I1l:U ” I V p IONIIAY. JULY 3. I37

Canada's Farm Exports

Canada's trade in agricultural products is declining in importance relative to total trade but. on I volume basis. it has been higher on the average in the past five yeiiis than in any similar pcacetiine period. This statement appears in an an- alysis of our trade in farm products written for l-ioreign Trade, the De- partment of Ti":-itie and i.tlltlllll'l'IlP tnagazlne. by Margaret l. Duiiliabin. an economist with the Pi-it-es Sup- port Board, ti:-inada l)epai-tin--nt of Agriculture.

Front llI."..'l-I:'.I zigrit-iilliiiwil pm-ts averaged 371 per cent of total ffarip; in tho 15131)-.'it-i perititi they

, dropped in 'Jl per cent. l)t'.sp1li' this

i relative decline in the iiiiportain-c of agricultural exports and the tit-civase in the value of money. our exports of farm products have risen about 4;: pop ppm in nlimltitcv terins. which takes account of the chaiige in pur- chasing power of the dollar in the two periods.

The dirertioti of (”aiiatia'- Nitri- etiltural trade differs grealh trttttt

' prewar. The lliiited Kingdeni used to take about 62 per cent of our f total exports of farm prodticts. the United States Lil per cent anti other countries 17 per cent: the ill-33--l5 averages show that sales to the i'.l(- hsve declined to 29 per cent. but I have risen to T74 per rent to ill? fl l'..Q. and in 17 per l'l'lll to all other i countries. The United States has emerged i ' as the dominant market for farm I products other titan wheat and flour. 5 in the lfl.'r.2-Tit; period the 1'.S. bought St) per cent of these exports against 30 per cent in the prewar period. The United Kingdom share of this trade has declined to DU per cent frnin Ht) per cent and sales to other countries have risen fmm 10 per cent to 30 per cent

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Gloomy View

What do the scieitiists who have . first hand knowledge of nuclear force think aboitt the possibility of mankind's escaping its full fury? No -. doubt. like the rest of us, they are l , hoping that somehow good sense and moral understanding will tri- itmph over the threat tltat hangs over the world. That it is a hope -1 that sometimes appears dint was in- dicated in an address delivered by Dr. Harrison Brown. Professor of Biochemistry at the ('alil'ornia insti- tute nf Technology, before the aii-

'-. nual conference of the American ,' Society of Newspaper Editors in . San Francisco.

"lf l were a msniic g.-iinlilt-i'." said Dr. Brown, "watching tiie earth from afar and studying the present behaviour pattern of people and nations. l wottld be inclined to give rather substantial odds that sooner or later the boat will be rockerl and Industrial civilization will perish in I nuclear holocaust." lie went on to say that he would expect this to happen "within the. next century, posslhl) within ".33 years. cont-eixalily within the next five years."

it's a very gloomy view, to be lire. What makes it so hard to dis- miss from the area of probability is the fact that at the present time there. is not a person in the world Ctalcsman, scientist. philosopher or theologian who can confidently produce supportable facts to argue igalnst it. All we have is hope. Now, of course, hope is it very &rong force; but it was never in- ix as a suhsiitute for moral

muted ' wt in all departments of life. , A Fine idea

in uniteruitnns in East-West ' i hnrsuon has been in- . Dr; Watson Klrkconnell. A d Acadia University. and . Fay. Hui-tgarlan poet

V in CIIIQ. u1:eHtwo that noProvince is as much depend-

him M un- em for its economic libel "'" " "”'” """ ""' "'”i" ""'."" ” '- "7 150 Wmlllh Ittricultural pursuits 8:60! c'r1:tr:: '.!i."?.t' mu nu” Oxam jctectedbybr gfpypg-.m,,.'..,y,,",,,..t',,i,.,,m.,, mnaemuaubtundnow t-:espaItsi-ssninndslsIr- an-t hm, hi... lneaiTlnntnaiisdttIs psacsllhslhltltlssasellt

. tfllrlllllu dsmuaoritv auuiine.-on-assoc iueaauassyuuua

In-the tuna:-oiuultocoanuuentmsiii. lmunina.lsIlIIhwh quiiusunuc

minim: an lIsI's;mditstnetulIsn' 3'..'.'f"'""""'.i :',"'."'-"""""'”""” ' I

Mr. !'ay's works have been pub- lished in Canada. the United Stain. Britain. Australia. Argentina, France. Germany and some other countries. One of his more recent and interesting works was his short biography of Pauline Johnson, Can- ada's Indian poet, published in an important Hungarian Weekly. Mr. Fay has also published Hungarian translations of several of Miss John- son's poems which tell of the suf- ferings when the white man took over their territories. Mr. Fay's works. too. often reflect the bard- ships of his people. His latest work is "Lamentations of Jeremias". a phiolosophicai treatise on the Bibli- cal Book of Jeremiah.

ltr. Kirkconnell'.s and Mr. l-iay's iindet-taking is to be commended: for. the more different peoples know about one iinother's cultural achieve- ments. the more likely they ate to at-liieve a good understanding in other fields. it is an idea which could profitably be extended to in- clude other European ethnic groups. 'l'ht-re is not a country in Europe which does not have a fine literacy tratiitinn which. if the various works, including the lesser works, were translated into i-English and widely distributed, would be of great help to, Canada in its current pro- grain of creating it cultural pattern.

