61m‘. mm" TllE GIIARLOTTETUIIII Glllllllll

Canada as a whole were: at June 1. 24.864; and six months later, 27,986, he said. _

Employment gains in coal mining are not yet sufficient to meet demands, however, Mr. Hart-

Mornin; Dally tI-‘otutded in ilfli

Pruttient: Lleut. Col. W. Chester S. Mel-In vice-President: J. IL Burnetl. FJ-l- Secretary: Licut. Cot. l). A. MM ll. 9-3-

Kinnto 0. Editor 11nd Mttnaitn; Director: J, B. Burnett. ‘L:

t Edit z i nit Walker and Hell. m"mtsitt-neit,mti.o.1~i.'t'.n. 10o Aotlve WWO!

“The Strongest Memory is Weaker TMII

the Weakest Ink.” WEDNESDAY. 1-1-25. as, m4

H uge Production Figures

lt \\'Ll> fitting that our farmers’ week should opcii with the annual itieeting of the Dairyrncns Thc» Canadian dairy cow did a trt-ntcttctmt. job last year, total milk production Production of crt-aiticrt ltuttt-r ill 1943 is cstiitiated at 313,309,- t»_-.\' pttutttb. tn-tupart-tl with 284591.738 potinrls lucrcztscs occurred iit all the pro- There was, lltl\\t‘\t‘t‘ 3 t-tllittq off in cheddar cheese pro-

Association.

bcll]: about 17,4 billion pounds.

iii 1114;. ,1“... cvctpi llrittslt toltutibia.

ley pointed out, as by far the largest labor re- quirements for Canada as a wltolc and for eziclt region, including the hfaritiitte, continue to be for coal-producers. Immediate rcqttireiticnts of the industry in this region are f0!‘ 1.156 1111'“. more than half the total number required for all Canada, namely, 2,148.

t- EDITURIAL NOTES _.

Lerit,—the spiritual oasis‘ in the desert of worldliness. e u e e The local legislature might, advantage, follow the example of other legislatures, cut the debate on the address, and come down to busi- ness on the budget—if ittis ‘ready. l8 it

Evidently with the approaching end of the tenure of Parliament, l‘rin1e Minister Ring is finding it more and more difficult to kcep his ministers in line. Of course, as usual, he puts

. . .. . . th onus 011 the Mother Countrv. ilucztt-tt. tltt- iutal itgttrc being cstimalcdat 162.- e ,,, ,, ,, ,,. ' fir?" t“.’“"’l‘, ‘,“ li‘lr'v',‘,‘“‘t‘,]iff‘l‘i-fg5ffllgllffifé The first woman Medical Referee for “mu.- its M1115 11-11 1< v ‘ -

>lillly ,t. l1“; \t".'tl. l-istiittatcs oi anticipated pro- ductton pfgyjclvtl at the December" conference i" llflflwp tvcitltl indicate a small ilccrcase iit

.t...,t~;-t itllltl. :t littlc giczttcr decline in w it, :ttttl itu rhztngc in the output 111i.k.

i. 11:43. and continuing ttiitil

_\;.;,; 3n, tttpp _:_; ccitusultsidy’ per 10o vlqulid‘ j; ,,_-,;,| ,.. prttdtivvr-iltstrilluturs 0i fluid tttili; .'tl‘t<l it ‘ll ltittigltt by distributors f0!‘ ilu.d Ill '1. ct t. . {on a. the Agricultural Food littztrtl ni:tt- ti t.c:. This will apply "in all flfcql< \\,1tt,- it ;_ found necessary in order to

ttt.t;tt::.tt :1 C~-ll~‘.(t!l{ supply of milk." ln other al'(',t\ t. ».- tit,» >t‘.l>~'ltl\' was :5 cents pcr 10o this Sttl'~ltlt will ctttitiiitic to apply. lt W» :;..- Ettitrllls of .\lai'cl1 and .-\pril i943.

- t .1; cents pct’ ioo potuids was paid

u-‘ctl for concentration purposes. ‘ll i.» 3n cents per 100 potinds of twp/t ttct. 1, 1945. to .\pril 30, . . of ltitttcrfat the stibsidy was up to lfcc. 3i last. For the

t, -_.. _\pril 3o of this year, the

ll) ccnts pct" pound htitlcrfaf- ; . itiaititztiti chcdilar cheese produc- i-tiutil Itf‘t't‘w~'t'll'_\' to pay a stihsidy' of

llilYilll-ll‘ lti t". ‘ ti-‘tti i1 t

y» twins -»ir tor. pot tls on tuilk tiscd for this lltt2l1it~-". "l'lt-- §llll§illv\' became CffCCtive last

llF-tltr". lltvst» gllll§ttllpfl as our farmers are tvcll ytttztrt, 1w- 1111: lTPQ “handouts." They are keeping commodities

Etupitsp of

» - ceiling; They are advanced in --.- prices hv the crcamcrics, cheese l itilllfl“ mill; processing plants. tiirzi arc rciutburscd by the Domiiiiiin 't'l'll|ll\ l7l_

Faritiork" And Post-War Planning Alctiitrral last wcck at thc a11- ' the Xzttiotial Dairy Council. Dr. ttlillftltlil of hlttjill, said: "\\'e ‘t; lnztri- cxpcricttcc that agricul- . i, ait t>>Cilllfil part in Canadian if. ;tu itlca that tiecds wider ac- 1..t. tiftcit |)t'0>|)Cl‘il_\' i: vicwcd in fiat... ill f,t.'=.~r.c_._ and urban cttiploymcnt only. tn, tun... putttzs tut‘. 1l1.'tt 45 pct" cent of our ' 35 per cciit lteittg actually"

litirtltcr, that iit value,

lllll iti't"ltt(llt.llt is ttiic-tltiril the total tt.t'.1t-:~..tl ]1‘.“tl‘.(l1itii. Dr. latitcs spoke as chair- ntm, b,‘ tit. .\ti\i~tll"\ (uiittnittcc of Reconstruc- t; ., lttttl. ;1.::c-1ttp'.i11t_r to blueprint our post- \\t1' its-oils, >11 iitztt his views on what farmers . 11.1 tidiiliillPtl prosperity carr_v' weight. |..t- 1'11... tit-rd 1-1 agrictiltiire is markets, the

.1 .-i.1.,

ttlticlt itt turn depends on a t-f ctiiplctyittc-iit, in Canada and iit .\s to world markets Dr. jamcs tTiittgtl ‘t tltcitit; which itiutiy otlicr economists

nttl t.t:11.'.t.s tttttt- lililtlp plain in recent months: tit,“ t; L. txtit irqtcci it. c-XIIUTI, food and other i; - =l< ttitIt~ ' ~ht- is ttilliit; in take goods, ser- tzsis .1111! ~t‘(‘tll“lll\',~t llt cxchaiigc. "This iii~

t..j-.;~,,‘ .~aid lit‘. laiitcs, "it frank recognition

1,. t “tut-ti t. .1 grottp the; this country must Lt l-tp; i1. 1.1. 1.t.‘\ to :1 world economy of ex- ptnz, “in: i pi>t't.<. li we are to avoid new, and totru- . tltert; is no alternative.’

ltr. l.'tll'tt‘>, s y» lllt- Ottawa Journal, did not sin..- tlu; lttll int-ts ill his estimate that 35 pct‘ c1111, ~~1 tun‘ .11 [atpiiltitittit livctl lllICClly (tff

f.tt'l|t~. l. . liq l..'t \\'arr, chairman of the lh-itpit tatvlt tltititcil. speaking at Quebec :1 1'. 1-; ‘\t'CI»a a411, said that when the whole pic-

tu... p,‘ fiurl grttt-q: - procwsiiig, distribution, .\llt]1§\,-‘_'_ ttttr-alcrctl ,"_ pcr cent of tlic ttprltl- l, 1tt'.t}~ tltti; living dircctl_v and ifillilfClly fl‘ 111 food. 'llic farm is ;t vast ntar-

kei for nt.t::-.ii';tc:1irctl products. Figures such a. thct- at.» .-t tutu-r tticittrc of the need for

tlittttgltt till cultural ]tl‘(t§]7Cl'll_\'. It is no alt-tut" trit- 1 1' '. l‘ l-tltttt- o1‘ city people. Nf-frtl Coal Miners n‘. l‘, ll..t:ic_t-, lxYtl, Maritime Regional Sup- eruitririlwitt. bitcittphtyiitcitt Insurance Commis- siittt. lt‘l(‘it\t'~ .1 rcpori showing increase in eni- [llilvtlttfill iit coal iiiiitcs of the region. .\n1ttttq tht- itiuri- efficient means of getting n1...» cm] ittittct-s in the present national fucl

entct-qrnct, .\lr. llartlcy cites release of ex- ttmtttt-s frrtlit tht‘ Itl'iItt‘il forces, and the direction

of t‘.\'-lllll|t‘|‘s i-tint other industries hack to ihc coal mines. .\ rcrcnt .\' 5. ruling will also help. ltt- >:tid. lty- this ruling a nctv date, August 1. 111M, has lt(‘('it set ltcfnrc ivhich no person in t-wtl tuiniitq may cttlisi in the armed forccs nitbttui ltf‘t'titl»~lltll 111' .\'.S.$. and until this (lillf 11.. Hill‘ n 1h.» ltttillfilrt‘ will be called up.

ln 1hr ' tiinittlt; follotvitig lune I, i943. ttitr-t 1hr 1' . .\‘..\'..<, tttcitsurcs tn secure more rmtl lllllil't\' wriit into operation, the Maritime region slittttvtl .'t 11.1 gztiit nf 1.100 workers or qltitttl A5 trr t" ti! .11’ lht- ll(‘l total of 3,122 arhlcil htuwtfll tttitthp; ]ti‘t_\l"tll‘-' in Canada. (J11 lum- 1 llll‘l'.‘ utuc 1 1.173 pt-rstttts engaged lii coal miti-

nicn's Compensation is Mrs. Doris Fletcher, .\l.D., who has been appointed to the Yttrltshirc districts 0f Barnsley, Glossop, Pontcfract, Rotherhatn and Sheffield, an important wool and steel iitdustry area. e it e to

lit the drive for more rubber, the only Eur- opean estates in Nyassalaiid working at full pressure throughout 1942 produced approxi- matcly 200,000 lbs. During the latter part of the year the organization of natives for collec- tion of wild rubber produced 18.944 lbs. oi ball

rubber. it i C t!

An analysis of Zitfafly 30.000 Middle liztst battle casualties for the year rndcd last .\l;trcl1

compared with 7.44% in ligyptiztii and Paths- lililiiil hospitals, in the last war. The .\r11tv Medical Authorities say that the rc-utai" ‘ dc‘ intprovenicitt is due to tlircc itiaiii tllili>t'>i llift-v bile operating theatrcs working close to the‘ front line; better facilities for blood traitsius- ions: and tiiiivcrsal usc of the siilphonaitiitlc group 0f clrtigs. Additional factors have been the lIiIIJFOVCd tcchiiiqtie and training of huyitl Army Medical Corps ordcrlics, 11nd tltt‘ ll>t' tt!'= air ambulances.

it e t< e Both eggs and doctors are iit short supply iii New Zcaland—a1id botlt because of tltc \v.'tr. To spread the eggs arotiiul evenly and kcclt tltcttt off the black iitarkct which‘ has ('\'ltlL'ltll_\' bo- coine fairly serious, lll(‘_\"l'(_- now iisiitg differ- cnt coloured inks for stamping them cztclt week. 'l‘hey"re not doing f/lfll to doctors, oi coursc—iliry are alrcadv doing their ltcsi 1o cope with the big job they liavc. \\'l1cr<; forni- crly about 1,000 doctors were available every- day; the number is now rcduccd by about :1 third because of service uccds, and ilic cont- mtinity is beginning to stiffer.

>tt 1k >k >l<

M1‘. P. V. Emnvs-Evaits, Doltiittioits Cutler» Secretary, told the Ilotise of coitittioits that Xetvfotiutllatid had not been invited to tltc forth- coitiing iitecting of lintpirc Prime Aliiiistcrs iit London. llc said the iiicctiitg would not ltt- an imperial coitfcrcncc btii i111 ;lS5Cllll)l_\' of ilic- priiilc ministers of the sclf-gtivcritittg dontinittits which control their uwn forcigit 1iolic_v. The Dominions Secretary; ‘Iiscottitt crztitbtti-ttc. would represent Xctvfotuidlaiitl ditriitg tllc cutt- vt-szttittns if atiiy questions aboiu ii urnsc, ltt" said. M1". Bcverlcy Baxter, Coitsrrvativc, iit- lcrjcctctl, "ho will lit‘ thcir trustee iii haul.- rtiptcy?" and Mr. lintrys-livztiis rcplicd, "no, sir.”

I01 It it a M1‘. Howard Marshall, broitilcitstiitg his "Lilo at lluine" talk Lltc other day told listcitcrs of ati amusing story he'd heard from a friend that very day. It's one of those little scraps of dialogue which he thought do really show the sort of changes that have iztlrcii plittt‘ lll ulli‘ hic- during wartime. llc vouchi-tl for its lit-iit; .1 tritc story. "l was told ii." he said, “in 111-: malt who overheard the dialogue. llc \\'£ifi'Ctritl~ iiig down the steps of a very‘ CXClllaiVc club after lunch and just behind hint were two pc-crs of tlic realm. Utic of tlicin was aiiyliijl in the other: ‘Well, you know, l iloirl tniiid iitztlciitg the beds, it's the damn’ washing 11p ‘that gcts me down'."

a e w- n- Famuel Pcpyus (pronounced (Peeps) diarist, born this llittc I033; was clcrl; and 2lllt't'\\'£ii'tl.> Secretary to tlic Admiralty‘; during his service he introduced many reforms and gut rid of Solllc long standing abuses; his Diary began in 1659, was written in ciphci" with no iitteittioit of ils cvcr being piiblisltctl, liCiiUQ ht- writte frccly of his thoughts, viccs, iluiticslic affairs, as well as all the gossip he heard; it is iitvalu- able as a source of information coticeritittg 17th century manners; llic key to the cipher was dis- covered by Mr. j. Smith, who transcribed the M551, and afterwards wrote a hiographyt of Pepys: “But good God; what an age is this and what a world is this! that a man CillifiOl. live without playing the knave and dissimulation... And mighty proud I am (and ought to be thank- fttl to (ind Almighty‘) that l am able to have a spare bed for my friends.”

IR >8 it U

Would anyone here like to go bear hunting? By virtue of a recent Quebec order in council, thcrc will be a twelve month litinting scasott for bears- throughout that province for the itext three years. Up to now, bear lllliilltlg has been pro-

3ISt, slgotvs that the mortality‘ rate tvas 2.190. m"

following the war

‘portant. mathematics a bright boy

rue rrititncurmmvig GUARDIAN

flutes By The Way

What this country needs. says l pouumrt, is men wtii discourage to spend money. We ve all got t e courage--—Monttreai_ Bill‘.

Along tit; Ohio, I rlvcrlnln hl-l lived w years in a sunken barge. A pretty rite at close of dey wind- i the cl k and gutting ent- fia outs-C ieago ewl- -

Razor hladee are reported te have a higher value otf exiiianze m the Get-mart Reich tnan nzlriu do. Title tends to show that. the wind: of in- flation are BBB-in bvflnfllfltl t0 W1}!!! and blow over the "master nee. — Hamilton spectator.

F nk Sinatra. the erooner. Ill rejeiclted by the army been/use o! punctured stir druqnrhii ‘Vviiicitflg- 111a! every - 81W" ' notnlsteiur £1118. — Det-ING Free Press. .

A public opinion poll tlken In the itmttv disclosed that f0 oer cent of the soldiers found their trousers , too tight a. lit and as a result free

alterations tviti lze uertnttteo» it 1's a far ow front the days Whm .i1e army issued Just. I I00 large and we smail.—New York S1111.

Thanks to the new dim It Ll Angcstura, one of the big four of irrlrruitioti services the Mexican Goveriuttcnt has established. the entire rice crop in the Yaqui river itruzation system, vaiued at $2.- 400000. was saved this yum-Ham-

. ilton Spectator.

No one i; foolish enough teyhlve any plans for making Russia l citpititlist state, and Mr. Stalin has made it plant titsit. so fair as he is concerned. he regards Ccmmvtiniun as not expat-table. If Tim Buck in- sists iuton being itiore Conmutnist

, than the chief of Communists, that ‘is Just. his cnthtisiasm bursting forth; and enthusiasm is not file tvmvs wisdotn-Varicoiiver Province.

King George hils granted per- mtssioti to the Cameron fluih- laiitterxs for Lhei: pipers and drum- itterr. to wear the Royalstuarr tar- tan This txtrtan ts bright scarlet. ‘crl with the brick red of tho amcmit tartan. The Stuart tartan was granted to cmnmeenor- ate the 150th anniversary of the

"1 of the Cantcrons. When the . -< back into use again after uifie" and men will keep

Camera. . .23: red with the cross lines of green-Vancouver Province.

Dunkirk was tiniqtle, and proh- ttbly will be so no matter how long iniiiikiiitt may wage wars. lLs mir- ucio uuztlitv lay in the amazingly calm tvcatttcr over normally rough Cliititticl waters, _lii the great num- bers taken off tun beaches-nearly 320.003 British and French troops- and. above all, in the quietly iteroic plit playcti by thousands of civil-

Letiteii Meditations

from

The London Times

IE1‘ IN WAR-TIMI

The need and even the oouibii- ity of Lenten observance melt; new! to have been ttbmsated try t- 9 w" , oumstanoes of irar-time. 111088 mild aueterities which Lite devout “terms...” etw-.tr.~a.se".....-i" now n e . -

the your. eeiai se ieee

I .E ten.

it t during wihi h .v further coil w eelf-deitini 3r eaffort u inowomwe

eupe uoue. Yet such e. feeling would be mis- takenfls mop; (tlhe dangers of thiomz war en enc: conce ruu. ho l material

tram‘ mm hdcrbcmtim y mtio twh S. ii E 808 8 l that iiit y sensgirtriveness which

was ert enough at its beginning. The aibeorblng interest of foliowin

the progress of a camper , the endless discussion of domest c urob- leans, an: apt. to dint the inmost of n struggle iit tviticit every one, whether planning the rtovemetits m n11 unity or cooking the household dinner. has ti part. Every effort, great or email. is - tmatelv a. contribution to the fight not merely against aggression and ynarmy, but akamsl. sin. Victory would lack its tiue worth unless it were nscio-usiv won not for the sake of abstract ever noble, but for God.

‘Therefore a war-time _Lent. should impel Christians collectively 1o 1n- tensify their‘ spiritual struggle. to realize that the present need is of a "total war." not a half-hearted

assumes many forms, and occas- ionally is disguised as broadmlnded philanthropy They must. he more readv than in the past to lay aside m minor points of difference iit their united stand for their ocmiinon faith. less reticent about the place which in their hearts they tdve to religion, less backward in claiming

inc primary ntoiive in all public rif- air

S. No less decisiveiv Lent calls the Christian to greater citergy in his efforts w better his own character. Few pee l1: do not know how eas- ily reiig on may be crowded out, 0p and what reason them is to wel- come a time which encourages deeper thought, more earnest bray- or, a study of the Bible which has u; been lone littencicct and 101151 de- us ferfred. No one itced fcnr that stich SDlYiflifll seif-ctiittire is a foini of selfishness. It is indeed asst-mini if he is to increase his uscftiltiess to others. because the most. effective of nli arguments for Christianity is

t!’

iatt iitttriitcrs in their little boat; gathered from scores of big and small ports along the coasts of southern England. -~ Jotirnal.

The great man (George Bernard Shaw. ilU\\' :57) is nearing llilCiiliCld of the hereafter, George Jean Ntttttutt wi-stes in The Anteri-

u The theatre has not

zCt‘, _1t won again. l-ie has brought. in 1t a fllCl‘l','.' courage, f\ ElOIIUtLS wit, a fliUSlCLil tenderness, and a world of needed vitality. l-Ie has itttuzticti iii the old gods and. to give them their due. the old gods have etuoyeu 11.. Arid outside and beyond the titcntre tie has lct. a . whole- soitit: breeze into more assorted kinds of tint-tonal, internattottai, private and public buncctnbe-titan has titty other trritor oi ms period. Therefore, hull, Straw, halt und-—I hope 1 shall watt tong before saying it-faretveli!

iiiirsiittilloiitiliv or otherwise, 1n the

-; ‘,8 Kiitgsbituy smith -* an Mercury. We doirt want the Japanese to give up uiiiii ihctj have been dealt the worst. mitutray licking ever suf- tered by a major trowel‘ in history. We dnnt Wlliif. them to surrender itittil ‘Foklo, Yokohama ittiict- big cities of Japem proper have been sufficiently punished by out" zteriat ariitndas 10 Jqflke every living Japantsc man and wonmit rCfLliZc what terror from the sky can mean.

There is a fence In Rhodesia that runs fruit the ..ot1tl't end of the big- itcst lake in lttitgairvika to the boitnctar-t’ of tvyasaiand—thai’5 160 titties, mitt across the heart. of Africa. The fctice has been built to prevent cattle frcm Tanganyika carrriiiiz a disease called miderpest into tho southern areas. Putting it tti was a tremendous lob. Every-

e rhrwgh to the south any more, and big animals like butfaios and wild pigs are learning to Keep chiefly beca plentwul mg spikes, and the tree! alongside it grow sharp th

The man who developed Chau- tauqua in rblifi United States is dclld- 885's lhe St. Thomas Times- Journal. Dr. Arthur Eugene Bestor, it teacher" iit the University o! chic. 412w. became president of the Chau- tauqua Institute as Chautauqua, N Y. and made it. grow from a

Sunday school workers to a nation-

al educational

was price called by the late Presid-

ctti. Pneodore Roosevelt “the most er ca."

out n oizram 1 tr i

ziflairsr, iiteratu°.re, thengfiim? nvtJtfi-llcif

SIJOILS and reli ion. it was at.-

tendcd before t e war by some .000 persons mutually, and will

become active again in the deye

ThemUnited Slate: arm Ind navy are benching school and they are tetwttinrt in cite month ail the 1m-

ntily to some species of forcst life. but rtlsn to

. . l ' _ liil)lf(‘tl ltcttteeit July 1 and August 2o each year, ligiiedoiziifati/Jtid iiliaeh e 001' “is! ,,',‘,°,,,"§,,°,,,'§f,.“°'}~,‘, ",'§,°§},_,,?,"--‘3§, lllls ltcing tlic closed season for hunting the flgesllficalglfi Eff“? mmtéfidrffug}; gffhlfte olflnfilétyeagtzemtn I. some,-

' l . T t t h ' " .. . ' t- l l" -- animats hlcy lifi\(‘, owcyfr, ‘increased to such ggkimtzygdlittglke uptiae ‘Admins, atn 0n, “y, 1n the plum I met . an c.\ c111 itat icy consititc .1 ntcitacc. not ° d“ °ml mechanic who was; trying w us.

domestic animals and livestock on farms, This is the reason the Dcpartinctit of Iiisli and (iattic has decided tn abolish the closed scasott each year, during the next llircc years. Qticbccers may benefit through this change. too, for now the Dz-partmtntgf Agriculture has anuouncctl that a bounty of $5.00 will bc paid tit :tll i'r‘~'lll- ciils of the Province of (,_hit-ltr~c who ltill :t ltr-ar,

ing iit tltc M-itititttv»; siyitiittiths latcr the ituni- t.;,- hzid l'..~t'il l!) 15.373. (ltittpztrablc figures for

and supply proof of the killing to lltc Drpzirt- meiit.

tutti Gardens, in the February issue. Admits stixigcs or tion be improved t. ‘that. nntzghcr system be f , 1 ..

1K

vhtl-lah. Were betuddzed, beeet with strikes and mo; rio .s, with .DDil(LS we can't. unmet-stand with loot-suitors izirLs squealing in ecstasy at the right and sound of Pmnk Sinatra. We're botlcviied with science and technology that iprcmiaed land hack into savagsry." -- Vancouver Province. " '

that eith ~ .0. 1. way or

he old Btfiibltldfi isn't

and entity-headed

can build tie or blow us right

efiltwnw" his disciples, "1 satictify Not. merely to quiet his own con- mit 8018mm 01‘ f0!‘ the sake of Self-lm- tire in informing our nhluiren of

me spend m ,1]? the fact as they Ltecfme cf a???

beturn. and may not. 3,950"

own at the beginning of Lent.

made in Montreal Tuesday to the Junior Chamber of Commerce by

The h,“ m, ,. ‘he A - an J Edouard Simard, vice-president CI,,,.,,.,,,,,C,,L-S xzsimur Sflcfilfcm of Mrttiize and Screll Industries wtuit is for Jinn-at to surrender, Limited