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The War Situation

Thoughtful Canadians who ask themsel- ves whether or not the policies of the Soviet Union are aggressive and imperialistic can- not fail to reach an affirmative conclusion. This, however, is quite different from con- cluding that the Kremlin is anxious, or even willing to undertake commitments military or political that will result in the outbreak of World War III in 1951.

In retrospect, circumstances suggest that the Russians a1'e no more ready for a test of strength with the Western powers than they were a year ago. In the first few months of the Korean war, they con- tented themselves with tendering "heart- felt moral support" to the North Koreans and endeavouring to create the impression that UN intervention was ”illegal."

When the forces under General Mac- Arthur's command crossed the 38th paral- lel, the Russians gained a moral advant- age in being able to smear the United States with the disagreeable word "aggressor". Whatever the facts behind the decision to push on the borders of Manchuria may have been, the fact remains that the pres- ence of foreign troops so near the Chinese frontier afforded the Kremlin an unexcelled propaganda advantage.

The disastrous reverses of last Decem- her, coupled with the spectacle of the UN Cease Fire Committee seeking a truce, still leave the Russians with the initiative in the war of words. But the thundering of Rus- sian delegates at UN is quite a different matter from the thundering of Russian guns. Nor, even as the UN forces once again begin to move forward on the Korean front is there any sign that Russian man- power, guns and tanks will be directly com- mitted in the struggle.

Russia's hesitancy will grow with every man recruited for the Canadian and other United Nations armed forces, with every plane and every tank turned out by Cana- dian, United Kingdom and American fact- ories. It will grow until even the verbal

. thunderings of Russia's political leaders and diplomatic figures begin to lessen.

The western powers may have lost the political initiative. The military initiative is still ours. and is gaining hourly in mo- mentum. Against such a background, there is ground for hope, but not for unrea- soned optimism, that 1951 will not see the outbreak of World War III.

important Farm courses

Much interest is being taken in the forthcoming short courses for farm stu- dents which will open at the Vocational School on Feb. 5. The first week will cover aid for livestock and will be under the supervision of Dr. J. T. Aklns, veterinary- in-chief, of Fredericton, N. B.

During the second and third weeks in February a farm machine course will be conducted, covering practical instruction in

y A farm machinery, science, mechanics, bind-

. ers, mortar and plastering, cement, putty- ing, glazing, blacksmithlng, rope work, and some instructions on soils, fertilizers, farm

I crops, etc.

During the last week, commencing

""f'fFel'.r."'26;r a course in forestry will be pro-

vided. This is emphasized by Mr. W. R. Shaw, Deputy Minister of Agriculture, as exceedingly important in view of the de-

I rnand for pulpwood and the attacks being made on our forest growths. There have been inquiries all over the Province re- garding the properforest anagement, hence the decision to put on a full week's course on this subject in the hope that a large number will attend and secure first- hand knowledge in selective cutting and the care of the woodlot and forest and other trees.

linloslrsiilc on All counts

If the proposal to legalize a new 3 per sales tax goes through, it will mean that four or five in- dlvldual taxes will then be levied on retail goods across Canada. These are listed as:

1. The 8 per cent Federal sales tax.

2. The new proposed 3 per cent Provin- cial tax. .

3. Consumer taxes as now levied by

A Provinces or municipalities.

4. Federal excise taxes. . M Most people wiil"igl"ee"wlth the Cham- - bfcotnmerce In dmoundns.1i.!lLpt9- A- " I tax as being particularly un- gs fling when any increased Obs devoted to defense," as

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well as being generally undesirable "be- cause, being hidden, lt does not make the public tax conscious but tends to leave the public careless of government expenditure.”

Before agreeing to new taxation of this kind, which bears far more heavily-ongthe poorer classes than on the well-to-do be- cause it is a flat-rate levy on the necessit- ies of life, our Provincial Government should have waited until the Legislature meets next month. The matter is too im- portant to be decided otherwise, and op- portunity should be given for a full-length debate on the subject. Then, at a later date, another Federal-Provincial discussion could be held and the concensus of opin- ion taken. Since this is a matter affect- ing Provinclal rights, an address from the Throne to the United Kingdom Parliament would be required to make the constitu- tional amendment.

