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CIRCULATION "Covers Prince Edward Island like the dew"

"The Strongest Memory as Wcoim Than the Weakest ink".

(lllAlll40TTl'IT0WN, THURSDAY, MAR. 13. HA2

The Royal Profile

In a news despatch from London we are told that if Queen Elizabeth decides that her portrait is to appear on coins of the realm in right profile she will be following a 'tradition which dates back to the 17th century. Ever since the accession of Char- les II the face of each succeeding monarch, as it appeared on British coins has been pictured alternately in left and right pro- file. Accordingly the coins now in cir- culation portray King George VI in left profile. .

There are arguments both for and against the maintenance of traditions. But, notes an exchange, there are a great many traditions which are harmless in themselves and which serve the very useful purpose of strengthening the bonds of relationship and continuity in families, groups and nations. The custom of reversing the minted like- nesses of succeeding sovereigns would seem to be one example of such harmless tra- ditions. It may have originated in King Charles Il's reluctance "to look in the same direction as Cromwell," but the tradition has long outlived the motive.

Few men or women will take seriously the idea suggested in the London despatch that the facial direction of the coined pro- file can have any bearing on the likelihood of war or peace. If they approve the tra- dition it will be simply because it forms an- other curious, thread binding together the colorful fabric of British culture.

Join For councillor Mcconnac

Thanks to Charlottetown's early plan- ners this city is blest with open squares in addition to having the nearby -Victoria Park to enable citizens, young and old, to get out of doors and away from city streets. The squares themselves, however, do not auto- matically provide the answer to the need for recreation. They are a most valuable asset in any programme for making life more enjoyable and safe in the city but the programme must be planned and carried out.

As bigger boys and girls can readily take advantage of the facilities of Victoria Park it is only reasonable that the smaller young- sters receive full consideration in being al- lowed and encouraged to make use of the various squares. For the past few years there has been equipment provided and su- pervisors available to meet at least part of the need. It is now the duty of Councillor McCormac to see that facilities are main- tained and improved.

The alternative is that children will make playgrounds of the streets, interfering with traffic and endangering their own lives.

Trade Board Activities

A great deal of the work of the Char- lottetown Board of Trade is done at its Council meetings, which are held every month and sometimes more frequently. These meetings are not open to the Press, but it has been decided that Press releases should be issued, outlining the business done and the subject matters discussed. Such a resume. it is felt, will be of inter- est to the public generally as well as to all members of the Board. The first Press re- ' lease appears in today's Guardian, and might well be headed ”Multum in Parvo". We believe it will surprise many of our citizens to note the scope of the Board's 'aetlvities, and the despatch with which business is handled.

Particularly to be commended is the Board's gesture in the direction of closer contact with the City Council. Members of the latter body will be invited to sit in at Board Council meetings, while the Board undertakes to have two of its members present at all future City Council meetings. This practice, it followed consistently. can- not fail to prove of mutual advantage.

t From The Antarctic

An exchange reports the return to Lon- don after a two year survey of Queen Maud Land, Antarctich, of a group of British, Nor- weglan and Swedish scientists. The men hgyp brought evidence that at one time in up at-tlfs idhn history the climate of Ant- wsswarnhlndhighontber-ocltsof mud Range they found fossil dimple shell fish. The scientists iaitporudtcs clinging for --" 730 .1N.l3I'ilnltivs licilcnt. and it” " .3:-cuter put of the

year.

In their two years stay the British and Scandinavian group explored and mapped hundreds of thousands of square miles, in- binding 800 miles of coast line. They meas- ured the thickness of the ice at 5,000 feet in some 'areas, the height of the mountains (up to 8,000 feet). and kept a careful re- cord of temperature gradations.

They did not discover, and so far no one has discovered, one friendly feature on the empty wastes of: Antarctica. But men can still be found who will take up the chal- lenge of the, icy tomb of Shackleton and Scott.

EDITORIAL NOTES

The ice which provided useful short cuts for winter travel now provides only traps for the unwary.

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Cuba's 77-minute revolution was certain- ly startlingly successful. The country must have been really ripe for it.

. O O O

The old rhyme. ”Water, water every- where and not a drop to drink", may be changed today to "Cattle, cattle every- where and not a pound to eat."

I O O

'The U. K. budget increases austerity to the many while providing a small measure of prosperity for those participating in fam- ily allowances.

O O O

The textile workers on the mainland, especially in Upper and Lower Canada, are feeling the pinch of unemployment due to high taxation and foreign competition.

