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Morning Dally (Founded ln 1887) Audion-bed n Second Class Mall, Pout Oflloo Department, Ottawa.

Preaident. Ian A. Burnett; Vice-President, Wm. B. Barnett; Sena-Trans" G. M. Burnett; Editor and Managing Director, J. It. Burnett; Associate Edit-or. Frank Walker.

‘The Strongest Memory is Weaker Than y; the Weakest Ink."

THURSDAY, MAY 22, 19H

Lame Excuse

Canada, it seems, is unable to send thirty Boy Scout delegates to the International Jam- boree in France next August~. The official rea- son given is lock of shipping space. ' "This," comments the Vancouver New? Herold, "seems strange in view of the fact that the United‘ States is sending I000 Boy Scouts to Hie conference, shipping shortage or no ship- ping shortage.

“What is really locking on the port of ol- Plciol Canada, is the will to send the Scouts. lf United States lacked enthusiasm for sending Scouts it could just as easily as Canada plead shipping shortage. The fact seems to be that, unlike Canada, the United States takes pridc in its Boy Scouts, sees them as active ambas- sadors ot goodwill.

"lt will be a blow to Canada's prestige abroad and to the Scouting movement in Con- ado, that this country cannot find shipping space for even a token delegation of 30 boys to a world youth gathering which has tremendous possibilities for furthering international under- standing and peace."

Yorkton Base

< At Yorkton, Saskatchewan, Jacob Mensch, I farmer from the nearby Langenburg district, it charged with assaulting his hired mon. The hind man is o Polish war veteran recently brought to this country by the Dominion govern- ment and placed in employment as an agricul- tural worker by the Dominion-Provincial farm labor committee of Saskatchewan which oper- ates under the supervision of the Dominion De- partment af Labor.

"Not as comment on the case," says the Winnipeg Free Press, "but as a point of public policy it will come as a shock to discover that immigrants are being placed by government bodies in so haphazard a fashion. The policy of the government in admitting these Polish veterans, although their numbers are too meagre, is,a highly desirable one. lt is the administra- tion of that policy which is at fault. Here was I Polish veteran who did not speak English and who was not familiar with this country. All the decisions which a man would normally make for himself-as to where he would locate and for whom he would work--must, of necessity, he made for him. At the present time these decis- ions are being mode by a joint Dominion-Pro- vinciol committee. This committee, according to a statement made at Ottawa by Mr. Arthur MacNamaro, deputy minister of labor, relied upon the advice of the local provincial agricul- tural representative — an official of the provin- ciol department of agriculture. These repre- sentatives, he said, report to the joint commit- lee upon the suitability of farmers as employ- ers, the accommodation available for hired help and so forth. The Dominion-Provincial com- mittee, acting upon these reports, allot the im- migrants.

"Regardless of the outcome of the Yorkton case, it is evident that this machinery is de- festive. For one thing it ignores the relation- ship between the two individuols directly con- cerncd-the farmer and the mon who is to be

hired. The immigrant, under such a system, is dealt with merely as a number, not a human being."

Forest Management

When running at capacity, the pulp and paper lhdustry uses some eight million cords of pulpwood annually, of which about six million cords are cut from limits leased or owned by the industry, while the remainder is purchased from private forest owners, the majority of whom are farmers. More could be made of the private business of raising pulpwood for sale if private woodlots were operated under any kind of long- torm forestry plan, assuring continuity and cer- tainty of supply. ln I945 the industry paid $l9 million for pulpwood it bought from private vendors. This is suggestive of the opportunity that is open to operators of small woodlots. World trade is vital to Canada's forest resources and the pulp and paper industry. According to the monthly letter of The Royal Bank, agricul- ture can vary its crops from year to year oc- cording to surplus or d-eorth, but in growing perennials such as trees there must be a long- time assurance of peaceful commerce. There will be no advantage in the most perfect system of forest management if the forest industries ore unable to sell their products. So that, fin- ally, there is imperativo need for world law and order.

