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THE . GUARDIAN.

CHARLOTTETOWN

THE GUARDIAN

Authorized in second (link Mail Post Office Department. Ottawa. The lsliuitl Guardian E' bllnhlng CO CIRCULATION

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l'i-elident and Associate Editor. Inn A. Burnett- Assoclute Editor. Frank Walker.

"The Strongest Memory is Weaker Ihan the Weakest Ink".

-CHARLOTTETOWN. FRIDAY. oc-r. 19, 1951 l -'--r' A Tale of Three cities

in Buenos Aires not long ago there was an abortive revolution. Whether it was a genuine revolt, or one staged by Peron to consolidate his hold on the government remains obscure. The circumstances of the revolt matter less than the fact that it grew out of deepening economic distress and un- rest. Argentinians are unhappy because they cannot understand why flour should be so expensive in a wheat-growingscountry. They are perplexed because beef is getting scarce in one of the greatest cattle-raising countries of the world. They miss the bountiful quantities of butter, cheese. and eggs which weighted down Argentinian tables in prc-Peron days.

In London the United Kingdom govern- ment also dctccts signs of unrest and dis- content. More mature and democratic than Argentina. the country's political leaders have decided to ask the people whether they want a ”revolution”. The opportunity for this ”revolution" will be presented to the people on October 25. They will choose either to restore or to over- throw the government by ballot. The un- easiness of the British people springs from many causes. not the least of which is that coal, steel and electric power, all of which were available in unlimited supply prior to nationalization, have all three become scarce.

in Ottawa as i"cil'iic'.i.lllClli. inccts. there is renewed evidence of unrest and discontent in Canada. The unrest springs from the high cost of living. People still remember that before fiscal and monetary planning became part of the fabric of government, before it became fashionable for politicians and bureaucrats to prate and plan about welfare, steaks were plentiful and cheap and taxes were low. Sooner or later time and circumstances will combine to compel the government at Ottawa to accord the Cana-f dian people the same opportunity for a "peaceful revolution" as that being granted in their British cousins on October 25.

Unrest in Canada, of course. differs greatly in the manner in which it man- ifests itself. from unrest in the United Kingdom. Both differ even more sharply

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The Credit Unions have celebrated their past and present and now go back to the task of building for the future.

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Nothing liik an all out sale to bring the crowds to the business section. as wit- nessed yesterday. ' o o o

It certainly was not long before "ex- pert" descriptions of the superiority of Red jet fighters were proved baseless, by trial of battle.

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People who have money to put aside ;for savings are buying Government bonds. at gilt-edged investment for all and any purpose.

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The grain 'harvest being all safely garnered. potato growers have been fortun- ate in getting a spell of good weather to devote to potato lifting.

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The search for the American strato- freighter off Sable Island is a reminder of how valuable it would be if aircraft car- ried automatic transmitters which would broadcast the position in case of trouble.

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The last impression Their Royal High- nesses will get of Canada will be that of the three Maritime island capitals, Char- lottetown. Sydney and St. John's. Let us make it outstandingly favourable.

to O C Most of our visitors, apart from hunt- ers, have gone home with pleased mem- ories of their stay. Had Labour Day been fixed for the third Monday of October many of them might still have been with us to share in our magnificent Fall weather. 0 I 0 The excellent communication between this Province and Quebecls Magdalen Is- lands is useful to both groups of Islanders and also serves the very good purpose of bringing here such visitors as the Hon. Mr. Talbot, on their way to and from the Mag- dalcns. D O D

It is pretty hard on residents who en-V deavour to add to the beauty of the city; by surrounding their lawns by light fences' to have them broken down overnight by prowlers, or otherwise evil disposed night revellers. When any such are discovered a

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Who dreamed that benuty.passes like a dream?

For these red lips, with all their mournful pride.

lNl0l.ll'llilli that no new wonder may

bctide. 'l'l'oy passed away in one high fun- eral gleam. And Usn:-1'5 children died.

We and the labouring world are

stiff penalty should be imposed, "making: the punishment fit. the crime." I

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Emphasis is being placed. as it should, be. by our Royal Visitors' Committee on: the place of war veterans and children in the forthcoming celebration. They are the two sections of the population who deserve. place and honour in honouring our future-E sovereigns. And they will make a bravel

from the explosive qualities inherent in un-, rest in Argentina. Common to all threc.,' however. is that in Ottawa, as in London and Buenos Aires. government planningl has largely replaced the normal functioii- ing of the free market. And in all three, countries steaks are becoming a rare andi expensive iuxuigv. I

Railway Earnings !

