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fj gygy tr-IA) ICIIII ll IH HIE! Stud In-Islftn. PI.l.. Iy.Iho Tilt H1- 40 Kill K W. KC"- uuuvul office. no Uuvordty Iona: Bids. 1.. A. Iunou. Pubfimlr and annual lant- Frank Vlakor. um-r Ilunber Canadian Doll! '.t""'"' runu-am - ho- uembor of The 0 PRI-
Member Audit bureau of Onrcuhtlml lunch emu: an sum: IIIIHIW I” ”P"'"
Authorised as second class flail by III! P968 035” Dw'i"uugu:::r-is moo var It I'5llIL.rE4!'III.Q'.W"h.Q"EIQrlAu:tePl-,E-I. 89.00. other Provision and U. 5. moo our In-MIL ..- -f:jr”'-PT-S”. ..-"C skouesg memory is weaker than c the weakest Inkf
nor: 4 ruunsmv. DEC- 80- IN
Disheariening
ll isnl likely I-hi” me I30ard or '1lr;nisport LTomnussion'crs' Judgmem lavour of the RailwayS' request -A in-iglit rate increase comes as o anyone. Un- been the trend ite the reP1'9c t of the Pro-
in for am. gl-Mt surprise I. fortunatcly, this has f(,,- mnie lime. dc.-P smitaiions which mos ' - um-ial (iovernmciits. the Canadian Fvdm-ation (if Agflcullure and. other bodies interested in 0k"0”0”"c y de' velopment have niaiiatti the Com- mission from time to time. ISOT (3093 it appear that the latest boost of 11": is to be the last. The (ommis- sion calls it "a measure of additiomll interim relief." which Pllobabl-V means that another 4"r and perhaps even a bigger increase will be grant- ed later on. This. at any rate. is the opinion of Dr. Ernest Hope. an eco- nomist attached to the Canadian Federation of Agriculture, and he has good ”reason for it.
The effect of the increase on Maritime agriculture and industry will be particularly severe, since cheaper transportation is one of the region's most pressing needs. It is
.. also hard on the Westem Provinces which, like the Maritimes, find it difficult enough already to compete in the industrial markets of Central Canada. In fact. the only two Prov- inces which are not adversely af-
- fected are Ontario and Quebec, areas
. which. significantly, have the most
,.g political influence at Ottawa.
'- Just at this time when the At- -f lantic Provinces are making stren-
” uous efforts to strengthen their eco-
nomic structures. it is disheartening to see the Railways winning one freight rate increase after another.
What. if anything. can be done about
it is a matter which will have to be taken up with renewed vigour by all dissatisfied parties. If the Federal
Government were as deeply interest-
ed in Maritime economic growth as its spokesmen on a number of oc- casions have indicated, some relief might be expected from that quarter; but in view of the record it is prob- ably a forlorn hope. Yet. If a united and well organized front could be set up. there must be some way, surely. of stopping the upward trend in freight rates before the whole agricultural and industrial economy of the areas discriminated against V is shattered beyond repair.
' Cites P. E. I. Example
I 3. The magnificent achievement of if our Island hog breeders gets recog- I' nition in the current. Letter on Can- I
I
It adian Livestock Products, issued by the Meat Packers Council of Canada. Noting that Canadian hog prices "-3 soared to new high levels in Novem- I ”- ber, and that the output is now one
of the most important crops pro- I duced on the farms of Canada. the I Letter goes on to discuss the ques- tion of quality.
