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to meet domestic needs. This was the sec-

Jgnce some TIIE _ GIIIIIILGTTETGWII GUARDIAN

Morning Dally (Founded la 1881i Authorised as Second Class Mali. Poet Office Department. Ottawa.

President. Ian A. Burnett; Vice-President. Was. l. Burnett; SoeL-Trcnu. G. M. Burnett; Editor and taaaaging Director. J. B. Burnett; Associate Editor.

Frank Walker.

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

MONDAY, JANUARY ~21, i941

“This Ganaila lit ilurs"

lt is worth being reminded, as Transport Minister Chevrier reminded a Board of Trade meeting in Vancouver last week, that with a population of less than twelve millions Canada is today the third largest exporting nation in the world; that she has expanded her indus- tries until they are exceeded only by those of the United States and Britain; that she is fourth in airpower and third in seopower; that she has doubled her production of steel and is now the fourth greatest steel producer in the United Nations; that she is today the world's greatest producer of nickel, radium, asbestos, platinum and newsprint, is second in wood pulp, gold, aluminum, mercury and molybdnum, and third in the production of copper, zinc, lead, sulphur and arsenic; that she has produced enough bread for everyone in Canada and for the normal bread requirements of another eighty million people, and has sent overseas one-fifth of all the food requirements of UNRRA. ' _

Where the signs pointing to Fortune in Canada once read "Go West, young man," they now, said Mr. Chevrier, read "Go North. He pictured that huge section of country known to science as the Pie-Cambrian Shield. Therein lies more wealth iri potency than in any other part oi the world. lt is made up oi the Peace River District, the Mackenzie and Yellowknife areas, the Yukon, Flin Flori, Northern Ontario, the Chibougomou Country and the District of Ungava. ln this great region there can be found gold, silver, nickel, radium, uranium, oil, lead, zinc and coal deposits which are said to equal those in the United States. There too are found the Great Bear Lake radium mines, the Yellowknife gold fields and the Fort Norman oil wells. The uranium deposits are surpassed only by those of the Belgian Congo, and recent- ly there has been discovered at Ungava, erist of the Hudson Bay and adjoining Labrador, rich. iron ore deposits for superior to those discov- ered anywhere in the world.

These vast resources should be shared in by all Canadians. They are not the wealth oi any one Province or group of Provinces, but of the Dominion to which we all lwlfllfl "it l? wliioli we have all contributed. That, inci- dentally, was not one of.the points made by_M_r. Chevrier in his address in'Vanco.uver, but it is something to be remembered in the alloca- tion of tax revenues and other fiscal matters under discussion at Ottawa. The Sirois Re- port lakes cognizance oi this fact when it says, (vol. ‘l, page 30)! _

"Another great economic objective of Con- federation, to be realized as soon as circum- stances permitted, "f" "If WWII"! "P ‘If ll" Northwest. . This project had to await the acquisition of the lands oi the Hudsons Bay Company. It required the building of a trans- continental railway. This, in turn. flqifllll“ upon attracting new capitol and capital, at that time, had become shy of Canadian ventures. Collective effort and resources on a scale which only government could secure “were neces- sary and, at the same time, conditional on the restoration oi the public credit. Although these plans were necessarily vague in I867. flwYjlF" nevertheless resolutely held. The new P°llllc°l framework was designed to give the Federal Government ample powers for flit Pf°<l'9'°"5 task oi opening up the West._ The Federal Government was intended to 9|" ° "Wm" Icad in the development oi the new transcon- tiilental economy and in matters Illfllltlgnfti that development there was to be no doubl-

llniiual- P. it. Convention

The national President of the Progressive Conservative Association, James M. Macdonnell, M.P., has announced that the annual meeting. oi~tl1at organization will be held at Ottawa on tMarch 28 and 29, when delegates from all parts of Canada, as well as members of the party from the Senate and House of Commons, will devote a couple of days to political conference. This will be the fifth convention of the kind since Non. John Bracken became Progressive Conser- vative leader in December I942. On the evening of the 28th the annual dinner will take place at the Chateau Laurier, at which Mr. Bracken will be the chi-sf speaker. The annual meeting of the Young Progressive Conservatives of Canada whose pnsidcnt, Major E. D. Fulton, M. P., is due iii Charlottetown today, will be held at the same time of that of the As- sociation. Representatives from all the Provinces

tions) one of the chief aims oi which will be to

give members of Parliament the opportunity to

lieep in touch with the political trend across ado.

rm i... Zealand out»

farntlars“ meeting in Toronto recently, the importation of butter lnto Coo-

protest from farmers on this subject within ,1 short time as the matter had come before o lac-sting of the Ontario Federation of Agricul- Ibre. Sonia timmago the Dominion government t t twelve million pounds oi but-

‘ fbe Imported from New Zeal-

' United Kingdom Peed Min-

’ ,1); this. Theieverheieefs

flsiliicls ‘the Uniierrlflnodowrtood

" » more‘ iitly a es, is that aeloss we _ . iafilhlent Better hlelie to continue the six

ounce a week ration public opinion will de- mand more butter and milk will have to be diverted from cheese and manufactured pro- cesses which we ore exporting in fairly large quantities to Britain.

