Legislative Assembly Robert A. Grindlay : This is my point. I call it euphuistic effulgence. Here's ano¬ ther quote. "The purpose of stratified sampling is usually to increase the accuracy of sampled return by assigning various sample segments into reorganizable groups of strata. It is most effective with " J " shaped distributions where estimates can be taken from the direction of skew at considerable savings in sample sizes". This is intermingled with four pages of new, new mathmatics. It must be. Co-efficients, exponents, factors and I don't know what. Presumably, these reports, the language used in which seems to be essentially designed for interpretation by experts in the consideration of surveys, these reports need a battery of experts. I don't know how many. I think the Premier mentioned thirty but I hope there's a couple of magicians included among the experts because I think we would need them to reconcile these three points. First, the proposal to reclaim 400,000 acres of farm land, land on the Island. The second point, the Minister of Agriculture's statement on television a few nights ago, that one, possibly the major factor contributing to the crisis in agri¬ culture at the present time is surpluses both here and in other agricultural countries of the world. Thirdly, the bill which President Johnston is hoping to get through Congress as quickly as possible, setting aside billions of dollars in the way of subsidy for farmers who will permit and agree to their land lying idle. It will take a mag¬ ician to reconcile these facts. If you compound that with the fact that two-thirds of the world go to bed hungry at night, then this is one of the problems, the major problems, confronting statisticians, the experts, the marketing people in the world today. Unless a solution is found chaos will result. Reports will be dis¬ cussed at length later on and they can be dealt with separately at that time. I do not wish to infer from the statements I have made that I am critical of the over-all plan which the Government is projecting to revolutionize the socio-economic con¬ ditions of this Province. I think every one of us in this Legislature and every person in Prince Edward Island is hoping and praying that the Government is right and that something of real value will emanate from this over-all plan of which these reports form a part. Of course, the Government too must realize that in its ex¬ pressed intention to bypass this Legislature in reviewing the plan when it is final¬ ized, and the experts are still working on it, passing it on to Ottawa for approval and then putting it in to effect, the Government must accept full responsibility for any miscarriage in that plan. The consequences could be disasterous to the Island. I think Tennyson in The Lady of Shallet said, "I am half sick of shadows", and I think the people here on the Island have said to themselves a number of times, "We are thoroughly sick of surveys". The hope is there that out of this survey in particular the benefits which we are informed are expected to result therefrom, will, in fact, materialize. The crisis in agriculture has been discussed at some length by former speakers and in all probability we shall be talking about it at greater length this evening so I will not dwell on it except to say this that one-third of the Acres Report deals with the agricultural problems of this Province. This report and the plan arising from it has to go to Ottawa, and we realize, all of us, the situation existing in Ottawa today. A new Prime Minister will be appointed, a new Cabinet appointed, delay, delay, delay, but the crisis is posed for action new. I think the Government, and all of us here, must realize that. I understand that my colleague from the of Prince, the former Minister of Education, spoke at some length on educational problems in this Province and I had an opportunity to read the transcript of the Minister of Education's speech to this House last week. I was rather disappointed in the latter speech because no mention was made of the special Commission which was to have been appointed to take into consideration the ques¬ tion of school taxes. This was blown up to some extent by some of the candidates in the last election (and I don't want to make a political speech here this afternoon!) to the effect that school taxes would be eliminated by a Campbell Government . I'd like to know when free school books for Grades 9 and 10 are going to be given out. I'd like to know a little. . . . Hon . Gordon L. Bennett : Might I ask the Honourable Member from Second Prince a question? Robert A. Grindlay : Yes, Sir. Hon. Gordon L. Bennett : Is he not aware that free school books are now available for Grades 9 and 10? Robert A. Grindlay : Nine and ten, I'm happy to hear it. —126—