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‘The Strongest Memory is Weaker Titan the Weakest Ink.”

MONDAY, MARCH 11, 1948

Priority For Veterans

The Minister of Labour, llon. Humphrey Mitchell, is to be commended 0n the emphasis he has placed on the Federal policy of giving priority in employment to veterans with over- sCas service. In a rccent statement he has an- nounced that stcps have been taken t0 tie in more cloaely the relations of the National Em- ployment Scrvice with the Citizens’ Rehabilita- tion Committees across Canada. The following

excerpta from the Minister's statement are worthy of special note: _ _ “The satisfactory reinstatement in ctvil

life of those who, with considerable personal sacrifice of time and opportunities, served in our armed forces is of vital importance.

“They need advice on personal problems, information on the (inverqmenfs vmational training program and about other rehabilitation provisions, also help in finding jobs and accom- modation.

“It is my desire that our employment serv- ice shall be brought to the highest possible dc- greg of efficiency. Your committee can help us to attain this objective by urging employers to keep the local office informed as to their needs, and by encouraging veterans to keep their reg- istration up to date.

“The policy of our employment offices is to give priority to veterans who have had oycr- seas service, which is of distinct advantage to them. In addition, the Reinstatement in Civil Employment Act is administered through thcse offices."

Disturbing Farm Picture

Judging by the statements of our legis- lative members, the most common complaint throughout the country at the present time is with regard-m the shortage of farm help. Add- ed to this is the fact that the younger genera- tion is shmving a dccidcd drift away from the farm, leaving the older persons, who carried on with such great difficulty during the war, to continue under the burden of added years.

'I'l1is condition is apparently general throughout Canada. According to a report from Saskatchewan, the average age of farmers in that province is 53 years, and 5,000 farmers are over the age of 68. Figures show that during the last four years of war alone 300.000 Per- sons left rural areas in Canada for the cities. \Ve know this-to our cost in Princg Edward Is- land, but it may not be generally known that four-fifths of this migration came from the Prairies, which formerly attracted so many young men from other sections.

Commenting on this disturbing picture, the Globe and Mail rays:

“Is the risk of agriculture, especially spe- cialized agriculture as we practice it in this country, too high and the reward 100 small? Are the hardships of farm life not compel"- satory for the basic security which it is design- ed to provide? ls the Wilgc. scale in relation to effort for farm labor too low?

“In I944, at the General Synod meeting of the Church of Iinglatid in Canada, Rt. Rev. A. H_ Suvergigti, Bishop of Athabasca, pointed out, in a survey of farm conditions in this country, that, although one-third of the nation's popula- tion lived on the land, it rcceived only one-sev- enth to one-tenth of the nation's income. The Lever Brothers? report of last October showed that Only one-third of Catiadas farms have in- side running wnlrr; that only 35 per cent of the farms have inside toilet facilities; that very few have bathtubs or other amenities regarded

,_ jg normal by the vast proportion of city dwellers.

Further, despite the enormous strides made in

recent years in the development and distribution

0f electric powgr, the proportion of farms with electricity is still relatively low.

"Canada's application of industrial and gen- erally diversified crops is behind trends else- where, which is another factor contributory to-

. ward the ’dccline in farming interest. Stimulus

to industrial crop cultivation must come from industrial and agricultural research scientists. "A more liberalized attitude toward such agricul- ymre must come from the farmer himself. There must be a’ general extension of domestic Amenities to make farm living more pleasant. Without these things the attraction for’ farm- rlng to the young than is likely to continue to

" ine, with a coittiugent economic decline, and filial t0 the nation of both stability and Droduc- Pa poweri’! '

. ' . Tflbute '_l'o Islander

l This fine tribute to a noted Prince Edward

der, the late Mr. J. A. MacLeod, chair-

- the Banlret NowoScmia directorate, H , 130mb: 1

0t n; i attrtere about this nee Edward Inland, but there ' engendered. confi-

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thoroughness his izllidinlt star’ it is not sur- prising that Mr. McLeod’: chosen career was destined to be finlilllltly buccessful. Nor was his outlook limited by any boundary of calling, for he maintained a keen and realistic inter- est in affairs both domestic and international. and brought a mature and balanced judgment to the varied activities which occupied his atten- tion.

