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them wl have to pay. - Oshaw Time _ tte. ~ . '

One o! the latest indications that the world is entering a buyer's ‘ is contained in the annual inventory ofthe London

ienge.‘ “Life his" ts rigors.“ my In its relaxatiopeg"; Our young p” pie should byeuowerl orr};faea~ gm, out fiiieriitvlflmwht. ‘not 1 mum" the assurance of" 15th!!! ‘pal-arm sympathy lrrd experience behinq It them, of course, but as pa"; o;

. _ _ TROUT FISHING IIGULAIIONI Intrrnatrons -that sitting member's of the '—-——- /

‘House of Commons will not stand for re-nominn- SW4‘ "°"",'"""'°d""'-b:"' tion not unusually indicates that there is a ffigmiii"lli..'.'.‘.i“fl.ii”iinr°f“mai; polrtical in store for them. were arreated violating one section

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WN, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 20, 1949

Vanishing Food Contracts

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Under the above heading the Globe and‘ Mail refutes the claim advanced at Ottawa that Britain's lack of dollars is exclusively to blame for our vanishing food contracts with the Old Country. The plain fact, it says, is that Canada has not delivered the goods and this it at- tributes to the existence of "a one-crop mind in the Federal vernmeni, and especially in the Department o Agriculture." I

This has resulted in emphasis an grain, to the detriment of diversified farming. The penul- ty is pointed up in the newly signed international wheat agreement which puts Canada and other adhering notions on an export quota. For this Dominion it means o reduction of four million acres in land sown to wheat, according to Win- nipeg wheat experts. Lost year Canada had 23,045,000 acres in whea-t. So the reduction is more than one-sixth. In effect, one wheat farmer out of every six must turn to somethi-ng else.

His obvious solution would be in cattle, pigs, dairy and poultry. Britain has been and is the natural market for these products, and she sign- ed contracts for them in good faith with Can- ada. The contracts were only partly fulfilled, because of the manipulation of grain subsidies being paid to farmers. Many found it easier and more profitable to sell their grain than to feed it to hogs. Now Denmark and Poland are getting e bacon market Canadians should have mdintuin-

The irony is that the subsidy policy nulli- fied tlre very thing it was advertised to do, and the very thing fa-rmers were actually accomplish- ing. In I943 and I944 this country shipped to Britain 675 million and 695 million pounds of bacon, respectively; In those two years Western Canadian farmers got a cash income of $I52 million annually from hogs alone.

In I943 the Government set up o subsidy to

ive growers of coarse grains the benefi-t from higher prices when their products were shipped to the United States. Under a revised system in March, I947, it paid Z5 cents a bushel subsidy on barley and l0 cents on oats.

Bacon contracts with Britain began to shrink in 1945, falling first to 450 million pounds a year, then to 250 million, I95 million and finally I60 million. Even these contracts were not ful- filled. On beef the story was similar. In I947 Canada contracted to send Britain a minim-um of 60 million and up to I20 million pounds and actually sent 50 million. Last car's contract was scaled down to 45 million. ur cheese and

Ireland is not only quitting the Common- wealth, but the Commonwealth's language as well. It will take a long time to substitute Gaelic for English — bilingualism will have to be tried rrst. l. ' .

Prince Edward Islanders have always felt that they lived in the centre of the world, but never until the air navigational courses in Sum- merside was our neorness to London, Son Fran? cisco, Toronto and the Arctic so vividly realized.

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Mr. George Drew's Newfoundland visit must be something of on event to the New Province. Elections on lines have been unknown tfrere srnce the Commrssion government was estdrlislr- ed in I933.

I fi I _ _ The ‘deadline for filing Income Tax returns rs |ust nrne days away, for many the lost such deadline they will have ta meet, unless wars or rumours of wars or state paternalism bring back worvtrme tax rates.

I I I _ _ Civilization bringrits drawbacks as well as rts benefits. The auto produces fatal monoxide as well as speed, and industrial centres are ac- countable for poisonous smog as well as prosper- i-ty. The devil always hovers near angelic pra- gresslve undertakings.

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Prime Minister St. Laurent can hardly be expected to be in two places at once, campaign- ing for a general election and attending the Conference of Commonwealth Prime Ministers, but he seems to have made a choice which politicians today regard more favourabl’ than may historians of the future.

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The social committee of the U. N. Assembly has voted to "encourage the freest possible movement of foreign correspondents" in report- ing in-terrotionol news. Leon Molrarnd of Canada apposed a Polish amendment which would have excepted correspondents connected with Nazi- Fascist organizations, or‘ persons known far their slanderous statements regarding the -people of any of the contracting states to whose territory they wish to proceed. Such an amendment would certainly have n-ullified the effect of original

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tain sergeant of the R. C. M, P. s reportedly violating another p t of said Act, namely catching_\ s "Rainbow Trout" before" July 1st.

