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“The Strongest Memory is Weaker Till: the Weakest Ink.‘

FRIDAY, AUGUST 23, 1'48

Why Quebec Killed Conferences

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Csing the life of Sir Louis liippolyte La- fonfame and his struggle for responsible gov- ernment against centralizing forces of those days as a means with which to draw compari- iolu with events of today, Premier Maurice L. Duplessis recalled that Lafontaine had refused honors and prefcrnients because he felt that to acccptdheltl would have meant sacrifzcing his province. ln 1946 the Quebec Govern- ment, at the Donlinion-Provincial Conference, had'rcfttsed the Dominion offers because it would have meant selling the province, he de clared. ,

The premier was speaking at a. great open-air rally at Ste. Therese, which follow- ed the blessing of the nearby‘ bridge named for Lafontaitie. The ceremony was performed by His lixccllency Archbishop Joseph Char- bonncau, Archbishop of Montreal; with the premier officiating at the official opening of the span.

Premier Dnplessis explained autonomy, meaning, being masters at home, the right of the people of the province to decide when they wanted bridges, roads, schools and what they wanted taught in the schools, and rural credit systems of their own.

There was need for breadth of view, and it was in that spirit he and his colleagues had gone to the Ottawa conference. There was need of respecting the rights of all under the constitution, there was need of boring cntcnte. Provincial autonomy was not something which he had invented, said Mr. Duplessis. Men such as Lafontaine, Baldwin, Mowatt, Mercier, Ferguson, Laurier, and others of both races had preached it, but to have accepted the Fed- eral offers at the conference would have meant selling his race and his province, and neither was for sale.

“Never have the centralizers been so audacious as today, they have gone beyond limits." said the Premier. In the almost 8o years since Confederation there have been fan-

alfiicfi ityfiints, and haters of the French-Can- fiiliaiisatid their lnngtiagc. Only in I946 did a Minister 0f ltisticc, a French-Canadian, say in the parliament of Canada that the French language could be abolished without consult- ing the provinces.

October's Meteors

Astronomers who work mostly on met- eors are confident that some part of the North- ern llctnisphcre, probably including the United States, will see a grcztt shower of shooting stars on October 8, l) 0r I0 this year; but with prn- per scientific caution thcv are chary of mak- ing positive predictions. The shower —— if it comes —- will he a repetition of the display acen in litiropc on (tctnher f), I933. This was the host tneteoric show of the twentieth cen-

. fury.

l’, Olivier, president of the Amcricait Mctcoi- Society and director of the Flower Observatory of the University of Pcnnsvlvn gives voice to thc spirit of cau- fion in an zntirle in Popular Astronomy. He says:

"If the writer had not had nearly half a century of practical experience with the vag- aries of meteor sfrcztms, and did not know the almost itlstlpt-"rnlile (lifficultics of exact pre- diction as to their behavior . . llg would con- fidently say that a grand meteor shower would appear ncxt October. 5nd experience havinfl made him catitintis. he will sav only that it seems very nrnhziblc that we will have B iillfi chance for a reallv great shower alld that we must prepare for it fully." .

Dr. Chrirles

lVorst Yet To Come

“More and more like radio," 53.5 Financial Port, “the joke-boxes may soon begin to spout commercial advertising between rec- ords. Patents are pending in the United States on a device that will insert commercial an- nouncement records in controlled sequence be- tween each nickel's worth of music. Big mar- ket. is ‘seen for on-the-spot boosts for soft drinki, candy, etc., on sale at the adioining counter." V -

There are, comments the Ottawa Journal tlfllyqqlreat possibilities in this thing. A n:- tturant illke could be usedin various ingenlu: my: ‘by an enterprising manager. He could almost dispense with the menu. The custom- er: could be fold, in the enormous voice char- aoterhtlé of i uncontrolledjukes, that the apple pie aodayl: a culinary delight, that the caus- ' in limp]! wonderful, and admonished to ma; lei and chewing-gum if the v. out. _Blurbs for soft drinks headache-pills would give the if‘ he were not lucky, in- diveloomult come: bout

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t-. EDITORIAL NOTES =

It is rather confusing to have the public clock strike the blouuten‘ npnutes behind time.

We ought to keep an eye on Louisburg which is fast developing into the fishing Con.

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Alberton is maintaining its reputation as the centre of agriculture in Prince County, so much so that Premier Jones has expressed his readiness to support a two-day show, pro- vided it 1s confmid purily to agriculture.

