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OHARLUTTITOWN. MONDAY, IUbY N. 1.848 Seven Premiers Talk Turkey

From the tone of press reports ell across Canada it is evideng that the Premiers of the seven Provinces protesting the freight rates in- crease made a big impressionat Ottawe last week. In the words of the Ottawa correspond- ent of the Financial Post, they put the Federal Government "on e hot and embarrassing spot." The alternative put to the Government was that it either hear an appeal from the 21 per cent increase of last April er else appoint a Royal Commission to carry on the next stage of investigation. .They did not argue against the wisdom or need for the increase so much as against the formula on which the Transport Board's decision was based. They predicted that if‘ the Board follows its own well-worn preced- ents, it will inevitably (in view of the recent 17- cent wage rates increase) impose an overall boost of 40 per cent in freight rates. They proved that the issues n6w at stake go for be- yond the Board's jurisdiction and that in the post it has only been throughge Royal Commis- IlOIl that major changes in the present rate structure have been achieved.

As a result, says the Post correspondent, present indications are that the King Govern- ment will reverse its earlier stand and will soon announce a Royal Commission to undertake a complete revision of the Canadian rate struc- ture. This would remove the necessity of a Cabinet hearing and would also be somewhat If a slap to the new chairman of the Transport Board who was ostensibly appointed to this ‘very i017:

The Provincial Premiers were given no ink- ling of what the Cabinet would do, "but the case they put up we_s considered almost un- answerable. They produced convincing legal Ind other grounds for not having the next in- vestigation carried on by the present Board; and they put the Cabinet firmly on the spot that if it did not accept the Royal Commis- "sion alternative, it would be personally saddled with making a politically difficult and danger- ous decision." .

And so, "since the Government defended the decision of the Board in Parliament earlier in the year, it is reported as having had a num- ber of second thoughts as to its soundness. Hence, in part, came its recent decision to re- tire Commissioner Crass and_ replace him with Mr. Justice Archibald. In short, there is evi- dence that the Government has no present de- lire to defend the 21 per cent decision on some of the points of principle set down in the Transport Board judgment."

These statements appearing in e Toronto financial paper from its Ottawa wnespondent are significant, and will be welcomed in the Maritimes where this issue is one of vital im- portance. As we suggested a few days ago in these columns, it is of greater immediate im- portance to this Province than any political is- lue and Premier Jones, who represented us at last week's Ottawa conference, is to be com- mended far seeing it in this light and for put- ting his full weight behind the demand for a showdown.

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liattlo Exports

Although beef cattle and calf exports to the United States were restricted throughout the year, cattle for dairy purposes continued to cross the border to the number of 45,800 head. Ontario, Quebec and the Maritimes provided the majority of dairy cattle for export.

Exports of live cattle from Canada to all destinations in i947 totalled 83,233 head, ac- cording to the annual review of the live stock market and meat trade, issued by the Market- lng Service of the Dominion Department of Agriculture, Ottawa.

_ Of the total, 29,897 were purebred. Of these 28,848 went to the United States, 310 to the United Kingdom, 797 to China and the re- meinder were shared by about 20 other coun- tries, mostly in South America and the Carib- bean area. 4 ,

‘ ixports of cattle for slaughter to other countries include some 5,300 to Newfoundland

_ and about 860 to St. Pierre, out of a total of some 6,250 head exported. The value of all cat- tle exported reached close to.$l5 million com- Dored with dbout $18 million in 1946.

' Too Many Machine Types

The Netherlands has 1,200 types of ploughs but 200 could deal efficiently with all differences aVsoil and plowing. Dutch and other farmers would be helped by world-wide standardization of agriculture machinery. This argument was set forth at the International Federation of Agricul- tural Producers conference by the Dutch Farmers’ Union. o

The statement said that farmeis observe ‘not only an increasingly greater variety of im-‘ plements for various types but also o more and

‘ more confusing number of different implements fertile some work. " . All (Netherlands) factories make their awn type of Implements, not only on account oi patents, but also to eutrlvei each other and to commit their customers with regard to purchase ..ef m putts and in thil respect the trade is i , Willing to lend its co-operotion. Caste-r- , v have their own special requlq.

their own ‘improvement-s’

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knowledge ln dearning the mannerism of each machine waste time in obtaining spare parts be- cause machines were not standardized and pay higher prices for the machine and spares than if production was concentrated on a few styles.

