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_ Argicultural Situation

According to Federal Agricul- ture Minister Harkness, Canadian farmers generally had a good year in 1958, having increased their gross income 10 per cent over 1957. During the same period, according to Mr. Harkness, costs rose only 1 per cent. This means, in the Minis- ter’s opinion, that “the coS8t-price. squeeze has been halted and re- versed.” We hope he is right; but, we are a little sceptical about those figures, as far as farm- ers in this Province are concerned. The general opinion here is that the - increase in costs outran that in prices by a considerable margin. We do not think that Mr: Harkness’ cheerful appraisal is documented sufficiently to set aside that opinion.

Meanwhile, Mr. Harkness’ re- cipe for an improved agricultural

economy is less production. “It is necessary for us,” he told Parlia- ment, “to tailor our agricultural

production to the markets which

- We possess and those which we have

any reasonable possjbility of ‘pos- sessing.” This is the old story of keeping production down in order to put prices up. It is not a particu- larly pleasant story. Under-production, however much Government officials may try to excuse it on economic grounds, is a bad and immoral policy, in face of the incessant hunger that is the

! daily lot of half the world’s popula-

tion. Nor have farmers any liking for it. It hurts them to keep good land idle.

Canada’s proposal, some months back, for a “food bank” under U.N. auspices had everything to com- mend it. Lately, little has -been heard of it. We cannot help think- ing that it would be better for Mr. Harkness to concentrate on that possibility than to tell farmers to keep their land cut of production. ’ Meanwhile, price supports must be

maintained: and, if necessary, strengthened. Farmers Would not take Kindly to’ any attempt to

weaken them at this tame. And who can blame.-them,.afiet what they were promised in the last election

campaign?

Unsound Thinking ‘It would be a fine thing, of course, if someone could devise a method to reduce taxes and increase social security benefits at the same time, as the Canadian Labor Con- gress requested in its brief to the Federal Government. But, as the Prime Minister, pointed out, “we can’t have it ‘both ways.” This is something that labor leaders and the public generally will have to recog- nize as a hard economic fact. It is to be hoped that recognition will come before irreparable damage has been done to the economy. The Federal deficit this year will

be in the vicinity of $1 billion, give ot take a hundred’ million or so, The prospects for the ensuing fiscal year appear—al the moment—to be a little brighter. But there will still be a large budgetary deficit. Indeed, it: is difficult to see how it

:can be, much less than the current

one. One fact which organized labor seems to. overlook is that already ~ many Canadian products cannot be marketed abroad, simply because they are too highly priced. Unfortu- nately, some labor leaders:seem to think that wages can keep going up and up all the time without any in- crease.in productivity or any expan- sion of the market. Some indus. trialists appear to share the same thinking ‘concerning profits. The |

* thinking—whbdever indulges in it—

is unsound.

Red China Question

The Financial Post makes a sen- sible comment on an Ottawa story that the Canadian government has no immediate intention of recognizing

te Peking regime, but may, as a “first move;” support a proposal that. would elect Communist China to the

| raised.”

“Surely this would be an Mlogical inversion of normal procedure,” says the Post. Why? Because China is already a member of the UN and has

0 need to be elected. The rub is that its seat is occupied by a nominee of Chiang Kai-hek who no longer rules the country. “All that is required to end this comedy is a decision by the UN’s credentials commitee, at the

pa delegation in place of Chiang’s

ceinhuantation for ‘Terenes —_ be

This cannot haan says the Post, as long as the Assembly maj- ority recognizes Chiang’s claim. How can the Assembly maintain this fic- tion and, at the same time seat Mao Tse-tung’s appointees? Are they to be allowed in as representatives of a mythical kingdom not on the map?

“Clearly,” the Post concludes, “the ‘first move’ is recognition of the

ceptance as China’s spokesman in UN. The other procedure would be like electing a man to the Medica! As- sociation before he has graduated as a doctor. It would be like elevating a man to the bench, the supreme court, at that, before he has become a mem- ber of the bar.”

A Dull Picture.

Two Nova Scotia Conservative members of Parliament, Robert C. Coates of Cumberland and Robert Muir of Cape Breton North, have deplored what they called the “shabby treatment” meted out to the town of Springhill by A. V. Roe Limited, the company that” owns the Cumberland Coal Company, operators of the mines where so many men lost their lives in last fall’s disaster.

We consider that the criticism was justified. A company with -so many subsidiary operations—40, ac cording to Mr. Coates—might rea- sonably be expected to do some- thing to improve the prospects of the stricken community. Incident- ally there is room for doubt that the Federal and Nova Scotia Govern- ments have done all they might have done to give the town aAift.

As Messrs. Coates and Muir pointed out, the hopes that were entertained regarding the expansion of DOSCO's activities when Roe ‘took over control of that corpora- tion have not been realized. In fact, things seem to have gone from bad to worse. To aggravate the situation brought about by mine closings and labour lay-offs, there is talk of concentrating the bulk of DOSCO’s steel industry in Montreal ‘This is bound to have a bad effect on Sydney and, indirectly, on the whole region. ve

It is to be hoped that Roe will take such action as is necessary and advisable to allay the anxieties now being felt throughout the area. At/ present, the picture is far from

bright. EDITORIAL NOTES

In a certain American State Legislature a’ young man circulated an “open letter’ urging the forma- tion of a Governor’s Council to ‘help teen-agers. The last paragraph must have set the legislators think- ing seriously. It was certainly worth thinking about. It read: “The juve. nile delinquent of today the Senator or Representative of to- morrow.”

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The American custom of driving vehicles on the right-hand side of the road, says the National Geographic Society, is at least partly due to the old Conestoga wagon. Conestoga teamsters usually rode the left wheel horse, walked at the left of the horses, or Manned the “lazy board”— a sliding oak plank from which the brake could be operated between the left wheels. Other vehicles tended to foHow the-deep ruts of the heavy

freight carriers. As early as 1787 Pennsylvania legalized right - hand - travel. : ef ¢- -

The largest candle factory in Bri- tain was formally opened in South London recently. It belongs to a firm that has been making candles for over a hundred years and has factor- ies all over the world. In this factory, which has the newest equipment as well as, men skilled in the old craft, c.ndles. are still being made in the oldest way of all in which men pour wax over long wicks hanging on frames. Altar candles are made in this way, from beeswax. In contrast, one of the machines in the plant

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Assembly’s bidding, to” accept a Pek- |

. Then the questiofi-ot-separate—> |

Peking regime, followed by its ac+¢

~ ago. Mr? Hees asserted that com-

seven months of power was the -Mmanceuvring of

. the opposition.

yor almest all,

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OTTAWA REPORT

Federal Airlines Policy

By Patrick

It was a‘ well-considered and clearly-expressed government policy on airlines which Trans- port Minister George Hees de- scribed to the House of Commons last week. A praiseworthy touch | was that the valuable report! of the Air Transvort Board on trans- continental air sorvices i Canada was not just tabled in Parliament without comment; it was care- fully threshed through by Cab- inet and, when ‘it was finally made public ‘three weeks after its submission to Cabinet, . that release was accompanied by the comoicte exposition of govern- ment policy. by the Minister.

In his. statement to the Com- mons, Mr. Hees set out the five basic principles of this govern- ment policy. These ar tl) to

pormit competition on domestic air! when economic comii- | tions permit. (2) to link Canad- ian-operated trans-occan routes. 3) to encourage commercial air. |

ines

3 weer 4) not to use R.C.A.F. and other government aircraft to carry passengers in comoctition

ith scheluled Canadian airlines. | 3 to review this situation fully within two years. POLICY FORECAST

In a very significant speéch de livered in Timmins-nearly a year

should be

petitive air services as and

gradually established.

Fanfani Government Falls

By Joseph

Canadian Press Staff Writer

The collapse of Premier Amin- tore Fan‘ani’s Italian government is reminiscent in some respects of Feance’s pell - mel! political life under the Fourth Republic.

Perhaps Italian President Gio- vanni Gronchi ~ is tempted at times to wish for an_ Italian

Charles de Gaulle whb would re store tical stability with a strong hand as has happened in France.

Italy, like’ France. has suf- fered since the Second Werld War from a multip'icity of: political parties, including a powerful Communist party hungering for power

But the immediate cause of Fanfani’s downfall after less than |

poli

the Socialists. Similar Socialist mapoeuvring felled. Premier Adone Zoli after only 22 days in ofifce, aad Pre- mier Antonio Segni after 22 months. SOCIALISTS DIVIDED

Ironically, on

Nenm brought «

Irish Eels London Delicacy

Ulster Commentary _

h eels caught“tn Lough

Thouzg Neazh are amongst the finest to be found in the work, there is practically no demand for them} in Ulster. Consequently they have

to be exported to the consumer market in England, and an in- teresting point about this trade is that thé eels literally swim all, of the way there.

As soon as they are landed from fishing boats’in the Lough, the eels are deposited in storage tanks in which they live natur- ally until. they are despatched to Larne, the Ulster terminal of”a busy cross-channel trading route. This part of the journey is over-

land, of cou and it is com- in less mn two hours.

pleted

During that time the eels are packed in wooden boxes, for they! can live out of water for as — as twenty-four hours.

On arrival at Larne they tipped into containers on. the quayside’ and hosed down a “Shoot” into tanks in the Neth- | erlands vessel “Helene,” which plies to Europe, the Mediterran- ean and other areas for cargoes of cels for the growing English market. On the sea journey to

are:

| Corporation 21 years ago.

| couver, with intermediate passen-

| opposition, leaving Fanfani with-

‘

Nicholson

intl Monopoly so long en- | joyed by Ti C, A. WHAT NEXT?

Two interesting points stem >

from this. One is,

jsand traffic rights at Edmonton,

when-the volume of traffic would | sustain them so that they would | not destroy existing services through lack of traffic.

This declaration encouraged Canadian Pacific Air Lines, a sub- sidiary of the Canadian Pacifie Railway System, who have long been anxious to break into‘ the aerial cross-Canada business just as they are in the railroad cross- Canada business. But Trans-Can- ada Air Lines have enjoyed a monopoly in this so far, ever since it was created as a Crown

In the event, the government has now as a first step given C. P. A. permission to operate one flight each day in each direc- tion between Montreal and Van-

zer rights at Toronto and Winni- peg. The purpose of this is not to split ‘up the normal cross- Canada traffic, which is not yet sufficient to support all-out com- | petiticn between two rival air) lines; it is to enable C. P. A. to link up its Europe - Montreal

flights with its Vancouver-Far | East flights. Thus C. P. A., while rebuffed i

in their application for a licence ; to operate a full service between Vancéuver and Montreal, serving all intermediate cities, will nevertheless now “have their toe in the door’’ and be en- couraged by this rupture of the

MacSween

the crisis by movirg ‘slightly to ward the right. At a recent party congress he announced that his group henceforth will fcllow am indeperdent line, breaking away from the Communists with whem Nenni has been allied since the war.

At the same time, howevere he reiterated his opposition to the Fanfani government and de clared that he would continue t battle any go - nment dominat by the Christian Democrats, the centré group that-tmas held a com- manding position in Italian poll- tics most of the titme since the War.

REUNION POSSIBILITY

Nenni’s action raised anew in Socialist hearts the possibility of a reunion between the two wings of the party — a dream _ that meart doom for Fanfani's ccali- | tion government. Some Social Damocrats. including Labor Min- ister Ezio Vigorelli, belted to the

out a majority in parliament. Other Social Democrats feel that Nenni’s move to the right

was slight and that they will do*-

better to maintain their connec- tion with the centre grcups in ‘support of NATO. and Western policies in the cold war. Fenfani’ s edge in the chamber

Maldcn (Essex) the cels nve in surroundings natural \to them, because the hull of “Helene” is

-of deputies

perforated to admit sea water to | her tanks.

On arrival at Maldon the eels |

go into storage tanks until pur- | chased by London buyers. They arrive in London as fresh as the day — probably weeks before— ‘hey were netted in the quiet waters of Lough Neagh.

The eel-fishing season commen- ced in September and catches this year have been’good. Already “Helene” has made many trips between Larne and Maldon.

The Age Old Story

All Mine are Thine, and Thine are Mine, and I am glorified in them.

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ROUTINE CALL

LONDON (Reuters) —Canadian High Commissioner George Drew called Tuesday at his own request on Foreign Secretary Lloyd. A Canadian spokesman said it was a “routine call on Mr. Drew’s

to link up with their Vancouver- Edmonton-Amsterda trans-pol- ar flights? Presumably, and with good reason, C. P. A. will apply for this reasonable ccncession. The other point is whether the daily “‘flight’’ between Vancouv- er and Mcntrealtcould consist of two or more “‘sections” or air- liners - just as trains run in two sections - when the passenger demand warrants this?

The third principle mentioned above. is a green light to any air- line which wishes to establish feeder services or local routes. For example, Wheeler Airlines is now applying for permission to operate a sort of St. Law- rence. air link,-serving Montreal,

Cornwall, _Bolleville, Kingston, Oshawa, St. Catherines and Buffalo.

The Diefenbaker Government appears to have set up a policy which will give us the best of

Many Factors In Retardation

By Herman N. Bundesen, M.D.

Three out of every 100 chil- dren born are destined to be mentally. retarded, More than 109.000 such chikiren are . bora | in the United States each year.

Our total of ‘retarded children and adults now stands at about 4,809,000 or approximately 3 per cent of our population.

PUBLIC UNAWARE

lic is virtually unaware of the problem. I'd like to tell you a bit about it, ngt to scare you, but to inform you:

When we speak of scotal Te tardation, we mean a condition of impaired or incomplete mem. tal development ‘dating from birth or at least an early age.

