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Morning Daily (Founded in 1887) Authorised ue Second Cine itlnil, Poet Office Department. Ottawa.

Plelldent, Inn A. Burnett; Vlce-Preeident. Wm. l. Burnett; Beep-Tress. G. M. Burnett; Editor end Managing Director, J. B. Burnett; Auuoointo Editor. Prank Walker.

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

MONDAY, JANUARY G, 1M1

Railways And Freight Rates

Si“ a year he man a bit higher up the scale is even more dicapped. He gets no benefit from the family

hildrea and is receiving a family allowance of is only $73 better off. But the han-

llowances he receives, but pays more to help nether family which is in less fortunate circum-. tances than a man earning the some income, but

with no children at all. I The need for revision and simplification of

the present system has been recognized by the Federal Administration in the emphasis it has placed on the elimination of duplicate and pyra- mided taxes. Ottawa goes through the costly and complicated process of collecting $250,000,- 000 per year and distributing it in the form of family allowances. tion of the families receive the advertised bene-

From this only a small por-

lletes lly The flay

Luke Ont-er‘ level; continue lo decline. Tihe monrthly mean for of thlis yftan- wee 241.66

lfeet above lee level. fl-Yid for Nov- ember was mm. a drop of more than seventeen inches. The level ‘recorded Ituesday at Toronto wae 3453B. which is almost exactly what it Wile in the first week of Decem- -bi?l'. 1926- An exceptionally heavy fail of snow this winter migiht lead 31o flooding around the lakc next ,yeair. but the present outlook is ‘that next summer will he freer from ethe threat of high vraier problems

‘than was the summer of 194s. --

TIIE MEANS T0 ATIAIN A HAPPY LIFE

My friend, attain The happy life be these, I 11nd; The riches left. not got with pain; The fruitful ground. the quiet

the things that Co

mind; The eqtiol friend; no grudge, no 5 Z No charge of rule. nor governance; Without disease the healthy life;

fit. Yet the Government is maintainin n ex- - .. . N9“ l‘ lflke" b)’ ll“ Fl"°"c"°' Pf,“ 9f the orbitantly high sales tax, much of it llldgddfi, and | A n" Gwu-mcm "y y M,“ Tull: lhilllsuhtiildofucglilllilicrii

fact that the "fringe" Prof/inf!“ '- Wlllfl‘ l‘ it falls heaviest on all those families it claims fires m Londorrspubll: scehroollsrurt- wlsditm i°l"°‘l will‘ ElIHPIPT-tffii

Torontoese for the Western Provinces and the to aid‘ ms temperature fails bfllow fifty The “lgh? discharged i“ “l1 Cl"- Maritime Provinces, have a big stake in any de- ‘iefifees- Coal is so mama in Frne- whfiepggll? the w“ m“ mt w‘ . cision of the Board of Transport Commissioners “r111; hmgvigrgligllimop’ mkrliiasbisflfz; lTho faithful wife, without debate; regarding freight increases. "Both 'fringe' sec- ___ ED|TOR|AL NQTES __ London who‘), chime,“ wnignofnmsuch Sign‘? as may beguile the

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tions," says a Post writer, "would like to see more local industry. This means cheap trans- portation particularly since these provinces have to compete with highly industrialized Ontario and Quebec. Both railway heads, however, ap- pear to see a silver lining in the badly frayed revenue coat, since the year-end reports of both convey a Benerally optimistic note. President Coleman notes that the steamship business of the C. P. R. is picking up, with his company getting six 'Beaver' class ships into operation during l946. President Vaughan also states that i947 will see the return of two ships to the Canadian National Steamship fleet after wartime service. In addition, one of the three new motor vessels went into operation in i946 with the other two expected fairly early in I947."

Some of the other highlights mentioned in the

C. P. R. report are:

l New equipment included 856 box cars and l6 Diesel-electric switchers. Another 3,000 units of various types of freight car equipment are

i also on way.

A program is enger equipment an

in hand to modernize pass- d will include 70 cars to be

i purchased, plus 37 reconstructed. Purchase of a new ice-breakin! ferry (Abegweit) between P. E. I. and Cape Tormen- tine, N. B.

Construction of a 350-ft., 5,700-ton ship for the Pacific service.

Construction of an office building and hotel in the Central terminal area of Montreal.

This doesn't look as if the railways are pov- erty stricken. lt is quite arguable that they need more freight revenue. lt is also arguable that the asked-for 30 per cent increase in rates would be ruinous to Maritime shippers and importers. The Post professes to see something in both contentions. lt adds:

"Before i947 is many months old, a decis- ion will have to be made on the freight ques- tion. No one believes it will be easy to reach that decision but according to newspaper re- ports a distinctly disturbing note was sounded at _|ast week's hearing. Counsel for the rail- roads and the provinces indulged in verbal com- bat which injected a spirit of acrimony and bit- terness into the proceedings. Crux of the argu- ment was that fhe provinces wanted certain sta- tistical inforomtion from the railroads which the companies said would take too long to prepare.

