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v ZAGE FOUR

TllE 0llllRLOTTETOWll GUARDIAN

Iorulng Dally (Founded in 1N1) _' Author‘ ’ as Second Claus Mall. Poat Oifloa Department. Ottawa. President. lan A. Burnett; Vice-rreaident, Wni. l. Burnett; Seem-Tread, G. M. Burnett: Editor an! Managing Director. J. ll. Burnett: Aaaocluta Edison Frank Walker.

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

minis}, AUGUST 2o, 1947

Timely Resolutions

lt may come as a su~prise to many P¢°Pl° l" this Province to learn that tiie railway makes extra charges op freight from Summerside west, and from Royalty Junction east. The ODOlITlOIT of these extra charges is urged in a resolution passed by the West Prince Liberal Association on Wednesday night, om.‘ the ASSOClOHOII is to be commended on bringing this matter to pub- lic notice. These charges. it appears, are ‘a relic _,, from the days when the railway gauge in this r f“ Province was part standard and part narrow. l The result since they went into effect, has been on extra cost to the people at Prince County of nearly a million dollars. The P50111110" "159 protests against the appiicotian at present be- fore the Transport Commission of a flat 30 per cent increase in railway freight rates through- out Canada. ‘ _

Other resolutions pass-ad by the ASSOCNIYIO" are also worthy of note. Thc delay in establish- lng the West Point-Buctouche ferry service, due to indecision as to the propenmethod of cut- ting through a short bar that lies off the Wei! Point wharf, is regretted, and an appeal is made to both Federal and Provincial members to get behind this project wholeheartedly.

For the vacant Federa' portfolio 0f Fiiliifle-S the qualifications of Mr J. Watson MacNaught, M.P., are urged, and appreciative reference rs made to the co-operation given by both govern-_ merits in obtaining the British potato order last Spring. Both governments are requested to give further consideration to a floor price on potatoes Md n; do what they can towards having the duty lessened on potatoes gcing into the United States.

Recommendations of thisi kind are a welcome change from the old-time strictly partisan reso- lutions, and can be appreciated and endorsed by all sections of the community.

The 1946 Potato Crop

interesting details Ol’1’1l€ marketing of the i946 potato crop, including the big order of 75,000 long tons of P.E.l. potatoes for the Unit- ed Kingdom, are given in the current issue of The Economic Annalisi, an official publication issued by the Federal Department of Agricul- ture. lt is worth rioting 'n connection with the British order than in ali 2,626,368 bushels were delivered, with a total value of $2,600,104. lt took 39 sailings to complete the shipment--12 from Saint John, 5 from Halifax, 2 from George- town, 3 from Summersidc, 1 from Charlottetown. and 6 from Montreal.

Reference is made to the price support meth- ods adopted early in the year, which included the buying of potatoes for processing. Potatoes bought by the Board for this purpose amounted to 664,599 bushels in New Brunswick and 100,975 bushels in Prince Edward Island. These were all field run potatoes containing 70 percent or more of Canada No. 1 and were used entirely in the manufacture of starch. it is estimated that over 536.000 bushels of No. l potatoes were used in this mariner. ln addition. about 400,000 bushels of cull and small potatoes were manufactured into starch independently.

‘Notwithstanding the large potato crop in the United States, exports of seed potatoes con- tinued to that country as usual and were even higher than in the previous year. Seed potatoes expamsd {mm (jdnndd (his year exceeded ship- ments during 1945-46 by more than 788,000 bush- els. Exports of seed from New Brunswick were 550,000 bushels more than a year ago, including Ole increase of 400,000 bushels to South Ameri- can countries.

