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The Budget

lll iiiu bnilgvl >1i¢<€li 'l'ttcstl:i_y' night Finance Mini-tut‘ ll-lc_\ \\lll\ll ari- >1iiipl_\ iistvoiiiiiiiiczil. No laywnan can grit-p ilicii- full significance. But tlic p0il1li 9-5 .\lig ll~lt-_v rlllpllitsized, is that the Government l> i-iiilt-zivoriii; ti» distribute the burden of these wiiggi-riii; lllll llt'\'t‘>.\2l.l‘_\’ expenditures, as far .:~ ]Il'it\'ll\'.llIl(‘_ acrortliiig to ilie incomes which pti-pli» (‘HJHJ iliiriiig the tun"; that is to say, by taxes lt,'\lL‘(l according to the ability to pay. Aitd lit w" _\' tlt-prcctned any attempt made to meas- ure Lziiiiiilirs contribution to the war by compar- lll_L_ l'.'llt'~ of taxation here with those of other Lailllllflcfi. llicrc is a simpler comparison which la tiitifc ciiiiviiieiiig. After we have met our war reipiirciiiciits, what is left for consumption by the civilian population? Is it higher or lower than the ]ll'L‘-\\'lll' standard? D0 we work longer hours or apply ourselves more intensively than Otllci‘ nations? "'l‘lie evidence of both statistics and common observation," says Mr. Ilsley, “is pretty clear that all we have experienced so far on tlie ziveriige is some moderate decline from the pCal( of wartime consumption, and some increase in the inconveniences of shopping and travelling." That answer is irrefutable.

Another point stressed by the Minister was the comparatively light cost of the Victory Loan campaigns. Ile thought it remarkable that the over-all cost of these intensive and extensive campaigns, including the cost of engraving the bonds and of all publicity activities, can be kept as low as one per cent of the amount of the money raised.

It is encouraging to note his statement that receipts from the sale of farm products reach- ed a higher level in 1942 than in any year in ilic past two decades. Mr. Ilsley conceded, how- ever, that receipts from the sale of farm pro- ducts are not equivalent to farm inc0n1e_ Farm costs ltave also risen, but there is every evidence that farm incomes are at more remunerative levels than in any but the record years.

The adoption of the “pay-as-you-go” income tax system, similar to the widely publicized “Ruml Plan”, was anticipated in business quar- ters. So were the increased taxes on liquor, smokes and entertainment. The one-cent in- crease in letter postal rates will be more widely felt, but, granted the need of raising the ne- cessary extra revenue, there will be little in- clination to cavil at the method employed.

One thing will be expected of the Govern- ment to ‘a greater degree than in the past, name- 1y, that it set an example in curtailment of non. war essentials. Its record in this connection has not been inspiring. It should scck rigidly to control all waste and extravagance during the somii-ig fiscal year.

Fa rm Labor Programme

It would seem that after much delay and

prodding from farm organizations and other bodies, the Dominion Government is at last Ill'(‘l)2l.l'l!l_( to move in the direction of an organ- izcd farm labour programme. An Qlltllng of this programme was given the other day in the IIouse of Commons by Hon. Mumphrey Mit- clicll, Miiiistei- of La-botir. He stated that it is liciii; stwit .-n llllCf‘ to each provincial department of tigrittiltttre and labour to be followed by de- t-‘iilctl ilisctissitiiis in each province between their l‘c.~l1(‘cll\'(' officials and representatives of the kvtlviwil llcpartiiiciit of Labour. _ Siiiliiliztitiiiii of essential labour on the farms l3 given first place in the programme. Refer- ence is made t0 an “interpretative letter" sent on Feb. I to the chairmen of each mobilization board to ensure greater uniformity in the ap- plication of the mobilization regulations and to piiiplitisizc tlic importance of retaining manpower iii agriculture. 'l'liis letter stressed that post- piiiieiiiciits be granted tiiitil ftirther notice to essential agricultural workers.

l‘1ii~ tlic past llll't.‘(‘ years a successful activitv \\":--' czirricil iiii lll (liitario on a tlollar for dolla-r basis jointly by the Dominion and the Province \\'ll(‘l'('l)_\' workcrs consisting of men and wgmgn students from tirliaii centres were recruitgd {qr farm work. Last ycztr Nova Scotia and Bri_ tisli (oltiiiiliizi ciitcrcrl into a. similar agreement to iiicct labour rcqtiircinciits for fruit picking. This UOlllilllOll-IIFOVIIICIEII co-operative plan will be expanded and further developed this year in all provinces, it is announced. Already confer- ences to this end have been conducted.