EDITORIAL NOTES

(it-ngratulalitins to the l'.i-ii. Reece Regiment on their leading in the final week's training program at (lamp Utopia and to the Royal Ni-wfoiiiidland Regiment which took secoiid place.

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The statisticians report that l':irmers' incomes in general have for the second consecutive year. They still have a long way to go, though, before farmers can be said to enjoy a just share of the national wealth.

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There is good news for the litm- her Industry. Forestry experts say that within a few years. perhaps less than ten, wood that is now con- sidered useless will be used as an itnportaut source of industrial chem- icals. it may even take the place of oil and coal in some areas.

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'l'lie following "filler", captioned "llas Pleasant Summers", appeared in a recent issue of the New York Times: "The average monthly tem- peratures in Prince Edward Island range from 17 degrees in February to 66 in Jilly." That's good public- ity --and free.

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The Hairy i)cpariment of the i'niversity of Maryland has develop- ed a mechanical cow. it consists of a large nimen from a real animal, an artificial heart and an artificial lung. The purpose, according to lini- verslty officials. ”i.s to team hmv foods are broken down into the rumen."

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There was a time when the clos- ing of Vladivostok Play by the Rus- sian fiovernment would have caused a grave international quarrel. per- haps a war. The Soviet action at this time, however, will cause noth- in: mote serious than diplomatic ewliaiiges. The world situation is bad enough; bill it must be admitted

that wars are not started as easily 3

as they used to be. I I I

A nieniber of llarliaineni who was elected as an independent t'on- servative has now entered the of- firial P.('. fold. A couple of inde- pendent Liberals have also been welcomed by the parent organiza- tion. These potential difficulties hav- ing been disposed of, Parliament will be able to get down to business in earnest when it meets in October. Why anyone would want to run as an "independent" Liberal or (Ion- servatlve is a mystery.

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.ludtzintz by reports of the re- rently held county meetings of the P.E.I. Federation of Agriculture. one fact was emphasized during the de- liberations: the Federation needs strengthening at county and district levels. No Province has more urgent need of it stronl and active fiirmers' organization. for the simple reason

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CASTING ITS SHADOW BEFORE

PUBLIC FORUM 'OTTAWA REPORT

um enlums is when In tho ittu-in

, lion av enrrespnriienis of question st Illflrllf The rzumin dines not serve lalllt -nitnru uu opinion of mrrn punn-imp

ltATl-LS ON Fl-ZED GRAIN

air. Now that the shouting and tumult of the recent Federal elec- tion has died away and ii nrwf1nv- PI'llllll'ltl has taken over the task oi goirrniiix the rniintry. and which will. in due course. seek to Im- plement its promises to the elec- torate, would it not he in the best interests to elevate the effect that some of those promises, if Implemented, will have on the ov- erall ecomiiiiy of the country. par- ticularly in regard to the Maritime Provinces? They might well be termed an economic depression area. due in part to their geo- graphical relation to the rest of t'anada and to the policies of the late l.lhrral administration.

As one of those promises dir- artlv affects the financial status of the tlarinme farmers. i am Iht-l'l'fnt'e taking the liberty of bringing it to the attention of the elected members of the Govern- ment from the Maritime Provin- t.-es through the medium of your columns. I wish to refer to the Freight Rates Assistance Act on feed grain and mill feeds from Western and Eastern ('anada. which the present Government has promised to put on the statue books as a permanent measure. This mi-Mitre had its beginning in a war-time Order-in-Council to speed up the production of live- stock produt-is in order to meet the requirements of our forces ov- erseas, and the heavy committ- menis entercd into by our own Government and that of Great Firi- liun: and it has since been kept in force from year to year by Act of Parliament at the request of the C.l.A.. the railroads. and the Western grain farmers. one must admit that, as A war-time meatutre. it fulfilled its purpose and has ever since been a boon to the Western gram farmers, the rail- roads. and the Eastern livestock feeder.

But what it has done over the long run has been not only to hrlntt to an unfortunate end the growing of feed grain for com- mercial purposes in the Maritime Provinces. but it has destroyed

what markets the Maritime farm- ,

Old Age

M Patrick

Ottawa. llt;.'h on the list of re- forms which the new lliefeiibzil-er government is expected to intro- duee is an increase in the univer- aal Old Ale Pension.

This pension was lauiiched in lltil. at the leiel of 540 per ninitth

for evetiv ttcrsnn iiii-r 7!) years of i

age, suhiert to certain residential qualifications.

on the assumption that the cost of living has risen 15 per cent since that date. the Liberal Government

raised the pension by that same p perccnla'.:c. namely to 346 per month. effective the first of this

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er: had to dispose of their sur- .

plus grain, in they cannot enm-

pete with what is in reality Gov- , ernmrnt uthsidized grain from the i

West, I would like in point out this fact. that the freight rate as- Iistanre policy does not apply on feed grain or mill feed originat- ing this side of the Manitoba bor- der. it is anlcly s piers of legis- lation. as far as the payment of :iihvr-ntionx goes. for the benefit of the Prairie grain growers, and here one may detect the fine. Speneeriah hand of the Hon Mr. Gardiner. former Minister of Ag- riculture. whose national outlook. where the West was concerned. was bounded on the East by the Great Latte: and an the West by the Rocky Mountains.

if this measure is to he retain- ed and it should be .then it should be national in scope. However, in common with a great many oth- ers. I feel that some of the Marl- time share of the money paid by the Federal Government to

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month.

Prior to the election. John DIo- -

lenliaker castigated this twenty cents per day as s ”ine:igre and niggardlv" increase. in the past seven years. he pointed out. wages and salaries have Increased by a- bout 50 per cent. In "no govern- ment worthy of its responsibilities

V can justify the plnayuiie increase

made to the old age pensioners"

The Old Age pension cost 3377!.- nonoou last year. The l.iherals' in- crease of 86 per month will add S60.00fl.0nfl to this cost.

What further boost will he added on top of that M by the ('nnserva- tive Government?

That is the question tipperinosi in the minds of many of the 7m.- one senior citizens of this coun- try. But Prime Minister meteo- baker is not giving away the ser- rets of the siipplemcntary budget which his new Finance 'llinisIer. lion. Donald Flctninz. will tl1lI'0fl' ure probably late in October is IINIVERSALITY A MISTAKE?

The problem facing the govern ment of course is that the old age pension is now paid to everyone qualified by age. whether they need Ii or not. Millionaire nldstrrs pay most at If back in tax. Yet it the present disbursement were

own economy.

in conclusion. i wish to llllllllll a few figures shown: the total a mount paid hv the Dominion (:m--

rnsds, and what it would mean to the Maritime farmers If some of it were paid in the form of a sub- sidy to encourage the growing of

feed strain for commercial purpos- ,

es The figures which are quoted are authentic, and have been giv- en to my by a dealer in mill feeds.

Pensions

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to he diiidt-it only between those who really need the pension. the innntlily cheque could he brmgfpd in N00.

Rut thrie is a piiiiiilar i-my-tin". 'lllllr iiiisiiilortvit-ti and llli.lllt-llilfd

azaiitsi the siiziztxsttnii that the pension should only he paid to those actually in need of it.

The gnverninent could well give liiiiiiane consideration to the ef- let-ts of the present regulations. For example. the pension iii paid to an nldster of 70 years because he is considered to be incapable of

- Wol'kll1K to support himself. But if

who has the best interests of the .

fvlsrilime farmer at heart.

Since this measure came into ef- fect In mat. the suuziiirriniz total of 7:-t million dollars has been paid to railroads. as aubventions tli-eight assistance) by the Dom- lhion Government. Breaking this total down to everyday figures. it means that on a car of feed or iginuting at Fort William, not. and ronallned to Albenon. P.F2 l. the Dominion Government pays to the railroads as sithventionii S345.- tlo, is . SL1 It per ton nrisixty-nine cents per liiindredweigbt I leave it to all those who are interested in economic welfare of the Mari- times to imagine what it would have meant to the overall economy of these Provinces It the Maritime share. of this total had been paid as a subsidy to the farmers for the growing of feed stain for cnminercl.: purposes.

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he cannot earn his own bread. bitt- er and bed. is he any better able in work to earn llll wife's bread and marnrliic' Y-t. until his wits reaches the site of 70. he cannot draw the old age pension for her. This ll one nhvinuslv harsh ano- niuly which should be corrected.

Perhaps by some in gimmick the government could also cut out the social waste of paying the tavpayers' tiinnev as a pension to our well-heeled nldsters. who need an extra N6 per month as hatlly as they need those second. third and fniirth cigar lighters on there new 37.000 automobiles.

