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OIlAl.l.0fl".l'E'l'0WN TUESDAY. MARCH :7. 1951 A Esrgastsss Bsigoi.

To oldtimers, accustomed to the more moderate Governmental expenditures of twenty or even ten years ago, the review- of Provincial financing given last night in the Legislature by Hon. W. E. Darby, Pro- vinclal Treasurer, is of staggering propor- tions. Mr. Darby did not minimize this fact. "You will realize," he said, "that the presentation of a Budget involving, as it does, an expenditure of d6,900,000 for a Province the size of, and with the popula- tion of, Prince Edward Island carries with it a responsibility far greater than that borne by any of my predecessors. I think, personally, that it is a very generous amount to perform the functions of a Pro- vincial Government on behalf of less than one hundred thousand people." This is with reference to ordinary expenditure alone.

The Opposition members will probably call it by some other name than "gener- ous"; but all will agree as to its gargant- uan dimensions. Nor is this all. The huge increases involved in services of all kinds by these expenditures are more easily vot- ed than dispensed with. A large proportion of our total revenue is now being derived from the Federal treasury, and we are becoming more and more dependent on this source as time goes by. This money is not a gratuitous "handout" but is actually -we contend--much less than we are en- titled to receive. Nevertheless, the fact that we have to look to Ottawa means that we are losing more and more of our provincial autonomy without actually com- ing within hailing distance of an over-all balanced budget. The Government may argue that by achieving surpluses on or- dinary account it is keeping within its budgetary mark, but the annual accumu- lation of million and a quarter dollar liabili- ties tells a different story. It means that our debt is increasing by leaps and bounds, while our natural resources remain for the most part stable. Only huge industrial ex- pansion, or a much bigger share of the Federal revenues than we have heretofore received, will afford a remedy. And so long as we have unimplemented claims at Ottawa, and unexplored opportunities for development at home, no Government in this Province has any excuse to feel com- placent about the situation.

A word of praise is due to Mr. Darby for his admirable presentation of a most complicated and difficult subject. This is his second Budget delivery, and, as was the case last year as well, it is evident that "he has expended a great deal of time and care in its preparation.

Whipped qream To so out

Sad prospect for whipped cream and strawberries. Continuation of the sale of margarine in Canada may eventually mean disappearance of butter from store shelves, the agriculture committee of the British Columbia Legislature was told by Charles Walls, secretary of the B. C. Federation of Agriculture. Many dairy farmers were finding competition from margarine too tough and were cutting down on butter production. Many farmers were slaughter- ing their herds because they could make more money from beef. Sixty per cent of all beef sold in Canada last year had come from dairy herds, he said. "You can't eat your cow and milk her too," said Mr. Alex Mercer, president of the Fraser Valley Milk Producers' Association. Mr. Mercer said if farmers continued to cut their herds, a shortage would soon be felt in milk pro- ducts,,such as whipping cream. "The day may come when we'll have to depend on a vegetable oil to go with our strawberries," he said.

controlling Prlco smalls

"The Government," says Trade Minister Howe, "is considering commodity margin- of-profit control as one of several weapons to fight inflation."- Mr. Howe hints that more will be heard on this matter before many weeks go by.

Commodity margin-of-profit control means that price spreads between the manufacturer and the wholesaler, the wholesaler and the retailer, and the retail- er and the consumer, willgbe policed by price enforcement officers appointed by

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of every sale it prom- for auboxiannuon.

our own, remote from the production cen- tres of Ontario and Quebec. '

Because of the relatively smaller volume of business done in centres such as Char- lottetown, Summerside, etc., as compared with Montreal and Toronto, and because of the transportation charges, price "mark- ups" must be higher in order to enable the merchant to remain in business. If, for example, the "mark-up" allowed by the price police to a huge nation-wide mer- chandising house were the same as that allowed to the small independent merchant.

