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THE B llAll LDTTETO Wll G llllRll lAll

Mornittg Daily tlnrunded In I887)

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President: Lleui. Cul. W. Chester S. McLurl \’ice Prrsitlelil: _|. R. Burnett, FJ.L necreiary; Lit-tit Col. l). A. blacKInnon, 0.8.0. Edit," and ,\1;|n_,;ittg Dirt-rtur J. R. Burnett, FJJ

AQSIF-ult‘ Editors: [Yratik Walker end [an A. Burnett.

, _ ._ ..._..__ l‘I!SCklI"l'10N BATES ly Mall In P. . . $1.00 per yell’; $1.25 lur J iuuntlts; 50o for one month City Dt-lfvtrry 5.3.00 per year; $3.00 for If month: $1.75 fni 3 mouths By Mail ln Ciiiiatlu and USA. $5.00 per yell SIIUHILI) \\ uvitly: $100 per year; $1.00 lor 6 month; 50c for 3 month:

The (ltnriotti-iotttt i-unrilltiir uiuy he obtained ll Old

u0lIlIIiI;;\ .\t~\\~ “ti-thy, ‘l Illl‘! square, Sew Int-k;

"""‘“ """"" 11"“ “"1 """""'I"""»lconstruction of new merchant ships. This in

lfusinii; . < , M-nt. Ajtvlli‘) l"~lt! Peel h! I -- - n,,,,,,,._,t, ,, ,,.., ., |,,,_, ,.,__ t|-,, d," ,,,,,,, addition to the action of the Commonwealth iiiiff"it“...,'$13111‘.QTZLILT‘tfiiilifffii s?“ ‘iif.i"ui.'i.'ii’i'.i.’f ig°""“"‘e“‘ "‘ ‘T‘°'e”'"g ti.“ m“ °f ‘h’: ‘my '° lltilit-rnl, .\ s. ,t\vo-and-a-lialf times what it was before the out-

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—"' " "r " ‘v i '“""'—_-""—_—?———- break of the war. Besides a large number of The .S'frrui_'1t-_.-l JJunttt-y is Weaker fhflll "l? ‘merchant ships have been ‘fitted out as well as ___ “(Wfff-"t mIf-ji auxiliary war vessels. In atltlition. I50 mer- “1;.:.\' chautntett have been provided with defensive

.~'5l.'\\', OCTOBER 15, 1941.

The ‘flit-tail Uf Inflation

"Ynflaii - t ~ .. 1 t : tltt- Fftit‘ z-f stt-n - in: Q K U’ _‘ N“ Wwluclhjll m, gnogs also the tttimeroiis ClCstrQvt-rs, corvettes and atttl ~ 1t - .. .. {Ttlll .\li\llllll\' bet-k“, iintte-siveepers ptit into service and the plans for m. . . p . - y] g‘ H‘ Imcus-jing the building about. a ltundrctl cargo vessels Antong ._ Y . w‘. K w “TAN {Hit it H other places singled out for special tncnttoit by ‘ ‘ ‘ ‘_ ‘ ' ‘_ . , I’. L. A. are IIOng Kong. Singapore, South

i i 1'“. iulilil-Y U‘ Cw“- I Africa and Klotnbasa. w - '_\ tttt large ainotitit. In-

jii-ltillClitill is already ' tltc rate of spend-

" il by the i8 per . -x tif retail sales '-.- ‘tlillc tttotttlts of last

'11- trcttd of prices in t Ce ttx-ttd iti theicorres- t ttar. lt points out that tttttl inflationary up- ‘t until IQt6. In the . in prices and living ainly not infla- .-h;ilf, though re- lertttiott in the rate of

ittc-"t-ituz" 't' .' ~ tttnt. .. m/HIS obviously raise ,, ,, ,,, ,, the tptc-zi ti: E- Vii tlt~ ltt-vittnin of a ro- - - nimygp, m,‘ h‘ Pphfl In, Hang Cm“ Sim In order to prevent customers obtaining . , , , , . _ , _ . ,, . ,, . . m’. ,1, p i 3 Y, . “M, m m“; and 1W7? ilotfhes. offl the rlatioit. by luring thcnli and (ithpnl . I - 1 . _ l‘ i‘ t ‘- "i" m “"5 ti’;$111.5.'t§°$Z.ie§i”i5;~.li..i.it'§ff'...§§§tall qttc-twt: t‘ i t ttt till itpon the extent to a i i i i

