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CIIARLOTTETOTVN. saruaoav. FEB- l! l949_

Board 0t Trade Campaign

The activity shown in recent Y§°Y5 bY ll"? Charlottetown Board of Trade is likelY f° l?“ further enhanced as a result of a membershiP drive which opens on Monday. feb- l4- ‘lllflhe Board's long history as a gfJ-9¢ll"‘9_ °'9°'"l° w"- it has served community interests in manY W°Y5i notably in transportation and business develop- ment, and it is hoped to expand its usefulness considerably in the immediate future.

ln the last year or two the Board has answer- ed hundreds of requests from all parts of t 0 world for information about the city and Pm- vince. lt sponsored successfully the get-oili- qrid-vote" campaign in the last civic election, as well as numerous industrial tours. lt has held frequent meetings with the finance committee of the City Council, and has been active in the preparation of briefs on the Borden-Charlotte- town Trans-Canada highWflY ("Kl The PY°P°5Bd new highway ferry at Borden. lt has pressed for improved service between Wood lSlIJMlS 0nd Caribou, for comfort stations at Borden and Wood lslands, for an extra trip of the ferry to relieve transportation, and numerous other pro- jects. lt has also been a strong supporter of the

Maritime Transportation Commission in its fight against exorbitant freight rates. _ The Board's programme for the coming

months is an ambitious one, and to our business men especially it should appeal very strongly- Attention is directed to the advertisement in to- day's issue, which gives fuller information about the membership campaign.

The Flsheres Treaty

Of considerable interest and importance to these Maritime Provinces is the recently signed Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Treaty. This is the first multilateral pact of its kind and sets up an international commission, which, when ratified by the member governments, will result in a scientific investigation of fishery resources and collection and distribution of statistics vital to the industry.

A noteworthy feature of the discussions lead- iiig up to formal signing of the treaty was the prominent part played by the Canadian dele- gation led by Mr. Stuart Bates, Federal Deputy Fisheries Minister, lt was the Canadian delega-

_tion which from the outset took the stand that

the proposed commission should have no power of regulation. Other countries, originally favor- ing o United States proposal to make the com- mission regulatory as well fact-finding, swung their support to the Canadian plan, an indica- tion of the manner in which this Daminioa's spokesmen conducted themselves during the discussions, and the importance attached to the Canadian viewpoint by the other nations repre- sented at the conference. i

The treaty is in itself a definite advance towards preserving the resources of an import- ant industry and planning its future develop- ment. lf the beneficial results envisioned by the architects of the new treaty are realized, it should have far-reaching effects along the broad Atlantic seaboard, and particularly in these three Maritime Provinces.

cutting llown‘ Accident Toll

The National Safety Council of the United States reports that the rote af death by acci- dent in the U. S.'s was never lowe-r than in 1948. lt cites that of the 98,000 accidental deaths in U. S. A. last year, a rate of 67.1 a 100,000, there was a decline in every classification save one. On the highways, in the factory, on the rails and in the air, almost everywhere that man might expect accident, there were gratifying reports that existence was safer by a few percentage points. Only in the home was life more hazard- ous; again there were close to 35,000 fatal ac- cidents at home, always a startling statistic.

This contrast shows that safety is not so much a matter of deliberate care and choice as the result of organized planning and educa- tion. The 3Z,000 motor vehicle deaths in the Re- public last yea-r represents a staggering toll but nevertheless a decline. In 1941 the total was 40,000, and now Americans drive six miles for every prewar five and the death rata for dis- tance covered is at on all-time low.

The best explanation is scientific prevention. Responsible authorities are lowering the oppor- tunity for accident. The quality of driver is being improved in the first place. Licensing is stricter, administration sharpened, enforcement stiffen- ed. The whole subject of traffic is recognized as a science. On a thousand fronts the expert is at work.

[EDITORIAL NOIES/

Tomorrow, Septuogesima.

A City surplus ‘milk dooperative ls on its way, with the prospect later of a cooperative creamery.

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NFLD. and P. E. I. will soon be as one. lt is time we were thinking and acting seriously of our export and import facilities. Active, in- rimate trade relations is tha life-blood of a community's prosperity.

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Abraham Lincoln, sixteenth President of the United States born this date I809; a Ken- tuclry former's_son with little schooling, his first iab was on a flat boat at New Orleans; became a messenger, then clerli in a store, continuing liis self-education in spore time; later turned his

attention to law and politics, and gradually made his way upward and onward till he reached the presidency. Simple and unaffected in manner, tolerant and honourable in character ha made an unforgettable name for himself as one of the world's great saldierianil statesmen.

Submariner Commander W. J. G. Carr, R.D., RCNR (R). Ret'd (‘By Guess and by God") makes this plea in the Toronto Globe and Mail for ade- quate naval forces. The taxpayer had to suffer the loss af 575 ships and their cargoes, yet after we did provide adequate naval and air force pro- tection for convoys (in April, 1943) we only lost twenty-seven ships to the end of the war.

The Canadian Register will resume indepen- dent publication March 5 under the auspices of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Toronto and the Diocese of Kingston, London and Hamilton, it is announced. The Register was amalgamated last Oct. 31 with the Catholic Register, the Montreal Spectator, and the Northwest Review, published at Winnipeg, to form a single national Roman Catholic newspaper, The Ensign. A spokesman for The Register said readers were dissatisfied with The Ensign's coverage of local and diocesan news.

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In the race now on in the two Island sena- torial sweepstakes, rumor has it that Premier Jones and His Honor Lieutenant Governor Bernard are in the lead, the former having highest prior- ity and the latter having the unanimous Mari- time Acadian support. lt is reported that Prime Minister St. Laurent, especially since the Liberal defeat in the Quebec by-election, does not feel like appointing any sitting members, and will insist on their running as Commons members again. lf this is correct, it would eliminate Dr. Grant and Mr. Douglas, who have been promin- ently mentioned. This leaves the ground open for other contenders, and prominent among these are reportedly Mr. S. S. Hessian, K. C., a former Speaker of the Legislature, and Mr. George E. Seville, M.L.A., Fifth King's.

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lt was the record of the present Govern- merit said Mr. James M. Macdonnell, Opposi- tion financial critic, that when it had lots m.’ money it spent freely, pad was opt to be ex- tremely benevolent. lt provided originally last year $500,000 to be spent for uprooting apple trees in Digby-Annapolit, but later this amount was doubled. Agriculture Minister James Gardin- er jumped to his feet to explain this was done because it was found that the program, planned for a three-year period, could be completed in one year. This brought laughter from opposition members, and Mr. Macdonnell commented: "We're not objecting to the useless trees being uprooted, but to the spending of our money without adequate authority."

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According to The Gazette, "Mr. St. Laurent has appeared for the first time in the House as Prime Minister showing himself capable of the spirited as well as of the judicial remark. Yet for all his eminent qualities, he has come late to learn an exacting trade. And the evidences of inexperience in political leadership are made the more serious by the absence in the Government benches of a number of trained and effective figures. The ranks have been filled by younger men, many of greater promise than experience. The statement that one Government member was prepared to make about the Government's ‘beneficence' in its efforts to win in Digby-An- napolis-Kings; and the statement that another was reportedito have made about the possibility of wor in three months time; and the insistence by the leader that a simple majority at Ottawa could abolish the status at the French language —all these suggest that the Government's politi- cal acumen is no longer as firm or as sure as it was formerly."

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Premier Duplessis loses no opportunity of playing up to the farmers of his province. "All too often," said the Premier, the other day, "there is a tendency to forget the farmer. We must always keep in mind that the farmer and agriculture are the foundation on which Que- bec's livelihood and progress are based; we must always remember that it has been Quebec's farmlands which have given the country the great leaders who have played such an important paft in the development of Quebec and the rest of the Dominion. We have also been blessed with a population which is talented, hard-working and devoted to their province and their country. It is up to us to see that these talents are put to work for the greatest good of the greatest number. It is only by hard work, persistence and a display of solidarity that we can all work together for the good of our professions, the province and the country,” Premier Dupleoois concluded.

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lt is a command as old as the hills to mul- tiply and replenish the earth, and all other needs will be supplied us. In these scientific and mechanical days we are opt to overlook, or despise this divine injunction, but every now and then it is brought forcibly to our attention by some overwhelming catastrophe or would-be catastrophe. Australia's High Commissioner Francis M. Forde, has just declared in Ottawa his country must either "populate or perish." The urgency of the Australian population prob- lem is evident to the whole world. Mr. Fonda said the current population of 8.000010 should be more than trebled or quadrupled if Aus- tralia is to develop its resources fully and be adequately prepared to defend itself. "If Aus- tralia is to maintain its position as an outpost of western democracy in the Asiatic region and to ploy a worthy part in shaping the world of the future, it must be capable of providing for own defence. Between the north of Australia and the north of China there are 1,200,000,000 people or half the population of the world. The alignment of the next war will not necessarily be the some as those of the, last war. Australians are determined to learn tlia lessons to In learnt train the mistakes of tlie post. In short we iniist

populate or perish."

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b<§eo§co§ asoo-Qooa- PRICE FOR PRINCE

Sin-This is. la fact, an open letter to the electorate of Prince County, luivini: iiolod ln the col- umns of the Liiiariliziii the nomin- ation of Brigadier John H. Price as the Progressive Conservative candidate for that. riding. lrrcsjicctive nf any political al- liances he mlglif have made, the following statement would still stand:

I have known Jack. as he pre- fers lo be culled, for many years and I have yet to meet anyone who dislikes him. I was his Adjutant for four ycrirs under the most try- ing circumstances and as a battal- lon commander he was superb. Ila was admired and respected by every riirik iii the battalion. Ills lii- legrily, his sense of justice and his lo_yully to any cause in wlilcli he believes ure beyond reproach.

As a pflSOITEf-fJf-“UJP under the ruthless Japanese regime, where many fine spirits, as well as bodies. deteriorated hopelessly, our Colonel was outstanding, not only among his awn countrymen but. ousfancl- ing ln the midst of eleven thous- and man from every Allied Nation in the world. I shall go one step further than my friend “Iiuck" O'Neil. of Charlottetown. iind stale that if ull fliis cosmopolitan popu- lation was eligible to vole ll\ Prince County, Jack could count. on eleven thousand sure votes.

If the Islanders from Prince County wlsti to oe represented ln the Federal House nt‘ Commons by one of the finest l7‘(‘|l ln Ciiiindu. l i-uii only suggest iluit they vote for Jurk Price at the next. Federal election.

I am. Slr, etc. W. l‘. C. LcBOUTILLIER. 2 Maple Si. Kcnogariii. P. Q.

LOBSTER CANNING REGULATIONS

Sin-The lobster canners are to ccmtncnded for asking the Pro- vlnclal GUVOTIIIIICIII. to iuuillula regulations 1n their trade. not mere- ly bcanusc stricter regulations should bf.‘ applied regarding the catching and canning of lobsters but oven more so because, when the Government starts Investigating the canning of lobsters they will be made Lo realize how great. the neglect. of the whole canning ln- dustry ln Prince Edward Island has been.

When T first crime to the Island. having been interested ln the amalgamation nearly forty years iigo at the canners of Ontario and having seen 110w great. had been their success (no that canning in Ontario ls today one of Canada's major luduslrlcs), I was disappoint- ed lo find that we had made so litur- progress here. especially as there nre two distinct industries on the Island for the providing of raw malerlnla-nnmcly, agriculture and the fisheries. lfavlng appealed un- successfully to a local organizat- ion I got ln touch with Mr. A. J. Judge. editor of “The Canning ‘Trader’. an excellent monthly trade journal. Mr. Judge lnvlted mo. on the occaslau of my next. holiday. to vlslt Maryland, the clilef canning Stale of the USA. where the ln- dualry has bz-cn specialized more than ln any other part of the world. Mr. Judge kindly gave me letters of introduction to riwne of the chief eamierii of the Slate. and I Wu surprised lo flnd with what cordlallty they met men although i-oi-rilna from a foreign country. whence competition might be ex- peeled.

They stmwed hie all their math- 06s and told me of their capitaliz-

ntlona and profits and warned me

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also advised me to go to Washing-

