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ANUARY 11. 1917

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Morning Daily (Founded in i887) Authorized an Second (‘lass Mail. Post. Uffico Department. Uttann.

President" laii A. Burnett; Vice-President. Win. It. Burnett; 5ecy.-'l‘reus.. (i. M. Bartlett; Editor and Managing Director. J. It. Burnett; Associate Editor. Frank Walker.

“The ‘Strongest Memory btl-Vcaker T175! the Weakest Ink."

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A Proper Protest

f‘ The Tuberculosis League is well within its rights in demanding of the Provincial Govern- ment that the l0 per cent health tax on liquor and tobacco be applied to health purposes- specifically to providing free treatmentfor tuber- culosis victims-and not just placed in general revenue as has been the practice. Why call it o "lealth tcx" if it can be used for any pur'- pose? lt has always been the contention of the Conservatives that this tax was for public health only. lt was on that understanding that_ they agreed to its enactment, and every year in the Legislature Hon. Dr. MacMillan has had occas- ion to complain that the Government has bro- ken faith in this matter. Last session he point- ed out that of the $60,000 collected, only $l0,000 had been spent on extra mural treatment of tuberculos‘s. Mr. R. R. Bell also raised the point, and the following discussion took place, illustrative of two irreconcilable attitudes:

Mr. Bell: "We have a tobacco tax and a liquor tax. We know that the liquor tax is going to be enhanced a hundred-fold. l would ask that the Minister consider this matter. When this tax was imposed the idea was to spend it on health, not to put it into general revenue."

Hon. Mr. Hughes: "l cannot agree with thdt."

Hon. Dr. MacMillan: "Take the money that comes in your tobacco tax and use it on extra mural treatment."

Hon. Mr. Hughes: "l cannot agree to oar- mark it for any particular service."

This, we repeat, has been the Govern- ment's attitude all along. lt is regrettable that the Tuberculosis League, the Women's insti- tutes and other public spirited organizations did not long ago join in the protests made year after year by Dr. MacMillon; but at any rate there is no reason why they should not now do so, and why the Government should not relent. Better lato than never. Finance Minister Hughes and his colleagues need feel no embarrassment about reversing their unfair policy. Let them reflect with Emerson that ”a foolish consist- oncy is the hobgoblin of little minds," and that to change one‘: mind publicly is merely to acknowledge before the world that one is wiser today than he was yesterday. ~

A Worthy Example

Veterans of the recent war in attendance It Canadian Universities have demonstrated their understanding that they are o port of the community and not a pressure group. The Na- tional Conference of Student Veterans, held recently in Montreal, decided not to press for an increase of $20 a month for single men and $40 a month for married veterans. instead, the resolution recommended that the Government givo consideration to adjusting maintenance grants by a cost-of-living bonus.

At present, veterans at the universities get, in addition to their tuition, $60 a month for single students and $80 a month for married ones. An additional $12 a month for the first child and SlO n month for each other one is granted. Thifs it can be seen, with the pres- ent high cost of living that on the current scale of aid the students cannot have an easy time. Nobody is more aware of it than those veter- ans who voted against a campaign for higher rates.

The student veterans know that rehabilita- tion grants come out of general taxes; that they themselves are taxpayers, indirectly, if not directly. The veterans also know that the bur- den of increased tax rates will ultimately be paid by their kin and themselves. Moreover, they refuse to separate themselves from other citizens in the community.

It is easy, comments the Globe and Mail, for a group to ask for greater grants. But it shows an unusual type of responsibility in re- fusing to do so. The student veterans, who to- morrow will be Canada's leaders, have given to other groups of citizens an example which they might well emulate.

liairy Fariiiors Ask For Ioip

Decision of Agriculture Minister Gardiner to increase pork prices by $5 a hog to meet the re-negotiated United Kingdom contract may haire been an expediency but it also recognizes a principle lost sight of when the new idea of commercial contracts between governments was conceived. lt is that in an economy such as wo have in.Canada, where man are free to dc- cide whoro they shall work and what they shall produco, there must bo a price incentive in ordor to get particular production.

