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SATURDAY, NOVEMBEI ll, 1M8

Potato lhrhetlll

As will be noted from figures published in yesterday's Guardian, the movement of potatoes- to date has been very heavy and dealers report having difficulty in finding a ready market for the quantity offered. The apparent shortage of refrigerator cars may be a partial blessing to the industry, but this is a poor remedy at best far a situation which could be avoided by more scientific marketing methods.

Dealers are complaining that in parts of the Province from Hunter River west, with sebagoes and in some cases green mountains, the tubers grew eo large that they are unde- sirable for tablestock. The IZ-ounca potato is the maximum weight allowed for seed, but there are thousands of bushels of sebagoes and green mountains going on the tablestock market with tubers weighing 2 lbs. and over. These oversize potatoes are not popular with consumers in Ontario and elsewhere, and the result is ad- verse to the reputation of the Island product. There are no regulations governing this mat- ter, but it may come ta the point where buyers will have to refuse potatoes that are not grad- ed to the desirable tablestock size. lt is sug- gested that if any potatoes are to be dumped next Spring at the floor price to be established at that time, they should be these oversized and undesirable ones.

It is suggested also that tablestack potatoes that are now in proper storage should be held and not rushed on the market at today's prices. The Agricultural Prices Support Board has guar- anteed the farmer one dollar per sack of 75 pounds at the car as from May 1, 1947. Why ship at less than this price today? It is argued that if the growers withheld their stock the mar- ket would soon advance to even a better price

than the floor guaranteed. If a grower is in ' need of money and can assure his banker that he has potatoes in storage that will meet re- quirements of No. 1 grade, the banker knows, on the strength of the Government guarantee, that he is safe in making an advance.

These are but some of the problems con- nected with potato marketing at the present time. The surplus production coupled with transportation difficulties accentuates the im- portance of this phase af the business. Ca- ordinatcd effort on the part of both growers and dealers would seem ta offer the best chance of getting through this season with a margin of safety.

Taking Stock Financially

Indicative of the greatly increased purchas- ing power in the hands of the Canadian people, some interesting figures were cited this week by Mr. B. C. Gardner, president of the Can- adian Bankers’ Association, at the Association's annual meeting in Montreal.

At August 31, 1939, the assets of Can- ada's len chartered banks totalled $3,548 mil- lions. At August 3l, 1945, the total had risen to $6,580 millions. They have continued to increase in the post-war year so that at Aug- ust 3l, 1946, they totalled $7,342 millions, more than double the pre-war figure.

At August 31, 1939, Canadian deposits in the chartered banks totalled $2,565 millions. At August 3l, i946, a year after fighting ceas- ed, they totalled $5,935 millions, an increase of $3,370 mi|lions—more than double. Mr. Gardner also noted that at August 3i, 1939, sav- ings deposits totalled only $1,702 millons—at August 31 this year $3,466 millions, again more than double the pie-war level. The year- by-year growth did not stop with the end of the fighting. The yearly increases in savings de- posits were: I942-3, $216 millions; 1943-4, $454 millions; 1944-5, $464 millions; and post-war, 1945-6, $633 millions.

The growth of bank deposits is not the whole story in this regard, as in addition, the public are now holders of unprecedentedly large amounts of Victoryybonds which, by reason of their high liquidity, might appropriately be termed "near money". Against a background of scareity of consumer goods the expanded money supply has had the technical earmarks of an inflationary situation. Why is it that the text-book inflationary result has not occurred?

Mr. Gardner's answer to this question dif- fers somewhat from that given by Federal of- ficials. He readily concedes that inflationary pressures have been held in check by controls, but this is only part of the story. No system of controls could last if the people who own the ready money and vast liquid resources were to start a buying stampede. The control of the price level is with the population; it rests now upon common sense, thrift and respect for law. That this thrift is characteristic is proved by the large response to the new issue of Canada Savings Ionds, in the sole of which the banks

have fully ca-operoted.

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, "m... ennui Columbia cornea eompvalnt {about a growing practice ea the pert of vis- ‘gltiag Amedican big game hunters. Sonya of ‘the: Jurors, reportmorelrivlngnto. .

o few days, irlng the quota y" aad virgin-g the

ia entitled te bag hie moose, and he is than.

free to take the carcass home if he so desi es. He pays a trophy fee at the border, varying

from $25 to $40. depending on the point of

crossing.

After that, it is very difficult for Canadian authorities ta know whether he sells the moat. A I_O00-pound moose, at $1 a pound, returns a nice profit. Authorities ‘say that it they knew of specific cases of such sales, they would probably refuse further license applications from the offending hunter. For a Canadian hunter to sell game to a Canadian meat dealer is, of course, illegal.

