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Morning Dolly (Founded In Ill!) President. Lt-.ut.-Col. W. Chester 8. bioluro Vice President. J. IL Burnett. I. I. I, secretary. Llent -Col. D. A. Mneliinnon, D. I. 0. Editor and Managing Director J. B. Burnett F. J. I Associate Editor. Frank Walker

SUBSCRIPTION BATES $5.00 per yen (in sdvsneei delivered to City 54.00 per year (In advance! mulled to P. I. Island t5.oo per year (In sdvsucet mailed to cunululnl Ill Members audit Bureau of Circulation:

"The Strongest Memory is Weaker than the Weakest Ink.”

I TUESDAY, AUGUST 15. 1939

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Boost For Canadian Salmon

Canadian Food Joumal records the interest- lng fact that the sale of Canadian canned salmon in the Old Country has received a tremendous boost from the outcry over the heavy iniporta- tion of Japanese salmon. This is the direct re- sult of newspaper publicity. For weeks almost every British newspaper ran stories, and in many cases heated editorials, on the subject. As the facts became known public sentiment flared

The British housewife made it clear till! she was opposed to the country paying Japan the sum of £1,700,000 when salmon of a Slml1al' quality was obtainable in Canada.

Questions were raised in the British House of Commons, and on July 4th a Private Mem- ber's Bill was handed down which desired 10 make it obligatory by amendments to the Mer- chandise Mark Act of 1926 that goods manu- factured in Germany, Italy or Japan 51101114 1-‘fe compelled to clearly mark the country of their origin. It is improbable that it Bill calling for this drastic discrimination will become law, but as a result of a just citation of their claims for honest marking by the Canadian officials, coup- led with the public indignation, the President of the Board of Trade has officially declared himself us having amendments to the Mer- chandise Mark Act under immediate considera- lion_

"Editorially»” says Canadian Food Journal, "we have nothing to say against Japanese salmon as long as it enters the market and is sold to the consumer as Japanese salmon. It obvi- ously has a perfect right to come here. but V_V1lf11 we resent and what the public of Great Britain resents, is the fact by misleading identity marks people have been buying this oriental Pi’0d“€l under firm belief that they were buying a Can- adian product. But those days are nearly over, everywhere dealers are reporting that customeis when buying salmon are now demanding to know the country of origin and obviously Cait- adian salmon is the kind they wish to buy.”

Gold In Reserve

Since 1937, statements showing the gold held by the Bank of England on behalf of the British lixcliange Fqunlisation Account have been pub- lished twice yearly. Few attempts, however, have been made to outline the purposes and op- erations of this fund in concise form for the benefit of the general reader. Data are now available for a period of two years and these are summari7.ed with a general review of the history and operations of the Account in the first article of the Monthly Letter of The Royal Bank of Canada for August. During the past year the’ Iixcliauge .Account and the British Treasury adopted a new policy of holding gold in‘oth-gr countries including Canada. At the out- set, this movement was comparatively small but during the past few weeks shipments have been heavy. Imports during Ma_v aggregated 4,671,- 000 fine ounces valued at $163,485,000 of which about $159,000,000 came from Great Britain. Substantial quantities continued to come in dur- ing June it being estimated on June 19th last that including gold on route from Great Britain there was about $323,400,000 in gold held in Canada under earmark. The second article re- views Canadian mineral production during the first half of the year so far as data are avail- ble. With Canadian gold production at the high- est level in history and with metal production close to record levels, the official index of the total voltiiue of mineral production reached the record peak of 233 in May, almost double the level of 1929. fine ounces per month in 1929, the output of

gold has risen to more than 400,000 ounces per month. On this basis '.' may be confidently anti- cipated that the total gold produced in Canada

during 1939 may reach 5,000,000 ounces with a value of‘ $175,000,000. This compares with ac- tual production of 4,679, 625 ounces valued at $i64,56i,i23 in 1938 and'4.o96,213 ounces and $143,326,493 in 1937. The mining industry con- tinues to prove it is one of the highly construc- tive influences in Canadian economic life.

Japan Feeling The Pinch

Japan's war efforts in China are having the inevitable reaction on Japanese civilians at home. This is evident. from a perusal of a recent issue

For-one thing, "the China affair" as the war ls..euphoniously called,. has drained heavily on the labour resources of rural Japan. Since the outbreak of hostilities two years ago, men and horses from the rural districts have been mobol- lted for military service in the China battlefield. Additionally, the ever-increasing demand for vlrorliers in munition factories snd'otl1er war industries taken A vast number of young ‘men from the farnl.- Thisfgrestroutflow of. men ‘sud-‘animals hasfsffieidtetl ‘the agricultural labor

#1‘ 0.1- 5613!! "*0 |:‘Ii~"'"P"°°.°<.1_9!It¢!1 Wsfit’ ‘ , .i-esult, "stand to Idle their health

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From the average of 155,000

with those of last year. The Government in- stituted a_ price control policy in order to curb mounting tendency of wages in industries con- 'neCted with "the China incident.”

