. a..." SAQE_E%*__ _ HQTHE GUARDIAN __'-lé1‘!p.ARY _4.g19.47 . _ riir F ~ ciuiiiorrrriiwii GUARDIAN Morning Daily (P0011000 lfl 11137) Author‘ " as Second Class Mall. Pool Office _ Department. Otter"- Preoldent, Ian A. Burnett; Vice-kreoident. Win. IL Burnett; Secy.-Trens., G. M. Burnett; 51ml" M"! “gagging Director, J. B. Burnett; Associate Editor. Frank Walker. ‘TITheF Strongest Memory is Weaker Than the Weakest Ink." Philly. JANTJVARY a. rolii llltizenshio lleremonies The coming into effect on January 1 of the Canadian Citizenship Act is the reason for the Canada-wide ceremonies WlilCll. commence at Charlottetown on Monday and will caiitltlllfl across the Dominion throughout the week. The Act, as its name implies, provides for the estab- lishment and recognition of Canadian citizen- ship. Formerly the only definition of Canadian citizenship was to be found in the Immigration Act. In future all Canadian passports will carry the words "Canadian citizen." The _A_Cl maintains and recognizes tho status of British subjects with the advantage that Canadian citi- zenship papers viilhbe supplied upon request after the legal period_of residence. Once‘ in possession of citizenship papers the recipients will have the right of entry into Canoddand to Canadian diplomatic protection. Recognition of the status of British subjects is shown lit. clauses of the Act which provide that all British sub- jects ncw in Canada are declared to be Can- adian citizens. ln the case of women the Act recognizes their right to decide their own na- tionality. Previously women have been classed as persons under a disability and automatically assumed the nationality of their husbands. A Canadian woman who marries a man of_ _any other nationality may retain Canadian citizen- ship if she so desires. The ceremonies to be held next week are simple and dignified, intended to' indicate how essential to Canadian life are the COIHIDUHOIIS of all the Provinces, all cultural groups and all Canadians, new and old. The welcoming of new citizens into the community _will be a part of each ceremony, a matter which has been more or less neglected in this country but on which other countries lay much stress. This Province being largely populated by pioneer stock. from the Old Country _and France, there is perhaps less interest taken in the plans l for formally welcoming new citizens. Yet there can be no doubt as to the importance of tllfie ceremonies. Citizenship in this great free land of unlimited possibilities means a great deal t0 those who accept Canada as their future home, and it should also mean a great deal to us, who have been born into the heritage, so to speak. Tho ceremonies arranged at the Armouries ' and the Confederation Chamber here on Monday afternoon will be the first to be broadcast over Canada, and will be short and interesting. As many of our citizens as can conveniently attend should make it a point to do S0- llyiidinan 8i 0o. Ltd. This year is {the seventy-fifth oiinivefiflfl’ cf the founding of that well-known insurance business of Messrs. Hyndman 8r Co. Ltd., Char- lottetown. This is a somewhat unique event, as the average life time of businesses in Canada is said to be only forty Yeflfs- The HYM‘ man business was founded in 1372 llY ll" l9“ Mr. Fred Hyndman on his retirement from tllfl Royal Navy, and has been carried on success- ively by his son Mr. John O. Hyndman, and l"! grandson, Mr. F. Walter Hyndman. M_r- J01"! has been associated with the firm for fifty-four years, and MrI'Walter_for over twenty years. This old firm is still going strong, and lfl_5l Yal" transacted the largest business in its history'- vi lin This is the time of year when everyone is calendar conscious. The World Calendar As- sociation recalls that we use as our time-table of the years the Gregorian calendar, first pro- mulgated by Pcpe Gregory Xlll in 1582. We are also reminded that the previous calendars used by the world, apart from almost innumer- able religious calendars, have been those devis- ed by the Egyptians in 4236 B. C., the first sun- , seasonal calendar," by Julius Caesar, known as v . the Julian, which introduced the leap-year day j and was instituted in 45 B. C., by Emperor Aug- :'f~ ustus, dated 8 B.C.; by Emperor Constantine in ‘ "l 321 A.D., which incorporatzl 131-: seven-day f l’ week; and by Pope Gregory Xlll in 1582, whose ' revision set the year right with the seasons but