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Editor and Managing Director. J. I. Burnett Associate Editor, Frank Walker

"The Stranger Memory is Wcokor Than . fhc Weokcsf Ink". .

TUESDAY, MAY 15, 1951

,CHARLO'.I.".l'E'l'0WN,

Tile Farmers linow

Farmers are better economists than any other group in the country. For they know from bitter experience that crop production depends directly upon hard work. The eight hour day and the five day week are rapidly becoming accepted in the larger industrial centres of Canada. There is not much talk about such things, however, among the farmers of this Prov- ince.

It is heartening to find that even in Ottawa there are some who recognize that the living standards and security of the Canadian people depend in large measure upon the willingness of the farmers to face any amount of hard work. Mines Minister Prudham, speaking the other day over the CBC, declared that increased pro- duction is the major cure for inflation. "Canada", he said, "was not won from the wilderness nor built to its present stature on the fallacy of doing as little as you can for as much as you can get.' The farm- ers know this," he added, "and they also know that a proper share of the economy is not obtained on the basis of a short work week and high operating costs."

A spell on the farm would undoubtedly be the best lesson in economics that could be given to those who advpcate higher wages and a shorter work week in time of national emergency. One of the major problems of the highly industrialized areas of the country is to make clear to the worker the relationship which exists at all times between his productive capacity and prevailing living standards. There is no better place to learn that simple lesson of economics than on the farms of Prince Edward Island.

Would Affect Farni Products

Some concern is felt at Ottawa over the approval given recently by the U. S. Senate Finance Committee to an amended Reciprocal Trade Agreements Act which could have far-reaching repercussions in the hands of an unfriendly executive auth- ority. It is of particular interest to Cana- dian farm exporters, and cuts across many of the concessions which United States has granted at Geneva, Annecy and recently at Torquay.

Heretofore, Canada has been safeguard- ed against price stabilization legislation with a clause in the U. S. Farm Act which states that "No proclamation under this section shall be enforced in contravention of any treaty or other international agree- ment to which the U. S. is or hereafter be- comes a party." The new amendment would reverse this procedure. the sub- ection being amended to read as follows: tNo trade agreement or other international greement heretofore or hereafter entered nto by the U. S. shall be applied in a man- er inconsistent with the requirements of his section."

The amendment, even if carried in the enate and approved by President Truman, ll not likely have any immediate effect. t might prove a troublesome tariff weapon, owever, under pressure from isolationist roups. The importance to Canada of trade agreement concessions on farm pro- ducts in recent years is very substantial. At Geneva, in 1947, the U. S. reduced its customs tariff on 217 farm products of in- terest to Canadian agriculture. On 93 items, or nearly half, the duty was reduc- ed by 5091:. Some reduction was obtained on 71 items and a binding against increase was negotiated on 53 items.

"sootiiing syrup" Under the above heading the Globe and

v Mall refers to a so-called White Paper on ; vdefense, tabled recently in the House of Commons.

"Our Common peril," it says. 'fdemands a common defense effort." But, says our Toronto contemporary, there is .no suggestion of peril about it; on the con- xtrary, the tone is one of cheerful complac- ency. By 1954, we are to have a 3,000- plane air force. By 1954. we are to have 9: ,10O-ship navy. The assumption is that our enemies will be obllging enough to wait until 1954 before they attack us. No suggestion is made as to how these

' 'remote objectives are to be reached, or .'.hOW the money. supplied by the iaxlnyem

Jcrdsfensepurposesisbeingspent. The Paper says that this year alone. Canada will divert nearly two billion dol- larstodefenoe-olmoot12per,centoftlie

nation's income. But it fails to show that the nation's manpower will be diverted correspondingly, either for the needs of the armed services, or for the needs of defense industry. I

”The implication", says the Globe and Mail, "is that defense is largely a matter of dollars and cents. The fact of the mat- ter is precisely the opposite. Defense is. largely a matter of human effort, on the farms, in the factories and in the armed forces. The mobilization of money does not count half so much as the mobilization of manpower. But of this kind of mobiliza- tion, the White Paper has not a word to say.” '

EDITORIAL NOTES

An advertisement in this issue disclaims responsibility for the circulation of a slan- der on one of the political candidates at the election. It is a reminder that a pub- lic man cannot live or. succeed without causing the enmity of wrong-doers or the self-righteous.

