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PAGE ... _ ._.___._ _______ ,_ _ ____ _ THE GUARISIANL CI-IARLOTTETO , .- _ _. . ‘_.—i_____.___ ._ TH E G U AR 1)] A N "'"°"s.l'.l.'li rililhiiillll, -'ll“il°l'.'.l§f' ilillllifi°lh B- Q- Politics A way across frontiers in barter deals but much is RQUVGIIBBGO

Authorized es Second Class llluil. Post UtIicc Department. Ottawa. President, fun A. Burnett; Vloe-r-esldcnt, Wm. ls. Burnett; Seem-Trees. (i. M. Burnett; Editor and Managing Director, J. R. Burnett; Associate Editor Frank Walker.

"The Strongest Memo y is Weaker Than the Weakest Ink."

CHARLOTTETOWN. FRIDAY, JANUARY L’, 1948 Distinguished Islanders

_ Warmest congratulations are due to two outstanding Islanders who have been honoured by His Holiness Pope Pius Xll". One of them, Mr. Francis M. Petcri. 0i‘ Ollmwr “Melly °' Hope River, has been named a Knight of St. Gregory the Great, in recognition of his out- standing work in connection with the Marian Congress last summer at Ottawa. The other name, that of Hon. Dr. W. J. P. MacMillan, 0.8.5., who has been created a Knight Com- mander of the same Order, is iamiliur to every Prince Edward Islander and indeed to every Can- adian citizen. As a former Premier and first Minister of Health and Education oi this Prov- irico, as leader for many years of His Majesty's Loyal Opposition in the Lcgislalurc. will '$'-1-il more notably for his many years of devoted service to such organizations as_the Red Cross Society, the Children's Aid Society, the .Can- udian Medical Council, the American College oi Surgeons and the Charlottetown Hospital, Dr. MacMillan i: a deserving recipient of the high- ost honours which either his Sovereign or the head oi his religious faith can bestow upon him. To Catholics and non-Catholics alike, this latest recognition oi his services will come with un- mixed pleasure and satisfaction.

The Profit Rates fills-Slit"

Canada's freight rates structure, in the opin- ion of the Vancouver Province, is a strange hQdgg-podge which circumstances and legisla- tion and custom have combined to create. This is well illustrated in the evidence and arguments before the Board of Transport Commissioners. The railways have asked the Board to authorize e blanket increase oi _30 per cent in the rates and most of the Provinces are protesting.

The Central Provinces, Ontario and Quoboc, do not need to protest. They are protected against any serious advance by the water com- petition which they enjoy, a water competition provided at the expense of all Canada which has spent nearly $400,000,000 since Confedera- tion constructing and improving canals and waterways. _ _

The Maritimes maintain that they ore pro- tected by the Maritime Freight Rates Act of i927 which provides for a reduction in freight rates and bars any increase unless the railways prove that their costs are above the i927 level.

"lf the Maritime argument has weight," says tho Province, "it would seem that the 30 per cent

increase, if granted by the Board, could only be

made effective in the West. In the West the Crows Nest Pass legislation holds down the rate on grain. So, other commodities would have to bear the whole weight. Th! Rflllwfll’ Act itself, of course, forbids discrimination. But haw can discrimination be avoided if any advo- cate at all is allowed when five of the nine Provinces are exempted?"

The Province article does not take note oi the fact that the Maritime Freight Rates Act was not passed to give the Maritime Provinces any special advantage, but rather to offset o very glaring discrimination, on which the Duncan Commission reported and which is clearly set forth in the preamble lathe Act. Unfortunately this preamble was dropped in the Revised Stat- utes, thus causing a misunderstanding with re- garvl to the purpose and intent of the legisla- tion.

