’ to overcome natural handicaps. The necessity

.1’ - l plans have been, ‘fighgepisligses, one of moth

imoii FOUR

i TIIE _ IITEIIILOTTETDWII Gllllllllhli

different areas; and the mechanization

Ileriiliilbellyihlnileililllli)

Incident: Haiti 0d. W. Cheater S. Iololn vise-President: l. l. Barnett. I‘. J. I.

harvesting machinery;

fits, etc.

IOIIIIIIH “III. %l. D. l. HIGIIIII Ill-Q - . “m, mum," ;_ g 5%“, '94 bodies. Incidental to government plans has been -~—- . . aasoeista Editors: Imus Waller- and meat. In the task of organizing the producers on co- u if“ B“ l "°"‘°,!_' "ll" POITIY. Ilbflli, no. a. aunt is.c.n.v.rt. 0n Aellve - - - "W1" l0 hll Balslau --- . I». i lumen) I! operative farm group principles: . Bulg: . he may discover that it has 8k‘__llo! m m. thougwm m“ of," strange" "mo," h Weak" Th“ _ _With respect to the dairy industry, sub- ggnglghzlxfiwgfidnml "lgfillellll; oi men, u u" "Ink." Ink-v sidies have been provided where necessary to r: at a rate which ls -‘§%‘§‘“‘,,§,’,‘,‘,'°}“° w m’ wcgs}, TIIUIBDKY—IIIBUAIY i. ms mm- ihe ‘mmmi 9°" °f l"°d“°“°"'. 5w‘ torirmn‘ muzhnmflw“ am‘ m“ l" °“° °' h" l" "'4 °l ' _ Eiggsidies amounted in 1943 to lppfOXliilitcly ' giigigntilfiiaicy u x5131 sell-eug-oemeiiit , ' _ _ h". ""f e0 was w!‘ en. H: Pam“): Aflowances 600000 “lager”! hhufiflntlggél n“. kill‘: morttal life was a succession oi dernrtm whmL An ‘dun ‘fiend irus rations and inhibitions-and _ Liberal Plums oi the faintly y,“ l" “Pllgugf "flit?" “(or Perhaps Great interest naturally attaches to the reg- he liked school, added: "I sugopose Qfifiinmdfi, m, ghmfifggkif . . . ., "tfamm m?" the Emu)’ 5u°wm°fs A“ Deserving democrats are worrying albout no." bigepltffsfi Tigilfigffii "snide iiiigvwolsliii tagfvltsome of the "sci whwh go“ mm oPeranon m. m“. Pmvm“ u?‘ the sixteen Senate- vacancies which Prime Min- flleegffygllfigfihwlllggstlfl plum-if’ — advtirslty". ii Beteitlldarfelidujgéefiegbigl’ gay’ d3“ "med .1" C“ “rude l" Yfimldlll’ 5 ister King has to fill before next election day ° - ' a signer spills}; his mouth." ' _ . . ' TE m 0115 HEVC “EVE ‘far ‘m’ new‘: m “dill?” Y“ had ‘my The vacancies are: Prince Edward Island i, hxw”"°'" lm" ll l" lllul" known oi existence. Itris one thing exactly like the administrative problems Nova Scot; I New B, u‘ Q ebe ° m‘ °f “T” "l" “mm oi the “lmpvnderlble-l". The an- involved under this legislation. For this ies- ‘ ' ““"'“" 3' “ ° 3' “m” ‘h’ '“"“““°- ‘l “W” l” dim wrd Byron and e11 um

son it was thought desirable‘ to learn by ex- perience as mucll as possible, and the best

way to do this was to start‘ registration an

other procedure in one province. Prince Ed- ward Island was chosen because it was the smallest. Here it will be necessary to register 10,000 fsailies with about 30,000 children. It is hoped that tllc experience gained here will provide a valuable background for the con-

siderable job of registering the three and

half million children in Canada bctlvecn now st payments

and the first of July, when the fir under thrAct are scheduled to begin.

