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CHABLOTTETOWN THURSDAY. DEC. 31. 1953 i

A Momentous Year

The year 1953 will be remembered as witnessing a cease-fire in Korea instead of- the outbreak of a war of g10b'di P1'0P0F' tions. It will also be remembered by many as the Coronation Year of our gracious Queen. These were the highlights of thel year and they will epitomize the year as 8 whole.

There has been a feeling in the Com- monwealth. although not confined to the Commonwealth, that 8. new Elizabethan age is dawning; that the spirit of man will triumph over doubt and uncertainty; that future ages will look back on this twentieth century and think that then it was good to be alive.

It may not altogether fit the facts but history appears to be made up of periods! of flux and periods of stability. At the; end of the nineteenth century men groan-I ad that there were no more worlds to con-i quer, no more chance of altering destiny than that offered by careful plodding and correcting a detail here and a detail there.

Instead of such expectations there have been world-shaking events. No dream is too extravagant to be capable of fulfill- ment. Life may he uncertain but it cer- tainly is neither dull nor lacking in oppor- tunity.

The whole world is the melting pot to- day, as the Mediterranean was thousands of years ago but our own little part of it holds even greater promise than most. We are not unused to associating with other peoples in political relationships and may be thankful to possess remarkable natural resources which the world will need in in- creasing measure. In the world of the fu- ture. we clearly have the ability and must accept the duty of pulling our weight.

Indeed, so far as Canada is concerned, we have every reason to look forward with confidence and optimism. We have free- dom of worship and ordered government. with an abundance of the luxuries as well as of the necessities of life, and with tre- mendous possibiiities of expansion indus- trially and otherwise. In this Province, while our farmers have been affected ad- versely hy the drop in potato prices, there have been many compensating advantages. with substantial projects in prospect for employment in our urban areas, with furth- er attention to processing our abundant farm and fishery resources, developing our tourist attractions and improving trans- portation facilities, the outlook may be said to be brighter than at any period in our history.

On this note of optimism and high hopes. we wish one and all a very Happy and Prosperous New Year.

The Livestock Outlook

As in the United States, cattle numbers have been building up in Canada since 1948. By June 1. 1954 the total cattle pop-

in the first nine months of 1953 reached a record 53.5 million pounds and with hog production in the two countries currently pursuing similar trends, it seems likely that the continuance of strong hog prices south of the line will lend additional support to our own domestic market in the next few months.

Sheep and lamb marketings in 1953-54 may again show an increase for the second year in succession. As in the case of beef, the lower trend of prices has encouraged domestic consumption and exerted a stabil- izing influence on price.

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A Canadian sports columnist. writing in an English periodical, is worried about, the calibre of Canada's entry in the worltli hockey championship games to be played, in Oslo in February. He doesn't think that; our entering team has the necessary known; how; "to fly our flag on the continent". In: manifest expectation of defeat he askszi "Wouldn't it be a sad blow to Canada ifi Russia in her first appearance in worldi championship competition should beat us?' i

While we sympathize with the column- ist's anxiety to have Canada well andi strongly represented at Oslo, and admire his? patriotism, we cannot share his feeling that defeat of our team, even at the hands 0! Russian skaters, would be a serious disasterl One of the important things-perhaps thci most important one-which the Russians need to learn in their dealings with other nations is the value of team work. They need to learn also that the game itself, not victory, is the thing that really counts to 3. true sportsman. The fact that after so many years of cold aioofness they have consented to take part in any kind of sports

aging sign of the times. There is not much

Oslo, but it would be a pity if word should reach them beforehand that some Western teams were already bemoaning the possi- bility of a Russian victory. To them that would be a clear confirmation of a long- felt suspicion that everybody west of their iron curtain is vowing their destruction. and is not this the very thing that the democratic powers are trying to break down?

It would 'be well for the Russian players to realize that Canada's chief purpose in sending a hockey team to Oslo is not to beat them or any other participating team, but to display before all the world a cheer- ful and democratic brand of sportsmanship.

EDITORIAL N01 ES

New Year's Eve. 0 O D

An esteemed subscriber lias furnished us with an excellent highway safety motto for the New Year. Here it is: "Drivers are safer when the roads are dry, but the roads are much safer when the driver is dry."

