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ti: ciimiioirriowii GUARDIAN

Morning Daily tFounded in I881)

President: Lieut. Col. W. Chester B. MoLuro vice President: J IL Burnett. FJJ. ttecrelary; Lieut Col. U A ltlacftlnnon. 0.8.0. Idltur and ltianrging Director .l R. Burnett. FJJ. Associate Editors: Frank Walker and lan A. Burnett

SUBSCRIPTION RATES n; Mail in P.E.i., 54.00 per year; $2.50 for 6 wont-bl $1.25 for 8 months; 60o for one month _ Olly Delivery $5.00 per year; $3.00 l0!‘ I mfllllll . $1.75 for 3 Inonthl By Mall ln Canada and U.S.A. $5.00 per year latuidoy Weekly: $2.00 per year; $1.00 for I month; 50o for 8 months

The Charlottetown Guardian may he ohtaiaad at Iolallnfo hone Axenoy, ‘ll-urea square, New York; 0i! louth Noun Agency, Corner llllli and Waahinglon, gum," uati-upoliiun hens [Mil Pool as. Hontroali .1. line our u»; at., ‘ro-ontoi Nona itand. Chateau Laurlor, Oinmui Wolfe's hone ltand. Iudhnry, Onli flnh Tobacco hliop, llunctun N. ISA

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The Strongest Memory is Weaker than tho Weakest Ink." WEDNESDAY, DECEIlIBER a, wit.

Regimenting Business

The economic planners are now taking Ovcl‘ in Canutla. Price ciiinpetitioit is being eliminated “for the diiriitiuii" and in its stead we have 01¢ “a, p,~l,-.-,, tutti-d. \\'llll its authority to freclfl prices and digit 1c lilC ilisiribiitioti of goods. The new powers vc-lid in the War PHCCS Board may be lirEt-ily summarized as follows:

L lime Qnnllmii to prcrcllt prices going up. This is the smut: tiimzidii eittcrcd on December I-

2_ Cmnml u,‘ .~, priiv t0 arrange equitable dis- tribution of ilY-llltliliti goods to the public. Can- ada has ailCilliy bcqtni to enter this stage- Things in which the consumer is interested and which are already utidci‘ 4i tlt-grcc of control include motor cars, construction lllIllCflZli5, refrigerators, stoves, washing mzicliiiit~~. typcivritcrs, gasoline, coal, power, timber, rubber, hidcs and leather, cork. silk, ivool. sliortetiiiig. sugar, butter, bread, bacon and rentals.

3. Control of the vziliie of goods, which per- mits the Board to ls-llt‘ orders applying to qual- ity and size and other [illIhCS of production and distribiitoii, so thzit the public will be protected in “that it buys.

The powcr to enforce standardization of goods is sure to become an important weapon in the battle ngziiiis: inflation. In a recent declara- tion of principles, the War Prices Board said:

“If a store wishes to scll goods of a differ- ent kind or tlllflilll’ not sold during the base pcr- iod, the pricc niiist not be more than the highest price charged for siihsttnitinlly similar goods dur- ing the SIllliC ihlvlt‘ ticriotl. .-\ii_v new goods that are inferior iii i|ii:ilil_\', iiizitcrizil, style, workman- ship, size or weight, niiist be sold for a pro- portionzitclyi lower yiricc.”

In the LThC of cigarettes, for instance, it will he illegal for the comiiziiiics to tztlce one or two cigarettes out of a lillthilgc‘ in order to cover high- er costs, or mcrcly to make more profit, unless yicrmission is given. Shortiveight chisclling 0f all kinds will he \\(lIt‘il(‘(i closely.

In the czisc of sliiplc foods and articles that are already stzindiirizctl. the board's problem will be to compel tnnniifncttirers to maintain their standards. In the last analysis, this may be im- possible for lhcm to do, and then they would have to obtain permission to sell an iiifcriior product. This, too, lins bt-cn foreseen by the Board, which has declared that in due course it will issue a list of maximum prices, “based on the cost of merch- andise." This IOfCSilil(l0\VS complete regimenta- tion of the business ficld, with retail prices base-l in time not on the basic ceiling period, but on cost-plus price lists.

