' ' ' :- »-.._-._..-~...._-.._-.._._..»_.. L <~ 1 “c. - ,__ 4 ~ a \ _ M PAGE v SIXTEEN THE GUARDIAN staining unit; irtiauueu |ll turn» tultnii-rri-u .0 hrr (‘Ins- iliul. Pun Ufflvo r alums. Pulrllnlilul LII. -|rir, J It. lluruoll. :\\\0I'|ll|I llllllul, Frtlnl “ulhrr. "The Strongest Memory is Weaker Th0" the Weakest Ink." CHARLOTTTYTOVVN. HIONDAY. DEC. 30, 1M8 Our Christmas Number Today's Christmas number will, it is hoped, be enioyed by young and old. lt provides a very good answer to a favorite theory of the sceptics that Christmas has been so "commercialized" as wholly to have lost its meaning and its flavor. Gift-giving is an essential part of the spirit of the season-hence the persistent refusal cl Santa Claus to retire an old one pension-wad the mutual pleasure shared by giver and receive: is something which, if we had no Christmas, would have to be provided through some other channel to fill an immemorial human need. Our merchants have risen to the occasion, their stoic vrindo-ws and shelves being as richly stocked ai was any fabulous bazaar in the days of the cal- iphs. The prices are as various as the goods, and the bargain seeker will find many valuable tips in today's issue in this connection. The Question While the margarine ban has been lifted with respect to sale and manufacture so far as Federal lZQlSlOlIUII is rzrrceriicd, it is V~'0'lll rioting that two of the seven Supreme Court iudges dissented from the niaiority fin mg. Chief Justice Rinfret found that the entire sec- tion of the Dairy lndustry Act was within the power of Parliament on two main grounds. He found, first, that rl came within Section 95 of the British North America Act, giving the Federal House iurisdiction aver agriculture. This section had not been raised in court, neverthe- less he considered that it supported the Act. Further, he contended that the Act "has effect, notwithstanding any law of the legisla- ture of a province relating to agriculture which may be repugnant to it." The Chief Justice termed the act "nothing more than the direct exercise of Parliament's iurisdiction over agriculture matters, or at least necessarily incidental and necessary for the ef- fective control of agricultural matters in respect to milk and its by-products." ”The fact that oleomargarine and margarine do not come directly from the cows (of (OM58 they do not) and the mere contention that they are not natural products but manufactured ar- ticles is not sufficient to remove them from the domain at the Federal Government in respect of agriculture . . . They are iust as much a dairy product as butter, cheese, ice cream . . ." His second reason was that "the so-called prohibition is not prohibited at all but o regula- tion of trade and commerce and properly with- in rho (Qmpctenu; of Parliament under Section 91 of the B.N.A. /\ct." Mr. Justice Patrick Kerwin, in his dissenting judgment, adopted a principle handed down by the Privy Council in a previous case and said this showed that "there is no ground on which it may be held that the legislation in question is not what it professes to be, an enactment creating a criminal offence in exercise of the powers vested in Parlianiint . . . . " These minority iudgmcnts afford good grounds for an appeal to tho Privy Council, if this course should be decided upon. Strong Lllierzil Protest ‘The news comes from Montreal that five Liberal members of Parliament have entered into a pact to strive for a substantial reduction of the income tax structure when the next bud- get is presented to Parliament. This announce- ment was mide at a public meeting held in Mon- treal ond attended by a large number of people. The M.P.'s under whose auspices the movement was launched are Roland Beaudrv, M.P. for St. James, Azellus Denis, M.P. Jar St. Denis, Sorta Fournier, M.P. for Haisanneuvc-Roscmaurit, G E. Lapalme, M. P, for Jaliette and Jean Le- sage M. P. for Montmagny-Ulslot. The keynote was struck by Mr. Beaudry, who made this declaration before the lY\"'2l'll1QI "The Farl- eral income tax is too high and I believe it should