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Em The Inland liuurillun Publlnhlng ('0. tor and Ali-slinging Director, J. It. llurnett. _.»\lnurli|lu.l*}illlur, l-‘runk \\'ulkrr. "rr. - e Strongest Memory is Weaker Than

the Weakest Ink" DHARLOTTETOWN. TUESDAY, AUGUST l6. 1941i

iiuge Potential Markets

The Dominion Atlantic Fisheries Experimental Station at Halifax has completed a survey into actual and potential markets for Nova Scotia fish products, the results of which are of interest to all the Maritime Provinces. It was found that the potential markets, running as for west as Chicago, embrace 60,000,000 people, who at present consume an average of seven pounds of fish per person annually. ln Halifax the average consumption is 35 pounds per person per year. Nova Scotia fishermen land between 75,000,000 and 100,000,000 pounds of fresh fish yearly; and if the average consumption of the potential market area could be raised by only one pound of fillets a year, it would mean on increased market of 182,000,000 pounds of round fish or more than the current annual yield of the Pro- vince.

Another important paint mode in the report is that low fish consumption is due to qlwlllY» Putting fresh fish on the market for inland cen- tres has been difficult because of transportation problems. Bacteria causing spoilage of fish be- gin their work ct lower temperatures than bac- teria which spail meat. Experiments showed that nearly all bacteria which spoil fish are embedded in the fresh slime. lf that can be removed, the bacteria count is cut sharply. A washing mach- ine has been designed to do this job and it is expected to be in commercial use soon. improved refrigeration cars ore also being designed so that fish products may be moved long distances with- out spoilagc. With this new equipmenLNova Scotia Scatia hopes to make a serious bid for the big inland market.

This is a movement of concern to our ‘island fishery interests, as well as to Newfound- land and New Brunswick. lt provides an oppor- tunity far Maritime co-operation in a practical way, which‘ should pay big dividends in the near future.

A Critic ln' Ermine

As a rule aristocrats are not much given to literary or musical criticism. But according to St. Thomas Times-Journal, there is one member of the Royal Family today, who takes a deep in- terest in "high-brow" music. That is the Earl of Harewood, son of Princess Mary. The earl even writes music criticisms for a magazine called "Ballet and Opera,” and expresses himself with a vigor worthy of George Bernard Show in his Corno Di Basetto days, when he was banned from Covent Garden Opera House. Here are some of the earl's criticisms from a recent issue:

"Hanesson's Walther had its notable mo- ments, ond if his singing can only become more secure and less wooden..."

"Jess Walters was an undistinguished Count and a woaly and undramatic Amonstroto, but he partly redeemed himself by a decently sung though hardly dynamic Duval."

"'Caro Nome’ was not well sung, though tu- multuously applauded."

"Gellhorn conducted. The bad performance of the anyhow intrusive Leonora lll overture was probably riot his fault; but the Rifle Brigade tempo he adopted for the march certainly was."

"The producer seems to have a morbid fear of using the front of the stage."

The most gratifying thing we have read about the Earl of Harewood is that his criticisms have made Sir Thomas Beecliom angry. Criti-

- cizing a critic must be good sport.

lt is also gratifying to leccrn that the earl's uncle, by marriage, the King, has encouraged him in his role as a music critic.

Federal Aid To Education

News of growing support for Federal aid to education should be welcomed by the public as well as by the Canadian Teachers’ Federation, suggests the Ottawa Citizen. First-class schools are sb important to Canada today, and Federal revenues have become so large relativeto thosc of the Provinces, that action by the senior Gov- ernment to help education is obviously on the cards. The pertinent question concerns the cost to the nation of further delay.

From all across the country educational syst- ems are in dire need of more funds for buildings, equipment, and for the training and paying of teachers. School finance is still drawn from

comparatively inflexible taxes on real property"

and the income that Provinces can get from their limited fields of taxation. Yet Federal rev- enues have been rising, and in the complex life of today, Canada's prosperity, security, and social well-being depend heavily on the quality of the schools. ,,

ln consequence, Canadian children do not eniov eauaiitv of opportunity in education as among the Provinces or as between rural and urban areas. Many teachers are poorly tra_ined, and salaries are generally not attractive. Schools that now suffer from a shortage of nearly 11,000 teachers are facing expanding enrolments that will call for at least 28,000 more teachers within five years, according to the Dominion Bureau of Statistics.

Universities ore at their wits‘ end in trying to balance their budgets. They are being crip- pled by the falling off of receipts from the De- partment of Veterans’ Affairs. Yet today more than ever they are carrying on much work of national importance.

