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iiin other areas; in some a fourth species, the Japanese silka deer, is also at large. Moreover, since deer are essentially wood- land animals the planting of forests by the Forestry Commission has proved an addit- lional aid to their spread. In some places they have increased to become something bot a nuisance to both farmers and foresters. ;Some local reduction in the number of deer 7has then been necessary. though not always icasy to achieve, since the best instrument for their humane and efficient killing is the '-lriflc, which is not a very safe weapon in " the l-Inglisli countryside.

President nnd Annotate Isilitui-,' Ian A. Burnett. Associate Editor. Frank Walker.

(ilR(fl'I.A'I'l0N "Covers I'riiice Eilivard Isliiiiil like the dew"

"The Strongest Memory I! Weaker Than the Weakest Ink". '.-....i.u.-rm.-us.rm-cam ' ':rVI-2712. 9. In-7'-'37

Head Of The comnicnwealth

EDITORIAL NOTES Elizabeth is Queen of Canada as llllfm N father was King of Canada and she was so; proclaimed at Ottawa. In addition the pro- clamation, like those given in Britain and the Dominions, hailed Her Majesty as Head of the Commonwealth.

The new title takes account of the ex-7 lstencc of republics within the family of 1.-mmw. is forging ahead slowly The Commonwealth nations, whose constittitioimnew p1.mm(.1.' M Edgar F-am.c' got a V015. precludes them from accepting Elizabeth aslof Confidome in the National Assembhv Queen but who nevertheless are Linxi'illitiglahm- (hype wccks in office. to sever their ties with its other membersm i . '

Repliblics l-mm”. he. CO.r.nn-mimiez-mh r.na'V It is not yet known whether joint church seem something of .1 contiadiction in iCIlllS,L '. m I . . S '1 V.” b h Id but changing forms cannot destroy senti- ff-l1'”C0” lmv mm: 10,115 . led en! meiit. to say nothing of practical statcs- in H10 011) it” it” (I) J -0 W3 33'

. .mourninr'. mansln p. ”

The noble 25-year-old Queen in

Tnlnnrmw, Scptuagesima. 0 G 0 Dark ties have been given place to by the bright ones for the duration of the

week of special mourning. I I O

l in n o ” ' rap 7 Somme"t:1aE:;;f:S Are we making progress? Sure! We . - . . . .- m the pl-ivy Count-jllllal'C now cattle ranching and sheep hus- (m0n.0r . (wfwsbrm (-mhm0,m-(qhh and ii,-lbaiidry in addition to our dairy. mixed Rum” W” or W ( -farming. and hog industries. Plenty room

Hpad ifor initiative and industry.

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Slight case or Bureaucracy . F- l The New York Times reports exper- -I-hc professed aim of Quamys 10p..i.ments indicate that flies may -readily heavy Central Mortgage and Housing Cor- Journey 85 much as a mile. :l”htehimplic,a- poration is to make it easier for people of;t10ns so far as intei est in mole .an onus modest means to acquire homes, Thogelininiediate neighbourhood are obvious. who have had occasion to avail themselvcsi 0 o e of the services of this Crown Corporationm .1-hc Canadian Press compiled a Selection -Someiimcs W0”d9i' Whem” the bad o1d'iof newspaper editorials on the death of "the fashioned Wa.V 0i doing business lWiI”m'”fiKiiig and forwarded them to London. Sim- 0iiHWiV5 Wild" 15'” RH" "” '1 "m" 0 ilarly. the CBC forwarded records of the r'imP1C1'- ltributcs of the Federal Prime Minister and Consider. for example. llllfclpllgtllll of oiiemw pI,(,nm,l.S of the p1.m,mcE.S. home-owner in a certain ariime com-. . . .. mUfliT.V WITCY0 housing is Scarce" He had: Sunday night there will be a partial a large house and was anxious to convert atcchpsc of me moon. The eamhvs rounded portion of it into a self-contained apart-ishadow Should have a ruddy hue The merit. The nearest office of Central 'lVIort-Imoon enters the penumbra at 5:05 hm; gage and Housing provided him with ahhe Umbra at 8:03.. maximum eclipse 3-39; packet of literature on the merits of amleaves Umbra 9:15; and fmahy the fun ih0mC 0'-"lVC1'5i0" low" to finmgc the iO!I1a:lllOOll emerges from the penumbra at 11:12. templatcd structural changes. c was 0 l to make the application directly through his

own bank.