In Prince Edward lslarid during the months of March, April and May potato growers received approximately 86 1-2 cunts per 75 pounds of Canada No. 1 table potatoes delivered at ship- ping points. The United Kingdom contrast price of $1.65 per l00 pounds f.a.s. stabilized the

' price. (An analysis of hie marketing casts is giyen in the report from which we quote.) Be- tween May 29 and June 12 prices in the Island

increased from $1.00 to 51-25 PEI‘ 75 P°lllld5 "lid

varied from $1.15 to $1.35 throughout the re-

mainder al June. ln l\':w Brunswick prices for

table potatoes delivered at shipping points aver- : aged 66 to 79 cents per 75 pounds during March ' and April and fluctuated between $1.06 and $1.30 throughout May and during June were mostly between $1.15 and $1.35.

Reliable information a1 prices for seed pota- toes is not yet available, says the report. How- ever, it is well known that prices were not as satisfactory as during time 1945-46 season. Over 50 percent of the production on the Island wasl

been dealt with.

reflection on a

marketed as table potatoes. Due to the removal of the surplus potatoes get worse before

for the Agricultural Prices Support

during the spring of 1947. By May 1 prices were well above the support price. All-her: h Canadian production this year ex- ceeded first year's product-on by 20,000,000 bushels the storage hoidiigs at June 1, 1947, were only 1,150,000 bushels more than at the some data in 1946. Of lh-._excess Prince Ed- warrl lsland held about 620,000 bushels and New Brunswick 265,000 bushels.

Although thefrices realized for the 1946 crop of potatoes hav been becw rho high prices pro- vailing slnco i941 the lrrrgo crop has been marketed at prices that continua

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in business. The Dominion Bureau of lllfl’. first estimate of tho potato ocroagol

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fiir_1947 iridicdtesithor both Princcwidward ls- land and New Brunswick growers have reduced their acreage from the high figure of 1946 by about 10 percent whereas the acreage for Con- ada as a whole is 97 percent of 1946.

_ EDiTLTRiAL-Forizs -

Tomorrow, and every Saturday thereafter, the Banks open at 9.30 a.m. i fl

and closa at ll a.m.

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Welcome to the Sons of England in our midst for week-end Confere

lt will be possible to make preserves at reasonable cost with tliice sugar available for housewives.

bulletin from Ottawa "high tem- nce, ‘Deratusfs win high humidity is .- - perhaps the mast common cause of a fatigue" How did we ever get alon pounds additional search? _ Hamlltcn Spectator.

The United States ‘Cohgrdssional Commission visited Charlottetown this date 1868, immedi- ately after we rejected Confederation proposals.

According to U~LOTTLTOTI despatch, Britain's deprive many British sol-

.Labour Day this year combines the odvan-, tages of being both a Monday and the first of the month. May the weather be as good as in

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l I U l Mr. M. J. Caldwell, ivl. P. addressing C.C.F.'s at Hamilton said: "To my m-nd the hope of fu- tore peace lies in the ability of countries like Great Britain, Norway, Sweden, Denmark _and the democracies of Wes-“ern Europe and the Brit- ish Commonwealth, to lend the world‘along the path midway between those two extremes. That is why, in my opinion, Canada should endeavor to give every possible support to the rehabili- tation of Great Britain, which, in my opinion, is the only country that can give both the economic and moral leadership which the world requires." O i I Q

Notwithstanding that Mr. Bracken has declar- ed that taxpayers are being assessed four times the prewar level, and our national debt has mul- tiplied four times above the 1939 level, the Mac- kenzie King Civil Service Commission proposes a general increase of pay for civil servants. They llat 25 per cent increase, as that would favour employees who have al- ready received cost of living compensation, but sufficient to close the "still wide gap between salrlries and living ccsts." Alas, that is what we all want, but have not got a paternal govern- ment prepared to grant it. On the other hand we have to pay to fill thur "wide gap" between income rind expenditure on the port of Sena- tors, M.P.'s and Civil Servants. y l. .. The "strike" or "iock-oiit" whichever one chooses to call the stoppage of production packing houses, will benefit nobody directly, but w-ll adversely affect the main producer, Mr. Former, who is already bitterly complaining a- bout the price he gets for his butter and eggs,‘ and the price the consumer has to pay at th-e stores. lt is perfectly evident Federal Govern-. merit has fallen down dreadfully in its adminis-y tration, and how could it be otherwise with its? ‘almost constantly recurring absentee portfolio- holders? The business, government or otherwise, has not yet been discovered, that can be run successfully by employees without a head con-' .stantly and vigilantly in the seat of control.

seed potatoes of which a large proportion was] However Ottowahiffic-dls inay minimize U.S. dollar situation it i:

row worse the rigorous wartime exchange cont l may be temporarily

Old Home Week, though not quite so hot.

