I as time goes on. in considering the proposals which the Rail-

PAGEFOUR THE GUARDIAN

Authorised In Second Class mu Post Office Department. Ottawa. The Island uuimilnn Publishing Co.

President zuul Associate Editor. Inn A. Iluruotl. Annuclnte l'MlI40l'. I-lrnnk Walker.

CIRCULATION "Covers Prince Edward Isinml like the dew"

"fhe Strongest Memory is weeks: thou the Weakest Ink".

lack of such 'public lands as a source of revenue.' This would mean that we are justly entitled to rec-cive.an outright pay- ment of 339,120.10 for twenty years or a total of 3782.402.00."

With Federal surpluses at an all-time high level, this would seem to be an oppor- tune time for pressing this long-overdue claim-through the courts if necessary. There is no question about its validity, and no question but that the Province badly needs the money. The House at this ses- sion might well give consideration to pass-

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Too Important For liaste

In view of the desirability of getting the

Legislative session over before Easter. it is unlikely that the special committee to be appointed to consider the Railway bus pro- posals would be able to complete its hear- ings and report to the House lll time to have the subject properly debated at the present session.

Involving as it does the whole question of improved transport facilities in this Province, the issue is one which should not be dealt with too hastily. The committee might well, indeed, carry on its sittings lifter prorogation and present its report at the next session. or if necessary at a special session, thus giving ample time for consideration and discussion. In the meantime, the Railway has already insti- tuted its express and l.c.l. truck transport service, which will be developed more fully throughout the Province this summer; and this practical demonstration should provide very convincing evidence as to the im- provements which can be effected.

It is generally conceded that our exist- ing train service is inadequate to present flay requirements. and will become more so This fact is all-important

ivay has laid before the Government. If additional safeguards are required. they can be suggested and discussed. The worst thing that could happen would be a snap judgment on the issue. which would set the clock back in this Province for years to come and shut the door on all hope of any progress or improvement.

ll)-Bolster Egg Price:

Next month, reports the Financial Post, four of Canada's surplus-producing egg provinces (Alberta, Saskatchewan, Man- itoba and Ontario) will be voting on a unique scheme. A central marketing board which would fix egg prices and set mark- ups for the different trade levels. The movement is sponsored by the Federations of Agriculture of the four provinces. The aim: to bolster "a fast weakening egg price structure. What is worrying poultrymen is this: a 150 increase in egg-laying popula- tion tumbled prices 50'; from last Septem- ber to now. What will happen next fall with hatchings showing a further increase of '2'; to date?

It is proposed to withhold lo a doz. to set up a fund (S365 million) to control the market. including maintenance of in- -ventories. Distribution will continue to be through existing wholesalers but the Max- keting Board would set the wholesaler's mark-up. The whole scheme would be un- der authority of the Dominion Government

and Bill 82. which gives provinces right oritaken for diszmrcenient over fundamental!

setting up marketing arrangements.

Ontario Federation of Agriculture thorities will be holding its vote among producers April 16, 17 and 18. Under the Ontario Farm Marketing Board ruling at least 50'; of producers must vote an(l two- thirds be in favor.

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Long overdue

fltls

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In the comprehensive brief prepared by the Provincial Governlncnt for submission to the Federal-Provincial conference 01 December, 1950. preceding the new tax agreement with Ottawa. the claims of

ing a unanimous resolution on the subject, thereby strengthening the Government's

"hands and showing that it means business. l l

EDI IORIAL NOIES

The Budget to be brought down at the

Legislature.

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A smaller planting of spuds in U. S. A. may be followed by a similar reduction here, which means both more money and less labour for the farmers.

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Western farmers want the criminal law amended to enable them to strike with- out the risk of prosecution, and Justice Minister Garson tells them "it is O.K. with me."

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The Premier seems to have thoroughly nenjoycd his visit to Ottawa, and the con- tacts he made there, including that with Mr. A. B. Mosher, the head of the Railway- men's Union.

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Our boys serving in Korea are sure to appreciate the gift boxes which the ladies of the Legion Auxiliary have decided to send them. Nothing nicer at the front than a letter from home, especially if ac-

companied by a gift. 0

Bringing down the budget may not be a full dress occasion today but the import- ance of decisions taken at present tax rates makes old time budgeting seem like child's play.

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The sea surrounding this Province gives us relief from excessive heat in summer and cold in winter but at this time of year its frozen surface merely delays the ar- rival of spring by about a fortnight.