ln short, the preamble concedes that the lntercolonial Railway "was designed, among other things, to give to Canada in times oi na- tional and imperial need an outlet and inlet on the Atlantic Ocea-n, and to afford the Maritime merchants, traders and manufacturers the larger market of the whole Canadian people instead of the restricted market of the Maritimes them- selves, also that strategic considerations determ- ined a longer route than was actually necessary, and therefore that to the extent that commercial considerations were subordinated to national, im- perial and strategic conditions, the cost oi the railway should be borne by the Dominion, and riot by the traffic which might pass over the line." Also the preamble notes that certain recom- mendations respecting transportation and freight rates had been made by the Duncan Commis- sion "for the purpose of removing a burden im- posed upon the trade and commerce oi the Mari- time Provinces since l9l2 which, in view ofthe pronouncements and obligations undertaken at Confederation, it was never intended such com- merce should beer." '

This was the reason for the Z0 per cent re- duction obtained on the lines oi the C. N. R. located from the seaboard to Diamond Junc- tion and Levis, Que. lt is also worth rioting that under Sec. 7 of the Act the rates are to be statutory and not based "on any principl of fair return."

Europe's Wants

The measure of Europe's lock lr shown in figures covering wheat production on that con- tinent this year. Whore the average for i935- 39 was more than 25,000,000 bushels, ill! iflifll this year is barely over 15,000,000. Last year, 1946, it was nearly 19,500,000.

But oven tho 15,000,000 does not tell the whole story.‘ Before the war, thoro,wos a free flow of wheat to all countries, prevontod only by tho internal policies of tho individual countries concerned. New fllllleii all claangod. ' M open of ur ‘s arvost r con n- tfio Iron Curtorilii end from tho total oroilcblo to Western Europe must b: subtracted

or because political policies are interfering.

France and Italy, both large producers be- fore the war, are also suffering from a heavy decline in production this year—around 50 per cent in each case.

Figures for the Soviet Union are not avail- able but the picture presented by these figures, published by the International Federation of Agricultural Producers, makes clear the desper- ate want which afflicts Europe. For not only is there a shortage of wheat but there is also o general shortage of other foodstuffs which might have been used to make up the failure in that

crop.

EDI TURIAL NOTES -

We now write "i948". ~ I i i I For good or ill we have entered a leap year. Let all govern themselves accordingly. n‘ ‘k i i The New Year appears neither extravagant- ly promising nor yet foreboding but rather to offer just what we are prepared to make of it. 7| h I i

It was a quiet New Year's holiday, restful and refreshing after a season of hustle, bustle and excitement. seeing the old year out and the new year in being the pre-attraction for the gay young sparks and their attractive partners. I fi i ‘k i ln future Indian and Egyptian cotton goods imported via London will have to pay the same rate of duty as similar goods imported from the States-that seems to be the real why and wherefore of the restored tariff. fi i fi I

Montreal hos been rejoicing that the heavy fall of snow expected there was diverted by a storm to New England and the Maritimes. They evidently believe up there that it is more blessed

to give than to receive. W i

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lt is not only Denmark but Soviet Russia that is competing for Canada's agricultural output. Russia has just guaranteed to "deliver to Britain 750,000 tons-about 27,500,000 bushels—of coarse grain between next February and Sept- ember at prices agreed up-on laut not disclosed. I

Moscow is insisting on the immediate with- drawal of American troops from Greece although they are there at tho request of the Greek gov- ernment. The Soviets, however, seem in no hurry to evacuate their awn troops from Hungary where they remain stationed in spite of the pro- tests of the Hungarian government. fl I Q If

General James Wolfe, British soldier, born this date i727; had distinguished service in the Rhine campaign, in the "Rising of the "Forty Five", and in the Flanders campaigns, but his fame rests on his brilliant victory and noble death on the Heights of Abraham in the Quebec expedition. .

In Scotl-and and in Quebec old year's eve is the gift distributing time of the year-the equiv- olent of Santa Claus. Oi this J. M. Barrie told Sentimental Tommy that "Hogmanay, like all festivals, is but a bank from which we can only draw what we put in"; in other words, re- turn from previous deposits. i A t! i

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The New Year was greeted in traditional style. "First footing" is still carried on ‘by some. On New Year's day the receptions of the Lieut.- Governor, the Mayor and the Bishop of Char- lottetown were well attended. The custom of calling upon friends and neighbours on the first dcry of the ye_ar may not be as widely observed as a few years ago but it is by no means completely abandoned.