There has also been drastic restriction on im- ports of “all non—ess-ential foreign articles."

Notices to all foreign residents of Yoltshania, with the exception of diplomatic and consular officials, request that they report the amount of gold in their possession. Printed forms ate being distributed to all householders with columns for the classification of coins, rings, watches, ornaments and other articles as well as their value. A society has been founded by prominent leaders in Government and private circles to assist in urging the people to sell their gold and silver to the Government and to con- duct popular campaigns to facilitate the "emer- gency materials mobilization programme.” '‘

Since last July, regulations have been in force for the compulsory restriction of the use of news print.

Local sale of unadulterated dairy products have been compulsorily reduced by 40 per cent.

Cases of suicides on the part of innocent re- latives of criminals seem to be worrying the Japanese Government. Police authorities have been instructed to “use extreme discretion” when dealing with the families of criminals or suspected transgressors_

The ban on publication of the news of the ar- rest of a group of Communists, made in August last year, was only lifted on June 27 of this year. The men have "since been under examination." They were arrested on charges of “subversive literary activities."

One of the most significant items is the re- ference to the law for the protection of secrets regarding military resources which went into effect last June. The law prohibits among other things the publication of import statistics on a long list of minerals and metals, including alti- minum, magnesium, nickel, ferro-nickel, mer- cury, and tungsten ore. Japan, by the way, not only imports considerable quantities of such war material directly from Canada, btit indirectly through the United States.

_ EDITORIAL Nonzs _

Sir Walter Scott liorn this date, 1771. it iii '0 It

All set for expectanlly the most successful Exhibition in 50 years. ll 4‘ I It is reported, though we have not seen a copy, that an official publication in London of pictures of Their Majesiics visit to Canada fails to include any of this Province.

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A respected Church Treasurer semis us the following for general information: “The latest U.S. church device for “raising the wind” is what a religious paper describes as “some col- lection box.” The inventor hails from Okla-

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315103 M0II¢!—'l'liere are millions upon minions of ‘hidden Alberta mm .: “index: in banks oulsldc Alberta. If that money were brought back and put. to work many of Alberta's present troubles would disappear. But the credit house threat against the banks Will merely re’.-ult ‘in keeping that money out of Alberta.—ln charter-

ed banks elsewhere.—Letlibrldge Herald.

British Labor Party -- The increasing moderation of the

Labor Party in British political life during recent years has led many people to hope that it would soon hold i/he position once held by the Liberal Party, snd provide I rallying ground for all who put the cmplieais on humanity and social justice in public life without ex- cessive fear of lnnovs.t.lon—t.he.t L9. for progressive, forward — looking minds. Just as the Liberal Party in 1906 and 1910 welcomed the co- operation of Labor men. so it was hoped that the Labor Party today would be prepared to line up with Liberals and other progressives who could be prepared to accept much though not all of their program. But the Labor Party has put its foot down firmly. No entangllng political alliances. The whole policy and program of Labor. or nothing. What; its Executive de- clared when it expelled the “Pop- ular Front” advocate, sir Stafford Crlpps, from the Party, the Party itself confirmed by an overwhelm- ing vote at its annual convention. —Chrlstlan Science Monltor.

The Mayor and the Government ——'I‘he Journal would like to believe that the proposed national confer- ence of Canadian Mayors and in- dustrialists on employment will bring resuts But such belief is difficult. ‘Unemployment is a net- ional problem, national ln scope. causes and consequences, and if the Parliament and Government of Canada. cannot: solve it, it 15 hard to see how a rneellnv of Mayors can do much or anything better. Ottawa's Mayor Lewis, announce- lrig the conference said that Minis- ter of National Revenue Ilslty had promised to give axslstance, would “furnish all statistics required on the whole matter." That. we sup- pose, is the right spirit, but we cannot help wondering what the Mayors can do about those matters that the Govcrnment hasn't been able to do. — O‘.-tawa Journal.

The Boom Problem-Some time

that the stress of arm-m'nt work would soon produce a situation that has for long been unknown in Great, Britain — a shortage of labor. l-lis fcrtcast is coming true. The number of pcrsotts In (mo10y- merit. in B"lLa'n in June was 750,- 000 more thrn at the beginning of

homa. If a member of the congregation drops in a twenty-five-cent piece or a coin of larger value, there is silence. If it is a ten-cent piece a bell rings, and a five-ccnt piece sounds a whistle, and a cent fire; back a blank cartridge. If any one pretends to be asleep wlicn the box passes, it awakens him with a writcliiiiaifs rattle, and a camera takes his portrait. ' I 1 The Liberals of Queens are in search of one or two candidates. Mr. Lester Douglas has still some rivals for his scat, while there is a free-for—all for Dr. Dunning‘s vacancy. Among possibles mentioned are .\Ir. J. \Nalter Jones, i\lr. Dougald MacKinnon, Ilon. T. \V. L. Prowsc. Col. Russell Chandler, Major Robertson, Ur. Yeo, Hon, Mr. Lel’age, Hon. Dr. Cyrus Mac- Millan and Hon. Premier Campbell. Prince I:‘.d— ward Island is entitled to a seat in which ever Government is elected, and the Liberal powers- that-be at Ottawa would like to corral either Dr. Cyrus or Premier Thane for that position, should, unliappily and unlikely, the Mackenzie King Government be sustained. it s as

Bureaucracy excelled itself in the South African war when the War Office on coni- plaint that the Cheshire Regiment was stiffer- ing from gastric trouble due to the men’s bad teeth, supplied the battalion with mincing ma- chines instead of dental treatment. So Dr. T. R. D. Walkinsliaw told the British Dental As- sociation in an address the other day. The lec- turer was not very -favourable to the present method of school (lental clinics. He said that dental benefit in schools cost about $10-000,000 yearly and “achieved absolutely nothing as a contribution to the health of the nation. -The whole structure of the Board of Education's treatment scheme is built upon a foundation of san(,” he continued. “The effort must begin

palling condition."

by attention to the health of mothers and the teeth of children under school age. age child entering school has teeth in an ap- Nearly 1,750,000 children in Britain who require dental treatment fail to

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receive it each year, he said. As a result 2,- 500,000 temporary teeth and 500,000 permanent teeth have to be extracted at school dental clinics, Dr. Walkinshaw added.

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According to the Monthly Crop Report of the Ontario Department of Agriculture, hot dry weather throughout the greater portion of Old Ontario during the last half of July was detri- mental to field crops. The ripening of spring grains was hastened, particularly in Eastern Oti- tario. and the development of late crops was re- tarded. Pastures suffered extensively and at the first of August were badly burnt up, with the result that farmers in the Niagara Penin- sula and parts of Central Ontario were forced to do considerable supplementary stable feed- ing in order to maintain their output of fluid in lk. Crops in the northern counties of South- Western Ontario and in most of Narthern On- tario. however, made good growth during the _month, in the precipitation in "the first area was generally sufficient and in the latter area much needed warmer and (lager weather was experi- enced. Heavy rains ring the -last two days of July and since over practicallythe entire pro- . ‘vince arrived in time to prevent permanent dam-

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of The Tran.r~Parift'c, a weekly review publish ed in Tokyo by The Japan Adrrerhlier.

Ill! age to lsteécrops from oceuring. but were only 0 1 ll

V united _1_)en;:flt'to early .sprlt1g grains. scori- " mags of which were either cut mm! ,

or barman; It the uni of July,

the year. and the total Wax. higher than it has stood at any prrvlous period in history 'I“:e r:gt:t-cred unemployed, who reached n'arly 3.000.000 during the great slump stlll siood as high at l..'i4'l 070, but of th:se more than 500010 had been out of work for less t‘~.an six weeks, being in trnu ‘tum from one job to rnnther. a"d of the re- rnalnder about 300 000 heiong to 9. class rank 0 as “1inemployab':‘." There are probably not more than 500.000 perfons rcwdilv avall‘b'c for a.bs0rpt'on In lndu~tv:,v, and as the dsmcnd fo~ l"l’20l' ls s-lll tn- crerslng there is soon lllclv to be an actual 'll'1l‘l."$18 of labor In many ess-nt'al ."[ll‘t(‘l‘CS of produ:- tlon. This Is not ii matter for un- mixed jubilation. For though the lmprovemcnt in employment has extened to all b\i’- ft few industries, in the main it is caused dlrcctly or indirectly by the all-embrncrg dtmrnds for war material and ac- cessory eqtiipmcnt. Here, 3; if by A wave of the Government's wand, production has been quickly stim- ulated snd ls banishing un mploy— merit; and we can see the obvious danger that-. if the st‘mulus should be removed equally quickly, cm- ployment would crmg down with a run, with poslbly ciitiitrophic re- stilts

