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TIIE ' B IIAII LOTTETOYIII GUARDIAN

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Pr: ldent. LleuL-Col. W Chatter l. llcLlre Vlce President. J. B. Illrncll. IJJ. Secretary. LIenL-Col D. A. MocKlnnon, 0.8.0. Editor and Manngln- Director. J. B. Burnett. FJ-l I sorlalo Editor. Frank Walker.

SUBSPRTTION RATES $5.00 ll dvu eel IelIverJ k Oils “.00 peli-cryeberai .:d::nrenI mulled to P E Inland 3.3.00 new yen iln advance) mIIIOII to Canada and U.S Members Auillt Bureau of Clronlallone

“The Strongest Memory la Weaker than the Weakest Ink.”

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 31, I940.

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Mr. Hyiidiiian’; Nomination

The enthusiasm and confidence of the Con- scrviitivcs of Qucirs County were shown at yesterdays convention both -by the splendid at-

ti-iiilzuicl- and by ilic fact that there were no fcivi-r lliali four .'i.~pirauis for the nomination. lt ls inilci-il a iiiallisr of rcgrct that Mr. ll. .\l_\\’lt~ is no longiii" in the field; but his active support of his succvssor and of his old colleague. lllr .\lcl.ii1'v. \\ill be fortlicoliiiiig, and those

u-bo know .\lr. Myers know that this is no idle prolliisi:

The harmony of thc COIIVCHUOH was indicat- cd by thu fact lllLll .\lr. john O. Hyndman's noiiiiiiatiiiii vsas iiizidc unanimous on motion of tho other noniiiii-cs. Alcssrs. Tiurner, Kennedy. and \\‘ond. L'.'tt‘ll oi ivlioiii pledged his fullest Cu-iIpUfJlllUll and support.

.\lr. llyiuliiian iiccds no introduction to Guar- dian rcailcrs, as he has bcen in the forefront in public :iii.'iii'_~ for lllC past thirty years. He has l-ll\t‘ll a particularly’ active ilifcrcst in agricul- tural and transportation problems affecting the Vruvincc. and is himself a successful farmer as ucll as l)Il~lll(‘aS man. A member of the Trans- portziiiini Loniniissioii of the Maritime Board of TTIHlL‘ and a past president of the Board it- sclf. llt’ is i;iiili|iai' witli cvcry phase of thc activities of llicsc organizations. Mr, llyiidman ivzis one of ihc first to point out the tremend- ous disadvantage our farmers suffered through tlicir inability to mzirltct tlicir produce when tlic tiiarllct has" favorablc, and he took a leading par: in ihc ligilzilioil ivliicli resulted, under the llordcn Govt-rumour, in the establishment of our car fcrry scrvicc. \\'licn the late Professor llilrpliy, of tlic Experimental Farm, was inter- esting llilllSClf in tlic potato industry in this Prnviiicc and utilizing The Guardian for the pur- post of advising and instructing the farmers on the profitablcncss of growing white potatoes for iablc and seed purposes, Mr, Hyndman was one of tbc firs: to collie to his support. Again when the lzltc ‘.\lr. john l\IcFadyen was urging the formation of an association in the interests of while potato growers, it was to Mr. Hyndman that llc wciit and it was largely through the lat- tcr's insiriinicnlality that the Potato Growers Assccialiou was cstablisllcd. In recent years llicie has scarcely bccii any important project, tigriciilttirzil, commercial or industrial, which has not had his active assistance.

flu pri-vious occasions efforts have been made lo Iivrsnxule .\lr. llyndman to enter the political fit-Id, bill lluu to the exigencies of his own busi- ncss he found himself unable to comply. Now he is in the happy position of having two neph- civs active in the large organization he controls, who can relieve him of many responsibilities and enable liilli to devote his time and attention to the affairs of the Province at Ottawa.

The Conservative Party is to be congratulated on having as its candidates in Queen's County two such stalwarts as ' Mr. McLure, veteran parliamentarian who was re-nominafed at the last convention, and Mr, Hyndman who is now joined with him as his colleague. There is every prospect of their being returned at the forth- coming election, alid when they go to Ottawa to represent us they can be depended upon to dc- vote their time and ability unselfishly to the interests of the County and Province, as well as to the larger interests involved in Canada's wat activities.

Difficult To Explain

fhe position of R. A. C. Henry in the Gov- crnmcnt of Canada at the present time is, says the Financial Post, a most anomalous one. It is difficult to see liow it can be satisfactorily ex- plaillbd.

l\lr_ Plcnry is vice-president of the Beau- liarnois Powcr Corporation.