Standardization would reduce the number of implements to a few similar forms whicicwould be used for indifferent purposes by the addition or changing of certain parts.

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Feast of St. Anne. i

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Our export of live-stack is steadily on the increase, and prices are good. I i {I i‘

Haymaking time always seems to come as a surprise. Summer is hardly well begun before we are in the middle of hay aking and when it is-all in the end of summer oaks all too near. i I i i The fates have decided the success or otherwise of the P. W. C. entrance examination competitions for another year. Now what re- mains of the holidays may be made really worthwhile. i’ i i Agricultural Minister Gardiner will be re- ceived with open arms when he brings good news of Government support to the Province. For the Liberal leadership he can count on more than one-if not all-‘of the votes of the P. E. I. delegation. Ir I

News hos been received with regret of the death in Saint John of Past President Dearborn of the Kiwanis Club there. it will be recalled he was instrumental in establishing the Kiwanis Club here. He was also a director of the Maritime Commercial Travellers Association.

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Apart from the adequacy or otherwise of Dominion plans for the trans-Canada highway in this Province, it is something that definite de- cisions have been reached so that the Prov- ince can go ahead with its own road building program. a e er a _

The typographical error is usually only an- noying-but occasionally it is an improvement on the original text. Such a one was where a Schenectady, N.Y., printer setting type for a

handbook on nuclear physics heeded a page "Unclear Physics." fi l‘ ‘I British Columbia is unhappy about the

number of old people who leave other prov- inces and have to be supported out of social security funds of the West Coast province. They have a grievance there all right but against it they can balance the other group who,.having made their money elsewhere, retire to B. C. to spend it. i fi I "I Potatoes seem to be in very good supply in the United States this year. So much so that the American government has~ bought about 9,300,000 bushels of early potatoes in order to support the market. The average price paid to producers was $1.55 per bushel, the govern- ment taking the loss involved in reselling for processing as alcohol, etc. I fi I I Butter is sold at 35c per lb. in Australia, but is rationed to six_ounces per week. A sub- sidy of $19,200,000 is paid to the farmers, but according to the Canadian Press correspondent at Sydney while farmers agree the prices with subsidy are gocd yet many say they are looking for a chance to get out of the industry. One farmer told The Canadian Press he and many others would quit tomorrow, if they had the opportunity. They complain they could get the some money in other industries for less work. i I Q Q

Canada's output of newsprint will be aug- mented to the extent of 350,000 tons (includ- ing kraft paper) when a mill now building in New Brunswick is completed. incorporated as the Maritime Pulp 8r Paper Mills Corpn., Ltd., the project will be operated on a non-profit, ca-operotlve basis. American and Canadian publishers will put up $65 millions for the plant and will be permitted to buy, at cost, one ton of newsprint a yea; for each share of stock they hold. ' K ‘I I i .

George Bernard Show, British critic and dramatist, born this date 1856. His works con- sist of novels,» tracts on Socialism and "prob- lem" plays, include The Irrational Knot, An Unsocial \Sociolist, Plays, Pleasant and Un- pleasant, Man and Superman, Getting Mar- ried, Fanny's First Play, The Music Cure, Augustus Does His Bit, Heartbreak-y House, Fabian Essays, The_ Quintessences of lbsenfism, Socialism and Superior Brains: "My way of jgli. rng rs to tell the truth. it's the funniest joke Iii the world. . . A man who has no office to _go to—i don't corp who he is—is a trial of which you can have no conception."

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Land devoted to food production ill Britaiii has increased by nearly 500,000 ecm m“ [my year. This was_ revealed by the Minister of Agri- _culture, Mr. Williams, in the House of Commons Ill reply to a question about this year's harvest. He said that next year's objective is to have just’ over 10,250,000 acres‘ under tillage. 2,340,000 will be cultivated for wheat with just ever 1,- 000,000 for potatoes. 392,000 acres will be under sugar beet and 200,000 under linseed. Mr, Williams also envisaged e big increasi in live- stock production. Daring the pest twelve months the ‘number of lneedinf sows has grown by 60% end the number of poultry under one year old by 95%. Altogether there ore at ieeut WOMAN more hens ie lritein now than there werivlllyear

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An Illlnols doctor advhee fewer clothes for longer life. The price of them now should ussure wide- spread longevity. —Bunr1li.on Spec-

Newepapere aren't like radio, If they used the some program. with slight variations. at every appen- ance, they wouldn't. stay popular- Calgary Albertau.

