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Merlin] Dllb IIOIIIIIMI Ill llfl)

President: Lien. (kl. W. Chester 8. Isl-Ire Vice-President: l. l. Burnett. F.‘ J. l.

"The Strongest Memory ls Weaker Thea the Weakest Ink."

iuoiiiKiTTmFiTrTfiyTfisss "T_" Dr. Lattimer’; Report

The results of the economic survey con- ducted here last summer by Dr. J. E. Iattimer, professor of agriculture economics at Macdon- ald College, Quebec, have been published in booklet form for the Provincial Department of Reconstruction, and will be made available shortly to farm organizations, study groups, and all interested in this very important subject. The booklet runs to some fifty pages, with a good bibliography and numerous tables 0f sta- tistics. It would seem to be the most compre- hensive study 0f our agricultural economy yet ahsmpted, and is based on facts and figures pliich are the result of expert research.

Prince Edward Island, the report emphasizes, is “a maritime Province that farms." It is maritime in the sense that it is by the sea; it is not maritime in the sense that it lives chiefly from the sea. The result is that our popula- tion has been decreasing in recent decades. It is impossible for any section to retain the natural increase of its people where dependence is on farming alone. This is vitally important, as the export of people is the most expensive that any section can engage in.

To maintain our natural letion, industries other than developed. One of the reason the processing of farm produ work than formerly; and takes a greater

increase of popu- farming must be s for this is that cts involves more it employs more people proportion of the total

_ rewards as time goes 0n. Processing of farm

products “to the greatest possible degree" is ltrongly recommended.

Centralization of industry off the Island. expansion of agriculture on the Island and the specialization of agriculture have combined to increase the importance of transportation. In this connection the report places strong cm- phasis on providing feed grains by water routes.

The marginal farmer is warned not to put his hopes in prospects of higher prices. Prices may and indeed often have been too low to ensure a profit under the most efficient man- agement; yet a general advance in price levels helps the large producer more than those who have less to sell. The remedy, says Dr. Latti- mer. is “a reorganization of farming that makes possible increased output per farm and per man."

Suggestions are made for development of in- dustries with a view to providing lucrative ein-

ployment. Over and over again this question

of employment is stressed. eludes with the following 14-point program for rehabilitation:

1. Provide water transportation: (a) to secure access to natural nearby markets; (b) to bring in feed grain, the raw material of the farmer. This will require improvement of harbours and provision of grain storage.

2. Support the proposal to make the Prairie Farm Rehabilitation Act applicable to all Can- ada.

3. Make rural electrification general.

4. Broaden the term conservation to include the people as well as the land and the forests.

5. Secure Federal funds to assist education.

o. Revive forests by practising silviculture, that is cut only the trees that should be cut and make forest products an annual crop.

7. Allow nature to take its course in re- foresting laud better adapted t0 forest than farming.

8. Intensify farming through expansion of fruit, especially small fruits. vegetables and canning crops.

9. Treat farming the same as other indus- tries in regard to minimum wage rates and labour regulations.

1o, Process farm and fishing products as far as possible by expanding the canning indus- try.

11. Expand industries other than agricul- ture where possible.

I2. Decentralize industry.

13. Encourage Iiart-time farming.

14. Capitalize the natural advantages for the tourist trade by providing better communi- cations, better roads and better accommoda- ion.

The report con-

Australia's Great Showing Australia's War Minister, Mr. Forde, announces that the Commonwealthk armed forces now total 1,000,000 men and women. This. for a country of but 7,300,000 popula- tion. is a valiant showing, representing aii equiv- alent showing, representing an equivalent for the United States of roughly 18,000,000 men and women. and for Canada an equivalent oi about 1,500,000.

And Australia's casualties have been heavy; far heavier than those of Canada. Up to the and of November last, according to Mr. Forde, they totalled 84,861, made up of 18,015 killed, 6,913 missing, 34.300 wounded and 25,579 pris- filers.

Much has been heard of the great United

~ States effort against japan, and rightly. But

Australia is fighting japan, too, with the meas- Ire of it in 36,000 killed, wounded or missing in her army alone, plus 4,270 losses in her air force.

Not with jealousy, not in any spirit of riv-

inlry, but only with pride, do Canadians look at

this grave record of their blood brothers “dnwn under." Heroically are they upholding the tra- f their breed, and in that great role

it British Commonwealth and Empire.

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‘ain and the British Empire are selfish,

"The Missing Question

Iii a current magazine, Prime Minister Mac- kenzie K)": answers thirty or more questions put to him by s journalist. Oddly enough, the newsman neglected to ask Mr. King regarding 111$ 515F310; which was quite an oversight. Cer- tainly it would have been interesting to have had i‘. King's reply to something like this:

" you still believe in Senate reform, as expressed in election campaigns and on public Platforms during the past 25 years? Also, how do you relate that belief to the fact that after the many years that you haye had office and power the Senate has declined in prestige and influence, has a lopsided party majority, and is without one-sixth of its membership?"

