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Morning Dally (Pounded la llll-i. Authorised aa Second Claaa Mall,‘ Post Offlra Department. Ottawa.

Preddalit. Ian A. Burnett; Vlaa-Prealdeul, Wm. ll.

Mlllllllll DlIOr-‘lor. J. It. Burnett; Annotate Editor. Frank Walker.

"The Strongest Memory is Weaker Than the Weakest lnk."

LYHARLUITETOWN, TUESDAY. MARCH 2. 1908*

llur" Surplus llaiinod Flsh

Concern hasgbeen expressed in the _l-I9"' lature over the prospects for the marketing of Island canned fish (other than lobsterlfllls Yet". and the seriousness of the situation is furthcf emphasized by the letter in todays Forum col- umns from Mr. S. H. Burhoe, president of the P E. l. Fisheries Federation. It seems hard to P? " understand why, in view of the need of food for

relief purposes in Europe, all our surplus fish pro- ducts in the Maritimes could not be thus dis- posed of. There has been set up by Parliament an organization known as the Fishery Prices 5UP- port Board, whose principal functionsore that of buying and selling fish, and the giving of dc- . ficicncy payments" to fishermen. The latter op- .“ oration seems never to have been fully explain- ’ cd, but the key to the present situation lies in the Board's authority as a selling organization. Parliament has granted the BoardIIIH °PP"°P"" otion of $25,000,000 to be' used in just such em- crgencies as the industry seems now to be fac- ing.

Another matter of importance in this can- nection has also been mentioned in the Legis- lature. The per capita consumptionpf fish in Canada is about the lowest of any fish produc- ing country in the world. A third function might well be giventhe Fishery Prices 5lllfPP" Board, whereby a vigorous policy of advertising could be instituted. This was done in the case of our canned lobster during the war years, and with marked success. Educating the public to eat more fish will doubtless be o slow process, but it is something that will have to be done if the industry is to be put on a permanently sound basis.‘

Canada In l5 Years

Rt. Han. Jamcs G. Gardiner is convinced that Canada's population can be doubled with- iii l5 years. Addressing a service club audience in Toronto lost week, Mr. Gardiner said:

"ln my opinion we should set ourselves thc task of incrgasing our population by at least 500,000 a year immediately, with an objective of reaching a million a year inside ten years. ln

r other wards, we should be driving for-double our

present population in not lass than 15 years."

. This, comments an exchange, is not as tall yl ' nn estimate as it may appear. Canada's popula- i tion is now estimated at about 12,500,000,’ and its not natural increase is not less than 1.5 per cent pcr annum. Allowing that births will ox- cced deaths by approximately 2,000,000 in the next decade and a half, on immigrant tide aver- aging 700,000 a year would bring the total up to 25,000,000 by 1963. This is not only gwithin the bounds of possibility,--it looks like something almost certain of attainment. There are scores of millions of Britons and desirable Continental people who mill migrate from Europe within the next l0 or 15 years. It is not too much to ex- pect that 10,000,000. of them will discover in due time that Canada is the land of-the great- cst promise on earth for settlers of character, who are ambitious ta work for what they get, and to get what they work for.

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ll. Food contracts

According to a Landon correspondent, it is believed in England that there will be a pro- tracted delay before fate of Anglo-Canadian food contracts is definitely decided. Continua- tion of the contracts would likely involve a three-cornered arrangement between Canada, the United States and Britain. lt will not be a simple matter to work out such an arrange- ment. '

Some such procedure as the following is visualized by London observers: First, the United States Congress must pass the Marshall Plan. A Marshall Plan administrator will have to be ap- pointed. He presumably will have to decide whether the Anglo-Canadian food contracts qual- ify for Marshall assistance. The United States Iioy wish to question prices or to make condi- tions regarding these contracts. At all events whatever the procedure it can not be completed by March Ill the date on which the contracts come up for review. The three-cornered negati-

