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THE GUARDIAN

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Sir Stafford At Ottawa

Britain's economic position and future prospects were outlined yesterday at Ottawa in masterly fashion by Sir Stafford Cripps, Chancellor of the Exchequer. The seriousness of the situa- tion was not minimized, but it was on a firm note of confidence that Sir Stafford concluded. He pointed to the fact that in the first half of the present year, ,the total deficit of the United Kingdom with the rest of the world has been reduced by. over five hundred million dollars, representing on an annual basis a reduction of about 55 per cent. This and other improve- ments have been achieved despite a big increase in the cost of imports. Britain is still running s huge deficit with the Western hemisphere and "t is this drain on British gold and dollar re- sources that constitutes her chief financial problem.

Among other evidences of industrial planning, Sir Stafford cited the progress in British agri- culture, the, output of which is expected to be improved by over 20 per cent by the end of i95l. This increase will be to a large extent in livestock and poultry products. Canadian ‘armers, he emphasized, need have no anxiety upon this score. Even when it is all accomplished Britain will still have to buy nearly half her total food supplies overseas and will look to Ca- nada as one of her prime suppliers in tho future as she has done in the past.

While recognizing the need for closer co-oper- ation in the economy of Western Europe as the nerve centre of world democracy, Britain is equally convinced of the necessity of maintain- ing close and intimate contacts with the other members of the Commonwealth of Nations who have developed a common outlook on moral and cultural values. lt is to strengthen these links with Canada by stabilizing her economies on a sound pattern of trade that his present visit is chiefly directed. This objective is of vital concern to Can-ado as well as to the British people, egpgc. ially to this part of the Dominion which lies on the Atlantic seaboard and which by trade and tradition is still so closely connected with the Mother Land.

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World Peace Prospects

ft should not be necessary to underline the grave announcement of Hon. L, B. Pearson, new- ly appointed Minister of External Affairs, that the risk of an outbreak of war is greater today than at any other time since the Sécond World Wanended. This does not mean that another "if '9 fllevliflble; if means simply that the sit- uation is extremely delicate. Much therefore de- pends upon the statesmanship of our leaders, and particularly upon the results of the confer- ence now under way at Paris between the Brit- ish, United States and French foreign minister-g,

What about Canada? There is no question but that in the event of another world war we would be immediately involved. That is why so rriuch emphasis is being placed at the present time on Canada's recruiting progrflmmg {m- the armed services, both active and reserve. This programme links up with the plans for q North Atlantic Security system comprised of the Unit- ed Kingdom, the United States, Canada and i-ha free countries of Western Europe. There is good reason to believe that such a system could create and maintain the necessary prepqndeji. once of defensive force over any possible ad- tesrsary or combination of aggressive adversar- This is the cbjcctiva which the Dominion Gov. emmelll '5 PlEdQC-Il to support, and which will appeal to all loyal citizens as one of prime im. portance. lll the words of Rt. Hon. Louis St. Lau. rent, Acting Prime Minister, uttered in afieqeni speech on international affairs at the Canad. ian National Exhibition:

"Under present conditions this 5eem5 in be our best formula for peace: the concenrrnflon of an overwhelming superiority of moral, econ- omic and physical farce on the side of those who do not wish to use force, but are resumed to do so together, if the necessity i; forced m, them. lf we can bring this about, it may then come to pass that the forces of aggression, 1g. specting our power for war and convinced of our will for peace, will abandon their mad designs dismiss their unjustified suspicions, and begirf to co-operate with others without requiring that they become mere satellites. Any political asso- ciation on other than a universal basis in this shrinking world cannot be an end in itself bar only a means to an end. The end i; in." Se; out in the Charter we have all signed, the erection“ of a structure of international co-operafion and understanding, in which all men, of every creed and race and colour, may exist together in peace and prosperity.“

Allergic To Dipping

Some American correspondents attending the Olympic Games reported a certain coolness, shown by a drop in the volume of applause to- ward the American athletes in the parade with which the Games opened; and they ascribed this to the ‘fact that the Americans did not, like other delegations, dip their notional flag as they passed the Kl"!-

."'|r ls perhaps worth making clear, to any. use who) noticed and merited the incident," gays the Manchester Guardian, "rim their “i. {pairs keeping the flog upright implied no lack fl inspect; It is in fact on inflexible usage,

' amounting almost to superstition. withghe Ani-

erleeps that the Stars and Stripes most never be

dipped under any circumstances; to do so would be considered on insult to the flog, as improper as for a man to keep his hot on in church. Per- haps for lack of a royal family, ’Old Glory‘ plays a for larger part in the national traditions of the United States than Hogs usually do."

