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I l D ll (Fou dad in 153') Authoring!“ 3|‘ tleiroihii Cluana Mull. rat's Office Department, Ottawa. The Island Guardian Publishing Co. Editor and lllllllllll’ Director. J. B. Burnett;

Asaociafe Editor, Frank Walker

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CIARILOTTETOWN. THURSDAY, MAY Z0. i048

T ' The Charlottetown llumo

it is little wonder that citizens in the vicinity

the Charlottetown dump are dreading the approach of warm weather. Already the sick- sning stench is enveloping their homes, and the Inset of flies and mosquitoes in addition to the Iver-present plague of rats, may well make human life in that vicinity unbearable.

The question has often been raised at meet- ings of the City Council, but nothing has been done except to appoint a man to supervise the dumping. Most of the land formerly used as a dump has been filled, graded and covered with a layer of clay by the Provincial Government, and further improvements are planned. The Govern- ment is to be commended for cleaning up the land owned by it. The Canadian National Rail- ways have been cleaning up their right-of-ways; the fills along the water front are being leveled by a bulldozer, and it is planned to have all the area owned by the railroad made as attractive as possible.

Dumping now is supposed to be confined to an area under leaso_from the C. _N. R. to_tl1e Keefe Hygenic Service Co.. consisting ‘of thc triangular portion bounded on three sides by the tracks. Various estimates of the time required to completely fill this section range from four months to one year, and until this is filled or the lease expires, the C. N. R. disclaims _respon- slaility. Mr. George Keefe of the Hygenic Coni- pony reports that the stench is not due to the rubbish dumped by his trucks as hismen have instructions to bury each load as it is dumped. His contention is that unauthorized persons are using the dump after hours. _ it would seem to be in the interest of all

aonoerned that this section be filled and leveled l as soon as possible, and to this end all should oooperate. lt is a fact that many truckers prefer to dump elsewhere rather than pay the l0 cents fee charged for dumping on thc leased area. lt ll also to be noted that thc f-lygenic Company has an alternative dump which in diverting a portion of, heir dumping may also lengthen the "life" of! his dump and postpone the day this area may became an attractive C. N. R. provin- olol park.

The Man Who" Pays

On the heels of Mr. Abbott's annual budget it ls possible to identify the master fact of pub- fk finance in Canada. lt is that nearly a third of the nation's income is being spent by gav- e, ,.. mt almost one dollar in every three by Canadians must be paid to the state ln taxes. .

The figures which establish that fact are presented in the annual appropriations of the three wings of government, Federal, provincial and municipal, While the various governments may spend slightly more or less than their an- riual estimates, the intended expenditures of the nation for the current year, as compared with those of last year, are worked out by the Winni- peg Free Press as follows:

1948-49 " $2,053.905,000 670.7 88.000 430,000,000

1941-48 52.116.968.000 551,919,000 401000.000

Federal government. Provincial governments Municipal governments

Total

$3,154,693,000 53.069.897.000

lt ls thus clear that while the Federal Gov- ernment’: proposed expenditures, not including lhohealth scheme announced last week, have been cut by sixty-three millions since last year (a minor measure of economy at best)" the provincial and municipal governments have raised their ex- penditures by about one hundred and forty-eight millions.

The not result of slightly lawcr Federal spending and shariply increased provincial and municipal spending is that the taxpayer must pay eighty-five million dollars more taxes this year than last year assuming that governments do nct spend above their estimates, which is their usual practice. And all this money, whether it be spent through Federal, provincial or municipal chan- nels, comes out of the some pocket, the pocket of the average Canadian.

Farm Labor Problem

There may be difficulty inobfaining effici- ' ~ Ont form help, says the Current Review of Agri- cultural Conditions in Canada. Farm wages have increased in many areas to such on extent that farmersmay hesitate to enter into contracts, and whore possible may tend to rely on family labour ‘entirely. On the other hand, workers who might be attracted to farming are being absorbed into urban and city jobs where the de- mand is active and wages good.

