lAGE FOUR "i ”""""TllE” GllAllLllTTETllWll GUARDIAN

Morning Dally (Founded in I887) Prelllelt: Lient. Col. W. Cheater B. Mel-In Vlce-Prellflutzgl. ll. Burnett, l‘. J. L leeretary: l-leutpfiol. I). A. Maolilnnon, .S.0. liter and Manning Director: J. B. Burne t. I‘.J.l. Aloehte Editors: Prank Walker and Lleut. Ian A. Burnett, LC.N.V.B. (On Active Service)

‘The Strongest Memory is Weaker Than the Weakeat_.lnk."

rvnsnu, nuousr mu. 1w. Gargantuan Spending

Writing recently on England's financial prob- kms, Francis W. Hirst, the British economist, made some comments which with a few minor changes would apply equally well to the situation here: - i

It has been provediover and over again by the absence of any discussion on votes of credit for the war that the House of Commons as a whole takes tio interest ill the waste of public money, though common sense tells us that effi- ciency and economy go hand in hand, and that it is the duty of every officer or official entrust- ed with the expenditure of public itioney to see that it is efficiently spent and that none is wast- ed. Apparently this negligence on the part of the House of Commons is supposed to he patriotic, and criticism of war expenditure is supposed i) be unpatriotic. Moreover, many Members have adopted the fashionable idea that, as we can afford to borrow half our war ex- penditure, we shall be able to borrow freely and embark upon new social expenditure and ex- travagance of all kinds when the war is over; and not only so, biit it is regarded as a function of a worn-mil Piifllillllflli, which has ceased to he representative. to promote legislative projects involving the expenditure running into hundreds of millions which the new Parliament after a general election and the Chancellor of the Ex- chequer (whoever he may bcl are to provide for, thus ensuring an indefinite ‘series of un- balanced budgets.

War is in its very nature enormously waste- ful. It is impossible to know lll advance pre- cisely how many planes or guns or shells or men are going to be required to achieve a givenvob- jective. Consequently, the Army and I\avy doubtless ask for more of these things than they are actually likely to use or need. Yet for the same reason a member of Parliament would have to be extremely sure of his ground before chal- lenging a single such request as being too big. for his opposition would never be forgiven if he were shown to be wrong. Members of Par- liamcnt, therefore, must have let pass unchal- lenged many a detailed request which they sus- pected was too large. _

This is a situation that cannot be helped in wartime. But it brings with it at least two (lang- ers for the post-ivar period. One is that the llélblt of ilncritical acceptance of executive requests for funds may be retained after the war. 'I‘he other and more immediate drmger is that astronomical war expenditures may blind us to the real size of the commitments we lriay make now for the future. and of the consequent burdens of these commitments on future taxes and Pmdhclwh- These are dangerous against which we should begin to guard now.

Should Be In School

The United States Office of Education esti-

‘mates that approximately 5.000.000 boys and

girls of school age have taken jobs throughout the country this summer. \\"hen they went t0 work most of them fully intended to return to their books in the fall. From past experience. however, school officials know that many-too many, for their own good—\vill fail to do so. The feel of ready money in their pockets, re- lease from the discipline of daily study. the excitement of being on their own will prove too Inuch for them, _

Parents in Canada as well as United States might profitably heed the warnings sounded bv the U. S. Office of Iiducation- Th? Colmlrl’ needs trained men and wolmen. It needs them not only in civilian occupations btit in the ariu- ed forces as well. A job of comparatively lZ°°d money now may, in the words of john E. \Vadc. New York City, Superintendent of Schools. prove to be a vocational “hooby trap" after the war; it may lead nowhere. and the young wQfk-er. vcars hence, may find himself perform- ing the saute rotitinc. unskilled duties to which he is now assigned. After the war, ivhen labor once more becomes plentiful. applicants for such jobs will he a hurdeil on the labor nlarkct. If youth i; mo inexperienced to perceive this, eld- ers should step in to give sonle homely, prac- tical vggational guidance. “To serve your coun- try, go to school," says Dr. George D. Stoddard. New York Smit- Conimissioner of Educatlotl. To all hoys alid girls of school age llll5 l5 Smllld advice.

