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Editor and Managing Director. Inn Afnurnett. Anoclnie Editor, Frank Walker.
CIRCULATION "Cover: Prince Edward Island like the dew"
"Tho Iirongesi memory is weaker than the weakost ink".
CI1ABl..U'l"l'E'l'0W.N, THURSDAY. JUNE 13. 1953
Success Story
Imprcssivc indeed is the l9('t)i'(1 of growth of Maritime Central Airways. To achicve in ten years the position of having the largest fleet in Canada of heavy ain- craft for charter, carrying the largest voi- umc, and to be third only to Trans-Canada Airlines and Canadian Pacific Airlines in total revenue is indeed remarkable.
What it emphasizes. apart from the ability of the management. is the oppor- tunity which is available in this part oil the country. All too many of us hav.-cl had our thinking conditioned to the age of steam and rail which deprived the Island for many years of its carly advantage of position, Our harbours and vessels which brought the world to our doorstep became
outmoded, so that instead of being a thriv- country. However the report of the For- estry Department on the island of Gott-g land in the Baltic. problem seem simple. .
ing centre of trade we reverted to the status of a branch line. In this new age of flight we are again at the centre of things. The great develop- ments of Labrador, Brunswick and. at
Cape Breton ring us around. The older
ncar neighbours.
they must be exploited by men of vision. ability and determination.
for greener fields is today an anachronism. If our own people do not take advantage
of skilled men.
sure be developed for short-cut and substi-
hands too few. of young Canadians is not simply
lic service. ship program, not only in the trades but in other industries as well, the
man resources will go on with the develop-
prize exhibit which proves the power Off
Newfoundland, New ed five rabbits from Scotland, thinking they least potentially, of might improve the local hunting. By 1952, the rabbits had spread over the entire 1200 markets of the American seaboard are square miles of the Island. They have in- within easy flying distance and looking a vaded and destroyed many bit further ahead the West indies will be They have killed many young trees by eat- ing the bark. They have cleaned off most
The opportunities are glittering but, as of the grass and even invaded and strip- in the case of Maritime Central Airways, ped of foliage the local cemeteries.
Our .vnun;z pW- declining in numbers. pie should realize that their greatest np- crops have had to be abandoned. 901101111195 00W 119 Fight at 1101119. The soil in many places is blowing away. Se- long-established custom of going elsewhere were shooting and trapping and the intro- duction of animals have failed of the opportunities before them others Forestry Department is about to try in- will come in to exploit the golden opportu- oculating the rabbits with a
Provinces. and half that number in the rest of Canada. If in the Provinces other than Quebec, a ratio of apprentices to mechanics were set as one to five, it would bring 31,- 000 young men info the building trades for thorough training and lifetime occupa- tion. Even a ratio of one to ten would in- crease the present number in training by four or five times.
"It is not surprising," comments the Globe and Mail, "that difficulties are ex- perienced in obtaining adequate numbers If these hand trades are to be kept alive, it is essential that no pres-
iute methods and materials, as will surely be the case if costs get too high and skilled The investment in the lives good business, it is a most valuable form of pub- By extending the apprentice- building
wise and intelligent development of our hu-
ment of ourgnatural resources. Each is necessary to the other, and we have both."
Rabbits Hits BaltTc
Australia is commonly held to be thel
the rabbit to multiply and to occupy a
makes the Aust ralian 1
In 1907 a resident on the Island import-
plantations.
As a result Gottland sheep are rapidly
Rye a nd carrot. r M
is
to improve conditions.
contagious in
'1THE GUARDIAN. CI-IARLOTTETOWN
Stone Walls Do Not A Prison Make"
PUBLIC FORUM
This column in open to tho diucunion by corrupondento of queutions of interest. The Guardian does not necessar- ily endono the opinion of wuupoiidentl.
Nuiiszr 5tTiviT;ENsArioN
Sir.--it. in siirprising and I lit.-
alarminz to read on the front.
The top page of Friday: Guardian that Dr. Harvey Agnew. a Toronto hos- pital consultant and a member of a. profession which is in one of that live on rabbits the top income brackets and which
so opposed to the socialization
T119 of the medical profession, advocates the socialization of lesion so close. to their own but
another pro-
one of the lowest income brac-
nlties.
"Slow; iiown And Live"
cept that a new generation of rabbits that are immune to it has appeared.
In an unprecedented joint action the Governors of eleven northeastern states. says the New York Times. have taken an, important step forward toward highway safety. Their declaration of a unified sum- mer highway "slowdown" campaignishould have a beneficial effect in reducing acci- dents during the peak of vacation travel, whilcil. this year is expected to reach a new high.
The 6 mpaign is aimed at excessive speed, but does not mean that any steps will be takeih to set tip speed traps or un- duly trammelht e proper free movement of motorists. Wit i xthe slogan, "Slow Down and Live", the campaign was originated by James R. Barrett, lfzhief of the Bureau of New York':.State's Division of Safety at Albany, and Will'.iam M. Greene, Director Connecticut: Safety Committee, at a widely attended joint meeting at Boston..
Law enforcement agencies, tincludingi police and court officials. agreed llhat. uni- finrl and impartial efforts to make the in-. dividual driver stay within the posted speed limits in any particular state org speed zonc would be highly desirable in thei effort to reduce the accident toll, which last year during June, .luly and Au',gust.,: cost. the lives of nearly 1,601) persons .nndl brought about more than 1(NI,t)(ltl injttrics',
"in thc clcvcn-stoic arca.
Apprenticeship I
In view of the importance which tech-N nical education has vssumcd in rccen'l years. it is surprising that so little is being done to revive apprenticeship training. Likc. other Provinces, Prince Edward Island hasl legislation covcring this matter. but it is practically a dead letter. In R recent ml-I dress to the Canadian Manufacturcrs As- sociation. an Ontario contractor pointed; out that one cause of the high cost of building in Canada was a lack of skilled workmen. and that some responsibility for this condition rested on the contractors in failing to train apprentices.
The method is to put; the youths in the scheme to work on actual construc- tion jobs, in which they lcarn thcir craftsl by direct association with cxperienced jour- neymen. In off seasons, for specified per- lods each year. they attend special schools,- for technical instruction of a type. not read- ily learned in ordinary working arrange- ments. Throughout Canada, there are about 1 .500 young men working in the building trade: apprentice training schemes. about 10,000 in Quebec, which works on a mgigwhat different basis from the other
the Cradle of Confederation on Dominion 33 Day will have great significance to the whole of Canada but Islanders are apt to find themselves torn between holiday plans nurse to watch over and welcoming a distinguished guest.
to Summerside on July 14th will coincide 01" with the sittings of the Board of Transport
really be the opening of his Maritime cam-
paign although he stops over in Moncton. Pohceyon the way. i
lover 40,000 men, the Prussians 7,000 and
ggjm mm-4
be
EDITORIAL NOTES of
Prime Minister St. l.aurcnt's
O O O
C. C. F. Leader M.
Commissioners in Charlottetown.
during the long weary the night, and all day Sunday and on. holidays? Who watchu for the . . dun er si mils o '
-l- C0ld1V9l1'-E "5115 lure? rapid pulse: oi-ugiciespiratlons, haemorrhage, etc, etc.'.' The nurse does and maiiy. many pati- ents would be as dead without the It will nurse as without the doctor. But do we give the nurses as fair at lshare of credit as we do the doc-
- . g g. M3595. keta as 8. solution to the Present and fatal d'SeaSe' known PS Mlwom shortage of nurses. Just what. form
This has given some relief in Australia, ex- of socialism .1095 um deem ad. vacate?
He says we must. face the situa-
tion squarcly. Let. us also try in face it. fairly
Why should there such it difference in the wages those two groups who work
hand in hand to alleviate human V, , suffering? The doctor's is a, higher 1lSll. l0 calling but. is it. so much higher
the difference in wages in-
dicates? In many cases the nurse would be helpless without. the doc- tor but on the other hand what would the doctor do without. the
the patient hours of
tempera-
HEAVEN HAVEN
I have desired to go
Where springs not fall.
To fields Where flies no sharp and
sided ball. And a few lilies blow.
And I have asked to be
Wherc no storms come.
Where. the green swell is in the havens dumb
And out of the swing of the sea.
- Gerard Hopkins. tors? Do the doctors treat. the nurses as the co-workers they really are? Certainly, mi shown by statistics, the nurses don't get: a fair share of the wages. If all the above mentionecl things were set right. we wouldn't. need to worry over a shortage of nurses because there wouldn't be any. There. would be plenty, of good trustworthy girls ready and willing to so into the profession. The doctors must. need. the nurses when they show such concern over the shortage. Why then wouldn't. it be fair to pay the doctors ll, little less and the. nurses 3. little more?
Dr. Agnew says one can foresee more state control of the nurses to ensure the utmost use of her servlccs. Can one foresee more state control of the doctors in order to ensure the utmost use of their services? If so, maybe we can look forward to an end of the doctor shortage in rural arena, and in the cities and towns on Sundays and holidays.
Dr. Agnew any: the day when the average, ordinary individual can finance his hospital care is
TEMPEBANCF. PETITION
Legislative Assembly, Feb. 25. 1836:
"Mr. Clark presented a petition, signed by the Rev. A. V. G. Wig- gins, as chairman at. a meeting of delegates from the different. Temp- erance societies in the Island, now assembled in Charlottetown: but. the said meeting. not. being a corporate body, Lhe petition was received as that of Mr Wiggins only. It alluded to the evils arising from the increase-of dram-shops. and recommended the licenses for retailing spirits in smaller quantities than one quart should be confined to tavern keepers, who should enter into 1 band for the observance of good order. etc.: that no ravern keepers should be licensed unless recommended by the Grand Jury of the County; iihat. 3, tax should be imposed on all spirits dlsti-lied with- in the Island; and that. no spirits should be allowed to be sold with- in any prison or jail-yard."
about over. A war was fought. und many. VET)? many EVCIBQE DFd1I'I' ary individual lives were sacri- ficed so that we who remained, both average ordinary individuals and people in lthe high income brackets. should know freedom from wmt. If people cannot. af- ford necessary hospitalization then those lives have been lost. in vain. How much are the men in the medical profession willing to sacri- ftce so that. those lives may not
JUNE 13, 195,.
The Passing Scene
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By Observer
IAIITAN 1
GOOD FOR
Now and then it is good to turn fioni big events to little ones and from the biz centre: where world problems are being discussed to little places where practical step: are being taken to make the world I. better place in which to live. I found it refreshing, therefore, af- ter reading day after day the head- lines that have been made up in London, Washington, Moscow, and Tokyo. to read about A fdrwnrd step that had its culmination in Rnrltan, New Jersey.
It seems that like thousands of other municipalities the good citi- zens of Raritan have ben plagued by billboards extolling everything from children's diapers to circus freaks. But unlike most other communities, they decided to do something About. it. The Munici- pal Council in regular session can- vened resolved that from now on promoters of billboards would have to show good and sufficient reasons why their signs should be kept before the public before a. per- mit were issued.
That, in effect, would prohibit almost. every billboard, since not. one in a thousand can be said to serve any useful purpose. A lower court set aside the ruling but, on appeal, it was sustained. All of which leads me to believe that thousands of long-suffering motor- ists and pedestrians and all who hate cheap. vulgar display will about three hearty cheers for Raritan. N. J., and for the su- preme Court of that Sovereign State.
The development of the bill- board idea, which is hardly related at all to the traditional idea. of advertising, is one of the outward and visible signs of the material- istic doctrine that has been grow- in); fast and furiously in'the first half of the 20th century. As civil- izntion has become more and more -'epende.t. on mechanical gadgets and social mores more and more dependent on psychiatric formulae, it has somehow became the fashion to substitute nudineu for quality and clap-dash for worth.
I think it. was Louil Kronanber- gar. ( I do not have the reference before me at. the moment), who said that. in our clay "the poetry of life has turned to puffing." Hence. the billboard, among other things. It has helped immeasur- ably to promote the fiction that almost everybody seems to want and at: the same time it hu helped to keep hidden the sense of reality that everybody needs.
It would be folly to assume that everybody, or for that matter.
on saying is just around tha m, her.
It cannot be denied that re...” has its pitfalls "as well as ",. straight roads. The age of ism we read about in the text-bony was not entirely an age of tin: llancy. In fact there was a gem deal of neurotic confusion alum it. and erstwhile sick minds new not made whole overnight. su '. is possible that the passing some things that are Vulgar W foolish may bring in Sfllllellllng even more frightening. 11 1. , chance that Raritan and utim like minded municipalities 11:" have to take. Meanwhile. .-,3 aesthetic is being given H.l'1IIlh.J, chance for life and we must with it. well. -
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There. are sections in 11111 (- ed States and Canada Wiiere -, boui-(Ls hove literally obscured rn. landscape. On this Island who-3' things admittedly (and fortunate. ly. in some instances) are a bi- slow in making their appcaiauci-' we have not. been subjected is billboard tyranny as much as 5 .4... other parts of the country hat; been. But here. too, the me, ha, been given a foothold in rm-E; years. (I do not think the rum
"foothold" is out..of place how 1'
as Dr. Buchmnn claimed, hiflalx have less". they must. also in-. feet.)
My personal opinion is that o:;'v two kinds of aims should be p-:. mitted on any highway, -1-,m., giving clear directions
dlstaiioea to towns and But, then, these are not bllilm . in the ordinary sense of the tczm We have I. landscape and M, lural scenery in which he m take pride. It is our boundeu o'. to pl'Oi.CCL it from all 115 0, Apart. altogether (from ac 6 considerations, lock of billboard; could be 1 fine economic now There no thouunds of tou.'i.x'; who are dreaming of a land Vihefg they might travel in peace Md quiet without fear of niinoyancc from study placards telling tlicm Why they should use 1 cerfgm kind of shaving lather or drink 8. certain kind of buy,
True. some man feel um lbw.- should shave. and tom: that um, should drink beer. I am sure 1 hat a no grievance against either group, but. I do not believe that either of the habit: is important emugh to warrant. the hiding of a In ' tree or the blotting out of a na- 1 tural thing of beauty. 1
I wish it might be said or 1.-,.
Island that it is both l'af;-v5'm' and billboard free. For myself, ;: I had to make 1' choice. I tvwild
anybody, believes the claims that are made by gaudy ostentatlon in any form. But almost. everybody is influenced by it. and course. in the purpose.
. . .
that, of
rather make war on the billboards i
than on the weeds any time, 1
It may be that Raritan. N. J. is to be the starting point of a new and better era. in thought which must always precede a new and better era in action. There would be plenty of precedent for it since almost every good thing has had its origin in the by-ways. What has happened in Raritan II, of course, only 9. beginning and it is almost. sure to have I. precarious future. It. may, however. coincide with it new age of reason which some students of the time keep
I Story?
And ouch trust have we through Christ to God-ward: not that us are sufficient of ourselves to think any thing as of nurscltee: but our sufficiency is of god; who also hath made ml uhlc ministers of the new testnmciit: not of the letter. but of the spirit: for the Inter. killeth, but the spirit zlw-tli life.
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have been lost in vain?
, I am. sir. etc. AN AVERAGE INDIVIDUAL-
poleman. P.E.I. .
The Ii.O's Permanent Agricultural Com-if mittee has the object of gradually bringing: the working and living conditions of the world's agricultural population up to the level of those enjoyed by industrial work-t crs. The committee rcommends vocational' training programmes and that the curricula' of general schools in rural areas be related' to the needs of the rural population.
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Waterloo. this date 1815. Wellington had chosen a site nine miles south oft Brussels in slop Napoleon. The Prussiansl met the French on the 16th, allowing time' for the concentration of allied forces. Thc, battle raged from 11:30 a.m. until.8 p.m.i when Napoleon's Guard fell back. Welling-' ton set his whole force moving and thc Frcnch disintegrated. The French lost
Wellington over 15,000. 1,
000 l
A circular of the Canadian Chamber of Comnierce notes with apparent. satisfac-3 tion a number of points on which policyl advocated by that organization has been given effect by Parliament. An exceptioml is the matter of uniform road markers. The, views of the Minister of Resources and- National Development were that road mark-l ings are it matter of provincial jurisdic-', tion. that it might not be desirable for thel Federal Government to take the initiative! in calling a Canadian meeting to discuss the subject, but that if several Provincial. Governments asked the Federal Govern-l ment. to sponsor such A meeting. he would! be pleased to consider their suggestion. The matter is obviously of sufficient im- portaifce for Provincial Governments to take such a. step, although any response will certainly have to wait. until after the election.
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