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for insthnce, be shipped to Japan or China to help the hungry there, nor could they be sent to many parts of Europe. lt would now be feas- ible, however, to s-end them to Bremen, Germany, provided they could be distributed promptly after they got there. Because of improvement in insecticides, -Secretary oi Agriculture Ander- oommittees, the

President, lnn A. Burnett; Vice-President. Wm. it. l pomgoe; {he goyemmeng now i; balding m; a.

Burnett; Secy.-Treus., (i. ltl. Burnett; Editor and Managing Director, J. It. Burnett; Associate Editor. Frank Walker.

"The Strongest Illenrory is Weaker Than the Weakest Ink." i

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Immigration

Many seem to believe that every time an im- migrant enters the country he either gets the job of another man already in Canada or is potentially in competition for his job. This b-e- lief is based on the theory that there is a fixed number of jobs and when an immigrant enters this means that one Canadian, then at work, is displaced frcm his jcb, that is to say, that increase in population leads to unemployment. lf this be true we should welcome a decline in the birth-rate. As a matter of fact the num- ber oi jobs is indefinite. it depends on the amount oi production, transportation, distribu- tion, and development required to meet the overall needs of the population.

This point and others are made in an in: formative circular received from the Citizens’ Research Institute of Canada, from which we quote further:

increased employment in Canada depends on the development oi new resources. No country in the world, in proportion to popula- tion, has more unexplored territory and more undeveloped resources than Canada. All that is needed is the application of capital and labour and the establishment of conditions favourable to Hie use of capital and labour. Instead aide- velopment of new resources being a detriment to workers at present in the country, it would en- large the home market at least, and therefore the returns ior labour, and, for example, would enable the railroads to continue to utilize their personnel at a high level.

Canada has already established a govern- mental overhead sufficient ior a much larger population than it now has. Its cost absorbs a very large part oi the national income. This proportion can only be reduced by increasing na- tional income. lncreased national income de- pends on increased productian,,(either for ex- port to pay for imports needed, or for use at home). The amount of export trade depends on the actions of others as well as ourselves. The amount oi home trade depends on our own-in- telligence and driving power and on the use of more dollars and more workers-to discover and utilize new resources.

Canada hos large vacant spaces and much land only partially utilized. These lands are or will be coveted by other countries. li we do not fully develop our land and resources, or control the conditions under which immigration and development occur, some one else will. This point should not need to be argued in the light oi every day experience and recent war hop-

"95- , . The establishment of a long term defin- ite immigration policy for Canada is a "rnllst" oi the immediate future. Whether we like it or not, a new Canada is being born. Like most births, it won't wait. But we can assist in the birth and post-natal development.

The Halship Saga

Just published udder the title "The Halship Saga" is a handsome pictorial record oi the act-

ivities oi Halifax Shipyards Limited during World War ll. The story of the company's achievement — hitherto obscured by censor- ship-makes interesting reading. More than

7,000 ships were repaired for the Battl-e of the

Atlantic at the Halship yards which also, start-l

ing from scratch, produced the only destroy- ers ever built in Canada.

To meet the tremendous demands put upon the yards during the war, equipment which pre- viously was amply adequate to handle shipping

was increased to include a floating dock cap-Q ablo of lifting up to 25,000 tons, the building!

oi two 3,000-ton marine railway dry docks with the conversion of one marine railway dry dock from 800 to 1,800 tons capacity, the construc- tion of a galvanizing plant which has the larg- est galvanizing kettle in the world, together with other buildings and improved facilities. towed in when engines were disabled or propellers and rudders were shot away. Tdi-ey were docked as quickly as possible and reiloated in minimum time to free needed space for newcoming vic- tims of submarine warfare. Final repairs were often conpleted by men working far into the night for exhausting hours while the vessels loaded at harbor wharves, or awaited zero hour in Bedford Basin.

Many residents oi this Province worked in the yards during the war, which gives added local interest to this finely illustrated account. It is emphasized that "Halship" is not resting on past achievemelits, however, but is looking for- ward to playing a busy role in the constructive years ahead.

