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_ .. TIIE UIIARLDTTETDWI GUARDIAN

_ lerlllllllllyllelndedlnlifll President UQLUoLIEObmtnI-l ‘ Vleefnlll-eutillllernett. I.J.|.

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“Item Iran! Wall t. A. Ill-nett- LOJVJZK (On Active Benin)

‘The Sly-ennui Memory la Weaker Tin the Weaken! Ink.’

MONDAY, rannusny u, 1015

Helping The Dejected

From France comes the report of a great work that is being done to ease shock of severe wounds and to get men over the first few critical days after they are faced with the stark fact of amputation. The story tells of two soldiers, one lacking an arm and the other a leg, who are making it their mission to tour the hospitals, giving cheery demonstrations of the fact that, despite their handicaps. life is still very much worth living, and that they are not “on the shelf."

These men are examples of a great com-

who are engaged in the same sort of work. mrever broken soldiers lie, there are those who will come to them and shed light iii their darkness, bearing the glad news that, even with- out a leg or an arm, a man is still the greatest of God's creatures, and is still able to face the future confident and unafraid.

________________ On Saluling The Flag

To the suggestion that respect for the Union jack should he taught iii public schools, the Oltawa Journal comments: The Flag and the National Anthem are symbols that speak to Ill of our great traditions, of our proud place in a company of nations called the British Commonwealth, and symbols are important in the development of national spirit and pride.

Them was a melancholy period between the ware when the_world was infected with a var- iety of ills—-gross materialism, economic uncer- tainty, widespread mistrust and suspicion of people's and nations’ motives. In those days it came to be old-fashioned to profess a belief in King and Country. and parents who as chil- dren had sting "Soldiers of the Queen" with fervor as Canadians marched off to war in South Africa saw their own children a bit sup- erciiious about the whole thing. Their attitude, ir: fact, was not surprising. because we were plagued with learned persons, especially a little group of college professors. who assured them the poor old British Empire was on its last legs and never had been much good any- how. and that Canada was no better than an ap- pendage to an obnoxious “imperialistic" sys- tem. This was wholly false, but it had its effect. and for a period a person was considered "be- hind the times" in this country if he spoke up wholeheartedly for Britain and the British con- nection. Even in Parliament cautious politic- ians played softly on the theme-some of them ltill do.

Canada's ETJIIIIIDUIIOII

that the United Kingdom has made great- er sacrifices than either the United States or Canada in respect of nutritional levels; but that the present diet of that country, restricted though it is, could not have been maintained without the contributions received from these two countries, is the opinion expressed in a re- view of the British Ministry of Foods for the year I944 as outlined in a report from Frederic Hudd, Chief Canadian Trade Commissioner in the United Kingdom. The review as summar- ized by Mr. Hudd contains information about the trends and policies in relation to the con- sumption of food in the United Kingdom which, in Mr. Hudd's opinion “should be 0f guidance to Canadian firms interested in this market."

The Ministry's work during the year, said Mr. Hudd, was an essential background to the invasion of the continent. Heavy calls were made on food and shipping resources, and both the Prime Minister and the Minister of Food emphasized in public utterances that rationing must continue for some time after the war. Au assurance was however given that soliie im- provements in standards and variety in national diet would follow upon the defeat of Germany.

Mr. Hudd deals with various commodities, and in connection with fruit (lCClClfCS that "Good supplies of Canadian dessert apples began to arrive in November. The earlier apples wcrc distributed in the North bf England and Swi- lend, which had received less then their share of home-grown dessert apples". _

National flour, he slates. ii iww mill“ “My from wheat, except in a few areas where the inclusion of 2 i-2 per cent rye 1S author- ized. Some complaints were made about the quantity of pork which often made up the nu- tritional ration, and the Ivlinistry had to explain go the public that because of the (liversioii of much of this meat from Australia. Nell/plan‘ end and South America to Allied forces 111 the Pacific, the United Kifllidm" had u’ rely ill?“ upon North American supplies, much of which had been viiik-

Hugo Recalled

Hitler's appeals to God iii his hopelessness (says lllonlrcal (inset/e) recall the passage that Victor Hugo wrote on the defeat of Napoleon. For to Victor Hugo the battle of Waterloo ivas no; man's victory over thc Napoleonic power, but the rejection of Napoleon by the llliiveffif- It was God Himself \\’ll0 had found Napoleon intolerable. This passage, which tippcars _in chapter IX of the second volume ul Les i\lis- erables, has a remarkable bearing upon the situation of this hour: Was it possible for Napoleon to win the battle? We answer iii the negative. Why? . . . On account of God. . . . It was time for this vast iiian to fall. llis ex- vivo weight in humen destiny disturbed the

balance. This individual alone was of more ac. count than the universal group. Such extremes of human power concentrated in a single head- the world mounting to one man's brain-would be fatal to civilization, if they endured." The moment had come for the incorruptible and “Promo equity to reflect; and it is probable that the principles and elements 0n which the regu- lar gravitations of the moral order, as well as of the material order depend, had rebelled. °‘ _ Q, blood, overcrowded graveyards, moth- era in tears, are formidable pleaders. When the earth suffers from an excessive burden, there are mysterious groans from the shadow which the abyss hears. Napoleon had been denounced in the infinite, and his fate was decided. He ivearied God. Waterloo was not a battle, but a change of front mi the part of the universe.

