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altos roux THE GUARDIAN

Authorised so Ieoond Class Mall Post Office Department. ottsws. ' The Island Guardian Publishing co.

President and Auoelsto Editor, In A. Burnett. Associate Editor, Frank Walker.

CIRCULATION "Covers Prince Edward Island like the dew”

"Tho strongest memory is weaker than the wsokestgink".

CHABLOTTETOWN. MONDAY, FEB. 2, 1953

Fisheries Promotion

Provision for the building of three more draggers for this Province, as announced recently by the Minister of Industry and Natural Resources, is in keeping with the trend in other Maritime centres where more and more attention is being paid to this method of developing the fishery industry. In New Brunswick Premier Flemming has announced that plans are well advanced which will make for the introduction of new methods of fishing this year, in the ex- pectation that they could result in doubling, even tripling the Provlnce's normal fish catch.

Commenting on Premier Flemming's statement the Monctor Times notes that some five years ago dragger-type vessels were introduced to the fishing grounds around New Brunswick coasts and have been beneficial both to the fishermen and to the processing and exporting branch of the industry. There has been developed a still newer type of fishing craft, with an ultra-modern process of garnering the sea's harvest in much heavier volume than any other method developed. This, perhaps, is what the Government is planning to intro- (iucc.

"While catch, of course, is the para- mount factor in the fisheries industry,” says The Times, "there are others of major concern, too, such as markets and trans- portation thereto of the sea products. While all the Atlantic coastal region of Canada has prolific fisheries resources and while fishing industries have been steadily developed to a higher degree, still markets have not ex- panded to the extent that they should be.

And that is the case, particularly over On- 3

tario.

"But Canadians in the inland provinces have never been a fish-consuming people, the proportion of sea fish consumption there being very much smaller in com- parison to that in the Maritimes and in British Columbia. Campaigns to popular- ize fish as a food in interior areas have been conducted at different times by the federal department. But these have never been sustaining, and until they are, the chances of widening the markets there for sea foods to any measurable extent and re- taining them, do not appear bright. The problem of marketing our fish in the larger centres of population in Quebec and Ontario is something to which the department of fisheries or that of trade and commerce should direct energetic efforts." '

Lesson Fron Toronto

Scores of other Canadian cities, says the Financial Post, might well learn a lesson from Torontols experience in growing up. Today the largest centre in Ontario finds itself almost completely surrounded with more than a dozen independent suburbs, with costly and unnecessary duplications in all sorts of civic services, with industrial business and residential areas badly jumbled and traffic congestion getting steadily worse. The situation has developed to a point where only a major overhaul can cure it and that is not likely to be accepted with- out a long and bitter dispute.

The trouble goes back at least 40 years, when the last substantial outlying area was annexed to Toronto. From then on suburbs and parent city proceeded on the false as- sumptlon that each were separate com- munities. Now after this individual develop- ment they are beginning to realize that they are All in the same boat and a mighty crowded boat at that. Eventually these areas must revert to the original policy of growing up together as a single community. Whether that means outright annexation or something more gradual in the end the re- sult will be the same.

Certainly there is a lesson here for all

T 3, our municipalities, including Charlottetown, V which also has a growing suburban plan- -. nlng problem on its hands. x

Vilioro loom Exmdo supply

Partly because of the shortage of dentistry courses at Canadian universities, -because of the expense of studying

'A profouion and of buying the equip- ” A for s start, Canada is ex- ! serious shortage of dentists. -v kill this so, notes the Ottawa

initi-

V to "dental care.

come the shortage, the profession will be- come more overworked than ever, and the public will suffer from lack of dental care even more than is now the case.

Dental schools exist in only four prov- inces: Quebec (McGill and Montreal uni- versities), Ontario (University of Toronto), Nova Scotia (Dalhousie University) and Alberta (University of Alberta). Alberta. the newest of these schools, is 35 years old, evidence of the lag in Canadian facilities for dental instruction. In 1951 Canada had only 4,608 dentists, or one for every 2,800 people. Distribution is uneven. In Saskatchewan, for instance, there is only one dentist for every 4,415 persons, and at the last census Newfoundland had -18 den- tists. The most recent estimate places 72 per cent of the profession in communities representing 48 per cent of the population, for dentists tend to congregate in towns of more than 10,000.

