‘of grain, VCQPIIIl

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THE CIILRLGTTETOWN G UAR IIIMI

Morning Daily (Founded In I881)

President, ljruL-Ful. W. Chester S. McLuro Vice-President. J. ll Burnett. FJJ. Secretary, Liana-Col. I). . blat-Kinnon, 0.5.0. Editor and blimaging Direct . J. R. Burnett, F.J.L

late Editors, l-runk Walker and [an A. Burnett- SL‘ISS(IIII’TI(JN RATES I) Mall In l’. E. l.. $4.00 nsr your. 82-50 for 8 IIIBIIUJS. $1.25 fur 3 months. 50c for one month. City Delivery, 55.00 pcr your, $3.00 for 6 monthl- 5155 tor 3 months. By Mall In Lunatla and l‘. s. A. 55-00 per you. lulu-day wu-iuy. sum P" tvflr- $11"! for 6 "Mme 50c for .5 months.

‘The StrongmsfWilli-info»; is lVea/rer than the Ill-crises“! Ink."

'l'l"lI.<l).\\'. ‘HAY H, 19-10. —- —— ——-~ i A liilnl llilltivy - Um‘. l the world Y0- duy‘ - ‘l llII\'C\CI>lIl€ tn ll“. l, t. ‘.1 1H lW-lluk“, {IS l0 thc d 1- iwt‘. Ill rite war of l,” :_~,_ ‘t, ,~ iu- "l li_\' lllfi shrcud _ ‘i ' 'li1'\'*‘l." ‘l5 an ail». :1" h which the Cfllmzr, . _ tln u-‘clul u-ply“; , \.. it. t! . .. lvd a. [he ,~ _. t - u would nave lLIlitli inw :- Whlllllf ‘k’ “up,” \.,> . _ 41c kicrniati arm,- ml ' \.! the field but

Ilililnfs‘ at

:1 that all

Jwcd [nun

of the

the Ger-

», Ilf aggr =<ion ' ' IKWVAlIIllUII‘ pitvvct‘ and

1);; _l;unt's

- and Social

‘ in 15:!

the Varnvgie

_~'.'l\'<i

x of Versailles

. . mtiozis. ie German people on to It, and, by as a supreme effort. 1e offs-ct of the lie country suf- . were attributed to nuts and statesmen af- i-ivr. I: was almost. an the treaty Germany . i from the costs of .0 calamities of Ger- » and. not to the war ide organized propa-

of terr.» that. It: transferred

lrtlcle of could have the war. T. many were c was reinforced b:

German brbief that the Versailles Treaty was solely respmv ‘nie- 5- '.-\‘."lf' ills was strength- ened and ...c clzizuoi‘ which was raised agairs: "lcs Tirc-aty in other countries for r‘ ~ lhllfiillllflfldfl the inter- est of bnnic $hotwcll deals with the Uttitcd .\“ for tltc contribution which tl c upon the dircaty because it scrvvd '1'. ‘f1 IPlf‘ IIIIYFLIII of their own vcndettrts, pr r d political. Ilis sur- vey docs not r llritnin, where the political a/lvn. r1 . zouncinq the Treaty as u veritable l" "1 l~:~; v-f cvzls passed from one political gfuiip m anwzltcr.

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Soviet Farm Economy

In another cffwr; by Srnlin to extract from the collective 1' "r supplies of grain and vegetables for me the Soviets have is- sued s new -lvc:' g the basis of the far- mers’ enforced q ins. llitlterto the tax has been lv 1 on the sown area of each farm, "iV-Zlffl the contribution

will be fixc to Lbc total area of ara- ble land, u‘ vs pianncd to be sown or not. Under nc the farmer theoretical- ly will have no v . c but to produce the amount

hay required by .\'c wliat he may require l_i'!\"3'fllIllL‘Zli. declares it; in- drs and other ma- ition on a large scale,

ght to bear on the leaders of ilu‘ c T‘ 1 fzumvrs to gct bcttcr results. Flu. l 9-1».- Ofgélll of the Communist Party, says thrt: the new (loci-cc will tend to re- duce the price; of f-wl and raw tnatcrials. That,

, hvlilmr and

the State over for himself. '1 tcntion of pruviliuj; t chinery for ecrnv ' and pressure is

of course, Y. .-.;..- gvt a better yield, avert sirri - r~<. The clmuge is due In .t oils hitherto cm- plnyctl ll.".\' v l? farming, to pro- duce the su: ll ' wcrninctit nccdcd.