Ambassador Quotes Burns

Mr. john G. Winant, United States Am- bassador, received the honorary degree of Doc- tor of Laws and Litterateiir Edinburgh Uni- versity, and then the freedom of the city last week. He ivns also nimlc an honorary member of the hlerclirint Company.

After commcnting on the establishment of the Polish medical school at the University, Mr. Winant said perhaps the greatest issue of the present war was the freedom of the iridividua! in a different world in which Christian virtues and moral values ivcrc not spurned as decadent and out-motled——a world where honest work was recognized and a man could 0\vn himself. Until the elements 0f democracy were actually snatch- ed from man, fcw understood the wealth and value of their hcritzigc.

"At no time in our history have we had

ter need for the generous heart of Robert

""15. that moved him t0 write in homely language the text of democracy. "That man to man the world nit‘ .\ili'lii britliers be for a‘ that,‘ " declared Mr. \\'in:nit, St. Andrew's Days text.

German Potato Shortage

For the first time since the war started, Gcr- many has liad to ration potatoes. Since I939 the lowly spud has liccontc the mainstay of the Ger- man dict, this notwitlistziiitliiig the amount of other foodstuffs stolen from llic starving people of occupied liuropc. 'l‘liis yczir the potato crop amounted r0 65,oo0.ooo tons compared with 7o,- 000,000 tons last year. Human consumption amounts to about 22,000,000 tons. However, this year's potato crop was of poor quality. The potatoes wcrc ivct and hard t0 store. The need for kcqiiiig siifiplics moving to the invasion armies iii hiissin has taxed the German railway sy-stcm in Célplitjlly and it can spare neither the nit-n nor the rolling stock to move food. _

Neither fish nor ccrcrils are rationed in Bri- tain or l\‘it.-si:i but Iioili are in Germany and even tlico they nrc sr-liloni available iii the stores. Th: necd for iiii iii ivttrfzirc has YEHIOVCd Cflflmd goods from ilit- iiflflllflll iimrke-f. Only two tins of C"lllf‘li ivgi-liililits will be allowed a German family this \\'llll(‘l‘. I)\'$]lll(‘ ll large vegetable "'00. supplies are itow dwindling to a point of

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extinction. The apple crop was a failure and fruit of any kind is seldom obtainable.

The Germans will not starve this winter al- though the Belgians, Dutch, Norwegians, Danes and the Russians in the occupied areas ‘nay. But every time the R. A. F. and the R. C. A. F. bomb a German railway yard or warehouse the Nazis have more trouble in petting the food they stole from the mouths of the conquered people into the mouths of their own. Their troubles. in this respect, we can confidently hope, arc only just beginning.

= EDITORIAL NOIES -.

Hope the black-out will not take place before the snow flies, or autos will suffer the con- sequences.

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Scotsmen and their friends were out in force last night at the Charlottetown Hotel to honour the memory of Scotland's Patron Saint.

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Take care of the cents and the dollars will take care of themselves; similarly, train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart therefrom.

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An anonymous Abedeen donor has sent $2.- 500 to the Royal Society for the Relief of In- digcnt Gentle-ivomcn. This is the seventh gift of the kind he has made to the Society. and as on former occasions, the $2,500, in bank notes, was sent in a package to the Society's office in Edinburgh, with no clue to the sender other than the Aberdeen postmark. »

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When material wealth enters the front door classical culture leaves by the back. That the Uni- versities are losing their vitality, that their de- grees are lacking in a cultural basis, and that there is little manifestation of a corporate spirit were opinions expressed by Mr. D. M. Re- side, when he addressed thc Edinburgh Fabian Society on “Reconstruction of the Universities."

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Robert Bloomfield, Etiglisli poet, born this date 1760; published several volumes of verse dealing with rural life, the best known being “The Farm- er's Boy," which had a large circulation, both in England and in the British colonies; it describes the life and experience 0f a young lad tlirotighout the year, and includes much moral philosopliiz- mg.

“Thine heart should feel what hotirly see,

That Duty's basis is humanity."