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Empty Spam

The Increase in Canada's population by 188,000 last year, bringing the total to I2,- 307,000, does not exceed the anticipated fig- ures but also does not approach the total that could have been achieved had the government embarked on an immigration policy after the war. Tho estimate released by the Bureau of Statistics. shows on increase over I945 of I.S5 our‘ cont. Tlil nut census will not be taken llllll 195i and It ls probable that it will show

qlgonlowcst rate of increase of any decade since

Quebec, Ontario and British Columbia led ihe way in adding to the population. Two im- portant points emerge from the statistics. The first is the loss of 66,000 people by Saskatche- wan since the last census-taking. The heavy drift to the coast in the war years has appar- ently not been counteracted by a liomeward drift after the war, and the government has made no plans to fill Saskatchewan's great spaces.

The last census in I9»ll showed a popula- tion of ll,S06,655, an increase of 10.89 per cent for the decade, the lowest percentage in 70 years. But the l93l-4l period included a sev- ere, prolonged UUPTESSIOII and the first years of the Second World War. Government regu- lntions as well as economic necessity restricted immigration during that period, biil those bars should have been lowered long ago.

Last year's increase is made up largely of ihe thousands of families who came to this country to join their soldier husbands and fathers, and the natural increase, as both the birth and death rates are still favorable. Ex- cept for the Poles brought out by the govern- ment the remainder is made up chiefly of in- dividuol now settlers.

- EDITORIAL NOTES _-.

it is next Wednesday the Liguorian Players open a short season in the Holy Redeemer Hall with the production of the four-act drama

"Father Dan."

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The Mayor has issued a proclamation dc- cloring Monday, May 26th, a civic public holi- day. The Mayor of Summerside has issued a

similar intimation.

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We are, more or less, an Island of sur- pluses, including bachelors, according to the Dominion Bureau of Statistics. Even in the war year, I945, we had the luxury of 700 more un- married mcn than unmarried women. l

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The outlook is somewhat block for low rental, or, indeed, any rental housing. At pres- ent costs it was found impossible to build for rental purposes and now the price of nails is to go up another seventy cents a keg. A I \

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The "luxury" tax on furs seems somewhat misplaced. ln this country fur coats should be the ordinary winter wear of all income groups, not a luxury for the ivizll-to-do. With o little co-operation from governments the fur indus- try could be enormously expanded by supplying the demand for well made low priced furs.

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The Dominion agriculture department has done it again. Now it has standardized the frozen egg. A departmental press release re- ported that the department has taken the guess- work out of buying frozen eggs by establishing grading standards which wil! enable Canadian bakers, who use about $5,000,000 worth of this commodity annually, to order their supplies

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Storekeepers will be interested to learn that the average girl between the ages of l3 and I9 shops for food about three times a week, ac- cording to a recent survey, and 8O per cent of the girls interviewed paid their mothers’ shop- ping lists. Teen-agers questioned were able to recall approximately 6,569 brands, and showed definite preference in Z8 food categories. The survey was taken to determine the brand prefer- ences of teen-age girls and the extent to which they plan, shop, and prepare food in their homes.

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The United Kingdom's dwindling dollar sup‘ ply is one of the topics being discussed by Gra- nam Towers, Governor of the Bank of Canada, in meetings with British Government financial officials, it is learned. Mr. Towers left Ottawa by air for the United Kingdom a week ago to- day. Although his business was unstated, it was understood the taiks would be related to recent discussions held in Ottawa with Sir Wil- fred Eady, second secretary of the British Ex- chequer. Some sources hinted that reimposi- lion of certain Canadian wartime import and ex- port controls in order to stabilize the Dominimfs position in a potential world dollar crisis might be under consideration

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The nickel candy bar will return, and before very long, predicts Food In Canada. "lt will not be as big a bor as a pre-wor nickel could pur- chase, and it will not supplant the eight-cent bor, but it will sell beside the eight-center on candy counters, and sell very well, too, among that segment of the buying public to whom c nickel is still big dough—thot is, to the small try who have to employ all their infantile wiles lo wheedle five cents out of the old man.

