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311‘?- EOEIR _ __ TIIE l SIIARLOTTETIIWII GUARDIAN

Morning Dally (Founded tn 1887) l Authorized u Second Claus Mail. Post Ofllco Department. Ottawa.

Proaldeot. Inn A. Burnett; Vice-President, Wm. R.

Burnett; SOCL-TIEBL, G. M. Burnett; Editor and

Managing Director. J. R. Burnett: Associate Eilltor. Frank Walker.

“The Strongest Illemory is IVeaT. r Than the Weakest Ink.”

rnunsnnv. JULY i1. r05:

An All-Inclusive Indictment

Not before time, the Canadian Federationl of Mayors and Municipalities has agreed to prepare o plan for o national low-rental housingl program for consideration by the Federal Gov- ernment. lt is nothing short of scandalous thcl manner in which this vitally important post-war", project has been mismanaged and neglected.

The current number ol The Legionary can-l tains a scathing indictment against this general] failure to provide adequate and sufficient num-l bers of housing unils--espccially in the lowerl classes. The Public Relations officer who} writes the article might have entitled it "l‘ Blame!" He blames mcsl‘ Canadians in and‘ out of office for the shortages that exist. He blames first the Dornincn Government, "not for lack of interest, but for indecision and (lack of)‘ direction in handling the situation." He blames the provincial governments "who seem to have, ditch-ed the problem entirely as one not of their responsibility." Tire municipalities of Canadar come in for their shore of censure because "theyj have refused to cooperate with the Government and the veterans’ bodies." Unfortunately forl the bodies concerned, The Legionary is abl-e fol quote instances where apparently practical plonsl to provide accommodations at under S30 a monthl were actively opposed by municipal authoritiesl

This writer also blames the contractors andl private housebuilders "who absolutely refuse tol accept in port any responsibility for remedying!

the situation." offered housing contracts at a profit of l0 perI cent have turned thern down with scorn, because] far more can be made on other types of work} Together with contractors, manufacturers and|

material suppliers are accused of disinrerestl

This class, it is alleged, has encouraged a black ; n-iorkct in nails, cement, soil pipe, lumber and‘. other necessary supplies. Thus, veterans who had priorities were unable to obtain what they needed. , The labor unions come in for criticism, toof‘

"for driving up the wage scale and, in return, noti giving an honest day's work." Finally, the peo- 1

ple of Canada at large are said to share the blame because "in a free countzy they tolerate these conditions, knowing full well that the veterans, to whom they owe at least the oppor- tunity to

This is a serious indictment indeed, and it WOLIIGNSEEM to b-e well founded. The chief re- sponsibility, of course~as the Canadian Feder- ation of Mayors and Municipalities is not slow in pointing out—lies with the Dominion Gov-' ernment in its failure to give proper leadership. But that does not excuse the Provinces, the municipalities and Canadians generally for their share in what has become a nation-wide dis- grace.

Against Grain Suhsirly

it is a matter of significance to our farm-. ers that the politically powerful Winnipeg Free‘ Press is now campaigning against any further continuance of the freight rote subsidy on west- em feed grains to Eastern Canada. ln a rec- ent issu»: the Free Press devotes a lengthy edi- torial to this subject, in which it quotes state-l ments by Rt. Hoi.. J. G. Gardiner, Federal Min- ister of Agriculture, indicating that strong pres- sure is being brought to bear at Ottawa to have the subsidy removed.

Reason for western criticism of the subsidy, policy, according to the Free Prcss, is to be found l in the statistics of hog production. The hog pop-l ulation of the three Prairie Provinces in I943 was 4,970,000 and in I946, 2,238,000. More recent figures were given by Mr. Gardiner six

- reported, scarcely 60 per cent of oats and bar-l

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was not so sure. Ha said: .i\o one will know exactly what the relationship between livestock and feed groin prices will be until we get close to August l." Next came a radio broadcast by Mi. Gardiner in Saskatchewan on April 2l in which he is reported as follows: "The feeder who buys groin to feed livestock after August l of this year is not guaranteed either drawback or subsidy. . The method by which feeding will be encouraged will be through pric-e rather than subsidy." Two days later Mr. Gardiner in a telegram to the Free Press said: "The only in- ducement the government guarantee; the farmer to produce either barley or hogs after August I is the floor price of hogs." With respect to onrtey, the floor price is 9O cents.

On June 7, Mr. Gardiner is reported to have addressed a gathering of formers at Hensall, Ontario, as follows: "Mr. Gardiner told the farm- ers that they would be surprised how soon all the remaining controls will be lifted by the gov- ernment” On June I3 in the House of Com- mans, Mr. Gardiner indicated that u declaration of policy could be expected in about three weeks time.