be reduced. ln any event, l will do my utmost to bring it down to half cl what it is now, doling the next sitting of Parliament." Making Christmas Safer A Connecticut tree surgeon has ‘reportedly discovered a spray that completely fire-proofs spruce and other evergreens generally used as Christmas trees. In a demonstration, trees, after being sprayed, were thrust into flames and did not ignite. As a consequence, the fire depart- ment of Hartford, Conn., has withdrawn a gen- eral prohibition, that has been in force since a disastrous fire in 1945, forbidding indoor Christmas trees in public places. The ban, how- ever, still applies to theatres and hospitals, so it may be that the Hartford fire department ‘is not 100 per cent satisfied that tho fireproof- ing is exactly what the wcrd implies. In the past it has happened that that which has been called fireproof falls short of the full mean- ing of what is claimed. 1'.‘ must be remembered, points out the s." t John Telegraph-Journal, that even if the tree il_:.'f is rendered fireproof by this spray, there are also decorations that are in some can: very inflammable. Perhaps they too can be rendered fireproof or at least highly resistant to fire. It would be a great thing if the fire haz- ard of Christmas trees could be completely oyorcomc. lt would banish one of the great anxieties of the season. Until this is so, how- ever, and all trees and decorations are truly fireproof, the only thing is to exercise extreme care and constant vigilance. No unprotected lights should be allowed near the tree and no smoking in its vicinity; all electric lights and their connections should be examined minutely and the tree should be dismantled and carried outdoors before it becomes tinder-dry. ltDIlURlAl. NOTES l Stage plays in England were suppressed by Cromwell this date 1649. "k .. 9r This will be the first Christmas for three decades when it will not be o legal offence here to serve wine with meals. . w i. Too much is being heard of the spy scan- dal in Washington for the authorities to be tak- ing it seriously. "Much cry and little '00". i X U i The Federal Government may pussyfoot over margarine till after the by-election in the agricultural constituency of Carleton on the 20th. W I Q I Revenue Minister McConn has been able to hold out little hope of easing the tax bur- den, but it is something that the work of malc- ing out returns has been simplified. it It rk The Transport Commissioners are as puzzl- ed as the average reader over what they have to do and how they are going to do it. Just another sample of bureaucracy run wild. W fi ‘I This Christmas issue, to a large and ap- preciative extent, is medc possibie by the gen- arous support of our advertisers to whom read- ers will no doubt return heartfelt thanks- by bestowing generous patronage. I * * Ontario's Legislature is to open Feb. 10 and pioraguc sometime in March. Here, although we have fallen in with the Federal financial year we still hold our legislative sittings as if accounts were on a calendar year basis. Just now when butter prices are high it is tempting to Ottawa to permit the introduction of margarine and other substitutes. The danger is that once manufacture has begun we will have vested interests in its continuance which may become powerful enough to prevent future steps to save the dairy industry. .1 s a An hour's wages will buy 60 per cent more food today than it would in 1913, according to the Canadian Federation of Agriculture. Those who think that the farmer is "making a killing" are misled by remembering the depressed food prices of the ‘thirties. f: Q I Agriculture Minister Gardiner, speaking in London, has called for a solution ta the dollar problem which prevents Britain from buying the food she needs and which Canada can produce. His voice may be that of one calling in the wilderness of post-war destruction, but withythe faith that moves mountains of obstacles. i 1' lf we want to realize what this Province would become were dairy farming to cease or decrease considerably as the result of margarine ban