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Mo ‘ _ Dally (Founded ln 1881) Authorized as Second Class Mall, Post Office Department, Ottawa.

President, Ian A. Burnett; Vlee-"realdent, Wm. B. Burnett; Seem-Trees. G. M. Burnett; Editor and Managing Director, J. B. Burnett; Associate Editor,

Frank Walker.

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

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 1946

All-flll-llllllflflafll Issue

it is to be hoped that Premier Jones is correct in assuming that the negotiations now in progress between "the Provincial and Fed- eral Governments will result in Prince Edward Island obtaining, not only "more money than it ever had before", as he stated, but enough to keep us running on an even keel financially, —which is 'a different thing altogether. The fact is, of course, that since it come into power the Jones Government has been collecting "more money than ever before", but it has been spending at such a rate that we are farther away than ever before from a balanced oudget. We are now in such desperate plight that financial assistance from Ottawa on a really , generous

rzcale must be forthcoming.

At a time when other Provinces have been piling up surpluses to tide them over reconstruc- tion, we have been going behind by leaps and bounds. Our provincial debt today is something over eleven million dcfiirs. The last Public Ac~ counts tabled showed a debt increase in one year of over half a million, with a deficit on current account of $348,487. That was for the year ending March 3i, i945. The estimates for the year ending March 3i, 1946, then in pro- gress, were for a further overall deficit of $887,- 656, and on ordinary account of $588,626. For the present fiscal year ending March 31, 1947, the estimates are for another debt increase of $846,524, and a deficit on current account of $619,524. The hank overdraft, according to l-lon. Mr. Hughesat the last session, amount- ed to nearly two million dollars. For a Prov- ince with our very limited resources, this kind of financing can lead only to bankruptcy. Not only do we need "more money than ever be- fore", but we also should have some way of en- suring that, it, whatever the amount, it will be spent wisely and economically.

Premier Jones has not taken the public into his confidence as to the latest offer made by the Dominion Government, but presumably it _is on improvement over the previous one of two million dollars annually which he declared, at the Ottawa conference, to be altogether inade- quate. As our existing tax agreement with the Dominion lapses on Dec. 3i of this year, a new one will need to be drawn, at least tentative- ly, before the next Legislature meets. ln the case of New Brunswick, the old agreement lap- led on Oct. 3i of this year, but the new one will not go into effect until it is brought before the Legislature and fully discussed and voted on. This is the procedure which should be fol- lowed here. The Premier should put all his cards on the table, and not give excuse for the criticism which was made last session by even his own cabinet colleagues, that they knew lit- tle or nothing about what was going on behind the scenes.

in view of the importance of the matter, it would not be out of place if the Government called a special session of the House in order to place the latest Federal proposals before the elected representatives of the people. That has been done before, and with much less excuse.

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Banking Made it...

Attention is called to an interesting adver- tisement in today's issue, in which-some"of'tlie mysteries of banking-mysteries at least to many laymen—are explained in such simple language that a schoolboy can readily grasp them. The

‘advertisement is inserted by the Bank of Mont- real. the purpose being to show what the Bank's dollars have been doing during the past busi- less year, how customers’ interests have eon served, and what transactions the B_ank as undertaken from coqst to coast‘.

The idea is an adniirable one, and migh well serve as an example to other busines t not only clarifies many things in the public mind, but it promotes qreotefpersonal interest and confidence in the Bank's affairs, which in- cidentally, one notes, are being conducted with marked efficiency and success.

lode-Canadian Trade

The Indian Trade Bulletin, published in New Delhi by the Government of lndia, contains the report of the trade commissioner in Canada, Mr. M. R. Ahjua, for the year .1945, in which the bright prospects for increasing business between the two countries are pointed up. The total value of lndo-Canadiori trade for last year was tho highest figure ever recorded. British lndia ranked third in Canada's total external trade during 1945, both in imports and exports, a position attained in the previous year, but im- proved upon in the meantime. The position is regarded as all the more remarkable in that strong export controls were operative in lndia

luring the period. Moreover, Canada's total 9

imports during the year showed a considerable diminution in. value; but, in spite of this, the quantity and value of Indian goods imported into “this Dominion were markedly increased. While ,ll ls admitted that the war-tiine-rise in prices in

l l.‘ ‘lndia has had its affect on the value of such

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goods, Mr. Ahuio explains that "not I'll the gain in Indian exports to Canada in re-

rs is attributable to rising prices."

y Tsing future prospects, the commission-

er sbylz, "The steady and gradual removal of ox- , ole in Indinnnd the lifting of price » gfilhldo, which has already coins lnto

, Mild certainly tend to expand pur- ln lbdls. When account ls taken of tho

y , hwfr dirifl rhririrr yours ‘no. Qllll measure for gr restricted imports,

as well as of the accumulated purchasing pow- er of the Canadian people through six years of war-time saving, now estimated at close to ton billion dollars, prospects of India's exports to Canada appear brighter than ever.”