The beef prices at the livestock shoxv were satisfactory, being an average of practically 30c per lb. live weight, and about 2c higher than the floor price asked in Parliament. The T. Eaton Co. purchased at 65c per lb. the grand champion shown by Mr. Fulton Sanderson, North River.

A hint to legislators. Members of the Pakistan Legislature were told they may doze in the House but must not snore. Speaker Ebrahim Khan had his attention called to a member snoring and was asked ,if it was allowed. I-lc ruled: "I think doz- ing may be allowed-but not snoring."

There certainly never was a conflict in which this nation was more unified than in the present effort to stamp out aggression. It would be a pity to have the arguments over the best allocation of our resources be

policy.

Retired pensioners of the Prince Edward Island Railway worked longer hours and as faithfully as any of their successors. It .seems anything but fair that their efforts rshould be rewarded by pensions of 5825 a

lmonth which bear little relation to the value of their past services. i

i As a province we are perhaps the most ,”property" populated in the Dominion, for ;we are mostly farmers owning our own ilands. It is natural, therefore, that property owners should have their interests repre-

Prince Edward Island for special consider- semed directly in the Legislature, and Mr.

atlon were duly emphasized. We have

Robert L. Cotton has submitted a plan in

many such claims. but one in particular his letter in Saturday's issue worthy of

was noted which if settled would aid us very materially at the present time. It is reviewed in the brief as follows:

”.Because of our lack of public lands and consequent loss of revenue from that source the Federal Government at Confed- eration agreed to pay to the Province an annual sum of M1000 for the "construction and maintenance of local works. From this grant they have deducted annually b39.120, being interest at 5 per cent per annum on an accountof .s7s2,4o2.33 ad- vanced to purchase lands from absentee proprietors. Our detailed submission will show that on equal and equitable treatment with other Provinces this loan should be cancelled. and the full amount of 55,000 per you paid to us since 1930. .

"met was the year in which other land- lmI.PIovinees had transferred to them by the Dominion Government the public lands cnzlidr withheld, and received as well the

q , -' which had previously been .. )9 them as compensation for their

iearnest consideration in any scheme to re- vise the representation in the Legislature. I

0 Henry William Frederick, third son of George V, was born this date 1900. Known at first as Prince Henry, he was created Duke of Gloucester in 1928. He entered the King's Royal Rifle Corps but later join- ed the cavalry. He married Lady Alice Scott. daughter of the seventh Duke of Buccleuch. He was Governor-General of Australia from 1945-57 and is master of the Corporation of Trinity House.

Narrow gauge railway equipment gave place to standard gauge when the ear ferry

V linked the Island system with those of the

mainland. The C. N. R. is now anxious to bring its services in line with modern needs by providing the latest in highway equip- ment. The proposal should not simply be accepted. it should be given every possible encouragement.

THE GUARDIAN. t2HARi.()TTF.TOVVN

Another Candidate for PEI's Bovine Hall of Fame

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some period ewe daughters .'

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Ilpt -to menfionjnihe Birth. to he Ch!-I'M";

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PUBLIC FURUM

This column is open to the discussion by correspondent: of questions of interest. The Gusrdisn does not necessar- ily e gthe opinion of correspondents.

WASTAGE IN FERTILIZING

Sir.-Now that Spring is about to dawn upon us in all its glory nnd with its opportunities and re- sponsibilities and subsequent pro- fitable results from ventures en- gagcd in. or reverses. or near cal- amities that. may befall, it is our duty to look ahead. not drive too fast. steer clear of the ruts. bumps and upheavals that possibly lie ahead in our pathway; and to no one does this bit of admonition apply with greater accuracy than to the farmer, now unloosed from the shackles of a rather uncom- mon winter and striking out in a renewal of that perennial seasonal optimistic spirit that huslchnrae- tcrizcd his every gyrntion down through the years. The objective of the farmer is to make a dollar he can spend. if necessary. to ob- tain that whlch he cannot pro- duce for himself. He is a great producer of wealth. when nature works with him. lie is not. I hoardcr as a rule, but spends of his increment fully and in this Province, it is upon that produc- tion the rest of us mainly subsist

or prosper; so lets us give him a ihnnd when we can, a lift. when (he needs it and a clue to lower cost of production whenever it is possible to do so.

