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‘The Strongeut Memory 1'0 Weaker; Thin flu Walnut Ink.’

IIIDAY. JULY 28. 19M

Kings County Prof-Cons.

Announcement is made that the annual meeting of the Kings County Progressive Conservative Association will be held in George- town on liridzrv. August ii a1 2 p. m. This will lll(€\\l.~€‘ be the iioiiiiiizitiiig convention for a candidate to uphold the 111111115 colours at the next election. (oiisidcrablc enthusiasm is evi- dent. 21nd a 111111111121" of iriiiics have been 1i1en- tioiicd Zl\ Pfllllllllii.‘ Zblllfilllls‘, including Dr. A A. .\l:1cd11i1:1l1l. .\lr. ll. l1‘. .\lzicl‘hec, K. C., l\l.l...»\.. .\ll'. l.iiic11lii Dewar, .\lr. Albert Grif- fiii and .\l1'. Lewis liurgv. Dr. "Chis" has al- ready contested ihu coiistitiieiic_v 011 tivo previ- 0u| 151cm. .\lr. bIacPhee has been repeated-

l_v ahpprQIiRd to allow his name t0 g0 f0r\var:l_

for noniiiiziii11ii, and i1 is understood that he has cniisentcil. .\l1'. Dewar is a s11i1 of Mr. _l. A. Dewur, and a rising hope iii the party; while both .\lr. liriffiu and .‘-lr. liiirge are wcll kiioivn. and have 1111111 candidates in the Provincial field.

Forest Destruction

Fore-t dc-triiciioii. often cited as a partic1i- lar sin of !‘li1ll1'l‘l] iii:1i1 with hi; pleel tools and reckless ti~1~ of lift‘. iii: ' not be so ew after all. says an exchange. l\‘c.<<*:1rcl11-s 11y aiganish scien- tist, lh‘. v]. l\'(’l‘.~'<\ll, indicate that prehistoric farmers oi 1111- .\'1~w $111112 Age were pretty successful in clearing ri1\".'i_1 the major forest trccs even if 1111-1 did not have metal axes and saws for fclliiii; 1120111.

Dr. lvcrsoiik evidence was obtained largely from pollen grains 111111111 in successive layers of peat and muck in Danish swamps. In the lowest, oldest layers the pollens were predom- inantly those of oak, elm and linden, which are large forest trees.

Then. at about lll(‘ level where charcoal lay- ers in anciviit lu-ziths iiidiczitc the arrival of the primitive Xeolthic farm population. there is an abrupt change in the iiialte-ui) of the pollen de- posits. lirushlaiiil shrubs and small trees like alder. birch and liazvl become predominant. to- gcthcr with great numbers of pollen grains rep- resenting :1 common weed species. This is the kind of vegetation ilizit grows up on fields that have been clczii-cd of forest, cultivated for a while and 1111-11 abandoned.

Despite lit-riiiaii occupation of Denmark. Dr. licrson 1111s been able to manage publica- tion of his study. copies of which have found their ivav to l-fuglzintl. .~\ summary of his priu- cipal points is published in the British seieii- tific journal. Xaturc.

Whieirfem ThTewTaxes C0

A picture of ivhcre our taxes go is present- ed in the _lul_v issue of Canada n! lVnr. put out by the \\'ariin1c Information Board. The fig- ures arc for the five fiscal years 1939-40 to 1943-44, with the last year based On budget estimates.

Personal income tax, including national dc- fence tax. amounted 1o 1.793 millions of dol- lars. This represented i7 per cent of our war expenditure.

Corporate income tax totalled 1,055 mi‘.- lions; or 10 per cent of war expenditure.

Excess profits tax totalled 1,082 millions, or 10.2 per cent of war expenditure.

Tax 011 interest. dividends, rents and royal- ties came to 107 millions, or one per cent of war expenditure. _

.'\ll income taxes totalled 4.037 mllll0ll51 m’ 382 per (gm 11f 11711‘ (‘.\']1Cllflillll’E. _

All tax revenues came to 7,336 millions, 0r 69.5 per cent of war expenditure.

