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PAGE FOUR we _ oiiiiiiiorrerowii GUARDIAN

____________ _ ___ _ , Morning Dally (Founded ln 1887) Authorised ae Second Class Mali. Poet Office

Department. Ottawa.

President. [an A. Burnett; Vice-President. Wm. u,

Burnett; Seem-Trend. G. M. Burnett; Editor and

Mano; g Director. J. B. Burnett; Asaociisto Editor.

Frank alkor.

“The Strongest Memory is Weaker Than the Weakest Ink."

MONDAY, FEBRUARY l7, i917

Farsers’ Week

The annual meetings of our Provincial farm organizations open Lpmorrow night at th-e Leg. ion hall, and will continue until Thursday eve- IIIIIg. Needless to say, the delegates will. be cordially welcomed. It is always nice to greet

visitors, especially when they come to hold con.

ventions,‘ but_our annual Farmers‘ Parliament is something guite apart from other events of the year. ‘While its members have no legislative authority, the influence they exert is potent. And when their views are expressed by resolution or otherwise,‘ our political spokes- men here and at Ottawa do well to sit up and lake notice.

I One of the mast important meetings will likely be that of the Dairymen's Association, as there are many grave problems facing the in- dustry, including the question of regional cen- tralization as a means toward more efficient production. _

Last year the question of conserving our natural resources was in the forefront at farm meetings. It was agreed that there is a distinct demand for a program of supervision and edu- cation in forestry improvement,‘ for protection of our water ways; for developing our cranberry and blueberry borrens, exploiting peat bogs and lrish moss production, obtaining machinery for low-cost drainage of farm areas, etc. lt was recommended that the Department of Agricul- ture be enlarged to provide for the development of these and other resources, that a survey of the farm labour situation be undertaken at Ot- tawa without delay, and adequate marketing- legislation introduced. The Central Farmers‘ Institute was anxious that the free freight pol- icy on feeds be continued and that a thorough investigation be made of the distribution of. protein feeds and other ingredients for bal- anced rations. The dairymen were interested in having the subsidy to cheese box manufacturers continued, and the order withheld compelling the holding of cheddar cheese for 90 days be- fore cutting. The sheep breeders were concern- ed with the marketing of lambs on a co-opera- tive and rail graded basis, and in having the col- lection of the dog tax turned back to the provin- cial tax collectors. Many of these and other matters discussed last year are still, unfortun- ately, in the category of unfinished business.

Of concern to all farmers nd farm organ- izations has been the lack of p ogress made in rural electrification. The case still stands as it did last year, when the Federation of Agriculture presented its brief to the Legislature, urging the Government to get a move on, and remind- ing it that "light, water and power services at cost within the economic range of the farmer, are three main factors that influence the future of agriculture in this Province." The House. when it next meets, will have something to say on this subject. ln the meantime our farmers will have the floor, and it is up to_them to make their requirements clearly and convincingly under-

stood.

Army Ahlireviates tlanie

Harassed editors who have been wrestling for_years with the problem of correct military designations will note with satisfaction ‘that the names and abbreviations in most frequent use are now officially established for the Canadian Army. Prior to the war, the permanent force was known as Permanent Active Militia, or P. A. M., and reserve forces were Non Perman- ent Active Militia, or N. P. A. M. During hos- tilities a bewildering variety of terms grew up, such as Canadian Active Service Force, Canadian Army (Reserve) and Canadian Army (Active). In addition there were soldiers properly described as Notional Resources Mobilization Act person- nel, or N. R. M. A. ln any case, that can now be forgotten by everyone except historians, and we have at present for full-time soldiers the Canadian Army, Active Force, or Cdn. Army (AF); Canadian Army, Reserve Force, or Cdn. Army (RF) for the boys who parade and train one night a week; and Canadian Army, Supplement- ary Reserve, or Cdn. Army (SR) for a little- known group who normally have no parades or training but are retained eh special lists to be recalled for duty in. the event of mobilization. These latter are normally specialists of one kind or another who are particularly valuable in war time.