France 52.11: Y. i: V to the hilt for war lgainst a rntld . r 1 tfQtlflllCfl enemy who ha; fgngcrl ltiv ‘~ iI : hvr frontiers for the third time v. ' " »' i". Hi‘ a man's lift‘. 111 wuu; l-wp .~1~, - ‘ tiny, will‘ gallant flll_\' has gut-t , p » ' "."'ur Iltzui any 0f IlIC Allied 1.. i. thrmvitig bcr full strength . n! . 'l'lic cntirc flllliun i. t w if» ~ ' tlfc Iivrtnrtti IIIZIIII‘L‘~ 1.. t. l in stop llun 5ll\‘.'I'.{(‘l'\' i- : ‘ win wns of France an‘ llllilPl‘ wr‘ .

l-‘iv-p p‘! t. l': iW-tvcti are in the fighliitg '.':i< :: 1" y Writ f lOfI_\'-l\\'OIIIll- lion, \\<|w l . . Vi a w-niparahlc cf- "fnrl we u- I ' '. - l‘ .t~u inldci‘ .'n'm5 in- slcztrl of l" v l 1. ‘ii td.

l w d» nit! int rczilize that we zm- up dQillll-I 21b» ~t ilnigcrniis challenge In (lviii-uitttw tln- u.» .l~ vct sown, \\'c arc 51H] going fllntlll i-zu‘ ll’lslll"<s-.‘lllfl our plrasurc -.'is nsusil.

ililm llIllH Irv

ua-Ir . ff r" 11'. for wtvrifircs from

Frztticfis cvcrv mun and u- "mu 7:! iltt- Rcpublic. \\'ilh mn- but of vvv - iu tlw population lIPIII" ing .'Il’m<_ mvu w! r _\‘,'lll|l"ll, rind youths of I7 and llllll\'l' ttrpt J ‘ llu- l-urdvn of filling glu- fitilll. .'|!.'il t. i- lYt-‘uril-s. Xlunilimi \\'I)|'l\.'l'\ HM». -»-- I lifil :11 the lzllhcs fur nu llrlljl - ‘ "v lutrtl-n: an‘ rwsutttcd willi-

. llIlVI‘ been largcly cli-

nut .1 v. ". “""=l"' lninztfvd. .\U ' - - urcnl.

Wui-lc-pitup‘ ll c. lmrd In win the fOfbY-ll/tlll‘ v.1 twv 0"" IIlPl Ilu‘ wartime III‘-

ccssiiy oi ltlllllliilg u» Ihc sixty-hour wccic.

THE CHARLOTTETOWN GUARDIAN

0-0040o++0+v0 OQO-O-OO-OO-GO+OOO~OQOQO-O-Q+O-OO-O-OQ-O§4Q-OOQ*§

Canada Must Fight , With All Her Might

I-leavy wartime levies have been imposed on pro- 51H. reaching a rate of 100 per cent on profits in excess of 8 per cent on turnover in firms work- ing for national dcfctise. The unemployed are being rapidly retained. “Yigcs are controlled, in the light 0f the position of the mobilized soldier. Increases in commodity prices have been pro- lllbitfid- Profits of all concerns, whether work- ing on war supplies nr other products, are limit- ed. The Treasury .‘.= had no difficulty in is- suing National Dcfcnsc Bonds at low rate; of interest to cover war expenditure.

_ France is an example of a nation waging war in earnest. ~

EDITORIAL NOTES -.

Home Improvement loans to Charlottetown to April 30 totalled g§5*rcprcscnting $233,740, 1* i i

Henry (irattoti, Irish statcstnatt, and orator, died this date, 1_S_.*5. .t\s a stzucstnziti he was broztcl-minilcd, disintercstcd and patriotic; as an orator, brilliant, witty and |'cniarl<;1bl_v eloquent. ".\t twcutv _\c;u's of age, the will reigns; at lllilll" 11K “H; and an forty. lhc jiulgiiictit." I i *0‘ i

Sir john $nti0n, abused b_v llitlcr as Foreign Fccretury and abused b_v the Labmr Party IS Lhzincc lor of thcdzxcluwpim-_ uuw liq-comes Lopl lllllllvvllvll‘. the .\I1l\l‘(‘IllC llcad of the Law in Ill” lilll5~<l1 limltirv. and a lICCI‘ of the realm.

