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, of the results of this conference was the !i v 1533' '4. !; , establishment of a permanent committee on e .-........e ' . i 1 ,ith .'lb-co- . A ii" ':"'....'"A. 5""

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an Editor. Frank Walker matters'

To the work of this committee, as well as to the general cause of familiarizing

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Priostollllmoetof-thelabotn unsbletodisoardthe belief that and trsdeuninnlof theworld were "real-

0 Int; offices at summon-aids. Ilontsgue and Albei-ton. Author-

. as trade unions are ea!" in their political thinking

second dose Hall by the Post office Department. Ottawa.

'I By Carrier: Charlottetown. summerslda 315.00 per snnuin. Else ' i nf d vi 9 V I-sa - mag in Q3. ggwumnugn known I d where in P. e. I sue. P(e):h::'mIl:;ovlnecs and u. s. A. eix.oe Canadians wdth Efkgno e :3 ti C e Hi 1:: the World Federation of Trade even. if the truth were knoiuiln, u-nae strongest memory in nook;-rgvthan the publication 0 t at neTh w f Et:lonst'hAtfmg;.tlfumgdu.. iglrgeulnuud manthinanrsgmlliltltziz union”: to

l ' , ' 0 an was aD- some . u per the weakest luk.” be an ufidoubted asse e y d prozifnately '18 million members; of not identical with, Communigagi the Eiiklmo language has already "9-Sulte that number about to millions were There is not much talk about it

' THURSDAY. AUGUST'l2, 1954

lot A Railway Ferry

now. for the simple" reason that events have made such talk appear idle and even a little foolish. but it, isn't so long ago when there was

listed as belonging to unions in the soviet bloc. In 1910, when the cold War was at its height. and follow- ing irrefutable evidence that the

in the adoption of s jargon, somewhat similar to pidgin English as familiar in the East, by means of which rudimentary com-

The announcement by Mr. Frank Hall, ,chairman of the 14-union negotiating com- mittee, that non-operating railway em- ployees have voted to strike, revives con- cern in this Province for the continuous op- eration of the Borden-Tormentine ferry. This link with the rest of Canada carries automobiles, trucks and other traffic in ad- dition to railway equipment. If it were to stop it would have the same effect as -oblockading inter-Provincial highways in 'other parts of the country. , , The Maritime Provinces Board of Trade -has already asked that a guarantee be given by the Government of Canada that I 'in the event of strikes the ferry service be 9 maintained. It is also suggested that the service should be directly in the hands of the Department of Transport rather than delegated to a railway to 0P9Fai9-

That request, of course, is a request i that the Government repeat in other langu- age its constitutional obligation to main- tain continuous communication between Prince Edward Island and the mainland. The British North America Act makes such communication an essential feature of Con- federation. For the Federal Government to fail to provide the service or for any group to thwart its operation would be a breech of the fundamental law of this country.

What the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen were considering strike action in January of last year the Government, the Brotherhood and the Canadian National Railways recognized the special character of the ferry operations and Mr. Donald Gordon was able to give the assurance that I there was no reason to fear interruption of

the ferry service. It is of the utmost im-

portance that a similar understanding be

reached in connection with the strike-vote -. of the non-operating unions. ”

I Death To The cockroach

At long last science has gotten around to the cockroach, that ubiquitous-though uninvited -- guest of ships' galleys from tlmel-immemorial; if reports coming out of ' ' .. England are at all reliable, and of course 1', they are, its days are numbered. Like g. , many another discovery, this one came J about by accident. Specialists from the Colonial Office were looking for some way to deal effectively with the tsetse fly of East Africa-a creature a thousand times ; worse than the worst cockroachewhen if some sharp-eyed technician noticed that a 3, lacquer, which did not appear to have ll much effect on the tsetse, apparently was sudden death to cockroaches.

The secret is in a substance known as urea formaldehyde, belonging to the resin family, and-which is now being nicknamed i'the paint of death". Hitherto, fumiga- tion was the standard treatment; but this was always a nuisance and it did not work satisfactorily under all conditions; where it did work fairly well it was good for only a few weeks. Under the new treatment not a cockroach will put in an appearance for at least two years after a ship has been subjected to the paint. It is all very right and proper, of course; the cockroach de; serves all that's coming to it after defying the advance of science for so long. For all that, it is probable that old timers who 7have sailed all the seven seas, accompan- ied every inch of the way by cockroaches, ("will mix a little regret with their apprecia- ?"tlon for what the scientists have done.

