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THURSDAY, MARCH 7, 1846

The Reconstruction Council

In the interests of all concerned, it is to be hoped that Premier Jones will change his at- titude towatds the Regional Reconstruction Council and not invite such another castigation as he received at the hands of Mr. Health Strong, K.C., in the Legislature on Tuesday. So long as the Federal set-tip is as it is, and Mr. Howe remains Minister of Reconstruction at Ottawa, this would seem t0 be the only sensible course to pursue. '

These Councils have been established in every Province in Canada, and their functions are thus authoritatively defined: "T0 be cur- rently in touch with the over-all reconstruction and specifically in touch with the day-to-day conditions affecting problems in the respective regions and to assemble information relative to such problems and in keeping such information up to date; to act as advisers to the Department of Reconstruction by indicating danger signals and t0 suggest appropriate action to the Depart- iment so that it would anticipate situations be- fore difficulties became serious. Provincial and municipal authorities as well as community groups and all persons engaged in capital pro- jects, including private enterprises, are encour- aged to prepare plans which will help t0 pro- vide employment and generally assist a com- munity on the road t0 peacetime prosperity. Council will receive these proposals and if they approve them they will be submitted t0 the Fed- eral Department of Reconstruction with the en- dorsement of the Council. The Council will also be at the service 0f these bodies to provide in- formation and to obtain technical advice. One function of the office will Ibe to provide in- formation concerning reconstruction legislation and policicsantl make them easily available to all cqicerncd." -

The Council appears to be Province-wide in its representation. It consists of Messrs. Peter G. Clarke. Summersidc, chairman; Sen- ator John A. Nlacbonaltl, Cardigan, represent- ing coastal shipping; I‘:(,l'\\‘l|1 Reid, Rollo Bay, agriculture; Norman “l. Lowtlier, Charlotte- town, soldiers’ rehabilitation; ]. \Vilfred Boul- ter, Charlottetown, horticulture; John A. Wxb- ster, Charlottetown, public utilities; Murdoch MacLeod_ Long River, agriculture; Austin A. Scales, Freetown, industry; Lucas R. Allen, Summerside, transportation; Chester P. _Mc- Carthy, Tignish, fishing; and I. I. Trainor. Bcdford, president of the P. F. I- Federation offlgriculture, who ‘has recently been appoint- ed to represent labour. .

A Great Banker

A number of years ago, in the ‘teens of the present century, a new arrival in HalifaX 5mm overseas, asked a Blue Nose, what were the chief exports of Prince Edward Island, and re- ceived the instant and astonishing reply:‘“Bank glerks and printers.” It seemed hard to digest at the time, but experience has proved that, so far as human commodities are concerned the in- formant was not far ivroiig. We have trained, developed and_cmigrated an astonishing num- ber of both. and they are to be found located all

,_0vcr the Dominion, the U. S. A. and evcii in

England. as our recent reference to Mr. Maurice -Pope bears out. The explanation 1s simple;

these are about the only two professions "avail- ‘ able here which give ready access to employ- ‘ ment On the mainland in commerce and trade.

Of course, there are the professions, but these are reserved for the few, “the boys 0' pants , who are pushed on and encouraged by scholar-

‘ chips and such like to proceed to one or other

hf the universities. So far as the rank and file "ire concemed, banking is still the chief "outlet for career youngsters, and they have the stimu- lsting example of men like the newly deceased. "Mr: john Andrew McLeod to urge them on.

l. Mn McLeod was not born with a silver spoon

inhis mouth, but lived to put much gold in many le's pockets. He was a hard-headed, _ r Scotsman. with an eye which pierced through toithe core of an interviewer like a gim- pplied to greenheart, and it was largely be- ftsg lie. could size-up men and schemes at s thnit he succeeded, as he did,.in rising to at

g of Nova Scotis ill-flit fore‘- 'al institutions. Of ‘a retiring

i _ 1 "d, be was irfnd-hzsnrtedifibenev- liy_'tiiose who ew’ m .0- ‘our! of his Island ancestry and

prpfeasion, and helping materilly .

cultural pfficills of the various provinces and the Dominion. .

Atthat conference, Hon. J. G. Gardiner, Federal Minister 0f Agriculture, put up a pow- erful argument against expanding wheat acre- age. Mr. Gardiner argued for expanding acre- age of coarse grains for feed to increase pro- duction of hogs and other livestock. The Min- isterii‘ view prevailed in face of considerable op- position so that it was agreed to recommend that the i946 wheat acreage remain at 10o per cent of i945, which was 23.414900 acres.

After revelations in early February this year of the acute nature 0f the world wheat shortage, the Department of Trade and Corn- merce has proposed t0 increase wheat exports between February 1 and July 3i, the end 0f the 1945-46 crop year, to 140,000,000 bushels over and abOve the 200,000,000 bushels export- ed to the end of January, i946, making a total of 340,000,000 bushels. Moreover, the Depart- ment suggestcd that as this would still leave 77,000,000 bushels surplus, or 27,000,000 bushels above the necessary annual carryover, the ex- ports might be imreased still further, depending on Canadian crop prospects for the current year.

