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GUARDIAN

Daily iIouuded in 1381).

no Second CIII Mall, Poss Office Betterment. Ottawa.

President. lass A. Burnett; Vice-President, Wm. it. Burnett; Sean-Tron, (i. M. Bus-pelt; Editor and Mmllill Director. J. ls. Burnett; Associate Editor.

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"The Strongest Memory is Weaker Than the Weakest Ink."

Eiinamrrusowu. summon. snuuanv s, 194s lllghcr Export Prices

Good news for our farmers is contained in the announcement from Ottawa yesterday with re- 9°14 l° 1119 dfllsfeasenin. price of export pork products going into cure after January 5. The increase of approximately $7.00 per cwt. applies to all grades and selections for export, making the price of A I sizeable Wiltshires $36.20 per cwt. at ship's side. This is only on export bacon, and will amount to about five cents per pound on dressed carcases.

This increased price, it is believed, will more than make up for the recent increase in feed costs, and should thus put the industry back on a reasonably profitable basis. Unfortunately many producers, discouraged over rising produc- tlon costs, have gone out of hog production. This ivas not in accord with the advice they received from the officials of our Federal and Provincial Departments of Agriculture, who have consist- ontly been urging producers to carry on in the hope and expectation of obtaining higher ex- port prices following the negotiation of a nay agreement with the British authorities.

Along with the boost in the export bacon price, increases are announced in export price: of beef, e995. and cheese, which also will be welcomed by our producers.

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Fifty thousand , unds of Maine potatoes, intended for Scotland as port of a shipment of food and clothing donations were left standing in a freight yard at Boston because of what Chamber of Commerce officials said was re- fusal of British authorities to accept them. l1 The Boston Chamber of Commerce, spon- sors of the proiect, said it had been notified by Hie British Ministry of Agriculture the shipment of potatoes would not be accepted for "fear of risking potato disease in the United Kingdom." _, The potatoes were to have been part of the shipment scheduled to leave Boston for Glasgow on January 7 or 8.

' The Caribou, Maine, Chamber of Commerce, through which the potatoes were donated, said Maine potatoes are U. S. government-inspected and have been shipped to England before with- out trouble.‘ lt added that if the potatoes could noting locdeclflon the "Yankee Friendship" another " eigii recipient would be found.

Lord lnverchapel, British ambassador in

shington, in replying to a request for inter-

sion by President Michael T. Kelle-her of the ston chamber, was quoted as saying:

"l greatly. regreLthaLin. the. circumstances

' shall narbe able to help you over this item."

It was because of their freedom from dis-

se that last year's 3,000,000 bushel Slllbmfifll

Prince Edward Island potatoes was so readily cepted by the British authorities

Polltlcal Outlook

The staff correspondent of the Montreal ' Star points‘ out that the King Government, with its meagre party margin in the House of Com- mons, has been generally able to count upon substantial majorities, for the simple reason that ' the Opposition is divided into three irreconcil- able groups. Should these unite at any time on o major issue, the Government's fate might be ln. serious doubt. Such unity however is for the time being at least quite impossible, and the next election will come when the King Govern- ment thinks it is good and ready for the plunge.

The Progressive Conservatives, who consti- tute the official Opposition a-nd out-number all other non-Government groups combined, will ‘t-offer the people of Canada the only possible alternative Government to the King Ministry when the next election is held. Whether the King group are ta go out and the Progressive Conser- vatives to arrive, as a result of the next battle of the ballots, will depend, in the opinion of old and astute political observers, an the extent to which the will-o'-the-wisp C. C. F.-Socialist movement has spent itself on the political stage. s a rule this group inclines to support the Gov- _ nt in the Hou W ' the Social Creditors, who ddminate the p? _ field in Alberta, seem l“. accord with ther‘ gressive Conservtives on most questions outs,‘ the monetary and credit Issues.

