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This of course, render-Fiche mea- a , ellnnnum il§.f..."iifli°“lllt353E212?"W? ‘tart: 22:: ""9 “Y T" “Y 5mm" "f '1 obtained from Island residents, and practically "D. C." malls that Ami!!!“-

Morning Dally (Founded In I887)

Pruident: Lleut. Col W. Chester S. MeLure ~ Vice-President: .I. B. Burnett, FJJ- Secretary: Lleut. Col D. A. MaeKlnnon. 0.8.0. Elftor and Managing Director: J. R. Burnett. Fall. Assoc-rate Ealltois: Frank Walker and Ian A. Burnett

SUBSCRIPTION BATES Iv Mail in P. l. l., $4.00 per year: $2.50 for 6 mouths ‘L25 fa-r 3 months; 50c for one month ' City Delivery: $5.00 per year; $3.00 for 8 months $1.75 for 3 months My lllail ln Canada and USA. :55.00 per year laturdoy Wei-lily: $2.00 per year; $1.00 for 6 months, 50c for 3 months.

The Charlottetown (iiiiirtlliin may he obtained It Botaling‘: Nan-n ilgr-m-y, ‘flint-ii Square. New York; Ola South Kw! Arvin-y. iw-rin-i- Milk iinii wiiaiilngtnn, Bolton; !"*\l'"l">"lIlI\ M" Ann-lira‘. Hill l'l'El 31., Dlulllrtal; .I. Fine. 351 “ll! FL. 'l‘uruiitn; M-u-n Stnntl, (‘liulruu lilurier, Ottawa; “olh-‘a xi-nii stiinti, siniiiiiry. 0m; lluh Tnlpmccq llwiv. Mollrtitlll- .\'. u, iziii-i. lhibrrlllln, Amllerlt, N. s.

_”The Strongest Memory is Weaker than the Weakest Ink."

SATURDAY. APRIL l3, 194i. Easter It is fitting that wt- should celebrate this

Eastcr lllllll\\‘l‘>ill'_\‘, as in other yrars, with joy and gladtiia-s. 'l'hc- grave crisis in litirope, the issues wltrcltwltutiq on that cricis, have meaning forluslcihvlbl IYFKTWUN‘ 01 our Christian faith in lie \'t‘~lll'l'\'t‘il<lll, \\'llll()lll which our Qxigtgncg on this ("t ..t, -ti lirit-f and cphciitcrail, would hiivc no .- tltcztttcq it would be like a tale that ' l» ‘ - > ~ r lS told, tttll ot sound and ttiry, signifying noth- ing. \\ ithour it, our religion would be a mere C0116 0f cillivsl and ethics, as philosophers have pointed out, cltitttgt‘ with the times. Nazi Ger- inittiy h:t.~. Il cit-b.- ot t-tltics, which in our eyes is diiinnzible l)L'tIl\ll>€ it e-xitlts base ideals and seeks to destroy spiritual uthtes. In that magnificent passage in .\t. Patti's letter to the Corinthians, proclaiming tbii; "now l\" (‘ltrtst risen from the dead. and heroine the fil'.~‘.-il'llllS of tlicm that slept," we liztve the enduring foundation of all our Christian crecds. It goes to the root of the issue which brought Christianity into con- flict with jmgztnisin throttgltottt the centuries. Many times the issue seemed to be in doubt_ But the (larkest hours were ztltvttys before the dawn, and so it will be for us, rind for the Christian nations notv tinder Nazi domination.

ln this city and Province of churches, and throtighout Catindtt and the lintpire, tontorro\v's anniversary should be celebrated more fervently and gladly because of the greater need, at this time, for such inspiration. \Ve have need of guns and airplanes, of war equipment of all kinds. \\'e have even greater need of the armour of the spirit.

Problematical Tobacco Tax

(hie of the many anrioinlies of Premier ("iniipliclls budget [iresentation in the Legisla- ture this year was his estimate of a $65,000 rev- enue for expanding public health services, to be derived from a ten per cent tax on tobacco and liquor. So far as liquor is concerned, the tax is of course nitly applicable to liquor sold legally through government stores, and the authority of the Government in fixing its own retail liquor price is not in question. In the case of the to- bacco tax, however, "this part." says the Act, Fshall come. into force on a day to be Appoint- ed for that [itirpose by a. Proclamation of the Lieutenant-tiuvernttn”

As pointed out by the Opposition when the legislation was in committee, the legality of the tobacco tax in New Brunswick has yet to be determined by the Stipreine Court of Canada. Presumably n0 proclamation will be issued in this Province until that itizttter has been settled. In the event of an adverse decision, our to- bacco tax would be no more legal than the New

irtinswick ittx on which it was utodelled. In any event. it itiay be itionilts before the Supreme Court of Canttrlri files judgment. So that por- tion of the lh'r-tiiicr's $435000 revenue estimate, based on tltc ns-tttitption of the legislation com-

ing into rficct itittiictli:ttcl_v, is mere wishful thinking.

,lle should. howcvcr, come out better than he anticipntcl in his iinnttcitig of Falconwood in- stitutiott bv rcrtstrtt‘ of the (lpposititin amend- ill(‘lll, rt iliit: tttztiincitaitvc costs in that (le- partnit-nt by iiimflitfi. \\liilc (iovcrutnciit inc-in-

hers deiiit-tl that there llilfl been any extravag-

fitter‘ in proxitttts year»; it was ltighlj’ significant

that thny -l‘d no: put the tttitcttdmcnt to a vote. Fish And Game Act

Fro l-i-It ttntl ltllllt‘ .\-~fJCiZlllllll is tindotibted- lv .i $poii~tttztnk otjmtitizzttioii ltaving the best

none from outsiders, for what tourist would be prepared to pay $10 for the privilege of wielding a fishing rod two or three days onl their vacation visit to the Island. Those in authority in the

‘Association, therefore, sought to have the mea-

sure withdrawn, but the Government, through ineptitude or gross carelessness, neglected to fol- low the correct procedure. The bill had to be re- ferred back to committee a third time, to be amended and re-ztincndcil. It has finally become law, but is it what the Fish atid Game Associa- tion has asked for? No one seems to know. However if the incident teaches such organiza- tions to entrust legislation in future to coni- petcitt hands, it will not have been altogether in vain.

EDITORIAL NOTES q

Tomorrow, Easter Sunday. 1k It!

1i‘ Ill Next break is the twenty-fourth of May —-0f blessed memory. m n: 1r The airt of the wind on Good Friday is sup- posed to prevail for 4o days. * ti‘ d‘ d‘ Spring millinery and clresswear have every chance of a good show after church tomorrow. s 1k u- Oiir hardworkerl legislators have returned to their homes —or have they ?—intich richer than when they came to the city three short weeks ago.

n- u n- u Admiral Lord Rodney defeated the French Fleet off the Leeward Islands, \Vest indies, this date, I783. This ivas his crowning victory and gave the coitiniand of the seas for all time, iii- elnding the present, to the British Navy.

i- v r v The teachers gained a great deal more by meeting together, renewing friendships and ex- changing experiences, than even they did from the inspiring addresses to which they listened. They were once more students on vacation, and profitably enjoying themselves.

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It was evidently President Roosevelt changed the Prime Minister's plans for visiting U. S. A.. for :\lr. King told a. Press Conference that he Will tiine his departure from Ottawa to join the President at Warm Springs “as soon as pos- sible after Mr. Roosevelt arrives there.” It was thus Mr. Roosevelt who was detained because of European developments. i- i- w- n-

\Ve were in error about the late train service from Borden resuming a month earlier than usual, viz., April 28. lt is the Car Ferry that

' makes this early start, and only those with autos

will benefit. With Ferry passengers it is going to be a case for a month of: 'l'he rich they ride in chases, The poor can walk like blazes. n- ut 4- it

Recent sales on the Havana market of a lim- ited amount of Canadian codfish for prompt de- livery were closed at $11.50 per bale for extra large and $11 for large, but no offers are being made at the present time, writes Mr. C. b. ‘Bisset, Canadian Trade Commissioner at Havana, in the current issue of the Commercial Intelligence journal. However, it would appear that Canadian exporters now expect to re-cnter, the market, as local importers have been iii- formed of a further advance of. 5o cents per

> ia time. . toe 's o ana tan cot is

package at tl t i S k fC Cl if h are said to be running low and agents state that they could place a considerable quantity 110w at higher prices than those at which the last sales

were made.

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The Quebec Government, in amending present liquor laws, plans to abolish stand-up bars in the province and t0 prevent restaurants and itight clubs from serving alcoholic beverages without a meal. However, the Premier added, the Govern- ment will allow a limited number of hotels to open public beverage rooms whore beer, wine and hard liquor may be sold without a meal. Under the new legislation the stand-up bars will cease to operate and along with the night Cl1ll)S will be considered as restaurants. The status of taverns will remain unchanged.

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The Hepburn Government evidently’ knows nothing of. and cares less for the nld time Self- Dctrving ordinance in vogue in the old cottntry which prevents a public representative receiving rentttniczttiott for himself or family from the jiowers-tliat-be. lie has just appointed l\lr. W. G. Nixon .\l. L. A. industrial commissioner for the Tcmiskaining and Northern Railway, and has introduced a special bill authorizing Mr.

3"" 1"“ "f tidbit? ""4 ‘ilmtllili 3i llfilfl- FQY Nixon to draw hi: legislative indemnity as well il'i'lll\' vtvtr- tbs) ll.l\'(' llt‘f'll the sclf-appriiiitcd a; hi; salary a; q-n|11nyig,inncr_ Ovqr and “hm/q 1m...- ' 1 oi lilr-t‘ j>.'l~lllll(‘$i enjoying the ap- that Mr. Nixon runs an instirzince business at prdval :|lIl ~l1|vjit\i'l of \llt‘k'(‘\\l\'t‘ tioverntnents. Lid-Carr], g0 he should he pretty well provided Rt-wtttitlt, tbt-ru listvittg been ltcztv_v depletion of for, 111,111],- ‘you,

both trttttt and birdc tht- .\~~0(‘i2lllOIl has given * * * *

>t'l‘1~-ll\ vou-tdt l'.l1l~|ll to zi ntczi-ttrc. not only to According to Amcriitaii law, doctors aretradcrs, slop the h». but to prtn tdv ztn increase. The)‘ i not professionals. .~'\ federal cottrt jury found the sttlnuitlwl tin‘ v\lll\'otlit* of their dirlib<-i'.'ttioiis to American hlcdical Associzttioti and the medical the tlnnpbt ll lint. vnnit ill. which in turn nu- l society of the District of Columbia guilty of anti- lllttl‘l/.l'Il litt,‘ Il-in_ ,\li-. 11.x to iiurodttcc a hill trust law violzitioit, but acquitted l3 individual (""l1"'l)l'll~' 13H‘ Vwviatti-tttl l't‘t‘flllllllt‘lltlillllilli. , ilcfcittlanls in the case. The jury had deliberated and to -<-~ it wirlv tbrtittglt the l<gui~l:itttrc.'l‘lt1{about 11 hours. The govcrntiicnt charged that bill was not \‘.<'ll drttitvtl and struck a sting at the two organizations and the individual physic- lll(‘ tttit-t-t. lbztt. lt~\\~\'v1. was atlinstcrl. Illldfiiuts eittcrcrl into a cottspirzicy in restraint of the Illt‘.t~tl‘<' writ! iiitn t-ontniittce for dc-t:iilctl,trntlc, and intcrfvrt-tl with nperrttioits of Group comidvrittittii. 'l‘lti~ prinvijvil lil'fj\‘l>ilill of llliflllfillill fkvfklilililll. a Cll-HpCTflllVQ organization bill was tho iutpo-ition of .t lib and t iiiiitc license l giving lllPtllCill service to (lovcrttiitcnt etiiplnyecs of $1 pi r lit-std for rill tho-t‘ over sixteen <';trr_v~ iti vxcltangt‘ for .1 monthly advance fee. li)(‘i(‘lll‘(‘ ing :1 uttn In‘ ii-ltiuc’ rod. vtvv and excl-pt .‘lllt>1'll('_\‘\' contt-ttvlcrl that the practice of inedi- “tinttttr. lrf tftrttt lIl'|I]I"l'i'\i‘ which did not ('.\'l'lll|ll cine i- not a “triidt.” its ilcfiui-il in 1hr- Sherman either the létlllllfls‘ of fa r m t‘ rs or their‘.-\nti-'|it'ti-t .\ci. |)t-frnt't~ \\lill('$>('.i lVsllfiPtl that lrrtl ltcip. |l.t\i:i-_' the totiri-ts and they did llul zirt iii t‘nlls|ill'i'lt‘v\t' in ilcclitiilig [o co- stittiitit-t t otttr- to t-t-ti-itlct‘ as well its rc-idcuts, operate with firoup lltutltli. Justice vlztntcs ill. the bill flvtght to iinjniw a llt'('ll\('1li’ $5 on thin-I.‘- Proctor iiistrtivtcd the jury to wt-iidi llic evi- Thv-c tttt- provf-ittit- zirottst-rl opposition front (l(‘llC(‘ ngnttist each llHliVlIlllJll st-p :ilcly. lie fqrnn-r |t];'|lil|(*t'~ of the llnllst‘, who sitbstittitrd | lnltl the jurj that ituiivitlitzil pliys inns had the for the iorttn-r :i clause (‘\'('lll])llllt{ every resi- l right to refuse constiltailioti or assistance risked (hint front the lax except tin-st‘ living in the by the physicians of (ironp llcaitlt. and also that

(‘ltv Iltltl fljfiljqyllffllUtl tmvns. They also lmostc-l the license fut‘ outsiders from $5 t0 $10.

they had the right of “legitimate criticism . . citlicr separately or by collective effort."

who wished to be remember not. a.» u. writer o1 uogeuies but as a 50b1- ier, lelt. the IIISLIUCUOD "Put. on my tomb, "HQ tougnt at, Marathon?‘ He suggests that. this simple inscrip- tion would, suitably amended to fit the circumstances, provide "an ad- nuriibie epttalxi. for the ltioi/ testing- plauc of an Italian general: "he ra-n a Marathon." - Manchester Guardian.

A naval officer with 30 years‘ service who was on leave in London recently said to a Fleet Street colleague: "I want to get back to ‘safety’ in the Medmermnean as soon as possible_ for this bombing on land gets me down. I'm amazed at. the way Londoners can take it. A Fleet itianned by such people would beat any navy in the world." —Giasgow Herald.

Fam; and fortune lf the law of supply and demand holds true. should crown tlio efforts of the grower who has succeeded in de- veloping a pure strain of genuine four-lea! clover. To be sure, 1t. is an acccmpllsliment miknown ln the tnstory of horticulture but; that. is a minor factor compared 1.0 trite large number o: people who now will be able to satisfy their long thwarted desire to pick this lucky leaf with no more trouble than searching their window boxes for it. One can easily forsee the widespread popularity of suuli propagation and hint. tit the fan- tastic possibility that, the oidlnaiy three-leaf clover will be a rare and obscure plant in me future. -—Bos- ion Post.

The Board of 'l‘rado announces that because of tltq large demands by the Services the radio ser- and valve industries have been asked to work to a long-term program which. will mean u severe limitation on the release of such components as valves for the domestic market. The ex- tent to which these components can be mode available for maintenance purposes must. depend largely on the requirements o! the Services. and time position is likely to vary from time to time. For export. special arrangements will be made to meet, so far as is possible. the demands for valves for maintenance purposes, and in part the demand for new asets. - London Times.

Shell nose caps are being mode 1:1 plastics. Great. Britain's biggest. baby industry is today devoting 75 percent. of its plant, brains and en- ergy to turning out plastics for the fighting forces. Out of a plant psw- der made from phenol and formal- dehyde giaiit. presses mould in hard- steel dies has came b. vast razmc of war mttterial-infaiitry equip- ment, small ship components, the controls and wing sections of lilie Spitfire fighters, Lightness. strength and fire resistance are qualities which make plastics particularly useful in airplane work. Despite these demands, the British plastics industry last year shipped abroad no less than 1150.000 of ‘its mould-

ing powders. — British. Industries Bulletin. Another deplorable instance

of sclenep trying to make things Lao easy for tis is the experiment,- ing being done by a Tulsa X-rav technician on poultry. He hopes to develop a. featherless species of chicken by a. combination oLX-ruy treatment. and cross breeding. That's not only a silly effort. to spare lazy people the chore of picking feathers but an outrage to the chicken. A feather-less chicken is one of the unloveliest objects in creation. When u cyclone or some skin affection deprives a. hen of lier feather covering, her embarrassment is acute, other hens make fun of lier, and a canon-ion of melancholic sets in that 1m- pnirs botli her iriorale or her post.- mortem flavor. We take other edible ttniinals as the itre-mrike no attempts to deve op hicieless cows, or pigs with extra sets of spare ribs. We sitotiltl not. inilxisel on the good nature of the hen by taking lier fctithcrs away front fir-r. She's sensitive, and sns probably sunburn; easily-Minneapolis Star- Journal.

Soil waste _

Sirpcrlntegderiit Aofcbomlnton k- Derlmentol Form, (‘r autumn

ever washing alvav and movfn parts of that: thtln earth covering alt, we m“ 5911. she has also. through the centuria and aces. gradually built no over vast; areas o. productive guy- face soil that has been RSDODSlbl-s for the subsistence 0f the human race ever since it. apnea-red on the earl-h. This mere shell of vital soil matter is indispensable w man. It is one of the five essential gifts of nature that: nourishes plant life and subverts all animal and human life. namely: Soil. water. heat. air and Slliéllflllii.

nowinz something o1 one time and the millions of plants and niin- ube forms of life that; nature has used to build even one inch of ton- soil. whv should we bv careies acts 0r tinwise methods waste. in o gen- eration or less this storehouse ofi fertility on which human life de- ‘Dends. | One of the most wasteful farm practices that Ls common through- out everv district of Prince Edward Island is that of making the row; of cultivated crops run directly un and down the slooe o1’ the fields. This method does not have anything to commend it. It. is actually the} hard wav for man and beast and, cottsed an ever-Increasing amount. of waste of the most; valu-‘ able soil Dartfcles. which contain most. of the fertility in our soils. by heipinz the rains and melting snow to carrv them away. In recent} years the increased area devoted to] such cosh crops as potatoes and tur- IIIDS, has rapidly sooedied up ,oil erosion in Prince Edward Island. Dr. H. H. Bennett. Chief. 5011 Conservation Service. Debartimerv-of, Agriculture. Washington. D.C.. in a recent article. “Thirtv Yeam of Ver-

tical Farminiz," tells something of what. has lmimened in the - took potato district; of Maine. He

refers Darticulnrlv to the 220.000 BCPQS of ideal potato soil. known as Caribou loam. Tlnrtv years ago he surveyed the area. the topsoil was‘ tlien mellow and dark in color. Lost} vem- after examining it. again, he; states: “I hadn't counted on anvi such nrodiaious change in the soi1~ as I actually fountk-ohanze caused bv erosion." He si/atks article: One thins: bloat hadn't changed was the direction DOl-ato rows. Most of thiem straight. down the hill." where co-obemtive soil. conservation was tinder way. t‘ I-Ie refers to a field that 32 years ago had a, combined soil and sub- soil depth of at. least. two feet: "In' which the average depth of the sub- l s0il—tlie original soil is all tzone—is less than l2 inches today." . . . “In other words. more than o. foot of soil and subsoil ainiotinting to 32,000- 000 Bounds lier acre. had been un- necessarily wasted in this field." After visttinir some of these fields in company witlh soil conser- vation agents of the U. S. Deoart- meiu. of Agriculture: ounvfnctnit 6V!- dcnce ivas seen to indicate that Prince Edward Island soils. with rows down the slopes are wostiintl our soil fertility more rapidly tihan has occurred in Maine. because their soils have great quantities of small hard stones and gravel that; soon line the sides and bottom of rivu- lcts and trullies as the soil washes away producing a natural protec- tlon. Vet-v few of our fields have anv hard stones or gravel so tliot rzullies out deep and wide.

let. us this year save soil waste U! mokinr: our rows of all eultlva/ied crops run across all slopes. We mtist i-entembci‘ that wherever water runs more is slope enough to cause soil erosion.

Easter Message

(Tiiriei SIN REDISCOVERED

The religions book-of-the-year was published lust wrek. and it P1195 sin right bark in the spotlight. Its author: Union Smlnaryhs D1‘. Reinhold Nirbuhr, high pdest of Proresrtntismfls: young fnt-ellcclurfls. Its title: “The Nature and Destiny of Nlan": Volume I (Scribner; $2.75). Its significance: that Amt?!’-

wiiire it ls true that nature ismJ

APRIL 12, 1941

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There are distinctive or double breasted suit

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SUITS and TOPCOATS

Our Spring Selection of SUITS and TOPCOATS is now complete.

est Spring patterns and colors, and you'll find the new topcoats are de- finately new in styling and tailor-

new single s in the lat-

8.00 to $32.00

MEN'S WEAR

SPRING HATS

HATS with smart puggriee and other style bands in new Spring colors, designed by Stetson - - — — - —$3.50._ $3.85, $4. and $5.

SHIRTS of highest grade in color- ful strlpes also plain, made by Arrow — — — — - — —$2.00 up

TIES put. the final touch to com- plete your fit — — — — — —-75c, $1.00, $1.25

GLOVESWfor Easter in peecary, hog cape, etc — — - -$1.75 to $3.75

HENDERSON & CUDMORE

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wrong. slvq evolution had helped explain away fence of evil in e. God-made world; hrmanlty seemed to btegettirig better and better; and rliirh lusness was somehow just around the corner.

But in these chaotic ‘flls Dr. Nleb. uhr Ls not. alone in doubting the goodness of man and the certainty of progress. ‘Ito him sin ls not ignor- anoe, but ride and self-rghbeous- ness. He f the good fully bin. anced by one gvil in humanity. sees