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BIIABLUTTETO\VN. TUESDAY, SEPT. ‘l, 19C!

ll. S. Conscription

The Washington Government is losing no time in completing its conscription regulations. l'he details on occupational deferments are due in a month cr so. They'll exempt men who fall lr.-to spcciffcd occupations. But no specific in- llustry uculd gct a lzllcnket deferment. That is: A clerk in anciiplcne plant could be called; but a tccl nckcr viculd stay home wherever he vorked. Cccupcticns clrcc-dy picked for defer- ncnl" inclice prclcssicnal engineers and scien- tists, irrdergrcrnd minors, tool and die makers, and farm workers. Provisions for technical situ- fenis haven't becn fully worked out, but they will be liberal.

Generous Act Misses Fire

A generous act an the port of the New York State PLlzlisfcrs Kssociation has been nipped in the bud by the British newspapers, Mr. Arthur Sulzberger, publisher o-f the New York Times, in order to secure the continuance of Brit- ain's liberty of the press by more extensive is- sues than fcur pages daily offered to g-ive up a percentsge of his raw material for British use if other American publishers would do the some. The British Press, while appreciating the gen- erous motives of the New York Press, regretted the publishers could not accept the offer, even if tire Government had it in its power to g-ive approval, The attitude of the leading British newspapers was that th-ey wo-uld prefer restrict-

ed supplies of newsprint to free gifts from abroad.

Women's institutes Alert

A visit recently by Mrs. Allison MacMillan, .

Fairview, and Mrs. Ju-lien Herring, Charlotte- town, was a pleasant reminder of the interest of Canadian women in public affairs. Mrs. Mac- Millan is-president of the National organization of the Women's institutes of Canada, and Mrs. Herring is Past President of the P. E.l. Division.

The Institutes have been discussing the effect of Communistic propaganda upon our citizens. Older people with a background of knowledge and experience are not deceived by the some- thing for nothing philosophy, but young people may have their viewpoint warped unless they ore provided with information which will set their thinking straight. Even a Sampson may be placed in chains when his faith ls destroyed, and enemies of society knowing they can never conquer while the fiery spirit of independence and love of freedom exists, constantly strive to poison the minds and disturb the loyalty of those who soon will be charged"with the defense of our liberties.

A resolution asking that the press and radio give further information as to what a Commun- ist form of government means in any country passed at the Provincial Convention of the in- stitutes in June is assurance that the women of P. E. l. have taken up the challenge and their action will have the approval and support of all having the interest of our future at heart.

Unique Parliamentary Session

One of the most unique sessions of British Parliament will bring to an earl-y close King George's holiday at Balmoral, namely, a ses- sion to pass only one Bill to cut the rejection powers of ihe House crf Lords, from two years to one. At present if the Lords and Commons disagree c\er a rreasure, two years aire allowed to lapse, and then the Commons may pass ii over the heads of the Lords. The Labour Gov- ernment has passed through the Commons a rrecsrtre iv:- ralicnalize the iron and steel in- duslry, cnd The Lcrds are determined_to re- ject it. Without the powers the Labour Gov- ern-ment seek in the Parliament Bill, t-he Lords could licld rp nationalization until after next general election.

The King will return to London to read on the 14th inst, what may be the shortest Speech from the Throne in British Parliamentary hist- ory.

This speech wi-ii open the special two- week session to deal with the Parliament Bill alone. -

There dre so f-ew precedents for such an occasion tho-t no forecast can be mode about the ccrnknts of the speech. lt can be said that it will sake no reference to the real object of the session, which, as stated, is to safeguard- through the Parliament Bill—the subsequent na- tiornolizalicn of ihe iron and steel industry.

.Th-e King will read a longer speech the day before when ire prorogues the present ses- sion of Parliament, adjourned art the end of July. The Speech from the,Tl'.rone outlining the Government's program for the next year, will not be read until the opening of the autumn session in October.

