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SATURDAY, AUGUST 3, 1946

Illustration Field Days

Attention is called to the advertisement in today's issue regarding the Illustration Station Field Days to be held next week by the Doni- inion Department of Agriculture in co-opera- tion with the Provincial Department. Farlm problems and the work in progress at the Illus- tration Stations and Experimental Farm will be dismissed, while a judging class in livestock will he an zuldetl feature. The prograln opens I\Ionda_\" at .\Ir. Ilugh l. .\lacDonald's farm at Blonticcllo, and it is evident from the list of special speakers that the discussions will be both profitable and interesting. The field days are being held under the capable direction of Mr. \\', N, Black, supervisor of Illustration Stations for the Province. The value Of this service, of course, is in direct proportion to the number of farmers participating. Busy as they may be with their farm chores at the present time, they cannot afford t0 miee an educational opportunity ‘of this kind, which has proven to be one of the most successful means of promot- ing farm efficiency and qlselty production.

"From Him That Hath Not"

Under the above heading tie Ottawa Journal has the following editorial comment:

.“Prince Edward Island, cradle of Confedera- tion, has had another stumbling-block tossed in

its path in the raising of the Canadian dollar to par with the American. Her small indus- tries, less vocal than the newsprint or "old- 'mining enterprises of central Canada, suffered a severe blow in the change and are casting about to find a. cushion for the shock.

“Great bulk of Prince Edward Island's prod‘- ucls are exported to the United States. These include live and canned lobster, seed potatoes, canned chicken, furs raised on the Island's fox- fzlrms, and lamb fattened on the pastures near the sea, making it a de luxe product on the New York and Boston markets. Decline of farming in the Island has been a matter of serious concern for its provincial government and for its representatives in the House of Com- mons in Ottawa. \\'ith the recent drop in the value of the American dollar paid Canadian exporters, the situation is aggravated.

“While quality 0f products in the Garden of the Gulf is high, average earnings are much lower than in either of the heavily-industrializ- ed central provinces or the West. Furthermore. P.E.I. .\I.P.’s at Ottawa say that their PTWIH" has been passed up in many of the benefits dished out to its larger sisters. Sweltering in their offices on Parliament ldill they look mourn- fully on the decreasing stream of gold flowing across the U.S. boundary and murmur: From him that hath not shall be taken away. even that which he hath. They admit, IIOWGVBI’. that Srices for their choice, harvests of farrn and

oastal waters now stand at an all-time hlfllh"

Farming Then And Now

‘Mr. Ralph \\'ightitian, a British farmer, gives thc following graphic account of his old prc- Grcat \\'ar I experiences:

In the old days money entered very much less into farming operations than it dOes t0- day. .\ good dual of the meat eaten in the farm house was pig nlcat, killed aild cured at home. The eggs and milk were produced at home, the butter and cheese were made in the farm dairy. The fires in the farm house were stoked with timber from the woods and hedges, and it was most ilnnsual for any coal to be burnt. In my nlothcrs young days even can- dles and soap were made at home. Beer was brewed from barlev grown on the farm or cider was made from the home orchard. The horses were fed from the fsrl and there was no bill for motor spirit or oil. Purchased feed- ing stuffs and fertilizers were practically un- known, and the fertility of the land was main- tained by tlie manure of the animals fed on the products of the holding. The few imple- ments were fairly primitive and were made lo- cally by the village blacksmith. They lasted a lifetime and were handled down from father to

Mm; g farmer set up his son in business there was still very little need for any great slim of hard cash. For a year or two before the sen married the father would save a few extra heifer calves and ewe lambs so that the stock of his own farm was increased to the absolute

; wok and consisted mainly of young animals. ' , ken the son

started in farming he took a per-

of his father's livestock, a couple 0f I103 bred horses illllg gly odd‘? arid ends 0f ppessc which coll spare . <athcr was slightly underslocked — the son started jfllhfly understocked, and then both of them . hi]; up their flocks and herds again, not by 1mg“ but by refraining from selling for a or two. To some extent this method of iqyeung man in farming is still fol- ‘qn the mainly grass farms where live- ‘ a flllef form of husbandry. It is still mall dairy farmer to let his

' I t .-oews and for the son to

‘o: in the pass-

evcr, it is a very different story. The father cannot breed half a dozen extra colts for his son to start farming. He has to find cash to buy stinking depreciating machines. The colt grows in'value for the first five years of its life, the machine is worth less every time it is used. Even from the money point of vic\v farming is very different today.