-EDITORIAL NOTES-

_ The City Council is now in the happy posi- tion of having an organization to arrange a de- tailed programme for V-Day to be put in ef- fect the moment the glfid‘ll(‘llllg5 reaches us.

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It is a note for the reminiscences — on how on the home front we helped the war effort by loosely prohibiting liquor so that the boot- legger could MZIIICILC a! fa: arid tax-free income.

To such a pass has come Democratic Gov- ernment under Prime Minister King that we have the relations between the Dominion and Saskatchewan being discussed iii correspoiid- cnce instead of on‘ the floor of the House.

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Air Vice-Marshal Godfrey, C. C. F. defeat- ed candidate in Grey North before his retire- ment from $4.800 pension is $5.730. That isn't indicative of war sacrifice, remarks The Printed Ward.

in a i: u-

-bune.

the R. C. A. F. enjoyed a salary of a Now, at the age of 54 his R. C. A. F. I

‘THE GIIARLOTTETO Iletee By The Way

Some women can get money out of their husband; without half cry- mgn-Brundon Bun.

Fire broke out In the Inclement of a department store at Everett, Wa-iilris vii. but s00 women 51:09-

ery

women-Ham

“A lule government notice on the front of Ottawa's government- owned railway lmtlun [spells lac- commodatlon with one "." notes

Ottawa Journal. The cub re- porter Juat breaking In. then. hal no monopoly on that form of a ell- ‘lingdthe worcL-St. Catharine: u-

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Garnet Couller, mayor of Win- peg, and A. W. Shackleford,

C.A.

change of gifts. Mr. Coul

Mr. Shackleford a packagemof win. nliiea soldeyes. whll¢ the Leth- brldge chief magistrate sent along a package of southern Alberta beet rugs in return. — Winnipeg Tri-

Docton [say la lman

[over [fifty should not. shovel snow.

That e1-

y hounds have lSllOWll average axe is above the halt century mark. Perhaps Selective Service wlll tell us who is going to shovel the snow. —Farmer's Ad- vocate. -

ltls time

something was done to {remedy the

injustice which is

my search for a pipe told rover and over tobacconists that they clmllllllfllly ill-TV? lursent lrequests I01’ Dlpes from men at. the front, or their friends here, which they

Gold first discovered in Australia——iii New South \Vales—-this date I851; the outcome was a sudden rush of immigrants to the newly dis- covered gold area, including Victoria, the popu- lation increasing from 400,000 to 1,200,000 in the course of ten years; these two States obtain- ed responsible government in i855, South Aus- tralia and Tasmania in i856, Queensland in i859, and Western Australia in i890, when gol-Zl was discovered there; in I901, all the States were united as the*Commonwealth of Australia.

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An order further co-ordinating the collec- tion and purchasing of supplies for Allied couri- tries is announced by the Wartime Prices and Trade Board acting under instructions from the Government by which appeals for dona- tions of clothing and supplies by voluntary re- lief agencies are placed under permit to be sec-

partment. The new order will ensure that the claims of all relief organizations upon Canad- ian supplies will be properly co-ordinated with production and distribution programs covering war and essential civilian and relief require- ments. All relief agencies have been notified to discontinue. any current campaigns and have been requested to submit their applications to the Department of National War Services for consideration. plies for distribution in Canada or for Can- adian armed forces or merchant seamen are specifically exempted fiom this restriction. i: e

Policemen in the exercise of their duties are at times molested by people with whom they come in contact, but they must not use ex- cessive violence, held Mr. Justice Philemon Cotisineau, in a judgment handed down in Moii- treal Superior Court. Hc condemned the city of Montreal and Constable Rosaire Huneault, of the city force, to jointly and severally pay

Francois Joseph Corbeil, a restaurant keeper, the sum of $213 as damages for injuries re- ceived when the constable arrested Corbeil in front of his restaurant. Corbeil had made some remarks to the officers, which caused Huneault to take him to the station on a charge of being drunk and disorderly, a charge to which he lat- er pleaded guilty before the recorder. At the station, however, Huneault struck him, and Cor- beil had to be taken to hospital for treatment. His Lordship said the constable should have shown all the more coolness when noticing that Corbeil was in liquor, and. furthermore, Hunc-

ing out where he lived, since he was taken in front of his own property. W l I

London commentators draw attention to the following message from the News Chron- icle's Moscow correspondent, Paul Wintertoii. His message carries some weight since he is usually ivell-inforrned and is writing from Mos- cow itself:—“Now that Marshal Zhukov is nearer to Berlin than London is to Brighton. there is the temptation to imagine that the Red Army will be inside the German capital in a matter of days, but I am sure this is a tempta- tion that should be resisted. Marshal Zhukov‘s men have been on the move at a breakneck pace for three weeks without a single pause. They have reached a broad river behind which the Germans are known to have constructed a inod- ern system of steel and concrete defences 0t great strength and depth. They are approaching the very heart of the enemy's communication system. Such reserves as the Germans possess are certainly disposed to move effectively in de- fence of the Oder line east of their capital. Lest we make the mistake of over-optimism, which we have made so often in the past, I think we should ask ourselves whether it is a very attractive military proposition for an army to thrust forward in a narrow spearhead across a wide defended river line, and make a frontal attack on one of the greatest single builtiip areas in 'tlie world. Unless the Germans are really on their last legs, it would seem to be asking for trouble to do that, and 1 do not believe the Russian; will try, . .- In the days just ahead of us, I think we should be wise to think in terms of Kocnigsberg, Poznan, Elbing. Danzig, Gdy-

nia and the approaches to Stettiii, rather than

ured through the National War Services De- s

Donations or purchases of sup- quills

are quite uiin-ble to supply-Dr. Alfred Cox in London Times.

A navy lieutenant reported for duty at tLie department's huge building on Constitution Avenue. 111 Wiisliliisto He was taken in

dge, marked the p

WN GUARDIAN l Excerpts Fm," ‘l

"A11 Economic Survey of P. E. Island"

.___. By- m». Jfe. m Profeuor 0min, In‘ been: l

“ ' by counties for the Isl cl ii tn aliiisasoliw‘ at? u“ “mm”

Queen: IMO. The um; Iflrm are not yet avallgle but iii: value of field crops r “m; on record. The value of field 010D! Per farm In I040 for the province was $611, p591‘

rlnce $6M and Queens . The lowest earnings by county go,- male wa e-eamera was 582 per cent of t at of the highest, The lowest earnings of female work. ers was 65.8 per cent of that of the highest. The value of field crops per farm In the lowest county was 74.4 per cent of that of the high- est. In so far as records are avail- able there ls greater difference within the province In the aver- age earnings of those working for wages than lnpthe value of field crops per farm. .

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Farming took the rap In the recent depression. A glance at the table on Prince Edward Island

income showrl in the Appendix will give a picture of the effects of the depression on the Island. Taking the average of the two-

. year period 1928-29 as indicating!

the income of the peak yeara and the average of the two year per-i lod 1932-33 iis Indicating the low of the slump years, we find that; over this four yeiir pcrlod the total income W83 cut almost. in half since it declined from $24,500.000 to $14,050,000 that is by $10,450.- 000. Of thls decrease ln income farming bore the greatest share for the decline ln agricultural lii- come accounted foi- 3-5 of ' the total loss. During the good years those in the salaried and wage earning class got about 1-3 of the total income while the farmers got about 3-8 of it. On the con- trary ln tho depression the salJ

W3 He poliicefi that tihcre 5 0° Den or n we . "Th t’ .11 rlsiii." the WAVE said a s i

k to be l- girvgicér-to sign anything." - Nlfzw

Readers probably noted with g dezree of amusement the recent report about the family which com. plaliied that it had been made lll by the “fluorine” fruit had been Put (as ainants believ-

iiv‘ fluorine had yet been ntdclcdi was acase of tummy-ache coin- with a mistaken Idea that:

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achel-Brantford Expositor, In New Brunswick we ha” more Porcupines than a pgfgupjne has

3 man

ault should not have arrested hiiii without fiiid- n

llfid wofif] and was l r . Pine. klll it i acitlckafeiigiclfu hls heart's content. Finally, rga]- igzatlon dawned that, 11' porcupings BDt on mu have no woo slnee the bark their diet. Tli

were B5 many of them aroun ever and that there ls a seem rig- ly inexhaustible supply. _ saint

Jclm Teleflrnllh-Journul.

"1932-33 only a little

-only by the exploitation of him-

iiricd and wage earning class got slightly less than half the totnl income irhile the farmers got less than one fifth o‘! lt.

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Thus farm Income dropped from 591750.000 in 1928-29 t0 $2,550,000, that 1s farmers were getting In more than one quarter as much for their pro- duce as In the good years. While farmers got only a little over one quarter of ivliat. they had been getting, wage earners and salaried people got over three quarters of their former earnings. The In- come iif farmers had gone down three times as much us that of the salaried and wage earning class. Since the price of food had fallen to a new low, probably the latter class was better off than ever be- fore terms of real income. The farmer on the contrary was In a truly tragic position. His ex- penditure in nianv cases was fixed. but the bottom had fallen out. of hls income and he could survlve

self. hls family und hls land. The

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Bharlottetown,

‘u. be lielil at

I-‘oli. 27th u March Iet

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unto: npwup ismnp moon anow- 111W"!- rury ma. mum pruning. Thll In a new and valuable “with!!!

Entrance Sydney 59¢“

loda 05-‘ at ‘ Myalgant

I one III? I illbthoflzllufell‘ '“""°‘l'-‘:' i | m lIaefuI-neleflylw ' lhlu uaiulu I tn ll when

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o! hon for fugue and will provide Informatlon on the production the export trade. Every ho: iiiwlmr "10"" '°° m‘ """'“‘

ihleldly IllIll$—_1:3D o'clock-Gall

dlaeuaelnn, demonstrations.

rumor: EDWAID rsmnp sneer BB1~1I=DRliI-!;“4ff°°,u'$f'°"" unlock Wednesday forenoon, February 35"!- l”

wool and lamb marketing and. production

PRINCE EDWARD rsmnp DAIRYMBNS assoowrloN-Aflcr- l noon meeting at 1:30 o'clock and night. meetln: at 7:30. Full discus- llflll on vital problem In the Dairy ""1""!-

patrons requested.

PRINCE EDWARD IQLAND FARMERW March Isl, 9 o'clock forenoon and extendlnl Ill"! 3 ‘Junk dunn"

Dlleusslon on Institute problems.

E ERATION 0F AGRICULTURE-J PRINCE, znwnnp Ismlltibbifmll)‘ m’ u” m“ ‘funk m “m,” us: resolutions. arlalgl lllllf ‘Pd “m” He.”

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Inga, also

Rural citizens uni] all other: Interested In Rural Life are llvoll

Thursday l-‘ull opportunity to disc

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I cordial Invitation Io attend these IIIQQIIIIII.

_ i SPECIAL MEEHNG

FISIIERMEIPS UIIIDII DF PRIIIDE EDWARD ISLAND

A special meeting of the Fisher-men's Union of Prince Ed- ward Island will be held at Tignish on

THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 15th.

AT 2 D’DI.DDK P. M.

for the purpose of appointing officers for the currenlteyéear and transacting such other business as_ mill’ 90ml? "Te the meeting. All Union members are invited to attend.

BY REQUEST OF MEMBERS 0F FISHERMEN’S UNION OF P. E. I.

work.

Large attendance of

INSTITUTES—TIIIIBIIIY.

enl meeting no; producers. Open i

l Swine Breeder:

‘satin the llmg g, PIG-WORM by ullng Ih g 1'68“! on the Iiiiufi-kgegnml" MAC‘! r-io woim TONIC rowan It will thoroughly abolh] trues f ' ‘l u.» neliitiiwimui-niallfm

PRICE 35c Peg m. Don't dela . on”, v

phone‘ or mal. 4| promptly attended to, “a

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Ill Greet G00!" “mt

ill. F. llutliesi 8i SUI

OPTOMETRISTS

“Specialists in the Ill, ting of glasses for tln correction of ocular dc fects.”

53 Grafton Street

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NEW YORK-Make the n. of p heavier material than i dress. or line 1t. and fasten ll ii a. zipper for a smooth line ' Instance. u corded material ll its shape Well.

easine effect and fuller lliies can . achieved with a straight set midrlff;

exploitation of tlic land Is creat- ing quite a furore. emphasis put on conservation and the attention paid to soil erosion. People have been -vei‘y fearful about the land. The exploitation of the farmer and his family evokes less sympathy. In fact some are more certain than ever that the farmer ls inefficient because he has run down his land to save his hide. Is It any wonder that: the farmer is fearful that the fut- ure may bring a repetition of the dread years of the 30's.

This time, however, is being done by government to avert such a catastrophe for it ls

adisi can never be achieved so long as agriculture and those regions largely dependent on agriculture are receiving such a small share of the national Income. A great. deal has been done to help agri- culture nnd some measures are planned to nld It In -the future. Yet wltli all possible govemmeii- tal assistance It will still he nec-

i It Ila irealtlvely ieasy m" one famous person to obtain the nutoe RPBDh of another. but difficult ior ugly Tom. k or Harry to gel,

dinner Diilln Scott. on the are rture on hls fatal jour-

Hlqfle- On the front Pine of a large book he had past- ed Hg vwsiiiiin of a lovely. smil- ing c lid. and beneath lt lie had the inscription: “This ls my little daughter, aged five. I want. to present her with thls book of uuto_ BPBDhs when she Is 21

YOU Please The system was ever time-St. Thomas Tlmes-Journa.

Almost within a stone's thmw of an important German garrison, Mme. F —mlstress of a