— EDITORIAL NOTES -.

Field Marshal Lord Montgomery was born tomorrow's date, i887. I i i I Apple Day—Scouts and Cubs on the rounds. By buying an apple, or a dazen of them, one not only_ helps a great youth Movement, but helps an important local‘ industry as well.

Evidently the Hon. Mr. Barbour, acting Premier, believes charity begins athome, and so is providing Government tenants for his son's

new premises on Eustan St.

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Complaint has been received from farmers at Bonshaw and the south shore that when they brought truck loads of tubers for shipment this week, there were neither cars nor storage to‘ receive them.

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There hifi been some scattered showers of snow so far, but we do not look for the first serious fall till ‘round about the 30th, St. An- drew's Day, when out-of-town clansmen attend- ing the annual banquet have not infrequently found it difficult making their way home.

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The Temperance Federation is once more redivivus after having become more-or-less mori- bund through resorting to hole-in-corner con- ventions with handouts as reports of proceed- ings. A live, aggressive movement needs all the publicity it can get and, above all, must scorn to shelter and pratect—for political or selfish reasans-powers-that-be from adverse criticisms. On the other hand, such an organ- ization gains in esteem in giving credit where

credit is due.

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William Frend de Morgan, English novelist, born this date I839; son o.‘ Augustus de Morgan, famous English mathematician and logician, Todhunter and Routh being among his pupils; invented a new process in lustre ware and built up an important business in that connection; published his first novel, Joseph Vance, in i906 when sixty-six years of age-a long and leis- urely book reminiscent of Dickens and contain- ing in the elder Vance one of the most humor- ous figures in English literature. His other novels are: Alice for Short, Somehow Good, lt Never Can Happen Again, V/hcn Ghost Meets Ghost, An Affair of Dishcnaur, A Likely Story.

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Only about i6 per cent of those who enter Quebec Protestant schools graduate, Dr. W. P. Percival, director of Protestant education, told members of the graduating class at St. Laurent High School, at the annual graduation exer- cises. "Only one out of every six of our Pro- testant youth, therefore, is in the favorable pos- ition of those who graduate, the others being left behind in intellectual preparation." Esti- mating what one high school student was worth "on the hoof," the education director set the figure at a cost of $5,100 to parents, and of $1,500 to the school board, plus another $5,100 for services rendered by the mother as laund- ress, seamstress, cook, nursemaid, psychological and psychiatrist, giving a total cost of $11,700. Are you worth it?" Dr. Percival asked the gradu-

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Mr. W. E. Agnew, our High Commissioner to Newfoundland, has been quietly accomplish- mg great work in our interests in the Ancient Colony. Recently he had a round-up of busi- ness men and agriculturallsts, and conveyed to them in unmistakable terms, the mutual ad- vantage of trade between the two Islands. A Newfoundland despatch says: ."Credit for the establishment of the dairy farm at Fort Pep- perrell, IJSIOHQS primarily to Lt. Colonel A. W. Whitesell, Director of U. S. A. Supply and Serv- ices. Colonel Whitesell conceived the idea years ago. Today he sees his dream as a real- ity; and one that is well preserved through the interested co-operatian of such persons as the Trade Commissioner for Charlottetown, P. E. I, Mr. W. E. Agnew. Under the continued super- vision of Lieutenant W. D. Bickham, the dairy is now a thriving one. Well may he paint out with iustifioble pride to the dairy output of about 240 quarts of milk daily, and especially to the five calves which have since arrived."

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The tendency of modern education to "squander leadership" by overprotecting young people and thus preventing the development of a sense of responsibility and self-dependence, was scored by Lord Rowallan, Chief Scout of the British Empire and Commonwealth, at a fare- well Iuncheon tendered to him by the Can- adTan General Council of the Boy Scouts As- sociation. In making officer material during the war out of "products of this educational system," the Chief Scout said, one of the big- gest handicaps was the tendency of candidates "to confuse knowledge with wisdom." Their habit had always been, he said, to rely upon their teachers and others to make things easy for them and when the time came for them to stand on their own feet and make important de- cisions they were apt to fall down on the lob be- cause they could not "go to a library and look up a reference book on the subject." This, he said, was in striking contrast to the Boy Scout movement, the aim of which is to develop lead- ership and responsibility by letting the Scouts solve their own problem and leading them gradually from a sense of personal responsibil- ity for their awn progress to a sense of personal

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Whatever became at tlseae

6W; became of just ordinary " -— nton enurnal.

The reason some people have g 1011811 time saving for rulny day; is that they blow 5n u» much on W" nlilihs. -W1nnlneg ‘Ikibum.

