‘HFAGE FOUR . l"? ciiiiuorrsrnwii GlIAlllilAll Morning Dally (Founded in I887) Authorized as Second Class Mail, Post Oflloe Department, Ottawa. President, Ian A. Burnett; Vice-President, Wm. B. Burnett; Secy.-Treas., G. M. Bu rnett; Editor and Managing Director, J. It. Burnett; Associate Editor, Frank Walker. “The Strongest Memory is Weaker Than the Weakest Ink." sivruiunu. Ariiii. 1:1, 1947 The Versatile Mr. Wrlsht l l i pro THE CHARLOTTETOWN lllll” By ll" w“ i‘ PUBLIC FORUM f This column is open to dSNHHTVJPnVsHWHIHHNNY-‘u out, is one of Britain's left-wing leaders, occu-l pying a position in the British Government some- what comparable to that of Philip Snowden in the Ramsay MacDonald Ministry nearly 25 years ago. This means that his political back-, ground is that of a radical free trader,-form- The Swiss Guvernmuit is toy- ing with the idea. o! putting s. tax ‘pondem. u’ quemom d interest. The Charlottetown erly of the "Cobdenite" school. His strong on all drinks except milk and water. Gum-gin, q," no; “age-gaf- advocacy of the Empire preference after it has I“ mm“ m“ “mdlllml welldl’ ll! ""1"" the villnlflll "l prevails. and. figuring the amount cofre'pondenu been in effect for 15 years, shows how for poli- _ _ _ _ _ of water in soft ddnlcs a d govern- iicul sentiment in Britain has moveo toward n "llilll-dlfiben sed alcoholic beverages, GUARDIAN suit to the integrity of farm peo- ple generally). The truth of the matter is srmpiyl this. That in the ‘thirties sonic 12.000 farmers lost their farlns to the Banks and Mort- gage Companies through no fault o.‘ their own. but because of dry seasons. grasshoppers, etc.. they} reaped no crops and therefore. couldn't pay their mortgages. To prevent a possible recur- rence of ihis brutal tiardshin to tho fzlrillCl‘. ihc C. C. P‘. Govern- govern-mentsl planning in eco- nomic sffsirs, then such s person has already forfeited his right of citizenship in a free country, should be ostracized and immed- iately branded as a dangerous man, in brief s Communist. I am, Sir, etc. D. J. MULLIN. Si. Peter's Bay, " - THE GRAND REGIONAL SCHOOL PROJECT “TNTER TREE ~ .____. Are we not kin, 0 Tr”, You m‘ a. m. In th‘. l‘ . lgldcnd 5ll1lfl€$_d@so,a“ and tection since the early '30's. . .'Sir Stafford Cripps, Leftist and Socialist, lnow occupies the important position of Presi- what should be do“ about I iwater ls taxed highly too. - Brant- gford Expositor. dent of the British Board of Trade and as such youth in his early teens whose am- is the spokesman for the lGeneva. Questioned at a press conference there United Kingdom at ‘biiion is lo be a “big shot criminal" ‘and wlto has just confessed to the ‘Pfllire in Vancouver that he expects whether he would consider abandoning Imperial 55mm day, ,0 be a murderer? This Ipreference if the United States should agree toy HON- Hllfflce w'l9lll'5 lllllllll’ l° 59ml‘ °_ll lmlll l a general slash of 50 per cent in all tariffs, sides of a question was demonstrated in thircflpps answered with u" emphufic "egumm Legislature the other day, when he undertook fol show that notwithstanding what he had said in 1938 about retaining Latin in tlie rural schools, iie was justified in supporting its abolition now that the Government's policy has changed. HE. did not hesitate even to garble his own 5P¢¢¢ll oi 1938, as quoted in thes: columns lost ‘Tues- day, in which the Campbell Governments re- l i w , was defended against all comers, and notab l, ' against the hm. mcmbcr for Belfast (Mr. J.l y Walter Jon-as) to whom Mr. Wright referred specifically. _ Last Thursday Mr. Wright quoted only that‘ part of his 1938 speech in which the Pleludlce, against Latin was noted, and went on to soy: ‘The gciiernl public ilitl Illll. appreciate the study of Latin. uliil did iiui encourage the pupils to study it. The condition became more - t ’ intensified aflcr that. We had UIB llfvslllflll °l ‘v ‘; f the Farmers‘ Institute in on one occasion de- nouncing the study of Latin will llllbllc 0Dl"l"fl became so argaiiist it lliliit tihci-o was practically no one studying Lutiii except the fciv who ivcre going into the learnt-d professions. 