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156E FOUR - A Ti-u; CHARLOTFEYFQWN GUARDIAN . methods, plus that of transportation, it was l i 2L found doubled the cost of the house. However/l PUBLIC FORUM vqying local building bylaws throughout Can-y ' _ ‘ado, constituted the major obstacle. Due to‘ “T” ( Elihu“ dizllitmnubyonedlttll‘: these bylaws, the new style house turned out to‘ iiuigiiea biniinels agent we; given ‘ of _ ' n! Interest. The Charlottetown

Morning Daily (Founded In I881)

Authorized as Second (‘lass Mail. Post (lfllco Department. Ottawa.

Prelldent, [an A. Burnett; Yii-e-Pri-sldrtri. Wm. R.

Burnett; Seem-Trend. (i. M. Burnett: Editor iinrl

Managing Director. J. R. Buriri-tt; Assniiita Editor.

Frank Walker.

“The Strongest rllemory is Weaker Than the Weakest Ink.” '

FATURDAY. MAY Zlr I921

What Now ?_

The City Council by a majority vote has decided to flout the Provincial statute by adopt- ing Daylight Saving Time independently as from today. The confusion this will cause with Prince of Wales College and other Provincial institut- ions, as well as the railways, banks, courts, etc., remaining on Standard Time, can well be imag- ined. The churches and schools, as well as all our business concerns, will have to make their own decisions in the matter. As the action of the Council has no legality, and ‘as Mayor Mac- Donald states he hos n0 intention of proclaim- ing the change of time officially, it will be a case of "everyone for himself, and the devil take the hindmcst."

Such an exhibition of irresponsibility on the part of our civic representatives would seem to call for some explanation or excuse. But none was offered at last night's meeting. The resolu- tion went tlfrough in grim silence, lending an air of conspiracy to the proceedings which was not inappropriate in the circumstances.

llow Budgets Are Made

Although the reported surplus of $352000.- 000 in the Dominica's i946 accounts glowed like o friendly beacon in Mr. Abbots budget speech. it ought riot blind the country to the fact that it was achieved by using the Pffm-‘eds imm sales of surplus war assets to buttress current revenues. lt is questionable bookkeeping prac- tice. _

Hod it not been for this mingling ‘of pro- ceeds from the sale of capital ‘assets with cur- rent revenues the Finance Minister would have had to report a deficit instead of a surplus.

The i946 expenditures of the Government amounted to $2,632,000,000 and _ the‘ revenues from taxes and departmental operations were $2,6iZ,000,000.' Consequently on a strict ac- counting basis of balancing current fliifliidll‘ ures and revenues there was a deficit of $Z0.~ 000,000 in last year's operations. The proceeds from the sale of war assets amounted to $372.-

000,000 and of course are non-recurring. lt was

this large sum which made it possible for Mr. Abbott to report the overall surplus of $352,- 000,000. _ ‘

Governments often resort to this kind of lleight-of-hand in accounting to give a pleasant financial picture to the country, but how long would a private company survive if it resorted to the practice of using proceeds from the sale of its capital plant and equipment to show a profit in current operation? _ y

Finance Minister Abbott is budgeting for a gurplu; of $190,000,000 in this year's Dominion accounts against the contingency that Premiers Drew of Ontario, Duplessis of Quebec and Mac- donald of Nova Scotia will change their minds and accept the Federal cabinet's financial pro- posals as six other provincial governments have done. ln the light of what Drew, Duplessis and Macdonald have already said this is extremely unlikely. _ _

Nevertheless Mr. Abbott is budgeting for an unnecessarily large surplus against this con- tingency. lf the three Provincial Governments agree this year to make agreements on. the fin- anciol proposals of Mr. Abbott last winter the Dominion would be required to Pull {hem sub‘ sidies amounting to $l0°.09°t0°9. Whifill Wmlld reduce his surplus at the year end to $80,000,- 000.

lf, as seems possible, Ontario, Quebec and Nova Scotio will hoe their own row this year it means that Mr. Abbott is taxing the Canadian people $ii0,000,000 unnecessarily. The prov- inces in questiomhave prepared their budgets for their present fiscal years and they appear ta 'he satisfied that they will be able to finance their expenditures successfully from their own taxes. v

