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ruuiisnav, MAY s. 1345

Victory Loan Comes First

While tl1e Victory L03“ CKIIIPQIEII I5 gm"? well it is ncccssarv to remember that the goal t5

, . not vct attained and that. rcgardlcss of the "LI-lg" nificctit successes ot our .\ll1cd_arn1s 1n ulr- Qpe_ cverv dollar of the Loan will be urgept y needed ‘Iiivcn a formal announcement of ber- 1na11v's mtcntulititwual surrender would not changr tl1is situation; it nottld fill)’ {lfccmuilllc ‘he vital importance ot this IZIKIIIII Mo‘) fudfb l

llngc lighting tnrccs must bc maintainer and transterrctl tn .-\s1:_i t0 llfllllclPiflf‘ m m" still ttnfittishcil war with lapzur. Ihat. to- gethcr with tlu- ttcccssary 11111n1t1rn1s and sup- plics. will rvrtuirc vast sutns of moncv. ‘bill ll I5 by 1111 means all. lhcic are lhcvthovtstOttfi f) hc tnadc for rcnatriatiiuz. rfiltit-Illlllaflllll- IIQS‘ pitalizing and pcnsiotting tnanv timid-Sandi 0i our rctiirtiittg vctcrans. For l1u111a11itv's sake and fnl" nttr own protection we nmst do our sharc in curbing plague and lzuninc conditions through- out the world. 'I‘l1c11 rtgahl. “Cl-Or)’ Bomb Pm" vent inflation. provide e111plp_vn1cnt, futurc sec- urity and post-ivar tittrchasmg powcrfall tar.- [mc- p. 1-,;- kcpf gnnuatitly in 111111d, cvctt 1n tutdst of gt-itcral rejoicing ovcr the dcfcat of NEIZISFII.

An Appalling Object Lesson

“(iertnativ todulv." conmtcttts the Xcw York fimrs, “is proof positive and absolute 0f thc bank- ruptcy of the idca of conquest. Lct those who say‘ despairinglv that thcre must be other great war! look at (icr111an_v's opportunities as they were I0 ycars ago, at l1cr invcsttneut in the cf- fort to realize them, and at the rcsults. This is the most horrible object-lesson in all history. The business of aggression has been the most ghast- lv and grotesque failure of any enterprise known to man."

(jet-many, the Time: goes on to say, had a great capital wealth, titagnificent technical equipment, armies of scientists, engineers and trained workers. Germany had a. great culture, philosophers. musicians, artists, creative writ- ers, (lcritiany had also-hard as it is to be- lieve now—-—the respect of her neighbors. Fin- ally. (iermarrv had a stalwart race -— not superior to other races, b11t sane and healthy and cour- agenus.

.\'ow all is gnnc. Germany/s capital wealth is stvcpt away; her culture is distorted. dis- graced and degraded; her honor is dead; her young men, whom she sought to build up into strong annuals without pity, without consci- encc. and without imagination, are dcad by the millions, with millions more maimed or crippled, and still more millions fugitives without shelter or food.

“Germany made her fabulous investment nf all thc things that men value in order to dom- inate Eiurope, in order to dominate the world. She ends ruined. humiliated, dishonored, with her territory under foreign domination. In every asset that makes for civilization she is insolvent. In every item that itiakcs for success in wnr. even in the defence of her o\v11 cities. shc l1as shown herself insolvent. She sold her soul for nothing, and worse than nothing."

And finally:

"This is the outcome of the business of cnnqurst in the fifth dccadc of the twentieth century. The revulsion of the world against it is based on love of liberty, on mcrcy, on tender- ness. Iiut conquest is bankrupt 0n its own terms. It cannot succeed. It raises up a power grcatcr. as it is more lnunau. than itself. (‘an we not ltupc that this lcssou, above all others. will he road and pondered at San Francisco?”