Farmers, points out tho Ottawa Journal, are liko most other people. Whon thoy havo' a choice thoy naturally tend to produco tho crop that pays thorn bost. It may be a shortsightod policy in sorrio instances, but tho trond nowadays is tolook for immodiiito gain rothor than to tho

' foturo. In tho coio of hogs this was truo, for a

jlldt futuro iiiiirkot was in prospect in lritain

"Ind wo woro-Iost losing itJiocouso hog produc- tion was dropping ot an olorming roto horo.

' 1 also nioro milk and moro dairy

"this country, for oursolvos and for

. 1'" i to oro not good as produc-

“the lowngeodo orid fdrtnors who

for Iiloofocttirlng into buttor,

' oooontrroiod products oro highly

wont o prlco somowhot corn-

rli which doirymon producing milk

trbdo oro iiow rocolving. Thoro op-

pears little prospect of our butter ration boing increased this year or of our meeting cheese contacts we have with Britain. But if the prin- ciple of a price incentive is recognized as nec- essary in the case of hogs why should the some incentive not be offered ‘to dairy formers?

"There are still those," says the Journal, "who appear to believe that farmers should pro: duce at present prices. But not the farmers who milk cows. At present they arc very vocal in their demand for more than they are receiv- mg."

— EDIIURIAL NUHIS -

Tomorrow First Sunday after Epiphany.

Robert Louis Stevenson used to say that it was better to travcl hopefully than to arrive. But, with our present car ferry service we neith- er travel hopefully nor do we arrive on time.

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A hint to the powers-that-be. Dr. Clyde Hissong, Ohio State Director of Education says: "The news content of a newspaper offers situa- tions for teaching citizenship, responsibility and discipline."

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The Federal Government has decided that no veteran will be entitled to apply for voca- tional training after the end of the current year, and has passed an order-in-council to this effect.

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inadvertently‘ in referring to the annual re-

ports of Conadas two big railway systems in

these columns the other day, credit was given the

C. P. R. instead of the C. N. R. for highlights in the latter's i947 programme. i- .. t s

Mr. R. McQuaid, President of the Tuberculosis League, will be generally supported in his claim that T. B. patients should be treat- ed free as the result of the revenue from the "will! Tax. He claims half-a-million dollars are at the disposal of the Government for this purpose, and rightly should be applied to the hospitalization of T. B. patients, seeing that one out of every eight deaths in the Province are

due to . this disease. l.

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.The importation of 2,000,000 lb; of New Zealand butter for Canadian consumption should make; our dairy farmers sit up and take

arid secondary education, new schools

Notes By Tho Way

fibula iii rumored to be m; 1ikvly pwvhiz around for anAnglo- Anlerlcan attempt to standeidlzo offensive and defensive war weap- ons Since this country will (ybvlgug- ll’ be tho Belgium of the next. war. we might, {IS well start getting used to it now. — New Glasgow News.

It lo hinted that; the Minister of Reconstruction, Rt. Hon. C. D. Howe. may take the portfolio of Resources. Well, resource, and w- construction go together. Indeed. resources are the basis of all our wealth and all our future growth and 101w- -—I.rethbridge Herald.

New schools costing 54.000.000.000 are to go up all over Britain as a result of the 19H Education Act.

.—-—_w I PUBLIC FORUM

' This column Vlg o," u, the discussion by corre- opondento of queotionl of inherent. The Charlottetown Guardian doeo not nocelnr- ily endorse the opinion nl correspondent;

l-wmm-u-vvi-uvv-mvuwm-u no. Airritzcarriou

sllh-Dfilllle the fact that a new ‘u “We high in weight and volume °‘ chrmm" "wlllnas was establish- ed this year. the Postal Service functioned throughout the crisis 39"“! Wll-h a smoothness and ef-

cieney that was 11 _ cedcnted. So expedlleguusllyywtinlytrlfe mall handled u-nd delivered in. deed. that by Christmas EVcfCnn- adllm P051 Offices’. with few ex.

This ls tlle estimate of a committee 01 "P9715. formed to simplify and expedite the school building pm. Cram. whose report was published this mtlmh as a White Paper. Thcl fisllre includes the building work‘ needed for all reforms covered by the Act. including reconstruction, reform and development of primary

on new housing estates. new County Qctllfges. and other wide develop- ments in further education and the eXllflllfiimt of facilities for the train- ing of teachers. —F‘redc1'ici0n Gleaner.

