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Morning Dull; (Founded in HIT) \\|lhoel|rtl n sea-and Cline Alnll- Foot Offloo Unpnrtnrunt, Ottawa. Tho leiunil liuurdlon Publishing Co. Iditnr and Managing Director. J. li- Burial!- Anoainto Editor, Frank Walker. "The Strongest Memory is Weaker Than

the Weakest lnk." CIIARLOTTETOWN. WEDNESDAY. FEB. 2,

The Flsherles Conference

The importance of the East Coast Fisheries Conference in session at Halifax this week is underlined by the strong representation from our Island Fisheries Federation in attendance, as well as by the fact that Mr. J. A. Robb will repre- sent the Provincial Government at the sessions. Of all the subjects on the agenda, perhaps that of marketing will be of most practical interest. The marketing problem is accentuated by the fact that our overseas experts have been shut off to a large extent by exchange difficulties. Ef- forts must be concentrated on developing the home market, and this will involve a nation-wide educational campaign as well as improvements in the more economic handling and processing of fish, and better transportation facilities. The business is a highly competitive one, and with Newfoundland’: entry into Confederation the need for a general overhauling of the fisheries marketing problem has become pressing. Out of the deliberations at this week's conference, it is hoped that a national policy linking up with the research branches of the industry may be developed. _

Prince Edward Island has a big stake in the future development of our fisheries. The new bait storage facilities which the Provincial Gov- ernment is providing, and which will be available next spring, coupled with the new salt fish pro- cessing plant at the airport, mark important fdr- ward steps. But these developments should go hand in hand with an intensive marketing cam- paign which can only be undertaken by all the Provinces concerned in conjunction with the Dominion Government.

Scottish Ayrshlres

Scotland's great dairy type of cattle, the Ayrshires, were prominently in the news recent- Iy. Al’ the Dairy Show in London, Ayrshires were second to the British Friesian breed, but at the Scottish Dairy Show in Glasgow soon after, when there came a second contest between thc two types, the Ayrshires took the honours both in team and individual championships -- by five points only in the team event and by four in the individual. A few days later all records for the price of Ayrshire bulls were broken at a sale at Bargower, Hurlford, Ayrshire. Last year a re- cord of £3,675 ($14,700) was made for an Ayr- shire beast, but that figure did not stand for long when the auctioneer at Bargower got go- ing. First of all, a bull of the Bargower herd reached £4,410 ($17,640). His name was Bar- gower Cup Winner. Later on in the day came Burnockstone Supreme Title to carry the soaring figures to 5,800 guineas — for it is the custom in these sales to bid in guineas — or £6,090 ($24,360). Bath of these animals were bought by English breeders. So keen was the bidding, that all average records for the sale of herd-s of cattle went by the board. Fifty-six head were sold, and made £58,695, ($234,780) an average of £1,048 ($4,192). The average of the 21 Bargawcr animals was £1,817 ($7,268). The farms Bargower and Burnockstane belong to two brothers, Rob- ert and John Drummond. One of the most fam- ous of Ayrshire breeders, Mr. James Howie of Muirhouse, who is 33 years of age, attended the Glasgow Show and delivered a lecture on the Ayrshire breed. In the course of his talk, lie fore- cast that within ten years all cows would be milked by machine. He recalled too that in the United States of America 25 to 30 years ago, the preference was for white animals, though other areas liked red or brown types. There is not now cuite the some keen demand for all- whites in the States as there was in those days.

Potatoes Aiul The ll. S. Market

Noting that at the present time Maritime potatoes and apples are bath presenting a dil- ficult marketing prcblem, the Winnipeg Free Press devotes a lengthy editorial to the subject. In the case of apples, it says, the need is to place the Annapolis growers in a position to compete in such markets as are available. This requires improvement of quality, new varieties and so faith. Tl~e position with respect to po- tatoes is somewhat different.

"In 1948," it recalls, "our production was 92.4 million bushels, some l8 million bushels above average. There was a large surpl s for export, chiefly in the Maritime provinces. The British market which had taken 2,600,000 bush- els in 1947 for the reason already given is clos- ed ta our potatoes. So are mast of the other over- seas markets.

"However, at the outset of the I948 harvest there was a good market available in the Unit- ed States. Under the latest U.S.-Canada trade agreement the tariff was cut from 75 cents to 37 I-2 cents per 100 lbs. This cut applied to a quota of I million bushels for table potatoes and Z 1-2 million bushels for seed potatoes. These quotas run from September in each year and in 1948 both were exhausted. That is, we er-‘part- ed to the U. S. more than 3 I-2 million bushels out of the 1948 crap. The exports continued to flow after the 75 cent tariff became effective because of the high floor price maintained by -the U. S. government — 52.70 per hundred

unds.