NOTES

~ EDITORIAL The equinocial gales due, have anticipated their date, and are ngw safely past.

Evidently the Federal Government are planning an early election before the Opposi- tion gets properly re-organized.

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lt would appear as if Premier Jones has still "a chip an his shoulder" so far as the cream-

eries are concerned. i

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Few recent developments will have such a steadying influence in world affairs as Britain's announcement that i00 warships will be re- fitted by April.

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Queen's County Liberals are planning to hold their nominating convention on October Z6, with Messrs. Cecil Miller and John Mustard report- edly in the running as colleagues of the sitting Liberal member, My. Douglas‘.

lt is to be hoped that the Progressive-Con- servative convention will not be induced to back the adaption of the transferable vote as advocat- ed by a Winnipeg group. The scheme has a certain logical appeal but in practice it is found to result in mediocre candidates being elected.

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An interesting suggestion following the numerous fatal aircraft crashes is that ‘planes should be equipped with rocket boosters direct- ed foreword, the idea being that immediately before crash landing the pilot could use them as brakes.

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The new market opening up ln Newfound- land for our produce is both encouraging and op- preciated. Soon we may be ferrying by air any quantity of foodstuffs and live-stock for the sustenance and development of "the i0th Prov-

ince-to-be."

The nursery rhymes about Monday being washdoy and so forth will have to be revised for city dwellers. Country folk, if they are so minded, can all do the some thing at the some time but, as Ontario is now finding out, if every- one starts ironing or taking baths at the some time the power and water supply just won't go

around.

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Prime Minister Costello wants to stop the migration of lrish people to Canada, the United States and so forth. There are some 40,000,000 descendants of lrish emigrants, and Mr. Costello feels they could well have directed their efforts to building up their own homeland. _,lt mav be so, but there can be no doubt that lreland is the greater for her forty million sons who have spread her fame far and wide.

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The move on the part of the Mother Coun- try to stall the raising of a fifteen million dol- lar loan for Trinidad, B.W.l., may well be the prelude to an active movement to have these islands incorporated into our Dominion. There is much Canadian capitol invested there, and so’ far as foodstuffs are concerned, the West Indies are the natural tropical complement to Canada. We need the West indies, and now that the Mother Country is in financial straits, they need

us more than ever.

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Saskatchewan Government adopted "free" hospital services some time ago, at a charge of $5 per head per annum. The rate is now raised to $i0 per head per annum, although the maxi- mum per family remains at $30. No one seems to have noticed that to increase the amount of money available for hospital services-which were already fully occupie:l—would be bound to increase the cost of hospital services. Baby Bonus had exactly the some effect. lt raised the cost of keeping a child by at least as much as the amount of the Bonus.

Viscount Morley of Blackburn, (John Mor- ley) English statesman and author, died this date i823. Was editor of the Fortnightly Review, Pall Mall Gazelle, and MacMiIIan’s Magazine. Ent- ered Porliament as a Liberal, and rose high in cabinet rank under Gladstone who had implicit confidence in his judgment and integrity. His Life of Gladstone was a masterpiece of biog- raphy; other works of his include able studies of Burke, Voltaire, Rousseau, Diderot, Cobden, Walpole, Cromwell; and a brilliant essay On Compromise. He donated the famous Acton Library, which_Cornegie presented to him, to Cambridge University: "Those who would treat politics and morality apart will never under- stand the one or the other."

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_ A high-ranking Quebec Conservative quer- ied about the position of Premier Drew whose candidature has just been announced, pointed to the Ontario leader's previous record. "His past achievements are such that we are con- vinced that he would not refuse any call to pub- lic service.’ he stated. The possibility of Q...- bec favoring John Diefenbaker was the basis of another question which brought forth informa- tion that Quebec Progressive Conservative lead- er_s were not impressed with the support which might be shown him on information to date. "l have talked‘to delegates and party worker! from all ports of the province during the pas} IO days and I believe that Mr. Diefenbaker has not substantial support in Quebec because he is not the familiar figure that Drew has made himself Ill his fight ff’)! provincial rights," the provincial P. _C. said._ ‘This fight for provincial rights which Premier Drew undertook has stamped him Ill the minds of the people of this province as a rnan who is concerned with the some political ideals as the people of Quebec." he concluded.