"I. A. McLeod was a sound banker and so recognized and regarded by his contemporaries throughout Canada. He brought distinction to his calling and honor t0 the name of his native province of Prince Edward Island, for which he cherished a great and abiding love. There, as in Nova Scotia, his death will be mourned for the sense of personal loss that will be felt by so many.”

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Free P355326 for emigrants front Britain

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_Withdrawal of the Canadian Army Occu- pation Force from Germany may be completed b)’ lllfl End 0f lllly, it was itidiczitcd in a state- ment by Lt.-Gen. Chris VDkes, Canadian mm.

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lVith all their discoveries 0f atomic energy . . . . .‘ ' cosmic rays, etc, scientists have failed to dis- covcr how to prevent a bronze momuncnt turn-

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__“Shortage of newsprint has prevented the British people from fortnmg a proper concep- tion of current world affairs" . says Mr, Christopher Chancellor, (iencral hlanagcr of

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Sales of country general stOrcs were nine per cent higher in January than in the same "mmh aysar 8K0. but dropped 34 per cent colit- pared with the seasonally high level in Decem-

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_ Civic improvements worth noting are thc inclusion in this ycttfs estimates of a sum stif- ficient to sand all the streets in winter, the ad- dition of a tractor t0 the street equipment. rc- arrangement 0f the rest rooms in the Market building, erection 0f a new bathing house at Brighton, purchase of ncw fire fighting equip- ment, re-marking of street parking lines and improved lighting on Great George Street. >r a- v

NOI the lcast of Mr. Churchill's batllcs is the one he has been “urging tmccasingly for plain English. The most rcccnt anuccdotc about his activities was his reaction to an urgent nota- tion on a file that a certain official paragraph had to be rewritten becausenne of its sentences ended with a preposition. Mr. Churchill scrawled on the margin: “This is the kind of pedantic nonsense tipltwith which I am fed.”

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"The Minister of Reconstruction (Mr. Howe) placed himself in an embarrassing posi- tion, by his immediate and incorrect statement that the treason case at Ottawa was not con- nected with the atomic bomb matter (says The Printed Word). It is one more case, proving that Mr. Ilowc is not, to put it mildly, a de- pendable source of information.” We are sure that from his own personal experience, Premier j. Walter Jones will endorse this, even though he did not say so in so many words in the Leg-

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Thc U. S. Ixase-Letid Act, signed by President Roosevelt, 1.941. Under it military equipment of the United Statfis 601110 b8 lent or leased to the governments of the democracies of the world, and $l2,272,o00.000 “'21s yotctl for the purpose, the nations to benefit being. (ire-at Britain, L7.S.S.R., China, Belgium, Egypt. Fighting France, Greece, Iceland, Iran, Iran. Netherlands, Norway, Poland. lhrkcy. Yul!"- slavig, and 20 Lab-American countries. /\t the close of the war the Act ccascd to operate and the loans began t0 be colleclahlc.

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Mcdical authorities of U. N. R. R. A. say qthat Europe is over the hump in the battle against disease and has a good chance of gct- ting through the remaining critical winter months without a major epidemic. If the Optimism is borne out, a spokesman said, it will be a great tribute to preventive medicine in combating conditions that faced peacetime Europe —— in- sufficient housing, disrupted public utilities Spartan diet. Thenearest approach to an epi- demic was in England at the end of January. Influenza deaths in I26 major cities used as a barometer jumped 99 in one week to a high of 273-—a surprise, since trouble had been expect- ed more from countries ravaged by belligerent armies. e e a e

The hog is coming into his own these days, particularly because of bacon. _ lle in being scrutinized with increasing solicitous care and, yes, he is having his vitamins checked, accord- ing to the agricultural department of the Can- adian National Railways. At the Nova Scotia Agricultural College in Truro they recommend giving cod liver oil to both sow and young pigs. Pigs frequentlydevelop rickets and other vita- min deficiency complaints. It is recommend- ed also that piglets be given small doses of iron medicinally so that they will be in good condi-

tion to take the ‘iiron" later on In life when they

bacon and other pork products.’

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Notes [By no Wa)

I --__ Wlth four-cent poem“ on ‘mun. ury mall seven centl for an air- mlll 501ml) 8nd 10 cent: for spec‘ i=1 delivery. the Polt-Offlce Del partment at. Ottawa 1| gouging) lng to collect the highest pogslble, revenue with the counter; re- turn. Durlnz the recon; (went session the Poatmarte General promised lower poatagg “ye, and better service. When are they to be lnuuiuratedb-Oalllry Herald, “It la an anclent ab“

says a contemporary, "mo; 5M didm-know-lt-was-loaded Iua ts much to be feared." The tragedy in such cases is Increased ny the fact that about nlne time; our u; ten there 1n no real need for any- body involve to even have a gun. -_.Brantford sitar.

