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' , IIE l IIIIAILBTTETOWII GUARDIAN

' Morning Dell; (Founded i.n 1887) Authorised as Second Clue Mall. Pan Oiliae Department. Ottawa.

Preaideat. lln A. Barnett; Vlee-Efielldent. Wm. B. Barnett; Seep-Trees, G. M. Burnett; Editor and u l-I“ Isl-Br“ '3' "“ECIIOQ Frank Walker.

“The Strongest Memory is Weaker Than the Weakest Ink."

T wisuaiszrr-uouirezrseihany floinlng Events

It wae recently mentioned in these columns that an endeavour was being made in the United States to construct an iceb-eaker for the Lakes that would be the mast powerful in the world. This is apparently along the lines of thought and endeavor of shipping interests in Canada generally, and especially with regard to the future utilization of the St. Lawrence for water navigation purposes.

Everybody knows, of course, that the deepen- ing of the St. Lawrence for tl.e purpose of open- ing up the cities and lake ports of the Middle West is still prominently to the front. But we have authority for stating that private interests have brought to bear powerful pressure on the

United States Congress opposing the St. Luw-,

rence seaway scheme, ori which already $159,353,- 419 has been spent, while it is estimated that $500,000,000 would be a necessary investment to make the scheme practicable. Private interests °PPO§ing this scheme ‘re said to be Canadian and United States runways, internal waterway interests, established oort interests such as Halifax, Saint John and Montreal on this side, and New York, Boston, Portland, etc, across the border.

In on endeavor to OTIIHZIPCIIG the seaway scheme there is reason to believe that instructions were given to the builders of tne car-ferry Abegweit to spare no money in designing and constructing an ice-breaker for To-mentine-Borden could be used as a forerunner for a number of similar vessels to connect the Atlantic with the City of Quebec. lt is felt by Quebec and the in- terests it represents that if this could be accomp- lished that port would become the gateway to both Canada and the Atlantic, and that it would matter little how long the delay was for

the great St. Lawrence scheme to become practicable, the trade c-id commerce of Qiie- bec would be further developed constituting

that city practically the commercial centre of the Dominion.

What truth there is in this it is not easy to prove, but it seems reasonabiy feasible that such an endeavor should be 'lU‘lE in the interests of those who are said to e concerned.

Unique Farm School

Britain is organizing a school of rural economy which has been described by the chairman of the Agricultural Research Council as "some- thing quite unique." The scheme is designed to provide facilities for agricultural pducation on the broadest possible lines for, in addition to covering the whole field of farming studies, it embraces research and instruction in forestry, horticulture and veterinary science. Th-a plan is being sponsored by the University of Edinburgh in cooperation with other organizations of im- portance in the agricultural world. 3,000 acres of land in Midlothian—a cross-section which i5 typical of practically the whole of Scotland-—have becn acquired and wiil provide the necessary variety of ground required for really compre- hensive training in all forms of rural economy. Within this area a research instruction and field experiment will b-e correlated. Farm mechanics and the testing, of agricultural machinery under ordinary working rcondiiians will have an im- portant place in the curriculum while there will also be a sp-ecial school for blacksmiths. Partic- ular attention is to b2 given the new system of management whereby forestry and farming are closely interrelated in such a way as to provide jobs at all seasons for 1h: casua‘ rural worker.

Bearer Bread

The National Council of the Baking lndustry a.‘ Canada proposes an increase in the retail price of bread to take car-a of the higher flour prices which are to coirie with removal of thc wheat subsidy. The incr-nse contemplated is 2 cents for the one pound loal, or 3 cents for the larger loaf.

There has been a subsidy on wheat since 1941 amounting to 101.5 per cent of the price at that time. Processors paid 77 3-8tli cents e bush-el and the government paid S1 I-8th cents a bushel in a total price of $1.58 l-2. Removal of the sub- sidy will increase the cost of wheat to processors by over 81 cents o bushel.

The basic costs of ingredients in bread other than flour have risen by 56 per cent since 1941. There have also been comparable increases in other supplies used by the industry such as wrap- pers, hay, oats, fuel, rind ccrilainers.

The bakers say that even after the proposed increase, Canadian bread prices will be lower than in other lands. A Russian can only buy 22 loaves with a week's incemc. The American can buv 394 loaves, or 18 t~nies as many. The Ca- nadian will be able to auy 558 loaves with one week's pay or 25 times as many as a Russian.

The Winnipeg Free Press points out, ‘however, that the industry doesn't go back far enough for its figures. ln 1926 the industry paid $1.56 1-2 for a bushel of wheat and sold one pound loaves in Winnipeg at 7 cenrs. In 1946, thanks to the subsidy, it only paid 77 3-8 cents per bush- e1, but it sold one pound loaves in Winnipeg for 8 cents. In 1926 bakers paid $9.25 for a bushel of flour. In 1946 they paid only $5.30, yet they charged more for a loaf in 1946 than in 1926.

Furthermore, during the last 20 years there Iiaie been two major declines in the prices of wheat and flour, but no corresponding declines h bread Film. Whenever wheat and flour prices

went up, the price of bread went up. Whenever

wheat and flour declired, the price of bread stayed up at its former level. Consumption of bread in Canada increased

from 88 pounds per capita ir. 1939 to 106 pounds in 1945—the last year of record. Increased pro- duction has enabled the industry to absorb many of the increased costs of ingredients and thus to keep down unit costs. However, lower unit

Altogether the baking trade's'assumption that removal of the flour subsidy should automatical- ly raise bread prices b; an amount sufficient to cover the full flour price increase can hardly be said to have been proven yet.

.-. EDITORIAL NOTES -'

Kingston seemed to be as active as flyinq sau-

CHIS. e er e e

There seems to be no scarcity of ducks in Manitoba. Farmers near Portage La Prairie have applied for permission to shoot them out of sea- son in order to prevent ruin of their barley.

H.R.H. Prince Arlhui, fltlfd‘ son of Queen Vic- toria, and afterwards Duke of Connaught, Gov-

which i

.ernor General of Canada, visited Charlotte- town, this date I869.

b U Q ¥ l One for the record-Young fish in Saint John narrowly escaped being burned out when the lhatchery caught fire. Fortunately the blaze was lconfined to the floor above that containing the ‘ tanks. I I I i , Not only Jews but all Tiumane people will pity ithe misguided refugees on their way to Ham- burg. The fact that they could have disembark-

ed in France, while it relieves Britain of respond

sibiiity, does not make their present situation any less pitiable.

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Should Prime Minister Mackenzie King choose o successor to Hon. Mn Bridges, Minister of Fisheries, from outside the present membership of the House, there is likely to be trouble among his following. lt is an unlucky portfolio in thal respect.

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There should be a bumper attendance of Con- servatives at the banquet jointly honouring Mr, Bracken and Mr. McLure in The Charlottetown, on Saturday evening. P-obobly Premier J. Wal- ter Jones will also be rh-ere, as he is an old friend and admirer of.Mr. Bracken as an agricultura- list.

C l l Our population is oii the increase, births reg- isrered during June in Canadian centres with a population of 10,000 and ovcr were 15,330, com- pared with 13,479 in June of lost year. Deaths in June totalled 5,031 as against 4,572 in the corresponding month of last year, while marriages numbered 9,129 as against 8,819. k k 1 i

Another one of those cleverly simple ideas like the safety pin, or a clothes peg, or even a bet- ter moustrap, is reported by Hardware and Metal and Electrical Dealer. lt is c. revolving shelf and clothes closet unit that brings any stored item within easy reach of the open door. The unit has a circular rod for hanging clothes, a circular shoe rack and a round shelf for hats. Revolving kitchen cupboards and heavy duty basement and pantry storage units can make use of the some prin- ciple.

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School children from ull parts of Britain met rc:ently to learn about the problems the world is facing. They were aiming to fit themselves to become responsible world citizens of the fut- una through an understanding of the difficulties that people of other countries must encounter and overcome. A seven-day course in tiorial affairs was arranged for them by the Council for Education in World Citizenship.

voting a week of their school holidays to these studies. The Council is a non-political body on which professional associations of teachers, local education authorities and youth are represented. Q l‘ I I

Canadian films, simultaneously produced in English and French and with regard to quality rather than quantity, can be made profitably, Mr. Paul L'Anglais, vice-president, Quebec Pro- ductions Corporation declares. Mr. L'Anglais, whose company's latest picture, Whispering City, is to be released in November, predicted a bright future for Canada in the entertainment world. Eventually Canadian films employing Spanish and Italian dialogue will be produced, he said. Ta reach the world market, Mr. L'Ang- lais pointed out, films made in the Dominion would have to be bilingual. There are four mo- tion picture companies making films in Canada. Although good documentary films have been produced here, theire "mist be a comprehensive plan of operation if motion production in Canada is to progress. ‘

U U I I A committee is to be established to report on the existing and projected industrial develop- ment in the Caribbean and to indicate possible plans for co-ordinatlng such development. This was 0nd of the most important results of the

fourth meeting of the Caribbean Commission held near Ocho Rios, Jamaica. The Secretory- General will act as chairman, and will appoint on adviser with a knowledge of economi s and industry to co-ordinare the panel's work and to act as editor of the report, which will be submit- ted to the West lndion Conference to be held about March, 1948. The Caribbean Commission, with its U.l(., U.S., French, and Netherlands sec- tions, is only two years old. lt has taken the place of an organization started during the war, the- Anglo-American Caribbean Commission, which had a fine achievement to its credit. When the German submarine campaign was winning such success in the Caribbean that all supplies were in danger, the Commission's machinery was used, with excellent results. to maintain the flow of urgently needed supplies to the area.

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costs resulting from increased volume have not_ been reflected in lower prices to the consumen,

For a while the three escaped convicts from.

‘for of packaging as 1t were lhas no bearing on the taste or

‘live or an arlverb- merely reveal

have to he irritating somebody n-

interna- l l

Those attending the course were voluntarily cle-l5l111‘l°1l 111111 he b11151 “'5 11mm“- ladded thousands of words ta its

,vocahu1ar_v and gave lt. joy, color

orgunimhons r But to stand out 1n high dudgeon

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THE ET9w1ftfi1lélfPlA" l “gt” ByThg way ‘It's Not The Heat . . . 1

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' It's not tho- heat, it's the hum- lcllty!

The dlscomflted citizens who coined those words captu red fcrnver me iiiiiicritiiuciii is: B swemrlns clvllizafon. At this time over-y year. In the sun-haired canyon; of a thousand cltlrs, the phrase runs damply a-om lip to llp--the pass- word of a pI-rsplring prv-ple. |

SCZTINXOWTYI other, wc seem to derive :1 shrel of coirflcrt from ‘he thought the phrase implies Perhaps 1t g puvnuse man's vanity resnrits

din the knee-err the elbow- agemenl. hasthere been mi- invest- '13:“ obeliwnce ;0 rm Qp-pqnenl, a; 1111i! ilridhvlfirlgjxlwhierztiwniefs n? obvious as rs-rmeiiiniir. ni-i. when 9P1” 1'9 0 9F T8 5 — 91°11 ° heat. gala In 19* ally. hum dlty, the Evening Telegram. odds He w,“ to mm Sh‘; dg[gg[ no longer a, fIlEZTBPL. 'I'hi: is yrliy TM" “Fgrlégznllalllglpelllnl;8111:1111"we hear those frustrated niumblklngs l‘ r ca‘ 5 c as‘ "I don't mind the out

imcnl from which this countrymzjhyhm hun-fqjjy gels m, downg- yand loillietrs tshoulsaéearn. There,‘ Perm», w.“ mg 1,119,410“ o; are mi s o w a no on canhumjdj. 1M0 ,, dis “s51” an g1 1i r10. limits to ivhai. lt. can spend. adds a Slouch of mYSlfrv lc m‘s=.ry

There is not, contrary to the as- 1358; is a knm-I, pg-engmmon, and

scrtlans of latter-day prophets of!

Utopia, an inexhaustible pool from

WhlCII to, draw social and other‘

The only reason we can imagine for so many new service stations being established when there are already more than enough of them LS that some companies are anx- lous w get rld of part of their pro- fits. - Bmckvllle Recorder and Times.

When looking for the ceueee of lack of house building today the inconsiderate treatment. of prop- erty owners by Life government during and since the war should ‘not. be forgotten. What. encour- l l

Britain's

in the fiery rruoiblc‘ of i-ne thing or snot-her Hlimldlf) l; snmetlfrig lzenefiis. 2 Trm powers of “P151111” quite different Scnrcelg any one lng" are llmlterl and the results kncws VX5914‘. what it 1e hjgignr. uncertain. Toronto Financial 01031515 N; o; course bu. wen they Post. lcanna-t give mere mvtals 1n)‘ handv method of cnlwiiizillng lls l During 1940 American housewives ‘iegrée

l bought 300 million pounds of mar- in“. EnCyclr-pgdid Byltgnnjpg purine-and colored 1t in their ownlprovidps the gnymflm b,“ 1r r5 kitchens. Last year they bought only a meaningjiess jumlfg o; {ya}. 500 million pounds and did the boys (A, any bu ,1 gtudnnf (f the mossy job of coloring it at home. rscience. The novlflp: 15 mid only This venr they are buying muchimat ryunjdlt‘; 15 in)“. ,e'nt=orv;-,t~_lp . more-aunt coloring much more. If1b,,;w,e,, the an cum of wafer vapor

ithe enormous sales so far this year ‘in the a3,- m-r; the; mtg) amount hold up they may huy almost. lf the air r-gn hold at any izivrn not quite, a bllllon pounds-and tempeTnLrre_" A5 m; an; ti-m.

Kl‘ 1° 111B 119111119 °l' °°l°1ln8 ll" l perature rises, its capacity to hold What waste of time lu the kitchen , Inofstufq incrpgses- and that is “just. because Congress refused to gym- n‘. “Iepther polumrys 50 (m. rin away with the unjust licenses quenm, Show humidity falling 55 and taxes imposed upon an article rtempefiyux-es scan The]? 15 fugt l vompased 0f cotton seed oll, soy- l“ mu,“ moisture 1n m9 a1,- 55 ever,

l bean oil and other products of “m, ‘he ajmo_.pherc 1s capable 0f ‘ American farms. _ Memphis Press- absmnmyg mo ,. ‘ s ‘lmlmn What no meteorologist van explain ,

iii W0 ‘s of one ryilcbv is ivhv. ,~.vheri iiie alr is 631-31319 of nbFYlI- in; mri-r- mwhture ii doesn't d0 lgg-whr vie "h not have r. humid- litv c; 1110 ril; the time. pertlcuh-rly, ,\\'.l’1(‘1’1 ie are situated near a large ironi- n water. ism W111i 11311139115‘ , iwhen lumidlflir reaches r00? Does mrirle by superior intellectuals are it sudvmq‘, main‘ h, m,“ in. irrelevant because they ignore this Warren“ m‘. do... om, ni-ed 31115 for clear popular demand. But there Hweammf? 1 is im element. of sacredness about. Happnm m,- angwer here ls news. and though it may be prlni- Simply; and the Wenitts van 0:1 on the same pages as eiitertaln- '

3- t j, m- nunjhgr of clinical ex- mciil, li should not. be treated as gniglesniaunnd, y W3. 1m ._,, Tom“. entertainment. Too often the

to at bGVFn 0'ClC\'l' WPdflf-“EY. jianrllina 0f news is entrusted to ,m°mm,:' for instance '11“- only men who are ln fact professional notifiable at,“ was ‘m, pj-nrle entertainers or shoivmen. — The felt H- flcssibjk a lltklfs dqqygr than Economist, London. |everv {J-nde‘. (Fr-rain (lrrtumstancvs the humidity rating can go cvvr Many housewives are strongly of mm Tm,“ the 1h. 15 "$uppt‘f‘afu'aled" llic opinion that cane sugar ls and a “me 511171,; might make sweeter than beet. sugar, In ex- in ram .40“, (firm hum-Hwy rearing‘ pressing their opinion to this ef- , 001s accompanied by h-g a5 {he {feel they are echoing a blt of pra- lsaturatinn h“. o; m.) slim; confl

,pagcii'ida for cane sugar that is now Idem“ 'more than a hundred years old Tncse are 5,13" o; me mlngs we vibut is more venerable than ac- cryptic humid“, rmdmg. is news. Icurnte, says The American Mer- ‘papers mean _i_nd_ ,5 the weather-i our)‘. Both sugars are sucrose, C12 man says‘ with. hump-m,- fgurrs‘ ‘H22 O11, and there ls no d1ffer- ‘don-t m] very much In ttems"l'/es,l ‘they do gjve pr-oplr- somfhlng rise

once bBLWCOH them, Some of the heel sugar is coarser grained. but 10 film.’ about b051,,“ t}... heap In‘ other -’Y(,rdlS' 11's not the heat,

l l Tin-to is no reason why a pop-

ular newspaper should not. he a. rlailv hurl-get of entertainment. if flint. 1s what. the public wants — land there is plenty of evidence thni ll does. Many of the crltlc- isms of the popular press that. are

‘that. 1s a mere leclinicallty, a mat.- and “.5 chemical composition.

