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Associate Editor, Frank

"The Strongest Memory is Weaker Than the Weakest Ink"

CHARLOTTETOWN, TUESDAY. DEC. 5. mo A Liberal Victory

The Liberal candidate in yesterday's by- election in Second King's, Mr. Harvey Douglas, scored a signal victory by defeat- ing his Conservative opponent, Mr. Milton Rogerson, by a majority of 248 votes, which is more than double the majority obtained by the late Hon, Mr. Cox in 1947, and con- siderably in excess of his majority in 1943. The score in those years, however, was made at a general election. As pointed out yesterday, the Government candidate is in If much stronger position in a by-election, except where the fate of the Government is at stake. The electors know that they cannot materially change the political complexion of the House. and the tendency to vote for the man in line with the Gov- ernment is a natural one. The Opposition candidate and his supporters made a strong effort to offset this disadvantage yesterday, but the issue was decided other- wise. The total vote of 1820 polled was sixty-one in excess of the vote recorded in 1947. The fact that the voters turned out in such large numbers is a matter of gratification. ,

The successful candidate, Mr. Douglas. is a brother of the late Mr. J. Lester Doug- las, M.P, He is to be congratulated upon making such an auspicious entry into public life, and we have no doubt but that he will represent his district faithfully and competently. He has an able and experien- ced colleague in the person of the Con- servative member, Mr. R. L. Burge.

Mloawlier At Ottawa

Dickens' classic character, Mr. Micaw- ber, never let adversity get him down. De- spite the deplorable state of his finances. Micawber was always cheerful, always ex- pecting "something would turn up" to get

0 him out of difficulties.

It is the same way, apparently, with Finance Minister Abbott, who continues to talk blithely about the ”buoyant'' state of the nations finances. He constantly hopes "something will turn up" to keep Govern- ment expenses down.

Nothing very impressive has turned up so far. Expenditures for October were up 310 million over the corresponding month last year. Some of that increase was in- evitable. Defence costs, family allowances, pensions and higher expenses for unem- ployment insurance account for the major part of the increase. Knock, these items off, says Mr. Abbott, and the picture looks pretty rosy. All other Government ex- penditures were down by 36,200,000 for the month.

That figure looks a lot less impressive. however, when it is realized that iB5,300,000 represents a saving achieved by a decline in interest charges. The real saving for October was only 3900,000. That is not much less than a million and, as the Rt Hon. C. D. Howe says, "Whats a million dollars?" As defence expenditures go up. even the S900,000 is going to look pretty sick. '

It is time for the Finance Minister to take another look at the "buoyant" state of government expenditure, and not leali

' too heavily on the revenue side of the pic-

ture. Power of The Purse

That the power to tax is the power to govern has long been considered axiomatic and it should be no cause for surprise that Ottawa, having become the tax-gatherer for the Provinces shon1d..sDe3k with 1'00" authorityiin various fields.

Agriculture Minister Gardiner's response to Maritime requests for potato price sup- port was to tell the,Px-ovinces how he wants the potato industry 0r88mlZ8d- H9 "h0Pf-d to see” the formation of potato boards speeded up. '

such in hope, of course, is anything but a futile wish. The potato growers of this Province and New Brunswick are left in no doubt but that, effective organization of the industry on Ottawa approved lines is a pl-grequislte of any consideration by hold- .on of the Federal purse-strlnzh

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V -;chiovonien,ts.of the ' iiitho last war was to ' ' Gibraltar. The

May 1943 the Rock, because of this gallery, was deemed to be impregnable. Small openings from the gallery to the outer face of the rock enabled batteries of guns to command the isthmus and the neutral ground between Britain and Spain.

And then Mr. Churchill, took General Marshall on a tour of inspection. Later, writes Mr. Churchill, General Marshall somewhat hesitatingly observed, "1 admir- ed your gallery, but wb had one like it at Corregidor. The Japanese fired their ar- tillery at the rock several hundred feet above it, and in two or three days blocked it off with an immense bank of rubble."

Mr. Churchill adds: ”I was grateful to him for his warning, but the Governor seemed thunderstruck. All the smiles van- ished from his face."

EDIIURIAL NUIES

Last day of open season on geese. I C O

In view of the coming by-election in Queen's; it is necessary for Premier Jones to return from Ottawa with something con- crete. Mere promises will not count for much.

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Our Naval men in Korean waters prob- ably hope that Communist forces will at- tempt an amphibious advance and break their infantry weapon on the destroyer-s' guns.

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Defeated candidates should console themselves that they have at least offered their services to the public, and are spared, for the time being, the fatigue of being at every man's beck and call.

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Old Age Pension increases and social security measures generally are under dis- cussion at Ottawa but there is little doubt but that defence cannot be relegated to the background even for those vote-getting projects.

