y BIIARLDTTETOZVN EIIARDIAN . for tivqchiidremeurning 81,2001 year. paid n0 31x01: FOUR _ THE Morning Daily 11111511111 in 1151171 Authorized its btutrnd Class Mari, rout uifioe Department, Ottawa. The Guardian may be obtained at: Ilub ‘Tobacco Shop, Monctnu, N. l! The News Shop. rtltrnuton, N. B. George DIeLe-an Pictuu, N. S. Walker's White Spot. ll Salter SL, Halifax, Ni lletropoiitun News Agency, I248 Peel 51., Mtllllletll United Cigar Stores, Chateau Laurier Ottawa, Ont. B. Aitken, Lorri l-llgin's llotel. Ottawa. Ont. J. Fine, t Buy 51., 'I‘urunto Ont. Wolfcs N us" 1.1111111, aurlbury. Ont. Old South News, Cur. Aiilk 11ml Washington 51!. Boston flotallng‘: News Agency Times Building, New York “The Strorrytsl Jlcnrory is Weaker Than Hie Weakest Ink." . _. _ . __.-____ 5111x1111‘, 3.11.1‘ 5, 191G Th"; llcil Lnsigu Of tho 11;"1:.~. 11:01» -tl~ , 1.1.1:.- ‘ncw Itzitioiinl 1l..-_-_, l\'1.l l: \\'11l1 111111111" lIlO(llIlC1l!1till~, 1,5 » 11.11. by ihc iuint comntzttcc of Iiic c tliltl llonsc of (0:11- lnons pixniriscs 11.) 11c . c lliilal widclv llCCCl\l{ll11€. This i~ 111 accord \\..l1 1011],’ c-tnhlishcil cus- tinu. lllc l1 ./ . ~ 17.11.." l‘t't'.‘lll$ 111111 p11 llccciiiiivr _'1, ‘ 1111111 r-iicucrnl 0f that tinic, l.u".l >1 ficc lll 1.011111»: ticvt-i" but". 1121s cnctinrng on 1111l11ic In: wit 1111- Linltuiizil (if- ' 11.111111 (irdcr 1111s Hwcrninczit <»\;1111p1c tho 11v: 311.111 11:1" Ivrpviuccs 0f the lied l" ..1 t c knnzidizut lindgg 0:1 the fly." .. ;:1 n-c \\i1l1 li<'\'t‘l'lIlllClll approval 111:..- l '_t\ dzuv. flu l5cln"11:1r_\" 2, 130.’, out? u .111; lw .\<‘.u1i1":1l1y' wnr- 111111 for 1111 hi. 1 l i 1 in" li\kll 011 Cltnzitliuu mcrchziut \<'.~~.I-, p. 4 rccoguition to 1: l5 a Liillliltllllll e1 Llll "For tlccniivs." < \- 1'11" /"'1"1'1‘ llrrsl", “the Red n- 1"».- tluindinn flag 11nd ~1~l zihiint it. lint in 190.1, for reasons uI 11111: ncvcr bccn set forth and acting sulcIv 11:1 his own responsibility. §ir Joseph Popv, lhcn undci" secretary of state, is- sued ill5ll'llCllltll5 111:1 ‘lac Linton luck was t0 fly ovcr all iulcr-ilcitirzuiculzil lniiltlings. "On litllttnrv :0, 1113.1. tlze cabinet at Ottawa authorized the use 0f the Red Etisign on pub- lic buildings 011'. 11c czuiznln. Thnt made it official for fuicign .\('l'\'l\'tS. "On July 3.’, 1'11}. ihc cabinet at Ottawa, authorized the llaC 111' the Red Ifnsigit for use of the spccizil Uilllilli§SlOilCf for defense pro- jects in the Northwest. That was another of- ficial sanction. "In ;\il_[_'1lSl, I043, at the conference of Prime Minister" (Qhurchill 11nd Prcsidcnt ROOSCYelt at Qucbcc, the Rcd linsign \v:1s.fl0\vn at the Cita- del masthczid as 111111411’. emblem, just as thc Union Lack was flown as the British flag and the Stars 21nd Stripes- L11" ihe United States. “In llnv, 1043, zlic i‘:1n:1<liz1n.c:1-bi11ct author- izsd [113 115C 01' 1111- Rid l-in~"i_gu on the Peace TOwcr of thc llnrliziiiicizt lluiltlings on YE clay. “And m cpiuplcte the list 0f officiril approval, in Octobcr, 1<,1.|,§, the (‘nnzillizin army was 311- [l"|()ri7_(\d to no; the R011 liusitfn and the RCAF t0 i‘.<c it in cnuiiiiicfipzi with thcir own flag, at all plziccs and zitious whcre Canadian forces were serving in ...oci;1ti0n with the forces of other United Nations. "Thug the Rcil Fusion has long bccn used as Canada's (‘llllll\"lll_ cszccptinq for a brief pct"- iod “hm Sir liit-pph lmpe dcvintcrl from the usual practice, and it has rcccivecl official sanc- tion many times." (Sir Joseph, a grand 01d Prince Edward Is- lander, probably thought the LIHlfYII lack" was Ensign nus 11x1 no (inmtzons \\1 good enough for lnynl (':11i;1<li.1i1s. At any r1110 he didtft dcvintc to 1111: other cxtrcmc, and eliminate the cmblcm of llritish s0\'crt‘ignt_v alto- gether as sonic 0f l'ri1uc .\lini=tcr King's sup- porters have hccu tiiing hard l0 do.) For The Fallen In Stoncfztll C("lllt‘lt'l‘_\‘ at llztriwigage, writes a London c‘-1"1"<"-1\011rlr111, arc the grztvcs of n thousand ziirnicn uhu >11."1rc<l the cpic task 0f bombing i.§c1"111:111_v E1111» dcfczn. These graves are those of gallnnt nicn who scrvcd with the famous No, 1. Biinibci- Command, and they came from all parts of thc llritish Islcs, from Canada, .\11-11":1l::1. (11111 .