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Rationing Policy In Food

Accra-tint; lu thc .\'t~\vs-l{cv_ie\v_a U.S.-Catt- adinu nct">1'tl on food bllPlllY 15 hlghly llllllorl‘ _,3|l_ 'l'ht-r;- alrt- worse shortages of many foods, in mam areas of the U.S., than have yet de- wlopetl anywhere in Camtda. It is (llfftcult to ascertain the cztuscs m’ food shortage in both r-onntrics, but. in general. it appears that the prilnc cause is increased constimptlott, owing to IIIVFCLISUII itltnntts. 'l‘o that there have to hr added the illcrcnscd volume of exports of mam’ foods, for \\';\r purposes, and some signs of mztlrlistrilnllioll. Actually, the amount of fond which Cztnutlu can provide for the U. 5- r-r 85 a W511], of a food pool between the two coun- 1ries—is very small; much too small to be sign- ificanr. in the L15. picture. Yet, as a matter 0f i|1{(>r11;1[im|;1] policy, llIlS p001 \Vlll lJC arranged.

Yew Sgfilrlli problems arise as a result. We in (nnzulzt hauc kcpt wages down more than has been done. in the U. S. We have kept d prices down more than in the U.S., but, on bfllatlCfl, we have kept the pressure of purchasing power arising from xvage increases under'bctter con- trol than have our neighbours. That is. It seems C€Fl£llIl-—\\‘l[lI0lIl any statistical proof he- ing available-that "war prosperity" has not in- creased the dietary standards of our people to the same extent as has been the case in the U.S. If we now pool food supplies on the existing basis. the effect will be to freeze a condition un- favourable to Canadians-unless uniform ration- ing be adopted in the two countries, and even equal rationing will not always avoid the dif- ficultv.

Butler, for example, is used per capita in Canadanin normal times, 50% more than in the U.S. Other domestic consumption of fats is less in Canada than in the U.S. The Can- adian dairy industry objects to the use of fats commotily used in the U.S. If we reduce Can- adian consumption of butter to U. S_ levels, and do not increase Canadian consumption of other fats to U.S. levels, we shall injure the dietary standards of the Canadian people. If we attempt to make the consumption of fats identical in both countries, we must remodel Canadian domestic eating habits.

Equal distribution of present butter supplies would increase average per capits. use in U.S. frornfsixteerrftiseventcen pounds; reduce Cin- sdian consumption from twenty-six to seven- teen. This gives the whole situation in good perspective.

Food rationing in Canada will, In consequence. bc spceded llp—p¢l'hlp| beyond the needs of our local condition, and against the wishes of the. Canadian Government.

Three Vacancies

Three amstitutcncies are now without repro- sentation in Parliament, — Humboldt, Saskat- chewan; Selkirk, Manitoba; and Cartier, Mon- trcal. In the general election of 1940 all three were carried by the Government, the Isberal majority in Humboldt bei 1,272; m_Selk1rk 4,154; in Cartier 15,837. ue margins sug-

est that these three seats should be-safc for the overnment when the by-elections occur, but the Government's record for the put three yen-s has been such u to render doubtful its chances in the strongest Liberal constituencies. It is therefore possible that Cartier is the only one

of the three that Wlll again go Liberal in s by- elcction. In Humboldt and Selkirk, the Social- ist or C.C.F_ candidates were the runners-up, the Conservatives not having entered the contest in Humboldt.

The 1940 official returns gave the follow- ing results: Humboldt, Lib. 8,308; C.C.F., 7,536, Selkirk, Lib. 11,023; C.C.F. 6,869; Con. 3,890; Cartier, Lib. 18,191, Nationalist-labor 2,354.

Notwithstanding the large Liberal margin in Selkirk, when Mr. King offered Mr. Bracken that seat without s contest he was offering something which was not his to give. Whether or not the Conservatives win Selkirk, the chances are the Government cannot hold either that constituency or Humboldt. The Govem- mcnfs reluctance to call these by-elecfions is not difficult to understand. But all three must be held not later than in April.

Science ls Winning

Scientists and technicians who are working on the problem say that the battle for rubber, to ob- tain artificial substitutes that are u good as the natural product, is slowly being won. Several successful formulas have been found, and all that appears to he lacking for the present is plant cap- acity to launch production on s large scale,

The experts also agree that the synthetic pm- dncts Will be much better than natural rubber, will have a longer life and prove more satisfactory in every way. As long ago as 1938 me prominent manufacturer in the United States succeeded in turning out synthetic tires with treads which gave s longer wear than could be got from the best of natural rubber. \l"ith plenty of the latter raw material then available. and the outbreak of war still months away. there was n0 demand for this artificial rirc, but the fact that it could be produced st that comparable stage of the industrv is inter-

csting and also gave encouragement to laboratory workers in their more recent researches.