Consequently ll may reasonably be asked what iusi-ificaticn is there fcr Mr. Abbott levy- lng an additional $ll0,000,000 on the taxpayers against a contingency that ISIIIOI’ likely to arise? Had it not been for this levy he could have slashed the 8_ per cent sales tax or elimin- ated the vexatious little nuisance taxes that were imposed during the war.

flheaii Houses

Some people have seen a hope iii the pro- duction of prefabricatzd ready-made homes-— built at popular, mass production prices like automobiles. Such houses are being built and occupied in the United States in several forms —prefabricated wooden houses, concrete block houses, "laid” by the Bungalow Biddy, aluminum houses, steel houses and other modern innova- lions.

In Canada, however, such "radical" houses face obstacles. The Fairchild Aircraft factory, which, like airplane plants in England, was con- verted after the war to turn out Faircroft pre- fabricated houses, has had to give up the strug- gle against the obstacles thrown in its way by governments and unions. lts story is related in“ a recent issue of Maclean's magazine.

The Faircraft were conventional four-

‘ roamed frame houses with aluminum siding, 30

flit, to. be sold‘ at the factory for $3300. ‘vofnerection by old-fashioned, conventional

be actually illegal in most communities.

l Such bylaws, drafted according ta local [whims and preiudices, would be a stumbling Iblock to any form of prefabricated housing in iCanada. They vary widely in different com- imunities, and are sometimes at complete odds. iFor example, Vancouver bans metal chimneys while Prince Rupert permits them. Toronto in- sisfs on all interior walls being plast-ered with three coats at union rates. Montreal insists on a specially designed bathroom trap. Halifax in- sists on locally installed wiring, inspected on the site. Vancouver requires rigid conduits for elec- tric wiring, though most other cities permit flexible conduits.

To illustrate the attitude of organized labor toward the factory-built home, Maclean’s quotes the president of the Toronto Building Trades Council, who says: "A plan of this nature would not only shorten the hours of work of the build- ing trade mechanics, who ev_en under the pres- ent system of home building suffer to a great extent through lack of work, but what would happen to the established building ma- terial industry and their personnel? . . Thoro- fore, onbebalf of organized labor, l must at this time strongly oppose any plan that would tend to place the building industry into the method of production peculiar to the automo- bile industry."

From the attitude of civic authorities with their building bylaws, and the attitude of organ- ized labor, there must arise doubt as to just liow genuine is the mass d-zsire in Canada for a really inexpensive house. Such accommodation will likely come in time, of course, through the pressure of public need-just as it is now com- ing to the United States—but it is somewhat tragic that thousands upon thousands of Can- adian families must be without adequate shel- ter in the meantime.

Ganada’s Biids

Canada is said to have 500 different kinds of birds, and each different kind has a different travel schedule; in fact, some kinds scarcely travel at all and may be found even in the most severe winter weather in their accustomed haunts.

Canada values its bird travellers for the aesthetic pleasure they give by their presence, by their beauty of color and by their charm of song. They are an important control of insect pests in forests and garden, and some kinds, which are grouped as game birds, are n major attraction for hunters in the fall. Not only are the game bird kinds used for sport but they are also valuable to the residents of Canada as pro- viding an important part of their food supply.

To protect its bird travellers which spend part of the year in Canada and port of the year in the United States, Canada some years ago entered into a treaty with the United States which, by co-operation between the two coun- tries, extends protection to migratory birds by means of closed seasons, bag limits and the pro- hibition of unfair hunting methods.

Canada's migratory bird treaty of i916 has been of major assistance in conserving this re- source, and has been hailed the world round as the first international treaty for bird protec- lion.

- hDIIIlRIAL NUILS -

lt's hard lines on our lobster fishermen- unseasonable weather, scarccr bait, and lower prices for their catch. Let's hope conditions improve as the season advances. t A h -

One of the BBC’s variety programmes, rcc- ently found a distinguished visitor sitting in the front row of the London studio-audience. lt was Field Marshall Lord Montgomery, no less, and the audience stood and cheered him to the echo. As he took off his coat to reveal row upon row of medal ribbons, the cheers were re-doubled.

