PAGE FOUR . TllE llllAllLllTTETllWll fillhlllllhll Morning Dplly (Founded la 1587i Authorized IS Second Class Moll. Pan Olflco Department. Ottawa. President. lon A. Burnett; Vice-President, Wm, n. Bllfllfll: $€i-'Y--'l'i'fll8-. G. M. Burnett; Editor and Mlllflllllz ‘Director. J. R. Burnett; Associate Editor, l-‘rimk Walker. "The Strongest Memory is Weaker Thcui the Weakest Ink." >____.___.._ ___ . SiAIURDAY, rizisiunsiry 22, 1m flow For The Legislature i. Our Farmers Parliament has completed _ s session, and the results, though not embodied in legislative statutes, are on record in the {Mm of reports and resolutions, and will dOLlbtlesg be IfLIdIECl carefully by our politician; I k One thing to be expected when the Legis- do ure meets next month will be the tabling of etoiled TECOIISIIUCTIOH plans for public works, "1145, building, general development, and town and rural planning. This was promised last year l," PWPQYQPh 22 of the Speech from the Throne, in which it was stated that two extra engineers had been errvployed to draft tho plans, which wero to proceed 'rapidly so that advantage may be immediately taken whenever it is known what settlement will be made with the Government of Canada in regard to taxes and our (lppurent (i5. cal nccd." Actually Premier Jones has already an- naunced in general terms what the settlement with Ottawa is to be, so that we are behind schedule so far as getting the reconstruction plans are concerned. These should be made available as soon as the House opens. lf the plans are in line with the interim re- port of the Advisory Reconstruction Committee which was tabled last-year, they will run into an expenditure of several millions of dollars. This committee functioned with the aid of eight technical sub-committees embracing education, agriculture, fisheries, tourist promotion and transportation, public health and welfare, pub- lic ieivififls. forestry, and housing, and brought in a voluminous report. lt was emphasized in on introductory note that "a complete report is not possible at this time (July 20, I945). In some instances surveys will be necessary and the findings of such surveys will be ascertained before detailed costs can be adjudged." The House, then, when it meets next month will expect a further report from this committee, giving the nature and findings of the surveys which were so necessary a year ago, and which presumably have now been complet- Altogether, the members will have'a good deal of reading and "home work" to do to keep up with the business of tho coming session. The Government should make it a point to table every report at the earliest moment—including, of course, complete data on the proposed fin- ancial agreement with the Dominion Govern- nt. Last year Hon. Mr. Hughes, ln tho dylng hours of the session, had to confess that he had forgotten to table the Fisherman's Loan Board report (it hasn't been tabled yet) and the Pre- mier, after berating the Opposition for being unfamiliar with the statistics in tho R. C. M. P. report, discovered that this report had been "tabled" in only a technical sense, and that not one member of the House oxcept himself pos- sessed a copy. This occurred a few minutes be- foro the House went lnto Committee on Supply, and copies had hurriedly to be distributed alter the Premier had finished speaking. It is to be hoped that another episode of last session will not be repeated. That was Jhe political jockeying for position which re- sulted in Premier Jones being the last speaker ‘in the Budget debate, which his colleague the Provincial Treasurer opened th a bald recital ivof figures affording no help at all in interpret- ing the finances. The result was as might be expected-even Government members getting up and confessing that they wero all at sea. This must not be allowed to happen again. The Premier and his Finance Minister both took part in the deal at Ottawa, and it is the duty of both of them to give the House all the in- formation they possess, and at the earliest mo- Illflll’. Feed tiraln Rates With reference to the rates on feed grains and the proposal to seek the provision of an elevator here, discussed at the Federation of Agriculture, the following excerpt from the recommendation of the Dawson Commission is significant: "It would be possible, of course, (and this may have to be the answer) for the Nova Scotian government to tolro tho lead and bring these feeds in by water, setting up various distributing warehouses throughout the province from which these feeds could be delivered to the farmer. Some of these warehouses might have to be built, others could no doubt be rent- Id so that-as is almost inevitable-when