The idea of family alloivzilices is not new indeed, it is already iii operation in

such provision for the relief of large familie wtih small means of subsistence ulide present and post-war conditions.

In Major Allan Nicholson, of Montague, a veteran of the present war who lost a leg in

Italy, an excellent appointment as regional dir ector has been made.

War Savings Stamp Drive

Finance Minister Ilsley has again asked the food industry to sponsor a War Savings Stamp

drive, which will continue from Feb. 2 to March 10. The objective for this Province is $22,000, a comparatively modest sum though larger than the objectives in the two preceding campaigns. In the last drive the quota was $12,000 and sales were $16,000. There the present quota should not Salesmen of wholesale dealers

be

will

continued purchase of War Savings Stamps by

people of all classes throughout the country is wartime

of tremendous importance economy.

Mr. Gibson Makes A Speech

to our

Hon. Colin Gibson, Minister of National Revenue and acting Minister of National De- fense for Air, may be too busy to see a Char- lottetown delegation or even to reply to urgent telegrams from our Mayor and other digni- taries, but he is not too busy to attend to poli- tical chores. A few days ago he was one of the principal speakers at a Liberal convention for Ottawa lVcst, at which Mr. George j. Mc- llraith, M. P. for the riding, was renominated.

Mr. McIlraith has evidently been more suc- cessful than our Queen's County members in impressing the Minister with the importance of his constituency. He announced that Ottawa “yould receive more generous treatment from the Federal Government in the near future" and boasted of having stood up successfully for the Civil Service against the control of the Treas- ury Board. Ml". Gibson-himself a member of the Treasury Board-humbly concurred iii these statements. “We have quivered under the assaults of Mr. McIlraith on this matter of the Civil Service." he told the meeting; "and I mil assure you I/mt llir attacks have bray/l!

rein/Ir.”

Perhaps that has been the trouble with our Queen's County stalwarts — they haven't done anything to make Mr. Gihsoii and his cabinet colleagues “quiver”, nlid consequently failed t0 zicilicvc “results." This revelation frolli one iii authority is worth thinking about. We have been told repeatedly by Liberal apologists that a “hush-hush" policy was best; that it didn't do to antagonize the powers that be by criti- cizing them for negligence or neglect. Mr. Gib- son evidently thinks otherwise. It is twrrfisted fighters like Mr. Mcllraith whom he extols, and whose bidding he does, if not cheerfully, at least with alacrity.

Australia's Farming

In a lengthy report, the Canadian Trade Commissioner at Melbourne deals with agri- cultural conditions in the Commonwealth of Australia. He points out that the war, and the needs of the war, enforced upon Australia more concentrated effort toward the increased NdIICfiOII of foods of all kinds within lier rders. While in certain years moisture de- ffieieney interferedwith plans for increased pro- duction, various schemes have been worked out

(o; the conservation of water and the possi- bility ‘of extending irrigation facilities in’ suit- able ‘areas has been one of the problems tacit-led. filed for irriga- L ' advanced of n"; being a scheme to irrigate 11.000900 “F65

mziny countries. The measure was supported in its passage through the Dominion Parliament by Opposition as well as‘ Government spokesmen, all being iii agreement as to the need of some

is no reason why exceeded.

sell the stamps to the merchants of the Province, but it is essential that the merchants make every effort td pass the sales ori to their customers, as it is the small sums of spending money which are needed to help restrain inflation. Although small in terms of total war expenditure, the

Ontario 4, Manitoba 2, Alberta 1 and British Columbia 1. d the Senate between dissolution and election day. Several Senators have been appointed in such periods, but the general practice has been for Prime Ministers to make their selections either before-dissolution or on the same day. \Vhcn the 16 vacancies are filled there will be 64 Liberal Senators, and 32 Progressive Conservatives, the first occasion when the stand- ing has been two to one since the Premiership of Sir Wilfrid Laiirier. The present standing is Liberals 48 and Progressive Conservatives 32.