Thou unfavorable to Federal aid to educa- tion argue that the money would conic from the some taxpayers ls at present. lut some Can- llll can affiiidto contribute more than otll- " “(the federally-collected income tax en-

tl"! 149- Arvin. it l! ‘is!!! that

education belongs constitutionally to tho Pro- vinces, as indeed it does. But it is of national concern as well, and the nation can assist with- oirt interfering with the provincial systems.

By payments l . those for old age pensions, family allowances, c...i health grants, the Fed- eral Government already gives much assistance in provincial fields. its aid to technical, voca- tional, ond veterans’ education has set preced- ents for other educational grants. The time is more than ripe for the nation to help finance the schools that are moulding its future citizens.

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L" DITORIAL NOTES

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The Provincial Exhibition. a n I The City Hall has shown a commendable ex- ample in flag flying and bunting for the week of weeks here.

The West German Republic has had enough of socialism, both national and individual, judging by its election returns so far, some 14,000,000 votes to 1,280,000, excluding the Ruhr.

No serious mishaps over the week-end, though several car accidents are reported. May thc holiday week elapse without further road or other accidents of any kind, which is possible with the exercise of ordinary care and caution. a .. ..

To be caught high and dry an a falling tide is one of the more embarrassing experiences for a yachtsman and must have been particularly so for H.R.H. the Duke of Edinburgh when watch- ing o regatta off the Isle of Wight.

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The Hamilton Spectator expresses surprise that o common weed, Queen Anne's Lace, should be popular with florists who dye various colours, even black. What is equally astonishing is that flowers should be dyed at all. The gilding of the lily hos become o commercial practice. i i

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Canada's new $100,000,000 issue of 25-year 2 3-4 per cent bonds for sale in the United States should serve not only to save high interest charges on the bonds it replaces but also to help to provide a market for future issues. Only by keeping considerable numbers of bonds in Amer- ican hands can such a market be retained.

U O I The continued scarcity of new cars is at least partly to be explained by the Canadian govern- ment’s restrictive quota for auto makers which, according to the Financial Post, works out to $230 U. S. per car produced in a basic period. That would not go far in importing either cars or even American parts for Canadian-built cars. i

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Andrew Marvell, English poet, died this date 1678. Was a keen Royalist, but at the some time admired Cromwell. Was a member of par- liament and a diplomat, which he must hovc been to be able to carry on smoothly with both contending parties. His publications include Poems on Affairs of State, The Rehearsal Trans- fosed besides a number of satyrs and exquisite yrics.

The world in all, doth but two nations bear, The good, the bad, and these mixed everywhere.

While it is quite true, as Hon. Mr. Winters states, that the housing situation here is not so acute as in industrial centres, still we are feel- ing the pinch, and it is largely by overcrowd- ing that we have been able to meeot the demand. Many people are absolutely fed up with having to accommodate themselves with friends and relatives and to be more or less satisfied with one or two rooms where the size of families or- dinarily would require at least five. A housing scheme would tend to remedy matters, besides giving people the assurance that the respective governments have their best interests ot heart. i ‘It ‘k

The Bureau of Statistics reports that although production of creamery butter in Canada dropp- ed slightly in the first seven months of this yetfr, stocks on hand at Aug. 1 were higher than they were a year ago. Production in the seven-month period amounted to 161,792,000 pounds com- pared with 163,881,000 in the corresponding period of 1948, Stocks at Aug. 1 amounted to 56,668,000 pounds compared with 41,986,000 on July 1, and 45,065,000 at Aug. 1, 1948. The re- port did not contain figures showing margarine production or stocks Creamery butter produc- tion in July alone fell 8.4 per cent, dropping to 38,506,000 pounds from 42,015,000 in the cor- responding month of 1948, although here there was a considerable increase.

Six years ago, on the morning of Aug. 16, 1943, in the wake of American troops which had land- ed the previous day, units of the 13th Canadian infantry Brigade landed unopposed on the bleak rock-bound shore of Kisko, in the north Pacif- ic. lt was the first time in the Second World War that men called up under the National Re- sources Mobilization Act, ond hitherto serving only as home defence troops, had moved against the enemy. The occupation of Kiska was car- ried out by a compact, joint Canadian-United States task force with the Canadians forming an independent force under Brigadier (later Mai.- Gen.) H. W. Foster. Included in the Canadian formation Wéfg-fllfl following units: the Rocky Mountain Rangers, the Regiment de Hull, the Canadian Fusiliers, o second battalion of the Winnipeg Grenodiers, a portion of tho Saint John (N.B.) Fusiliers, the 24th Field Regiment, RCA, the 46th Light Anti-Aircraft Battery, RCA, the 25th Field Ambulance, RCAMC, the 24th Field Company, RCE, and various detachments of Service Corps, Ordnance and Signal services. Although no Japanese were found on the island, there were indications of a recent and hasty evacuation of the lap garrison and the place was heavily booby-trapped. The Canadian: ro- nionied more than six months a. Kiska. Last to return to Canada were the Rocky Mountain

THE GUARDIAN.