scepticism in regard to wolf- boy stories can be disposed of only by an txamlnatlcn of the evidence in concrete en es. when X was in Indls——lt must have been in 1893 or 1894-—1 was shown an actual wolf-boy. and there mustbc many other people still alive who have seen him. He was kept in a mission school at Eecunditra/bad. when I saw him he had reached middle life, but the missionaries told me that: at the time of ms capture from the wolf-pack he was apparently under seven. He and 5 little girl were both run- run: on hands and knees with the pack, Both, on capture, were quite savage and snapped at raw meat; the lime girl soon died. Their physique, in consequence of the unnatural life and the insuf- ficiency of food obtained in com- petition with the young wolves. was wretched. The boy was deaf and dumb. Although in the end he was tamed and lived on under the roof of the missionaries, he was never taugfit any’ kind of lan- guage, and communication with him was accordingly Pmlted. He was encouraged to show visitors the scsrs on his knees and elbows which had been get from running with the pack. and also the scars made by the teeth of the young wolves with whom he had fought for food. —- London Times.

History and Invention -_- If on enemy air fleet comes over Lon- don - so the cables have just N- poi-ted—lt will have, to run the gauntlet of s new sp:oies of anti- sircrnft gun aimed by an electric eye and capable of firing fifty shots 0 minute. These guns may take the place of the ballori burrase. of which much was hoped I year or so mo. They may actually repel an air attack. They may not. If they could do so they mlaht change the course of history. There are man! Who believe the if there had been no danger of air

there would have been no NI’! Inovlnc in,ius-1:/title waves.

ago Mr J. M. Keynes prophesied N

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‘lhll column to open roe the tttuuuieu I: correspondents oi qnuillll of llloust. ‘lie Uharlottstowl Gurllu too. not ueceuuily endorse the opinion of correspondents.

CHARLOTTETOWN-BORDEN HIGHWAY

it. a Chariot town-Truema.n’s Cor- ner Highway, which of course. is its right. mate. I like to know now Mr thinks she

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last election 3'7-3; surely s. great deal of the successful candidates wereelectiedeastoflaoi-den,so,to give the roedtouiiyofthe le who voted Liberal why not let 9 eastem voters have the road. The onlywayinwtliilclittlieflnsllinkof the Olinrloibtetawri-Borden high- way would benefit the people of eastern Prince Edward Island would be via Augiist/me Cove. because this would be the most. direct and short- est route to Borden from Charlotte- town. Surely this must be the pro- per route ause when I. M. T. Buses bad a shore route from Bor- den to Oliarlottetown it was not via Albany. but via Gaipe 'I‘nsver-se, which its the better route. I wish Mr 'Illl0tl'nt3S to understand that me mute the che.rlotte’wwn' Board of Trade recommended was not by North Tryon, Albany. seal-letown, and 'I‘rueme.n's corner, but from Tryon along the Albany road as far as Ines Dawson's. thence ll spur across the fields to connect with the Borden Highway at Doull'.s Oorreig, Carletpn. 'I‘hl.s would mean 8 V .' experisve program, consist- ing of rlslitawav buying. road building. and bridge c0nst.ruct.lc/n, etc. so that the government decid- ed tp connect the mad at True- mnrns Comer rather than build this Spul'.&S they thought the Board of Trade would elm’ recommend this project.

In Mr. '1'-hon1as's letter he did not mention winter traffic betmuse he lcnew of the impossibility of keeping the 'I‘ruatn»sri’s Corner, 'I‘rv~'*n_ and A"oanv road open for winter t-raffle; wititle. with very llwe difficulty, the Carleton, Cane Traverse. and Augustine Cave read could be kept. open for winter traf.

Insofar as string-breaking 1,5 cm. cern-zri, I do not think anyone would Set any worse a dren-ahlng by falling into the Cove bridge man by falling over one of the Yifldg-“S b-‘fvvcvsn (‘9i‘=.l‘olm's corner and the 0"c.s0l‘dsted school.

I am, Sir etr:., VOTER.

’VlR._HEMMlNG on "VTHY 1-my DELAY?"

_ Sir.-‘-1 agree with ltlr. Hamming .-bat. lit was no April Foo] Jake ma; muucecl Parliament to vote money for Railivay Wharf improvement. Mn Dunning. and Parliament in fleneml were no doubt. sincere. The liislnoertty was in the inside strateirsts who sponsored the vou- for the crooked election manoeuvre to save the Campbell Government's skin. end who. after the voting. deliberately shelved the moject to do service later in the appmuch- Ina Federal election.

While I esteem Mt. Hemmlniz as one of our most public spirit/ed, lmW~1M and inteuigent citizens. I must submit that he is In error. misled hv a belief’ that Grit Don- tf~inn:. are of the type of decades

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In those days. familiar to a we-1] read man like Mr. Hamming, gm word of a candidate for public honor was equivalent to his bond. when no promised. he made every effort to implement. his pledge, and iiould scorn the present day chlcpvierv of pmmisln for the somkti Al-tllllllcse of cum in voles.