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“The Strongest Memory is Weaker Than the Weakest ink."

CHARLOTTETOWN, TUESDAY. APRIL l2, fir‘!!!

llevr ll. S. Farm Plan

Commenting on the United States proposal to remove floor prices on certain farm commodi- ties and replace them with subsidies to produc- ers, the Montreal Star says there are few coun- tries today without farm price support policies, and few people.a-re aware of the degree of gov- ernment intervention involved. The reason for all such programmes is that no administration ever wants to face again the calamities of the 1930's when farm income co'llapsed,- and with it there disappeared a huge segment of purchasing‘ power for other goods.

The plan which has been tentatively intro- duced into Congress by the Secretory of Agricul- ture provides subsidies in place af"a price parity programme to absorb the gap between produc- tion costs and wha-t the consumer can afford to pay. Secretary Bron-nan bflieves that the new planwould cost the Government no more than the present schemes of price support, and that it would overcome the difficulty of keeping farm prices out of line with the prices of other goods. Rather than continuing to shore up prices paid for farm products in the open market, the pro- gramme would let food commodities seek their own level in competitive trading, with the Gov- ernment, through subsidies, paying the differ- ence between the market price and the return which a new price formula would insure to the producers.

The scheme will involve Government con- trol of production, which would be directed to- wards shifting the U. S. form production away from surplus crops to livestock and dairy pro- ducts.

The Star suggests that the new scheme will have on important bearing on the wheat situa- tion. Under the U. S. price parity scheme the American farmer has greatly increased his pro- duction of that c- mmodity; wheat surpluses are developing across the line and, if they continue to pile up, it is only a question of time before Congress will insist that no Mars-hall Plan funds shall be used to buy Canadian wheat for European shipment.

According lo o Canadian Press summary the subsidies are to be paid only on milk, eggs, vegetables and other "vital perishable food crops," while for storage crops such as groin the prices will continue to be kept up through loans and purchases to take the surplus off the mar- ket, as is done now. Our Montreal contemporary may be correct, however, in assuming that the system of controls to be introduced will apply to both perishable and storage commodities.

One commodity to which they will certain- ly apply will be potortoes, in which this Province

i particularly interested. The difficulties cous- ‘

ed by surplus U. S. potato crops are familiar to all our growers and shippers-Any pla-n which would remedy the present situa-tion would be Welcomed by our exporters. .

Tending War Graves

lt will take another five years to complete the erecting of headstones over the graves of the 375,000 men and women of the British Com- monwealth who gave their lives during War-ld War Two; a-nd, in seven yet. itris expected that all memo iuls will be completed. ln addition to the individual headstones, splendid memorials are erected in the various cemeteries.

This is one chore that is given sympathetic care. After the first World War the Imperial War Groves Commission set about the task of locating the individual groves, fixihg up the cemeteries and erecting headstones over each grave. Alter World. War Two the commission picked up the threads and be-gon anew the duty of gaithering the deazl into the war cemeteries and identifying the graves.

Those who last loved ones over there can have the comfort of knowing that the cemeteries are carefully tended and the graves care-d for dilgently. Each one is plainly marked and can be located with ease.

Canada's Part

The London Economist pays striking tribute to Canadian stotesmanship when it declares that this Dominion‘s participation in the North At- lantic Pact is a clear pointer to other countries of the Commonwealth. This authoritative jour- nal Iinks the coming Commonwealth Conference directly with the signing of the treaty and says the latter "owes more to Canadian statesman- ship than has been acknowledged in most of last week's comment."

From this development, the Economist sug- gests, is arising a movement of ideas which must profoundly influence strategic arrangements of the British family of nations and also, perhaps, the actual constitutional set-up. The point mode is not that the dominions are taking part in con- sultations on regional defence, but that, in this special instance, Canada has token a leading part in the actual framing of unimportant and binding pact. lt is true that, geographically, Co- node and the United Kingdom are the only countries of the Commonwealth to come direct- ly into the North Atlantic alliance, but is it not inevitably; that this commitment ‘will have repercussions‘ and influences throughout the wholeCornrrronwaaith and Empire?

