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THE ETOWN GUARDIAN

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TIlE l Won't our farmers be of opinion they have

lattairied a new heaven and a new earth when

ithe disease free potatoes, Mr. Bailey forecasts,

Morning Dally (Founded in 1881) ‘ , Authorised as Second Class Mail, Post Offloe lllllilollles an accompllslled ‘an? Bull Wlllul of lllla nepanmunn on...“ ilOlllClllS whose jobs depend upon the investiga- Presidunt. Ian A. Burnett; Vice-President, Wm. R. l lllll llllld cllcllllclllloll of llle lllsclls"? Bllfnell; S9f’)'--Treus.. G. M. Burnett; Editor and,’ s v. w w l Managing Director, J. R. Burnett; Associate Edltonl Frank Walker.

The Federal Government kept telephone and

,, , ._ _ _ , telegraph wires sizzling during i946 notwith- The ‘stroll-asst gfelalcllrlt/ Illlkllllll/‘lml “"17" standing the war was over. A staggering tele- “l ea m ll ' ~,phane bill totalling $l,808,53l was run up by

tQOl/Efl merit departments during the year, while ._tclegr1ph and cable charges amounted to $957,-

45 fcr all Federal departments.

i

WEDNESDAY, APRIL S. 1M7

is is is

Certified Seed _ , l We are getting less money from our rela- _ A‘ ll‘? l-eglslulllll? l5 C°'"P°5ed lQKQFlY (‘ll fives in U. S. A. than theretofore. Individuals representatives of agricultural conimiinitms, scams almost unnecessary for Mr. J. ltlfil. Boultcn lrlnnls in Canada in 1946 ujjegedjy yo, nO-m l" "Plil-‘lll l" llle l>ll5l"l1$5 Wmmllllll)’ l" l"l"fllbusiness purposes, thefinllernational economics pressure to_bear upon th-e Government to Ill‘ lrtnincn of jnc Commeme pcpnrymeny an. llllnflclllellrislfieljglsslgtlilll" tlltt Pwlllllllll ll? Plflilllflg of ni.-.in:=d._ The division was not able to say what _ _ P0" 095- l C 50ml‘. 11>‘ lll-‘ fhmlllfiliCCS were for but noted that this °"“l'_>'°ll_'° l5 d€P°"l-‘l°"l "W"! "Y i055 0" lllfi lflrm- i was a decrease from i945 when the total was f“, it l5 incumbent upon mcn in commerce to'$l‘5,3(}(),()0(), see that the Government does its duty ugricuil- . turally in the interests of the greatest good to Nany a true word is spoken in jest Alon . llle Qlefllfil "limbvf- We flll bf-‘iivlil PKIBIWS- rid:- Jran Francois Fouliot advocates oflincomge ively from the returns of our fcr-frinicd potustoqn; rgducfjon are pjkers-lhe came up recent] crop, which, as Mr. Boultcr told the RQlClTllUlrlllLlKVfll] (n jdcg for eljmjngfljng jhnr annoyance n|ll lcclll“ lll°lll 56-03010“) l° 58-000000 Pl" ("- ,l iouctlicr. The ebullient Tcmiscouata independ- "ulll- The Gllvellllllelll l5 Pl-ll5lll"9 0 lllififli?" onl: Lberal's idea as he explained it'to the ll" P°ll¢Y l" °ll1°l FCEPKlS. "llll ll Wllllld '»9lIlComni.ms was simlple Just put u one- er-cent be out of harmony to set a Dominion exonzilc m, on (ljnnndcys 535000000000 onnugj bunk in making compulsory the use of inspected s.cd Clcnrngs, This snjd lMnl polujiop wouyd bri“ to keep our territory above suspicion, and so in $3‘0,0Q0,0Q0ln y“, and yelielyig ing rung. lelllll" "llf-l EXPMd ll"? ll°lll “'9 "u" °" llleloovers from making income reports at all He W°lld °XP°ll "lllfltel- ll l5 "Ol ll ql1°5ll°ll Wllfilll- usled Finance Minister Abbott to think itl over or potato growing impoveiishcs the soil; there is . - * v - ' ll difference of opinion on that point, but both Ml- llfll-‘llel’ ‘llld M" Vel"°_" Clllckell l" ‘JQSWboiirliiess, at this season, Britain has promised terdays issue asserted that it was not so m-ucli EH13 find, expo" of Con] Us the circumstances the crop that occasioned the trouble, but the in Gm“ Britain would permit" Commerce Min. lack of acumen and ugricultural-mindedness on ‘ isn-r ‘qmn Lcmuss tojd the bu“ M’ Lemuss ll"? Pull °l "°l l‘ l?" llllmelsr Wll° °Y9ll°°l< ll" lsalt tlat since his return from Lolndon and talks lccl llllll llle "ll l5 lllle l‘ llllllli- lll¢ "l0" Y0" with l-ritish cabinet ministers 3500 tons of Plll l"l° ll ll“ "W" Y°ll "l" llll-‘lw °lll jcor-l lad been made available tb Eire's rail- jracds and 500 tons of coke ta the Public Gas lConpcny, but he had not been advised of a date on whch regular shipments ‘might be resumed.

