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PAGE FOUR Morning Dally (Founded ln 1887). Authorized ll Second Class Mall. PM! 0m"! Department. Ottlwl-

President, Inn A. Burnett; Vlce-Presldi-nl,_l\'ni If Burnett; Seem-Tran" (i. M. Burnett: Lilli"? all"

Managing Director. .I. R. Burnett; Associate Editor Frank Walker.

, ‘ Memory is Weaker Than the Weakest Ink."

CIIARLOTTETOWN. wuozvusnav. JAN- 1- 1'5"‘

" The Si.

Symbols of Renewal

lt will be recalled that at the last scssiogsgdl the Provincial Legislature on AC5 W05 P? v providiftg that the “lady's sllPPel - b°l°“"°“l known u; the Cypripedium hirsutum, be adoptci as the floral emblem of Prince Edwflfflplfilflflfils- Evidently a writer in the Winnipeg Free res? r- unaware of this fact, for he SlClCSKAIILSIL mound “ring editorial page article, that aniHo glow“ Nova Scotia are the only PrOYIIlICBS t‘ emblems "duly ordained b)’ l“- H

"The Nova Scotia Legislature. l‘? “"551 "in i901 chose for that honor ttgcflMflvilflfi/jii‘) most fragrant of all Canadian wil owcrs roast to coast lri i930 the school children of Alberta made choice of the wild rose, but legislature cit Edmonton gave no attention to - nutter. ln i906 the legislature of MCIHIYOl-l" made l-he prairie crocus, known to botanists as the anemone patens, the flower emblem of tllii province, in accordance with thechoilcle modz by the sciiool children. The ‘Pmlllc W’ 50:?“ second when all the votes Wflféglfi, but t c CYO- - was elected by a landslide ma|ority._ _ }

"That lovely wild flower, the trillium, wglfitl loves to bloom under the shade of frGEShlfl l‘ aria, was proposed many Y?!" 09° f“ i“ Fm“ incc's flower emblem and is pretty qcnciuly s0 recognized bylOntario people, as in Qucibcc‘ thc native water iris, which is of the flcur-de- is am! ily is most appropriately held by ti"? P¢°Pl9 °' Qlicbec as theirs. British Columbia has, ‘thc violet. New Brunswick, Prince Edward lsiitril and Saskatchewan are without generally recog- nized flower emblems, so far as this delitlllfi": can find out. Mrs. Black,‘ of the Yukon.‘ '0: written with a flower lovers cmhusiasm o ti. yellow anemone, a cousin of pur prairie crocusl; q; worthy of being the Yukons emblem flower.

Canada, of course, has as its emblem thc phgple leaf, the leaf of the hardwood maplcf not n flower, but outrivalling all the flowcrs in beauty and splendor when the ldfllilmi 9791'" of the trees has become the crimson and gall of September.

Commonwealth & Empire

A; noted in these columns recently, an authoritative official ruling on the right us’: o.‘

the terms "Commonwealth", "Empire", and "Colonial" has at last been given. But, rc- niarlis The Spectator, it was characteristic o.‘

British methods that the question only cam: up incidentally in the discussion of a measure of trifling importance dealing with the admission to thc British Medical Register of doctors not possessing British qualifications. As the modi- cnl bill was slipping quietly through the House of Lords, Lord Altrincham, whose interest is in Empire, not medicine, painted out pzrtincntiy that the use of the word "Colonial" in the mcas- ure, to cover Dominions as well as strictly Col- onial territories, was a grave misnomer. Lord Henderson at once promised to look into thc matter, and in the committee stage he moved to substitute "Commonwealth" for "Colonial" throughout, adding that this was the term which the Department of Commonwealth Relations an:l thc Colonial Office in iaint consultation cle- cidcd would best meet the case.

"A differentiation between the self-gov erning and the non self-governing members of the Commonwealth is necessary," adds The Spec- tator. "Hitherto thc distinction has been be- tween the British Commonwealth of Nations and thc Colonial Empire. ln view of the new ruling the familiar term British Empire disappears, and in view of the associations uniustly attached to the word imperialism perhaps it is as wall. Tlic decision now is that Commonwealth covers everything once comprised under the term Em- pire, and that within the Commonwealth there exist the Dominions and the colonies, and, not strictly within it, the territories held under man- date or trusteeship. Whether this is the best nomenclature or not its general adoption will avoid a good deal of the confusion which has hitherto existed."

Butter vs. Margarine

latter prices are, according to current trial balloons from Ottawa, ta be brought under con- trol, fram now until Spring, says The Letter Re- view. The idea is that present butter price lll- creases go to dealers, not to farmers, but farm- ers are alarmed just the same. They realize quite clearly that the establishment of lower prices at present might influence the market in the Spring and Summer, and might, in actuality, become permanent price control.

