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THE GUARDIAN

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The proposed reduction of 50c per ton an the import of anthracite does not affect the Mari- times, as the present tax applies only to Upper

Morning Dally (Founded in 1887-. Authorized ll Second Clan Mail, Post Office - Department, Ottawa.

i‘, I l i . Frank Walker.

_"The Strongest Memory is Weaker Than

the Weakest Ink." s

Frglident. [an A.‘ Burnett; Vice-President. Wm R. Burnett; Seep-Trees, G. M. Burnett; Editor and Managing Director. J. R. Burnett; Associate Editor

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Canada, the Maritimes being exempt because of the long rail haul.

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Jlotes By The Vlay- u... ........ .. ...... ... use Jdsponlzilirn by‘ oar-r:

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roiery Program (Marshall has perceptibly brightened;

who ore anxious for cold weather to start arc members of the joint American~Canadian mis- sion testing military equipment for cold weather DP;H]ilOllS at Churchill.

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CHARLOTTETOWN. WEDNESDAY, NOV. l9. 1947

Bank nationalization has proved an unpopu- lar measure in Australia. The defeat of the

F “ Unfinished Business

mier Jones maintains, quite

ity policies are yet to be worked out.

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lield of health and social security?

Finance Minister Abbott was quoted as

the nature of four hundred million dollars year. When asked if the figure would not

become security money."

Commenting on this statement, the Mont- _ real Gazette pointed out that none of the Prov- ‘.1 inces had earmarked any part of their subsidy . I " money for social security; all had turned it into I general expenses, and there it would disappear "as a drop in the ocean." Moreover, said the Gazette:

"If a social security program were institut- ed, the taxpayer would undoubtedly find that the division of the burden between the Federal and Provincial Governments would be of little value to him. For both Governments would in- ‘ crease their taxation to meet the new needs. As the one and the some taxpayer pays both pro- vincIally and federally, one haif'of the divided burden would ultimately descend upon each 0f sis shoulders. He would have to carry both lev- les."

There would seem’ to be only one conclusion ‘to be drawn from the foregoing, and that is that any social security we may get from the Dominion Government will have to come from new taxation, imposed byJioth the Federal and Provincial Governments. Liberal speakers ignarc this side of the question, which to our already citrburdened taxpayers is the most important of all.

lt’s The Printed Worii

There are pleasures that perish in the using, according to Ringworth Rand Spoffard, but the pleasure which the art of reading carries with it is perennial. He who feasts on the intellectual spoils of centuries needs fear neither poverty nor hunger. in the society ofthose immortals who still rule our spirits from their urns, we become assured that though heaven and earth may pass away no true thought shall ever pass away. The great orator, on whose lips once hung multitudes, dies and is forgotten; the great actor " passes swiftly off the stage and is seen no more; the great singer, whose voice charmed listening .. =s crowds by its melody, is hushed in the grave; ‘ the great preacher survives but a single genero- tion in the memory of men; all we who now live and act must be in a little while wit‘; yesterq day's seven thousand years;—but the book of the great writer lives on and on, inspiring age aftcr age of reading, and has in it more of the sends of immortality than anything upon earth.

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Eighteen more days till the Election. G i’ "H i‘

Tomorrow, London will be the cynosure of d eyes.

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Lobsters may now be imported from Maine duty free.

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The Fox Show the attraction—iudging now proceeding.

not!

