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UlclARLUTllrfllflWN. TIIUIKSDAY. FEB. l6. I950

Federal Budgeting

illicit hinaticc Minister Abbott brought down his budget for the _vcai" 19-19-50, he estimatctl that the expenditure 0f Canada for thc twelve months would b0 $2460 mil- liott. Now. with less than two months of the fiscal year to go. it is cxitcctcd tbvrfi Will he a surplus oi‘ N00 niilliotis or so.

i\'iitety" millions is not much of a sur- plus to conic and go on in a budget which approaches two and a half billions. Next year thc tit‘lll$l|lti\ on thc covcintncnl arc likely to he crcntcr. littrc llltll|t‘_\' \\ill be needed for ilcfenctr and more for social ser vices and thcrc sircms littlc prospect v of economies lll other rlcpartiiiciits sufficiently large to meet the excess.

Next year. then. Illr. Abbott \\ill prob- ably have to find more revenue or budget for a rlcficit. Budgeting foi" a deficit is re- QHHlPcI zis cont-l finance in wartime 0t' iu tllllt‘,\ oi t‘ll\(‘l"_‘<‘lll'>\'. Bill il is poor busi- ness iii titties of prosperity". if a govern- ineiit can't tneet its bills when production is high and llll'l(‘\ good. when can it be ex- pqctpil to ll‘l(‘t‘l tlioltti‘

lt not a tloficit. then there must be a change iii the tax structure—-eithei' higher taxes or new taxes. Higher taxes would not be portular. The income tax, though the fairest tax wc have. because it is based on ability to pay. is distinctly unpopular and Mir. Abbott won a lot of kudos. not long ago, by adjusting it so as to throw some 750,000 itaines eff the tax rolls. I-le 1s said to have no present intention of bring- ing any of these back. l-le will, therefore, have to look about for new taxes.

Nuisance taxes would not be popular, just bet-rinse they are tiuisaiic-cs and in any ijage we have too many oi them. now. But a tax well hidden iiiigltt not raise a storm. The trouble with hidden taxes, however, is that they arc not likely to be equitable. They do not take account of ability to pay.

it has bccn noted in recent P1110115 from Ottawa that T5 pct" cent of Canada's expenditure is now practically uncontroll- able. This, in a democracy, shows an uri- happy" trend. It is through its hold oti the purse strings that Parliament, and through Parliament. the public, exercises control over the government. Gradually’, it is ap- parent. we have been losing that control.

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A leading article in the 'l'orottlo Globe and 3x131] r]1'<<'l|\'.<t‘S thc problctii of teaching Qitjzeflfliljil in our r-‘cllottls and. in particular. deplores: thc fact that we in Czniada are very weak in "ittotivcS which 3115C from deep inner iinpiilsc of patriotism." Nothing cgiilrl hr further from the truth. 'l'hei'c is n0 (it-tutti that (fan-atlizitts do not concentrate

their patriotic emotions on one focus, as Americans do oti "Old Glory" and English- men. to a lesscr degree oti thc person of the Kine. \\‘r\ tlo_ however. ltavc otir own more complex patriotism. as befits a federal state. twQ great. peoples. itienibi-rs of a far-flung tiotnmonwcnlth of free and SUVOIIdlZIl states and link lintiiccn the Old \\'orld and thc New. (‘nitziilinii loyalties ‘ll‘f‘ not simple but they" itrrirlitcp good citizens. not merely’ of (I'aii:iil;i hut of thc world.

immigration’ ActiitiiiNeeileil

The Austrnlizin tinvcrmttent has just nntioiiiicoil a tniiilmntn coal of 101L000 Brit- ish intinicrrints for lltfio. A\I lilt‘. same time the lnitril States. under a hill ltcfore Congress". is pupal-nit: to stcp up its absorp-

tion of Itisplncinl i'l‘l'.‘;!)ll.\‘, But while Aus- tralia's immigralioit figures are going up, Canada's have gone down. after entering the

postinii" pcrlitil lllltit‘l' favorable auspices. For thc more lhun Sllllltl British imini- grains in l-illli, including zi large number of wives and families of rcliirrttvrl service- men. WP foil lo lll'tlllllti ‘J/Ltlflt) lust _Vt‘tll‘, about linlf thc this ficurr. For 111.30. no goal wlizitcvct" has br-cn annoitnccd.

Again. if wo cptnpzirc total pnstivzit" im-

migration froin 'all sourccs ivith thc past, (janada has sllppcd badly in pmportioii. The four (‘t)l‘l't‘.\'[l!)ll(ill‘lfl years followirtg the F irst. Vllorlrl \\'.'it" were. about. 4000i) ahead 0f the ltMtL/lll influx. 'i‘he later years 0t" the 1920's mostly rnn over 1001K") itllllli- gratits illlllllilil)’, and as high as .ltl(i.t)()0. Yet those iverc not our bcst years. If we go back a little further, we find 400.000 immigrants in llllil nlonn~more than our total for thc lzist four _\'(‘HI'S. Cotiiparcd with current showings. those were truly fabulous times. Yet thcn this country had not near- ly the facilities for successful absorption of newcomers that it now has. Nor, in those times, did Western World security rely to nearly such an extent on the productive ability of Canada as it does today.

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EDITORIAL NOTES

Opening of the second session of the 21st Parliament. Unlike Britain which is iti the midst of electioneering smoke, (Tanada will hear discussed the issues which immediately and vitally affect her at hotne and abroad.

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If the City Council undertakes a revision of civic voting qualifications, ait important group \\'lio should receive the franchise is the wives of taxpayers who do not happen to own property.

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Agriculture Minister Gzirdiiicrs criticism of Ltnidentified “people who are tnaking it difficult for Canada to tiistribute food sur- pluses to areas where they are needed" is a far cry from his earlier claims to all the credit for insatiable itiarkets.

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Judge brother squashes Senator brother. ln Yancouvci" Suitrcmi‘ (‘ourt Uliwf Justice Wctidcll btllTiS told his brother. Scnitlor J. W. Farris, I\'.C.. that if hc tii.\'(JI)t’_\'(‘Li his rul- ing in a case he was trying “f will (‘Ollllllll you for contentpt." 'l‘he Senator then sub- mitted to the Chief Justice's i-uline

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Britain's Director of I\a\al intelligence was itot shot at front a passing car. but small stones were thrown through his car window by its S[Jt‘(‘(iillf_; wheels. 'l'lic fact that he, and alitiost everyone elsc. believed they were shots is a sad COlTllll€lllEll‘_\’ on thc itictitzil state of oncc peaceful Finglzinil.

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The Charlottetown Community" Concert Association begins its 1950-51 ltfembersliip Campaign next Monday. It is through these membership fees that thc Association is ablc to bring to Charlottetown musical cottccrts comparable to the bcst presented in larger

musical centres.

The ifall of Singapore this date i042. after a w"eek’s fierce fighting. ’l'erms were signed by the British and Jap leaders. A considerable part of the British and Aits- traliati garrison got. away in transports which were constantly" bombed by the enemy. The enemy claimed to have taken 60.000 Imperial troops prisoners, many of whom died in Jap prison camps.

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Premier Jones may have shoii n consider- able prudence in ttot proclaiming thc fin- ancial responsibility provisions of the Motor Yelticlc Act. llianitoba introduced somewhat similar legislation Dec. il, ill-ti). and there ltave been 30 pcr cent more ziccidcnls. 90 per cent more vehicles itivolved. 3-0 per cent more people killed and ‘J3 pct" cent tnore in- jurcd in i949 than in i940. The ratios would be C\'0l‘l higher cotnpiircrl with previous years.

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it ls interesting and instruclix c to note that George Bernard Shaw. l"..l.l.. at. ovcr ninctyathrcc is still zictivcly" ititcrcstcd in journalism. ‘fhc London District of the in- stitute of Journalists at its animal meeting recommended that the fclloivship of the In- stitute of Journalists should be offered to Mr. Bernard Shaw. in answer Mr. Shaw wrotcz-“At 931i; l shall be pleased to ac- cept-providing it docs not entail ‘any extra

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'l‘hc great expansion of Canadian in- dustry in the last. quarter century, and not- ably in the last. decade. says Mr. S. W. World. President of thc Catiadizin Batik of Commerce. is a tribute to thc enterprise of Canadian citizens. lt is cstitnzited that in the last ten years ittaitufzicturitig capacity iti Canada has iticreased by about G0 per cent. while the gross value of Canadian mantifacturing production per head of popii- lation has risen from about 250 dollars per ltcad in the iililti-ZZS period to thc present. value of about T50 dollars. in all. there now arc approximately 1455.000 maniifacttiriiig establishments operating in (Tannda produc- ing goods to a value of over l0 billion dollars

yearly.

Decline in McGill University’ enrolment. this yeut" is attributed to the exodus of ivar- veteran students. Enrolnictit. dropped by 13153 from last yicat- and totals 7.907 for lfl/ltl-Stl. in its iiniioiititrtiiiiiritt of stitdcttt" registration the university noted its loss of students was almost \\'Il0ii_\/ in thc degree (rourses. Arts faculty divisions remain at the same lcvel as last. yw-ar. Scictice lost" 202 students and its first y/car entry was almost cut in half. 'i‘his was accountable in part to the fact that 128 prc-t-ngineeriiig students who ivould formerly have entered first ycai" science had citrollcrl tinder ncw regulations in first year etigineei-ing. Total enrolment in cngitieering was only 32 stit- dents less than last year. Commerce took a severe drop in etirolinetit from 709 to tilt». Medicine acccptoih ll fciver appli- cants. Law enrolmctit droppcrl t't"om ‘Z19 to 181. Agriculture dropped by ‘t7. (jradu ate studies rose by 124 to an all-time high of 746. This was considered to reflect the desire of veterans to continue their stit- dies on the higher levels itndei" DVA as- psistance.

THE GUARDIAN, CHARLOTTETOWN

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Ihl: column II open to 1h: é discussion by cui-eupundeuln g ut‘ questions of lulerut. The ‘t, Guardian docs not ucceanr- I tly endorse the optmun at burrcapuudentl.

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THE FERRY ROAD

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Sir, ~ At prcscnt considerable part of thc passingci" car and light truck Lraftic on the Borden iload via Buiisliaiv is travelling the dirtct route lroin Cornwall by the Ftjffj‘ iioad and Na-lurcls Brzilge at Brtgriion.

I would stiggcs; that others du liltcwise and mus fully’ realize thc mistake the GUVUFlllIlClli. will pirpetratc against this and many future gcti [flllulls if they pti- s.st in having thc new bridge Ulllil at thc Litarh (irow location, ciiiisng thc 'l‘rans-L'aitada High- way to g0 by that indirict route lihtilad ot by thc Ferry" lluad and a tiriilge in thc B: gluon vicinitf-

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LOG l-‘LOUR. PRICES

511". 1n at recent issue of The Guardian l rcail: "The Cabinet. aficr a month's consideration. ha: approicil thc principle of a guar- anteed floor price for eggs." ‘Phase incn in the Cabinet. are exception- ally ilbit‘. or they would not be lllvfcj t-ut ll took them a whole tniuillt to decide to put a floor piicr lllliil‘l' carts. l ant sure. if the rotisirr» of this Province heat‘ of this new more up in Ottawa. they will do more crowing than they daily do at. 5 oclock in the morn- ing. It. would have been most in- lt‘l‘(‘.*~llll‘,_' to ltavc llstciicil in nu uic (i ciissiuiis of lIlOSc able men. ini!c.~.>. lllLICCtl, the sessions were held behind closed doors.

I remembfr when eggs sold at cigtii cents a dozen but, of course. tn those tiflY of!» days every cent counlcil. ‘Today a. cent. isn't any good except to buy a suckrl‘ 3W1 all those yCZLfS till now" the price of eggs has been jumping back and forth between eight cents and 50. The farmer knew what he had to pay" for his “lay mash" but he iiciri" i\l\[‘\\‘ what he was going to sci. for his eggs. This flooi" should have been laid yiears ago. Of course, there are difficulties in the Way of setting a floor to any price as illustrated just now in the us. where the Government is selling potatoes at a cent. a but; but better to face the difficulties than allow the farmer to suffer as he and his family have so often suffered for many years past.

