i A §e§1=céu1s__fl__. ,THE GUARDLAN

Authorised nu rkc-uml (‘line lllll. Pun. Offlro

llornlng Dally (Founrlnrl In 1M1)

Department, Otllwp. Th: Ilium] Huurlliun ruLTi-imoo Co.

Idltnr and Munuylng lltrvr-tur, J N. Burnett.

lllnrlufn Editor.‘ Frank Walker.

The Legislature.

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“The Strongest Memory is Weaker Than

the, Weakest Ink."

UHARLOTTEIIHVN, TUESDAY, MARCH 22, 19-19

‘Probably nowhere else in the whole wide or- ganization of the Red Cross Society will there be found such a long and meritorious record of service in an executive capacity as that of Hon. Dr. W. J. P. MacMillan, O.B.E., who has retired after thirty-five years as a member of the Provincial organization, having served dur- ing the past eleven years as its president. This is but one of many humanitarian activities with which Dr. MacMillan has been outstandinjy as- sociated, and the marvel has been haw he has been able, with his larg-e professional practice and lea-dership of a political party, to carry such burdens of responsibility so unflaggingly. The high honours bestowed upon him by Church and State are but fitting acknowledgment of tremendous contribution he has made, not only to his native Province alon-g social welfare, health educational whole. We are always proud to acclaim achievements of distinguished islanders abroad; in Hon. Dr. MacMillan we have an almost uniquc example of what can be accomplished by devot-

and

Rod Gross Leadership

lines, but to Canada

ed public service at home.

The Provincial Red Cross is fortunate in having as its new president, Mr. R. H. Rogers, one who has also served with zeal and distinc- tion in many capacities relating to health, wel- fare and education. His recent retirement from his duties as Prothon-o-tary of the Supreme Court will enable him to devote more_of his time than would otherwise be possibleto Red Cross‘affair‘s. Our lsland organization, which has made history in its work for crippled children and in other activi- ties, will go on from strength to strength under ‘his leadership. Associated with him is an able and experienced executive, an enthusiastic body af well-organized workers, and the solid support of all our citizens throughout the Province.

A work which will be welcomed by harassed

business

fourth edition of the Guide, a comprehensive work interpreting, co- ordinating and explaining the complicated Do- minion tax structure, published by CCH, Canad-

ll Welcome Tax Guide

men and‘ others- at this time

Canadian

ian- Limited, Man-treal.

The income tax is extraordinarily compli- cated this year because.of the dual Act. Theor- etically, the old income War Tax Act sets the pattern for filing of returns this year, while the new Act provides the rules for taxation of come received after January l, i949. However, neither Act of itself tells a complete story, for I948 or for i949 because the new Act in some instances affects transactions completed before lt came into force, such as the carrying backward and forward of business losses, three-year exemp- tion of co-operatives, lump sum payments made on account of loss of office or retirement, etc. On the other hand, the old Act still affects some transactions which will only be completed after

the new Act is effective.

Briefly the "Guide" brings the two current income tax Acts into focus.‘lt gives. a‘simple, factual statement of conclusions combining the laws with related regulations, directives and le-

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luded for professional use.

. Confusion Worse confounded

As a result of "passing the buck" to the . courts on the margarine question, the Federal Government now finds itself on the horns of a worse dilemma. in the words of the Ottawa Jour- nal, it is in the position of a big buyer of butter and it is quite within the realm of possibility that by the end of June the Government will be the owner of millions of pounds of butter, which it will have invested millions of dollars. The Journal notes that as a result of Supreme Court decision on margarine, and reluctance of most provinces to take any action till a Privy Council appeal is settled, the but- ter market in Canada is in a state of ‘confusion worse confounded. That confusion spread to other sections of the dairy industry. Ordinarily at this time of year there is a sfiion-g demand for butter from the wholesale and retail trade. But with a potential output of lZ0 million pzizrds of margarine in sight, and no regulations over price or quantity buyers are reluctant to take a chance on the market. With no demand; priced have dropped sharply.‘ When the big butter production season starts in May and June. a time when the make is considerably greater than current demand, there is likely to be chaos in the industry unless the whole situa- ticn is clarified. About two to three hundred thousand Canadian dairymen are directly affe:t-

ed.