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William Brooks of Aultsville, Ont., was awarded top honors at the Eastern Ontario Export Cheese Show. He won three of the major trophies for the three highest- scoring cheese in the show; the highest score of any two cheese and the highest for season's workmanship.

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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, composer, died this date 1791. His genius might be described as universal, for he shone alike in opera, in orchestral and chamber music, and in sacred composition. His style has been characterized as a happy mixtureof Italian joyfulness of melody with German thoroughness and depth.

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Wood Island Ferries are more than justifying their existence, as the steady in- crease in passenger, car, bus and freight proves. It is a big undertaking, but the directorate, with Mr. R. E. Mutch at its head are more than equal to the task they voluntarily undertook on behalf of the two Provinces they connect and serve.

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One had almost forgotten that Spain is in theory a republic. But an Associated Press bulletin from Paris just informs us that Alvaro de Albornoz, Prime Minister of the Spanish Republican Government-in- Exile, has resigned-with his cabinet. He announced he did so because the United Nations recently lifted its diplomatic boy- cott of the Franco regime in Spain.

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Our newest champion, Mr. Eric Pen- dergast, Hazelbrook, is to be congratulated on making a slaughter test score of 96, a figure never before reached by any sow under the Canadian Advanced Registry Board. The qualifying litter was sired by Souris Dick 60B, owned by,Mr. Edward Wood, Pownal.

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Butter is at a premium in Quebec. Pro- vincial police headquarters have advised butter manufacturing establishments to ex- ercise special vigilance over their ware- houses because some thieves specializing in butter are active. Provincial police said a large quantity of butter was stolen from the Co-operative de Ste. Marie de Beauce, while another theft of butter at St. Antoine de Tilly has been reported. Thieves made away with 900 pounds of butter during the second excursion leaving no trace of its whereabouts. -

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The Civil Service of Canada and the I. S. are now organized in one big union, and have just elected a Civil Service Assembly at Atlanta (Ga.) with Charles H. Cushmaii, director of the Rhode Island Department of Civil Service, president. He succeeds George T. Jackson, direptor of organization and classification of the Civil Service Com- mission of Canada. The election took place at the annual conference of public person- nel acfmlnistration, sponsored by the ab- scmbly and attended by more than 600 pub- lic personnel officials from the U. S. and Canada. Also attending were observers

eluding England, Belgium. Australia. Israel, Costa Rica and El Salvador. -

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FARM IMPLEMENTS MUSEUM

sir. - Your editorial last week. with the Above heading, was quite interesting as far as the western

rovinces are concerned. But PJ- lsland farmers used some very won- derful machlncry before the Prair- ies were settled at all. The writer remembers his mother tell about the advent of the scythe which proved so much suP9H0f '0 '4-'1” reaping hook or sickle. But that might be about the year X840.

After this the "cutting bar" with is vibrating knife was invented. This was used on a reaper that '00): V-W0 men to operate - one to drive the team. the other on another seat pulled off the sheaves with A fork or rake. This then was improved on by someone placing a capstan on the "table" that carried four arms or rakes that filled the dual pur- pose of tipping the cut grain back onto the table and every fourth rake that came around. removing enough unbound grain to make 8 sheaf.

I will here -inform the younz

farmers of today that the binding of those sheaves with straw re- qulred both agility and persever- ance, and a good days work fcr a man or woman was lot! to 200 Staooks or twelve times that many sheaves. To reach the larger number in eight hours required a speed of fire sheaves to the minute. But. let us take up the threshing of the grain. The flail was used un- til the middle of the last century After that the revolving drum with teeth being thought of, horses were used on s capstan. old Dobbin t.rnv- elling wearily in a circle.

Next was the tread mill which carried two horses that kept con- stantly travelling up hill, but never getting anywhere as the floor. like an endless chain. kept moving bnclcwsi-d. The same drum or threshcr is still used. ,

Next. came the shaker to remove the straw from the gain. But to eliminate the chaff. the mixture was shovelled into a set. cf fanners four feet high and turned by hand to cause a. strong breeze. All these implements were used before N19 West was setbled.

I would like to see a museum pro- vided for all those relics. And I would give ii prominent place to the contemned reaper Ind mower that was used for been cutting hay and grain. by exchanging the cut- ting bar for the grain table. I still remember the day that my father bought one of those beautiful ms-

low, streaked with white - simply glittering. It was truly a thing of beauty and ii joy forever, or until something better rlsplace” it. why shall I say more? for time would fail me to speak of the loom. the two types of spinning wheel. the chimney with mantle. dog irons. pot. on crime. baking pan with cov- er for burying in the red collis- Thanking you for Space. End trusting that my pipe dream mlly come to fruition. I am, sir. etc, J.A. MBCKENZIE. Kensingbcn. P. E. I.