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Certainly, Senator McIntyre i; right in claiming that Lieutenant-Governors have as much right to a salary boost as M. P.'s, Sen- ators and Judges. Perhaps more so, as about the sole reason for their existence is to spend "WYIBY to maintain the province's reputation for hospitality, and savoir vivre.

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‘ Britain's Socialist Government is quite con- Sldtffflle 0f prisoners. Women prisoners will be allowed to buy cosmetics froln prison beauty lshops out of their own earnings, the Home Of- fice announced recently. The prisoners may keep one lipstick, one box of powder and one jar of

cold cream in their cells. III It‘

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Sir Astley Paston Cooper, Eilglish surg- eon, born this dale I763; practised with great success in London, and appointed professor of comparative anatomy in the Royal College of Surgeons (1827-36); performed the famous operation of tying the abdominal aorta for aneurism in 1817; author of several surgical and anatomical works, the best known being Hernia and Fractures Of The Joints,

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If there is to be a reconstructed Federal Ministry before next election then this Prov- ince is justly entitled to representation. The Liberal machine appears to be lined up be- hind uprising Mr. MacNaught, Prince, for the position, though Mr. Douglas has prior claims, both as regards length of service and knowl- edge of the fishing industry, the portfolio of which is suggested for the Provinces repre- sentative.

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After a lapse of seven years, the Bracmar Gathering, Scotland's famous Highland Game gathering, will be held again this year on September 5. As in the past the cream of Scotland's athletes will compete and the cus- tomary Highland dancing and caber tossing will ‘be the most spectacular events. If the King and Queen are in residence at Balmoral Castle it is expected tthey Wlll attend.

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Agitation is afoot to speed-up the Ocean Limited between Halifax and Montreal, a dis- tance of 80o miles, to 20 or 2t hours. That is all right, but what about the connection be- tween Sacltville and Tormentine, which has called forth the wrath of innumerable travel- lers in the present season, and for several years past? If new equipment is necessary, why not obtain it, instead of shipping it to India, Chinzt and other places abroad?

a 1k v Field Marshal Lord Montgomery will have only four hours between his arrival and departure by plane on Monday, but we are fortunate in having him for that length of time. Dozens 0f cities throughout the Dominion would give much to have the honour and dis- tinction of having a visit from the hero who turned the tide in favour of the Allies by his magnificent strategy and leadership in the African-Italian catnpaign, ultimately resulting in complete victory for our arms throughout Europe in particular and the world in gen- eral.

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urged in the Commons that the Government take steps to improve transportation in the Gaspe Petiinstila. Economic development of the peninsula was practically impossible now because there was only transportation by wat- er and by a second-grade highway. Hc urged that the (iovernlnctit expropriate the Canada and Gulf Terminal Railway Company which now runs between Mont loli and Matane, and extend it to Ste. Anne des Monfs. The ex- tension would cover a distance of 5o miles. Ill * ‘ll lit

It is refreshing to discover an optintist regarding the new social order under United Nations regime. “What the new social mind has to be is plain," says Mr. l. Middleton Murray. "It is a mind which will at the same time abolish unemployment and abolish war; both together, not separately. Anyone can abolish unemployment by war, or preparing for it. Full employment, and the abolition of war: they are very familiar phrases-Jr; sep- aration. But their interdependence is not al- ways recognized. Full employment in and for peace means a. new social discipline in the domestic society. The abolition of war means a new social discipline in the international soc- iety. Those two things together will be the sign of the new social mind."_ "

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“The direction my reading took recently set me to wondering whether the best career to choose for longevity isn't politics," writes a cor- respondent. Surveying the Canadian scene we find two former Prime Ministers of Canada and flip present one-Lord Bennett, Mr. Meighen, and Mr. Mackenzie King-all more than seventy years old. Sir Charles Tupper and Sir Mac- kenzie Bowell lived to be ninety-four. Sir "Ro- bert Borden died at eighty-two and Sir Wilfrid Llurier at seventy-seven. Sir lohn Macdonnld lived to seventy-six. Sir John A. Abbott f0 seventy-three, and Mr. Alexander Mackenzie to revenfy. Of all Canadian Prime Minister: only Sir John Thompson did not pass the fifty- au mark, dying suddenly in England at fifty.

ith the exception of lsrael Tam, dead at fifti- nine yearn, all the other member: of the first hurier cabinet lived for more than sixty yearn. mwilliam Muliocil to the lite 0f one hull

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Notes By The Waiy

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Guard-inn does not noel» i ll! endorse he opinion on; _.;'.‘.'f"'l“'“9?f'.'j I

Strange tlalnn are ha .‘ g ‘at Saskatoon. as witness this news. paper ed: "Err sale Jersr-v cow

that. glvm milk and new potatoes." --The Edmonton Journal.

5W1“!!! of don and cats, a town not so far from here beasts of an unusual night watching system. First the night. watchman, followed by Sandy the dog. follow- ed by Sandy the cat. It seems that the former night watchman had a

Wheat ls the most valuable har- vest in Canada 1n many years. val- uable to the Ln-mers who have grown it and valuable to a world which hasnt had enough to gqt for a long time. We should .11 as everything possible speed me farmers ln their blg task. -I.eth- bridge Herald.

‘DISGRACEFUI. ROAD CONDITION

Sin-Over a month in thug Bvlwflfed 111 Wur owner a letter rekardlnlz the deplorable condit- ion of the East Point Rom, 1 am revolclng the opinion etpresh ed and confirming that there ms been no improvement since, 0n the contrary. the ruu are getting a little deeper. and the people are bECOmiIiK more exasperated. Noth- fmzd snarl: of gdcomsgletely fiat-up an su -gra e . w; will be worthwhile and will sat! lsfv the.people of South Luke, East Point, and North Lake,

With the Fall hauling-particu- larly potatoes-coming up in the near future. we wander how lt is

Canada with a population of 12,- 000.000 has some 140,000 t-ivll ser-l vants. Considering Britain lvlth a population of 45,000,000 hns 900,000,

States with !4U.0O0,000 no: up-I Ward-i 0i 3.000.000 our clvil service, has been kept. within seemingly moderate dimensions. -'I'he Ottawa Journal.

P81. Sandy the cat, who met him a: one end of town and made the rounds with him. A new watchman took OVEI‘. bmllght nls dog along Sandy the oat refused to retire. After some fights for supremacy m the night watchman. fleld, a truce. hardly a friendly one. seems to have been made and each night would-be burglars are lYIlZJiEYWCi 01f by the watchman, followed by Sandy the dog, followed bv Sarzly the our Rldgexown Dominion. Panic buying of salt cleaned out one store of a month's supply ln a clay. ‘There is quite as much need of a patriotic self-restraint now in purchasing ltIEmS in short. as during the war itself. £- will help bdtn storckeepe. customer to make what. is avail- fialtlel go round. Toronto Clot-e and a . -

A certain nank made it. a prac- llce to pay out ntw bills whenever possible. One rlnv when a woman appeared. the paying teller apolo- gized because he had to p..y her in. old and nilerl bills. Hr- risked her if she was alrnld of miscrcbes. “Microbes. no!" exclaimed the woman. "I'm a teacher; you don't think a microbe cculd llvc on my salary, do you?" —Kablegtam.

Britain's housing shortage may force the diocese of Blackburn to ordain oriy men who will pledge to remain single for several years. according to the Rt. Rev. Wilfred Marcus Askwlth. bishop of inc diocese. Writing 1n the dlocesm bulletin he says: "I am no: sure ft will not be necessary for me to say soor. that I cannot ordain men who will not. undertake to re- main unmarried for slx or ten years, and perhaps to ftstltttte clergy houses in towns in which assistant curves of several par- ishes may llvt; together."

If we tackled the housing pro- blem with half the energy and resolve that, we put lnto the manu- facture of mlfitarv supplies. it would be solved in appreciable meti- sure. If laibcr and mmagemellt could sink their (flfferences ar-zl rc- selve to get on with the lob wmc what might, of roduclng all the countless commod fies of whlrh tne world stands in such sorry need. they would be forthcoming. — Brockvllle Recorder and Times.

Oddly enough. when one con- siders the name and cause of the disease. farmers who work in hav- ing. who move amid ragweed l:~. potato patches and cornfleids are rarely victims of a malady which finds so many sufferers in asphalt fields. Hay fever. under one name or another. nas been krrivrn for almost 400 years And ragweed, of course is a l»: older than taint. lt remains to be gran ll 2-4 D cm reverse the ton azstabllslleo trend 0,1 cause and -- -ct If ft. does, many a Mar-‘i ttan hay feverltc will bless the ealth D-"pfllimfflll. and lfs spray guns. -—Nev/ York Herald Tribune.

Some persons seem to delight in the fact mat. because r-o one ls looking. they nan go about l-realc- in; bottles and causing thereby a serious threat to the well-being and safety of hundreds of others, who happen to use our highways, public places and other spots. Children are sometimes tr.:- per- petrators of this unthtnkfnv. prac-

Bovernment employees and Unltjd st

lice. but more often crown-ups who should have more brawn are r ponsible. For instance a g-rsat many bottles nave been thrown an

broken about the swlmmlrn: spot.

at the Quarries, and malty rwlm- mers have recelvoc‘ lriurv to fret and hands on these jagged edges. -Marys Journal Argus.

The Pullman sleeping can huv. 103g been the subject of jests amon r lway travelers. They were great boon, out there has scares I been any improvement on the sy- tern for declines. The lock m pr‘.- acy. the contortt om

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dress, and the inconvler-ne of climbing lr-to upper berths espe - ially for elderly and stout peop o, are on the way out. who‘. l? gol g to replace them? United Sta es railroad plan: furnish the an r. -St. Thoma: Timer-Journal. |

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perform in order. to undress and '

nonlg to be done over this road during-the rainy Blltlirml weather. All the potatoes ln this vlclnlty have to be hauled over four or flveimlles of this road to Elmira Bl Oil

I think we should have some priority over other places that are getting pavement as we haven't bus. train or any of the other conveniences that they have. 0f course I don't blame the island Transport Co. Ltd. for not allow- ing their buses to travel on such a road as we have.

New what clo you fhlrlk of this? -We have trees up to 10 feel: izrowlnlz on the brow of lhe road and grass and weeds growing al- most all acres the road in some places-also other trees almost forming an arch overhead. You could easily imagine that you were ambllng along "Lovers Lane"; but we are more interested in a good road than tn any amorous ramb- lines.

When passing over our wooden bridges one could believe one was passing over thin foe. An example ls East Lake bridge. built only ntne years ago. . Already horses are breaking throng-h the planking which ls clther rotten or worn. or perhaps both. Now if it was an? other place on Prince Edward 1s- land except East Point. they would have used creosoted planking or concrete. Instead they used rot- ten lumber. as they think they can put off any old thin: on the people of East Point. Don't yo" mlnlr we are being treated rather roushly?

The present Government has been in Dower anlvrwdmatelv five yflfiffi, and they have done abso- lutely nothing for our roads ex- cent to help ruln them by hauling the gravel away (mm our shores to other parts of Prince Edward Island. and by otlttinlz on road- machlncs handled by men who know next to nothing about road- wcrk. Do you think we have any right to continue paying taxes to a Government that does nothinz for us? We do not think so.

The last good road job done was in 1930. as previously stated, during the term of the W656!“ Opipos lon party. Of course we must lve due credit to the latte Mr. Herbert Acorn. M. L. A. 1119 only Liberal member during the last 15 years who really tried t0 help the peoplfi in this section. Obviously our present member! are more interested ln their per- serial problems than 1n trying to help the people they are supposed to represent.

1 also wtsli u. inform reocle who are ln doubt that Elmira ls not; the eastern end of the Island u the road-maps might lead one to believe. It is likely the mis- take of those who made i319 mill- Can you blame us for feeling hurt. b; this slight. as well as by the reasoning that. the pavement should go through Elmira rather than around East Point? But who can blame the cartographers (or luau-makers if you prefer) for re- garding the road around East Point as a mere cow-path and marking lt on the mBp ls M10117 Yet you will find. without an ela- borate survey, that ten time; as many tourist cars go around East Point and up to the Lighthouse than through Elmira. What about all the sportsmen from Charlotte- town who come to fish at. one of the better fronting spots on Prince Edward Ifland. namely East Lake? They would appreciate a decent road around East PIlnt. I am EDIE.

1 should like to know whether the people of North Lake really want a paved road around But Point. and by their own front door. If so. they should volce their opinion in the Dress.

I am afraid I must end on a dismal note-dismal. as rellards the future communication of the people of fbls section with the outside world. If there ls zolnl; to be no attempt to give us the improved road we are asking for. we shall soon slnk lnto a quick- sand of oblivion. ‘These are not. n lot of idle words and they should not be laughed at. One does not have to be a prophetic make such a proper cy. Perhalp: there are some D Dle who would be ltlad to aee- ua cut ofl. but it la not. a pleasant spirospsci for us.