THE CHARLOTTETOWN GUARDIAN

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GHARLUTTETOWN GUARDIAN

Morning Dally (Founded Ill 1H7)

President: uent. Col. W- Chalet 8 Mel-IN Vice-President: .I. ll. Burnett. IJJ. lecretary: lJeut. Col D. A. MseKlnnon. 0.10. ldltor sml Managing Director: J. R Burnett. IJJ. Associate Editors: Frank Walker end lsn A. Burnett

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fThe Strongest Memory is Weaker than Ill Weakest Ink."

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST B. 194l-

The Forgotten Farmer

A writer in the current issue of Toronto Saturday Night dczifs trcnchaiitly with the agri- cultural 531i" >11 us it is and as it should be. In COllClll g riis zuizilii-"is he says:

"bullti the stir-s of necessity to feed the people vi Kirtdi llrituin the U. S A. has em-

" itiril li‘-'lil.<illlllilliOll of American _ .iur;il Secretary Wickard wants _ null Ic-"s cotton, more meat, more fats, ill< re \"‘_1c".I‘.l.\iL‘S and more fruit. But in Czmnilzt we are n~t oivly concerned with feed- . \\: line the pfflblvlll of the greatest ". vuy lriviug in concern itself with fowl " _,' the f .: through drought relief. Ef)\'€l'l!ll1<‘!t purcltzi-"e of uusalcahle grains, sub- sidies fir iullow ucrcs. Canada's future lies on

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and in l1.‘l lgriculture should be our basic brie of ngziinst any dislocations the future might h-illl in store for us_ If our

farmers can Siilvpm‘! themselves and then, debt free and iziortgage free, sell off their surplus to feed othcrs, their profits may be on s. smaller scale than blur-m year returns from wheat min- ing, hut tlicy are zis-"urcd as a healthy net. ".\luch lzns b-ccn said and written about the inability of ccriuiu farm districts to produce any-

thing bu‘. ulru i< lWlllg produced now, the im- Iv»- i'1t\‘ i-f chuuging wheat land to any other type --i i 111g. of rzii-"iug a small domestic crop on rzungi: l. llut the growth 0f mixed farm- ing in .\l.- who znul .\lbcrta and even in parts

i.\\'.'lll has givcn the theoretical or

p~li::r'il t-‘Ilwiliflil ~f such hopelessness the lie. (luv i‘ *~ "r it n/w-il special ncrpmintance with the prwrlu~ iii iviwl‘ ill-tricks in Etiropc, where the [u is h-r cc-uturics fcd himself and a lIlYIi.‘ '* m l pniil PXCC>SlVC rents to his land- l-“r-l, . )‘,\' t uizm can produce his liveli- lw-d uh rt: (ind has given him land on which l. . - ‘wow “mid he has given Canada that n-p. ir-un con-t to coast.

"it is : m: llie IJCYiUfl of transition from ali<~hiir> d ;--i:~‘~ um» on world markets, and of rl-iuru in vh-- firm n~t.'1< a factory hut as a more or its. -<-'.'( --,il'iic:~iit unit, selling off its siir-

nl lihulil -u n» no mun whether banker or -'i. ddwr, iiligllt be hard. It is here that i: m- il g"i\4‘l'llllll‘lll policy can help. But

the lifl_\'> i-i lllli'lllll\‘(l profits in good years and sup-bum r u m‘ the country in bad ones Cannot cimiiiuie iiiilcfiiiitely‘.

