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lforuhsg Dally (Founded In 1am. Authorised as Second Class Mull, Post Office Department. Ottawa. Preideatflsn A. Burnett; Vice-President, Wm. B. Burnett; Sean-Tress, G. M. Burnett; Editor sud mum; Director, .|. n. Burnett; Associate Editor. l Freak Walker.

i ”The Strongest Memory is Weaker Than the Weakest Ink."

CHARLOTTETOWN, TUESDAY, MARCH 9, 194B

Farm Price Bontrols

Farmers have been suspecting that the U. S. embargo had become a price control meas- ure, but now Mr. Gardiner at Lethbridge has said that it has been a price control measure all along! The official story for a long time has ‘been that the embargo on the export of beef cattle to the U. S. was initiated to make beef available for Britain, but now Mr. Gardiner says that the embargo was placed on beef cattle in I942 because price control would have been im- possible if food exports to the U. S. were permit-

ln other words, the government's policy has been cheap food for the Canadian people rather than food for Britain or cheap food for Britain. Comments the Winnipeg Free Press:

And that isjstill the government's policy, despite its wartime promise that post-war floor prices would make up for wartime ceiling prices. The ceilings set during the war by the war- time prices and trade board were little more than a false ceiling.. On top of those ceilings was a heavier ceiling created by the embargo on major farm product exports to the U. S. The government took out the false ceiling lasth/ear, but meat prices did not go up because the real ceiling remained.

Mr. Gardiner says that the U. S. beef cattle embargo and the British price for beef constitute s price control measure. The less than ten per cent of Canada's beef which went to Britain last year determined the price of the 90 per cent sold ln the domestic market.

Similarly, the embargo on the export to the U. _S. of bacon, eggs and cheese is o price control measure. The putting in again of the false ceilings on meats, and the ceiling on but- ter, does not change the situation greatly. The farmer is subsidizing the consumer.

The farmer is subsidizing not only needy low-income urban families, but also salaried exe- cutives and professional workers-whose wives seem to be able to holler just as loudly about the cost of living as those who are in real diffi- cult-y,

Beading Their Speeches

Two Liberal M. E's-Mr. George Cruiek- shank and Mr. James Sinclair-walked out of the Commons chamber because Mr. Speaker Fauteux would not enforce the rule against speeches being read when a Bloc Populaire mem- ber was reading his speech. Messrs. Cruickshank and Sinclair would have been more effective in their walk had it been taken against infraction of the rules on their own side of the House. Nev- ertheless their protest, whatever may be said of its manners, drew attention to an evil about which somebody, sometime, will have to do some- thing.

Reading speeches in "Parliament, says the Cttawa Journal rightly, is a comparatively new thing; as lats as the days of Laurier and Bor- den the practice was unknown. Members of the House then took it as a matter of pride to be able to stand up in the House and say whatever they wanted to say without the aid of a manu- script. They had, too, the example of their leaders, Laurier seldom using more than a few notes on the back of an envelope even in the case of his greatest speeches, and Fielding deliv- ering his budget speech with but a few notes, and Foster replying to him without a note at all.

Today reading of speeches. is all but the rule with Ministers and front benchers setting the example (the favorite excuse of Ministers is that they are "making a statement," some- thing so tremendously important that they must stick to their "text"). As a consequence debate, in the true meaning of the word, has all but ceased to exist. What has taken its place is a procession of speeches read from manuscript nearly all wasteful of time and what is far more serious, making Parliament so colorless and dsbsq ls to kill public interest In it.

Trouble In ‘Antarctica

Reports come of British, Argentinian and Chilean warships heading toward the isolated Falkland islands and fringe of the south polar regions which have been generally regarded as a "dependency" of the Falklands. Root of the trouble, it seems, is the belief that uranium may be found in the area.

The Falkland Islands, 250 miles off the southern tip of South America, were ceded to Britain by Spain in I771 and the first British settlers, from the Scottish Orkneys, arrived there in I883. Even today there are only 2.599 i"- "habitants on "these arid islands and they are regarded as port of the British Empire. The, chief area of dispute, however, is the adjacent ‘Antarctic continental shore upon which a magis- trate and weather observers have been posted by thg Falkland administration. Both Chile and

-_ Argentine are setting up naval posts on this strip, .' and pressing claims of sovereignty.

jBoth South American countries would like r, y prefect their boundaries dawn to the South

{l ‘oIejthhing in port otthe icy ‘sub-continent. f. " " else In». aflclelm n. the-Falkland

on firs itrength of a short-

coloring the islands as "home territory" on maps and postage stamps, and by gianting islanders Argentine citizenship. _

There is still considerable dispute about sovereignty on the Antarctic continent, with Britain, Norway, United States, Argentine and Chile all laying claims. The London Times, in a recent article, pointed out that there have been 76 British expeditions to the Antarctic, 29 Norwegian, 24 American and smaller numbers by other countries, including two from Argentina.

There are enough "hot spots" and poten- tial danger areas in the world today without reaching down into the Antarctic wastes-but it seems that the current dispute is not going to be settled without some difficulty.

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There is not much use discussing the weath- er any further, well-knowing nobody can do any- thing about it. But keeping roads, streets and sidewalks clean is quite another story.

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it is just too bad that the Department of Trade and Commerce delayed till the Reymond famous silver fox ranch went out of commission before featuring it in its organ of publicity. All the same the fox industry generally should bene- fit from the attention it will now receive in for- eign embassies, legations and consulates. '

The Conservative opposition in the Com- mons split last Friday on a vote on the Speak- er's ruling. The matter was not a politically important one but the Government, as matters stand, cannot afford the luxury of such a split on any of its measures. k ‘I fi i

Genuine regret" is felt at the unexpected passing of Mr. Neil J. McCanpell, Queen's County Court Clerk. Of a quiet, unostentatious disposition, Mr. McConnell was best known out- side his professional calling, by his connection with Tlig Caledonian Club of which he was a past Chief. He was an enthusiastic Scotsman and delighted in upholding the traditions and main- taining the Scottish atmosphere in our midst.

One step the C. N. R. has taken to maintain peak operation is the revival of the wartime policy of suspending retirement of skilled trades- men beyond the usual retiring age of 65. This has the double advantage of speeding immedi- ate work without padding the railway's staff after the present replacement program has been com- pleted.

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During the war all naval personnel were blood typed and the classification noted on their identity card so that in case of emergency the blood type of victim and potential blood donors was immediately known. A similar serv- ice for the general population would be most valuable. Everyone should know his own blood type in order to give, or receive, blood on short notice.

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Outstanding remarks by British statesmen on the present situation: "Communism, bred an the Continent in the atmosphere of authoritar- iariism and brought to flower in the soil of Tsar- ism, has turned its back on civiIization."—Mr. Attlee, the Prime Minister, at first anniversary dinner of Oxford University Labour Club. "They keep the British bulldog running round after his own tail till hc is dizzy, and then wonder that he cannot keep the wolf from the door."—Mr. Win- ston Churchill, criticizing the Socialist planners in a political broadcast. "Words alone will not save our nation."--Sir Stafford Cripps, Chancel- lor of the Exchequer, appealing for price and profit cuts.

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Rt. Hon. Ernest Bevin, British Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, born this date, IBBI; was general secretary of the Transport and Gen- eral Workers Union ; also Chairman of the Trade: Union Congress in I939; was Minister of Labour and National Service from I940 to I945, having been elected Labour M.P. for Wordsworth; in I945 Premier Attlee chose him, in preference to Mr. Hugh Dalton, as Foreign Secretary, and he has so far justified the choice, though he had no higher grad; or University education, while Dal- ton is a product of Eton and Cambridge. Mr. Winston Churchill placed great reliance on the soundness of his judgment.

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The prospective visit of the Gubernatorial family to our North Shore has created great in- terest socially and commercially. The question most often heard_ is where will the distinguished visitors be located? If at Dalvay Hotel there would not be much room for other patrons. About the only alternative, with all the domestic con- veniences required for a Governor-General, his family and staff, would be the Charlottetown, and that is some distance from the North Shore and National Park. Could additions to Dalvay be started and completed in time to receive the vis- itors on or about Dominion Day? It will be a great boost to our already growing tourist in- dustry to have the First Family in the Dominion vacationing here.

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The Canadian Army said this week that it would return immediately to the pre-wor prac- tice of calling certain vehicles "trucks" and not "lorries" as has been the case for a number of years. Canadian and Ameridan troops drop- ped the time-honored American term in favor of the unfamiliar British designation at the time of the Allied landings in North Africa. They did this upon the advice of experts in Service nomenclature who recommended common terms for al;l items of military clothing and equipment being uud or handled by the Allies. Many serv- icemen conversationolly insisted on referring to their vehicle as a truck, but the word never found its wo into official correspondence. A new Army rdsr issued this week restores the word to its accustomed place in military nomenclat-

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An slrersft, without any crew. took off from an Alaskan airport and headed for Siberia. Not. laden with atom bombs, we hopeh-Wlntl- sor Star.