awn-i

Jist to show her spirit of Christian neigh-

The Politician

....J*:;::°.1'.".g::: :2: 2::*..i.z';:':'".":r".:; in” "semis Q” a contradiction in terms, nevertheless humanl nljlonl a? lllsfwll ll-lj-yplllglljbll llllelll ollll llll nature being as it is, we get both kinds in thelon e iljemil; ll; lzlgilllo‘ lifllll llyllsl lllllhlll-wl “poll mass, and have to use our discretion in ahoos-‘l [ucell Jr H, ye- lll ll llc ells w lcll lllllk ing the kind we prefer. It is fashionable in |ll -- e llllll llllllllllll-lll llell-llles ol Quebec certain circles to decry and even sneer at alliblll" illlllllielpl ll llllllel lllllll-g slllll lo lle llll llle and sundry who chase to devote much of theiri llllllllsll sl ll| llll lllllll llllllllllllllll pullllll lll lllll time to the interests of the community be it lfllO-lllllllllll ll lllllgll lllll lllll lllllll llllsl-lless llellll in the local council or in the lcgihlature/l llllll" lldl lllel llllll llll lllll llllclllloll lllelle wlll ll

Politicians are essential and not always oi- ltlylil l lll-. lowing lllll lllll lllllloly wllll llle Tlolyol °l bv a very long chalk necessary evils. lflthe l cllll .5‘ elllllell lll llpllllllll lllllll lllelllle‘ The community is not on tlhe level itself, more than mglljllljlllllllltllllllellllyedjfh llle lllclll llewsllllpelll cull likely the bad element will float to the top. On g l lllllel ll w evevflll} tlie other hand, if the rank and file of the elec-, torate are high thinking, decent living, and in- i can formed citizens, the chances are that thejl The cream of them will be the political leaders. l

This thought hos occurred to us on read- ing an interesting article on the subject by Mr. Bruce Hutchison in a recent issue of the Winnipeg Free Press in which he concludes as follows:

"To say that a man is pro-eminently quali- fied to defend democracy because he refus-es to touch the business of democracy, its politics,

Tliough only one per cent of the children of

l living of family life, and in almost every instance is beirg used constructively, stated Mrs, W_ T, May, rhairman of the Child Welfare Commit- tee of the Council of Women, in her report to the ar-nual meeting in Montreal. The cost of living has risen while many incomes remain the some, but the family allowance auaments the total iicome and children are betterlclothed and fed. llecause of this there isla marked increase

ada cannot be cared for by their paren-ts,, family allowance is raising the standard of.

is to say that we should get rid of democracy and install rulers who will ignore the people

in attendance at school. i

a it a

altogether. This is precisely what many Ameri- cans are saying simply because they have not, Sllvlel C°ll‘"1""l5l‘5 "l!" 90M a step forth- tliought the matter through, because they have el’ 9Y9" lhfl" The Null Germans in morriqge ljsjencd m, long n, Chen’, jibe, n; pain,“ and 1 regulaeioiis. Citizens of the Soviet Union have politicians. .becn forbidden to marry foreigners. This pro-

"ln Canada the same fallacy ls widely l! lllbifit?" which has no parallel in any other na- lmld, Indeed, ii fomorfgw morning we rend in tioii was announced in a decree of the Supreme the papers that the Prime Minister's office had ‘sllvlel °l llle U-S-Sll- FlldllY l" lllfl official bren taken over by some man who had n-everlflllwllt‘ 0f‘ the Soviet Government. lt is dated run for office, who had never joined a party and Feb. li and has only two lines. The first for- wljg lwd never feud jne B_ N, A_ Aci, n grant bid; marriages "between citizens of the U.S.S.R. nicny Canadians would rejoice. land ffreigners." The second instructs the llimccratic politics no doubt, is a verylllmildllm "l sllPlemfi Sflviets of various Union mob‘:- busincss at times. And why? Be- l WPUlJl-IS l" milks? their legislation conform with ~ ll‘ reflects with such uncanny accuracy} N10 Pr-‘lsflnt ukase.‘

c lie (lwcircrter of the people, of you and me.» \‘.’:~ are, in part, a very disagreeable species, andl our n: "nt never rises above us, under any, m H‘ But in demecrcicy—with its fTLCClIClilSm of lpartisan politics-we

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Prof. John A. Ryle, physician extraordinary Ia King and head of the recently established lfififllll e af Social Medicine at Oxford Univers- ity, is .n Montreal and gives intcresting data on

CCll a least prevent govzrriemnt sinking bclow , - t - f - .

us; we ccn he free to be what we are. We ligllllilllllsglléexlujfélllgidillme ‘500 buhblcs. by llle

ShLll not he ficc long if we cease to understand helping Sjudied are that ,,llnfirelzlylildl e llllsl 200 - more women

vain.‘ p;lil'lc=. is about, if we do not realize that sclilgcians, liowcvcr absurd they may sonietimesl look. an our only protectors against tyrloh."

are irniicccssful in breast feeding," Dr. Ryle ic-pcrlizl. "Some give up too easily." Bren“. ‘fecrling failures are in the some t‘ r both eliids of the social scale, salldlllltlllilrll lglkfaillld scientist, whose child study embraces a cross- ; section of the English population. Extensive que- i ing for foods and goods in sh t l ‘ . ind-ed penile factor. ~li'i.‘ZZl.l...'Z.§°.'.'r cgcr of the Mcat Board, gave some reasons whyl llll wolllell lll llllllulll have bee" llqullllzed mllle bacon mlust be stored in Britain, and indicated l lllull lllllllnllole l“ lllslllllldl he lmllllell ‘llll- llllllleY that some of the blame rests on conditions atl lllll all wllllolll lllllpflllley all mull queue‘ llllll’ Home’ H was taking ‘anger new to ship baconc. all get extra (maternity) rations... from inland plants to seaboard, longer to load ll ll ll l and unload ships, longer even than during the war years, he said. Some of these delays were most serious. He attributed them to car short- ages, the condition of railway rolling stock after geazy wartime duty and labor difficulties at the cc s. Mr. Pearsall said he had been assured by those who handled the meat in Britain that the i‘ Jopa d U ‘i - - desire there was to distribute fresh bacon ondcallerllllli-ielhllallt rililslulllingllliliillbblllillltllilelllllli lllllllllcll that the Canadian product would be treat-edl Second GreotlWars. The defin ls llll thusame as supplies from other countries. But i that ol freedom of competition, which vgfog; n; until such time as regular supplies were assured once protective import duties and gubgidjg; some storage was necessary. lt_wos hoped that exports. Unfortunately Britain's Competitollyl; the fresh product would be available this Sum- did not see it in that light and roeeeded mer in the Londoirdlnd Midlands areas. But, the opposite principle of plrotectiilil their llll said Mr. Pearsall, "it is inconsistent to criticizo markets, and subsidizing steamship’ servicesllllrli the way our bacon is handled in the United carry their products to compete with Britain Kingdom until such tint-a as there is betterment, in the world's markets, under the pi-otegiigii in the’ speed with which we handle it here at of "freedom of the seas", guaranteed by the from. British Navy.