The interval, since June I3, has been mark- j ed by one important development. On June l6. o delegation representing the Canadian Federa- tion of Agriculture, speaking in behalf of farm organizations in the west as well as the aost, waited upon Mr. Gardiner and recommended that price controls and subsidies on feed grains be retained until July I, I948. The recom- mendation is the result of adverse crop condi- tions in Eastern Canada where, the delegation

ley ocreages have been seeded and the yield isl

not expected to exceed 45 per cent of the I946! crvp

It is obvious from the above that the King‘, Government has no fixed policy on the grain sub-j sidy question and that the problem of a cheapi grain supply for Eastern hog and other live-i stock producers will become more and more serious as time goes on. Especially so in thisl Province, where we have no grain storage facil- "ties.

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It is alleged that contractors! _

The C. G. S. Abegwert is not likely now tol bring down from Montreal the M. P.'s who were invited to sail on her preliminary voyage. Whenl she will get here is still an unsolved problem,l but anyway she should surely make it in time to take our summer visitors back to the main- land.

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Notes By The Way

A lot. of start on the beach and wlnd up on tho rocks. --Kingswn Whig-Standard.

Germ: are raid to llve on paper money. But. It must be on the lei-g. er denominations. With prices the way they are now, no serm could live very long on a dollar. -0t,- tawa Citizen.

A professor any rnoaqull-oel will not bite a moving object. And they always come around in the season when wedorrt, feel Ilka moving.- Saskatoon Star-Phoenix.

Gen. Crerar’: assertion, that only by the adoption of compulsory mill- tary training wlll this counbry ever possess the men and the means to meet its potential military require- ments, still has brought. no sound

contradiction from any quarter. -l

Brantford Expositor.

Just think of all the vegetables that arent growing in gardens that were going to be made when people got. around to tt. -Kltchon- er Record.

Photographic phenomena hlfllllh- od a subject. for discussion at the convention of the American Physi- cal Society at Montreal. We would like to have asked them to find out why a snapshot. always makes us look like a. moron. And we don't want the obvious answerl- Wind- sor Star.

Truck drlvera aro not old mean- tes just. because they refuse per- mission to children b0 rldo behind. There is the question of liability in case of accident and the driver does not. want to be caught. in

game of hitching rtdcs on wagons and slelghs was fine. But, that

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cated. --Windsor Star.

What is an “educated man"? Al. the centennial of New Yorlcs City college, Sidney Herbert Wood, 63, retiring principal assistant. secre- t "y of the British Ministry of E ucation, thought there were three “acid tests": “Can you enter- tain a new idea?" "Con you enter- tain another per-son?" “Can you en- tertain yaurself?" How many men could pass the test? Sold Wood: Jesus, Czechoslovakian late Thom- as Masaryk; Franklin Roosevelt

, and a "lot of quite humble persons

i whom no one knowsf-Jrlme Mag-

Hay~moking and Illustration Farm demons-I trritions are now the order of the day, and bothl ore largely being taken advantage of. Messrs] Parent and Hurst are doing good and appreci-j ated work in their visits to the different sections carrying knowledge and instruction to all who care to benefit from them.

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Finance Minister Abbott has fathered an act to bring about a long awaited simplifica- ,f.ian of our tax law which has "just growed." tfe number of cases involving "ministerial dis- cretion" from the present 43 to two. Unfortun- ofely the bill could not be proceeded with owing to longed for prorogation.

The Mackenzie King Government shrewdly waited till after Halifax by-election before turn- ihg down the Canso bridge project, notwith-l standing that it had previously been placed on the estimates $340,000 for preliminary expenses. Premier Angus L. Macdonold, who headed the disappointed delegation said, "some alternative is being considered." And that's that until the general election hoves in sight.

It seems extraordinary to the landlubber that o mere freighter should play havoc in a collision with a mon-o'-war as happened off Halifax, and itself remain practically unscath- ed below the water-line. An official inquiry will no doubt unravel the mystery; certainly a satis- factory explanation is demanded in the inter- est of all those who go down to the sea in ships as well as those who foot the bill.

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weeks ago at Regina where he was reported as remarking that Western hog production wosl down 30 per cent in I947 against I946 lnl April I946, he said, Saskatchewan produced 45,-l 000 and Manitoba 30,000 hogs. In April, V947,‘, Saskatchewan and Manitoba together produced‘, only 46,000 hogs. He gave later figures in the? House of Commons on June l8, which furtherl confirmed the drop in Western hog produc- lion.

These figures are attributed, in part, to the fact that the Dominion Government provides free freight for feed grain shipped to the east at a cost, in I946, of $16,890,646. The argument of the Free Press is that instead of hauling groin at public expense to Eastern farmers it would be more efficient to feed the grain in the West and haul the finished product to market.

There is also, according to the some source, a second discrimination against the Western former who grows feed grain, porticuloly barley. Forsome time the Dominion Government has paid a subsidy to the feeder, us distinct from the grower, of 25 cents a bushel, with the result that Western growers are more concerned with selling their barley than with feeding it.

