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Iornlng Dolly (Founded ln 1881) Altllorlled as Second Clues Mull, Post Office Department. Ottawa.

President, lun A. Burnett; Vice-President, Wm. It. Burnett; Seep-Trench G. M. Burnett; Editor and Managing Director, J. It. Burnett; Associate Editor.

Frank Walker.

“The Strongest Memory is Weaker Than i the Weakest Ink."

MONDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1946

0ne Way To Reduce

The veil of secrecy is still drawn pretty closely over the fiscal negotiations between the Jones Government and Ottawa. Spokesmen for other Provinces seem to be more favorably impressed with the value of publicity in such matters. One of the latest Premiers to visit Ottawa-is Premier Hort of British Columbia, and he makes no bones about admitting that he is after a grant of twenty million dollars a year- an a three-year trial basis, in lieu of a provin- cial income tax. If he cannot get that sum, he will resume the taxation rights of the Province it the income-tax field.

Whether $20 millions represents an occur- ate accounting of Dominion obligations to Brit- ish Columbia, or whether it is a sanguine over- estimate does not appear on the surface. Cagey taxpayers have little interest in which of the two governments levies the taxes. They have more interest in reducing the amount.

One way in which all taxes, Dominion, Pro- vincial and municipal can be kept to a mini- mum, suggests a Vancouver exchange, is to re- duce the burden of public debt charges. Credit oi the country as a whole might be made avail- able to all three governmental jurisdictions through the Bank of Canada at much less than present costs.

The Dominion has iust borrowed rvtlllions of dollars from the small investors of Canada at 2.75 per cent. lt could have raised money at even lower rates. ‘Admittedly, interest rates in Canada are determined by Bank of Canada pol- icy. It is to'be noted that the chartered banks of Canada hold billions of the people's savings at I I-2 per cent. Why should the Government

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Canadian llltlzanshlp

Across Canada cities and towns are pre- paring to hold s-GFEIIIOIIIGS during the first week of January in celebration of the inauguration of the new Canadian Citiz Lip Act passed at‘1he recent session of Parliament.

Heretofore, the obtaining of Canadian nat- uralizotion papers was o. routine matter without ceremony and with little to emphasize the priv- ilege that was being bestowed upon the appli- cant. lt was an event without real significance to the individual for there was no preparation, nothing to impress upon him the seriousness and the value of the step he was taking and the re- quirement; to qualify were at a minimum.

The cosualness of this has long contrast- ed shorply with the manner in which natural- ization was carried through in the United States where there are requirements to be met and preparation goes into the application.

The national ceremony to inaugurate the new act which defines and establishes Canadian citizenship will be held in Ottawa on January 3 with the Governor-General and the Prime Minister participating. A programme of cere- many has been laid down for the day and it is likely to be followed in other cities where ob- servances are held. lt will consist of speeches, pageantry, the bestowing of citizenship on a number of applicants and parades as well as singing.

This idea of holding a "citizenship week" is worthy of commendation. It can be used to do much to impress upon new Canadians the im- portance and significance of the action. But it is not enough merely to hold such cere- monies during one week and then forget all about it. The bestowing of naturalization should always be impressive and there should be assurances from those taking it that they real- ize in full the meaning of what they are doing. It is on honor to be a Canadian.

Some Farm Figures

C. P. R. Progress Report for November says: The potato crop this year, estimated at 47 million hundredweight, is substantially above the 36 million hundredweight crop of a year ago, according to official figures. With the exception ef I944 when 49 million hundredweight of pote- toes were produced, the present crop is the larg-

” lest since I934. While acreages this year dis- play some increase above those of I945, the greatest contributing factor to _the larger pro- duction appears to be this year's average yield of 90 hundredweight per acre, 5 hundredweight obove the long-time average. New Brunswick potatoes had a return per acre of I50 hundred- weight. The‘ improvement in net income dur- leg the period I938 to I945 was general across

~,cllhdtl. and was substantial in all provinces ex-

_ The increases in the Prairie

Jvovilcer had largely occuried by I942 as the

{lfllltof particularly favourable crops that year.

V_ yields in the Prairies were less favour- ‘ but in I944, wt. high production and in- prices, the net income of forni oper- Jdllnitogl and Strltotchewan reached flights. ree roirie Provinces re- Hwclinslderably lower income levels in ‘more nearly normal production was

l __ was maintained well above

m. Pris" iv i941. however.

ly higher average prices

ler bet more consistent-

lreeswictTlie the- tn-Jru-Rbstllo

comes in I943 while the high point for Quebec was I944. Net income of form operators from farming operations was as follows in I945 in thousands of dollars, figures for I938 being in brackets: Prince Edward lsland, $l0,755 ($3,- 275); Nova Scotia, $l3,829 ($3,594); New Brunswick, $24,089 ($7,337); Quebecf $l54,I74 $69,484); Ontario, $307,232 ($l36,998); Mani- toba $86,3l0 ($34,549); Saskatchewan, $2I9,93I ($26,032); Alberta, $143,257 ($80,825)); Brit- ish Columbia, $44,722 ($14,964).

