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race Form” THE GUARDIAN

Morning Daily (Founded in 1887].

oe-rn-oe-tw B. Roy Holman

Sec. '91 provides: “Malldoua dam- age to rural mall boxes should be promptly reported to tho nearest police officer and to the Postmast- er who will relay any such infor-

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or indication that high prices hays not re; _ i ‘w. P tar ed consumption. , r- '» ~ _ - l . Butter make last year was anlyisqkgn‘ per l’ 1m. cohumz- u on" h, Authorized as Second Class Mall. Post onlce cent greater than m i946, up___less ‘than Ilgmil- ”x<,-<,rr_qs5m~\.,¢~ g l,“ “m,” b, ,,,,.,.,,_ Department» Ott-wl- lion pounds. That is barelyflerrdu ‘to take‘ The posnmipirr ttle- lslf-la" "Zeparraearu 0| auelttonl Ill President. lan A. Burnett; Vice-Presidcntnttm A curd of ‘he inueused cansumpfidnfie-uvingwmc. Palestine is jnost ‘utlbllvlable. Then ‘Interest. 'l'ho Charlritlr-tinvri lmmmi ‘<""-‘""r'°“5" u" l’ Burnt“: “m” and ticallY nothinQ over to take the Flo“. Of-thehcrit- ‘re ‘FY1333? b9?" ll‘°'-'p9“Pf-l 9°" . Guam" 5°“ "M "ewua"

“hanging lreciur. J. It. - Associate Editor , _ tween t\\'_0g'l‘vl)l|J§0IB<Yli;0f1Ils_ls trlip u, endorse" the opinion a: II A“ destroy the ma“ box“ w It - ical shcrtogcs which caused so muchJrpuble last have “gthmp '21,, comggmq, ztdcunalgbndenu_ _ ,, _ gig-fie; amuse whmfthe box

_. I Spring and which resulted in the im'p'bl"_ta'_fion of cullslderablmapti ud‘ fol-Yin r" = __ _ "',,__'(" m1, but», yo; the be“; that New Zealand butter. Furthermore th'e disfribu- foiflmflg-"tllmfllr. ""“-"'i'_'-'~'."-'l""'ll"-'v"" view there is none. Hove

tion mirciiiiicry which existed lost Spri " ifras pwmdrhw ‘h; w. '_-.-'~Arro§mrlo-~- mph,-gggggggyg<griggggg$5,"; bccn disbanded. Unless butter is secured some- and bufldvup 1w. ,,.,,de.gmx_, ———— 1g 15 pm“ to b, seen they are d9. where there are bound to be shortages and-‘a if‘ flttfib friii" pfitccgvitlgc’

vcry awkward situation within a fem months.._ ivliiclr \rjll_euir_l_c_. Qolisilal. Pleas for volunfarynotioning have oppqrently/ 0f)“ m“ pxlllduculf-l" ‘Bl-ll’ H

. p. .. I _ Ling: as compared to 40 centric year ago, a J. A. Lewis I

road opened and know our Govern-

‘d not put men on those |n fir‘ “Butane. McLure Bldg.

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PROFESSIONAL r CARDS

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"Tfé Sgjbngest Memorsvis Weaker Th0"

the Weakest Ink." CHARLOTTEYPOWN. suvrvuual’. I948 The farm's Worst Menace

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5i» ~45 5i "lectmg °f the EXP" straying the mail boxes that are In L-utive of the Prince Edward Island View along with the 0mg that "e Teachers’ Federation oll January Coverett what we would like w

0 10th. '1948, a resolution of thanks know 1s, who Is going u, replace r

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One of the most vital PWbIFMF _I°¢'"9 m" present time, as intimated IJY in opening thcaconfcrencc U"! and Provincial agricul- tural officials, rs that of soil erosion, In the re- oort of Experimental Forms services, it was staf- rd that oboutJJ per cent of the total land areo ,l rlrl; Province has been classed as suscelmbl° to sevcro rosion, bv water uclion. Tho grcuicr proportio of this, urCr-t. 73 P" Sclll- C°"ld' "u doubt, be maintained Ill agricultural use Wlllt ‘paw prucr,ceg__cpntpur working, strip crop- ping/mrd eliminating irrtertillcd crops, Much of it, hgwevgr, says the report, would be better in gross and prefecgbly forest. The rcmaiplng 22 per cent curl/eddy be classed os nan-agricultural land. Much cf our arable land is olsosublect to erosion activities _if proper cultural practices arc not followed. _

Simrlur emphasis was placed in thc_I9.46 re port of the P. i. I. Advisory Reconstruction Com- mittee, which noted that many of the abandon- ed farms in the Province were, wIIhI" ° Pemd of I00 years, cleared, cultivated without thought at conservation, andgfinally abandoned, having been deprived of their fertility largely through sheet erosion, aggravated by faulty» farming practices. The hief remedial measure recom- mended was the planting of trees and shrubs to prevent further denudation. _

That this problem is by no means confined to Priafe Edward Island was indicated this week by Mr. W. B. Oliver, State conservationist for Maine, in addressing the annual meeting of the Farmers' Association of New Brunswick. Mr- Qlrvcr estimated that more than l00,000,000 acres of land had been lost in the United States by soil erosion during the lust two centurion He urged the need of campaigning for a notion- wide policy of conservation and replacement.

At Ottawa, too, they have been worried about this prOblGlfl, where a seven-year test hos been made by the Central Experimental Farm to determine the progressive effects of erosion on crop production. The test was mode with barley, on live different soil types‘, both with rind with-

‘ out IETIIIIZPI.

Over the seven-year period, the average yield from n test plot of normal undisturbed soil, without any fertilizer, was 33.2 bushels to the acre. With three inches of soil added to tho surface soil an another plot, the yield was virtu- ally unaffected, being 33.3 bushels, but there was a difference of over a bushel when fertil- izer was used-45.6 bushels on normal soil and 46.8 when three inches were added.

Tho reverse operation, that is, removing some of the surface soil, led to these results in barley production: On the plot with three inches of soil taken off, the average yield (no fertilizer» dropped sharply to 26.6 bushels. Where nll hut Ollf‘ inch of the surfocc soil was gone, it llecurrle I43 Iiushrds. With all the surface soil removed, the yield was down to an ovcn 4 bushels.

Use of fertilizer helped to offset tho de- cline in yield at those various stages, but was by no means sufficient to rnclke up for the pra- gressive wastage of surface soil. At the lowest paint, fertilized plots produced no better than on average of ll.7 bushels to the acre of barley.

On the deepest sails of the prairies, erosion conceivably might go on for a long time without very marked effect. On others, the results of a similar test would prabcbly not be unlike those obtained at the Central Experimental Farm- These cold statistics should serve as on additional warning cf what to expect if the nation plays last and loose with its most precious asset.

Industrial Development

Amcng the r:pcrts submitted at the recent annual meeting of the Charlottetown Board of Trade was an exceptionally interesting one by Mr. F. W. Hyndman, chairman cf the Board's in- dustriul dcvclcprncntgccnimittse. It was point- ed out that rill: Prinz: Edward lslond cannof cxpcct to dfvccp |'.::vy industries, we should be looking forward to establishing more light in- dustries, such as those connected with process- ing of our farm and sea products. Freight rates, Mr. Hyndman showed, arc now actually in our favor with regard to exp ing products to Up~ per Canada. We also have the benefit of wotcr transportation and cxc:ll:nf facilities for air freight and express. Even power for light and medium industries may now be obtained at rates comparable to those eniayed in our sister Muri-

gone unheeded, there is no distribution ‘Mocllin-l cry now, compulsory rationing is impossible . onf’ such short nctice, so that even thattade‘ will be“ powerless to sfop a wild scrambltfi {Oiffhe ‘very

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‘pally was adopted as follows: . Resolved that the Executive

_ Prince Edward Island Teachers

short supply of butter which now upped-rs certain for March and April. ' " f

Tomorltiv, 2nd Sunday uftcr Epiphany. . . .. l y

A lawyer who makes his own will usually

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lHcn the people buy _olll_v than Lliiligt: the; lcrrl llicyiuust lmvr: Wllell demand lessclls the supply of goods increases, and the lilLTCilS

The agricultural officials have been busy l“; slacks have a tendency to pul, making hay in anticipation of the sun shining.

prices down. - Kitchener Record.

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One measure which should not

ll$ "Okloo ""57 l0 make Prepffraflons fol prove controversial Ill Pdfllilllltfl)’.

the for hcomrng tourist season. Railway travel rs one calling fcr consolidation of

agents predict larger numbers than last year- 1+1 the dew“? rlalllm- iv 111K‘ a A .4. '4'

tnc place of lilc many ll0\\' Ill cf- lcct, separately for the arluv, n.u_v.

of” Fedcml "lcmbels will be leaving l" a nil‘ force, n illliu, will] lllilllV (Ill week's time to resume their Parliamentary dut- terenl. codc. or tllsclpllllc for mcm ics at Ottawa.

bus bf each. It seems sensible ta consolidate all defence statutes ln- tu one clear act. - Nlagara Falls

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The trouble with weather forecasts is that }<@\~1ei\v_ they do not always materialize. That is why in England most people carry an umbrella or porasol Irrespective of predictions.

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{an fact that Scotsnlcn have a. rr::\r"ed preference for llltll'l‘)'l1l{,' “omen younger than themselves l5 borne out by all analysis of lnar-

Sale of the Australian wool clip is expected hose oer IJYOUIJS 111M111 by I110 RC5’ fa recto an all-time record. The previous best i 1946-47 realized $294,400,000, but this year _ _ d 1 u _ _ the clip Wm be nearly $448,000,000. . state tlat le avelzlgc rrlzlll u.

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lstrar General for Scotland, Ml‘. .1 G. Kyd. In his report for 1945,

Scotland marries a woman three years younger than himself. The analysis shows that the difference ll three years lJClilVtEll the average

provides lawsuits for his heirs, but a Scottish

the Military Cross and Bar. i I R

_ _ ages of bride and bridegroom is ‘I-‘IQFIIIGFY 5WQ9°II “I10 OPEIGIQd "P0" IIIIYISQII rcmarkably constant throughout. successfully for appendicitis has been awarded $wli=iiirl- —Edi11bureh Scvlémali-

It was the morning after the

Government.

the Crown.

tailed.

The voice is the voice of Finance Minister Abbott but the wordsgurc the words of Prime ms mornmgg. “Drink ha,‘ “Om, Minister Mackenzie King. Who but Mr. King mg to clo with it," the afflicted would hovcfsatisficd the unhappy buyers by re- institutirig price control and satisfied sellers by _ . _ . 1 .. setting that control at the market price? a“ml_"' "as we sleep that dld L

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To enable the Government of India to set up their own naval training establishment, of» _ huge maple tree How did L ficers and ratings from the Royal Indian Navy s“ them and ‘any? wen, when are to be trained in Britain. Negotiations are the owner decided to enlarge hi5 also in progress for the purchase by the Gov- ernment of ludiu of fhrcc British destroyers.

As of Junuury lst surh against the Crown "I lllc "glll “l lllc Umlid KmQdE-‘m b35019 mat’ mill around it. Too often, In their tars of right rtrthcr than concession by the desire for clfir-lcin-yqindustries do

Englishman to obtain the hut of the Attorney- Gencrol before commencing proceedings against mm d,s,,_,,,,,._,,._ u, he replaced b,

riotous New Year's party. Magglc,

The CIVIC election pot is beginning t0 bOII, who was always a judicious cele- and soon there will be the usual announcements blfllvr» "lilies"! l0 145° IP01" It" that worthy citizens have been induced to allow themselves to become candidates. A card in ‘u; Sham He 5a, hommg m5 head time saves lots of misunderstanding.

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bed ill a fairly good condition; but Jtrlgv, her husband, WIIS ill all aw-

and groaning. “Jerry? his cautious rtnte admonished, "I warned you last night. If you hadn't. drunk so milcll, you ivouldtft feel so horrible

man moaned. “I went to bed feel- lllf‘ wonderful and wake up feeling

»Wa1l Street Journal.

Up In Tlledford there is a plan- ing mill. Through its roof stands

null, he found that the hlg tree was 3rllill'k in the middle of the land rcquirccl for the expansion. Now. the tree haul bccn a favorite of his lather, who once sat in its shade. on Mr. Eric Coultis just built thc

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It is no longer ngcggwry for fl-rc nlulls-li everything tllnt stands _ in .;.r~ \\:\_v ul progress. BCllllllilll Irres. historic buildings or other

Tl"? llllnlllnllY 9f If"! CFOWH I0! a none too beautiful factory. -

the acts of its servants has been drastically cur- Wind-WI’ 5W‘-

H. ls n, tlsousznd pitics that Mr. Churchill's ‘desire that the great.

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All is not sweetness and light among the fisfialllt against Germany should be Canadian provinces. Manitoba is up in arms , . , . about Albcrms “non m lmnnmg Sh? “"9" in the favorr": position that. she of natural gas from the province. This ls clarm- ,5 m rod-Jr, Austria and the Burk. ed to be unconstitutional as on interference ans nouldltaday he ultrlcr the coll- with trade and commerce, and economically un- sound because Alberta does not make use of all the gas produced.

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in the Balkans was not carried out. Had ll. been, Russia. would‘ not be

Lrol of England and our own coun- try. Mi‘. Churchill ivas as far gated as our own President was g * _ ncarsightcd; Mr. Churchill “p115 1-

mngnnnlmous as Mr. Rooscvct “'85

World output of c0505 for 194748 is es” nlcarl. Nor would Ml‘. Churciiil.

liarvc been ivillillg to rtppcltse Rus-

matcd at about 645,000 long tons which is rather less than the estimated demand. West Afri- can production is down by one-quarter and Brazil l\ is the only country whose production has nat de- clincd, so that it would seem that there is no l, immediate prospect of the return pf the fivc cent chocolate bar.

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in as Mr. Roosevelt quite cvi- elltjy was. He llnd to vivid 1° 1L RQn:'c\‘(\lt_ \ man lvllosc know-

ledge af unr and stntcsnizlllslllp \\.1s much less than Ill5. — Sun

ilnllcisl-o Argonnlll.

Two and 1 half (lays a year. two

rmrl a hall" days of production. or‘: lost by the average worker on Lille

_ The Canadian Life Insurance Officers As- \.,,,,-,;,,c,,, pcguse (,1 the ggmnjol] socratlon has announced that it is offering a told. This is n minimum and clirc.;: series of twenty prizcs of $100 each to Canadian 98ml‘- Thfr‘ is m’ “Ilmm” "I f”: students who achieve the best standing in I948 on the curly’ actuarial ckaminaticns of the |,,!c|u_-_3{]n'r1\_g\l1gzflriulfly 0 p Actuarial Society of America and the.Americon trolls later. The Western -nn . Institute of Actuaries. These awards ore design- to encourage students at Canadian unlvers- “m absent “m, a 601d during N,,_ rtlcs or high schools to enter upon an actuarial ricmbrii- rind December, sirttecll per cclrccr, (Ind persons engaged in full-time em- ccllt in Jnnunlpv and eighteen per ploymcnt when thcy enrol for the examinations arc not therefore eligible.

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loss due to ti: ‘cased efficiency ill

the enrllrr st s of the cold: ll

rallia Snlcty Coullcil estimates that fiurtecll D01‘ cent of nll cniplfitvh‘

cent in February. Ill Canndn , no like lo think that. our vlimntc s fi healthier Lllllll elsewhere but it is

rtoulitfrll uhcthcr wc could l.urll ‘n

‘i-‘erleration here assemblerhextend "to The Guardian Publishing Conl- pany their sincerest thanks for nlirl appreciation oi’ tlle generous and pilblic-spirited altitude ns,_ ,\llO\\'ll m tllclr flcc publication o lIll‘ Eriueilllonul Horizon, and in lllclr excellent services rendered the Federation at various other Limes. _ Dated at Charlottetown this tenth day of January. 1948. I am. Sir. eta. IIIILDRED AULD Secretary-Tree uccr, P. E. I. Tcachoi‘ Federation

nan. BOXES DAMTGETT” Sinr-Part III 0f the RcgulaliflfiS for Rural Mail Delivery slates: "Ob- tain box fror Post Offlc and erect it dtrec y 0n the Ra te so that the courier can service 1t aithout leaving his vehicle and so as not. t0 be an impedinlent either to pedestrian or vehicular traffic." Sec. 92 says: “Failure to keep boxes and posts in repair may result in Suspension of service until the necessary repairs have been effect- ed. The post supporting the bok must be kept upright otherwise the box vvill not rtinzlln in proper signalling position, resulting in pos- sible dolay to the contents’! And

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QUEEN STREET SIGNS

The signs put forth by the rnerr-atltlle men of Queen Street, and its surroundings. swing out. ln bold relief from the walls of thtir shops, attract the eye and ii-vite the attention of customers. Our business men have adopted lf~c ldca first started by our er- lath; towllsmall, Mr. Theophllus I... Cllappelle, on Queen Square, trlro was the firs‘ to hang out his banner on the outward wall (which we duly chronicled at the time); and ever since, in various ways, either by swinging or oth- czivlse, the signs of the times have been improving, and the cry ls “still they came."

It is not our intention to give a description of all the signs ln the City. bill: to notice the most; jllOlIllnClll, and in doing so we will t-olnmerlce with emblems at the Jolly god. Bacchus, gilded grapes, surmounted by kegs, hung out from the saloon o! John lv/Iurplly, Liower Queen Street. 'l‘l'.ey present. a very llerlt appear- ance and are inviting to those \v'no admire the BId€lll..'Flll'l.ll9F up, and across the street, hung up conspicuous to view, ls a largo Bass Vlol. over the music store nf C. P. Fletcher, no doubt lndl» (“dllllg that music hath charms. Still further u~, on the opposite side, we abser ~ a Lion recum- bent over the store of W. A. Weeks and 0a., dry goods mer- chants. We doubt not. that they git the lion's share of the trade.

of .1. B. MacDonald, s. w. Mc Murray and George E. Full, all swinging gaily to the breeze, and pause a moment to admire the attractive sigl" of Bruce d: Mc- lirllxie, merchant tailors, who. ac- cording lo the design of their slvn. Cilll Inensure the capacity c-f any man externally ll.’ not. ln- tcrnnlly. Wc next glance across at ‘tIlC mammoth Boot over the shop of J. Dorsey, suggestive of .114 thought that. there were izlnllts in the days when boots of that size were worn; and then at. the nczlt and unpretentious sign of P. G- Fraser, druggist, and rounding the corner take s ricrv to lhc west at. the Excelsior sign of Trcmavl 6; Metcalf, whose tluclc mark, if we may judge from ilelr sign, ls "upward and on- tvxrd." We fr: s1; our observations with the latest development. over t» new grocery store of Robert- if)! and Ca..lcran, ivhlcll we sup-

:"sl.. --Wcekl_v Examiner, July 4, 1830.

-lho_ Board of Governors of tll -

We pass on to notice the slgrls.

nose ls Intended to Crown all the‘

the Government. or those drivers. I aim, Slln, etc... / OWNER 0F DAMAGED BQX

P-O. APPRECIATION

Slr,—R.eporf.s which I have ro- ceived from Postmasters ill all pal-ts of the country show that eo-operntlon by the public in mall- illg early at Christ-mas was more marked than ever this year all .I would like, on, behalf of the C - adlan Postal Service, to express to yo and the public generally our v y warm ap eciatlon of

‘the as stance so ge erously ac-

corded to

Once again the volume of Christ as mall, parcels and let- ; cached nbw high levels ln most. offices. Because the great majority of patrons, however, co- operated with the Post Oifflce llr mailing before or on 19th Decem- ber, which had been publicized as the closing date, peak dates tn most post offices occurred on 18th. 19th and 20th December. This enabled our greatly augmented staffs to come to grips with the tremendous volume of Christmas mall ln ample time to assure de- livery before Christmas Day. In fact. all our reports indicate that on the day before Christmas all deliveries were back to almost normal.

I want. particularly at this time to make grateful acknowledgment ~01’ the assistance extended to us by the newspapers in attaining this very gratifying result. In all parts of the country, the news- papers gave very generous dis- play to our announcements and to special articles on various phases of Post Office work. and I am sure that this publicity played no

conscious of the need to mall early.

Please aooept. my warmest thanks far the help given to us and to the public in assuring expeditious handling of the Christmas malls.

I mm, Sir, etc, W. J. TURNBULL, Deputy Postmaster General

I WHAT FOLKS ARE SAYING SIr,-1t is interesting to note the contrast in the sentiment of the letter which appeared in The Guardian on January 18th sign- led by "Snowed In" and the en- , closed comment. by Paul Galileo in .the New York Journal Almerloan ‘on January 5th. ' | "SIIOWCd ln" criticized the Min- .lster of Public Works for being absent from the Province during the Yuletide storms, and com- mended the Mayar of New York for flying from California to be present with the city in the crisis, ivhlle Gallico says: “The Mayor he flew home all the way from Cali- fornia to be with us during the calamity e0 nobody could say when he came to run for office again .th-at. he didn't have the calamity too, and they put his picture in the papers getting out of an air- plane, and I'd like to know what good that. did because the next. morning there was just as much snow cluttering up our streets only It. was a little dirtier and