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Morning Dally tllouudod in i087) Authorized as Second Clan Mail. Will om" . Department, Ottawa.

Presldult, Ian A. Burnett; Vice-President, Wm. P. Burnett; Sonya-Trees» G. M. Burnett: Editor a-ua Managing Director, J. ll. Burnett; Associate Editor. Funk Walker.

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SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 1946

llur Transport Problems

Prince Edward Island cordially welcomes ransport Minister Chevrier to the Province this evening. He has kindly changed his plans, so that instead of leaving on Sunday he will re-l main over until Monday and will address thei

Charlottetown Rotary Club at their noon luncheon. Even so, his visit will be short. We may assume, however, that the Min- ister has been studying our special prob-

lems since ho assumed his responsible portfolio, and that he is sincerely desirous of helping us overcome our transportation handicaps, which have been particularly onerous since the loss of the 5. S. Charlottetown early in the war.

The launching of the new car ferry, and even its operation at Borden when it comes, will not solve all our problems by any means. There is, for example, the question of car ferry truck rates, which has been before the Board of Rail- way Commissioners but over which the Board admitted that it has very limited jurisdiction. We hope Mr. Chevrier ‘will revise his opinion formerly expressed that his Department has no responsibility in this matter, and instruct the railway management to lower their rates.

There are many other matters that could profitably be discussed with the Minister if he had the time. Some of them were outlinedJn the report of the P. E. l. Advisory Reconstruc- tion Committee, which no doubt Mr. Chevrier has seen but which he may have forgotten. This committee recommended, among other things, the immediate provision of a special auxiliary ferry to handle automobiles, trucks and busses at Borden and Tormentine "in a continuous, expeditious and modern manner." lt anticipated, as soon as gasoline restrictions are removed, a traffic over this route of some 50,000 cars per year. The special ferry need not be an ice- breaker, but it should have accommodation for at least 100 vehicles per trip. This is a very important recommendation, about which the Minister should be fully informed.

lt is also imperative, in the Reconstruction Committee's view, that "new and larger auto- mobile and truck ferries be provided for the Wood Islands-Caribou route." The Charles A. Dunning has been placed on this service since the committee reported, but there is still much to be done in connection with a further recom- mendation for "improvements to the docks and channels at Wood Islands and Caribou togeth- er with modern navigation lights," and the es- tablishment of telephone communication at both piers with radio communication between the boats and the piers.

Enlargement is suggested of the railway shops at Charlottetown/where it has been the practice in recent years to send all cor or engine jobs costing over $5,000 to Moncton. This is a sad commentary on the railway's policy of cen- tralization. At one time over 400 men were employed in the Charlottetown shops. At the

time the committee report was prepared this number had dwindled to sixty-three regular employees.

Suggested railway improvements include

installation of more danger signals and elimin- ation where possible of level crossings; im- provement in railway stations, and in methods of handling passengers and freight; "a greater and more even supply" of refrigerator cars; a permanent shunter service at Summerside oper- ating within the Kensington-Miscouche area; improved service on the Elmira branch and Charlottetown-Murray Harbor line; rearrange- ment of schedules so that freight will be hand-y

Election llay In Australlaf‘

Australian electors go to the polls today to pass judgment on their Labor Government headed by Prime Minister Joseph Benedict Clnefly, and it is anybody's bet how the contest will go. The Prime Minister is regarded as his party_s strongest campaigner in its bid for ra- electlon. He celebrated his 6lst birthday 6n Sept. 22, ‘and opened with a speech detailing Labour's five-year record of government, declar- ing at the same time that he intended neither f° 5l°°P _l0 "mud-slinging" nor offer "glitter- Ingpromlses." An engine driver during Aus- trallas railway strike of l9l7, Mr. Chiefly gain. ed favor with working men and was elected to Parliament as a Labor candidate in i928.

The Prime Minister's right bower i; Dr, Herbert Vere Evatt, Minister of External Af- fairs, who left the Paris Peace Conference to come home for the campaign and is consid- ered to be worth from 50,000 and 250,000 ex. tra votes for the Labor party. A distinguish- ed student at Sydney University where he later lectured, Mr. Evatt was on the bench of the Australian High Court at the age of 36 before successfully seeking election in Barton, New South Wales, in i940. He joined the first cabinet formed in i941 by the late John Curtin and has been Attorney General and External Affairs Minister since.