A review of Mr. Gardiner’: statements since March l7 is thus given by the Free Press: On March I7, after announcing the changes with reference to the subsidy on barley, Mr. Gardiner said that it would be paid "for the time being, because of the continuation of price ceilings on animal products . ." Thc inference was that the subsidy would come out when the ceilings on the finished products came off. On April l, at Brandon, The Canadian Press reported that, "Agriculture MinistarJ. G. Gardiner_ said here tonight that tlia rlbllillu paid on barley and oats used for fadtfiilg purposes will be discon- tlnuod next August l." lack at Ottawa in tlia

William Makeplese Thackeray, British nov- elist and humorist, born this date, I8ll; first practised law, then entered journalism from which he passed to novel writing, and then again to journalism. His writing is characterized by humour, pathos and cynicism, his style cultured, and his craftsmanship masterly. His principal works are Vanity Fair, Henry Esmond, The New- comos, and Virginians: "lf ever men had fidal- .‘y, ‘twos they (tho Stuarts); if ever men squand- cred opportunity 'twos they; and, of all the _ene- mics they had, they themselves were the most fatal.

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The Federation of Mayors and Municipal- ities have decided to transfcr their headquarters from Montreal to Ottawa, and to appoint a lull-time secretary who shall act as liaison of- ficer between civic authorities and the Federal Government. In future, therefore, all our City Council will hove to do when they desire to con- tact the powors-that-be at Ottawa will be to communicate with their liaison officer at Otta- wa. Thls, of course, will dispense considerably with tho services of members of Parliament who heretofore have ac'ted_as liaison officers.

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The Newfoundland preliminary negotiators on paving the way for any official delegation that may follow. It is evident from what our Ottawa correspondent discloses; tliot not much attention was given to Prince Edward Island steamship connection on which we have been building so optimistically. Rather the delega- tion seems to favour an extension of facilities between Newfoundland and Cope Breton. A word in season to our Government and Boards of Trade would be to look after our interests and push our claims before w: have been out- motcliorl by vivoro aggressive Nova Scotian la-

Ilouu of Commons, on Aptll l4, Mr. Gardiner

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We have often heard storlea a- bout. the damage cutworms do, but this is tire first time we have heard of one that tallcs. The story goes like this: Bert_ Pierce was plant- lng tomato plants last. week. He had just finished a row; looking back he saw one of the plants weave and and fall. 0n digging lri the spot. Bert dug up a large fat. cutworm. Now he claims that the cutworm before felling the tomato, stuck his head out. of the ground and hollored "timber" before chopping oft the plant. -Reston Observer.

We confess to being thoroughly

. old-fashioned in our love of poetry,

of art. and o! architecture. This was brought. home when we pau- ed the huge Ontario Memorial Hor- pltal on the edge of Sta. Thomas. built by the Hepburn government. If there is anything attractive or anything beautiful about this mod-

' erntstic structure we fail to see 1t.

As o matter of fact. to us lt, ls about; the superfluous tn ugliness. It we were not. mental before such a building, we Imagine lt would not. be long before we would be. T0 add to the hldeousness of the whole structure no attempt hurbeen made to plant. any tree.—- London Free Press.

The elastic bumpers 5nd lenders have pleasanter possibilities, for pedestrtans and motorists alike, We have had some small exper- ience in roth capacitlel. Last vrln- ter we were. gently nudged by a definitely non-elastic fender. Labor we had occasion to learn that. when bumpers and fenders came tnxetl-ier neither was likely to prove elastic. Equipment. of the new typo might give a btt. and so temper the blow to the smitten pedestrian. Ho might be jet. down a blt, caster. Arid then, too, the casual contacts of fenders with other fenders, or with awk- wardly placed hydrant-s or hydro poles would leave less lasting evt- cience lf they would glve a btt. and then snap back smartly tnbo place. -London Free Press.

Eastern contemporarle- are enr- rently vtowlng with alarm or ex- pressing admiration for the accom- plishments of Everette Smart, of Joplin, Missouri. It seems that. Mr. Smart, raised to a state of consid- erable excitement. by the shortage of shirts tn his favorite haberduoh- ery, ventured to ask Mrs. Smkrtpo make hlm one. Mrs. Smart. refused on the ground that. shirt-making was difficult. and beet left. to ex- perts. By this time Everette had had about. enough. He ruched out, bought. patterns and materlall, and in dudgeon stirred himself up a very creditable nhlrt. Ho wont on from there to make a coat, more shirts and a cult. Authorities are divided tn their comments ontbuo exploits. Some regard Mr. Smart as ono who hu struck a mighty blow both as u. husband and shirt. wearer. Others are inclined to think that. he has established a proced- ent. that. wtll make the homo llfo of husbands m- from Joyous. ‘rhev expect. that. the next time they ap- proach the chuteletno about sew- ing a button or two on their vests. Mr. Smartfs shirt making wlll be drawn to their attention. In short. they picture Everette 11' a traitor to the cause and destroyer of tho peace of husbands. We‘ rm a different view. We have forwarded our sleeve length and collar aha to Joplin In the hope that Mr. smart has not. thrown away his‘ pattern. -- "Wlndtpeg mound. '

