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llarrilrig Dally (Founded ln 1887) Authorised es Second Clue Mall. Poet Office Department. Ottawa. lrnldent, len A. Burnett; Vlee-Proeldont. Win. B- flamett; Seep-Trees" G. M. Burnett; Editor and lhnegtng Director. J. B. Burnett; Associate Editor.

Frank Walker.

“The Strongest Memory is Weaker Than the Weakest !nk."

MONDAY, DECEMBER. B0, 1B4‘

llot So Busy

How often has "the busy bee" been held up as a model of tireless industry and en- ergy! And now Dr. P. J. Olson, professo of plant science at the University of Manitoba, produces evidence that the bee is just ‘as lazy as any other insect and has not been doing half a job of field work. _

Professor Olson explained the bee impasse at a recent conference of Manitoba agronomists. The hitch is that the average honey bee is a very poor pollinator of alfalfa, he reported. It manages to obtain nectar without tripping the flower. lf it wants pollen, it has to go deep and, therefore, trip the flower, but the honey bee generally isn't interested in alfalfa pollen. Bum- ble bees and leaf-cutters do a better job from the alfalfa seed grower's standpoint but there aren't enough of them in the business.

Apparently influenced by the intrcflicfl tempo of civilization, the honey bee has thrown pioneer virtues to the winds and _has been trip.- ping the light fantastic wing without tripping the alfalfa. The time has come to call a halt.

After hearing Professor Olson's report, the agronomists laid schemes for inveigling insects into doing more work.

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‘lo Cheek World Evils

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On the 28th of June, l945—seviin weeks after the Allied victory in Europe, and less than two months before the capitulatian of Japan- the representatives of fifty Nations, assembled In Sari Francisco, solemnly attached their sig- natures to the Charter of the United Nations, thereby establishing an international Organ- ization pledged to maintenance of world peace and promotion of the economic and social ad- vancement of all peoples.

We shall hear much more of the work of this great organization during the coming year. To meet a long-felt need for concise informa- tion on the subject, the Dominion Securities Corporation, Ltd., have issued a handy booklet covering its ramifications with uncommon clar- ity and brevity. Space permits only an enum- eration of the bare bones or framework of the structure on which, humanly speaking, man's best hopes for future peace depend. The fol- lowing excerpts should be familiar to all, but they will repay re-reading:

The main body of the United Nations Organization is the General Assembly, which might be likened to a Parliament of the Na- tions, or international forum, for the discus- sion annually of all questions within the scope of the Charter. The Assembly has no power to pass laws which must be accepted by mem- ber nations. Action is limited to the prepara- tion of draft treaties and the submission of pro- posals for the consideration of the Govern- merits.

Particular interest attaches to the proceed- ings of the Security Council, which consists of eleven members. The five member-nations whose allied might brought World War ll t.o_an and are classified as permanent; the remaining six members are elected by the General As- sembly. We have therefore a Council presently composed of U.K., U.S.A., U.S.S.R., China and France as the permanent members with Aus- tralia, Brazil, and Poland elected for two years and Mexico, Egypt and the Netherlands elect- ed for one year. Primary responsibility of the Council is for the maintenance of international peace and security.

The veto right of the Great Powers at Council meetings is a measure to which fre- quent reference is made, but which still re- mains a puzzle. The question is asked, "Could veto action by a permanent member of the Council doom United Nations to failure?" The answer is "lt might." But after what the Big Five have gone through to achieve their present position, it is not sound reasoning to assume that any one nation of this group would risk an act- ion which would unite the other nations against it. Fifty-one nations could do a most effective job of mobilizing world public opinion against a veto aggressor.

Parolleling the accomplishments of the 50 United Nations at San Francisco were the agree- ments signed at Washington on Dec. 27, l945, embracing the Bretton Woods proposals and bringing into existence the International Mone- tary Fund and the International Bank for Ro- constriiction and Development. The Fund and the Bank will help put into effect certain inter- national economic programs which, it is hoped, will aid in preserving peace as well as create fav- orable conditions for world prosperity.

