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TllE C llLR LUTTETOWN G UlllllllAll

Morning Daily (Founded ln I887)

President, LleuL-Col. W. Chester S. McLure Vice-President. J. R. Burnett. I Secretary, Lieut. Cul. l). A. MacKlnno , 0.5.0, Edllor and “anal: up, Director, J R. Burnet , I"..l.l. Associate Editors unk “talker and lim A! Burn"!-

SYI . (‘RIPTION RATES I, Mall ln I’. E. l.. $1.00 ni-r year. $2.50 for 8 "I001!!!- 5125 for 3 months, 50c for one mont Clly Delivery. $5.00 per year. 83-00 l0!‘ 6 1110B"!!- Si.7.'i iur 3 months. By Mall ln Cunzulu and L’. S. A. 55-00 P" i!"-

Baturday Weekly. 8'09 per your. 81-00 for 6 N011"!!- ’ - [or l} months

"The Strongest Weaker than r the Weakest, lit/icy."

FRIDAY, MAY I0. 1940.

More Aggression In Output

The nieziiifiig of the criticism of the Chamber- lain lii>\'i'1'IlIll\ ' that the liflllSll Parliament and people tin: dllwllvll with the rate of pro- gress iii the tiutpu’. of airplanes and munitions generally. ilhey‘ recvigtiize that Hitler stole I. march on u: iii our uiipreparediiess for war, but argue that flit §Zi\‘l'llli‘(‘ is .oo great now to make up the ileiil “llllitlll any sort of delay. This was evil iii iii the Budget. debate, and it is noteworthy t most oi‘ the critics then were among thine who viiicd against the Government on \\'riliic>,l:._v, illit-ir complaint is that if WE had fallen lll‘\‘.l'l iiii the job prior to Septembfif. 193i)—.'iuil !'ii~‘ aiwiiitzs to Liilllilllfl and the other ClClllllllmi w, .i t: siiiultl lizive outstripped our ally Frritice and our enemy Germany in our proiiiction s... liizi what are the facts?

(iei‘iii:ui_v is spending $lfi0O0,000,000 yearly while llriuiiti I - u; about $<‘).OO0,000,000. All thzit flit‘ Cl: ‘Pllill’ of the l cliequer hopes in that l-lrizain wll be organized during the com- ing i2 morilis to spend at the rate of $13,000." 000.000. \\'<- riiu<t not forget the flying start that (icriiiaiiv hail and, in addition, the arma- merits the gained by her victories-the Skoda works (in czecliosli;iviakia)—~tnii:l the productive

wet‘ of the slave-driven Czech people, srid_ in gland; and the (hip-building and engineering works of Denmark.

hiembers like \lr. L. C. Amery expressed 4mm, um [lie margin between German and Bri- tish war effort \\'.'l< liertiiiiing appreciably less and stressed the magnitude of the French sacrifice. Instead of .\‘i_1.3_i_:.ooo_oo0, he said, Britain should aim at the rvpi-mlirure of $i3.000.000,000. so that witii the help of lirr Allies Britain might draw level with (iernianyz i It is riot an easy matter when a. Government once falls behind making up for lost time, and they will only do so effectively when they find the full prcwure of pitblic opinion behind them. The burden of the =peeclics of most of the critics was-“if youth but knew and age would un- derstand", the dire straits the nation is in, the Chamberlain Cioverrinie-nt would not last another day, This will have the effect of gingering up public opinion in the old latid; and if we are to judge by the recent outburst of the Halifax Chronicle something similar is necessary here.

New Brunswickk Example

The Liberal iii-veniiiient in New Brunswick, like the Campbell (joveriiiiient in this Province,

came into [XYWPT chiefly on its “economy" pledges. The spending spree on which it em- barked Elllfl‘ aztaiiiiiig oitice in 1035 must now be met wiili tax il<~iii.uiil= upon the people 0f a

gen per C9,]; jmpnst upt-ri all toliaccos consum- Od in the province, a ten per cent surtax upon the taxes now llPltltj paid by companies doing business iii the pri \'I1‘w"f‘ and an increase in the profits tax r-ii bii~iii<<= concerns from one t0 2 I-2 per cciii. lllllFl‘ iiici‘e.'i=eri rates in taxa- tion affect bunks aii-l sonic ioriiis of insurance, ll well as tltc .\il2C\‘!‘~<il‘ll Dulles Act. .

Thur-c iiiip~~i< conic at a time when all lax-

paycw lllfl\' ll.l\i‘ p» c riiribiiir; tut-re freely than ever bet/ire n» full "ll l'l‘\(‘l|ll(?§. The tobacco tax is soiiii‘l'i'iig ii- w‘ iii the way of provincial taxation, and 1 zt- := a zjuiirl deal of scepticism as to whether i' cart “in 1iiie.~ti\"<'l_\' imposed with- in one prim. li. (ll tum‘, zlie Nirw Bruns- wick ti,» , i- Iii 5-» lii iii dire financial straits ' ilippi-il every other revenue , to ailitpt this ex- periiiwit’.

