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WTHE GUARDIAN, CHARLOTTETOWN
THE GUARDIAN
Morning IJnlIy (Founded ln H1347) Authorised an Second Clan Blnll, Punt Offln Depnrtnu-nt. Oltnwn.
Th0 Illllllul (iunrdlnn PIIDIIIIIIIIII To. Znlltur nmI Rllillllklnl Dlrrrliir, .l. R. llnrnetl. Alnurlule Editor, Frnnll Walker.
"The Strongest Memory is Weaker Than, the Weakest Ink"
CHARLOTTETOWN. IVEDNESDAY. NOV. 9. 1949
Gross Breach or rain‘
In charging “flagrant disregard of Par- liament" in withholding for ten months the report of alleged price-fixing activities in the flour-milling industry, Opposition speak- ers are well within the mark. This incident affords a striking example of the danger 0f a top-heavy Government majority in the House, inducing it to disregard normal democratic procedure. In this case. as hlr. Diefenbaker charged, the Minister of J ustic-a himself violated the law by not making pub- lic the report within fifteen days after it was delivered to him by the Commissioner under the Combines Investigation Act. The report was not tabled until last Monday, and then only because theCommisc-ioner, Mr. F. A. l\lcGregor, resigned in protest against its suppression, and thus brought the mat- ter to a head.
The report is of grave public importance. It charges the eleven principal firms in the flour-milling industry with combining to fix prices at a high level and with threatening small millers with reprisals unless they co- operated in the price-fixing activities. Run- ning to 121 pages, the report describes al- leged price-fixing all across Canada, cover- ing an eleven-year period between 1936 and 1947.
The Government's excuse, that it dis- agreed with the report and wanted to in- vestigate it further, is certainly not a con- vincing one for violating the law. A much more obvious reason, as pointed out by the Opposition, is that there was a general elec- tion campaign in the offing, and the revela- tions made in Mr. McGregor‘s report would have been embarrassing to Government sup- porters among the big interests.
This is a serious black mark against tbc St. Laurent Government. Instead of seek-
ing to defend their action, it would be bet- ter for the Prime Minister and his colleagues openly to admit their gross breach of faith with Parliament and the public, and give solemn assurance that nothing of the kind
will happen again-
liovernment llalry Purchases
The Government has finally announced a formula for getting back into retail trade the millions of pounds of butter it now owns under its price-support program. On the surface, says the Ottawa. Journal, it looks like a workable scheme, selling in carload lots to local wholesalers at a set price for all localities within each province, and it is
evident the Government does not contem- plate any profits. Actually as the butter has to be re-graded there may be losses on the slim marked-up provided for.
This butter was purchased by the Dairy Products Board at floor prices which varied in different sections of Canada and which in the Maritime Provinces amounted to 59 cents a pound. Until the end of Decem- ber at. least it is hoped to sell, delivered lo- rally in carload lots, in Prince Edward Is- land at 6i cents for first grade. In On- iario and Quebec the purchase price aver- aged close to 58 cents and the selling price is r301, cents. This slim margin is expected 1o take care of storage and carrying charges, plus freight to local destination. The amount held is estimated at 60 million pounds.
The Government also holds a large quan- tity of cheese under the same price-support program. Estimated at 13 million pounds this dairy product may well prove harder to sell than the butter. How much, if any, the United Kingdom may take next year is still the subject of' negotiations. There is talk of the UK paying only 25 cents :1 pound for what it may take in 1950, in- stead of 30 cents. That would not only mean a loss to the Government on its pre- sent holdings but would undoubtedly bring complaints from cheese producers.
The situation in which the dairy industry finds itself today, the Journal notes, is a
peculiar one. The Government is the largest buyer of three main products-butter," cheese and powdered skim milk-and that is not a condition we are accustomed to in Canada. Next year's exports are an un- known quantity and the industry has for
years depended on exports to take care of
surplus milk. In addition, substitute dairy products have received considerable accept- ance. Indeed there are so many unpre- dictable factors that it is little wonder the whole industry, farmers and the trade, feels
jittery. . ‘Isotopes For Industry ‘
One of the main uses of radioactive iso- topes is that they can be employed as trac- ers in research and analytical procedures.
"Dealing with this subject in the House of ‘Murrow h» vegk. meg-we Cillflmfiqebuilt inside an wine; milk.
the general election are gradually being
Minister Howe said that in the field of agriculture experiments being carried on in Western Canada have already given most important information about the way in which plants take up elements from fertil- izers, where the various nutritional elements in feeds go, and how they are assimilated. He predicted that the use of tracers will have a profound effect on agricultural sci- ence and production.
