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. . ammo“ -Q§Iv‘ko4 ksnanawur~

consequent saving to themselves in car upkeep

_ PAGE FOUR__

TIIE ORARLOTTETOWN GIIAROIAN

ilurlnltglallgl-‘ouuded In 1087)

a?

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Incident: Lieul. Col. W Chester S. MuLuro Hue President: J. IL Burnett. FJ-l-

Secretary; Lleut. Col. D A. MIUKIIIIIOII, D-S-U-

Editor and Dlanuglng Director: J. B. Burnett. I-ZJJ.

Assuming Editors: flank W_nl|leLand__lnn A._Burn¢l\ 1

Sl/‘BSL KII"I'ION RATES:

s, Mail u. l'.h.l., slum p!!! year; szso m a months it says:

n15 for 3 mouths; 50c for one mum-h Olly Delhery: $5.00 per year. iii-W Ivr I mvflllll $1.15 for 3 months. By Mall ln cull-aria and U. s. A; $5.00 per you “tum,” “glgkly, $5.1m pm year; $1.00 for 6 month.- 50c lur 3 muntlu.

7m} Strung-est illemory is Weaker Ullllll

the IVea/cvst Ink."

l-‘RIDJIY, JANUARY 24. mi.

i

Canada's War Financing

.‘. j, only bu, tlepelltletl so lllilch on p, -l. poi-l" as lllc snuggle nl which W!

"l." a; -_ '11 ll lll u“, H H, , p; ,;,,l_ in. lllduslllll t\pal n l lmlilz tuna .;l ls bill one cudulu v u, l-vl nltll-szlrv to insure VICIOYY- LS1 "H. l.\ll,lll\i4lll lhs the lllTil-l vllll-Olrllclll Q1 1t ls with this

llll

\\“‘llH-\ .,-..i,..;nl.-._ oi finance.

vlmll, llllllilfidlll subiucl that Prvflllflll .l~ A l'\lcl.v. .| ..l' i’, |‘.'lnl, of .\'.»v;l Sculill dcall ex- ,, ,,_,,, l, ;,,|.l;-,-,.. at lb;- lltlllks annual lnccl-

in; :l' ll ' ..\ on Medina-liar last. lil llfllllfl “' ln- ltllmllrl-l a ullllllldc- public service as l_ll‘~‘ ,,,,,§.~ i. d»... \\li§t~,l_ in llll‘ lll\lllllll, lrv beset wild d if n7 n- .lll<l m".sulldl-r-izllldillgs. \\e talk 01 \\.lr fvlal w’ 2n ".l'lll~ ul lltollcv. but as .\l_r. .\lc: ]V_._,,| U.“ q g {p Qnlll-lllally" zl question 0! llllll‘ n: iii u: 1d nit-lite. \\ c have conmlltlcd ._ W, jnu what lllullt‘_\' can b:

l _ Iallt all tlzc money that can

f- l" lln- wzlr.

n! our-nil l'('l|llll'l’lllt‘lll< for rl~

lldlllll-l-., fwl‘ ordinary oililziys and

qlidl purchases in Canada dur~

M; intlin; .\lzlrvll 3i next l.“

,._..,,.,;,,', ‘,1 ,.l,.,,- $l__;oli_l>ll<:.lll>0, The bulk oi mi; ,,,,,;_,,., l...“ lflllstll; bln for the rc-

(llllltllllllls o1 V _ (IWLIJJH) will‘. -\'1'lll to llt- ;l tji1lI$l‘l'\'Z\ll\'€ e511- ,,,1_-,.-_ ll-i tin hid. of the lll'l'.~Clll rates, taxa- tion ll..l\ lit hxpt-clld in \'lL‘l<l perhaps as lunch a. -»ll~~ll.lh' "n- l'l't|lll|'l'll funds. The remainder, ("xct-lyj to 1 - tlVQlTP tilzl; taxation may be in- &'l\'.'l~\‘<l illlilla-r, will therefore have to be rais- t-d bv llHTlVWYKIIQ, .\lld ill this connection Mr’. I\]t;l,<».»d lllzlllts a slrong appeal for support ‘II

