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ruusnsy. 11110121113111; 29. 1942

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Shocking Tragedy

Talc casualties in the train wrccl: at Almontc. Ontario, on Sunday night, first fFPofled a5 nunihcriiig five pcrsons killcrLnnd fifteen badly iuinrctl, now arc given officially Flt llUYKV-lllYCC killed zuul scores more injurcrl, illllS Slilflflel" in; tutzil. and the liztrrtnviug details rclatcd by the survivors, make tragic post-Christmas read- ing. It was the worst train wreck in Canada in the p.-..<: thirty-two years. Though apparently tvl|\-r€ \\'<'ru no victims from this Province, tithe" uniuilg civilians or soldiers, many homes in widely scattered part5 0f the cotmtry have been bereaved.

.\ searching inquiry is already under way as to the cziusc of the accident. As Mr. “l. N. Nczil, vicc-prcsiiltrut of the, Canadian Pacific Railway announces. no doubt this examination will b6 thorough to a degree, with every piece of evi- dence well _sit'tc<l by the most experienced tninsportzilioii OlllClZllS. Nothing short of tlrit “n1 5;i;i~f_v the public mind in the circumstances.

Maritime: Still Leading

The most recent figures of present Strength iu the Czmadas three armed scrviccs as com- pzircd with the nuinbcr of men enlisted or draft- 0d into the services is as follows. Column at the lcft shows enlistments; at the righ; the present strength:

Navy 46.374 50,000 A i r [Force 158,342 1 40,000 A rm y 476,899 390,000 Total 681,615 580,000

(Tompzirisons of cnlistmcnts in the three ser- vices by (listricts shows striking variations in comparison with the reported male population of military age. The national average is 27.9 per cent with military district No. 6 (Nova. Scotia and Prince Edward Island) showing a high nturk of 37.9 per cent. The two Quebec dis- tricts (numbers 4 and 5) show voluntary enlist- ment of only 15.9 and 9.6 per cent respectively.

These percentages are raised when the total" "intake" including draftees is used as a basis

'€F'€o'r'fipa'ris filfiThl-ffiatiofiiil crvéraigs is 30.8 pcr cent with Nova Scotia and P.E.I. in top place with 41.5 per cent and New Brunswick (district No. 7) second with 39 per cent. The two Que- bcc districts (4 and 5) show percentages of 19.3 pct‘ ccnt (number 4) and 12.3 per cent respectively.

Unshared Prosperity

The province of Alberta recently presented its public accounts for the fiscal year ended March 31, 1942, showing a. surplus of $7,200,000. Dur- ing the Third Victory Loan campaign Alberta subscribed for $4,000,000. Despite these facts, which show that the province is far from poverty stricken, it continues its policy of paying only half-interest on its legal debt. This Province, which holds Alberta bonds, is among the vic- lims of this policy.

Payment of full interest on Albertzfs funded dcbr during the most recent fiscal year, says the Financial Post, would have meant expenditure of another three millions or so, which still would have left a healthy surplus in excess of four millions. The net funded and unfunded debt of the province as at March 31, 1942, plus certain guarantees, was $149,000,000. Payment of the average rate of interest at 4 1-2 pcr ccnt on iris debt would have meant an expenditure of $6.- 700,000.

The financial showing now being made by Alberta removes the last vcstigcpf excuse for not fully servicing its bonds. lVhen interest was cut to half the coupon rate, it was airguerl that the province's creditors should share in its dc- clinc of revenue. There is now no offer from Edmonton that its creditors should share in its better fortunes.

The Albcrtn performance is a good (lcirtoit- strutimi of how rcarlily fundamental tcncts of business morality go into the discard once people start making exceptions.

Butler Rationing

A great many people, well informed on mat- fcrs pertaining to the production and distribu- tion of dairy products, have gone on record with explanations for the butter shortage which directly contradict Mr. Donald Gordon's. They are more inclined to lay the major part of the blame, not on boarders but on the priceceiling pOllCy of the Wartime Prices and Trade Board, which lcss than a month ago was advising that buttcr would not have to be rationed. But now, as the Times-Review suggests, all that is water ovcr the dam. Almost everybody has been made acutely aware that there is a scarcity of butter- and is now hoping that the introduction of ra- tioning will actually allow one half-pound of butter pcr head per week to be purchased. What baffles the comprehension of those who at least thought they had some undcrstamling

that in all areas where the retail price has in- creased since October 3o or this year, the price must revert to that October 3o level.