Next we have the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations, consisting of eighteen nation-members, elected by the Gen- eral Assembly for a term of three years, six members retiring each year. Canada has a three-year term. on this important Council, which makes studies and recommendations with

ct to international economic, social, cul-

teral, educational, health and related matters.‘

lts first and most pressing problem will be to repair the damage done by the war ans’ meet the minimum needs of the vast throngs of retu- gees and others who have been left lli need by tiie conflict. - -

Next comes the Trusteeship Council, con- stituted ~of tlis member-nations administering trnt territories, member-nations of tlie Secur- lly Council not administering trusfiterritories, dd e. ngfilI-If otiisr member-nations.

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Arising out of the war has been the neces- sity of appointing an Atomic Energy Commis- sion of the United Nations, composed of one representative from each of the countries rep- resented on the Security Council and "Canada, when that State was not a member of the Sec- urity Council." The Canadian Government named as its member General A. G. L. Mc- Naiighton. It was at the first session‘ of this Commission that Mr. Baruch, the American rep- resentative and provisional chairman, offered the American proposals for the creation of an In- ternational atomic energy authority.

Last and by no means least important is the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) based on the conception that "since wars begin in the minds of men, it is in the minds of men that the de- fences of peace must be constructed." Can 1 has a seat on the executive committee of this organization and took a prominent part at the first session of the general conference in Paris last November.

- EDITORIAL NOTES -

The dead weight of bureaucracy is crippling business. I I I Q Centralization at Ottawa is going on apace. The latest is ‘Nationol Vocational Guidance, utilizing pravincially paid officials for the pur- pose. We pay, they say. i i‘ i Q ' An analyses of the recent Quebec by-elec- tion returns, showed the Liberals polled 885

votes fewer than in l945; whereas the com- bined Opposition polled 3,000 more. W I I i Our drunks may cost us more later on;

meantime they are furnishing revenue for boil, Provincial and civic treasuries. As we "enjoy" 2 hbeml "e9"\1¢,_ llle Temperance forces pursue ° l"'5l"l‘-"$l' IWJICY-Ilo politics, please". Now, had a Conservative government been in power wouldn't the rafters been made to ring! In this, as in much else, it largely depends an who“ ox is gored. i i i i

A pleasing ceremony takes place in the City Hall tonight when two of three brave young fgl. laws who rendered timely aid in rescuing three persons from drowning at Cavendish will be pig. sented by the Governor with Royal Human, s°cl¢iY "idols, the third to be sent to Ontario where the recipient _iiow lives. Congratulatory addresses will be delivered by the Premier and the Mayor after the formal presentation.

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Four-and-a-half million dollars from this year's fisheries, is something to crow about Mr. J. J. Larabee, Supervisor of Fisheries has 900d rcason to congratulate the fishing indus- try on its marvelous success in the year about to Cr". with over a million dollar increase over th_e record attained of $3,200,000 last year. ln i l5, 11$ Ill many other connections, we lsuyg all good reason to thank Divine Providence as we enter a new year.

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_Scotland like Prince Edward Island protests "Qainst having her just needs and require- ments judged on a population basis. "What we demand," says the Glasgow Bulletin, "is that Scotland should be allowed a proper plqcg in ilw air—thot Scotsmen should Ibe allowed to make the most_of' their countrys chances in flying as they did in sea-borne trade, not ‘on a pop". lation basis’ but on the basis of the needs and capacities of the Scottish people," wi|| W, Pvlitlsim Please note. and govern themselves accordingly?

