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THE GUARDIAN

Morning Dally (Founded In 1881a. Authorized as Second Class Mall. Post Offlco Department. Ottawa.

The Island Guardian Publlshhg Co. President. Ian A. Burnett; Vlce-rresident. Wm. B. Burnett; sccy-Treas, C. M. Burnett; Editor and Managing Director. J. 1t. Burnett; Assoclau Editor. Frank lValker.

,"The Strongest Memory is Weaker Than the Weakest lnk."

cuAicL0'r'1'r;"ruvi'N, TUESDAY, MARCH 3111711421“

ls North llhlna Lost?

Associated Press’ news declares that the Chinese Nationalist Government is being swept off its feet by the success of the so-called Com- munist forces in the north. This bears out what The Spectator declared nearly three weeks ago. For some time the whole of Manchuria, except for one or two garrison towns, has been in Com- munist hands, and Communist pressure on the coastal corridor to Mukden and the east-west corridor from Tientsin to Kalgan has been per- sistent and effective. It is now being widely ad- mitted that unless there is some startling change in the military situation the Nationalists will be obliged to abandon not only Manchuria, but the whole of North China, to the Communists. The suggestion that a formal partition of China be- tween Nationolist and Communist spheres might be arranged sounds on the face of it improbable, and the arrangement would not last- long undis- turbed if it were ever agreed to. All this pre- sents a gloomy picture for General Chiang Kai- Chek and the American Government. Military reverses have their origin in the inefficiency of the creaking machinery of the Kuomintang; the generals in the north have been outmanoeuvred, but it is doubtful how successful they could have been without the support of a more effective machine in their rear. The American adminis- tration has to fit the military picture in North China into its plans for future aid. It has in the past been the main backer of the present Chin- ese Government, and has been a liberal supplier of arms, as well as of more peaceful assistance. The President has been forced to admit that so for the United States has failed to help China to "make effective and constructive use of Ameri- can assistance." He proposes a new credit of $510,000,000 to finance essential imports, but says nothing about further military aid. He agrees that this credit could do more than pro- vide "o respite from rapid economic deteriora- tion." Everybody is agreed that the only hope for Chino lies in a radical reorganization from within. It remains to be seen whether the con- tinuance of limited American aid will suffice to prevent this reorganization from coming violent- ly, and from the north.

A Sorry Spectacle

casr week in the House of Commons, the ‘Federal Government was defeated on a tax pro- posal and managed to have this reverse annulled by a trick. This extraordinary incident, says the Globe and Mail, shows to what a low estate Par- liament has fallen in Canada and how lightly its rights and duties arc taken by its own members and by the public. A majority decision in the House an a matter of high public importance was rubbed out and set aside without any motion of rescindmont. This is bad enough, but more la- mentable is the virtual certainty that most citi- zcns, and perhaps most M.P.'s, will brush off the episode with the comment: "lt doesn't mat- ter anyway. ‘Parliament is only a rubber-stamp."

The House was discussing the new excise taxes announced by Finance Minister Douglas Abbott on November 17 last. This fact in itself should bc enough to horrify any genuine demo- crat. Mr. Abbott, it will be remembered, im- posed the taxes by radio broadcast. For four months they have been collected without Por- Iiamcntary approval and they are therefore un- constitutional taxes no different from which cost King Charles I his neck 300 years ago. That Parliament is only now beginning to con- sider them would rouse Canadians to angry pro- test if they were not so habituated to placid ac- ceptance of rule by decree.

Mr. Abbott's excise tax proposal—if it ctin be called a "proposal” when it has been law since November—was beaten on its very first test. Embodied in a resolution with six parts, it came before tho Ways and Means Committee (whose membership is the whole House) last Monday. Mr. Abbott called for a separate vote on each part and the Committee promptly nega- tived part one by forty-three to thirty-nine. It is beside the point to say that a vote by eighty- two members, in a House of 245, is not repre- sentative. A quorum is twenty and any decision taken when a quorum is present must stand. Mr. Abbott refused to accept the verdict, but his initial attempts ta have it thrown out produced farcical confusion. In the end he decided to argue that the vote was "out of order" because the Committee should have passed on all six parts of the resolution at once-a direct contra- diction of his original view. As enough Liberals had by this time been drummed into the House from offices and corridors, he was sustained and the Committee was back where it started.

"These proceedings," says the Toronto pa- per, "present a sorry picture of Parliamentary sloth and splnelessness. To begin with, it is the business of members to be in their places when important issues are up and important divisions are duo. An illegal and unpopular 25 per cent tax could be classified as important. In tho second place, a Government functioning under the Par- liamentary system ls expected to abide by ma- lorlty vurdlcts-ovan whrn absenteeism from its own benches mulls In a dofqat. Otherwise, Par- llamoittary vom loso all mooning and tho liloiiso

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Frost is not very deep in the soil, and al- ready digging has begun in certain districts for foundations for new buildings. '

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The Teachers’ Federation open their annual session this morning. The members will be made heartily welcome during their present stay in the City. '

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The slippery footpaths and slippery hills in rural parts occasioned many mishaps to man and car over the week-end, but fortunately not any

of them serious.