Arrangements are also being made to ensure that farmers and farm workers engaged in log- ging, lumbering and other seasonal work return to agriculture in timc'for spring work. T here Ire some 175.000 men who were moved from farms for winter work who must return to agri- culture. otherwise they will lose their rights to Pfstpmlfiment under the mobilization regula- tions.

. The Government also undertakes to tap exist- ing pools of manpower, including prisoners-of- war, Japanese in Canada, Indians on reserves, as

t-iietl war cxpcndittirc figures,

unmarried men who are called for military ser- vice and found to be unfit and who in the op- inion of the National Selective Service officer are suitable for farm work.

All important feature of the plan is tlic pro- vision for local agricultural war committees. Such committees iii counties, townships, parishes and mtltlicipztlitivs have already been established by scvcral of tlic provinces to meet 1943 farm production goals. Other provinces have this same plan tinder consideration.

Each province will also be requested to ex- plore the possibility of moving workers from low productive farms to more productive ones, and to tlcvclop tletailctl plans which will bcst fit the local necessities.

The Government tindertakes that qualified men with agricultural tppcrience will be ap- pointed to the employment staff of each region and were necessary within individual provinces. An agricultural division of tlic labour supply branch has been established, and assurance is given that close contact between this division and the federal and provincial departments of agriculture will he iiitiiiitttiiicd.

'l'lic.~c and other iiictistircs, if properly ap- plied, should help iiizitcrittlly iii relieving the farm labor shortage. The regrettable thing is that they should only now be going into effect. It fiicziiis that much valuable tinic has been ivasted. '

How Lives Are Saved

From John Ilcrslicvs account iit "Life" of The Battle of tlic hirer, an incident of (itiatltil- canal, the following interesting passage is takcn:

“I never did find otit exactly how many men were killed, l‘lO\\' many wounded iii our little rally. But I do know that niie less died bccatisc of Doc. New. An officer was brought in, iii absolute SllOCk — gray as nslics, hands cold, no pulse. He had had wounds from mortar shrap- iiel. Doc. New realized that plasma, and lots of it was all that C0lll(l save him. Ile had to maintain blackout. lIe had also to keep the man warm. \Vorking feverishly, lie covered first the wounded man, then his owii head anti shoulders with ponchos. Before the first unit of 250 cc. was all iii, the patient came otit of his coma. By the time the second was iii he could speak. By morning lie ivas able to stand tlic ride on a stretcher down to the beach road, and sit up in a jeep on the way back to the hospital."

This eyewitness Story eloquently emphasizes the importance of maintaining and expanding the Canadian Red Cross organization for col- lecting and processing blood through its blood donor clinics in all the large centres of popula- tion.

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Wage-earners whose income tax has been de- ducted weekly, semi-tveekly or monthly will find practically no change under the new budget.

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Tlie three Maritime Legislatures will soon all be active together, as well as those of Quebec and Ontario. Of course, “the daughter" Pat'- liament at Ottawa-for, unlike Westminster, it is an outgrowth of provincial pZlfllZllllClllS, not their “mother"-—has been sitting ziiid talking since third week of January.

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It is encouraging to know that our principal engineering industry is getting along so satis- factorily, even with a lack of sufficient Gov- ernment munitions contracts. Newfotititllzind is to be congratulated on being able, in spite of priorities, U-boats, etc., to order many marine engines to help to keep large numbers of cm- ployees busy. Long may it continue.

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Here is a fine kettle of fish. Ottawa postal censors threaten to go on strike because their hours, poor dcars, are from 9.15 a.ni. to 6.15 p.m. with an hotir off for dinner, whereas prisoners- of-war censors work from 9.15 a.m. to 5.15 p.111. In other words, postal censors work 8 hours and prisoner-of-\var censors 7 hours. The gov- ernment should jerk up the latter, not down the former.

