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THE GUARDIAN

lensing Daily (Founded in ill!) Lathes-lied rse tieconrivlrsae Neil, Poss Olflae Do t, Ottawa.

The lsinud Guardian Publishing Co. Iditor and Alnunglng Director, J. ti. Burnett;

Associate Editor. Frank Walker

' (‘The Strongest Memory is Weaker Than " the Weakest lnkfj -

t CHABLOTTETOWN, TUESDAY. JUNE 1. 1808

Losing Empire Markets

The perplexing problems of Canada's for- eign trade resulting from our need for United States dollars and the diverting of exports to hard-currency countries is emphasized in a brief sent by the Canadian Exporters‘ Association to the Minister of Trade and Commerce. ln ef- fect the brief asserts that Canada is in the pro- cess of losing old and well-established trade con- sections with many parts of the British Empire Ind other soft-currency areas.

The Association says there has been a very serious drop in sales to such countries this year; in many cases to zero. lt lists many instances of this trend, and the frequency with which the British West Indies is named in the list indicates the extent’ of our former trade with the islands and how hard pressed they are today for trading dollars. Trade with Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Ceylon, Cyprus, lnd-ia, Singapore, Hang Kong and many other lands has also been lost.

The Association declares that Canadian firms in the past have spent effort and a great deal of money_to develop markets and establish their products in these countries but now find this country the sole member cf the British Common- wealth unable to trade more or less freely in European markets. They say this policy already has resulted in loss of employment for Canadians.

While admitting _that the need by Canada for U. S. dollars is obvious, the Exporters’ As- sociation argues this should not obscure the nor- mal pattern cf Canadian export trade and the possible needs of the future. lt might have been added that U. S. markets have been notably pre- carious in the past and that all too often our goods have been received there only on suffer- ance during periods of scarcity and that there has been little stability to this market.

The Association suggests that Canadian ex- porters w~ho have established connections in the sterling area should be given the opportunity of keeping their products before the public in those areas by some such token import plan as the United Kingdom has accepted. At the very lea_st this would appear a wise move. Exports are vital to Canadian economy and there is no know- ing when these scattered Empire markets will be needed again.

The Prices committee

On Parliament Hill they are wondering about the future of the Prices Committee. "Idle wonder," says the Ottawa Journal. "The Prices Committee has no future: the only thing to do about it is to give it decent burial. An exer- cise in futility from the outset, it had about as much effect on the cost of living as UN. has Given no power beyond talk, unable to employ sanctions, and shorn of even- the right to make a recommendation, it became what it couldn't avoid becoming—-a babel of voices. The reason for high prices? Graham Towers, Donald Gordon, Kenneth Taylor, or even the Minister of Agriculture, Mr. James Gardiner, could have given the answer the first day the committee met. Told it that high prices were due to—l. Scarcity of certain goods; 2. Higher prices for exports, such for example as the food- stuffs we supply to Britain; 3. Higher costs of im- ports, both from the United States and Britain; 4. The Government's own taxes, such as its new excise taxes, and not forgetting the eight per cent sales tax; 5. The fact that production costs, including labor, are higher down the line. ,

"No mystery about such things; they were, there for all to see; and the spectacle of a com- mittee of Parliament seeminglyunaware of them,

' the while discovering with professed amazement

that in this country people are in business to make a profit, was ludicrous, to say the least. "If the committee had discovered any profit- eers, which it didn't, there was nothing it could do about them, anyway; it lacked the power. Profiteers were—and are-o iob for other Gov-

, ornment agencis, such as the War Prices Board,

still a going business. In the circumstances the thing to do about the Commons Prices Commit- tee is to buy a shroud for it. Preferably a rea- sonobb priced one."

iiugo iiesourcos

Mr. Donald Gordon, deputy governor of the Bank of Canada, hos been to Cleveland, Ohio, to tell the influential advertising sales clubs of the United States and Canada "in joint conven- tion about the importance of Canada in the ioint oconomyof North America. Mr. Gordon's facts and figures will come as a surprise to many Can- adians who underestimate the achievements of their country.

For example, Mr. Gordon reckons Canada's leans and gifts to foreign notions at SL9 bil- lions "which would be comparable, in terms of national resources, to aid of $34 billions by the United States. - - Canada, says Mr. Gordon, has the largest hydro electric power production per capita in twewerid. On a per capita basis Canadian hydro

.. ‘dpvqlaprnent is five times that of the United Ito

tie-sand so are the power resources still left bghgypossod hero. The Shipshaw develop- ’ thp world's largest producer

y ll ilidged by geolo- ' “ r , n em- l all no. all the world's

ore comparable in extent to the United" State Mesobi range. Canada's newsprint production rs four times that of the United States; the second producer. ln relation to national incomecap- ital investment in Canadian industry is running over a third higher than similar investment in ‘the United States.