Cost Of Living Figures

A correspondent complained recently of the misleading nature of figures issued by the Bilrcau of Statistics with rcgxlrtl to cost of living in- crease. These figures certainly do not repre- sent the real increase, as every householder knows. They are like the \V0od Islands har- bor chart, which shows plenty of water that ferry officials claim isn't thcrc- kiiOyCfllllltlll spokesmen, however, are still complacently com- paring the Bureau's commodity prices of today with the high prices for the same or similar articles I5 months after the end of the war of 1914-1918. Even if their figures were correct, the comparison is useless, for it ignores the fact that today’s prices would be very much higher but for the payment of subsidies on a colossal scale. The subsidies, of course, come out of the taxpayers‘ pocltets.

Next year the argument on the benefits Can- adians rcceive through control of price struc- ture will fall rather flat. An exchange quotes the following food and clothing prices from its files of Atlgtlst, 19:1~—2l months after the Allies granted an .'\l'llli$lli€ to ticrmany:

Front quarters of beef, three cents a pound; beef hind quarters, IO cents; heavy pork, seven cents a pound; chickens $I-50 a pair and up; celery Io cents a bunch; cucumbers five cents apiece; lamb fronts 17 to ill cents; lamb hind quarters 25 cents; radishes 2o cents a dozen bunches; men's suits $22.50 to $50; topcoats $22.50. Other articles such as furniture, bed- ding, clothing of almost all kinds were on a similar low level as compared to prices of to- day.

And, of course, income taxes were far lower then than they are now.

.- EDITORIAL NOTES =

Tomorrow, the Queen’: birthday, she was born in 1900. ' | e i: s _ only Cight more days till Old Home Week, its Exhibition and Races. 1i l?

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Island grown potatoes were on the market yesterday-must have been early planting. w at r

The children's city playgrounds are being taken full advantage of and marvcllOusly well

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They are all doing it now~making tax agree- ments with Ottawa——or rather, nearly all, pro- minent exceptions to date being, Quebec, On- tarlo and Prince Edward Island.

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The R.C.M.P. got in the thin edge of the wedge Thursday, when it took over city policing for an hour-and-a-half to all0w the colleagues of Sergt. Mclnnis to honour him at a ban-

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‘Women, who during war made necessity a virtue in dispensing with stockings; are being advised by fashion-writers that it is no longer “propel” to appear“ in‘! public bare-legged.

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Grinling Gibbons, Anglo-Dutch wood carver and sculptor, died this date 1720; executed the famous \Vhitchall statue of James II, and thc historic monument to Newton in Westminster Abbey; but is chiefly‘ celebrated for the marvel- lous beauty and delicacy of his svood-carviilg, of which the choir stalls of St. Paul's Cathe- dral and the archiespiscopal throne at Califor- 5111')’ 3Y6 EXHIUPRS; his work may also be seen at Chatsworth. seat of the Dukes of Dcvonsliirc. Burghley, seat of the Cccils, Pctw-orth, scat of the \Vynd'hams, and other mansions, as well as at Trinity College, Oxford.

