.~.:.:¢ '- ._~.--'>.- -<-..,

- tied economically.

' double ti. yield oi dry farms without irriga-

- February l amounted to 3l,567,900 pounds com-

_ cdrding to the Dominion Bureau of Statistics. ' Holdings oi cheese were 26,957,500

_ , ruary i ho ‘MIJBJQ pounds compared with 4,849,100 on

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A THE GUARDIAN

ssornin; pair; (Founded tn iast.. Authorised aa Second Claaa Mail, Poet Oftiea Department, Ottawa. Preident, Ian A. Blame“; Vice-President, Win. R.- Bumott; Beep-Tread, G. M. Burnett; Edit/or and Managing Director. J. It. Burnett; Annotate Editor. Frank Walker.

g ”The Strangest Memory is Weaker Than the Weakest Ink.”

CIIAHLOTTETOWN THURSDAY, FEB. l9, 1910-

Pralrle Irrigation Plans

New Brunswick and Nova Scotia members oi the House oi Commons are reported to be seeking a Maritime version of the Prairie Farm Rehabilitation Act, a measure under which the Dominion Government is pledged to spend 5W0,- 000,000 on Western irrigation to add to the agri- cultural productivity oi Alberta and South Sas- katchewan. Meanwhile Prof. H. Van Vliet oi the farm management branch oi the University of Saskatchewan has come forward by way oi criticism of the project for the Western Prov- inces. He contends that this expenditure of $100,000,000 mi irrigation could not be iusti- He argues that a similar sum spent on iorestation, or in the improvement oi dry icirming methods, would produce a greater return, and that by double cropping and the sowing oi nurse crops, it might be possible to

tron. Other arguments against the scheme, sug- gested by a Winnipeg correspondent are: A terrific job oi work has to be done by individual farmers to prepare their land ior irrigation. Ditches have to be dug and the land leveled. When the water is ilowed onto the land the former has to be on hand with a shovel to make it ilow where it is needed and to prevent block- ages and washouts. In a drought cycle, ii droug-ht is coupled with law prices as it has been so aiten in the West, the irrigation charges on the land may prove a millstone to the farmers. An irrigation charge ct Si a year per acre may seem modest enough. But on 640 acres it is $640 a year, and if the iarmer falls behind he may n-ever catch up. During the depression the Alberta irrigation districts had to wipe oii more than $30,000,000 in iarm debts. So irrigation alone, without stab-le iarm prices, is no panacea. Already there is diiiiculty in getting iarm- crs to use water where water is available. ln Southwestern Saskatchewan a lake l8 miles long and 30 ieet deep" has been constructed south oi Swift Cuirent at Duncairn. The water is there, but the iarmers themselves are not showing much interest in it. They preier to take their chances on rain rather‘ than go to the trou- ble and expense oi organizing irrigation d-isitricts. The trouble seems to be that between the blue print stage oi irrigation and the ultimate achievement oi a good liie lies an immense gap. Dry land farmcrs will h-ave to learn to handle water, to be sold on the merits oi using water from irrigation ditches, to make peace with con- ditions oi irrigation farming. It is much harder work operating an irrigated iarm than a dry farm. In good years, such as we have been hav- ing, the returns are ever so much greater. Ultimately, irrigation will make it possible ior the West to hold more people. in the dry areas, a iarmer may require 600 to l,000 acres to survive and prosper. But when irrigation is used, land requirements per family drop. ln the older irrigation districts in Alberta the size oi farms has dijc-pped steadily until the average in some places today is around 100 acres.

Prayer From Washington

Unlike our own House oii Commons whose sessions are begun each day with set prayers, the U. S. House ni Representatives employs varying prayers, according to the spirit oi the chaplain each day and the state oi the nation or the world.

From the Congressional Record the Ottawa Journal reprints the following prayer given by the Congressional Chaplain on January l6, a pray- er which is said to have delighted its listeners and is iinding its way in printed iorm on to the walls oi many a Washington oiiice.

"Our Father, we turn to Thee because we are sore vexed with our own thoughts. Our minds plague us with questioning: we cannot answer, and history confronts us with responsi- bilities we cannot evade. Who among us is suf- ficient for these things? '

"We are~ humbled by our experience oi fail- ure and driven by pressure to act before we are aura what -Thou woulrlst have us do. flou lrnowest our deadlines as Thou knowesf our need. We cannot push Thee, for Thou wilt not be hur- ried. But only Thou canst keep us from beingi pushed."

lialry Products And doiiltry

Stocks oi creamery butter in Canada on

pared with 43,895,100 on January i arid 3i,- 899300 on the corresponding date last year, oc-

poundoicom- pared with 30,633,600 on January I and 23,428,- 000 a year ago.