rail- roads widened the applicability of the reduced ' rates to competitive ports, the government would not be left with empty storage space on its hands. A beginning in the execution of this policy was mode a few years ago when the Nova Scotia Legislature included in its estimates an expenditure for this purpose, and the pres- ont Cabinet has also been seriously consider- ing tho establishment of o flour mill at Halifax. ' Tho assisting of rates by subvention is the other solution: tho result would be the some, but there would bo' a certainty and pUTMGIPOIICQ in tho ar- rangement which the competitive water carriage could novor onsure. Moreover, as pointed out above, tho principlo of a notional economic in- forest should bo sufficiently vital and basic to mako its oxplicit accoptanco in this regard do- siroblo. Yot o third and porhops tho proforiiblo solution, is by a combination of tho two, a low- orod ooinpotlilvi roto oldod by tho poyiiioni of .I salvation. Tho commission ilioroforo mom- "monlo lliot llio province shouldlnsist that the Pllhiloo Goflrlirnoiit study tho wholo froighl hid economic policy, that low freight rates on wcst- | orn grains and mill feeds to Eastern Canada should form a part of that policy, that the Do- -minion Parliament should provide means where- by this rate would be made operative by sub- vention or otherwise, and that in the interval; the prevailing export rate should be applicable toall rail points in the province." Rule “Against Free Forts Free pcrts are not advisable for Canada, concludes a special committee set up by the Dominion Government to investigate con- ditions in New York, Quebec and elsewhere. Most people who take the trouble to read the report, says the Financial Post, of that commit- tee will be inclined to agree. _ ‘ The committee found that conditions in pie-war continental Europe, where free ports were most flourishing, were basically different from those of Canada or for that matter from those of Great Britain or the United States, where, significantly, there is only one free port area-—o small portion of New York harbor—and that according to the committee, not operat- ing satisfactorily. ln the last pre-war year, for instance, the New York zone imported $39 mil- lions of goods but only re-exported a little over a million's worth. ln contrast to Canada, pie-war Europe was divided into dozens of different countries, most- ly with sky-high tariffs, and many of them cut off from the sea. Goods in bond travelled to and from the closcly restricted and expensively supervised free ports along the coast. Here, of course, no tariff cuts us off from the sea, and our system of manufacturing and transit in bond, it is claimed, gives practically'any centre in Canada the advantage of a (free port. r- EDITORIAL NUTES — Tomorrow, first Sunday in Lent—"Let pati- ence have her perfect work." I A’ ‘k i‘ George Washington, first President of the United States, born this date l732; he presided at the 1787 convention when the constitution of the U. S. was drawn up, and was elected President two years later; he caused satisfac- tion in Britain and consternation in France when he issued a proclamation of neutrality on the outbreak of the European war in l793, despite an alliance with France made in l778; he retired from the Presidency in I796 alter a second term of office: "A slender acquaintance with the world must convince every man that actions, not words, are the true criterion." O Q a n lt is l4 years since Parliament considered a redistribution measure, the last occasion being in I933 in preparation for the i935 general elec- tion. The law requires that there shall be a re- distribution of seats after each decennial cen- sus and before the next succeeding general elec- tion, but this was suspended during the war, to be held without a redistribution based on the result of the l94l census. There have been changes in the total House membership the bill had received second reading it would be referred to a special committee with the schedule of seats in blank. Secretary of State, Han. Colin Gibson, would undertake to pilot the measure in the House, and it is expected Mr. Gibson will also be ri mem- ber of the special committee. I i The future of the United Kingdom is a puzzle which cannot be settled by politicians, economists or editors. It is a question of what is going to happen to the greatest nation in history. Look at the manpower situation. To carry out its present plans, the United King- dom is talking of the neces§ity of importing manpowei, although the problem which faces that country is to provide a good standard of living for a population which has to consume im- ported food