being removed, let us look at the experience of Queensland and New South Wales, "where," we are told, "the country is literally blowing away." Our top six inches of fertilized soil is our salvation; lct that be deprived of natural ferti- lizer, and the sandy under-foundations will fol- low jhe top soil down the rivcr to the sea or be blown into the fair air. Self-defence being the first law of nature, everyone here should be on the qui vive. l‘ I W ‘I Exports of livestock are playing an important port in Britain's battle to close the dollar gap. During the first nine nronths of this year, Brit- ain earned $12,800,000 from the sale of iive- stock abroad, occording to A. G. Bottomley, secretary for overseas trade. Before the war the actual total was under $2,250,000. During the whole of 1947 farmers in Canada, the U. S. and other hard currency countries imported $1,600,- 000 worth of pedigree U. K. livestock. X Y. k lf, in a condition of full employment, says The Letter-Review, the Government attempts to make large defence expenditures out of money previously collected, and not out of money col- leclcd at that time, the only effect will be to increase inflationary pressure, and push prices higher. lu any case, present taxation methods in Canada take money away only from those who might save and invest it. The only effective method of taxation or borrowing, in order to divert national energy to defence, is to tax or borrow from those people who otherwise would spend all their income on consumption goods, and that is precisely the reverse of present Ca- nadian taxation policy. Quebec is crowing aver Ontario on account of the manner in which the hydro-electric sup- ply has been handled. Not withstanding the drought which affected both provinces equally, there has been practically no interruption in Quebec, while there has been nearly chaos in Ontario. The Gazette says: "Pertinent to the whole matter isrthe fact that right through the crisis Quebec has been supplying Ontario with roughly 1,000,000 horse-power under contract even after allowing for temporary, drought-caus- ed drops in deliveries from one area. Beauhor- nois, for instance, is supplying about 300,000 h. p. This represents a 100 per cent load factor as compared with the 70 per cent load factor called for in the contract. This very substantial contribution by Quebec to the economy of On- tario could have been materially greater hod it not been for the cancellation of contracts by the Hepburn Government. This halted the big Beauharnais development and some Other: and put the quietus on one sizable new Ottawa River development entirely." 'l‘HE GUARDIAN. CHARLQTTETOWN THE HOUSE OF CHRISTMAS There fared a mother driven forth Out. o! an lnn to roam; In the place where she was home- less All men are at home. The crazy stable close at hand. with shaking timber and shifting sand, Grew a stronger thing to ablde and stand Than the square stones of Rome. For men are homesick ‘m their homes, Ancl szrangers under the suu, And they lay their heads in a. foreign land Whenever the day ls done. Here we have battle and blazing eyes. Arid chance and honour and high surprise. But: our homes are under miracu- lous skies Where the yule tale was begun. A Chlld ln a foul stable, Where the beasts feed and foam, Only where He was homeless Are you and I at. heme: We have hands that fashion and heads that know, But our hearts we lost-how long ago!- fu a place no clinrt. nor ship can show Under the sky's dome. This world ls wild as m old wives’ tale, ‘ And strange Llie plain things are. The earth ls enough and the alr ls enough For our vroncler and our war: But, our res‘. ls as far as the fire- drake swings And our peace ls put ln impossible tliltigs Where clashed and thundered un- Lhuikable wings Round an incredible star. To an open house ln the evening Home shall men come. Tn an older place than ‘Eden And rt taller town than Rome. To the end of ‘the way of the wan- dering star, To thr- tbirizs that. cannot. be but that are. To tlvi nlace where God was home- 10>. And all men are at home. -G. K. Chesterton. ‘Ci/fol Old Charlottetown time r. n. r.) OLDTIME WEDDINGS In the olden time clerggrmen were scarce, and magistrates were often called on to perform the mar- riage ceremony. They generally used the form of the Anglican pray- er-bock-or as much of lt. as they considered necessary to make a binding contract. A rather good story of n marriage which took place long ago in the vlclnlty of Cavendish has been told me by persons who were present at the ceremony. 