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Morning Daily (Founded in 1881'». Authorized ea Second Clue Mail. Poet Office Department. Ottawa.

The Inland Guardian Publishing Co. President, lan A. Burnett; Vice-President; Wm R. Burnett; SecL-Treaa, G. M. Burnett; can.» and Manama; Director. J. n. n c‘; Allocinie Editor.

. Frank Walker. _

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

GHARLOTTETOWN, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 31. 1948

The Freight Bate Boost

The 21 per cent boost in railway freight rates authorized by the Board of Transport Com- missioners will, it is anticipated, net the rail- ways $68,000,000 more revenue annually. They were demanding increases amounting to $100,- 000,000 but are probably, like most successful litigants, agreeably surprised with what they got. One of the reasons given for the boost is new demands in recent weeks for a 35-cents-an-hour wage increase for railway union employees.

This money will have to come out of the taxpayers, but it is a safe bet that the wealthier Central Provinces, where competition in trans- portation is strongest, will pay the least. That is why they did not join the other Provinces in their protests, as, regardless of how the Com- missioners’ judgment went, it was a case of "heads we win, tails you lose." Thus another wedge has been driven into the compact theory of Confed- eration and national unity, which may have far reaching consequences in the attitude of the less fortunately situated Provinces.

There seems no doubt that the increase will strike a heavy blow at Prince Edward lsland's two basic industries of farming and fishing. This was clearly pointed out before the Transport Commissioners in Charlottetown in May, 1947, in the briefs submitted on behalf of the Provincial Department of Agriculture, the Potato Growers Association, the Ca-operative Union, the Fisher- ies Council and the Charlottetown Board of Trade, and subsequently by Premier Jones at Ottawa.

Generally, it was emphasized that this Pro- viuce’s long-haul position in relation to Central Canadian markets and supply centres for farm- ing, fishing and other supplies made any sub- stantial increase in existing freight rates pro- hibitive. The Island now has a disparity of rate charges _as against more central points which cannot be accentuated on a percentage-rate basis without serious effects.

While this applies generally to the Mari- times, it is particularly the case in Prince ls- ward Island, where the C.N.R. enjoys a monopoly of freight traffic, except of that by sea. 90 per- cent of our exports and imports are by rail at the present time. lt was the existence of this monopoly which led the late Sir Henry Thornton to say that this Province should always-have spec- ial privileges in transportation.

Moreover, we are the only Eastern Canad- ian Province with an exportoble surplus of farm produce, amounting to 72 percent of the ton- nage loaded on cars in Prince Edward lsland for export. Of the outgoing tonnage, 60 percent is

47; married Lady Alice Montague-Douglas-Scott, daughter of the 7th Duke of Buccleuch, has two

iniscent of Trafalgar Square itself. The stone of the plinth has been brought from a quarry near that from which Wren obtained his material for St. Paul's Cathedral. ' ,

There has been some controversy about the flag that should be used for the unveiling. The choice lay between the Union Jack and the Stars and Stripes. King George was insistent that it should be the former, since this is a British tri- bute to a great American. Hardly anyone will question his decision.

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L Oh, ‘not to be in Italy I Now that April's here! it 8 i I

The quiet way in which Ottawa some weeks ago halted disposal of war assets contrasts strik- ingly with the dramatic cutting off of sales of American equipment to Russia. i i

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To get away from grim realists for a minute lf jet aircraft can melt asphalt runways there might be an altitude at which they could clear our winter. roads at the rate of 600 m.p.h.

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Racial pnjudice is where you find it. The A.P. reports Jewish extremists shaving the heads of Jewish girls in Palestine who‘are friendly with

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With April in the offing it is possible to take a philosophic view of the progress of the Am- erican soft coal strike. We will feel the effects, however, in an increasing scarcity of steel and its products. '

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Ludwig Van Beethoven, German composer, died this date 1827. Though deaf, the greatest musical composer of all time: "l shall hear in

Heaven"—-referring to his deafness. i

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The Dominion and various provinces have had many struggles over jurisdiction. It will be interesting to see the rcsult of the clash between the government of Onario and Ottawa over Dom- inion built housing. Ottawa's step of cancelling all proposed construction seems rather drastic.

k i l‘ i’ H. R. H. Prince Henry William Frederick Albert, the Duke of Gloucester, born this date, 1900. Was Governor-General of Australia 1945-

sons, Prince William Henry Andrew Frederick, born 1941; and Prince Richard Alexander Walter George, born 1944.

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Communists and their fellow-travellers are going to find their way of political and official life harder in Canada than heretofore, accord- iug to Justice Minister llslcy who warns the public to mect the Communist danger by being suspicious of the apparently humanitarian bases on which Communists appeal for support to vari- ous fronts. f‘ ' ‘ I i The Maritimes, which have greater claims on the Dominion for’ railway rate consideration, have been once more left out in the cold, not- withstanding Col. Ralston put up o great fight on their behalf. Once more, to him that hath

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The age level o! Canadians and Americans ls rlslng. In 30 years, it is estimated. half of the population

\vlll be over 45 years of age. lf men (and women) over 45 are un- emvbycble. who is going to do LT; nation's work? - Calgary Her. a .

There will be little patience with the vlewAhat. public opinion can be trusted to deal adequately with profltecrs. The terrvper of cousurn ers ls being sorely tried. If prl vafe enterprise is to survive. its chief enemies, those who under the spur of greed have abused irls privileges, must. be summarily puu ished. -_ The Country Guide, Win- tilpeg.

The other day in a New York bar, a seaman shot a glrl who had fed nlckels into a juke box for o..- hour, playing the same t-une 21 times in succession. The tune was the one that has the drumbear

refrain of "Bongo. Bongo, Bongo. I don't: want to leave the Congo." A Jury would probably acquit hlm lf he pleaded extreme PIOVOCBHOA. _or even self defence. — Bruntforzl Expositor.

Cornwall Cliy Council has ap-

proved an expenditure of $8120 for the purchase of a new-scale garbage truck. By getting a spec

lallzed vehicle for the job, ll; Will‘ save on manpower and mlleagu From the sanitary point of view, it. is far better to have the gar

bags closed vehicle. The fact. mar this machine packs the

under hydraulic pressure ease the garbage disposal problem. —Com\vall Standard.

garbage should

A replica of the Kitty Hawk,

the biplane lu which in i903 the Wrlgbt brothers made powered flight in a heavier-than air machine. ls being made for the Science Museum, South Kenslng ton, by the de Havlland Technical School at Hatfield. This ls to take the place of the original when it. is restored to the United Slates shortly in accordance with a pro- mise made Lo the late Mr. Orville Wright. in 1943. —bondon Times.

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We ‘ but assume that the

late, lamented Prince of Denmark. Hamlet, Jr., would look with con sides-able disapproval on the action or l-llrohlto. Emperor of Japan. tn giving the go-by to the “Spring Festival of Life Imperial Auces t.ors' Splrlts." member, was all ears and eyes and filial devotion when his father's phantom patrolled the and oraled from the battlements. while r-rlrohlto now snoots even the annual reunion of the family shades. But; considering the sticky end the ghost promoted for Ham- let, his fiuucc, hls friends and his relations, showing some common-sense keeping clear _of bad company. — Windsor Star. '

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A big new flood prevention

scheme for the Fens u-as started in Britain recently. It. was design- ed to protect: the fertile and lovi- lyrlng agricultural area from a re currence of the severe lnundallous

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THAT SINKING FUND

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Sin-Common Sense asks a ques- tlou, "Is that. possible?" Yes, if you can imagine that the bonds for $90,000 are put into the Sinking Fund and the Treasury has a re- cord. Sinking Fund ls charged and ‘Treasury credited, and the Sinking Fund ls up to 02 pcr cent. of the debt. Perhaps lt. would he under stood better if the bonds tvcrc sold to an outsider and outside bonds were taken in payment, and put ln the sinking Fund. Sinking Fund ls charged and Treasury credited.