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_ Brltlah shlppfn: flrma are ruah- ing from the builders craft Intend- ed to bring to their post-war mer- chant fleet all the latest Improve- ments in marine architecture, Brit.- ish publications show pictures of trim croft with glossed-tn upper decks, their furmels streamlined in- to superstructure, the captain's quarters, chartroom and radio snack itirorporated lnto dummy tunnels. Ranging ln displacement. from n- bout 5,a00 to 10.000 tons, the new ships are deslgned to give comfort to the traveler and to carry hlghly perishable cargo. Many of them have four holds forward and two aft, descrlbed as an innovation 1n design. They are motorshtps and Iiave electrically driven cargo der- ricks, refrigerating machinery and steering gear. They are primarily Intended for the South American trade and are spoken of in British shipping circles as comprising Lhe "moat fleet.” -New York Bun.

Certalnly the gnwor, wholesale and retail, Is entitled to his share of any praise that 1s being d15- tributcd for the manner 1n which the Canadian food trodes came through the war. But for what he did, our posltlon at its conclusion might easily have been much less enviable and even now, when food becomes Increasingly scarce, we ought to be grateful to the grocer for what he ls doing to distrlbule it as equitably and satisfactorily as possible. If they had not been people of exceptional fortitude, many of our grocers who are stlll grappling with food coupons and shortages and consumer complaints, must, have given up the struggle long ago and retired t0 the com- parative serenity of some other brunch of clvll life. By remair-ln on their jobs they have made an are making a valuable contribu- tion to the stability of business life In this country. —.Brockvll1e Recorder and Times.

The sex llfe of the onlon 1s or- dinarily quite self-contalned, each onlon flower being capable 0f pol- linating itself. But back in the 1920's, Dr. Henry A. Jones nf the Agriculture Department's Bureau of Plant Industry, Bulls and Agn- cultural Engineerlng discovered one small onlon that was unlque -it was entirely female, News- week reports. For the first tlme an onion could be cross-bred with some assurance that 1t had not al- ready bred itself. By experiment- ing, Dr. Jones learned how this lone females characterlstlcs could be transmitted to succeeding gen- erntlons ta permlt contlnuance of cross-breeding‘ and to devblop b1;- ger, juicler, milder onions. Last week, at the Agriculture Depart- ment's experlmental farm at Belts- ville, Md, Dr. Jones-proud as any his industry: a huge onlon, known new pa'pe—exhlbited the fruits of as California Red. No. l, averaging l0 inches 1n circumference, 2 1-2 pounds ln weight, and “sweet, mlld, of extremely high quallty." The new onion is only one product if Beltsville, On the 16,500 acres of poultry yards, dalry barns, green- houses, laboratories and farmland, dozens of anonymous Luther Bur- banks day ln and day out, apply research techniques to better ng the products of Amerlcan farms.

The fact (that 1t has been found necessary to fly cats from Eng- land to Berlin to deal with a plague of rats 1n the Britlsh zone of the city underlines the lack of appreciation whlch puss has suf- fered tn Germany 1n recent times, says The Manchester Guardian. According to afn approximate cen- sus of animals made a few years before the war, there were only 450,000 cats In the whole of Ger- many. In some parts of the coun- try they were so comparatively rare that a Frankfort Journal pub- llahed an appeal for the "rehabil- ltatlon of the cat," depreciating the prejudice against the animal alleg- ed t0 be generally prevalent In Germany, and pointing out, among other arguments ln Its favor, that cats, especially kittens, make splen- dld playmates for the young.

Th4; Axle pald moat heavlly. Ger- many lost 3,260,000 men. Japan's military deaths ran to about 1,500,- 000. Italy's losses were between 150,000 and 200,000, and the Nnzl watellltes, lncludlng Romania, Fm- land Hungary and Bulgaria total- led about 2%,000. Russia with about 3,000,000 deaths, had two- thirds of the total Allied losses. (American offlclal estimates of Russian losses run as hlgh as 1- 000.000.) The Brltlah Em Ire loat 400.000 kllled In actlon. e Unlt- ed States 11nd 325,000 battle deaths. The Free French lost 167,000, Po- land about 15,000, and the Yulzo- slav guerrlllas 75,000. Greek losses were 50,000, Belglum’: 7.000. and Holland, In flve days of fight- lng In May, 1040, bed 6.000 kll China, alnce Pearl bor, has lost an estimated. 200,000 men. — Metropolitan Llfe Bulletin.