F" MIRA-III been. the mus Pflflkcr Ill-ins Jars made of high. power mcroscope gloss. Magnified 16.000 times, the pork. l! any, t; "Bible. —Otl;awa. Clriaen.

ll waa a foregone oenoiflou that as soon as the shadows of m; gallows had been lifted Rudolf Hess would recover, am‘. no he h“ ~81. Thomas Times-Journal.

_ Among the meaty American elec- ilflu 8108mm was this one: "If you want. horse sense vote Republican, 1.1’ you want horse meat vote Dem- ocrat". And the ciectorr certainly "bli“ on Tuesday. —St.ratford Bee- con-Herold.

Joe Doekea ll a proud man bo- cauae he earns 850 a week, where his father earned $35. twenty years ago when he was Joefis age. But. what Joe's fafiher could get with his $36 compared t-o what Joe can get. with his 850 1s luclw for the human race. forgotten. -—Ham11t.on Spectator.

Canada's criminal 300 dlpllthnla deaths per year and Britain's 7M deaths from the some cause need not take place. Moat. certainly they won't if children an given the protection they have a. right to enjoy and which may be obtain- ed without cost. -Brockv11le Re- corder and Times.

They can emndarvlae mmsltlena and equipment with the American army all they want. tn. but. they will never duplicate the Victoria Cross, D.S.O. and other highly earned ribbons on the uniform. Even so. and the comment comes from soldiers themselves, the sloppy battle dress was o monstroslt,“ Now they are doing their beet to oe- cure enlistment in Canada. why not adopt. u. street uniform which is a 1n mode with clvllionst- St. Catharlnea Standard.

Something like this abauld be said, perhaps. to the uveragerlndi- viduol living 1n the postwar ere of 1946: “The war 2s over now. a1- though governments may not de- clare ll: so for months vb come. The fighting has ceased. It is time to rebuild the world again. Our help with that wlti come from those who are willing to help, and to work. Some lands flirt with in- flation, some with ‘power’, but gsner-aily speaking, this land will be what we, together make it. Let us make it the best Canada that has yel; come to pass" --V1clor1o Colonist, Ai a time when there is a criti- cal shortage of trained nurses. o word at praise should go to the uromen in white and to students in training who we nc-l depufliin! from their calling and are continu- ing to care for the s-ck. A great many of these womer Could find higher wages 1n atiuer occupations. The opportunity for shorter hours and less arduous duties must be tempting. but they remnln loyal to their profession. They render o high service. —Bc-.=ton Post.

1n Britain, army pay Increases and betterment of living conditions for soldiers seem so for t0 have failed lo attract. the number o! re- cruit; needed for the United Kin!- dom‘s commitments It will be of irltercst here to see 1f rhe Canad- ian Army pay bocsi to be eflefil-ivfi Oct 1 will draw young men to the service in sulficleltt numbers to realize the proposed army of ‘25.000.- Ottawa Journal “The American who cameo hero docs not won; waiiles but Scot- tish food properly cooked" accord- ing to Dr. T Pettlprcw Young. rilrcctgr or me Scottish school cf inotel management Speaking In Glasgow. he 51-(1 that Scotland re- quired for more hon-ls man she had. lzut. to attract mo tourist, they should be: mumpsd 1-‘ run 0n modern lines with a Wclwmln! host. or hostess; Provide organ- ized entertainment. and excursions; Have quiet nedrtmms- not. bed- rooms above .1 noisy bar or a dance hall; and Be licerned, whether the hotel used the license or not. with the sale of liquor carefully re- stricted to glllsstc and curved mulniy m, meal; _E.\luburgh Scotsman. A price increase that benefits one wage corner 1.1 "launder 1s a cut 1n another m.m's real wages or earnings. Tile farmer's youngest son can ace tluu. what mailers lc not how much cash he gets for ten bushels of potatoes but how many shirts. or who: port of a suit. 0|- p, refngeratzr hr. can claim from the store with that ten bush- els, and that 12 tr Lakes more pot- Mo“ to get those ohlnu, then his real wages are down He knows that trade is still trade. and this the only valid claim on the goods or services of the community la what he oomributzs to the oom- munlty h1moelf-- heretical as it might. sound. 111m. n lump 1h my prices 1e a out in his wages. —1lsm- llton Spectator.

80 far as The San 1_e concerned. we of this city are atlll Vancouv-

for Vancouverlon not wlthatendlnl- 0m- glty archivist. in hla anxiety for w. era. overkxts two im- portant eaeentlnts in the choice of wotda-euphany and uealt- F"

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\ BOOK Wlll

Iin- This 1s another week that the public should introduce.