- EDITORIAL‘ NOTES -

Concer drive opens today. ' ‘k i i i , June-month of weddings and elections. O I e i

lThe Stove and Furnace Manufacturers’ Con- vention" openrtomorrow. Ahearty welcome is extended to the delegates’. A i

The winter of unusually heavy snow fall is providing the disastrous Western floods, the Spring sunshine melting the mountain snow piles causing the rivers to overflow their banks.

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The Progressive Conservatives have started a new organization, the Maritime Association, which was successfully inaugurated at a meet- ing on Saturday at Mancton, at which this Prov- ince was well represented.

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Intrepid Englishmen are reported to at- tacking the high cost ofsmcking by growing their own tobacco. .An early attempt in this dir- ection_is entertainingly recorded in Sir James Borrid’: My Lady Nicotine.

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It ls regrettable, but true, that Nova Sco- tians by the thousands are being recruited for industries in Ontario, instead of industries being recruited for their employment at home. The Maritimes provide the brawn, muscle and brain to enable Ontario to flourish and expand.

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lrgun Zvai Leumi, the Jewish underground movement, seems to have a talent for antagon- izing friends. lts latest proposal to .call on Russia for aid will‘ cause a very definite cooling in the American attitude to the Jewish state. i I k

Although a "floor" price for butter may not be altogether pleasing to the consumer, it is just and necessary so long as the farmer's in- come is restricted by price ceilings in times of scarcity. ‘ a

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Lowering educational requirements for the armed services and now the provision of the opportunity for general education after enlist- ment are excellent in themselves but indicate that general standards of education in this country are not so high as was assumed.

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Two more passenger liners, the 20,000-ton Samaria and Scythia, are expected back in St. Lawrence River service later in the season. Be- cause of their size and deep draft, it will be im- possible to take them to Montreal but they will go up the river as far as-Quebec in summer and use Halifax as their terminus in winter.

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Mrs. Pearl Fulmer, of Indiana, Pa., mother of four children, has just begun serving a ane- year iail sentence for assaulting a school teacher who had disciplined her 10-year-old daughter. Judge E. E. Creps ruled the Pennsylvania schoo code gives the teacher the same rights of dis- cipline during the school hours that the parent has at home.

I O Q I

British farmers have hit the first target in their five-year plan to guarantee _more home- grown wheat and potatoes in i948. The ministry ofagriculture says reports from England and Wales show that 2,340,250 acres of wheat have been sown, an increase of 265,000 over last year. More than 73,000 additional acres have been found for potatoes, bringing the total to 1,014,- 840.

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A Reuters’ bulletin from Johannesburg states that a senior Post Office official there de- nied a recent Canadian claim that Canada is the first country to inaugurate a coun- try-wide airmail service at ordinary postal rates. He said South Africa operated such a service mpny years before the war. The service was carried on between the principal centres at the some postage rates as charged for surface mail. lt was suspended when South Africa ent- ered the war but was reinstituted l8 months ago.

Charles James Lever, Irish novelist and phy- sician, died this date, i872. His novels include Charles O’Malley, and Harry Lcrrequer. He had u European reputation for generosity, extrava- gance, and eccentricity. His novels are full of excellent fun, although unfortunately they give a wrong impression of Irish chara ter and society:

"For ‘tis the capital o‘ the fines nation,

Wi'd charming pisintry upon a fruitful sod, Fightin’ like divils for conciliation, -

An‘ hatin’ each other for the love of God."

The changes in the bound edition of flun- sard decided upon by the Commons committee on debates -.are not as far reaching as at first appeared. The committee at its first meeting in

the daily edition with corrections but without change in form. The result will lie larger vel- umes than formerly with much waste space be- tween each day's reports The saving in re-ln- dexing and repaging should be well wortlfthe additional paper and bulk. I Q I O

Canada has spent $38,5lS,68l in United States funds sings the start of i946 to buy goods and property owned in Canada by the United States Government. A tabled return said most of the purchasing was done by the lleconstrug- l-ion. Depertmentwhioh spent $25,000,000. The R. C. ‘A. F. bought $3,265.60 worth of aircraft, engines and spore parts. The

villain.

