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"The Strongest Memory _is Weaker Than the Weakest Ink."

CHARLOTTETOWN, THURSDAY, MARCH ll, 1948

Federal Action“ Expected

Maritime delegates in attendance at the sessions of the Fisheies Council of Canaddfind it difficult to understand why the Dominion Government appears to be so helpless in obtain- ing markets overseas for our canned and pro- cessed fish. As indicated in recent Ottawa des- patches, Newfoundland has obtained a contract to supply the United States zone of Germany with ‘$2,700,000 worth of herring, lf export markets cannot be obtained for the Canadian product, the Prices Support Board surely has a responsibility to see that it is marketed at home.

One of the resolutions which was adopted by the Prince Edward lsland Fisheries Federa- tion for submission to the Council deals with this matter. lt points out that the packers of canned fish are facing a grave problem clue "to the obvious difficulties of doing export business, and present small Canadian consumption", and it recommends that tha Fisheries Council of Canada request the Dominion Government to institute "an aggressive advertising campaign to further the sale of canned fish in our own coun- try, even if necessary to use funds under the Fisheries Price Support Board in this connec- ion."

Other resolutions adopted by our Provin- cial Federation urge the abolition of the B per cent sales tax on canned fish products, or, if that be not pas ible, a reduction of the tax to 4 -per cent; als that the Dominion Government provide a system of inspection in all fish can- neries during the packing of their products; that improvement be made In the present system of drawing samples of canned fish for Govern- ment inspection to prevent substitution of grad- ing lots by unscrupulous operators, and that there b. three instead of two grades of canned fish, namely: fancy, choice, and standard.

In particular, the suggested advertising programme for promoting the sale of Maritime canned fish in Canada would seem to have possi- bilities. There is no doubt that at a time of high meat prices, the per capita consumption of fish in this country could be very consider- ably increased.

This week's sessions at Ottawa will, it is

l expected, pave the way for a Dominion-Provin-

cial fisheries conference, fashioned after the Dominion-Provincial agricultural conference which proved effective for more than a decade. At the recent East Coastfisheries Conference, Hon. J. A. MacKinnon, the Federal Minister, opened the way for such a conference to be established on an official basis. Provincial ministers, their deputies and advisers are in attendance by invi- tation of the Fisheries Council. lt is hoped that concrete results will accrue from this conference, and that at least the very grave position of fhe fisheries industry ln these Maritime Provinces will be impressed upon the Dominion authorities.

Already it would appear from yesterday's daspatches that the Government has decided on at least one remedial measure, namely, com- pulsory certification of all East Coast canned fish slated for export.

Provincial Morality

Rev. J. R. Mutchmor, one of the secretaries of the Board of Evangelism and Social Service of the United Church, in his annual report made a few clays ago draws this general conclusion.

"The provincial morals box-score may bo put as follows: British Columbia favors more dis- ciplined living in refusal to sanction cocktail- bors: Alberta's drink bill per capita is more than a third higher. than Saskatchewan's: Sas- katchewan and Manitoba are steadier provinces, their administrations and courts at all levels_do a good job1 Ontario has increased the number of days of race tracks operation and is explor- ing the chances of dog racing,- also it has brought back the old bar and add-ed two a.m. drinking and_created a paradise for the booze interests: Quebec, under Roman Catholic church leader- llslp, has reduced gambling and sexual immoral- ity, and driven a wide and deep salient into the liquor trade: the Maritime Provinces continue at a fairly even moral level, but illegitimacy ratcs are high in Nova Scotia and hard liquor con- sumption has risen particularly in P. E. I. Across Canada is the threat of legalized gambling. The stepped-up demand for lotteries and sweep- stakes stams in part from rigid exchange con- trols ‘which prevent the sending of Canadian funds to Eire sweepstakes. The churches must stand against any extension of gambling, and vigorously oppose efforts to amend the Crim- inal Codg to give discretionary power to pro-

vincial attorneys-general." '

- IIDIIURIAI. NUTkS — ' Fox pelt demand and prices continue on tho upgrade, for which thanks be.