U U U Mr. Bracken termed inc schd potatoes of New Brunswick ”the best in the World." That, of course, is not our opinion-we believe we lead, while N. B. follows considerably behind us.

Ladies from all dyer‘ hi; Piovince in the City attending the C.W.L. a-e welcome guests, and have been holding a most successful convention

at which a variety of important matters have

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Maurice Maeterlinck, Belgian dramatist, poet and essayist, born this date 1862; his writings are deeply imbued with cism, the best known in English The Blue Bird, The Unknown Guest, and The Burgomasfer of Stilemonde: "All our lutayvlerlge merely helps us to die a more painful death than the animals that know nothing."

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Premier Angus Li.‘ Macclondld waited until af- ter the Halifax Fed-era! try-election before sign- ing the Taxatioa Agreement ‘ine. On the head of the announcement of a big subsidy for N. S. apple industry he obedient- ly complied. No one can doubt he made most of his opportunities to obtain all he could from Ottawa in the way of finances over and above what was promised in the agreement.

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l b I I West Prince Liberals have gone on record in favor of Mr. McNauglit, M.P. being appointed Minister of Fisheries. Certainly this Province is entitled to representation in the Government of the Dominion, it being the only one left out. ln the past the Liberals raw; chosen to send us M.P.'s like Mr. Dunning and Mr. Ralston to liold portfolios and why should this be? It is a serious Province men capable of becoming Presidents Llnited States were it not for the birth embargo.

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According to an Industrial health

Brook trout lose 2.6 liercont of ‘their iitlgbh in death, according _lfr\ science. Tuis proves arice again ‘that iisacrmori are vcracifus men: ‘the little bit u‘ stretching they do when they icrich nome is simply an earnest atiempt to tell the true story as of ll.e time the fish was caught. - PPLPrbOFOUgh Examiner.

Recently we had occasion to at- tempt the purchase of a piece of used equlpmarlt. Feeling that fhe ‘"119?! Brice was high we investi- fiilled and fauna that he We! asking 1H5! about twice what he had paid for the machzre 11 years. ago. He wasn't i. man who needeci money-

he was jisst plain greedy-Slid- ‘may Gezctte.

Those who blezif. the loud“! about. "ITHDFTXEHSTTT" are-as re.

rent rims have hasnmer-d into the dullest tend — generally political opplJrlJnFfs or agents cf a new "Imperladsm." We may team u lot in the :ext fur months about what a fresh orand of Freedom will do for Ind a: wr. have already learned a lot about what lt would do for Palestine nr the Sudan. — Hamil- ton SDLTTZZHO‘.

ln Smith Alberta, grit its name 50 or 60 years ago uvhcn Amerki-ri iiiilisky runners yusorl .1 gap l-i the height of land 0n the U. b-Ciinadlan border througi whtr. to run their c“. goes to Indians and hunters on tho Canadian sldr, says The Edmonton Journa.. The present-day residents prrifeftd so vigorously a few years ago iwriien an attempt was made to frlst the nix-fire FfllPhflm on them, that the authorities backed down And it is WniJry Gap t1 this day.

Whisky Gap,

Aliowlng children to have dia- carderl inner tubes to float around on at hie beam ls a riarilJeroiLs prac- tice. A: least one drowning thl! season has been attributed to n child playing in the water with an alcl tube. A ouff of wind or ‘he "ole ca. r-arrv the tube far out from the stare It; must be remembered too. lhif all ssch tubes u-e old and yliave been ratchet‘. srme many ,timcs. At besi the tubes offer only — Boston Past.

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The long sler-ve of a Chinese gown is more the. a tailoring creation, explains China lllorit-hly. Two Chinese are srtilng ln a tea ho-iise. chatting ab.i't bizslneis. ‘Their sleeves 1TB joined. When cnc men- tions Jmt h = goods will bflng tliousarici of dollars, the other, beneath the sleeves. will grasp three of his friends fingers this indicat- ing his offer of $3.C00—anu so on. In this wrg, ass ciates can carry on ls perfecty confidential transaction, ln tho midst of dozens cf outside cars. I-Ici-icr- r came about in many places that a Chinese who has a million isn't called a millionaire.

They say: "His sleeve is worth ii millon.’ No nation was fiver formed on

a dollar and cent basis. National boundwrles have never been de- termined by or. aoeountanfis or an cngtnee-‘s (‘flafflllflblflfl of value or profit. ‘would any Canadian argue for putting out of our Confederat- lari any area. marge or srzinll, which does nil srem to plve a good nC- count (t ltsril: on a dollar and cont. basis? would tiny Canadun argue ‘o: getting rlrl of any of our frozen ncrth our drought threat- enezl areas o.‘ the West, cur "de- pression areas" of the hlnrttlmes? Of counce not ‘.Vriu.:l any Canadian argue lizat Urifod states should lrikr~ )VPI" the Yukon o" hOLhPfrl New Brunswick? Of course not. The lggip .1‘ gevgraphv, the logic of our common ancestry and alleg- iance ls that Ncyvfuundlaid some- ygmc ‘Inn 0-1;, federation Perhaps hri- time to; movtrg in with our Canada-in fa.nil_v ls nc-w. - Tor- onto Financial Pcs‘.

Delightful indred are some of the nlrl leg-n a n-wi lt is rein-shine wl run zir- ss clieiii in t:dly's grisly

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from the domestic market it was not necessary is being laid upon the steadily expanding sales Board to , to South Africa and also to Latin America and carry out its commitment to purchase potatoeslthe large dollar returns from a tourist traffic ,wh’ch is expected this ycar to set up a new rec- l ord, but the probl-em of - large favorable trade balance held by U. S. ogrvnrt Canada continues obstinate. Devaluation o‘ the Canadian dollorl has been rejected by Finance Minister Douglas Abbott as an ineffective rcmcdy, and there isl [iust as much reluctance to attempt any cutting of imports from U S. hy means of high- er customs barriers. The government has made it known that it will continue to crock downy on the block marketing in this country of U.S. funds, and it is possible that should the adverse yhiird villi hi" H-‘Wtvo-i will enable growers to trend continue or even

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lot the tower‘; six ravens was discov- ii ggi; bgflep Heqyy rename cred with ‘its head cut ml. A rcol

grist cg‘ trrwiism wnzfme and atomic bamlYtlrcats Gorwdcr how reassuring ls He news from Gibral- tar lllLL the Barbary apes there harr- "ricovrriir fr-m viri- nerves and me llflvini? lnlr. cf little babies ngaln. says Tre Edniontir: Journal. You probably know the ola legend. 111710111911 the upGS leave the Rock. Britalrfis nl‘l?t‘l\P1‘ ls up! ‘the HD65- rifier ri nimbe (f yenrs during whfch their ropulalrn dwindled to a more luilf-claren, ale again do'n8 their best to tee toot Britain yet stroll stand. less cheerisg ls the vrerd at mllTCH ln the Tower of London. 0:1 a recent morning one

sensation “was "allied by 1119 119W!- for logy lid has if that lf evll befall! them, disaster thte tens the tower. Th9 rat-ens, sirfste: looking birds “r1531 bfght bnck rues and sombre metallic plumage, are "on 1h! strength“ of the t-zwer suard. E0 serious! ls trc murder J1 011E 01 mom zoom-dad thzlt n rorporalk rrirnrd lzrrii be“. mounted over the iviirvlvt-ig fivr. The IrISJ guards have it.» riut/ of orovlrllr‘! B" "l" curt if one n! them champs to wnrirlor abou‘ fl-e guards r.r battle-l,

BIB. PENDERGAST?