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The expense of maintalninz some of the mail carrier routes was found by 'a special committee of the Legislature in 4843 to be "far beyond any benefit the public in those parts derive from these cs- tablishments, and beyond. what the present revenue of the Col- ony can justify.” Accordingly they i om-mend a new setup, the routes being outlined as follows:

"That in future the two carriers to Kildarc and Tisnish. and the West Point, tarsvei only once I fortnight. and that the carrier to Eamon: Boy be discontinued; the intercourse to Bedcquc and Georgetown, brim the pocket stations .in Prince and King's Counties. entitle the inhabitant.- of those Counties to the oceanic- dntlon of n semi-weekly convey- alloy of the mails d-urlnnfthc por- iod of the navigation being open: the extra trip to Prince County to proceed from Bedoque to Green's shore and St. Elcnnor's. returning by the same route - provided the expense annually does not exceed 234 in the whole.

"Two carriers ouzhl. to go to the westward - one on the southern route to Bcdoque. by way of Try- on, and the other carrier to so by the main Post Road by Prince- town and Indian River. to at lzleonors. and return to chu- lottetown by Glover's having two branch carriers from Glover: -- one tn cnmpbcltown. and the other to Park Corner. i-eiurnliu: by Joluuwn's Mill: to Glover's. A carrier ought. to go by the Core- hcnd Road to Covohcnd, Brnckkiy Point, from thence to Rustico. New Glasgow and osvcndish. to- turning to town by the New Glu- gow road. New offices will be re- qulred to suit this nrnnlemont. A Post-office ought to be unb- il at sable. at or non. Mr. Devi liolloyb.

"rho ouurh mail carrier to go from Charlottetown to the hold of st. Peters Bay. from thence to llorwnc Bay. Souril West River. and to the. loot. Point Port!!! nod mum by the North side mag; mad. Additional cmcos v be required at or non: rot- tuno lay. Dixon? .

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I. loving freedom. and untried; No sport of every random gust. Yet being to myself a guide,

Too blindly have repoaed my trust: And oft, when in my heart was

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wrong t, I supplicate for thy control; But in the quietness of thought. Me this unchartei-'d freedom tires;

feel the weight of chance- desires; My hopes no more must chnnge their name, I long for I repose that ever is the same.

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Lewis Gay's, Lot 19, and s branch from thence to hart Augustus.

"A carrier at present goes from the White Sands, Murray Her- bour. in Belfast. This route ought to be changed, Ind the mail for Murrsy Harbour forwarded to the old shipyard there from Vernon River. by the main road direct. An office ought to be at or near Mr. Dslxiers, Lot. 63: and if the above line to the shipyard is

llslied there. It will still be neces- sary to continue 1 carrier from Belfast to the Wood Islands. but not an office for letters; this may be done for as. I trip." i

The committee were also of opinion "that the Postmaster of Charlottetown should reside in the building in which the Post office is kept, for the purpose of affording security to the mails while in his charge, and also in cases of emergency, to provide

access to the office at all hours.”

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I Mr. Kingsley Brawn points out in the Rural Co-Operator, or- g: of the Ontar Federation of

"culture. "3 recent Privy council decision on margarine does n'.cr- thin keep the door open for the use of vegetable oils u I butter -ivbstitutc. It also makes 1:..sible an extension of .le use of these oils to other products now -in-H ---"--'y of milk. In some -zrts of the L' ted States. rtor ex- cmpie, ice cream is composed partly ” cottonseed oil. and some assert that a similar substitution can be .. in cheese. lfr. Brown explains. However. that the only part of milk threatened by vege- t-.'..' oiLs is the butter fat con- tent, "which. according to doctors and nutritionists. is the least valu- able part. of milk from the point of view of maintaining good health and proper growth."

"By far the most valuable port. of the milk," Mr. Brown continues reassurlngly, "arc solids such as calcium. phosphorus, riboflavin, and many others, and their pi-g- series is one of the best .

why no matter what inroads vegc- T

table oil: may make into the but- ter mnrket, they will never make much headway into the whole milk market. People are going to keep right. on buying milk because it gives them the minerals they cannot do without, in the cheap- est pc"”'.e form."

Thouxh there is no doubt the consumption of whole milk has ixicreased enormously, the um;

when 'he demand will absorb most of Canada's milk production

seems remote. Cheese sales are up, however, and butter sales are im- provins. when margarine come into the market, butler consump- tion fcil off badly in 1940 as com- psred with its total in 1948. But. some of the lost ground is being recovered this ycslr, with butter : 'es running about 1,000,000 pounds I month ahead of 1940. It may be that the threat of Vege- poblo oils to the Canadian dniry industry has been exaggerated.

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