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GUARDIAN. CHARL-OTTETOWN

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~ :3 THE GUARDIAN

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Department. Ottawa. Trenldenl. lnn A. Burnett; Vice-President, Wm. It. Burnett; Beep-Trans. G. M. Barnett; Editor and ltlanalilsg Director, J. R. Burnett;‘Aneooinle Editor. Frank Walker.

l . v I ' _*"The Strongest Memory is Weaker Tlioh i ’ ' _, .5 - the Weakest Ink."

FiiKifiToi-Ei-i rinisir '17.. ioia * 0n The Sidelines in an Ottawa despatch in yesterday's issue,

it was reported that "while none of the four, Prince Edward lsland members have been ap-.

l ~, pointed to the Prices Committee, they have the

l l l traditional right of sitting on the sidelines while the hearings are in progress. Further they can easily secure the cooperation of their colleagues on the committee to ask one or a series oi ques- tions on prices of such commodities as affect the Province."

And so once again this Province is being "by-passed" and our representatives excluded from membership an one oi the most important committees in the House. The fact that they "have the traditional right of sitting an the side- l lines" is poor consolation. Why should they be always on the "sidelines" and who was respons- ible for putting them there in the present case?

Time For A Showdown

An exchange cites two major reasons why. the Provinces are entitled to a re-allocation of thc taxes collcctoble in Canada, which should add at lcast $200,000,000 to the total of the statutory subsidies and governmental allowances accorded to them at Confederation. One is the enormous increase, in this 8lst year since the organization oi the Dominion, of the cost of dis- charging properly the administrative functions and obligations for which they are responsible under the provisions of the British North Am- erican Act. The other is an extraordinary ex- . pansion of the revenue-producing value of the r‘ ‘ ” field of direct taxation. In the first year of ' Confederation, the revenues of the Dominion tot- alled $l3,7i7,000,lof which over $3,000,000 came from customs, excise and other forms of indirect taxation. In this 81st year of Confed- eration the national revenues will approximate $3,000,000,000, of which fully two-thirds,—-or about $Z,000,000,000,—will be derived from the various sources of direct taxation. And yet these direct taxation sources were earmarked for the Local Governments by the Fathers of Confedera- tion.

Premier Maurice Duplessis oi Quebec, a ; sturdy champion of Provincial rights, has stated -l on several occasions that the Provinces have ’ ' "priority" claims over the Dominion in the whole field of direEt taxation. This contention is sup- ported fully by the language of the British North America Act, as well as by the interpretative judicial decisions rendered by the Privy Council. Section 9i, sub-section 3, oi the B. N. A. Act. gives the Dominion the right oi "the raising oi money by any mode or system oi taxation." Sec- tion 92, sub-section 2 gives the Provinces the right oi "direct taxation in the Province, in order to the raising oi revenues for Provincial pur- poses." The net result is to confer a monopoly on the Dominion over indirect taxation, as well as to give it the right to share the direct tax- ation field with the Provinces. Obviously the financial needs oi tihe Provinces must first be sat- isfied out oi the direct taxation field, if the Fed- eral system is to function at oll. ' Nevertheless the Federal authorities have‘. crowded the Provinces out oi the direct taxation sources of personal and business incomes, and have biirgained seven oi them out oi inheritance and corporation taxes as well. These categories of taxation oll belong to the "direct" iield, on which the Provinces have first claim, but from which the Dominion is coolly collecting approx- imotely $Z,000,000,000 this fiscal year, offer- ing the Provinces less than one-eighth that much

whole field. The bargain is one-sided, manifestly uniair to the Provinces, and in flat conflict with basic provisions oi the Canadian constitution.

llew Blight 0f flats

Characteristic symptoms oi the new blight of oats, caused by a fungus known as helminthosporium victoriae, are brownish lesions

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by accurately reflecting risk conditions in the

- form time for the who .

to compensate them for vacating virtually the lgqmg gnly for days or week-ends, and how many

three-quarters of an ounce per bushel. Al- though seed treatment will control infection arising from disease seed, it wii-l not control in- fection arising from infected soil. Seeding of susceptible varieties should be done as early a: possble in the spring, and of land on which sus- ceptible varieties have- not been grown for al least two years.

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One week till the opening oi the Legis- Some light should soon be shed on dark corners.

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indications are that Farmers’ Week will produce some lively discussions, and perhaps put the competing Legislature in the shade. I I i I

It seems o pity that the mi-lking contest be» tween the two members oi the Canadian House oi Commons did not come off. When it comes to milking, a Liberal and a C. C. F. politician would put up a pretty good show.