Farm implements and machinery are now to be admitted duty free. Q fi I Q

No change is made on the tariff on live hogs, fresh and chilled pork, bacon and hams. Q I O I

This Province has come well out of the proposed Commonwealth readiustments with the

rest of the world. ' I

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ls our electric light to cost us more, added to our Income Tax and other assess- ments which go to Ottawa? I I I I Be it noted that regulations on almost alh the articles restricted entrance into Canada, pro- vide likewise for an excise tax on similar articles manufactured or produced in Canada. I -I O O

Finance Minister Abbott, as in duty bound, declares that tho now economic measures, re- strictions and imposition: now introduced at

Provincial Government spokesmen would op- pear to be indulging in a good deal Qt wishful-

of the Dominion-Provincial tax agreement. Pre-§plics, rightly, that thel conference with the Dominion Government is not.‘ yet concluded; only the financial arrangements cessful in one field. virn respect to the levying of taxes have been izaticw reports that the cholera epidemic finished. The public investment and social secur- Egypt which was spreading at’ the rate of I,000 All, F95- lllel’ Silll "B" llllillless But what _ cases a day has been checked in the record time ‘m

assurance has he for the-assumption that largenvi six weeks.

pmounts will accrue to us in these fields, in-l , l cluding assistance to roads, buildings, develop- _ _

mcnt of natural resources and assistance in thcifislicrmcn are not to get rclicf from the three "Illliell m” m“ the Harms “lead

in the House of Commons some months ago, Now Scotio and New Brunswick are unwilling stat- ing that the proposed social security programme, ‘beeping the tax but it is nn argument for keep- if fully implemented, would involve something ir ‘ing the Jones Government.

a be l r closer to six hundred millions, Mr. Abbott saidl this depended "on what basis you put it." Later. the Minister was quoted as stating, at a Board of Trade function in Toronto, that some of the expenses cf o social security programme would have to be met by the Provinces out of the sub- sidies they were receiving by the Federal Gov- ernment, "so that the subsidy money would also

slate Labour government in Victoria indicates_

that the people are opposed to at least that

propasedSociolist measure in the Federal House.l i i’ i i

__Brockvllle Recorder and Times.

.0 replace a broken window I have

relight]; larger than one page of ilic Times. — Letter in

TIIIICS.

I potcto shipments and to use up coal sup-

enwa

b Whcn business girls are selecting In holiday spot. their first demand is. that there be plenty of men ilrcre, states a tourist authority.

international cooperation is at least suc- The World Health Organ- in their minds — matrimonial business! ~ Windsor Star.

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Millicent, Duches of Sutherland. .r. Edinburgh scotsman; It may be

I According t0 Premier Jones farmers and

irudc may be adi-erscly affected by a pr-oposi] to cud wool control and ‘(store the open market. The Th," may be u good reason for plolrlem 0f the Harris Tweed As- sociation. however. does not e. "t. ‘Thousands of yards of Harris '1\\-ocd, and twced from the High- , Hands and Islands, are perfectly _ g _ gzcnuine although they bear no

Wc cre apt to forget that this IS technical- , liade-mark. The trade-marked lab- ,ly a war-time election, as peace treaties havefil. “lllfll l5 §lamil°fl all llllewale not been signed with the principal Axis powers. ' o" the Cloth’ l5 n" parmular proof

. ilzat the tweed is the only genuine ‘,The local government only remembers it whcn,,,od,,,.,_

‘they want to leave matters like housing in Ot-.

, _ . . “was hands‘ g fi i fi We In this unmctropolitan city

car our dinners at noon_ like horr- 15L folk. Even if we have soda’ pretensions we don't allow oursel- ics to submit to the hanky-panky n1 dining at night. It's too much itother; besides, we are hungry at noon. All morning our male citi- zens have been toiling by the sweat c.’ their brows. their skins or their mnzues to be half-ready to indulge .n the phrase “another day, an- other dollar." And dinner at night. is a chore for the housewife who unencumbered by servants has to do the cooking. Too much of 1 chore. too, for her husband who dries the dishes. Pcterborougli Examiner.

:ccnt gasolcnc tax because the governments of

to take it off.

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Now Americans can ship to Canada at the samc rate of duty as imposed by tliem, live cat- ltle and hogs, beef, veal, baby chicks, shell eggs, lchc-csc, barley, oats, rye and hay. That is, there ,is no longer any protection for formers in the {main productions of the farm, they must com- lpetc on even terms with the more productive lUnitcd States.