b‘ i II‘ 1F

\\'ar consequences are bc-itig felt in the Law Cotirts, the Utilarin (iovcrtimcnt, having decid- ed to postpone their appeals ztgztitist the jitdg- ments ht the Ntprcitic (our! n11 the right of ap-

l

pciil m the l‘riv_v Council. and u" 111C Canada lctnpcratice Act as being Liltra vircg Qf Ihg Par. hzuncnt of Catirula. The Federal Government has agreed to tllc Iiostpitnr-tnctit till after the war. m n- n-

lt sci-ms etnrantce into the .\'c\v York Police 1<1it"cc* is to some Cvlllildtflllllc c-xfcut "a mcans m an cud." That is, the average number of suicides in the force (luruig the past six ytpglrs has been eight. ;\ demand has bccit itiadc- in the Citv (‘viuncil for a prubv I-t find out the ciutsc, Q \\hy so many incn swim to tnainlain law and order should be so anxious to escape the dis- charge of that duty. i! i l i Hon. Ernest Lapointc is not well Enough to gn t0 Winnipeg to rcccive the honorary dcgrce of LL.D. from the University nf Blanitoba to- morrow, but it is hoped will be able “to make" the House of Commons to hear his son 1n a maiden speech move the adpptinn of the address in reply to the Speech from the Throne. Such a happy occasion to a proud father will be lflirlll l! t0" 0f Ordmary medical stimulants and pick-me-ups." =0- : n: w \Vhat is meant by the “Fifth Column?" It re- fers to Cicncral Franco's dcclzuntiun p, me gpan. 15h \\ ar that his furccs wcrc fighting four cfinnnns of the enemy and a fifth column con- sisting of spies, traitors, intcriizttiotiztl commun- ISIS, ctc., who wcrc playing up to the c-ticmv. Since IlIPII. and (‘\[)CCl.'\ll_\' during the prcsciit Will‘ "Fifth Column" has bccn taltcn to tin-gm “ll [hggc who adversely criticize the attitude of the coun- try and evince a tcndcticy t0 intcrinuiotial toler- ance for her enemies, U I ‘ ‘

Let this be a warning. On .\l;1_v_15 Montreal City Council has falling due a $3.000,0oo re- newal of credit by the banks originally advanced in May last year as wcll as a pitblic issue of $3,- 949,500. Applicable to the latter obligation is a sinking fund accumulation of $312,204. On June I, another publis issue 0f $2,710,000 m4- turcs, for which sitikitig fund accumulation is $492,249. It is proposed that recourse be made to the imposition of a special lcvy on real cslatc to make up the deficiency. It has bccn estimated a lcvy of 9.2 ccnts per S100 of municipal valua- tion would have t0 be imposed on really to re- alize the diffcrencc needed for full payment of the loans.

a n- »- a

Reported yesterday from the battle front was the use of a new gas by the (iiertnatts, which was dropped in bombs over the fortress of Liege. From the description of the results, it is likely that the new gas is a strong concentration of nitrous oxide. It would probably not be effec- tive against the protection of a ‘gas lnaslc, cer- tainly not in the open air. Even in the last war, when the Allies were totally unprepared for this particular form of frigbtfulncss, German gas attacks proved a failure. The first one was suc- cessfully withstood by the Canadian Division a‘. St. julicn. The prolcctioti now afforded t0 sul- diers at the front gives tlicm a fighting chance against any form of gas that can be used in practical warfare.

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Hon. Mr. Euler's vacating of the Ministry of Trade and Commerce for a scat in the Senate has avoided the immediate necessity for divid- ing the portfolios of Transport and Supply, now headed hy Mr. llmve. It originally was intend- cd to give .\lr. A. hlaclxdnnoti the 'l'ransport Rlinislryg and allow .\lr_ lluwc to dcvotc all his citcrgics and time to spccditig up war supplies. Hut the death of Senator Lynch-Stauntott pro- virlcd a long sought opportunity of ridding the (fabittcl of .\lr. liulcr, who not lllfYCflllCIllly fnil- cd lo scc cye t0 eyc with the Prime Minister, and somctitncs inconvctiicntly said out loud what he thought. Mr. Euler is of the calibre that the Senate as a whole should bc-indcpctidcnt and C'IlI<lI'IlL‘ll\'€.

