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Morning Daily (Founded in i881) Authorized ns Second Clue Mull. Poet Ofllee Department, Ottawa.

‘llhe Guardian may Ire-obtained at: Hub Tobacco Shop, Moncton, N. B. The News Shop. Moneton, N. B. George McLean Pietou, N. S. Walker’! White Sllflt. ll Salter St., lhlifnx, N. S. Metropolitan News Agency, 1248 Peel St... Montreal United Cigar Stores, Chateau Lnurler Ottawa. 0B!- B. Aitken, Lord Eights llotel. Ottawa. Ont. J. Fine, 354 Bay St., Toronto Ont. Wolfe's News Stand, Sndburv. Ont. Old South News, Cor. Milk and Washington Sta, Boston Rotating‘! News Agency Times Building, New York.

“The Strongest Memory is Weaker Thu the" Weakest Ink.‘

SATURDAY, JUNE 22, 1946

Future Oi The Exhibition

For stimciiinc now the Provincial Govern- ment has" had under considcraitinni 2i ltftfvfifill 1° buy out the Provincial Exhibition .\S$OL‘l2illOli to run as a Provincial organizzitimi, and lxiore long i, will be g fait accompli. The prospect is that tlic present directors will dispose 0i the under- taking anrwztv, and rather than ii should iltll into outside band» ilic liovvriiiitvfll, HT lllt‘ ill‘ stance oi various liwstock brccdt-rs. arc 1H1" purtKl to invcst in it to the cxicm of $40,000. The area alonc, namely 36 3U“. l5 ‘Willi lhdl

nzonvw, and in “(pinion thcrc is lllQ valuablc buildings and plant. Thanks to tllC'llllli£ll.l\'€, enterprise and

resourcciiiliicss oi Col. l). .-\. .\[:tcKiiin0n. the Prcsidcnt. the‘ lixlnbiiion has conic to be look- ed upon .'l~ lllL‘ niost successful oi its kind cast of 'l‘<'>ronio_ rnnl ha. oi rcccnt vrars had associ- med wjgh ,1 11].] llomg \\‘<'ek. which has brought fliuusqlnds of visitors to the island year after vicar, Of all the Fxhiltitions in the Rlaritimcs. it is tht- only one that has not closcd down in ElllWl‘ oi lllt‘ two (irrztt \\ 8Y5. i! i105 -'\l\\'3\'5 kept its flag ilving and bcen a. source. of great benefit to the farmers and pleasure and criter- tainment to the citizcns in general and tourists in particular.

The rpicstion that arises now is, bow will the Government manage the Exhibition, and what are the prospects of its continued and ex- panding succcss? lt is pretty well assured that for the next four or five yicars at least there are going to be prosperous times ior iariiicrs as well as <)lli(’f:, so there need be n0 doubt that the necessary resources will be available to provide ihc pairOtiagP. The principal risk is that the livlnbuitnr might become a political football and 1o avoid this, the tiovcrninent will be well adviscrl to provide an organ- imtion that is above suspicion. A com- mission oi threw, a itianzigmg-director, and two rnlicrs, would constitute an idcal sci up — with no appcal to tlic Unvcriimcni, but with the liovcrnmcni keeping close super- vision upon its opt-rations tlirciugli ilk‘ liovcrn- incni audit dcpariiiiriit. tli course, it will not br Pas) to sccnrc tlic scrviccs oi a second Col. .\l.'it‘i\lllill"ll as the moving spirit in tlic organ- ization, but in tlic naturv oi things ilic Liol. can- not IllWEHs lu; \\lll1 us, and it would bc a sound b11911?“ ltftilttwllion to zippoitit a successor while hr is still avnilzililo to give the bcncfit oi his ad- vice and experience.