Tlii lv .- -. T - wit: i-ivn unsuccess- ful "llli‘l‘.‘i' ' Y ~, it 1k hoped will not go llllil~~ -, .-i:':'~iil, .'l11\' more than could .\F, < . He *~lll't‘l'.~\lltll of Stag- gcrziig l..-ii; i li we have been ciiuiiiiiilii‘. 1i. ‘l . i. lioiiig behind at illi my i w, ziuil a lialf dollars a yiwir, c-pim‘ " i l'l,‘i w ll(‘l1 the ivliolc rc- siiurci» oi i :.ii' lll'ill('ll for ll1€ lim- pirrl \‘..ll' if i, _ e '\l‘. iiuitiiig ilis.'ister. .'lllii~ lioiir- w, ..~ ,. , l','l\ side-topped di- rect l"\|u !~'li li. uppiiiiiiiiig an interim

committee lii ciiii-irlvii \v,'i_v= and means of rais-

ing more 1'i'\lll"l'. liui widioiu the practice of ecoiiiiiiiy‘ and int-lii ‘iri i'li1lll"ll. additional rev- enlig- \\ii‘.li‘l ~i,i pl‘. no ii lllliVf‘ waste and extra- vagance. \\li;u 1* l‘>'i<l<'*l i» a return to those ])l‘lllL‘l]ilf~ wlinli lili iili\l'l'llllli‘lll cspriuwil in appealing lii llli‘ piwp i fl\\' yi-:ii‘< ago. but ivliicll it has iiegltrud Will" ~..it-<, Buying [British

Tlw l'l\‘l‘ll' Jllilllillllflil il!‘(‘l~li-ll of the Cau- ailiwii lixrl-zuiqi ihiiiriil lloziiwl reuniting liold- er~ of iii-xi l l\i’i‘l w. a , iiieliiiliiig of course and cliitiflv iiiwiiiizi: lii‘ iiiri‘ l!L'_\' iii outside boun- ITlPh now in llli‘ pp... “ion of (‘:ui:uliaiis, to he §lll'l't'llllil'itl i,» 'll‘ l‘- i:ii‘-l'.~ (ll‘.~l}_"llill(‘(l agencies fut‘ il~ (lllll\.'ll“l iii |li‘llll*ll\I curiwsiicy‘. focuses (illi-iiliiiii lill flu l,».,',\y ili~ciiltlil~ lii \\'lliCl1 0111' llliIllWV bu. fwlh ll in |li<- biiilvil .\'t:il('<.

'l‘liiir.- ;,-,._ .,,~. w, <-\;vli:iiiz_'i', iiuiiiy reasons “py i)“. i. o», l-iit :‘i,i may be >llllllllfll up in tlii-i gi-iwizil ~'-liill| i‘! lilll [-11 ~flll ilvilliligs llC- l\\l"‘ll llli it‘... iiillllilli~ l'<flllll‘l' viry iiiiieli more r<-:il lllillll\ l<i Li" from (Yiiuilzi to Ilie Liltitetl Sizitw lllllll lii iv nu» iivnii lllt‘ Ciiitctl States t0 (':iiiti(l:i. llii- ‘_'l'i'.“l\*l factor is tlie tivo-ivay Inuk- in mircl|'liy;ilil(- l."llllllltlllllll‘<, (ill \\'lllL‘l1 lllfi balance, uiiili-r \‘.,'ll' ruiiiliiioiw. Iizis become ab-

nornizilly- lll‘.'l\_\ l IllVNl-‘l. To realize lioiv heavy iliis Illl\(l-l' llTllll‘ bzilriiive now is, il IS

these t\\'0 moiiilis United States goods to the value of $98,004,710 were iiiipuried into Can- ada, whereas the LYaiiatlizin exports to the States in that period were worth only $55.;'0S,i_5.'. The resultant adverse balance of nearly $45,000,000 had a tremendously dislocatiiig effect on the relative purchasing Vlllllfis of Canadian and :\f‘ll- erican dollars. If the ])1'C>1'll[ trend coiiiiiiucs, the excess of our plllTlllbCs iivt-i‘ our stiles to the United States may shortly‘ rise to :1 ratio of two, or even three, to one, and Canadian currency across the border will fall iii buying power to the lowest levels ever known.

