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PAGE FOUR . THE GUARDIAN l

Morning Dally (Founded ln 1887-. Authorized in Second Class Mall. Post Office Department. Ottawa.

p, -- 1m A " t- Vice-P- " Wm 8. Burnett; Sccy-Treum, (i. M. Burnett; F511": all“ blanaglngjlirccllll’. J. It. Burnett; Associate hdlinr. Frank Walker.

fro‘. Strongest Memory is Weaker Th0" , the Weakest lnk."

CIIARLOTTETOWN, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER. ‘l. 19H

That Tax Azreement

One of the statements made at a r0000? Liberal nominating convention was that at ‘the last session of the Legislature the Conservatives hqd "gglidly opposed" the tax agreement with Qflqwq, This was not the case. The fact is,| of course, that Premier Jones himself confessed that the agreement fell considerably short of his expectations, and the criticism levelled against it by the Opposition was chiefly on this ground. Also, the agreement failed to safeguard our special subsidy claims at Ottawa. To re- pair this omission the Conservatives sought—not to "oppose" the agreemenh-but to have the fol- lowing clauses inserted as an amendment:

"And whereas it is agreed that Prince Ed- ward lsland shall not be deemed by reason of having entered into the agreement to have sur- rendered or abandoned any claims which it "OW has against Canada by reason of Canada's fail- ure to carry out and discharge its obligations to Prince Edward Island under the Confederation agreement or to have surrendered ‘or abandon- ed any rights or claims which it has against Can- ada by virtue of the findings and recommenda- tions in the report of the Duncan Commission and in the report of the White Commission.

"And whereas it is agreed that Prince Ed- ward Island shall not be deemed by reason of having entered into the agr ement to have con- sented to regard the payments to be made by Canada to Prince Edward Island under this agreement as adequate to stabilize the revenue of Prince Edward Island or enable Prince Edward Island to carry out its responsibilities." '

This amendment was defeated in the House by a straight party vote, l6 to l0. lt was obvi- ously the Government and its supporters—noi the Opposition—who were playing partisan pali- tics in this case, and it is they who should ex plain why these very reasonable safeguarding clauses were not included.

B. 03s Premiership

The political situation in British Columbia is growing more and more confused. The ques- tion of Premier Hart's succesfor is still the big issue. Meantime, as between the Coalition at the moment, Liberals have l8 members in the House, Conservatives l5. There are two vacan- cies--Saanich and Cariboo-both Liberal. At u Coalition caucus, without the vacancies filled, the vote for a new Premier would be close. Edu- cation Minister Weir (Liberal) is. unwell, might

ous as those of the eprly '30's when clouds of hoppers literally covered the Prairies and devour- ed acre after acre of grain, but losses threatened farmers who fail to take con- trol measures, agriculturists say. v Despite the widespread drought area in Saskatchewan with conditions made to order for the stubble grasshopper, most prevalent species this year is the roadside grasshopper, which thrives on grassy roadsides, pastures‘ and fields.' Already the provincial department of agri-l culture is preparing poison bait, a mixture of

hopDers when spread thinly over infested areas. This will be distributed next spring to farmers who have been warned to check their farms for eggs immediately.

Proper tillage will destroy eggs in fields or confine adult grasshoppers so they can be more easily poisoned. But the roadside grasshopper can be dealt with only by an effective use of poison bait in likely places.

- EDITORIAL NOTES -

Book Week is nearly over but there is no serious objection to reading the odd book out of season.

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Today even elephants are in short supply. The government of Ceylon has banned further rexportation of the great beasts because of de- pletion of the stock of young elephants.

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Six candidates have now been selected to contcst the First District of Queen's. This prom- ises stirring times lor that old political battle ground.

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Everyone will be pleased to learn of the im- provement in health of Cardinal McGuigan in the Canadian Convent Hospital in Rome, and that he anticipates leaving on return home as scheduled tomorrow.

