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Morning Dally (Founded in I887) _ Autho ‘ ’ as Second Class Mall. Post Olfloo ‘ Department. Ottawa. President. Ian A. Burnett; Vice-President, Wm. n. Burnett; Secy.-Trens., G. M. Burnett; Editor and Managing Director, .1. It. Burnett; Associate Editor. Frank Walker.

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

‘Illlrlbillrfl’, APRIL l, l9"

Peace Ami Prosperity

ln the halcyon days of Victoria the Good a toast almost invariably found on banquet after- dinuer programmes was "To Peace and Pros- perity." Our forefathers universally combined the two, and were not at all enomoured of the false prosperity which war might bring to the few at the expense of the many. lt must be with sincere appreciation that those who have survivcd from Victorian days find that there is

now to bc a return to the cultivation and d-evel- i

opment of the sentiment enshrined in the toast.

Addressing the Institute of Quebec‘ Ac- countants the other night, Finance Minister Abbott, r31: most probable successor to‘ Prime Miriistcr King when he ultimately decides to retire, said that so great was Canada's stake in world recovery that she was obliged in her own interests to back the reconstruction of her tra- ditional trading customers to the limit of her resources if she wanted continuing peace and prosperity. '

Economic isolation for Canada, as for all countries in the modern world is as imprac- ticol a policy as political isolation, he said. Without good export markets pnd healthy ex- port industries, Canada can not be pros- perous so it is quite understandable that she should take o leading port in international of- fairs. Thc Finance Minister reviewed the steps that had been token in the field of interna- tional finance-the setting up of the interna- tional monetary fund, the international Bonk for Reconstruction and development and the huge Canadian and United States post-war loans, particularly to Britain.

lt was his opinion that "the next year or two ore likely to be of crucial importance." He did not believe that the measures already taken "are cure rills that'will overcome the many dif- ficulties in the ti-eld of international finance."

”I do believe that they offer a practical op- proach to o solution of our problems," he con- tinued.

"We must proceed now to manage our own’ affairs with care and diligence and to paplici-

pate to the best of our ability in corryi out

the operation of the new international m hinery which we have helped to establish-

"Only in this way n we enable r own

“mi err to find

satisfactory export momets o ..r e yeors to

some. ln this way, I think, lies the best chance of Canada continuing to enjoy peace ond pros- perity."

This is sound advice, and if it had been fol- lowed by Prime Minister King ot the time of the ltalian-Abyssinia crises, instead of withdrawing our United Notions representative who votedfor sanctions, in all probability the Second Great War with all its dire consequences, would have been avoided. Still better late than never.

The llairy Shortage

The shortage of dairy products in Canada, including fluid milk, butt-er and cheese, has been priinorily due to the special effort mode to supply dairy products to Britain. It is not so generally realized, says the Country Guide, that it is also due in port to a much higher con- suinption in Canada of dairy products. This increased consumption is illustrated, for example, by the report of the Saskatchewan Milk Control Board, which reportedfihot fbr the year i946, milk production in Saskatchewan increased by 3,200,000 quarts,‘ but that Saskatoon had in- creased milk soles by l6 per cent, Prince Albert by l3 per cent, Moose Jaw l2 per cent and Re- gina l0 per cent. Consumption of milk during i946 was nearly double consumption at the be-' ginning of tho war. Sales of whole milk were 92 pa cent greater lost year than in I939, and fluid milk and cream products had increased 70 per cent. ‘

The scarcity of dairy products has also been due‘ to some extent to the disposal of dairy herds by formers who have reached retir- inq ago, or who decided that increased costs and ceiling prices did not go well enough together. In any case, butter production has suffered to the point where the Government was faced with the necessity of falling down still further on