tln- \\'ar fill-mug, (fanlpaigll now lll prflgrfldv‘ "Some lll.l\' fill-l that lhcv have carried their full dlzlrc by paying the higher taxes," he says. “but lhl- lrlnll is that after the taxes have been paid there will still rclnzlin enormous and grow-

ipq sum. n» In» l‘2ll~(‘ll from the citizens of (‘an- adzl through borrowing of olle sort 0r another. And ii inilzllilllt i< to be avoidctl, there is only

one uav ill which (Ialnldians can find the ne- C\"~~'.§ll'\' lllollt-vv-lllzlt is bv strictly limiting dleir (‘\l|L'llilll\ll‘(‘§‘ and llllls increasing their rate of 5:1‘ lugs."

The Zl<~l<l£llll general nlzlnagrr, Mr. H. l). Ilurll. lsu Ell]l>ll.'lSi'/.('(l the importance of econ- omic sacrifices in the course of all address ill which he reviewed the Bank's operations fin- ancially, and paid warm tribute to the staff, I83 fllflllllCfS of which are on leave of absence for IIlllll;ll‘_\' duty, while allotllcl- (y) officers have volunteered for service and are subject to call at any time.

“linker Car Traffic Noll-withstanding that the snow plow is in almost constant use on the city streets, the ex- ceptionally llcavv snowfall; have made car traffic exccctlingly difficult this winter. The deep rllts forllled by this traffic, coupled with the activity of the plow, have left street cross- ings ill a still worse condition for pedestrians. Formerly it was the chief concern of the civic authorities to keep these crossings clear. Car owners, for the most part, were content to use other means of locomotion in mldlvlnter, with

and fuel, and at less expense to the city. This year one rarely hears the jingle of sleigh-bells; cars are almost as nlllch in evidence as in mid- summer, while pedestrians are left pretty much to their own unaided efforts in navigating haz- ardous intersections. The change has meant ex- penditure of a good deal more money; but what, in practical value to our citizens, does it amount to?

So lollg as the streets and roads are kept open to the hospitals, the airport and service training centres, there seems really no neces- sity for using the plow to encourage heavy lnitllvinlcr car traffic. A return to the use of slciglls, as of old, wollld mean some curtailment of govcrlllncllt gasoline revenue; but after all, gasoline is a vital war requirement and its con- servation may have. to be enforced before the war is over. The possibility of gasoline ration- ing has been hinted at by Finance Minister Ilslcy. The argument that this would affect otlr tourist trade docs not apply to present coll- ditiolls. The fact that we are war should be kept in llllllfl. It would be no great sacrifice to dispense witll tho unnecessary’ use of cars, at a time when the (‘l(‘lll(‘lllS themselves are against their operation with ally degree of comfort or convenience. (‘crtzlilllv the expense involved in facilitrlling this traffic. to the neglect of other traffic ilncl-csls. is out of proportion to any Willi!’ which our taxpayers, as a whole, are re- ceivillg.

Tobruk And The Linbergs

~ comtng lrar a total of $..’,000.- '

1r

JAltlerica, the Galapagos Islands, the HZHVflllLlll ‘Islands and Alaska" throws a revealing light on the Lilldbcrg mentality Ill: preference for t0- lillllilflilll methods is fully‘ shared by his wife, -.\tllle .\lorruu' Lilldbt-rg, whose recent book. l"Thc- Wave of the Future" lauds the "sllrgiilg" land “dy'il;lnlic" manner in which the dictators have overrun Europe. .\n apt retort to the Lindbcrgs is furllishcd by lthc New York Ylinimr ill an editoriz ill "The full of Tiobrul." zlgalill fixes ilttcn- "lion on the peculiar behavior of Italy's portion .0f that ‘silrging wave of the future’ on which lPrc-sideltt Roosevelt spoke ill his inaugural ad- dress. This alleged wave began its rcptltcd silrg- illg ill lialy on LJct. ll), 19:1. when King Yictol" linllnanuzll scnt for Benito Ilussolilli to fornl a cabinet and the future ‘nlarchctl’ into Rollie lll a first class railway carriage, It has therefore been surging in Italy for nearly 18 1-4 years. No one ill Italy inlder the age of 2| I‘(‘lll(‘llll)Cl'$

anything bllt Fascism. The nlzlsscs of hlussolini

soldiers, who have been fighting ill Albania and ill Africa, have bcen educated lll Fascism froln