'I‘he result was that the ll-zit-hi-rs ililfl to epciid a dispr-u- purtinnzito lint-audit of llit-lr time on those pupils and the llllil‘l' pllflils‘ \\lIll hail in siuily iitlii-r thiiius (llfl not Tftiilltli‘ tlie TIFUIIPI‘ lillld iif Bltfilellltfll. it ivzis absolutely iicccssury t-lint some change should be music. l! “'8 W9" "ml" 5 dictatorship we might not do that but under s democratic form of government we cannot leg- islate against public-s opinion, nnd so til-Iliad opinion forced the (mvcrntmc-nt to change s policy. That docs not moan that I have changed my mind." . » Hon. m. llfacllfillasi: "what ruhllc flemlM had you for the abolition of India?" lion. Mr. Wright; "We had the president ol our Famiers Institute nnd different organiz- ations coming to us to make a changf- N‘! Government can so Bgillflifi Pl-lbllc "llllllllll- w° must submerge our own ideas for the majority- I do not: think it is necessary that I should‘ Qhfljnga my mind at all, but I think it is neces- sary that under the circumstances I should "ppm-g mg policy of the Government at tho present time." _ Unfortunately for Mr. Wright's contention. ll’ was the whole point of his 1938 speech that the opposition to Lotin was ill-informed and based "on a false conception of education. That being the case the Government s duty was clear- lt must be guided by its firm conviction of what was 1n the public interest. There was no ques- tion of counting heads or votes to determiriehtlile issue, and it was on that ground that he c a- lenged the statements of the present Premier and other would-be reformers. What has be- come of this high-sounding declaration since the Campbell Government went out and the Jones Government came in? Mr. Wright hasn't told -_..L»..-§,¢p~..§- .4 I -.~ ‘r1 -~_ - _' His arguments are strikingly similar to the ones he gives for claiming still to be a 100 per- cent Prohibitionist while remaining a member of a Government which last year took in_over half; a million dollars in liquor profits. and [5 blldgel‘; ing this year ‘for another half million. Mm Wright, still en|oying the emoluments of office,i shakes his head sadly at this state of affairs. In this respect the hon. member is not unlike; the hero of that famous old ballad, "The Vicar; and came into prominence first "in good King Charles’ golden days. when loyalty no harm meant." lt paid to be a zealous high church- mcn and the Vicor was oll that. With the com- - ing in of King James there was a change, to which the Vicar promptly adapted himself. Then: "When Wiillinm was our King declared. Tn casc thc nation's grievance. ‘Vitli this 111'“! wind ilbnut I vcered, .-\iid SWUN‘ to him allegiance." After this revocation of his principles the royal Anne became our Queen," and he once more turned Tory. But: "Witt-ti (icorgi- in pudding-limo ciunc o'er Aiitl miidcrziti- mcli looked big, air, My |ll‘1II('l|'llI'S l ('lIitll[{(‘t‘| iiitcc more, .‘\llll I llPfJil-mi‘ n Whig. sir." he swore undying of Brae," who was also a notable fence-straddler - Vicar had to make another volte-face, "when- ‘Is retaining prefermcnt until tlie advent Manitoba of "the illustrious house of Hanover, and Pro- Saskatchewan @- EDITORIAL NOTES t-. That was a very fine and instructive ad- Club. He let in o _ . . lcivic affairs, the sot fusal to yield to the heresy of the GIIIPLOIIIIISFS‘. new and Vi“ apprecriute. Y ;dress by City Clerk Fullerton at the Y.’s Men's lot of much needed light on of information citizens O e e s Our legislators are looking forward to pro- rogation by the end of next week, after, per- hops, one of the most historic sessions since Con- federation. to be done. A very great deal of business has - been transacted, and a great deal more remains Whether it has been satisfactory or otherwise the taxpayers will be the judges when the election is called. That fourth Supreme Court iudgeship seems to be as far away as ever, and our three County Court iudges will h er notice. The La the proposed deal, concerned over the matter. ave to "stay put" until furth- w Society did not approve of and the loity were riot much What the Law Society, and almost everyone concerned with the law, want, is a Maritime Supreme Court of Ap- peal as outlined by Mr. W. E. Bentley, K.C., in r01; m shall surmount the lmmediat‘ the Public Forum. a Two years ago next week, Oti- on 22 April, 1945, the Canadian public‘ thrilled to the first announcement that the First Canadian- Corps