‘So what?” taunts the lsapudenl house fiy. The answer to that. oue is the spray gun that. gasses the winged menace into oblivion — Hamilton Spectator.

A Tennessee woman wua flogged for revealing secrets. That. sort. of thing should be stopped right. new or none of our women w'11i be safe. - New Glasgow News.

Soleatiafe at. the Uuslverit of Wisconsin believe their discovery

‘can huit. stream pollution from pa-

per mills wastes. They have de- veloped u process for turning sui- phcte waste from paper m111s .1.» lactic acid, used 1n tanning leuth- er. processing foods and making lacquer. —Heml1tan Spectator.

News mi... omwrr rm urn u... staff of 11.500 now engaged 1n work on income tax returns hope w have caught up with their Job 1a a year or two. ‘This compares uu- fsvorobiy with the shurp letter sent to any business firm which 1e t.wo or three days lute in makL=g a return on the money which in 1s compelled to deduct from 11s employes’ wages - Government bookkeeping which 1t. does for nothing. ~ It. is probable that. the Kremlin would never have dared its des-

cent. upon Berlin had 1t. not. count.-

ed on the confusions of an elec- t/orul year 1n the Untied States. What Russia needs to understand is that the noise and fury are only overtones. It. needs to know that. the purposeful foreign policy which 1s committed to the support of freedom 1n Europe w111 not. be side-trucked. by political parades.- Christien Science Monitor. —-:l—— Sir Barry Lander, the veteran Scots comedian. has now consent.- ed to s 111m being made depleting his career on the stage. Several Hollywood film companies have endeavored for some time to gel. hJs permission. Sir Harry will tra- ve1 to America next year to sup- ervise the script and the selection of an actor to portray him 1n the 111m. According’ to Sir Harry, 1.510 111m must be made in Technicolor. and some of the ‘shots’ will be made in Scotland. - Edinburgh ‘ an.

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It 1s strange that people who ill! their homes and properties 1.0 be neat. and tidy at. all times are most. careless when they go pick» tricking at. parks end beeches. Ev- ery week end. at most. of the‘ re- sorts, any observe/qt. person win be struck by the remains of meals. paper and litter which are care- iessly left on the sands or grass. Bottles which had contained soft drinks. and the hard variety 1co- not infrequently ere to be noticed. It would be good manners 1f pic

fuckers, after iunchtng on the sands. would burn up wreath-s paper, and carry away bottles end empty cans and place them 1n the rubbish baskets which ere prov“!- ed at most of the resorts. -Sarn1e Canadian Observer.

That. adequate sleepinl 841011111- modaiion and good meals ere che two loading attractions for tourists 1s acknowledged. Standing high on the 11st. and often uv riooked. how- ever. 1s the mutter of little cour- testes shown t.o visiting tourists. 1n the rush of city life. residents of large m... centres have neither the time nor the opportunity co show these little courtesies that. the residents of smaller centres such as oderich have. This places u responsibility on the citizens of Ge- nadafls smaller centres. On then! falls the duty of being the Canad- Ian ambassadors of good will to the visiting United States tourism. Town policemen, sales clerks in stores, waitresses 1n hotels and ree- tnuronts. gas station operators and others 1n lines of work which bring them tnia frequent contact with these visitors should see to it. ttzot they extend these important lithe courtesies. The citizens 1n general. when asked directions or other such qvestionswshouid "go the ex- tra half-mile" 1n cheerfully being of help. -Goder1eh Signal-Star.

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Displaced persona who have fals- en domestic service positions in this country ere raising the com- plaint. that. Cunedien children are badly trained. rude. and poorly disciplined. This won't stand as u general ihdtctrnent, of course. be- cause the D.P.'u range of exper- ience isn't wide. enough‘ to. iusthy it. Within its limits. however. their view helps confirm u prevailing belief. The child who 1| a model of good manners these days 1a tne exception rather than the rule. Any number of explanations can be advanced for this condition - purcntei indifference, the widening interests which drew children from home. and new standards of tote.- enoe which often full to be stun:- urde at. e11. Nor" 1| this, state o. sffaita restricted to ear mucu- isr level of soofety. The D!!! orl .1- eiern. 1n fact. points to children of the weil-to-do. since only. than persona can afford to blre domes- tlo help nowadays. There 1s no

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jungle culled. i-he Everglades. Ari- tbough formerly considered al- most. fnuooeesibiethere are iivinl among 11a dlemai recesses an ua- certain number of Seminole In- dians who fled thither when de- feated 1n their wu- egulnst. the Government and who have never s endered. A portion of t.h1s r on has been taken over by the‘ Federal Government end here hes-been established u tropfcui National Perk comprising 2600 square miles and extending to the south share. ' .'

from Miami to the Gulf ooust. the highway known u the Pa- mtemt Trail crosses this Pork in pert of its course. Here You may drive comfortably over u straight level paved highway for several hours seeing nothing but scrubby e11 elonf the way and solitary gas stations at greet distances spurt.

After emergir18 from The 11v"- glades and trovellixm due north the first. important point. reached 1e the clizy of Fort. Meyer-s, once Edison's winter home. 811d "ii-h

stately Royal Palms, and where citrus orchards are in close prox- tmity. A few hours more end one arrives ut Sarasota. l. city 1n s rarely beautiful setttng, and which for many years has been the winter quarters of the 11111311111; Circus. Here visitors have been permitted to see the wtid animals being trained for their public per- formances. Tourists are now shown the former palatial residence of John Ringling. reputed to have cost. 83.000900. and also the splendid art museum bestowed upon the city by his philanthro-

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. Farther north sad close to the west shore 1s St. PetersburS. "the Sunshine City," with its million dollar pier. its shed? streets. pleasant shore lined path! H116 Municipal Air Port. One more important. town on the woet. coast. 1; Turpon springs which ciufms for Itself “The Greatest Sponge Industry in the World." Its popu- ietion 1e largely made up

Greeks from titre Mediterranean whose forefathers were 111101186 gather-ere around those dlstant. shores. At present. this colony maintains a. fleet of 1'15 boats. and equipped with as many pro- fessional divers as they require, they seem cspeibie of supplying e11 America with their product: As e popuiariztng device visitors are daily token out. in boots for exhibitions of deep water diving. To gain e conrprehensive 1m- preseion of Florida necessitates some acquaintance with its inter- ior. _11'rom its network of roads e. choice selection would be "the Orange Blossom Trail". This route. entering from the north, takes the tourist. through stretch- es of the widely distrtbuted for-

in plain view of several of Flo- rida's 80.000 lakes. Prominent among the objects of interest in the north central portion is the imposing campus of the State University at. Gufnsviiie. Proceed- ing southward one finds 1n dif- ferent iocaittles resort springs and s wide variety of gardens. Then too the abundance of fruit. orch- ards covering many square miles represents a large ocsie industry. Perhaps the avast important of all the scenic attractions 1n the interior of fluoride is the magnif- icent. Bok "Singing Tower.” This nationally famous tower, u per- fect jewel in architectural design, was u. gift from the lute Edward Bok. on Americanized Dutch 1m- migrunt. whose chief aim 1n life was to make the world a better piece to live in. Standing on Florida's highest point this 3011 foot. tower hes installed within it "the largest. and finest Carillon in the world," consisting of 61 bells ranging 1n weight from 12 pounds to 11 tons and aggregat- ing a total of more than 00 tons. Here during the whole winter season thousands of tourists love to listen to the concerts played by a world famous cartlioneur. while they are also fascinated by the artistic surroundings-titre od- lacent valley on the one side be- ing utilized by the Bird Sanctu- ury. Gently sloping 1n the oppo- stte dtrecfion. the blending of the beautiful iandaccpe gardening with the natural setting lends s dis- tinct. charm to the whole scene. I O 8

Our journey northward gave us an opportunity of crossing the Suwennee River near the Florida. boun‘ y. Soon we were roiling smbthly along over- efulr rom- pie of Georg1u's.8o00 miles of paved highways. Everywhere the bright red soil is 00113010110115‘! characteristic also of eeverui southern states. After driving u few hours over u. pleasant lend- ucape with diversified farming we passed some large pecan groves and r1111 iurger- orchards. for 1i. 1s her high quality‘ peaches that have nude Georgia famous.

About two mllefouteide the town of Rome 1a Ceorgfu we vis- ited the fer-fumed Berry Schools. Here we found the most. amusing results in the realm of organised education. At this piece one Sun- day afternoon on Jen. fl. 1M. Mira Marthe Berry in her own log eebfn begun teaching three your.‘ payed boys who- happened to be pueulag on that: way to their mountain heme. lhe reed to thee-n libie was. The foi-