\'c\v Zcrilziud, and in- cludctl n nuuilici- 1.1‘ lighting lwciicliincn. The lln1"1~0;_-:11c \'icl1ir_v branch of the British Ixgifiit has nndcitnkrii Ill 5L1} that 1mm of these gravcs is fHfQUllPll, nuil has nlrczirlv oblrtincil the addn-s-"cs 0f tho iivvt-of-luii 0f the 650 Canndizius null 73 Frcizcliiiicii who slccp thcrc, Arrangcincuts hivc lit-cu iiindc for each grave b be adopted by some llarmgatc resident. The British Lcgion will $05 that poppy wreaths arc plnccd illl the grzivcs cnch Christ- mas and fliuvcrs 1111 nnv dxito chnscp hv lhc rcln- tivcs. In llollziud Slllllilll‘ plzins are bcing cnr- tied 011t by l)v11cl1 pcriplg at thc huge lirilish cemetcry at Ynlkcii-ii-zizird ncrir liiiidliovcn. lluii- dreds of tulips 111011111 4|\‘('l' thc last rcsting plnccs Of our heroic lll'.'l"l. Richer On Paper In RS5C$>lllfl the 1111111111111 ccuinnuic conditions, the House of (Hinnniiis, llmi. Ilrookcl Claxton, blinistcr of llcziltli and \\'clf:1rc, ns- aerted that not only wcrc more pcople ivorkinq today than evcr lwforc in pcncctiiuc, but thzd. the level of earnings hml rcnclicd new peaks. Obviously Mr. Clnxton was not spcriking of what is known 11s"“tnkc-lmiiic-pny." Thc .\lin- later had gross figures in 11111111. Disregarding the cnnsidcrnl-lv lowcri-rl pur- chasing powcr 0f lhc dollar, due t0 inflation Ind to hidden tax rates on coininodilicsf in the t l! light of income lax rates can it be said that there is more left in the pnvpiivvlnpe today than lfl I91 This would scent doubtful indccd. fly; rltgiGlube and Mail. In I039 a ntan with Nor" rfiflj-ztlie man with :1 corresponding * qho gar-nod $3,500. ' On $3.000 he pnit c tfhjigludifl; both Federal and Provincial). h pad is $1.1. Frnm an in- fif pnrlncr with France npninst linglrtud. hopes that the relationships established bv thcsc contacts, not only through 111111111111 scholastic and other personal cxclmuucs as ivcll. will be of pcrinmicut value and hclp to bring Frzmcc and Britain cluscr together, both socially and politically" coine of $2,500 the man with two children pays $270 income tax. On $3,000 the tax is $403. In 1939 the "average wage earner" paid $140 in dircct tnxcs; 1011111" he ]1Il\',~ $118. 'l‘l1c1‘1.~ l\ nu doubt 1111" 1111-11111“ QFU>S \\‘.'l§_'(3 is lzlgllcl‘, considerably liiqht-i". l‘-u1 uhzit 11110111 tllc "tnkc-lioiiic" net? The 1111111 on the strcct pzivs his way with what is lcft in his" pay chequv .'lfl(‘l' taxes. \vl1:11c\"c1" .\lr. (‘lzixtnu and his fellow .\\lllll>lt'l\ report as his grw-s l1Il\'. - Evtlutnnt Notes - 'l‘his day wcck we'll be into Old Iloiue cclc- l)1":1ti1n1s 111th nil thc ;1c;011111.111\i11j; (llli‘ilt‘ll4)1l5 and distrzicliuiis. * is >l< -5llUill(_l the 11111cl1 nccdcd rain come, it would 11c wcll if if fcll :11 night. lc:1\"in;.{ us with sun- >lllllC during tho 1l;1\——11u'.1l uftcr illd llpnic \\ vck :111_\\\;1_\". 1K Pi <A 1k 'l‘l1c cnnipcrs lizivc 11nd ilic hc>1 season so f:11" cxprtfrnccd fin" \"c:11".~, 11nd those zilrcznlv rc- turnt-d are l_1i"0\vu 11> htr ‘vs 11nd full 0f viiu. 1 ' =1< >k > >1: \\">n<lvr if it \\.'1s1\111" lh". (1111111 11110 ill~\'.'l\" crud 111.1: it \\{l.\ |11\l>1-11 itv :111il 11111 cliirkcii-pux tlint 1111s thc czin>c 0f thc scnrc in lhc llouiv 111 Cinnuiniis at lltlziu :1 1.1-: \ ck. 1V is »i< 9F fjnehcc-bnilt l‘t‘l‘|‘\ l‘ 1t 1c: vii-u- ylclvil. " lt'\.\ Ilclurrvil. >11011l1l lit‘ nu t'l11l1.t:ll 1111" l':"1uct* liilunrtl l-lunl vll .~t;1111:- rlcwigus 11:15 ll: Qncssiug. \\'lu- 1 .-vl<."l'fil ."t~ >l< >l< i! 'l'l11~ lludgc! Mixing lit-i di-pusrd Hf. i1 will up: tcikc 1011: for l‘:1rE'"1111<'i11 ti» 11p 1l11~ rcst 0f ihc llll~lllC>s kcfvirc it. 111011311 pcflllll“ 0119 11f git-n 11f lllp r.1ii11"0\<-1"<i:1l 1111":1~111"cs 111111" l1z1\"c to lic drr-ppcd fiinn thy IlQFlhlIl. >l< >l< >l< >l< clifliu I It “'11s 1111ki11d 0i 1111 l\'1:~~::11i'<"11\"i-\"\ iii lcnvc lllC Pence (luifcrcncc uhcn l’1"in1c .\lin1~1c1" _\lZlt‘l\'<'|1Zi@ King rgsg in spcnk, but thcn lhcv blame him for thc lill~'.’l\'f\lil‘\' cspiouazyc dis- rlosurrs in uhich the Nwict 171111111-1-1" licrc is implvcd. it I * 1i‘ The fiirst atontic bomb droppcd this (late 1945; all the world was electrified bv the announce- mcnt 0f the rliscovcrv 0f 111011111? cncrgv. as itinnifcstcil l)\‘ tlic .