which was not accepted by England until 1752, Japan 1873, China 1912, the Soviet 1918, Greece I923 and Turkey 1927. The proposed World Calendar retains the familiar 12 months. In its arrangement it rec- ognizes the equal quarter of the year, corre- spending approximately to the seasons, and it i; .l provides a uniform pattern for all quarters with r months of 31-30-30 days. Each quarter thus “ has 91 days or l3 weeks or 3 months. Each ' month has 26 week-days plus Sundays. Holidays ‘i aro fixed as to day aiiil date. This takes care V, , of 364 days. ‘ ‘ An ‘oxtra day, tho 365th, tho Yoor-Erid Day, r lo o World Holiday, dodicotod to international friendship and pooco, denominated W of 31 Docombcr. In loop yoors another oiitra day, ' tho 366th, is or tlio ond of Juno, in rriid oar. _In = this manner tho calendar is balanced an stabil- o f‘ 1.‘- ‘From 1921 to 1937 tho Loaguo of Nations considered ovor 500 proposed colander ro- foriris. _Flnolly tlro Looguo conducted o rotor- oodooi so oroinbor orid non-mombor notions with i’ *0 " u." on fl. f0 V 7 ' u.‘ l m» Included Nor- Ho and Estonia 1n , Porii, lrozlLlUroguoy, Panama i ‘_ lo Lotlo America, Torhoy and Af- ghanistan in the NeorhEast and China in the Far East. The immediate task for full presentation- of the subject, its study and an opportunity to register the decision of the nations of the world is the responsibility of the United Nations. .- EDITURIAL NOTES — Tomorrow Second Sunday after Christmas. lt is good news the Government and Mr. J. A. Gillies have for hog raisers. There is money in the business, provided always that feed is within reason in price. d‘ "I i "From Janitor to President, everyone reads‘ daily newspapers," writes a business man in‘ sending best wishes for health and prosperity in the New Year. i i or a Senator Carine Wilson, Ottawa, is visiting Saint John on Tuesday in connection with the Canadian Women's lnstitute's presentation of a canteen to the Swedish Save the Children Fund. She will be accompanied by Mrs. Pcr' Wiikman, wife of the Swedish Minister to Can- ada, who will accept the gift and have it ship- pod to Sweden from Saint John. w w Monday, Citizenship Day, and a Provincial, though not a Federal holiday. The King Gov- ernment, by order-iri-council, could have pro- claimed a national holiday but did not do so, leaving it to the Provincial Government to do‘ the needful. Mail couriers will be on their rounds as usual. on-o lt seems unnecessary and undesirable that The Canadian Press should violate the secrecy of the penitentiary to ploy up to the depraved curiosity of those who want to know how those in "durance vile" are occupied. There is routine and discipline in prison life, and those who are paying the penalty for their offences should be left free from the prying eyes of outsiders. i l 1 l About 70% of London's children have been immunized against diphtheria. l0 years ago the death-rate was seven times as heavy as it is now. The improved health of London's chil- dren is partly due to school meals and the pro- vision of milk daily—151,346 benefitted from the latter in 1945. i t O l ln a Royal Canadian Navy press release reference is made to the frigate "Charlotte- town" which visited coastal ports in British Col- umbia and southern Alaska during the past year, and on which the Pacific Coast members of the R. C. N. V. R. were given sea training. Q Q i I At the beginning of 1947 it is estimated that the strenBth of the Royal Canadian Navy is in the vicinity of 8,600 of an authorized peace- time complement of 10,000. The Navy is re- cruiting new entries and re-entries at the rate of about Z00 a month, while applications for entry are amounting to more than 2,000 a month. w w Sir Isaac Pitmon, inventor of a popular system of shorthand writing, born this date 1813; and whilea schoolmaster at Wotton-Under-Edge, published his Sfenographic Sound Hand in 1837, a hundred and ten years ago; he thereafter de- voted his life to popularizing his system, and also to spelling reform; was Knighted in 1894. The British Lord High Chancellor, Baron Jowitt, who has been raised to a Viscountcy, was formerly a Liberal member of Parliament who wont Labour in 1929. His father was the Rev. William Jowitt, rector of Stevenage, and when he was created a Baron and made Lord High Chancellor, he chose as his designation Baron Jowitt of Stevenage. He is now Vis- count but has no male heir to