Marine Weed Industries

(Qontinticrl cxpansioti i11 the I1'isl1 moss in dustry 's reported i11 the current issue of [it's/z- crirr Xrrttr BnI/rlizt, crcdit for this being givcn chit-fly of liislicrics Iicscztrclt Board activities‘ during rcrcnt ycars. sincc the war cttt off Iinropcaxt tnuss supplies. It is notcd that thc moss is harvested i11 Prince Edward Island and leveral parts of Nova Scotia and that the total quantity lmndlcrl runs to a million pounds or ntorc amntallv. Thcrc arc other ntnrine wccds which ztrc tmtking money for the Dontiniou. such as dulsc, kelp. and a plant known scien- tifically as (Tracilnriti which has turned up in British (jolumbia waters; but tnuch the grcater part of the total imtrlcrlcrl value return comes from thc trad: in Irislt tnuss. Dttlse is sold in the dricd form for food purposes, though not l great dcal of it is marketcd—-say, 50 0r 6o thousand pounds a year, dried weight. lligh i11 iodine content. it is harvested mainly in Bay of Fundy arcas of New Brunswick and Nova Scotia.

Up to the present Western Nova Scotia has been the only part of Caitada where kelp has been gathcrcd cotttnicrcially. Most of the land- ings are shippctl. grccti, tn the United States. where Ihcy arc usctl in manufactttritig some chentical cmnpouinls. llaritestings of some -mlxed sea wccds i11 Nova Scotia are used chiefly ill the prmlnclinn 41f sr-auvrcvl meal.

In lhr ir-‘ttusc of the lludget debate in the Legislature t°ccntl_v, Prrmirr Jones stated that n new and much quicker ‘method of tilcachitig Irish moss had been discovered accidentally. and that consideration was Ireing given to having the This is something which doubtless the Reconstruction

Committee is working on; at least it is the the rate nI 5.849abushel.

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kind of project which should be thoroughly investigated with the least possible delay, if we are to maintain the lead we have established in this new and profitable activity.

Air Car Ferry

.F.ro1n a publication issued by the British Air- craft Society comes the following interesting statement : '

Visitors to the Isleiof Wight will be able to have their cars flown across the Solent, if plans now being made by Portsmouth Avia- tion Ltd. come to fruition. The company pro- poscs to acquire a fleet of Bristol Freighter transports for the new car air ferry.

The Freighter, now under development, is the aerial equivalent to the ocean tramp, or coast- er. It has been designed to carry heavy and bulky loads up to five- tons, at a direct opera- tion cost, in tha- most favorable conditions. as lo\v as a shilling a tort-mile. Its spacious hold will be capable of taking a loaded three—ton lorry, which will be driven straight in up a ramp.

It will therefore be capable of taking the largest limousine. Thc main cargo c0111part- mcnt has a capacity of 2.020 cu. ft., and a floor area of 214 sq. ft. (A smaller compartment for the stowage of baggage, mail or valuftblc freight has a capacity of 340 cu. ft.)

-EDI IORIALI NOTES-

Ilas IIitlcr outlived his tiscfissticss? * it it

Labor hlinislcr Mitchell has‘ YCCuIIItIlClKICiI that the ordcr freezing teachers to Ihcir jobs be rescinded Scpt. I.

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'I"hcre is still a long way to go before we rcach our Victory Iloud cibjcctivc-lct 11s be up and doing more vigorously.

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The United States sugar ration has been cut 25 per cent and tighter rationing for sonic OIIICI‘ footlstttffs are ltmtctl as officials callcd on the country to share with stricken peoples of liberated Iiurope. The Office of War Informa- tio11 announces that a ration stamp good for five pounds of stigar, must last four months instcad of threc.

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In Quebec the Liberals will have candidates in every division-the Progressive-Conserva- tives will contest the majority of scats—the C. C. F. party, while announcing that it would l1ave 50 cattdidates, may run only 25 to 30, and support Liberal candidates i11 others. Mr. Car- din’s National Front intends to contest 40 scats and the Social Credit's intentions are anybodfs guess.