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PUBLIC FORUM

This column ls open to the . discussion by correspondents of questions of interest. The ‘ Guardian doee not necessar- liy endorse the opinion of correspondents.

WGOW ®Q>COQ PREMIER J ONES

REPLIES TO

Sin-As o. processor of milk. I feel very displeased with Premier Jones’ remarks regarding the cl- leged unfairness of the processor ln the City of Charlottetown. I think he did not explain clearly enough the situation ivith regard to the puxclmslng of milk for the Clty trade.

I quote his figures, ln his ln-

Leyvfew, as 930 lbs. per day. for which lie received standard price for half, and "surplus" or cheese price for the other half. l-Ie knows that his standard wuith the Pure Milk Ccmmny. is 400 lbs, per day. He ails-o knows, whem he sends it. ln, that. the other 580 lbs. ls sur- plus, because there ls no proces- sor who can govern his trade by the amount of milk any producer wishes to send; and, this being a bumper season for grass and other green feeds, therefore it gives the producer a lot. of surplus mllk. The processor cannot. govern his trade by the producer's herd of caibtle. any more than the pro- ducer cnn govern bk supply of mllk by the processor's output. Therefore the Pure Milk Com- pany bought over the required amount. for which they bargained at standard price. ll’ the Premier had 3. 4 or 5 high-producing cows, such as Abegweit Mllady, freshen diLuFlfllZ the grass season that is no fault of the Pure Milk Co. or any other processor. The writer has one or more pro- ducers. wlth a standard of 300 lbs. per day. bringing milk to his plant, and during June and July. they brought. ln as much as 623 lbs. oer may. I would ask the Pre- mler, or anyone else, how a pro- cessor wold handle this extra. volume cf milk, when lt ls con- sidered that. some processors liavi anywhere from l0 to l5 pnoducr-r. on their list. Each producer kitonv: what his standard ls. and he car take his surplus milk and do wltlr. it as he “fishes.

I Q not th-lnk lit. fair to the processor for anyone to average his mllk prices, standard and sur- plus, when he knciws ivhat. his standard ls to the plant whlch he ls supplying. Mr. Guy Brod/l sbabed at. the Milk Producers‘ and Ven- dors’ meeting on Monday evening. Sept. 20. that he was getting only 86c instead of 95c per lb. fat. The ivrlter asked him the question, Was he pald for his standard mllk. as bargained for’), and he sold that. he was. l-low, name of common sense. could anyone expect. any factory tn pay ‘hf-m for more than that ‘for whloh he had bargained?

Starting Feb. 1st, i946, me sto- nesscr, by a ruling of the Milk Board. was no lbnger ellowezlrm buy surplus milk. and elneo that time the w-rl-ter has not. bought e pound of rnllik therb dild not. cost him 95a per lb. fat. I hereby chol- lenize the Premier, the Milk Board. or‘ anyone else, to enemlno my books lnshow that. I slid not. put my surplus ml-lk on the sheet. as the Premier stated in hle in»

The Ago-Old Story

Ieliell. My servsnte shell eel. but ye shell be hungry: Behold

My servants shell drink, but ye shall be thine» i

tea-view. because I do not. get. an? surplus mflk to put on the etreea. The Pure Milk Company ls the only fact-cry 1n Charlottetown that. makes cheese. Therefore that. ls the reason why all the surplus mllk gofl there; and according to the figures quoted Monday nlghit at the milk meeting. k ls paying the required emounn. for cheese mllk

The Premier must imam-be- cause the chairman of the Milk Board is his Dairy Superintendent, and all the information regarding the rules and regulations of buy- lng milk ls ln the Dairy Superin- tendent's office-that. every month we have to serpent. our sales and also our purchases to Ottawa, and every year to the Provincial Giov- ernment. As the wrlter sees it. lt. ivoulci be very hard to put surplus mllk on the street. and not get caught. dolng lt..

Whein people state 1n the Press that. they are not prepared to say who-t. becomes of timings. l.t. leaves u. lot. of doubt in. the minds of the public. and I om trying, ln my humble way, to make it clear that. we are not. a. bunch of shy- stexs, but. are Lrylilg to make an honest. living. As the Milk Board sets tihe price for the purchase of mllk, and also titre prime the con- sumer pays. you oan see that our hands are flea and we lust. have to work on the margin allowed us, whether we go broke or carry on.

I urn. Sh’, etc. PERCY G. GAY. Owner end Manager, unshlne Island Dalry.