Looking over the Dominion-Provincial field, the Star's writer expresses the view that the Pro- gressive Conservatives have considerable fence- mending ahead of them in Quebec, the Mari- tirnes, and the Prairies; whereas the main con- cern of the Liberal party iust now is--or should be,-the increasing unrest among the formers in all the Provinces. Progressive Conservatives, the Star's correspondent rsays, are "fairly strong ' Iii British Columbia, and particularly strong in

fintarld," and he marathon hints that, as far i‘ ls Alberta ls concerned, a "quasi-alliance" ex- l-"ifls between the Social Creditors and the Fed- , "oral Progressive Conservative party.

l‘ This review of the general situation lusti- Yfllt the conclusion that the next Dominion elec- ‘ltion, vdien it tdses place, will be stubbornly I‘ t between the major parties, with consid-

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first. oubt as to the outcome on polling day. ~ at is, “ isoncs erious enough to be reckoned with. v nrlse ltha Liberal outlook will be decidedly

_. It ‘ls generally agreed, however, that a fro» of the Province of Quebec by the Dop- _ is Government in‘I948, would greatly weaken "sling Government's prospects and correspond- llylniprove those of regressive Consor- lives across the I!» i‘ the rsioirdswo ‘

‘f the C. C. F. continues to be a political,

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- "EDITORIAL stores -

Tomorrow, second Sunday after Christmas. i i fi I

The holiday over, many visitors lo the Island are taking their departure. All good things

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The moving of the snow from the sides of the streets and pavements will be a much ap- preciated oct of public service.

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Now it is Sir William, successor to that other distinguished Islander, Sir Char-les. Both are credited with herculean efforts to make their native Province the better for their being born in it.

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American opinion seems to be that the re- sult of Mr. Wallace's action in running as a third party candidate will be that the Republicans will nominate a dependable party man instead of seeking out a really outstanding candidate.

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Royalty is developing a tradition of giving up one's throne in order to marry. King Michael decided that a crown was not worth keeping when his Communist government ruled that Romania "cannot afford the expense of a Royal

wedding."

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It is a well worn maxim that nothing is so certain to lose its value as money. From earliest times prices have followed an upward trend with a corresponding reduction in the value of money.

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Pravda in suggesting that Britain lollo Russia's example and revalue her currency seem rather like the fox who having lost its brush pro ceedad to induce the other foxes to part wit theirs also.

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British Prime Minister and First Lard o the Treasury, Rt. Han. C. R. Attlee was bor

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cil and Leader of the House of Commons, Rt Hon. Herbert Morrison, born this date 1888. The have been the most successful Socialist Leader

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Eleven hospitals in London are being organ ized to form the nucleus for a scheme whic will make Britain's capital training school fa the world‘; medical specialists. lt is being organ ~ ized by the University of London's Post Gradu ate Federation and Sir Francis Fraser—Britain' wartime’ medical supervior for the Ministry " Health IS in charge. The plan provides for ne i lecture rooms and threatens with additional liv-

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"Common scalds” is descriptive of persons liable to be punished in Criminal Courts in Pitts- burgh. Three sisters sentenced to three months for such an offence were released in time for

Christmas an the appeal of’ theflcitizen, one Mr. . _ Francis Pastor, who initiated their prosecution; w ..

The sisters, Helen Znosko, 29; Betty, 24, and Elizibeth, 20, shook hands with Francis Pastor after he had pleaded with Judge John P. Egan, to parole them after serving two months ana ll days on sentences running l3 to 22 months Pas- tor brought charges under an old Pennsylvania law because he said the sisters vilified him during on argumcnt over some shrubbery, Q W i ‘I It seems extraordinary that people should search for the remains of a man who died 2400 years before the first Noel. A cable from Cairo relates that hope of finding the tomb of Phar- oah Snefrou increased Saturday with the discov- ery of the mummy of a hawk, symbol of pharaohs, in a tiny coffin beneath paving stones in the heart of the blunted pyramid of Dahshur at Sak- kara, Egypt. The coffin was found by Abd Essa- lam, director of the Egyptian pyramid proiect. Snefrou lived about l,000 years before Tut-' ankh-amen, or about the 24th CenturyBC. d- k i

National. Park development in Britain is be- ing pursued in spite of national and internu- tionnl problems. The area in Southern Britain covered by the beautiful woods known as the New Forest is recommended as a permanent nat- ure reserve in a report published recently by H. M.'s Stationery Office. Other proposals include a special camp for the gipsies who for centuries have made their home in this forest. The New Forest is, in fact—os the report points out-i miraculous survival of pro-Norman Britain and has a natural history unique in Western Europe. As early as I016 it was already being administ- ercd for King Canute under the forest laws of the period.

