4.-_m.-_.."‘"_.L-.-.--,..... ...-. .,._ .. . k i). . '..44»i~_,i»-iuri1 PAGE FOUR THE GUARD IAN Morning Dally tlfnumleil In IIDPI) Author-ind m: rs‘ (‘liiiia llull. Pint Off!“ rm... iii-iii, 0 - . Tho lnluinl (iuiirillun lliililnl Co. Editor Ilill Slrlnngllil iiir r. a n. Burnett. Aurwiulo Eiiiirir, irimli Walker. "The Strongest Memory is Weaker Than the Weakest Ink." CHARLOTTETUWN. MONDAY, JAN. 1949 Bank 0f Canada Offices lt is to bc hoped that in theplans that are being drafted for the new Dflmlfllflfl Government building in Charlottetown, ample provision wili be made for offices for the Bank of Canada. lt will be recalled that rlie Bonk offices were‘ closed hem an Sept, 30, i947, and since that time we have been the only Province in the Dominion without these facilities. lt is true that in the case of bonds and transfers the business is being done satisfactorily bv flit? 5115"?" llll5l’ C°'“' pany, but the cash birsiiicss formerly done hero by the Bank of Canada has all got to bc done through Halifax. Our chartered banks also must be serviced from Ottawa, which is a distinct dis- advantage. _ The only reason for the withdrawal of the Bank of Canada office: here in i947 was lacl’. of accommodation. The Provincial Government had purchased the Bank's quarters and required them for Government purposes. At that time, Premier Jones expressed the hope that rt would not be long before a new Dominion building was erected in Charlottetown,at which time the Bank facilities could be restored. It‘ now becomes the duty, both of the Premier and of our Federal representatives, to call this matter to the atten- tion of the Dominion authorities without delay, so that there will be no excuse for not including this important provision in the new building plans. l0. Our Farmers The Losers A recent dispatch from Ottawa told. the story of a Canadian bacon contract with Britain. 1,, brief, the tqci-sgiven werethot the United States agreed to give $12 million to Britain to buy bacon from Canada in the last quarter of i948; but cancelled the payment because Can- ada failed to deliver the goods. Ottawa, though not unprepared for this American decision, was disappointed. Federal officials said it had been hoped that the $l2 million would be carried over into i949 for British purchase either of bacon or some other supply. ‘ _ _ There are at least two points in this story for Canadians to think about seriouslY. "9015 the Globe and Mail. One is that Canada still looks for payment from the United States Treas- ury for Canadian food shipped to Britain. The other is that Canada is failing to send the Brit- ish market what it needs even when precious American dollars are on tap to pay for the QOIT signments. Many Canadians will ‘lllld ‘ll’ diffi- cult to make head or taii of this policy. it neither measures up to our countrys responsi- bilities nor serves our own long-term interests. I Britain has been for many years Canaoags largest and most reliable market for food. lt is entirely reasonable to look for a revival of that trade, on a normal commercial basis, when ‘he British get over their present difficulties and provided Canada keeps British 90f>¢l~Wlll "W custom during the period when credits are neod- ed. But relying on American dollars for pay- ment and then falling down in deliveries is. Olf- viously, not the way to retain our foothold In the British market. I "The final lasers from Canadas perform- anceson the i948 bacon contract, if such fail-- ures continue to happen," 0455 lll? T°l°lll° paper, "will be Canadian hog producers. The British can turn to Denmark for bacon and tc South America or elsewhere for other food ‘sup- plies if Canada doe; not arrange its business with them more intelligently and with greatcr foresight. As things are going, we are compelling Britain to do just that." Saskatchewan Fiants (hosed Two of the C.C.F. Saskatchewan Government industries, started with grootorosriecls 11nd lls-"YY investment of puolic fuinds, have been ‘closed down "for the Winter." Presumably they will rc- open m the 5p[jirg_ Aigersyqlng to a Govcrnmcnt announcement, they had finished products to lost over the win-"zr months.