'l‘ho contracting parties vrcr-e “hroncl Scotch" and so was lllt‘ officiating magistrate. who un- fortunately for the solomriily of the occasion had been imbibing rather freely that day. However the ceremony must go on at. all risks, and tho youthful lover's stood up bc-ftirr» him supported by the best. mun rind maid. After reading at the marriage service for" some time, and troming to the bottom of a page, tlio magistrate unfortunate- l_\' turned over several leaves of lhc- pvnyor book by mistake, and \'Ol'|ll|1kl[‘(l tight on. fir: was about t-i irttci- the solemn words "Elnrtli t0 mirth. nslics la nsltris." when he was SlUpDPll and his attention cul- lvu’ t0 the mistake by the lrest mun. v. ho exclaimed; "Tut, mon. ye'r‘e iutil tlio bcei-izil senivc-V-just in Linc to avert fatal consequences. A vvcrlrliiig in the olden time was u big ufl,'_:ilv. Everybody was in- vitr-rl-not representatives of each family, but every member of the families. Wedding presents were not thought of; the bridegroom. ln- stouil, had to supply stimulating drink fur lllf‘ whole Cl‘O\\'(l. We have uri account of a wedding which took place in Cu\'e|\dls|‘t about sixty-nine years ago; our informant who uias piasrut says that there were about fourteen urtllnus of spirits provided far the occasion. besides wine for the lurllcs. And ll is claimed that there Wits no drunkenness or fight.- ing. ’l‘lie liquor must have been .="i:~ir\'.1~:~t rliffr-zrent. from vchnt ls dcnlt out over the counters of Chur- lattelovvn rum-shops today. This wedding. which lasted two days — first at the home of the bride, and lutrir nt. the home of the groom, with dancing being kept up tlll the close of the fesllvitios~passed off without any serious results, and was but one of many celebrations that hclperl to enliven the monot- ony of the long winter season. —f~‘rom an nrllclo by the late Mr. Waller Slmpson, 1900. DVZrICi-IQCEOTOQOIGZICSOCQDZCIDQQUUJIU "'3. .9 g The Age-Old Story ticiqfistiiirltfrirnfidil z Yo shull nerve the Lord your God; and Ile shall blem thy broad and thy water . . . And thou shalt rejoice ln every good thing which the Lord f-hy God hlth given unto thee and unto thine house. HUNSPAITIUN. Norfolk, ling- lnnd — (C?) - Mick, Wl-ltcr Caiwatovi’; terrier entered n butch- er's shop, looked round, grabbed a joint from among several vult- lng to be collected, and nu. Af- ter n chase, Mlek placed the Joint -rwhlch was Onwaton’: ardu- — on the Cawston doorstep, waged his tall, barked until the 60o! In opened. PARTME NT STORE IS H! THE REAL MSCOY "'09. THE 0E- \\\\\l ;\ i. Jill ‘ “i VARIETY P? Seasonable Books RAFF- bl/ F‘. E. Reclinltzer, illustrated b.v Marguerite Kirmse- The John C. Winston Company, Philadelphia $2.75. There Ls nothing so fine. so magnanimous, Bs the devotion of a. boy and lils dog. ThLs benullful adventure 510T)’ Ls full of just such devotion. An English Seller named Raff captures the heart of Bruce and the heart of the read- er, lri a moi-lug story of a. dog's cxperlences with humans who love lilm and others who neglect him. Slxteen-year-old Bruce Kendrick chose his dog from a litter of puppies belonging to his father's kennels. A black patch uound the puffs eye and hla rafflsb look ln- splred Bruce to name hi: dog "Raff." A devotion between boy and dog, as they t-raln ln the fleld for dog shows. ls described with a keen understanding by the author. Their separation pulls at the read- er's heart, as Raff searches for kindness and devotlon among strangers. Raff becomes involved 1n many n foul plot as tlme and distance separate hlm from Happydele Kennels and