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1.2lIARLOTTl-ITOWN 'l:HURS-IKYT Ki7nii. 26. 1951

Today's Voting

The Provincial election campaign of 1951 is practically over. All that remains now is l'or the voters to do their duty. It is to be hoped that this contest will see a record vote in every district, and that whichever side gets into power will have a stronger opposition in the next Legislature than we have had for several years in this Province. Our Parliamentary system is workable even when there is no official opposition- as was shown some years ago under the Lea-Campbell Government-but no reason- able person will claim that this a desirable state of affairs, or that a topheavy niajor- ity is beneficial even to the party in power. The system works best when the Govern- ment is sufficiently strong to ensure an overall support for its measures, but not too strong to become dictatorial, either to- ward the more independent members of its own party or to the public at large.

It is to be hoped that in this election every voter will be careful to mark his or her ballot properly. In federal elections of late years, it'is estimated that more than one percent of the voters frittered away their opportunity to elect the candidate of their choice, by spoiling their ballots. The margin of error seems to be getting wider, instead of diminishing. Why do so many ignore the voting booth pencil, draw a col- ored one or a fountain pen from their poc- kets, and thus give their ballots improper distinctive markings? Why do so many put down a mark other than the required "X"? Carelessness, of course. Actually the proper marking is a very simple matter. which is why some otherwise intelligent people appear to go through the ritual semiconsciously.

Several candidates have openly gone on record as repudiating any attempts at brib- ery or use of liquor in the campaign. If this laudable practice. is made general, to- days election will be the most noteworthy in the history of the Province. Of all the issues at stake, this one is the most impor- tant. How many millions of people in total- itarian countries would welcome this boon of the free franchise. without fear or in- timidation, which it is our privilege to ex- ercise today! Every bought voter is a traitor to our century-old heritage; a worse foe to our democracy, if we could but see it. than all the Communists be- hind the Iron Curtain. They can only touch us from without. It is the rottenness with- in that we have to guard against

8. Premier?

Perhaps celebrating one hundred years of Responsible Government in Prince Ed- ward Island is sufficient excuse for making an observation on constitutional practice in the United States. At the present time the Truman-MacArthur controversy has brought forth the proposal that future pres- idents bc subject to being voted out of of- fice by a country-wide vote any time two- thirds of the state legislatures petition for such a poll.

A simpler device, rcuuiring no constitu- tional amendment, would be for the Pres- ident to select. his Cabinet, or command a House leader to select a Cabinet. which would have the support of Congress. Then if Congress failed to support the admiri- istration the President would merely have to ask someone else, having the confidence of the legislators, to form a new Govem- mcnt.

There would be an end to unseemly deadlocks between the administration and legislature, the office of President would be removed above day-to-day political squabbles, and Congress could at any time call upon the responsible heads of depart- ments to answer for the conduct of ex- ecutive government.

Wooiliots

The cutting and sale of 'large quantities of partly grown softwood this year has provided many farmers with a most wel- come source of ready cash when the market for potatoes has been weak to say the least. It would do little good to argue that the policy is short sighted. Most farmers realized that but decided that the immed- iate return was worth the long term loss.

The premature cutting, however, can- not be carried for without proving alto- gether too costly. In addition to the loss frommIrketingtheloweItPfl00dW00diII'9- duct them in the ionticipotion ofincoma wliicliohould be available each Year from

sent onslaught means that a source of fu- ture revenue is being dried up.

That is not all that is being dried up. Trees are necessary, as every farmer knows, to break the wind that would dry up and blow away his topsoil and to pro- vide areas where snow and rain can stead-

T ily soak into the ground instead of running

off on the surface.

From the point of view of both the pre- servation of his investment and continued income he will soon find that the benefits of conservation outweigh immediate cash return. .i

HJIIORIAI. NUIES

Election Day. According to the views of all parties this will be the last occasion on which Islanders elect a legislature by

an unequal franchise. O

The horseless carriage spelled the doom of the high silk hat and modern cars seem deliberately designed to consign the felt hat

to similar oblivion.

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The public should judge practical pol- iticians mcrcifiilly. If one had the time, energy. public spirit and personality to run an election, just how much better than they would one campaign? 0 0 One subject which did not arise in the present campaign is the extension of the Charlottetown airport. Presumably that is being properly saved for the Federal by- election.

Our farmers to be discriminated against. The Railways are calling for another 14 per cent increase in rates, but claim it would not be applied fully to livestock, lumber, pulpwood, fuel-wood, apples, sand, gravel and stone. It will be observed our prin- cipal export, potatoes, is not included. . C O'- Thc president of the Royal Bank of Canada challenges that if Canadian capital is not playing a large enough part in de- veloping our resources and expanding our industry the reason must be not that Cana- dian capital is too meagre for the job, but that, in spite of high stakes, Canadian capital refuses to take the risk. 94 0 O A ”Roorback" not unseldoni has a re- actioiiary effect. Issued to the electors on the eve of polling with the one and only object of unfairly injuring the opposite political party's prospects, the unfairness of hitting below the belt is apparent to all right thinking people. The only ones who appreciate the effort are its composers, and those who themselves would not hesitate to stab a competitor in the back. Q It I

Charles Farrar Browne, American humorist, better known as Artemus Ward, was born this date 1834. He was a type- setter but discovered that editors would pay for manuscript copy and audiences would pay to hear him. ”Punch" claimed him as a contributor. The delicious inconse- quence of Browne's humour, with its clever touches of human nature and its utterly unexpected antitheses, gives it a unique quality.

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Here is something better than a fashion show. In London, a hosiery dealer in the bustling Oxford Street shopping district hit upon a novel stunt to dispose of his stock of nylon stockings. A sign in the window offered a pair with a genuine Churchill cigar-butt, guaranteed to come from the Conservative leader's home dust-bin. The stockings sold for 12 shillingsi sixpence (about 51.88) a pair. All the customers

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It is reported that postage stamps de- picting famous Canadian tourist attractions are under consideration by postal author- ities. Mr. Douglas Oliver. secretary of the Canadian Tourist Association, told the third annual Ontario tourist conference that artists have been invited to submit de- signs suitable for an issue of "tourist stamps." He said the Post Office Depart- ment has the issue, suggested by the Canadian tourist group. under "active con- sideration." Hope the Island is not to be

overlooked.

Mr. James Sinclair. Parliamentary .as- sistant to Finance Minister Abbott, told the House of Commons the opposition were making use of the "big lie" in an effort to win the support of the people. Hitler had used the "big lie" propaganda system and it had been picked up by the Russians. The view was that if one told a big enough lie and kept hammering at it some people eventually would believe it. The Federal and Provincial government now were taking 50.6 per cent of the profits of Canadian corporations. He called on Ross Thatcheii (C.C.F.-Moose Jew) and E. 0. Jones (C.,C.F.-Yale). both success- ful businessmen, to tell Mr. Coldwell what they thought of the corporation taxes. Mr. Sinclair said Mr. Thatcher had told him In conversation that Mr. Abbott with his taxes now was I major shareholder in the

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Poor Figuring Or False Prelences

(Montreal Gazette)

Are big surpluses something for governments to be proud of? or Ire they something for which they merit condemnation?

These very worthwhile questions were asked in the House of Com- mons by Mr. J. M. Macdon- nell, financial critic of the Pro- gressive Conservative opposition. Mr. Maodonnell. most certainly, was not recommeiiding that. the Governnient. budget for a deficit. But he was suggesting that it should be possible to estimate more closely Just what is needed to balance the budget. For the past few years the surpluses have been huge. And this is only another way of saying that the Govern- ment has been taking more than is needed.

A surplus would be an extreme- ly commendable result. if it were the output of economy. It would be highly desirable if the Govern- ment were to report at the end of the fiscal year that it has not spent as much as it had budgeted for. Unfortunately, however, the sur- pluses have not resulted from such economy They have been created because the Goverrimerit has spent. less but because it has taken more. Mr. Maoclonnell questions wheth- er the huge excess of revenue over the estimates is entirely coinci- dental. In the spring of 1950. for cxample, Mr. Abbott atimated a surplus of 320 millions. In months he had piled up I gross surplus of S253 millions. Last Sep- tember. after the new taxes and appropriations had been taken in- to account. Mr. Abbott estimated a surplus of 315 millions. The Ic- tusl result was 5203 millions. All this seems to suggest. the Government likes large sur- pluses. But an eminent British Chancellor of the Exchequer once said, ”If a Chancellor of the Ex. chequer took half a crown more than he needed, he was guilty of getting money by false pretenses." And there are good grounds for the charge. For an excasive sur-

that

bad calculation.

Biz surpluses have another ques- tionable result. They are likely to act as a serious discouragement to Government economy. It is very hard to create in sense of urgent economy in Government depart- mcnhs. when everyone knows that the Govgei-nmcn; is likely to have extra millions to play around with.