‘ The slice fxtory was started iii i945 0nd up to Decenrbzr 3i, i947, had received advan- ces from tire Government finance ilfice of Sl7i,- 000. From its start to lviarcii 3i. i945. its i19- ficit was $5,550. From March 3i, i946, to March 3i, i947 its deficit was $2,555. And for the nine months from March 3i, 194.7, to Decem- ber 3i, i947, it showed a profit of $520. Figures for i948 are not available. in periods of maxi- mum output the plant employed 35 pcrsons. The tannery began operations March ii, i946 and up to December 3i, i947, had reci-iv- ed government advances of $53,500- l" lll? l2 months from its start to March 3i, i947, its ret loss was $i4,l67. From March 3i, i947 to the end of that year it lost $3,023. No i948 figures are available. The tannery employed about i5 persons. When these and other state industries were started the professed purposes were to make profits enough to finance an immense array of social services, to use Saskatchewan raw mater- ials, to provide employment and generally to broaden tho provincial economy. Their effect in broadening the economy, however, was in- finitesimal during their operation. They provided jobs for a maximum of 50 persons and in con- siderable part they used raw materials other than those produced in Saskatchewan. They closed down in December, throwing their employees out of work just before Christmas and at a time when it seemed as though the province was head- ing towards a succession of labor disputes start- ance office workers. These two plants, like the other state in- dustries, have operated in a boom period when the market was nearly unlimited and prices high. Yet they have lost heavily. Their operation would seem to disprove the theory about financing great social services out of industrial profits. [EDITORIAL n01 ES / Penny postage introduced this date i840. League of Nations, (now U. N. O.) found- cd this date i930. s» 1v u- lt is the dairy farmers business to back up, through their respective M. P.'s, the determina- tion that margarine Sllflll not be sold as a col- ourable imitation of butter. Q I )1 Canada's newsprint industry is producing at the astonishing level of i022 per cent of its rated capacity. Without building new mills it has increased production from i,500,000 ton:- in i925 to 4,475,000 tons iu i948. Our emigrant lobsters seem to find it a lit- tle difficult to acclimciizc themselves on the Pacific Coast. Perhaps this may not be a disad- vantage for we know by sad experience what happened in the case of our'silver fox industry. it K i! The things that men can do best are over emphasized in our civilization, according to anthropologist Dr. Margaret Mead, as reported in the Toronto Globe and Mail. Her research has convinced her that women "haven't begun to develop the abilities they might have." "k i’ i The United States has a new nation-wide registration system for births. ln a serial num- ber, as, say, lOi-49-00000i, the first three digits indicate the state, the next two the year, and the lost six the number assigned within the state. The next step would seem to be to drop names altogether. w a a The recently appointed national library com- mittee will probably be fully occupied for a while finding out and cataloguing the books already available in our libraries. Should time and fi- nances permit, however, it would be well worth while to make available microfilm copies of otherwise inaccessible material. The "emphatic" advice of Deputy Labour Minister MacNomara to two Latvian girls to return to their contract jobs at a mental hospi- tal was probably well meant. lt would be unfortunate, however, if these new Canad- ians