Planni uarter

Ambitious plans for a 5hal<°5lle3r9 Quail“ in London are in hand, and will be carried into effect after the war, writes a Londoil corre- spondent. The scheme involves an‘ expenditure 0f about 5500.000. and funds are being raised by an institution kpown as the Globe Nlermaid Ais- ‘miation of Great Britain and America.

Five acres of ground have been aIlOCBWl 5y SQuthw-ark Borough Cotincil for the develop- ment of this proposal on a site close to London -l river and where the inlmortal playwright wrote and produced l7 "l hi5 PlRYS- The 5c_l"'m° "h dud“ ; new Globe Theatre, which will an exact copy, only twice the size, of the original playhouse where Shakespeare acted. '

Also there is to he a Mermaid Tavern, built 9n the lilies of lhcjnllfifxl-‘llllf-Z l" ‘he Shhkc: gpearian period. No. plans exist of the original hlermaitl Inil, where Shakespeare "glorletl and drank deep", lint there zirc authentic plans of the ollI Globe‘ '_l'he.'ltrr-, which was burnt rlloivli in 1613, ‘There will also he an exclusively Elizabethan library, the first of its kind ever established. Idaho Mermaid Inn it is proposed ...

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to have meals served by attendant: in Elizabeth- an costume and so far as practicable according to the menus of that period.

Petain

Pertinax, French journalist who has been living on this side of the Atlantic since France fell to the Nazis, gives a pithy and searching analysis of Petain. Here was a man, he writes, who enjoyed a prodigious reputation which others had earned for him; he reaped the fur- ther advantage of outliving most of the men who really knew him and his defects. Pertinax classi- fies Petain as a thorough fanatic, who viewed the French Revolution of 1789 as a disaster, and democracy not merely as a delusion, but wicked- ness. Petain clung to the mystical notion that France iuust suffer for having overthrown the ancient regime more than 15o years ago; he thus accepted defeat by the Nazis in I940 as retribution visited upon a perverse people. He did not consider himself a traitor, and would have died rather than sell out his country; but he felt no shame at giving it away to the Huns. Such is the uld man of Vichy now nearing the end of the road, reportedly a prisoner in the hands of the Gestapo.

EDI IURIAI. NUI t3 -

A Ifnited States Congressional Commission visited Charlottetown this date i868. l! I‘ l! l! The war must be nearing an end, for nine “Conchies", who have been concentrated at Wallaceberg, Ont., "took French leave" and dis- appeared. An official at Ottawa said they were being sought by "appropriate officers.” U i U U

All supplies sent abroad for war purposes, either to Europe or Asia, are henceforth to bear the word Canada marked on them on a back- ground of Maple Leaf. An official at Ottawa announced "Canada" would be printed in Chin- ese for goods designed for that ally. “But the maple leaf itself is a sufficient designation, even‘ for those peoples \Vl'lO‘C3IIl read," he added.

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Professor W. A. Spooner, English educator, died this date I930; was \Varden of New Col- lege, Oxford; famous among undergraduates for his verbal irregularities; announcing the hymn, “Conquering Kings Their Titles Take”, early in i879, he said "Kinquering Congs Their Titles Take": hence "Spoonerisms", most of which were the invention of Dr. Spooner‘s friends.

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A new form of entertainment of guests has been inaugurated by Mrs. Carrie Jacob Bond of Los Angeles. She is the composer of a number of well known works, including “The End 0f a Perfect Day” and "I Love You Truly". She attained her 82nd birthday recently, and cele- brated it by reading her obituary to some 500 people who gathered to offer her congratula- tions. '

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A I7—mile airmail route has been establish- ed in Bermuda by the United States Navy- an iI-minute service operated by an amphibian plane from the naval air station to the opposite end of the island where other naval personnel are on duty. The navy claims it is one of the shortest airmail routes in the world and con- trasts it with Bermuda's own interior mail serv- ice which until a year or two ago was horse- drawn and took one day to cover the same dis- tance.