Total revenue was 3.008 lllllllflfli. Ol’ 76-7 per cent of 1v.'1r expenditure. _

Canada's ivar cxpriiditiirc in those five years totalled 10,551) millions (310-559-00919001- Th“ represented 771) per cent of the countffs "ml expenditures in 111v same period, which were $y3,5(13,o<)o,r1(1r1. T0111 rcvcnuc amounted to 59.7 pcr ccnt i-f Ioial expenditure.

Prairie Irrigation

The policy 11f taking the hazards out 0f prairie agriculture and of increasing the stabil- ity of produciiiiil '11; far as possible, is being car- ried out iviili siiliic success through water con- servation measures and otherwise. The policy has justified itself and there is a demand for its application to other parts of the country.

The many irrigation projects iioiv proposed for the prairie c-11iii1r_v were discussed by H011. j. G. Gardiner in Parliament a few clays ago, and he stiggesterl that these schemes, estimated

to cost $i1i,oo0.oo0 in all, should receive con-l

sideratioii after the war.

There is no lwttcr ivriy of stabilizing and iii- creasing production than by irrigation, provid- ed that it is feasible. Some irrigation projects in the prairie provinces will doubtless be in- cluded in the reconstruction programme. Where they are justified. there is no better way of pro- viding employiiictit.

But those projects could not be undertaken, of course, without very thorough investigation in cacli case. and a balancing of the cost against the prospective benefit. This examination will be the r(-_.-]1on<iliili‘1y' of Dominion engineers ‘and agriculturisls. \\'l1r:ro the conditions make irri- gation feasible, its they do in southern Alllfiflfl and in llritisli Columbia, there is great econ- omic gain. jcctsWhat did not justify themselves, and mil-l lions of dollars ivere bazarded and lost in try-

trig to hike the hazard out of agrietdmre.

hit there have been irrigation pro-,

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Some substantial advance with irrigation on the prairies i: to be expected. however, in the years immediately ahead. These projects will be in addition to the innumerable smaller works for water conservation, the dams and dug-outs which, altogether, are now a great and

_ permanent benefit.

Reducing the risks and increasing the sta- bility of production must be an essential feat- ure of agricultural policy for the whole prairie country, but it is particularly necessary for Saskatchewan.

EDITORIAL NOI tS n

One way traffic on a busy street does not appeal to business men. u 111 1t- 1v The camping season \\'lll soon be over. and Old Home “leek the coming event. i Ii i 1

Lord Beaverbrook, British Lord Privy Seal, expects to be in Montreal shortly. He is at pre- sent in Washington discussing Anglo-American post-war oil problems, and said that his visit to Montreal would be brief.

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Mr. John Brackeifs is the middle 0f the road policy neither extreme right like the Ipib- ,erals nor extreme left like the C. C. F. It is a Jure, safe policy, and likely to appeal to all 1vho have the best progressive interests of the icountry at heart. His motto might well be “make haste slowl_v."‘

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\\'ork has begun on the constriictioncf the fourth liiie of the Moscow subway. lhis lirie will be 20 kilometers in length and Wlll traverse i6 districts of the Capital, populated by about 21- 000.000 persons. The new line will have I2 stations, six of 1vl1icl1 will be transfer points. Workers will excavate 2,230,000 cubic meters of earth by tui1iielling._aiid 500,000 tons of tubing 11ml 330,000 cubic meters 0t concrete will be laid.

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Ringling Brotliers-Bariiiini and B8116)’ 171K115 reopens in the Lhiiversity of Cinciiinatis out- door stadium. Cincinnati, Ohio, IMIIZHSI 2 minus the big top. The circus, which rec- entlv returned to its Sarasota, Fla, headquart- ers ‘after spending nine days at Hartford, Conn, following the disastrous fire July (1 which took a toll of i6; lives. Will fake lll€ load 8113*" tomorrow, July 29.