Issue 0t (tartler

According to an exchange, there is miich speculation in political circles over the prob- able line-up of candidates in the Cartier by- election, which is to be held on March 3i, to fill the vacancy created by Fred Rose's expuls- ion from the House of Commons. The elec- toral record of the ‘constituency was overwhelm- ingly Liberal up to the time Rose won the 1943 by-electian as a Labor-Progressive. Three .can- didatn ran in the general election of 1945, rep- resenting the Labor-Progressive, the Liberal and the lloc Populain parties respectively. The vote in that election was thus distributed: Rose, L.P., 10,413; Schwisberg, L., 8,935; Masse, l.-P., 6, 48. Rose's plurality was 1,478, but lie fell 4,670 below 50 per cent of the total vote.

It is not expected that a Iloc Populaite candidate will put 1n an appearance in the by- election. The Progriesive Conservatives did not contestilierldiiig in I943 and are not Iiliely,_to do ee h for the riding has al- l‘ ‘_ “ “fighting ground for tltat his; y _ quite proboble that the ell" he between the Liberals, Labor-

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Progressives, and Social Cr itors. Thero’are

about 40,000 voters on the -ortier lists, and a

poll of approximately 30,000 is indicated. Forty per cent of the electors are Jews, 40 per cent Trench-Canadians, and most cf the remaining ‘Z0 per cent "new Canadians" of various racial ‘strains. There is sufficient data here to give wide scope for prophetic propensities. Cartier's verdict should furnish on interesting cross-sec- tion of opinion on the relative values of Cam- ‘ munism, easy money and government by bureau- cracy.

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Boy Scout and Girl Guide Week. ‘I . i

The Provincial Legislature should be meet- ing soon. After Farmers’ Week, when the rural . backbone have had their soy, probably the sum- mons will go out.

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The freight rates inquiry at Ottawa has de-

when or where it will end. Meantime we had better get rid of our potatoes so long as the going is good.

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Prices paid by the United Kingdom for Canadian eggs were given in the House Commons by Agriculture Minister Gardiner, who said prices received at the Canadian seaboard were: A-large, 4i cents; A-medium,-39, and

A-pallets, 35.

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Does government ownership of public util- ities pay? Saskatchewan Power Commission, a C. C. F. Government Crown Corporation -- with a profit of $4l4,282 for the year ending last December 3l—nearly tripled,its i945 profit. The commission ended the year with a surplus of $339,700-the first year it had shown an ac- cumulated profit since i929.‘

lt may be that Prince Edward Island is not

directly affected by the proposed redistribution proposals under the B. N. A. A. All the same as one of the nine Provinces we have a right to have representation on the Parliamentary Committee appointed to considenthe measure. The ‘Lib- eral powers-that-be have got into the habit of considering only "Big Interests", forgetting that in Confederation Big and Little interests must share and share alike in the responsibility of legislation and administration.

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Mr. Norman Robertson, Canadian High Commissioner in Britain, receives a salary of $12,000 plus living and other allowances of $28,- 000 annually, External Affairs Minister St. Laur- ent reported in a return tabled in the Commons. The figures‘ showed Mr. Robertson's gross in- come to be tops among Canada's contingent of emissaries. Behind him was Mr. Hume Wrong. Ambassador to Washington, with a 90.000 Wl" hry and a $25,500 ‘expflbnsf ascouiit.

Revolution in England this date, l68_8, which ended the reign of Charles ll whom historians describe as "profligate, untrustworthy, thorough-

yVlIIlQRI a pliability, coupled with geniality (‘Ind an air of frankness sccurcd his popularity. "lid this despite the fact that his reign was probably the worst in English history, a reign. eXiePl l"

‘Colonial policy, in which there was little but

cause for shame." ‘i

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British Food Minister Strachey cnnounces he will make a three-week visit to Canada and the United States later this month to discuss food problems of interest to the three countries "with the appropriate authorities." Mr. Strachei‘ intended to sail from Britain yesterday. HIS statement said that since his last North Am- erican visit in June, 1946. "W"? ‘lllllli be" "various important changes. flclllfll 9" Pl'°5' pective, in total food supplies and reqllllelllellls and also in conditions affecting their purchase

and movement."

