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leeret-ary. LieuL-Col D. A. Maeiinnel. 0J0.

Editor and Memytng- Director. s. I loeiale Editor. Frank Will

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provinces are to be represented. The propos- al is that the Commission should take over the debts of the provinces and refinance them as a Dominion obligation. The plan also involves" some control over future borrowings.

As regards itself, the Commission is said to have accepted the contention of most of the provinces that the Dominion should assume a

' BUBSCBPPTION IATI! 35.00 (In d tiller.‘ MON‘! u.» ...."."..l$'7 . ....5...l3é‘.°'....u'..i't.. t- s, Island 85.00 per year iln advance) mailed to Canada and 0.0 Members Audit Bureau of Circulation:

“The Strongest Memory is Weaker than the “Weakest Ink.”

MONDAY, JANUARY l5. 1N0.

The Transportation Factor

The Guardian has received from the Agricul- tural Supplies Committee, Ottawa, a circular stressing the importance of maintaining farm costs in line with prices of things farmers sell. One phase of this work, says the report, has led to a comprehensive study of long term re- latiotisltips between prices of millfceds and prices of livestock products with a view to es- timating the fairness of present prices of bran. shorts and iniddlitigs in relation to prevailing prices of bilge antl dairy products.

ThQ price of millfcctls, as by-prodticts of the flour tnilliitg indu~tr_v, might be expected to be determiner] largely by the prevailing price of wheat, says the rcvictv. \\'hilc wheat prices are an intporlatit factor in determining the price of these fttctls, however, scvcral other factors have proved in the [lilsl to be quite as important as, or even more importatit than, the price of wheat,

One 0f these factors is the monthly produc- tion of thc individual fecds, since production de- tcrttliilcs the snpplv available for the market at any givcit time. The stipply of home-grown fecds in rclatioti to numbers of live stock on farms is attothcr factor cntcrittg into the price of nlillfcctls l)('t‘2lll.~6 of the competition of flies:- fccds with thc tinllcd products in the live stock ration. The tiriccs farmers are receiving for animal products again becomes a factor, since it is with the rctttrns from live stock sales that farmers are able to purchase supplies of feed: if these rctttrns ztre low. farmers cannot pav ltigh IITICCS for additional supplies of purchased feeds. Iixports, too, enter into the picture b6- cattse of the opportunity which sellers have of dispositig of their product on an outside market if such markets are more favorable than the domestic market.

The statements ztbove quoted are important. but equally so is the question of railway prices on feed. .-\ correspondent in today's Guardian points out that our fztrtners, with the best will in the world to aid the Etnpires war effort by producing a tnaxiiuttm quantity of bacon, can- not do so at the present exorbitant feed prices. It is not the cost of the feed, but the transpor- tation charges, that is the deterrent factor. For- eign countries can obtain \Vcstern Canadian grain at lower [WICCS than can the farmers of the Maritime Provinces. by reason of the fact that special export rates are given to the foreign growers. This is a titattcr which the Agri- cultural Fnpplics Committee should deal with. .-\ strongly wordcil resolution from the Com- ntiltce in this regard \\'0llld help to concentrate- attention on this tmtttcr at the coming session of Parliament. It is regrettable that in the report above quoted this phase of the situation seems to ltavc bccn rntircly- ignored.

Senate Vacancies

Prime blinistcr Kitig is putting out a plea to hi; party supporters in the provinces to nomin- ate y-ntmgtir nicn for Senate vacancies. One of the chir-i offcnccs against thc Senate is the ap- pointmcnt to it of tnctt who are too far ad- vanccrl in years. and the worse offender is the Liberal lhtrty. 'l‘ru<if of this lifts in the fact that never smvc Sir \\'ilfriil l.attrier's time has Ihfil"? been a l.llli‘l'ill tnajority in the Senate. Both the Borden and Ilcttnctt Governments named some younger nicu to the Upper House thereby re- taining Cotiservative hold on that Chamber. It is llnssflllC that this Liberal failure ever to get the lll\|l('l‘ ltand in thc Senate in his time as Lib- eral lcndw has czttisctl Prctiiicr blackenzie King through his thrcc administrations to lose heart over thc possibility of “reforming" the Senate. The only time he cvcr really threatened to make it tuore "l('fll'(‘<t‘tll;\ll\'t'" of public feeling was early in hi~ first administration when the Sen- ate pcr>i~1cd in blocking his bills to build branch lines for thc (Etnadiati National Railways. The Liberal chief at that time did not confide with the public as to how he would “rcform" the ap- tiointiic (hambcr; and didn't do it anyway.