Deceptive Index

Extent to which Canada's cost-of-living in- dex has been officially manipulated is divulged by Mr. Donald Gordon in a series of national broadcasts. Mr. Gordon emphasizes the place which subsidies have played in keeping down the selling cost of key commodities and‘ warns of the certainty that the key commodities will rise in price if the subsidies should now be with- drawn. '

The subsidies, ofcourse, fall on the tax- payers of Canada. lf the full impact of the subsidies has not yet been felt in all its sever- ity on Canadian taxpayers, it is only because some of the trouble has been postponed by bor- rowing at interest from the taxpayers them- selves. Thereby trouble thus postponed will be compounded and confounded as the debt bur- den is borne by the taxpayers in the years ahead.

The general picture which Mr. Gordon has been painting is dark. lf the subsidies are lifted in a move to stabilize taxation, then the people must pay higher prices for the neces- sities of life. Yet if taxation is not brought under control it stifles national enterprise.

.- EDITORIAL NOTES .-.

The Maritime Electric Company may, and do, have their own troubles, but they are blessed with a manager who can handle them admir- ably.

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The City footpaths are becoming slippery, and pedestrians will have to "mind their step" to avoid accidents.

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There is no firebug in the City, according to the official report of the Fire Marshal. Thank goodness, for we have more than enough fires without such assistance. ‘I

lt would be one more step in the direction of bureaucratic dictatorship to impose on the police the "duty" of calling on residents and telling them they are using too much electric light. Freedom of the individual would practic-

ally be at an end.

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‘It is evidently now up to Brighton resi- dents and City stores to do the necessary co- operation to relieve the present pressure on our electric plant. But Mr. Ainsworth failed to mention what should be done to help out Mon-

tague consumers.

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The time draws nigh for the comple- tion of a new taxation agreement with the Fed- eral authorities, and evidently everything is going swimmingly in the negotiations in our favour, otherwise our delegates, including the Hon. Mr. Hughes and. Major Massey, would not return from Ottawa so self-satisfied, without

uttering even a bleot. ‘k 1r

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I The United States is expecting in I946 the greatest volume of crop production in its history. Production of feed grains will amount to I27.5 million tons, four per cent above the I942 high. This total is made up of 3,374 million bushels of oats, 255 million bushels of barley and 88 million bushels of soybfan grain. Production of food grains at 37.4 million tons is also an all-time high. Wheat production, winter and spring, totals l,l69 million bushels, 46 million bushels larger than any previous crop in history. ' Q i’ A‘ i

John Milton, poet, born thfi date I608 in Bread St.,' London, the building being consumed by the great fire of I666. Before that year (al- though Paradise Lost, was not yet published) Milton's name had become famous, and strang- ers liked to have pointed out to them the house where he first sow the light. The Church of

Allhallows, close by, still contains the register‘

of Milton's baptism. . . Swinish Gluttony .

Ne'er looks to heaven amidst his gorgeous feast, But with besotted base ingratitude

Crams, and blasphemes his Feeder.

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The prediction that the amount of can- sumer credit outstanding might double the pres- ent figure as soon as full production is reached and supply catches up with demand, is made by J. Gordon Dakins, manager of the credit mon- agement division of the National Retail Dry Goods Association. Since the end of the war, he points out, there has been a strong disposi- tion among consumers to make use of their cre- dit and an increased effort by credit granters to extend their operations. Three factors point to an unprecedented expansion of installment cre- dlt-protpective availability of consumer dur- able goods, funds from which to make down pay- ments, and the prospective continuance of high

earnings.

Q O i Q

Strange things happen at- British Post Of- fice counters. One of the strangest was when an old farmer handed a bucket full of money over the counter with the remark that theri was a thousand pounds ($4.000) "for the lunk and Nat- lonal Savings." The somewhat dazed clerk, more esed to bags than‘ buckets as money-contain- ers, counted the money and found ohly £900 ($1.400). The former esqmd that he ilrod counted the Oalltllt morning-end {re y ($4.W0-) The flail!

western it still It wos onl 9W. rein- wile

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be easier to bear l! it means also a wsrcity of soup-box anemia, Toronto Telegram.

