fl‘ can roux ’ —- THE GUARDIAN. iii") ‘sslborhni an lses-uuii Cline llllll. I'll“ "In" Department“ uiuwa. The laliiuil Guardian kubliiiliiise Co. Ililos and Managing hirer-tor. J l5- "WIN-Pr Annotate Ifiliinr, Frank Waller. "The Strongest Memory is Weaker Than the Weakest 1nk." CHABLOTTETOWN, THURSDAY, FEB. 17, 194i The Wood Islands Service It is to be hoped that the presentation made by our Provincial Government representatives this week at Ottawa with regard ‘to the ‘re- quirements of the Wood Islands-Caribou service, backed by the indorsation of our Federal ‘repre- sentatives, local Boards of. Trade and citizens generally, will have the desired effect, and ‘that no further time will be lost _in providing additional ‘facilities for the traffic this year.‘ lt has been shown conclusively that the operating com-pony, NorthumberIandIFerries Ltd., is unable to provide adequate service with the boats at their disposal. Even the replacing of the M.V. Prince Nova by a larger boat now avail- able will afford only temporary relief. ,When the service was opened, the contract was for a ten "gr period, and specified the Prince No_va as the boat to be used. Of the money spent in re- fitting her for the route, about $90,000 was classed as "capital expenditurc,"_the balance being calculated as expense. Income tax .re- turns were filed on this basis for i940 and suc- ceeding years. l~n December, i948, however, the Income Tax office made an assessment for _ the period l940-45 inclusive, capitalizing expenditure classed by the company as expense and including interest and penalties totalling about $21,000. This assessment, it is complained, was arrived at by creating'a fictitious value for the boat. No assessment has yet been made for later years. _ After the first year or two, it was apparent that additional accommodation must be secured and the company was induced to purchase and refit the Charles A. Dunning, with accommoda- tion for twice the volume of traffic handled by the Prince Nova. lt was hoped that this would be ample for all the traffic offering; but before the end .of the first season's operation with the two boats this was found to be not the case. During i948 there were more traffic delays and more complaints than in any previous season. When a ship with approximately three times the auto-carrying capacity of the Prince Nova was found to be available at short notice, the company started negotiations 'for her purchase and remodelling to suit the service. They offered the Prince Nova for sale, only to fi-nd that the money spent on her, instead of being an'osset, was really a liability, as the alterations made for the Wood islands-Caribou service unfitted her for regular commercial purposes. She would therefore bring but a small percentage of the value placed on her by the company, and a still smaller percentage of the value as calculated by the Income Tax Department. The same con- dition applies to the Dunning, and to the boat suggested to replace the Prince Nova. lt is in view of these facts that the company ls requesting that grants from Ottawa be given for the purpose of reconstructing and remodelling the boats, to the extent that receipts and ex- penditure will permit, until such time as boats regularly built for a lifetime of service can be procured and placed on the run. Normal de- preciation, as calculated by the Income Tax De- partment, could then be considered applicable. On the basis of the increase in truck traf- fidsince the establishment of the service in i94i it is believed that within the next three years (‘the period suggested as the term for tho new contract) with the Dunning and the propos- ed boat to replace the Prince Nova, i0,000 trucks will be transported each season; also that before the end ‘of this period there will again be a delayed lineup, awaiting transportation. - To Nova Scotia as well as Prince Edward Island the value of this service has become ap- parent. island farm produce can be transported there for local use, or to Halifax for export, and delivered without further handling charges. Crossing on the early morning boat from Wood islands, a truck can deliver its load by 4 p.m. in Sydney, for fu-rtherance the same day to New- foundland, a-nd can return with o load of Cape Breton coal and be back at Caribou to cross on the following morning's sailing. It