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being authorized by an investment committee and carried out by the Bank of Canada as fia- cal agent. The Bank of Canada holds the securities.

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“The Strongest Memory is Weaker Than the Weakest Ink."

. mint-Eire; l3. 191s. Farm Problems Discussed

lflvriit l'l‘lil!l('ii|> wt-rc piacctl in a strong light

iti tlw ll-ii: bi titiiiiiiioiis tlic otlicr day by

i, \. 1gl'(‘.“l\'C Conservative iiiciii-

‘ * Speaking particul- . ltoss claimed thtit the Slliil‘ t is tine Ilfllllélflly to the price ~l - i "flit: iii~tifiiciciicy' and niuddiiug" \\lli| , i :1 ‘izv iiiznititiucr question. .\Iaiiy -i.t.-.-_\ lltlll- il.:\c' ltCtll shipped to the ljnitcd §lltli>, and iii;tii_v dairy animals have been slaugiitcrctl in this rotintry. Last year the pro- (llit"(‘l'~ TVCVlYCll _=o cciits per pound for butter tut t: l iii lllilhlllfl cliccsc and only 35 cents p_r piituiil i7 r built!‘ iat going itito butter. viii/flit)‘, irivliitliiig the 10 cent bonus, the pro- ducer receives 4.1. cents pcr pound 1'01‘ but!" iat going ‘iillii butter, while his neighbor in tl1¢ L'iii:<‘d Shite." rqccivt‘; approxitiiatcly 5o cents.

\t\'i1.n t..:..-i.t \\'t‘l1l. ti» war the (iovcrnmciit ust-l as a ivtt-t: liUFlUll for industry and labor the ycars ig.'tji-2i_i. When the United States went t.» war they took as their base period for the ulioie nation tlic years I9I3-I4. 31f- R055 cited cash grain ipiiitzitioiis, “innipcg and Chi- cago. showing a Wide disparity in favour of L'. S. prices. He also pointed out that imple- ments of production cost more in Canada than in tiie lfnitcrl States, and that during the period trig-st tho average iticrcasc in fotir of the most 11‘.\Q\:5li'>\' fziriii implements was over I8_per cent. Agricultural statistics also show, since i940, a large advance in average cost of farm help, which now has become difficult, and in sonic tciscg impossible, to obtain at any price.

'lil1(‘*Q (lilliClllllCS are common to farmers flH-QUQlIOUl the country, and it may be Said that. there is nothing new in Hr. R0553 _§t§l¢m€l1l5 and arguments. Nevertheless it is ftttingthat thev should be heard in Parliament, and placed fil1‘ll<'ll"i§<'ll'(l. The debate on the Draft Ad- dress covers a ividc field, and matters affecting a war industry so important l8 lgrlfllllil" 113" every right to be cOHSldEYBd-

We in this farming Province are concerned not only with the problems affecting Canadian agriculture generally, but with transportation difficulties arising out of our peculiar geogra- phical position. These difficulties—tremend- ously increased by the loss of the‘ S. S. Chif- 1Ottgg0wn_ar¢ vitally connected with our farm industry and must be considered together. If our farm labor is so necessary that it should be given priority, n Ottawa now concedes,_then m; “m; lpplifl to our memscf Qffitiicnl transportation to and from the mainllnd- Why ganngt our representatives in the. Hoiiifi 0f Common; speak out on this subject? They would find n sympathetic hearing from all parts of m; House, if they but had the courage 0f iieir convictions.

The Churchill Touch

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Prime Minister Churchill in 1 master hand ‘at finding weak points in the mfifrifi 11110111’. and prodding the tender flesh. He rarely makes a Speech on the war situation but ‘he does not demonstrate his finesse in this direction. On Thursday, for example, after emphasizing the military importance of Allied gains In North Africa. he spoke of the "mHgnilICCRI city and harbor of Tripoli" and called it "U16 first Italian city to bc delivered by British 311115 from the grip nf the Hun." “Naturally," he a-iclcti. “thcrc was livclyi enthusiasm among the ]i__-._{{;,,, pcupic, l can hardly do justice to the .,-,=,,.,..,,.-_<t of the demonstrations of which l was tiic fortunate object."

This cool assumption that the Italian P5017115. as distinct from their war leaders, are lieart and soul with the Allies and only waiting l charity; in ht- “ilr-iivcrcti from the grip 0f tl1€ lluii" iiiziv tin: he strictly true. But it Con- taiiis cit/nigh triiiii 1n iitftiriate liiticr 0nd Mus- kulllll, itiid it is lll\‘l‘l_\' to grow like a grain of iiitisiiztrri st-vd in the iiiitirls of thinking Italians eicryuiitre.

The Unemployment Fund

l..'iiii.r .\Iinistt-t~ .\lllCllCll made the announce- nitiii this wrrl; that the Fcilcrnl L7iiciupl0y- rii<~iit lzisiirziiicv l~'uiid llilll rcziclicd $101,247,645 at llif‘ (‘lltl of _|Illl1llll'_\'. ls tlicrc any such fund? asks the Rlotitrrnl t uzttt‘. If tlic 1940 legisla- tion hits ht-i-ii lollmvrd, tlic Ciovernmctit has not got this iuiinov iii its possession, litit owes it. certainly tht- hulk of it. Cniitrilititioiis t0 the “fuurl", ztrt- iiimic by eiiiployccs, employ- ers, and llli‘ t:t.\'p:i_\'t'r, tlic latter. through the GOYlTHlHClll, providing ziii amount equal to one-fifth of llir: :iggrt-gzitti contributions madc by tlic ritlicr two rla-ics. plus the cost of admin- iiiistrzttitui.

\\'h:ii ht-ciiiiits i-f llll’ l11liII('_V? Accurdiiig it. (in: sizituit- it lv-ri-iiivs ;t spCClill zccotiiit iii lllt‘ ciiusiilitleltt-rl il‘\'flltlf‘ fund. Credits in the fund. lliil rtirri-iiilv requircil for the purposes of thn at-1—tiic iiicrtiiiig of claims, ctc.——-are in- ycqitftl iiv the Fiictiiphvviiiciit Insurance Com- |||i>siti|t iii tlic (iovcriiitieiifs O\\'Il obligations nr those which it guarantees, the actual transactions

i-vovinru nntl Ii an. moo IIGI‘ "our 11,00 fnr G mnnthl.

sists of debts owcd by the Government or guaranteed by the Government, obligations which will have to be met in due course out of, with a fractional exception, tax revenue. ' Finance .\lllll$l0l' lisley, himself, in I940, made no prctciise that unemployment in surance payments would not go into the cou- solidated revenue fund as and when received for current use in carrying on the war. The point was much discussed at the time and one of the views expressed ivas that insurance pay- ments represented nothing more or less than an additional tax 0n industry and labor.

-l:lJIlURlAL NOTES-

Iii peace and war it is still chars/tr: Ia femme —"iook for the woman", it was Solomon who first said it.

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'l‘0iiiorr0\v is St. Valentine's Day, formerly beloved and generally observed by the youth and beauty of the day who exchanged ardent billet douxe.

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“Regimeiitation" is a. word rightly disliked and feared by free men, says the Gazette. Bu: at least a rcghnent gets things doiie.' In Can- ada today we have the worst evil of bureaucracy —a strangling mesh of red tape-without any compensation in either efficiency or security.

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The Red Cross annual campaign for much

from another part of this issue. No more de- serving organization exists in the world, either in peace or ivar, and the present appeal is certain to commend itself as heartily as did last year's when we went over the top, and then some. U U U i

Warning of’ a further reduction in food ra- tions, the British Press calls for a. more vigor- ous anti-submarine campaign and greater pro- duction of home grown foods. The Daily Mirror told Britons "you must eat less," while the Daily Mail said "we cannot expect the ample and varied quotas we have received in the past. \Ve may have to accept further ration cuts and I. reduction in points values."