-otions will take time and the final result may disappoint those who are hoping for straight and simple contracts.

lt is believed that, in view of Britain's fin- ancial emergency, the British government is most reluctant to buy beef, bacon and cheese from Canada. While the government would not- urally like to maintain thcgbucon and cheese ra- tions in the United Kingdom, it is fclt that. in Britain's present economic position she cannot qiiffdrd to spend dollars on these foods. Cab- jnat ministers in Britain foal that Britain should molrc do with what bacon and cheese

phe can buy from sterling and soft currency areas. . \ a, During the last Anglo-Canadian talks it lwos estimated that Britain's financial deficit irwould be $145 million in the first quarter of the {your and that this could lie mat with $100 mil- _ ran from Britain's reserves and S45 million from n= cradlr. lr ll new thought that this - rtoa optimistic and that the actual h . lt would scorn that lilt-

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— EDITORIAL NOTES --

For th\o purpose of serving Saint John, Sim- onds and Lancaster, Saint John Municipal Coun- cil have decided to establish a municlpally-own- ed transportation system.

Next year, most appropriately, Parisians are to celebrate the 2,000th anniversary of the founding of their city, or rather of the erection of the stone barricades which anteceded it.

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The Municipal Council of Saint John, N.B., hav'c agreed to purchase 150 wartime homes and the property an which they are built from the Central Mortgage and Housing Company for $150,000. It acted in behalf of the parish of St. Simonds.

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Last year's net income of Canadian agricul- ture is now estimated at the record total of al- most $2.5 billions. What the figure for this year will be no one con guess at this time. Much will depend upon weather. Much will depend upon prices. But the total could be considerably less than in 1947 and still leave Canadian agriculture sound and prosperous. g Bureaucrats are pretty much the some every- where. An English lady who kept two COWS T0 provide milk for her household found that an occasions she had a surplus. Being conscientious by nature, she wrote to the Ministry of Food to ask haw she should dispose of it. The answer she received wos,"'You should not draw so much milk from the cow."

Alberta's C. C. F. leader has taken the So- cial Credit governmcnt to task for continuing to retain the name after dropping all the prin- ciples of Major Douglas’ Social Credit. The C-. C. F., however, are open to the criticism of being out and out socialists but not having "socialist" in their party name.

A somewhat amusing sidelight on the Prices Committee investigation appears in the Montreai Gazette. lt seems that after sensational evidence of a secret and sinister meeting of bakers in Tor- onto to discuss bread prices, the whole thing blew up with the disclosure that the bread and bakery products radministrator had attended and been active at the meetilig.‘ '

Today when the tendency towards standard- ization is so strong it is encouraging to hear of a govetnment official like Ontario's chief dir-

‘cctor of education praising teachers for their

"commendable disregard for standardized prac-

tice and program." After all the curriculum is

intended to assist teachers, not frustrate them. W W fi I

Horace Walpole, 4th Earl of Orford, author ahd letter-writer, died this date Feb. 1797. He was the son of Sir Robert Walpole, Prime Min- lster whose record Prime Minister Mackenzie King hopes to surpass. While Horace was a littcrataur with social and antiquarian tastes, his father had none of these qualities. Sir Robert is described as being a man of coarse moral fibre, gross pleas- ures, and no intellectual tastes, who undoubtedly gave a low tone to politics and did not hesitate to stoop to corruption to secure party successes.

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Mr. Lionel Bertrand (L-Terrebonnc) has been informed in a Commons return that Fam- ily Allowance payments to Quebec have totalled $199,037,068 compared with a national total o1 $594,403,227. In old age and blind pensions, Quebec received $14,457,996 last year and a total of $103,588,347 since they became law. The Federal Government, under the vocational. training assistance agreement, had approved contributions of $2,691,400 to the province for Z8 technical and arts and crafts school projects. Of this sum, $666,585 had been paid.