Th. Legislature is again in session andlwiil no doubt continue without interruption till Good Fa”. O I I I

long-drawn out debate on the Address - " v eluded selsatlonally when 'two “l, .' vlnerenf and Mr. lroclien, heirlooms motion to adlourn at the rec- jent II ma. it llldlgqtes rim d".

tion enthusiasm. is on‘ the ascendant, and that Parliamentary proceedings from now on will be livelier and of greater public interest.

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Lucknow loll this date, i858. Today, ninety years later, the VIliDIg of India is in possession of the natives whose ‘forefathers then surrend- ered.

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The Federation of Agriculture is following Alberta's example in calling for observation of standard time throughout the Province. It is probable that Alberta took action this year be- cause of the lsland's* lead last year.

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In New York, Lord Beaverbrook made the definite announcement that he"had become a citizen of Canada once more, and would take up his permanent residence in Fredericton, N.B. What is England's loss is New Brunswick's gain.

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The sudden spirit of gloom in Britain is rather strange now that production is rapidly rising and in particular, the coal targets being reached. Perhaps it is the chill spectre of an- other wor that casts a shadow even over the Labour Government's white paper.

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At long last this Province has been taken off the sidelines at'Ottawo and given a place in a Parliamentary team, viz., Veterans’ Affairs Committee. Mr. MocNaught will have his hands full attending to the interests in particular not only of the lsland but the Maritimes generally.

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The Lend-Lease Act was signed this date l94l. Addressing both Houses of Congress a month earlier, after consultation with the Presi- dent and Ministers in Washington, Mr. Winston Churchill avowed his hope and faith that Brit- ish and American people would walk together in Majesty, in Justice and in Peace.

Now there is a floor under the pricg of wheat for the next five years. About the only way of putting a floor under potato prices would be to provide an alternative market, such as a distillery to absorb the culls and, if necessary, the bulk of the crop.

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Charlottetown can count itself blessed that at least one modern "improvement" is lacking hare. Parking meters as tried in other centers are a source of endless grief, to the motorist who has to find coins for their hungry maw, far the collector who must separate the coins from thq slugs and for the merchant who finds his customers tending ta park, and shqp, else- where.

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Our produce more than held its own at Amherst Fair, and the prize winners are to be congratulated on their success. The other ex- hibitors from here who did not attain the fore- front, nevertheless benefitted by the competition,

the farm to put their newly acquired knowledge

and experience to the test. - Our Attorney-General has at least enlisted the sympathy and support of the Opposition in N. B. Legislature on the suggestion of q Mqyi. time jail farm, where offenders would be en- abled to learn to be industrious and be rehabili- tated as useful citizens. All that remains is to convince the Governments of N. B. and N. S. of the practicability of such a scheme, for of its profit from a humanitarian point of view the-re can be no doubt. "P Ir it it _ Another sure sign that an election is in the ‘offing, is the taking off the shelf of the Marine slip proiect, approved by the Bennett Government‘ but discarded by its successor, Mr. King s. lt is now recognized how valuable such a. slip would have been during the Second Worlu‘ War, just as it was recognized what a blunder had been cammiltteed by the Government turn- ing down the British offer to constitute a train» ing ground forairmen. Same people are peculiar- ly endowed with hindsight to the disadvantage of the safety of the State. i i k g Agriculture Minister Gardiner said in a re- turn. that $807,618 has been spent under the Agriculture Support Act since it was passed in I944. He gave this breakdown: For administra- I'm". $75,2l2; to meet net operating losses of the Meat Board, the dairy products board and the Special Products Board in respect to over- seas contracts for l946-47, $509,305; price support for the I946 potato crop in Eqgfgm provinces, SIZLIOI; price support for the I947 Neva Scotia apple crap, $500,000. I I fi I

In a recently tabled return in the House of Commons it is disclosed that the total receipts from the solo of "still" pictures made by the Film Board's special staff of Z6, was $43,8l4. However, it is more than disconcerting to learn in the same return that it cost the taxpayers $93,270 ta produce those pictures and to send the staff travelling to get them. Taxpayers are out approximately fifty thousand dollars on the deal! But, as Mr. Howe always says in such discus- sions: "What's a million?"

