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THE CI-IARLOTPETORN GUARDIAN ____

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Homing Dally iiouuded la Ill!) AIGIOIUGC a Second Clad MAIL Pout OIDI Department. Ottawa. ' President. hn A. Barnett; Vlrn-Prealdent. w‘. n. Burnett: ScrJZ-Trnam, G. M. Bur-rim; Idllnf lnfl Managing Director. J. R. Burnett; Aaaoclate Editor. Frank Walker.

“The Strongest Illemory Is Weaker Thais the IVenIr-est Ink.”

ssuisicsiru". Jrxr: as. 1911

Pity The Mllknuiii!

The difficulties of milk production and dis- tribution were brought into the limelight in Por- liament the other day by Senator- J, W, de B, Farris, who showed very clearly that under pres- ent conditions the milkman's life is not a bed of roses. ln the first place, said Senator Farris, the milk business today is so hedged in and sur- rounded by provincial and municipal control, by regulations of milk boards in every Province, by provisions ‘in the Criminal Code about the purity of food and all that, that it is probably subject to more supervision, direction and regu- lation than any other industry of a private nat- ure in the entire Dominion.

There are- Senator Farris pointed out, two distinct milk markets; the fluid market, and the manufactured market with its different branches. There is a fundamental difference be- tween tho price on these markets. The farmer receives a much lower price on the manufactur- ed market than on the fluid market. The pur- chaser pays more per pound of butter fat for fluid milk than for milk that is to be used in a manufactured product. The reason, of course, ls that the fluid market is a local market, in which the commodity has to be supplied at once. lt is a fresh milk market, and the milk must get to the consumer on the very day or the next day after it is given from the cow, whereas in the manufactured market it does not need to reach the consumer for an indefinite period. In oddi- tion- the manufactured market is not restricted lo any particular centre.

A further reason why the farmer is en- titled to a higher price on the fluid market than on any other market is that he has to maintain a more or less constant supplv. During seasons of the year when the cattle are out on the gross, or when calves are born, lots of milk is avail- able; in other seasons if the farmer does not have, the proper arrangement there is practically no milk. This situation does not affect the farmer who sells to the creomery or cheese fac- tory. lt is very important that thehousehalder get a uniform supply of milk. Milk IS‘ deliv- ered to his doorstep, and he accepts it with the some degree of certainty as he does l'llS morning newspaper -- as a matter of course. But much planning and work are required In Order to maintain this service of supplying thehouse- holder regularly with lreshmilk that is safe and sanitary. ' _

There is also, Senator Farris pointed out, the essential difference between the milk in the can as it appears in front of the farm, and in rhe battle an one's doorstep, ready for use. The milk has to be collected, tested and in many cases pasteurized. Posteurrcotion is a scien- tific process, ond if the dairymon is to do it economically he must have up-to-dote and ex- pensive machinery, horses, trucks, bottles and bottling processes. _ _ _

Formerly there were two subsidies paid bY the Dominion Government: one of two cents a quart, paid to the domes, to enable the price to the consumer to be kept down; the other 0f 55 cents a hundred pounds, paid to the farm- ers, which came to l I-Z cents d qI-"irl- 59th these subsidies have been removed- and the W" of milk to the consumer had consequently gone up all over Canada. _

All this and more (for Senator FOIIIS‘ made a fairly lengthy speech on the subrecti Wlll Ml enlighten our dairy formers and distributors to any extent, as they are well versed in their own business. It may, however, serve to emphgs- in to the consumer that the price he pays or his milk is by nomeons out of Pf°P°"'°" l° production and distribution costs. Anyone who imagines that either the dairy former or the milkmqn (in this Province they are not infre- qaenrfy the same personi has an easy and pro- fitable time, should get into the BUSINESS it" I1 few months.

lI0w Light ls Bent

Important though not sensational results may be expeched from the observations of the total eclipse of the sun on May 20 made ot Bocayuva, Brazil, by the expedition sponsored by the U. S. Notional Geographic Society. The work of this party of scientists has been said to con- stitute the most comprehensive study of a solar eclipse ever undertaken.

The astronomers will spend many months

fludying the photographic plates and other records they are bringing home. And their work at Bacayuvo itself is not quite finished. The

twenty-foot camera with which Dr. G. Von Bes- braeck of the Yerkes Observatory and F. Oliver Wcstfoll of the Notionoi Bureau of Standards photographed stars in the vicinity of the eclipsed sun for verification of the Einstein ef- fect has been left in position to photograph the same stars Gllllgill’ six months hence.

