—-- ment a ___ for 100 supersonic Arrow jet in-| _ tereeptérs, informants said Moa- We *.joyed an unusually long period of the account in 1958 took about ' feeling of optimism men coming along who will as- 4 & Canadian Press Staff Writer OTTAWA (CP)—Awro Aircralt Limited has offered“the govern- is figure represents produc- tion costs only and does not in- clude development costs, spare engines or the missile armament. Avro does not quarrel with Prime Minister Diefenbaker’s figure of _$900,000,000 for 100 Ar- rows, with all costs included since the first development con- tract was awarded in 1953. Of this $9,000,000 .per aircraft, $4,- 000,000 has alyeady been spent— or a total of 000. Avro is understood to have told the government it can produce the Arrow fast cnough to get the plane into squadron service next year instead of 1961. as originally planned. Major remaining de Yiscal year would be about $60,- 000,000. I Informants said it now has been shown that the American hughes armament control system and the American Falcon air-to- air missile’ will function success- ' . A program to equip the Arrow with the Cana- dian Astra armament control sys- tem and Sparrow missile cancelled last fall. : Defence Minister Pearkes was’ reported last week to have told a union delegation that the govern- ment will decide between now and March 31 whether to order the Arrow into production. The Arrow has flown at 1,300 miles an ‘hour with the Americah Pratt and Whitney J-75 jet en- gine. The sixth Arrow is sched- uled to be flown in early April and will use as its power plant i s jet engine. its speed to velopment costs in the 1959-60 Problems Of Surplus Besét Agriculture Du Though 1958 was a year of re- Canadi : eg ane E Bis lev & er al Roy it ; 5a de by vii 2: 5 z a a7 ‘ i Fe : : : | 43 i i : i i ring 1958 tumn at a less of seven cents lb. But it is proving difficult get rid of the surplus of by gi by Fs age Avro Offers Gov't. Price On 100 Arrow Aircraft cr i ; i E i tt it “Hh i q f :34 eels butter consumption, which had | been rising more or less in line | with population growth in recent | years, showed a discouraging | ‘drop of 1 million pounds or 4 per cent while margarine con-_ sumption rose. : Stabiliza- | cquired substantial | of butter, cheese | and skim milk powder and there | some concern about a surplus hogs in the year ahead. SURPLUS EASED : The cheese surplus was eased by selling 10 million pounds to. the United Kingdom in the au-' AMONG THE FARMERS . Federation of Agriculture Newsletter surplus not only by encouraging | production but by discouraging | consumption. The for skim milk powder, produced chiefly of butter manufacture, has been | even more clearly an “incentive” price. ° : Ideally, according to the Re | As the days go by with con- tHinuing fine weather and little if any snow fall,- we began to} realize that this province has en- | stable weather. While it has been cold since the first of Dec- ember the, snowfall’ has been light and what drifting there has been not too serious. The uniformity of the weather is pro- bably healthful and the extra hours of sunlight more econo- mical than cod liver oil. ~ Already the evenings’ are lengthening to a noticeable de- gree all of which encourages a in rural people that the worst of the winter will soon be behind them. NEW PRESIDENT Mr. Kenneth MacLean of Cen-| tral Lot 16, who will be Presid- | ent of the Federaion of Agricul-} ture for 1959, is no stranger to | organizations either on the pro-| vincial or national level. Mr. | MacLean is a young farmer who! has gained a wealth of experi-| ence in agricultural matters and! who as director-elect for 1959 to the Board of the C.F.A., will have an opportunity of making a further contribution on the na- tional. level. JUNIOR FARMTRS Worthy’of note and an encour- aging feature was the fact that of the some forty directors pre- sent at the annual meeting last Monday were four young men who are officers of and active in the Junior Farmers of the province. In faet one of these, George MacDonald, was named a member of the nine-man ex- ecutive. It is highly important in fact absolutely necessary, that the Federation have young sume the responsibilities of the organization for the future. ANNUAL MEETING NOTES This years annual meeting of the directors was character ized by a greater feeling of op- timism than has been evident for some time in the past. The increase in memerstiip and re- venue for 1958 provided encour- “Agement for directors in their desire to get Federation finan- ces on more stable basis. While the revenue of slightly over $8,- 600.00, almost exactly matched expenses, it is necessary to aim for a higher figure. than this, $10,000.00 would appear to be it the minimum. “ With individual membership | now) standing at approximately | _ $200 there is increase ‘that | ence meeting in Toronto om Mon- need| to biggie of consolidating eastern Bist of the heavier bills is of course dues to the C.F.A. During the lean years the Island Federation fell in arrears and the squaring 15 per cent of the total income. Certainly one of the most im- portant roles which the Island Federations plays is that of membership in the C.F.A. More and more it is being realized that the C.F.A. on the national level wields very considerable influence in the molding of nat- ional farm policy. Prince Edward Island as one of the mainly agricultural pro- vinces can certainly not afford to be left out as one of the part- ners in this field. C.F.A. dues for this province for the coming year will be $1,000.00 or approxi- mately 10 cents per farmer — not a high price to pay in sup-| port of an organization which is continually working on the} farmers behalf. MEMBERSHIP MEETING KR has been explained pre- viously that last Monday’s an-| nual meeting was one attended only by directors and not open to the membership. This ar- rangement is of course one whi enables directors to tran- sact a maximum of business in one day. However, the desirabil- ity and value of having sessions which are open to the member- ship was freely admitted and the provincial board was instructed to attempt to plan the annual meeting to provide for a session or sessions during the anaual meeting which would be open te the members. FARM FORUM ‘ Farm Forum during the month of January js concerning itself almost entiraty with the prob- lem of contract u Vertical Integration. Reports received to date indicate that forum members are taking a lively interest in this matter and having quite lively discus- sions on a matter which is oc- cupying the attention of many thinking people in, agriculture. FARM MEETINGS To-day and tomorrow the Mari- time Federation of Agriculture is meeting in Moncton. At meeting resolutions which have beer passed in the three provin- tes are combined and then pre- sented to the Eastern Confer- farming and day, January 19 This Confer- 2 a at 2, a this | a & i i il — ‘Ss i bee i $ 23 ! : Se : : a3 3 i m crops was rather badly lowered by a wet harvest season ‘ It is clear that the prograr of making substantial i of wheat available under the Co- lombo Plan, which was But is is difficult, the Review concludes. to feel very sanguine MAY BE PAVED Legislators in Canada and the | Uuited . suggested 1,600<mile Alaska high- | \Seek Money For Home Building MONTREAL (CP) — The Na- tional House Builders Association Tuesday approved a proposal form a mortgage lending corpor- ation which would make more money available for construction by channelling a larger po of savings into mortgages. The new corporation would seek shareholders among NHBA s }members — builders, contractors qudfntities | and suppliers. It -would operate in a manner similar to other money-lending agencies, except that it would concentrate on the . | quick sale of mortgages if cre ated. : Companies and individuals now investing their savings in stocks and bonds. | production control program and the consequent intensified ef- forts at surplus disposal. opinion for presentation at the | annual meeting of the CFA. | Next week the Dairy Farmers | of Canada are meeting in Cal-| gary, at the end of the week National Farm Radio Forum holds its semi-annual - board meeting. ‘ The week of January 2% sees | the round-up of these gatherings with the annual meeting of the C.F.A. in Saskatoon. This meet- ing finalizes policy making for presentation to the Federal Cab- inet and for action during the balance of the year on the Board of the C.F.A. office. TIME FOR CHANGE Last week in speaking to the Federation annual meeting in N.S. the Minister of Agriculture the Hon. E. D. Haliburton among others presented the fol- lowing thoughts, “If Farmers want to stay in business, then they must recognize the chang- es that are going on about them every day. They must be amen- able to change, they must be ever-ready to introduce factors of readjustment as they become necessary, and they must pro- duce a sufficient volume of agri- cultural product that will enable them to take advantage of the increased market opportunities associated with a projected rise in population and the demand which accompanies such a pop- ulation growth. “Far too many farmers were not in a position to take adyan- tage of their opportunities be- cause they had not given suffi- cient thought to the readjust- ment of their enterprise in line with changing conditions, and too many had 20t yet appreciat- ed the importance of increasing the volume of farm business, each year.” AFRICAN LAKE NHBA spokesmen said the cor- poration would create a new fluidity in funds available for home construction, and, would provide builders with a chance*te* spur their own industry. The new corporation was pro- posed to the NHBA directors by a subcommittee studying mort- | gage finance problems, and re- ceived the directors’ approval at the NHBA annual convention here Tuesday. New Transport Commissioner Is Appointed — OTTAWA (CP)—Victoria law- yer Herbert Henry Griffin was named Tuesday to the Board. of Transport Commissioners, effec- tive Jan. 19. He will serve as assistant chief commissioner, succeeding Rod- erick Kerr who recently was pro- moted to ehief commissioner, Transport Minister Hees an nounced. - Mr. Griffin resigned from the B.C. Power Commission after H. Lee Briggs, dismissed general manager of the commission, is- sued a series of statements criti- cizing the provincial government and its .handling of commission operations, particularly concern- dng refinancing of debt. In testimony before a royal commission set up to investigate the power commission operations, Mr. Griffin said last Friday that he resigned because of the pro- vincial government's attitude te- ward refipancing o& power com- mission debt. Steel Ingot Production Up OTTAWA (CP) Canadian production of stell ingots last week rose to 100,692 tons co Lake Chad in Yorthern Africa covers 20,000 square miles, com- pared with 31,820 for Lake Super- ior. \ pared with 99,993 tons the p vious week, the bureau of statis- | thes reported Tuesday. Mills op- erated iast week at 88.5 per cent o{ anal rated capacity. Buyers would be sought among 18 rhe Guardian, Charlottetown, Fri, Jan. 16, 1958. Pa.on E . 2 a LONDON (Reuters) The court of criminal appeal Tuesday cut two, years off the three - year manslaughter sentence imposed on a prison* guard for the mercy killing of his ‘1?-year-old imbecile daughter. ~ : Parker, chief of the three-man court, called ‘the case tragic and said mitigating circumstances al- bd a reduction in the sentence leiven William Moodie, 47, three months ago by a lower court. Moodie had admitted smother- ing his helpless daughter, Trishie jin her bed after giving the child a drug at his home at Durham in northeast England. His wife was out at the time. His lawyer told Tuesday's hear. ing that the child had been an imbecile from birth. The tragedy, the lawyer said, was that a doc- tor had given the parents ‘hope that with care and attention they could bring her up as an almost- normal child. But as the years passed. the lawyer added, it became appar- ent this was impossible and Moodie or his wife had to be with the girl constantly. ’ Service to Montreal. 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