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TIIE 0IIAI~lLDTTETDWN GUARDIAN

Morning Dally (Founded In 11187)

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President: Lleut. Col. W. Chester S. McLure Vice-President: J. R. Burnett, F..I.l. Secretary: Lieut. Col. D. A. Maclilnnon. D.S.0. Effor and Slnvnigittg Director: J. R. Burnett, FJl. hsueiutc Editors: Flank Walker and [an A. Burnett

SITBSFRIFEION RATES l7 M!" l" P- I- I-. $1.00 per year; $2.50 for 6 months $1.25 fi-r 3 months; 50c for one month City Delivery: $5.011 per your; $3.00 [or 6 month; $1 "i for 3 months 53y Mall In (‘anuda and U.S.A. $5.00 per year laturdoy Wei-klv: 0|) per vear; $1.00 for 6 monthl, 5U tor 3 months.

,"The Strongest Memory is Weaker than the Weakest Ink."

M<>Nuin'. sr-nzcn 1o, isn. An Apt Reply

Denounced by hlunitinis ‘Munster Howe for criticising act: cs in his dcpzirttneiit, tl1e Fin- nncial Post replies’ with a page of editorial Com- ment from other newspapers across Canada. lt leads off with the following rebuke from Canada's leading Liberal paper. tlte Winnipeg Free Press:

It 1s both wrong and harmful for Mr. Howe to describe just criticism as ‘sabotage’, and his at- tack upon the Finziticial Post is, it will seem to many people, a most serious error. If the Fin- ancial Post has cwuimittccl sabotage, the Free Press is likewise guilty, for, like the Post, this newspaper luis tiouc its best not i0 conceal un- palatable. facts or to disguise shortcomings when these have appeared.

"\\'e would g v farther than this. We would luggest that a less xvorried, a less overworked man than .\Ir. llotve would have paid closer at- tcritiott to slime of these criticisms when they had first appeared: and by so doing he would have nipped in the bud some of the difficulties that now irtipair the progress of parts of ottr vast programme. Alt: llowe, as has been often said before, llllS to-w itiucli to do, and the situation at Ottawa cries aloud for some reform in adminis- trative methods that would yield large and im- mediate divitlenrls in restilts.

“Apparent! however, it is difficult to make ntch stigge ions without Mr. Howe or the Gov- ernrncnt leaping to the conclusion that sinister influences are at. ivorlt to destroy them. Such in- fluences niay exist, but by far the major part of the criticism offered in the press and elsewhere is based tipon an earnest desire not to hinder or to destroy but to help.

“Nor should it be forgotten that, sadly enough, Mr. Howe has brought down upon his own head much of the criticism that has been made, by is- suing a scrics of optimistic predictions as to the progress of production that have not been justi- fied by actual turn-out."

Iilditciriallit, the Post makes the following coni- mcntt

"On the whole, Mr. Howe, by defining and dramntizing the ruain issue of the right of a free press to speak for the people in criticism of inef- ficiency in their (iovcritmenfs war programmc, has univittingly done the cause of Democracy a notable service. Not only has the whole aircraft production programme of Canada been bared for critical inspection, with the restilt that long over- due rcrttcdics niairv p~2=ihl_v now be applied, but the larger issue bi‘ coitqructive criticism versus complacency hits also beep subjected to the tcst of public opinion. The response of the news- papers of Canada shmvs that Mr. Howcfs point of vie\v—-that the press of Canada has no right to publish anything but the officially inspired praise of the Government's propaganda machin- ery—has been utterly rejected."

War Orders

In n listing of the Canadian and British pro- gramme of capital assistance to industry, filed in the House of Commons by Minister Howe, the following apply to our neighbours in Nova Sco- tio, who seem to have some live-wire representa- tives at Ottawa:

Dominion Steel 8: Coal Cori», Ltd., New Glas- gow, i\'.S., 4 in. ll.A. single mountings; 4 in. twin mountings (t1aval)——$3,50o,0o0.

Eastern Cur Coinptitty, Lid.: 4 in. twin and 4 In. single gun i1ii.»untit1;_'s—-$3,500,000.

Maritime Steel and foundries, Ltd., New Glas- gow, .\'.S.: 6 in. How. Shell BLK. IDL, Machin- ery~$22.i,2o3_

'I'retttoi1 Neel Vvorks, Trenton, N.S.: 4.7 HE. Shells~-S7_:,.ooo.