It is estimated that once the plants have been established to produce synthetic rubber in quant- itiesto serve consumption, the advantages of the artificial commodity will be readilyseen. More- over. the progress of development 1s_h_kely to be rapid. On the basis of what technicians know even now, they are confident that 35o worknlctt m a factory will be able to produce tuorc rubber than is possible with ten thousand men on a plantation in the Far East. Expressed in other terms, forty acres of factory space can yield more synthetic rubber than fifty thousand acres of plantation.

ptbllURlAl NUIIIS-

January is the month of congregational meet-

ings when the rank-and- filc mcct to review the past and lay financial plans for the future. I j I C -

It is interesting to note that in _thc mau- slaughter case while the accused Indian has re- tained Mr, j. _|. Johnston, K. C., assisted b)» _\1|-_ Lgglgf O'Donnell to dclcltd hint, the Federhl Goverunletit has retained Mr. George J. Tweedy, K. C. as well.

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In New London they have an active go-zthead Presbyterian tninistcr. Rev. ll_ .\l. lituituin, ll..'\. greatly interested in the yUlIlIg. Recently he has formed a Boy Scout Troop, all unaided except by advice from local headquarters. He invested himself, then invested his troop. That is the sort of enthusiasm that lcztds to success i

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The first English Parliament met this date, 1269, and included the archbishops, bishops. ab- bots, earls and greater barons together with teuants-in-chief under the Crown; recently (lis- covered writs show that this parliament ant|~ cipatcd to a great extent the developtnent of flu representation which fitarkcd the so-calletl “M0del" Parliament of 1295, famous as contam- ing two knights from caclt shire. two citizens from each city, two burgcsscs from cilch bornuglt and representatives of cathedral and parochial clergy.

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There should he not a few vacancies in Gov- ernment departments soon as the result of the publication of a treasury board illlvl'pr¢wllllll of a cabinet order. Young men of 18 years and over cannot remain in the Government employ. It provides that no physical fit male employer of the Government tmdcr l8 years of age may remain in that elnployntcut after rcaclting his 18th birthday. This should result in freeing a considerable number for the armed forces or for other essential war service and will help to reduce the ovcrslalfing in some departments.

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On January 8th, tho. Hamilton Spectator carried a 7-column ad of the store of A. M. Souter 8t Co, Ltd., which is so courageous and intelligent, that we pass the idea on to our own business men, and quote excerpts from the copy: "Only a year or two ago many of us wou- dered whether or not any store would have even a pair of socks to sell by 19.43 . . . Today wa say: Essential needs are available . . . and will continue to be! . . . Today a ltost of new ntercharldise is beginning to come on the tnarkct . . . ‘miracle n1erchandisc' it may well be term- ed because much of it is made of materials or

months ago. It is merchandise that you utight not have been able to buy until 1950 . . had not war shortages of many common metals, woods, fabrics etc., placed such a terrific pre- mium upon the resourcefulness of Canadian manufacturers . . . A legion of new products resulting from Canadian creative genius is com- ing on the market . . . everything from new plastic tables so new bcdsprings." s s s s

A McGill Professor, Dr. A. S. Lamb, has been getting after the bureaucrats at Ottawa, those of the National ‘Health Department in particular. "I can think of no more absurd, short-sighted policy than to be-moan the high incidence 0f preventable disease and, at the same time refuse to print the health records so that the public might be kept informed.” said Dr. Lamb. "And we are paying our money to keep such nitwits at Ottawa," he added. "Every day, $0,000 men are absent from work in in- dustry on account of illness, and 200.000 are every day unable to carry on their usual work l because of illness," said Dr. Lamb. “Well over

1,000,000 were admitted to hospitals in 1940.

Twenty-five per cent of our people are medical-

ly indigent. Ten per cent either have been or a will be incapacitated by mental illness. Ap- proximately 5o per cent are bordering upon, or actually are undernourished. The direct cost of sickness is $300,000,000 s. year." He felt that all efforts to develop natural resources were doomed to failure unless human resources were also developed. “If our manpower fails, then all else fails," he declared.