and raw materials. lt is the simplest logic to point out that very special reasons will have to be produced to show how 5O million people in Britain would be better able to pay for their requirements of imported goods than 45 million people are. In short, it looks as though the idea of increasing the population of Brit- ain to cure the economic troubles of that na- tion has no logical foundation. The fact, too, that thousands of Britons now in India and oth- er eastern countries will have, per force, to re- turn to the Motherland in consequence of the policy being pursued by the Attlee Government, should encourage caution in any immigration policy. o o I I O i An Ottawa correspondent rather late‘ in the day writes: A minor furore was created in the House of Commons when Mr. Real Caouette, Union des Electeurs (Social Credit) member for Pontiac declined to observe the for- mal custom of congratulating the seconder of the Address in Reply to the Speech from the Throne, Mr. J. P. G. Cournoyer, Liberal by- election winner at Richelieu-Vercheres, because the latter's election had been "stained with the blood" of members of his party. Near the con- clusion af his remarks, he congratulated the mover (Mr. MacNaught) of the address and then added that, although aware that it was custom- ary to extend the same courtesy to tho sec- onder, ho could riot bring himself to accede. After all, ho argued, the election of the soc- ondor had been stained with blood shed by sov- nrol members of his party. There were pro- tosts from tho outraged Liberals, and Mr. Lo- sage asked tho speaker to rule that tho remark was out of order. Accordingly, Speaker Fout- oux instructed Mr. Caouette to "modify" the wording of his romork since, he said, as it stood it was not such as befitted o member of tho House: Tho Pontiac member, apparently mis- understanding, startod to retrace his stops on this soction of his spooch, and amplify tho thomo. Tlioro were more protests and tho He gqid that the members. with iha sliced mosquito Ffillllltl. ahlr‘ drirrl applr Pit". tliiil v Fl-IE CHARLOTTETOWN GUARDIAN Notes By The Way Cheap otamlo power wlll not ho available before 1960. two Amer. ice-n scientists have predicted. The big problem to be overcome 15 getting the heat out of th¢ ltflmlc pile fast enough to ensure that the “Yiiem docs not melt into ruin. — Ottawa Citizen. We probably glull new" n; w“ our inferiority complex 1n respect to scientific matters. Despite all (he ela-borale- explanations we have "ud- uve still cannot understand why ll L: necessary to use l, lwegyty- ton machine f0 break an atom, (he smallest particle of matter lUlOWll. -WllldS0l‘ Star. Almost 4t the pinnacle of cur- rent economic boobery 1s the theory "mi because we couia produce sucti vast quantities of tanks and guns ai1d_5lilps in warftrifc-and that "l llllsh cast‘ 1n cash—tlien govern- ment spending should be able to “T318 PT05P9fily' in peace. Nothing Could be more absurd. --1<Ie.ml1ton Spectator‘. skill"!!! money under moitrcsses or putting 1t 1n sugar bowls mg viii" “hiiii-iis" Places in the home Only invites loss. The Institute of Life Insurance has estimated that. $17 riiillion Lu cash ls thus lost bccflilte 0f fiivs and theft. More- nvci: persons known to keep large $111115 iii their homes also invite \'10l('ll('f.‘. The baink is the best of all Plwcs for it. —Boston Post. Bumptiouo rim. Alums; s, hi" hauled before the United Nations Sw-lflly Council. an British charges, for mining an international chan- nel and causing the death of Bai- iisli sailors. injury m British ships. In the bad old days a British cruiser would have taken the mat- ter lzi- hand long ago, and a well. Suvunked Albania would have sub- sided. -—Ottawn Journal. A numbe of now frlcndghip pick and mutual defence alliances no bel-YYE signed these days. Interest- ing under the circumstances would be s. statement showing what per- 60111820 of these pacts have stood uii against tests. There 1s a more or less common belie; that, pact or no pact. many countries act Pivfliltding lo the expediency of the moment. A mutual danger 1s a greairr uiiifier than a mutual pact. 1f the danger L; not mutual, the pact is sometimes useless. _Port Arthur News-Chronicle. Your average Canadian earns o lot more money, but translated in. l0 what ha can buy iii the Wfly of food. clothes. refrigerator; ‘and (ivhaiiiuls. ho is rial as well off as lie was in 1938. So that real wages (which ls the amount of things n man can buy with his earnings) bear :10 mat relation at all to money wages. So let's forgot money fur a minute. for not all the banks which meant that the I945 general election had and theories on earth have changed