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Morning Daily ll-‘omided in 1587) Authorised as Second Class Mull, Pon 0mm Department. Utlaws.

President. lan A. Burnett; Vice-Prcildenl, Win If. Burnett: Secy.-'1'ri~us., u. M. Burnett; Editor uno Managing Director, J. It. tiurnclt; Associate lflrlllor, Frank “other.

“The Strongest lllcmory is l'l"eri.'rer ’I'Iian ' the Wen/zest Ink.”

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Legin lloiisiiig Proposal

"lt is all very fin: and large," comments, the Halifax Chronicle dourly, "for Parliament to] a .

prorogue and its mEfiID-JYS to go home to well-deserved rcst, but ilict of thcse thousands of Canadians who have no homcs to go to, main- ly because, in the opinion of many of them, the members of Parliament nforcsaid failed to give to the Canadian housing problem the attention it deserves?" All across Canada the housing situation grows worse instead of better. Prac- tically no houses ore being built for rent and the price of new accommodations is mountirig

lteadily, with few exceptions, because of rising:

costs.

There are many advocates of governmental building and ownership o? low-rental houses, but this plcn hos as many enemies as friends in Canada. The Ccnadiav. Legion, on the other hand, has a scheme which promises to get the construction done and to keep alive the prin- ciple of free enterprise at the same time. This scheme promises to look after the interest of two classes of pcoplc-dliasc who wish to rent econ- omically and those who wish ultimately to own their homes. For those who wish to rent, the Legion has proposed to the Government the building of 10,000 new Wartime Housing units

in 1947, in addition to the 4,066 unfurnished:

Wartime Houses carried over from 1946.

For those who w5sh to purchase, the Legion proposes that in the case of homes costing $7,- 000 or less, eligible veterans should be enabled to borrow 90 pcr cent of the actual total cost of the land and buildirg for 30 years at a 3 1-2 per cent interest rate, lnus cnobling the veteran to own his own homc lor a carrying charge of not more than $6.00 pcr month for each $1,000 of cost.

In the post the trouble has been that the Government has insisted cn 4 1-2 per cent in- terest, because lending institutions gre not in- terested, at present inflated prices, in mortgage leans at any less rate. Th Legion's answer is, let the Government make the loans direct. Hous- ing veterans, and other Canadians too, is not entirely a matter of economics. lt has a socio- logical and humanitarian aspect, and possibly o political aspect foo, since the contented and comfortable family is likely to be a quiet fum- .ly, happy to gct on with its yob.

Fertilizer Supplies

The extreme shortage of nitrogen for fer- tilizer purposes is disclosed in the initial recom- mendations for the distribution of this chemical among more than I00 claimant countries, made by the International Emergency Food Council, Washington. The governments to which the recommendations are made submitted 1947-48

requirements for 2,740,000‘ metric tons of nitro- i

gen. The supply available for distribution falls some 800,000 tons short of these requirements. "Many countries with huge populations to feed aPe desperately in need of more nitrogenous fer- tilizers to increase their crop yields" the Coun- cil points out. "The acute shortage now ex- isting comes about in spite of the fact that world production of nitrogen in 1947-48 will equal pre-war. The need is now much greater than pre-war because soil fertility lost during the war years must be restored and greater popula- tions must be fed." _

Some countries depend entirely on imported nitrogen, while others both produce and import. Five countries produce more nitrogen than they need for their own agriculture. These are Can- ada, Chile, United Kingdom, Belgium and Nor- way, and recommendations will be made by the Council to the Governments of these exporting countries, so that tlio surplus nitrogen will be distributed to best advantage among other coun- tries which lack adequate supplies.