got the idea that people in this country can be told even by a Deputy Minister that they must do a particular job whether they want to or not. How Socialism works. According to The Scotsman, Edinburgh, spectacles for Glasgow school children which useil to cost the corpcra- iion an average of 8s 3d per pair, including eye- testing, are now being supplied by the same op- tlcians at 52 i0; under the notional health ser- vicc, As the number of cify school children who receive glasses each year is about 6,000, the corporation will have to face a bill for something like £15,000 ($60,000). Carl Linnaeus, Swedish botanist, died this date i778; studied medicine and botany then travelled in Lapland, Holland, France and Eng- land. Returning to Sweden he practised as a physician, becoming professor of medicine and botany in Upsala. H: mode a remarkable ar- tIficlal classification of plants, founded on the character of the stamens. After him were named the botany associations throughout the world— Linnaen societies, or I w An English factory wmch uses sea water as its raw material is to carry out a half-million- pound plant expansion. The factory, which is 0t Hartlepool, County Durham, makes refrac- tory bricks for steel furnaces. The bricks are themselves produced from magnesia which in turn is made by u sea water process. When th: factory was built, in i937, it was the only one cf its kind in the world. Today its plant, which is unique in Europe, is turning out 27,000 tons of magnesia yearly. Plan‘. expansion will bring the output up to 40,000 tons. Q v "k Irish cattle exports to countries on the Eur- opean continent will reach re:ord levels during the current season. lt is expected that during the winter season 60 thousand head, valued at about S12 million, will be shipped. About 30 thousand are to go to the Netherlands, i0 thou- sand to Belgium, and 5 thousand to France and Switzerland each. The trade agreement with ltaly has assured a new outlet for 5 to 7 thou- sand head of lrisli cattle. Continental buyers pay from 92 to 95 shillings per hundredweight while the price paid by the British is B0 to 82 shillings. This difference in price is the main cause of the decline in exports to the United Kingdom. v 1r w Great Britain, which has absorbed dentis- try as part of the National outfit, has discovered that dentists were making much more money than the services they render require, so the Gov- ernment has announced u revision in the rates which they will pay the new government dental officials. From February i, Minister ‘of Health Bevan announces dentists’ earnings will be paid in full up to £4,800 ($19,200) gross each calen- dar year, but earnings above this figure will be reduced bylialf. lri making the announcement Bevan recalled a recently published Spens re- port which recommended a standard payment to dentists of £3,858 a year based on a thirty-three- hour chalrslde week. The new rates, Bevan said, take into consideration the present heavy demand for dental service under the national [HE YOUTH AND AGE Faint. and fainter sounds the lute. Rarcr songs of gods; and still Somewhere on the sunny hill. 0r along Llie winding stream, Through the \Vlll0\\'S, fllts a dream; Flits, but. shows a smiling face. Flees, but vi-irh so quaint. a grace, Noue can rslrocse to slay at. home, All must. follow, all must. roam. This 1s unborn beauty: she Now in nit" floats high and free. 