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' the Hamilton Spectator.

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SATURDAY, MARCH l6, 194G

The B. I. S.

The anniversary of Saint Patrick, which falls on Sunday this year, is a fitting occasion on which to pay tribute to an organization which has an unbroken record of charitable and ben- evolent activities in this Province for over a hundred and twenty years. l/Ve refer, of course, to the Irish Benevolent Society. It was cstab. lishcd in Charlottetown under the patronage of His Excellency Col. john Ready, an Irishman of great distinction who arrived here in the year I324 as Lieutenant Governor.

A record of the Society’s first quarterly meeting has been preserved, with the names of the first officers, who were re-elected for-the ensuing year‘. They were Francis Ixingworth, ESQ, president; J. B. Palmer, Esq., vice-presi- dent; Messrs. Cornelius Little, assistant presi- dent; Dennis Reddin, treasure-r; Charles Des- Brisay, secretary. Committee of Charity: The Rev. Mr. Fitzgerald, Messrs. Daniel Brenan, john O'Brien, Thomas Daley, john Cardiff,

Other early presidents of the Society were lklessrs. William Mitchell, James Reddin, Hon. Izdivard Palmer (later Chief Justice), Dennis Rcddin, Charles Quirk, Williamv Longworth, Hon. Edward Whelan, Hon. James Warburton. Cornelius Little, Daniel Brcnan, James Byrne, John Kelly, and W .C. DesBrisay.

From the start, the aims of the B. I. S. have been threefold: the relief of the poor of all creeds and races; the perpetuation of Irish national sentiment; and the performance of works of benevolence. The familiar emblem of harp, crown and shamrock engraved on the seal of the Society, has beoome almost synonymous to our citizens with these objectives.

For many years now the Society has spon- aored-a St. Patrick's performance in aid of its benevolent fund. This year they are presenting an Irish-American comedy, “Cinderella O’Reilly” at the Prince Edward Theatre on Monday and Tuesday next. The entertainment will be well worth the admission price, but more import- ant than that is the opportunity it affords all our citizens of expressing in a practical way their ap- preciation of what this grand old Society means to the community.

Farm Dilemma

A grave dilemma plainly faces tlic Can- ldian Government in deciding ivhetlier or not to encourage expansion of our wheat acreage. Although food reserves are down so low that farm economists say there is no mom than enough to carry live stock through to the new CIOP; although the United States is expected to urge increased acreage 0n the Dominion in view of growing alarm over a world famine-— there is still hesitation in Ottawa. For a jump in wheat acreage means a sharp curtailment in vitally-needed live stock production and a sacrifice in moisture-saving summer fallow, or in coarse grains: that is known l0 be at the fflot of Fedcral obstinacy in holding out against

‘Another griiii reminder on hand from the period after the First World War is noted by Canada's vastly s\vol- len wheat acreage brought golden profilg 1Q the west and to the entire country. That was the day of $2.00 wheat; of heavy immigration, and of a limitless agricultural vista which was no less helpful l0 oilruiianufacturing industries.

But as Europe's ivar-seared farmlands same back into productoin, the market for our ‘Wheat slowly closed on us. Econbmic "self- Iufficiency", fostered largely by the dread of beingagain dependent in- war-time on outside clources of foodstuffs~Germany was a notable ivexnmple-struck one customer after another off four list. Surpluses piled up in Canada's prairie lelcvators and prices collapsed. Even the great legulaiing hand of nature, in the terrible years

idrought in the thirties, could not raise the orld ‘price. Canada, whose exportable sur- pluse fit; virtually set prices, was not now the ‘i. hadfor solong been. ‘v _

» Northern wheat had beenover Qmbgpliei» just after the war§<in r926 ‘it "but by__i9_32 it had collapsed to 59

t that‘ meaintwto the buying power of lbs-could 1llardl'y_ be estimated. Farmers’ yhatmlithed-liurtwd-tlllsdp ‘aqdsmore. It f bed leiditd "a lesson’

