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TllE A ctttititorrsruwn GUARDIAN

Morning Dill! tFouded In I887)

President: Ueut. Col. W. Cheater 8. Mel-an Vice-President: J. B. Burnett. FJ-l. Secretary: Lleut. Col. D. A. Mulflnnou, 0.8.0. Editor and Managing Director: J. B. Burnett. IJ-l. luocute Editors: Frank Walker and Lint. Inn A Burnett, R.U.N.V.B. (On Actlu Service)

“The Strongest Memory is Weaker Thai the Weakest Ink."

SATURDAY, JAN. 22. I9“

Reform

The ottly way to get things done is to be_dis- satisfied with things as they are. Our failure to utakt: progress iti tnaiiy directions may be tiacctl directly to a spirit of false complacency and tlitt feeling that the future can take care of itself. \\'c shall never get anywhere that writ; \\'e titttst be discontented with present crittdiiions in order in effect intpr0\'etiietits and t-vfttrtits .\ti cxztttittlo UIIHCS. to tnititl in lit! brivt ‘li\ltIl'_\' hi the lltllitil’ liO£ll‘(l of 'l‘ratle, which was started hcrc a fctv years ago. Lircat cxttectaii-ttts urn- bttilt upnti that etiterprise. [m1 tmfurttinatriy' thc utctiibcrs soon fOtlltil ll|t'lll\i‘l\t‘~ ltititdtvziiiprd ltv their tiiOrc cattticus gitlpg"; at‘ tlzt- aim-.- ’.-~;t:"d t-f 'l'rarlc, who acted a. quit...“ ti“ PYQYtllIIHQ thcvv lll1tl(‘l'lttfil\' or at.- tctitpicil to ttndertalcc. 'l‘li<t result “T15 thill ti“! tutti-tr lltntrd lllllt‘li\' ioltlt-tl up, and nothing more llJl.~ been lteard of it.

Xotv the tlilfCfPllf service clubs 0f the city haw ittia-tvl |'~t*rt-< and arc taking a united iti- irrrst in lttral affairs. .\ ioitit IIICCIlIIQ‘ in con- ,»it~.-tinn with [ir-vptt-(‘tl cdttcatiottal rrfortns is to Yilht‘ plate in thv Y..\l.C..\. on Blottdav cvctt- ing. and tin tlttttli’. .1 cowl deal of valuable in- fqtttgtidt: will lit- forthcuitiittg with regard to iircsent Ctilltlllltilla zind lllllllS for future im- proiciitetrt. This is an CXCPIICIIL nlolii "m! .'l<-~.t~t~\t-.. cvcrv encouragement.

The ctlttcatitinzil situation in this Province ts iiell known. It involves" niaiiy problems, one 3i the utust important being that of rtirai con stilidfitiun. It was littpCtl that thc cite-room svlitifii uld be llttllt! awav with vcars ago, and it was with that obicct in view that the liltc Sir \\'illiatti hlacDottald started the cottsolidatcd school at Southport. hoping that his (‘XEIIIIPIE would be followed throttghottt the Island. Un- fortunately, the province was not iti a sufficient- ly advanced position educationally or political- ly to avail itself of the opportunity so getter- ously presented at that time, with the con- sequence that thc one-room school is still with us.

Of course, the other side of the picture is that farmers throttgl-tout the province object, especial- ly in winter, to ltave to send their children long distances by team or otherwise to attend a ceti- tral school, when a local one could be found at their door. The late Prof. Robertson was a strong believer in the one-room and two-room school, declaring more than once that the best pupils who ever passed through Prince of \Val:s College cams from these institutions. His argu- ment was that while the teacher was actively in- structing one class, the others doing silent work were in a. position to absorb what the senior pupils were being taught. Consequently when their turn came it was largely a tnatter of revis- inn for them. Many a brainy child was able to skip grades just through that opportunity of drinking in the information and instruction vouchsafcd for his se_rtiors while hc was stip- posedly doing silent work.