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Sir Joseph Banks, “Father of Australia," born this date I743; was distinguished botanist who rcompanicd Captain Cook 0n his first voyage of discovery, and on his return from Botany Bay (which he named) was mainly re- sponsible for the first colonization of Australia which previously had been known only as a penal settlement; was president of the Royal Society for forty-one years; Banksica shrubs were named aftcr‘iiiiii by Linnaeus

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The Prime Minister" of Australia, Mr. Curtin, leaves no doubt about the seriousness of the year that lies before the Pacific nations. IIe says z-“The war in the Pacific is at a crucial stage. I cannot outline what appears to be ahead, for that would profit only the enemy, but I give a. stern warning that the Govern- ment can see only a hard road, with events, the prospects of which are far from bright, cast- ing a heavy shadow on the New Year. Reso- iutcncss must be the keynote of Australian char- actcr. I am confident it will be manifest through- out tlic land. Otir history will be written in slavery unless we concentrate on the task at hand to the exclusion of all that is paltry, miser- able, and self-seeking."

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Mrs_ Churchill, broadcasting in London on behalf of her “Aid tn Russia" Fund. said that the total of the fund there was now close on £2,250,000. That, she said, was a grand result. Nearly 3.000 tons of supplies had been dispatch- ed to Russia. A few of the items received and distributed by the Russian Red Cross were 15o tons of drugs, 97 X-ray units, 1,500,000 surgical instruments, half a million blankets Ind over a million garments. "But whatever help we have given is only a few drops in the ocean of their needs. I have a confession to make. I come before you tonight in debt. The fund is over spent. We have, you see, to place our orders a long time ahead, and it will actually take six months before the orders we give now can be completed."

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How goes the war? is a question on every- one‘s lips. There are solid reasons for Chur- chill’s confidence following the triple achieve- ment of Russia, Tripolitania and Casablanca. The shape of the war has been hammered into a pattern of the Allies’ own design. Both in- side Germany and outside Europe the situa- tion is moving toward a single supreme des- tiny. And while we do not count the savage battles to come as inevitable victories, we are allowed the hope that our steady growth from desperation to strength, combined with Ger- many's decline from titillating victory to grave peril, shows eventual victory in a rising light. But we still may have a long way to go before the objective is reached.

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“I can nee no reason why we cannot look forward to an era of expansion during which our population is increased at least five fold,” said Mr_ Ford S. Ktimpt, Dominion Life Pre- sidciit at the annual meeting yesterday. “A wise selective immigration policy after the war vigorously and carefully administered, seems to be essential. We have developed industrial platits, trained thousands to be skilled mechan- ics, our farms have the productive capacity to fccd a much larger nation and urgently need an assured market. The countries improverish- ,cd by war will need our primary products to

aii extent where ruthless exploitation must be iivnidrrl. This‘ iutist he accomplished by distri- htitiiig ilicsc products with regard for principles nf true conservation. Tlicre is nothing in the iong-tcriti picture to indicate any ground for .pcssimisiii as to the future, when the princi- plc has bccn re-cstabiished throughout the world that the trite function of each state is Io svrvr its people without encroachment on {t5 neighbours."

needed funds is about to begin, as will be seen (i;

THE (IHARLQTFETPYYN fiUABDLjN;

Ilotos By The Way

Every attempt of llltler ta correct

Ill seem; only to aggravate the original error. —Kansaa City Times.

By keeping both political , rile: Ive can always tel. how prosper- ous and how p001‘ we Are at the same time. —Sherbrooke Record.

Bearings and piston: of Nu! tanks found by the desert wayside were completely burned out. It's what come; of not stopping every 500 miles 1n the race for Ne. to change oll. -Detroit News.

Accident: happen 1n the best reg- ulated laboratories, and usually re- sult 1n a new synthetic rubber. - Toronto Star.

This town will be well advised not to go too deep into anything that may not be required after the war. When this vvar i; over tlhe high- ways and railways about here \\Il be crowded by folks who will be {hitting for the oicl home places to _8€t. their governmental suits off and their 01d suit; on. Of course, there 1| no telllnil when this war will end. but we are a. week nearer peace today than we were at this time last ,3'hl;!t‘8dfly. ——Trenton Courier Ad- oc o.

ln Athens today n good menu ‘lconsl-it; of a breakfast of herb: and- ,tea and a slice of dry bread; n inn. tcheon of weeds from the garden, cooked 1n a few drops of oil if one Ls lucky enough to get it; a dinner of vegetabe soup. thickened with n 10051100111111 0f wheat flour, and a or a couple of olive; for des- sert" Dogs, eats and rat, are m; only meats to be found; three pounds °l 110M183’ 1116M. which tastes like kitchen soap, cost $10 Fvogua,

An "Association of Eunpeen‘ been found at Leopoidvilie, Belglri: (701180 vlnltal. Its members are Bel- B10118. in tlhe Congo or elsewhere, who with patriotic motives have es_ 01111841 from occupied territory. _ News From Belgium.

n"! ll! "i! I001! of Arizona mined- wai ions before Columbus came this way. It helps somewhat; 111 P-Mlng the date of the first Am- erican lwbor trouble. -Detroft News,

Mflllflllvlherollnothlngnow under the sun. Sir Hubert Wilktng says that after tihe war we 311511 b; able to forecast the weather for g Year ahead. The old-fashioned al- "1511505- Bot out by the medicine mmnanles. did that for decades. - St. Thomas Times-Joumal.

EXDQrfenee ha, proved it l: on. l" 511d I-‘heflper t0 Drevent tuber- culosis tlmn to cure 1t. The cost of treating an established case ranges 110111 $2.000 to $6.000. A case ae- tecied 1n the early stage; may b; cured for about $1,000. Ontario, which has the lowest tuberculosis death _rate of any province, only 29 2 and Saskatchewan, next: low- 6S1 with 32.2 are certain that. pre- vention ts better than cure. _Ed. monton Journal.

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l0ttawa Paper Strongly Endorses l Car Ferry Claim

(ottuv; Journal, Rb. O)

A delegation from the Oharlotta- |

town Boat-c- of Trude 1.: comtnl i0

.Ott to demand improved com- awa iShe fbrilizilnvivs little token 181d‘

mutilation: between Prince Ed ward Island and the malnlanéf of glan- ada. Specifies ‘y n seoon car e is wanted and adequate drying facilities. '

The Island has a good case. Them i; only one ship now entiaged in U118 ‘ferry service. Recently a shaft broke, and for three days, until re- nalrs were made. the Province was isolated except for air service. ‘This is the potato shipping season." noted fine Charlottetow» Guardian, “and ttne huge mumrN-ion of frelshi on both sides of the Strait was n ie- minder of how essential 1t is to have regular C0mmlll1luuil0ll " It remind- ed the islands that until they have a. second ferry the danger always exists that they will be cut off from the mainland for weeks or months.

Prince Edward Hand deserves fairer treatment. It is two years since one of the ferries was lost by accident. and apparently nothing has been done to replace 1t. The diffi- culties of getting n new Ihtu of such a nature at this time are clear. but the genuine need of‘ Prnce Ed- ward Island for an improved ser- vice is equally apparent.

Summerside Press On Car Ferry Need

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(Biunmeraide Journal)

If one of the other province: of Canada was in some way subject- ed to a very real danger of being cut off from the rest of Canada 1n the matter 0f t-r tion and communication woudxft ‘the . "-* provinces consider ft. a most. serious situation-one af- fecting all of them-and wouldn't they all do everything 1n their power u: avert such l. threatened disaster?

Well, Prince Edward Island tn- day stands threatened in that Iay and it 1s no mere hallucination. Perhaps the other provinces of Canada are unaware of the Jeopard in which the Island pru- vtnce a d: u the result of the future of the Canadian govern- ment to replace the 10a by sinking of the cuferry “Charlotte- town." since 100a of that. [hip the government has left us de- pending upon her 90-year-old predecessor, the "B5 Prince Ed- ward Island." which wu held u

to be used 1n time: lo to and from the province. ‘I111: era-ft. while forming excellent service to extent, that she is cap daring, 1s insufficient to meet. the vastly enlarged truffle which ap- pertains today, both tn passenger: and frie t.