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l2 years has "merely decided to use the plates forl

three service's; v ‘all connection with '

A beauty item suggests using the‘ hair bureh often to "train the hair properly. This also applies to the heir. -- London Free Press.

loving otloed in the Evening Citizen that u Tororito men has e cut which will bejtl years old this summer, I can go one better. I have st. present l. cot. which will be H years aid in June. It. is e really smart out sbill and can catch» birds a mice‘ without any trouble. Recen iy ti; caught e fair- stzed rut. in the back sheds. —i..et- ter from Eugene Giroux 1n the 0t- tews Citizen. ' -

Not. ell science these ominous

days is being devoted to giving the world back m the ropes. While his- tory holds its breath and nations crumble. the American Society of Automotive iitrsgineers is going af- ter u problem that has made e ohump out. of mankind for many yeurs. They seek e standard height for rear car bumpers and their high purpose ls to prevent the things from looking, es slugs lock horns in mortal combat. — Winni- plg Citizen. The rnllwuy exprem office in Penticton. B. C., received s hurry- up long-distance cull from on ug- ent. st. on outlying point recently. telling the sod story of e. shipment of baby ducks that bod arrived but for which the agent. had been unable to locale any claimant. Stuck with s cruteful of Junior quekers he looked up rules and regulations and found that. baby ducks should be kept. as close to their natural environment es pos- sible. "So I took them down to the lake," he walled. “and the little blighbers all swam sway, What. do I do now?" - Mscleanb Mugs- zine.

A trash oiupiet of eresm roses was placed on tap of the "miracle" roses which for 12 months have crowned the Madonna statue at. St. Mary's Catholic Church, Hes- ton Norris, Stockport. After the new crowning ceremony hundreds of people filed past the statue. gaz- ed lntentiy at the two layers o! flowers. wondered "Will the new roses continue the 'mlra.cie'?" Elght-yeax-old Pauline Byrne bak- ers’ daughter, timidly ielrf the secapd cheplet. of 17 roses in its place. Faded. but. still intact, were the 22 roses which she put. there 51 weeks ago. — London Dally Mall.

The suggestion of David Bnruoff. RCA president, that television in the future may permit top military chiefs in Washington to view dis- tant battle operations is interesting But. if battles are gqfng to be tele- vised is the public which foote the bill for war going to be deprived of s similar eye-side seat. so to speak? 0r will the home television sets and theatres bring a blow-by- blow account. of the future at- tempts of men b0 annihilate civi- lization? Will the people on the home fronts see greet cities pul- verized by utom bombs and civil- tans, soldiers and sailors blown to

I bits? War. as all who have actually

been in 1t can testify, to hell, but will the people seeing it. in all its horrors realize that they ere t merely spectators of o. fantastic dance of death? 1i we could fore- tdl what their reaction woula be we might be a soep nearer to the answer to the age-old question at whether men really ‘wants pence on earth. — Loo Angeles Times.

British Columbia bus n bread new city st the southern end of the beautiful and fertile Okanagen Volley. The City of Penilcton has taken on its new title by special not of the Legislature. The Govern- of General of Canada took part. tn the celebration and the provincial Minister of Municipal Affairs was there to give the graduation toast. Penttcton, for 40 years, has been u district municipality administered by a reeve and councillors. Now Mayor Lyon and his alderman have charge of a city of 12.000 people. It. was n great. day for all of them. Buck in the 80's there was boat. traffic on Okrmugsn Lake with the spot. which is now the City of Penticton as its southern terminus. The romance of the old stern- wheeler lake bouts, however, has given way to the more prosaic business of travel by bus and truck on modern lnlgbways. The new city depends mainly on its greet. fruit growing industry. But it. lies also near heavily rnlnersilzed sreee whose potentialities have yet to be realized. Add to these a beau- tiful climate. - Vancouver Sun.

About this time every spring. gardeners start. to wonder about. their tulip bulbs. Whether it. is

ground and store them, or reeve them tn ground and let them come up of their own accord next spring No matter-which decision is made. the tulip bulbs cannot be left ell to their own devices. 1f they are dug up. they have to be kept in e place that is neither too wet or too dry. If they ireJoo wet. they will spoil: end if they are foo dry, they will shrtvel. Also. if they ere put somewhere within reecir of mice, that. will be the end of the

tulip bulbs n beyond words. And. if tbe bulbs ere left tn the ground. than they must. be loaeua where there will not be much watering.

with r on soon: they heveoutowt m moisture. bul-

fora it. ore good tau ls to plant new bulbs every full. Tint. snout“. good flowers tn the tog. And. it is nice to know peep who do tint, because they usually give e- we) the old nun. altering w.

firm fine M” bflhldlre-Wilhilflhlf».

better to take them out of the 1

Eliilbfl. ‘Milli’. I 1110i"! Clli O0 E0 '

For, they can spoil in the ground '

not too much. It e moon csa sf- '

Notes From Another island n Ill-ml

thinks that. the-solid, reserved, un- bendlng John Bull cannot. reiex and give vent to his feelings bus certainly never been to on ootbeil Cup‘ Final, or, 1o;- 1.1m matter. has never even been in London on Cup Final Day.

Cup Finn! Day is that. Saturday towards the end of the .Engiinn football season when this great. eliminating contest. has reached its last. round end the two teams left. i-n the nmning meet for the final ploy-off. to fight for tn; honor of holding “Title Carp" for e your, un- til it is played foa- once egntn,

"Tho COD" - two short words

that together mean one of the moor glittering prlzu in mgllsb sport. and there I may as well have said English life. for England wouldn't be what. it is without its sport. It is the honour that tfplcyeg for perhaps more than the trophy itself, which is handed beck after a Y"? BHYWI-Y. to be fought for all over again. To have the team's name inscribed on the fuotbgll records as "Cup Winners," and to have tlhe team captain receive the C"? from the himself, there on the football field. for rarely is it‘ that t-he King misses s Cup F nel.

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e cornpet on was eumended during the war. so for so official records are concerned. but now it. is revived. with all u. hectic excitement for those who are lucky enough to see the Final. and the nationwide interest o! (those who are not. end listen to it. on the radio,

The Final is played ‘every year ct the famous Wernbiey Stadium in London. There. on Cup Final Day Cabinet Ministers and generals. Lords and Royalty and close an n ‘hundred-thousand ordinary men and women, boys and gin-is, old age pensioners and nmell boys. football fans all, crowd into the ground to watch twenty-two men kicking e leather ball about,

And they make a "real do” of it. with community singing before tlhe match. bands playing, flags flying. ‘Iihere is the traditional beginning with the players linlnl up an the field and the King stroking bends with each of them, tlhen the National Anthem. with e special cheer for His Majesty from g hundred-thousand not-ao-reserved Englishmen.

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Then titer-e is the equally trrardltlonal ending. with the King ilreflfill-llfl! ihe cup to the‘ victor- ious captain; the Queen present.- lng o winner's medal to each player in the winning teem and u “laser's medal” to each of the others. and -l.hen it's all over.

Or is it? John Bull the football fen has let. this hair down long be- fore the game began. and he lets it. stay down long oft/er it has been lost end won.

He starisurrivlng in London in his thousands in the entail hours of Cup Final mourning. from nil over England. and he brings with ‘him bells and settles and whistles and anything else that. will nuke admire, not forgetting his dwu

ce

He dresses up in. fancy hots and sometimes even fancy suite, and wears massive rosette; and scarves, all decorated violently in the colours of one or other at the teams. according to his av _

The capitol secure suddenly full of motor coaches from fer-off (or so it seems to the Londoner) places in the provinces. e-ad though now- adays lnndon in any oeee is full of strange accents and languages, this day brings many more to make themselves heard (and how!) u the thousands of fans from the provmcisll cities tell tlhe world éhetnthey have come “Up for the up.

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Things quieter: for e. while in the afternoon when the invaders oil peck into the Stadium bo see the gain-re, but. otter ti; is ell over and they come pouring out ngeln the city begins to liven up once more. it thus been but s brief respite,

Some set off for home right ewey. but molt by for slay to make e tley - and many s. night - of it. They keep their favoured colours flying. end the pubs do e. fine trade ln liquor as the winners’ supporters celebrate their victory end the loser-a’ drown their sorrows.

Bcrrnetirrnes odd members of the rival factions. mellowed by the drink. begin to take the whole business e bit. too seriously, and become rather antagonistic towards each other. forgetting that. it true oil been n sporting outing. Others, also rather well oiled, engage in time demonstrations of high spirits. ouch no letting off street fb-e alarms. climbing statue: or baiting policemen. but mostly the day reaioves its-elf into n round ‘If usty singing end noisemeklng, looting fer into the night.

All of vrtsicirio regarded with petienoq end admirable forbearance by police and" citizenry (like for. otter all, it's Cup must Dev end that is excuse mm: for utmost anything. And pretty soon eavwoy. it‘ will be Sunday morning and the invading football fans will trove gone sway in their ttnlnl end coaches. Book to their homes in Manchester. New-