Surely a man with the exalted rank of Sergeant of R. C. M. .-P. should know be ter than tokelp e Rainbow Trout caught out of sea-

conaeauences the same as a com- mon citizen. I think it would be well for the above mentioned aer- geant to familiarize himself with the Fish and Game Act of this Province.

I am, Sir, etc.

READER.

Summerslde, P. E. I.

RURAL TEACHERS PROBLEMS

Sir,—A timely article entitled "Little Red Sweatshop" appears in the current issue of Maclcun‘: Magazine. From this article _I quote two interesting paragraphs:

"In the last 30 years the ‘ ‘

son and if not be made pay ti“

our \ Charlottetown (And r. l. I.)

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have failed to keep pace with the society they nerve. Teaching as a profession has become unattractive. Salaries, living and working con- ditions of teachers, school buildings and equipment are all much as they were decodes ago. The schools, and education, suffer.

"Who is suffering most? The children in the rural areas. Equal- ity of opportunity in education simply doesn't exist. Rural children are taught by-terrchers who are paid only $1.207 (1947 national aver- age) while city children are taught by teachers paid an average f $2,- 120. The rural teacher is a tra lent who changes schools every two“ years or less (against a 10-year average tenure for city teacher!) and gets his experience at the ex- pense of country children."

It might be well for rural par- ents and rural teacher. to ask the why of some things. For instance why the $1200 teachers for country and $2100‘ ‘" eforclty “ ' '2 Why are there supplementary teachers to help backward pupils in town schools, but no such help in the country? We could go on in our comparisons but would it get us anywhere? However, just a brief look into a country set-up might do no harm.

Here we see pupils ranging from grader one to ten. - Let us think briefly of grades. ~

Firstly grade one. Compare the time a city teacher has to put on her grade one, with the brief snatches of time a country teacher

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SIGNS 0F SPRING’

Andnow! know theSpr-ingin

near _ Since horned lurks and crows are

here;

The former in his springtime sown. ,

You'll see on med-trails south of town

There. Just ahead of you he'll run, Until, erieingyiust in fun,

Will fly on undulating vring, With wavy motion. then he'll slug. Sometimes he sits right on the

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From the Journal of the Hour of Agsmbly. Fin. 15, ma: e n a reao ution to co id th “Psdlsnerl of providing,“ 1.21M; zombies-s of the Legislative Council n res Ce twenty miles and upwards thoiln harlottetown, payment 1m- le r expenses in attending the neg- ‘ m“ “l the Leklsiature, such allow- ance to be ascertained by vote or reldfluum‘ "t m" 5°41? in session, an not to exceed the sum of thirty Pounds for each such member Qt "ch 4485M". besides travelling ex- penses at the rate of eight-pence per mile in coming and returning:

shows that "deflation. or as the Lon- don Economist prefers, dislnflatlon, has caught up with the humble toad. Last year. with the world still firmly in thegrip of high prices, the aoopiaced an inventory valuation of six-pence on each member ofits toad collection. In the current inventory," the price has tumbled to threepence. -- Win- nipeg h-ee Press.

Word that an all-water transpon- tatlon service between Montreal and Vancouver-will start around the end of April is welcome news lir this port. Up until the end of 1940 ships traveling via Panama Cangl broug t us a wide variety of goods from the East and carried our lumber and canned salmon back with them. But the war brought the canal traffic to a standstill. Now it is proposed to inaugurate a monthly service be- tween here and Montreal with ves- sels ot Canadian registry. The ap- proximate transit time will be 28 days. If the canal trade can be de-

veloped to a healthy, competitive

traffic Vancouver will benefit tre- mendously, -— Vancouver Province.

passed or is in process of enact- ment.

Strangely, one of the docninant figures in the public life of Eire is not to participate in any of the celebrations marking the advent of the lbepuillo of Ireland today. That mail ll the former Prime Minister, Mr.- Eamon de Valera. He has decided" to boycott the hail- ing in of the new State. although he will lay a’ wreath on the graves of his late comrades who particip- ated with hkn in the master re-

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ground. Eyes bright and ear-tuftr-is he cro ed?

vm He should be since‘ he feces "weather." . To build his neat-grass. horsehair, feather.

—8. D. Elena Mexmrin in Regine. Leader Post.

