PAGELQQR _ TIlE eiiniitorrrrowii GUARDIAN

Morning Dally (Founded In llfl) Authorised as Second Class Mall. Post Ollleo Department. Ottawa.

President. Ian A. Burnett; Vice-President. Wm. I. Burnett; Seep-Tress, G. M. Burnett; Editor and Managing Director, J. R. Burnett; Aloelate some

Frank Walker. '

"The Strongest Memory is Weaker Than the Weakest Ink."

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The Premier's Announcement

lf Premier Jones means what he says, and is not just pulling somebodys leg, his will be the first Government since Confederation to func- tion for a five year period. The last provincial general election was in September, I943, and if "this time next year is plenty time for them (the Liberals) to be holding conventions," it means that he not only intends to meet the Legislature again next year without an appeal to the people, but to continue until the very expiry of his term.

There is nothing to prevent a Premier from doing this if he and his Cabinet so decide, ex- sspt defeat on the floor of the Housa which is unlikely in the present instance. lt would, how- ever, be setting a precedent which his followers might look upon askoncc. Other Governments have carefully avoided it, probably because it would have deprived them of the advantage of the initiative, and of exploiting the surprise element which is an important factor in politi-

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Quoting these figures from a laariisd pub- lication dealing with diseases and old ags, the Financial Post says it is becoming increasingly apparent that earlier and earlier pensioning, as advocated in some quarters, may ultimately bring us to a place where the burden of so doing will be greater than the remainder of tho popula- tion can afford. There will not be a large enough percentage left to do the necessary work. ,

Thera is, the Post claims, a lack of logic

no prejudice against appointing min over 60 to highest executive and professional positions. Yet,’ when it comes to the rank and filo of workers, there has been little criticism of the imposition of blind compulsory retirement rules.

To the argument that we must clear out the oldsters to make room for younger workers, it is argued that there is certainly no fllillllfflfy age at which older workers begin to restrict the advancement of the younger. "Every individual higher on the ladder of advancement whether ho be 65 or 35 is holding a iob that some ,ounger man aspires to and believes lie can fill. That would be just as true if we required everyone to retire at S0 or at 40."

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The dog days must have been too much for even election conscious parliamentarians. Sea breezes must have seemed balmy to mem- bers sweltering in Ottawa.

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Dividing the magnificent lndian Army be-

in our attitude toward the older worker. We have‘

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A New York apartment bulldlng ls to be moved wlth the tenants stlll ln possession. 1n these days of housing shortages lt takes more than s llttls thlng like moving a

{three-storey brick bulldlng 130 feet

in get tenants to vacate. .—0wen

' Sound Sun-times.

' ' compulsory mllltsry train- ing service ls to be cut from

eighteen months to a year. This,

may not be sound from a mllltarv polnt of vlew. but. taking into ‘consideration the country's present and almost. desperate need for man- power. may have lt-s good points. - Brantford Expositor.

Washlng la an extraordinary cus- tom. We are washed both an com- lng into thls world and on going out, and we take no pleasure from the first nor profit from the last. Cats are a philosophic and thought-

tul race, but they do not. admit the efficacy of soap or water. Spr-I rows are s highly abuts and ICES-l onoble folks. They use water to, quench their thlrsts, but when they are dirty they take a dust bath and are at once cleansed. I often fancy that flsh are o dirty. sly and un- intelligent people, due to their staying in the water, and lt has been observed that on being re- moved from this element they a: once expire through sheer ecstasy at escaping their prolonged wash- lng. -'I‘he James Stephen Reader.

A hundred and seventy-seven years ago thls month, when Cap- taln Cook was careenlng hls vessel

quarrel. But. it should be remember-

i-uperiorlty of Harris went to the

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II (From “The Clan MacLeod Maga- slne", E" _u. concluded from Saturday's Guardtan)

With the cesslon of the lsles Leod‘s circumstances underwent a change for the worse. Up tlll

then he had held his lands freelcgnqlqqrgg by he"; or and unrestricted; with the probable l jlcflong 9f m; Llbgrgl puny

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PUBLIC FORUM

‘thls ooluian ls open n. the dlsoadaa by eorrn- spoadents at questtona asl interest. The Chazlottietowii Guardian does not neeelsr- lly endorse ths -oplnlon of correspondent:

POLITICAL CONVENTIONS

sirf-Tiie calling of political con- lientlons for the nomination of various ls,

exception of a nominal allegiance . gppnrenuy m cm“; conmc; Wm,

to the King of Man, he owed ser- vlce to. no one. But tn llnklng up. with Scotland the isles cams under the feudal lows of that country. and Leod's lands passed into the superiority of two civerlords. The superiority of Lewis, Skye. and Glenelg was conferred upon the Earl of Ross; and that of Harris (along with other islands) ls salcl to have gone to the MacRuarles (subsequently merged in the Lords of the Isles.