“There l5 no duubr thzit the entire indebted- ness S‘t'l1(‘tlit't‘ of our wcstcm and some of our

Cfl=lt"l‘ll filfllblfi \\ill have to he revised, con- solidated null tiriile s-uuid. The interest burden wrll have to he l".‘ll1‘\'('tl if not written off. The Canadian frwur r mu-t he helped to a new start,

bccau-"c ll -<'r methods 0f producting the wrong I * vscre not his fault entirely, but were as nv: l the fziult of our big corporations and ruir u r nil yiulzcics —-anrl maybe more. “Now is {l time for the farmer to adapt

him-elf to t‘: s changing world, and for the gov- ernnr-ut 1c. cwniinut- to help, and help drastically, to r l - ::-<*‘f uf the hurdcn which an indigent fzirruivg cuu ""‘llll_\' rcprcscuts to the nation. \Ve must sviiwguiril ‘Xunula from the perils which yv-nulil face h<rr if her basic wealth, her popula- tion's material and moral stabilizer, should be crushed through events bcyond Canada's control --ihiv-\~.;;h a chlugvd world economy. just let us look at 1h» Hlilcr scctions of our country, at the .\l-1l‘i1i1ncs_ (jucbcc. and fhuario, at the stability their fziruiizr; populuiiuzi gives them and realize that.

‘lH-iriccs and Lords may flourish and may

fzivle, "A breath can make them as a breath has made, Pun the lmlfl pezisniitryq a country's pride.

If mire ib-irurcil can never be supplied.’ "

Thcir- -'ll'(f wt till qualifications to add to this urherwiu- l"il\'iill.'lllit‘ sugar-lion, and they have refcw-nce in lilo (‘i-lllll'll'l=f\I1 with European farmers praying rcnt and still making a success of their may of life. The landlord system with its lease zwnvlitioii< iu-urcs that the farmer will

cultivate hi: mil ziccurrling to schedule, and un- less he dove m mu<t forfeit his lease. If we here had some syzstcm of organization which would Cfiiiipvl uwcllpivfi of farms in their o\vn interest to llllitlil and follow enlightened plans of cuhiiwiiiiiii. it ivuulrl not be long before loans and n1fll".'§7<'_j<.~; wcrc things of the past, and all our lilflllvf». as the writer indicates, would be ghlg tn PTYHlllCf‘ thcir livelihood and 10 spare in lean years as \\‘('ll as in fat years.

iPoor Publicity

{nnarla still seems to be in need of proper publicity across the international boundary line.

For r-Xnlilpll‘, iluring last wcck, according t0 Mr. l.. S. l’- Shnpirn, “Yisliingtnn correspondent of lllv .\li nirml (inzvltc, the following happened in tht- Vniud Sum-s:

i, _-\ 1.4m- in the lVnsliington News com-

plaining that (‘nnmlu has not a single day's com-g

piilsrvry" .<f‘l'\'l(‘(‘ (this published without com-

incur by the editors)» g, j

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ygrk Univcrsityq 5¢h0o1 of Journalism, that young Canadians get four months of training and are called upon for nothing else.

3- An assertion before the Rivers and Har- bors Committee of the House by Labor Leader john L- Lewis that "Canada is in the war but she is lackadaisical about it."

4. A challenge on the floor of the Senate by Senator Tobey to an administration spokesman, Senator Thomas, to compare the United States’ military policy with Canada's; and Senator Thomas‘ surrender with the words. “You have me on the spot."

5. Confession by Senator Cluade Pepper (£1 great friend of this country) that he is hazy on Canada's military policy.

6. A letter in the correspondence columns of the Washington Post asking whether Ameri- cans are aware of the "amazing fact that up to now Canada has only 30 days of compulsory military training, that overseas service is limited to voluntary enlistment, and that Canadian war materials are sold to England only for cash, with no lease-lend flim-flam."

In the United States, Canada has millions of friends. Would it not be a good idea, suggests an exchange, to supply some of them with facts with which to answer our traduccrs? After all, considering our war relations with the United States, the thing seems fairly important. It was Prim; hiinigtt-r King himself who more than two months ago promised an "all out” publicity campaign in the United States.

