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, Allboelled an tleeoad Clan llall, Poet Office, _

. Department, Ottawa. The Inland Guardian . bllehlng Co. ldftor and Managing Director. J. ls. Buraoflr

Auoalotnlislltor, Frank Walker

(‘The Strongest Memory is Weaker Than the Weakest Ink."

CHABLUTTETOWN FRIDAY, JULY lll, 194B

llewloundland At The Gross-Roads

Six days hence, on July 22, Newfound‘ lenders will go to the polls for the second time to decide-what their future form of government is to be. The referendum, which offers‘ the choice of Responsible Government or Confedera- tion with Canada, seems to have cast a deterrent spell over the life of the country, especially on the import side. Business, it is said, has been hardly hit by the prevailing uncertainty. The revenue and expenditure returns for June show- ed a dropping off in customs receipts and for the first quarter of the present year there has been a decline of a million dollars in comparison with ‘the some period of last year. There is no de- crease in the amount of money in circulation, however.

Newfoundland's total trade for the year ending March _31, 1947, stood at $146,254,901, a new record. In those figures were o goodly portion of the country's exports. The U. S. prov- ed to be Newfoundland's best customer in that year, and since the outbreak of war, buying $24,- 611,561 worth of newsprint, fish, fish oils, furs and minerals. In turn Newfoundland bought $25,800,832 worth of American goods. With Canada trading was more one-sided‘. Newfound- land bought‘ $43,087,154 worth of Canadian goods whereas Canada only purchased $8,155,288 of Newfoundland goods.

‘ The Newfoundland press is emphasizing the importance of the decision the electors are being called upon to make. In the opinion of the St. John's Evening Telegram, the people are better able now to ‘use discretion in making o wise choice than they ever were in the past. In many parts of the country they have begun to acquire a fuller grasp of public affairs through the functioning of town councils and they have been made to realize what power rests in_ their hands. The establishment of libraries, the wider circulation of newspapers, the institution of co- operatives, the wider spread of education and, too, the knowledge gained by the thousands who served with the armed forces in exchanging ideas \vith others are all factors which have made for enlightenment.

TheTelegram does not Include among-these advantages the prolonged campaigning through the microphone, which conceals from thelaudi- ence the speaker's personality and shelters ‘him from any disturbing questions. "lt is doubtful," it says, "whether this method of attempting to influence the electorate serves any effective‘ purpose. In fact, with little new information" to be given, the repetition and reiteration can only tend to cause the listener to turn the dial from the dreary and monotonous flow of words to some more diverting programme." ,

Whatever the result of the plebiscite, no. changeover can take place immediately. lnifact it is believed the Commission Government will complete its year, next March, before relinquish- ing office. In the meantime the race for the votes cast by the Commission supporters has been intensified. Those voters hold the balance of power at the present juncture.

May Lltt Export Embargo

Since September, 1942, Canada has pro- hibited the export of live cattle to the Un-ited States. Recent.announcements indicate that this market may soon be open to producers and shippers, in which case one of the results will be the shipment of slaughter cattle weighing 700 pounds and over. This class includes the most desirable cattle for export as well as providing the best quality domestic beef. According to o bulletin issued by the industrial and development council of Canadian Meat Packers, good steers under 1050 pounds from Canada for the most part sell on the U. S. markets as medium grade in competition with corn finished cattle. In ad- dition to o price differential between markets, under certain conditions on advantage accrues from a favorable rate of exchange. At present U. S. prices are considerably higher, as indicated by averages since the beginning of the year.

The availability of the U. S. market, says the bulletin, may cause cattle prices to advance sharply, with similar adjustments in domestic beef values. Available supplies for export are ~difflcult to forecast. Although numbers on farms were estimated as slightly lower at Dec- ember 1, 1947, inspected slaughterings to date are 17.6 per cent higher. With higher prices home consumption may decline, making poten- tial eroparts greater. -

SkyJrall To The lflendyke

Fifty years age the sourdoughs who slogged the Trail of '98 to the Klondyke, were fortun- ate if they arrived at their mining stakes within a month of the time they left Vancouver. '

Commencing this August 1, the silver jubilee of the Klondyke gold rush, passengers will be able to board a "sleeperette" plane at midnight in, Vancouver and wake up in Whitehorse iust seven hours later. Such is the change in Can- adian transportation in a half century!’

During war years, U. S. airlines put big passenger plan into Whitehorse on re ular. schedule from cattle. Thus they were ab efto divert to Seattle ell the Alaska air businols and much of what should nonnally be Yukon traf-

fic to Vancouver. The new Canadian service,_

it isghoped, will not only recapture theJYulion business, but will, by use of the firs {lbeper- ems" to be used domestically in NorthAmerico attract pert of the Alaskan traffic. ' 9 ‘

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It was ‘a Fur Beauty Show at The Charlotte-

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Mr. J. Watson MacNaught at Pictou gave a fine impetus to the new policy of dvertising our fisheries.

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Summerside's decision to adopt p rking ma}. ers is likely to prove a doubtful adva toge. Not only will Water Street be lined- wit the meter pedestals but there will be a tenden‘ y for farm- ers ond others to take their trade elsewhere where parking is free. '

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_ Yesterday was the final day of; the Interna- tronal Fur Conference. Delegates] and their wives are assured that they are al ays welcome to return to the home of the fox ind stry whether for business or pleasure.

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lacing, tmnls, ball game, l-f, fishing, swimming, dancing, strawberry festi als and box- rng—what more could we wont in this ideal weather in this ideal Island, where obody works but those who can't avoid it?

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The index of farm prices shows agriculture to be in a v/ery good position just now. The fact, however, that the index is based on the 1935-39 average when prices of farm products were un- duly depressed makes the farmer's position seem better than it actually is. .

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Charlottetown is blest with an ideal sum- mer resort in Rocky Point. lt is withinpreach of all with or without a car. Steps should be taken to see that the public have space to enjo them- selves over there without having to tres ass on private property. ‘I

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Strike or no strike lt is the constitutional duty of the Dominion Government to keep the Car Ferry running to maintain the Island's con- nection with the rest of Canada. Even if it meant using the Navy that duty must be car- ried out. _

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Round and round and round in a circle till we all fall down. The cost of living rises some 80_per cent, wage bill_ jumps some 60 per cent, freight rates follow suit by another 5O per cent, then "cost of living takes another boost, and the circle continues the rotation.

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"Anson" who sends us Notes from another Island, and who spent happy days t-aining for the R. A. F. here, tells this one—perhops he heard it in the Royal Borough of Kensington. He met a lady who was charmed to learn he had been in Canada. Did he know Prince Edward Island? "Yes," he had trained there. "It must be‘ o wonderful place," she rhopsodised, "blue skies, sandy beaches, perpetual summer, singing birds, green verdure on red background-how I long to be there! Last night I had as my dance part- ner, the son of the proprietor of the Island!"

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Sir Joshua Reynolds, English portrait paint- er, born this date 1723. Was painter to King George Ill, and had a brilliant career both artis- tically and socially; he founded the Literary Club of which both Johnson and Boswell were mem- bers. He excelled in pointing children. His chief works are: Mrs. Siddons as the Tragic Muse, Duchess of Devonshire and her Baby, The Age of Innocence, and portraits of Johnson, Sterne, Burke, Goldsmith, Fox, Garrick, etc. He was renowned also for the literary quality of his Discourses (Presidential addresses): "Jf you have genius, industry will improve it; if you have none, industry will supply its place."

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"T.B." soinetimefhas its advantages. For instance, Daniel (Sugar Dan) Morrison, of Sydney, N.S., was serrt to the pen_itentiary*for four years. But Dorchester Penitentiary refused to admit him because he is tubercular. Sent to Cape Breton County Jail, there also he was refused admission. On instructions from Nova Scotia Attorney Gen- eral he was token back to Dorchester by the jailer, and handed over to the officer in charge. The jailer went to a restaurant for luncheon, and on motoring home was signalled by a hiker for e ride. He proved to be Sugar Dan, who was turned adrift again because of his T.B. At present, or at least till yesterday, he was fiee as a bird on wings, waiting for a cage to imprison lum- I I I I

One of the most persistent bugaboos ossoci- oted with canned foods is ptomaine poisoning. Actually, according to the medical profession, there "ain't no such animal." "Government health authorities emphasize that ptomaine pois- oningnisrnot, and never has been, a part of the picture ‘of food poisoning," states Harold Stev- ens, manager of the research department of the

» American Con Company. "Ptomaines are among

the products of putrefactlon of meats and other proteins. They are present in many popular types of cheese and in ‘hung’ meats which we enioy. A few individuals, declared Mr. Stevens, hold the belief that canned foods‘ mysteriously develop "deadly ptomaines." Ptomained are not deadly, and the belief that they are is based on lock of information dating back to the old "ptomaine theory" of food poisoning now com- pletely discredited by modern medical author- ities. "As a result of many scientific advances in both the can-manufacturing and canning in- dustries, conned foods have been aptly descri- ed by on emi nt ited States medical author-

ity as the so est foods coming to the American table/Wold ‘Mr. Stevens

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711155917518 le taking a more and more serious view of the den. gers of making 1n puhltc places. 550W I Your ego 1t forbade nook-I

size. Previously 1t. had put. the ban on smoking In publtg; ve- hicles. When the stare rule was

Imposed there was e strong feel- ing that other-places of publtc u- aemblage should be Included. Now there 1s an ordinance 1n council to Include theatres. moving pic- ture houses. and placee where 1n- door sports are staged. —Ph11a- delphln Bulletin.

Everybody knew that when the Fraser went. down after its recent. rampage and retreated to its original channel, It would leave a terrible mess behind. The rlver is going down now and the stze of the mess is becoming apper- ent. There are farms to clear of debris and restore. There sre buildings to put back on their foundations and repair. There are homes to make habitable again. There pre‘ dykes and roads to re- build. And, of course. there 1s a terrible financial mess. The cost. will run into many millions -how many 1t. 1s impossible to estimate yet. — Vancouver Province.

Brltafn may be broke but. not everybody Ln Britain 1s broke. The government. has an actual sur- plus of receipts over expenditures ——lf deferred obligations abroad are Ignored —us they are for the time being anyhow. The surplus comes from heavy taxation. Br1t-

1sh “national income" last veer totalled $32,000,000.000_ "National income" 1s always going up. 1n-

cluding ours. Br1ta1h's went up 82.680.000.000 1n 194'? over 1946. It. must. cheer the Briton as he sits down to his dinner of Brussels sprouts and a cold potato to read In the paper how national Income 1s soaring. Yes. ltfls a fact. Nation- a1 economy may be broke while a government remains solvent and the paper income of the whole people gains. Also rich citi- zens can remain highly solvent 1n a busted nation. tllspoclally 1f they have their investments 1n South Africa. or In oil rich Iran and Iraq. - Chicago Daily News.

Scientists at Case Tech. Cleve- land, have discovered a gigantic new star. In case you wonder how e. huge star could have been overlooked for so long by astrono- mers. we should explain that. this star is a considerable distance from the earth. It 1s estimated It". Ls 20.000 light years away. That. means that. 1t would take light. from the star 20.000 years to reacti the earth. As light. travels at. 186,000 miles per second. you can. 1f you are mathematically inclined, figure out just how many miles separate the star from us. The light years definition appears to us to be more interesting. The fact that. the star has been "dis- covered" doeenh. meant. 1i; 1s there now. It just. means that. 1t. was there»20.000 years ogomTnc 1.8M which left 1t 18.000 years before Christ. was born. long before the pyramids were built. before the earliest cfvlltzotlon on earth, has just reached us now. Somehow that. seems to put. our praent. day problems 1h the right, perspective. -0wen sound Sun-Times.

Clvlllutlon has dcvleed nothing more universally. perpetually un- natural .r.ha.n schools. There 1s nothing natural In a young hu- man animal sitting 1n the some seat 1n the some room for five or six haure of the day, day In do! out. year 1r. year out. One of the rewards of adulthood Is that. this harrowing discipline 1e passed. Adults whose memories of youth- ful agony are short. should ti)’ sitting at. e. school desk for two or three consecutive hours listen- Ing to a. speaker, who. unlike the teacher. does not demand that. they add to the sedentary exper- ience the excruciating effort. of thinking. Teachers‘ lives 1h school hours sre at least. so unnatural as the pupils.’ Neither Adam nor Eve was expected to spend six hours of the day. day In any out. year In year out, catering to and curing for 4-0 children. other neo- ple's children. Even a fond par- ent with only three children tends to become frenzied after spending three consecutive hours wfth the three offspring. -Pel.er- boraueh bummer.

Flying through cloud! spouting lightning 1s a thrilling or terrify- ing experience. depending on the observer's viewpoint. It. 1| very Interesting, for example. to be 1n an airplane In the mldet. of a thunderstorm Ind watch the lightning flash downward to the earth from the level of the alr- plane. The flashes. taking place from many polnu along the edge of one cloud bcpk 1n rapid succession. euggen e. curtain of. flre, More npeotscuJer-‘ls the ex- perlence in the heart of a thun- derheed. The airplane. a power- fu1 job with its engines slowed down to reduce the impacts .rorn the may winds. drape suddenly lnto holes, htte an unseen botmrn with o thud and 1e u luddenl! llfted with a very malarial Jolt. which makes one vol’! well settl- fled tb be strapped securely Into h1s seat. for otherwise part of his time would b0 DIM llllflllr the calling of the oalln. It. la mld- afternoon but wlthln the cloud 1t 1s no black u night except when the lightning flashes. The puma! light of the flashes reveals a ton- taetle world of but unifying beauty. The‘ cloud. which 1n the, dark periods seems as aenoe u s block of coal. be- comes. for flnshldq momenta. a world filled with colorful cav- erns. - flew York some Tribune.

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Canada's Industrial "Expansion"

(Monthly Review of The Bank of Nova Bcotlo)

During the three years slace the end efthe wlr Ln EH01?! T9‘ _equ1pment, mndernlutlan and ex-

rcnt Monthly Review of The Bank of Nbva Scotla, which discusses 1n conslderable detail the Industrial expansion of the war and postwar periods.

The wartime expansion of 1n- rlustxy wee of highly specialized character, concentrated in the branches of manufacturing making durable goods, and particularly in the metals and metal-using ln- dustries. ln-these fields a substan- tial part of the large wartime 1n- crease tips been retained, because the‘ envy accumulated demand for capitl goods and for consumers‘ durable goods has provided a fav- ourable environment for the types of industry most. stimulated by the war. All 1n all, it seems probable that something approaching half of the government Investment in over productive facilities has sound peacetime use, and prlvatefy- financed investment has undoub- tedly been much mare adaptable.

The postwar capital Investment program has been much broader and on a substantlalbr larger scale than that of the war. The ‘greater pert a! the economy came out. of the war with productive facilities impaired by inadequate replacement durfng hostilities and during the long period of depres- sed conditions during the ‘thirties. Peacetime Industry and agriculture were faced with a. lever of demand, both domestic and export, far 1n excess of pre-wor and substantially greater than ever before.

In short, plant and equipment

were inadequate to meet the de- mands of a full-employment ec~ onomy The Review presents a Table showing official estimates of capital mvestment. for industrial puhposes, broadly defined, for the years 194.5 to 1948. It provides striking evidence of the size of the outlays for buildings, machinery and equipment; they amount. to well over $2,500 millions for man- ufacturing azuLthc. utilities alone over the four years. In manufact- uring, especially notable 1s the high and rlslng proportion of In- vestruent represented by capital expenditures for producing pulp and pupar, our traditional blg; lhdustry. Similar evidence of the needs accumulated 1n depression and war is to be seen 1n the recent heavy demands for farm cqufp- ment, and particularly 1n the large programs of the chief utilit- ies -- electric power, railways, and telephones It 1s difficult to estimate haw much war and postwar investment has added, and Is adding, to the country's productive ability, even considering the manufacturing in- dustries alone. The figures of cap- ltal investment overstate the net addition to industrial capacity, since allowance must be made for the substantial element. of replace- ment whlotfthey contain, as well as for the facts that part of the wartime investment found no peacetime use and that. outlays an new plant and equipment since 1939 have been mode at sharply nslhg prices. However, taking all these factors into account, the Re- v1ew makes a “reasonable guess" that by the end of 194.5 the expan- slon 1n manufacturing productive crspaclly over pro-war levels might be something on hhe scale of e. third to a half-surely a substan- tial growth. The size of the increase, however 1s only part of the story. Undoub- tedly. a greater dlverslty of pro- duction has been obtelned, and groods are now being produced which before the war were made In small quantity oo- not at all. A substantial pert of the Industrial Gcvci-pmfllb has grown out of staple industries and resource; 1n vntiich Canada has a natural ad- vantage. The new racllltles for fob- rlcatlng aluminum, copper and asbestos, for plywood production, for meklng paper and paper pro- ducts, for using pulp 1n making textiles and plastics and for some new chemical products - all are examples of this kind of develop- ment, At the some time, the staple export" Industries themselves have been improving and expanding their physical capital, no In the newsprint, pulp and primary al- uminum lndlwmks. Agriculture: has been rebuilding and expanfl. ing its equipment, so seriously 1m- paired In the long years of the depression, and has been doing so without acquiring a heavy burden of new indebtedness

There has also been the notable expansion and diversification 1n the industries using tron and steel. Not only have such long-establish- ed industries u agricultural lm- plements, railway equipment and automobiles added Ito their cup- edt! ma to ti; range of their products, but there has been a marked Increase In capacity so p". deuce fndustrle! and hougeholq Bqlllpment, Moreover, steel pro- duction has been much increased, the range of steel forms and alloys hoe been widened, and the ability ¢° DPMKM ports and components 1n this country has been strong. therred.

It 1s true. us’! the Review, that because of exchange difficulties, attention ll centred today on the mllflllllcy of domestic output of

1111MB‘! steel and Industrial com- ponents ln relation to the heavy demand for durable While. looking further ahead, the more basic-pro- biqn ls that this count-y will have a substantial Iurplue capacity for mossy capital and consumer-dur- able goods when replacement needs to the domestic, mnrbet. have been nude up. ‘ltsoueh there can be no doubt that. many denodlnrr goods