An employee o! the Prloal Board argued in Toronto that “we cannot depend on private enter- prlee" for fair distribution of goods in short supply. But private enter- prise is distributing large num- ber of scarce articles - automo- biles, shirts. stockings, and so on —ond doing a pretty good job of it. And why should an offlclel of the Prices Board go lnto the realm of opinion in such a con- troversial issue? - Ottawa Jour- Ill.

It ls u mutter of historical lln- parlance that the strange ares-k- ings on the Fraeer Canyon roch at Bpuzzmn should be studied by an et-hnograplblc erapedition, as Commlsslone Parsons of the B. C. police suggests. British Museum and European authorities ere sure the ‘tnerklngs are not Ogliem, the Welsh form of the Runlc writ- ings used in the fifth century, but the similarity to those ancient cryptographs is sulflclenfly not- able to warrant further investiga- While the conviction that the markings ere not. Ogham fails to support the legend thr‘ Prince Madoc up Owen Gdynedd grated to this continent with of his followers in 10W there is evidence for reasonable speculu- tion about other arrivals mssny centuries ago. There were In- dlans in the Columbia River coun- try two centuries ago who uild speak Welsh. The locutlo of these mks-kings. on roch 1,800 feet above the river at Spuzzum, ls s point ln itself that fa worth some research-Vancouver Province.

In Gladsen, Alabama, there ll a dog, owned by Dr. Oery Gri- bum, a pharmacist, that. finally succeeded in catching tta tall. Aa the Times related this phenom- enon, the dog had been-chasing his tall as a pastime. The pastime grew into a habit and finally into an obsession. Ever! 0L7. Q- peolelly at mealtime when his master's family provided an audi- ence, the dog pursued the tell in a mad-merry circle, snapping and snarling and never stopping un- tll hie master intervened so lfe could catch his breath. The dog didn't realize it, but he was get- ting more proficient all the time. Finally it happened. He caught his tall, snapping down with all the enthusiasm bhet bod kept "hlm going for months. I-Ie bit the tall ln two and wound up in a dog hospital. — Vancouver Newe- Herald.

The constant recurrence of school strikes in various parts of, the country is a departure from the traditional practice of Am- erican schools. There is en Am- erican method for redress, the method at petition to the auth- orlties. ‘Ilhere is no reason why the children could not be taught that the traditional way would be the best. way, and that the strike is a weapon that should never be used in schools, that it is a wea- pon which even labor unions use only when they feel they have no other alternative. - Boston Post.

Fruit and vegetublos_ ere in conflict again, says The Qhristlen Science Monitor. ‘Ihls time the former 1e laying definite claim to rhubarb-a claim that e court has been asked to sustain. After e long period of controversy, the tomato was snatched from the vegetable family and se-t up as e fruit. Then along came the melon with a "me too" claim to whatever aristocracy may be attached to the fruit group. and apparently won out sufficiently to be given e fruit rating by Mr. Welbster. Even the nut has gained recognition as n hard-shelled fruit, and one won- ders what other desertions are facing the vegetable family. The poor squash that may lie in friendship alongsidfi the melon in the garden appure tly ls destined to remain a vegetable. Likewise the ever-popular celery, the stem o! which bears a striking reeeanb- lance to tine somewhat larger stalk of rhubarb. But, come what may, whether vegetable or fruit, the rhubarb pic, with its strips of flaky crust across the top, still takes the cake,

A warning from tlevve leefi about the inroads being made oe (he supply of evergreen trees for the Christmas tree trade is worth noting in this end other provinces ln the interests of fores conser- vation, observes The Montreal star. ‘rhe business has grown to such proportions that n fer-eight- ed American buyer fears for the future euDPW- The danger up- parently liee in the growing prac- tice of cutting very smell trees for table GQOOIIIIOIIB, with the result that u cerloud may now conslbt of between 2,000 and 5.000 of Ahese smell trees instead of the 1.800 of life larger else that earlier markets celled for. It ls not. en altogether easy mutter to regulate, since young evergreens suitable for the Christmas trade are now e worthwhile item to owners of bushlots, and especially to settlers to whom eny cosh orop is of importance. Out at e felt slue and with due regard to the thinning of elrlltlng stands of smell trees. l eubetentlel export business cen be rnelntelned with- out horns to future full-growth cutting. Regulations new that! the butt-else of trees cut tor 0th‘- n- purposes art-controlled ilends. end Ise suggeslon new made

However, any loop shortage ‘m ‘

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PUBILIC FORUM

ily endorse the opinion of correspondents.

TRADE bonus MEETING DISCUSSION

Bin-There la no desire on my pert to enter into controversy, but in fairness to the Charlotte- town Board o! ‘Prado I feel it should be pointed out to your readers that the news report of our lost meeting attempted to quote verbatim only Mr. A. V. Ainsworth. which has resulted in some Incorrect ‘ on the pert. of the plisllc.