British contracts, or importing butt-er from out-

side Canada to make up the shortage and nvoid cutting the butter ration still further. lt was decided to import butter from New Zeal- nnd, and un arrangement was made between Canada, Ncw Zcalond and the United King- dam whereby l2 million pounds of butter, might, if necessary. be diverted from the United King- dom iiboiftanluggQmll pounds of New Zealand butter reacheld Canada early l" leltllllllYr llllll o further amount up to o total of five million pounds will be imported. Honorable Jomels‘ G. Gardiner, Minister of AQYlCllllMF. $°'d' Nwe q-m get l2 million pounds of butter from ew Zeolorid and Australia-this year If W6 "fiefljl. to maintain our present ration. ll"? P'°Y"l"'9 rim-n is no such drop in our own butter pro- duction compared with P'"'°"’ Yemr l be‘ “H; rhqr five million pounds will be all that we re uire." _ ~ Aqbuttcr shortage in Canada has. led f0 the raising once more of theoleo question, Sen- qth- W, D, Euler being the chief ‘sponsor of o

h ld b d' t 'b ted in this "ill?" "i? Illii" H‘; .5... ‘$1.25’ i... r... gy’; Girardion, the Euler bill was defeated in‘ ',e "Senate by o rate of 38-22. _ 3 ..ln the United Stotssoleomorgorins is sold rr various system: of toiiing- and licensing.

Each state has excise taxes ranging from five to I5 cents per pound. Nine states impose manufacturers license fees, l3 states have whole- salers fees, 23 states prohibit the sale of color- ed margarine, ond 34 restrict the use of mar- garine in hotels, restaurants, bakeries, confec- tionaries and boarding houses.

Recently, the margarine industry won a court victory in Pennsylvania, when n State Supreme Court upheld a decision of a county court declaring invalid state license fees im- posed on wholesalers and retailers selling mar- garine. Thehigh court declared the margarine fles unreasonable, confiscatory and discrimin- citnry.

.- EDITORIAL NUHJS I

All Fools Day.

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The Tuesday before Easter. R. A. F. formed this date l9l8.

‘Welcome to the delegates of the East

Coast Fisheries Conference. .

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Lent, nearing its end, to most of us is merely a preparation for Easter fashions ond celebrations.

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lt has been suggested the Provincial Gov- ernment may érect a students’ residence for Prince of Wales College on Cumberland St. 1- . . .

There is no provision in the Federal esti- mates for that million-and-a-half dollar bureau- crat skyscraper Premier Jones hos on his poli- tical horizon.

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Mr. Waltier Mackenzie in his timely speech in Legislature has roused a hornets‘ nest. lt w s necessary this should be done, and Mr. Mock: zie is quite prepared to handle the situation ithout resort to veil for the protec- tion of hi eors.

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l Montrlal Cartier by-election was the cyn- osure of (ll eyes. lt has been won by the Lib- erols agoi . It was always o Liberal seat until Fred Rose‘ won it for the Communists ot a by-

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That was an excellent opportunity T. C. A. provided for a conference between Premiers Jones and Macdonald on the subsidies question. Hope it will bear fruit.

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fAmherst Board of Trade has decided to co-pperate with the North Nova Scotio High- lomders in their reunion to toke place on August '16. They also considered a report on plans for a lobster carnival in the Tidnish-Northport areas; and reported progress on the proposed newhotel project for th-e town. I

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Miss Agatha Chapman, great grand- daughter of Sir Charles Tupper, acquitted sometime ago from Canada's espionage probe, has received on appointment at Cambridge Uni- versiry to do research on national income, her

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l't is now intimated the Federal Govern- ment will establish an Income Tax Appeal Beard, the decision of which would not be sub- ject to review by the Revenue Minister, or, in effect, the deputy minister of taxation.

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lt has been suggested to the House of Commons Committee on the disposal of Army Canteen funds-that the $6,000,000 concerngd should be usedin a way that would provide assistance to veterans of the Second World War and their dependents for the next forty years.

