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The Senate liancancles

Dr. Grapt's decision not to run in the com-

ing Federal general election, forbwlticb lie WM re-nominated as Liberal candidate for King's, is being interpreted as meaning that he has one of the Island's two vacant Senatorships in his pocket. For the other, the names of Hon. G. H. Barbour, Minister of Public Works and High- woys, and Mr. J. Lester Douglas, M. P., are most prominently mentioned. _ In Mr. Barbour's case it would mean creat- ing a third vacancy in the ranks of the Provin- ciol Government, a course which at Ottawa may be regarded as more expedient than running rwo new Federal candidates in ploce of two of the sitting members. While Messrs. Wright and Campbell were non-portfolio members in the Provincial cabinet, Mr. Barbour holds a key po- sition and presumably, if he is to be appointed, it will be with the consent and approval of his leader, Premier Jones. In any case it is likely that the agony of suspense for alrl deserving democrats will soon be over. lf a late June or early July election is decided upon at Ottawa - and this appears to be tlio general opinion - the Senate plums will be falling very shortly like fruit in autumn.

Work For Experts

The Ottawa Journal quotes a veteran farm leader as pointing out to a group of city con- rumors that in their desire to obtain cheap food they were often unfair to producers and failed to realize the effect of too-cheap food on urban employment. The widespread bel-ief among con- sumers today, he said, was that all farmers were rolling in wealth, did not pay income tax and were charging all the traffic would bear.

Such a belief, or a variation of it, adds the Journal, is common talk in urban centres and craps up frequently at consumers’ meetings. Other necessities ca-n rise in price, often by substan- tial amounts, without too great public fuss but let food take a similar course and there are resolutions of intense indignation. Much of this feeling no doubt stems from the widespread no- tion that farming is a simple matter of plant- ‘ ing seeds and waiting for the harvest, of sitting back while the' animals do the rea-I work. This speaker, himself a good farmer, had a different notion and he tried to impart it to his audience. His idea was that the successful farm- er today, like a successful city businessman, was a combination of factory owner, high-skilled technician and student of current affairs. His factory was the farm he owned and in which he frequently had a substantial investment »-an which he was entitled to a fair return on capi- tal. He had to be highly skilled to handle sails and crop rotations and his animals, or his invest- ment would quickly melt away ond there would be another mined-out farm. Study of market trends and ability to foresee demands was part of his business. “There is much to be said for this atti- tude," says our Ottawa contemporary. "Good farming today is as complicated and as highly skilled a iob as that of the trade of the best artisan. That all farmers have not got that skill is admitted, and likely accounts for the number of failures. On that basis the farmer is entitled to the pay of a skilled mechanic. He is also entitled to a return on his capital investment, the cost of production such as labor, animals, seeds, fertilizer and machinery, These all add up, even on a small farm. But the paint is that they add up to things which the casual consu-nr- Er seldom bothegs to think about."

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Security Mania

An almost hysterical mania for security and for protection is the underlying cause of many of our political, economic and financial troub- les today throughout the world, Benjamin Strong, president of the United States Trust Company, said in an address before the ninth yearly forum of economic and social trends at New York Town Hall. The forum is sponsored by the New York Chapter of the Chartered Life. Underwrit- ers.

Wars and unemployment frighten people more than we rea-lize, Strong said, referring also to certain abuses that have crept into economic and financial life.

"So we bro tempted to adopt almost any measures, including suicidal deficit financing ‘and destructive taxation, in a vain attempt to ‘attain security by methods that are wrong, and can lead only to disappointment. . . . Our peo- ple cast their votes for candidates who promise ‘to provide benefits and security for them . . . The people need and should have intelligent, farleblng’ and unselfish leadership from their eiectod representatives. Our hopes for the fu- tare rest on a return n» on. leadership n. its ‘ ' II

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"owbr. Louis ‘l. Dublin, second vict-prefdent tl clan of the Metropolitan in nsur- ziilceqamflplany, told the forum that intolerable eatldltiolrf may develop in a decode or ‘two un- acute problems created by, our aging lgflpe q b.1975, he pointed

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The Canadian Army is mending dikes in Manitoba and constructing bridges in New Brunswick. if the troops also need road build- ing exercises there are plenty of suitable train- ing areas an the island;

Mr. Duplessis is said to believe that he was wise on the margarine issue, that he has made himself solid with the farmers, while any dis- content in the cities as a result will not be serious. ln Montreal, he looks to an alliance with Mayor Haude as an. anchor to windward.

The reconstituted Fisherman's Loan Board has an unenviable task on its hands. To distin- guish between earlier loans made to provide capital equipment from those in the nature of direct relief is an almost hopeless task in itself without the additional problems of future lend- ing policy.

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Three-dimensional films seem to be due for a come back, without the aid of two-col- our glasses through which earlier audiences had to view them. A Danish engineer has developed a special set of lenses to fit over the ordinary movie camera which together with a special plastic screen accomplishes the trick.

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Dr. ‘E. S. Archibald, director of Federal Ex- p rimental Farm ls.im-pressed with the progress ew Zealand has made in improving pasture grasses. He. has hopes of seeing our own graz- ing season extended in both spring and fall as well as overcoming :he.pro.blem of drought.

Britain is producing bigger and better chil- dren than before the war- despite food rationing. The Scottish Health Department published fig- ures which show that the. average bay of 13 is just over six and a half pounds heavier than a boy of similar age in i932. Girls of the same age are nearly seven pounds heavier. Health experts say that these figures probably are the some for the whole country where oatmeal por- ridge has been largely substituted for butcher meat.

I The consumption of canned foods by Con- adians during the past 25 years has increased about 23 times faster than the population oh the basis of estimates of container manufac- ture and statistics on the m-aior food packs for the period. Comparison of figures for 1948 and 1923 indicates that the consumption of canned foods has increased approximately 1,000 per cent during that period, while the population has increased 44 per cent. This sharp increase has resulted from a combination of greatly im- proved knowledge of food processing and scien- tific developments in can manufacture, as well as the introduction of many new types of food packs.

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Mr. Claxton, according to a Toronto writ- er, did himself no good with his hasty denial of the generally known fact that a considerable percentage of RCAF planes of various types are raid up. He succumbed to the panic which Mr. Drew seems to inspire in Ministers. All that was necessary for him was to say that he would find out the facts, and why this policy was fol- lowed. Actually, this country's defence prepara- tions are on too small a scale to be even prac- tical in these days. The mild mutinies on three RCN ships undoubtedly arose from their being undermanncd for manoeuvres, not to speak of operations. There are plenty of Generals at Headquarters, not to speak of Admirals and Air Marshals. These ranks are manned adequately. Shortage is of "other ranks." A reasonable guess is that all services will have to be about doubled in personnel, before they reach the point at which any of them can be considered as provid- ing anything like a*task force. Q i

Here is a tip for the Provincial Government on haw to obtain cheap electricity for farmers and others. Gigantic wind towers rising nearly 1,000 feet into the air with wind wheels more than 500 feet in diameter may turn the land- scape of the future into a Wellsian d-ream if Hermann Honnef, a German engineer, has his way. Honnef plans on harnessing the winds to produce cheap electric power on a large scale, thereby saving millions of tons of coal and oil in a year. Well known in Germany as the orchi- tect of tall buildings — one of the most famous is the 888-foot Berlin radio tower-Honnef has proposed the construction on the banks of Lake Selenter, east of Kiel, of a large electricity plant to be driven mainly by power derived from the winds. He hos submitted his plan, complete with all drawings ‘and specifications, to the Schles- wick-Holstein Government. Its cost is estimated at between $1,800,000 ard ‘$2,400,000.

William Shakespeare, poet and dramatist, born "this date 1564; regarded as the greatest imaginative and intellectual force the world has ‘ever known. Sawvthe lightuef day first in Strat- ford-on-Avon, Warwickshire, he grew up in the "spacious times" of Elizabeth, an ago of ‘great hational triumphs in literory as in other fields. His father was John Shakespeare, merchant; his mother Mary Arden, a wealth-y farmer's daugh- ter. He was their third child but eldest son. lie began llfe as "general utility boy" in London theatres and rose through the stages of coll boy, actor, play-ad rsr, and dramatist to the un- challenged l errhip of the theatrical profor- slon both as actor and author. "Blank verse Shakespeare the poet used with a sublirrrity, a harmony, dramatic fitness which others may have e ed but have never excelled." it may B’ noted that his plays contain 106,007" lines,

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PUBLIC FORUM

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DEPLOBABLE CONDITION

Sin-The roads through most. sec-

tions of New London North are re-

ported to be in a deplorable con-

dition in some spots. Roads in this

part of the country are so narrow

there is no choice but to go right

through the rnud holes, hence

many cars are getting stuck.

I am, Sir, etc. G. F. F.

THE NEW LONDON ROAD Sir, -- I read with considerable interest two letters which appear- ed recently tn the Public Forum of your paper concerning road con- ditions at New London this sea- son.

It ls quite obvious that both writers are deeply concerned and disappointed with the manner 1n which the people of this end of the district were used over the plowing of the roads. Certainly it caused the farmers s. great deal of inconvenience to take their po- tatoes by sleigh some distance to where the snow plow stopped. Surely 1t was e. small job to finish the plowing of this read, when the plow was within two or three miles o! the north end of Clifton Bridge and vlcl ity twice, and would have given a1 the peole on the road an equal chance to get their pro- duce to market. As we are ell taxpayers, I am sure it would have caused less hard feelings and been better for all in the end.

