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“The Strongest Memory is Weaker Thu the Weakest Ink.‘

MONDAY, MAY 6, 1946

Where Do We G0 From Here?

Thr- ndjtitiriinieiit indefinitely of the Do- niinion-Provincitil Conference is a sad blow to this Province, to the hlaritime Provinces in gen- eral, and to the Prairie Provinces as well. Yvhether chief responsibility for the failure to

'conie to terms lies with the Central Provinces, as Premier Jones alleges, 0r with the Dominion Government in its refusal to consider further proposals, as Premier DFEW claims and as 0th- ers have stated, as a matter of comparatively little importance. What is important is that within the past five years, two Conferences to deal with readjustment of financial relations be- tween the Provinces and the Dominion haw

' come to grief, leaving the fortunes of the less

prosperous Provinces, such as Prince Edward Island, in a more precarious position than they have ever been since Confederation.

Here is our situation,in cold figures, as

given in the brief presented by Premier Jones last week: Total liabilities as at Dec. 31, I925 - - $2,049,000 Total liabilities as at Dec. 31, 1935 .. 5,222,000 Total liabilities as at March 3i, 1945 9,676,000 ffotal liabilities as at March 3i, i946

(Forecast) 1.. .. 10,515,000

Iotal increases from 1925 t0 1946 inclusive . .. . . . . . . . . . $8,466,000 The cc at which we have been accumul- ating deficits 0n current account, after provid- ing forisinking funds, is thus indicated in the Jones brief: Total deficits from Jan. r i926 to Dec. 31, i935 $1,255,000 Total deficits from Jan. 1, i936 t0 March 31, i944 .. (fetal deficits from April i, 1945 t0 March 3i, i945 Forecast deficit from April r, i945 to Marcher, 1946...... . . . . Estimated deficit from April 1 to ' March_3i, 1947

469,000 348.000 4475300

620,000 Deficits since Jan. I, i926 $3,139,000 At this rate, and failing settlement of our ‘fiscal needs st Ottawa, it is no wonder that Premier Jones has. decided that "economy" will have to be practised. Unfortunately we have incurred obligations which will have t0 be met, regardless of how much we pinch and pare. Our debt diarges and other expenditures have been increasing yearly. Had the Party of which Premier Jones is now leader implemented its earlier economy pledges, there would be a dif- ferent story to tell. .Tl'iat is water under the bridge now. But it is true today as ever that we cannot have our cake and cat it, and we cannot go on piling up deficits year after year "Id QXPQct them t0 turn into surpluses at the waving of a wand. Ottawa has treated us shsbbily, it is true, but we can blame no one but ourselves for re-clecting governments to power after violating pledges of the most solemn kind with regard to balancing budgets and living within their means. Whether Premier Jones intends to csrry out his threat of resigning on account of the Con- » fcrcncc failure remains to be seen, That would not help matters much. N0 one, is blaming him personally for the Conference collapse. He did the best he! could and in the circumstances it is his duty t0 carry 0n until a man who can do

' better is ready to take his place. Whether or not, '

,h_is government can expect to survive another election after the record of their frenzied fin- ancing, 15 another matter altogether.

Who Bears The Burden?

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Many people have the impression that the lion's share of the income tax comes from wealthy magnates whose salaries or incomes range. from $25000 to $100,000 a year, or more.

They are wrong. The overwhelming bur-

' denof the income tax, notes the Ottawa Jour-

Ml, is borne‘ by people--mosfly white-collar worltorre-witliin income tax brackets of be- tween $1,000 and $590011 year. The facts are Kl“ ‘in flirtation Statistics," issued by the Blond» Revenue Department. at income we. paid by Ill w.- i ,_ . 945 was $681,766,000; 01th»: total , people wittriricomes ranging from $25,- , 00,000 a year and-over paid only $90,- Ulii lirellulown was: - with lmOmfijEIWQn $25,-

from $r.0o0 20 $2.000‘ s yesr Jpsid $145,000,000- 478,000 persons with incomes ranging from $2,000 to $3,000 a year paid $137,000,000. 144,000 people with incomes ranging from $3,000 to $5,000 a. year paid $101,000,000. Clear it is, therefore, that the real burden of income taxation in this country-as heavy as any in the world-falls not on our rich or‘? well-to-do classes, but on artisans, and white- collar workers, and people engaged in small business.