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lt is easy being wise ofter the event. Con- ado never again must fall into the mistake of

business," Mr. George V. Ferguson, editor of

should jump immediately right down the throat

Canada to sit back and allow other people to

mind our business for us." l’ it * W

no fool though born on this date I578; he was

lion that the contractions of the ventricles propel through the pulmonary and systemic arteries the some blood which

diac ouricles.

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profit of $6,890,561.74 payable to the Provincial

from the operating costs of the previous year. I I I I _

politicians characterized th-e appointment

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THE ' CHARLOTTETOWN GUARDIAN

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Bring up your lion In the way he should 8o Ind there is no telling

-what his wife will make of him -l

Bzoindon Sun.

Having made a killing at the race fleck a Florida mam hag 55-110mm. ed that he will “buy a. term and give up grurrbllng". Any farmer oould tell him better. - Edmdnton Journal.

only a. few months ago the gals were tinting their bare legs to 5mm. lllle Slwlll-“Bs. Nylons now being made 1n the United some are said l0 be so sheer that they are virtually invisible. The trade name for them 1s "Nude." - Fort Erie Times-Re- view.

DBDIIt-lts from the Soviet Union WlIo are now tmlrltg the Unltzd Kingdom, having inspected the transatlantic steamship Queen Elizabeth. declared “only Britain With her long-established tradi- lions could produce such a thing 0! bell!!!’ — Oftaa-wa Citizen;

The man who thinks himself a model of righteousness and good conduct because he frowns upon alcoholic indulgence and the use of tobacco. may yet. be guilty of even great-er dissipation through the abuse of his stomach in persistent overeating and in the use of un- wholesome foods which consume or

thinking that foreign policy is "none of our

the Montreal Daily Star, told the Canadian Club at Montreal. Mr. Ferguson suggested that "we

of anyone who suggests that it is good policy for

Dr. William Harvey, English physician, was

the discoverer of the circulation of the blood. He proved by careful reasoning and demonstra- cardiac

the pulmonary and systemic veins return to the car-

Tho financial statement of the New Iruris- wick Liquor Control Board certified by‘ Mr. H. G. Hoben, Chartered Accountant, shows a net

Secretory-Treasurer on gross sales of $6,628,- 759.64. The rotio of net profit to gross soles is 4l./l4 per cent, an increase of 2.55 over that of the previous year. The total operating costs for the year were $703,676.35 or 4.2 per oent of the gross soles and a reduction of l.7 per cent

"Passing the buck" is what the old-time of Royal Commissions to discharge the duties right- ly lying on the shoulders of the administration. The Mackenzie King Government hos author- ized 20 Royal Commissions since Oct. 23, i935, and they have cost a totol of $l,422,363, the Commons was informed in a return. Most ex- pensive commission was the Rowell-Sirois com- mission on, Dominion-Provincial relations. It cost $365,653. The Carroll commission report on coal, costing $282,374, exclusive of costs of publishing the report, was the next most ex- pensive inquiry. Other Royal commission; which ran into six figures were the Turgeon commis- sion on textiles, costing $173,335, the Mc- Dougull commission on co-operotives, $137,659,

WflSlE vitality. - Guelph Mercury.

- The detention which leaves rin- Ottavra to tzty for a settlement of the eolliery strike may get some- where. although the key to the Problem 1s flBht here. tn the hands of those who created it. The case seems to be one tn which lt is dcemcd wise to get away from the trees, in order to see the woods. — Sydney Post-Record. ~.

Nothing could be more poison- ous to the whole morality of our country than- a suspicion that tri- come tax ohtselllng. L; rampant: that it the smart thing to do, that its penalty Ls light. The success o! income tax depends primarily or. the great mass of Canadians. The tax crook is the enemy of every honest taxpayer, beta/use his theft is from the honest. -‘F‘i.nanclsl Post,

Perhaps what is needed for the moment. is the right; kind of preaching that. leads on to wor- ship and t-I. growing awareness of the presence of God in every moment of life. Men ltove to leem worship, as they have to learn prayer "TODlC- a1" sermtms on human affairs. “en- icrlaiiiicig" sermons. and worst of all, sentimental sermons, might well be strictly rationed with benefits to our spiritual health. - Vancou- ver Sunday Sun.

