cua<uhi-w-k.r_vsnaxi.mlm_ JL-KIW re"...- A r

.land, and our Island veterans have just as

of lost year aiid 20 psr cent greater than the ten-year 1935-44 ‘average,

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‘LPAGE roux TIIE . BIIAIILIITTETIIWII GUARDIAN

Mo ' _ Dally (Founded tn 1881) Authorised as Second Class Mail. Post Ollee Department. Ottawa.

President. lass A. Burnett; Vice-President, Wils- I Burnett; Seep-Trees. G. M. Burnett; Editor aria Managing Director, J. B. Burnett; Anoelata Editor.

I-‘rank Walker.

"The Strongest Merrrormis Weaker Tlda ' the Weakest Ink.‘

WEDNESDAY, uovfimnn l3 194s Beliert Rousing Material

With building material of all kinds at o premium, it should be possible for our war vet- erans to obtain some at least of the huge sup- plies of lumber, electrical fixtures, plumbing, etc., which went into the construction of the military camp at Debert, and is now being re- claimed and channelled into homes for farmer service men. More than 460- buildings in this great camp area are being systematically taken apart, the lumber sorted and piled according to size, and all other materials being reclaimed. War Assets Corporation has charge of this ent- erprise, which is only one of many such projects aaw under way or scheduled for the immediate future. It happens to be the largest such rc- clamation effort.

Debert is not far from Prince Edward ls-

much right to this material as those living in Nova Scotia or any other province. Allocation of the reclaimed materials is in the hands of tho Central Mortgage and Housing Corporation.

Cannot our municipal and provincial auth- orities get together and see what can be done towards obtaining some of this material for our veterans requiring it? They were let badly down by the refusal of the Reconstruction Depart- ment at Ottawa to authorize the proposed apartment house projects for Charlottetown. According to an official of the Central Mort- gage and Housing Corporation, the hold-up was due to doubt "as to whether or not there was adequate local co-operation to foster any pro- ject." Let there be no opportunity given for saying this again! The same official conceded that there has never been any doubt as to the need for housing accommodation in Charlotte- town. The Corporation for which he speaks is the one which has charge of allocating the re- claimed materials at Debert, so there should be no trouble in the world in satisfying them as to our veterans’ requirements.

Newfoundland Prices

Newfoundlanders, like Canadians, are com- plaining these days about the high cost of liv- ing and some are calling for government action to halt the rise and bring about reductions particularly in the prices of foods and clothing.

A financial and economic report on New- foundland, made to the British Dominions Of- fice a short time ago, said that the cost of liv- ing index then showed that I946 prices were 63 per cent higher than those of I938.

"The index, however, is not compiled on up-to-date family budgets, arid certainly under- states the true increase in prices," said the report. "Furthermore, owing to the drastic re- ductions of supplies from the United Kingdom wartime imports came almost entirely from the United States and Canada, and Newfound- land being neither eligible for the domestic subsidies of these countries nor in a position to bargain from bulk purchasing, was forced to accept uncontrolled prices." _

Increased freight and transportation costs, import duties and mark-ups of Newfoundland merchants also tended to increase the prices to the consumer. _

The report said that increased wages had, clsa contributed to the increase in the cost of household needs. Wages_in the ‘pulp industry were estimated to have risen 6O per cent and in the mining industry about 50 per cent. The wage rates of miscellaneous technical labor and longshoremen in St. John's rose between 60 and 70 per cent. Returns to fishermen also in- creased but there are no accurate figures to indicate the extent of the rise.

The Balkan Situation

Mr. Harold Nicolson, M. P., writing in The Spectator, has this to say on the Balkan situa- tion: ”|t is not a British interest that the East- ern Mediterranean should fall entirely under Russian domination» I do not see that this is a discreditable admission; it seems to me o real- istic admission of a geographical fact. It "is necessary also (and how strange it is that it should‘ be necessary!) to remember that, when all others failed us, Greece remained aur staunch ally; that Albania under its present Commuh- ist dictatorship is an artificial anomaly created and maintained by the Slavs; and that Bulgaria has been our enemy, and Russia's enemy, in both the German wars. Our support of Greece, there- fore, is not only a strategic necessity but a moral obligation. To allow these quite simple and incontrovertible issues to be clouded by doc- trinal affections ar prejudices is to ignore neces- sities which are absolute necessities. Anil if Russia is to understand that our attitude in this matter is a determined attitude, then there must be nosniping at Mr. Bevin behind his back."