"Margarine, a critic says, is one subiect which these Letters seem afraid to tackle. Not quite. A wholesome food, margarine was ban- ned, quite naturally, as a piece of protection for dairy farmers, when they were more influ- ential politically thail now. Urban consumers were indifferent at the time, since butter was cheap and plentiful.

"Today the removal of the ban would prob- ably not break the price of butter enough to lustify the fears of the farmers, nor provide a substitute cheap enough to please the consum- ers as much as they believe. The economic ef- fect would not be important.

"Politically the removal of the ban is prac- tically impossible. No party dare risk the cer- tain Ion of all the farm vote. Not even Mr. Caldwell could hope to find a formula in this Ease like liis price-control-no-wage-control story

which would cover the case‘. Farmer: iriay be

sufficiently illiterate economically to accept his subsidy plan, or to believe that it is better to sell wheat to Britain at less than the Chicago price in the hope of thus getting market stability latcr on, but even farmers, even Mr. Hannam, can see the positive disadvantage of selling butter in competition with a cheaper substitute.

"The case is very much like that of the Baby Bonus. There are all sorts of good argu- ments for terminating both the Bonus and the ban, but a final one against-that too many people would vote against the Government which acted, while with no Opposition party promising action, no one will vote against a Government for not acting."

- EDITORIAL NOTES -

Week of Prayer

continues. I Q I

Now is the time for bargains—cxcept in pork products.

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It is perhaps significant that none of the New Year's honours bestowed on Newfound- lnnders carry a title.

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Welcome to the keen young farmers whose short course begins today. The Island needs leaders in this field and is in_a fair way to get them.

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We will know some time about the end of this month whether there will be a Federal elec lion this year. An election budget will certainly include substantial tax reductions even though Government policy is to take excess funds out of circulation.

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There is small consolation to farmers in thc fact that the 20 percent increase in freight rates over American lines came in two steps of l0 per cent. The rate is up the full 20 per cant over last year, and part of the increase has been in effect for the last two months.

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Britain managed to kc:p Moslcms an'l fliiidus more or less at peace for some hundreds of years. Now the only authority outside of lndia and Pakistan themselves is the United Na- tions Security Council which is considerably slower to take preventive action than the Brit- ish Raj.

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Charitable contributions are exempt r from lHJCrtlI.’ tax, but, (says The Letter Review), by an higenious device, the Department of National Rzvcnue collects succession duties on charitable contributions made during three years before de- ceasc. This, probably not at all the intention of the kw, is becoming quite generally known. It is gaing fa be the subject of much discussion in the very near future.

i . . .. The Duke and Duchess of Gloucester will visit Ceylon in February. They will be present at the ceremonies which have been planned to mark the assumption by the island of fully re- sponsible government within the British Com- nicnwealth of Nations. The Duke of Gloucester will opcn, an behalf of thc King, the first Scs- sion of Parliament to be held since the Ceylon lrrdcpzndcncc Act came into force. Their Royal Higlinesses will subsequently attend the celebra- tions which are being held to inaugurate thc island's new status. The Duke and Duchess will stay in Ceylon about ten days. They will tra- vcl from Britain by air, probably in one of the planes attached to the King's Flight.

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Sir Henry Arthur Jones, English dramatic author, died this date i929; made his first defin- ite success with The Silver King in which Wilson Barrett starred in the title role. This was fol- lowed by Saints and Sinners, The Crusaders, The Lie, all of which proved great box office draws. He also produced a long series of com- edies, including The Case of Rebellious Susan, Whirewashing Julia, and The Ogre. He was also an historic authority on the drama, publishing Rennaisence of the English Drama in l895: "The one cruel fact about heroes is that they are made of flesh and blood." "We mustn't forget that property has duties even if other people for- got it has rights". . "lf there is one beast in all the loathsome fauna of civilization l hate and despise, it is a man of the world." . . . "O God! Put back Thy universe and give me yesterday." i l I i

lt is announced that only three having Can- adian connections (including the Prime Min- isterl shared in the New Year's honours. A knighthood went to Prof. J. D. Cockcroft, dir- ector of the Supply Ministry's atomic research es- tablishment and who at one time carried on work with Canadian scientists at the Canadian atomic establishment at Chalk River, Ont. The Order of Merit, the honor conferred upon Prime Minister Mackenzie King when he was in Lon- don to attend the wedding of Princess Elizabeth, was also given to Mr. T. S. Eliot, American-born poet and author. Sir Valentine George Crittall, whose first wife was the late Olive Lillian Mac- Dermott of Camber, Ont., was created a baron. The other two new barons are Sir Harold Mack- intosh, chairman of the National Savings Com- mittce, and Cal, Sir John Colville, former Gov- ernor of Bombay. ' '

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It is possible to be too perfect in street and roadway cleaning, as Ottawa is experienc- ing. With a complete new outfit of snow re- moving apparatus, it started to sweep clean the snow from streets and by-ways. Now its water department is scared blue that Ottawa will be faced with a water famine due to frozen mains. Already frost has penetrated 44 inches under- ground to within l2 to l8 inches of water mains in places where snow has been cleared. Where snow had not been cleared frost had penetrated only seven inches. The danger of a freeze-iii of the whole water system is now so great, it is said with temperatures hovering around six be- low zero, that authorities are hoping for more snow to give protection, and in future it has been decided some inches of snow will have to be left

for frost insulation

Jletes By Tlieitley-

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The new Minister to Canada from Finland says Otlaw-a weather l\ "delightful, just. like that. ln Helsinki." It's to have some- body who appreciates us. - Ottawa Journal.

Balanced Ilflng begins not with nations and world movements, but in the individual. Never ln all his- tory was it more Important that. individual men and women should not lose thelr heads merely be- cause they have felled hitherto to use them. - Vancouver Sun.

Herbert Iloover has the right Idea when he says that time will prove Communism to be an unworkable iliaorv. The problem, however, ls lo dcclrle iiliat lo do while waiting for time to win the argument. - Detrolt Free Press,

Canada will miss the gallant Count. Jean do Haubecloque, France's ambassador to Canada since 1945. ivho leaves to accept a similar post ln Belgium. Count rte l-Iautecloque, recently in Wind- sor, liked Canada very n-iuch and will be sorry to leave. A11 who knew hlm respected this aristo- iTZlLlC Frenchman with a distin- guished record in his country's dip- ioniritic service. and ln the French underground during the war. Windsor Star.

The airgraplil which are now obtainable through the Dominion Post Offices appear to be declining ln size and quality of paper. Be- fure stamps ivere printed on the nirgrapli forms the paper was of tolerable quality. and the form ivas big enough to hold a letter of or- dinary size if it were closely ivrtt- len or typed ivlth single-spacing But the forms most. recently issued, which have stamps printed upon them, are considerably reduced in size, and the paper is decidedly

poor". 1s ‘there any good reason for this decline? - Petrol-borough Examiner.

In view of the importance of the newspaper as a factor ln the shap- ing of pllbllC opinion, Canada ls fortunate in having a newspaper tress with high traditions of ser- vice. \\l1lt‘l‘l Lakes its responsibilities scrloiislj. It. l5 less concerned than formerly ivzlh the success of politi- va‘. parties and mur-h more con- ccmcd about the public weal. That is as it should be. In our day the daily nenspnper plays an indispen- snble part, in informing the pub- lic about national and internation- al issues. Its own comments an iaublic affairs should be not less helpful in enabling the public to reach sound conclusions. --Toront.r~ Star.

Whore lli tlirrc least religious freedom in EKIIKODC tadaj? Behind inc lfOll vllrballl? The bishop in

charge of llfcthocllst vivork in l2 European nations declares: From l'lf‘0f? years of experience, I feel

that the real threat to religious freedom 1s from reactionary politi- cal regimes, such as thc Franco re- gime in Spain, \\ hero Protcstaliisiil is not granted religious freedom On llie other hand Methodls‘ work lll countries behind the iron curtain has been carried on with- out interference. 'l"here is .0f course. no guarantee that this always will be so. But lt. serves as a reminder that intolerance files a biack flag as well as a red one. - Christian Science Monitor.

Now a doctor says that, ln ad- dition to driving onlookers crazy, bubble gum causes ear infection. One Dr. Edward A. Plszcezk of Chicago, Cook County health dl- rector. also puts the bee an clarin- ets, saxophones, ocarlnus, toy flutes and other tin whistle types —all can cause ear infections .It. would be a pretty thought to believe that the danger of car trouble would debei- the bubble-gummers, and an even prettier one, many would say. lo believe that it would ln any way inhibit. saxophone, clarinet and oc- nrina players —but lt/s too big u hope. What's a little ear infec- tion! After all, everybody knows that eating green apples will cause stomach aches, but. does lt shop anybody from eating 'em?—- Wind- sor Star.

We like the Ides put forth by Rt. Rev. R. J. Renlson, bishop of Mooseonee, before the Anglican Synod at Braiitforrl that. “all young men in Ontario should spend two 0r three years in the fresh ali- of the Northland before working else- where." Bishop Renlson ls an ud- vocnte of our great Northlond, I r-larlon volce proclaiming its splen- rlid virtues, rebuklng those ignor- ant. people who see lt. only as l barren land of mines, rook and jack pine. "The worst. insult that. one can offer a true Northerner," lie said, "ls to say that. he ls a good-hearted fellow .but. the rea‘. people with brains and knowledge remain safe down south. That only brawn Iii needed ln the North." More brain is needed, he lnslsta, to rlcvelop the North thhn b0 alt. down here ln lilsh Southern Ontario. London Free Press.