Trenton $tcel \\'orks Ltd., Trenton, N.S.: 6 In. lloiv. Shell .\fl\'. IDL, forging; 4 in. Shell F..\.ll.li t; lb, .\llc. Ill (N), Machinery; 4 in. Shcll l"..\.ll.l". 35 lb. .\lk. lll (N3, Forging)- $071.17:-

Tiz-iztiiti Sm‘. Worl-cs, New Glasgow, N.S.'. 3.7 A../\. Jacki-ts, IIYP-“Cll RIIIKS and Breech Blocks— #5321735.

All the nbiivr: are United Kingdom commit- ments cw p: llit‘ lust one which is 50% Canada 811d 51.0.5 liiittiil bitigilr-ttl.

'l‘lii- fir-t l\‘.¢1 for zirgoiyooo may be a duplica- lion. but lll\l'\' i< iiotliitig in Ilzinsard to indicate thcv arc 1:111 tlifiircitt riittniiittncnts. Altogether flu-v i llllilil‘ llllll 11f nrlv i-ight million dollars in capital .l~<l\l."l'li' has bun furnished the plants at Ill-union ni.il .\'(“.'i‘ lililsfiflfiY for war purposes.

Dir. Johnson's Prophecy

y An exchange- recalls that Dr. Santucl Johnson, greatest litrtlish writt-t‘ of-Itis tintc (1709-1784) was also a sztgttcioits contntctttztttir. Tcnnysotis vcrsc about lhc zirgosics of the air “lighting dowtt with costly brilcs" at sortie distant pcriod has of- tcn b<'cttcil<'<l:1s a provision of aviation, but jolutsnii in lltc llIllllIIC of tlic 18th century forc- suw and IIVIIIIIYCII the military conscqttcttccs of aircraft. I11 Rztssclas, Prince of Abyssinia, which

.I1c was rcputt-rl 1o ltavc wrillctt in the evenings

of mic \\‘(‘CI\' in 1759, he has lcft on record the folltitvittg: [iassitgct

"lf nit-ti wort- all virluous, I should with great alacritvt tczicli tlicin to fly. llut what would be the sctiurily of the good, if the ltad could at pleas- ure invade lll(‘lll front the sky? Against an army sailing through lllt‘ clouds, tic-idler walls nor mottntaitts nor sczis could afford any SPCIITII)’. A flight of northern sttvttgi-s might ltovcr in the itIr and alight at once with irresistible violctice upon

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.THE CHARLOTTETOWN GUARDIAN

the capital."

Nearly two centuries after Johnson penned these lines, a_flight of northern savages has in- deed flown over “the capital," not once but many tinics, imposing violence upon it. In fact, in 11.1: war of 1914-18 a German bomb was dropped In the street that runs alongside Staple inn, where Rassclas was written. But if the “security of the good" has vanished according to his prophecy, the ‘savages’ are paying an increasingly heavy price and eventually will be overcome by the weapon with which they had hoped to conquer.

-. EDI IURIAL NUI ES .-| Remember tltosc at the Charlottetown Air Port are designated R.Ix*.P‘-,‘n0£ ISJGAF.

The cold has been strengthening with the lengthening days all right.‘ Flt i‘

Lent is a bit of a nuisance to those who like excitement and diversion in all the 52 weeks 0f the year.

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'l"l1e ltospiials, unfortunately, are doing good business at this tinic, with great demand for ac- commodation. What they most need is the where- withal to carry on ‘tihabusineis offering.

Have we the housing facilities necessary for our present and prospective population? An_ author- ity says we have not, and that u building pro- gramme should be ‘lfointulatcd forthwith.

A curious accident to a. swallow near Fort Portal is reported by the game warden of Uganda, Africa. The swallow was caught in the tough yellow web of the large black and yellow spider- 4 to 5 inches across the legs—\vhicl1 is a familiar forest species. The web had been constructed at one end 0f a veranda and the capture of so large a victim as a swallow must ltave been uninten- tional. The bird was hopelessly entangled, but the spider made no attempt to attack it. The bird eventually had to be released. it it 4i i:

Rev. George H. Donald, D.D., pastor 0f the church of St_ Andrew and St. Paul, Montreal, was named to the presidency of the World Alliance of Reformed churches holding the Pres- byterian system, last week in Baltimore. In this position, Dr. Donald succeeds the late Rev; Dr. Laird, and pricipal Sir William Curtis of 1211111- burgh University. Ile was invested with the badge of office at a special ceremony before the members of the executive coitunitlce of the body.