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lt is with more than ordinary sincerity that newspaper men congratulate The Ottawa Journal an being able to celebrate with its editor the New Year, his 90th birthday and his 6lst anni- versary as editor-in-chief of that great publica- tion, the equivalent in Canada of The Manchester Guardian-a name to coniure with politically and ecOllflllllfiuily. Mr. P. D. Ross is an LL.D. (twice) and entitled to be called doctor, but prefers merely the popular and old-time designation "P.D." He belongs to a great past newspaper era, which included such stalwarts as Graham ofy the Montreal Star, White of the Montreal Gazette, John Ross Robertson of The Toronto "Tely", At- kinson of the Toronto Star, Mracklin of the Win- nipeg Free Press, Pearson of the Halifax Chron- icle, McCraady of the Saint John Telegraph, John T. Hawlie of the Moncron Timey, all of whom and many more were at the birth of the Canadian Press organization almost ages ago. He has had a distinguished career, not wholly confined to his influential newspaper, but ways with the best interests of the commu tots at heart. Ha has been a keen - Ii rid enthusiastic sport patron though I - lisensrgies ln this connactio '~ _bso b golf and curl-

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rue GUARDIAN,’ ‘

Don't waste “I118 frying lo peg- spade the other fellow tie ll wrong‘. Pmve to hlm that you are right. -- Quebec Chronicle-Telegraph.

We are a nation of nnlasnl lov- ers. and few hate dogs except mell- men, delivery boys and others wno must. take the bites to hold then jobs. - Victoria Tlmee.

Imported Saute Claus whiskers are on the banned 11st, thus giving rise to the horrible thought that‘ the Government. is giving Canadss amateur Santos one year to grow their own.

Balanced living begins not will! nations and world movements, but ln the individual. Never in all his wry was lt; more important; that individual men and women should not lose their heads merely be- cause they have failed hitherto to use Lhem. - Vancouver sun.

Big changes are taking plsce on Britain's railways. When the Trans- port. Commission takes over the entire network an January 1 1t. will be welded into one complete unit organized ln six regions- They will then become state railways and be known as “British Rall- ways." This title will replace those of the four mainline companies

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daltalexperts who have omit this year ruin that the an-

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Mlddleeex County is now free of debt. The 1945 report of the De- partment. of Municipal Affairs 11st.- ed l’! out. of 38 counties in this favorable position: Brant, Bruce, Elglu, Essex, Halibut-ton, Hastings, Huron, Kent. Lambton, Lennox-

5 Addington, Lincoln, Oxford Perth,

slmcoe, Waterloo, Welland and Wellington. The addition of Mfd- dlesex brings the number to 18. and it may be that. others have be- come debt. free slnce the report.

~ was compiled, observes The Tpr-

onto Star.

If has cheered us to learn that. even In England, sorely beset. as

' she may be, there are still some

things that. are permanent and un- war. For instance, rs British travel agency recently ask-

' ed several hundred American vlsl- . bars what. comments they had In

make on their first. postwar visit. to the old country. It. reports that the Americans complained about. only frwo things: the English cll- mate and that, witch's brew whlcn the English cell coffee, says The Calgary Albertan.

For centuries the Nile River iisl flooded its valley and then receded. leaving rich deposits which made

. the land highly productive. This ‘ fertility largely accounted for the

early civilization there sud Io.- contlnued food production support,- ing mllions of people. It used to be said that. valley forms were so eh phat fertilizer would not in-

- production, . b8 Tho, .. gpolls star. Yet. American been ln

nual flood no longer is s. fertlln visitation. The lands along the upper reaches of the Nile have been so badly eroded that. they can't be wssned downstream. Commercial fertilizers now increase yields in the valley by 40 percent. Dwellers alone 111° Nile were is long time learning the

lesson, but. they know now that " unless the soil is protected it can't.

support people forever.

The sugsr bowl of the western hemisphere is about: to spill over. The bowl ls Cube. Only o. sixth the size of Texas, the ribbon-like trcrplcel island ls the earth's grub- est producer of glistening whlto sugar. Next month 1t starts grind- lng another super-crop. And sugar men wolder where and how the Cubans will sell It all. Cuban-s

wonder, too. It looks like bhelt‘

crop may equal lost year's whop- ping record of 6.4 million W118-

Thovs a mountainous lot. of I11!"-

It compares bwo-pounds-for-oiie with cubirs pro-war output. Its double the production of giant Rul- la. The Soviet. ls the world's sec- nd largest producer, 1f India/s low- ; one "gur" (not white) sugar ls xcluded. For weeks now, with her lg new crap approaching, Cubes

~ vw..§l111l4°11. tier 's't1igarr' lr'i' lite world mnPldb F61‘ s fat. 8.50 cents s pound. Within the past. two weeks she sold 30.000 tons to ‘Britain for 3.50 cent-s I pound. The price has been cut. in two-and then some. - Wall lit“ Jottmhl.