Rcccntly lic was appointed by Hon. C. D. Ilowc, Minister of Transport and Minister in charge of the \\'ar Supply Board, to a most re- sponsible post as chief liaison officer between the Minister and the Board.

Mr. Henry's company, the Beauharnois Power Corporation. is at prcscnf seeking authority from fhc Dominion (iovcriiincnt to divert additional ivatci- into its canal so as to increase its power capacity by wine 240,000 lip. In due course. the application will presumably collie before Mr. llowi- for his attention aiid report to the Cabi- not.

But what an anomalous position it is for Mr. Hoivc to have as one of his right-hand $I-a-year nicn the vice-president of a company that is so vitally iiifcrcsfcrl in an important application coming IIPIOIT‘ .\lr. Howe for attention!

\\’li:it lllfllfCfl tlic situation even more amazing is that this is flic sccoud time Mr. Henry has hcen found in almost precisely similar circiim- stances.

At the time \\'lI(‘f'l l\lr. Henry was general nian- agcr of flil- Bcaiilmriiois proiect he allowed him- self tn be ilraftcil by Hon. Charles A. Dunning, lllinislcr of Ilailivavs and Canals. to go into the nPIlflTllllPIll as ili-putv minister, During his ferm of nffict‘ llic original application of the Beau- liarnois Corporation for writcr diversion came before the Drpartmcnt.

Tlii= is what the parliamentary committee that investigated tlic Iloziliharnois project had l0 53V of Mr. Henry's rlual position at that time:

"During int the lime Mr. Henry W" PM"!

Minister of Railways and Clnela he had n. v01’!

substantial Interest In the Beauharnols aflldlflll s» interest out of which he made quite sub-

ltmtlll prom: and was deeply Interested In leourlng the approval of the plans of the Beau- hlmols project. Your committee la asked u» be- llcve that he tool: no active Interest. In socuflne the lpmoviil of the Governor-ln-Councll .. . HI: posltlon was, however, to say the least, qulte

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The Post declares that “if there is an adequate explanatinn of this amazing coincidence, of this repetition of a circumstance that received so much unfavorable comment at the time of the previous Beauharnois scandal, it should be forthcoming to Parliament without dclziyi.”

Alas! Parliament itself has dissolved like an in- substantial pageant faded, and the whole ma- chinery of our democracy has become, under Mr. King's dictatorship, ouc gargantuan an» omaly.

Analyzing King's Excuses

Replying to the Ontario Legislature's m0ti'1'1 of censure just a fviv days before the Parlia- mentary session at Ottawa was callczl, Prime Minister Ilackcnzic King said:

“Believing that the proper time and place to discus Government policy with respect to Can- ada’s war effort tn when the representatives of the people from all parts cf Canada are assembled in their Parliament. I shall IOSCYVB untll Parlia- ment ls tn session wlint I may have to say on that; subject. . firm- Government does not intend to pcriiilf. Canada's war effort ln the present war w be prejudiced by fostering any controversy ivhicli docs not permit of the most complete presentation of all relevant facts.”

Mr_ King in this stalcmcut, comments the Ot- tawa Journal, was right. lhit now, with Parlia- ment killed, it will llt‘ impossible to gct at the facts. He has rcfiisvil lo zuisivcr .\lr. Hepburn or Dr. Mziiiiou in “llii- [IYHIICT time and place" and has mailc impossible zi "complete prcscnla- tion of all l'L‘lt'\'1llll farts."

In .\lr. King's ilvfrino if is said that if Parlia- mcnt hail not bccu dissolvcil tlic scssiou would have gone on (‘llllll’~~l\' iii fruizlcss dcbatc. The

answer to that, says llic Journal, is that Mr. King, with power of lllS<llll_lllOll, could stop the (liscussion \\‘ll(‘llC\'\'l‘ lll‘ ]llt'Zl€\'ll. .-'\ Government may not (lUlCl'llllllL‘ tlit- l-xact limc of the adjourn- ment of a l‘arli.'iniciif_ or its prorogzltioll; the Prime lliuistcr can <li‘L‘i(lL‘ lll(‘ exact hour of dissolution.