I There is the prospect of the Federal Gov- ernment providing a honeymoon home at Niagara Falls--the centre of attraction for so many new- ly wed couples from both sides of the border. Prime Minister Mackenzie King, a bachelor, after a conversation with Lady Oakes, widow of Sir Harry Oakes, millionaire, signed an order- in-council, authorizing the acceptance of Sir Harry's mansion, situated in 1i 3-4 acres of land, as a gift to the nation," and the present staff of the mansion is being retained and placed on the Federal Government payroll.

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lt is generally understood in Europe that the Schuman administration in France is a care-tok- ing Government in view of a call which may be given to General de Gaulle to take over the reins. His party it preparingdfor that event and going tlie riglll’ way about it by educating the "rising hopes." His organization, called the Rassemblement du Peuple Francois, announce cre- ation of a youth group. The new organization will be responsible to the party's secretariat and its executive committee. A chief will be ap- pointed for each of the 90 French departments. A spokesman said the movement was created bo- couse youth has "particular problems", and it is the duty of any party seeking powor to soe that their wishes ore duly considered. I R i Q Mrs. Isabel Maidstone, o canny Scots woman, of Streatham, England, has found a way of bout- ing the queue problem in this London suburb. She uses her wire-haired terrier Bruce as a stand- in. Being elderly, Mrs. Maidstonc finds queueing fatiguing. So she takes Bruce-along to the groc- er’: or to the butcher's, parks him on the end of tho waiting line, and goes off to do the rest of her shopping. By the time she returns Bruce is way up in front and Mrs. Maidstono gets served quickly. She said; "Other women quouers never mind a bit. In fact they look forward to seeing Bruce. Sometimes I loevo him my shep- ping basket as well." Besides a flair for queueing. Bruco is knowledgeable about tho technique at tho quick-lunch restaurants, too: Aftor hie shop- ping chores, Mrr. Muidstono said, he trots off lo e restaurant and reserves lier a soot at o table wliilc she gore o meal from the counter. v-'-('T*"—

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Latest "authoritative" pronounce- ment on the care of babies declares lt. is not. only permlsslblcto cud- dle them, but that. dreadful com- plexes may be created 1f cuddling ls withheld from the helpless llt- tle creatures. We are heartily in favor of this pronouncement! There are few things as heart- warming as an nrmful of baby, as long as the infant wants to be cuddled, declares The Kingston Whig-Standard.

Nowhere le the chronic shortage of hotel space so chronic as ln stoolcholm, where hotels are ac- cepting reservations for 1951. Re- cently, ln an attempt to create more space. prisoners awaiting trlel in the county Jell were re- moved to Langholmen. Peniten- tiary. The Jail ls to be remodeled and used as a hotel. Requests 1m- medlately began to pour ln from patrons willing to move lri even before the liars were removed from the prison windows.

There ha: been o etcody lm- provenxent in the use of language during the post four or five de- cades. More people know how to spell. and the size of the average vocabulary has steadily increased. The trouble ls not that there has been no advances, but, that the advance has foiled to keep pace with the requirements. Advancing technology, increasing complexity meat, es well ea improved com- of industry business and govern- munleatlans, have placed on the aver-age citizen o. considerably higher degree of "\'crbal,1‘e§l>°115l' blllty" than u-as the case with his father or grandfather. - Winni- peg ‘Irlbune.

n‘; u“ yum-r] "epuulete" ever caused you any trouble? says e writer in The Musician. An Of- ficer once in charge of the ‘Fwd? redee ordering uniforms have used Department tells me that com- no fewer then eighty-eight differ- ent spellings in late years. EuPhB- lettes, epualete. 89010195. EUPBUENB. eupallltes are among them. 0118 person even celled them lilPmi- end another plates, end yet en- otlier eppelette. But one correspon- dent, apparently despairing of ever getting the word right, dispensed with the ward altogether and call- ed the troublesome contraption, flepe. The word ln Enillsh l8 Wall- lets. ln French it ls epaulettee.

