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‘THURSDAY, MARCH 21, 1948

A Strange Case

lyFrom an analysis of thc lJud-get speeches dfhwrcll b)’ lllt‘ l’l1'5l‘l1l Vrovmcial Iircasurer since he entered the Lcgislulure some‘ H211, there is reason lo fear that his vocal chord,» ire becoming zilrophied. Nothing else can ex. plain what otherwise would appear to be the studied discuurtcsy with which he {reared the F0050 0n 1110x121)", in thc very casual manner ill which he discharged his duties in moving the House into Supply. Three years ago Mr. Hughes got through the Budget in less than a quarter of an hour. Last year he completed his chore in seven minutes flat and this year he succeeded in cutting his record down to about four minutes of actual talking time in dealing with our financial problclng,

Mr. Hughes used 1o be quite capable of making Speeches on the Budget, as the reports of the proceedings under the Campbell Gov- Glnmerrt plainly show. For example, in I938 he made an excellent speech on the failure of the Liberal administration of which he was s supporter to implement its fiscal promises. Though the deficit then was a mere bagatelle lo what it is now, Mr. Hughes saw grave cause for concern. “There is only one way," he pointed out, "that we can make revenue and expenditure meet, and lhat is to take care of the expenditure. \Vc cannot make very large savings, but we can and should save small amounts wherever it is possible, and by so doing effect vcry substantial savings in the end."

He was afraid, Mr. Hughes said in the speech above quoted, that “unless there is a complete change of method we are going to be on the rocks financially. Our fixed charges are increasing year by year. Apparently we cannot hclp that, but there are other directions in which we must take steps to retrench. . . . There is an ever narrowing field in which we have to work. What are we going to do when that narrows foo far? It is narrowing so far that very soon we will have to call a halt."

Mr. Hughes elaborated on this point at some length in his Budget address in I938. He concluded by giving expression to this pro- phecy: “I am fully convinced that if we go on going behind year after year, in s very few years. whatever Government is in power in this Province will find not only the treasury empty, but the credit of the Province ex- hausted." .

Can it be that the Provincial Treasurer has concluded that we have at last reached this undesirable goal under Liberal misrule, and that the less said about it the better?

Rural Beautification

In expressing thanks to hlr. Robert L. Cotton for the generosity of his $100,000 gift for rural beautification, and in voicing approval 0f Col. l5. W’. lohnstones proposals in con- nection with the same mailer, the Legislature undoubtedly was cxtircssing public sentiment generally’. From the discussion at 'l‘ues<lay's session it is evident that the members are de- sirous of seeing action taken as speedily as possible, and that they individually will co- operate t0 thc fullest extent.

Col. johnstoncs ‘proposal first appeared as a letter in The Guardian on Feb. 23 last. Brief- ly, it was along lines carried out successfully in over thirty sections of the provinces of Ontario and Quebec, Valuable prizes are to be given t0 farmers making the greatest ini- provement in the appearance of their homes, the judging to be on points, so many points for painting and whitc-ivnshing, planting trees and flowers, fences, lawns, etc, so that the man with the most dilapidated place has actually an ad- vantage over persons with well-kept homes. This, of course, is in keeping with the main ob- jective which is to improve thegeneral appear- lnce of the countryside. ‘

"ln my opinion,“ Col. Johnstone wrote, "there is no place in Canada where such a ocheme could be operated with better results than on Prince Edward Island. We have no great acres of barren land, forests or swamps to spoil the beauty of the countryside and if a little more care and attention were given to the appearance of the homes we would be iustly entitled to the name Garden of the Gulf."

Cqf. Jnhnstones own farm at Burlington ' a model of what can be achieved in this dir- ection, as was‘ evident from the pictures pub- lished in last Saturday's issue. Since his letter appeared, several prominent citizens have writ- ten, warmly "lndorsing the scheme; the first to ‘lo s0 bring Mr. Cotton.

