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\ Mo ' Dally (Founded ln 1887) Authorized as Second Claus Mall. Post Office Department. Ottawa.

President, lan A. Burnett; Vice-President. Wm. Il.! Burnett; fiery-Trolls. G. M. Burnett; Editor and Managing Director, J. R. Burnett; Associate Editor. Frank Walker.

“The Strongest Memory is Weaker Thou the Weakest Ink." ‘

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immigration

Many seem to believe that every time an im- migrant enters tlrc country he either gets the job of another man already in Canada or is potentially in competition fer his job. This be-l lief is based on the theory that there is a fixedl number of jobs and when an immigrant enters this means that one Canadian, then at work, is displaced frcm his jcb, that is to say, that increase in population leads to unemployment. If this be true we should welcome a decline in the birth-rate. As a matter of fact the num- ber of jobs is indefinite. It depends on the amount of production, transportation, distribu- tion, and development required to meet the overall needs of the population.

This point and others are made in an in: formative circular received from the Citizens’ Research Institute of Canada, from which we quote further:

Increased employment in Canada depends on the development of new resources. No country in the world, in proportion to popula- tion, has more unexplored territory and more undeveloped resources than Canada. All that is needed is the application of capital and labour and the establishment of conditions favourable to the use of capitol and labour. Instead of de- velopment of new resources being a detriment to workers at present in the country, it would en- large the home market at least, and therefore the returns for labour, and, for example, would enable the railroads to continue to utilize their personnel at a high level.

Canada has already established a govern- mental overhead sufficient for a much larger population than it naw has. Its cost absorbs a very large part of the national income. This proportion con only be reduced by increasing na- tional income. Increased national income de- pends on increased production,,(either for ex- port to pay for imports needed, or for use at home). The amount of export trade depends on the actions of others as well as ourselves. The amount of home trade depends on our own-rn- telligence and driving power and on the use of more dollars and more workers to discover and utilize new resources.

Canada has large vacant spaces and much land only partially utilized. These lands are or will be coveted by other countries. lf we do not fully develop our land and resources, 0" control the conditions under which immigration and development occur, some one else will. This point should not need to be argued rn the light of every day experience and recent war hap- penings. v The establishment of a long term dQIIII/I lto immigration policy for Canada is a "must of the immediate future. Whether we like it or not, a new Canada is being born. Like Iiwil births, it won't wait. But we can assist in the birth and post-natal development.

The Halship Saga

Just published udder the title "The Halship Saga" is a handsome pictorial record of the act-

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lson has told

, that 250,000 tons, or a

for instbnce, be shipped to Japan or China to help the hungry there, nor could they be sent to many parts of Europe. lt would now be feas- ible, however, to send them to Bremen, Germany, provided they could be distributed promptly after they got there. Because of improvement in insecticides, Secretary of Agriculture Ander- congressional com-mitten, the potatoes the government now is holding are ex-' ceptionally sound. The Hoover report says

bout 8,000,000 bushels are ' needed to offset spoilage in Germany for the

present abnormal winter even though a low

would be maintained. Another 200,000 tons of. seed potatoes would add 5,000,000 tons to the I947 harvest and thus reduce food import re- quirements in I948.

- ILUIIURIAL NUIIIS -

A pension scheme for city employees is a step in the right direction. I I i

The Provincial Government is prepared to pay Charlottetown $I8,000 per annum instead of $I0,000 in lieu of taxation on government pro- perty.

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Finance Minister Abbott said in the Com- mons he could not say offhand how much the estimates for I947-48 would have been in- creased if provision had been made for the pay- ment of subsidies to the provinces under pro- posed new taxation agreements. Subsidies that would be paid under the agreements if all

THE CHARLOTTETOWN

T tiotes By The ltsy

Autos killed 88.000 people ln the United States Lr 194d. That's exactly 33.000 reasons for driving carefully. —Saskat.oa'n Btu-Phoenix.