'I‘ukcs the sun and breaks the blue;- _ Lute with stcopuig pinion flew Raking ‘itetlgerow trees, and wot Her wing in silver stireams. and Se! Shining (cot on temple roof; Now again silo flies aloof, v _ Coasting rnrvuilaui clouds anilklsst By the cvcuurgls amethyst. In not ivooci and mlry lane, sturwe pant. and pound in vain; Still with tendon foot ive chase Waning pinion. fainting facet Still with grey luilr ive stumble on, Till. tichrrlil, the vision gone! Vvhere hrtlr fleeting beauty lecl? To tho doorway of the dead. Life is aver. life was gay: We have come the primrose way. “R. L. Stevenson O Q>MQ>W§>OO§>GOQ>OO6 Old Charlottetown (And P. E. L) “A CHRISTMAS DIN NEE." Sir,-—Glancing over {your paper of Dec. 24th. I Imppcried to read. un- clor" “Old Charlottetown and P. E. I." about a dlunoi" holri by Prlucc- lslciivzird islanders lri the British Columbia liotol nt Greenwood. B. C. on Christmas Day, 1900. You asked how muny of those who nt- tcnded were still alive and have memories of that dinner. Four of them are my irucies: Daniel Mac- Botii. Kennel]: fvlncBeth and Nail MricBetli, all crf Grand View, ind John bIncBeih, of Bollevue. Roder- ick binvPlror-sorr is still alive and vlsliorl mo not long ngo. < i um. Sir". etc. M. S. MucLEOD l". Owens Plzicc Quincy 69, bliiss. (‘HIRIXEYS k FIRE BUCKETS Llntlcr" nn AVl of the Legislature pz-ssocl lu 1830, it was provided llllll “ovary chimney which shall or" may he used in tho '1‘0\vn of Charlotte- Toivn shrill be reczulzirlj’ swept once every two months between the first clay of 0T1)‘ and the thirty- first rlziy of (lctobor. and once a month from who lrist mentioned period until the thirtieth (lay of April; riurl if any licensed chimney sweeper shrill, when required to do sir. refuse or neglect t0 swoop any Fhlnlliffl, or shrill negligently or improperly (lo tho sumo, he shrill b» llziblri ta a penalty of 'I'\.vcnty Shillings for each rind every of- fi-iicir." Provision \\'ilS made in the same act foi" the licensing of chimney s“ eopors liy the Flro VilElFdCllS, such persons living: required to give bond for the Yfllllllti‘ performance of their lillllPS. i-‘or the sweeping of ('l'(‘ll and r.~vor_v fluo or chimney they ivr-i-n ontiilcil to receive “the sum of l-‘our Ponce, and no more." It ivais also rirovideil "that with- in l\\'f’l\'f‘ months from the passing of this Act, the tenant. 01' occupier" of every house in the said 'I‘i:ivi'n, of tho yeiirly vnlur: of Ton Potmrls, Slltlll lie ])l'0\'l(l(‘(i with, rinri keep. one leritht-ru Buckehto contalnuot li-ss than ‘Two nations, nu which his llf-lllf‘ shrill lvi- rirlnierl; which Buc- l'f‘l Sllllll U0 lif']ll. hung up in tlic trzissiigc m" liril] of suvli house. irmloi" the tronaliy of Five Shillings lfll ““~"ll "ml s‘\‘i‘l‘.\' time the said l'l\ii'l{('l shall not, be fouurl so hung lll‘ in its [ii-opi-i- plncr- us aforesaid l>.\' llir- Fri-v \ irrlvns when they shrill iisll llic l-lilfl lious “ The Freight ilinteisl Case lboiluig" Post-Record) llic -“\'(‘!l-P.'O\'.l(‘(' agitation for li1‘»\‘cr f ‘i’ raid‘: has rcsulteil iii th: oliuincui of ri Royal Cfiiiirnrz. iizi Transportation- iihi -!r ' produce the required ""11! " ' Provinces couccn- trn". on our feature of the Cum- lnquiry’. 'l‘i1at siibunsslans rle- _ that there are spciuzrl economic conditions fre- ‘sllllllll in the hizrrliimrs and on the Prairies, \\lllCli entitle the cnstorzi and ivcstcrn sections of levrls than prevail elsewhere, if nll nre to enjoy equal advantages from Canada's railway system of transportation. If this aspect of the inmitiyv be intelligently studied and forcefully presented to the Ravnl Commission. a. case can as- suredly b: proved that will warrant ioivei- freight rate structures for the Moritlines and the West than for those sections of Canada which have the benefit of short hauls and mass transportation. I I O Whore the seven dissatisfied Pro- vinces made their major mistake when the railways applied to the Ttansporl Board for a 30 per cent increase of freight- rates, was thnt the counsel representing the opposing Provinces followed the extraordinary strategy of resisting any rate increase whatever, with the breath-taking argument that ll"! ffllhyflys needed no betterment whatever in revenue. notwithstand- ins o ioo per cent increase in their operating costs since the last zen- eral rote revision has been made. No one believer‘ or can be in- duced to believe that