"Ar ‘l! vir I

Deputy Scout Field Commissioner Carrier, Ottawa, son-in-law of Dr. James Robertson, father of mixed farming in Prince Edward ls- iiland, says Col. W. W. Reid is the best tourist representative he knows and that as the result of his recent visit to Quebec and Ottawa there will be a tremendous increase of tourists from Upper and Lower Canada to the island.

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Lord Chorlcy speaking for the Government told the House of Lords that Great Britain im- ported from the United States last year 356 tons of chewing gum base worth $772,796. He de- fended it as a necessary expenditure on gum needed for miners and those substituting it for tobacco. '

Jamaica discovered by Columbus this date i494, and annexed by Spain i509; in i655 the English commanded by Venables and Penn ban- ished the Spaniards and took possession of the Island which become the great centre of the slave trade. ln i83l-Z a negro uprising occur- red, and in i834 slavery was abolished. The ls- land is now administered by a Governor, aided by a privy council and legislative council. lt is the centre of the banana industry and famous for its rum distilleries.

I Q O Q

Says the Ottawa Journal: "Prince Edward

ga Jail term for spending too much money lll New York. Is there any lcflirr nay to live lii New York?- Toroiiio Twit-gram.

‘frrippcrs near Brantford caught ivliiie muskrats arith pink tails. If it had been pink masks-at; with ii-(rito tails. the report would have started police hunting for stills. —— Woodstock Sentinel-Review.

Children who skip school regularly don't gel. family uilciivances. say‘: Frd-rral Health Minister Martin. I-Ie didn't say what attitude the depart- ment would take iii the ease of school strikes. Maybe arrnngemen will have to be made for strike payi‘ -Osven Scund Sun-Times.

mlsbohaves. says Your Life Mag azlne. no one says to liim. “You' a naughty child." Instead. they say, "Who is your lathe"? Like father, like sari. What sort of man is y father? Why has he not trained you properly?" So the father. knowln he will be blamed. makes ever; effort to bring up his son properly. It. is batten‘. so reason the Chin , to have e can of nhom you can proud then all l-he gold In the ivorlrl. For what good is money It n son disgriires you and you grow old and in sorrcgiv?

When s youngster In CIIIMQDIE,

There are many reports in circu- lation of business and professlongl men engaging In income isx fraudp. Same of them have been ev knrrsvii to boast of their deceit and of how they svcre “putting it over" the taxation ireoplc. As the latte: pursiuo their investigations, they may discover iliat crime does n t my and that there will be lltte

their fellow citizens. whom they have cheated and robbed, when they are put behind the tars.-

Breckvillo Recorder and Times.

It lg a poor policy In fines such on these when the doncand Icr: coal for industrial purposes i; greater than rvei", Lo allow thousand!‘ of minors to remain out qf work and thousands of tons of coal unmlnorl to the deferment of the whole country. _ Brzintlord - Expositor.

Newfoundland. had she chosen, might have been one of the orginal partner's in Confederation. before lire provinces of Mnnatobia. Sis-skat- chevron and Alberta ivore even thought about. You coir‘! help won- dering wlielliri". if she lifld become n Caiiadie-ti- province. licr fortunes through the _\"(‘I'II‘S would have been iifllci‘ v1‘ worse. -- Saint Jolin '|‘i~lr~grapli-.li~urii:il With its,» June Bride reason rap- lcly- approaching. ii is interesting to POL!‘ thrii more than 1.000 varieties of orchids are grown in Hawaii St. 'l'i‘icmn.s Tmes Journal.

The other day we noted briefly a California advertisement that of- fered zi packet of 35-cent seeds for a dollar. It has been capped in a suburb WlICff‘ n little shop displays a iviiirloss" sizn reading: “Penny Whistles-As. Bel." i-emr-is 111C Ed. lllOfllOlI Journal. Advertising n two-cent whistle for 25 cents must be about tops in frankness. Another London suburban advertisement. reported by err Old Country corres- lvliitlviil. ihfcws a vivid light on ilio scari-iiy rrf dceiwstln liclp in England and ltie inducements that nff‘ thought iiicst. likely to prove really alluring. it too was placed in a shop WlliClCHV. “RS done by li-"iiifl- mid read as follows: “Dom- mIIv Htip Wanted. £2. 5s. R week fi-i" fivri niovrifiigsAiid n New Laid F710." C.‘i".'ifll:iii< (l0 t! l0! (if QPCUCII- iiixz: lll0_\' really don't know how urll off they rite in the world of inclziy.