In Eskinio Dictionary -' A member of the Oblate Order, Father f:Arthur Thibert, who has a record of more Zthsn a quarter of a century's service in the Canadian Arctic has now completed irangements for the publication of the rst completelycanadian Eskimo diction- vary. This marks another forward step in the process of familiarization with the Arc- : no and its life, and, as Father Tliibert.re- maria, "recent developments in the Arctic " ova made publication of the dictionary in ingenuity." The Eskimo population of the is estimated at thirty thousand of

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educational efforts, are new learning Eng-

know the language.

munications may be maintained; equally on the other side many Eskimos. thanks i0

lish. But for full and satisfactory com- munication over a long period of years to come it will be necessary for Canadians working with Eskimos in the Arctic to

Farm Profits

The sale of farm products nets Cana-It

dian farmers several billion dollars annual- ly. Last year the figure was 32,741,000,- OOO. But, notes an Ontario exchange, if their expenses are anything like American farmers, the individual farmer realizes a relatively small sum of each dollar of sales. Authority for this statement is found in a recent survey conducted by the agricultural committee of the U. S. House of Representatives. The committee, in an effort to dispel public belief that farmers are responsible for today's high food prices, computed figures which show that 56 cents out of every dollar spent for domestical- ly produced food goes to pay for proces-

sing, marketing and transportation char- i

ges.

"The farmer," the committee adds, "re- ceives 44 cents. Of this 44 cents approxi- mately 30 cents goes to purchase tractors, trucks, plows, gasoline, fertilizers and other supplies required by modern farming. Thus the farmer and his family have about 14 cents out of each consumer dollar for domestically produced food for their work and their investment." This is consider- ably higher than the profits many business firms realize from each sales dollar. In the case of farmers, however, the 14 cents must pay for his labor and provide a re- turn on his capital investment, too.

"On the basis of these figures," says our Ontario contemporary, "the farmer's profit cannot be considered exorbitant. In- deed, when all things are considered, the farmer probably receives less for his time and effort and investment than most other sections of the community.” i

EDITORIAL NOTES

Official statistics indicate that tourist revenue more or less balances out, in fact Canadians spend more abroad than visitors

spend in.this country. That is not to say there is nothing gained by encouraging such travel. Rather the paying and re- ceiving of visits on a large scale is all gain. A 0 Being friendly with Russia has its own perils. British Labour Party delegates en- tertained at Moscow on their way to China were faced with the necessity of drinking 17 or 18 toasts in Vodka, some of them triples. It might be easier to remain cooly distant.

O O

The United States Marine Corps has adopted a new style of bayonet fighting in which the rifle is held diagonally across the body instead of outthrust. A descrip- tion of it reads remarkably like that of quarter-staff play of Sherwood Forest as- sociations. '

Allies that deserve to be encouraged in the unending fight with insect pests are the birds. The land devoted to woods suitable for sheltering the feathered tribes can be counted as an investment in insect con- trol.

rV eee Ji

A week-long lntemational congress on mental health opens in Toronto on Satur- day. It is being gradually realized that mental health is one of our principal social problems. The heavy bill for hospitalization of mental cases is only a small part of the price we pay for poor mental health.

I O O

The Federal Government is pleased at the strong advocacy of increased immigra- tion by'the Canadian Chamber of Com-

merce. Ministers and officials, it seems are well aware of the many advantages to be

Strengthened

Position -

PUBLIC FORUM

This column in open to the discus- sion by correspondent: of guutlon: of internal. The Guardian does not necessarily endorse the opinion of correspondents.

snuious SITUATION

Sir,-They say "Every on e growls about the weather but no one does anything about it." But there is something we can do about it and that is pray. It doesn't matter what one's religion may be; just pray. Don't think the situation isn't serious. It is. Definitely. Not half the hay crop is saved. Oats and other grains

are in a sorry mess and men every where have the same plaint, "My potatoes are rotting

in the ground."

A city woman said to me the other day, "I'm so glad we're not farmers. John has a good job you know." I couldn't help but won- der at her blind smugness. Of what benefit will a good job be if It takes twice John's salary to buy food?

When the farmer suffers..so does his city neighbor. And so

NOTES BY

They say that s man's signature reveals his character, and perhaps it does. But it can also fail to re- veal or even give a slight hint of his name! -Ottawa Citizen.