The expotrintlon of the Encyclo- paedla Britannica. which l5 1101" owned by the University at Chl- cngo. was oi matter for regret and some mlsgivlng, says The Inndou spectator. The latter sentiment will be considerably intensified by an occurrence which The Dali)‘ Telegraph reported the other day. The article on Palestine in the current Britannica Year Book ham astonishingly eunuch. been coir-uti- ed to Reibbl Isreej Goldeteln. chair- man of the World Zionist Federa- tion, and contains such observa- tion; g5 that; "British mllitarv forces turned Palestine into n Doi- lce state. Military searches ivere conducted. curfiews lmlw-Scd; ‘He’ mentary civil rights were violated. some of the troops behaved wltn barbaric cruelty, Jewish properly ivas destroyed and thousands of Jews were placed ln concentration camps." The fact. that some of the statements here are true does little to mitigate the cross oerllswshlp of the passage. If the 1511051110959- dla. loses its objectivity it loses lts reason for existence.

Trouble brew: ln Edinburlh- 51,1‘ Patrick Abercromble. a man WW1 ideas and a. renowned town Plin- ner. has aroused the fierce nativ- prlde of the inhabitants of that city by suggesting that. Prince-S Street be reconstructed so that lt would become "the finest. street. in Europe." One can understand what e. blow that would be to thousands or Edinburgh citizens long since convinced that. lust. as lt ls_ Princes Street ls “the finest street ln Eur- aipef‘. Sir Patrick has in mind a double-docket t-horouihlflre. WW1 9' second Princes Street. bullt under’ the existing one, open 0n the 5011-111 slde to the gardens. l-le further shocks citizens by advocatlnr; that the street. be rabullt ln blg blocks. with hotels over the shops. T town planner must be a brave ma to run such a chance of breasting the wrath of aainunruh involv- What. Nazi bombs destroyed mil! be reconstructed ln the most mod- ern architecture without. publlc protest. But. the deliberate tearing down of buildings that have stood throughout centuries offends U1! good taste of even the least. impar- tnnt member of the communlty- "- Fort Wllllem Times-Journal.

An ertlcle tint the world badly needs l: o. scientifically designed and constructed ashtray. Dumllefi and tllters, sprlngholders and so forth we have seen. But. never yet. hnve our eyes sci. on the kind of device we have ln mind; and the reference ls particularly to ushtrays for cigarettes. Pei-hope the tends! may have noticed the brown stein on the flrlgers of some smoked. which ls the result of lioldlnz ll‘! cigarettes so that, the smoldering tip le lower then tho other end. The smoke then trelle up the alg- erette end ’ r "- ‘ ‘- bur '11‘ the fingers hence the stain. Al- rrioot ell oslitreyc hold e cigarette in the some way or, at. best ln o horluontel position. The smoke drifts along and tor Ls condenser! on the oatitroy at the point where the cigarette la resting. The result. ls unpleasant in appearance end ruinous to the cigarette. An ush- trey should hold s clgerette so tlist tho lighted end t: higher then the other. Then tho smoky would nu- eond vort-loolly, end no-tobocco tor would bo deposited. But. oppor- entty, no rnsnufsotirrirr he: thought It worthwhile h Produce ouch on eru flirt Ito mics-Rodeo

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It ls beginning to down upon people in British Columblrlodoy that the Liberal: dld u lot more recently. then elect n new leader when they chose Byron "Boos" Johnston instead at Gordon wig- mer.

Broken was the power of o poll- tlcel machine which has had the Liberal Party ln its grip for many years end was strangling lt slowly to death. That. mechlne hes oper- ated chlefly from Vancouver Cen- tre and was solidly behind Mr. Wlemer. Prablbly it was hle great est handicap. Eventually the elec- torate of the province would have broken the machine. as happened with Rt. Hon. “Jlmml” Gardiner‘: Liberal machine ln Saskatchewan. But that process would have wreck- ed the Llberel Party.

Now. however, tho Liberal: in Brltlsti Columbia have a chance ta revitalise their party to rejuvenate lt. Mr. Arthur Lnlng, new president; MI‘. James Sinclair M-P. and Ronald Howard. who between

tary. end other young men like them have stepped Into tho prom- inence wltliln the plrty which so long we: jealously kept errey from young men.

Mr. Lalng told the convention that the Liberal Association should be "purged of its decrepit old men” and another of the Johnston follow- ers declared that. “the machine ls smashed." This would indicate thlt it will not be possible for the old machine managers to cree back ln to power by making : " eel" and the public will hope that none ll made. _

The Liberal Party ln Brltleh Col- umbia must. gain new strength. It. is a fact which the younger element now at the top ere well aware 0,! that. the Ofilnlfltlonu _ ggvg in one or two constituencies-he: been allowed to run down. It must be rebuilt and the new leader and new president must make an early start,

There ls a speculation that the election of Mr. Lelng as president of the Liberal Association rneuno e. turning away of the Liberal; from the Coalition. This need not be taken too seriously.

Mr. Lalng l: an outspoken crltlc of the Coalition ldeu. believing that the Liberal Party should stand on its own and uphold Llberul principals. However, there was n practically overwhelming mandate from the convention to etlek to the Coalition, with no time limit. Fur- theremore. the new leader and premier-designate. Mr. Johnson, l: a staunch believer lri the Coalition. It ls unthinkable. therefore, that the Liberals will break up comp tian, Wliei undoubtedly win hgp- pPrt is that Mr. Lulng 3nd thoge who believe In Liberalism first. will insist tlie ttlie party be true to its principals et all times. That end the undoubted rejuvenation will be all to the good for the Liberal Party and the Coaltlori.

The Evideircemligiurned

(Regina. Leader-Posh

A Regina lawyer, who must. be nameless at the moment. received a call from : police station atun outside point. “We have e rrien under arrest. who wants your ad- vice," said he. So the lawyer made the necessary journey.

“Wh-at is the offence charged?" be asked.

"Making home-brown" said the ‘officer in charge. “The accused threw most of it down the sink before we made entry to the premises. but. there was enough left for evidence. Caught. lilmF cold. Just smell it," said the officer 7o the lawyer.

The lawyer smelt ft. sold he.

"Well, ff you can't smell. taste it". said the offleer.

The lawyer tasted lt. Having n constitution end rs will of iron, he didn't. bleach. "Water", he repeet- ed.

"Water!" roared the officer. Put- ting his fingers to his noee he took n taste himself, end not. being as tough as the lawyer, gagged. "Pure alcohol," he eplut- tered.

"There ls one vrey of making sure," said the-lawyer. "Just pour that stuff ln err lnkwel1 end put. a match ta it. If lt ls water, u I say. ft won't burn. If it. le alco- hol, as you say, it will." .> _,

The obllglng officer did cs eug- gested. and tlbo flames reached the ceiling. "1 guess! must hove been mistaken.” sold the luwyery _ "But, by gash. the evidence is n11 gone." erled the officer.

"Before the prisoner ls dis-y charged for leek of evidence." eeld‘ the lawyer, 1'1 went u. few min- utee conversation with him. I would like to collect u. fee."

FIRST FROM CHINA

“water”,

For 300 years the world thought at chlnu when it thought of loo. but in the 10th century Indlu. Ceylon end the Netherlands hut. Indies were established us tho world’: lea sources.

IIUIT IOI IIIALTII

Fruit lo needed thy your round, nutritionists lnrlut. There is no reason, when summer l: ovor that frull. consumption should be out damn or cut out.