support in Ilia-r- who nrgiir-rl

man's cllhrr stow in their own lllicr or cor. tltcmsrlvrs out. of

lmrd to in" G~r"'v r“~ri wore thi-n a lllliidrrd vr-w nun. “tit. irr- dig. i-ovwcd sorrcilfri" that. fI."S li°en found lo t-oriveniriit in Vi‘ (li-f‘. Flor

districts can b» m altar-d '*c'ni-~ an rlection as to ‘remove t.l1~ i'lllil‘lI'(.‘S of ll»:- part_v,iii ivivwr. I-lls rlir-crivcvy has since ivrrn known or crnjvnirinrloriiirr. And ervrymriiider-

likely nrcslrlcd iviili electoral. srrits in the Dominion of Canada — Montreal Gazette.

Bollivieii Tin Klnrz who has lust died lri Bueiio: Alres. illustrator drzimaticallv ih-r extremes of wealth and poverty that constitute n. cnniiriuint: problem for much of South America. Out of tho moun- talns of his votive country Pntlno dug one of tho great fortunes of the world, one so enormous that he himself nrombly could not have comr- wlihln iicvcral millions of namiriz the exact figure at. a-ny time. With the money came power. Emperors and kings. prime min- isters end CWGFYIIHBIIIB. tnwned on him. When he went to Europe he took n whole section of e bolt. He would reserve in‘ whole ‘floor oi’ a hoicl for himself and his "HIM"!!!- Two world wars in which millions

island, with 94,000 inhabitants, has what the natives loughingly call "prohibition", and temp- eronce workers in the "wet" provinces hold up little P. E. l. iodhe rest of us as an inspiration and example. But, curiously, the sale of liquor for "medicinal purposes" gave the P. E. l. Gov- ernment a profit last year of more than half a million dollars and this, on the basis of popula- tion, is about as much as the liquor profit in Ontario and Quebec."

of men died enormously increased his vi-r-alih and his powen- New York Timer.

Itriei- much rciipon-Ihllitv our the Unlii-d Slates accept for polltrlcel difficulties which other dctnocret governments may face as they or; caught h the East-West oroeeflre Can the United Stilt” (We eIIeCr tivr- eld to enich Governments? On lt. overhaul its rcoriomic policies l Itippfffi. democracy for

sympathy for them on the port of

‘ .

OLD DIMTIIES Out In the fields where. the rain- poolg gllstein. Spring ccmes. picking her dainty

WIY. Listen. O cold. bore birohee. listen. Spring is singing e roundclay!

i 0n with your veils of misty green-

ness; Blllow and drape with rig-ht good

vi . HAsteor. birches. cover your lean- 1105!. Spring l.s coming across the hill!

Why do you loiter? Woodlands flurry

Lnto- irhelr gowns of verdant hue;

Maybe you've grown too old to worry—-

Spring means nothing at all to you.

-Lucy Gertrude Clarktn.

O-OO-O-O-O

Old Charlottetown i (And REJ.)

THE LAND QUESTION

From debates and proceedings of the House of Assembly, March .10. 1874:

Dr. Jenkins said it was .1 matter" for congratulation that. they were now in a position to deal promptly‘

‘in with the Land Question; and when

It should come up for discussion he hoped it would be dealt with on its merits. It. was desirable that by- gones should he looked upon a5 by- gones. To a certain extent. lire lurid- ed proprietors had gradually been got rid of, and. in affecting that, both parties had lent their assist- ance. He did not believe flit‘ system could exist in this country. inas- much es it was one so entirely an- tagonistic lo the genius of the people Yet he was fer from believing that proprietors lied dealt so harshly with the early settlers, as some people seemed to imagine.

Hon. Mr. Bracken cordially in- doraed the sentiments expressed by hi; learned a-nd hon. colleague, and also hoped that upon this question they would be o! one mind. The Land Question. lill‘ the bitteniess of feeling and discontent which it. created. had cost this country more than all the township lands were worth. iI-Iearil Some were of the Opinion that. the Laird Question iii itself was sufficient reascrti- why they should have gone info Confederation. . .