\\'hz1t the Clllllllllflll lixcliziiige Control Board can do to keep Dominion eurreiicv from falling to riiinously low points w-ill uiitloubieilly be done, and the order it has just announced re- quiring foreign exchange to be transferred into Canadian dollars itiay help to some extent, but at best it can only affect the siiiiziiioii slightly This is, however, a case iii which the people (if Canada can help and help nlillffflflll)‘. This they can do by purchasing either Canadian goods, or commodities imported from the United King- dom in preference to similar articles which are brought in from the United States.

On principle, as a self-imposed rule of prac- tical patriotism, as a means of boosting Can- adian exchange, British goods.—-preferably the products of Canada,—sliould in all cases possi- ble be bought by Canadians, rather than goods of foreign production.

_ EDITORIAL NOTES —- 1 U

II l?

Complaint ls made regarding roller-skating in the busy thorough-fares. Parents should warn their little ones to confine their energies in this respect to side streets and the Park.

n- it a 4-

An old and respected reader, who lives in a hotel, suggests a course of table mariners in schools and colleges. He says it is lamentable the way some of the rising generation belizive while at the dining table.

U l I ‘

What l lot was to be done for us before the election, and now we will have to wait for an- other election in order to have the promises re- peated.

n- n- 1- io-

james, 1st Viscount Bryce. born this date. 1838. A statesman and man of letters, his most famous writings being "The Holy Roman Em- pire" and "The American Commonwealth". Was British Ambassador to “Zisliington in which he won golden opinions, and promoted cordial relations between the U.5.A. and the home country,

r i: m u

The demands on the charitably disposed grow apace, and the danger is that some of the old reliables may be made to suffer through the claims of war time organizations. Tomorrow the Charlottetown Auxiliary for the Blind is making its annual appeal through tags. which the sym- pathetic may secure for any-thing up to every- thing.

ii= m m I

Details of the new British Sales tax have not been divulged, but Sir john Simon. Chancellor of the Exchequer told the llouse of COHHIIOIIS that clothes would certainly‘ be iiicliirl<-<1_ If hi; new sales tax applied only to luxuries, as some members suggested, the Chancellor declared it “might just as well he abandoned now," Ile made it quite clear that a wide range of neces- saries would he included iii ailditi-iii to clothes, but he admitted it llffillillll)’ would tzike time to work out with trade Fwliltcllllliills the l1l'lClllll(Il‘\' for putting the tax into opei-ntioii. i

n. iv r I

A chunk of five to ten pflilttds of a new sub- stance, a close relative of uriiiiiiiiii and known as U435. w-ould drive an ocean liiici‘ or an ocean- going submarine for an iiidc-fiiiiie period .'ll'i1llllfl the oceans of the world without refueling for such a chunk would possms the [l0\\'I‘l'—(1lll|il1l of 25,000,000 l0 §0,0(>0.0(1O puimilg of (will. m- “f 15,000,000 to jonwopoo pound; of vQ‘l»i>li|]Q_ The discovery’, announced iii the rurveiii i~sl1c of The Physical Revieiv, official [Jllllllflllllill of

American physicists and one of the lcztdiiiq scien- tific journals of its kind iii the world. li.‘i.= caus- ed such a sensation .'inioii_g lill_\'.~li‘l.~ljs lllfll iioiie could be found among tho-c illlPsllilllUll to ven-

ture to describe a modern ilhcrw-eryi 11m, ¢,,,,],-] be regarded as of equal iuiportziiice in its \‘ll,'\l implications for the itiiiiirrliatir future. l l! ll‘ i Evidently the liueliri-i‘ iii his conduct of the war is acting upon tlic prziciictil policv euuiicizit- ed and followed by his ]ll'l‘ll('t‘(‘\\t1l'ilflClll-Alllf- shal Count Von .\lolke, (illlfi of the lirlit-rul Staff in the Fi‘aiicti-liei‘iii:ui \\'t'll', Xlolki: zirgu- ed that the more l1ill‘.~lll_\' you w;|-_;(~ “pf ‘mu more lllllllflllCl_\' you ivage it -- which .~iiiipl_v means the harder you attack tlic t'lll‘lll\' on vzivi- ous fronts at once, ilie tiiore quickly lie will give ill» and the hostilities will tlicreliv be f<llfll'l(.‘lll‘(l. The Nazis did this iii (Tzcclio-hlinvaltizi, in Po- land, and now iii Norway ln Xliilkels. ilziy they called the tactics .S'cliliiclil ti/imj .l]I)1'_l](’!l, “the brit- i tle ivitliout a toiiiorroiv." 'l‘o.l;iy- they call it the i Blitzkrieg-or "the blast of dmuli.” It \\'ri1'l\'.<,i however, mainly where the eiieiiiy- is taken by surprise and unprepared, zuid that accounts for its success so far. t: x it =i=

