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Life insurance companies‘ payments cqnqdiqn; during i946 totalled‘. hflbvftlélfi‘ 31M“; 900,000: the greater part of w; ic Mr Edwin c. iiig policyholders, accordingd to o‘ ‘he com McDonald, of Ottawa. Pr?“ e" , . in a adian Life Insurance Officers ASSOCflOIIOII, indi- mwmmwwwmm cote that during i946 Cana ions o 0“-

1459000000 of new life lli§ilf0IiC€—.Oi\ lime record-and that the amount now in force stands at about $l°.5°0.°9°.o°0- all": gags‘; that the average household owns a can‘ flue‘ of life insurance and that the averayc I ‘Ll/lh" p°|icy.h°|der,'af whom there aaesocoose and a half mllllOll, has almost $ . - i

Mr. McDonald estimates the assetsho holdings abroad at $3,750. 1h Iegr and the of about $30oioooglloo mm"? e, y ' Thin American and British companies assets wi _ Canada at about $900,000,009 Th9? sum‘? vested to meet the current and ultimate ia i- ities represented by insurance policies, ‘"9 9;“;

loyed in literally thousands of 9°Y°'“"‘_°'_‘ ° zrejects industries, public utilities, municiP°l developments and other enterprises.

One of the most satisfactory fealllrl! °l the past year's business has been the continu- ing low proportion of policy lf-‘Pses "d °l d5“ renders for cash values which have amounte to only one-quarter of their rate l5 years ago, Mr. McDonald said. _ _ _

"A problem facing the life lltSilffllllCfl ioni- penies particularly, because of the 10113- TIM nature of our contracts, IS‘ the steadiy ec in- ing rate of interest on our investments; llle ""3 is now about half of what it was 2O Yams "991 he said. "We always assume when calculating premium rates for new policies that the invesmd fund; held by the company will earnanterest at a fixed rate; the higher the rate of interest as- sumed other factors beinq flllllilr H" l°"‘°' ‘he premiiim rate. However, one of the favorable factors influencing the rates_ has been the surprisingly low mortality rate in Canada during the war years, even including the casualties in the armed forces. l see I10 Flew" llldlcu‘ tion that increases in premium rates for new policies will be any more general this year than in recent years."

Provincial Rights

"The more one ponders over Mr. King's letter to the Premier of Nova Scotia on the mat- ter af Dominion-Provincial relations," says the Halifax Chronicle, "the less there seems _to be in it. The more one examines the principles on which Mr. King takes his stand, the more one is compelled to wonder how much true Liberal- ism remains in the thinking of the Canadian Government.

"At the time of Confederation it was the Liberal party that stood firmly for Provincial rights. Sir Wilfrid Laurier, the pattern upon whom Mr. King professedly based his own politi- cal thinking, continued loyally in that tradition.

"Today that tradition appears to be forgot- ten in Ottawa, and the present Administration appears to have adopted a good deal of back- door Socialism, with emphasis on the centraliz- ing tendencies of that creed, and on its bludgeon- ing methods of compelling obedience."

No newspaper, comments the Sydney Post- Record, is better qualified than the Halifax Chronicle to discuss ‘the correlation between Lib- eralism and Provincial rights, not only because it was in on every fight Confederation ever pre- cipitated, but also because it is the oldest and most consistently Liberal publication in all Canada. One should l’ke to hear Howe or Ann- and, Fielding or Laurier, in an address on the King Government's scheme for narrowing the legislative field for the Provinces. lf Lib- principle without variableness from Confederation down to the arrival of Mr. Mackenzie King, that prin- ciple was eternal vfgilance against centraliza- tion. Where does that principle find an abid- lag-place today? The answer is found in every news dispatch on these unfortunate and un- forgettable Dominion-Provincial relations.

Laureate Poets

Away back in the mists of antiquity kings and conquerors had their retainer poets or min- strols. Iut the office of Poet Laureate in the United Kingdom dates no farther back than James I, that inveterate"anti-tobacconist, who appointed Ion Jonson to the post in i6i7.

Not until i670 did the title become official, when by letters patent it was bestowed on John Dryden. The latter’: pension was 300 pounds per anniini, a handsome one in those days, plus e butt of Canary wine. It is distinctly depms- ing liow few of the thirteen British Poets Laure- oto have left any worthy literary memorials. Wordsworth was the first to set an example fol- Ufld by the present John Masefiold, and dis-

or special Stats occasions. An excep- to- this ceveot iras Tennyson, wiio consist- _ rose to Victorian occasions.