It may be said that, with a war on, Mr. King has been too busy 1o bother with the Senate. Y_et it is doubtful ivhether this preoccupation with the war will prevent him filling those six- teen Senate vacanci fore the date of the coming election. .

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Since 1939 ivater. and farm schemes in the county of Hereford, England, have improved the productive capacity 0f some 1,200 farms, benefiting 110,000 acres.

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drainage

Quebec City is doing nicely by its taxpay-

It has abolished the civic personal tax 0f $2 per licad because the collection costs are too high. It realized “expenses" sum.

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must- have totalled a pretty tidy

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The Commission Government of New- foundland is to be continued till after the war. So Mr. Emrys Evans, under-secretary 0f State for the Dominions told the British House of Commons. IjIe said the Government consid- ered it wise to defer discussion of the sub- Jcct meantime. a n- s: e

Quebec slipping. Citizens of County town, Thetford Mines, have voted in favor of repealing prohibition, in force since I914, and authorizing the sale of alcoholic bev- erages in the municipality.

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The National Religious Advisory Councils and the Lord’s Day Alliance of Toronto and Montreal respectively have protested against the curtailment of Sunday religious broadcasts by CBC and privately-owned stations in favor of “c0mmercials." In Toronto they have been successful, in Monireril theygvait response.

Megantic

In a newly discovered infra-r

_ ed tunnel pro- cess, articles which

have received their coat of paint are dried in one sixtieth of the time oc- cupied by the normal method. A military gen- eral purpose car can be dried in 30 minutes af- ter being spray-painted with t\v0 coats of eii- amel '

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_ Post-war planning which had been so much discussed some months ago seems to have been shoved into the background as industry enters 1945. according to the monthly report of the National Association of Purchasing Agents. The general trend of production appears to be toward war products with more and larger war contracts being placed. Reconversion, cutbacks and terminations seem, for the" moment, “to have disappeared as a factor."

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Sir Arthur Keith, F.R.S., M.D., C.M., F.R.C.S., LL.D.; British anthropologist, edu- cated_at Aberdeen, London and Ifeipzig Uni. versities, Curator of the Museum and Director‘ of the Laboratories of the Royal College of Surgeons from i907 to I933; President 0f the British Association I927; Rector of Aberdeen University" 1930-1933; now Master of Buckston Browne Research Farm; publications Ifninan Etnbryalogy and Morphology, Antiquity of Mali, Concerning Man's Origin, New Di:- rovcrior Relating To The Antiquity Of Man, Dai-zvinfrm And Its Critics, MEI! Of 171a Slam’ Age Of MI. Carmel.

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Dalhousie University has received gifts and notification of bequests running up towards $300,000. $9,500 has come in in small amounts, iriucii 0f it anonymously and the bulk of it tn be added to the endowment. On January 29, a cheque for $10,000 was received from the es- tate of the late Dr. j. Ross hiillar, to endow a scholarship in the Factilty of Arts and Science. Recently lixecutors of the estate of the late Iiflll. Dr. J. C. Tory, estimated the residue for the Uni- versity at from $250,000 to $300,000. At Convo- cation in May, 1944. it was announced that gifts and bcquestsduring the previous year or so had amounted to well over $1,000,000. In the last twelve years about $2,000,000 in all has been added to the endowment funds of the uiiivers- ity, and, in addition, about three-quarters of a million dollars hay: aom: it: in special gifts.

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Britain's creed, as stated by Prime Min- ister Winston Churchill: “We seek no terri- tory, we covet no oil fields, we demand no bases for the forces of the air 0r of the sea. We do not set ourselves up in rivalry or bigness or might with any other community in the world. We have given and we shall continue to give everything we have. We ask nothing in return except that consideration and respect which are our due, and if that were denied us we shall still have a good conscience. ‘Let none either in our country or Commonwealth or in the outside world misname us. traduce our met- hods. Our actions are no doubt subject to human error, but our actions in small things and great are disinterested, lofty and true. I repulse those calunmies, wherever they come from, that Brit- power- greedy and land-greedy, and obsessed by dark schemes of European intrigue or colonial ex- pansioii. The British Commonwealth and nat- ion may rest assured that the Union Jack of freedom will forever fly from the white cliffs

of Dover."