A fact which has been almost completely forgotten in our society ls that. children have parents. One is a male parent, called the father; the other ls u. female parent, called the mother. They live. along with their child or children tn- what is generally known as a home. The responsibility for bringing up chil- tlreir rests with the father and mother. 'l‘hey may bring them up well, or they may bring them up badly. But, in any case, its their job: if only for the reason that they alone have the facilities for it. - Calgary- Herald.

Today we eazme across a new lclnd of fortune-telling for which there are no prohibitive laws and there- fore no fines, says The Peter-borough Examiner. According to the report, two Chicago army doctors have trained "that lull men viftio habitua- lly cross their legs may develop partial paralysis.“ We are quite sure at least 75 per cent of the lbpulation suffers already from partial paralysis imental not phy- sical l. and that the two doctors who warn people after making a study of "eight patients" are among those so afflicted. We have crossed our legs for a considerable number of years now-and have won-n the knee out. of countless numbers of trousrs ln the process. To be forced to sit primly llkc 18th century damsels would mean paralysis for our brains to save our limbs. Perhaps it's the Indian tn us, but we prefer to be- come just ordinary cripples and re- main Wll-ll the minority.

Where you find them, sopping sidewalks these rlays are a treat for eyes long vrearlcd by the glare of towering snow banks. More welcome lhP-‘l’ tho VOIPL‘ of a pioneer robin. or lhr- drhiit of a croous 1947 sLvlc, is ilic gladdmilng sight nl little rlvulets running pnralldl Willi pavements. Pretending as they Go that each is :1 mighty stream rushing to a ren- dezvous vrlth the sea. Winter may still have in star's one more’ tussle with Spring. Biu the biggest mow lyntllcs are owl‘. Oil some rlenr iolnorrow April will be hero. March and m. iurmoil gone. Forgotten until. wlille clad it egaln comes knot-king some twelve months from "our gut im- new situation will de- vclcp its duo crop of pessimism. People never satisfied drill condemn tearful April because it is not. iwin to sunny June. Will raise accusing voices because Winters‘ anti-slip {and still cal-pols many Can-"dian city strecis. Growl unreasonably because intermittent showers prove perscnally inconvenient. Fortunate- ly the average pedestrian is happier minded. 'Il:kes Spring as it comes. If really wise he looks at the sky with gietefiu glance. find wishes that all might be as well ‘with the world as it roan will he with the weather. - Ottawa Journal.

SIIRINKING INCOME.

MONTREAL _ iCP) -- The rise ln the cost of living, and the prim mllk In yairilculai", seriously raises the question a; lo whether the family allowance must simply go elsewhere to replace lost. income

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the Turgeon commission on groin, $144,240, ond the Archamaboult commission on penitsntiorjes,

and so leuve the child mo better otf ihan before. Miss MK. Mllll. San, executive director of the Child Welfare Association, sold lien,

PUBLIC FORUM

Thll column ll open to the dlloulalon by oorru- spondents of questions o! In The Ch-lottetown Guard does not necessar- - Ily endorse the opinion of correspondents.

ffa ONCE UPON A TIME

Sin-Once upon a time farm- ing was not only a way of living, | l‘. was a “ray of life. The fumir-l‘ owned his own lend. produced like

marketed iliis own products and put his profits. if any, into the bank or back into the business. The increasing and nraintenanci: of the fertility at‘ the soil was his first consideration.

Today the situation is diffrreirt. The specialist has taken a hand and the speculator is in the business. For the little man that is for the average farmer. 1t is not so easy to make a living on the farm as it used to be. In- stead of soil conservation there is a tendency towards exploitat-

scnle production of some particu- lar commodity pays dividends sometimes. but thr- small farmer is neither n specialist nnr a itleclllfilol‘. and he never will be.