The chief argument iflzainst an increase in wheat acreage this year is that it willreduce the production of coarse grains and hence of meat. But the IVinni/teg Free Pres: claims there is no need to decrease the coarse grain output, and hence the output of meat to illldliC way for an increased wheat acreage. The fallow land can. be brought under the plow and this is the policy now being urged on the Government by manv western farm leaders. “If fallow land is cropped this year," says the Frat‘ Press, “it should be done with a full under- standing that this is an emergency meas- ure only, that when the emergency passes the basic fallow programme should be re-established. Also, when world hunger has eased, Canada can return immediately to the expansion 0f its live- stock output.”

-I—EDSTORIAL NOTES-

Sad commentary 0n our government mis- fits ~ while we are crying out for cars to move our potatoes Toronto is importing sup- plies from Minnesota and North Dakota. Isn't it time for a change? '

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It is devoutly to be hoped Winston Cliur- chill's warning will not be as a voice crying in the wilderness without response. That was the case in 1933-1938, and the world's greatest catastrophe followed. Should his present warn- ing fall on deaf cars, the next result will be obliteration of Christian civilization a la the atomic bomb.

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The New Brunswick Government an- nounced in the Governor's speech, that -' three large peat moss developments will get into full operation this year. Our government has given scant consideration to any project of the kind here, though it is well known we have large areas suitable for the purpose.

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Its program clouded with confusion and uncertainty, the second session 0f the twentieth Parliament, which opens in a little more than two weeks, will make little progress in its earlier sittings, and present indications are that a sum- mer recess is almost inevitable which means an- other Fall session.

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Sir john Frederick \Villiaiu Herschel, har- onet, Iinglish astronomer, born this date 1792; son of another distinguished astronomer, Sir Frederick William Herschel, he took t0 the sci- ence like a duck to ivater, forsaking law to which he had been educated; he for long resid- ed in Cape Town, and there erected what at the time was the world's biggest observatory, from which he mapped out the south-eastern heavens; his only publication was Outline: of .4.rtronom_v: “Self-rcspcct—that corner stone of all virtue."

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From the Prince Edward Island Magazine, i899: “In the course of the present winter the increasing number of carcasses of pork carried by the Stanley has been a subject of much rc- inark. An astonished gentleman at Pictou rec- ently asked one of the officers of the Stanley lioiv it was possible that such a little place could prodiice such an enormous number of pigs. ‘Od, mon,’ replied the officer-he is Scotch- ‘the \v00ds over there are full of them; arid the people just. shoot them dpwil like rabbits?’

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Britain's industrial reconversion, starting from the highest level of wartime labor mobil- ization reached in an; country, seems to be pro- ceeding more smoothly and peacefully than else- vvherefiThere are fewer strikes and labor dis- putes than during the last year of war. There is no inflation and with living costs almost stable. wage demands keep within bounds. .Unemploy- ment, though temporarily rising as demobiliza- tion quickens, stands at only 329,000. Labor Ministry figures indicate the manpower short- age, biggest headache in recent months, ls be- ing overcome. But bottlenecks persist in'coal mining, iron foundries, cotton spinning and agriculture. '

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The Englirhmanirllame is the title 0f. a

newly published book by Mr. John Gloag. The

‘ pen ln what must have been sn ecstscy of delight, he began that “n7

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Myth ll I ‘ Chi - slry is what @9141 "p you-I. 001d. An oms It II l W011i around the neck. ‘up mm; mw can be told by pug“; '11,“, 1 hlrdy Persian ~in the garden of boners, flowers up; [my (mm slips in the classroom, ._ Good Housekeeping. , y _‘ _

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er there will be sample wars next. -L, H. R. in Magazine.

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over the export trade formerly handled by Hamburg, provides for £5,000,000 development and mot!-

the less un-to-date part. cf the dock system will be remodelled to ac- commodate broad-besmed modern vessels. It l; hope also to reduce the dock charges. —United King- dom Information Office.

To a boy the blacksmith drop was an awesome place, Here was power and strength, By the clnnk of his hammer, the Smith could flatten the toughest piece of steel. Ah, yes the blacksmith was s mighty man whole worl ," There were biting but pleasant smells of red-hot steel under the hammer, slullng horse- shoes pressed against hocfs, and soft cnnl burning under forced draft. The blacksmith shop ls yield- ing to mechanized progress. May- be this ls as lt should be, but to- day's machine shop with lts con- stant, whirring machinery isn't w place where men can gather to discuss vital world topics while their work ls done, A man's lucky if he can hear hlmself thlnkl—- Chrfstlan Science Monitor.