Your average Canadian canto a 1°t more money. but translated into what he can buy in the way of food. clothes, refrigerators and whainois. he is not as well off as he was in 1938. So that real wages (which is the amount of things a man can buy with his earnings) bear no real relation at g1] to money wages. So lct’s forget money for a minute. for not all the banks and theories on earth have chang- ed that basic elementary fact that men are traders and that the only demand they have 9n anoihcns 8006s or services 1s what. they pro- duce themselves! Size has not al- trrcd the essential pattern. -—l-ldm. lltorl Spectator.

Only six sloiiemasonii arc avail- able in British Columbia for a pro- gram of millions of dollars earth

notice. It is claimedthe Government had the alternative of- this action to offset the agitation for opening the doors for morgerine, and felt the ‘farmer would be less resentful favouring a Dominion butter than‘ a U. S. A. substitute. All the same the onus is on the Government, be- cause it must be due to mismanagement on their part that butter production ha; dggrgqggd or at least not increased sufficiently to meef the nation's requirements. It ‘k i I

_ Sir Charles Wright Macaro, British cotton spinner and conciliator; was born at Strath- mingle, Fife, where lie_ served his apprenticeship; took prominent part rn_ drawing up Brooklqnd; agreement which terminated a twenty weeks’ strike in i892, an agreement which since hug regulated all negotiations between emplnyprg and operatives in connection with disputes‘ he was chosen the first president of the Man- chester Cotton Assaciation, and the first presi- dent _of. tlie_Cotton Employers Parliamentary Association, through which he successfully od- vocated the establishment of an lndustrid Court. crl to bridge differences between capital and

labour. ‘

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The following anecdote by Mr. H. Wick- ham Ste-ed, former editor of The Times, London is recommended to Premier Duplcssis as a sug: gestion on how to handle the "Witnesses": "A lQ'°'9" 5l°l951110m who is now the President of his own country, once told me of his astonish- mont at the behaviour of the public and of the police in London. Ho saw a man climb up the "QPS °l'° Wbllc milllllmerll, and begin to abuse fl“ K1119; the Queen, the Government and Brit- ish public institutions as tyrannical and abom- IIIGbDlE. _A few people gathered to listen, but n0 ody interfered with him. Presently fl_pc|icg_ man _came to see what was happening. He did not interrupt the speaker. He only waited till ll“ Qflllioring grew weary and began to dis- Poise. Then the policeman said to the speak- er: 'l'ladn't you better come down and go home? The man came down and went away."

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Montreal is ahead of Toronto in total value of manufacturing production, with 1355 of Conodas output, against ll.0l for the Queen City; while Ontario takes the palm from Que- bec with a figure of 48.34 per cent of‘ the total as against 32.66 for Quebec. Industries in which Montreal takes the lead over not only Toronto, but Hamilton, Windsor, Winnipeg and _Vancouver as well, are as follows: Clothing, iron and steel, railway rolling stock, electrical ap- ppratus, shipbuilding, tobacco, cigars, cigorets, aircraft, leather boots and shoes, breweries, hardware, tool and cutlery, cotton yarn and clothppoints, pigments and varnishes, fur goods, medicinal and pharmaceutical preparations, iron castings, miscellaneous textiles, stock and poultry feeds, hats and caps, cotton and iutc bags, aorootod and mineral waters, furnaces, mattresses and springs, and machino shops.

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An important roport iust placod before tho lritish Chancellor of tho Exchequer by tho Porliomontory and Scientific Coinmittoo, recom- monds tho expansion of existing university facil- itios in Britain involvng a capital olipondituto of $400,000,000. Tho main objoct of this schomo is to ocliiovo on incrooio of fully quolifiod Unl- tod Kingdom Scientists from tho prosont ‘num- bor of 55,000 to at loast 90,000 in ordor to inopt tlio ilomond for additional sciontific moripwor couood‘ by tho vlllfllli" prospective sciontific dovolopmonts onviiogod in lritoin os port of tho ovorrillroconstruction progrommo. lt is in- tondod that tho target set at 90,000 shall ho roochod in ton yours, but tho Committoo om- phosiaos thot quality must bo of first import- onco in scientific work, and this must on no