It is not to be supposed, either, that this trading is a one-way affair. According to tho Canadian Almanac, the value of Canadian ex- ports to British lndia for i944 (the latest year for which official figures are available) amount- ed to $174,794,243, or considerably more than six times as much as the value of the imports into Canada from that country.

r- EDITORIAL NOTES -r

The new Utility Commission at its first open session made a favourable impression. So did Mr. Ainsworth, for that matter.

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We are in the same class as 21 of the United» States — though not exactly for the some reason-we must reduce our consumption of electricity or else?

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The Fifth District of Prince, with .Summer- side the centre, has contrived to rouse great en- thusiasm over'the by-election, which should re- sult in a large turn-out at the polls. D I i: W

During his recent nation-wide tour of Can- ada, Field Marshal Viscount Montgomery held up the democratic progressive, aggressive Press as a shining example of whet his troops had

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The fiitish Labour Party are taking the trouble to convert Canadians to their way of thinking, judging by the ‘fact that two prom- inent M.P.'s are touring the country expound- ing Labour ideals and policies. They believe in making personal contact, for so much depends on the inspiration of the direct message to the special community concerned That is Lard Rowallan's—Chief ScouFs-gonviction also.

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John Gibson Lockhart, Scottish writer, son- in-law and biographer of Sir Walter Scott, died this date i854; was a prolific writer and contri- butor to the Press; editor of the Quarterly Re- view; other works include Peter's Letters fo His Kinfolk, Lives of Burns and Napoleon; several novels, including Adcm Bears. Of Napoleon he wrote: To the very last he had a kind of idea; that, namely, of Ia carriere ouverfe aux talents- "the tools to him that can handle them."

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Mr. King's withdrawal of his very formal statement that he would not again lead the Liberal Party in an election may be the first sign of his intention to try an election before I950 (says The Letter Review). The only~plat- form suggested at Ottawa is that of Dominion- Provincial financial relations, and, ‘up to date, Messrs. Drew and Duplessis have not fallen into the trap of announcing increases in Provincial taxation. Unless they do this, the Dominion- Provincial financial situation will simply amount to taxpayers in the Provinces which do not sign agreements paying 5 per cent less Personal ln- come Tax than in the Provinces which sign the agreements. This WOuld scarcely be the best of political ammunition for Mr. King.

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Ottawa is issuing stories to the effect that there is really nothing in the theory that the $ U. S. is overvalued in Canada, since the "free market" in the U. S. pays only 95c for the $ Canadian. This "free market" is of not the slightest importance. It merely results from our Foreign Exchange Control system, by which the Government of Canada guarantees par for the $ U. S. in this country, while the U. S. Gov- ernment does not reciprocate. One result is that a comparatively small volume of $ Can- adian, in actual currency, comes on the market in the U. S., with no organized provision for taking tlibm up. Since merchants in the U. 5 hesitate to take $ Canadian, this means that this small supply has to be sold at a discount to enterprising dedleri in,‘ exichange.

Mail ballots have gone out from the Brit- ish Medical Association asking 5B,000 proc- titioners whether vthey would hill! llla G°"""' merit put into effect its new National Health Service Act. The British Medical Association Journal, sharply critical of the law enacted by the Labor Government's first parliament, said that if the doctors‘ answers were a collective "no" it would make the act indperatiye 3nd "further legislation would be necessary. D0 you desire the negotiating committee to enter into discussions with the health minister on the regulations authorized by the Nflllllllfll Health Service Act?" was the q"¢5ll°" uddws‘ sed to ovary doctor in Britain. The act leaves to be established by regulation doctors‘ torrns and conditions of service. These are the prin- cipal matters that would be settled by negotia- tions ‘between the health minister and the l"'°'

fessional organization.‘ . .

Mr. S. Morgan-Powell, who has given up the exacting general editorship of ‘the Manfred! 5M1. for the more congenial direction of its literary’. musical and theatrical section, has had an any:- able career in iournulism on both sides of t e Atlantic. in this connection,_ the Star says: "In accordance with the decision annoiincgd month ago, he will henceforth devote _lils_ OMI- ies and his knowledge to the iournaiistic love which wholly engrossed ‘the middle period of 1H; long'and still continuing career. Bookshelf‘: the theatre make up the province to wh|c_ _o has now limited himself. The factthat this is so should now he noted by his olleagues both old and new in The Star office; dad some small expression made of two thoughts.- tho first, the regret‘ felt at oven partial separation from an old Qnd fyigdfiflssoclal-lflfl,‘ the other, the deap_con- fidonce and re|oicing that the association Ill its new form will long endure. Readers of The Star, so ‘many thousands of whom have enloy-

lths ink In which it

ed his writing for so long, will ioin with us in

THE CHAEQLOTTETOWN GUARDIAN Notes By The May

The silly guest-ton of the week h; "What would you do Lt your doctor told you that you had only alx months to live?" Well our first move would be to see another doe. oor-perferably an nld old deem;- who didn't like to think about death. -iPet-erborougli Examiner,