Despite all the weeping, wailing and, znashmg of teeth before the country and, the Board of Railway Commissioners, notes. the Winnipeg Free Press. it would appear from the latest figures on railway earningsl that the C.P.R. and C.N.R. are still enjoy- ing a reasonable share of prosperity. Not only are the earnings being maintained; in' l950 they sci a new record. rising by 7.2; per cent over the 1949 peak. Accordingl to the Bureau of Statistics. the railways in! that year were so desperately hard pressedl that they earned a cool Si958,985.7.51. suf-i ficicntly close to the billion mark. it ifiighti be thought, to guarantee their executivcsi a few hours of unbroken sleep. The fig- ures disclose that. operating expenses were up only 0.3 per cent, permitting net nper- ating revenues to be almost doubled.

It will he recalled that 1950 was the year of the railway strike which might have been expected to disrupt operations rather badly. Nevertheless revenue freight ton- iuigc increased from 142,719,431 to 144.- 218.1310 ions. Passenger traffic fell off considerably but in view of the financial buoyancy of the lines, this seems to have occasioned greater concern to the passen- gers than to the railways.

Much of last year.'s lament for the fu- ture of the railways turned on the prospect of a 40-hour week, which unquestionably meant heavier expenses for the two roads. But the sun has continued to shine for the railways since they were granted an ad- ditional 12 per cent horizontal increase in rates last July, this despite the finding of the Turgeon Commission on Transportation rrainst horizontal increases. This makes a 58 per cent increase since April. 1948. "On this record," concludes the Free Press, "even the professional legal mourners retained to appear at successive rate hearings must ad- mit the likelihood that the railwayswlll con- tinue to be with us for some considerable time."

Hon. Mr. Foumler,

both town and surrounding country get ready in good time with their decor- ation plans for the Royal celebrations. Busi- ness people and householders should make sure in good time they have the necessary flags and hunting on hand; while school trustees and teachers should make sure there is ll Union Jack or Canadian flag for ever,v'child taking part in the proceedings.

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Sir Tlioiiias Browne, English author and physician, was born this date 1605. After prolonged travel abroad, he settled in practice at Norwich. "Hydriotaphia, or Urne Buriall" probably best displays his peculiar genius but his claim for renown rests on his ”Religio Medici" although it was not designed for publication. He may be said to look on life" rather in the spirit of the modern transcendentalist.

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Some members at Ottawa are getting hot under the collar because the Govern- ment appears indifferent regarding the high cost of living. The fact is the powers-that- be are reluctant to put on controls which would react on farmers and other food pro- ducers. leaving other men-of-business to re-- coup themselves by increased consumer prices.

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Tomorrow is Boy Scout Apple Day in the City. It is of historic interest to note that Apple Day originated in Prince Ed- ward Island, and subsequently was adopt- ed by the Scout Movement all over Canada. At the time Mr. R. C. Parent was secre- tary of the local Scouts, and he conceived the idea of combining the apple industry with Scouting by having the boys sell only P. E. I. apples. At that time there were but two commercial orchards here.

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Mr. Kickham, M. P., is the friend of mail couriers these days in an endeavour to get them a special bonus in recognition of services well and truly rendered on be- half of our rural population. Similarly, Mr. McLure. M. P., has been honoured by' Minister of Public Works. as senior member for Queen's, by being invited into conference with him in respect to the proposed new Federal Bulld-

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An appeal is being made to citizens in to

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Amid men's souls, that waver and give place .

Like the pale waters in their win- tr.V race.

Under the passing stars. foam of the sky,

Lives on this lonely lace. Bow down. archangels, in your dim bode:

Before you were. or any heal-ts to beat.

Wcary and kind onc lingered by His scat;

He made the world to be a grassy road

Before her wondering feet.

-W. B. Yeats. 'u' 'u'u'o'-'-'u'u'u'u'o'n'u'f-S-'u'n'u'J'

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Hear me when I call. 0 God of my righteousness: thou host on- larged me when l was in distress; have mercy upon me, and hear my llflycr. 0 ye sons of men, how long will ye turn my glory into shame? how long will ye love vanity, and seek alter leaning? Sclnh. But know that the Lord hath set apart him flint in godly for hlnilclf: the Lord will hear when I call unto him. Stand In awe. and sin not: commune with your own heart upon your bed, and be still. Sclali. Offer the out-rlflccs of righteousness. and put your trust in the Lord.