CHARLOTTETOWN

A Possliilo Picture

Ir we sou is T0 sinus oven. svonev," Some ours wii.i. rxu. on PRiNCE eowAnp ISLAND TOOK

AD CINEILARIUM

Who ln thls small urn reposea, Celt or Roman, man or woman, Steel of noel. or roso of roses?

Whose the dust. set rustling sllghtlyl In its hiding-place abiding, I When this urn 1s lifted lightly?

Sure some mournor deemed 1m- mortal

What thou boldest and enfoldast. Little house without s portal!

When the artlflcers had slowly Formed thee. turned thee. sealed thee, burned thee,

Frelghted with thy freltalo boly,

Sure he thought there's no forget- ting

All the sweetness rind completeness 0t nls rising, of her setting.

And so bride them grave no token. Generation, age or nation. On thy round side still unbroken;-

Let them score no cypress verses. Fiureral glories. prayers, or stories, Mourners’ tears, or mourrier’ curses.

Round thy brown rlm tlmo bl: pol- lshed—

Left they dumbly cold and comely As spire shrine of gods abolished.

Ab, 'tis well! It scarcely matters W-hist. ls sleeping ln tbs keeping Of this house of human letters,

Steel of steel. or rose of roses, Nisan oi- wcman. Celt or Roman, If but soundly he rcposes!

-Vt.ot'or Plsrr.

Old Charlottetown (Ant! P. l. l)

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EXHIBITION DEVELOPMENT

"Ten years ago if any one told us that productions of the North- West would be on exhibition here in this year of grace, he would have been regarded as a visionary; and yet we see it has actually happened, and specimens of the various agricultural products of that. distant region. which but a few years ago was the home of the buffalo, and visited only byi the Indian hunter and the fur trader, are now ranged here be-l side your own for your lnspec-y tion, While they show the mag-I nlflcent. capabilities of that greati country, we still feel that we. need not. be ashamed of the pro- ductian of our own little Island.

"There is one fact which comes home to us with ever-increasing force at each annual exhibition. and that is, that our exhibition grounds, stock-sheds and build- ings generally, are behind the age. and like the first log house of the early settler, they should be re- placed by buildings, grounds rind commodations in keeping with the importance at the interests here represented. ‘

"The land on which the show ll held is the property of whomlo» ever may happen to be the Lieu- tenant Governor for the time be- ing. It is part of the farm ot- tached to his residence, to which he has as much right or he has to the Government House itself during the time he ‘holds office, and lt la unfair to him to retain it for such a purpose. The space la entirely Inadequate to prusnt requirements for the comfort of stock and exhibits generally. The time hon arrived when one grand Provincial Exhibition should be held. in which the local shows would be merged. Proper ground! are required with suitable bulld- lngr which would be a credit to the Province and ln keeping with the magnitude at the interests here represented."

-—F‘rom an oddreu by l-lln l-fon- our Lieutenant Governor A. A. MacDonald. at opening of the Pro- vlncliii Exhibition, October 5, 1J7. A your Inter Mr. Justice Hensley, chairman of the Exhibition Coni- mlulon. was able to announce "that an Association iiu been ar- ganlzed and incorporated under the name of the Charlottetown Drlvlng Pork and Provincial Ix- lilbltlon Association and that they have purchoml tho property known as the Konslngton gro l. upon which It lo contemplated, ‘to erect large exhibition buildings in the near future, with a view. of making ample provision for the‘

Rangers who arrived at Vancouver, January 2S, 1944. ' ’

growing requirements of the Prov vines." ‘ "

Thin column ll open to the discussion by cur-respondent: of question: of Interest. The Guardian does not neooQI- lly endorse the opinion uf

woo-t :90 PUBLIC FURUM

511‘.—On July 18th, two weeks after haying started. I finally had my storage bins cleaned out (5,000 bushels of Government. Support Price potatoes). _

One regret I have is that the local Prices Support. Board chair- rnan who recommended and insisted on farmers holding potatoes until July 8th couldn't have been com- pelled to sit. and witness in my cellars with us, the conditions un- der which we were compelled to work for days. (The worst of it in that the insistence on holding potatoes until this late date gave an opportunity to those who were bootlegging potatoes to do so for such a long period of time.)