The Tirois Report

the Sit-ole Royal (‘ommissioti on Dominion- Provinciztl lfclitliiuls‘ will reassemble at Ottawa to gim final CHIHIIICIJIIIOII to its report late in January‘. according to thc Ottawa correspond ent of thc Financial l’n.vl.

The report, which was lo have been in the Iiztntls of the lintcriiiiictit in time to be tabled

at the tipt-ning of Ikirliaitictit, will be delayed. The ilclay’, it i~ bclicvctl. has tiothing to do with the l‘('C4lllllIl(‘llIl§lllltll< of the Commission, but, rather. with thc svcrctzirizil work—rcsearcl1 into fittanccs and lhv contplcting of economic studies

of bygone _vc;|r~. Thc report is now looked for some time in licbrtiary’.

Rccomtuenilations and findings of the Com- nlissiotl .'ll'(' bound to come up for discussion at the coming scssion of Parliament. However, any action on thc major findings is somewhat problctiutticztl, The Government is committed ti. call a cotticrctice of the provinces to discuss thc finding of the rcpnrt and thc possibility of implctticuting them. This can hardly be done whilc lhtrliatucnt is itt scssiotr

The report. predicts the Posl correspondent. will suggest grcatcr centralization of govern- mt-utrtl zintltnritv and responsibility at Ottawa.

This will be tit-d up with a reallocation of rev- |WM The Rabbit-

cnue sources and a rcfttittlitig plan for provin-

cial dt-lils. _ _ In t‘llllilf’t‘ll"ll wiih the latter the comuusstoti

is expected lu rccottttllctld thc Dominion bovern-

larger share of relief costs. It may also ask

Ottawa to pay all the cost of old age pensions.

In the taxation field, tlte provinces will be asked to surrender sortie powers, giving the Do- minion the sole right to levy income and cor- poration taxes, and possibly succession duties.

Subsidies by the Dointinion to the provinces are to be maintained, and, in fact, increased. In addition, the Commission is likely to recom- mend machinery for the revision of subsidies every five years on the basisof fiscal need.

There Will of cottrse be objections to sotne of these recommendations by several provincial governments. The Commission itself recog- mzes_this and expectations are its report will contain certain alternative suggestions, although it considers the scheme otttlined above to be the best solution.

_The sitting of the Commission in this Pro- vuice took place in Charlottetown in February, 1938, under the chairmanship of Chief Justice Rowell of Ontario, when briefs preparetl by the Provincial Government attd the Charlottetowt. Board of Trade were presented.

= LDIIURIAL NUIFS

This week wc begin active parliamentary politics once ntorc. l? i! $ l?

Canada imported cheese in November to the value of $93,924 compared with $51,779 in October and $45,575 in Xovctnber, I938. Swit- zerland was the largest coittribtttor with a value 0f $31,745, followed by Italy" at $23,987, the United States $18.36.’, Dcmnark $8,206 and thc United Kingdom $7,836.

i Ill i I Fattny Kcmhlc, flClrC§§ date, t895_ Youth with swift feet w.'ilks onward in the way; The land of joy lies all bcfore his eyes; Age, stumbling, lingers SlO\\'l_\' day by dav, bitill lookittg back, for it behind hint lies, Pail not for stirrotv, falter not for sin But onward, upward, till the goal ye win,

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Canada's production of crcamery btttter in December amounted lo tt.77r),(i3o pounds a; compared with 15,459,515 in Novcttihcr and ll,- 247,322 m December, 1958. Production during the calendar year I939 aggregated 266878.858 pounds compared with 206,886,883 in 1038. December production of faclorv cheese totalled 25338135 Pounds compared with 5,075,587 in Noventbcr and 2,077,013 in December, i938. The amount produccd during 1039 was 11:0.- 976.03I pounds as compared with 121,314,607

m i938. _ It it ti! it!

A report of avCorttcll University Commission that had studied the itgricttltttrzil industry of Bermuda last stnnmerdtas just been published It deals cxhausttvclyi with all phases of the prob- lems facing the industry. The COlI]lIIl_~§l(l|] (lid not see any hope for a tnarltct in the Lillifgjl btatcs for Bermuda produce and recommendcrl that the Canadian tnarkct did not justifv large expenditures for development. The commission believed that agricttlturcs best interests would be secured by the ilcvclopttietit of the min-in trade so as t0 build up a local market. 'l‘h~-v also made rccotnmctitlattotis for cutting down labor costs and nrgetl a much more extensive use of mechanical appliances. l‘ It‘ * >l<

Iiurtnerlyt it was flthbllllC for any (Unpu-im] to obtain annual permits to cross thc boundary hne between Canada and the L llllctl grams; l\[r_ Grayw" C- Uilfdllfir. collector of customs, Nia- gara Falls. announces that on inslrttctions from the Department of National Revenue restric- tions on issuance of thcsc annual permits arc bclllg put info effect. Annual pcrtuits will be issued only to persons whose httsiitess or oc- gupation requires frequent entry into the Linitcd otatcs and \\'lll apply only to residents of Xia- gara Falls and Qttccnsttiti. .xceptions will be made for doctors. I\o windshield stickers will be issued. From now on one dav permit forms must be obtained by persons crossing the border.

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The appointment of Colonel Lnwtlwr to [he staff of the Cattadiztti Commaudcr-iti-Clticf is an illustration of the Boy Scottt motto, "Be Pre- pared". In time of pcacc. the Colonel did not eat the bread of idleness. but pursued his mili-

ment set up a debt commission on which the

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IS ll not tho lllbll of men yhq face an enemy to revlle him. Not does fighting nave much appeal for those wno are quickest with asperslons. Perhaps th’: illustrates the extent to which the ancient. chivalry of ccfitbat has been elim- inated by its subordination to science, machinery, and politic-s. But simple men whose minds are cleansed by wind and water. men of the sea who know the comrsdeshlp and dgnrty of

filth of war by individual grandeur. Washington Post.

The Finns are probably correct 1n their contention that. wlrle the Russian army has expensive equipment, lt does not know how to use it. The Russians are on the whole poor mechanics. They have had to import experts to show them now to do almost everything under their successive "plans". But still they make a poor job o4’ running their enterpr ses eslfivlully those in which me- chanical skill Ls required, -Brock- vllle Recorder and Tunes.

The! have what it takes in the Town of Merrltton. The answer is largely In one name, that of Ren- ard Clark. Town ‘treasurer. The community has just declared u general surplus of $11,000 on the yeflrii Oberatlons and the water- works hzs $3.000 to the good. Hats off to Merrlttoit. People looking for sound and safe investment in the future will not be able to buy any Merritton debsntures, because the town won't be Issuing any. Current surplus will go into u

sinking fund for future conun- gentces. Is this done anywhere etse? — St. Catharnes Stand- ard.

It may be true that many peo- ple in Germany don't beluve in Hitler. The Catholics and Prot- estants he ha. persecuted; the old Social Democrats who as late as ten years ago were the preconn- naut party in Germany; the Com- munists he has put. into cottceit- tratlon camps - these and many others must dlstrwt him. Eut that doesn't mean that these reo- ple are in a, majority, or -ln any- thing like a majority The ccn- trary truth, as we know it from people who have visited Germmy, and from authoritative wrters who have studie. Germany, ls that these pe:'ple—t.lte perple who distrust, l-Ltler-arc in a minor Ly; that the great mass o1 the peo- ple, and more pardculsrly the young people, are hrart and soul with Hitler. After a‘l, Htier has

Nazi leaders: the doctrine of “blood and soul." of the "sword following the plow" and of "Nor- dlc supremacy," has been reach- ed more vocfferously by people like Rosenberg and Julius Sire c‘i- er than by Hitler out‘ Greblrls. What it all sums un to. we sug- gest, ts that if we are not fight- ing the German maple We surely‘ are fighting a lot. Ottawa Journal.

of the rigors of the “Defence of the I Realm Regulafions", and Canada‘ might worthlly modify its own de- . fence regulations along the samol lines. A strkim! example of , this ls found ln the widtr 563W now given to 0011110" 1n limit!"- When war broke out last Sep- tember one of the British regula-

tions made It an offense to: "Endeavor to influence public QpinlQn (whether in the United

