PACE FOUR

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In“ Quuriotiuwnu uunnuou mo; be elnlluod It Ioiuunir- Nlwu Agency, Tlmuu lquno. not lorli 0M Iouth News Aleuvy, Corina: llflb 1nd Wullllikl. Bunion] Metropolitan New: Agency, LIA! Poul lg lluiitrelh .1. blue. s51 Bu; 51., Toronto; Noun loud. Ctuiteuu Lnurfur. 011mm; invite‘: new: leuld, Ildbln. Onti Hub ‘Tobacco shop, sluuutun I. B.| ‘

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Mainland Potato Storage

Owing to the loss of the Car Ferry Charlotte- Qowg, farmers and produce dealers are con- sidering the bust means of handling shipment! of putulous next Full 311d SPTmK- Rallwa)’ statistics show that for the last three YE!" average shipment of potatoes via B0rd¢n W81, fj-Qm jgptgznllcr l0 DECCIHDCI: IHCIIJSIVC, 11nd _];1'i .1 ry to .\l:1rcl1 inclusive 49_%, so that the bu; of our pvllllO crop has hitherto been gxpgrtctl in the months in which the Car Ferry experiences dirficulty in navigation. Had main- land storzrgc been in existence during the last three y... ucconunotlntion would have been required for upproxllttatcly’ 373,950 bushels in 19394.1 415.115 bitshels in 1940-41, and 424»- 575 bushels in 1941-42.

The advantages claimed for age are: _

g1‘: To enable the transport of potatoes 111 the 1-1111 11112111115 to storage in ordinary freight cars.

(2) More favourable weather during the 1119111115 of $epten1ber to December inclusive enables t1 grcntct" titilization of ferry facilties,

(3) lhtizevtioii of shippers against possible delay in fulfilling orders.

(.1) Decrease in potential loss and damage in transit.

(5) Avoidance of traffic congestion at the terminals and the resultant greater traffic de- lays during severe conditions in the Northum- berlnnd Straits,’

(6) To expedite the utilization of refrigerator cars.

(7) To facilitate the securing of refrigera- tion cdtiipiticnt tinder prevailing conditions and ClkClllllalilllCtS. '

In February this year as many a; 5o car loads of freight were left at Borden waiting utpviv- 111 to the mztittlnntl. Potatoes Constltuted 4590 oi thc cxpollS in January, and 45.6 in Fclirtiztry.

The (juestion has been raised if a. mainland depot be agreed tipon, where should it be locat- ed. The l\':til\v.'1_v and shippers alike agree it sltotild he at Szickville, and that the cost 0f storage should not exceed the regular rate charged by potato warehouses, viz. 10c per bag or $30 pcr car to include inward rind outward handling.

Titer: is some difference of opinion among shippers and farmers as to the advisability of agreeing to this plan. The disadvantages stress- ed are that the present storages in the province would be rendered practically useless, that thc farmer would lose the use of the citlls when storage is overhauled in the Spring; and fin- ally we would be constituting Sackvillc the seat of P. E. I. potato industry instead of Charlotte- town,

A meeting of the Charlottetown Board of Trade will be held tonight to consider the sit- nation.

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The Bench in Politics

Two recent fierce controversies attract atten- tion to the relationship of judge; on the bench to wartime politics. The first of these concerned the Irlotig Kong Commission; the second con- cerned Mr. justice Manson and the National Selective Service. Hoard on the Pacific Coast.

In both cases judges were called upon by the governtnctlt of the day to occupy positions which were likely to become centres of controversy. In the case of the investigation into the Hon; Kong expedition, the Chief justice of Canada W35 selected for the obvious reason that the government considered that his restige would be l. bulwark against too lively criticism of his find- hugs.

It is, however, one of the fundamentals of dcntocrzicy that cvcry citizen has a right to ex- press his Opinion on the justice or injustice 0f any vcrtlicb-provided only, that he does not do so ivhcn suclt expression might prejudice the fairness of the verdict itself. That applies to

decisions of courts of lIlW. But it applies even

more (llt\‘l(lll>"l_\' mid necessarily to the findings of Iioyttl Commissions, which by their very nature are inscpztrnlile from politics. It is doubtful if (h1- govcrinnciit is wise in appointing judges to posilioits which arc hound to make them storm cculrcs of public controversy. Every man has a tight to dcii-ntl himself, if attacked. But a judge who 111111.05 a controversial decision cannot well defend his drcisioit as energetically as could an- other citizen who had discarded that particular duty.