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We shall have le get along with less grape-fruit. Juice. but that 1m- ported tonic nu no g that our

‘ and tomato juices haven't got tn good measure. - Vancouver Province.

liow min: o! u who read o1 that great landing and advance of Am. erlcan forces on Luaon realize what it. tells o! United States power? Here is a nation Mfr-VIII: war m two mlzhiy Wwors norms the world's two greatest oceans; fight- lng Germany over 8,000 miles of sea, fighting Japan the wlille over more than 5.000 miles o1 sea. What this involves ln

taller? Journa . atlons must close ey must come to- "Eht wsether. work, to-

months when lt seemed that the war was all but won. We hope, too, that the lesson will be taken‘ to heart. United we can work wonders lu peace as well as wax-r -but divided We must tall-Ion- dOn Dally Mall. ,

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It is pointed out in London the battle for Strasbourg and the bat.- tle for Budapest are strikingly similar in their implications, and should be linked together. In neither case can the Germans hope w achieve a solid military result. w. successful they are. Both, however. may offer a chance for Goebbels to do some effective pro- paganda-effectlve. that ls. for the ermans. who may soon be in the to clutch at iiiiy straw of comfort amidst. the manlfo l asters into which Hitler has led them-United Kingdom Informa- tion. , \

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A number of American Indians were assigned by the army to stalk NazLs on the battlefront in Italy. One of these recently observed a motion-picture fllm being deliver- ed to the Post Exchange. "Movie tonight," observed the Exchange officer. “Better come." “Urn-ni,’ grunted the Indliin brave. to ln- dlcate not-too-mucli enthusiasm for the usual fare 0f twogun west- erns and sophisticated love drama. “What show-klllum or ktssum? Klllum I maybe came; klssum I st-iliy In tent."—“Pnllifluder" Mag- az ne.

A report from liberated France states a delegation of night club and cabaret owners recently czill- ed on the prefect of Lyons to pro-

made. closing their" places ln or-~ dei- to conserve food and fuel. Ac-i cording to the story, the prefectl listened to their complaints with great patience and_ courtesy-and then had them all thrown in jail. This procedure sounds rather high- hr.nded. but maybe this French oi- flclul has discovered the most cf- fectlvg way 0f handling wartime pressure groups-Calgary Albertan.

In a large degree the debt ln- currcd to Canadirs fighting men has been of a human. psychologi- cal andspli-ltual nature, and the meeting of the debt must be on the same basis. Therefore, it is sure- vltal that when they return from the wars to their native land. and are ready to resume their ln- terrupted lives lri peaceful pursuits. they should be tirade welcome and wanted. Their problems must. be grasped with both gratitude ‘and understanding. and recognition given to the service they have ren- dered and the handicaps Incurred ln so doing-Montreal Gazette.

Consider merely the item jif synthetic rubber. Without its speedy development and mass uro- ductlon, lt ls difficult t0 see liow we could have waged a successful war against the Axls. It. has been a boon to manklnd. In the 110st- war world, it. can cause many headaches before we learn liow to

It can disrupt world econ- ; involve this nation ln trade wars and tariff wars with other nations; provide jobs for millions. throw 0t er millions out 0f em- ployment. It rfiould help us built a better world. But whether lt does or not depends on liow We use it.—Chlcago Dally News.

Looking hack in history one finds that the Germans have been the worst offenders in starting ivars. In the present century Germany has set the world on flrn twice. Seventy five years ago Bismarck. at. the top of his form planned and launched three wars within seven years. 011g hundred and flfty years ago Mlrabeau, the famous IPrench statesman. said: "Germany L; not so much a country with an army us an army Willi a country" Seven hundred and fifty years ago Barbarossa, the Red Bcilrd. all” Frederick the First of Germany, conquered Poland, Denmark, I-Iun- gary, and Burgundy and brutally subdued the states or Italy. Fif- teen hundred years nzo the van- rals and Goths (stlll Germans) swept across the tlien known world destroying everything before them. It's high time this warlike nation is put ln a straltjacket that will defy the utmost of the most skill- ed cont/ortlonlst. - Kitchener Re- cord.

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Now slallsl this‘ ove_ ,

Across thevsoarlng pines with fea-

moon across the

.inucli tree underneath the ground

‘big rocks; and I have seen a tree

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APPRECIATION

Slr,—I should like to thhnk “John of the Utes" for 1,119 n1“ poemhehsawi-iten andmklndiy medicated to me 1n

.01 January 31st.