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Tonight the Board of Transport Commission- ers are due to announce their decision on the railways’ application for a 30% increase in

freight rates.

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The younger generation shows signs of in- telligence. Fatalities from the taking of un- necessary risks on rotting ice are now infre-

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It won't be long before the great outdoor clean-up commences. Yards and gardens seem to accumulate an unbelievable amount of junk in the course of a winter. l‘ I According to Premier Jones a "hired help" at” Ottawa at $2,000 per annum is 200% better value than a duly elected representative at $6,000 plus.

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Militia "Ranger" units to guard Canada's Northland sound romantic but it should not be overlooked that if they are ever called upon to do any fighting it will be against the highly trained and well equipped spearhead the enemy.

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"lt casts more to be horn in Canada than anywhere else l know." Children are expensive to rear, feed, clothe, house and educate, says Dr. John Morgan, Associate Professor of Social Work at Toronto University. Housing he describ- ed as "one of our most serious social problems." i i i I

A recent letter to the Times of London con- tained a scorecard on how the people of Britain —the right people that is—were naming their children in 1947. lohn was for-and-away the most popular name for boys followed by Michael, Richard, David and Anthony. Anne led the girls by a clear margin with Elizabeth, Mary,..lane and Susan following in that order. l‘ st i fl VlWhen our various planning committees be- gin to show results the health problem of blind wells will no longer arise. _Development areas. will be so arranged that- modern facilities can be supplied at minimum cost. So far the com- mittees have been strong in personnel but woe- fully weak in financial resources. VI ‘It ‘k i‘

In connection with the forthcoming visit of His Excellency the Governor General and fam- ily, the probability is that a five-room bungalow will be erected near Dolvey for the vice-regal family, and another in the vicinity for the staff. It is intended the distinguished guests will have their meals at the hotel, so no kitchen will be

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There is nothing new under the sun. The "war of nerves" is not a modern invention. The National Geographic Magazine mentions a pres- sure campaign by the Assy-rians in 689 B.C. against the southeast Arabian nation of Dilmun. After Sennacherib destroyed Babylon he sent to Dilmun some of the brown dust that had been that city. No further measures were necessar to extract the required tribute. '

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Poul Verlaine, French lyrical poet, born this date I844. His earliest vclumes—-Paemes Saturn- iens and Feles Golontes, showed influence of Baudelaire and his school, which is not so evi- dent in his latcr works. Romances sans Paroles, Judis et Naguere, Porollelement, and Bonheur, arc all characterized by exquisite beauty of thought and rhythm, which are reproduced in the popular English translation of 1909.

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Mr. Andre Thubert, of Paris, visiting Tor- onto on business, said Communist newspapers in France have published maps, indicating a route which the Red Army might take in an attack on Canada. The ted-arrow studded maps mark- ed a route which "ran from the Bering Strait, down through Alaska via the Alcon Highway into Canada, taking in British Columbia, and thence through the three Prairie Provinces to Ogtorio and Quebec and finally halting in the Maritime Provinces." '

I Scheduled to arrive in Saint John today, aboard the S.S. Norwegian of the Donaldson Line, is a valuable shipment of prize livestock from Scotland, consigned to stock farms near Quebec City, Kingston and Unianville, Ont., Calgary and Ohio and Illinois. The Norwegian mode two other trips to Saint John this season with farm ani- mals from Scotland. Seventy-nine head of cat- tle will arrive today. They consist of Short- horn bulls and heifers, Galloway bulls and heif- ers, Aberdeen bulls and heifers and Ayreshiro heifers. Also included in the shipment are four Suffolk ewes, thug sheep dogs and one Shetland pony. Thirty-four of the bulls and heifers arc going to stock farms near Quebec City, King- ston and Unionvillo, Ont.,- and Calgary, while tho other 35 will o to now owners in Chicago and Mason City, ll inois. _Tho Shetland pony ls con- signed to a resident of Ashbiirn, Ont., and the sheep dogs to forms in Ohio.

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It won't be long now untll the new bathing cults wlll show that. some of us are In bad shape. - Kitchener-Waterloo Record.

A good wife wlll stand by her husband when he ls caught swind- llng, but. when he ls swlndled she quits. - Quebec Chronicle-Tele- graph.

The Japanese. says their prime minister. are holding to o. policy of self-help. ‘Plielr neighbors, no doubt, wlll find II; a great Improve- ment over the old slash and carry system of self-serve, Windsor Slur.