No judge mu be lwpt in such a false position wilhmit \\<‘.'ll\'t‘lIlllL( public rrspcct for the bench- ptiblic rcspcrt which is the greatest support of thc lllllltnrily 11f tlhd bench.

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‘Yllhllllff up lhr‘ d ilrilt‘ on conscription 1n the ,1 ,;,;.,~ hf (litm- - r qwuly, Prime blinistcr l\l71<f\rrllll(l'1lii1'» u ' '

"Til" YI‘,‘l"l"-“ - 1,'"r-.'1jvn= of mIXlPTH Will‘ l1'1v.- : tTicv have all hut dc- sil'1"\,ll 1E , l‘ ‘ .rl"* zfiidiilislnnct‘ provide no prottctioti. lu ibis war ‘overseas has in reality

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lost its meaning. The conflict is one, single and indivisible, whether it is fought on the sands of Egypt or on the steppe-s of ltussia. in llle (lelllhs of China, on thc lfililllkl-‘Z of thc Pacific. in thc Arctic waste or in tht- skit-s over kfritaiit and Germany and the conquered countries of Euro?“- There can be no security for us, for our homes and families until the forces 0f the enemy are defeated and crushed.

“The govertnnent and people of Canada have a heavy responsibility to thc half million young Canadians who have offered their all for our safety. We owe them all that we can give. Wherever they are fighting they are fighting for Canada, for their own country, for its safety and for its future as wcll as for freedom for other lands. That future is in our keeping and we, in this parliament, owe it to our gallant young men, when the war is won, to hand on to them, so far as it lies within our power, a free and united Canada.”

This i; an eloquent summing of our real situ- ation. It proves conclusively that there should be no hesitancy in sending as many men overseas

_ as are needed.

But. ask the Financial Post, how is Mr. King able to reconcile these words with his pussy- footing and stalling?

‘Qf-“Eoiroiziai. Notes!

Prime Minister King with-drew Drew letter from publication. a a a u The secret session of Parliament on Saturday, might be termed “black out." i I i I There is still a. demand for “labor" to fill new Government bureaucracies. u e u n The uncertainty of life—a war veteran escapes death in the last war, lives to sec seven sons enlisted in the present war, yet loses his life on a peaceful fishing trip on a beautiful summer day. n- u v s1

Reduction of present land settlement interest rates of five per cent to 3 I-2 pcr cent. for all settlers who scrvcd in the Great \\'z1r or the pre- sent war has been endorsed by the House of Commons Land Settlement Committee.

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Here is a neat classical description of Prime Minister King at the present crisis, and could have been written for the occasion: “He him- self is scared; nor does he know how to turn the reins entrusted to him, nor which way to take; nor if he did know, could he control those horses."

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Of all places, New York, has turned prudish. Mayor LaGuardia has just signed a by-laiv mak- ing it unlawful for any person over thc age of 12 t0 appear 011 any city strcct more than 200 feet a\\':1y' front a Pllllllti bench "dressed in hath- ing or swimtning attire, or in a halter, shorts, sunsuit, playsuit attire of like nature," without wearing a wrap or covering.

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The indcx numbers 0f the cost of electricity of domestic service in 1941 011 the basc 1935-1939: 100 was lower in Alberta at 89.13 titan in any other province. The index costs in others were as follows: Prince lidwnrtl Island 94.12; Nova Scotia 95.99; Ontario 100.42; New Brunswick 104.49; Quebec 106.08; Manitoba. 106.19; Sask- atchewan 108.69; British Columbia 109.37. The average cost of domestic lighting in Canada in £1940 was $1.91 in 1936 it was $2.03. per K, W,

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You may encourage well-doing by being in- dulgent in the case of a first offence, but there are exceptions. Five years ago Justice Troy, of Brooklyn, dismissed a grand larceny charge agamst t\vcnty-oitc-ycar-old \\"illiain \Vads- worth. This wcck Wadsworth was in court again, not before justice accused of having stolen justice Troy's automobile. To the police Wadsworth explained that “he took the Th-oy car because the Justice was‘ easy" on‘ him 1n I937 and thought he would be ‘easy’ again, if he were caught. That's where he made his mistake.