,his thoughtfulness and aha lt ln remembrance o! a very poem. I might sey too, the not alone In

I men h mg uary Ilth. there are “‘f..'“'..l"‘° .......'"“.. "- . 0 mys . lYlOIé of their beautiful

o pormnlty success and he clever Island p0

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I am. Sir, etc. "MRS. READER? SUMMERSIDF

_"0NLY GOD CAN MAKE A TREE”

Slr.--I, have always admired beautiful trees. and ln my ymlilliill days loved to roam through the woods back of our farm on Prlnee Edward Island, and was so amazed at the way a tree grows and shoots out its leaves in the 811F111! time. and liow a tree could be transformed 1min a dead tree lnto a tree of great beauty and grace- fulness. Tree leaves have always fascinated me. There is nothlni; that speaks more eloquently of the love of God and the infinite cum He has for Hts creation. than i110‘ free leaf. I

In Isaiah 64:8 are these words! "We all do fude ns a leaf." day has life. God expects more than leaves in our llfe. He Wflllld have us bring forth much irilll f0!‘ Hls tree on which there was nothln! but leaves.

The trees I saw ln my youthful days was only part of a tree. W0 are told that there ls almost its

ns above. Anchoring the tree £0 the earlti. and tapping the S011 101' moisture 1s a huge root system many miles lii total Ienstli» 11 ivedgcs deep into the earth, forcing itself around, and even through

forcing itself throutlli cement 510B- walks here ln California in the search for water. The shape Cf i119 r001, mass resembles the sliupe of e tree above the 1119111111- we are told that on n summers clay 0 nilddle-slzed apple tree W111 1111 11°" pounds of water out of the 511ml“- sprnying all but a small P11"

unit. water into the air. Botanlsts

glory. Our Lord found e. fill '

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From an address delivered at Owen Sound. Ont. by llon. John Bracken, leader at the Prngreoslve Conservative

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My record on the manpower Isl-- sue has been clear from the be»

1 zzled over the tree's iibiiiity at? so much water to such heights. Neither suction nor] riot pressure explains it. They. now think that cohesion of i???’ 53p is the answer, that 11 tree .s almost nlwF-YS 11 591111 9011mm °f water or sup from r0015 1° 195V“-

Psalms lfllzlo-“Tlie trees 0f 1111!

Lebanon which He 1111111 11131111“: ivlierc the birds make their nests;

As water evaporates from the leaves. more water 1s 11111100 11P1111°| the leaves from the tree. Sop has great tensile power. 2.250 1115- 1° the square lncli, which ls enough- tn lift ll. to the top o1 _a tree al- most a mile 111311. Yes. Only 13°11 can make a tree’! ‘The vltal func- tlons of the trunk. 111111111195 111111 twigs of a tree are to trnnspor water, and to cflrfl‘ i000 1111911311 the tree. ‘The outermost layer olé me hark 15 purely protective. Jusl underneath is a lnycr of cells W111“ carries the Processed tree-food. a slippery jelly like fluid vililch ls mcst noticeable lii silrliiis- 111515‘; the food laycr ls tlie critical m!‘ of the tree. the camblum. which

tree, which turns into wood cells. The trunk of the tree ls built up 1n layers which when out. crosswisie lay bare the BT01" °1 $119 “'°?_-' called pltli. heartwood, camblli.___ food-carrying loyflffi 111111 1131-‘- Ericli veiii- the camblum lalP-‘Y forms ii new layer of saii-vmnd.

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“filly: rbifd i grreeiii rigiilc about trees 1n the Word of God. When tRe Psalmist described the 111051101‘ Y 0f the godly he referred ton the rlgliteousflqs haying‘ £21110!‘ 1° 111"‘ r " 5m .

“ha? in eCgllfornla We have the gguydy paLms, growing upright ‘in the sun. heads niah up 1n t s 111'- wlth its evergreen fea hery iollallfl. lts tall stem from 30 t0 B0 1091i mghHp-a symbop o1 eloquence and rii e .

K vile must remember that the stately palm tree growing 111 i119 gnrclen of the Lord was Planted by His Dlvlne hand. The trees here 1n Cnllfornln were transplanted from the desert. John 12.13 0118 or Hts trlumphal cuff)’ to Jsrils"; 1cm, "Wlicn the people heard 11151 He was coming to Jerusalem they took branches o1 imlm "W! 11,1111 went forth to meet Him and er ed Hosanna: Blessed la the Kim; of

h mi-d,“ Christ. had palm trees ineabundonce. He found H1! W" carpeted with palm branches. E118- erly the people acclaimed Him King. Christ was on nu way 1° Calvary. found Himself thorns.

crowned with

k. “Praised comtiiaiiggln (Lnihemiizextfl. I Peter 2:24. " I-Ils own self bore our n“. i"

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All tipped with jeweled needles. pouring light

Llke ‘ecstasy along the fllntod

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It holds above the valley, looilnl u

EXDQCIBIIIIY, a brimming gslleon

With glory, and the valley. like e 0 .

Itself like up the [low that h

So lavlialily - when flows the sli- ver flre "

To lllumlne every rlciule on the

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That sings along its way; where glows the spire