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lt is pleasant at times having "a friend at court." During some of the war years, the Lieu- tenant-Governors of Nova SCIOTIG and Quebec re- ceived $4,000 a year extra to cover the cost of extraordinary expenses incurred due to war con- ditions," State Secretary Gibson told the Hm!" of Commons. The Lieutenant-Governor of Nova Scotia was so reimbursed from l94l-42 to i945- ‘46 and the Lieutenant-Governor of Quebec lllll“ 1943-44 to‘l945-46. The payments were recom- .mended by the State Secretary at the request of ‘the Department of Finance of which Mr. llsley

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When in New York, Viscount Alexander told the Canadian Society there how he first heard of his selection to be Governor-General. Fresh from victorious conclusion of his Italian campaign the field marshal was’ called to Berlin for the Potsdam conference. "On my arrival l report- ed to my chief, Mr. Winston Churchill, and the first words he said after greeting me were‘: "Come along for a little walk in the'garden-—l have something very important to tell you. ‘Canada has asked for you to be their next Gov- ernor-General. What do you think of that?’ Gen- tlemen, it is riot necessary for me to tell you the

answer I gave Mr. Churchill." ii w 9r I

Ontario and Quebec are drawing closer and closer together, Fedgral political necessity mak- ing them strange bedfellows. Premier Drew of Ontario has announced that agreement has been reached with Premier Duplessis of Quebec for joint development by the two provinces of new power sites on the Ottawa River at Chenau and Cove Rapids, which will result in development of about 200,000 horsepower of electrical en- ‘érgy. The agreement calls for each province to

of the river. Actiial construction and develop- ment will be under direction of the Ontario Hydro-Electric Power Commission, in consulta- tion with the Quebec Commission. .All power developed will first be available to Ontario, but at such time as Quebec requires its share Que- ‘bec will have the right to draw one-half of the

‘power, and_ot the same time pssume one-half

of the cost of capital works

veloped into a legal affray, and goodness knows '

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l‘ insincere, but kn-aw when to bend to public‘

employ its own workmen on their respective sides 1

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A life Insurance lllrvey brcught

out the sinprisl-na fact ihoi whoop- ing cough kills more children eves-y ycar than pollomyeliiis and 5gp). lei lever combined. Thai. should be food for ihoughi for parents who have more or 15g accepted ‘Whooping cough as s necessary evil for which llllle can be done, snye ‘The Kitchener Record. It. l5'pOlnt~ _cd out that. many unnecessary ~dcaths oocur annually because Pl"- (‘IIIS do not take elementary pre- caution; l0 prevent exposure .of flhild-Yfh l0 this dangerous afflict- ‘lon. A little mullne care can some. ‘times pay big dividends in such a situation. Children should bc give-n (lie protection of (he whooping (‘OHEII scrum ai an curly age. A1- lhwth (he serum doesrfi provide sure immunity it virrualiy micron- .1985 a mild cos; if (he child hap- Peris to gei the disease.

‘ I‘. sliient. Truman says haSly ills- armisment. would be dangerous. Of ‘course 1t would. unless all nations ‘went. into it with thq some e and (hat performance has stir (o take place. —Bro.n(ford Expositor.

. Wbman hle won more flsnin the vote ndwadays. Almost. the entire ‘efforts of modem existence are re- ‘volvlng around her. A new theatre is built, and (he interior decorators complete (heir work with an eye on the fair sex. The color scheme and (he ‘lighilng nrrongesnems must be such (hat they will help woman to look her best. Restaur- ant proprietors who know (heir business follow out the same idea. Even in the more stem fields of engineering (he femLnLm influence holds sway. Fabric motorr cor bodies are utilitarian. but (hey are not. chic. Woman wants them (p be smart, therefore coach-built. sind smart they must be. Wonderful WOIHB-ti‘. What new part. of our lives will she dominate next? -Cha(ham ‘News.

The unethical professional gambl- er whq never gives o sucker a cliB-Iwe Should move over and make room for‘ a. new type of sportsman lwho doesiri give an animal a. chance. when report; came in (hot a herd 0,1 caribou was traveling through northern Saskatchewan. so big that ll took two days and nights for it to D855 a given point, (hose “hunters went i11l0 action‘. They fueled their aeroplane, picked up ‘their rifles with telescopic sights ‘and flew to the scene of their sport. Sighting (heir prey, they

had the pilot swoop dow-n. Once_

picture of the thrilling evem shows one of (he animals dying on (he snow with a hole blasted in his hind quarters as big as B. pillow. The gentlemen should visit. Fart Wlllhuu. We have some deer in pens out near (he Cadnadlan Car and Foun- dry. They would find the hunting there jus( as easy. —l=loro Williams Times-Journal. Chemists and soil scientists have collaborated oi (he University of Saskatchewan (o investigate (he wheat plf\1'll'5 utilization of phos- phorus. What is interesting about (he cxpcrimciri i5 the novel use of i-adio-aciive phosphorus to yiclil much new knowledge about. several ‘problems which have considerable significance-lo agriculture gener- ally. says The Saskmcon Ster- Phociiix. The use of a radio-active substance as “a tracer" ls. in a sense, o. by-lncduict. 0,! (he develop- .me'nt of atomic sciences. While phosphorus and other substances may be nciivaied in a cyclotron. (hey may also be given their radio- active qualities easily and economic- ally in processes connected with the use of inomic energy. A whole new field of exploration is opened up by (he use of radio-active (race ‘elements in plant and animal biol- lgy. Just as the scion-lists at (he ‘university under the ilirecticn of Dr, Splnks have gone a long way toward (he discovery of how a plant make; use of phmphorus from (he soil, 5o it may b: possible in (he future for scientists (Q dis- cover mRlly new facis about ‘iro- cesses of life both in Plaails and animals. ‘This ls one ol the ficlds of research 1n which the atomic scientists arc periiculnrly anxious (0 begin work. But \l.l‘l'l‘ll atomic energy i5 brought under effective inieriiniiniral cornlrnl. scientists w‘ll be handicapped in full develcpmc-zit ‘of (hc new materials. l Incidental lo the movc of Alberta- -B.C. military headquarters lo Ed- ‘manton. Governor-General Alex- ander in a speech to minlng men ‘at Ottawa (he other day suggested illll. ‘..Z.-_ finirrlvirs armrd Times with at! llll“l‘ VJQT-GBVGlOpGd (kill might join wlih mining man in

THE CHARLOTTETOWN GUARDIAN cinnmnwmmwwww-rv" The Subject of Speech »

PUBLIC FORUM

Till! COIIIDII ll gnu‘ go the rllsoalalon by‘ gun-g- lpo once of qaeetlona o! Interest. The Ci-Jottotown Guardian dose‘ not neoaelr. Ily endorse fllQ/Opllflqn qf couespondente. I

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NEW EDUCATION imp A new remap

5llw~lli your issue of (he 11m iiisl. (here appeared a letter writ- tcii on the subject of education as it‘ now is on Prince Edward Island and as seen by the urriter, MYS- Marv Maclsaac of Saskatch- ewan. on a recent visit (o (he Island. The letter gives an ax. ClTdlIuZlY Ellloml’ Bud depressing picture of education 0n__l.he Island "5 59°" 5i’ this vlsltor. Her View 0f It. however. was a very brief and superficial one, and taken during school holidays a! that; and while I do not doubt, Mrs, ‘Mncfsaacs friendly attitude to. ‘wards (he Island to whose people ‘She w)’: she 1s connected and fondly attached through mar- riage. I nevertheless doubt the value of her criticism. coming as it does from far away Saskatch- c-wini. Having considerable ac- quaintance with the spirit of the West I can fancy with what grace the people of Saskatchewan would receive a letter from Prince Ed- ward Island written by an Island- cr who has paid a brief visit to that. Province and exhoriingjhem (o reform their system of edu- cation which he or lie deemed deplorable.