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It is so long since the British people have heard anything but more austerity prom- ised in a budget speech that they would hardly have known how to receive an old- time vote-catching budget. I

- O O O

The Army is tightening up on absentees from drill. New Reserve Army regulations restrict leave of absence from training and

sence is authorized. . - I O O

The 10th Province has been quick to learn that the Federal Government may easily prove a Santa Claus in time of trou-, ble-it wantsicompensation for storm dam-'1 age instead of providing it from provincial revenue.

0 O O

The debate on the Address opened yes- terday in the Legislature. As there are only half-a-dozen members of the Oppos- ition it should not be unduly prolonged, though it is incumbent that it should be thoroughly discussed from all angles. I O I 0

Our farmers are made to suffer by U. S. A. embargo on our dairy produce, and the Government has given the petition for retaliation a three months hoist. That is, we will lose our opportunity of a market until such time as the fine weather makes it unnecessary for our neighbours to con- tinue the embargo.

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George Earle Buckle,.English journalist, died this date 1935. Called to the bar, he never practiced but joined the editorial staff of The Times in 1880, was editor from 1884 until 1912. The Times opposed Home Rule and a series of articles on Parnellism led to a judicial inquiry before a special commissioner. Buckle tendered his resigna- tion but it was not accepted. .

O I C

If the bans on meat and livestock ship- ments continue for a long period, storage facilities in some sections (particularly in Eastern Canada and British Columbia) may be over-taxed. In some areas, the deadline is reported by trade sources to be no more than 10 days or two weeks away. If cold storage facilities clog up, a lot of meat spoil- age will be the result. ' '

O O O

Minds of a good many Ottawa socialites have, says a correspondent, been set at rest. Ever since the appointment of a native-born Canadian to the post of Governor-Genernl, a burning question has been whether ladies would continue to curtsy and entic- men to bow. Rumor had it that the old practice was to be discarded. -It was no more than a rumor. The latest word from Rldeau Hall: "As the Queen's represent- ative, Mr. Massey, is fully emitled to the curtsy, and there has been no change."

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It is interesting to note that Samuel tie Champlain, the great French explorer who died more than 300 years ago, has come back into his own, replacing the traditional scarlet-coated "Mountie" on the cover of Ottawa's tourist guide booklet. Largely at the instance of Mayor Charlotte Whltton, who said Ottawa had other things to offer besides Mounties and that the cltyis history ioould well be displayed on the booklet cov- er, the Tourist and Convention Committee decided ungsllsntly to scrap the Mountlc

and thcltideau Canal locks.

provide for loss of pay even when the ab-l lcducatlonal programmes were con-'

THE GUARDIAN. CH

ARLOTTETOWN

- Acknowledged Leader .

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MARCH 13. 1-9

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My dear Mr. Premier,

with much respect I take the liberty of addressing this open let- tar to you on the occasion of the annual meeting of the Legislature. that living snd iusctul instrument of free and representative govern- ment. ,

No greater honour can come to any man than that which has ful- lcn to your lot, government lead- ership in your nstlveiland. With- out any thought of eltttery, and as one who has never taken any part in the deliberations of any politi- cal party. I believe that when the history of your long tenure in the Premier's office is written, it will indicate that you served your Pro- vince with honour and distinction. Your political , tn, following traditional tactics, are in the habit of saying all manner of D0llt.icnl evil about you. but they, too, I am sure. respect you for your ability, honesty, and stralxhtforwardness. No doubt you have made mis- takes and, if I judge your tempers- ment. at all correctly, you would be one of the last persons in the world to claim lnlalllblllly in pol- lticul judgment, or in any other kind for that matter. )

In a Province-like ours, where agriculture may he called the well-' spring of economic life, it is all to the good when-the Premier brings to his office wide knowledge, both theoretical and practical. of the science of agriculture. That you have been able to do this is. I ven- ture to suggest. one outstanding reason why your appeals to thci electorate have been so eminently

PUBLIC FORUM

This column is open to the discussion by wrrespnmlonts of questions of interest. The Guardian does not necessar- lly endorse the opinion of K-0fl'CIPOIIdCII'l.

'l'EACHEItS' GIHEVANCES

sir.-Another has come and gone but all to no avail. It is true that many fine and splendid get.-togethers were staged. Having followed many of, them through the Press 1 came, to discover that many of these; fined chiefly to teachers.