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For the first time since he made his maiden speech in the Upper House at Ottawa, Senator Bouchartl appeared and spoke at a PllbllC gathering in his home town Tuesday. The Sen- ator addressed the CPC picnic at Laframboise l‘:1r11'. Pine Grove, and denied what he called a

rumor that he was leaving St. l-lyaeinthe. He said his intentions were to spend his last days there and 1o keep on fighting for the welfare of his compatriots, “as citizens of all Canada and not only of a part of this large and prom- ising Dominion."

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.~\ program t0 make modern public relations techniques available to the nation's smaller bus- iness, through the use of local public relations advertising, has been launched in New York with release of a special portfolio to newspap- ers throughout the country. The, plan, using newspaper advertising to enable firms to strengthen their con-imunity relations immedi- ately and in preparation for post-war develop- ments, is embodied in a Meyer Both Com- pany special presentation being sent to clients of that agency. The presentation features a recommendation that “every firm 1113f C811 P05" sibly do so improve its public relations now. and insure its own future by ‘ising public relations advertising in local newspapers as a working tool of good management." "Because 1t_talks to so many people so often the newspaper is the No. I medium for reaching the public with these public relations missagesi’

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Maxiinilien Marie Isidore Robespicrfe, French revolutionist, guillotined this (18191 179-1; as a jacoibin violently opposed the war POllCY 9f the Girondeists, and \\'lll‘lSl0O(l, with Danton and Marat, the charge that he was aiming at dictatorship; urged the execution without trial of Louis XVI; was one 0f the chief authors of the Reign 0f Terror; set up a new cult with himself as high priest; this led to the revolu- ,ti0n 111 9111 1111111111101. (July 27. 1794) in which .he fell and was guillotinecl the following day: Robcspierre has been summed 11p as a fanatic, cold-blooded, but sincere; not a great adminis- trator. nor a statesman at all: "Virtue was al- wavs iii a minority on earth - - - (Dmclvtlcs are not’ made without breaking eggs - - - The King is not the nation's representative but its clerk."

Quebec Illd a surplus 0i 3111551159 l" f" last fiscal year ended M81111 31- T0131 Qldm‘ ary revenue of $93,036,713 and 0f Qfdlllflfy and capital expenditure of $9l,75l1555- Th“ compares with ordinary revenue of $92,770,190‘) for the year ended March 31, 1943 and of ordin- ary and capital expenditure for that year of $91,899,233. The total ordinary expenditure for 11m ymr W35 $82,559,942, which would have left an excess of ordinary revenue over ordinary expenditure of $10,476,770, but there was spent $9,191,611 under the heading of capital expend- iture, thereby making total expenditure $91,- 751,555. This revenue for last fiscal year is the ‘highest in the history of the province, but the ‘expenditure is down over the previous year ,$147.680-

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Sorrowful news for parents and boys over- seas alike, Postmaster General Mulock a11- tnounces the loss of 238 bags of gift parcels for fthe armed forces when a mail car caught fire and burned recently in the United Kingdom. He said 168 bags of ordinary parcels and 70 bags of tobacco parcels were destroyed in the

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EDUCATION AN D DEMOCRACY

Sin-May I submlt the follow- ing to your excellent I'm-um:

Quoting from a publication on Canadian Citizenship: "It really Ia true that we govern ourselves."

Referring to peace time rather than the present, the question can logically be asked: "Do we really govern ourselves?" I think the answer Ie “Nol" That In turn gives rlserto the question, "If not, why not '

1a It not because we are an Ig- norant “mob", (Ignorant In the sense of being misinformed or un- informed politically, socially, and economically)? Is It not because we are unable to think for our- selves; because we are politically unconscious, because we are un- able or unwilling to assume our responsibilities to ourselves, our famllleg our country. and OUR

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Is It not. because of our own In- abllltles that we have allowed our right to govern ourselves to fall Into the hands of few indus- trialists and "clever" men. who have the power to make or break governments and sway the “lanor- ant public"?

It ls true that "we the people" can throw the occasional small time political grafter out of of- fice; but can we get the "big guy"? Again I say the answer Is and again I ask, "Why not?"

It because we are ignorant? That fact In turn is the fault of our educational systems of which there are nine or ten In Canada.