account bo socrificod to tho obioct of ochlov-

of building consirucuon. This rlis- closure by Henry Hill. regional dir- cclon for Canadian Vocational 'I‘rammg. at a. gathering cf ap- prentices ltere reveals only cme as- Dcct of a situation when is rather ominous for aut- lvhole society. In most crafts there are liar too few mcn and what is worse the-re are fvw Young people interested in learning thr- crafi. This condition 1-‘ 11°! llvcilliar to stone malsonry. There are loo few bricklayers. plast- Prcri. plumbers, miners. lumbermen, carpenters. cabirletmelzers. steel- workers and so on along the line. —Va.ncouvcr News-Herald.

An advertiser ln an East African nvwsprpel- offers to buy puff rid- dcrx in anymuaniiiyl-mlive. Bo. hind this FllUT-‘JgF-‘Ollllfllllq i-equr-yr .l'0l- uillinliir-ri pnpyflim m one or tlio ncrlclis itrcsl rl":\:l|_\' 1¢plilg5 is the fact that puff adzlcr farms arc nlalntaillcd in ordor to extract thc venom for mcdicillal putpases~ to

cepllmlsr we"! back 0n n normal °Pe1'°11118 basis. a condition which Permitted mast. members of the stalls l° 911103’ Chriitmas Day at 31:1‘; slwlth their families gnd

Many factors, of cans-Se, conmgned "ft b71118 B1101"- thia desirable state ° "ffelrs- Improved and simplified methods or handling mail in the POBl Offices made it. possible no utilize the services of many ihmls- Hinds of temporary employees, must- 1y War Veterans. to the best poss- ible advantage. These helpers did *1 5915114111 10b and they are en- mled l° 1119 hiBhest commendation f" lhe Spirit and energy which they l-lllwted info discharge of their duties.

Bem" "WY could handle the mail. hOWWer,_lt_liad to be in their hand-sand it 1S in this respect. that the principal credit must g0 l0 the succesp of the Department's “Mail E1111? campaign. in which the "QW-fipflliers of Canada played such a-rr important and generous pgft" Heavy mailings started n; early-pg 139°31'15" 13111 this year. and in such volume. that by the time the ‘Peak date of December 18th arriv- 911- the lamest pm was already in the mail stream. Prom December 18th to December 24th there was o. steady decline. until on the last filly. in most offices. mullingywere but sllehtly above normal levels.

The co-operation shown by the Public arid the part played by the PmPlWP-i 111 bringing it about. 15 deeDly appreciated by the offic- e's °f "19 DeDflrtment and myself On behalf of the Postal Service generally. therefore, I wish to oak. Tmwledtfe. in the warmest possible terms. the great assistance we have Yflieivtd from your newspaper.

I am. Sir, etc. W. J. TURNBULL, Deputy Postmaster General. Ottawa. Jan. 8 1947. -

THAT 30 PER CENT INCREASE

sin-I can see. from the nevus- columns. that there is going to be a merry battle in the matter cf the claim of the railways for, what ls ill’. a 30 per och-t upping of freight rates!

In this mnllcr bath the Mai-i- time Provinces nr<l ihc Carndians “he livc wrst of Winnipeg scum. It» mo. lo have n sclnsvilirlt similzw cauze. In the circumstances. if wc are not ia fail in the demand for a fair deal in this important mai-

mfllfie a drug which stops haem- horrhagc. Near the Kenya border of Tanganyika a puff adder farmf 15 11111 by a British wv-oman who. "milks" the reptiles‘ poison glands: vtd exports the venom lo marlu. faciurel-s of thr- drug, Expgrig make “QM °l 11115 dfingtiYOus wcrk, which cn-lnils mliki the ndrlrr rngry in orrlir in rx .i'i ihr full lnnrl cf lib V"ll"ri1! l"l'uill f“'vvi’ll Colonist.

lllusli- publishers used to 11,-" Carr“! Jfifvlls Bond that her songs wvcrc “too plriilt" znnrl would "newt- scll.“ This yr,“ than 5.UO'J,WO copies of one uf them “The End of a Perfect Day". have- bem lifllllht and pa=d for. The Slflllfillc-s an “I Love You Truly" and “Just A-Wearyill‘ gm» you» must be impressive, tco. Mrs. Bond attained ll”l' greet 51120895 a den-

i0 cry over its sa"gs and before music Was plocd into rraciically

dill‘. She died in Hollyviood cn Sat- urday. lCORiQgTBRCk at. B4, over hol- "Ply (toys cf iiovcriy iird l)‘“t"'l'c- mmt, iinrl the \\‘f‘.’tllll rncl l1lll"r\ lllnt followerl. — New Ytrlr Times.

The liuiriltn race hail rr uir-ml an abundance of skill. but appar- cn-lly. lets wisdom than 1n any time in lis history. and skill. ult- wlsely used. is not the road to wealth or to happiness. The great need of our times is for more wisdom. mOre humility, leu oon- celt on the part of self-appointed planners, and it might be a good idea if all the churches of the Christian world would supplement the feast of goodwill rt Christmas by, appointing at least one day in the year. when the human race mlehi pray for wisdom; even it only wisdom enough to enable it to go intelligently about the scorch for material wealth. —'1‘he utter ‘Rcvlciw.

The bullion and loll outlook for 104'! lo good. Compared with 1920 or 19D if can be described o; very good. It may bo_—though this u or no moans certain-Aha: our bust- ness rpoodomotebwlli notch it: way to a lower figure. But. tho llfpllflfl in which wofrovcl fly both it B0 and at 1B0 miles on hfitl‘. Only at o0 do they stall ond-‘Iihmroot- iri- evltobly to tho ground. High though "errant vrtoiioo the twp pojour economic rnoohitio to tho foot lo‘ that lt con of forywn a good dool bohte tho to "crash". ‘ "doproislori". -.or anything resembling it. ttiltour notional income today to ‘around no bllllonl. :rhoiio1i no flours oom- putod in idoritiool toatilon lo orall- oblo, o similar ftgiurfor I000 lo

.8 billions. In III it woo $3.!

lng tho torgot by I955.

erotion PVl‘ irhen the pu‘:l'c l‘l'.ed"M

Every home twenty-four hours alihe,

fer. I suggest that there shculil m something developed ill the nature of a united front. - not. it ihould be stressed. for political or ccon- omic advantage. but to ensure that the pressure of the freight-rate structure shaulzl be spread as even-

aoir 1| oimcemcd. this ii a iicm Then again, l1 ho has knowledge of such irregularities why does he not lay the information before the Milk Board? Mr. Gillies. in great. apparel! anguish, deplorcs the projected, partial strike on tho part; of the consumer and claims that this is no way to setltlc the difficulty. all the while trialling no attempt to suggest o. remedy. How his heart. fallry bleeds for the little children of Charlottetown on a rationed milk supply! Docs he remember that the little children of the city of Saint John were in grave danger of having N0 milk a few weeks ago and during the Yuletide per- lod? This was the producers way of extortlng 16 cents per quart from the fathers of these same children. What about. the attempt to pollute the small supply with gasoline and kerosene which was witih great dif- ficulty on the part 0f the dairies to be set apart for the children and the sick? I do riot. think that. the consumers did this shady work. Then why all the ado lf the parents of our children choose to adjust their milk supply? Mr. Gillies states that there is no substitute food for milk. May I silggeoi that, ascheese ls a whole npllk product, adults and older chll- dren could easily substitute some for milk during this high price pea-lad. Canned milk, which is more sanii tory and effective for the welfare of infants. is now more readily avail- able. The housewife can use powd-

busilless is fine; let/s keep it the‘. way.

others have greatness thrust upon

with the Government on o, legal bash. Any attempt rm the part of tho Government to overstep its bounds would be regarded as illegal and ihorc would be no obligation on the part of the taxpayers to pay. "the union would have both federal and provincial rights, so that no section of the country could be mulcied by its own ‘provincial gov- em-tnent. nor by Ottawa. nor course by its own municipality. Under the terms of this isgroe- or dares persistent ha“ me-nl‘. r ‘ , cave