"This action by both parties does not augur well for the opening of the hearing in Febru- ary. There is no reason why this problem, which affects the entire nation, should be approached in a spirit of bitterness and made more diffi- cult by petty quarreling. A solution must be found if the railroads are to continue to play their vital part in the national economy. Fair- ness and the spirit of compromise is the least that both sides can contribute to a successful outcome."

highland Rehabilitation

A plan to make part of poverty-stricken Ross and Cromarty, one of Scotland's biggest counties, a "test-case" experiment in West High- land rehabilitation is put forward by the county council.

Already the health department is co-oper- ative in a survey of conditions in thewest coast Applecross area with its sparse population and primitive communications. The plan is to ex- tend the study to other mainland districts and try to find some way to solve Highland diffi- culties. . i The dual problem is to overcome congestion ‘ , in the Isle of Lewis and the population collapse in parishes of the northwest mainland.

Even though the east fringe has fertile soil and some industry, only Dingwall and lnvergor- don among the four biggest towns have shown population growth during the last 90 years. Crom- arty has declined rapidly through the failure of the herring fishery and a strong inclination in Scotland toward economic centralization.

liestly, Complicated lied llnfalr

~ The new income tax schedules which come into effect at the first of the year are cited by the Globe and Mail an example of the futility of piece-meal legislation. They demonstrate that much more is required than‘ the |uggl|ng_of forms to re-establish the principle of equity. The tax structure continues to rest on no sounder or fairer basis than it did in wartime. The rais- lng of a given sum of money in the most con- venient way possible is still the governing fac-

In the new schedules there has been, of

' course, some effort to correct inequalities or anomalies. But if does not speak much for this effort when it ls admitted that in doing so new inequalities have been treated. For example, it is not an encouraging or a healthy state of af- fairs far a man earning a modest income to be told that if he wants to get the most out of the reductions permitted under the tax changes he

tion Army Citadel. fi

Citizens Day—Canada a nation. Week of Prayer opens tonight at Salva-

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The Feast of Epihany--Twelfth Day. Com-

memorotes the showing of Jesus to the Magi. ‘much worse. fi i l‘ i

Congratulations to Messrs. R. T. Holman

Ltd. on entering their ninetieth year of busi- ness. They are leaders among our good-old busi- ness firms, and have been consistent and extens- ive newspaper advertisers all the years of their| profitable ‘existence. May they have many more hwmflwmtlon o, m, high 5mm anniversaries.

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Joan of Arc born this day i412; French

Patriot of Domremy, who was entrusted by Char- les, dauphin of France with the leadership of the Army, and set out to relieve Orleans be- sieged by the English; her courage, faith and extraordinary military gifts swept her to irre-

sistible success; Orleans was saved, the coun- try all but cleared of the enemy, enabling the Dauphin to be crowned at Rheims; she wished to return home, but was dissuaded; disaster after a mock-trial was burned as a witch at Rouen; beatified in i909; canonized in i920.

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The New Year has opened with important

business changes, not the least being the trans- fer of the control of the Exhibition Association

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W. Boulter, O.B.E., to a group of enterprising

at and attained by their predecessors. It

been, are still available f should their services be required. i A‘ l‘ f

Director of Atom Research on l3th December

ilar to radium.

radium source used in medical treatment. i I i I

island is the absorption by Canada Packers o

Islander who made good both here and in Hali fax, where the main portion of the business wa carried on. But Canada Packers are live wire

where they have branches, and we have their as surance that they will have as much, if not eve

COFEGI‘.

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criminafion, says The Gazette. lt is making

sign will become no less willing than those whic

nipeg Press: cision (in regard to British Columbia), since changes the basis of the negotiations, can fa

that are asking for anoth

been weakened. Q I

The world's first let-propelled Wing" aircraft—British Armstrong Whitworth

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wll get married, but have no children. To _. have children will mean higher taxes. g (At QmJhe man without children gets a

If he has two

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reduction of sre n. rm m.