As a result of price support legislation the,

may

, Government is -bound to step in Wlftfl

prices at the wholesale level reach 5b cents‘ a pound. Th-ey have reached that rock-bottom fig- - the Government is bound to take oil but or offeredc By May or June’, when 9'05"‘?- ' tion may reach 50 millicn pounds a month, it i! cosy to see that huge sums of money may be in-

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There is a possibility that 58_ cent butter, even supported by Government buying, may Prvfé so unattractive to formers that the make w.il not be forthcomina. At that price milk will only return about $2.40 a hundred pounds to farmer, as compared to higher prices for milk going into choose or concentrated products and ill for mill: going into the whole milk ~ my“, Ag it talus about three average cows to

“@3100 pounds of milk daily it can be soon .-’-~|l||§ 40 will‘, not be o very attractive price jg thbflfilnlilofl-iéibout six and onevholf cents a

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Budget day in Ottawa. The conflict between the cyclical budgeting theory and the realities of election year will be resolved today.

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Alabama is conducting experiments which are of great interest to areas, such as the Mari- times, where coal mining costs are high. The object is to convert the coal into gas by burning without removing it from the mine at all.

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Just now there is a good deal of newspaper and other discussion on methods of "assimilat- ing" immigrants, encouraging the-m to learn the language and adapt themselves to our way of life. lt seems possible, at least, that with a little effort we could acquire from them.

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Finance Minister Abbott professes to de- plore the loss of some of our markets in United Kingdom and Europe, and remarks, "But we don't control the trade policies of Britain or any other country?" Nor, it would seem, do we make very grea-t efforts to influence them. i» ir l‘

The Ottawa Journal, along with other metro- politan newspapers, is becoming belatedly con- cerned about the effect of margarine on dairy industry. lt is being brought home that lessened farm income means reduced demand for the product of urban factories. .. \- o

British researchers have discovered a new drug, nisin, similar to penicillin but more effec- tive in treating a cow disease which costs Brit- ain 40,000,000 gallons of milk a year. The Na- tional institute for Research in dairying an- nounced the discovery is expected to combat bas- litis, an inflam-mation of the milk glands.

B. C. Coalition Government is ironing out in- fernai problems; would like to have an election before Liberals and Pro-Cons begin fighting in the Dominion election; may not get under the wire, says The Letter Review. CCF in B C is turn- ing away from the extreme Left. Mr. C.' Camer- on, one of its most Leftist leaders, was asked to report on the forest industry; ended by reporting that it was not a very good industry to nation-

Prince Edward lsland which has always taken a prominent part in Dominion of Canada Rifle Association shoots and has contributed its quota regularly to teams representing the Dominion in the Empire competitions at Bisley, may this year enjoy further recognition. Brigadier W. W. Reid, D.S.O., E.D., has been offered the post of com- mandant of this year's team. honour not only to the recipient, but to the Pra- vincial Rifle Association and the Province as a

ln a-revealing passage quoted by the As- sociated Press, Albert Einstein, now 70, writes: separate fields, each of which could devour a lifetime of study without having satisfied the ihunger for deeper knowledge. In this field, however, l soon learned to scent out that which was able to lead to fundamentals and to turn aside from every- lhing else, from the multitude of things which clutter up the mind and divert it from the es-

numerous

Considerable sympathy has been for the escaped German prisoners of war who are threatened with deportation to the Russian- occupied zone of Germany. The first to be re- captured is a seaiman who was made prisoner almost from the start of the war. Under inter- national law it is not an offense for him to have escaped. Without further information would seem to be a case where generosity is re- quired for the sake of our national conscience.

Sir Anthony van Dyck, Flemish portrait and hislsrical painter; also etclrer, born this date i599. He studied under Rubens, travelled con- siderably, then settled in England professionally, being Knighted by Clwrlei l. the English school of painting was great and lasting; his scenery and historic pa-intings were of thootyle of Rubens, but his portraits resombll those of Titian. Among his religious paintings are The Crucifixion, St. Sebastian, The Myst/C Marriage of Joseph, and The Flevflflfl" 0f

In taibling in Parliament his report entitled, "Private and Public Investment in Canada-—Out- lock l949," Mr. Howe indicates ‘that public and private investment intentions call for I949 capi- tal expenditures of $3.3- billion, as against the $3 billion spent in 1948. The program will com- prise $2.0 billion for new construction and SL3 billion for new machinery and equipment. After allowing for price rises averaging 7 per ‘cent, the i949 program in terms of volume will involve o slight increase over I948. in these terms, vol- ume of construction will be higher by about 6 per cent, and equipment lower by about 6 per cent. Private outlay on capital goods covering expenditures related to privately-owned business, institutions and housing is esimated at $2.4 bil- lion, 3 per cent higher than in i948. Correspond- ing public ciutlay is expcctgd to reach $921 mil- lion, or 2l per cent above the previous year. Most of this increase, is due to expansion of publicly owned utilities and to greater outlay for housing and for institutions. Expected investment expon- diturosto be mode directly by dominion, provin- cial ond municipal governments are l6 per cont