This, lri my opinion, could be due only to shortsightedness. or, as a means of penalizing those who supported a Dominion Gov- ernment policy.

Yes, Sir, I am bitter, and with just cause as are many other farmers. I wonder how many of your readers know what it is like to face n seven-foot wall of heal- ed rotten potatoes, with sprouts three feet. long, in a deep cellar with the temperature around 90 with the muck running through the pile necessitating a bucket brigade every morning before po- tato forks could be used?

It is common knowledge that 90 p.c. of all potatoes marketed since May 30th were bootleg potatoes owned by the Government. but for which they never received o penny, yet our local Board chair- man recommended that farmers be compelled to keep potatoes in storage until the rottenest of all odors went through their homes and thd fllea often made more noise than some brass bands.

Should the occasion again arise I think a responsible farmer could auite cspably fill the position of Board chairman.

As another crop will soon be ready for marketing and plans, it not already made, should be in case we are faced with‘ another surplus, I would like to submit to the next committee going to Ot- tawa ln the interest of potato farmers the following suggestions:

1. That Support Price be an- nounced by October 30.

2. That farmers be encouraged to apply for bln inspection im- nrediately after October 30.

3. 50 pc. of Support Price be ,

payable as soon as applied for, so that farmers can meet their text- ilizer. digging and operating obli- gatlons.

4. That only those who apply for Support Price before Decem- ber 1st be eligible.

5. That payment

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ti. That after May 30 the farm- ‘ ers be allowed to dump or other- iwise dispose of all potatoes held ' by the Board. i 7. That only bonaflide farmers -owning and living on farms be ‘eligible. l B. Tint only storage: u listed with the Prices Support Board of I948 be eligible.

9. That suflicleut and regular newspaper advertising be used to keep farmers In touch with the developments and to encourage them to support the support pol- icy.

Common sense tells us that the success of a support price policy depends on the support itreceives and the only way to do this is by selling our product to that Board or holding the potatoes until the price strengthens above what the Board considers cost. of produc- flan.

Freeing all potatoes to the farmer May 30 would mean that those who fall to support the pol- icy isnd who are able and willing to gamble individually will not be supported and encouraged at the expense of those who do sup- port it as they were the past season. It. also might mean n lot of cheap and wholesome food to the consumer because if the po- tatoes had been released earlier the past season the price on the

retail markets here certainly would have been much lower than it was. and without loss to

the taxpayer of Canada.

To prove this contention I would ask the local Board Chairman to publish the amount paid out to farmers for the 1948 crop under the Support Price Policy in P. E. 1., also the amount collected from farmers who resold all or a por- tion of the Board's holdings.

Yes. Mr. Editor, I believe that the Support Price Policy ls a great and s just. reform. not only

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Four men in Eupteuil, Saskatche- wan, are digging today at the edge of a ravine for bones that will turn back the pages of history about forty million years. Tiioy are searching for fossils of an:- mals that roamed the prairie mil- lions of yours nflcr the (llnasuurs hud died out, and the great inland sea which once covered the prair- ies had receded to the Gulf of Mexico. The party will likely iin- earih many bones of the litlrinn- there, an animal about the size at a circus elephant and something liken rhinoceros in appearance.- St. Catharlnes Standard.

There la no question that we (lll not; worry efficiently. Most. of u: are uncpnscionably Iiaphazzircl pin-l casual about it. It is u subject that needs much research and clarification, and therefore it. is particularly heartening to read the results of a questionnaire com- piled ut the Illinois Institute o! Technology. Furthermore, 1r. IL. doubly intriguing to learn that the questionnaire was used on 103 psychologists of the "older“ age group. It does us good to henr that psychologists nre using them- selves instead of ordinary citizens for their delvinizs. If you are worrying correctly, you will be in accord with this time-table. At 18, you ought to he worrying about personal development: at 20, about personality; at 26, about making n good impression on people; m. 30. about your pay and tho cost of liv- lng; at 33, about job security; iii 38, about your health; at 45, about giving up some of your ambitions; and after 45 the standard subject ls health again. Perhaps you have not been unrrylng or; schedule, and if so, you ouch! to worry about that until you get yourself adjusted to iiie time-fable, We feel there ls much useless \V(\l‘l'_\'- lniZ going on at present. If we will standardize our svorryriniz, it ought to help rill of us fool we or: normal. -- \\'nll Siroc-t Jnur. nri .