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Morning Daily (Founded in 1887', Authorized as Second Class Mail, Post Office Department, Ottawa. 1rd President. [an A. Burnett; Vice-President, Wm. Er comm‘ e

ever to restore them to their iormer

ure, must be supported by increased taxation. Premier Macdonald maintained to long-range planning

itliulaging Director, .i. n. Burnett; Associate Editor. ning, even by advanced radicals, takes time, an

Frank Walker.

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

CIIARLO'I"I‘ETUWN, MONDAY, NOV. 3. 1947 A Serious Situation

Mr. H. H. Hannam, president oi the Can- adian Federation oi Agriculture, makes the iol- lowing comment_ on the present livestock ieed situation: ~

"The action oi the Dominion Government in removing price controls an meats and ieed grains, coupled with the removal oi» the ieed grain subsidies, will undoubtedly lead to a double lI1Cf€ClS€ in the primary producers' production costs in the livestock, dairy and poultry "ldui" tries. Th H b 4 bl t H‘ Se than a Frankenstein over themselves.

" is wi e a staggering ow o e producers, unless there are substantial increases in the price; oi all meats, milk, butter, cheese and eggs to the consumer. _

"The iive Eastern provinces are suiiering irom one oi the mast severe ieed crop iailures in their history, and a large section oi Sask- ufghnWflfl has also experienced an almost com- plete iailure oi grain crops because oi drought.

"It may be that the Government has in mind compensating livestock producers in those o e provinces who suiiered crop iailures, in some 9 ‘ , ,, other way than by the subsidy they removed rec-

coniidence should be able to halt the work. The party oncc in must stay in, "ior th

or not.

this line oi argument, comments the Halifa

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are called on to govern. th: they could control, and even those who voted en

- EDITORIAL NOTES —

Legion Poppy campaign opens this week. i i i i

Canadian Book Week opens today.

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' ' d t ise ver . . . . enlly‘ 'f collfsuxer Pégcveesrnnfennto L" no); as well as a Provincial one in December, poli- sudswnhu y’ or l e - ticians will be " oin some."

f 9 9 undertake some compensating measures or , , ,, ,

these livestock producers, there will certainly be serious liquidation oi herds and ilocks, a deiin- ibe curtailment oi livestock and poultry produc- tion, and a vcry disturbing decrease in the vol- ume oi products available ior U. K. commit- merits.

"When hard-pressed producers ore denied the American market ior livestock and livestock products, and when export contracts ore iixed on the basis oi lower production costs-—wilh these contracts acting as partial ceilings-a double increase in the purchasing price oi an abnormal amount oi ieed will undermine the industry to an alarming degree."

lt is to be hoped that when the Federal Minister oi Agriculture, Mr. Gardiner, visits this Province shortly, he will have some deiin- than 35 m“ ite policy lo announce in this very important p ' .. ,. .. ., matter. li not, Premier Jones should make it plain to him that Ottawa has let down our iarmers very badly. The Premier cannot be uri- mindlul oi the iact that Clause l8 oi the Speech irom the Throne at the last session oi our Legislature read as follows:

"My Government recognizes the great need oi a national ieed and livestock policy. To sup- port the large number oi livestock now existing in our Province, the continuance oi the ireight assistance policy, or an alternative policy, which will bring western grain at iair prices, must be applied ii iarmers are to continue to produce Lvregsgfcttflslde/lhelr product‘ l" the present or oi the government's proposals until the whole‘ is

The ireight assistance policy is guaranteed mveuleli s s w i only to the end oi the present crop season. What their? li Mr. Gardiner hasn't got the answer, it will be discouraging indeed.

British Bacon Market

It is reassuring to learn, on the authority

Millan the iight is very definitely on. I i1 ‘N I

Acting Prime Minister St. Laurent

ly due lo the ninior blunder ol unpreparedness? To insure peace be prepared lar war. I i i I

are used ior miscellaneous expenses.