the railways are not entitled to higher revenue: now than they had u you ago, or even six months ago, to uy plan and allow for a forty-two-hour chairslde lrig from the long strike of Government irisur-u-eek. fln-wv . m; . wnwnuv‘. __,__, nothing of the very low males GU_AI§_I_)HIAN,MCHARLUT" _. Youth now flees on feathered foot. tha Dominion tu lower freight. rute- ‘ gallon that lite prevailing freight is so grotesque that those who pre- tliemselvos the fine of being laugh- cd out of Court. g On the other liand, an veiling in the Maritime Provinces and in the West, coupled with the long distances shippers have to cov ' before they can reach their markets must. 1f properly pre- pared and presented, carry con- viction to any fair. impartial and open-minded tribunal. a o - Along these lines. therefore, llesj the ivny lo a dignified. logical, sensible and convincing campaign. an behalf of these Provinces. Whatl they would in such a case be ask- ing would be a. differential withing the pattern of the general rate» structure, and not an arbitrary re- rlilclioil or hold-donor of the whole‘ of that. structure. It is as esentlal to tile hfrii-iiimes as it can be to airy other part of Canada to see both of the great railway systems QPETLTlllIg a‘. a reasonable profit. The Aiuerlvziil riiilu". gs are now cu- jqvlug in fair measure the fruits rif an increased post-ivar volume of business, which is bringing; them the greatest revenues on re-l cord. Similar DLISLTICSS conditions- exist in Canada. Here the railwayisl hriic just cmrxplcteil one 0f thei bigacsi yiuirs in their" history. but ivlilioirl. turning as large a profit as they caruccl one, two or three‘ year's tIQYlIfl‘. Hird it not been for: the mock-st 21 per cent increase‘ granted by the Triiiispo1"t. Board lost soriiis. ihc Canadian Niitlimnl Rllll\\ll_ “Ollld now be plunging rirroply into the rerl. A ciise can clearly be maria for i-cusannbte tolls for the railways on the one hand. and on the other", freight rates low enough for the traffic" to bcnr lu the Marlliines and in the Wcst. GUN ETTLE ()N—BUS INDIANAPOLIS. Jan. 9 —-(AP) -- Fcrtjpoue screaming bus passeng. JPRUFES y _. l i NEIL W. HIGGINS l CHARTERED ACCOUNTANT Currie Biilidl 1g C IIARLO i"l'l"."l")\VN Tt-t. I630 l'.U. Bu! 45'! ' William B.\ . B. A. ileddin LLB l JR LICFTUIC, ERA‘. l.0.0.l*‘ BldLn-N v! to tic-dill Bron PHONE 2481 Money to Loan Collections ' ‘Taxation i l Dr. A. L. Maclsaac l l DENTIST ‘ I Dental X-Ray l l l Whi-lan Building, Roam l y 1'15 Grafton Street ‘ r ‘ Phone 291 l _ VEYES FEXABIINED llli] GLASSES FITTED J. S. TAYLOR OPTOMETBIST Corner Kent and q- eon Sta. Phone 1356 Evenings by Appointment Phone: lolldence i018 l i l ounnsuoivs isfruuiixo l llPBYiYVZ- A cnso haired nu the aile- ers ducked to idle flour Saturday svlille a fugiilve hold-up nun on flit rates are on an average loo high. bus exchanged shots with n pur- sucr. The hold-rip man ivzis shot. to sent it are in dangcr of esiming death but. 11o one else was wounded. (3119 W011i‘ ‘. cut over the me, ? J‘ m 20f‘ suffercd and fled, boarding the bus QDQCLQTITIBQQQQUETIOIQQYZLQUCSQCE The Age-Old Story (v DJQWSMDIOIIDQURDDDDDDVJTDDQDUU) for n mo- ‘ ment, in llls favour is life. Weep- ing mnv endure for n xiiglit, but llls anger endurelh joy comcth in the morning. rnou The Arnfast Goal 6o Phone 2498 Provincial Agent! for Iron Fireman Equipment l SIONALEARD J. E. Burnett, '.L.B. Bnrrfsu-r. Solicitor. &c. 134 Richmond Street Charlottetown, thlill. Bu: 4M Tol. C380 AND ' COMPANY CllAlYYldlfI-J) ACCOliI-‘TKJVI- Eastern TrustPHuIIiIIng (lhiiriutfotoivii Pliorin H47 Dr. J. C. Galhaiit, B. Sc. DENTTJT Plckuril [Building 15f Grunt. Georgi- Sb DENTAL X-RAT Phone ‘Z007 MONEY TO LOAN B.A., LL.B. BARRISTEII, SOLICITOR. EM!