can dump loaded and cross the some evening or rhe following morning, with another load of Island produce. The possibilities of such a service- adequately, financed and operating seven or eight months of the year on the Wood Islands- Gariboii route, and then continuing during at least part of the winter months on the longer route between Georgetown and Pictou — con. stitiite a very strong argument indeed for prompt and generous support from the Dominion Gov. eminent. Prlvy llounoll, Appeals lt is the declared intention of the Dominion Government, as announced in the Speech from the Throne, to abolish appeals to tlie- Privy Council and make the Supreme Court of Canedplihe final judicial tribunal of the Dominion. Here there is evidence that in spirit, or least, the I. N. A. Act is being floured, for the result will unquestionably make the process of centralizing all governmental powers at Ottawa a swift and easy line of procedure. . Since Confederation, the Privy Council has been the buttress of Provincial rights in "edlirdlcatlng questions involving the respective - f the Parliament-of Canada and of the Provinces. All its decis- itrengly in the direction of lnieinteliilng and‘ strengthening Canada's Fed- » f "the . lvy Council's jurisdiction m , 1 _ clisgdeclslpili, lo farm grill ‘ , " l ‘Elf! k a willie-lions; ' Qsvdtiirrisiit, which Illi._bl one ” it. l l‘ ' - _ l it's load in the consumer's bin and be again- of the interested parties in every case involving a constitutional dispute between the Federal and Provincial jurisdictions. This will be o sharp re- actionarrmove, which every Provincial Govern- ment should firmly oppose. The right of a Pro- Throne for legal redress when occasion may so require, should not beiabolished by the unitary action of the Dominion Parliament. fliDlIURlAL NUlESf The English Revolution this date i688. The suggestion in the City Council that building sites be made available an the West side of Rochford Square would be a move in the wrong direction. Our open spaces are of great value to citizens and should only be given up when the benefit to all will clearly outweigh the loss to individuals. i‘ i’ W Thomas Robert Malthus, English econom- ist, born this date i766; famous for his Essay on the Principle of Population of i798. This work has often been regarded as. one of the greatest contributions to economic science, though some have attacked it. Many economists regard Malthus's chief proposition, that popula- tion tends to increase faster than the means of subsistence, as real-ly original though not proved. W i V: Prosecutions in income Tax cases are add- ing fuel to the fire in the Federal Government's political difficulties. Notwithstanding that the income Tax Department is but playing fair in not making fish of one and fowl of another in attempting to collect the obnoxious, though le- gal levy, the outcome will be the rousing of feel- ings of-resentment, which are sure to make themselves painfully and effectively felt at the General Election when it comes. lt is unfortunate that Canada's approval of the terms of union with Newfoundland should be marred because of a technicality. Because the Ancient Colony has no legislature to pre- sent an address as contemplated in the B.N.A. Act, on amendment to that Act is necessary to bring her in as the tenth Province. The consent of the Provinces is a foregone conclusion and time is short, but Members of Parliament would be failing in their duty in allowing the constitu- tion to be amended without following the pro- cedure they consider proper. Mr. McLure, M.P., writes: "l notice in a return in the House with respect to bank bal- ances in different banks throughout Canada an item with reference to Prince Edward island, namely, Mrs. Mary An-n Hutt, deceased, who has a balance in the Bank of Commerce at Al- berton unclaimed of $582.95. The last time any transaction took place with reference to this account was in the year i939. Mrs. Hutt's ad- dress ,at that time was Mill River East, Prince County. This balance will go to the Bank of Canada when the ten year period is up." y a a ' r7111- Owlng to the decision of the Federal Lib- eral Board of Strategy excluding the opening of constituencies for by-elections, which pre- vents the sitting members attaining the Senate during the life of the piresent Parliament, the fol- lowing, according to rumors in Liberal circles is likely to happen: Senators, Governor Bernard and_ Premier Jones; Lieut. Governor, Hon. T. W. L. Prowse; Premier, Public Works Minister G. H. Barbour; Queen's County Court Judgesliip on retirement of Judge Duffy now due, Attorney- Generol F. A. Large; Attorney-General, Public Health Minister, A. W. Matheson, K.C.; Minister f Public Health, Hon. Horace Wright. This, owever, does riot take into consideration the likelihood of a fourth Supreme Court iudgeship, in which evept, Queen's County judgeship would be combined with that o.