S<'.P.:"<fl::"r1 7on1» nzmvao <--.—m Gnu..- ....-_. .__BAQE_-EQUR ._T"E JJHARLI-QTTETQYVN GUARDIAN - i‘ TllE l} llllll L0 TTFFUWN G llllllllllll Morning Daily (Founded in 1887) President, L1eut.-(‘ol. W. Chester S. McLure flee-President. J. R. Burnett. F..I.l. Secretary, LieuL-Col. l). A. MacKlnnon, D.B.0. Editor and Managing llirector, J. R. Burnett, I-‘JJ. Associate Editors, Frank Walker and Ian A. Burnett. SYIKSYRIPTION RATES By Mall ln P. l-J. 1.. $1.1m ps1- year, $2.50 for 6 monthl- 5125 fur 3 ntonttts. 50c for one month. City Delivery, 55.00 per _vear. $3.00 for 6 month!» $1.75 for 3 months. By lllail ln Canada and l‘. S. A. $5.00 per year. laturday Weekly, satin per y-ear SL110 for 6 months. 5J1- for i; mont IS. “The Sfronyest Jienmry is Weaker than the Ill-nicest Ink." __ - — ---' ‘i7 'l‘lll'Ito‘D.-\Y. APRIL l8, 1940. i“ _. - The P1111111’ Accounts . -11 of thc Province as re- The finzttafi-l -. vealt 11y 1'1-.- i“. .\‘.‘Clllllll.<, tabled i11 the .1.: _\1 .- i: drcidctlly alarming. ' .1 - -1 5:1 litbilitics for the year .11‘ Biro-pug thc total debt 1'13‘- of 1111- . >'o_",91o.oo. On ordinary It-tni: for the year was $154,‘- illiCflllllfl £1,-;'.o.\'—; .1 . 11111 111-1" cent greater than thc $7,175) dcficr. 1 ‘ ;.:1-.l for bv l'remier Camp- bell .11 the l'--'. -11 11f 1111- l.<.‘_‘_'_i.~lZ'.llll'C. 11 1. Er J...‘ -1 1111111 111111 lltc first plank in the l.:'.~1. l 1'1 = p1 ufornt of last May was nun-d efficiency and eco- ion of the public set- the pro: -. 1111111)‘ in tlzc- .11. I‘ '11 vices." lt -.. . - 1 l: indeed to fi11d cvi- 111-111-1- of 1;‘1.' 1'.--1- virtues 1'11 1l1e orgy of ex11-:11-.-~--1 1- 1-~ ‘ - 11n- Public Accounts. "he s n more inexplicable in 1e by Premier Camp- ~11 campaign in the ,4 1111- only public meet- . :11 S1111ris, the Premier '. 11111-11 the l‘11blic Ac- vi1*\v11f t1 s ht-ll l-“uv: ll-‘LY; itig 1111.1 .11 t I. ,1. . 11 .111‘ 1 1 gave 1111- co1111's v.1 . 1111- drficit would be found to be 11p, _ ‘- 111- sillllt: as he had bud- geted {-11 .11 l g3 l 11-11‘. lhc . w 111111 thc Government ¢11j1111-.1 11 icvcnucs last year '1‘.-1.\1.-.- 11 ;..-o7 as against $783,- 581 111 1 ._ _ .. ~11; 1 111 1934, the last full ymr 1,1’ 1p, 1 1, 11-\.-1o\1- r111111inistralion. Licen- $11., p1~-.- - . [P,.~ 1-11111-1-11-11 were $194,923 la=t _\r;1r n. . 1 -"l‘l‘l-3.§ l" 1938 Zllld fill-WP 290 in 1-1_,‘;, 1 1 tlni-et-vatit-c year. Gaso- line fixt-s :11 111111111-11 to $384,440 last year as against ' 1 111 1938 a11d-$2o2,596 1n 1934: suvcr .. 11> $73312 as against 11.11 $511,452 in 1934. All along 111 ft-zleral subsidy which re- " c 1111.- MacMillan Govern- 1i1111r11 11111111211 $150,000 in- _'urcs show additional rev- 11-1 tin- tlovernmcnt. Yet the net 11112111111111 debt increase, leaving 56,1782 in 1r._ flit: lint‘, exci- ntains 1 l men: obi; crease in 1 . enues 111-1. .. . restilt is .- the Prov - 11-111- in thc hole to the tune of ncztrly 11:..1- 1“11.§--:1 <1~-ll;1rs. Dctails 11f 1111- financial statement are given elsewhere in 1111- 1~<1:e_ Attention is called t0 the 011011111111.- 111.11. 1- 111st yt-ar 1n liquor revcnue— S1o_=.S1.-.1; 11s j rst $58,079 in 1938 which at that time w-t. 1111: lnghest 1n the Provmcds hj51¢11-_\-, 111 11.3.1. the 111st Conservative year, litpior 1't‘\'1"""/‘\ . 1111111111111 1O $30000, 311d if Will be rc-i-dl- l :11 tiovcrntuent was at- tzttzlted l1-,- l 1l sg-ola-stiien for taking this autonut 1-5 “ -111_v" from the people. 'l'he l1LI-lf..‘,"1 111? 1c will provide scope for full Olflfllislttfl 11 1‘ e111":i11n year showing of the 11111111111111 -- ..11Eo11. lt is honed that some at least of :‘.- I.-»-11-1'1111<-11t supporters will have the btujltln-iit‘ to 171111 with the Opposition in protest of ' r 111'; 1-11-11tg1-ess towards bank- ruptcy- to wi t-qe inn-e been committed. ii-fti1i1iiblioe11t1tark A 5'1“ " - tc-vlutique of Nazi annexation methods 1:11 1'. follous a rigid schedule, :1-. ftxv-l 1: -.1--.1-u1-:1l1le 11s the laws 0f the hie-if» 1‘_-~-1-~~, first come indirect pro- 11111. <11 - -.- ‘~21, Tin-st- are followed by thrr-Ius 1- - 11-11lts that will follow if the con ~ r uuty is to be violated (11.1. ; 1 1-1111i1-s the preparation of ' and stunnitig attack, C. .1. 