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TUESDAY, JUNE 7, 1949

B. Election

OHARLOTTETOWN,

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According to a Victoria correspondent in a Western exchange, the provincial election cam- paign in British Columbia is "earnest, st-enuous and deadly dull." The election takes place on June i5, and no prediction of the result is of-

‘fered. It is reported factually that the coalition

Government of Liberals and Conservatives has "absolutely no doubt of its election" and that the C.C.F. is making no claims of victory. Factually also it is said that the defeat of the Government would be "the biggestsurprise in British Columbia history."

The Government's main difficulty and dan- ger came out of its bi-partisan composition and the rivalry between its two parties. Same trouble has occurred in a few ridings where the local or- gans of the two parties could not agree on can- didates and where independent candidates, by splitting the vote, might elect the C.C.F.

ln general the official formula, by which sitting members of the Legislature have gen- erally been renominated and a coalition candi- date chosen by ioint Liberal-Conservative conven- tions in C.C.F. ridings, has worked smoothly. The fear of Socialism and nothing else has driven the old parties solidly together after the internal jealousies of the last year.

The C.C.F. has no such inter-party rivalry to compromise but admittedly it has been unfor-

tunate in some of its nom-inations and perhaps g

thrown away a few hopeful prospects.

The provincial campaign has temporarily stalled federal campaigning in British Columbia. By tacit agreement federal Liberal and Conser- vative candidates will not put on the heat until after the provincial balloting is over, lest their struggle on federal issues tend to pull the coali- tion apart. The first objective of both parties is to stop Socialism. After that they will conduct their own fight in the federal arena "in a brief, whirlwind finish."

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corrupt Timing i

Tire distribution of $703,856 in baby bbnuses amongst Newfoundland electors during 6 or 7 weeks prior to polling in the Provincial elections, says the Sydney Post-Record, should discredit the St. Laurent Government everywhere in Canada, for it was the most brazen and unashamed case of wholesale bribery on record. it was even worse than the spending of public money in the same way, and for the some purpose in the 6 months prior to the Dominion election of i945, for in that case the Government was bribing the elec- tors with their own money, whereas in this case they were buying Newfoundland votes with Can- adian money. lf there is a normal sense of mor- ality lerft in Canada, the St. Laurent Government will pay heavily at the polls on June 27 for this outrage on public decency. Paraphrasing Mr. King, it is not the baby bonus itself that is corrupt, but the corrupt timing of its distribu- tion. Newfoundlanders will not begin to pay taxes t_o tho Dominion till after the first of July.

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Foreign Trade

One of the first lessons to learn about far- sllgn trade, says the Royal Bank of Canada News Letter, is that no one outside is compelled to buy Canada's goods, and that we cannot force 40o million bushels of wheat and 700 million pounds of bacon and ham down the throats of our i3 million people at home.

The next lesson is that two elementary principles of internal retail trade apply also to foreign tradef to sell a man anything you must first learn what he wants and then be able to convince him that you can supply it at a reason- able price.

The third is that if you wish to sell to a man or a nation you must buy from that man or nation or otherwise help in making purchas- ing power available to him. That is an economic axiom. if business and labour and agriculture neglect to encourage imports frdm abroad they cannot fail to witness a serious decline rn ex- ports and therefore in their earning power.

The ideal situation would probably be a

l world pool of consumable goods with all nations

contributing to it to the fullest extent of their capacity and all free to draw frarrr it according to the value of their contribution.

This is, so. far, a Utopian's'dream rather than an economists hope, but there is no reason why more attention should not be paid to cer- tain features of it.

Competition between firms for larger shares of existing markets is a healthy situation con- tributing to lower prices, bsttor quality and supsrior service. But competition of one country to sell mars abroad than it buys abroad is irra- tional and fallaciaus.

in talking about foreign trads, use of the word "surplus" is unfortunate. It leaves the irn- prasslon, too widely held, that foreign Htrade consists in getting rid of goods ws do not want for our own use. That is putting ths cart be- fore the hone. It implies that foreign trade is a device to get rid of a surplus product, whsroas the so-callsd "surplus" was brought into exist- ence because of ths demand created by foreign trade. .

if ws disregard the fact that international trade is tho exchange of stuff for stuff we enter the raalnr of tho occult. There's no such place as one wlrsrs we can sail everything, buy noth-

aad coatlaas to live, but some people other- “ I sane continue to strive for it.

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There has been some criticism hers of the reduction of British purchases of our farm and forest products. An article by E. H. Gilpin in the Board of Trade Journal points out that "as things are in the world, the only way we can pay Can- ada is by goods and services, and the possibility of an increased volume of our purchases from her inexorably depends upon the increase of her purchases from us."

The British are hopeful of improvement. They call their effort "Operation Canada", and they are organizing meetings throughout the United Kingdom to advise industrial centres of the opportunities here and the needs of the Canadian market. As the leader of the Engin- eering Mission said: "We came out as a Mission to Canada. We go buck as a Mission to Britain."