As for adult purchasers, the majority will accept the eight-cent bar in the spirit which has sus- tained them through so much grievous change. The five-cent bor is dead. Long live the

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Moria Edgeworth, Irish novelist, dlad this date I849. Just as St. Patrick inspired St. Col- umbo, so Miss Edgeworth inspired Sir Walter Scott. The daughter of a County Longworth landowner, who exercised great influence on liar character, she published Letters to Young Ladies in l79$ and The Parent's Assistant, in I796, then drifted into novel writing, her first Con]; Rackrenl in I800 immediately bringing her fame: "Sir Candy Rockrent was very ill-used by tho

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Government about o place that was promised him and riovcr given, after his supporting them against his conscience very honourobly, and being‘ greatly abused for it, which hurt him greatly, lie having the name of.l great patriot

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THE CHARLOTTETOWN GUARDIAN llotcs By tlio flay

PUBLlC FORUM

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fled by a siri who refuizl‘; mu, ‘l ‘Wmlem Ta: glloltlonl a "I!

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which makes up for some of tho fimfs police have been bafllcd by girls who tall: too much. It's yust. a different. technique, _ Qttaw; Journal.

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correspondents‘ PIfiNHHVuHVNuUNVIrHHNHHN u, m u, b,“ u“, mm g ‘m, rnorzsnua THE riucir war that now rages between famed (‘lllld psychologists who were rocke by their molncrs when they bowie? and Others WlIO were frustrated In l0 lllelr present. eminence. -— Chic 38o Daily News. l

Sin-The enclosed verses, ‘Pro- testing lhc Price of Milk", wnlcn recently appeared in a farmers’ magazine are, l think. worth rc- quoling for the benefit of a few

, urban friends who may protest

n’ . against the price of milk or the ,,..“..]§;w',.p“lil (gniggfmmf )0 rlse in the price of buffer. Tiff‘). ” ' “ a 3‘ n a l are especially recommended to 1h"

"Ramllrtli Brahmi Oil: Best. brairg fuiili‘. Ends baldness. lncrcasep memory. insures eyesight, impart}; sound sleep, removes gray iial. siops filling hair. removes dandriljf “Hives 2-8 (about ri dollar) pr bottle.“

attention of a certain member of the Milk Board aiiil others \\lI\) made siicli a furo-rr when the iiirlk producers near Charlottetown ask- ed for a few cents increase in the price of milk last winter. _ I aiii. Sir. air. U (‘VERWIIQ was a milllirinlre ll. n ‘L MULLHM would not. mean a solution of lire

vi-crlds "problems o: these of the (Enclosure)

ltgldlnvlflual" Ifllcre _'1~~__ l‘? lmlml“ You can raise the price of liquor ‘a d‘ _w°u“l ref" “ l" veal“ but the only squeal you lIEJI‘ happmks Ev?" i-‘Ullgh Ewryclle Is from a thirsty public \\‘lll(‘l‘l de-

lmagiiics that. il. would be n shale manrm more rziii and bcciz

°l_ 81'?“ ‘lflllllll- -- 519i“ Jim’ The some way with tobacco»; tricy Times-flcrald. will pay without n prep,

" And smoke at lcasi as licavy as

TM" ‘"9 "Erlll" 99°F“? l0" they dial when if was chcsp.

b\lll<’IlEl_\' few. who are foolish nbcut t1ir~ii~ cxencisc. 'lhc_v make it n matter of pride iliai at sixty they can do as much as most people can at thirty. and think that

You can pul. a lax on movlcs; they will ririle iip and go; They will pay the rise with pleas- uro on things they wear for

strenuous exertion keeps them llt ghcyw, and defeats‘ the inroads of age. By But raise the price of milk. 0h such a. policy, of course they are boy]

The_v‘1l fight with all their brcilli.