Revolution Ia taking place In Novu Scotlaks apple Industry. Great, and fundamental changes are i.i progress lll this important factor in the economy of thls province. But wliile the changes are taking place, the apple growers themselves face a dlfllcult time. Approximate- ly 2,500 Nova Sootla families are practically dependent upon the apple crop for their livelihood; an- other 500 depend upon It no a gvcnici" or less extant. Still more finrl seasonal employment during the harvest. - Halifax Chronicle.

Canada's largest. metropolis, the City of Mont-real. Is also Lhe mast rapidly growing clLy of the Dun.- lnion. Create: Montreal now has a population totalling 1,320,726, the‘ of the city proper being 1,086,000. .\ dozen or more adjacent munlcl- palities account. for the remain- ing 234.000. The migration from rural to urban habttailon, so marli- ed of late across Canada, Is no- where more marked than In Que» bec and has no stronger magnetic centre than Montreal. Sydney Post-Record.

The saturation point. In the ab- sorption of unskilled workers Into the mines has been reached at. many mines. In the Naranda area, Noranda Mines Is the only oom- pany taking on this class of help. uncl It, ls doing this ivith caution. Here's what. one mine manager uald of the situation: “l [col Elli!‘ we are at the turn of the road now.“ He went. on to say optimis

tlcally that it looked to hlm ns though conditions for mining —aiid he was not just considering the fact; that more labor ls available-- are definitely going to show a big improvement. — Iitrlsland Lake Northern News.

The craft of virvltlng can be taught, Through pracilce and crlil- clsm young people of ordinary in- telligeuce can acquire the Lech- ntque of clear and orderly stave- ment, just as certainly as they car. be taught. to read and multiply. 'l‘l'nllllllg In writing wlll not make every boy and girl a literary attic‘- or anything remotely resembling one. but It wlll produce competent craftsmen. Most college graduates, to judge from their letters. are not competent writers; not because they are deficient In- Intelligence’. but because their training has beer- neglected. — Guelph Mercury.

Many people will remember how the celebrated Theodore Hook, of an earlier day, deflated the pomp- ous gentlemen of lils era by walk- ing up to them and demanding‘ "Pray. sir. are you anybody of Im~ portance?“ A stranger once trio’! to embarrass the extremely Im- posing British actor, Sir ‘Herbert Beerbolim Tree, by repeating these words to lslm. But. Slr Herberfa wit. was equal to his Imposing ap- pearance. "I don't. think I can be," he rejoined, “or I should hardly be seen talking to you." — Wall Street. Journal.

The official opening ceremonies at the new Lourentien Hotel ave. the week-end marked an event. o! noteworthy significance In the com- mercial progress of the city, tr particular In the provision of nee. Improved hotel facilities for boar Isis and the travelling public gen- erally. The 33.000000 Laurentien. with its 23 storeys and 1.100 room." is the largest hotel to be bulit In Cauarlrr for the past 20 years and ls Ill’: first. hats-l of compar- nhle slzr: to be erected on uni». continent since lli: war ended. ti took considerable courage and vts Ion to proceed with such is n1aj>r undertaking at this time. Becca-e of this, and because of bno asset the hotel Itsclf represents to sh: city. much credit Is due to Mr J. C Udcl nnd his associates. -— Mori- lreal Gazette.

Ontario apple growers along the st». Lawrence, home of the famed McIntosh, wcre told at. tihelr nn- nunl meeting recently In Morris ‘burg they must become more mod- ern In their growing and market- Ing methods lf they want, to corn pete successfully with the Brltlsn Columbia apple. Better grading, more cold storage and more mou- ern methods of packing were urged for the Ontario product. If. war

tarlo markets. To an extenvthts is true and there Is a reason for It. The B. C. grower has teamed to work wl't.h hIs neighbor and to pool work and resources for n com- mon end. It might. be sold that 1e Is, co-ooerotlve minded. although ordlnnrv co-aperstlon Is not. the entire answer. It Is deeper than that. The Ontario grower Is more scattered and tends to be on tn- cllvlrluallst In his thinking. Maybe he does not, trust. his notirhbors and fellow growers to tho extent his f’. C. counterpart does. Al’. any rat/t he has tried to be o tone wolf in the handling of hls archer-do. In the trading. ‘Thinning and marketing of hll fruit. Ho wanted to lea his ammo on the final box Well the ovldonco In [rowing that the I. C. method brlull hotter consumer relation: whether or no- lt moans better flnoaolsl rotates to the grower In loathe: ohm. - Ottavra. Journal, ,

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said B.C. apples were flooding On-'

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this column the dlocunlon by eorr - opondents of questions. HI Interest.- Iho Charlottetown Guardian doe: not necessar- lly endorse tho oplnlun iil w. reopandonsl-

