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Morning DI“, (Founded In I881)

President: Ueut. Cal. W. Cheater S. Melon Vlue-Prestdent: J. B. Burnett», IJJ.

Secretary. Lteut. Col. D. A. Mlolflnnon, 0.8.0. Editor and Manuhq lllrccwr: J. B. Burnett. FJJ. Associate Editors: l-runk Walker and Lleut. Ian A Burnett, ILUZNJCIL 10a Active Service)

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

THURSDAY, DEC. 9, 1943

The

Bacon Situation

It i5 high time that Hon. G. Gardiner, Federal .\l€ni~:c1- 0f Agriculture, either stop- 111111 talking alrnut the 11.11.1111 situation, or talked 11111111111111 111 the 1101111 and not in limgltage ca!- eulated 111 mislead and 111i>i11f11r111 our farmers. \\'l11'|1 1111- terms 11f 1he new lmcon contract with

111-eat l'-ri .111 were first a1111111111ce1l, rhere 111:5 11111121-11111111 111111 1' 11:11 f111- 11111_1.1 450.000.0110 |111u11=l~ 1.111111 1'111" 1l1-.‘ 111-x11.1111\' ~ :15 agaiiwt .-1i<1.u1111,111111 1111111115 1'111' 1111s _1' .\l1'. liardlrcr ‘:1 l'll'\l 1"1- 11111 1111111-1-5-11111 that 1.1115 11-215 entire- 131-51141 (1111101-111111-111. l1

111111-51111-11 111' the 111111511

1111s 111i~n1-1ln-stainliiuf. ' 111:1‘. 111.1 1-1-11111-211 1111111115 111111511 11111-111 .1 drastic c111 in the present 11.~r1' lin .1-1l i.» 1111 i-azion in the 17111 Country‘, tlnre

11111 11r111c~1 11-11111 :1ll 11 "ts 11f (1111111111 1'1'.'1-1' 111'.‘ 111111" 11111-1-1110111. Colin-id. 1 111th 11.1‘ 111.-11~ 11111 l11'i1-1111'~ hue-nu 1|11111.1 11.15 to be 1-c- tlllCUl can-e 1111- 1111111111111111 of rsslrictions on 11.110111 1 11~11n111ti1-11 in 1111.1 11111110 market 21.111 an i11c1'1;:1~1- 111 prices 11,’ 11-1-5101-11 fr-ctl .1111, 1111111111; 11 - Filldllg 11f 111145 111 'l1i< 11a:1 111' a11~ r1111 111:1-.-1 11.11- 111'11111l1l'.1\’C, 1111s] .\l1-. lillflllllCf 11111110 his most exha- 0rdi11ary .~'.:1‘.1-1111-11t. Speaking :1‘. llcgina, he

11:15 quoted as saying: "We 111-c 11c‘. going to 1101-11 mging 1111: 11111111111111 1111-11101‘ 1r.‘ 111-0d1.cc e111111gl1 ‘mg-s 111 >111111lv £111‘ l’11"i1.i~l1 111:11'11"<‘t 11111-11 the llri£i~l1 zulvisc 11s 111a‘. they 111111- 11111 rt-1111.1"e 0111- lncon 1>r111l11c1ion ziftci- the war." The C1111- ltdiati U:1\-e1-11.111c11.t. h: said, 11x15 justified 1'11 looking 21f1c1- k'1'l1l.l1ll;1!l agricitllitrc first 211111 forcntost, "1115; 11s the l'-1'iti~l1 111111-1-1 1.11.111 111.151 11-1011- 11111-1- ‘.111- 1111111-1‘ 111' the l‘-1-i-.f.~l1 1111311111361” And then. 11.1 make e011f11$ir11| 11111-512 confourd- ed, he said: "\\'e are not 111111111 to tirge the farmers 1o raise more hogs bu: w.‘ are advising him that we can sell all the lmcon he can 111‘?- dtice" ‘

Mr. Gardinci-‘s statement with regard to the attitude of the 1‘.1-i-1i5l1 Govermnenr has now been repudiated. Rt. I-Ion. _1. _1. Llewellyn, 111-i- tish F001‘. .\li Istcr, speak-lug at .1 Do-,ninic.11-Prc~ viucial c1111ference at Ottznvn, 1111111111" declared that the Canadian farmer “111-ed have no fear that by going into hog production ctcnsiveiv nnw he will have his market slip au-ay from him." 'l'his statement had such an effect on the coiwention that it raised the qucsrioti 21111o11g pi-ovincial 1-c11rc5e11ta1ivcs of 11211-1111; provincial bonuses to encourage 110g production in 19.1.1.

Mr. Gardiner has done :1 l0: of quibbling in his political lifetime. This last 11erf0r1na111~e is surely the limit. He had zipparcntlv 1m scruple in "passing 1h<1 lmck" to the llritish (iovetinment; but the British, for 011:1‘, ref11.~:cd to be placed in a false position by the Mackemie King Gowirnment and took a timely opportttrr ity of letting the people of Czmada know where they stood. lloubtless we 5111111 lmve more alibis from Ilttawa ovcr the l1:1':o:1 nutrldl‘: But 110w that our producers know t11e t1-uth—- that Britain wants our bacon and is not trying tn doublewross us as 111'. Gardiner insinuzrrz‘. —1hcy vxill placc 1111-11 1i1tlc cred-slice in what he or his s111111c>n1e11 have to s:1y on this sub- ject in future. l‘. will require to be indorscd by some more trustworthy autho1-ity,——and that 1s 21110111 the 111051 l1u111iliating 1105111011 for any rc\11011>i11le Xlinister 0f 1l1e (T111111 to place l11n1~ self in.

Japan's Stolen Empire

When the Cairn conference decided to dis- p11~~e>s _l.'111:1n 11f her 511111-11 li11111i1-e it put its finger on .1 1111 111 tc1"1-it01"_1-. Few realize what 11 11-01112111112111 lhing the japanese empire is; that i1 111\c1l1c= 11111111111011 111-er nearly a quarter

n1 1111- l1111-.1:n1 12-1‘. 'l'h1: (1111111-21 1111111511211 111-e- 11-1115 it in 1l1-~ 1111.1: Area square miles Population lvlaucluiiia . . . .. 5021,0171 39,154,026 l-IOYCJ . . . 33.246 ‘£2,833,357 11111111111115; 1.438 1,656,726 1"0fn‘1L‘ l3 8B0 5,212,000 Pcsc- 1 .1. . 50 60.000 M2111 1.111 .. B29 85,000 604,456 09,102,594 ll1'1‘<-, 11111111111 1111- _11111;1nc>e lmnclaud, i 6111,1511 .111a1-1 111111. 111' 11-1- - with .'1 111 111111111 111' 1111.111:11,r:r111; 1111- 11111 cc-untin-g- the 31'I‘ll\ 111:1: l.-111:1=1 11:15 l11-1111gl1t uniler her 51111) 51111-1’: |'1.'11-l 111111.111‘: .\lnl.'1_1-:1, Burma, 'l'l1c X1.‘tl1111-l.-1111l~ l111lE11~. 1111‘ lnligc .-1n<l small .\lcl< 21111-91111 |~l.'1n11.~, 11111 l’T1ili1111i11r-~", lhc 1511112115 of (b11111.

japan, 11-1- 111.111" 11-111 111-1-1-1111. will fight to the death 111 1'<1:1i11 such 1111s>1-s."111115; will not easily

g0 11111-1; 111 h.-r 111.111 1114,1111 5111111111‘ mile. 511p- 11111-1111; 75.<>11<1.111111. 111111, l11-11-e1-1-r, is 11111111. tale (ll-trees 1111- 11-1-

Party Organization

mistake of letting its organization die. lic- building it is a long 11nd difficult K151. 11111 the 111N111" l5 bfiiflg made, and if 1l1c 111111 (-111 b? fevllillllfid it 111111 1.1:, 1111 the whole, 11011-1 for the political life of this country."

But there is another angle 1o the party organ- ization question with which .1 Star columnist (leals, and it is this:

“Both the Liberals and P1‘_11=_11‘C.<Sl\'t.‘ (.1111- servatives are taking their politic znore 51-1".-

01151)’. They are campaigning for v111es in the future. The two old pai-ties cnuld borrow a bit of strategy from the C.C.l-'. and get 501-11‘ 01' 111011‘ party members a5 u-zn-hers .1nd pro- fessors in thecollegiates and universities.

“The C.C.F. saw the wisdom of educating the young people in politics years ago. 5-1, there are C.C.F. teachers i11 the schools and C.C.l". professors in the tmiversitics. 'l‘hc;-r~ party lieutenants keep up a steady 5111211111 of C.C.l-'. party propaganda until most of the pupils are thoroughly steeped in it by the time they graduate.

“The Liberals and Conservatives overlool-ed that field."

lf this criticism be true, it is time soil-e» 111K111; was being done about it.

w EDITORIAL NOTES - 511111101-1- f1101l11y11l1s will 111.11 10-1111-1-1- 111-1-1111-11 15111115.

1e 111 111 1a (ilvcrscus New Year letters fm- the 1101's at lhe front 511011111 be nrailed llll> week '4 >i< Flt ‘F

Duncan Campbell, Maritime histo-iian, died

this date 1886; 1101111111; known 0f his early career; came to llalifzix from G1 1w at the ".1" at .-\1n<

age of f0rt_1--se\'c11 and settled for a hcrst, then in Charlottelcnvii 11-11e1-c he 11111111111111 several years; he was the aulhor 1'11 ".1\ l-lislory of Prince l-Idward 151111111" which \-.-.!.< 1111111151111 by Bremner S" C0., Cha1"lot1e1o11-11: la ‘1- 111-11ee11d- ed t0 llalifax where he w- - l 111' the llalifax Lln-onicle; wrote " H1 11>‘ historic . mercantile, 21nd i111.l1:s'.11.1l 1<l:111o11».", which was published in .\l01ll1'1"1ll in 1373. i Y ‘F i

:\(l111i11111g the need for a rc1l1:c1l1.-11 111 the lncouie Tax rates in the 11111-111" buckets, 1l1--1'11 siill remains the problem arising iron". the fact that the income-per-l101150110111 is, in certain classes, at Llllpf€CC(lClll€(l heights. Where per- Laps formerly only one member 11f the 1101150- hold was \1'01-ki11g, there now 1111111 be :C\'L‘l'1ll, ranging from the 11011115; boy "f 1:11‘! 1o gram-pa, and, for all we 1111011", grandma. ln the war, such households 111111111 an outlet 1'01- s11‘- plus funds in silk 51111-15 and flour 111111115. T1115 -.in1e—z1nd at this smgc-the dance 1‘l'.1l1> and the race tracks are doing very 11-011, n01 1.1. 1111-1111011

the liootl-sggcrs 11nd others of that ilk. i 1K i

Some ill-informed connnent has been nuide 0f late about alleged Briti 1 “hoax-ding" of oil gupplicrl 111 111g .\ll(l(llC l‘. >1. 111C l11Cl$‘\‘.lll bear close cxa111i11z1ti1111. '.l".1c 1111111 llflllgll wuree of oil in tl1c Rliddlc l-Izlst is the A11, 11- Persian Oil Compan '5 fields a1'.\l-.15iid-i-Sulr.-i~ 1111111. Crude oil 1'5 piped thence to the refinery at Abndan, an island at the head of the Persian Gulf. ;\badz1n has the l-rgesl single 0il'1-c1'1n~ cry in the world. \\'hen the i\le1li'.c1-1"z111ea11 111.115 open, oil 11:15 sent from there to Great Britain; but when the Mediterranean had to be closed to merchant 5111111111111, the 1011111. to Britain was in- creased to 11,000 miles, by the Cape of 11111111 Hope route. lt was therefore unich more (‘c011- omical in tanker space to ship oil from the \\'esteru lrlemisphere. Victory in the Nledirer- i-ancan and increased"shipping production have 11011- changed the 511111111011, so the British and American shipping authorities 11111-0 begun to rc- allocate tanker tonnage so ‘.15 to make great: use of oil resources in the Middle East. British foresight has preserved these oil supplies in- tact, and 21ll facilities have been increased. With the Iicnnuns d1-1ve11 from 51-1121, 11-1111 and 111111, and British specialists from Burma working i11 the service of the Anglo-Persian Oil Company at Abadati, an adequate supply of oil from this source is assured. l‘

=1- 1v \\-'111-1i-.11c experiences in England have quickcned an urge towards equality 1n ed111-a- tion 1vhlcl1 was already growing strong in pH:- war days, and these discriminntiolts from a past age a1-e no longer found tolerable. l1 is easv. therefore. to understand the line 11-l1i1-l1 the 111.1111 proposals follow in 11111115 11111111111 in a G0vern~ meut White Paper recently 1'5<ued. 'l'h_cy con- ceive of an education for all .11-r:.111;;-:d in three stages: 1. Primary education from five tn 11. The 11111111: "elementary" is 1n 11c dropped. 211.11 few will regret its passing. But the hope of a true common school, a first-stage school al- teuded by all classes of the population. is not likely to be realized yet in England (thongs far more likely in \Valcs). Some reasons for this will be 1111-211 later. 2. Secondary 121111111- tien from 11 to 10. The age 11f school leaving is to be raised from 14 to 15 as soon as poss- ible after the 1var and to 16 11-1161-1 facilities 11.11110 become available. 'l‘ln-ec 1min f1'11-n1s of cut-ricuhuu are 0011101111111111-11. First, an acade- 1111c fut-111 designed lair-gel)- f111- those 11-110 will go on to the universities and t1".- professions and will normally remain at school until at least the age 11f 13. Second. :1 "1Pcl11111".'1l" type of c11rric11l11111, 1110111111 _s1ill broadly 1<'111cci\'<-1l. planned for those whose destiny 1s industry or commerce as skilled workers. 312.1111 of thase will lcztvc at 16, though by no means 'all of 111cm we may hone. Third, a more general, unspccializcd curriculum, 11111111111 with variety 111' nffci-inga 1111 1111‘ large imernlcdiate 1112155. The first type is 1-e1-11-cscn1d by the existing 51-11111115 11ft'1ciall_\"cl11s~ed as secondary, 110w :1. 11c lcnmvn as grammar schools. T11: second we l1a1~e with us in all 11111 small supply in the junior technical \Clll1I‘Il.~. 'l'l1C5c will 1X: n-uclt i11c1-v:1~- ed in nrunbers 0.1111 expanded in respect 110th of lenglh of c11111-s1: and variety of curriculum- |11-111-i~io11. The third may be seen as 1l1e 11.1‘- sent “scnioi” schools raised to secunrlary .=11,1I11~ :1111lr-x11;111rl"d 111111-11 as the junior tecln .111 >k'll11l1l\ 11111 111‘. ‘H111 11101-1.- qcncrztl type is to

4131111111115. The party made the 1111111151 f=1al

Notes By The Way

The Boston Globe hum‘ 091mg that the best way t9 wean a kld away from hoodlumum 1; w "swftch hIS mterelkf‘ m; Ottawa Citizen cracks beck with: “Mgy. be so; but that tan-r. when ma swltched us --and, boy_ w" he 11g. tfgive!’ Atmtford BQacOn-Hgf- :1

_We have run across no more vavld example of the arcumulatlm (remand for cumumer goods. which may help tostlcnulate business af- ter the war. than a statement by Montpzomerv Ward 11nd Cu mu, 1t hud to return 55 111111101. dollars to custome | 1n the first an: months of 1.43 —bec11usc the me:- mandlse they ordered was no 1on1:- er available 1n the mall order com- pany's stocks-Mllwnukve Journal

We have run across no more vivid example of the accumulat- ing demand for consumer goods, 1vl11cl1 may help w stknulate bust- ness after the war, than a state- ment b,v Montgomery Ward and Co. that it had I10 return fifty-five 1111111011 dollars to customers 111 the first six 1110111115 of INS-because the merchandise they ordered was no longer available 1n the mall order company's stocks. -M1l- waukee Journal.

Wtll Badoglio bring out a new stamp‘! According ‘.0 the Italians. the Issue brought out some time ago was not r1 success It bore the nor-traits of the Fuehrcr and the Duce and sold well 111 Germany. Mussolini fas asked by Hitler to cxplahr how it; was so few were cold ln Italy. “We1l." salu Benito. ‘everyone complains that they won stick " “Lo0k," sale‘. Adolf

He wet the back of a stamp and stuck 1t on an envelope. “Yes," re- nlied bfussollnl. "but the Italians insist m1 spitting on the other 5ld€."—l\1{ll\Cl1€StE1‘ Guardian.

(‘ily Councll has voted $100 to u bt‘O\‘.'1.‘l‘_\' t0 blow a cur-ten. whlstze each night at 9 30 warning all ehlldren under 16 vears of age off the streets unless accompanied h! parents or zuzmllaxrs. Policeme- 11.1ve been instructed. when the curfew 111w becomes operative lat- E-l’ llliS W001i. to escort <uch ch1l1l~ ren home Parents permitting ‘heir offspring to roam the streets after 9 30 p. m. 1vl11 be fined $1 1:11-- flrst time: $3 lur the second of- fence 11nd $5 on each occasion thereafter. —Victor:21 Ex

It Ls stranze how the Idea 1w"- blSlg 1111101111 "other ranks" in the armv that. the Colonels wife llvrs in luxuriant case despite ‘the r11- ors of 111211‘ and the desperate short-me of servants. ‘This illu- sion 1rd to a delicate situation the other day. A Colonel known to me sent a. man around to his home 1o fetch some papers. The Col- onel's wife. In the middle of he: morniuuflq dusting, answered the the dom- in person and helped chc man to find the documents. As he turned to 2o, the soldier asked u question". "What's the Old bligh- txr like to work for?" he sald. -- Leeds Yorkshire Post.

Mr. Churchill has, indeed, per-

sonified the nsirlratlons of 11 dc- moc v.11: war- The splendid words the cheerful uccebtanee of

the black moment. the cnagzlc power to rally the broken battalion —- these are onlv in 21 superficial way aristocratic. They are gifts which nmultitude of men share and make possible, 111111 1vhc111er thelr full expression came cut of the blood of Marlborough 11nd the Normans 01- the blcgi of coffers and weavers. 11111112115 and pale clerks 1n shops hard]! mattered» It did come . through \Vlnst,0n Churchill wNew York Times»

The foot. soldier is dolnr, a job equally as important 1o any other. He ls the man who eats dust under 11 blazing sun, or slozs through mud and rain ~nlle aft-Pr mile. He 1.1. the 1111111 who bucks his wav 1111-0111111 fever-ridden tunfilcs. or truclges across frozen plains. 11011.2 ruzo a phrase was colvieu to dc» serlbe the infantry. A f0 nous ven- eral once termed 1t the “Queen u! battles": the t/zrm Is still used and although 11 bit flowerv 11: is still a true (leseribtlon. It should be ru- membered that victory wll. not Le completely won until Allied sold- iers march Into and thromzh the aggressor countries. And most o.’ these soldiers wlll be Infantry. - Kingston Whlg-Standaru‘.

We used to think that a man had to serve at, least. fire years of apprenticeship before 111». could be~ come a. marine engineer. New we're taking young men out of technical cchools and making them Into ma- rine engineers wlthln a year or Lwn years-y the navv .s tull of 111cm. We used to bellcve that a 1111111 had to serve flve 11- slx veurr. before the mast, be a third mat-e. mcond mate and first 111MB. be- fm-e he could get. a cnntatws cent-- tleate, Now we take voung men 1ft the Prnlrlcs. 111-re then: a venr c1- two n1. sea 1111 most cases le-ss Innn 1.111111 11nd they make them cwptnltis of warshlbs. So all dOWn the llne. We used 1,0 am- thut. tn’-

Russlnnc didn't, know anythfnv about machinery. taut they wouldn't be able to reoalr their

ranks when the tanks broke down. We were wrong. As wrong as "We were with our old notlon that a man had to be at least 60 years 111-fore he could be a gereral. — Ottawa Journal.

Returning from a win-front town, General 1111115111111 held a press conference. Twenty-one newsmen were present. Marshal sald he would answer one question from ench newsman. He turned to the man nearest him on the right and said. “All right, what's Yours?" The question proved to be rather elaborate. “I will answer that 1n l tmnulc.“ said Marshall. "But. let’! 1:0 ahead- Wl-ialis yours7" And before answering any questions, he went the rfllmds of 21 men and got their 21 questions. Then ho proceeded to answer the questions one by one. Not only dld he remem- ber the questlcirs wmch each of the ‘.11 had asked, but he remembered

who asked lt- Pointing to ench 1111111, he Mild "Now your questton was - " And then he named It

11nd proceeded 1,0 answer 1t. Thls “'11s more than a frat. of memory. 1‘ gave order and body to the rmsuvers, and cllmlnated the enn- 11111011 of most press conferences. ~Wa1fdngt0n Merry Go Round.

11m LONG 111511-3111!

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Lamps. 0f Tomorrow

(Hanulton Bboctator) 1 1 dllllll .11°’%’§.1».°.-‘“1§‘.", _"‘.‘é‘...‘*§l‘.'1l.=."_°_ 1111111; mun q» but much of human!!! "'9 "I; §-'"'-"‘1""'. 1'1 giffilmidtloti Leif “0111111 Lsdld to b: wlthfn measurable distance. 111d nrbde: rude 11 ttn to Ield 1nd felv .11"111°§"1111.1'°11111”:11111 Is tllnl consumed. In vIew o! the» condi- tions the future of electric ap- pears to hold the surest atom <1! permanency. as long u waterways flow to spln the turbines 1nd there 1s an atmosphere of powerful ele-

rlment with.

cnl scientists nre not onod V!

merits to ex The elec

proved by new meth this mystert force. Notable pro- mess has already been made 1n cre- atlnlz revolutionary methods 0f t1- lurnlnatlnn. Tho wireless DhJSDhDI- ascent llxht o! to-xrlorrow ls some- thing to capture the imagination. It consists of a. 41110:! globe. whtch ls coated w! phosphores- cent. materials. and Rlnws brilliant- 1y without any wire onnechlon; Its electric Impulse ls derived through space from a nearby high-fre- quency oscillator.