They have n growing youngsic: who ts bound to starve Lo death.

The Family Allowance can stand so much;

It’: nlce to keep that ivindfall for Nylons and such.

They don't ask for bigger wages just to spend 1t all on milk;

merely inviting trouble. - Quebec Chronicle-Telegraph.

People oaimlng from other parts of Canada. particularly the big cities of the east. are impressed first. on their arrival in B. C. at ihe lack of strain 1n the faces 0f the people and the more leisurely way of going about things. They soon find out. that: this Imperturbablllty

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ls not a mask but: a real lifting of The-V Wm Shaw ‘U059 wick“ the splclt generally observable after tlliirxg; ‘and the" Schemng’

crossing the mountains. — Vancou-

VPT Pmvllwe- They wlll march with twisted bari- ners, they will oable, write or ivirp;

They will drag the local member by his urliisikers through ihe mire.

They dot-rt mLnd paying rises on their whisky. smokes and silk.

But not the slightest fraction will they tolerate on milk.

A better plan would be to ex- tend examination idea to persons who are convicted of driving charges lrr titre courts. Where there ls an accident. the courts have the right now to suspend a driver's licence if he Ia found minty on, almost any charge under th Highway ‘Baltic Act. Why not mak general use of this. and before lh driver"; licence is returned mak him try-and pass- an examinmio on driving practices? This woul have the effect: of impressing lh rules of the road on the driver rnlnd. and very llkely making hi familiar with a few he didn't kno before. You can't. learn how to drivp n car in a classroom-but. you ca learn how to drive one more safe] . —Cornwall Siandard-Ifi-eeholder.

QUEER PEOPLE AND DAYLIGIIT sAvms

SlI.—Pl'o Bonn Publlvo is (‘Yid- cnlly a prO-Latinist and therefore not very progressive according to

odern Ideas on education. Por-

aps he is like a- lot more of us. ust. n little Latinlsi. Perhaps loo,

e is like the renowned Shake- ppeara who 11nd just a llllle Latin. and less Greek. but who neverthe- 1055 wrote flne proverbs and aphor- isms: for instancc. "Merry far-kn are ploughmens clocks". Shake- speare ivas oxrraadiiifily WW‘; mdlfl ha, anticipate the modern Driylllllll Savers? Perhaps Pro Bonn Pllbllffl can tell us. ' _

Pro Bono Publico affu-ms over and ovcr his fixed opinion m few" or Daylight savinc- bill carefully avoids positive slafcments of facts to justify his opinion. He ls quilt? sure that most common sense peo- ple 1n North America are ln favor of Daylight Saving Time. As for the Southern States of America. they just. don't. need it. and he will not insult our‘ intelligence by explaining the obvious reasons. But. most, of us on U115 ‘polnl. of ml grgument are not. from Kentucky. but rather from the good old slate of Missouri. v

Pm Bono Publico refers us to higtory to demonstrate that 811 mo“ people who ream-ted WW ideas ‘rind inventions ln the M" were jun "queer pcnplP" (Q-ED-

Here's where we stick our neck out. Whether the half holiday ls kcpi on 'l‘hul'£day' r-r Wednesday; is ficsidr Lhe point. Would ll. not be sensible to forego the hall ho‘.- lday In July rind August’ We are a tourist town. and the Summer months are the merchams’ har- vest. and tourists who “e un- familiar with half holidays are disappointed when they arrive here and find all doors closed. It. ls not ii breeder of goodwill. The mer- chants might consider taking a full day off in the middle of the week during the other months and for- gel. about. leisure time during vacation time. - Port Elgln Times.