Some producers. apparently ros- tive under the continued hog grading regulations a n d repeated urgings that hog quality must be improved, - have been asking whether continued stress on this point was necessary now that Wiitshire bacon Is no longer being sold. Pointing in our export of hog products going into American V markets where only limited grading I .' . is in effect, they profess a desire to z return "to the old basis of free. open
trading on hogs at their values"
This argument is disposed of con-
vincingly In the Letter, which points
out that if our hog products were allowed to deteriorate to the average quality of American pork products ' we could enjoy no selling advantage or premiums. But for the past sev- em years our, hog prices have been
Continuously above American equiva-
Dnts. sometimes by as much as 6 or 1 cents per pound or more. dressed
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testing stations. The table. of course. shows Prince Edward Island well out in front. t
"Then: can be no question," we read, "that the program used on the Island to improve its hogs there has been wonderfully effective. Basic to that program was the understand- ing so often demonstrated by,gene- ticists and breeders that. while litter size may be subject to accident or other causes, quality of carcass, age for weight and feed utilization per 100 pounds of gain are highly in- herited characteristics. Starting by isolating the boars and sows which consistently produced high quality carcasses in their Drogeflyi they mill" tiplicd that seed stock and riBIdIY tested it for performance unden the Advanced Registry plan. Gradually as improvement was made the stand- ards were raised. Finally only boars which were from sows scoring 8.") points or better for carcass quality were allowed to stand for service. and now about 80 per cent of the boars used are from sows scoring 90 or over. Swine classes at their exhibitions finally were limited to Advanced Registry pigs and the at- tention of breeders and commercial producers alike was focilsscd on pro- duction of hogs which hrced well. feed well. go to market well within six months and produce top quality carcasses."
The article holds up the example of Island breeders as being We" worthy of emulation. The credit. we may say. is long overdue. Too fre- quently it has gone indiscriminately to ”the Maritime Provinces." It is the Island achievement which has raised the Maritime record generally, and no doubt other sections of Can- ada as well. wherever Island York- shire breeding stock has been used. It is to be hoped the good work will continue into the coming year. with the same constant attention being paid to quality as In the past.
EDITORIAL NOTES
Population-wise, Canada's alloca-
tion for Hungarian relief is bigger,
than that of the United States. At the outset President Eisenhower auth- orized SZI million. a sum equal to that adopted by the Canadian Par- liament. He has now raised it to :45 million. I I O The Iroquois Indians who are fighting to retain control of their land which the St. Lawrence Seaway Authority wants to take over are up against a big problem. The case is now before the Quebec Superior Court. But win or lose it is somehow good to know that their case was considered important enough to be given judicial consideration. I I O The inauguration of the Presi- dent of the United States is an ex- pensive busincss. For Mr. l-Jiscn- hower's second inaugural Jan 21 a quarter of a million dollars have been allocated. This includes fresh painting of the Capitol and the build- ing of a roofed platform with Grec- ian columns. Just why there should be (irccian columns for an American event has not been explained. Per. haps they are meant to add a clas- sical touch to an inviroumcnt which for the most part. has little room for it. I O O The Biitish-born segment of (fan- ada's population is less than 4R',( at the present time. In 1001 it was .'iTf:. The French ratio is still about 30',r. much as it was at the begin- ning of the century. Of the 8(ul,000 ncwcomcrs since 10.31 only about 2.'w':. came from the British isles. Most of the others came from Con- tinental Europe. From time to time we are told that the Federal Gov- ernment is anxious to attract more British immigrants. Whether any concrete steps are being taken to that end is another matter. 0 O 0 As noted by the Canadian Press, Mr. Diefenbaker received a parlia- mentary raise of Sl7.(l0f) a year when he won the Conservative Party leadership. He automatically became Opposition Leader in the. Commons, which carries a special salary of Sl.'),0Q() and a 32,000 non-taxable automobile allowance. As M.P. for Prince Albert he continues to receive -S10.0()f) a year. This includes on 38,000 taxable indemnity. but a 32,- W0 allowance, which is tax-free for -I , members. now will be tax- : V - MI! h thou
PUBLIC FORUM
RED CROSS APPEAL FOB HUNGARY
Sir,- While diplongats and neut- ral observers from the United Nations are refused entry into Hungary, it Is interesting to note the degree of co-operation existing hr-luPPn thc liunnarian Red Cross According to the and the International Red Cross. which reaches the National Head- lillaricrs of the Canadian Red truss Society almost hourly from (iencvl. we are assured that there Is no interference with the dis-
,Iribution of Red Cross supplies in Budapest and other centres in I-lungary. -
The entire operation is being car ried on by the neutral intermed- iary in time of conflict. the Inter- national Commiltee of the Red Cross. Tins is being done through an agreement with the Hungarian Government and the Hungarian Red Cross. Recently, Dr. Roger (iallopin. cxecutive director of the international Committee returned to Geneva from Budapest and stat- ed that the ICRC would not hesi- late to halt distribution of relief supplies in Hungary if the agree- mcnt is not slrictly adhered to during the operation. Dr. Gallopin also emphasized that no Red Cross supplies have been lost. stolen or seized by Hungarian or Soviet authorities ciiher military or civ- ilian. Supplies are being distrib- uletl at-coring to traditional Red Cross principlcs to victims of the disturbances. A team of ICRC del- egates is in Budapest supervising all phases of the warehousing and distribution of supplies. They are all Swiss citizens. It is expected this team will be increased as the ICRC feeding programme is ex- tended and expanded.