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We arc having our own temporary electric lighting inconveniences, but we can boast of being much better off than other parts of Can- ada depending upon hydro. River limitations have their compensations when nature has to be substituted in the matter of production.

Mr. A. A. Okc, St. John's, Nfld., who qr. tended as a commissioricr the recent Maritime Synod of the Presbyterian Church, writes that he enloyed his stoy in Charlottetown very niuch, and was entranced with the lovely scenery of the Province. .. - . ..

Madame Curie, French scientist, wife of Prof. Pierre Curie, of tlic Sorbonne, born this date, i867; she succeeded her husband as dir- ector of physics at the Faculty of Science; in Paris, and in l9ll received the Nobel prize for chemistry

The Burcau of Statistics blames the Sep- fember boost in the cost of living index to the removal of subsidy payments and price control.-

not be able to attend. That would drop to l7 the Liberal group, unless Saanich and Cariboo y-elections are called before a caucus and Lib- eral Coalitionists are elected.

For a year now, notes the Vancouver News- Herald, it has been generally considergd Mr; pinch—and that is what appears til P‘ ¢°"""9—W Conservative, and Mr.

Now Li

‘l h l both-in a pinch, and m s say i ey W0" d get

p _ nservatives say they “Wld 99f lJQlh-in a pinch. Welch and Cotes, at a Coalition caucus should te Conservative and Dr. Weir wasn't there to vote Liberal and the Saanich and Cariboo by-elections hadn't been held or returned C.C.F’ers, the vote would be l7- l7—and a stalemate. .

With this danger in view it is felt Mr. Hart's Liberal successor will make sure the lty-election; are finished before he calls the caucus together lf Liberal Coalitionists are elected Liberals will still be in the driver's seat, a riarrow, drofty

seat, but still with the strongest hand on the wheel. v

Unemployment Fund

Canada's unemployment insurance fund, be- 9"" l" i941 as a "cushion" against another de- pression, now contains $400 millions. Last year alone it took in $98 millions. There has only been one month since that time in which thc- Commission has paid out more money in unem- ployment benefits than it has taken in em- Pl°Y°"'°"'Pl°Yee benefits. That was March, i946, when transition from war to peace industry was at its height.

The fund is climbing rapidly. According to Dominion Bureau ‘of Statistics, employment in Canada topped the 5 million mark in August for the first time in history. _At the same time, there Wm only 73.000 P90l>|e in the whole Dominion out of work.

Should this trend

completely reverse, with bad as those at the bot-

. Britain's Socialist Government.

Ministry told thc'Housc of Commons: "Those

to perform some useful work. The order will not be directed against any particular section of the

on the eve of his departure. revised edition of

the conference.

and he quickly retorted,

The Bureau fails to point out that tliere is also the failure to rcducc taxcs by tho amount saved by dropping the subsidies. , 1r ~k r n _

In connection with the suspension of The Dal/Y Tflbllfle. Toronto's six-month old leftist newspaper it is noteworthy that although the promoters raised $222,234 by issuing certificates it was found that with present high cost; of IIEWSPTIIITIGDd everything else it is not prclelic. able to carry on successfully, the loss being at the rate of practically half a million dollars per

year.

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_ There is to be a new Maritime Anglia", {Ins/shop in the person of Very Rev. Robert Harold "ltllmfl". 0t present Dean of Christ Church, Hamilton. He will be coadlutor of Nova Scotiq with the right to succession should Primate Kingston vacate the See. lt is noteworthy that a former Summerside clergyman, Rev. C. de Wolfe White, was one of those receiving the greater number of votes at; the Synod, I W I

instiTuted by _ Mr. Ness Ed- wards, Parliamentary Secretary of the Labour

Compulsory labour has been

who are not helping the ship of state or are dodg- ing the column, will, under this new order, have

community.

_ We are simply asking all section; of the nation to

come in and help." . a . ..

The Prime Minister _was surprised by a ques- tion put to him at a press conference at Ottawa A copy of the new "industry And Humanity", an K509. lay on his desk during _ ‘ When "he referred to it a writer mrschievously queried, Who is the author?" A look of astonishment came over Mr. King's face "you must have been off time."

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early work of Mr.

this planet for some i’

tom of the depression of the ‘30's, the out My. merits would be opproximayely $200 milligng r, year, it is estimated. So a und of $400 millions, which will likely be considerably increased be- fore any substantial reversal, would carry some distance in offsetting the effects of even severe unemployment. '

The most serious plague of grasshoppers slnce l9l0-l-wlicn the voracious insects caused crop damage officially estimated ot $14,000,000

lt is still very uncertain whether the ancient colony will become our Tenth Province. The Na- tional Convention, which is considering New- foundland's political future, has been told that

Next year's infestations will not be as seri-

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-llotes By The Way-

Speaklng of superman, which no- l.ody was, can you picture an Ot- tniva dare-devil setting out. to rail back prices? -- Brandon Suii.

Traffic congestion l: nothing new. More than 2.000 years ago Ro- man officials banned all but. Lhelr

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PUBLIC FORUM

This column In open to the dlaoanton try earm- of

u Interest. The Charlottetown Guardian duel nos hoax:- lly endo , the oplnlon ol evrreopondenta

PAGING rim. GARDINER '

says The Encyclopedia Americana.

smokers and coffee drinkers

awn private vehicles from

lJOllTflll of Commerce.

Lably continue untll prices brought back to the level of the average person's ablllty to pay tliem.—Brockv1lle Recorder and Times. .___' A complete skeleton of an “tn- drlchoterlum, the father of all enl- liials." has been found in a sand- bed ln far-oft Kazakhstan. It Ls sold the creature lived 1n the Tertiary period. over 60.000000 years ago, and was the turning point between reptiles and mammals. The skeleton according to a Russian report, was about. 20 feet long and had a three- foot law.

Clgaret. manufacturers “can look fcl- a wldely expanded market as new generations reach the age of l8." according to a ‘hllléd States survey. Although less than 20 per- cent of women over 44 years of age smoke clgorets, more than 40 per- cent of women between 18 and 44 are smokers. Two-thirds of all ivo- men smokers start smoking before they are 22 and most men smokers start. 1n their 18th year. with the number of men smokers declining after age 44. Brands are switched occasionally by 44.4 percent of the men and 50.1 percent of the women.

Soviet ollusaianc are telling all the world that they have had a 58 per cent/increase ln their grain hur- vest. Fifty-eight per cent bigger than what? The Moscow radio says 58 per cent bigger than last. year, but no or? knows how large last: year's crap was. It ls a typical Rus- sian trick - glve out figures that. are impressive at first blush, but meaningless upon examination. Russian satellites, no doubt. hun- grily hoping for a part of that. ‘a8 per cent increase. shouldn't ex- pect. too much. They should knorv by this time that Moscow's statis- tics should be heavily discounted to take into account the Kremllnks low co-etflclent of mendecity. - Minneapolis Star.

The other day a Hungarian. who had applied for citizenship at the naturalization court, ln Welland, electrified the court. when he ad- mltted that he was a Communist. When the judge asked him whether he liked our form of government, lic said, "Na.“ Quite properly his petition was rejected. There Ls little reliance of this man ever becoming o. loyal cltlzen of this country. He should be given every opportunity to go buck to the land and type of government. of his choice. If. makes one wonder wllal. brought. him to Canada and whether lmml- gration authorities are uslng is flne enough screen to exclude his type. -Kltchelier Record.