Canada Loses Face

(Ottawa Journal)

When Parliament debated the strange spectacle of Ming Sung Ships with Chinese crews and wearing the Canadian flag carry- in: Cnrsoes to and from commun- llt Chinl. 3- point was made by the Government that no one had Droved they helped the F mmun- in war effort in Korea by carry. ing strategic materials.

Nine Minx suns ships were built in Canada under s 312.750,- 000 loan backed by the (lovem- nienf. the loan has fallen into de- fault and the Federal Treiuury will have to pay the 01,275,000 now owing.

The Govemmeni. and the” tax- laayers naturally are interested in the disposition of the Ihipa which could be considered as security for tlic loan and could be seized. Where are they?

Two were grabbed by the Coin- muniau when they drove the No- tionolloto off the mainland. seven have been plain to see until I few Wlekl Ito. They were calling the Hon: Kong-Macao-Canton runund the Canadian ti-ode conimiulonor said he could find no proof for

.the charges of 1 marine offlecrr

guild at Hons Kong that they were carrying ltntoglo materials into Communist China, either from that British port or from Portu- guese Macao.

Now the Icvcn no tied up at o Communist port and the Ming sun; wont: have told Hong Kong there will be no lhipl on the Hon; Kong run "for the time The holdup is caused by the crawl v:h'.'ch are on strike. allegedly in protest against Canadian rejection of financial propoulo advanced by the company.

These propoull. according to oitawn int... Ition. were some- whot involved. The Min; lung company has dollar: in the United

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J. ihlotes By The Way '1

At its first nnnuol meeting In Toronto, the Central Canada Broadcasters Association decided to seek permission to broadcast liquor and beer advertisements in Ontario. Such a move lacks pub- lic support, and the request should be rejected. However. the CCBA would perform an impor- tant service if. from time to time. their stations broadcast. the sta- tistics on crimes and accidents that can be traced to intemper- ance. -Ottawa Citizen.

KLM (Royal Dutch) Airlines. which has the customary stewards to serve its human passengers. has employed ten additional stewards specially trained by Dutch zoo ex- perts to look after the animals on its freight. flights. KLM has work- ed up quite a business in hauling such items as gorillas. lions. ot- ters and ilgers.gThey fly from Siam. India or South Africa to was and animal dealers in Europe and America. seven horses from Paris stopped over in New York last week on their way i-0 BYE!”- with three animal stewards aboard the KLM plane to minis- ter to their every whim. New York Herald Tribune.

one of the most articles of clothing a man owns is his tie. And one of the most controversial of ties is the bow var- iety. Even a hand-painted tie doesn't receive the attention it bow tie does. It is. of course. It man's own business what he wears. If he thinks he is becoming in B, bow tie. then he is entitled to wear it. If he thinks he looks bet.- ter without. a tie. there is nothing to prevent him from going with- out one (although certain big city hotels insist. that their male guests wear ties), And the bow tie is here to stay. And it won't be long now. either. before it is accepted by even the most: hardened reac- tionorles. -Lethbrldse Herald.

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As with food. so with humoI'- everyone to his taste. There are those who relish Jack Benny and Bob Hope and others who. in the case of either or both. definitely do not. Which brings up the ques- tion of Canada's Rawhide. This multiple character began hi: on- reci-. fresh out of the University of Western Ontario, at I Halifax radio station. Two years later he and his motley prray of characters invaded the peaceful air of On- tario. and later still. the western provinces. But this season the airwaves have become tranquil once again. Rawhide is silent. Claude 1-fnmmerston. The Even, ing citizen's radio authority. has explained that the reason this unique show has not returned to the air, so for. k that the CBC ap- parently is reluctant to pay for lt. so long on it was letting. in free. thrown in u an extra to a regular staff announcer! duties.

the Canadian loan might: have been mode if Canada could per- ouodo the Americans to unfreene these dollars. but the Americans are not lnterelted ii: that.

These developments leave unnot- tled the question of whether the Ming sung chips helped the Red opontiono against Canadian and other United Nation: troops in Korea by mbtorioll they carried. That. queltion, however. can be left for another day end the in- formotlon the Government must give the House of Commons ll quickly on possible ohould deal with what has been done to Info- gulrd Oonadlnn interact in than flouting properties. -

On the taco of it,wc seem to have been only-going, even dial the Opposition rolled in quutions about the Itatua of these veuell. and have displayed little vigor in preoerving either the practice of our flag at up or our dollm. we cm imagine, with little pleuuro. that from the otout hull: of that seven chips in Oommunin. Ohio: como choi-flee over the innocent Weotomero who permitted their flu to be used to cover operations in which they have loot flu if