The paradox of Mr. Howe's proposal lies in the fact that it must inevitably tend to favor monopoly practices in business at the very time when the Government is- en- deavourlng to revamp and strengthen the Combines Investigation machinery design- ed to combat monopolies and restrictive trade practices. Furthermore, taxes al- ready provide an effective and reasonably equitable system of controlling profit mar- gms. '

EDITORIAL NOI ES

Next public holiday, May 24. O O C After the Budget-the Committee of Ways and Means. 0

By the time the Legislature rises there will be plenty of work waiting at home for the agricultural members.

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The soft roadbeds at this early date are a nuisance but should not make us over- look that every kind of transport here has been helped by the remarkable "openness"

of the past winter. . e 0

According to a Canadian despatch from Regina, fourteen business enterprises own- ed by the Saskatchewan Government made a net profit of d2,6-10,300 last year. Three others lost S350,391.

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H. M. the King has selected Senator William Rupert Davies of Kingston, 0nt., as Sheriff of Montgomeryshire, Wales, for 1951. It is an honorary position, and does not entail any extensive duties.

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Think of it! There will not be another Easter so early until 2006 - unless, that is, which is most unlikely, Parliaments de- cide on fixed dates for Good Friday and Easter. In 1967, however, it will fall on March 26.

Juvenile delinquency is due for the most part to physical defects in the young- sters. All teachers should have a ground- ing in psycho-analysis and psychology, which would help considerably in keeping both boys and girls in the straight and narrow path.

Recruiting statistics reveal that when a clear and challenging goal is set by the Government, young Canadians are not slow to come forward. The situation seems to be that, given a resolute Government we do not need conscription but that any wavering by the powers that be will make it inevitable.

Upper Canada College Preparatory School's Little Theatre is undertaking an ambitious tour in Britain, next summer, with their production of Thornton Wilder's "Our Town." The boys will play in Liver- pool, London, Edinburgh and Bedford, and at famous old Harrow School and Welling- ton College. ,

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The teachers are taking advantage of the Easter holidays to hold their annual convention in Charlottetown this week. There are many important matters on the three-day agenda, including a discussion on future matriculation standards - in the Province. The convention opens this af- ternoon, with what promises to be an ex- ceptionally large and representative at- tendance.

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The total gross earnings of New Bruns- wick publlc utilities for the year ending Dec. 31, 1950 amounted to d6,670,168.78 the legislature was informed in the report submitted by the Board of Commissioners of Public Utilities. Of this amount the New Brunswick Telephone Company Limit- ed was the largest with earnings of 34,- 186,739.35. Moncton Electricity and Gas Company" Limited followed with s1,186,- 519.23. - '

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man,diedthi'sdate1889. A son of a

ly liberal in politics, supporting Cobden in his advocacy of national education and also for the repeal of the Com Laws, final-

ure. I-le incurred unpopulsuty by oppos- ingthe factory acts, believing that work- men and employers should be left free to regulate, their mutual relations. He was a strong manly Englishman, fearless but just in hlsppolltical contests, and with s

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A mung WARNING

Sir.-Following the p bllcutlon of s warning -by the Chef Ooh- stable of Ohu-lottetmm list fall. the use of sling shots. bows and arrows, B3. guns,,etc., was con- siderably curtailed in this city: however. with the advent of spring there is an unhealthy display of sling shots and bows and arrows throughout the city. '

There are more than 18.000 blind people in Canada. and we of the Canadian National Institute for the Blind know from official roc- ords and from our own personal experience, that so per cent of blindness is preventable. '1'oo often the price paid by on innocent child for the pleasure of a. spirited game of cowboys and Indians or slmllar sports; where play things which are actually weapons are used, is the loss of that precious possession , ' ”. -

Anything that can be done by your paper in urging parents and guardians to make the children of this community were of the dan- ger involving ln the use of bows and arrows. sling shots. thrown stones, B.B. guns, and all such "Play things". will be appreciated by those of us who know what it

means to loose eyesight through accidents resulting from child- hood use of such weapons. Chief

Constable MacArthur has assured us that bows and arrows, sling shots. etc., will be confiscated if their dangerous use is continued; however, it is the remonsiblllty of each parent and guardian to im- press upon their children in- dlvldually the need for the well being of all to eliminate the use of the above mentioned weapons in their games. I am, sir. etc. (3. E. WOOD. Field secretary, C.N.I.B. Charlottetown.

