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THE GUARD!

Morning Daily (Founded in l887)._ Authorized an Second Class Mall, Post office Department. Ottawa.

Peeaident, Inn A. Burnett; Vice-‘rfiesident, Wm. R. Burnett; Seam-helm, G. M. Burnett; Editor and Managing Director, J. B. Burnett; Associate Editor, Frank Walker.

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

CHARLOTTETOWN. wcnucsnnv. one. 194T

Those Budget Speeches

According to the Provincial Treasurer, Hon. Mr. Hughes, his ten-to-fifteen-minute speeches in the Legislature should not be interpreted as Budget speeches. That was also the opinion freely expressed by the Opposition. How- ever, they passed as Budget speeches at the time, and it is only in the present campaign that the public has been informed by M_r. Hughcs that it has not been his business to make Bud- get speeches. That duty, Mr. Hughes is report- ed as having said, devolved upon the Premier, who, however, usually spoke late in the debates, and confessed on several occasions that he knew nothing about finances.

ln i945 Mr. Hughes broke all records for brevity by producing a budget speech in which he disposed of the finances of the Province, past, present and future, in the space of seven mili- utes flat. On that occasion Mr. Hughes tabled figures of revenue and expenditure, and esti- mates for the eleven months’ period ending Feb. Z9, i945, which he said were self explanatory. He had previously tabled the Public Accounts for a fifteen months’ period ending March 3i, i944-—and estimates of revenue and expenditure for the fiscal year ending March 3i, i946. The latter figures showed an estimated deficit on ordFnary account of some $588,626 and a liabil- ity of $887,696 on capital account.

For the then current fiscal year Mr. Hughes figured the deficit on ordinary account would be “in the vicinity of $400,000." As to the over- all liabilities, he confessed that he had no notion what they would be.

ln February i946, Mr. Hughes tabled the Public Accounts, showing an increase of $552,- 8l5 in liabilities and deficit on current account of $348,487 as for the year ending March 3i, i945.

ln the present campaign, Mr. Hughes was quoted as claiming Liberal surpluses every year for the past twelve years. This does not cor- respond with the figures he gave as Provincial Treasurer, but this mystery has now been ex- plained. The Minister did not consider himself responsible for the Budget deliveries! The fact of the matter is that no proper presentation of the Budget was undertaken by the Jones Gov- ernment, and the Legislature and Province were left very much in the dark. lt will be one of the duties of the Conservatives, if elected, to‘ remedy this condition and get back to the old custom of making the leader of the Government responsible. '

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10.000 Dutch Settlers

The official announcement by Ottawa authorities that decision has been reached to open still wider the doors for immigrants to Can- ada is one that will be received with pretty gen- eral satisfaction throughout the Dominion. But of real significance contained in the statement is that provisions are being made to admit i0,- 000 new scttlers from Holland, admittedly immi- grants of high calibre from Europe who, with- out exaggeration, can be rightly _termed the "cream of the crop" of that continent.

lt is sincerely hoped that this ls only pait of a comprehen ive plan designed to fill the many opcn spaces in the Dominion and that it does not represent the total extent to which the government plans to bring in newcomers in the months ahead. The admission of 10.009 Dllicll settlers to Canada, mostly of the agricultural class, should give a stimulus to farming and primary production generally in the D0i11lfll0fl and the Netherlanders having a high reputation as aggressive, enterprising farmers, their com- ing to this country ct this time when greater‘ agricultural output is an imperative necessity is all to the good.

The i0,000 contingent will, it is hoped. be but the nucleus of thousands more Dutch settlers to come and, furthermore, that many will see lit to settle here in the Maritimes where farming in all its branches is capable of great 8XP°"§l°"- The three provincial governments already have made preliminary arrangements for the engage- ment of I Dutch official to presen-t the ad- vantages of these provinces to prospective set- tlers from Holland and unless intervention is made by the Dominion or other source to have them locate elsewhere, we should be in a posi- tion to secure a fairly good quota of the first l0,000 of this very desirable class of immi- grants to settle in these Atlantic coast prov- inces.

- EDITORIAL NOTES -

Six more working days till the election. O Q‘ Q 0

Another increase of two cents per packet of 20 cigarettes. At least the Anti-tobacco League will be pleased.

Mrs. Robert Carter, Milton‘, sent The Guard- ian o small bouquet of sweat peas picked from ‘ier garden. They have been in blossom a few days, and still are bright and fresh notwith- standing the rain gnd.fro:t..

New Brunswick estimates for the year end- ing Oct. 3i, i947, indicate a surplus of over $5 millions. This makes our own surplus of H40,-

be. Russia is holding out for a high degree of centralization while Britain, the United States and France favour a federal system.