which ; ‘\ c llllllt'_\' and of the Un- iicd - ztt-tl to combat inflation. CPTIJI!“ ‘lll- 1» r tittltat inflation are more ltigltlt‘ ~ war, the (ioveriunctit i.- aitlc t-t - :t:.l is ilrvcrting a large and gWHYi"! i“ t ttf lit." ttt »tt<-_v IIICOIIICS of Can- adians tut at" tfrttt-‘es, This is a great step iii :t lt lilt‘ last ivai" we lacked the l I'll<‘;IIl~', t‘:- .tttt<~ :ttttl the public under- stattdt t .t.lt-tjttzttt-l_v' this line of a:- tack : 1t. Fitrtltcrtiittre. government coittrntls tttt. ltave been applied more rattitlly t); the experietice of the lll<t nat- . it ttf tttlter countries in the pro tt u" ‘ ill'k‘ll tli wii upon.

tt-iotts inc-ans of com- . line of attack is to - aitd ntaiittziiti the supply of

" ices. Ifnforttttiately, this itrlcrtttate in wartime be-

atteittpt to int civilian goitd< . apptirzclt ran

t- lie

C21ll<6 llllfft’ tttnrc lalttttir, materials and equipttttttt it t: ilivcrtcd away from civilian pursuits fin‘. " purposes. This very fact,

however, en ing the rcittli

the importance of utiliz- ‘iy of civilian industry as Cfftciivtiiy as p» ~~ . , :ttttl the necessity of checltittq :ill'C ' ittt and hoarding which might otltet-tvise zttgg. ....e the development of short-

llgcs. . . . . . .. ,_ . _ _ _ ._ 1t is hr el dtie to his determination that l:.ire The-OHM i“ “ ‘if aimci“ “him are on Hie remairisgtieiiitral and 1‘0l3.ll0l1lSl‘lI1 the resent‘ rate tit split we iiitirc ftnttltinietttal. One is conflict ° P to retltttre spit lty curtailing money incomes, ' , ,, ,, , tllf0ll"l s‘ ' " t 3'!“ . l t d . . conmgil,‘ L will? [izdlikolglicfo lisazgy 3d Use of X-rays to help diagnose a recently dis- I 53hr‘, C‘) 0 _ .1,” Review States that such covered and sometimes fatal ailment called . ,,,' ,_ .. _ ; __ toxoplasmosis was reported by Dr. L. M. rll(i.l(lll~ tlt t. illllllillltll1l, for they get to S {St L . d1) C _ I. G D k the " ' t‘: t-‘ttl tn by taking away or re- an“ O ' ems an r‘ omen“ ' u c‘

stric. ,_ "c :t~- .t;; of spt-tttlittg.” But it adds that titty lave twtt tleiicicttcics: first, that they can ttfit-r no a- ll“'1ltCL’ that spending will be Cllrlitiltjtl itt tTw tl‘ Attts where shortages are

(rt-t §'i‘::.tl- ..l-, t - ~, t . _ fgilivilil-Z-i i i i He} a‘? mt ahiays and small children, Dr. Sante pointed out. In

.11“, ,,.,,_ , y, ,,...,,,,,.h i, ,0 restrict spemp adults. “however, the dfISCBSC may resemble i“; ,,,',.W..;_. W. ,,, .5 and litnitation of pro_ 0c y i ountain spotted eyer ancgsymptoms of rhtuiiittt -~ w. -t» l \\.lii price control. Such means acufie pneumogna are lérommeilit’ r.‘ Same de- hmc m. l‘ M]. ‘Wing selective in that scrned severa types o toxop asmosts cases and tlti-t- d. t .-:t @111 on the things to which the sigiis of lungfnvoivement. which may be titt-k- 'lI'C ~.»,.t..i' it»; difficulty is that if M“ '“ Xfly P‘°‘“'°" I“ mfamsi m‘ N” lpetirlittg is cit: dtttvtt in some directions it will ¥ork dociors explained’ the X-ray will Show tend to ovtirflttn" in others thus hastening the slgiis of mtemiil- hXd’°°°Pha‘“5 (Water on the‘ appt-ztrattcv t>f twin-t" sltttrtztqits and new controls. brain) and calcification of the brim?‘ Diagnoses i lint ii ttttt~t t»? iht‘ tttut-ttttcs of spending are may also be Pad?’ these doctors pomtcd Put’ i)’, swim‘, Wvmwll; l,’ n; in “crummy and to a blood tests siowing the presence of anti-bodies 1C5S(‘l'-'l’."_fl\(‘ itt litiirliiid, then stich direct foibthe large Oneiqcngd parasite’ Toxoplasma’ ntrtltittls art- highly t-fft-tttive in reducing the to- which causes the diseafie" ‘ tal of >iv igiii‘lltjr;illllrili;llvls:fill combatting inflation. Ahhuugh the nomcoupon garments for Brb