a n u a A Francesco Petrarch, Italian poet and humanist born this date t 304; was lawyer and then priest; travelled extensively and made valuable discov- ery of classical manuscripts; his chief literary work A his poem “Africa," centering round the charactecof Scipio; he has many prose vol- umes to his credit, but his fame as a lyric poet rests on “Cangonicre,” sonnets to the mysterious Laura, the lyrical story of one of the great 10ves in history ; his influence on subsequent lvnfletierl was considerable: “Rarel do great beauty and a virtuous disposition well under one roof." w n 4- n-

Pmlllflf Kl"! has proclaimed his intention, u W011 as his Government has reached the decision to apply conscription without limitations, to seek a vote of confidence from the House of Com- mons. At first he indicated that this vole would be taken without debate, but later shifted his ground and said that debate on the motion of ‘confidence would have to be curt;,i]¢d_

‘It will indeed be a subject for‘ mirth among the hlgh gods." continents thc Globe and Mail, “if conscription for overseas service, which Mr. K1115 and many 0f hi5 fOllO\\'€1‘S have for more than twenty years denounced as a monstrous po- licy, fatal to national unity, should b¢ forced lhmllgh byfihfi S-"Hd Mr. King with the aid o! closure, ivlpch thc)» have dcnounced with equal vehemence. ’

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‘in: £2011’; has been issued by the Transporta- . "MW Llllflles Branch of the Domin- 1°" RmS-ll‘ "f 5lflt1stics. which gives a detailed 3'1"‘! lsmlllllflll slur)" ofthc Canadian National

atluzty systrnt. mcltidvitg the lines which were amalgamated and operated as one from [hC be. 8111mm; “f i033. Tiotal operating revenue; h-‘ml 5'11‘ "I41 nut/united to $304,377,000 compared with $564,631.00 in 1923; expenses‘ 55237-7690“? conipnrvd with $23q,8;8,ooo in 193$ Tllf‘ fl\'1‘1':1;,'(* miles of rand i operated in 19.13 nnmbcrcrl 21,91»; compared with 23.52; in 1041: r'?\'t‘1111r> {fright in 10.13 mnoitntcrl tio‘5;'.- 2-13-00" ions n: iivnin-i figjqoryx) in u)“; 1],» "lllllll" “l l'-"~*1' 1* turriiul in H123 lllllfllllllCll lo 23,684,000 against 17,081,000 last year.

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NOTES BY THE WAY

J. Wesley Gallagher's lnleresfnl 3

szozv on me eff.c'.v.nss of eccncmle Britain f; waxlnl on Germany mews the Importance of gold u n. war weapon. By bulln up lup- pltcs from neutrals, B11111 is abie

prevent Germany from getting scme other much needed ma- terials. One not/she example. as cited by Mr. Gallaglter, concern- ed m 1n glovss. Great Brit- aln spent a hall’ mllltn counts buylngTout Srnlzvs supply last fal . .e result was that Germans couldn't get them and two months later 1n Russia. the fngers o! Nazi troops were freezing cn the trl ers of their rifles. - Sault Dal Star.

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According to rerorts from mm- bay, Mr. Gandhf has been ex-

laning with regret not. only that

e can no longer glve "my mcral supwft to Great Britain" ut also that. he L; not too sure about the United States. Ap 1rent1y Mr. Gandhi safd that. t. ough he old not, "know all lfre facts" wlrq. led Amerzca "to throw herself into the cauldron of war, somehow or other the opinion had forced Itself on him that America. eoufd have re- mained out". In other WQN-l, Mr. Gandhi scents to have struck what the Americans themselves wcu'd describe as a "hunch" — he has discerned by an lntuftfonali rather than a. logical process that. America m:gl1t have remained at peace. But two fairly obvious facts which may have had something to do wi t1 Antes-fears present and total 1m- mersfon ln the cauldron wsr; the Japanese ettxck on Pearl Harbor foLowcd by the géliélal Axis dec- laration. - Manchester Guardian.

