Plfi "la"! of whom are actually starving, and millions of whom are in a marginal condition between hun- ger and starvation. How can there be any question of discontinuing food supplies while these conditions exist?

The Department of Agriculture in the United States is the food purchasing or pro- curing agent for UNRRA. The food require- ments, .\lr. LaGuardia states, have been fully “surveyed and studied and screened”, and all elong the line, so far as one can gather from his recent address to members of the National Press Club at \Vashington, there are short- ages in required supplies. The wheat shortage appears to be the most serious. The total mini- mum wheat requirement is 700,000 tons I month, and at no time has that amount been available.

Here is a direct quotation from Mr. La.- Guardtias statement: “UNRRA can get money, but what we “need is food. This is a world re- sponsibility and UNRRA will buy wherever food is available and take it to where it is need- ed." One can imagine no better “buy" for the money than our Canadian fishery products.

The UNRRA is an international agency of 48 nations. and is stipported entirely by public funds.- Each non-invaded member nation con- tributes two per cent of its national income. ls that ton much for a country like Canada? The contributions may be either in kind or in money. 9o per cent of the money contribu- tions from ezich contributing country is ex- pended in that country; the remaining I0 per cent is free money which UNRRA is permit- ted to spend anywhere it can buy commodities

or supplies that are necessary.

Belated Budget Alibi

“lien pCOplg ask these (lays, and rgason- ably, why the budget is delayed so long, they are told it is because of the failure of the Do- mininn-Prorincizil Conference. This, claims the Ollaim Journal, is hunibug. Failure of tlie Dominimi-l‘roriiirial Conference should not have ilelziyetl the lnldgPt a single day, and for n simple reason. The reason that the agree- ments made with the Provinces during the war are still in force and will remain in force. iih the curse of most of the Provinces, until the cud of the present fiscal your. That bCiIlg true, and it is true. .\lr. llsley could have pro- ceeded with his budget thegdav after the Con- ference adj ned precisely as if it had reached agreement. otliing that the Conference did, or failed to do, made-one copper of difference.

Ten months remain to work out an agree- ment to take Care of next year; that is, pro- viding the Government intends to reconvene the Conference. Of course, if tlie Government doesn't want the Cotiference resumed, if it has in mind ivliat some of its friends are hinting it has in mind, namely, the party advantage of trying to blame the Conference's failure and its

consequences upon Premiers Drew and Duplcs- .sis, that is another matter. What should be I nude clear is that. apart from political tactics,

lleresumed to take care of next year's budget,

‘and equally no reason why this year's budget

_ should be affected by the Confei-ence’: dis- . agreement in any event.

Meanwhile, uncertainty as to the budget

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convinced both personal and busi-

ie iii for reductions, but no two of-

agreement as to the extent of the

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tax, a present I0 per cent out he business tax, to be followed by its abolition u the end of 1946, and its replacement by s straight percent- age levy on business profits filled upward ac- cording to their amount as irrtifie case of per- sonal incomes. '

- EDITORIAL NOTES -

The "clean-up" of nioonsliiners by the Mounted Police is evidently not confined to this Prohibition Provincc, iudging by lllc seiz- ure of a great moonshine plant in Quebec— “the province of the free."

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General McNaughton, C.H., may lay the unflattering unction to his soul that: A prince can make a belted knight, A marquis, duke, and a’ that; But an honest man's aboon his might, Guid faith he maunna fa’ that! a

1t will have been Observed from our ad- vertising columns that the country districts are being gradually provided with much needed medical help. Recently, Drs. Stewart, lnman, Dewar have started in country practices, and now will be joined by Dr. Bill Tidmarsli, who intenb eating an office at Crapaud next month.

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_-l- w- s e A 27-year-old man appeared in court at\ 'l'iiiiiiiins, Ont, on a new chzirge~drtnikeniiess while riding a horse. It seems the man ivas seen in an allegedly intoxicated condition and trying to master his prancing steed in an ini- promptu rodeo exhibition in a downtown resi-

dential area.

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The Dominion Government's decision_ to enforce meat rationing a second time cost Can- adians millions of dollars and resulted in a worse distribution and in an alarming increase of black market practices, Mr. Arthur Hurteati told delegates to the Quebec food-stuffs section of the Retail Merchants’ Association of Can- ada, in convention at Montreal. n: w y is

Being “ldnd to their nain $81!," seems characteristic of legislators both in Canada and elsewhere. The U. S. Senate has passed leg- islation to reorganize the machinery of Con- gress, provide additional professional aides, and give the members a. 5o per cent pay boost tu $15,000 a year. The measure would permit Congress members, at their discretion, to quali- fy for government pensions and would require registration of lobbyigs.‘

Magna Carta granted by King John at Runnymede this date i215; principal provis- ions implied are: all accused persons to be tried by their equals; no taxes to be imposed without the consent of Parliament; no imprisonment without lawful trial, and no delay or sale of justice; four original copies of the Carla still exist, one in the possession of the U. S. Gov- ernment; Magna Carta has been ratified and confirmed by successive ‘sovereigns. ll U