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Tbe lion. .-\nlhnn_v lidcti has no iluubls about the part Czntadzi and the other l)UI1'lllllOl'lS will ultimately play in winning the war. llo told the Nnliuitzil Dcfcncc Itucrcst Committee that when Ihc linlpiic training plan is fully ilcvclnpcrl ifs oillput of pilnls, obscrvcrs and gun grows would br- tiutnbcrcd in Illl! tons of thousands cvcry yrar. llc said the Empire war cffnrt was like “the upcwiittg bars of a sytnphruvv whose Ihcltie has l)<‘(‘II aurmunccxl but not clabornlcd. The war is cull-ring upon whztt all can recognize as an active pliusv," he wcnt on. "'l'ltc |)l‘ll|)l(‘§ of Ibc liflllsll (Vtmnirnnvcalllt mu-I now be bracrrl and prcpnn-d for Iltc stress of a harsh conflict. l-Ivcrv day the Empire war cffnrt is gathering new force. lt is" brginnittg In br‘ prrtvcrl beyond a sltiulriw nf doubt llntf it will be a factor r-f innncnw llllltliflilllCC in lllC achicvcmcnl of lllll-

Inutc victory."

NOTES BY TIIE WAY

Protest: have been pouring Into Toronto from motorists of QIIIBLO who charge uha-t a speed trap ex- isted on the Lakcshore bouicvard. Drivers perucularly resented the fact that no effort was nude w In- form them of nheir offence at the time it. occurred: the first. they learcnd of It being when a sum- mon; was received several days later. Most drivers expect to be prosecuted when they know.ng.y violate the speed 1am, but It is scarcely unreasonable of them to ask of the authorities that the lat- er notify them or the time the ot- fence oocurs. This enables a mo- Ionst conscientiously to say wheth- er or not. he Is gullay. Speed traps generally are condemned today an unethical pram-Ice In the enforce- ment of tine law, - Hanulton Spec- tutor.

Soldiers no more nerd Io be re- commended to road novels than do the vast army of subscription llb- rary patrons. The man of action likes bocks about other men of ac- tion. written. lf pcvssiblc, by auth- or; who are t-hctnselvcs mcn of ac- tion. That is why John But-hanks and Inn Hays novels are always so popular aunong the fighung forces. 'I‘hr:=llors are always calcu- lated to help us forget. our own present Lnouble. and we are lucky to live at a time when the “TIIETS of thrillers write so wivell. Geoffrey Households "Rogue Male" and Eric Amlblefs novels are typical of Iihe high standard achieved In the spy-sttory-tclling of our tune. as

ham and Agatha Cnivtlc are typical of the intelligence brought to boar on the “Tlllllg of detective fiction. And, lastly, there are the authors who make us Laugh. If ever a man deserved a doctorate 1t ls P. G. Wodehouse, for he almost. more than BJLVCIJIOI‘ living man, ha» the power to take us rgiit out of ourselves. lightly. And nrvcr have we fc-lt the nctd honest. ringing laughter so much as now. _ (S. P. B. Mzvs m The Jon-mat of the Royal scczety of

Tlvre Is an old story about ‘a . row in the gmlcrv of an 1:'.~.1 theatre. Sonic .\'1d'll(1l had m-

curred general azigrr, and was a congenial move to t-hrow hm over the pit. At. this crisis an urg- c-ntt voice from bclcw ‘was hnard shouting: “Fntft war te him! Kill a. fiddler with him!" Thfs “'85 DPT- cisely t-hc policy favored during the last. ivat" by Admiral Hull, uhen our naval Intelligence chief, with German spzes. He utmost shed tears Qf blood whenever one of these

tiscrfttl e-mlsmrics nus finally shot in t-‘he Tower. He used I-liem as channeb for misleading Informa-

I-lon. Apparently we are still pur- Lllllnlg these aclroit tactics with sime succesx. Before Izhe Queen Elzubchh left her Clyde berth, elaborate pre- mratlons were made at Southamp- ton for her reception. It 1s not a very wild gucrs that the Nazi ‘plane that bcmbcd the Dcmnla was ac- tually in wnli. fr-r n much more ambitious tarry. And this may also

explain Lard Haxv-Haws excited tircmise of big no to crmv. H15 lordship has side lipptd bmlly 1f

he was okpmunq to autiouzicc the sinking of the Qucnn Ehzxlaeth. — Londcn Csurncr. Oitswa Journal.