In 194'! Britain anticipates the production of at least 500.000 motor cars. Overseas customers mahily Will benefit from this intensive {x0- duction drive-Vancouver Province,

A new building in 8t. Louis lg bnydm o,

lhllve glass panes that will bend the rays of the sun’ la the ceiling and prevent light. glsres. If this our bbmede roworkon nbillldirlg. why couldn't tho some principle be ap- plied to Windshields mu automobiles srld do away with the sun glare llrrrt [c3 frequently bllndd the driv- as? Probably it could alllso bel applied l.O diverting the rays of lulll beam headlight from the eyes ofl the oncoming driver. Ardent the‘ lwsoibilllies seem to be there. — Kitchener Record.

When the United Nations re- views the Palestine problem ihe world will be able to pay tribute to the forgotten- Tommy Atkins and his misunderstood and thankless task. There are many aspects o Hltish policy in Palestine which csll less for censure fhrurr for sympathy and understanding. - Winnipeg Free Press.

According to a writer tn fin American Mercury the 11%! lil-

provinces sign would cost approximately $225- 000,000 for 1947-48. »

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The grave closed over the remains of Mr.‘ Henry MacFarlane yesterday, and the city loses one of its most estimable citizens. Though tak- ing no active personal part in public matters, he was keenly interested in civic, provincial and Federal affairs and worked steadily for their betterment. He was particularly concerned about having the side-walks kept clean in win- ter, and repeatedly wrote to The Guardian onl the subject. On one occasion .he walked ‘-.up' Upper Prince Street with a parson and ope d a discussion on the subiect. "l don't think al man can be a Christian," he remarked, "and not shovel snow from his footpothfo’ "l quite agree with you Mr. Macfarlane," replied the parson. "Then why don't you shovel yours?" he reioin- ed. The parson retold this joke at his own ex- pense.

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The gross value of principal field crops produced on Canadian farms in I946 is esti- mated at $138,645,000. This is the fifth high- est gross value recorded since the series was commenced in I908, and has been exceeded only

est prices during the immediate post-Great War period accounted chiefly for the enhanced value of production recorded in I9I8-20, while o relatively high level of production was largely: responsible for the greater value figure of I944. This year's figure is about 9 per cent above the I945 gross value of production of $I,I35,264,- 000, the increase being largely accounted for by a higher level of production in the west thisl year, although increased prices for some crops, have also exerted an upward pressure. l stricted. . i l I I i ‘I

Bishop George Berkeley, Irish philosopher and ecclesiastic, barn this date I684; was friend of Steele, Swift, Addison, etc.; resolving to es- tablish the cenlre of Christian civilization in] Bermuda, he went to Rhode Island, but as the promised grant to create the centre was not forthcoming, he returned home, where he was made Bishop of Cloyne in I734; he wrote ex- tensively on scientific subjects, especially on his

ivities of Halifax Shipyards Limited during World War Il. The story of the company's

achievement — hitherto obscured by censor-l

ship-makes interesting reading. More than 7,000 ships were repaired for the Battle of the Atlantic at the Halship yards which also, start- ing from scratch, produced the only destroy- ers ever built in Canada.

To meet the tremendous demands put upon the yards during the war, equipment which pre- viously was amply adequate to handle shipping was increased to include a floating dock cap-

able of lifting up to 25,000 tons, th-e buildingl

of two 3,000-ton marine railway dry docks with the conversion of one marine railway dry dock from B00 to L800 tons capacity, the construc- tion of a galvanizing plant which has the larg- est galvanizing kettle in the world, together with other buildings and improved facilities. lowed in when engines were disabled or propellors and rudders were shot away. ‘Pirey were docked as quickly as possible and refloated in minimum time to free needed space for newcaming vic- tims of submarine warfare. Final repairs were often corrpleted by men working far into the night for exhausting hours while the vessels loaded at harbor wharves, or awaited z-ero hour in Bedford Basin.

Many residents of this Province worked in the yards during the war, which gives added local interest to this finely illustrated account. It is emphasized that "HaIship" is not resting on past achievernehts, however, but is looking for- ward to playing a busy role in the constructive years ahead.