Mention w made in yesterday's news columns 0f a innipeg man who had made 42 crossings of. the Atlantic, and, at the age of eighty-three contemplated another by airplane. We have in Mr. S. A. McLeod of Moore d: McLeod, Ltd., one who can beat that, he hav- ing crossed the briiiy 58 times, and has a notion to fly for the fifty-ninth trip. The record for Atlantic crossings was held, oi course. by the late Mr. James Pakton, who crossed 90 times. x i: a:

The late hlayor Mcderic Martin of Mon- treal made history due to the fact that he was the ffi-st French-Canadian who broke the un- written rule that the English-speaking and French-speaking population of the city would have turn about of the b/Iayoralty. incensed at an attempt on the part of certain English- speaking City Councillors to break-in on this alternative arrangement, Medric threw his hat in the ring, and held the Mayoralty himself for ten years. No English-speaking Muntrezilcr has been Mayor since.

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i\'lr. Duplessis‘ objection to i\lr. St. Laur- cnt's argument that the Dominion Parliament can readjust representation, since this is a pure- ly Dominion affair, brings up again (says The Letter-Review) the unsettled argument as to how the Constitution may be amended. The U. K. Parliament is placed in an invidious posi- tion, having to act as a rubber stamp, without knowing who has the authority to say when the stamp is to be used. The compact theory, held by Mr. Duplessis, is that the Provinces must be consulted about every change, which appears to make a change almost impossible, yet it has some reason in it, since‘, if the U. K. Parlia- ment ls told that a vote of the Canadian Par- liament properly authorizes amendment, Ottawa could amend Provincial rights out of existence. a

The "strike" on tlie farms is one of the basic causes, not only of current food sli0rt- ages, but of the national problem 0f housing (says the Gazette). For the movement from the country to the city has seriouslyoggravated the housing problems in two ways: it has in- creased the crowds of persons in the cities who are seeking‘ houses, and it has decre sed the number of people in the rural areas w o might have provided a pool of seasonal labor forlutn- bering. So a situation has arisen in which so

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wood to build their houses. The Government be! adopted rent, price and wage controls. and wonders why the houses are not built. In the midst of its planning for social security the Gwernmeotsseune tcrghave paid remarkably

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many people want to live in cities that there are m not enough people left outside them to cut the ;

ca_eual'=sttentioa= to a development that is under-t _ m particularly secure hi1

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Thllfllteietrlflofamokeis l0 IbOU-sh the use of smoky coal for hand firim. And the way m d; filli- ll 10 dear away the misinform- ation and the counsels of the tic-nothings. The job ls then not

h or any ccsnmunit with tion . St. . Louis Post-

Statistics kept by the Old Age Pension board show a grad-no! in crease in the age at, which this pro- vinces old age pensioners die. 1n 191.8 the average age at. which male pensioners died was 7'1 68 in 1936 it. was ‘l8 52 and in 19M ‘l9 51. The average age at which female pen- Slrmeri died in 1928 was 78.56, in 1936 79.49 and in 1944 B0 l6. Vancouver News-Herald.

Something new in international pouting has been introduced by Arg- entina. It», disputes Britain's claim to the h-lklBn-d Islands, and therefore refuses ho recoknize as posta e the commemorative Falkland lands stamps issued ixkthe United King- dom. If a letter aring one of those stamps reaches at. Argentine post- master he'll pretend it's unstamiped.

indeci- Star.

Twice in a generation the French have been the victims or savage and unprovoked German ag- gression. The material ravages have been immense. ‘out. above all the FDii-itual hurt. has been greater than many of lls here fmag ne. If the Irrench for any reason. relapse into confusion. all Europzem be . fected An Anglo- nch alliance cou led with a. broad commercial would do much to secure the Stflblllw of our Western Europe. — News of the World, lmidon.

There ls nothing which has hap- ed yet. to the crop which cannot. repaired by good rains from now

till the end of July. But we will need better than usual growing con- ditions to produce a better than ‘aver- age crop We are under a handicap now in that. thoizh sown early, the crop is late due to unfavorable eon- dit om. We have seen plenty of imnths of June in this country which have provided the ideal conditions viflilcli would still produce a crop this year. -I..et.hbridge Hera d.

Mafitlo devices have been so sensit that from a. plane flying at 200 miles an hour, magnetic variations caused by) the presence of a mere 1,000 or 1. 00 tons of metal lying l0 ft. or more below the surface of the sea. An instrument of this kind could be of enormous use to both oil a metal companies. It could provide rapid cheap, comprehensive surveys to detece salt dairies, outline indic- ations of oil structure and tn locate subsurface tes or structure favorable to ore It; could also re- cord magnetic variations beneath shallow waters off-shore, thus indi- eating like coastal spots for oii.-- Northern iner- (Tbronto).

