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"The Strongest Memory is Weaker Th0" , the Weakest lnk."

ciinrciiorrisrofvdiilfilllbgxlh 4N6“ “' '9‘; Mr. Gardner's Visit

Regardless of the purpose of Rt. Hon. My. Gardiner's visit here at this time, as Federal Minister of Agriculture and one of the senior ‘cooinet members at Ottawa he is always assur- ed of a cordial welcome to Prince Edward Island.

lt has been explained that his visit on this ac: v ‘casion was planned long before the provincial

election date was fixed. By o coiiicideliCfl. ll was during another election canipoign—the Fed- eral one of l945—that he last visited us. As we

“noted at that time—and also on his previous visit

in l94l-our regret is that Mr. Gardiner doesn't come oftener. As the leading agricultural Foy- ince in the Maritimes, we would welcome a visit from him every year. _-

Our farmers are hoping that Mr. Gardiner will have something encouraging to tell them about the present precarious feed grain situa- tion, and the prospects of this Province obtain- ing an assured supply from the West at reason- able rates. ln a resolution which was killed by Liberal members at the last session of our Leg- islature, the gravity of this situation was strong ly stressed. lt was urged that the Dominio Government give definite assurance of its con- tinuance of the Freight Rates Assistance Act, or else authorize the erection in Charlottetown of an elevator with sufficient capacity to supply the Provinces’ feed grain requirements. Also the resolution asked that Mr. Gardiner, in his of- ficial capacity, "take immediate steps to see that no further increase in the cost of feed grains, concentrates, etc., be authorized, and that remedial measures be taken to offset the recent increase in the price of feed wheat and its by-products." That was back in April, and there have been further price increases since.

lt was pointed out, as reasons for these re- quests, tha_t the Dominion Government had rec- ently signed trade agreements with Great Brit- ain, greatly increasing our commitments of bacon, eggs and poultry; that we were being pressed by the Dominion Department of Agriculture with re- gard to the urgency of meeting these commit- ments; that the supply of necessary feeds is not sufficient at all seasons to warrant such com- mitments, and is getting more and more pre- carious; also that the margin of profits in all of these contracts is so small that if any in- crease in the cost of feeds takes place, the con- tracts will be jeopardized.

Another resolution affecting Mr. Gordiner's department, which passed anon’ usly on be- irig reintroduced by a Liberal member in the Leg- islature, urged the Government of Canada to consider the advisabiliay of: (l) continuing the support price on potatoes; (2) maintaining a price sufficient to provide for cost of produc- tion, plus a reasonable profit; (3) holding the British market for P. E. l. potatoes if at all pos- sible; (4) limiting acreage on basis grown for the post l0 years period to a percentage of a farmer's cleared land; (5) asking the United States Government to reduce its tariff on pota- toes; (6) restraining the growing of potatoes te bona fide farmers only.

Mr. Gardiner (who once professed his pref. erence for Idaho over Maritime potatoes) prob- ably received a copy of this resolution at the flmfiplf was passed in the House. He might well consider grains which the Legislature threw out, and which he may now be reading for the first time. Both deal with matters of much concern to our “We”, however, and are cited here fpr that very good and sufficient reason.

So for as feed grainsgis concerned, it was stated before the Transport Commission that on the basis of our livestock population of i945 we imported into the Province 55,300 tons of wlrent oats, barley and millfeed, in addition to approx: imately ll,000 tons of protein and other feeds‘ making a total dependence in I946 of abouf 66,500 tons of outside material. On the basis of bushels of barley this would mean the im- partation in i946 of 2,250,000 bushels, '0.- obout one-third of our own provincial total pro- duction of grains in a normal year. These fig. ures would actually be much larger if our former; were given proper encouragement to go intg hog production in a really big way. Mr. Gard- nnar wll not need to be reminded of the very illlllllbr quality of our registered Island York- ‘shire breeding stock,

Big Possibilities

Featured in recent‘ issues of the Saint John Telegraph Journal is a type of fishing craft which may prove of inestimable value to our Maritime fishermen. .This is the dragger, a pocket-sized version of the trawler. lt operates in the some way, harvesting fish by sweeping the floor of the sea with a huge cone-shaped net. This is thc modern method of catching such species as cod, haddock, hake, halibut and flounder. lt is cheaper and more efficient than old-fashioned hand-lining. Since it can be “carried on in all kinds of weather, it assures steadier supplies for tho market. It has long been used by most fish-- ing countries. ‘

“Unfortunately, in Cdnada," remarks our Saint John contemporary, "the trawler become a political issue. Fishermen wore led to believe- wrongly-that it would deprive them of their livelihood. The $5,000 fishermen In tho Man'- timo Provinces probably control far more than 100,000 votes, strategically distributed, so auth- orities at Ottawa shoved through anti-trawler regulations. Those resulted in no improvement

[In the position, of the individuolfishorman, but

they did retard development of the industry. lt handicapped our efforts to compete against far- eign fleets fishing in Canadian waters.