Knowing that lic posscsscil that power, Mr. King should llflVl‘ uiailc a complete sfatcnicilt to Parliament, should liavc pcriiiittcd replies by the lcadcrs of tlic other parties. should have had his major ministers outline llic work of their dc- partmenfs. That over, and with all relevant documents and corrcsiioiirlciicc laid on the table of the House, lic could have called dissolution. The whole business lll'('ll not have culistimcd more than one or two wccks if tlicrc was ally real iiced for basic

- EDIIORIAL NUIFS <-

For the \\':ir Isozin, the bcst brains of the na- tion wcre gathcrcfl tosgcthtir, most of thcni Con- servatives. \\'liy should not a similar policy be followed in fhc job of much greater magnitude, carrying on tlic \\'t'll‘ ll>(‘ll?

i‘ 7k Yll *

Prince lidwzircl Island has now ifs Conserva-

tive slatc coniplctc, and rcziily for the organiza- tion to put fhc four fllllfllllfllCS into lhc House. If can bc donc by iiiiifcil cfforf and determina- tion. Nlacilonxilil iii liiiiigs, .\lcl‘lici- in Prince

and l\lcl.urc and llynilmiin iu (Queens. Ii i! K4 Ill

The Right Hon. \\'insfon Churchill condemn- cd in unmeasured fcriiis the undemocratic pro- cedure of dispcnsiug with llousc 0f Commons criticisms and l‘(‘\'l(‘\\'. Ycf, in pique, .\lr. King would send the pcoplos rcprcsciitativcs liomc, telling them lie can canyon, under the \\'ar Acts, without them.

Ill i 1' Ill

Iolm Galsworthy’, poct and uovclist, dicd this date, 1933.

O Lord of Courage grave,

O Master of this night of Spring;

Make firm iii mc a licart foo brave

To ask Thee anylbiilg. i ll‘ 1|! W

"Half of our hospitals are occupied by the mentally afflicted,” says New York Times. “Add up all the sufferers from cancer, syphilis, infantile paralysis, malaria and ycllow fever - five diseases which arc the spccial concern of Federal public health officizils—aiid the total falls below the number of dcnicntia praccox cascs alone.”

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In Australia Prime llinistcr Menzies has dc- cidcd on a union cabinet in vicw of the general election there next year. llc has offered the Country Party four seals in the Cabinet, but Mr. A. G. Cameron, the lcadcr, is holding out for five, the number the Country Party held in the Lyons Ministry.

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Here is the prospect of a new industry for our farms, thanks to our enemies. The Reich food office announces its rcscnrclic-s have estab- lished the possibility of manufacturing wood pulp from potatoes. If is sfalcd that if the ex- perimentation is slicccssfiil ficrm:iiiv will lic ablc t0 create all fllf‘ iloiiicstir ivooil pulp necessary for ifs paper industry.

i I I I It may be recalled at this fiinc that Mr. Mac- kenzie King wlicn lic ivas clccfcd to power last time had to go oiifsirlo the House of Commons for a Finance Klinistcr, and fliat was why M1‘. Dunning came to Qiicciis Similarly whcn lic wanted a successor hc again had to g0 outside the House and Ibaf i< why .\lr. Rrilsfon came to Prince. Why, tlicn should be ask Dr. Manion to name iii ndvancc lllf‘ hcsf brains lic will call to his cabinet? I ‘I I l! i

The following 5l(l\'I‘I'li\(‘lIl(‘lIl appears in the New York Tiiiics: “.\lr, l. l. Fox again adds a brilliant cliapfvr lo flu‘ annals of fur hisforvl Not only rlirl hr pcrson-illy piii-cliasv lllf‘ rarcsf, most cxpcnsivc Supcv-Plaiiii l~"o_\- in iln- world ...af the historic Nrw York fur JllIClIfiII of the Norwegian Plzifina Jinx llrccilcrs. . .l)ilt he also purchased one of the lririgcst single collccfinns of Super-Platin Foxcs in flic IVOflIIl If is with pride and pleasure that wr invifc you lo view the world's rrirrsf and co=flic<f pcltry...rcpre-

seating mic of lb" moo slglllrlCillll achievements in the world of furs!"

THE CHARLOTTETOWN

NOTES BY TIIE WAY

Copenhqon report: rumor: that the Soviet dlcfator, Joseph Stalin. Ls planning a "purge" of Red Army comma “ because Russian arms have falled to achieve a rapid con- quest o! Finland. Sum rumors would be incredible, were ff, not. fur the fact. that Btalln carried out. Just such a prunes months aim. It ls typical of the despot to ‘e- lleve that men can be made cour- agepus by terror. — New York P08 .

Not onl are exports an arma- ments in uslry. They are one of the very few armament industries that wll not have to beat thelr swolvls back Into ploughsliares. at. terrlflc soclal 00st, when the war ls over. m the last war. when exports were neglected, It was found that. the export markets, which would have been a Godsend lf they could have absorbed Lhe labor demob- Illzed from the.army and from munltIon-maklng, had permanent- ly shrunk. This must not. be al- lowed to happen again. Markets cannot be ignored for four years and then simply picked up again where they were before the war. For the sake both of easing the Inevitable post-armistice crisis and 0f maintaining the post-ivar na- tlorial income forelgn trade must be kept. going. _ The mutton Economist.