Further information passed on In the Canadian Red Cross from lied Cross headqunrlers in Gen- eva. report that about one-quaih tor of the population of Budapcst will receive daily food rations from the International Committee of the Red Cross throughout the winter. Budapest are barely adequate for another five works. and without Red Cross aid inhabitants would face serious famine. Greater Budl
pest": population is about l.750.(lll. i
The extent of the Red Cross opcralion in Hungary may be ob- tained by the food estimates for
OTTAWA REPORT
information .
Normal food stocks in-
lhe months of December and Jun- uary. Here are I few of the items required: 660 tons of skimmed milk. 13 million cod liver oil cap- sules. 1,392 tons of flour. 132 tons of sugar. in half-million cans of condensed milk and 210 tons "each of meat. cereal and rice. It is also learned there is a shortage of coal in Budapest. None is avail- able for private use, even the hos- pitals do not have sufficient lup- plies. All coal is used for the pro- duction of electricity and gas. Cold weather will mean the provision of more clothing. blankets, and drugs.
Reports from Budapest reach- ing the Canadian Red Cross ea- timate over 8,000 families were blasted out of their home: during the disturbances. It is estimated 30.000 more apartments in the city are without glass in the windows.
The new Hungarian Red Cross leaders working with the Inter- national Committee of the Red Cross are all physicians. mem- bers of the National College of Surgeons. They are renowned In- ternationally in the profession. and well known and commended by Hungarian physicians now resid- ent in Canada.
A team of Canadian Red Cross workers is already administering a refugee camp in Austria. This camp is a Canadian staging centre and accommodates 1.000. All people in this camp will be infer- viewed by Canadian Immigration officials in Vienna while awaltini transportallon to Canada. These refugee camps are provided by Ihe Austrian Government. Food. clothing. medical supplies. cook- ing utensils and bedding are pro- vided by the League of Red Cross Societies which channels relief in money and kind from Red Cross Societies throughout the world.
A second team will take over the administration of another camp. a -former Viennese hospital. on January lst. This camp will accommodate 500 men. women and children.
Canadians may well be proud of the part the Canadian Red Cross
is playing in the Hungarian tragedy.
I am. Sir, etc.
EDWIN C. .iOHNSTONE
Prcsidcnl. P i-7.i. Division.
I Canadian lied Cross Society.
D.lVMissed A Lot!
By Patrick Nicholson ,
HTTAIIA - Last week's Pro- gressive Conservalne lseadership ionventum was the first such pub- Iic polllicnl gathering in Canada to be brought into our homes by lelevision.
The kindest comment being made upon this experiment by the Canadian Broadcasting Corpora-
' tion is "practice makes perfect". It is hoped that results will be hctler next time. So had was the technical handling of the tcleout that many home viewers are ask- in whether the govemmeaf-com irnllcd organization deliberately made the convention as dull and uninteresting u it could.