Balanced llvlng begins not. with nations end world movements. but In the individual. Never In all hls- tory was It more important that individual men and women should not. lose their heads merely because they have failed hitherto to use them. - Vancouver sun.

Si. Cetherlnes leads ell Canad- ian cities tn capital industrial ex- pansion per capital with emphasis on iron, steel expansion, textiles and food processing. The Industrial bedrock of not only St. Catharlnes but the immediate environs, Thor old, Merrltton, Port. Dalhousle and. in the last. year, Port Weller. l". the guarantee o! future stabxiily -—Si.. Catharlnes Standard.

Why couldn't someone have told the farmers and others early last year that in the fall s. ban would be put on lm-port of vegetables? There might now have been cab- bage, celery and lettuce to supply the demand and the farmers, for a change, might have had some opportunity to do a little profi- tcerlng, just a lit-Lie, on their own account. — Port. Arthur News- Chronicle.

By sud large, few observers have any doubt. now that. the United Nations Assembly made e. grave mistake in conceding a Jewish claim bound to provoke strong Arab resistance, and. at. Ute some time in encouraging bold Arab re- sistance by evading the" problem of enforcement. Whatever the Council does now t.o push partlclon through amounts to taking sides lu a civil war which has already begun. — The Times, London’. The prediction that the war would be followed immediately oy e large-scale depression and o. ser- ious drop in employment ls i105 the only error of JudKmenL that can be laid at. the door of the ex- perts. These economists were equally wrong in the prediction that peace would drlve war work- ers out. of the centres of popula- tion and back t.o the hills and valleys from which they had m‘.- grated. The facts are that men and women are staying where they found jobs during the war. Near- ly all the cities have gained III population since the end of hos- tilities. -- Calgary Albertan-

When e. hmlly feces be-nkflllll-fi!» either 1t. goes under to s. life of perpetual makeshift. and pauper- lsm, or 1t. restores its solvency by vigorous action —\by bllyln! 1955- by cutting down everly lclnd of >2:- pense and by straining eve?! "fir" to sell more of lbs goods and ses- vioes. A notion is in no different case and the choice open to the British people ts in reality ore- cisely the same difficult. choice beoween pauperlsm and gruelling recovery. Tho only question wot-tn asking today when the crlslsls. m Sir Stafford Crlpps words. ml- A matter of years. but o! months of" weeks, is what. further steps tnv British people can take to con- sume less and produce more. l0 reduce their standard of living n16 at the same time do harder work. --London Economist.

Mendclssohnh position at the centenary of his death may not. find him placed alongside Bach and Handel as some of his co-l- bemporarles In this country can: lldently Imagined it. would‘. but l- is likely that; the shade o! Mendel- ssolm is not. dissatisfied with we niche that. time, the best of critics, has discovered for him. Some of the centenary reviews of his arr have repeated the old story altD-ll the curse and handicap 0' h“ 2W} fortune and how Schubert. wro.c his songs out. of his mlsefy- A genius ls also at liberty to com pose out of his hopplnessLor pulse of disposition. M ndelsso ll “'8.- a genius, and he Invented a tenn- po all his own, and brought to me scherzo an’ inimitable fanclfulness. Suffering and hardship would have been rejected by his ternlflflmelh- The style that ls the men emcrKI-i from the character which finds its shape in the cradle. — FY01" Manchester Guardian.

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The pioneer woman. wit“ ‘m did t.o develop this country. l‘? found its femtllbs and Its institu- lions and t.o bear the very res: burdens of settlement and colon]; zatlon, has been dented the Pill!- ln our history books and in on affections t.o which she is so riots- ly entitled. While her spouse re sorted t.o the taverns. swassered about; the Quarter Sections or car- ried a musket at tne annual drills of the pioneer militia. Al" W3“ probably at. home doing the chores. cutting the wood, fabricating the homespun. making the butler and. bringing up her family. Formin- there was lltxle entertolnmen. or novelty. It. was a laborious exis: tence without relief excelll- n l"; the prayer-meeting or the bee and very often it. wna life differ- ing radically from that t.o which she had been accustomed In l"! earlier environment. - BIOPIIVIII"! Recorder end Times.

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PUBLIC FORUM

this solemn Is open e- u» ellsalllol by corro- Ibundeuts of questions" or Internal. ' The Charlrrttemn Guardian does not neeesssr fly endorse the opinion

correspondent.

