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llurolnr Daily (Founded ll um Authorized n: Second Oluae lilnll. Poet Office Department. Ottawa. The lelnnd uursrdirsn ‘uhlhlung Co. Iditor and Managing Director, J. ss. tlurnotq

Associate Editor, Frank Waller

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huenuurrrsrowu. WEDNESDAY, my 14, 194s Chignecto And llyilro Electric

Of Maritime-wide interest is the proposal, emanating from Mr. Herbert Cooper, of the Fed- sral Department of Reconstruction, of combin- lng hydra-electric power development with the construction of the Chignecto Canal. The Sack- rille Board of Trade has invited Mr. Cooper to visit the town for a conference on this subject, Iltd the result will be awaited with much inter- lst.

According to the Saint John lournal, Mr. Cooper's proposal envisages lor-reaching consequences:

I. The canal, which would inject new life Into the regional economy of the Maritime Provinces, and would benefit also the ship traf- fic travelling between St. Lawrence ports and the United States, West Indies and South Am- erica. It would be a valuable asset, as well, to Canada's defensive position, giving shipping the opportunity to use a protected inland route instead of an exposed sea lane.

2. The hydro-electric development, which would make urgently-needed power available for industrial expansion.

3. Drainage of adjacent marshlands, to re- claim valuable soil for agricultural use. If the canal were built, much of the presently-planned construction of dykes and aboideaux would be unnecessary.

The idea involves the building of one big dam, between Black Point on the New Brunswick side and Minudie Point on the Nova Scotia side. The dam would hold the water at a controlled level lower than the level required to make drain- age of the marshes possible. For this reason it would be unnecessary to erect dykes and aboideaux along ninety per cent of the West- moreland County shore and I00 per cent of the Cumberland County shore, in the opinion of the Federal department expert. The area represents about 20,000 acres of the approximately 75,000 acres involved in the current Maritime marsh- lands reclamation scheme.

The proposed hydro-electric development would be about 120,000 horsepower-a very sizeable block of energy for the power-hungry Maritime Provinces-and would be based on the one-way flow of water from the high tides of Fundy through the nineteen-mile man-made channel into Northumberland Straits lt would be a "'low head" turbine project, and this would require a wide canal, as the lower the head the greater volume of water is needed to go through.

The Telegraph-Journal argues with good reason that "the advantages which would accrue to the Maritime Provinces and the nation as a whole from the combined potentialities of Chignecto are so great, and so obvious, that they can no longer be overlooked by those who are in a position to launch a full- scale official survey."

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The ltallway Problem

In the opinion of the Halifax Chronicle, it is unthinkable that the Government will permit the railwaymen to go out on strike. The men know that, and the knowledge encourages them to stand firm. It is obvious that the companies will demand new rate schedules to compensate themselves, and what Government, under the cir- cumstances could refuse them? But increased rates, passenger or freight, will certainly give prices another little boost all round. Ultimately the increased wages gained by the threatened strike will be swallowed up in higher prices, and inflation will have been 'given another hoist.

Meanwhile, the Provinces protesting against the freight rates increase have a real grievance. The original Zl-per-cent increase has already damaged their business and threatened their future. They cannot afford to be fobbed off by some governmental attitude of laissez-faire — with some casual formula of "Well, you see how things are." When seven out of nine Provinces develop a common point of view, that point of view almost‘ becomes a national one. It cannot easily be brushed off by an embarrassed govern- ment.

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Entries for Covehead Races close today.

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St. Peter's Bay Regatta and Tea Party to- day. ' I‘ I I I

Opening Hospital Dance at Souris this eve- nlng. I I I I . International Fur Breeders Style Show and, Dance tonight. I I I I Farm produce prices were never higher than at present. Nor the cost of living. ‘ "To be, or not to be?" is what both railway men and public would like to know for sure. What are we going to do with our enormous hay crop? is a question agitating some farmers‘ minds. I I I I His Excellency the Governor-General and family now in residence at Dalvay. Let us keep thellnlon Jacks flying. - I I

The City Council seems to be divided on the question of the Market site for the bus term- lnal. Or is it only on who is to collect the

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New Brunswick had an unique experience the other day when hail as large as baseballs fell. Saint John was, according to the veracious reporter, "literally bombed from the skies for five minutes." Yet no casualties were reported- pedestrians and autos no doubt having made for the nearest shelter when the baseball bombs be- gan to fall.