Of course, producers are to be compensated by an increase in the government Subsidy paid on butter-fat used in the manufacture of cream- ery butter. This, in turn, will be paid by the public in the form of taxes instead of in the price they pay for butter; but making a reduc- tion in price a part of an effort to deal with the shortage of a commodtiy is something which is vcry different to the principles expounded by Atlam Smith in his classic, Wealth of Nations.

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a EDITORIAL NOTES-

For the remainder of the Winter, at least, every pound of butter sold in Canada \vill cost the Government at least ten cents. That is the amount of the new subsidy which went into cf- fect with the rationing plan.

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Did you share in the turkey crop? Seventy- five cairloads of dressed poultry, totalling 1,- 500,000 pounds were shipped out of Allicrtu for the Christmas markets in the east, a sur- very shows. Ninety per cent of loadings cun- sistcd of turkeys.

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On a ship that sailed for Ireland rvcenlly there was a cargo of dried and evaporated milk, cheese, dried eggs, canned and cured pork. lard. flour and canned vegetables. So great urc the advances of science in preparation of dcll_\'tll‘illlt(l and concentrated foods that, it is estimzitcd, the cargo of this one ship represented a year's pro- duction of 3,800 average Canadian farms.

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One of the outstanding Christian characteris- tics of our people, love and consideration for others was amply exemplified over thc Christ- mas week-end where homes of every description were thrown open to welcome “the strangers within our gates." Truly it may be said of Is- landers whatever faults and shortcomings wi- may have, we try to live up to the Pauline in- junction of “distributing to the HCCCSSiIy of saints, given to hospitality." The Navy reports that all the boys of the ll.l\‘l.C.S. [jucrn (hur- lotle lizul invitations for Christmas in Cllflflklllc- town.

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Sir Archibald Alison, historian and legal writ- cr, born this date, 1792; Lord Rector of Glas- gow University, 1851; created a baroncl, 1852; wrote the History of Europe (Io volumes, 1833- 42, and 9 volumes 1852-9); Lives of Mini- lJOrOIIglI. Castlcreigh, and others; “Principles of Population," “Principles of Criminal Law"; held in high esteem in literary and historical circles as the best informed man on these sub- jects of his day and generation; his father .'.'.'ls a littcrateur, also named Archibald, wrote “Na- ture and Principles of Tasfé"; while his second son, Sir Archibald, 2nd baronet, became n dis- tinguished British General, serving in the lu- dian Mutiny, Ashanti War and the ligyptizui War.

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The “autograph quilt" which wives of Can- adian Air Forces Officers have made in Ot- tawa. is s. “Who's Who” of the United Nations. When the quilt was on the point of completion, one signature-a rather important onc-— was missing. Mr. Winston Churchill had not signed. Air Marshal Billy Bishop came to the rescue. He collected the British Prime l\linistci"s auto- graph whcn lie was over in London and took it back with him to Canada. The quilt is mudv of red, white, and blue squares, embroidered with the signatures of world-famous people, including President and Mrs. Roosevelt. Recently it “'11s touring Canada as part of a war-savings d. and one day Churchill hopes to sce it “over there.”

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Despite the Increased beef cattle sales by farmers, practically all the animals are being bought for the Canadian market. ln the week ending December 17, 1941, 7,220 bccf oittic were sent to the United States but in the same period this year none was exported. From Oc- tober 1 to December 17 last year, 54,300 beef cattle were sent to the United States, against 176 this year. Until such time as home rcquirc- mcnts are met fully and there are indications :1 surplus is likely to depress Canadian prices, ex- ports probably will not be permitted by Prices Board authorities, officials said. While beef cattle exports have declined, a gain lms been shown in export shipments of dairy cattle. Dur- ing the week ended Dec. 17, 547 dairy animals crossed the border compared ivith 407 in the same wcck of 1941. For the present year thus far, dairy cattle exports have totalled 24.05.: head against 21,291 in 194i.

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The lay-election sensation in Quebec had its final sequel on Thursday last when Mr. Justice Fabre Surveyer, in the Superior Court guvc judgment quashing the writ of habcas corpus on which Marc Carriere sought to be libcruicil from Bordeaux Jail, where he is detained by order of the Minister of Justice for having com- mitted, in the course of a public speech in blon- trcal in November last, a breach of the Regula- tions for the Defence of Canada. Ilis Lorilship ruled that Mr, Carriere is legally detained and that if he has a grievance his only way to seek a remedy is by submitting his case to the Con- sultative or Advisory Committee ivhich Ins authority to hear grievances and make rccom- mcndations thereon to the Minister of justice, who is the final Judge‘ in all ‘these cases. l

Arrangements are to be made today for the ordination of Mr. John Carson, B.A., just graduated from the Presbyterian College, Mon- treal. The entire third year class will lillit! up work as ordained missionaries in various parts of Canada. instead of returning to classes after Christmas. The second year students ivill graduate in the Spring. The move has been made necessary by the acute lack of ministers, there being an immediate need for about a hun- dred men to maintain the ordained fields. It is expected that seven of these will be obtained from the final year class, Montreal, and 12 from Knox College. Toronto. Women are prcacliing| in some centres in western Canada in the capac- ity of dcaconcsses, though they cannot perform

of economics, is the board's order reducing llll.‘ wholesale price of butter from 36 1-2 cents to u: cents n pound. The board has also ordered

THE CHARLUFTETOWN GUARDIAN .