./_ EDITORIAL NOTES f,

Napoleon sailed for St. Helena this date i816. i I i

Perhaps the most welcome strike announc- ed recently has been the strike of gold in South Africa.

I U U New trees have been planted in King's Square park which in clue time will add to its beauty. C I I Just another proof there is nothing new un- der the sun, medical authorities have re-discov- ered the leech is the best remedy for certain blood diseases. i I Nova Scotia's Premier has chosen a rather risky campaign slogan when one considers what else besides "Ali's Well" may be rhymed with "Angus L." O I I The proposals of world farmers at Guelph make it clear ‘that high finance and internation- al trade are as much the concern of the primary producer as are soiliand weather. i I

l-t will be "open house" tomorrow at the R.C.A.F. Station, Summerside. As is not unusual, Su-mmerside will be a bit ahead. Elsewhere Air Force Day will be cilebrated on the iith.

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An immediate addition of $i0 in monthly pension, and $30 in arrears in August, is tempt- ing bait with which to catch votes, and the Llb- erals are making ths most of the opportunity.

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This is the time of year when much good advice is given in the matter of care in acquiring a suntan. The quantity of such advice, however, has never seemed to interfere with the sale of sunburn remedies.

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Congratulations are due Professor Blanchard on the honorary degree to be conferred upon him by Laval University. The professor has not only been a popular citizen but a popular instruc- tor at Prince of Wales College-—a good test of a man's quality of mind and heart—and has been mentioned as worthy and deserving of Senatorial preferment.

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The City Council is going ahead slowly but surely in providing facilities for the ex‘ nsion and development of the city both in the east and west directions. The new section in the vicinity at Orlebar and Birchwood Avenue is greatly appreciated, and now the new streets to be opened at Brighton will enhance the popu- larity of, that part of the city as a residential section. __

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Postmaster General Bertrand has announc- ed that the new postage stamps bearing repro- ductions of recent portraits of King George Vl in the lc, 2c, 3c, 4c and 5c denominations will not be issued on 6 June i949, as was originally planned, because of the necessity of making changes in the design. The revised stamps will be issued as soon as possible. Does this mean that there will be a rush for the discarded im- pression?

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Thousands of Canadians who spend their working days behind a desk or a typewriter (re- ports the National Health Dept. at Ottawa) very often spend their leisure time reading or play- ing cards. Doctors point out that this means they are using the same muscles in their spare time as they are during their working hours. What they'need is physical recreation . . . a brisk walk, a swim or a few holes of golf. Recreation is es- sential for good health. Make sure you take time out regularly for healthful relaxation.

Panama urges that the 59 UnitedNatlans members adopt a new "world calendar" to ra- place the Gregarian calendar which, its detract- ors say, "Causes unending disorder and confu- sion to all levels of society." The problem of calendocreform has been proposed by Panama as a subject which should be taken up by the fall session of the General Assembly. Panama sug- gests the calendar could’ be put into effect Jan. i, i95i, which is the next time the Gregorian and world calendars would coincide. if action is not taken then the next time the change could bs made easily would b: in I956.

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Edwin Thomas Booth, American Shakespear- ean actor, died this date i893. He made his first appearance in Boston in i849. After years of struggle, by means of his striking personality, and ths charm of his elocution, he became gon- sralfy recognised as the greatest Shakespearean actor the American stage has produced. in his later years hs alternated the chief parts in Othello with Sir Henry Irving at the Lyceum in London. In I887 he formed a combination with Lawrence Barrett that lasted till Barrett's death in i89l. Apart from the high quality of his act- ing, hs was rsnrbrkable for his artistic taste and his lavish generosity, qualities that endeared hirn to rich and poor alike: "A Christian is one who rejoices in the superiority of a rlval . . . Why do you not look at this miserable life, with all its sps and downs as I do? At the vary worst, ‘tis brrt a scratch, a w‘ rary ill, to be soon cured

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TREES EVERYWHERE

' “The whole Island, when viewed at a distance at sen, iaoka an if there were not a free on it. The trees grow so close together, and are lo equal in height. that in spring their dark colour resembles heath; but upon a nearer ap- proach to the shore, the wood as- sumes the appearance of strong growing hemp, for it is every- where, in the southern pert of the Island, choked with spruce around the shore, as thick in proportion as hemp wlli grow. - - - Round the greater part. of ihe Island the flowing tide washes the bottom of a. sleep bank of various heights. from four to more than twenty feet. and where the greater part of this bank is not solid rock the sen in wasting the bank in ex- posed sltuatlons considerably.

"Of all the different kinds of wood upon the Island, the beech. when growing separate by itself, is the most beautiful. The ground it occupies is the freest from under- wood, or anything to obstruct. one's way, while in summer it furfllShE! the most delightfully refreshing shade over the heed of any I have met with. The land where ii. abounds ls the easiest cleared. both, as ta the cutting, burning and rat- ting of the stumps, and the land. when cleared, is reckoned the sec- ond best ln qualify of any on the Island.