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A Balkan hereditary Prince has arrived in f‘ ’ to go to Saskatchewan to earn a living as a labourer on a farm. That seems to be wha.t we are all coming to-—according to British Health Minister Bevan anyway-from low de- gree "vermin" to high degree Saskatchewan C.C.F.'ers.

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Nothing succeeds like optimism in insuring happiness if not prosperity. Sydney, N. S., is basking in the sunshine af hope deferred by looking forward to the day 2O years hence when it will, it is hoped, become the centre of the steel industry due "to the gradual working out of the Mesabi iron range in Minnesota. Provided, also, if Quebec will allow Labrador exports to escape her_clutchcs. .

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Tourists are not affecfed by the change in the Highway Traffic Act, as was erroneously stat- ed yesterday. The Act requires that where a person living in this Province purchases or ac- quires a motor vehicle, truck or frailer in an- other Province or country and brings it here, he must register it with the Provincial Department within ten days.

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Butter has now the prospect of another com- petitor in addition to oleo-margarine. Scien- tists say that some day. housewives may cook with tree fat. There's a new_process to separ- ate into rosins and vegetable oils the "goo" that's left over when woods are cooked up for paper pulp. But there's a catch—it's not known yet whether the cost of making the oils edible can be made to justify itself in competition with dairy produced butter. a

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Snow removal will be simplified for the C. N. R. when its ciombined loader and melter be- comes available. The new equipment, whi;h was tried out in Montreal last winter, clears snow to two and a half inches below track level, scooping it by scraper and conveyor belt into a l2,000 gallon melting tank. The machine is reported to do l0 days snow clearing in 40 hours.

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All horror films have been banned by the Australian Commonwealth Film Censor (Mr. J. 0- AIEXOIII-‘lerl. "This type of film," Mr. Alex- ander says, "has no cultural entertainment value, and its appeal extends to only a very limited sec- tion of the community--people whose outlook is such that their minds should not be fed onlfilms 0f this tyre. In addition, such films are a po- tential saurcig/of danger to women who are in a delicate state of health."

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This may belong to the category of dis- interested advice. The consumer section, Do- minion Department of Agriculture, announces that the housewife could still find bargains in meat, if she_has trained her family not to de- mand steaks and chops as a daily dinner dish, It suggests as a real bargain, calf, lamb or beef tongue. The department also recommends that the housewife make good use of her meat left- overs so that the family will think they are gel’- trng something different. It recommends meat casserole. Or perhaps even "hash."

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Powers-that-be here and elsewhere seem determined to make our flesh creep with tales of disasters and revolutions. The latest from Paris rs to the effect we run grave risk of being bur- ied alive. The General Council of the Seine De- partment report that at least 80 people there are buried alive annually, one councillor de- claring that the number of premature burials might reach 8,000 annually throughout France. It used to be said in the U. S. A. "see Paris and die!" Now it may be more correct to say "visit France to be buried alive!”

Suppression of school reports is now being advocated in the interest of security of peace of mind of the failures. The Bristol Education Com- mittee has decided to stop supplying school pass lists for publication in local newspapers-to spare embarrassment to boys and girls wlro fail. A ministry of education official didn't think the method would keep failures a secret. It was quite obvious, he said, that "neighbours will know which children have passed whether results are published or not."

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Destruction of the Bastile, this date I789. Used to detain French political prisoners and associated with despotism, it was stormed by the populace and destroyed with every accompani- ment of violence and bloodshed. The date has since been observed as Fete Nafionale. Its deep underground dungeons have given rise to many stories of wretched captivities: "People who share a cell in the Bastile, or are thrown to- gether on an uninhabited isle, if they do not im- mediately fall to fisticuffs, will find some pos- sible ground of compromise." R. L. Stevenson, Virginibus Puersque. .

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Town planners should note that the British Minister of Town and Country Planning, Ms. Silkin, announced recently that o new town is to be built in Essex which will be suitable for a population of_50,000 people. it will be named Basildon and, within l0 to I5 years, should pra- vide a model of town building for the whole of Britain. Seven local authorities and other inter- ested bodies unanimously agreed an plans for this new town at the Ministry recently. An area of about 7,000 acres is to be designated as a site under the provisions of the New Town Act. On this will be built homes for all closes of the community together with proper facilities for communal activities and .a varied range of in-

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THE_ GUARDIAN. CHARLOTTETOWN

Jlotcs By The Way-i

A new type of fighter plane is piloted by n mm stomach. Thus the army that marches on its stomach is joined by the slr force which flies on its stomach. And all because we can still stomach the thought of war.- Woodstock Sentinel Review.

