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wlumn ls reserved for nevve mug-git, but advertising of , “w,” nature may be inserted a "vs cents a word strictly Pl!- pble lll “Inn” t Lyrical. COURT - At the com o; Appeal 5f the Queen's county Assiaes yesterday. in the w, o; the King versus Court, Ammey General F.A. Large, filed ‘m, the clerks of the court, a u, prosequl, wlhich means that ngiuriher prosecution will be. gnu-ted out. The case of the King| w,“ vissey, charged with mur- M will be heard when the Court fpppcal, which wss adjourned] osterday until October 14th., re- “mes on that date. ‘

" BURIAL AT CORNWALL -l Th, cremated remains of Annie bertson, wife of Rev. Samuel Howard, D, D., who passed away‘ u, vnnrouver on July 8, and which Ink-ed hi, the Cutcllffe Funeral ,mme, Charlottetown. 105i’ WEEK, were buried in the Howard family m in Cornwall cemetery on Sun- day, Interment followed _s fun- mil service held in conjunction with the regular morning wor- ship service at Cornwall United church on Sunday. Sept. l4. The R9,, N, K. Carmen conducted the

services.

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Personals

Miss Catherine Swain, W110 “l! gpehdlilg the weekend with her aunt. Mrs. Howard Murray left on return yesterday afternoon hy m ior her home in Sydney, N.S.

My. Byron Burns, son of Mr. Arthur Burns. City, arrived home last evening after an absence of ywo years. Mr. Burns. W00 "FY55- with the R.C.A.F. dllrlng the war, plans to remain in Charlottetown where he will open a lcweller)’ and watch repair business.

BIRTHS, MARRIAGES. llEATllS 50c Per insertion

BIRTHS

LEWIS - At Chmrlottetowm flpspltdi on Sunday, September 14th, i947, to Mr. and Mrs. Ambrose Lewis. a son 1o lbs. l8 oz,

MscCOMB—At Budbury, Ontario. on Sept. 16th, i947, to Mr. H. J. and Mrs. MacComb (nee Genev- ieve MacGuigan, R.N.) twin boys.

DEATHS

COLLETT-At the Prince county Hospital on Sept. i6, Mrs. Harry Collctt of Bedeque, aged 32 years. Her remains will be forwarded from the Davison Funeral Home, Kcnsington, to her late residence, Bedeque, Wednesday evening. Fu- neral service will be held from the Centreville Bedeque United Church Thursday at 2 p.m. LANGLEY-At the residence oi h" Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Mich- ael Langley, 1d Kensington Road. Kathleen M. Langley in her 23rd Year. l-ler remains are resting at her late residence, from where the funeral will take place oiiwled- neiday morning at 8:45 a.m. to 5t. Dunstsn's Basilica. Interment in the Catholic Cemetery. KOUGHAN—Suddeniy in Chur- lotietown on Tuesday. September 16th, Maurice William Koughan in his 26th year, son of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Koughan, b2 Wey- "Mouth Street. His remains are Yelling at the A. A. Hennessey Funeral Home. from where the funeral will take place on ‘Thurs- ‘dny morning at 9.30 to st. Dun- stans Basilica. Interment in the Catholic Cemetery. BAGLOLE-Suddenly at Souris on Monday. Sept. lath, 1m. William Bliilole, Maritime Electric line- man, in his 85th ear. His re- mains will rest at 1* late resi- dence, C9 Fitzroy St., from where the funeral will take place on Thursday morning at 8.46 to St Dunstams Basilica. Interment in the Catholic Cemetery. MURRAY-At Charlottetown Sept. i6, 15-47. Miss Catherine Murray, formerly of New Haven in her 9°01 year. The remains are rest- inil at the Cutciiffe mineral Home until noon Thursday, then to Canoe Cove Church for service Ht- l o'clock. Interment in Canoe CW8 Cemetery.

STRETCH-At Long Creek, Sept. 16, 1947. Mrs. fiederick Stretch in her 84th year. Funeral from her late residence ‘Thursday after- noon. service starting st 8 o'clock. Interment in Church of England “watery. Long Creek.

Bent. 16th, 1m. Howard White J1. Wood Islands. in his 18th year. Remains were forwarded

"midi! afternoon from Cutciiife Funeral Home to his late resid- ence, from where the f nenl will be held Thursday sits oon, ser- 7106 starting st 2 o'clock. Inter- "ltnt Wood Islands Cemetery.

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Mrs. George and ‘Buddy Brand- t? wish to extend their sincere ‘Milka l/nd epmeclatlon to all who Ital-tied in helping George and Buddy the day of the accident at "it gravel pit.

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Farm Federation Watching Strike Situation Closely

The present strike in Maritime packing plants will mean a crit- ltcal Blow to Prince Edward Isl- and hog producers if settlement is not reached within a very few days. This was the decision reach- ed at a special meeting of the Prince Edward Island Federation of Agriculture called Saturday to consider the crisis from the farm- ers’ standpoint.

Eighteen members of the twen-_ ty-one man board were present and discussed local conditions and the Provincial circumstances from a national viewpoint. The Canad- ian Federation of Agriculture of- fice was contacted and asked to do everything in its power to have a settlement hegotiated. In the meantime the Provincial Fed- eration is making every effort to bring about necessary negotiations and settlement.

Provincial Government authori- ties were contacted and requested to call a meeting of the Govern- ment along with representatives of the- Farmers’ Federation, Local Union 282 officials and the local packing plant management. It was the opinion of the meeting that local authorities should im- mediately take action toward reaching a settlement in the int- erests of Island producers and consumers.

Wires have also been sent from the Federation to the Federal De- partment of Labour advising them of the critical marketing tie-up in this Province and urging that special measures be adopted aim- ing st prompt settlement.

Should negotiations fail and the strike be prolonged. special ar- rangements are being contemplat- ed for the merit of small slaughtering plants, where feasible, throughout the Province. Sanitation inspection ls being requested to make this pro- ject permissable.

Those present stated that farm- ers can be assured that their org- anlzation is giving consideration to the present crisis and taking all possible steps toward protect- ing their interests.

General Assembly 0f The llnited Nations Cpens

By Clyde Blackburn

The second general assembly of the United Nations, fated to carry far heavier responsibilities than was planned for that body in the San Francisco charter_ opened to- day in the shining, modernistic headquarters on nearby Flushing Meadow.

There was no fanfare or flour- ish as the delegates from as mem- ber countries plunged at once in- to the grim business that celled them here from all the world.

They quickly elected as president Dr. Oswaldo Aranha oi Brazil, de- resting in two ballots the Austral- ian Secretary for Foreign Affairs, Dr. H. V. Evatt.

Then the assembly quickly set up the main committees which will deal most intimately with an agen- da packed with highly-charged 0nd controversial problems.

The United States delegation under personal leadership of State Secretary George Marshall, S00 ready to attempt, for Public 0P1"- ion purposes if nothing else, to force consideration in the assem- bly of such touchy problems as the Balkan disorders and the Mar- shali plan oi assistance to Europe.

ldarsli Expert To Visit Charlottetown

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MONCTON, N. 3., Sept. l5 — (CP) - A genera] survey of tidal effects on Aboidenux in the marshland areas of Westmorland and Albert counties is being made by Dr. P. Janzen, a Netherlands expert on marsh reclamation and drainage who arrived in Moncton by plnnl early Sunday mornillu Dr. Janzen was met here by Hon. Austin C. Taylor. Mimi!" 0i agriculture. J.K. King. deputy’ m1"- lstoi- of agriculture. W. W- Baird of the dominion experimental farm Nappan. N, S. and J. W. Byers.

After a visit dykeland sec- lions of Albert ounty. the party will proceed to Dorchester, Aulec and Sackvile areas of Westmor- land county and also marshlsnds ‘of Amherst. This afternoon at. 2. Qgelqek, daylight saving time, the Netherlands expert will confer It» a meeting in Amherst with the Mlflflmq Msrshlands Rehabilita- Llen Commission along with dykc

bl . It is ex- lrdlciieieifla information will be obtained in the . mmen- detions which will be given by m. Jensen on imvwvemfll" i" construction and drainage. Following the meeting in Am- hgflt Dr. Jansen will PY°0¢°4 b7 plgnfl lb Ohlfllittltflwfl. Wednesday nleht 0n 1'0"“

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owners to discuss dykelsnd re-.

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government is continuing talks with like Union and management, the. Quebec section of the C-C-F- illuedi a statement expressing concern st provincial mediation attempts.

"The demand of the United Pack- lnghouse Workers Union for a set- tlement at the national level is Just and reasonable and only by speedy action by the Federal Government can the consumers of Canada be saved from a serious meat short- age," the statement said. I

Meanwhile, an Ontario Govern- ment, bld for settlement seemed likely to be rejected almost unan- imously by the 12,000 U.P.W.A.i strikers, The proposal calls for the men to return to work pending ar-l bltatlon or conciliation. Union strike headquarters in Toronto said frst returns oi voting by the striking locals indicated "at least 00 per cent" are opposed to the plan. I

"Panic buying" still was not ccmmon despite the warnings of butchers in many parts of Canada: that a meat shortage is only days away. In Halifax and Saint John, N.B., the supply was believed sui- ficient for about l0 days; in Tor-g onto, the estimate was from two to four days.

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iOBY, less extravagantly)‘ as suggest-l

ed by Senator Robert Taft tRep.-| .Ohioi. Tait said that was Presi-l ‘dent Truman's mica. first.

I Capeliart said he believes that if} fcontrols had been continued "the_ black market would be a terrific] problem." To restore price con- ltrols would ircquire a return to rationing and he

, that.

'. Meanwhile the Agriculture De- lpartment called on United States i grain snarl-acts to double the amount 'of cash rcqulrcd from speculative i-raliers. J.M. Mehl, administrator of the Department's commodity ex- change authority, said the request was being made to lessen the dan- gcr of a "boom and bust situation."

At present some grain purchas’! for future clcllvei-y can be made with a margI-n—or down payment- of around 10 and 17 per cent.

The government. can only recom- mend higher margins for grain. The various commodity exchanges fix the margin requirements.

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Unltecl States and what the Unit- ed States huys from her.

The total amount oi American dollars which the Exchange Con- trol Board is expected to have to supply for the whole oi this year is $l,200,000.000, made up 0t the $900,000,000 trading deficit, $200.- 000000 for earnings of U. S. in- vestments in Canada. and $100.- 000.000 to cover adverse balances on shipping, freight and other items.

l To meet this, Canada probably ;will receive $350,000,000 iii U S- ltlollars from the United Kingdom ‘in part-payment of Common- iwealth adverse trading balances, ‘$150,000,000 from American tourist ;trai'fic in Canada, $100,000,000

from gold shipments to the Uni -- led States and $50,000,000 from [trade with European and Latin- “ American countries,

This will leave an over-all e550,- joomooo deficit which will have to lbe paid out of the Dominiorfis U. is. dollar reserve, which 80000 0i’- $l,244.900.000 at 3M1- 1-

A breakdown of the adverse bal- ance for each of the first seven months of this year shows doubled figures almost all along the lino as compared with the corresrflfld- ing months of i046.

The February deficit. for ex- ample. was 887400000 again!" $27,i00.000 in February. 1M6, Wililfi the April total 111M000 W 391-500" 000 against $41,900,000 a year ago. May was the worst month, the deficit soaring t0 $102,500,000 00m‘ pared with $39,000,000 last? Yfl"

If, as expected, this yell‘! Id‘ verse balance jumps to $900,000,000 it will he the worst in the Dom- lnion's history.

The 1035-39 average. in a peace- time area when U, B. dollars were easier. to come by. it was only $87,000,000. It rose t0 $108,100,000 by wartime i042 but the operation of the Hyde Park financial agree- ment stavcd off a critical period and it dropped to $2.57.000,000 in 194a and $112,100,000 in 1M4 and even swung favorably i0 W! 9x‘ tent-of s25,o0o.00o in i946-

There has been recurrent spur- lation that Canada will 500R I 15500900000 dollar loan in the ‘United States to bolster her re- serves but official circles connid" this unlikely.

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ha,“ 4mg minds of the Island's people.

Caught Wlsest Means

Mr. Davies said he was fiqt 0P- pgggd 19 lhe spirit WhlOh fllOt-Vflwd the introduction of such a resolu- .1105, 3e was nniy ccncemed with finding the most effective and constructive means whereby the aims pf the Federation could b0 ltifiblflpiiiihzfi.

I-Ie was willing to admit that more liquor was sold today by the Government then st any previous time in the history of the Prov- ince. However, he would like to point out that most doctors, Pfe- viom to the passing of the Cullen amendment. hsd had an almost un- limited number of script! I-Ild ihlf there was more moonshine sold undel- lhe old Prohibition law than was being sold at present. Never- theless, Mr. Davies concluded, he [was only giving his own opinion. tie body of Christian men and a

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and it was their decision I-nd not his opinion which would be acted upon.

Rev. W.I. Green, in introducing his resolution, said the Govern- ment was not interested in the moral side of the problem. "Accid- Qnl-o". he said. “do not impress them. Crimes, even nllurders, do not make them think. They are Only interested in s larger income frccn this traffic and the larger the sales, the better they are pleased.

"Why did they dare to bring in this amendment? Why did they risk it? _They are all understand- ing men. They risked putting the amendment on the statute books because they knew the Church would make no row about it. They had had other experiences by which to guide their conduct.

"It is true. as some one has said, that on the face oi it at least, the plebiscite taken some years ago on the Prohibition question ghgwed an overwhelming victory for the cause 0! Prohibition. But the members of the present Government knew when they introduced the amend. rnent that the majority of those who had voted for Prohibition at the plebiscite did not mean wihat they said. that they voted Prohib- lticn with the belief that the Gov- ernment. was not sincere and that they could obtain liquor if they so desired.

Church Not Interested

"There is another reason wily the Government felt safe in intro- duping the amendment. That rea- son is that the Church, as a whole, is not interested in Prohibition. Only a handful of the Church really cares."

Mr. Green said he was in favour of the teaching of temper- ance in the schools but that the

qucstionrd Government did not want it be-i lwheiher the American people went- cause they know what it would do‘

to their liquor business. Hundreds of young men in the Province c:uld not. stop drinking any more than they could change the colour of itheir eyes. That condition c-f af- Qfalrs is widely known; trite Church _ has tolerated it, has put up with it |1nllSmilch as it has not spoken against the traffic uvlth a unified voice. , Rev. E.J. Barres, speaking on |"Conditiori:, in Prince Edward Is- [ land”, said it was easy to point out .the mistakes made by legislators {but it was not so easy to provide a remedy which would prove ef- fective against those misukes. In looking over the temperance situa- tion, Mr. Barres said he had found three things which were “disheart- ening." The first was the attitude of the Government toward temperance. "I am not speaking", Mr. Barres ‘said, "from the political point of view, (or i: nnotiher party were in - power, things might not be any better. But. I think, that "we as a democratic people, have the right to expect the Government to obey the will of the people whose serv- ants they are. The people have never left any room for doubt as to where they stand on the tem- perance question.

opportunity of expressing their opifilOll on the Prohibition law, they sustained it. But not long ago the Government, without consult- ing the people, passed an amend- ment to that law which has made Prince Edward Island the laugh- lng-stoak of the world.

In Greater Quantities

"The second disheartening fact- or is the very obvious power of the liquor interests. They are rlth, and they have spent and are spending ' money like water in advertising their wares. They have liquor to _sell and they are selling it in quan- | titles vastly greater than the quan- tities they sold in the past. ‘Itiey are able to put largo sums into po- litical campaigns. Before the pass- ing of the Cullen amendment, the liquor interests encouraged the dis- 'aemlnatlon of the propaganda that any change in the liquor laws oi

the hovinoe would he e diange for the better, and so the change has been-for them. Since the new amendment became legal the liquor sales in this province have Jump- ed to astronomical proportions.

“But despite the increased sales of legal liquor, the sale of illegal liquor continues. The police are finding it every day in Charlotte. town and Slrmcnerside and, in line meantime, the deaths caused by accidents involving the use of liq. uor on the higlvways are on the in- crease.

"The thlrd disheartening feature ts the indifference of Christian men s-nd women to the evil. It is a dif- ficult thing to get people interezt- ed in the cause of temperance,

"The heartening thing 15 mat there is beginning to be an awak. ening of the people's moral con. sciousness, They are beginning to wonder wlhere the present condi- U00 l5 80in‘; io lead. Many are be- coming afraid as they learn or the millions now being spent in‘ the Province on liquor and that (eni- flfiwllhtl, at least in part. for the rapidly increasing membership of the T017199!‘ nce Federation."

Mrs. J’. H. lllocFarlane, Bedeque, "'0 Wmilerance education in the schools might be a comparatively slolv remedy for the liquor evil but it would be an effective one. In Saskatchewan the Government was encouraging the practice of tem- perance with all possible vigor but despite t-he Government-sponsored campaign. authorities in that Prov- lnoe did not believe the poople would be ready for Prohibition fcr at least ten years.

Mr. J. H. MacFarlane, who for the eighth consecutive year, was elected presE-clent of the Federation. delivered a brief report in which he said that the Government liq- uor store in Alberton was a “iicr- rible nightmare." The one ‘in Sum. merside was also creating great havoc to the moral welfare of that com-munlty. He did not know what action the Federation proposed to take, but he assured the gathering he would gilve his bent efforts to- ward furthering the efforts of the Federation.

Mr. MacFairlane thanked The Guardian for the large amount of space it gave free to the promotion of temperance education and also thanked t-he Rev. S, J. Davirs for his whole-hearted efforts while secretary of the Federation.

Others speakers included Miss Edith Sterne, Charlottetown. Miss Louise Callbeck, Bedeque; Rev. A. R. Mecvicarr: and Mr. Heber Mc- Phall, New Haven.

Mr. Colin Waugh, Wilmot. was elected vice-president. of the Fed- eration for Prince County; Warren

Higher Cash Income For ll. S. Farmers

HALIFAX, Sept. l6 —(OP)

‘Cash income of Nova Scotis. farm-

ers from the sale of their (arm produce was $1,300,000 higher in

,the first six months of this rear "Every time they have had the

than in the similar period of i946 the Department of Agriculture rc- ported today. Between January and June, inclusive, farmers of one province sold 814,663,000 worth of agricultural products compared with $13,366,000 last year.