I can fancy the brief reply, in effect as follows: "ff you really like us and wish to reform our system of education. come out West and help us," and I can assure Mrs. Maclsaac that if like Ruth of old she should decide to make her husband's native coun- try her country. and his people hcr ‘pcoplc, she shall receive a hearty ‘welcome to their midst, and a speedy admission to the P. E. I. Women's Institute or some other society 1n which she could direct her influence towards thc 1m- provemcnt of our educational sys- tem. Or better still. lf Mrs. Mac- Isisac 1s what I fancy she ls, nn old teacher. she would readily secure a position as teacher in is public school where notwithstand- ‘lng lhc awful drain of Island brawn and brain to the Great West she would still flnd. I trust, that (he pupils in our public schools compare-favourably with

those of Saskatchewan or any (arr-stern Province.‘

The gloomy picture of our Island educational system as drawn by Mrs. MacIsaac was,

however, I am glad (o say dcsiln- ed to be of short duration ln (he oycs of (hc public; for on the very next clay after the nppcor- ance of her letii-r (her-c appeared a irulv silvcr lining to her plc- ture. ln a letter written by d‘ writer. or apparently a. group of

writers under the slgnaturc of “Community Arts and Crafts Centre Commlltcc." Brit-fly‘. ric-

cording (o this letter, tlicrc is to bc a ncw school an the Island in Wl1lCl1 tho many and riot the chosen fcw shall be the chief ob- ject. of interest. The school ‘is to bc a (hing of beauty and a lay forevcr. 1i. will in no wlsc be a school in which the head will say as of yore (o (he hand. "I have no need of thee." nor yet tho rye to the ear; nor shall the head prcsume to speak thus to the fool. for Lhcrc shall hc much dancing (hero. It. will not be a typical Shakespeare's school to nhich the boy is seen creeping like a snpll unwillingly to school; nor yet. an old Missourian school. wihcrc rcadlng. writing and ’rlth- mctir; were "(ought to (he lune of a hickory stick". but 1t will be ‘a school to which boys arid girls will be ss-cn rushing eagerly; and ‘as for the ‘delightful work that laivaiis thcm- Lherc I cannot. de- ‘scribc ii bcticr than by qumlniz ‘(hr- closing words of the lotlcr to ‘which I rcfcr: "It has bccn ob- ‘servcd 1n educational research ‘(hat (shore ls no normal ohlld who ‘Chnnol. be proficient in some con- genial llnc. The nrt centre cm- ‘brnclni; all the arts. music. dan- ‘cing and drama, and crafts of all iylnds ("vrilrlhlllrfi to the cultural ‘llfr- at u.» children as wall ns tn “the crcatlvc instinct. While they inre bclng ncrmltted to r-xDri-ss ‘themselves (hi-v are "cxposr-d" to ‘(lir- best art that can ‘Jo obtained (and nre unconsciously 12d to dls- ‘crimlrintlng and to observe (he -,i-.~ssibll‘.l.ics of (trace and beauty i ‘v nve:1‘.‘\"..~igr."

‘ Surely now. ii more nllurln‘! -iunc than (his was nbvcr plpcd

‘opening up vast areas of the coun-.| ,0 youth my m, PM! Hp" of

(ry as yet untapped. 1-1e ‘referred _of course. (o the Northwest Terri- tories. We can think of no better _way to train our army andolr Tome than to combine mapping and ‘building roads Ln-lo mineral-rich ‘areas of (he northlom-l with their other duties. Ii would hppeal (o (he adventure In our young men and ‘would open up the lust great. north =w-hos¢ riches we can only guess. ‘Coming from so great. n, military ‘leader asfllscoum Alexander. (he Sllflttestlon has a great. deal to com- mend 1t. -—I.ethbridge Herald.

Cortaln people who claim to have had experience refuse to be terrified by ihe mysteries of "Headless Valley" in British 00l- umblii. Of course. there are fndl- vlduals who are soaccustomedto losing their heads, it means’ noth- ing to thorn. -Wlndsor Star.