Fiscal expert of the Opposition parties in the last Parliament and leader of the Austral- ian Country party which has represented the important grazing and agricultural interests in the House since the First Great War, is Hon. Arthur Fadden. He was Prime Minister brief- ly in 194i before Labor gained power by a Par- liamentary manoeuvre. ln the current election, as spokesman on financial matters for the joint Liberal-Country party campaign, Mr. Fadden dropped a minor bombshell with proposals to reduce income taxation by 900,000,000 more than cuts introduced by the Labor Government a few weeks before.

The Liberal leader, Hon. Robert Gordon Menzies, is the most eloquent of the party chiefs. He was Prime Minister from i939 until l94l when the strength of Labor in the House of Representatives forced {him to resign his leadership of a United Australia party and Country party coalition. The government he headed was returned in the wartime election of i940 with o slight majority which was lost when two independent members withdrew their sup- port. ln the last Parliament Mr. Menzie led the Opposition and was chosen to head the newly- formed Liberal party for the election campaign.

ProtestantTETfianage Appeal

The annual appeal of the Protestant Orph- anoge opens on Monday and it is very import- ant that this year, as in the post, the response be generous. lt should not be necessary to point out that during the war years there was a greater demand placed upon the services of the Orphanage, due to families being scattered and homes broken up. The war is over, but the re- sponsibility for caring for the children remains. With prevailing high prices for all commodities, this is not easy to discharge. lt can only be done by the fullest public support.

The Orphanage in its twenty-five years of existence has given magnificent service to the community, and in return it has enjoyed public confidence in a manner very gratifying to all con- cerned in its management. Such being the case, there should be no question as to the suc- cess of next week's campaign. The volunteer workers should be met with a smile as well as a prompt and handsome donation. They surely

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Feast of St. Michael and All the Angels tomorrow. The politicians are already planning for the by-electian in the Fifth district of Prince. "k i: at "k

Those on Daylight Saving Time should change clocks and watches to Standard time be- fore retiring tonight.

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The reopening of the schools, and resump- tion of entertainments, etc., indicate that we have returned to the normal way of life and health.

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led solely by freight trains; improvement in rail, way yards at Charlottetown and Summerside; modernization of Charlottetown depot; enlargerl merit of Charlottetown and Summerside freight sheds, etc. l

The committee strongly stressed the need‘ of a new Hillsboro Bridge to carry heavier railway equipment as well as trucks and busses; alto construction of the Brighton and West Riwer Bridges to compensate for lack of railway f c-l ilities in the Charlottetown-Jonshaw-Victo ia —-Tryon to Borden area, and the paving th Federal assistance of as many roads as poss lo in these areas.

Air transportation recommendations in which also Mr. Chevrier will be interested/in- clude extension of runways at Charlottetown and Summerside and maintenance at tliose stations of the most modern air traffic radio and safety facilities; establishment of air strip landing fields at or near Montague and Souris; also of a direct air service between Prince Edward Island and Newfoundland _and extension of present air service to additional points in tho Maritimos. '

The Minister may gather from tho foregoing summary that our wants are oxtrarqgont, but such is not the can. We are unquestionably tho most, long-suffering people in all Canada when transportation grievances are concurred. have soon rights guaranteed to us under Confederation treated as scraps of poplar at Ottawa; hoard promises made‘ and brolrorl with ' lrnpiunltyhamgodoral maiden can? tol a to ws w we P" I

r 7 ‘C. We are tired of tlrlo o are euro tlio new Mirr- rm out claim, will roc-

The various churches are completing pre- porations for Fall and Winter work on the part of their various organizations. There appears to be a re-awakening of church life with the re- turn of so many young men and women to civies.

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The photos appearing in our columns of the Governor-Generals visit, with the exception of those at the Experimental Farm, were taken exclusively for The Guardian by Mr. Norman M. Saunders and are a credit to his artistic taste and selective abiliay. *

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September takes its departure. "Poor Robin's Almanac” of date "i695 has this rhyme on it: '

"Geese now in their prime season are Which, if well roasted, are good fore: Yet, however, friends, take heed How too much on them‘ you food, Lest, when, as your tongues run loose, Your discourse do’ smell of,Goose."

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Louis Pasteur, French chemist, died this date I895; held various appointments in Paris from I857 till ho became director of tho Pasteur Institute; best known for his work on micro- organisms; showod that alcoholic and acetic fermentation j: caused by living organisms, and um when these ato killcd, or excluded, decay is prevented. Thus ho opposed the ‘spontaneous generation, aqd introduced lzatlon.

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It will take a llttlo time for many World War ll moms to form tho habit of turning out r0 parade. memory of compulsory par- ades is all llfirllh for many of them to rc-

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THE unorznuprlcluwn GUARDIAN

Notes Bfy The Way

The flaw In some pooph h u“: they don't sprout tolls lzke dogs do, so they Just wag their tongues instead -—Ot.l:av1-1. citizen.