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"An ever increasing need exists for young partners to carry on the farm business. Farmers are getting older. On the other hand, each year

thousands of farm boys are confronted with the find this

task of selecting and preparing themselves for their life work. In many cases, a suitable father and son farm partnership agreement is a good means of helping both situations. Now is a good time to encourage able young men to establish themselves on farms.” Although this was written for American farmers it applies equally well to Canada. Elton B. Hill, in his bulletin "Father and Son Farm Partnerships" issuer] by the Michigan State College, discusses the various problems itt- volved in a father-son partnership, and makes

some helpful suggestions. l I F I

Dr. Ellice MacDonald, of Port Ellicc, Sask., Ms m”

director of the Franklin Biochemical Research Foundation at Newark, Del, has aiiliounced the discovery of a new anti-cholera vaccine. Easy to produce, the vaccine contains no reaction-pro- ducing substances and is inexpensive, the re- port, pllbliSlltXl in the current issue of the Irrank- lin Institutes journal says. The fact that oniy one treatment is required will make the vaccine useful in India and China where illiterate nat- ives are unlikely to return for further treet- meilts after the swelling and pain of the first "shot." Dr. MacDonald, who has been head of the Franklin Institute for many years, is a brother of the late Brig-Gen. H. F. MacDon- ald, chairman of the Canadian Pensions Board, and the late Donald H. MacDonald, one-time leader of the Conservative Party in the Sask- atchewan Legislature. u a n- n-

On the basis of present trends, it is antici- pated that creamery butter production will not reach the objective of 303.8 million pounds set at the time of the Dominion-Provincial Confer- ence in December last; but on the other hand, cheddar cheese production will show a marked increase and production for the year is likely to exceed 175 million pounds. Fluid milk sales in Canada are higher in i944 than in i943 but rec- ent regulations of the Wartime Prices and Trade Board limiting the sale of "special milk” will tend to lessen the increase in fluid milk con- sumption. The Agricultural Food Board i: continuing to stabilize the dairy industry ‘by requiring shippers wishing to change from one market outlet to another to ohlaiu a permit lie- forc transferring. The dairy farmers of Can- ada were assured early in i944 flint stibsitf s on dairy products would continue at least un ii April 30, i945, and with this as an incentive are

doing all in their power to maintain peak oro- '

ducticm.

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THE CHARIXTIFTMUWN GUARDIAN

PUBLIC FORUII

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TIIE JAPANESE BEETLE

firs-J! recently answered a

' f? Wtllfe letter received from H K 8

. . . . H re-the Jap- anese Beetle article. Ln his letter he l! entry of the Jan- aneoe Beetle into Prince Edward Island, could be mace via ivater (Gulf ca! straits: m a manner into Eh-lrlce‘ Edward Island.

vlng a li on stulfect (inchldfnl: the gritty disease of the Japanese Hee-

e). and should you consider it of help to Prince

nmuar Beletle

in any

, you consider best.

A hortlculturfst, whom I consul- ted. stated that during the month: or July and August. the adult Jan- anese Beetles are often found on the shores of 1on3 Island. New York. about opposite the State of Connecticut. where the beetle is established. 1t. might, thus appear that they could lznin cntrnnce to P.E.I. in a manner similar to that of the Colorado Beetle. _

I am enclosing a news-paper clin- plnlz indicating that. so many pests and diseases have been carried by the avenues of commerce and tra- vel into Egypt. that its Government was forced to take action on behalf of its People.