NOTES BY ‘I'll! WAY

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pair plants. Such jobs are in

-Montrcar Gazette.

All save the doctrinaire will reserve judgment specific measures President Roose- veh may propose for the econ- omic rehabilitation of the world. l-Ic can be expected to make mis- lukcs in the detuls of these. as he did .11 his 111111115110 prOETB-m; imd it so this newspaper will not hesit- nto 1o oppose them. But on the basic principles of blternatlonal co- opcimion to improve’ living stand- ards, increase productivity, lift pur- ulnismg power and broaden econ- Ullllu cpportunlty, we are with. iilm --11c‘. because he is Roosevelt. 110i because the principles are hi8. but because here lies the path of Jus- ILCB und progress —Chicsgo Sun.

For the first time, million; Ire rlr 1.11;; at 35 m.p.h.. and love lt. lillilll io their surprise. NOW t0 learn llu\\‘ to muke coffee properly. — Dentin, News.

The "Never Again" Association nus its headquarters at No. 1A. ‘Bulzt-i- street. London. 3101181’! 1t Dre- ' . to hold its functions at the

' 101- House. Its program is defined its organizing Secretary, pub- r st Philip Gee, as: “Never again must the German people be BLOW- liwt to organize for war; “Never lignln nu ‘t we wln a war and lose .1110 Pflit‘ “Never again must we lclfill any treaty with any 98mm lGoiermncnz until the German peo- lplc 1m vn proved that they can honor ‘i - i“ ms and behave as good . "Norcr again must the l1 he caught napping; “Never must the security of the coiumy and the live; of our child- run be Joopardised because of a mistaken tenderness to brutes; “Never again must we listen to the of (‘1c1'ma11V'5 friends in our

-. ‘thing but our own strong arm llill(_ out. of our proved friends " ---Bl'lll5l1 News Review.

The masters of destruction had fine to ponder before they visited ,Lcv;zsnk_v_ There they repealed all ‘the steps o f their other perform- nnccs, but tiddcd a. detail. They killed the women as well as the men. Unless lhoy kill the children too, 41nd nrld a preliminary torture to [the rllunl, it cannot be improved further. Human imagination can- not picture those inhumanltles. Not vvcn S lit, before madness dark- ened that mighty and terrible in- tcfirct, could have done justice to these scenes. It is with no fleet- ing anger that: clvlllzed people m- gard those horrors heaped on hor- 101's. but with a deeper. stesdler and stornci- feeling that these reckless killers of the body. who seek to v1.1 tho mind 11nd soul, must be put down and lat-pt uown. -New York Times.

Women guards are proving effi- cient at the Unlbod States naval air l bnsc in South Weymouth, M855, re-

llvviini: marines and civilian men ziiunrrls for other duties, Lieut-Ool. ‘cluster Knowles said recently. The ‘men taught the women how to fire [riot guns from the hlp — they're ,gcod shuts st 200 yards, the officer [sold —— and how to mun machine- Pilfls and anti-aircraft; weapons. All the women, munberln; llbout 25, lire from civil service lists- Hamllton Spectator.

As recently as n year ago, eye- brows would have been raised in niuny quarters had it been suggest- cd that; at the end of the war Cun-

be mnong the world's leading pro- ducers of rubber and exporters of .lts products. Yet, despite the acute shortages those countries are bat- tling n: present, that is the way the situation appears to u spokesman of the American Chemical Society. In- (llCzlllfllts are that by the and of 1944 both countries will be produc- ing about 600,000 tons of rubber 1n icivcss of their peacetime needs. ‘It, 11-111 be srtlltclnl rubber, of lccursl‘, but the uncertainties of the lposl-vvm period are such that this

‘ivcll may be the only klnd obtuin- to

nblc ln qunnlltv for years to come. litre outlook for the rubber planta- l.(“l_q of the Eastern Pacific. now ifOrllfJ (it-spoiled by the Japanese, ls ' iything but bright. —Windsor Slur.