Notes that Mr. Alnsworth was a guest 1a incorrect. He is o mem- ber and wee not an invited guest. He dld indeed give the members‘ present much int/creating inform- atlon.

The general slurs-tip of your report that no action was taken was correct, but none was anticl- pated. When the Montague reso- lution was received it was well

done about tihe present situation, but it was considered n suitable subject for debate at the next regular monthly meeting, in view of the general interest ln the po r problem. As there appeared to much general misinformat- lon es to the power company's position, it was thought well to bring to public attention the con- ditions of the franchise under which they operate. This wee done, and the terms of the City's contract for street lighting was also reviewed. I would like to ranark abut there eeeme to be current n feeling that if a Board of Trade is not completing some great project it la felting in its mission. Actually one of its more important functions is to keep its members up to date on current problems meeting business gen-

erally. by study and debate. A somewhat misleading report ls that which states tlhat “thought it would be 1.8004 1d» to Drdfl‘ the Police Dem- to h!" men cell at houses where people are using more lights then were necessary." A fllflefil-lfll 51°03 that, line was made bY l P11911159!‘- snd when commenting on the matter from the choir- I 508805" ed that if the eltiletion wee as serious so bad been intlmMEd-lfld it tlbere was danger of the mo"! generator “blfiwlnfl "P" mid 19”‘ fng us in total darkness. the" ll was B problem for the Cit)’ Fath- ers. Col. Stewart. l! I at?’ Councillor. interlwltd m" ti" City Council had elven the prob- lem careful consideration, but had no power. I pointed out that they; wgg m) auggellon OI 16851 dyqgk-up, but merely polite re- minders. This discussion arose out of the statement that some areas were not comtllylfle Wit-h the recommendation of the B0B"! of Public Utilities that voluntary rationing was advisable. Commcnl ln Brighton area since. on M!‘- Ainswortl-fe repeated statement that its residents were not co- operating is, I believe, generally resentful in view of efforts bein! made. His statement that he might have to cut of! the district occasionally lf it didn't do better, brought front the writer the lun- reported remark that he" ‘woe wielding the his stick?‘ , whuo you quote one members remarks that he has been hand; lng out penaltles for many Yell‘! 5nd his experience was they never acted as a deterrenW-it l5 I10! reported that u member very hmnarousiy remarked “then why

was he awarding penalties‘!

1 em, Sir, etc.

F. W. IIYNDMAN.

President. (Riurlotletown Bound of Trude.

sures run OAR-RY GRAIN rrtoM ran-r nwrlllm

(Continued)

Sir, Let me cite or. example of whet happened recon‘ ly BlmPlY b9‘ cause our farmers have not Suffic- len't. grain to feed their livestock- Attor years of core ul training and support by both the Federal and Provincial Governments, including bonuses on the boars and sows the standard of Lire Island swine has been raised to a figure fur bish- er than that obtained by any other province in Genesis. Had we had ‘he reed grgln. our formers would naturally have bet-n encouraged to incrasve the number of their bacon hogs. which ere one of the 1'00!‘ profitable llnes in far-min: and for the products of which there is n world wide demand. msteed of do- ing so the Government allowed some cerloeds of our prime boars end sows to be sen: to other Cen- ldl-sn provihces to be used for breeding purposes in competition wtth this Island. ‘

Blmllerly if we were assured that we could obtain e'l the grain re- quired vve could increase our stock of poultry, lnciudinr ducks. geese and turkeys. to en. almost unlimit- 'ed extent. Au ltfnet present rt considerable Portion of poultry grain te blended in Ontario end sent by freight to ‘his Province.

Anotherfteetotjn the carrying of mm tofPrlnce Idvrerd Island by ships ll that the ships. before returning west, could be loaded during the ntontlteof September, October and November vrlth prec- tleeliy the whole at our year's tier- vest of “one lad, being return

tttln ls now being

‘hill loads could bel sent‘ gs fly " storm-eel. otter which $8.. firWJit-‘Ififhade to be ahloedtd to y t‘ ought so pull tuoegn tbs ans! The

would be '

The inference ln your Mltorlel '

recognised that nothing could be d!

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THE DARK HILLS

Dark bills at averting 1n uhe west Where sunset hovers like a sound Of golden twrne that sane to rest

Old bones of warriors under

ground, pasauuoq or.“ no uxon nou reg

ways _ Where flesh the legions of the sun. You fade-es l! the lest of days Were fading erd ell were were

—Edwin Arlington Robinson.

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CENSUS OF 1881

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A , census of the Is- land was taken in 1061. The pop- ulation was then-es certified in the most ecctsrate mums- eighty thousand eight hundred and fifty-six, including three hundred end fifteen Indians. The churchd