Hamilton Chamber of Commerce. says the Ohatham Daily News, is “taking the lead" in a worth while t. vernent. It is_ going to propose a. com-tag and co-operatlon earn- paign d ned to correct. the casual manners acquired by rnony in bus- iness places during the war. Inas- much as Windsor launched an even broader courtesy campaign a monili ago, and has beer. working at zealously ever since. this ls hard to take It would be even harder if we did not know that imitation in the sincerest, form of flattery. Our good neighbor, l/llE Chatham Daily News. has timed its blow too well. Five or six weeks ago we would have dealt sterniy with any such error. Today after weeks of self-discipline, we can onl draw ourselves up to our full he ght and say chillingly, “Tutu-Windsor Star. _

The best way to understand the al/om is to visuailze 1t. as a. miniat- ure solar system tr. which electrons revolve like planets around a nuc- leus made up of protons ard neur- rons These three unbelievably small particles are the fun-camental blocks from winch all matter is made-the mc-rin in the sky. Lhfl toast onyour tab.e. the paper on which these words are printed. YOK despite the unbelievable smallness cif the atcm, thLs solar ystem is iii- credibly empty. Enlarge the nucleus to the size of a cottage and the electrons will l-e 3.660 mile.‘ away. Packed tightly. these atomic fra3~ merits would be incredibly heavy _A tlilmbleful of neutrons for example, would weigh a trillion tons. And if atoms were squeezed txf-gcther tn ablock of matter the size of n. pound of butter. the olcck under certain conditions would weigh 250 million tons! -Fn~m Coronet.

The danger of all phonetic spell- ing is that Lh" plianctlclans wzill adopt bad model‘. Comparstiveiy few Canadians. "n1 instance. make any distinction cit pronunciation between "ant? and "aunt." although there ts excellent historical . miJ el molciglcal precedent. foij doing so. Vvyhat would a nhonetician do ‘.n such a case? Wes‘. of Toronto On:- erians tend to pronounce "water"

whereas Fast of Toronto a great. lllriber of people seem incapable of begirmin a sinrple declarative sentence wit. out nsln the word i‘: stranger to dlctlonnr es) "Lookit: Torontonlens often call their my ' mm". Once adopt phonetic spelling and these weeds of speech would soon be begging for rowflnl- tion. Why reform spelllflll? 0K}! present migilsh spelling is hard to earn, but most people learn it. at

i uld vole 3801i’: regiiiiigl pronunciation warr- ed with another for acceptance. - Peteiboroug/h Eawmfner.

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uann. The Ohariottatawn Gualilaa does not necessar- "I lnllorae the opinion at correspondent. unciissaml loan woax

Blrwiurely "Motorist" in Wed- nesday's Guardian does not ‘his;

the machinery now betna used to build a paved road for the people fir» baggy for yau-splowed ie mu roe , spring

hauling their produce to the dif- ferent stations.

I think when the mad east of Bouris is paved. many will be de- llxnted with s. vtsit to our eastern end of the Island.

Think of the years that “Motor- ist has enjoyed nwved roads. Let iliem have patience; the pave- ment will be remixed so that he cgnalrlllde attain in comfort.

511'. etc.. VESTA C. ROBE Lakeville. P. 3.1.

What Can The Co-Ops Do’? 0100- Guam!

(By E. Russell, Director operation in Atlantic an

What good has, the Cowper.»- tive Movement: done in Newfound- land caning the ten years since its on? What can it. hope to do in the difficult yours that lie ahead‘! These quwttons are being asked more and more. frequently. me answer them by telling you a. story. l is the s

remarked, int-big to a heap 0(1)’! ttslocilfisilénwhlch la in a comer union's . “No? NPel-lfid fisherman. "but there's some No. it. I su one," liemfitided, x0011“ some would a for dopiiiglipvgvliat I'm W“? to do that fish"

with .

"Wh what are you going to do with it?" I asked. /

"well," he replied. "a. buyer looked ea it last. week and offered intake talrfrommeasNo. But I didn't sell it to him. I'm golrfiifntakeittoflieCo ."

" era's nmhfrig foolish about I u:- " .. a o ii su ."

"Bu-tiff? ii: answered, Co the strictest cull in the place and if I take it there, some of it is certain to be thrown out as No.

2". "Then you'll lose money by ship- your fish through your own tive." I sat . "Surely you

"I can it". “even if I lose money see it's this way. The (Jo-op bakes my fish. It gives me a price. But then it ex rts mv fish and pays me an ex dividend afterwards cocci-dim; to what it fetches in the foreign market So I'll probably get more for it in the long un, even if our cull is stricter. t that's only half the story”.

"What the other half?" I asked.

"Last year our (Jo-op Store saved us six cents in ev dolls: we spent." he answered. " e're buylnk our salt through th hi5 spring and savln a on every hogsiiea r, Bo even lf lost money on mv fir. ltiwould still pay m4,- to suppo I won't lose on it" he added con-

"why so strict at; the ' I enqlllred.

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" e that's the we it to be", repl-led- "It. k us a good many meetings and stud-y club arguments before we all un- derstood it. But if flflh l8 N0 3 it should be called No. 2 and sold as No. 2 What's the use 0f trylri; to fool our customers‘! If we do. we'll find 1n a few years time that

is your cull we want

. he continued, always see it. in this light. Years ago, I used to take n tload 0f West India to ti‘: mer nt's room and threaten to knock the cullers head off u he didn't. call it No- 1- I've got more sense now."

"Din you always take the some care 1n curing fish as you do now“ I asked