"confidence the farmers may have

tabulated by Mr. lrocken:

. I940 1 . Z15 million, or less than one-third of what we

THE GUARDIAN

Morning Dally (Founded ln 1887i. Aatberlaed as Second Clue Mail, Poet Office Depagtment. Ottawa.

Praidont. lan A. Burnett; Vlae-sresident. Wm. It. Burnett; Beep-Tread. G. M. Burnett; 5115101‘ M"! M ' , y, 3" ‘c; l ' ‘ Editor.

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

cnrinbonnrowiv MONDAY, rnisnuniivflsfiélir

For The Children

Today, February 9, sees the opening of the Canadian Appeal for Children campaign. bY which means it is hoped to raise ten’ million dollars for the relief of children of distressed families in Europe and Asia. Many of thest children, indeed, have no families-Ahoy are war orphans, destitute, physically and SPiTlCWllYI l" o sense which it is difficult for people in this favoured land to comprehend. The aid Whiili will be rendered through this campaign will be in the form of fc-od; clothing, medical and edu- catianal supplies. The OPPWl l5 l>°l"9 5PM‘ sored jointly by the Canadian Council for Re- construction through UNESCO, and the No- tional Council of the United Nations Appeal for Children in Canada. lt is under the patronage of His Excellency the Governor General and of His Honour the Lieutenant Governor in roch Province.

The Provincial Government, the Women's Institutes and other organizations are taking active part in promoting the campaign, and it is hoped and expected that in this Province it will meet with the same generous response which was accorded to the Red Cross and other pat- riotic appeals during the war.

There can be no question as to the ovcr- whelming urgency of the need, and where this issue is involved our people have never been known to fail.

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Mr. Bracken's Indictment

A devastating analysis of the King Gov- ernment's mismanagement of its decontral poli- cies was mode in the House of Commons last week by the Opposition leader, Hon. John Brack- en. Briefly, Mr. Bracken's points are as fol- lows:

First, when decontrolling nearly everything else the Government left controls on form prices, and took them off wages and the cost of pro- ducing farm products. They thus decreased pro- duction ot the very time when this notion and the world needed more production. This' was done by the freezing of farm prices under the British contracts and the embargoes against sell- ing our products to the United States. The first contract was for wheat which if today be- ing sold at o price iust about half the world price. lThcn the Government tried to fasten the prices of other products to thelevel of wheat prices. ln other words, it froze the prices the farmers were to receive and it allowed costs of wages and other things to go up.

Also the Government removed certain sub- sidies at the worst possible time, thus bringing on price increases which disturbed consumers from one end of the country to the other. Mr. Bracken cited bread as on example. The Gov- ernment policy was to require farmers to sell their wheat for consumption in Canada at $1.55 a bushel. The millers who bought at that price were given a rebate of 77 or 78 cents o bushel, the result being that the price of bread was kept low. Then the Govern-ment, determining as o doctrinaire policy lo take off subsidies at once without thought as to the consequences, remove-d the rebate on wheat-at a time when it was selling at the highest price in Canadian history-and promptly bread prices began to soon

Similarly with regard to milk. Despite Op- position warnings in the House, the milk sub- sidy was taken off at a time when the work- ers in the country were disturbed with increased living ‘costs.

In removing price controls and subsidies on feed grains the Government wrecked what little had in its policies. Poultry and bacon producers had been advised to go into production in a big way. Many small and large farmers did so on the basis of

fossured prices through the British contracts and " the expectedJow prices for their feed.

Then, presto! the Government come along and took off both the price ceiling and subsidy, and the cost of their feed went up from $10 to $20 o ton.

. Many of them finding it was impossible to carry

on, went out of business.

1 lhlnk the Government can rightly be accused of acting under false pretences when they encouraged these efforts and then took off the subsidy," Mr. Bracken said. "l am not com- plaining about price ceilings in this case, ol-

' though there was o serious criticism that prices ware thus boirlg held down and that we were

not getting production. But I do criticise the

Government for taking off the subsidy at this

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‘ . Some results of these policies were thus

' ‘lacon and horns: In i944 we exported 692 rnjlllonl ands; in i945, 446 million pounds, in million, and lost year an estimated

Imported ‘three years before. _ ChIltr-ln i942" we exported I42 million pdunds, " i946 our IIflOIlJlOd dropped to 96 l IndsQWInd for losflyear the estimate millions" . . ‘ lahmhliou pounfi lex- porfl pip-l to. . _ ng ypar, a ast ‘ta all bttlhlitlffl rnllliltn ounds. Mrulmlrarr - ad asked for

llum. tabled pn f 0d only ‘two-

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two-thirds of the canned meat, one-fifth of the mutton and lamb and one-half of the cheua to which we were by contract committed.

