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Morning Daily (Founded in 1881) Authorized as Second Class Mail, Post Office Department, Ottawa. ' [an A. Burnett; Vice-President, Wm. B. Burnett; Editor and Associate Editor.

President, Burnett; Bony-Trees. (i. M. Managing Director. J. R. Burnett; Frank Walker.

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

rah)“, DECEMBER 2o, 194a

commendable Enterprise

In this age when so many are looking for government handouts and inducements of all kinds at the taxpayers’ expense, it is encourag- ing to note that we still have men of vision and initiative. Both these qualities are exemplified by Mr. Sanford Phillips, Mayor Tanton of Alber- ton and their associates who are promoting the West Point-Buctouche ferry service, and who are now preparing to acquire two boats of suit- able type to go into operation on the new route at the opening of the tourist season next year.

This service should prove of great advantage, lot only to Prince County and eastern New Brunswick, but to the Maritimes generally. It will mean a third conne:ting link for Prince Edward Island with the mainland, supplementing the railway ferry service at Borden and the Wood Islands service which connects us with Pictou, Cape Bretorl and other Nova Scofa areas. The service from the western part f the Island to Buctouche will place us in direct contact with Fredericton and other New Bruns- wick centres, right on through Quebec. The distance is approximately that of the Wood Islands-Caribou route, and the success achieved in connection with the latter service by North- umberland Ferries Limited is known to all. Both these services represent something very much worth while in any community,—namely, private enterprise. Had we more local organizations of this kind, backed by our own business men prepared to take risks in providing needed pub- lic services, they would find the bureaucrats and politicians more cooperative. "Welcome ever- more to gods and men," says Emerson, "is the self-helping man. For him all doors are flung

llalsing The Ante

The published correspondence between Pre- mier Macdonald of Nova Scotia and Prime Min- ister Mackenzie Kingvon the proposed Domin- ion-Provincial tax agreements is of special in- terest in view ofwthe foct that it deals with a matter of great importance to all three Mari- time Provinces. That is the hard-won subsidies received under the Duncan and White Commis- sion awards. Premier Macdonald insists that the Dominion resume payment of these sub- sidies in addition to the proposed $15 per cap- ita grant, in exchange for the Province re- Iinquishing the fields of personal income, suc-' cession and corporation taxes.

This, we understand, is also what the Prince Edward Island Government is strongly urging,

two Conservative administrations in this Prov- ince we received, under the Duncan and White Commissions, subsidies totalling $275,000 per year, guaranteed us’ for all time. In addition, through the minority finding of former Chief Justice J. A. Mathieson, one of the White Com- missioners, the door was left open for‘ further settlement on the basis of fiscal need.

This special subsidy was discontinued under the wartime tax agreement, and presumably the some arrangement was contemplated in the new proposals by Finance Minister Ilsley in the House of Commons. The two million dollars an- nually that we are offered represents the cash minimum that any Province may receive, and takes no stock whatever of the subsidy due us on special claims.

Now, under ‘pressure of Premier Macdonald and, we understand, of our own Island spokes- men as_ well, the Dominion Government has weakened on this issue. Mr. King in his letter to Premier Macdonald concedes that our claim for restoration of this subsidy is at least 30 per cent valid. He says:

"The PrairFe Provinces have been receiv- mg an annual subsidy in respect of their nat- ural resources and as a result of recommenda- tions of three Royal Commissions, Manitoba has received, and Saskatchewan and Alberta have been offered, a capital sum payment represent- ing compensation for loss of revenue to the Provinces in respect of their natural resources luring the period when tho Dominion was ad- ministering these resources. Becauso-these three Provinces would thus recleite part of the pay- ment due them in the form of a capital sum rather than an annual subsidy, only o propor- tion of the total payment due by them in re- spect of their natural resources _hos to be de- ducted as a statutory subsidy from the annual lpayment provided for in the Dominica's _pro- posols.