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thou mziys't

A split has developed in the United Australia Party led by fornicr Prime Illinistcr Robert Menzies. National Union financial organizations which control campaign funds ind virtually con- trol the party's policy, have revolted. At a meet- ing attended by l\lr. Menzies, the Victorian members 0f the Fcdcrzil Party and members of the Victorian State Party unanimously decided a drastic reorganization of the party wzis necessary 0n an Australia-wide basis Accordingly the members are stimmonitig a conference of parlia- ent members of all statcs to consider changes The mziiii ground 0f dissatisfaction is that the financial organization of the National Union is over conservative with its distribution of campaign funds. If Mr. Menzies is able to rally the Fed- cral members iii other statcs it is possible a new Liberal Party may emerge backed by financiers and financial institutions.

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Your policy will cost you more. Mr. Leroy A. Lincoln, president of the Metropolitan Life In- surance Company, announces that effective Jan- uary I, I942, the company will adopt new policy forms with reserves and cash values based on an interest rate of 2 3-4 Per Cent. instead of the

higher interest rates now used. Mr. Lincoln

says the yield now obtainable on investments ap- propriate for a life insurance company is low and there is little evidence there will be any material improvement in the near future. While new premium rates reflect rcccnt improvement iii mortality, Mr. Lincoln says, the efficct of low in- tcrest rates greatly overshaclows this improve- ment so that premium rates are generally in- creased. Tlie increase in premium rates will vary according to the plan 0f insurance and age of the insured. The younger the applicant, of course, the better the terms. a a e a

In Toronto complaint is made that there has been a steady increase in the consumption of li- quor, Is it any wonder considering the water ‘supply? Toronto residents have been drinking diluted sewage" for the last 30 years, the Board of Control was told by Mr. N. J. How- ard, director of the City's filtration system. H: said he knew of no other city in the world that had adopted the practice of dumping sewage be- tween its, two water intakes. “I mean that the water which is drunk by the people of Toronto is nothing more nor lcss tlfan sewage in a diluted

and sterlized form. He added that this did not riyessarily mean that To'1nt0's water is dangerous from a health point of view since chemical treatment renders

it acceptable, according to medical standards. Yes whiskey, according to the text books is a notori- ous killer of microbes in water. I I l i

Canadian oysters for Canadians would seem to be the trend for the present oyster season. Due to foreign exchange regulations, the American sources for slicll fish are out as far as Canada is concerned the result being that oysters from New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island centres on the Canadian National Rail- ways are now in greater demand than ever, Montreal's consumption of‘ oysters on the she.l leads that of other Canadian cities. Thirty car- loads, representing over 5.000 barrels of oysters, represents an average season. While these, for the most part, are shipped bv freight, special con- signments. required for banquets, etc, are for- warded by express. The largest single express shipment of oysters since the beginning of the war, was handled last Thursday by the Canadian National Express. This consisted of 24 barrels. weighing 4,320 potinds and arrived on the Mari- time Express from Avoiidiilc, N. S., for dis. tribution-to the Montreal trade,

A sturdy pair of walking leg: is a gift. from God too often miap- preaated in this day of the uni- versal gasoline wagon. James H. I-Iocluigs, of Teaneck, New Jersey began lite in simpler times, developed o. special talent for trudging. Consequently when his eighty-fifth biitmclny arrived rc- eently. be was ab.e to celebrate by hiking flit -ifive miles 1h tweive hours, brea the iccord foir e86 and distance, so he believes. and marching across the finish line witin a smile. Not many could liopo to equal this feat even alter a lsng life-time of training bit the high- road. though there are some ex- traordinary walkers in Europe, or were But. few of ua today have time m- opportunlty to d0 even the alx miles "On the hoof" each day recommended once by a medical columnist. But mcst. of us might do much bctwr. if we would get. rid of the idea that. half-mile trip calls for mowi- aid. An liour of brisk wa each day would work won- den wtti the physical ecndition of the American people. - Detroit Free Press.