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MEN DAUIOUS SCRIBES

"We were disposed to censure the banqueting committee and the Governtnent of this Island for want of courtesy to the repre- sctitativcs of thc British and For- eign Pres on the occasion of the recent visit of His Royal High- ness the Prince of’ Wales; but when we find that some 01f those iWFSDFlS —- representing the most: influential journals an both sides o!‘ thc Atlantic — are the veriest scapc-graces and the most ignorant Ltlockheads that ever went un- xi-hippcd. we are not at all sorry that they were treated to the full- est measure of! contempt.

“We have shown, in our last two numbers. how utterly false was the testimony given of the celebration in this place by the correspondent of the New York Tribune. The travelling artist o! Frank Leslie's Illustrated Times- a New York paper — gave some outrageously absurd caricatures of the Princes visit to Halifax, and equally absurd accounts of it ap- peared from the pen of an in- dividual who rejoices in thc name

Dr. Raivlings, who. it appears, had been very properly dismiss- cd for incapacity from his situa- tion as corrcxspondenl.

“But it was reserved for the corrcspondctit of the London 'l‘imcs who, one would stip- posc, ought to be a well-informed grntlcnian —~ to give such proofs of intense ignorance. incorrigible stupidity and mendacity, as to cclipsc all Yankee penny-a-litters that-ever visited the Province. We hcltcvp this fellow was in Char- lottctoivti, but we have not. yet seen his account of his visit to this place. It is likely. however, that it will show about as much intel- ligence and capacity as the lyilj scribbler displayed in hi] l0- ccunt of Halifax."

——Hon. Edward Whelan, in The Examiner, Sept. ll. 1860.

litter Mi". Whelatfs paper quoted thc following excerpt from the Times correspondents account of the Royal visit to Charlottetown: "On thc whole, Quebec managed to maintain as high an average of intoxication as any place of its size l have ever seen, always saving and excepting Charlotte- town. the capital of Prince Ed- ward island. Sailors, as a clam. possess a secret of intoxication peculiar to themselves and some- how maiiage to get. drunk when no one lse can get any liquor, so llial- t has been said that. if you locked up twenty of them in an empty room, and visited them an hour or so alter. you would find them all intoxicated. The Prince Edward islanders appear to enjoy this attribute of mysteri- ous innbriely; for though nearly all their hotels tmiserable back- wood shantiesl are conducted on tcmprrancc principles, and sell iwithct" ivinc nor spirits, yet .‘0lI1K‘Ilu\\' during the Prince's visit. intoxication secnird to be the normal condition of half the iri- ltabilants."

The tnconiiuT-ia of the whitcflsli family‘, was named by early French explorers from the

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‘Soldiers oi llic Queen’

(Ottawa Jouriiali Who cares about Paardctbcvg novri’ The battle in South Africa is 50 years away’ and it wasn't

a very important war judged by the tcrrifyiing stand ‘dis of latri- struggles. On l-‘cbrn 27. 1900. after costly fighting. 4.000 flours

surrendered to Caitadzan and Lin- periai forces at Paardebcrg; at the same moment. word came in that Ladysmith had been relzcv-

ed. The circle of mad 1,, spread from the London s. cct.» to every’ curntr of thc kiinpirc with thc hope that thc dismal

toll otf Mauser bullets and dis- ease in South Africa soon would cud.

The rights and wrongs of the Boer War have been debated ten thousand times and, according to the new standards of internation- al conduct, there may have been injustice, foolish stubbornness and blundering. The errors of others do not dim thc individual h-eroism and devotion to duty of the warriors—-on both sides. One of the charming features of Boer War reunions is the readiness of Boer fighters, such as Field llfar- shal Smuts, to forget old quarrels and greet. former enemies as friends.

Today there are 1.500 Boer War veterans in Canada and at re- unions during coming months all their memories— of Matfekintg. Muddclr River, Ladysmith, Pre- ‘tarts, Géiiérilil "Bob? Roberts. Baden Powell. Kruger. De Wet and Bothe, of the starlight veldt. the long marches, the rattle of fire in hot skirmishes-will come flooding back. Once again, with- out doubt, they will sing Kip- lings "Soldiers of the Queen", and lift their hands in salute to those for whom The Last Post has sounded. Far-oti’, half-forget- ten. a tale to be remembered by aging men, Paardeberg is an echo o! another em. toned sweet by the peaceful endeavors that came in ‘the wake of combat.