Few of our farmers will disagree with Mr. Bracken's conclusion that "these are serious trends at a time when food production is more needed than anything else in the world,“ and that the Government, to the extent of its responsibility, is deserving of very strong censure.

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lt is merely a coincidence that Charlotte- town Civic election and Ash Wednesday hop-

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Lcnt begins Wednesday, and thereafter, for the main part, entertainments of a lighter char- acter will be at a discount until the advent of Easter, some 40 days hence.

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Dr. Show hints that even the suspicion of a case of typhoid in lthe outlying area of the city would ploy havoc with Old Home Week and Exhibition—which Heaven forbid!

The R. C. A. F. are putting over a splendid re- cruiting campaign hcre which should bear rich fruit, especially when the schools and college close down for the season. -

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What with shipping of lobsters by air and snrclts to the Boston market by truck Island lishcrmcn umy well bc optimistic fllmllt secur- ing uml holding rimrkets.

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-Thc government's action in reducing the cost of fertilizer was very well iahn. Keeping down the farmer's costs means keeping dawn food prices and the cost of living generally.

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European Children Campaign opens. Europe was the cradle of our culture. Let us help to re- store their intellectudl life by giving now to the Canadian Appeal for Children.

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Premier Jones says the health, etc., situa- tion of the urban suburbs will engage the at- tention of the Legislature; while the Hunters‘ Column announces that the ‘Government will be asked to impose a close season on muskrots for a two-year period.

It seems hardly credible, but American Gen- eral MacArthur in charge of Japan "has as- sumed the divinity renounced by the Japanese Emperor." So at least asserts Brigadier R. H. Quilliam, Chief New Zealand prosecutor at the Japanese war trials.

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Britain's farmers are being asked to grow four blades of gross for every three now being produced. The total output of dried grass for animal feeding stuffs this year will be about l00,000 tons. It is“hoped’to double this in i949.

"Trader“ 'is familiar word and occupation in this country, but the dealer or broker is rarely so called elsewhere, except, perhaps, in Africa. Probably its common use of the term is clerived from the description of those engaged in the fur trade and ivory trade respectively.

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Australia which has long been plagued with the rabbit now looks with dismay at the relent- less advance of on army of snails. The giant snails were brought to New Guinea as a source of food by the Japanese and were allowed to escape.

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The future of surveying as a profession is highly encouraging accord-ing to President Arthur O. Gorman, of the Canadian institute of Sur- veying. Mr. Gorman is of the opinion that there will continue to be an insatiable demand for mapping and surveying work in the course of the development of Canada's resources.

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Lord Carson, "the stormy petrel" of the political nineties, was born this do i854, "and joined the English bor in i893; became solicitor- general and attorney-general, and leader of the Irish Unionists, fighting against home rule until i920, when he reluctantly accepted the Govern- ment Bill of that year. He was a member of the War Cabinet of l9l7-l8, holding the portfolio of First Lord of the Admiralty.

The proposal to "reform" the Canadian par- liament by the addition of Lords Spiritual vond Lcids Temporal is reminiscent of on experience of Mr. A. P. Herbert. The famous humorist was asked by a Frenchman what constituency he rop- resentcd in parliotncnt, and in reply stated that he was a member for a ‘certain famous univers- ity. The Frenchman was delighted. "Ah, how advanced you are over there." '

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Wellington (er Nelson) Barracks in Halifax which are to be demolished are popularly thought ‘to have been designed for ‘Bermuda or Jamaica and built in Halifax in error. Such a mistake was by no means impossible in the old War Of- fice. Natives of a tiny village in Ireland were long mystified by the erection of on elaborate fortification only to learn later that it was in- tended for a similarly named locality in the Khyber Pass.