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According to tlic Sacltville '.lIl‘ll)LlllC the Pro- gressive Conservatives have taken over the: Saint John Telegraph-Journal and Evening Times, as well as the Moncton Times. In the case of the former that may account fnr Editor Jennings accepting a government appoiiiliiiciit. Our Sackville contemporary allegcs iicwspttpers in these two cities are having a difficult time, and "it may lic tlic Saint John dailies might lie- tip with the Moiicloii Iiinics iii ordcr to give cacli other mticli iiccdcd political and otlicr kinds of support."

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We sometimes have to go far afield for local news. The London correspondent of tlic Aber- deen Jottriial declares “farmers of Prince lid- ivard Island told Professor A. Scott Watson, Britain's first agricultural attache at tlic Bri- tish Embassy in Washington, that they now have a big surplus of well-bred heifers which they would like a chance to export to Scotland. The farmers there believe their heifers would bc splendid material for restocking parts of Great Britain with sound, healthy cattle." What are our M.P.'s doing in this matter?

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Jatncs Gregory, inventor, born this datc, 163$, first of a family ftiiiiotis iii medicine and sciciicr, known as tlic Academic Grcgorics; James in- vented the Gregorian Telescope in 1661; was first professor of mathematics in Edinburgh Uni- vcrsity, 1674; (2) David. iicplicw of James. suc- ceeded liiiii iii his chair at tlic University; l professor of astronomy at Oxford; wrote several mathematical works; John, grandson of Jami-s, professor of mcdiciiic at Aberdeen, 1775, and Edinburgh, I766; author of "Elements of tlic Practice of Physics"; (4) James, eldest son of John. succeeded his father in tlic chair at Edin- burgh; compounded "Grcgory's Powder"; wrote on philosophical and medical subjects; (5) \\'il- liam, son of James, professor of chemistry at Glasgow, 1837, Aberdeen. 1830. Iidinlstirgli, I344; was pupil of Liebig, some of whose works

well u workers in non-essential industries and he translated and wrote "Outlines of Chemistry."

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One of our women readers sends u; u good story In a certain vi llage the v.c'.\r learned of the death (II one ,of its paizshlonei-s wnom we wlll {call Parker, though that wasnlt his ,rcal name. Tne vicar thought 1t his xiuzy to l‘lSlE'l,llE widow and was ‘much exercised In mind as what. ine siioud say to her. He needn't. have wort-ten‘. The laoy met hlin at

the garden gate. "An, wet,” she said, “We've gotten shut o‘ Park- ,i=,r," §heffleid Telegraph.

Pillar tlel Rio has adopted Win. ‘stun Churchill [l5 an tioiiorary cltl- zen. His famous cigars are made of tobacco grown in ‘ that. Cuban ‘piovlnce But Santa Clara prov- ltice has a prior claltn on him. There, on hi“ 21st blrthdtu, ln A895. while an adventure-staking lguisst of a Spanish general. he heard shots fired in anger for the first time tn lils life, and came close to losing his llfe when a bul- let missed lils heiid by inches. From Iwhat he saw of the fighting. l1 a: “dld not think tlic Spiiiiiurds weii- like- .ly to crliig their war in Cuba to a lspcedv end." _New York ‘Times.

The present exhibition shouts that ‘the old-fashioned Winter w as not |dcttd ,iis mine of ils admirers fear- ctl. It was ma. ." slccuinfi‘. gialning strength for it new .".S".'\llll. on us — Peterborottgli Examiner

For the Nazis. those ltustliin clr- cling tncvcments are indeed a dance of death. _F‘roin the St. Louis - Post-Dispatch

At one of tlic Authority‘; town ;warehottscs there was recently on show to buyers one of tliz strang- lest conslgiimctits of goods amongst. lthe many cerniiiodities whlih make up Lcndoiils millions of tons of nier- lchardisc. Nine lots; mzilriri: up 1,- 4366 rows and aggregating about 100,000 individual Jziprtlicsii cultured imarls, taken lii prize. were for sale by order of tlic Adinlr:i'ty' Marshal. —Port of London Monthly.