According to Sir 'l‘lioiii:is White, Iliiiistcr of Finance during the l.'i<t wactrikiiig lll(‘ base per- lfifl of I913 as I00 the cost of living index in Canada rose to 103 in 1111.1 and cimtilillt-(l n; that level during 10H, as ag.‘iiiist the 4 per cent rise in the first eight hioiitlis of the present conflict. As the war pi-ogimsetl, living costs mouiitcil, in some lllfilllllCCs by staggering per- centages‘, but Fit‘ 'l‘lioiii:i_~; \\'liite's staiciiiriit .\ll()\\'S that the rise was less in C.'ui.'id:i than in any otlici‘ belligerent couutrv, the l'iiiti-l Siziiw iiicluilcil. ln I017 llic (‘Oixl of living in this ("lllllry “iii "ll 3| pct cvlll, lll llic boiled $lates 42 pct‘ cent niid in llritaiu Ill) less lllllll 7h per cent. lii llic lllll1l(‘ill.'ll(‘ |ii\\l-\\'.'ll' _vi‘:ir~ lll(! move- ment ivas accelerated llllll in Him ll1<' iiicrea~.e in Canada was ofi per eeiit; iii ilie lfiiiied Su-ites 7i per cent niid in Britain 108 per cent. .\'oi till 1920 was the peak reached and in tlirit year the cost of living in (Xanadu had l‘l\".‘ll bv 100 per cent.‘ in llie liiiilz-il Stairw- by llf per cent and in llritaiii bv 15.2 per cciil. lll l“i".'iiir:- zlii- index

only iieces.~;ir_v to bunk .11 the figures for jau- uary and February of the present year. In

figure in logo fllllllll .11 341, a n“; U,‘ 14; pu-

lief

portazit

111671 52L

tiny

fe w wor

Toronto

to last. pa i‘ tine n

dealers

to i naihl e. low va Iifoanwfli

Depart iii

all

611i, liom

to St a

iii a German aria.

the air Szraiidzna

Norw 0,113 forcibly l nieii to

avoid sri ' egizi

‘ll H11‘.- N:i1‘\vti_v

tlicii‘ vaslon. a

mciil. Bu". mum-ml t

the Dunc ‘ iiisl

III

Allltzx ia

"above ilfillbfi

IidlPlllllllfi ctr-opt ui the

and rnexa lllilllY (‘VP

do ‘ trip.

of liri‘ c:

‘blood Coiiccpls

that

wiik-ciieekctl

second grades than tario are“ good complaint has been they are not permitted t0 grow long enough. Uiitlei‘-i'ipei‘.cd, bruis- ed, often ungrauerl, they are tosl- ed on the maikct.

tcntlzil buyers look at them and urn 5W3)‘. A few firsts among the better Oiiitriiilti varieties differ and a

Afessnge; from German radio stations were filling aovuce. contiollrd by the German 1l1\‘fl(l(‘l'$, auvsetl mercurial.- iiien to (“all til neutral prrts —- pre- Al-llld merchant.-

ports, to

broadens-t i

had decided invasion and become one of the Allies. Bii-t- the Dimes, hearing that oountry

scorn oi the ships.

ltlic biittlt” oii

N(‘l)('l Priv of the liuiiiiiiiii

5.3 Hi1 [X0115

for

kid

ting around a table

Ml‘.

ds, In due time

Telegram.

fall by t. of Agriculture

to the

virtually cut

Ctuiada leads

all

THE CHARLOTTETOWN GUARDIAN NOTES BY TllE li-JAY

Writing from New York. Henry McLemoi-e has expiessed the be- protessioiial baseball, "with its competkion between no- bticco-oliewuig, flannel - wearing wage-earners" is not nearly as ll1l~ disappearing from the face of the earth... He givts convincing reason stziaid in a couple of graphs. After all, a man (ain't write of a baseball player termination and coinage when tiitn are bemg pulled out of and ivrilkiiig iiiio the face of ma- chiiie-guns to gain a foothold on a rock. No one can ever convince me that. there is one-millionth of the drama iii flllyl-lllllg sport can pro- duce that there is iii a bottle ivag- Oll firing from a heavy :~C(\, 01' a. sqiiiiiiiiig down the sights of a 8km, or a group of and moving thumb tacks which Ln more ways than one represent your des- and mine. touches the roots of things iii these they may be recognized as some of the bc-m baseball ocirrmieiit everwvritien. —

his epic para- liaving de-

lcy seas

Mc Lemore

Various expedient; were resorted the Dominion De- io meet. tlie situation created when Curmu- ian ripple exports Kmgdom were but the results have been far frcm sziLslaxrtory. world 1n the quality of its apple», but iutiiiy of the best varieties were nit-cues 1n the vast Ontario market. during lAlIQ past season. days when we lmiport oranges from Florida and California, and pzcie- apples from the other side of the world, it. is not tco much pcct that t-lie best of

should be available for have the moans to buy tliciii. Yet

Uni ted

off,

U19

Iii these

to ex- oilr apples

\\'lIO

lii Ontario display more selects. O11-

ripples, but the

raised that

while

are hut, tiisrm ricties are not. 11v. Nova Svotia

(‘nliiiiiliia

ant of A<71‘.(‘lllllll'f‘

c-mown culls.

10

es lll\‘.l(l£‘(1 Scan Allied

wizh vuiii

conflicting slat-ions. ii and Duiii.~li n Spain or Iiulv. advised tlie

make for Allied zure by ii ,'

Germany. 1)l'(‘(l‘iC:l1Il'I‘fll was

.. ‘liaii the DLIHFS’ Broad- that

SIILLPS iiizitie it, clear to isnsist

had accepted

ntl receiving various

vlrc. even from tlicvi‘ oivii govern- \\'(‘l'(‘ iii a (lllflCllil iii sp-ie of l\‘ll(l\"l‘ll"lf‘lll, Danish iiiul NDHVEZIQJI .~.l1ll).S have been arriving at, Allzed

posit the 112N113!

ports. The anonymous harbor known merely as “Au EASY/CHI C311- flflltiii Port" has rr- eivcd about a

lie Allmrl

as t-lie for

s. as well 121V!‘ no love

‘lirr lllilll risk the

t1 mount; i lhlfl.) ici‘, slii- . 'l;<‘

the liocks‘ that but, liei‘

“Kill tiff!‘

(‘OITFIlm 7T1

lie e ships have tmrts of ‘iiitr oivii accord. 'I‘li<‘ii‘ services are of- fered to the Allltfl cause. And the obviou. concliisioit 1s that many o1 N51‘- Nazi nods. Free Lo ch20 c. they dc- (‘l(lf‘ to place lllPll‘ serv (‘es \\'ll.l1 the

and 0t rel g1.

Illfllly

Ob-

steins. Red Astrakiiziiis, and Yellow Tl‘fl'l"lS‘lX‘ll'(‘lllS—Pfl(‘l1 a $_\'1l1])l‘l'.‘Tl_\' 1n flflVfif-JJTE going bccglzig mriirkt-t, in the prcvtiicc by the sea. Delirzous Brlfifll are hard to get, Qhvioiislv. both t-liri

for a

app es

mid

dealers have been lciiiig an op- portunity slip by. Ontario alone, if it had the chance, could consume the first gmde 211111105 grown in Canada. Provmclal lovalty does not oblifie Ontario

s10

Tliei-cls a. suirply of the he-‘t and a demand foi‘ it. ’I'lic_v should have n, chance get together. _ Windsor Ont... r.

blasters of Norwegian and Dan- lsli ve scLs on the li.gli seas were bC'\\'Ild'.l'll1g‘ DUSJLIOII

(i121- and

'.l‘li~e less

the

ln- aci-

[(111, be-

New Growth For Bald Plains

(By Roy Davis in me Magazine Digest)

In ten short years. from 1929 to 1939, over one hundred thousand square miles of flouiishing farm lands in the Provinces of Albena mid Saskatchewan were mercilessly assailed by soil erosion. The fruit of two geiieratzons’ WOHQ iivent for naught. High winds, driving clouds .0! sharp, sandy particles, penetrated |into the homes, buried the barns. covered the land, the fieids, the nieadoivs, dried up the rivers. brooks and wells. killed animals, made life a living hell lor maii. Whole townships were depopulnt-

ed. while tens of thousands of farmers were forced to move to new districts. abandoning their patrimony to the mercies of the

winds and suii. The situation took on the proportions of a national catastrophe.

01d established ways of dealing with the menace proved unavail- hig 1n most cases. 'I‘he loose and drifting soil had to be anchored. The scattered. ivorii-out. and blown-away soil fiber had to be restored through the use of suit- RlJlG perennial grasses A large- seeded grass, capable of thriving 1n parched soil and possessing an extensive root system. twink‘. best fill the need. But no sucri grass ex- lstod.

In 1935, therefore. s group of scientists employed by the Domin- ion Department of Agriculture ac- cepted the challenge. The would create that grass! For fve long veiirs they labored untll success has finnliy crowned their efforts. The new crass. altliouzh as yet ‘n the experimental stages, will be tried out at several experimental sta- tions throughout Canada in 1940. If found suitable, it will return to large, now bare and desolate areas of the West the flourishing aspect tliry lirid when first young Cana- da stretched its dormant milsdes westivnrd 1n the endeavor to awaken its gigantic powers and '0 set to work lts inexhaustible re- sources.

Tlir11lin21i' great were those ex- citing days of the eighties when the shiny paralels of the Cana- (linn Pacific Railway boldlv struck out into the boundless West. open- ing the way to a new empire, spanning rliver and valley, moiin- ltiln and plain even unlo the dis- tout. shores of the turbulent. Pa- clfic.

And while the spikes were etll! being driven in. waves of immi- grants becaii flooding the vast new vrorld, Erngllsh. Ukrainian, German. Eastern Canadian — men and ivnmen of a score of nationalities »»l‘lIFl1t‘(‘l to tnke the land, to es- tablish honiesteads. Iii wave after wave they came until the human tide reached even the farthest sub-

division of the prairies, In te years, from 1901 to 1911, Sas- katchewan alone increased its ggyiulation from 91,000 to 492,-

iS-oon the lniid was tilled. the

seed was planted. the harvest, ga- thered. The wave of men blank- eted the land with golden waves of ivheat. The future seemid to smlle upon the hardworking set- tlers. From the beginning the farm-

ers know that the first generation \\'()lll(‘l “have it, tough." Three generations it takes to make a

wheat grower. they used to say. But befme the third generation could take pCSSCSSlOII of its heri- tage. the land which had so warm- lv welcomed the fathers turned violently awaiiist. the grandsons Even 1n 1900 lt begun to niur- mur against excessive labor. Land in cirtivatlon only ten years in the lprovlnce of Manitoba. began to drift, refused to retain the "nois- turc. dried and killed with lls parched embrace all living growth. A few‘ liomtstcatlcrs liere and there woe forced in move. But no one

ivorrled ONGPIIILICII. Land was plentiful. Nature's warning went lll1ll!‘l‘(l(’(‘l except by a few be-

spectacled professors down at the iiiiivei'.<lt\'. But who listens to there mcii? What do they know about farming!

Even today people sav that the farmer ls only Interested 1:1 dollars and cents. Perhaps lhevre right! But who can blame the farming man for this? For in the early ours of this century dollars and routs were not, too hard to est» In the iicwei‘ districts rich C1'0'15 re- warded hard labor. The industrial

Ull-

ncriiiizi iuiui-i- ot nevi-pink: GCYIIlflIl control. - HiilllflX ClIFOIIXClP.

For years Sigrid Ilmlset. has llYPll iti ii metlzeval

iiiui‘ weld iii lift‘

[h

l toleiTiiii-e riiigeivitl Ger-

It before I lie

\\'ll l'.

the Sue is ‘.i:.t

hlllilf‘ lo

llli

nli l.l the

l.lC('....l'll1(l

wlucii revolt-

Now Grrniziii bombers OVN‘ l_lll(‘.i1.lf‘l111li"l' have l1l'.'ll'.'.l|l.

IICI‘

:‘.1i':i.(l. lii 'llf\l‘ p lone; slii- calls (‘l1 llie coiunige ‘yiiieii. Slic bids lllilll T0351 siiliiii s‘ (in to "tlic l0\ll1~'Uf‘l‘.(‘ ciileli-ivorils about 'l)iCG(l llllll iion.’ iiiitl

lO‘9

very mleptti o1 our bi-ziig." No one uiuLr-

filllllflfi the Norse pronto locum‘ t-liwn sigrid Uzitlsct. Slu- kiioivs tlicni as

long li.st

she dries

life has

true and York Cit Brooks recently sounding

forget, l-ll

lii’! thmi

cent over the i913 base,

there were at,

ol‘ democracy niid lilll‘ rmsill nations tn 1.v:-, I do not h?- licve they wtint our iiicn. "Neuztnl or not. we are hcfiiing i-lie Allcs now by pei-mittin’: them to buy for a price the lmplemrnts of iivarfnie “mark lllfifvblly for n price the t-liznizs they new! fcr the prmecu- loii of the war. “We nre n"! giv-

ltlit-y are Ltxtlay, iiiid tliroiigli

oviezil perspective.

iict doulil. the

been Llflllffllfll m

FilLv- l2l‘(l

_\'. Rev. Dr. lirid something about. An cats nNllffIllLV". "I am

Slrccl Rcelif to

GIT‘ l’. 3S .

at- fci‘ tlie

fl-iillf

ativtlittitt. not (‘veil

[I112

‘Phut lc.i.<t ii ieiv traiaori among l-liini $l10 flLKll'.\,\'ll‘(lQl‘$. but. lCflKlLlKSi 0i the OVt‘l'\\ll(‘lll1.'llg mass 0t llie people to Iiulii, stouily tor their freedom, as t-licjv have dllIlC snce Viking titties, In all Norway there is no vozec that, CJIIIIIIIHEGS greater affection and respect. Aiitl beyond Norway t-licre l. 1101K‘, llial iienrtl more elrrurly tliriii tli: v0 ce of this quiet ivciiian whose ivliole

\\lll l):

the

cau-ze of peace. - New York Times.