Unanimous votes oi confidence in

their respective nomination

Personalities and abuse are irom whatever source they emanate. T I fi i fi

5th the government can handling oi business by bringing in its whole leg- islative program at an early date. The opposi- tion is always loath to commit itseli on any part

Coal as a household iuol is by no means ob- solete. The Anthracite institute has announced in New York the development oi a miniature heating unit called an anthracite which makes use oi a inst iirc an a small pot which is much more eiiicicnt than the conventional slow iirc

_ _ in a large pot. Thc ricw burner is claimed to oi Mr. L. B. Pearsall, chairman oi the Canadian. be dean, automatic and can be Se, up i" a

Meat Board, that Canada will be able to bring home in about 10 nflnum‘

her I947 shipments oi bacon_to Britain up to * ~ v ii

about 250,000,000 pounds before the end oi the Lord 680,99 Gordon so" of me Duke of Wlemlw’ Ymlr l°lll"9 °"lY lS-ooo-ooo Pmmds Gordon, fanatic, died in Ncwgate this date i793‘ 5h"? °l he’ 265-000-000 °blecllve becmlse he led the agitation against the removal oi RC' oi the packinghouse workers’ strike. Tllli l5 ° disabilities, and was instrumental in the rioting matter oi particular interest to lsland breeders, in London and flsewhem i" 1780 known as the "l"? li-‘ud "ll cilmld" l" qllllllll’ °l “led PPFP" l Gordon Riots; he was arrested, tried ior treason li°Q5- Tl" l5 "° elllpll b°°5lr i“ W“ PlilmlY but was acquitted; afterwards lic abandoned the"

shown in an article recently quoted in these coi- Christian yum, and joined m," u; the JEWL nmns irom the industrial and Development Coon-y s »~ ~ e l

cil oi Canadian Meat Packers.

According to Mr. W. R. Shaw's report on iarm activities which appeared in The Guardian oi Octoba‘ ll, our total hog population in this Province should be about l0 per cent over that

Letter carriers jobs are evidently not any yinore remurierative in the Shetland lsles than ‘they are licre. When a rcqucst was made iar an additional mail ior Burra Isle, it was pointed 'out that the Post Oiiic c l e

9i i945 l" "ddlllii" l° WPPlYlW Pl"? 595°" ‘Ion the island, and hade toousgnilobni tasrgsassriliiili "Wlfelr lfllge "UMP?" "l lslulld W95 WW5 ,the maiiboat ta deliver the mails. One reason hostile’: in fir: slug-cor Lruosdzlsgo ylgiven ior lhis was that iishing paid better than an o er oin s. re , . i ein c, y _

the imporipcint development in export oi York- g p05 ma" e * r- v

shire breeding stock. Up to the present over The his“ “action is due m more "I" ' db 200 l"¢°_d'"9 "lilmfll! hi!" bee" slllPPed l° “lllieat at a by-election. Mr. Sean Lemass, lrish the Provinces as iar west as the Rockies, and the Minster of hnyusm, and Commerce, announces demand IS iar in excess oi supply. Mr. Shaw rc- I (says The Laue, Review) the end of the great P°Tl5 lllfll’ "PW°'d5 °l m0 °l 9"’ lmmF" bu"? lrish dream oi seli-suiiiciency under planned established themselves with registered, imorovedyeconomy, in his [ecgnf remarks may Eire m". Yorkshire breeders and the lsland IS-HOW recog- I Pd hope y? pmsper in u bankrupt world’. "H," n, flllcd’ 175 u" °"_l’5l°"d'"9_°'e° °," lfll“ cmllmegl: is very desirable to lull the idea that it is pos- Ln thy‘: fuonrfictimryéh Alplcyyrgyposrttgcnl: hcggtolareel: :h:I'$lblE to prosper by more pay ior less work. emn r lS * * * '- Brit-sh ba:on agreement. To have iallen too iar: short oi meeting our commitments in Britain' would have had unfortunate results ior all con- ‘cerried.