"One thing that has never been made clear to the Canadian consumer," says the Ottawa Journal, "is that the butter shortage here is largely an ‘artificial’ one. It is not that Con- odian cream prbducers and butter manufactur- ers are unable to make sufficient butter for all Canadian needs but that, as a result of a fixed price structure, milk has been deliberately kept away from butter so that there would be some chance of our filling other dairy product con- tracts “with Britain. On top of this there has been a decline in overall milk production, great- er amounts used by the fluid trade. Farmers naturally seek the highest price outlet for their milk and that is not the butter factory.

"The farmers’ objection to allowing New Zealand butter in is based on these facts, plus

the allegation that such imports would be fromI

a country with much lower production costs than in Canada. At the Toronto Federation meeting the claim was made that if farmers were to be subjected to competition from low cost production countries they should also be allowed to make their purchases from such countries. Canadian manufacturers, they said, operated in a highly protected market and Can- adian farmers should be allowed to do the some." '

— EDITORIAL NOTIIS —

Today we enter the last week of the first month of the New Year. i ‘I ‘I i

It's a poor bird that fouls its own nest, and a worse one that glories in advertising the fact abroad. i I I I . Mr. J. L. Garvin, whose death is just an- nounced, was at one time one of the three most influential journalists in London. As Editor of The Observer he brought a powerfully logical, analytical mind to bear on the important poli- tical questions at issue, and it was said leading statesmen waited the verdict of "J.L.G." on their proposed legislation before pushing it through

Parliament. I I I i

The uncertainties of soil production are once more illustrated in the slump in potatoes, as it was after the last war in the production of coffee, both surpluses being ordered to be des- troyed. The U. S. agriculture department has authorized farmers to dump all low-grade pota- toes stored under government price-supporting loan. The aim is to clear decks for next crop, by getting rid of 45,000,000 bushels surplus from last year's record crop.

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Cuiseppe/Verdi, Italian composer, died this date I901; known almost solely by his operas, achieving his first great success with Rigoletto in l85l, followed by I/ Trovatore in i856, and La Traviata in I855. These closed his triumphs till his Aida was produced in I871; his musical career ended brilliantly with Otello in I887, and Falstaff in i893.

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Mr. H. H. Bloom, vice-president of Massey- Harris Company, addressed the second annual convention of the Ontario Retail Farm Equip- ment Dealers‘ Association said supplies have increased l0 per cent over i946, but will be short in relation to consumer demands this year. "Canadian fiirm equipment dealers and farm- ers have been provided with a substantial high- er percentage of equipment than the United States or any other country during war years," he soid. "Prices have increased'by only I8 per cent."

It is surprising how valiant New Brunswick has become since discovering the effect of Nova Scotio's stand on the taxation issue. Says Saint John Telegraph-Journal: "lt now appears that, because of the fight put up by New Brunswick‘: Premier, we are to get the consideration we are entitled to in grants. lt appears, too, that Ot- tawa_ lios been thwarted in its unpardonable conniving in the financial negotiations with the provinces. But it will not do to take too much for granted, and it is up to New Brunswick to stay constantly on guard, for we have been vic- timized too often in the past, and we have learn- ed by bitter experience how unwise it is to trust any Federal government."

If and when the some concessions are granted to the Port of Saint John as have been announced for the Port of Vancouver-and it is presumed that such will be the case-the fin- ancial statement of Saint John should show a substantial improvement as o result oi the gov- ernment's new refinancing plan for harbors under the jurisdiction of the National Harbors Board. ln announcing inauguration of the new plan. Transport Minister Chevrier stated at Vancouver that the Port of- Vancouver would benefit by more than $4,000,000 by cancella- tion of its interest liabilities and a reduction of current interest rates on harbor debts owing to the Federal government. .