Those who consider it. wise to pi’ vuke controversy in wartime 1n the nope of reaching agreement be- fcrc the peace, 11nd who are much concerned about Britain's intentions with regard to India, might discuss 11 . intentions with regard in P3111- ‘. Estonia, Latvia. Lithuania, Poland and Rumimla. In all the Lin: about". liberty and among all the dcmnnds for specific statement of unis with regard to particular plnrcs, there has not been one word about the future of these little suites, ull of which were kept int terror lac-fore the war and s11 of which were attacked, annexed or dcspollcd after war broke out.‘ ‘Tlicrn have been attempts to justify lhc aggression on the grounds of nullmy necessity and we ere curi- ous to know whether military neces- sity in future will requlm that they be enslaved and whether the pro- fessed lover; of liberty would ep- prove their enslavement. —'Iloronm ‘Telegram.

-_- 1 l-‘Izmre and panic again like ll licnvy toll of lives and another ep- pfilllili: warning t... given fur more! effective snfciruarfe In all public premises whore large nunrbers mrsons gather. More exits. fire 1'00! construction, the abolition o in- flnmnmlale decorations and the pres-l rnrc of one or two watchmen mould rill hop to reduce the hugrds. But lhcrc is hardly lnythlng thll? fill prrvvnt lives from being lost once piuilc lay, hold of an e-sernbly of people. That 15 the B lesson Oll inorl. holocausts, and t his main horn grimly conveyed by the num- bur; who perished in the Boston iris-h’ club and the dance hostel It

rill the functions of an ordained tninistry. Ono of the outcomes will be that there will be prnc- tically no work for the faculty next year.

st John's Newfoundland. No ub- nr building Is safer than the ens o! m audience when e fire breaks out. - Hamilton spectator.

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It belt-s come home lmes be- llle tween blrtli and! deuthuigi ‘gonna: age. No wonder t is ca e o sea __ o1 the emotions -Klngston Whtg- 1325313211} 531:“

‘any "n", Or consider njurther a. charge sometimes made by male l“ m“ dmlfim‘ The oontrsulcolon is tound m the statement by n New York shipbuilding corporation that 3,5011 lclbcrs of application have been received from women seeking em- ployment. in stilpyards and ship 3- p1 1n

e heavy class, which is proof that the ivoint-n have no fear of hard labor.

critics on the

y; “Ncvt-r again must we rely.

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“It Tolls For Thee”

(vuncouver Province)

‘mere was a despawh from 0t- ther do the; must have V011’ some Ni)‘

in Canada. It was the news u! three casualty lists o! the Canadian Active Service Army. It ssld than ously reported miss-

battle of Diem)’; are

{now reported prisoners of war.

named. one mun previously re

missing now reported safe an ht

previously reported missing now re- killed 1n action ”

They hsd been waiting since last August for this news, all those peo- xe wéloghthie news mphst c osely ooneerne . ey were mo - ere and fathers, wives and children. sisters and sweethearts and brothers and near friends. _

The had been waltmg through the ays hoping ugumst. 110W. building the eternal rel of nope against the slow days o the sus- pense and the strain, waiting for Casualty List. number somethlns 01' other that should answer the dread- ed uestlon at last.

ell, the question was answered

in those three cusuultv lists for the eople of 238 of those circles. fanni- ilzs and friends, wives and mblhflfl and sweethearts and all. of some 01 our boys over there. It, was haPPflY answered for them, with such a lifting of their hearts as only such as they may know Their men are

alive.

1 And for e ht othgzéxpsiéch Curran: an groups. a sus

been lifted and the strain of wait»- lng is over, but their men will not. come back to them again.

T is the war, your wax and ours. in its deepest meanings for us s11. And here, by way of the bur- den end the lesson. are two quota- ptonsé from two great passacfl 01

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Erozrxigizlhe Book of Lamentations: "Is it nothing to you, all ye that puss by?" ‘

And from John Donne: ‘Mid therefore never send to know for wgrom the bell tolls: It. tolls for t ee.’

Looking Ahead

(From "A Message for the NGW year", by A. R. Masher, President of the Canadian Congress of Labour)

Already there is evidence of wide differences oi opinion with regard to the maintenance or 1619858 0f the txmtrols which have been est- ebllmed by the Dominion Govgrn- ment over industry, and the carry- mg on nt productive activities under public ownership and oper- ation. The advocates of "free en- terprise," as it. ts called. are already demanding a restoration of the competitive economic system. 111 spite of the depression which the people o! Canada suffered for ten years prior to the war. It, is almost inconceivable that there will be a reversion to the DIBWBT statue 111w: ut. an rate, efforts to rte-establish it will, arouse strong opposition on the part of the workers and the publie as a. whole.