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SATURDAY, nucmmuu 9. 1939- Christmas Shopping

Only two weeks remain now to complete Ones Christmas shopping. lt is well to remem- ber that Christmas Day falls this year on Mou- day, and the last-minute rush w_1ll be on Sat- urday, Dec. 23. But the experienced shopper knows the folly of waiting that long to_ coni- plete the list of purchases required at_this sca- son. The Jlonlroal Star gives this timely re- minder on the subject: '_ _

"Imrn whatever point of view Christmas shopping be regarded, the advantage lies with (huge who shop carlv. Considered from thc humane standpoint, they can thereby show their consideration for the largely increased army of cinploycs whose capacity is tested to the utmost during Christmas shopping period; and even if only tlic purely selfish aspect of the niatter is considered, it is manifestly better to shop be- fore overcrowding has begun, because sales staffs can then give closer personal attention to purchasers."

There is also the work of the postal eiiiployes to be considered, and the necessity of lightening their task as much as possible by early mail- ing of Christmas greetings and presents.

U. S. Reaction

How skeptical the United States public is Ubout war news, even that originating from its own Capital, was indicated by a survey taken recently by an American publication, xvhiclt poll- ed its readers on the following question: "Do you believe all, most, some, little or none of the war news items from these cities?” (Washing- ton. London, Paris, Berlin, Nloscou’). The an- swers showed the following results:

Washington London Paris Bet-lit. Moscow

All 13.6% 1.4% 1.3% 0.4% 0.4% Most 15.3 10.0 8.8 2.0 1.7 Scmo 32.7 (6.5 47.2 29.6 26.9 Little 10.3 30.9 27.6 41.1 20.9 None 1.9 5.5 5.8 18.0 30.9 Don't Know 6.2 7.7 9.3 8.9 17.8

.\ black mark against the efficiency of Ger- Illilll propaganda was the fact that 59% of the LYS. iaeople believe little or nothing from Ber- lin. Uther black marks against Dr. Goebbels’ machine:

Unlv 6.3% believe the German story that 'Athenia was stink by the British.

1.13.970 believe that the Gen-nans deliberately bombed noncom-batants in Poland.

32.7% believe that revolution in Germany is 111C-

A Scheme That Failed

The Saint John Telegraph-Journal has a crow to pick with the Winnipeg Free Press, and picks it quite effectively. Recently the \Vinni- peg Liberal paper, commenting on the defeat of Hon. A. P. Paterson in the New Brunswick general election, attributed to Dr. Paterson the holding up of the program of the Dominion Government under which the Provinces were to surrender to the federal authorities all control of amendments to the British North America Act. It declared that New Brunswick was the one province which stood in the way of a pro- posal ivhich, according to the Free Press, ivas both desirable and even necessary.

Our Saint John contemporary replies:

"It. ms not Dr. Paterson who opposed the. pro- posals of the Dominion Government at: the pro- vincial conference at Ottawa. It was Hon. J_ B. McNair, attorney-general oil’ the province, who voiced the objection. Up to tthat time, Quebec liad been regarded as the champion of provincial rights. However, Hon. L. A. Taschereau suc- cumbed t-o temptations that. were put in his way. and not. only abandoned his previous opposition t/a indiscriminate amendments ‘to lhe B.N.A. Act, but thanked the Dominion Government for being so generous to Quebec. Apparently Mr. Tasche- ran had been apprised as to Just what treatment Quebec might, expect.

“When Mr. McNalr asked for the same informa- tion that had obviously been passed along to Mr. Taschcreati, he was told that after New Bruns- wick gavc her support to a policy that would give the federal authorities a free hand in amending the B.N.A. Act, hi5 question would be answered. Mr. McNair. as a representative of the people of New Brunswick. did the proper thing when he refused to walk up any such blind alley. Far from being the only province in Canada to pro- test against this sort. of thing, New Brunswlckls stand 11.115 later approved by the provinces of Alberta, Ontario and Quebec under a new gov- emment."

\\'hat was the bribe held out to the provincial governments by the King administration at that time? It was in the form of a resolution niov- eil by llon_ Ernest Lapointe, Minister of Jus- tice, for the enactment of legislation for the Provinces to levy indirect taxation in the form of sales taxes. The resolution passed over Con- servative protests in the Commons, but was for- tunatcly defeated in the Senate. As Senator Mciglicn pointed out, competitive provincial sales taxes would have the effect of tariffs, separating the provinces into individual economic entities and leading to the disruption of Con- federation.

Why The Delay ‘7

The Financial Post is authority for the state- mcnt that no programme of “war” buying s0 far a< munitions arc concerned has yet been antliorizctl or implemented in Canada. It adds:

“No one seeks to underrate the difficulties faced in plainning a cooperative war effort be- tivi-"u (lzinzirla and Great Britain. Utir own tin- p-t-purcdiivss prior to September l, the tine):- pccled nature of the waif itself, 8R- lilll 1W9 9i

that u "‘ able progress has been made. Most serious delays have been in making use of our highly developed steel mills and machine shops. capable of turning out shells, guns, equipment and other munitions of modern mechanized war- fare. To date there has been little to allay tlic fear that precious moments are being wasted by failure to create in Canada a secondary source of supply for Allied war munitions. “Canadian industry cannot be put on a war- time basis overnight. Yetas the days go by there is increasing questioning as to why so little action has been taken toward permitting Canadian industry to prepare itself for making a worthwhile contribution to the Allied war

effort."

ieoiroaiat NOTES

In Ottawa they are lying low until the by- elections are safelyr 0162*

Milton born this date, ‘6°$“"A11d if I xiv- thee honour due, Mirth, admit nie of thy crew

to livc with thee." ' s: i1

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The Sydney Post-Record, which has a dis- tinguished Islander as its Editor and hlanflglllls’ Director, thinks Prince County 'C0UYl(l‘(lOq‘fI1ll'Lil worse than choose a ilisttpgtttshed bout .<0lI1-l11 as its t'C)')l'Cf\(‘l1li"tll\'€ iii larlianient. b0 do “t. - >l< if i 1F A traveller who has crossed Canada from Vancouver to llahfax many 1111165, but ‘Vglicff here for the first time this wcelc, expresse its pleasure at the beauty of the Island even 1111115 late Fall aspect, and gave the assurance flat the Charlottetown Hotel was "the finest, bat‘ none, he had stayed inf-there being a ‘P61501101- ity and comfort about 1t which immediately at- tracts and delights the visitor. s =t< i s

Mayor La Guardia has started a campaign to make people stop throwing their chewing gum wads on the footpaths. He says it c0515 i116 city hundreds of thousands of dollars a year to scrape used gum from public places. Some of the manufacturers have joined fOFCES Wlih him and will, after jaii. I, print on the wrap- ping of all their g-iims: “SaIve this ivrappcr f01‘ disposal of gum after used.’ A warning 51°83" is also being sought to advertise with their gums s s s w

\\'ritiug to a newspaper cofffisPolldelll from Juricl, Switzerland, Herr l<ritz Thyssen, Gei- inan industrialist who helped‘ the Nazi party achieve power in Germany, said that threaten- ed consequences” of his opposition to the Relch Goverfltiienfs present policies forced me_ to leave Germany.’ As a member of the Reich- Stag, I expressed myself emphatically against the war and the present policy of the ‘IFQIC-il Government," llerr fhyssen declared. This political attitude threatened to cause copsequ- enccs ivhich forced me to leave Germany. Herr Thysseii, a German iron and steel mal-Inalc- m‘ dicatcd that he might have more to say 1111011! the German Government lalCf- n n r v Here is something for our hard h_it_apple grow- ers to put up to the Finance Minister O11 1115 visit. Why not follow the example of the Washington Government and case the burden of this ycar‘s crop surplus, due to vanishing ex- port markets. The Federal Government stir- plus commodity agency has purchased 9oo,0o0 bushels of New York apples for distribution to needy persons since the harvesting season be- gait early in October. _The ptlrdlasmf-Z Plogmlll is continuing, with prices paid for the apples ratiging from 5o to 75 cents“ a bushel- n- s

Herc is from the Hon. W. D. Hcrridge and who shall contend he is mistaken ?-- "You hear it said that time is on our side. That is not true unless we usefully employ each hour of each passing day. We dare not think that there is any comfortable way to victory. We will go through hell before we win this ‘ward’ The next step to national effectiveness is to set up the machinery for full mobilization of Cauadas httman and tnatcrial resources, he ‘Silltl, and this inust be based on equality of service and sacri- ficc among all classes. He said the state now

. commands in Britain and it seems that lllll-

versal conscription of manpower, industry and finance will soon prevail there. “Canada has not even approved tlic principle of universal conscription," he dtclarcd. “Without conscrip- tion of lllflll[)0\\'Cl', industry and finance, _it will not be possible to do our best . \\71th the help of ccmscription we will go swiftly on to perfect our war machine. No normal Lianutlian can cry halt to that ziinhitioii. To those par- asitic groups who feed on Canada btit will not fight for it, we should point out that Canada zilrczitly is committed to this adventure beyond any chance of rcservaliuti or retreat. We are in the grip of world events to be mastered or to master them."