that basic elemeititary- fact that men are trader's and that: the only de- mand they have fJll.8ll0lh6l"5 goods l0 or services is what they produce times since the First Parliament, of i867. Prime ilivrii-‘fllvvi Sim has not altered Minister King told the House that as soon as m“ ‘Esmllal lmllel" " H“"‘ll‘°“' Spectator. Many n farm-born individual rc- nosinlglc longing, apple; drying uuclcr n and ili._- (lolrri- iiioiliri" iisril In YIlHlCP. says Uoiiiiiry Licnitt- iilftll. All at truce dried apples and (lie fine pics (hay procluce_srcrned to GJFHiPDEHT off the face of the earth. Thry left. an unfilled gap. But nun‘ ong- of the big milling (‘CnlDLilllCh l; brlngiig cut a pack- age containing n plecrtist mix, scri- sonliig a-utl specialj- pi-ouessed dried iillnlcs. Add water and sugar and (here's ii plc ready for the oven. It‘ it‘; anywhere iron-i" as satisfying ns the products (f (he apple; dried cm- tha old smkehause roof ‘it. should be n success. Tlie recent nnnaunccmrnt ti the English picss (lint Clip nfulic small- cst of the Clian-"ef Islands is for sale will no doubt have given rise to some romantic day dreams. For. lllfll. similar oimou-ti-cemeni; have aroused in the past. there ls a widespread desire to_play Rabin- SO11 CfllSOE-Jllvllll. of course, (lic necessary modern “D1'0ps" says The Chrlsilan Sclcniue Monitor. ‘ The romantic are apt to forget. Iicwcver. that one has to be an extremely accomplished craftsman lo live comfortably on an lfilfliid: uri-less. indeed, one ls able to impart a number of asslsiants- 1n wlfcli casr- (lie island's chic; attraction of solitude is gone. And few cf us are quite m "handy" as Crusoe or so fertile in expedlents as the members of the Swiss Family Rob- insori. We were tickled. somehow, by tho eplscdc of the Mexican bullflghter who cllmbcil into the stands and nvriifUifiov livckling siwtlftlcfg vi-llh his sword. 5113's The Chicago News. One of the (htngs we never undev- FlOOIl is why nllllollr: 11010111101‘; are requlrcd to tolerate abuse from (he customers. True. the fans have pnid to nee (he performance. but duos that i-oiifer n licence to insult ihe'bullftgtf(er. who only wants to kccp his tilde intact, or the ball- plnyer whose only fnult la that ho ls dumb? The foghom critic doesn't. claim the right to heroto the engineer just. because tho train we; late, nor to bellow ll the ort- 1st 1f tho comic sttlpa don't amuse hlm. And how do you supfme lhl-ii lame noisy fan would reoot. ll somebody in the gallery told him ho wan swinging his shovel from tho wrong angle? Arid another thing: Where do stage and radio per- formers get the ‘right to grow ur- oostlc 1f the audience doesn't burst into delighted ‘aunt Do those stars stand around and boot their pslirris whllo you do your wort? Or did you‘ over m much Ls» no one oltbiiolo Ik-Oo oooontlgl port of o notional- Spoakor again intervened. Mr. Caouotte thori concodod tho point. out at the brewery oheorlrio tho cook? if one may judge from the interest- PUBLIC FORUM This column lo tho dincusolon by corra- opondeiiu ur tlono u sums-i. The Chu-lotlowwn Guardian does riot. noooonr- lly ondo tho oplnlon of wrroopoudontl. open to STUDENTS’ BOARDING PROBLEM Sb‘,- Having read xvuli interest. the letter 1n your issue of February 20 on the a-bove-rneiiilosied subject. written by the Ulgg-Ktriross Wom- en's Institute. I feel that (lie pub- llc should be informed of (the re- percussion. Unfortunately for the signer of the letter. she has a son attending Prince of Wales Collége who. with- out notice, was relieved of the pleasure of sharing an attic room with two others, for which he paid eight dollars a week including of course his meals. n5 hLs landlady immediately assumed (he sugges- tions made by the Women's I-nsttl- uie were criticisms of her partic- ular establishment. I think that. any fair minded person who has reed the letter uvlll agree no individual ("use was cited and that the general suggrfiiuns ivcre well founded. Many other fl!‘- guments in favor of such is f9$id< e-zice could be aclviuu-ed but it Dim be realized how hesitant rural par- io do so (signing exits might be their nanicsi if ihclr 50115 and daughters boarding in Charlotte- town were to be penalized. This has been a clear demon- stration as to why ample are re- luctant to participate 1n any move- ment, in the public interest. Their actions are considered to be self- centered and they or theirs suffer accordingly I om. Sir, etc. T.B. JKOGERS Charlottetown. ' “MAGGOT 1N THE APPLE" fif‘.—-wh6n Rudolph Hess land- ed 1n Scotland during mid-war op- erations. Winston‘ Churchill ralli- er cryptly remarked “the maggot. is in the apple," and, although hostilities lasted many months thereafter, the final termination of the war justlfled (he forecast made. ' Recent. newspaper mciii. by the Premier that lila secorid-iii-oommand ln the Cab- inet -— Hon. William Hugues - liad resigned from at. least one of 111s many positions 1n the Gav- crnmont, with further rocosslons providing. siiggr-sts that thr- Cmir- chill obsnrvriiioii might \\('ll bi- applied to Llio future palitlcril possibilities in (his Pioviiicr. When thr- desire to vivitlidruw from a measure of lha responsi- bilitics carried by the Provincial Finance Minister urns utiributcil by the Prcxmicr to the stale of ill-health into which his colleague was drifting. sympathy might well be extended. and would be. even from his political opponents. but when this information was supplcmviilcd by llic slcslrmciil. that lllf‘ Provincial 'I't‘i"2lbll1‘(‘l' lOUlKl that his rlnparluiioiilril fluf- ics interfered with liis "private" business, than (he situation ap- peared Lo be more absurd than grzivr. Bring a Culiiiii-t hfiiiirdrr lll (fin Pruviiirial (_~i1J\'f‘l'IllIll"ll1 l-'~ a full-time lob. and CEIITlPS with ll n fllll-l-lmo salary. If lllf‘ Min- lstor feels he cannot afford to sacrifice his private business. then t-hr logical thing to do is to rc- sign. not to roiirgc uii his irbliga- lions to llin electoral». Tlir- Premier‘. and rvcry portfolio-member of the Council. sfiould know what mlii- lstrrial absenteeism 1s like. They have all hart vxporicncv. We've been having too much “izov- crnmcnt by deputy" for tlir- good at the country. Agricultural con- ditions are bud. as indicated by n departmental report, broadly publiazvd through the press. nnd .‘\lbSf‘Qll"l\ll\ confirmed iit TPCFlIl fqi'm"i'S' mrroil-igs. It will bo the duty of the electors, at the first opportunity. (o replace those llukcwann Ministers with succes- lsors who will iaki- thou" jab scri- lously, and do their job without l squclchtiig. t The Hon. Mr. Hughes ‘is occupy- lug a rather hat spat at the mo- ment. and will have some explain- ing to do when lie next. meets the Legislature. It will not do 1o ‘remain mute. or oven contribute ‘an evasive reply to queries illfil will positively be directed lilfi way. The T. B. League will want to know why the Health Tax has not. been applied to the purposes for wlilcli 1t. was levied and ool- lected, and the tax payers. utio were singled out from among the whole to contribute extra for n specific purpose, will want 1o know why their special contribu- tlon was so largr-ly consigned to general rvvoriun for the use nntl purposes of rill. Mr. Hughes is t-he oiir- above all others wiho will he expected to supply ii satisfact- ory explanation. _ I rim. Sir, etc, ELIJUTOR. GHHOUIICC‘ yfiruciically ASPIRIN uses sinus llEllllMlllE iirw iow nicrs m‘ litlblfl... l lltlblofm. . QINUINI LIPIIIN ll MAIIID ‘Illll WAY Fort Churchill: I947 (David MPKQITJClIEl‘ in The Coun- try Guide. Wlnnlpel. Man.) As you stand on the shore of Hudson Bay at Churchill it is very difficult. to believe that. _yau are, 300 miles closer to Eng and. than is New York. In fact lt is dlf- ficult to believe that you _are on a seaport. at. all. For here is none of the liustle and bustle. the ships and the combination of fish odors and other smells which charm-ter- lzo salt water seaports and which combine to produce maritime ‘ul- mosphei-e." Iri June, 1946, the har- bor lay deserted, apparently absu- daned. without even i; tug or fisn- lrig boat to relieve the barren out.- look. So difficult was ii. for me to believe that. I was actually 110W“ by the sea that I irralked to the shore away from the river and tasted (lie water. It. was fatnily salty. When I arrived June 14 the har- bor was filled with huge masses drifting ice "grawlers" many ‘of them 20 or 30 feet thick. The ice on the river had gone out the picv- ious (lay but. great chunks still drifted at the moutli whore the port is located. There was also some snow lying tn drifts on the ground to show that. the grip of ivinter had only shortly before been broken. Ice stlll remained in chunks around Churchill port untll after July 1, and, long after the river and the bay near the port. were clear, lee was stlll reported just. out of visible distance off short‘. 1n the middle of July an R. C..A. F. C-anso aircraft, flying the full breadth of Hudson Buy from Port Harrison on tho oust shore of the Bay to Churchill, reported the Bay three-quarters frozen over. O I O As my Air Foroo companions and I stood on the deserted dock zlie gleaming whltp bulk of Churchill's modern two and a half million bushel elevator was behind us. From the record of the Churchill port ln the last six years it would appcur as lf the remarks about a white elephant were justified. Inside the blns of the elevator lay one nill- woven and fashioned by the women FEBRUARY 22. 1947 Q-GOQO-FQ Uld Cliarlottetowh (And PEJ.) r ._. _ BR-UDENELL PIONEERS “One hundred vfli-tii no a llttlo band of Scottish emigrants con- sisting of James McL-aren, who may be termed the ‘leader, his wife Isabel hfcDanald and their family, nunuberlng four sous and three daughters wltli (wo sons-ln-lisw, Jiimes Stewart iiuu Donald Gordon and their families, making in all some twenty-two persons, landed at Brudenell River, which was at| that time all iuibrolcen wilderness, and at once began iI-iai stem struggle for existence which 1s the inevitable experience of all settlers Liv a new and untried oouniryg , . "Almost the first care of tho lllile community was the erection of a place of worship upon tho spot whercon we are now assembled. Rude and primitive the building must have been, constructed u 1t was qt the rough hcwri frees of the forest. but. 8a often as the day of rest returned. tn that little church James Mobaren read the inspired volume and the Gaelic version of’ tho servtco o! the Epis- copal church of which he was Ln adherent. 1o the few scattered settlers of the neighborhood dls. trlcts, who made (heir way, sonic by blazed trolls of the forest, others b)’ blfvh (‘lime and duff-out on the vivetcrs of the Three Rivers, i0 that lowly structure, there to offer to the Supreme Being the worship of humble, contrlte and honest hearts. . . . “Itorly 1n tho history of the colony ii giant plna which stood on the north bank of’ the river was felled and with patient skill and untlrtng labour was fashioned info a dugout boat or canoe in which after being fitted with oars and home-made flexen- salls- spun, lion eight hundred thousand bush- —th¢ young men made frequent cls of wheat.—most of it there since trips to Plctou for necessary sup- 1939. No transatlantic ships have plies, which could be obtained no used this port. sl-nce the Second “m”. Mum Th“ V,“ esmmshed wwld w“ diverted ‘hlpplm l" our first communication with the more occoaslblo and mos-o defenslb mauflmd Th“ unwieldy prlmm" ports. ' ' On August 10 Churchill's long "n!" w“ m‘ m“ m“ "1 "l9 waft. was over. The S. S. "Mount G°°W°Wm"l’l°l°\1 "um-l 1111mm‘! Rcvelstoke Park," n 10,000-tonner ipwivlvirie of our modern tron and vanguard of seven ships oal- sfeamshlps." -Fr~om an address (‘llllilgd yo empty Churchlyltr» cleva- by Mr, magnum M¢Lar¢n_ Mo“. tor, oc ed and began flllng its "sue gridgm l; [he cenlenm-v lWlds Wm‘ iisllimo bushel‘ °f Wm‘ celebration and unveiling of the pleserved 8'5"‘ n" hungry Emmi" monument to the mcmor at the eons. It was anticipated that over l y i a million bushels of the wheat crap Eudmen Plmeer‘ July 16' 1903' also would be moved to Europe v11 . T‘ T , » ,_ prick ice tn the densest fog. A nad- ggltilégfllll before the close of nun m, export was “ken on hoard a‘ ‘ Churchill and no further difficulty was expected with the equipment as the "Nascople" made its loiig journey back to Montreal vla Arc- tic Bay and other isolated gutposts. o o o t l Historically Churchill ls oiio of Canada! oldest ports, first, usc-d in 1619 when two Danish strips were blown lnto harbor there dur- ing a storm. This was nearly 200 years before the dlSf'(l\'f‘l‘_\' of tiic putt of Vanrauvri". Churchill was a centre for the Hudson's Bay Com- puny when those gentlemen ad- vcnturefs were engaged iii their great struggle with the Nof-West- evs for lllf‘ control of the fur trad- iiig industry: In 1688 a fort was built. ihei-o by the company. In 1733 Fort Prince of Wales was begun and the remains of this great stone bastion can still be soon zi- c l Moreover, judging from the ex- pevioiir-g of the ship captains silltl crow docking iii Churchill last yum‘. the ice hazards of tho route have been greatly over-estimated. None considered the trip as den- gcrous, several said that lt was iio worse than bringing a, ship into Montreal. and one official was em- phatic in stating that lie would rather bring a ship into Churchill than Into Montreal. For one thing. he pointed out. a pilot. must bi: l’! f l1 Hudson Bay Railway was (‘ampii-i- i-ni-vnily- Cliiiri-liill has jumpcrl Into prominence as lllf! starting puilll. fc-i" Exercise Muskox, and Inst sum —~anrl asked ma. tn make out a weather report of the temperatures at the port since the shipping son- mvr announcement crime from Oiiznva that iho largo ramp hiiilt zyunnhlxggal‘ s"! U?“ ‘Wld shfll" lll tlir- Americans during thr- \\'.ii~ 3mg “lmarofing chart"? "ml ‘w, “P . - w. : s lfl‘ KTTI \\'lilll(l l1avomr~ 5 parmnnei-it Avn1_v hue, _ As ii port Churchill has not lived up in expectation. The raiite that farmers hoped would provide short- N‘ and cheapes- trniisport of grain 1o Europe had handled up to this 3on1‘ only 20 million bushels of ivlicat aurl been used hy only 100 scusloiiig ships This is about. the same number of slilps using Van- couver port in a. single good moiztli, according to Ml‘. Sankoy of (lie Aéiiyrifl. The non. tiny (hp Ittnnwy- rstiirt‘ row to 91 above, 1L ls hoped in timi- In llllfltl up a two-way exchange of goods. T135; year only a few articles were (in. loaded at Churchill. I saw a tow cases of \\'l1lSl((‘_\' ‘consigned to (he sti§klllCllelviilll Liquor Commission being unloaded, but for (ho most part the ships wliii-li came ‘m 11m year rude liigli with a wide rod band showlng above the water liiw. A \Vf‘ll-dL‘\'£‘l0p9ll westbound flow P B y. l they are told. and. this is especlsliy true ln the British Mercantile Ma- rine. hut wise shippers and turr- tams will not always disregard ii..- wishes of their crow members. Will the ships‘ crew want to coma (o Churchill under normal conditions, when all that ls offered to tiinm here ls a beer parlor in a llny nine- "(im livllil ln a town of 444 Inhabi- tants’! Contrast this with the bright llizhts of Montreal. But the crew members I spoke to were quite satisfied to spend their shore loin-e nt Churchill. Their reasons wcyg all tho comm-this is the route t; save money. ‘They alivays left Mon. treat broke. but at Churchill they pocketed their well earned cash. Churchill 1s one of the most mod- ern arolri loading ports tn Canada. In the first place. lt must be ad- mitted that Churchill's usefulness ris a pc-rt is definitely handicapped by its short season. No insurcil ships may pass Cape Chlzlley at (he entrance to Hudson Strait llil- ill after August 1. and the insur- iince season ls over" by October 15. Even ln those precious few weeks navigation ls troubled by icebergs in the straits or by the danger- Ous floe and pack Ice. Harbor Board offlclnls suy that without too much difficulty the shipping season could be extended another month, to last from July 15 to the end of October. and this could be done without too much use of the "N. B. McLean" the ice- breakcr which operates in the 5 l fl l reportedly wiihout consent — 1o enter lulu pairs? is mi load. Churchill liist __vcar H Board lirid avnrlahle 40 to 50 111"» the continent. due mainly i=1 Cr cold winters and the shori sunim of the grain. The griiln which has been tliei preservation. n’ Intake nnd outlet on ii W route too far removed from ensiaii Canada to permit the li1i{'i‘i'<l~‘ ‘we to exact any tolls or l0\‘lf‘§ for lirindllifi: nf western of trails. The facilities P.‘ Cllllr‘ re count, Wllll the Ifxidm-i mllllon dollars. It ls up tn th zens of Canada. and of in particular to see that m Page‘ a ACUEFPANQg \ i" By what steep winding way 5; Through wihai unanowcrlng mm“ and questing, And lonely anguished dgyg By what bewildered hours or less groping, "l" Arid blind, unreasonlug W09; Through. What. unvallant Wars, my rebel hoping I have endured to know This peace of quiet ylcldiiigqm surrender ' Of stubborn heart and will.-. This lcanlirig on a Love so deep q fender, ' That palii at last la still. —Lucy Gertrude Clix-mu, ‘ Parliament Aiid Absenteeism (Ottawa Journal) T The Toronto Globe and Mall dlr~ acts at lll.l()ll to (he lac] “Ml when l illvlsiuii took plucv l1] in} House f Common; last Friday, ggl 0f 68 Pwuresslve Cflmefvfillvgi members falls-d l0 \'1ll(‘, prncilciillyl all of (hosi- missing Lbsflll ivlilinutl leave, two of them "yiiiirrrr h1g1‘ Liberals. For weeks before Parliament mag We hoe-n! talk of o "fighting sq. stun”. What sort of o flghimg m. slain ls it. and what sort of a fighg. ing Opposition, wlich finds nearly half of Opposition members ab. sent when Parliament Ls dealing with national defence? If this absenieelsm had come u» wards the end of a long scram, here mlglit. be excuse for it. I'm-n ls no excuse for it when 1i comes after Parliament has been in m. slaii Ollly two weeks. No one should want MPs mull the compulsion o! time clock; Bu; neither should any of us want MP}; who sideline, coming to or leaving ll u 1t suit; tlirlr mood and fancy. treat their job s5 o some months ago, Progressive Conservative Louder John Brackai decreed — we think rightly an end of "pairing". Haw comes l: hat viva of hi5 followers ncreod - Mr. Brarkeifs An Opposition party 1n Parlia- merit ts not n private oorporaiiori; 1t ls the publlrfs servant. A 5O per- ent absenteeism during consideri- ton by Parliament of important public business suggests that too iany in the Oviiusiiimi arc un- aware of (his. And riot otilv Pro- gressive Conservative; clnntd hut: out of n House of 244 members then- ls one scat vacanii 82 were bscni from Friday's dlVlflLll -— more than one-third. This i5 ab- senieeism ilcn. unfair to the leadership of Mr. 141.11g as well as to the leader- shlp of Mr. Bracken. apart allo- ln inexcusable 11703101’- crass the river from the inodr-rn . port of Churchill. The town's mod- tlzkcgugbgfrddgvrlgggg allemlfngvlfllg gather from disregard 0i public urn history began in 1929 ulieu the i“ Hudsonhav "we are on 0'," 4W}, duly. If the particular delinquency of member-g in Oppci-iiicii ls cm- . - . lit up lo Churchill port." Ho ad. and iii 1931 the first shipiiirilt 1.". . . . .