Passing The Potatoes

The suggestion in the report of Herbert . Hoover that in the next four months the United States should send 400,000 tons oi potatoes to Germany must welcome to the U. S. De- parrhient o_f Agriculture. Warehouses are bulg- Eng with millions of bushels of potatoes bought Ill 1946'under the Stoagail Act, but the depart- ment o ‘ from the i947 crop to support the price.

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ceptionally sound. The Hoover report says that 250,000 tons, or about 8,000,000 bushels are

i ‘ to offset spoilage in Germany for the present abnormal winter even though a low

seed potatoes would add 5,000,000 tons to the 1947 harvest and thus reduce iaod import re- quirements iii 1948.

- hUIIURIAL NUIIIS -

A pension scheme ior city employees is a step in the right direction. * II I I I

The Provincial Government is prepared to pay Charlottetown $18,000 per annum instead oi $10,000 in lieu of taxation on government pro- perty.

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Finance Minister Abbott said in the Com- mons he could not say offhand how much the estimates for 1947-48 would have been in- creased ii provision had been made for the pay- ment oi subsidies to the provinces under pro- posed new taxation agreements. Subsidies that would be paid under the agreements if all provinces sign would cost approximately $225- 000,000 for 1947-48. -

The grave closed over the remains oi Mr. Henry MacFarlane yesterday, and the city loses one oi its most estimable citizens. Though tak- ing no active personal part in public matters, he was keenly interested in civic, provincial and Federal affairs and worked steadily for their betterment. He was particularly concerned about having the side-walks kept clean in win- ter, and repeatedly wrote to The Guardian on the subject. On one occasion .he walked Iup Upper Prince Street with a parson and ope d a discussion on the subject. "l don't think a man can be a Christian," he remarked, "and not shovel snow from his iootpathfv‘ "l quite agree with you Mr. MacFarlane," replied the parson. "Then why don't you shovel yours?" he rejoin- ed. The parson retold this_ joke at his own ex- pense.

The gross value of principal field crops produced on Canadian farms in i946 is esti- mated at $1,238,645,000. This is the fifth high- est gross value recorded since the series was commenced in 1908, and has been exceeded only in the years 1918, 1919, 1920, and 1944. High- esi" prices during the immediate post-Great War period accounted chiefly for the enhanced value of production recorded in 1918-20, while a relatively high level oi production was largely responsible for the greater value figure oi 1944. This year's figure is about 9 per cent above the 1945 gross value oi production of $1,135,264,- 000, the increase being largely accounted for by a higher level oi production in the west this year, although increased prices ior soine crops have also exerted an upward pressure. stricted.

Q i I i l Bishop George Berkeley, Irish philosopher and ecclesiastic, born this date 1684; was iriend oi Steele, Swift, Addison, etc.; resolving to es- tablish the centre of Christian civilization in Bermuda, he went to Rhode island, but as the promised grant to create the centre was not forthcoming, he returned home, where he was

made Bishop of Cloyne in 1734; he wrote ex- |tensively on scientific subjects, especially on lris i new theory of vision and human knowledge which

roused considerable controversy at the time, and lsince has be-en largely confirmed by subsequent

investigation. Berkeley held that things have no fireal existence apart from a mind, which can conceive them, though it need not be our mind, but the mind of God; he was the first to show

lknow _it by our own senses—a most important istcp in advance oi that unthinking view, which iwould make a thing just what it appears.

A very serviceable suit is available-or imight conceivably be made available-coupon . ir;e, varitcs Janus. Here is the story oi it: "ln l 1878 niy Father had a tweed suit made in Edin- l burgh——that was iouryears bciore -l was born. y He wore the suit constantly until his death in 1900. I inherited it, and war-e it steadily until 1976, when I passed it on to my boy James. He still has it, and wears it in the winter time when he is in»the country." The writer was Frank- llin D. Roosevelt. The letter was addressed in 1938 to Colonel Arthur Murray, who quotes it in h-is new book "At Close Quarters". informa- tion regarding the suit's seventh and ciglhth de- codes will be -welcome in due course.

