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DHABLOITETOWN, WEDNESDAY. MAY 18, 1049

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Prime Minislter St. Laurent but filmed "thumbs down", to the request of our fishermen

and packers for Federal support for this season's '

east coast fish pack.‘ Indeed, he refused to give the delegation from the Fisheries Federa- tion a courteous hearingand disgusted even his awn party supporters on the delegation by his hostile attitude. This is difficult to under- stand, except on the ground that the Prime Minister, through some channel or another, and for some reason or another, has been grossly misinformed. lt was a most unfortunate inci- dent so far as his supporters are concerned, and an astonishing one to the public generally. Discourtesy is the last thing one would have expected from a gentleman of Mr. St. Laurent's roputation and standing. Coming at tho outset If an election campaign, it is simply inexplicable.

The case which the Federation delegates sought to present to the Prime Minister received the unanimous indorsation of our Legislature two months ago. ln a subsequent brief forwarded to the Fisheries Prices Support Board, the Fed- eration suggested a new programme under which canned fish would receive price supportihandled by regular canners, who would be paid by the Board. Sales made by the canneries would be

' credited against Government money received, ex- cept for a margin of profit. ln pointing out the need for some form of assistance for the fish- cries. the Federation slibmitted that the price support programme should be continued to en- able the industry to complete the change-over from a wartime to a peacetime economy.

What was there in this reaso crble request to rouse the ire of the Prime Minister of Canada? "The logic of this submission." comments the Moncton Transcript (Liberal) in a leading edi- torial commending the P. E. l. Federation pro- posals, "is readily apparent to those ossociagded with the industry in the Maritimes." Does r. St. Laurent read Maritime Liberal newspapers?

The Transcript reminds all and sundry that the adverse ruling of the PricesBoard in this matter affects close to 5,000 fishermen in New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island. They_are told by the Board to turn to farming or some other more profitable occupation. "This," says the Transcript, "is hardly the kind of support the fishermen expect from a Federal agency set up ostensibly to aid them in just such a crisis as the industry now is passing through." What lt will have to say by way of comment on the Prime Minister's attitude can only be guessed. What our own fisheries men are saying may be gathered from the expressions of opinion in our pews columns today.

llntario ilnri Margarine

Margarine, having been manufactured free of all specific regulations for several months and now firmly established, came under provin- cial regulations in Ontario on Monday. The regulations are designed to safeguard the public against fraud and substitution and to regulate the ingredients used to produce the product.

The controversial section of the new regu- lations deals with coloring. This is limited to 1.6 degrees of yellow according to a definite standard. That is not as yellow as the accepted standard for creamery butter, but neither is it a dead white. lf manufacturers desire there is nothing in the regulations‘ to prevent them in- sorting a capsule in each package to enable consumers to color margarine as butter. Moist- ure in the product is limited to l6 percent., the amount allowed in butter, and the quantity of milk or skim milk powder which may be used to give the product taste is regulated.

"There is bound to be continuous contro- versy aver the pale color required in the new margarine," says the Ottawa Journal. "l't is the lrbject of a bitter fight in every legislature in the U.S., and has been for years. The point is that margarine, a substitute for an old-establish- ed Canadian product is put on the market for those who have demanded a cheaper spread. Unless there is some easily recognized way to distingiibh it from butter there is the constant dange of fraud and misrepresentation. The substantial difference in price would tempt many to substitute one for the other, especially in pub- lic eating places. The color-provision is simply a protection for the public; it in no way changes fie essential qualities of the new product."

llaval Veterans’ Prize Money

- As part of a tradition which dates from ‘the time of Hon Vltl, those who served in His Majesty's ships during a period of war are al- lotted a share of tho rnoney accruing from the oalnof captured enemy merchant ships and their carrgodll, Thorn is no legal entitlement, but the iocticrlios boon to introduce o-spocial prize

ill into llfllfifilllll’ on such occasions, authoriz- lng distribution of the money.