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In addition, there are five Lieutenant-Gov- emors to be appointed, including one for this Province; an office for which competition is said to be lcss keen than for the life-time jobs in the Senate.

-EDITORIAL NOTES-

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To be, or not to be, all election iii June? For on that depends the end of the War,~ac- cording to Prime Minister King, who prom-

ised no wartime election. a a i- n-

between now and the election or end of the war .There are ever so many organization fin- ancial campaigns due, including the Red Cross and War Bonds.

u a n u We are going to miss the soldiers and sailors in training dreadfully, for more reasons than one. The lady organizations which have been doing so much for their comfort, welfare and entertainment will have to seek other outlets

still with us, and while there is life there is h .

ope a s a is English population is on the increase, all right. Births registered in England and Wales during the third quarter of last year totalled 183,659, for a birth rate of 17.6 per 1,000 popu- lation. There were 107,319 recorded deaths in- cluding war casualties, representing a death rate of 10.3 per 1,000. The increase in population

. d that ii a Navigation school was

_ lllldlilgs are hall-fake. I was en- "a" ‘ml’ ‘he Rush“ al/“lallclle a’; be 0pm,,’ inkl-lncemwardlsl- have lost an old and honored classes in his nearly 40 years oi

was just under 76.000. tertalned ih Bud t . Iww- Our fellows are drlvuls hurd mo“ friend. v ii hi t _ 1-1 s v- ~ s age: in s way wifieoii Tasasfigiigi- {aleflfln m‘; ‘glglsggg $1: §§‘,,{§ iffifudtff: olifififihfia bift i1 o. seven yogic liiitw“ yogi-lg.’ find iffiii-ivid" iii hhlhtuhlsiits. vfhetli: - 9 b d , a nnnmn ' . G90 b I Comrade; of Pte. Gordon Denke, i8, Regina, knee? £1.53? Jiffmbiffdt Tliiilc: R“5$1""5- I" 5°" ll°l mllml whim open geianmécg-gfdfewhxrful? '5. tweiiilfigswlilexirlsolfhdvftawduililani: iii: filliltguiilgecitflw ztotltileifnm ill: are raising enough money to pay his fine of lgéilsllllfldéa tale celrlitsgriihilot. $18 bri- lxlllglglgiy Bgleiielicliefgjllglgfrli, (Eieggmb: tlrghsirfloré Zeliectedfi N l“ Eeaiirégbllllim. ' mom; o1 g-ugby-fog he had been s ‘ $10? llldefed l" R°Yal Canadm“ blown“! erty oi the eeoufitiysldgnafisd (ilipflie m‘- we may “s” “Sslllelllé “ml i: atlone School as the oiaiiieamosflves: his native mlgrxfncceflmédwhvisdt alibi? éifflilgangliftffl mormlBhShTue-tgflglig ‘l; Police court last week after he was found yvtilsgm {nuigtifiiirln 011;‘ flunamployfid anggggseltc‘) SIC“, ‘mggalm iaegtllalhfi sgwelelljlnl-‘lll? fillllllgle- av“?! Effllillllllblllg from Prince oi them in some oi his more leisure- guilty of entering a beer parlor as a minor. A me o, ,f,,,,s,,,_.$_.,_“,,n ,,“_,,,§{',§;,‘,;} were in corilerence when the ‘lin. teas“ whml mo“ m Ottawgl’ do veglftlly ‘ilzdliflgccllelgltlednlzlllggfifioxlllllg; ly muiilheim; or m yen‘ Sm“ . Regina lawyer who said he was prepared to blue mud a few mller out vl Budu- °°“‘““°““‘ Smmdf‘ ° Gffiia 11°‘ mm Wllllll§el° ll" u-l- Clv-r- a teacher in the old Vancouver “Gees-die" left vshoouver to spend -d h w; - 1d h Peit- S0 I was unimpressed by will‘ Pia“ Germlmy w“ “r mllewwn l5 °° °l°§°l1 “m 51ml‘ Hlsh School-dire building now i“. m, decllnin years in Charlotte- appefl m: case fa‘ t at I a ‘flan 1S o emmg the purple and scarlet of the cc- ‘md "any Wm“ mhghm’ mmmg merslfk l3 l" wlmmle "n" ‘be ed as a school oi art. Prom that town carrylh with him the bust to fight for his country he is old enough t0 cleslastical dignitaries, by the leo- and senmmim‘ were pfedonlmalft’ 4m of F§"“‘“"' Now what does time m‘ "m" h" "lllelllelll lll ' host oi irleuds.