Stocks oi evaporated whale milk held by or for m‘; uiactura were lower on February i, totoliing“3,353.U0 pounds compared with 5,190,- 600 an J ary i and 12,849,300 last year. Feb- ngs oi skim milk powder amounted

“i apd_._2',420,300 on February i, i947. irolan éroam amoantod ‘tor 895110 February i and 1,060,500 on Janu-

. n Fob I * ‘.' “ "Mywlth

egg meats totalled 9,232,000 pounds compared with 11,165,600 a month ago and 4,395,300 9" February l, i947. Poultry meat stocks on Febru- cry l amounted to 31,427,000 pounds compared with 34,973,300 on January l and 29,542,400 I year ago. ‘

- EDITORIAL NOTES ~-

lt is quite light from 6:30 a.m. _to 6:30 p.m. these days.

Bay Scouters and Girl Guiders dine together at the Charlottetown this evening in celebration oi Baden-Powell ln Memoriapi Anniversary.

The streets and sidewalks are atrocious, but a month hence the B. l. S. will have dry walking for their annual parade and we will have for- gotten all about present iliseomiorts.

Satan still ‘iinds mischief ior idlers to do, notwithstanding all the physically iit and other programmes provided ior our rising hopes. The need oi police all over Canada was never more evident.

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Russian propagandrists like others of their kind believe in repetition. They tell you they are going to tell you, they tell you, then they tell you that they told you. Then theY 5"!" "ll over again. . _

in calling Maritime unemployment "large- ly seasonal" Labour Minister Mitchell must be looking foreword to a booming HaliiaX When the St. Lawrence opens, and the election heaves in sight.

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There is one university iad which is not likely to become a permanent part oi colleg: lite. Beauty contests ior babies oi students will almost certainly cease with the graduation oi the crap oi student-veterans.

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The Sanatoroum nurses are now in line with those oi other hospitals, and deservedly had a largely attended graduation ceremony. ln order oi importance for the well-being oi society we have priests and parsons, doctors and surgeons, nurses and patients-the last nBmed providing the raw material for the others to operate upon.

‘l’ I i O

The proposal ior a supreme consultive council to settle disputes between Commonwealth countries will die a natural and speedy death. The whole trend is away from centralization and iormal organization withinrthe Empire, and the ‘desire to reconcile India and Pakistan will hard- ly bring about such a reversal oi policy.

~ Nicolous Copernicus, Polish astronomer, born this date l473;-was a physician and administrator, at the same time devoting himseli to the study oi astronomy. He created a new conception oi the heavens with his theory that the earth and other planets revolved round the sun, now a tru- ism, but at the time gave rise to a keen con- troversy.

Mr. Thomas W. Lamont, the iamous New York financier: partner and Board Chairman in Morgan 8i Co., has willed approximately $10,- 000,000 to charitable and educational institu- tions, including $5,000,000 to Harvard University. The will has been iiled ior probate and details made public. The residue oi the estate was left in trust for the widow, Mrs. Florence Lamont.

I i fi I Even hali an ounce at common sense is valu- able in cases of emergency. Teddy England, o twelve year old Berkley West, Virginia, boy, put his tongue against an iron pale on his way to the school bus, and had it irozen iast. All sorts oi ineffective remedies were suggested. lt was almost an hour before someone suggested maybe warm water would loosen him. It worked. Teddy suffered no ill effects. ‘I I I i

A farther advance in socialism—-pre-baby bonus! Tasmanian members of the Federal Executive oi the Australian Labour Party have been instructed by the State Executive to ask the Federal Government to provide marriage loans. The proposal is that loans up to $750 should be rnade to encourage young couples to marry. it is suggested that repayment; b; made in easy instalments; that $150 dollars b; 0mm, off ior the birth oi the first child and a similar amount ior the birth of each subsequent child up to the iiith, when the debt would be regard- ed as liquidated.

I I i I h lt is on the cards that the Government at t e CIOIIIIIIQISGSSIOII of the Legislature will make legal provision for the appointment oi a deputy blhftwY-General. Since the Federal-Provincial ‘Pi-ill! oi taxation and subsidy was inaugurated the work oi the department has increased con- siderably. Recently acting uppointmgnfg M," 5°" M049,‘ that is, other members of the bar have been called upon to represent the At- torney-Genreral _in court and discharge other duties. Now it is felt the time ha; grriygd whgn the Department of Justice may be strengthened by making necessary provision ior, and payment of. v Der-in Attlzrnsly-qeneral. I

Liberal Senators are ndt directly affected by genbral elections, butthey are beginning to. ex- perience "chills" on their own account. Senator Norman Paterson. (La-Ontario) found instant approval oi his suggestion thoi the methods oi air conditioning, ventilation and heating be studied by the Committee on_Pubiic Buildings. Draughts, he_ said, were definitely present. Sen- ator W. D. Euler (L-Ontario) cltippgd in with the statement that a number of the senators’ offices plea were chilly. From Senator R. l. iiornar (PC-Saskatchewan) came the suggest- ion that the‘ rather ornate chandeliers which hang m the Chamber are out oi date and prone to glare. "ll we sot prppariy," he said, "we'd all idco the wail-h’. further, the draught in his soc- tron was so strong it woo almost o brem that had ‘resulted in several colds. lot of eoum, he.

‘pleasure from "the

. THE avrixoiiuv. =

There's a dlffannea beitwaen bringing up children elmply and simply brlnalns thorn up.. -Mi'n- neepolia Star.

A duck has been discovered in Maryland with o. orawful of git‘- terlng gold duet. A relative, no doubt, oif the goose that. laid the golden egg. — Windsor Sear.

The good teacher la worthy af

his hire, and parents, who are tax- payers, should see that salaries are not. only adequate to attract (be best teachers, but co-cperate with them by sending ca-orperatlve chi‘.- dren to school. - St. Thomas Times-Journal. People are put on this earth tn work. To play a little, oif course, and to enjoy an adequate measure of recreation -but to do usnfui things and to drive the truest, consciousness of work well done."_ —- Halifax Herald.

The standard of living in Can- ada excels that of any country governed by a dictatorship, or by a socialist or Communist system. Until any of these systems can produce standards comparable with those achieved in Canada un- der free enterprise, it. would be senseless to alter our economic way of life to any other plan- Windsor Star.

Four years ago, a Fort William furniture dealer bought a pair of large, ancient Chinese porcelain vases at an auction sale. They were full of ii pot-pouri of ger- fume leaves. The other day, when he put his hand into the vase to stir up the leaves, he found there a sealed battle of a famous brand of scotch whisky. In the other vase. a sealed battle of liqueur whisky was discovered. The deal- er is a teetotaier! Edinburgh Scots-man.

The dif“cultiea of police work are well known. and the publi: ls sympathetic. Nevertheless it can- not be stressed too much that policemen are guardians of the law and protectors of the public: they are not, judges, and punishment, dries not lie in trheir hands, '1.1ey carry pistols to protect LHGILSBJIGS against possibly desperate crimin- als; they do not. carry pistols in order to threaten-anyone who has not. yet been proved guilty ni at offence against. the law. — Peter- borough Examiner.

What the American public would like to know is whether oil is a disappearing fuel. and, if so, what about synthetic manufacture from gas, coal and shale? Next, is the transport. shortage (in tankers. pipe lines and tank cars) wholly to be blamed on the steel indir- try? What are the facts on for- eign trade. import. and export? How will the Marshall plan change the picture? Just how ana when will Arabian oil affect our oil burners, gasoline tanks and so on And when are prices coming down, and how about, next, winter? New York Herald-Tribune.

To many, Britain now appears to be poised at. the dawn of a new Elizabethan Age. From it is not expected another Shakespeare But. it: is reasonable to hope that. the intense activity in another sphere will produce a scientist of compar- able stature, whose gift t) the world may contribute to one cause of universal peace through the ..e- lief of those human wants which breed disorder and strife. ‘rue con- ditions are propitious. And in that brotherhood of science exists the spirit which could encourage that most. desirable development. —Vic- Lorie Times.

There are people who contend that corporal punishment is both obsolete and humiliating and that sweet. reason should he employed by teachers in dealing with unruly and disobedlent children. In some cases that may prove true. but in the great majority a sound hiding would work wonders with boys who constantly give trouble and the application of this sutu- tary treatment might prove of markeitedvantage to their future conduct. since the halrbrush, the strap. the cane and the woodsi-ied went. out. of fashion a load many boys hiwe got, out of hand and ended as 1uvenile delinquents, of- ten the criminals of later years.- Brockvllle Recorder and Timer.

111a Ottawa. Journal dlngraaa with those who curtail speeches in Parliament, with certain exrep- tians, to 20 minutes, and to 10 minutes if read. Admitting that. too many speeches are too long. it docs not. think that the guillotine should cut short. the good ones. A good sermon can be preached in a0 minutes. A good address can he made tn Parliament in ao min- utes. Members may consider that their constituents are more im- pressed by a long speech than by a short one. They might, be sur- prised it they knew haw tow peo- ple will read more than "twenty- mtnutes’ worth" even in Ifaneazd. -Toronoo Star.

Mrs. Gladys Strum, M}. from Quflkppelle, should acquire a lot of feminine followers for her chai- ienge to men in Parliament to do the shopping. Her idea ts that the male of the qseoles hasn't any idea how difficult- a job shopptnh today is, The idea has mert- but the results. might lo tar beyond Mrs. Strum‘: intent. (nice wares get, hubtrlea to doth; the strapping, the nextjogfeal soap ts to at them to do the aaoktnp-bfiall the new rules, attnttag on butter odd

"stretching" oanonolva meat -onrl then they'd have to do the dilhfl. so they'd realm hovr grim 1m

is from the COP provlnee.

Lenten ‘Meditations - _ (Prom ‘The 11mm

GOODNIBB NOT PAID eon

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Christianity baa often been a-iticiaed on the around that it offer-a. rewant for goodnen, whether 1n. this life or the next. And many of our lard’; sayims seem unequivocally to anflrrn that virtue bring with 1t. an op- propriaoo reward. Christian apolo- gists have sometimes argued that, in ouch sayings he la using mere- IY the lanai-nae of metaphor. But this is surely to miss the point, of f-Iis ‘teaching. vii-toe roi- ‘its own sake is no doubt I noble ideal, but it was not, precisely this which Jesus tnculeaoed.

Emerson's dictum “the "reward °l l l-hln! Well clone is to have done 1t," has truth in it. but it is not the whole truth. Jesus goes beyond this - something is edid- ed to the thing done; something rixelved by the doer as the direct outcome of his deed. "Great: is Your reward in heaven"; “Seek ye first the Kingdom of God, and his righteousness: and all these things shall be added unto you." 5o, the reward of true prayer, even though infinite love may not see fit to answer it. in the exact form in which it; is offered, is the grant. ing of the petition. “Ask, and ye shall receive."

Goodness. according to our lmriYs teaching. is the source and even the condition of receivina the divine blowing. It does not "Yd in itself: It produces its own characteristic fruit: it is this which ls its reward. But God's rewards. as is illustrated in the parable of the labourers (St. Matthew, xx, 140i. are lifted out. of the cate- KOH‘ of payment for service rend- ered. The man in the pay-able “inf, was hired at the eleventh hour re- ceived as much as those who had "borne the burden and heat n! the dzav." not because he had drone an equal amount of work, but be. cause he liaii den." what. he could.

One of the Collects risks that

G90 will D0111’ H's love into our hearts. in order that. _ and he", is. the point. of the prayer-loving him above all things. his prcmiges mil? be obtained; which suggests that there is an inclissokible l‘nk between man's love to God and the reward of that love. The praygr is also a recognition of the truth that even man's capacity for love to God is God's own gift. The Christian believes that the good life is the one kind of life which brings personal satisfaction and the peace of mind which ls the basis of true happiness. But as he strives to understand and to fulfil God's purposes he will not. be thinking of the reward of his good actions; such a motive, in- deed. would deprive them of their essential value.

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PLOWS

Lying in bed we heard true snow- ptowa surging

Through the deep drifts that muted their low thunder

‘Do less than sclumd. to a dull rtiy- bhmld throbbing

111st, the white world felt, and caught, and trembled under. Bet-weer. the curtains we looked crurt and saw

The snow divide as from a vessel's

WOW. ‘Flowing in cold White tides that drew the moonlight Fast in a shining wake behind the plow.

Ch. it was strange to see plowing moonlight. East underfoot, a pole sky over-

head. With the hills shivering in pearly foictlre. .

While we were lying warm in bed . . .

~Yetaa Gillespie, New York Times.

safe and

Old Charlottetown (And r. n. r.)

MANLY EI-‘Fom

The schooner‘ ‘Neva,’ James Keay, master, was frozen in at, Mcnwens wharf on the 24th. No vernber, partly laden with about 6.000 bushels potatoes. The weath- er continuing severely cold. noth- ing was done towards cutting nev- out until the 30th, when Angus McDonald, _Davtd Mclhrren and others, not, only interested in the cargo of the ‘Neva’. but, also de- termined that, no vessel with car- lo should remain -all winter tee hound on the West River, turned out. assisted by the whole sensie- ment, and succeeded tn cutting the ice ahead of the ‘ all the way dovkn to one three tides, a distance of seven miles, through tee from five to seven ‘inches thick. The ‘Neva’ on the 3rd. iast.. pot. clear, and sailed out, of the harbor with flying colors far Georgetown. where she la now fin- ishing taking tn the balance. ‘rhts manly effort on the part of Capt lteay and crew. backed up by the shippers and their friends, reflects peat. credit, on all augment- ‘Hio hamtnar, Dec. l0, 1 .