is not a nice question. But the youngster involved is l4 years old. ,0nly a comparitively short while ‘ago he vins presumably the apple of his mother’; eye. -—- Victoria Times. - I-lere is s hint for fathers. Three, hundred and twenty-six children; ,in a. Ncw England schcol district: were asked to write anonymously just what each thought of 1115 father ‘As may be imagined the result M55 interesting. if not startling. yMany reasons were given by those !who declared their liking for daddy iHe built my doll house: he taught [me to swim; he helps me with my ‘school work; he lakes me to the ‘park; he gives me a calf to fatten ‘and sell. Scores of essays could be reduced to "I like my daddy; he lplays with me". Not one child lmctioned the family house, 01:, lfood or clothing. Wcnllli counts for ,littie with a child. What makes a ‘daddy really worth while in his ability and inclination to be s piny- mate to his children. -- Chatham News. l \Ve ought not to be saving coal. _We ought to be bumlng it. making goods that we could use and sell. It would be a sign- of national ‘health if every chimney in the land .were belching smoke. every electric fire glowing, and every gasometer uicliveolng gas at full pressure. By ‘loyal, patriotic obedience and ef- emergency, but the reproach of it will remain unless we are given the ‘leadership l0 enable us to do much ,more. -— London- Sunday Chronicle. In lVloecow today, in all our world gatherings where men meet to solve had moved from Italy and was then fighting in ‘difficulties. what l5 the source of Holland. The move, shrouded in secrecy and known officially as "Operation Goldflake", body failure? Not in lack o: technical knowledge. nor in lack of political and scientific experts; we have more taken weeks to complete. Commencing late in ‘a. these .11,“ befom The (sum, is February-the Corps, complete with vehicles, equipment and personnel, landed at Marseilles in southern France and trekked north almost completely under its own power. For the first time in the war the Canadian Army was fighting as a whole on one too, the Russians were embroiled in a life . About that time and front. . death struggle with the Germans for possession of Berlin, last Naz i stronghold on the continent. On 22 April, 1945, Russian Forces captured 16 suburbs of Berlin. . George Gordon, 6th Lord Byron, e a w English poet, died this date 1824; he came of a Derby- sliire family notorious for its stormy history, and himself lived up to its worst reputation, until res- cued by an Italian lady, Countess Guiccioli and Shelley, bath of w ceeded in sobering hom, in their own ways, suc- him up, enabling him to pro- duce some of the best poetry in the English language. His Dan Juan is not only the clever- iest satirical poem in English literature, but also one of the most ingenious displays of rhyming in the language. take advantage of l taliation: He had the skill, seek To probe his heart and watch his cheek, He was the most observant of observers, and never allowed would-be critics to him unawares or without re- when Cunning's gaze would changing At once the observer's purpose to espy, And on himself roll back the scrutiny. Canadian farmers were levied $7,115,926y I I i I "in breakdown of the human char- Hillier: in breakdown of moml and spiritual values. Where men admit of no power lighter than themselves of no sanctions higher than their CWII. this is bound to be - Ottawa Journal. l Lord Harder. physician t) Rig Majesty King George. told a Tor- onto audience that Great Britain's national school meal service (which NR5 Wldfli’ extended during the war) helped t0 promote good he-illh among an entire generation of school children. The records Britaiir have shown that. the pro- vision of daily nutritional meals pro- nuccd a mmkcd improvement in children's liciqhi and weight. A 1'.'i’ll.lClI81 school. meal service is over- due in Canada —- Toronto Star. l ___. l The first issue of the Orrillin, Ex- positor, published in i867. was a H1‘ DQg-t‘. slrz-coliumt newspaper. -'l‘hc advertisements silo-y how the cost Qt living has increascd. Men's suits. to: instance, were advertised by both the Miilcrahy and Company nnd Frank Kealfs drygoods, at $2.50 each O'Brien and Company ‘another well-knovim Orlllia store of the period. offered