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glut-im- l”\ 1W1 c- (llullllll again M! l“! far-t S: ‘.11 - l lLllzt» 111 l1.‘ t-iiriiilirktiil for some \c-;'\' .p1~ \.-l\ trill 111i i-‘lllC friend. 0r fl'lt‘ll\l\, 1i l1 lll \\1~ ll.l\L‘ 1111f visited for some 111111". ll v.1- 1‘i1i'l \i~.1 1111111. fliixrcrs (IYC .'il\v:i\'s lll 1ll\l\‘l' null .1 1' i'\ iilicr 1'11" curd llCllh fur llltllL‘ ll:.1li 1-111‘ 111 t think. lll ziny case, lct lllllxt‘ >lllll" ls l\llll\\' ilicy are not for- gotten, cvcn i l 1l11 llilYt‘ t11 watch life front a l111.;1 l wt 111- :1 \\llt‘('l-Cll1'\ll‘. lf otlr shut-in friends c n ‘\‘ll 1111.1 :1 l1§l—with our kind help-

tlicn lct 11-; st-c ii they can go for a drive; that is a riire lrcut for iiiziiiy. Ur, if we can, take tliciii to the liiilriiing church scr\‘ice—s0nie Of the clitlrclus ZlTC li.'i\'ing something speci for the sick foil. on. tlic first fundny 0f lune. .lak- ilig Flitlt-ilrs lluv a rcw happy day for t\v0 friends will b1‘ one of tlie happiest days in our experience, t11<1_ \\'¢=_ will not wait till next lune to repent the experience. but will help to flilfil the real pilrpn-e -1f Shut-iifs Day-to make life happier for the sick and the disabled, both vet- eran and civilian, every dav of the year.

Dr. Croteau’: Departure

There will be general regret felt at the de- parture of Dr. j. T. Croteau and Hrs. Croteau, who leave today for San Antonio, Texas, where Dr. Crotcati intends returning to the teaching profession. Their departure from Prince Ed- ward l>liilifil has been influenced largely by the fact that hlrs. ("roteau has not been in good health, and removal to a warmer climate has been deemed advisable.

The many tributes to Dr. Croteau's efforts in the development of co-operatives and credit unions in this Province, paid at the banquet tendered in his honour on Tuesday night, were indeed well tileritetl. He is a recognized auth- ority on these subjects, and his zeal and ability to inspire enthusiasm and give leadership are no lcss niarkcd tlinn his expert knowledge. His place will he llllld to fill, but he leaves with the satisfaction of knowing that he has performed work of the first importance to the people of this Province, and particularly to our farmers 1nd fishermen, who are the chief beneficiaries under the co-operzttive movement.

Mr. Bracken On Farm Prices

Hmr, lohn l-lrnckcifs plea for lifting food price ceilings to a level with the prices of com- nioditics which our farmers have to buy, did not win Liberal support in the House 0f COmmOIIS- Nevertheless it will be understood and appreci- ated througliotit the country. There was a lengthy flCltZilC on this subject, but the points raised by .\lr. llriickcn remain unanswered.

Th; Conservative leader proved conclus- ively hi| first point, namely that farm produc tion is going down in Canada, not up, despite the crying demand for food in Europe and elscwhcrc. lProiii juiiiiziry t0 MafCh 0f llliS year, as compared with Ianuary to March of last year, our production of butter showed a drop of 18 per cent; our production of factory Qhggge §l\fi\\‘(‘1'l a reduction of 33 per cent; our production of concentrated milk products a re- duction of 9 per cent. The number of hogs slaughtered Sll'\\\‘t‘(l a decline 0f 5° l)" 59m compared with 101.4 and of 33 per cent coni- pared with 191,5.

Adding 11p flit; lolul DrOdUCIiQII of cream- cry butter, factory cliccsc, concentrated milk products, dressed iveiglit of inspected slaughter of livestock products, iiicltldim 1101s, Cattle, calves, shccp, and laulbs, .\lr. Brad“!!! SlIOWHi that in rot; the 111ml produced was, in round figures, 2,000 million pounds. in I945 it was 2,700 million pfilmtls. The figures for Iauu- ary, February and .\larch,of this year as com- pared with tlic some period last year and the year before arc still more disquieting. in I944 the total was 710 million pounds; in I945 it was 632 million pounds, 11nd in 1946 502 million pounds; a rcdilction this year of 30 per cent as compared with two vcnrs ago and 20 per cent as compared with lzist vczir.

Mr. Bracken pointed out that the Policy of the Government with respect to price ceil- ings in the early yczirs of the war had been to fasten upon agriculture a level of prices 2o per cent bclow parity. and it remained that way for sonic ycrtrs. 'l'hrotigl1 constant pres- sure some price ceilings have bccn raised from time to-time, but generally speaking these changes came too late. In the meantime there have liceii silbstantial price increases ‘In raw

> material,‘ machinery, and other farm produc-

requirements. ln wholesale prices Mr. Bracken showed that the index lids been rising every month

tion .

Jincc September of last year, with the rate of

becotnin ‘steadily greater. For the past nrltlis i_ tent! in wholesale _prices is ’ ’ to tifd average rate of increase “toAOCtobQr, I941, before the

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than doubled over I939, and they are 4o per cent more than in i943.

“That is the point I wish to make," Mr.

Bracken said. "namely that this policy has dis- Collmfled DFOClUCIiOn and that it is creating an inequity that this HOuse ought not to allow, an inequity which affects; great section of the rural population. Another evidence of this fact is to be found in the small increases intro- dl-Kfid by the government since this motion ap- peared oii the order paper. It will be suffici- ent to mention only a few of them: The re- moval of the two per cent consumer subsidy on milk; the proposad removal in September of the producer subsidy of 55 cents per 100 pounds; the temporary increase from 35 cents to 55 Cents per hundred until September; the increase of four cents a pound on butter; an increase on 11025; an increase of l0 cents a hundred iust the other day 0n milk entering iiito the produc- tion of cheese; and an increase of 8 cents a hundred on milk used in the production of cou- centratcd milk products. Those are the minor increases that have been given t0 this great industry, while costs all along the line have been going up. That, together with the fear in the farmers‘ minds that later on prices are not going to be so good, is the reason for the abandonment of farms in this and other parts of Ontario. It is causing the farmer to say, ‘if we cannot make a little more otlt of this than we put into it. we will slow up until conditions get better.’ \\'ith fariii labour difficult to get. with ftirni labour liighcr in price. with oiilv zibotit one out of five of the boys who left the farms during the war to go into munition work at high pay coming back, with farmers growing older and finding these difficult labour condi- tions to face, not having the same patriotic im- pulse t0 produce that they had dllring the war, many are not now feeling the necesstiy of put- ting their shoulders into it as they did, and the result is decreased production." Failure to formulate a long-range agricul- lural policy is a maior ndictment against the King Government. and One of the strongest which could be brought against any adiilinislra- tion at this time.

— EDITORIAL NOTES —

Union Day—South Africa's equivalent of Dominion Day. ' e a 1v n1 U. S. rail strike and coal strike are settled; it remains now to have Canadzfs Seaman's strike terminated to let us go forward with much needed developments in trade and industry. i I i l!

The old-fashioned, religious peasantry of England still believe in the efficacy of prayer. Farmers who worked all morning carting water from English lakes gathered in village churches at night to pray for an end to an eight-week drought. Rogatiou Sundziy-—tli¢ fifth Sunday after Easter set aside by the Church 0f Eug- laiid for blessings on the season's crops—-was devoted to special entreaties for rain.

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Mr. john Strachey, the new British Min- ister of Food, comes of a long line of literary and educational geniuses, and is himself a iourual- ist and author, being editor of The SOClGIfSI Re- t-ietv, and writer of about a dozen works of a social and economic description. His father, the late John St. Loe Strachey, was .a dis- tinguished editor of The Spectator, London, and his aunt, Miss loan Strachey, principal of Newnham College, Cambridge.

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Mrs. George Black, 8o, whose husband is Conservative member of Parliament for the Yukon, attributes her good health and grasp on youth to honest toil and spicy temper. “If you have these, then nothing in the world will bother you," she said in an interview at Winni- peg. "If you can see the ioke on yourself and not take yourself too seriously, and don't ex- pect too much from the world, you get along

pretty well." n1 a a n-

Walt lVliiltilan, American poet, born this day at Long Island; was editor successively of The Long Islander, Brooklyn Eagle, Burton Freeman; wrote unrhymed and irregular verse of striking power; publications, Leaves of Gran, Drum Tapr:

Away with themes 0f war! Away with war it- self !

Hence from my shuddering sight t0 never more return that show of blackenkl, mutil- ated corl, es; '

That hell tinbent and raid of blood, fit for wild tigers or for lop-tongued wolves, not reasoning men.

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Vigorous protests were made against the temporary suspension of wholesale price ceil- ings on rcd and blue brands of beef, without benefit of a corresponding suspension on retail prices, at a meeting of Saint lohn retail meat dealers at the offices of the Retail Merchants’ Association. Telegrams of protest were sent to Hon. J. L. Ilsley, acting Prime Minister; D. King Hazeri, K.C., M.P. for Saint john- Albert, and Donald Gordon, chairman of the Wartime Prices and Trade Board, pointing Out that it is impossible for the retailer ‘to absorb the losses resulting from the lifting of whole ceilings. It was pointed out at the meeting that the retailers had welcomed price control at its in- ception realizing that without this there was

grave danger of inflation. They appreciated that supplies would not have been as fairly dis- tributed as well as they were without this con- ltrol. in in effort to “do thefr on towards winning the war." speakerr stressed, they wil- llnglv carried on the task of handling coupons.

pperating from price charts. explaining to the

public when coupons were due and when they expired, alsothe value of them. This entailed extra hours of work for the retailer and added costs through the acquisition of extra help with no expense to the consumer. It was emphas-

ized that the retlllcf did not receive any re- muneration‘ but we: forced to pay idditional overhead.

Tens strawberries ere being flown to Canada by air freight The local vuirlety my be high, mo, since the ceiling on prices new been removed. -Brontfond Expositor

More and more volcel no being added to the demand for an BJDGHCL ment to the Crtuiinal Oode which will nuke parents cul le for the deaths 01 Children i l alone in their homes It 1s urged ma]; than iruilty should face tirlol for mim- slflllxhter. There undoubtedly should be such a law. but even that WOUiO not so far enough. mobility should not occur only a; n mt- am)’. A charge should lle against any parents who leave children un- protected Ln their homes, even l: no fire out What we want. l8 not mere punishment for tho trfltlic death of infants, but, m. ventlon of the rpmiitions w lzn mvlte lt. —Wlndsor Star.

The reason that Europe“; chic-s are cleaner than ours ls that me People ln those cities as individuals have more respect for their streets and Dllrks, and abhor, more 111,3 we abhor on this c-jntlnent. any kind of waste. No irlecnnnical gong-iv. anoes can keep streets and parks clean when lndividuals 1115151 on K9591"! them dirty by throwing things on them. Al; least, l: thgye B" BHY- "Ivy haven't appeared on the maiket That we should be per. sonally scrubbed ond by the latest personal aids should never dnowvthe eye from public pride to individual conceit. _- gunman Spectator.

Most motorists’ would like to give

a l"! l0 PODle ivho are forced to seek 83915 ante Lo got, from gng place to another But mgtoytgfg

cannot be blame-i if they refuse to do so: they would be taking too “will B 11115-1106; for it ls certain that, with the general increase in Crime. these will be an increasing tendency to resort to this easy method of theft and holdup. There is only one safe rule for motorists to f01low—re.fuse to pick up civilian hitchhikers under any circumstances Unfortunately, many honest hitch. hikers will suffer l.f this rule ls ftélléwvrtebdx bkut iriotorlsts cannot .i.f- a e a. chance. —Kln stun “Till-Standard. g

Among the Anthropods (species 01‘ fflmllyiroup name) can be found a creature that: milks about (m this earth Without like support o: any kind of internal skeleton. This sreature ls more commonly caller:

izcanddaddy longlegs" and can n1.- seen crawling about ln the mast; or W°bbl1Il8 along on its elongated stilt-like legs. Members of 1,113 species have jointed pendages or lBlcs of some type. an the surface 0f the body ls covered with a sec- retlon called "cnltln" whlcn hard- ens on contact. with the air. It is this covering formed by t-he chum which supports 1.111». organs of the bflrh/ and makes locomotion Doaibls -—F‘mm Forest dud Outdoors.

In o world that seems u; he given over to stifle and suspicloli, a simple thing like a barn-raising ca-n restore our itiltli in the human race When 36 neighbors of Mir Adolph Armstrong gathered at nis farm near South Woodslee and worked like 'I‘t~o1'ins all day to p21‘, up his burn, they were demonstrat- ing that the heart cf humanitv stl‘! beats true. Flor Mr. Armstrong ls blind He has nor allowed his handi- cap to interfere with hi5 usefulnesS, but. stlll opernteshls farm. His dls- Dlfly 0f courage 1n the face of ad- versity has won for him the admir- ation of his friends. which was ex- emplified ‘in tlicu- neighborly act The world ls not so bad a plzw: after all, when such things can 1111mm -Pmm Windsor star.

Already we find that many nf the more BCCESSIlrlQ bodies of water which were favorite resorts qt untri- ers 1n past yearn because of their adecéuate resources no longer qual- ify or such designation. indeed, in not a few cases they pm shunned by anglers, or visited only as a last. rtsort, because may have been vir- tlually “fished ottt." The some thing niust inevitably happen to other lakes and streams if additional re-

rtctlons are not. used. Many a lake or rive-r 1n which the am? fish Population l: steadily uecl nlnr; 1B Hllfflldy in nocu u! a rest from anglers. These bodies of water urg- entl require closing to all fishing ll’ t ey are to he given B. chance to survive As time grasses, the numoer of thme places, impoverish- ed of fish. mim increase unless sounethl ls done and soon to furnish an with relief. —lBm<#- ville Recorder and ‘limes.

Reflection on “hat an admirable Chief Scout "Mm 1y" would make ls almost inevitable after n visit to his new care-van home at. Hlndhead. A friend who has Just come back 1mm vtsltlns the field marshal tells mo he fcurid him well buttoned up tn a. sort of British warm, finding the present ooki sna e bit of 11 change. pleerbaps. from c Aft-lean desert.

has mode the three caravans that. were his home and workshop during the war into e country home were I suspect he intends to spend more than the conventional week- end Inside the camvan tn which he works there are three prunlnent photographs, reflecting presumably a military epxprltlsement, 0f his chief opponents the war. Th sir.- Psommel, whom he always sired to meet, Mlodnl Kesaelrtng nMvmyn tlnct. and my lz-lend with him a clel htful p the field marshal stlrrln

Thin column la open lo

tin discussion by oorro

woodcut: of quootloll oil idem-t. n» cluricmwwn l Gunrdlu does not ueoonmr l ti: undone the opinion of - onrreopoudouh. ‘

SOCIAL SECURITY

81r._ Social ‘security cannot be bought "By the swcait. of thy brow shalt: thou earn thy (hilly bleed". Social security cannot be guaran- teed without the loss of sometlnn that is much more valuable an that is personal liberty. We have heard so much about freedom from fear and fxeedan from want. that

and even desirable.

Supposing the gpiaeirrmient dig owe wag man a vng and oou. uellver e goods what better off would we be? As d matter of history and of common sense the govern- ment owes no men a living. ‘The government owns nothing ut the building ln which lt works. when it does work and that belonzs to the peo le

The ess the government inter- fers and lnbervens tn business and the more the individual is free to exercise ALAS own initiative the better, Rugged individualism and not hampered paternal seems to be the secret of survival where democratic institutions are allowed to function

The sooner ocslnes under our democratic capltnlirs-tlc set up is free to expand and free from un- necessary and arbitrary restrictions the sooner we will get buck to n normal way of Living again.

It is the privilege of government to regulate, not to dictate. When bureaucracy undertakes to bell our captains of industry how business should be managed it ls treading on dangerous ground If there were more of our ca tains of ln- dustry ln our legislat ve chambers the stuation would be different.

Industry, trade commerce at the present moment. are so h-ampered by the Vshort slaihtednesa of the phetocmtie. the criminal stupidity of many 01f their lenders and the reluctance of the govern- ment to govern that creeping par- alysis threatens to destroy the work of centuries.

The socialists lmve e remedy 'I'b1e'y would ll uldote the capitalist. They would over the complete control p! lndustryl and put the name o evelrv ab e-bodled man and woman on the payroll “From each lwoordlng to his ability and to ewh. aowrdlng to his need“ There is social security for you; flodslilglglredthat even a child can

n e .

Aoross the Ahlantle the mother p: ipagllarziepgs. under a socialist ' m, a resen m s irllztrlatlng social Dsecitrltty, iigitiirrifial- lzlnz the mines. liquidatlng the capitalists, and at the some time llqlllfirttlng the British Empire. Just how withdrawing from Ekyvt 11nd the Seuz Canal and leaving grill: by themguck rigor 1,? going

crease . wor ’s c reedom from fear is not at once apparent. {ibandmiingnfillridfij 12nd the Medl- errariean ii re n n and Slngtaipore d; riding stigma tlgorfiff. into the some olotute. Bur. perhaps fin‘ tub; pear future our socialist rei n Br tutti will, in the in- terests of collaboration with Chino. and Japan, abandon Singapore and the East as they see-m to be folding up 1n the west.

Over here 0n this side of the At-lalntlc the Opnadian ori- wea th Fcdcirat on ulte an elaborate and hlghlyadliilleresti-ig

11in of soclnl security all ready to aunch on the innocent and unsus- pecting public Social-ism again inf oral ii tillguidittaketlliiuu 1612"‘ r0 o n us wo re ve ttiiehpsapltallst ego tilts ‘property and o pocket o _ lstrlbute the profits of Industry smoothlv and efficiently through every hamlet and ev parish from the Atlantic to the aclfic It looked so good and seemed so ocsy that. even the coo was impressed t something rig. and the thing bélld 1120b materialize I must not a wed tc material as lt. would disturb the “status quo" and shake our cherished party system to its very foundatlorgilt And so to make a. long story sh the Donldnlon of Canada has launched its own social setiuirtty e. Dare fie ifligttliipmzvsorg‘ Dhgnt ion? And e vs m- grnmrue guaranteed to provldd fiftee- dmn from fear and freedom from