lt will be noted with regret that while num- ,erous assistant ministers have been appointed by Prime Minister King, not one has been chosen ,irom this Province. Can it be that we are not _ icareiuj enough to elect candidates'oi the qual- PfBllIiQf Macilonalifs Warning |ity oi which statesmen are made? An aggres- Isive personality with "the machine" behind him Addressing the Dalhoosie University Liberal may win an election but subsequently lose the Club the other day, Premier Angus Macdanaldueputation oi the constituency ior sane com- discussed the possible danger oi a sociolistic man sense in its choice. party coming into power in this country. His‘ " ‘ ‘ ' principal point was that 'any party committed to The Moncton Hotel Company will be in- universal planning cannot, at the some time,;corpcrotcd with 20,000 shares oi non-par-value preserve the type oi political democracy to which l stock, the total not to exceed $200,000, has been Canada has ior so long been committed. Even decided by a ioint meeting oi the Moncton with the best intentions in the world the planner‘ Board oi Trade and Junior Chamber oi Cdm- must continue to plan. Every step he takes merce in City Hall. Mr. H. A. Joyce, president leads inevitably to another, until not only pro- oi the senior board, pointed out that 72 per cent jects and things, but men and women and a'l‘oi the estimated cost oi the new hotel, $900,000 their activities come under governmental con- was to be borne by financial institutions with

state. Whether they succeed or not, they are riveted on to the necks oi the people and, in case oi iail-

that o party _ v _ _ cannot airmen; Secy.-'l‘rcas.. u. iir. Burnett; can." H“; readily visualize itseli thrown out oi oiiice. Plan-

it becomes the most plausible oi arguments that nothing so casual as some fortuitous vote oi non- great

good oi the people," whether the people like it Anyone who doubts the essential truth oi

Chronicle, has only to look at the situation in Britain today. No one would accuse Mr. Attlee and his colleagues oi being totalitarians by not- No one would doubt their inner ambition to do everything that is best ior the people they But they are even now slaves oi the machine they once believed

thusiasticclly ior the Labor Party in i945 are now beginning to realize they set nothing less

New Brunswick schools will be closed Nov. 20 in celebration oi Princess Elizabeth's marri-

Should there be a Federal election in March

There seems to be some doubt as to who threw down the glove ior a Provincial election, but with the return irom Ottawa oi Dr. Mac-

says there will be na war unless we blunder into it. But is that not how all wars originate, especial-

Canadian Army bandsmen will be encour- aged by the increase lronr $500 to $650 oi the annual grants to regimental bands. The grants The grants, however, are restricted to bands oi more

both Premier J. Walter Jones and Hon. Horace Wright have been given by their Liberal supporters at meetings, which will be appreciated by politicians oi all parties. to be deprecated

When Parliament m ets at Ottawa Dec. o much to speed up

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Russia so that the nations, the pgq. pie at those nations, who hlvg great. underlying sympathy 1i,“ this new emerging what. is going an." — Hector Mo. Neil, British minister of state.

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The Atomic Scientists Association (Great. Britain), with full co-aperg. tion of the Ministry of Supply, ls vrganlling a travelling train exhi- bition on atomic energy, which will start. at the beginning of Novem- ber and tour 26 towns in England, scotland and Wales. The exhibi- tion is to give the public the basic lac-ts of atomic energy and explain its implications for war and peace.

One observer, viewing the in- ternatlonal plowing match near Kingston and seeing the display of tractors and other mechanical _ equipment there, predicts the day ol the horse on the Ontario farm is almost gone. Reports from Ot- tawa suggest that milk and bread companies there may be asked to replace all horse drawn wagons by trucks. Time may come when the "Horse will be relegated to the rid- trg academy or the zoo, but we hope it won't be in our day. Windsor Star.