‘siufaucy, If there is a ‘wave they have been lrldlllg lt. The result is plain to read. Tllc "w;lvc’ Ill‘ :\'ll)£llll?l was lllrnctl back by the lirecks l‘kl5Cl5lll has failed ill ligypt and Libya.

L‘ Zoning in Ethiopia and Eritrea. The ‘wave ill short, has evcr_vlvllcre wavered—anil retreated.”

.\Il!l so it will do in the countries now under the .\zlzl heel, thanks to British pluck uml en. durallce.

In A Nulshell

Prenlier Calllpbelks cilmlnz-lltilryl oll last lvet~lt'.. dl-lllonstrzttnnl of Liberal "harmony" and capacity tor l‘('~\\‘l‘llIll_1 (‘onfcderzltiotl in ternls

of the hzllf-lnillioll-dollzlr Sirois Report, as (plot- z-d in our afternoon colllelllllllrllrv: "xix/evil FFIItIVI/fllj/ f/lt‘ ('tlll_l':"rt'lli‘l', lip mid if

lX/‘Fllkx fur iLrc/f." .'\ itlztstcrlv flll.~\\'L’l” to a hlltllnls question!

bDIIURIAL NUIIIS

Rt. Ilon. h. l5. llclnlclt has bccn elected to the Council of the Royal Society of Arts, and is taking a very active intcrcsi ill its zilfairs.

>l< * >i< *

.\'ow that the lloll. lllelllbvr for Prince County has returned safe and sound from the centre of the lilnpirc, we may look for the forltlal open- illg of our lllfllllfls———\\'C{llllCl‘ pcrlnillillg.

* >l< =b 9F

_L'.S.;\. retiring .\|nb.'ls.~;ldol" l\'i'l1llell_\"s vision: “It, and (ind forbid, England \\'(‘I'Q l0 l)() (lg- ,l'eatr'tl quickly and the (icrlllzllls SllCCCCd to the lllritish navy, this country‘ now is not prepared -I0 defend its own short-s. lei zllonc lht- North l.-_\lllerie_zin Lplllincllt.” Not to mention civiliza- tion, 0t course.

1i I if l!‘

Those llritishcrs, can you and ever the inwardness and dl-pth of their Christian spirit, even when lllvv are cruelly lmlnbcd and blasted l‘ The scriptilm “To Some .\lnlhel"s Sim,” wan. on an zlnollylllotls card tied to a solitary bunch of flowers at the flllll‘l‘2ll of a Nazi air- man buried at Barking, l‘illg'l.'lll(l.

>l< v >k y

plumb true being ill-

/_\ busy time for army zltld ilolllestic nurses is anticipated in Iillglzilltl, Ilcallll .\lllllSlCl' Mal- colm MacDonald declaring “we shall want fever fighters as well as fire fighters in the next few nlorlths.” He said there is a definite shortage qf nurses and lllcv must “see to it that the dramatic appeal of the war wounded does not make them neglect the more normal but equal- ly important work of defending the public health against disease."

All!!!

Funeral by wireless is the latest. A Lcdtlc. Alta., wolnan, unable to attend the funeral of her husband in Edlnonton because of illness, heard the ceremony in her home over a tele- phone hook-up arranged by the Alberta Gov- ernment telephones. From the funeral home, the burial service was carried to the woman and was audible over a loudspeaker. Miscrophones were concealed in the funeral chapel to pick up the funeral sermon, music and details. All de- tails of the service were clearly audible and dis- tinct. No one in the service knew the cere- m°nY W3! being cirriicld putside the building.