- LL.B. BARBISTER. SOLICITOR, Etc. Phillips Birilrllng lll Grafton "crept lllonoy to Loan H. ‘n. come and COMPANY CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS OFFICES-i Halifax Charlottetown Toronto New Glugow Truro * ihnr prevailed prior to the recent =i=i= _l Kelltvllll m CBAITLOTIIZTOWN B8 Grafton F‘. Phone 2080 Bo: 2|‘! RANDOLPH ‘V. MANNING, (LA. believed to no gygu- , from ivlndow glass shattered by n ment purporting to show that the bullet. The incident began when n peculiar economic conditions pre- man held up (iliver lsrvrues, grocer. Cl *3. lit o f? $1. M. Alban Farmer A. Walthen Gaudet. (LIZHMUOIII H. -0r And how if you atop to count l0 you will be mad at something else. ' -—Brandon Sun.‘ We do not so much mind a wife liiivlng the lust word, if she will only get. around to it. —- Quebec Chronicle-Telegraph. The latest: invention il a small airplane which flaps its wings like u blrrl. Come next hunting sen- san. it. will probably bc- shot in mistake for a duck. — Edmonton Journal. "If children want: to bore holes iri the radio to see what's inside. lei. them do ll," a psychiatrist. ad- vises. During some of the pro- grams, however, we feel that in- stead of fooling around with a gim- iet. Junior should be permitted to use his Boy Scout axe. -— '1‘.D.F. iu the Ottawa Citizen. Australia's record queue is flint ivalilng I01" membership of the Melbourne Cricket Cluo. Last year the waiting list was 7.035 and this year it is 8,712. Many face a long and, perhaps, fruitless ivnit. Some have been on the list for 14 years already. No new members ivere admitted last season. Capacity for full members is 6.200. — Australian Ken's-Letter. After being in service all over lilo wavlrl fur 16 yours, the mast fzxnrous military and civil training aircraft of modern times, the de Ilnvillnnd Tiger Moth, will gradu- rilly disappear. Its makers an- nnunce that their Chipmunk, a monoplann made ln Catiuda, may now be regarded us ready to dis- place the Tiger Moth. The Chip- munk is already In quantity pro- Auction. — London Times. There can be no rloubi: about the intent of British Socialists to dis- member the Commonwealth. Sir Stafford Cr-ipps has announced that purpose plainly. And the pin- prlcklng lri trade matter: imposed ori Canada by Attlee bureaucrats i-r significant of the general ut- tltude of Mr. Attleds Government toward inrperi-irl ties. 1t. is unfor- tunate, to put it gently, that the Socialist mania for clismemberment should be pursued with such vigor when the great majority of the British people have surely not for- gotten ivliut the Empire means. 'l'odriy it is pathetic. Tomorrow It may be tragic. It will surely be tragic if the Attlee Government is re-oiectc-d to continue its hazardous course of isolating Britain. — Ed- monton Bulletin. Thausnruis of young people en- rollortin colleges and universities lariay lirive no business to be there, and would serve both them- sclves and the institutions involv- er‘. if they withdrew and gave up fill thoughts of getting more eflu. viatiari, This ls the statement of tho rlorrn of men at the University of llfissourl. in a recent inter-view. Anyone who has over bothered to look info the matter will be in- clined to agree with him. That, of course, (loos not moan that u (‘ol- lrgo oilucniian shoulrl be withheld from any ambitious nnrl iloservlm: youngster. What it rioes mean is that thousands of youngsters are in college today simply because they have a notion that it la the correct thing to rio. They do not ivunt to be educated; they arr‘, iri fiiot, not susceptible to nn erlucn- lion. They simply clog the Wheels iincl waste the efforts of the insti- tution they attend. A sharp drop in college enrollment figures vivaiild probably be a very lioulthy indica- tion. ~— Guelph lllercui-y. When Ixrrrl Diiffi-rin was Gov- ernor-Goneral in the 1870's, just ziftor Confederation, he vlsltrirt lksince Edward isliinrl. zinrl from there ho ivrole Sir John A. Mne- ilonalrl as follows: "I fauuri the lslnnd quite under" the inrpression that it. is thr- Domlnion that has