As for their intellectual ca- pacities, these persons range from the totally helpless to many who aren't much different from you—and—I_except that they fall into the lower intellectual levels

NOT A DISEASE

_Merttal 4etardation is not a

disease; it is a condition. How- ever, diseases might be asso-

ciated with its development.

In fact, we suspect that at least 70 diseases or mishaps oc- curring before or during birth, or during early childhood, may be respensible for mest instanc- ces of mental! retardation. Causes »efore birth iné@lude hepatitis, German measles and other diseases occurring in the

why have | C. P. A. not been given landing,

' mother during . pregnancy; . in | compatible blood between moth- er and child, such a5 tie Rh fact- | or;. glandular disorders; X-rays ' and toxic chemicals,

Although genetic variations are not yet understood complete-

some scientists believe them cams for many cases of mental retardation. DURING BIRTH

Causes during birth include: abnormal position of the foetus; difficux. fofcess delivery or hemorrhage, sifice such cases often cause injury to the baby ‘either directly or by reducing the oxygen supply to the deli- cate brain of the infant. We also know that very rapid delivery or long and difficult labor carry a higher percentage of defective children than do average deliv- eres.

_Causes after birth include: glar@ular disturbance; * inflam-

re

gration conditions. The Federal Cabinet can always decide on in- dividual cases.—Vancouver Sun

nen tary-Treasurer of the C, P.

(Jan. 29, 1949)

It is expected that facilities for handling one million pounds of bait: annually at the Government old“sterage plant will be pleted by April 20th.; in’ accommodate fishermen out the province of herring in the frigeration equipment i its way here. and

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Mr. John Trainor, B.A., B.S.W.. supervisor of the social service division, Department of Veterans Affairs, has been appointed to the position of Chief Welfare Of- ficer in the Provincial’ Depart- ment of Health and Welfare. Mr. Trainor’s duties will become ef- fective March-1, and will link up the province with the Dominion plan to appoint a social service werker in Charlottetown.

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:

mer Foreign Minister Molotov, in the blassic style of Russian exile, serves as Soviet Ambassador to Mongolia. Invited to tea by Mr. and Mrs. Molotov, the diplomat

{was politely queried about Cle-

ment Attlee’s health, “‘Lord Att- lee,” he replied, “is now a mem- ber of the House of Lords.” Said Molotov, with a ghost of a smile: _“Ah, so that’s where they send them in your Country.’’—Toronto Telegram *

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i BRAIN INJURIES

accidents may cause injury to the-brain which will hamper com-

both worlds. There will -be com- | plete mental development.

petition, which will keep T.C.A. and C. P. A. on their toes, striv- ing to give passengers the best possible service. At the same time, even if C. P. A. were to use a 100-seater Britannia airlin- er on the cross-Canada ‘route, there will still be enough traffic to ensure that T. C. A. and C. P. A.will do good business: thus there should be no risk of any

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has always sma!l although Italy's genera! elections .last May gave -the four moderate, pro . Western centre

, Parties — the Christian Demo- | crats, Social Democrats, | and Republicans — a sufficient

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working majority. REFUSAL HELPS

Fanfani wasn't able to include the Liberals and Republicans. :n his coalition and his Ce‘inet sur- vived as long as it did only be cause the Republicans refused to vote against him in parliament- ary issues.

The May elections showed a significant increase in the popu- lar vote for the Christian Domo- crats, gaining particularly from the far-right parties. .

The Communists advanced ex- tremely little over the previous elections — in 1953 — amd the left-wing Socialists gained little more. The extreme right, com- rising two rival monarchist par- ies and neo - Fascist groups, uffered a collapse.

been |

Symptoms of mental retarda- tion include

duction of soc’al aptitudes and limited vecational capacity.

QUESTION AND ANSWER

B.W.: My boy. two and one half years old, has flat feet. Is there anything that could cor- rect this,

Answer: Flat feet can be cor- | rected. An orthopedic specialist | can be helpful in instituting cor- | reetive measures.

OUR YESTERDAYS

(Frow The Guardian Files)

TWENTY—FIVE YEARS AGO (Jan. 29, 1934)

One of the most enthusiastic meetings of the Victoria Driving Club | 2-sembled -last evening in the Ford Show Rooms to ele¢t officers and make plans for the sea2scn’s ice races. The officers include, Honorary-President, Dr. H. MaclIatyre; President, Col. D. A. MacKinnon; vice-president, Dr. E. S. Notting; Secretary-Treasur- er, Charles Large.

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