Anathei reflection leaves the impression that, in Ioinlng as she has with Great lritoin and the Urrliod States and in assuming no responsible and influential a role, Canada has begun to realize delti as what Winston Churchill, in one of Joli» phrases, delcrllied as the iinclrpin the two great Elrglllh-speaking diaisions

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Let us busy ourselves getting ready for the tourist season-o mine of untold wealth. I I i

y Skim milk isbetter than no milk but its butter content cannot be substituted by mar- gorine.

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Summerside having successfully invaded Ta- rcsto by air it is for the politicians to follow this up with a bombardment via the Tronspmta- rion. Commission on freight rates.

' What will the answer be? The Prime Mirr- ister is allegedly depending on the reports from "back home" by his faithful followers in Parlia- ment whither the election 'wil-l constitute a May or September engagement. ‘ . .

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Good roads and good railway service are es- sentiol in a province like ours dependent for its existence upon agriculture, fishing and tourists. Tho sooner the transcontinental highway be- comes an accomplished fact the better for all

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Veteran students must get along as best they can on present allowances. Veterans Min- ister Gregg said in. the Commons it is not the Government's intention to increase assistance to veterans attending university.

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Na-tional Wildlife Week, which commenc- ed yesterday, is a tribute to Jock Miner who devoted his life to wildlife conservation and to the many unheralded Jock Miners who do their bit to maintain our heritage which others would thoughtlessly

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Anglicans and others will celebrate in June the 400th. anniversary of the Book of Common Prayer. There is probably no other single unify- ing force within the Anglican communion that can compare with it.

The moon will be blood red tonight. An eclipse of the moon commencing at 10:28 p.m. will be total from H128 until l2z45 and will be ended at 1:54 a. m. According to astronomers the eclipsed moan continues to be visible be- cause af refracted light friom the earth.

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The award against Albania by the interna- tional Court of Justice for the mining of British ships off Corfu in i946 is a moral victory for Britain but unlike the decision of a national court it does not mean that Albania will make restitution unless in the yea-rs of her sovereign will she decide to do so; _

Four years ago next week, an April l5, i945, the First Canadian Army reached the Duich coast near Leeuwarden and took_ Zwo-lle. On Ap- ril l6 they occupied Leeuwarden and Groningen and launched an assault on Appledaorn, Hol- land. The end was now near and on the l8th, in the face of terrific Allied pressure, all Ger- man resistance in the Ruhr ended . . .

Franklin Delano Roosevelt, President of the United States, died this date i945. Was the

tionism, the first being Wilson. He created a record by being elected President for a fourth time. His greatest achievement was liningup his country with the Western European nations, including Britain, in opposition to Russian ag- gression and the spread of Communism: "We know that there are chise-lers. At the bottom of every case of criticism and obstruction we have found some selfish interest, some private

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Coalition policy and the date of British Columbia's expected election are priority sub- iectsfor the provincial Liberal Party two-day convention starting in Vancouver an Thursday. Premier Byron Johnson, Liberal Leader, isn't ex- pected to face m-uch resistance when he advo- cates continuation af the Liberal-Progressive Conservative coalition which holds 36 of the 48 Legislature seats to ll C.C.F. and one Labor member. A June election has been freely predict- ed but all will depend an Federal plans. Liberal members of the cabinet already have gone on re- cord as favoring the union of 22 Liberals and l4 Conservatives with affable Gordon Wismer, At- torney General, keynoting theirstand. "Most citi- zens . . . feel that tit-e Coalition Government is working for the benefit of the province," he said. "l am absolutely satisfied that we must carry on as we are."

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Con a cabinet minister play fast and loose with questions in the House and get away with it? This is what has been engag-ing the attention of Parliament with reference to the spat between the Finance Minister and the Leader of the Op- position. The statement made in the House lost Monday by Mr. Claxton was very different from the statement which he made in the House two days later, said The Gazette. And between the two statements came the production of evidence by the Opposition that the first statement had not been accurate. "lf it is true, as Mr. Cloxton says, that a minister may easily overlook the de- tails of his department, and that many things naturally escape his eye and ear and memory, it is only the more important for him to be very cautious in making absolute and nquoli- fled denials of charges that may be brought against his department. lf Mr. Olaxton is to continue to insist upon his rights to withhold information on grounds of public interest, the House has an equal right to insist that denials should not be given with such completeness in matters in which the Minister, as he explains, may easily be without the relevant information. Before declaring that not one ward of a charge is accurate "in any sense wlrptever," it would seem necessary for the minister to have o more complete access to that information he seeks to withhold from general knowledge. It ls no doubt true that much goes on in a deport- merit without the knowledge of the responsible minis-fer. But this is he very but reason why the minister's denial ould neither precede nor exceed the minister's information, especially in