The Bluenose Bell

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The last chapter was written this week in the fabulous story of t1 trim little ship which brought re- nown to the Maritime Provinces and her home port of uinenhurg. N. S. A ncws dispatch from Edmon- ton. Alla., revealed that the ship's bell of the world-famous fishing schooner Bliicnose will have its last. resting place in Alberta's capital city, a gill; of the .-hip‘s master. Captain Angus Walters. to the Maritime Provinces‘ Associa- tion of Eximonton.

The exploits of the Bluenose and her equally famous skipper are still clear to Mnrlttmers whose memory goes back to the earlv thirties when the sleek rri-vt. suc- cessfully defended her cliilm to the championship of North Atlantic flshermerrs class boats ngnlnst. several challenges. The Blienose and Captain Walters did much to publicize Nova. Scotla and the har- dy breed of fishermen from her South Shore. It was a cruel quirk of fate which sent. her to her doom on a reef off Halli in 1946, lnstend

_uem piece which she so richly de- served.

Nova Scotla. lost a valuable monument. to one of its most lm- portant. industries when it fiillcrl to enshrlne the Bluenose, and it ls to be regretted that the last link with the vessels colorful career should not. have found a last. rest- ing place nearer its home port. However, there is some tmeamji-Q of consolation ln the fart thnt lt will be tn custody of Mnrttlmers who share the pride felt by all sons of these provlnces-by-lhe- sea tn the CXDIoIta of one of the most. colorful little ships that, ever sailed the seas.

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Let fall tln- t‘lll‘l(llil\ whorl the sofa i-i~iiiiil.

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That cheer but. not. mcbrlate. ivaii nn each.

S0 let its wcicoine peaceful evening in.

Not such his evening who, with shining face

Sweats iti thc cl"0\\'dt‘<i tlioalze, and, squeezml

And DOJTG with elhoiiiv-gtnoinrls tihrougli botlh his sides.

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Nor his, ivlio patient stands trill his feet thiob.

And his head thumps. f» feed upon tilt‘ breath

Of patriots, bursting with heroic rage.

Or plaoemen. all tranquility and mules.

—Willlam1 Cow-per, (1731-5800) .

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l will mlika ull My gooilnons puss before then, and I will pru- cluim the Dlllllfl of tho Lord be- fore thee; and I will be KIBCIOIII. llIId will show mercy mi whom I will show mercy.

EDITOR RIZSIGNS

QUEBEC, Feb. l.) -—tC‘iPt —'.l‘he resignation of A. G Penny as edltor-ln-uhief of the Chronicle Telegraph, Qucbm City‘s only English-language diilly newspaper. was announced today. The im- nouncemcnt. ivas made by Maj. C. G. Dunn. president oif Quebec Newspapers Ltd.. publishers o4 the Ghnsnicle Telegraph. ltfaj. Dunn said the resignation hnil been ac- cepted and is effictlvc Feb. 2S. Mr. Penny. has beCn editor since amalgamation of thc- hlornlng Chronicle and the Evening Tole- izratplt in 192i’. mid said he resign-Ed to take a position outside of news- paper work. No successor for Mr. Penny has been ii-amcd;

EARLY BARBARIANS 1n the days of Julius Caesar the tccu-ltory that ls now Germany was inhabited by barbamiis tribes tha’ came originally from Asia.

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Susan. lrcud, was tlic most popular nanie for female infants in 194B as in 1948. This surprises. me. There is nothing to be saidl against Susan. and nothing very. much fur it. But why choose it'.‘ ’i‘liu name iicvci" scents tu have iii- tcrcstcd the poets much. 'l.‘hcrc is, l believe a ditty about a Susan who ivas interested iawording ti) Wordsworth» in a thrush accustom- ed to sing at thc cornci" of Wood Strcct \\h(‘ll daylight appears. What is niorc rt-livant, few filin- stars arc called bitsati, or if thcy are they conceal thc fact. How dot-s the iiantc get its ibgurl’ London Spectator.