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( 8 cents; Lamb per lb. 4 to 8 cents; Veal per lb. 3 to 7 cents; Ducks each, 20 to 3o cents; Fowls each r5 to 2o cents; Chickenl per paid 3o to 5o cents; Butter (fresh) b0 to a3 cents; do (tub) 16 to l9 cents; Eggs zato a4 cents; Hay per cwt. 4o i045 cents; ‘Potatoes per bushel 35 to 40 cents; Flourjper cwt. $3925 to $3.50; Oat- mul pencwt. $3.25 to $3.50; Oats per bush:

Offend an increase of I2 cents by th; manage- ment, refuse it, and strike for in increase of i8 cents an hour, the possible monetary benefits of the prospective six cent an hour higher wage begin to shrink rapidly as the strike is, prolonged.

For instance, if the workers stay out on

strike for eight weeks in order to obtgin an ad- ditional increase of six cents an hour, they will lose wages of eight weeks of4o hours at $1.12 an hour, or $358 in all. ‘

If the strike is suocessfuland the wage in-

crease of 18 cents an hour is printed (lnstcad of the I2 cents which was first offered) it will take the workers three years at six cents an hour to offset the loss of wages during the eight-iveelc strike.

If a compromise is reached and only three

cents above the original offer of $1.12 an hour is secured, it will take almost six‘ years to make up the loss.

Income taxes on these extra earnings would

tend to prolong, in practide, the time it would require to equalize the lossiof income during the strike. “Strike pay and subsequent overtime would also affect the calculations, but the fact remains that a strike is often as damaging to workers as it is to management.

Finally, “if the extra 3 cents oi‘ 6 cents

breaks the price ceiling," continues the A. F. of

A: publication, “workers may take losses they an never regain. For every family with sav- ngs or lifc insurance, each dollar will be re-

duced lo 95 cents or 92 cents in buying power."

This warning by the official organ of the

powerful American Federation of Labor deals only with the strikers’ losses. N0 one has yet figured up what the general while production of vitally important goods is held up.

taxpayer loses

e-EDITORIAL NO I i25-

The iaffiliation of the Labour Party in

Canada with the Russian Soviets was suspect- ed before last Federal election; in fact, the pol- icy pursued by the leadcrs was to encourage labour to support the re-election of the Mac- kenzie King government, as more was to be ex- pected through them than from the other two parties. them down, and Moscow has become violent at what is considered: betrayal of their cause. I I I

Now Mr. Mackenzie King has let

Telephone communication between lnndon

and Paris was inaugurated this date i89i—cori- sidored an amazing achievement in those days, but only a prelude to a London-New York tele- phone service, aid an anticipation of wireless communication; now scientists are investigating

‘thoughfl’ communication" or “second vision”,

which they believe to be the next objective, and only one step removed from the conception of actual communication with the spirits of the departed.

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Mr. S. A. Boyer, assistant to the Presi-

dent and Director of Public Relations, New York, New Haven 8r Hartford Railroad, says:

‘The New Haven has always considered news-

paper advertising by far the most direct and economical channel to the minds of its passeng- ers, its shippers and the public. Newspaper ad- vertising has made for us an indispensable con- tribution to the public understanding and good- will so essential to successful railroad operation

. a contribution that could have been made

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The Financial Post, analyzing returns of 24 arge corporations, shows that, in I945, Doinin- on taxes took 61.7% of net, against 57.5% in

i944; 47.0% in i943. Dividends took 24.6% of net, against 28.2% in 1944; There is mighty little ‘use talking of business ex- pansion in a. country in which this trend against business expansion still continues. Mr. justice Tliorson has contributed something very real-

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stic, in his decision that the law forbids the use

of the present tax accrual system, used by so many businesses in computing Income Tax. As the jurist observes, this is the best way of com- puting business Income Tax. All that he says is that the present law does not permit it to be used, and he urges that the law ‘be altered. No better evidence can be produced of the present unsat- isfactory tax system in Canada, where, for tlic second time in two weeks, a court has con- demned the methods used by the Branch of the Department of. National Rev- enue. ment should not at once lay a heavy hand on the dictatorial bureaucracy of the Taxation Branch, and proceed to clear up the whole lax system.

