' intentions, but they are resolved to de-

' , these facts! The Russian leaders talk a

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Editor and Managing Director. J. I. Burnett Associate Editor, Frank Walker

"The Strongest Memory IS Weaker Than the Weakest ink."

WEDNESDAY. SEPT. 20, I850

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CBARLOTTETOWN Trade Missions

The visit here early this week of a three-man. trade committee fron Birm- does helps to make the business of inter- national trade more PI-!PS3Tl3i. ' it is plea- sant to know the people from whom we buy molasses and to whom we hope to sell our own products.

Canada's federal system is a disadvant- age in some ways. The division of re- sponsibility for administering production and marketing requires no little effort at co-operation if markets are to be found and products developed to satisfy those markets. The Province is not supposed to have any interest in export trade, yet if prosperity is to be maintained it must find means of doing so, by having its own trade representatives and by seeing to it that Federal trade missions are properly awake to the trade requirements of this Prov- lnce.

There is a strong tendency for this country's representatives abroad to concen- trate their efforts on what seem to be the major national exports but they also have the duty of stimulating the trade of even this smallest of the Provinces arilit is up to Islanders and our Provincial Govern- ment to see to it that our interests are not neglected: I

Municipalities interested

Canadian municipalities will watch with anxiety the continuing Dominion-Provincial constitutional conference soon to resume in Quebec, says the Ottawa Journal. Mu- nicipal financial problems, it is accepted, increase with the size of local populations. School costs, at present, represent a major difficulty for many municipal administra- tions. And not only education. When the senior governments develop housing, health, welfare and other services part of the bur- den inevitably falls on the municipality

,which must endeavor to keep pace, breath- -lessly protesting its sources of revenues are inadequate.

What the municipalities reasonably hope for is that the Federal-Provincial negotia- 'tions will result in the establishment of fair principles in the division of responsibility- and revenue. They are weary of what are j admittedly compromises and temporary ex- pedients adopted to meet pressing financial ”-needs. The senior governments' represen- tatives should not think that when they ;have decided the constitutional changes to Etheir own satisfaction that nothing more ;can be said. The municipal government is fan essential part of the machinery of de- Lmocracy, and its problems in the local field can be quite as grievous as those in the na- tional and provincial arenas.

Mr. Attiee Sums It lip

. Mr. Attlee, the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, said a few words the other day in the course of a BBC broad- cast which apply directly to our local Com- munists and their peace campaign. These people who are either dishonest or the dupes of the Communist Government are spreading abroad Russian propaganda. They are saying that the free countries of the world, like the United Kingdom, Can- ada, Australia, New Zealand, the United States and so on are entiirigerlng the peace of the world by standing up for the United Nations charter, for collective se- curity, for the right of small nations to live in peace.

' In Korea the free nations are fighting as a United Nations force against aggres- sion and the aggressor, in reality, is Rus- sia. Mr. Attlee adds:

' "The British people have no aggressive

fend ghelr way of life. I hope that the rulers of the.. Kremlin understand both

great deal about peace, but their actions cause world-wide anxiety. They could, if they would, lift the cloudof apprehension which hangs over all the peoples of -the vltorld, including their own. They could , wf ii uli" nd1 the other peoples of the

' the rspzirees which science

it of mankind to

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by agronomic experts who recognize the problems deeply imbedded eyes offer the peeler.

"Turkeys and chickens have been

and promote the

them continue to work it out in their own country. If it is so good, let us see the results. We will continue to work on lines in which we believe. They are. welcome to see what we are doing.. We have no fear

of any comparison." .

streamlined ifotatm

Progress is reported by the Boston Post on experiments being conducted in the in- terests of producing a better potato, not only in the basic quality of its edible con- tent but in'its size and shape as well. The depth of this old stand-by's eyes, for in- stance, has been a source of long study

streamlined to fit the ovens of modern kitchens," says our Boston contemporary. "Seedless citrus fruits have long been com- monplace on the market. The very idea of streamlining the all-important but al- ways non-glamorous potato, would have seemed ridiculous only a few years back, but today no one will question the fact that it's entirely within the realm of possibility."

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. EDI IURIAI. NOIES

Cancer campaigmcanvassers on their

rounds today.