"To place the Maritime Provinces, in this rospect, in a position of equality with the Prairio Provinces, approximately 30 per cent of tho special annual subsidy payable as a result of tho Whito Commission recommendations should not lravo to bo doductod from the proposed annual payment. Thornton, tho Dominion is proparod to ogroo thot 30 por cont of tho White Com- mission annual subsidy should not bo doductod from tho annual payments to tho Maritime Prov- lncos propoood in tho budgot, os this amount is doornod to ropmont tho oguivolont on on on- boolaiot a capitol rum corresponding to tho roro _ to tho Prairlo Provincos In ro- of. jnotorol rosourcos."

i ~ ' oigniflcdht stotomont. Tho rrovonhot Involved, but it moon! *“.S'TIIEE wo oro on-

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Ilpociolrdo -oror dollorohfnlmtold

_ ,' pcr cent of the whole. and with good reason. Through the efforts\of-'

bollovod thoroporf will bo modo public oorly In Joooory.

Ottawa, It would appear, has boon "bluff- ing" us all along, hoping to got as much out of us as poosiblo, in oxchango for as little as possible. Such on attitudo is somewhat dis- quioting,—moro creditable to o group of horse-traders than to responsible statesmen. It is fortunate that wo protested vigorously, and doubly fortunate that we had such a formidable colleague as Premier Macdonald in tho fight with us.

But the fight is by no means over. Mr. King's oftei still has o "phoney" look as Mr. Macdonald appears to bo thinking. ln‘ony case it falls far short of meeting our fiscal require- ments in this Province, which Premier Jones re- pirrtedly estimates at least three millions annu- a Iy.

- EDITORIAL NOTES .-.

Sunday, according to the calendar, will be the shortest day in the year. i A i i

It may be mentioned Mr. Ilsley is taking his secretary and two other members of his Finance staff with him to the Dept. of Justice.

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Mr. Donald Gordon says rental decontrol would mean substantial increases in rent and thousands of evictions with nowhere to go. He is leaving the Government the "headache" of handling the problem.

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To enter and really enjoy the Kingdom of Heaven here below one must be as harmless as the dove yet as subtle as the serpent. This is the surest woy to enjoy Christmas and be Santa Claus's deputy.

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Mr. Ilsley, everybody is quick to acknowl- edge, (says the Gazette), carried a heavy load through the war, a load about as heavy as that which he placed or: th: bgcks of the taxpayers.

The Liberals took a smashing defeat at the hands of the Duplessis Government candidate in the Bagot by-election in Quebec. More hand-

writing on the wall. l Q

They are careful in all things in Toronto, especially of dogs. Meter readers of the Tor- o1to Hydro-Electric System carry cards which shew in red ink the disposition of each dog on their routes. If the card index shows that the dog is unfriendly the meter man may ask the customer to remove the dog to another room while he checks the meter.

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What are our Federal representatives about in allowing tho Ration Section of the Wartime Prices and Trade Board to be transferred to Saint John, and the local employees dismissed? ll rationing is about to end why commence with this Province, or is it another case of rr-aking Prince Edward Island the guinea-pig of tlre Dominion for experimental purposes?

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The U. S. S. R. established this date I922 in succession to the Russian Empire. The area and population are 8,24l,673 square miles and I63,- 0»)0,000 people. Thecrural population forms B0 To the Council of Peo- pTe's Commissaries is attached a Joint State

llotoo By The Way

u you arc puzzled ng the international .rymb°lér it ls "Impeg. ialism" when some other nation does It. -—Vancouver Province.

The poo-lion for fonq narneo lo spreading to England, A sum; chimney sweep now calls himself a ‘-'fluonomlat" and charges 31X- Donce more per chimney. —Edmon- ton Journal.