the best quality ibacon at ten cents per pound, while a wcmerrs store advertised ladies‘ lFféltCll gisitcrs at $1 each. Cost of beverages was not all correspond- ingly cheap. the advertisements showed. Tea, for instances, was a dollar a. pound. Whisky. "the best ldomcstic brind made." was offered lnt '75 cents a, gallon — Orlllla News utter. P601110 in groups merely trade in income tax in the 1945-46 fiscal year, a Com- ‘mm gocd; and their services as mans’ return reported for Robert Fair. That com- well in this way. Money need not pared with $3,335, 1943-44; $440,212 in 1942-43; $150,103 in 1941-1 -42; $204,319 in 1910-41; $151,549 in 1939-40. This table breaks the 1945-46 figures down by, provinces: Prince Edward lsland Nova Scotia New Brunswick Quebec Ontario s00 .._~‘i,...... -... B70 in 1944-45; $1,111,937 in $ 24,209 . . 33,085 25,294 59,913 1 ,865,590 2.587.632 1 ,1 14,000 confuse it. only in periods of scarcitv will that “service“ be discounted. As things get more plentiful l through increased production the "or else" burden will shift. It is the customer who will trade as. he thinks it is fair he should trade.- and for nothing less. That is supply ‘and demand. - I-Iantilton Spectator l A xtorm In a t/oacup has arisen in London as lo who should fix li0a6rl78 Paulette Goddard's hair -whlle she l"! e movie. At the time of mg. the twelve English hair- dressers who attend to the 1.341195 in ,. in 1y l the discussion by corra- “I-‘LEECING A SCOT" Sir,—Apmpos recent lcticrs rc- garding parcels to Britain, the following facts may be of infor- csi to readers!- A small parcel mailed b_v uic last week containing 2 lbs. corn Syrup. 2 lbs. jam. small can milk. and 2 packets pudding powder mcnt has passed thc following Act in Saskatchewan: , Le. "Any ‘vcar that a fax-that's‘ crop yields loss than $6.00 to the ncrc of ground planted. he is not rcquircd to inzikc any payment on principal and the liitcrcsl for lllt‘ year is fnrgoltcn or Writicn off.“ l Thus ill:- Mortgage Companies and 1111' farmers prosper or suflcr together. according to the vicissi- cost $1.15 in postage. I have bccn l tildes of nature. in Canada l0 months and have spent nearly $50 on postage stamps. As a Rot, I cxilci-it-iivc an almost physical pain on being fleeced in this manner! I am. Sir. etc., C. W. BACHELORS vs. SPINSTERS 5113-111 a recent issue of the Guardian which I purchase daily at the Milk 5t. news stand on my way to work I wag pleased to note that steps are to be taken in rc-, gard to the 10m: discussed bachc-. lor problem of P. E. I. | Due to the fact that lil union‘ there is strength it looks as l.’ the "spinster" will have lo resort . drastic measures in order to gctl l one of those illusive gentleman to: the altar. ' Seriously, llle lIéIUlIBlUI‘ situation‘- on the Island is no joke and calls? for immediate action when you: see all the fine old homesteads’ closed and crumbling to decay for, the want of a "woman's toucfl, and all the pretty little rural schools closed all for the absence‘ of the “patter of little fact." Here in Massachusetts iherc an abundance of lovely looking. strong. healthy, former Island girls all between tho ages of 35 and 50 who would liiakt- idrzll wives if the propel" CCCIlfiClS were, made Those girls came here young in life blinded by the prospects of. early marriages to rich Americans‘ few of ivhicli ever materialized; and now findlhcmsolve-s ivorkingl in somebody else's kitchen itistcarl.‘ of their own. At a recent social party, the. proceeds of which went to benefit: an Island church and at WlllPli‘ I was present, I counted 33 glrfsl still young, and attractive. final-l taohed and with no matrimonial, prospects due to the fact that at‘ the present time there are seven‘ women to every man here in the’ U. S. A. Having spent many happy vacations on P. E. I., and having, ' l 1S‘ a, wide range of friends aliri rela- tives there, I can't see ivliy any of- those girls would not jump atl the offer of going back there, and faking their places i-n the l‘lll‘_ll communities and small towns as busy housewives and mothers i0 the capacity of which they 31K; all ivcll qualified. I don't. believe that l lllelf‘ ‘ “CCPSSHFY any of those "marriazcalilc males. y are bachelors by choice but moi-c- that ihcy lack the "gumpllo-n y to propose and find tlicmsoives tongue tied ht the larcsntici- 0i a member of the opposite sex, and it would he fnr more nilproprhitc for thcm lo vcnrl a hooklct ea.lcrl. “l-loiv to gcl a. woman yhd hold her" instead of casting sarcastic comments on “How to gel a man" which presents no problem lo ii wnnlall if SllC gels the proper cs1- couragcment. So what do you say follows? Why not take a, trip to Boston and look the market over. I guar- antee you will find a pleasing v.1- riety and instead of bct-omhig confirmed bachelors and vvomail haters, become husbands and faili- crs and build up tho homes andl farms which have been left in, .your keeping and I am surc youimflnl’ will tind life all that it sliuuldl be i am. Sir. elm. " AN ISLANDER AT Boston. Mass. l l l "CONFUSING THE ISSUE" l l HEART i Sin-Please grant mo space inl your valuable paper to correcti certain statements allegedly model b; Mr. CH. Sclloflcld of the Can- adian Chamber of Commerce in his vr-llcd “political speech" the Charlottetown Board of ‘Prado on Wednesday evening. Mr. Schoflcld stated that. ready in one province, Saskatch- ewan, private enterprise had been pretty well driven out of lht- plo- ture and a form of state socialism hail taken its plucc." This stntciiiciit is incorrt-ct. Private cnicrprisc has not bccn driven out of Saskatchewan. While Saskatchewan Govern- ment has embarked upon a pro- gram of publicly owned cnlcr- "al- l tcstont succession," to which ollegiancc—-"wltile they can We know not what happened a Vicar concludes his ballad lust keep possession." ftcr iliot, but the ily: “Now in my fniili iiiid inyiilty I iii-vcriniirc. will fiiltvr, And Gvnrgt- my liiivflll king shall bir- l'iilll lllll‘ limos (In ziltrr. Aiiii fills is liiiv that I'll "Iiiillflllfl lliilll my dying diiy, sir. Tliul WhillSltCVPl’ king shall rcigii. Ellil I'll be the Vlciur of Briw. sir!" Significant Statement Aflllfesilllfl ll“ l"l9'"°f‘l°"°l Tfl-"lfl c"- we must always bear in mind is that in a small ference now in session at Geneva, Sir Stafford -Cripps said that Great Britain "firmly main- tains her faith in the Empire preference as one l fundamental principle of her tr ode policy." The principal aim of the Conference is to promote multi-lateral d:a|ings among the nations, and to this end to eliminate or re ltrictions on the flow of duce existing re- iiitemationol trade. The preference scheme Sir Stafford Cripps says Britain desires to retain is that which was cre- ilted at Ottawa iifthe summer of 1932 oii the initiative of R. B. Bennett, then Prime Minister of Canada. Si! Stafford Cripps. as an exchange ooints l the n-cwly adopted age limit of the City Coup-- Alberta British Columbia ..... . . . U16 Sl-lldlo have blocked production “Z025 or the film by refussing lo "do up" their hair because Miss Goddard $7113 926 118s brought her dwn- hairdresser , ' ’ with her from Hollywood. This Swms lo been attempt to enforce the "closed shop" principle. and D that were the cnly thing. there are two ways of solving the difficulty. Miss Goddard's hairdresser could lake but a. mcmbershipin the Eng. llsh union. cr the American practice of paying another operator to merely shad by and look on. could be adopted. But the strongest..reason for the action of the sludlo hair- dressers. in our judgment is that it is it reflection 9n their profession- prise. after rccclviiig an ovcr- uhclmlng mandate ‘from ihc poo- plc, there is still considerable i'oom for private enterprise several fields. ‘Ilhere were literally scorrs of “privately owned" compaiiics started up in Saskatchewan inst ‘car. including tho ftirmniinn of .i mllllnn doilzir sail: industry. Surely, sir, a mun in Mr. Scho- Totals w i w General regret will be felt at the coming retirement of Chief of Police Birtwistle under cil. Mr. Birtwistle is a thoroughly trained and competent police official with a record of serv- ice in England, in R. C. M. P., and here, to be justly proud of. He has been subiact to criti- cism, of course, from time to time, but no one who conscientiously endeavours to discharge his public duties, can hope to escape that. What ewen. In view of this. I cannot Ilclp but feel tltut the speaker's ro- msi-ks were a deliberate mlsrcp- “l slflll‘ _ 5" “lflllll! “m” reseniation and not free from . rk . Jmllllfll- political significance. cllllllllllllllY l 9 lllls/ Wllele We f"? all 5° ¢l°59lY i——-—i—-— Mo‘. Bdiofleldis iiitemnls to clas BARBER-POLITICO .slfv the 0.0.1“. and Commun‘ mfynb of harmonizing essociotled by ‘blood, marriage, business, social,‘ oiitica or rei ices connections, it is a most I difficult thing ti. a public servant to steer and A§Y§ml.,‘“.