The establishment of night creehes, where the children might be left when parents wlshto spend the evenlnehout, has been suggest- ed by the C lef Coroner. The prac- ticability of such a step might use- fully be discussed by those‘ who are experienced in the operation uf such Institutions. Undoubtedly ft is best for the children ‘.0 stay at home ln their own eds if friends, relatives or “sltters" can be secured to take temporary charge. but where this is impos- sible the onlv safe alternatives are either for the parents themselves to stay home or to park their children ln some place where they wlll be safedunrded. If some church or social organization were to experiment ln rumilng such s oar-king place. definite rlsts c! value In declln, with the problems might be obtal ed. -T0ronto Telegram.

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papers of Franklin D, Roosevelt, covering the venr 193%. Deflation was raging then. Want amidst plenty. Over-viroductlon. Under- consumptlon. surpluses. K11! the little pigs, Prices too low, accord- lng to the President, who promised tn get them uo-“If we can't do this nne way, we will do It anoth- er. D0 it. we will." Now It": the reverse, Prices too high and g0- l“~ higher. Scarcltles. hinder-orc- ductlon. Steel, butter, ment, sugar on the way up. Chester Bower losing ground in his battle with the stubborn nld law _ of supply and demand. Quite a flloflnp in 13 years, But don't conclude that today's trend ls permanent. For every setlcn there ls an count and opposite reaction; the onlv thlntt that's constant lv change. Not ull change is progress, nnd we'll h vs other, different worries. We. ies w. have with us always-Pins- burgh Press. '

No aomiev was it known in I872. that the Marquis of Lorne, was coming tc Canada Governor General, with his wife, Princess Louise, a daughter of Queen Vlc- toria, than the established teacher tn Ottawa of ‘Tsshlonnble Danc- lng, Department and Etiquette, Ill‘- der the immediate Vice-Regs] ps- tronsge." Professor Fanning, began to have busy hours trslnlng ladies In the art and practice of making

curtsy to royalty. But bury as he was, he managed somehow to find time to prc an sdvlltlonai chapter tc his handbook, "A Tren- tlse on lltlouette." ‘hiring up his

chapter with these words: “What on this earthly sphere ls, more enchsntlrigly exclusive than Her’

city's itrti” Before the first Drawing Room at which the ‘Pr cess Ioulrc was-curtslsd to, following order was Issued: are to wear low-necked d

their wearing low-necked dresser may, on forwardilis to the ADC in. waiting a medical certificate that effect, wear square-cut dresses. Dresses fsstenlnr WI to the throat are not to be worn. I. C. B

ton, Governor General’: Becretary. -W. J. H. in

Prep Press.

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title of the‘ book indicates the central theme, that ifor seven hundred years the Englishman's home has beendesigned tc-give shelter and privacy! Nor has Mr. Gloag failed to draw attention to the fact that the Englishman has not seldom combined beautywith utility. Like so msnyof us, he could wish that English domestic archi- tecture might return to the principles expressed Ill “The Golden Age of Building.” If_ it weren't- for the profiteers, we should do "so; perhws even despite them. The author makes the fur- ther point that the “liking for privacy is as widespread is’ England as the love of liberty, and is, indeed, a practical example of that love: for-English liberties sre guaranteed by. Lamond

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experience. they were nonetheless forceful. He broi. ht. home to us a acts: We are n-thdrawfng our Occupation Army Germs _ the face of "oiu enemies"; We are dlsbendlng our wartime forces. while "the fact. is that the exceedingly modest.‘_es- ‘ planned

is not. bv any means C01. Bnlstona qualifications to speak 0n there matters are known His sincerity is not to be questioned. Having been Canada's Minister of National Defence from 1926 to 1930 and a

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CORN EXTRACTOR-only a law you! sore corn today. For rapid results. for

, ‘ s f t. sstliseldrellablaCorn HOSPITAL nerve common 1'“ "m" °' "

be held ln the Canadian Legion Hall. We invite anyone < interested in the potato industry to attend.

we also want good farm homes as tliese are proving popular too.

lone and relief cornea quickly. Tackle

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P. E- I. Potato Growers’ Astntiailw Canadian Legion He'll

57 Grafton Street-Below Prince Edward Theatre

Thursday. March 14'. 1945

2:30 P.M. and 7:80 P.M. ‘

‘The Annual Meeting of the P. E. I. Potato Growers’ ' Association for. the transaction of general business will

7:30 PM. an Educational Meeting at which will be 1, present those who will discuss various phases of the potato industry. Films on the use of fertlliurgspray materials 1 and the control of plant diseases will be shown and ills- < cussed. Everyone is invited to take part.

The need for a revision of our trade agreements and lower tariffs on potatoes will be considered.

It ‘is iii your interest to be present at both meetings. By Order of Directors, _ _ P. E. I. POTATO GROWERS’ ASSN. 3-5-7-9-I2r4-I.

1946 Tourist Accommodation

We expect a very largo Toni-lat Business here this year and in cent- mon with the other Provinces we feel that all our cllllenl who can pos- sibly assist In catering to this ,. " business should make an Gn- dsavciir to do so. 'i '