Taxation

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The following from The ‘Examiner of Nov.

23, i88i,—sent us by a reader-shows the dis- tance of the road we have travelled to bciicfit farmers now compared with then: ket today was small and brisk. Prices as fol-

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ows: Beef (small) per lb. 5 toll cents; do, quarter) 3 1-2 to 7 cents; Mutton per lb. 4 to

ls 36 to 38 cents: Geese each, 403s 6o cents: Sheepskins, 70 to 85 ‘cents; Pork per‘ carcass,

6 m to 8 cents; do, small, 8 to 1_l cents: Tur.-,,

keys each, 5o to 9o cents; ‘Ifurnips, r8 to 19

cents per bushel." Would we like to-return to

those days? Yet the population was 40,000 was", than now. and a ‘ redfllnppy mil missile; In, on in... h; Exlwninlr .i "Wej gnu; la ' . ~ , ,_ imeh‘ ' o wa-mé lwilh l.’ filfwklf- Ami‘. to‘

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Ministers are a Church official to ' ' urgently." Come to, '9! l: quite a while sln heard brlmstone m cud-hi pulpit. —Wlndaor ~ '

If we wilt to keep ' .511!“ tlve advantages fn vorwlfflij

reduction, and at tlleiianjgi o let other countries keeping! we must have expand inter“. tlonal trade, with lmpcm u; wail as exports increased

Secretary Clinton PN iure

Artillery radar la now "up"; that its error la less than the-bah lletic error of the guns, my] "m. d:..-, a Report on Science at War." This means that if the target in not lilt “blind" with the first shot. it ls the gun itself or itachnrge which ‘is not quite accurate, not ths a m. i

Iaustalklng by parents and more strapping would solve the -problen1 of uvenlle delinquency, says a Salvation Army officer. In other words, more rdlscipllne and less cuddling. That's an old-fashioned remedy but it used to work Pretty well-Ottawa Journal.

Now somebody has invented l special kind of typewriter that can take 20 carbon copies with izrnnt ease. What's the use of that now? The war is over and bureaucintlc demands for copies of everyrh ng in octupllcate, or whatever the term is, are likely to lessen. The invention was brought out ab: years too late. -Brantford Ex- positor. . Justice Chavrier, presiding over a case in which it was clear that a motorist was blinded by approach- ing lights and crashed into o road transport, made the statement that a motorist who refuse: to dlm his headlights ls a criminal. In that event there are n lot of criminals using the highways. — Chatham News.

It will be many years before Ca- nadians again look on bulging gran- arles as a symptom of distress. It seems almost incredible that, n comparatively short time ago, we were viewing our huge carry-over cf wheat as a crushing burden on our national economy. Today, we are faced with the threat of actual bread shortages, unless we are con- tent to remain deaf to the plea of Britain. a country on-the verge of starvation. -Wlndsor Star.

Mr. T. Atholl Robertson ha: re- celved from Mrs. Roosevelt a let- ter of thanks and appreciation for the tribute paid to her husband in the 194d issue of the Scots Year Book. Her letter also contains greetings to London Scots. As Mr. Robertson states ln the Year Book, the late President Roosevelt was very proud of his Scottish ances- tral strain. As o small boy he wore the kllt of Murray tartan. His mother was connected with the Murrays. - Edinburgh Scotsman.

A cross between a-ohlcken and a turkey has been produced at Glenfleld Veterinary Science search Station in New ‘South Wales. They call the birds ‘churk- eys." The birds look like large but walk like turkeys. Some are cream, others black- and-cream. The head of the re- search station says that roduc- tion is still in the exper mental stages. -From Australian Newslet- ter.