bf-(‘tl rrnncxorl to ilio Island. and in ntionrllnr: to tho sirbject I have nuoplcri the sumo trino." Lord DLlfIPTlll ivris u st-ri" diplomat of his" time, who nlivziys said tho grucc- ful thing, almost n lost art to judge by the lli-tcnipevoil exchanges ut Paris nnrl Lake Success. lvinybe someone will cultivate the same im- pression in Si. John's. lt would not lio n false impression, consider"- Ml rightly. The new province has taken us nsi her partner, just. as niur-h ns we have token her to be ri purl irf n greater" Cuuurln. Consider ilii- slniui-i‘ of nny province if one linrl lricti to go it iilone nll those years. Not our‘ of thcm would imvo been as grant or powerful as she is —-no, not oven Ontario or Quebec- without iii‘? support nf the others. The delicate touch may be needed to show Newfoundland the advant- ugvs of union, but in thr- long run tho greater" itonoflf will be hers.- Cornivull Stundurd-Frceliolrler. Now that; Britain, Canada ant] thi- United Stair-s have solved the 60- ycar problem of u unified screw thread there may be some hope for the prize ribbon question. The Dominion Government grrirics beof ns red for first. blue for second. The Canadian Kennel Club used to have red first and lrlue second, but later switched to blue first and red second, ns did the Pacific Na- tional Exhibition. When the Can- adian Horse Shows Association was formed some years buck. it adapt- ed the American system of blue for first. red for second; and increas- ing numbers of exhibitions are joining this organization, and tin- slfuutfon gets more complex all the time. The Royal Winter Fair fol- lows the British system of red firs: nncl blue second; the Canadian National Exhibition does it the other ivay ‘round. The Canadian Association of Exhibitions has been working on a solution to this bat- tle of the red and blue for more than 20 years. We hope it will succeed before too many yearn pass. But it will also have to standardize ribbon colors for other winners after second place, including white, yellow, green, pink. royal purple. mauve. and (rt-color. — Toronto Financial Post. t ii .f_v1_\_NUARL_1_(_l_,__1i949 he Wa Winnipeg iii still following the practice of sending its criminals to the Lakehead in ileu of jail, This does no: include its hockey players, who, unlike those ivho should be ln jail. are always wet. come. — Port Arthur Neivs-Chron. icle. Hindsight is always better than foresight for most people, but for acne more than the individual who gets into trouble with the law, There was the case this week of the Toronto youth who stole a car and after" he had collided with a police automobile told the officers, “I lhouzht I would liuve some fun but l'd have DGPIT smarter" lo go to work." ——- Oivcn Sound Sun-Times. Small Son (after Scripture lea. son): "Mummy, do you know that the merchants of the East put all their filings on the buck of u camel to luke them to market?" Mommy; "Yes, dear." Small Son: "And that when they get to market they take out a carpet, put it on the floor, and set. out. their shop on it?" Mummy: “Yes, that's right." Small Son: "Then where do they keep the stuff they have under the counter. — lllanchesler Guardian. The average Canadian soldier fl m: average Canadian youth, no bet. for, no worse. H0 comes from an average Canadian home and, whlil urimitling discipline is necessary, hi» feels he's just as good as hi: officers. In tlils he is right. Our sailors are among our most import- cmt ambassadors abroad. We have no need to be ashamed of them All these facts add up fci fhlsfl [he sooner the naval hierarchy and the public realize the sailor in bc-lli bottomed trousers ls just as goal as the officer in brass buttons, tht better for everyone concerned, lm eluding the taxpayer. - Vancouvel News-Herald. A bright yaungaler lit Newark New Jersey, has provided one of the best Christmas storiel fhll year. The boy joined the line-up to shake