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“The Strongest Memory is Weaker Than the Weakest lnlc."

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 1S, 1945

Mr.

Ilsley/s Budget

On the principle that half a, loaf is better than no bread, taxpayers will welcome the few taxation reductions announced by Finance Min- ister Ilsley in his budget speech in the House of Comm0ns last night, If they are not as great as was hoped for, at least they are more generous than some pessimists were pre- dieting.

\\’ith regard to the attitude of the Minister towards post-irar financing, there can scarcely be any criticism. llis emphasis on the urgent demand for housing construction at the maxi- mum possible rate was well placed. “It is de- sirable", he pointed out, “that invesment which will lcad to increased employment should be made as quickly as supply conditions warrant. It is desirable that, as rapidly as finished goods‘ can come on the market, consumers’ needs should be met. It is not desirable that the Gov- crnment should through its expenditures com- pete with these demands for labor and materials, except for the most urgent needs."

The Minister conceded that during the war a system of taxation had been built up which was “discouraging to investment, to enterprise and to consumer" expenditures." Some taxes were intended to restrict trade; others have had the effect of increasing c0515. In the course of eix years wartime taxation had "begun to blunt incentives and if continued indefinitely will paralyze the development of industry and trade." This being a consideration 0f "the greatest irational importance", the Government recognizes its responsibility to make such re- ductions in taxation as are possible, remember- ing at the same time that these changes “must be such as to contribute to employment and in- come, not merely to inflation and specula- tion.”

This is sound policy, and insofar as it is followed there should be little criticism. The uucstion is whether the budget actually does 5Q, and whether a more determined effort in lopping off bureaucratic expenditures, for example, would not have provided for more ample tax reductions and given greater scope to private enterprise and initiative, and thereby to a still greater extent “assisting speedy conversion, re- storing incentives and encouraging enlarged and efficient production and export on which,” in Mr. llsley's apt words, "our employment, in- come and welfare depend."

Protestant Orphanage Appeal

The annual appeal of the Protestant Orph- anage is being made at this time, and City collections will be solicited next week by vol- unteer workers. It should not be necessary to {tress the great importance of this campaign, as without the support which the Orphanage re- ceives by this means it would not be possible to carry on. Despite increased maintenance costs during the \var, the work of the Orphanage has been maintained at a high standard, reflecting credit not only upon all immediately concerned, but on the community at large. It is hoped, therefore, that there will be prompt and gen- erous response to next week's appeal, which ranks high on the priority list of our Christian responsibilities,

For Safer Flying

A rain-repellent chemical developed by the National Research Council at Ottawa heralds another spectacular step towards safer all- weather flying in Canada. Ordinary rain does not affect an aircraft's flight but in smearing the windshield it can reduce visibility to a dangerous point, especially in landing. The new anti-rain chemical, which has been wide- l_\ tested in flights to all parts of Canada, was di-rcloperl only after two years of painstaking experiment with thousands of chemical for- mulae, according to an article in the September issue of C-l-L Oral. The chemical success- Iully combines all the desirable characteristics of such a material. It sheds water quickly, pol- ishes clear, will not pick up dirt, is effective within a wide range of temperatures, can be used on glass or plastic, is easily applied on the ground or during flight, and is little affected by alcohol de-icing fluids. Another hazard of flying that has been most difficult to elimin- ate has been propeller and airframe icing. ('hemistry's earlier contributions to the solution of this problem were de-icing fluids and pastes. This time the aeronautical engineer and his indispensable ally, the chemist, have come forward with a conductive synthetic rubber jacket for electrically heating propeller blades and the leading edges of wings.

To The Rescue

If it were only possible to forget the dead weight of plaster of Paris on fractured limbs. and more or walk about while Nature's slow healing process knits them whole once more! A new application of plastics promises to make this heartfelt wish come true for many a \\'(1llfl(l(’(l soldier and many an accident victim. Recently a soldier, bedridden for nine long months by a compound fracture of the tibia rid fibula, was able to walk for the first time

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ness of s new renal-plastic net material devel- oped in the Research and Development Labora- tory of Canadian Industries Limited at Beloeil, Quebec.

The ease was reported in the August, r945, issue of the Canadian Medical Association Journal, which announced the formulation of the new material. Several other casts have been applied to date, some of which were of the walking variety, with a east covering the en- tire lower limb. “These casts have stood up well and have given the patients considerable com- fort and freedom of movement owing to their lightness," the article stated.

The encouraging results of clinical trials promise the first major advance in the casting of fractured limbs for over 20o years. The last forward step was made with the introduction of erinoline early in the 18th century. The use of plaster of Paris in the treatment of fractures goes back to Arabian surgeons of at least 2,000 years ago.

