APAGE FOUR TIIE GIIARLOTTETOlYIl GUARDIAN

Morning Dolly (Founded in 1887) Authorized n: Second Class Mull, Post Office Department. Ottawa.

President, Iuu A. Burnett; Vice-President. Wm. It. Burnett; Seep-Trend. G. M. Burnett; Editor and Managing Director, J. R. Burnett; Associate Editor,

rrznk Walker.

“The Strongest Memory is Weaker Than the Weakest Ink.” WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 21. 194s

Conservative Victory

Congwtulations are due Mr. Francis McNeill on his splendid victory scored in the Fifth Dist- rict of Prince. The seat, it is true, was a Con- s-ryatlve one, having been hcld by Mr. McNeill's latlzcr and formerly by his grandfather. But it is provcrbially difficult to beat a Government candidate in a by-elcction-as was proved in the lcst recent contest held in Prince County- crud the results may well be acclaimed, nut only as a psrscnal triumph for the Conservative can- didate, but as a sgnificant warning to the Jones Government that its sands of time are running low. The election was a keenly csntcsted one, both candidates polling larger totcls than were pJllcd in the general campaign.

Mr. Gardinens Statement

Agriculture Minister Gardiner's warning that a western teed grain may no longer be available for eastern consumption will come as a surprise to our livestock breeders, particularly those who attended the executive meeting here last Sep- tember of the Farmers‘ Federation of Canada. Ntr. Gardiner says there is likely to be a shortage of feed grain, and eastern formers would do well to increase their own production of this com- modity. Thot may be excellent advice, but it is very belatedly offered. Western spokesmen have all along been assuring us that there is a prac- tically unlimited supply of feed grain, and that the only problem is that of transportation to the eastern provinces.

The Government introduced a policy of free freight on western grains, which worked well in wartime but about which there has been con- siderable complaint in the West. lt is claimed that the policy is both unfair and uneconomical,‘ unfair to the western hog producer, for example, who has to pay freight on his hogs all the way to an eastern market while his eastern compet- itor gets his grain hauled free and has the mar- ltct at his door; uneccnomical because it is con- tended that this grain could be moved much more cheaply all tho way by water, and stored in eastern elevators.

At the Federation meeting here last Sep- tember the. chairman was Mr. W. J. Parker, president of the Manitoba Pool Elevators. Mr. Parker in reply to a question from the floor said that so far as the Federation knew there was no f thought of the Dominion Government abandon- -> . . ing the free freight policy in the near future.

‘ l He added that western farmers could not under- stand why the grain was not moved by water and he believed he could speak for the Fed- eration in saying that it endorsed the free freight policy only as a temporary measure until a more economic method of getting the grain to eastern feeders could be evolved.

Mr. A. F. Sproule, vice president of the Saskatchewan Wheat Pool, said that western growers had been fighting for years to get a freight rate for coarse grains to Eastern Can- ada. One difjjcplty had been the failure of the eastern grow'é't .fo 'realize the value of feeding western grains. ln his opinion the Federation as a body was in favor of continuing the free freight rates from the Head~-of~the Lakes.-~He~ added: "The western growers are solidly behind supplying your markets, but if the time comes, as it has in the past, when we can't get the east to take our coarse grains we will have to put them through the hog pen. As long as you ore prepared to feed the pigs and; milk the cows we will’ supply the feed." l

That, it will be noted, is quite a different story from the one Mr. Gardiner is telling us now. Surely these big wheat pool executives knew what they were talking about when they discussed the matter ‘in Charlottetown; and not orfl of them suggested the likelihood of there being any shortage of feed grain.

This poses the question whether the Federal Minister of Agriculture was not indirectly warh- "ing eastern producers of the Government's in- tcntion to discontinue its free freight policy on western groins. This would have unfavorable reaction in tho east but it might provo popular In tho west, whero Mr. Gardiner's constituency ls located and where his interests chiefly lie.

There is also the question of millfeed which is bound up with the food grain problem. At its meeting in Charlottetown the Federation passed a resolution denouncing the practice of compelling eastern purchasers to toko a per- centage of flour with thoir millfood and calling upon tho Government to have "this wasteful and uneconomic proctico stoppod." Government

lonio of tho millors, which is probably whyoction hasn't boon tolron long ago. An oasior solution --from tho Govornmont’: standpoint-might bo to hovo oootorn farmors produco thoir own gflnogroins fond millfood.

On tho foco of it, at ony rots, Mr. Gardiner‘: lotoat ltotomont hugoll tho oppooronco of o ‘political trlol balloon.

