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A Zbflfagtlhllilll l0 The Legislature . :11‘. liwldiug that there is going 111 1111- 1_11-1'~111111el of the Prr-uiit-v- '. 1r; s11 we have a sugges- ..1c House is still in session .1 11:11.» arc finally tins-vii for 111.11...r l-1‘~1.11 1111.’ to I933 it “'11s cus- 111-1111" 1111- p.-"'.F11Ii.1 holders in the fiovcrn- 1 t - - - 1' " 111111‘ 111d .'tltttutiuu exclu- Jnp . 7 1 = 1"1:1|t-nls. This “as C>l)l‘\‘l1ll' l1 ~1 111 1.‘ 11.1 w] the l’rt*111iL-1' who \v.'ts al- 11111- 1111 1l1.'._ .1lu:1_\s available for callers. al- uxtvs 111111 :1 .ll1'llflll crc to see that officialdom "1< $111131 1-1't*1~-.11t and active. No business, ‘ 1.1'111111-11t can ruu satisfactorily 1'11; _ . 1-11111111- control. Stimething is .-..1d more often than not. that s111111-t11111; l.\ tlu- Culllftll itself. More especially silltr- l‘ .111i1-r Campbell's advent to office. re- 111111- -l ha‘ l 11 thc rulc rather than the 1'\.1-11‘ 1 ztldout or b11rcztttcr.'1cy' has been rtll 1v.1-i 1111-rt- 111' less to run rampant. liler- tors and taxpayers failing to contact ministers lmve had tn d11 llll<lllCSS with hired underlines. and gr:1dt1:1ll_v it l1»; conic about that some 11f l1a11- (lvvrlwpccl a superiority complex. tisurpin: the dutics and prerogatives of their chiefs. "Fodmy if a (luestiott requires consideration or discussionmrifimportant information or ad- vice is rcrptircd by a constituent, not infrequent- lv it is itot thc minister he secs but an official, thc utiuistcr for the most part being absent like as not zutettding his own personal affairs. Is it any xyoudcr under these circumstances that a deputy, for itistance, should aspire to fill his pri11cip;1l's shoes? For years he has been “dc- yiliug" f11r i chief, for years he has been carrying a considerable part of the load which rightly should have been on his chicf’s shoul- ders. What more natural than that he and those having‘ dealings with him, should come to the c1111clttsioi1 that he could very well carry on as chicf himself. Nevertheless he has been in the position of an irresponsible minister, not ac- countable to the Legislature or the electorate for anything he has done or left undone, the very antithesis of democracy, and still all powerful. There is an explanation, if not an excuse for all this. The ministers do not receive sufficient remuneration according to the standard of that position to enable them to devote themselves wholly to running the government. Time was when. $2,000 or $3,000 per annum was hand- some remuneration for a commissioner as he was then called. or even Premier. Then a deputy would be receiving $800 or $900, never more than $1,000 whilc underlings considered them- selves fortunate if they received $500. The cost of living was low, the competition for jobs overwhelming, and the business transacted rou- tine and, so far as the underlings were concern- ed, not of such importance as to demand high

grade mental capacity or technical efficiency. Today it is different, and for the most part

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vate businesses to accept s portfolio; consequent- ly the direction and responsibility of adminis- tration largely falls upon officialdom, hence it is we find officials and not ministers attend- ing important conferences, making suggestions and coining to decisions on important questions involving the vital interests of voters and tax- payers whom they do not directly represent. The descent from democracy to bureaucracy is thus made easy.

Would it not be far better to pay our Premier say $ 6,000 per anuum, our other ministers $4,- 000 or $5,000 per ant-tum, and compel them to devote the whole of their time to their respective offices?

This. at first blush, may appear revolutionary and cxtrav.'1g.'1nt, l111t on titaturer thought it will be realized it is true economy, more likely to attract ablcr men to provincial politics, and in the long run provide more efficient, more ag- grcssivc and twire effective service in the best and truest dcmocratic interests of the Province.

Saving The Butler

Annie who complain that the amount of but- tcr allowed uudcr rationing during the past few months has hcctt insufficient for their needs may with ndvatitzigc read the figures just issued on stocks in storage and consumption.