have a drink of beer.”

was president for many years; principal of the Royal Academy of Music; his compositions in-

lllel’ thirdly 011B ' ,. . old-i shi d liti i h i, settlus the upper hand ior some - - _ m", w“; ._.

elude the overturesiParu-ma and The Naiades. 1,1,11,41,- fnfideyflg? ,,°;‘,,,§,,,,,,‘,’$f,”,d"_' time at least. The Allied srmiles :44 bags" Ptmllllel ‘all: zigfnffhyfinllmlfgluzlé? the ‘fm n“ fin“ r and tllc POPlIlaY Cantata Th? May Qllwl» a5 “m-félge-‘l; fllltliflll“ “lillcltillvr gggyrqgugrnrggghggrpglsgggf;"Q1; number ol civilians who will be Mr. Robinson taught in the old touooiu - (or - 31hr‘ its;

BX BC fnn} '

well as many songs, odes and anthems. peg,“ unxglomilnameiyfonisfisn $1.5 foreign slaves will be a Frsnken- ggmlglfla‘ ‘a’, 3%,“? gi-gfgp iiigiitntoiiifiwolrrrhivlgntltwlflimhmig awfkght vhf: Si? ‘growl? rrom * * "' Pasties of these are all too preval- Slelll- Tllele are llllllllw llalllllsdfli magnitude of these expenditures: Falrvlew when it moved there and 1°55 W Whlllll file-V m“ direct“ p - . - ent. A arson may be naturally l°°l°T5 “ml muldere" M" c“ ° Do they know what loss oi this re- was first vice-principal and then uwav trom their homes will. R5 l" When ignorance lS not bliss. One Sunday muck u, em, and “t; bu; i; he in Berlin ruins right now. It will venue mean? principal. Downtown again in u! Tactlcuble. be re-transierred to long ago, Fred Archer, the jOCkfiyy who was or she is not trustworthy, such be the fill-lue lll "m" 1"“ ‘ime-‘l- I believe this move is u political Mcqni University college,’ y“ wor oi national importance near-

due to ride the favourite in the Derby on the

iecuring and rationing of suitable fertilisers t: - o

agriculture, including the utilization to lhi‘ but‘ advantage of tractors; cultivating, seeding and potato planters and dig- gers; rotary hoes: pump sprays and dusting out- _ Plans for this purpose included the leasing of equipment to persons or corporate

There is no rule forbidding appointments to

We are to have a busy time financially O

for their zeal and energies. The Air Force is n.

pard-sklns oi the halbadiers, and even by being presented

desirable citizen and the success- tul man oi aiiatrs are the

cleverness avails little or nothing. There are some people who think

iloteés By The Way

_ It rs oe- ' no accurate. r“... m: coma. -:.--..-..:...-~=-..-:I solution to whoever may be at the W! leads- ee- an lilot they hit when they were ttim- rill"! than he ipo

idwoutadggt spar-rely dttrereiit tenet.

We to remember that such con- llllllllll l8 Ill-st what the Germans are praying ior. it is really up to Canadians to be impartial, as this be the great bridge between Britain and the United States-St. Catharine; Standard.