Bureaucratic llaicuiatlone

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Doubt has been cast from time to time upon

I‘ the accuracy of the calculations of the Bureau

of Statistics, and one wondered how they could have been arrived at. Of course the bureau is dependent upon the accuracy of the returns ro- eoiml from the private organizations reporting, and ltjs very insistent on returning reports for demotion when they are in doubt of the" A" new and most - valu-

f monthly publication just started by the 7 adiap Forestry Association, The Woodland World, throws some light on the subject. This

publication claims to be "dedicated to the pro- position that our heritage of wood-s, waters, wild life and soil must be sustained for generations to come," a comprehensive and laudable ob- jective which will commend itself to most peo- ple having the best interests of Canada at heart. Recently the Canadian Press published the Association's report that in 1948 to date the damage by‘forest fires totalled $43,900,030. This was challenged by some Government of- ficiols, who claimed that the Canadian Forestry Association's method of counting o forest fire loss was opposed to the standard governm-ent practice of adding stumpage values to fire- fighting costs to form the total. Illustrative of this method is the most recent publication (1948) of the Dominion Forest Service dealirig with fire losses in the whole of Canada. For the average annual period between 1937-46, the total area burned, including 472,000 acres of mercihantoble timber, amounted to 2,228,- 376 acres. The "estimated values destroyed" are given as $3,893,349. This works out at $1.70 per acre. '

"The Canadian Forestry Association as- sumes that each cord of wood burned represents a product and labor wage loss of $15. The value of the destroyed wood therefore present: a figure of over 43 million dollars, or $50 per acre.

"The Dominion Forest Service figures pre- sent the average damage done by 5,509 forest fires at $706.00 each. iPeriod of 1937-46).

"The Canadian Forestry Association's fig- ures present the average damage done by the 2,224 fires of 1948 at $19,739 each.

"The discrepancy is in no way mathe- matical. lt has to do with definitions. What goes up in smoke when a forest burns? Should the Canadian public be informed that it amounts to $1.70 an acre or, as the Canadian Forestry Association reckons it-—$50 an acre?"

Certainly a considerable margin, and ii seems to be in favour of the Association‘! claim.

EDITORIAL NOTES -

Schools re-open. i

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Next public holiday, Thanksgiving, October 11. '

By the way things ore shaping it would appear as though the Federal Government might prorogue Parliament at any time now in the hope that a snap verdict may be obtained be- fore the Conservatives get properly organized.

Veterans Affairs Minister Gregg, who was present at the Legion convention on Monday. is justly proud of the mariner in which gov- ernment "investment" in ex-servicemen has paid off. As he has said, rehabilitation was not merely a national obligation to those men but the means of creating a notional asset.

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The new policy of enabling civil servants to take university courses to fit themselves for promotion should have a very good effect on the morale of servants of the Crown. lt will no longer necessarily follow that when special- ized training is required existing staffs have to be passed over in favour of a university gradu- ate. Now it will be possible for the man on the jab to get the necessary training.

‘l’ A’ R fi

A decided improvement in recruiting meth- ods is being adopted in the current tri-service drive. Formerly quotas were set from time to time and the prospective recruit had to sign on for whatever branch was than in demand. Now all suitable candidates will be accepted in the branch they are interested in.

‘l i sh sh _ The City Council isbeing congratulated on its co-operotion |l‘i fpcilrtatmg the congj-ru-gtign of much needed housing units. lt would be entitl- ed to still further congratulations were it to initi- ate the erectzon of cheaper and much needed dwellarn-gs that wculd ccme within the means of people who cannot afford to pay $30 or $40 per

month.

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it seems a little fantastic but both Am- erican and Cancdion authorities warn against too ready compliance with requests for informa- tlon. Intelligence work today is not q cloak and dagger affair but systematic collection of facts from papers, magazines, official publigq. lions and so forth, all corelated to enable the Power in question ‘to layjtsplans accordingly.