-. EDITORIAL NUIES -i The prize for the most thoughtful, or most kicked-around, young fellow ought to go to this one, On a road miles from home, he was seen sitting by his bicycle practising on his bugle. e s s m Should the Borden Car Ferry fail to "carry on" this coming winter, and one of the three sub- stitutes alleged to be within 12 miles brought into service, the loading and unloading of coal in transit would cost so much as to make it al- most prohibitive to the small householder. e e- s s \Vith very little variation London papers re- cently printed the following admonition in their editorial pages: "Owing to paper scarcity and increased cost of postage, it is no longer possible to acknowledge letters and articles received for publication or to return them unless stamped and addressed envelopes are also sent. Brevity is more than ever necessary.” e e

“Supp0se." said an American friend to Win- ston Churchill the other (lay, “Italian planes should attack English cities in force, what would be the restilt .7" To which the British Prime Min- ister is reported to have replied: “I don't know. I certainly hope not. I'm very fond of the It- alian people. But if they do, of one thing I'm certain——it w0n’t he necessary to g0 to Pompeii to see the ruins.”

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A photograph of lion. j. G. Gardiner, Fed- eral Minister 0f Agriculturc, among an alleged group of “representative farmers" nf this prov- ince was taken in front of the Provincial l3uild- ing. A glance at the personnel shows that not .i single “representative farmrr" is in the group. only nine local bureaucrats and the South African Commissioner to Canada.

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Tennyson, English poet and laureate born this date, I809, From the very first publication of his poems. his career was a success which was uninterrupted as long as he lived; made poet laureate at forty-one. Ilis poetry is richly decor- ative and finely finished. His works include “The Princess," "In Memoriam," "Idylls of the King," “l\'Iaird," “Enoch Arden," “Queen lfary,” “flarold,” and “Becl:ct": "Thou are n0 Sabbath-draxvlcr of old saws, Distilled from some ivorm-cankered homily."

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The motto of Canada is "Carry on" not “Turn-tail" as some would have it. Nothing is t0 be gained, but much lost by discontinuing in- stitutions and celebrations simply because we are at war. The secret of Britain's high morale is surely this, that she refuses to allow any dis- aster or series of disasters to discommode her- She continues her games, her pastimes, hcr cattle shows, her Fairs and Peeing markets as though they were the most important things in the world, and that is what is meant by the policy of “keep- ing-on keeping on." This province did it dur- ing the last war, and never missed an Exhibition.

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Senator Duff, having given his enthusiastic approval of the Caribood-Vood Islands route to the province, means that we have one more friend at Ottawa to urge our claims for improved service. There seems to be no reason in the world, except bureaucratic indifference, why we should not have the late crossing scheduled. On the other hand it is the Government we must prod to get additional accommodation for cars and trucks which Senator Duff. as well as all who know the conditions, considers necessary. It should not be left to the enterprising North- umberland Ferries Ltd, to do all the agitating —the business interests generally. and politicians particularly, should become active.

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All of our corned beef comes from South Am- erica and a few months ago Britain placed an order there for more than 500,000,000 pounds. Recently the United States army ordered 6,- 000,000 pounds, which means, says the Canadian Grocer, that Canada may get some of what is left. Corned beef is coming along in dribs and

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drabs so that some stores are going to be out maybe more often than they will have it in stock- Tl" Kroc-cry business continues to march along. especially frnm the standpoint of retailers and wholesalers. Sales are wcll up over a ycnr ago, due in part to higher prices and also to the fact that there is more money in circulation. Some

things are going to he short, but Canada will al-

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A French ship with he; "u; set, but with no one aboard, has been encountered by I. Portuguese 1118891‘ 1n the Gulf of yon. ' ged out like this. end going with the wind, it. made e pretty good 593-80111! symbol for Vichy, France. — Windsor Star.

One of Australia's beet knuwn commercial airline ilote, Captain Keith Virtue. has town 1,250,000 miles between Sydney and Brus- bane without an accident, recently completing his 2.500111 nigh-t on the "m. on which he has been chief Dllot for ten years. -- St. ‘Thomas Tunes Journal.

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many people are

onr country la that; too talking about

subjects they know nothing abaut"_i

says Ml!‘ John Cuctahy. He should have spoken of the world‘ as e whole tvhich is living in a Welter of words. Even radio news broad- casts could often be named more accurately as "views brondcasts".—- Victoria Daily Colonist.

It ls no longer sufficient to keep a potential enemy at. gun-range length from the coast. It has be- come necessary to keep him from convenient ship-based or land- based bcmber airplane range. When the Administration pursues this Plllcl’. as in the case of the occupation of Iceland, it subjects itself to the criticism of nine- teenth century strategists as mvit- ing attack. But 1f the alternative is to lock the stable door after the horse is stolen-to let aggres ors seize vantage pfilnts for attack — 1t will not. command the suplpcrt of the realistic. n11.131- 15 m; t», be stopped“ by B/Plireascment. The only way to deal with a. bully is to p_ut up a firm front and make con- vincing demonstration of prepared- ness. The best way to kiep out, 0f war is to stand firm fcr all our naticnal rights and interests and give the aggressors clearly to understand that itiere is no pres- pect of gain for them in attacking us, -— PhJadelphia Bulletin.

The moral support which Churchill brought to Russia on that dark day when the Nazi le- gions, millions strong. broke into a country to which Hitler had pledged "peace and happy and permanent co-operatlsn" has been underwritten by all the nations and all the people who agree with him that the "one single irrevoc- able purpcse must be to destroy Hitler and every vestige of the Nazi regime". Now Mr. Churchill adds material support and m'11- tary ctr-operation; and a mutual

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questions o! A- T“ Charlottetown Gnu loel Ill neeeesully endorse the opinions ef eenestwlfllfl- .

BUS FRAN CHIS!

51r:- In my letter to you re Air- ways Taxi-the only part I was In- terested 1n was the threat to prose- cute private cars. bots of times I am obliged to go w the Airport with passengers free of charge as are many other people, and certain- ly we do not want: to get into dif- ficulties doing so.

The Airways have this 1.; not ln violation or franchise but also state turf-tier that there are private cars operating as taxis in violation of their fran-

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ferred to in their notice.

I am certainly not questioning tfe right of the Government to grant s franchise to bus service with adequate equipment and be- lieve they deserve protection up f0 s certain point, but the notice cov- ered e. lot or territory without an

explanation, I am, Sir, etc.. E. N. McQAJARRIB Queen Hotel, Summerslde.

Enlistment Facts i

(Montreal Gazette)

Newspapers 1n various parts of the country ere dlscualng the en- listment figures and the 183M115 they teach. 'I1‘e Toronto Globe and Mail, in an editorial entitled "How the Provinces Responded," said:

"While Ontario enlisted more than twice as many recruits as any other Province in the recent drive to raise 32.000 men for mnadu’: overseas army. it is not surprising to find that the old Loyalist Pro- vince of New Brunswick led the parade when aoount la taken of the numzer of volunteers in pro- portion to the eligible population.

“National registration results published by authority of Hon. James Gardiner last November showed that there are in Canada 989.519 single men and widowcis, without children between the ages of’ 19 and 45, inclusive. It ls from this class that the majority of re- cruits should come, though of

engagement is entered into to go on Lgether to the end -- that is, to the end of Hitler and Hitlerism. There vnii be bravado in Hitler's-l acknowledgement of this unizn of‘, his foes; but there will be as welli fear in his heart. and in t-he hzarts of all Nazis. It was the failure of Great Britain and Russia to reach

an understanding in 1939 winch gave Hitler the cue for war; its appearance as an accomplished fact in 1941 will be for him an omen of ill-fortune. - Winnipeg Free Press.