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Something called the Fashion Foundation recommends that men carry "pocket books like womens" instead of using their pockets for ‘odds and ends." It wouldn't. work. The methodical man, with i2 to 15 pockets at. his disposal hes l. place for everything and everything in its place. But. dump into a purse such items as pipe. tobacco pouch, cigarettes, money_ pen-knife, keys, wallet, handkerchief. old letters. pencils and. pen. matches, and the poor fellow would be reduced to hopeless confusion. Ottawa Journal.

A new factory in Lnnarkshire. Scotland, will turn out. multl-color- ed aluminum on a large-scale be- sls. The plant will be capable of handling the largest aluminum sheets. Repetitiaus patterns, marb- ling and similar effects can be ob- tained and colors will not fade or scratch since the dyeing process has a case-hardening effect on the metal. Colored aluminum products remain bright. u quick-dusting will restore their original sheen. The process is being applied to a wide range of subjects including cos- tume jewelry, fancy goods and el- cctrlc fireplaces. Furniture made of this metal is not only unbreak- able-its tough on termites. -UK Information Office. '

There has been a steady im- provement in the use of language during the past four or five dec- ades. More people know how to spell. and the size of the average vocabulary has steadily increased. The trouble is not that there has been no advances,.-but. that the advance has failed to keep pace with the requirements. Advancing technology, increasing complexity or‘ industry. business and govern- ment, as well as improved com- munications. have placed on the average citizen a considerably higher ‘degree of "verbal responsi- bility" than was the case with his father or grandfather. —- Winnipeg Tribune.

Weren't the people at the Phila- delplo planetarium, who named it "Heaven Above". just a little bit. toa cute? Offhand. we don't ‘think of a name for‘ it we would like loss,‘ unless maybe it would be Phila- rlclphla Planetarium. What's to stop Chicago. for instance. from renaming its fine planetarium "My Stars and Garters"? For that mat- ter, who's to keep tire Society for the sirppr-esslon of Vice from call- ing itself "For Goodness Sake"? Or‘ a real estate firm "For Land's sake"? Or a soap opera "Good Grief?" Or an automobile horn manufacturing company "Good Honk?" There really ought to be .1 law against it, and not one rolled Laivs-a-Mercy. _ St. Louis Post-Dispatch. _

Dos. Samuel Nstelson, Julia K. Lugovoy and Joseph B. Pincus of ilie Jewish Hospital, Brooklyn re- port to the American Chemlca1 So- ciely that a type of epilepsy which

"The reply ls to open the doors of

POWGJ’. (‘Ell CE

M CHARLOTTEIQWN_ "giggly "w .. Bonnie Prince Charlie

Filmed lir Color

(RlnA, in The Scotsman)

There are busy on the u."

at

Shepperton, near London making

"Bonnie Prince ial correspondent,

Charlie." A spgc- after a day m,

the studios, describes the progres; of this much-discussed film of

the Rising of 1745. Two year-s will have elapsed and 590,000 pounds been spent by the time “Bonnie Prince Charlie" claim. ed 1° be 011E N the finest of lilm spectacles, has been made ready for world-wide distribution by the British Lion Company m [heir- Shepperlon Studios, near. London. Directed by Robert Stevenson and produced by Edward Black, the film is now half completed and should be in the cinemas early next summer.

Producer Black told me of the care taken to make a true-to-per- iod film in Technicolor of one of Scotland's most. stirring tales, “We have done the closest research in- to all aspects of the story," be laid. “Mr. Hawwell Miller, Curator of the National Portrait Gallery in Edinburgh. has been one of our many advisers. Tartans and kilt have been carefully checked to period."

From a day spent on the sets at Shepperton Studios I gather tire impression that hard work and headaches must be the daily lot of the advisers, technicians, experts and hosts of workmen who have been designing and planning s film that. has already aroused worlrl-iivide interest. Much outside criticism and suggestion pour in weekly to the company, especially from Scots who do not. want to see the almost legendary figures at the Prince and Flora MacDon- ald distorted by over-cnthusibstic film makers. '

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The film begins in Scotland, moves to Rama, and goes on to France, Then came scenes aboard

been constructed in the hangar-like studios). °

caterpillar from a carnival, moorland mist. This artificial mist than the

it. has the “advantagc” of banging over the scene for‘ n long time,

o o o

“The film has been made for World markets," said Mr‘. Black. “We kimw the inter-est‘ It will

arouse iir tlia United States, Can- ada, Australia and where there are so many Scots exiles.

lands have been properly filmed in Technicolor‘. They are riot. gar- ish. You get the soft colors of the mountains and the tartans.

shown by Continental France, Holland Italy."

crossing from France to raise the Standard at Glenfinnan, scenes were filmed last. year. There are the entry into Edinburgh, the march aver the Border to Derby, and battle scenes at Prestonpans

often makes children feeble-minded is caused by incomplete digestion of sugars and starches, resulting in an excess of citric acid in the blood. Determination of the cause of this convulsive disease (tetany) roirszltutes an essential first step iii the development of a cure. Ex- cessive citric- acid also complicates. zriany‘ cases of diabetes and enum- ger-s those who must be treated fa! mental disorders by the insulin shock method. The discovery that CilTlC acid can cause convulsions helps to explain wiry the insulin sliock treatment sometimes devastating after-effects. l

Persons Identified with Bar liar- bor's Summer resort life are moir- ing plans to rebuild the commun- ity and completely modernize‘ the playground. With the fires on Mount Desert Island still smolder- ing but. under control at last. bank- ers and rein estate men of the town, supported by names powerful in the nation's financial circles, were organizing a reconstriictioril fund and preparing, to seize an ad- vantage in the misfortune that has oi ertaken lLTlre resort they envis- age as rising from Bar Harbor‘: ashes would be l. place of small, rompuct. Summer homes, more in

keeping with the tempo of the younger generation and modern nousekeeplng methods than tire

grandiose mansions that were" de- stroyed in the fire. The list of large Summer homes destroyed has been brought down to abo t. ao. In addition. some 300 81115:?! and d

summer places year-rot

of nationalization the remaining 28 per cent to come irom the clti-.

have been put into force it is almost impossiblelzens oi Moncton.

lromes also are ruined. - New York Hei-gld Tribune. The ivfayans smoked pipes

about 2,000 gun up.

King's room and Culloden.

make," added Mr. difficult because of the exterior work, the size oi clothing. A picture in colour has its disadvantages, for everything must be right."

a local farmer along with sheep, is providing a rival to Lassie, The sheep do ‘not seem worried about ltlie studio light glare and keep on lilS ‘eating the heather on the sets!

of speaking with David Niven, who was an the set. He looks an ener- getic Prlnce and a fitting one.

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ven in Hollywood,’ had grown n fine beard and shaggy crop of hair for his part as Donald MacDonald. the faithful retainer and first man to greet the Prince on his Scottish landing. As if to reassure me that his beard was real, he invited me to "have a pull."

ymented: "I have had to cut doan ma very broad Scots. This picture is not only fur sale in Scotland. You have to make it understand- able to the iwlrolc worltl, We have to keep it moderate Scots."

elined to think some of tho Scots opoken would not. be crate."

it. ls Fyffe tartan!" said Will. It is. however strictly to period and of woolen cloth.

the Frericli three masted ship Doutelle. At Sheppertori the vessel lies propped up on its cradle, which looks liko'a mixture of a Clyde shipyard and n building uri- der erection. ll ls a masterpiece by the backroom xvorkman, so often overlooked when a film iii praised.

Shortage of wnoii has maria the craftsmen devise alternative ma- terials, Sturdy looking "oak-en" handrails are made of plaster, with the deck-cannon and other ln- cldentals of more solid stuff. The rriasts are coils of rope and an