In perspective, says The Journal, the problem is two-sided. More facilities are needed for instruction In dentistry, and in- ducements must be found to bring dentists to rural areas. Possibly the benefits of rural practice might be emphasized at dental colleges to a greater degree than is now the case. As matters stand, in spite of all the progress Canada has made in the past ten years, the country is falling be- hind in a field where its health is involved.

The Late iilr. Morrison

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Charlottetown has lost one of its oldest,

of Mr. A. E. Morrison. During his long as- sociation with the Telegraph Company he did much for the improvement of our com- munication service. He took part in many other community activities, and continued these activities until quite recent years, when failing health compelled him to fore- go even his beloved pastime of fishing.

No one could converse with Mr. Morrison for long without realizing his kindly quali- ties and breadth of hunian sympathies, as well as his wide knowledge in the arts and sciences. He was devoted to his church and home, and to his native Province which he knew so well and intimately. He was indeed model citizen, whose memory will be cherished and whose example may well be cited as worthy of emulation.

EDITORIAL NOTES

Tomorrow all Summerside voters will have the opportunity of voting to fill two vacancies in the Water and Sewerage Com- mission but only those in Centre Ward will be casting ballots for a Councillor.

Purification. Candlemas Day. The state of the weather at this time is said to de- termine that of the year. "If Candlemas is fair and clear, there'll be twa winters in the year." The proverb can hardly hold true this year because the first winter did not materialize.

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The cost of having accidents must be paid whether insured by the Government” or private companies. The Saskatchewan compulsory car insurance rates have dou- bled for late model cars, the premium going to i320 from s10.

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Highly commendable was the quick act- ion of the two brothers, Elmer and Edwin Hammill, in rescuing.five from drowning in a car which fell into the Wilmot River. Quick thinking and quick action in climb- ing down to. the partly submerged vehicle and -breaking the rear window saved some or all from death.

Two new schools opened last year and plans for four more well under way indi- cates that education is far from being in the doldrums we sometimes fear. Similarly encouraging is the report from Mr. Mal- colm MacKenzie, assistant director of educa- tion, that all schools are staffed except for temporary absences. The report, however, does not indicate the number teaching un- der temporary permits.

Britain continued to lead the world in commercial shipbuilding during the last quarter of 1952, with the United States sec- ond and Japan third, according to Lloyds Shipping Agency. British yards, with 2,- 146,402 tons on the way, handled 35 per cent of the world's output. This was an increase of 83,920 tons compared with the previous quarter. The United States has under construction ships with a tonnage totalling 679,615 tons--79,642 tons more than in the previous quarter. Japan, which previously stood in second place, dropped her production in that quarter by 36,405 tons to a total of 567,095 tons. The world's total amounted to 6,131,508 tons--235,712 tons more than the previous quarter. The do not include Russia; Red China mi Poland, which refused to provide ni-

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PUBLIC FURUM

This column is open to the discussion by correspondents of questions of interest. The Guardian does not necessar- ily endorse the opinion of correspondents.

POTATO PRICES

S'r, -- The Federation of Agric-

ult e in its last: weekly news bul- letin has certainly published a very amazing doctrine which, if follow- ed to its conclusion, simply means that all the wisdom in the potato business is held by the majority of those who at present sit on the Board, In other words if the growers pay attention to this majority the net return to fanners will be greater than i-f the grower is allowed to use his own ideas of when and at what price to market his product.

A year ago the Board wisely went to sleep and the excellent results are known to all who had potatoes to market. Now on a declining mar- ket; the Board is setting minimum prices above the prices elsewhere imd the result can easily be that the grower who takes the Board's advice and "Holds to the Llne" (Mr. show) can easily find himself holding the bag as well.

Those who study potato stmtlstlcs and miss one factor can arrive at I wrong conclusion.' The Federation of Agriculture's so-called experts have no interest in the problem except the extension of their theor- les while the growers and dealers have heavy financial stakes in the deal, It is t.herefore- a very risky gamble for any grower to hold back his produce for if price that that the theorlsils hope will come but which may never materialize.

It is an age old factor in the po- tato business that when the specu- lator is not interested in potatoes we have a very dull and declining market. Last year he was active this year the s-peculator is out of the deal so why so much official condemnation of him.

