- n -. .. aOLm -ikltlofllltcrvlaiiollll tnllthwbo race I A Complex Matter In the United StItea-- and of course in (Tanada. too-it costs I good deal more in matkct farm produce than in iunu it. in fact. marl-tetlmz accounts for almost lli'r)- thirds of the consumer's fresh fruit and vegetable dollar This inlornia tion I! roiitaiiicd in I report is.-iiicri by the Ctiitprl Frmeii Fliilli and Vegetable Association The report contains nllicr lllir'l'- c:.tin: itii'oiiii;iIinti. in i935 ill” at-garage Amriit-tit t'4'ln&'lll1lPl'i ahotit 330 pnunrls of itmh fruit: and vc;;e- tahip; Tm: tin: criual tn inore than . mm til the mun-o food miindaee uzprl t'nitaimict". t'fll1lil'lllPf'i l" hIl)' gun pounds of lhr fresh product for eveiy one pound of the processed on; -rim: are about 283 riirlcrent vaiicties til rwodiit-ts which air t'nrr- clrlrrrri important t'Oml'llPl'I'l?lii). Rio though in the lf:;:r?EalP there are 7.000 named varieties of IIPP'PF- 5-" (yin .,r Ergnng. gflflfl of peacliee. thou-..3mi;. nl xariclles or plllniiva and e..-,,.-, at diflcretii kinds of potatoes. 5n billion pounds of fruits and ice"- table: W6'-W9 consumed in the United -litaieiz last year. The hlREll"' hinik Item ii:-is potatoes which at't'r1ul1lNi for 3.32 billion pound.-. To thrice who stispeci lhlll llimi” salerz. and retailers make 0ri'tm10ll5 pr-gfits nit Cale; "i il'Uli.S. and V639 able... it will tome as a shock to hear that. the average net profit per dollar of sales is about 1.2 cents. A. mam a. fun dozen operations qtg nftctt imriixnrl ill 'YtatlkPl.lnG.- These include cooling after harvest- ing. cleaning. sorting. grading. trim- in;. parking, storing. loading and refrigeration or warmitii: en route. During the Journey from ZNWPV '" consumer produce passes throiiih the hands of shippers. transporters. V'hUiBgaiPi'5 and retailers. it rnay also an in and out of storage. may be auctioned. ma.V bf b0U2hl "T mid bv brokers for the account of other.”- nhd mgy go through the hands of I repacker to be pitt into small packages tli'lli”i'l are beconiin: in L-reaslngly popular Dealings are done by telephone. telegraph or teletype. since perishable commodities can- not wait on prolonged bargaining or lengthy correspondence. A complex matter. this market- ing business. independent Nations in an address before'the British- American Bar Association which re- cently held its annual convention in London. Prime Minister Hamid Mac- millan mentioned the great strides Britain has taken wince the end of world War Two in granting inde- pendence to former colonial peoples. More than Itillfl million persons have been given lI'er't'iOm from colonial rule; and millions more are being directed that wa.V- The remarkable fact it that the ghangc-nver took place without seri- ous violence and. in most canes. without leavinn any rancour behind. Thgp was. to be sure. atrlfc be- tween Hindus and Moaiema in India. but the British were not involved. Another fact. hardly leis remark- mamhership within the Common- wealth or independence outside it. most of the nations choac the for- Iner. Theft Ir-I Iomo irntluptmdent stu- wlanivrian-avfiricv ll. nu E i i t BritIinwcMmofarInd E itiiiiili iii 3 -i .rt 3 iii .e.lect.ion. Hon. R. H. Winters. the n can gun in nattaunudrtp. I, must be granted. however. that his entry into national responsibility bu its weak features. The first thing he did was to remove the Queen's likeness from stamps and coins and substitute his own. He then act about plans for building I great monument as I memorial to hit achievements. These are little things. and they may indicate nothing more serious than a Ilight arrogance which will wear off in time. What makes them noticeable is Ghana's proximity to Nigeria. another independent Negro state. whose. leaders are character- ized by valnglory. natentailon Ind extravagance-and. if reports are only half true, hy political corrup- tion. llouever. the press in Ghana is free, and there is I strong op- position party. These two democra- tic institutions may help to keep (;liana fmni following Nigeria's ex- ample too closely. it is in be hoped that for (;hana'a own good Ind for the good of those African tcrritoncs nhit-ii are on the way to independ- enrc. this uill be the ca.-tr. EDITORIAL NOTES tiiir people will wish Heeiitjv I-lrntitcd Foods Ltd. evetjv success in their new venture. it ought to he nf great economic benefit in the farmers I nd stimulating in the economy in general. l I I lfimt lie:-iving. which plays havoc with roads and streets will soon he I thing of the past. according to an nflicial of a (ianadian chemical niatiufactulfitia concern. He report-I llial railway road beds treated with I newly developed product were much less susceptible to heaving. and hc aces no rcason why the same treatment cannot be adapted for uric on highways and city streets. I I I Wliatever Ina)" be the outrntne i of the Royal Commissions hearings on Newfoundland's economic status and prospects. it. will be some time before any financial relief from the Federal (lover-nmcnl it forthi-ontiiiz. Members of the Provincial (;nvern- ' ment must have been aware of that when they presented I cm page I brief it takes time to read and digest I boolroi that size. I I I fine of the pledges of the Dielen- haker Government was to call I Dominion - Provincial Conference to unrk out I healthier relationship. fiscal and otherwise. between Ottawa and the various Provinces. it has been suggested that as it final step Mr. Dielenbakcr might check with the Provincial Premier: and find I date.-probably in the late fall-that stilts all concerned. Thin Province has I vital stake in such a confer- encr. and no doubt there will be the fullest co-operation in bringing it to I head. I I At it-. rcrcnt meeting at Port Arthur the Canadian Federation of Airriculturc called for I more gen- -ral system of deficiency payments as a method of supporting prices receiwd on the farm. Under such I system. fann products are allowed to find their natural level in the market. Consumers pay the rifle! that is determined by the inter- action of supply and demand. not by the arbitrary decision of I price Iupport board: but if the supply and demand price is too lmw to maintain farm living standards. lhe "defici- ency" is made tip with I payment from the treasury. I O I 0 Whether or not slag in the form of waste material from blast furn- Icea could be used as "fill" for the Northumberland Strait Causeway. it is to be hoped that the project itself will continue to receive attention at Ottawa. During the recent federal "nnanclally feasible." He add- Id that it now remained to dItIr-- i t or o Ippii E; 3;. i5;riiEiii&? ,?5f:eEE;; igigr 5 I 33 aiifriiiaei it THE UNLIGHTENED ONE BTTAWA REPEDBT The "Buy British" Campaign by Patrick Nicholson blmlllri up But British ' Th; ananct in this quri-lion villi cliortlv become ierv important in each one of us. because an inten- -itvnd rampailn will be launched to make us think in terms of "Btu Biiliuh ” The British apt-iici tn tlU'- 'lllP'i- tion is ”yesC and Liie rca:-on is aptly summed up bv another Bri- tt-h trading slogan from pre-war days ”British therefore best " Brit keen thniigh we alwava Ire. to but the hr,-.t l'Vll'x,lilif' article It: in-iii: at good ialitr for uni :pPHIi- In: dollar. iiirre ll aim another IHFWFF and another reason Thr f'anIdian amwer to the question "should we lhuv Brititb"' " is al- II! "vs"; amt the reason for this answer il became then Britain will be able In 'Ruy Canadian” Men - more than zlie ui doing now The economies of Britain and at Canada are essentially comple- mentary me to the other We In I producer of aarirultural pro durtr- and of rail or r.nmi.pmcp;- mi wood product: and mtnernln. all in -urplit: quantities on the mntrary. Britain ll I small over- crowded lughlv industrialised is- land which cannot zrow enough food to feed her minpln, and which liven bv imriotlinz raw or semi- prrx -um-rt matcrial: and l.hPfl man- ufacturing them turn finiahod not to our purchases from In- Inui. and would thus permit Bri- tain in more than double her pur- chases from us. This has been described by Aur- trattrs Prime Mlniaier Menzies II a "pipe-dream". But we could make. it come true -'l""'l5 "”"C'' " -rel" '” "l" "'9 t BRITAIN LEADS WORLD world Thus Britain complements our wconomv. but the Us duplicates our economy - and more. Tim way trade between Fartada and Britain 1: Iheretorc a natural But at present it is gravely and un- naturally curtailed by one thing :oniy Bl'iiBln..! shortage of dollars :llNEVEN TRADE FIGURES Last year Britain spent S330 mil- lion more in Canada than we spent in Britain in lhf'M' circumstanc- vs we are indeed lucky not to have our sales of wheat to Britain slash- ed by nearlv 200 million bushels. to correct that imbalance. Io long 'as we continua in buy less from Britain than she buys from us. we will liwlVl face that rlak. Hut it we were to step up our purchases from Britain. Ilie would .be able to nae the dollars thus married to increase her purchases 'from us. This is I simple pieca of economic: which appears to he iber-I. understood an the Priaru-n and in be ignored in our indus- ltrlal areas Prin-iI Minister John Dl!i6nblh- .er iallu of Ilashing ill per cent off our huge purchases from the States. and xwitchilil those nur- rliasea In British exporters such I switch negligible in the Slates. I would add no less than 13.1 per interplanetary meted Note! to in 'september last year the ria- net. Mars reached the point In in coursa nearest to the earth and early this year. the comet "I956-H” flashed in-mu the bea- ten: Then: tvto cinni-. inure fol- lowed i-tilt intcnsr cxritevneni by specialist: and lavmen alike. hr the general public is showing increasing interest in things Iatro- iiom-cal This inter-:t in flktlrld bv the larae numbers of articles. maga- zines and books on popular Icierice. rinw offered to the White. and clnclt all help in increase man's uliderxtandlnl and knowledge of the Universe amt its mysteries some nf these works. written by specialist: in a lanauaae which the layman can imdcrstand. not only describe knmvri nhennmua. but also reveal new ttvrmtlieses via the origin of the planetary and stel- lar aystenu Two such works The Frontiers 0' Astronomy. the famous Irrttah Iatrommor Fred Hoyle. and The Origin of the Planets. by the French Icientiu Professor Alexandre Dauvillier -- nre of rianicular Interest 1. gag. aperialists COMMON 0liAl.lTV Both these works share I corn- mmr auauu; they enable tho lay- a-interuu-Itonaraoun-Ines trmodhmurinltlvoel-Id Irereceviaatiavidaelludiuia conic drut.1IlOII. the Soviet pciu.-gtyicali-r:ig.)g,Qg.1,ig.gy Ieadernlciaaotaolehrldtboptlo hyuauruttnrcadltaaaaatrtau tori-ll Jlhtownheenehel timmgogrgyiuwuangoucg. Iaexarraaaltaootbarllueu. teutaaatcuararrtcaipuelceafevit wh!chlIeIIDlut1lIHlII -ntauurotaoainavertunal vmenumsluduie-antler tbeeetvomutbctaatrnarny 'l!IlDm'Ig?ullO-Ubal emoruluaru . believe! IItClI naaur-quanta; .4. than-uIIIIhIJ::I vaacellgtlrgoryof muIofIdlIlSI1& gradual Iaaadiu d odd. one; IIIIlaust.'f'IIlaIu7ttnattaia lava! pdluiIeIlImIIlvt&IhItof ggrgem Pradilqtewiaabhlleveslial Ina. taalnvnhxlluath rnIItot- ICO- rnguggqiug nag... Iatataltliulri-Id &ctlItacwortrdI&. lqlhvc lull: VIII-Imlasrhul -mm -V31 & ..mi!.'..T.5'.'L....l..-. tuI.:II-' taau7ItIlutIn.ItIsj m rad ayIu"aiuric Itmaugaul. eii Ialli Icatlcledf : I .il sri Muziteries theory when he writer "it would eeem that the iiun was born in I whole Ilmwer of stars . . . The shower of Ilars must have been r-Itrrounded by I cloud of us the cloud from which the stars bad Just cnnduled . . " in 1745. the French viaturalill Button exproaaed the opinion that the planets wera formed tlimugh the collision of the run with . comet aitmming put its :urlIce luffori maintained that the dir- placemaait of matter torn UNI! in the collision gave birth to tha var- toils components of tho solar aya- tern. On the basis of this hypothntg sceintisu advanced the theory of two aorta of collisions. ill central mllisit in which two stars colliding bad an. induced on- clear reaction: which gave rise to new rim called "red giants"- and. '2' "IItimmlna” collisions en- lliillll the ”CapturI" of the collid- Itar into the other”: nrblt. "capture" was followed by from KInt'a proposition of the syatemliie constitution of ma Uolvene on solar Iyatan III One other reason why we should str-re to make Lhll dream come true is because Britain is In far ahead of the world in Icicntiflc de- ielnpment of direct application to indu2.try and our daily needs Britain for example already has an atomic power plant in opera- lion. producing electric powcr II cheaply II the conventional coIl- l burning stations in this the is at least elaiit years ahead at the Stairs Rrnatn I! the uorld I large-I el- porter of auch ltev tnduatrlal Ir- iicles II textile machinery. gener- ators and radio-active isotopes. in the post-war decade. BrttIuis' steel output rose by two-thirds. ex- activ double the increase tlChICVPd by the States in the same period. doubled the so per cent increase achieved by the U.5. automobile industry Britain pioneered in t it e discov- -rv oi the atomic. nucleus and peri- trliiln. she also led the. invention of such av:-rvday wonders as the jet Iern engine. radar and the radio. Even the mighty US air force i has many planes depending upon engines of British design Even that very American inatt- mtmn. Hollywood. has to rely on Britain for three out of Ivary tiva of those camera ienaea which daily catch the amt-as vital statistics it certainly Ippr-In II it our Intereats demand that we follow the British trade alollll '0 "Ill! British." Indt hereby help our own rm-i uoyia advances I similar 1 exporters out of their present dif- l flcultlea. that our plant was not origiaalLv I molten ball of tire Hnvle and Schmidt bout hFIl!vr that the Earth was cold It first. and grad- ually grew warn-tar Is I result of the terrific energy produced by l(ll.A1"l VIEWS Rut Pmfcnor Bladumr Krat. head of the Solar Physics: and AI- trophyairs section of Pulkovo Ob- Iarvatont. disputes sum of the main Iapccts of sclunldt'I b.ypot.b- uia. he does not bellow that the Sun existed before the ' but thinks that all parts of the solar svalem .were formed simultan- eously and in the same way. II I result of oolliaiona between-arm arts which existed then in vary large numbers The pinata can- not have been formed by the ag- glomeration of cosmic duct. lie say-. for in that can they would include no hydrogen but only heavy aortic-III. And since oven lIrgI nlaaeu are rich in hydrogen. be rlnmcu that they were formed from another "raw material". in his opinion. dill mil!!! hlvl been the heads of canola. la the lam: "ice" i Shots Urgent if Tonsil: Arc Out if your youagItor'I tmaila were re- rnovod four years I10 0" '0"? months In. an sums to be Jun II suacopublc ta bulbar P0110- Ihould III In polksmxelltu MOST HAD TONBILS in 739 cases of polio is which we could determine whether there had ever been lonaiilecinmiea. we found on persons who had had tZ.air tnnsiia removed. the other O7l had not We found that 24. or .1.'i1l per cent of those with no lllllblis de- veloped bulbaripolln. On the other hand. 74 or but it per cent of those who still had their lnnllia got the bulbar type: 5 came down with non-paralytic puiin with regard to tonsillcctomtea. however. I'd like to emphasize that tba importance of having innlila rcrmvad wh clinically indicated and the bonms such an operation will bring far outweigh the possi- ble. danger of hulbar involvement .NOCULATION5 NEEDED However. doctors believe it II In- vlnble that Inyonc who has had his tonsils removal or plan: lot line them removed in the near future should get all three Salk inoculations properly spared This. in my opinion. would mini- mize the danger In I great degree. QUESTION AND ANSWER Mn. J.Sr How may book: be disinfected after having been band- led by a person with I contagious disease . Answer Very little attention is paid to books as I possible spread of disease. Usually ii II boat to air for at least 12 hours Iierything in I room in which there has been I use of cotitagioua diaeue All Ir- ttcles should be cxpoaed to the sun- llglit as much II pouibie. However. if the tnefctlon is due to smallpox the books and other articles should be destroyed or properly disinfected. The Age Oici islet; He that dvelletli in the novel Britain's automobile industry also M." M "N mni "I". "n" .2 hide under the Ibadorv at tho Al mighty. .....,.a4.... llollllallol rrrcazss Two old man In pitching horn- Ilroos out In the orchard. under the trees- rwo tnsa ruuahoos. loan and au- toua. Under green branches buy with been Gravely they measure palm width. fiagar length. lolunaly pace with beat to toe; "Give me I on item.” I reckon " A straw Ind I twig will prova it In lummor Itaada stall to bear t.bI tall: Win or load by I pIbbII'I Ion! 