_______._______. A Safely Campaign There were close to 6,000,000 motor vehicle accidents in the United States and Canada last Yeah Thougand5 of pCODlC WCTC OVCI‘ 8 million injured. An analysis shows that a high percentage of these accidents was due to faulty driving. The incautious and reckless motorist menaces his own and the public safety by speed- ing, taking chances and depending “on the oth-

a form of egotism which is too often cured only by a bad smash-up.

Unsafe cars are responsible for another high percentage of traffic accidents. Faulty brakes, a broken windshield wiper, dangerous tires, and inferior 0r bumed-out headlights in- crease the chances of an accident and make ac- cidents far more serious than they otherwise would be. An unsafe car in the hands of even the most cautious moforist is a dangerous wea- pon. These factors have led the International Association 0f Chiefs of Police to initiate a na- tion-wide traffic safety check program, belilfl‘ ning May 15. During this safety campaign, pol- ice all ovcr Canada and the United States will make a dual check whenever traffic violations and accidents occur. In addition drivers,’ lic- enses, registration plates will be inspected, and brakes, lights, tires, windshield wipers and horn will be examined.

Every motorist has a iesponsibility to him- self and to his community to co-opcrate in the traffic safety check program. With full co- operation, the program can have permanent re- sults in reducing the numberof accidents. The motorist can fulfill his responsibility by having his vehicle tested,——and repaired if 1iecessary,-— and by checking his own driving ability.

Notes Buy The Way

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onlyways fos-smautoaoqiilmes

vovzhlzulgtréy says l. Nofefior. Plun- um dam. . w"_

1.11m Spectator. t y

These are frustrating days for

Winston Churchill. He has been

re not only the Bdfleh vomdbut by llhs: lety of Mn er - 5t. Inuls Hannah.

Lou hllng by more strapping would solve the problem o Juvenile dellnquenoy. says a Salvation Army offlcu‘ In other words. more discipline and less ooddllng. 'I‘tiat's an old- fashioned reuiedy, but ft used to work pretty well. -Otta'wa Journal.

F. ldent Truman's auditors have lufomied film, after a check Wfilte House accounts, that. his net lznocmeattheendothlsflratyear as President wlll be approximately salary of

er fellow" to stay clear 0f him. a This attitude is 343°“

manned cif the smut/tors’ xepor a move may be made to provide gong“ l1 presidential compen-

Mllllons of people an not in n to cash f

credit controls are dropped ions of middle and lower income fam-lllm will be forced to cash tihelr Government bonds to enable them t0 bflv the things they need.

further believes that merchandise supply may be far closer tb meeting demand than ls presumed at thls time. -Mark- eting.

The true believers In temper- ance. who are stressing the value of prohibition, are. ln the oplnlom of many. ringing the best oppor- tunity to promote temperance through education. It has been shown" trhat mere laws do not cure the liquor evil. The only way 1n which it can he effectively cured ls by removing the deslre b0 drink from the mind-s 0f those who are tempted to indulge ln strong beverages. This can be done only through education. The temper- ance advocates seem to have turn- ed almost exclusively to legislation as the most direct and effectlve way to deal with the problem. In

v-EDITORIAL NU] ES-

The Federal Budget is now the all-im- portant event anxiously awaited—-what will Finance Minister Ilsley offer in substitution for his financial plan turned down by the Con- ferencc?

