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g THE GUARDIAN. Cl-lARLOTTETOWN'

THE GUARDIAN

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President and Associate Editor, inn A. Burnett. Associate Editor, Frank Wsllier.

"Tho Strongest Memory is Weaker Than fho Weakest Ink".

CIIARLUTTETOWN. TUESDAY. DEC. 4. I951

Plea For Joint Action

One of the recommendations recently made by the industrial development com- mittee of the Maritime Board of Trade is of more than ordinary importance. It calls for the establishment of a tri-Province com- mission to plan and direct the development ilf electric power in the Maritimes. As the Moncton Transcript points out, with an abundance of low-cost power available, new and enlarged industries become a corollary. It goes on to say, however:

"While the respective provincial govern-.

ments well know that' few public service needs surpass in importance that of greater clectrical development, the insular complex which has become more marked in these provinces-especially in New Brunswick- will be no easy barrier to surmount to- wards achievement of a government-spom .-ored tri-province power commission.

"But notwithstanding the alibis we have always been accustomed to hearing from Maritime provincial administrations when a joint project of mutual benefit to all was put forward, neither New Brunswick nor Nova Scotia can present convincing or con- clusive argument that the developing, pool- ing and distributing'of electric power in the mainland and Island provinces is not suited to our requirements or would not be advantageous to all concerned.

"Here in Eastern New Brunswick we have for several years now been deprived of very necessary power needs simply be- cause the Electric Power Commission, mighty short of energy as it well knew. maintained an obstinate attitude against supplementing this low voltage territory by tieing-in with the Nlaccan generating sta- tion just across the Nova Scotia border, where electricity in sufficient supply was for sale.

"A case such as this furnishes incon- trovertibic proof-if proof were needed-of the eminently logical recommendation be- ing put forward by the Maritime Board of Trade for the development and operation of ele(:tric power services in the three Prov- lnces under unified direction and adminis- lratlon.

”If the Maritimes are to advance, as they really should be advancing, a great deal more could be accomplished through joint action of the Provinces than will ever cnsuc through hewing to a policy of insular- ity or, if you like, narrow provincialism."

Here is something in which our farmers as well as industrialists are vitally inter- ested. By co-ordinating their efforts with those of our Boards of Trade, far-reaching results might be achieved in this long over- due movement for Maritime power develop- mnnl.

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Figures have just been released by the United Kingdom Information Office at Ot- tawa dealing with the 1950 flow of mi- grants in and out of Britain, travelling by sea, as compiled from the Board of Trade Journal, published in London. They show that Canada attracted less than 12 per cent of the British emigrants who moved to Commonwealth countries last year and reg- istered a far lower net gain of British im- migrants than either Australia or New Zealand.

The total'flow of emigrants to Com- monwealth countries is given as 112,934 persons, with 13,434 moving to Canada, 54,184 to Australia, and 11,562 to New Zealand. With the return movement of immigrants to the United Kingdom taken into account, however, the net population gains of these countries stood as follows: Australia, 47,019: New Zealand 7,472 and Canada 6,464.

As divided between the three countries, then, more than 77 per cent of the net gain went to Australia; more than 12 per cent to New Zealand; and less than 11 per cent came to Canada.

Since Canada over many decades was viewed as the favored land of promise by Britons moving to other countries within the Commonwealth, this latest showing both will occasion surprise and stir ques- tioning ad to the effectiveness of Canada's immigration policy in relation to the United Kingdom. ,

Part of (he explanation of the 1950 trend, notes on exchange, lies in the fact that New Zealand and Australia are sterling area countries, offering some currency ad- vantages to British immigrants. Additional-

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ly, both countries have arranged transport- ation .on terms that offered a powerful at- traction. Even so, Canadians are bound to look with some doubt upon the effective- ness of their qivn country's immigration programme so" long as it attracts such a small proportion of Britons migrating from the United Kingdom.

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Efforts by pulpwood buyers to raise the standard of pulpwood being shipped from this Province should prove beneficial to the

' farmer as well as to the shipper. When

immature trees are cut for pulpwood the quality of the shipment is lowered but, per- haps even more serious, the forest pro- ducts of this Province are being wasted.

By planned cutting a wood-lot may be made to yield a high level of income to its owner, while the wood-lot itself increases rather than decreases in value.

Wholesale slashing of everything in sight means loss of markets, loss of future income and perhaps even loss of the top- soil. i

Going It Ovrie Better-

EDITORIAL NOUES ; T; i It is tempting to sell feed when high prices a1'e offered as was the case this year, but decidedly imprudent when it means having to buy at even higher prices. I I 0 An official colour film is being prepar- ed by the National Film Board to com- memorate the Royal Visit. It is to be hoped that unlike the newsreel it will in-

clude this Province. 0

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Two Federal-Provincial conferences are in progress at Ottawa, the agriculturists wondering how to sell our products abroad and the tourist industry trying to bring in visitors to consume them here.

C I O

The report from Ottawa that Mr. Mac- Naught is slated for the Cabinet will meet with general approval. He should have held a portfolio long ago. As Secretary of State he would adorn the office.

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The latest-and largest-in British-made luxury auto for export is the Berkeley "Statesman", which can sleep six and has kitchen, lounge, showerbath and toilet. It will take the place of a summer bungalow or compete with a railway sleeping car.

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A bicycle shown at the recent Cycle and Motorcycle Show in Earls Court, Lon- don, can be converted to a tandem by in- serting a centre section held in place by four bolts in dovetail joints. One person can complete the conversion in a few min-

utes.

Some day it is going to dawn on the rulers of the free nations that being free is a necessary prerequisite to having enough wealth to provide their citizens with a de- cent standard of living. As the late Dr. Adam Smith justly observed, (says The Letter Review), "Defence must come be-

fore opulence."

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A word to the wise University co-eds. McGill Placement Service, which finds jobs for students and graduates of the univers- ity, had a word of cheer in their report for everybody except women graduates; foresaw bright employment prospects for male graduates in every field...But it saw no increased demand for women graduates unless they can type and take shorthand.

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Cardinal Richelieu, French statesman, died this date 1642. A bishop at 27, he turned to politics and was soon the su- preme power in France. He devoted his power to subjugating the Huguenots and the nobles. The former were beaten but granted toleration, the latter largely re- duccd to the status of court parasites. The French academy was founded by him.

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Mr. Kickham, M. P., in his letter in yesterday's issue assumes full responsibil- ity for himself and other Island Liberal members for the change in King's County mail service in response to the petition of the Boards of Trade at Souris and Mont- ague. He feels sure the change is approv- ed by the vast majority of those concem- ed, and that in the course of time every- body will be satisfied.

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The Post Office Department announces the receipt of information from the Un- ited Kingdom Poi di Administration that the reduced charges for gift food parcels from Canada to the United Kingdom have been withdrawn and furthermore that their land handling charges on all parcels have been increased. The special rates on gift food parcels were originally introduced to give concessions to Commonwealth mailers similar to those enjoyed by the American public because of the Economic Co-opera- tion Agreement. It is stated that with the suspension of E.C.A. to Great Britain, the basic reason for the special gift parcel

PUBLIC FORUM

This column is open to the discussion by correspondents of questions of interest. The Guardian does not. necessar- ily endorse the opinion of wuespondenfs.

SEEKING PEN-FRIEND

Sir,-I am writing to you be- cause I want. a pen-friend in Prince Edward Island. ,1 am 16 years old and my interests are reading. painting, animals and swimming. If more than one person writes to me I can find pen-friends for them. anv age from in to 16.

I should like my pen-friend to live in the country and to be not too clever as I am not.

I hope you will be able in help me find a friend.

I am. Sir. eIc.. JENNIFER BROWN The Rectory. Evsndale, Tasmania. Australia.

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Cl-IRISTMAS JOY

Sir:- I noted with great inter- est your editorial in the Dec. 1 lsue of The Guardian concerning the great. forthcoming festival of Christmas. As the season of Christmas comes and goes each year. we notice that it is becom- ing more and more commercializ- ed, as you suggest, more removed from what. it really should be.

For some. it is 9. time of hurry- ing from one store to mother, set.- ting their "Christmas shopping" done. When the great climax of Christmas Day comes, they are too fatigued to ponder on its great. sig- nificance. It is I time when stores enjoy great sales. It is I time when workers look forward to a few holidays from the busy hum-drum of their occupation. Unfortunate- ly also, for others it is I time for "plcasure." It is s time to which they have looked forward. for having that big "binge." They have heard someone say that Christmas is supposed to be a time od joy, and so they choose this means to be joyous.

in this hustle-bustle of today. it: is an excellent idea for each of us to stop to think of what; Christ.- mns has come to mean and con- trast. it with what 0...” tmas ought. to mean. Does the preparation which we make for. Christmas and the way we celebrate Christmas day indicate that it, is the birth- day of the savior of Ill mankind? It is a feast of joy, yes. but joy in its right sense. In the midst of our Chrlstmas festivities, can we de- pict the true meaning of this great. feast? These are thought.-provok- ing questions which we should ask ourselves at this time of year.

I am sir, etc. nrrnnnswnn READER. Mnlpeque Road. Charlottetown.

ff” Quad STAB! Now in the West. the slander moon as low,

And now Orion glimmer: through the trees,

clearing the earth with even pace and slow;

And now the stately-moving Plei- Ides,

In that soil inflnifa darkness over-

a Hang jewel-wine upon 3 silver res .

And all the lonelier sisrs that have their place Calm lumps within the distant southern sky. And planet.-dust upon the odgo;of space. Look down upon the fretful world. And I book upkt'o outer vastness un- - s .

lff And see the stars whidt sung

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An interesting bit of minor re- search ls being done at the Uni- verslty of Iowa to find out why water pipes clank. They might go a little farther and find out. why it; always happens at crucial mo- ments: when a play on the radio lr at its climax or the soloist is hitting her top note, for instance. (Cornwall Standard-Freeholder).

A number of readers resent the picture in Saturdayls Journal of in party of Ottawa hunters with their six deer trophies. One writes. "When will you stop making hero- es of butchers and despoilers of our natural heritage?" On Mon- day a chap who came in to offer us A photograph of two deer drap- ed about his automobile became quite cross when it. was declined- said he would take it elsewhere.- (0t.tsws. Journal).

. 2- w -- Notes From Q Another Island.

Ii! "Anson" Lb

LONDON, Englnnd:-

If, as Robert Owen, one or the earliest British Socialists, said a hundred years or so ago, "Man is the creature of clr . it is understandablc-thnt humans can adapt. themselves to most condit- ions in which they find them- selves. some changes in those can- ditions-mny not always be wel- come but you get used to things as you find them and after is while any given set. of circumstances come to beacccpted as almost.-if not entirely-normal. This is un- doubtedly true of at least most as- pects of the austere times in which we in this island live.

We do not suffer many real hardships, measured by general standards of humanity. Individu- slly, we may have specific prob- lems not entirely of our own mak- ing, and probably one of the gravest these is faced by those who are inadequately ” '; yet even they are saved from soui-destruc- tion, except in twisted instances, by that some trait. of adaptability Plus, of course. the Micswbcrlsh hope that something better will turn up.

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For the rest. time has tended to assuage the pain of disappointment at finding that even when the war ended things were not going to be stf rosy as we either hoped or ex- pected. More than six years have passed since then. and in that time we have come to accept that if life is to be tolerable we must make the most: of the conditions we have found imposed on us (rc- gsrdless, for this purpose, of their cause). And so the shortages of this or that, the disappointments and the annoyances have become somewhat symbolic of the age: 'not normal, perhaps, but customary.

Now and then, however, the ab- normslity of the situation is spot- lighted. It would seem that if we need something, and have the means of buying it, opportunity is all we require to go and get it. If. when the opportunity occurs. our objective still escapes us because what we want is just not to be had, the real meaning of l y comes home to us. 'A ready exam- ple, drawn from personal experi- ence. is to bcfound in the diffi- culties of ensuring domestic warmth during the summer.

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Coal is rationed. electricity and gas is not cheap to burn, and so many people are turning to an old friend of many your standing- the paraffin hector-u I means of spinning out the coal we can ob- tain, or the electricity and an we can afford. nut, sin, the old friend is not so any to find when he is.wu:t.ed. This simple and in- expensive domestic spplisnos has become one of the first cuunltieu of the relatively new (If lent as for u, msny people are c ti steel shortage. We had heard about thelmctsl fsfnlns, of .oouru, but- it had not. seemed quiu as

when earth was made.

reduction no longer exist.

cigarettes shortlist of a few nan

-In-fork Pickthsli. ago, until the but winds that her: 1!: of IIIVII

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close to home u. say. the hour and ouoeon

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The president of the Missouri Dental Association has told I can- vention fnlse teeth are on the way out. Unfortunately it. will take 100 generations for the dentist: ideas or. tooth exercise and cure to take root so effectively that everyone will keep his natural tecth.-t0t- tawn Journal).

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A. man. who. suffered from "Hansen's disease” has recounted his memories in the United States. He was afflicted 21 years ago and placed in an institution with all contact with the outside world removed. He lost his sight. He lost. his fingertips and could not read Braille. He was in despair. Then came sulfone and the assur- ance the victims of "Hansen's dis- case" no longer need fear detox- mily or blindness, but. the treat- menl. was too late to save hi-I sight. Yet he was able to win're- lease as an "arrested patient." and he, went. out. into the world to plead for understanding of those who like himself had been snatch- ed from the claws of death and were permitted to rejoin their kinsmen. He is clean. We join in his request for understanding of those cleansed. "Hansen's disease" is the name they now give to leprosy. - Ottawa Journal.

aided the onset of winter blew it. so to speak, right indoors. O O 0

Hardware merchants all told the same story. The makers of paraf- fin henters could not get enough steel for the job: few, if any, were being supplied, and those were al- rcady spoken for by more far- sighted customers. All one could do was to call back mxl month any time, and hope. There was little more to offer than "hope, and not much even of that.

So, once in a while. comes s little bump in the road that might otherwise seem deceptively smooth enough to give us that sense of authority that really isn't. there. It. brings home the realities of our situation more effectively in a mat.- tcr of seconds than weighty Par- liamentary pronouncements could in months.

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33 Old Charlottetown

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X FERRY BOAT msnsn-zn

"The ferry boat plying between Canso Point and Charlottetown was upset on Tuesday. the 25W inst., in a squnll of wind about midway between the two P!M'95- and immediately Sank: 0" b0l"'d of which were John Johnson, the ferry man, his lad Francis Mur- phy. Hugh Curry. of the West. Riv- er, and Neil Curry, of Nine Mile Creek. The former three persons after being in the water for near- ly an hour--having two ours of the boat to assist them-were picked up by s boat from Warren Farm. The latter person. Nell Curry, while swimming for the shore. unfortunately sank and was drowned. We understand that Curry was a very steady and in- dustrious man. and leaves a wife and small family to mourn their

ss.

"Immediately on the accident being known in Town. Mr. Tre- mnin very promptly and kindly lent the steam boat Isis to a number of gentlemen for the pur- pose of rendering assistance. but the bolt did not reach the place of disaster in time to be of nerv-

Ice." - -The Islander. July 28. 150'. -:-T:--TO V

no Ago-Old Story '

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We then. as workers together with him. boosoeh you also that ye receive not the (non of God (Ilor be sllth. 1. lg;

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In Commun

Part Two ( (All Rights

Science and specialization may mean. progress in some fields such as agriculture, fishing. ctc.. but there is a danger in specialization and efficiency, too; especially in such fields as education. We must be able to choose between the ad- vantages and disadvantages of complete specialization. For in- stance, the trend in higher educa- tion todsy is to get away from the liberal or general education, and to emphasize specialization.

This is very much in evidence in the United States and is being widely adopted in Canada as well. Young men and women attending college today all too often look to: the practical courses. They spec- lnllze in one particular field and know only that; they are equipped for one narrow wall: in life. They become like machines; when faced with problems that require good. clear thinking, they are not. pre- pared to deal with them properly, nor are they able to arrive at. scund conclusions.

This is not the type of person we need in our day. when Com- munism is so rampant. We must have people who can think for themselves, who will not. be sway- ed by another man's mind and opinion without first using their God-given faculty of reason, to discover whether the otht-r's opin- ion is true or false. But, of course. people need training in that fac- ulty, too, before they can use it properly; they need a well-.'ound- ed, liberal education. Unfortunate- ly, this is not the type of educa- tion the majority ofour "educated" people possess.

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Another conclusion which can- not be denicd in this day and age is the increasing necessity for group effort and the use of the co- operative technique by young people starting out in life. It has always been held that group ef- fcrt has a greater chance for suc- cess than individual effort. From primitive days. man has had to join forces with other men In de- fense of his life and in his quest for food, clothing and shelter But today. more than ever. group ac- tion is essential.

Many a younlf man grgduating from high school or college wants to devote his life to business. farming or a trade. But. usually he has not enough capital or help to establish himself. Even form- ing. not to mention other fields of endeavor, requires such an outlay of money today that only the few well-to-do individuals can start alone n modern form sufficiently equipped to assure reasonable suc- cess. He would need about 35.000 to buy a farm and almost: that much to equip it. The days of the 50 acre or 80 acre farm equipped with a team of horses has gone out with the "Model A's". So. the prospective farmer or the home businessman discouraged, hles off tr. the industrial fields to get a job.

But. if he had looked around be- fore he made his final move, he would have been able to find quite a. number of young people like himself who were willing to farm or go into business, but who had not sufficient capital to do so. Group action, co-operation, is the answer here; had they been think- ing, these fellows could have pool- ed their small resources and work- ed as one. They would probably be able to buy and equip s busi- ness in various lines of production. processing or distribution. And. what means more to the individ- ual, they would be working in their chosen field. and perhaps making that personal contribution which each individual owes to the general welfare of the community.

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Such developments. based on group action and democratic con- trol are necessary before my na- tional or international prcblcnls can be solved. An integrated pro- gram that will help and permit people to "build bridges" to the shores of security and enlighten- ment. must be offered; and must.

"Utopian" solutions have been of- feted-but their chances for suc- cess sppear very limited.

For instance. some people believe that a strictly "cooperative com- monwcalth” is possible. We have often heard this offered as an

cooperative commonwealth? Co- operatives. as such. are necessary, but can only he in factor or an economic yardstick in our social

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the best: quality at the lowest pos- sible price,. Thus, in order to ef- fect: orderly distribution all local groups must work together. short, if we are to have s national and international system of order- ly distribution.

have I sound and efficient local system.

our production, especially in nszri. culture which comprises the small- est group in the economy. We can- not and should not expect. tho consuming public to pay for the inefficient. production of food. This may involve the radical re-orga.nl- zation of our system of production. and seems necessary for two reas- ons: first, to keep the mast. effic- ient. and the best qualified. young people on the land, and therebv bring agriculture up to a standard of attraction to other industries: and, drudgeI'y..long hours. and unreas- onable overhead costs which no how involved in completely equip- ping each small farming unit.

of a few large-unit fsrms,snd sec- ond, the cooperative method for the hlrtng, operation and service of the large machinery for small units would help to solve this problem. even more than that. There must be new techniques in rural educa- tion. in cooperative credit, and in insurance, which will allow ynun: men to invest in farms and which

omy. If labor suffers. farmers sut- fer. and vice versa. be I system whereby each groun- through its respective organization. should be able to meet-and fluid- ed by written formulae bass-ti on

come to agreements on while irr-

and possibilities of applying Ilit-'1' cr-nclusians.

be practicable. Many less practical Wood

eventual solution. But; what. is a W

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and political life. We must have consumer stores; we must. go; We the processing and innnufacv,.,,..',,g field; and yet. we can go only 1-.” enough into this field t.o,l)ecoIrie the governing factor, or the mans. urlng rod to point out the costs u: ' processing, manufacturing, am; ,1 you like, provide true and reg; competition to private and corpo. rate trade; there. seems to be lnu practical limit. Cooperatives pro. vldo I pattern: or technique nitric. by the consuming public can when necessary, effect chg,..,.,' manufacturing. and more 0:.-lei-lv distribution of goods and scr-:1.-as for themselves. We must. ui.r,)L those organizations to suit. our en- vironment and local Londitions. I 0

We must have s workable .1-. rnngcment wh-3::-by the conzumer cooperatives can and will work wltli producers” orzaiiizatloxis to develop small industries and other necessary cogs in the wheel of the people's economy. In the market- ing and distilbutiou of food pm. ducts, there cannot be cm...-51 marketing boards of n wolkum. and permanent nature unless there is. as a basis. I sound. efficient and widespread system of local co. operatives. The control and thy responsibility must: remain with the people and 3 complete llndcr. standing must be developed among the various groups. Primary producers, miners and farmers, for instance, do not want the highest possible price, they want; stability and'securlty. ind they are usually anxious to have the consumer or customer obtain

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especially of the world's food stuffs. we must first

0 We must be more efficient in

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second. to eliminate the

The pattern outlined previously

This question lnvnlves

will protect them while so doing. We must accept; the fact that trade unions are necessary too, is a protection for our whole econ-

There should

the actual costs of productlm-

els, price ranges. and fulurc N2"- fictions.

Let. us now discuss the mlallx

O I I Recommended llesdin

Black. .7. D.: Future Food and Agricultural Policy. Bromficl , Louis: Malabar Farm. Cronin, ohn F.: Economic An- alysis and Problems. Gleslngcr. Egon: Coming M0 "' 0

Bare. KR: Farm Business Mui- ngcmeni.

1-Iaythorne. snd Mu-ch: and Labor.

Kains, M. 0.: Five Acres and Independence.

LeBourdals. D.M.: Csmd.a'n('Ptt'

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P).

Newton-White, E: Cnmdlnn Rf-

siorsllon.

symons. Hurry: Frlsndyhllt (To be continued)

Iecllrll. you should learn how

Offices: Charlottetown - I

,voun rosssssloiis

The thinks you live with-your home, your business. your "stock In trade"-no all subject to loss through accident or circumstances beyond your control. We will he stud of In opportunity to serve you.

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ma... tnouonofrr novnrcs

For your own sense of

easily you can be prnlu-foal.

Somlnsrcido -, blunts!”