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TUESDAY, JUNE 22, 1943 i

Used Farm Machinery

(lptiiisiiiou members are continually giving helpful stiggcstioiis to the Dominion Goverii- iiicnt, tine of ilit-itt emanated the other (lav from .\l1'. _l. (1 Dicfenbzilccr, Conservative ruem- her for lake Centre, who called the attention of the .\illll~l('l‘ of Xziiitiiizil \\'ar Services lo Il lllllllCl‘ having It» (l0 with the present shortage of farm m:icliiiit~ij\'. .\ campaign is under way iii the Viiitcil States to collect usable farm nia- Ci1i1lCl'_\' nut in use ziiid to assemble it under gov- ei-iiiiieiii super-v‘; m. 1t is theii distributed among the farmers in need of it. Has any con- 5l(l(‘l'.'llli11 been given to fl Silllllill” Campaign l“ Czinsitlzi? he asked. \\'hile the quota On farm inachiiictjv has ltreu increased, there will still be a shoring-u and it could be iiiet in this way if the Lrtpfpffllllflnt tuolt- the initiative.

The Minister, ticiierzil l4il7leche, said he had "ht-mil nothing ztliritit the subject mentioned by the hon. tueiiihci” and ivris not quite certain that it ‘vtuild Privptfll‘ \‘l\l1l(‘ tinder National \Var Service» flowcvcr, he promised to look info it imiitetlizitclv.

Our farmers are not concerned with what de- partment it comes llllllCf. There is no ques- flgn about the stiggesfioit being a nfost valu- able one.

Maritime Rights Ignored

How the Rtlaritiiiic Provinces have been de- prived 0i their rights tinder the British North mitt-rig“ Act for the benefit of the Central Pro- vinces is told trenchanflyi by 1\lr. H. Conlon, New Brunswick tobacco commissioner, in an article published in the Saint john Telegraph- jouriial. The article was prepared at the rc- quesi of representatives of a Montreal P111161‘ (who saw fit not. to use it) and is based on iri- formzitioii prepared by that indefatigable spokes- man for Xlaritimc rights, Dr. A. P. Paterson, formerly New llriiiisvvick minister of edttia- 1.1011 and federal and municipal relations.

Among other things, the article emphasizes that as part of the agreements of Confederation the lntcrcolouial l\‘ailwziy' was built t0 enable the hlaritimes t0 trade on a parity with the other provinces, and the Circa: Northwest as compen- sation for the loss of foreign markets. With Union the control over foreign trade was sur- rendered to federal authority.

\Vhat actually happened? The all-British lines of communication to the Atlantic seaboard were never used to carry’ all Canada's overseas traf- fic or even the majo; part. Montreal, in sum- mer, and United States ports all the year con- tinued and still continue to handle the bulk of our peacetime .-\1laiitic export and import traf- fice. Maritime ports remain little more than a threat, receiving btit a dribble of traffic in win- ter months only.

ZFrIadd insult to injury Canadian govern- ment capital to the tune of more than six hun- dred million dollars is invested in railways, port facilities and atixifiry enterprises in the United States along the eastern seaboard, and these very facilities carry the traffic that we in the Naritimcs were stipposcd to handle. Among the duties and responsibilities assigned to federal au- thority by agreement of the provinces is "t0 regu- late trade and commerce." For a good many years the liitcrcolouial Railway with its man- agement at hloncton did operate on the prin- ciple that traffic originating in the Maritime lhwivincts should Ulljtl)‘ rates that would enable producers and merchants to lziy down their goods in tiiher parts of Canada to sell on a c0iii- petitivt- basis, 'l'h:it policy terminated in I918 or lllf'l't‘ilijllllls when the management 0f the liiterctiltitiizil ivas removed from M91160“ 3W1 tnergctl with other Qt1\'(‘l’1ll11Cl1[-O\\'1‘l€(l and gov- efflnjffll-Cttllll'llll('fl raihvays. Thereafter the situation ll('tf;llll(' so bad that the Duncan Royal (civlllillisflllll was zippoiiitetl to study the qu€5- tion. The Xliiriiiiiic Freight Rates Act result- ed, giving :1 measure of relief. By constant nibbling, hiuvi-vcr, the effects of the remedial measui-‘s have been largely" vitiatcd.

In addition, livczil initiative and enterprise at- tempting in build secondary industries are quickly srpr-lclit-il its $11011 as they show signs 0f vigor". llnw? To some extent by buying-out but tn a large ilegree by rlttmping competitive products m1 the market to ilestrny the local coni- petition m‘ by teiiipor:irily' inflating the price of the raw uiziterizil until the local menace is re- moved.

Ottawa has l'(’t‘<>Ql1iZl‘(l these inequalities from time to time by tiayiiig subsidies to the Mari- time Provinces. lliit money grants, attractive as the immediate .'ippeal may appear, will no longer be acceptable as compensation for a paralyzed economy. They may be accepted because money is hard to resist. llut iii the minds and hearts of the pCriple the siuise of grievance will persist. Nothing short of liriclttrziclting to the letter and spirit of tilll‘ cun-iitiitimi will dispel the deep- r1r0l(‘(l conviction that our Blaritimes have been cheated.

What about post-ivar prospects?

"We have no newly constructed war plants tn be converted to peacetime production," says Mr.

Conloii. “Our folk must return to essentially the same factors that constituted the back-ground of our pro-war economy. Without reform meas- ures national in character the outlook is not pro- pitious. Given appropriate redress, native in- genuity, initiative and enterprise will seek and find opportunity at home. The removal of handicaps will open the door for an enlarged fishing industry built on modern principles, the expansion and improvement of agriculture and secondary units established to process crops that do not reach the markets in the fresh state, a wider use of our forest potentials and diversity of auxiliary units for the manufacture of wood products. Industries in general would no longer flow to the centre of the country to the exclusion of other sections. Decentralization would grad- ually distribute benefits to all parts and the in- evitable tendency would be to equalize the econo- mic status of the provinces. Trade would flow through Czgadiau ports and the wages sustain- ing others would accrue to the benefit of Can- adian workers."

’Tis a. consummation devoutly to be wished. But first and foremost it will be necessary to have Maritime federal and provincial representa- tives with backbone. S0 long as governments at Ottawa are able to wield the big stick O\'€1' supine party supporters, we shall always be hewers of wood and drawers 0f water for the hiore power- ful and influential provinces. This has been notably the case under lllC present federal ad- ministration, which with tiiiliiiiited funds and patronage at its disposal insists on retziiiiiiig the old pre-ivar premium on party politics.

— EDITORIAL NOTES —

Evidently no let up of wetness iii this other- wise supposedly dry province. =1: * x s A cordial welcome is being extended to the members of the (iziiiatlizui Seed (irowers Associa- tion iiow holding sessions at Si. [Juiistziirs [Titi- versiti‘. a: io- * x . Mussolini is quoted as siivi : ".\ll fu1'Ci_£_'11€1‘~; who cannot justify their prcsciive in llzily slioulil be sent baclt to their owii Cfllllllfivs." This re- ference might be to the abnormal number of Licrniziiis in ltzily, of whom the Italians are sick. v w v at

Hundreds of thotisziiitls of dollars have been lost by farmers in the \'iCll1il.)' of .\Ini'itrcal due to destruction 0f their growing crops by rziiii At least fifty farins on the lsliuiil of Muinrcai and iii other viciiiitics were still ilootlerl-snirii‘ of them entirely and others only partially-last week a checlttit) of farm communities disclosed.

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According t0 Caiiiaflixui Press hluiiititiiis Klin- ister llowc—aiid all other iiicitibeiss-jtiiiictl in laughter in the llotts“: of Commons when Rev. Dan Mclvor (Lily. Fort \\'illium) said he thought the minister was “pretty well loaded." \\'heu the laughter ceased. .\lr, .\lCl\'ti1' said he appreciated the oppositioirs 531151: of liuiiioi- b-it he had meant the iiiiiiislci" was loaded with work. “I'm surprised he can take as iiiucli as hc rlid." continued Mr, hlclvor-zitiiid zuiother gale of latighter. “\\'herc were you lzist night?" otter member asked.

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George V, fathecof 0111' ])1‘t‘s'(’1'l[ stwtrrcigu, crowned King in succession to his father, lid- ward \‘lI, this date, 11111, as Duke of York, he entered the House of Lords in 180$ and on lulv 6 the same year married Princess Victoria Mary 0f Teck (iiow the (‘Queen Mother); hail six children. the. Duke of Windsor, King George Vl, Princess Mary, (fouiitess 0f llarewood, Prince Henry bvllliillll, Duke of Gloucester. Prince George Edward, late Duke of Kent, Prince lohn Charles, died iii i911).

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Major James Clark, Speaker of the Ontario Legislature, says the Montreal Gazette, has not onlv got himself in wrong with his province, he has got his province in the same unhappy posi- tion with its neighbors. Ontario has prided it- self upon its strong and deeply rooted pro-Bri- tish sentiment, planted there by the U. E. Loy- alists, ivhose numerous descendants like tn re- gard themselves as citizens 0f Canada's banner province. As a matter of fact, judging bv its actions, its heavy vote against the 1911 reciproc- ity agreement—suspected of being an annexa- tion instrumenb-and by its splendid contri- butions of men and money anti material in this war and in the last, it has had some reason to pride itself upon its patriotism. Hence, when the Speaker of its Legislature takes part in a United States round table radio discussion (Detroit. hliCll.) and proclaims that 40 t0 45 per cent of Canadian citizens including himself would favor a political union with the United States if asked to vote on the question now, the provincial roof manifests a tendency t0 blow off.