Another very peculiar thing ex- pmmded is in the remarks about the New Brunswick Potato Board wherein the bulletin says that the big dealers nnd the big growers are detrimental to the Board's activit- ies. In other words the more sh

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GO TO THE BARN FOE COURTESY

TL Go to the barn to find good man- nern, It is the shortest way. those dsys When men are so busy living, To learn the bronze snd gentle ways.

Horses not with s decorum, They make no move of awkward-

ness,

Their velvet muscles move like music. I

They eat their hay with s csresl.

There is no sound but had its

meaning. And most of the bsm sounds sre ' low avm nu? youngest hung:-last eslf Goes to his supper nsvs and slow.

Cows hsve p dignity, s deport- ment: , - '1'hsy' make you sure, they wish you

wel, - Wstch their eyes grow lsrgs sud tender When you come, snd you can tell.

Quiet, quiet on around you, Though hung is here everywhere. Tenders: than the hays fl-snsnoe Gentlsness fills all the sir.

I have been called as bot-n'poet.

And I am very-proud to be.

For oourtuy snd gentle behavior

Have always been good poems to me. .

6 The Age-Old Story

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Let the wicked forsake his way. and thoughts: and let; him return unto the Lord, and he will have mercy upon him; and -to our God, for he will abundantly pardon. For my thought; are not your thoughts, neither sre your ways my ways, saith the Lord. For as the heavens are higher than the earth, scare my ways higher thsn your wsys, and my thoughts thsn your thoughts.

individual has at stake in tzhe in- dustry the less he knows about fund cares about its welfare. This very strange doctrine seems to creep out every now and then from the Fed- eratlon, A declining market in potatoes is an unhappy sit.ua'tlon for all con- cerned and from the information available today the 'forecast.er can at best; reach the "hold the line" theory with the hope that prices will hold or he can with equal hon- esty reach the conclusion t.hat.the spring will show a heavy surplus. Therefore the Potato Dealers As- sociation feel that there is nobody wise enough to dictate ambltsry ac- tion, especially when such a body is wrong the grower pays the penalty, - not the advocate of restrictive regulations. It must be remembered that the Potato Board is the offspring of the Provincial Government. If it will underwrite financially the actions of the Board. well and good: if not all restrictions should be removed. I am. sir. e'tc.. P.E.I. POTATO DEALERS ASSOCIATION,

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lair.)-"Observer", in the "Passing Scene" has dedicated one of his potent homllles to the ubiquitous and ofttlmes much maligned art.- icle of diet known generally as

porridge.

One might delineate, expatlste aTi'd digress on "porridge"-ad in- flnltum. Webster's College Diction- ary defines it: "From 'pottsge' (Norman French). changed in Mid- dis English to 'poree', and later to 'porrldge'." (Evidently there have been great changes in the mean- ing and spelling of many words in the course of centuries). "A food made by boiling lugumlnous (food plants) or fsrlnsceous (mealy) sub- stance in milk or water, making I broth or thin pudding." In-Scab land and the North of England it is called "porridge" or "pan-itch." In North Western 3. 0.. Alaska and Yukon it is called "mush". It would be considered decadent. and s waste of time to use a two-syll- sble word. In the South and Mid- west ”succotash", (2. mixture of beans and green corn). In con- tinental Europe and Eutem coun- tries it is known by hundreds of different names. It is appraised in lsngusge both sacred and profane.

The writer remembers reading an article in the cosmopolitan Meg- aslne so far back as 1007, by Woods Hutchinson, a famous American army doctor, on the merits and demerits of ostmssl porridge. The crux of his radical effusion was that the only food value of the whole melsnge was in the cream and sugar which it contained. Mlrsbllo Dlctul After World War I. the writer had the pleasure of perusing s msgssluo srtlole by the same Dr. Hutchinson extolling the food value of the chemical con- stituents of ostmesl porridge. In the meantime. he must have been spprlsed of the "mouths; " value of the salts and vitamins in ost- mosl. no had become world ism- nm by his curing of 250 German sailors who no into Hampton looms l-fsrbor, Virginia, and sur- rendered the fut. Germanium- Inuos raider-lmdsn. Holt nor mw wore union with "bell-bIli'i dlusso osgud by ovor-eating ,of rich refine food which they took mm the fotgluhltotls ofm

lghtoro-w they ll ld& with V tbl cobnb lrlltil which man use than in good hosith. Tbs. ootox” first course

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TANKS AND VVELLS Before the introduction of the present water supply system. Char- lottetown was seriously handicap- ped in fire fighting facilities. The available water supply is thus described in a report submitted to the City Council on May 23, 1884:

"There are seven brick tanks with a capacity of about 12,000 gallons each. any one of which the two steam engines, when working at their full capacity, can empty in about fifteen minutes. They are situated as follows: One at the corner of Queen and Dorchester Streets, one at the northwest

the corner of Great George and Kent Streets, one at the corner of Prince and Kent Streets, one at the corner of Hlllsborough and Euston Streets, one on Upper Queen Street, and one on King Square.

"There are four wells having at large flow of water, which have not been exhausted by the steam engines in any ordinary season. though during a period of drought some years since, when most of the wells went dry, one of them, Qulrk's, could not supply sufficient water for one steam engine. The wells are known as Quirk's, Lea's, Griffin's, and the Round-house pumps. With these exceptions, the wells are of little or no use for the steam engines, being too deep for suction, and containing a very limited supply of water . . . "The wells are so situated that after the tanks are exhausted it is frequently necessary to use from 1,000 to 2,000 feet of hose in order to reach the fire, while a large portion of the city is allo- gcther beyond reach. The lifting of the watertwenty-two feet, as at Qulrk's pump, and- forcing -it through such great lengths of hose, is extremely severe upon both engines and hose in every way. and for the latter entails an annual expenditure of about 3500, whilst the bunsting of a hose at a critical juncture would leave the burning building at the mercy of the flames." '

At this time the steam engine Rollo, eighteen years old, was housed stgthe engine house on Grafton Street in charge of win engineer and resident firemen. two horses being kept ready to draw the engine in any emer. 8CnCY- A hired horse was engaged for the hose reel. The Sllsby

of "rough" foods they were all cured in course of time and some of them were sent right here to work on the P. E. 1. Railway. Theymust have given up to British author. me: before the U. 5. Joined the Allied cause openly. I hope eaders will tolerate the lengthy dl ion. The writer is in absolute sympathy with the ideas expressed by observgr, and admires his literary style, and the information contained in his art- icles. t This scribe does not intend to disparage his work, but couldn't help making the mental observa- tion lconcernlng his nomenclature Scotch porridge" - didn't think that Scotland had sny lead moo cinch on ground meal or rol- led on Donldso. and would have the tauorlty to-suggest inn; . modicum of wheat "shorts" or crsoked whole wheat (shout 1-4; sdded woul increase the "gun. stmisl delight" of s

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corner of Queen Square, one at

Prince of Wales Fire Department with about 4,000 feet of hose III well as with an efficient hook and ladder carriage.

For more than 10 years, 1

"ed the some

restaurant shodld receive such. Obviously the staff of

size of the customer's order. --For William Times-Journal.

morals charge. The man will given exactly the same sort

are respected. corder and Times.

the other day

newspaper. only one single ad failed to offer such inducements as a. five-day week, cafeteria, wel- fare service and "generous em- ployee benefits." some nasty old reactionary who wants I. stenc- graher to take dlctat.lon.-.l-lamil- ton Spectator.

If you think that overweight is a condition afflicting chiefly the high-income groups, you're wrong. says Dr. Howard A. Rusk in the Reader's Digest. Examinations of 5,000 employees of one industrial firm revealed the same ratio of overweight for executives and non- executives - one in every four. On the better living standards of to-day the worker on the assembly line is as likely to "dig his grave with his teeth" as is his boss. Fort William Times-Journal.

All crime is a symptom of the criminals ill-adjustment to the world. Today's crime is s symp- tom of a particular-kind of adjustment which many of us who are parents may be creating. all unwittingly, in the next gen- eration. it. is easy to say that the solution of the crime problem is more police. It is much harder to Iadmit that it may be better par- ents. -Hamilton Spectator.

Twenty years from now King- ston will bc 300 years old. That should he an important, and memorableiannlvcrsary in the life of any city, especially a city lo- cated in a country with less than 500 years of history since the com- ing of explorers who heralded the first permanent settlements by

steam engine, -then nine years old, was stationed on King Street. The

Tremopt hand engine was also sta- tioned on King Street near