- . . w." ' ‘- ' - - ' of main '0 Europe w“ may“: “MW “as ple-nsmllv suipiisui (ll. inr- uL-i izcd ll i.» aiils lJlC\:1ll.p being heal lll Churchill -—ll was 83 above rif lllt‘ Ullllnhlllflll ilirii rlrlinnuenq llll the more caiisutublr. (IL wnuld jppaiir from lLiusaid that only one Prince Edward I!- lniid member -- Di". Cimiil (or ll\I\ wriisiuli. M1‘. l\lll'l..lll'i* 511st- ,., voted .1 lllsil lin .vvii:- llillwil “l” Ml‘ lllfillllf‘. ciia of the rilvriiirr Lil" oral iiicuibris. The 11311105 (if 3165-“- Douglris and htrNaught do nfil AP‘ enr on the record.) _______, ' rum of human lab"? “ml fill". rvisiaii. But ll(‘\'£‘i‘bl\f‘lf‘>.~. (he liiof complaint. of all lllf‘ Sltlp idy- ttlflS “m; the lack c-f man lll hcp To handle llic sinus i" (lie Hiirlici Mgrlllla-YUS’ 3mm?“ 0T ROOrI-s through Churchill would most of lhnm Xiiillans, mun; 0f Hlnlcmsflf“pggglionligcitlfgfflafésmfllgi help greatly la reduce rlcflr-ils fit whiiiii hnd navvr sffii (i l"““~“"" v ‘ , “ ' present incurred tl _ - - ' -- ‘ ll .- Inf‘: A ‘Q].‘,‘f,fi°‘§§‘.,‘° bisiyge- '1'" '3“! w“ nu- Ruin... °“ “’ "m" L“..‘l.‘l‘..?.§‘.‘l-’ $55222‘ ‘ll..i.‘.°i‘n..-.. 60 Q m“ ‘l F?‘ tlllul“ 5 "lie ‘°“‘ There ls another angle l0 ho slevbtlores were cnmiiii: fvniii 51m‘ lining against villi “sic n [he °°“$l'l°'°d “Ye- ii" enizii- which is ireiii m assist ln rm- lnnilin? “ii”- 2é,.u,.£,gso:§$e' realhiglgngglyjlal] o; PPFhEDs more Important than np- Apparently these men ll[‘\(‘i' rand“ uitervicwed the oz iaiiis aid Pear‘ °n m” surf"?- wll?" liiod i! ed Churvlilll- . m mhp, f p f l fl?” 111 desperate demand. sliips will vii ‘ ' ‘ leak‘ ls to Clsmmlzli) llhe- shim an-‘whl-We l“ PM‘ "ll Kffilil- Bill Cliuri-liill has mriiiv 1i.|l(il'.ll Ilfl‘ {-011 m-g a . "lyre"? fills ‘lean t.“ Wlll tliryv do it. iimlei" normal v02"- vaiilriges Grain ls ]ll'f‘<t'l'\f"l flit" icy as somi. o e nibai Board (minim? Draws “.311 g whenfl‘ _ ‘Th, ma“ anvwhpn. N“ on officials there. ° l" "lflle ""- - m enson which prevents izfriiilfybllmll insyof-mr Bi he elevator has a §Rmplr~_ of “lye-q ~e siiivr lJJY nn ls still in is perfect suite ° br- l1.\(‘(l as a trade Churchill can , lnctlvely western Cniirirliiii i-oiiiiiiod:t.rs railway, an investment of , the g tlils '11- SlfBll! during the shipping season. And. delving deeply into the realm of conjecture, It is possible that atomic energy may flnil a peaco- The loading process requires a time use tn the rneltln of lce tn . the Hudson stmtts eary in ‘the . season. I I O Anullinr difflriillv Wl1l(‘l\ h.i--. € lir-lprrl to nullify the freight sav- liign on the shorter" Hudson Gav route is tho high tnaurance rain n‘. present. holng struck on cargni-s. This high vale docs not. ‘appear (u have been strurk as a result of tire accident. record of the route, for only one ably) has been sunk (with- out loss of lfc) alnco ship lng ha- gan ln 1931 and that urao eflniicly not due. Harbor Board and Ali-p- plng officials soy, to any hazards connected with tho route. The high rate appears to be the result of the caution of Insurance componwn with respect to n, new seoway plus the chari that a lhlp might ex- perience mechanical trouble near Churchill and bo frozen tn for o year. , The grout hope of the port. in thi; rcitard lo radar and other radio aldo to navigation. “Noscoplfl wiio the only ship to dock tn Ohurchlll lsn yeor equip d with tho magic radio eye. Doop to the foct that. the rodor equipment dld not. work wall. due mainly to inexperience with tho technical ‘details. tho stilp was iiblo to pick out, not oritylceborg but oloo the doflorouo floo on silsoliito Insurance Olllooo: Chorlotu-town - Tholioo MoAvlrui l. l. Barrows lorl l. Barbe veslment ts not, waste-d. 7m tliiii lie prevented Practice safety iiiotlioils aiiil carry replacement values, and Including slpplsiiioiitiil covers. llYllllMAll a. co. Liiiiiisli Insurance Stnoq 18H ALLISON P. MeLIAN. armies hluiogq oi Unspent:- CYIUS A. l. SHAW, Dlltrlas hlolsogor It Monti!" Bpoolol Ioprooonootivoo at Charlottetown- ‘AGINTI TIIIOUGIIOIJT ‘run rnovrncl Loss l0 GIIVOI‘ llfflSbllin. summon-ulna -_ Murilll"