Saint John has its Fridge problem as well as Charlottetown. A committee to explore ilie possibilities of constructing a harbor bridge to connect West Saint John with the east side of the harbor, will be appointed ‘by the Common Council, it was decided after discussion. The motion supporting Councillor O'Brien'e sugges- tions for immediate action toward obtaining the bridge was moved by Councillor Jamieson and seconded by Councillor Wesson, then .passeil unanimously. The committee will enlist the aid of the Trades and Labor Council, Town Plann- ing Commission ond the Canadian Pacific Rall- woy, os well as other groups which might be in- terested la the constructionoi a bridge in the near futon. Councillor O'Brien sold lhe Board of __Trade, city and the provincial govefngheat’ should ‘all work toward accomplishing tlie bulld- lrig of a bridge. Meantime, he contended, pair. age bv ferrv should he free.

rue CHARLOTTETOWN GUARDIAN

Iilotos By m Way!

i ll "W"! help ii folk would brag as ‘much about their home town while in it as they do when they. 87$ away. —Sirst.tord BBGOOn-l-Igy. l a . l We do not luggzst that you".

stirs should be trained to cal] moi;-

Ffltrs Sir and Mifam. or instructed

111 any elaborate code of etlqueiieJ It 1s s pity. moush. that a my‘ Should grow into s youth, and m;

youth into a man. without having

come to an instinctive knowledge

land use at lhe small courtesies

Willi?“ $10 so much to smooth the

YOUR“ idles 0f our crowded lives.

The lad who forces his way first

‘into alrsm and sits while women

pflimd-IS not lo be blamed too much

,——he doesn't know any better. But somebody is 1o blame fir: i. duly neglected. —Oiiawa. Journal.

Those of as who read the Engfsli Wailers were profoundly moved by tho spirit cf England at the end of last year. There is r10 doubt that among all lhe nations in the ivcrld on the side of the victors. their case ls dos-k and difficult. They lived 1n an ccstacy of sacrifice and deterr- minatlon until victory came, and then they wakencd up to foe stark reality of a ne.v world where all the material advantages of the old Empire ideals were pa§ing sway. And yet. there i; a spiri of sim-

iclty and faith in the d Land. They are providing the luxuries for the rich nations while they themselves are living Spartan lives. -Ri. Rev. RJ Heniscn in Toronto Globe and Mail.

Perhaps five or ten years from now we will be mentally conrllticn- ed to accept flights i0 the moon and to enjoy ersaiz meteors which can be shot into the upper regions of the air. beyond the pull of grav- ity. to challenge the brilliance of the northern lights. Right. now. however. we have enough confus- ion in our ovvn little globe to just- ify our- ollowing the stars and planets to he'd a monopoly on heav- enly displays. In tho midst at chaotic conditions, it would help our sanity to be able to believe, at least for a little bit longer, that. what. goes up must come down. Take that belief away. and we our- selves. llke the wandering warhead. will be ready to take leave of this earth. —Baliimare Sun.

Maybe it ls not as much of a mystery as it seems. But p0 Nader of the account of the crime-be- leaguered apartment building at 50 Manhattan avenue can help feeling puzzled that the tenants oi this one house should have been singled out. for assaults, burglaries. rcbberies and even s. murder. and except in one relatively minor instace, ‘with impunity. Unable to move because of tho housing shortage, the ten- ants have formed a protective assoc- iation o.t their own. and at their own expense have hired flay and night guards. It reminds one oi’ the Middle Ages rather than of mid- twentieth-century New York. If every man's home is his castle, here indeed, is a multiple casiio armed to tho teeth. only lacking for ver- islrailltude a moat, o, poricuiiis and Greek fire. -New York Herald Ta-lbime.

If deems clear that an upward re- vision of salaries for scientists em- played by the government io levels more closely approximating those across the line is unavoidable. But higher remuneration l5 only one aspect of the problem. Greater scope mid freedom for research, im- proved faelllties for scientific train- ing and more attractive conditions of work generally are equally es- sential. Government, apart, private industry has a responsibility also in the matter. As Dr. C. J. Mae- kenzle, president of the National Research Council. naiod in his re- cent annual report of his organiza- tion. industry and capital must. do their part to prevent this very ser- ious wastage through Migration of Canada's trained personnel. -Ot- tswa. Citizen.

The: other day a little item In the Herald told oi a Comrey lady travelling from Medicine Hat to her home in a privately-owned plane in 4o minutes. i distance which. with other transport available in the snowbound Southeast, would have taken her the better part. of three days. It is little wonder. there- fore, that more and more small private planes are being bofliilit by runners and ranchers for their orm use. We understand there are now ten or l» dozen in South Alberta. several of them in the Southeast country where population ls scant and distances are treat. We predict that. it will not. be many years till as many private planes will be making use of Kenyon Field dolly as plane; of operating airlines. We aro just beginning to find out. how handy the email private plane can be. Perhaps the helicopter will make it even handler and more stable in the next. few years. —I.iethbridge Herald.