British Columbia killed two birds on one visit to Ontario-the Sirois Federal-Provincial Con- ference, and the ides. that it could not raise loans on its own." Hon. john Hart, British Colum- bia. Finance lliinister, proudly announced the successful marketing of $5,051,000 Province of British Columbia four per cent bonds through a Toronto financial syndicate. Of the loan $3,- 000,000 is in refunding maturities of last March and $2,000,000 is for capital expenditures and road surfacing. Mr. Iiart said the success of the loan reflected the high standing of British Columbia's credit. w- m w r The man lvho organized the first blackout system for the Midlands was filled 2o shillings plus 7 shillings 6 pence costs for violating black- out regulations by carrying an lulscreellcd flash- light at Countcsthorlle, Leicester. The dcfcnd- ant pleaded not guilty, saying that bis flash- light was a regulation government issue and pro- perly screened. The magistrate said the fine would have been bigger if the bench had not recngnizerl the good work the defendant llrld done regarding blackout precautions. The reg- ulations require two thicknesses of tissue paper over flashlight bulbs when used while no air raids are going on. Flashlights are absolutely forbidden during raids. n- : n n

Colonel Lilldln-rg is again ill [he linlelight, rc- ilcrzlting his increasingly unpopular opinion that (llg [piled States should seek lo effect a “nego- tialcd" peace with Hitler lIl>lCFIll of aiding Bri- tzlin. llt- prnft-s-tks ll! be "in sympathy" with the llritisll people, but lht- whole tenor of his evi- (ll'lll’(' before lll(‘ l'. S. lloilse of Reprcsellizi- 5pc,- (qlllllllllyp all] foreign affairs betrays his pro-Nazi bias. llis amazing suggestion that the United States, wllilt- leaving Britain to her fate. gmuld m mice [wot-red in the concentration of aviation lrrlslls "in Nclvfotllldlalld. (fzlnadal, the West Indies, parts of South .\n1ctica, Central

a

Battle of the Dagger flank this date, i915. A (icrnlan battle cruiser squadron under Rear-Ad- miral von lloppcr was encountered in this vicin- ily by the British battle cruiser squadron under \'ice-.l\dn1irlll Bcatty. and a rulmillg figllt en- sued. At f) zl.ln. action was opellcrl by Lion which fired oll llluchrr at n range of l0 m.; at noon lllitcber sank, the llritish rescuing I20 of her crew while bombed by a German aircraft. No British vessel was lost, while the Germans besides the lllllrllrr suffered sol-err damage to

which I

l Vllitcdore Rmsevelt,

‘llorrs BY TllE rm

The New Yurk Pusl. finds _ wcrlh ll.t.ln; lhat only one presid-

bclow the age

remaikoble about that, for cn.y 5J4 .1 the 32 prelzdenls (including Garfield) w-sle under 50 when in- augurated, and cllly one of tile sx 42) Wfls un- dor 46. There ls, however, a teal- ly remarkable longevity record with respect. w Canadian premiers. Of the eight who have passed away, none dltd under '12; Bolden 82. Laurler 7'1, Tapper 94, B.-well nearly 94, Abbott. '12, Mackenzie 72, Macdcnald 16. Of the thme who survive. Mr. Bennett is ‘l0, and Mr. King and Mr. Meighen are b.t.n Lsn good health at 66. - Toronto tar.

The Natzl bombs have shattered old London. Many of the bulld- lngs- that. were trade marks, as it. were, are g.ne—tlle Guildhall, st. Martinsln-t-he-Ficlds, the Middle Temple, a heartbreaking list cf oth- LI‘ historic buildings. But. Lmdon in adversity ly-s had a more lm- portant change, The old buildings may be gone, but the nights of bombing of ccmmon dangers and c mmcn trlwnpli; have ttscloscd a klnshlp hitherto Lulsuspected Says Edward Hultcn, a young London publisher, in World Review: “He who walks in London is n.» longer lonely in a grcat city. He has nlne milllcli friends. If we can keep this new ccrnradeshlp, we can d. any- thing." - Winnipeg Tribune.