The general lcvcl of wholesale prices in Cau- ada at tlic outbreak of hostiltics iii September 193i; “£15 approximately 22 pet‘ cent higher than in 1913 and 19.6 per cent above tlic average lll August 1914, at the onset of the first World “far. Rctivccn August i014 and September 1931'), retail prices had risen, on the averagfl. about i7 per cent. The factors underlying these advances are reviewed in the December Monthly Letter of The Royal Bank of Canada which includes a comparison of the prices of representative commodities at the outbreak of war in August I914 with those which prevail- ed for the same or corresponding products in September last. The article concludes: "Should the present conflict develop into a war of long (ltiration, many heavy and pressing demands upon existing supplies of essential materials will ensue; in some instances production may stepped tip to meet the increased requirements: in others, the accustomed utilization may be cur- tailed or met by the substitution of other ma- terials. Undcr such circumstances, some ad- vanccs in prices mtist be expected htit with ade- quate measures for regulation and control in- stiluted by the Government without any appreci- able delay after tlic actual outbreak of hostilties,

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the upward trend will proceed in a much more nrderlv manner than would tilhcrwisc have been cxpcrit-iicrrl and intcrniciliatr- gyrations will be rsdqssd ts a mi-giltlum”

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Insomnia, aaya a psychologist. may be an imprisoned idea tryaig to break into your consciousness. Or it may Juat be pickled hernia; Just before bedtime. - Sl-ierbrooke Record.

The German paopla have not for- gotten now Der ruehrer rase to power by cnrzhtng communism in Germany. It must be difficult for many of them. to fathom his changed attitude towards Red Rus- sia. Perhaps the Munich beer cetisr explosion was tn effect a protest against Hitler's newly discovered friendship with a former bitter enemy.-- Kitchener Record.

What does the calm Englishman do when aboard a amp and It ls torpedoed? Sir Harold Austin gives the answer. He was aboard a boat that was attacked by a submarine. Asked what he did. he answered with some surprise: ‘Wny, one Just goes to one's cabin and puts on wthat one wants to go away in." - Wtnclsor Dally Star.

‘When the time comes we will act. We will wln by deeds, not. by our mouths," Marshal Hermann Goering was quoted as having dc- clared in 9, recent speech. Judging from the above, it. might almost bo inferred. that modesty was one o!‘ the vlrture; to whzch Aaolf Hitler ‘s adviser was going to lay claim on' behalf of tits fellow cJuiitryme-n- Guelph Mercury.

liens Makart, the distinguished Viennese painter, was an extreme- ly tactturn man. One day an Eug- lishmun desiring to gain t-na art- ist's favor, followed him to his favorite place of recreation, a cer- tain Inn, and witih some clever strategy managed to engage the artist in a game of chess. For a. time there was no sound but. the

moving of the pieces. Al. last the Englishman made the winning move and exclaimed, ‘Mater’ In-

stantly Makart arose and stalked out, saying to a. friend who in- quired the reason fcr his early leave-taking, ‘Oh, I catft stand plaYmE with a CHBBHPDOX!" — Christan Science Monitor.

There is n short-age of coffee in Germany. So, British airmen have been dropping bags of coffee on Nazi cities. There ls Just enough coffee in a single bag to make one cup. The dropping of the bombs" serves a double purpose. 1. It shows the Germans that the British flyers have been over their city and could have dropped real bombs had they chosen. 2. It; shows the Germans that. there ts plenty of coffee in England, although there is a. desperate shortage o! 1t: tn Germany. That sort of bombing wont. have the shattering efdect. that real bombs would have on German nerves, but 1t should help to shake the Nazi morale. —Clark in Windsor Star. ,

Automobile horns cause more oyance to hotel BUCLJIS than any their noise-maker, according to a urvey by the Hotel Association of etw York ctty. Steam whistles use the least. Arid of the other 8 contributors of noises studied lght were connected with motor Vehicles and four with radios. A similar survey tn Detroit would probably find much the same sit- uation here_ Abuse of automobile horns and radio loudspeakers is is not. only uri ecessary, but also annoying and irritating to the pub- lic ear and nerves. The bad effect of noise on persons who are tll ts indicated by the ‘qulet zones" with

and not all who are tll are in hos- pitals, where they can escape the sound of automobile horns and radios. A great ctty in this me- chantcal age cannot escape all noise, but it. can, tf it be so dispos- ed. safeguard the public from many unnecessary noises, which murder sleep and rack human nerves. Detroit Free Press.