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The Speaker oi the House oi Commons turned down a suggestion that a loud-speaking system be introduced in the House oi Commons because of the poor accoustics. He said he be- lieved everyone‘ could hear if those addressing the House, spoke out and the other members listened. Curiously enoilgh two days later Han- sard, the official report of Commons proceed- ings, quoted External Affairs ‘Minister St. Laur- ent as saying in the House the previous night the Canadian occupation troops were with- drawn from Germany because "we were lett out"—-a statement which reporters in the press gallery heard as "kicked out." Mr. St. Laur- ent, making the statement during a foreign policy debate, was heard iii the press gallery to say that the troops were withdrawn "because we were kicked out," but next day's Hanrard re- port gave this quotation: "The occupation force

, feels obliged to make purchases in Germany was withdrawri because we were lt left out."

Answering questions from opposition

has been trying without success to_ _eddle opuds members, the minister went on to explain that a various relief agencies. The pubic has look-i the Great Powers had advised time iiigy 9km"; at pictures of huge trucks dumping potatoes‘ to have only three occupation zones-four it

on refine heaps. There have registered

world, iindernourishment win common.

lecoine of porishebility, potatoes cariniltl

‘mommy ‘m? may pup’. “m”. "m a; wanted one-and there were to be no "l" 11111 1"" Will. in IIIIY Mm of the occupation force taking part in the lsgel oc- mmll m1-

cupiition of Germany. No eii nation was given why Hansard’: report ili and from the

"l"! 5' "8511 distributed. They could not, Press Gallery's.

would be maintained. Another 200,000 tons of.

I that, whatever a thing be in itself, we can only .

This meant Canada would not have anyh mun. not out-even

THE CHARLOTTETOWN

Notes By The llley

Auto: killed SL000 people in the Unlted States in 1046. That's exactly 33.000 reasons for driving carefully. —Saskntoon star-Phoenix.

' In 1M1 Britain anticipates the production of at least 500.000 motor can. Overseas customers nullity i Wlll benefit from this intenaive pro- ducilon drive-Vancouver Province.

l A new building in 5t. Louis 1| to ‘have glass panes that will bend the rays of the sun- lo ihe ceiling and prevent llgihi. glaree. If this can bemade tovmrkonabuildl-ngvimy couldn't the same principle be ap- plied to Windshields an- automobiles and do away with the sun glare llliiil 103 frequently blinds the driv- ers? Probably it oould nrleo be BPDlied to divutling the rnye o! full beam headlight from the eyes of the oncoming driver. At least the bosllbilllies seem to be there. — Kitchener Record.

When the United Nations ro- vievrs the Palestine problem the WOTld will be able to pay tribute to the forgotten Tommy Atkins and his misunderstood and thankless task. There are many aspects of kitten policy l.i1 Palestine which call 1055 for censure ihe-n- for sympathy and ‘erstariding. - Wtnnipcg Free Press.

According to a writer in the American Mercury the best in- dusirlal brain trusts of the armed lion-as and the heavy industries are ldfafiltlg an over-all secret main- trial sol-leans that will keep 11w American factories and mills 1n shape for instant conversion ‘to wartime production. High military men believe that atomic bombs will not be used to any great ex- tent, in i, future war bwwle 1119 deiastatlain would be so 110111011- dou that nations would be 111111111 lnr counter reprlsal of unlmoslnnbly ‘destructive character - Si. Thomas Times - Journal.

l We read that soon there will‘

091748.!‘ on the market the so-cfllled "moi-less" printing directly on the 11111191‘- ieirei- by letter. it eels up on the conventional keyboard a. 4101111111919 visible line which the write-r may lscan for mlstfakts before the line imprints. As far as 1t goes 1i 111 B11 right. But where u the 811111111111"

typewriter. Instead of ,

GUARDIAN

PUBLIC FORUM

I r l {This column in open to I the dlldaanlon by corro- Iepoadonto of eaeatiann at r intorelti Tho Charlottetown : Guardian duel not unatt- n ’ tho opinion oi : correspondent!- __