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Accurate schedule rating for fire insurance purposes has many advantages. lt is, of course, iairer than less systematic raid setting and also

rate it stimulates the improvement of fire risks. ' i s. w n-

A movement is afoot in the city to induce the government to amend the Daylight Saving legislation to permit the City and towns the right to regulate their own hours. At present the Government has no option but to enforce uni- le Province.

When only 2,500 are eligible to vote in the Charlottetown civic elections out of a population of over lourteen thousand the Council can hord- ly be regarded as having a popular mandate. Onc of its first concerns should be to look into the matter ol extending the franchise for future elections. -

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H. M. S. Cossack with great daring entered Norwegian Fjord this date i940, and a boarding party rescued 300 British prisoners from the Ger-man auxiliary naval vessel Alfmark taken from British ships sunk by Graf Spee. The Nor- wegian government protested to Britain that her neutrality had thus been violated. The rescued pyisoners were landed at Leith, Scotland. Mean- time Norway announced she was preparing to put the Alfmark case before the League of Nations. Decorations, including six D. S. O.'s, were an- nounced for 72 of the Graf Spee victors.

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Owing to shipping restrictions there is little prospect of developing the port of Churchill this year. One British firm had doubled its lumber order _to l0,000,000 feet oi spruce to be shipped to the United Kingdom this summer, but under existings regulations would have. to can- cel the order. The British say- food must come first with them and if_they have only so much money to spendut must be used for food. Wheat, however, would enter the food category, and it is ‘believed quantity of exports oi this commodity through Churchill will be main- tained. Nearly 5,000,000 bushels were exported last summer, a record amount. ‘

Manitoba, like other provinces, appears to be going ahead financially. A $4,Z9l,602 sur- plus oi provincial revenue over expenditures for the ll-month period ended March 3i, i947, was reported in the Manitoba Legislature by Premier Garson. Public accounts for the period, tabled by the Premier, showed iota-l revenues at $24,- 0i8,948, with expenditures reaching $19,737,346. The surplus was $l94,i36 short of the estimate given by Mr. Garson in his budget speech last. March 27. He said the difference was account- ed for by extra accrued school grants.‘ The ac- counts showed a net reduction of $372,951 in capital debt.

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The Senate's Tourist Committee wants to know how many United States tourists actually stay in Canada ior any length of time. If agreed to ask the Bureau of Statistics to prepare a breakdown of the figures an American visitors, by which it would be possible to tell how many

spent some weeks in Canada. The paint was brought up by three Liberal Senators who have doubts on the subject. Senator W. A. Buchan- an lL-Albertu) committee chairman, and Senator James Murdock (L.-Ontario). Senator W. Rap. ert Davies (L-Ontorio) said his observations were that American visitors last year were not as free in spending their money as they were the year before. '

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at the base oi infected plants, accompanied by o

progresses to the upper ones. ‘ This new blight of cots was

Dr. W. C. Broadioot, Division of Botany and Plant Pathology, Dominion Department of Agri- culture, Ottawa. It was first observed in the field in the United States in i945. Since then, .it has become more widespread and the damage ‘more severrthere each year, presumably due to the wide distribution of susceptible oat var- ieties and the consequent increase of the iun- gus on the seed and in the soil. _ i; Susceptible oat varieties are those-that have Ythe variety Victoria as o parent and possess its nNSllTflllCI to crown rust._ The widespread dis- ytribution of such varieties in recent years has gbeen one of the chief factors favouring the de- yvelopment of this new blight. Another contri- gltiitlng factor is the failure of seed treatment to ycontrol Infection once the fungus becomes estab- ‘liehed in thereoil. ~-ln i947, delayed planting gsiems to have intensified the damage caused "by thedisease, as it is known that warm soil favour its development. , - Tests mode at Ottawa indicate that Can- . eillen fonnm" who intend to plant iuscepthiie ' euelt, eiflljeocon, Garry, and Vlelond, well advised to treat their seed with . gigs; an er least

stripingond reddening of the lower leaves which

found in i947 for jcouver Island, gave his life in a heroic charge

the first time in Canada where it has been re- ithrough a hail of machine-gun fire to annihil- cord-ed from all provinces except Alberto, says ate the garrison of a Japanese-held hill on tho

Four years ‘ago, on February l7, i944, a fearless British Army major from Duncan, Van-

Burma front. For his outstanding gallantry, lead- ership and total disregard for personal safety, Major Charles Ferguson Hoey, 30, was post- humously awarded the Victoria Cross. His cita- tion, in part, reads: "After a night march through enemy-held territory the force was met at the foot of the position by heavy machine- gun fire. . . Although wounded at least twicf in the leg and head, he seized a Bren gun from one oi his men, and, firing from the hip, led his company on to the objective. In spite of wounds the company had difficulty in keeping up with him, and Major Hoey reached the enemy strong post first, where he killed all of the occupants before being mortally wounded". it was not the first time this brave soldier had demonstrated his courage and leadership. 0n July 5, I943, for his port in a raid on Maungdaw. Burma, he was awarded the Military Cross, while a few months previous, he had been mentioned in despatches after another Burma action. Major Hoey received his early education‘ at Duncan,‘ and went to England in i933 to make a career of the Arm . Following his grodultlon .ln i937 from So hunt, he was commissioned in the Lln- eolnshire Regiment. ile wesserving on the