Why not a Unlfled, National Educatlonal System for Canada. post-war? bodying more commercial and technical schools. A system that will instruct the generations to come. 1n citizenship, economics, in what Democrac really means and our responslblitles to, and in l Democratic State.

I am, Slr, etc, ' R. C. WILSON

TIIIID QUEEN'S NEGLECTED

Sin-People of Third Queen's living on the south side of the East River, must be extremely proud of the grand work being done by the Liberal party with respect to the roads. As they bump along over the stones and sods does It never occur to them how badly they have been letdown by the Jones Government? If It hap- pens that you have not a car and you want to go to town, what a satisfaction It must be to reflect that there are at least two ways of gettlng there. You may go down to some wharf and "holler" until you become blue in the face with the hope that the man on the Tracadle side of the water will hear you and come with his boat to take you across to the bus. Should the man owning the boat. happen to be away from home you have the choice of sitting there until the next morning when another chance of getting the boat and the bus will present Itself, or If you should be of the fussy sort. and disdain a wait of this length you can plck up your luggage and walk or ride home three or four miles, over the sods and stones. tlfiese latter at least you are sure

o . But perhaps you had decided Iii the first instance against going to the bus In Tracadle. Fund memories may have drawn back fIve miles In the other ectlon and you hankered after other rfde on the bour train. Well, you will sIt around the station in Mount All)- lon, Village Green. or Lake Verde a long tlme. When you do get aboard you will perhaps notice that the conductor and brakemen look surprised, for In practically every other section of the coun- try some better means of travel-

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A progressive one em-

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Murray I-Iar- i

Ilo You Know ' “The Island"

By "FOREIGN BORN"

Dear Island visitors, or "Ebrelgn- I ers"—fo1' that ls what you all are

to the people of this little Island

resting on the waves.

‘There are just two ways by which

you ‘may escape that designation. name y, to be born here, or to

have spent three years of your life

here, with a good power 01' adapt-

abllltjz-and a spontaneous appreci-

ation and love of a land worth

vvhlle. I Bey three years iadvlsedly,l because you really need to be here! five, but all other things belngl equal, three will do. You then be- come an Islander for life, "with

all the rights and privileges per-

tslmng thereto."

When you first come to “The Isl-

and," bring your baggage, but do

leave behind your prejudices.

Come with an open mind. ' All

your life, perchance, you have haclf the impression that the Island was

the last outpost of clvllfziition-"tlie

jumping off place", in fact, and

that the people were for the must

part. thoroughly coimtrlfled. This

may lead you to make the mistake

of exploiting your cIty ways, and

assuming an fill“ of condescension

to all and sundry. Believe me

when I tell you that you will be

the losers. The Islanders are the

ones who do the appraising, and

you need to come up to a fair

standard of conduct, In order to

pass muster. They see through

all veneer and display, and siih-

tract. all such things from their

final analysis.

Do you know that almost any Island community can turn out better brains, more money, 11nd better clothes than any similar section In Canada? They may not always care to. but they can. I have been around, and I know. Take an average congregation In a church. You would be astounded at the wealth. brains and heritage represented there. As well as I know this Island, I still marvel. The people have a look of con- tentment and well being, and well they might. You miss the Iuirus- sed. 1vorried look which comes from flat pocket books. the look so often seen. and indeed so very familiar on the streets of our cit- ies and towns elsewhere.

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Lest you should tlilnk this Utopln, I must tell you of a fciv less perfect things which you will fIncl over here. As you cross the Strait, you become aware of an airy freshness, which at first you can hardly place. You tlilnk it savours of a sen voyage, 111111 you begin to react as a sea voyager should. Soon, however. you find yourself dodging the port holes 11nd open doors. Then up goes your coat. collar, and finally you begin to dream of cozy firesldes, 11nd camp fires in the dense woods. This elusive. irritating thing which you feel is the wind. and 1t ls a companion who will stay by you

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Ize a leaf”—or "old masters." I asked women, U11) 311d

12.5111. 11. Agreed matter.

:1 1011s: b11111,‘ " U50

ivar paint 1111 1vIIi gci tug the older girls

and give them their studies.

15 their own-if mean."