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action in tho mottor would be unpopular with

o rcgimo thoy four and distrust. They havo paid us o high complimont. Thoy fool that they can find horo tho froodom for which thoy fought, and wo must not disappoint them. Our obligation is to see that they hovo a fair chanco to establish themselves, to accept thorn whole-heartcdly into our social and economic system. v

"The Poles, on their side, also have an obligation to Canada. Presumably their aim is to become good Canadians, and that they can-

not do if they divide their loyalties between Canada and Poland. They have made teir choice and they should stand by it. Let them

maintain the traditions of a great and gallant Poland, but let them realize that Canada is their home, that no longer have they any per- sorrol concern with the political differences which brought them to this country. If they aro wise they will stand scrupulously apart, for the fut- ure, from all Polish arguments and disputes and quarrels. If they are wise they will concentrate on becoming good Canadians, on preparing themselves to take advantage of the opportun- ities this country offers.

"These men are first-class human material and they can be a genuine asset to Canada. But that will come about only so for as they decide to be Canadians first and Poles in a secondary and sentimental sense."

Q EDITORIAL NOTES a

Mr. J. L. Lewis goes on trial today-U. S. Government vs. Labour, which shall rule? I I I f City electricity consumers are warned by the Utility Commission to go light on light and

power during the present critical weeks and months. i I i * Anders Celsius, Swedish physicist, born

this date i730; he measured the arc of the mer- idian in Lapland; devised the centigrade ther- mometer, and wrote works on astronomy adopt- ed for use in schools and colleges.

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There are more "veterans" in the United States than thero are plain ordinary "citizens" in Canada. Figures recently issued by the U. S. Veterans’ Administration place that nation's veteran population to the end of September at more than l7,500,000, and include veteransol all wars and peacetime service. fi I ‘I *

The United Kingdom Government's decision to restore private trade in rubber and allow the re-establishment of London as the main world rubber market has been token after careful consultation with the trade. The Secretary for Overseas Trade, Mr. Morquand, announces that normal activities may be resumed this month, and- imports on pricate account may start on January lst when the United Kingdom Board of Trade will cease to purchase rubber. This, Mr. Marquand said, follows the rapid improvement in natural supply over the past few months, par- ticularly in Malaya. As a result the Combined Rubber Committee in Washington agreed that international allocation should cease after the

end of this year.

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"Respect vs. Love" is shown in the follow- ing incident. Miss Joan Bamford Fletcher, 30, British Women's Transport Service (First Aid Nursing Yeomanry), who has been awarded the M. B. E. for services to tho forces in the Far East, personally supervised the evacuation of 2,- 000 internees from the Angkinong camp, Padang, Sumatra, in face of constant opposition from Indonesians. Sho used Japanese soldiers to guard tho convoys of lorries, and the Japanese officer was so impressed by hor courage and ef- ficiency that he presented her with his family sword. Tho Japanese soldiers sent a deputation to her to say: "You have earned the respect of every man in the convoy, but they have de- cided that they will never marry a European rwoman—they are too tough."

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The agreement reached last July between the United States, Great Britain, France, and Holland to establish a Caribbean Commission hos now been signed at the State Department, Lord lnverchapel signing for Britain. It also es- tablishes two auxiliary bodies-the Caribbean Research Council and the West lndion Confer- ence. The Commission will act as on interna- tional advisory body to the four Governments, and its secretariat will be at Port of Spain, Trinidad. The purposes of the agreement, as set out in tho preamble, aro to associate the four Powers in the work previously done by the Anglo- American Caribbean Commission, to improve the economic and social well-being of the Caribbean peoples, promote scientific, technical, and eco- nomicdevelopment, facilitate the use of re- sources, ond ovoid duplicgtiop of research work.

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In an article on Communism in London Spectator, Mr. Allon Bullock says: "lt is cosy enough to pick holes in tho Communist argu- mont and to scoff at its Utopian conclusion. But this is to ignore the strength of Communism as a philosophy of action. For tho angry or dot- poroto man, impatient of delay; for tho extrem- ist, impatient of compromise; for the embittered man, impatient of frustration; for the dogmatic man, craving certainty-for all theso Commun- ism has tho appool of cohoronc , conviction of certainty and clarity of immodioto aim. I shore tho viow that Communism is foundod upon a false viow of history and socioty, but I om cor- toin that tho answer to its chollongo is to bo _found not in o borron anti-Communism, but only in discovoring on nltornotivo mothod of roform oqunlly cupoblo of romodying tho ills of socloty without that mort to ontromoo and that sacri- flco of humanist voluoo which Is implicit in Com- munism. At its bost,- thon, Communism in proctico l: on onlightonod dospotism; at its wont, o corrupt and opprooslvo gong rulo. lut all tho tlrno it is focod, lilro ovory form of rrrbl- trory rulo, with tho problom of how to stablliro frulf. flow tho Communist ro Imus in Ruulo and Eostorn Europu will salvo t at problem-by

corqromho , wor, by collopso, or (m tho ) by tho ntoblirhmont of o roullf? " ono of tho most lntoroot-