The men weren't satisfied with their wages or shares, the companies were not happy about their sup- plies and selling prices for the fish and the provincial government was perturbed about the rising semi-un- employment rrnd mounting protests. For years the wlserrcres had cried that any form of trawler would drive the ordinary man from the waters, despoil the banks and ruin

Mr. Whelan moved, in amend. mini. that all the words after "Re- be struck out, and the 191. “ h substituted:

'1‘ at it is inexpedlent to adopt My measure contemplating pay- fifific? zeflfgflgnelctlfolunglillorl. in- a?“ ndvlgcated, or De an never

e mem g Council thriiiisellveefha Mgmauve tail arr inludlcious the public money, mute, or p h gelu“ ‘roniffliiiralnaemote advantage

a! "W" Yet been k d 1 any Dbrtion of m. n e w’ by

solved" lowing

. The House

Yeas

donald,

tion of amend

divided on the mo. ment:

Mr. Whclarr, Mr, ])_ Mac. Mr. Fraser, Mr. Mooney,

beiiioain i016.

In this Dominion, which has sl- rweys had strong ties with Ireland. we believe the‘ majority of Can- adians will endorse the eentlmentr embossed in Victoria, 8.0., the other day by their Prime Minis- ter, ‘the Right Hon. Louis 8t. Laurent. "of regret that Eire has chosen to leave’ th¢ Common- wealth", but that "all Canadians, especial-y those of Irish descent, would hope for continued close and friendly relations between the bwo countries."

recognized ’b_v as it would en- cXDendlture of and no proxi-

ae the measure

their training. The youth problen would then not be so large. — Ne}. son News.

a scientist lrae looked ahead, t. the way scientists will, and m“ eluded that a superman is on "it way. This paragon of all virtue isn't just around the corner, haw ever. He not appear- form, (I30 to 1.0003110 years, in the lclen tint’: estimation. The encourage merrt the learned man draws fro this prospect will not be sher- generaliy. A world of superman‘ or at least a race of supermen_ might very well mean the end or civilization. People are at their bell when they're lust plain hum“ beings. Wherl they stop being um it's time to duck. — Windsor Star.

Diseases and drugs occupy much of our thought in .the unending struggle for health. But a layman may be forgivenif now and then he speculates on what added men- sure of health might be awarded to civilized and urbanized man if he were able to experience such n;- turai heallngagents as sufficient rent, health-giving, unspoiled foods, proper exercise and entertainment, emotional poise and mental relaxa- tion. These are not to be found Ir; any pharmacopoei yet they may’ have indispensable values in tlir scheme of human health. -— Lon

The Othws Journal speaks or the brown water of the Sprin

floods as the "blood of the goo

earth." The slow bleeding of the land is more noticeable as the rnovr melts and takes the fine roll witlj it than at any other time of thr year. The comparieanof the fine grained topsoil to blood is an apt one. The water warrhen away thl soluble plriht food, and the fine pan‘ ticler which sustain ‘the capillary" action that carries water to the surface in dry periods. When erov rion goes to the limit, nothing I left but particles of grit, with no nourishment in them. The slow- hemorrhage of the lifeblood of the land has been going on for years. — Cornwall Standard-Freeholder.

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prices.

And many had believed them. But finally in 1947 the com- panies, the men and the govern- ment had got together.

The New Brunswick Fisherman's

Mr. LeLuch M _

Macintosh, crorlicJn-dlne’ Mr’ Nqys: Mr. H. Macdonald, Mr J Lonsworrn, Mr. n. Macleon, Mr.‘ 1v.

rgittirowédfion‘

egg contracts also have dropped, though not so sharply.

These figures indicate that Britain's dollar lack was_ not the only reason for our vanishing food contracts. In fact, the United States agreed to give Britain $12 mill-ion to buy Canadian

, Egg prices on April l4 this year and prev- ious yea-rs, Theprices quoted below are Grade A Large. At Montreal, Vancouver and Toronto the prices are those at which graded shipments are selling to wholesalers. At other paints quo- tations are prices to shippemfor ungraded eggs.

can give her class and then "Pity the poor little country children." SBCOTldly "grade five. Let un think of a country teacher trying to drill the fundamentals of ‘fractions into her grade five pupils. It is quite n task-it requires a lot of Psteedy"

0°71"! Mr. Haviland, Mr. Palmer “lffzfl-IT. Conroy, Mr, F. Long- wtzil‘ , r. Montgomery, Mr. Thorn. So it passed in the t]

question of concurrenlcleeglleilrlr: an the resolution, it w" “"194

Loan Board, which operates under the Department of Industry and Reconstruction, put H. J. Robi- chaud, director of the fisheries division to work on the scheme with promises of financial backing for individual crews. Ramiflcations of

Firs, Auto, ,,Liie,“liooirient,. Sickness, ~ And Plato Gloss insurance

I Adolf Hitler born this date I889. He start- ed life as a housepointer in Austria, and suc- ceeded in painting the European continent red with blood before he d-ied by his own hand on May I, ‘I945. In a written announcement Grand Admiral Donitz said Hitler had died in Berlin after appointing him as his successor. The fol- lowing day hostilities ceased in Italy, nearly o million Germans surrendered unconditionally to

can be arranged by the powers‘ that be, so that country children will hot endanger their lives by visiting -the aforesaid places?