Marriage brings music into I man's life. He leama to play sec- ond fiddle. -Evening Reporter (Gslt.) .

llopubllcan and Democratic lead- ers at Washington agree that neith- er party will win an overwhelming victory in the fall elections. At any rate, We a good sign when they can agree on something.-Windsor

tar. .

easonsl unemployment is a na- tional problem. In the diverse ways of a modern economy, all Canad- ians share the hardship. If the problem is solved-no, rather, when it is solved-they will share the resultant wealth.-From "Industry", Toronto. .

Even Parliament is bowing to the mechanical age. In the external affairs committee at Ottawa, they

I say, pray-not next week but now. If each community would unite in doing so I am sure that Divine Providence would hear those sincere prayers of every faith and send us good weather to save our crops in good condi- tlon. I am. Sir. etc.,

AN ISLAND FARMER

Hunter River.

Old Charlottetown

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ISLAND PLACE-NAMES

The Indian names surviving on Prince Edward Island today are Bedeque bay, Cascumpeque bay, Malpequa bay, Miminegash pond, iviiscouche point, Plsquid river, Shemody river and point, Ti ish river, and Tracadle bay. eir survival is due to the French, whose connnection with the Island began with the voyage of Jacques Cartier in 1534, and whose oc- cupancy ended wlth the fall of Louisbour. and Quebec.

Such terminations as Bedeque instead of Bedek and Malpeque in- stead of Mnlpek are in themselves tokens of French influence and there is the further evidence. that wbllejrrench maps show the above Indian names the first English map of the Island shows not A single Indian name. save in a secondary place. Bedeque hay being named Halifax after the Earl of Halifax, Csscumpeque bay being named Holland after Lord Holland, and Mslpeque bay being named Rich- mond sfter the Duke of Richmond. Thanks to the labours of Rev. Dr. T. Rand, Baptist mlsaionsu

f in ny. other places. We k for exlem is that of Emmmx and the that of Hillsboi-cu

were making a tape record of the discussion. But a couple of stenc- graphera sat in, too. The parlia- mentarians didn't quite trust the new-fangled contraption. -Van- couver Province.

New Cunard liner saxonla has a. 91-foot welded steel mast equipped with an interior ladder, lighted electrically, which leads to a crow'a nest fitted with seven windows. a clear view screen, electric heat and

1763. the British Government be- stirred itself to colonize Prince Ed- ward island. As a preliminary. Capt. Samuel Holland, an officer in the army. was instructed to sur- vey the Island, which he did in 1765. Holland named about 150 prominent features, most of which retaln'hia names till this day, a remarkable record in place-nam- lng. Most of the names he gave were personal ones. A number of features he named after distinguish- ed soldiers and sailors. with whom he had served at the sieges of Loulsbourg and Quebec. Such are Wolfe cape. Monckton cove, Col- ville bay and river and Murray river and harbour. Others he named after the Lords Commis- sioners of Trade and Plantations. under whose immediate c- tlons he was working. Holland dl his best to abolish the Indian names by giving them subordinate positions on his map, but luckily without success. Only smaller na- tural festuree . ' f to be named after Holland's survey and the names since are mainly those of tlieyettlements and villages that have grown up with the pa sing of years.

-From 'Place Names of Prince Edward lsland.' issued by the Geographic Board of Canada. Do-

THE WAY

a loudspeaker telephone. shades if Joseph Conradl -Windsor Daily Star.

There are enough eastor beans in this year's crop in the United States to make 15,000,000 pounds of castor oil. That won't make the children cheer, because they don't like the medicine. But. castor oil is used for all aorta of other re- sults than fixing tummy aches. It even finds it way into lipstlcks. So scarce did castor oil become in wartime, there was even fear of a shortage. That would have been one rationed article that

. would have caused no teens among

the boys and girls. --The Review.

The safety level of driving in Ontario could be improved by safety class , and by weeding out unsuit- able drivers through rigid mental and physical tests, and,by banning from the highways and roads of the province all "souped up" care, all defective cars. Psych the can be discovered and prohibited from driving. but the tests and weeding should be applied to every age group. It is doubtful whether more psychopaths would be found among the teenagers than among any other driving group. -St. Thomas Times- Journal.

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Saturday - of banks. al predicted by merchants when it went into effect, is encouraging safe-cracking over long week-end. Theft of more than 5.000 from two Toronto stores, Monday. May 21. was attributed by Police Inspec- tor George Elliott to merchantr inability to bank their large Fri- day and Saturday receipts. Banks' five-day week. he says. is a ”distinct inducement to crime." -Hanover Post.