Prospective Premier Picked

A Canadian Press write: at Ottawa has picked the first Provincial Premier of Newfound- land, if and when the Ancient Colony becomes Canada's ,tenth Province. The person indicated for this prospective role is the sccretary of New- foundland’: delegation to Ottawa, Joseph R. Smallwood, one of the outstanding members of the 45-member National Convention which was elected a year ago. i-le was the only candidate

who openly advocated Confederation at that. election, and was returned by o big majority.‘ But it took him 4 months lo g-sf his resolution‘

authorizing the dispatch of n delegation to Ot- tawa adopted by the COJIVCHIlOII. Last October

this resolution, which mcrzly favored an inquiryj as to possible Confcdcraiion l-:rms, without in:

any way committing inc Cpnvcnticn to the prin- ciple of union with Conr"o, was defeated by 25 to 18 votes. But in lkbruaiy last, when Mr. Smallwocd re-introclucud his motion, the score warrevcrscd and it was cariind by 24 to 16.

The delegation at Ottawa will mercily report bcck to St. John's the character and scope of the union terms which might be obtained if the pso- ple of Neirlci:r.s'.’:.-.d, on rho initiative of the National Cscvcri. n, should vcle in favor of Ccnfcdsral-icn. So for there has been no sign that the Convention would launch any such in? itiative, or that lheelectors have overcome theirl fraditiocl antagonism to the idea of linking upi politically with the Dominion of Canada. Arid, yet it is probably the case tliut there are more, Confcderationists in Newfoundland today than’ than liavo ever been, and considerably more than. the ovuagc observer of tlio rnlillt.

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The Ciiizrchcs were prciry sparscf/ attended yesterday.

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IIPIICS.

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l Horses, live ctcclz gsneioly, will be in most

|°l "l" thoughts. 0M, we hope, prayers, these

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New we knew evcrsylhiizg cbcut the "Abe- gweif except lzsw big a truck con be driven aboard.

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Who spidvthere is nothing new under the sun? President Gonzales Videla of Chile has unricunced the foimaiion of a "non-politicaI"

cabinet.

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Reported mummified human remains in the Colorado desert near i.as Artgeles had to be super-colossal. The stcry describing them as jb-sing eight or nine fect tall is considered "high- Iy questionable" by anthropologists.

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We should learn to "count our blessings," not boastfully but thankfully comparing our present lot with Cape Breton which has suffer- ed the ill-effects of war, weather, strikes, and

now conflagrations. .

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lt may be not so, but tho Guardian's stormo- guide predicts weather; "Generally fair, prob- ably cool, variable winds." Let us hope it is so for Old Home Wzek and Exhibition, though rain o'nights would be productive of more good

than harm.

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The designation is what counts. Reference to "Lord" Bennett, we are told, is wrong. He was Viscount Bennett, or alternately Lord Rich- ard, 1st Viscount Bennett. But what does it lisignify now, anyway, when most of us knew him ‘before he botook himself and his enormous for- tunic to England, mereiy us "FLB."

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Sir John Young, Bart, first Baron Lisgar, arrived this date 1869 as Governor-General of Canada. His period oi office coincided with the First Riel Rebellion; and he acquired a repu- tation for ability and sound judgment, but was subject to much adverse criticism, and resigned in 1870, returning to Ireland whence he came. The some year he was raised to the peerage, and died six years later without issue to inherit his

peerage.

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It is certainly good business to put the best ,face on adversity. The British budget, in order ‘to save dollar credit, has imposed a 7596 tax on ‘l1. S. A. movie films. The motion picture in- terests of U. S. A. have gone one better by de- ciding not to send any films at all, leaving Brit- nin to produce hcr own, which of course she can do quite satisfactorily, though fans for a time will miss the blood, thunder and love enactments cnoracteristic of many of the cheaper Holly- wood productions.

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Worth noting.

from Motis Beach: a 40-ounce bottle of forty per cent alcohol for $4.72. He paid for the 16 ounces of alcohol in the bottle at the rat: of more than $47 a gal- lon. A few years ago the .nanufucturer's cost was given as 39 cents a gallor. If it be conced- ed that S20 a gallon, tne price charged before the last war, is fair value in view of the taxes charged, the man paid $2 for the alcohol in his bottle and more than $2.70, over $19 a gallon, for water. There are laws against usury but gov- ernments who hove made themselves immune can continue to violate the principles they are sworn to protect with impunity."