home. Befrlended by o restaurant owner, who captures a rlng of dog thieves, Raff loses another chance of reunion with Bruce. and falls in with a band of hobos who well understand and love thls hobo dog. After a. long weary trek of hung and. neglect. the author brings he story to a happy close. An excltlng and heart-rend- lng story, Raff \f.ll takes his place alongside Benny's Boy. Ranger, and Lassie. For all boys and girls l2 and up. LUKE BALDWINS VOW, by Morley Callaghan. illustrated by Stanley Tamer. The John C. Wln- ston Company, Philadelphia $2.75. Here ls one of the mast. appeal- lng storles you will ever read about. a boy and his dog. It: has all the dramatic qualllles to make an out- standing book for boys and glrls rlne to twelve. When fourteen - year - old Luke Baldwin, orphaned by the death of his tuna doctor-rattler, becomes the ward of his practical-minded Uncle Henry. he makes friends with the uncle's old collle dog. Dan. Dan, once a prlze show dog. ls now bllncl ln one eye and lame, and not ivorth hls board and keep ~- at. least ln Uncle Henry's opinion. But when Uncle Henry decides to dispose of Dan- Luke Baldwin vows to keep the collie. l-fo-w Luke rescues Dan and at lust galns his uncle's permission la keep the aged collle ls a beauti- fully tender. and at the same time an exciting story that, wlll hold young reader's interest to the very last. page. I HEARD OE‘ A RIVER, a story of the Pennsylvania Germans, by Elsie Singmusler. illustrated by Henry C. Pltz _ The John C. Winston Company, Philadelphia $2.75. Here is a part of America's heritage —- the story of the Ger- man-Swlss Mennonites who settled m what is now Lancaster County. Pennsylvania. At. Wllllam Penn's invitation to establish themselves near Philadelphia, these people came to America, bringing ~wlth Lhem their superb knowledge of agriculture and a grooved. or rifled gun. They came to the New World be- cause nll through their oppression lu their homeland they had heard of a beautiful river ln America, which we know as the Susquehanna. and whose verdant banks were the source of legend. They came to build a new life in this strange, unspolled Paradlse. This ls n story of l-lannes- a. German-Lutheran boy who tolned a band of Swiss Mennonites fleeing from Europe's desperate terror and poverty of the 17th century. It la a story of the perlls of Hermes‘ journey and the improvement of his rlfle, brought. from his father- land. A moving, stirring adventure of a people who found happiness tn the freedom of America — thlri story la on lntrlnalc part of the courageous heritage of "The Land of the Free." FOR THE NEW MOTHER. by tiilldrexl V. Hardcustle. R. N, illustrated by Shirley Talus-afield — The John O. Winston Company Philadelphia N50. You wlll flnd tbla book the por- fect answer to the dltfleult per-lad of readjustment that each mother must undergo. This book like: up Bonny Prince Charlie (Montreal Star) Is not. t-hls the time for the Scots to cock thelr bonnets? On ‘this day of the days when, once azuln. a Charlie lays claim to Edinburgh and the fealty of his lleges everywhere ilncludlng the border-side, a chancy enough coun- try for any claimant. to the throne) .et Scotsman everywhere‘ lay aside for a few hours the burden of running Great Brlbaln and the Commonwealth and Empire and half a score other countries and de- vote thcruselves to the ceremonlous ccmslderatlon of that. great. fact. We can flnd. llltle reason to be- lieve that. all the Scots of that day had unbounded admiration for or confidence ln the unhappy Stuarts. If young Gharlle liad not bad the mlxed fortune of fighting the English (whereby he lost a throne and became a. legend) 1t might. well have been that. the Scots themselves would in tlme have chased hlm out, just. as t-hey chased out. Mary and the Enzllsls themselves chased out. James. It was the way the English meddled ln at Culloden, and Cumberland in the Highlands. that flxed lf,, forbye that. business of banning the kill. The Scots have ever been ones to blde their time. They have made too much history not t.o know that. you cannot hurry lt. Sooner or later they knew there would be a balance struck ln that matter of the Charlie the Eiugllshry had so unwarrantably -- and perhaps pre- maturely — interfered with. In lbe two centuries that have pass- er.‘ since the '45 the bodlly presence of a Stuart at Holyrood or West- nilnster has ceased to be the sine qua non of Scottish complete ac- ceptance of things as they are. But there has always remained, we suspect, n. certain perhaps sub- canselous feeling that the old Jacobite prophecies were duue for fulfilment; that it was about. tlme Charlie should come agaln. So now he has come. The Scots an; not going to say much about. ll, but. ltiere ls going lo be n blt. of a llft lri many a Scottish heart. The boy. Wlbh that Glamls back- ground, mind you now, has one small leg ln Scotland already. "Prince Charles of Edinburgh." Aye it might. be worse! Canada-Mile Toys In Popular Demand iBy P. Grant. Jones, in Foreign 'l‘ra:le Weekly. publlcatlon of the Department. of Trade and Com- merce.) Canadian toys will contribute substantially to the happiness of children lri this and other coun- tries during the Christmas season. There ls a wide assortment, which meets the heart's desire of boys and girls 1n all age groups, and supplies ln most llnes are fully adequate. Prices are competitive. which enables producers ln Can- ada to capture a larger area. on the domestic toy counters than their competitors ln Great. Britain, the United Slates our‘. other coun- tries. It ls estimated that the ratio of Canadian to foreign toys avall- able for sale ls eight to one. The present posltlon of Canada as s. producer of toys was achieved by the consolidation of gains made during the last. war. The mdustry struggled hard ln prewar years against formidable competition from Germany, Japan and the Untied States. It fell helr to an exclusive market with the out.- where the doctor and nurses of the hospital left. off. In a breezy, informal way, Mm. Hardcastlo offers the new mother practical helps and suggestions tn taklng care of both her baby and herself. Here la a modern guidebook written slmply, completely. from baby's first month to flrst year. What tio expect of baby, how to bathe and feed hlm. what to do ln an emergency — all are lnclud- ed - plus suggestions for the new mother to old her ln keeplng m. calm, and cheerful durlng those first. difficult. months. This la on unique book ln that tt. ls written from the mother's standpoint. Cue of the baby ls thoroughly discus-sad’. and the vul- cua emollmal angle: and emerg- enclea that may nrlre ln tho first. twelve months of baby's llfe are covered. Concrete examplu are glven. ‘This book wlll lake many of the one: and acorns out of baby — 1nd make lt a happy one. ll u matter of fact, nothing always start off with “as a matter of fact. . . ." — Hamilton Spectator. An Eastern zoo ls worried about one of its owls, which hasn't utter- ed a sound ln elglit yours. Just. doesn‘! give a hoot. -— Edmonton Journal. Slx-year-old Valerie St. Chllr Brown. who llves at 28 Greenbunk Loan, Edinburgh. not only can ploy a‘. sight almost any piece of music that ls put before her, no mutter ho\v difficult, but. she also com- pases music of her own. She has already written some 30 long pieces, among them sonatas involving two or three different. movements. Little over a year ago Valerie began to have lessons. In tier second term she was playing Bach's "Inven- tions." —~ Edinburgh Scotsman. Since tho war ended 6,000,000 new customers ln the U. S. have de- manded oleetrlclty. The requlre- menta of blg lndustry doubled that of 1939. The power shortage new ls severest. ln the Central States uml thr- Pacific Northwest. In the Pittsburgh area 500 largo industrial customers have been told that they must reduce their daytime use of power by 15 per cent between Dec- ember 1 and Marc-h l. ln Scuttle scores of industries ltnve been warned that power cuts arr- (‘Olflllfll ln Qeak lands. Plants in Cleveland. Chicago, Milwaukee, Portland and Sun Francisco as well as in upper New York State will be forced by tho power shortage to limit their operations. »~ lfritulltou Scion-tutor. One day grout. dredge-u were working at. widening and deepen- ing the Rouge River, ln prepara- tlon for the great Ford automobile factory that was soon to rise nonr- by. The famous auto magnate him self came to observe thr- operation. "Stopl" Mr. Ford suddenly called out to the operator of one of ‘the dredges. As the great machine came to a halt, the motor manu- facturer pointed to a muskrat which was painfully pulling itself out of the mlre that had just been cast up by the dredge. A workman attempted to assist the animal, when Mr. Ford again called out. “Leave lt alone!" he admonished. "It wlll take rsnre of itself." The great dredge stood idle while the tlny animal exlrlcnled ltsc-lf from the mud and made lls way to a place of safety. —-_ Christian Scl- ence Monitor. An armed hold-up occurs at one of our main intersections at. high noon. Shots are exchanged, n payroll l: snatched, and a business executive gets shot-through the hat, fortunately for blm, not through the head. Whence came the unlicensed gun? A waitress ls shot ln a downtown Toronto rost- uurunt. Shots are exchanged ns burglars make a getaway. And now a man ls brought into a Ham- llton court charged with possession of firearms. Constables allege that. they saw a Mauser automatic on wearlel u: as much as people who DECEMBER 20. 1948 ii ped lilm. Souvenirs. flllll. around Europe isno @225", "l days. 0r ln the wreckage of F" positions. And with the hip-my enemy tlu hot, the blllllseps is: Luger-s and the Belgian Bronulnnd machine guns. machine m“ 31s. uutomullcs, even ruartars :8‘ grenades cume home to roost_,-,nd to batch desperate deeds F" death. — Hamilton Specunm. M" How important. l , war-torn countries t biiiekmofitttyiill‘ feel, so that commercial relatie" may be re-estoblished, as indie-din! lr. an announcement by {he B P" lsh Government that a trade ugrm‘ ment to the extent of ave, sqale‘ 000,000 has been concluded an.“ " Great Britain, Australia. India him: Zelillmd. South Africa and neaiil‘ ew British colonies, and Japan. Cari h" ls not in this because the deal"! limited to the sterling countrl" Government and private firms 50E. concerned. and the treaty t; 5° d“ vised that. the imports and He; ports \vlll practically balance J; Dan wlll buy cotton, wool, sanfnn; ber. jute, coal, hides, skin; mam gunese and tln, and will scll 1... ustriul muchlneigv, raw m“ romn stock, chemicals, bunker may an: textiles, the last. being chiefly gm, cloth which wlll be finished in gm Brltlsli mills. The treaty was made with the approval of General Doug. lus hint-Arthur. the linitcrl Slatu i-ammzindor, who will linvn the right to convert. uiiy surplus of sterling in Japan into dollars. But n“ terms are so finely drawn that m, surplus ls likely. Each sterling country will negotiate its own lrndg agreements. --- Strnlforcl Beacon. llornltl. A problem faced Manitoba‘; n" copper-nickel camp. Lynn Lake 1| 150 miles from the railhead n] Sherrldon and some 600 mlles north of Winnipeg. There is no road t4 the cariip and the only means q] trommuniezrtlon during the Summon ls by air. A large crew was flown in to start work at the potential mine. It was necessary, howevu, to provide housing for them ln n hurry for even the hardy Nortlu eruers cannot. llve in tents when the mercury hovers around 40 below zero. Engineers solved the problem by building many 12 x fi ft. hOlllOl at Sherrldon, loading them oq slelghs anil hauling them by fractal over hastily-cut. “llnter trails ml frozen lakes to the camp. Tliq were placed on prepared illel ml ready for occupancy immediately an arrival. Last Winter a key mining man who llved with lill wlfa and family at Sherrldon wan needed at Lynn Luke ln a rush. The snug was, there was no place for the family lo live at the camp. A “l1: 28" was speedlly bullt. at Sher-tidal, placed on a sleigh and hauled I within a couple of feet of l-ill houaq The furniture was transferred fl the new home, put into place, and was soon on its way to Lynn Lila Three days later the miner his