PROPERTY RIGHTS IGNOBED

Sir,-After reading the letter signed "Property Rights" in Thurs- day's Guardian, I decided to give a little moral support, by way of letting all concerned know why I and many others oblect to having certain animals, by some misnomer called human beings, travel over our property,

I, first, will cite my own case. I had an 18-acre field with a stream running through it and, in the usual course of events, it was one year used for pasture. And every person. it seemed to me, that could carry fishing gear used that field to carry on their depredatlons. one or more of them had the su- preme gall to smash the gate be- yond flxing. I thought that they should be satisfied with leaving it open, or partly so, and cutting the fence for good measure. but ap- parently these so called sports had ideas of their own. The upshot was I had to rent. poorer pasture some two miles away, which cost. me 330. And due to the poorer pssture I figured I was out at least 325 when I came to sell the animals.

One of my neilglilbours went to get his milch cows (me evening. and discovered one was missing. Asfner searching, he found it short. The duck season had just opened. Another couldn't find his calf. He, too. made a search and it. like the cow. was diet. The rabbit sea- son was open at that time. An- other couldn't flnd'his steer. I know for a fact tihat he travelled three days looking for it, and had an ad written to send to The Guar- dllun; when a neighbour found it. and like the others, it. too. had been shot. I niglht mention that he received 3188 for a poorer one and also tlhat the partridge season was open.

Some people are perhaps not as observing as others. But yet, I am thoroughly convinced that co-ws do not resemble ducks, nor calves look like rabbits. And pray tell. me. Sir. what sort of a mind would think that a 800-lb steer was in any way related to s partridge? Who would say that the above mentioned "hel-lery" wus not caus- ed by a bunch of morons. who had no respect for other people, or their property?

And now it appears that some party or parties are ”se.ssed with the insane idea that permits be issued to certain ones. to go on any persons property to dlioct, bang. slaughter. and kill to their heart's content; and the property owner will be supposed to just love such snviics. For .sll I know they may have their eye on a few car- 'cssses of Easter beef. If such is the case, there is not the sligthlost doubt but that the 1a-w makers will be asked to amend the Game Act in such a way as to give the permit holders the privilege of go- ing to any per-son's bus: and shoot- ing the dnoicest altar practicing on all the others. And the owners of such animals will be compelied by law to bow and soy. "Well done. my over-slaughtering 'mIs- ten."

My canton" is that oil per- sons carrying ding-shots, pistols, and so forth. should obtain property owner's hunt or fish on said property. Ladies and gentlemen will never

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By "Anson"

LONDON, England-On a. cer- tain day still recent enough to stick in the memory, Spring came to. these shores. It came early in the morning. unexpect- edly after days of miserably cold rain. and announced its arrival with blinding sunshine, that flooded through bedroom wind- dows and pried open our eyes. even before our alarm clocks had had a chance to perform their customary duty.

With eyes thus reluctantly un- corked the lust mists of uncon-

iousness were quickly dispelled by the loud chattering and chirp- ing of birds. There was enough noise to suggest that several hundreds of them were gathered together immediately outside the window, and one felt cheated on looking out and seeing hardly so much as a single feather to ac- count for the clatter. Now and then a solitary bird durted in and out of view. or hopped a few paces on the lawn, looking. no doubt, for something for break- fast; but the vast urmy of wing- ed chorlsters remained for the most part concealed. Perhaps they were still themselves abed. unable to sleep any longer in the sunshine and determined that neither should anybody else.