Now the Sirllshrg Fund lessens the gross debt, that ls the net. debt plus the Sinking Fund gives the gross debt, so that a hi; Sinking Fund means a. big gross debt, as the Sinking Fund ls gotten by an enlarged debt or on borrowed money. '

Put it; another way. If we had no sinking Fund we would not have to barrow so much money. and be so much ln debt. The only advantage of slnklng Fund would be that the bands that, we put. lnto the Sinking Fund would bear a higher rate of interest than the bonds on which we pay interest.- that is Lhc government. would be in the brokerage business. The ad- vantage would be that. the office

work would be less and the understanding of the Public Ac- counts by the people would be

greater.

Treasury. debentures, or deben- ture department all mean the same thing. ‘

When P. E. I. debentures are ls- sued and put into Sinking Fund. Sinking Fund ls charged and l presume debentures credited. thereby forming part of the debt. At any time a debenture may be taken out. of the Sinking Fund and handed buck to the debenture department. Sinking Fund ls cred- ited aud debenture department. is charged, 'l‘hat debenture ls now settled and may be hrown into the fire.

I am. Sir. etc. ACCOUNTANT.

The Embarrassing Embrace

(Nlonlreal Gazelle)

The C. C. F. Party. through its leader, its national bulletin and in other ways, has been making clear that. it. repudiales the support which the Labor Progressive (or Cummuplstl Party scams dole;- mlnecl to glvc it. "Throughout the years," says Mr. M. J. Caldwell. “the 0.0.1". has kept. its skirts absolutely clean." As far as pur-_ pose and intention are concerned, this may be altogether true. But u little red supporter is now hold tug onto those skirts. Aucl however unbldden or unwanted he may be, he ls there for good reasons of lzis own.

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THE m]; ON Till MORELL

"In 1803 Miller Laird’; great. grandfather went. to grind grain on Prince Edward Island. Land- ing from one of Lord Seikirkb ships on the coast. near Belfast the hardy miller resolutely faced inland through the spruce forests

climbed bhe hills-to the uppc: reaches of the Morell River. damned the stream at. an od-

vuutugeous spot, and built. e mlll. the rumble "of whose machinery has been heard for over a huh» dred years.

“In a country that. abounds if.

mills, the mlll on the Morell has hardly an equal. O_n Prince Ed- ward Island every little stream has its mill, and the great: spongy clouds that. are always crossing the Island from the Gulf of Si. Lawrence to the Northumbcrland Strait. or the Strait. b0 the Gui! keep the Island almost. trap» lcally‘ green ln summer, when they empty their contents on field an.‘ forest beneath and then h ny back to the Strait or Gulf for more. As a result, countless streams bound over rocks and rapids o: slip smoothly and quietly behind mill-dams to the sea. “When seen from the stone brlclg: bridge that crosses the Morell, the mlll takes on the qualities of a venerable anchorlte in the midst of a desert 0f solitude. Its weath- ered shingles, bleached 0o the whiteness of an old man's beard, still retain a few sparkling beads drops of moisture as lf its owner has just drunk deeply of bhe water at. hls feet. The mlll extends on.’ partly over the twelve-foot. drop ol ivater and is flanked on either slde by steep banks and attffly- standing spruce trees. flrom the bridge to the mlll door there ls a soft; carpet of sawdust mlxed with red earth, the passing tribute of an endless procession of spruce logs ,, . . -

"If you get no response from knocking with your fist on the door. you must plck up n. heavy slick and thunder blows on the stout. planks. Then Miller Laird will hear you above the rumble of the machinery and come to ler you in. Patches of sky-blue over ails and gray-green shirt. shine through clouds of white flour, and hls dark curly halr has a lfroth

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of ivhlte dust. on it. like the whit: spray at the bottom of the water- drop at. the dam . . .