‘ Kings. W i * Mobile banks like mobile Red Cross units, are becoming increasingly important among pro- ducts of the United Kingdom caravan industry. Five of the big banks now use them - West- minster, Lloyds, Midland, National Provincial and Martins. These caravan banks are used at present chiefly for agricultural shows, exhibitions and other events at which temporary banking facilities are needed. Another and growing use is however, the replacement of small branch offices in rural areas. In many such areas banks open once weekly but the buildings, being per- manent, are thus largely wasted. One mobile bank can replace several branch buildings of this kind, thus freeing the buildings for more effective use. i R Q Five years ago, on February l7, i944, a fear- less British Army mnfor from Duncan, Vancou- ver Island, gave his life in a heroic charge through a hail of machine-gun fire to annihilate the garrison of a Japanese-held hill on the Bur- ma front. For his outstanding gallantry, leader- ship and total disregard for personal‘ safety, Major Charles Ferguson Hoey, 30, was post- humously awarded the Victoria Crass. His cite tion, in part, reads: "After a night march through enemy-held territory the force was met at the foot of the position by heavy machine-gun fire . . . Although wounded at least twice in the leg and head, he seized a Bren gun from one of his men, and, firing from the hlp, led his company on to the obiective. In spite of his wounds the com- pany hod difficulty in keeping up with him, and Major Hoey reached the enemy strong post first, where he killed all of the occupants before being mortally wounded." lt was not the first time this brave soldier had demonstrated his courage and leadership. On July 5, i943, for his port in a raid on Moungdaw, Burma, he was worded the Military Cross, while a few months previous, lle had been mentioned in despdtches after an- other Burma action. Moior Hoeyrscelved‘ his earl education at -Duncan, and went" tallie- lo in i933 to make a career of the, _ _ . Following his graduation In i937 from’ A“ ,- hiirst, he wos commissioned in the Llncolltslilre btaks out. lleghnent. He was serving on the north t lrontlerln Indie whirl ll1er<'$eeend,~World. ,ar vincial Government to go to the foot of the fit 5f;;_":""r ,- :_ ,_' .___ " A GOODCRIME RECORD, Gooo SANlTATION AND HEALTH Recoeo: A coop FELLOW,» THELESS LEFTA FINANCIAL. nepicieucv or $3,761.30 ,_// g BUT NEVER- llllllllllll ‘s a NOTl-liNG FOR THE iorrv/ eooQooQ-oo-Q-oot-eo? PUBLIC FORUM This column ls open to the discussion by correspondents of questions of interest. The Guardian does not uecebsrar- 11y endorse the opinion of correspondents. i-Q-oe-toot-oo-t-oo-teea PRINCE COUNTY CAN DiDATl Sun-In your paper of Feb. 15 in the Public Forum there ap- pears a letter signed by “J. F. W." In this letter "J.F.W." suggests that. Brig. Jock Price. the Progres- sive Conswvative candidate for Prince County, 1s idle some Price who contested the St. Antoine- Weslmount. riding 1.ii Quebec in 1h, 1945 election. The Progressive Conservative candidate 1n St. An- toine at. that time was of course Mat-Gen. C. B. Price, who was later Dominion President a1 the Canadian Legion. Incidentally Mr. Abbott's majority was very small and no doubt Maj-General Prfce w111 again contest this rlding 1n the coming election. I would suggest. that. the writer of the letter I referred to should know the above stated facts as well as 1 do. but was merely try- ing to create the impression that Jack Price bad been anhmsucoese- ful candidate in Quebec. You will note that. he says "I believe" so and so, leaving Lhe way open for retreat, but hoping at the some time that: some people will accept his fantasy as fact. Regarding the seizomd paragraph I do not. recall "J.F.W." writing similar letters to the paper when the Hon. Chas. Dunning contested Queen's, aa- when Hon. W. L. Mac- kenzie King and Hon. .1. I... Rai- stoii contested Prince. The last named, Col. Ralstcm. a personal friend of Brig. Price, met an un- happy fate at. the hands of his own party when he was. in Brig. Price's words. sacrificed cngthe altar of political expediency. I am. Sir, etc.. RETURNED SOLDIER. Summerslde. Q .