‘lhere are thousand; of people driving automobiles who don't know the first thing about driving an wutomobile. If that strikes you as a half-baked, smarty-pants gener- allzatlon. it may be because you don't lmow the first thing, either. When we look In the newspaper any Monday morning to loam who has been killed Ln- motor accidents. we learn that even when drivers know every1hlng else about driv- 1118. they don't know the first thing. —Morrls, Mam, Herald.

The noted Swedish expert. Pro- fessor Streyffe-rt. has made the following computation of the per- centage distribution qt the out- put. value of the timber industry of his country. referring only to that portion sold to foreign coun- tries: Fbrest-owncrs (chiefly farm- ers) receive for the growing timber- 22 percent. Liranbennen and loggers receive 22 percent. Workers at the mills receive Z3 percent, Office and technical staffs receive in salaries 6 percent. Costs of industry over and above wages: viz. row mater- ials. fuel. fittings and plant, taxes. interest and prcfit- 27 percent. — Fnom Forest and Outdoors.

Something like this should be salti, perhaps to the averagi- in- dividual living in the postwar" era of 1946: ‘The war is over now, al- IIWUEII EOVernmcnls may not de- clare It so for months to come. The flflltiillk has ceased. It is time to rebuild the world again. our help with that will come from those who are willing to help and to work, Some lands flirt. with inflation, some with ‘pc-aver’; but. generally speaking this land will be what we loEeiher make‘ It. Let us make lt the best Canada that has yet come to pass." —Victoria Colonist.

Strange things hapricn at. post office counters, says British re- lease. One of the strangest was when an old former handed a bucket, full of money over the Counter with the remark that there was a thousand pounds ($4.000) “for the bank and national sav- ings". The somewhat dazed clerk. more used to bags than buckets as money containers, counted the moflfiy and found only £900 ($3.600) The farmer asserted that he had counted the money only that mom- lng. and he was sure it. was a thousand pounds. The clezt: made another count and still 1t Wag only £900. The farmer then had a brain- wave; "The wife has given me the wrorg bucket."

Anyone old (Elltililfllli to remember the years IOIIOWlIIQ the First Great War will recall the endless talk heard on every hand about the "high cost of living“. During the First Great War Canada made very little effort to control prices. Only In the case of wheat was control action taken. the Government clas-

Political Department, formerly known as the Cheka, but since I922 as the O. G. P. U., which is designed to combat political and cs. nomic counter-revolution, espionage and brigandage. Its chairman is a memberpf the Council. It is directed by special rules and regulations which, have not been promulgated. The control of the legality of the acts of the O. G. P. U. is ex- ercised by the Attorneyr-General of the Union in accordance with a special decree issued by the Central Executive Committee (Tsik). l fi fi I i The United States and Canada through anl exchange of notes have agreed that the station- . ing of naval vessels on the Great Lakes for training purposes by either government would be - consistent wit ‘he spirit of the Rush-Bagel Agreement. is further interpretation of the famous agreement of l8l7 is subject to the pro- l viso that full information about the number, disposition, functions and armament of the ves- sels should be disclosed in advance. The Rush- Bagot Agreement regulated the presence of‘ naval vessels upon the Lakes after the war of lSI2, and since has been subject to o number of I interpretations. While its detailed provisions have long boon outmoded, its spirit continues to guide the two governments. "As a symbol of friendly relations extending over a period of nearly I30 years the agreement possesses great historic importance," the notes said. Q I I I n of creation of a I commission will be revived again at the noxt session of Parliament, it is expected. A largo section of tho marino industry has indicated it is in favor of the appointment of such a body_ to deal solely with tho problems of that indus ~ try, tuch as is dono in tho United States. Th1 ' Government hos boon holding off from faking th stop, possibly bocauso of tho complexities involv- I od in shifting jurisdiction into a singlo agonav.‘