Probation department officers ol Milwaukee, Wisconsin, find that. frée Toy Loan Centers in high- deltnquency areas have brciight about a remarkable improvement in the attitudes and lnterc ts of the younger generation of lvfll-waukee- ans, it. is reported by Joanne Dim- mtck 1n the Rlatarlan Magazine. ‘Children who have sufficient toys for their free time are not, likely to roam the streets lcckmg tor amusement, nor wlll they v.slt the tll-cent stores in gangs to rad the counters," Miss Dtmmlck writes. ‘Balls, skates. seotters, WEEOIF, trtcycles from Toy 1mm Centers take tlic-m instead to Milwaukee's famous parks dttrtng their leisure hours." This Wisconsin ctty has l5 centers which have made 310.1110 loans to 25 000 sttbscrtbers, and the attendants at these Centres receive the respect and admiration which might. be acccrded Santa Clause by their youthful cllentele. Pupils seem to study better alter a rounil of fun with Toy Center fun makers. and lessons are teamed in keeping track of borrowed toys. ra-eatiiig property with care and considera- tton. In addition to providing a realm of happtness for boys and girls using the Centers, sponsors o1’ the idea find they foster friend- ship, forestall truancy, petty thiev- ery, and the inexplicable feelings of inadequacy which prompt cnlldren to mlsbehave.

We are beginning to loae pa- tience with people who get. ‘fed up with politicians." Too many

people who sneer at them do rio-

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Grain crops mentioned include b81191’. first usteo in 1788 wnen t. soiu tor six shillings a bushel, and can. not listed, ratner strangely unul 1000 wnen tor me neat; tttveexi years schurman bougnt it from me tarm- ers at two w three shillings a bushel. Only once ls ma variety mentioned and then it was york oats. Petal/be, do not appear on the D8818 of the Account book untu 1791 when three bushels sold for $t.a0. Probably Beaeqwes first export of the tubers ts recorded 1n me foi- towing item “May 18. 1793, Mr. Cum brtdg Dr.

William scnurman to potatoes, 162% 11v 1/6 (300) and received on the account 11-8-4."

These potatoes were likely sent. to Charlottetown where Jonn Curi- brtdge the Islands most. prominent. ship butloer from 1800-1525 was at tniscarlier date one of Charictte- towrfs merchant - traders. The potato market remained pretty stable during the whole of scliur- mthrfs business career, the spuds 5e. ing from 30 to 40 cents a bushel, deoendlng on the season, late spring n turally commanding the higlitr p ce. Biue potatoes always sold at a. premium of six pence a. bushel over e whites, and blue was invariably lled "bl-au‘ or ‘blew’. Turnlps, nenttoned but. once and that in 1 92, sold for thirty cents a bushel. .Wtll1a.m schurman was no horse- aiuer. in tact from the account ook one is at loss to know whether

e ever owned a horse. But he did ave oxen, and the occasional item uch as "1799, change of oxen : : 0:" would show there was -some trading going on. From 1800 onwards it would appear Schurman had stall-room and feed in hi8 barns over and above what he could use. for we see such items as:— "limb-March 20 to win- tering 1 heifer for 0

David Murray 10. 0: "1810 wintering cow

and calf l: 10: 0: "Clark the merchant

March 3, 1819 bed-

dtn Zoxen one month 0: 16 0:

Bu ering too, was one of the store-keeper's sde-llries. In 1810 an item reads “Killing a cow 0: 5:0. Cows and plgs are early mentioned in the account k William Wright purchased a cow from Schurnmn on April 1st 1786 for £4 ($16) and his son Nathaniel the same month ld $1.40 more for a. cow 01' Samue Jamesotrs. In 1799 a sheep brought. 18s ($3.60) while in 1812 the_ were $4.00 a piece. Two lambs so d for four dollars tn Aug- ust. of 1814. Geese sold lrt 1801 at the rate of two for flve shillings (we) apiece. Turkeys, listed only tn 1800 cold 111151.00 a piece. Pork was ver important n the early househod economy and one of the earliest accounts has the full story: " Da/rbe for s, gig : 0: ' In No ember 1786 Sc ummn sold a hog for £1: 5: 0 $5.001 Strange to say the account book ‘contains not a single entry regarding hens or eggs. Every one must l-iave supplied their own needs and want-s, no more, no

(To be Continued)

SUMMER. 1S GONE (Medaeval Irish) I have but one story— the stag; are moaning,

The sky is snowing, ummer is gone.

Quickly the low sun goes drifting down cehtrid the rollers, Lifting and long.

The wild geese cry down the storm;

The ferns have fallen, Russel; and torn.

The wings of the birds

are coltted with ice.

I have btu one story-

Summer fs gone —Truns

CAL-AIS.

tionary Force in France were six stallions sent out to provide rldln exercise for some officers on Lor Bart's staiff.

es. You won \ find 1t. rather pleas- ant to be s member of the ctty council. the public parks board, the ctty health committee and various other bodies. But perhaps more tmiporttant than anything else, ycu would be serving your fellow- ctttzens and doing your share t4