A stranger to the province of

Quebec whose duties recently re- quxed a study of our laws expres- sed some astonishment when he fznnd how few of these laws are TQSLILCLlVE. That l5 because we live nearly altvays under liberal regimes. Even the tory governments we have had were extremely brsadmlncled in comparison with the majortty of the European acim nlstraticns pre- ceding the war. In Canada, gov..rn- merits lnvariabl endeavcr to limit the liberties o the gwerned as little as possible. They have a ten. dency, rather, t0 confirm e taalish- ed customs by law. Citizens of n. democratic csuntry like ours do not merely elect their administrators, they also inspire 1118.1‘ decisions - Quebec Le Solell,

Two things are happening to the Germans. They are extend ng a staggering amount cf military material and trained man pwer an_ an unexpectedly difficult cam- Daikn. For the firs-t time the Ger- man High Command acknowl- edges ‘desperate Soviet C0b1lll€f~ attacks", and the vague retlcence of the Nazis cannot vell the essozv‘ tlnl fact that the invaders are meeting the most formidable re- sistance lfiey have ericzuntered in rite course of this war. Win or lose. "1 RU5518. i118 Nazi war machine ls‘ weakened by a terrific effort for gains it will lake years to organize 11nd “Dion. At the same t.me Ger- man cities, war industries and c m. munlcnting systems aze exposed to inoessant and apparently QffEGIlVE attack. The drain on one from, and the pounding on the other are bound to cnvlnce the (iuiqnfsn people that the Battle of Germany has indeed begun. - New York Times,

Signatures of King Edward VlI and Queen Alexandra in a. book recuced to ashes by Nazi in. cendlary bombs have been made 1981b“! 11841111 by n new chemical Process discovered by research ohenizsts of London's Metrzpolltan Polzce Isaboratory. The autqgTaphg were written tn 1883, when the pair were Prince and Princess of Wires, in the visitors‘ boik of the City of

London College. Razed to the ground one night by incendiary bombs, the College lost an 1t,

possessions, yet resumed work next. day 1n loaned premises without even a 5m" 0f 7101993091’. The blackened remains of its treasured vlsltars’ book were sent. to the Police Lab. oratory where the page bearing the Royal sgatures was treated with chloral hydrate 1n a 25 percent. alcoholic solution and dried at 60 598F991 Cfllflerade. After repeating this several firm. a mass of chloral hydrate crystals foixnecl on the surface, and at this stage a. similar solution, containing 10 1139;“, glyoerlne, was applieq an,‘ he p‘. Per dried as befure. It was then 9710108111111“. 11nd the result. was excellent. The proves, which needs no special apparatus, ls proving of great value where im. portant documents in ink, l/ypg. script or print, are burned by en. eraiy action, - British Industries B letln.

Nsvsl etretulsts mske. no secret as to what they would do to curb Japan. The consider it foolhardy to send e ot of U. S. warships across the vent expense of ooenn to Singapore or the Dutch East Indies. They figure we are going to get lnm the war anyway, and it ls 120d strategy to deal knockout blows in the very flret

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course the enlistments include a substanval number of married men. “An accurate picture of the re- cruiting results is obtakirable from the following tabulation. which shows the number of single men and widowers between l9 and 45. inclusive. 1n the first column; the number of recruits who enlisted by Provinces in the second column and the percentage of enlistments to eligible men in the third column: Eligible Percent- Men Recruits age Nova Scotia and P. E. I. . . . . 57,342 2,885 5% New Brunswick 36.649 2.477 6.7% Quebec . . .291,727 5,573, 1.9% Ontario . . 309,179 12.534 4.05% ‘Manitoba . . . . 65.877 3.375 5.1% . . . 76,494 2,715 3.5% isaskatchewan . 37.293 3,150 3.0". British Columbia . 65.178 1,90() 3% "Ire Government. has not made ‘public a complete report of 'he ‘enlistments since the outbreak of the war. The figures published above cover the two-month period from May 15 to July 15 of '11‘: year. lifnllstmentq in the army. navy and air force 1n the period from the beginning of the war until November, 1940, were as follows:

Ontario 72,504 Quebec . . . . . . . .. . 34,593 Brltflsh Columbia . 18,556 Manitoba .. .. 16400 Alberta. 13920 Saskatchewan .. . . . 10,889 New Brunswick - _ . . . . . . . . . . 10.075 Nova Scotla and P.E.I. - 18,490