Passing The Potatoes

‘The suggestion in the report of Herbert Heever that in the nut four months the United

States should send 400,000 tons of potatoes fol

Germany must be welcome to the U. S. De- partincnt of Agriculture. Warehouses are bulg- {ng with millions of bushels of potatoes bought in I946 under the Steagail Act, but the deport- ment already feels obliged to make purchases from the I947 crop to support the price. It has been trying without success feyreddle spuds to various relief agencies. The public he: look-| ed at pictures of huge trucks dumping potatoes‘ on refuse heaps. These have registered un- pleesantly with many people because they were ,

new theory of vision and human knowledge which . ' roused considerable controversy at the time, and since has been largely confirmed by subsequent l investigation. Berkeley held that things have no ireol existence apart from a mind, which can ‘conceive them, though it need not be our mind, ,but the mind of God; he was the first to show | that, whatever a thing be in itself, we can only . lknow jt by our own senses-a most important

lstcp in advance of that unthinking vi-ew, which

A very serviceable suit is available-or lmight conceivably be made available-weapon . lue, writes Janus. Hrr-e is the story of it: "l l I878 my Father had a tweed suit made in Edin- l burgh—that was fouryears before -l was born. He wore the suit constantly until his death in I900. I inherited it, and wore it steadily until I926, when I passed if on to my_ boy James. He

he is in-the country." The writer was Frank- l lin D. Roosevelt. The letter was addressed in I938 to Colonel Arthur Murray, who quotes it in his new book "At Close Quarters". Informa- tion regording the suii's seventh and eighth de- cades will be -welcome in due course.

The Speaker of the House of Commons turned down ‘a suggestion that a loud-speaking system be introduced in the House of Commons because of the poor accoustics. He said he be- Iieved everyone could hear if those addressing the House, spoke out and the other members listened. Curiously enough two days later Han- sord, the official report of Commons proceed- ings, quoted External Affairs ‘Minister St. Laur- ent as saying in the House the previous night tho Canadian occupation troops were wilti- drawn from Germany because "we were left out"—a statement which reporters in the press gallery heard as "kicked out." Mr. St. Laur- ent, making the statement during a foreign policy debate, was heard iii the press gallery to say that the troops were withdrawn "because we were kicked out," but next day's Hansard re- port gave this quotation: "The occupation force in Germany was withdraw because we were left out." Answering questions from opposition members, the minister went on to explain that the Great Powers had advised that they planned to have only three occupation zones-four if Francs wanted one-and there were to be no others. This meant Canada would not have mt

led... rd.- mistalocs before the line

in the years I9I8, I9I9, I920, and I944. High-'

l would make a thing just what it appears. llllrmlg" ‘mm msmhls . .. .. .

still has it, and wears it in the winter time when I

dustrlal brain trusts of the armed forces and the heavy tndimries are drafting an over-all secret indus- trial scheme that will keep the American factories and mills in shape for instant cozlverslan ‘to wartime production. High military men believe that atomic bombs will not be used to In)’ BT35! 9X‘ rem m. s future war because the devastation would be so tremen- dou that naliom would be fl-lfflld o! counter reprisal of urrhrzlaSl-nflbly destructive cilaracier - Si. Tiromas ‘Times - Journal.

We read that soon there will‘ appear an the market the so-cnlled “enrol-less" iypevmter. Instead of printing directly on the P8P"- letier by letter. it sets "P on the conventional keyboard a colrllplvle visible line which the writer mly

imprints. As far B5 it goes 1t l: =11 right. But where is the 8111mm” that the machine will correct the, opwatoll-‘s spellllie 0f "1080 $011919‘ womb with which almost 0V6‘!- one has trouble? A mwlllllfl Wlilfih would do that would prove s real boon, for practically everyone I118 at least b few bothersome wordr.— Kitchener Record.

Durham and Norfhumlce lend counties are some ln for tree planting on a. hing scale. The most neglected part of the average farm in Ontario is the woodlot. Why s farmer sirould pay taxes on acreage which is only fit. fod- tree Pllflmmfi and not. plant trees which he Cm scan-e free. ‘ls one of the anomalies of the time. The pioneers had l

mm wholesome regard for the lil- -

v-esument. ~ St. Oattrslrtne Sturd- axd.