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According to Senator Hugessan in the Sen- ate, there will be no deliberate aggressive war started by Russia yet awhile. She needs a gan- eration to restore her war losses. Marx tau ht that the collapse of capitalism was inevi le anyway. The East-West conflict was one of ideas. If the Marshall Plan restored Europe, Russia might realize the time for revolution was not yet. The West must hold firm. ‘Moscow should be informed that any attempt to work revolt in Italy, Greece, France, would not be tolerated. Marx, rafarringfthen to an aggres- sive Czorist Rania, hod told the West to stand firm against her and hod predicted that this policy would find her eventually in retreat. The advice still held good. At the some time, evary avenue of conciliation, particularly in the United

hod. ,N'_btlanr should be kept a n in the hope that

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Back in I010 it began lo look as If the beaver would be seen no more in his habitat. in Northern Manitoba. The conservation mea- sures then adopted have tiacl the desired result. In the swamp land! ground tho The Pas and along the Hudson nay‘ Railway the beaver has staged a rrmnrkable comeback. In some places along the line they have become so numerous’ that. they are a nuisance foruthey use treaties and culverts as foundations for their dams and cause lloodlng of the railway. Many have been trapped in these areas‘ and taken to other suitable country in the province where it. is hoped they will thrive and increase. This is good news fa the prHPPBT- l! i5 estimated by D. M. Stevens, deputy minister bf mines and natural re- sources, that. returns from beaver pelts alone will mean anywhere from $400 to $1.000 for every re- sident. trapper in The Pas area. Further, he predicted that. the beaver papulat. on would double or treble within two to five years;- Winnlpeg Tribune. "

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Il-lllllng in the portrait. gallon of his country mansion, Althorp, near Great, Brington. Northampton- shire. the seventh Ftnrl Spam-er explained nhy hg had exhumed the remains at‘ h s ancrstars from the family vault and had them all cre- mated, "Thoro ls nothing morbid or sinister about what 1 have done." tie said. "The family vault is full. It. has not. been used for about. 100 years since my grandfather was placed there. “The vault was very untidy and I decided it was time the place was cleared up n. bit." A Home Office Order was granted La allow the cxhvirai ons to take place. Thirty of the coffins held men and ovrrnen of tlio- Spencer ,f'amll)', including owe Prime Minis- ters and a First IArd of the Ad- miralty. The bodies were cremated and the ashes returned withb special committal service, to the Spencer tcmb. All the coffins were of lead and had nameplates with doles back to the beg nnlng of the 16th century.~—Landon Dally Mall.

A novel dress competition ba- tween London and the Stockholm fashion houses which resulted in $0.000 worth of orders for Britain took place recently. The English and Swedish mannequins com- peted ln a display of the "New Look.” to the Swedish public in the c ty‘: Grand Hotel Hrtlval Hall. The English mannequins were voted the winners despite" strong com.- petltion from five mannequins hand-picked from girls from all over swedem-Jkederleton Gleaner

We didn't start any courtship - it. was the other way round — and 1f Newfoundland doesn't. want anything of our, bed or board. apparently suspecting that. we're o, bad lot. no need for us-to eat our hearts out with replninz. some of us 11m an idea. that. the marriage wouldn't. have worked well, anyway. — Ottawa Journal.

Isloyd’; will insure anything, all right, and even if the whole idea is just. a, publicity stunt. the famous company doesn't. mind eo long as the premiums are “id regularly. It doesn't. matter lf John Q. Public thinks it's all a lot of nonsense. Anyway, the latest Lloyd's lulu is n $100,000 policy on on accent. It's really a negative business. Lloyd's insures that starlet Patrlcn Neal of Hollywood will not retain her southern accent, ‘that. sh; will retain her newly acquired Califor- nia accent. even though her mother and brother are going from Nashville, Tennessee.,to live wit/h- her. Her first "you-all" will be o sad day for Lloyd's. 1n the meantime, Patricia had best not. return to Tennessee. —- Windsor Star.

Nearly .500 years ago, Leonardo d; Vlnel, one of history‘; "great." gave this prescription for healthful liv- in : "Do not. eat. when you are not. hungry; feed lightly at night; mnsticatc- your food well; let it be simple and well done; drink no wing between meals, nor on an rmpty stomach; have no sleep in‘ flay-time, and cover yourself well at, night; take no medicine. and never fly into a rage; avoid lux- ury and keep to a regular diet." Canada's health authorities point out that this advice ls substantially as sound today as it was hundreds of years ago. - Brandon Sun.

Politico Inuat now be regarded as the ctfef influence in the U. B. Public opinion oils |o~far show that ‘the Ilepub can: could have won with General Illsenhower if he had been willing t-o run; might. wln with Grover Dewey; would lose with Senator Taft. On the other head. Senator Taft has, as yet, the best: chance of carrying the Republic-n Convention. Prel- ident ‘Prussian fa taken as being the probable Democratic candidate. Fort nately, not. 'aven - Senator Taft. hows any real wish to ea- ploll. the necessary burden which the Marshall Plan wlll'lny on the nation in any extreme spirit of

partisanship, but it. still remains t0 he seen to what extent reallaa- tlon that. relief to other nations will rnenn ‘to atnep lnereale ln the coat. ofyllvlng will affect. the pub- -llo qttitude. - The Latter Review. _-

CHARLOTTETOWN

Common Denominator

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In all humanity today I know of only one common denominator.