In the meantime, there are always other methods "of supplementing our provincial revenue. We have still unimplemented claims at Ottawa to be pressed, and dc- fense contracts to be obtained which would place us in a more equitable position with the rest of Canada in the distribution of these huge Federal expenditures.

EDITORIAL NOTES

Purification.

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Festive Week begins July the date corresponding with Dominion Day and a public holiday.

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Candlemass, festival to commemorate the Presentation of Christ in the Temple. The custom of blessing the candles for the whole year on this day came into use in the 11th Century.

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Chinese Communist tactics, involving noise and strategems to induce wastage of ammunition, have been taken by our forces in their stride. The people at home can do no less than show an equally calm firmness in the face of similar tactics on the political front.

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When an industry starts taxing itself for administrative purposes it is tantamount to announcing to the Government it is pre- prepared to make itself the goat for rev- enue purposes. No wisely led industry would get into such -.1 position. The dairy industry is collecting voluntary funds for advertising their products and developing business which is a horse of another color- no compulsion, entirely voluntary with the expectation of increasing consumption not

bureaucracy.

Mistakes will happen in the best regulat- ed municipalities. One day last week in Ottawa the mayor got a parking ticket and the constable got a red face. With his of- ficial car unavailable, Mayor Grenville Goodwin drove to his office in his own car and parked it in his reserved spot behind City Hall. A constable spotted it, didnlt recognize it, and tagged it for parking il- legally in reserved space. When the mayor identified the car, the ticket was cancelled -with apologies.

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This from the Montreal Gazette speaks for itself: "Runaway Market: The fur trade, both wholesale and retail, is appre- hensive of the effect of runaway prices on future markets. These are charged in part to foreign sources no longer available, and in part to the general inflationary trend. Russia, the prime source of Persian Lamb skins, can no longer be depended upon; China, a principal source of kid skins, used in many garments, is doubtful at best. Do- mestic muskrat skins are at a 20-year high of S4.00 plus; squirrel skins, which at one time sold for a nckel apiece, are bring 151.00 plus. Skins now being manufactured can-

not be replaced in many cases." 0 O 0

Once upon a time to be kicked was to suffer the lowest degree of humiliation and degradation, so much so that a white man thus assaulting a black man in the West Indies was liable to be exiled. Two London newspapers recently splashed an account of a young nobleman kicking Labor Minister Aneurin Bevan in the pants in front of one of London's most exclusive gentleman's clubs. The nobleman was alleged to have booted the burly Socialist cabinet minister as he was leaving the club with R. A. F. Marshal Sir John Siessor, A r Chief of Staff. The Daily Express lde ified the nobleman as John Fox-Strangways, 43, son of Lord Ilhester. The Daily Mail carried no name but said "the attacker" was "no longer a member of the club." The club is White's,ln London's West End. The at- tack was sald to have occurred last Wed- nesday night.. Both papers reported that Bevan has "acted with restraint." They also agreed that Sir John, Bevan's host at the club, had lodged a complaint with the club's board. The Mail said the club had apologized to Bevan. Fox-Strangwcys is a member of one of Britain's oldest families. The motto inscribed on the family crest is

"fairs sans dire", which means "deeds without words." I

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TOURIST WEEK

Tourist. and Re- eve decided

i Sir.-Since the sources Department to stage a mammoth urlst week beginning July 1st, it behooves all our citizens to make a special concerted effort to ensure its success. The prime objective is to initiate an earlier tourist sea- son. which is commendable. and surely feasible. By the same token there is no reason why the sea- son could not be extended to late autumn when the waving fields of golden grain are a sight few.artIsts can paint. Later in the season. when the foliage of our deciduous fesloonlng trees turn golden and vermllllon the scene would appeal to the senses of the least esthetic among us.

On aquatic fwstersportl) day would it not be advisable to hold some outstanding event-such as a championship swim of Northum- berland Straits or a 10 or 15 mile swim 5 or 7 1-2 miles up East River. or post Charlottetown har- hor mouth and back? The other events could be run while the dlstance swimmers are at work.

