PAGE rouir TliE GIiARLBTTETUWN GUARDIAN

Morning Dally (Founded ln 188T) Authorized as Second Class Mull. Post Oflioo Department. Ottawa.

President. [on A. Burnett; Vice-President. Wm. R. Burnett; Sony-Trans. G. M. Burnt-ft‘. Editor rind Managing Director. .i. R. Burnett: Associate Editor. Frank Walker.

“The Strongest Illcmory is Weaker Than the lira/rest Ink."

TUESDAY, MAY G. i941

Purchasing Civilization

Having in mind the present season when the income tax falls due, a contemporary exchange has been reprinting on item from Pepys, writ- ten on October l3, i660: "l went out to Char- rng Cross to see Meier-General Harrison hang- ed, drawn and quartered; which was done there, he looking as cheerful as airy man could in that condition."

The suggestion is that the fate which be- fell the butcher's boy who lived to become one of Cromwell's leading generals, bcfolls each and cvery taxpayer in three piping times of vast budgets and correzpondingiy vast need of rev- enu-c.

That, certainly, is one aspect of present taxation. Few feel that they would shrink from hangmon and the quartz-ring block, after filling out the tax farms. But there is another and more opposite quotation for these times. The late Mr. Justice Holmes once remarked that paving taxes was, in reality, purchasing civiliza- tion. And so it is.

Taxes should represent the cost of the serv- ices which the community, as such, desires and is prepared to pay for. The cost should be based upon ability to pay.

"But," says the Winnipeg Free Press (Lib- eral) "there should be the least possible waste or inefficiency. And the citizens should think twice before supporting measures whose cost they are unwilling to bear. There are plenty of public men who never w-eary of advocating all manner of measures without pausing to point out what the cost will be. lt is indeed, the most favoréd role—to be on the spending end of the public purse. Yet the purse must be filled. And one of the lessons of these days when the shadow of the income tax falls upon one and all, is that the burden of public. expenditures must be shouldered by all-not a few."

World Wheat Situation

.Until new crop wheat from the United‘ States becomes available ii‘! June and July, the world wheatsupply promises to remain tight, oc- cording to the monthly review of the wheat situation released by the Dominion Bureau of Statistics. Shipments of new - United States wheat, together with whatever production may be achievgd in deficit areas, should ease the pressure on supplies later this summer.

_Carry-over stocks in both Canada and the United States will again be at or near minimum lovels at the end of the crop year, and this means, as in 1946-47, that wheat must be drawn from the new crop, and hence from interior posi- tions-thus renewing tho pressure on inland transport. In consequence, as domestic supplies aro consumed in importing countries, shortages duo, in part, to actual d-eficits, and, in part, to export logs may again build up next winter and o repetition of the short supply conditions ex- isting during the latter halffof the current crop year may be in prospect.

North American prospects for the i947 crop are very bright, but there are no definite indications as to the probable magnitude of the next crop in the Southern Hemisphere. Even as- suming that the four major exporting notions may harvest a total crop in excess of the i946 outturn, any gain will be largely offset by re- duced i947 production in many of the import- ing countries.

These conclusions largely ignore the fin- ancial factor, which doubtless will have a greater bearing on trade with the cessation of UNRRA and other relief shipments. ln this con- nection, the Food and Agriculture Organization observes in its recent commodity report on wheat that if the United States and the United King- dom accept only limited responsibility for the supply of food to Germany and Japan, and if other importing coururics because of foreign exchange difficulties, feel obliged to reduce-im- ports, it is conceivable that all tho i947 wholt crop will not find a market at present prices.

On the other hand, if the United States and the United Kingdom decide to finance imports into Germany and lopnn which would k-aep the normal consumer diet around i500 to i600 cal- ories, and if the other wheat-importing coun- tries decide to utilize purl of their dwindling and limited foreign exchange resources for the purchase of wheat and other food, then the ef- fective demand for wheat would almost certainly again exceed the available supply.