It is trae there are atlil things along the line of physical drudgery that must be faced by us today. and may have to pe for some time yet. Ibo- lnstsrioc, we must take the toast out of a toaster until a looser is Invented which slides it sis-rig to u; (pgeferhbly Pinyin! music) and extends a dexterous wire arm to butter‘ It and put It. m. our piste. The: aeeia were is no dodlilil the disagreeable teak of getting ice for drinks and there will not. be until In electric refri-

wlli allde from the kitchen to the living room, (certainly playing music) and deposit ice cube; in drinks as required. Henri oeli shak- ers requiring such vigorous exer- cise at the wrong time of an." must be nearly ready for theiizii m. and as g mechanical ram has been

gerator comes oai the trserket which '

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1' Th]! column ll open [q BUG llllfillllflll by my". spoadents of questions of interest. The Charlottetown Guardian doee not aeoeesar- lly endorse the opinion of correspondents. “

FARMERS’ INCOME TAX

5ll‘.—I mast heartily endorse the sentiments of "common Sense" in his letter of Jan. 22nd. that farmers should be exempt. from income tax on what they produce on their farms.

There no encouragement. Mialcvcr‘ for farmers to work hard and try to produce all they can on their farms and then have la pay income tax over a certain amount. No wonder you hear them sigh, "Oh. for the good old clays in which our fathers lived!" True, 1n those days they worked liard, curly and late, but they were happy because 1t was all their own, and there were no va- cant farms as you sec today on our fair Province. Something ls surely wrung. From farmers all around you hear‘ them remark, “Why bother growing crops. you are only working for the govern- ment!" That seems to be the sit- uation; farmersl are being dis- couraged instead of encourngedto spend up production on their farms.

No one wants lo see n food shortage. but 1t will surely- hap- pen unless the Government re- moves this barrier called Income lax from our hard-working farm- (‘f5-

I am. Sir. etc" ANOTHER. FARMER.

Caniidian Medal

of Honour Men (The Legionary)

The decoration of SorZt-"li Charles A. MacGiiiivary with the Congressional Mei-la! of Horror Dy President Truman was not the first occasion on which a native

so honoured. MacGiliivary, tive of Charlottetown. Prince Ed- ward Island. had

The Honour was established in 186'! and i5 awarded by the President ot the United States, in lhe name of

combat with a foe, at great risk of life over and beyond lhe c122 oi duty. A recipient rates e salute from anyone. regardless of rank or position.

Perhaps the mast~ prominent of lhe earlier Canadians to receive the decoration was Mirtin T. Mc- Mahon, who was born in Iapfalrie, P.Q., in 1838. The deed for which McMahon ivas cited occurred riur- ing the Civil War at Whito Oak Swamp. Virginia, in June, 1862, while serving as aide to General George B. McClellan. A vaiurrblc Union train of supplies had been abandoned not far from the Con- federate lines. Because the mater- iai would have been at lnesilmable value to the latter, 1t was essential that; it be destrayed._ with one,» disregard of personal danger. Mc- Mahon worked his way through the cover of fire between the Un- ited States lines and the wagons, destroyed them and returned without Injury. -

After the war Colonel McMahon held various public offices and for s time was United States MiniSiCr to Paraguay.

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The second Canadian to ivln the Medal of Honour ultimately‘ at. tamed the grade of Brigadier- Genenai. John Curtis Gilmore en- tered the service as a captain m the 16th New York Infantry with- in a month after the Civil War hisd started. In May 1863. at Salem Heights, Virginia, his men became badly dlsorganhed by the galiln: fire of the Confederates. and Gil- more. now a malor. seized the regimental colours and, rallying his men around him, led them for- ward ln the face of heavy opposi- lion.

Gilmore was twice breveted for gallantry, became a Brigadier- Generel i-n the war with Spain in 189B. and retired with lhe perman- ent rank of colonel in she Regular Army ln 1907. His son. of the same "NR9. was Bfflduated from the United States Military Academy 5g West Point in 1894. _ ‘

It would be impossible to dos-

Canadian recipient of the Con.

Bresslonal Medal of Honour. but

"W? "my be IIJCIIElOIIQd in pausing, I

Of epiparcntiy- combative nature W" séffléant Albert O'Connor. of the 7th Wisconsin, g regiment standing third in total loose; in the Civil War. In March, 1805, o; gmrzgv liltnrunviiiigna. with one

e e a ac g Confederates. making‘ 1:22;” 3g them prisoners, and, dispersing tho rwwinder. (Iced a Union Offiegr whom they had captured. The next ill)’ ha seized a stand of enemy 601W". killed a Confederate tilti- iler ln' a iiand-to-hand Cfiftlbll; when

1e tried to retake them. and only

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