Sin-In yesterday's edition of your paper, you report. on inter- ifiew with Premier J. Walter Jones, in which Mr. Jones states that the producers supplying milk in the Charlottetown area are badly used by the milk vendors and processors.

It. l5 not our intention to enter into any newspaper controversy, but as Mr. Jones’ milk ls deliver- ed to our plant, a statement. of act seems to be ln order.

We have thirty farmers supply-

ing milk for our fluid mllk trade. Each has a standard amount

ply every day throughout the year. This standard amount is ample to take care of our ments and ls paid for at: the stan-

ln the-

dnrd prlce of 95o per pound fat. These standards were set. when inllk prices ‘were lower and con- lSllflmblbll higher than at. present

jand we have no way of control- j ling consumption so that. our fluid imllk standard for many months far exceeded fluid milk soles.

For Mr. Jones’ information, we quote from our records the fol- lowing figures. showing standard fluld mllk which was manufactur- ed into cheese: January, 1948 .. February. 1948 March, 1948 April, 194! ‘May. 104-8 ..

18.487 lbs. .1430! lbs. ..l4.30a lbs. .. 8,135 lbs. ..l3.935 lbs. 60,062 lbs.

This milk sres all peld for st the standard price of 96o per pound fet ln eddltlon to 956,541 lhs. which was used to supply the fluid milk trade for the some five months.

0n Fob. 16. 1M8. we issued s elrculer letter to our producers advising them that, unless cori- sumptlon increased. lt. would be necessary either to reduce sland- erds or lay off some producers, es we could not. putting 05c per pound fat milk into cheese. However. we continued until June when we mode an 834% standard out. for that month end still put. 5.547 lbs. into cheese. In July. there was no standard out. All was psfd for et. 96c. In August, there irui s 7% out an stand- srds.

which they are supposed to sup- '

peak require- i

500 lbs. s. day and has always re- celvea standard price for that. sm- anount every month except the two months above referred to. 1f he wishes to produce one thous-

end pounds o. day he understands

that all over his standard ls at surplus price.

According Lo your report of t.ho interview with Mr. Jones, he ex- presses doubt as to what. becomes of the surplus milk and intimates that if; may be sold to the con- sumer at. 15c a quart, which is an cancelled-for reflection.

If Mr. Jones would consult. his own Milk Control Board they should be able t.o enlighten him in that regard. as we issue s. monthly statement to the secret.- ary of the Board showing all milk purchased and how disposed of.

Fortunately. the majorlty of our producers are satisfied with preo- ent; prices and the treatment they receive and, unless something un- foreseen occurs, we anticipate no difficulty ln procuring ample rrulk to surpply our requirements.

In all oganlzatlon, there are us- ually e. few agitators virho are never satisfied and ln their own mind. are badly used, and the milk producers axe no exception.

Surplus mllk seems to be their maln grievance. lJf they wish to bring consumption and production closer together and so eliminate surplus, raising the price. iii out opinion, ls not. the remedy.

Our records show that. each ln- creese 1n price reduces consump- tion and, ff e further increase goes lnto effect es ls contemplat- ed, more surplus and less stand- arcl will likely result and those producers who can make more money with less work by sending cream to a. oreamery for butter ris stated at the Monday night. meet- lng. would be wlse to do so and thus relieve the over-production in the fluid milk market.

We are, Slr, THE PURE MILK OO.‘ LTD. f‘ M. COX. President 8c Mgr.

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GlilM CRADLE SONG

longs? my manna ell-y

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Rockabye on the luminous mush- rooms top. _

When the wind blows, my radio- active baby.

The heart. of nations heart. will stop. .

when the atom breaks. my sweet sun-blasted baby,

The mushroom and the cradle of love will fell,

And down will come my bllnded star-crossed baby,

end your

Qlld all.

-—Frsncee Frost 1n The ‘America... Mercury.

TYPI OI‘ FAIIY _.

The mythical little people called "brownies" ermreslly e. type of lefty.

FOOD OIAVINGS

There is e common superstition that a person should eel. whswver he has o craving for since ft shows the system needs it Craving for eclds supposedly moans the body needs eclds; craving for lyeeu meme t-heibedy needs sugar. ‘tire results sre seld to follow if the craving to not set-lofted. especially ln s pregnant women. Nutrition expel-ta point out that these beliefs ere fellscles and that crevlnas ere no guide to body needs. ‘Ihey can more iisfely be ignored than lu-

‘us. Inna! he e standard of