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The other dny an we were ntrug- gllng to get. off our local bus, m. tell to ivonderln why t.he rush hour always seems more crowded in Winter than Summer. We asked a friend who works for n inns- poroatioii company. "Don't. you realize." he said, "that. passengers are 10 to 20 pounds heavier and half n foot. bigger around in Win fer?" "No", we said. “Why?” "0v- ercoatsl"-- This Week.

The good behavior of the‘ inhabi- tants of Huunebostrand, a small place near Gothenburg, Sweden, has for many years been n source of embarrassment. to the local pris- oii authorities. The continued lack of any kind of offender has now resulted in t.he decision to close the local prison altogether and lo offer its entire stock of convicts’ costumes —numberlng three — for sale by auction. - London ‘flares.

It. is a thousand pisles that. “r. Churchill's desire that t.he great. assault against. Germany should be in the Balkans was not. canted out. Had ll. been, Russia would not. he in the favorable position that slit‘ is in today. Austria and t.he Balkans would today be under the coiltrol oi Etngland and our own country. Mr. Churchill was as far- sighted as our own President. was nearsighted; Mr. Churchill was as magnanlriious as Mr. Roosevelt wass mean. Nor would Mr. Churchill have been irvilling bo appease Rlla~ sia as Mr. Roosevelt. quite evident.- ly was. He had to yield to Roose- vcit. n man whose knowledge Jl writ and statesmarnshlp was much lass than his. ~San Francisco Ar

lf ll.'n One World, than. that must. mean t.he Eskimos, too. Arn- old Toynbee, the most. distinguish- ed historian of our day, when ask- ed \Vlll\l, group of peflPie 5i°°d m" best chance of surviving an atomic war, nominated t.he Eskimos. Then remembering t.he strategic lmpflll" once of t.he North Pole in an i181! or rocket. projectiles, he quick-y revised his answer and nominated the pygmles of central Africa. S0 ill this atomic era Liie Eskimo-l. iL- appears. are our brothers under the bear-skin. Political pessimist-S who predict. a new ice age of re- action may learn from them how to dig in for the duration-with a minimum of blubber. But. Ameri- caiis who have spent a cold and energetic winter digging out. of an igloo-like garage are likellj l9 K-VB some stiff opposition to the pre- dicted freezing over of t.he stator" qua. After all, they're no DWI!!!“- -Christ.ian Mlence Monitor.

The glory accepted by British in- telligence officers who specmcflh! reported upon Hitler's last. days and his end has it that the two bodles"were carried u!) "l9 blink er, or dugout, stairs and were 0X8- materi on the ground nearby. En- gugh gasoline was poured over lhem lo consume the remains. A member of the Northern Mine! staff visited t.he bunker in 194a and received t.he feeling that. i! Hitler died lt. was in t.he comman- 1y reported way. The visit was made in company with a. Canad- lan officer who had been on tne spot. ivlthln n week of Hitler's sup- posed dealh. This officer examin- ed t.he Chancellor-y Garden around the bunker and saw no evidence of any outdoor cremation. Thee were no charred pieces of ground. It was then spring. and the 81'“! and flowers were QYGIYWMYE growing luxurlantly. He visited the bunker again in the Summfl’ IN! still there were no spots dead m all vegetation, such as one would expect to find ivliere a very large quantity of gasoline had bee.- useiL-Northern Miner. ,

The rather amusing eLor'y of Lh East Cornwall man, whose doom was "rumored" so convincingly that. friends called to offer condo- lences and en organization sf Wlilcll he was a member M569‘! n resolution of sympathy. l8 3 practical example of t.he way a rumor can spread and grow. This story, apparently. was passed en- tirely by word of mouth. How it started, we don't. know -but. we r: willing to bet that. in t.he initial version. the man wasn't. "dead" at. all. Someone else heard it. misun- demooa, and added a few embel- lishments of his awn, By t.he Unis: it had made the rounds it. lied developed into quite a Bflllllilc ll-l- complete with an pilegedly ore- witness nccaunt. of n mam who saw t.he supposed victim collapse and die on his oivn doorstep. -- carmvall Standerd-l-reahalder.