, ‘i’ '3 that the scheme has been unanimous-

lysludoi-bed in the Legislature, we may expect .Wq1nen,'s.1lutitutu, Farmers‘ Federation morn... organizations to get wholeheartedly hlilmlj-the Department of Agriculture which ll lo give prompt and efficient

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_B_F¢Vll)' bfilflll the soul of wit, our Finance Minister should be a comical cuss, r v a e

‘ It is announced tharMr. I. L. Croome, resident head of the British Food Mission, Or. tawa, l5 leaving Canada to retur; to the Min- istry _of Food in London. He will be succeeded by Sir Andrew Jones, C, My, G,

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Enabling legislation for the purpose of emvloyinz the R. c. M. P. in the city, and the ilPPointment of a city manager “if deemed ad- Vlsable". l5 110W before the Legislature. This means, if the amendment be adopted, that the City COUIICillOrS Wlll have the power, shguld the)’ have the will, to make the changes from the present system,

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Mr. Mathcson put a pertinent, though uri- answered, question to the Minister of Public works when he asked whether he approved the recourse Premier ]ones's neighbours have in avoiding the road prohibition order, viz- hitch- ing farm wagons to tractors. .\lr. Matheson wanted to have Mr. BarbOuFs opinion as to whether this would not do more‘ harm than trucks, but, no doubt in deference to his chief, the Miailer refrained from committing hin- self.

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Mr. Bracken has wisely hitched his migon to the slur of an agricultural recovery; better prices for farm products, aud~alth0ugl1 he carefully avoids thafstatemeut-zl free mur- ket in order to obtain these better prices. The present distaste of \Vestern farmers for the effects, unforeseen, of Governmental control of agricultural production and prices is fast coming to boiling point. '

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Prince County is making a splendid en- deavour to raise $300,000 for hospital ex- tension. Summerside is the centre of one of the mosf‘ highly developed agricultural and fish- ing communities in the Province, and possesses most progressive and aggressive citizens, al- ways on the alert to make headway. We will be surprised if the promoters of the Hospital drive do not attain their objective with com- paratively little difficulty.

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Robert Southey, poet laureate, died this date, I843; was a. brother-in-laiv of Coleridge, and for his second marriage, became the hus- band of the poetess Caroline Bowles; was in- cluded among the “Lake Poets", and was Col- eridge's closest friend; in addition to his out- standing works, marked by great command of language and careful craftsmanship, he is re- membered by his clever ballads, and his prose work including lives of Bunyan, Wesley and Cowper:

The virtuous heart and resolute mind are free. Thus in his wisdom our God decree

When He created man. Let come what will, This is our rock of strength; in every ill,

Sorrow, oppression, pain and 21200)’.

The spirit of the good is unsubdued,

And suffer, as they may, they triumph Still-

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A specially chartered ship will take 1,000 Australian farmers on a world tour to study at first hand pastoral and agricultural condi- tions overseas, if proposals now being consid- ered inSydney, Australia, mature. A general committee has appointed an executive commit- tee to inquire into ways and means. Leading agricultural organizations of New South Wales, including the Department of Agricul- ture, are represented. The executive commit- tee has beeh instructed to seek the co-opcra- tion of other States; ascertain approximate cost per individual of the proposed tour; find out whether State and Federal Governments would assist financially; contact pastoral, agri- cultural and other bodies t0 assess how many farmers would nominate for the tour‘, and what financial assistance the 0118811180005 could give. Said the sccretary:_ “This should not develop into a pleasure trip. Only Dflfc‘ tical men, who would impart knowledge i111"- ed on the tour to interested parties on their re- turn, deserve selection."

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Here is house-building extraordinary which many would like to see introtlllCfid he"?- Reccntly six English workmen erected _an all- elecfric aluminum bungalow in seventy-five minutes. The Daily Mirror states that it was the first of its type to be built in Blackburn, North of England. Thesebungalows are ¢X-. tremely attractive in appearance, being coloured green and cream. They are manufactured 1n 3 Lancashire factory. Although bungalfiws such as these are intended for United King- dom families, this will not preclude them _fr_0m helping considerably in overseas house-building programmes. It is not intended tofXDOTl them “apart from immense home requirements, the shipping space required would make the pro- position difficult. Ovcrseas territories can, how- ever, acquire blue prints of Britain's 5966411)’ built "prcfabs" under licence from the manu- facturers. Who will be the first here to take ad- vantage of the Off"? ' .