WARNING

Sir. —-1a your issue of the 26th.

before we haa this klnJ of re- m?" liPDtB-‘o I letter

i g . a - _ I always notice trial: Mr. Pendergast

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is a ma: who stands for moral standards. and here he gives advice to ooys that. there is one

advocating greater interest. tn athletics.

yorevalence of the cigarette habit. The narcotic will have a bad ef. feet on the nervous system and dull the edse of ambition. It is Quite likely too that the use of one narcotic induces the taste and desire for other narcotics, for up.‘ stance alcoholic beverages, ’

‘Ihe use of spirituous liquor and

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fatal detriment to attaining m, llllllesb poll-t of excellence tn athletic endeavour. That. is the

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FAWNS -- GREENS

For golden friends I had, For rnnny u roselltpped maiden

between two Provincial Companies, known as Fenctbleu, were organized for the protection of the Island, and to encourage Lieutenant Governor Fanning pub- licly notified that. he would "give t0

tobacco ls ruinous to an athlete 1'19 says. He tied the pleasure on different occasions of hearing the BT95! JOlHI L. Sullivan and Bat. time Nefson sincerely warning boys and young men against the J59 °1 llqllfl!‘ and tobacco. It. ts Sratlfytng to find a man like Mr, Henderson sxiinding forth wom- 1118 the People against these two evils whleti are destroying m; health and the manhood and the womanhood of our land and rob. Ling them o! so much of their money.

I have just read tn a church paper the stupendous gains of the liquor trade and the drinking na- blt ‘in the United States when it Rat. its great. boost by the repeal of Prohibition by popular vote It was incidentally the first spec-I tocular and swift triumph that, false prririieanar had ever won surpassed only by mo lying grade; of Hitler and Goebbels.

Stine l-hen tn our two nation; the blll has-risen to sapcoyyoolgog, which was more than the combin- ea expenattuvea for all education- ll. religious, charitable, and social wall"? Pllflwec Drinkers have increased to B0, 0.000. 1t said 1105111118 about tobacco. but I would EUDDose that smokers would in- crease to 100 millions by what. we are everywhere. The tobacco p111 for the rwo nations might reach l2 billions, which would consti- tute 20 billions for the nations watch ts for worse than wasted. The people of this age should be wlser than to continue on such u wilful down grade to eternal ruin that ts tne end to such a career. No doubt; there are scores of men zealous for good as Mr. Pen- dergast ts bur. they don't stand out. arid declare themselves as he does. But. surely the boys will see that they have been weakening themselves for athletics and sports. and cverythlng else worth while by their smoking.

I am. Sir, eta, TEETOTALEH-

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With rue my heart to laden

And many a llgltitfoot lad.

By brooks too broad for leaping The itghtfoot boys are laid;

The irosc-llpped girls are sleeping In fields where roses fade.

—A. E. Housman.

$10.00 Irv? $5.00

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$6.00 in $3.00

Sale Commences Thursday Morning

100 Men's Hots will be placed on sole Thursday morning-These Hats are odds are BROWNS —- GREYS —- BLUES —

$8.00 row $4.00

Hard-Pressed Hospitals,

(New York Times)

Hospital Fiiricl. The survey found that patients were receiving a con- stant lncrease Ln the number of days‘ cure in all levels of hospital service with a heavy load falling on voluntary hospitals’ wards and out- patient department.

It. 1s found that even many em- ployed pea-sons are forced by the high costs of food and other neces- sities to seek free or less-lhan-cost care tn the voluntary institutions.