Whcn Germany pt-rpetrntrs n black fraud in the form of a White Bcok the contract bribwcien the contents of the volume and the Qstent-ntrlcus ptirity of tihc t-nic sir:- gosts that the latter has bccn

selected dohbevatelv. Mort-over lt 1!: ivatural to seek, as Mr. “lllllltig, has done. some significance 1n the titles of tho British

Blue Books. Ftrench Yellow Bcoks and others 1:1 the mnnv-ltitcd par- ade of diplctnntlc docummus issucd by the various Europrati govern- ments after a clam. The story of Ifhe "colored books" is tin int-trest- ing one, but color symbolism pLyvs a. very small part. In lt. Orlilinalll‘ these volumes were Int-Enoch to tic- quaizit the 10g ziturcw of the sav-

eral countries . h the Sllllf.‘ of foreign relait. and t-Qrk than" tltles—t-helr unofficial Litlcs, at

least-from the color cf Lhczr bid- lngs. Sometimes these colors were

canoe. as In the Netherlands, “hoe Orange. _ _ _

But the. British Blue Bonk. grimdduddy of them all and the only one not. connected to foreltm affairs. anmr@nt-1i' wwlvrd l“ azure cover for very practxcal rra- sons, The British brgnn pubitsh- ing Pnrhaanetvtnxjv pfilurrs as earl)‘ as 1641, and a German mstoran suggests that blue was cho en fr!" the color of the oovsvr because It had already proved economical. In early tiitmos. he pofnts out. BN0"? thn art. o!‘ bleaching bllll‘ Ffl-f-‘S Tm‘ paper titakltiu. was knmvu. snrli rugs were put aside for tho tnnnu- fachure of covets, ln which service tho-y proved useful. slnrc the blue paper dld not Mhow dirt. rcafliily- Once started. the custom "4 wltih true BritLsh conservatism. The practice of naming zrtvemmotit. books forr the color of the rover l! also an old one. In lint:- Mliddle Ages the mgilsteirs and account books of cities were often designated In this manner-Aha White Book of Lon- don. for example. and the RU Bmk of Wohnnr. -— New York Herald Tribune.

Here Is our chance Io help "I0 Allie: In a, practical. useful way.

We can take steps to enable Bri- Laln and France to sell us more of time goods which ll1£'_\' are pro- I dmclng In Inc-Ir fat-forms dcs-ntto the war. Thus WC can Insure tiht-Ir abllltv I0 buv from us all those supplies of farm products. mannin- ery and airplanes they must. have If they are to win. We can do II1e=e things hv lmmedlnte reduc- tion of tariffs tinder Ifhe trade treat-Ins. If necessary. Ccinrrrrss | should give Secrotarv Hull poww- tn cut Iw-lffs lmvcr than tho stafut~n' frft-y per cent. - New York Post.

II. In In he honed that the genlnx- Ical stvdtlo‘ undertaken by the nmvlnclnl dt-narImc-ttl. of mlnrs In

county will rr-sult In dlclrslnlz mmothlnpz of vn-ltre ln the wny of t mlncrnl dnpcsits. Formaflnns In "not. loenlltv have led some gro- lctzlsfs to stit-tnlse that izold-bmrltttz

tmv rate sound pout-y on t-he mrt I

mt~h examination nf that. and pos- sibly other areas where- discover-lei; mav be mnde ju~=t.1f_v1ng develop- ment work. Valuable mIneral-bear- In‘: rock may he found In nlmrxst overv sevrtlrn of the Island; the

ls enough to Jusufv deitnllled pros-

mmst-lcn Mwavs ls whether Ihr-nr pootlni. — Glace Bay Gazette. l

fifth column will column right from Cape Ifom Io Hudson Buy. There will be a thou- sand Dmizlgs all over this contin- ent. In such a plight. there would for 59°“ be sren the United Slates ‘and our- selves. or what ls loft of us, facing Eitropeati dictatorshlps In the pride and arrogance of triumph. I beg of 3-"5- my fvlloiv-rountiflvmen to think. We are right now ln a struggle which

Prcducts Marketing Act was troduccd d~ of‘ the Lea OI the Lcgis said bill. The stated sald blll was ultra vlrcs and

chosen for their national sgnlfi- ,

cclvcs this privilege must

he should be will

vcrv beneficial

MacDonald. Secretary ‘Teachers Federation, In his letter ln this morning's staIos that the "m"? lmllortatit. cog In any system of education," he does not go far enough. for of economic progress the question of affording the children of present

prevails Is Without a. much higher standard of education lt cannot be expected that the farmers. upon whose pm. duclng powers the future of the Island mainly depends. will avail themselves of the manv Important discoveries contlnually ‘being made

(Farm In Address by Rt.