A sentence that olulhi m! W} in Si: Harold Butler's new booc Peace-or Power curbs. use slnllfl sentences often do, e flood of llaht on one aspect. of international re- lationships. "The first Russian unl- verslty," he writes, "was not found- ed till 1756." The first colleges at. Oxford and Cambridge were found- ed in ms and moi respectively. and in each case the university ex- isted before the colleges. And men! European universities, notshiy Bol- ogna and Perle, were of course older than our own. when it. In realized for haw man! (Mil-um. the national tradition or this coun- t was formed. I111! i310 1101mm" o? its government provided. It! the universities —and~ now lei-sols. for that. matter. thGY l" "W" fronted on the faborfront Bench today -t.ha fact that M81191’ 1'1"‘ lag In Russia is out] less than two centuries old will be lam in lil 1m, significance. 1t is true that Russian universities produce men- tlete of the first order today, but government 1s bull 011 1-110 11"‘ msnities, not on science, and the hard fact. ls that. in Russia s tre- dltlon of government determined by the wide outlook of the humanl- tles has never been established Ivor la triers so for any si it. _-I.nndon Bpoetntar.

PUBLIC FORUM

Tish eoluinn In open iii ‘III ‘i108 Q, Qflfffl- new!!!" o! necessari- ul Inland. ‘Ilsa Charlottetown Guardian does not ueoeanr- I; esidorea the opinion “i oorreapaiidnrn

FREEDOM AND DISTILLEIIIES

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Slr,--I see by an institutional ed. Vflllsecnent. in ‘like _Gtmrdjgu o; Dec. 29 mat. e Toronto distillery vwpoiation does not, want u‘ bu for. lei how dwmy 1t ls interested In the freedom enjoyed by the peoplg 0! Prlnce Edward Island, campus-ed with what it was one tiundied years 8&0. l-Iow very commendable on tiha part of a great manufacturing cam. Pally away upln Toronto to be so deeply concerned in the freedom of the citizens of tihls little insignifi- cant. Province! And no doubt. for the larger freedcim of young mein and women. unis great and magnnnhious company would very mnsah like to help provide every convenience and facilities 1a;- using their pl‘0d‘1lCl~5,—-pfll'l0llTS,» lounges, every comfort. What. friends those Toronto tycoons of finance mustrbe nf our young people. always think- lng of their freedom. their comfort and their welfare. In toot, they are prepared lo spend great 811L115 money 1n the Province to make it possible that, especially, our rising generation should ihnvc all the facilities they have up 1n Toronto,

the model, they woul say. Im" Chilling; ., ,, .,. ' 42.‘. _;. ..- But‘ with all willie thoughtfulness

and foresight of time great. company here is another. side to their busi- ness that they do not see. Probably none of their sons or daughters are involved, personally. Of course, it never matters so much to us when other people's children are involved. A young friend of imlne. with a wlfe and five children, ls now serving, in a neighboring Prav- ince, g jail sentence. His father, now dead, was an elder, ln my church and one of the beet of men.‘ This young son. using ~a product of tine distillate, drove his car aver a wcman and killed liar, also serious- ly wounding several others. His mother and her large family, some of them college boys and girls, all excellent citizens, are now passing through o. omr-l experience. This son has lost his freedom. ills noble mother, sisters and brothers have loot Lhelr peace and their self re- spect. If tihls were an unUil-ldl in- cident it could be disregarded, but hardly o. road in Canada of any length bu-Ii could tell a similar story. or even more tragic than this. The distiller: do not. know about ouch hsppe ' ‘ , or 1f they do know they regret. tiham very much, for they east. suspicion upon their busi- ness and make some people fcel that. s stop should be pill._ to 1t. What they want and are always urglng ls that every young man and woman 1n the country should learn to da-lnk and drink moderate- ly. Ultimately, "a glass often ln like hand of every mun and, wom- an." with Lhls sfm in view they are spending many millions of dollars "slrttie United States lash-year

here in Canada it. would be $8,000,- 000, s11 for lihe purpose of teaching especially the rising generation. that. drinking lnboxlcablng liquor is a very respectable and in all re- y , s good thins. The fact. that over‘ 25 percent of moderate drink- ers pass into the staggering, slob- bering stage 1e not mentloned. That would seem to reflect uipon their buelness. . I am. Sir. eta. - ' W. I. GREEN Btanley Bridle, Dec. 31.

THE (LC. . VOTE

sir, - A letter written by on individual who oells himself "Stu- dent", which appeared in the "Pub- lle Forum" on December 20th, cells for some comment,