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ting quite different to that which had pre- vailed during prewar periods of similar ' price trends. The vagaries of nature Chil- not be prevented but their ill effects for the farmer are being limited by a' number of official programs for the support of agri- cultural prices. It is perhaps not generally I

.-The Passing Scene ' 2 B1 llbserver ,i . THE OTHER TEN Most -Canadl-ans (probably most

President and Associate Editor, Ian A Burnett

5-1061” Ed'""- 9"” W"""'- . . - Americans too)" think of the on. :oyduiiil.:' mm. the Pm” '""' CuwULA.m,o,, realized that E0Vemm9Ht81 P011Cl' at Pm" mo statei'Presidential election as Ilgrohlblllollealii by no men, I

a grim contest between the Demo- crats led by Governor Stevenson and the Republicans led by ex.- General Eisenhower. And, no doubt. one of these gentlemen will be the next president.

There are, however, at least ten others (eleven, if you count Major Amos Hoople) who are runnin as candidates for the highest 0 ice ill the land. And they are all representatives of sizable groups of people who feel they have a heav- en-sent mission to bring good government to America.

These other ten make up a curl- ous assortment. Before they are again plunged into obscurity it may be interesting to take a look at them, not because any one of them is particularly notable 'but because.ail of them together make up a picture of a strange political scene.

sent underwrites, by way of initial payments or floor prices, the prices received by farm- ers for wheat, oats, barley, cattle, hogs, but- ter, cheese and eggs and that these pro- ducts accounted for about 80742 of all Cana- dian farmers' cash income last years

"Unlike the situation in the United States, the net budgetary cost of farm price support in this country has been very small. The net losses incurred by the Cana- dian Agricultural Prices Support Board dur- ing the five years after it began operations in 1946 amounted to less than S10 millions. But with prices of farm products becoming softer, the cost of farm pried support could conceivably be a more important item in the foreseeable future than it has in the past.”

dead issue in the United State some sociologists go so far as 1: predict its return to the American scene within a few years, But -hardly anybody votes the Prohlbl tionticket. At least that has 1...; the situation in other elections and there is no sign that cowbo I-Iamblen will be able to change ,-”,' next week. It seems to indlcal. that most prohibltlonists (in th. U. S.A., that is) like their favour. lie idea mixed with various othe- ingredients that are found in th; two major Parties. They don't np. pear to relish it straight.

"Coven Prince Edward island like the deaf

flhe Strongest Memory is Weaker Thus the Weakest Ink".

'iHAB.la()TTlJTOWN. THURSDAY. OCT. 31?. 1752” Maritime Economic Survey

It has been commonly said for a long lime that the Maritime Provinces of Can- Ida would be eventually developed by American capital, that local and other Canadian capital would become interested after American money had set the pattern. That day is measurably closer with the in- itiation of a study of the economy of the Maritime Provinces by the Chase National Bank of the City of New York.

The senior vice-president of the bank. Mr. Thomas H. McKittrick was in Saint John last week-end to get the project un- rler way. He made the point that the era of expansion and development into which Canada has entered will include the whole of the Dominion. With the survey just be- ginning he did not know how his bank could best assist industries and governments in the Maritime Provinces to take advantage of the expanding economy. .

The first post-war survey by the New York banking house is primarily for its own information, as a guide to policy. At the same time, however, the bank will no doubt make its findings available to industry gen- erally. The result should be a decided ad- vance of the economy of the Maritimes along sound lines. As is the way with cap-

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The "Church of God" which incidentally, is quite a big orgam: zation in parts of the Middle West is running its own "Bible Pam-'5 under the leadership of Homel- Tomlinson. an administrative ol- ncer of the Church. Mr. Ton-.1ln. son, it seems, does not preach ., great deal and. to his credit, ha does not indulge in political in. vective. Instead he goes around beating swords into plowshgm Where he gets all the steel for this pastime has not been reveal. ed. Presumably. as a Prclidential candidate he has special priority ln'this respect. There would have to be a wo. man somewhere in this p0lil.i('ll) hodge-podgc. She is Ellen Jensen who leads what aha and hu- frlenqs call the "Washington Peace Party". Miss Jensen, it should be said, is more of an astrologer thin a politician and she spends much of her. campaign time in reading the messages of the stars. And. because she dabbles in spiritual. ism as well as astrology, aha chm from time to, time with Georg. Washington who thinks, according to Miss Jensen, that the Peace Party will virtually control the next Congress. There is somq doubt in his mind. though. that the Party's candidate can be elect. ed President this year. Why Min Jensen should go out of her was