The University ol students‘ newqaeper Campus 1S. worried about wards. The editor be-y haves that such words as "FY0875" sive." "reactionary," "liberal" and "Fasclofl have will-Y Pwqlfllel charged with emorlazlol sisal-Icy unce. The Mudarlts In “Wild? "We should be enrol-clam when"? the words ‘libero? or ‘Rldlflfl-HPY are used. We should ark ourselves: Who's doing m isllrlnai Willis ‘he trying IQ pro c? Whst are hi! interests? What is the actual record. of the person that is being roused}; Inespective of how he's £88896 1K5. whet he's done that counts." Thls is avcrfh pondering by lldillLs R5 well as s‘.uda'.1is.— Toronto Star. ,‘

We neier lock much hire-rd l0- yolld the end of cur rl_;-e . It Sillillllr‘ is not possible. if we can 86$ difficulties. (he year lifter ntxi-—and all cterrriiy thereaflcr, for that mother-cull tuke care o! llscif. 'I'llis. scrnefirrei. makes serious thinkers despair of u; we seem blind P-Td needless. in- capable of vision B11 Fe 081mm- in the vcrv nature 1f ihlr-gz. be any- thing eke. We have lcdayls llislfl to do, and tomorrows lo W041? about-and we lliiv-e n-cl time for anything clse. We have to li\e in n“, prggem ,_ ohatham News.

! Nirrghtrlub prinns are HIJ-‘II sullen nnrl fiilRl't‘f'lS0ll‘l3. 015W"! workers .ll‘0qi!:>‘1'lIy have Fell/ml CIISpOSILICIl-E. Can this bad ‘emiier be trgcgd t; lsck of sleep? asks Tim-z. In the Jcrl-rrlal of Comp"- ‘dilve Psychology. .--. J. c. n. Llclellder and M E Bunch dc- scrlbe n revealing fifiieilmml- H" rats iwhlch are very ilk: Peillle l" many ways». The problem was i0 findhui how rats reeci to lulnfl sleep. Rats ordinarily r1060 5mm 12 to 15 hours evely ditY» wlW-n really sleepy. they will bed down Gil anything. nrlshi lights and loud voices do not atop than from tryllh! The experimenters hid lo "We!" B fluid-only lnsmivlll undcet for keeping the m: awake. eel treadmills revolved slowly ln will half full of wares-J! the rst did not keep awake. he got dunked and lied to mflllnble bl&.,Wlth e rat ‘ 0D ouch treadmill. the apparatus W" set running I0 hours a dot’. The psoe soon belsn to tell. The sulle- ful. wretched rat-s new Icrflmy I-nd stopped . After $0 sleepless dsys, their dllpolltlolu showed it. They mapped and bit out. in all Olffltllflla. GIVE! Ill ODPOIIIIIINJ. they attached and killed me another. One test of e Tut's men- laliiy is to flit him iii l-li minute arsed half full of wafer. obecve haw quickly he finds his way out. After 50 days. the wskefui rote" were dumbed in such a rousflriiey. mum fflilllli. mlht en to the more. got. ouirerrn faster than

taken at a time when, in many parts of the occupation force faking part in the legal Qg- nor-mill refs. Pollble moral for

world, undernourishment will common. Because of parishability, potatoes com"): always be eerily distributed. They could not,

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cupatlon of Germany. No explanation war given why Hensard’: report differed from the Pms Gallery's. .

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alumnus proprietoq and been: who won the help alter hem: lsokofelsqrlehedlorthevtbtlm’: hilllhrllmt hills '

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GUARDIAN

PUBLIC FORUM

This column is open 0o the dlsdallon by our» sponilents ol Questions el interest. The Charlottetown Guardian does not neoeQr- tly endorse the opinion ol correspondent. __

ISDAND MEMORIES

-——- O Slr,— When I think of “The Car- the Gulf”. it brings back lfand memories of pr. Alex. Ander- lson, headmaster of -Wal¢s Oollege. of

old Prince at the Abegweit Rugby Pbotbnll/ Olub. the Phoenix Cricket Club. and Prof. Thomas A. LePage, our captain the day we played s game with officers and rating; of l-l MS "Oan-ada”, dur- ing which for LePase said to me on the pitch at Victoria Perk) “we almost changed the succession to the British CPUWIi." -- That w“ George iaiterwards 8.1L George V.) got knocked senseless by a bumping ball bowl- edug his brother George, our fast r9 -arm bowler!

