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"The Strongest Memory :5 Weeks; Than the Weakest Ink".

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our commons Representation

The value of having forward-looking and ....t backward representatives was illustrat- ed strikingly in this Province under the Mathieson Government, when the Island's representation in the House of Commons was fixed at not less than four, (our num- ber of Senators) and thus we did not suf- fer from subsequent redistribution. bills! which would have reduced our Commonsl representation to two members. We arel again saved by this farsighted action un-. der the new redistribution bill which is to be presented at the next session of Parlia- lnent. Based on the 1951 census returns, its effect will be to increase the influence of Ontario, Quebec and British Columbia while reducing that of the Prairie Provinces as well as of our sister Maritime Provinces.

Saskatchewan will be the hardest hit by. redlstribution. It lost population in 1941-. 51, falling from 895,992 to 829,175. This was a decline of about 7.5 per cent, but the political penalty is a cut of one-quarter in representation. The Province has twenty members in the present House of Com- mons. It will elect only fifteen to the nextl if the existing system is adhered to. That will be fewer MP's than Saskatchewan sent; to Ottawa more than thirty years ago, in. the 1917 election, when the Commons was considerably smaller than it is now.

Deplorlng the sharp decline of strength in the Prairie and Maritime Provinces, the Globe and Mail says it might be possible to fix a minimum representation for each Province. "just as a minimum of four is now set for Prince Edward Island." Seat quotas could still be calculated under the present plan; and, of course, no Province would gain over its basic figure unless its population warranted. This scheme would mean enlargement of the House and no doubt it would run into political pitfalls. The real trouble, of course, is the lack of a pro- per national policy which would stimulate the industrial growth of the provinces which have been lagging numerically behind.

Older citizens will recall that there were knockers in Premier Mathieson's time, even in his own cabinet. He went ahead in spite of them. He had a loyal lieutenant with him in the person of Judge Arsenault. They succeeded in having the concession gained for this Province written into the British- North America Act, and it stands there to- day, our only safeguard against having our representation practically wiped out at Ot- lawn.

The Price control Habit

A good rubbing with warm 80050 g1'0'tl5CS is still regarded by some folk as having dis-1, linct therapeutic value in alleviating ail-" ments of the chest. Experience, and med- ical science, show, however, that,what may help a slight touch of bronchitis may be ut- terly useless and even harmful in treating; the more serious malady of tuberculosis.

It is the same way with price controls, which are foremost among the many nost- rums being prescribed by countless econ- omic quacks for the malady of inflation. A good healthy application of price controls, argue the CCF'crs and others, worked well enough during World War II. So, they argue. that is just what is needed today. All of-which goes to show that price controls, like many other sedatives, can be habit- forming. ,

The trouble is, of course. to devise a way to make the patient submit to the cure. The Emperor Diocletian tried it in Rome about 301 AD. The populace then, as now in Canada, was complaining bitterly about skyrocketing prices. So the Emperor, with a terrible blast against the greed of busi- nessmen, artisans and farmers, issued an edict fixing prices and wages. This was done. he declared, "all for the general wel- fare." Capital punishment was to be in- flicted upon violators.

Unfortunately. the Emperor found that his edict didn't work. Prices kept right on rising. Since everyone. one way or anoth- er, was asking a price either for his goods or services, enforcement became an admin- istrative impossiblllty. Diocletian's law lacked the moral sanction which underlay price control in do during World War If. So. too, does ce control today lack the moral sanction of the majority of the people of Canada, whose belief in its ef-' ficacy as a device for controlling inflation must exist before it can be expected to

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EDI IURIAI. NUI ES

The” British Prime Minister has spoken to the people of this great Dominion, and now we know approximately what the fu- ture holds out for us.

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A lot of water will have to pass down our drains and into our wells and streams before the great snow storm of 1952 is for- gotten.

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It was an old-time custom to ring the city bell to intimate there would be no school in stormy weather. The radio read- ily takes its place, and should be used for the benefit of all concerned.

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The mosquito is even more of a villain than formerly thought, according to the re- sult of investigations using radio-active isotopes. It seems that the creatures ordin- arily live on nectar of flowers and drink blood merely because they like it-and be- cause it makes them even more of a nuis-

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The feed grain shortage predicted for the United States will no doubt be felt also in this country. Success or otherwise of the Government's policy of encouraging the production and storage of feed will have a very important bearing on the financial position of farmers next year.

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Some coal merchants assure us it was through no fault of theirs that in certain quarters there was a shortage of reserves recently. Their orders were despatched in ample time, but unfortunately, for some rea- son or other, they were not filled as prompt- ly as customarily.

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The news that: the U. N. has set up a disarmament commission may seem to ac- cord very badly'with the present trend of increasing armaments. What is now be- ing established, however, is the reliability of collective security, which when firmly established will make the maintenance of such a vast scale of arms unnecessary.