Elections are seen as a solution of two cr|ses—the Maritime Freight Rates in Canada, and the selection of a Government in France. Meantime most people here will agree with ML Caldwell that if the Department of Justice con- veniently discovered that it was outwith the PW?" Ofiflte ‘Governor-in-Council to appoint a Royal Commission on freight rates, the sooner P°'l'°_""“l ll" ‘"1 CPPOIIIMIIY of handling the question the better.

Ir a I

The relation between Science and Life is the concern of the British Association for the Advancement of Science which is holding its 110th meeting at Brighton, England, from Sepr. ember 8 to 15. This year the Association has chosen as its President Sir Henry Tizard, an ex- pert on aeronautical reseaOch and chief scien- tific adviser to the United Kingdom Govern- ment, who will deliver his Presidential Address on "The Passing World" art the Inaugural Meet- ing at tho Dome, ‘Brightoln, tomorrow.

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John Greenleaf Whittier, American poet, died this date 1892; was a successful, forceful journalist turned poet; there is a freshness and individuality in his verse which ensures it a lasting place in American literature, even though its quantity be small. A complete edition of his poems, seven volumes ‘has been published:

The hills are dearest where our children's feat

Have climbed the earliest; and the streams most sweet

Are ever than at which our young lips drank.

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ALLS Tile HAPPY YOUNGSTERS OUT SO- EARLY, JACK?“ - "Dom You Know? SCHOOL OPENS I'd-DAV”:

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glhe Age-Old Story

Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my Ille- nndj will dwell in the Hollie 01' the Lord.

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OPPORTUNITY

Master of human destinies am I.

Fame love and fortune on my foot- steps welt,

Cities and fields I walk; I pone- tzrale

Deserts and sees remote, and. pass- 1118 by

I-lovel. and mart, and palace, soon or late.

I knock unbidden. gate!

It sleeping. wake-At feasting, rise before

I turn away. It l.s the hour of fate.

And they who follow me reach every state

Mortals desire. and conquer every

once at every

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Save death: but those who doubt or hesitate.

Condemned io failure. penury and w e.

Seek we in vain and uselessly lrn- plnre-

I answer not. more.

and I return no -John James Ingalls.

Old Charlottetown

2 (And P. E. L) y; STURDY HORSES

Horses, black cattle, sheep and swine re in great abundance here ronsldsring our long winters. which render the procuring so much dry food necessary: the horses axe in general small, but. strong, active and hardy. and being seldiin sub- ject, to any complaints ltvo to a grreat. age; it is a common thing to take them off ihe grass, and rlde- them thirty or forty miles. during which they have to swim three or four times perhaps. across broad creeks or arms of the sea, and after poi-tanning men o journey with great Jplflb without being once fed on the iwsy they are turned out. to grass at the, end of ir. and probably conform such snot-her journli’ the next day

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management. as far as I can see.‘

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FOR CONSERVATIVE LEADERSHIP

PUBLIC FORUM

This column in open to the discussion by correspondent: § of questions of interest. The j Guardian does not. necess-er- .. iiy endorse the opinion of i correspondents.