Ono of the predictions mode by Einstein in connection with his theory of relativity was that rays of light from a atar passing close to a heavy gravitational mass like the sun on their way to the earth would be found to be bent in- ward. This would result in a slight apparent out- ward displacement of the star from its nor- mal position. ln the case of the sun, he held, the displacement would amount to about i.75 seconds of arc. Observations made at other eclipses have tended to verify this prediction, but Dr. Van Biesbroeck expects the Bocayuva re- sults to be more accurate than those previous-

ly obtained. The Einstein photography was only;

one of the oiipodition‘: activities. _

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Doctors, both medical and dental, evident- ly object to be unionized under government aus- prces-afraid 0t the thin edge oi the wedge of government control.

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The world supply of timber will fall short of requirements by about l0 per cent for both I947 and i948, according to a report from the international conference in Czechoslovakia.

A Zi-gun Royal Solute will be fired in each of the nine provincial capitals and at Ottawa on Dominion Day, July I- ir is learned officially at Ottawa. The solute will be fired at noon by picked gun crews of the Royal Canadian Artil- lery.

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Who supplies information to the United Na- tions Commission? He or she had better try to be accurate regarding this Province as their report of a survey showed one woman member in our Legislature out of 30 seats. Perhaps the informant was anticipating coming events.

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Now that parliament is, as it were, cam- ing down the back stretch we expect the government to introduce its important measures. This has become o matter of text-book strategy and enables the government to put through its pet measasfl with a minimum of debate and rs- vision.

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Kentville, N. S., centre of the apple-growing district of Nova Scotia, has got tired holding out against daylight saving time- and has now joined the maiarity. We here are practically alone in the Maritimes as lsolationists, for lack of legislators with backbone a little stiffer than cotton-thread.

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The General Assembly of the Church of Scotland sitting in Edinburgh has passed a resolution, albeit with noticeable lock of unanim- ity, calling upon the Governments of the United States, Great Britain and Canada to make pub- lic and solemn declaration that they "will not use the atomic bomb as a weapon of offensive

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It is never too late to mend, but really our tourist season is so short, we should have every- thing cut and dry in apple-pie order every year by the middle of June for the comfort and convenience of our visitors. It is now nearing July I and July 4 the great public holidays of both Canada and U. S. A. when most people who can get away commence their annual summer vocation. How do we stand for good roads and good hotel and boarding-house accommodation?

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Despite optimistic production forecasts, moss installation of television receivers in homes is at least years away, engineers of leading television companies were told at o meeting of the Institute of Radio Engineers, lost month. Television is a tricky problem involving several electronic impond-erables, and although produc- tion would continue to increase, it would not reach the inflated proportions predicted recent- ly. There are still a number of unknown problems in television which continue to baffle the best technicians, it was pointed out"

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The U. S. Department of Agriculture states that it has resumed payments to farmers on potatoes turned over to the Government last autumn under a price support program. Pay- ments were halted April 23 to give the depart- ment time to determine whether it had nough money to make all disbursements. A check of claims still outstanding revealed that sufficient funds were on hand. The payments yct to be mode are due only on a small quantity of pota- toes grawn in the North, plac-ed under loans and later surrendered to the Government.

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Rear Admiral Lord M0untbott~en,S.C.V.O., K.C.B., D.S.0., A.M.I.E.E., M.l.W.T., born this date i900; entered the Navy as a cadet at the age of thirteen, becoming a midshipmon at six- teen, sub-lieut. at l8, li-eut. at Z0, Lieut.-Cam- mander at 28, Commander at 32- Capt. at 37; served in the Navy in every port of the globe, in both peace and war; appointed Command-er of aircraft in i941; adviser on combined opera- tions 1942-3; Hon. Air Marshal, i943, Presi- dent of Overseas League i943; Supreme Allied Commander in S. E. Asia, i943: Rear Admiral in i946; Governor-General and Commander in Chief of-lndia i947.

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The Nizom of Hyderabad, and the Mahara- iah of Travancore, powerful lndion princes, with a feudal allegiance to the British Crown, now- éliot the British King is no longer to be Emperor of India, announce that they are independent rulers; will not accept the rule either of Mr. Nehru, or Mr. Jinnah. One has sixteen million subjects, and the other four million. There are 562 princely states in ‘ndia, with about two-fifths of the population in them. At least the larger ones will certainly follow this example (says The Letter-Review). Mr. Nehru denies the right of princes to assert their independence, while Mr. Jinnah stands up for it. This simply means that the hope of internal peace in India still depends on British influence, rather than on agreement between lndians.

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This is a red-letter year for Newfoundland,

ilstss ly the lay

l Itln‘! newuwaannlehtla the Irish Sucepsiukes fails to win a prize — and of course the vni. m8llorlty do fall. - Ottawa Jour- no.

0ft the malt of Italy a motor ">5" "Turk a “enacting mine and l5 persons lost their lives. The remarkable ihlrrg is that. so com. p&l'Ii.l\'€l_\' few shrps have hri mine; smve the uar r-nded with scores oi thousands of those deadly van. Iianilons roaming the seas wait. Int; to be hunted dawn, ‘Olhgwg Journal.