Some help'in easing the scarcity is likely to cams from the selective immigration plan which illibsing undertaken by the Dominion Depart- nt, oLLobour in’ co-operatiori with the Do.- nien‘ Department of‘ Agriculture. Arrange- ufs ore under wayto‘ bring to Canada about Wiarmwoilters from ilis Netherlands and a H iilotobls number of displaced persons from

(ts of Euros. The immigrants from will be III A of about 2,500 fam- HM@{%;;§ i sliigls form work.

w attire monthly by boat nnwfiiii .i ."""l;5'l"';"'t"- ~-

s - i aid persons forfarins i - f mm" Eur l

'4 - lfftfllilllfliiilllisnllttflli ‘ histories for farm hours

to Canada in co-

ill". Iuintli- ~S...'..Q'I: s "of

operation with tho International Refugee Organ-

ization and will be placed on farms throughout the Dominion through the Dominion Provincial Farm Labour Committees in each province. Displaced persons must agree to remain in agricultural work for at least one year, and none will ‘be brought to Canada unless a suitable iob is available. The minimum wages will be $45 a month and board for men, and $35 a month arid board for women. Although minimum" wages have been set, current wages for equivalent serv- ice are to prevail.

- EDITORIAL NOTES —

Spring now appears definitely just around the corner.

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Columbus died his date i506. _He fathered the New World whichtwernow inhabit. Q I

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A new central fish drying plant in the vic- inity of Maple Hills will be a welcome addition to our too few industries. Q I I An estate that does not exceed $50,000 now pays no succession duty in the seven Prov- inces which signed tax agreements with the Do- minion. i

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Canadians have long been accustomed to being taxed to pay for past wars but Mr. Abbott has added something new in retaining taxes in

anticipation of the next one. i O I i i

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The Rocky Road to Borden is producing bit- ter complaints from autoists to and from that port of navigation. The Board of Trade somehow neglected to include this in the resolutions they adopted.

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Hasn't the Federal Government been kind to the much abused Canners? They ought to be grateful, if no other body is, for a budget that favours them but with little prospect of the bene- fit reaching the consumer. I i I I

Provided that the benefit is passed on to the purchaser, our farmers will appreciate the lifting of the 8 per cent sales_ tax from hay ‘presses and auxiliary engines under the Abbott Budget

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G. K. Chesterton, English author and phil- osopher, born this date i874. He wrote on Dickens, Browning, Bernard Shaw, etc.; several novels and poems; especially noted as a brilliant satirist and paradoxical writer: "Literature and fiction are two entirely different things. Litera- ture is a luxury; fiction is a necessity.“ i I i I

Secretory of State Gibson has explained that the policies of the Liberal Party are not restricted by any set formula, but are at all times subject to change to meet the needs of the times or the requirements of the situa- tion. He meant, of course, the political re-

quirements.

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The United Church of Canada announces a proposed $2,100 minimum annual salary for its ministers. The executive of the Church's Gen- eral Council has urged all conferences to take steps to guarantee that figure, plus a free furn- ished house. lt will recommend to General Coun- cil in September that the scale be $2,200 by i950 and $2,400 by i951.

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The F. G. Spencer Company in Charlotte- town and Mr. Harold Gaudet of the Capitol Theatre, Summerside, are to be commended on their prompt action in passing on to their local theatre patrons the benefit of the repeal of the Z0 per cent Federal amusement tax, as announc- ed in today's theatre advertisements...

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According to Mr. J. M. Mucdonnell, fin- ancial critic for the Opposition, there are many

have indulged in congratulation of the Govern- ment in his Budget speech. These included un- employment in Nova Scotia, high prices, poor housing, the continuing exorbitant income tax level and the fact that the dollar now is worth only 65 cents in cgmparison ‘witb i939. ir I

General Marshall's statement that the U. N veto was necessary, in the interests of the U.S. as much as of Russia, has not tention which might have been expected. From

of small countries.

the less a necessary arrangement. s w e w w

simply announcing that an emergency exists. H

ency in a court action.

present controls. . Q Q I

couriers is to be continued.

imrrwrr» .. Jiiiusd" offs _ ‘March Ii imp. "wars "instituted

"during the riot to- cort of

gasoline and equipment-used by

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. "is carrier). ,

reasons why Finance Minister Abbott should not

dttracted the at-

the first, it should have been obvious that, short of the creation of a world state, great nations would riot be willing-to have themselves voted down in international affairs by a combination The Russian Government has constantly misused the veto, but it. is none

Chief Justice Williams of Manitoba was very flot in his recent decision that the Govern- ment cannot legislate under emergency laws by

points out that, in every case, the Government may be called upon to prove the existing emerg- The importance of this decision has scarcely been appreciated. Unless reversed, it is going to make it impossible for the Dominion Government to continue many of its

During a repeat performance of a debate which occupied the Chamber for a full sitting last year, the tender system for Post Office rural Postmaster- Gsnerol Bertrand worried that any other system of awarding the conracts might lead to politi- col patronage, o practice the Government wont- sd to avoid. Contract prices had to vary be. cause of different conditions QlL-filfll routes across the country. 1H0 spoke doting the resolu- tion stoge of legislation" to proridefhat supple- rits to rural carriers be discon- Thssepeynisiitr omit higher

lines nlmirnsl.