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News from every town and city across Canada is gathered, sifted, and transmitted daily by The Canadian Press, and distributed t0 local daily hewspapers.

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Antonio Canova, Italian sculptor, died this date 1822; he revived the art of classic sculp- ture; the greatest work of his novitiate was Daedalus and Icarus," he modelled a statue of Napoleon, and in 1815 obtained the restoration of the Italian treasures removed by him; after 1819 he executed some of his greatest works; the group of Hercules and Lichas ranks as his most sublime achievement; Hebe, of which he made three replicas, his most graceful work; the monument to the Archduchess Maria Chris- tina his finest; the Louvre in Paris has his celebrated and most popular production CIA/lid

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Here is an important local job for some veteran historically inclined. At the direction of the Prime Minister, an Advisory Comlnit- tee on Public Records has been organized by State Secretary Paul Martin. Each depart- ment is ordered, under an Order-in-Council to prepare its‘ records, with special emphasis on those relating to its war activities. Each de- partment is required to assign “one or more senior officers" to the care of the records. With the accumulation of what will amount to tons of documents, the question of storage space im- mediately arises. The office of Major Gustave Lanctot, the Dominion Archivist, reports that the Archives Building at Ottawa already is jammed to the eves.

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Halifax is giving a royal welcome 1o the returning troops. Whenever a transport docks, they assemble in crowds, cheering and bearing gifts. It's a charming custom, says a Toronto contemporary, and one that should help to adver- tise the virtues of Halifax to the rest of Can- ada. But, in the opinion of Sergeant John Doe, it can be overdone. The sergeant had spent four years overseas, going through the blitz and D- Day without a scratch. He was feeling full of joy on a sunny morning when he stood with thirteen thousand other soldiers on the deck of a transport and gazed down at the cheering Haligonians. Then one husky Halifax maiden tried to improve the occasion. With a deliverv that would do credit to a big league pitcher she threw a bag of candy up to the deck where Sergeant Doe was standing. The sergeant did not see it coming. His peaceful mood was abruptly shattered. So were three of his

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Many business men and others must have heard with regret the unexpected news of the death of Mr. James A. MaeKinnon, secretary and manager of the Federal War Labour Board at Charlottetown. Of a quiet, unobtrusive dis- position, he was most regular in his habits, ef- ficiently discharging his duties to the satisfac- tion of all concerned. In the matter 0f em- ployment and wage rates, he was brought in close contact with both capital and labour, and it's to his credit largely that the war has come and gone without any serious wage dispute in this province, He was ever cautious and judicial in his handling of questions at issue, and succeeded marvelously in settling them with- out leaving any rancour behind. A student and philosopher, he found recreation and inspira- tion in books and congenial companionship. l-Ie will be greatly missed by those who had the privilege of his friendship and the benefit of

his unfailing kindness.

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In connection with the Lord's Day Alli- ance Campaign in this Province, it is interest- ing to learn from the organization's Bulletin that the beginning of this month marks the opening of another chapter in the active serv- ice of the Maritime Field Secretary, Major the Rev. Baxter J. Warr, who for sometime has been on military service. For the first ‘nine mOnfhs of 1940 Mr, Warr was engaged by the National War Services of the Y-M-C-A» and given the responsibility of organizing and de- veloping the large Hostel in the City of Hali- fax. In October, 1940, he was appointed tn the Chaplaincy service, and early in r941 sent overseas where he has been engaged continu- ously in that service. During that time he was lriven important responsibilities as Chaplain to Canadian Service Units, Hospitals, etc., return- ing to Canada in 1944 and then appointed as Principal Chaplain (P) in Newfoundland. His faithful and efficient services were recognized by his promotion to the rank of Major some three years ago, and very high commendatinns of his work have been expressed by Officers Commanding units where Major Warr was nosted from time to time. With the end of hostilities. first in Europe and more recently in

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Notes By The Way

reveal a continuance , unlust- and, scandalous consequences, Canada should have a national and unl- form Marriage Act super-mung all exlstlng acts and provldln: proper safeguards for the moral, legal and clvll rights of oontn p“. H or thelr Issue. Parllarnent should so emct and wlthout tur- ther delay-Brantford Expositor;

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Another wa-r secret warrevealed when the navy Issued certlflcalas of appreclatlon to flve thousand fishermen who helped to fight the submarine menace 1n t e Atlantic by uslns short wave radoa w keep 1hr MW and ship convoys informed Q! U-boats sighted. The service was Performed at no small rlsk, but when an enemy submarine was avolded or sunk thmugh then- “in 1t amounted to a blg haul roi- the flshlng fleet-Springfield Republi. can.

n llillelrs that I unfortunately used the word “unfortun.ll,e" goo or. ten last week. Thls l5 unfortunate, but there are mltlgatlng factors, the various paragraph; whleh um. mfllely fill up the allotted space are unfortunately not n11 wmnm at the same time. They are lu- dltet-‘l as a partleular lnsplratlon flres the writer, and lf several deal wlth unfortunate subjects 1t may unfortunately happen less 1n ltself, the collection as a whole be. trays unfortunate chamcterlstlcs. -—London Spectator.