"The United States government apparently took the position that U. S. government funds could not be used to support the price for the benefit of Canadian potato growers. So rather than have the United States prohibit the entry of Canadian potatoes; the Ottawa government lap in the fall placed a complete embargo Qgainsfexports of table potatoes and partial re-

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U. S. "The Nova Scotia apple problem is self-ex- planatory. The potato problem, however, is more difficult. Where there is a strong sentimental at- tachment to the British market and a deep emo- tional antagonism ta the United States market there has been a tendency to seize upon the potato embgrgo as conclusive proof of the in- stability of the U. S. market. "Look what has happened to our potatoes," say the people with a U. S. phobia, "Just when we needed the U. S. market, it closed to us."

"Well, look at what happened to our pota- toes. The first thing to notice is that the U. S. market was not closed until we had exported a very large quantity. Despite the present embar- go, the U.S. market was a most valuable market for our 1948 crop. The second important thing to notice is that no other market, certainly not the British market, will take our potatoes. As with apples, there is no prospect of Britain buy- ing Canadian potatoes in the foreseeable future. Thus it is not a matter of where Canadian pro- ducers would like to sell potatoes. It is not as if they had refused British orders while accepting U.S. orders for potatoes, and now found them- selves cut off from a market which they had relied upon by their own preference.

"Both with apples and potatoes the position is the some. It is not a matter of choice as be- tween the British, the U. S. or some other mdb ket. Rather it is a case of selling where we can and of realizing that, apart from a few highly important commodities — wheat for example- the United States, despite uncertainties, offers the best opportunity."

./ EDITORIAL NOI ES I

Purification. Candlem-as. 1' I R "Beware- of the Reds bringing gifts" seems to be the Western reaction to Stalin's peace pra- paganda.

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The Salvation Army are advertising a rum- mage sale in their hall an Friday at half-past one o'clock.

Whether the groundhog sees his shadow to- day ar not, he will be wise to turn in again for his additional six weeks nap.

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The Moncton Transcript has followed the example of the Saint John-Telegraph Journal and increased its price from 4c to 5c., the increased cost of production and distribution making this necessary.

It is too bad, isn't it? that the Provincial Government finds itself so embarrassed by riches that it does not know how ta get rid of its health contribution from Ottawa before the end of the financial year.

The success of H.M.C.S. Nieu Lisgard, in the role of the Graf Spee, escaping the vigi- lance of the searching flotilla shows how much more difficult it is to pc-trol Nova Scotia's win- tery seas than the vastly different South Atlan- ric.

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The Towns have had their elections, or their acclainations, and are ready to settle down to another year of “civic business. Municipal gov- ernment is both a training ground and barometer for democracy. When interest flags in local af- fairs there will be little hope that Provincial and Dominion governments will continue to be really representative.

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It looks as if the paddle wheel is about to make a come-back. Not the old side wheeler, however, but a small turbine like wheel aft has been designed by two Canadians working for General Motors. Inefficient at low speeds, the new design is claimed to make possible high speeds with less power than the conventional screw.

Premier Duplessis and his government have aligned themselves on the side of Premier Jones and his Government in opposition to the manu- facture aiid sale of margarine. The immediate effect has been the halting of margarine pro- paganda, as it would be impossible for the Fed- eral Liberals to win without Quebec, and the pawers-that-be at Ottawa are mortally afraid of an adverse farmer vote in that province.

Hannah More, English ethical writer, died this date 1833. Her most popular work is Cae- libs in Search of a Wife. Also wrote numerous other books dealing for the most part with the inoculation of obedience and good manners in the rising generation. She founded charity schaalsand orphanages on Church lines:

"For you'll ne'er mend your fortunes, nor help the just cause,

By breaking of windows, ar breaking of laws."

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It seems that war-time members of the R. C. N. and R.C.A.F. are not to split the three million dollars of prize money which is this country's share of the whole. Parliament will be asked to authorize its allocation to the respective ser- vice benevolent funds, certainly a simpler and perhaps more useful disposition than a general distribution. At any rate the request is by the senior officers whose shares otherwise would have been the most substantial.

Canadian miners dug more coal in 1948 than they had any year since the big wartime output recorded in 1942. The Bureau of Statis- tics said that 1948 coal production in Canada totalled 18,377,000 tans against 15,869,000 in 1947 and 18,650,800 in 1942. December produc- tion was 1,791,000 against 1,768,575 in Dc- cember, 1947. lmports in 1948 came to 31,050,000 tons, compared with 30,564,000 in I947. Nova Scotian mines registered the biggest increase last year, turning out 6,430,000 tans against 4,118,000 in I947. Alberta produced 8,074,000 tans against 8,070,000, British Columbia and the Yukon 1,772,000 against 1,764,N0, Saskat- chewan l,586,000 against 1,571,000 and New

mlettonson the export of seed potatoes to the

NEGLECTED CHILDREN ~ CAN YOU TURN ‘(OUR I BACK ,9

Obi-i Old Charlottetown (And P. B. L)

THE COLONIAL BUILDING Freshly painted and decorated for the opening of the Legislature. the interior nf the Provincial Building belies its venerable age. How it ap- peared when completed 101 years rigo is thus recorded in the Royal Gillette of ‘Fue-srlziy, January 25. 184T:

“We congratulate the people of this Island upon what may be truly termed an event in our history- nzimely. the opening of the New Colonial Building. We might per- haps cuvil at the word we have—-- according to usage-availed our- selves of, and tlSl( the question of our aclialurs. whether n fitter term by which to designate .1 really beautiful iiml clcgnnt structure. might rial ho devised? Bui. while they dispute the paint we have raised. ii ls our cluly to chronicle the event-in speak of it as a real- lty. and with ' some feelings of pridn, i0 call upon our fellow Col- onisls to contrast our exertions to provide filtiiirz Halls of Legislature —Courts nf Justice —Publi' Offices arid rill Illttl lreloiigs to the due and proper administration of public af- fairs. with the limited means which we posscss to regard with an im- partial air- 1hr.- offarts they have made in ihr‘ some cnuse—and, with- out prejudice. lo ask themselves ivliellicr- Prince Edward Island is bc-liiiirllirinil when improvement is to ho uliiiincrl? We feel assured

that the Ill1§\\'f‘]‘ would b0, you have doiir- your duty. e r o

“We liezrrlily wisli that. some

sir-ringers. as well us our residents, liarl attended the opening of the Lcuisliiliii-n iorlziy. rind availed them- selves rif lllf‘ opportunity i-ifforded

lllt‘lll of ii ramble through the liiiilzliiirz. 'l‘liou|:h thr- zirrnnzemanlc zirr- nni _\r-i complete, they would

zipprnliriiinii n liable entrniii-a-Muzi- prir-inus lllllllll‘ offices-n largo and i'flli\'f'lll"lll Court of Justice, with lill

tlir- ll"l‘l‘\'\'il_\’ accompaniment of Jury lliiuius. airn- rind above ull. nalili- llwlls of lsegisliillon.

"Tlir- (‘miiivil room is iiitcrl up with lllll"ll IHSI" niirl olcizrinr-e. uiul ihouizli li-rii-i ill" Fmlicrl time z-lvvr- l0 Ill!‘ l" i‘ " ll r"**'* " "i-‘i

remains uiifiiiiQlr-(l. its splendid rip- IICZIIWIIIFI‘ vuiii up"; ,. l _| pvubrilirrri ciin. ll'\ Il"l‘l\ llen:'_\' Fiiniili riiirl iissistnnls. ‘ ' r ‘l)

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"Thr- fitllng up of the tliroiie, rli"i\~1-'.r~.~, rilrn. ivris the handiwork at‘ Mr mph Dodrl. upholsterer, of

this ‘Yawn. rind more correct and clcgriiii trisie could not be display- ed. than IV‘ evinced In all that hus been entrusted to lilm. The Throne PHFllVHI-‘Irtv wit-spite the old chalr --\vhirli \\'r‘ hope to s00 immediately FPPVWWI 1w something correspond- ing with the general elegance of llli: i-onni. ls worthy of commenda- tory remark; and wherever an opportunity has evinced ‘Itself for the display at an excellent taste, Mr. Dodil has shown lt.

"In the Assembly Room, and Ltbri-ry, there ls also the molt per- fect harmony of design and fitting up, and we only await the moment of the completion of all the inter- nal arrangements. to tnke a more extended notice nf the new Bulld- lng, and to convey to the neigh- bouring ColonlOs, the description of a Building which to an t-onor to the Island. and which seems to command a feeling bf pride and eat- tsfactlon ln all who vllli. it.

, "During the leaf. few days. num- bers of persons, ladle! as well s! zentlemenw-we nimoot doubt which formed the majority-from dlltant parts of the country, and IQIIIIEIIII ln the Towm-tiavo paid a villi to the Colonial Bulldlnl, end nil appear delighted with whet. they have seen. We reluctantly dropwhe

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N. S. Town on Map

(Winnipeg Free Press)

Four Manitoba cities and towns will soon have showings of a new national fllm board release deal- ing with community recreation. previewed in the board's Winnipeg offices Monday.

Entitled When All the People Play, the fllm will be shown- ln Dauphin Jan. 27, Selkirk Jan. 28, Brandon Feb. 2 and Bolssevuin Feb. 3.

Subject of the 26-minute film i.- tbe town of Annapolis Royal. Navn Scatla. population ‘I82. where. un- til recently teon-agers tattered outside the pool hall and the res- taurants, the younger children playing an the main street.

‘Flu-n the town acquires a com- munity recreation programme. not supplied by some governmental authority, but developed slowly out of a recognition of need. Its cltl- zens bruy a war service building for a community centre, lay out. a tennis court, plan a swimming pool.

Prairie towns wlll he Inter- ested particularly in the way Annapolis Royal has widened its prnflummc to include sur-

. undlng villages and school districts. ' The film has technical de-

ficlencles, and many of the charac- ters (all residents of Annapolis Royal district) have poor enuncia- tlon, but it ls a stlmulatlve presen- atlon.

Made with co-aperetlan from the physical fitness section of the na- tional department of health and public welfare, the film will be iii- troctuced by Hart Devvenney, direc- tar of physical fitness for Manl- tobu at the first four Manitoba showings.

fer, but hope before mnny weeks have elapsed to give our renders at liomo- in Britain. and In tlir- neighbouring Colonies, n sketch oi‘ our Calonliil Building. arid wr- liope ere then our ‘quid nunc‘ wlll devise some fitter term by which ta designate it." o As indicator] t\1)0\'(‘, tlia huilrliiig was intended la accommodate thi- law courts as well as the Logisti- ture and public offices. The first Supreme Court session wiis npenctl

the "new Court Room" iii flu- onsterri and of the building on Jum- 29. 184T, with Clllflf Justice

Jarvis and Pulsiin Judges llavilaiirl and Burrow presiding.

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PUBLIC FORUM

This column Io open to the discussion by correspondents of questions of interest. The Guardian does nut necessar- ily endorse the aplnlun of i correspondents.

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GMOGGQGGQQQ LIGHT AND POWER

SllZ-"NOIIFP has been gncii hy lllF Public Lltilities (lommissinii for the holding of another inquiry af- fecting the blrirlfime Electric Com- pany. This time the Commission ls going to {ISCCYIZIIIT ilir- nvtuzil phy- sical value of the plant which no doubt is a Pffillfllllltll‘ ‘lop to a further adjustment of rains.

1i ls TfllhPI‘ sirnrirzc that the In- qulry should trike place iit the pre- sent tlmc, when prices and “ages are at. ilicir nil-time liiszli- n war- tinic or PfiSl-\\‘tlI‘ r-nnrlitin A fcw _vor\rs ago tho emphasis w ill for cheap light and ]\0\\'!‘l'. Millions of money was spent all over this con- tinent in obtain fhnt objective and tlir- demand for cheap light and ll0\\'(‘l‘ is still us insistent as ever. We should keep in liiir- with other ‘Provinces lri securing sumo.

Tlir- Prime lllinisicr nf Canada has given notice that Canada will 1:0 ahead with the Si. Lznvijonce

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TX. WHAT IS HAPPENING “TITLE WE DRIP}

B! E. L. B. Wllllnnuon. 31.5.3.

Up to the time of writing, no Indication has been Elven by the 3w ernment of any plan or programme designed to attack the fundamqnm problems of Canada's export trade. The embargoes and other trade n, strlctlona which were Imposed ln November 1947 were but tampon“ expedlents, no the Government stated at the time. But a succession u] palllatlves, designed only to relieve acute €|ilrTg€hCI9S, to a perllou pollcy which will only aggravate the fundamental problems. We u: reluctant to believe that the Government intends to continue in m present course.

2. It has been suggested that. the Geneva Trude Agreements m“, stltute an advantageous step in a new. fundamental policy. Even I casual examination of the Geneva Trude Agreements, however, n, veolo that they are tn no way capable of relieving our fundamental d". flcultlea. The Agreements are significant only for their effect Upon our American trade and upon our British trade; Canada's trade with “ch of the other signatories averages only 1.3% of our total oxportg. and 0.25% of our total Imports.

3. As regards our American trade, it has been stated that m. agreements reduce the American tariff wall to the lowest level gin" 1913. In that. year we bought $297,200,000} worth more of American goods than Americans bought from us: l.e., we lost aver $297 million] on our trade with the U. S. ln 1913. When final figures for 194B m released, our Ion an 1948 trade will be found to be only slightly lower than tn 1913, despite all the emburgoee and other restriction; n-hjch were Ill other. on our aide ln 1048. Had we put our chore of the Guney. Agreement! lnla effect, our loss might have been three times as gnu‘ The Geneva Trude Agreements. therefore. do nothing to correct t)" fundamental one-sldedness of Canadian-American trade.

4. But If the effect of the Geneva Agreements has been negatjv. in relation to our American trade, it has been positively destructive g our trade with the British countries of the Sterling Area. By dam-w, lng the prlnciple of lmpcrinl Preference, and undertaking progressively to eliminate the practice of it, Canada dld t\vo things: