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JANUARY 22. 104-,

TIIE DIIARLIITTETOWII GUARDIAN

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Department. Ottawa. nealdesst, Ian A. Burnett; Vlce-Yrealdesrt. Was. I.-

Burnett; Seen-Tread. G. ill. Burnett; ‘Editor and M. ‘ l“ ‘ J. B. " “; ‘ ‘ Editor. Frlssk Walker.

“The Strongest Memorll i! 2'99"" TM" the Weakest Ink.

wermesrmv, JANUARY er, 1941

Preferred Niispltals

lt is encouraging to note, from a statement released for publication today by the Ameflfll" College of Surgeons, that our prlflfllwl 1W5‘ pitals in this Province have once again been placed on the list of approved hospitals. These‘ institutions comprise the Charlottetown Has- pital, Prince Edward Island Hospital, Provin- cial Sanatarium and Prince County Hospital. The listing indicates hospitals of 25 beds and over which have complied satisfactorily with the fundamental requirements that assure the best care of the sick and injured. The Amercan Col- iege of Surgeons, representing some 14,500 Iced- ing surgeons in the United States, Canada and other countries, carries on extensive work each year including this annual survey of hospit ', which was concluded for 1946 in December.

It is significant that_for the _first time since hospital standardization was inaugurated in I918, the list contains a somewhat lower num- ber of approved hospitals that were shown at the end of the previous year—3,118 compared with 3,181. Up to this time a gradual upward trend has been registered each year. Two ex- planations far the decline are offered. One is that during the war it was nceessary, because of emergency shortages of personnel ‘and sup- plies, to make certain compromises in some cases, and that now the College is again tight- ening up on the requirements for approval. The other explanation is that a few hospitals which may have made extraordinary efforts to render high quality service during the war emergency, have, like a great many other groups and rn- dividuals, experienced a sort of post-war let- down or lethargy from which they and all of us need to be aroused. That this has not hap- pened with our Island institutions ls something to be proud of. r

The community which is served by a has- pital shares the onus when what should be an upward curve of progress in hospital care levels off or begins to turn downward. Consequently it is to the public that the American College of Surgeons directs this year two appeals in par- ticular, concerned with deficiencies that are'es- pecially interfering with good hospital _services and to correct which the public can_grve sub- stantial help. These deficiencies are inadequate nursing staffs, and untrained administrators. The shortage of nurses is acute. Results of a recent survey indicate that only 55 to per cent of the required number of nurses ‘l! ob- tainable. It is doubtful that the deficit can or will be made up through the regular courses of nurses’ training leading to qualification for Registered Nurse.

The iiiiriis Oaiicorl

The Burns anniversary concert has been a tradition in Prince Edward Island for many years. Once again this fine old-time entertain- ment is being offered, with local talent under the direction of Mr. Arthur Vesey and with the‘ Y. M. C. A. Choral Club, the Bonshaw Quortette, the York Players and other special features, making a varied and interesting pro- gramme. '

The concert is being sponsored by the Charlottetown Y-Grads and is being held on Thursday and Friday evenings of this week in the Prince of Wales hall. It is advisable to ob- tain one's tickets in advance, as there is bound to be a largo attendance at both perform- ances.

Farm Prices

Prices received by Canadian farmers for agricultural products at November 15 last aver- aged higher than at the corresponding date in 1945, the Dominion Bureau of Statistics report, but there was considerable variation among the different provinces. The bureau said that the index number of prices received for all pro- ducts — on ‘the basis of 1935-39 equals 100- was 182.9, an increase of 6.1 points over Nov- ember, 1945, and a rise of three-tenths of a paint over October, i946. Tho index number for Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotla, New Brunswick and British Columbia were lower than In November, 1945, and the bureau said this was due principally ta "marked declines in prices received for potatoes, fruits and vege- tabIes." The index numbers for Quebec, Ont- ario and the three Prairie Provinces registered substantial increases with higher prices for live- stock and dairy products being chiefly re- sponsible. "Grain prices are holding, generally at levels similar to those prevailing in 1945", the bureau reported, "with fairly minor price de- creases in the prairie provinces due chiefly to the lower quality of the 1946 western crop, be- ing Iargely offset by somewhat higher grain prices in Ontario, Quebec and British Columbia."

Belated Notice

The Speaker of the House of Commons received formal notice on Tuesday, January l4, of the Halifax vacancy created last November by the dsatlr of the Iato Liberal member, W. C. Macdonald. Halifax now being officially vac- snt with respect to one-half lts representation, the r ls allowed Q mouths within which

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obviously it would have taken even longer than that, had it not been for the fact that two New Brunswick Progressive Conservative members, Colonel Al. J. Brooks and D. K. Hazen, pre ared the necessary notice and had it deliver to 5, _' Fauteux this week. Mr. Speaker was _more promptly informed of the death of the late P. J. A. Cardin, and the writ for the Rich- elieu-Verclieres by-:lection was izsried with al- most unseemingly dispatch, polling being held in that Liberal stronghold within 10 weeks of Mr. Cardin's death. Manifestly the Speaker finds out about vacancies in safe Liberal rid- ings much more quickly than about those that look like tough fighting ground. But Mr. l(ing's Government should not be singled out for spe- cial criticism for that kind of hocus-pacus. In postponing doubtful by-elections as long as pos- sible it is simply following a device all mori- bund Governments have practised in years gone by].

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Our neighbour to the south, judging by the Icebreaker they have sent to the North Pole, are more concerned about the few, if any, natives there than is the Mackenzie King Government about theaindustriaus inhabitants of this Island.

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"Teaching the young idea" how to take care of others is the worthwhile object of the R. C. M. P. in organizing a voluntary junior pol- ice force to look after traffic in the vicinity of schools, as explained by Staff Sergt. Helloffs at this week's Gyro meeting. Here is hoping every success ta it. ,

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Frances Bacon (Lord Verulaus and Vis- count St. Albans) born this date 1561. Accord- ing to Spedding, his biographer, Bacon was both wise and good, the victim of his own heed- lessness under intense preoccupation. It is hardly disputable that as a statesman he was extremely sagacious, and as a judge the most assiduous and faithful of liis age, as a phil- osopher among the wisest of men: "There is no power on earth which settefh up a throne, or a chair of state, in the spirits and the souls of men, and in their cogitations, imaginations, opinions, and beliefs, but knowledge and learn- rng." .

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Mrs. Franklin Roosevelt has been deprived of her license to drive a car because of losing control at Yonkers and causing a collision in which, however, no one was seriously injured. She writes: "I am a little sad about this, since it takes away one of the things that I enjoy, but I recognize fully the justice of punish- ment for endangering other people. And while I hope that some day the license may be re- stored to me," Mrs. Roosevelt wrote, "l shall certainly not ask for any special consideration. I can only be deeply grateful that no one was permanently injured in the accident. . Since the accident I have done no long distance driv- ing, not even from Hyde Pork to New York City."

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The changes socialism brings about! A famous English home, Himley Hall, residence for centuries of the Earls of Dudley, has been bought by the National Coal Board arid will fly the board's emblem, a blue flag with a white superscription. The residence, with its ballroom, swimming pool and 200 acres of park- land, were bought for the board as a staff resi- dence. Now, where statesmen and aristocrats reigned supreme for hundreds of years, bureau- crats, and cool bureaucrats at that will hold undisputed sway. All industry practically will be in their hands, leaving international diplo- matic affairs of State,‘ to‘ other bureaucrats.

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The New South Wales Government is mak- ing a great‘effort to check juvenile delinquency. One of the latest moves has just been made with the opening of 57 centers, designed to keep more than 20,000 children off the street. More than 400 supervisors have been trained to teach the children, arts, crafts and sports. Twenty-three of the new centres are in the con- gested areas of Sydney, and the remainder in the country. When the centers opened, super- visors had to make their way through crowds of children, who had been waiting since dawn for the opening. ' - \

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It was bound ta come. The Government at Ottawa belatedly announced that "People born in Canada or British subjects resident here auto- matically are citizens under the new act. If they desire proof of this fact, they may have it upon filling out an application form available in all county court clerks’ offices and mailing it --wifh a dollar—ta the Citizenship Registration Branch, Secretary of State Department, Ottawa. Veterans are entitled to the certificate free." Then why all the hubub and $5 demand in the first instance?

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Canada's population is on the upswing, though not in this Province as yet. Births for I945 were 4,230 above the previous year,‘ and marriages were up 6,539. And during 1945 there were 2,910 fewer deaths. Live births in Canada during i945 totalled 288,450, compared with 284,220 _the previous year. Lower birth rates were registered in Prince Edward island, Nova Scatia, and British Columbia, while On- tario was unchanged. lncreases were recorded in the remaining provinces. Provincial rates for 1945 follow, with I944 figures bracketed: Prince Edward Island, 24.5 (25.1); Nova Scatia, 25.0 -(25.5); New Brunswick, 29.2_ (29.1); Quebec, 29.3 (29.2); Ontario, 19.7 (19.7); Manitoba, 22.1 (21.9); Saskatchewan, 22.4 (21.4); Alberta, 24.0 (23.7); British Columbia, 19.9, (20.4). Deaths from all causes ‘and at all ages dropped fr'oni 116,052 in 1944 to 113,142 in 1945. ‘Rates were ‘Iawor in I945 than in the preceding year in all provinces iiicept Saskatchewan and Alberta. In tho last year for which complete figures ard available, I944, statistics showed 1l,95l,M0 per- sons in Canada, exclusive of Yukon and the

Northwest ‘territories. Of these GJIMID were riion and 5,040,000 women.