ISIIAND MEMORIES

Sir.— When I think of “The Gar- lden o: rm Gulf". it bring; mu lfond memories of pr. Alex. Ander- Ison. headmaster of old Prince oif -Wale.s Oollege. of the Abegweit R Fbolbtll’ Olub. the Phoenix Cricket Club. and Prof. Thomas A. LoPage. our captain the day we played a game with officers and grating; of H M S “Osn-acla", any- jlng which lacs LePaKe said to me yon the pitch at Victoria Perk) "we nunost changed the ruccesisio to the British Orowm.“ - That was ‘when Prince George infterwerds KM. George V.) got knocked senseless by a bumping ball bowl- edmz his brother George. our fast ro -l.l‘ll’1 bowler!

It reminds me n1.” of ‘Big Jtn-rj

Dunum at the Olty School Board. of ‘Big John’ Laird and Henry Lawson of the Dally Patriot, WJ... Ootiori, editor of The Exmizlner. and Stephen G. Lawson of The Presbyterian‘. all of whom were

Mr. Laird became first Lieuten- 11111’! GQVBTIIO!‘ clf Oilll‘.NO.i‘ill West Territories while I was on service with Baden-Powell's Ml". in the Boer War; and Henry Inwson came West and edited the Victoria Dally Oolonlst for sortie years, followed by Chas. Turgrln and Chas. Swayne, and Sandham H. Graves, ilie pres- ent editor: all cf them in their turn very kind to me. ~

I am. Sir. etc. metric. w.i.. iviooim (LL-Colonel, retired list). Vancouver, B.C.

whitish: FLY CAMPAIGN

| Sn‘,- The Department of Agric- lulluro ls once again launching a Province wide warble fly campaign.

The seriousness of this pest on our Island farms should be recog- rilnod by everyone wring for beef or dab-y cattle. warble fllee cause losses in several! ways Although they do not inflict pain, the bum they make terrtfles cattle and

th ma‘ the mum“ Wm 0on9“ cleanses them to rush madly about

operator's spelling of those $111191" warm with which almost evwll- one has trouble? A mwhlnl 111111111 would do that would prove a real boon, for practically everyone hi4 'ai least a few bothersome words- Kitchener Record.

Durham and Narihumto land counllm are some 1n for 11'" ‘planting on a. bing scale. The most neglected part o: the average form in (malaria is the woodlot. Why ii, farmer should pay lakes on acrealle which la only m for use alumina and not plant treee which he can

of the time. The pioneers had l

more wholesome regard for the in- -

iestimerrt -- St. Catharine Stand-

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The University slipdents‘ neWSPIPP C q 5' worried about words. The eaioer be- lieves that such worm ea “DTOIIWl gslvfi," “reactionary," “libero? and "Fascist" have 1011i!’ 11511019} charged with emotional Slim-Wt once. The siudents are ldvllflli "We should be suilillcioil WNINWT the words ‘liberal’ or ‘reactionary’ are irserl. We should ask era-selves’: Who's doing 1h ialklflfl? 11111111 ‘he trying i0 pm c? What are hi! interests? What l5 the actual record or m, person that is belne fussed?

I at Torant)

Irrespective o! how he's 180806 11's.