Push - Button Plowing (Washington Mar)

it seems now that we may be nun-mix last toward it time when the plnvim.-in will not homcward have to plod his weary way.

This promise. it it may be call- ed that. is implicit In the announce- ment that our army has tested at Fort Relvnir a robot tractor that can be operated by remote radio

I control. Thai is in say. the ma- erment in siibventinna to the rail-

t-lime can be made to do I nod iob. at range! up to is miles roin human contact. merely through a put-ti hlltlrm proeadure.

Militiirilv speaking. it would be of zzreat value in terms of enabling men in distant locus or helicop- lens to not it to work in radio- activated areas or combat aortas.

A: for It! non military iiisntfl- raiire. some far seeing observers predict that the thing will soon

- bring an the day when farmers

will plow their fields simply by pressing it button here and there as they tilt at home watching tele- vision or just lollllll around.

lbs Age Old Story

When time p-lust Qs rains I will be Ilth thee: & lament the rivers they shall Id owi-tlav um: vlieii dose value! through the flre...feIr net. tar I am with thee. -

INDIA DITCIIII QUEEN

At.l..AHAtlAD. India mentors! -- A tMnn lite-sine status of Queen Victoria, rinsed by th-

l Picum-Show

Gain Over Polio

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an effort to Item its title of polio and thus had sin ti duct 1 pilot study on the effective- ness of the vaccine.

RESULTS OF TEST

Let met tell you what we learned during this first mass test of this new vaccine under emergency conditions.

Ftrot and most important. of course. the upsurge did not reach epidemic proportions.

our yardstick for measuring the seriousness of an outbreak defines an epidemic rate as 35 or more cases per lm.t't0n population. '

Them were 1.111 cues of polio iepoi-ted in Chicago last year. Of this total. 335 persons developed paralytic poliomyelitis.

What value did the Salk vac- cine have? Here are the statistics.

Of the A15 persons who devel- oped paralytic polio. 7.35 of than did receive some Salk vaccine.

ON!-I lN0(IUI.A'l'l0N

However. zoo of these persons had received only one inoculation: tilt of them had only two injection. But not a single person who had the recommended thnee doses of vaccine developed paralytic polio- mytllun

I know no one likes to read a In! of statistics, bitl these are impor- tant to the welfare of your chil- dren and. indeed. the welfare of the entire country.

By October. 1956. some lZ.'i.000 Chicago youngsters had received only one inoculation; 600.0(1) had received two: and 3.100.000 all three

Now compare. these with the oth- er figures I have previously cit- ed: mo cases out of 123.000; 85 out of and none in J00.fl0tl

The record speaks for itself

Qlll-ISTION AND ANRWER

.l R.: Can I cyst of the ovary turn into cancer?

Answer: some cysts do turn can- reruns.

if you have it cyst. you should be under the frequent observation of your physician.

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REPORT ON IlALLEY'l COMET

Running dark. invisible.

its narrow elongated trselt.

wsiitod and no longer full

from twenty-eight trips out back.

liunles that lump of ice and 'dusl

that streaked your allY in IN"-

Neptiine. which holds it firm in trust.

sends Halley": comet bsclt atulii.

one of our long clocks. falthtiil. tame.

lured to a now familiar rhythm.

but what it is and wlieiiee it came

ouesltons too deep for Ila to fathom

and

Not even thirty years in wait

till news of it begins to stir: logging the photon-sphlr plants from region out put Jupiter.

and faster toward the foul sun. drawing I transparent tall.

the lump of too and dust will his and turn the kilbtnt planet pals.

Wall on more generation through the ion: clock still is running true.

-Betty Bfdizmsn la the Montreal am-.

HOUR YESTERDAYs.

from the Guardian Files

TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO (July I. III!) .

H M.. suuensy. Commander L. W. Murray. and H.M..s Cham- plain. Lleut-Commander Godru. Arrived in port yesterday at noon. ills Honour. Lteut-Governor Dalton paid an official visit to the war- ships in the afternoon. Later In the day the Commanders returned the visit and also called on Mayor lu- wart. Today they will visit the Royal Canadian Volunteer Reut- vow.

lttaurisn psrtrldne. which were

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pristors utliusta that one out of every its customer. you home with a small paper sack, tucked army under his arm or carried dslntlly in milady'ii ;love.-- Gait Reporter

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it : Muludsrondrsnfttoaeohc r J, IMPERIAL TOIACCO co. r.o. so: 6500, Manual

ttmus Subspp. continues hunted in the American arctic Cir-

resentinent from the local Eskim- os for whom the animal provides so many necessities of llh.-Na- titre Buuetin.

for CANADA'S