__.c ANOTHER CORRECTION Slr,—-I do not make It a practice lo contribute to (he Press but ln view of tho ill-formed information contained 1n n letter to your Pub llc Forum berirlniz dale February I5, 1949 rind signed "J. F. W.’ I feel that a correction ir ln order. This wall-informed correspondent slates “I believe llint this ls the same Brigadier Price who ran .ln 1945 for Si. Antolne-Westmount against the Minister of Finance". Well It so happens that this state- ment ls not In accordance with the facts In respect. to which "Jr F‘. W." should acquaint himself more thor- oughly before placing himself on public record. The man who wood for the P. C. Party In above constituency on that occasion was Molar-General C. B. Price, C.B., D.S.O., D.C.M., V.D., of Montreal and a former Dornlnlon President of the Canadian Leilan B.E.S.L. This General Price is ullo a distinguished soldier of which the Conservative Party seems to can- taln an appreciable number. Major General Price put up a areal. fight in a strong Liberal rld- ing against Mr, Abbott and reduc- ed a majority of several thousand to one of less than 100 votes. My friend continues "that the supporters of the P. C. Party are stressing the palrit-thatjie (Brie. Price) ls a veteran and a good fel- low." f might stale here that at lean he 1| a veteran of distinction which cannot be claimed by some f hie opponents. Moreover when c was supposed Jo be cancer" above election in 8L Antoine div- r lslon he vrdb fnfsct-ienlulshlne 1n s Japanese prleon camp o; ljonr Kone and iicvrr as Ylbfllijile-VO‘ fl a '3 , ~ ‘goth there Cabaret; 11nd. nouns- ulllledflflltlfl-fltllll‘fl,fiii u ‘rnerioed moons 1n their‘. civilian. . . ’ “ '3 l. ' and public rplrlted endeavours. and are certainly a credit to any party to whom they adhere. Perhaps 1n the future my friend. will refrain from muklni mis- leading statements for political pur- poses. I am. Sir, etc. RAY M. TANTON. Summer-side. I CHOCOLATE AND GANDY BAR PRICES Sin-It is true that cocoa beans can, at. the moment, be bought. to land 1n Canada a1 25c. Unfortun- ately, It. is also time that. the cocoa beans which are landing 1n can- adn just _now were bought 188l- Novemiber when the price was 39c and 40c. The majority of the cocoa beans which Canada uses come from West. Africa. That 1s why there is quite is gap between the actual buying of the cocoa beans and their dcllvflfy 1n Canada. Canada has bo lake 11s place in the queue along with n11 the world users like the U.S.A.. the U.K., Holland and other countries. This means then, that although cocoa. beans can be bought just. now at. 25c, these W111 not. be delivered for two or three months and. meantime. the manufacturers have only got the beans bought a1 high- er prices with which to continue the making of chocolate products. From n11 this. 1t. looks as if we would have to wait. until the chocolate and candy manufacturers have got enough beams bought. at. the lower figures before we can see any bigger values or lower 1111088 1n Canada. I1. has to be remembered also that. when we are talking about the possibility of be bar the man- ufscturer ls face with the fair!- ttiat even what. looks like a lower figure of 25c per 1b. today for cocoa beans. has to be compared with the figure o! 6 1-2c per 1b. that. pro valled at. the beglnnitti °l ll" war. In the meantime, all his other costs have increased. such as pack- ing materials, ltilredfents and iaa- our. Lastly, the manufacturer-ls often wrongly blamed for the present- prlce because 1t 1s frequently for- gotten that ln the Present 8c PM" for a candy bar the public 1s pay- ing direct 1o the Government. a 1e excise fax and an 8% B11198 l-BX- The manufacturer would b0 very‘ happy 1f M1‘. Abbott. secs Ill. l" remove these taxes from the con- sumer 1n his next. budget. I am. Sir. e1c.. A. R. MCGILI. Montreal. i»... ALL DEATH! BUT ONE Only the spirit can drown. and c1111 vo- The