O Edmund Kean, English actor, died this date 1833. He played Prince Arthur in "King John" at the age of twelve with Kemble and Mrs. Siddons. He made a name by playing Shylock in 1812 and was unrivalled in tragic roles. Drunkenness blighted his final years.

Although the bulk of the legislation scheduled for this session is already before Parliament, and some has been passed, few M.P.'s are hopeful that the session will end before June 15. Some, recalling the Gov- ernment's eagerness to broaden the old age pensions set-up without delay, are talking in terms of a July closing. O O 0

Automobile manufacturers, who seem to think of almost everything a driver could wish for, have neglected the family with several children who must be left on their own in the back seat. A device for lock- ing the rear car doors against being open- ed by a child would bring relief to many a harassed parent. V '

O O I

Do cattle look in mirrors or other re- flecting glass? In Wales they apparently do. A farmer, in Pontypool, Wales, sued a nearby cottager for enlarging a window facing the farm. "My cows see their re- flecijon and charge the window," he ex- plained. The window will be cut down from three feet square to 18 inches square.

O O O

It will have been noticed that not 8. few graduates of P. W. C. intimate they intend pursuing a medical course next year. There seems to be plenty openings for doc- tors. Dr. A. D. Kelly, Toronto, assistant secretary of the Medical Association, draws attention to the need of doctors in the expanding Canadian armed forces. He says between 250 and 300 medical officers will be needed this year.

O O O

Sir Andrew Jones, head of the British Food Commission now in Canada, an- nounces that prospects for obtaining Cana- dian cheese for Britain "are not as good as had been hoped." He said production has declined and Canadian consumption has increased to the point where there is little left for export. ' Sir Andrew was in Mont- real for only a few hours before return- ing to Ottawa, where he intimated he had entered into contracts which would net the exporters 32c per lb.

0 O O

From Regina comes word that less than one-fifth of one per cent of Saskatchewan approved flocks reacted to the pullorum test during the 1950-51 season. Mr. F. E. Payne, provincial poultry commissioner, said recently testing is done under the approved flock policy of the poultry branch, designed to raise the quality of baby chicks sold through hatcheries to flock owners. stressing the importahce of pullorum testing, Mr. Payne pointed out that, when the service was instituted in 1929, nearly 21 per cent of flocks were pul- lorum reactors. This declined steadily un- til ln 1946-47,,for the first time, it was brought below one per cent.

0 O I

There are more ways than one of killing a cat, just as there are in providing evasion for Income Tax. Heavy pressure is still being brought on the Federal Gov- ernment to exempt members of the armed forces serving in Korea from income tax. Indications are that thF campaign will fall though an excellent chance will come through another kind of concession. Com- bat pay may bevprovided. This bonus. available to servicemen only when in a theatre of war, would likely involve a pretty tidy sum. As "danger Day". it would be large enough to make soldiers, sailors and airmen forget they were still paying income tax. And anyway, the tax authorities are working out mother scheme inider which service income tax payments will become more painless than ever be- fore. Servlcemen will pay all of their taxes through deductions, and won't even

have to fill out a form.

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PUBLIC FORUM

This column is open to the discussion by correspondent: of questions of interest. Tho Guardian does not ncccuar the opinion of correspondents.

DAIRY PRICES

Sir,-That. was a. keen message in your advertising columns in which the dairy farmers of Can- ada present in chart showing the trend in the cost of living index against the base period average price level of 1936-39. I'm not so sure of the wisdom of playing "Dairy Products" of! against "Oth- er Foods In Index"-but it cert- ainly is revealing to see that dairy products, as of March 1, 1951 stood at 200.1, as against a level of 226.8 for "Hourly Rates of Pay," as for Dec. 1, i950. This pictorial story seems to indicate flint our dairy farmers are still giving pretty fair service to the rest of the community-i.e.. on a parity or dollar-for-dollar basis.