\n1cric:111s 111111111111: nu atomic bonih on lloroshinizi. lnpnu, at :0 minulcs pnst midnight ;' scientists now tcll us that one ounce 0f atomic explosive probably lihcratcs 111011» en- ergy in a fraction of a second than can bc drawn from Niagara Falls in :1 wcrk. =o< =1- »- 1k Mr. _l. E. Matthews, Ml’. who was horn at Albany, and his \\"ife, who was born at Carle- ton, arc more in love with tlic Island than ever. aftcr a ten years’ absence in lirniidon. 31011., nnrl Ottawa, (hit. 511011111 we cvrt" lic in nccd 11f 11 tucnibcr 0f the llouse 10 push 0111" clnims 0n lhc Crovcrinucnt, we may count 0n M1". Blzatthcws who is heart and soul with us. v at k Thg llfiylSC of l/irds hns givcn third rcznliug and pnssznge t0 the National Iusurniicc liili which inc1"c:1.~cs financial nid in case of 1111c1u- ploynicnt 11nd illncss and cnlzirgcs uld-ziqc and other pcusions. The hill, one of thc most ad- vanccd of the Labor (i0vci"i1111c111'.s social lccisln- 1101i 111051171111, 110w l't'l]llll'(‘.<<1lll\' lhc IISFCXII 0f thc Iiing t0 bccoitic 111w. It lllls‘ hccu rcccivcd with inixcd feelings b0th~ itisirlc nnd outside Parliniiiciit, lint is hnilcd with (lcliuht by trzidcs unionists and .<<1ci."1lis1s. >l< >l< * if 51cc] 511"il\"c1"s in Lf:111."1d:1 11nd 119A. ztrc plating into the 111111115 of llriiliin. Stccl pro- duction in Britain during May was at the rate of 13,610,000 tons per your, the highest rate L‘\'(‘l‘ rcachcd in this month. 'l’hc figure for 1338 1111s 10.308000 1011s. ’l'l1i.\" rccord nchicvc- incnt wzis disclosed by the llriiish Iron 21nd $tccl Federation in its statistical snrvcv‘ published rc- ccntly. The survey also shows that cxp0rts of iron nntl stccl (luring thc stung 111011111 incrcnscd u. 264,300 ions, an 11111111111 rnic 0f 3.163.000 10115 which is higher than the figure for an)" 0f thc lasf cightccn years. Thc 101111 cxports of iron and stccl for the first fivc 1110111115 0f this vcur wcrv r11 the rate 0f ovci- 2.510.000 tints .1 _\"<'r11". zm iucrcnsc 11f 29ft pcr ccnt 0n lhc 1,959,100 1011s rccordcd for 19314. v >1< s Even yet the “Sticltcrs List" is 1i profitable for “ rich quick" share brokers. source 11st Thrcc Montreal (lCZll('l'S rcccntlv sold $500,000 \v0r1l1 0f 511111-05 0f ".‘\t0n1 lliiuitfncttiriiu; tinn- pztny." 'l‘l1is was l'('\'('.'ll('(l whcu thc Vrmvu asked judge Rcnc Thebcityc, .\l0ntrc11l, 111 posi- pOnc until August 20 the prcliiniiinrv i111|tli1"\" of four pcrsous ncctiscd including l\'0uic0 Yicus. his wifc, .\l1~_s_ Rontru Yicns, 'l‘l11~<1_ l..'1lu"0<~t‘ and limmniiiicl 1111111111501". llit-tj will bc cl1."11'g- cd with flcccing Dr. Maximo lhischois of $11).- 7115, which, he claims, he invested in the mythi- cal zitoinic-boinb producing conipzuiy. \\'hcn thfi (‘[153 cnmg 11p, \'ic11s' lllllllC \\'1’l.\' cztllcd, the (frwuu 5111101 that thc 1111111} whcrczilirnits wcrc still 1111l<11mv11 11nd that tlic cn-"r- could not pro- cccd without hint. v v v >1 I‘1"0fc>".<0r Orr 0f lidiiibnixgli, knmvn to inziny hcrc, writcs to TIM 711mm": “lt inny inlcrcst your rcnd-crs to know lhzit ns czirly 11s August. 1044, lidinbtutrh linltcrl up with tl1c_ city 0f (fztcn, and that lhc lidinburgli-(ncii Fclloivship has sucrnurcd ncnrly' 2,000 families in that stricken city. $incc thcn :1 ninubr-r of $c0ttisl1 coinnninilics have done likcwisc, 11nd now ln- vcrncss is linkcd with St. YZilCfy-(Wl-CJIIIX, Glasgow‘ with lircst, l‘c1"tl1 with St.-l.o., Kirk- caldiv 111th Dunkirk. Abcrdccu with Rcnncs. lfnrfnr with Rrrvnn, llnndcc with ilrlcnns, Stir- ling with Abbcvillc. (irccnin-k \\"itl1 \c11lcttc. and llrnvick with Si. klalo. while a joint lfmnco- Scottish fellowships committee is in process of fnrrtialinn. Scotland has fclt that slic has a special Obligation in this iuattcr, and secs in nnch nctinu :1 happy ]'(‘\'€’l'<.’ll 0f hcr nncicnl 2111'.’ . 1e relicf wnrk, but r1112 crmtztorreroww ounizomn Notes By The Way The V-‘lse virgin will fill her lamp with oil and be ready when the bridegroom cnmeth, exactly as her great. great, very great grand- mother (lid fllmtlal 2.000 years ago. The chw". are that B. husband will lJSl imidcrnbly lotitxer than n jch. aiccorriinu 1.1 statistics gath- crcrl in n "ccvn- survey of em- ployment aguirlrs and industries which employ wonxen in the Un-lted States, ~Chatham News. King Gcorzo of (irccce Il ml 1hr llcllcncsi (fieorge was divorced hv Qnccn 1<.‘l .