_The‘ average mileage of flue na- tion's automobiles 1s about 56,000 miles and the average age ls nearly eight years. Nearly slx mllllon of the twenty-four mllllon cars stlll ODBTBUHZ are ten years old or more. it ls estimated. The oldest age average was found to be 1n ghe central west or "farm belt" area and the youngest 1n the mld-Atl lantlc area. District of Columbia. cars had the lowest average of all at 521 years, with Massachusetts next with an average of 5,09 yggrg, Nebraska 031's hnd the highest av. 97589 R89 Bl. 3-23 Yfilirs. -- Wall Street Journal.

Many objects of Incredible elze were ellner lost or found 1n the decade preceding the present war. An eighty-foot bridge was stolen one night in Italy, and a forest was cut down and carted off a large estate 1n Hungary. On the other hand, a submarine, of which no record existed, was found on the bottom of an abandoned navy dock in France; and an old de- serted church nus discovered on a farm 1n England which n0 one, lncludlng the owner Qt the land, had ever seen or heard of before. -Coll1er's Magazlne.

The London "Union nf Ceylon Tea Planters" have recently celved the first “tea tablets" which should considerably slmpllf and cheapen the production of, tea. she result of a process based on on: years of expel-l- ments carried out by the "Ceylon Tea Research Institute" which re- duees the tlme required 1n pro- duclng ten from 24 hours to z hours, By means of this process known as "F.F.C."-the tea ls made Into compressed tablets whlch saves Shipping space. The tablet-form tea ls also about. 50 per cent stronger than tea ln its present form, and allows for a reduction ln price. The Indlan organization ls now $01118 to undertake further tests and experiments wlth the tea tablets. - Iondon exchange.

Reports brought back from the Alaska Highway by the Great Falls fact-finding party which recently drove from Whitehorse to Edmon- ton would indicate that something Ousht to be done to erystallze op- lnlon lest the feeling of rellef that the war ls over should result 1n the abandonment of the mllllons spent on the road when Alaska and Canada were threatened wlth Japanese lnvaslon ln 1942. We can hardly imagine that the Canadlan- American joint defence board would for the sake of a few m11- llon dollars a year, abandon a highway which 1t took so many mll- llons to build. It 1s sald that the highway, which cost about as much as a battleship to build, can be maintained for even less than 1t wit! Yearly to keep the battleshlp 1n commlsslon. We haven't heard that this time we're golng to scrap our battleships as we dld after the last war. Nor should we. from a purely defence standpolnt, scrap the Alaska Highway. - Lethbrldxe Herald.

Hard on the heels of victory comes the challenge of unemploy- ment. Although for the next ten years the real problem of thls country Wlll be to flnd workers for lobs rather than jobs for worker's,

the next twelve months the two difficulties will exist slde by slrln. Industry must shlft from war to peace work, and that, process 1n- volves a large and complicated change ln the four mnln sources of wealth-plant and equlpment, raw materlals, managerlal sklll, and

labor. All four must be assembled before the new work can start. Whlle some lndustrles, llke coal

mlnlng and the steelworks, can turn over to clvlllen orders with- out much change, many others have to make elaborate prepara- tlons. The suddenness of victory makes 1t much harder to make all the pieces 0f the puzzle flt, 1n tlme. Better, of course, that some should be out. of work for a time than that others slfiuld dle 1n flghtlng on, but. the task before us wlll search the sklll of the government as well as the unlty of the natlon. - Man- chester Guardian,

Vuncovure’! chlorination troubles seem retty tame after what, some of the ads endured ln the Hang Kong area. A recent nrrlval from the South Paclflc declared he hurl boasted the Allles refrained from chemlcal warfare, but; after what he had gone through he was not, qulte sure. He recalled a post-breakfast wrestling match wlth two atebrln tablets. one ascorbic tablet (vita- mln C), one vltamln B (cod llver 011), had n dozen NACL (ssltl tablets and then he sniffed hls tea. It reeked of chlorine so he de- elded 1n favor of a jug of water, adulterated with orange juice. The water had been ehlorlnated, than detssted with sodlum blhydro chloride, finally treated wlth ulllm to settle the extraneous matter not indigenous to the soll from whlcli 1t had been orlglnally extracted. The orange juice had been boost ed with sufa dloxlde by way of preservative. The only oonclitslnn we can come to ls that our lads

with Canadian military forces has been effect-

ed, as and from September, I945-

ince receiving his injury because of the light-

who went to the South Seas are darn hard to poison. - Vancouver Sun.