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Neither South Africa nor her partners have agreed to the abolition of Imperial preferences, nor committed themselves to general elimina- tion of these preferences, Mr. S. F. Waterson, Union Minister for Economic Development de- clorcs. "What we have done is to agree toy forcgo certain of them which have proved to be of no benefit, and to the reduction of certain others to facilitate the conclusion of agreements with other countries." That is in connection with the dollar shortage crises, and the reod- 139m" burial» B11 Pflllll sflfl-le- Til-ii

' - - ~ l. a at -a t th iroSsltlligieflli of tariff proposals, etc, |ust now dis-I bgmh gusfceavriiilgsmfre ‘fig; w“:

i i, ’ g a preservative. and threaded parts are covered with bandages and A complete recasting of electoral consti-IKlEBSP-z Ellen‘ ll" elllllf ll°mll “d? ' - - ~ 1s coa e wth a spec a1 preseiwa- ltguetncresHis nowf ready for submission to the ‘we. Following this preparamon’ ri ISll ouse o Commons. This redistribution, m, treated bombs m, Stacked 5n recon-mended by the boundary commissions, will,, as small a space as possible and when approved, take effect at the next general; "zielefhlllleetleel °l i“ will“ emai- ‘ ~ - [l Bl‘ B CHI‘ h COVCEIIQ TBS set - clction. The proposed new constituencies varywd i, 1s further compacted and from 4I,000 to 83,000. The average number voters per member is 57,700. The English aver-l

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Surplus U. S._ army bombl are uElXlg huried “alive" to preserve llrem. Stripped ‘of bomb parts and Slipping bands. the bomb body, tilled with the explosive TNT. is ruried under earth in great piles.

9i, covered with a waterproof blacktop similar to that used on roads. The

age =. over 59,000, m. Welsh, 53,000, the seer-flees“ ~‘=*P='l'"="“*l will“ tisn, 49,5620. , The proposed strength of the filrolliglds is in Northwestern n.

House is 62L This includes 36 for Wales, 7i for Scotland, I2 for Northern Ireland and l2,

for the universities. .

A standard ‘brand of American cigarettes costs from fifteen to twenty cents depending upon the

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_ _ _ _ ,_ State) for a package of twenty, it is an ill-wind, etc. Evidently British federal and stat! taxes included. agriculturolists are benefitting considerably The l°“'¢5l' "l" l" Wlllcll Will-ll“

from urs. A.'s hold up of lease-lend and other fgifjffj g,rgiygfggfleggeggilsjwgf mternational trade conveniences. The British . __y_ o; m1, amount, tweive cent; r; Government is heavily subsidizing farming to at- for federal “excise tariff." Another tract and maintain men on the soil. In Can- “'2 "l"? 5°“ l" Ottawa's °m“l' ado it is different. According to Mr. H. . lfresent, elliisvtarlfigvgfifi: Lafileiahg Hannam, President of the Canadian Federation 1,‘,‘§§§.i,1.,..ghr cents, Thus, 21 1-2 of Agriculture, the future oflarming here, and i rents of the Mel price eves direct- especially the lievstock industry is being serious- ll w ‘he federal treasury‘ The ha" ly threatened by the action of the Federal Gov-

crnment in removing price ceilings from feed

lance 0f 11 1-2 cents is shared by ihe grower, the manufacturer. tine grains along with the feed grain subsidy. w w . .

transportation companies. the ;V\IIDIESBICI'S and the retailer. But ulll. of this is taken another 3.6

- - . ccnts to taxes on these various It is interesting for the record to know that Msyncsses. direct and |ndir¢cr_

the brief submitted in i946 to the Chairman and l Thus. all but eight cents of the

members cf the Committee on Trade and Tariffs,l l-lllrty-threfi-cent[pflice egpesnlg ‘lg;- - - ~ 1 r .