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rm column la open la- tba tdlaouaalon by eon-e upourlenta of qnaatlena at Interest. The Charlottetown Guardian doea not aaeeaaaa ll; endorae the oplnlnn ol reapondanta. .

“Al. SHOE-TAG‘

Sin-The Premier 1s reported in the press to have stated In the Leg- islature that there are seventy- elght cars of coal on the other side of this Province. The Hon. Dr. Mac- Mlllan 1s reported to have sold that the coal should have been moved to the Island durlng last summer.

During the annual convention of the Canadlan Legion held here in August, 1943, a reaolutlon was adopted and sent to the authori- ties urging that fuel and foodstuffs should be given prlorlty when des- tined for this Province and ship- ped during the summer. This res- olutlon was reaffirmed at the con- ventlon In 1044. The same matter was before Trude and letters urging 11; ap- peared l.n the Press. Nothing, however was done.

Now there 1s a real shortage of fuel. Many, Including the writer, are without coke. Fortunately the weather of late has been mlid, but 1f it turns cold, there may yet be considerable dlstresa.

If the present tle up had taken place in January, there would not only have bee.n distress but real discomfort on the Island.

Fuel and food are more lIIIpOPI- ant to the residents of this Island than any other commodity, and should therefore be given prlorlty in all cases and stocked up dun-lug the open season.

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VETERAN LET US WIN THE PEACE

S1r.—Tbe disclosures from London and Washington on the food situa- tion In Europe, is enough to touch the consclence of the most selfish among us. Two hundred and forty million people getting less than half enough. “From 15 to 20 millions wlll die of hunger before summer." John Mason Brown In speaklnaz to the American people In the Saturday Revlew. says: "We have plunsed lnto peace as 1f tihere had been no war. We have plunged lnto Dlmty a; u there had been no want. He gives a lone 11st. of articles In the luxury class that some people are coins mad to obtain. such as a Russlan Sable wrap at $60,000.00: mink coats for dogs at $295.00. Imtery tlckets coating one and one quar- ter billion dollars 1n the last 140 clays of 1945. Bo be asks the ques- tlon-Do we as a beonle honestly care? Belng a believer 1n 1st, I naturally recall that tn Matthew the 25th chapter He calLs the hun- Iry and naked ones Hts brethern, and says. what 1s done for them 1s clone for Him. When we start t0 rlmht the wrongs of the world. we do well to begtn with ourselves. So on this the morning of Ash Wednesday. I take brown breed 1n- stead of whlte, to remhid myself that the British people are eating coarser bread than I am and are likely soon to be rationed as to quantity.

I dlscussod the nutter of saving flour 1n a nearby ho e. The moth- er said they were usmz substltutes to stretch out the whlte. Belnk fond o! figuring, I have decided that our 90.000 people are eatlntl about seven bass eimh o! the 24 lb. site 1n the year. Would 1t not. be a great. blessing to ourselves. if we donated one of the seven to the need-v and contented ourselves with the other slx? Who would think that 45 railway cars of 24 tons each could be loaded from this savlng. when coal 1s scarce we are asked to save one ton In ilve. Why not save one pound tn seven of flour? This Province led the Dominion 1n enlistment: for winning the war. Why not. take m» lead in wtnntnz the beam We could make this a straight. Rift. I10 the Brltlsh people. for we are owing them a debt that can never be bald. ‘They stood prepared to flght on the beach, on the street. ln the fields or wherever the enemy nught. lend. And 1n so d0- tng they saved us from death. and from a slavery worse than death. I om. Sir. etcfi M e

Kenslmlton. P.E.I. QETTLING A CONTROVERSY

sin-citizen T. Umstead wrltlng In “The Christian Digest" tells of the experience of a Ciiristlan younR man after entering college. Dre- bartna himself for his chosen career. In this some colleize were a number of students who did not believe the Bible and who easterly embraced every opportunity t0 ridicule t-he word of God. One of