If that ls correct Leod would be bound to serve two masters, a’ decidedly awkward position, par-y tlcularly lf the two chanced to

ed that at one time Harris was part of the Lewls_ the island of Lewis extending from the Butt of Lewis tn the sound of Harris. con- sequently the assumption that the

MacRuarles may be a mistake. e a o a

In those days the islands appear i0 have been ln much better clr-

ldeas entertained by the leader of the party, according to a statement given to The Guardian ln your lssue of July 19th. What does it ell mean or indicate?

On July 0th a Liberal convention was held at Bradalbana to nomln- ate two candidates for the first. district of Queen's. The Premier now states. that. he was not. con- sulted, and he dld not attend. The Government was represented by the I-Ion. George H. Barbour and the Hon. Attorney General-at least 1t was reported they were present and took part. Saturday, July 19, was slated as convention date in Second Prince, Mr. Bar- lcoufls district. and agbln, ths Premier was not consulted and presumably dld not attend. Tonight a convention ls being held at Mount Stewart to select two can- didates for third Queen's and, evl- rlently, ln order that he could not be consulted. thls convention was called during the Premier's ab- sence at Ottawa.

DEATH av wsrzn

"The Waste bind") Phlebus the Phoenician, a rm. night dead.

Forgot the cry of gulls, and the deep sea well

And the profit and loss.

A current under ass Picked his boner ln whispers. As he rose and fell

He {BSSGG the stages of hls age and

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youth Entering the whirlpool.

0 you who turn the wheel and look to windward.

Consider Phil-bus. who was once handsome and tall as you

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In line a new horticuliural era was ushered l1 by the formation of the Fruit. Growers‘ Asroclatlon. This was done at the instance of

Farm". Ills Honour became the

Lieutenant Governor Howlan who ls said to have been ihe flrsl to “ coll the Islarcl "the Mllhon Acre‘

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tween the Dominions of lndia and Pakistan will reduce its effectiveness and change the entire military situation in the Egst.

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col campaigns. Premier Jones’ statement-if it is really intended to be taken seriously—means either that he cares nothing for this advantage, or that he believes it to be more than offset by

Association's ilrst. patron. with the fnllowlng officers: president, John! Robertson. Inkerman; vice-prerld-l cnt. Alfred E. Dewar, Loi. 48: sec- rctary-treasurcr, Richard Burke,

cumstences than now. The Benn. atyne manuscript tells us that un- der the Norse rule "the Western Isles were in a most flourishing condition. Th~>v were crowded wit},

the Endeavour for repairs lll Queensland. a scared seamen rush- ed up to this officer and told hlm that. he had seen the devil, The Manchester Guardian relates. “It.

"rhls makes three Liberal con- ventions called ln qulck succession - two already held and the third this evening. and the Premier- leader of the Liberal Party-was

the unfavorable prospects facing his Govern- ment at the present time. .

lt is indeed no secret that there is a widen- in; "rift within the lute” among Liberal party followers, and even among the Premier's own cabinet colleagues. Whether this rift con be closed within another year is a moot question. The Premier may well have firmer faith in this possibility than in any chances his administration would have in appealing to the electorate this year-notwithstanding the recent tax agree- merit which he maintains to have been the best negotiated by any Provincial Government with the Dominion, and which certainly has made available more readycasl-i than any Island Gov- ernment has had since Confederation.

Apparently Liberal nominating conventions are as much in the dark as to the Premier's in- tentions as the Opposition, and are acting on the some principle of being prepared for any- thing. lt seems extraordinary that they have not consulted their leader in this matter, but then the whole situation from the standpoint of orthodox Liberalism is unusual. All that can safely be hozarded by way of prediction is that when conditions reach this pass, they usually worsen before they get better.

Ireland Too!

lt li a strange world, comments the Lpndon Free Press, when there is a shortage of pigs in lreland. Pigs and potatoes have long been re- garded as the pillars of Ireland's agricultural tconorny. But now Ireland is running short of park.