One writer mentioned promises made by Hon. Messrs. Large and Stewart previous to the lost elect- ion. It seemed like a. good time to make those promises before en election, because those gentlemen were noizto be seen or heard from tor some time after.

There seems likely to be a Fed- eral election tn the near future, but here 1e hoping that it will not. be too soon, so that the snow may be thawed and gone, as this rand is used considerably by our campaign “heroes? before elections. If duty calls them into this vicinity tn the near future, I would advise them to go to Kensington and take the course the snow plow took, as that road should be fair by this time. It would cause them incon- venience if they gal: their curs stuck at this end of the road, be- oouse they would have to go to the other end to get anyone here to pull them out.

l am. Sir. etc., OBSERVER NO. 2 New London, P. E. I.

FOXES, SKUNKS, ETC.

Sir, -; I always reed "l-funlerr’ Corner" in The Guardian with, interest, and from my own abser- ‘ vntlons can agree with the writer ln practically all he says.

First the foxes. There never was e tax ranch within eight mien o! here, and although in the north fields near the shore I have seen every colour of fox, I never yet. saw one near the buildings. I think the foxes are blamed for a lol. of things the raccoons do. I have shot and even caught than with my hands at night on en'- sl occasions, trying to get into where I keep my hens.

A reocoon will attempt to climb to the roof of the burn looking for‘ on opening to get tn. But the skunks are the reel problem. I trapped for thirty .yesrs without seeing any difference in the annual crop of mink end muskrst until the skunks got plentiful. In 1M6 and 1947 we hsd two dry lessons. The skunks went along the bunks of the rivers which were dry below the entrsoee to the muskrel: dens. They dug out, ell the young mug- rsts end destroyed them.

1M0 was a wet season, and the water level in the streams wss high. Last fell I trapped ‘l0 musk- rsts snd tour mink. They were more plentiful then for yesrs- 5o for this spring I have l4 skunk mouts and intend to keep utter them. The t , should be psld until the 15th of May this yen, to see if thereouldtrot. be re. Ililwl- Plfinl fifty cents e snout

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When you peas this way in white end winter weather,

The gray stones lean together,

Ooneplretors-Liley act as thoudh

Death le Just s. ostnep under snow.

You sense they're waiting. watch- ing down the road

U2 which the town folk oome.

D lng who will make hhneelf at home

Next among them. Here, you sense the deed

Gossip sLlll-lell bits of new!

And tales, and muse

Wlth the sharp dry wisdom at the very old.

Slnoe they exchanged the village for this cold

Meadow under surpy winter skies,

They seem quite satisfied. Here equal llee

Ieighbor by neighbor, held by head.

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safely of husband, child or wife or lover.

Those passionate end hru-d long lives must seem

Lees than o day, or s. tell aloud going over.

_31g,n¢e, Bradbury ln the New York Herald Tribune.

MAJOR. INDUSTRY

Two-thirds of Ceylorfs ocou-pled population ere engaged in the pro- duction, distribution and export of tea. '

suite of it here. One came to Neufrege harbour from Summerelde hunted far several winters with a. dog and cleaned out every river he trapped in. I hope that before the

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P. C. MACDONALD

Monticello. P. E. I.

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POTATO EMBARGO ,BILL

In the House of Assembl , Feb. 7, 1848, "Mr. D. MacDonald, from the Committee of the whole House, on the consideration of the pro- priety of laying an Embargo on the exportation of Potatoes for a limited period, reported, according to or- der, the Resolution of the eeld Committee, which Resolution was read at the Clerk's Table, and on the question put thereon, agreed to by the House, and is as followeth:

"That owing to the failure of the Potato Crop. and the consequent scarcity of that article of food, it is expedient to introduce rs bill hav- ing for its object to prohibit the ex- portation of Potatoes from this Island, at any time prior to the First do of August next. ,

"Orde ed, that Mr. Thornton, Mr. J’. Longworth and Mr. D. Macdorrald be e Committee to prepare and bring in e Bill in accordance with the above reported Resolution."

The Bill was accordingly prepar- ed and introduced, given first, sec- ond end third readings, and passed on Feb. 12 Then on Feb. 24 ep- pears the following mlnutal in the Journal of the Hausa:

"Resolved, That a Committee be appointed to. search the Journals of the Legislative Council, to ascer- tain what proceedings have been had on the Bill lntltuied ‘An Act

to prohibit the exportation of Pota- toes for e limited period. end to revive and continue certain parts of an Act passed in the Tenth year of the Reign of Her present Ma- jesty for that purpose." _

Messrs. Thornton and Haviland were appointed to this committee, and they reported having discov- ered. from the Journal of the Leg- islative Council. that the Bill had been given the "six months‘ hoist" by that body on February 10.

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