616 m.p.ll. record-breaking Glestor Meteor.

overtook her; she was handed to the English, and I

from Col. D. A. MacKinnon, D.S.O., and Mr. .I.

a good thing indeed that this public utility bus- iness should change hands at a time when those who made it the success it undoubtedly hasym-d an" they or advice and direction lsetticd. No more standing in line

"Atomic piles" now being built up in Har- well, England, will produce materiols for treat- ment of cancer. These materials will act as a Km-Pdi and Penalties W111 be ivvird supplement to radium. This announcement was " made by Professor Cookcroft, United Kingdom

A metal such as cobalt would be put into the pile and left there for a month, he said. By then it would have acquired properties very sim- A small piece of cobalt would have an activity about equal to the biggest

Another business change affecting the whole

Davis 8r Fraser. lt is regrettable to find a fine, old Island business like the latter passing out of existence, for the late Hon. Mr. Fraser was an

and most successful in every part of Canada

more, concern for the interests of farmers and consumers here than the firm which they have displaced. All the good wishes will go to them “m, 50cm council o; we united for a widened and still more extensive business Nations, Its object is lo hold pre-

strangely stony road for national unity. lt may be that the provmcas that were the first to drscmsym, on frQnflgg-g and

have not yet signed to have a Dominion-Pro- vincial Conference called, in which open agree- ments may be openly arrived at. Says the Win- u 51,. 5mm“, 0mm, tom m, m. It ls difficult to see how this de- panatohy Committee,

same token, it would appear that unless some method can be devised whereby the clearly un- fair provisions of the British Columbia agree- ment can be offset, the position of Ottawa has the cleveregt variety

"Flying

AW-52--will make its first test within the next few days. The new aircraft, like the De Havill- and 10B toilless plane, which it resembles, has been built for high speed research, the results of which will provide designs for Britain's rev- olutioneFy airliners of the future. Unlike the De Havilland machine, which has a fuselage but no tailplene, AW-52 has neither tail nor fuselage. It is the first aircraft ever built with an absol- utely smooth wing._ The pilot, crew, and eng- ines are housed almost entirely within the con- tours of the wlng which spans some 90 feet and embodies a number of new control devices de- signed to keep aircraft stable under ell condi- tion: of very high and very low speed flight. 5°! Engines of AW-52 ere two Rolls-Royce Derweni gas turbines similar to those which powered the

move much. enduring fcr hours trm- ‘ , Dera-turcs in the fifty's. Daytime liv- iflf; in room temrxraxures below glxiy nlhtches any other exlXJmire to cold bvih for discomfort and as a nlenace no health. It should make for bat- ience with our ovm posture: short- 71898 to realize that the c = in Eflfliamd on this nccr‘ . —Detmlt. News.

l “Dictaforiul powers" assumed by ‘the Secretary 0f State under the National Health Bill for Scotland "J9 rfifniicd by the medical plOfoss- ion. Any dictatorial infringement of , freedom of action and thousht, it is L emphasized, would inevitably lead to i 21rd

which the medical pmfe "always sought to maintain. ‘should be, it, is declared. adequate ffipziesontation of the mcdical PFC)- fcssiorl on all administrative bodies, asmsiated with the new service, _1 Edinbillih Srxxtsman.

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What the ladies will say about Dr. IVOr Griffith. 0f Philadelphia. ‘can be left to liicir inlaginalionsi ‘Dr- Griifilh says tho-t the reason‘ lwmén Dflmp l; because t-h are' living halrvi to be as lcoautgll as t. e men. He says further that the M195 0f amy species have always been the more handsome and that vwmon have inferiority ccmpiexes. into the bargain, about their com-y Dfflfliive lack of beauty. Maylbe he,

Contented with thine own estate Neither wish death, nor fear I might.

—Henry Howard, Earl of Su‘:

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Old Charlottetown land PILL)

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COLONIAL BUILDING CONTRACTORS

An Act to authorize the appoint- ment of wmlnlissiclners l0 superin- tend the errction cf the Colonial (now Provincial) Building was

has passed by the Legislature in the ma“, session o! 1842, and under it the

following commissioners were ap- pointed: the Hcnourables Ambrose Lane, Thomas Health Hayiband. James Peake, Edward Palmer, and John Mayne H011. The commission- ers at once set to uork to carry out the duties laid upon them. They appointed Isaac Smith, superin- ienrdonrt of construction, lmd agree- ilifillls for the different parts of the work were entered into beoweeal them and the several contractors and their sulreties.

The first, agreement was made on Oct. 18, i842. between the oom- missioners and John Boyle of Char- lottetown. to make all the neces- sary earth excavations. and remove

knows. He does rmearch along that in“? “WW5 @1113’ l0 111B l0" Kmimd iline. —Va-rloouvcr Sum, ‘on the northern side of the bulld- _~__ ,ing and on the part. 0t‘ Great

“Play a! Y0" Play" golf courses‘ are common enough, and "pay as; you drive" automobile buying is old; stuff; but now the Chesapeake 3r;

Islanders hdetlermlnedd to‘carry on ‘the organlza- 0M0 Railway is advemsmg hwy‘ tion on te lnes an with the obyectlves aimed as you g0“ fpgvel‘ The m“. pmn, |5 will enable travellers to phone for.

coach scat or Pullman space, go

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are comfortably or wasting secretaries‘ time having them pick up reservations. To have Pullman space held can phcne order only C 8e O will require that the |truaveiier hold its special credit

if such restrved space i5 not used or properly cancelled. —Toron-‘.o Financial Post. . . . .