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To poi-lat In walking on the street on onefs hands would b; ao- coiiiiled a blt eccentric. With en- "llgh liravlice most of Us might. be- Wme iiulie proficient at it; but. if too many of us practised this freak. lshness at once. it would lead to many changes. Meals might be served under the table and show. cases arranged beneath the floor, 500a We would no longer be ec- centric. _ Peterrborough Exanflngr,

The head of ‘Pravmooro state In India calls for a declaration of iri- dependence when the British leave. It is only a small state with an urea less than one-fiftieth of On- tario's but. it has a population of. more than 5.000.000 — half an large again as Ontario's. The con- irast is typical of the “living room" in India and Canada. _. Toronto Daily Star.

Two recent atorlea In this paper point an old moral with l new twist. One story from Hollywood told of the star-studded hearings held by the House Committee an Uri-American Activities ‘m fabulous filmlarid. with witnesses making dramatic charges of comp-rung; Influence in the movie industry, The other story from Moscow told 0f Russian growls against Ameri- can films as vile capitalist propa- ganda, which the Russian mosses are seldom permitted to see be- cause of their sugar-coated plcturo of the Americas-r way of life. Tho moral ls:— Don't leap at. conclug. 10M till all the evidence is in. _. Christian Science Monitor.

Glam L. Martin. pioneer United States aviator. testified in Wash. lngton a few days ago that. the United States Army and Navy are experimenting with a new atomic weapon -_a radioactive cloud which could be released from aircraft by null-explosive atomic shells, and Wlilch- ihvush it "would not kill suddenly." would "sweep with u, lingering death and corrosion over a tfrcflt- area." Such clouds, Mr. Martin said, would EBiCh or 1mm be)! milB Square. and could be. “loud 1n e series." Nice, cheerful sort of cloud! We fought one world war to make the \VOI‘ld "safe to; democracy," and anothei- to make :1 safe from Nazis. Sometimes we think the next. one should be fought to make us all safe from scientists. - Ottawa Journal.

The" "Md l0 be a. time when any Tamils’ considered it an honor to contribute its best brains? Lo the Church. That no longer up- pears to be the case. Indeed, it ls 119001111"! a rare thing tar- the first-class honor men to conten-r. Plate Holy Orders. Other profgg. 51°05; apparent-Iv. offer great at. iracuons. To a point. this ‘is pos- sibly dur- to the extremely poor g1. 1111RPM rewards that come to ec- llvsiii-Wvs- Holy poverty may shill be an admirable virtue, but its charms lend to fade, especially g. mong married clergy, in the f“; of modern economic conditions, un- der which costs are the sameqfor lfclleggv and laltsfi- Halifax Chron-

Frrim Canada and Australia. Loo. “"195 119W! Of Breoter sacrifices in order to increase Britain's (and suPDlies. New Zealimd also wants la know haw she may help, He“ y; ltie authentic note of Empire unity. We do not troll our tale of suffer. mg during the war, and or hut-d. “ill? Ville-continued after the wax, in order- io urcite world Sympg. lily-v The facts are known, and within the British Family of Ne. lions there is affectionate competi- iifln as to who shall most swiftly and woi-thily sustain the Old CQUHIIN m her trial. Under o-ne Qlhwn We fought and under one Crown we march together into the future. South Africa has recently “we” l° ‘he World err example of the Empire's rfialesiv. Canada. AUSITBIIIL and New Zealend give lurlhfll‘ Proofs 1n their present gen.

r erous gestures. There ls something

"QTY noble 1n all this. —Wes Mall (Cardiff). ‘em The 1.200 bisblea who died l|| 0g. nails from diarrhoea and enteritis init- year are a. reminder of the Domlnlons housing crisis. The technical irredlcai explanation of lilo disease. is that u is caused by an influenza virus or some vlrus related to influenza. The sociologist, however. hiss interpreted it. In terms of living conditions. It. ls recalled that. medical and social worker; gave battle to this disease of 1n. fancy ln Toronto more than 30 Ivelijs ago. Thelr chief concern was 3° lmDrovc living conditions and

Canada's island neighbour. Celebration of the

to tesvsh molheris how to keep their i-nfllnls clean. Above all, they we"

country's 450th anniversary of discovery coin-ganxious ma, ‘he baby.‘ feeding

cides with the arrival in Ottawa of a delegation, of seven Newfoundlandcrs to talk terms of pas-l

sible union of the two countries. To mark they,

double-barrel occasion the editors of Atlantic

Guardian, the magazine of Newfoundland pub- iished in Montreal, have put out a Special Num- ber devoted entirely to a book-length study of the Island Colony entitled "The Man of Mars Looks at Newfoundland." Author of the feature is Walter J. Cross, writer and editor of Montreal, who spent over a year in Newfoundland with’ the R. C. A. F. during the war. Mr. Ewart Young, publisher of Atlantic Guardian, states that the aim of the booklet is to promote a better under- standing of Newfoundland among Canadians at|

a time when vital decisions affecting tlia two‘_-‘,__1____.