The American cue a[alnst Japan is on all-fours with that of Great. Britain The British have greater trade with the Orient than the United States has. but on the other hand the Americans are more de- pendent on some of the Pacific Islands particularly the Nether- lands East Indies. .wh_ich Jalmn covets more than anything else, for

the essential raw materials o1’ their essential industries, From there the United States obtains

most oil’ its rubber and tin, and large quantities of other materials. iivlthout which their facticries could not, produce normal quantities of consumer goods. If the Japanese got these islands they would prob- ably keep all thee commodities for themselves. In short Japan's “co-prosperity sphere" for the Far East conflicts directly with the staples of American economics. --St Ihonias Times-Journal.

Consider the case oi’ a young Parisian, Jaccues Bonsergent. as reported to Ree French head- quarters ln London last month. And reflect. then, on the newness and the orclerllness of the "New Order". Bonsergcnt. an engineer. worked in Park. but lived out in a suburb. One evening he went as usual to catqh lils’ train at the Gare st. Lazaro As usual. too, the train was alitrst. lmpossdily over- crowded All the trains are now. In the huste ct struggling into a coach he bin lied azalnst a Ger- man officer. The officer happened to be in a. bed temper; lie im- mediately called up two German sold‘ers and had the man arrested. That. was at. 6.30 p.111. Ills family were notified of his arrest that same evening. They were worried, but. not unduly worried. They surtpcsed he world be tried next day and get. off ivit-li a fine, per- haps o heavy fine. or even a week in (prison. By '7 30 p m. the court‘. ha been constituted and counsel for the prosecution and the de- fence selected By 8 p.m. witnesses had been found. At. 9 30 the case opened. One witness, a French- wornan, said the accused had‘ not deliberately jolted the officer. She was arrested at once for via-ring to cast. doubt on the sworn word of a German officer and thus insulting the honor of Germany. The ciise was concluded by 10.110 p.m., the man being found guilty and con- demned to death. At 4 30 a m. he was shot. - Calgary Herald‘.

The unforfunete thing is that the government employs so many men some of them at. high salaries. turning out so-called information for the press that. is not o whit more useful than this delayed a0- tion Release N0. 835. The cost. of all this is added up into the im- pressive tote-l cf Cenadtfs war ef- ort. It is window-dressed which would be shameful in time of peace. In time of war those iiho are engaged in tlrs useless occupa- tion ought to be relersed to more vital work, - Toronto Telegram.

The accidental death of Colonel- Gerieral Ernst Udlet. quartieimaster- general oif t-he German air force cannot. atii- regret in this stemest of wars It was planes that Udet helped prefect. equip and direct that bombed Rotterdam after the Netherlands has ceased fighting: machine-gunned refugees on the roads of Belgium and Frau-ice: laid waste Coventry. I! the air chivalry of the first Wcrld we! ls dead, if the Nazi Ali- Force has rea its

greatest victories In the kilirig of ‘ -

civilians, Errtst Udet. bore part of the blame. Yet one does feel sorrow for what. Udet might have been - New York (Times.

Another warnlriy agalnlt wishful thinking la contained in the report of experts in Oallfomla who went carefully over a captured Nazi Messemchmltt plane and found it to be made of materials of the finest, quality. with notiilni of the "eisatz" llbUlii. it. True, it was salvaged some time ago. but the incident carries its own lesson.- Harnflton spectator.

Smoke. M Canada are paying moire than a million dollars a week to the notional treasury in excise

on tobacco and cigarettes. Nowada the Inoker can defend his habt on tho ground of the no.- tiplnol emergency. - Ottawa Jour- n .

Did you know that a china cup contains to percent. of bone, that the bone la, in fact, very largely responsible for the grilled quality of tr-anslucezicy in lria? There la on interesting story about the first use of bones for mine-making. This t of my zeta its nune from t where it was first. produced - China - and Oriental potter: guarded their secret formula very closely. ‘the master potters of Eurcipe tried for years. without. success, to imitate this beautiful ware. w lch at. cne t'me was more precious than gold itself. one day in the early 18th century, it is ea , o Hench mluionary showed some of the pottery of h‘! own country to a Chinese sage, and asked why ft was so obviously in- ferior. The old Ohineoe aald. “You should put more bone in tho ware" -- meaning more strength. when this answer oerne to the earl of the Enclbh pgttera they trans- lated It. quite l mlly, end began to put reel bones into their wares. London Listener.