-llstss lly Tlis “Way-

Bevan thousand ' are to be released by 1'15 Middlesex Scouts

at the opening ceremony of the 14bit. Olympiad at. the Empire sta- dium. Wem-bley, on July 29. -Bay Scout News. <

A neighbor. passing the cabin of a mountaineer. had the bad for- tune to run over and kill the moun- taineer‘; favorite dog. He went 1n- to the house srid bold the man's wife what had happened and how sorry he was. The owner of the dog was out in the fields and the motorist. decided he had belle: go out. and tell hlm of the accident, loo. "Better break 1t to hfm easy- Llke," advised the wife. "First. tell him it. was one of the kldeP-Camp Lee 'I‘rave1cr.

The Institute of Forest Genetics at. Placervilie. California, has crossed the jack pine of the Greet. Lakes region with the Western iodgepole pine. Thle vigorous hy- brid grows more rapidly. "quires height and volume at. a greater rate, than either of its parents. It therefore holds great promise of restoring lumbering to vast areas in Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michi- gsn and other areas around the Great Lakes. — Winnipeg Tribune.

Folks attending election meet- ings in the schools have a chance to [ct a. glimpse of the good old days. For instance. one blackboard at which we reeped had arith- metic problems based on eggs at, fl cents a dozen, butter at. 30 cents, and men's labor at. 95 cents. They say childhood is a world of illu- sion. Certainly 1t. fs in the arith- metic class which gets these prob iems, Qr course, by the time the children working these problem are out. of school. prices might. be buck to those levels. We can dream. can't. wet- Windsor Sitar.

It. is not only In Finland that. the moderate terms of the Russo-Fin- nish treaty of mutual assistance will be received with surprise and relief. The Finns have-gained both the points they considered vital. Russian forces may give military assistance 0o Finland only "sub- ject. to mutual agreement between the contracting parties." Finnish forces may be used only for the protection of Finland. In these re- spects the treaty belles the fears raised by Mr. Stalin's reference to a treaty “analogous to the Russo- Hungarlen or Ruseo-Rumunlan e- greements." - The Economist, Lon- don.

Finding a house to move info has been e problem to tax the keeriesl, intellect for many years. But the Census Bureau says that. half thc American people have changed houses iii the last. eight. years. That shows that. 70,000,000 Ameri- cans must. be pretty smart. m the same period 12,000,000 Americans changed states and 13,000,000 changed counties. It's no longer possible to jump into a covered wagon and drive the ox team into the setting sun. but Americans must march somewhere. We've all seen models at pictures of "homes of the future." Only the tent and the automobile trailer really meet b0 a limited dense the American need for mobility. Until we devise u house to take along with u! we will still beJur behind the terra- plri. — Chicago Dadiy News. - I

A few days ago Arthur Prince died in London. a man who had been 50 years on thc vaudeville stages of the English-speaking world. He was perhaps the most. brilliant ventriloqulst of all time. Dressed like an admiral, his dum- my was "Sailor Jim." a cocky sea- men who corresponded tn Edgar Bowen's “Charlie McCarthy." Their rapid-fire dialogue had the audi- ence in stitches and "Sailor Jim" appeared many time: before the Royal family. Prince drank from a glass of water and talked through "Sailor Jim" ul". the some time. Mr. Prince must have made a fortune out. of his 815 companion. who seemed as human as "Charlie Mc- Carthy." Prince got, $1,000 a week in American vaudeville, long be- fore the ere of inflated " salaries. Arthur Prince made one request to his wife before he died. He asked that. his inseparable chum be plac- ed ln the casket with him. -- St. Thomas Times-Journal.