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Another province to drink itself out of debt is New Brunswick. Mr. R_ G. Fulton, formerly of this city, now N. B. Liquor Control Board Com- missioner reports that "sales have surpassed all previous years in the existence of the Board” —- a net increase of $1,494.579.8.l in sales for the year ended October 31. The total sales for 1940 w-ei-e $5,209,335.32 compared with $3.714i755-43 in the previous year. 1\J.r. Fulton pointed out_tlie illegal manufacture and sale of liquor 1n New Brunswick "has practically ceased.” llc paid =1 tribute to the enforcement work of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.

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Two famous contributors to Plinth Cfilfibffll-Cd their birthday this date, l’. Ansley (pseudonym of Tltotnus Ansley kittlhric), humorist, born 1856; and Leonard Ravcn-llill, artist and carytotnst, bQfn 1807. The former wrote “Vice I/crsa 811d “UN! Brass Bottle" (both dratnatizcd), and the play “The ;\Ian Front Blankcy’s,” which had the long- est run of its day. The latter had _a successful career as an artist, exhibiting at P6115 5310" and the Royal flicademy before SCLLIIIIK down as a cartoonist, his regular contributions to Punch being of outstanding merit, and the originals greatly sought 3ft€1'*l)y*CO1l1‘lO£S€Ul'S-

Military opinion is being roused over the 11"‘ sent position of recruiting in Canada. “The coin- pulsory training scheme 1n Canada 1s futile and wasteful and can produce no increase in our arm- ed strength," Lt.-Col_ C. llcyrwld?’ Prfildent of the Canadian Corps Association ‘said at 11 Sci‘- vice Club in Toronto. “'1 he Association Wlll use its utmost endeavor to secure support of all vet- erans to have the present compulsory training plan abolished, so that the money and effort now being dissipated may be directed toward increas- ing Canadas strength in the theatre 0f “'31- _ H5 charged that information issuing from the Direc- tor of Public Information at _Ottaw~a"since“the start of the \var had been “misguided and dc; signed to lull the public into belief all 1s well- “Unly now when an appeal ts being made for War Savings Certificate purchase are we being told the situation isltcriycal," he added.

The total arrivals of fresh and frozen fishery products at the Chicago wholesale market showed an increase of 23 per cent 111 194° a5 Cmllllilred with the previous year and amounted to 59.432.- 557 pounds, or the equivalent of flPPlfnflmalely 2,950 freight carloods. In reporting this to the Department of Trade and Commerce, Mr. M. Palmer, Canadian Trade Commissioner at Clu- cugo states that of this quantity Caitada supplied 11,564,286 pounds, or about one-fifth and was

cr came from 34 states and Alaska. During the year freslt-ivatcr varieties continued to_ pre- dominate, increasing 18 per cent and amounting to 31,744,777 pounds. Salt-water species increased

ctc., gained 27 pcr ccnt, totalling 11,487,482 pounds. 1t‘ ll i! 1i

In this tintc of fasting and rationing, the spaci- ous days of Mrs. Boston's Cook Book seem to belong to a rcmotc era. But Mrs. Isabella Mary Mavsoti I-lcc1on's son is still alive and active. He is Sir blayson Bceton, agcd 76, who lives at Walton-on-'l‘liaincs. Sir Mayson never knew his mother. She died at the age of 28 at his birth. For more than three-quarters of a cen- tury the “Book of Household Management" has been published by Messrs. Ward Lock. Mrs. Bcctonis great work took four years to com- plete. Most of the recipes were given by friends. “Baroness Pudding". for example, was the in- vcntinn 0f Baroness Tessie of Epsom, where Mrs. Ileeton spent Itcr youth. All recipes were test- ed in the kitchen of the Bceton home at Pin-

nér. liven Mrs. Bet-lows kitchen. according to family traditions, I\'IIC\V its failures as well as successes ,

the only foreign source of supply. The remaincl-I

3o per cent to 16,200,298 pounds and shellfislt,l

NDTES BY TNE YlAY

ncmmgimu 1| m-eklnl an entw- meut 1n the production of inn-dill’ communal meals 1.x fastory work- ers and others who 1m: unable b0 prwue cooked meals. Two centres em being opened, and 1t successful the experiment w11l be exLencLd. One depot 1s in an old and congst- ed oent-ral district where free meals have lutaherto been served. The other centre‘ w11l serve a new huslng estate with an industrial population. Dinners are to be sup- plied 0n a cash and carry basis, customers being asked to bring their own dishes. jugs and basin). A two-course meal will cost ad. and soup and othtr extras will be avail- able at low prices. - Manchester Guardian.

lf there ls one thing more than mother believed ccmpletcly by l-he average American (and, cf greater significance, by Washmgwn ex-

rLs also) 1t. Ls that the United

totes nav could declslvely and quickly de eat the Japanese fleet and wln a war agamst Nippon. The U. S. army has frequently been under criticism for lack of size and preparation, but. not so the navy. It. 1a kept at all times 1n perfect condltiicn, ready for either defen- sive or offensive act-Ion. Its base now and for some time past 1s Pearl ‘Harbor 1n Hawaii, a strategic piI/OD from which to operate any- where 1n the Pacific area. - To- rcnto Star.

For centuries to come Londone s w11l lead foreign visitors down Fleet Street In the cit-y. "Here tn the right was the Temple. Here WRs St. Ernie's, whose spire was called ‘a madrigal 1n stcne.’ Hcre was the medieval Guildhall, here once stood the house otf Samuel Johnson. Over there was St. Paul's." Not too sure oil’ their hlsttry, the vlsitors will ask: “let's see—when were these thlnss destrsyed? Was it Attila, the Vandals, the Great F“1re_ the Ccn- queror, or perhatps Bonaparte who wrecked them?" No, a worsi- scturge than any of these, the Londoner Wlll be czm-oelled to New York Sun.

BIISVCI‘. —

There will he Zeneral approval o1’ 1121a action of the cit-y council in deciding to pre=ent to the new car- vette of the Canadian navy, to b: named the "bethbridge" n suitable gift from the corp ration. As a mutt. ter of fact, the “Intltbridi-se" ought to be “adopted” by the people of Lethibrldge. Though far inland. we have a real ship of His MaJtstyKs Canadian navy named after our city. It w11l give us an added 1n.. tierest 1n this arm- cf cur c unttyks defence. - Liethbridge Harald.

At the clly hall they tell of a mouse which sneaked out one day and calmly proceeded 1.0 lick its £111 of a chunk cf milk choctlate which had been thrown away and had tnlssed the wa-steipaper basket. Paying :1: attention to prying 9W5. 1t kctpt on untll it had satis- fled its needs. Then it sneaked back into its hole, only to re- appear a matnent later wth other members of the family who were introduced to the prize, but only miter the discoverer had had its share first.‘ With mice sh wing sllcll °Y8an1zat1on as 111111. what chance has a cat guw-Sault Ste. Marie Star.

Debate ls seething in the cast on lhe role of canapc as a sabotcur o1 the appetite. T11». antl-canape camp claims that. bits of cead tisn, un. born fish eggs, and 0l.vc5 pminied Wllll Lothpicks and swarmed 1n bacon, not, only are an insult to 11 stomach awaiting a square meal, but, that. they riduce to zero me poise of dinner guests who must balance such t/wldclly ediibles while handling a glass and a tiny na-plcn. Canatpes were creekd to fill a ticecl. Years ego, when transportlatnn was slow, dinner guests had to do something while awaiting those who were late. The custom of nib- bling finally was formalized into the canape ritual, which has grown int. an institution in its own rignt. —-1Vl1:1neap01is Star-Journal.

It has been noted that Hitler did not go fishing in the East. until he had titled his luck in tfhc West. Neither at. Vichy nor Madrid, ap- porefrtly, did he encounter that. en- fl-‘illslflsln for the “new order" whlzli is being evinced in Budapest and Bucharest. General Franco 5.91115 lncorrlglbly reluctant to allow his wBI-brn land to be ravaged ate-sh, 111 the lntercsts of Axis designs on Gibraltar: and Marshal Petaln has had his resistance stiffened by the Nazi failure either to entice Russia into the Axls camp or to over- whelm Great Brltitln. For a would- be lawgiver of Europe, Hitler 1.1, 1n 1M1. encountering far more ibstac- lea than he would have considered possible three or four months ago. H1; satelltes may revolve dutifully around h;m at Vlcnna and Berlin; he may devise the mes-t. "masterly

lltlcal structure" f.r the con-

oundlng of Britain; but. the basis of success for all his plans 1n Eurcme 1s vctary over that. tenac- lous and resourceful opponent, and the victory has still to be wort. Hitler must cc-ntlnue to przpare for war, not. for peace. 'I‘he “new order" w11l have to wait; the fate of the world will in decided, not at Vienna. partles, but 1n battles 1n the air, where Britain 1s strong; on the seas, where she 1s supreme; and H1 the land where her DOWN‘ 1s KIWIIII. — Sydney Herald (NS.W.)

There l: every reason to helleve that t. Mtxslem world has defin- itely sled with Britain, at least morally. Moskm influence 1n North Africa. around the eastern end of the Mediterranean and 1n mdla, 1a considerable and ls bound to have far-reaching cffect cn the whole devel ent of the war. Persons fnmt 1a: with conditions 1n North Africa have remarked that. 1n all conceptions of "Eur- ofrlca." that 1s to be one <f the fruits of Axis "collaboration," one 0f the most lmmrtuztt factors has not been given sufficient ccnsdzre- Mon-namely the Modems. In Man- occo. 1n Agerla, 1n Tunin. 1n Libya. In Egypt they cannot be Ignored. The Nortlh African Mce- lems racial and religious sym- pathies with the poo lea inhabiting

he Arabian penlnsuo of Asia are common knowlcdge. ‘rurkey- also crmee Into the picture. Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia have manifest- ed their loyalt to France lhrr-ulh- out war. Lint hes thrown

It 1s o matter ‘ry the the conquest cf Libya was marked by cruel rrqrearon of the Moalem tribes, wti h were grad- ually driven scut femur-d the reaches of the Sahara Desert, when

PUBLIC FORUM

‘Ihle eulum h IDII In the dlneuulnl b! ‘orreupondeltu OI question: of Interest. The Ohulotteuuwl Guardian done let neeeuully endorse tho Olllllll of eornlnendelltl.

WORKMEN ‘S COMPENSATION

S11‘.—1.-abor organized and unor- ganized are takln: I. v octlve barttlovtinthewar. Int auro- vlnce there 1s no exploitation c. labor 1n these crltlcal times.

tot-tether 1t. 1s now. No men have u greater interest than those who. 1n peace and war. serve their country under the banner of labor. or nlz- ed or otherwise. Today labor nowa that. 1f its nrinclrmes are 1n danger the defence and triumph of those principle; are more than ever e - trusted to 1aoor's stren and power. Today labor 1a w 1111: and asked to surre der some of 1t: cherished rights. It should only be asked to surrender these rlirht-s on the solemn assurance that ad uate legislation w11l be made for protection. During the win ctLsls labor has extended Its hours, and surrendered its holidays, 1n Its d2- tiermlnatlon 00 ' Droductlon. It therefore becomes the duty of the, Government and the entire oom- munltv to remember them 1n their hour of need. Labor touay thlnl a as much of duty as it; does of rights. If labor knows the issue and fore- oared t» make sacrifices. why should they not be protected while work- lniz and ulaclng themselves 1n dan- izer of accldent or even death? Labor does not resent. however. 1t: efforts belnz made abortive 12v lack of understanding and imagination by those 1n authority or ln Industry. Labor now asks what. 1t has oft been promised. a, Compensation Act. 1n other word. a Dlaoe of brotectltn and equality. Wlth labor there 1a now r1 willingness to Iorerto luxuries and comforts. to llve plainly and work hard which on1_v a sober 1e- coenition of duty could Inspire. _

Labor stands for: The WIIIIIIXIR of the war: the attainment of n11- tloital unity; the provision o1’ econo- mic security; and the protection c! their workers while at labor duty. The Workmen's Compensation com- mittee would be pleased to nave more publicity on this subject. _I trust that. there will not. be any lou- bvlniz critics this time. Let u have the question debated 1n the open.

I am. sir, etc“

D. C. 0.. Chairman Com. REGULATEI) MARKETING

Sin-The farmers o1’ P. E. Island are too well informed to make 1t necessary to reply to all the ques- tions raised by Mr. Sanford Phlllps 1n his letter published 1n the Guer- dlan of March 6th. I wish to say. however, that 1t. 1s to protect our- selves as farmers from the methods used by Mr. Philips and others o! shipping livestock 1n this country, that. we need regulated marketing.

We have used the Banner Live- stock Shipping Club as a means of selling hogs 1n this communlty since 1927. No drover entered the field at all untll January 2'1, 1941. Mr. Sanford Philips. no doubt out of sympathy for the poor farmers of this port of the country, came to Alberton and loaded hogs. The same time the Banner Club load- ed hogs at Alma on 11s regular loading date. When the returns came back for both shipments Mr. Philips’ hogs from Alberton brou ht $10.15 per hundred. whereas he Club hogs from Alma brought $10.- 20 per hundred. Now It. 1s not so much difference who loaded the hogs. The thing that. counts Is bv which method can the farmers get the most monev for their hogs. And surelv Mr. Philips w1‘1 agree 1n this case as 1n many others; the club returns are the better.