The U. S. A. draft is having its effect here, youths born over the border having been summoned to report immediitely. O O 0

It speaks volumes for their experience in the last war that nearly half of the pre- sent volunteers for enlistment are war vet- erans.

Canvassers for the Cancer C-irnpaign are amongst our busiest citizens. We can make their time count by being ready with our donations.

One of the first items for the P.E.I.- N.B. Potato Boards will be an equitable di- vision of the United States quota for low tariff potatoes.

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The Island farmer's cash income is up for the first six months of 1950das com- pared with the previous year and today cash income is very important indeed, even to farmers.

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Unemployment is not a heavy drain on its relief Fund which has increased by 353,- 0O0,000 since March 31, 1949, standing now at SS582,646,972. This would indicate the time had long passed for a reduction in contributions.

I O O

A Halifax survey indicates that that city's sidewalks could be cleared of snow by modern equipment at a cost of less than a dollar per household per year. It would be worth looking into the possibilities of

doing so here.

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It does not necessarily mean there is an election in the offing that political or- ganization meetings are being held through- out the three counties. It is only a case of being prepared. The Provincial Govern- ment have still till 1952 in which to carry on, while the Federal have to 1954.

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According to the Dominion Bureau of Statistics, the income of wage-earners in Canada for the four months ending April 30th, rose to S2,520 millions from S2,428 millions for the sameperiod in 1949. April, 1950 was 9 million up on March and 5532 million ahead of April, 1949. 9 .

Upton Sinclair, American author, born this date 1878. His book "The Jungle” published in 1906 exposed deleterious prac- tices then existing in meat-packing indus- try, and led to Government inspection of Chicago stockyards. Other works include "The Money Changers", "Plays of Pro- test", "Damaged Goods”, "King Coal", "The Brass Check."

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In his will which has just been filed in Surrogate Court, Ottawa, the late Prime Minister Mackenzie King made a suggestion with regard to the use of Laurlcr House, his home, left to the Government as a his- toric monument .and centre for. research into I anadiar. history. "While being made generally accessible to the public," Mr. -King .wrote in the will, "the residence mfgZ.t on occasions be used for official re- ceptions or dinner: or to provide for the entertainment of distinguished Govern- mezit guests." This suggestion, inserted iii the will, was written in pencil. Thewiil. elisting the various items Mr. King held in Ontario, disclosed that the largest item in

”15l.'l',432. Total -estate of the stctesmini. who died July 22 mounted to 8750.000. . 'Chil.,h0ldII'iIIr in Ontario amounted id .

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f INFORMATION SOUGHT

Sir,-Rev. Donald Mackinnon, the historian of Skye. Scotland! is seeking information about thei descendants of Capt. Malcolm; Msclieod of Rlpg, Skye. a mem--, ber of the Raasa branch of the MacLeods. He was married to Catherine M.acQueen, daughter of Angus MacQueen of Totaroam. Skye. and sister of Jane Mac-1 Queen. wife of his cousin, John MacLeod. Laird of Raasa. ;

Capt. Malcolm had a son Nor-- man who emigrated to P. E. I. atr an early date. Anyone knowing descendants of above are kindly requested to communicate with Mrs. Walter Ross of 78 Soho Street, Charlottetown. -

I am, Sir, etc. I M. B. ROSS. 78 School St.

ALCOHOLICS WORTH SAVING

sir, .. When one is privileged to' have a special experience in a mat-i ter that is of social importance he feels morally impelled to make itl known to the people. There is pos- sibly no better medium than the press.

It was my good fortune to spend, my summer vacation attending the: Yale school of Alcohol Studies at New Haven. 6- ecticut. 'Ilhei-oi were one hundred and seventy sl.' the school. They u.-plesented twen- ty six states of the union; one each from Greece, Mexico and Venezuela. and twenty-nine from Canada. There were teach a, doc- tors, nurses, temperance workers, alcoholics anonymous, departments of public and mental health work- ers and thirty-five clergyman. The clergymen represented all the larg- er Protestant churches and two from the Roman Catholic Church.

The lectures were given by med- ical doctors, sociologists, psychol- ogists; psychiatrists. ministers, priests. temperance leaders. beverage representatives. representatives of alcoholics anonymous, the salvation Army and men and women who are directing clinics for alcoholics. 'For me it was a change, but not a rest; from the very beginning, I was made to feel that the problem of alcohol was of greater magnitude than I had imagined, and there was a. great deal to learn in ivshort time,

It is carefully estimated that of 100,000,000 perscns of drinking age in the U. s.A.. from 50.000000 to 55,000,000 drink; most of them mod- erately that they show no ill ef- fects. '

oi the drinkers, perhaps two and is quarter million are chronic ex- cessive drinkers and either risk alcoholism cr are already alco- hollcs.

Another three-quarters of-5 mil- lion have become alcoholics to such a degree that they have impaired their physical or mental health. Doctors call these chronic alcoholics and -point out that there are at least as many of them as there are sufferers from proven tuber- culosls.

One authority lists among the bills chargeable tooloohollnm in one your potential wage lcesee. I4m.0oo.ooo: crime. u.es.o00.000: accidontl, 389.000.4100: hospital and medical" care. 831,000,000: mainten-

. ance of drunken persons in local

jails. 330.000.0011. "

other heavy ants - such as those involved in the break-up of families, the dulllng of fine minds. and the warping of lovable per- sonalities, the lowering of morale and disrespect for law and outlier- ity. cannot. be reckoned. .

Americans on spending about 0 per cent of the national income -on alcoholic beverages. and than is no reason for not'thlnking that Canada is doing the same, A psychiatrist at I foinoul clinic rtookief coll!

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THE AITEBTONE

The harplst spreads . along the strings Caressing them to silence. and so

her hands

mu The miiisic that she wove. The oboe s n

gs

Among the feriry violins; the flutes

with throstle sweetness flee the threat of drums ,

Up the -harmonic zenith. and then

all To be extinguished as the trumpet

comes

Out of tllie forest sounding a final on .

All but the harp as through a single throat

Climb to a chord and cease, but I can hear ,

Between the hands "of silence. one faint note

'l'hat..st.lil eluded them, pulsating S

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As in the dark a jewel may ensnari:

One ray of light we did not know was there.

-Robert rldlyer.

What is Inflation?

(Industry)

After the first shock of the Kor- ean affsir were off and President Truman announced his "no fooling" policy. backed by B. convincing argument in the form of ten billion powerful dollars, a minor wave of hoarding was reported in the U. 5. and Canada and with it. came the lnevitablc talk of further inflation.

As far as Canada is concerned. Ottawa seemed unworrled by the threat of inflation a. month age. although it was admitted in the hallways of Parliament Hill that any unusually heavy demands on the current manufacturing struct- ure could send prices climlblng.

These words "could send prices climbing" are the heart of the mat- ter ln any discussion of inflation.

Inflation is not a rise in tlie lev- el of prices, but is a. rise in the money supply relative to the stock of things which can be bought. Rises in the price level follow in- flatlon; they do not precede it.

To put it another way, inflation is theldisproportionate and com- paratively sudden increase in the quantity of money or credit -elative to the amount of goods available for purchase and it always results in a price level rise. .

This economic ruisn-i prove: that the only gem; e way to con- trol inflation is to control the sup- ply of moriev-which consists of currency and things which can be converted easily into currency. such as savings bonds, etc.--and the rate of spending it.

Inflation control can. in 1!. meas- ure, be made the responsibility of the individual. If he can control

lng the effects of alcohol. turns at- tention to the individual drinker as being a sick person, and the sickness is the cause of the exces- sive drinking.

Authorities in the Laboratory of Awlled Physiology, Yale, say that among every 100 excessive drinkers they! are probably 40 wilio are neurotic. 10 who are psychotic, and ten who are feeble-minded. in other words, so per cent of these heavy drinkers have something def- initely wrong wlth them which explains their tendency to alcohol- inn. The other 40 per cent. are poncho who have been drinking heavily for years - not to adjust themselves to some underlying dis- order but as a means of relaxation. invenlaiolly they run into some dis- turbing situation. and they turn to drink as an escape, and after years they 'leon as "heavily upon alcohol In ii and plychotio "drinkers

do. be every alcoholic is pick. and in possibly more than half the cues. drinking was not the cause of the t the , 10

in a- matter mi...

bite onlI'c.bout"whlcli we mroniy ,

guela. Iintberoisinuobinoreiobe said about" many phllul of the al- oiioiie problon;. bi; tigilulhozturg il

in . uiusoliiin tin? worth saving we re- grown

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NIGIITINGALE rssrmomu.