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Premier Jones knows where he can reduce our expenditure by Over $3,000 t0 $10,000 per ahnum in substitution for the loss of $5,000,000 subsidy to enable us to make ends meet comport- ably. He will have t0 do better than that if we are not to be handed by the Banks and bond- holders into the hands of a Commission, as New- foundland was in order to save us from bank- ruptcy.

In a return tabled for john Diefenbaker (P.C., Lake Centre) the Navy disclosed that the permanent force rating enlistment as at Feb- ruary 28, i946, was 3,765 compared with a total of 3,283 as at August, 1945. (Total es- tablishment of officers and ratings in the per- manent navy is 10,000). In the seamen’s branch of the service there were 1,740 enlistmcnts at February 28, i946, of the 3,918 total requir- ed. ‘

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This would not apply to our Finance Min- ister Hughes. The doctors were discussing a certain undefeatablc and irrepressible politician.

pher, “I'll tell you this about him- He might have typhoid and recover; he might have pneu- monia, and recover; he might have cerebral men- ingitis, and recover; he might have yellow fever, and recover; but—if he ever had lock-jaw gad, sir, he'd bust." I i U

Napoleon Bonaparte died this‘ date i821;

there have been three great dictators in Western

keeping the civilized world in ferment, Napol-

Wilhelm, but he was the outcome and comple- tion 0f Bismark, whom he dismissed on ascend- ing the throne of Prussia and attaining to the Imperial Crown of Germany. Napoleon was the scourge of Europe, just as Hitler prayed to be a hundred years later. There was this differ- ence, however, Napoleon raised a dynasty, Hit- ler raised only pandcmoniun: '

yrs. othss (by we gavqa list of the pom.‘ made by P. E. I. companies in the brovince. Hcrewith is a list of the incomes of individuals

yet unavailable: 000 to $2,000,’ 704; from $2,000 to $3,000, 414; from $3.000 i0 $4.000. 16s; from $4.000 w $5,000, 81; from $5,000 to $6, , 43; from $900 l0 $7r°xv fii from $71000 to, $81000: x4; from $8,000 to $9,000, 17; from $9,000 to $10,- 000, 5; from $10,000 to $15,000; 9; from $15,- ooo to $20,000, 5; from $20,000 t0 $25,000. fewer than three; from $25,000 to $30,000 fewer than three. (In order to conced identity those in the two last classes are grouped with the preceding classy‘

' . The loss of our fnrmlng- population reveal- ed by Col. Johnstone demands "immediate at- tention by our Government‘. The improvements in “the way of life" suggestetlbytheiColonel to make farming more attractive to tlierisihg gen- ~ nation are not only desirable but necessary.-

fthsisoilltora-

“Well,” summed up the smoke-room philoso- the

Europe during the past hundred years 0r so, ‘hm

con, Bismark and Hitler; there was also Kaiser o,

in this Province for i94i—the i944 list is as ' Below $1,000, 314; from $f,- down about.

and em then will be Alubiisfficllenl to induct _ v

the opfnlon of many this ls a mfs take. Nothing will supplant educa- tlon along the right lines, tn over- coming the evils of this world. - Chatham News.

The simplicity and faith display- ed by the native trlrbes of Blklni Atoll, away out there tn the Pael- flc where the atomic bomb expert- ments wlll be conducted. are re- .mlndful of trlbal assemblies of Am- erican Indians of an earlier dayflf the United States government and the scientists of the world want to use our island, and atoll for fur- thering tlhls development my people wlll be pbeased to go elsewhere," said the chief of chiefs. One wlll be pardoned for asking tf this great world which lies around Bklnl Atoll ls worthy of the tribal confid- ence. We fear bhal. unless the great out-Bidet world

0% will

w from some high p0

Pacific scan the horizon foraslght of the remains of those great, con- tinents we call Asa and America. ‘Cleveland Plain Dealer.

