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THE GUARDIAN

Morning Daily (Founded in 1887i; Authorized as Second Class Mall. Post Office Department, Ottawa. nesident, Ian A. Burnett; Vice-Presidcn . Wm. R. Burnett; Sonya-Tress" G. M. Burnett; Editor and Managing Director, J. R. Burnett; Associate Editor, Frank Walker.

"The Strongest Memory is Weaker Than the Weakest Ink."

(THARLOTTETOWN, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 30 _. f

No “Marshall Plan”

lf asked to define what the "Marshall Plan" plans, cither in substance or detail, most people would have to admit that they couldn't, says the Ottawa Journal, which adds:

There is no "Marshall Plan"; nothing that Mr. Marshall has proposed (or could propose) remotely resembling a plan, or a detailed scheme or project. On June 5, at Harvard Uni- versity, Mr. Marshall delivered himself of a few phrases, the burden of which was this: That if the nations of Europe could get together, decide to help themselves and strike a balance sheet of their needs, the United States, with such u balance sheet to guide it, might then determine what resources it possessed, and how far it could go, in meeting such needs.

Sixteen European countries (Russia and her satellites staying out) have since met in Paris,

where they decided that they required some 22j

billion dollars (their first figure was 29 bil-

lions, but U. S. experts, with an eye to Con-.

gross which must have the final say, whittled thc sum down), and also that they would make a new production effort at home, try to create internal financial stability, and otherwise give the appearance of good risks.

That, so far, is all the "Marshall Plan" amsrunts to. There won't be any plan until somebody in Washington, acting on Europe's s5at"d needs, works out something concrete to present to Congress, where rt will be debated, criticized, and perhaps drastically amended. Actually, ct the moment, no special session of Congress has been called, with the likelihood that nothing will be done or attempted un‘il the regular session opens after the New Yenr.

Too Many Taxes

Ottawa is now in the position of having not only a huge surplus and a bigger one in prospect, but all the extra funds which have been until now used to pay subsidies.

lf the King Government is not entirely out of touch with public opinion, suggests an 8X- chunge, it will realize that the people of Can- ada feel that the time has come to curtail o speeding program which, however necessary dur- ing the war, is certainly unnecessary now.

All members of the House of Commons have been given the equivalent of tax relief in the form of an annual handout of $2,000, tax lrce, in addition to their regular annual rage of $4,- 000. The Senate wasn't forgotten either when it came to handing out the extra $2,000 a year.

lf the taxpayers hired men are entitled to $4,000 q year minus taxes, plus $2,000 a year tax free, surely the employers are entitled to a little consideration too.

ln addition to a reduction in income tax, thzre are plenty of other places where a little p-uning could be done. There are literally tens of thousands of bureaucrats who, instead of adding to the country's taxation burden, should be engaged in some useful work. ln these days of price increases, it cannot be emphasized too strongly nor too often that a cut in taxes is a raise in pay.

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The C. C. F. Government in Saskatchewan in 1945 cxpropriated, or socialized, a box fact- ory at Prince Albert. There had been labor trouble in the plant and this trouble continued after the ownership of it passed to the Provin- ciul Government. The plant had been losing money in recent months and in August last, Hon. J. L. Phelps, Minister of Resources in the Douglas Government visited Prince Albert and addressed the employees. ln this address Mr. Phelps said that th-e workers must not conclude that the plant was permanently in operation. According to Mr. Phelps’ own vcrsian of what he said, the workers were told that the plant was being operated on a three-month trial bases. lt would be closed at the end of that time, he said, if the workers failed to implement a three- paint programme to "increase production, da- crease thr.- unit cost and bring ths factory out of the red."

The response of ‘the labor unions in the Prrvince has been critical. Th-e provisions of

the Saskatchewan Trade Union Act are being.

cited to show the Douglas Government hns act- ed in an illegal manner. Apparently, so far as lobar is concerned, instead of being one of the family, the C. C. F. Government is now revealed as the old boss writ large.