How many people have books tn their homes first don't belong to them? Some have been in their ‘ ‘ s for years. They narrow them from friends. no doubt with good intentions of returning them, but some other friend barrows them and away they go. and when they try to trace them, -what? A number of these books are expen- sive and are prized by the ownorl

You would hardly accuse u, per- son_thnt has a book they borrow- ed when 1t wasn't returned Wot stealing, but what have you?

This Return Book Week idea come to me when a friend states: "1 found a book belonging to a friend of mine. I have had it for ten years. Oh I must», return it." Appoint a day or week and re- turn the books you borrowed, and clear your conscience. and the people that have their books re- turned will love you all the more. It ls never too late.

I om, sir. etc. READER

ISLAND FAMILY NAMIS

Sir.- Pram time to time in the Saturday edition c! your paper, of which I um o reader. there ap- Dour moat interesting items. having reference to earlv Iaiund history. I refer eopecinlk; to the account of "Island Ifismliy Names" In the column “Newsy Notes" by Agricola. I am interested. as or‘. Islander. tn the account at the census of the Island taken in 179B, under (Zvovemor Fanning. referred to in several of the article; by Agricola. My interest ls paroiculorly 1n the first settlers in Iota: 34. 32. 49 and 50. Since I have endeavoured to make some investigation. for purely historical and family interest. into the background of several at the early forulllea 1n these lots. I thought that this might be of 1n- tiereat to some of your renders. The first settler in that port of Lot 34, lying along tne Hlilsbar- ough River, was I believe. George Vickerson, who with his wife and at. that. time, six children ore re- corded in the census of 1798. George Viokerson. so far us I can deter- mine, settled thcre 1n 1790 How- ever this dozs not seem to have heen the earliest date an which his connection wiui the Island b68811- It I am correct. the earliest date was 1719. when in the fall of that ycar, during the American Revolu- tion, troops on their way from New York to Quebec wimered In Char- lottetown. t-fe was among these troops, as a soldier svith n certain rank, and after the war. 1n 1763 was given a grant of laud on the Island. The tradition is that. this grunt at land was on the ‘nest. side of Mldgell River, fronting on St. Peter's Buy and rlolns back inw never been able to verily this, by the country niong the river. I have examining the early grunts and deeds. This may be an account of the uncertainty of the deeds and grants given to the Loyuiists and disbanded soldiers who came t0 the Island However. before many years George Vlclccrson and his family ore found settled on the banks of the Hlllsbcrotlgh river at Marshfield. A (IFBII, dnird 1796. to land in North River, rrlers to hlm as 0,: "The Hillsbazicmgh river settlement". His numc appears 1n a 11st of loyalists and disbanded soldiers, to be fauna in the Journ- a‘. cf the House of Assembly 101‘ P E.I. or 18-11.

In ls interesting, to note that. the wife of 1111s curly settler was. Anna Barbara Younker and she. no doubt, belonged 1o the Yaunker family who settled 1n Lot. 32. The gubpequent, inter-relation of the descendants of George Vlcker- son and Amn Barbara Younker are interesting. and have bearing cu the editorial, recently appear- ing in yQur paper, on our High Commissioner to the United K1118- dom, Dr. Nonnan S RODENSOXI- '1‘h1s is OCCRSKOHNI by the fact. that soon after the Robertson

Vlckerson, son of ucorge Vtokerocn born 1190 a1 Marshfleld, Their daughter Emma ‘lliokcrsou. b0"! 1842, was the mower of Profess- or Lemuel Robertson. rind grand- mother af Norman Roocrtson. the new Canadian Hlsh Commissioner to Iondon.

James Robertson and his Wilt! Jean Miller emigrated 1'1 P-E-I. i1’! 1818. with theirjurully But James Robertson's slate: fled John Ferguson at Blair Athol and emigrated to P.E.I In 1808. Th” were, l; I om not mistaken. the ancestors ct Professor William soon lrerguaon of Harvard.

My interest in me reference 1n "N notes" to the early settlers tnbotaflendflu isoccasloned by my endeavor to trace the back-

moved to New York City, and 1n 11m, ea Iioyadsta. came to Shel- banau NJ. and tn I'm to the Ialend. ‘may settled first. 1t I om m q,‘ wright/s mill, near

the motor never heard of the Israe- lltea, the Osnhenlts. the Hlttltel and 0th famous peoples of 1h! Bibiet mo many ayllablcl. elul II ea 1m- paaelble ea Vencauvrrer. even ouoeh “qntg-Qjlfl 3nd N01 YUM! ill! sound OK. Tn Britain may have e mm glgailled habit c! lboektfll