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that was fine. But if the CBO con- not obtain Rawhide'o services without. a. special fee, according to Mr. l-lammerston, then the listen- ing public will have to get along without him. some will shed no tears over the prospect, but. I great many others will regret be- ing denied one of the most origin- al programs ever to go on the air. -Ottawa Citizen

John Gordon. 23-year-old .'l'or. onto truck driver. coming sud- denly upon a group of children playing on the highway near Milton swerved his vehicle out of their way. It turned over. He was pinned beneath the rear wheels and killed. such sacrificial geo- tures. thank heaven, are not un- common. Under such circum- stances action is automatic. It re- flects the deep, inborn tradition of risking one's own life to love that of meone else. All of us would hope to be able to do as John Gordon did. That children running loose on the road should lead to these tragedies is 1 good argument for playgrounds and for supervision. -- London Free Press.

It is at times like these tholflho mystique of kingshlp, which few foreigners can understand and which often perplexes niglishmcn themselves, is at its strongest. There is a. certain divinity doth hedge ti. king, but it does not mean. for the great. put of the nation. any acceptance of the di- vine right. of kings; 5 sovereign who b trayed the high traditions of his h gh office might end nov- ereignty in this country. The King is a man like any other men. The surgeon's knife can spore him no more than them. but in his person he represents some- thing - all the long history of the British people - no no other man in the kingdom does or could. He is part: of his people, in a sense almost. part. of every family in it. Nothing else could explain the depth of anxiety and grief the news of the peril to the King's life caused. -London spectator.

R l thou ' k ' ' mop-haired cave men from Medi- cine 1-lat who are ouch on attrac- tion in the annual stampede Pin-ode? A similar novelty was or- ganized in a small Oregon city in 1948 when Thomas E. Dewey come there campaigning as Presidential candidate. A picture was, taken showing Dewey in the midst of half 3 dozen fierce human gor- illas. Everybody was having 3 good time. The picture has now reached Russia and is on dioplny in ' --i'--:-1d. The captain ox- plaino that tho "downtrodden muses" resent the religious feud- alism of the U. 3. and "I group of peasant: have formed I new oi-ganirztion to return to the old pre-church days." so perhaps that particular exhibit should be barred from future Stampede Parades. It wouldn't. do to give Leningrad I wrong ldon. about the type of cluanry in this part. of the world. - Calnry Albertnn.

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Twenty new ohulco, "Mayflower Lilac" which In made popular by the Queen dur- ing the Royal visit to Canada in IQ. are added in the oooond odi- tion of thc"Dlci.ionoi-y of color Btnndiudl." lowed by the lritloh color council. to the no codified by the council in 194. The dio- tlouory in now recognized on In t toi-notional otuiduil. All the colon bro now mod. numbered, Ind illustrated on Illk ribbon woven to show each in o glooo oi- muff finish. The colon full mush- ly into three clonal: than much- ed to pro-oltpblilhod otuidordl. Iuch on Poof offioo rod. oom- brldu blue, fur blue-(my. ot.c.: thou matched to I number of popular nfuplu sue no Iquit- rol. carrot. and up ; and

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We boarded the bus, and Itorted north again along the coast to see the eighth wonder of the world. the enclosed Zuider Zee or the Wleringex-mere. After centuries of planning, experimenting and strug- gling, the huge dyke enclosing the zuidor zee which jute into the country between the north of H01- land and Friesland. was nclosed by making a darn across the outer opening our the North Ben. I distance of about twenty miles. since 1500. people have been draining lakes and building dykco to protect themselves from the sea and to maintain for themselves enough land to make an honest. living from the soil. since then the idea of locking out the ocean and subduing the zuider Zee has been -occupying the minds of the Dutch people.

Not; until after the first Great War in 1919 were the initial steps taken for the construction of the enclosing dun between the coast. of Northern Holland and the island of Wieringen. This met with success and was the first encour- aging step. one and one half miles of the dam were completed. with this experience and armed with more scientific knowledge and larger machinery. they set to work and on May 28, 1932, the other twenty miles over to Frlesland were completed and the Zuider Zee wu enclosed. Thirteen years of planning, work. and struggle were over. and what. In accomplish- mentl were five hundred and fifty - s' acres of available farm land so soon on the water could be drained out. dyked and made suitable for cultivation. But their could not go at it all at: once; it had to be divided up in poldero or areas. and one at if time. those dyked and drained. The first and smallest of thine to be drained was the north west polder or the Wiei-ingonnero. consisting of fifty thousand born.