American soldiers 1n Austrafla are 30in: to have their own news- gaper, to be named The Kozka-

tine. The War Deirartment azi- nouncement explains SOlLmfllV that the kookaburra is a "native awk- em kingfisher ivhose wild, ltugn- tier-like screams ofttn rouse bfvouacked troops befcre revellle." This seems to us rafter to miss the pofnt, which 1s that K oka- burra ls the native Ailsirfllian name for the bird Ausiraiiars know bet- ter as "the laughing jackass." The

pula-r name d€l‘l\€. of course,

tom the bird's raucous ltatv- aw

which ls probably the ncxt clcssst thing in nature to a Bronx ch er so vivid 1s the sound that any golfer on an American he WQO, dubbing a drive, itcas the call of a Kookaburra ever. 1n we (115,- once. feels that he has llterallyi been given the bird. If selection of a, name 1s any indication of the spfrlt and policy of the newspapcr our solslers in Auslr-dia will edt. we predict, that 1t will b- 1n the best devil-may-care tradlflon of Americas fighting men. - Mntze- apolis Star-Journal.

There la u ray of hope In the lea outlock, We learn fr'm the trade report prepared by the Cmwdhn Grocer that occuiralrns of Math- gascar by the Brtsh has lmirov- ecl cur nos tlcn with resttcct to 1m-

orts. Defeat of the Juzaree Air once over Colombo s me time b2- fore makes 1t prssibe that ship- mcnts frcm the e will, be reuimccl scme time Slvce the w~r rprcai to the Mcdlt-"rnnssv. tr-a b~a s hav~ barn conilxg ""111 t"1~ 0f Gonrl Howe T cl. been close to Mn pa c", Japanese- had beaten u: to M1”!!- zascar all lea howe- f1" 11 l» Western H"n\l="!‘e1'e w" born off for t'*»'- fill"? 1 The ccld shilfrrcnt. of tea. c ntnucs to arrive in Cnwd‘, 51nd i‘ is for“- cas: we now have e"cug-, Feud- lue quantltbr l“ 1e all s‘rre=, to last until the end ct this veer. India. yro-‘ucfon wll‘ r~~me slow; next mom’: when auct-na-s hm; Frcm tren cn it wt‘! till h» a mat- ter of tvnsocrbtvsu If the 01S - ern sltuatcn chars hy ‘PM rnd of the year o"r sunrlv cn -t leart ‘lir- present rat'on hosfls wll be 115111"- ed for the time bring. — Vic 01a Times

When thr- vn"'-fr"‘~ vt-rv e-‘ist- enc~ is at strkr. waste mu=‘ have much rtrre sertcus re 111's than 1n rv-trtwe It has bcctvv“ it more comnrelwnslve term and 1- def rierl by the Citizen's Pereaich Instttltc as meaWng urd=r present cord‘- tfors "th~ evddabls- us,- of l'bnr and mater‘a‘- for nut-noses (Thor "1811 WHY." But it l- to b9 haired that, when the r‘-v cf v.‘c‘o'y rv~r

e forces of evil cores, r-e-e will be no return to the l‘€"l€l"se- tress which we are being fcrred tn abcmdm temnoraruy at ‘ea-r mm "lnIelllge/"l. s~v|-e~ wow w-“ 0.11 bv all who rrtflze that w'th it. our whole futuri- 5; 9, fe~ :11 I n is bound uo. is s*m't’~=1~g 1m; a, Country cannot ev-rr fall to culti- vate emoept at its peril. - Edmon- ton Journal.

I’ hope the-Ur-lted stars fines not watt until it is ready befrre heglnnlnv to fight th~ wav- in Europe. PM‘ We will revrr l“ rwarlv. No country can ever be wbouy pre- pared to ggdto war. The President has ropes. 1v he'd that v-e need plane's and tanks and nuns: cro- ductlon f: the wouf which we l-v-vg been taught to believe in, and it suits cur character and our talents: but ft f; s. dangerous wcrd, just as defence was a dangerous and hate- ful word. and just ea the phrase "all aid short of war" was a fateful and treacherous put-aw. Germany and Japan have won their lzrlns not merely beceuss of their encr- mous production hur. b-cause o! the enormous rf=ka which they were Wlllln! to take at the proper moment. Unless we take equal or ireater rlsles we will not beat them. - E. B. Whffe fn Harper's.

No prlles cln be offered to any reader spotting the man ymcse rec- ord lncluded terms of imprison- meat for the folloufrg ottcrcea: "Stopping the tramways by vlol- ence damaging the telephone lines caus n: personal injures to public servants, placing a tslegrnph pole across the rsllyvay line " The man was an ta'hn n-med Benito Mussolini and he tuck part, ln these and many other crimes in (he year 101! as s protest, agnst the Ital an eotmiest of Libya. 1n his own wo , "mflllcns of workers ere distinctly oppcsed to Afttcan col- onial undertakings." These are acme of the authentc details about Mussoltnrs caram- elven ln a docu- mentary feature prcerem of the BBO 1n the amen. “The W: cf a Dictator." Frcm the B C Bulletin.

The brutal treatment of the Norse teachers, fcllcwm the f:- mlltar pattern of execu lons, tir- turc, concentration ctmps, ex- posure to dlisase and lnolertble hardships maksa It e1 too pliln that the svperb cotrnue rd lnt g- rtty they are now exltbltlng mav b= wasted lf no hep ctnws For the leaders - and 11 o c n d not that the t'ac're* o‘ Nrway n‘! lei-don’) _ are being killed and

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p0 .l u e. - Harold CraSf-ree. President of the Cuaadlan Manufacturers‘ Association.

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Man Power As A Factor

(Hamilton Spectator)

How 1on1; this war will last. or how fat- the tides of conquest Your yet carry the Axis powers. ls some- thing that no person knows. There are certain tanitlbles 1n the world struggle. however. whfeh can be seen and grasped. e of these f: the growing strength of the United Nations; another is the evidence that man power is the rullniz factor. The AXIS has been wfnnfniz so far because of its great preponderance of trained forces. and wetxht of armaments. over nations which were much weaker in both of those vital elements. But; China and. Rus- sia. have not been conquered because of their vastness. their lame nonu- lntlons and their huge reservoirs of man power. actual and potential. There are strategists who hold that man bower ts. after . the essent- la.1 Ingredient of ultimate victory- The nations that have the Ireatut reserves of 1t have the best chance of ivlnnlnit a prolonged war because stamina will be on their side: and gtanlilna. tgtsey argue. will tell in the

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five years sh: has been wesrfnk I defensive struggle against, Vader armed with every type of weapon and thoroughly schooled in military service. Yet Japan has not been able to vanquish her. There are too many Chinese. ‘Ihev may have no more than a. meaimeness of everything required to combat a powerful foe. yet thev flrtht on and mev become stronger rat-her than weaker. It thus comes as s. stirnrlse to the Western World to learn that valiant old. China noaesses the larK- est armv in the world. with five mil- lion troops 1n active servlce- M111 fifteen million others 1n reserve units or underzolnsr tralnlnl- addition there are eltzht hundred thousand stuerrlllas. and now comes word from Chunrzltlnz that China is conscrlptln slx mllllOfl men between the ages o l8 and 40. t0 Swell h" army to twenty-six million men- China can muster this colossal force bccatrse she has a total DQDUIEIIOlI; of four hundred million. She t timeless and her 0901118 I119 "105 numerous on earth. Let her ope? be adequately armed. and. v ‘t; mllitarlst power can hope t0 511

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juitliisigeil also vast fn territory B115 population. With uDWBTdS 0f," hundred 11nd elzht-v 1111111011 99°" e- her resources 1n man“ powler 1131215 been demonstrated effcctlvev m . tim-Is durhw the last yew-

this strength which enflblefi l)" lg absorb Hitler's terrific plows ‘tinny still display that ext-rwfddflag d-W llllcncy which has stave ‘pwrbmg aster so tar. She is attain 11 Hitters blows and feeling their tm- uact. but. as vet there has men no tout‘ no denttiralltzntion. She lsvlelfl- lug ground. but ls not. icellnit. Sue still has much strentzth in lipretfgg and is usmit It. as 1s shown v a loss of 35.000 Nazis at Vcronezn let; the coroner-attacks on the 11h: front. Hitler 1s ulsostronfl. l1 w_ has 119L131; rissetyotts of man no ci" that. Russia 1111s. Jaw“ 15 5mm"!- loo. DLiL hits notntnz like the poten- tialities of China. The Btltlsh pn-o and the Uttlted States e-tupivlé ltave formidable armlei Imp“ servrccy or helm: trained. Mr 15° t-ctttlalities in man Done!‘ 816 11 lame '1 lien there 1s the caller man- hood‘ of the occupied countries. walling only for a weaoon until“; chance to avenge the wignils have have suffered: munv of t emu“ m rccelved mllltarv tralninll 8B1