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THE GUARDIAN

Morning Dally (Founded In 1M1) Authorised on Sci-and Clue Mall. Punt Office Department. OlfnIl.

The Islnnd (luardian Publishing Co. Editor and Managing Director, J. ll. llurnelt. Annnrlalo Editor, Frank Walker.

"The Strongest Memory is Weaker Than the Weakest Ink"

CHARLOTTETOWN. FRIDAY, JAN. 6, 1950

and our children. During the period 1931- 35 to 1948, average deaths in Canada per year showed the following increases: from heart disease, 15,393 to 33,786; from can- cer, 10,398-to 16,203; from nephritis, 5,628 to 6,791; from diabetes,_ 1,331 to 2,484. Of all the days lost from school for medical reasons in cities in Canada, 51.5 per cent were lost because of upper respir- atory infections, and of these, 59.8 per cent meumurni tasuassssmasas The current difficulties besetting the im- l and 59 ‘per cent. Adults also would be sur- plementing of the air agreement signed bylprised if‘ they kept count of the number Canada and the United States should serve l 0f days in a year when they are suffering as a warning to Canadians as we go about l from this complaint. No sure-fire preventive formalizing methods of constitutionallmeasures have yet been found, but “com- amendment. Colonial Air Lines contendslmon-sense carefulness" is recommended. that the United States lacks the power to! The Bank letter stresses the importance enter into the agreement, so far as it peP-lOf more practical health lessons in the mits any relaxation of the ~company‘s‘SCi_1001S.‘flfid SW95 timely information 0Y1 monopoly, If the appeal courts support tha}: lthis subjscté which gill dotlibtllessllle widelky View’ it would be negggsafy to go throug lcanvasse uring ationa ea ti Wee , the elaborate process of putting through an ‘Ofieiiing 0n January 29- amendmeut t0 the American constitution tol make the pact effective. It is obviously de-i lirable that when this country enters intol international agreements we should be capable of carrying out their terms. Other-

EDIIORIAL NUIES

I Feast of Epiphany, twelve days lfter l _ _ lChristmas (whence 'I‘\vell‘th Day), com- Wsehflii)’ iugiiefillfftileslzéigizd lgiefileiigiiwi?imemoraies the showing of Jesus to the miic was e . =- - treaty-making power should be included,_IMagl' , , , 01' else a simple method of Waking amend": Once more the weather and the roads ‘mint?’ to give effect to partlcular typos ofiare the subjects of discussion, and, as of ueatles‘ old, there is nobody in a position to rectify matters. Beyond The Law " ' ' __.._ A year ago today the Province was

The fellow who married his fatherflsldescribed as having “the balmiest January wife‘s mother and thus became father-in-lawlweather within memory of the oldest in- to his step-mother had an easy time of itihabitant.” compared with Ottawa and its relations, ' ' " says the Winnipeg Tribllne- It Cites the With the feast of the Epiphany (Little f0ll0\ving 0859 in POiIIiI fPOm ti“? Audit‘)? Christmas) falling on a Friday this will not Generals report w Perliamentr [be a fast day, it being one of the major

The Department 0f National Defence: feasts of the Roman Catholic Church. claimed $24,483 from the Canadian Na- tional Railways for shortages in shipments in 1947. The C. N. R. offered to settle for, $5,000 and an undertaking to forgo a; counter-claim for averages.

After some humming and hawing a, settlement was made on this basis. Mr. Watson Sellar, in his report, states that one of the considerations leading to a set-l tlement was that a doubt was entertained». whether the courts would permit litigation with the company, because the Crown might be regarded as being both plaintiff and de- fendant.

“Beyond the law seems to be getting pretty crowded,” comments the Tribune. “With the Ottawa Government running a __ _ considerable number of commercial and in- Brlnsh proposals for an Anglmmiierlcan"

dustrial enterprises—all of which may claimi parmwship agremnem‘ on aton‘ “veapon lo be Crown agencies and not answerablel production should meet with wide approval.

in the Ordinary courts __ the heights o“ It is clear that satisfactory progress at rea-

absurdlty are being reacheli It is high, sonable cost can only be made by close co- time that all these Dominion commerciall Operauon‘ and industrial enterprises, from rubber mak- _ lng to house building ‘Vere placed on a par The R. C. M. Pfs almost completed radio

with private and commercial undertakingsp netvfvol-k here Wm greatly inflease we ef" l fectiveness of the men and cars available.

able to sue and be sued in the ordinary. _ _ _ Courts of the lanli» With well distributed patrols, there should

be no part of the Island more than a matter of minutes from police protection.

Fredericton, N. B., had three acclama- tlons for the city council out of five. There should be enough civic spirit in Charlotte- town to better that.

O O O .

Farm organizations from now on will be fully employed discussing and ‘otherwise dealing with agricultural problems, of which there are not a few.

O O O

Heavy gambling on the Stock Exchange is not a good sign. It looks as though some people were anxious to get out from under

in good times. O O O

Health Research Results

Some disquieting results of health re-l The Sunday ferry service dlmdunced Yes‘ search in the schools of Canada are given inl ierday for mom!‘ Vehicles between Borden llle Current monthly letter of the Royal and Tormentine represents a definite im- Bank Fm. example. lt has been found that‘ provement in the Island's communications. 0n the hasls of Canada-s school populallonl Congratulations are in order for those who of approximately 21/1 million, the loss of‘, have worked for it, and to the C. N. R. for education was 28 million pupil-days in theihdving made the Concessidn- year. The portion of these days lost due to . 0 a 0 ill-health was 75 per cent in urban schools It ls to be hoped this Province wlll m, and 51 pe1'ce“t1n_rdra15°h°°is- gain its representation in the Government

Health authorities, says the report, are by the appolntment of Mn Watson Mac_ o" jqound Frodlid in asking that a" babies l Naught to one of the existing vacancies. He he immunized against communicable dis-lhas earned his Spurs as assistant to M“ edsds- Every Child Should be Pffiiecidd Mayhew, and would worthily maintain the against diphtheria, smallpox and whoopinglreputallon of the pmvlnce on the from cough during the first year of life, andwench in the House_ should receive whatever reinforcement of i immunity is found necessary throughoutl school life. By such simple means these diseases could be practically wiped out. Pro- gress has been made, but we must face the fact that in five years these three diseases killed 3,281 young Canadians.

The benefits of medical advance have,

O O O

Hartley Coleridge, English poet, born this date 1796; eldest son of Samuel Taylor Coleridge; educated at Oxford, became a magazine writer and subsequently a school- master. In his poetry he showed a marked kinship to Wordsworth, and left several

been tremendous. Comparing the period of, Sonnets of hlgh liieltary quality; he was 1921 to 1925 with 1945 to 1947’ the Mlml one ‘of the most brilliant conversatlonalists ister of National Health and Welfare toldlof Ts day: the House of Commons last year that gen-l Cast away thf bondage and the fear era] mortality had decreased 16 per cent, of rotten custom‘ infant death rates 51 per cent, and ma- ' ° ° ternal death rates 64 per cent. Since 1931 The ex-Prime Minister could not have the llfe expectancy at birth for Canadians chosen a better method to distract attention has increased by five years for boys andgfrom the criticism of his “Life", recently SEVEN Years f0!‘ girls. denounced by Premier Macdonald, than to In the last 50 years the death rate from I advise the public of the appointment of the tuberculosis has been reduced by 80 perlmuch criticized Mr. MacGregor as his col- cent. In the past 20 years it has been re-daborator in the production of his official duced by 46 per cent. This ls perhaps thelbiography. "The old parliamentary hand" greatest single achievement in our public has lost none of its cunning in making the health history, and illustrates the worth of most of opportunities presented, even if they early diagnosis and quick and adequate seem adverse. By his present action he tmaBtrlxljten:théf fl res tell dd t ilelilles ex-Lfnlliisteli/Icciiiyuigceydmllifjgziy’ a gu a sa er soryJco eagueo r. a ona an r. ston They deal with diseases against which we in the King Government as responsible for have not yet learned to protect ourselves the hold-up of the MacGi-egor report.

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JANUARY 6. 1950

Euler home ownership will not remove the obligation on home builders to try to produce good houses at the lowest possible price. That is the soundest inducement

to home ownership. — Vancouver Province. There leems to be some real

merit in the idea of an automobile horn that would remain silent as long as the wheels weren't turn- ing. We suggest that some in- ventive person should devise such a cut-out system that would work. and then turn the design over lo the motor manufacturers. If the designer makes millions out of it he will not be over-paid by la single penny. For one thing it would do away with the nuisance and nerve strain created by child- ren. momentarily left alone in a parked car, when they discover (as inevitably they do) the noise- making possibilities inherent in a car horn. And for another, it would spell the doom of an ac- cursed custom practised by so many car drivers — most notably young men calling for their girl friends -— that of sounding the horn l0 announce their arrival. — Owen Sound Stun-Times.

Men have pretty well stopped demandini! anything when it comes to the clothes they bu_\'. Instead. the trend is to accept al- most anything rather than mak- ing a scene. putting down the fool and demanding what we want. The decay of the vest ls but part of the story of male surrender to demand, originating no one knows where. that men should dress more and more as if they expect- ed to .hide behind a potted palm. Few people liow living can re- member when the soldiers wore red jackets. The trend toward sclf-effacement in men's clothinz started about the same time that khaki took its place. In the course of a life time. men have faded from fine birds with variegated plumage, down into sober suits of brown and grey. And now no vest. A vest is not needed any more. what with steam-heated buildings. heated cars. and an artificially warmed existence that is new the rule at all seasons

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appearance and final extinction seem inevitable. — Cornwall glan, dud-Freeholder.

The case of the misplaced Noi-u. Stars with.birds nesting in the fuselage doesn‘t look so bad 1n the light of what has happened a‘. Farnham. Out there. when thcv came lo look for the Army train. ins vamp. it svas practically g0... It is almost as though SOITIOQHQ had moved in and stolcu Lrichmi- while the citizens were attending a regatta. What happciii-d in 1 big and relatively ]ll‘tlSl)f‘l'Oll$ ('11.. adian conuiiuni\y' whcn it can s‘ and ivntch entire buildings bQlfing. ing jointly to themselves and m all other citizens bring brazenlv carted away‘? Surely hcrc is m. outstanding rxamplc of the slu~ pidlty and lack uf moral ronvrpi in which "Government propcril" is regarded as fair game for plun- der. Thosc buildings and may equipment, wliairvci" their orig, 1 or i‘t'f)llll"'.'ll(ll'. value in do ., did not bcliutg to Mr. (‘laxtnn u h. is supposed tn look aftcr the .*'\:'i\t-' and its property. nor in lVlr, Ab. bolt who imposes fhr- lnxcs \vl1~<~'1 all are supposed to pay. They h». longed to John Smith nf Van. couvcr. Tom Joncs of Calgary, .1 B. Trudeau of Qurhrr and Han, Brown of Halifax. to name a Ici- —Monlrcal Gazette.

l! h“. of course. always been

confused nonsense tn blame nu- dollar difficulties on tlic cost M our social services. Whether in-

sidc Britain we consume our m». sonal incomes. such as they, arr. individually. or pay 40 per cent M them in taxes for us to consuma- them collectively in the form of social benefits, has nothing directlv to do with our snlvcncy or in- solvency vis-a-vis the outside world. As a nation we are no‘ consuming more than we produrr. or taking more from the outside ubrld as a whole than we givi- to it. If world economy were still. a functioning organism. in which deficits incurred with one country were automatically balanced by surpluses earned in another, w» would be all right. Ilnforlunafrflv. ihis ls not the case. But the prola- lc-m is one n! inlcrnrilional ari-

The chances of survival of the vest are not good. and 1L1 gradual dis-

justment. which we alone canno‘ SOIVP.~<ThF Observer (Lnndorfl.

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This column ls open to the discussion by correspondent: of questions of interest. The Guardian doe: not necessar- lly endorse the opinion at correspondent:

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A GREAT PHYSICIAN

PASSES

Sir.—The Canadian and Prince Edward Island Medical Associat- lon have lost one o!‘ their ablcst and best physicians in the death of Dr. J. A. Johnston of Tlgnlsh. His long life and fifty years of country practice of cctniplete suc- cess, cnark him as a brilliant, careful and great doctor. As a diagnosticlan he ‘had no superior and few equals in this Province. After an experience of forty years dealing with patients he sent to the Charlottetown City Hospital, I can bear testimony m the absolute correctness and. clarity of his diagnosis.

I-‘ifty years ago I met him when I went to Emerald as Principal of their High School. He had been a splendid and successful school teacher for many years and was of the greatest assistance to me in the many problems that a High School Principal meets in his first appointment. For fifty years I have had no greater or dearer friend, either professionally or otherwise. During that long period he was in- deed to me “Friend, Counsellor and Guide". He saved my life when I was at. Emerald suffering from a serious infection. He took me fmm my boarding house into his own home. Ile acted as my physician and nurse and cured me. The sav- lng of your llfe is a. debt you can never repay. but I nearly balanced the account When I made him g0 to the Lahey Clinic ln Boston six years ago where skillful surgeons saved his llfe.

His last years were lonely after‘ he lost his dear and devoted wife. He leaves a brilliant son. Dr. Roy Johnston of Greenfield. Mass. and two splendid daughters. Mrs. Dr. Kratz of Chicago. and Noreen. at home. who for years has been his devoted and faithful nurse. Dr. Johnston had two difficult and hard practices, first. at Emerald, then at. Tignlsh foi- 46 years. He was an ideal physician and never refused a call nor never moi-ed himself. Thus a great doctor, III exemplary Christian. s devoted father, a. great citizen passes.