Out Of Place Comedians

(St. John Telegraph Journal) Some of the members of the House of Commons seem to think that they are humorists. Appar- ently. they also believe that any question raised by representatives of the Atlantic Provinces is fair game for their jibes.

There was n revealing little ex-

change the other day. Mr. W. Chester McLurc, M.P.. for Queen's. Prince Edward Islu nd.

rose to advocate the construction of a grain elevator at Charlotte- town. His idea was that this would make it possible for RE I. farmers to bring their feed grain requirements in by water, at a substantial saving in transporta- tion costs.

Mr. W. J. Ward, M.P., for Dauphin. Manitoba, suggested sar- casticslly. that Prince Edward Is- land would not be able to use a boatload of grain. Somebody in the back benches. whose name the official reporter didn't note. shouted: "How about it whale- boat?"

Mr. Stanley Knowles, M.P. for Winnipeg Centre. chimed in with the hlliirious pun: "Thai; is a. whole of 8 good answer."

Mr. James Sinclair, parliamen- tary assistant to Finance Minister Abbott, then expressed the opin- ion thnt if the Prince Edward Is- lands obtained a grain elevator "they would put potatoes in it." Now it": true that Prince Ed- ward Island is the smallest pro- vince. but she is a full partner in Confederation and the men her people elect and send to Ottawa are entitled to a decent hearing. Mr. MeLure was pressing for n solution to a problem which. to his constituents. is real and ser- ious. P.E.I. has always suffered from poor and costly transporta- tion-so much so that her popula- tion hns nctunlly declined l'fIT.hFf' than increased in the lust eighty years. To the cattle-raising Is- landers. cheap feed grain is essential. and the elevator propos- ed by Mr. MuLui-e might help them get it. The scheme at least merited courteous consideration- rnlhcr than rude ridicule.

NEW YORK. Avril 25 -(AP)- Edwin S. Friendly, president of the Amcricnn Newspaper Publish- Ei':1' Association today proposed in- vitlng Dr. Alberto Gsinzs Pal. dis- possessed editor of Argentina's Ln Prensa. to come to the ' United Stntes.

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His wltlicrcd cheek, and tresses SNY-

Seemed to have known ii better day;

The harp, his sole remaining joy. Was carried by an orphan boy. The last of all the Bards was he. who sung of Border chivalry:

For. wellsdayi their date was fled. His tuneful brethren all were dead:

And be. neglected and oppressed. Wished to be with them, and at; rest. No more, borne. He cai-oiled light as lark at morn; No longer courted and caressed. High placed in hell. 9. welcome guest,

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LIG1-ITENBURG, South Africa - (CP)-A rough diamond bearing a perfect outline of the Star of David has been found in the diamond dig-gings in this Trans- vaal area. Its market; value is low but it may have ll bigger senti- mental value. It is thought the image will disappear if the diam- ond is cut or polished.

CAKE-AIRY - (CF) Josiah I-lall.i-nan, native of Waterloo Coun- ty, O'nt., who was one of the early ranchers in Alberta. celebrated his 98th birthday here. I-Inllmnnls oldest great-granddaughter now is attending the University of Cal- ifornia.

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fBXS NOTICES

From the Prince Edward Island Register. 1&6:

April 25: Alexsncler P r '1. Esq.. of Bedeque. has been of!-

May 20: we learn from London that His Excelle-ncy. Colonel Ready, John Stewart, Exq.. Speak- er of the-House of Asembly. and Charles Douglas smith, F.sq., late Governor of this island, have all been examined before ii Commit- tee of the House of Commons on the subject of Emigration to the North American Colonies.

May 23: Notice is.hereby given that the Partnership between Thomas Pope and William Pope. carrying on trade as shipbuildsrs and Merchants, It Bedeque, under the firm mime of Messrs. Thomas and William Pope. was this day dissolved by mutual consent.

June 6: William Cullen has re- moved to the premises lately oc- cupied by Mr. Thomas Murphy. in Queen Street, where he is now opening I very elegant and fash- ionable nssorn-nent of British merchandise.

June 20: D. Wilson has just ar- rived and opened his New store. nearly opposite the Wesleyan Chapel. in-d door from Mr. Dai- iymple's. where he offers for sole his general supply of merchand- in.

June 2'1: On Friday sen'nighi, I large Bear was seen to take to the water at Bedeque, opposite to Mr. Pope's shipyards. when a boat. went. in pursuit, and after I long chase. succeeded in killing him in the water.