But perhaps the greatest quantitative use of tracers, Mr. Howe stated, will be in industry. Even today isotopes and radiation are being used in scores of industries, in chemical plants, in metallurgy, in textiles, in the oil industry, and in thousands of plants, particularly in the United States where in- lCllSlVC studies are being made everywhere to see if industrial processes cannot be im- proved and costs cut down by use of this new technique.
EDITORIAL NOTES
The venerable House of Lords is now a body with much diminished powers being able to block legislation passed by the Commons for only one year. By compari- son, the Senate is a much more potent force as no legislation can become law without its approval.
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Some of science's greatest contributions t0 zigriculture are in the field of insect con- trol. Recent reported advances include a beetle-resistant potato, a hybrid pea that "e- pells aphids and a method of fighting in- sects with a contagious virus.
O I O Farmers have had the greatest year in their history, and now manufacturers pro- claim they also have had a record year. All of which means there will be plenty ot' money on which the Income Tax collectors can call to finance the Government.
O I I It is at annual meetings of political par- ties, such as the Queens County P. C. one tonight, that democracy really enters our political system. It is at such meetings that the individual has a voice in selecting the type of men he wants heading his party organization and the policies he wants it to pursue.
O The many things which the Canadian people were not permitted to learn before
brought to light. The report of Com- bines Investigation Commissioner F. A. Mc- Gregor was sat upon by the Government for no less than ten months and only dis- clo'sed when Mr. McGregofs resignation
forced the Government's hand. I O O A series of traffic accidents in the city involving cars backing out from parking positions shows all too clearly the danger of angle parking. The driver backing out has little chance of seeing overtaking traf- fic when in that position. Parallel parking would take up more space but the increas- ed safety and avoidance of traffic snarls would he more than compensation.
O I O Edward VII born this date 1841. Known as “Edward the Peacemaker", noted for his diplomatic influence in maintaining peace and harmony among the leading nations in Europe. He was popular both at home and abroad, and wielded great influence in cementing friendships between parties and nations who otherwise might have been dis- turbers of the peace. He was grandfather of King George the Sixth.
O O O
Trade Minister Howe is very complacent about the prospect of Labrador iron ore going to build up a New England steel in- dustry. “As far as the Labrador iron ore mines are concerned," he is reported as. saying, “I understand that the plans call for an initial production of 10,000,000 tons of iron ore per year. I believe the total requirements of the Canadian steel mills are about 5,500,000 tons per year." Mr. Howe apparently does not count on any great ex- pansion of the Cape Breton steel industry on the high grade ore becoming available from Labrador in place of present low grade ore from Newfoundland which has been a seri- ous disadvantage. Canada should base her plans on the vast industrial potential of the Eastern seaboard with coal at tide water and within easy carrying distance of the new source of iron ore.
O O Britain's first double decker trailer can be used both as a permanent and transport- able home-it carries adaptors for water and electricity to be laid on fromthe mains. The prototype will be used for exhibition, but models will be available soon for other countries. This unique trailer has the equivalent of a double bedroom, lounge, din- ing room, kitchen, bathroom, closet and toilet all built on a base of twenty-two feet by czven feet six inches. An ingenious de- vice raises and lowers the bedroom floor to vary the headroom. The kitchen is any homemakers dream. It has a refrigerator, a stove, a gleaming sink and racks for pots and pans. Food which is not kept in the
refrigerator can be kept cool in a cupboard
I7 PUBLIC FORUM
This column ls open to the discussion by currespondenlc oi’ questions of interest. The Guardian does nut. necessar- ily endorse the opinion ui correspondents.
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SCHOOLS AND HOLIDAYS
Sir,-It ls quite possible that. the following scene will be enacted in one or more of the rural areas the afternoon before this Armistice or Remembrance Day. With luck it may not happen this year. But it did happen last year and other years.
Jimmie runs in breathless. "Mom, teacher said we got to go to school Remembrance Day. She'll give us off Monday instead. She's got tn 1Z0 to a funeral." (llIlght be a wedding).
Mom looks annoyed for a mo- mcnt. “Well, last year you went to school Thanksgiving Day, It! don't seem right. Guess I'll keep you home anyway. You don't do much in school far as I can see the days like holidays and Satur- day. - - - Do you more good to go to town and ser- the parade." “Hurrah‘." cries Jimmie. "Two holidays this week." (Mrs. Jones across the road insists that school is school nnrl holiday or not her younfl ones have tn g0.)
Such a Innlnslir‘ slnlg n! affairs cannot be hlnmcd on "teacher". l-ler teacher clirl the same and nothing was done about it.
By comparison the not infre- quent practice of substituting Sai- urdny for a regular school day, seems hardly worth mentioning. And who would hothcr to suggest that pupils of nn absent teacher in n two or three room school should he supervised by the re- maining tcnchvr or teachers (where there is nn substitute) instead cf slaying away from school for u clayt or more.