Kintzdotn or e‘ ewhrrel In a mau- ner likely to be prelurlical to the defence of the realm or the CIIICI- gill. prosecution of the war." Canada maintains a similar regulation, some of wlto<e phrases are Identical wth its Br tish counterpart. Now the regulation has been modified tn the light of the protests against, the restriction it placed uprn per- fectly honest expression of 0Y~l1ll1°ll~ It ls now an offense onlv to ex- press propaganda or opinion ln which use ls made of

report 1t will be a defence to show tnat s defendant had reason- able cause to believe that. the statement document ‘or report was true_ This Ls a very important mod- ification. and 1t would be an ex- cellent thlng for Canada to show that she does not have to lag b2- hlnd Great Britain tn gall-us for- mal shape to her bclzef ln democ- racy and its traditional Instruments

tary training and education. with the result that be held the equivalent of a professorship in a] Military College, and that of a master of his- profession. Naturally when his old comradel came along and saw hint wasting his time, so to speak. directing an clctnentary- school instead 0f a Staff College, he said “come up higher," and recotnmetidcd him to General blcbfattghton as one of the dcsirables for an efficient staff of- ficer. IIe was prcparcd, and whcrt his oppor- tunity came, he \\';ts able to take atlvztttlagc of it. I I i i

\Vhen that gargautttati jackrabhit on Gordon Bartlett's fartn, Orillia. Ont, previously referr- cd t0, started stealing lion's eggs, he didn't fool. IIe took to (lottblc-yolk ones. When Ilartlctt was in from his mink farm to do his WCCkI)’ shopping he told another story of thc rabbit that once chased the farmer and another time chased his big St. Bernard dog. ($00 prcviotts instal- ments)_ "It was New Year's mortiitig just at sun-up that I was awakcncrl by an awful furore and squawkiug from thc direction of the hen-l house," Mr. Bartlett related. "I put on a few clothes, grabbed the shotgun which I had pttt at the head of my bed in easy reach and ran in the direction of the tioisc. I got there just in

and safety valves. There has been some very unwise opinion in this country since war broke out. and we must hope that those responsible for lt were at the time too rushed and worked to appreciate the damage they were doing to our traditional framework of freedom. T'*ese rc- strlctlons should nOW be All Over-

reduced to the needed. Anything else is out of keeping with the Canadian democ- racy as It exists. and as It must continue to exbt. - Winnipeg flee Press.

The Russian attack on Finland has already knocked the bot- tom clean out of one mlltufl’ "l" novatlon For a 1on8 Wm I'll‘? Soviet army chiefs. review": B" abundance of planes, have prac- tised dropping troops by D973‘

chutes. The naive idea was, of course. thus to get sklrmxshen well behind the enemy's front

. line, and so to unsettle bud upset

ma defence by an attack in rear. 1t. looked s stupid idea even 0n palpfl‘. In actual practice in Fin- land it. has proved just as fatal as stupid. An tnfnntrymsn, help-

time to see a white streak whirl around the cor- ner of the barn, heading towards the woods. It Ile was carrying something in his month. In his hurry. he dropped it. I: was a large egg, dotthlc-y-nlk one. In my stir- prisc I forgot to .~lll"li. but I'm going to call that rabbit ‘Uuublc-YQIIC from now on."

less ss a trussed turkey, slowly dropping down from the a'r in a parachute, makes about as good s mark for even an indifferent sharpshooter as a sitting goose. And the Finns, being first-rate marksmen. have simply picked off these Russian paradtutlsts like

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Till “lull ll opu- l a. """ll@ i! of questions of Interest. The (liar. lottotewn Guardian has not us- eeesuily endorse the eplnleu u! uurrelilondentl.

elemental life, can still redeem the fig‘; due w

that they have as manytI-ifigs present as they can raise with the qutmtlt of feed they have on hand. . ‘they clvatm th tut. the lee I feed here $43.25 for o come out on the wrong balance sheet. Due to ‘pl: gralnd feeps on thelgverage I ousan o oung p s are pp- ed from fhls izrovlnce ever

and Summer. The same wtl this year too, 1f there is not some- thing done ln the way of the a reasonable rate. 1s cheap barley to West. It Ls tlm taken by the Government to help

thel

I FOFCOPHMOH not been the most extreme of the ,

The British Government. under i pressure from Pafiamettt and ,- publlc opinion. ls relaxing some ‘

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out. the situation, otherwise there gill] notpe 511110]? this P i i pop s. on n rov nce. Ogle w ld be leased to have the 0g rslsers. We can

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feed, as most farmers have culled tatoes on hand. Where would po- ato growers stand today if they hwd to purchase th tall price spot cash? I was pleased to see the meeting of the Board of Trade and took note of the reference made to the bacon uidustr and Mr. R. E. Mute .

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glass bottles at a fair. Elqually ab- surd ls the idea trocm by landing them from planes behind an enemy's from the havoc the AA. guns and would play wlth these congested air vehicles, even those who survived to land would be in ltopeless contusion and out nf touch with alert have dropped sitigle may continue

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