"With the Second World War, and the acute shortage of food which it brought, trawler op- position foded. Meanwhile somebody thought iip a new name, dragger, and applied it to a new type of trawler small enough and inexpensive enough to be owned by a well-to-do fisherman or a group of fishermen. (Big trawlers, too costly for this, were all owned by companies). Ottawa, which had restricted trawiers, now granted sub- sidies fcr the construction of draggers, and everybody seemed happy.

"Nova Scotio and British Columbia quickly adopted draggers. Here in New Brunswick, we watched their success, then finally followed their

example. Five draggers were launched at Cara- quet this year. 'l‘hey averaged 50,000 pounds of {fish per vcssel on each four or five-day trip, and brought captains and crews exceptionally high ‘returns. They did this in a season when hand- liners found the cod scarce and elusive. Their production provided a large amount of employ- merit that would not otherwise have been avail- abio in the processing plants of the North Shore and Droved on economic boon.

"There is no doubt that draggers have come to the Caraquet Coast to stay, and it is gratify- ing to note the announcement by the provincial department of industry and reconstruction that they are now to be tried in the Boy of Fundy, where the first of them will ply out of Grand Marian early next year."

The outcome of the experiment will be watched with much interest in Prince Edward Island as well as in New Brunswick. ls it nc-t likely wholesale adoption of the dragger would be of equal advantage to our fishermen? This is a matter in which they have a right to expect leadership and support from our Provincial Gov-

it less important than the one on feed‘

ernment.

.- EDITORIIAL NOTES _

Today the ladies are meeting in the City He'll to form a branch of the Canadian Associa- tion of Consumers. If inflation can be beaten in this country, they are the ones who can do it.

Now that Mr. Morley Bell, Summerside, is out of the political fight, Mr. Gordon R. Holmes is the only lawyer so far left on the Liberal side, apart from Attorney-General Large. But there is still time and opportunity for others to be adopt-

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As the C. C. F.'s intend offering candidates to contest the majority of the seats, the coming election will be as interesting and uncertain as was that when the Progressives entered the field after Great War l.

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Britain seemingly has had its fill of 5°. called progressive legislation on otherwise empty stomachs, and would willingly, if not eagerly, re- turn to the days when o full dinner pail was the order of the day.

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A citizen says the Mayor had better go Carefully in joining the "triangle alliance" of Halifax, Saint John and Charlottetown as pro- posed by Mayor J. E. Ahern of Halifax. A jun- ior partner, he says, in a union is apt to be kick- ed around a bit when the union gets into action.

The Army does not recognize that the squatters in the Ottawa Kildare Barracks are "in actual tenancy", but War Assets Corporation apparently does regard them as being occu- pant. and declines to take over the barracks n; surplus until they ‘have heer1remnygd_

Peter llich Tschailrdvsky, ‘Russian composer died this date i893. He studied under Antoif Rubinstein, and became professor of harmony at the Petrograd Conservatoire. His style in. clines towards the dark and melancholy, but hi; operas and symphonies caught the public taste, tsPeflclllY EH90" Oiiegrin and fo/anthe, and Pathetique. .

_ The code of the sea is deeply ingrained ever, ll‘l seamen of the present day. From the point of view of big business it would seem ridiculous for the 80,000 ton Queen Elizabeth to go out of l'°" W)’ l0 the assistance of a 230 ron schooner.

But when the Maria Carloto radioed her dis- tress signal the response of the mighty Qrreén Elizabeth was in the best tradition of the sen

The External Affairs Department was guilty of a serious bliiiidcr in appointing as Con- sul in Chicago a man who is persona non gmfq with the United States Government. Contrary to diplomatic usage Ottawa did not first go to the American Embassy to determine whether the appointment of Mr. Edward Turccttc would be acceptable.

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Toronto is back to three daily newspapers the. Laoour morning newspaper, Tire To,-°,,¢° Dal/Y Tllbllflflf, after six months experience hav- ‘"\9 Feuied Publicationunrl re-entered the week- rLY llfld- Before turning daily the weekly was ’ nown as The Canadian Tribune.” Oscnr iKvsan. general manager, reported that The Tri-

‘llllllis paid circulation was 7,000 daily, 8,000

short of the necessary figure to make ends meet,

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The Saskatchewan court of appeal, in a de- cision handed down recently, has ruled that pro- vincial government crown corporations are not assessable for business taxes. Tlie issue came before the court in September after the city.ol Saskatoon had sought to assess the Saskatchq- wan Government Insurance office in that city. The city claimed exemption of crown corpora- tions from business taxes did not apply to such corporotions when engaged in commercial enter- prises in competition with tax-paying private busi- ness operators. Judgment in favor of the gov- ernment's claim that the insurance office acted as an agent of the crown and was not assessable either as the crown's pgont or as the crown was handed down by Chief Justgco W. M, Mgtln.

--llotos By The Way--

Why do , , sometimes called people, chew gum? A recent. survey purports to show that of every 100 who do so, 41 claim they do it to

mouth or throat, or botlv ten to cut. down smoking, nine to clean their teeth. seven to help diges-‘ tlon. Only six were bold and braz- en enough to say outright that they l chew for pleasure; that. they cliewl gum because they like to chew- gum rind the heck with what. the‘ neighbors think. -.- Winnipeg Trib- une.

Last year in an Ohio veterans hospital, veteran and civic organi- zations underwrote the purchase of attractive small gifts. 'I‘_he gifts were turned over to veteran pat- ients of the hospital to be sent t loved ones at home. Physician were amazed at the psychological lift their patients got. out of it. Instead of being in the receiving M118 themselves, they We" enabled to remember their families and friends. It's an idea that miSlll- Well be em lated elsewhere as varioul orgoniz lions nuke their flIH I1 year. -Boston Post.

It is not too late for Americans to lake an active interest iii New- foundland with one eye on sizing it. up as a future member of the fam- ify, writes Neal Stanford in The Christian science Monitor. While Newfoundland before the war was

at: economic liability to Britain, there is no gaiiisaylng its strategic importance. Nov should the untold wealth of Labrador. which belongs to Newfoundland, possibly includ- iiig atomic energy sources, be ig- nored. Americans couid do worse than cultivate Newfoundland for statehood, particularly as that cul- tivation would apparently be wel- come.

Old Palace Yard, which ilel be- tween the Chapter House of West.- minster Abbey and the House of Lords, is just now the site of rural activity much more refreshing to watch than the bustle of traffic flowing from Parliament Square along Abirigdon street. Grounds- men are laying the grass round the statue of George V. Just. across the i03.d, in the angle formed by St. Stephen's Hall and the front of the House of Lords. another gentle pur- suit may be watched. The statue ot Richard Coeur de Lion on horse- back is now being mended. His bent sword has been snatched from his mailed fist to be straightened, and it one listens carefully one can hear a man tapping on the nlnd quarters of the charger. It sounds through the scaffolding as if a metal patch were being tack- ed on. — Manchester Guardian.

The new fnhionl of the season seem intent on making the woman of today look like her mother did 30 years ago, but it has remained for the Ford Motor Company to insist. that she act. the some as her mother did 30 years ago. Henry Ford II, the 30-year-old president of the company, who has often been called modern and progressive, has just announced that beginning nexz irionth smoking will be permitted, on a t-Elal basis, in Ford plants and offices throughout the coun- try. That is-mcn may smoke. Wo- men office workers are still to be bound by the 34-year-old rule forbidding smoking, lVhlCh was es- tablished by the tobacco-tinting founder of the company. We won- der why. It. is a quaint. lavender- aiiol-oldaiace rule. and we cannot help thinking that most of Mr. Ford's emplayes probably wish that lie were not. quite so sentimental. -Ne\v York Herald Tribune.

A glum look and a "what's the use“ sag can cause a fellow more iiarm than most of us suspect. 'I‘iinL look advertises that. its wearer hasn't mucir confidence in himself. so others expect only failure from

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steady their nerves, 27 to refresh,

nini and through him. Nothing succeeds like success - or the air of success. And nOLliliig tends la failure like that look of frustration. A SL. Louis psychologist, ivnosc common some and philosophy have nellierl a lot of people get the right. slam, says that the surest. way to drive liic old man frusira- l tzon out. of your life ls to realize] inat you liaic the right to success. . God gives man the right to lovc,l nature assures him the right. to’ live and fate gives him the right to succeed. The right. to success, the right of accomplishment. and the right to happiness. he says. are as much ours as the right to breathe. Remember that. and refuse to look frustrated. — Your Life Magazine.

A technological ierolution ln the kitchen is moving hand in band with an industrial revolution for food corporations. If you've poked your bead through the kitchen door recently you may have noticed a heartening aroma coming from the oven, and a partly emptied card- board box standing nearby. Next meiii: pie, popovers. cookies -or take. Boxed mixes to create these and other baked goods are getting u. be hig business. Their develop- ments begins to rank with exploi- tation of the tin can and mass manufacture of labor-saving do- mestic electrical appliances as an influence on the American home- nnd on American business. An ox- panding array of firms. now num- boring over 300. make these pre- parations. Housewives aren't. tho only ones taking advantage of bak- ing mixes. There is also a flourish- ing business with restaurants and commercial bakeries. "Baking mixes are going over with housewives for the some reason canned baby food and electric irons did", ms manager of product development

lllliil restaurants and ‘l’. is fell-Hilly

for a large food firth here says: “All three emonc to women." -.-

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CHARLOTTETOWN _

British Election _

(By Dewitt MadlKenzie. Associated Press Foreign Affairs Analyst) The Conservative victory in Bri-

tain's municipal elections Saturday to the discomfort of the bot Government should not be ta en us indicating that Britain is swing- ing to the extreme right but rather that the public isln process of trimming the ship of state so that it will list. neither to the one side nor the other politically but will ride on even keel.

The r Conservatives claim-and probably rightly-that the BlBCLiDXIS are a rebuke to the Socialist re- gime's management of affairs. Tlie Government was not. only unable ‘.0 avert. the fierce economic crisis which grips the country, bur, in two years of office hasn't been able to check it.

‘Things have gone from bad t-o worse until Britain is threatened with one of the greatest disasters of her long history. Moreover- and this ls important psychologi- clally-tbe people are under war- time reglmentation. and the auster- ity of living conditions is so great that there is even shortage of such necessities as food clothing and fuel. Mind you, Britons have amply demonstrated that they can stand any amount of austerity ne- cessary, but the signs are they are ivonderiiig whether they are being handed a rough deal.

There is. I believe, another sig- nificant element in the elections. They are held by informed oh- servers to be a warning that. there is no place in Britain for the Com- munism which is gripping so many continental countries, including France.

Basically, present day Ilrltniii is fairly close to the middle of the road politically, with a moderate tendency to the right. That was strikingly illustrated the first part. of October when the Socialist Gov- crriment swung a bit to the right and the Conservatives moved a tittle left.

Prime Minister Attica appeared to fecognize the need ot political moderation when he shook up his cabinet and demoted Fuel Minister Shinwell, one of the most power- ful left-wing leaders and who ‘had charge of cool mining operations which are the crux of the economic uisis. About the some time Lhe Conservatives, under Winston Churchill. advertised to the pub- 11c that. if returned to power in U19 next election they wouldn't de- nationoiize the principal industries which the Socialist Government has taken over.

0f course the Conservatives are jubilant and are demanding that the Socialist Government resign and so to the country for a fresh mandate in a general election. Churchill issued a statement ae- claring that. from now on the Government “will govern without the moral support and Elm" u" will of the people."

However that. may be. the So- cialists decline to consider any such move. And why should they, when they have a big majority in the House of Commons? The Ailiee Government still has three years ti) run before a new general election will be necessary, unless a large number of Attiee’: own followers should desert and vote against him with the Conserva- tlves-which is most, unlikely-or unless the Prime Minister l0!‘ some unforseen reason should de- cide to call for a new election-

Certainly the indications ore that. the present. regime Wlll carry on as usual. barring some un- expected development.

The Story-Of Whale Meat

(United Kingdom Informal-ion)

It you went shopping iii Br till-H lfldiiy you woisldifl- so veirv for 11¢- rorc you'd see slabs of dflfk-Cvlflllf‘ ed meet on display- Meet- lOOk-"fl rather like liver. Your butcher. however. would tell ye-u that. it was vilinie meat.

Although pro-war. whale meat was never seen on the menu» ll ‘A a commonplace in Brltifn tad-oy- YOU will find it. served in many homes

on hire imuiu at the Uifted King- dam House of Commons. In the Ministry of Foods CXPETIHITXIl/Al kitchens. expert dietitians plan MW ways‘ or waking whale. for thLs meat. it secms, has come to stnyo

Behind this new add tlon to Br t- om's meager larder-now that ra- t'ons are rut. again - lies a story o,f trill: ntive and enere-Y- l" 1939 Britons Department of Scientific and lndl-lSliflll Research deeded that whale meat mgi-it provide one of the answers to world fcod short- ages. Before t-he war. world pro- duction of whale oil averages about. 500.000 tons a. year. and in its PW- duction of 600.000 tons of lein vluaie meat was handled by the United Kingdom and Norwegian whalng fleets. some of this was converted into animal foodstuffs. but the rest was t-hroiwn baok into the sen after the oil had been ex- tracted. Here, thought the solem- lsts, was is rich-field for experi- ment. ,

In 1969 the Department cent out an expedition under Ueut. Cam- rnonder Marr, err-Boy Scout who hm much previous experience of whales and whaing. Tlie results If tibls expedition confirmed that. whale meat is wholesome arid when frerh is sosreely dlstingulstiabie from beef.