Anion new traffic regulations which city council proposes to Insert ln the new traffic bylaw ls one to curb jaywalktng on downtown Regina streets. Anyone breaking the jaywalklng law be ticketed by a policeman and . inc. set. at 50 cents, without up

rlnglncourt. Therelsa g den

of doubt whether a strict lay-walking law would meet with the full approval and cooperation of Regina pedes- trians. It, ls a habit lngralxied in ~ estflan to want t0 save time and footage by avoiding the walktoimlnversectlontngetto the opposite side of the street. Act- ually, there are only a few large cities that have banned javwalkln . The wiper-fence has been that ti; s difficult law to enforce. ‘The ped- estrian simply won't pay attention 00 it. —Reglna leader-

our rulers. the persons dressed ln a little brlef authority, gets us lutely spinning‘ with bewll- derment. One otf ese times was the Rouse

" for Oenada and her sister not ns in the British Coin- rnonwesltli’) As ws go to plus the Senate, thst invaluable piece of mlchln for ilvlnl u" 00m- moiis s s

h“ m” mpfillnl hi‘:

u, - sisisirslaiffiiiuihm ohsllnotbn rushed 10h

11mm: suns

A robin! nest on . the curving

And £12m‘!!! ii ’ 0t ‘its g .

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Then are tines, h flame pecu- liar days. when the behavior of P

qg not even s psi-t of ft:

' psrlsons are sometlmss ; and in this csurliidglng from the on the .

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Olll‘ parents and

show. better known way to Charlottetown from Bor-

den. . . Premier Jones when elected in office orouilsed this highway. How much longer does he 0x000! Ill travellers to so My flve miles to get to Charlottetown when we could get there In 80 or 32? ‘Ihlnk " wssteiLnot -

tires. through the bllllost pla- d our Island. runnlng side by side with

tn 11 . lllrm w“ iisr been

Rest drs _ that we have.

What does Premler Angus L. Macdonald say about paved hlgb- ways? The best flerfllnent money about. and they ve hun- dreds of mlles of this road ln Nova 800th. The Island Govern-

to hsve n0 money to

In do thls work. but when they want-

ed their own salaries rslaed the ttlls were overflowing. "rhls cry of "no money" has outlived its usefulness.

Vlhen the war started their cry was "no money" but every loan was oversubsorlbed. I venture to say mere ls more money 0n the Island today than when the v/sr started. and lf the Govenmmt would float. a loan to get. money for permanent roads there ls not a man with a few dollars but would invest ln it

There ls three to be considered ff this road ever built. Built the shortest way. the cheapest way. and the wsy for winter driving that is most free from snow.

We must have more paved roads if we have to sell one-dial! their land to pave the other half

I mm, Sir. etc“ CHAS. MQNIILL. ~ Traveller

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FIGURES AND FIGUI-IB OF SPEECH

Sin-Does it not surely occur to the minds of your readers that a figure of speech should bear the character of consistency in its dif- ferent parts, or that otherwise it may express n ridiculous absurdity? some of your readers have no doubt read some of. the famous Irlsh bulls of Slr Boyle Rouhe in the old Irlsh Parliament, "Gentle- man." he said on cue occasion, "I smell a rat, I see lllm floating ln the nlr. but mark my word l wlll nip him ln the bud." And again: "Mr. Sneaker. who are these

Jacobi» with whom some honor- ‘n1; able members would have us cori- rl

sort? These, sir, are the men who would gladly cut our heads off and throw them there on the table to stare us ‘n the face."

There ls perhaps no need to tell your readers from what country the above rare gems comes from. N0 other country could ponlbly rlval the old Emerald Isle n tlils respect. $tt~ll we have recently had qulte a flné demonstration of what our own little emerald Isle (in June and July) can do by way 0f coining new conundrum figures of s ech. For instance Mayor Ma onald says that Print-e of Wales College ls the bottleneck of our system of education. Now lf P. W. C. ls the bottleneck or neck of the bottle, what part 0t the system corresponds to the whole bottle? Does the passer through the neck 0f the bottle pass into the bottle, or out of the bottle? Does he pass into the system or out of the sytem? The Mayor my: he never passed through the bottle- neck. Is he therefore stlll I tho bottle, or still out of the bot! s. or neither ln nor out of the bottle?