'only the beer pretend to be busy Little concerned with the worries of maul Aiiharlaa lllalam in New Yuk Tuna OUR YESTERDAYS from the Guardian l'ilII TWINTY-PW! YEARS AGO i .-ii gt .:i r i'i lstiiiiilt EE::u:r .: :EF3 and: EbiEEEl. -” - ......-............. NOTES BY THE WAY 'No In our fill! UIIIU I'll lama incur." ThII'I I1lll- 55 any in I rvolIIn'I lob--35.? In due drink It vital! "in! in road" tat-.nIIII I matu- cf Iccidcat I77 IIIDN "Ml cut.-Itratford Ducal- EEE-il. I5 2?. mg g . ll. gorgciir-the Alpa when nil traf- fic la tmvouiblc durlnl WillG'- V it were left in place. the avalan- Iiua would carry it away. N01! II the lgyptiaa room If I ma mm. two boys -towed before I mummy bearing the notation: 145: l.C. "What do you suppose that ueI.tIIrIoIatnpuIIaIrtk. tnarriaacaaddaatlrataaiatlll. liudrawnanantiaa lnguomalyvblch urnas. it is this: Canada. laying on of tin Mill in the world. to that is r-Iictivdy - 1.110: western countriaa.-ac: moans" whispered one boy. "I don't know" replied the other. "un less iii: the licence plate of the , ear that hit bun ”-Ottawa Jour i Ital ; l social Credi header Low think: i there will be no need of I general i election for two or three years or even longer The leader of I minor party can enjoy a position of 0- lympian rlciaclimerii and speak t more confidently of the future than would ilic i'(In.NPl'VdllVF or Li- . beral chiefs vfltiawa Jnurrial Four r.-Ittleinea from Texas and New Mexico paid I-i00.tl00 for No- ble Sam. In Irish-bred Hereford bull raised by Charles Rutlge of Ron Bayabawm. in the English . Ipple roiuitrv til Herefordahire l The quartet will own the animal an I partnership basis There used in be I saylna in the trade "the - bull ll half iliI herd " if he is i wonli this earl of money be bad i better be -London Free Press It is now I capital offence in tn- I suit the President of the Egyptian Republic. Gamal Abdel Nasser. Ic- : cording to his own proclamation Alao punishable by death are ni mor-mongering. libel. sabotage and attempting a coup. Nasser. like all ruthless dictators. no lnng- i or feel: safe. Though he has the ambition of I lesser Caesar. he now also has the guilt-pangs of Macbeth about his past misdeeds -Toronto Telegram The Itrceta of Guiltliocd last . Thursday were crowded for the visit by the Queen and the Duke i of Edinburgh to the borough. which is celebrating this year the Tooth anniversary of the granting of its first known charter by King Henry ill. The Queen and the Diikc drove to the Guildhall. where the indi- tioaal gilt to rnval visitors of I plum cake was made it Wig ta. first official visit in Guildford by I reigning monarch since the visit of Charles H in I660. -London Times 1 ton Journal The Ottawa Journal maker I pro- posal for Senate reform which we think admirable; it suuuu that lllr nieienbaker permit more leg tslation to be initiated in the Upper Hoiue. There is Ivarythlng to be said for the plan. but we Ihail be Iurpriaed if Mr. Dlcfanbaker ll able in do it. for the good reason that tile Commons. and the Cab: llI'i are Jealous of any move which altos the Senate real powar.-Pot ei-borough Examiner FIRE DELAYS TRAINS NEW YORK IAPI-Mord man ' It train. yacluding the Twentieth Century Limited and till Pace maker from Chicago. were held up Monday by I firI in II Ibu- doned New York Central zlallon in the Bronx. Dolavs ranged tip to almost two hours Thousands of commuters were late in reaching New York. FIIISVI T1! Cliinll -anal tavuunnt 1 ' in (And: i