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One of the advantages of having the Is- land fully dieselized by the C. N. R. as it is is that able and ambitious railwaymen from this Province will be well to the fore in ex- perience with the latest equipment and be well qualified for promotion offered in any part of the system.

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Lady Hamilton, nee Emma Lyon, died this date 1815. Of humble origin, her ex- traordinary good looks brought her many admirers. The paintings of her by Romney, a rival of Sir Joshua Reynolds, are very well known. It is because her name is linked with that of Nelson, however, that she is remembered.

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The breakdown of telephone and tele- graph service due to the storm gives us an inkling of how much we depend on fast service nowadays, and how much we suffer from its interruption. A missing train to Murray Harbour is as nothing compared with the loss of funeral connection on the part of loved ones preparing to pay their last respects to the dead.

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An across-the-board wage increase of 15 cents per hour featured the offer made by Ford Motor Company of Canada, Limited, recently to the negotiating committee of Local 200 UAW-C10. Mr. Rhys M. Sale, president, said the wage boost was includ- ed among a number of proposals made by the company in an effort to bring about a speedy end to current negotiations.

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Mrs. ('Dr.) Victor Goodwill's name was almost a household word in connection with good works in the community. Personally of a quigt, retiring disposition, she did not appear much in public, but she was always there in the interest of the cause that need- ed assistance and the wrong that needed re- sistancc. She and her late husband were a most worthy pair and held in the high- est esteem in the community. When shall we see their like again?

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Average farmer's income in 1951 did not amount to 55300 per week an claimed, but to 5300 per month which is quite a dif- ference. This, too, was reckoned by the powers-that-be as ,"cash returns", but of course it should be described as from "cash crops", which does not mean the prodrter received that amount, but only that was what it represented per capita for some 9,000 farmers.

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"Men who desire power are seldom of a warm and humanly affectionate dispos- ition. the longing for fame and the long- ing for love--'-. . . being competitive and us- ually irreconcilable," writes Mr. Heskell Pearson in his newly published biography of Dlny. "Disraeli was one of the rare exceptions in.hlstory of a man who hunger- ed for fame and won it, yet could not exist without love." Pearson has donean excel- lent job of portraying this "rare exception

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discussion by correspondents of questions of interest. The Guardian does not necessar- ily end the opinion of correspondents.

DRAMA FESTIVAL FINALS

Sir, - An unusual opportunity is offered to theatre goers in Prince Edward Island by the selection of St. John. New Brunswick. for the holding of the Dominion Drama Festival Finals the week beginning next April 28th. During that week there will be performed the eight best. full-length plays chosen from the Regional Festivals to be held this winter in the thirteen regions across Canada.

That week the audiences will see the best in the live theatre pro- duced ln Canada. While 'the com- peting groups are almost exclusive- ly amateur as in our local dram- atic organizations. professional ac- tors are not debnrred and may be found performing in some of the plays. Advertisement for the ticket sale will appear in due course but rooklets of tickets covering the series of eight plays are now avail- able.

The holding of the Finals Fest- ival is a major undertaking for any community. It involves provision for the production of their plays by eight groups from different parts of the Dominion with of course the billetlng and entertainment of the members of each. The annual Court. of the Board of Governors of the Dominion Drama Festival is held at the same time and place as this Festival.

This is the first time the Finals, have been held in the Marltimes and St. John is sparing no effort to show that down by the see we can produce a Festival to compare favourably with those hold any- ,w:lere in Canada. It will probably be years before we again have a Fmals Festival so near home. Next year it is to he. held in Victoria British C-lumbla. ,

I am. Sir, etc. H. L. PALMER Charlottetown.

A GOLDEN AGE

Sir-Sneaking in Toronto before me Junior Board of Trade. Hon. George Drew said that "Canada stands on the rim of a golden ace" Anrtfurther, that the nroductlon of iron ore and manufacture of sterl will be the, means of us real- izing this "age of gold". Mr. Drew has spoken the truth. except for the fact that there are some dif- firzultles in the way of this high attainment. Possibly throulzh the loss of Christianity and our Demo- cracy. the latter being the product of the former, our natural products nmy become of little value to us.

It has been prophesied that the next 50 years will witness more advancement in the realm of the Einlrlt. than in material discovery For instance. a good ” t t and scientist in Montreal has quit tell- ing people what to eat in order to keep well. but now gives all his time to lldvlslnrz us as to what we should think. Let me add that for this he makes no charge. He says, as 9. man thlnkelh. soils he. He is able to trace the cause of much oil- menls as arthritis, neuritis. heart disease. onen sores and so forth. to "negative" thinking. or hold- ing on to fear. worry, . t t hatred and so forth. When these evils are cut out and replaced by ”poslilve thinking” then the body

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N & Th? PUBLIC FORUM Q Old Charlottetown This column is open to tho 8 IN” 3' E u '

STREET IMPROVEMENT!