of thinking that the break-up of the Siroi: Repcrt Cotlferlnce means break-up of the unity o1 Canadians. If one man, placed by acodental circumstances into a pcsitlon of

conference, we still know that the unity of Canada. lzmains; that to reckon will» this man — Mitchell, Hepburn - stand, stand ll.’ we arel not ntstakcn, the serned ranks of cur Canadian eople, one in heart. for Canada, and one in heart, above l . fcr a war vict ry he things that bind Canada's unltyl and that will go on binding it. arc-i TOW tenacious to br broken by anyl sglglc mun, Therefore. while we‘ ' lament the thing that camel , relay, we need not llmlent it t':o much. J/ltfl- the right heart lril our country, the right sp;rlt f cti ‘llfl ship, prcgi wil. not be, st. d by a tenrporalyl reverse. A; lCsL bxtllc ls nct ilecesssrly a Lst, cenlpzkgn. -— Ottawa Jcurnal

The not result is that from Shel standpoint of national unity c ndl- . lions are eonsi ably wcrs-e n:w than tllzy were bef r . Nevertheless. if the lorg vicw ls taken. tile ac CCllHLlbLll of olrl Il1b6"132'(.VI1C.'¢lI jeulcusles which must b. attribut- cd to the hzldillg of this con- lcretzcc. will lose mrch of th.lr slgnlficzlncg lvlicil set aza 11st the out landing fact that, for the tin-e being at least, ccnfcdcruilon has d. For that prtserva-l s cf th c: 'ln

.. r t cf Alberta- ' motl 5s may not have l al. and l‘l soire respects ! bear zlunlyss - must be! given cleclll. the let's bare g. ng to Mr. Hcpbllill. Tllc Minster of] Finance pocrly fulfllrd Mr, Klngls pr mise cf no coercion b_v warning the conference of an alternative to the c‘nnn ssxlrs l‘L‘[‘ClIIlI1Pll(l€\lOlI$, a. notice cf new financial require- ments for which the provinces will have to be prziparcd. Till‘ nicrc presence of such an alternative ls prof enough that t e R well- Sirois recommendatrons are nz-t needed at tbs lIlTJE so far as the federal govern-merits war finance i5 coucernid. - Montreal GflZ-ElJ/B.

Since Mr. Ernest, Bevin became, a. tilembei- of the Gzvsrnttlent he has mace a number of speeches expressing the hope we all feel that more will cane out of this war than the mere defeat of Ger many. Such a vast. upheaval as war on the modern scale prcdnccs cannot but affect, very profoundly the social and economic structures of the countries involved and, ln- deed. alsr ol’ those ccuritnes not.

and ways o1 life which the revolu- tion of war presents us slmuld be used to bhg very best advantage; and it ls not only right but. essen- tlal that leaders of public llfe should at this time beipn to think aloud about the sslrt of world we

From lhe strictly rnllltlry point of vlew the creation of a. defense against unlimited night bombing would have the lnmperable lmpcr- tance of’ establishing a. relatively film front In air warfare. which had scented imposslble. The Ger man Luftwaffe raided Erlgland by day almost at will fir s time

Then the RAF. created a defen- sive front. Now s night clcfensve front ls ln prospect, tho urpcsel being the same. to make he en-l tmy pa so heavily as ho dlscon-, tinlie tie practice. It’ it sh-uld

work out 1n that way the effect: would be a stalemate ln the alr

war, perhaps forcing resort. to oth-l or methods ln order to bring the

confllrt to a conclusion. It. should

be kept lll mlnd, however, that

whereas England presents s con-

centrated target difficult, to dclfend

under present circumstances. 0.1‘-

ITIRlly and the occupied countries

may present a diffuse target dif-

ficlllt to defend later. - PIXVICICIIOG

Journal.

Amlrl the preoccupation! n! the most thrratenlzlg war in the h's- tory of our Empire the British Gcv- crnmeilt has y-sl. fcund time to evffect changes in the Corlstltuton on lines similar t.» those recom- mended by the West Indls Royal ‘ Commission. ‘These changes. which will not await the new elections scheduled fr 03w beginning of 1743 but are to take place 1n the near future, wlll strengthen the elected side of the Legislature without. weakening the Government's ower to pass measures which ft eems essential for the welfare cf the Cclony. They are intended to be l‘ step along the road leading to greater democratic privileges, the canterment or which must depend upon thc przgresl made by the_ people themselvts ln lmlprovlngl their opp rtunltles. PUIIIIOI‘ ald- vances, which in any case are not to be made bolero 1948. wlll have to be carefully welghtd, for evDerl- ments ln pure elective gsvernment

llerffingcr and Fl-yltllilz, lln~ others escaping tn llcligoland.

in certain spheres so far have not

11'

cnL of the United Stat/ts has died of 50- Junes A. Gaimeld, who was assassinated at the age o! 48. But there is notnalg I

p wer, has been able to torpedo this,

"There's llve to meet ln tears or

directly implicated in hostilities. Willi. Effe- It is B common wish til-at the 0p- And be you arm or bebvv" smell- portutlity for reforming and re- Tllerl" "9 3'5? m" ‘ll’ “m? shaping our naticnal lnsrltutlons l-llfllllil‘ -

But will not teach us how to do It!

want, to lrcfmblt (nce we have ‘lemal ‘llglla ° lgvilalllnbe welccmed’

g further ed-

ifilljfad the new“ _ Glasgow lalzlablirrllealh! genlibcraltlo procedure.- ' Trinidad Guard-lam.

rm; CHARLOTTEIOWNMGUARDlANs

'

At the present tlme the forests of Prince Edward Island do I109 v0"- lt-rlbute very much to tile wealth of

the province. The 2'01 owing figures ‘ tCanaca Year Book. 1939) show the l volumes of timber cut and the value |of this timber for the years 1935.

1936 and 1937.

Volume ' Value

l1935 ..i2.zl2.ooo cubic ft. $506,954 19.16 ..12,55u,0o0 cubic ft. 520.483 The above figures are the totals iof all wood. products. The follow- IIIR ls the cut 0t lumber and all

saw mill orouucts and Xll-llegalalrlxlrissl.

L ber Products Volume Value Va.ue board feet

193s —0.114l,UUO s asaog $118,138 1937 4,312,000 118,400 152.818

The volume of standing timber in this province as estimated In 1936 is about 118,000,000 cubic feet. AL the I036 role of cuttliuz 02,550,000 cuolc feet per year). this supply woulu last. only about. ten years. ‘this exhaustion will not. be com- plete at. the end of ten years be- cause the timber removed will be offset. to some extent by the growth of the timber remamlng. However, at this rate of cutting, it would not be safe to re y on the timber last- nnz twenty years.

'i‘l1e question may then be raised, "Are the forests of this province of enough Importance to warrantthelr preservation. or should they be ze- moved In the next twenty years and To)! the land devoted l0 agricm-

We must hi»? make the mistake nil-e

Unless economlc conditions change greatly m tne next twenty years, it would be very poor policy no allow this lorest cl-cmetlon

cess to continue at its present rate. l unoer good management, forest lanu is capaole oi producing at least 1 corn 0t wocu per acre per year, ants has been proven by eav- pCAAAAlenbaA management of wood- ‘ lanus carlleu on ov me UOIIIIIIAGII lr-orest service. One cord per acre 'per year is not tne maximum uro- uuctlui DQ851016, two cores and even uuee are n-sslue unuer Inten- sive management on good soils.

of AJAIU\\SI—- l rruouctive forest 18nd (B-PDYQXI-

somuuu acies; ' , Aiea c1 lllclklllfllll-flblfi timber tap-l urox.) 410.00.: acres.

rucu of young growth (approx)

la¢.\.00 acres. 1

UJIISALAEIIIIK only the area of mer- cllantabrc timber 1310.000 acres) aim tlssullllitg a production of 1 ccrcl per acie oer year as average for the province ll good management 1s practised. then it can be scell that. 310.000 corus can be cut everv rear incelln .._v without depleting‘ the fsress 0f this province; providing, it is nol. meal-cut. It ls not the volume of timber out that deuleus our IuTCSlS so much as tne way ln which it; ls cut.