The unfairness of the Saskatchewan Govern- ment to the workers of the box factory is clear, according to a western exchange. H-ere is a publicly-owned plant which is losing money. The

cure for this may lie in part with lnhor but,

even so, it is primarily the probl:..r of manage- ment. Yet Government management in this caso summons the workers not to confer upon or to discuss difficulties but to issue on ulti- matum. The anus of making the plant profit- able to the owner-the state-is shoved off upon the workers, who are not responsible far

the management of it, with the threat that un-r

less they succeed in making profit within a given time, they will all of their. be thrown out on the street. This is the technique of man- agement by ultimatum.

But the real point is the discovery by the C. C. F. Government that the fzarly prized the- ory about the sinfulness of the profit system will not work. Th: Prince All:..~t box factory, in hoping with socialist theory, could have gone

on p oducing for use indefinitely. There was nc diticulty at all on that score. The trouble was rot with use but with profit—sinful profit. Tle proprietors-the C. C. F. Government- have now discovered the difference between loses and profits. Losses have to be made gcod In cash or its quivalent and the Saskatche- wr.n Government being unprepared to go on firdin] the money to cover the losses at Prince Aloerrflthrew aside its statute and issued an ul imr tum to the workers.

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Calais taken by British and Canadians this

date Z944.

I i I I The annual conference of the British Fed- erritior of Women's Institutes is being held in Cl-ullesham, England, today and tomorrow. i A’ I i’

Tre last doy of another remarkably fine mrnth We have, indeed, been blessed with exr-epiional weather since last Spring.

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Mmtreal, like Charlottetown, has given up thc id. a of regulating service station hours, and is leu-ing the matter in the hands of the op-

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Tire r-ext big event locally will be the ‘Prrsb/“erinn Synod, which meets here 7th, 8th an! 9T1 of next month. lt is the first time the Syrosl has come to Charlottetown for 2O years.

i i i X G-orge Whitefield, English Calvinistic div- lino, ded this date 1770; one of thr. leaders .of Mzthodism in England, Scotland and Am- |eri;a, reputed to be one of the greatest dra- ‘motic preachers of "The Word" of his century. t i ‘fi 1:

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l The Montreal Board of Trade has called {For th" appointment of a Minister 0T lmmigra- ltior tr develop home markets, lower production ‘costs 1nd give stability to our economy. That ‘is 1511119 a lot of any Ministry.

Drminion taxation yielded $120,365,532 in 1.11918, cached a high of $l,63S,494,706 in 1944 .anri 1947 amounted to 9,435,731,759. otlwzr "vords the government is still taking more thc-r ten times as much money from taxpayers as it was prior to the war.

Tre despised horse as motive power seems lto b»: "aming back to its own. Montreal has r:- lstoved her Mounted Police contingent, and now lilo. ton Fire

l I lharse drawn equipment did 5O years ago.

Axording to The Scotsman,

lmr-ry of lhe Boy Scouts returned from

llarzbaree rn France loaded with souvenirs. "You l ca: ld wap anything for a piece of tartan,” "And the

lonr- Elinburgh Scout. kc-snest

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Notes By The Way

lt is suns-icing to find that In New Zmland which most of us have always considered s particu- larly has now become the principal cause of death with from one-fifth to one-sixth of lts hospital pat- ients suffering from that disease. -Brockville Recorder and Times.

Plans are being made In Ontario, it is said, to give recent lmmi- grants a course 1n citizenship Lrulning. Residents who were horn here might be insulted at the sug- goslron that. many of them are in need of such a course, but. the generally poor recorded votes at. elections indicates that the major-

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Newlywed: We could hardly sly which is the best way to cook steak to make it tender. The saf- cst way is to hammer it. well with u meal. axe or hatchet. Then boil for a couple of hours. After thaL lS over", make a sauce and stew r1 for half an hour". Then leave it where Llre dog is sure t.o get 1t. Open a can of salmon. -- Chattram News.

Civil service was instituted to replare the old spoils system. It was designed to keep new offic- irrls from replacing old employees wiLh political frrend-s. Clvll ser- vrce ls an improvement, but 1t lrnsut proved a cure-all. 1t. needs modification in several particulars and probably should be abolished for many technical positions. -— Mrnrreapolis Star.