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'I‘ho1nas Hood, English humorist and poet. died this date I845; at heart a serious writer, noted for his kindly tiaturc, fatc ordained he should be rcmctubered morc by his comic vcrsc: he was on the staff of 1.0111101: illayasitlt‘ and later published Hood's Cbmic mfnnuul; apart from his humourous vcrscs, his best known poem is T/m Song of the Shirl, first published in Punch; his life was a long struggle with ill- health and debt, death claiming him at the carly age of forty-six:

To gratify ambitions whims, ~What hundreds and thousands limbs On a field of battleue scatter. i I 1k I

of precious

Flying cargo boats which will pick up fish at the fishing grounds and fly it to inland mar- kets is a proposal that will be enacted "m the not too distant future, Mr, Ralph H. Osborn, director of the Massachusetts Division of 1\Iar- ine Fisheries, states. This would allow the big trawlcrs to remain at sea for a longer period of time. The first step in the use of aircraft carry- ing fresh fish to inland arcas took placc M011- day when fresh sea foods wcre placed aboard a 'I‘rans-\\"cstern Airlines plane leaving Bos- ton for the west coast by way of Albany, Pitts- burgh, Chicago and Kansas City. In the post- war era it is expected that big cargo strato- lincrs will insure a supply of frcsh fish for the entire midwvcstcrn area of the Unitctl States. Mr. Usboru said the use of aviation to carry fish direct from the fishing grounds to inland markets is a nature! outgrowth of this initial usc of plattcs.

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Sensational advaucetnent in the years ahead is bcitig prepared for television. Baird who pioneered with colour television has anitouncctl perfection of his niclhod giving a colour pir- tttrc with clarity equal to that 110w zichicvcd in black and white. He has also perfected a tncthod giving a stereoscopic effect——thc cffcct of a three dimensional picture. British n1auu- facturcrs of receiving sets announce prospects

of a grcat rcdttctiott i11 pviccs. largcr scrcctts and tn

incrcztscd clarity of definition. But all thcsc improvements are only refinements 011 the in- itial achievement which Britain has given to the world; thc scientific fact of television. its practicable ztpplication and introduction ittln thc day to day lifc of the pcoplc, which is a11 engin- eering triumph, attd its development as a new art form involving an entirely new pr0dttcti0u skill and technique, which is a cultural tri- umph. I l i i The Western farmers in the Federal till these days. A total of 227, 000 Prairie farmers will participate in the $8,- 867,004 additional payment to he made from the oats equalization fund. Trade Millislcr Mzfc- kinnon announced in Ottawa on the rising of the I-lousc. the additional payment and said growers‘ cheques will he ready for (listrihtttiuti ‘carlv ticivt ntontlt. well before the election. ("train statisticians estimate that arctuud ttgpoo pm- ditcers in Saskatchewan \\ill receive more than $5,000,000; 72.000 Alberta growers more than $2,300,000, and 40.000 Manitoba farmers around $t,5oo.o00. .\lr. Mackhuioti said payment would bc made on 151,596,325 bushels of oats itiarkct-

ed during the crop year ended last july 3t at

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Notes By The Way

The practical solution of who’! to vote In the world asnmlllY. and how often, may be the one III 0st.- ed by Lew Doctutader at the 1m women sought the suffrage: "Bur-c -Iet. ‘em vote. We don't have to count ‘emf-Winnipeg Tribune,

l-‘Iltlory In n. pretty IIIII mun: to favor with many people. But It I; not an honest mum and It sometimes defeats Itself; for, when the su Iy of flattery falls off, the Ilattere person Is disappointed and resentfuL-Cathollc Record.

Even moilol are bola; changed by the war. Lincoln's pronounce- ment on zovemment In "bctng amended by the slogan that aft-er the war we will have to have r. world of the yOUIIB. I17 the young and for the yflunz. - Chatham News. .

The Golden Gale II an appro- priate setting for the golden dawn of a just and enduring peace. statesmen can rear-the structure that will make that possible If only they are true to their best

‘selves and catch something of the

same nobility of heart exemplified by the valiant men who have bled and died that. the cause of war be ended.—-Hamtlton Spectator.

The tragedy In Sussex. when a 13-year-old lad Inst hIs lIfe In a bomb explosion, should remind all of us that there ls danger In Can- ada as well as In the battle-scarred countries The boy is said tn have

cked up a mortar bomb In the vIcInIty of a bomblniz range at Roachville. At the time of the explosion he 11nd It In his bud- room. - Saint John Telegraph- Journal.

The wise course would be to pro. claim the postwar needs of the RAF. In manpower and machine just. as soon as they can be cal- culated. Similarly, there has got to be an end of secret deals and

hoIe-amI-corner bargaining about; commercial aviation. In the past five years the defects of rewar poIIcy'In the military fIe have

been exposed and magnificently repaired. That the same defects have not proved fatal In alr trans-

port Is due almost entirely to the to

fact that. American aid was at: hand when first required, and has been given without stint. Too Ilt- tle has been said even at this date about the arrangements In hand or In prospect for the poductlun of transport here.—GIasgow Herald.

Oranges from Fldfida mly reach northern markets n month or two earlier than they 110w do, with a

new variety on which U. S. plant n

patent 657 has been issued. Scl- ence Service reports. The new variety originated as a bud spore In the top of a tree of one of the standard oranlze types, In I-he grove of the late Harold E. Comell of Whiter Haven. l-le propagated It. by grafting. and since his death his widow. Mrs. Thelma Cornell. has carried on the work. The one thing that dlstltiguishes the tree in appearance Is‘ a tendency to thornluess the truly. medium to largalaok and taste Ike ntherltlgli. (Hzialltit oranges. But they have t e advantage of rlpcrllng from five to eight weeks earlier than any other known Florida orange variety.

Looking around at returning men who had come home from plnccs sn wide apart, I thought of what took place In Paris on the evening of Thursday, August ")4. An Immense crowd was waiting outside the Hotel de Ville. Sud- denly there rolled through the dusk three tanks decorated with Allied flags. A soldier got out of the first one. He put both feet firmly on the ground, matiagcd tn say that he was a Frenchman. and burst. Into tears. 1-lls name was Captain Dronnle and It had taken hIm 48 months to fight hIs way home, through Mersa Matruh, Hobruk. Bengasl. BIr Hrtchelm. the Chad. Toulon and ghetrbourg-By a War Correspon-

en.

British automobile manufactur. ers are experimenting with equip- ment whlclrwtll enable automobile drivers to "sec" I11 fog and know whether traffic lights are against them 1on1: before they are reach- cd. Sir Miles Thomas. chairman of the Industry's public relations committee. has been talking about the automobile of the future, the Brandon Sun reports. "Safe driv- Ing even when II; Is impossible to see the road Is Indeed a possibil- Ity." he said. "Curb beacons. op- erating In conjunction with receiv- Ing sets on dashboards" wlll gulde drivers I11 fog." This would mean that motorists would be employing the blind landing technique used to brim: planes onto an airfield In the dark.

The increasing ecclealaslica‘ fla- vor of the Landon theatre Is as- tonishing. One play has seven parsonlc characters In It of vari- ous types and ranks, including n cardlnal and a blsltcp. Some of these wore their vestments before a crucifix and cuttclleslzicks In a

scone which was full of snappy comedy. The censer was In ful swing. There are five pa." s In

"See How They Run“. the \- cs- ful farce at the Comedy. one of whom spends most of the play In his undcrclothcs. There Is a bishop the Dravton-I-larc farce at the Garrick. "The Quaker GIr-I." at the Stoll, Is of course, all about Quakers. Mr. Bernard Shaw's "The Stmpleton of the Unexpected Isles", at the Arts. has not only a parson. but n winged angel-Lon- don Dally Mall.

II. Is permissible now to couple with the toast of The Ladies n sug- gestion for casing their lot. It arises out of the Prime Minister's promise that after the defeat of Gennany there wlll be here a measured release of man-power. The Sunday Dispatch suzgests that first of a, the employment of

male labour In t I; country should be ut upon a voluntary basis. we s all go forward In the war against Japan, std with the forces of the nlted States, and the to our womenfolk would be hailed w.h national-gallantry by our Allies. when we emerge from the first frantic phase of the world war to the second hnse It would be a generous an well-merited [esture If we said to the women of Brit-sin: "Ladlms. you hIVL‘ done an historic Job. The nation owes you a debt. n! gratitude. Thanks our own strength and that; of our Allies we need no longer onll on you except as volunteers. But. the example of devotion and effort which you set wlll persist through the rest of this war-and afterwards. Ladies, stand downP-London Bunch, Din-l

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PUBLIC ronun |

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PIOIIIBITION, ITO. Sin-May I have a fow Ilnu to nmwer l letter printed ‘In your paper on 17th April. 1M6. by "An- other Teetotalcr."

He hu no right to dictate or even advocate prohibition of liquor or anything else In Prince Edward Island. inking a drink I: a per- son’: own freedom. take It or leave It. Hitler wu a teetotaler too and what a mesa he‘: made things. t '

I and everybody else must ad- mlt that there are some people who abuse their own freedom while abusing Ilquor and cause a lot of trouble but that Is no reason why liquor should be prohibited to everyone. That person who abused his personal freedom should be dealt with. not everyone In Prince Edward Island.

Many people abuse their free- dorn In many ways In the world but In all Efngtlah speaking coun- tries that freedom Is not prohibit- ed on account of ‘a few who were abusive.

Take the automobile, many peo- ple abuse this article by danger- ous driving and ‘excessive hIgh speed but do we prohibit. It from the roads or should we prohibit It because of a few who do abuse It. And a lot of those abusive ones do not drink while driving, some not: at all.

Many people have partlas. dances, etc. and no liquor at them either. but they Insist on making plenty of noise and a general nuisance of themselves Just as some drun-ks do. But we do no: prohibit them or contemplate pro- hibiting them.

We have another class nf peo- ple who Ilke some drinker: Irulst. on abusing something to such an extent that It leaves their fam- iI-Ies In want. Same go to shows every night. of the week, some just bingo. Some people buy stylish clothes they can't: afford, some buy a car and gasoline which they can't afford and numerous other things. But we do not: prohibit them nor has anyone advanced the Idea so that we can help protect. these poor souls from themselves.

There Is very little In this world that Is not: abused In some man- ner or means by some weak-willed people. What; a Itorrlble place to ve In If we prohibited everything. so that no one couldtabuse these things!

Prohibition advocates say "But. liquor Is not needed to sustain mind and body." Do we need shows. dances. cars. stylish clothes, etc. to sustain life? I think not. Our forefathers didrft. and they used nlcohollc beverages too.

Some prohibition lads say “Look

at the terrible cost of I-Iquor In Canada. 5327000000" in 1944. Pic- ture shows and cars cost. much

more every year.

I have spent four years in the armed forces and have met many thousands of men In that time. I'm sad to say that those who did not drink could be counted on my fingers. and not one prohibition advocate among them. Maybe An- other Teetotaler could explain why so few of his kind, which are sup- posed to be a big percentage of the population. has not. taken up the fight for freedom. Or maybe It's safer and more profitable to stay at home 11nd tell the others 110w It should be clone or what to do to protect our men when they get back so they will not hr drunkards. But the men have nothing to say about. themselves!

In the city of Charlottetown with 18,000 people. more drunks can be seen In one clay than In Montreal. a city of over 1,000,000 people. In a week. So Heaven help P. E. I. If cvcr government Con- trol gets there! I expect the 10,000 WIII be drunk until the liquor runs

out.

Prince Edward Island has sent many men and women out. Into the world of whom she can be proud. But very few of them are prohibition advocates. How many have they In‘ P. E. I. that they can be proud of? These are the Important ones as far u P. E. I. ls ccncemcd.