what he's done that counts." This ls nvcrih pondering by adults 115 well as SiudBi11S.-— Toronto Star. , We neier look much riiieui 1B- yoiid the end oi cu‘: 11.x . It simply is mi possible. If we can 8E1- ‘Itliraugh next month's difficulties. ihe year after next-and all eternity ihereaftcr. for ihai mnit-zr-V-cail lake care o! itself. This. scmerntei. makes serious thinker: dcsoalr o! us. We seem blind r-"fsd hcelleas. ln- capable of vislmi B-ct ve cannot. in ihe vcry nature 1f lhlflli-lt all-l" thing el'e. We have icdays 115111 io do. and tomorrow's to Weir! about-—-:md we have 11-21 1'11“? 111-’ nnyihmg clse. We have la llie in ihe prcseni .-- Oiiathem News. Nlnghtrluh psirns are aixn sullen nnrl fiuarrolsome. 011111"! iirorkers .1'rcqira::'ily have 1797111111 dlsposlucns. Can this 11111 ‘WW9? be traced to lick af slcep? asks Tim-e. In the Join-rial o! COMP"- lstive Psychology. F- J- c- 11- Llclclirler and M E Bunch de- scribe n revealing 6110111119111 11" rats (which are very like P951119 l" marry ways». The problem was lo find out how rats react lo 16111111 sleep. R813 ordinarily sleep 4mm 12 to 15 hours every day. when "any glggpy, they will bed down an anything. Bright lights ma loud voice; do not stop them ‘T0111 1171118 The experimenters had to invent n flemdlehly ineeniaur nudist 1111‘ keqilrig the rats awake. 00111111111151 treadmills revolved slowly in cells half full of wltqnli the rat. did mt keep awake. he got dunked and had io scramble bartlvlth o. rat ‘ on cacti treadmill. ihe apparatus was izet running 20 hours a dnY- T110 pace soon helm to tell. The wake- fu1, v11 tehod rut-r new ucriiway and stopped . After $0 alobpléll days, their dlqaliilons showed it. They mapped and hit our. irraii directions. Given an opportunity. they smoked wait killed one another. Ono test of a rat's men- tality is to put him 1n In intricate inane half full of water. obsa-ve how quickly no finds hi way out. After B0 days. the ‘Iaketul rats"

vre-rodianpoainsueh smasher

Iwoni fevoridtly. MTIM on to the taster than Possible niozai for nlghrotuti proprietors, and house who work the help other train: look at sloop 1e had for the victim's health. tine l: lie heath,

trying to escape. This results 1n the reduction of milk yield in dairy cattle and has of flesh 1n bee! ari- lrnals. It also results in physical ln- jm-y. Cattle on pasture often break and become unmanageable when heel flies are about. Beef animals go mt fatten or put on finish 111d

‘seem-o tree. is one of the ainromaliee 1- _ - a

THERE WILL BE STARS

’~ ——— i...

There will be stars over the place for ever; i

Though the house we loved and the: street we loved are lost. i

livery time the earth circles her orbit

On the night ihe autumn equnox 1o aroused,

Two stars we k-new. poised on the peak of midnight.

Will reach their zenith; stillrieos will be dBQDi

There will be stars over- lihe place for ever, I

There wlll be stars for ever, while we eleep. Q

—-Sn.rn Teasdale.

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IIOId Charlottetown i l lArldPlll.) ‘

RAILWAY ibAMAGES |

From Raporis and Proceedings. House of Assembly, March l2. 1874:

Hon. B. Davics recalled that \'.f.1(‘i1 the Railway Bill was puss- mg through the House. if was said by Olii‘ hon. member that £10060 would .co~ver the whole cost cf' 1-110 Railway damages from Alborlon to Georgetown. When Mr. McMillan. Dr. McIn- lyre and himself, were 1n office. ns Railway Octrmlsslancrs. they madr- awards rm most of lhro lands along that lino; excepting some ])l‘0}7(‘1'\l(‘5 iii Su-rrimcrsldn, which. 1n thr- eurller part at thr- srescr. ltry had not been able to rstlmate the value of. The irrlcc rlrriiinnrli-el proceeded w-‘Jat they had supposed. under any circumstances.‘ tho lands lo be worth. Tn Ohnrlottctown they could not expect that land would be of as much value as in New York; nor did they anticipate itiat in Summersldo it would be held io be as valuable or in Chur- loitclown. But to his surprise. when he got. to Bumirnerside, he and hls brother Commissioners ascertained that. the owners of llhd tn that town actually val- nod their property as hdgh, if not higher. than owners of real estate did ln Charlottetown. - - - ‘may had then travelled west to examine and val/lie the land tak- en for Railway purposes in that dlkectlon. - - - The value which they put on the land they eati- mated. not including some pro- perties near Gusrlottetown, amounted to 8130.000. - - - In lilmsorrlide there were three lentlernen who appealed to the Oourt of Chancery from whet had been awarded when he was in office.