‘Ottawa, by the Provincial Government and which I ififtaurayniiasllaéel? '55:“ Jroronw

ast summer was studied and discussed at ThB‘r_',]ol-;e and Man,

World Trade Conference in Geneva, was pre-

pared by Mr. J. W. MacKinnon. Mr. Hector Moc-

Ii. will be no surprise to thole

~ - - - who for many months have been Kinnon, chairman of the Canadian committee on] {mug unsuccesshmy to buy a new

trade and tariffs, presented the Island's brief in automobile, but figures arising Geneva. Ho was assisted by Mr. William J. Cal- ll TF0!" l F9991" sllfvtty lllfllu" ll" ' ' - - existence in this country of a large Lggilzlillznfislltvdhldl turf: COIIJIIIIIISSLOIIGL. MnDJ. W.‘ and u y” unmmmd mum“, , _ ' ‘lsmce "SI "Y P‘ “ll ‘Pull demand for cars. from present own- Piovincial Secretary of the Province, graduated crs no less than tram prospects. from Acadia University in I944 with honours in The WPWY- cmllllwltd by ‘he CI- history. He majored in economics. Mr. Mac-

nadian Daily Newspaper Associa- . t l Kinnon graduated from Osgoode Hall low school, M‘ reveal‘ m“ one ca: n eve” Toronto, last spring. fl

three in Canada is a i936 model or older. In 80 cities under study. a- bout one cor in seven is a 1031 r.1ode1 or earlier. The shortage has worked in two ways. Not only has the large demand for new cars re- mained unsatisifed. but. the many

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Charles I, King pf Great Britain and Ire-l land born this date, I600; the second son of James I and of Anne of Denmark, he succeeded‘ his father in I625. Charles began his reigiildllve" "l ll" l°w°llln°°mfl Imlllll» with a belief in the divine right of kings, whichgmfiywgzw ,‘,’,',°',§“’§,{,{ ",,‘,,,"“§,‘,‘§ soon involved him in the struggle that endedflwrcm to rem“ their bldq- model! so disostrousiy for himself. The three earlylwnir PM?» the Period 0f but “$0M- parlioments of his reign all asserted their priv-PIF“ omwhlrd °l lheldughl," 3° ileges by attacking his favorite Buckingham,l:i&,:a,$,n;irecdii$.° present: i whose assassination did not end the difficulty. lciisiienge to the Canadian auto- As a condition of supplies, Charles had to grant , l"°l"ll° llldllllrl’ Wlll°ll ll" "ml"? a petition of Right which protested against lzfgfizaayeifelgg! lfilinylizttkf; forced loans, arbitrary imprisonment, etc. Dis- p, the Prague," o; gum“, pm. sralvigg Pcrllioment in i629, Charles attempted int Cilgclllfflfltlfltafl are poi-tieuldarly a so ute ru e for eleven years, raisin mono b "m" ° °l' f °v°l'""' P” u“ such illegal exIactions as shipmoney? and ryriso): moiltlagtcggm ‘§,,,’,‘,§",l§,,',‘;f“,f§§ at the instigation of Archbishop Laud, strain- ggpplgmgnlpfy buglnggg wlth the ing the powers of the courts to compel Pres- United Killed would tielP l0 byterians to conform to Episcopacy. The latter policy led to rebellion in Scotland, and his de- feat at Noseby in i646, being executed as a

ease this tron . The effect on _ _ tsry in so for ofhor export: to traitor in I649. Charles was a pattern of all the

Canada did not. cut into her ules

Ottawa, on temporary. Bus, be it remembered, u was the income Tax arid it is stillbwitii us.

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Britain already in dobt. to this private virtues, but in public affairs woolr, obq

country, would be even more salu- in the United ltltfl. — Victoria - . . time: 59M?! and tormiu lo his methods

Probably the only people lll this country, guuwg m, m; Eufope.” m. Plan)

folk 4T8 calling it by its initials, ERP.

. If advertiser: persist in calling the doughnut a “donut“ and ren- uering night as "nlte," Jiow can ihey expect the rising generation to know anything about spelling?

