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FRIDAY, OCTOBII. 10, 109

Our Car Ferry Service

'l‘htougli the efforts of Mr. McLure," M. P., Prince Edward Island is to have represen- tation on the railway committee in the House of Commons, and it will be noted, from the agenda given in Thursday's despatch from Ot- tawa, that the first subject slated for discus- sion is the P. E. I. car ferry and terminal es- timates. It will doubtless be contended that this service incurred a “deficit" last year, as has been argued before. Such a term has ab- solutely no meaning. The service has nothing to do with profit-and-loss accounting; it is a national utility financed out of the general revenue of the country. If that fact alone could be made clear to the railway committee, it would help a great deal in gaining general sympathy and support for our transportation grievances when they come up on the floor of the House.

There is no question where the Conserva- tive members of the committee stand on this issue. hfr. Bracken’s campaign colleague in the last election, Mr. Henry Borden, K.C., made it crystal clear when speaking in Charlottetown on May ll. “Your transportation problem." he said, “has always been a difficult one. Diffi- cult because it has been tackled in a piecemeal manner and on the basis of political expediency. We must put an end to that. One of the aims of Confederation was that there should be no barrier to inter-provincial trade. Your geo- graphical position has imposed such a barrier. We see no reason why that condition should not be rectified and promptly. We believe that the water route from Borden to Cape Tormen- fine should be in effort a national highway. Accordingly, the Progressive Conservative party pledges to the residents of Prince Edward Island that the increase in cost of moving farm products and other essential freight, by truck or rail, occasioned by this water route over the normal cost of moving such farm pro- ilucts and freight for the equivalent mileage on land, will, as a matter of national policy, be borne by the Government, without waiting for the completion of the additional ferry to which l have already referred." ‘

This was the policy indorsed by Mr. Bracken as party leader; and it sounds precise- ly like the policy preached by Premier J. Wal- ler Jones at the Dominion-Provincial Confer- ence at Ottawa last Atlgust. Speaking of the Confederation Treaty the Premier said: "Clause 28 states specifically that ferries between Prov- inces are a charge on the general Parliament. How has that agreement been carried out? When Mr. Howe presented his submission yesterday he referred to transportation and communications, but ferries were not even mentioned. I have shown that ferries for truck and bus carriage have hardly been considered, and where it was possible to ferry them, ex- cessive prohibitive charges were made. Equit- able treatment should carry them free of charge, or almost so. Ferries should be notional high- way: under the terms upon which we entered Confederation."

The Premier added that "if the (Confed- eration) agreement had been consummated in I945 instead of 1873, it would have included adequate communication for railway cars, trucks, buses, and automobiles by ferries located in at least two points on Prince Edward Island and probably communication by air for mail and passenger travel; or else we would have mnained out of Confederation."

That is the basis on which the railway committee of Parliament should consider our car ferry appropriations. Now that we are to have an Island spokesman on the committee. we may get somewhere in presenting our case,

Situation In Greece

Yesterdays despotches report that the Greek crises has been ended by Archbishop Dlflllflltifloi, the Regent, taking over the Gov- ernment personally as provisional President. London newspapers point out that the resignation of the Greek Prime Minister, Ad. print Voulgaris, had been expected for some

I fliys. His Government's position had been fin- ~ij fllyvrendered untenable by the refusal of the

Centre and Left parties to take part in the elec-

‘itfdni on the 20th January-the date fixed by . Voulgaris Government. Then "a service" i or Tcaietnker"

Government was tried. It filled to enlist sufficient support to enable it carry on until the elections. The Regent

i‘ 0W. presumably turned to the Party Lead-

bnd placed responsibility on their shoulders qunlting to support him in a Government ‘fwill insure the maintenance of law ‘order and progressive economic recovery the remainder of the pre-election period. the principal tasks of such a Gov- --~t will be to fix a definite workable {qr-the elections, to deal with inflation and ' » "market and to procure the speedy re- ‘ nu of thousands of political prison- rlng in gaol. , p for: add that the United King- -- t t’| attitude was clearly defined’ it issued on September 19th by

have agreed to. send observers to super-intend the elections. It is stressed in London ill!!- in the British view, the recommendation in the tripartite statement “to all parties in Greece I0 collaborate sincerely and willingly with the in- terests of their country before them,” applies with particular urgency to the present Govern- ment crisis.

r-EDITORIAL NOTES-

Daily newspapers go into 94 per cent of

Canadian homes.