Soon John Bull will have a mast useful ac- cessory to his daily toilet . . a new non-elec- tric rocking razor which makes it possible to shave dry at any time and in any place. This new razor is now being manufactured in Britain. It features two blades which, working inside a perforated guard, cut the beard by a scissors movement. To shave, all he has to do is to rest the guard against his skin and rock the razoi gently. Another excellent feature of this new- type razor is that the blades are seIf-sharpen- ing. This neat little gadget is being manufact- ured for export.

ls secret diplomacy working for U.S.A.-Can- ado frce trade? Temporarily Canada is not go- ing to be a good market for U. S. A. goods owing to the Dominion's "austerity" programme, but the situation may turn out for the better with startling suddenness, says Sales Management. "There are forces at work which point toward a truly revolutionary development in economic relations. We are informed by seemingly re- liable sources that the groundwork has been pre- pared in Ottawa and Washington for a removal of all customs on products originating in either country. lf this should go through it would mean that selling to people in Montreal and Vancouver would be just as simple as selling to Atlanta and San Francisco." '

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Rev. Dr. J. R. Mutchmor, Secretary of the Board of Evangelisiriiand Social Service, the United Church of Canada, told the annual meet- ing of his Board that British Columbia favors more disciplined living in refusal to sanction cocktail-bars; Alberta's drink bill par capita is more than a third higher than Saskatchewan's; Saskatchewan and Manitoba are steadier prov- inces, their administrations and courts at all levels do a good job; Ontario has increased the number of days of race tracks operation and is. exploring tho chancel of dag racing, also it has brought back the old bar and added two o.m. drinking and created a paradise for the boozo intarcirr; Quebec under Roman Catlijolic church leadership, has reduced gambling and sexual im- morality, and driven a wide and deep salient into the liquor trade; the Maritime Provinces continua at; , fairly. cyan" moral- level, but illagltirnacy rates

are high in Nova Scotla and hard Ilguor cali-

suniption has risen, particularly in f. E. l.

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'A blotter ll what folkl hut for while the lnk drlu. ~ Kitchener- Waterloo Record.

The fact that there were a con- slderable number of fetal accident..- 1n the past. yoaneven at. crosslnz." where protection exists. shows. that. no safeguard can be effective wlth- out; co-operatlon from the public. Protection is o! no evall where carelessness -1s at the wheel of a car. 'I‘here would be very few level crossing accidents lf drivers would exercise a reasonable care and re- fuse to take chances. To slow dowa and niaka sure that no train ll up proiichlng costs only a few mom- ents. — Chatham News. .

. The Safely Director of the Stale of Illinois lately urged the use of hand signals by motor car driver... 'l'lu'.s brought the following rejoln- dei" from a oanhrlbutor to the Clu- cago Dally News: "Chicago -driv- ers stick their hands out of wln- dows. but they might. mean any of the following: "l. Yes, 1t.'.s rain- lng. "2. That's the house ave: there where Joe llvea. "3. Shaking off cigar ashes. “l. Waving hallo to a friend. “5. Emphasizing pOlnua 1n conversation to passenger, ‘s. Drying ringer nall pol1sh." Those who try to Uiterpret. hand signals ln Branteford are sometimes caught on the horns of the same dlloiri- ma. -_ Branttord Expositor.

secretary Chas. Milton. Prince- ton. injected a temperance note into his report at the annual meet- lng or Ontario Concentrated Mllk Producers. He said: “If a farmer sells a bushel of grain 1.0 a manu- facturer or whlsky, he puts the graln through a distillery, called n still, 1t comes out. flrewater and the consumer pays $3 to‘$5 a quart. or 50 cents a shot. The consumer drinks 1t. and says ‘glmme another. The farmer puts his grziln through a dlstlllery called a cow and in c ies out. mllk. The consumer pays 1 cents a quart, takes a drink, sets his glass down and says ‘go easy on the mllk folks; the prlee ls away up.’ This ls a classic les- son in economics and human trau- ty." ~ Family Herald and Week- ly Star.

"Oh, l haven't time to read!" That. 1s easily sald, but: hard to prove. As i1 maul/or of fact, 1.1161‘? is time Lo burn up the roads in autamablles for the slmple pleasure of using up this some time. There is time to go to cinemas. ai- gamb- ling places, or cafes. There ls time to lounge 1n stores, to gobble at streetcornecs or other public piaces. And there is not time to open a book, ta‘go through a good newspaper . . . Let. us glve to react- ing the place 1t holds in the or ganization of our lives. A few minutes cacti day. a few hours each week. let. us lnstruct. nursery ves an public events: let. us be arm- ecl for conflicts. — Le Nioaletatalli.

lfanndlan clamps of great. rarity and value are featured pronunent- 1y in a £8,500 stamp sale to be held at. Robson Lowe's London auctnon rooms on Feb. 18. At. least £150 .5 expected to be realized by a hori- zontal strip of five 1852-1851 brlgrt blue 10d stamps. whlle a. set of mint blocks of the 1897 Jubilee ‘ls- sue 1s valued at £225. and a can.- plete lO-cent mint. sheet of tne same year at. £125. Irf a series if mint. blocks of the present cen~ tury. which will come under the hammer at the some sale. £200 ‘s the prlee put by experts upon a 1937-38 set of mint blocks of 11)- cent to one dollar issues. A 1928-41.. set ls valued at. £180 and a 10.13 Royal vislt. series of ll stamps st 1290. Other slmllar Canadian items are estimated varlausly as being worth from £60 to $80 each. —-R»0h son Lowe's Bulletin.

Thlri particular corner of South- western Ontario 1s the "banana bolt" ol Canada. This lncontrov- ertlble fact. ls undeniable. W1n.l- sor 1s the capital of the banana belt. This 1s an unarguoble asset tian of unlmpeachable verocluy- Having examined this lndlsputabie data from all angles 1n the llgiir» of the weather we've been havlng for these past. couple of days. H» appears undeniable, incontrover- tlble, unarguablc. iii-impenetrable. and indisputable that. the banana ls one heck of a hardy vckelabie. —Wlndsor Star.

A St. Louie man was released after is charge of stealing $800 when his boss appeared as a clini- acter witness for htm. Now the man ls ln jail icgaln. for steallns wl-ilsky —and from his base. ll there's anything worse than bttlng the hand that. feeds you. 1t. would appear to be twisting the Wrlflh that pours your drlnk. —Wlndsor Star. ,

Grey skies. and dark forebod- lngs, cars leld up and vlctuals few are so deterrent tn our numerous and gallant schemes-a of the festi- val oceiislon. stratford (all Sum- mer, as ever. but more starry l: cast). Bath at Easter Koccent- on youth), Malvern 1n July (salute so Show), .and Bdlnburgh ln Augult (massed maeatrh lnvlta acre-la- vlte the stranger who like: tn en- joy fine thtngs 1n flna places“ A

ed ln the Hopetoun Rooms. ldlri- burgh. Cortot -usua1ly accepted s! the gfealieet living Chaplnlat wlll repeat tho recital which Oho- pln then gave. Also contracted to Itdlnburgti are ab: famous orches- tras with Glyndebourna Opera, Menuhin, ltentner. Schnabel. and others: also the "Old Vlc" and Boater's Wells Ballet. certainly ltdlnburgh sets a pretty hot. pace for the other entrants 1n the Io:- tlviu ‘Tournament, 1M6. - Marlon Observer. . -

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PUBLIC FORUM

Till oolama ll opan cu the dlaoaflen by corre- epondentl of gnolflana cal lateral!» The Charlottetown Guardian doea not neaalnr- ‘Llly eadarlo the opinion; o1 eurreaporiilaats

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BBLF-B-IGBTIOUBNISB .1 OONDBMNED Threinphasla af the present l-lmo. ln reaction to the n-ilsuoe of freedom. la towards order and ‘ ‘ No doubt a oorrectlve