To obtain o small pane of glues

Nature has been indulgent in not combining ltad to mi in three large forms, thinking when they talk about the benefits that. with the scarcity of railway rolling stock to im-, Th!‘ Knlvlmi of paper wasted was

are yEi to be received from Ottawa as a result l pcdc London,

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lntareof. The Charlottetown Guardian does not accoun- lly endorse tho opinion oi car-relpundenh

OBJECTS TO HIGHER TAX

Sir. — As an I become a Canadian citizen, my wile will be entitled to a monthly allowance from the Government. on behalf of our son.

1 was astonished to find that when

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GRACE Barons 51in?

A Lord who listens. a Loni who

ioveo Children beautiful,

n! immigrant Lord. Lord. this was a diiyl

and lovers. and all things

And I thank You when I close ‘the

door

the bountiful feast. spread Of flame and gold and green, and

U p011 YOU

I om by no means a rich man. of “:12; kawdm

own efforts. There must be thous-

ands of oliicrs who. like myselfll

dislike chariiy in any form. and this ‘compulsory’ allowance seems to me to be just that. _

As far as I am concerned. the “Baby Bonus" is a gross waste of taxpayers’ moncy which. without achieving its aim, runs millions of dollars a year. At the same time it has a double-edged cflfcct on people like myself since it happens to put my net income in a hlghcr lax bracket than it would otherwise he.

What I would far would lrc .1 reduction of income lax at tho expense of futile grai- uiiies which arc. in an; case, at the rlchil nf the community,

I am Sir. etc. DAVID BERNARD.

8T Yongc Sl- Toroiito, Ont. NOV, IQ. 1947.

REMEMBRANCE DAY

Sirt-We are wondering today if our brave boys who sleep in Flan- cicrs Fields are not having a night- mare. They died that we might live Did they die so that we might, in the short ‘lace of a few years forget the Sl rcme sacrifice they made voluntarily? Did they not expect this sacrifice would not be in vain? Did they not pass lo us tl-e "Torch“ and plead ivlth us rmer to let lt fall? As each short icar rolls around to the "one rlay" which In the history of Can- ada should be held sacred. to those of us who still remember, we feel that the sacred torch has been dropped and the Faith they asked for has been broken.

In different centres throughout this Province, however, small this has beein truly n “Remembrance day. In others we can only say it. has been a forgotten day, because the ones who are responsible for ziraking it otherwise do not realize the pleadings, the smiling coun- lcnances, the heroic final requests o; comrades who “went. west." and without any realization of what it. all meant, turned their backs upon the “call of remembrance".

It ls regrettable that. in some places, and in one in particular only a small percentage of returned men stood for one minute at atten- tion out. of respect and requiem, surrounded by the regular routine o.’ every day activity of those who profited mostly as a result of the sacrifice mode by those 01 us who "sleep in Flanders Fields." In re- sponse ta the sound of a factory whistle, a group of faithful com- rades, responded. To many other residents it may have meant only recess. To the faithful, it. meant so much. Again It was the call for "zero hour,“ that fatefui moment when pals clasped hands. when promises were made. when last. re- quests were presented between bud- dies in case of the inevitable, and when during that first hour of it-

tack our manhood the bosom friends of school days. "went W est."

For what reason? Because they were men. Because they saw their duty. Because they loved their homes and hated tyranny. Because they were proud to be called "Ca.- nadians" and went Tr-p" come what- may.

Words cannot express the selfish- ness. the ingratltude, the thought- icssness of those who do not rea- lize. who never could realize whnr. it all meant to be at. their sides and hear their last whispering words. Not. a moment to their memory; not even the cessation of uorldly occupations for the “One Minute" those who made the Su- preme Sacrifice asked for.

Why are there wars? Because people in authority forget the cost, the sacrifice, the heart-breaks, the vacant chairs. Because they never knew the mud, the duck-walk-the whlzz-bang, the comradeship, the tears. the feel o! a weaking hofl

as a Pal approached tho "Western Road."

In our homes, no poppies grow;