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Farm Labor Shortage

One problem which will doubtless come in for a good deal of discussion at our farmers‘ meetings next week is the labour shortage. Last year this shortage was acute. It was eas- ed to some extent by the employment of 185 soldiers 0n farm duty, but unfortun- ately many of those allocated for duty in this Province were not competent as farm workers, and scarcely earned their keep. Some reported- ly refused to work and were sent back to the mainland. This year even this kind of help may be more difficult to procure. The Army has made no change in its policy with regard to the granliq of different types of farm leave, but there is a strong possibility that a reduced number of men will be available for farm work in 1945 as a large number of those avail- able last year will be in training or overseas. In future any soldiers detailed for labour duty. in- cluding work on farms, can only receive their regular pay and allowances.

'l'his question was the stibject of review at a recent conference of provincial directors of the Dominion-Provincial Farm Labour Pro- gram and of the regional agricultural employ- ment advisors of National Selective Service held at Ottawa. Considerable attention was giv- en t this conference to the more effective dir- ection of army "rejects" and men on postpone- ment. Efforts to transfer “rejects" had not been successful due to differences in interpret- ing “essential employment" and the number of steps necessary before a final decision can be reached A committee was appointed to draft recommendations to be submitted to the Director of National Selective Service and the following Doints were agreed upon tmanimotisly:

1. The definition of a reject should be clari- to apply to all persons rejected from mili- tary service pursuant to call under NRMA.

2. Authority for determining essentiality should be vested in Regional Agricultural Ad- visers.

3. The w-ord “agriculture” should be added to Section 210B of the regulations

4. Enforcement procedure should be speeded up by the deletion of several of the steps pres- ently required

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In discussing theeffectiveness of the Labour Department's advertising appealing to people t0 help on the farms the general conccnstis was that appeals issued locally could be better timed to meet specific needs. Dominion advertise- ments might be issued early in the season as a general appeal.

it was suggested that a gradual relaxation of Selective Service controls would probably take place during the transition period com- mencing with the defeat of Germany. An order designed to stabilize farm manpower had been one of the first steps taken by Selective Serv- ice, and it was generally recognized that this stabilization order must be continued as long as there is an over-all shortage of farnr labour. lt might be necessary during the transition period

‘for Selective Service to assist in seeing that not too many workers are obliged to make agricul- ture their means of existence. The necessity of obtaining a complete registration of farm work- ers as a prerequisite to Unemployment Insur- snce was noted and some of the practical diffi- culties mentioned.

The feeling was generally expressed that the Farm Labour Agreements should be continued so long as there is a general shortage of farm labour. As the situation becomes less difficult it may not be necessary to continue perman- ent farm labour divisions in each province or have provincial agricultural fieldmen devote such a large proportion of time to farm labour problems. It was suggested that farm labour administration become a function of the branch flf the Provincial Department of Agriculture in which tho agricultural ficldmen operate.

clause in the Selective Service Regula- tions which permits farm workers to accept non- agricultural employment outside of an urban ccntrr ot 5.000 population for a period of 6o days came up for discussion. Several of the representatives maintained that this clause pro- vided the largest loop-hole for men leaving agri- culture. A resolution was passed urging that the clause be deleted and that farm workers be obliged in every case to obtain permits to work in other industries. .

Election Talk

Reports from Ottawa indicate a (lifferctrcc of opinion as to when the general election should be held. Some are in favor of an elec- tion before April is out; others claim the present Government should finish the European war and then go to the country. The latter appar- ently regard a post-war election as possible by mid-June or July. Dissolution of the present Parliament must in any event come before April r7.

The Winnipeg Free Press, leading Liberal newspaper, comes out flatfootcrlly for an elec- tion before midsummer. The reason, it says, is obvious. "What this country needs is a young lnd vigorous Parliament, with a clear mandate to deal with problems of war and peace." Par- liament is dying; its moral authority is largely spent; divisive forces are loose in the coitutry, and in the interests of unity a general election

‘ is the only remedy. The longer the election is _ postponed, the worse these conditions will be- come. Provided that future events could be depended upon to follow a given tithe-table, much could be said in support of those who would pre-

fer to finish the war first. But wars rarely conform to time-tables. The people who would stand off the election until midsummer would doubtless be surprised and disappointed if at that time the war in Europe was still going strong. And they would then, no doubt, argue for s fall election or an extension of the life of this Parliament for a year. The advocates of delay te d to rest their case on “ifs" which

people, last September, expected Germany to_ collapse by Christmas. Last November Mr. King believed the war had reached the final stage-and said so publicly. It is much better, the Free Pres: concludes, to “face the problem of a dying Parlia ponderables."