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Rllfllmd Kivlios. English poet and novelist, born this date i865 in Bomba,; educated at ll,’ United Service College, Westward Ho, England making use of his experiences there in hi; lS-tallry Co., a tale of school boy life; went to ‘alipre in i882 as sub-editor of the Civil and Ialalifary Gazette, and remained in India until

a, subsequently travelling extensively before setting in England; he published over a dozen volumes of novels and poems, achieving m". standing success in the literary world, beiiig awarded the Nobel Prize for literature in i907:

The tumult and the shouting dies,

_ The Captains and the Kings depart;

Still stands Thine ancient sacrifice, A humble and a contrite heart. Lord God of hosts be with us yet, Lest we forget, lest we forget. ‘k i ‘k fl

The fiftieth anniversary of the discovery of the_electron by Sir Joseph Thomson, O.M., tho British physicist, will occur next year. This dis- covery, in addition to its importance in the founding of the modern science of atomic phy- sics, _led, through the development of the ther- mionic valve, the cathode ray oscillograph, and other GPPllCGSlOIISfTO the establishment of mod- ern telecommunications, and to the develop- ment of new instruments and means of investi- gation in innumerable branches of pure and ap- plied science. To celebrate this jubilee and to illustrate the effect of such a discovery on the life of the community, the Institute of Physics and the Physical Society ore jointly arranging a series pf meetings and other functions to take place in London on the 25th and 26th of Sep- tember, i947. '

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Daily newspaper circulation has increased

approximately 50 per cent since i939. The combined circulation _of Canadian daili now exceeds 3,000,000 copies a day, whereas it was

only slightly above 2_,000,0N at the outbreak of war. This large gain has been made despite a 50 per cont increase in newsprint prices during the post two years, and a 20 per cent expansion in lobar costs. Nearly every paper in Canada has had to raise its price within the same period to escape from tlis rod.‘ In the face of all those handicaps, says Sydney Post-Record, a 50 per cont increase of circulation in 7 years suggests

that the daily pqer ll one of m things that °‘

continue to rise in value end public "rim. rioii.

llstss By The Wayly

Smoking ln bed h sold to have caused the terrible Atlanta hotel fire. This dangerous practice is be- Wmllll! one of the common causes of fires. In ii great many cases the damage ls confined to lmmlng holes la sheets and blankets and so these incipient bliwes are hardly ever brought to public attention. No dauibt the person who has acquir- ed the perilous habit of smoking l.n bed thinks li won't ever hap- pen to hlm. Probably the person who started that fire ln the At limta. hotel was Just as ooclcsuse about. it. -—Kltchener Record.

3- lMPPQPB. rig in plague proportions from grasslands of Central Australia, were met this year with a chemical offensive from aircraft. which ls expected to and their invasion of croplnnds. Gum- mcXiuie alias “866" was sprayed from aeroplanes B-lld got ii 98 per- cent kill. A ion of the lnscclicide arrived last year for experiments. and another two tons this year. from England. It was also used with success ln the Northern Territory and Queensland lo cope wvllh a breed of sheep-licks which ll-VL‘ inbred immunity to arsenic. In soil application. mixed in with sup- erplicsrphate. lt has coiribaiccl ilie black-beetle, which was threatening maize crops an the coastal areas of New South Wales; and the grey- backed beetle. which was damaging the sugar-cam- crop c.t' Queensland. —~AillSl.l’8llBIl News Letter.

The Romney, l-Iythe and Dyin- church Railway, the -"ivorld's small- est public railway, which runs along the coast of Kent, in south-east England, has ambitious plans for 1947. The company ls going to build a stream-line train and run a min- infuse buffet car. 'I‘l-iis unusual rall- way runs on rails 15 inches apart. It rendered invaluable war work. for when “Pluto" the gasoline pipe line was leld under the sea from Elngland to France. many miles of piping was carried along it. At the beglnnlng of last Summer, however. the railway returned lo civilian duties and during subsequent months the trains ran nearly 50.000 mlles. and carried over 271.000 pass- engers. ‘travelling on the little trains ls very comfortable; lhe saloon coaches. about four-fooi-slx inches hlgli. have large windows and the floor of the coaches ls only four lnches above the ground. The driver in also the flremarn and the youngest employee on this lilile railway ls is. 14-Y9a-1"0ld bOY- ll"! envy of all sclioolboys for miles around the countryside. UK Inform- ation Office.