-'11.tl1 in i935 and 1111s 11;) chi‘ "v11. H0 1s fifty-five. Ho 1s “"1111 i; i0!" the plebiscite O11 Ssptcizibcr 1 which will dfiCltjg “hvlhcr lic is to return to Greece. Crillcd "i110 lrnrllcst mar". in 1.011. Hon" hi‘ is" icon only by two m- tl1rrc1n.""111l1r'."" 4i his stfilf, and rvlrlfllli Ir wt. ‘h.- hotcl. —-L0nd\;n Diillv Etzprcltw. Even in 11111.1?“ q-tmmunigk-s far 1m 1111011 Ibo (list-bled person ls of n onrtlculzt." m terms of personality; lllllllilll \- - family relation- slnp 11nd ~ 1i. numbness, _P@[9r J Szilnnir. 'lllll'l'.‘lllg Dircctor In- clllsirlfll Home fofthc Bil-at, B1001“ l_\"n. N Y .-\ nrw loom which has n0 shuttle bin which lrivs .hc wuit across the"- l1'l"lt‘l movrd 10 nwl , l spring device i111 bccu rittclcp l L." n Unit-ad King. dcni firm. Tic Emnd cf the firm l7Pll(‘\i‘s that ‘no loom mnv lead to l of ll"l'f‘ “caving. brcausc i. 111:.‘ zllc.’ in :1 spnrc room c1111 p >:l1:1 "1 wide vnrlcty o: fabrics nnrl is without the chttcr 111E‘ e by 1111i orriitini-v loom. It is fro in" '11 so. cl: 3;.‘ tlini 0111- skillPd operative and 1111 11>1"1n1 (‘Llllld "minrl” 1'4 = without c-ifficulty. rr'.‘(".ll(l. “Why sizonlrl no stay open until 10 o'clock .11 iL-jht uniting for" someone 1o post .1 love letter?" was the qncrv prcoouizdcd when small met for the first izntlzm. N0 they .115 n unon b1’ _ .11:1nr111 rnflv be isklng 1-11 it. iuilcss 11101» i: some redress in tho scrvicc. One remark made is very truc; ‘he hours fu! postal scrvlce in tho smaller communities were mode .111." th» horse and buggy days. I11 tho-c limos n ‘.2 m" i4 linnr day i‘; in r-nircln" ..;."n1. ~51. Calhninicls . "nrard. It i5 n strange commentary 0n life that the 1000c who are most worlltv of aidtnirntion earn mere pittnnccs» i'()l1ll\l'i‘l‘(‘\'l with the people who furnish 1hr masses with criter- tninincni. sintcsinrn who guide the nflairs (win tuition 1.1‘. a troun- lcd world, who make valuable pnysicians who develop 1s that ssve count- less lllliffYll nttaln lumc and m-o poor" r '" turd compared with 1hr vast SIllLll'i"‘§ raid tn pmplc who talk, sixty; niil flIVlCP 0.1x 1118 screen and many 0f whom are hoisted up by lavish cxpriicliturcs on artificial aids and by glib publicity agents. _5t1"nt,fur1l B“fl('OI1—HCI‘flld. something infinitely iicturos 0f deal! cn with 1n:- hun- tcrs who h d it. All the tzrncc and mm whicr maclc thp (10111 Mk 11- moose a ‘hing "Jf There is pathetic "tbntzt Lllllllt‘ 11113 bcnutv rind iviutt‘ have vanish- od. The flllllTilld arc just .10 many Cill‘(‘fl“$‘(‘.=_ clum in a heap or sprung’ rzroice 1--1»' nvci" 1'10 front m1". A tliore is little in- _. oithcr. Eu the hunters who pose with 1111-11" trophies. They LTCk that 1amfcsslonztl tench that a butcher. s11rvcy."i1ng 11 qood sidi": 0f ll(‘l‘f. $001115 t0 lolci. Fort will find fault with 111011 who hunt for the pot. B111 the 1111111111 with his high powcrctl rifle dnritling beside somc- thlng that was graceful and is now lust bulk furnishes its own COYTIITIOIITHU‘. ‘livtoria Tlmts. of 11 15111:: There are :1 lot of telephone num~ bcrs listccl in the directory there.- rlfll‘ where you ("~11 got much more for .0111‘ nlckcl 1111.11 n tnem "hello" or "good evening" says The New York Timcs. Lately. mom and more busirnsscs. night clubs and institu- tions have ionnrl value in the use of ihc trick phas-r 11rd unnsuni jp. lrodiiction l1) shock cars condition- ed to TCCCIVC 110cc prosaic respons- cs. Ono W-zlt Dismev office nr-uvers with “Mickey Mouse". Then there is the nnimnl rrmctcrv offlrc which . "L-flr llwlll tn rcst nmoityv a ll.(ll siujirisc.‘ thc caller “Wo knnw ilic Involirst n00 Evcn prrvnlc crwiclcncc .1ve char- nrtcristip, 17110.10 rcsp. 'I'h(3y(3 ls the homo qt tlic l" k avenue dvvcllcr WllPFt‘ a call was respono- crl t0 with; " ".»- bis: shov is out; this " tnlkin” Whoctit-r nnsu rs 1hr 111011. nt Father Div. lncls my ""P.";1<'c'_ Arrl r1 recent cnllr" to Cnrch 11 Sprllininls homn 11111111- thc) ' cry that the caril- lnnls rcsirl c oficrcd no cxcrpt- tonal rzrvctim lit.‘ n rathci" unusual gccclbyc: “Bl i-gv, tn you", Flficrn yours 11-111 Jack law wont up i0 thc mvcr Mitrray penni- lcss and fcrl ‘.0 1111* hack teeth with city iitc. On tnv river brink he built himself a home of plaster‘ and saplings. mnktntz it look like n white $10110 licwo. The local council ri clclcrl l" Chm!!!