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' . \ THE GUfuLjh-‘IN, CHARLOTTETOWN 'NOVEMBER 14, 1949

Proposed Mghiilfgl-Ln Prloivesauglret Ile

_r.~.ca FOUR THE GUARDIAN

illiii-nlng bully (Founded In 1M7) luthorlzed in sevunil Ulnu Mull“ Pout Ulflcn Department, Ottawa. The liilimil (llllrdlln Puhlllhln] Co.

This is Young Canada’s Book Week and every youngster is being encouraged to ex- plore the wonderland of literature.

Centenary Of Me Voyage Of The “Fannyf ;

unit... xlnafltlirf-Eiinfur‘ Fungi. a-lllt-"Ilurnetl- Today it does not seem to matter what pQg.5L€¢-n°p| ‘ ) A _ M shade of policy zit-government advocates it _ E _"""‘“'“'_ Folloivin: is a_ continuation or, ity_or tiotir, with the intent. "The Strongest Memory is Weaker Than is returned t0 power anyway. In hard times, Poms CAL MM“ \ gllfazllllliile (Jallljpilllglniolllagstiatlslxldalll: l Kaye“) till“ ‘mines N11933: ' . . _ ; ‘ ~ S a i ' _ ‘ I!“ wfllke" M‘ on the contrary, no political theory can He sag: winter walchlris the H»; % brig "Fanny" one, hundred ycarsj four days. theilciailxclll ‘tlzlpaliiti ‘ I - ' - - : . - ~ ‘, ai Mono. n. gin-tir- t it» wrolte -5222"... fete;- -. E” ;i::-..:"i§ii¢=..: a%'.'..:°:_‘;::r.‘:r". a e 0 0 I-le looked at the ironclad earth \"/’/ \§ Niners.» m share in the Caluorma l I“ all‘ Winds . , _ _ _ and the naiked bough. I GMAT“ ‘f Id h Th I H ~ f- . ,_ ' Th3 Mcafag" IIBWI’! - The refrigerator car situation generally But wrote of the riret green thing. %, (Q/(‘trfi GQvWK? ggnd 5:30am ism)?“ uawjiglglrnalllisur Burial at st-e has eased since the post war scarcity Trans- . ,- \ 1 gxreubll“ the voyage kept by John Orr, of "One of ti, . ‘ “ The CLUJIOLIS RSPBCI Of the debate [JPBCIQI- pol-t Minister Chevrier-s promise of an ade_ He walgfiegngjptixrgégseozrgljerc Ho‘ a3 k [N REA‘ French Rivcr: ‘ White, who ha; bczzlisaligii.er:i’ckhrh- fated by the combines report on the flour - But his thoughts were ahead in /¢ , 4V '21 y "We sailed on the 12th day ofl Sviiie time. in shite of n, °' .". . H _ _ quate supply should not prove at all im- June » m» 4%” November a ma“ swam“ cancdi treatment and tittanuo“ o} lie: ll“ mg "ld"st_l5' says the Ottawa Cmzeni possible. Now it is a question of organiza- He listened. where still; ln the ’ Kb ,% o; the "Rose: towing US out to Gov- ' lal" vfliilrl izive . him, “,2; m‘ is that the evidence should be so elusive Oli tion woods the first cuckoo. Jkw F509,, emm-s mam, whom we anchored izrciv worst», so that ivr rt-spffilli , _ _ _ - - < ~ .-r . ’ . ' i t, , _ ‘ e onc of the main points at issue. The point e o e o But lie heard the nightingale. m. m, n,gh,_ The next inei-ntin; "l "'5 Ill“ “PM” "div-ii l~ _ is uhethci the flout 'll'ng ' d f bt ' m“ y‘ x % We "l Sail 1°‘ Callsfl- “Ylvllll; l" viii m 5mm a 5km’ “hwh “Drill ' ‘ ‘ ml I 1n 11S ry 0 ain- . _ _ . the evening where we landed m; a cd and found a doctor ' pd a Special dispensation from the govemr The kmd of ploblems ekperlenced on the He strolled lnsunurier throimh hay- pilot. he carrying the news b“; l-lc readily came to us ggdblmi . . . waterfront recently are rather pleasant than fields freshly iiiewii» _ h , ressin w ,8 ,_ ivhat assistance he could b m‘ ment to operate in defiance of the Combines . But he wrote o; the ten stocked °W l" we" P”? 5- E 8 F “an a d . - iit of I10 . - . . otherwise. It would be better to have ade- . ed from Cerise and Shared our ' ‘l l“ a Slim‘! lime the poo lmestigation Act. Mr. Howe has said that .. . . “ha” . course m, Cape s, Rogue ‘mm, siiffoi-ct- died and ivas bur‘ I . . . ,, quate facilities but at the same time there And under the trees with apples . " ' m, _ _ “=6 n industries affected by price control were is satisfact. . I . l. .n tivit bitter and green Pmved A b“ “make ~ - - --T,,a,' evening .. . ion in tn in i ac r -- w told that the “Qmbmes law was “Qt 313F131" m“ g 5 pp g y I-Ie sang of the full ripe ffllll- of gfxaezxllwviextltbifit-ldvnoicittxsellvmscugii meeting °" llie qfiarllgd deogltr