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Mr. Speaker Gaspard Ifautcux, I),D_5,, L_])_S_ is somewhat of an enigma. Ile is French-Can- adian, the grandson of one Quebec Premier, Hon. H. Mcrcier, and nephew" of another, Sir L. Gouin; yet more pro-Anglican than most of his colleagues, due in part, lo the fart hc “Iilrrifd an American. Though carrying dcnlzll degrees, he is not a practising dentist, but a Montreal exporter and importer in big busi- ncss, especially with Central and South America. As a politician his chief claim to distinction lics in his defeat at last election 0f the popular Mayor Houde, who opposed him in St. .\lary'.< Division in Montreal, and for which Prime Minister Mackenzie King made him Speaker. In that office hc is continually at variance with members, and scts his own pre- cedents. Yet he is popular withal. All the House likes him, and rather etijoys the experi- ence of Mr. Speak'er calling mcmhcrs of Gov- ernment to order, alld even ordering the acting Leader of the House to lake his seat.

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The centenary of the repeal of the British Corn Laws fell in the same week as the an- nouncement in Parliament by lllg British Min- ister of Food that bread was to be rationed in Britain for the first time. These post-war years, too, may be justly described as the "hun- gry forties." Never was the dual British in-" terest in foreign trade and farming nlore evident than in the present days of shortage. Never was the parallel necessity for productive effici- ency in both industry and agriculture more ap- parent. The men of i846 not only became fam- ous by assailing the barriers to efficiency in their day. They helped to open the way for a century of unprecedented material advance. and the central theme of their discourse is still in- dispensable. If the world-wide freedom of trade, which the men of 1846 sought, and the fertilizing influence of world-wide investment on which a needy world must now depend for its recovery are to be renewed. it can only be upon the basis of new_and positive programmes of emplwment, planned by the nations separ-

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other. 1M1- people who the Alaska

For some reason 0!’ krown bo thimnlrlfig-

.ve never ra e iilaghyvay delight in knocfixrgounli- Thc-y pose as experts. _ ‘i’ lng that the road 1s no 11-1111 11:31 the scenery ls Jiesome. that {is boo far to Allluks to 80 W ma‘- The raises c: mrsons woo have "M9151 me lslgliway are as voices crying in. the wfderness. Nobody in authority oars any attention 1° them. 1m the highway ls gradually Oppngd to clVllHXl travekqnowevel‘ more and more lX°I1l9 win loin 1n the chorus of cruise. Once over the road n is impossible not to joir. that chorus, ‘Vancouver News- Herald.

The makers of plastics held an er- posilion in Now York to snow how many things :liey had devised from their products says The New York Herald Tribune. Cn display were: Plastic bugles and trumpets which require no warming up, Also a strlr-jt orchestra with all Instruments 1f plastics, Golf clubs made of molded nylon; a plastic boat: a ncrse with a plastic saddle. ‘The horse was the old-fashioned sort). Plastic wall- paper on whlch- .l'unlor can scribble without getting scolded, and n plastic gown which cannot be stain- ed bv a 5plIl9Cl cocktail- you Just rub it with a d-anlp rag. A $30 toy which manufactures on demand little plastic toys such as build- ings horses, cowboys.

A flood rule for diplomats to fol- low, The Baldmcre Sun believe-s, is: Ccmpllmcilt t-ne other side, but- qont run down your own. Flor ex- ample: An JIIUDXLSSBIIO!‘ arriving from Mars by interplanetary ex- press might well say “I’ meet. Orson Welles". '12 be a pretty compliment, hlm say, “The eluw of Mals ls dllll ~~I prefer the light of the World" and our suspicions would be ln- stantly aroused. What's this Mar- tlan slicker up to? we earthtans would think, "lsrkly.

Housewives kilow that: a washing mill’ be hung outside in. freezing weather. Though the clothes soon are a sheet of ice they d ulck. 1y in the cold air. Alaskiilnqs are 1151-118 the same principle to mo. duce frost-dried potatoes, says The Minneapolis Star-Journal, Raw potatoes are cu’. lnlbo thin slices and set out where they freeze al. most. imlantly. Durl the next two days most. of the wa r ls evapqr. flied out of them without affecting the vitamin content. Dr. Besll Ben- Slo who developed the method. lhlllks 11 can be PPDIled u. carrots beets and other ‘Jegetablm. TTap-i pers and prospectors qf tne north, whose food must be kept to mini- mum weight, should no: the frost. dried products useful,’

