PAGE FOUR TilE BIIARLOTTETOWN GUARDIAN

Morning Daily (Founded in i887) Authorized an Second Class Mull. Post Oliol Department. Ottawa.

President. Ian A. Burnett; Vice-President. Wm. it. Burnett; Scum-Trans" (l. M. Burnett; Editor and Managing Director. .i. R. Burnett; Associate Editor,

Frank Walker. ‘

“The Strongest iilerrrory is Weaker Than the lien/rest Ink.”- Tuissu.\ir.flinXi:Z5iiA11fisT1

Misleading Estimates

The estimates tabled by Finance Minister Abbott in the Commons last week indicate that Canada will spend S906 millions less in i947--l8 than during the previous year. Substantial as this sum may be, suggests an exchange, it is not so heartening when considered within the proper frame. The basis of comparison is not last year's expenditure but the expenditure for the last year of pcacc.

Even as presented, the figures are mislead- ing. The Government is not actually cutting costs by anything like the amount given. The previous Finance Minister, deliberately or other- wise, overestimated spending requirements for the current year with the result that Mr. Abbott's reduction will be closer to one half o billion dollars than it is to a full billion. Even this, however does not convey the true sig- ndiccnce of the estimates. if there is to be any boasting it can be pointcd out that esti- mates for the present year represented an og- gregate decrease of nearly two billion dollars and yet there was little relief for the taxpayer.

What really matters is that this coun- try has again returned to a peacetime economy. Thus we must condition our thinking to more normal rather than emergency needs. When we do so the picture indeed becomes vivid. In i938, the last year of peace, expenditures for ordinary requirements were $45,000,000. Similar esti- mates for the coming year total $l,304,459,- B58, as compared with 9,292,184,379 for the present year.

Tho cost of Government, wholly apart from war. expenditures, has climbed steadily since i938. Proposed expenditures for the coming fis- cal year reach a new all-time high. Extraordin- ary as it may seem, the fact is that expenses are going up in most, if not all governmental departments, and it is only in demobilization and reconversion that reductions are to be noted. it is true that a good portion of the amount Parliament is being asked to vote falls into the category of uncontrollable expenditures. Inter- est on the public debt will take $464.9 mil- lions. This works out at close to $39 per capita. There are other costs, resulting from the war, which unfortunately may become heavier before they are lighter.

Confronted with this situation, it becomes tho first duty of Parliament to give closest scrut- iny to the remaining expenditures over which it has some control. There are still several hun- dred millions of dollars swhere there is ample room for pruning. The only way to meet this problem is for economies to be effected wher- ever economy is possible, all the while bearing in mind that a distinction must be made be- twcon sensible and false economy.

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Alberta's Farm Strike

Alberta is stil-l trying to add up tho cost of its farm strike, last fall and though the cal- culation ls for from complete it ls evident the losses were heavy both in money and in the antagonism aroused. v

Tho latest item to be added to the list was

ravided by Mr. W. L. Perley, of Calmar, ‘Al- crta,.a past president of the Alberta Dairy- men's Association. Mr. Perley produces figures of the decline in production during tho month of tho strike and subsequently due to cows dry- ing up as a result of idleness, Mr. Perlcy places the loss to dairymen at $950,009-

Now this figure added to the other losses involved by non-delivery, including the slowing down of business and co-operatives genrally, make o substantial sum. And illtlflllllflll II! U" co-operativcs are farmer organizations the losses, wherever they happen, come back to the farmer one way or another.

Mr. Stempfle president of the F. U. which called the strike, says Mr. Perleys stato- mcnt is eyewash to which Mr. Perley replies that oyewash clears the vision, a simple truth too often forgotten. _

Even if Mr. Perley's estimate should per- chance be on the large side by as much as 25 per cent, the loss is still big enough to make anyone pause and think about the vullll. I’ any, that were obtained by tho A. F. U.

liuebeo And Confederation

The Confederation of i867 may require modifications to meet the changes of the ‘years says The Gazette. But any attempt to disturb the primary division and distinction of local and central authority would be. "U? l "ifid" fication, but a fissurethal would reopen the fundamental problems for which Confederation has provided the only possible solution. And the quootion of taxing powers is not merely a minor or incidental question. It is one that goes to tho root of any governments authority and reality. The power to~tax is the power to govern. To. demand that Quebec become an onnoitant of the Federal treasury, or else be isolated for condemnation and reproach, is to act against the instructive experience and tho_

i." f 80 years.

n’ “Kw sintesmonsliip that mode a Dominion of Canada possible. it is not mitos- monrhip that ls now wedging open the old div-

‘ lslons for tho sake of o leftist theory. if the

present Fodorat manoeuvres are continued, not only will tho primary tolerance of Canadian Confederation bl ltrolnod, but oven such noc- osrlry ‘allotments or tho yoors may hove n- vrlucbocomo increasingly difficult of ot-

— EDITORIAL NUIIZS F- After all, 65c per lb. for butter is not much

us. I Prime Minister Mackenzie King is about the only representative in Ottawa who has no opinion to express upon eleflion prospects. I A’ i

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lt is hardly a month till Easter, and both men and women are busy planning their Easter

gear.

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in a week's time we will be celebrating St.

‘Patrick's, and we consider the winter is over

when the lrishmen are able to parade through the streets dry shod and tile-halted. I I i I I

Lucknow fell this date i858‘ aftcr on heroic defence in the lndian mutiny. lt is the capital of the independent state of Oudh, and noted for its manufacture of muslins, embroid- ery, brossware, and pottery; it has a popula- tion now of about 275,000.

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The Legislature will meet on 18th just in time to adjourn over Good Friday and Easter when members will have an opportunity to dis- cuss with their constituents the contents of the Governor's speech and, perhaps, the criti- cisms thereon, of the Opposition leader.

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Reconstruction Minister Howe told the Commons that indications were that production of nails would amount to 72,000 tons in i947 and he hoped this would relieve the present shortage being let in some areas. The produc-

‘tion in i946 was 59,000 tons. I I I I

There is a likelihood of a considerable movement to Canada from Britain this year, which has induced the Dominion Government to proceed with the opening of emigration offices in Liverpool and Glasgow, and possibly in Bel- fast, where full details can be given to in- fending migrants, and their qualifications ex- amined. No assisted passages will be avail- able, and applicants must be able to show that they can maintain themselves on arrival or be supported by relatives or friends until they con

when one considers how little our ration allows‘

THE CHARLOTTETOWN GUAltuuua

llotos By ‘filo Wsy

Windsor’: Medical lleolth Officer MYsI-mtts morelfrsldod o h than n human la o! a rat. Hoehe ever tried to stare one out? —l-lamlllon Spectator.

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‘Hie average man ls not suited for fllrY dilly. and there lso serloua question in mam-y minds whether the system has not out- .ltved usefulness. While we rc- ‘tlin it. however. we should. a; o minimum. nay at lust. a respect- Lbid 111G I00‘ the duly we fhlls lmpoee.—Wlndcor Star.

A poyohllrttilt ll lrclng widely ‘quoted for saying that porcms of WW8 Dmdigics should be pitted. This 1s part of the popular I'ts Great To B: Ignorant movement. and we suggest that this psychia- trist go lake a jump in the lake. Association with first-rate brains

never hurt anybody-even a parent. — Peter-borough Examiner. Postman at Niagara Falls- laid

a bundle of mail an n inrandiih and woe horrified to learn that. Boy Scouts had picken it up as salvage pope-r. 1f curly Niagara Falls were closer! ‘Ifllere are a lot of letters to ilie editor from me publicity hounds across the country we would willingly donate to the boys—un0peried.- Fort. William Times Journal.

l In the recent hockey games here

between S1. Cafhnrines and Dun- dalk. the puck was flipped from the playing surface when a player was ‘checked and it landed amoing the lspectators standing along the west ‘side, The Dundalk Herald relates. The puck tilt Dcm Barks of Pied!- erton cri the shoulder, then disap- peared. Wherc did it tum up? In the large patch pocket of Banks’ mack- inaw coat!