Placing Tlie Blame’

_ Speaking at a meeting of bacon producers in Toronto recently, Mr. L. W. Pcarsall, man-

Richard Cobden, British Statesman and apostle of Free Trade, died this date i865; ‘fCC-Jgli zed by Peel as the man to whom was yd?“ lll"-' GPFK" 0f the Corn Laws, which, while omast ruining British agricultural production,

lmonapnlize the world markets, until

ill in thi United States sent $ll,700,000 to indiv-l

tlstiis By no wiry

flu M. ‘P, says flllt ‘the (illiQQ boy is as extinct as the dado." We disagree; they call them "Ji7nlCI' executives" now and pay them more but their capacity l5 just the some. -»Peie2'corough Examiner.

A dispatch from Nanklng uys China has been working for several months m preliminary drafts of a peace treaty with Japan It miglii be much more to the noun if China were to ivork on a ncrive treaty with China. - Brant- foud ltxposltor

Many of the firm boys who r9- mained on the farm during the years of’ the war. WhQfl they felt on urge to join their brothers and chums oii the front line. arellloe- wise ivnriliy 0,1‘ assistance in secur-

linz an cducaticn or tn Starting on

a farm of their own. No one c n accuse lhn farm youth of gcttiiiz rich oiii.of the ivar. - Winner's Advocate.

The pike are spawning ‘n tihe creeks and soc-n the report. viii] come that the pemli are Idlllilllllfl. .~\.~.:rl haw they do run after is long winter of tins-ling. The rod uud reel enthusiast for: the game fish, trout and bass. will Iiave to wait awhile. l‘c'.\'C\('I‘, but now that spring is here ihoru is the llilfl‘ at cutting all the paraphernalia. tn trim. title flies sorted out and replacements m de. Ii will be enpther season soon w ren- the biggest one gels away. He is llICYf‘. 0\'€I‘_\' year and will run t e in form in i947. — St. Catlieriues Standard.

But the earth his an atmospherml which means rain and wind and ice. Between them they have worn many craters dcrzvn. The moon. on the other hand, has no atmosphere. No Yfllli. no clouds. not evezn a breath of wind. and the whole place ls inches deep in dust in consequence win DYOWFJ‘ volcanic dusts. No don't‘. thr- first person who mun-god to land on the moon with "a TCClIEl n-ould soon be airnxous to shake the dust off his feet and return to the earth despite all its drawbacks.

The Canadian customs has at last consented to admit. that

airplane is not a. ship. It ls cutie o. concession Airplanes heir “een crossing the bm-der frsm ‘he United States Into Canada fr~ ilme to time during llllfly 3c". s a-f more

The reeulni" airllrirs “are able to Fllitkc their own er‘: iigellliéflbs but. private flyrers we?» subjected to the most ems-perating annoyances, de- lays and expense: all because of the amazing ‘insist-nice thvl an airplane is a ship are! must. for customs purposes mo e vse cf the manifest. forms em-r," _e'l for deep sea vessels M tall. however, there has bfen a i'l‘.ll'._‘l?. art-i henceforth it will be possible to get clearance at airports by using rm aircraft tour- im: permit, Vancouver Pro- VlIICQ.

More than thirteen million people borrowed books or received ink"- itiPilun from the New York public library during 1946 There was an iIIiTEHSE irver 1945 art’ twenty per ccrrt in the use of the reference department and of seven per cent in the circiva-tion department - wherc one person but of every five In Manhattan. the Bronx and Rich- mond was registered In some oine o! the rotary‘; siXty-tlirge branches tn which books go round and ""1114 nnvzl wear out fast.

"l enabled other industries to expand, and nearly l Germaml

ing principle was ‘

-.~ New York I-Iernld-IYibune. -.

A visitor from Toronto sat in "i0 Port. Arthur Arena the other night watching: one of 1h; Dlflydflwlfl games He was interested tn ti“! play on the lee. but there was a counter - nttractlcin for him. He could not keep hLi eyes Milly ITO!" one end of the building. labelled "Children's Scciiozi", As the crowd poured out. the doors after the gume thn visitor was talking to his host- iioi nboui the game itself, but about the children "No ‘XCYIGQY you flow lmckcy" players out here," he sold “The kids get a chance to see hOW hockey should be prayed Dov/in W!‘ “my thus;- scnts ‘Wflllldl bellfilbbe" of! l;_v the mnmgement to be sold to grfiiwniips at fancy pi-icea. You're .<m=“t " Sometimes wise men do come from the east. - Fort William Tiaras-Journal.

l Itizvny a farm-born individual re- imembers. with nostalgic long-ing. llllf‘ slivcil ailliles divine under ll mosquito netting and the delectable dvicn apple pie that mother used to make All at once dried apple! and, 1.1m fine pie5 they produced seemed to cuss-appear off the face of the ozirih. They Iefi an vmfllled tlfllr| Brit nnw om of the bit: mlllinei com-ponies ts bringiniz out a pack-l vge ccmtairilng a pie-crust miinl seasoning. specially processed dried apples Add vrater and SUE" ""5 there's a pie ready for the oven. If it's anywhere near as Pall-SYN"! "6 the products of flip apple diried on the old smokehougo roof It should ibe a 51160655 — The Country Gentle- IIIXIII.

The question of a memorial to Pt‘t"5id'Ifib Roosevelt ln Westministea- Abbey is. I gather, still wit-settled. Though I have n far greater- admir- i-iilan for that great. man than many of his fellowcountrymen profess I; am bound to say that; I regard the proposal with mlsgtvtm-z. Ttie’flct that. a statue of the President ts to be orrei-ted in Grasvenor Square is not in Itself an argument entrust. e more modest mrmorlli mmewhrel at Wertmiritsler ard I am not afraid nf making new‘ precedents Whfl’! there ls a strciria cue foi- It. But, u... Abbey chm-oii of Westmlnlnttt‘;

enshrlnes English and amfly Bag- llsh (or, l,f you will. British) history, and the erection Within its wells of a memorial to the head of n foreign, state would be a departure wiilehl might; well lead to cerium mistress-l merit tn the fut/are. A memos-lab within the Abbey precincts is an-' other matter. -'I‘here is alread a plaoue to the mommy of snot r great America-ti. Waiter Hines Page in the entrance to the Ohspier House. which uioillii rrrfttilei the

‘modern woman. But

‘forebears of lilke years.

‘lzv free schooling ls altered to aid

lMolhgr Du Thg _ U. K. ChiCf Planning l School Board Offlf-‘iér l (United Kl a Traditionally. woman's ch-lef Both Sir gwtllilil glrlrlvlirldlldiilllllvlrlalso

role has been to mother the race. ' has accepted the Her task of rearing thelarge fam-

il-lea of pioneer days, was oIi-ab- Kingdom Gave me t,

cor-biog. The mother of days Robert slncliiirllllwholl willllllrhct sol: CONSULTATIV! gone by, tolled from early morn Si: Edwin Plovrdenb industrial lanj

till late at night. doing the things consultant In the initial stages. ' that‘ were necessary to be done bring Important. quot-lit r1

for tier family. Of course, even‘ the work‘ Involved. llSllfrlllllldwllii ADVlSORY COUNSEL today the responsibility of moth-‘Plouden, who is 40 years old, 11 l-IIW chtlmlsors ,

ering the race and a large share, a director of C. Tennant A; son; of the responsibility of rearing Iiandon merchants, and a men's-l the family, still taiisupon the ber of the British South Ameri- tociay the-can Airways Corporation. Earl-y circumstances are so very dif-fer- l in I046 he was appointed gm“ ent from t-hoce of yesterday. that l Executive of the Ministry of A1;- lhe modern mother can do justice I craft. Production. Sir Robert, Sin- tvy her family and still have a elolr, who is 54, was appointed ‘ great deal of optional lime. ymetriber of the Prime Mjnlgtgf’;