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NAVAL OCCASION

“Phe Mencan Navy are marbling ahrimps with red and white disc! to study their growth." — News

While Lise Fleets of other nations Ate engaged in calculations On atomic radiations 0;- the strength of armor plate. Lol the Mexican Axvnadl. Guy ae cricket or cicada. Takes npeaoefui 1J1 enede along a region more sedate.‘

Not. for them severe researches Where the Arctic ice-flee hitches. And men dumber to their perches go the aeroplane or blimp.

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No. ihe milder task mntroolllfl Mexique matelots is the huntinu Of the inoffensive shrimp.

And not oven for the table!

Far accordion to this cable Qzrlmpe they classify and label With a knowledgeable zeal; science, up to date and swellish They are anxious to

Not to add an extra relish To an unconvincing meal.

O how guiitlese and disernsing seem tho shrimpers with their charming '

And distinctly unaleamirl:

Kind of nautical capo-ice!

Though the war wlpds rise and

freshen.

This mild Mexican-r obeessiion Shows an amiable diflfifllon Into placid ways of peace.

—Luclo in the Manchester _ Guardian.

Old Charlottetown (Ami r. u. r.)

EARLY SCHOOLS & MASTERS

In 1792 a lease was made by the Crown of five hundred and twenty- five acres of lend at Rocky Point, known as the Fort Lot, at: an en- nual rental of 3d sterling an acre. This rent (£10 currency a year) was subsequently set aside by Gov- ernor Fnnning for the education of the youth of Charlottetown, and, in the summer of 1804, at e. public meeting of the inhabitants of the town, it. was decided to. employ a teacher from Nova Scotia and pay him from this fund. James Robert- son, who styled himself "by profes- sion a schoolmaster", was there- upon appointed. He opened the first public school ever taught in this Province in the Court House, at the foot of Queen Street, some time during that season. ~ Mr, Robertson continued his work for several years, when he was succeeded by John Lobban. It does not appear that Mr. Lobban had things all his own Way, even in those early,days, as is evident from the following memorial, presented to the Gavernor-ln-Councli in 1810: “The memorial of John Lobben, Schaoimaster in Charlottetown, re- spectfully stateth: That your me- moriaiist. in fulfilling his duty as Master of the Public School (which situation he holds by Your Excel- iency’s appointment) is under the disagreeable necessity of represent.- lng that Mr. Cameron, ‘by ‘whet authority memorlalist knows not, keeps a separate and opposition School, not only in the same house. hut in the same room with the Publirfschooi. to the great injury of the scholars under your memor- lailst’: charge. To enumerate the various evils which such a measure is fraught with, would only he trifling with Your Excellency and the Honourable Board's time; the obvious view of Mr. Cameron in such a step is easily teen through. But your memorirsiist forbenrs to state his opinion an that head, nnrl is only desirous ta perform his duty to the public, but which he cannot while Mr. Cameron is permitted to remain in the Court Housefand he ls sorrv to add that he finds himself compellrrl to suspend his operations there, till Your Excellency, with the advice of the Honourable Board's pleasure, is known, and memorial- ist will ever pray." &c.

It is not known what action. if any, the Government took in this matter, but Mr. Lobban again ap- pears as a petitioner with respect

to the erection at -a new school building on Kent Squa . This block of land, upon whlc Fringe

of Wales College now stands, was granted by Governor Fanning for school purposes, but it remained unused for n nun her of years. Mr. Lobben submlted a plan for u building to be put up in the shape of an octagon. each side to be 21 feet wide, and to cost £192 12a. The Governor-ln-Councli did not see fit to not an this proposal. and he

House. - Finally, in 1820, a schoolhouse an Kent Square wee built by Theo- ohiiun Chuppell at e colt of £215 7e. 6d. Opened in June, 1821, with James Breeding as ill first. master. it was known for many years as the National School. Mr. Breed- inz began hi: work at a salary of £10 per ennum supplemented by fees from the pupils according to the b-anches taught. Hirr salary was subsequently raised to the princely sum of £25 yearly.

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‘ The inereaae in marrlagea and . t1! rile lrrthe birth rate ere a sig- n_l loam feet in‘ the last decade in this country. ‘ In the yen 1947, the record-year, Canadian " e held 83 per cent more babies than in 1937, the lowest your before the war. The birth rate rose to 28.6 e thou- sand of population in comparison with 19.8 in 1937, an appreciable gain of nine points in ten year-e. Thanks to that fecundity Canede counts three million more popula- tlon than 20 years ego, or an in- crease of one-third. And since 1989 the increase la established at new ly llpar cent. Among the 12 prin- cipal nation: of the world Canada nu the best. birth rate, that is 28.6 a thousand in 1947. Holland comes closest with a rate of 27.8, then New

Cod 8. Haddock Fisheries

(Federal Department of Fisheries) Despite the feet that millions of pounds of cod and haddock are tek- en annually from Canada's off- shore fishing [rounds in the North- west Atlantic, there he: been no appreciable decrease in catches by Canedian- fishermen aver the past 17 years, according to statistics be- ing compiled at the Atlantic Fish- erien Biological Station, St, An- drews, N. B. ‘ This statement may not find ready acceptance among those fish-

Lenten Meditations

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THE WILL O!‘ GOD

That God has a will for Hie world, and that. l-fie will touches the life of each individual, ll pert every Christian‘: The Christian conception of the na- ture of God makes such a belief nglt only understandable but inevit- l O.

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Zeeland with 26.4 and the United “"_‘ with 25.8. — L'Evenemeni,- Journal, Quabec._ In the momenta of gleam In which they find themselves steep- ed at some stage at the parenthood game, parents must lhare the con- viction that all children are juven-

ile-deiinqsrentu. They feel that the only. fine distinction that separates them, is not I0 much a matter at degree as the fact that some get caught. This may be en unneces- sary dark view“ induced by the cumin: of Spring and the conse- quent deviltry it etirl in the young.

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APRIL 12, .1949

The normal docile child yield, u the influence of this most treat-h erous of seasons. He shares wm the returning crow the same hi“, impulses. In one brief hour. fro" tour to five, he can cram more vil- lelny than he he: stirred up in u,‘ ion: hornebound months ot Win!" These first days of Spring, n WM‘ many parents may feel that ,1‘, ilnquency is merely comparative. In one house it may be the ICflppg; who comes home with a tooth kicked out. In another it in m. hellion cautioned by the cruise c" for trespassing on private Proper-g, down by the -creek. In Vancouver i‘ is seven escapees from a detsni lion homeybent on e high, wig, and handsome trail of crime b9. fore-being brought in. — Regln. Leader-Post.

Teal: tube wizards are um,‘ these days of e whole family o; synthetic rubber-materials which will grab an ever-growing portion o! the natural product's market. American: use a million tom or rubber yearly. It enters 50,000 pro. ducts from heel! to hot water bin, ties. Pro-war nearly e11 the hugs tonnage circled half the globe u; get here from the Orient. W" brought a synthetic substitute, which in pence still holds nearly half the market. Now the chem. fete say they will soon be ofterin] manufacturers new types of m‘. ttretlc rubber, each "custom-made" to meet the special requirements of individual products. There will h. a lpeclal rubber for cer- tirer, an. other far inner tubes, others m hole and belting, still others t“ footwear, toys, and hospital lug. plies. Some of these will likely b. unveiled this year. Within five or ten years. any lab men, an "army s1 them" will be pourinl onto the market. They ere eXDected to write e. w chapter in the "age of syn. the ice”, which already hue seen one major raw materiel, elik. ei- most relegated to the museums by man-made nylon and rayon. —- Wei!

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ermen who, experiencing light catches during the 1948 season, be- lieve that the stocks on the off- shore grounds ere being depleted by aver-fishing.

But Dr. W. R. Martin. Federal Fisheries Research Board biologist, points out. that over-fishing would only be apparent by a steady dz- cline in catches aver rrperiod of years. Lest year's sudden drop might be explained by disturbed hydrogrsphic conditions in the sea which upset the regular feeding habits and movement. of the cod. Fluctuations in the annual catches over the years in part reflected economic trends in the industry's markets. During the war years when markets were good. the fish- ing effort was intensified and ‘ ‘ leached new peaks.