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Th1! column la open to tho dlaounlon by corra- ‘ ‘ of ' cl l-IIMPEIL The Charlottetown Guardian doea not neutr- Ily ondoran the opinion of wrroapondanh

JP BAD ROAD CONDITION

Sin-The road between Kenslng- . ton and Cavendish should be ftn- ‘ tshed. The dust and the bumps are awful. No wonder the tourists are f-Omplalntng bitterly. Every filling station hears it. Last Sunday l saw a near accident: and It would have been a bad one. A driver stopped his car to let a. lady out. at her gate. A bg truck was fol- lowlng_ but hidden in the dust. A y Bust of wind saved an acctdentm and the woman. l

Premier Jones t: so busy with l his golden cattle and his running between Bunbury and Ottawa ta ‘ the interests of this Province that 1 a. few miles of dusty. hubbly road

wuld Hilly escape his attention; but. could not some one tell hlm about. this disgraceful road? Money ts very scarce, I know, but let the Premier and hts party drive over this road a few times and the ltiOlley would be found. possibly. I have known this same Lhtng to happen.

I am. Sir. etc. W. I. GREEN.

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OLD MILL 3

Out by the pond rushes are leaning.

the

l flow and spill '0! slow green water over the mlll. whecl fuming,

low the n.ill_

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UPON the {Ned's still surface with scarce a ripple

The blue geese, drifting and glidinq turn to find '

The hollowed nest. under me bend- ing n1llow:

Shadowy, hlcden. with coarse‘ marsh grass for a blind. r

By the millhouse door men gather lalkmg and trading.

Where the shade ls emerald green and hours are long.

And the old mill burrs keep irp lhél‘! rusty turning. Grinding the white meal. singing

a rusty song.

--Alma Robinson Higbse In The American Scholar.

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M intervals during the American Wlr of Independence the "Diligent," llho "Hunter". bha ‘Cabot’, the "Danae" the “Llzardfl _ the “Camllla" and the "Hi-ad", British ships of war. rode at nnchor in Charlottetown harbour, 3;- kept, a watchful cye upon the American prlvateers, much to the delight of the hundncd citizens yum; liven there at that time In fear and trembling.

In 1788 Ohrzrlottetown was again noticed by the Brltlsh Navy. when Rear-Adnrtrol Sawyer paid his re- specte to Lieutenant-Governor Fanning. who wrote tn haste to the‘ colonial secretary: "The favour- able opinion the Admiral has been pleased to express of the depth o Y-he Water. facility of entrance. and security of the harbour, has afforded myself and all the tn- babitanfs of the town Infinite can, tsfactlon."

since 1715 Charlottetown‘: mem-

ories of shlps-of-war have all been pleasant. During the dlf- ficulties with the United States

over the fisheries, just before the Reciprocity fienty was negotiated, Rear-Admiral Sir George Seymour pald a call with the “Baslllslfl and the "Devastation" to assure the Island of protection; while Com- modore Shirbrick of the United States Navy also entered the hur- bour with the "Princeton" and the "Fulton" to show his goodwill and desire to keep American fishermen within the lnrr. In 1058 Gvmmodo Baron do La Ronctere do Noury of the French Navy called at Charlottetown tn the "Gnesendll." But; the warships’ vislte which thrilled Charlottetown most. of all were those o] the Vessels bringing the Prtnoe of Wales in 1860 and Prince Arthur l-n 1809. On the for- mer occasion.’ particularly, the whole clty turned out. to meet the Prince, who urrlvea 0n the “Hero”. A thousand children gr-eted hlm with the natnnal anthem, and a numerous and brilliant. assemblage attended a C ball l-n his honour. where he ‘fidanced rwlsh rnuiti spirit." till "after three nclock." —Pr6m an article by Dr. D. G Harvey In the Canadian Geographic

Journal. ‘

Indian Independence Bill

(United Kingdom‘ Information) ‘The "Indian Independence Bill" providing for tho setting up from Allust. 15th uf two .. Independent Domlnlons in India In accordance with the United Kingdom Gov- ernment's pin. of June 3rd was presented to the United Kingdom House of Commons on July 4th by the Prime Mizihter. It In intended that the Blll nhall be voted by both, Houses and rccerva the Royal Aa- ‘sbni Wore in. end or bu; month. The offflclnl name of the two