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the

t has recognized in last September's "at- tache" search by awarding three Canadian par- ticipants with the order of the Legion of Hon- our. The recipients well deserve the distinction, but what really calls for recognition was the ef- fective international cooperation in that affair. i‘ f I

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Pusuc, FORUM Thlo column lo open to the dlocuulan by, correspondents 0f question of Interact. The Guardian docs not necessar- lly endorse the oplnlun m correspondence.

o-Q-yo-Q-c THE PUBLIC ACCOUNTS

the

debt it. only has created. has of paying any rote of interest

caused by the Sinking mind,

That ls, the ‘ be in the broker's business, that. case should not the Govern

plumbers and accountant-s? A ago I criticized the the ‘Government;

some changes.

and an awful mess!

pointed. Public Accounts March 31, 1947

000. Is it worth 1,000 cents?

Fund accumulated to March 31 1948: also an page

of fiSufes is $l.839.0B2.84.

column. 511.839.062.84.

ouflage. I am, sir, etc... AUDITOR.

The Elections In The French Canlons

(By Jacques Kayser, Ottawa)

given tio the elections in

French “ountons"

elections constitute the type political elections devoid of party significance.

are uiaant to elect “general coun- cillors" who are representatives in this lesser territorial unit, the "canton". on the “general ooun- oil", which deals with the admin- istration of the larger territorial unit called the “departmeirffl There are in France proper 90 “departmentsfl therefore 90 "gen- eral councils" and more than 3-000 cantons — each electing a "gen- eral councillor". The law piovicles that the "gen- eral councillors" are elected for n term of six years, half of their numbers to he re-elccted every three years. Voting will therefore take place in every “departmenfl but for each of these 1n only one hall’ of the “<'anfons." The City of Paris constitutes an exception, the law providing that. the municipal councillors of the Clfy are at. the same time members of the “gen- eral council" of the “department? of Seine. 1n which the City i; 51y. uuted. , Before the ivar, in view of the laws, the methods. the atmosphere of the third Republic, the elections in the cantons provided very lit- tle excitement: the number of the

candidates was relatively small. the electoral meetings were sparsely attended, the controver-

sies were generally limited to mat-

ters of local interest at the polls; the iiunlicr of ubsfufners was high.

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. Will it he the same under the Fourth Republic? No doubt the Constitution of 1046 Cflllltbllllls pro- visions that ,d1d not exist in the Constitution of 1875. s Till‘ powers of the "general councils“ in the departments have hrsn increased, wiille those at the Prefect.

that offIclal representa- live of the Government. in the de- partment, have lieeu curtailed. Article 87 of the new Constitution Flbecifios that the dapnrrmeni;

“are freely ndtnlnistercd by mun. P11‘ elected by universal suffrage” and that their presidents “put 1n- io execution" the decisions made. Arllcle $5 05513118 to the Prefect: the task of coordinaflng the act. lvities uf the state officlas, of FBDPESBHEIII; the interest of the nation. of supervising the admin. lstratlon of the department, Although under those provlgipng the President of the Genera] Council has wider powers than hi; predecessor before the war, and he would 586111 to exercise more pres- tige than formerly, it is ennui-u] whether the voters will take much interest in the elections of gang-g] councillors. No doubt,

the Willi l t have already ca panel

started canvassing and are bent on giving the com. in: vote a political significance. Tl“ Cl-nmunlst. party and the RWY vi the mm. People, think lhflf by a vigorous offensive on the rlom and on the left they will weaken the government, bring about. its resignation and come. Ill-Willy the dissolution ‘of the Ne. lions] Assembly and the holding of a new general election. . O I I

511i M. Queuuleu government has shown no hnltatlon In taking up the challenge. By oolllng 3t. tentfon to the international sit- uation, to the effort to be pursu at flame for the rehabilitation of the oountry, which, following on the loan. must not be‘ to dined o‘: aide-trucked in 4119,10. , the govemimnr mlchi well have op,- poolqd to lu maldfil! lo postpone

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Slxv-Eifery dollar in the Sinlsln I F111"! mfldo o. dollar increase f: FY05! debt. and when Sinking “Ind money is BPDlled to reduce DB-‘ys the debt it ‘The only chance it more ls that the on the Sinking

the rate of 1n- terest. on f-he part of the debt

Government would In ment have a license same as the yea: accountancy of suggested especially page 21, ' Public Accounts, Mai-en 31, 1947...