I just wonder if any of these meetings would have been held lfl it. hadn't. been for the enthusias- tic teachers. Where were the rest. of the people, especially the ones' who seem to know it all when it comes to knocking the teacher? Having entered the teaching profession approximately six years ago. I find it is the most unsp- preclated profresslcn one could- enter. It is pretty hard to believe that any person could stand up and tell their own district teacher that they are getting too much money. Yet I was told and am being told every day. that same thing. when I returned the ques- tion to the person above mention- ed, "Would you board your teach- er here for phe supplement which he or she is being voted from thel district?” a blank answer was what I received.

The teaching ps0TCS5i0fl would and could be a wonderful under- taking it it wasn't. for the fault.- flndlng parents. They should be taken to the Wcltem part of Canada, Begins. to be exact, and thrown into the pit: to which the infected cattle are doomed. Nothing would suit. me better than to see all such fault.-finders pun- ished. some people can give I teacher such cutting and ignorant remarks that I often wonder what. they would do if they were teach- ers themselves.

A second reason why this Pro- vince has few washers is, because of the low standard of salaries. Who can afford to live on I meagre salary such as we teach- ers of P. E. I. receive? I would

a teacher": salary today. Yet. he said on the radio the other night. that teachers were being well paid. who ever told him s beach- er was well paid on P. E. 1.? Per-

Educmon weemtlzth columnist. -Windsor

Q . x Notes

All asleep on his shotgun awoke to discover it had been stolen. The alleged tacticlan who cautioned his soldiers to sleep on their mus- kets now looks suspiciously like A Daily Star. . '

A rursl telephone company has ruled that after five minutest tele- phone convcrsatipp. the line will be cut of-! for the loquacious sub- scriber. It is quite a sensible rul- lng, too. The time may come when telephone services will be based on charges for 1 limited number of conversations per month and ad- ditlonsl charges for extra usage.- St. Catherine: standard.

It is doubtful If the majority of American visitors ever were lured here by the sdvsntage in dollar exchtmge to them. They came here primarily for rest and change, in quest. of something different and something new. They seek adven- ture snd recreation and scenery on yet. unmarred by the hand of man. What they see): here they find away from the cltles- a land of pristine character where there is refreshment in the scene and in the breath from the orunnlng waters, - Nelson News.

As 3 sign 'of the times. Cnnsdlsn currency is not only being accept- ed in New York, often at par, but there are signs prpelslmlng "we want. your Canadian money” in

Atlanta watchman who fell

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stores snd hotels. For incoming travelers. Manhattan's "polite" taxi drivers now even take 3 Guns- disn 3: bill without the fishy-eyed stare reserved for inflated Chinese Nationalist and Confederate mon- ey. Similar reports have been re- celved from Buffalo, N. Y., the Canadian shopping centre where the sudden desire for Canadian money since it was freed from c - change control has been procla - ed on store window stickers.-Ton onto Financial Post.

The fundamental value of edu- cation is that it fits one to enjoy it full life, to make maximum use of one's talents and to serve one's fellowmen the better. But its ti- nuncisl advantages cannot he is- nored. These are shown by the situation in Toronto, where University of Toronto has 2,000 positions listed as awaiting grad- uates. This is at 9. time when there are 30.000 unemployed in that city. The jobs carry starting salaries of Mid to 325 monthly. other things being equal, the well-educated person has the best opportunity of securing positions, and the well- paid positions at that. The place- ment bureau st the university, in- cidentally, is an asset to indus- tries nnd others seeking bright young graduates and to the stu- dents who are seeking positions. In the old days. the ullverslty grad- uate didn't. have such help. He had to grope around for a job all by himself.-Windsor Daily Star.

Canadians Today

(Ottawa Journal)

Mr. Hugh MscLennan, one of our foremost novelists. has been telling the Ottawa Women's Capa- dlsn Club that youthful Cans- dlsns and Canadians of middle- ugc aren't the dumb. dull fellows some magazine writers have de- scribed.

Mr. MscLennan disputed sharp- ly. and we think with Justice, the accuracy of the picture of the

love to see Premier Jones llvc on,gy,,jc,1 midd1e.3ged Canadgan mam

asp. chap who drinks too much, eats too much. smokes too much, one whose religious beliefs are in :1 slate of confusion; tn chap who gets little comfort from his fum-

hsps if he would get. on his feet and parade from 8.30 in the morning until 5.30 in the evening,l Around a ten-room classroom, he would speak quite differently. If he would do this day In nndt day out, week in and week out, he would never want to travel over the 'I'runs-Canada Highway route which he proposed. The classroom route would be tiresome enough. i with the Teachers Convention; coming up and Education Week past, we should insist on more " treatment for the ser- vices we perform. If it were not for substandard sslsrih and fault- flndlng parents, the touching pro- fession would be the most. won- derful in the world, and there would be no difficulty in filling its ranks in this Province. I am, air, etc. ONE OF MANY POORLY PAID TEACHERS.