+o++++o+e PUBLIC ACCOUNTS Shy-In the Guardian on Satur-

of the letter signed "Accountant? states "Anonymous In answer to my statement that. money expend- ed on the sinking fund ls not an expense-or payment. on ordinary expenditure contradicts my state- ment without giving any reason therefor."

I naturally thought “Account- ant." was aware of the Provincial Auditor's certificate at the bottom of the sinking fund statement In which "all contributions for sink- ing fund have been made during the period ln accordance with the various statutes in force." This clearly ‘shows that the Govern- ment ls required by the laws, authorizing the loans, to provide money for a sinking fund to re- pay the loans at. maturity. "he only source from which such mou- ey can be obtained is from ordin- ary revenue receipts. This should convince "Accountant." that. his statement. made and requoted above is absolutely incorrect. “Accountant? should know that,

in e double entry system of so-

countlng for every debit, there must be a. credit. and for every be n debit. Therefore, an entry was made de- biting sinking fund and crediting the source. of the $322,766. If the

Provincial accounting was carried

out. entirely on the double entry system of accounting the sum of $322,765. could not have been brought. back t.o the Revenue slde of the account. because en entry

would have been made reversing

the original entry made. L! this had been done then no provision would have appeared in the Pub- lie Accounts, as required by law, for sinking fund for redemption of the publlc loan bonds at. me- lurlty. “Accountant? repeats the statement. "If there were no sink- ing fund the gross debt. would be so much less. look at page l5."

Gross funded debt..." $11.533,000.00 Less slnkltrg fund ..... .. 2,654,184.27

Net funded debt 8,878,815.73 and he then states: “If the mon- ey that; created the sinking fund had been applied t.o reduce the debt, you see what the debt. would be." He means I presume that. it would be $8,878,815.73.

This ls absolutely incorrect and on. absurd statement for "Alo- countant." t.o make because the annual sinking fund contributions although very inadequate, when invested In Dominion of Canada. and other Provincial bonds at in- terest. robes o! 6%, 5%, 4%, 334% and 3% as shown on page 23 of the Public Accounts. Increases the S. F. provision by the interest: re- ceived on these $.11‘. investment bonds which is eveni/ually invested In further 5.1“. investment bonds. I am surprised that. "Accountantf does not: seem t.o realize that the sum of $2,654,184.73 shown on page 23 ls an accumulation: of S. F. under the system outlined above. This is the orthodox and in fact the only system by which the re- payment of Public loan bonds can be met. If the suggestion "Ac- countant." has made could have been carried out. the Public debt would not be lees. but much larger than it. now is.

I am, Sir, etc" ‘ANONYMOUS.

Notes From Another Island By “Anson" LONDON. BngTlrd: During the

Hitler got into s bad temper be- cause. he said, "The British nev- er knew when they were best- en."

Winston Churchill gsve colour to that ides. in his famous war speeches, but. were countless ordinary men and women who performed deeds

perhaps have seemed overwhelm- lug to any impartial observer who might have been there t.o see. Well, we still get that. same "not-knowing-when

much the same whether they are tn uniform or not. Take the case the other day, when, in the early

gunman broke into e house end threatened the lady occupier with his gun. '

Perhaps he wasn't. e very ex- perienced gunmen -he was very young anyway -but even so, he mlghi: have been entitled t.o think himself on the winning slde. and to expect e certain amount. of re- luctant respect. in view of his po-

not. a hit of ttl All he got. was s heart t.o heart. telkobout. she er- ror of his neughty wsys:

from his intended victim, the lsdy

cxpfainn the whole thing -- simply told him sharply not. to be silly This shook him so much that

and sat. down to est s out of soup which she hosted up for him before she oelled the police.

"I felt sorry for htm," she salt. "he looked "ea scored."

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t stweyl if! to beep the roe-u wordless-y ‘s la this ooluma You mlghtthle that would

clay re Public Accounts the writer

war the story got. around that

some behind him

of heroism against odds that. would

examples of

you're-beaten” spirit even these days --lt. shows that people arc

morning, just hefore daylight, s

sltton behind the nut/emetic. But:

Instead of a cry of "Spore moi" —-s schoolteacher, which perhaps

he shceplshly put his gun swsy

1 Lenten Meditations ' (From The Times)

EASTER. HOLIDAY!

The approach of the Easter holiday turns most. men's thoughts t.o the prospect of liberation from the ties and boredoms of their daily ovocetlons. The more oo, since the tensions and overstraln of war have left e general after- math of exhaustion and reduced energies.