I O O The Canadian construction industry has had a record year and looks forward to another at least as favorable. From all ap- pearances it may be judged that this Prov- ince will have a fair share of the expected building activity. I O O

The annual harness horse-racing review by Lieut. Colonel MacKinnon. which is looked forward to with great interest not only by our horsemen but by harness rac- ing fans throughout the Maritimcs, will ap-

pear in our Saturday's issue. 0 O O

ulation (beef and dairy) may reach 10 mil- lion head. reports the Industrial Develop- ment Council of Canadian Meat Packers Except for 1944-43, this would be the high- est point. in cattle numbers since 1920. Cattle marlcctings in the 12 months end- ing September 30. 19.34 .may exceed the previous year by between 250.000 and 300.- not) head. However, with beef consump-

tion expected to run as high as 14 per cent.

above 1952-53, cattle markets are expected to maintain a reasonable degree of stability. Thus cattle feeders who have plenty of feed on hand and did not pay too fancy :1 price for feeder stock this fall should not be in trouble.

Hog producers, who have enjoyed ex- ceptionally good returns in 1953, especially from May forward, can expect some down- ward adjustment in markets next year when part of the present large feed surplus be-

gins to arrive on markets in the form of I It seems unlikely. however, that any'

pork. sizeablc pork surplus will develop before the final quarter in 1954. For the first half of 1954 marketings may not show A very great change from the same period in 1953. in the third quarter marketings will probably exceed the relatively light summer marketing: this year, but a fairly firm trend of pork prices, with the usual seasonal variatioris. may prevail. If pork --applies continue rather light and prices high in relation to beef, domestic pork con- sumption in 1953-54 seems likely to fall by around 13 per cent from the' record disap- pearance of 1952-53.

Ehtpoiu of pork to the. United states

I Both imports and exports continue high- ier according to the D.B.S. but imports have increased to a greater degree. It would seem that Canadians have a good deal of money to spend but might well put more cffort into selling abroad.

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"Stop-loss” measures such as the potato pool support price are very different from the subsidies which call for increased duty under the American tariff. That protection is intended to prevent an artificial lower- ing of the normal cost of production rather than measures to keep the farmer going in -the face of disaster.

It is the Maritime Provinces Board of Trade that has taken the initiative in plac- ing the proposal for an Atlantic Provinces Economic Council before the various gov- ernments, starting with that of Frlnce Ed- ward Island. Everyone in these Provinces, however, has an interest in the success of the proposals.

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I-Iemy Matisse, French painter. was born this date 1869. He left Amiens to study law in Paris but soon gave up the idea to study under Gustave Moreau at the Ecole des Beaux Arts. At first attracted to the Impressionist school, he later turn- ed to Gauguin as an inspiration and soon became one of the leaders of the Fauvistes.

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Glndneu and sorrow:

we press still thorough.

Nnught. that abides in it Daunting us-onward!

And solemn before us. i Veiled, the dark portal.

Goal of all mortal;- . stars silent rest o'er us.

Graves under us silent. ,

While earnest. thou gazes:

Comes boding of terror,

Comes phantaam and error Perplcxlng the bravest . With doubt and mlsgivlng.

But heard are the voices.

Heard are the Sages, i The World's and the Ages: : Yihuoae well; your choice but And yet endless."

Here eyes do regard you In Etc-rnity's stillness: Here is all fullness.

Ye brave, to reward you: Work, and despair not."

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A Carol Reports

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Ono of our friends met a tired Ohristmu Carol which said it had been a little easier this year, The radio stations had waited longer in call out the carols and it was astonishing how many carols which had been hidden away by the Pur- itlnl centuries ago were being dressed up and were taking their places in ranks acceptably.

Our friends were interested in the tolerant attitlldo of the carol. It had been pushed about rather roughly at. community sing-songs for which it did not consider it- self suited unless the children did all the singing; it observed that carols had an objectlo to being bellowed. The mcth s of em- ployment were growing each year. it. had found it wearing to be in attendance while long-play re- cords circled in I. million homes and also find timn for the radio and television studios. The carol still considered its most. important engagements those in schools. in churches. in hospitals and around the family piano when it felt it was lifted as the offering of thcse to Whom Christmas had a deep spiritual significance.

But the coral said it was not lnoking for sympathy. It was afraid that. too many people might come to the conclusion that car- ols were being worked to death, The carol observed that some songs were worked hard through- out the year. mentioning "Green- sleeves" for an example. while the carols usually could not for if mnnbha.

The enrol said that for itself it would prefer to sound more like It. lullaby than A bottle hymn (its name was "silent Night”) but it felt. that it. had A duty to nerve nll. being available to the mused choirs II well as to the child sing- ing to its doll and waiting for Christmas. The carol hoped our friend would fun: As merrily and thankfully as he could during his holiday and nuured him it would be with him whenever the spirit of 0'... stmos in his hurt desired rxpresllon.

A road sign on the want hub- way at the edge of town reads: Clear Lake 43 miles. But. after the motorist has passed through town and out the south highway towards Clear Lake. he sees mother sign. a rather puzzling one: Cletu-

Lake. 44 miles. -Dauphin. Man, Herald ,

Britain's largest turkey. n 40- poundcr, has been presented to Sir Winston Churchill for Christ- mu. It may be tough but that won't. get it. Anywhere. "Winnie" has proved he's a pretty tough old bird himself. -Windsor Daily Star

Albert: has topped the million mark in population. following fairly closely after British Colum- bia into that charmed circle. Thus Alberta becomes the fourth Pro- vince of Canada in the seven fig- ure mark. Ontario leads with 4.- 500.000 plus. and should soon be. the first to top five million. Que- bec is also over 4.000.000 probably closer to 4,500,000. British Colum- bia climbed to 1,165,000 in the

1961 census. -From Lethbridgc Herald On occasion Individuals have

acted hastily in importing animals and birds-hence many of the reg- ulations which are now in f6rce- and have created difficulties be- yond their wildest expectations. It. is because of this lack of vision that. starlings are the nuisance they now are on this continent that skunks harass the poultry- mcr. of Prince Edward Island, that grey squirrels are such I past. in the Old Country. Similar lack of vision caused the Australian continent. to be over-run with rab- bits which it didn't. want, and now has taken from France the rnbbits which the country's econ- omy needs. -Halifax Chronicle- Herald

"It is better that I. judge should lean on the side of compassion than severity." wrote Cervantes. So leaned Judge Van Roden, of the Delaware County Orphans Court. when he modified the will of a decedent to spare the life of Susie. Susie. n Scotty was doomed to share the death of her mistress, Susie had committed no crime, and had won the love of her liv- ing custodian. The Judge wisely decided that Susie's owner, in di- 1-acting her execution, had written that part. of her will upon the sup- position that. the dog would be old and feeble when extinguished as an act. of mercy. Susie will live and make people happy, thanks

Ala Juthe. I Bula- tin.

Campaigns to Increase Cana- dian consumption of cheese have been directed mainly at cities. Evidence that it is the rural pop- ulation which haa let the report of at survey conducted by provin- cial and Dominion departments of agriculture. Of t.hree,Ont.arlo cities included. Budbury headed the list. with 8.1 poundrper oapita. An- nuslly. Toronto on close up with eight pounds and allowing for all those who do not eat cheese, the remainder must be doing pretty well Ottawa, which in this matter ought. to set. an example, got away with only 5.6 pounds per oaplts.

The average for all Canada. 5.4. makes Toronto's wore look good. Incidentally. this was the

only city in the group in which old cheddar sold in greater quan- tlty than mild. gram

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CENTRAL ACADEMY

The following announcement. is- sued April 1. 1835. by J. Lawson. secretary. appears to have been the first public advertisement. re- specting the Charlottetown Cen- tral Academy. now Prince of wales College: ,

"A commodious build-ing having been erected in an eligible and airy part. of the Town (the capital of the Island.) the 'n-untecs give notice that two Masters will be required for this Ir.stltut.ion.

”'1'he Branches of Education to be taught. in the Academy are defined by law, viz:-"rho cm; and Latin Classics, Belles Lettrcs. the French Language. Geography oonnocted with Astronomy and combined with General and Na- tural History. English Reading. Grammar and Elocutlon. Elemen- tary and Practical Mathematics. and Theoretical and Practical Arithmetic. By the name, law. a nlary of i160 currency is secured to be paid to each of the Masters. and the tuition money equally divided between them.

"The Institution in under the superlntendenoe of nine 'n1ut.eu. Persons who can produce testimon- ials of good moral character and qualified to teach the branches of Education above enumerated. will be pleased to Apply by letter (post paid) to the Hon. 1!. J. Jarvis, Chief Justice, President of the Academy. on or before the lot

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-fairs late in 1952. It shows the: - the speaker was of llhc opinion that

In the fu.ndI.mental thing: one year is the some as another. Men have the name hopes and fears: they see the same visions and dream the same dreams. A thous- and yous Ago and more men were appraising their ooconlmishmeuta and viewing their prospects with mingled faith and scepticism. just. as they are now. In another sense no two years are alike. There is sometzhlng in each which leaves a. distinctive mark on the tablets of l1lst.otry; it cannot. be duplicated.

What will the historians of the future-say. in the year moo-any about 1953? well. I don't. suppose that anybody knows the answer to this question, for in the Interim many evaluating details will ap- pear which now are not viable. It seemsvllkely. however. that they will say, for one thing, that the year was one of lndecislveness in the matters which were troubllnx and challenging the minds and spirits of men.

I have before me a newspaper report of I speech delivered by I keen student of international af-

1953 would see elmer a great im- provement or I serious deteriora- tion in lntermtlonal relationships. As it turned out. he was wrong. There has been no great improve- ment; on the other hand the situation is certainly no worse. On the surface. at any rate. whatever the undercurrent may be like. the year ends very mudh as it started. The tensions. differences. and ngitatlom among the nations me still there. although there does seem to be I feeling of cautious opthnlnn which was not present a you IEO.

While the grim throat of atomic warfare still hangs over our heads, there are signs here and mere that its pressure is not quite as heavy an it hu been. The fact. that no nation has d ed officially tho now move to oxuto I. world pool of atomic mntsrlnm gives some osuse for hope. It. may. of course. come to nothing and. so for M 1953 is concerned. it is no more than the playing of 1 sun- beam on the cypress tree. Just. the some it. helps in the creation of healthier thought. and that is not. to be ridiculed.

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For what it is worth the Korean Armistice is I ma product. Here Iuln lndeclalveneas comes into the picture and darkens it. It is better than continued fighting. and that is about the best. lJ'haE anyonelays mboutlt. That. unhap- py country is just as divided as it was n year ago and the root. causes Mlidh turned it into I. battle- ground are just as lively. There is, however. one thing about it which future historians will find interesting and perhaps helnful.

. THE OLD YEAR

tho history of war both sides to the dllpute laid down their arms before either had been goaded to it by the prospect of imminent ac. feat, - 'rhl.s must. be of mine signific- nnce. but just. what it. does signify nobody seems to know. It. may be at least. partly responsible for the vexing delay in the arranging of I peace conference which was a. have been completed long ago. . . .

Perhaps the most. important. de. vclopment. in 1953, though this too has A slightly l decisive touch about it. is seen in tlha lncreulnx measure of concern wthioh me more abundant peoples of idle earth are showing for the less pnqaexoun ones. While of course the imple- menting plans-Points 4 program Colombo Plan. et.c..-are not, 0 1953 origin. there seems to have been this year a more general awareness of their uaefulneu. The obvious weakness is thnt. some na- tions are not doing their ptopor. tlonete share.

Every now and then somebody who is not satisfied with anything less than perfection takes me floor to point out that all than "plans" are political expedient; without my moml buts. That. 1; probably true. They may nevu- have come into existence at an but for the threat. of war and ma. tlonalistlc uprisings. Neva;-tmgm. they represent at mu forward move- ment. and there may be more in. tlmate connection between uh" is practicable and what is moral then we are somtlmea inclined to recognize. Anyway it is better to do good under pressure than not to do it It all.

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I suppose the event of the moat domestic importance in this coun- try was tzhc general election in August. Its results are still balm; evaluated and probably won't be ready for Ivhg catalogues for ggmg time to come. It nouns clear that no harm was done to our poimui stability wihich undliitediy is an asset. At the same time somg sin- cere and competent observan- including (wife a few Liberal one: -are wondering if we are on tho way to eventual one-party govern. ment, wthloh would be anything but an asset. Time will tell the story; we must. hope that it will br- El good one.

There is a general feeling that Canada. during 1953. nuumgd added prestige and influence in world councils. Whether or not that will be A good thing for us and for the world depends, of course. on how wisely we outgrow our national adolescence. Progress towards national maturity requires 9. good many thins! besides A strong currency and stable govern- ment. eqaeclnlly if. as some believe. the latter has in it the seeds of

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