72; . Woetfl Gum

FROM A NOITIIIIN VIGII.

. . . The night is cold.

The ghostly moonlight fills . Hollow snd rift and fold

Of the sorts Afdiss hills!

The windows of.my room

Are dark with bitter frost. The stillness sches with doom of something loved and lost. outside. the nut blue nu Burns in the ghostlsnd pals. Whore slant Algebsr

Holds on the chain trail. Come. for the years an ion; .

Where shspcs If and replace him with Champlain, an Indian;

And stlmos beeps the door, it: the shadows

tahtons - The nrellt. chsmbsr floor. h-Ills! cuustt.

lly because he is so busy making money that he sees little "of them,

.snd little comfort from his money !because he is afraid of losing it.

Nor does the novelist agree that the average youth is a dull boy, unsdventurous. raised on comic strips. and concerned more with a pension at 65 than with the joys of A full- rounded life.

All this. says Mr. Mnclannsn. is so much bush. and we second his conclusion. Far too many people seem to take A sombre pleuurs in writing down Canada and the Canadians. They make a great point of our supposed cultural shortcomings. They declare our young people haven't the makings of the men and women their fath- ers and mothers are. We are. in fact, and in this viewpoint, pretty poor stuff. going from bad to worse, and the hardy plo1rI would be ashamed of their tics- cendsnts.

Bosh is the word. This is s magnificent country and I may- nificent people. Ind lust of all slgould Csnsdlsns seek to belittle 1 cm.

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(And P. E. I. )

STEAM CODIMUNICATION

From A letter by Senator George W. Howlan in The Examiner, Jan. 2, 1883:

"When the steamer 'Wesimore- land' made her first trip from Summerside. her whole freight consisted of two pairs of wild ducks. How different is this now. when each dnyis steamer is loaded to the guards with valuable pro- ducts of our industries. Take one item as illustrative of the whole.- we shipped this past season some twelve hundred horses from Sum- merslde alone. which will not close to one hundred thousand dollars. How much will the increase be when we have more direct com- munlcntion with Boston and New York! . . .

"The P. E. Island Steam Nav-t igntlon Company boats served a good purpose for the past twenty years, but they are not now equal to the wants of the service. My suggestion would be. place steam- ers between Summerslde and Shetl- lsc, Charlottetown and Plctou, to run during the opening of naviga- tion, subject to orders of the Mur- ine and Fisheries Department as to time-table and freight charges. These boats should. in my opinion. be psddlc boats with flush sides. such us run between Saint John. Portland and Boston. Such a service ought to be satisfactorily performed for the subsidy we at present pay of ten thousand dol- lsrs. These with the stesm.ferry at Cape Traverse ought to,lnt-ct the wants of the case. '

"Next in importance is the ques- tion of our Atlantic steamboat connection, so necessary to the mercantile community to carry off our cattle. outs. starch, canned meats. etc. It has been said that the Isle of the 'Pl-lnce Edwnrd' has pl-oven the fact. that such 1 steamer be made to pay with the subsidy of 51500 per trip

I which she received from the Do-

minion Government. I am of A very different opinion. and 1 re- cent conversation with the agent of the 'Prlnco Edwsrd'. Messrs. Peak Bros. & Co.. has only more fully established It. The steam- er we require is one less costly. and carrying more freight-in fact I freight stcsmcr instead of I combined puunger-freight boat. which was unsultsblc to our wants. Such I best as 1 sn mentioned. receiving sxsoo per trip ortlllll subsidy for tho nsson.

could not fall to pay a handsome dividend to her owners."

the .

some of the prophets And star- gszers among us are saying that this will be your last session of the Legislature, that soon sfier the melting of the snow you will retire gracefully from the political battle lines into the enlgn shel- ter of the Canadian hate. I. (or one, would be very sorry if this prophecy were to come to fulfill- ment. Not. that there would be anything disgraceful about it. Many good men have ended up that. way without, apparently. for- feiting the respect of their friends and neighbours. There is no doubt that. as s. sinecure, c Scnatorshlp is most. admirable but. somehow. it is difficult. to think of you as s man who would covet. s slnecure of any sort. My opinion is that you would be sick and tired of the boredom and ennui within I month and long to get back to the exhilaration of the active political scene.