§§."','fi,fi.,f,ff’ T muintoiln ab course thutdwill nfit meet with i6:- £3311! guazaurllanwftignftiierztégrlih h} casiona o strucliqi an em arrussment. n ' l’ ° the whole, Chief Birtwistle has added to his Alpxand" Swanson’ 74-year“? enviable laurels by i... faithful (ind efficient 4a.. ifi.i'-'-"'w.li'"iifi.i iilTTJZiZiaTi charge of his duiizs in this capital of the Gar- P'°'l°‘l°ll‘ll°" P°llll°l""- ' ~ den of the Gulf, as evidenced not only by our citizens, but by tourists and other visitors who have token the trouble to write to newspapers elsewhere citing the Charlottetown Police Force ai ii model for other cities to copv. ,togethcr resemble tho who hsve been bleeding the tarm- ors and industrial workers of the country for years. ‘Bonafido frets enterprisi- has llttlo to fear from thc C F.. but the huge monopnlir-s nnd combines. with their "prlcc-fllf- 8 I tion" certainly have. Mr. Schotleldu remark that Warmers in Saskatchewan are el- wed dishonour their mort- gage payments is untrue. (His irislnustlon that farmers would didtonour their mortgage pay- ments. if so encouraged. is an in- JIITII 0F COFFEE Yemen, Arabia, is the birthplace of cultivated coffee. The inland highlands have produced -ooft¢e since Msiioimeifis time. I fill a vacuum. . l l" iIn fact have gone on regularly. field’! D°5lll°ll "llllld b“ ll" flvld,sucli a time arrives can liters be reader of the Financial Post which yany connection between supply. on has from time to time made; the one hand, and demand on the mention of privately owncd can-limp“. hand that, merits the name. panics being formed in Suskatch-im,“ ' ivlan must take an active and - intelligent poi-i in regulating and ' I l hvslc-"lcnl ‘demand. If it is now left to chance effort! of Canadian morwnollslsltmd haphazard to maintain this -' l ! 1 am. Sll‘, ctc.. DOUGLAS ll. MacRRIlIN C.C.F. Org. for P. E. I. THE "LAW" 0F SUPPLY AND DEMAND i Sir,—-Of all the expressions, ‘catch-phrases, and slogans still do- ing service for the old and de- cadent free enterprise economic system none, it would appear upon examination, has less validity, and lso little to recommend it as this compQsmon o; the deqegmyon m-mt nonsensical expression. the "Law"| of supply and demand. i Arid yet only a fciv days ago in; our oivn Legislature. in this most“ enlightened province of Canada. a leading member of the House quoted this iiackrieyccl phrase and ilsed it to such good effect that it. rwidcilllv silenced cvcry member of tho Legislature. The matter be- fore the House at the time was a resolution asking for o, floor price in marketing potatoes and l limitation of acreage. Now, I am not going to discuss the merits of the resolution. What I merely wish lo do is pelint out the absurdity of the argument used by the speaker at the time. According to the ncivs- paper report this learned and re- spot-led member stated that he was a believer in "the law of supply and demand" and argued that this immutable law would look after the situation in respect to priccs and acreage and bravely stated that all who denied the validity of this low should align themselves with the Socialists and Commun- ists. l For be it from me to attempt to‘ belittle or disparage the opinions and motives of this honorable membepwho in his younger days is reputed. to have quite a reputa- tion as a “tackler” on the football field. The mariner, however, hi which he tackled this resolution and made a touch-down might serve well enough on the campus, but I have grave doubts for the success of his tackling efforts 1n tic-ailing with economic matters if he per- sists in adherence to such s. rally- ing cry as the one now under scrutiny——The Law of Supply and Demand. Let us scrutinize the idea, just it little No om- would deny that is ordinarily a supply of materials such as fonds. fuels, clothing, etc, usually not a sufficient supply for all. bu! a supply nevertheless. That there is n, flomnntl, oftrci a very siren: tlcntailii, for tlicsc ilcccssillcs is liUl ilenlctl. Bill that the connec- lluli or relationship bclwcr. ilic live-supply and demand-could bc so pcrmciiccit and so stable as to be dignified by the word, la\v, is simply fantastic and purely ‘im- agiilaigv. 