Int/eat word from Ottawa ls that the new bmom in the department

lot ruisnce. w. Abbott. is intent ctr‘

‘reducing the cost of government by ;eve-ry possible means short of dis- ‘missing temporary civil servants. lThe Ottawa Government's nonwar,

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l This oolanin h open to tho dloonaoion by corn--

l oponilento of aneotlono al

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inherent. ‘Ibo l“ lottotown Guardian doeo not neoeQr- tly oadoroo tho opinion of correspondents "

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; mvxcv‘ a-r OTTAWA l Sin-I read in The outta. n with much amusement of out

King's County member enjoying l private office and its status at ‘Ottawa. He doesn't reveal to his ‘colleagues how he got it. Wcll it must. "tickle him pink" he got something for himself any-

way; it in not very alien we lee v

where he got anything for his County. But. to see in the press that he sports a private office is a big help to the poor labourers

who sent him to Ottawa. I wonder .

if he has that old familiar sign hanging on the door “Sorry. Dac- tor not home".

‘ When I read that article about ‘this private office it seemed lilrl telling e little boy to be good "and

, we will give you an all-day slicker". .

It ls an old custom to give tho children something to amuse them

when you have company and want . tiiem to be good and say IlOllliRI.'

I would suggest to him lo send

for our great labour friend. Pro-l

mler Jones and they could both go into the "private office" and

lock the door. throw away the key;

and say "Bye-bye to the

Liberal Party."

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I am. Sir etc. KING'S COUNTY LABORER. Montague, P.E.I.

PIONEER TOWN

An old man prowling down an ' i

‘ mllpfy 18110, find employment either on the land or in town ‘expenditures are new much greater Pldlmc llu bits of wood and odds

industries. Recently Continental offices were opened by the emigration department in Paris, Brussels, and Tho Hague.

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Canada ls the largest exporter of life in- surance of any country in the world and the United States interests are beginning to take a keen interest in Canadian insurance companies, Mr. H. R. Stephens, managing director of the Crown Life insurance Company of Toronto, said in Montreal the other night; he stated: "ln the past it was our problem to underwrite in- surance or to get people insurance minded, but today our big problem is to find suitable in- i‘r‘estments for tho money which we have on

and."

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One of Mr. Mackenzie King's most infer- csting talents is his knack of finding out what people are saying cbcut hiir; alcof, a-fimost monastic, he has on uncanny way of knowing what's going on, says Ottawa Journal. illustra- tive of this is the statement which came lrom Laurier House. This: "l will be returning to my duties as leader of the Government and of the Liberal Forty just as soon as that can be done - - - within about a week's time. Not much trouble in divining what Mr. King was thinking, and what he wished to convey un- mistakably, when he chose words so precise. Ho was telling certain gentlemen on the "Hill" that their whisporings (which had somehow reached him) about his going off to Georgia for his health, with likelihood that he would return to announce his retirement, were things they had better forget. _

An interesting experiment in part-time nursing is being initiated in Britain. Following a six-year gap in the regular gtraining schemes caused by wartime conditions, there is a need at the present time in England and Wales of about 2,000 trained midwives coupled with staff short- ogcs_in most big hospitals. The chief medical officer of the Ministry of Health has indicated that this difficulty will be overcome by a scheme which has been planned with the assistance of the Ministry of Labour and National Service. Under this arrangement retired nurses and mid- wives are taking up work again. Also, house- wives who may havo had o certain amount of nursing training or who are interested in the profession are volunteering as part-time nurses or hospital helpers. There is already a wait- ing list of housewives seeking hospital work in their spare time, and those without specific nursing experience are keen to help by doing domestic work in hospitals and so relieve the regular staff for other duties. The volunteers are required to take on only four hours of duty each week-preferably on the some day—but many are spontaneously offering to work for

much longer periods. .