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in 25 minutes is envisioned by one scientist. “The development of rocket propulsion will eventually make it practicable to deliver mails from Europe to America in 25 minutes,” the scientist predicted in an interview. l i i i

Happy is the ruler whose people seek him. The Sarawak Government announces that Sir Charles Vyner Brooke, “White Rajah" of Sara- wak, will leave London soon to resume his powers. The announcement said Sir Charles had received a message from the people of Sarawak following their liberation in which they affirlll their loyalty and lihfld him to

return.

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The doctors have again gone on record unanimously as they did in I927, that the old Prohibition Law is unworkable, and doctors‘ scripts unethical, but seeing the Government's intentions are good in attempting improvement, have agreed to help out by issuing six-months’ warrants to those desiring them. After all, a doctor is about the most responsible and per- manent citizen in every community, and who are more to be trusted in signing permits?

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Remember the boys and old friends over- seas. Post Office announces that the “dearl- hne” for overseas Christmas mails this year Wlll be November IO for continental Europe points and November I5 for the United King- dom. The statement warns against deferring mailings until the last moment becauge this would cause copgestion at the post office and possibly make it impossible to provide suffici- cnt cargo space on last ships leaving in time for Christmas Day delivery.

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As already noted, but not emphasized in the reports from Ottawa, the Government has placed a resolution on the order paper to incrgagg the members’ sessional indemnity from $4,000 to $6.000, to take care of the war-time Income Tax imposed upon them. The claim is that with that reduction members are unable to make ends tneet. This is an amusing commentary on the Government's own assertion that the cost of iivmg has not increased to any appreciable ex-

tent.

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There is a great and growing demand for office accommodation in- the city on the part of returned men. Why does not the Federal Gov. crnmcnt vacate some of those they were occu- pying and are now practically unutilized, the staffs having been reduced almost to nil, and the work likewise? If the powers-that-be would look over the offices they are renting, we are positively sure they would vacate not a few to the advantage of all concerned.

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Jonathan Swift, D. D., Dean of St. Pat- rick's, Dublin, novelist, died this date 1745; best known as the author of Gulliver’: Travels; keen, hot-headed politician and controversialist; poet and critic; made a host of friends and many enemies; one of the most quoted of Eng- lish writers:

Hobbes clearly proves that every creature

Is lfl a state of war by nature . So, naturalists observe, a flea Hath smaller fleas that on him prey;

And those have smaller still to bite ‘em, And so proceed ad infinitem; " Thus every poet in his kind

Is bit by him that comes behind.

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Agriculture has always occupied an im- portant place in Canadian economy and while, in large measure, the tendency has been to em- flhflslze the Domini0n's industrial growth dur- mg the war years the fact is that the invest- ment in farming has also shown a marked in- crease since 194i. Official figures of the Dominion Bureau of Statistics relative to farm

ital, that is land and buildings, implements and machinery and livestock including poultry and animals on fur farms, show that from I931 to I941 there was s decline of almost $t bil- lion but that this was more than made up in r942 and I943, due chiefly to an increase in the value of livestock and a substantial appreci- atlon in the value of land and buildings. During the past year the value of implements and mach- inery declined but this was much more than made up by an increase in limd and buildings.

Mr. Frank B. Clarke is an enterprising and aggressive business man and sgriculturalist, and pity is there are not a hundred more such in our province. But, of course, even he does not know everything, is liable to make mis- lllml. though always ready to admit them if shown his error. His criticism of Bruce Stew- art 3! Co-‘s part in munition manufacture is not altogether fair. For instance, the voice of the people forced that firm into the war work, it being claimed that this Province was the only one left out in the cold. It took a great deal of pressure on the part of the Board of Trade,

‘the City Council, the Provincial Government, (then headed by Premier Thane Campbell), taln

and the newspapers to induce the powers-that-

‘be at Ottawa to give our main engineering in-

dvstry In opportunity to share in the work, and if the war ceased before part of the contracted

i Kingdom, United States and French . ' t. a which-

work was delivered that was no fault of Bruce gaunt‘ . . .

Mail service across the Atlantic by rocket

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Notes By The Way

Paella; an flea across h writ- tni ls no ouy matter. The prlnb sd word can't wave its arms and mole tuna-Kitchener Record.

The armmen that because Rug- by Unlon and Ru league men served together an died Mellie!‘ they should be able to ay to-

lgeoher. ts not quite applies le since

the some argument might be ad- vanced ln times of so-oslled peace when minor warfare with consis- tent, loss of life ls not an lnfr uens occurrence on the Korth- es: Frontier of India. and in Palestine. ._Delly ‘telegraph.

Did you ever see a fat postman? If you did, he was probably riding in a car on a rural route. These de- pendable, spry‘, lean citizens who trudge hundreds of miles a year. carrying their loads of mall for delivery and picking up other loads rom mltl boxes, are living examples of the fact, that while you can starve off your fat, you can eat, keep lean, fl-t and happy by just taking a good long walk every day. -Detmlt News.

Loyalty f0 Canada loos not mean Canadian lsolat nlsrn, nor any loosening of the eal bonds which bind Canada to the Brlttan Commonwealth. On the contrary. the better our citizens become as Canadians. the better member of the Commonwealth Canada will be. If the lndlvldunl Canadians sense of partnership ln the Canadian community ls dull and nebulous. his sense of sharing in the Com- monwealth wlll be by that much the more tenuous-Winnipeg Tri- bune.

The atomic bomb, and its fleets on Hlrodilmn and Nagasaki, have done much w Convlnfe Ill!’ world that Doctor Einstein was vastly more than a mere mathe- matical highbrow, whose thcflfl‘ 0f relativity few persons could under- stand. He knew what he was tall:- lng about, ff most, others did not; and he towers over mankind as an authentic lntellectual giant, pos- sessing what is probably one of the greatest minds of our age. - Hamilton Spectator.

The adoption of a. systematic, continuous and intelligent policy of reforestation ls urgently need- ed, for s white plne needs half a century for development, and white spruce almost as much - and these are the two most valu- able trees that Nature has devel- oped the world over. Where can we get a supply of white plne for carpentry, or white spruce for newsprint paper, it we continue the work of exhausting the supply of these woods and neglect to re- place them by planning a new cIOp?—G'tl0]}i1 Mercury.

The war was. after all. fought. largely for posterity. Thousands of people now living will never enjoy the full blessing of peace. They wlll go through the rest of their lives enduring inconven- iences and even suffering because of the conflict. No one can say that the war was Sought for their sakes. The full frults‘of our vlc- tory will be reaped, if at, all, by those who come after us, and while we should go to any reason- able length to meet our obliga- tions, they should, ln justice, be shared by those who wlll be the chief beneflclarles. - Windsor Star,

Courtesy is never outmoded. and ls always common sense. The man or woman who does not. know how to show everyday politeness toward his fellows works under a severe handicap; he will never rlse to ‘any position in which he has to boss people, or mee-t them. because he does not know how to do elthcr without; giving offence. No, polite and formal behavior ts just as use- ful now as it ever was, and in a world which lves the illusion of beoom‘ n; gnaler, we may find that courtesy, and such things as knowing how and when to say “How do you do?” have taken on a. new importance. - Peterborough Examiner.

The Battle of Britain service held in Westminster Abbey ls only the first, step towards commemorat- ing tn the Abbey those who fell ln 1940. Three years o a fund was raised for erecting me perman- ent memorial, and the £20,000 sub- scribed, which was raised in a few weeks. is to be devoted to renovat- ing and furnishing the eastern- most. chapel, whose windows look out towards Westminster Hall. This tlny chapel tlt ls only about twenty feet square) ls ready con- nected with two earll battles of Britain, the Wars o! the Roses and the Clvll War, for it was original- ly destined to receive the murder- ed Henry VI, and the body of Ollver Cromwell rested there for n. year before it was dug up and hanged at Tyburn. A circular hole ln the wall commemorates the battle of 1940. It was made by a fragment of the bomb which fell in Old Palace Yard, and is to be preserved tn the scheme of restora- tlon/kfaneheeter Guardian.

Digging pooth l ls till in; Autumn task. if): a clear. suynny

country bite in the at!‘ a mun en- oys the work, says The New York

es. isn't as if one needed to hurry- This ls om of those farm jobs that a 900d tanner lilies to net done ln eho Fall and have that mug: start on ram Sonny's rush. ere are some natural qualifications about lt. Di ng postholes where the soll ls ful of sizable stones takes some edge from the enjoyment. And when oaeoomssubwagranmkflea

In s man la entitled to fool for a few mornen‘ that those who went to the atone-free, black, deep soll of the Mldweat. loot, cermiry mowed comm ‘ “ Intelligence. Iut if he soll ls reasonably our. with a [nvell subsoil, dlgghi a line of along the lower and of thsinoadoworsorossacome-rof an: “land mowln! is for from be-

llh so can be set firmly lllflllt. It's use occasionally and look at the f elds and woods, the sugar Irove on the hlllaldo and the moun-

s across rv Chicks» dees call from he Baldwin tree-s by the stmll wall and a. lone

tn me veln from the bl: beech the shadows the pasture M a Ilfi of’ afternoon w en We the for

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PUBLIC FORUM

PAIDNTI‘ APPIIGIATION

Clix-Would you Hndli allow N5 a small amount of space tn your paper to allow un to express our gratitude to Mr. W. Chester 5- McLure, M1’, for his untlrlng ef- forts to have us transferred to hospitals on our native Province.

Many of us are suffering from cheat allmento such as tuber- culosis and pleurlsy, which requires a long term of treatment, and it ls our sincere hope to spend our hos- pitalisation amongst our kfnfolk.

We are Sir. etc. ll IQLAND PATENTS. Aldershot Military Hospital, Nova Scolds.

A Spendthrift Organization

(Times-Review, Fort Bile)

During the flsosl year ended March 31, 1955, the Canadian Broadcasting Commission received n. net income of nearly five and a half mlllton dollars. This was made up of $3,183,462 from licence fees, $1,609,159 from commercial busi- ness, and $75,785 from miscellane- ous sources. Yet, even with this huge income the CBC dld not llve within lts means. and finished the ear with a not. operating loss of $72,747, which, sumably, must be paid out of t e public treasury.

In these dnys when high finance embraces expenditures of billions rather tthan mere rnllllons, $12,747 may seem like a very insignificant allm; but lt. represents the total

thousands of hard-pressed workers 1n the lower income-brackets - many of whom had already been compelled to buy radio licenses to support the CBC.

Therefore, h: ls ent w suggest that; the CBC should be put under restraint tn the matter of expenditures, so that irt cannot under any circumstances, spend more than lts assured income. It should be realized that the oper- ations of such an organization can be maintained on a much more flexible bests than ls possible for such a public utfltty as the Canad- tan Notional Railways system. In the latter case. most. heavy over- head-ltems, such as track main- tenance, snow clearing, etc., cannot

t ’ ‘ subotantlally _l.n the face of a decline tn revenue. The CDC, on the other hand, should have much less dfmculty 1n cutting lts sult according to its cloth

In fact, lt would not. be unreason- able to demand that. the CBC should finance itself entirely by the income of $6,780,452 received from licence fees; the $153959 paid by advertisers could t/hen be put. in tthe public coffers for the relief of overburdened taxpayers.

Radio listeners in the United States pay no licence fee for the privilege of operating their receiv- ers; there, the entire cost of broad- casting l5 met by the money paid by advertisers for sponsored pro- grams. In Canada, the owners of receiving sens make n compulsory contribution of over three and three-quarter millions annually to- wards the malmennnce of the CBC, and that should be suffic- ient. Any additional revenue re- celved ln payment for sponsored programs ought to go into the pub- llc treasury.

London Letter

Dy Ituaa-t, Undnrhlll, Canadian Pres amt Writer

The people of LOIIClOn are com. lng home, pouring back into a bommbrtttered city already taxed to the limit to provide housing.

ma,‘ Inndoners dls- charged from e services and tthooe who left during the war to escape the dangers of bombing, or because their homes were damaged or destroyed. are returning to jostle the stnymt-hornes and thousands of

etrs.

Ho. l problem ls to obtain hous- ing. All through London workmen are tolling no patch up damaged residences, but in hundreds of homes me winter wlll be with cardboard or wood screens covering stmbtered windows while the tenant awaits new panes of

After the motor obstacle of mel- ter B overcome. an endless 11st of difficulties faces the housekeeper. Many latundries refuse new ac- counts, or take from three to four weeks to return clothes which - treated with chemicals becaus.» of the soap shortage -—- seldom look as bright and new ea when they were sent out.

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Coal l-l short. tradesmen seldom deliver. the queues are longer and

stocked

tthe drops ru- no fully- as tn provincial owns. Servants are riwally non

Tlimtlna find I hvpodbte to place their children 1n schools, for due to bomb damage school space la one of the motor of robflldlag. After six yam of war-ohonbages. wudd be Ill-pained ff their path wanrt bloated with phum?‘ ‘difficulties. and meet em ny nan resigned duper- atlon Int the urgency of rehouq. is aueh that some of the fond. mlau of rebutkflnl are being

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