It reminds ms llso of ‘Big Jim‘ Duncan of the Olty School Board.

t of ‘Big John’ Laird and Henry due

LIwsorrl of the Dally Patriot, WL. Ooftaul, editor of ‘The Examiner, and Stephen G. La/woon of The Presbyterian; all of whom were kind to ma and uged to prim my youthful effusions ln verse.

Mr. Laird became first Lieuten- BlM GOVCTM!‘ cif olnmNorth West ‘Iierrltorrles while I nos on service with Baden-Powell's Ml". in the

Mr. l ' E. Arssnault K.C., LL.D.,

Retired Judge CONSULTATIVI and ADVISORY COUNSEL

s Law Chambers

I26 Richmond Street (Browse Block)

Hours:

I030 A.M.-IZ:30 P.M. z m. - 4 P.M., I or by Appointment \ PHONE I53-J

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s further loss is the meat wastage

l0 grumble fly cysts in bee! OIIIGIBB- Ilkiury to hides by u‘:- bles refills In snrlruol losses wfll "P in the Lllmlsands of dollars 1n this Province. _ '

l Losses from all causes rrtfrlbur. able to warble flies in Canada are estimated to be in the vicinity of from $12,000,000 lo $14,000,000 an. nuslly. This is u serious situation and we must get togethm- and d»

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Boer War; and Henry Lawson came something mm" n n Wm w“ n‘.

West and edited the Victoria Dally Colonist for some years, followed by Chas. Turgrin and Chas. Swayne, and Sandham H, Graves, the pres- ent editor: all a1 them in their turn very kind to me. I am. Sir, etc. menus. W.L. lvldonr: (Lb-Colonel, retired list). Vanaouver, B.C.

wsrrrshu FLY CAMPAIGN

Sli‘,—- The Department of Agric- ulture is once again launching a Province wide warble fly campaign.

The seriousness of this pest an our Isiah-d farms should be recog- nized by everyone caring for beef or dairy cattle. Wsrblc files come losses in several ways. Althovlmll they do not. inflict pol-nu the bin they malice terrlfles cattle and causes them to rush madly about trying to escape. ThLs results in the reduction of milk yield in dairy cattle and loss of flesh in beef an- imals. It also results in physical in- jury. Cattle on pasture often break and become unmanageable when heel flies an about. Beef animals go not fatten or put on finish and

_ THERE WILL BE STARS I There will be stars aver the place

for ever; i Tilfllllb Though the house we loved and the: ' street we loved are lost, i

Every time the earth circles her orbit

On ihe night the autumn equnox is crossed.

Two stars we knew. poised on the peak of midnight.

Will reach their zenith; will be deep;

There will be stars over ilhe place for ever, ,

There will be stars for ever. while ‘we sleep. .

—Ssru Tessdsle.

stillness

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Old Charlottetown (And PEJ.)

RAILWAY DAMAGES |

From Reilorzs and Proceedings. House of Assembly. March l2- I874:

Hon. B. Davlcs rccallcd that ufu-n the Railway Bill was puss- mg through the House, it. was said Ono hon. member that iIl0.0i".0 would .co'ver the whole cost cf~ thr- Rlailway damagcs from Alborion to Georgetown. When Mr. McMillan. Dr. M-cln- iygo and himself. were in office. as Railway Commissioners. they nlado awards on most of lhle lands nlong ltrnl lino; excepting some prcpcrilcs at Summcrsldr. wlrfclw. in lhr- earlier part of tho rresur. Itry had not bccn able to rsilmate tho value of. Thr- prlco rirmrnndvd rveerdod what they had supposed. under any circumstances.‘ the lands 1o be worth. In Ohariottctown they could not t-xpoct that land would he of as much value as in New York; nor did they anticipate that in Summarsldc it would be held to be as valuable as In Chur- loitctaw-n. But to his surprise. when he got. to Bumimerslde, he and his brother Commissioner-s ascertained that. the owners of land in that town actually vai- ued their property as high. not higher. than owners of reel estate did in Charlottetown. ~ - - They hadthen travelled West to exunine and vslua the lend tok- en for Railway purposes tn that direction. - - - ‘II-re value whlloh they put on the lend they eati- rnsted. not including some pro- perties near Grarlottetown, amounted to QWMIJO. - - - In luunerside there were three gentlemen who appealed to the Oaurt of Chancery from m: had been awarded when he was in office.