family flow to the camp. mp- ped from the plane lnto the ab ready furnished homo and he VII ready to start work wlthln l few the sent: of his car when they stop- minutes-Winnlpeg Tribune. break of hostilities. and became a beneflclary rather than a vlcllm of war conditions. A marrlage ceremony of necesslty and oppor- tunity “'85 performed. Small toy factories and other plants, engaged principally ln the manufacture of other products, mushroomed almost overnight. Whereas there were approximate- ly fifty flrms engaged in this bust- ncss lri 1939. the ltumbcl" ls now are being supplemented by manufacture of toys 1n lelnl! hours. tli Demands from other was tries for Canadian-made toys uil gtuucs have furnished furthu stimulus to the lndustry, which ll raking advantage of the 011W" Luulty to meet export- will!!!‘ lnents. While export. sales are hiiplm‘ nut. and are encouraged. t-lil cloiucsllt: market forms Llic b about. 350, though many of these are producing toys as. a sirlc-lluc. The lndustry had an output ln 1936 valued at around three mil- llan dollars, ivhlch increased six- fold durlng the following l0 years. and ls expected to reach $20000.- 000 ln 1M8. 'l"l1i.s rnllo closely parallels the increase lll numer- ical strength of manufacturers in the corresponding periods. A vrlde range of llems ls belug produced. including dulls, dolls‘ clothing, dolls‘ carriages. trlcyclos, scooters. sleds, coaster ivagoirs. steel fire-engines, metnl trucks. all-metal die-cast. toys, model nlr- oraft. ntodel boats, juvenlle furni- ture, toy musical instruments. wooden action toys, Christmas tree decorations. play-ground equip- ment, pool tables. children's bicyc- les. electric lralus, transformers. fractional horse-power motors. miniature plastic toys. balloons. masks, games of many kinds and other articles suitable for people of all ages. Materials used ln thdlr manufacture lnolude wood, metal. rubber, plastics, textiles and paper. Many factors, other than the Impetus provided by wartime cari- dltlons, are responslbm for the ex- pulsion of Canada's toy lndustry. These include: (a) Incomes are hlglier, cu- abllng Canadians to purchase more than the bore necessltles of llfe. (b) Relatively small nuiounls of capital and equipment are re- qulred to establish plants for the manufacture of toys and games. (c) Many veterans. bollr nion and women, were anxious to ln- vest. their savings and gratuities m some form of self-employment, and so found their way into the toy lndustry. Bkllls learned ln service trade schools, and per- fected ln the field. ltnvg been turned to more peaceful purposes. especially in the production of plastic toys. Hundreds of nin- chlnes that. WOIG used lu llie manufacture of munltlons and war equipment, such as drills. presses. punches, reams and even sewing machines. are now being operated by skilled personnel tn fps output of playthlnga. (d) Raw materials. requlred for the fabrication of toyr. no readily available ln thin country. (o) Reductions ln the worklng hours tn uome industries have provided more leisure and oppor- tunltles for recrentlon. Income: outlet. for lilo Canadian toy lb‘ dustry. The responslblllty for PIO- vldliig children with the IJWPI kind of playthlngs is threefold: the manufacturers being Tttluu“ lu furnish the 1W5. l-lle Ielallers i‘ make them available and ll" parents to buy them. UunHd-lll tiroduccrs ninlutnlu they arc PW‘ mg their Daff- lll Plmldlllg 1°" that meet hlgh standards of saletf and durability, and lu 1iravldlu8 for their manufacture ‘in byélfl“ ylnllls. . _ .. ALBINO LEOPAED NEW YORK, Dee. 17 _-iAPl‘-_' Dld you ever see an uuunal w-ll rose-colored fur and orange 5W“ glaring at you with glazed Wu“ eyes? Visitors to the Central Park Z61 dlcl Thursday. There ivns considerable sufllllw“ unit some shudders-until kelp" explained lt was nu Albina loop limited Jinx, irewly-urrivcd flit" Mozambique. v _ _‘ Jinx made a reluctant MW lg‘ debut, spending most of the‘ i ‘““““ rltllIJ ‘the Arnfast Goal 0o- i Phone 2493 i Provincial AW"! or Iron Fireman itllllltlllf" __‘___'42 .__...___.__--