A consiqldrobls sum of money has lmn ol- lotted to Canada, or rather to former members of the Casedlgdr navy and coastal air force, as their shore of the prize monsy accumulated dur- ing World Wai ll; and lt has boon left to Ot- tawatogstthsrnonsy intothehondsolthoso entitled to n. I-lowovgulillflnlimfmdlflfilbgll: II? 7W9!" W” ‘m. m’ sons rhino erdiLof the novel end air MIMI. ‘W’ 5"“- , . I

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ls no legal ontitiement to shares on an individual basis," says the Port Erie Times-Review. "ln ev- ery moral sense they are right; in fact the gov- ernment's attitude reflects the some kind of thinking that prompted the deduction of tax arrears from compulsory savings. Individual rights are becoming less and less important in government circles, particularly where money is involved. But as one MP put it: ‘lt does not matter whether it (the individual share) will be only sufficient to buy a bottle of rum; it is the principle that is important!”

'./_ EDITORIAL NUIES/ -

Lobstors and politics go well together; red externally pink internally.

Leadership of o great country calls for marked stamina in addition to other qualities. The present campaign appears to be a real test of that quality in the candidates for Prime Min-

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The announ-ced returning of H.M.C.S. Cres- cent from Chinese waters marks the writing off of China so far as this country is concerned. Re- maining Canadians and Canadian property can look for little further aid.

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Secondary roads seem to be in good-condi- tion iust now, and indications are that consid- eroble work will be done on them. lf it were not for our incomparable spring, hard surfacing would scarcely be needed.

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The Premier did not succeed in making the grade as a candidate for the current election but he made the speech of a vote catcher at the rally Monday night, for which the Prime Min- ister must have been thankful.

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New York Tinies published last week lts special annual travel sections, listing the tourist attractions in Eastern and Western Canada. Alas, Prince Edward island was totally ignored, not even its famous Old Home Week being mentioned. What happened to account for this when the other Maritimes were featured?

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The Ontario Dental Association has sound- ed a warning against the misuse of fluorine in the hope of preventing tooth decay. AdIuI-ts’ teeth are not benefited at all by this treatment and childiren should only be treated by a dentist. Home medication with llourine tooth pastes and powders, mouth washes and tablets is valueless in preventing tooth decay. And dentists ought

to know.

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Following the annual general meeting of the Canadian Manufacturers’ Association at St. Andrew's, N. B. next month, the members will visit Prince Edward Island on ‘invitation of Pre- mier Jones. They will be here on June 20, and in anticipation of the visit Industrial Canada, the organ of the Association, publishes in its May issue an informative article on this Province, featuring its farm and fishery industries. The magazine cover shows the Abegweit in mid-cross- ing, and the article itself is*profusely illustrated.

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Sausages may soon be o memory in Britain or a pale imitation an the music hall stage! Butchers are saying that soon sausages won't be worth making. When Britain's meat ration cut come in on March 27th, supplies of the manu- factured meat which make up Britain's sausages were reduced by one-sixth. This means that a butcher with 2,100 customers wil-l only be able to make I50 lbs. a _week. A smaller butcher with LON customers can expect to make just about 75 lbs.

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The theory that wives buy most of their hubands’ clothes gets a setback in scientific survey of men's preferences in nine textile pro- ducts, issued by the U.S. Department of Agricul- ture. A majority said they_ selected most of their clothes. Eight out of ten admitted they selected most of their Summer suits, and 60 per cent chose the better part of their Summer sports shirts and underwear. Husbands, to the tune of 78 per cent, picked out their own trousers, and 58 per cent bought their own socks. On robes, only 43 per cent of husbands had the first say, and only 30 per cent did their own choosing of pajamas.

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George Meredith, English novelist and poet, died this date .1909. The first of his great novels, The Ordeal of Richard Feverel, appeared in i859; then followed Evan Harrington, Adventures of Harry Richmond, Bcoirchamp's Career, The Ego- ist, Diana of the Crassways,_ One of Our Con- querors, The Amazing Marriage. The poetry of his late period includes Poems and Lyrics of the Joy of Earth, Ballads and Poems of Tragic Life, Jump to Glory lane, Selected Poems, A Reading of Life; to which may be added Short Stories." "W! ttud-iod msn from my topsy-turvy close,

And, I reckon, rather true.

Some are fine fellows; some, right scurvyz‘

Most a dash between the two."

We dd not 1...‘. niucli about plans for the electrification of the Province these days, though

they are pushing ahead rapidly with them Ill other provinces. A contract for the main con-

struction work on Manitoba's new power devol-

opnront or Pine Falls has been awarded to the Foundation Company of Canada, Montreal, on- nounces Hon. J. S. McDiarmid, Minister ‘of Mines and Natural Resources. Associated with the Foundation Company will be the Bird Con- struction Company of Winnipeg. The agreement covers construction of a railway lino extending from Pine Falls to the power plant, the erection of all camps, office buildings required for con- struction purposes, placing of all coffer dams, rock excavation, and construction of the in and power house. Between 500 and 6N men will be ultimately employed under the project, ol- flclall estimate. First worlr, which will be under way within a wsolr, will be tho construction of approximately two miles of railway. and railway ydrdl loading from Pins Falls to rho actual con-

motion sits. An immediate start will also be

node on the construction of offices, dormitories and other buildings. Work on the railway spur and most of the buildln construction in the wlllbodonoby the ird Construction Coni-

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SONG 0N MAY MORNING Now lhe bright. rimming-country's har

Comes dancing from t-hs out and leads with he:

The flowery my. who from be: green lop a

Theyellow oowallp, and the pole primrose.

Hall. bounteous May, that door Ln- splro ,

Mirth and youth and warm desire;

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Hill and one" doth. bout thy blessing! '

Thurs we salute thee with our early song, _

And welcome l-hoo, and wink thee long.

—~iohn Milton (ol600-—1l'l4.)

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POPULATION BILL

In the House of Assembly on Friday, a pretty warm dlscusslu took place on the second reading of the bill for ascertaining the population of the Island. With (he stock, quantity of cleared land. etc. It was opposed on the prin- ciple of its being of an inquisi- torial nature, as it not only went the length of compelling people, under is heavy penalty, to give an exact account. of their stock, clear- ed lrsrid, etc., but the tenure or quo wnrrsntd under which their land was held. Besides, the ex- pense, it was urged. of procuring the information required. would more than exceed any benefit that. would be derived from it.

The Attorney General and Mr. Campbell combusted these objec- tions. The attainment of the ob- jecte of the bill was necessary to make us acquainted with our own strength, or what, perhaps, was of equal importance. our own weak- ness. Without lt, also, His Excel- lency would be unable to make a return of the actual state of the Colony. They thought the abjec- tions to the measure which lied been adduced, were much over- Chflflcd, rind they believed the expense would be by no means 3o considerable as several Hon. mem- berepalpprehended.

— rnce Edward I March 27' 1827‘ sland Register,

On Reading Churchill

By Jean Jacques Bernard (a French literary crlt-lo and write: reviews Churchill's Memoirs)

What Henchman can read with- out emotion the Memoirs of Wl-n. ston criuiehiu. now brmiiarrea by ‘me 0! 0111' Principal papers‘! I aim thinking especially of those who went through the ordeal o! the occupation and who, while they drank with impotent rue the bit- ter cup of defeat, when all mp3. pecbs sefmcd closed, continued to listen Ln to the voice of England. lmboflten. eiione and free, ms the only surviving hope.

But. how fragile that hope 1n the

summer of 1940, how that light flickered, you heed only reed Churchill to realize 1t, L; h; not

himself convinced of it? "If, gt, the time," he writes, “all (time 1-9. eponslbie appeared perfectly cflm and full of optimism, the mere fact. of relating those events. sends a shiver over you today.” rr was the time when the war cabinet found itself before the dilemma; w“ 1t possible lo withdraw forces from Eimland n» defend Egypt? “Well." says he. "our decision to ubmil to this transfusion of blood, at the very time. when we were bracing ourselves to face a inorte/l per-ti. was both formidable onctouprome- ly wise. Nam hesitated."

None hesitated. Am admirable country. Ever ready to call up all its energies lo face whatever lobe may have in store. An isdnirubic example of clvlc vlrtuu. of self- 905585510“. of man-ls’ resolution, of the spirit of sacrifice.