I wonder If we who feel a certain

security because of the width of the Atlantic have any notion what. color o1 sun would rLae tomorrow 1f the Magmot Line were broken. the other day someone told and will be telling you almost any day of the week, that. we are all right. as we have the United States p» protect us. I do not feel all right. f.

Only me,

s not very long ago that. I read

an article by a former President. of the United States, In an Ameri- can magazine, in which he extolled the security of his nation and sand that should Europe go down, the task would so strain Germany that this continent. would be safe for a quarter century. Has he or have you any conception of the terms of peace In the event of a German vlctory? Can you imagine a peace which would exempt from domination one sitigle island such

war for us all? When fated by South America will be a thousand miles nemer the new war bases of the Reich than that continent ivlll be to the United Stat-es. Nazi orga- nizations all over thLs hemisphere will find fertile soil. of reason why dont we take a look at, stark realltleis and think? Can , , _ any person o Dormhl L‘ Sal-Wm‘ Margery Aumg imagine n Europe, an Africa, In the grip of Hitler, the one-time Brit- ish fleet directed from Berlin, and .1 free continent over here? Talk about wishful thinking! It is stupid.

the democracies In

of!

1n the Atlantic? Does not domination mean immediate ace ls cllc-

triumphan Germany.

In the name

567158

COIIIIIIOD

Before that hour strikes, the Nazi be a potverful

m1 only end In the collapse of our

civilization or ln victory for the

British Emplrc.

We fake victory for granted-far too much for granted. Just think of

PUBLIC FORUM

lfhln column h 0pm] l" ‘h, ilnuu by oorrupomlcllu of nueutlo a 0| Interns. Th: Chub llvlktown Guardian dun uul po- "IIIP"! ondorn Ibo onlnlonu of GOYIQIDOIIQIIIKA

NATURAL PRODUCTS BILL sin-Re letter 1n your Issue of

the 7th. It t t, ed b T, J, Klckham is an Sign y

A mu‘ lntlluled The Natuiral n- "ins the recent session lalure. Many members laturc were opposed to Attorney General

should not be passed. Later said

bill was amended and as amended ])Z\S._§'i‘_d the Lfiglfiliilllre wIt-Imut, 0p- position. It 1S nc-w a statute of the

provltice.

I trust. that as Mr. Kicklmm gains y-viirs and ‘experience lie may secure the blossom of an Increase 1n WlsdCDI.

Slr, etc

I am. WILLIAM HUGHES. SCurls, P. E. I. May l1. 1940.

FARMERS AND GARDENING

$lr.—At this season of the yenr all men and women with families are planning to plant, n. garden knowing ‘the advantages 9r some "I Suplllvlng ‘vcgetziblcs for summer as wvll as \\'lllI.(‘1' 115e,

There are many people who havg no‘. the means of putting in a gar. dvn an-d I was wondering wuetum the tictfcr class of farmers would b: willing Io give to the less for. H1110"- Wiw We anxious to have a 051th ofjlr-nd for gardening, a row 0r two in thtriy lllflllj) qr pomp, Ilfild. with the understandln that when the farmer l5 rush Mm “PYF- 111W to o ln. eta. and a siotnige of he p he could say to llls 1191911001" for whcm he provided a F1310?" "Ijvflnt vou Io come and llvl-‘lyr me with the hay today." “rue would be co-operatlon in

115 Wvfk that would be beneficial I0 bfitlh and “m: a boon It would be to the warty who otherwise would not have a, garden!

0f Course the party who re_ not. ex- Wct the owner 0i the laud go no‘. and Weed his vegetables, In fact,

n; to aslst the

farmer by hoelng

or weeding In

hl-s Daluto or turnip fleld.

I am Just. pnsslmz

Nation. on thls sug;

believing that 1i would

110ml‘ DFP-svnt rnodltlons we must,

all be ‘lll: m“ \\ 1151610 make some sacri-

around us.

f0!‘ benefit of those am. Blr. etc.

w. n. numvts.

Minister of Agriculture.

EDUCATIONAL REFORM

31Y.—When Mr. J. mgumyd

0f the P.E.I. Guardian teacher Is "the from the standpoint the generation n more en-

lghtetied school system than now of prime Importance.

n the flcld of aizrlculttire; and the

""19 11118 RPDlIes to the flsheiles and commerce.