.\noilicr angle worth considering in con- nection with tliis niattcr is 1h.» provision Ol suit- able RCCullllihulHllnil ior youth training. Physical iitncss is now manilzittn"); thousands of dollars being expeiidcd in pursuit oi the policy-that, in hczilili cspcciiillv, prevention bcttcr than cure. Prince oi \\'alrs tiollcgc, to which so many rural and citv vouilis are sent at the inosi critical pcriod oi ihcir rlcvclopnicnt, pliysicallyq niriiiztlly and morally, has now prac- tically no irlaying iicld for outdoor exercise. \\"hv not cpnvcrt lll(‘ lixliibition grounds into a ilrovincizil llliysical Fitness Centre? Tlic \\'1nn<-i1's lnstituirs suggcsi such ccnircs in tlic rural areas. and illl> would iill the hill ior lllC City oi tiharloiictorvn. available all the _v1-;ir round. This is oi inmu-dizitc, practical ini-imrtaiicc, aivl it would b0 ii irzigic blunder wcrc tlic liovrrn- nicnl to allow tlic opportunity io slip.

.\ll things considcrcd, possession oi tbc lixhibition gronmls bv lhc (iovcrnint-nt should be a good IH\(‘.~llil(’|ll. good ior unmiry mu] city, good ior llK‘ policy oi bczintiiicatioii now

is

being pursnml for IllC cncotirzigcmcni of tourist tradc, as wt-ll as domestic comfort and wcll- bring, and above all as an outlet ior tlic ener-

gies and sporting instincts of our sncccwling ris- ing gcncraiions. ln this respect. Illf‘ Provincial (government lll zictpnriixg the lixliibuittl. grounds are proving iliemsclves-“mcn of vision" not de- imns Int "the Pfbple ire-rich."

Pushing Potatoes

The U. S. Department of Agriculturt- has set an example which might wcll be copied at Ottawa, by tirging Americans to rat more pota- toes instead of bread and othcr grain foods. The campaign has the backing of many lcading men and organizations over the country. lt is being emphasized that the saving must he made to en- able shipments of wheat and other grain over- seas.

in this connection the says:

"Under government sponsorship. USDA officials enthusiastically are lining up district offices for the drive and others are out whole- heartedly to stimulate the consumption of white ‘DOfQlOCSJ

"The program comes at a time when we have a record production of potatoes and the advertising campaign is precisely what is needed to bring to the attention of the people the large

qsuppiy of potatoes to be used in the place of 2 like: grains. " 4 deg inmioting the Campaign, the mm. m ,0: important responsibility of shipping onhrbuilify potatoes. And they must

blfn All _‘ _ Ind in good supply. Nothing would niurious than for the trade it- nit ‘it; ' ylnytbing but a good aqullity

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New York Pnqkr!

,zcns observed Daylight Saving.

potato and in insufficient amounts m carry out the plan.

"The industry will receive thousands of dol- lars worth of free advertising, and it's up to the industry to put out only the best in eilori and in quality.”

Coalition Government

Political circles in Winnipeg report tli-il Mr. Stuart Carson, leader 0f- Manitoba's Lib- oral-Conservative Coalition Governiucitt, i5 considering an invitation he has received from the Liberal executive of Portage La Prairie to contest the impending Federal bv-clcction ilicre as a candidate oi the King Govcrnnicnt. This report received some attention at the .\lani~ ioba Progressive Conservative Coiivcntion which met at Winnipeg recently. Senator llaig and Coloncl j. A. Ross, l\I.P., said that ii it turned out to be true, the Progressive Con-crvativc party would have to “reconsider its decision" t0 continue its support oi the Coalition Uov- crnnicnl.

it is unlikcly that either the hlanitoba or tlic British Columbia Coalition will be long- livcd. Prcniicr Hart whose rearrangement oi the B. C. Cabinet after Attorney-(icncral Mait- lands death ilmost provoked the withd-raival oi the Progressive Conservatives ironi tlic Liovern- nicnt, has announced his wisli to be relieved 0i his position as leader, and contemplates retire- mcut from public liic. Thcrc will be considcr- able difficulty in finding a successor undt-r whom the two major partics will co-opcrazc.

The Sydlltl‘ Poxl-Rvcurd notes that tlic last Coalition in the .\l.'iritiincs was in Ncw Brunswick, where Prcmicr llazen hczidrd a Conservative-Liberal Cabinct ironi i903 to

191i, when he joined the Borden Klinistrv at Ottawa. No such fusion has existcd in Nova Scotia or llrince liidivard lslantl at m.» lllllL‘ since Confederation. The weakness oi a Coal- ition is that thcre is no background of partisan~ ship to which it can appeal ior scntimcnfnl sup- port. and it lives ironi (luv to dav on its lezulcr- ship and its administrative l'(‘Cl‘tl'(l.

- EDITORIAL‘ NOTETS --

Burglars visited Lord Bennett's home at Iilicklcliam, Surrey, recently and stoic, among other things, a. gold key he received as Primc Minister when he received tlic freedom 0i Vancouver. Hope the burglar does not attempt to break into Vancouver City Hall with tlic key.

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Hitler invaded U. S. S. R. llils dale 1941. driving the ill-prepared and unprovided Sovit-t iorccs back towards the Urals which they dc- cidicd would be their line oi dcicncc. all indus- trics that could be transferred being movt-rl be- yond that line, lcaving the (icrmans practically uncontested tcrritory ior their advance on Blos- CUWZ

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Women iii tlic arniv may be all right lit-- hind the lines, but would ncvcr do in ll'('ll(lll‘s, Cclléuls. etc, wlicre rodcnts makc their prcs- cnce visible. Ninctv women vctcrans of tlic armed forces, attending .1 British Imgion con- ference at “larcham, Dorsctshire, sliriclcml and leaped onto chairs when a rzu strolled in. The one man present chased the intruder and stood sentry after the meeting resumed.

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Thcy arc still loyal t0 cricket in sonic parts of (lntario, though it is seldom onc rcads of hilt matches as in day's gone by, The l. llcr- bcrt Mason Manlincss Medal, top honor oi Ridlcv College, was awarded to _l. S. Rouloy of Monircal, at the annual prize dav. The cric- ket captain, P. F. (ressal, oi British Guiana, “'11s prcscntctl with a cricket bat. "hlanliiivss" is preferable to what is often here drscribcil at camps as the "most popular" boy.

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The disadvantage of the douhlc time in a LOnililUlillY oi under a. 100,000 population ivas wcll illustrated in tlic city this wcek. Tlicre wcrc two agricultural conventions, both oi which were held on Standard time. while tlic citi- The coniusioii was marked and discouraging, the rural repre- sentatives, meeting. eating and slurping. ac- cording to “use and wont", while their hosts, and those with whom thcv \V(‘l'(‘. 110mg l)ll5lll(‘>5 were one hour ahead. Something should be done in tlic matter, and the obvious is ior the mimiciiialitics to fall in line with tlic iarnicrs and railway: or, at least, to do so wln-n an- other stimmcr comes round.

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llriily newspapers form the izivoriic atl- iertisiug medium in Canada, it is Slimvn in Com- parative pcrccntages oi advertising expenditures tor Canada and the United States in 1944, is- sued by the Canadian Daily Newspapers 2\s- sociation. The percentages, for tlic three lend- ing media, are:

Can. US. Daily newspétpfirs .... . . . . ... (16.6 48.5 General magazincs .. . . . . . . . 9.9 21.5 Radio (including talent, etc.) 23.5 30.0

Canadian figures were compiled by the Dominion Bureau of Statistics. The U. S. fig- ures are from estimates by a private firm.

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The C. C. F. government of Saskatchewan is prepared to use up to $100,000 of its profits from the liquor industry to conduct a "scien- tific temptrance program." Net pmiits of $6,605,448 were reported May 16 by the Sask- atchewan liquor lxiard for the ycar ending March 31, i946, Profits were some $3,000,000 higher than the previous year. Mr. Iiincs, Pro- vincial Treasurer, emphasizcs that the temper- ance program must be conducted on a scientific basis "and not based on prciudice." Hc said ‘l plan had been advanced to the Saskatchewan Ttmperancc Federation three times within past year, whereby the government was ready to spend from $50,000 to $100,000 if the fed- eration would present a suitable program. Dr. R. L. MacTavish, gmeral director of the

the buck" however, saying

mining the program was in the hand: of the rovinciel Govtmment.