And again. Mayor MacDonald says s rural teacher should nave ten times as much n: a P. W. O. leflflher- A P. W. C. ex-studeut who hastens to the Mayor's defence

says the Mayor's statement was who!

not intended to be taken literally, but rather as s figure of I och. He Illustrates the truth o this r. , ‘tlon by comparing tlrq Egy- ors remarks to the statement of a man who sald on the day before that on which he intended to leave the Island. "I lm taking the tram tomorrow". whereas he did not on the marrow take the whole train- the train took hlm. Now lt 1| quits true as Mrs. Malupi-op would ssy that com- odorous,

writer. and I thl ‘

more of {our readers, th

s llttls ouch of ls sliln w lh lt. But than par as . O. Iii-Student su| eits, n tbs our of "Parent". rny ucstloii may bs de- fective. But be that ss l! may bs, I ssk your gentle. rssdors to 1m- sglns r MacDonald's lilrlng s new clerk on‘ llondsy. n rnlng

were snd tslllnf hlm thst lis would

him ten t mes u much as he pol

any other clsk In hls employ, and on Sstur night wlmrtlis new clerk came to sniuiil lils tenfold wages linsgln Di

ai"€;fil.l?‘ "i? if‘.

{rlltenby .JsmssI's‘nfl ' I Ivsnsvqr

‘..r.,....“‘.'.'...'?f€'-'tl§3 lps 0 frss Province

‘ ‘wore brliigliig- bee: tollbvslooth

the necessltlss of life , industry ui commerce s: return cargoes from the ports wlisrs they liarl trailed. M he blddlnl 0t the den- lsens of the thieves’ kitchen ‘In Jsnsds. all these necessities were set upon wlth filratlcsl exsctlons. embngoss, tsrl l, with the 0x- pren purposYof ilestroyln our trade and sh . and for m: us to buy Ours fan junk st rulnous prlcel.

' The implements of the fsrm, fisheries.’ and bu‘ . were spsolsl tssgsts for stuck. An sx- trs tiu-n- of the sxtortlon screws was Emit on, and the people revolt- fd. en went out the famous

. No Increase only re- adiustmen . The Inset able maw reaxed nothlnguhut nconlte, dlg- ltslls. gentlan, j spsom salts, squlllrsnd emetic-s wereput on the free lllt. *

Your correspondent states that my references 1o ‘these "FBUWII" wll be somewhat of a shock to‘ patriotic Canadians". Of course it will. When the truth was shot home tt- punctured the Inflated and uniformed mentslltles which had been fed on political tripe from their youth; ‘rho thing which, more than any other. puts the hall- mark of fosslllzed thinking and the procllvltleii of the parrot for nim- elng what lt hears, rs when your corremosident talks of the decay of our shipping. He repeats the jargon handed out to Nova Bcotla from fifty years back. Is he Ignor-

tarlff and embargo. ss_ deadly. in though gunboats were placed at eve port and harbour of our rov nee. Jsiittlnl an end t0 ses rffllsl sin‘ commerce, tn shlps- of

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"You allowed the hour to go by

hawked the beneflclar es of the Plunder. The hour went by when the stalwarts appealed to Howe to lead them In armed rebellion. But the bnyouets of the Halifax gur- rlson had was behind. closed doors n Iron on Colonial oflce, selling his prov. lace. Mscnonsld 0n this sl-de, cadoltng, lying and schemlng. and caps ft all with a letter to Tupner which I produced In my article. Your uOITQIDODdGBl. skips that. It would hanx a man char ed wlth murder. It was cold-bio ed. I