Public schools, ready - made,‘ advisory panel of industrialist; clothing. ready ~ prepared food. iii i939. Three years later. he was factory-canned goods. bakery and scril to Washington as Depniy dairy products. along u-‘itti nil for the Minister of Production on

itie numerous labor-saving da- t-he Cflllllrbinpd Production and vices and modern conveniences, Resources Board. lie n.“ layer have nil conspired to release Chief Executive of the Ministry

much or the tint; of the ltiodi\t'n_ woman and to lighten her toll of the Board of Trade. He rec- and drudgery. lrnily became Chairman of the Instead of the loll-worn. stoop- l Imperial Tobacco Company, ed, plain, pale woman of planner! As the Prime Minister told the days. with wrinkled brow, strai [United Kingdom House of Com- haii- slloked back into a ti ht mono oii March 38th, the prim. knot. even the grandmother of airy task of the Ilitflfdvpaflmcnlal today appears as an attractive Planning Staff undensir- Ednqn woman, fresh and fit for many ayPIowden will be o develop (no task. The modern woman of lift/l long-term plan fo the use of the

of Production and subsequently

years wears a short skirt. steps country's manpower and rc- briskly, has pink cheeks, cqif- sources. They will 51w follow fured hair, and dresses in bright. through the implications of the

variegated colors instead of WCDT- | Survey set out. in the Ecgngynjc ing the blacks and greys of heryWh-lte Paper. keeping in [Quch \'.'ll.h all departments to correlate

But far more marked even than their action under the plan. 'I\he

the difference tn outward appeer- approach must be essentially a once of the modern mother and practical rmo. theipioneer mother. is the vast Dt"l'i '.\ on planning policy

will lav made hy the cabinet and responsibility for them will rear ivitli the Prime Minister.

Mir. Attlee stressed that the {fiction of planning is to enarble do islons to be rpnighpd for the best allocation of available man- power, materials. services and manufacturing capacity, and that; planning in itself is no substitute

difference In the amount" of nil"- cation and interest tn plibllf‘ {If-v fairs, of the two. In the irarly’ days of our nation. educational opportunities were limited. High- r!‘ education was airailablo to few men and In fevi'i~i' women. The 1311"“: educational system where- first

l;;._\-s and girls from the

grade, was established less for increased effort and effici- ttman 100 years ago. Since ency.

that time, great siuides Iiave __.

been made. and today. wo- A pota -

mlen as a ivhoie. are 1115! "5 Tawlll to Festival

h. , r . '*" “incited l“ l e ma" e (Saint John Telegraph Journal)

horizons have been v-idened and their interest in ivublic affair-s ‘iuis been quickeiied. As life ls now organized, in many families the women often have more leis- ure or optional time for study, reading. lectures. concerts. cari-

‘ Nam 500th has its annual Aime- fiflllo VRllPv Festival. Thrnmghuut ‘Canada and llie Ilniird Slate's they iiciirl Orange Festivals, Tulip Fest!- vais, Wire Festivals. festivals of vevefyl king tn buiblivtze their re- gzomi‘ r s. ' . - ventlons and other cultural nr gmns“.llilclnlifylio iglilsléllgzslgeollllg ago: civic gatherings, than do the men _po.awe._in Such v-{cunw Rs to who are still the bread winners make vying"... eyes “on. and grow lii most lflmllleli- enough over and above our own _ , aiecds to eu-pply sercval other pro- Wfth the Increasing complexity vinces and mum, jmcnm ,..,un.,.jes_ of our modern civilization, we Should “m, 5mm mung)“ .0 gmnb surely need the advice and coun- Orjzjng the homejv spud‘ sol of Mower 0H the Wh°°l lwlllll- NW4’. n Dot-ate is not a beautiful