We realise the danger of stop- ping into a family argument. but. the situation in New England has transcended regional importance. Film star Daria Andrews. who gave an outstanding performance 1n {State Fair". is about. to make s picture in which he needs a lobster of superlative, photogenlc- quallties. This mscrurol crustacean will not be eaten; he is e pet of the hero- lnelnand since the leading lady, eicoordln: to reports, fa a beautiful blonde, it. ls vitally important to occur; the right "loheber. It should be a a¥llflihO of soft sods, pinks, blues and violets to blend with the lady's light hair. Maine's cam- missloner of sea and shore fisher- ies. Richard B. Reed, got. wind of the lobster search and telegraphed Andrews that. the Pine ‘rres emu could furnish the ideal lobster to flll the role. Then Conservation

Connecticut heard of the goings-on and told the film star that Maine's lobsters are bll. ‘initial, snflcwua brufos compared with the gentle‘. cultured crustaceans of connecti- out. One hesitates romp, into such a serious matter. The entire lob- ster industry is st stoke. The lob- Itist‘: flame has already been soi- ected. Jsibberwocly is apt aaa eu- phoiuous. flwevu. considerate the oool crispness of Heine's water and the tuned frontier conditions of thc-state, we feel that a‘ lobster from Down Inf. will have rhosé quslltles of up, charm and appeal esssntlsi to oinemsnwcess. —Wsll

Commissioner Russell Hunter of.

HOME l8 ‘l’!!! SAILOR

To eee a ship will ever be

To feel tier cult boeotti silenbb Flowing above her how's eollloquy While running ripples make her lee Entering harbor-dock again At San Francisco-or Brisbane. I close my eyes and entertain Man-d-war birds in the rain Off Hamilton. and long to oeo ‘Ilbo Indian Ocean blue and shim-

mery spsmgllng a million friars, fol: memory

Of evcsilme tn Aroedy:

I hear another "elzhvbelis" time Rerriemberirig fez-off Rangoon And coma-ado voices at. tifgh noon Become now slim-t u the moon.

-Wendy Woo-field in The New York Times.

Jlild Charlottetown

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IMPBUDINT APPOINTMENT

In 1800 muchanlschief woo done to the colony through s. Mr. Went- Warth. who was sent to the Island 1n the oilfice of Attorney General. Whoever feoomm ‘ ‘ him has much to answer for: whatever his professional abilities might. have been. either from habitual drinking or the effects of disease. he ap- peared to be insane the greatest part of the few months he spent on the Island. On the first day he made his appearance in the Su- preme Court, he addressed himself to the audience. and informed them that he had been itctied upon by their Sovereign u s. person of dis- tinguished abilities. to come to the Island to regulate their affairs. and see justice done, and in ‘ii short. time he told them that. everything was wrong, and that he would un- dertake to clear the greatest pin-t of them from paying rent, or ful- filling ariy contract made with the proprietors, most. of whom he said had no right fio their lands; the Court. and even the Governor he treated with the greatest irisoleiicc, no body seemed to know what to do with him. Al; the some time lit was evident that. his conduct, if not checked, would be productive of v€ry ser- ious evils. So fascinating was his doctrine with the ignorant. that. in the short space of liwo months he received, according to his own ac- count, four hundred retaining fees." All this however did not. satisfy him; wherever he heard of any differences existing. he contrived to set a lawsuit on fool; never per- haps was there e more complete 1n- stunce of popular delusion than this man excited for some weeks; but happily for the colony, when the madness was at its height, letters arrived from the Secretary of State. announcing to the Governor Mr. Wervtworttrs being super-ceded; this he was by no means willing to submit. to, and his behaviour on the occasion was so extravagant. that. his greatest. admirers couia no longer shut. their eyes upon his real character. end be soon after left the Island, when his numerous clients lost. their money. Fortunate- ly for the peace of the colony. he has been succeeded by a gentle- man as remarkable for discourag- ing litigation as Mr. Wenoworfn was anxious by every means tio promote 1t; the situation into which he threw the colony for some months is a strong instance of how much mischief may be done in a new country. even by one im- prudent appointment. -From "An Account of Prince 8m, by John

Edward Island" Stewart. Esq., 1806. .

Props For Freedom (John Foster Dulles in "Scoutlnfi

The critical issue of our time 1s whether free societies or 9°31" states are going to prevail and l! y; against that. background that organizations like the 3W Swill“ ought to be judiui

Thy, nation was founded by people who wanted freedom. They “m; it m- grantizd that everyone

men elsewhere in the world would follow that example. 1n that. way. they thought they would llve in s friendly world of free people:

11p: quite a while till! 111°81'11" worked well. Now. however it seems that, there are many people who d0 not want liberty. They seem strata of liberty. ‘Ilhey accept. dictators who m1 them whal- to do and when to do it. The mull ls that instead af,our llvlnl l". l ""10 which is full o! friendly people who ‘like our ways. we are in I- worla whom hundreds of millions follow» leaders ‘who are unfriendly 1o our way of lite.

Why frlb that individual freo- dqn 1|, to many pOOplO. a frighten- ing thing? y why is demure. opmadlna lri the world and free- dom on the Nepstvef