Where is Hitler? It ls Mme great mystery‘. Most plattsible tjriiglztnslzlon is thin. lic is hearing viort es _ancl retreating ‘from thciii._ Flls" pwn voices, stiyitig, “great vicltitv,_ ll“! Russian i-ctizwc ls dcsbd 1 rl,‘ “we sllllll take Stalingrad,“ "i.i_is yea}; will soc liiinl and complete victory

i-Ottitwa Citizen.

One of the noval and trvublesome problems of the war wll be dealt with by the cciiiinittee wlirch ft. Is‘ proposed to set up here to ideal with rehabilitation of women tfrom the armed services. The susl Qsllflll i5 lthflf this committee. appointed by the Local Council of \VCI'1'l(‘l2 . will act in an advisory capacity tu~the local office of the Deiiatxnient of Pr"- slons and National Health, which is dealing- with general re-t stziblish- merit; of tici-sotiizel after the war. For the first time in Cu1:f.:la's his- itory, it will have a Wetefans‘ PTO- blem" whlch concerns wmtiien. Not |only will there be cx-serilce men to be re-establislied. but t) "ere will lbe thousands of women in ‘the 581118 situation. riiey: srcscnt is special proslem, and those dcnliirg with’ ll: wlll have no exporlence to gJldE ghgm, The Local ciiincl" <1? Women seems to be tidmirnbly fitti d to un- dertake the delicate task iwf nlvis- iiig iii this matter. _W1iid 50f‘ Star»

A citsual reference whieli l made [Inst week to hath-shirts has brought 111e some interesting inform atlon on that rather uiifatiidiiti‘ subiuJv Hall‘- sliirts are ucatiizlly wcrn, J_; a peri- aiicc or niortll zition of Lite flesh, and being worn, they have to be provided. The tniiterial, 11in inn hair, is usually imported, ntaniilgr from China, that trarlc-clizmiicl dating from days when uiginlls tva tie regu- .arly worn, aiici long hair, irhierefore, readily obtainable. wcmcuiii long hnlr, I suppose, is theuaetlcrilly available in Cliliiii still, but it ..ll peace comes lt must stay there. (FY)! some reason Chinese hali- appears to be more suitable for tlit- purpose than British), The “shirts? are manufactured at tit least oiis tionvetit. ‘in this cdunti-y, and a small proflt ls made out of them, n h: ar-shirt proper costing h! 10s. of ugitvards; but a sma I01‘ garment, 1111.318 like a large scapular could be wihtalned for about a third of that sum London spectator.

The demands on the Lmphonc service ltttve become so grc; i‘, that trunk calls are iiow lltnltu, to six mlnutcs. ‘Illiis timiouiicentiiit will be received by seine with and bv others with commendation mounting to a savage tzlee. Users of the telephone may be divided lino ~ _ ~ the rotittoi-v and prolwe, int. and s1 Ltpplsh, 31nd some observers will detest . ln the difference between them thr subtle antagonism of sex -—LODd0!l» Times.

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If worse co1nc§_.to_ wo;',~_f._n utr alb- lctcs catitl do dottblc dutv. Under this Rffflllllffllfilll, Goalie Movers of the Wings would be tlic ‘ llgers’ shortstop, ln season. —Dett'olt News.

The modest of Mr. Chunrhlll ls interestingly revenled 1n a passage of Mr. Roosevelt's speech concern- lng Britain's cffcr to make a for- mal treaty or promise that slxstild Germany be knocked cut of the war Britain's full strength would flight at the slde of the United Sltates untll Japan's unconditional sur- render was obtained. Mr Clii-rchlll reporter] ‘to the British Cou mans that tic had marlr lllG offer ii.i be- half of the British Wm‘ Qclliiet. "The Prr-sldcnt. however. sold the ,word of Brltafn was qtilie 011011 l1 for ‘hlm " Mr. Rnmevelt renortel iMr. Churclilllis offer and said that he (the President) "told him thut v10 formal statement or nizreu neat along these lines was In the lensit bit neccssnry - that the American ipecqile swept the word o1 a treat English itentleman " The woril of Prlme Minister Churchill and that icf Britain are of course one and. the 'sf\f1‘|e thing under such clrtwn- trf-HIICBK - but Mr. Clitirchll‘ 1- a Commons man. a servant of Pin 'lln- ment. iind he imnreclatcd that the slznlflciince of the exrlianiysnt [Cwablnnca wits rint as between two men but as tetwven the heath of two countries. »-Ot.tawn Journal.