-EDITORIAL NOTES-

Gallileo, Italian astronomer and physicist, born this date 1564 at Pisa; because of his sup- port of the then new theory of Copernicus that the earth and other planets revolve round the sun, he got into trouble with the ecclesiastical authorities of his day; in 16x5 he recanted his theory that “the sun is the centre of the uni- verse, and immovable and that the earth moves"; and retired to Arcetri where he died in 1642.

a s s a Are brewers loyal and patriotic? Viscount Elveden, 32, son and heir of the Earl and Countess of Iveagh, has been killed in action.

The heir to the Earldom and t0 the Guinness Brewery fortune now is seven-year-old Arthur Francis Benjamin Guinness, the Viscount‘s son. The Viscount, who had served in the British Army from the beginning of the war, was the nephew of Lord Moyne, British Minister of State who recently was assassinated in Cairo in connection with the Jewish settlement prob- lem. 4- a a e-

Williatn Thomas Diefcnbaker, Saskatoon, father of Mr. John Diefenbaker of Prince Alb- ert, Progressive Conservative member of Par- liament for Lake Centre, has died at his home at the age of seventy-seven. Born at Hawkes- ville, Ont., Mr. Diefenbaker was a school teacher at various centres in Bruce and Grey counties, and at Plains Road School on the out- skirts of Toronto. Four present members of the Ottawa House were among his pupils, Jos- eph H. Harris, Danforth, Robert H. McGregor, York East, George Tustin, Prince Edward Country and his own son.

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The scene was the flagship of the Mediter- ranean Fleet. For no apparent reason an Aus- tralian destroyer left its allotted position in the convoy and began skirmishing round on ' the flagship’s starboard how. Admiral Sir Andrew Cunningham became annoyed. “What are you cioiirg?" hc signalled. Back flashed the answer: “:2 knots." Sir Andrew “turned to Commodore 1-‘. E. Hobart and remarked: “Those boys lr 'en’t altered ‘much since our dayn" Coin- modore Hobart, who has spent three years in convoy work and was beach-master during the (lrete evacuation, told the sktory. ‘

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The request for permission fo retire 0f the Rev. Dr. George H. Donald, V.D., l\'l.A., D.D., minister of the Church of St. Andrew and St. Paul. was presented at the Montreal Presbytery of the Presbyterian Church of Canada last week. The request which asks effectiveness on Oct- ober 3f, must wait for a decision until the visit- ation committee calls on the church on March l, and then reports to Presbytery at its next meeting on March I3. Dr. Donald, who orig- inally came from a church in Scotland. suc- ceeded Rev. Dr. George Duncan, formerly of

Charlottetown, on January 26, i925, as minister of the church. s is u u

The gross value of the principal field crops produced on Canadian farms is officially esti- mated at $r,3i9,ooo,ooo for r944. This figure constitutes a new high record, being $185,000,- ooo above the I943 estimate and $140,000,000 above the previous high figure of 1942. Better than average crops combined with slightly high- er orices in most cases brought about the in- creased value of production. The r944 figure is almost double the r939 total value of $685,- 000,000. Relatively good crops were harvested this year in all provinces but lower prices for potatoes in Prince Edward Island and New Brunswick resulted in a reduction in the total value of field crops in these provinces ivherc potatoes are a particularly important factor in the value of all field crops, says the Dominion Bureau of Statistics. The I944 potato crop was substantially higher than that of I943 but prices were sharply lower and the total value of the crop declined from $78,000,000 to $60,- ooo.ooo. No significant changes took place in the value of other crops as between 1943 and 1944-

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Reporting to the National Medical Health Committee, flame Enid Lyons, M.P. (widow of an Australian Prime Minister and mother of Il children), said: "Fashion today decrees small families, or even n0 children at all. A fcnrin- inc type, inspired by Hollywood, and disting- uished by a sophisticated youthfulness, has stip- planted the mother, who once occupied a place of great honor assigned to her by Christian civilization. Popular reading matter tends to make fashionable a type of feminine beauty not commonly associated with maternity, and a mode of living unsuited to the claims of chil- dren. The result is that. unconsciously, the modern woman is led to believe that motherhood in any other than a very limited fomr, is un-

desirable." Criticized, Dame Enid replied:- "Young mofhers. for their motherhood. get lit- tlc of the popular esteem enjoyed by the Holly- wood type. Grace and charm are cultivated by mot sensible young women today. Good luck to every young mother who tries to retain and foster all the- gaiety, beauty and happiness

life has togive her. Motherhood. properly understood, regulated and nurtured. brings health, happiness and beauty to women."

all too often never become actualities. Most is

ment without reference to im- u

llotas By is Way:

0 cull: ulnsaa lsfafled so a gm 50min’ out (‘if The beauty salon and it turned out to be his undmot-her.- Quebec Chronicle- Thlegrapb.