Frslt Ilrop Estliiiates Canadian apple crop is now estimated at 16,739,000 bushels, being more than twice that

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according to figures released by the Dominion liireau of Statistics. Apple crops in Nova Scotia, Quebec and Ont- aria srs heavier than were anticipated iii Sep- lsiixr, while in New Brunswick and British , no change occurred. The pear‘ harvest also Production is now set at B67,- I#ss, an, Increase of six per cent during ' Th total plum harvsst is six psi flan expected, the increase beingl_

provsd larger than

due to heavier yields in Ontario. The crop now stands at 680,000 bushels, or more than twice the size of the ten-year average harvest.

A moderate increase is shown in the esti- mate of the peach crap which now stands at Z,lIi,000 bushels. Grape production was not so heavy as indicated earlier in the season, and the estimate now stands at 66,216,000 pounds. This is a reduction of almopt 6,000,. 000 pounds and is due to reduced yields in Ontario.

Last August, despite the holidays, new rec- ords were set up by the United Kingdom cotton industry both in cotton cloth and rayon and mixture cloth production. The average weekly output of the weaving section was 40,000,000 linear yards or-I per cent more than the previ- ous peak reached in May this year, when there were no general‘ holidays. The rise aver Aug- ust, I945, was as much as 28 per cent.

- EDimRiA-Lmiiifis -.

Should the new Republican Congress at- tempt to inaugurate a high protective tariff, it will be for the Mackenzie King Government to make sure Canada is protected by adequate reciprocal agreements. -

IR >lr 1K ll

The City Council's system of book-keeping

and civic reports are commended by a Univers-

ity social science student at McGill, as being ".far the best" submitted to him. This is the ad- vantage of having a first class external audit system.

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Prime Minister Mackenzie King expects his candidate to win for his party the seat vacated by the death of Mr. P. J. A. Cardin, who desert- ed him in i943. He has promised to attend a dinner and to speak in honour of Justice Min- ister St. Laurent in Quebec on Friday 29th inst. when he is expected to defend past policies and outline future ones.

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Daily newspaper advertising during Sep- tember was up i5.7 per cent over the same month last year, a report issued by the Canadian Daily Newspapers Association says. There was a gain in all classifications, with national advertising up i3.9 per cent, classified 33.1 per cent and local ll.3 per cent. During the first nine months of I946, daily newspaper advertising showed an increase of l3.i per cent over the corresponding I945 period.

Coalition and C. C. F. provinces like Mani- toba a_nd Saskatchewan are gating ahead of purely Liberal provinces like Prince Edward Is- land and Nova Scotia with taxation -_.agreements with Ottawa. Of course, New Brunswick was first to score, but then Premier McNair prac- tically sat on Mr. Ilsley's door step until he pre- pared the dotted line, on which the province had to sign.

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Sir John Moore, British General, born this date at Glasgow 176i; served in the East and West Indies, Ireland, Holland; commander-in- chief of the Mediterranean; commended for his famous conduct of the campaign in Spain; in command of the Light Brigade and Battle of Corunna in i809; slain, and buried by his dying wish, in the ramparts of Corunna; verses, "Bur- iol of Sir John Moore", are by Rev. Charles Wolfe:

Few and short were the prayers we said,

And we spoke not a word of sorrow,

But we steadfastly gazed on the face that was dead,

And we bitterly thought of the morrow.

Sir John fought in defence of Spain against Napoleon. . fi I I I

Further details are now available of the in- ternational festival of miisic and drama to be held in Edinburgh from August 24 to Septem- ber i4 next year. The orchestras participating will be the Vienna Philharmonic under Bruno Walter, the Colonne Orchestra from Paris, the Halle Orchestra from Manchester, the Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra and two Scottish orches- tras. Among the soloists will be the pianist, Artur Schnabel. The Glyndebourne Opera Com- pany will give a three weeks’ season of Mozart and Verdi and the Old Vic Company have been invited to perform for two weeks the new play by James Bridle reported to deal with Mary, Queen of Scots. In each of the three festival weeks Edinburgh expects 12,000 visitors.

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Quality goods that render a real service without variation may and should be consistent- ly advertised._ Repeated advertising indicates repeated sales and repeated sales indicate qual- ity. A responsible manufacturer, says Market- ing, is only too glad to stand back of his pro- duct and does not wish to put the onus on his dealers. His advertising is a guarantee that he is ready to make good any defect. If de- fects persist, sales fall off, and no amount of advertising can recover them. That fact ex- plains ‘why branded goods of quality, consist- ently advertised, find consumer acceptance. The public learns to "know" tiie merchandise that is brought to its notice through advertising, and similarly the merchant who stocks‘ such brand- ed goods comes to be "known" as a reliable source of supply. 1 I

First Canadian baqk to gain the distinc- tion, the Bank of Montreal has won.the Socrates High Award of the year for its advertising dur- ing the last l2 months. The award is mode by "Bank Adviews", a New York monthly publicaii tion of financial advertising covering banks and trust companies throughout North America. which number more than l5,000. During the year, several of the B. of M.‘s advertisements won Socrates’ monthly awards as "The Best Ad of the Mpnth," while others received "honor- able mention," resulting in the highest annual score among the banks on both sides of the border. "Bank Ad-views" bases its bwards on reviews of the daily papers of every metropoli- tan centre as well- as several hundred smaller cities. In addition, the publication keeps in touch with leading bank and advertising men throughout the United States and Canada. A

board of I2 advertising executives make? the"

tiiial decision eii winners.

THE CI-IARLOTTETOWN GUARDIAN

Ildtss By The Vlsy

There is nothing wron ml- P¢°Dle except there who‘; mg; °l “5- A"? 6N1‘ is cheap when Ahere Is Ovetproductlon. —k\u.ndon Sun.

m"! Gwrrc it of anode in m; Iflfstt proclamation since regaining

f’ "M"- hes pleased himself rd “vii: for national unity my,“ Xsiidlne Riehusu and Leftist-s And that is a x i _ _ ' Expositor. In: we lob Brsnrford

Alotof pear-Ila;- rl rut - old Ickes’ forecast utirotathcewgtjrd Wlll be short of all in 15 w"; and point to deep drilling n3 mé cure. Eur the faci is that a mech- cnized world woul-i rm; 1m- mo" oil than is now being pmduced or than is now in eight u m. serves. What this may mean to Alllfltoj. the fulur-a will tell. Bu‘. 1t 1s our Kisess cram before marry years Alberta ooal will come into its own as a source of power- and elm-KY. and- tliat ways will be found to use coal effectively in place at all by processing method; which are now being devglopgd by research engineers The scarc- e!‘ all Bets, the better coal W111 tcok to us.— Lethbrldge Herald,

_ Authority holds —that there an as many chronic alcoholics in North America as there sire proved sufferers from tuberculosis. We go l0 great pains and expense to era- cllcale and arrest tuberculosis. A5 yet. however. we do little for the chronic alcoholic, who is also g sick man or woman and. moreover w‘; are creating mus-o Q1 m,” c mnic alcohoibs every d _ ._ Brockville Recorder and Tings,

About now ls tiie proper flmg for motorists to consider safe driv- lug in bad weather. Lives are at stake from indifference. careless- ness and wanton neglect». The irn- portlance of a clear windshield for SIIOWY. rainy days cannot be too strongly emphasised. Clear vision is essential to safe driving and proper core will go a. long wgy w insure better vision. Dried out rubbers. harcienzn by oxidation, should be repacert at~once and those wipers that do not really clean the windshield be changed, Titre prevention of "accld its" ls vital to Sole driving for the motor- ist and the innocent driver of the other car. It ls better to be reo- sonable now than to try to explain lo the coroner. -Brnndon Sun.

There is a. pleasure to be gained from the horse-drawn vehicle which those wltio have experienced lit lzncw. cannot be duplicated by the automobile. the train or the 511-- plane. Perhaps the pleasure stems from a feeling of insecurity when Perched above splndlcd wheels Whwh roll silently over rusted sand or rattle noisily ion the loose. hard gravel. At any rate, like sell-boats. horse-drawn vehicles are becom- ing obsolesoenr. in our world qt speed and Iruslness It will be a pleasure WnErl. like sail-boats. they have established thenmelvgg as luxuries and lead those who fiiidiime to enjoy them through ivzndulg roads and natural land. scape to ‘peaceful lodgings and hospitality, —Petc'.borough Exam- mer.