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_ _'l'he fitrrowed field. “the bitddlng Saskatchewan Temperance Federation “passes ' l responsibility of t

Notes By The Way

There is nothing lo til-mm; M a woman who is vain of he: beauty nlfrhsflfpfmmwwnstra." w‘ -Brs.nd0n Sun. a “'-

Silm wmiflnlm of French t‘ - 0111301510112. Q1116 seems to remheénbe:

no so ong ago St t t trans; “...: in “its 111%; 1 e1 _ _ Eixpositong rm o

Windsor r-ports s five-yenr-old boy lfllllmd for lite by a drunken dnvec of a. motor car. who receiv- ed the maximum. 30 days in

The lawinstwh acasmisaziabo ion. —-St. Catharines Standard.

We read that 8.000 Ontario Innis are vacant. And yet, 111mg are i y

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P509115 Who 58y I-hut fr? is n0 long- cr a laznd of 0p rtun . We ahouai be interested o see what immi- grants from Belgium. Nonvtry and Den-mark would do with those farms. --Peterborough Examiner.

Back at his dock. I found lord Kiwllvs. chairman of British Over- ucas Airways aft-n completing the 1011:4951 civil aviation nigh: in his- tury 36.000 miles in 43 days. says a writer in The London Sketch H0 YPUS me his Hylhe flying-boat Wits the first BXiLiSh civil aircraft l0 alight 0n the Whangpoo River at shanghai and 14nd Knollys is 51 rulin and lhc- Paclfic ffltil€5 in siirvcv routes for British av ation

Britain's ne-wiflbattiesliip, 41500-0011 Vanguard is tire

the most

comfort-able warslii in 111.. worm says The London 11y Mail But her commander, Capt. W (j

Agnew. says: “My pummel opinion i.» that this Ls tire last battleship of nus type we shall build because of llie atom bomb.” Vanguard is the first British capital ship bung Willi centralized incssiiigs, with food from special servcries She has the latest in canteen: and ice-cream bars. book shops. spray baths i-t perm-uncut cinema Al resent only her trial complement o about. 60 officers and 1,200 ratings is on board The fighiing crew will be about 100 offioers and 1,900 ratings. Tht- ship is In carry out gunnery rests off Northern Ireland.

Two strange exam les have been brought to me of gs crying in obvious gricf on the eve of tho death of their master, and as e‘.- plnnalicn a “sixth sense" has been

involved. says a writer zn Tna Landon Spectator. such an ex- finther;

glansiion cairies us no ul 1t 1S_ 8S 800d as certain that some animals perhaps wild birds and dogs above others, possess sense uitcrb’ unknown to us. The strangest. example of coincidence wn to me ocourred at a Norfolk farm An. invalid listened with deep Joy to a thrush that sang from a. fur-branch close to Ihe pal-room win-Cow On the morning cf the womans death the thrush was found stone dead under the fav- orite perch

Watching a New Yorker tl the halcihrck girl, c-r the cab rivov, you'd think he hardly knew he was doing it says The Christian Science Monitor Remember how ln Cyrano do B/argerac l-he hero throws n purse 0f gold t/u a group of actors? It fzfen-d remonslratss that the pu contained all the money Cyrano lmd “B/ui" mplies Cyrano "what a grlslure!" The New Yorker it turns out is Mmfilllllflg of a do Bergerac He likes to feel that vvfiiczi he is tipping he is cutting su least n figurine with the recip- iexit But one cf ihcm who has been znvcstlgating the iippirgé business —.'ind that ls iii/lint. it rgn is. a busincm. and somttimes a racket- finds that the incipient is {rewrit- l_y collecting the up not for h self ca‘ herself. but for a ooncession- palm The person who lakes our wraps in a hotel may get on-y a straight salary, the New Yorktr

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vueuc roaum ' This eolumu is open lo-