Mr. L. H. Davies. Lcnrlcr nf lllf‘ Opposition. i-r-mnrkcrl that. a .<.li-niicit~i~ in listening ta tlic discussion on ilio paragraph 0f the Add-res,- under discussion. would have thought lhai the political niillenivm had arrived iii Prince Edward Island . In the matter of irsra Land Question the paragraph was not. quite an echo of the Speech. yet. it was the only paragraph lri the whole Speech that was ‘WOPIIIV of more than ton minutes‘ consideration Since they had izone iiilo Confeclrriitlon, and find 5803.000 placed oi ilie (lis- posal of the Government for pur- chasing mit the right-s of thr-

pzoprletors. he felt that it. was the

duty of public- men to use their exertions have the question firi- nily settled . . . In tire Olrl Country the tights of tho proprietors l0 lllf‘ laiirl they own lia-rl iii-l. l')I‘l"ll rlis- puted; ‘out. in this Colony it was only nfler the lapse of iiiiieiy year's of political warfare. that. for pffiuo sake, their rights have been tacitly rdmlttod. It was and is well lotvowii that iii.- proprietors never fulfilled the conditions ciiinilnd iliroii ihniii iwltiii flit-y received lfICly lands. But. all these questions happily br- long to the past. Yel he IIIIIICSl. trembled when he reflected liow

in 131;; “ht... ..,.\.,,,-..,,, ,.i- pfaeqhyflfifl happiness of v _ (vhue§fls_ m. ,ii.¢.,\.,...e,; m“ voqnmconutiiry. But unlia-ppily sucli was

satisfacilon| mcr the invent rcdwtribution of,

Tlie lift- nr Simon r. Patina. liltllally

11,, rum, Gama" m“ F‘..-k._il)ll_lc‘il‘lc mcn ‘in the purl trad turned "mum, hm‘, a "M." “Ham lmdflnsidr from lll'll dirty \\'lilt'll ILIP)‘ iliat; _ . g m, fi‘lnfs Show,‘ ‘my my? tried L.’ by nvaiiir-g themselves restori- the German room-my but. insist-id should have ‘lei ‘he fie".

cwcrl Ln ilirmsclves iiiirl lllr" prnplr. nf llicli" pgsiiioir i9 riirioli ilio-iiselvcs. He azafri- said he ii-enbrd. least the latter end of lllls question might

lpvove worse than fir: first. They

g B1.m.,",_,., E..m_.=,,..r_ saw their young iiien doing nivriy _ r from their native lcliiiid by lllf‘ 11.1 ‘My ,4 P1,“! an“, F score. to fir" Uiiiicd Stale: and

elsewhere. What could lie of more importance. than rotaniing our young nzcii at. homo, and scciiig Lltom scttllrg dc-ivn to add lo the wealth their conimou

not. the case. If they noufd no lo Brstun iird otlicr plai- . the‘: would mcet with Wilfllf‘ Co‘ lit} hard almost said. of iron nvcl iwiiicii who liar-l gone tliiilici" from this. Island. A large prrrnntnrze o.’ ill."

iris: has, n loniz and vltrorous. if _ | _ rmiiirntlv disreputable. history. 'T“1o P909"? l" 595W" “w” "m" m“ Flllfll of Tilbz-idg» (Tcrrv lsn- very llld ll “'35 53d l° ha“

to say they had left: home bccniisc the advantages to which they felt they were entitled iizid been denied

lro t.‘.irn'i iii homo: and because. also. .0; me genera] discontent. so earner-

engendored by the cursed proprietary system of this Island iI-leer!) I-Ie oanrtcstly lioprd that in the future the prospects of the people would not be marred by the interference of middle men. But he 11nd his doubts on that. point.

run at many points around the globe? Even if the United States cannot do all ihese things the Tru- mrin program does not seem headed for wer. But ii may skid lnlo can- Iusion. Increased efforts to lay a global pattern c4 economic support and coIin-bretion with all democ- racies is now clearly called for. This must be done if the present challenge to tntollterlamism ls sure- ly to lend to pence. — Christian Science Monitor.

COLLEGE FOR. ROOKIE!

IDNDON — (OP) -- In act-ord- ence with the future policy of the oonetebulsry that all officers be drown from the renh. e new nri- tionol police college will be opened this your. II will offer In opport- unity for every constable tro tit