During lfcbruztry the disappearance of cream- gry luutrr in (iuuudu. which tnust he considered as e1111suu1ptiou, attmuutctl tn I4.838.00(> pounds, compared with 20,790,000 pounds in February, 1942. The decrease was almost six million pounds

If ¢un<t1u1ption in February had been allowed at the tiortual rate (‘anada would be without butter today, as on blarch I stocks on hand totallctl only 12,201,000 pounds, compared with 21.448000 on the same date in 1942.

Normal consumption during any two months of the Winter would have wiped out all storage stocks, this despite iticrcascd production.

Mr Bracken's Four Principles The basic principles of social planning us

conceived by Hon. John Bracken, Progressive Conservative leader, were thus enunciated in a

recent speech: _

l. Every man should liavc as an assured right the opportunity to make his own living; and every man should have also the assured right that he will be rewarded fairly for his work.

2. Every man must accept responsibilities as well as rights if such a guarantee is to mean a high standard of living and not a low one.

3. Every man mttst at least carry his own weight in the community if he can, and not loan unnecessarily on his neighbors. Other- wise such a guarantee, instead of bringing the substance of progress, will be a drag on in- itiative and l1ring rctrogrcssiou to the conv- mttnity as :1 tvltole. .

4. The slate must co-opcralc with enterprise and step in to provide employment when, for any reason, enterprise fails to do so fully.

- EDIIORIAL NOTES-

The New Brunswick" govcrntncut bill chang- ing the basic standard time it: that province from .\tl:u1tic Standard 111 lfastcrti Standard (same us Quebec) has bet-it giVttl lbifll reading and passed. lt now stands for Royal Assent.

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(ieltitlg on their nerves. The Rome Radio in a brozulcztst recorded by heuters uc\vs agency said that lit-ruiau soldiers “evidently suffering front shortwightedness" fired on Sicilian fish- erman because they tuistook them for the ad- vance guard of an iuvztsion fleet.

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I11 l’riucc liduard lslaud last tuoulh there \\‘t'l'C l4 “pltrtly qualified" teachers in elcu1e11tar_v schools. Nova Scotia had 4S9 “partially train- ed" tcttshcrs who had been grained licenses for the 11142-43 session, and New Brunswick 381 such teachers, including I35 who had rect-ivcd 5 weeks training iu :1 special stiunitei“ session,

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Creation of a “reserve 0f Active Officers" as a tctnporary war itieasure was disclosed in an art‘. order dated jun. 26, and ,tablcd iu the Ilottsc of Commotis at Ottzuva lust week, Of- ficers eligible for [lusting to the list tuust ltave scrvcd with an active unit or formation been released for reasons other than miscon- duct or misbehavior, must be qualified for their rank and not below utcdical category “CI". Col- oucls and up who go 0n the list must be under the zlgc of 63, licutenaut-coloncls under 60 and maiors and lower ranks under 55. Officers posted to the reserve will be liable for reappoint- ment to the Active force and their status will not be affected by the fact that thcy may have acceptcd or accept appoiuttuents in the Reserve army.

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William Drummond of Hawtbornden, poet, littcratettr and inventor, dicd this date, 164K); chief works, "Tears on the Dcitth of llcliadcs" (Prince Henry of Wales), “Forth lieastingf; “Flowers of Zion"; "A Cypress: Grove" (prose), “History of Scotland"; corresponded with the English poct, hlicltacl Draytoti, who published several VOllllllCS of poetry in which were included the ballad of “Agiucotit-t" and the great sonnet, “Since there's no help, come let us kiss and part”; a friend of Ben Jonson, whom he entertained at Hawthorndcti; their “Conversations”, discovered in the Advocates Library, Edinburgh, and published in I842, caused much coutroversv: How many troubles are with children born! Yet he that lacks them counts himself forlorn. . . Trust flattering life no more, redeem time past, And live each day as if it wcrc thy last.

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Another reduction has been made in the num- bor of types, shapes, sizes and voltages in elec- tric lamps in a. restrictive order of the Wartime Prices and Trade Board. All decorative lamps have been eliminated, and colored lamps are limited to one style, in three colors only, red. blue and green. Many special types of lamps have been eliminated for other than essential wartime uses. Lamps will be made now in only three voltages, 115, r20 and 125, in place of five formerly the IIO and 13o voltage being eliminated. Household lighting lamps, in ‘the inside frosted types, in t5, 25, 4o, 6o and roe watt size will still be available, but only in the three permitted voltages, according to Hardware and Metal, Toronto, Ont. The order reduces the number of types, shapes, sizes and voltage by 57.4 per cent, including reductions also in auto- mobile lamps and flashlight bulbs.

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All calculations we have so far seen, says a medical contemporary, and our own experience, indicate that the cost of complete medical ser- vice (providing only those services which can be produced by physician and ancillary services) will be at least $24 per person per year-a bill of $264,000,000 per annum on the basis of l1,- ooo,ooo population. It cannot be assumed that this figure will take care of all the accumulated backlog of medical care. There are literally thousands of hernias, diseased tonsils and fe- male repairs which will flood in during the first two to five years. True, this is work which should be done and the advantages would be manifold. It is also true, however, that it will at least double the cost of operating such a plan during the first five years of operation and this cost must be met. To proceed on any other as- sumption will undoubtedly lead to bitter disap- potntment.

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Good news for tea. drinkers. Tea supplies pilrchascd by the Commodity Prices Staliliza- tion Corporation through the British Ministry of Food are now coming along under more or less favorable circumstances, says Canadian Grocer. The Indian garden production this sea- son is reported about l5 per cent above last and, while shipments to Canada are a ntalter of traits- portatioti, the increased production looks hope- fttl. If we continue to get supplics as we have been doing and if by late summer thc situation continues to look promising, there are hopes wc may sccurc a double tea ratiuu—2 oz. per per- son per wcck instead of I oz. This would he of great assistance to grocers who are fiuditig it tuore and more (hfficutl to maintain sales. Due lo rationing cousuutcrs have bccn ltuyiug the bcttcr type tcas siiice they go farther and thcrc are some shortages in the better grades. This. ltowcvcr, is only tcutporary. In the mcuittimc grocers’ tea sales are cut in two.

A ngtq] physlclan says the best. reuuclng system ls described ln four words: "No more, y-u." — Galt Rcporter. .

Ovu- ln the U. s. A. now, you can't buy more than three pairs of runes in s year. Father won't worry untll they cut ltlm down to one pair ln three years. -—0ttawa Citizen. .

“Dflllflgsg the msglclnu’: family ls grateful for rabbits, but l1 he could pull a nlce bl; steak or two .ut o! the hut, they might be made Sllll happlcr.-—Clu'lstlan Science Monitor

Women must not "lo hook on the kitchen" after the war 11nd leave the outslde word to be run by men. Ivlrs. Effie Jmes, organizer of the Hotlscunves League said at a meeting here. "If women retire to their homes after the war, then we are indeed lost!" warned Mrs. Jones. --Vancouver Dally Province.

The suggestion has been made by Mr. Frederick Marshall, formerly of the Royal Canudiati Mounted Police, that the road whlch has been Elven the inept provisl nnl name of the ‘Alcan Highway" be properly ca led ‘The Moodle Highway," us a tri- bute to J, D. lvfodle, the first man to lead and expedition tnto the country which the highway covers. We support thls proposal strongly-

‘Peterborough Examiner.

If war Is to be prevented In fu- turc the tiutlotis cannot put their. le-

‘liuncc on the growth of a slowly

educated tietuccratic opinion udnch, ho'"ovet' effective 1n the end may not be fully roused till the worlds peace has been completely shattered. Cer- talitly a country placed as Britain is cannot trust b0 so doubtful a means of checking the aQHITS-‘ivra There must be some 1rcflnlwllflfl for the keeping of the peace which is ab. to not soon enough to pre- vent anew catastrophe, and if all the United Nations are not ready to j ln In such an organization when the war ls over it should be the business of our own leaders to find the basis of peace preservation in a narrow group. -G.asg.w Her- l

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Ratlonlng, actually, ll sharing. Federal authorities charged Wllh the responsibility of making rat- ioning work would do much better. it. seems, if they issued other cllrcctlvcs, orders and ultlmatutns. and if, ln- deed, they explained, ln simple terms, that rationing really ls noth- lne but equal division. Let them tell the pubic frankly all the facts about slrrtagcs and exactly Why it ls xiecessary that we all share and share alike The American people are not unpatroltic, but they resetit being pushed around. The big test comes next week. when meat ration- ing starts. It cannot succeed with- ou‘. wholehcarted public ctr-oner- atl n. It will sticcccd ll thc officials do their part. Let them start by telling the comulete truth In every detalL- Boston Post.

Menlionlng Mr. Churchill's re- Lulu to LLndou ftet" his VlSlb to Casablanca. onalcl naming-f says tnc mime lvllnlsset" had a 5139' clal greeting for his two cats. ror me past Wfiouii they had been dis- consu aiely roaming the corridors of l0 Downmg Streetlooklng for Their master. Mr Hastings said: 10¢ cats—two gigantic neuters - are M". Churchill's special pets. And when all". Churcnut t5 in Down- lng Street or the War Cabinet of- fices the cuts are never tar awuy. Indeed. the secretariat usually know when Mr. Churchill is about the place by the presence of his cats. Its a curloug thing that m all the millions cf words written about the Prime Minister since the war started I've never come across a mention of the fact that he's an ardent cat-lover. -I4ondon Calling.

Numerous protests are reaching this newspaper from persons wnuse letters are being censored. They write to friends in Canada and learn that their letters have been open- ed. They receive letters and find the censors slip pasted on them. It ls annzylng even lf 1t SW95 Ilse to tno inconvenience, and some- times there ls inconvenience due to delay. If the necessities of the war demand such censorship we must, of course, put up wlth it. But. what. l; the purpose? What. possible lnfcr- matltn can an enemy get; from a letter passing between two corres- pondents ln Canada? And what possible good cnn the authorities do by packing a sample of letters for censorshlp and letting the buk of them go through untouchedJ-Vap- couvcr Province.

Originally from England, I have lived for many years in South Am- erica. and now ln North America, and can assure you that, with the average exceptions to any rule. cooking In Britain wants s lot of beating, especially ln the hcmes. There may have been rather too much a tendencytoboll rather than steam vegetables, but, nowhere yet have I had such n. dlnner a; eff Welsh lamb, garden pus, and new potatoes. Itngllsh roast beef! We

ave to pot-roast. most of the beef here. as it's so likely to be tough; and even now I have a leg cf lamb being cooked ln the same way. be- cause n leg of lamb Ls nothing more than u. leg of mutton, and it usually comes out as In: from being a rmst leg of Welsh lamb as It's possible to be, and still be off the snme kind of tuumal. It's about tlme that. the old tale about p0 r cooks was contradicted. ~13. N. L , New Jer- sey, U. S. A. —-I.etter to London Calling.

When Qlster Daisy Barker, u New- castle nurse. had her tonsils remov- ed, she found she had 10st her ord- inary accent and acqulred the broad Yorkshlre dialect of her forefath- ers. m- the cause of 1s trans- formation experts an delving Into the realms of the subconscious mind. The doctor who perfumed the oper- ation nld: ‘Sister Barker's subcon- scious mind with its reoord o! her father's dialect l; probably n result of the shook of the c ration tem- porarily supersecllng l e ruclous.’ Born In Newcastle. Sister Bark- er has never visited the Yorkshire of her parents. "It. is not just s whlm o mine to change my speech." she said. "It ls a physical ondltlon over which I have no control. My friends are amused, but I feel rather foolish about lt, even with them " Slater Barker said that ln the lust. war she spoke the Yorkshire accent for n year after the death of her brother t2. whcm she was greatly attached. The accent re- turned for s time after her mother died. —Au|trsllsn Press Union.