There are many arguments on both sides. and no doubt that at a. conference such as is being held Monday night all angles will be investigated. and an rinp ' " n to air views prorlud ' _ but one of in ty ques- tions that CZIn anrl should be discussed with re- gard to improving mtr educational system. Once s line of gctieral policy has been agreed upon. as lifilllg necessary and desirable regardless of political or other considerations, there should be cuticcrtcd effort in pressing for its im- tilctnctttatiort.

Educational

Taxpayers i Fool The Bill

(Inc ttf thc ztrgutticuts advanced by Mt‘- hl- Coldwt-ll, national leader of the C.C.li-. l0? wvializittg iitstiiziiicc eoutpzitiies prompts a put"- tittctit reply iii the 'l.'oruttto 'I'clcgratn. Mr. Cttltltvcll rlaiuis that costs could be reduced. zzttd ltc states. on the ltasis of a survey made by l:;_. itttrtt. that titt: tkttitidizttt (Jovct-titiictit au- nt‘ iv. att- tipcrftttitl at niuch less cost than sonic sitttilat" iitstitxitice plans.

'l‘h¢ hut. snout tu iittitil itt the other direc- tion. If .\lt'. tltltlivcll had said the tfmfflllllclli tii~ttr.:ti-;< i‘ salt] ti. 111.: aiitiuiizitit at loivcv cost itt- uottll l: t" slit. but the rcasuti fut‘ this is thtt; (Iattztdiati tioicrttttictit atittuilics are heavily sub- sidized front public ftttids. In an illustrated tt~.i..-t~ttltwttt~ ltttoldrt which is part of the Gov- vrtittttttt (i'l\'(‘|'li\lll" czttupztigit one reads that 'ilt<.- .'tit:ttttiit-s :~\~~iL‘lll is provided at ccist, lhc i} tttit-ttttttttt dttniitg iiu profits front its utmra- iibtt." 'l'ltis 2s zt gcttt of uttdcrstatctticttt, for 111g syn-tn (ltita lint carry itself and the cttr~ tint t-rpurt of tht- .\ttIlll'>t'-(i(‘ll(‘l'.'ll shows $616.-

t-“Lg-Q paid from ittblic funds “to tnaiittaitt tv-c-cic" itt the iisutl _\c;it' tg.ti-.|,.'. lu 193b, \\'lI(‘|I ll rvt-rgtttiiatititttt of sorts took place, the ant-unit r-i llic tttittsiti’ was $SKHIJ96~H very l7tl\' sutii. In atldititut not all cxticnscs arc. rltatgttl up to adttiitti ttiutt. and salaries, ttzticllittg L'.\[).|\.s'.,\ zttitl ztgcttts/ (‘Ollllllimltltls in lni" fiscal year ittcittiotirtl tau tn $255,441.52.

\\'itlt thrsq attluuttttgcs. and the further benc- (iictitm of .1 per ccut frotn the Government on its funds. it is obvious that the system com- lt(‘lt‘> ttitiairly with ittsitrziticc cotttpzittics. at c.\'- pcusc of llle taxpatt-rs.

The tuttntitics .~_\'slClll was inattgitrated itt lt)(>8 ostensibly tu cucottragc thrift and assist Catta- dians to avoid privatimt in old agc, but statistics of ttltl ,:;{c [tensions ClirvfS sccm to indicate that an itt t~ittglv formidable proportimi of the i"ii‘tt . tn is lWIIIQ‘ ltcpt from want otherwise thzttt bv SPIf-Illlftfllllstfl ntutuitics and that most lllil'e'llllnt'l'w' of tiovcrtitttent atmuitics are rea- ~~'i.'titlv uttll-tti-tlrt. .\§.\lSll|lfJ the latter. how- “'- T» "it fill‘ lP-Xlvtiers of Czutatltt.‘ including ihe ittsttrztttt-t; ctmtpttittes. .\lt'. Caldwell, too, is

concerned, not only u a taxpayer, but u a d1- rector. for h; votes annually for the labor De- partmentapprpprtstion covering "payment re- quired to ntatntain reserve’ of the annuities branch.

If this is the strongest argument that can bcbdvanced ip favor of socializing insurance, tt. ts not likely to appeal to the ordinary man. Ibwould seem to be based, not on democratic principles at all, but on the principle of class lcgislatton. pure and simple.

- EDITORIAL NOTES t-

Tutttorrow the various congregations will be on their knees returning thanks for the fine reports submitted at their annual meetings.

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This is the time for citizens to busy themselves over their footpaths, when the ice ntay easily be shovelled off.

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John Jervis, Earl St. Vincent, British sailor, born this date, i735, took part in the expedi- tiott to (Quebec, shared in the reliefs of Gibral-

lndics Fleet, 1793-5; assisted in the conquest 0t Martinique and Guadeloupe; promoted Admiral, I795; won the great victory off Capo St. Vin- cctit itt i707 for which he was created liarl; ap- pottttetl First Lord of the Admiralty in I801, and Adtniral of the Fleet in i821. >i Y‘! Ill ill

Seventy locomotives and 2,140 freight cars —-iticludittg stcel-slteatlted box cars, lfiple-lflppfl‘ and gottdola cars and overhead refrigerator cars —-h:1ve been ordered by the Cattadiati Pacific flailwav Conipatiy to ease the burden on ttio- ttve power and rolling stock, hard pressed in tnectitig the demands of war transportation. The contracts have been let to firms in Montreal, in ifiliustott and ilatniltott itt Ltntariti atid in .\'c\v Lilasgotv. NS. In addition to the otttside COII- tracts an order for 50 cabooses has been placed with the (Tompattfs own Angus Shops in Mou- treal

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After’ the war, pipelines for crude oil attd truck-rail transportation will be employed t0- gctlter with tractor-trucks that will make over- night: deliveries direct to warehouses, states Dr. Carlton I_I. Schlesmati, research executive uf the fiocottv-Yactiunt Oil Cotnpatiy, New York.

\\llllll‘llll‘lfl first postwar decade the United States ivtll have the greatest airborne transporta- [I01], fleet tn the world. With 3,600 of 11m 4,000 available planes tn operation, such a fleet would carry 90,000 passengers daily for a total of 5o,- 000090 passenger miles. In addition. 5,000,000 ton-miles of freight would be flown." Dr. sfillltfg. man forecasts that passenger aulumobilgs wit; be_smaller,_ lighter and powered with a stitzill- clyltnder,diigh-compresston motor that will ltavc tne gasoline consumption of present ntodcls.

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French-speaking Canadians have always had a warm feeling for Scotsmcn. In this regard, they are fond of saying that on the evctiitig of the Battle of the Plains of Abraham. the sul- cncrs of Wolfe and those of Motttcaltn frater- ntzcd by speaking Gaelic. ignoring on 0mg side

and the nther both Frcttcli and English. In the last issue of the Progrcs du Golfc (\\/¢¢k]\.-, published tn Rimottski), Mr. I-Icurv Dcschatitps gives an account of the good rclatiotis which have always existed between the Iirettch Caua. dians and Scotsmett: "The first Scotsman of whom there is any ‘ITICIIllOII in our national archives is this old pilot Abraham Harlin nick- named the bcotstnan, to whom we owe the PdiIIflS of Apbtaltani which became the battle- field ivliere ltrance and England measured blows m 1759 and i760. . . And so as not to remqvg ottrsclvcs too far away from this hisfm-jc ficld 0f ilfltiie. let us remember that after the 4cm]. 0f “folk. m a corner of Abraham Martin's field, the command devolved upon-General Mm. ray, another Scotsman. Finally, when at the 0th. er end of the field Montcalm almost at the same moment as his cottquerot", breathed his last, a Scotsman, General de flatnczati, who for long had served with the Frcitch army took ow,- 1h, command of the town. Quebec w“ the" 1",. ruins. The bulk of lit: French army under command of the Chevalier joltnstotte, also 1 strotsman. had retired toward Alontreal. Bv (hatter, DlIc_Ot'-"l"\\_'f1"(l?l\'= after the battle, there “HS the curious sight of one bcotstnait ltaudiup over to another Scotsman the arms and the keys of a town which belonged neither to the one nor to the other." i I l I