The Age .Old Story

And they say. How doth God know? and is there knowledge in the most High? nehoid..xtheee are the ungodly. who prosper in the world; they increase in riches . . . when I thought to know thin, it was too painful for me; until .1 went into the sanctuary of God: then understood 1 their end.

SLAVE! nun President Abraham Lincoln of

the United states proclaimed the freedom of slaves Jan. 1, mo.

ISIHMA COUGII

lilllens of sufferers nave slseevend

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partment of the Interior, -IMO.

- million domestic increase, the free

federation was fast becoming a tool of Soviet imperialism. interested not at all in workers' economic rights but only in the propagation of Soviet social and political doct- rines. the unions of Great Britain, the United States. and other dem- ocntlo countries, withdrew from the World Federation and organised themselves into the International confederation of Free Trade Unions.

That leaves the old organization with groups from the soviet Union and its satellite countries together with a few dissident groups else- where. Now, despite the detection of the free nlona with s combined enrollment of more than 20 minions, the Communist controlled organiz- ation claims to have added nearly 6 million members to its 1940 total. Not only that. but it reports that 1'! million workers from non-Germ inunist countries are still in active membership.

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This would appear to be figure- juggling on a large scale. In com- menting on the claims. an official of the Intel-natlonal' Oonfederutlon stated that in democratic countries -or. more accurately, in countries outside soviet domination-there are less than '1 million members belonging to unions which are more or less sympathetic to communism, and not all of these are formally allied with the communist controll- ed federation.

speekinl of the reported 25 union official had this to say: "There is not much sense in dis- cuulns these figures. because the so-called trade unions in the Soviet bloc countries may increase or de- crease their membership at will. It 15. of course. probable that as many as do milllcn workers in these countries are obliged to pay union dues, which are not used for the defence of their rights. but to keep them under control and, to a considerable extent, for the financing of subversive activities in democratic countries. where the

W.F.T.U. has comparatively few members. if any." The purpose of this sort of

juggling is. of course. obvious. Sov- iet leaders are trying to convince workers in neutrelist countries- fndia, for example-that their lab- our organiutions am getting stronger and stronger all the time; that. in fact. the withdrawal of the Western unions has not made a bit of difference to the numerical strength and world influence of the Communist directed federation. O O 0

More guileful than figure-iusr ling. however. are the pleas for "unity" which are now coming to the free unions from the Commun-1 let organization. These have been com” , out of Moscow for some time and, as might be t are

steeple of a. church at

widespread fear that, as the labour unloua went from strength 30 strength, they would become more and more biased towards Marxist. theories of socialism.

The fact that the fear turned out to have been groundless is due to be generally healthy structure of la unions in the democratic stem By and lune. their leaders, have been, and are, men of in. telligence. aware of their rhlponal. bllitlu to society as a whole.

This is not to suggest that an decisions of labour unions have been wise and in acordsnce u'1',11 the common good. (That would .3. a naive view, indeed. and no one, not even the most respectable labour leader, would accept it.) There have been, in fact, some very gel-you, lapses from good social awareness; but, on the whole, it must be mm in fairness that labour union; have a reasonably good record. The..- mistakes and failures have been. in the main, errors of judgemgm rather than wilful disregard of the Public interest. They are not likely to be taken in at this time by Communist propagandiete. to whom a labour union means nothing men than a convenient agency for th: dissemination of tenets which :-in prejudicial to freedom in any form

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Daughters of Time, the hypoeritlo Dlyl.

Muffled and dumb like barefoot dervlshee,

And mulsrchlng single in an endless no

Bring cinema and fagots in their hands.

so each they offer gifts after his

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w Broad, kingdoms. stars, and sky that holds them all. I. in my pleached garden, watched the pomp, rorgot my morning wishes, hastily Took a few herbs and apples, and the Day Turned and departed client, I, too

Under hei- solemn fillet saw the scam.

-Ralph Waldo limexson.

FATALLY INJURED

HULL. Que. (GP)-Joseph Ros- -ario Aubin. 48, was fatally injured Wednesday when he fell from the nearby Cheneville while climbing to paint a cross at the top. Aubin, a. pen- sioned airman, fell 40 feet to s. work platform so feet above the ground. He died later in hospital.