We are juit n little puuled by the report that. Roger Bataan, the financial forecaster, has deposlteil $5.000 ln each o! twenty bunks in an area of the Middle West. he calls the "magic circle." He claims that. this will be the safest. part of the United States ln an etomlr- iii/Br. _We can understand that the region ln question, which ls large- ly agricultural with few large cit.- las. rnleht attract fewer bombs and rockets than some more strategic sections. Mr. Baboon‘: greenback; would doubtless have a betuer ctiance of coming through the car- nage un-burned and unradlo so. tlve than they would ln Washing- ton or New York. We can't help wvnderlne. iiroiieh. whet lie tiiinlu

bll awfully-handed money would

labored». The Cu-tlottemwn Guardian duel not neae_r-

JANUARY 1. 1948- '

Here in England. every Sartur-l

billty that death may come at an early ego. l Life Aeeunnce ll the answer.

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ti; endoreo the oplnlon of oorreepondenh

r-i-a-iimvuswnanwma-L-e. nnmx. mus LOAVES

Sin-When I reflect upon ltie food conclftlom under which tho majority of the human family op- erate at the present hour, I con- fess that 1 got slight pleasure from that them 1n the news-col- umns which indicated that "Can- lda’e drink bill of $370,045,005 for the fiscal your of 1946, represents gross sales of spirits, beer and wines by provincial liquor control boards or their agents. It was a jump of 385314.641 over the ex- penditures for the previous tvi elve months . . ."

In other words, at. the far siilc of the wordy turmoil about. the pressure of mllk, read, meat. and butter upon the omestlc pocket- book, the realist finds himself ion- fronted with these gargantuan fig- ures, representing the Nari-h Am~ erlcan ‘booze’ bl.1l for the year in question, l. e., at. the retail level:

United States . $7,425,000,00J Canada $ 413,000,000

Total 57.838.000.000 The above cost. of taking care of the alcoholic beverage thirst ol the North American people is, as you know, the equivalent of just. 2 years’ operation of the Marshal! Plan, by which lt. is hoped to get. sixteen countries 1n Europe back on their feet, as self-reliant nnzl productive nations. The cost and burden of this ‘Marshall Plar‘ ls continually being frontpaged; but, apparently, we take the liquor ex- penditures 1n our stride, as a mat- ter of slight. moment? It ls very curious, that all parties concern- ed, f. e., on bath sides of the AL- lantlc and both sides of our own border—ohould hardly raise as eyebrow at. the aforesaid avalanche of dollars available for beverage alcohol, while sitting up nights a) the conference table devising ways and means of selling (and buylnk? ‘Our Dally Bread‘? A ivriter in your news columns last summer indicates that "Canada ls using up annually 15 million bushels of grain ln the manufacture of beer and hard liquor-an amount sufficient to provide annually 400 million loaves of broad." Presumably U. S. thirst utilizes f?) 10 million loaves

every day of the year?

f arn Sir, etc., ‘

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be worth after everything oliLsldC his “magic circle“ had been blown to smlthercens. --Etill"n0lllflll Jour- rial..

Yet Grandniii pTullcd a slrnw

from the broom and stuck i‘. lll the cake to see Wllfil-hfél‘ it, via: dune. and nobody got. a germ t

liiirt him, observes Alberlrin.

The C il,.i. y

People of Northern Ontario lime been inclined to think of the pulp and paper industry almost CllblFFly ln terms of the newsprint and pulp produced largely for export. l0 the United States. But these represent merely a_ beginning iii the wide field of uses already found and likely still to he found for the flne fibre provided by the spruce, balsan-i and other trees of Northern Ontario. All provide op- portunltles for manufacture and may bring new industries into this and other parts of the country. - Seult. ste. Marlo Star.

The United Nat-lone commission to set. up Jewish and Arab states ln Palestine will have as its ahlef of secretariat Dr. Ralph J. Bunce, a former professor at. Howard Unl- verslty, and the grandson of en American Negro slave. Dr. Bmce has had a distinguished career in anthropology and as professor of colonial history at. the Negro uni- versity, points out The Saskalnon Star-Phoenix. He served \viLh the United Nations secretariat as head of its trusteeshlp division and with the U. N. committee that studied the Palestine situation. l-fls experience and character should he of great service to the commission ln its delicate task.

FATHER 0F 2A CHILDREN

THERESA. N.Y., Jan. 6 - (AP) —-Cloorgn Davis, 65-year-old farm- er who two yours ago was honored as the fnlher with the lamest family in the Uiiilcil Stains. rlied yesterday. Davis was the father of 24 children, 20, still living, He also is survived by his second wife.