iiig to them for the duration. In a state- ment to the press, Mr. Donald Gordon, who was chairman of the Wartime Prices and ‘Trade Board. said that he objected that prosecution should be recommended for in- tlustries “for doing the things they were told to do by ine in wartime.“ Mr. St. Laurent spoke of "an implied or expressed undertak- ing" that industries would not be “pilloried” under the act.

'l‘he regulations of the Wartime Prices and Trade Board were concerned with "maximum“ prices, not with fixed prices though it was common knowledge that the maximum figure allowed by the board tend- ed to become the price at which commodi- ties were sold. The board's regulations, in Section 7 (l), contained a provision that specifically warned business that the regula- tions should not be construed as prevent- lng the sale of goods at prices below the ceiling. The philosophy of wartime price control was based on ceilings, not on fixed prices, and price-fixing is the evil which the Combines Act is intended to remedy. More- over, in the words of the McGregor report on flour milling, “board policy was defin- itely directed to the maintenance of competi- live conditions with respect to prices.” If this is not an accurate statement of war- time price control policy, then it can be de- nied by proper authorities.

What is needed, says the Citizen, ls more information about the assurances, either written or verbal, that were given with re- spect to price-fixing during the war. They should be easy to document. Once they are documented, then it will be clear to the pub- lic how long the assurances are going to

Vlast and when the Combines Investigation

Act is going to be re-instated as an opera- tive feature of Canadian law. It is strange, in view of the debate on combines law in 1946, when a number of amendments were put into the act by the then Minister of Justice, Mr. St. Laurent, that the existence and effect of “assurances" holding over from the war control period, were not fully disclosed.

Socialism Comes lllgh

A few results of nationalization schemes in Britain are- thus cited by the Financial Post:

The nationalized coal industry both in 1047 and 1948 failed to reach the modest targets set for it. After two years in which the workers worked in “their own" pits, out- put per man was 3O tons less than in 1939 rlcspitc important advances in mechaniza- tion. In 1948 absenteeism was 11.6%. Iii 1939 it ivas 6.97;. Despite the frantic re- cruiting program the 1948 target was miss- rtl by 134.000 men and during the past hall of I949 the total number employed in thc industry fell by 4,000.

In the first years of nationalization thc railways lost. £25’ millions.

In three years, civil aviation lost £30 riillioiia".

In the first you of nationalization, cable and wireless profits were £1.7 million. But i.1 the immediately preceding period undei private operation, profits had been £3..'i millions.

Since electricity was nationalized in 1948 thc price has risen in many areas 15-20% 11nd for some there is an additional substan- tial surcharge.