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The Rt. Hon. the Earl of Selkirk, O.B.E., A.F.C.,’ is visiting this country and the United States. ln Montreal the Earl spoke very en- thuslasticallyof continued immigration from Scotland to Canada. It is unlikely that he will include the lsland in his itinerary but if he should do so he is assured ol‘ a worm welcome here.

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To show the confidence" "Big Business" has in the future of the Province it may be men-

tioned that the Sun Life Assurance Co. of Can- ada has lust taken two mortgages of $il,300 and $108,800 respectively on properties here, while the government has taken one for $05,000. That looks good for continued prosperity.

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'Although from time"to time we have the pleasure of meeting readers of long standing, it is not often we come across a subscriber of 58 years standing. Mrs. Robert C. MacNeill of 47 Bayfield St. has been a constant reader of The Guardian since i889 when it was recommended to her by a friend at Argyle Shore where she liverl before coming to Charlottetown.

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Word was received here yesterday of the sudden passing hence of Mr. William Wallace, advertising manager of Toronto Daily Sfar. Mr. Wa'lace was at business as usual, and died at his desk. He was counted the foremost adver-' tising executive in Ontario, and was in addition o director of the Canadian Daily Newspapers Association.

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Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer Cripps announces a new $80,000,000 housing scheme fol next year. To save water many of the houses may be built with scanty bathroom accommoda- tion as Sir Stafford says these are not absolute- ly necessary. Lady Cripps, a granddaughter of the inventor of Eno's Fruit Salts, says a daily bath is a middle class fad.

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John Flaxman, English sculpton, died this date i826; while a youth he found scope for his abilities as a designer for Wedgewaod, the famous china firm, but in i372 he began to de- vote himself to statuary and monumental sculp- turc, establishing his fame as the greatest of England's classical sculptors. His designs and illustrations of Homer, Aeschylus, and Dante are especially famous. I I I I

Now it is the U. S. that threatens our fox breeders with extinction. What a lot of envy the success of the Island. creates! New Brunswick is envious of our potato and lobster success, the Prciriss of our hog superiority, Ontario and Quebec o.‘ our all-year-round equable weather

‘making us ideally suitable for summer and win-

lt would seem as though only our be

ter residence. own politicians think we have nothing to thankful for. I I I

Pressure on the Federal Government over its austerity policy is having its effect. lt ap- pears that Finance Minister Abbott's decision to remove the important ban on certain types of oils and fats, as well as on fibre glass, will wipe out an estimated saving of $7,000,000 annually in U. S. dollars. This marked the first in- stance to date on which appeals from an af- fected industry and a consequent review of the domestic supply situation, had succeeded in in- fluenging the Government to reverse a decision made in the import control measure. The De- partment of Finance has bee_n almost swamped with requcsts for relaxations of this type and it is reported that serious study is being given to several others where it is felt that low domestic supplies of other industrially important commod- ities not produced here in sufficient quantity to meet the demand may be warranted.

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ln an effort to make postage stamps avail- able to tile public in more convenient form, the Post Office Department has developed a new ”Gift Folder". Priced at $1.00, the folder con- tains one page of six three cent stomps, one page of six four cent stamps, two pages with a total of eight seven cent air mail stamps, and two pages of air mail stickers. In addition to giv- ing helpful postal pointers, it also provides air mail ra-tes for Canada and the United States for the information of mailers. In designing the folder, the Post Office has tried to make it as attractive as possible. From the gift standpoint, particularly in the approaching Christmarsea- son, it would undoubtedly be greatly appreciated by members of the family who are away from home, and friends, as an encouragement to more frequent correspondence. Certainly it should help in saving personal correspondence from be- coming another one of the lost arts.

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It has lust been announced by Dr. H. .l. Rowley, chairman of the New Brunswick Re- sources Development Board, says the Telegraph

' Journal, that a $4,000,000 plant which will pro-

duce sulphuric acid, chemical fertilizer and cem- ent will be built near the Albert County commun- ity of Hillsboro. This large industry will be able ta supply the superphopshote requirements of farmers throughout Nova Scotia, New Bruns- wick and Prince Edward lsland, and it is ex- pected that they will have the advantage of low- er prices than they now have to p'ay for this vital fertilizer, which, currently, is all imported from the United States. The concern behin’ the op- eration is Atlantic Chemicals Company, and it is gratifying to note that it is o predominantly Maritime organization, with Senator F. W. Pirie, of Grand Falls, N.ll., as president, and Mr. A. A. Scales, of Freetown, P'.E.I., as vice-president. Among the directors there is also a Nova Scotian, Mi. George A. Chose, of Port Williams. This industry, it seems plain, will unfold new employ-

624‘on ordinary aceopnt seem small potatoes. - Q I

Both Russia and the Western Powers want a] csatrdl government for Germany. The question

msnt opportunities for hundreds and bring new wealth to Albert-particularly to the Hillsboro district, whole the mill and quarries of Can-

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PUBLIC FORUM

speed the day when the Palestine -~Lory wlll cease to be written in British bloodl -— Toronto Tele- gram.