The greatest flap of tours! VIII the simultaneous translation into English of speeches bein in French. It compared wit simil- ar work heard at the United No- tiona and at NATO like kinder- f'JII'lt'n with high school. Perhaps simullancou.-i translation the other way round was handled betta.
Then came those interminable camera sweeps, when sound luf- fcred A two minutes silence in- stead of a lively commentary. Tefe viewers were shown pictures If the crnwtl in the auditorium, dele- IMO! xittint. reporters repurtllj. nhscrvcrs observing. while this or that official or participant spoke. The speakers Iflffl! were (golden- cd or even I out: the tale-kn:
picked up i mate 'Ii7nym
unwitting subjects. but never did
a commentator tell in mm
about in victims of those
camera 93!.
that was who! made the
av dd b no
LADY DELEGATES who. for example. were the two lady delegates on the platform. with heads together while Donald Fleming's scconder was speaking in French? On: lady had I vague- ly familiar face; she was whisper- ing a short story. The other lady. very elegantly dressed. smiled in a chic manner suggesting the fit vor of the anecdote. Viewers would have been interested to hear that the speaker was Dr. Charlotte whitton. Oiuwrs famous Jnayor, and the listener was Mrs. Harry Quart. active Diehnbaker fan from Quebec City. They would have been even more interested to hear - but the comlneltafn could not have told them - that the story concerned the advmturoo of three famous Canadians in the life hereafter. The wondering lens would have brought more interest if I com- mentator had explained that the seriouaminded listener so oner- getlcoliy chewing. while being tele- vised in orodle. was in famous writer Bruce ilufebiooo from Vie- torin: that the sniffing photo grophor squatting oi the base of the Podium was the Toronto sun ubiquitous answer of the lemon) Norman James: that the grey haired man so busily fingering his mood was Ottawa's wall- contor Austin Cross. nut an good-looking brunette was-flan fuhdwmMrs.e.W. sun: of Emma. mm ml in: unaided lands on
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'TODDLER IN TOYLAND The elevators open wide, The yoiingsters hurry in To wonderlaifd, on every side, But where doesvone begin? Trains through tunnels. clanging bells. Hear that top that hum: Toy pianos. cnrouscls, Biaring horns and drums
On the counter. wind-up toys - Monkeys doing tricks
Caper for the girls and boys Past the building bricks.
Smiling children shake the hand Of Santa Claus himself,
While all the time. wide-eyed, you
stand
y A small enchanted elf. 4' -Helen Hill Young.
in the Toronto Daily Star.
OUR YESTERDAYS
From The Guardian Files
TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO
(December 10. 10!!)
About 8200.000 will be put in circulation this season as a result of the sale of fox polls in Char- iottelown. During the past ten days the sales have averaged about 320.000. A continuance of brisk buying in Charlottetown is indicated by present conditions.
A cargo of over 20.000 sacks of seed potatoes is being loaded by J. A. MacI)onald of Cardigan to Cuba. while the Harris Abattoir Company is preparing 14.000 sacks for early shipment to the same port. Cuba has also accepted over half a million bushels from the Potato Growers Association to- gether with several thousand bus- hcls from other dealers in the Province.
TEN YEARS AGO (December 20. 1M!)
A mccting of the Public Utilities Board was held last evening in the Law Courts Building with repres- entatives of the Provincial motor bus companies present. The pur- pose was to secure information concerning the services with the object of the Board being to de& do on a uniform mileage rate ap- plicable to all bus companies in the Provincc.
The "Youth and l"olicc" policy of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police was praised at a police conference in Charlottetown yes- lcrday hv educalionist Mr. L. W. Shaw. Iiircctor of education for the Province. The conference, held at the Mounted Police Head- quarters. was attended by repres- entatives of each R. C. M. P d!- tachment in the province. of young BC deicgatcn - there was a surprising number of sur- prisingly young delcgatu from all parts of Canada - were two U.B.C. students. Virginia Huckvlle and Chris Maule: the former daugh- ter of a well-known Vancouver ncwspapcr-woman and the latter a recent imrnig ...: from Britain, and the two of them into arrivals at the convention because they got off the trans-continental express to have dinner "ashore" at Calgary, and found the steaks too good or the service too bad and missed the
train.