Brltlah eclonflstn recently dls- covered that the sun and the Milky Way make noises which can be heard, an a radio set. notes The Christian Science Monitor. But surely the sclentlsts are a little be- tilnd the times. Shakespeare knew all about lt:

'I‘he're’,g not, the smallest orb which

than beholdlst But in his motion like an antlel sings;

and. long before that, Pythagoras had dmwn up a program flint ill- eluded "the music of the spheres." By all accounts, however. it. ls un- likely that the public will listen in mum, t‘; mg “music" or desert the dance bands ln the hope of catch- lzig pep times from the Pleifldefi when the Seven Sisters swing li. In fact, the ancients were wroni! ln thinking that mere noise was muslc- but the Present B89 ca" gympathlm there. for this mistake ti. dioes not always avoid itself.

For follr days lest week the oap- ital at an Imperial realm was gripped by what its acclimated in- habltants are Pleased la call cupb- emlstlcally a "London particular." 1m Impenetrable poll. ranlllfltl‘ l" ‘hlle from peasoup brown to clerical gray-black, descending on the city. showed that even a scientifically equipped world on the ihTBSlWld or m, atomic cra can be plunged back lnto the Middle Ages. Says 'I'he New York Sun. Crime. never fss- from the surface, bubbled over. Jewel thieves had their hey“? Nostalgic limes for those who have followed the exclvils of 511mm“ Holmes ln other "London Pfifilwl- arsl" When we read that the strangest orlme w come out of the fog was the disappearance of $3.800 worm q! coined sliver from _n scal- ed expres car of n trill-n bmmd if" Wales. we feel sure that hench- mm o; professor Moriarty and Colonel Sebastian Moron are M11118 advantage of December‘: 581150“- able shroud w perpetrate m!“ 0"‘- mggg, when we read on. however. that. though the seaLs were intact when the car was opfincd M Caram- md the rest of the shipment, worth $40,000 was untouched, we realize that Mflflfifby’! merry men would never have left such ii. sum behind. Surely iiuii points to Lvsimdvr Stark. the oolner. in s 0°“? w obtain silver to use as unalsm l“ l-ilg hydraulic press to make mo" counterfeit, lislf-orow-ns. Despite the (pg, yo make our way to 291B Baker street. and see resin. thwilh "is murky night, the dim figure Sherlock noimos. capped by o dw-

"— , “ppm; his bedded 200m- mgto on the shoulder s.rid ravine- "Oome. Wet-eon, come; the Bum! ll afoot!"

The [lft of _twe ehnlre te Weat- ralrister Aibbty for the use of the Kine mil Queen was announced as ‘ qjnnq; given by the Oensde Olils u; welcome the new High 00m- rnisuioner for Genedo. llr- Nomi! Robertson. MM Greenwood. who made the announcement sold there was no reoarg pf my such oiielse la the his use of the el Family. The club wished to present the otielrs as e ptrpetuel lneinwlel of the Oenlde

W f0 Mflillelltoflto their 00n- neotloa with the All that they sited was rim no choirs

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A Farmer Looks at The Factory Worker

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w, {arm feoplg are much like the rest of you. except that our | efforts must be in ch greater than yours for much lcs pay. T“ "0"?" ly rat as of piiv ln factories, and the short work week. seem fantastic 1,0 us when compared with. our own earning: and hours of ivoik and with ‘he pay and hours of millions of unorganized or self-emhlwyed Canadians. When we ion‘: at. tac- torles we sec them often Jiraugli ‘the role-coloured glasses of class)- rfiecl advertisements.

l Let us drop In and trike a look

lat ii tvplcal farm home today. Ill

y-veryvric ls well. the frimilv rose ‘ill 53:1 this morning. The day's ||\V0l‘l( l: can 9t once with the milk- ilng and the care of the milk. The [horses pigs, sheep and muPrv all -~equlrr~'l somo immediate attention.