It la stated that more than three- quarters of the goldproduced in the world last year found its way into, and ls being held by_ private hands. It ls an indication of what people generally think of gold, and nhet a free market might do to Lue price. -St-ratford Beacon-Hr- aid.

There are more opportunities here ln Plctou County than in the City oi ‘Toronto, a friend of ours re- marked the other day. Presed for all explanation, he replied. "Every- llilng has been picked up there but there are many openings left. here ivaltlniz for the alert man willing lo make e job for himself." - New Glasgow Record.

One of the moat valuable things ls quiet. It. is, we regret. the ur- cst. Loud talk, loud motors, 1.1a ladlos. loud horns. Ours ls a loud, and therefore vulgar, society. We welcome Winter on two accounts- ttle snow muffles the sound of truf- fic. and the cold weather gives us the excuse to wear ear muffs. - l-‘cterborough Examiner.

University authorities have on- nvunced that the students will not be required ll write the usual, lengthy Christmas examinations. 1n a wary the faculty is giving the student body e sick leave. In this case, however. it. la not. the stu- dents tlhnt. ere suffering from malaise, but the university itself -it ls overstuffed. There are so many students that. if regular ex- aminations were written the pro- fessors would heve to spend the whole Christmas vocation correct- lug them. Hence scheduled‘ teats fur arts and science students will not be held. - Winnipeg ‘Tribune.

Work has begun on the construc- tion of e great steel factory at Port Talbot, Wales, at a cost o! $120,000,000. reports The Sydney- Post-record. Five months ago the rite ixas the haunt of wild geese. ducks and some farming. Since then 2.600 men have been at. work clearing the area and erecting the plant, which will be ready about. lwo veers hence. A limestone quarry producing 10,000 tons H Week ill operation, and 60 miles of rail- road track wlll be laid. This works will be the keystone for Welsh in- diistrlal recovery. It will add to the vlslng production of British steel. which in September reached l ratio of nearly 14,000,000 tons a 1133i‘. Britain will save millions of dollars a year tn American im- ports compared with Dre-WM-

The Underground train, runs l story in The London Evening News. was just. comfortably full. A com- mater sat reading his paper. Al the train pulled into e. station, the rnnn beside hlm not. up and 161$-

he auionlatlc doors had bezuu ‘.0 close when the commuter glanc- ed up from hls paper and saw s. pail of gloves" lying on the seat. beside hlm. He swiftly grabbed them. dashed to the closing doors arid threw the gloves, just. in time, rm to the station platform. Then he returned to his seat. with the look of a Boy Scout. who has lust. gone his good deed far the day. The man an the far side of the vacant seal. leaned across. "I say_ 01d man.“ lie said mildly, "would you ti- good enough to tell me just why you threw my gloves out. of the train"

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The rescue of the wounded clergyman. Canon John H. Turner from hls Arctic mission and hls transfer to hospital in Winnipeg l:. a modem Arctic epic. It con- trasts sharply with the early ex- ploration ln the Arctic. Whfli mm who penetrated into that region were cut off from civilization for years. Indeed ln the case of the ex- pedltion of Sir John Franklin, it was only after repeated rescue ef- fnl-Ls had failed that. any trace was discovered of the lost. men. Now aviation and radio serve to link the Arctic more closely to the rest of Canada. Even an outpost on the most. remote fringe of the Dominion like Moffet Inlet ls only a raw hours by air from our cities. The rescue of Canon Turner was a remarkable operation, carried tLi-ougll jointly by the Canadian Army and the RCA)". It involv- ed the use of parachute troops and the transportation of the seriously injured man to a. place where planes land and take off safely. The Canadian services can well ‘as pmud of the achievement under most trying and adverse weather conditions. - London Free Press.