In the South Porcupine ares e man tossed ewey a burning cigar- ette end. and set. a bush fire which four men spent. two days in putting out. after it. had burned over 150 acres. A fine of W5 for the careless smoker was certainly not. severe, but. ll: may make him think twice next time. — Ottawa Journal.

In South Afrlon a. native woman being drugged under water by e crocodile gained her release by bit.- lng the croc on the nose. “l-iere, here," exclaimed the crocodile, his mouth naturally opening es he ex- claimed. "who's doing the biting in this river?" — Toronto Stu.

A rptch that. will never run down, paint. that. will not. peei, buttons that. laundrles will not be able to tear from clothes, are some of the items that have been re- cently invented by American scien- tists. What requires yet. to be de- vised is e. method for keeping’ peace among the diversified peoples 1n this restless and troubled world.- Moncton Times.

In taking s. backward ginnoe at. recent rain-making experiments ln the Prince Albert district, which apparently were successful, and at. subseque t downpours, it. seems safe ho say that. all Me Nature ever really needed was o. nudge of re- minder. If the rains of the past few days have demonstrated what the old girl can do when her com- petltive instincts are aroused, then the next challenge facing science will be to flnd s. way of turning off the top. - Prince Albert ler- aid.

Add pathetic figures department: The city traveller we met. recently carrying t.wo sample cases of smok- ers’ supplies. His firm duly fur- nishes hlm with e car to cover his daily round. On its stationery, em- blematic of world trade ambitions are depicted-a ‘plane. ocean Jner end streemllner railway train, with the terrestrial globe for background. What's wrong with the picture? l-Ie goes afoot. all day-if he tried b0 park his car downtown he‘d lose half his working day starting, t/Jp- ping and picking up traffic cickets. —Mont.real Financial Times.

Well over 75 per cent of B. C. veterans who went. into DIISIHESS for themselves are now successfully re-established. Only about. one vet.- eren in 20 of those who have drawn “awaiting returns" benefits while building up a business or a farm have prospects to be assessed and 3.2 per cent. more are classed as doubt-fut. But, taken altogether. these figures issued by the B, C. office of the Department of Vet.- erans Affairs make up a mosh cheerful set of statistics. Tne plain inference is that the veterans have planned well, been counselled wise- ly and financed adequately. —Van- couver Sun. ,

There la an old theory among city people that. almost. anyone with the will to do a little manual labor could start: farming and at: least have enough to eat. and a roof over his head. In recent. years ‘this theory has received a jolt n5 e result of e greet. many city peo- ple trylng the job only to find chat raising food and keeping ahead of plant and animal" diseases requir- ed a lot. more “know-how’ than the average person had ever thought of. Now the Department of Agriculture comes along wlah a statement that. of 63 farms recently included in e special study the average investment per farm e- mounted to nearly $15,000 or about $133 per acre. The truth is ‘hat. modern farming is es much a busi- ness as the operation of a store or small manufacturing plant. and requires just as much business skill and a lat of technical and very practical knowledge. - Oshawa Journal.

Lambeth Palace was struck hard and often during the war. ln 1941 flre bombs burned half the mag- nificent. hammer-beam roof of Jux- on's great. hall and many of its bookcases. Last. year it. still lay derelict. Today ft. le restored to it; original condition. Not. only the structure has been restored but el- so the intricate carving of the roof. The original oak has been cleaned and the new oak left in its natural state; they csnnor. be dls- tinguished. The floor level is es ft was in Juxorfs day, and the old dais has been restored. The inter- lor he's, if anything. been unprov- ed, and the exterior, too; for the tiles with which the roof, has been hung blend better wltrh the brick- work than ch slates of the early par-t. of lest century. —-Manchestier Guardian.

If yoa are vacationing tn aome other port. of the country snd someone wants to know where Buffalo is located. you can tell them this: "Buffalo Ls down the road s piece from Nlegsrs Falls.” Don't. worry. Buffelonlens won't. be peeved. The description comes from their own Chamber of Corn- merce. True, the chsrnber turned it. around to nry that. Nlsgnrs "alts is "up the roed s pteoe" from Buf tslo. But. lt. means the some string doesn't. it? The Buffsla Ohunber has sleo stsrted s csmpflsa to have Niagara frontier visitors stop there before coming to Niagara Fells. Well, you can hardly blsrne it. for that, cea you? Certainly you wouldn't eimeof. visitors to go t0 Buffalo after they see Niagara Isllsl qNislera fills, NY, Glitte-