General farming today ls ‘Je- comlng a subsidized industry be- cause Beheral or mixed fanning ls losing ground. 'I'l1e subsidy ls a sop that may be paid to the producer by the Government virtien he ls compelled to soil his products for less than fhc- cost of production. That is an alarming situation. Once a person discov- ers that he ls engaged in a bust- ness that does not pay the ten- dency ls to get out of lt.

Paying subsidies has bocnmr- an established institution. Govern- ments like to do it. It tends to keep them ln power. and they call it sharing the wealth. which is good business for thi- Govern- ment only so long as there ls any wealth left to share.

There was a time when both the provincial and the Dominion Gowernrrients employed special- ists to advise rind instruct the farmer 1n the best methods of production. distribution and coil- svmption of agricultural vomnrod- files. It ls rattler n plly trial. ml; Procedure has been so largely rlls- continued.

Raising iind feeding livestock in Prince Edward Island and hauling by rail may br- gonad bus_ lness for the Canadian National Railway. but it docs nnl. conlmpnd itself to the average farmer, uh» likes to grow his own food fllld (‘nloy the profits of his own lab- our.

All over this Province today there are empty barns and land going out of production or chang-

oyvn feed. fed his own livestock.‘

ion for immediate returns. Large-

5L _ 1 "We Bind Ourselves To Fresh ‘Chains"

(From House oflOonlllwnl Hsnssrd for March 1'!)

m. J. M. MacDonriell (Mhis- koka, Ontario): I have riot the advantage. like miy desk-mate. ol being a farmer but am only W? representative of a farming con- stituency, so that miy knowiedffl of agriculture ls of a somewhat vicarious nature. I might Ml" hesitated to speak on this bill ‘silt for the fact. that I was grciil- . ly encouraged by thr- words which the I101). membelr for Vari- couvcr East (Mr. Maclniiis) usid lthe ol-ller day when lit? said- and these words interest m-e for more reasons than Our; "MIR Speaker. I am a modest. sort tll follow and o not like l0 ClCpIE55 opinions unless I know a little about the subject with which I am dealing. But since there arr. evidently, so many immodest peo- ple 1n the chamlber I illvllglll l might as well take a flyer too."

I think that phrase about tak- lng e tlyer ls unsuitable tn the mouth of’ one who believes vrholli‘ in a controlled economy.

I have not, either, the advant- agr- of having played football with the Minister of Agrldlllll" (Mr. Gardiner).

Mr. Stirling: COITIP.

Mr. MacDonnellt I would have been at a great disadvantage l" that event, because on ille low tackle the minister would have had all the advantage against me. But tn any event I hope my deck- mete will have softened him all.

That ls set to

Break ln_ History

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A mus eoooipc attempted by Jnpfl» 1188a piriosners of war and accom- PB-lllfld by hQ-WY 101s of life received little notice when 1t occurred in MIBIM. 1944. at Oowra. Australia, but the story ts told now In one of the Australian War Memorial Gift

In- s chapter headed “The Blood Bath at Oowra’) it is clalmedWhat this was the greatest prison camp break 1n history.

The Oowra. group consisted of four camps, each designed to ac- comimoilute 1000 prisoners of weir.

The layout was lnadeq-uate-"dnn- gerous ornd chancy" for holding more than 1000 Japanese fanatics alone who believed that their compatriots were coming to rescue them. and were amused by the con- sldiemticri shown them—“se_cu'rlty, ease and even luxury.” "

Each prisoner received 35 clam"- ettes a. week free. and could buy more if he had money. The food was plentiful, even lavish. Uri-like the Australian garrison troops the Japanese received, In addition to ordinary meat and vegetables, r109. fresh fruit and fresh fish.