July 2: The following rates of assessments on licensed retailers of spirituous liquors for the ensu- ing twelve months have been fixed by the Commissioners: for a tavern in Charlotte-Town S5: for I . store in Charlotte-Town 510; for I tav-

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A former zletfeid till. ll"'lI0d bloke: hu become I leueni part.- iur of Jnoquin, Stanley and co., Wpil street firm. she is Bslrbai-is Joher Pmons, in native of Bolton. Texas. who was with the Follies for I year following World War i. Later. she took In extension course in corporation and trust law at the University of Chicago. she is registered as an investment adviser with the SEC. she is the wife of an industrial engineer.

The lady who is Ipparently still xenernily- known as Rita Hayworth has iu-i-ived in the United States with her two children. Her hus- band. Aly Khan, has not. He ex- plains that "it. is impossible for me to leave Europe now that the flat- racing season is siarti.ng." Clearly and manifestly impossible. How stimulating to find someone pre- pared to put first things first.

Well make up your mind." growled one driver It the driver head, who had signalled that he was going to turn to the left. had hesita-ted, and then had gone straight on. True of driving, true- of life in general, says the Guelph Mercury. The follow who cannot. make up his mind throws all his plans awry. He will give us a de- cision by such and such I day. We build wpon that expectation and when the day arrives he is still undecided. When he finally does decide. the chances are that the scales of his judgment have been inclined one way or the other through the consideration of I minon. point and not because of a clear analysis of the situation. The only way to deal with the hesitant driver is to watch him, or -better still. in pull around and get in front of him. The only way to deal with the hesitant type in general is to analyze your man and. if he falls into this class. malice due allowances. To depend on him in matters of importance is to build on shifting sands. - Brsndon Sun.

Geneni MacArthur has made no cornploint about his dismissal by President Truman. Good sol- dier that he is. he knows that his Conunender-in-Chief could do no other in the face of repeated in- subordination. It may also have occurred to him that precedent was sgainst him, for in cii-cuin- stances not dissimilar General MacArthur found another general guilty of speaking his mind in de- fiance of his superior officers and supported the court-martial de- cision to suspend him from the army. The offender was General Billy Mitchell. who provoked one of the greatest military controv- ersie in American history by his insistence on the value of air power over sea power. An avia- tion enthusiast from early youth. Mitchell commanded the U.S. air force in France during the Great War and returned home convinced that air power was the weapon of the future. At first he voiced

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councils, but when the Idinii-all opposed him with every wggpon from public ridicule to polmui pzwessui-e, Mitchell took his 53;. to the public. It came to a head when, after the dlrigible Shenan- doah mei disaster over the Ohio valley, he'accused the war and ncivy departments of "incompei. ency, criminal negligence and a1. most. treasonaible administration of the national defence." Mitchell was to be vindicated Ifter ms death. at Pearl Harbor and in the Pacific campaign. but his vigomu, espousal of air power led to hi, c:.;iii'.-martial and suspension. Am. ong his judges was General Doug. las MacArthur, a boyhood friend under whose father Mitchell had served during the Philippine in. surrection. - Montreal Star.

Shades of Charles Dickens Ina the days of debtors' prisons were revived by I question and answer contained in Votes and Proceed. ings of the Saskatchewan Legis. lniure for April 3.. Mr. Ti-ippe, an M. L.A., asked the government the following question which was answered by the Hon. Mrfstui-dy: Question: "What offences were charged against the six prisoner.- listed on Page Bl of the annual report of the department of social welfare and rehabilitation 1949. 50 under the Saskatchewan Hos. pitalizaiion Aci.?" Answer: "lug prisoners were each charged with three separate offences of failure to pay the Hospitalization Tax in accordance with the provisions 0: Subsection 2 of Section 15 of the Saskatchewan Hospitalization Act, 1946, as amended. On summarv conviction they were fined and ordered to pay the tax. On fail. ure to pay the fine and the tax they were sentericed to jail in accordance with the provisions of scclion 139 of the Criminal Code." it is amazing in this day and age to think that people have been sent to jail in I neighboring prov. iiicc by a Socialist governnieni because they were not in agree- ment with that province's hospit. alization act. Are there no other methods such as garnishment of wages.or sale of goods and chat- tels rather than oblige such cit- izens to spend time in jail with common crirninals? It is to be hoped that the Saskatchewan. government at least. had the de- cency and a sense of the flint-:5 of things to incarcerate the oti. jectors in the jail hospital.-Wim

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