underiow of llfe can suck 1t. under, . ‘ And it. r1111 rice renewed, refreshed, - alive. A shlmmeai... vision of translucent. wonder. Only the spirit can withstand ths flame. ' A burning bush that never 1| eon- nausea- Nor can the qulokssna ad the esrtti I acclaim Iisdustim onnustln villi itbe 02h r The spirit. shall include ail aesfhii, -. but. one. Tbs-aesrhuzisnfn iusif. wum ur- IW 1 Amid i1 starters, vest oblivion It Lsuffeosm, feeI an ‘itself. pod J . u I ' i h, Within ‘It's? it boss's tbrsepdsof i. ‘ ‘i . . ~ - ._ '. ;or;.oii.i.nusln<et,tllsdnr.ilstu i alleewinkinfioodmsnm Old Charlottetown (Add r. n. l) " DISGRUNTLED VISITOR Visitors have not always reported favorably on Prince Edward Island ways and customs. One such com- mentator ln colonial days was Lleuf. Colonel Sleigh. "lute of Her lllujestys 77th F001". whose book. “Pine Forests rind Huckmefau Clearlngs: or Llfc. Travel and Ad- venture in the British American Provinces," published ln London 1n 1835, contains some caustic refer- ences 1o his vlslt. here. He thus describes n bull at Government House. “The extent. to which’ the Gov- crnor permits the set by whom he ls surrounded to insult the more re- spectable classes, cannot be better exemplified an by examining the invites in ll Ball of the Season, lately give-n. It. ls a fact that neur- ly all the ladies of the Island are uninvited, ns well as the Chief Justice, the Judges. the Adjutant General of the Militia and Town Major, the Collector of Her Maj- esty's Customs, the Ecclesiastical Commissary and Rector, the late Executive Council, the President of the Legislative Council, a Conserva- tive proprietor. and others wllhoul number. The natural question will be ‘who were there?’ We answer‘. a few military men. unconnected with purfy. and all the inferior shop-keepers in the town." (Also. 1t. would appear, C01. Sleigh!) The Colonel ls Raid lo have stay- ed herc for some time. and to have purchased a portion of the Worrell estate n1. Morell. He could not. have tilt it off well with the offic- ers of the surveying steamer Gul- narc, whom lie condemns for the manner in which they performed their duly. I-Ie was also critical in his comments on the legal profes- sion, ns 1n fhc following passage from lils book. quoted in an olrl Issue of the P. E. Island Magazine: "A more sickening task cannot well be undertaken than n perusal of the two vast volumes of ‘Lawn of Prince Edwnrrl Island.’ number- ing 1719 pages; the great curse of the Island has been a plethora of laws and liiwyers. the little village or capital, Charlottetown. having 1o ifs share ii legal conlerlerucy nptly designated ‘the Forty Thieves?‘ ‘¢8Z€C(QD.U Q The Age-Old Story The righteous ls delivered out of trouble. and the wicked cometh in his stead. COAL PRODUCTIO-tll UI’ OTTAWA, no. Ill - (G) — With substantial increases 1n Alberta and British Columbia. Canadian production of coo‘. rose almost $1 per cent in January over Ltio oo-rospondim month mi yea-r. the Bureau of Blstlstlcs re- ported todcv- Imports. an r-tio other heard, showed a slurp dc- ellne of 21 per cont in the same compsrfson. REOPIIN OLD OOLDFIELD Mysore stoic officials discovered ii after reopening deserted India's biggest goidneioa nted 1n Myron stale. HOMBAEA Tier. 4 aiiaress dine in‘ 1......" BANGALORE. Indie _ (OP) "- reef rich 1n gold-bearing quarts long! workings at. Bellsrs, near her: urolog- s ‘ d1 * i’ l FEBRUARL} 1, ‘_*1"94.,_ A . bankrupt. 1o the community as an whole. bankrupt. tlal value of this wood is wasted. pulping process. could be converted lrita gasoline at whole wood. l. Applylril these fl tons. mobile and aviation fuels. and experiment. are upon an inadequate scale. us put Canada's brains to work! A bll: of philosophy. as pro- pounded by Plato; "When men speak 111 of thee, live so that no- body may believe them." — Strut- ford Beacon-Herald. Australia boast: that her popula- tion of 7.580.820 1| 99.5 per cent. of British nationality. ‘Foreign nation- als have declined to 38,000. But our cousins dawn there neied not worry. There ls plenty of German. French. Danish, Dutch and Nor- wegian blood 1n the British stack. —Farf William Times-Journal. An Illustrated article featuring what ls described as the "plunglniz neckline" has just passed over our desk. The pictures suggest that the stylists. If they go much furth- er with