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DOMINION DAY

Ska-Dominion Day for Gannon is the next holiday in the calen- der and his icailv and senti-

mentally 1o: us it is the trrestes of them all. It monks a - stone in Empire building. the

buildinxi of an Empire upon Whltrh the sun never sets. The lights of Europe may, go out, or burn in- termittently at times. but the lights of the British Commonwealth never grow dim—they are, a bea- con of hope for the future. With no thought of aggression, with no obsessions in n political sense the British Commonwealth stands for Justice and fair play. All the freedoms of the Atlantic Charter are incorporated in its unwritten constitution. When the Fathers of Confed- eration visualized this half con- tinent extending from sea to sea as an equal partner in the galaxy of nations called its Common- wealth and named the holiday commemorating this organic un- ion DomlnlornDay “they bullded fnaiLer than they knewfi As we fly the Union Jack and sing "God Save The King" and celebrate Dominion Dav ln l946'we realize that never in history were a Deo- nle favored as we are. As statesmen and men of good- will everywhere look for a model urzon which to build that world federation that ls even now takint: s‘ 0e the Britis-h Commonwealth 0f Nations is the model they are locking for. "Who steals my purse steals trash“. but he that robs me of the rfgix. to celebrate Dominion Day “dnprives me of that which G085 not cit-rich him. and makes me poor indeed." I am. Sir. etc-

VERNON CROCKETT. "ltxrlottetown, P.E.I.

DAYLIGHT VEXATIONS

Sin-I have read with apprecia- hon the letters of Mr. J. A. G1!- lies re "Daylight Saving" and have been hoping that we would be rid of that unmitigated nuisance fir. short order.

N0 one apparently has consid- ered one particular group of peo- ple in respect to this matter. The fannerkyes. The poor clerks- ves. But how about. the mothers of growing children? -

Their work does not end at five o'clock. Sundays and Wednes- davs off? Don't. be silly!

Meals have to be prepared in the hottest part of the day. Then.

if you want to catch the stores. 1m town shortly atfter two lone o'clock Standard Time). Then

after siurpiper that “nice long eve- inns." Try to izet. children, healthy.

active children from six years up. ln t0 do their lessons and tfo to bed in broad Jaylifill I'd like to see one of those fishermen after t; tussle like that.

We all know children must have a cs-rtalti amount. of sleep if they are. to be healthy. Well. when my tun was at Guide Camp last year. the leaders “ut the camp on Standard Time in order to err- sure the proper amount of sleep for the girls.

Surely. at camp. those "nice long evenings‘ would be appreci- ate .

I know there are hundreds of mothers and fathers in town who

minis us in a newspaper urticlr. We hadsupposcd all New Yorker; knew this. and d.dn‘t care But i1 seems some New Yorkers are taking tipping as seriously as anybody these days But what if many people begin t0 suspect that they are giving their hand-earned quart- ers and half-dollars to some “bu: operator" wit-h a mnihoganv desk and not really to Tillie. or Billie or Joe? American tipping then ma)’ h-ave to be put 011 a fair business basis. with so much frankly added to the bill, as is Gone in some other caunlrir-s and added i0 Cmllillyffi wages Anyway New York. thanks ior "be ‘ifl-(m "P191118

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THE (iREAT-GRANDFATHER

lie has no place or part in this to- 3y.

His verv bores are dust. his heart is clay. _

And vct we follow little paths he

Walk in and out through sturdy doors he made.

Its hands have cnnnbled down t0

golden soil.

Am yetlwe reap the harvests of his to 1

Tihe trees he planted try the cur-

rlage shed

Blossom and bear their apples warm and red.

His tired feet have 1on1 since found their r st

e . And yet. the part of home we love the b

f.‘ Are the small fields he plowed 1nd

worked alone. Tine pastures that he cleared of stump and e.

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The well he dug and curbed with careful hunt!

Still yields its clear. sweet water from thrlund.

Bubbling up hfrom the deep springs

eart .

Old as the arcient hill! . . . yet

new as birth.

His brave old face forgotten by the throng.

And yet his blood flows red and rldt

and stromz:

Like new frrsh wine in other bottles

poured His splendid strength in newer ves- sels stored.

He doel not die . . but somewhere

agree with me so why not. do wmethitul about it? I am. Sir. etc.. JUST A MOTHER. Charlottetown.

"WHAT or rm: NIGHT?" - v11

Sit‘,—'I'he passion- in the human soul for justice is so great it al- most transcends the bounds of

seek it even in the hereafter.

A claulc example of this is found in the Imat debate which took place between Job and his tormentors. Job was a Jasher. righteous one, and when his tor- men-tors failed in their effort to prove his unrighteousnem and

fsnf. mortality.” life. Denied justice here, it would‘

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