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CIIARLOTTBTOWN WINTER SIDEWALKS

slr.- 1n figuring tho coat of snow removal from sidewalks, the factor of chief importance ls that. of the equlpment. A cheap outfit ln the long run ls the m.sl. ex- pensive for. apart from doing the work unsatisfactnrLy, lt calls for a continual outlay for re alrs as well as for more wales for t: cperntlon. A good snow plow will last for many years and the best plow share ls one that has a wheel ln front. of lt. to keep the cutting edge firm the and curbs. The brush must, of course, be made‘ or the strongest fibre. The cost of the plow and brush together, with the necessary steel attachments, wlll be in the neighborhood of $100000. Inc matter of the m.tive power is one regarding wnicn men, who have had experience tn snow clear- ing. diner uonslseralny. There is I. choice between a truck with whecLs turd PUJJGI‘ tires carryung a heavy cud to keep the tires in close con- tact with the pavement. a tractor with wheels and tires, and a. tract- or with steel treads. Over a period vf ten years. although the last- meiltioned would ccst the most, the two former would probably call for wbnlrs that would make the ulti- mate cost about the same in all cuscs. Such being the case, it wlll ce_ as well to figure tn the higher Drlced motive power, vlz., the tract- or with treads. This costs. Includ- llls war tax, about $2500.00. In ether words, the total cost of a single outfit would be abut $3500.00 or $7000.00 for two sets. In addition to the machines. the cost of labor, gasoline, oil and repairs must be c nsldered. Now, ln order that the cost of clearing the sidewalks may be figured independently of any other clvlc undertaking, I think, perhaps, that the tirst cost for the two out- fits should be paid on a sinking fund principle. during a period cl’ ten years. at. an Interest rato of 4 percent, which apparently la the interest rate of Charlottetown de. belttures. Dlvldlng $7000.00 into ten years would call for an annual pay. ment to thls slnklng fund of $700.00. As these annual lnsta merits could be invested at a rate of, at least, 4 percent, interest on the 1:an need not be included ln the cost figures. Taking the above as a basis, the cost account each yggy wguld run as follows: Annual Slnklnz Fund Pay- , merit g 10000 Gasoline and Oll g 7094» Detmlrs. Fire Insurance,

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Total Annual Cost $253449 There are ln Charl ttetown forty-eight. miles of sidewalk to be cleflwd- Multiply same 1.11 52w tt. IJEI’ ml e. and we have '253.440 ft. to be plowed and brushed. which, (llVldEfl lnto the above cost, means that eflfh fflflt 0f pavement would ne cent per annum to be cleared. The Only reason given to me, by our friends in the City Hall, for "ash-filing to have the City take care of the winter sidewalks has cecn that they fear that theiwork W°l11d result. in an addltlon to the tax rate levied upon prgpgrty owm era. In order to avoid this contin- gency, the tax could be imposed on those who are benefited, viz" the tenant-s and other occupants of the buildings wh: are now subjected to the snow by-law, Very yew 1f any householders would object to paylng a. small tag: to be relieved o! the Oblectlonabc task of clearing the snnw after each storm and m-cre Important stlll, of the resultant re_ spimsmllly for accidents that occur on Ice covered sidewalls in front of their own premises, as "=11 M throushcut the whole olty. I under-stun’ that the average gjontage of city properties ls thirty- b rbele feet. Comer lots would pro_ a Y be more than double that figure. 0f the three thousand or m“ dwelllnss 1n Charlottetown, robably two thousand would not ,5" 5 fmntnze ln excels of twenty eel- NOW. In older that the city m8! make some money on gnrw clearing. as they do from n1, ex- ceplently managed water and dralm glstsY-‘llelvil. ltnsttglad of char lng one e P6!‘ 00 . gig?!” m ey would qultc <1 two cents. with 11 mlnlmun fhlfse of $1.00 Der snnum. I fenvo t. wlth our worthy clty clerk to fifllflplete the profit and loss u- wlmt and fee! assured that the (Tedlt balance wlll satisfy his “dong dblillqmml? Sgt!‘ 2&1: lefty‘ fievenue. the whole questfcn. ' I w“ up I 11m. Sir. etc. IIJLS. IIEMMING.