It wlIl be no surprise to those who for many months have been trying unsuccessfully to buy a new automobile, but. figures uls- lni; from s recent survey indicati- the exliitenc in this contrly of a large and as yet. unsatisfied poten- ilol demand for cars. from present owners no less than from prospects. The survey, conducted by the Cn- nsdlan Dolly Newspaper Associa- t;or._-reveela that one car ln every three in Canada is a 1038 model or older. In sixty cities under stud-y, about one car ln seven ls e m1 model or earlier. The shortage has worked lrl two ways. Not. only res the large demand for new cars remained unsatisfied. but. the many drivers of the lower income group. who would. ordinarily be buying fairly new used cars. have beenforced to retalmtneir older models long past. the period of best

lusefulness, One-third of the cars

in u ears twelve or more years o'd. lle the situation. of course. presents s challenge to the 0on- edian automobile industry which the manufacturers ore doing their twcst to meet, it also extends an ilivltatlop to the p-oducer- of

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Bin-I read with much interest the letter in your column (oi Tuesday's Guardian) written by Mr. C. A, Hicks, secretary P. E. I. Temperance Federation.

Once upon a. time a. young lad asked a clever old clergyman tn tell him how one might under- stand politics. so" that lt. would be possible to vole intelligently. The clergyman replied. "Well, lad. Jusi. start. at Julius Caesar and read history up to the present. time. and you might. know a little about ll"

Many serious-minded citizens find themselves ln a position somewhat similar to that. young ‘lad. Not. wishing to sell their vote for paltry reasons. and puzzled by party bickering. many of our best. citizens remark: "Oh, I'm not, go- in; to vote at all."

I think the letter written by Mr C. A. Hicks ls a challenge to such voters. Why shouldn't we give our support to those members who lied the courage to oppose the Cullen Amendment. to our Prohibition Act?

Would Mr. C. A. Hicks or others who are "in the know" give us e list of those members who were opposed to the Cullen Amend- merit?

I am, sir, etc,

POLITICALLY PUZZLED.

ATTORNEY GENERAUS CRITICISM

Sir. — I would appreciate a bit of space to comment on the address of the Attorney General on Sat- urday evening last. Mr. Large, who knows bdtter, made several serious charges against the 0.0.1“. but lie made them by inference. He told the people to ask us certain things and inferred thereby that. they were true. He said, for example. to ask the 0.0.)". people if it were not truethat a farmer in Sask-_ ntchewen could not will hls land to hls son. and he said lt. in suchl a way that people were supposedl to believe that such a law exlstml

Mr. large knows perfectly well,‘ since he ls a lawyer. that no such lurw is on the statute books of the Province. Why then does he spread such misrepresentations? Mr. Large 1s asking us to elect hlm to a very important post lrl the Government -the administration of law. Surely such tactics do not inspire public confidence! .

Lot me say this to Mr. large: He has glveu the people of Prince Edward lsland the impression that no Saskatchewan farmer can wlll liis land to his son. I will be at. my home at ten o'clock on Friday morning. If he can produce such a law from the Public Statutes of| Saskatchewan, let hlm bring lt to me at that. time. If he can. then Il will resign as 0.0.11‘. candidate and will support hlm during the re- mainder of the campalin. If he cannot, then he owes lt to the pub- llc of the lsland to publish a pub. llc apology thraulh the pages of this paper.

l eni- Sir. etc. MURDOCII McLl-XJD C.C.F. Candidate lat Queens Long River, P.E.I.

THE ‘IFIEVALUED DOLLAR.

Sin-Since last, Tuesday, all ll-l. creasing number o! men who run their own businesses have, through the new trade restrictions. been forced to close down. Those con_ corned exclusively with gel-tel“ U.B. imports are now virtually un- employed.

One man in Toronto had lust received his charter for a company the day before Mr. Abbott’; u“- heralded an cement. The cost was $600. but he will be unable to do one dare work for ills new company, until some distant time ln the future when the likelihood is that hls products will either be out of date or the market will no longer exist. I

We_ can indeed do without the 8006B on the prohibited llsts...... we could also do without electric. lty and go beck a hundred years. Granted too, the fact. that most. men unemployed because of {he import. bans wlll be able to find other employment. but. not. at whet they obviously consider lhomselvgg fitted for. To them lt simply mean; lvro or three ysara out of their careers. ,

I have yet to meet a mun who does not agree that by fal- the ilmPlflli WHY to solve Canada's financial problem would have been to aevaluatetha dollar. Even If it meant, the dollar, finding it; level at. as low l “Sure as ‘l5 cents. the final result would be the "m, as will be achieved by Mr. Abbott's cumbersome and exacting plan, and that result would be gl-l-lygll at in a much shorter time with far less hardship for the people,

I Hm. Sir. etc. DAVID BERNARD 87 Yonge Street, Toronto 1. Ont... November 26th, 194'].

T00 LATE FOR ROAD W0}!

Blri — I! ll novi too late for road work both ln season and for the Liberal Party an they are doomed for defeat Dec. mil. The pQaple