Where any one ivearis his hat Is between him and nobody else. It i= the mark of the man. On the back of his tread 1i. marks n cer- lain detached dcvll-muy-caredom. a humor to look things over and then either take Lhem or leave them. On the side of the head the hat ls tiie outward symbol of an, inner man who is up lo no good; rakish. knowledgeable. Straight on the head. ll: recommends the oc- cupant. as one who always takes his overshoes with him on rainy days. and who gets home promptly for dinner at six-If "recommend" is the word. Tipped to the front, it signifies that the wearer's spirits are out to lunch and may not be back till lute afternoon. -St, Louis Post-Dispatch.

What Is it that ruins men's shirt collars? This weighty question, which has grown .0024.‘ Important for the male of llie spools since the shortage of shirts developed. has long been a topic for debate says The Boston Globe, The con- sensus among the wearers has been that the fault lies with the laun- drles and the use of acids in wash- ing. Now rises the American In- stitute of Launderers to utter vig- orous disavownl of this charge. The reason men's shirt collars fray into that unwearucle condition. says the IIISLILULB. is beards! One hates to appear skeptical ln_ the face of so Ingenious an explanation. But since when have men worn tough beards on the back of their necks? ‘The real explanation. of course, is that. men get up around

PUBLIC FURU

This column is open to Ila discussion tiy- oorro

i apondents at queasiona as ' ' The l!‘ ' n Gsnrdtaa does not aeeasnr is) ‘endorse m plnlon at _

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DEPRESSION

. when all the sdneslare over- BUPEBANNUATION when an m, m, a" d,“

——- ‘When rill the wheeling bird-fllzhts . Sim-Now that the public are F51] down ‘ day-mum; gky; very much Interested in educa-g _ tion I would like to draw to their wpen love has gone forever. attention ‘a certain matter .vh:ch . And grief ls just a. name, we hear very little ebout,—tea:h-- When all the scores are tallied; crs’ pensions. ~ l And 9nd“ We?!’ 85ml;

We have had here two differqyitl t r .' pensions: Elie old, which} I wander. oh! I Wonder provided a retiring allowance tori when all my dram“ a” thrmlgh’ any teacher who taught l0 years. o“ m" 135i ‘El-elm mgmlng or thereabouts; and the new‘ Shall I lemwlber you‘ Superannuation Act\ which pr0'| __w1mam D_ Decogte‘ (Formerly vldes a retiring allowance after a o; chulotrggqwn). certain number of years. Accurd-, ii___ Ing to this the teacher would re- celve. 1-60 of the average of they last five years’ salary multlpliedl by the number of years taught. i At first there was a provision

that the minimum pension should be $365 a year- but those in con- trol thought that was too much money for a teacher so they

TEACHERS‘

Old Charlottetown (And'P.E.I.) LARGEST ISLAND vessrir. l

Andrew and James Duncan built, .,. .

chant-d an lfii-ltfihliill f.lf.'...‘.‘°‘l3ll.“°..°i‘;'

Some few years are a voimc, the ship “EitieP qt ‘L746 tons. teacher had after teaching for l5 launched a; chyiogwlqwn 1;, 135g Yell‘! the misfortune to have a Ne other vessel of her sine, or ep- nervous breakdown and I undcr-' preaching it, has been birllt in this stand all he gets is $100 a veer. Province; the nearest. as far as can

A few years ago they had a be gathered from the records. was Teachers Superannuation Ac‘. llle "Flflffl" Ol 1.045 10'“ bl-llll by whlgh w” m; B, good ,5 might Richards of Bideford in 1W1. | be. but 1 feel it. was better than Richmis» hawevfir- vi“ one o! we h“, and a gentleman by the the greatest of Island shipbuildersJ name o; Judge Russel wok the In his yards_nt Bldeford. bet-ween matter up and prevailed uoon thc me year? “b4 find 1892' "° 1°55! Government to pay the ‘eanhgrs than ninety-three vessels were] a good retiring allowance. Wiwarlaunched’ agglegatlns 35's“ tom’