succeed to the title having only one daughter. I i’ “I i We imported by Borden Cor Ferry 2,550 more cars of freight last year than we did iri 1945, which shows we have plenty money for consumer needs. On the other hand our ex- ports showed an increase of 82 cars over the same route. We must bear in mind the export via the Ncrthumberlarid Ferries has to be added to this, which will bring a much high-er total. Altogether we have much to be thankful for as regards the prosperity of the past year. The threat of Agricultural Minister Gard- iner to resort to the importation of butter to maintain the present individual butter ration at six ounces weekly, should be an incentive to our formers to produce more. Of course, competi- tion with imported butter will not help matters if the formers find it more profitable and less trouble to sell liquid milk at current prices. - i i i i We would draw attention to the letter from Mr. Hamming in this issue, and also to the art- icle on Britain's Farming Revival. Both are of direct and vital importance to this farming prov- ince, as showing the tendency of tho times. Mr. Hamming is right in insisting that tho develop- ment of the live-stock industry through the im- portation of feeds from tho surplus of tho west; but at the some time it has to be roc- ognizcd that if farming is to continue worth- whilo as a calling for our sons and daughters, supervision along the lines proposed in tho old land il a sine qua W". O Q I O Two farmor Governors-General of tho Un- ion of South Africa, tho Earl of Athlono and tho Earl of Clarendon, attcndod a rocoptlon hold or Goldsmiths’ Hall to wish God-speed to Com- 9"") misrionor David Lamb, of tho Salvation Arriiy, boforo ho loft England on Docombor 20 for a slit months’ tour of South Africa and Rhodoslo. Tho host was Lord lorinott, o former Prlmo Min- lstor of Canada. Commissioner Lamb poosod his oiglrtlotli birthday on October 26, and Lord Clarendon, proslding, rocollod opprovingly tlro tliitos By The flay, na-tm-al players. It bakes practice to kick the right person under the, table. —Wtn:iiilpeg Tribune. , A bridge export; ooyo than 1o Eatin‘ tobacco 1| honifcopped in its advertising. You can't picture n, lovely lady kissing is guy as be bites . off o chow. -Vlctcria Times. l Two Hollywood writers, who clolm l they put a 0104.000 dent l'n the bank; at Lois Vegas. credit their gaming‘ success to a system. If they're Lho boys who write those super-colos- s'al superlatives. perhaps the "take", can be discoumed to $10.40 or maybe ' $1.04. -Windsar Star. A man who ailowo the motor of‘ Ills car to run until 1i warms up, without. first opening the doors of the garage ls taking a chance.‘ Driving the car wlbh litre heater on arid all windows tightly closed, aLsol can be dangerous. ‘There's a drown-- riess. and Lhen—Wel1, anything con happen. -Chot.hiam News. "You don't have to be o taper to have a hBlT1§-OVET."TlIl5 1,5 itie find- ing of the Deperlmeint cf National. Health arid Welfare, where doctorsi Point out that a. mourning after the nilght before feeling can arise from many things other than oveirlndul- gence 1n liquor. It can result from mdiscretioin in eating, smoking, play bind even from failite to get enough relaxation. "You can't meddle with nature's Iaiws and have continuous good health" the department re- mdinds Canadians. “When a p355- lng ‘vliim assalls you. ask yourself. ‘W111 it upset my rystemtfl" A Civil Wor general who iota became president of the Unified States returned to life fcir a few minutes and gave some friendly advice to a fellow officer whose name has beeri lilsiked to a possible presidential nomination Gen, Dw1ght D. Etisenitiower. Strlding up to the stage at a luncheon: of tho 01mm Santa-ls and Burners 1n New York the bearded Civll won- 501d. liar. obvicusiy Geri. Ulysses S. Grant paused momentarily 1n trout of Gen-email Eisenhower. "I want to give you one vmird of advice." he bald. "Don't". Gerri. Eisenhower grinned apprieciatlvcly, but mode no oom- mem. -New York Times. When lvcomes to long-distance horizontal thinking, Raoul Duvol a Frenchman, must hold Just about all the records tihere are. He went to bed 18 year; ago at the age of 20, because lie was “tired and wanted time to think." He's been at 1s ever since. He thought so strenously that now he's in c hos- plfal suffering from malnutrition. What conclusions he reached how- ever. during hi; mental