0f course I am speaking now of their relationship in a hap- hazard free enterprise, unregulat- ed society. And of course this is the kind of a society the learned mem- hers of the Legislature had in mind at the time. Yet they appar- ciilly all ngrccd, tacitly at lciisi, that such a law cxisls. i A force in order lo be a lav/ must have the attributes of pct"- y and stability. There are as your readers well know several |kinds of laws. There are natural laws, such as the law of gravitation, always permanent and dopendablcp civil laws, such as the income lax law, always permanent and fixed, until deliberately changed; the moral law which is always nnd every where binding, Now. liow, ldoes this illusory relationship be- tween supply and demand which some thoughtless folk regard as s law compare with these _la\vs in-, stanccd above? In order to par- ticularize we can select any article. m Let us take the butter, or sugar or vie-thing supplies Thcsc articles? have been in $1lOfi,'Sllpp1y' for sev-j ‘oral years. And consequently there, lls s great demand. But whole is lthe law govemlng the relationship of the two? There is certainly no lriw or else the silpply would promptly flow right into the yvflvllllm, like the law governing ail for water which will irnmedtihlelvjkl No, there is no economic law of this nature. Unless political man lakes intelligent action in the mat-l " ter shortages may go on for ycarsf The fact is that until such time as we (the body politic) make definite plans to regulate andj stimulate the supply so as to kr-cp, it in healthy relationship wiiri‘ consumers‘ demands, not utiill ndiusting the two slates. Dirim; the past six years our government, cvcn against its IfBG-Qfllflfililn’ principles, have done e fairly good -' -_ supply and harmony in the years before us I fear very much for the outcome. Society is too complicated now. anti we are too dependent each upon the other to leave things to time and chance to decide for us_ in " end "restricting of produc- But according to some of Olggiél- t iilstort, and even more evi iitly. according to this Mr. Schofielri, , who spoke before the Charlotte- town Chamber of Commerce a few nights ago, if any person or any legislature in Osnsde dsrus to mention such s barbaric ides s; llvmll school district. individual vot- Sin-JII W111‘ issue of April 11in l"-°Wn there appeared an account, 9g a 59711133 timid green and gm“ delegation that waited on the sloivina 801i m“ Pffllllff‘ of our province on the 10th Yllll!‘ bare and lifted brahchc. w, inst. and requested of ilic guvgyisl l0 plead - " “ “l inciit of this province filial ifesiab- F“ “he” llcslklyl lll-‘lhloss b" lisii a regional lilgli school in a hi6 “W185i l’ district that would include Char- All- '°l'll° suplllles "W loving lo .1 loitetown and twenty or more sur- llel-‘fl d rounding rural school districts. The wllcll Cllllllni? llllllle’? Collies and bird sings? ‘ m delegation. we are told, was com- posed of dClcgalcs frcizn a total of 20 or more sociahrcligious, political and trslde and professional greups— even a teacher's union was repre- sented by a delegate. It was cer- tainly the most conglomerate and awcvinsplririg delegation that ever appeared before a, premier of. Prince Edward Island. or per-naps‘ before any former premier in Con- ada or the British Empire; and it is altogether consistent with the it asked for s school that would not only be high. but. a. high one that would be ccnlposile also. A serious and legally-m-itided reader, however, might find himself inclined to question if the afore- said delegation was a logical and consistent one to appear xvii-h a district requcst bc-forc a govern- ment elected not by social and re- ligious groups, nor yet by trade and. professional unions, but on the contrary. by individual voters in geographically-defined electoral clls- tricts. Was this delcgatlon typical of the old and comparatively sim- ple polltical order. or did it clearly foreslhadow, not alone the new school but the nEW political