So Walter Johnson iu dead. The news must have been a shock to millions of Americans, for heme was the man whom marl-y called buse- bail‘; fines‘. and grc-alest pilcher. ‘whose wonderful swiflness and ac- ‘curacy had no compare. The record books are laden with Johalsonh per- formances. but he liked best. to rc- member how in 1908 he defeated fdhe New Yolk Yanikceg in thrcc Ioonsecutive games Qvgr your days.

eleven hits in ail. No ‘wonder that Ty Cobb. once asked about his moist embarrassing experience, said: ‘Washington on any dark afternoon with Walter Johnson pitching." - rNew York Herald-inflame.

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The Preparatory Committee the Intornaltiortal Trade and Em- ployment Conference met for the first time in London. Tho gather- ing was organized by the Economic

llmlnla/rw diecumiorle on the great issues which wild be decided next lyear. when the full Trade and Em-

‘lt ‘has become still ‘more obvious that Ot- ploymm,‘ commence meow Hm‘ tawas insistence on keeping the provinces apart “my fun Qonremnge may 510w re-l IS creating a tangle of discrimination and re-

suits which will be of permanent. and glorious benefit to mankind- results which can provide a, surer fcrlmdatioin for peace than all the na- tional riglhts which have absorbed the attention of statesmen during the last i2 months. The ulm is wvorld economic co-operatlon —— and

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there were “no rules of international com-druct in matters cri trade and ccmrnex-ce" during the years which followed

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to strengthen those provinces, like Nova Scotia, Wald w” my,‘ That 1mg; o‘; w. er conference. By the operation contributed very largely

to the coming oi World Wea- Two. -Iond0n. Eng. lhily Herald.

poodle. the retriever. the Airedale. ,the St. Benn/rid. the Alsatian to give a few examples, have their sup- porters; and some analysts main- tained that the spaniel has the biggeet brain with moet convolut- ions. Perhaps the moet concrete evidence is supplied by the owners of eheepdogs, which are one of the only definitely hired for intelligence. I know one of these that was condemned ae too stupid for the shepherd, and It wee adopt- ed by en amateur farmer. In e

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would on lxmructiorn uo out on lte own arid brine back the single oorw to the yard to be milked. paying no utttntiorl to rather animals, and could be absolutely trusted in such little dcrneetlc obligations e; not to eat. the out‘: dinner! One sheep of my ecqmlrvtence wee good with limo. but moet moved roma- III w young ‘chickens end oanduot- rq them with their proper mothers ee the right piece. The job wee

to the station. climb aboard, a-rlrd 550m’? liJfl-Y will 0r show a special credit.‘

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Ii ie en old question: Whloh iu of dog. The

very short while this "cupid

George street immediateiv adjoin- ing. For this mark, Mr. Boyle was to receive £44 in four instalments. The other comm-actors were; John Ma-cKcnzie and Charles. MaoKen-

zie of Pictou, N S. for suoplripa ll‘? I

‘free stone lot the building; John Fitzpatrick fcr Sii-Plllyihg the Island James Watts and James =McDuff for building the alone work; Na/hhan Wright and Henry Smith for doing the entire

work of the building; George B. Chedlieigh and William McKay for ‘stating the roof; James Miiiher land James Miiinler, Jr., for doing llhe plumbers and bnaziera wook: ‘wlulnm McKay and James connsli lfor the plastering; Henry Smith ‘for the painting and grazierk work-

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‘ ling the whole of the first roof with

Eshaet. copper. l This copper‘ was afterwards taken rup and reniM-‘f-‘ti by a crawl N0!- lliirefure proceeding with the excav- ‘ullohs of the building it was neces- ‘gary to remove the old round Market House that stood on the nwmkd "SHE, on the centre of Queen's Square. ‘This was dome under the M1199?‘ nnrlcnd-amce of the construction ln- ‘spcotqr at a cost of £41. lie. 10d- "rlll5. Market House was built in H823 and removed in 1M2 to a P05‘ ition,on the Square near whats ‘the present. Market Building Stand!»-

ld-uue with h gentle patience alto- ‘gcther delightful to watch. The" nis reason and thcre is insim-Ci- b“! also there ls some mmmi WW" for which we have no name bctwflofl lthe two. Perhaps that, Scotch phil- losotplicl‘ vuho MIWIYI ma‘ r9950“ was developed aioili; u‘! "n" 9f "CCI’ilill‘l.ll’Ig inr-tlncis was cal the right track. Tho outstanding Gill-mil i0; (he (log, especially. as it seeme ‘in m3 of the spaniel. IS that it ‘obviously yeams to understand.-

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