One of the supreme joys at living is lmdflllbfCdll full appreciation of the value of leisure and the know- ledge of haw to use fr. Persons who say they are barrel because they have nothing to do iire making frightful admission of mental eter- lllry. They have allowed their per- ceptions and curiosities. to atrophy, with the result lllflLILflPy themselves "9 011i)’ half alive. —'3ult. Report- Cl‘.

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This column la open lo Ibo discussion by corny ta o! question oli Interact. ‘the Charlottetown , Guardian does not noeaalr fly undone Ibo opinion o1 nmroeponuonl. _____._. _ ___-._____.__ CHALLENGE ‘I0 SUMMEBSIDI

Sin-In The Guardian issue of November 22nd r, s a cartoon sponsored by the Prince County Liberal Association in which the artist presumes to depict. the op- posing positions as occupied by the Government and the. Oppo- sltlon in their respective appeals for support. ln the by-elc-ctlon, Fifth District 0f Prince.

The picture as issued is incorri- pic-ti: in that the artist. failed to

Use of tho designation "Second

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ener Record.

What la described sis-Canada's first. successful “P-M" two-way radio train order system has been installed in foiir of the Canadian Pacific Railways Diesel-electric switch engines n! Toronto. The ln- slrmf. comniunicaiion ahus provid- ed by shortwave equipment. takes the place of a. messenger who. tra- velling on foot, was tho onhr means a yardmasfer had heretofore of getting in touch with his crews. The railways are making progress.

seems. but wha: abou‘. getting similar devices by way of safety factors for passenger trains? Re- member the Almonte wreck? - Brentford Expositor.

We regard that cnutrnt ln Tokyo between e Jap elelglit-of-hand artist. with an abacus and a G I. with an adding machine as a dirty plot against the mechanical age. Adding up a string of figures. the Jap with a centuries old device got the right. answer well ahead of the Ianericsn expert, So what? Primit- ive methods. up to a, certain point. may easily be superior. Give us s simple, enough problem and by counting on our fingers and toes. we bet. we can beat the abacus. — Detroit Free Press.

Tho held of tho Cunard White Stet Line. disclosing plans for the construction of five ire-w trans- Aflantic liners, makes its clear that none of them will approach the Queens- the Mary and Elizabeth- in mammoth size. The Boston Post notes. Indeed. he points out- that those two vessels, with the auxiliary assistance from the smaller craft. will be able to handle the postwar volume of traffic over the ocean for some time to come Neither the Mary nor the Elizabeth will have any challengers umll many a year of service has passed.

The amount of chocolate and cocoa that can be produced in the United States next yea: depends largely on how the international emergency food council. which met in London. nllocairs the new Bri- IlSh West African cocoa-bean crop. which comprises half the world output. with other importing countries pressing for increased allocations, United stats repre- sentatlves face a fight to obtain restoration ‘in the past twelve months. —Newswerfc

There ls evidence that the army docs not. propose to allow the navy to use “see the world" as a recruit- ing slogan without opposition. It. points out that during the war Canadian soldiers also saw a bit of the world, including Italy. France. Belgium, Holland. Germany. Africa Gibraltar, Hang Kong, Iceland, Bermuda, BflllSiL Gi-lenri. Australia. Kiska, Spltzbergen, Jamlcii, and other places too numerous to men- tion. But probably the air force saw more territory than" either navy and army. —Brockvllle Re- corder and Times.

The policeman of today la n mun of parts. Flirger-prinflng. the rarlio. civic bylaw/op truffle control. jxzdesfrian management. first aid. jlu jltsu. marksmanship and applied psychology are all within his prov- ince. There was a time when all that was demanded was the phy- slque of a wrestle? and a working knowledge of word polities. Now (‘thief Knight. predicts they will shortly requir: a B A. before they start out to pound ii twat. and lf this is so we might. reasonably suppose that. one rlny. the chief of Inndon will have hie PhD. In public safety. Alid why not? —I.m aon Free Press.

All eyes are iurncd just now to llie Hoses- River sockeye salmon run. This is a year of greet expect- ations Flour years ago. the cycle year. there was a phenomenal run. Fishery officials declare that large numbers of flan reached the spawn- ing grounds. Unless unknown mis- haps have occurred fa confound ell predictions, there ought: w be an equally good sockeye season in I948. Moat. British Colombians benefit directly or indirectly when they-e l; h good run; moat. suffer in some way or other when there is a poor run. --Viinu.riiver News- Herald.