Sin-With less than e. month remaining until the Progressive Conservative convirentlon I think ti. .is time for opln ons other than those of the professional writers of the C.P. to appear 1n the press. I wish DOJTIBRC known my nominat- » lion for leadership of the Pzog. Con. party-tho Hon. Mr. Drew of Ontario. My reasoning in this matter is. I hlnk. exceptionally sound. It goes something like this: l1) Canada deslzes notional Bln- oft r - “ml?- ‘Zery “I l? ,5?“ s "f (2) Canada ts frustrated tn PM“ ‘u’ rm m" “m” achieving national unity. m“ YW-TYEBT Benflmlim“ L‘ "mu (3) To achieve national unity ing m". Personally, I don't. krnwycanadu. must. overcome all what. the older one is coming to lnlfixrflllmy- rillbfaullzbllmi 51°93“- , in e wa o a g a. Look at. ihe mess the world is tn | M) A Canadian leader woum 1°’ lmiame» d“ l” “ck 0i 5°“: have to work forlgetlgnal unllyt (5) The Hon. r. rew u na - Ono of the so-called "big shols"'lonsl leader of tiiexliC. ‘peril’ “om the U_ N’ so“ down to Fab would have to wot or no onel . it . . esilne, views the situation uni’! rim-tel: so, by nominating ML will“ b!“ l-"d "Us u‘ “my ‘Drew as leader of this party Cen- Shfillldm 56°13 t ‘ilihimb-o frlllreu “If iada will ovezocme one of the know l. i-i V8 Ill! 9 - - ~ greatest stumbling blocks to nat- ltfl 30D if: 08110118.“ Bndwli/i pig _lonal uréty. alnd will be one step o e o er genera on s.» mam-i 30L men and women d-onvn there who g 0f course, I have given no Con. wlu do lust that. I think it's his“ slderatlon m the rm that, the time they realized thts- for 9'1’ il-Ion. Mr. Drew oouldaiot possibly 3101111841‘ win a_Domlnlon election. but. w 1d w lslnce he hp; Llalptp cpeotillaslty in fight. s third or a: as soon ‘common w a . . ea e:s n afwe have grown up. Two in 1a.: sight. I didn't. think it. deserved than 25 years is quite enough. consideration. So, since the Pro- Wlth the rapid rise of (som- gressive Conservatives have noth- munlsm ln Europe, comes the tear lng to lose. and won't. have for at that. perhaps lt. will be allowed |least another flvc years. and since to creep lnto Canada. I don't. ,Canacla has a great. deal to gelncI think this 1s probable, because up deem it imperative that. Mr. Drew until now Communism prevails be named the national leader of i nl bad living oondlti n -. his Dari)’- [lisuoailii iii: aftermath of wferfl‘ While on the subject mentioned however, as the old saying gocs in the slx steps ‘if m)’ 11880111118- "there's e first. time for evc-ry- may Iusley ethedt 131:0 n2“! 2332px}; rm a l n12‘!!! Y" Wflm 50;: mail-e 531:: or? girlf- sack. we have a national status. that. we bones in regard to Government firs‘. an independent BOl/"filflfl flit- affairs, Canada ls B. very ukuv ivn- As lime as We pier’ the Mi- carge,‘ 10,. Communysnm ‘tonal anthem of another nation. M, u,“ p01,“ comes u“, qua. and fly that. nation's flag. we are “on of juvenile dennquem); 1 piecing ourselves in an absurd sit- thlnk children ere made dolin- quen-ts only when their parents

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WHAT IS THIS “OTHER | GENERATION” COMING TO? y l

a. Guardian editorial of January

8th. or theree-bouls, that: "O Con- t‘: :z.:.:;§::.:":".:."liziwtrr- .211? r»- rm-d- slcleretion of the former 1s duv- “lmlwm °i Cgiflfgiihbl; eictkofltPar- largely -to the foot. that. the inner lament w“ l‘ “hm” 1° "n" very seldom -show any consider-dawn“ to phi-myth 5 e.“ '5 P stlonfor them. Police euthoritiallnnwn“ lmthem‘ °r ‘f "i." u" claim that. delinquency is dufwfllmc‘ m“ u "me we made m largely to poor environment. smlwimm m ‘mp mum! mrmv" parents who care very little for l°°k rldlculou‘? the welfare of their chlloirn I m‘ also?“ which I think is terrible. because ' ' ' after-all, they didn't. ask to o: born.

The next complaint I have w lodge Ls the subject. that. breaks up more homes than any thing else. drinking. I don't. think there is anything thut. kills n chad‘: faith in humanity more than see- lrg his tether or mother, especial-

Unrest In China Growing

(lnndon Timeir

uatlon. As I remember it. I reed -

The Nationalist armies. in the

Moat people loam to think that. chasing the dollar and pursuing happiness are identical activities. -Klt.chener-Wat.esioo Record.

We've often been irked while window shopping to find the price- tsg of some interesting item deftly turned so it. couldn't be read no matter how we erected. We always suspected this was u

,_t.urns out. this ls_u mild form Ol burglar insurance. Fur thieves smashed a store window the other dey and “selected" the most. v.1“:- ublo coat. 1n the window-s nevu- ul wild mink. They were guldea by the $5.500 price-tug, prominent- 1y displayed. — Financial Post.