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g I Y, This‘ oolumnh open tel’ l» the discussion by eorrespan- é dents of questions of interest I Co The Charlottetown Guardian $_ r8 does not necennrlly endorse r'_ §jr the opinion of eorreapoad- ‘j g4 enls. f. sexes

TIMPERANCI EDUCATION

shy-Now that the plebiscite is over one’s mind turns to the ex- pense (at. least mine does) that‘ this problem of liquor has been to the Prince Edward Island public and to Canada. generally over s. period of years. To be or not. so be, that. is the repeated question, whether it. is nobler in the rnmd to adopt. one form of control or en- other, or any at. all; and which would be the most sound. adequate law to meet. the needs of the sem- perete, control the lntemporrsw nd satisfy the teetoteler in the bar- gain. So for. I think. that law has not. been created yet. I wonder if ft. is possible to legislate the tastes and habits-of the iniemperstie in- dlvldual with any marked results or degree of success.

It. ls easy to make laws, perhaps almost as easy as making sugges-

change 1s expensive also; trying to enforce them, to the satisfaction of all, ls extremely diffkiult. if not impossible —and thereby hangs a tale. However, I would not. care to suggest that. we could carry on this imperfect world without. luws I'm sure, end undoubtedly shell continue to require the efficiency of our present system of protection. At. the same time, if the public ls seriously concerned over the fete of the intemperate population, so con- cerned thst they repeatedly try this law and another. never seemingly able to hit upon the ideal and sat.- lslactory one, why not. gu e bit. farther and out into the realm of education to find out. l! anything can be accomplished through that. source to curb this apparent men- ace? Why not; try, by adding ho the public school curriculum. en- other course of study. one called "Temperance" which could cover a large area. “Temperance ln all things." A course beginning at. kin- dergarden and extending through Public and High School. Wm: an interesting subject! Equally as tm- portant lf not. more so. than read- ing, writing, etc.

The question arises. who W111 create such a course of study? and our minds naturally turn, a bit cautiously perhaps. to the intellect.- ual world. There, I am sure, may be found many adequately equip- ped and trained minds in the ZIeJd of ethics or perhaps psychology. 9° create and carry out. this graduat- ed course of study. The result: of such training and education, ap- plied dally, would not appear in our time perhaps to any 151GB 9X- tent. but. one could feel. that. the basis of something really effective had been established and that. pub- lie money was being spent con- structlvely.

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M. -l‘.r_ F’.

Charlottetown.

Old Charlottetown (And r. e. r.)

STATUTE LABOUR

From the day of his arrival in the Island, Governor Patterson took much interest tn the building of roads to connect the more lrn- portanr. centres of settlements. He saw that. without public highways. the progress of settlement in the colony must. be slow. In November. 1774. he consulted his Council as to the enactment. of a. low lor the building and cerryina on of public roads. He proposed to find provis- ions for the people who worked on them. and required the Council to furnish on estimate of the time that each resident. should work on them. In short. he proposed f-o in- troduce the statute labour system.

Council were of opinion that. ell persons above the age of twenty- one, residing on the Island. tnouid be looked upon as pyoper t.o be es- sembled for the making of the said roads, except. actually indented ser- vents. The inhabitants were divid- ed into classes, whose respective periods of time to be given to the road work were as follows.

Housekeeper-s, 1st. Class-AB days.

l-fousekeepers, 2nd. Class—l2 days.

housekeepers. 3rd. Class-o days.

Tradesmen-t) days.

Labourers-o days.

The Board were also of the op- lnlon that the "properest." season of the year to commence operations would be the beginning of October in each yesr. The writer has not met with my report of the results from these proposals.

—Warburton's History.

“Building Materials

And Labor

(Canadian Bonk 0! "~ m” . Monthly)

The output. of steel ingots In

Canada durin: Avril wfl MI! W‘ year continued the trend that had been in evidence shroushfifli "l! first. quarter. film"! I Mil"! WI‘ nrne than for the correetwflfllfll period-of lest year. If this inmos- ed production keeps up durinl S!" balance of rote. and "i!" I" signs-that it ma! expend rather then contract. lballt 100.000 "m! more will be turned out this year than lust

The official preliminary, estim- ate of Oenedlerr lumber product- ion tar the first three months of mu yen nyes 1,151 million feet bond measure, frsetlonelly higher than for the some period-of 19ft. Production was dorm rnmlr tn the Msrlttrnes, Quebec, Manitoba and Saskatchewan, and lese notice- ably 1n Ontario, but this lam was elect lrr lameness in Alberta so!

clone, but the process of frequent ~