Lord Beaverbrook's son, Mr. Max Aitken, British M.P., is convinced that a movement is on foot to realign the R.C.A.F. with the U.S. rather than with the R.A.F. "The Dominion air forces have retired into their own shells," he said, adding that the R.C.A.F. was tending to unite with United States air forces now. "l do not accept for a moment that this merger is going on," retorted Geoffrey de Frai- tas, Under-secretary for Air. Flt.-Lt. J. E. Halre, Labor Member for Wycomba, said the R.C.A.F. had largely disintegrated and added that Con- odo would welcome restoration of the Common- wealth Air Training Plan which was in effect during the war-years.‘ Under this scheme, thous- ands of airmen from Great Britain “and the da-

iriisires eon trailed st Candies insi-

and will be in a better position on return to ‘

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Too much time is wasted on p00- pla who are too herd to please.- Bt. Thomas Times-Journal.

Fancy hols for nsen to relieve mental depression ls the last word from a psychologist. in the west. Well, the women have been doing ii. for years. Ask any woman the cure for the blues and shell tell you It's to go out and buy n new hat. And fancy ls a._ gentle war-l for some women's hate. — Wind- sor Sear.

A southern movie house has In- stalled n soundproof glass booth where mothers may take thei; in- fants if the infants start to nail. This is a g-ood start. toward the logical end of a completely com- partmentalized theatre. There could also be separate and separ- ated sections for the smokers. che peanut and popcorn eaters, the commentators. and the young couples tn love. - Quebec Chron- tale-Telegraph.

Much that passes for music In America ls not nrtisla hi: all; the crooner, for example, is not a singer, and quite often his voice ls but slightly more musical than the cawlng of a crow, and of the two we prefer the noise that Lhls highly intelligent bird emits that‘ what comes from the larynx of the crooner. since it ls more natural. The crow does the best it can with what nature has provided it, while the crooner ls guilty of wtm‘. has always seemed la us a per- version of what nature lias dove for the musical faculty of 1mm.- San Pkancisco Arganaut.

It fa a moot problem if what. applies in the university doestnct also apply in the lower schools. with the age limit of l6 calsirg weal» of time when youngsters could be learning the rudiments of s good trade. The old system of apprenticeship did have its good paints. When the royal cum- mission reports this yea: on the educational system of Ontario. there is hope of greet advances and reforms to fallow. It. is e neo- ter o! history where men hive risen to great. heights in human ea- deavor. they have sacrificed the most and worked hard for their education. Nothing is truer than the ancient axiom: There ts no royal road to learning. -.— St. Cath- arlnoa Standard.

No sign o! Spring‘: return could be more thrilling than a glimpse of the first. bluebird. It ls not imrrl. then, to think of these bird: as symbols of happiness. Radiant. blue and chestnut red, and with a song sweet; and low, they are al- together ettzractlvc. They have been seen in March year after sent by observers of the Royal Ontarzo Museum and scores of bird witch- era elsewhere. On rural and snhilr- ban roadways a. careful ECFLlZIIIY of trees, telephone poles. and wires usually brings one or more of them in view. Not only biuebirds. but horned larks. the vanguard of the robin invasion. song sparrows. purple finches, and other franks,- ers of Spring are not. uncommon thrills encountered in March cs- peclally the latter half of the month. — Iioyal Ontario Museum News.

Despite nil the noise. smoke and dirt that. it creates. there is some- thing aaddenlng about the inca- capable fact. that. the steam iono- motlve is being superseded as rap- idly as many railroads can man age it, by the mar‘,- modern rnd efficient. Diesel-electric engine. There is a. certain glnmor about l-llE old "iron horse," \vit,l1 its nlss- ing safely valve, the raucous "bark" from t-he slack. lLs flash- ing connecting rods and vain: irea". which ls altogether locking in tie sleek. streamlined Diesel. WITE‘ the former ls "lifting" a ncavy string of cars. its slipping (lil\'Il'I_( wheels and explosive exhaust give the impression of a giant. strain- ing at. the llamas. On the other hand. the Diesel glides along with- out visible effort and offers little outward evldcuce of whether ii. is zlolng the pulling or simply being pushed. Even its ivhistle is v sort. of strident indecency compared to the deerp-ihroated warning at the steam engine. But romance has always huci to give way to pro- gress. and there is every lnaiuatloit that: the Diesel-electric is Lo be the railroad "hog" of the future.- Fart Erie Times-Review.