111111 ,- .;1 '.1-1111i/.111-.111 of every move- 111.:11 1-1 1 .1'1<1v of aggression, denials 11-11111 1111 p 1 v1 lt-itcc has even been con- tc1:1;1l--'1~‘. - when the invasion has "111- effort to justify the 1111- \it‘lllll nation was . , ~1 11<-1111:1n_v. ' l" vi \‘1:-.1 rr-‘scztlt-d similar evidences ' ' lit-rmztn military mind, 1 211 lzn-k of moral respon- -11 i: obvious. lt is .- 1111:.-1t of all that (icrttiatt "- l l1:1< rt-tircsentctl since hrrat, can rid the 1111111». of t‘1-'1 1".- l .-'1.-1-' . 111-1- 111 111-1 - 111v 1- 1 1114‘ world of 1‘ -:.t Wr-Lp-r of such crises as 11-1 -‘ 1 . 1.- ; min passing. It xv.» I‘ - {111--1':1p;1lilc fact, and s-ion on Hitler's part, and l-"rance into the one essential fact to out Iln- war. ntnry 11 ~1- 11-111 111 ~ ' prr 1:: l1:- i<1-~11 l1 1111- 1 1-1-1111 of X1121 aggression, ,is :1 »' 1 1 -1 111111111- of pacilisin 1111-1 ll ~ 1- 1, :1 - 1111-1 of .1 militant (jer- nuun, 1 .'-: .1 -1: - s-i 111 of Socialist govern- n11-11;-_ ll '1 - W] 111-1“ .'ll'ill_V to about 14.- ooo 111- ‘ r IV-m- to the manning of 35 ]-l.'111<-~_ 1.111‘. 11-1‘ t‘ 111 1.-.11ob-rilt~1ccos1 defense ships :11--l1 -'- -'-. '11'11< - |l<~rt1in1s being c11- tirt lv p1.» '1-_ 1 1- s -‘1- dv-irt- to get along amirul-fv - 1 11.--,;1.l1--1"-, wlrv. it was asked rvpt-ztiwllt, _- 111-1111-1- be, wasted on arma- nu-tits? '1 l1 ---n1-- 1-1-1-‘11111 \',J\s ztsltetl repeatedly in 1.111111 1:1 -,- 1'. ~1 l ' ---"" 111-1111111111" now knows the {l1l~'\\'! 1‘. Rural School Attendance Flw piw-l-li-it 11f flllill school altcndatice is (ll-(P- ~’ :1- -- l- ="_"l1 in 1h:- nnnual report of t'.1- (‘l-f ‘4-1- - -' 11-11-11: of l-idttcatitm. tabled tu-dvrT-n- ~- ". l '»l'1111rr'. Last year, while 11 enrolhnetit in our nub- lic s1‘l11-I1‘~, 11- w" 12111-111-1- showed a decrease in (Olllftilllrldl ',1 1111 .-11r<-~11<1111li11g 1111111l>er= of the 111-1-1-11111-1 1 :11. 131-.- pt-1-c1-111.'1gv of aitcndaticc i- Ml schools “d: 75.4. In the cite-room schools there 11:» n-i 1:11-11 I it averaged 68.01 and in the graded schools 80.5. The latest report at hand for all Canada gives the percentage of attendance at 85.9. “The low attendant-e made in the one-room schools." says the report, “indicates a great lack at interest among parents in thc education of their children or misundcrstandnig of the it11por- tance of regular attendance for successful class work." The report notes that f11ll time attendance is reouircd i11 Charlottctoivn 11nd Smnmersidc and is the la\v i11 111051 of the other provinces. “'l‘l~.e excuse that children are needed to work at home is no longer valid when child labour is forbidden in practically all countries. 'l‘he holiday periods of spring, fall and summer also interfere great- ly with the year's progrannne and- these should be reduced now 1o one period and the Compul- sory Attendance Act should also be strengthen- ed by giving power to trustee boards to enforce same even with jail sentences for parents fail- ing to send their children to school." 'l‘he 1111111bcr of small schools now in operation, it is emphasized, docs- not make for economy or efficiency but these can only be reduced by in- creasing the distance to be travelled to school, and until there is a greater realization of the benefits [of l-ligh School facilities or some feasible method 10f cheap transportation is evolved it will be difficult 10 reduce the number of these schools. In the meantime, "the best that can be done is to get as good a teacher as possible.” Reference is made 1o a revision in the courses in agriculture and nature study and to the neeE of considerably extending the course in teacher training. EDITORIAL NOTES The Royal I-lumanc Society‘ for recognition of bravery in saving life, founded this date, I774. It‘ * U If the proposed aniemlmetits to the Prohibi- arvv I..:1w are i11 the 11111-1111,.- of the totirist busi- ness. the nddititin of wine to beer, stout and lager for beverage purposes is tnorc-or-lcss 11e- cessary. You see all these luxuries are import- ed. ivhereas we can provide hotne-itiade hard liquor i11 the shape 11f "11111o11sl1i11c." U l I! U The annual production of canned lobsters in the Maritimcs is about 80.000 cases of which 55,000 cases are usually- sold iu the Ilumpeait ntarl-zct. Uwiitg to thc c111b11rgo another untrkct must be found 11nd 11s thc result of a conference at Ottawa with .\lr. .\licl1aud, .