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“The Strongest Memoryis Weaker Thou the Weakest Ink.‘

FRIDAY, MAY 1'1, 1946

Premier Drew's Statement

The Ontario and Quebec Premiers have lxcn criticized for lacing responsible for thc breakup of thc Doininion-Provincial Confer- ence; but the following statement by Premier Drcw, which zippcars in the verbatim reports and which got less publicity than it deserves to have done at thc time, snrcly afforded a coin- mon ground of zigrecineiit among the ‘Prov- inccs:

“One thing I could not fail to notice throughout thc statcincnt of the Prime Min- istcr," Premier Drew said, “was thc repetition of thc phrase that thc Dominion Government is prepared to contribute. The Dominion Gov- ernment contributes nothing. The sOOncr cach one of us. and thc sooner every Canadian tax- payer, realizes that, the better it will be for the logical disposition of our problem.

“There is no one hcre who has not read

comments in some newspapers and probably there is no one here who has not heard some of the statements over the radio which picture the Provincial (iovcrn-mcnts as constantly beg- ging for furthcr concessions from the Domin- 'ion‘Govcrnment. No Provincial Government is here as a beggar. Each Government here sits around this table as a partner. There is no question of generosity on the part of the Do- minion Govermnent or of lack of generosity. There is no question of selfishness on the part of the provinces or of lack of selfishness. What wc are discussing here is the allocation of taxes paid by the saute taxpayers across Canada. What we are seeking is a procedure by which these combined taxes may be channelled into the most gffective courses to the advantage of Ill the people who Iivc in the nine Provinces.

“Thcrc is no Ali Baba’s cave here in Ot- tawa. The people who will pay all taxes, no matter which government imposes or collects them, are the people who live in Prince Ed- ward Island, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Quebec, Ontario, lyfanitoba, Saskatchewan, Al- bcrta and British Columbia, with a small addi- tional population in the northern areas, official- ly represented here, I presume, by the Prime Minister of Canada. With that small additional number in the vast northern areas the taxpayers are the people who live in the Provinces. What we are discussing is the 1vay in which, by our combined good zc-i/l and judgment, we may use ill: total nzoncy the taxpayer: pay to produce the best results in living renditions, production Ina! security for all there people.”

The significance of this recognition of the principal of fiscal need‘ by the Ontario Premier seems to have been lost sight of at the Confer- ence. There are other significant points in thc above-quoted statement, every one of which could and should have been indorscd 10o per cent by our Maritime spokesmen.

A Noble Memorial

Many Canadian veterans will remember the Canadian military hospital on Lord Astor's estate at Taplow in Buckinghamshire. Open- cd in July, 1940, and presented to the Canadian Government by the Canadian Red Cross Society who had leased the land rent free from Lord Astor, it received into its wards the first cas- ualties from the Normandy beaches in the 511111- mer of 1944. It is, moreover, close to the sitc of the 1914-18 Canadian military hospital and so has been a fitting example of the constant interest which Lord and Lady Astor have taken in Canadians.

On 'Apri1 29 this hospital was presented by Lord‘ Bennett, chairman of the overseas advisory committee of the Canadian Red Cross 0n behalf of thc Canadian Government, to the British Ministry of Health.’ It will in future be known as the Canadian Red Cross Memorial Hospital in honor of Canadians who lost their lives in World War II, and it is to be used as a key centre for research and treat- . ment of rheumatic cardiac diseases in chil-

dren.

Wool Research

Australia intends to spend from £250,000 to £300,000 a year more on wool research, which lnhns an annual expenditure of anything from £370,000 to 420,000.

This‘ is the biggest program of scientific research on an individual product in Australian 'wri1es Clive Turnbull, in The Mel- Hqcld. . ,, he idea, is to find ways of growing more , wool, more and easier ways of using All ways of making wool more accept-

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increase the production of wool and to find more use'for it.

.To take one aspect along: If Australia, by the application of scientific method. were able to increase, over the next 20 years, the yield of wool per“ sheep by 3 lbs. it would mean, at the immediate ore-war rate, an addition of at least £15,ooo,ooo to the national income.

But much mOrc than this is involved. The wholg future of the wool industry and, there- fore, of the Australian economy, depends upon an increasing efficiency in the ilroductinn of wool, and an increasing efficiency and range in the manufacture of wool.

But much more than this is involved. The ivholc future_of the wool industry and, there- fore, of the Australian economy, depends upon an increasing efficiency in the production of wool, and an increasing efficiency and rangc in the manufacture of wool. '

But much more than this is invulvccl. The whole future of the wool industry and, thcre- fore, of thc Australian economy, depends upon an increasing efficiency in the production nf wool, and an increasing efficiency and range in the manufacture of wool.

—I:IJIIURIAL NUlizS-

It is not anticipated there will be any hard- surfacing of roads this year, for reasons that must be obvious. Repair work will be reduced

to a minimum.

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The opening of a new street between Ger- ald and Birchwood Streets should provide 4o to 5o lots for new dwellings in a most desir- able part of the City. 1F IF i Igor Gouzcnko, during the current espion- age trials, indicated that Canada's free press. free newspapers and frccdom of expression, in- fluenccd his change of allegiance to this coun-

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Yesterday's reception and ceremonies in connection with the visit of Cardinal McGnigan will long be cherished in the memories of those privileged to participate. 1t was the event of a lifetime, well organized, and most success- fully carried out. If coming events cast their shadows before, it may have been the first step towards honoring a future Pope.

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Edward Jenner, English physician and dis- coverer of vaccination, born this date I749; he met with much opposition from the public and from many members of the medical fac- ulty, but received support from eminent phv- sicians and surgeons which enabled him to form an organization to popularize the discov- ery; after his death statues to his memory were erected in Gloucester Cfthcdral and in London.

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Sir Wilson Jameson, chief medical Officer in the British health ministry, said in an inter- view at Montreal that, paradoxical as it may seem, war brought better health to Britain. She had achieved the lowest still-birth rate, the Iow- est nco-natal or first month death rate and the lower mother mortality rate in her history. Death rate for onc-year-okls had been lowered to 46

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The two Provincial Governments 0f Prince Edivard Island and New Brunswick are to be congratulated on working together in a Safety Campaign. Autoists and others must constant- ly be reminded that prevention is better than cure, and that they cannot afford to take any risks. Parents should warn their children to keep off the streets and highways, and car and truck drivers should exercise that vigilance which is the price of safety for themselves and others.

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Jersey Island was for generations the source of early potatoes for the British mar- ket, and the Jersey farmers depended on pota- toes as their cash crop. They grow all kinds of vegetables, of course, the farmers being more market gardeners than GAlTYIHEILI though that also is a profitable undertaking. While in the war and in the possession of Germany, Ger- man seed potatoes were introduced, and with them thc Colorado beetle. Result, lcrsey has lost her British potato market. This lends add- ed weight to the appeal of the Federal Depart- ment of Agriculture for us to avoid accepting for experimental planting, any potatoes from European countries.

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Savings on deposit in Canadian chartered banks st March 31 were at a new high total of $3,I70,I80,000 according to the monthly condi- tion statement of the banks. This was an in- crease of $92,228,000 over the February 28 fig- ure and compared with $2,724,692,ooo for the corresponding day of last year. Combined ‘not- ice and demand deposits totalled $5,155,431,- ooo compared with $5,073,323,000 for the previ- ous month and ,$4,659,474,ooo for the same month of last year. "Holdings of government and other securities were well ahead of the previvus month and year ago totals at $4,196,- 708000 against $4.119.427.ooo and 513.605.949.- ooo respectively. Call loans combined. were down nearly $56,000,000 from the previous month but were up roughly $35,000,000 over the year ago total.

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In a discussion on the farming problem in the House of Commons, Mr. Gardiner suggest- ed that members, instead of spreading “hard- luck" stories, change their philopophy and stress the good features of farm life. Mr. Gardiner said 42,856 veterans thus far have applied for land under the Veterans Land Act. Some 31,- 763. applications have been dealt with and 24,- 000 requests have been granted. The number actually settled on the land was about 6,000. Mr. Case paid that if people we're to be encour- aged to return to the land the ggricultural pic- ture would-have to be mode "blillhtflr" than it was at present. He suggested that price ceil- ings be removed on farm, products to bring more nroney to the tanner." fnlndustrv it was

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Mist ltandn to reason that diving: I vllilun tilat demar- tne attonton of s11 more who are lntercisted 1n the welfare of the fflflllly and the sailctiw o! the home. 111cm mam be something lacking in moral and religious tminin

such a state of fairs exists n this beautiful province. -Bra.ntford Ex- positor. ..

The difference between a hllll and awwtstflmttheuowdoesnodam- use 1n a chino. shop. ‘first. now. 1s the view 1n Perm-motto, NSW, bo- cause s oow lumbercd through s china shop there-same of the pass- ges between the shelves were only tmree fleet wide-and out 1n e Qsckyard wit-hour breaking o single thing. —-Austmaltan News Let/fer.

Do {on want a steady, lncrnlvc job? Than hurry and m an agency fcir that glass mattress which a manufacturer will soon have 1n production. The demand should be enormous. The convenience of the finntture for spuisiers who wish to sce whether there 1s a man under the bed. and whether he 1s good looking, cam hardly be over-emphas- ized. —Sudbury Daily Star.

A few days ago James C. Petrillo decreed that films cannot be used tar tetevislonflhls was Just as 1f the International Ladies Garment Workers Union had passed a resolu- tion that suits cannot be worn by red-headed women. As 11 this were mt a sufficient demonstration of power however, Mr. Petrllio has now gone on to forbid any member his musicians’ union to work in television at all-until he sees what tlhe effect. of television W111 be on the radio business. —Nw York Times.

luff 1t tragic 1o t , isn't it horrible to reflect. at the only difllfnllalblB thing the Clemons are sorry for today 1n their maudiin self-sympathy 1s phat. they failed. tihat they 10st the war. What in high heaven cam be done with a people like that. They can't be ex- punged frcm the earth. Hitler 1s the Gannon spirit, tlhe German people who are the abscess on all Europe. At least they urere; per-harps the Russians are taking their place. Blessed Canada; bl " United Strobes! —St. Cath- arine's Standard.

Millions of people are not in a position to Pay cash for their needs, and 1t wil not be lon —oince 1n- dustiy gets into produ on — be- fore thfs fact. 1s reflected 1n retail sales, aocomizig to the Retail In- stiilute of

controls are dropped, 11111110115 of middle and lower inocme faculties will be forced to cash their Govem- mcnt bonds to enolble tlhcm to buy the things they need. T111.- Inmltutc further believes that merchandise supply may be far closer to meeting demand than 1s presumed at this time. ing.

Norwegians are investigating re- fined cod liver 011 as e possible substitute for linseed 011 1n paint products. During recent, years

as dveoome increasingly difficult to find markecsfor whole Norweg- hm cod liver 9'1. Faced with the corrnpetiflon of new vitamin prepar- ations developed during the war, Norwegians are suggesting that the vitamin earl-tent be removed froim time vvhole oil. be prepzucd 1n "easy to take" form. and tihrlt the remain- lng 13101111101. be used as a substitute for linseed 011. Norway has hitherto inuporbed large quantities of linseed oil. -From Nor-way Digest.

The food conservation: programme may prove n fussing for Americ- ans. Call off 2.11 banquets and you get quick rc/lief from banquet opecoh- es Gun You mink of anything more desirable? As Mark Twain pointed cut loing ago banquet pr mes haven't vulrfed for oemtures. The food 1s always ttlle same and cold; the routine nieycr alt/cm andm 1.158 s ker gene-rely 1s too long- -n - o? Not only could food be saved 1f this sort of tiling were stopped. but we would save ourselves from endless hours of boredom. —N. Y. Sun.

With more motor can on the streets and with Summer approach- mg. our ears will soon be nssailgd by the idiotic blasting of mo r horns. 1111069 peculiar beings viho delight in blatant noise and who are supremely unconcerned for the comfort of comers will be on‘. 1n full force, unless somthilng 1s done to

them. The authorities should outrage.

can be applied. more are laws which provide penalties for public nuisances. It 1s more than o matter of mere convenience The b

has a definite effect. on the nerves of the populace. The ators are menaoes to both peace and health. -—W1ndscr Starr.

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A llow-apeekin . nail-herd ad- venturer we: w in: around the town of Yellowknife int week 1n a bright golden hue. Ulric Joseph t" d") Arlenault. (from Wel- lington, P11.) a trawer and pro:- ector in the Northwest Territor- l. had staked out 20 likely-look- ing claims about 50 miles north of

Yellowknife last year. Last week Beoulleu Yellowknife Mines Ltd. agreed to pay hlm 8100.000 cosh

for his properties, give him 250.000 shares of stock (worth 50c a ahero to start) 1p the new company or- ganized to help them. Yellowknl-fers were only mildly astonished. Such things had hap- pened wlth delightful frequency in the most exciting mine ores in the Western Hemisphere.

Better than Hollywood. Yellow- knife is ll story-book mining town on the north shore of Great Slave Lake,- 700 miles north of Edmm- ton, 1n the cold. desolate sub- Arctio where temperatures fall sometimes to 00 below zero. ‘Pl-aces of gold were first discovered there 1n 1898. But fur-trapping was the area's No. 1 business uzl- t11, one fall day 1n 1934, Prospect- ors CJ. Baker and H. M. Mulr found high-grade ore on the shore of Yellowknife Boy. Then the gold rush was on.

War nlp ed it. Gold-mlnlnz. n non-essent a1 industry. was stop- ped. But last week EX-SETVlC-EYYIPI) were heading north 1n droves. The Negus mine was already hack 1n production. The Con mine (Con- solidated Mlning dz Smelling) and the Giant Yellowknife mine (ex- pected to be the area's biggest producer) would be producing soon, as would a half-dozen others. Besides, some 260 other companies, most of them new and almost n11

of them with the alluring Wn-Td “Yellowknife” 1n their names were busy prospecting, drilling.

promoting and hoping. Tllev llsd plenty of reason fo-r hope. Wl-th all its curtallments and setbacks, Yel- lowknife had already produced more than $14,000,000 worth of gold (up to the end of 1944). and has created many a private fort- une.

‘The name stems from the hono- msde copper yellow-looking kniv- es used by the area's Indians. Frank Salerno. M, a toll. wavy- haired radio man from Denver, went to Yellowknife last year for a vacation. On a hunch. he staked out 18 claims. The payoff: $175,000. B111 JohnsomM. from Snohomlsh Wash., a weteran of the Yukon who says that prospecting 1n Yel- lowknife “i-s easier than anywhere else," was chief cook at the Con mine until 1938. Since then he has staked 34 aims, now has several hundred t usand shores of gold stock worth anywhere from 17c to 50c a share.

Yellowknife, spread out nver a rocky peninsula and the huh of a 200-sq.-mi. staking area, has be- come a throbbing rolsterlrlg nlace or 3.000 people, quick rl-ches. hard living, crudity and fun. Bald one amazed visitor: "Just like n movie

set, only more so. Tall Thmnas Doornbos, called "O 1d ‘I’ o m Doorknob" fetches water from

frozen Yellowknife Bay 1n two four-gallon buckets. sells 1t around town for $0 a pail to people who are too busy or too lazy to get their own. The restaurants have n frc-ntl-cr ring to their names: Lil's Place. the Wildcat Cafe. Ruth's Roving Hornet. The one movie house shows three-year-old films.

The traditions of the "mnshcrs" of the dog sleds are carried on by the “cat skinners" who drive thc caterpillar trains (tractors and sleds) which bring supplies across the snow from Edmcmon. Passen- ger service to and from Yellowknife, as well as to outlying claims. 1s furnished by Canadian Pacific Air- lines and by bush pilots 1n small planes like ski-or pontoon-equip. ped Noorduyn Norseman.

No Klondike. Hunting for gold 1n the wild, bleak country north of Yellowknife is simple. The main re- quirements are guts. patience. :1 grubstake and a $5 license which permits a prospector to file up to nix claims a ysar, A claim 1»: staked -n- to the ground to mark e 1,500-sq.-1t_ plot. To keep the claim, a prospect. or must do $100 worth of work on 1t a year, such as excavating four fllhlfl Ylrdl. or diamond-drilling 15 feet. Lest week there were some 15.000 claims 1n good standing. In the year ending last March 81, not". 1y 10.000 claims were filed 1n the office of Mining Recorder Fred Fraser,

Morally. Yellowknife 1s no Klon-

dike. By comparison with ivldn- open Dewlon 1n the 1890's. Yel- lowknife is e well-run Sunday

school. Prices are low, There are M sfimblins houlen. no Prostitut- ion. Ildost of the inhabitants of the towns one-cell jail are drunk; who 80f too obstreperoul. With m“! "line About. Yellowknife’: three Mounties have other Jobs. In Emerxenciel they nlnlt deliver bablei- T118! care for the dead. ev-

en to d1 1 , g at... a“%3§..'l.'i2§" .2335’; if, blast one grave 1n‘ Yellowknife’!