- - ' h infants and the coii on-bearin standardiz- U r: Siilfire Pl "5 . . p g . H l ' ease ed raiment for their elders have aroused little _ __ _ f ., . com la'nt ' Brita l t f l' t h ' “Ii-I'll”! ' “I?” r m Clllillliffiuurzfl tflieflgneiiiif; will}: beenp rfrceitizd by tliif griisisyatoid IliTp ililgaid afif

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.' ‘» . ' - Tad fmth rt-fhll bt tle Y!“ nfiiifulli‘ p ‘ fmmf IMHR" A’ Pf‘ til-om agres bf I; andeigaéfloivitftgi/ritithmfeqdiibilcifnofc i ltmtc pit t ti‘. t l , t‘. ttt anésucr niost 0 em, coupons; most of the clothing for l5 and I6

it .llillt‘ll .t>- ll‘ ‘v.4 ttt;i'r.. l , - ,

“law mullm. q ah" ‘Ilia “more w“ ‘he lad qear olds was too small, so parents were obliged

1 4 y ' I _‘ I "t ' F ‘, fl h i; to go into their coupnos for adult wear. The r1" TA"? ‘h’ " fl)‘ ll‘, “""l“*"" imcrs ‘at Ministry ltas finally admitted the justice of the ""1 n‘ n1. I'll alt] tat . [gart cit ‘as. complaints and has hastened to rectify the cause. 2"‘ ‘I'm; , " Y" f“ ‘rlfcl’ié“(i‘gfsc€{,hi;é°l“lzyg; so youth of the rapidly growing age will be able

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Itll :tpprttpriaic reply she went

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t :t< litr- lttisincss man who called, 't ttt-tp ttf litlidllilll)’ tnarltctl at a cer-

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‘it ' '. t--'t.' llL‘ II§l\'(’(l, ‘make a ..,ttltt, t t ‘ atttt.‘ \\'lt<-n asked if it was of g t t it ttttttt-wtttrc. he said: ‘Not par- litii itlx. but '1 t- titi» f.'it'li'try of a firm that nwt -= ttt-~ . ‘I1? i ttttt _‘.‘ .-tttil l want to gct my own

backf Attntltt-t grlllltlllitl] with a map, this time

$2.50 for 6 month:

.of Naples, wanted to be assured that if we ever bombed there his private villa wouldn't get hit.

“The question I liked best was from a young- ster of seven. He wrote quite sitnply: "If I send fivepeiice a week will you send me an .-\ir Force uniform? \\i'e replied regretfully that we were afraid we couldn't. But we told him that if he'd wait tiiitil he'd grown up, a little, he'd get one . for nothing."

Empire's Merchant Navy

In the P. L. A. Monthly, the magazine of ‘the Port of London Authority, tribute is paid to ithe valuable contribution being made to the Eni- ipires merchant navy by the different British do- aninions and colonies. Australia takes the place 10f honour, with its appropriation of thirty mil- lion dollars as a first installment towards the

equipment. Canada is also highly praised for the part it is playing, reference being made to the tnercltttttt vessels and hundreds of small craft that ltave been built or are under construction.

- EDITORIAL NONI-S —

Armistice Day November II, falls on a Tucs- dziy this yetir—a statutory ltoliday. 1 It‘ ll‘ II

Many disappointed holiday-makers had to re-

trace their steps froni Cariboo last week. I U U

The lIon. Charles A. Dunning has just added another plum to his recherche financial pie by becoming a director of the Suit Life in success- ion to the late Ilou. Mr. Purvis. He has also disposed of his ntattsion in Ottawa and re- turned to Motttrcal to be in closce proximity t0 St. James St.

a suit for tnore than a fortnight. To do so will retider the culprit liable to a penalty

years' imprisoiimetit and £500 fine. it Y! * 1i‘

of two

Is Premier Campbell slated for the Senate instead of the Stiprcme Cotirt? It is utttler- stood Prime Minister h/Iacltenzie Kitig inlentls tcarryittg out his long projected reform of the Senate now that he has a majority of three with- out filling the seven vacancies. His plan appears to be to raise no one to the Senate who is over I50 years of age, and to compttlsorily retire tlient at the age of b5. 'I‘hosc itt financial need at that age will be provided with pensions. Now, howl many deserving outstanding Liberals are there here under 50? Apart front the Premier, few

and far between. I

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Hon Eamon dc la Valeria, Premier of Eire Iborn this ilatc, i882, in New York of Spanish- {Irish parentage, early interested himself in the ~H0mc Rule Agitation, and at the time of Bri-l train’s entry into the last war urged that Eng-| land's extremity was Irelands opportunity. Took an active part in the sticccctling revolutionary movement, and subsequently forced himself to ;tlIe front as the ablcst leader in the field. He. thas since retained undisputed power, notwith-| standing various attempts to supplant him; and,