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Shy-Re "Sinking Fund" in yes: terdays Guardian, “Accountant. sets down that. $00,000 debentures that, have been filled out and sign- ed but. not. sold or doliyi-rvrl IIH) boll), a linbilily and u" H55“-

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0‘LEAR\"5 PROUD RECORD 51;,_.Q'1,eary I135 the proud rec- ord of being the only Illa-Fe l" West. Prince where the clergymcn of all LIEITUXIIIIILIIIUIIS, Roman Catholic aird. Protestant. got. a uwst generous discount. of ten per cent on all their purchases. grocer- ies iexcept. sugar and butter), dry goods, fuel, etc. With the cost. oi living nt a record high figure, this splendid gesture is greatly appreci- ulecl by ‘the Ministers and the Priests of the different churches. Olieary has done this for uiariy years and certainly sets a flue ex- such as Summerside, Charlottetown, and an incorporated town only thirteen miles from O'Lea.ry, ziamely, Alber- ton, where this concession ls not given. At an Informal discussion during a. meetlng of the West. Prince Mln- Isterlal Association which was held In O'Leary on Holy Thursday. IL was slated that O’Leary was the only village 1n the large terrltory represented by the Ministerial As- sociation from Tlgnlsh to Tyne Valley and Bideford where the business men treat. the clergy In such a generous manner. About six mlles from O‘Leary is Springfield West and the storckeeper there, Mr- George Wlllcinson, also gives the clergymen :1 ten per cent. re- bate on their purchases. M1‘. Fred Champion of (Them-y, who supplies a. splrnrliil COI1llliIlCill> electric light service to Llie resi- dents of O'L.eary and Knuistorrl. also gives free light to the three O'Leary Churches. by not. lflfilllllllly’, any electric light meters. niamely the United Church, the Nazarene Church and .t.he Roman Catholic Church. NLr. Champion also sup- plles free light. to the Knutsforrl Baptist Church. This fine con- cession Is greatly appreciated by the congregations concern-ed. Are there any other places In this Province that treat. their Ministers and Churches as gen- erously as does OLeary? ‘ I arm, Sir, etc, W. G- D.

311E HOG INDUSTRY

Slr,—ln The Guardians ‘Editor Ial Notes‘ of March 13. I see an interesting reference to the hog In- dustry In my home Province, inti- maltng that: "Saskatchewan's hog industry has dropped 75 per cent. since 1944 and may soon disappear altogether unless an Improved re latlonslilp between prices of feed grains a d pork products ls Intro ducedl medlately by federal ac- tlon, Agriculture Minister I, C. Nollet, told the Legislature . . . "

My farm journal points out. in this same connection. that. "The high point: of hog production lll Canada was In 1043. On Dec. 1 of that year hogs on Canadian farms totalled 9.473.000, In the four years thereafter the decline sent, the lo- ta] down to 5,381,200."

As probably you are well aware, our farmers are not, in this hog- growlng game purely for the joy of ridding an average of 15 IIOUII: to the work-week; which latter. I would like to draw to the often tlon of those embattled 36-hour work-week printers In New Yazk Clty. already tops the straight 72 hour level, clear across tho year?

However, I must say that I hearz» Ily concur In the Sdslratchewur suggestion “that the Federal Gov-

ernment, Institute an lmltltdld-t‘. and long-term policy t0 yirotcct the 110g industry from l)l'0(.'8t..':U.’ profltcetlirg and high speculative feed groin pill-cs."

It Is this Instability in the liva- stock business ECIICTIIILY, but cs-

peclnlly as IL applies to IIOg-QYOW- Ing, that plays hob with not. only the primary producers’ plans bu». also. those oI_ the final consumers. Under present techniques the day- by-day markets for feed gzalizs are thoroughly intolerant of anything even remotely like o few bushels of grain ovcrancl ubovc Immediate needs. This marginal busnelugo i: too readily labeled ‘surplus’ and promptly begins throwing Its sha

dow across the entire market. It s common knowcldge, for example. that, there Isn't. a truly ‘surplus pound of food, anywhere. irvross the world; yct, If a few mlllloi; bushels appear not to find Install. buyers, valuations crumble over- night. If we ore to gputld perman- ent demand tor Canadian bacon and pork products. we wlll certain

Iy have to lnsulale the Industry from the speculative raids of ‘op- erators’ with merely a profit-hun- ger to feed?

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WE CAN GET COMPOSITE IIIGII H0O ll‘-

Blf,—-Dll.l’lhQ the past. fewuveelss a great-many letters have appear ed In the press regarding n Reg Ional Composite High School Many o! these letters have offered constructive criticism. There are. however, lama which have display- ed a complete lack of tho basic Ides behind such B school.

In n recent. address, no less an authority than Mr. Lloyd W. Show, Director of Education for Prince Ildwnril Island. In speaking of a floglonal Composite nigh School,