marathon. dispatches failed to say. If. as doctors reported, he is same and ‘possesed of a powerful intellect. he must have envolved something of value to mankind. Meybe when he regain; his health he will divulge it. It would be a pity 1f such con- centration were lo go lo waste- Buffalo Courier-Express. The ohip-to-shore medical ser- vice, interrupted by the war. has been placed in operation again and 15 regarded as one cf the mos-r. vital so; Welfare crganilzotlcms. Twelve radio stations maintain continual watch for Calls for aid mun the see. Each has panel of Coot-cos to whom symptoms c-rrr be passed and replies are often despaiched ln a few minutes. he variciv of a11- mrcn-ts reported leaves nothing to be desired. One ship's irasier suf- fering from a pain lri the “south- wtrc corner of his stomach." Tire F47'll.mi:‘ln&» therefore. is equally varied. When One dccfor‘ rewm- merided that a seamen =hou1d have, a liberal potion cif brandy and later‘ inquired as to his patlentis progress‘ the answer came an once: "Fine. but rest of crew developing same symptoms!" —Eastis'mn Chmirilcle _New Glasgow. Cultured pearls may soon be grown ‘m Australia. An Australian technical mission ls condos-ting ln- qulfles in J-apim. and 1f fzivcirabiel advice 1s received from the-e ex- pcrls. Australian ilfllV{"'.'El'.lfI5 will be asked lo uuderiako rrsrrch into the possibility of Ppplyl-fig Japan-l ere met-nods lri lccal wa-icrs. should iihe industry be successfully est- ablished 1n Australia ll: would ac- cirdlng i0 estimates, ‘ncrcase the nailonel Income by a. million pounds. There 1s a world demrrid for oult- ured maria, which before the we: came from Japan. Few jewellers hold any today. ‘Ib produce o cult.- ured pearl, the cultlvatom lmrplmt arr-i li-rltam, usually a mdhtr-qf- peairl bead wrapped 1n fls-h skin. in the cyrier. During a period of from three to seven year's. titre oyster w111 cover- ihls bead with layers of riacre. producing e 4 depend On the length of time lt ls left wlihlin the oyster. -Vencouver Province. In ardqr to llhsotroto the pronoun (or whatever 1t 1o) of ouir lonflllfl I om compiling o brochure on bottlenecks. I shall oocordfnuly be grateful fit any Blilllflfllfl I44"- iorn to chose oxon-iploo Mm m!!! jom-nollnn: I. “Tho bllgeot bottleneck 1n housing." mooning tho worst. moot oarsstrtctlsio ond pronlnobly narrow- I. Boulmcoto rriuot be ironed out" (loading article la tho MID l. "Bottlenecks ohood" mil "bottle- neck In bottles" (roconit hcpdillnu). 4. "Ibo economy of tho lulu: to bound io movo wfttila o vicious clrolo m drlotlcbotilnoclhthotof m. chino roots." ~~ '- pliroso osod of jrlni-”i_in ambassador of good wlll”—by tho Prime Ministor ot o birthday lun- clioon given In lilo honour. l. “M bdflfll. . . wlilfl is lfltfiflykfllfllilflfldl- cultured pearl, whose auallty will 9 Britain's Farming Revival (U. K. Information Office) The Agriculture Bill which was published December 20th on the first re -" 1n Commons and which will probably be debated on the second reading 1n about slx weeks from now, 1s 1n general wel- comed by the National Farmers iUnlan. Some of its major- provlb: ions were foreshadowed .b_v the Conservative Minister of Agricul- ture 1n the Coalition Government and. l-n principle, the B1111: largely agreed upon between the parties. There will be dlfferenmr especially about th degree of stale control necessary to ensure good farming but, all ore agreed on maintaining the revival of agriculture brought about by the war. Guaranteed prices and assured markets for growers and producers of the main products are to be continued by means of annual re- views and Government orders flx- ing prlcer well lin advance. The corresponding duty of the farmers and landowners must comply with the ruler of good estate manage- ment. Where the owner- oi- occupier ls not complying with those re- sponsibilities. the Minister of Ag- grlculture i‘: enabled to place the land under supervision and serve directions for lts proper use Rep- resentations can be made to Coun- ty Agrlculturel Executive Commit- tees introduced during the war, and which are now to be perman- ent. If, otter twelve months‘ sup- ervlslon no satisfactory improve- ment 1s shown, the Mlnl-ster may dispossesii by compulsory purchase or termination of tenancy, with on appeal to the Agricultural Land ‘Tribunal. The Minister may farm the lend so taken, or let 1t, or may keep 1t until the