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. shall or shall not be held. Rather, the Pre-

-keting--transportation, wages, taxes. in- x terest, rent--tend to change but slowly and

' ducts a larger share of the prices paid by the ultimate consumer. ; for the same reason, when prices are de- ” ciliiing the prices of farm products and the aiidrefreceived byfariners decline more ra- piiiiy ,tl'ian' the retail-thrice level. I

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authorised on second (line nan Poss (mica Department. Ottawa The Ilhnsl tiiusrdiau Pllblllllllg 00. . CIRCULATION

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This Province was the only one last

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Editor and Managi Director. J. I Burnett Associate Editor. lfnnl Walker "lhe Strongest Memory Is Weaker "Ian ' the weakest link."

CBARl.0TTI:2TOWN WEDNESDAY, OCT. 11, 1350

Eleotioii ate”

Within the statutory limit of the life of the Provincial Legislature, there is consid- erable scope for fixing an election date. The selection of a time for going to the country is a matter about which most of us know little and about which Governmeul leaders of the day usually say less, although they have many reasons why they should be :e- turned on the chosen day.

Premier Jones, in his usual forthright way, throws some light on the highly specialized art of picking the moment for an appeal to the electors. With a sizable majority, the question of being able to carry on a government does not, of course, arise. The matter of winning or losing by- elections is clearly not a decisive factor. Not even the general political tone of the Province determines when an election

mier very simply puts the mattui that if an important issue came up he would call an election right away.

That, of course, is what the. leader of the Government must seek in the latter stages of his term of office. He must find an issue on which to wage the battle of the ballots. On his "savvy" in selecting the right issue at the right time depends his party's chances of re-election. The public are not asked to weigh in a balance all the factors for and against the Govern- mentls return to power. A far simpler question must be propounded with a sim- ple answer driven home to sway the elec- torate.

l-"arm Marketing Margins

Of interest and value to all our farm- ers and farm organizations is a brochure just issued by the Marketing Service, Fed- eral Department of Agriculture. Ottawa. It is entitled Marketing Margins for Select- ed Canadian Agricultural Products, 1935- 1949. The compilers, Messrs. F. W. Hill- house and F. M. Schrader, state that their objective is to provide an estimate of the. spread between farm and retail prices for selected agricultural products and to ex- amine the spread and the farm share of the retail price in relation to such factors as the level of prices, wartime control, and assistance programmes. They do not seek to justify the price spreads of the various products, but" their figures show how great this spread is and why it is greater in the case of some products than in others.

Important differencesamong the select- ed commodities are noted with respect to the year-to-year variation during the pe- riod under review. The marketing mar- gins of some products remained relatively

stable during this period. For instance, the -

total margin paid to middlemen handling fluid milk between producers and consum- ers varied from 6.5 cents a quart in 1936 to 8.2 cents in 1941. During most of this period a margin of about 7.2 cents a quart prevailed. Similar stability existed with respect to creamery butter, flour and bread, although in all instances increased margins were experienced. In contrast, the margins for the remaining five commodities examined were more variable and of great- er magnitude. The margin for marketing potatoes rose quite regularly from 9.5 cents per 15 pounds in 1935 to 27.7 cents in 1948, almost a three-fold increase. The margins for such commodities as cheese and beef rose substantially and remained at the new leve1.for several years before ris- ing again, though the total increase from 1939 to 1945 was considerably less than in the case of potatoes.

The authors note that in periods of ris- ing prices the prices received by farmers increase more rapidly than the prices paid at retail. This is because" the costs of mar-

consequently farmers receive for their pro-

Conversciy and

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The rate of increase in farm oc- prices varies

Final hearings today, of evidence to establish an earnings base for the Maritime Electric Company.

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With the Province clearing bushes other obstructions at blind crossings, the city rounding off street corners, principal crossing-dangers remaining soon be in the smaller villages.