In rnv letter to Mr Hcmmlnlz I wmte, in some detail. of the method fortnulated bv the rntomologlsts of the Dept. of Agriculture of the United States Governnicnt. which I very briefly referred to in article, known as the milky disease of the Japanese Beetle. caused by certain bacteria and which is claimed to be a natural control Hones nie en- tertained that it will ultimately ex- terminate this beetle, but i: Lkes some time for it to become c.-:c- tive. The Government is now try- in: it on a small area near here’

The milky disease spore dust-is a mixture of the bacterial disease spores. chalk and tnlc.

The soil ls inoculated bv drou- lnz a level teaspoon of.‘ the odor- eas white dust on top of the infes-

ted ground at 5 foot. lnterva s in rows 5 feet apart One pound vlill treat 4000 square feet and :0 ‘.0 _1l pounds will treat an acre Th.‘ ram washes thb into oll is

. v-dly 1n the boaics of the Japanese Bce- tle while it is in the lzrub stage of development. The rub dies soon aft/er. When an nfected beetle grub. which has taken on a lililliy- white appearance, alts. it . es 3 to 9 billion more of the iivnzg spores o.f' the milky disease in the gonna and thus establishes ano-

er fatal source o1 infection for Iicceedfng generations of grubs. The spores are resistant to dryness and moisture and not. harmed by high or low temperatures Even when the spores have passed through the intestinal canal ot birds and animals. that have eaten the

claimed. ’I‘hius it is claimed, disease organism kills this nest be- fore it has reached the stane ot de-

velounent. when it. has proved i.in- u,

‘possible to combat.

Constant universal virulence is necessary ln order to discern and control the first appearance of this pa: ln a new area. ns has so often

n stated. and thus prevent in- festation of the lzrcuud

It is important. to note. that. noi- son sprays uscd on such infested lands, are effective against beetle for three years only. then must. be repeated.

On the 21st; inst I malted you a package containing ti. few o! these Japanese Beetles marked-Entomo- logical specimens. so that you wmild have a more accurate know- ledlte of their size and appearance. O1 course when tliev reach you their color and marking will look d/ull and dingy to what they appear when they are alive and in full vig- o

r

‘Irustlnlz that when this impen- ding danger becomes real. you will of some value in control

and

efforts.

I am Sir, etc. A. M. HELL. MD. Chatmflqua. New York.

Notes By The Way

A chap trying to keen his whisk- ers and lawn out close 1S quite busy these days-Brandon Sun.

Statistic! reveal that. lynching: are becoming scarcer in the United sum. Novw l1 the swing fad would only die down in music. — Guelph

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The German radio <eporis that the Nnzf musical production line has turned out a "living bomb anthem" which workers slnlz as they launch the missiles against England. Bad as the robot. blitz ls. at least Britain has been spared the theme SODII.—'VICI'JI'IR ‘Times.

An indignant woman culled the city editor of tne Illinois state Journal at. Springfield recently. cle- mandf . "Why weren't the bic- ulrea or ins-day's draft group .he paper?" “It. might have been rzecliuse our photcgrurnei" was one OI them," sighed the editor. — Wall Btret Journal.

The Ballot-st (Australia) Church Chronicle tells this one: A church girl in our diocese receives letters regularly frcm a soldier who is a devoted cmuchman. In addition to the ordinary date, the soldier also

is ‘Ellie church's

During the blockade o! Lenin- red there was a. shortage of radium for the front. A bulldln radium

w. 9mm‘ ‘Look!’ said the uuoilshcr.

worried e OR! of of labonOU. B. B. R.

A Irlenll of our: who vhlldd Greece tog! x that h? We a 91(1); rfmue e rnuun a range Ilelklol. and them drank fmm the called Iitwocrene. That ls fluid to have RDH l: up n the hoofprlnt. of the ed none. P run.

uix at, summer llIU.

that of the Colorado

grubs. the spores rrmain alive, it is - . - ' this m

assured . in fnsuoexiable obstacles?“

good to

through.

which are far tion of sailf- lion — Peterborough Examiner

Avcording to renuvls now reach- li mls uuunuiv, ‘the nishcu of nong Aong tut. ‘n. ordained lo the nriesthuou a Clim- ese dcaconess. Miss Lei ‘iim Oi. Miss Oi maintained me vvorx Ol the church m the Kowloon are: after ricmz Kori): and Canton were by the Jfllifllltlfit‘. mere was no male urlcs: to tid- IIHIISI/Jl.‘ me sacraments. She was Itheolmtically trained at. the Canton lheolvuila‘. Couefic an: was in sole charge of the work iii a large area when the population was increas- ed by refugees. — Manchester uuaroliln.