Dr. Abner Wolf and Dr. John Caffey of New York, at the meeting in Chicago of the American Roentgen Ray Society. Inflamation of the brain and paralysis, with no sign of lting involvement, 'arc the chief features of the disease in babies

I which they 1e

diet‘, thlrsttng for a kill,

_ Til? .2.‘ .. IIIITES BY TllE WAY

An Ingenious lrmy major ll In charge of a noval service that is saving the country quite a large sum of money even as war finance goes. This i4 the service thafcol- Iects damaged goods premises and turns them mum, In many unexpected wiws.

for soling gym shoes or those es- sential for workers In munition factories. There are innumerable other snular improvisations now In fuli swtng, and" all helping us to red-uce expenditure and wtn the war. Perhaps the mzst surprising innovation of all. however, Is the manner in which the fabric Of damaged barrage balloons Ls turn- ed to good account. If you expend the regulation number of’ mar- garine coupons on purchasing — with the necessary cash as well. of course-a new raincoat, it Is

walking around garbed In part of an old barrage balloon. - Ottawa Journal.

Brltlsh locomotive engineers have built a locomotive and tender for the Ulu Remls Estate, Malay Pen- insula, which will be fuelled with palm fibre and coconut shells In- stead of coal. It has a. chimney specially designed to keep sparks from flying cut and setting 11g to the platitaiions through vilileh the engine will run. Th;re is also an elaborate boiler feeding ar- rangcment made necessary because of water conditions on the estate. In working order the engine weighs 14 tons and the lender ‘71-2 tans, the latter carrying 200 gal- lons of water and I20 cu. ft. of fuel. The gauge Ls 1C0 mm. ( 2ft. 3 1-2 inches) and the boiler has a wark- ing pressure of I60 1b. per sq. In.

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Chlnese women who have been supplying their fgutitig men with blankets laboriously tnade on spitt- rting wheels cf medieval patterns are to have uti-to-date machinery from Britain. The new looms will be based on a design since the eighteenth century, and on a smaller scale than thin to allow them to be wsrked by peas- ant labour and moved about. the countryside w en a Japanese ad- vance is imminent. sent out, by the Anglo-Chinese Development Soc- iety, London, the maclnneiy w.li be used by the Cttizre=e Industrial Co- operatives, im organizaticn which Is one. cf China's strmgest defenc- es against, Japanese aggression. The co-opezatives, small units of lIIbCUI‘ with membership ranging from 7 to 1,000, have been recruited from

Ing and Iiotncless, advancing Japanese arm es along the roads into the interior. With the support of the Central Gav- ernment. it Is hoped to set up 30,000 cc-cqieratlves, woxkizig a mobile chain of light indiismies from Innci‘ Mongolia I0 the eastern sea. Al. first lh:_v \v.ll serve the nceds of their own (‘lhlfl s; later, with the help of IIIIIILCIIIIg co- operatives. thcy will stitzply larger areas. Each c.'-..-,.erati\te tnxnter rem-Ives tvtxgcs on a scale similar to, or hlglter tltaa, that. prevailing in the local iiiaustrles. and after all expenses have been met th: surplus is shazcd out. By the end c-f last year turre were 2.003 co- operativts woiktig in l8 ptcvnces of Free Chain and the "g-ueriha areas" Matty of them have re- pttid the Govcrnntetit lflfllis wzth vtrcre founded and the res-t pay i. Intarest. on them reg- ularly. They are niaitulacturlttg I14 different» kinds of gzcds, lZI- cluding cotton cloth blau Is. paper, soap, shoes. alcohol, me cal cotton and gzuzr The Anglo- Chlriese Development S; t ty has been formed Ly the Chirn Ad Committee to help Chinese co- operatives in their w zrk, Under the pesidency of Mr. Alfred Barnes. M. P the founder members In- clude Vsceunt Cecil, Miss M rgery Fry, Lord Davies, Mr. Edward Hulwn, Loni I-Icrden, Lady IIosJe.

riance the export of mrchtnery to China. Following the consignment. of looms It Is hoped to dispatch woollen yarn spinning machinery, cotton machines frcm India, ramI

land jute mazh nery, and, later on,

paper-making and general work- shop equlpment, and tools. which the eo-operiittves particularly need.