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It is roportod now that a movo is under w , among shipbuildors to lond thoir weight to ol proposal along with that of ship ownors and o orators, and somo action toward ro-awakoni g tho govornmont‘: intoroot may bo Iookod for ho- ' foro tho ond of Jgnuory.‘

report of tho Royal Co - j misrionors on will dofinitoly bo in hands of Reconstruction Miniotor Howo bofpro_ tho ond of tho yoor. That's tho letost word from commission sources. Tho commissioners, under Mr. Justico W. F. Carroll of Hallfox, now pro in Ottawa putting tho final touchoo w tho last roctionr of tho topott. Other portions of tho bulky documontr oro In tho hondo of tho print- oro, ond much of tho roport olroody hos boon printed. -Whilo thoro hos boon no onnounco- rnont on whothor or not it will bo hold up for tobliog at tho next soorion of Porllonront, it is

e Tho long-await?

olio 14's explanation ooorno we. that r one pure motors , t Irlorln ot-

lng the grain exchange, setting up a wheat board and pegging pricvs at $2.20 a, bushel, Everything else was allowed to find its own com- petitive level and ll was n high one. Butter- was up around n dollar a. pound. eggs at. B0 cents. sugar as high as 26 cents a pound. Clothing and shoes took a plane ride, ‘The average householder couldn't find the money to keep up with the price procession. The result; was o buyers’ strike lcd by the housewives. They simply dld without until prices found what they considered a fair level. Merchants everywhere

ltcok a bad beating ‘in the write-

theh inventories along ~Lethbridge Herald.

down at about 1921.

Ono thing deserving of lpecial mention is the fact. that Britain's rcconversion period ha; witnessed comparatively few work stoppages. Taking Into account the very spec- lal difficulties which had to be faced in the United Kingdom, the total number'of working days lost has been small and the n-iunber

l0! workers Involved only a fraction

of the labor force, In the first nine month; of this year the aggregate number of working days lost was 1,686,000. There were 1,602 stoppages, involving 410.000 workers. Oonsider- lng that some of the lift". ESPN- Ielly ln' the mining Industry. were involved In more than one dia- pute, this last figure stacks up well against a working force of nearly 18,000,000. Compared with other countries. the British worfclngmanh lot. has not been portlculany ha y.

e has shown himself to be ell

jdleclpllned and reody In put. nu-

tlonal interests ahead of hlo own. This ls indicated by the fact that

e has worked hard and roen the greater propgtlon of his lotion {o overseer at e very time when ho could u; than to good advantage. ~Kltchener Record.

‘nits, oartrrrlolly speaking, nut be the much-heralded ero o! the little man, w the Vanwuvor Province. lle averaged-oiled Oonodlono search vainly for shirts

load oharto um will m them, tho

little (eilowr oro enjoying o mode- to-order situation. Look at the counters covered with ohlrtr nearly

oll marked else l4 or 14 1-2. Andi

the shorts. through some omnl ent regtmentonlm. seem restricted to woln. ofn 28 and S0. This Ir of very well for tho fatty lodo wh rnoinogo to oquoeoo Into ouch gsoell rises. but for those Ctnodlrno vrh hone wovod to their loo ~ and boyloh liner, tho sltnrotlm lm’ funny. One con understand vinyl ls neooooory to moko rmo sloo ohfrto and ohrito, y stand thot ouch olopo not grout. demand and oonromront y in better manly. lat why. oh vr . door so much shining one - lng hove to ooto moko so m and rllo Wot The l!‘

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‘llrll column Io opon to tho diocuoolon by corro- opondonto of auooflono of Interest. The Charlottetown- Guardlan docl not nooeonr- fly ondoroe tho opinion of reopondonto.

GOVERNMENT HELD RESPONSIBLE

Bin-Your Issue of November l6 contained the report of tho annual convention of the P. E. Island Temperance Federation at which the president, J. H. Muc- Farlane, after stating the great increase in the bale of liquor in the Province from $46.86’! ln Jan- uary 104-5 to $1l7.l8‘l in January i946, attributed this to the slack- enlng of the Prohibition law and called for a greater effort on the part of the temperance people to help In suppressing the sale o! intoxicating liquor.