That Ibo Saskatchewan delega- tion was the most bubblln all excited and enthulfaltlc of a I, on trod round such 'well-known fig- ures as John Bryhor. Roy Hall (Jenn Dicfenbsker's law partner in Prince Albcriv, Mrs. Mario Han- voy and Dr. Lorne Conneli.
That the tall good-looking dele- rm the platform, to often caught in shots behind Davie Pul- tnn. was B.C. leader Dune Phl- Iayson. That the youllii 60109.!" wearing a very any Ilaahd
root was Woodstock! H.P. W-ally
Nesbiti: that the very IIIII bobbing about to Shh and that delegate on City'- wllf Durant. vary Didn-
Mker verdict. that the kdoomo my om. moor liken aunt! sonofolum-Inuit off-.:.I'.;mstoouou:ounoot the w mm Mill nuvizemm . Yu,ihG.IAdoIoIoofaIIt hunt.
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P IMoEII,C'qIIy'. Speaking
I!IloruaIal.IIuuoo.Il.lI.
science Nnano oua nu: ro AID an-rsannn cmm
About three children out of every loo born are destined to be mentally retarded-an estimated 130,000 a year. About 4.ll0.000 children and adults alike suffer from mental retardation. That's about three per cent of our en- tire population.
Mental retardation is ten times more common than u'ppIlnz po- lio. It is over four times more common than permanent rheuma- tic heart conditions and it is is times as prevalent as blindness.
Pretty startling statistics, aren't they?
REAL PROBLEM
Vast u this problem Is. It goes virtually unrecognized by the gen- eral public. Yet for some 10,000.- ooo persons-the mentally retard- ed. their parents. brothers and sis- ters-it is indeed a very real prob- em.
Jack Benny, who is Honorary National Association for Retard- ed Children, asked me-and other health writers-to mention the problem during November when the Association was nductlni 11! annual campaign for funds. '
RESEARCII NEEDED .
His request arrived too late for me to include it in any of last month's columns. But I'm glad It did. For funds are needed to con- duct. research into this tremen- dous problem sll year long. We can't do enough in a single month-long period.
In many cases mental retarda- tion probably could be prevented. Yet. pitifully little research is be- ing done in this field.
We know some of the causes. In fact. there are about 70 known or suspected diseases or mishaps occurring either before or during birth or during early childhood which are linked to mental re- tardation. -
German measles. hepatitis and various other diseases which strike a mother during pregnancy may be connected with retarda- tion of the baby.
Cases of long and difficult labor or very rapid delivery carry I higher percentage of defective children than average deliveries do.
CHILDHOOD DISEASES
Childhood accidents and diseas- ea such as whooping cough. meas- les. chicken pox. poIIo.and men- ingitis can cause the condition if Inflammation of the brain result.
So help science lick I n oth or great medical problem.
While you're in a generous Christmas mood. think about the good work being done by the Nat- ional Association for Retarded Children. You can reach them at 99 University Place. New York 3. New York.
QUESTION AND ANSWER
E.M.: Can any disease other than rheumatic fever cause a child's sedimentation rate to go up? Answer: Yes. many infectious diseases can cause the sedimen- tation rate to rise.
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no ahlludo of parents wig... children have been mixed up 1.5 acts of destruction and damage when confronted Will! the lime; . has been to tell the complainant; to "try to collect". If the law made them flunclnlly responsible for the destructive acts of their chil- dren. they would be concerned with what their children did and t.lI:- ty would be a better plug in w ch to live and in which ta own property. Moose Jaw Times - Herald.
rocker on tho mhrkot now. lot we must still lalute dear old Mom as the bandtblt pulhel tho but- too that rocks the cradle that rul- es the world. -Hamilton Spoof.- ator.
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