.'I‘he chores, v/hkh are t'f'~_> care rll (‘he li-zr slack. occupy ""3"" 2 1° 3. mevoooa-ooooowaveeov“

'linur.~i moriiii-c iinrl Pvehlnu- rle- gwendim upaii tho kinds and num- hers m.‘ live itock and the season. Chores are r021 work bur they iire nlway: spoken of ns lf sepnralr: from lho wrrlr nf lire clay.

A“ l-llr" 8. rmre often l0 hours of l".<-l.l liii-"l: 0v ollier work. will be dom- helnro the evening chores hcrzin If there are no births ex- pected or ark animals requiring snecin rillentrnn .fhe chores will he "nlsh-qi rilirvit 8 o'clock and

n" nllic" rci-rcallan.

has brcn seiilcd with n "sluctlon of 4 to 8 hours lri the work week. two weeks’ vacation with pav. Hlldl lYlPTGHFPS rf l" to 16 cont; war hour f0 rrifilrtlziln m‘ increase the take-l home luy. Tnc fact that the take-l home pay "fill he reduced when farmers rind others get pav andl price increases. ls something to he leirrcrl rind worried abuu: ln the future. O I O

After the broadcast. father Q!"

road zhp following aloud from the

riewsprirci": “A modern manific- turlnrz concern requires young women for full time work S a. m.

to 5 p m. 5 days per i-reek; good siartlnrr bay: regular lncreascsr in- dividual instruction: permzine e:-.~__ r-‘oymsrt; reu periods morilr: rid rifle-moon: cafeteria; free Uniforms 8nd lerndry: sick benerlts."

Mot‘. er. who finds 12 hours of hard, votive work too much st. six- il’. Wlil remark: "They slmiilil make that. hc-adlng rend:

"Don't go elsewhere to work. Come here and lrve ii stendv oli- rlny w.ih ecpenses paid’ Father, there ls no ise i-n our trjrlnz: to keel! 0T‘. We Won't be able to get help when the young people 2n 98m more ln factories ln 40 hour

farm in 80 hours a, week"

Fran. lhls background the mm) people of Canada look a‘. Lite lflLv tories. ll ls small wonder that, the think ‘ha! factories are pleassni Iii-Eves where people get sufficlent light exorcise to fit them fo scrim- ucus modern rfcrfatlonal isctlvttloa.

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Farm people are cumpellezl tp work l-nrd, fu manage well, Lo bp prudent cautious and thrifty. in order to achieve modes: success. They must give more llt-{TJIQ tie g-st. more. They are goo-t-heartell and ward-headed. They ac mane consclnus of value than most pcq- ple. Wl-en they look to n, fnctony for their needs. they look for value measurcd in terms of the man , work and skill they invest In thes- own termstcads.

The; regard factory peuplg a; p uiilt u! labour whlch produce» r-s-f sentlal ‘goods for them. They can-l not uriuerstand why factor; peoplq- liifiml-It to dkcount and share pe- temlfll ltffidurtlon which rarely IHBlGTIBllZPS =ufflclently to justify "W hut-Per ivnges and prices fliny clnlm i“. adv-mce.

w° “Tm DPODIe want from you an assured and adequate [upplv of garments and comforts "ahlch are essential lri nur woric and ta

ihc on who! ls now flank Hullidays fnmllv will relile down to reaping fields and did not lake up separate

Thev will rend that anolhe: strike-on August, 21,

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‘htie sun goes down and over all _,These barren reaches by the tlde Such uneluslve glories fall.

I almost dream the-y yet. wll‘. tilde Usi-tll the oomlng of thewlde.

And yet I know that not for us. By any ecstasy of dream.

l-le lingers to keep luminous

iA little while the grievous stream, Wihlch frets uncomforied of . dream-

A grievous stream. that to and fro ‘All through the fields of Acadle IGoee wandering. as lf to know lWliv one beloved face should be |Bo long from home and Acadle.

-—Bllas Carmiin.

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BELFAST PIONEERS

“The first person barn ln Belfast was Thomas Selklrk McTnust. The people who arrived on the "Polly" eventually occupied what are iioiv‘ lots 60, 82, 57 and 58. 'I'liey lived for the first four years together