I O Q 3 Sir Vincent de Ferranti, British scientist ., ltold a meeting of Ontario Association of The bank n1HIl'rlg01' "as t'0'?pe1'atM:' Professional Engineers that Britain's electric BL” he lacked the necessary f.0lmS'. y3(i'.power grid is being expanded, and it is hop- peated calls to CMHC local offices ieyea -med soon to Set up generators nearer to coal ad the fact that they, too, lacked the iieerl-mdeposhs man at present He Said that in "d f0”"S' CMHC undertook to get t1.mmibi-ain-power Britain is keeping pace with the (mm Ouawa. A m.0mh elapsed rheillnited States development of electronic forms ”"('1' a”'"'Cd' Fmanyi the barlk maul icomputers. He showed a b60,000 compliter 3.9-'9” Seclifad 3 Sit ffgllhf 3:13;: l3f;:liv'hicli plays a simple mathematical game ilmce I” r 0” ma ' C. 3 lthat it invariablv wins. I the lawyers, the home owner finally com- ” . - is and they were sent glCt.aiCi1:iClf2i'mappi'oval. -That was sixi The plan, now withdrawn, to divide mar- weeks ago. The applicant is still waitin;:.hried serviccnien's pay into two cheques. The housing unit that he wants to con-mono for the husband and one for the wife, struct remains unbuilt. What he says about V, was undoubtedly Dfompied by the hiirdlshlp CMI-IC is not flattering to the efficiency of of a few wives whose husbands. declined doing business with the Government. . to make sufficient voluntary assignments. Another man in the same comniunityfFh,ere is much t.o'b.e said for having such also wanted to convert part of his house a compulsory division but after all the

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,nto apartments. He went to see a I0(."rll.IClllllS on which the servicemen joined up,

hortgagc c0n1p;u1y, The arrangements must he kept in mind. .vere completed and the necessary funds v '- 0 Forthcoming within a week. The new aDi11'ir The report of apparent molybdenum de- ncnt. he is building is almost completed. fjcicncy m market garden areas near Char. Central Mortgage and Housillfl C01'D0i-1' lottctown is a reminder that other trace lion has, of course. aCC0mDii5hCd S0m0ihi".'1- elements may also be deficient in particular its two million dollar llcadfll-l?1l"""5 hlindl"-'1 locations. The note that liming makes the in Ottawa is near completion. molybdenum more available to plants also 1....-J” jprovidcs a hint. of the cause of condition. he" Mummymg in 3'-ital" lThc recommendation of the Plant Pathology . Science Service to apply sodium molybdate The recent. spread of deer in Britainywiih iii? iCIliiiiZ0l' Seems L0 be the m0-5i notes the London Times is one more cx.isatisfaclory answer for the areas concern- :-imple of how niutable a thing is the bal- Pd- ance among the various forms of life in m given area. The main controlling elements Our certified disease free potatoes tra- in this case are fairly evident. One, ai;vel some. Last year. for instance, the least. of them goes back several centurie.-t.i destinations of our experts were: U. S. A.

to the extermination of the wolf, whichl (26 States) 2.380.896: other Canadian left deer without any predatory animal--,Pi-ovlnccs. 737,030; Cuba. 170,053; Chile, "except manmto limit their numbers. In or- , 36,705; Jamaica, 27,190; Israel. 24,749;

der to protect his woodlands and arablcivonezuela, 5.499; Union of South Africa, crops man had, therefore. either 10 kill 0iit3.365: Haiti. 666; British Honduras, 55. To- the deer or to confine them 10 P8FkS- Thus. tal, 3.386.208 bushels. Florida was our big- in most Of England, It was only in walled gust customer with a consignment of 814,. or fenced parks that any deer were to be 436 bushels. while even the potato state of found during the prosperous period which Maine took more than 51.000 bushels. ended in 1914 or soon after. with the ' t " break-up of the great estates, and the Lord Carson of Duncairn. Irish states- break-down of the park fences, the deer man. was born this date 1854. A Queen's soon began to percolate back into the c0un- Counsel at both the Irish and English bar, fryslde and establish themselves. he advanced to high place in various Con- This escape was. in fact, going on even servative Governments. He campaigned before 1914 in some places, and deer were against Home Rule, but after the First living, for example, in woods on the Sur- world War he agreed on dividing N. E. rey-Sussex border at least 50 years ago. Ireland from the rest of the country. He

mt the process was much ac- became a lord of appeal in 1921. Carson's celera . about 1939 Lord Wlnterton

musical bi-ogue, commanding presence and said that all three British species of deer

magnetic appearance made him one of the ....;-.;d, fallow, and roe-were to be found most formidable yet aittractlve legal orator:

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GUARDIAN. (II-lARl.()TTE'Ii()mVVN

To Lighten Th; Weighty Mantle.

PUBLIC FORUM

This column is open tn the discussion by correspondent: of questions of interest. The Guardian does not necessar- ily endorse the opinion of correspondents.

ROAD IVORK CCMIMENDED

Sir,-T-here are many complaints about bad roads: but I wish to speak about good roads; and con- gratulate Messrs. snowie and Macxay for the way they keep the roads open in their district. it means a lot to travellers to have the roads. not only passable but to have the snow plied back, so that when melted the fresher. will run in the ditches. Theirs is a day and night job and not an easy ohe I am. Sir. Clc.

W. O. MYERS Stanley Bridge, P. E. 1.

PROPOSED AIHENDMENT T0 GOVERNMENT ANNUITIES ACT

Sir,-The institution of Life Insurance fully approves the 340 a month pension payable since January 1st. without a means test, to all Canadians on reaching age 70, as they are universal in scope and do not discourage enterprise on the part of individual citizens to better their lot. either by earning or sax-liig money.

On the other hand, the Life Underwriters take strong excep- tion to the proposed amendments to the Annuities Act to increase the inaxlmum amount of annuity pron-iirablc from 51200 to 52400, and authorizing the introduction of cash values.

It would appear that when Bill No. 23 was iiitrocluccd. neither the members of the Government. nor Ili:mbCl'S of Parliament genci- ally, fully iealizcd the real signi- ficance of these two provisions in the Bill.

The o:lginal intent of the An- nuit.es Act was to offer contracts at less than cost. ill the hope that it would em-ourag.c and assist

vldc for their old age. The bulk of annuities, however. have been purchased by wcll-lo-do

V lllln incl. ll ismily

a::-, 45 himself age! ;:orcl'lllii0nl annuities able a:. 63, and guaranteed for 10 years. even up to the present lim- it of 51300 cacti. would be requir- ed to pay an animal lll'Cll'Ilul'll oi sI.17l.GS. Assumlni: that he put 10 percent of his income into this annuity purchase, he would have to be in receipt of an income in excess of 511,030 per annum.

The Gmci-nmcnt rates are sub- sidized and since 1908 the people of Canada have absorbed not only all ndmlnistrativc costs. bill also largo 10:59:. For the fiscal year ending (list March. i551. the pub- lished figures or administrative costs show that these costs reach- ed the substantial amount of t'7.52,3u':S.C0.

During the same year a further 36.39.786.09 was contributed byine taxpayers toward the mainten- ance of annuity fund reserve. During the fiscal year 1948-9 the amount contributed by the tax- payers toward Lhe maintenance of annuity fund reserves actualiy exceeded ten million dollars.

Any expansion of the activities of the Government; in the annuity field could only result in 9. sub- stanlial increase in the amount of the subsidy.

The late Hon. W. S. Fielding remarked in the House of Com- mons on March 12. two. that "it was never intended that this should be if scheme to compete with insurance companies."

are playing I vital role in ulc- guardtng the dependents of Can- adian liomes and in mobilizing savings and using these sax-Lngs to finance many important pro- yteata. Iutlior than encroach fur-

pcople of moderate means to pro-'

iiidivid-I

uals or corporate buyers of pen-i sioii plans.

to buy for. .-ind his wife (of the 5.-unc- any-v

'I1ie life insurance compsnlu

Even the to-below zero weather over the North has not. been able to cool of! wine of the "hot." stor- ies that emanated from a conven- tion of outfitters at North Bay. The delegates heard how wolves have lcarned to guard against airborne hunters and are teaching their young to beware of all aircraft. We don't believe the story. Using an aircraft. last March. two south Dakotanrbagged 22 wolves in two days on lakes in the Sioux Lookout district. when wolves are on the hunt they usually follow deer out on a. frozen lake despite the pres- ence of an airplane.-tsudbury Star.)

It may well be that the chief reasons why a young man leaves the farm are the higher cash wages paid in the city. the definite and shorter hours of factory and of- flee. and the near-by social con- veniences: but there are other reasons too. One old farmer put it. in these words: "The eternal, tyranny of the livestock." By whlchl he means that a dairy herd must; be milked twice a day seven days 8 week. and that few farm boys or even hired men like being tied down to such a hard and fast rule. (London Free Press.)

A proposal fnr xlving names with historical significance to (it- lawa's streets is now before the Board of Control. and deserves the closest consideration. It is only as the Capital of Canada flint Ottawa has much signif- iicance. In the naming of streets. mthls should be given I "' ation.

Vxrterics might be named after the

provinces. as a number of Wash- iington streets are nnmed after in- ldivlclual slates. Great Canadians, lwhatevcr cities they lived in. -should have their place. Streets

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fther in the field of private enter- yprlse, the Government should be: ,x-eslrictlng the operations of ital, ;Annuity Branch to it bare mini- mmu-m. as the introduction of the S4000 pension to all Canadians, attaining age 70 refutes all iirgu-l ments for the Government to: compete with private enlci'prls:.! at less than cost, and at the p-.ib- . llC expense. I I am, Sir, rlc.. , 'l'AXPAYEll. .

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I l Sir,--The Federation of Agricul-, lure. in their nevus columns, has; romplaincd nboiit the action of: ,lhe Potato Dealers in contesting ithr potnln lax.

l When the Marketing Board re- lIUS('(I the Potato Dealt-rs' ideas of In very small levy on the potatoes ;during a year when the prices were as low as they were last. year. the dealers felt that the in- lenllon behind the tax on all potatoes moved out of the prov- ince was in accumulate a fund. so that the Marketing Board could branch into active market- ing itself with the working capil- al accumulated; and for this rea- son the dealers have objected in this tax. as it was not designed as much for the immediate pro- tection of the industry as it was to accumulate funds by taxing the product.

The distinguished Counsel from Western Canada. who came here to present the case for the Pota- to Markctlng Board. in his dis- cussion quoted the situation in British Columbia, where no no- tatoes can move without the con- sent of the Board. nor be moved into sale except through the Board's central muehouse; and funds to build, maintain and oper- ate this warehouse were accum- ulated by a license. in levy and profits, up to the fact. that a mil- lion dollar warehouse is now func- tlonlng; and the Counsel pointed out that this was A similar situa- tion to what could be expected tirliappen in Prince Edward ls- lnnd under the present Marketing scheme.

This statement of policy defin- lir:'y Juzllftcd flir- Potato Tic-ulnr:' As-ziociiillon.

Basically there is I broad dif-

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action nf tht.-i

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named after Wolf:-, Montcalm, De

La Vcrcndrye and Mackenzie would be fitlingly labelled. Other av- enues might be named after Can- adais far flung cities-Calgary, Saint .lohn, Vancouver. Quebec City. The capital which symbol- izes tlic nation as a whole should have its square and streets named after the country at large.-Ob tawa Citizen.

Inasmuch as dairies have been selling skim milk, it's rather sur- prising to know the commodity has been illegal in Ontario. Ap- parently it was made so in the "unenlightened" past. when the Cream and Milk Act set standards specifying the amount of cream that must be contninel in w"k sold for human consumption. , We constantly pratc about our h.gri standards of living. Yet. in recent years margarine has been legaliz- ed as ll. substitute V for butter: horsemeat ls legalized as it substitute for heel steaks. and now skim milk is to be legaliz- ed as a subsl..tulc for beef s.eaks, and now skim milk is to be legal- ized as a substitute for whole milk. In which wayare our standards of living going. tip or down? --Wlnd- sor Daily Star.

Ae cm? A HONNET He held no dream worth waking: so he said. He who stands now on death's trlumplial steep. Awakened out of life wherein we sleep And dr ams of what he knows and sees. being dead. But. never dvath for him was dark or dread: ”Look forth" he bade the soul. and fear not. Weep. All ye that trust. not in his truth, and keep Vain mcinoi-y's vision, of a. van- islicd head As all that lives of all that once was he Save timi wliloh lightens from his word; but We seeing the vsaters roll, Yet. know the sun subdued not of the sea. werp nnr doubt that still the spirit. is whole. And life and death but. shadows of the soul.

who. sunset-colouxed

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-Robert. Browning.

fcrcncc of opinion between the two points of view. The oplnlnn that potatoes. n bulky, perishable product, produced and consumed all over North America. cannot be successfully controlled in an area where only 276 is produced. is held by those who have spent many years in producing and marketing potatoes.

On the other hand, the Social- istlc theory that a Government Agency. armed -with autocratic control powers, without any per- sonal flnaneial responsibility, can do a better job than those who. by A combination of experience. initiative and perseverance, are able to locate the most favorable market for our product.

If the dealer does not find the best market. he is out of business forthwith-while the autocratic agency can still carry on.

While the theorists are interest- ed in their theories. the potato producers and dealers whose live- lihood it is. are deeply interested In the welfare of the whole in- dustry. and will cooperate with any agency who will face reality and profit by past experience over the whole competitive area.

Reality is not the Idea that long experience Is of no value. and that monopolistic control is the answer to the problems of mar- kctlnz potatoes.

I We are. Sir. Mr. POTATO DEAl..ERS' ASSN.

tiUEltNSEI' (Concluded from

shlwulldlng soon grew to a great business, and allvthe timber was close at hand. and when the ships 9;.-,:-e completed, they were loaded with timber and sent home to the old country. where both ship and cargo were sold for man- ey and supplies.

There were also fish of all kinds in t'ar grc:itcr numbers than now. and the kelp and seaweed made a plentiful supply of manure.

Then the fact that none of the young people growing up needed to wander away to choose homes for themselves. as our young folks are forced to do now. was another ad-

vantage. The places for homes lay all around them. and land was cheap then; the most that was

needed was the strength and the will to clear it. and they were rich in both. . . . True. there was nn such mach- inery as now. which makes the farmer”: life seem almost one of ease compared with one hundred years ago. Oxen were generally used for tilting the soil, and all the crops were put in by hand. Gatli- erlng the harvest was done with the sickle or reaping hook. Thresh- ing was done with the flail. Per- haps few of us have ever seen either used. It was a proud day when Henry Brehaiit first brought home a horse. His name was Trim, and a faithful horse he proved. There were some wild animals moat: dreaded of which was the bear. No very serious adventures came from this source. however, but several bears were killed in the neighborhood. About the last one was one that Henry Brchaut If and trwo of his sons killed with pltchforks, between John Cowan's and Thomas Henry's farms. The depredatlons of foxes among the poultry were rather troublcsomc. but as the land was cleared they gradually grew less bold. D O O

The second generation of the Brehaiit family here were it hardy. upright. honest. hardworking peo- ple: inclined to be excitable. owing probably to the French In them. Their lives seem to have been rather uneventful, no notable dis- asters or adventures of great im- portance taking place among them, Neither were any of them great travellers. But they all lived God-

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