It lakes a man of exceptional prominence and power such as s. Churchill or a Roosevelt to hold a radio audience even roi- one m- two broadcasts. The disposition on the part oi’ most listeners when smal er iry iii/tempt that teat to the tune oi long prepared and oi-

n tiresome addresses l; to out them of! without ceremony and to £11m something which holds greater promise oi relaxation arid entertainment. Politicians who 15o on the air ior weeks on end sim- llly Out/wear their welcome and be-.

about Burns’ poetry. but posterity is having its say now.

Burns unders "l the philosophy _oi lite, and expressed it in a man- ner the masses can understand. Therein lles the popularity oi any One who can express the tuarticu- late ieellngs oi the majority ol’ their fellow mortals. A not present day instance ls Churchill, who seems to be divinely inspired to be th oi every individual in the British , nation.

To descend from the literary stratosphere (where one ls liable to get beyond his height) and back to the whirllglg oi life from day to day in this Province by the sen. I notice that a Summerslde lady gave a tribute to some oi our pro- vincial poets. I would like to add

come positive bores, voices to be h b; to m g Th avoided. i th l .__ a" "l" e Am" .. “- “Y. Brockmleflqlecgrgeiergglfi lélfgnegl.‘ appear to have the poetic soul. |

Others not named are "ilirtlngi with the Muse" and may some diiy get an inspiration which will cle- vato them from the doggerel stage to the realm o! the immortals. "Surnmerslde Lady" overlooked Poeta Mare Proiundls who wrote that stirring ballad about the un- fortunate sinking oi the ierry bout "Charlottetown" oi! the Nova Sco- tla coast. It is in allegorical form and reminds one oi the grandiose styles of Milton and Byron. His satirical burlesque on the New York Times editorial on "How to teed a cali"-in the Guardian Forum lust summer, under the pen- name "Rusticanus". the "Battle oi the Flies" and other contributions ought to establish him well in the list o! Island llterateurs.

It was my intention to dellneat and expatllite to a limited extent on the writings oi’ Agricola. Dor- othy Dix, Ellen. and the many iinel letters appearing in the Forum over pen-names; but this effusion is already quite lengthy, and not wishing‘ to inflict too large a dose on a slpless public at one time. I'll cut. it shorter this time. and wal for (DNA Barking back to the an- onymous writers-it is reminkcent o! the lines ln Gray's Elegy:

“Full many a gem o! purest ray

serene,

"The drirk uniathomed caves oi ocean bear, -

"Full man." a ilower is born to blush unseen

"And waste its sweetness on the desert sir."

Ellmlwll Peasants are convinced that this year's unusually severe ififiliioiéii‘. moms"? d“ fool“ ca se y ex

bombs and artillery shells if: n8 fare. believe there ls a di- rect relationship between the at. mospherlc disturbances they cause and the heavy weather that iol- lows. 'I'here is no doubt that this l8 one o! the worst winters in Eu- rovauu history. but it must be re- membered that we. over here. are l" 1M1! the scene of action 11nd yet me. too, are getting more than

ur share oi extreme weather. Scientists say there is no basis ior this belie! and the burden oi prooi would seem to be that ii there is a relation. it is a remote one at bGSb.-—-BOSI,OD Post.

We are entering a new year that I Brellt mllhy people would like have over and clone with. A considerable part or it is not going to be lwppy for any sensitive per- son. For countless numbers all of it will be wretched. Few oi us can lllld llllpplness in the general pic- ture oi what is taking place on this publed esrili. We must look for glimpses oi it in incidents oi less cosmic importance-in the love or our families and the affection oi our friends; in having work to do and doing it with some measure o: effectiveness; in watching the growth of children or gardens and learning thereby that life will go on and time will tieal sll wounds.- New York Post.