Th6 70111‘ Brent. sources of Can- adian wealth ire forests, farms minerals and water power. Pulp and PflDer uses the water power to convert the forest crops into dollars of national income, chief- ly obtained from abroad by ex- P°Y1S and chiefly ualcl out in wages of ‘he average consumption or the 501951. the commercial cut accounts ‘m’ 73 4 hereon}. and devastation $2M"! by fire. insects and disease ~15 percent, Of the commercial Fl" 1111111 11nd pane-r mills Slirprjs. mBlv enough use but 22 7 percent, all“? 3° 9 Qfifcfm goes for fuel

0° . 5-6 poison. for plIIp-vood 9x- 0011s and 40 a percent fol lumber and miscellaneous productsh-Quc- bcc Chronicle-Telegraph,

The reservesjfalomlc energy gill,“ lrcmam w be mDDed are ln-

. cu able, 'I‘"~.le results of the ex. Derlmeint at. Blkrll cannot. lessen we “Plmlllnll Trellis 0f the former atomic bombings, nor set nny limit. 0“ “l9 devebflmunts of the future. 3nd ll l§ quite char that the Bikini

omb did more damage than any single bcmb ever did before ln a naval attack. The sombre fact re- mains that now. ns before the Bikini test, {he world's future ‘is afflrdwup Wilh inls strange thing.

1s llgh. that blinds the 51m and with its Weird P31101311 of coltll and violence. It is not a force tlut; l? likely to rise from the earth and 111m away. as cllu the IBIIIUBCMVG eloucl over the Bikini lagoon Ana mans intelligence and powers of adaptation wlll have to be orie:.,. ed l0 it, if man 1;, to m... 1,516,‘, of being ruled hi" this tremendous Pvlvffl —Monlreal Gazette.

In more than one instance Br!- tainis Labor Govn" tent has round its work cut out for it vhcn v- Lmflflllrlg to cha e the eren tenor of the lives of . , lshtrcu who l5 om be said, are 0n€ of ihq “my, Ch-"BSPWSS of Pres and .l‘. many domestic trays. .111‘ Iillle llllerpnl today than at l:

sunset.

- CU.‘ DI v tougll-ftbrcrmcss of in- dividual livina. sat": The flu-xv York. Herald Tribune r minor "Isis h recently arisen ,n hi: of a publ lied re. I more cxtfj. ,1 u ing. made to ‘he . . . _ , _ by n committee cl the Dfiuilrtmfg _ 0f Sfilenlllle l‘-'i Industrial R2‘- sca-rch. The 35.111‘ lntcfs CJHIFIIKL, 2940a. Cecla-"ed tllut British homes use more ltel than homes in other rcunlrles and arr- vtorse heated. Ami the ccmnllttcefs vice-chairman argued: “In houses Wllh 01113’ fin open fire tn.- family lives In a ‘few square feet if heal- 9d 5011M‘- The fireplace-loving Englishman of course, hus arisen l" Pmm-‘Dl defence 0.1 that hearth Broil-rd which so much of hls life Properly functions. A fireplace 1'; Something lo smoke a pipe over and 'knock the ashes on the bricks, A “Petr-lace ls a bright, llvlag thin to tend with llllllps o; mmnq m, or a stick of wood. What lf mg roam ls a bit. :hllly now “,1 than? Theme “Ways the bulwark of good wool from Australia or Jae Hes- rldes. That azlclent tradition of 91111910 llvlns- which makes the hearth the centre of a man's home and that home his castle unlnvsu. ed bv a furnace. will not. we be. lleve surrender eaelly to the 501111955 economic urglngs of a Mlnlstry of Works. The naturally sensible Br.’- ton. it can be guessed. wlll resist to the last glowing ember any move. merit lo give hlm a radiator ln ex- change for his fool on the lender his kettle on the hob and a crloitef on the hearth.

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‘Io the amazement of Canadians and Americans who never knew a thing about ll. a border dispute h" b11011 llolnz cn. It concerned the international bound"; on me Kanegnn river and Osoyoos la along an unfrequented pelt. of the British Columbia-Washington bor- der. To sllav any fears. nervous citizens may now be assured the dispute has been settled and lnerehl eriosns and

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This column is o“; h l-IIO discussion b] no"; spondents o! questions ail interest. The Charlottetown g Guardian does not neossne ’ the opinion e! écrreapondent

COMPARISONS All ODIOUS

Sin-In. Monday's issue of your paper we read a letter from “Wor- rled Widowed Mother" in which she outlined her problem qt trying to llve 0n a thousand dollar 1.1- come, and inferred that lll such cases the Government should give some relief ln the form of reduc- tion of income lax,

While we deeply sympathize with “Worried Mosher" over her prob- lem, we feel shat she should think about other unfortunate groups bo- slde the widowed mother, and of what the Government has done and contemplates do for them.

First of all let. us t ink of our Members and Senators. The Gov- ernment, that ls the Members and Senators themselves. have already recognized that they are grosly underpaid and have given each a two thousand dollar, tax-exempt raise in salary. Now ‘Worried Mother" may have trouble making 017,15 mee; but has she worked llkc the Honorable Members and Sen- ators at Ottawa? For days on end. often lnto the woe small hours of the morning, when “Worried Moth- er" no doubt was fast asleep, they have debated such momentous question; as whether July lsl. should continue to bc_known as Dominion Day or whether it should be called Carlson Daiy or Confed- eration Day or yet again Canada! National Holiday Does “Worried Mother" think $6,000 sufficient compensation for men who can deal so efficiently with such s.u- pendaus problems as these? Has she read of the long hours and days qr debating and the tremen- dous ssnount of mental dfcrt. ex- pended on this question? What. would become of this wonderful country of ours Ll we did not have self-sacrificing men who are TAMI" mg m devote their tlmeflto such matters as these? Has ‘ Worried Mother" over thoufihll 0! “I149 me“ tlll strain they must live undo; when they dflbfllfid tlll! Questlon 0t raising their own salaries? Is nod our Government to be comlgiiendt _ for coming to the relief of t s kl-ilfl foztumte class of hsrd-wor ng

I '2 peiitiw let. us think lit-our moses; We all know llow overworked Gan’. underpaid they "e- m" m“ m; gmment, although confronted w. many terrific problems. 815111 11:15 recognized the 81'9" need °5 m‘? for our destitute JudGEE g4 “Sf signified its intentions to 50m thing about it ill the Ii But it the $101M- 111"“ lcipatcd ls not exempt frongustke: tlollihhthln-lcmwgflt lguzhgogfay o‘ m: wi ave y . . come tax, “Worried Motherisi $100.00 tax will seem pretty 1Y1" e l .

Wwiiggpatirzoxiiiher sIWPB o! ‘"1; fortunates whom the Golfrralglstizflt has as v91 mime no mfve. ° some‘ Let “Worried M01119!‘ 3W9, Cw“ thought to that. vast army t: work Servants recruited to dfkw“ r‘ and now carrying on wilnfilithvg. °r “iork Has iwoulegffloeo from ever trlecl sltang in. an w“! “(MP one pay day w “he neiii ‘for coni- mg m do? Sham‘: on etielns when plammg about ‘Deity pmJlud es and our Members, senators. 5 is Sc bearing their burdens so ‘aerolcally- am, sir. etc.

MERRY

The Care bihcTTeeding 0f The Tourist Ego

(“The scene-‘fro-m Shlngwzluk Farm") .

great are quietly afldl

WIDOW

-' - bi shots away ,,.§f,“‘fl§,i,,§ie1fh@yi seek recrestlox for weary bodies and rejuvenahqr for flaccid egos. Whatever e1 status ln their own bfllllWlCl_(5| they shed the hard facts of life and yearn for that enhanced im- portance which mvestslhe ouylnf; gin-st in new surroundings.