My own view is that the base period itself. 1935-39. ii. alike un-

fortunate and unsound, as a measuring tape for the years ahead-whether for the wheat farmer or the dalrymcn. If. is common knowledge that, while

every Canadian and every indus- try (with the single exception of "Jack Unemployment", who was in those years standing on every corner of every city street) felt the impact of the depresion de- cade-l930-1939- agriculture fell faster and further than any other of the gainfully employed group: While the late (unlamented) A.I-I. 65 Co.. blew most of us out of the depression bog, my definite im- pression is that the former was among the last to emerge. I can't see much sense in measuring "32-cent wheat in 1932" against 1951 wheat valuations-even if "our old silver dollar ain't what she used to be.”

Be that as it may. I am delight- ed to see the farmers beginning to take some leaves out of the public relations books of their city brethren-in turning to the matchless power of modem ad- vertising. This is assuredly a step in the right direction. It reminds me of the historic question: "Why don't you speak for yourself. John?"

I am. Sir, ef.c.. URBANITE.

7: JO

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MOUNTAIN TOP

High on the cliff. we watched the zreen.woi-ld turn

Cobalt and lilac into deep blue night.

For below the scattered villages

wrinkled like tattered fields 0'. fireflies. Light

crew in the out until I coppe.

moon slowly sharpened s blue-block hemlock ridge. And we on our beds of bolssm gulped great breaths : Of stars and space. on elbows, on' on edge

of the tilting earth. we watched the cool dark win:

over our drumming hearts. moon went down.

And we stood up in mountain air

to greet With stretching joy the worm in- credible sun.

-Frances ri-out. MONTREAL, May 14-(OP) -

An appeal against the judgment- ordering Premlcr Du-plessis to pay

The

damages of 38.123 to Frank Rcn- ,

cnrelii of Montreal was filed in Superior Court. oi'-ficc today. Ron. cuelli. restaurant owner, receiv- ed the damage award after he claimed the Premier discriminated against him by cancelling his liquor license. Premier Dupicssls, in his capacity an Attorney Gen- eral. said that Roncu-clll was creating I nuisance to the Prov- ince by acting as s bondsmun for Jehovah Witnesses.

Allison M. Glllls. . Ll...

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wrs' while the remainder are short-

The Age-Old Story

Loy not up for yourselves treas- ures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where tliieveo break through and steal: but lay up for yourselves treas- ures ln lieuvcn, where neither moth not rust doth corrupt, and . where thieves do not breukl through nor steal: for where your:' treasure is, there will your heart be also. . . . No milll can serve two masters: for either he will, hate the one, and love the othei-,l or else he will hold to the one, I and despise the other. We cannot serve God and mnmmon.

U. K. Defence Measures

(U. K. Information Office) I Britain today has 800,000 menl. under aims and another 100,000. are to be added to this total by: 1952. They are in active combat or, standing guard at 19 key points throughout the free world. The following manpower measures I have been or are being taken:- , More than a. million young men have received compulsory military training since 1945. Men between the ages of 18 and 36 are under the universal military training pro- gramme, and do compulsory full- tlme service for two years in the ii-egular' armed forces, followed by 3 1-2 years in the tresei-ve' (part- tlme) forces. Universal military service for all fit men has now' been in force in Britain without 3, break for 12 years.

Enlisted men who served in the Army during world war 11 plus all men drafted into the Army up, to January, 1949, are Class Z re-q servists. Approximately 295,000 "Z" men are being recalled from civil- ian life for 15 days training this summer. "Z" reservists will train with 13.300 R. '.-1. F. "c." reservists and 8,600 men of the Royal Navy Reserve. Plans for the training are now being finalised. This year the iactive' Army will total some 430,000 men. of whom about 200,000 are long-term trog- ularsl (professional soldiers) the remainder being short-term men. including National Service men. 3 new divisions are being formed, bringing the total to lo full- stength divisions; of these, 4 1-3 divisions will serve in Germany under General Eisenhower's com- mind. A Reserve Army is being built up which will ultimately total nearly half a million men. of whom some 300,000 will be National Service men who have completed their 2 years full-lime service in the Eleg- ulsr Army. The remainder will be civilian volunteers in the Terri- torial Army (TA). Formerly the TA was purely volunteer force but it is now being adapted to assimil- ate large numbers of National Ser- vice men to form a strategic Re- serve Army totalling 12 divisions. This year the R. A. P. will total me 230,000 men, of whom about it per cent are long-term 'regul-

term men. including National Ser- vice men.