\linister of Fish- eries a plan has been drafted which has to be submitted to the Government before lisitig made public. a =1- 1: 1r It appears that our former fellow citizen, Rev. Victor Osborne, minister of the First Presby- terian Church, Moncton, 11:15 resigned his charge, though still retaining his status as a minister of the Presbyterian Church i11 (Tanada, in order t0 accept a position with thc Rlaritimc Fire Un- derwriters Investigation Burcatl. Before e11ter- ing the ministry, WlIiClI he did while at Kensing- ton here, Mr. Osborne was a Great War Vet- eran, and former member of Scotland Yard De- tective Staff. k 1v Ontario Liberalism is in sorry plight. The Hamilton West Liberal Association has just passed a resolution demanding a ltotise-clean- ing. In introducing the resolution, l\[r. Sullivan, l-lamilloti la\\'_\'er, said “itls time t0 clean house and this scents 1o he the tmanimous opinion." lle declared lliglHYZIyS .\liuis1er Mc- Questen is "as great a dictator as Hepburn ever tried to be," and Attoritey-(jeneral Conant was attacked for “meddling i11 international af- fairs." It i! I I t i Canada's depreciated currency. in terms of the Anterican dollar, has imposed a handicap on Am- erican exporters zuul given a (lccidcd advantage to Cattadiztti exporters, both doing business under trade agreement, one clause of which provides that either country may give notice of cancella- tion of the pact should either country feel that exchange conditions were such as to lessen if not destroy the benefits of 1l1e agreement. The itcutral United States has made no move to end this ltandicap, a mote that would be a disas- trons blow to Canada's wartime economy, l‘ i it‘ i‘ The three methods open to a government to finance a war—ta.\':11ion, lmrivnviiig and itifla- tion-are in reality that: ways in which to cur- tail both production and consumption by the people. "There is no money magic which can be applied to the needs 10 wartime finance, and upon the wisdom of the approach selected will depend whether or not this 1-1111111ry c1111 provide a11 example 0f economic sanity." Mr. Donald Gordon, deputy governor of the Bank of Can- ada, thus presented the crux of war finance pro- blcms before the annual meeting of the Toronto Bankers’ Educational Association in 'l'or0nto Ilc particularly warned against inflation, “a policy which shottld be avoided at all costs." u u a It will be recalled ivhen war broke out, Nova Scotia had 2,000,000 barrels of apples to export, but the British embargo played havoc with this. An arrangement was made whereby all exports from Nova Scotia were handled by a central marketing board. The surplus was processed with Government assistance and the Nova Sco- tia apples were ltcpt out of thc central Catimla market, leaving that .'1rc:1 for Ontario and Que- bec produclioti. Because tl1c exports from Nova Scotia 10 the United Kingdom fell to less than 400,000 barrels, duc to quota restrictions and other reasons, and there is now little market for the processed apples, thc Nova Scotia farmers lost on the average, and the Covcrmucnt also faces a heavy loss. .\'ow, faced with thc cost of financing thc production of this year's crop, the Nova Scotia growers are seeking assistance and some assurance that WlICII harvested thc apples may be disposcil of. Several sclrl-itics of assist-- ance lmve bet-n studied by a (lclegation from Nova Scotia, experts of the Agriculture Depart- ment, and the l-Iconomic Advisory Board. Mr. George (‘hase of Wolfville, NS, representing tl1c growers, mid .\lr. ll. _I._ Leslie, general man- ager of the Nova Scotia .\pple Marketing Board, are in Ottawa 1n discuss the problem with the authorities. No scheme has yct been presented to Cabinet, and it is not known what action the Government will eventually take, since the prob- le111 must be considered in the light of similar difficulties which other industries will he call- ed upon to face because of war tint: NOTES BY TllE WAY I am reminded of n story told to me quite recently by 1m old Insh- man axed 83, a rieaghbcr 0i mine. who told me of an old friend of his who. in the inst. war, was order- ed to take a real holiday, so he de- cided to go and spend a. holiday fishing on the west coast of Ire- land. He arrived at a tiny fishing village miles from anywhere, and made friends with an old Irish fisherman with whom be settled to go out fishing. The momzng after his arrival he went out and when they were about half o mile from the shore the Irish fisher- man said, “Before we start fishing. your Honor, I have to tieil yer I have to lay some mines winch I have in the boat. I am paid £3 a. week for laying mines for the Gerri-tans ....” whereupon the stranger flew into a rage and abused him for his disloyalty and demanded to be taken back to the shore. On this the old ftsherman answered, “Begorra, s11‘, be calm. be calm, and wait till I tell yer that me brother gets £5 a. week for picking them up." - General Sir Charles Iilarlugton in Sphere, London. It would appear that Scars medical studies included a course of practical hypnotism. if certain of the stories narrated of him may be credited. He enjoyed a reputa- tion for the perfomiance of phen- omena which were regarded by hrs contemporaries as miraculous. 0n one occasion. it is said. his guests at dinner asked him to snow them some new marvel. The month was January. but in spite of the sea- son he caused vines with fresh shoots and ripe grapes to appear on the table. The company were hidden each to select a. bunch for himself. but tlteir host forbade Chem to put out their. hands to take them until he gave pemussicn. At the word ‘Cu-t!’ the grapes my-sterlour,“ dismrywed and the guests found themselves each with a knife in one hand and his tie-ugh- bar's sleeve in the othexj The story true or false, is strongly sugge- tive of a feat. of Oriental trickery, brs- ed on illusion induced by hypnotic Key in Chamber's Lon- don. Journal, A bee-keeper of Mexico, whose honey was kept. out of a neighbor- ing state by a high rate of duty, decided to cross over without. 111s ltoney, taking his bees, which were duty free, with him. Establishing his colony, queen and all, con- veniently near the border. he re- VALITICG to his native land and ex- posed his honey pots, open, 4:1 a secluded spc-t on his ovm side of the line. opposite his colony. The bees took the hint-Customs or no Customs ,they soiued forth arms the line, at first singly, then 111 gradually increasing numbers, straight for the honey stores. F.1- llng their sacks, every bee for him- self. they rose up, this horde of flying buccaners, and zocmed back across the border with their load of contraband. The stozy uses not mention the time necessary to complete the raid. or how many trips across the invisible line were required by the winged marauders, but the Editor is informed that. not a bee was intercepted nor was a seizure made. — The National Revenue Review. Oltrobrsma ls in an arched gal- lery that. spam o narrow street, which is the most important. artery in Wilno, Poland. No man passed along it. wzthout first iemcvmg his hat. For thzs reason Jews with orthodox views never go into the street, although the less orthodox do, and remove their hats 1n de- ference to public opinion. I vros bold, with great gusto, the story of one man who defled this unwritten law. He was the captain of one of the Bolshevlk regiments 1:1 occupa- tion 01f the city. He laughed loudly when warned, and at the head of his men rode right into ‘the sacr- ed length of street zmmediatcly facing Ostrobrama, hat on ltead. He laughed too soon; tor d1rect.y under the arch his horse trod on a. stone and he was thrown and broke his leg. The people of Wllno, both Jew and Gentile, were de- lighted. and, as it was pointed out to me, what made lAhB incident. more remarkable Wis that. though the whole of Wtino was stone pov- ed, the road immediately in front. of Ostrabrama for many yards ts blocked in wood. But a stone had appeared, only one, and it had de- feated the scofferl-J. M. in Black- woodb Magaztne. London, 0n “ ‘ ,,, December 7, 1039, a new advance 1:1 the method of communication was officially re- corded at. a Buenos Alres, Argen- tina, hospital. For the first time, a. bed-ridden patient, deprived of the use of her hands, was eitabicd to “oorresponcP with her~relat1vcs vto a portable phonopostai set whiCll recorded her message on a small phonograph disk. which was then mailed at. the cost of a. small pos- tal fee. The portable set consists of a powerful but small record-HS gppafmtug and B, microphone. The phunopostal method Ls an Arsen- tine mvestton, having bee-n first demonstrated before the meeting of the Universal Postal Congress held during the month of April in Bueno; Alres. The ‘spoken corres- pondence" may be nmiled 1.0 any member country of the Postal Union. Two recording booths have already been installed at. the main post office in the Argentine capt- tal and others are being placed tn branch offices. During December 2,817 records were matted from the central post. office atone-La , B/ueuos Afren. In But Anglia the pheasant! are acting as air raid detectors. The finely adjusted hearing of the wild birds allows tthem to know an air raid ls coming. They can d‘:- tingtlish the strange noise of atr- lanes in flight long before the liufmn ear picks u/p the sound. 0f course. the British do not de- pend on the pheasants to give the alarms. Highly mechanized 1n- atrumenta are ready to do that. Hut, the Wild brlds still join in the chorus to let. the people know that dancer is at hand. -- Clark in Windsor Sta-r It In almost an accepted proport- tlon nowadays that out of the pres- ent world war will come a federa- tion of Sta-tee, if not of the world, at least of . The league of Nations out of the last war. but was ncupoble even of holding the respect of i114 member muons, much less maintaining peace among them. It la possible the mo» will lend itself to complete Nblblltotitnn. suggest1on.—-The Hon. Ralph stnr- 1 pcrmmmg use of “m.” PUBLIC FORUM "111- lo on; l" Q. In by oomupulcnte of I at lltunt. lb finn- lottohvn Guardian Ion IOQ lo- euuully under» the nnlulnu of oornlnondnnk PROHIBITION AMENDMENT! strz-Wfii your kindly vrant. mo space to addressa few remarks to t. e temperance people of - vince and at the same time ask two members of our present t; one question. 1 note by the recs re- oort of the temperance mee fng held in Charlottetown that the meeting was presided over b Mr. D. N. Mac- Kay, M. L. A.. whte Hon. Horace Wright took art in the discussion. Now the ques ion I am W111i! to ask right and is this, supposing Mr. Mr. MacKay succeed in g our ohibttorv law more effective. caus- ng this Province to be bong dry. how are we going to con u o political campaigns without liquor? one year am. Public ooinio verv much against the Govemrnen but due to the generoslw of Liberal candidates in supplying abunc once of that liquid refreshment whlca re- vives partv feelintzs we were suc- cessful in re-eiectlnz a Government which at first appeared doomed to defeat. Now if you zlve us bone dry oroiubition and we have an election in three years’ t-ltne. what will you izlve us to substitute liquor to pass around among the electors? would be it moonshine or lemon extracts, surelv not? Surely the good old Liberal Por- tvIwill never stooo to that. .Sl . 1A. aTIBETIAL COMMITTEMAN IIWBS DENMARK AND PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND S‘r.-Whal. does the fall of Den- mark mean to Pzlnce Edward Is- land? It means many things of’ which the three following are the most important. First: For years Britain has de- pended largely upon Denmark for the supplying of certain important foods, in the production of which Prince Edward Island excels on this continent. ‘These foods are of daily consumption. particularly in Bri- tain, and litclude bacon, ham, but- cheesc, eggs and dressed poul- t1_. In twelve months from now. when the Citarlottetown harbour will be equipped with a dock for ocean vessels. this Province will be in a better osltlon in the matter of slurping o the Mother Country than any of the central provinces of Catiada. both ln cost. and rapid- itv of derveryx Because of the war. and the necessary demand for tltcsc essential foods in Great Britain. it has suddenly become a. more 1n- sistant duty than ever for our farm- ers to produce to the utmost of their abllty both in thematter of quantity and c~1lly. Sxcnd: From n ourely selfish standpoint. individually, and collec- tively as citizens of this Province. it will be entirely in the interest. of our farmers to improve their producing ntethods and to work to the vezy limit of their capacity to 'ssure the greatest possible output. Let us take as a single example the raising of hogs, in which this ‘Island is admitted to carry the palm |ln the Dominion. We have a farm- ing population in Prince Edward Island of about 68.000 and last. yea: we raised 45,000 bogs, which ls two- thirds of an animal per capitn. In Denmark they have a farmingpo u- latlon of 1,200,000 and they r11 sed 3.000.000 hogs, which is two and one half animals per caplta. In other words. their comparative output was three and three quarters times tire-atri- than ours. and let it not be forgotten that the average farm 1'11 Denmark is but 13 1-2 acres and that they produce as many cattle as they do hogs. and every farm has at least two horses and a large number of chickens. ‘Third: Of fully equal importance is the nerd for a universal study by our farme-s, and all others who are interested in the provmss of Prince Edward Island. of the his- tory of Denmark, particularly dur- ing the 111st. three generations, dur- ing which time there has been a. most remarkable rise, mth cultural and commercial, from 11 country ln which the peasants were tenant fm-tnt-rs exceeding] poor with but. primitive tools and were actually ignorant. having but the bare ele- ments of an ordinary school edu- cation, to one in which the major- lly of the people are today living in most comfortable circumstances and wit-h on nveoge degree of en- llghtenment ahead of that of any other country in Europe, lf not of the world, enjoying social privileg- es such as we on this Island con- not hope for for many years. Den- mark 1n area ls seven times the size of Prince Edward Island but its population 1s forty-one times greater. In addition to cattle and swat-e. Denmark has 55290011101101 and 115,000 sheep. Space dces not, permit of further facts and figures. but the main point to be considered ls that. Den- mark's rise has been the result of three things; first. the highest pos- sible methods of education; second, universal co-operatlon among the producing classes: third, Govern- ment asslstance and insistence of the co-operative spirit. t is to en- courage movements of his nature that the Is‘aud Research and De- velopment Council has been 0r- ganlzed. I am. Sir, etc., H. K. S. HEMIVIING, HEAVEN HAVEN 111:"... — S 1 u Tbeflgldgrwhere flies no amrn Ind sided a . And c, few lilies blow evrpd I havewasked to“ 1:0 re no s rms oo . Whgre the green swell l5 in the havens dumb And out of the swin! of the set. -Gera-rd Hopkins. WHEAT EXPORTS UP OTTAWA. April l’1 -1CP) -—ER- ports clearances of Canadian wheat during the week ending April 12 totalled 2,533.86’! bushels compared with 1.119.133 tn the corresponding week last year. the Dominion Bur- eau of SlatLstlcs reported today. The total from Aug. l in Ap 12 was 113.393.2138 bitshels com- pared with 931415.843 in the some ._l-h..°JY_°Vl°"J_°EP..Y£liE the facilities which now exist. More likely. however. in the proa- pect of an entirely new body, form- ed independently of the League and Lions of that lnuei- group.—Guelph .__ .-...._. ._ -1 ..... q-a-cbh. We all know what happened almost sh (By Robert MMKsy) An examination of coma of flu bailout aspect: of the British eco- nomic situation after six months of’ war shows. not only that much has already been achieved 1n meet- ing war conditions, but. that Great B tun’: poaittonfkmchutojul- tuy every confidence in the future. Such s lurvey should begin with the related problems of w . ra- tioning of certain f tuf a, sav- s and taxation. outstanding feature in the matter of wlzel 1| that the Go u" vem- ment has been successful in sustain- ing tho buying power of the weekly poy-enevelope. ‘Though 111K112 spending is beln: mp1 ly eurtaile the standard of life 1n Great Bri- tain is maintained at l. high level. That means that the margin for economies l: still l large one before area; real curtailment in essentials omen necessary. Rationing of certain essential l" foodstufta was soon fntmduoevhbut it of. i posed because of anv gar: Wiibt was aimed at was t that these supplies in Great Bri- tain should be available in equal proper-ion for poor and rich alike. Tho Government also took steps to ensure that prices of essential com- modities should be kept within the capacity of the shorter purse. and the Exche uer is spending at the rate of £1, .000 a wee-k on subsi- dies for that urpose. By itself. rat on ng could not hold price: in check, since more money would then be available for undue spencing on tutrationed articles. Taxaoion and Savings are the two obvious correctlves. besides being two of the obvious means for pay- for the war. or necessities may coll for a new technique in budgeting 1'0 meet: public spending at the rate of over 22.000 millions o. vein‘- Bul 1111’- Chanoellork last. Budget was on the orthodox lines that have always characterised British ubllc finan- ces, the estimates beng that. for the 12 months endinz March. 1940, £995 millions would be spent; out of Revenue and £938 millions from borrowed money. Even under war conditions ap- proximately one-half 0! nllbllc 9X- pendlture is being met. from rev- enue. Tltat has meant lncreaslntz taxation in many directions. and income-tax. which had already been raised to '1 shillings in the pound for the current year. will be increas- ed to 7s. 6d. for 1940-11. Higher taxation is resulting in the transfer to the State of an in- creased share of the purchasing power of the individual citizen. But. even taxation cannot furnish a complete solution. there must be savings too. The Savln s movement affects the whole no ion, but more partic- ularly what is known as the wage- earnlng class. It has recently been established that the normal annual total of wages and small salaries paid in Great. Britain is as high as £2,500 millions. and since the out- break of war. wage-adjustments have added about £33 ntllllons to that total. The habit of saving ls already strong. The total balances at the credit of depositors in the Post Of- flce Savings Banks at the end of September was 12789900000, and the amount invested in National Sav- lngs Certificates at that date stood at £518,000,000. Funds in Trustee Savings Banks had increased by the record sum of £16 millions in the twelve months to the end of November, 1939. bringing the total funds in such banks on 11h t date to well over £303.000,000. . ' . Then, again. apart from the many millions annualy invested in life endowment assurance policies. there are the British building societies. whose total assets exceed £700,000,- 000. But. as the British war effort grows, the call to save becomes more insistent. ‘Three months after war started, the British Govern- ment made an appeal for special War Funds from the man 1n the street. War Savings Certificates and Defence Bonds were issued. The response was extremely sat- isfactory. In the short space of '00 days, without British deposits 1n any of the above-mentioned sav- ing institutions having been depet- ed, subscriptions 1 fling £100,000.- 000 were received for the War Sav- ings campaign. Meanwhile, ilznftatlon of omsump- tion is beginning to reduce the volume of imported zoods that; may be classed as luxury articles. while British manufactures are being set fr~e for exportation. British export values in January this year were £41 millions. This was an increase of 121305.000 on December last and of £1,594.000 on Janna . 1939. This threefold reductem in the demands of the individual-through rationlnsz. taxation and savlntz-ls the effective means by which Great Brit/sin is preventing prices, wages and profits engotting in a competi- tion which would dislocnte the __....= piunx rncrons ] SOCIETY MAKE UP a We have just received from Hollywood a full ahlpment of on: Factor Beauty lids. lnclud d tn chip Ate luoheltems I'd“ mm‘ Mn Factor Skin and Tlmu Cream. Max Factor Eoneyluckle Cream. ma F to Clellllln‘ urea Mo‘: Fratoli- POWIIGI round: tlon Cream in three u. — Rachelle - Flesh. Mu Factor Face Powder In the touowm; moon-natural, uacuenie, u: to, Ouvo mo ’ Tun. 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British farmln areas, too. have increased 1n natonal importance, and Government measures to foster intensive agriculture include a grant of £2 per acne for ploughing up permanent pastures. The 1mm - ate objective is to place 3.000.000 more acres under the plough. ‘nus represents an increase of 20 r cent and given reasonable weal: er conditions, a slngle year should see its achievement. Labour conditions in Great Bri- tain one rapidly 1m roving. The official tote of regfailiered unem- ployed is now 520.130 lower than it was a. year ago. But the real posi- tion ls even better, since unem- ployment statistics do not take stock of some 300.000 new entrants into British industry, so that actu- ally unemployment has declined by a. figure nearing 1,000,000 since the outbreak of war. As the Lord Privy Seal said in s. speech on Feb- ruary 18, "Unemployment is already passing from the nation's life as an lurgennt and overshadowing prob- em" Great Britain's position in the matter of supplies of raw mater- ials ls as strong as ever after six months’ war. In order that all these assets may be converted into use, the resources of