. lue when ready for s98. of] better inducement could you give and o! Va - - l teacher to remain m the mm about one rrullion slx hundred‘

fesslr: dthfn :0 know he would be mg-fifidwginzlgh, vessel, o; "oml i I ° °' "T35R35 3m .3‘.’l’...“-'"’...f°{';'.§"l.°£°n.'§i' . . .. m _ .RETIRED TEACIIER- found readiest sale-in England was -i—-——~— from 200 to 300 ions; consequently A CHALLENGE r0 crrrzrius 31w mfllifsgll-Y o; "web 11:11" “f” - eEng mar etweree. ut at Slr,- The 511mm" mg h" o; tonnage. There were also construct- 1946 have brought to Prince Ed- ("l "Tally Small" "BS-Wlsi "will"! ward Island .l disaster whjgh can from 25 to 100 tons. which swere be consider-ed u; ngflqng] [mport- employed for wasting, and in the once. Pollmygtitlg, m, mo" crafty provincial trade and fishing. A of the enemies or mankind, has h"; few vessels were employed trading hard In ml; Prgvfngg and we can between the Province and the West attribute ii; a; a, blow r-bemw ghe Indies, carrying prcduce hence in belt" because of those individuals the autumn. and returning In the who were attacked, 51 percent, were spring with cargoes o: molasses. under ten year's o! age and 71 p9,- sugar and rum. Some vessels of cent. under- 15 years of 38g, about 150 tons were constructed As nearly n; can be goemsjned every year. especially modelled and at present. from figures received strengthened for the lee seal fish- Xr-om the Department of Health 9W l" Newlmmdland- and Welfare and the Red Cross ji- Soclety. there are some 84 cases in Bil, 13 of whom died and 48 of T

whom have paralysis of varying d - i ° London Letter

giee. ' The Provincial Government and (By Stuns Uriderhlll, Canadian Press

the Red Cross Society are now Staff Writer)

Putting forth evciy effort to pro- vlde treatment for those pbzlents with paralysis. The treatment like the pxievegtion ls rlnost difficult. Space n t e Provlrical Birriatorlum LONDON _ The 31113-3 pic.

l“ being pleilared f“ fl irelliment titres are on display at Burlington‘ fentre and m" bedmd-l very 5mm" House and it's probably the first

‘y 1°’ the “dllllsswn °l pailents" time l-Lls Majesty himself has.

To lneet this emergency many hem able to See them a“ W;

have been inconvenienced and sac-, Bethe:

ggrigsesnlgnvehiiafiheloslllealnflile‘ PM” Londoners love exhibitions and

,. "m i‘ l‘ ‘°' “m "E they EIHVEXYL failed m flock mi- " or -

$31800}? mrefesffimsifflelffurflf‘ this one in the big stone build-l r1 crs and there nre patients suffer- mg on Plccadmy‘ The“ reward irig from tuberculosis still in their homes needing hospitalization. However. lf these victims of polio-

wurld Ls there such a collection.’ More than 500 works are

myclitls are to be helped. further ‘li-‘Plall- 59ml’ 9i which '“ lmmifogembled by Charles IL

ego” on the mm o; “guns 1,, Windsor Castle and Buckingham‘ 85

Prince Edward Island Is necessary. Graduate nurses. nursing aides. rind other help are required. Citiz- ens of Charlottetown wfll need to find accommodation in their homes for the extra help required at the Sanatorium as that Institution has not at its disposal the necessary The collector kings did a royal accommodation. Job. The masterpieces whidli The salaries unri hours qt work crowd one another in the softly- wlll be the some as those for the lighted rooms probably will corn, present staff. These are satisfact- tlnue to attract crowds until the" ory as can be borne out by the fact exhibition closes next March 17. l that the Provincial Saralorlum has The King and Queerr and all maintained its standard qt service the arr critic; had a preview at di-irlne these difficult rears with- the show before n was opened to out hcvlns lo dweesc its bed the publlcf For- once the critics‘ capacity owing to insufficient. staff. were unanimous in ham“; 1r a; a Cllllefl! Dfvvlillnfl T°°me will be complete success. There was lit- pald a fair irate. q tile else they could do. for here' “mi ~‘l" "9 in parade are England's great P’ A‘ (ZREELMAN' and the world's greatest painters. Mefm“ supl- generation after generation. Proviu-JalSnnatorlum. Bu,“ Km! Henry VH1 set me foundation for t-hls tremendous collection with the works oi hot.- tempercd Hans Holbeln. his court painter at £30 a year. I-lolbelnts vivid portraits still glow with. vitality and he set the style for