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| A l-‘ort William snln reads with- out (loses at the age of 1M. Whnt a tribute to the perfection of the human organism, when one reallm |es that his eyes first Icezirn to work ill 1844 and have been ‘F. crktng every day since, about 37,600 days. —Fort William Times-Journal. g

The Brendon Sim report; that n. Western minister- ask; “How cgn p, man be so deceitful as lo mislead his wife?" We'll admit it's dlm- ""11 b"! Klven a Poker face to start iwlth and years of practice, it can be clone-for a short time at least. —Kinsstan Wilg-Stsndard.

To use a medical term the “mort- alliy" in the nursing profession ls $h°¢l<in81y 111811. In other words nurses do not stay nurses very long after thei- graduation. They get mes-rind or graduate to higher paid jobs in allied professions. One hos- pital authority estimates the “llfe" of a trained nurse is about-three years; after that she has most likely left for more attractive fields. - Viuioouver Province.

A 22-year-old Sydney girl rrhnae parents forbade Iler to weer silk unclerclothes bought; a parachutg u; mnke underwear from it in secret. She paid nine pounds for the para- chute at a Disposals Commission auction. The gl'rl said her arents would confiscate the plmw me if they knew she had it. "I will “n- pick the sections and do the work in a. friend's house. I determined tour yelre ago to have silk under- wear at the earliest opportunity. Minn end Dad are very religious. They think pretty underwear is sinful. I was brought up very strict- ly, and I am still deeply religious. bu! I think It ls P05811119 to have pretty underwear without being sinful." -Austra.llan News Letter.

Last; July Mr. Straohey did‘: very Imwbular thing when lie started bread rationing. Bur he took the step beeaiuse he refused to lake rlslq on the supply of wheat from Am- erica. Promise of good crops was not sufficient; he had to be cer- tain that the grain would be de- livered. Events have pmved him lo be right. It would have been a 88011119 ‘Vhlflh r-‘Ould never have been justified. It all goes well there filwllld new‘ be no need to make the threatened cut in the bread ration. The world food position is far better than it was. Nevertheless we must be prepared for economic troubles of the first. order. _ _ .'I‘he Minister of Food says that he eeee n “gleam of light" ahead but the gleam will fade unless resolute action Ls taken. —-N€‘7V5 of the World (London).

The fact that appointment; la the Garter ere henceforth to be made on the initiative of the King. as with the Order of Merit, will presumably save Prime Ministers from some of the emberrassments of the past, as for instance in the case of the hungry Girerivilles in the middle of the 18th century. 10rd Temple having obtained an earldom, his next object (wrote Rosebery) was the Garter: George ll detest- od him and refused lllc request with asperiiyi, so Pitt had to be brought in, He demanded the Garter for Temple as n reward for his own services. but still the ling refused. Then the last restrves were brought into play. Temple resigned the Privy Seal on the ground that the Garter wk; denied. , The King had to yield but could not repress his anger. He threw the ribbon to Temple as a bone is thrown 1o a. dos. "What does 11c Want now"? Mclboure demanded in ihc case of another importunnle peer, “a Gar- ter for his other leg?" -Msnchester Guardian. '

When the mercury holes up in the porch iheimomctrr, when the wind seems determined l0 remove 111a Ollc loose brick in the chimney 10D and lhe snow is both deep and drifting. then the buckwheat cake in 1119 farm kitchen is at its brown and SCfISOIIH-lili‘ best. enthuses The New York l-lcraid Trilzuiic. There ere fv-v lhinss equal lo the buck- wheat. cuke- when properly organ- ized and mu1lip1lcd~ to bulwark mun against a zero morning and a spell with the snowpiow. Wlierc the buckwheat cake is indigenous and has literally sprung from theethin soil of the farm's poorest uwo-ucrc loi, the buckwheat cake ls quite Cflllaiblc of standing alone at break- fast. with little nrore added than n third cup of coffee and n refill- ed syrup not. This delightful suffic- lcncy of the farm budrwheat cake is the result of the unlimited my it can be supplied from a two-handed sizzling iron griddle and a i-ouple of hundredwcighr of buckwheat flour ground at the local mill. Butter lav- ishly layered between the hot cakes offers no problem while Guernseye live and although last springs aug- arlng was not of the best. there are always enough gallon cans of syrup to last until the end of Fab- ruary. -

To “get one's nsine In the Social Register" has long been the great urrbltlon of every ICCIRI climber in the United States. The selection a! names fcrr the Register was eup- bvted to be in the hands of an "advisory committee". Now Collier’: Mfllflllfle reveals that there isn't any advisory committee at all. The selections are mlde by the man- ager of the book. Miss Bertha list- mond. She is the daughter of a rall- svsy conductor. end started life ls e itenoirrnahér. but she seems to have no hesitation in dropping, blue- bloods from the list whenever the! fell to meet. with hes- ems-oval. Money has more to an with till matter thln the Register would pio- bobly like to admit. Titers ls a horrlblestory that ls aiioo decided to lrflvlrv a list of Minneapolis "society" and selected a thousand wrll-to-do fsnslllrs. A notflieattesr aethlsliooarwessarittooeohato- gothoewltlt a bill fat Infill) llO £15 cheque; oinoe than no lists

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FARMERS’ INCOME TAX

Sir: I offer my opinion concern- ing farmers‘ income tax, I consider that there should be no income tax imposed on what the farmer pru- ducea on his farm but If he has any other source of income I don't stand to defend that. I think l1 is u queer policy for the Government. to aPDeal to the farmers 1o increase production to feed a hungry world and then have such a dlmper‘ as an income tax on any surplus iliu: the farmer through extra effort may have produced. giving him reason to exciaim “I'm not going to strive to increase production and have to pay it out in income tax." Hence the deadlock. It has e tendency to stall production; it takes away the incentive for ambitious rnen ta speculate end invest in ventures for productions. You don't know how many of these deserted farms might be picked up by enterprising men and manned by the unem- ployed and become an asset. If the farmers are to be encouraged to expand it will have to be by lhe removal of the income tax from their" annual farm production.

If the incomes of all the farmers an this Island were correctly fig- ured out there would be e very smell percentage of them having p texablg income. Farmers are riot generally bookkeeper; and many of them when they get to the end of the your. and these papers are thrust before them to b; filled out, do not know where they are. They can remember a good deal of what they sold off of the farm because it was sold mostly in quisntitlu-s, bu; they have a very pom- account of what. they bought because it was bought in items mixed up with their living expenses and every- thing elie, and they don't know where they are. They don't know where to get their deductions and they are tortured to doatli with these things. It is being discovered that; through world conditions of high coat of labour and other es- sentials required in production, farmers in some cases are produc- ing under cost of production, which leads formers to feel that they might as well go easy es exert themselves to produce more and have to pay income tax on it. Farm- ers‘ income tax may acid p, little to the revenue but it is a barrier to’ increased production and the prosperity of the farmer.

I would invite any who would feel concerned in this matte:- to

ommen-l on it and either approve or condemn my theory.

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COMMON SENSE

Old Oaiintry Letter

By John Dauphlrsee

(By John Dauphince, Canadian Press Staff Writer, London)

Stald Russell Square ls a muddy mess, the old houses need paint and repairs, commercialism has come in, and most of the famous "intell- ectuals" have left Bloomsbury.

This is the dist/riot north of Ox- ford Street and east of Totteriham Court Road where, in the 1920s. Virginia Woolf used to entertain such famous thinker; as Bertrand Russell and Maynard Keynes; where Jacob Epstein lised to have his studio; where long-sciurved students dressed in contrived slovenllnese used to argue in the cafes.

Now. they say. there's scarcely an intellectual left in the "Oxford of London" though there still are struggling young writers and artists in the narrow alleys and‘ dozens of learned 506161133 have their offices around London University and the British Museum.

The elegance of Bloomsbury has gone.

London University has grown; but the students have quit the Bloomsbury lodgings for the sub- urbs. The boarding hausCs- what few are lcft- cater to transients instead.

The only hope for old Blooms- bury is lonrloii County Council's poet-war replanrilng scheme. That. would stop commercial penetration of the arm and the houses left in its squares and terraces "NClllCl re- vert to domestic use as student hostels. No one knows yl‘! Wllelhtl’ the plan will go ahead.

Bedford Squarc- oldest architect- urally of all the Bloomsbury squirm —esco.ped wur damage and likely will be dccfared a "national monu- meni" so its rows of fine borne: can be preserved.

Red Lion Square already ls in the htmde of Holbom B ‘ Council. The bencherg of Gray's Inn have opened Gray's Inn Square to the public for part of each day and the borough Ia making lt-into p, children's playground. Regent Square and Meclrlenburgh Square suffered the worst wsr damage and