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The Canadian Legion Book Depot, Ot-

tawa, is appealing for thousands of books ,

for servicemen. All types will be welcome. fiction and non-fiction, but donors should keep their own reading tastes in mind and remember that the man in uniform is not so very unlike the rest of us. 0 O 0

More light on marketing prospects should come out of today's meeting of the Potato Marketing Committee of the Horti- cultural Council of Canada. Under the chairmanship of Mr. Walter Shaw the com- mittee should soon get down to the real-

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During this Fire Prevention Week all sorts of good advice is being hurled at the householder. Perhaps it would not be amiss to remind the furnace-tender to look to the container in which he deposits hot ashes. Although not one of the leading causes of fires, burning coals endanger the household and the lives of its members.

The Moderator of the General As- sembly, Rev. Dr. Scott MacKenzie, is hav- ing a busy time visiting different parts of the Province in celebration of the 75th an niversary of the Presbyterian Church in Canada. The Moderator is well known in the Atlantic Provinces and here especially, having been a frequent visitor when he was Principal of the Presbyterian College, Mont- real.

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Probably it is the same here and else- where so far as boarding houses are con- cerned. Equality of the sexes doesn't ap- ply in Saskatoon when it comes to student accommodation. Five out of every six rooming-house keepers prefer boy boarders to girls. Mr. Claude Penson, University of Saskatchewan housing registrar, said boys seemed to be generally preferred because girls were always "washing and ironing and occupying the bathroom."

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Edward Colston, English philanthropist, died this date 1721. He was among the first of the wealthy class who realized that what he possessed was merely a trust to be held and spent for the common good. He was a Bristol merchant who made enormous sums of money in iuiportlng and distributing goods, much of which .he devoted to charitable foundations, includ- ing Queen Elizabeth Hospital, London, spending over h530,000 during his lifetime.

, Dr. Hoyle Campbell. a member of the University of Toronto Medical Faculty has caused a sensation by his advocacy to provide more bed accommodation in hos- pitals-by emptying them of a number of their incurable patients. Dr. Campbell's plan includes an expensive general hospital unit, a rehabilitation centre, specialized medical unit and institution forilncurables He contends that hosptals generally are 50 per cent occupied by chronically ill patients who could be cared for in less ex- pensive units. Under the plan, the general hospital would be used only for curative and diagnostic cases, cutting its patient population by about one-half.

Egg prices on October this year and previous years. The pricgz quoted below are for Grade A Large. At Montreal and Toronto the prices are those at which graded shipments are selling to wholesalers. At other points quotations are prices to shippers for ungraded eggs.'

1950 1949 1948

Montreal ..... 62 65 68-60 60 61-62 86-67

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513 52 47

43 50-53 51.

51-52 48 57

Weight of Live and Dijessed Poultry at ""

Regisftlred Statlgns week ending-- Province

Sept. 16 Sept.9 Sept. 2. M

lb. lb. i lb.

a c. ..........- 161,313 140,351.. 119,134 mu. .......,..... 94,532 113, - sense ' 39.333 . I313”

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By "Anson"

LONDON, England: -v

The numbers of British peopic who, since the end of World War 11,- have thought of emigrating must add up to hundreds of thous- ands. very many of these never did any more than think about it. A large proportion of the others took the first steps -with careful deter- mination, sought advice, read all the pamphlets and guide books they could lay hands on, called at the various Dominion Governments' offices to discuss prospects, decided that it. all seemed very fine and then . . . . hesitated.

A lot. hesitated too long, found they had settled down one way or another almost wlthcut. knowing how, and became the legion of those who "nearly went” to Australia. Canada, New zealand, south Africa or wherever else their fancy had lain.

Many began with every iiiteritiori of seeking their fortune in cther lands but found "the edge of their enthusiasm somewhat blunted by the passage of time when, in the first months after the war, it was not. easy to get a steamship berth. These did not hesitate voluntarily but as the months went by they. too. found that they had settled or that in the natural order of things they had discovered new interests or-ties which kept them at home. So the hosts who thought about it were whittled down to the maze manageable thousands who stayed the course and went abroad to start afresh.

Despite all this it would hardly be true to say that there is now less interest in emigration than there was. Indeed there is probably more, for a large proportion of those who thought about. it a. few years ago still ponder on whether they should have gene or stayed put, whilst others now growing up are weighing the pros and cone for themselves with particular thought to their own careers.

Regularly one ices auvertisemeiits in the newspapers, sponsored by the Australian and New zealand Governments. offering assisted pas- sages to ex-service men and women who wish to go out. there. Canada's Director of Immigration has come to England to bring to the atten- tion of 'Britlsh people that. they will be warmly welcomed in Can-

tlon Sunday newspaper: has sent a repcrter on a trip round the world to find out at first hand how those who have emigrated from Britain are making out. His despatches will be of particular interest to all those who "nearly went"; if he reports glowing successes there will be a good deal of remorse over what. might seem like missed opportun- itles.

No. there is no less interest now than there was. sly. five years ago. But. It does seem that the question is taken rather more seriously than it was. Five years ago travel had become commonplace to men and women of all classes. They had been transported thousands and

't.ries the very existence of which they had hardly.becn aware until they set foot there. To emigrate then seemed too easy and hardly needed a second thought, if the enthusiasm to start-life in a dif- ferent iand was there. 0 0 I

It doesn't seem quite so easy now, after a apsa of years during which roots have had a chance to take hold IClv1lnn.in soil. A man who, in ve re- turned home.. and discovery th it is not always simple to settle down even in his own environment and amongst his own folk. think: more deeply of the irnplicattons of twins to start a new life Itrlnpe land. - - '

nesldu.-most cf the World war ii ax-servicemen who were bimn

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thousands cf miles as the exigen-l cies of war demanded, some to couii- .

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HOSPITAL SITE

Despatch from the War Office, Pall Mail, a. W., London, to the Un- der Secretary of the Colonial Of- fice. 29th Sept, 1800. ,

"with reference to your letter of the 24th of July last, I am direct. ed to acquaint you. for the inform- ation of His Grace the Duke of Newcastle. that Mr. Secretary Her- bert has sanctioned the erection of an Hospital at Battery Point. Charlottetown. Prince Edward Is- land, 'on the following conditions, viz.: the reservation of the after most convenient for the erection of Batteries, in order that no other building may be erected thereon: - the payment of an equal quit rent of ill, with power of resumption, if necessary, or of using for military purpose. the building to be erected, without consideration for rent or forsuch alteration and modifica- tlon, as may. on an emergency. be found expedient. The necessary in- st. ctions have been transmitted to the Major General Gommandi (Signed) H. R. Drewery".

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The age-iilii Story

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For though there be that are called gods. whether in heaven or In earth, (as there be gods many.

in but one .God. .the .Father, of whom an all things. and we in him,

thousands more whose spirit may be no less, and whose skill may be greater by virtue of longer exper- ience. but. who feel that time is against them.

They are prepared to work, and work hard. for their livelihood; they neither e , t nor necessarily de- sire an easy path. Numbered among them are the legions who "nearly wen ". They would go now to any of the Dominion: which would of- fer them not s, new life but a log- ical.continuation with new opport- unities of the life they wculd be leaving behind -them.

TEMPEBATE ZONE

Hottest temperature recorded at Greenwich Observatory was 98.9 degrees on Aug. 19. 1932.

Richard Llnsell. the old Essex cricketer, played his last game at the use of 68.

and lords many.) .but to or there .

Auruiim-s chair. -

From the far-off, mighty rivers. Drifting. shifting. glad-life givers Throbbing, pulsing. to the lakes; From the far-off. blue-peaked mountains. From the forest-girdled fountains. Where the sunlight leaps and ehak?; t From the pace: wild and dreary. From the cornlands far IIIHAIHIX. Comes the Autumn's miserere. Comes the death song of the year

Comes. the music of far voices. Where the season rich, rejoices. Half reluctant now to go:-- Over lands of dreams and vapours, Where wild hosts with half burn:

tapers Light her to the days of snow; Over fields all yellow. burning With their store of ruddy heat. over forests. ripe and turniiu

I Red and gold beneath her feet.

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30- dove with hat but "hr. div-ldvlusr decisive superiority in the strand on the sea. Any attempt to match itimian manpower. tanks and artillery will Ilhlllli the free nations and may set. then uoivhare.-'!'oront.o' Btu-.

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players are concerned at the ap- parent failure of both. We do not know who is at fault. but certainly the spoken and written word of our rising generation is being mar- red far too frequently by a siovenly disegard of the elementary ruler of grammar and spelling. - Arnprior chronicle. J

on one of its housing pevoieets the Iandon Ooiinty oouncii it building a 140-foot cylindrical wat- er tower which is not an eyesore. The tower forms part of the ' pro- ject's cenml hogging scheme and is encased in at ctive green glass with aluminum frames treated to retain their brightness. - UK In- formation Office.

The Albcrtan has gone to bat for the Mounted Police as often and an vigorously as any newspaper in Canada. We have unlimited faith in them as a force. But it must be sdmitbed they are weak on public relations. In fact there is often a suggestion of ntempt for the pub- lic. If they don't gknow, they should be told that they are servants of the public. paid by the public, and indirectly are responsible to the public. It is part. of their duty to tell the public what they are doing. Just as they expect and usually get full co-operation from the public, so the public expects co-operation from them. The press. as the agent of the public, is entitled to official recognition, is cordial reception and warm respect in every 11.. C. M. P. detachment office in canada.- Cai- gary Albertan.

The advance of science may have brought in its train many fearsome developments but. it has also freed the world of a number of super- stitions and grave fears. In very early times the appear cc of a comet was regarded with mingled awe and fear. The sighting of one of these in the year 1456 seemed to frightened peoples, an omen of disaster, particularly since the Turks had just seized Constantinop- le and were i” atoning to advance farther into continental Europe. To the services of every Christian

blaming par- ents. and parents. teachers. --lkn- they mum

and the comet." d not mllu that it was Bailey's ma uh.

5017 V lobed ll tiled WWW!” they Inirhi nt:?pl:)::: Min to tririuuee But. they am... know And no. in their desperation nu 0111! utter a prayer ..' appearance of this dread sight Tlieirsiaaii old cry now and one. nfghnhll ROM completely out or - lit. as has been suggested in time columns recently, rung M, his retard the legalistic Jargon rur- 'WN"1nI the operation of their car ferry service as reminiscent of this "WW" -went Islanders would uh amt? agony service main. . were "”"l."it." "IGl1lble"wo:1lt:ed"'mef Quite basis. And without resort '” "ch lnlvpropriate excuses as they were liven recently. Anything 1:; th;;:u.tha is unsatisfactory. Hall: I . - Halifax Chronicle.

lorry roe-nay. who died recently was one of those old-time real news: paper reporters who got around know people, rang doorhells, asked questions and never once. no matter how ions on the Job. lost curiosity. He never leaned on press agents to blunt M8 We-witness observation: nor did the modem -plague of ma tailored axe-pg:-i.nding "handouts" 3"" mm W0 3835' to let out on the street and find things out for him. self. It was a delight and a mar. vol, a sound education in news. paper reporting. to watch Harry W999! bilckle down and dig out a tough hidden story with the re. vealing facts needed for the Whole picture. but a cub reporter tag along with Feeney Just one day and hed get more savvy on his grade then A yen”: stop at the fanciesi l school of journalism. Brooklyn was his district and he covered it for Ycsrs for his newspaper with dis. tinction. Harry Feeney was a great reporter. We know no greater Drlise. - New York World-Tele- Ham and Sun. ,

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Wheat field's. where the glad, pul- eating

1 Gleam of mowers, moves along-.

Through the. day so rich and heavy.

Belled with bees, a pollen d bevy, Jargoning their honled song; Comes the niusic of far voices Dying. swelling. here to me; Thuswise all the earth rejoices At. tho'year's maturity.

Z Note of wild-geese, where low- hanging Mlsts drift over marshes bleak;

Fromifar. northern lakes 3. clung- n .

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In a world of smoke and b d , Where far over wild lake-meadow, sunsets burn on field and creek; Comes with all the lakes far moaning on some bare coast blesk and drear. Voices wild and sweet intcning Music of the dying year.

' -wuma Campbell.

SHAW EICTUII

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