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Our food supply decreasing. Stock! 0f fruit, frozen and in preservaiives, amounted to 20,360,693 pounds March f, compared with I2.- 098309 pounds 0n February i. and ~1$,533-641 pounds 0n the corresponding date last Ytlf- ll" Dominion Bureau of Statistics report: Stocks of vegetables, frozen and in brine, tot- alled 3,409,886 pounds on March l, com- pared with 4,260,546 pounds ion February l. and 4.915781 pounds on March 1, 1945- Stocks of Canadian apples, held in cold and common storage, including holdings of commerciabgrow- erg, totalled 581,725 bushels compared with i.‘ 001,899 bushels on February 1, and 2.041.170 bushels on ‘March r s year ago. Stocks of Con- sdisn-grown vegetables 0n March 1 were: potatoes, 157,127 tons; onions, 5,542 tonszcel-

1.740 crates. Stocks of imported celery, on

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Although America's first indoor lce 109W. in whiohzthe entire cast performs on lkltel. was staged only ten years ago, this form of entertainment presented in about 40 e111” and did s gross business of approximately $10,000,000 durinl 19B.’

Japan has now received a new cc nstltutlon which w sway, so far_ as words can o it, the mm. taristlc, imperlalistlc and theo- cratlc system which drqwned [he eastern world in so much prom]. The "new rnodel" followsthe ic ms of British democracy. But n has a fatal defect-the lack of a fhou- sand years political Qxpeflgncg and jléggment behind it. —-Ottawa Citi- z .

A successful businessman was addressing s class of colle e sen- iors, relates P. G. Cherry n the Magazine Digest. “All you hnvq i3 do to succeed," he told them, ‘is to jump at opportunity." “But how do we know when o per-runny comes?" one of the rtu ems ask- gi. “Jump all the time," respond-

the businessman,

Patience and a good deal of plain honest work seem to be the lot of all nations, before the world will be a better place in which is live, The fires of war die down slowly Th: embers are red-hot. Temper: have not. altogether cooled either. O_ne thing with another, lt ls a time to tread softly and to make sure of each at?) before taking the next. Even the topla gallery seems to have been reduced to silence. W,- no longer hear of any one, magical cure for all the ills of the world, That is a relief, certainly. -Vlctorla Province.

ll]. Cotes, Coalition M. L. A. for North Vancouver, stated in ti‘. - Leg- islature the other day thel ' ' like to seq wayward youths gives training at sea. That Wu. _ the boys’ craving for adventure besides teaching them discipline, a craft and cleanliness. The sug- gestion is a good one, and if it could be carried out would be a worthwhile contribution to the solution of juvenile delinquency. A spell at sea would have s strong appeal to the type of youth who is not attracted by the ‘teen town projects or similar community un- dertskings. —- Vancouver Pro- vince.

If your boy or daughter at school is slow, falls to pass examinations and doesn't happen to llve up to the parental dream of brilllancedn the progeny, then cheer u . In the news reel showing Mr. hurchlll getting an honorary degree at Westminster College, Fulton, Mis- sourl, when they were tacking on his regalia, the Old Boy remark- ed. “I never knew of a man pass- ing fewer examinations than I have and getting more degrees pinned on his chest." You never can tell about these imponderablc‘. ‘The Churchill boyhood was some- thing to bring despair. They fin- ally chucked him lnto the army.- St. Catharlnes Standard.

A oall to revolt against the ro- turn of the "white iron-linen front,” as one writer describes it, is being sounded in several Can- adian newspapers. It will not get far. The ladies bless ‘em, are all for fashion, and if a London night- spot or a Hollywood director de- crees dress suits for the men, they'll be worn at the next cosy little illn- ner-bridge in the most distant ll‘.- tle cit. Men really have broken away om discomfort Ln everyday wear, and they may band together to keep out of boiled-shirts and hes black evening clothes, but we cubt they'll succeed—not as long as there ls one woman who thinks a sombre black dress sult sets off her scant and filmy color- ful drapes. — Edmonton Journal.

The fur trade in Canada felt the impetus of wartime wages. It ls no longer a sign of "unearned .n- crement" for the good lady to weer n fur coat nor the worker him- self, says The Brandon Sun, (\f- ficlal statistics for the year 1944 showed that fur-coats were reduc- ed, mostly Ontario an Que- bec, having a value of $27,857,000. This is the largest amount ever recorded and is 68 ercent of the entire fur goods in ustry for that year. The product of the lncustr" in i944 had a total of $40.910.J00, and of this 836.481.0011 was in Eust- em Canada. The value of fur col- lars was $1,933,000, scarves and other neckwear $l,073.000_ ahzl fur muffs 0573000.