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Richard Kerry, M.D., writes

All our attention, or at least of thinking people, is on the situation of Europe, Great Britain especially, and two quotations over the

"Schooling has brought us hard up against the problem of whosgoing to do the rough work. If we're all going to be scholars-who's going to be manual hewers of wood and carriers of water?" "Another result of the Budget is that I've heard more Shakespeare quoted in cas- ucl conversation than at any other time in my life. The quotation admittedly is always the srime, and the circumstances are always th-z same-but still it is Shakespeare. This is what happens. I get out my cigarette case in a pub and in duty bound I fc-el I must offer one of my precious daily ten to my companion Then with ‘Tony luck comes his reply;-—

y ‘Neither a borrower ror a lender be:

i For loan oft loses both itself and friend;

i And borrowing dulls the edge of husbandry?’ iOh, how one blesses the nanie of Polonius!"

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l Canary yellow and liglir blur: tuxedo jac- kets with terracotta trousers as brown as any house roof. Overcoats made from the vicuna cf the Andes or Cashmere goals. All in very bright colors and patterned loi comfort. This is what the well-dressed man Will wear in his attempt to get away from the drzibness of the old styles, Caaunc-oy D. Hunter, executive secretary of the Custom Tailors and Designers’ Association of America, predicted at the Mount Royal Hotel where Montreal tailors examined the exhibits that dominated their 1947 style show in Chicago. These suits are regarded by the trade as the last word in men's dress.

but to outdo the colors that marked men's dress

‘during the American colonial period, Mr. Hun- He intcrpretcd the move towardi

tor thought. color, brightness, and comfort as one imposed by modern conventions in o changing world. He liod tuxedo: in 30 different colors, all bright and shading into one another. Some were plaids with y an Algerian stripe, and a "hound tooth" clieclti Will they really replace thonld tuxedo? "Most definitely," explained Mr. Hunter. The older man may remain somewhat reluctant to get away from tlio block merino o'r wool, but tlio ris-

treiid of emit|' ing generation will welcome tlio cliarigc which will be thrfiisliioii.

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"Recently a man purchased '

BBC seem indicative of the whither of the drift..

The trend toward color isl so pronounced that it promises not only to rival,l lcb-umstances upon one of the grater-lest of her prfi"Il1fll.l.—b0\1(S.-— ‘Stmtford Beacon-Herald.

CEZARECTTETOIYN y Notes By The Way

i I Six yearn ago a Cleveland busi- ‘ness man went. lo slate peniten- iuury for automobile manslaughter, .hls auto having killed l. youn; -. lclist. The business man fled from the accident, but was caught by police. In addition b0 going to prison. he paid viii $24,000 in dam- ages in civil suits. two other boy; having been injured in the some accident. He served 14 months and came out of prison, one would suppose a sadder and wiser man. But just the other day he n15 m.

rested again, charged with having l

driven away with his lights burned our after bis car bit and crirlcaify injured a pedestrian - Chatiiam Ncus.

Luclcv is the man who can walk. He is a rich man for the world ls bis. Too frequently Canadians for-

is an automobile at their command. “Gil-king is the best and cbeamst i.'.\f‘l<‘l5t! for all ages. If it. is in- lllitltPCl in sufficiently pills and diets may b_e thrown away and foi- gotten. The joys of walking wricch- er in the city or the country never grows stale. When you grow sioeriy or cloned get out and walk. When 5301i are blue and nut of sorts, act 'ouf anrl “ffilk. Get out under ‘tile blue sky and sunshine and vou will feel better. On youiflvacatlon or your clay off with the sun out In its glory or the moon at its fut.- riess. with n few moments tn spare and no desire to spend. get. out- and walk. —Ca1gary Alberto .

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The annual report of the super- lntcvdent of penitentlaries lbriwn some light. on this problem of the recidivist. On March 31, 1946, the convict population in Canadian penltenflnrics was 3.362, and of these 2.651 bad a previous crim- inal rornrd- only 708 were serv- lnr: their frlst term. Those 2.651 convicts‘ already bad served 3.718 terms In relormataries and other‘ rsrovlncinl institutions, also bad served 1.654 penitentiary sentpriors of two years or more. Certalniv for those amone them brick in jail for the fourth or fifth time there was little chance of convinc- ing them that crime as an occu- pation is unprofitable and full of risks. For the good of society as ii whole the confirmed and incor- rlaible criminal had better be kept in custody. r. Ottniva Journal.