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T0 1798111 With. there are three candidates who in some form or other espouse the Socialist cause. It is strange that in a country where organized Labour has such a. firm hold on economic and so- cial life socialism has never been able to make any significant show- ing in the over-all political pic- ture. Mr. Norman Thomas was for many years the orthodox socialist leader and he was held in much general esteem. Crowds of people listened to his speeches with re- spectful attention and then voted either Democrat or Republican.

nls year his place has been taken

1 Darllnglon I-Ioopes who by all

.counts is also a man of consid- zable ability. His candidature, however, is nothing more than a. gesture. No one expects him to make any headway.

The other two Socialists, Eric Hess and Farrell Dobbs, of Social- ist Labor and Socialist Workers respectively, are on the ticket in. quits a. few States. I-lass wants Congress abolished. In its place he would introduce some sort of

Training For Politics

Addressing the autumn convocation of MacMaster University in Hamilton recently, Mr. John Diefenbaker, prominent Progres- sive Conservative member of the Commons, put forward an intriguing suggestion. It was to the effect that Canadian universities consider post-graduate courses in practical politics. He also suggested that scholarships be provided studehts to do post-graduate work for one year as research assistants to private members of Parliament.

A little reflection, comments an ex change, should lead any Canadian concern- ed with the future of his country to in- dorse Mr. Diefenbaker's proposals. Politics is a science as well as a profession of pub-

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This column is open to the discussion by um spondents of questions of interest. The Guardian does not necessar-

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ital others will follow where the enterpris- ing have led the way and these Provinces may well see the long-awaited growth of our economy becoming an accomplished fact.

i An Ex7lTSlEg calllilalgn

The Presidential campaign now nearing its climax in the United States has been a hectic one, but this is not unusual and, as the New York Times remarks, is to be wel- comed insofar as it represents "the free ex- pression of a vigorous democratic people.” But one can have too much of a good thing. "Two months or more of the kind of in- tensivc campaigning that we have been witnessing this. year," says The Times, "is too long for both the public and the can- didates. It is impossible even for the most intelligent mon to say things that are both new and sensible every day for so extend- ed a period. Although s ome notable speeches have been made on both sides even in the last few days, the general level of the campaign has declined sharply

lic service.

should be fully competent to do so. Ed ucational institutions should be the train ing ground for politics and in that deslr

Mr. Diefenbaker, who is himself an out standing example of a well-educated pol

English universities.

encouraged a high level of public service.

EDITORIAL NOTES

Boy Scout Apple Day unfortunately fol

to release advance su

pplies for "treats". O O I

in recent weeks. The same things that have

have been put to is beyond reason. It is ab- surd for a man about in assume the high- est office in- the land to have to run this kind of unnecessary risk to his health. The three weeks. Perhaps in a country of this two months is too much."

One notable accomplishment in this year's campaigning has been in the realm of foreign affairs. There has been no cater- ing to the isolationist vote by either of the major party leaders. Both have committed themselves irrevocably to a course of Am- erican partnership with the democratic world. They differ in modes of procedure, and the enemies of democracy will doubt.- less make the most of the charg s and counter-ch'argcs which have been n ade in this connection. But there has been no re- vival of the old "Fortress America” concept which might have tom the country apart in this campaign, and struck a body blow to the hopes of the United Nations. The Kremlin will derive little satisfaction from the election results, whether it be Eisen- hower or Stevenson on whom the Presiden-

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Farm Price Support

Average prices received for agricultural products at the farm, which had remained very stable throughout 1948, 1949 and 1950, roscby nearly 1579' during the first seven months of 1951 but have since declined to about the .1950 level. On the other hand; paid by farmers for the goods and

. services they buy have risen slightly since

Saturday sees the opening of the week

. . . Elong Maritime Winter Fair at Amherst. In been said before am being sald Dyer arldl past years Island farmers have always W9” 333” Ami ma”-V thmgs are bemg Saldl shown up well in the various classes. The that should not be said at all. Furthermore,l interest and good wishes of Islanders Wm the physical strain that the two candidates: be with their representatives at the present

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The risks which those engaged in study

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lthem. A United States weather observa

size that would he too brief a period; but: mm plane with 15 men aboard vanished an , ter deliberately flying into the heart of a

. typhoon off the Philippines. The last rcpor

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restrictions which protect dairy industry from outside competition i

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iron merchantls business in Glasgow.

It can be raised to a higher level and there are important reasons why those who serve their fellow Canadians in the elective assemblies of the Dominion

able process should provide the-politicians of the future with an enlightened culture.

itician, called attention to the Oxford and Cambridge Unions in those two famous These unions have been the recruiting grounds of successive British Parliaments and in so doing have

lows rather than precedes Hallowe'en. Proh- ably, however, leaders could be persuaded

was a message that she was returning to

mcrside air base has caused some puzzle- mcnt and amusement at Ottawa. The term penthouse would havetbeen no better. Per- haps the drafter of the specifications want- ed to say superstructure but was thrown off by the N.A.T.O. practice of including such .installations in the term infrastructure.

Geneva to seek complete elimination of the the American

not, of course, an expression of official pol- It is to be hoped that the same don-, . siderations which moved Mr. Raymond Ver- non to ljnake the pledge, however, will in-

Andrew Bonar Law, Canadian born Brit- ish statesman, died tiis date 1923. He was born in New Brunswick and went into an He

speak without notes and attained Cabirfet

lly endorse the opinion of uurespondcnts.

rllltoucn rlurl-'lc srnlaa-rs

sir,-May I express through your column a suggestion as to the betterment of our Cityla traf- fic regulation which may or may not appear feasible to the com- mittee of the City Council who are at present' revising parking and traffic regulations. For many years all drivers of cars and other vehicles have care- fully rccognlzed Euston Street in its entirety -as a. through street which must not be entered until traffic is cleared. This avoids countless misunderstandings on the part of drivers and keeps a very busy stl'eet's traffic on the move. Why therefore should not our main city arteries, Queen Street and Great George Street, be recognized in the same man- ner, regulated by law as through streets, and entrance from side streets allowed only in turn? Our sister town, Summel-side, has this regulation. Water Street there can only be entered after a complete stop and clear of 'traffic. Moncton has the 5 me restriction in force, as does any other cit- ies and towns along the Atlantic seaboard and inland as well. At present time one drives down Queen Street, Charlottetown, only to find a driver meeting you at the right intersecting street as- serting his right to cut in ahead of you, because he is at your right. Slow down and wait for him or else! This does not ap- pear to be feasible or practical. The two most congested streets in our city, being through arteries, might well be regulated as through traffic streets. I am, Sir, etc., A. L. WRIGHT.

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BOY SCOUT APPLE DAY

sir, - Twenty-five years ago members nf the Canadian Horti- cultural Council and officials of the Boy Scouts Association had an historic mcctlng. From the dis- cussion which took place. Boy Scout Apple Day had its begin- ning. The organircd street selling of apples by Scouts has proved it- self a happy double discovery; a. good turn project which creates valuable publicity for Canadian apple growers, and at the same time contributes substantially to local Scouting finances.

An Apple Day is a special kind of tag day. Not only does each purchaser receive a tag. but a choice apple as well. The reason for this is that Scouts are not supposed to bag, but must alwa I give reasonable value for mon received. 1 .

Apple Day in Charlottetown. and in towns and villages throughout P. E. Island. will be held on Sat- urday, November fat. is and Cuba will be out early selling ap-I ple! on the streets and from door

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his word, in God I have put my trust; I will not fear what flesh can do unto me.

day of the year when , Scouts themselves work to raise funds for their organization. The funds are earmarked for Camps and Jambo- rees. only Island grown McIntosh ap- ples will be sold. This is the world's finest dessert apple.

when a scout or s. Cub ap- proaches you ,to buy an apple, how much should you pay? This is a matter for you to decide, but I would like to suggest a. minimum of ten cents, and as much more as you feel you can afford. Two thing must be remembered: the scout Association must first buy the apples at regular market prices, and then buy tags, cans, pay for advertising, etc., so that each apple costs somewhere in the vicinity of three cents before it is ready for street sale. It a person pays only five cents for an apple, as used to be the custom, his con- tribution to the work of the Boy Scouts -Association is only two cents and you will agree that, ac- cording to present money values. this is not a very large contribu- tlon for such a. worthy organiza- ton.

When you contribute to Apple Day on Saturday, you help to pro- mote an Island industry and to provide funds for youth training. Be as generous us you can.

Sir, etc..

. C. PARENT Superintendent, Experimental Station.

A BOTTLE OF WHISKEY

Sir,-A bottle of whisky is the most unpredictable article abroad among mankind. It isn't gasoline but it is like it, explosive and in- flammable. It is so much like fire t at the Indians call it fire-water.

oing on fire in a lamp is all right. It makes a clean good heat and many a go d lunch we cooked with it on our ips between Osha- wa and RE. Island; but on fire. inside a. man. that is different. Ex- ploding in an engine makes for progress, but exploding inside a mail it is impossible to say what will happen. There are,so many strange things corked up in a bot- tle ot whisky. that many books have been writtem about them. It contains cpnviviallty. it can even drown out care and sorrow. "Why did you get drunk?" asked the magistrate. "Because I thought it was the shortest way out of trouble," was the answer. In a bottle of whisky there is a lot of stupidity. '

on foot. the worse. from char- lottetown, came to ltirookfleld Bridge. but instead of using that he thought it would be more expe- ditious to cross on the plank that

f the brook. It happened to lie frosted over and, of course. You know the result. Let us not say that was '1. ' " "map nearly so foolish as the man who

to door. This is the one special

takes a. couple of drinks And then

PROFESSIONAL CARDS

retired from business in 1900 to become a - mogsg. 1 52' Conservative Member of Parliament. From emu; ,.h;m'nm ,. the first he showed amemarkablc ability to in Grams at." 1 1 ram-

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"During the great gale of last November. the schooner 'Martha A. Brewer,' belonging to hem. Rogers and 00., of Alberton, was driven off North Cape and never heard of afterwards. Hope was never lost that she might possib- ly have gone ashore at the Mag- dalen Islands. as such a thing had occurred before-s. crew turning up in the spring who had been given up for lost. Recent news. however, from the Islands has balnished that hope-no such ves- se being known there. The crew consisted of the captain, a young man named Bell belonging to New London, and three smart active young men belonging to Alberlon -Gilbert Champion, son of Mr. Benj. Champion, and Edward and Louis MacLcod."

-The Examiner. March 18, lwi.

Stalin and prays Leon" 'rl-otsky.

foreign commitme The Progressive

fl-landed by the

Henry Wallace,

ass was also the

come from the from "Bourgeois

Vincent I-lalllrlan, fornla lawyer. in jail when the for President, It defen ng Harry

undertakes to drive a car.

There is a. law against drunken driving and the police are in- structed to deal strictly with such cases. It is about the only road menace I am afraid of. for one can be just as careful as he can be and yet an accident cannot be avoided. Why then should liquor be sold to men Just starting out to drive over our roads? Is it the idea that liquor makes men smart- er? This is probably what some of those drivers think.

We don't want drinking tourists here, and, I believe, I speak for the great majority. One drinking visitor can spoil the peace of a whole colony of tourists. as has sometimes happened. We have a beautiful country-side, a pleasant climate and. they say, an unusual degree of hospitality. We have no need to cater to a doubtful class.

During the years when Japan was preparing for war we supplied them with scrap iron because it pleased them and profited us, but it was an unwise policy. It is un- wise to supply liquor to tourists because it pleases them. They can have a real good time in such a place as this without liquor.

I am, Sir, etc.. W. I. GREEN.

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eral. started out of the Vegetarian reason which he