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I know full vreii wlul. might be said to the too acrimonious: critics who oppose England and the ‘France of 1940. England never ii.n- derwent the dreadful experience of invasion, between her and the 1n- vecicr time woe not a. de- fended line of fortifications: but the natural obstacle of the Channel; England is an inland Ind not like France a plRy open on her out flunk. who can soy how mglsndjin- violate for the lost thousand yours. would have believed under the for- eign yoke? Did not Ohm-chill fnhlir moving appeals to Roosevelt not intend to work on h.ls feelings, but to give him on excuse before Amer- form opinion. flwhr the possibility. _ln cue of on invasion, of s. "Quin- iing" government which would ‘have granted to German what. he himself ma" hlo colleagues were firmly decided nevo-r to yield. ~ In order to be folr to the Home of ‘40_nnd no m grateful to misrchfll for due record to circum- stonaeo-lillowonoo must. bo mods for all the flclltlcl of tho tine, tho invasion, the breakdown of be: srmlenihe exodus of ‘the’ popu- htion, the look of military one irr- duotrioi proporotfon: the atmos- phere of despair, 1n which 1109a itself seemed togoceopt the Got- inus victory so on unavoidable catastrophe. And ls it not suf- ficient, for tho honour of Prunes. that s. single voles should have boon raised. apparently no onit of season, to place trails-rot obese reason Ind ro rosters to the bench people in their ma» hour eon- fiaonee in their destiny. I do not

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The much book in the matter of population appears to be definitely established in Saskatchewan. From a low point in the 17-year period of 1931 to 1948, which wasgzatabllsh- ed in 1946 of 833.000 the Dominion Bureau of Statistics estimate for 1948 is 854,000. This is an increase l" l-Wfl years of 21.000. The popula- tion ls 67.785 below the high point of 1931. when the total was 921.785. The 1946 census in respect to Sus- kalchewan indicates that during the war years there was a very defin- ite trend from the farm to the ur- ban communities, particularly la the larger rifles. — Moose Jaw Times-Herald.

APT". 194D. ma! ‘not. have been the driest on record, but it must have been close to it. The weather bureau reports that. rainfall during the month just past was 70 per cent below normal in the immedi- ate Edmonton district. For the province, it ranges from that fig- ure down to 40 per cent under par —wlth the exception of the Pence River country, which received more rain than usual for April. Equally bad conditions are general over the west. In Southern Saskatche- wan hardly any rain fell during April, with the result that Sprini: moisture is away below normal. Many living in those areas are won- dering if this is to be another "drought" your, like those that fol- lowed one after the other in the thirties. -— Edmonton Journal.

Aooordlrr: to the records of the Scottllii Savings Committee, For‘- far and Fraserburgh are the mosl. thrifty burl! in Scotland. For lire second year in succession, Forlnr has taken first place for savings among burgtis with a population of more than 5.000, and Fraserburrzh has gained second place, also for the second year. Forfar headed the Scottish burg: with a total of 2502343. more than £50 per head of population. Friiaerburgh came sec- ond with £536,961, or over £49 per h"!!- sf. Andrews. Elgln, Crleff, and Large came next in that order. The results for the cities showed Aberdeen at the head of the list with £39 per head, compared with £37 per head in Dundee, £31 in Edinburgh, and £21 in Glasgow, - Edlnburgh Scotsman.

Sixty-five normal-lined eggs from one fowl in 44 days in the remark- ublo record claimed by Mr. C. L. Woodbine, of Barr robd, Gravesend. Since the hen startled the poultry world in February by laying 13 eggs in a week, she has twice produced six in one day. Poultry expert; do rial. believe it physically possible for e bird to lay six egg; in one 115;,“ unless "she l: the first of some new race of fowl." _Mr. Woodbine

by Churchill on the men who re- mained in Franco and rook charge of s. country that was breaking up ., Here again however we may be thankful lo the illustrious English- man for the moderation of his udcoasatr

Ho knows how to distinguish be- tween the men who were merely the vlotdais of the dreadful cir- cumstances. and thoeo who were conqueror! ln advance. owing to their character. He pays n well de- served tribute to Goorireo Mandel. our moat. irreparable loss es well

Houses of Parliament, Her-riot and Jcsnnonoy; he poyo it olaoto Peui unfortunately oveslborno by tho dtosoter. Otsurohlll is fully entitled to mot and to luau. Hie indomi- o energy dominates the tragedy or ’40._u that of Clemenceau had dominated m» of 14-13. m- fhooo wile in ‘l0 were if not his brother:- _ . prisoners on the srstoh for hin voice. haw fraught with’ azsotion as that excursion in

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emphatic that it has been done. "Since she started eating feathers off her companion! I have had her lacked up in a run on her own." he said. "In the period from March 15, when she laid four, to the 19th. she produced 19 eggs." The bird, a Rhode Island Red crossed with Light Sussex. was one of a batch of slx-week-old chicks he bought