If the Teachers’ Federation will

offer to the pubilc of the Province some really of the present school system, they gm delmcnd upon being llstetied to v urge t f . the Tarhr-‘valo dlsfrclt of Vlctnfin plp a Peru" age o our mo

constructive criticism

Take just one pnlnt upon which heir opInlo would 0e valued, vIz..

the rIzId a hcrence In the country dIsI-rlcls of the Island I0 the ob":- Iotc system of small school units. rock may hp found I-hcrc, It Is nt In which one poorly pnld teacher

s expected to Instruct the punils

of the department to make n tfltnr- In all lh-o zrndz-s In one room. in. stead of hnvlnz the pupils from lnrizr-r areas assvmlfe In buildings divided Into a number of rooms. each of them In charge of qualified teachers. nf the lnnclonuacy of this svsfem

Perhaps no better proof

lwn be zivrn than the fact that In ‘tflalnnd. where the tmnulntlon ls I55 time: that. of Prince Edward

I0 both partlc; 311115

Hon. Arthur Mdsheln)

tomorrow If the Maglnot Line cracked. Well, If I know anything, our lives from that day would be worth very little. This is the time to go out to wln. Every friend of llb- erty and decency should get under the flag and go otn. Let. me just. suggest that some moment a ytear hence, two years or longer, you hear over the radio that the dread hour has struck, that the line has broken, that the British Fleet. has gone down ‘In a storm of fire and a sea of blood. Where, then, will would be of such a world-rocking the leaders of Canada look for sal- vation? The twelve months to follow type that. none of us would feel that we were living on the same planet.

With all my falth In Bzltlsh tena- city, I pay trlbube to the gallantry and skill of the army of fiance. But. there Is a llmlt to all things mortal. You remember 1917, when France was hounded close Io the door of destruction. blood streaming from her veins, not far. not fan. from the breaking point. Thousands of Canada's sons went. through the Gethsemane of Passchendaele, but France was held together. Are you not thinking this might. Iiappen again? Some one has said that. we will win the war with guns and not. wlth men. When I sec tnllllons called to the colors In Britain after onfy seven mon-iths of war-when the voice of France's new Premier calls out for men and more men- when armies are gathering 1n the East. millions strong-when there are danger spots In the Balkans— don't tell me that we do not need men.

So far there Is nothing for us to boast. about. There Is a lot. we can do. We are a considerable country, but the people of the Dominion of Canada have to get some realization of the nature of this W81‘. We have not yet, put forth our strenzth or a fraction o! our strength. We need men. We need guns. We need muni- tions. We need everything, and everything else can stand aside untll this country wages wa‘: In ihc snlril. and with the mlaht that these awful times demand.

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Island. there are 35 schools. I am Slr. etc., ll. K. S. IIEMRIING. May 13. 1M0.

"COMPULSORY CO-OPERATION"

Slr.—In reference to your edi- torial on compulsory cooperation, may I ask since when has com- pulsory co-operatlon been introduc- ed Into P. E. I ?

There are many cooperators In P. E. I. who have s nt the ln-v. four years studying tie prlncfples of cooperation. an applied to 39 of the different. countries throughout tho world, whore cooperation has proven successful, and “produced the goods ”

Even hero on P. E. I. some pro- gress has already been made 81011’; cooperative lines.

Cooporatlon operating on Roch- dalc principles, docs not call for compulsion to become n tntmbz-r. It ls entirely the opposite. purely voluntary In nll respects. Thrnuzh the medium of Adult Education, study cfubs, and crcdlt. unions. tnany people of Prince Edward Is- land are learning the true facts a- bout. cooperation. Under the Rich- dale principles we opcrale tinder government, charter. our books are subject to inspection by a government auditor every month, and inventory ls taken every three months. Every member holding shares ls entitled to one vole. and one mily, irrespective of how mull)’ shnrcs he owns.

Perhaps some of our farmer members will be kind etmuzh to explain the meaning of compulsory cooperation. The word as I tinder- stand n. means obligatory, enforce- ed. and compulsive I lmve alw js been lead to believe that Canada was a free country. If compulsory cooperation ls nlrcadv 1n force. it ls surprising news to many coopera- tive adherents.

'I‘he people of Canada hardy need cooperation of a compulsory char- acter. Canadians have already proved to the world. during the years of 1914-1918 what. voluntaw cooperation can nnd did accomplish. ‘I'm- Canadian Army Corps Is a. strlklng example of voluntary co- operatloti. every member's talent. courage, loyalty and ab‘lit_v, welded Into one solid unit that carried Canada's name b0 the far corners of the world. That Is one form of organized cooperation for the de- fence of onefls convictions and ideals. LibvrI-y and Democracy

The same volunlnryt spirit of c0- operaflon that. enabled those- Can- adians to overcome scomltiuly im- possible odds, ls being used to help better their condlflmis of living hero In Canada today. Mnnv of our members served with the Can- adian forces and compulsion wns not necessary -dlscipllne was and Is what we want In cooperation to- day

I hesltafc to offer what the furm- ers. fishermen and common people of Mt. Stewart and surrounding vlclnltv have accomplished during the last. four years. We opened our Credit Union In June 1936. wIIh a. capital of $114, This has since been increased to over $7.000. Our membership numbers 285. The original $114 has been loaned out In a continual cycle of loan opera- tions that has swelled its loaning power Io over $40,000.

There are 43 Credit Unions op- erating on the Island today. And they are successful. Each one l link In a chain and that chain ls growing stronger every day.

Space wl‘! not nermlf. me Io g0 Info detail as to what has been ac- COITITIllSHPd here at Mt. Slmvau

The Cotisumt-rs‘ Cooperative SW1 opened Its doors for bitslness Ir. December I937. with loss Ihan n $1.000 capital. The first year's c .- eratlons amounted to ovrr $30,000 and last year's amounted to over 341.000 with the I'm-sent your show- In! n healthy Incrensv- to date, Ptesonf. stock. Inrludlnt: flour, seeds. and groceries amounts IQ nnpmxlmntclv $20,000. Our salon Ihls venr should reach close to 865.000.

That L: our bld for sin-cost: ‘It Is small In comnnrlson with h‘: busi- ness Interests, we realize. However we are only om- small zrotm. Thom are others. Let them tell their own storv. Slnce 1929 we have looked to b2: Interests to nroduce the woods By no stretch of the Imagin- ation can I see where they have made any urea: success of If, un. less you care In Itvsludp war nrd- ers. 1n that. respect. I will tzrant thev have made rxcollctit headway.

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HAY 14. 1940

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three enemies: fin, tbqft, Ian.

‘Fhete are literally hundreds of articles which deserve such protection. Here are just a few:

Insurance Policies Citizenship Paper:

Mortgages Service Papers Leases Coin Collections Deeds Agreements Heirloom: ' jewellery

Bonds Patents

Stock Certificates Marriage Certificates

Birth Certificates

The rental of a safety deposit box is negligible

--merely a cent or two a day.

BANK 0P MDNTRBM.

ESTABLISHED 1817

MODERN, EXPERIENCED BANKING SERVICE . . . . tb: Outcome of 122 Yum’ Sucrwfil! 011mm?!» . . . I

I. B. BELCHER, Manage:

ll’ a gajeiy Equal‘ Bum

Whether you are n large owner of securities o: just have a. few precious valuables, you need the protection of a safety deposit box against

their own private Interests, many cooperutors have personal sacrifices for the good of the cause. That would be hard to value 1n terms of finance.

Too long has the average farmer placed all his eggs In one basket. About all he has 10ft, in some cases Is the gut. That is all he saved from the e828. and they were placed In cooperative baskets either. r The Island Cooperative have a plan. backed by a thorough irnder- standing of the meaning of cooper- ation and the dctcrmlnatlon to s00 the work through.

Mt. Stewart. P. E. May 9. 1940.

"compulsory co-opcrnuon" was In connection with tiual Products Marketing Act. minted out editorially om May 8, the success or otherwise of Important. legislation will almost who1‘_v on the wisdom ex- hlbltcd by the Govmwnncnt. In draft- ing and approving the regulations to be enforced. and appointing the right- tyoe of men to constitute the Board. But there can be no ques- Ilon as to the compulsory nature of

storing or marks-ting or tho regul- ated product. must and pay a license fee. When the law comes Into effect. by the con- stitution of a board or boards of control and the passlnlz of regula- Ilons bv order-ln-councll, than no one not llcensed may engage buying and selling. shlnpltig for sale, or transporting In any man- ner agricultural or ducts. under penalty of a fine of not_less than $25 or more than

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