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Mr. J. M. Macdonnell, the Opposition lin- dnciol critic, has underlined the lamentable casuolnoss with which Finance Minister Abbott tolltod around the subject of Dominion-Provin- cial relations in his Budget address last week. His words must have stung the Government lrorrchor, notwithstanding their mlldness. For tho Mlnistor to have devoted five minutes to what Mr. Macdonneli properly defined-as "o ttor that-affects the very roots of our na- nol Mo", was indzed a "sour" note. But study If tho Budget suggests why this should be so. Tho simple fact, rays the Globe and Mail,

new approach he could offer without acknowledg- 1 ing that his Budget does not justify the "uncom- promising rigidity“ of his Government's proposals to the Provinces. Arid it was his Government's attitude which brought the Dominion-Provincial Conference to failure.

To begin with the Budget reported a sur- plus of $35Z,000,000—greoter than the‘sum of all previous surpluses. This represented a "mis- calculation" of $6lZ,000,000 by Finance Min- ister llsley and the Federal "brain trust," who budgeted for a deficit of $260,000,000, and who insisted on the strength of it that the Domin- ion could not accept the moderate request of the Provinces for the return of the miner taxes which Ottawa had taken over as a war emerg- ency. _

But accept the miscalculation as genuine error, and the Dominion still is without support for its case. Mr. Abbott plans on a surplus of i 990,000,000 in the current fiscal year. Hi lalso reports that if by any chance the "hold- jout" Provinces-Nova Scotia, Ontario and Que- i‘ bec—should change their minds, the surplus will . still be $80,000,000. The inference which the

people of the three Provinces are supposed to l draw, of course, is that Ottawa is prepared to be most generous toward them.

"What are the facts?" asks our contempor- ary. "Ontario, Quebec and Nova Scotia agreed to vacate the personal income and corporation tax fields, from which Mr. Abbott expects to collect one billion, 1Z5 million dollars this year. They asked in return that Ottawa should again allow them eiclusive use of the minor sources of taxation-gasoline, amusement, succession dut- res, electricity and pari-mutuels-which it ent- ered during the war. Belatedly, and to secure a deal with British Columbia, the Federal Gov- ernment gave up the gasoline tax.

"The loss of $36,000,000 from that tax is nowhere apparent in Mr. Abbott's Budget. More- over, it reveals that the request of the Prov- inces for those taxes which properly belong to them would not have impaired the Dominion’: financial position in the slightest. The rev- enues taken from those minor taxes lost year totalled an estimated $45,662,000. ln’ terms of Mr. Abbott's estimated surplus this is indeed a small "sacrifice" for Ottawa to have made.

"The Finance Minister stated his Govern- ment still looks forward to agreement with all the Provinces. His Budget demonstrates that such on achievement is well within his power. ll shows equally clearly that the onus is on the Federal Government to bring it about."

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ln the House of Commons, a plea has been entered for all good Scotsman to come to the rescue of haggis. Decontrol has caught up with a prime ingredient-walled oats—and even west- ern farmers may have to "roll their own," Wil- liom Bryce, Selkirk CCF member, suggests.

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Since i906, when the Life insurance As- sociotion of America was founded, the expecta- tion of life at birth of the average American had been increased by approximately l5 years, said President James A. Fulton at the Associa- tion's last annual meeting. This increase in longevity is largely accounted for by the re- suits of medical research.

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"Duty demands and requires, that what is right should not only be mode known, but made prevalent; that which is evil should not only be detected, but defeated. When the public man omits to put himself in a situation of doing his duty with effect, it is an omission that frus- trates the purposes of his trust almost as much as if he had formally betrayed it."—Edmund Burke. '

King Edward Vll died this date i910. Be- fore ascending the throne in succession to his mother, Queen Victoria, he served a long ap- prenticeship as Prince of Wales, during which he visited Charlottetown, with his brother, after- wards, George V. He proved o most popular ruler, abiding- by the directions of his ministers, entering into the sports of the people, and act- ing as an ambassador of peace on the Continent, especially so for as his nephew William ll of Germany was concerned. He was popular in France, and feared by Russia, because of his open espousal of the British Government's policy with regard to Turkey, Greece and the Balkan States. His most memorable saying: "lch dien— I serve, is our family motto but from henceforth mine shall be "Aye ready", (when he join-ed the Navy).

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"Bottersea," said Lester Powell in a recent BBC Pacific Service broadcast, "has made our most formidable contribution to civilisation- bottled beer. During the reign of Mary Tudor, the Dean of St. Paul's was a resident of Batter- sea—a man called Nowell, whose chief hobby was fishing. He used to spend much of‘ his time on o gross bank by the river-now a port of liattersea Pork. ln true Battersea style the good Nowell was inclined to be rebellious: he didn't care for his Queen's religious convictions and had said so, with force. One rlay a friend crime to him as he sat fishing and gave him the tip that Queen Mary was going to take stern action against him. The friend advised immedi- ate flight to the Continent. Nowell took the advice, pausing only to hide lris bread arid cheese and a jug of beer among the osiers at the wat- c."s edge. ‘Some years later when the heat had cooled off he came home. A nostalgic impulse made him go to see if his food and beer were

still where he'd left them..The bread and cheese had gone but the beer was still there. "Yet no jug, but rather o gun", as a contemporary chron- iclo puts it, "such was the sound at tho opening thereof." However, it was still drinkable-and surprisingly enough, much better tasting for its long confinement. And that was tho modest

that Mr. Abbott could not afford to dwell upon norm. than”: nothing in tho way of o

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IHE CHARLOTTETOWN- GUARDIAN

flutes By ths Way

QM "1 "16 lrelt wcslmorszs of °X1$11118 traffic law enforcement Ls the reluctance of magistrates to illilfieird m- cancel licences; in too 111?"! cases the accused escapee (has by plcading that he needs a car in making hi; living. _ m. montxm Journal.

Tho police should have public co- oporatzcn in this campaign for illlbllc safely. The great majority of motorists obey the rules. at 1915i at. crowded intersections, but every Corner is a menace to life and limb F0 10113 as pedestrians pay no at.-

lention to regulations made for their own protection. - Ottawa Journal.

No dtlrer department riiuro in the world offers such o, wide variety of “Wives 8s Mltsukoshi’ fin Tokyo, says Colliers. Besides offices that make reservations for ilieatme tickets. t-rziiia travel, elm, the store has a. shrine where one may pray. avbureau iii-here one may select a wife or" husband. a section where a Couple may secure a licence and be married. and o. department

nvhere one may purchase a. casket and arrange for n funeral. Canadians. known how little

found-alien existed for (he old cries about. British imperialism. will find little short of fantastic the cur-rant roigzeslion that the United States is bent on dominating (he earth. 'I‘he_v will find. howovcr. scone am- Use-merit ln i-he spectacle of’ "the greatest democracy in the world" being denounced from (he house- tops as antidemomatic.-Ottaaa Journal.

There is a benediction in the snow-clad peaks for those who contemplate them. A serenity, a sense of timelesoness. seems to flow from them, loving the human spirit. washing away petty care. 11107 give forth a cathedral calm, ‘inviting IASbfUJDQ-KS and assuaging troubles. It. L; not alone the seri- sltiveness of hue they couch from a declining sun. nor the softening of ii-rre that coir-res with dusk, so much as an impression of strength rendered less rugged by the partial mists of distance. -- Victoria Times. The eyes or; the most expressive part of the human countenance. says Tire Victoria Colonist. They reveal character. mood and intention long before (the lips have spoken. Where they are clam- and unobstructed. something of the human soul shines through. There would be fewer mis- takes in this world if people read eyes and not lips alone. Truth, hcoirsfy and fair intention shine like beacons in the eyes. Falsehood rlishoriety. and roguery cannot. be hidden. No rogue will allow his eyes to be seen. if irr- can ovoid it.

A great new harbor is to be built in Tanganyika at. a cost to Britain of $16,000,030. This will replace what ls now only a tiny native village on a. lonely lagoon. The site was chosen by a commission of Uitillfid Kiugdtiln dock experts sent. out. last. monlli to survey the territ- ory as the lzcst point for serving (he big groundnut producing areas now being developed in this port of Africa. Their recommendation has been accepted by the United Kingdom Government and work is in lac-gin at once (‘i‘.‘l' o plfllfl which \\"lJl provide a port capable of al- most unlimited expansion and big enough to sirclte: the largest: ships. -U. K. Infonmalion Office.

The expectation nf a price re- cession llf15 been based largely an tlrr- realization that. consumer pur- chasing power is not keeping pace with production. The picture is confused , however, by the im- balance cf the rconomy ln this post.- ivar situation. Supply is over-taking demand unevenly. Prices and profits are not. uniformly high. The best 110139 1s that a moderate price re- cession will both help iron out some hf thcsr- unevennesses and over- come (lir- Consumer's unwillingness (or lnabllityt to buy. Thus a latent demand. which tloes not. make itself fully felt as present prices. could be released-New York Herald 'I‘ribuno.

Except In curtain comparatively small areas, Canada is a one-season tourist. country‘. There is no good reason for this other than a pre- judice found-rd on ignorance. We have for ton tong been depicted as a nation of stern and unpleasant winters. An American speaker. of all people. has pointed cut this fallacy to us. Hr secs no reason why nvp cannot have a flow of tourists the year around. and ho is right. But. we still continue to oloao our resort acr-airimodaiicrxs in the winter. in the very heart. of coun- tav wrhcye visiior; r-ould have a glori- nus time with winter sports, and than sit back and think this annual hiatus is inevitable. What. Canada ire-ids ls for pnoplr- rm other parts of i171‘ country in learn a lesson from (ho Laureniinns nrnrl a few other such districts. where they really capitalize rm the winter climate.- Windeor Star.

Some manufacturers have token ihr- lend in a movcmcn-i which. if it. became general. amild arrest. the inflationary (rend and r-lrat. prices on the decline. They have annourlcrd that the price of their products will not. be increased while one cor manufacturer has actually reduced prices. ft. would take oniv one or two pro-dancers in the various lines to create an altering effect upon casts all across (he board. The others would be faced with the some action: First, to maintain good standing with the general public. and secondly. to keep in competition with the lower-priced products. Assurance lhoi prices have rolclrod their peak and are more likely to drop than rise would moon lop de-

PUBLIC FORUM

Thlo column lilo dllclllllon by our"- upoadonto of questions nl interest. The Charlottetown Guardian docs not noaesmr- ll) endorse tho opinion of corroopondento.

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sirr‘“pl°ase Permit me in ex re“ 1-11P0l-l8h the columns of your pgpoi 0 19W Tema-Pks regarding the wonder. m1 9mm‘ 710W b61118 made lo educate l-he Pwple against the menace (XlJlCIl coricer._Vl_/e cannot praise boo highly (he iwvhwrvlruea citizens or this Province who are giving so freely 0f H1911‘ lmle and cnergy_t.o make "118 Odmnalizn a success. Particular‘ wmmendiatim should so. l believe l0 the P. E. I. Branch of the Canadian Cancer Society who b81119 this grim disease from yvear to year nnthout fanfare or llllblfvlt)’ The People connected with this Drive are not endowed wilt-r any Ureat amount. of idle time on their f1amds. On (he contrary, they are mostly very busy Deflple _ which proves the old adage: "That everyr. thing that is done, is done by the ‘busy people?’

Dr. Joseph Franklin Moniazue. founder and dilreofnr of the New- Y°Pl< Ifillefltiufli Sanltaflum, has (written many books on the sub- ject of health. In his latest book. writon for (he laiil’. hr- PITlDlIfrFlZOS the following point rewarding (‘au- car: "Ii skillfully done. and lf the proper instruments are used. the examination (for cancerr ls. as I have said before. absolutely painless Flor your own sake, therefore. do not consider casual conversation wit/h the Doctor as an equivalent of an examination.

In short. do not let him soothe you irvto a false sense of security by saying that he does nofthink‘ that you have Cancer. 1f he is really interested in your welfare. he can easily ‘know’ by making (he propcir elfilmlifllailorr; and txeni" in mind. the differrnce between ‘think- ing’ and ‘knowing’ may mean your life."

In sunmilng up lhp foregoing abatement of fill-ls rmlnolfl Sur- geon we find that he is imprexing uprm the patient the llrRPnCy of not only an early examination. but a. thorough one as well. I personally believe that there are many pvnplr‘ who delay being examined for Can- cor and other ailments because of

the expense.

To treat. Cancer with X-ray. Redilum, orr Smfiéry La an expensive business-definitely beyond the moons of many people.

Therefore. in closing. I urnuld

suggest. that if our Island Govern- ment. really has fir? Financial Silv- plua indicated ln the Biudstét speech. their they might d9 well l0 follow uhe example of the murfiberaioci O. C. F. Government. in Saskatche- wan. I understand that in Lhai Province they not only etltlcate their people ln matters pnrtaining to Cancer. but the izvvrrnnlont lt- oelt provides free Diagnosis and ‘treatment of Cancer. including Smgery. to ‘every person in (he Province.

Surely our Ilslaird G"J\'i'l'|ll1l(’llfi i; a5 n1u¢}1 inrri-estrd lu (he Health find WPIfaTE of the people Rs K1115 Socialist Government in Western Canada. '

I rim. Sir. vita.

G. M. WOODSIDE

Not Just Bobies

(Sydney Post-Record) Dispatches from Munich describ- ing in minute detail (he careful stops taken by Allied officers to crnmnie the bodies of Goering and the other Nazi criminals, to dis- pose of their ashes in the River Isar. reflect. their deer-re to ore- vent body-snatching by ardent Nazis. and tho preservation of these corpses as the nuclei of some future Nationalist movement in Germany It is the some caution which hiss prohibited publication of Goering's last testament to the German people. a document which was turned over to the AlllPTlCflT commandant of the prison at Nucrnberg. and since kept seer-er. The need for such nctio-n is fully apparent considering that only a few weeks ago Allied troops rai-dcri Nazi underground units, arrested thousands of members and arr- conllnually checking an activities of post-war Nazis.

Nevertheless. it places n false value on such remains, and nn death itself. The most dangerous legacy which Goering and his follow Nazis left to Gnrmnrrv was the memory of lire things they set forth as their dream of German ambition. Today the German reo- pie hold the Nazis culpable only because they failed. Every corres- pondent informs us that there ‘rs not. the slightest. sign of repentance or regret. All they are sorry about is that they failed. Hod Hitler viv- en Germany victory he would be held in vastly greater ester-m than Bismarck or Hindcnhurz. It rs not. a matter of dead bodies. or of mummified remains. It is a ri-nt- (er of ideas. dreams. amblflons, lmaginlngs. hopes and emotions. And these things live within the heart of living men and not. within the sarcophagus.

It was wise to romoyo the dan- gel‘ at‘ some new cult of Nnzl wor- ship bored on coffins and altars. It. will be still wiser to eliminate Nazism. or any other form of ex- treme German nationalism, by io- moval of all these dreams and wild aspirations. Nationalism will nave to he changed into internationollsm and Germany is entitled to her fair and proper place in a rwor-lri of peace. Her military wings. in

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wave: To w-osbward. sea and sky alone. And sunsets. Put o. mossy stone.

And patient mosses err-ping slow, And wandering in-ings. and footstep TAN‘.

Of human creatures pausing (rhere.

—Wllllam AlllnZham. (1824459).

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