Perhaps one might say well give some suggestions. Mine would be. first supplementary teachers for country schools as well as for city schools. Most country districts have several former “teachers nwlth- in their boundaries. Secondly. Whereaa the conditions of many

first ships have been added to with others built in Nova Scotin yards and ‘thrrflay of Fundy on the op- pollte side of the province has been invaded.

Hand and long line fishermen are swelling the ranks of the drag- germen and their families and those who want to stay ashore are em- ployed in processing plants. The government talks guardedly of "a

prosperous, more diversified farming industry for the prairies. With hogs to feed and sell, a four- million acre reduction in wheat lands would not Poe nearly so seriously felt.

The B. ii. Election

The announcement of dissolution and an el-

bacon in the last uarter of 1948, and cancelled “me? peflm" “l” “h?” “m!” th 1 id d b d1 d °n ‘h’ “mi dl""l°"- I I . M‘ c ad dqid 0d H‘ b 1949 I943 I947 / are waiting for atten Small bufldifxf;fxz'fn“i_‘fnfrfulflaggei. The bill lr accordance with m. LUWBSI Raids rt en_ an a not pr uce e ocon._ Mmned 4P 45 36-361,; Wong" many country aduitg can- m New humid: ymh l‘ Rich“ reiolutlon was passed threg dgyg Diifiiig fliG PNWGI‘ liflll Will’ Yet-IN cfllifldlfl" , ' _ r not work the simplest fractions. later, but narrowly enca ed -

Toronto . 44 43 43b 35 , bucto and Caraquet, organization of s, P being farmers showed they could produce the type of Winnipeg 38 38 32 Here again ‘Pity the poor country new. “d u“ hm“ o! an expel, 8:31 ofltllrree months’ hoist. The . . “m” 34ml" ‘Wmd- B“ "I" ‘ea-ml, l"d"“’l'-" Vancouver 40 36% 3i “lllllill, grade ten. But surely '““'“°‘°' '"‘° h"'"l'h‘d °‘" °f m; niorrlnderirhgixrulihrolleiherdrilw- » Alan‘ n summemde’ D. o. stew?‘ that Agriculture Minister Gardiner still is not Edmonton ‘ 37 3g 32 with all the subjects they have to Pftigfdéafiolrgg. on thesenvensels, the cum"- vom of M s M r "I . _ .

_ - .. .. y shakedown cruises , P- Beaker. Ri

convinced that the West can grow hogs. Doubt- Regina _ _ _ _ 3637 38 32 hand}; we need not so Into dew": ",4 m, wmm», “m, "mm ~—~—--__ y l“ clunond St. Charlottetown less Canada could not expect to keep the Brrt- chmhmtwn 37 37%;; 3°32 “g P'“'“‘°,ff°' °°,“',',"‘{,"“P,"d Iiumoins prices end m; weather. - = - -= =.=...=...,.,.,.,. v ish market a-t wartime levels, but she could . ‘v t rt nzrereerllrlf; ti» llrgrautllegplttyfnriiiieiy ,,',‘,','-";',,";f{,‘}}{,,,,‘;'§{,°§,$§', s; l. hove kept at least half of it and maintained a country toilets. In there no system l" confide", o, a m, Mum, The Th’ ge_o|d

The Lord taketh my pari; "m. "l"! "i" Mill mo. therefore shall I loo m! desire upon them that- hlte rue.

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ectio-n in British Columbia on June I6 reveals He“ MGM,“ 55,. Hm,“ Ahxander (gww 5w. h Ho“ u‘ d I b, new milllvh-doillrilidultrsfl" ,u,_,_hm“) Th!" I416 diiiiillé Wiildl hi" ""56" bewee" ernor General of‘ Canada), a large part of Aus- lfurlhtlhrrlcbzormpolten: aswaorslsfe’; $3,‘, ',‘,‘}l{,,',§,,",':,,§',f,'f',,.,,,,, o; 0h Elli" Monday the country

known as Eire oflicialiy become; the Republic of Ireland. And no. rincidental with thq llll-lfflpliou of this new status it ceases to have l!!! ooanedion with the British Grown and. furthermore, flap; outside or the Commonwealth and Ibnpire.

At last session of Eire’; Dari Elreenn in DilbHn, the gqyq-n. meut of Premieg 0o u" u, ed the Internal Relstloneoaaxfpgm. milllltod by the p. ‘ r .4.

Mr. De Valera.

guard to disease etc., that some strict system of supervision, be irl-' itiated.

In one of our neighboring prov- inces, I understand that teachers have the authority, for supervision: and that their rank as a teacher ls conside ab}, lowered, if they allow unsanitary conditions to exist with- out reportlng to. the trustees. Perhaps some of those topics will come up for discussion at our pre- sent ieadrers’ convention. Let us hope. so!