Now with a Government boom- lng the sale of u and a people lusting after 1t. the fempfllme people cannot c099 with such l‘ situation.

As you know, before the new liquor store was evened Pmmler Jones stood up at the veterans meeting and tendered a hearty invitation and a welcome to the returned men and all to Come i0 the Government liquor store whore they would be so well used. and we see what: happened. in increase in sales of $70,530-

All Governments are sufliwsi-‘d to be the lrilslees pf the people and not their despoilcrs as this one is with their liquor sales in- creasyng 519530 a year. with Dre- parations for a further increase. And this is only the financial as- DQQL 0t the matter. There is the moral spiritual life which should be the anchor-hold o! eV- ery home. These men musl- Bllmd accountable for the men that are being ruined morally and spirit.- ually, for God's word save We? unto that man that ElVPlh h“ neighbour drink": and to ‘make ma; judgment more certain it says again, “Be not deceived. God i5 not, mocked for whatsoever a man soweth that shall he 11180 reap." , .

God has declared: “I will visit the iniqulties of the fathers 111W" their children unto the third and fourth generation of them lhfll “are mo." ‘Elie seed 1S being sown now but WI"? Shall "all u“ harvest? The Bible says the hisrr- vest. Will be at the 0nd of lite world.

1- am, Sir" cltfi. HUMBLE SERVANT-

___%______ The Ancient i-n the

Province)

Darkness covers tuvil 0i wintry hours. Cities shin~ glowworms bound to earth; and citizens, like moths, must holfl their eyes to the nearest lirxhl. '11“- able to see much hflyflfld- n‘? countryman moves b)’ "lz'l°“'5 rather than light. when We Si“ is absenL-for moonlight '8 It" constant and the stars fivls throw enoukh 138M 1° Tell“? 9W color from the landscafii" Hill‘ trees anrl houses all and?" “wk shadows; the llghtdrswn eyes muii look up at the stars.

Astronomical Immensities do not gravitate down readily to the 0"- rllnary mind 1t. ls accepted flu-t star's arr- ather suns. far away an space. They may he bigger and ham-r than the sun that warns the earth. the-Ir heat Is not appreci-flne here. Distance rriay he (‘BICIIIBIQKI to line measurements. hul "HEM years" and "pir-sers" mean littlr- to Darby and JoaIr. ‘

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UWiIdwood" Vane ruvcr fllli‘ lik“

The Pole Star keeps its‘ constan- ey, the Great Bear slowly turns o- bout it. Thr- bright stars In 13-1011 shine out r-if the cast; the liItlP ‘cluster of Pleiades “the Butcher's Cleaver" draws .1 friendly ‘WWW!’ of recognition; beyond lhesfi, and the planets, tho splendid gem: of thr- herfvens are scarcely known.

The Ignorance Is excusable Mod- em llfc seldom demands night watching In the open air; outdoor sleeping Is not general; clouds In their ways are Interfering when stars mtght be studied. We are content to neglect these other greater universes. By this we may be loslmr both light and strength ln our common experience. Of all earth's creatures. we only know the stars. and they are known to all men. the world over.

They were familiar to the earliest of our race, they have not changed through what we coll "ages." They were undisturbed when our mount- lino bulged up. They were rhin- ing In their silent calm when the sun threw off the mars of chaos that cooled down to the cold gran- lle we coll earth.

Nothing we can see ls so per- petual. While all under our feet, ll crumbling with age. they or, rrhztrt. points of eternity, We olgh tot’ ysors that are to them Infmllenl- mo! otomr of time. The Zulu the Srmoon see them or we do. Ou- thourondr of miles of opoco are too rrnoll to be noticed by the non;- out otor. Altogether. wo oro to thorn or s opeck of dust, tab rmoll to bo ooon In a sunbeam. What. than or. our llttlo tumults corn- posed vrffh their colmt ' Our world won. our notional Lrtrlfeo could not be soon from