One of the greatest burdens the wfnrmcr has to carry and contend Iwith. is the eternally soaring cost inf chemical fertilizers. There is no intention of placing the re- Isponsihility for this at. the local level hut. rather it can be attri- buted tn a combination of two . pie fuels: A world shortage of lcheniicnl nutrients and complete control at point of origin by cov- Ietous corporations, who do not thesitatc to take advantage of such opportunities. The situation this season is so bad in this re- spect that a farmer who invests in fdrtilizcrs nt prcsent oust, is sinking his continued existence on the farm on the price he will ob min for his products six or eight months home. This is especially true if the fertilizer is applied to n crop that rarely gives a profit, ovrr cost of production. oftener than one year out of four. For- tunately there is a prospect of im- mediate relief from such an ex- acling situation. In fact it has gotten beyond the "possibility" stage and in the United States and mnny parts of Canada. is proving of tremendous value in the production of more abundant farm crops and at very conserva- tive cost. '

The outstanding cause of pre- sent world shortage of chemical ingredients used in the manufac- ture of chemical fertilizers. is that of increasing world consumption and extreme wnsteage in mode of useage and method of application to plant growth. The farmer can- not be curtailed. but rather it more extended demand may be expected to develop. but the lat- ter cause, nf which practically :-very user is an offender whether he knows it or not. can be elimin- ated almost in its entirety. Here- toiore, rhemicnl fertilizers have been applied in their raw state, by way of surface broadcasting over dry ground or drilled into dry soil. there to awslt precipit- ation of sufficient moiaure from the air to convert into liquid so- lution, the only form fin which chemicals can be absorbed by growing plants.

Unfortunately, at times. weeks or longer may pass without any progress in this positively essen- tial processing and in the mean- tlmo plants are starving for the lack of nourishment and in addi- tion, the original chemical poten- tlsl is leaching and svsporetlns nwny-n posltivs loss to' the grower. Sometimes. under some- what more favourable conditions, psrtisl dissolving msy take pines and the new growth struggling for an existence -may obtsln s rationed portion of food snd dis- play I somewhat improved sp- pesrsnos.

The fsrmer gives credit for this slight stimulus to the fertilizing. wt concludes, he did not supply s

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(And P. I. I. )

MR. POPIYS LANGUAGE

From The Islander, Sept. 11, 1843:

"We are informed that His Excellency Lieutenant Governor Huntley received a despaieh by mail from the new Colonial Sec- retary, Earl Grey. directing him to reinstate the Hon. Joseph Pope in his seat in the Executive Coun- cil. It will be recalled that Mr. Pope was suspended from his seat. in the Council in April last, by Sir H. V. Huntley, for using lan- guage-in debate on the floor of the House-which His Excellency considered insulting to him as ud- minlstrator of the Government of this Island. The whole of the facts connected with this affair have been duly laid before the Home Government, and the result has been as above stated.

"The reasons assigned by Earl Grey for his determination con- cerning Mr. Pope's suspension, it is stated, are. in the first place, that for any observations, in what- ever language expressed, and whomsoevcr they might affect, made by a member of the House of Assembly, in his place in the House, such member could be amenable to no authority but that of the House: the privilege of members of Colonial Parliaments. with respect to liberty of speech. being precisely the same as that of members of the imperial Par- liament; and that therefore the ground originally assumed by ills Excellency. and on which he had determined to suspend Mr. Pope. was untenable;--and, in the second place. that it would have been un- just to have left the question to be pronoun ed upon by the Ex- ecutive Council. as it. had been determined to do. denying to Mr. Pope the liberty to make his de- fence 'viva vocc' at the Board. face to face with his nccuser, and confining him to the sending in of A written reply to the charges preferred against him by His Ex- ecllency."

sufficient quantity. The following year, not being familiar with the analysis of his soil, he may double the quantity and get still better results. but of course his cost per acre for chemicals. hns increased correspondingly and his wasteage through leaching and evaporation. to' an equal extent. it should be obvious then how this duplication of quantity actually required, un- der an erroneous mode of appli- cation and multiplied by the world acreage treated, cannot but culminate in an amassed demand that exceeds possible supply, and creates a situation favourable for an upward trend in prices.

The wastcaize in the use of raw chemlcnl fertilizers is terrific as exposed by authoritative experi- ment. Professor Alcx Laurie of Ohio State University. is credited with issuing the following find- ing. He says: "Of the 4'); nitro- gen in a well know 4-I2-4 dry formula. most. of it is leached out before the plant can get it. Of the 12'? phosphorous. if the plant gets 17; it. is doing well. Very little potash in dry fertlilzor is as solunble as that used in "Liquid" so that, if very little of the nitro- gen in A 4-12-4 formulnr ever reaches the plant. and only 1'5 or loss of the 12'A'n phosphorous ever becomes available and that tho potash is equally elusive, is it any wonder farmers have to use vastly beyyld the quantities ne- cessary un or A promrly adjusted system of fertilizer application. at tremendous cost, before re- ceiving sny benefit at all. If what has been written is correct, and there is no apparent resson to doubt its accuracy. the amount of money lost by Prince Edward Island farmers, down through the put third of a century or more, is beyond calculation. and there were none to advise dlfferenly. In the mosntlme, ufrld renowned chemical exports and research workers have not been idle, nor hss experimentation been at I standstill. Discoveries have been ms 2. confirmed and recorded and no svsiisblo to those interested enough to roseh out to enquire. In my next loner I will ondosvor to deal with s number of then Issues.