The R. A. F. Reserves comprise the Royal Auxiliary Air Force (R. A.A 1".) which is a part- time force for RAF personnel who have completed long-term service and the Royal Air Force Volun- teer Reserve (RaAF'VR). a part- time force for civilian volunteers.

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iAnd P. I. I.) GAI.BR.Al'l'H'B BAND

A great source of entertainment

l to Charlottetown citizens in years gone by was Gal.bra1th's volunteer Band. which in its

early days included' the follow- lng citizens: William Galbraith, leader; N. P. Slrsmberg, C. Pope Fletcher. Charles Ci-ipps, William Worth, G. Carrier, J. stenlford and Henry Worth.

Editorial tribute to Mr. Gal. braith's services as bandmaster appeared in The Islander of Sept. 24. 1369. the occasion being the presentation by the b ndsmen to comet. ”'I'h.at the sum necessary to pur- chase it," says the companylng address, "was subscribed in a. few hours after our intentions were made known (principally by the officers of the Volunteer Militia) may be regarded as another proof that your labour has not been in vain nor your patient trials for- gotten."

The "petient trials" referred to were due to official negligence. "That Mr. Galbraith has been shabbily treated." says The Is- lander, "is a fact, we are sorry to say, but too well known in this community. Mr. Galbralth's con- nection with the Volunteer Band dates as for back as March 1862. From that period to the present. he has regularly devoted three evenings each week to their ser- vice. Mr. Gnlbmith was assured when he undertook the task. that the sum of E52 per annum would be provided. Instead, however. of this promise having been fulfilled, the sum actually realized by Mr. Galbraith for upwards of seven years faithful service only amounts to 5:61 185. 2d."

Mr. Galbraith, in scknowledg. ing the presentation from his col- leagues. took occasion to remark that "the powers that be. though at times desirous to secure the charms of music to give 'eclat' to the little slate cci-emonlals in which they delight to take part, do not seem to remember, when immersed in the business of sup- ply. that proficiency in this as well no in any other art cannot be attained, without an expendl- ture of time and means." m total between l-10.000-152.000 men. At present, some 44.5 per cent of all Navy personnel are afloat. In addition to the 'actlve' Fleet, there is a large reserve fleet.

Nsvnl reserves total some 50,- 000 men (Royal Fleet Reserve, RDYII Naval Reserve, and Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve). The Women's branch of the Navy is lcnown so the Women's Royal Naval Service, (WEINS).

j- OOMPLILTE VISUAL

REFRALTION and ANALYSIS

5. F. HUTCHESON

8: SON

Optometrists 58 Grafton St.

This year the Royal Navy will

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As a euro for insomnia, To- ronto Star suggests "thinking ovoi- the day's happenings backwards." That might work in Toronto, but not in Ottovwo where so many won- derful things happen that you couldn't remember even the ball of them frontsvsrds.-Ottawa Cit- izen.

TV is supposed to be for morons. but is it doing its Job to their ut- isfactlon? Definitely, it is not. For example, though most forms of crime and violence are being tele- vised, so far as we know it has yet to show I man beating his wife with a club or cutting his own throat. But lei: addicts be reason- able: television is doing its best to be adequate, and will doubtless provide such higher forms of en- tertainment in due course.- Otta- wo Citizen.

Reading of the death of 0. St. Thomas man with the surname of solnthiel we looked to the diction- ary first for the origin, and the dictionary directed us to the Bible, Matthew 1-12. The verse reads: "And after they were brought to Babylon, Jechonlss beget. sal- aihiel and solsthiel beget Zomba- be." Unusual names all of them and the first time we ever read of one of them being used in mod- ern times. No question the parents of this St. Thomas man kinew their Bible.- Lethbridge Herald.

There is n tendency, and there always has been such a tendency, to look upon a person simply as an organizer, a. 'promoter of schemes, o money-getter and the executive of a church congrega- tion; he is Judged less by his ser- mons and his influence than by his resemblance to a man of business. Now although a good pnrson must know how to get through a good deal of work ef- ficiently, that is not his principal job. That job is to instruct and peraiade his flock, and to be avail- able to those who need personal help. Readers of Sinclair Lewl.s' Babbitt will not have forgotten the person who, when Bobbitt