The principal argument advanced by its advocates Is that the con- struction of a deep waterway would enable ocean shipping to sail right u the Great. Lakes and to load at I. e rallhcud at Port Ar- thur, thus eliminating the neces- slty of transshipment at various points between Port. Arthur and Montreal, and at, Montreal. and thereby reducing costs per bushel of wheat carried from four to two cents. In vlew of the fact that. for several years past flip ratsis have run as low as flirt-e and mic-half cents; that lasf August, llIE‘ rate was 3.8 cents and last Septemlrr 4 1-2 cents; and that the maxim- um rafe set by the Board of Grain Commissioners were seven cents. this cliilm, it has azriln and izaln been demonstrated by proved <fn- tlsfics from both transportation and grain shipping liiilhorifzos, ls rldicubus on Ils face. Moreover, no matter to what extent war condi- tions might increase f-lie rate. there would be no possibility of any relief uihafevei- bung provided dur- ing the war under the watervrriy scheme, since at the shortest csfl- mate If; would take six or seven years to complete. and mlglif even require ten or more years. —Mon- treal Star.

In high praise of lhc achieve- ment. of the Finns in turning back the Red hordes. one commentator spoke of‘ if. as wizardry and we may wonder whether or not. this dld not strike a cord of memory among some old tars lf they wee listening In. We have no explanation to offer as to why the sailors n.3,- trlbuted magic to the Finns, ex- cept the obvious. If linyonc ‘s '0 be presented populllrlly with lili- canny powers if is commoniv one of unusual appearance, and so per- haps a first. Finn was" chosen bc- cause of his non-Nordic aspect Iii those ancient days ships did not. have pulvglot crows and lascars if not landlubbcrs \\'C‘l'f‘ not sccn In European wafers. Irxlccd a “‘."..<car“ mems to have meant. o ' ' all attached to the “lllSllKtlr or army and presumably he ivis not (‘\'(".l a marine. Brlllsh sailors werc Ion: unwilling to risk their hides ir. a ship which included Finns among I-he crew. They do no; seem to have anything against .l.-e Finns individually but they did object to the unavoidable infiriiacy Ir. a ship with wizards who play pnk~r with the devil and use: human llves as chips ln the came. Nordic sagas are full of references to those sorcerers, the Finns. In the days before Jiunes III, of Scotkind. received the Orkney Islands as a dowry with Margaret of Nor 'I_V. when the great anchorage of S." pa Flow, which could hold all the navles of the world. knew oily Viking ships, It ls possible that. the tradition was carrled to Scotland. for an old Scotch ballad tells us that: "A Finn com oiver fra Nor- roway Fir to plf Lotliaime away." -Moncf.on Transcript.

In another column we prlnl a reader's genial objection to the ed1- borlal license exercised In an article on the New Year and a new decade There It Is pointed out. 'liat "the turn of the decade should be at. the end of 1940." Webster's dictionary defines a decade as “a gmup, of ten: especially ii period of ten years." Thus If; would seem tha‘. a decade mlght be any group of um years, and the word Is often used in this sense. Mathematical dlvlslon of the ceriturles Info grouns of fen running consecutively from the year 1 docs result in those dc- cades’ beginning wlLli the years ll, 21, and so forth onward to I041. But where we refer to a dscarli- as the twenties. thirties, or forllcs. a different, division is of co liar being consldered—one, Inclilentallv. which Ls erroneously supposed by many to represent mathematical precis- Ion. Thus a. widespread controversy ls now enllvenlnv; the first year of the forties (or. If you lnslsc, the last year of the old dccads-l. Tue argument Is DGIFIPPYI groups "".io evidently think they art- i-alkiuf: about the same fhiulz WlIPll they

are really tafkliig nhouf different. things. They argued at the ‘urn of the century-or a century It ls hard for some people- to thhik of I900 as one of the 1800's or of 1940 as one of the thirties. however flic figures But speaking of IIZIIFPS the Income-fax blanks have IIITIVCG In American homes once mor". provlng iif least that. It Is the l.ll“l'l of flir- your. — Clirlsfliin Science Monitor.

It ls a. dreadful Ihlng to halo. Hating makes the hater hateful. One cannot hate siicccssfullv and at the same time love nobly. Hnfe acts like a poison on the liner flbers of one! being. Hate thrlviis on slander and waxes fat. on perfldy. Hate wrltes no rgrenf. books. palnls no Immortal nlcfwiros. blazes no trails of dlscovery, ‘ni "ds no endurlng slam. Halo can wreck the happlesf. ol‘ homvs. nmifiiso and llivldc a community. iironso suspicion betwocn long-time Il‘lf"I(ls' or relal-lvvs. Long iiilo Sf. Joliii, n beloved disciple of Jesus wrolf‘. "Buf. he that liafr-fh hls brolhrr Is In darkness, and knowwh not whither he qorfh because .‘h.if darkness hath bllnrled hls eyes." -Erbzar De wltt Jones In Drelrolf.

As regards the "irreducible rnln~ lmum" of the terms which the- Allles mu=t demand for lb» mn-

cluslon of peace, members of all

G UARDIAN

vuiiuc FORUM

Till volun h op" 1 u. dlnuulol by oornnpendnlv: o! direction: of Interns. Ibo Chu- lottotawl Ounrdllu loo: not ne- “IIQHL ondnno Illa onlnlmu o! corrounndnuk

THIS lfROVIN CE IGNORE!)

Sin-Notwithstanding the great efforts that have been made for the past fifteen years tn making Prince Edward Island known to the Canadian public, I enclose you a page from The Financial Post showing s. map of Canada and wttb the caption ‘A united Canada an- swers the call with a. voloe that. ls heard around the worluj

According m the conception of the artist. who prepared the map for the Dominion Foundries and Gteel Ltd" Prince Edward Island is not ll Prov- lnce of Canada nor, In fact. ts It In EXISIEIHE,

Adverlislnz of Ihls klnd Should be resented by the people of this Prov- lnoe and I trust that you will none the fact ln the Guardian and for- ward a copy to the Manager of ‘The Dominion Foundries and Steel Limited.

I am. Sir. etc. - A. E. ARSENAULT

Advisory Director,

Prince Edward Island Travel Bureau.

_____i_____i_ REPLY TO OBSERVER

Sfr.—In a recent letter "Ob- server" complained of children

netting ln the way of cars on the City streets. True this ls both s torture to the car drivers and a ferrlbladanier to the vounlzsters. but. — Observers" car should 1109 b!‘ 0N the Slfeéfts In the win- ter months. With the exception of cltv deliveries. the buses, taxis, l; few other necessarv aufomoblleg and scme travelling to or from outside DQlnl-s, all c1t.v automobiles should be but awav when the mld wealhci" and snow arrlve. Besides tho danger of freezlnz in), or skidding on lcv streets, cars are a serious menace to pedestrians. and ruin the "izolna" on the streets bv mflklilk deep cuftlnlrs. often mflklnfi if almost. impossible for horse drawn vehicles to travel.

"Pfvfihinlz. so let Mr. car driver. inif his car alvtiy for the nexf, 6 or 8 WPPkS and lie will benefit bv the exorcise. I am. sir. etc.. “SAFETY FIRST."

CIVIC AFFAIRS

Slrt-Yesberdav attention was d1- rected to the efforts of Mr. John Anderson to folst upon the citizens a self-made slate of candidates, To- day the spot-light ls focussed In another direction. It is understood two other gentlemen acting as n self-appointed committee, are tra- versing the city streets soliciting various men f0 constitute a slate tn behalf of city mziiiagershtn. This ls a very alluring title. In days when democratic principles are being up- held. this movement, In Its essence 1s a step to deprive citizens of their direct control of city affairs. As tn |'..he case yesterday there are many ilnlcresting questions awaiting ans- iwcr: | l, Will there two gentlemen give the public a list of Canadian cities under city managershtp? There are scores of Canadian clues and Lhls Should be an easy matter.

2._Wlll‘ll‘l(*\‘ give the Dllbltc n 115g of cities 1n which the plan has been tried. and abandoned as unsung-ac. fory?

ll. Will they openly reveal their lclonfily to the people? Any cour- llttcoils, popular man will be pleased lo do so.

4. Will they frankly state to the ‘taxpayer: the motives ln their pres- ent move‘)

a, W111 they openly state what dealings. if any. they have had with the clty ln the past flve years?

T7109‘? questions are pertinent to their whole campaign. and all cit. lzcns will await a complete reply from them, In the meantime an 3l15W9Y 1s requested.

I am, Slr etc., INTERESTED CITIZEN

.}________ THE FEET OF CLAY

Sin-Whore wlf-liin our political lilsfory have we had such a cuimi. mun; show of waste, of debt, of borrowed faith In the future?

Is this lust the raiz baiz of hopes of a, People. bllndly following p,

bombastic prlnclple of political horsepluy? Where are the statesmen we