In»; Victor‘ lmmauusfs head will come off Italian money. This an lll omen for the House of Savoy, but the kin can no ratu- late himself that h head w not come off his neck, as was the cus- tom in England and France when people get real angry st stuarta and BOUIDOIII-—CNOBQO News.

on blood transfusion

may require blood products for treatment of malnutrition and de- ficiency diseases. — Fredericton Gleaner.

Twenty-five United Kingdom ports were med for launching the D-Day invasion. They were Mll- ford Haven. Pembroke, Tenby, Llanelly. Swansea. Barry. Cardiff,

mouth. Plymouth. Dartmouth, Portland, Poole. Southampton, Isle of Wight, Portsmouth. Newhaven, Pblkstone, Dover, Rnmsgate, Sheer- ness, Chatham and London. —U.K. Information Office.

‘llhe crafty Frans vnn Papers. German Ambassador to Turkey. is reported to have arrived in Madrid on a Nazi peace mission. It is quite lihely. What ls not likely, however. is that I/andon, Washington or Moscow has the slightest interest in whst he is up to. Their terms have been plainly set forth. and Berlin is only deludlug itself if it believes these conditions will be modified. -l-famllton Spectator.

What la to be said of a magazine of "Empire? proportions that quotes Mr. Churchill-“Never have so many owed so much to so few"? Or a writer in a "smart" Canadian weekly who "murders" Swinburne in this fashion-"That even the wearlest river winds somewhere t0 th. sea". Let us. at least. reserve the accuracy of Mr. Church 11's his- toric utterance: “Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few." And let us highly resolve at this New Year to check our quotations and stop the abominable habit of trust- ing lo faulty memories. -— Halifax Herald.

During the course of the trial. in an eastern Ontario police court re- cently. of a motorist charged wlxr reckless driving. evidence brought out by the prosecution was to the effect that the offender's eyesight was sadly deficient. One of the greatest contributing factors to au- tomobile accidents is poor eyesight. And until an optical examination is made 00111131115013: for all ayPll- cants for drivers’ licenses, the rium‘ ber of those accidents is not rlke- ly to be decreased. If one or both eyes of a driver have a low visual perception. there 1s great dantlef- particularly at intersections. by cause of such driver's inability to see and at the same time Judge correctly either the 5P8“! 01' ‘he distance of an approaching can- Chathsm News.

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....'-_ Markets All‘ Prlnes It has been made at m“

centralisation of h" t}: flllWfledY-Ilal imputation aha thus inc‘ cream e aepemene

markets and the ' m “m” transportation. The 5f“ riculture as

importance momma‘

mers no longer subsist on what. 1th; Stow on their own farms. They too are] food pusehasersoto a lllnpflg- INY 81'9"- WIN. th

the writer has visited ltw: fired]: ers that do not grow their own potatoes. These were dairy spee- iallsts. ‘On the other hand an- other farm visited did not keep a cow or any chickens. This farm. er was a specialist in fruit grow.

one of the coucomltanta specialization is greater ‘depem. etwe on markets and on prices.‘ This change has come about. w; cently. True it is hard to make a comparison. Histories do not

in detail ln comparative prices, Marketing has been considered a youthful subject u related to far-tn products. Yet some compar‘ are possible.

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In a History entitled The Past anu rresent of Prince Island published in 1906 o

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o Harsh purgadves only ole: tern- porsry relief. In Kellogg's All- Brsu every day. Nearly one out of every two Canadian families now use All-Brsu-fiflb for over five

will benefit from All-Bran. Prove it as our risk, not yours.

llon Is our plummet BaImsmrent/All-Brsusvorydsy f] q/ur finishing {In Ina park]! you do no! ngru ils continual If!’ n a simple, plural, daily prsrnllm to be!) you he) rrgvlar, we will n- jund you not only who! Jun pud- ~ but DOUBLE your many lab Yournrocerhss All-Bran lss 2 cou- veulenr sues.

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35 it is pointed out of the

tion in 1780 "They are c

in their situations.

stocks of cattle, and abound with all the necessities of life, as far as they regard the table." This ob- server (whose salary was £800) asked to be relieved as he could live on his salary due to the prices prevailing. . . .

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Meats are much more expensive today than in 1780. Butter is over one-tirird higher. Bread and milk are one-quarter lower and suger is on-ly one-seventh the price 0f 1780. Of course the value of money has declined greatly since that time and we find in the sal- aries that while the Governor re- ceived £1,000 the Attorney Gen- eral got. £200, the Ciergyman £150 and the school teacher £50 per year.

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ern Air Command. Known as the A the vessel marks advance in alr-se ment.

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It appears that wholesale prices of farm products which were slightly above the general level in i913 were at the close of the fifth year of war slightly below general level. Yet ft is doubtful if there were any louder complaint against the high cost of llvlng 780 than are prevalent today. The cost of living is always too high no mntter what it is. This ls the ‘penalty or disadvantage of specialization -— s. disagreement over price. The natural

may be to do things ours .

. Of course the cost of living may be high and wholesale farm prices low at the same time. This may occur due to the cost of distribu- tion which is marketing. Canada is a large. sparsely populated coun- try. Specialization in agriculture

transported lifeboa a ditched airman ceded to be th

in the war to dat illustrated by the year's use by

ed Kingdom-men means and who. than likely would as missing. Originally ed to save forced down coastlines. often were taken

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rescue more ' often

The perfection of the intelli- gence department among birds has surprised most observers. examples have come my way recent- ly. A friend on the Clyde found that several to::s bf H9911 mmfl" toes. stored for ripening, had been cut by -frost. and they were throwrr away. Without so much as a duys delay the heap was raided by great flocks of redwing and fleldfare. So in the yard of a cider factory. the reject apple-pulp is every Year u? once ‘iseovered by herds 0! STRIP finch; a species most notorious in the seed-growing districts of Eflst Anglia for its knowledge of the date when man-gold seed is rlPB- In our garden no bird seem to have quite such an extensive and P9- csllar knowledge of ourseed-bear- lng bushes as the blaekbirds; and it u chiefly displayed when the frosts begin. The berries are pre- served againat that huhEfY FY05- peeu-London Spectator.

However grimly (the last baffles of Europe or the Far East rage. it is the duty of statesmen who ex- pect to be victorious to look Bhetid and plan post-war frontiers and

“lements. ft is the duty of Par- liament to think and talk of the future even when the mlssles of the enemy are still falling Southern England. But it. should be the purpose and resolve of the nation to remember that every one of the schemes and plans for the future depends first on defeat of the enemies. There must be no mistake or last-minute mlscnlculzi- tion there. And when pence is

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as well as other things makes dis-

bl trlobution a hard as well as a costly mm out of m’ 0 - .

O O O Not only the transportation of farm products but also the pro- cesslng of them exact a greater margin. For instances what nray

was born. Everything has

New Lifeboat

(Eastem Alr Command. Halifax) innovation which has been

responsible for saving scores of

lives ln waters adjacent to over-

ar.d now is ready for use along the Eastern Atlantic seaboard and foundland. it. is announced by East-

and R.C.A.F. Halifax confidently expect that .:lve the problem of vast dis- s involved in air-sea rescue attempts along the eastern coast. British ingenuity is

for the development of

e greatest single ad- vance ln air-sea rescue

fact that the

than 70 airmen were saved from the territorial waters of the Unit-

hzve been rescued by any other

the vesseliwas develop-

close to enemy-held Previously these

from exposure because of n lack of meth them. Crash boats racing to their

shore batteries. and this attempted method of rescue had to he aban- doned. Necessity being the mother , of invention, the Airborne Lifeboat

its construction.

Measurlnl feet from bow to and

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23% large enough t0 stiff)’ M"!!! m“ comfortably and nine in an em- ergency. It is equlplwd Wm‘ m‘) sails (main and fore) I8 Well I5 two four-horsepower Bullish-built motors. Sufficient sollne ls stor- ed aboard to enrvbe the c!“ W

has been travel 100 miles on one enllne 0!‘

set up New-

tively, of 4 or 5'»;- kno .

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Neither need ditched worry about food. ‘Cached awn)’ lrr water-proof lockers are suffieleflt rations to last seven men a Week- Some other things stored aboard: 49 pints of water, flares. rockets. charts. navlgatlo l Instruments. changes of clothing (including wat- erproof coverall suits). an emer- gency radio, and ever-hot. bans. These last contain chemicals from which heat can be produced by simply adding sea water.

An lm rtant. feature is the yes- sel's bll ty to right itself with full crew aboard within u matter of seconds of I’. 0. self-balling. and these futon make 1t possible t/o snap safety harness to rings an l..e deck without fear of fatal results.