Competition in the tourist busi- ness is so intense now. that some- thing world shaking must be done to attract extra attention. The American and Canadian chomp- lons would come for a purse .0! about five thousand dollars to, be split into ten monies. The whole Island community might sub- scribe. A permanent extension and addition to the tourist industry would benefit all indirectly. it would require committees to collect in the towns and villages and tourist camps. The teachers could collect nlckles and dimes in the rurni districts. all could be made tourist conscious. When we sub- scribe coin of the realm we have a special working interest.

In proceeding with the main event it would be necessary to have announcements on the sport panes of all the his dailies in the Eastern States and Quebec and Ontario about June lsio and require entries on or before Jun? 15th. The entries can then hr: published in the bill dHiii9S Bi 5 trifling cost. if any. That will KW? the Island Tourist Association in the vicinity of a hundred thous- and dollars worth of "press azent publicity.

I hope the live-wire promoters of tourists. Brie. R915 -'”''d Graham Rogers. Will not take umbrage at thi: temerarlous and . seemingly ambitious proposal 1 nnnk they will accept? it in the spirit in which n is given. Swif- thlng drastic needs to be done .n order to keep up With C”mP9”'

lion. I am. Sir. etc. .I. PENDERGAST. Kensington. P- 5- 1- LL..-AA.----- SUMDIERSIDE WATER SUPPLY

Sir.-We. the undersigned mem' bers of the Sumrmerside Water and Sewerage Commission. Wele surprised at some of the state- ments made by the Chairman of the Board. Mr. Carrol Delaney. 1-'1 his letter appearing in The Guard- ian of January 30th.

His letter is full of inaccuracies which we feel should be correct- ed. as they are misleading. I-le has also added some misleadini inferences which are noi borne out by the facts.

In the first place. he slates that a report appearing in The Pioneer is erroneous concerning the amount of water capable of being pump- ed from the new well on t-he hill near the standpipe and goes on to state that the correct amount should have read 100 Imperial gal- lons per minute or approximately 144,000 Imperial gallons per day. We have checked this and the correct amount is not as stated by the chairman but I20 gallons per minute or 172,800 Imperial gal; ions per day. For the information of the public. we wish to state that when this well was down 500 feet. a test was made, and same .p1'0d'l.lCClI 60 Imperial gallons per minute and by going n further 102 feet, the output was doubled to 120 gallons per minute. This first test was made by the con- tractors free of charge.

We also wish to correct the fig- ures given regarding the size of bore hole. The bore hole is 12 in- ones in diameter to the 42 foot level my to hard rock and contin- ui.ng at 10 inches in diameter to 602 feet. which is opcordlng to the terms of our contract. We do not know what the chairman is refer- ring to when he says that the vol- ume is considered very small for the size' of the well u we know of no such inspector. We feel that the volume of thig well compares favourably wim the average pro- duction of the other thmc produc- ing wells now in operation, which according to a recent test made by the Provincial Fire Marshall averaged 144. gallons per minute esdi.

-In regard to the well now being bored on Harvard Street. the chclrrnan is correct In stating that the Water and sewerage Corn- misslonen were not doing the work

the contractors. The Commission- ers have never done sud: work and some is not A part of their duties and in oil such cuss the work is done by contract. This second well was I continuation of the previous contract on the some terms. There were three tenders put in and the Track Well Co. Ltd. had the lower: under and the contrlct was awarded without any,diuent by the Commission- on.

Also as ouuutcd by the Choir- rncmifcdinchholohcdbccn put. down when we won con- fidant. is satisfactory won would be brought in. and we were later

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given for 10 inch. so a substantial loss would have resulted.

The chairman insinuatcs that he -had made some suggestion in re- gard to the first well which would -have saved money. We know of no suggestion as all three Com- -missioners were unsnimouson the first well.

We also wish to make it clear that outstanding water and sew- age consulting engineers were -brought here and after thoroughly studying the system, they advised the Commissioners where the two new wells were to be placed. No 1 well at the slandlpipe-this loca- tion was picked because the mains there were large and at that point the pressure is lo-wcr than any other place in the town; this would mean that pu-m-ping costs would be less. No. 2 well at the corner of Harvard and Water Streets- this location was picked on account of the pipe circulation at that point. This well is now down ap- proximately 200 feet and bailer test shows already over 200 gal- -lons per minute and we expcct this well when completed will produce 300 gallons per minute. In locating additional water supply, it is best to keep as far away 8.5 possible from the exist- ing wells due to ivhc possibility of hitting the same underground water supply. which happens to be t-he case at our old pumping

site on Harvard Street, next to the electric same time. it is no a good policy to go long distances system and spend large amounts of money in running water mains.

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The public, we believe. are well aware of the necessity for the ad-

ditional water supply here, which

was requested by the Board of Fire Underwriters for the Prov- ince. The Board have actually recom-mended that the town water supply be increased by 1000 Im- periall gallons per min-ute. ' We are, Sir, elc.. J. LEIGH STEWART, ROBERT B. DEWAR, Water and Sewerage Commission of the Town of Summerside.

NEWFOUNDLAND TRADE

sir. - It seems strange to me. and I guess it does to my readers. that our Premier Jones should ad-

he had made a mistake in buying the iE'.skimo boat. but I suppose that remark was not supposed to get. out of the Politburo. But after the effects of Mr. Camp-hell's opera- tion on me in June of 1949 started to wear off, I began to take notice. I had been in Newfoundland in J-une of that year and I knew they were keenly interested in me. so I went back to the Department; of Industry and Natural Resources to see Mr. Campbell again. I found the wind was still blowing right and when I asked him if he still re- membered his promise, he said "Sure. and if you donlt. get. a plant going soon. the Government will have to build one". Now that re- mark really is strange when taken in the light; of what the Govern-

ment is doing today to help,

on my second trip back to see him I mentioned that he might be promoted some day or even perhaps

die, who knows. so the best thing for him to do for my sake was to T

put. his promise on D899-". because who wants to be holding an emp- ty bag in case he was appointed Senator or something, and no one

else might know about his promises?

I can only say Mr. Campbell's as- surances ended here. as I anticip- ated from the start.

when the Government purchased

the "Eskimo" boat that May. and our

good Premier Jones forgot he ever ,,mmised to loan money to help out on the trade to Newfoundland. I

getting any financial aid from the Liberal Government was beyond hope. But I believe in being demo- cratic and so I decided to follow cad: river book to its source of supply. I would like to compare my method to that great organization called the United ” Assembly, where no avenue regardless of size. that might. possibly offer I method Iupcnsemcnt in a troubled world is passed without first being explored to its furthcrmost. end.

The further I followed ouch river, the more I had proof where the source of supply was coming from. but the mlln spring started in Tor- onto; and home good friend of mine, (and very few have friends like mine) had gone even to Ottawa to Inch sure the poor mg would now no haven there.

I dun believe people who live any out in the country over Ficlly know much about what 3 Govern- ment is doing. only the gocd things that Government WIIIOI them to host. It is not fair to those who have helped the I Liberal cum. to bo kw: bil idea and loft

in tho dork. and . on brought before the at.-

cost would have been if originally

nation of Inornbots cf the Govern- Inno. I should tsnoglnc the men

mit to Mr. J.0.C. Campbell bhat'

knew that the possibility of ever .

holding those positions would feel themselves responsible to the peo- ple who put. them there. Sticking by what we perhaps thought was a good Liberal cause. without first exploring -what tthese men might be doing against us in another fashion. should be abandoned for better thinking. Before we all put our X on the next ballot we should first stop and think. Are we voting to elect members who will do what. is right for all men. or do bigger in- terests come first?

I should think that when a per- son is so honored as to become Pre- mier of our Island, he owes it to the people to stick by them, to further their interests, help understand their problems. and generally exer- cise what guiding influence he can fcr the benefit of all concerned: to hold his head and sometimes his tongue for awhile longer, and its- ten to all men's problems. Many of us were underprivileged from bli-Uh as compared perhaps with others. but we have feelings which are perhaps just as sensitive as theirs. S0 I would like to add. that whe- ther a body of men. or an individ- ual goes before a Premier. he should be respected regardless of who he is. He should have his say. and the Premier in turn should do all he can to help that man or group, or else for the benefit of the Island he should be prepared to resign. There is no room in our midst for Joe Stallns.