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Federation Brief As noted in the. Federation of ‘Agriculturp brict' presented to the

3, Legislature yesterday, this is the

.twentieth occasion of an annual

_ presentation by the Federation be-

:t‘ore our

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elected representatives. Many of its proposals in the. past. been implemented in sub- _‘ sequent legislation; and we note that yesterday‘s brief, while commending many of the agricultural policics un-

’ dcr way, also contains constructive ' criticism and suggestions for im-

provomcnt.

The construction of two voca- tional high schools is described as -— offering “exciting educational pos- 4 sibilities." The Federation offers its services in planning agricultural training therein. and rccommends

- that a provincial conference on the : matter be arranged. It urges the ap- ' point’mcnt of a qualified beef field-

~man to promote. extension

Work among cattle producers. It warns

‘ that absentee ownership and cloud—

' ed titles result in land “going wild”, and suggests a tax on such land to promote improved usage. It is criti-

‘ cal of the present. Potato Marketing ' Board and recommends that the 9- board be either reorganized or re-

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There is criticism also of the manner in which the machinery for producing agricultural projects un- der ARDA has been working. Six- teen projects have reportedly been submitted by the province to the Federal administration and few if any are related very directly to

.agriculture. It is complained that early last November the Federa- ' lion brought before the Resources . Development. Council a proposal for extended research into agriculture, that the proposal was before the (‘ouncil on two occasions but re- ceived no serious consideration. and that a special meeting planned for this purpose on Jan. 8 was cancel- . led without explanation or notice. Nor has the Federation been able to ; elicit further information on the 1' subject. . In the proposal referred to it P was urged that a Research and De— ; velopment. Commission be set up " in the province, to consist of a chair- ; man to be employed by the ARDA organization with experience a n d l,"akill as a regional planner and with E a. broad concept of community de— velopment: also an agricultural scientist, an economist, a marketing specialist, and a top practical farm- er. The Director of Research, it was proposed. should act as a liaison of- ficer between the commission and the government.

It is. well to bring grievances of this kind into the open. where they can be discussed frankly in the in- terests of all concerned.

Reassunng News Regardless of how the Voting goes in the federal election on April 8, there seems no doubt now 1‘0f the healthy interest being taken

.vote that will result. The man best ‘,qualified to speak on this subject is Chief Electoral Officer Nelson Kimmy, who forecasts a. turn- of” W than 80 per cent of voters on the big clay.

" ji‘he beat previous showing was .8 per cent of 9,131,000 etigibles in 1968 election. Last. June 18, ' ' “par cam of the 9,700,325 elig- ‘m to the polls. The number -i “voters for April 8 won’t ‘ - ‘ until after the election. ‘ that

ing officers Indicates at least 9.- 844.196. The figure is likely to be increased by revisions which in the last election added about 80,000 names and in some elections have added more than 200,000.

And, ‘according to Mr. Gaston- guay. there has never been such widespread interest, as reflected In inquiries to his own office and to re- turning officers in the country's 263 Constituencies. It is on this basis that he predicts an increase of at least one percentage point on this occasion.

This is good news. Apathy at the polls is one thing the country cannot afford at this time. It is the duty of citizens to exercise their franchise, and to acquaint themsel- ves as best they can with the issues involved before doing so. Federal campaigns in this country are too long. and there is a tendency to get bored with hearing and reading the same speeches from candidates who themselves must get pretty tired of their own arguments before election day. The next Parliament should do something about that. But in the meantime. as responsible citizens, we cannot allow ourselves to be- come indifferent.

If Mr. Castonguay is right: in his predictions. we’re not going to let ourselves down on this occasion. By turning out in record numbers we won’t all succeed in getting in the government, we want, of course. But at least. we shall have done our best to keep the other rascals out!