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Nevertheless, they lunl some- thing to sing about. There was an lndeflnable quality in the air that seemed to bestir all the la- tent poetry in our souls. even at that hour of the morning, and enabled us better to appreciate the works of nature that we saw: rather, one might say. in the manner that brightly colour- ed transparent paper wrnppings

improve the first view of gifts at the foot of a Christmas tree.' Grass looked a little greener. and the trees and bushes seem- ed somehow not quite as drab and bare as we had become ac-I customed to seeing them all win-' ter long. And the muddy. brownl soil of the flower beds wus' specked with crocuses of many. colours. They had been peeping! through for days past. but so diffldently that we had done no more than notice them; now. it seemed. we saw them-really saw them-for the first time. and the more we looked the more there seemed to be. 0 0

That was the day Spring came. It didn't stay. It disappeared al- most as quickly as it had come. but at least it had shown itself. and we knew that it was not far away. that "before long it would come back again and this time it would stay until it blos- somed cut into Summer.

Meanwhile it had marked once more the passing of time and had drawn attention in the most charming way to the onward movement of the calendar. There were few, then. in all the land who took the hint more closely to heart than young men contem- plating marriage. for if you are trains to get married at all in UNI Country it pays you to name the day to dawn as near as pos- slble-and Just before-the end of the financial year: in other words. early in April. In that way you can claim a marriage allowance rebate on your income tax for the whole of the past year. and with income tax at our rates a rebate like that is worth having. So true though it may be that still. in the words of the English poet. Tennyson:

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"Notwithstanding the cold and backward spring. the early out- umnal frost, and the rtwages of the nudge, by which the wheat in some districts was almost des- troyed. the general crop of 1851 has been good; indeed. perhaps no season within the memory of the oldest inhabitant of Prince Edward Island has so severely test. ed the capabilities of its soil as the past. The spring was so un- usuatlliy cold that until the middle of June. scarcely any vegetation was apparent; and a severe frost. on the lst of September cut off, or severely injured, every plant not arrived at. maturity; and yet such the crop that the Executive deemed it proper to decree a day of public thanksgiving to Almighty God for an abundant harvest. This fact speaks volumes for our soil, and should indeed be encouraging to our fanmers. if in such a sea- son they have plenty, what may not a skillful system. and well ill. rected exertions in ordinary sea- son. accomplish?"

-From the annual report of the Royal Agricultural Society, March, 1852.

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The Age-Old Story

What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the lloly Ghost. which is In you. which ye have of 1301!. Ind ye are not your own? For ye are bought, with I price: therefore glorify God lnyour body. and in your spirit, which are God's.

the -Chancellor of the Exchequer to foot a part of the bill. Which accounts for churches and reg-

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time recently when we were be- ing consistently beaten at every kind of international sport and even our own sports writers be-

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nlg Jim Downers public house in mm , Ireland. It. was the twelfth anniversary of strike against his tavern by the bartenders. Big .ll:m's place has been plcketed , for the whole twelve years. and has become famous because of the long strike .3159 prospo Sometimes the pickets fall to show UP. and he telephones the union to let. going. when it snows. he has the side- walk swept for the pickets. and in bad weather of all sorts he Elves them free drinks. New York Herald Tribune.

The refusal of the British Med- ical Ancclstion to attend a med- lcsl conference in South Africa is a notable protest against raciallst policies in government, a gratify- ing evidence of the integrity of a noble profession. The South Af- rican Medical Association invited the British d t to a meeting in Johnnesburg and proposed no dis- crimination against visitors who might not be of British shock. But the British Medical Association could secure from the south Af- rican Government no assurance that non-European doctors. men of colored descent. would not be subjected to discrimination and affront at Johnnesburg. Failing this guarantee, the British doctors wisely refused to attend. Thus the medical profession in Britain has stood by its basic principles. As the British Medical Journal says: "Medicine can take no account of frontiers. or race. or caste. 01' re- ligion." It points to the Hippocrat-