In pursuance of a requisition. numerousiy signed. His Worship the Mayor called a public meeting of the inhabitants of the City yes- terday for the purpose of contri- buting towards the Nightingale F'und'. His Worship having been requested to take the chair, the Hon. Charles Young moved the following series of resolutions, which were seconded by the Hon. Colonel Swabey:

"First.-r Resolved that the noble and philanthropic conduct. mani- fested by Mlss Nightingale and her useful assoclat in the hos- pitals of the East, and the uncens- lng efforts made by them night and day to relieve the sick and wounded of the British forces. de- mand our most grateful acknowl- edgments.

"secondly - That it has been dete mined to raise a 1 tlmonlai of n enduring character. in Big- land, for the purpose of perpetuat- ing the memory of Miss Nightm- gale's signal devotion (she having declined to accept any tribute of personal benefit), and as funds are being subscribed in Great Britain to enable her to establish an In- stitute for the training, sustenance and protection of nurses and hos- pital attendants, this meeting most cordially desire to co-operate with their fellow subjects throughout the Empire, in their useful objects, and although the inhabitants of this City are frequently called upon to mist in such efforts, yet they cheerfully subscribe in aid of such funds.

"Thlrdly - That a subscription list he forthwith opened for the Nightingale 'restimonlal' and that the inhabitants of this County, as

ell as of King's and Prlnce'couii-

les, be requested to unite with us

either by calling public meetings or otherwise, in contributing - their mite towards their noble under- taking.

"Fourbhly - That I-Ila Excellen- cy the Lieutenant Governor be re- spectfully requested to become the patron of their Fund, and that the following genqlemon be a commit- tee bo collect and receive lub- scrlptions in this city, and Queen's County generally: the I-Ions. Char- les Young. William Swabey, George Coles, Edward Palmer, Hie Woi-. shlp the Mayor. '1'. Heath Havi- land, Esq., Brisay. Esq."

A subscription list was then open- ed, and copies thereof were order- ed to be left with His Worship the Mayor and Mr. Demrlsay.

-HIlZMd'l Gazette. April 5, lug,

his reaction: to trouble-and (lhgge may be motivated by fear or greed. or a. combination of both-and dis. cipllne himself by buying only vim, is actually needed and not as,- srsvatc any crisis by hoarding or Wbcltplllns. he can hel avert the necessity of government price oon. trols and the accompanying eon. sumer headaches. If he don't dig. cipllnc himself. what follows is no- b0d!'e fault but his own. . m k CALI. no PRAYER

During the Ann. Mohommedin call to Prayer. passer: in the street must stand still, all work must cease and even the sick must lit up in bed.

"Electrical -ccntifacterl wxnmo. an antenna manner I. union in Iillin An. rim. ism

Refrigeration slums and snimcio pepsin To in ii was some Jewiinlhg and lterilre .

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chief guhuoteeo -of, life's

urvei one'I curiosity.

immediately - and Ooizipton Mackenzie on BBQ on .

with plates that are square,

round. Leaves -stick out,

reason why all found. and the prospect of an extra comer to chase the peas into

for shad bones or corn cabs would

MY. Slobodkinl Almost

Richmond News-Leader.

White River was one of an WW3! In Canada which was cut off from the outside world by the "WWII B?-Uppage. The place has no road connection: one of the staples which White River people did not have after the first few '35Ys'of the strike was fresh milk. In an effort to supply this neces- sity. 8 Fort William dairy Ilerw milk to White River. And when the

at 86 cents per bottle, we used to 983' "You never miss the ,water until the well runs dry". That can be changed now to read "You never miss the milk until the trains don't go by". -- Fcrt wu. liam Times-Journal.

There is much controversy as to the relationship between age and success in business. The banker does not approve of the idea of a man over 50 going into a new pro- ject.'1'he early stages of I. burl- neas require physical stamina. long hours and intensive work. A man who has spent his youth learning the details of his job naturally shows better judgment as he grows older. His - experience in judging men and situations has been me- tured. He has lost his impulsive- hell. and can brine more delibera- tion into decisions. The argument i-hit Youth is vital to business suc- cess does not seem to be borne out by the various lnvostlgatio ter an institution has been built up it requires stability and the older men contribute that requirement. Those who have passed the middle