Recently lt was announced that on external auditor would be ap- A Montreal firm has audited the accounts and page 26, March 31. 194p, is an improvement on page 21 P. A. , but: l fall to see that t-hls chartered accountancy is Sliflndnrd accountancy. It cost $10.-

On page 21 is a column Sinking 23 Sinkinq Fund grand total March 31. 1948. The total of each of these columns One would naturally suppose this is the amount of ponds in the Slnklm Fund, as each page is about bonds. But no, that won't work out. You have to interpret ll to mean that the assets tn the Sinking lFund should equal the sum total of each

The Sinking Fund will not pay u rant more of the debt. than l! added to it. The rest; ls pure cam-

A certain political importance is the on Sunday the 20th and 27th of March. Yet Lhese of all

For what is their object? They

grower" who have described them- selves gs independent republicans

will be no dlfloulty conflicting parties to claim them

bolt 1n a for leu measure to oom- pliq statistics at the elections-for thrflounoll of the ‘Republic. One party had clokncd that ltl repro-' lcntotlveu numbered huff of the membership of the Council; u n moth: of fact they did not rep- resmt more than u quarter. Bu! its error won brought tio light only ed because onoe the councillor: have mu and hove registered u meme hon of one or the other political

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VILLAGE PIMCE" |

As silently the lambent moon

soon. '

No truffle piles upon its street,

No st-rivfngs theirs, birth - ,

Apps-enticed them. such is their grace

O happy IIOUSGWHG slumber-lug now,

Replete shall be your days

Jo No dwellfir of the town can match.

Both field and hedgegrow bring <1 their yield Of fruits in season. without chaxge.

All inmates of this village blesl, . Resists encroachments .on » your‘ peace. _ c Retain your age-worn ways of life; y, Your simple dress and quiet speEolL: Your own unhurrled methods prove To e11 the world in which we move. l n Yours is the fullness, yours the worth. Your peace, the very best on earth, l.

-—Dauglas E Winter. l (‘An original contribution to this‘ Column.) l should not have fallen info the!‘ temptation of taking the easy way out is another proof that Lliei health of France is improving by degrees. that it. has nothing to feui- frcfn the oompetltlofi about

Montreal.

political significance

than the voters.

What will happen at. the polls?"h In the country. and the greater- m-irnlicr of the cantons are ruraliil

constituencies. a great number of ‘l peasants will vote for a candidate. ‘l not so much because he ls a gaul- llst. a. communist. a radical, or n21 independent, as because he is a well-knov/i mid influential miem- bei- af a cooperative society. a doc- tor or a veterinary surgeon of re- pure, because he has shown him- self a useful man in managing lo- cal interests.

As it was‘ the criterion yesterday so 1t will be tomorrow.

, 1p vlciw of such a situation it ls most hazardous to venture to set up Statistics of arw significance. All the more so that as ‘usual. many candidates will stand under l label ihfflolently vague not to enlist lhcm 1n any political party, and when there will be elected "the good doctor" or “the worthy nine

or progressive democrats. than

for literal

u one of their dWTI. ‘ '

It has already been difficult, el-

mil. they are coiled upon to ’ mpolitloli looms. "

lo not mo one for the. councillors. for on the.

muse sloollom. ‘nus ll.‘Quoull1o

onchlndthqdonotoltfnom

rill ,5lp1‘9 d iced h gzglggggrsdugsflgglf rwaafile hm. fie,‘ and His self-disclosure, here within All life is stdlled. no voice is hfllfff. the “PPM "f men's "bier-v-

lnoi

To live and loll .on God's goodiGOd aft-Huh‘

moral Beneath your roof of lovely thatch. The". ,-

Wllh ‘misfziv

partnkers.

which carried off prize of $15, —Wcekly Examiner, March 3. 1887

single body, but ln 90 different bodies. they are not called upon to take up any political responsibility.

So it is perfectly clear that.- whlle the political parties will en- deavourwo endow the coming elec- tions with a political slmlflcapco and claim them as their side, these their purely local importance. ,w1ll not give an accurate picture of the political nave of mind QWMTY. ‘Their importance will re- lldo not in their mum but. in the direction that. will be elven co them by the oppo by the Government.