Recently six English workmen erected an all-electric aluminum bungalow in seventy-five nlnutca. The Dally Mirror states that it. was the‘ first of its type to be hullt in Blackburn, North of England. These bungalows are extrenwolv attractive in up earanoe, being cul- ored green an cream. They are manufactured in s Isancashlre fac- tory. lAthough bungalows -l‘lCli as these are intended for United Kingdom families, this will preclude them from helping considerably in overseas housebuild- ins-programs. It is not intended to export them-apart from 1111-. mense home requirements, shl in: space requ-‘red would ms e the proposition difficult. Ov- erreas terr torles can, however, lic- qulre blueprints of Britain's speed- ily bullt ‘pre-fabs" under license from the manufacturers. -—U. K. Information Office.

Queue! river is being exploited for its gold rather than protected as a salmon hstcher . The choice, so far as we can lseover, was msde by chance rather. than by Government polic . Permission to comb the Quesne for lis alluvial gold has been given to an enter- prlsirgo outfit called hlorth Ameri- can ldfields which is bililillfll three mammot dredge: to tear up the svol bare. Harper-fence in Celi- forn s and elsewhere proves that fishing can't thrive on the some streams as dredges. Yet high hopes hsd been held that the Quemei might recover its former status as the greatest incubator in the world. Stags“ of Hell's-Gate in, i013 klli it and the salmon dint

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ruer. But there- was every ms- on to believe it make n comeback after the lb ladders were installed to the block-

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A crrv mvxroor Bin-Letters wished recent-l! ursins

in these columns the neces- slty of a city lavatory for the uae of the travelling and local public were timely, indeed, and shoul impress the present meeting of leg- islature with the importance of im- mediate action in respect to the same. I write as one who for some five or more years have been a fre- quent visitor to Charlottetown, and during that; time have many, many times wondered why a progressive tv and tourist centre such as Charlottetown should be so back- ward in this one respect.‘ It ha? been the embarrassing and rothe inconvenient experience o! the writer to find the one or more gov- ernment criflce lsvatorles locked to the public when occasion re qulred a. call at. those offices. If. is true that s. few of the restaurants maintain fairly respectable lavat- orles. but; unless one is a regular patron, he or she does not feel priv- ileged to‘ request the use of same. The one public lavatory. or consid- ered public, would not. lkely be used s second time by most visitors to the city. ‘lbs-onto, Jxmdon. Eng, Bel- fast. Ireland: Edinburgh. are a few of the cities within the memory of the writer where adequate provision is made ln the city tax or munic- i al budget system for such X19033- stles, Our Province would do well ‘o include such provision in its present, programme for tourist trade expansion. One who has travelled as a tourist as well as in a business capacity feels free to make this above recommendation. and would be glad to know that the large ccmmunlt which feeds and is fed by Char-lo tetown is willing to back such statements as these appearing in the columns of the Guardian. I am, Sir etc. RURAL cirliim.

Electricity an The Farm

(Saint John Telegraph Journal)

According to present. indications farming communities soon will be ahead of the cities and towns so far as llvln condition". are concerned. Electric ty ls to play a large part in making farms the most desirable of all places of residence and their equipment will be on a par with the most modem of industries. In Wasiington state a committee has been workim for twenty-one years on the subject of the relation of electricity to agriculture and its members have done much to bring electriclt to the farms. Now they are cons derlng exptmdlrq electric hDUBOdXCELlJXK to rural areas as well as using the "juice" for drying hay, Already poultry farms are usin current in a large measure and i will nor. be long, according to the committee, before ultry plants will be mostly eiectr cally operated.

In New Brunswick. fsnners also are fuming to electricity. The first stop has been toward electric 1i hts in dwellings and barns. But t ere are many farms with other elec- trical equipment such as milkers, water pumps and small grinders. There is evidence that the supply of electricity will be enlarged and the authorities have in mind the faking of the‘ current to every fsnn 1n this territory. For me present our farmers are content to heat their homes with fuel from the farm woodiot and hay drying is still dependent upon the rays of the sun. In some places salt is used to keep the hay in good condition when

thousands of fox hunters can tes- tify to prove their point. The ques- tion of foxes going up trees was hotly debated a good many years ago in the old New York Herald,