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Is thcrs an election in the offing? The semi- official voice of the Winnipeg Free Press savs "N0." The Free Press holds that there exists no present need of a dissolution and an appeal to the people. It says that in March, 1940. less than three years ago} the Government obtained a clear cut and decisive mandate, imposing on it “the duty and the responsibility of ntakiug war for a period of time. fivc years, which, judging from the experience of the last \var, is ample not only for the duration, but for at least the pre- liminaries of peacemaking. The obligation which the Government thus invited still rcsts_upon it with ever-increasing wright.” The Liberal Free Press is positive in ileclziring that the tiovern- mcnt must not turn aside from its imperative duties. "Within the next twelve months," it concludes, "thousands upon thousands of Catt- adians who took part in the gaictics which mark- ed the coming of 1943, will pay the last full measure of their devotion to the cause. What, i" comparison with their sacrifice, does ll politi- cal casiialty to an individual or to a government amount to? Considerations of lllis character are beneath contempt; and we do not believe that the (iovermncitt either collectively or by indi- vidual action, is giving a moment of time to than,"

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Because no one. In future, wIII be sent around to wake them up. cu- guie drivers on an EniLah railway nave 8011a on strike. That would be zome men's Idea of Heaven. dmdsor, Star.

Don't overlook Guerrilla Lender Gen. Draja Mlklmllovltcn o! Yugo- slavia, wno. as they my, really Is ‘going to lawn" In Ills Irregular military operations against the Nazis. A German troop train divert- ed Into a ravine and destroyed ls a good day's worth-Toronto Globe and Mall.

Sentence. passed on drivers 0on- vlcted of operating motor cars. when drunk, are usually ridiculously light. In point of fact there ts no excuse fora snotorlst being found In that condition: and as he voluntsnllv untlts himself for performlng a (Elf- flcu t and dangerous task. he should be heavily penalized when convicted. Fifteen days In lull, or even c. month,

Indulgance that L; always danger- ous. and often fatal to members of the general public. —-Guelph Mercury.

Who said the Eskimo was a pour untutored savage? He has enough to eat. a place to sleep, neve- gets up before noon. punches nu time clock, never gets II‘; pays no Insurance prem ums; has no wrist. watch to get out of order; no ‘ncome tax forms to flll In; no aptitude tests: and no bills. -London Eree Press.

Slncc United States made lfhe move, there is talk about canned good rafloxrng In Canada. Among other things It could amply to can- ned music. -Port Arthur News- Chronicle.

Canada has some 52 rlvers of more than 809 miles In length, but of tlrse. the Columbia. the Kootenay and the Yukon are only partly In Canada. More than 2,800,000 m les of the country's area drain Into Hud- son Bay and the Actfc Ocean. The longest river is the Mackenzie, 2,- 514 ml es, and the Peace, which aslo empties into the Amt c. has a length or 1,014. If the st Lawrence be measured front the head of St. Louis, ftllnn. and through the Great Lakes, Its total Is 1.900 miles. The Church- III, which flows Into Hudson Bay, ls an even 1,00!) miles. Ontario has 0111-,‘ one considerable stream, be- szdes its sha e in the St Lawrence the Ottawa, 696 miles, and that rlv. er for a great Dart of Its course Is the boundary between Ontario and Quebec Quebec has the Saguenay and St Maurice. bes des several sntallel- streams, many of them l'i~'-’l<.!nlz_ lflflle power resouces. New Brunswick has the St. John (399 ml es entirely In New Brunswick) and a dozen less Important rivers, whle In Nova Scotla. no part of which is more than 50 miles from the sea. the streams are all snort and fast flowing, affo dine numer- ous small water powers, bri of little utsp for navigation. -Montreal Gaz- e 9.

Under fuel ratlonlm; it Is estimated the average Japanese wlll be able to heat his home for 28 hours this winter. They nested to make ful use of the stuff that comes out of their radIo5,_ Edmonton Journal.

Those Canadians who Includgd matches or "loaded" c garelte light. 81's n1 their parcels for friends or relatives 1n the armed forces ove:-, seas must be feeling pretty sick‘ Wdfiy. for the may have been the cause of the _ Hfsiéihnptitmrtly e - ec- "ziositiais" o r s mas aroel :\ 1'1 ~Fro It ' Edmonton Joiirnnl. m t e Not the least of the .3 antigen of, enYstIng youths at the age of 1’! Is‘ the time allowed for fuil and com. 919W irfllnllll- Bows who sign up at. this‘ age are offered unusual op-i portunltles for advancement, though the policy which has been an. nounced by Army offlctals. Such] young recruits have n long rlmg. to spend In tratntngi They cannot be sent pverseas un I they are 19, so there Is ample opportunity to, teach them: The long months “n. not be entirely taken up In impart-l lng drill and the manual of nrms, so the authorities have wisely decld. thlt these are men to be made Into specla Ists. They W111 be given training In skilled trades. which wlll make them more valuable soldiers and which wlll also fit them more adequately to make a living on their retum to clvll Illo. While they are In the Anny they wIiI have oppor- tunities for promotion and my. depending on how well hey a ply themselves to the Instruction ven them. There are many In- ducements to attract boys of p17 Into calling where they can "gel; ll, on the ground floor" and make for themselves an assured future. - Windsor Star.

When the war ends the problem ‘of the exlles wlll be Infinitely great- ‘er than It was after I919. Theze are millions of homfegs people, now, where there were thousands after the other war. The continent of Ilhuope has been literally churned .111» by the wsr and peopus have been ‘scattered to the four winds. Eus- slans. Czechs, Poles, French, Nor- wegians have been dragged Inbo 99mm? ls industrial slaves and Germans have been sent to settle fslr lands outadle the Hatch, Tho IGermsns have estimated that. they have 5.000.030 people of other na- tfonslltles working for them. But no one has counted the mllllons of Jews, Russians. Poe; and others who have been dnven from their homes. A preliminary estimate places the number of exiles at 15.000.11.90. Merely to transport so many m1]. Ilons of people and hundreds of thousands of prlsoners of war wlll have to be added- would In Itself be a gigantic job. But. In s. de- vastated Europe, where are they to b6 “Imported to? How are they to be fed? How clothed? There Ia obviously an enormous lob of or- ganization ahead wlth work for all sorts of technical committees I-‘iorn Vancouver Province The Brltlsh Arrnv Signals Bolton have found that the beat back- lz olmcl- training for a Ivnrse oner- ntm- ls to have a dance band lend- er or n coal miner. Good speed In Morse Is not learned slowly by read- ing It. It has to be Ieamcd from Its rhvthm and vlsltors to s Brit.- Isl‘. Armv Signal school w‘ll find a. choir of men clmullnl In unison, "da-dl-da-df-da." The candidates ape lenrnlnv. Morse bv lcarn‘m: to sng It. Hence the advantage of hsvlng been s dance band leader or n con‘ miner - coal miners be- mg famous fnr their singing. _- Mormeal st...-

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AZITB-HJTIONS FOB SPORTS- HEN

Slr.-- ‘n-svsllfn: about the Prov- ince and‘ discussing the various attributes of this the smallest pro- vince of! the Boxing‘: $7.191! res‘;

n. n an ur ere so i" l‘ 'a“u:.“::tt"::» per manna u. wig“ tsssurs for nu! zllflvfcrcnttscuglpaskp‘ that or. ow are esosii: goody fl streams and: many tourists receive folders de- picting some gentleman or lady warty fishing In some qulct stream. (It might also be ldded- that. these pictures very seldom If ever show‘ results of what the angler ll do-

No doubt the Tourlst Bureau Ia, spending money to attract tourists for the holiday season but It would‘ seem that the above atbrsiklom should t» boosted and fostered by! some llvs Fish 6: Game Assocfm‘

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During travels amongst acquaint- r-utces of the sporting element In our sister Provinces one hears and "ees evidence of worthwhile results ‘rcm actIvItIes of the Pfsh do Gama P-otectlvs Assocfatlon. For Instancw ‘tencton, Fredericton Halifax and] "t. John have excel ant meetings ""1 wel arranlted programs that ~nt only entice the amateur sports-i nan to become fascinated but holds the attention of the more ardent, sportsman. ‘they usually have s short sport film depicting fishing!

‘cunt-Ins. etc.

Arnouqh at this time our re- ~vlar methods for travelling to out-lying points to fish and hunt seem somewhat out of the picture for the duration, neverthelesswhut an opportune time to get In some reel effective work for what we ‘tore and expect Is s near post we." period.

Some short wrlteuus have appear- "d In the local papers o! hunters ‘rum other provinces enlovfng our ‘mlted Hungarian Partridge sea- son. Thls cool-I be augmented by ‘conducive some new types of, "Mcc birds. ,

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‘oz-t that cnt"d be included are "or necessary. The main obtect Isl "ct-ion and ".lbl‘l0l"‘h hunters’ and "shermen throueh their license, "rds are members of the “sh d: "cme Assodatton It should be‘ “vrri everv consideration and Im-' "edlvte action "We" rj-nr-lpq the” free W"‘l5er months to man out g1

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Mr. MacDonald’s ' ' Speech

(Hamilton Spectator)

- The lucid and. interesting spesch which Mr. Malcolm MacDonald. the High Commissioner for Great Bru-

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Leningrad. second largest cltv of. the Bovut Unlon. Nputcdy was built, on human bones.

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