From his milplt In St. Tromns C-liureli iit the corner oi" l-‘ittli Avr- New

H. say

“niriply-

not

plcadiiw that, we no into the war bv sciitlziitz mi iiiinv on not. llf""V(‘ tlit- Allies w in me today fighting our batilo- do tint. 1ii'c.=t\i‘vii1._0‘.i

of

0LT

moral support. officially as a nn- (lo not, know the meaning oil the $Wl1-Y\t$W!ll8-fldW.andv/0n¥V/0NMP0¢

East, the foreign markets. then the \\’.'ll‘. demanded ever more wheat. Hivli grain prices became the rue, Nfore and 1110‘? latid was broiizli: under cultivation; meadows. for- HEW lands were plowed under. Wheat was kliig.

'I‘lie rumbled warnings of Manl- lribrvs land were all but forgotten. But by 1920 the situation could no lriiiaier he lEHOYNI. An agrar- iuii conference held lii \Vl’.'1l‘."'1t!g from July 14-16. 1920. gravely listened l0 a report, bv Professor T. .1, l-Iarrisnii. who pointed out that the ltiiid was bczlnnliig to drift due

to continuous grain cropping. 11c drifting began ivhcii the vlritln fiber llflfl disappeared fi‘om the

lriiiiiis, llSlllllly lii l0 to 15 years.

Ali. three DTOYESWJTS! Always lflli-Zllli! the darkest vlew of Llilnirs. What, it‘ a ilttle land did burn iin? ‘There ivas lots o1‘ it. left! So the professors met and planned, rus- cursed and printed their reports. but their advice fell nn deaf ears. Prosneritv seemed tn orcvnll very- wht-re, Farmers purchased iirnl- lure. radios, cars. sent their elill- drcii tn the uiilircrdlv. Ram was the farm that did not have its trac- tor. Much was purrhascd on in- stiillmrnt. but no matter - the bountiful r-ailli would give enough lo nny vrlth interest.

'I'limi cam" the, crrish ln 1929. ‘Prom far-nwav, oft-hated Wall Slrvef, its thunder was heard In the farm ltitids. Price's dropped. un- sold ivlicai fillcd the elevators, it hardly paid to harvest the crop. Came nine years of droiilzlilz. of poor crops. of Insects. 'I‘he land coird no lancer support its biir- dcii. The ivlnds. hot. searing, de- structive. senurerd the Sflll. In places not a llvlnz thing remained, Just, sand. Water income sciirse. SPlIOOlS closed. Tractors and ma- r‘l"ll“ll‘l‘_\' liiv hurled and forgotten. Relief hcenme the meiins of live-ll- hood. 'I'1iat, mid cliarltv. fn some localities homes. schools. churches, storcs were abandoned. Human suf- fr-rinrz l)"(‘1ll11l‘ intense. Human fib- er lV"‘flfl in ivr-nkcii.

During the flrit. years of drought, atzrminmiwts tvnrkrd CPDSPTRQly to find some solution. Already 1n the two provinces. an area llfellf/Pl‘ than the whole of England was affected. In Saskatchewan alone 4.000.000 acres d to bejbandon-

we hope they will win, ro we may share in the victory without as- suming nny rcspcr- ‘bitty. "Now my fiiriids, 1f this t: nct hynricrtsy mien tn the ninth rlrizree, then 1

PRELUDE 1N E MINOR (CHOPIN)

ll is a silent garden where am g chzlotiood mart u

p from The rank rown grass and flowering w s. or some 01d 111F155 knellmg sadness mld the a OI life; or when beside some grave a prayer I; slgtitiéi; or when. stone, the bleak v l Of wavgls that chant the 110w eter-

n 50115 Heard all nil; t through, the saddest theme to hear.

Was this 1h; saddest music that he e

I hear Lin-e waves within its her- mony.

In the recurring phrue, the minor

The mOCIIIlAUOXI and monotony

Of rhythm. chords and theme. waves have surged

Upon the shore. I see the sea, his see.

—1rene I-lsugn.

Perlia The g osts of

Th6

ed. A way had to be found to halt further drifting before the "good lands" would be engulfed by the sands of the "bad." One inch of soil blown from a. single section of lend menat the movement of more than 100,000 tons of aofll

Efforts were made to stop sol‘ drifting by the introduction of strip iarming under which the fields were divided into alternate strips of fallow and grain, a prac- tice now widel adoplc In Southern Albor e where strip {aiming had been utilized for over 20 years, drifting on luch farms has been practically stopped. Ploiighed summer-fellows and plougliless summer-fellows n ll v e also been used to some advantage. In areas with I. fair rainfall, cover crops were tried, consisting of e late summer needing of Spring grain. In many cues eroslmi had proceeded so far that emergency measures were adopted. They in- cluded plowing furrows one rod apart: through the field, rldglug by means or duck foot cultfvators, sp- plylng mew or manure, dlsking during winter months end deep reploughlng. But these could not provide a solution for the vnist areas already affected by drifting. In 1898 a. tough, crested wheat. grass was introduced lnto the United States from Russia. In 1915 and 1921 It was brought, ln- to Canada and planted ln selected areas 1n the West. In time a vari- ety called the "Falrwav" was de- veloped ‘by Dr. L. E. Kirk at. the University of Saskatchewan. In millions of pounds ft. was diari- buted throughout the country and helped to halt erosion. Developing a most remarkable root system which takes complete esslon sf the soil by running 1a rally betow the surface and penetrating ti. a depth or seven an-i eight feet. this zrass has proveri cababe of restor- ing line fiber content of the sol! In a relatively few years. But, "IPaZr- way" had one great, weakness. Its small seeds had to be planted ofiy one half lrich below the surface. Stands could be established 1n the drought. areas but only with great

difficulty. Seeding methods were finally worked out which enabled 1t, to be Introduced even under

very adverse conditions. But ii large-seeded grass. which could be seeded deeply and which still possessed the desirable qualities of crested wheat grass, could have been established much more readily and, what is still more important, farmers would be more willing include such a. grass fn the regular farm rotation even during good years, thus malntaingirig the soil fiber so necessary to prevent soil drifting.

In the summer of 1035 cross begun at the Division of Forage breeding of wheats and grasses was Plants, Central Experimental Farm. Ottawa, under the direct-Ion of Dr. L E. Kirk. then Dominion Agrostologlst, now Dean of Agri- culture, University of Saskatchewan and in co-operntlon with the Na- tional Research Council. Dr. J. M. Armstrong of the Central Experi- mental Farm. was ln charge of the plant, experimental work. Dr. FRI-I. Pete of the National Research Council co~operated by studying certain fundamental problems re- lating to fertility and sterility of the hvbrlds. Later Dr. L. P. V. John- son and H. A. Mclenniin assisted in the work. An important p=rt of ‘he work was undertaken at the Dominion Foraize Crops Laboratory, Saskatoon, Ssslc. under the direc- tion of Dr. T. M. Stevenson. pres- ent Dominion Aizrostoloizlst, who was then in charge of the labora- tory. This work has been continued at Saskatoon under the direction

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MEN'S WEAR

of Mr. W. J. White, These men began the quest for a. ‘E1855 to save the plains. Their OlJJECL vras not to produce a per- ennial wheat, but to secure a. vigor-

ers. So tiny mlnute the of the men

Western Canada. “The is to be large-seeded.” liilftaeziilwi-bit): Dr. J. M. Armstrong and H. A. 34111191111811. "ln order that ft may be giown more dret 1v than 1s pos- sible with out‘ available grass 5m. cles. It should be perennial to avoid the necessity for frequent tillage with the nccompaiiviii: soil-driving 6811891". It should be winter-hardy and drought-resistant, and it should be of economic value as pasture, hay and possibly as grain." ‘They were modest. mcii, these scientists. It‘. was just n research

l n large -,

problem they insisted. Any sclen- l

lv i

tfst. would work 1n the same man- ‘d for Mother's

ner. But. ‘they knew the urgency and the difficulty of the task fag- lng them. No simple p"ohlem ft was, no more cross bettvefii two Plants. It was to be a "wide spec- ies cross," a crossing of tivo entire.

well knowi.

les.

tics here." one i lh . i iii. - -

said. “In Nature, ‘in relil life?“ ill: l" making u selection from

igtne figures do m; 31...“... m“, our new stock and you can e same results even \\'l‘f‘l1 siib- b ‘ .

Jed“, to the 5mm operation-n e assured of their fresh Othtgst there were who were "e55

some-w n skeptical, even derlslve.

‘Well. ltfs ii nice theory.“ they Prices 25c tQ $250

said benevolcntly, not wlslilnz to

injure the investigators‘ feelin ., "but. . , aren't you trying to ‘it; L" "s have l! little £00 fur?" ¢q|-Iy_

No. they weren't! ‘Flicy simplv had to win, it’ tiiiudreds of thou- sands of acres of good Canadian soil were to be savrd.

The trek lcas been Ions! and cilf. flcult. Fur five trdlniis years Jiese men and tiiiii‘ collaborate‘: “'0‘.'l(- ed. From morning to iilzlii, in sea- son, they w-oukl be out, lii the burn- lii§__r>_un_experiiyjmrisqulatlrig and