EDITORIAL NUIES

Prince Charles’ first I O Thomas Parr, (“Old Parr") reputed weather and events prophet in England, died this date 1635 at the age of 152. No

one has surpassed this record so far. ‘ O O I

birthday. I

Mr. Kickham, M. P., had the distinc- tion of being the last speaker on the Budget debate. When he finished the debate col- lapsed, and the Opposition amendment was rejected without even a division.

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Radar defence operations will be the order ohthe day herepractically as soon as

.. from committee, and " “‘” _ v m second and thlnl read-

strain existing ones. O

The Government's White Paper on de- fence is coming in for a great deal of criti- cism as is perhaps inevitable. It is, of course, a long range plan and would have been more readily accepted had past per- formance not left so much to be desired.

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Prince Edward Island had the privilege, if not the pleasure, of contributing one mil- lion and forty-two thousand and one hundred dollars ($1,042,100) in Income Tax for the fiscal year ending March 31st last, equival- ent to approximately $1,042 per head of the population.

A case to test the validity of Federal rent controls, scheduled to be heard last Monday, has been postponed indefinitely. The Ontario Supreme Court was scheduled to deal with a writ filed by the Canadian Federation of Property Owners’ Associa- tions, demanding that the Government show its authority for rent controls, which the as- sociation claimed to be invalid under the British North America Act. Mr. E. J. Pret- tie, secretary of the Federation, said he was told the postponement was due to the ab- sence of Mr. John R. Cartwright, counsel for the Federal Government, in Montreal.

The grave closes today over one of our best-known citizens. Though he was not a public man in the ordinary, accepted mean- ing of the phrase, yet Mr. Milton Bell was better known to the average citizen than most of those prominent in municipal and provincial affairs. It was as a horseman he was best known, and his death removes probably one of the foremost supporters of the horse industry and one greatly admired and beloved by all who knew him intimate- lv.

Egg prices on November 4 this year and previous years. T e prices quoted below are for Grade A Large. At Montreal and Toronto the prices are those at which grad- ed shipments are selling to wholesalers. At other points quotations are prices to ship- pers for ungraded eggs.

1949 1948 1947 Montreal .. .. . . 57 70-71 50-51 Toronto .. .. 52-54 68 49 Winnipeg 52 60 43-45 Vancouver . . . . . . 50 57 453 Edmonton .. .. 55 54 4'2 Regina .. .. 55 53 41 43 Charlottetown 49 (30-61 48-48“.-

O France is to supply pit props to Eng- land. Follmving the recent negotiations in London between a French mission and the British Government, additional permits amounting t0 700,000 English pounds were granted for importing wood from the de- vastated region of Landcs. The wood will be delivered in the form of joists for railway cars and railway sleepers. Further discus- sions will take place if agreement is not reached on the matter of price. In order to permit France to dispose rapidly of part of theivood rescued from thc disastrous fire in the Landes, Great Britain plans to take large additional quantities of scorched wood and will also investigate the possibility of buying more pit props.

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The Federal Government has still a ten- der spot in its heart for deserters and zom- bies-th'e “living dead". Provisions similitr to the amnesty granted Canadian deserters after World War I are incorporated in the new National Defence Bill now before the Senate. A clause in the new National De- fence Bill now before the Senate provides that every person on active service beyond Canada who became a dcserter after Sep- tember 9, 1939, or who deserted while on active service in Canada between December 31, 1945, and October ‘l, 1946, will be deem- ed never to have served in the forces dur- ing the war. Although such a person ls

the bill provides that “all pay and allow- ances, rations, klt and equipment at any time paid or issued to him or on his behalf shall be dccmed to have been paid or issued

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deemed never to have served in the forces,

He feasted In outixnn finder a liar- vest moon

With the combine-harvesters stand- ing silently by.

l-lls eyes looked out. on the [Ildeii autumn scene.

But this thought was fixed on snow and e. winter sky.

—Peter J. l-Ienniker Heston In the Christian Science Monitor.

INWOKOO}! Old Charlottetown (And r. e. l.)

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FERRY SLIP! PROVIDED

From the journals of the l-Iouse of Assembly, Feb. l0, 1852:

“Hon. Mr. Coles laid before the

House the draft of a contract. agreeably to a tender received by the Executive Government, from John Haszard, to place a Steam- boat, and other boats, as required by law. on the Charlottetown Ferry, for public conveyance, to- gether with a letter addressed to the Attorney General, on behalf of the said John I-Iaszard. express- ing his unwillingness to be bound to perform such contract. until thc Government should guarantee an appropriation for the construc- tion of alleged necessary Docks and Slips on each side of the Ferry. "Resolved, that it be recommend- ed to the House when in Com- mittee of Supply, that a sum not exceeding two hundred pounds be placed at the disposal of the Gov- crnmenf, sufficient to lay down protecting Blocks and accommoda- tion Slips at both sides of the Charlottetown Ferry."

Japan's Real Ruler;

‘Doris Flceson. in the New York Post)

Short of a personal invitation filllfiulll-lllfl to a command from President Truman. Gen. Douglas MacArthur will not in the opinion F of his associates, return to the U. S. The inference they leave is that such invitation has not been received.

MacArthur regards Japan as his destiny, With close friends lie often talks about: how remarkable it is that in the afternoon of his life he has been privileged to make his present contribution to peace and democracy, His leadership has been so vigorous probably few people realize he was Chief of Staff for the two Presidents when boys he led into battle in World War II were very little children. Chief of Staff, as MacArthur must recall, is ordinarily the crown of a soldier's career, but ln Mac/lrthufs it now seems n more curtain raiser. Like Franklin D. Roosevelt, thc General has a strong sense of his- tory and is greatly concerned with his place in it. He works hard Ill. the job of keeping the record straight, and in his public pro- nouncements, he talks for thc history books.

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Ills public position is unique-n grant of power and fl kind of priv- acy that Americans do not ordin- nrily permit anybody, including their President.

President Truman h_tis to strug- gle with a Congress most of whose members think they are as smart as he is, or smarter, with .1 searching press corps and n free press substantially sympathetic to the opposition party, and with a divided and individualistic Dem- ocratic Prirty.

MacArthur acts in obedience to Iweeplng policy directives whlch glvc him great operating powers. He virtually controls access to his presence. The foreign correspond- ents here must compete for space with other world and domestic news and pay high cable tolls so they necessarily tend to stick lo major pulley.

MacArthur riot only doesn't go home—he has not been ln America for 14 years—he rarely goes any- where. Slnce he came liore Im- mediately after V-J Day, he has left Tokyo three times-going to Korea and to the Philippines for hrlef ceremonial visits and once to Yokohama, 14 ‘mile! away.

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MacArthur’: daily routine never varies. He arrives Il'I the late morning at his office ln the Dal Ichl Building, near the Imperial Hotel and across from the great park surrounding the Emperor's palace. He goes home Io the Am- erican Embassy for lunch, usually a late lunch. He returns to the Dal Ichl about 3 p.m. He may work very late; he may go home to dinner fairly early. and Ihcn rc- turn to work some more.

The MacArthur’; mu dlne out with frlende. but the General never goel to a Japanese houle, nor dine: with Japunele. Thll he may change since he bu Inued pro- fraternlzatlon orderl. t

EARLY ADOIINMENTB

Bead: were among thc earliest ornaments used by the Egyptians Ind the Phoenician»

POST- ELECTION

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The days of surface warships appear to be nearing an end. The latest light and heavy bombers can dominate every ocean. Even fighter planes can be given wide range. Anti-aircraft guns can give a measure of protection to carriers and battleships, but such warships are very vulnerable lo attacks by torpedoes from submarines and bombs from long-range planes. —— Toronito Star.