‘ lnm live shillings a _v-:.1r t0 lirc Ilrcre. Hr out in :1 system 0f ropes nit-d buckets 11nd n clnltc tn draw up his water from the rivcr. He also built a Vflndffllll, r1 wcntlicr rccirrlinc device a light- ing system nud_.. crate l0 cross the rivcr for .111p,1l1c,=. Today ho lg fir and happy. in‘ uwr: nn one MW. thing and 11d .5 that he "has a. ltttic bit tn. nwzxv." He llvcs by shooting "nobrts and oitcliing fl-“ll- BQlls on his sci 1131f: tell hi: when he liar. n fish 1111. 11nd the lirlzlc what scrfl 0f n fish it is, 1-19 docs his own rcnklng. mending and housework. And his do: C7111 climb "E98 Rfler game -- Australian News Letter. More than three months ago the Conservation of Soil i. (Royal Burk of Canada) Immediate action is needed to Preserve millions oi M2118 o! Cati- adlan land from ruination by wind and water erosion. is the warning Biven in The Royal Bank of Oun- adir-i Monthly Lengt- 1°;- Augup Within reach of eve , out, and west. there are evciences n! irreparable loss of topsoil, and 1m. less the world is to do in for soil- less culture of crops t1, 1s flntg for a. bit! effort Lain all the re- sources oi’ modern scenes and in- genulty. The article continues in part: “The population of the world int. increased from 405 million around the yenr 1650 to somewhere about 2,200 million, Thu: means. if every- one is to have three meals a day. an additional M11111 on farm land of 1.900.000.000.000 meals out of every year's crop o‘ grains. veget- ables, livestock loader, and all the other things which contribute to hulnan diet. Yet in 1941 there were more than 4 million acres of aban- doned I-arms in the Prairie Prov- irves. an acreage which. at the lciuj-time avernun yield of 158 bushels per acre might produce 62.400000 bushels of wheat a year if the land tad been savect. "Wh-ile the tz-aizic history of’ o. few decades has iocussed attention on sections of the Canadian West, the nced for nrcservation and res- toration of crop-growing soil 1n eastern Canada is also pressing. The ‘Garden Province’ .s bring washed away, little by little Work- men had to go through 90 feet of mud t; reach a solid foundation for bridge 01ers at Charlottetown ‘mud’ which ivas once the fertile topsoil of crop-growing acres In New Brunswick 11 is reported that one weak c.f high water 1n the Saint John River carries clown as much as would dcoyer ‘more thur. 3. acres 1c a eipn O 0110 inch Ontario is exercised because not onlv are emrl agrlcultinal la-r. s being swept away, adding new dev- astation to aha abandoned lanws tvhich should nrver have bean opened to agriculture. but tire rivers are being epoiled because silt injures the rhastces of oreeding and feeding ‘lsl-i: Quebec has sen aside a ten-year fund of ten mil- lion dollars tn be spent on FD- provcd schemes of land utilization "Soil erosion ras been called a ‘creeping death’ It is not only fatal to growth of plants but w the de- velopment of man. Concurrent with 11 farmer's rCallZflilOn that nls farm is washirq or blowing away. with consequent loss of growth and rw- cnue. there comes loss of 111015.110 A nrrnl populazion of prosperous and contented farirners is in 855i‘! every country nccos, but if morale is destroyed. and farmers become apathetic, the zvlzole country sui- fers. Prosperity on individual tarrrs brings with t benefit to neighbour- ing merchants. ziistant suppliers of farm macggnervl ancrirhfactoglilistesrtll over the min on. ese ful farmers contribute to the m1- tional income. and they provide exporbsble goods which increase Canada's world P869- Wllh 90"‘ sequent raising c-f the stajdflrd 0i living throughout the co1unJY~ “Under conditions of low produc- tivity. not onlv IP15 farmer and his family are affcctco, but. tne whole community. A rutsl municipality- like any other. rfoulres stcadv 98X’ payers. The Vlhmc‘ countryside suf- fers. through lwk of funds f-ir education, road building. bridge construction. and many other nec- essary and desirable projects. if the tax-paying‘ alxlgg-tfv 0! “W55 who live there s uc mlTbe level o! employment _in manufacturing is affected by m“ purchasing power cf all people. and farm people make up 2'7 WW9!" of Canada's population. Lt the liv- ing star/lard 0t 2'7 percent. of a country's population is at a low level, from whatever cause. it is obvious that the standard of living will be depressed everywhere in the country. "In one small area in Ontario there are 75 fann buildings classed as fair or poor. while 44 buildings have been B-IJAIIGOIIGG or levelled every one an unwritten story ‘if hope, toll and disappointment In scone cases the land was good to start with, but. it was farmed with- out foresight. {he plow made lt ready for oirrytrr; away by wind or winter. Productivity declined. In- come decreased. Sons and daugh- ters went. away to cities A farm which housed. fed and clothed n big family only rt few years ago supports no one. and is a menure to its neighbours Ormc it depos- ited money in banks, omight mo.- cltincry. was 111-1 mainstay of local rctnil business and a customer of the mail order houses. l‘ helped fccd cities. Today (it buys ‘nglthinéz. pays no taxes, pro uCGS no- rig 0 add to the national income or tne welfare of the country. feeds no one " After describing the causes and oviclcnccs of ciosion, the article crrfilnttcs: mediate. Two English scientists, G V Jacks win R. O Why'd‘. Joint authors of ‘the book ‘Vanisn- result solely of human mismanage- ment, the soils upon which men hove attempted to four-l new civ- iltzutions are disappearing washed away by water and blown uW-lv by wind. Today, destruction of tne earth's thin living oover is pro- ceeding at a rate and or. a scale unparalleled in liistnry. and when that thin cover-the soil-ts gotta. the fertile reglors where it former- ly lay will 0e uninhabitanie dro- erts ' Does it, then. secrn far-fetch- ed when the 1"arrn Equivmmt mam reports tmrt about t4 per- cent of the land on this continent has already last all of its CPO?’ growing capacity? 01' WM" 91°" fessor port-ment of 7001083’. University of Toronto, says there are in the az- ricumirsl part of Ontarto some 5 million mores, about. one sixth o! the whole, unfit lor Iflytlllng W; mp1 (mes, but locking the rees. soil drifted from one acre. t0 a depth of one inch is uivnlent tc the removal of about 00 pounds of nitrogen. 156 pour“!!! v1 P1105- phoyus, 5nd 5,38) pounds of p0‘.- Sunclny Chronlrlr polntcd to the growing 1111511 of sccrccy and 1-9. fur-"l to "dlvtllui" and called or the (igvcrltiiir-d l.» trust the people The pccplo haw nr-vcr been told ti‘ whole truth. 1r wen the importan facts ard lignrcs- about ‘he worl situntion and tlirir i l l fncts and ilqttrcs have zumc 01.. l1av,e either a-ccn wri from r -l lnc‘-'nt Govrmtinni 1y ' tjnlhcrcrl frcm (rhet- recs Tl results lmve bran 11 series of on shocks for the British darker llFf-Illl, smaller loaves. cnkes, 1a.. 1 all .., E rev of‘; 2.1 neonle have a right to 111.11 i:.r nor». than they ssh, This amount of phosphorus 51mm my; s ramphlet distributed by the Dominion DQPIFWWM °‘ Agriculture. 1s Null *0 m" N‘ moved from the w" ill "I! 9"" duction of 4!! bushels of when! m; wyqgt, qr m; University of Alberta. is ww- Il "Y1"! l‘ Wflilld take from $900 to $360 P" acre in oomme tn.) fertilizer to re- hese W-IITAXI mimfll "Ho long can this no or Scient- ista tell us 111:1 it takes nltfl" hold about time metierl. 'l'he more mtpwv they are told. ms order they will work to overcome ot only their "The problem is 1111-15 lng Lands‘ nave reported: ‘As the 1h TBDlflced and certain nQLnral . ' i p10- gigigfy 051,013.51?» cannot be com. Al‘. Coventry of the Dl- t ‘to be done. THE ORGAN 1ST t. And ast ‘fligmmotlon of his nimble hand. A11 harmony seemed waitins hi8 common . Borne notes like thunder crashed, and others went Like bannered hosts tournament; Some seemed to come from fanee ufaerc good men pray. And some grew soft until they died away Liks lonely winds upon a lone shore spent. to a grand He swept the keys again; it was as though Notes from some human (1961). 6111* ping with tears. Would Iain articulate the world's dumb woe: Then in crescendo ended. drowning ears. And yet it W115 the soul's mood he expressed. Life's chacfleless ebb tumult and rest. . -Alexandrr Louis Fraser. Words And Blows (The T‘im+-.s Londonl The appellate jurisdiction 0,1’ the House of Louis ‘s rarely exercised fr. criminal case’. Access to the Court of Criminal Appeal ls cow- IJHTJIIVEIY easv 1111c in caottnl case. it is invoked utmost as '> matter of course. But the law. which has a special care ffir speedy justice where questions of libertv or pun- ishment nre at issue, docs not c11- czntiving of crlrnlntl cases fitrther; 01:11 where the At- torney-General 1.11 the Solicitor- General acting trader a recent sta- tute as his deputy) certifies that a point of law 1f exceptional public importance is involved n11.11- a con- vict appeal to tin House o1 Lords The appeal 0n which the House pronounced recently W85 only the fourth murder care that nad come before it since lite Act. constituting the Court of Criminal Appeal was possccl in 1897. Bvt the vorv rarity of such occasions has established a custom that when n crlminnl appeal does ‘em-h the highest tr‘- bnnal, the Lxrds should frame their Judgments in tczms of wide ab- DHCBUOII. in orrlu to give useful guidance to the courts below. 0r: Thursday. accordingly, the House unanimously concurring in the reasoned opinion of Lorri Simon eXtfllllicd its view conslderablv be- yond the conflncs of the particulzr case before it. Die itppelhznt had killed his wife; lie gave evidence Lhat she had confessed herself nn. faithful to him, but Mr. Justice Charles, ruling hint even l! this were true it did m1 reduce the of- fence to m-mslaugnter, withneld this 111m from the iurv The House .~.r Lords sustained "the trial Judge and the murderer" was r-xecutcd some time B80: it ls the reasons for inc judg- ment already given that were dc- Cliilgdd 0g’ 'I‘hursd._v. r tmon rvcscrvcd at t 0f hi5 Ollinion Lhnt the tackle til: the law allows m !atilude in award- 1118 the punishment for murder has caused mncn thought :1, be s» pended in the starch for grounds on which offenders for wnom somr; sympathy might he felt could "m; convicted of ‘he less heinous crime 0f mnnslaughfPr, Gross provocation ctr/using the victim to 51ml.- may,’ in uncontrollable fury, n35 1on1; been 80¢ bed as one <.t these grounds. e normal form of sncn provocation is physical assault" but the doctrine ls also reooimlrod to cover the verv spccinl rise of a. hllfilblnd who Hrris his Wife in 1hr- act of adultery. in the other hand it has been repeatedly ll€ld that mere words" ran never bl. 5,5510; s"! provocation to reduce murder f0 manslaughter. The question ye- ‘grfeg {tithe joins on tho {i111 or the onttor-ueneral was vVhOIhPr 1 Bréhlls mt 1- clhllle distinct 5.1.5,,- " “ ch ‘W715 ‘M8111 be provoc- alive. not as an insult <11 inn-a, but as evidence cf a fact, 1n this case adultery, The answer now Given is that thert is indeed sucy a distinction of men-tang; put may even the "r-cond sense "men"; wmds d0 "Qt Suffice to hlminish "18 Built o: mitraer. Nothing 5110.1 o; occul-sr dlfiflOVuyy o; the adum ° °"5 "i W111 support the defence and flow. courage- the demons’ , _ have faisleriygithelcltcinfiisstigkllng 131mg about five hundred years in ma... He swept the keys of hi: great in- A verdict o] manslaughter lnlteld o! murder. Thus a ruling 1a iven which rein» forces the low’: elenoe of the sanctity or human life and is very timely to-day. when the war-time disruption of names has made la- mentsbly more frequent .110 cir- cumstances in which time crlrnu of nion may occur. The nt and: with two notable generaliz- ations from, 1r extensions of the principles on which it is based. First. it is laid down that t-lic mod- ern principle o! the equality of the sexes s lies‘ in these cases ard an aggrwed wile who kill: her husband or mpplanrer bu just as much criminal responsibility as a husband and presumably also enjoys as much protection from the doctrine if pic/vocation in cir- cumstances where it spp-tes Sec- ordly, the Lords refrain ‘rom de- claring it inconceivable that there might be circumstances accompany- ing words without actual violence which mlght hu-fiily leaving to tnr». Jnrv the issue birfween murder and manslaughter. The evolution of society must 1.4a allowed 12o mould the a pllcMlun of common-law princip es and one can irrotzine in these datvs at snv rate words of a vile character which “night be cai- culzrted to deprive a reasonable man of his customary self-control even more than would at". act of physical violence. But on the other hand, as societv advances. it ought to call for a higher mmsure of sclfcontrol in all cases. - n Just 1-0018 Easy WRITERS AND WRITING (Robert van Gelderl .Readcrs generally take it 10! grnntcd that wrltrrs like‘to write. 1i jg perhaps, 11150 generally assum- r-(i that after 1-. little practhe they most writers "m! their work des- peraiely dLtficnlt n0 matter how long they have been at it. and re- gard the whole iztersry PPM?