The Hollywood pink’! capacity for harm ltes not 1n what he says ln sounding off at e. Hollywood cock- tail fight, but. 1n what. he gets be- fore the millions on the movie screens of the land. This, the House un-Amerlcan Acllvltles Com- inlttee can see for Itself by sitting through suspected tl1ms_ 1n a darkened projection room and away from flash bulbs and other distrac- tlons not to be avoided 1n the hear- mg as now held. Meanwhile, the public seems to have shown a nlce sense of selectlvlty on lts own ac- count. The three films most cited as shot through with Red propa- ganda. were flops at the box office. The sense of our klnd of democracy zuns pretty deep ln the average American. Our bet ls he ls as 300d as s Congressman at detecting an cdor of. flsh, 1f any, ln his fllm fare. — Detroit News.

Want. to ltve to 140? You may. say leading scientists who believe that. man's natural span of llfe ac- tually ls from 120 to I40 yuturs,

Pollbman. a surgeon who llvcd from i685 to 1825. dying at. 140, would become lntbxlcated nightly. Bi-—-n, hard-drinking Irishman who nved to 120. had an inscription

that. sodium arsenite, sawdust and bran which killslcll-“s cmwded slreels- "- Chl°a3°

Ottawa reports a decline ln the sale of motor vehicles. It will pro- 8T9

we shall have a much steadler econ-

Slrw-By chance today 1 came a- cross a copy of your paper dated 29 Sept. ivlllch l read with great interest. I was particularly pleased with your leading article on Agricul- ture Minister Gardlnefis remarks that he had found the British llv- liig better now than when he saw tliem 1n pre-war years. I should first like to tell you what I had to eat. yesterday (a typical day.) Breakfast. 1 round of tout with a. scrape of butter and marmalade. Tea. Lunch. ‘Pinned soup, a plcce of bread, an apple, 1 cup of coffee (nearly black.)

4 o'clock. Tea with a plece very plain cake.

Dinner. Half a thin sllce of bacon, a small plece of frled bread, an apple and a cup of tea. _ The bacon was a treat; one can- not. have lt. very often and the fu- Lure ration ls to be 2 02s. a fort- lilght. - This menu would hardly suggest that we are living better than lrl pre-irvar years.

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Timely Reminder

(Winnipeg Free Press) Lord Irlverchapel. Brit-limb 0m- rbassador to Waslilnflwn. has 1'9"- dered a. tlrnely service by recalling for the benefit. of a United States audience something of the assist- ance Britain herself has rencleredl to Europe slnce the war ended. The total 1n terms of cash paid out. to the continent and other devastated areas ls some $3.000.- 000.000.

This sum measured on the basis of national urealtli ls equivalent to some $14,000,000.000 or 015.000.000.- 000 paid out. by you.

The reminder ls timely because it. ls oll too easy-and wrong-to start. tliillkinlc of Britain only 1n terms of her own enormous econ- omlc problems and to forget. that- she has played a major part ln what. has been done so tar to nld the recovery of the world. Brltaiii herself needs help but. she has found the strength at the same time to helppthers. If. ls a good Idea to remembc this when the Marshall plan ls bcllig dls- cussed.

All the lielp has not come from this continent. Much of 1f. has. but proportionately. and viewed against. the sacrifices she made, the can- tributlon of Brltaln has been tlne and generous.

Value Of Argument

(Brontford Expositor) Argument ls a igood thing, gen- erally considered. It. both indicates and stimulates interest. Public discussion of public uflalrs Ls pro- bably the" best way of insuring that such atfulrs shall be managed to best effect.

Speaking lrl Ottawa the other night, Sli- Alexander Clutterbuclc: the United Kingdom's High Com- mlssloner ln Canada. endorsed this view. "The more dlscusslan there ls, the better," he said, "the more polltlcal controversy the better. ‘Therein lies the strength of de- lnocracy."

Slr Alexander was right about that. If discussion or controversy ls prohibited, there 1s no democracy in the case at all. If ll. 1s allowed to proceed lt. does not. follow that. the argument must be destructive. As the old saying has lt., two heads are better than one; similarly, two ideas may be better than one; or, ln some cases, a new lclea. ad- vanced through crltlc1sm,.muy re- place to advantage the notion or- iginally advanced.