But. whether you go to the sen- ate or remain where you are, may I suggest with all the sincerity I can command, that, in the mem- whlle. there are one or two matters of importance to the body politic, apart altogether from normal acts of administration. to which you should put your hands? There may be others who could attend to 'them Just as well - I would not presume to pass judgment on that one way or the other - but. while you are Premier it is your duty as well as your privilege to take the lead in anything per- taining to the common good.

If this should involve a greater measure of originality in political thinking or even a little more courage in combating the evils of lalsez-falre, so much the better. You have shown these traits be- fore with no harm to yourself or to anyone else.

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One thing that irritates me, and I am certain the irritation is felt by s great many thinking people. is the almost endless talk about relatively trivial matters that goes on whenever the Legis- lature is in scdslon. The right. of free speech is. of course, part. and a very important part, of our dem- ocratic heritage. In no circum- stances should the people's repre- sentatives be denied that right, but. I do not think it. includes a

The Passing Scene

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repetitive expression in .11 SW?” 31111188 he can think of, If you could find some encournco cabinet Ministers . well Is rank and file members 1: confine their eloquence to we" thought out discussion of matter before the House, you would 1,; doing our parliamentary system g slsnsl service which would mm out. to the third and fourth gene; stlons. As things src now. it 1; probably safe to say that .3, km half of the time is wasted in fool NI. Dodntless, lnconaequenuai wransllng and hbrangulng, 1 have myself that who indulge in idshsmod, of thcgrselves. . any ecsuse 11 rtion that the peopei: in .tvheeirl C30. stituencles like that sort of thigh They Ire. I sincerely belt”? sadly mistaken. The svcragc vole. msy relish 1 measure of such non! sense on the hustlngs. It make; for s bit or fun and gmum,,em. He expects something better f"o the Legislature. and, when if in not forthcoming, he is hurt . 5 disappointed. though he ..,.,. am talk about It ovennuch. The pollilygt cutie philosophy of the ..g,.”H.Om., ”- '1 KP" deep. much deeper. in to

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some time minutes to cps-rte?! iziiehftia nit": address over s local station.

one in I series arranged by ill: C. B. C., presumably to 5;" Pe0ple opportunity to he from responsible speakers, 0. wha: mlsht be some on in political ctr. cles Quite an excellent idea 3 . whoever thought it up 1. '10 I: commended for it. -10, the mm. ciple itself. that is. What good 1. dole: guanothar matter. s in see how ulhyoncou :3uf:'”,,,.I,,.f,” hm” it in any way. The speskdr mo: pened to be s Liberal, and I call). cged that he had been in palitla -. r some considerable time. 11. Woke with evident sincerity um conviction with a. little duh at what. the Americans csll "smut. aleckness' thrown in. This latter mgremem "9 dwbi. Wu intended igsizglsgtggllhwallome town listen. .. c v . i00ked if not coilijdoriziffi be mu

The Uilslc thing to my mm was that the burden of the speech -from beginning to and (only 15 minutes. for which the C. B. c 5. praised!) was on the sins of'nl1 conservatives and the virtues of all Liberals. Not A word of en. "8m"""eM for anybody. Not ons msinal thought on which Any- 0n6 mizht ponder.

Almost certslnly., during th. tzgurse of the current; session of

9 H0059. the gentleman will re. peat it all over again and at much 31'"i9l' lens!-h. since there will be no 0. B. 0. around to exercise a. restraining hand.

I O 0 1 It"-5k Yolk my dear Mr. Premier. it his sort of thing really nccu. ;51;l'3 1! it. for that matter. em

9 P-111 30 your Own party inter. alts? I cannot believe that your well trained mind will allow you to think so.

Perhaps one of these evenings it I have another fifteen minutes 0 SP3”. I may listen to I Con- "WWVO Sneaker in the same sex. 194- It may be that he will do bet- ter. but I have crave doubts about it. More likely than not it will turn out to be the same story fver again. except that this time

he conservatives will be pictured as saints and the Liberals as sin- ngrs.

Would it not be possible for you and the Conservative leader to get Weather in s serious sttempt to put a stop to all such juvenile non- sense and make this radio broad- cast what it. was intended to be. and could easily become rl't'n NOW. an instructive, lllumlnmm; programme?

license for every member to give

PROFESSIONAL CARDS

(To be continued)

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Barristers. Sollcltorl. etc.

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Properties 150 liufhmond Street Charo tetown. P.E.I.

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