“ if“ onc part pleasure and nine Pa!“ drudgery. Doubtless a terv special cases. including geniuses and college sop- homores, enjoy the process; WIllBT-S as s group have to drive tiemwlv- es to it. As a group triev 118W always been spiritual hypochondri- acs. professional sufferers vro man- age lfrequenny) .( make a iivinz out of their smltering. No one knows this bettcr than Robert vim Gelder. editor of the New York Times Book Review who no: inter- viewed dozens of authors dnrin the past few Years. About 9O o his interviews or; now colected in Writers andr Writing. Sample testi- mony: Marjorie Klman Rawlings: "Writing Ls agony I stav at my typewriter for eieht hours every my when I'm working and keep as frce ns possible from all distrau- lions for the rest of the day. I nim to do six pugrs a day out I'n1 satisfied with three. Often there are Oitlv a few lines to show." Marquano‘ call writing a "curse", says ne "heartily dislikes it, always has sod alwavs expects to. Ernest Hemingway: "Most o! it is tough going." .F‘or Whom the Bell T0115 took 17 months of work. on a daily 7:30 11m. to 2:20 p m. schedule. H G Wells bu. to rewrire "four five. six or seven times" before his books lake on ‘shape and form". Thomas Mann: "My ‘IZIVHTYIHR schedule ~seven days eacr. week" beginning after breakfast and enri- ing at noon I-Iis average daily output; a page ut longhand. Robert Nathan; "When I'm really working 1 keep at it eight '0 twelve hours -1 day. usually writing by hand. I cross out a lot, revise con- stantly. In impatience I turn to the typewriter 11nd write rapidly. then cross it all out and try again by hand. The W011 never gets any easier." W, Scmerset Maugham: "I sit down with a fountain oen and paper and the story pours out However lousy a section is I let it go. I write rm to the ena Then the subconscious mind has done \\'hut it can . The rest is simpty effort . . polishing. rewriting the lousy parts going over a chapt- er time and time ngaln. uni: though you know it isn't. right. it is the best you um do". Sinclair Lewis: “Writing is just work- there's no secret. If you dictate or use a pen or type or write with your loes—lt is still just work." user IN Esta-dist: Swiss chard. a summer table Rrccn. is rcnlly a bee-t developed f0!‘ 111F111‘ leaves. ATTEIITIUN We carry a complete line 0110 1110b Of 100d m“ ; precious source cf ‘i311 énitmiivtilkf bflr-I washed from bElltilh t“ fect or blown into the nlriat fair i111“ ‘ates. Look at Chlnl m‘ 011-5011 has beco _ " h e washed-out {leenifnsplfililiuhffi .111: .1511". "1"" *0 1mm S1081 soil i» In“ m9 "m" 1° a, l’ 1m‘ hnnarnls 1mm r-.ghbours. 2.0 H5 to have may}, to grow beans w 1111 their 1111111111. "The millions of tong 01f "p-wdd-“i fertile toipmil which lmJembeQn washed into the ocean cannot be h can be reduced iomffiiiactfiiclofiifil Portions. ‘The Pnlllser triangle w.‘ not be safe until dust storms c6119: "lire. the land nailed down the roots of rnss and wimp“ mechanical usages. But there i still time, if Canadian; Rke m,- ice." A r6190" is lven- done under theghistrfg itabiiitation Act, and wncirlrlos: "Intelligent, oggnlnizedk attack is 5 91118 nowledtze and ex eri milht very well stem 113m an e farmers‘ level a-r-i make itself 1i; in requests for advice and asst 1,. once and guidance o! govemm m dope ents. A committee of and women intensely interested the well-being of their (army 3., sit smund a taple and set fi-tn what they hope for; then loot to ill! experts for details oi 110w t is a In Dlwillfilgn oetieen . an ‘H159 s r l1- fm" the trwd o! all. will be :11‘ 113i» in keeping down wastage d misplaced effort or ammo- rish planning. Consultation bet M. fldlVldwlli. farmers’ rtsmcla Inn's universities. county councils, 0.11 nrinion and Pnrnrclsl Dspmmeng, of Mrictrlture and Agricultural ernent Associations as to ti]; but ww of proceeding should go fer toward building gllectzve con. trol programmes and co-Ordlnatln r-h O own difficulties but aino thou of trial n N!!! them in com rhenlive l. bone-fit ."e n m n" of Trusses. All sizes. IVs the Most Exciting Make-up ln Years . . . *...the screen star secret that beautifies instantly. “fix faclor HOlLYWOOD Mali Orders Given Prompt Attention The 2 Macs t rim» 1711 find writing easy. The fact ls t/hnt. 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