Buried deep in news from Vltl- can City is a para ph that has brightened our who e day. It con- cerns the presentation of the Pope's old red hat to the new Cor- dinal Spellmun. The Master of- Robes held out the hat on n sil- ver trny. “What shall I do now?" asked the august relate. "Just take it?" Even card rials, rlnces of the church, after years o familiar- ity with punctlllo nnd protocol, can be faced with situations for which they have no precedent. When they are, they can be bl:- enough to ask frankly: "What do I do next?’ That is going to be n big help the next time we zet caught with a patent salt shaker we don't know how to work gary Albertsn.

Ono of the ways In which local residents cheered each other ln years past during these winter stretches when the temperature dropped to twenty and thirty below was to remark. "Oh, well, it's healthy weather any way." This winter has knocked that theory into a crumpled derby. As the Wawanesa Optimist points out, this winter ls well on its we to set- ting some sort of a recor f r cold and at the same time citizens are having anything but fun with colds in the head and flu. We are all going to need a good shot. of sulphur and molasses this spring --lf we can get the molasses. — Winnipeg Tribune.

scene of a showing of Spring hots. The prize was n sprightly model in dove urple with gay flower: spring ng from its roof. It. attract- ed e large and admiring audience, the majority of whom were wom- en and who slmpered and embed their approval of an object so dr- llghtful nnd crazy. Its lure success was guaranteed. in qléll‘ eye! by the traditional verdlc of the male who did not approve and this sure- ly is the end which most deslBn-

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Sing-Tho attention of potato shipper: [is directed to the foi- lowln wire received by the Dep- uty nlater of Agriculture from Wartime ‘Food Corporation Ltd; "Prepared to cue present‘ re- rtrlctions on movement table stock

otatoel out of Mar mes. moot- ve immediately wll allow each ship er do ship one car outside

Mnrtlfnes for each car like lty table stock shipped to’ time points. Shippers must apply direct. to us as previously. Ind from now on give car number and date expected shipment. In ad- dition they should advise ua car numbers covering all lntra Marl- time shipments. Would appreci- ate your advising shippers in Prince Edward Island." I am, Sir, etc., W. B. SHAW, Deputy Minister of Agriculture. CIVIC AFFAIRS

, - Considerable controversy has taken place over the question of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police being given the contract of keeping law and order within our City. The City Council has evi- dently been d cussing this in cau- cus but. were very reluctant in making anything public and no doubt lining u against such n move, as ls ev danced by the out» come of one of their recent. meet- in , when the Mayor and Coim- _ ell or Lowther (one of the new slate) voiced their opinions on this move. I! the new councillors elected are not going to lve us the action we expected of em. why could the situation not. be handled in he following manner. and give the citizens u! Charlottetown, (the ones who have the right to choose) their soy in the matter. viz: It is known that there will be an election shortly for a Water to fill the vacancy

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tlon appear on th the citizens vote on whether they wish this change or not Also have it. appear on the bal- iot whether they wish B. City Manager appointed or not. Both of these questions could be set.- tled in this manner. to the satis- faction of all cone and we would gel. whatever the citizens decide on. Evidently, as n the pest. the Councillors are afraid of offending some of their friends (and other- wise) and do not, wish to one side or the other. words, they want to be g lows all round. .

A great number of Canadian cities are asking for this change.

action

Only recently, I think was Ohnthemh uteri that the R.O.M.P. take over the policing of the

city. It's time for n change l

e city t. qf town, n all departments, know of no better way of bringing this about. or settling it to the lafllcion of all concerned. I am, sir. etc.

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era seek. A hat, which a mnn likes, must inevitably be s failure. I'll"! the peacock and his feathers,

the woman and her- hat. Bo represent -the "splatter-dash school of art." which as President Tru- man raid leaves much to be desir- ed. And that after all la the in- tention. —Wlnnlpeg Freq Press.

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iar of The W, Party la assured a minimum t . years and a probable five veers to. carry through its program. lord

Beaverbrook. belaborullz the Con-