finance, mi ping and trading must. be broug t into play. Hera. too, Great Britain's position is un- shaken after .s1x months of war. Some idea of the financial assets at the disposal of Great Britain and her Aiites may be gathered from a recent. estimate by the gétirid States Federal Reserve a On the outbreak of war Great Britain. France and their Empire- countrles had easily reallsable as- sets and gold to the value of £2,105» 000,000. To these must be added investments in other countries, re- liably estimated at £2,846,000,000. Thus the Allies started the war with an overseas war chest of close on £5,000 millions, of which a1’. least 133.500.000.000 may be classed as easily reaitsable assets, belong- ing to British investors. But these are assets which are being husband- ed, and ever; effort is being made to pay for ritlsk imports by the results of current effort. (To Be Continued) Battleship And Bomber (Ottawa Joumal) A seemingly casual phrase used ‘by Mr. Churchill on ‘Thursday must have held, for students of ‘plague, a connderabie meaning. 'i0ne very heavy bomb hit deck armor resisted the 1m- pact aucoessfullyir So far a: m. 0 men-o -war h concerned this must be . sgbcem nuiylalfowrg; m w“ r are o w orutgtiirpiknetk tag-p Saviffil m exper e d th a. o . “if orbs... a. a heavy bomb, morbid fdfittikiiaf would cripple the most powerful battleship: argued even that g near a battleshi bomb, fallin p would explo e with sufficient force’ to open a bntleshlpfis seams, put t, out of combat. In the United Stat. ea, especially, one school of naval thong tbs: held to this conten. "ilinslilbtiitotisnlln t1 a war n shown. for at any rate. f; that. the chiihriif 1on1 of he bombers were wrong. o tale has yel; come of’ the sink. In: of a heavy. modem warship ‘by direct bombing hits from tho r. this de-spgxte the fact that many such hits - e case of the Rodney being the lamb-hove been scored. In the Rodneyk case, Indeed, m, only injury wrought by a direct 1111 was a wounding of seven men of her crew. What it means, appar- ently, Ls that modern armor and dock pinto have been made more than o. match for the heaviest of exbfcsives. Perhaps this explains Mr, Churchl ‘s disclosure that for the past five weeks Scope Flow. once abandoned because o its danger from alr attacks, has n used a- gain as a base for the British fleet. Heavy anti-aircraft guns undoubt- edly make a difference. but roof that the structure of men-o -war can resist heavy bombs must make an even greater difference. In neutral Washlmzton the leo. sons of these months of sea war have not been pat. near Admiral S. M. Robinson. chief of the Uri- lted States navy's construction bur- eau, said the other day the war had deepened his conviction that "the but leshlp rules the seas de- spite the advances in air power. He added this: "You have one country today that has n. preponderance of battleships and that. country controls the seas. You have an- other country which has a pre- ponderance of submarines and aircraft. and it is a totally blockaded country." _i___________ WHEAT IN STORAGE OTTAWA, April 16—-(C'P)—Can~ gdfan wheat in store for the weel ended April 12 totalled 309.534.6217 bushels compared with 310,905,453 the tzevfous week and 135,893,649 1:1 the same week last year. the Do- minion Bureau of St ‘ " re- ported today. Canadian wheat in the United States totalled 20,869,960 bushels compared with 21,687,306 and l.- 032, . _ -___-_____._ RING CRISIS LONDON-(CH-When the ring he had bought for his bride prove too small, a bridegroom at t1 reg- istry office here asked the regis- trar for some soap. But mere was none, so the bride finished the cere- the Rodney but her very strong mony with the ring half on. _- _- .; Will aweeten your L $3.00 PER TON $3.75 PER TON In Car Lots of 30 Tons Take Delivery Early and from the Spring 1940 We also mnnufoctu Hydrated Spray Limo, BLACK IIIBKEY llllll Even more than ln the last War Island farm FY0111"!!! 8P8 titling to be of great assistance ln u" Wlllnl"! 0f the present one. And just as purely our tobacco ls going to bring good cheer and comfort to Island soldiers. HICKEY’S CHEWING 10c Per Fig Straight EVERYWHERE IN P. E. ISLAND Manufactured By TOBACCO CO, LTD, BROOK VILLE LIME and making It grow Larger and Better Crops. BUY NOW WHILE THE PRICE IS LOW. BULK. 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