It. ls folly for far-sum to so on year after year. without. knowing the, exact. constituents of the soil on their lands. As the years go by lt means substantial losses. For this reason there can be no mistake 1n what the scientists say that one of the most important questions with which agricultural science has to deal ls the analysis and conservat- ‘lon o! the various klnds of soil throughout. the Dominion. In the early days when ihe country was new there was not: the some neces- sity for this as there ls at th ‘present. time. Now It. ts vital tho , the farmer should know the eond | ilion of the soils on his farm l order lo determine what crops l sow. - Guelph Mercury.

ago, English was spoken by "MY 20.000000. Al the some time. FrWCh was spoken by NAOODOO-not count.- 'irig the millions who spoke it as an accomplishment. At. present. Wench ls spoken by 69.000000. Genlllm by anoooooo rind snanlsh by 103.- loooboo. - Milwaukee Journal.

Two gm!" boys were overheard. In the street nutsidif. discussmiz the program of The Gnlewfly. ll"? Church of Scotland cinema and theatre n. Elm new, unriinburzh- “It's no’ bad". said one. "bill ll. has nae comics." This corivcrsatrm w“ nnrmtcrl at n recent informal mcatirr; of members of The Galo- woy. Il lr~d lo the director. the Rev. Georg,» Crmdlish. stating that. much thought was hriiifl szivrn w “if possibility o! SlIOWlIIR t-‘lllldrml! gums, “m; ihqy had ii. in mind to sci apart an entire wcvk la "1050- "An Inspector of schools has, how- aver, drawn ntienilon to the flirt that Lhrr period when juvenile del- inqiirizicy i; at its height ls briween 4.30 and s30 iii the afternoon," M7. Candllsn raid. "ThLs l5 U10 ""19 before the evening meal mid hofnrc the parents come homo. WP iirl bearing this ln mind. and we may

A true nzrlculturlst. the carth> worm also plants seeds by covering them with soil which it brings up from below the surface. and varCS for ihe growing plrinLs by cullivat- lug iho soil around the roots, says The Christian Science Monitor. It provides enrichment by burying tho bones of dead animals. along with shells, leaves. (uwius rind 4min- organic imrrttrr ivliich. upon ilccny- irirz. fugiaish lhr nocnssary minerals to llfl plan-ls. It. even provides for drainage by boning holes whilch carry off the surplus water. Darwin estimated that one acre of ground may coirtnin as many as 50.000 vurthworms. arid that ihr-y- may carry more llinn l8 l0!!! of soil to the surface in a single year. He also speaks of a stony field which was so changed after 20 years that. a horse could gallop over it from one

end in m» other viritlfoul. striking able lo mow flims for a“ "w! n single stone. lsboul. this 1110f.’ r- 5500511735 ——- “ottoman.

In 1850. Chambers‘ anryoloporlh. began its article on English by saying, "The English language ll now spoken by nearly 80 mllllons of the earth's inhabitants". Turning to figures for the present day, we find that English ls now smkcn by 280000.000 people. Ii has been grin- fng at an accelerated rate. The more widely il spreads. the fiisto lt grows. 111020 figures refer t those who speak it u their natlv tong-ac. Many other mllllonu open It after a fochlon. Ana so. lf yo are Fl your: of III. you may reflect that more than three time; u many people speak Ingllcfi as when you were born. Three-Quarters of the world's mall ll now written ln English. Al a time when Gemun was‘ spoken by 33,000,000 pqoplg somothlng, ovoi- o burning you: /

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STRIKE nus saunter; TRUE Let u.s strike the balance true, Debit. credit. Side by alcleT

Glve lo each the rightful due. Strike a. falr divide. '

What does Brlluln owe tn us? What do we to Brilaln owe? Work the sum out, minus, plus; Where do profits go?

Not to Britain‘. save 1n honour; All for F‘reedom's cause Flhl? gave. Now the lands pile dobls upon hrl’. Lands she helped to save! _

Not in dollars or In treasure. But ln blood and tears and sweat. That's the true and rightful mous-

life Of the British debt.

Wham that fateful. hellish hall Smole her. did rlhe carver or shlrk? Who was It tlpp'd the trembling