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It is pretty bad in these days of food scar- city that four million bushels of wheat should go up in flame at elevators in Minneapolis within ten days at a financial loss of $5,000,000. The fires were supposed to be caused by friction touching off a dust explosion. But what a loss of essential food for de-ostatcd Europe

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Fred Rose refuses to resign his seat in Parliament though serving six years in prison for espionage, and it may be necessary to amend the Criminal Code to enable Parliament to oust him. What benefit his constituents in Cartier riding,‘ Montreal, are likely tol derive from a representative in prison for a longer per- iod than the duration of Parliament, will puzzle others besides legislators.

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Prime Minister has appointed a Que- bec lawyer, Mr. Paul N. Bouffard to the Sen- ate to replace the late Sir Thomas Chapais. By selecting a citizen not in the House of Commons for the appointment, Mr. King avoids a by-election. There are still seven vacant sen- atorships to fill, two in Nova Scotia, two in Ont- ario, and three in British Columbia.

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The chairman of the N. B. Dairy Products Commission reports: "The commission is not go- ing to order any increase in the price of milk in the Saint John area this winter. We cannot prophesy what the situation will be in the late months of i947." Decision to remain on strike was mode by the Association of Milk Producers- Suppliers of the Saint John area at a meeting held in Norton. Discussion was held also on the matter of forming a co-operative dairy and the committee appointed to study this project re- ported progress.

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Surely the powers-that-be at Ottawa are not finding obstacles unsurmountable in the ap- pointment of a successor to Mr.‘Justice Arsen- oult. Several names hove been mentioned as being in the running but it would not be sur- prising, due to the present strained relations be- tween Parliamentarians and the Mackenzie King Government with a lawyer, instead of a politician, at the head of the Justice Depart- ment, were a "dork horse" to emerge.

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About l,000,000 bushels of the U. S. A. 1,500,000 seed potato quota will be supplied by Island farmers. Something to boast about, though we are not much given to that sort of shop-window display. But it is worth while to read what Mr. W. R. Show had ta say about our dominance in cattle, hogs, hens, eggs and dairy stock, and what Mr. Larrabee re- ported on our fisheries.

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Our Car Ferry service is not the only one likely to be interrupted by ice conditions. An ice jam in the St. Lawrence disrupted terry serv- ice between Quebec City and Levis on the South Shore. The icebreak-er N. B. McLean attempt- ed unsuccessfully to break the ice barrier and the McLean's skipper, Capt. C. A. Caron said "temperature and ice conditions during the lost 24 hours have been the most unfavorable we have ever encountered at Quebec." Resort to explosives was necessary to enable the McLean to get in its work.

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Prime Minister Richard Clement‘ Attlee, British statesman, born this date i883; after graduating from Oxford, joined the Bar, and be- came Tutor and Lecturer in Social Sciences at London School of Economics; was elected Labour Mayor of Stepney, and member of Par- liament for Limehouse; was Parliamentary Sec- retary to Prime Minister Ramsay Macdonald, subsequently holding various portfolios in the Labour Government; from i940 to i942 was Lord Privy Seal and deputy Prime Minister in the Churchill Government; with the return of the Labour Party in i945, became Prime Min- ister. Has published numerous books and pamphlets on social questions.

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The Washington Senate seem to be going to have as much difficulty in busting Senator Theodore Bilbo, Democrat from Mississippi, as the Commons have over Rose. The effort to oust the 69-year-old Mississippian probably will be based on one or more of three allegations looked into by investigating committees. l. That he solicited cantributions from war con- tractors. 2. That he received money from a narcotics addict after getting the narcotics bur- eau to waive objections to supplying the addict with a daily morphine ration. 3. That he tried to intimidate Negroes to keep them from vot- ing in last summer's primary when he was ra- nominated over four opponents.

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Another non-member of the House received

a Government lucrative position, viz., Mr. P. C. Casey, K. C., Montreal, who has been appointed Judge of the Court of King's Bench. Lawyer members of Parliament and members generally have long considered that appointments to the Bench and to the Senate are the "plums" to which they are entitled as a reward of loyal serv- ice to the party, in this case the Liberal party, since for obvious reasons it is the Liberal party which is mainly concerned as far as Quebec is concerned with this system of reward for merit. It is recognized that now and than there must be an exception mode to this general understanding that members be elevated either to the Iench or the Senate, but as regards the present situation the feeling has become very strong of late, and accentuated by recent events, that exceptions have become the rule, and that the "time hos come to talie action. Recent o - intrnents, specially since Rt. Hon. Louis iirent has been in charge, have for from fol- lowed the standard pattern. Why, osli angry Liberal members, should they face the people on of the government o beer the burden, to see men who ore barely linown to the

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A leading American motor mon- ufacturer olyo that 1f all wheels had been lef-c of! lilo 194a oar out- put a pmftt would still have been impossible. It was therefore de- elded to leave the wheels an - Hiasnilron Spectator.