‘IIhcvRt. Hon. Capt. llarold Balfour, Bri- t-si Under Secretary of stats for the British Air Ministry, ivlio is known hctc, ltavittg visited "Q 1W1“ "1 I941. writes to t_l1e_Sunday Express: \\ eck after week the public ts addressed, lcc- lllmlt twllflllfll. \\'3l‘l1¢<-l. advised and directed on inc need to accept continued control of life atid PY°P°YLY after the war. Some of these speak- crswage their own_ campaigns with the object of laying the foundations now for their particular brand of post-ivar planned and controlled State. '1 ltcse sitpcr-controllers with their extreme views are doing a disservice to the cotitniuuity because ‘he llltlllbflotis picture they paint of a natign missed up ttghtun stays of state control causes a natural revitlstntt front acceptance of that de- tlrce 0t continued control ivhich commonsense folk appreciate wtll bg necessary for some iti- dcftttttc time after the war. Let each of us put two test questions on our approach to this issue of post-ivar control. lnrst, do you seek 3ft,“ the largest antount of control you can titztnaze m retain? Or do you look for how little Con. trol you can tuauagc with? Secondly, do you like control because it fits into your political theories of the ordered States where every one shall do as he ts told, and a corrective govern. mental hash on the head shall be Hdllllillsfergd 3f any one who is so anti-social as to achieve in-

tvtr ual unlicensed and unplanned success? Or 41> You accept the need for continued controls ll Order to feed and clothe fellow ltumans in war-ravaged countries and in order f0 translate "m" W" l" Wat-T. 0"!‘ eQnottiic life in a way m‘ fair share for all and to restore otir intcrtial and export trades without the dangers of uncontrol- lcd inflation? We have many in our midst who hold a passionate belief that at all titnt-< cvvrr

farm of State ownership and control is better than any form of private enterprise.

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imp CHARLOTIETOWN GUARDIAN

PUBLIC FORUM

WHO ARE THE TEACHERS?

Bltz- we all read about the teachers not getting enough salary. But. who are the teachers? I have children attending suuool. they come home with more books than they can carry to learn heme at night. Miss so and so. said to learn their lesson home. Now who L! the teacher? The father or the mother. Miss su and 5n listens to what. they have teamed home, the next My. gives them as much more to learn next. night. and ff they do not. KIIOW their lesons. which is often the case. they have them over again? Phat is all right, If the father, or mother had an education. but; phat about. the poor unfovtutiatcs like myself, lwho cannot. lutp their children. |We have to send than: one. who teaches then‘

tar, 1780-2; cotntnatidcr-itt-chicf of the West '25 Crllls 1° $190 “n C‘ - “t?

If this fomi of teaching is to find out how lunch the parent-s know it should not take them long to find out.

t am Sir. etc. UNFORTUNATEJ “OTHER. ANTI-PROHIBITION

Shn- In yoi i lSSLle of January 1a, under "Pitbttc Forum" you pu - llshed a letter signed "Disgusted" on the subjezt. of Prohibition.

For a pnpu which has suclt a circulation -“Ccvcrs IREJ like ‘the Dew"-- start-Iv 3'01‘. Lave bl‘!- ter material 0n the lflltfh (li-icufis- ad subject titan §he narrow 1115111.“ vlews "Disgusttich has put, torth.

The sooner flic PFOhlfJlilOII Law is repealed the better fcr all except the bootlclzor, an undesirable citizen, and the odct doctor who exacts his "script" fee. ‘ _

If. "Disgusted" feels Prohibition will stop out‘ btys tin-j tirls frcm dflnkiflfl he or she hau better realize human tiature l> ruch that where there's a vnll then-r a \\'a.v— better have thtm dvuik Btfod Ilqlml and not. rim i "y risks‘

Being R “fareignci'_ _ _ > a, province where protttbitzbtt docs not, exist, I Junk forward to the day when Prince vard Is- land will "see the llzh‘.