Lilpo everything in Hung

gas showy and unrgaL Even the the whirlwind". Nothing eal-inly

but when materialism,

ianism and the spirit. of plunder

will

The Gestapo and only human; they'll soon be coli-

- . " a .. I 1 ted, rl th y will go with Igfiiitflvlillfl Wednesday, coilsuiierlt 151i Jlilllli s gigs;raaéissgefloizécézligr,by1evir;iali;t1r;;s§; {glellxlrlllzkflsa ‘hos: who do,“ Wm m aget, tie amous surgeon, a oil lis lee. he long Hm’ u by hem“ ma“ is be ma5sac,cu_ T 15 a grim ,,

When Sir James had examined the knee he said “You must rest for two or three weeks." "I can't possibly do that,” Archer answered. "I must go to Epsom on Wednesday. I must ridc there." Sir ‘lztnies looked over his glasses zit Archer, “Must you really ride there," he said, “Can't you drive?" a s is o

The Unemployment Insurance Fund now alrlouiits to more than $250.00°i0°0- TlllB l5 all‘ nounced by the Unemployment Illsuralice Com- mission. Administration of the plan is in the hands of a commission of three men, the chair- man selected by the government, one member appointed after consultation with employee organizations, and the other member appointed

K1118 . wnu l”! . , visabl $0 ' - on the l ommendation of employer orgamza- ___G_ I m’ 5"’ ”c'_|,ygND|;|q,qAg1-, u h,‘ “fig” 1' \ You D0 so IMMEDIATEL‘ . xenslngton, 11.3.1. llrlelv tyonos ii - ERWISE PAYMENTS TO i trons, How oit against the sunset sky or n" M mm of mu,“ to h“ °_ M AY BE DELA “ "' "‘ "' 1 "dig" that moi/In! rim; or ssoa rrron ver tits past years, we did have the um’ Sm‘ wamm‘ ind°°r ‘PM’ a’ bask” m sprefoiiiohmfi“; n» sir —Throu|zh the medium oi in apfihcgmimiight i ball, Madison Square Garden events, hoc- "1005, ‘“ “m” “m” yomqgue o; January‘ 35, 1 "Qwed n, in h; advisable to run . key and fights apparently have been tempor- in unionzotwh spi- l with sfivg alarm the politic’? ‘sai- Wlllgllzwrxi‘ lnotPaleréoa I l“ I"; Dent wait another day. It ls in your: arily frozen out in r6 states across the border. °'°"'“';‘ °' “"1” °"- l” “l” “Qffomombj o, Jf,“ Mmflf, m, M, h“, m; r in that. own interests to look into this matter The solid fuels administration announced fiirth- Above all lands bcind llv the Rt Charlottetown and mnmer- ggurgty,‘ profiling trawl?" ‘as; lg: AT ONCEI If you 3N not still er restrictions on the use of evil l" time! ca“ In migfinnfciis, wild moors and 1 inn very thankful that the com- slblv has more lusiics’ in Oftlys "hall" lllrill! ll!" Nell fllllundl rind south of the Great Lakes, due to a jam or t v plaoohcv oi our citizens and more an w: “one llllmumcmthg simply write to Department oi Health , . . - . These wild things have their homo, pirrlc arly our biulness men as or Mac e s d P b" w u Di I t wt“ winter freight traffic. While only bowling The‘, know m, “ma, o; slbgflgn evidenced bv their attitudes to- to have. It l m n“ some an u c e a": Vi! on 0 alleys in the sports category were mentioned ' c . "fill" the Wllilulllllll- 5°51 "l" Ye‘ f); “d,” rnllgalglggllqg? $2 sllllllllillv Clllflfllleiitlvn. G1" "M"! specifically. it was later explained that the lim- ‘M ‘Jill? “m” "’ -"" 1"‘ billion‘? ill Siilitwioh fiiiimfli Mario‘; ti‘... e own-M w» late and plm oi birth of each allllll-