owner can satisfy him that good alternative arrangements have been made. The B111 deals with the general relationship between landlord and tenant lri order to bring the law into 11ne with the new policy (sta- bllity plus efficiency) and enabler, both to fulfil their responsibilities under the rules of good estate management and good husbandry. It defines the compensation due from the landlord to the tenant for improvements made by the tenant and likewise compensation due from the tenant to the landlord for de- terioration during tenancy. There 1s a provision for varying rents by arbitration. to adjust them to econ- omlc circumstances. There 1s to be o model clause 1n all tenancy agreements on the obligations n! the landlord to the tenant for: maln- tenance and repair. The Bill also implements the new sm-allholdlngs policy designed to provide a ladder for agricultural worker's to rlse to the position of’ tenant farmer. Smollholdlnga will continue to be under the iui-lsdlc- tian of the County Councils with the Minister's approval. It. 1s an essential feature of the policy ttiut holdings be such that they are likely 1a provide a reasonable lrve- litiood for the tenant and his fam- ily. The smalltioldlngs’ authorities may carry out cooperative schemes and must let, to people withbde- quote agricultural experience, giv- ing preference other things balm; equal. to agricultural workers. The Minister may make loans to en- sure that such workers are not de- biirred from taking smalllioldings clue soley to insufficient working capital. The loans will be limited to tlirec- quarters of the working capital required so as to glve the ienuni a financial stake lii the success of his enterprise. The Ministry of Agriculture may acquire land for erzperimcnls 1n smallholdlngs and farm organization by the Land Set- tlement Assoclation and Welsh Land Settlement Society acting as its agents. The Minister w111 take over estates and remit their debt to the Government. The Bj~ll provides for on admin. lstmtlve organization to carry out a general policy, collection of sta- tistics for planning, acqulsltic-i and management of the land by the Ministry, directions 1o farmers lii emergency, continuation of grants for drainage, iv-rter ‘supply and llme, and control of pests and weeds. ll provides for efn Agricul- tural Land Commission to manage the land vested ln the Minister, and for the constitution of the County Committees and the Land ' Tribunals. These County Cmnmittool. which helped so much to get the cxtfla produce needed during the war. are to have a maximum of 12 mem- bers-o appointed by the Minister from panels and nominated by the interests concerned. s being form- ers, 2 landowners and 2 farm work- ers. The tribunals are to consist f on independent legal chairman, limalfllcd by the Lord Chancellor (Membe of the Cabinet) olong with the formerd and two indepen- dent ouruon with olriculturol qualifications. Tire Notlonol Former: Union rcp- resentotlves were present or‘ tho meetings between the Minister (Hr. Tom Wllllomr, who won Under- secretary for Agrlcultuic 1n tho Coalition Government) rinit tho bodies representing agriculture which wore held offer the Minister's declaration of policy fort. month. The Union stores that there moot- 1n|r were of ilio. pootoot voiue and frequently ‘riiowoa considerable olrceiiicnt. In general. tho Union believes that the Dill to o riocossory borlo for sound 1s61lcy,.not rnorcly for agriculture. but for tho notion-or o ,wtioic. On closer-amortisation of the I111 (which tlio Union hod not been obio Id study -1ii dotoli) riio Uriiosvmoy‘ who to rolro potato of prloelplo or dctlli. Ilalt- lmpo toltt ll tho yooltioaor tho horti- pifl alolve." 41m, Btsoulo. 3C II. h imam ‘Ilta- ' coitus-iris and other prodiiootr who Io oovorod by ofloloooy cocain- PUBLIC FORUM This column 1o open to the dloollllon by corre- spondents of qaooflono of Interest. The Charlottetown Grrordlon dooo not necessar- tly cndaroc the opliilon of cortcopondontls WESTERN FEED GRAIN Slr,— With the Ohrlstmog fest- ivities aver, 1t will noiw be 1n order to give timber consideration to the all-tnrpurrtant question of ob- ial-nilng on adequate simply of west- eim feed grains, upon vmlch the future progress and prosperity of Prince Edward Island 1e so large- ly dependant. Honorable J. G. Gardiner was no dioubt correct when he sold 1n his much discuss -‘ 1n Nin- giaim Falls that "there 1s a demand everywhere that wheat be taken from livestock feeding and made ovalliabl for hinnains." Ac o, vault of ihls dictum Mir. Gardiner warra- thc formers of Eastern Canada that. for some Indefinite time 1n tihe future they will have to avoid importing their feed grain from the Western Pstlirles. Now. 1t to a question wihetilrer tlhe word “everywitierw n; used above was not more or lea of an exagger- ation. It must however be admitted that since the people of North Am- erica have realized than in Ger- many and other Diuopeain countries the starving situation had become an actual foot. Particularly 8011008 the children. the slogan "Send Biread to Europe" boo been accept- ed very generally. Had more wire- fui iaoinsldiemtlon been given to the matter at the time titre public would of course have realized that‘ it. was not simply bread than was required Ln Europe but noiu-lsturirg food of all kinds, including meat, bacon. milk. cheese, butter, eggs, fruit, vegetables, etc. Now to produce all of t-ho above nourishing foods for-mars here as elsewhere ore directly and indirectly upon their livestock and. wlhen they are told tho/t thQY must maintain their livestock on a limited quantity of feed or lihc R1110 they have beers obtaining from the western par-lilies, contend that they ore being placed Ln a position not unlike tiha/t of the ancient Hebrews witio were 001d by the 1183111118“ l0 brick; without straw. so fuzr our Canada 1| concerned more in probably-m one who rflil- izee better iihain Mir. Gar-diner does that tfne livestock population has already been reduced to a very low ebb and. were 1i. decided to de- prive the farmers of Eastern Can- ada of the feed grain the)’ n8" been obtaining from the West dur- mg mo; years, not only two-ind fshQ llvesitodr be further seriously d9’ pleted, but u would be knows-Ibis lo maintain the quantity and qual- ity of food that has been sent to Britain imd Eirrope during the pest- jeiw years. True would apply part1- cularly to Prince Edward Island because of the small acreage that we have amid our inability to pm- duce sufficient g-naln to feed our present limited number o1 anlmfllfi and poultry. From what I know of the fami- ers of Prlirwe Edward Island I B-m satisfied that they realize that it l5 their bounderr duty to iwdiwe food of n11 kinds to send to Euros» and to Brlteln which 1s so unself- ishrly Wading food required by their awn people b01058 the 01181111151 l9 Ge-nriany and other countries. Since Mr. Gardiner made his Niagara Pulls address the British Minister c: Flood has been asking him to have the Canadian supply of bacon Increased arid Mr. Gard- iner now proposes to have barley grown 1n tlhe West to a 819M" 9X‘ tent. On the other hand 1m the feed- lng of animals barley 1s but one of the grains required for the puf- e. pgjmobhgr point to be remembered 1s that. the plianis now belrig can- rld-ered relate only to grain that w111 be sown next sprlnii; the her- vesi. from which woiuiid not X06011 Europe until the winter cf 194B. ‘raking all these things into coin- sideriatlon 1i nrould seem io be bu!» reasonable that. Mr. Gaiflllflfl be asked to use his undoubted influ- ence with the tanner-s of Westeizn comma i0 produce whatever quan - iiy of feed Brains may be c-Ydmd by ihe farmers of Eastern Can-ado. Now, the situation ln Prince Ed- ward Island 1s by no means 60m- farting. Judging from ihs ems of Canada there seems to be a fairly widespread opinion thlt t-llf! 551"‘ since Freight Act Ls liable 1c be cen- cedled, 1f not dmlrig m» comlfll’ iieisolon at least o your from now- In that event the formers of thll Province wail: be plwed (I: l: greater dis n I80 WWW‘ all the oiiier far-ram 0t Elm" Canada. sound! "ill "W! ‘WW-m be compelled to 111190" "l?" W31‘ em ford Iroln by railway car at menu but not. by Price ond market guorontecl. Although rnori of tho population 1n Britain llvos and works In ur- bon oreu, agriculture 1o stlll ono of the biggest lnduotrleo with o vitol port 1a the ' l ownomy- Of 004100.000 acres. some 481100.000 ore devoted to agriculture. This employs about 1350.000 movie wliilo iriosry others ln rural srcro ore closely linked to agriculture. Tho voluo of agricultural produc- tion boforo tho wor woo obllhlffli- coo yuriy. Durlns tho vror this rooo to nearly 05330410041». Illllli o big port of ftio notional‘ Income. Kareem’. iiio prosperity o! that! lhrlog m tho country to important to than in comnroroo cad Industry- - tor ructi roorori Who Govern- ment of lrliolri at choc great 1m- portoaoo to tho iuolatononu of o otoblo oaa offlclontogrleolturrt 1n- aurtry, ond tioooo this Insulation M11 N"!!! an thrown um which that industry con oofoly build for many yooro to coma. the avw freight rotor. which would be somewfii-re over b0 cents P“ tiuricmd pound" or as cents to 27 cents Der bushel. instead of ‘"1" ploylng groin vessels to carry the feodgmmtmmPortAnhia- eta moboblo cost of from a ocnis to 8 cents per busibel. This disadvantage would ho caused timely and ml!’ by the fact that we have n0 11198115 of imloaddng groin from chlPI 11°!‘ of storing the gram 1n on 819W!“ for transfer piuipcoeo. It ls to be hoped that this whole mguer w111 be given careful and immediate oorisfderaitlon by all!‘ Provincial Government oind the Farmers Federation. I am, sir. etc. I-IJLB. IIEMMING. INCREASED MILK PRICE Bin-In o letter- on increased mllk prices. which appeared l" The Guardian of yesterday. "Con- sumer" has certainly scored o good point. Hundreds of citizens are do- lng with less milk, and. if all will lend a hand, they can break thll "Milk Trust" the Charlottetown Milk Vendors Association. How? By forcing or much milk as pos- rlhle into surplus soles. Surplus milk ls the amount that the farmer has on hand for which the pooteurlzlng plant cannot. find o lulc. and for which he 1s paid 6c per lb. butter fat. If his mllk tests 4% he gets $1.80 per I00 lbs. However, ff this milk goee lnto bottles for resale to the consuming public. the former receives the tldy sum of 85c per lb. fat or $3.40 per 100 lbs. Now, note the difference, o loss of $1.60 per 100 lbs. ‘The point 1s iti1s.Thc housewife. by carefully cutting the dolly milk consumption by one third, forces hundreds of pounds of this high priced milk fnto surplus prices which w111 be o dead loss to those who would proflieer st the expense of the poor. This would absolutely wlpo out the effect of the lost price increase and create a situation that would be worse for the farmer be- fore he ordered hLs extortlonate price. This action of reduced use of milk would also affect the raw milk vendor who now receives 13c per quart. and figuring 40 quarts to the 100 1bs., he receives o grand total of $5.20 for each 100 lbs. which ls some prlce for raw milk. By cutting consumption of row milk this will also glve a surplus sup- ply on hand which perishable pro. duct. the farmer will be forced to sell at $1.80 per 100 lbs. thus tak- ing o lass of $3.40 per cwt. There 1s no point 1n selling to o cheese factory as the prlce there 1s 50c per lb. fist or $2.00 per 100 lbs. for the some 4|.p. c. milk. thus still making a loss cf $320. There ls a small compensating Government subsidy for milk going into cheese at the rate of 20c per 100 lbs. 1n the summer months and 30c 1n the winter. Finally, let mo press this point. Let us do with less milk. wolf u". til the flush season 1n production which begins about April, rind tho farmer, or the primary producer. will have such a large quantity o! cheap mllk on his hands that he will be glad to reduce the price. thus creating a grenier demand and a reoronable price for his product. I om, Sir, eta, ANOTHER CONSUMER CITIZENSHIP APPEAL 5ll‘.—The first Sunday 1n 1946 was observed 1n Montreal no C111- zenshlp Sunday by i111 Christian Oammunloris. and 1m Wench and Eflkllsh-speaklng churches. This was ln response to an appeal by the Montreal Council on Christian FROM ‘THE COMFORTERS" Until thy feet have trod the Road Advise not wayside folk. Nor tlll thy back has borne the Load Break 1t. upon the broke. (Zhase rat with undesired lei-geese Of sympathy the heart Which. knowing her own blue-rues, Presumes to dwell apart. Employ riot ihai glad hand to roleo The God-forgotten head To Heaven and all the neighbors’ gaze- Cover thy mouth Instead. Tho quivering chin. the bitbq Q The cold ond sweating braw_ Later may yearn for fe110ws1i1p-- Not now, you ass, not now! Time, not tihy ne'er so timely speech. Llfc. not id-iy views thereon. Shall firrnlrti or deny to each 1-I.l.s conroiotlon. _ -Rudyo.rd Kipling Old Charlottetown (All Pl-I.) mssrtlsnriiuolonr mares-non rfimbyoosamioiiraeqs- rune min-it the Police Court woo dooloroatoboulinro vlruinurriuob _ m. In vlaw cf thls foot lii April, 10b. tho Loglolotwe pained on not providing for appointment of o B11 rote for tho y poltlcrr, Jmory Smith IIIMOIII. I004. Boclol Order, whose mbmbership i; mode up of representatives from eight Christian bodies 1n the oily; Angllom, Baptist, Lutheran. Orth. odox. Presbyterian. Roman Catho. llc, Salvation Army, United Church of Canada. The press agent helpoq greatly with suitable publicity. The first Sunday 1n 1847 has been chosen by the federal cw. ernment n on appropriate dqy to mark 1n o religious moancr tho coming into being an New Year's Day of the Canadian Citizenship Act. The Secretory of Stein n; Canada has asked that the ideal, of citizenship be emphasized in oil churches of the Dominion, glncq the ceremonies of Canadian C1112. emhlp Week "w111 not be completq unless our citizens are reminded o1 the moral and spiritual foundstlom upon which a11- true clvlc vlrtul must. be built." At its December meeting, hold receritfy, the Montreal Council on Christian Social Order welcomed the proposal of the Secretary o] Stole and endorsed the ground on which 1t was made. In these days of deep tensions when questions of race and ordered liberty are acute and insistent, thi Council feels that there il need to dlscem the moral rind spiritual issues, and that o valuable cppor. tunlty ls now provided and should be readily used to stress the relev- ance of Christian principles and theft implications 1n the realm of citizenship. Ultimately all our problems or; concerned wltti human beings arid therefore with eternal principles of what 1s Just and right. notwltb what may be apparently oxpodiong, Thus they ore barfcally religious; and because Christianity ls a wiry of social as well as individual life, a responsibility rests on oll who profess end call themselves Chris- tlonr to seek a true understanding and o just application of tho prin- ciples of their: Faith 1n their 11m as citizens. It follows that, the promulgation of the Canadian Citizenship Act will be an event of deep significance. The Act will provide a unlfylng force lflll a guarantee of rocloi jus- tl-ce only 1f its moral and spirit- ual foundations are well and truly laid On behalf of the Council Christian Social Order. I am, Sir, eta. (CANON) W. I1. DAWSON. (Chairman) Montreal, December 28. ‘WHAT D0 YOU THINK?‘ Sin-Nor; so long ago I sow b; The Guardian where there hos been a new llquc-r shop opened up in the centre of Charlottetown- Apparently that other hale. there wasn't large enough to hold all the toughs of the town, so tho Government has now constructed o. store that 1s much larger and (as the writer proudly explained) has three large counters so as to be able to serve more customers at one ti-mc. Yes, I am sure this ls o wonderful addition to Charlottetown. thank! 1o ilio government! I would think tli-rl any level-minded person would be more liable to close down the other disgraceful hole that woo there, instead of building up on- other three times as great. And I suppose those large-eyed govern- ment officials have never stopped to v/ondei‘ how many young limo- cent lives they have utterly ruin- ed and are yyet to ruin by the con- struction of such places. The ro- tlon creates a crave which the bays can satisfy only by starting up a home brewery. Bu; we must not say a word. The government ls, behind lt and we can just sli. back and watch ours boys lose their lives under the deadly act of liquor. Not only does 1t harm lhr: body lii every wuy, but it drugs a once-respect.- able person down to the lowest level of a drunkord. Tliui '~ ~~ ‘cal: our government apparently W- nls, and surely 1s what 1s happening. by the look of things this Christ- mas time. People of Prince Edward Island. we are ln a disgraceful condition! We must, have a savcrnment coin- slstlng of people with higher standards ihian at present and that means l! complete change ln gov- ernment l-s necessary. Tliorc arl enough of us sober‘ people to over- throw ilioso liquor-rants. ‘flier-o were enough of us or the last. pleb- lsclte, but instead bf the govern- ment going by the vo-lce of tho people, they went their nivii way and see what we now have? Now ls the time to get busy and do something about lt before we are superseded by weir. I rim. Sir. etc. DIIGUBTIII. OXFORD, England-This univer- slty city has balloted 1n favor of Sunday movies. FDR THAT H oiioor ‘ - llbiwml l .1 _ . 0. F; lliitoliosiio a soii j oi-rorrnriiis-rs “Bpoclllloto in ilia flo tiog of ‘gluon for the correction of ooolor oo- oets." , l! (It-often Strut