Wishing you and ‘yr-tit every success. _

I am Sir, oh.

H. E. CLARK. C-O 4 Russell 5t. Sucttttiristde.

TuE-efdfiis r-txrnicxs

pa per

Sll‘.-— To uncTivh-r; has _nu tstakr: In the financial future, It 1S rather amusing to sec what n turn the CC F. has given the chi line patt- fos. Since that awful thing hap- pcncd tn Ontarlo there has been quite a flood of propagntida in our daily press wartime the P9013}? against the threatened 091111011110 slavery of that pernicious. "ti-SW". political ntovement. If urn/twill; In the world. can ever 510D m” Llb‘ erals from vililyiitt; thv Conic"- atlvtxs. mid the Conspttvativcs from returning: the compliments ft will be the 0.0.1“ If‘ they do tit?- inuch good they will not have 1tv.d in stain. ~

Some Ame ago. I read an edit- orial tn one of our papers entitled "Morris Wilson Tackles the SOC- lalists.“ and hi t_hts._ the p writer speaks of "Authoritative vnice 0t the President: of tne RQNQI 3311b of Catiuda, I ant not suit: how “authoritattvfl his voice IS.‘ He -= an expert in capitalistic fittaticc. but how much docs he klwW 0! care about the struggles and fears of the man who critinot protltice

cliuof Plow: octnsworl which auricular; not: Moln- fn ll n ofespton. Perm .

time at " ‘

somewhat unset abut. the tn; crease which we "held 1'11"‘ have received tram the Uhlrltllffi- town School Board. 1 rather

grill: femur that our City uhrfes

arg so enormous as to make “I

“mime ldflitl 1:216 ln (ilggecmmenr. u c: .

“fr? rgfiergnca to our Sourfs friend‘ may state that the FY0905! strike M. the end o! Janulry 15 indeed news to your iltwllllve-

fzatlon Ls as svlldly belttnd YW M is your Federation W111 regard to your grievances in connection with mo salary probtem. However. I “"3” “$.13 ““l°°t."‘.l.’l.s.l?.‘i‘ fso e. ue

I altitedftrsmly cuarfvtxtcezf. should bd thorotlshly discussed _bv all t1" tncmbcrs of the teachaztl PY°l°55l°n before any such lotion takes place.

1 moan sincere“, hop. you, “wk, 0,5,... glhw but; the Wlnw cmw

If his object ts, and I feel certain that It is, more remuneration, thou his cause will tit-finitely bu iveaketied b_v such separate action: as he contemplates, a united front ls very necessary for the attain- ment or our tights. wt rename fronts spread all over Prince Ed- vrard Island.

The executive do not. profess w be superman, and judging from out results tn regstvrl to salary. We 691" tanily am not. However, we have etideavourpd to do out‘ bit. HOV ivlthstattrling the contrary oPlnltm of "Disgusted Tcacnefl"

We are certainly’ tilcased to know that the rural teachers are not satisfied with the Government salary now paid. as we have been told by those in authority that tho rural tcntuor ls content with the present svdlll- l-lcWeVfl". We dirt not. S\\‘:‘.ll'»'t\' such n statement even though it.- source did seem qtilte foirnldable I ltave not endeavoured to be satirical tn n-.v reply. I ltave only tried to show the difflculllcs which Federation nvcutivc have faced along the linc. I would suggest ntorr frequent. crxrrcspuntlrnce with the General Sccretary, thereby a0- quafiitlnz him with lili: problems in each centre. such coitcspcnd- once will be oxtrcmclsi welccntc and will rec-cite immediate at- tcntion.

I tttn. Sit‘ etc.