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‘erected by Westinghouse to over-

come wartime glass shortage, alc- oording to Newsweek, ls fuming out 800 miles qt glass tubing a month-enough to make u million flomoscerit lamps.

There are worse atsrta in bus- iness life than service as a news- boy. Hon. Paul Martin and Li. Col. David Oroll, M. P., are t-wo form-er Windsor "iicwsies" and many other men cf Prominence are proud to make the some claim. Brockvllle Recorder and Times.

Farmers who talk of going on strike in older to enfsrce their de- mand; on society: should not forget that, they are a privileged class. privileged in that they are allowed exclusive possession of n jici-tion of the earth's surface. on which the human race depends for food-Irm- Meilto. (Minn) New Era.

Facts year, when the first cold spell arrives, motorists FTC warned 1181111151. the dangers of monoxide fumes. Running the car motor in a clcscd garage can be fatal. Many lives are taken each winter among those who keep garage doors closed until the motor has ivamied up. Drowsiness-card accidents-can be caused by motorists driving with rill cai- windows closed 3.11:1 the healer on. Motorists corms-t be to» alert against the stealthy monoxide fumes-Bastian Post.

In Bermuda the other slay, is local motorist sloiiod Covm his car to a walk, inched in a wide arc around two pretty girls who were wobbling along on bcyclea. His American passenger commented. "You certainly would not see that. in the United States. The cyclists there. when you find them, have to take their chances with motor traffic.” “Well," replied the Bermudlain ganially, “those are loo. We can't lrill them-_ihcy‘re our bread and butter." — Town and Conn-try.

A new [icaii in Britain's pu-twar ooai production was nimcunced recently by Mr. Shiriwell. Minister c,f Fuel and Power. He slbieri that the output in a recent week vi s 3,852,000 tc-xs, the highest s cc 1944. Rise in Britain's ooai yrc - notion-output has been lzacreas- ing every week despite decline in manpowm-is due partly to the increased effort. of individual workers and partly tdtlie ‘introd- uctian of one cf the most note- worthy oosl-rniniixg machines ever invented, the Meco-Mcaire com- bined cuties- and leader. — Fort William Times-Journal

itmazinyiy dull about. mien-re -— as well as e number of other things —we were stumped to know liow they grilled a hot dog in eight seconds by red-ax. But. Science Illustrated lets the cat out of the bag: "The magnetron oscillates at 3,000,000,000 cycles a second. This causes the nwlocules of the fcod to rotate 1B0 degrees in synichmriLsm. Resulting friction generates the heat inside the food. but the con- tainer stays cold!" So now you see -h0w easy it is to ocok a Welsh rarebli in a plug hat without hurting the lint. —Ottawo Cltlzien.

From the time we gel: up in the morning unitil we go to bed at night. our way ls made infinitely easier by pushing things and pull- ing things, or what is the equiva- lent, fuming n dial to rtght or left. By this simple means we provide ourselves with light, we regulate the temperature of our houses. we do our cooking, wash and iron cur cloths, remove dust and dirt with- cut. resorting to B. broom. Or, we dial a number, speak to a 10118- dleianoe operator and 1.11 is remark ably short time are talking to some- body several him-fired or several thousand miles away. Few of us are very clear iis to the way these miracles are performed. Assuming we had the necessary intelligence, 1t would take us months to learn the theory that lies behind them. If we made a ruolve never to wish another butlon- or turn another dial until we really knew when. we were doing. we would be all gravely handicapped. — Christian Science Halter.

Little hoyl sro strange ores-urea. Big appetites, enormous imagina- tions, sound sleepers, occasionally the world's best fibbers and always loyal to their parents. Just about. n oorrsin sge they learn that their nsme ls no longer "Billy" but "Bill". This generally hspipons about the fourth grade. then no they go c-n to Juilor high they find they have a middle nssne and commence isslng the initial. By the time they on Lrr blah school they hsve gained an almost adult poise. The interest st the ope of ten turns from can and wild radio programs lo the wonders of the nines of basketball or football. They commence lcoru- lne no kick, pm and run with the bell. Their stories st borne nre fill- ed with tela of lcm basket. shots or touchdown rune st school. In the evenings instead of reading comics they spend hours figuring out boll plays on pspor end some of t-hem are sbaai ss complicated es tiieli school oosoliea use. Little boye no little people. Always la- predlotsblo end

just s little lssy. The onlliliood of oltrtloborendsslmort usuaaenlr so it. bqlns. ‘their m1 interest in thlnle does not moi-us until they ore about elem and tl-isri within lour your they ere In their "teem" one suddenly become eroirisoo. A111

PUBLIC FORUM

This column la open so the sllscnlion by corre- spondents of gaedlonl o! tiitoreat. The Charlottetown Guardian does not neoe—r- ily endorse the opinion of correspondents.

