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THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 28, 1948

Manitoba Held Up Too

I __Tll¢ Sltwfh from the Throne- which our egislators are now (lisctissnig is less frank in its confession of inability to meet fiscal needs than was the Throne Speech delivered in the Mani- toba Legislature last week. Therein it was confessed that until the Manitoba government can obtain some definite settlement with Ot- tawa it cannot intelligently formulate a bud- get for the coming year. Accordingly it is ask- ing the members to pass estimates of cxpendi- titre which reflect only partially its post-war plans, ‘and promises if neoessary to call at an appropriate later time a special session to con- sider and pass the legislation necessary to im- plement the decision reached by the Dominion- Provincial conference 0n reconstruction. Sup- plementary estimates would be passed at this special session to pay for projects now being held up. In the meantime, however, it is pro- posed to go ahead with the government's farm and village electrification plans, as well as in- creased services in the fields of health, education and public welfare.

Surplus Educational liguiplment

Letters keep coming in to cabinet ministers at Ottawa in support of the request that war surplus instructional equipment be made avail- able to schools on loan. The contention is that the pcopleof Canada have already paid for this equipment by their taxes and that the schools should not be asked to pay for it again. More- over it is claimed that the schools have neither the money nor the facilities to compete as pur- chasers against commercial and private inter- ests who are buying equipment urgently needed in education. In effect the friends of the schools want Hon. C. D. Howe, Minister of Reconstruction, to include the desired equip- ment in the category of articles which War As- sets Corporation gives to educational institutions on indefinite loan. At present the schools are able to get only scrap and non-saleable articles despised by commercial purchasers. Although glad to get anything which can be used for in- structional purposes, educators claim that the nation’s ‘schools deserve better treatment than this.

Recently the United States Government an- nounced that war surpluses would be disposed of to educational and public health institutions at 40% off the lowest price at which they are sold to other purchasers. This discount applies to war surpluses of practically all types ex- eept real estate. It is therefore a much larger concession than the free gift of certain instruc- tional materials sought by the schoolsi of Can- ads.

The Department of Labor of the Dominifm Government has agreed to help vocational schools replace machine tools worn out as a result of use in_War Emergency Classes, which trained semi-skilled workmen for industry and for the armed services during the war. It is suggested that the schools purchase as replacements used machine tools from War Assets Corporation- The Department of Labor undertakes to rem: 75 per cent of_thc PllTCllFlSQ Pllcci l"? he‘! t charges. Technical schools in industrial BT63? will be the chief beneficiaries of thfs plan. Edi?- Qalgrg are apprccialivcpf this tangible acknowl- edgement of the services rendered during t t: war by the vocational schools. But the undef- taking of the Department of Labor in tidwal" affects the vast niaiority of cducationa llilSll rations in Canada for whom other war w’? l" instructional "llllpmel" l9 luwmd‘

Trouble Ahead

The Ottawa correspondent of the Montreal Gillette predicts carly trouble for the Macken- zie King Government at the forthcoming ses- ’ lion of the House.

‘ The proposed large loan to the United ~ llilngdoln and last fall's departmental ruling oa custom rate on Diesel engines, those used cllléfléiby fishermen, are believed to be causing log’ administration political embarrass-

flfllereaic indications that some of the gov- Quebec following will revolt over the "of extensive financial aid to Britain,- slitting the war when some of them billion dollar no and m. $700.- “ freeloan. They are expected

I offset the advfrsc vote from his Quebec mm:

On one occasion last session John Bracken, °PP°$lll°l1 leader, took the occasion to remind u"? Rltvernmcnt that on a certain issue it had again been saved by opposition votes or attitude, and the Prime Minister is not really keen on

aving a repetition of that position.

Then there is the now famous Diesel eng- lllt ftlllflg Of lll€ Nlflbnll Rgvgnug Department on Diesel engines. It developed that prior to the lasl b11132" l! was ruled thatas the Diesel eng- ines in question were deemed to be of a class or kind made in Canada in commercial quantities and in certain sizes and types of real use to certain industries they were subjct to duty, which meant the maximum duty against the American product. .

.A loud outcry came from the Maritime fishermen who contended that this ruling would mean that as they had to import the engines from the United States they would have at least $350 added to the cost of their equipment. Then. not so long ago, there was argument here against the departmental ruling.

Hon. I. L. Ralston, former NationaLDe- fence Minister, appeared for importers, and I. A. Mathewson, former Provincial Treasurer of Quebec, for the Canadian manufacturers of the engines. Col. Ralswn contended either for the cancellation of the ruling or for a change in the customs law which made this ruling, according to the department obligatory.

Whatever develops over the Diesel engine dispute the government has at least the Q119- bec support to be concerned about, and it was this Quebec support which the Prime blinister was determined to retain in the recent general election at all costs. The price was paid. ltl" the administration has not had the unwavering backing of those Quebec followers delivered.

—EDITORIAL NOTES-

The P. E. I. Hospital Campaigners are now

on the march.

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Sympathy goes out to Rev. Mr. Ibbott of St. Paul's, City, on the loss of his father, which occurred unexpectedly at_Hamilton, Ontario, on Tuesday.

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As usual, the criticism of the Governor's

speech has more bearing on what it omits than’

what it includes. There is a whole host of things electors want to know about last year's record and the current year's prospects than is contain- ed in the wordy, uninspiring oration with which the House has bein dperled.‘

General satisfaction is expressed with the announcement made regarding the re-establish- nient of the armed forces in this province. Per- haps, now, the long-promised new arniouries will be an accomplished fact, and something done definitely to restore ameasure of provincial ad- ministration, of which we have been deprived since the retiremerlt oif the ‘late Col. Moore.

Rt. Hon. john Allen-brook, Viscount Simon G, c. s, 1,, G. c, V. 0., P. C., K. C., British lawyer and politician, bom this date 1873; been a member of every Liberal and Coalition Goy- ernment since 1922; was Foreign Secretary in 193i, Lord Chancellor in I940: Colinlilllvl‘ l0!‘ Great ‘Britain in League of Nations; Plllllml‘ tions include Three Speeches on the General Strike, Talks on India, Comment: and Crim- ii-m, Portrait of any ‘Mollie:

Mr. John Bracken, National Progressive Conservative leader, took over the other day as skip of Pete Gilbert's Chatham rink in the first round for the Birks-Ellis-Ryrie Trophy. The leader of the opposition romped his quartet to a 13-5 victory over Bank of Nova Scotia, To- ronto( skipped by C. N. S. Sedgewick. His rink consisted of Don Painter, leader; Robert Gilbert, second, and Gordon Gilbert, vice-skip. M_r. Bracken said, “as a curler I am a good politician, but I have made lots of friends among curlers because they nearly always beat

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It | Because-not a few of our readers are mem- bers of Boards of Trade, we reprint this sad paragraph from the bulletin of the Advertising and Sales Bureau of the Vancouver Board of Trade, It is headed "Last week's luncheon": “Once to every chairman in his year of office comes the Monday when theiprogramme committee lays an egg. And so-lssf week the fates, which have been very kindtoliim. fin- ally caught up with Chairman Peard Suther- land, giving him an experience he will not soon forget. We have had some ' superb speeches (such as Col. Harry Cain's), many worthy ones and a few poor ones, so the pro- gramme committee may be pardoned for a lone dud. It should be added, however, that the speaker came highly recommended. Less easy to forgive was the extreme discourtcsy of the Bureau members who walked out on the speaker. In doing so they did discredit to

the Board of Trade as well as to themselves.” Q i U U

dAs previously noted, the cash income from the sale of farm products for 1945 is estimated by the Dominion Bureau of Statistics at $1,654 million. This total is about 8 per cent lens than the record high of i944. Payments made under the Wheat Acreage Reduction Act, the Prairie Farm Assistance Act and the Prairie Farm Iii- come Act are not included They doinclude, however, the amounts paid on account of wheat participation-certificates, the oats and barley equalization payments and those Dominion and Provincial government payments which farmers receive as subsidies to prices.

The major decrease ln income occurred in the m

rains, Provinces. Nova Scotia also showed

a iniall sctliltli. The provincépf Ontario on l,‘

Th!" -tln‘»othurl land‘ mm» a ‘substantial increase.

. of wheat account for mo!‘ gihddtdlneflu income in the Prairie Prov- but" were" also miter‘ marketing;

in these estimates. t

Notes Biylfle Way

‘ Illelllla birth v uuui time. tum-min; h? W" "Ill hiolled man who advocated thrift ‘honesty and ‘tn- divldual Nllwllllblllw. - Brandon Sun. -

A nlevelnelt h reported to W111"! Iroundel of divorce to in- cluéie extreme‘ ‘cruelty, deleruou an permanen Blllflty, Bgl l jug‘; Dlfllfl I10 flood ll also a fault ‘worthy of consideration in that connec- tlom-Port Arthur News-Chronicle.

Science note says Ab: travels 1,580,000 miles‘ afigayfi-nc: 583,670,000 miles a year in its Journey around the sun. This must bv very‘ dllcouraaln: to the avid-l 3831a»; gmlgve behen abls ‘to [hit er oil , Beacon-Herald? r _s "t 0rd

It is a ’ b to lecture a Judge, but if the

naineI d t press oer no do it, nobody else will, for judges cannot be answered back in court; t...y are expected to exercise a re- straint upon their personal feel- ings vhich makes correction un-

necessary. -Poterborougb ‘Exam- iner. . We have heard lint-sh

things about men's deceltfulness. but we nominate the rabbit as- the most deceitful of all animals. Ac- cording to a columnist, they ro- vld the fur for 86 different k nds of ur coats, including French sable. -Kingston Whig-Standard.

Canada needs a new generation on the laud. The average age of farmers in Saskatchewan -and there ls no reason to believe other western provinces differ-ll years. A good proportlon are over this age. Saskatchewan re orts 4,000 over ‘l0 and 1,000 over _. Winnipeg Free Press.

‘linings muat be pretty bad in the Toronto beverage room sltuu- tion when one of its well known hotels, jealous of its reputation, is seriously contemplating a request to the authorities thpt its licence be cancelled. Perhaps we may yet: witness a return to the day when hotels were really hotels and not mere taverns with accommodations as a very secondary consideration.- Brockvllle Recorder and Times.

‘Hie chief fault of husbands, it appears, is "taking the wife for slanted?’ the brute: are not suf- ficiently forthcoming with “atten- tion, affection and appreciation."- Only one percent of the women questioned said their husbands were too attentive to other wom- en. The deduction which we make from those two pieces of infor- mation is that married men are not interested ln women. We may be wrong, but we are indisputably logical. -Peterborough Examiner.

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A century Iago men would have scoffed at visions of today's great social institutions, enslon schemes and humane leg station. Only dreamers could foresee men ltrug- gllng with the real groundwork of a world parliament. This ls not the progress of snails or the faith of qultters. ‘Through the ups and downs mankind ls going steadily ahead, upward toward a better llfe. This ls our conviction and our

answer to the temporary gloom of today's confusion. - Vancouver Sun. i

Twelve persona have rlshed off the coast of Nova Scot a. dying as they drifted helplessly in their lifeboat during a Ba of Fundy bllnard. Down throug the ears,

Yarmouth, Dlgby, Port Grevi le - all the dozens of towns and ham- lets that shelter on the coves and harbors great and small-have k. own the toll which the sea takes. Their sons and daughters have died on many wateii, but this is close home. It happened within sight of land in fair weather-but more than a life's length from shore in a wintry gale. It ls tne atarkest of t. gedles. Halifax Herald.

We must do with lees butter be- cause we cannot reduce our coni- mltrnents to nations starving for fats. W cannot manufacture mar- garine eoause the en world short of fats and oils and addition- el imports are therefore u avail- able. And we are actually etter off than the people of the United States. where butter ls unratloned and margarine is manufactured. Molt Canadians, we believe, rea- lize these things; much as they dilllke the idea of doing with less butter, they will consider themsel- ves fortunate they are no worse off and will accept the reduced ration with Rood grace. -Kingat.ou Whig-Standard

’l1le Japanese winter is not ae- vere, but damp and penetra ing. There ls ordinarily no stove in a house other than the brazler filled with ashes, upon which lmolder a few lumps of charcoal. You rnuat w‘ the flre to keep" warm.

llard Price writes ln Key to Japan." The winter air rlaes through the floor ‘upon which you sit. The house ll raised on posts and the wind howl: through beneath you and. filters up into the room. To keep warm, you must either go to bed or k moving. One cannot stay in be or bath all th, time. The answer la action. 1 firmly be- lieve that th the remarkable activity of the Jap- anese. It is far more eoinfo be ‘plow and plant in the muddy s than in sit ln the house.

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ey n if the" yo they will be to] to take riot of hot drinks, put m I in their nolea and I0 l0 - they deny they llaveacold. Tb are to lay till! merely go some dust up their nose and the if left alalichthly will be all rilh

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correspondent T0 POTATO SIIIPPIII

Sin-The Wartime Ibod Cor- poration. Ulnlted of ‘Bronco have asked ent. of ture to notlf shippers in" Edward Island in making nests for shipping potatoel out. the

Province to state whether loading CPR. or C.N.R., also to Ilve ap- proximate contents of ear.

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W. . Deputy Minister ot Aifeulhiie RURAL BEAUTIFICATION

Sin-I have juat read Robert L. COHDIYB letter ln The Guardian of Feb. 5th.

While . ading his letter it oc- curred to me that Mr. Cotton’s recent generous gift for the beau- tification of our rural communit- les should have received some re- cognition by resolutlon or other- wlse during Farmers Week.

So far as 1’ know this was not done and I feel my own share of the neglect in this regard very keenly Indeed. However, I hasten to assure him that this was merely an oversight, and that we as farm- ers, appreciate to the fullest his generous leadership in our behalf.

As president of the P. E. Island Dalryman's Association I am tak- lng this opportunity on behalf‘ of

3 our organization to extend to Ml‘.

Cotton our deepest thanks.

I trust that our Provincial Gov- ernment ln administering this fund will meet with the hearty co-operatlon of every agricultural organization ln the Province.

I can certainly corroborate what Mr. Cotton says about Colonel Johnston's hom. at Long River. I have seen this home end I have often thought what a wonderful Province this would be if every home ln it was like the one men- tioned. We could then in truth claim that pleasing title, "The Garden of the Gulf."

Let us all make Colonel John- stone's home our objective, and strive to come as near to lt as possible. sure it would be n great stimulus to our "tourist traffic" which in turn would add very materially to the wealth of our Province.

I am, Sir, eta. > JOHN II. MYERS. Hampton, P. E. I. '

Mi} PUBLICITY ‘ BRINGS RESULTS

Slr,—In your issue of February 21st reference wa-s made to the somewhat disap intlng results of a. linemen train g program which this Company has recently en- deavored to institute. This pro- gram was suggested by the Com- pany and the detalLs worked out n co-opcratlon with the Depart.- ment, of Veterans’ Affairs. the De- partment of Vocational Training, and the local National Employ- ment Office-

Oertatn readers ned the im- pression that the GSQDPOlIIblXIQ n,- sults obtained, a-s ev danced by the small number of a licanta. were created by lack of interest.

given the mattisr by local officials oi” the Departments- mentioned- a

ve. To correct this impression may we say that we have received the best. of co-operabon from each of these Depart/lnenas. In particular the officials of the local National Employment Office have examin~ ed he records of over clues in an effort, to furnish us with the r uired number o! trainees. Of th group of over 200 men. were sent to us as suitable for trainln "

g. is unfortunate that. the pro- not ha been more

You wl dies-stand that. the program was restricted to ell-service monnel to enable than to be ‘plroperly trained hi a useful oeeupe on. ‘Ifiheee men when trained will be an 1m tse- tor in the development of the Ofiflilenrs hlflllrflil‘ ‘gentrification v w en mistied wiig all poesibl mm mm rural communities o the Province.

We are htwy to la! that diur- m‘ 1% huff! tmi; "lb". reeev su. c a ona ap- D cottons to our utfain

FARMERS NOT ANTAGONISTIO

Sin-In llll remarks made at a

labour meeting in Charlottetown on February Dad last, Lt. Col. K. S. Roger: said that he agreed with the remark: of some previous speaker, who said that they could not expect help from the govern- ment arlt ll a farmers‘ govern- ment, and that farmers were not voul-able to organized labour, I have had quite a long acquain- tance wlth farmers, a orgi- anizations, and I have yet to learn that as farmers we ai- o pond to organized labour. In I think remember the time some years back when the steel worker: in Nova Seotla were havln lonle very serious labour troub e, that we contributed to a shipment of foo that was sent ever to Nova See ia for their use and benefit.-

Unlus Mr. Rolerrhas some val-pd {and reason for remarks of that

ind they should-not have been

made. It ba i t e make," ahnliemllfmAn Jhiidlim that in fairness to the farmers as a class, that be should hasten to o .

in a few m utea. But when the n," w" u” m. u“ .t tnutl have la lest will -

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