aountuios are being mode.

utensils rmd everything wit-tr which

he came ln contact should be free‘

of germs. Every Summer the pub. Ac health department conducted a "swat-Lhe-fly" cumpllgn and urg. crl mothers to protect all food from fires aifri insects, the common car- iicrs o! Infection. It. Is fairly well known that young children have died or diarrhoea and enter-m; 1110811)’ where the Ilvinl conditions firs‘ Dom‘ and whose mothers have lIillP knowledge of infant care. _ Toronto star.

--_--.___.. STRAIGHT BAIL!

A tirisek 75.86 miles ln length be- tween Wllmlnglon and lts-mlet. N. l: the longest stretah of track

c1110 h the Halted

The High Plains

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Wheat stands lull on the high plains. oceans of wheat flppllnl; [teen in the sunlight. And the wheat ranch: a have only two fears-hall and rust. Spati- them hall and spare them rust and they will again fill the nation's

grsnaries tn overflnwiniz. All ecross fihe plains. Kansas. Ne- braska. eastern Colorado. the

wheat. ls lush with n wet, sprlnizis

ETOWIII. And already the harvest crews. with Llielr big-mowed "combines." are moving up from

the South. from Texas and Okla- homa loin-arr! the Dakotas. harvest- frig as they go.

The crass stands tail. too. on the tilgh plains, taller and more lush than ln many a season. The range ls In peak condition. and cattle. the ranchmen say. are; fat. as ticks. You see them. broad- backed. White-faced cows and calves and steers. dotting the rolling range land in buffalo grass n foot hitch and still green as the wheat fields on the eastern harl- zori. _ This ls s. rich year on the high plains and even the flowers are lavish. Wlld sweet peas flush the long slopes. Cowboy's Delight splashes the flats with frailrant geranium-red Buffalo beans and tuptries show all the shades of purple and blue. Desert: prim- roses sweeten the evenings and brlzhben the dawns with sunny yellows and sunrise pinks,

In dry years the meadow lurks nil; In the shade of the fence posts end sing only in the cool of early dawn. This year they perch on

the posts arid flll the noondriy with their sang. suieet celebration of a generous season on the

hlg-h plains.

When The Farmer Gets Desperate in the Vancou-

(Crruoe Luckhnrt ver Province)

Down In Oates-to. the other day.

a poor man jumped In a well. presumably because of the adverse weather conditions. and haw they affected his crops. He could not get on with his feeding. If you weren't a farmer. or trad a farmer's baickrgound. you would- n't understand how this could be possible.

I could, believe me. My whole childhood was governed and ran- lrolled by the weather. Everything depended upon lt. I must admit. that as farmers, we demanded a great deal, hut the whole livoll- hood and well being of our family was at stake.

We needed good weather for seeding. followed by plenty of rain. Then it: should let up for the haying, and cc-me again in scat- tered shawera to bring the crops ulonit- but no hall storms! Please please no hail storms! While we might have been. to n certain ex- Lent. protected by hail insurance, very few could afford to pay the premiums.

There ls nothing so tragic as a hailstorm. Because right alter- wards the sun shines and the birds slnfl. and if you had had a. crop. lt would have ripened. But. not now. Nothing but. acres of flat- tened. mangled stalks. Not. a thing to be done.

No plBJlS for this year. No send- lng to Eailons for new clothes. No sending for anything. Nothing at. all until airatlrer year, and even then you aren't sure the some thing won't. happen.

In my early youth in Ontario, where we went ln more for mix- ed farming. e11 our eggs weren't 1n one basket. But there was always the pa; crop. Just uisoon as lit. was out. and stacked In bundles to dry out. it. would rain. And Gracie would he kept. home from school Lo turn the bundles --\vhen the weather trad cleared - trying to save lt. 1 can still smell their mciuldy. musty odor. when I fork- ed them up. I can still see the hordes of frightened little field mice that. scurried along looking for safety.

1n those clays. the Tan; Leader. our main source of news and our only connection with the outside world, would occasionally reprt that: a depressor! farmer, lied com- mitted suicide or run amok with the axe and sliced up hls family. These stories practically paralyz- ed ma with fear.

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Somehow, I never worried about my mother's mentality cracking. she had Loo much humor in her- make-up. But. my father who had inherited is quietness and reserve from hls Highland ancestors, was something else ag-ain. We never knew what. he was thinking about.