An American blleball player's demand for 080.000 a season seams QXCCE-Slhc; out. then perhaps ho wants lo build a five-room house, —-Edmo.‘.on Journal.

The Brilllh claim of 1i Hi- llons in reparations from Italy was not a joke, just a grim m. minder that Britain had claims as well as others. And the Brit- ish claim ls about. u enforce. able as any the other-s make, probably much more legitimate, foo, except for that of Greece.-

St. Catharina Standard. Whenever people talk about "free this or that. being given

offered under government auspices, lt ls well to bear tn mlnd that they themselves are going to pay for it. 1n one way or another. 1f the payment ls made upon o. direct cor-tributary bssls. It wlll be mode out of the taxes which the people pay. Governments never ve away anything for llotlllng. A1 they do Ls to use the funds whlch are don- eted by the people. -Brookvl1le Record and Times. A load example pf the

from outside for Canadian goods ls in the worsted clotll field. A sharp increase m the American‘ price of wars-reds threatened the Canadian supply before export con- trols could be nstituted American traders, who make it a business at watching prices everywhere, found that they could buy Con-ad. Ian cloth. y duty and freight and sell lt pro ltubly la the States. Al- most overnight they hacl bought out most of the wholesalers and jobbers and were after the retailers when the controls were clapped on. -—Wlnnipeg Free Pres-s.

it is reported that the Australian Government nos alspntched o ship to look for survivors of the Cruis- er Perth. who are sold to have been living with the natives of a South Seas ooral island since their Ship was sunk ln 1942. All we can su-y ls that we rope they don't flnd them. Anybody who has sense enough to locate a oora‘. island and stay On 1t these days. deserves to be left alone ln pr-sce and comfort. Particularly lf the friendly natives resemble Dorothy Lomcur or other varieties o1 silverscreen sarong stuffing. -Colgarv Albertlm.

The Clydebonk ahipbailrler la nothing lf not resourceful. H; has many side-lines. He has now start- ed to export. small craft by crate, says The London Graphic. He does not launch them on complgtlopg When they mach that stage they are dlsfnarilod plate by plate, crated, then sent. as cargo to be assembled and put. into oervloe when they reach ‘the For East. Olydestde is very busy these days. Shlpbullddlng ls by no means its sole interest. It ls taking a blgpart in repairing war ravage. In the For East particularly. lt. ls helping to reopen mines. rebuild factories and plan new harbors.

"A nun returning from ihe Orient dlsembarked at Seattle. He boos-me acutely and critically lll. Smallpox was suspected and later the diag- nosis was confirmed. Unfortunately the patient died, but lf that. were the‘ complete story. while tr would have been unfortunate for the mar. and his family society would not have been hurt. However, prior to his illness becoming so severe that he required medical care he had had contact. with many unprotect. ed irnocent citizens. "The final picture showed llfl cases and 20 deaths with 41 showing scars re- sulting from moderate or severe attacks." This shows very definite need for protective action now smallpox. -1-feolth News

Jockeys are better plffl than any other class at the community. A first-alas jockey can earn a gross lnoome of 10.000 pounds a you and his actual working any occupies about ‘three hours. His expenses are heavy but a rte‘. income of 1,000 pounds a year ls possible to a lea/i. in; performer. The work ls not prrtloularly smenuous and a jock- ey's working llfr often exceeds twenty years, giving lzlm ample time to salt awnv more than enough money to retire on. Perhaps the worst aspect. of a lookeyb life is the difficulty of keeplnv his weight

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FARM PAll-ITY PRICES

l! I I e9 t i EN! - l’,‘.’;’.,..§2ll’.‘§‘.”wnl.’ which your, col- umnlst. closes a charming story all the instability of the "inch r/arm as a basis of lineal measurement: "Ngw that we know that an inch worm l; not an inch worm, what assurance have we that a cent-Wed? has a hundred feet?"