Bow And Arrow

(Ottawa Journall

If he's perfectly serious about Ih-ls WGTG ready Wllh rm anvlnw 1n advance but. we suspect thal- lofiiiiiirivs Mirror General H°W111d Kennedy ls drawing on his abun- dant. sense of humor when he re- commends to the Ontario Govern- ment that a couple of lownshlps be set aside to be devoted to the hunting of deer exclusively Wllh hows and arrows. Cammlflwnfl‘ Kennedy writes:

"It, would appear that. this form of sport. calls foi- the maximum of hunting skill Wmmt "N51111: no serious a depletion 01’ 8111119 "5 firearms. 1t ls definitely possible to kill deer with arrows, and lt would seem 0t little consequencevto the deer whether the mlsslle was ‘dis- charged from n. bow or a rlfle.

Decldedly, an experienced archer or a. blg powerful man like Mr. Howard Kennedy could klll a deer with a bow and arrow. What chance B. businessman of 50 Or P1181?

Language 1s not, a museum place; a coffin of nlceness. Ward purists —those poets who work themselves lnta a lather of indignation over a delicate abrlclgment between a ;p1urnl and a singular. an adjec-

n chronic form of indigestion. They

haul something. Hnughty gram- marians have become an anachron- lstlc bad joke—llke mothers-ln-lnw. Our greatest literary immortal, Wil- llnm Shakespeare, found the Eng- lish latiguage so ludicrously re-

and new life. Carelessness ln lang- uage, as 1n dress. ls unforglvable.

against any change in either 1s simply comical. Words do not. take kindly to falters. They demand freedom. ‘And 1f some people want. to preserve them in a pickle jar they can do so. —-Hnmllll0n Spec-

imen would have-and there are maniy . ch ln the woods ln autumn-s In the United Kingdom In :13! even a matter o‘ conjecture.

r l s 1 u. l t .°r"“i“il.i‘ii‘.i.ifi“iir.if.ii.i “ti”! v-r n- we- or rumm- r in

widow, nearing sixty’ m 3rjmjn_ score square miles of Ontario ‘into n an began during world w," u an archers paradise like Sherwood when her son was battling in the sklas above Britain against the the Nazi luftwnffe. To take her mind off the war, she started to make herself e hat from an old felt hood and n few places of ribbon she found in her glove drawer. A friend admired it. and asked Mrs. Ritchie-for that was her name-to make her one just. like lt. The outcome was that she was soon making and selling hots professionally. Today, her business ls ex-pundfrg and she 1e making hats for any femoul women, including Winston Church- ill's daughter. Mrs. Duncan Sandyl. she employs two assistants. as copylsts, but. she herself designs every hat. and personally makes every model that leaves her salon. And in spite of what. is now an

lng in consideration for those who must. tight. the flames They want e show, and they are going tro have it, regndlesn of how much inconvenience they may cause. The ate-let. laws asked by the Fire Chiefs are not unreasonable. They want. the authority to assure Pemselvee freedom of action 1n fighting fires. They are heartily sick of motiomts who refuse to get. out. of the wey of speeding equip- ment. of others who insist on trolling the reels of the scene of action, and of people who crowd around for e closer view of opera- tlans. People are never going to boom-ed of going to fires, but. such, events era not. spectacles put on for their entertainment. It. II of prime importance that the fire-

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TRADE WINDS

In tihe harbour. 1n the island, in the Spanish Seas,

Are the tiny white houses nnclvthe arouse-trees,

And day-long, night-brig. the coo1_

and pleasant breeze O1 lihe steady Trade Wind blow- lng.

Tgere 1s the red ' Spanish ale, The shuffle of the dancers. the old salffs tale. The squenklniz fiddle. the souglilng In the sail