Unfortunately, the majority of union members seem to be no corn- plotely under tho spell of their

tho satisfaction that his vigorous pan will still

its point still keen a d sharp, is dipped so mellow with the of his yearn".

be at their service,

wisdom and culture

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loaders that they refuse u; look fiicta in‘ the face. ua so many ‘of the Hamilton workers did. The! cannot be led to ic-ilse that. some- tlmas they are sacrificing themselves‘ merely for the well-being of their self-appointed leaders. When th

awakening will come. may be broiftir. about. ‘we do not know. But. some it must. And when labor finally does Nllllb haw it has been‘ hood-winked for so long. the flllllfl will be Indeed tater-

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"m" d5)’ on ilie ground that it Country “email W Pfesllpvsse "We mizhr written “No Latin lflllZllL in this b‘ 51mm"- O"? member EQKSBSl-lsotiool" as that. ls the true posit- ed it “mild lieu" l° mlw 3 Vi“ ion of every one-room school ln and call it the fast World War". the prom,“ ‘may The teach“, At that it could barely be more o; um, ha‘ be"; abolished b3 remote from reality than ceiling we Jones Government y them the United nations. _-xii¢h-’m,,.w, what me mutiny, o, the

expose the present reduced status

World War" was protested in flie:of the one-roamed country school. the'On the face of that

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School he should have

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rural parent may be for his c1111. drenb education. or the uplng. ions of the youth of the country Lhellwelves. they are doomed so far as obtaining a complete clas- sical education is concerned.

This is a terrible handicap to rural children. and an unpardon- able injustice when we "' that in the 1946 matriculation examinations, four our. of alx Provincial scholerdilps and an equal four out of six Bell Schol- arships went to pupils edu- cated in snob one roamed schools. 1n addition, the pupil standing highest. in Latin In the whole Province came from a one room Qollntry school. Now they are ruthlessly barred from competing for these opportunities.

The road to better education lo further pictured as having been made easier through the advant- ages obtained from Fisnslly Allow- ances efc., but the poet says:

"Is learning your ambition There is no Royal road Alike, the Peer and Peasant Must climb to its abode."

The matter of "Family Allow- ance" la a subject that. might fn- cfuce a variety of potent argu. merits ff brought under discus- sion, but at any rate the Jones Government had nothing to do with it. Appropriation of credit for its virtues ls plain. stupid ef- frontery on the part of the Gov- ernment, its candidate or sup- porters as the case may be and lndlotes a dire dearth of tangible reason why any elector should tender his or her support on el- ection day.

Another very good and suffic- ient reason why Summerside el- ectors mould vote against the Government is because of its el- ectric light. plant steal. Bummer- slde no longer owns whet form- erly was their own electric light. plant. If. has been forcibly taken from them by the Jones Govern- ment who can appropriate it. for their own purposes at wlll. So cold-bloodedly was this nefarious deal hurdled across that the Lib- eral representative from Sum- merslde voted with a solid Con- servative Opposition against the bill. The remainder of the Lib- erals "cooperated" and deliber- ately robbed Summerslde of its plent—ls that the sort of "Ca- operatlon" their candidate is shouting for at. the present. time?

If the electors of Summerslde possess even a smell portion of t-he Independence and spunk the remainder of the Province freely credits them,wlth having. they will snow the Liberal candidate under with such an avalanche of ballots on November 26th that there will never be any doubt again as to where Summerside stands when its inherent rights are invaded, and make it abund- antly clepryfhe present enlighten- ed electors can neither be cnjaiod nor threatened by any candidate, Premier or Government.

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ELECTOR-

PREMIER JONES AND SUMMERSIDE

Slr.-— It seems. from a recent address by Premier Jones flint he W"! 5968M"! more on behalf of the Dominion Government which in itself was something new for Mr. Jones, than ho Was for the local government.

For what has the present local government to do with getting a 119w ear ferry or new ferry term- inals? In doing so, fhe Premier launched Into figures, starting at d million, up to thirty millions. Bur. why stop at. a mere thirty mil- lions in these days of billions? It. would be all the same if he were trying to connect up all these large sums with a. local by-electldri. As fur as selling a floor price for potatoes, l; that, only for this ls- land or for all Canada? Wlisf has the local Government to do with the price-of sfockfeed? Just-wh- tnst Mr. Jones’ address with all its wild and fantastic claims, with’ that; of the popular candidate Mr. Francis MeNelll vwlfh his masterful portrayal of facts. his aentlernanly review of the whole situation and hie clear-out and pertinent stare- rnenfl of how the Jones (‘lovem- mem, trusted the llllfld soldiers