"LB-FASHIONED CHRISTMAS

IDNDON -fGPl- Beef instead cf poultry. borne-grown some; in- itecd of 0mm». and Enzllah brer and cider instead of furelen wince. will feature the new Christ-mas family dinner in Bri this year,

PUBLIC FORUM

Ihia oolunia la open hl the diaouaaloa by mrrolpondoah If qneatloan of Internet. The Charlottetown Guardian dooa no! aooeuarlly emlnrlo the oplnloaa a! norrnnondenta.

PRICE BOARD CREDIT REGULATIONS

Sir:-—Owin3 to the fact that the ublic generally has not as yet been ii.lly informed regarding the tennis

upon which credit may be extend- ed by merchants under the regula- tions prepared by the Wammes Price and Trade Board. the two following letters will he read Willi

terest. When written they were intended for private use only, but! have been asked to publish them as they cover a question regaidlziz which merchants are apparently in eonsiderabe doubt,

I am. Sir, etc.

H. K. S. IIEMMING.

(Enclosures)

November 22116., 1941 Donald Gordon. Esq“ Wartime Hices i8; Trade Board; Ottawa, Ontario

Dear Sir: As a public accountant I have been_ asked the following question. "If a customer owes an account in ‘the month of November for goods purchased in, say, June or July, is it permissible under the new act. to sell him further floods on credit?"

in other words insofar as the ex- tent of the credit is concerned, does the act. aptply to transactions prior to the date upon which the act came lntp force. and lf so to what exit-til is it. retrcactfve.

I shall be 21nd if y ii will favour me with on immediate reply to the above. Yours faithfully,

H. K. S. HEMMING THE WARTIDIE PRICES AND TRADE BOARD

CYITAWA. November 27th. 1941. Mr. H. K. S. Hcmmlng,

142 Richmcrid Street, Cfiarlcttetovxn. PEI.

Dear Sir: ‘Ifne enclosed‘ copy 0f The Cnnnrlri vcrzette Wartime Prices and ‘Tradi- Bosird, Order No. 64. will clarify the questions con- tebied ln your lettcr of Ncvember 22nd.

On all llcms past due night of 0t "bur 13th, whether they originally entered articles listed unfit-i‘ S“h0t'ltll9 “A" or 00b. lt ls required that the debtor ar- range sCmc fcrm of settlement ivith the merchant helcrr ntldtonnl rr- tlcles may be char-trod, irrespective of whcthci- they were listed tinder Schedule " “ iir not. In other words we give the merchant n cut.- off on the night cf Octibcr 13th This settlement or ndlvstinent may be an extension. revision, or rent-w- al, but. an adlrstnietit of scrne kind must be madt‘ berm-e additional credit is granted. If. however, the terms of the agreement you ar- range are not. carried out and a second revision. extension or re- newtil is required. t»l‘e:i~ this ad- lustment vvciild cocne tinder order No. 64.

All charge account purchases made after October 14th, in any one month motive for piivmcnt the end 0f the month follwving the. month 0f pIlFCIYFQ, subject to an nddlllonel ten ("H's ,E"Il"(‘, making the final nudiurilyi dale say-for Novembci‘ pure-ha es - Jfllllltifv 10th. If en flPZ"‘ll"i is not \"-’l(‘l in full on the final date of maturity, and if the bllV-Pl‘ docs nrt take ad- vrititazc of the alternative speci- flrd in llw lctislntkn. then the bl'\'/“".s cred“ mus‘ b" Sll=/l‘.(*T‘ld“d lnsrfer (is listed articles are con- cernerl.

Yours very tnily.

l\. 0. IIEATIIEII. Chief. Inslnlmcut Buying Division.

STATESMANSIIIP 8r‘ PARTYISM

5ir:—'I'lie ctft repented phrase. “cannot see the weeds for the trees.” can well lltffflly to the indi- vidual in Seiiittleyfls Put-riot who writes under ‘he ro-n de oliime of "One Of Many.“ The author in question l: possessed with such a narrow mind tiltrtt he. or she. can- not see the Nation, Ernmlre or de- MOCTBCY f" ""9 Itberiil Party whose dividends in patronage and jobs are apt to blind even the best. 0f people to the ideals for which we are fleliFnz.