Don Amcchc tells this one in The American fvlagnziiie: ., .. ..A Nazi sailor. nauleu out- of the sea to the deck of a British war- i-hin after the German's vessel had been sunk. was lilvcn such ‘irst aid as h. needed unri then provided with dry clothing.

All 111M112 the uroceezllnss the Nazi stared resentfullv lit the Brit.- ish seainan who IflllllctBYEfl to him. At last he burst out. angrily, “Why shoult: it. be so that. you verciurrmte British alivays wln your battles?" "Became." said one ‘HOlC-Illl‘. "we brav before we fight."

"Anti what of this? We Germans

WINNING THE PEACE...

The energy and brains which have transformed this nation into a major war producer will be more than a match for the problems—and the un- told opportunities-of peace. Our greatest asset will con- tinue to be men of ability, vision and courage; men schooled by war and peace in the democratic way of doing things. It will be this bank's function, as always, to pro- vide thc essential credits they need to carry their plans

O. nail) has.

"Ah.' said we Uflw in Elnnllsh

The phrase “melting not" has has often been used to describe any country in which people 0t‘ many nations are fused into one nation- ality‘. We hardly thought to see it. awed in K‘ . but it ap- ears that one room at mat-c.‘

lfc School might qualffv for the the title. Boys lino lIlfIS of H nat- ionalities work and play together in the class. and nil uf them up“ pear well on the way to becclnlng Rood Canadians. A point unico| will sLrlke many iacopie us odd is the fact that. the nearest. country m Canada, the United States. is not re. resented among the i4 nat- ionialit es. — Kingston Whig-Stand- ar .

also uzay." the tar loftily, "but

A bridge partner of Ely Culbert- son threw away a. certain sec big things ahead of you," Cul- l of them when the game was over he added for good measure. “You can fool some of the people all of tne time. xouTe one 0f them." . .

. . A lady war worker. engaged in the making of

slam. "I n.

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“Canada sure looks '

me ”

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“As the place to be when this is over,

give me Canada every time. I like the way

we do things in Canada . . . the way we

when Victory is wonl"

think. You have to go overseas to realize what a really swell country we’ve got. And we'll have plenty to do when this is over . . . building cars and refrigerators and homes for ourselves . . . helping the world get back

on its feet. Canada will be a busy place

THE ROYAL BANK OF CANADA

through the kidneys. says The New York Times. ‘Ibis mane it. neces- sary IDISGXHLIIISEBI‘ tne drug at, ire- quent intervals, which. in consc- quenos. led to the requirement. of rather large noses of inis cue-uncut A GJSCOVBIy that slows dawn thul cilmmation 0t DEHACIUII] from ine| kidneys. which. in effect. greatly- increases the supply of thus rare‘ life-saving illflSlflllflr! llilCl thus makes it. available to u laiuer num-' ber _ot patients whose, lives depend on it, ls announced lll Science by Karl H. Beyer. HIOIBIILI WOOQWBKI. Dr. Lawrence Peters. W. F. Verwey and Dr. P. A. Matias of the medl- cai division of Sharpe 1nc., Glenolden. Pa. The-v found that when the complex organic nonmounu known as turn-amora- hfppuric acid (PAI-lAl was admin- isterta to dogs along with the ben- lvlllln. the elimination 0t the tier», from the kidneys was much slower. Blood tests indicated that the penicillin was retained in the plasma at. effective concentrations for a much longer period. The PARA was found in be non-toxic.