“A mixture of hard wood, with a small portion of soft in it. rs next to beech in beauty, easiest to clear. and is also indicative of the best land on the Island. Hemlock, n kind or fir- thnt is split into laths in Scotland, grows in clumps. Sorne of it, is found of an amazing size, be- ing from two or three and l hill! feet in diameter, end from fifty la seventy or eighty feet high. Wll-h i few puny, mutilated branches near its top. There trees are exceed- ingly heavy to cut And vile and very difficult to burn. The stump! will stand undecsyed in the Found twenty or thirty years. 591°" they can be easily eradicated. The solll congenial to the production 0! 1h 5 kind of wood may be reckoned the third in quality on the Island; ye!- ln backward seasons. ll; will sur- p355 any other description of soil in the quality of grain it Pffldl-"ief-

"Pine, which we cell Scotch fir‘ at home, is not found but in de- tached trees, here and there in {he woods, and i! 110W all Cili- everywhere near to the charge. Spruce and var fail next to e noticed. The ground naturally pro- ductlve of these may b! "Till"! g‘ the worst in quality of any in i e Island. It. is all of a swampy "'1' ture; that. is. a soil with much of the white sand I SPOkE °l "W" ‘he surface and e red clay WWW- such an adhesive nature ea not 1° allow the wet to m down 1° a proper dePlh- ‘

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- Notes By_ The Way .._

ltiii another untouched , ‘ ‘t unwanted by those who sponsor the big whisky ads in "slick-paper" magazines: The New York man found guilty of first-degree assault for hurling his infant son through a glass door after his wife had lock- ed him out and jumped from a third-story window. Wife and child spent five weeks in a hospital. The husband waits under the shadow of a possible 10-year prison sentence. Item: He told the court he trad been drinking and did not know what he was doing-Christian Scl- ence Monitor.

Salon Low told the people up in the Peace River country the other evening that. the Dominion Govern- ment ought to give much greater grants for education, and especial- ly, among other things. for bulld- ing schools. His argument was that the Dominion could get debt-free money from the Bank of Canada. and the impression that was left in the minds of his hearers was that it wouldn't cost anybody anything.

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of standards than a lady wit“ lamp, as of_aid. That may r, h have you noticed how the pr?" of a nurse brightens up m‘ room when you're feeling m: '1 last. role of Summer? _ Brats"! Expositor. °

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seem to sensitive "tins-lea" minds, the use of the lash 1., ishment of violent Crime l, 3p fled by its results. And n l" always be remembered that m sters who rob while Armed "n" lcnililve or civilized peome mun be dealt with m n... on} that proves effective. The p31,." of punishment is not solely tred on the offender- himmg judge must also consider mg tection of society by “M!” which shall impress on the pm}, n wholesome respect 1°,- “w

Business Conditions Across Canada

(Monthly Review of The Brink of Nova Scotia)

On the whole. business in Csn- ada. has remained active. Pro- duction. though off somewhat from the postwar peak of last fall, held during the winter at just. about the some level as a year earlier. Employment was also much the some as during the preceding winter, though in some areas. notably the Maritime Pm- vinces and British Columbia. un- employment was a. problem. "Several factors have been sup- porting demand." the Review points out. One is that Canadian prices for a number of important. farm products have been well sus- tained. The system of pooling the wheat crops for the five years from 1946-46 to 1949-50 has meant that. tho price to the farmer hss been gradually rising.

The increase in the initial price to $1.75 this spring not only means 20c more a bushel on the coming crop but." it has also meant participation payments of $214 mil- lions to farmers to bring returns on the four preceding crops up to that. level. Other supporting ln- fluences have been the repayment of the remaining compulsory War- time savings ta the public, which this spring meant the distribution of a further $230 millions. and the recent significant reductions in the personal income tax.

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These substantial additions in incomes are undoubtedly helping to bolster consumer spending and have much to do with the notable increase in retail sales during April. In addition, the most im- poriant sustaining influence in Canadian business has continued to be the high level of invest- ment expenditures which. in rela- tion to the national expenditure, have been everr larger end even better maintained than ln- the United States.

The Review notes, however. that the economic background is clearly changing. “Since the peak o! the postwar inflationary upsurge late lust ygsr. prices have been gradual- ly d cllnlng over s widening range of commodities.

"The backioge of consumer re- quirements, which in 1947 and 1948 added substantially to demand, have been steadily cut. down. The extra demands on production for the building up of business inventories are now small and much of the program of manufacturing expon- sion has been accomplished. There is growing evidence of the shift from a sellers‘ to a buyers’ market. confirmed and strengthened by the gradual recession in the United States which has now been in pro- gress for about six months."

The most disconcerting cirange. however, has been the contraction in Canada's exports to overseas countries resulting from their re- strictions on dollar purchases. Dur- ing the first four months of 1949. Canadian merchandise exports to Great. Britain were 8% lower in value lirzrn in the corresponding period of 1948.

Though exports to the rest. of the r.i.erilng arm showed some increase. the rise was entirely the result of much larger shipments to Indie and Pakistan. and the effects of South Africa's severe striations were only beginning to appear in actual export shipments.

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