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Discussing the future of Newfoundland, Dr. l. B. McEvoy, K.C., St. John's, told o Montreal interviewer: "Canadians should consider the possibility that Newfoundland may seek, as she is free to do now, some form of government or some alliance or agreement with other coun- tries that might shut out Canada from very real economic and strategic advantages." Mr. Mc- Evoy, who is also a practicing member "tire Bar of Nova Scotia, is generally regarded in his country as o "pro-Confederate" and was roc-

ently offered tho leadership of an embryo poli~

ticol party pledged ‘to sock union with Canada. Ho said that he had refused the offer "mainly because I did not consider tho time ripe for so definite a movement." Expressing strong _ro- sentment of newspaper reports , ‘representing Newfoundland as ‘a be gar country I'll"! f" o Confederation with onodo on o charitable basis, he said that bofooo any specific torms of Confederation could be discussed botvroon Conodo and Newfoundland, the lottor country needed "o thorough, scientific examination and analysis of her economic structure so that each party to tho discussions could have a clear idea of whot exactly it was getting into."

ilhan the combined war and non-l iwar expenditures in 1917-l9l8.--The Printed World.

l To n. distinctive holuelicicl which

‘demands gracious living ihjs old-

‘woirld group of trained wrvilors is

‘now available. Etrg-Zish biutlpr.

lRllssinn Chef. Svccdish upstairs; lmnld. Irish parlor maid. English

jchauflfeur-gardt-ner. Belglrn grocni-

‘loan-whip. Can be ezxgagcd cmly as

a unit. —Advectisemenl in Ridge-

ficld. Conn. Press.

l One (f the more cncnunging news

‘items qt recent works is the report

iby the American Treasury Depart-

ment that the total quantity cf

‘narcotic drugs seized in the United

States last year mas dcnvn by more

than a. third from the I945 figure.

‘This was .1101 due to want of activity

cn the part. of the departments

‘narcotic; scclloin. because the

lnumber of traffickers arrested in

‘I046 actually exceeded the “bag”

‘in the preceding year. It cm only

mean that less opium, morphine and

cocaine are in circulation than be-

fore. amid therefore Lhal the decline

o! the illegal drug traffic. so mark-

ed since 1N9. is still continuing.

‘This 1e especially reassuring because ' lt will allay fears that this vicious

racket. would revive with the return: oif peace. The war disrupted the

trade routes over which drugs were| snuggled from the Orient. These

wuice have no-w been reopened but] the smugglling traffic has evidently | failed to make a comeback. Vigorous I police action in Canada, the United‘ States and else-where has helped

reduce the amount of narcotics in‘

Mro. McIntosh, who ll soon talslngl over as dean at Barrier-d Collols. has put herself down as n foe of the flulterbraln. Addressing the student body. Mrs. McIntosh made‘ it plain that mastery lln‘ one field of lmorwlcdge is the way to develop intellect. Knuw one thing well. be qscolalined and c!!!)tri- tnd ehua 81in the mental equips-neat to live

v diflfillfltiflfl, while at the other end.

China and Iran. the chief prewar producers. have taken steps to cut down the growing of opium-Ed- monton Journal.

and eiids, i Stopping to ican across l foncc and talk , To one or obher of his old-time friends i

Savoring a bit of gossip that he ’

hcnrs By liaiiginiz ‘round rind pricking up his cars. I

l-Ie makes a little purchase here and there. . Badgers the butcher in a playful way. = Goes to the office for his bit of mall, And stops to watch some childrcn at their play, i Potting a head. kissing a little hurt. Brushing some old leaves from n tiny skirt. ‘ ‘ I

He's "Dad" to half the settlement,

it seems,

This rather smallish man with clear blue eyes. ~

l-lla sons are middle-aged and yet they ccme

To listen to his counsel calm and wise;

And children slid: up with basiiLl airs.

sensing that they are his-and ts theirs.

The church. file school, the vcry town lLsell

Are part of all he planned and hoped would be. |

When life was young and eager in‘

his vet-no. 3

And now his old heart beets with pride to see

The rich fulfilment of his dreams all here. _

Hie children's children" doubly sweet? and dear.