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THE C EPUWN GUARDIAN

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Ilotro By Tho Way ““— l

Ono thing about the Polish Anny veterans who are coming fdleth- bridge-they come from a land where hard work is the rule. They should do well here. -l..ethbridgo Herald.

The concern that puts out l res.- sonably-priced yet quite serviceable postwar automobile minus all the fads and gadgets that some people consider necessities will get a whole, of a lot of buslnes. ~Brockvtlle Recorder and Times.

The University of Michigan finds that the job of personal secretary; to"an executive ts the best paying for ovomen tn the Stale. Salary runs as high n5 $500 a month. But, adds the University red-facedly: The ex- tent of the secretary's education appears to have little bearing on the size of her salary. —Wa1l Street Journal. y

lt is a pathetic commentary on contemporary manners that men should be ready to reduce so great a human event as the release of atomic energy to the level of trivia and to ignore what it has alrcadymosl and may 00st again in lnunan anguish. It suggesls that all our sensibilities have become rxfrcntcly cailoused. —Washlngt»on Prm.

Manners are of more importance than laws. Upon them in a great nmisure, the laws depend. The law tnucltes us but here and there, and 110w and then. Manners are what vex or soothe, corrupt or purify. exalt or debase. barbartze or refine us, by a constant, steady, uniform, lnscnsible operation, like that of the air we breathe in. —Edmund Bllliil‘. in “Letters on a Regiclde Peace"

lt was not n good omen that Emperor l-llrohllo was the centre of attention in the ceremonies to promulgate the new constitution of Japan. The imperial throne is a symbol of everything that is abom- inable in Japanese culture. It is a symbol of rule by oligarchy. It is o. symbol of a religion used to sanc- tity aggression. It is a symbol of the oppression of a majority of the Japanese people for the benoftt of, a liny minority. ~Ncw York H0l‘-. aid-Tribune.

With Mun-Ila‘; rat popufnilon now‘ estimated at 6.000.000» .ive rats. per citizen-US lJTlXJYlLJQS are urging the Philippine Govemmenty to take drastic r-cssures to curb the spreading p ‘ once. Not only is. rat control necessary to preserve the health of U S. soldiers and Filipinos alikc. but also to conserve food which is in short supply. ac- cording to Arzny medical authorities here, As eve officer told the writer. "the fills have the civilians back-I cd against the wall." -—Chlcago Daily News.

ll: was always difficult to be severe about "Jimmy" Walker. He was too gay. too alert, too under- standing about the problems of people 85 individuals as well as _e_n masse, for the reproving critic ever to condemn him unreserved- 1y for his failures and shortcom- ings. No one would want to, now. Jimmy Walker did not create the night-club era, the bootleg em. the free and easy Twenties. He was a Ncw'Yorker. and New Yorkers. with the enthusiastic cooperation of many old ladies from Dubuque. enjoyed that era. He enloved that era. too, and became its foremost and most, lasting symbol. --New York Times.

In Ridgewood, NJ, the Grand Union Co. last week was burning up sales records with what lt call- ed a Food-O-Mat. The company has adapted the automatic-drink- dispenser idea to the selil-SBYVIW grocery. slanting steel racks, which are adjustable to provide just enough downgrade to move merch- andise forward toward the customer by gravity whenever the packflse at the front is removed, are fllIBd periodically fpom a hidden stock- rocm back of the wall. Shoppers and clerks. according to Grand Union, applaud the Flood-O-Mat— the shoppers because it looks clean, orderly and handy (there ls a re- turn slot at the bottom of each display for those who chanue the" minds); and the clerks because it ls compact, well-lighted. and pro- vldes aisle freedom from Pflflklfils oases The company claims that lhe Fbod-O-Mat construction saves as much as two-thirds in floor space. In the Rldgewood market. 1.700 items wetghlng l2 tons are lnslnlb ed in rr 76-foot wall, compared with 2Z5 feet of wall space that would be required If standard shelves were used. —-Ncwsweek Magnifie-

111a Anglican Bishop. of ‘ho- mania (the Rt. Rev. 0.1". Crims- wlck) has condemned some 0f "10 most popular secular songs sunB at, weddings. The Brandon Sun re- ports. Addresslng the Hobart Quill! of Organlsts, at which it woo 5H8- gested the clergy and organist: should confer in DWPPYIHB 3 ll" o; appfflvgd gong; for weddings. M uld. "When music l! fefllluwdi w, ghould be quite sure it is good. not only musically but from 1M point of view o! thwlvov HM W" ship. We in tho churches are call- qq upon by 00d to unite two p800" in m. sacrament of mnmsv- vet no u n. slavonl! new“ b!

we drawing ouch stuff to bo mm‘ w“; 1n ‘s name has o

11kg ‘I'll Wot Beside You‘ to ilblhirilth the oucrumont of mlrlzllic? The song ‘I hove You Truly fill Promise Mo‘ and ‘ to be very clolll. not. hour thorn other Austro- I] emphatic.

there is ‘Oh. cause’. 0111190106 but I hopo I will" again ut woddfnfl lion clergy no 11M

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Scottish Associations’ In P. E. Island

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St. Andrew's dinner was given If. Mrs. Jones’ Hotel 1n 1840 and was marked by the presentation of t-wo songs composed especially for this Colonial Society by Thomas Dib- dln. the Etngllsh song writer and dramatist.

In 184-2 the St. Andrew's dinner was held at the Prince Edward Island Hotel. Sir Henry V. Huntley and Lady Huntley had then succeed- ed Sir Charles and Lady Mary Fitzroy, who were among the toasts on the lost occasion.

Hon. John Small Macdonald was President in 1843. and the dinner was held at the Victoria Ilotel tlirn kept by Mr. I Fellows. The usual {c5515 we“; proposed and eloqu- ently responded to. ‘A song compos- cd by Miss Dalrymple. a gifted Island poetoss. was sung by Hon. Charles Young and received with great applause to the air and chorus of “Auld Lang Syne."

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In 1845 tho Hon. Charles Young. being Prcsidcnt. and Major C. D Rankin 151 vice president. the dinner was given 2| rho Royal Howl: "W11 kept, by Mrs, Wcymouth. who pro- vided an ext-client menu. and nine- teen standard toasls. besides five voluntrers. were drunk "in wines of the choicest vintage"; but the Iiardhearlod Cnlcdonlans _before concluding with "Auld Lung Sync" sang with united voices:

“We are nu fgu, were na that.

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But just a drappie in our ee.

The cock may era-w, the day may dow

And gye we'll taste the barley

brce."

We are, however. amured that they were one and all perfectly‘ < - Al‘ when returning to thfil!‘ 1W1‘- T they were not men Si"?! l0 0V5‘ indulgence in strong dtirtks and may loved the coztgs cf Robbie Burns. and Cullli =‘ "19 "chfilcesf wines" w» the pure juice of the

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I“ 154,13, Major Con Douly Ran- kin was President. and Robert. Finluyson, first vice. In the folio-w- ing year Hon. John Small Moorlan- .31;1 again became President and St. Andrew's day was celebrated in with the usual honors.

flununl dinners were held in ‘the succeeding years and the Society pqntinued to prosper. but in 1M9 the Hon John Small Macdonald, President, died and the members attended the funeralrtn a body. At a meeting held on the 22nd Janu- any immediately after the process- wn a resolution of condolence was passed. m wmm the ruembefs pledged ‘t-"nsclvcs 10-year mourn- lllg for one mouth as u mark of respect. _

In 1e50, Oct 15. the society. headed by their chaplain. the Rev. Robert. McNair. mmhwt in ow- cesslan at the funeral of Sir Donald Campbell. The body was carried from the hearse to its final resting place by six stalwart Highlanders who were all Camurbells. The Globe gore] w“ the scene of several succeedlnfl celebmilmls- At the dinner in 1852. JOhH 0°" Macdgngld being President and Neil Rankin first vice. the death of Lt -Col. RC. Maodonald, at tho Ionian‘ islands. was announced. B113 a roast to his memory as o most zealous and indefatigable trlend of the Society. 8nd its chief for life, was proposed on this occasion.

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John LePage, the Island Minstrel tells us that the first public slither- ing at the Clans was held on the Borg-ark Square in Charlottetown on Sept. 1863. This property at. that time belonged to the Imperial 0°“ emmem, n consisted of the parade ground and the site of the bar- racks. but it was shortly after this date transferred to the local Gov- emmeni. laid out in building lots and sold to the liltlhesl blddefi Owing to the removal of the rclulfll‘ troops .111; grounds were at this time used by the citizens for twil- day purposes.