Our inw enforcement. affloern are gelling "soft." 'I‘lm'¢ W88 Wile" l! crime was committed the authori- ties worked fast. and hard aid there was no let-ml) "M" lull!" was meted out. Today they go n1. )6; more seriously, depend too much

ri whet. we call modern conven- iences - t.he telephone, rndlo equipped police cars and motiorcy ales-ail good in their Dime. V" for from being effeeblve-ln-onsu that. call for real good old-fash- loned-sleuthlng nnd digging liter facts. Get the police out. of t.he}! comfy, well-equipped mobor care n ay from their radios and their p ones, let them hunt criminals without the nld ‘of- lIOflPDOM-lfil‘ motorcycles. Get. them off well- pedded cushions and bnck on their feet. it won't bran alert-hint to do but it. ls almost. certain to secure matte. something we ere not getting today. --.St-. .1110"!!! Times-Journal.

Death d two elderly women in n fire which lwqt Lite lellevillo Home for Aged Ieoplrin a stern warning to other municipalities t0 use t.he greatest onre in supervis- ing such institutions, end indeed

noftltweltfrontler in India when World War ll broke out. ' ‘ ‘

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Inf-areas. The Llharlotheluwii Glllfllllll doea not neoennnr- the opinion u; a .

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LBNTEN SEASONS

Sin-l have read with interest s clipping La Tuesday's Guardian, Fob. 10th. on t.he dates on which Ash Wednesday has fallen.

There is a slight error, as 1948 is n. Leap Year, and 1937 was not. The lgnten season this year is early but 1940 was earlier:

Aah Good Wednesday Friday MHZ-Feb. 10 Mar. 25 1937~F€b. l0 Nlial‘. 20 IMO-Feb. 7 Mar. 22 INS-Feb. ll Mal‘. 36

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FULL ANT) BY

A Ti-ifilliflfl. as of rocs’ through t.he dark, Over the sea, echoed Llic eerie ealk

wings,

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Of gear and ynlrds. The binnacleks pale spark

Was fldralfwi-ng. sbreak _

Of crimson lib Lhe loivr West, like n fire

A lingering last.

Arid a weatihei- backstay boomed like n balsso lyi-r.

Slurp, silver bell sl-roikos sounded

through tihe alight.

The high sl-idip heeled, and he!" rim- ezl rigging sung.

As her boiw wave boiled, with pallld pulsing light,

Arid the great, ourved courses car-

ried her along

Out. vuhlere the stormy petr-els,

ceaselesly,

Went by. like ghosts. against t.he sultry sea.

—Wa.lt.er W. Stephen ‘in Title New ' York ‘Plmea.

Old Charlottetown (And r. n. i.)

JOB WENT VACANT

In 1778 a. woman was sentenced to death on a conviction of rab- bery. Full preparations were med’: for the execution. Captain Thom- as Melllsh, a retired army officer, who was at. that time acting Pro- vost. Marshai or Sheriff, issued ad- vertisements throughout. t.he Island offering a large sum as a reward to the person who would undir- take to exeoute the sentence. No response came. He suggested that the event be postponed until t.he opening of navigation when he ex- pected that. some one from t.he "continent" would be found for one purpose. The proposal seems to have been rejected by the actlrg Governor.

The day appointed for the exe- cution was at hand. No substitute could be found and the Provost hnd only one way to escape and he took that way. He resigned. Z. was not. for the executive to solve the problem. They tried to fill t.he vacant office. but no one could be begulled or coerced into accepting it‘ until the prisoner was releas- ed.

—From an article by the Chief Justice J. A. Mathlesori.

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(Sydney Post-Record»

The Canadian Broadcasting Cor- poration’; annual report, issued line other day, shows a loss of $27,000 on t.he year's operations. This dili- clt. Ls made up despite the assist- ance of a radio receiver's fee viihlah listeners across t.he border who get better radio programs are not cib- ilaed to pay. and regular advertis- ing revenues.

lf one were 1o permit. himself a broad general CflblCltiJi of CBC rndlo programme. it. wcruid probably be lthat. CBC stations carry too many talks. forums, and such. and not enough music. A sense of humor l; sadly lacking in most of these lnikling programs; they are pretty stodgy, scmbre affairs.

If this criticism is true. it in sccnewhnt sits-prising to learn that in at. least one aspect. of its broad- casting of non-commercial, talking prone-ms, t.he CBC‘s lntennatlonal services. tihe Corporation spent 3881.681- iari. year, which "under apeclal arrangement to recoverable from the Federal Government," says the CBC report. Presumably Lhasa ‘international services" ln-.- elude tel-ks by n European ocrmien- tutor YIGQXZIJVEFY night, generally a rehash news long before made psblla In t.he press or over the radio. amd bhraperatlon of CBC bin-nun in Ixsndon and Paris.