And yet a. stranger in title town might stare -

And only see an old man walking there. l

-Edna Jaqucs, Ottawa. Q-Q-OQ-O-O-O Old Charlottetown g I

( And PILL)

EARLY TIGNISII DAYS

to think '

liwplly and undmtena the Wvtldl When Bishop pens-in visited the truiv- ‘Drain your brain to be com- Island in 180.‘! hi.- roimd 232 Acadian; will"! bl’ #0011191)’ KnOWl-TIB. Biteflet Mislpequc, the most weelem pert vicar 0f shllllflvméfb 8114 WPBT- at which he administered con-limi- lflclolltv u-omlmeed by wulmflre lotion; and according u. hie report. of the tnlelllemoe Boom-rd‘: dwl- [there were then 102 souls at Tlgnlsn] relcct condemns "oondfllflfid it-‘lfll- ,'I'he settlement of Oozoumpec was pug" and "canned literature". the formed about this time. and con- vosue m digests and handy sllldes tamed a nvmllaiim of es souls. iaular and easy "popularized" PAP-There were 10o Erlglish-spcaki-ng

that. lulll. And she sums up inflating“ ‘r mipequ, mo, [fld

icblectlvee at Bernard thus: "The those mm (lfloflrlltia Bishop) ability to wme clear. effective lns- ‘transom-n perved. m 1e12, when ,ll-=-h- ‘I'M Ibllllv lo Md climb/sir Bishop hlaeels visited the Island and to use books for irivcsllflli-lan." 113111;}; 11nd made rapid strides as. .-New York Herold Ttnbrurie. lio population and settlement. Th; _ oeeid- ent is the result at the collision of ‘mu w“

After this date the from core. tn daylight and with the “m, my“, ‘he gimp weather clcar. the road srilrfaco dfl’ Rtchllnxcto. In 1812 come Father fiend the mod lt-sel! swim llld Deerublen, to look um the new. devel. The drivers are moot likely missions. and in 1810 Father Oectlc. 1o be mm l-n their middle lhiflifl- From 1m. rm.- date of roma- with more than three your cxver- Ceciid‘! return to Quebec. the en- lflwo n drlvm mil with no 11's- jiire Oatlioilo population. of whatever ,vloua accident record. All this does Mumgmy‘ w“ up.“ in vim by mot wund like the mills m‘ "l Rev. n o. McDonald. afterwards nocldmri. innumerable automobiles “m4 3mm, o; Qhu-mrgiqwn, are driven by men in their middle mm 15g; by Rn‘ 5 l; pqiglec,

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ifrhirtlea along straight. level roedsiunm “m; m4 by p,“ pa," yu- ,ln daylight with the weather clear 351w,‘ ma. n,“ 3mm, o; qhu. mud payments dry- Withllllt I" lottotmm, until mo. The letter. accident. An additional factor must-m m,‘ cammm“ m, mini“ 0r ‘make the difference between safety '. beautiful hflck mimi. m replace lust donor- AlmM he" s! "l9 the old §2llilNh built in use The driver! who run-e in accidents did “m, ‘mm w" Md y, Bight!’ not have the ‘rloht of way at the 35mm“, 0g Aflchlt. and Arch- |tlrne of the accident. It did not 0mm“, d my“ wane miter whether they We illlvwlt a-sm it in Amulet mo. Without '0: pilin cussed-the remit woo the ‘a, prmw m,“ mode. the ‘lornc- One mlmll» o! mil"!- oim and parishioners of woolen tioedieu or lmvflllt M"?! c!" ‘erected and paid for that eottly cancel out all the good opt/innings magnificent ullfloe in one ldonc in time rem or thlrtYr-NW ghgie year. _ nm on mole by S . . the late Rev. Father Bourke. NIID IIOII OXYGII

IIBIIIAN STOCK

Irish strongest terms for accepting this n began to PW!‘ in. tht-"ldnd assistance." The grain that omen named Rleily who 1e rem ihrmigh Portland obviously 5mm won't be sent through Belnt John