(laiscussed the sure they were

regard to the

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our schools to

time to make C1l1lZlI1$ZCS-—\VllCIl l, ,1

"Those are i1

through thick and thin. as long as you stay_ on the Islnnd. No storm without i_t. never a qulet rnln, nev- ei‘ a quiet snow. rarely a qtilet summer day. or a matchless aut- umn oiie. All the time and forever, in all circumstances. 11s a sort of side llnc, you wrestle with the wind, and use what strength you haveovei‘ for enjoyment. '

This same wind Is what gives that lashed, bent over look to the trees. You will notice that they nll hiiv a strong lean one wny

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lcldf-‘rly bachelors. married 1.1en who

had llfvel‘ had a faintly iparilcui- ‘ a v 1n these war-(Livs Where stay- , HC-IIOIIIO men are scarce. or at leiist |too_ busy to 2W0 attention to a111,"- |th111g outside their own vocziiloii). i n bright, intelligent ivomcii pass- -ed lJ.l'——II‘l0Lh~E‘I‘5 of the pumils m most case's. Antl ivno should have the interests and ivell-being o1 ilic youngsters most 111. Iieart. if not these some lIIfJllI!'I‘S—S0

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ling ls available and these people. do not have to resort to this antl- ' quoted mode of transportation. Itl

l the bi

school-board next. time there

O I581

and we'll only Th paint the

touches 0i blue.

that wouldn't. be

‘art’ I'd like t0

take the first Frldiiv :1 if, and finish up o-n S tci'no0ii—-6u11da_v would to dry. you know the enamel so 200d that almost

of paint and

‘D111; them on. I'd er studied it u the kind or ‘art’

-—the_ kids living in rounduia-s. It Rives them for that kind of‘ thing that s1. by them. And you ncctln‘

that studyin:

Dime-all shining ‘and _

new, rind with

and there, wouldrrt

kecnci‘ to no to school more Interest in their studies. par-l ticulzirly when l

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the Province wha such an idea, an of them 1112s most e

something should be done In ‘the

"I vc been thinking like that over In said 11 lJl'l‘-'.IIL 111011101". to 511v cii1.1"llii1i1.' Trustees 111110111 It. 101' llIL‘,\' haven‘ u minute w snare from their own work with their sons HOIIL‘ t0 the But I'll make them buy the and two o1" three of us ivoiii- eiliei‘ 111111 round up‘ 11nd boys r1 week or so before school starts 111111 si-t 111cm to work Dftlllllllfl live 1t 11-01110 perk 111cm 111:1 no end

LIIEtYTB not so keen school as they iiscd to be; sllOlllfllllt 1110111101" if this give theru a new intert- Iike 11111111111 :1 hand 111 0110's self. lo arouse 1m sort of makes one feel the

I ivas really amazed at the 111101"- est. slioim by every \\‘UIll'.1ll——t'\'(.’lt the Doorcst of them. with 11110111 I matter.

change was made. particularly Iii

only In the buildings but In ihc whole educational set-up.

To my surprise from a most u1i— seurcc came fWcll. the whole world is chan- 121112. and we surely can't

old rut forever.

1_v i1 tnie ail right." Said one of the sections I visited. I'll tell you what I‘ll do. I'll 1t 1l'D with other women 111111 “Tllll make the trustees but ll. 0n o1irscIvt-s-it's a. small school. Be bruit fui1.| _ e teacher boards with '1 Ill get hento make the inside-some cream enamel WCiUld be lOVPlv ivitli,

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,blaze but the remainder of the consignment aboard the car was salvaged and forwarded to its (lcsliiiation. The bags were dispatched from Canada between June 7 and I4. Approximate: dates of mailing for the ordinary parcels were between May 27 and juiie i4, WlIllC the tobacco gifts included orders placed with the tobacco

mummies around the MM. 11w 9f.

thlne—so would be elwd with about not h ho Ion.

Is hardly necessary to state that when one has to go to town on a train, there 1's no time for business. And should you take the chance of doing some business you may have the Ironical experience of missing the train and having to hire i1 taxi to catch the very loco- motive that you had to wait for