Teachers are entitled not only in absence because of illness but for religious observance and urgent family matters. But school need not he closed, Almost every rural district has one or more retired school-teachers glad to serve as substitute teachers. Where the absence is not due tn sudden ill- ness, a written request to be ex- cused from school should be sent to the proper authorities and n substitute arranged for that day or days. Even in sudden emergencies a phone call can usually locate the person responsible for contacting n substitute.
Far more difficult. school pro- blem; have been worked out on the Island. This laxness in re- gard to school attendance must have a reason. But when it turns into the nightmare of open school on Thanksgiving and Remembrance Day, it is ime some one spoke out. I urn, tr, etc.,
RUHAMA HSCHEINI-‘ELD FRANK
FORESTRY
Sin-Forestry may he defined as the art and science of producing In perpetuity the maximum yield of timber and other forest pro- ducts from non-agricultural soils. In addition to furnishing repent- ed crops of timber the forest should be managed so as to con- serve water, prevent soil erosion, protect wild life and provide the maximum amount, nf recreation so necessa y to our increasing popula-
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century have madc tho forests t s
"There is hunger in a world which can prrfvice undcrfcd in the world. and a thousand million feed them with the food they grow. - - -"
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Tho Big Boys May Be Too Busy For Such Simple Mathematics
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Old Charlottetown (And P. L l.)
DIVERSE PETITIONS
Many and diverse were the peti- tions presented to the Lcgislaiive' Council during the session of 1866. They included the following:
From Daniel Griffith, soap and. candle maker, of Charloitetowm. praying to he protected from un- fair competition in the prosecu- tion of his business.
From Malcolm McLeod, Orwell, master shipbuildcr, “for compen- sation for the model of a ship of two thousand tons, composed of eleven different species of native woods. sent. by the Colony to the London Exhibition of 1862. and for which he has received no com- pensation whatever.“
From Bruno J. Gallant and oth- or inhabitants of Rustico. praying "that measures may be adopted for . the better preservation of the‘ cod-fisheries."
From James McCallum and oth- l, er inhabitants of Lots 33 and 34,. praying "that steps may be taken to prevent the‘ encroachment of!
Primary Source of most of the! world's paper and cf n substantial proportion of its textiles. Wood chemistry ls constantly (levcloping entirely new products derived from wood. Thus, the need for products of the forest has increased, rather than decreased, with cacti zidvancc of civilization,
The forest is a renewable re. 50""?- but it is also dcstructihlc. Givcn skillful manngcmcnt it ("an yield mmunl crops of wood in- definitely but. if the rate nf cx- ploltation is allowed in her-nine (no high, destruction nf the rcsnurrc itself may follow. Ilncnhlrnllpd cutting, curried out with no lhflllllbt for the future or regen- eration of the- growing stock, still continues to reduce nur wooded areas. Over exploitation inevitably leads to devastation,
There nrn other destructive ag- encies besides ovcr exploitation. Of these the most important are the misguided removal of forests from true forest soils in order to make room for poor and unpro- ductlve farms; excessive grazing by livestock may possibly climlnatc the last vestlge of forest cover In some regions; fire may reduce n forest area to a barren waste; and disturbance by man of the den. cately adjusted btlI'\.'1(‘o of nntjlrn] forces within the forest may set the stage for disastrous outbreaks of injurious insects and tree dis- eases.
In many localities the luck of Iflffilfl. n: such is even morn scri- ous than the shortuge of then- products.
Foresls must be maintained to protect watersheds and drainage basins. to regulate stream flow mm prevent erosion, and to protect agriculture itself. These protective values of the forest are of great importance locally,
» Three factors, namely, the mph! rate of increase of the world's population, the universal de5lrg h, improve living standards, and new technical developments foreshudow increased demands of wnnd, and since an adequate supply l; p559“. tinl to the well-being of any com. munlty we must conserve nnrl lm.
all the food wc nerd - - - a thousand million people farmers in poverty because ihcy arc not allowed ‘.0
, thtfshifting sands at. the northern
—-John Boyd Orr.
extremity of Lot 33. by which some valuable farms are in imminent danger of being overwhelmed and destroyed, and also that the Government do procure a drcdq- ing machine or machines, to be used in dredging and keeping open the various harbors on the coasts of this Island."
From Herbert Bell and other in- habiiants of the western section of Prince County. for an Act l0 prevcnt the destruction of sheep by VICIOIIS dogs.
From Theophilus DcsBrisay and divers other inhabitants of this Island, praying “that a sum of money be appropriated to defray the expense of importing boring apparatus, and making the neces- sary experiments, in order to as- certain whether coal or any other valuable mineral can be found beneath our soil."
Reading the news these days, the Canadian voters must wodder wistfully whether Mr. Cflldwt-‘ll still believes what he used to tell us over and over again a couple of years ago-namely, that the CCF proposed to govern Canada precisely as the Labor Party was governing Britain. Perhaps Mr. Cold\vcll feels a little wistful about it, too.-—Winnipeg Free Press
The corn stalk shredder display- ed at the Harrow Experimental Farm may prove the answer to the problem of providing humus for the soil of Southwestern On-
tario. Depiction of humus is be- ginning to have serious conse- quences and even more serious ,
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It is am"!!- Nothing
be more reminise~ y Eflfllflnd pillory “In
a flushed head hiding the
apparition.
— Notes By The Way _
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through filrtainr
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they will become if not. corrected. i In the past, corn stalks either have been plowed under or burn- ed. They are awkward to plow under, so that it is handler In burn them. The shredder chops
them up in bits, so they can be , plowed under easily. They Willi provide excellent humus. because they do not rot as quickly as other roots or stalks. What all too often have been sheer waste now can be n fine asset to the l0II..
—Windsor Star.
Over 50 workers of the Gnlut Packing (‘n.. of Akron, Ohio, came back from n strike to a new con- tract. entitling thcm to take, in {ICICIIIEOII tn seven other paid holi- days annually, a paid day off on their birthday anniversaries. What pilZllcS us is why they stopped at, birthday holidays. liad they run nut of ideas‘? What. about paid‘ holidays on wcdding anniversaries. nn World Series day, on the day to pay income tax, on thc day for washing the dog. In fact. why don't they stop fooling around with the problem and call nff work en- tircly so they can devote them- selves wholeheartedly in leisurc.— Toronto Financial Post.
Slccplng cars should he com- fortable and Iiomcy; some travel- lers might even contend there should be a way of recapturing that confused nostalgic scent of orange pccls. babies‘ hair, old lcathir. and soot. But in be crib- bcd, cahincd and confined in a curtained box (one Australian xiisitor described our sleeping berths as pseudo-catafalqucs) leaves the gate widc open to pm. Rrcss. A man shoiild not. merely to get adequately garbed for u long walk to morning ablutiuns. have lo draw on school-clay gym- nastics and the faint instincts of
From Theophilus DesBrisay and divers other inhabitants. pravinil “that for the encouragement of th"
, mackerel fishery a bounty of nn~
dollar per barrel on all mnckm-cl exported from this Island, may b~
‘ granted."
Frnm Joseph R McDonald an” divers other inha-hitants c‘ King's County. praying "that a certain proposed road across the lower line of Lois at the southern side of the Reserved Land towards the shore at Burnt Point may no‘. be opened as prayed for by cer- tain other parties interested in the locality in question."
From John Cairns and others. fnr an Act to incorporate the Me- chanics‘ Fishing Company.
From Robert Jones and others. Complaining of "repeated violation of contract by the present lesser of the Charlottetown Ferry. and suggesting certain alterations and improvements which petitioners deem essential tn the comfort. and convenience of the public."
From Theophilus DesBrisay and other inhabitants. praying "that n bill may be passed for the appoint- ment nf third Judge of the Su- preme Court."
From James Louis and divers other native Indians. complaining "that a Fever Hospital had been erected on a piece of ground on the eastern side of the entrance of Charlottetown Harbour. which had for a long course df years been used by them as a camping ground. etc, and praying that suitable locations for petitioners and thcir families. In the neigh- borhood of or as near the City of Charlottetown as possible, may be mined."
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The Age-Old Story
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Thera In neither Jew nor Greek, there In neither hond nor free, them In nolflier male nor female; for ya are all one In Jesus Christ. And If yo be Christ‘: than nro ye Abraham's need, Ind helm accord- lnl to the promise.
TO A IIO.\I.\.\
You died two thousand
Catullus,
Wars m
Kllnds since than have pink“ w.
will you knew
All their long livcs and (Mm 1M
nothing,
And still across that
think of you.
waste m“
You loved your Sirml , ,4 YOur brother. o n M“ Y0“ 83W! n pltilcss woman all you;
heart.
You wrote ‘for her, you mnumed ‘
sparrow for her,
Served like a. slave; d g made your m. In lurmn‘
Some fiery songs, s few soft
Perfect-you said ice-stone;
slept“,
you used a punk
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a wedding,
What else you did, it mver wm y,‘
known.
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nf
fashion,
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remains beside; about q
Only We know, year,
certain
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and died;
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the lowers
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the dust
Buried the Caesars, scnntnra, m4
dames.
Tuxedoes And Full Dress
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EVENING WEAR FOR
Armistice Ball
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PROFESSIONAL CARDS
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WIRING AND REPAIRING
J. S. TAYLOR
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