I sm. Sir, rte.

J. A. GILLIES.

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QUIETUDE

I have desired to go Where springs not fall. To field: where file: no sharp and sided ball, And I few lilies blow.

And I have asked to be

Where no storms come.

Where the green swell is in the haven dumb.

And out of the swing of the nos.

--G are rd Manley Hopkins.

9. fNotes By

Mr. Dlefcnboker, speaking Montreal (:5 the Bnlvstlon Army Citadel) nppeelcd for s renais- unco of religion. I nstionnl re- vlvsl of spiritual things. It is good to find is public mnn deeply ooncemed with spiritual values, and ready to discuss them pub. llcly.-Ottawa Journsl.

W0 Oollld do with A few more Irlshplen in Northwestern On- tario. More population is needed in the area and by-and-large the Irishman makes I fine citizen. It can truly be said that North. western Ontario is only second to Ireland as a onnkelens country.- Fort. William Times-Journal.

At least. one Otters news- stand has gone over its period- icals and pocket. books, and has returned to the distributors of such mutter works which might be classed as indecent. This sort. of voluntary censorship if adopt. ed generally would clean up the "dirty book" situation in short order.-Ottsws Journal.

We Ime with the Toronto col- umnist who has stated "let us hear no more about such punks as Boyd, Jackson and suchnn until

they are brought to trial." such exaggerated accounts of their being "perfect husbands, former

nthletea, nice. quiet fellows" tend only to make them appear 3; heroes in the eyes of immature, would-be tough teenagers!-Brocb ville Recorder and Times.

Somebody described so "a Tor- onto oil tycoon" has been telling the Miami Herald about Canada's 'compa.x-ntivc freedom from taxes." ”Personnl income taxes do not. ex- list." he is quoted as saying, "nor are corporation taxes high." Thst tycoon has just been out too long in the sun. And any American who moves to the Dominion on the strength of so alluring a story is due for 3 shock.-Ottawa. Jour. nnl

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I MARCH 31, 195

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ties not pretty wen; u no set into the cousin cstegtliry..' "Bf!!! msn or woman 1.; much more likely to have closer ties to his lodge brothers; sewing am, -umplnlon-S. back-fence confl. gnnts or poker session opponent.

n he or she has with cousim -first, second. third. fourth or 5,, Other VIIrlet-r.- Owen sound sun? Times.

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A man who has driven g H, twenty-two years without. an -ac. cident. sold the other day in," "when a driver kills a child he (the driver) is 100 per mm m blame." when asked, ”What is a child runs ouo from behind s csr?" he replied: "There is slwnys . Child some to run from behind a car I am passing unless 1 cm 5” under the car that there is no child there. Twice in one day 1 HIV! at-upped my car within two feet of s. child that jumped onto the road in front. of me." This is the position that every car or truck driver should take.-- Btrath. ray Age-Dispatch.

The Federal rommunluuuu Commission is expected hm," long to end its freeze on new talc. vision stations-and to be swamp. ed immediately thereafter with ap. plications for frequencies. some of them will come from school syg. tems and colleges. And within limits, the FCC will be receptive to them; it seems committed to set. ting aside, at least -for the time bg. inc. about 10 per cent. of the avail- able frequencies for educgtiom; blosdcuten. A year ago when it issued tentative geographical nl. locations for 1900 new TV gtgiioru about 200 were reserved for educa. tlonsl television - it the educston

As for first cousins snd the i W value of the normal re-

lati ” between them. our feel-

should claim them and ghow M ability to use them in the pubii. interest. -Washington Post.

PROFESSIO

NAL CARDS

J. S. TAYLOR

Optometrist zi llyes oumlnen. (issues fitted

Corner Rent A Queen an. Office Pbors I958-llnnse III!

Fruit- Of Their Labours Is More Taxes

(The Chronicle, Montreal)

Apropos of the pattern shown in recent corporation reports of de- creased earnings brought about by or coincident with lrqrreascd taxes, we have seen recently is file on this subject covering material from both Canada and the United States. from which the following is extracted: