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MONDAY, OCTOBER. S0, 1939.

The Late Mr. A. E. MacLean

Few men in public life owed more to their own inherent ability and conscientious at- tention to duty then did the late Mr. A. E. Mac- I..ean, M. P., whose death occurred Saturday after a lingering illness.

For many years Mr. hIacLean's name has been a household word, not only in his own constituency of Prince County but throughout the Province- He ti. as regarded as a tower of strength to the Liberal Party, in whose inter- ests he bad fought three provincial and five fed- eral elc-ction contests, seven times successfully and with substantial majorities in his favour. Such achievement was due, first and foremost, to Mr. MacLcaifs undoubted popularity with albclasses. Ile had the faculty of making and retaining friends on both sides of politics. Whether at home or at Ottawa, he was indus- trious in the interests of his constituents, and

Pmfilflble. After peace had been restored they found New and cheese firmly established in the Old Country and Canada had to content itself with second placeu ~

But our greatest war time mistake was the let-down in quality. Under the stimulus of soaring prices a ready market could be found for practically every staple farm product, re- gardless of, grade. Sole emphasis was on volume. As a natural result, years of pains- taking work of agricultural authorities to build quality markets at home and abroad was jettison- ed- At least a full decade was needed after the peace of 1919 to rebuild.

Canadian farmers have already been warned against repeating these mistakes this time. They have also been encouraged to heed these ings by the relatively sluggish action of prices so far in this new war. If these warn- ings are not heeded, it is difficult to see what corrective steps can be taken to control the sit- ‘uation short of dangerous and, in the md, usu- ally futile, regimentation.

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Bible Society Campaign

Starting today and continuing till Thursday, the annual fund-raising drive of the Charlotte; town branch, P. E. I. auxiliary, British and Foreign Bible Society, will take place. Emphasis is placed on the fact that the Bible Society since its foundation in 1804 has ever had as its sole objective, whether in peace or war, “the wider circulation of the Holy Scriptures with- out note or comment." The Society in Canada and Newfoundland, through its fifteen aux- iliaries, is appealing to all to contribute to a war emergency fund for the joint purpose of maintaining and if possible increasing the cir- culation of the Scriptures throughout the world,

shirhed no time or trouble in this connection. He had made the farming and fishery indus- tries of tbc Province a stibject of intensive study and could speak with authority second to none on these important matters He was one of the most regular attendants in his place in the House of Commons, following every debate with painstaking attention. At the same time he kept up a voluminous correspondence, and responded promptly to every inquiry and _s0li- citation addressed to him. He was invariably courteous and moderate in his language, even of the heat of a polifal campaign. All who had anything to do with .\lr. MacLean found him to be a gentleman The Guardian says this from long contact with Mr. MacLean as a political opponent. \Ve do not know of any higher tri- bute we could pay to any man in public life. _

Following the last federal election contest, it was hoped and expected that the portfolio of Minister of Fisheries would go to Mr. Mac- Lean, in recognition both of his ability and of his long and sticcessful public career. There is _no doubt that he would have filled this position creditably as he did that of private member for so many years.

Hie loss will be keenly felt by a host of friends, with whom The Guardian joins in ex- tending sincere sympathy to the bereaved widow and relatives.

Where Silence ls Golden

An article in the October issue of The Navy dealing with the U-boat campaign stresses the fact that the destruction caused by these under- sea raiders is insignificant compared with the black days of 1917, when U-boat sinkings were at the rate of ten to twelve ships a day, and Bri- tain lost 400,000 tons of shipping in a fortnight.

In this war anxiety is increased by the secrecy observed regarding successes gained against Nazi submarines. The Admiralty is commended in The Nat/y for taking this course, however. The information given reveals that the hunting flotillas are not just thrashing about the ocean looking for the elusive underwater enemy, but are actually making contacts with them- That is a great advance on 1917 and 1918. In those years it was no rarity for a U-boat to cruise in the Atlantic attacking shipping for three weeks without once being attacked though she had to dive occasionally to dodge a patrol that was get- ting nearer than she liked.

Another difference between the news of the war at sea now and in 1914 is the complete secrecy Britain maintains about captures of merchantrnen. There is strategic reason for this. It is known that Germany has acquired a num- ber of oil tankers and other ships which were to act as supply ships to submarines and any surface raiders in the Atlantic. The warships and their depots were to meet at a secret ren- dezvous. It was a vast plan on which Ger- mariv had built great hopes. Yet at the end of the first fortnight of the war the U-boats were ivirelessing Berlin that their fuel was running low and they could not find the depot ships. If announcement of all captures of German mer- chant ships was made by the British Admiralty, the raiders would have known before they set off for the meeting places that there was no hope of finding fresh stipplies.

People often ask what possible reason there can be for suppressing this or that item of war news. There is generally a perfectly sound naval 0r military reason—and this case of the German mcrchantnttin perhaps illustrates the point as effectively as any that could be quoted.

The Farmer And War

sgrgssing the necessity of warning Canadian famicrs against repeating mistakes made in the Great \Var, the Iiimiticial Ros! says: _ _

Twenty-five years ago Canada was inexperi- enced in war conditions. The world situation in regard to agricultural commodities was very different from that of today. As a result Can- adian farmers did some things they afterwards b'tt l re rrcttctl, _

lWi-hielat ziicreage has doubled without regard to future peace time requirements for wheat or for the type of soil on which these new war crops were produced. ‘Later on when the war 81111 post-ivar period had passed, Canada found it- self with a first-class wheat market")! Pmbjem on its hand, and serious soil blowing lfl the light land areas of the West. Whlch Qlmuld "W" ha" been plowed.

Farmers forgot about their valuable pre-war

cheese market in Great Britain and turned t0 m: dairy it... which the war inst 93d‘ w"

and of providing an adequate supply of New Testaments to all Protestant members of the enlisted forces in Canada and Newfoundland It is hoped that this week's local campaign will receive prompt and generous response from the

public. i_____%_._____. = EDITORIAL NOTES =

Bonar Law died this date, 1923. ‘5 a is is u “Carry-on" is the second slogan of the Boy Scouts, the first being “Be Prepared." I l‘ i l

Evidently Germany is practising a telephone “black-out” in preparation for her compulsory isolation. a u t is Alabama seems to be the best marriage mar- ket in the U.S.A.—Twenty-five per cent of the girls marry before they are nineteen, and the men go on seeking spouses till their dying day —eleven men who were past eighty years of age marrying last year, one to a widow of sixty-nine. K Q I

In Burmada strong opposition has been of- fered to a bill recently introduced into the House of Representatives by a private member to sup- press stone-throwing at any house in which a marriage has been celebrated. It appears the custom originated in a desire to drive out evil spirits and to ensure that the union should be blessed with children. a a a i: As from January next Australia has revived compulsory military training, which was abol- ished in 1929. The first draft, consisting of unmarried men becoming 21 years old by July 1, 1940, will be called up by January. From then onward training will consist of three months’ camp life. Calling up a fresh draft year- ly will progressively put the militia on a com- pulsory basis, though for some time the major- ity of men will be volunteers. i I i U

Montreal faces an acute shortage of domestic workers. This shortage, according to Mr. F. R. Clarke, director of the Protestant Employ- ment Bureau, is so marked at the present time that the Bureau has approximately 200 calls a month for domestic workers which it is unable to fill- The situation has now come to the point where supplying domestics to Montreal homes is s. service to the employers rather than to the girls, for a girl who is willing to do this type of work has no difficulty in sectiring a position.

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Too much hard liquor has been the cause of a national headache in Yugoslavia’s northern pro- vince of Croatia, which received partial autonomy last August. This year Croatia had the best plum crop in half a century. At the same time, the German fruit importing market collapsed because of the \var. The practical Croat peas- ants therefore used up most 0f the crop in bre\v- ing the powerful national drink, schlivovitza. The price of this hard-hitting plum brandy fell to 16 cents a gallon, and there is a shortage of barrels and bottles. The result has been a mighty effort to drink up the surplus. During the Autumn there have been many fights, some twenty murders and the mutiny of 3,000 rc- servists.

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Assurance that there will be plenty of all foods in the United States for the year that be- gan last July 1, even allowing for increased ex- ports, appears in the current issue of Consum- ers’ Guide, issued by the Agricultural Adjust- ment Administration. A round-up of food sup- ply statistics leads to the conclusion that no shortages whatsoever are in prospect, and that supplies of several foods will be above the coun- try's usual requirements. Lard and other do- mestic edible fats, wheat, rice, sweet potatoes, and fresh, dried and canned fruit production will be above that of two of the last three years: production of fresh and canned vegetables, milk and manufactured dairy products except butter will be above average; meat, poultry, egg and butter production will below average but above what was turned out in two of the last three years; supplies of potatoes and dried beans will be below average, the survey says. There will be more meat than for any year since 1934, with supplies of pork and bccf particularly heavy; 20o millions more pounds of poultry than the pre- ceding year; 2 per cent more eggs than 1938; ‘less milk than recent record years; a million tmore pounds of butter than the consumption

figure of i938: a 20 pcr cent higher lard pro- duction than the previous year, according to the survey.

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NOTES BY TIIE WAY

e long l’ unexeelled pros- perity. Blffexihsdobeen at pence for more than 40 years. Her three

prevloiu were had been compar- l ntlvelyensy victories over Denmark Austr

ernplne. from which to drew‘ raw material. she had a powerful navy, ‘an army that. dld not known de- dent. Ste had hug

and France. Bhe had Brig

mdudad m wmch° 5:1,‘: ‘ggrvigf om- “rmem yllves nnld mothers have teamed delnnltigg whim mid been pgldl Victim's letter gave us all u vlcw- lgusufinzg“ ‘i’ 3min dlscusfia‘ by mm“ m“ me w“ 0g 1379 mint. that of the farmer and one m“, ‘mum u lennnii and which had been conserved for BF l! 5° “W” °V¢|1°°k°a m‘ n h“ {mum ‘fig, n8, d ‘ "w WWW’ °l "miller ""- °°““‘“"‘°"T“‘ m“ “ h‘ °‘"|it In hem not to ariif if ultli m, Germany o; may w“ a d” them to his sorrow are not pleasant ‘he 1‘ =° i! l‘

tested and broken notion two dec- ldes m. Her lndustrlal le e. development of the yours. Her navy ls small

strength Dust six compar- ed with that of 1014, relyln maln- ly on submarines. Her nnnlegs, whlle h . have been thrown together

lll advent of Herr Hitler. Most important, her soldiers know that Germany was defected only 21 years ago, and have some idea of what they are llD Isnlnst now. Insofar as gold Ls concerned. Gennnny has practical- lv none. compared with 1914 stan- dards. To import war needs she nut-st depend on credits or exports. But n e Germariv has little, ff anything. to export. Her lndu=trv while running at maximum capac- ltv cannot be as efficient as that of 1914. And the more men she PM! info the army. the more she weakens all sections of lndustrv

umn Mitch the troops mus” relv. for food and materials. _- Windsor On Star.

We are l! fnllhlully pm". ed to the muse of Poland as we ever were to that: of Belgium, Now as then. there can restitution. all, there are immortal examples. Des- pite the slavery and ravage of 1914 and onwards. Belgium ls free today; as she would not have been --nor Holland, nor Denmark, eith- Qf-lt the Germ-an violation of the 50ml) of paper" and the Schlief-

fen plan to break France for ever. had triumphed twenty-five yew‘! M0 or latter. - The Ob-

wfver. London (J. L. Garvin.

Kllllll, n pioneering state in um muse v1’ prohibition, ls made the but/t of many jokes because of lts dry attitude. It is no Joke, how- EVQT. what. Kan-us has reaped as a result: of its bone-dry law. In there are: Fifty-four coun- ties without any insane; fifty-four countries without any feeble-mind. ed. ninety-six countries without my Poorhouses: fifty-three coun- tries without. any person in Jiill; fifty-Six countries virlthout any rep- resentatlves ln the State Pent. tentiwy- - Christian Otrerver.

Canadians must be on their guard 1n $11959 led-ink days lest. they say and do unwise things. Many of us will be greatly irritated b 1..., ggulrllll-y 01' 0111‘ American neigh-

dy-lnz atptlie front [or the cause u; human liberty we shall find it 1n- °T°3$1n81y difficult. to appreciate the United States viewpoint. We feel that the babble ls as much theirs as ours. and we naturally resent the apparent intention of the American people to keep out of a war which means as much to their future as ti.- does to ours. Our experience in the last war had quite prepared us for the fact that. we could not count on Amer- ican help at the outset should the democracies again be in peril. We had "lime-Y Hwected. however, tihst our blg and friendly neighbor would refuse to sell us arms and munitions with which to defend oursetlves from Hitler's , That does stlck in our crops not a little. Fortunately there is a good DPOSDH-‘t 0f the embargo being ed. We must. keep our heads level and refrain from showing irritation It will not. help our cause to say bitter things concemlng Uncle 5am, In all probability we shal‘. need hls he] before the war ls over and it;

come all the more quickly lf we are patient. ‘There are millions 0! P000142 in the United States who are intensely sympathetic to the allied cause. and who believe that America should llrie up with Brit- ain and France. As the days go by and the issue between the democ- racies and Hltlerlsm becomes c‘e:ir- er the demand for American bar- tlelpatlon ln the war for human freedom wlll grow. Uncle 3am will be with us evenutslly. We shall Only delay that happy day bv rash words and acts now. _ Midland Free Press.

It ls more and more upparent that. the present war. lf it con- tlnues-and there ls little chance of peace-mil be won by economic pressure. It was the breakdown of the morale of Germany ln the last, war which led to lts defeat. One must take with a grain of salt stories than already the blockade of Germany ls being severely felt in the Fatherland. There were slmllar stories lest: war and yet 1t

was four years before Germany collapsed. Yet. there ts growing evidence that llfe ln Germany ls becoming lncreaslngly grim, The Time Magazine, which ls usually well informed claims that food ls scarce and hard to get. It writes that housewives have to spend hour: dally standing in llne for supplies. It ls no longer possltfe to entertain for guests unless they bring their own food. Germans have to get. along with one cake of soup s. month and men have to make a tube of shaving cream last flve months. Germany Ls looking to Russia to save her economically. However, tihls source of supply for blocksded Germany may be de- captive. J. Anton de T-fass. noted economist of the Harvard Business school. Europe and made some succinct re- marks ln en lntrrvlew on the sub- ject. He said: "The relative ln- temal strength of Germany ls less than any other ‘mlHOr country. She is much less prepared for war now than in 1914. With Russian troons ln Poland her (Roma's) transpor- tation system cannot bear the ad- ditional strain of sendlmr imprec- lable amounts of war supplies to Germany. And there iii llWe reas- on to believe that Russia wlll de- moblllze for some time to name. "Are there enough tank cars for it (Romanian oll) to be thinned overland? "We know there have been food shortages ln Germany. Is this the result of natural causes or because she has been

g up grent quantities for war use? 0b. there are so mnnv unknown factors. 8o manv wu-

Gennanyb economic weakness." —

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THE POTATO INDUSTRY

Sin-I have rend - with interest tne discussion re: Potato Prices. by "Victim". “One who Benetltied , "Economist." and the letter by "Cltl- zen; vylho solably laid down up: . in a we ew now re ii-rdlne Potato Growers’ Association, olsofor hls knowledge and sympathy with

Ire . Following this letter came the one written by “One who Benefiled," supposedly some genial farmer. I wonder if he was one of the many Tanners who contributed some of hls “benefttr back to the Associa- ion about four years ago, when the namier members were asked to y u and help out this Assocle on. athougti many could not under- stand at the time, why lt should

‘need this hel y was e cit-operative

It certain then, I wonder lf any of the farm- ers who helped them out at that time and are asked to sell a major part of their potato c below mar-

et prices, to pay for ertillzer, are so sure now that. this Association is ‘Wally B co-operatlve.

I 'I‘o me, viewing this matter. from an outsiders vie lnt the name Potato Grower's lotion Ls a

misnomer. would it not more cor-

read Potato Buyer's Associa- A considerable part of ell thls

dl-iflzreement between grower and buyer risthlv beIonB-i beck on the Government sholdem: for are they notactive ‘ 5O this" ‘ U011, EH91’ having bgckeq them to the lune 0t $100,000 to protect the Bonk of Nova scotla from possible loss? Mr. LeP e was appointed w a" “Hf-Till Dos! lon. a most unusual T111118 b0 be sure, and two members of the Legislature were directors of the Association also Inst spring the Government certainly knew, 32103333 "l" 0°11 “tide”;

ree ng se p0 a 8 fixed Drlce. The Government ls interested in protecting the Assocla. “on. the Bank and the taxpayers, but how about protecting the inter- ests of our largest group of citizens

0111‘ Province, our hard farmers. who really are use 5°“ 0f Prince Edward Island? I rim, Sir. etc- PRO BONO PUBLTCO

Gambling 0n Pearl Blisters

(P. D. Rogers 1n g I Mprgazlnmtest m Phiupme ne grea gambl

shell lles in tne rqaeculiiitlioiieghk git-ii §f.“i..§’“";’.'ii’;. ti}. p123‘? shfill. and inside this lump mere may be not-nag. l'e onl Way of “M1118 out ls to cut. the bl szer, and hill/B 1t peeled down skilled ln this buslness.

I wlll relate the following occur. ren" tn Jolo during the boom days q! the pearlins industry, snows the highly ture of the blister business.

A Chinese trader bought a sack 01 Pearl shell from n. fisherman from Tawl Tawl. on one of the shells, near the hinge. was a large lump or blister. The Chinese trader was new to Jolo and dld not. know much about the pearl bust- nw. but. he cut, out this blister. He took it to another Chinese trader, who was just. a little wiser, and this Chinese offered a. sack of rice for lt. As an Oriental tirader will never accept the first offer made 1°!‘ flnyl-hlm. the owner asked for two sacks of rice. Finally the trade was made for one and one- bllster to Another Chinese trader. half sacks of rlce.