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the Wsrtlms Prices and‘ ‘Bede Board on tablesfock. and certlfled seed potatoes, base dellvered Montreal, which 1n my Judgment was unfslr.

A delegation from Nova Swill had been to Ottawa and sc- compllahed otblnl 1n rein-rd to advanclnl the rlee of seed. or securing yea on to ahlp No. l small tableatock to the U179" Canadian market. A delezatlon from New Brunswick had also been to Ottawa. ‘rhev were Ilw unsuccessful.

In respect to the Island, I thlnk I am correct 1n saylng there were three trlps made. the first by Mr. Boulter and the Hon- Mr- Wrlzht; that was followed by Mr. Boulter and the Hon. Mr. Hughes, and lastly by Mr. Boulter and the Hon. Mr. Barbour.

The latter had left Ottawa l!!!" a short tlme before I arrlved. In chattlng with Mr. E. J. Chambers. admlnlstrator of fruit and vege- tables under the Wartlme Prices and Trade Board, I learned of a pending meeting to be held ln Ot- tawa on September 15, 1043, whlch all the Mlnlsters of Agrlculture.

Auauet trade.

representlng the nine Provinces 1n Canada. and their deputies. would attend.

I thought thls would be an opportune tiny for the three Mari- tlrne Provinces m et. together and dLscuss same wlt the dlffer- ent Ministers and thelr depulles. and then go 1f necessary to the Department of Agrlculture and ask for a hearltix. We must remember that Septem- ber 15, 1M3, was the date o1’ our provlnclal election. I was quite confident. that Premier Jones, who was then Minister of Agrlculture, would not be at Ottawa for the convention so I hinted to Mr. Chambers. also R. L. Burrows, that an lnvltatlon be extended to me to attend thls convention 1n re- spect to potatoes only. I was advised by wlre on Sept- ember 9, 1943, and I quote the complete wire. "Replying Bur- rows out. of town apparently some mlsunderatandlng re m I- Commlttee does not recelve lndlv- ldusl representations these must be consolldatied by Industry." After reading the wlre I fully realized that Premler Jones and Mr. J. Wilfred Boulter dld not wish me to go to Ottawa, but. fortunately prevlous to reoelvlni this wire I had talked to the prlnelpal potato shippers ln the Province and told them I was very anxlous to attend the meet.- lng, and of course Mr. Boulter was among those whom I inter- viewed. . I would like to remark at this time that. I received wonderful support and enthusiasm from Col.

Fun, Leslie Slmmon-s, and Lorne MacFarlane. Their ldea was to try anything and my scheme

sounaeu qulte feasible w them.

Reallzlng that. I must nave the necessary credentials from the Province, I nude an appointment and interviewed Premier Jones. First. 1 requested hlm to glve me the authority to aft/end the mecc- lni. fie rlutculed my ldea. Wnat 1n the world dld I nhlnk 1 could do? I had learned from put. ex- perience m approaching a poll- tlelan 1t is always well to have a few trump cards up your sleeve, and the following was discussed: "I have a vote on one of my farms ll'l Pownal district; I have

a vote 1n Southport. dlsbrlet. on another farm; I have a rote 1n Charlottetown. If I attend this

meetlng at mtawa, you are posi- tlvely sure that three voles wlll no be cast against you and your party." Mr. Jones seemed to brlghten up, but he was out for the bag llmlt that day, and asked me about my wife. At this DOIBL I figured that the most important thlng for me to accomplish was to let w Ottawa, and I made a deal with the Prem- ler whereby Mrs. Clarke would leave the Island on the 14th, as our oldest son Tom was to 3o to Rothesay Collegiate School for his flrst term. Therefore after putting up six votes for the prlvllege of zolng I wanted Mr. Peppln, our chlef seed lnspeetor. to go along. Mr. Jones grunted but finally save 1n, and I knew quite well that Mr. Walter- Shaw, our Deputy Mlnlster of Agriculture, would be 1n attend- ance. After thls bargaining I re- ceived the followlng letter from the Premier whlch I quote: "Dean Sh "Market Servlces. "Dept. of A5. culture, "Ottawa. "Deer Sir:- "Mr. nk B. Clarke 1e poln: to Ottawa and 1s interacted 1n potato queetlons with speclsl fefermce to Prtnee Edward ls- and. "I shall be very grateful 1f you wlll allow hlm to attend the dlsctualons of the Airlculture Supply Boards wlth speclal refer- once to potatoes, fresh frults and