The word from Ottawa is Jhere will be no early election. ‘rite English-speaking Canadians must have e reasonable opportunity to leun how to pronounce the name of Mr. 8t. Laurent. without haul-w tlon. —- Port. Arthur News-Chrom- ole.

A local housewife just. boo-ll from s. two-week vacation tells as she was amazed on making her shopping four at. the way orlcca of some things had Jumped dur- ing her absence. This comes es o reminder that. inflation isn't; tak- ing a holiday. In fact it. elllwih t.o be working overtime. — Kitch- ener-Waterloo Record.

Down through the ages it has been e feminine prerogative c: gut, a, few years off her age. NuW it. can be done officially. And the Murine Corps is IflDOM-ml Although the corps has placed one age limit. st. thirty-one for women members of the coma. it. has 121;‘. mmouneed that former woolen marines who want to re-enLst. but, who are ovoir the 18¢ limit, ‘are permitted to decrease their ego by the amount/of time.’ previously spent. on active duty. If such a hard-boiled organization as the marines sanction lt.. why should anyone else object? —Bos- ton Post.

0f course il.‘| pooalble to will!!! the loud tlmbrel too much and too often on behalf of s. man or a. notion. But one can't- help WW- dei-nsg sometimes if perhaps We. as Canadians. aren't too beek- wsrct in coming forwurd. Cemnl, while undoubtedly a brasseri- w- to some degree a wastrel. was a mm of ports and on artisan. ni- deed e craftsmen of note. Of nun- self he wrote essentially the fol- lowtng (the exact. wording bucLy matters): "If there ts ought. of worth la a man's character or performance, it. is his duty to de- clare 1t to the world." 'I'l'i€t‘C, we fcel. l1 the list of it. All iioo o!- ten our worthwhile doings W" virtually unnoticed while our shortcomings, personal end public are highlighted for the worxc-‘s scrutiny and censure. This ls we think unfortunately, o. trait. of Canadian. public men; it. is also too often the case will! promin- ent. figures la business and tndas try. -Mont.resl Hnmclal Times.

Ruuell Reeves of Chloinsha, Oklahoma, is carrying u danIPTW-t precedent too fur. First. he install- ed a radio in the bun pt. his

sign of the government's weakness and of Ohleng Kal-SheiCs inabil- ity to keep his unruly team under control. '

No serious uttuznpt. is being made 1:0 punish oorruptiorf amorlg senior government. officials al- though the git-owing list. of abuses is a. public scqpdel. ‘Iihus fax the rich have succeed ‘ in escspins their proper tax burdens. ‘Prado is falling, Inflation is tannins wild, and the government. seems helpless us troubles spread. Sum- ming up, the Times correspond- ent. says "the Kuomlntang today presents o. picture less of a gov- ernment such u we understand it. than a collection of. disjointed ministries. working in water-tight. compartments and held together solely by the waning prestige of the president."

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dairy farm to soothe hi; hug w“ sweet music at. milking Lung o,“ er farmers ere also trying u“, experiment, The danger ts obvluug If enough cows becornotaocuswm, ed to music with their the time may come when we m“ raises a breed of cows whjch won't provide a drop or mnk .1,» less their favorite prim-m, L on the air. —Owen sound Bun time, It doesn't pay to b; g m“ nowadays. There are so m“, people who don't went you, h, Ltoulerly landlords and lalldlldlq Not. that. house and spar-mm; owners haven't. bitter cause p, many cases to know what. s gm); child or two can do to wmmpu and woodwork. No reasons,“ prents will deny that Junior fill,“ destructive cedn on occasion. but Justification should be Mmpgy“ wit-h mercy. Ind Judging by m, quaint reports uorou our land, rim point ls being entirely fopgqtgm_ or ignored -1n may tnstsnou, _ Kitchener-Waterloo Record.