11m la |, word. The word ll: child.

In a world where confusion of term: and meanings and ideal has made adult minds fumbling and muscle-bound, anyone can understand that one word: child. If the child 1r identified u being s‘: months old, his needs are as thoroughly understood by a middle- aged Chlneie merchant as they are by a Canadian high school glrl or an English princess. If the child in one year old, he's trying to walk-whether he's ericon or Russian. If he's two. he'd ike a car that winds up-ovhebher he's North {met-lean or European. And nll over the world, when a child la six it l: time he went to school.

I,f there is a school.

If he has clothes to wear school, if there is one.

If he has a pencil to carry in his pocket, if he has clothes to wear to school, if there l: a school.

In Toronto and Winnipeg and Vancouver and New Orleans. there ARI.‘ schools for these children. They I-{AVE clothes to wear. They have books to read and panels with which to learn lo write.

In most of the counbrlo! of Europe and Asia there are none of these things. In this matter, it; serves no piirpose to hr- deliuato. The results of these lacks are shocking. In Nrsplcn, n nine-year old boy without a school to go to, solicits custom for the charms of his older sister. In Athens, n three-year-old girl dies because there ls no warmth in a burlap dress. In Poland, a f V€-)CZH'. old boy has bleeding lingers ,from trying in pry potatoes from frozen ground.

But. you‘ve hear-ii all that before. You are numb. The cimpound in- terest: of war, interest compounded in terms of horrors we'd rather ignore, has made us n nation nnd a continent of shrugging ghouldcrn, Right. now, today, is n tlrrne to stop shrugging for a minute and-do scmelchlng. Reduce thg problem to the case of one child.

If Terry, your small son’; play- mate from the next atreet to you. lost. h’: parents and his home, soy in a fire you would find 50mg 610C105 and food for him and give him a warm bed for a few nights,

When he grew up, he might. even remembe. the details, but. he would know there was a time when he was in need and he was given help.

It. la n simple as that. There are millions of children in the world today who are no badly off as Terry would be, if tits house and 111a parents were lost. to him. we can help them. By giving something to the Canadian Appeal for Children we onn find for this million Terrier and Teresa: some clothes and food and. books and pencils and pen- nlbs- We can bandage the Wound! to their souls and spirits, and per- haps if we bandage these wounds well the scars won't show. later on Maybe, among those millions of tired and hungry children. we can make a friend. .

But. perhaps we shouldn't talk about. Millions, As I said. our lfnlndfi are numb to the word. millions. Think of it this way! Somewhere there is a child in need. You are the only chance he tins.

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Colonial Development And Welfare

(By Walter Tapltn, Assistant Edi- tor of "The Spectator")

The colonies are more than usu- ally in the news ln Britain just. now. An important new measure known as the Overseas Resources Development Bill ls about. to be- come law. It. acts up two great; new corporations which will have at their disposal a. capital of $000 million from the Exchequer and may borrow an additional s60 million from other sources. The first. will be called the Colonial Development Corporation and its object. will be to develop and ex- pond the resources and trade‘ of the British Colonial territories. The second will be the Overseas Food Commotion whose duty will be to promote the production of foodstuffs and agricultural pro- dracla anywhere outside the United Kingdom} Its first. act will be to

production of grouednuts la East and Central Africa. 1115s scheme alone will require a capital ln- vestment of $100 million to cover an area of 3.210.000 acres, employ 32.000 Africans tn the agricul- tural work and 26.000 in bush clearing and provide a very im- portant new source of vegetable olla to meet. the at present unaatda- fted world dcnand.

But this new measure is not. the beginning o4 a new phlee ln the history of the ‘British Colonies. Nor is it the end of one. It. ls simply the latest atop in an ea- pendlng programme which enter- ed upon its present phase early in 1040 when it was decided that. $20 million a year for ten years should be provided by the tax-buy- ers of Britain to finance develrvn- ment and welfare projects which the Colonies desired to undertake but were unable to affrml from their own pecan-cos. This was superseded bv n new Act. in 1N5 which tended the life of the motto and increased the money ‘avail le. The comprehensive plan! aha to provide n mriterlal and eoelal framework in the form of antioola, roads,~ agricultural re-