There In pod reason for the In- vestigatloa which Ls being earrIed on in western Ontario Into the growing of white poppies. III, as the officials charge these forbidden flowers are be.ng raised. then stern action should be taken against those reiponstble. It Is from these flower; at. opium Is derived, and we have no room In this country for traffic In that. deadly narcotic. It is only a short time ago that. a dtetemilned campaign had to be staged to seek out and destroy beds of Indian hemp, from which the dlobzlic marijuana is made That. seems to be under control now, and: It. would be tragic lf, this menace having been suppressed, another just as threatening to our young flople should take Its place. —Wln r Star.

Mr. Donald M.. Harvey, e former of Shuwnfgnn Lake, vanccuver I5- Iand, went, Into Ins field a few days ago to find one of his beat. Jersey cows dead, shot, by a deer hunter, The 00w had been grazing In the field with a dozen others, In Iain view. All the animals ware bel . Yet In broad daylight a hun- had shot.

.her on sight, thinking that. per-

haps she might be a deer. The same man no doubt. would have shot. at any movement in the bush and might. easily have killed an- other man. Every year the hunt» Int; season brings these stories. Every year someone Is killed by a fellow who should never be allowed In the wo:ds. To shoot a mim In mistake for e deer Ls never ex- cusable. for a hunter Is bound by law to examine a deer carefully to make sure it. Ls a male. - Vancou- ver Bun.

Touch e dl end any pearl with e piece of d: Ice and they squeak. Imltatlons on‘t.

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to get clothing commensurate with their stature without their parents sacrificing their own clothing coupons. Forty extra coupons will be allowed for the following two classes until May , I, 1942: Children born on or after July i4, 1927, who are 5 feet 3 inches or more in height", measured without shoes and stockings, or weigh 7 stone I2 pounds or more Children born on or after July I4, i925, but IWIOTC July t4, 1927.. Twenty extra coupons will be allowed for: Chil- dren born on or after Jan. i, i925, but before July i4, i925. . ,__--

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So reports Miss Mary D. Waller, of the London Behoai of Medicine for Women The exploitation Ls simple When dry foe (solid carbon diox- Ide) Ls heated It turns at once Into a giu and ski the liquid stage

Touch l, mete plate wl h n point of dry Ice, and heat passes from the plate to the dry Ice, where-

ARLOTTETOWN __(_I_UARDI_._AN

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from blltzecl to ac-

Ltengths cf damaged rubber ptpizig, for example, or.g.nally used for garden imgatlon, can be uttllzed

quite on the cards that you may be‘

not used ‘

the 60.000000 refugees who, starvq fled from the‘

the Dean of Canterbury, Lord Strabslgt, and‘ Dr p w_ 1m _ 3y and Its essential fairness. B_ut In loans frcm the public It. will ft- lhO-se days he was funettonln’:

PUBLIC FORUM

Ihll eolumn u 00in l" l" dueuellom b! eorrelpondenle of qnenlone of lntereet. ‘Ibo Charlottetown (lunrdlon do" no! uoeennrlly undone the oplnlflll el oerroepoiidentn

MR. ETTEIUS CRITICISM

Sin-I have read an article In a recent Issue of the Guardian sign- ed by Mr. Ether of Montreal. Well ,1 don't know just who he Is. but. he’

impressed me as being comwfflble. ‘to a. person who woul be a. guest-

at. a home, partake of its hospi BUWI and then go away and criticise and ridicule his host as a reward for kindness received. The writer says he onlv visited our Island once. 1 wonder If he was looking for thin s lovely and beauttful when here. - so I think he could have found something quite different to tvrite‘ about. on this fair land, Our bnzth- pltice "The Garden 0f the Gulf. l

I-Ie goes on to charge that» ‘he Prohibition law was res onslble for lt-he operation In the ct)’ 0f WOW]

than one hundred blind-PIGS ind| |speakeiisies. (I wonder how he found out the number, or is that a iivll lguess). Next. he accuses the t lpeople of bein a bibulous race, andl the Islanders n general as using al Iiomebrew as a thirst- uencher I think he should be ma e to Drove those statements.

Next. he attacks one of our laws put on the Statute books by a jiority of our people. "of sound tnlndl

0o". _Then_ he oes on to say this: law is doing tie people and we tteputatlon of the Island a Q1118!‘ damage, and It Ls time they fll-l/"ke to the fact. But. he did not ex- plain just what t-hre damage ‘fai- unless it. was that; it. is not a ree rum province.