What the British High Commie-

playment. for four or five months.

omy ln this section of the province.

I um. Sir etc. r b”? 5- ' (Mm) _|_M_ ME And sihlgaeen of the glow-worm 64 Whitmore Road. ' uanow’ Mlddxq mgmnd And bllzgts’ 1n nest would crouch to

freedom of debate except. among

‘Phat. way lles dictatorship, and

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NICHOLAS NYE

Nicholas Nye was lean and" 31!)’.

Lame of-a leg and old,

More than a score of donkey's your:

He had seen slnce he was fouled;

He muchecl the thletles, purple and

spiked.

Would soimetlmes sloop and sigh.

And turn to his head. as lf he

said. "Poor Nicholas Nye!"

Alone will! his shrfiow he'd drawee ln the meadow

Lisztly swinging his tall. At brealraf day he used l.o bray- Not muoh too hearty and hale; But wonderful gurnptfou was under

skin. Arid a calm clear llght tn his eye, Arid once ln a whtle, he'd mile- Would Nicholas Nye.

Seem to be sail-lino at. m0. b6 WWII-M From his bush 1n tho corner, of may-

Bony uric;- owtserlcu, widowed and

W0!!!»

Knobble-kiieed, lonely and gray; Arnd- over the grssl would seem to

pass ‘Neath the deep dark blue of title

sky. Something much better hhan words between me And Nlc-holas Nye.

But. dusk would come Ln the apple

And home I'd trudge to mine; And there In the moonlight. dark wlth dew.

Asking not wherefore nor willy. would- brood llke a ghost. and l! stlll as a post, Old Nicholas Nye.

_Welt.cr dc la Mare.

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Old Charlottetown (sins r. l. I.)

l EARLY FOR-EST FIRE

y Some years ego large quantities of bones and deers‘ horns - many of them charred by flro - were discovered near East Point. They were supposed to be the remains of animals which had perished ln or. extensive flre that. st some time, had overrun that part of the Islarid. However this may be, Captain Hol- land, when writing to the Earl at Hlllsborough lll the Spring of 1705. says: “The best places ln the Island for timber are about. the Three Rivers, Beer Harbour, and Malpeck, though none fit any otherwise for Hls Mo» jcstyk navy, except top-masts and perhaps bowsprlts. About. twenty- four years slnce (1741) there hap- pened a flre that destroyed the greatest part of the timber, the course it. run, which was from the Bay of Fortune to St. Peters. from rhencc to t-he Northeast. River s- lang savage Bay, Trundle Har- bour, imd very near- to ° ‘

NOVEMBER 7, .1947

Remember . . .

BUY A Not On Trial

(Sudbury Dally Star)

before the Chicago. federated Advertising Club not. long ago, John S. Knight. publish- er of the Detroit Free Press. made several remarks which. we feel, arr- worth reproduclng. While Mr. Knight was speaking as airAmel-l- can to Americans, ivliut lie Sfllll was us much applicable to Canaan as to the United Stat-cs. He said. lll part: y “There 1s a subtle campaign uii- cler way 1n this country to dls- credit the press and render it. loss able to defend mluwlty rights. Perhaps we have failed to do a good selling job, Just. as I suspect the advertising profession must confess 1n its more candid nio- ments that lt. has tolled somehow to sell the capitalistic system to our own people. "For one. I grow exceedingly weary of hearing how the sapltal- lstlc system is on trial. 0n trial for what? , "Has any other system accom- plished as much or prlvlded better standards of living? “Willy Isn't soclallsm on trial in England or Communism 1n Russia and her satellite states? “If capitalism 1s through, ivliy are we asked to provide the food. the money arid the tools to rcbuila Europe? "Thoughtful Americans should be on guard against the lnsldlous efforts being made to discredit a system that has been responsible for this nation's continued growth and progress.“