Whereaii ll hath pleased Almighty God in His great goodness to voucbsafe many blessings during this year to the people of Canada: Anri whereas 1t bath pleased Him fr His great goodness to grant a bountiful harvest. which has en- nbled the peonie of Canada to as- sist the peoples of other nations at this rrlticnl time; We therefore i vonslrlcr that. these blessings voucb- soft-n to tbaneople of Canada do i-ril] for a solemn and public a:- knoiyledgmeut have thought. fit. by and with the advice of Our Privy Council for Canada. to appoint, imd we do hereby appoint Monday the thirteenth day of October next as ‘a day of rzeneral thanksgiving to Almighty Gotl for the blew-rigs with ivblcb the peopie of Canada. have been favored during tbe year: and We do hereby invite all Our people of Cianada to observe ihe said day as a day of general thanksgiving. __ Canada Gazette.

Costly steel and costly labor threaten Lo run the American ship- building industry high and dry-on to a sandbar of inactivity. The trouble ivltb making ships in the United states always has been that

gcst. peacetime builder, puts a ship togetlber for about boif what un American yard must spend. 3.1a- den. France. Holland and others build them cheaper, too. Now, witn-

have beer deaii t/wo new only blows in their high-cost. miclrlff. iFlrst. steel mills, themselves good- ed by higher labor costs and more ycxpenslve coal, started kicking up steel prices late last week. Anq a- bout a quarter of thebatlons ship. lyarii workers nailed down a wag! llncrease of 12 cents an hour. Steal ialone, say the ship makers. a- coints for 30 per cent of the iota] ‘rost of materials going into 2b.: Jiuilding of a vessel. Labor comes to about 50 per cent. of the total ‘lcost. of a new ship. - Wail Street y Journal. l, Among the shortages from which ,tbe people of Great Britain are [suffering is a shortage of books. ‘For a country long eminent. for its book production and for its historic publishing houses, this is ya severe setback. And the borik |Il10i‘l.11;,‘f2 comes from basically the same tfauses as other shortages in Britain. Following upon the ric- structlon of stocks during the war,

iron came the difficulty of proriir- i

irig material for new production. iThr- book shortage ls not 0a.; a dcmtstli- problem, The compara- tiicly meagre output of British books constitutes an important lfun |lu Britain's unfavorable balance of ‘trace. Materials for book produc- ltinii are available in such insuf- fwient. quantity and in such poor rrrwnlty that British books in for- Irrai, are often at. a very sci-foul ytill-RIIVBIIIEZB in competition lii 1r- ilvgn markets. In considering Brit.- ;aln's war losses and bet "llfzk-ui- fies of reconstruction, it is well nct to overlook the restriczdo-is ti r-l have been imposed by harsn

xinbab IN COLLISION

sriaiirr i-uilmon. n. s, Aug. 10 ION-Gerald Hubiey, '47, of flail- fsx was killed yesterday when the car be was driving collided with u truck near here. Hubiey’: 10- yenr-oid son was critically injured in the accident.

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Standards In Business

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It is i. long llme- Slnc‘) a Gre k philosopher remarked tbitt men cannot hope for success In life wlbtiout. a knowledge. of standard-s, but it is just. as true today, rs it. was 2.400 years ago. ‘

Slnnriirds 1111p the son b1 pujali,

the beg nner at work. ztze masier craftsman, the shop foreman. the general manager and the Dre-Bl- ‘dent; they guide [IFSIESFI-infll men and statesmen; thev are of use I30 everyone In Judging sriufls. work and goods for sale. , There are people who ri-‘bvl. Th?!’ don't lko this or tb-ni rule. ‘though a million others may ap- prove lt. 1f every rule vc-ntdon and standard o-ojrcled to by someone were wiped t-ul, ire-re lwould be a state of contusion wmse lthan that 1n Alice's Wonderland. where people made up their own lrules as they went along

Many VQIUHIP: have Iver. ivritton on every phase of .rtand;ti"ns_ ‘T-"ese have set up new aims. cmrified old ideas, and built ideals of b.5511 principles yet to be otlaliisd. This short article ls designed to dioiw [attention to only one kind —the kind usniul if‘ producing, buying and selling.