order also composite, comglomeratc, or whatever one wlahcs t0 call it? Be that as it may br. tihLs owe- iltspirillg dclcgaiiuli nppcarcd be- fore Prcmilcr Jones and made their mind request, and ll ls much to tihe Premier's credit that he did not completely collapse and capitulate to the delegates. and promise them more than thcy could think to ask or hope to receive. Perhaps after all our Premier is not such it politically foolish premier as some of his party friends were inclined to think a short time ago, for it is, a pretty sure guess that outeicie. the proposed highly favored rcg- era are now asking just “that it is that the people in this proposed school-district. are askpig for. If it now transpires that. they are simp- ly asking for the sanction of the Kfiveritmttit in so far as that sanc- lion is required in order that they may unite their respective districts into l. large school unit, and pm. ceed to build and equip a regional high school at their own local ex- pensc. iihc government in the mcenllcnc agreeing, as is usual in the case of public schools. to pru- vide and pay for the teachers. then in this case there can be little valid objection from outsiders, even if this regional high school as now proposed is just to be an cxpcrl- uncut. it is inlcrcstiiig licrlvcvct- to obscrve that the tnalii argument advanced by the good yicoplc of ldIC proposed regional school district as to why ihfy should have the first, or one of the first composite high schools on the Island, is the claim lliai they already possess superior educational advantages and comforts of life, including the efficient facilities for transportab ion of school pupils, so absolutely necessary in the case of regional iifigli school~iiie ivholc argument being apparently based on llicgcn- oral proposition film-t "To him that hath shall be given." Ii seams to me. that it should You are iio longer lovely yum h an “wen to your feet ilic baby gram T1111 Beset by winds alll 1m new birth. 8mm “llll Will Wu bc unaware? and. n“, YOU W311 To frocdtrn fJom the tcndgr in,“ . of earth’) ' And will you feel no more ~- ecstasy? ’ spun“ Our kinship ends — I feel, I fest O Tree! 43y Gertrude Clam“, b4+oo+ovo++oo+o+o+aaagfl Old Charlottetown (And IREJ.) 000-000»- Mlt. naviicsfuhs mu, FTOM the Debate; and prwee‘ lllfil 03 ills House of Assembly, 1374, "Hon. B. Ds-VlCS complained that he 115d Dfllll large sums of mom-y to the Gas C0mpfillv for light. and Wbllld like to see ‘some gugfmne. that the cilizens ore not paying 10: more gas than they actually receive. There was an lllslrillfltllt called a gas meter, ivlzit-ttl in yo.” house info which gals ll',1(l bi-et. in- produccd. but. he bcllcitd lliess nleltfs could not be depended lipop, I-Ie had had s. meter on his premises which he found recording at g wonderful rate, although he hi4 used only two lights eavli evening, He complullicd to the g-zs illnnager, and the latter sat flown and Chang. ed it. But lately it. had begun to record again, as fast as ever. its was fully convinced that these meters could not be depended upon to record correctly. It a person were l0 appeal to the Court against the charges of the Gus Ccmpany, the latter would immediately rut off his supply of gas. so that he w; in their power if he wished to is lifil-n his gas. He thought that s clause should be inserted in the Bill in empower the Govcrnlilelit to appoint an officer to ascertain whether the records made by the meters were correct or not, in ordI that people might ot be imposed upon by being overcharged for their gas. He tild not approve of the idoy of a man selling by his own measure. ‘Ihe Governmclit should appoint a person to see that the meter; do not record s lsrflfl‘ quantity of gas than they should. thllti to check tlicm \Vllf‘il they =1?‘ found lo be incorrect." and practicable policy for the gov- crncncni. to pursue in establishing or fostering the establishment of high schools of any iypc WlHlltWEI lhvoilgilioilt the Island, is to insist. as it usually docs in thc case oi public schools, that the pror-llffll" high school districts billld and cquip the schools at the cxpl-‘llév 0f their respective dlsirlcls, the RW- ernment. merely agreeing as b11151 to pay for the teachers. 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