Whether Canadians are too pros- perous to care. or merely absent- mindcd where inoncy is concern- cd, would be hard to determine. But 137,000 citizens of this coun- try own $87.000,000 worth of stock in companies which have lost track of their vanished sharehold- ers. That is the estimate of an agency which specializes in trac- ing ‘lost" holders of corporation shares. Four large Canadian com- panies liave engaged llie‘ firm to find some of their small owners.- Victoria Timcs.

The Liberal strategy (in Leeds) was bad. Such high-pressure pol- itics conceivably might succeed in some cltiy ridings. Experience shows it usually acts in reverse among the solid folk of the farms and villages. The Liberals should have known batter; they had their lesson in Hastings East in 1937 when a similar attempt was made to high-pressure electors. The people will listen to imported ora- tors, but vote as they please. - Windsor Star.

If a general agreement between lhc dominion and all ten provinces can be reached on taxation. and particularly if such tin understand- ing were made a part of thc fed- eral constitution. the British North America Act, the way would in- deed be cleared. not only for a national system of contributory old age pensions but for other ini- portaiit social welfare plans. Thcso include a national health insur-

vincial public works program for

periods of economic recession. sometime: called a "public ia- vcstment program." -— Edmonton JournaL

Ford Motor Co. has announced a new type "house on wheels" soon will be available. It's called a tour wagon. The tour wagon body is mounted on a Ford chassis made for parcel delivery trucks. Designed to provide a three-room apartment inside, the vehicle rc- quires no more room to park than a large passenger car, according to the company. Interior height from floor to ceiling is 7i inches; width, 6 feet 2 inches, and length, l5 feet. Bumoer-to-bumpcr length ls l8 l-2 feet. It will scll for about $3.500. Features of the tour wagon include two special armchair seats ln the driving compartment. bunk space for two. a galley stove. re- frigerator, kitchenette. 20 cabinets. ivardrobo space, a lavatory and shower bath tank. It will sleep four persona-Well Street Journal

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ance scheme and a national-pro».

No matter what rules and re- ulations are established, no mat- ter what. automatic safety devices are invented, there will always- or at. least for the foreseeable fu- ture——remain the human element in aviation, as in any other form of high-speed transporation. As for mechanical devices, various in- struincnts. based on the use of radar, have been invented to warn pilots of approaching dangers which they cannot see; but ap- parently none has yel. met the requirements of thc commercial lines. Ait least, none is yet in gen- eral use. A long-range plan for establishment of a nation-wide system of air traffic control, in- cluding the use of automatic warn- ing devices, is now under way; but this is a fifteen-year program which has barely begun. It is doubtful that any system will be completely foolproof. -— New York Times.

No river Is quite like the Mir- amichi. It has a way of stirring a man's imagination, arousing his sentiment, capturing his heart. Few streams have so much folk- lore attached to lhcm. The Mir- amichi has its Unknown Lumber- Jack. Ycurs and years before there was an Unknown Soldier, thc body of a maii who had per- ishcd in the woods, and who was never identified, was buried near the headwaters of the Southwest Miramichi. Ever since, the first. canoe party to pass the grave in the Spring has paused to straight- en lhe crude wooden cross and say a silent prayer. Year after year men from all over Canada and the United States return to the Mirainichi lo pit their skill with

|rod and line against the strong

and wily salmon. These mcn form a sort of brotherhood, are drawn together by a common love of the fascinating river. One of them. who died recently. was Judge W. Ilcevc, of Salem. Massachusetts, a distinguished member of the lc- gal profession and an outstanding sportsman. He bequeathed his fishing rod to Mr. Murray Cal- houn. of Boleetown, a Miramiclii community. with thc T111185! that Mr. Calhoun use thc rod at least once during the Spring and Fall fishing on llie Miramlchl each year. The bequest helps explain how anglers feel about the Mir- amichi-and will, henceforth, be part of the Miramlchl‘: story. a fragment of the folklore. A rod handed down in this fashion should have a sort of magic, a power to lure silver beauties out of the pools even when they are sulking at the bottom and ignoring the most tempting flies of other fish- men. We hope it has. — Saint John Telegraph-Journal.