J. PIES (YJLLAGIIAN President. Prince Edward Island Teachers‘ Fe itloti.

hlargariite

tuttatvtt Journal)

Our: of the liveliest issues on tit." llftilc food front in the United States is an ever-growing demand that Olvfllllllfgilflllg be frrcct from all lliu restrictions- atid taxes which now l1cdgt~ its stile ll_S a SlllLltlllllC for butter. The debate has become a bitter one, but. not, as might wcII be expected in wartime, on the relative merits cf bitttci" and nletnzirgarinc as fccd, but between various prcsstirc groups, each with at: axe to uriutl for a favorite in- dustry. So hut has the debate be- come that a writer in the current Ilnrpcfs Magazine concludes an ar- ticle cn the subject with “our diet is being selected for us by pressure groups "

feed’ and

acres; the border would hava tts repercussions In Canada.

he weird story of the lotu-drawn-out

nationalization-amounte-

um‘ u bl a me. ‘fiiilt’ 3w." bi-“ckbeiw °

unz _ with fruit. uhtoned out

ineladeu woods

won s twfltihn. rabbit tuck.

Now smokes the chknney on the dusk-

th cobalt upward white. ifil‘ a lonely farm

when-em s yellow kitchen lllht.

foretelfs warm runner for a bo who. Into the

—Franoes lliivost. tn the

hOUDll-W

to balm v rback" “i m mar... a.

homo white ll

i! nay burn from the mberbox. drlvu loft-Wed ws. tags: them n feast: of gold.

New York erald Tribune.

writer In Harper’! tell: I.

Churchill’: words of warning, post-war world, have often been not be repeated too often.

Their application to insurance, and ed, needs to be stressed. insurnncg companies started and by stantly applied, that they growth and solidarity. terprlse, operating in its highest s wards are shared with their cllen at reduced costs.

fight to have oleo sales put. on a par with butter In the United Stat- ' cs. They had discriminating acts as far back as 1886 and there are- all sorts of state laws and taxes, as high as ten cent-s a Pound ff the product ts colored to make ft look

ture. It that.

(‘IICC

sure ton

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This arautrtcttt between cham- piors of that ttvo varieties of edlblc fats l5 uoliinz tiew- It has been going on for better than fifty yearsz- bitt more recent changes tn the tucthcrls m‘ manufacturing oleo have altered thr- whole complcxioti of tlic fight. Olco was fcritit-rly made largely from oils imported liitn the Unitcrl Stain»; palm and coconut. but now cottonseed and sovbczin oil; are the main Ingredi- ents IISCd and these are domestic iu-cditt-ts. ‘Flius a. split in the farm bloc. between those DTOKIIICIU! ofl- hearlnw rlu: .

enough security to borrow YPOIII lllf.‘ bank in the day of his tired‘? Tl" banks do not. concern tlictnsclvcs with more than forty per cent of our population Sixty per cent cannot be customers. Wt} cattiwt blame the banks (at; thiscithc-r Within the area of the prinelplflli upon which they operate. they "Y" most. efficient and depr-lldflble. but Je had better realize that there ls a large proportion 0t’ 0U!‘ population they do not teach and help. Some niio will say. tmtned- lately. why do not the backward ones pull up whcise financial help can be extended. “Enterprise _:.s free." Anyone can see the 101m. It ls when a man ts down that. he needs help. and many and manv a man's down through no fault, whatever, of his own. No, Mr. Wil- son said. in 111s report. just what he was expected to say.

But I am profoundly glad to SCI‘ how soclallstlc the old time partlu are becoming. By all the post-war plans they are making. they will beat. the C.C P‘ and who wtll be sorry, lf they do? We only hcpr that when the scare ls overs, if it. passes, they will not forget their plans and their promises.

I mu. P _ M“. W. I. GREEN. Dundas, 20, t, 44.

ramps-riots Zifssritiks UN ANSWERED

8lr.— I have read with much interest the letter ln you: Public Forum of January I9. by one who clothes himself or lterself under the name of "Dlscustetl Teacher". As President. of thc P.E I. 'I‘rachcrs‘ Federation, l fccl tint I nm duty bound to reply to this lcttci