The gbvloug answer, of course. n that. n hasn't. My trowel “M1- paned to cut. one ln half while dojng a spot of weeding the other day, and after an lnltlal nlrclmg (to investigate the Plinth“) ‘hf halves moved off tn opposite f!- rectlonsl

The above reference to lineal measurement somehow_ reminded this reader of the deterioration of qualify, quantity, standards and service as urban business squlrm~ ed under the pressure of ‘price cantlrol," since the early veers of the war. In this respect certainly there has been nothing in the nature of "parity," as between the product; of agriculture and those or the processing and manufactur- ing industries? It seems to have been taken for cranked that the former could and should “hold the line" in terms of quality. plus bas- ic weights and measures. I think he has done so, to o remarkable extent-the classical example being the bushel of the finest bread grain l-n-the world, 60 lbs. of which had a lower money-value than the some weight of sawdust, back ln i935. Things are improved today, vast.- ly better than ln the depression decade; but lt cannot be suffic- iently understood, that the form- er’s costs have also surged upward wherever he turned for his opera- tional needs ln the market-place. This trend, lus the deterioration ln quality, s not unrelated to todayu unbalance, as between the

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as; compared with the secondary industries. The dlsinclination of hundreds of thousands of young form-trained Canadians to "retum to their place among the plant- ers" places this disparity whore every citizen will see if -but the

to choose. and I was pleased to see the C. l", A., in your clty, say so.

I am, Sir, etc., STUDENT Toronto Sept. M.

MILK PRICES

sum-Attached ‘ls a clippln from the Saint John Telegraph ournal

which ls self-explanatory. St. John's Mayor if seems struck the point when he said, "I think the suggested spread is out of line from a humanitarian standpoint." Granted that; the Producers and Dealer: do sacrifice some pro-tit, are they not better able to bear it than the thousands of oar wage earners with large fem lies. It would be well for our muni- cipal authorities to follow the ex- ample of Saint John, as Dr. Car- son seems to be fighting a one- man bottle for the consumer. I am, Sir. etc. A POOR CONSUMER. (Enclosure) Communications opposing a pos~ sible increase in the cost o! milk to the consuming public from l3 to 15 or l6 cents a quart were sent yesterday by Mayor- McKenna. acting on behalf of the Common Council, to Donald Gordon, chair- man of the Wartime Prices and Trade Board. and Dr. L. A. Dono- van. Saint John. chairman of the New Brunswick Dalry Products Commission. The council had rlis- cussed the situation at, its weekly meeting yesterday and had auth- orized the mayor to take Ulla fur- ther action. In his telegram to Mr, Gordon, the mayor pointed out. "the sug- gested increase ln the price of milk here from l3 to 16 cents a quart based on the assumption that the subsidy of approximately one and one-eighth cents per quart will cease as of Oct. l. It price ceilings are to be maintained, I Jannot imagine any instance ln which this policy should be followed more closely than in this regard. The increase would affect thousands of families In this city and would re- sult in hardship to thousands of

down a dlrlc-ultv which increases with success because he dare not enjoy lo the full the fruios of thotl success, certainly not ln the mot fer of good llvlng. -Provlncl-al News and Feature Agency.

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The efficiency with which Can- ada carried out her wartime pro- duction Job and indicated the dev. elopments ln soecllllllcd fields whlchl might be expected from the new skills learned cy her englr-zera and workmen The "North star" the 40-‘ passenger tranomrt capable of fly- tng 3,500 miles nomstop with a maximum cruising speed of 325 mlles an hour and an altitude llmlt of 28.000 feet. may be token as, a sample of thlngn to come. Tb the accepted abllltloa of Oanq udlana to operate In the Ill‘ have, been added the demonstrated oop- obtlltles of the Dominion! produc. flora- foroeo to make the qo-data planes ln which they wll fly. 1t

enoourac to soc auoh ovldoaco of this ooumryu determination to keep peas with the rapid advances

of the all’ M4- both in blllldllll alrcruft on‘! in flying them. - Vlotorla 11am

The mallard orop h being vealed and it to a good year. It at: new crops some 90. acres-token out produoflm, Tho lqthbrtd;

reports. Th amps are being YiII"'HB:CTnID than potatoes lumbar

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children." The telegram Bfirlod that. the council "would app-remote your sympathy and co-operutlcn," and. further. that the council was netting ln touch also with the Dairy Products Commission, "which coa- trols the price of milk products in New Brunswick."

In his communication to Dr. Donavon, the mayor wrote that. “such an increase (from l3 to or l6) can only cause hardship on many fomllles, and whlle I ap- preclnle hardship may be Worked on others I th nk the suggested spread ls out. of line. from a hum- anitarian standpoint, and quite contrary to the price ceilings con- trol which we are told on all rlllcl means l0 much in safeguarding the economy of this country. I read with some interest the rea- sons advanced for the suggested Increase but I cannot see how any greater hardship would be work- ed on this particular branch cf ln- dustry than on any others; and lf the some llne of argument =s fol- lowed than there must be a drsstlc and injurious increase in the cost of llvlng horoubouts- . .'I'he Com- mon Councll does not wlsh to be unreasonable but lt. does think that neither should than respon- nlblo for the production and Ill3~ trlbutlon of ml k be unreasonable.”