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By design health is made the first phase 0t education which the Survey Committee of the Canadian and Newfoundland Education Asso- ciation deals with in its review of education in Canada, and which review forms part of the data confided to Principal F. Cyril James of McGill University, chairman of the Advisory Committee on Reconstruction. "Healthy chil- dren are public assets; sickly ones are liabilities," and the committee does not think that physical education is a matter of turning out athletes. An adequate health program for the nation will require an estimated $20,200,000 a year, made up of $200,000 for an immediate investigation of conditions; special grants to stimulate health in- struction, $1,000,000; medical examinations and dental examinations and care, immunization and nursing services $17,000,000 and $2,000,000 for school lunches. The survey finds that already. many admirable public health agencies, staffed by capable and trained officials, have been set up throughout the Dominion, and municipal boards of health, provincial departments 0f health and the Dominion Department of Peri- sions and Health are all engaged at the present time in enterprises and schemes of far-reaching

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Notes By The Way

When Hitler nnd Mnasollnl nnbd to meet at the Brenner Pass, the world used to bold its breath and wonder what was being planned next. when Chumhlll and Roose- velt meet now, 1t Ls Hitler imd Mussolini’: turn w do the breath- holdfng. --From the Ottawa Citizen.

A lot Ls helnl heard of’ “lmphlhl- ous" operations, but actually the word 1s only two-thirds correct to describe the coming activities. "Amphibious" fa the adfectlve from the noun “$mph1b1a," which means animals capable of lfvlng both un- der water and on land. The amphibious operations soon to come will be water, land and afr opera- tions. —Qttawa. Citizen.

I hate Spring. Spring lurcl mn out wtb a sunbeam, and then turns on the shower. Sprfng blows my umbrella inside out. Spring melts the crease out of my lawfully cuff- ed trousers. Spring puts mud on the shliie I hoped would last a week. Spring lets the furnace dfa dOWH and brings the éifvers. Spring gives me rheumatism end makes me creek. I hate Spring.- Toronto Star.

After the war has been won there will, tmdoubtedly, be a. new era of international inter - dependence. Otherwise the war will have been fought in vain Canada will be 1n a ncsition to trade with manv coun. fries iii a. mutually beneficial wav We produce things they cannot pro- duce and they produce things we cannot produce. There 1s a vast field for trade with Mexico and the countries to the south of that anci- ent land But trade 1s not all that counls. There 1s also a vast field hi which to cement good relations tin-i mufun] trust and respect. that iviill he}! bulwark against threat" of "TZTCSSIOH 1n the future —Fcr'_ ‘D 1- 1 am TimesJournal.

Life raft survivors will now be able to send an SOS over 100,093 square iiiilcs of ocean. even though llznor- niit of the Morse code says Path- finder. A iiewlv developed portable i-nrbn transmitter. known as the "Gibson Girl" to plane crews be- eaivse of its hour tzlass slime, has n hand crank which this 0119mm;- "I111 turn tn send a continuous dis- tress signal as a guide for sear-w mg 17111105. ‘The aerial 1s held 91bit ‘JV lWdro vii-filled balloons m- box" lfll"? Arivf‘ sifluril “'\l‘l‘<‘ Hicrafl lfiifiifY laboratory at “Field F'r"1 and Bendix Aviation collaborated in the development of hls transmission equipment

The llfanitoba Department of H211 £1 has issued figures which shew it cciisi 1's the rat an ex- pensive luxury. According to their figures a rat costs two dollars a year to k€0p 1n food, It ls sup- pessd that the rat population equals the human. Thai seems m imply that. Winn neg spends in the neigh- bozliooil of half a million dollars a year diiiiig i-of-erits. Rather l1 hrgel cl eqiic to pay 101' guests who are, liable t0 start an epidemic at the} drop of a hat. -Winriipeg Tribune!

Juan Trippe. przsidcnl, of Pan-

Aiu 113111 zfirwagg has predzcted tliizi the fleet of I53passenger clip- pers planned by his company will te able to take us to London in 10 hours for S100 That is t0 sav

little as perhaps $250 1t will be pes- sible to sneiid an entire wsel; in Great Britzrn. or even, for a few dollars more. to toss lri a vlsff to postwar Paris! And 1f plane trips will cost. that much, sea trips should be sull less. The good old days are gone forever-thank heaven, -New Clasgcw News.