_ renounce up SCHOOLS

Slrr-Oao of your correspond- ants recently suggested that. our mam need in education 1s for well-trained teachers. Anyone who thinks seriously about education knows this to be cine. Several steps should be taken to remedy the sltuatlon. One o! the first. 1a to ralso teachers’ salaries. 1111s has been done. Further increases wlll no doubt follow as qualifica- tlons can be ralsed. Obviously the situatlon cannot. be wrrrcted 1n a day. The next. most important. step is to provide teachers with 800d toola in attractive surround- ings—1n other words modern well equipped buildings. By provldlng such equipment the status of the teaching profession is at. once raised.

We need a 110W building ln the Charlottetown region because our acboola are now claret-crowded. Not. only the City schools but mostuschools surrounding the city are overcrowded. 111i country schools one teacher curuiot do justice to 10 grades». within a year or two all these districts Will be obllged to eicpdnd ‘in some way. Let's have done wlth }.l€C€mCB.4 plannlng. Let. us pool all our re- sources and get something ivortn ivhlle for the money expended.

In another letter a Composite High School was said to be about as necessary to Charlottetown as o. flfth wheel on a coach. Could 1t be that the wrltcr is not. aware that. every coach has a flftb wheel? -1nrleed the fifth wheel makes all the difference between a gooa coach and a poor one. So the simllie is apt-each performs an essential function-the flfth whee! on the coach and the Composite High School 1n our education sys- tern.

I am, Slrmgtc, DOROTHY LANTZ.

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Sun-This letter Ls Intended to bring as forcibly to mlnd as p35- slble the critical position 1n which P. E. I. fishing lndustry 1s beln placed by events, both domestlb and foreign, arbour. which there seems presently to be only one solutlon. That. is an lmmedlate announcement. of Government pur- chases of canned flsh for rclrlef purposes. Market. conditions would indicate a. satlsfaetory return for lobsters, yet. under changing con- clltlons, of which no one can pae- diot, the canning Industry should not. put. too much dependence on this one branch of the industry. Only last. month another group of the few European countries, open to buy oufcanned flsh, has practically shut out flsh products by a high tariff duty; so the calming of herrlnl. mackerel and chicken huddle looms very lmpoo-t- ant 1n the economy of P. E1. I. at the present time. How much we cannot calculate. We do know that this last. named conning of s0 called relief type flsh extends over a much longer perlocl, The equip- ment. eded to ea/tch these flsh 1a 18101-111 Y less expensive. Hence the ultimate return to the primary producer 1s comparatlvely hlghr

It 1a the duly of every business man. packer. Processor 811d flsh- ermon to Impress upon our repre- sentatives 1n Government to press for Government purchases to ease the blow of the sudden stopplxii; of export and domestlc sales. The l". B. l. fisheries Federation ls Wvrklns along every angle to re- lieve the situation.

The United states canned flsh lndiustry 1s flgtitlng along parallel

lines. Our efforts must not lag

nor fall. I quote from the New

York Journal of Commerce: "Washington. Feb. 26 - Na-

tional Fisheries Institute, repre- sentlng the country's major flsh interests. today filed a protest with Secretary of State Marshall over recent Stale Department act.- lon removing canned flsh from the 10111811 old program. The pro- test. was lodged following a, meet- lng of the lnsbltute’: executlve committee, Charles E. Jackson, 89119111 015119801‘. sold. More than 121300.000 pounds of Untted stator canned flsh had been purchased for relief abroad since July l, 1947. “" lt ls considered a well-rounded food hlgh ln cal- orlea and especially rich 1n pro- teins," Mr. Jackson pointed out. The prlnclpal types bought for re- llef purposes were low-coat. fish. not widely uded by American con- sumers. Hence. he said, their purchase for rellef dld not create domestic shortages or i-alsc prices to the Arnerrlcari public.