Wilson To Washington

More than usual interest at- taches to the forthcoming visit to Washington of Britain’s new Op- position Labor Party leader, Har- old Wilson. Labor has been out of power in Britain for eleven years, and its evangelical period seems to be over. It is not at the moment: moved to any deep crusading urge; Mr. Wilson’s rise to the top has been due to his skill in attacking Tory shortcomings rather than to his advocacy of any massively popular causes. But he is believed, in many quarters, to be the man with the best visible prospect of being the next Prime Minister of Great Britain.

Mr. Wilson will be visiting Wash- lng‘ton at a time when its customary reliance on Eunope's rigiht-wing parties has been undermined by President de Gaulle’s wrecking job on the Kennedy “grand design" for freer trade and defense integra- tion. According to a commentator in the Christian Science Monitor, the dc Gaulle-Adenauer combina- tion has done more. to damage the Atlantic alliance than either Josef Stalin or Nikita Khrushchev ever succeeded in doing. To the above add the fact that; Chancellor Ade- nauer is on his way out in Bonn.

For a decade now the four major European allies—Britain, France, Italy, and West Germany—have all been under conservative political management. The habit of collabor- ation between Washington and Eur- opean conservativism has been long and deeply established. One conse- quence is that socialist parties and leaders assume that Washington is against them. Mr. Wilson’s visit will provide a first chance for the ser- ious exploration of a possible alter- native to this habit. Of course the Macmillan Government isn’t defeat- ed yet, and it would be a major diplomatic blunder if Washington assumed publicly that it was going to be. What goes on behind the scenes will be another matter.

EDITORIAL NOTES

The government of Madagascar has launched a national tree-plant.- ing campaign and decreed that everyone between the age of 18 and 60 must take part in it. Each Madagascan must plant at least 100 forest or fruit trees per year, either on his own property or on land selected by the state.

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Development of grassland farm- ing in Japan during the past six years has led to a spectacular in- crease in milk production. The coun- try now has aom e 660,000 dairy cows, four times more than before the Second World War. The number of sheep has risen from 44,500 to 100,000, and the number of pigs from 850.000 to 1,600,000. Milk pro- duction (260,000 metric tone before the war) reached 1,500,000 tons in 1958. The supply of cattle meet has also increase from 142,000 mora

that: 279,000 Iona.

A HARD PARADE TO LEAD

OTTAWA REPORT by Patrick Nicholson McCutcheon Keeps Quoting Statistics

Faced by embarrassing stati- stics, which prove that the Can- undian economy Is making good progress, In some cases making record progress. Liberal spokes- men assert that statistics lie, Senator Wally MacCutcheon is telling election rallies.

"The Liberals say that the statistiu which we quote don’t give the true story." explained the silverihaired former direc- tor of twenty-two top Canadian businessmen, who is now minis- ter of Trade and Commerce.

"Well," he commented In his soft growling voice, "when I was in business. and one of my companies, statistics showed that costs were down two per cent. and net profits up twenty per cont, I didn’t say ‘Oh. but those are just statistics} I knew what was going on."

Wally MacCutcheon was not only one of Canada's greatest self-made men In the Important field of business; he was also one of the greatest. builders of Canada and Canadian interests In that field. Among the W600"! of Bay Street. Wally MacCut-

of “The Four Horsemen" Canadian enterprise who really made Canada tic .

So when he reels off statistics a-ppmvingly. especially when those are official figures sup- plied by our Dominion Bureau of Statistics, we cannot dismiss

as “not giving the true story." CANADA IS GO. GO .GO

Last year our gross national production, on the basis of fig- urcs covering the first three quarters. was up by a stagger- Ing 8.6 per cent above the pre- vious year. Canada practically led the parade in the western world, Personal incomewas up by the same preparation. Motor vehicle production was up by an astonishing and profitable 30 per cent. In fact, among the leading Indicators, every single figure showed a plus "gain" over the previous year—except one. One indicator was down, and this one fell by a huge 17 per cent. '1‘th drop. happily, was in "unemployment."

. say the cynics. But. that was 1962. What a'lnut 1963? Are we slowing down now?

Not at all. retools the Sena-

or.

“The Canadian economy's re- cord of achievement in 1982 was one of the most imprcsive slnce the end of World War II by any yardstick". he asserts. "And there Is no Indication that we are losing the momentum gain- ed In 1962. To the contrary. so far this year, steel production is up 12 per cent over the same period in 1963; motor vehicle production is up 34 per cent; and merchandise exports are up 9pcrcent,t:onameafew as- pects of industry."

TARGET FOR FUTURE

Planning ahead there are two tundamental concerns to which we must devote our efforts, he urges. These are to step up the longterm mte of , and to grapple wlth the (ironic de- ficit In our balance of payments.

To the average Canadian, this year's 19 per cent Increase In cement production, and 13 per cent inereaae conatruotlon contract awards. may and Im- pressive but remote and without

column Ina pointed out before. the (or: year period. Iran June 168 to June 1002. saw the greatest Incense In oppor- tunities for Canadians recorded In any postwar loin-year period. cocoon new in were actually opened in. and fllleil by Canadi- ans, In that pelod. The d

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McCutcheon, who only entered the government Isl summer. Like all other Canadians out- side Ottowa, the muted trumpet

I of Conservative self—praise i iblowa such a loft note that he

never heard of It.

PUBLIC

FORUM

INQUIRY PROMISED Sin—The statement of finan-

cial affairs of Charlottetown as 1

published lately in the press. is truly the work of good democra- tic administration. and I wish to point out that many apprecia- tive comments can be heard. Perhaps our local Government could take a page from the City’s administrative policies and enlighten the public instead

promising Investigations, such ,‘

being the case again when th e tier of the Opposition said

election ballots were found on i

the street.

On March 30th. 1962. Prcmicr Shaw informed the House that an investigation would be made Into meatpacker price- fixing, to say nothing of why Farmers Ab- attoir should lose $52,255.14 on Convernmcnt refusal to supplv a loan guaranteed them u n d e r Order-in-Council.

S rely the Opposition don’t like to see the farmers lose $40- $50 per head on beef these d

I am, Sir, clc., WOODROW WHEA'I‘LEY

EDUCATIONAL NEEDS

Sit—We read in the press re- cently. a request from St. Dun- stan's University to the Provin- cial Government for a yearly grant of $300.000- nearly 1-3 of a million dollars. sents a yearly tax— direct or indirect— of approximately $3.00 on every man, woman and child on Prince Edward Island for a denominatiomrl university which

will penefit only a portion of our :

population.

St. Dunstan's University Is well equipped to care for t 9 educational needs of its students. It grants both the BA and th e

degree. In the past few years It has added to both Its educational and recreational fa- cilities by the erection of Marion College— an ultra- m o d e r n

girls' residence, a library. and .

an in) to date rink. one of the few on (the Island to have arti- fIcIal ice.

What facilities for higher'edu- cation has Prince Edward Island to offer non-Catholics? The pres- ent Plrince of Wales College building was erected In the early 30's. Montgomery Hall, a very the girls residence was complet~ ed In 1961. The college Is non- aecretarlau. Although its stand- ards are high It offers only high school and the first two years of unlveralty. This means that our young people have to leave the province to obtain a deer e.

Aside from the extra financial burden and the Inconvenience. the mainland universities are al- ready b u re t I u g at the seams and with the population explos- Ion, this over-crowding will be- come more acute as time goes on. Naturally, their own students will have the priority. The result —It will be more and more dlffl- cult for Island students to gain admlttance to mainland univer- allies.

So unless Prince of Wales Col- lege Ia raised to university level. Ita aduates must accept a low- at lIcence, accept lower pay and teach lower grades than the graduates of St; Dunstan's. Al- though we mention teachlag here this principle applies to the oth- er field of 1‘»!!! as 11

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stage much was heard about

equal educational opportunltlea

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mixed population of Prince Ed- i ward Island be taxed $300,000 a year for the support of a denom- ‘ inatlonal university, serving only 5 a portion of our i no effort is being made to raise I Prince of Wales College—a non- ‘secretarian college serving the I whole population—ho university i status?

We would repeat the request of a previous correspondent that we be Informed through the press what government asala' ‘ tance St. Dunstan's gets at th a present time. We feel such In- : formation should be available to I the tax pa 1 We are. 'sir, etc,

Protestant Affairs C mmmee of - South Lake Chrlatlau (Disciples) Church, East Point United Bap-

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‘ DEFENSE OF THE TEACHER Sin—Since the time the re- sults of the grade eight examln- ‘ ations have been published and 3 the fact stated that only 46 per i, cent succeeded, there have been 1 a great many letters submitted , to this paper (and probably others) criticizing and blaming the teacher for this failure. ‘ I have read most of the let- ; ters and can safely say that no I, one attributed any fault to their ; "Johnny" or thelr "Mary", i What do they think the teacher { s, a or aomethi who Ia ‘ required ‘ into their heads? w many l pupils can honestly and t‘l'll' ful- l ly say th I they devoted the ut- l most time to each subject? How many ski ped over a lesson so 1 that they could sit In front of i the television and watch the pro- ; grams from seven to eleven? I How many threw the book In the learner and planned what they i. would do that night for enjoy- ‘ ment rather than sIt home and I study? How many parents enter- ed the school to find out why their "Johnny" was makl 1 such low marks? ~ , Instead of blaming the teacher iwthy don't the parents take a , good look Into the mlrror and I ask themselves, “Am I doing my share to e courage Mary and talk over her work with the teadier? Do I ever tell Johnny that he can‘t go out tonight. but should stay home and study?"

If your answers are In the poa- ltlve. I congratulate you for I feel you are dolng justice to you _, r Iamlly. you com- munity and your God.

If your answers are In the negative, I suggest you consider these questions very and many other problems th at are facing the teacher In his job to educate your chlldren.

Then, , there will not be as much criticism against the teachers ea aympathy for hue and the parents will try to co- operate and help rather til I 11 bar llll way to auccaaa.

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HOW MANY people have ulng of the human race? Ac- cording to the population Re- ference B u r e a II. Inc., there were approximately 77 billion

a pro- posed aa the dawn of the prehis- toric era.

If this were true. the three billion people living today would amount to approidmately 4 per cent of that number. 0n the 0th

1' hand. anthropologists dis- agree as some believe the» hu- man species goes back as much as two million years.

Scientists have been utilized to defer death. The medical agriculturlsts, nu- tritionists, and many 0 r technologists have worked to- ward thia goal. The industrial culture that has emerged pro- foundly altered the patterns of survival and population growth. Public health programs now reach the most remote villages In the world.

It Is understandable why It took hundreds of thousands of year s for the population to reach the quarter-billion mark. It took a n o t h e r 16 centuries after the beginning of the Chris- tian era to reach a half billion. According to the bureau, an-

200 years passed before the billion mark was reached and only 80 more years (1920) to make It two billion.

The world’s present pupula- tlon 15 three billion and. accord- ing to estimates of the United Nations. the number will dou-.. ble to six billion In 40 years. This is what is meant by the population explosion.

This situation is better ap- preciated when we realize that the world-wide increase is of recent origin. Will science again come to the rescue and let us have our cake and eat It too? What will be the stabillz« lug Influences? Will we have enough to eat? Must we emi- grate to new planets?

AFRICAN SAFARI

N.C. writes: Last fall I planned to take a four to five month trip to Africa but devel- oped pain In the abdomen. X- rays showed diverticulitis. The doctor put me on a bland diet and I got, relief aerr two weeks. Do you think It Is safe for me to go to Africa now?