In i940 lrish farmers marketed 1,227,403 kegs. Last year the figure was just about ex- actly half that. Bacon prices are up, and there h plenty of black marketing with pleas for the government to set up a central purchasing agency to keep hogs out of the black market.

Part of the trouble is ths failure to es- tablish satisfactory commercial and tariff re- lations with Britain, the main_ market. Part tomes from the inability to obtain imported feed

rain. As exports fall off the cost of bacon at ems rises. _'

The situation, notes the Free Press, '5 "f" an isolated lrish phenomenon. llnless steps ore taken to insure feed grain supplies forvCanadion farmers the production of pork in this country ls bound to fall off during the next few months. Bacon is already a luxury here. It may disap- pear if steps are not taken to protect the pig population of Canada.

Australia's Polley

Mr. Arthur A. Calwell, Australian Minister of Immigration, has announced that Australia hopes to absorb 400,000 immigrants from the United Kingdom in the next few years. Ha said that Australia can find jobs for 200,000 people at once, but can provide accommodation this year for only 70,000. Tne long-term objective of Australian policy, lie added, is to raise the country's population from its present figure of lass than 7 I-2 million to 20 million.

On the question of transportatiop - the great difficulty in Canada -— Mr. Caldwell in- dicated that Australia hopes to rely on bold measures. Plans are being considered for the use of aircraft carriers, troop transports and vic- tory ships. Then he added: "Those people who want to come under Queen Mary or Queen Eliza- beth conditions are probably not ths sort of psa- pls who will make good_ Australians. Workers are the people needed, and it doesn't matter if they haven't a penny in their pockets whenuthey arrive, so long as they are willing to work.

lllil Age And Retirement

That we are growing olde as a peopls is evidenced iii the census figuLs- For instance, in i880, 16% of the population of the United States was 45 years or alder, and only 3.4% aver 65 years. In i940, 26.5% was 45 or older Md 63% were over 65. This parallels vary closely the general aging progress and the popu- lotion-ages in Canada. ln I941, 25.3% of our Canadian population was upwards of 45 years, and 6.6% was over 65. If we continua to follow the pattern of tho aging process as shown in llll United States census estimates, and lt seams’ certain that we will, then in another 40 years, 40% of ear population will be over 45 and ons-

The lads of "Kent" Corps Sea Cadets "re- turn to port" after their pleasurable and profit- able experience of camp life at Oak Point.

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A heavy price must be paid for sea-power in peace as in war, and only a notion prepared to pay may rule the waves.

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The Fisheries research boat "Horengus" (l.e. Herring) which has been in port this last week is a modern vessel equipped with many ingenious devices to study the habits of herring and other commercially important fish.

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Canada can now call upon Britain to set- tle her balance of payments in American funds, that is if we want to lose the British market al- together.

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Ministers who have to travel on dusty roads will probably pray for rain on their own account as well as for the benffiaoffihe farmer.

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So there is to be no provincial election this Fall. The only man who could call one, says so, and heought to know.‘

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The only case of polio here occurred in Prince County. There is no epidemic in Canada this summer, and not likely to be, according to the dictum of a Montreal specialist.

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The Mississippites had a good time here, some of them recalling incidents of their previ- ous excursion. It used to be said by Americans. "See Paris-and die!" Today it is apparently changed to "See P; E.il.:1nd'|ive."

Robert Burns, Scottish poet, died this date 1796 at the early age of thirty-seven, leaving a heritage few poets or democrats can equal, far less surpass. This "amazing peasant of genius", whose early youth had been one of Calvinistic rigour, in The Jolly Beggars set forth his creed:

."What is title? What is treasure? What is reputation’s care?

If we live a life of pleasure, Does it matter how or where?"

"His death in his thirty-seventh year," says R. L. Stevenson, "was indeed a kindly dispensa- tion. It is the fashion to soy that he died of drink; many a man has drunk more, and yet lived with reputation and reached a good age." l-le suf- fered from the lack of self-control, indulging his passions and poetic genius at the expense of an all-too frail body. But nevertheless he left a mark on the world of time and fama which will never be deleted:

The poor inhabitant below

Was quick to learn, and wise to know,

And keenly felt the friendly glow, And softer flame;

But thoughtless follies laid him low, And stained his iyame!

Al outbreak of ancaphalomyelitis, the mod disease frequently attacking horses and humans, has now for the first time in history boon ob- served in Saskatchewan cattle, Dr. R. P. Woach- ter, provincial veterinarian, announced recently. The outbreak has occurred in a relatively large area along the Wood River in -the Gravelbourg district. Losses to date total 30 head, and there are tw‘ recoveries. Hords ansevaii premises and a community pasture have been infected, with four and five cases in sach herd, said Dr. Waechter. A disease of this typs was first ra- ported in Iowa in i940, and since that time has been observed in Texas and Minnesota. The symptoms of this condition. are quits spectacu- lar and "simulate those of sncephalamyolitis in horses," ha said. An animal lias fits and convulsions, becomes blind in both ayas within two or three days, and may stagger andIIurn around in circles repeatedly. "Some animals will turn semorsoults during the period of an attack." Tlia temperature during an licuta at- tack has not been recorded, but it is expected that it would 0s quits liigll. l“ 49"" f" more, the veterinarian stated. During tlia caursa of the disease a mild casaof pneumonia may develop in the animal duo to secondary’ iii- fsctions, and this will be evidenced by a slight discharge from ths nostrils. In addition, tlis mucous membrane of tlio ayes may be inflamed. "Tho cause of the disease ll a filtarabls vim of tlis iiaurotropic typs."

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ivas," he sold, "about the size of s one-gallon cagg (keg) and very much like one. It was as black as the devil, and had wings; indeed, I took lt for the devll or I might easily have cetch'd lt, for lt crawl- ed very slowly through the grass." This was the flrst appearance ‘n Australian records of the so-called flying fax; actually a large dog- faced bat. with a wing-span of 4- 1-2 feet and shrunken legs wlth bird-like claws. There are four spec- les-grey-headed, spectacled black, and red; and they can be disas- trous to orchards and gardens.‘ They have been recorded ln fllghs, of 200.000 from only one "camo , some flocks have been estimated‘ to contain o. million. They are de- clining before the spread of settle- meat.

In s cavalcade of 13 motor coaches. 426 customers of Mr. Bob Roberts travelled from outside hls butcher's shop ln Sheffield 100 miles to Brldllngton and spent a day by the sea at. his invitation. The customers-mostly housewives with their children -were hls guests because during the war, when things were difficult at the shop. Mr. Roberts was so impress- ed by their unfailing good humnr ln the queue that he promised to glve each a free joint when vlc- t-ory was won. But as meat ration- ing has contlnuedand lt ls lm-

posslble for him to ‘give the joint, on the island,

he decided Instead to glve them .1 Jaunt—at a cost. of more the‘: 4.00 pounds. -I.ondon Dally Mall.

Straw, oat hulls and whey were used ln s Gannon laboratory to produce fate by a mlcroblologtai process described ln a report by A. K. Balls of the United States De- partment of Agriculture and two British experts for the British In- telllgence Objectives Subcommit- tee. The fat-producing mold, Oll- lum lactls, was grown in several different mediums. One was con:- posed of waste cheese whey treated

with a small amount of ammonium phosphate. In another prowess straw or oat hulls were hydrolyzed with dilute sulphuric acid and treated with sodium hydroxide, phosphate and nutrient salts to produce a culture medium. A theoretical yield of five tons of fat and 10 tons of hlgh proteln feed from 100 tons of crude straw was calculated on the basis of pilot plant operations. The inves- tigators believed that thls fat might be edible lf the unpleasant smell- ing solvents used in manufacture were removed.

Sometlmes the most academic. scientific research. conducted with no immediate alm, provessof im- mense practical value when appllcl to a. bresd-and-butter occupation .....We have already seen the re- sults of research applied to apples. The industry today ls interested ln much more than the plcklng and packing of fresh fruit. Thanks no research, apple-processors niw know how to use apples for apple- Juice, apple-honey, and apple-es- sence. to say nothing of conned apples, dried apples, and the other forms ln which apples can be pre- served. - Halifax Herald.

It ls doubtful It many farmers ‘eallze just. whet the tourist indus- .ry means to them. Take the ciise of one resort hotel of moderate rates and average capacity - dur- lng the 73 days lt was open last year purchases of farm products alone amounted to $1,833.75. This represents the purchases of foods from the farm for one summer hotel only. Multiply that by the thousands who cater to the tour- ist trade and you have s stupen- dous-sum. Brlnglng lt closer to home, the purchases made ln the district represent tens of thoussids of dollart which can be dlrsetiy attributed to the lnflux of summer visitors. - Port ltlgln ‘Times.

The fatten n; qualities of a blg lulcv time. large orange and s medium-shad baked potato are the same. ~

i Glass cooking utensils should be ‘

thoroughly dry on the outside ~be-