their exploration to do- termlne the location of the bottom of the neck, are soon going lo work themselves right. off the bot- tom of the page. Meanwhile, if they are using that word “neck" correctly, 1he time must be almost a1. hand when 11 will be ln order to refer lo a ruptured appendix as a "very bad sore throat." — Prince Albert Herald. There seems to be something about the rough and hazardous na- ture of their work that. make; mln- ers utterly regardless of danger. when the life of a fellow worker Is in the balance. Men volunteer to go into war-king places after ex- plosions or blowoufs, wall knowing ‘ that poisonous gases will be there In great dz nsliy. This does not de- ter Ahem ln the least; l1 seems simply to act u a stimulus. There In no need to go to the battlefields l0 see men willing to face death. Industrial life can furnish splendid illustrations, and 1t. 1s doubtful if any of them are more intensely heroic than those witnessed where men Ia Into the bowels of the earth 1o d1: out the world's coal supply. -Sydney Post-Record. Ailropoe of the anniversary of the death of Robert Burns, Alhtoii Douglas, KC. London lawyer. teilii a story of an used Scotsman he visited on legal business 1n Wear Mlddlesex. He had a fine library. and among other books he snowed him was one that bare the auto- ereph of the Scottish poet. frtils led to a discussion on Burns and the anniversary of his birth on January I. "i litppnlg um ygu are cslebretlne-on the: d ,‘ l ed Mr. Douelu. -“Ys|," iigepllfi, "but there ll a more 1m tent hi3‘ on Jenurgclhb,‘ fibyinb’? _ l t Ros Government was ' a ' Using‘ Canada's l ' Brains II. TO GET MOB! OUT OI‘ OUR NATURAL BESOUBQEg Br l. L. B. Wliflanuon, M-BJ. When a man inherits a piece of land, or a small business. e1] o; M neighbours lnteresfedly watch to see how he will use lt, and ver ' they form a judgment as fa whether he will be a success or Should the man abuse his land: plow It so that the lop soll 1s “my,” away by the rain, over-cultivate 1t, and full fa fertilize ll-hls “m, hours know that. soon he will be out of business as a farmer. ' 2. Or 1f a man receives a business. and 1s wasteful in its operetiri lf he 1s unable fa keep his can of production below the price at wider“; he can sell his product, or‘1f he falls to keep the machinery in repahh again his neighbours know that. he soon wlll be out of business. g 3. In each event the man's inheritance soon 1s of no use 1o him. self, nor to anyone else-ft 1| a permanent loss to the whole community If, on the other hand. he had been wise and had used his Inherits“ ' well. 1t. would have been of constantly increasing value to himself u: 4. The natural resources of a nation are the lnherltinoa of I nation- the gift of Providence to be used or to be abused es the nation wiry; 1f a nation uses 11s resources wisely end fndustrlously, those resourq. w1i1 be of constantly increasing value and productlvenciis; but 1f use y... sources are wasted, they soon will be gone, and the nation will be m“, progressively poorer 1n the process until. like the individual, 1r i; 5. Canada's Inheritance was, and yet. remains, one of the grail.“ to which any people ever fall heir, but we are not- usln: that. lnhem. once to the best advantage. We are not getting an adequate return on the expenditure: our procedure ls similar to that. of a man cutting me,- hogany trees to sell as firewood at $15 a cord, when he might. Bet $1000 from a furniture manufacturer for the same quantity of wood,‘ 6.. Canada's forests constitute one of the greatest assets of our in. herlfarice, and one of the best examples of such an inadequate return far the use of resources 1| to be found ln the Canadian forest industries- M1111onii of trees are cut. each year to supply the pulp and paper- inqumy’ and authoritative warnings of the dangerous rate of depletion of thld- resource have been received, yet. not lens than one-third a! the pater‘. that a substance known es “Iimin” makes up one third of ail m,“ and that this “i1gn1n" 1|, at present, almost completely wasted 1n the’. T. The wute 1| incurred because "ifgnin" 1| s peculiar materiel which 1| difficult fa handle, but sufficient experimentation hu| been ' carrledout to establish several facts: potentially. “1lsnln" hes 75% o: . the efficiency of hard coal as a fuel. and it has 50% more efficiency u fuel than hes whale wood. Even more important 1s the fact that "lllnlri" es to the 22,000,000 tons of soft woods ia- l’ qufred each year by Cans is'e pulp and paper industry, 1t will be lssn that the amount of "ilgnin" wasted amounts to approximately 7,0000“) If converted to fuel, the wasted "llgnln" would provide s: much heat as 5,250,000 tons of coal, imported at a cost of $55,000,000, gi- mg" than one-third of all of Canada's imparted coal requirements. 