"Behind that mlll ls a trestle framework that bridges the falb to the other side. Below is the falling water; behind 1s a broad quiet lake. To the left. of the dam. as you look down stream, is, the salmon ladder, a contrlvauce re- quired by law for every dam On the Island. The ladder is a. series of compartments. one slightly a.- bove the other with a good-sized hole cut ln lrhe dividing walls Unable to Jump the main drop OA the water, the salmon (or trout.) fllngs itself into the first compact. ment. and battles lteway through the series of locks. to the calm waters above. The salmon ladder ls usually kept. closed until Sep- tember, unless heavy rains compel It; to be used as e. safely valve for the dam.

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suffered last year. It. ls the big- gest. plan of its klud to be under

taken in the Fens since they sverc first scientifically drained 300 years ago. When ll; ls completed a new river 31 miles long will have been created to carry off the spring rains into the North Sea. The cost

"In approaching the mlll on the Morell for the first. time, for a fleeting moment, you may wonder at. l;s solitary surroundings; but the unbroken calm, which the faint rumble of water and mach- lnery accentuate rather than ln-

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seem to lie in Mr. ColdwelPs state. ment. that "the C.C.F. will not col- laborate with the Labor Progres sive Partly in any way, direct. o: indirect." It would seem quite clear that the C.C.F. Party ls.de termlned to have no direct collab-

potatoes, the largest proportion of this move- ment going to Central Canada. lt is difficult ow- ing to extra freight charges to reach these'mar- kets now. The substantial increase now imposed may well have the effect of_ checking this trade

power and influence, Ontario and Quebec, have been given the preference, though they appear-

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completely, except for high grade seed stock. Our dairying and hog industries will also be seriously jeopardized. ‘

The large items on our import list are fer- tilizer, limestone, and machinery and materials of production for farmers and fishermen. In- creased ratcs on these commodities cannot fail to affect our whole economic situation. -

lt was Premier Jones’ contention that in- stead of a horizontal increase, at least the rates on bulky commodities should be kept down. The Dominion Government is obligated directly in this matter, in view of the purpose and intent of the Maritime Freight Rates Act which was based on the findings of the Duncan Commis- sion. Under Section 7 of this Act, Maritime rates were declared to be statutory and not based "on any principle of fair return."

The net result of the Commissioners’ award, so far as this Province is concerned, may well mean a loss of many thousands of dollars to the railway. We shall probably be forced to re- vert to shipping by water on a large scale, and in addition to developing a day-and-night ferry service which would provide us with ample truck transportation, particularly to Nova Scotia. lt was Premier Jones’ contention that this traffic could be increased at least ten times its pres- ent volume by such a service. v

Our parliamentarians will have a right to demand Federal assistance in building up a ser- vice of this kind. Apart from our special trans- portation claims under Confederation, they can point to similar advantages enjoyed in Ontario and Quebec, which are protected against any serious advance in rail rates by water competi- tion, provided at an expense to the taxpayers of Canada of some $400,000,000 since Confed- eration, in the construction and improvement of their canals and waterways.

‘iho Roosevelt Memorial

Practically all is now in readiness for the un- veiling of the Roosevelt memorial statue in Gros- venor Square, London.

The design is as nearly as possible that of a square 'in an American city, not easy in a Lon- don settjng. lut the square is pleasantly green, with plenty of seats for the little typists and other: who will, in due course, take their lunch- eon baskets for ai fresco sneals. There is even g pleasant jgantuln in the middle, slightly mn-

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duce their employers to vote for margarine, re- calls the case of a local politician who knew a former Prime Minister's cook at Ottawa, and endeavoured to enlist her services in order to put a local deal over. lt was with the utmost diffi- culty that he was persuaded to keep his hands off the bacon, and to deal directly with the head of the department concerned. R i‘ it 1t

Music‘ lovers should not fail to see —and hear—the magnificent film, "Carnegie Hall," now being shown at the Prince Edward Theatre. Concert soloists and conductors whose names are world famous are pictured in programmes studded with classical gems. Whole arias and movements from the great symphonies and con-