Dopen in; upon fhll one Imm- er which was n-uich under the carrying capacity of the one which was lost, is what puts the Island pmvlnce in jeopardy. This steam- er, which long ago had seen her best days. has been laid up on two occasions of late, first by reason of an accident to her rudder and secondly a damaged propeller, valuable days beln lost in having the necesary reps rs made. The consequence has been serious 1n- tei-ruption in our freight, passen- ger and express services. meaning also a threatened coal famine hero and a holdup of numerous car-

A boy of fifteen has been pgnglon- ed out of the Roya. Navy, Tho Story was unfolded when he appliedl for a Job as messenger and ax.’ Pillned that he had joined the, R0501] Ijlflvy and had been "petision- ' ed off. "Pensloned off at fifteeiil". was the incredulous reply. It '1‘a1'|-‘ Splred that he had been a 59a cadet, ' flnd- being already trained. had,’ fieibite his age, crept into tlic Navyl as a gunner. On active service he got. I bit vi shflflinel in his side. It had’ healed up "Rely. but the doctors‘ feared that. under the stress of heavy physical work. the wound would reopen and he might have a bad time of 1t. so he was lnvalidcdl out. He liked the prospects of the‘ 10b Offered t0 him. but made one stipulation. He must have n littfe time off each week. He had re- joined the sea cadets. and was a. Fifty Officer training other boys for‘ the R. N.—Brighton Evening Argus,

TTYlnl l0 llrlp the veil from the

future, Howard- Vincent O‘Br1enl Chimgo author and columnist, sticks _ his neck right. out wit-h this pred1c-' tron: "By the time the leaves have‘ fallen from the beeches of Unter

D811 Linden. the little brown brother

of Nippon will find himself alone in

a hostile world. The Germans will‘ 101d 111: before November of 1943/” He bases their prediction on the fact

that. if the professiona military men ' of Germany have not. yet conic m think of defeat, they are being forced to consider the impossibility of vic- tory, and says that when an army —11111‘ll°\1l111’l1’ H German armv - reaches that point. it 1s on the brink l" 11111111118. And he bolsters his prediction bv a prediction nt- de- clares he made 1n 1918. On Jung 12 °3 U111?» It!!!‘ von Kuehltnann made I 911061311 1n the Relchstag deetgr. I! Genniiny could not win. where- uoon he sava he prophesied that that war would be over before Nov. ember t5. and was told he was "My. If he reads the signs aright. 1119911’? he anvs. is yepeatlng 1t- self. -Montreal Herald.

Mr. Hnlay McGIlllvrny, Bfl-yglr- old famous cattle breeder, of A'd1e,

his work of n lifetime ruined. He is seriously 111. A week ago a case of foot-nnd-mouth disease was

herd of 84 pedigree Shorthorn cat- tle. This herd had taken more than 30 years to get. toilether. Ministry of Agriculture officials spent four days valuing the live stock. The! figure was not made known. but

the herd iii 2100.000 Mc- G1 llvray then had to‘ make the hardest decision of his life. Finally he gave his sanction to the "sent- ence of death" on the herd-london Sunday Dlmatch.

Aren't we human beings funny? We spend money for g. ' , we take in picture shows. eat ice cream. drink soft drinks. smoke smokes and indulge l1) hundreds of things that bring in hundred; of the entertainment of the moment. No permanent benefit ever comes of any of it. but we never think of kicking. It is onlv when we come

the official estimate of the value of t . Mr

loads of other goods for our mer- chants.

Conttnuous communication with the mainland was a stipulation upon which Prince Edward Island entered Confederation and we be- lieve that the other provinces if they really realized our present threatened plight. would by their voices and votes rally to our aid.

It is time the Government took this matter up seriously. Surely something definite can be assured and that. at an early date,

(Summerstde Pioneer).

The tie-up in our carferry ser- vloe ls serious beyond words. At Monday night's meeting of the Sunimerstde Town Council 1t. was revealed that not. a ton of coal was available here. Approsdmata- 1y two huldred cars of freight have been piling up at; Tormen- tine awaiting transfer t.o the pro- vince and bu this side many empty railway ears and booked ship- ments, too, are tlecl u . Contracts here are held up awa ting needed supplies and general inconveni- ence has been the rule. The very newsprint that ls printed on had to be brought here by express due to a freight shipment to us being held up with the rest.