9. If the "llznln" were converted into gasoline, 660,000,000 n1. Ions, worth 572.810.0110 at the refinery. could be obtained. This ls equei, to Canada's imports of gasoline 1n 1946. In other words, by adding the gasoline potential of “llgnln" to the resources of Canada's all industry, Canada probably could be made self-sufficient. 1n the matter of eulo- ' 10. This 1| only one example o! the enhanced returns upon our ris- turaf resources which would accrue, and of the great. new lridu|trle| which could be built, if we would but undertake the necessary research Canada's bruins can supply the keys 1a these treasure- houses, but someone must. give them their opportunity. Private com. panles are doing much, including the pulp and paper industry, and the National Research Council 1s performing invaluable work, but both We need a vast research effort upon which no limitations will be placed. 11. Canada 1s a young nation with great resources and} grant fu- ture; but those resources can be dissipated. and the future blighted, by wasteful methods which do not. uflllze the full potential.‘ What great- er benefit could be achieved for this and succeeding generations lltlil to ensure the full use at Canada's resources by scientific research’! Let . B, i, i pa. m Y quickly B fflllure. Research has established the fact. a ratio of 30 gallons to each ton o! ~ The American Municipal Associa- tion has reported that 125 Ameri- can cltles and 22 state traffic laws" now make use of the “drunk-o- meter" that determines whether or not a man 1s drunk by testing the alcoholic content of his breath. The verdict of tests 1s that 1t. takes s1: bottles of beer or slx ounces of whisky to make the average Ameri- can drunk. These amounts result 1n producing a blood content. of 0.15 per cent of alcohol, and 1f | man has that. amount of alcohol 1n hlrn 1r. 1s no use for him to tell the judge that he had only a couple of beers before he drove his automo- bile lnto B telephone pole, or worse. L A suspect, of course, might refuse 1.0 blow his breath into the balloon attached to the drunk-o-meter, but lf he refuses the machine wlil scoop up his breath anyway, as he cannot stop breathing. -- Winnipeg Citizen. A scientist (main) lsaa drawn ss- fentlon to certain lrilerestlnil dull- IIe has observed that women on 1h!‘ average are married to men flve years older than themselves. Morr- over. these women have a life egg" peciuncy of three years longer lhll their husbands. After consultllll his slide rule the gerlatrlst has con- cluded that women on the overall ' . thus can count on eight Y9K" ° wldowhood. The scientist seems l0» feel that women generally do 110i look forward lo this octave nlrh _. In: no mrm 1o depend on them. I-lli‘ has suggested corfisln remedial mel- suros-such as that women rlwlll zlve men their seals an buses lfl ordn- io preserve fliolr liusblulll as long ns possible. Snnielinw 0t‘; other, while we feel flint this subtle. attempt to secure equal rlslill 1°" men ls laudable, it 1s bound l0 fall- On the average women are n"! "My, older. but smarter. — Wlnnlpef 71"‘; bune. , The Increased meahsnintlon d» our daily llves 1s moklfl! l" w; dependent: we iire loslnl 1mm“ iiourcefulness which was the P left. a fuel when hot water d0" ' come out bf a up. Vi! "l" . bigger fuss when no wit" "t. l. out of a lap. It. 1s the lnevl m result of those develoi-imm" " have made the iurilfl 111"" °l1 cw‘ polllble. The point 1| that 1M m v dwellers who have never knolllm] . other kind of IIEQIWOIIId bl w I less In a lenornl catastrophe-M’ 1 us 11st. s fevral the belie I which aregbelng. ion will!» p. which may be» nlseaca delve‘: _ tomorrow: Flre-m|k1nl-°lld_ n: a liove or] ' be 0P9"? Plat". ‘ m: w uttInR; M" _ , _ , weaving on la all“: ‘l°°"" M vaulting; home rill fl rm rm may be Ilfaildfll- My servo u examples. A little of our pfonee forebears. W9 p‘ "A "m""""‘ , w, l,