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A fine golden retrlt-vrr nl myrac- qtiiilntiince ts in the hrtblt of twan- limz at the door of his master's hvl- ‘oom ln the earlv morning. 'f'lie ‘room for flip moment l: a 1 ‘ck POUII, 11nd tllr tint-st» nolli-liitv the dO"f's l)lll"‘f"ll'l-'V took ivirtlz-ttlnr care to test lt. For the first ‘nit? mornlmz», nl’ the trial. Whl"'h m lll proceeds the deg came to tlic d1 or M122 a. m. precisely -lnnl'nn spectator

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Pm'-___~1HARi-v'lfr§ii_v.tt1x EHAEWAN l flutes By m Way,

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Mr. Kin; chance to any to

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The 31111311 you, fellow-Canadians. AI you know for all but about flve years since 1:121 I have been your prime mm- ister. You have been good to inc. {on have elected ms and the mem- uers of my party. I km thankful. But. now ln tnls crlsls fa flu world, when everything that free men bo- lleve tn la at I lze; when our own very exlstenc, n Jl jeopardy; when ‘there Ls to... . insanity in tne country. when Qiulon 1s winding tighter and tighter between our are aspen-kins and killlsh- speaklng citizens, there are many things that I must say. oy are things which I have not snld be- fore, but which can no lancer waft. The lack of frankness on 1n put has caused a. great deal of flcul- ty tn the prosecution of the war ind ln the better development of our native land,

At the end of the Great War there was bad feeling between the two great. les whlcii Inhabit this Dornfn on. In 1919 I was el- ected leader of the party which I iiow head. I was ambitious like oth- er men. But I let my personal am- bltlon carry me away. For my own gOOd I continued to play on the dlvlslons fn the country. I permit.- ted my party supporters 1n Quebec to keep conscription sores o n. when i; tlppkbed ‘as lfflteho old b flair

M75318 9 0N0 fl-RWD"? with my knowledge, made certain me bitterness was stirred up again.

In 1921 my main cry 1n Quebec was ln opizzitlon to conscription. I was elected. In the elections of 1W6 of I926, of 1930, of 1935, 0f 1940 we‘ kept the conscription issue iiifve, trying to frighten the citizens of French racial orlgln into voting for me and for m party against all others, I kept iirpfng on the sub- ject of conscription. Election after election tn Quebec ignored social and economic uestlons and fanned racial and nat- onallftlc feelings.

I You see, my fellow-Canadians, lt was no accident that these things were done. It was no accident that my supporters ln Quebec lndoctrm- iitect the people there with deeper and deeper lso atlonlsn, with dls- llke and even hatred of Britain. with promises that‘ never again would we send an expeditionary force to fl ht the enemy, no mat.-

,tcr what t e cause. There would never be participation my friends in Quebec were told, 1n Nor would there be conscription. 1n fact. Mr. Lapofnte, with my full knowledge. used to stump the cattntry crying: Conscription? Jit- mais. Jamals. Jamals,

I sald lt was no accident. It was deliberate. For I too was an Isolation- ist. I was an appeaser. And my el- ection formula was to keep Quebec voting as a block for me and for my part. while another story was told ln he rest of Canada. Even, 1 am now ashamed to admit, when my speeches were bllshed a

‘ short time ago I had we different titles for my book. For the lltngllsh

l edltlon fl; was "Canada at Britain's

‘Slde". For the French edltlon ft.

Mr. King, Misses a_ Chance

(LLL. Golden In “News”!

was “In Cmldl Eti Ln Gun-s." '11; (hot ma; I wished to hold this Quebec block for myself pre- vented me from really Irvin: W sell the WI-l‘ t0 that DWI/m?“ 55 Quebec's war, just as 011M108 W“ “.41.”? "" °‘ flfiflllfhi ti.“ roe mm ' e when my

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the success of one was the success. of all-the failure of one wit: l!“ failure of all.

‘fiber: was no vrswlmd opposi- tlon to conscription 1n Quebec. But when, to hold off the pressure 01 the eight Wish-speaking provin- ces for unres feted conscription, I