Hannah Wuolley. who was the Emily Post. of her day, observes The Kitr-lrener Record, passed out. some pertinent advice to the belles when she wrote ln The Gentlewom- art's Companion about 1650: “Close your lips when you eat and do not Swap]. like a pig. “Discover not hy any ravenous gesture your angry nppolzte nor fix your eyes too greed- lly upon the meat before you. ‘Fill rrol: your" mouth so full that your cheeks shall swegl like Scotch

l" l bagpipes. “If is very uncomely t0

drink so large a draught that your hr-eallr is almost. gone and you are forced to blow strongly to re- cover yourself."

School has just now let out for Crozvrr Prinve Akllrifa, fourteen- ycsrr-old son of the Emperor and Empress of Japan. His vacation

Department finds that its motor- \\'lll last two months whlle hls izel eruipment can't get to fires as fast as its l WW1 MYS- Elilabelh Gfay Vim"!-

of Philadelphia. is ln this coun-

l.r_v on leave. Mrs. Vining says tlrc

prince is (‘Omillg alon: nlv r ' ' . ...

Edinburgh, ,‘ rzs Errgl i’ yhel so) a ("r ."l1

yrs ‘out playing baseball. Lrlz: his fath-

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or. Akrhltn rs interest. .1 rrla l_\' frslr. [rams rmcl turtles. lrle up" he ~11 baseball and

Wrrr-rlo‘ with the Scots were the American boysdlm" m.‘

who w:re eager to secure kilts." "I i- I fi

Grttirrg a dose of his own medicine.

ly the blowing of automcbile horns at weddings, polce last Saturday issued a summons to Mar- cel Srlois, police chief of Chateauguay. Ap- pcrrirrr in Recorder's Court before Recorder Roizrnc- Pcrquette, Salois pleaded guilty and re- cei/ed a 'suspended sentence. He explained thrt P: was at a wedding and he couldn't re- sisl the temptation of blowing the horn. fi Q ‘I R

Bi-ths, deaths and marriages for 1946 have been htalled and issued by the Buraeu of Sta- tislrcs as follows, with 1945 figures in paren- thcsas Live births, 325,805 (288,730); birth rate 21.5 (23.9); illegitimate births, 13,391 (12,- 931); |-er cent of total live births, 4.1 (4.5); still- bir hs, 7,214 (6,668); rate per 1,000 live births, 22.1 (23.1); deaths, 113,519 (113,414); death rate, ‘.12 (9.4); natural increase, 212,286 (I75,- 316); rate of natural increase, 17.3 (14.5); deaths uni er one year, 15,281 (14,823); rate per 1,000 live bi ths, 47 (51); deaths under one month, 8,- 881- (8 244); rate p-er 1,000 live births, 27 (29); n1a"erral deaths, 5B3 (660); rote per 1,000 live birihs 1.8 (2.3); marriages, 134,078 (108,031); ma'ria~je rate, 10.9 (8.9).

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Tle British Labour Government seems to lbe hortening slowly in its nationalizing of in- ldustrre". program. The London Daily Graphic, lrn a front-page story, said that nationaliza- tion or Britain's railways, due January 1, may be pos poned "for either six or I2 months." Par- ,lranen- passed the controversial Transport Bill notionrlizing railways about two months ago. Th! mwspoper said the Government was faced wrtr tris decision for two reasons: "The im- por-‘are of concentrating on the export drive anv tle drop rn gilt-edged securities, which meins, at present rates, an increase in com- lpersol on payments to railway stockholders. "lt is :on'idered that at this vital juncture in the nation's affairs it would be imprudent to inter- fere wth the present working of the railways."

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l A'thougl| "Enterprise Scotland" was plan- Incri as on exhibition and not as a Trade Fair, lovcrsers buyers arrived prepared to order as |mu:h as the Scottish manufacturers can pro- ‘tilllfe. TA Itypicalh example wals thhe representative

ron ur ey w o went wit te intention of lspendlrg over a million dollars. He expressed llllflrSlll as particularly impressed with the tex- lgilf. section and exploinedh thast he] hgd golne to

rrI-arn specio y to see w at cot an coud do lto supply his country's needs. Before the war, lTukey bought chiefly from Germany and the Bo kar. countries. Attendance figures rose

stezdih from the opening day and much'favour-' lmore unsolvable. "Third, that 1t

loble irterest was expressed in the 3,000 exhibits ;wlr ch comprised examples of all that is finest lin Scfltish goods. The exhibition amply ful- .fill2d l1'$ arm of letting the world see and "judge ‘the sk ll and enterprise of Scotland's industries. llt ~rlso provided a welcome opportunity for Scot- llard .o renew her contacts‘ with the export (world in addition to acquiring many fmh ones.

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In q English compositions. -- New York

Soon. quite soon it will be time l0 start preparing the ground for next year's garden. To do it ln the Fall enables a better start Lo be made in the Spring. Encouraged hy this year's harvest. the garden- er- will be eager lo r161. at. 1t. The CIlVlDLlS ones loo, may be dlSDJSBIi to gel. down to 1t under the lm- prrlse of their present state of mind; and lf anybody prepares a garden In the Full and does n01’. rnrry on ln the Spring. he ls m; like most people. Whether food rs expensive or cheap. gardening pays. When prices are high, garden pro- duce ls a blessing and may save the day. Gardening 1s always pro- fitable and on top of that, enjoy- able. — saint John Telegraph- Journal.

The prerlletlon made by one man that perhaps wlthfn a year 15.000 cf Canada's 17,030 Doukobors wlll return to Russia 1s almost too gOOCI to he true. This man says he has a strong feellng that. destiny is calling his people hack to Rus- sra. His rvlfe. he contends, feels llro same way. We trust that. no person wlll place any impediment lrr the way of destiny being ful- filled. Wlth comparatively few ex- ceptions, these people have been a pain in the neck ever slnce the, were brought. here hy a well-mean- ing government anxious to help them escape the persecution to whlch they said they were subject in their nrrtlve land. Most. of them. oven unto the third and fourth ztenorrrtlon, have never really set- tled dawn 1n Canada or become real Canadians. They have rebell- ed against Carradlan institutions and responsibilities. They have dlsllkcd the thought. of having Llrelr r-lrlldren go to school. They have fought. against army servtcn And when they have been really aroused, they have set flre to buildings, held nude parades and lndulrzecl 1n other lawless conduct, sametfmea with dynamite as their vveapolt. -Brockv1l.le Recorder and Times.

A member of the United Na- lions Committee on Palestine, pre- paring to leave Jerusalem after slx weeks of studylng Palestlnei problems, smiled wryly as he sup- ervlsed the packing of huge stacks at‘ speeches and memorsnda to which he and the other delegates lrave llstened. "In slx weeks here." he sald, "I have learned three things about the Palestine prob- lem; "First, that 1t was unsolvoblo from the beginning. "Second, the‘. everybody has worked hard for more than 30 years to make lt.

has to-rhe solved." Like nearly ev- erything that has been sold about. Palestine, this half-humorous pars- ilox 1s an over-simplification. It

does represent fairly accurately.

however, the frame of mind of.

most of the 11 delegates and ll alternates who were given the task by the United Notions of WON:-

lréaJ thy country, tuberculosis;

PUBLIC FORUM

This column ls open so the dlsclllon by eon-u- sponaents of question ol lnterelt. The Charlottetown Guardian does not necessar- fly endorle the opinion of wi. pondentl.

ufif APPRECIATION

su-, At the conclusion of our 1947 Rural Beautification Contest 1 wlsh to express through your valued paper the thanks of our Society to all of those who assisted

in making our contest. a success. We are greatly indebted to the Press especially to The Guardian which has cooperated with us and. given our project the necessary publicity and encouragement from its inception, also to the lion. W. F. Allan Stewart and his Department for their financial assistance, to those who donated trophies and special prizes. and to the judges who so capably carrried out their duties. 1111c receptlan our contest rhas re- ceived from the public and the as- sl-stance given by publlc-splrltcd citizens has exceeded our expect- rations. I am, Sir. elc. E. W. JOHNSTON}; President. Rural Beautrflcalton Society

Drain On Canada

<5) an Post-Record»

In the sum total, 23.467 CunJd ans leaving their country for the Unite-c,- States 1n trhe fiscal year ending last. Ju e. the loss in citizens, cun- sidcrin that thousands of new Iieople are entering Canada. might. not be taken seriously. In the quality Qt this human export nnt- erlal, however, the less can be re- garded as of importance. Am‘. the rccorcs Siltow that 1t has brear gong an for years past.

Tide United States Drrprrrtrrrcnt provides a breakdown. both as lo age and (u-cupzrticrr. The great majorlty were young. nearly 13.000 between the ages of 15 and 34 and there were 3.447 bctwecrr 315 and 44. persons 1n the prime of’ life. It will be seen, too. that the Unltec‘; Safes, as far as Canadians entering the country are concerned, has a sel- ective policy.

Of the migrants out cf Canada, in tlrr OCCllpalinllLl group. 2 50 were clerical, sales. and office wo k- ers. 2.457 professional worker's, 1.44.3 craftsmen and .10rcn12n, 1.- 263 operatives and klncrcd work- ers, ‘T52 domestic seYvice \\'"1".(r>rs and 6'72 1fll'l"l‘.€i'.<.

In rlrr professional grfup. were lffllllFd and stu ' 267 l°achrrs ‘P06 D11) surgeons. 189 relicrous work cleflzd men. P13 m vans 311:: maria teachers, m r-l rsts. assajers and nreiallurgists. rhrmirzrl. L‘\'.l. electrical. industrial, mecuunrwl and mining, engineer's. 5R nrflsts and art teacher's. 13 author's, 42 editors and rr‘.',1.".1'l.e1'5, l0 la-ayrrs and jubges, 16 pharmacists, 20 ac.- ressrs and actor's, 6 arr-lrilocls, 41 social and welfare worker's. l2 vote '- lnarians, 62 athletes. 2 nvirt 1's and 15 dancer's, dancing lractrers and chorus girls.

The cost of training arrc' educat- ion, a public charge 1o a great degree, those doctors, nurscs, civil electrical and mining engineer's, chemists, assyists and metrrl- lurgists, and other professions. 1s anyanels guess, but 1t. ls not a small Item of investment. It is to be noted, too, that 13 auffrors. 42 re- porters and editors. ten lavrycr-s and judges have left Canada for the wider flelda of the South, as well as 58 artists and art teacrhcrs.

It may very well be so on the part of each Individuals, the search ins for trhe end of the rainbow. but these impressive facts and figures should act. as a prod On every pub- llc man 1n Canada to strlve to make then-r so attractive that Can- ada will retain its best. brains anc: that opportunity llcs here, as well us ln the Land of Liberty.

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lng recommendations for the fut- ure of Palestine -Morle_v Cassldy ln Philadelphia Bulletln.

WINTEIVS i AHEAD

like the that coal bin is filled, ready for the first chill Order don't wait. We are unloading cars of both Hard and Soft Coal.

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A Bear By The Tail

(London Froo Press)

Government control of prices 1s like catching s bear by the tsrl. The real fuss comes when you let go. That ls what the Canadian Government. 1s flndlng out. and what pur neighbors across the-line

out earlier. Rising food prlees wlll inevitably bring demand for higher waxes and set. the whole spiral whtrltng around mer- rily lialn.

No doubt the government would have been glad to hang on to the controls s bit longer, but 1t was lrr the hands of stm bigger forces. Our shortage of U. 8. dollars 1s growing. It may well be that. the Govern- ment. felt it. could no longer con- llnue to keep prices of Canadian products artificially low so that our people could have more money to spend on imported goods. This ls an Indirect approach to the prob- lem of exchange but 1t may have some effect. If people have to spend more on bread they may have lees to spend on Imported oranges. 1t has been the expressed policy of the Government to relax con- trols only when supply and demand were somewhat near a balance. In arartlce lt hasn't worked out. that way. The cost, of living has rlsen sharply slnce the controls were lifted. In the United Slates the some thing has happened. Argu- ments that the old law of supply and demand would step ln and equalize prices wlmply he\'e.n‘t worked ouwas yet. In the long run they may. but. whlle there ls still excess money in circulation compared to the goods available there 1s lnflatlon.