Standards perform two 11.11.0- tlons: i-iiey rumble us to idgntify goods and grades, thus buying with greater certainty o1‘ getting value for our money. iiizri ftiey enable the PIOGUCEI‘ to make more goods with the some elfcrt and Iinvestment, thus spreading com- modities over a wider area at prices within the ream". of mbre people.

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After the first world war the Qmadlan Standards Association was set up by the Canadian Manu- facturers Association. pr rfessionril engineering societies and repre- sentatives of industry. I! fixed standards which have born accept- ed in the eleclrlciu, metallurgical. and building and c-Lnstrucbon fields. flute Canadian Engineering Standards Asscciatinn was formed to tsp-ordinate the effcrs of DIO-

THE BAR BY ALBERTON‘

While faint at. eve, through syivain ways,

The City's gathered murmurs die.

And volcefui of historic days

Her towers oppose the pallld "SK

A winter strain, entranting more,

fr n.emory's mystic word fhas on,

The echoes of the surges‘ roar

About the Bar by Aiberton.

0h! far away. Oh! far away-

Though tones from old Cathedral bells

Steal sweetly forth, give me stray

Where the dark wave resounding swells

Against the fir tree's solemn gloom

To see day's level fires grow ivan.

And hear the billows sullen boom

About the Bar by Aiberton.

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Driver of the truck In Gordon Abriei of Halifax County. An in- quest. convened yesterday, Ill adjourned until Au]. 16.

Recalling faded days of yore When wide the unbroken forest lay Primeval to the Northern Snoro, And the lone Indian on his .\':iv Heard the deep voice bis sires had known. when his evening camp fires shone. Caught the moan l About the Bar by Aiberton.

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Atlantic's censolnss

1i. cost too much. Britain. the big- I

When weary home the rcaorirs yo yAnd Keeper's deiwy tight. is born. Or Autumn's moonbeams soft and siow ‘Draw dials round the S-‘ICHVPS of corn iSriuthwai-d o'er inner tracts far , Mysterious murmurs wandrr on; The sound of waves that fret the bar, Thr sandy bair at Alberton.

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Spent in the misty "voice of night

‘in Wastem gale that murmur brings.-

Si oieesures die and tix-aamr- of light

In clouds decay. Th= swisit sinus

Yts slid refrain by life's dui sboni.

0f many a izo'den summer done,

In echoes of the sitters’ roar

About the Bar by Alherton. lRohert Harris, R.C.A.. c Mfi

‘The above poem by the cele- brated painter of the I'M-tars of Confederation was written mriuy years ago from Bols do Briunizbe. Paris. The reference, of tour“, I h Alberton. P. E. I.

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CARTIEIVS LANDFALL l‘

The geographic vagueness of Car-

tierk description of his here in 1534 (writes Prof. D. G. Hi-ivey In his "History of the French Regime in Prince Edward Island"; has led to much rontro- versy nl to the "two islands" first seen by him. Mr. W. F. Titimarsh, of Charlottetown, who some years n30 t iiowed Carrier's coarse in n ncboo er Al. the some ‘season of’ the year and imo saw what looi-cd like two Islands in the distance, identified them as Campbell's Point and Cape Sylvester, which int out. from the north shore into the Gulf of 5t. Inwroace about five miles west. of that Point. (Warburtuntsi i “History of Prince Edward." u :1) bit Mr. Blzgar (in "The Voyaizes of Jacques Cartier,’ published by the Public Archive: oi Canada. p. Mi slit] favours Cape Turner and Care ‘Pryon. Ail authorities agree in ldentifym: "Capri Orleans" as lfdare Oops and "Indian Cape" l"- North Clips. .\!r Piggor also identifies "Canoe River" u Cu- cumpoo my.