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sh MILK PRICE INOBEABI

Sin-As s consumer of milk in this City I would like to know wliy the price was raised in the worst financial moat-h of the year. Those 1n authority did riot: take into consideration the fact that three recent. disastrous fires have caused ii great hardship to many ivorkers.

Who asked for this second price raise? I see that the notice in the paper was signed by two mem- bers, only. of the Mills Board, Mr. H. J. Macdonald, Dairy Supt. and Claude Smith, who I believe _ls one of tho producers. The third member, Dr. W. R. Carson, it seems did not favor the increase. Why do we us citizens have to stand for such a high price, when, I um correctly informed, the price of liay and bran ls less than it was when milk sold at. 11c per quart? It looks as though the pro- ducers are going to kiii the goose that lays the golden egg.

To my mlnd the. only method to meet the greed on the part of some of the milk producers ls to cut our consumption as was done in Ontario, where in the month of October uccordlng,t.o press re- ports. sales at mdik fell off by nearly 2.033.003 qts. aver the same monlli of lust year. We could do tho .1111: I re. ~

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WIIY A NEW RELIGION?

Sin-You will recall that, Char- lottclowri was recently visited by Mrs. Dorothy Baker of Lima, Ohio. oliainnani of the National Spiritual Assembly of the Ba-hlfls of the United Slates and Canada. Mrs. Baker's talks made a profound im- presston on some of her hell-Tori and from some brought forth the question: "Why do we need s new religion? Why cannot the progres- sive principles advanced by the Baha'i faith beocme Equally cf- foclivo within the framework of extsliiig religions, ospuially Ohrlsi- ianity?" This question has been put repeatedly during ilie past few years to the Charlottetown Bahifls and their visiting spouses-s and We believe it must be is question Iiililch exists generally in the minds of the readers of The Guardian. The following answer is submitted ln ilie hope that you will print. 1t. in your columns. as a matter of EH1- erai interest.

In one sense, the Baha'i Faith is izot a new religion, but a renewal c,t‘ rellgicsi. Baha'i»: believe that there is but one religion and that all the religious systems of the world are (iifforent expressions of ilie one true religion. This one re- ligion has had different names at different times. In n statement as- crlbcd by thr- "Azi-ttiolcgy of Mys- ticism’ to St. Augustine. he said: "True religion- always existed, and there never was a time ~when'1t did not. exist: and this religion began to be called Christianity after the ccrnlng of Christ".

But lihe Baha'i faith is undoubt- edly a new religious system. It is the product of an age when modern transportation and communication methods have brought the peoples Off the world closer together than was ever possible before. The ideal of one unified world seems now to be attainable if mankind desires it. whereas formerly distant-co made it impossible. Is if. not a blessing to the world that nhe Baha'i faith. (reiterating the splflfipg] teachlng‘ of Christianity and the goydm Rule, which Christianity she-res with the other religious systems), iS able to confirm the teaching of M098! and our Lord Jesus Christ, that "thou shalt love the Lord 'I'hy God — and thy neighbor as thy- self"? The Baha'i falbh mqe-wvq- POin/ts out the meaning 0f my‘ e1- ways-true law in terms of modem life as exemplified in the follow-Lug Pflholples, the exiact emsmerntfon of which I quota from one who Ls not only l! Baha'i but n prelote of the Anglican Oiiurah, George 700119161111. Canon of St. Pata-icks Cathedral, Dublin", and - hdoqpon of Clonfert: "1. Unfettared search after truth. 2. The oneness of mm. kind. 3. Religion u cause of love and harmony. 4. Religion from in hand with science. 5. Universal Ponce. o An international lang- uage. 7. Education for all. B. Ilauol opportunities foa- boch sues. l. Justice for all. l0. Work for all. 11. Abolition at extremes of wealth and poverty. 12. The Holy Spirit to be the vflme motive norm- lri llfo".

when those greet principles first. enuisrscieted so port. of a ‘not °°ml>°¢ll= Plan over seventy yore-s loo they were considered voq "a. lcol and ’ will. However, pub- lic Oblivion has gradually accepted them academically. ‘Ilhe Bel-iris be- lieve that their felt-h can offer not; only LhO plan our uie spiritual dyn- unto to make rrioss great‘ sooth! 111111011110! effcotivo not ably tn- the "W Illlrlt which will mine to on- lrriets notions! sovarsmmsto, but also in the world aorernmontwtslels webellcvewllleeoiroutolctieivrlo- ent. earifublon end ahtron.