ton, vrhich I did. There I foam. a large building operated by th: Federal uovernaieni, filled Will. canning specialists and researar. men; and they in turn advised mu to see certain departments in Ag- riculture. uhcre such questions as insecticides, sail improvement, etc"? uscre under intense investigation. I returned to gharlottetown more enthusiastic than ever. and decided to advertise fer canning experts. This I did on two Occasions, with an interval. Uver thirty men who had devoted their lives to the canning industry expressed their desire to assist. and at a very mod- erate fiuure for remuneration. with information from many quarters regarding llle variety and quantity of fish rind shellfish to be obtain- ed on the Island. and learning from the Experimental Farm of the sup- eriority of the farmers of this Province over those of Ontario ln the growing at small fruits and vegetables, and of a few tree fruits such as apples. pears. plums and cherries. I outlined the possibilities of the canning trade to over thirty American experts. I was surprised to find how unanimously they ad- mitted that Prince Edward Island was 1a a better position to produce a high qualify of canned goods at. a larger profit than eveu the UBA. with who-m we would nee-d have no hesitation 1n entering into compet- lllon for the world trade. Since then I have sought to interest. the Provincial Government under two successive leaders in our conning posblbilitles. but without. any con- crete result. Before closing let me mention certain rules which I learned ln the U.S.A.: 1. Never allow the same building ln which fish or shellfish are eimn- ed ho be used for soups, fruits, vegetables or meats. The flsh flavor ruins the latter. 2 The canning business can not

\\'l.\"I‘I-.Il Lrbinidu Tonlghi the very horses springing b

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Toss gold fro-m whitened nostrils. In a dream .

The streets that narrow to westward gleam

Ltke rows of golden palaces; and high

From all the crowded tower and die

A thousand aureolrs. Down la the west.

The brlirurning plains beneath the sunset rest.

One burning sen of gold. Soon, soon shall fly

The glorious vlslon, and the hours

the

chimneys

shall feel

A mlizhtler muster; coon from height to height,

With silence iind the sharp un- pltylniz stars,

Stern rreeplfltl frosts "ad Wind!

that much like steel.

Out of the rlcplh beyond the east- ern bars,

Glltterlnir and still shall come the awful night.

-Archlbald Lampmnn.

Q>QOQ>G Old Charlottetown (And r. n. l.)

NATIVE Q UADRU PEDS

The day when Caribou and Moose Deer ranged the forest, and planted their tracks upon the un-

be carried on successfully 1n a small ivay. This for two reasons; (A) Ivfnss production ls absolutely neces- sary both for quality and low oost. (B) Special machines are made for the handling and processing of a1- most. every different raw product. These machines are too expensive io be used for small quantities but. they result in such large saving that losses now being made are convert.- ed into good profits.

3. There ls no raw product that dcpreclnles so quickly after death as fish and all klnd5 of shellfish. Because of that fact. llve flsh ouch as lobsters should be placed Ln vats filled with cold sen-water and when filled carried directly into the factory. This makes for the differ- ence bctweeu hlgli and low quality ln canned flsh products.

There are many other matters of interest that I could tell. especially those learned in Cape Cod where I spent. a week with the Govertirment. representatives investigating cran- berry bags and where I saw cam being turned out at. a speed of 7,- 000 per hour.

From what I have learned of the conning business ln theoo special efforts, I have no hesitation in bo- llevlng that. the business can be conducted hare on an exceedingly profitable boots and at. the some time pay high prlcea for its raw products to our farmer: and fish- errnen. In Ontario there are ralli- lona of acres being devoted to fruits and vegetables under the supervision of their Deputy Minister of Agriculture.

I am. Blr, eta, ILKB. HEMMINO Charlottetown. P. E. I.

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Como Into Mo. all ya thus Ia- lionr and are heavy laden; and I nvrlll giro yap root.

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A farmer's lion. aged aeveri. drlvea

sliorn interval pastures of Prince Edward Island mlrzlit lam! since have become a paragraph of the vestiges of creation, or passed from the memory, but llint there are oc- casionally found piilamalcd hor s; and there was ll time when ii..- Mlcmnc’; flinlcd arrow satisfied the wants of the wlgwnm from their dainty hiiunches, made moc- casins from their soft skin. and drew out their tough slnews for the mllllnery of the squnw.

The Black Bear ls not vet ex- tlnct. on the Island. but the few that remain sic-cm la know the vulu-e al‘ secrecy, for tlicy seldom show themselves except pressed hy want, or when their jirotcctive ln- stincts towards their young cubs l! called, by intrusion. into exercise. They are very destructive upon sheep when they emergi- from their hibernation, rind hr-fore their young family becomes self-reliant. A very fine fallow was taken rit Three Riv- ers ln 1861, tn flne condition. and of considerable ivelglit, perhaps ‘our hundred pounds. . Bear hams are esteemed hy some and despised by olherii, but. there ls no one In Prince Edward Island, lnfluonccd by motives of elllicr fear or interest. that la not glad to hear of poor Brain's destruction.