hands with Santa Claul in a department store. When he reached the vienerable gentleman, he said he wanted an electric train. Santa nodded amiably and wal about to greet the boy next in line, when the youngster saldl “Don't you flunk you'd better writs it. down?" Santa declared tie didn't need to do that. Presse the boy: "You might forget: it. But Santa politely brushed him off and went on ivlth his job. The boy did some thinking and then rushel to the end of the line. Finally hl reached Sniiiri again. The old gcni tlcmun beamed nt. iilm and asked! "Well, young man. what do yo! want for Christmas?" The scenl was just too much for the boy. Ha stretched to his full four feet rind screamed at Santa: “I told yo you'd forgot! New write it down! -Fort Villlliom Times-Journal. In Franco recently there In: l secret trial run of a train-locnrnol tivc and cnrs~on rubber firs-l. 'l‘hi'r-o (lr'i_\S inter‘ it. was tested offi- cinlly. rinil M. Lomir-o. director-geri- oral of the National Rlllilvfljfi, um able in judge for himself the in- c-aniostzilile superiority’ in comfort. spceii and lightness produced by tlils new technique. The test ivnl made iii the campriruv of high rank- ing Front-h Government official! nut! lOPlllliIJ-‘li extracts. A real train —not just nu automobile on wheels --drn\vn lry n real locomotive xvith- _ out noise and without shock. Tlill niiw typo of train results ln a cou- siricrubln reduction in weight. the chief enemy of rriii traction. 'l"hre0 types of curs have been proposed- ziii steel, lighiiveiizht. alloys and modified automobiles. The origin cf this idea, which may ivcll revolutionize the production of vollinr: stock, is in a sleepless niclii between Paris rind Cannes in Frlv runry. 1023, when Andre Michelin suggested to his brother‘ Edouard flint lie should “put rubber fires all the oars, so that n person could sleep." Patient study and numbcr- lcss trials have resolved the Drill" lem. Tho iriiin, which ls conipascil 0t ll dining our", one first-class conch and three second-class eurrlaizct- can curry ‘.250 travelers. It Co" rover the S20 miles between Paris tltlfi Strasbourg in five liours. Si. Thomas Times-Journal. Air export on marine biology hll ridvnncorl the suggestion that till human race may flnrl iin unilnillcil source of faoil in plankton dill huge muss of unimnl and vegctnhli organisms. mostly mlcroscntili‘. found flouting’ in ull irorllris of Still rind fresh water". The hlfllilX "l" tiutive qualities of the tiny iivinl fcrrtin, lie says, might, after l‘l'°' pr!‘ DFDPCSSITTR, make admlrnbll fotiricr‘ for cntfie. And fiiriliill treatment conceivably could YP-‘llll in some form of human food f“: rllroct consumption. Iii vlcW f‘ (lire predictions flint the allflflll‘ turril gesnuroos of the earth All reaching their limit. ivlilie the l“°l_“l lotion of the globe continues to lll‘ i-rcasri, the thought of linrvcsllllf and irtilizlng tlils tremendous 010k! ls timely and interesting. Plan" ion is the inclusive name nll?" u the drifting life. Some of ll u visible to the eye. especially ‘vllin found in great clouds floritlnl ll" the sea. when it ma)’ ""5" ‘l, ivatcr with a brown or red ""0; But most. of the orgunlsmsvnrel tiny to be caught in the finest” silken meshes. and are visible ti?" under the microscope. Some “Mo. of whales nro known to i094 i“ plankton. scoopintl large “l?” into their cavernous mouil1§~ u‘, rial. pllchnrd and other fisluli use it. as food. Mankind mill-n‘ deed be passing 11F fl Dltllllllllt ,, valuable supply of riourishnltll I this form. But havini; "Fmre, the weird and wonderful Halli“ some of the infinitesimal creos v and the extraordinary Illlme‘ which they are known. We “an; cltnod to try it on cattle flril- w‘ plankton, plankton cold cuff. P , ton a la creme. flllll “h”, possibilities somehow d0 m‘ , the necessary gastronomicalqnk traction. We'd Pffl" l‘ l“ . "M4 steak any riny- s ' llllmm l‘ i