"It gives us pleasure t.o.note that near boards on which the nuns: of our streets are painted are be- ing put. up at the street corners. These mark another forward step... P. 0. Fraser. druggist, has

pic's corner in the place of the shop recently burnt. City Engineer Mc- Klnnon is also adding mother story to his premises on Queen street. These improvements will add to the appearance of the city... '"1'he fox-skin that so long tgrao- ed' McCraith's Corner has been taken in. This also adds to the appearance of the clty."

..'rho Examiner. April 8. 1878

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STOPPING BY WOODS ON A SNOWY EVENING

Whose woods these are I think I ow. His house is in the village though; He will not see me stopping here To watch his wood: nu up with snow.

My little horse must think it queer

To stop without a farmhouse near

Between the woods and frozen lake

The darkest evening of the year.

of He gives his harness bells a shake To ask if there in some mistake. The only other sound's the sweep Of easy wind and downy flake.

The woods are lovely. dark and deep,

But I have promises to keep.

And miles to go before I sleep,

And miles to go before I sleep.

-Robert Frost. rcnllns health or regains lost health.

His strongest claim is that God's will for us all is perfect health. That He does not wish us to sui- fcr, but at a ripe old age fall to the earth like the leaves in autumn. This contradicts what we were taught. namely. that all sickness and death is the will of God.

Further. when God sends us so much good, will He also send us evils? Can a fountain send forth at. the some place sweet water and bitter? Many reading thi; know in their hearts that their good health comes from knowing and loving God and all his children. Dr. Cliff's book is now in the libr- nry. It is worth reading.

I am. Sir, eto.. ARCH. MICKENZII Kcnslngton. P.E.I.

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Motives Behind Soviet Diplomacy

soviet statesmen, like chess play- ers or generals, always aim to con- ceal the purpose of their move- ments. It is. I suppose, 9. natural enough result of their "dialectic" philosophy. which regards all rela- tions as conflicts between oppon- onto. Soviet diplomatic moves are preluded by no public discus- sion and are accompanied by a minimum of explanation. Their significance and their object have to be guessed.

So. with a little help from Mr. Vyshinsky or his colleagues. one has to try to divine the purpose be- hind his latest proposals in the U.N. Assembly.

Two of them present little or no difficulty. The proposal for nboll- tion of the Collective Measures Committee merely expresses the Rululnn dislike of U.N.O being able to take any action untrammclled by Soviet veto. The proposal for periodic meetings of the Security Council is an obvious enough pro-

agenda move. The calculation was probably that the Western Powers in view of the failure of their own attempt last year to arrange for n four-power conference to con- sfder ways and means of lessening the existing international tension. would reject the proposal. They could then be denounced as hav- ing snbotnged a Soviet attempt to end the cold war. .

It. is the third proposal which is really interesting - the sugges- tion that the security Council should "examine mes,ures to help to bring to o ul ' ' the negotiations taking place in Korea for the cessation of hos- tllltles."

On the face of it, it is unhelpful mid even a little absurd. The Plmmunjom negotiations were when Mr. Vyahinsky produced the idea of bringing in the Security Council. deadlocked over such mat- tar! as the' making of new all-fields during the armistice period and the exact methods of exchange of pri- soners. It is somewhat g. t , to think of such matter: being dis- cussed simultaneously in Pm- munlom by soldiers and in Paris by diplomats. It would seem the perfect recipe for confusion and delay.

His aim, as be rather raehly re- vealed in his broadcast on the our- render of Japan. is to restore to Russia the position which she held in North East ,Asia before the

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Mr. Churchill is too wily a bird to be caught with his opinions down about the U. s. presiden- tial picture. Asked About Eisen- hower's announcement. the Brit- ish Prime Minister said "You are; going to have an election are you? We had one the other day." And nobody can take exception to that. - Ottawa Journal.

Every man gets involved in disli- waahlng at some point in his mar- ried life. But he always does so with the thought. spoken or im- pliec. that he's making a good fel- low of himself. and if he didn't. want. to do dishes, he didn't have to. In other words. a man feels he has I freedom of choice. in re- spect to dish-washing, whether to exercise it or not. Quite possibly he knows l.n his neart that wouldn't dare use this right choice, but it is important to his self-respect that there be some es- capc from dlshpan serfdom. It's far easier to hear such chains and shackles if one feels they are self- imposed and can in an emergency be shed. - Cornwall Standard- Freeholder.

A Detroit restaurant owner was week's operation at present price levels. so he decided to wage a. one-man battle of his own against. infla- tion. He ousted off an old 1939 menu and started serving meals, at the prices specified thereupon.

Russo-Japanese war in 1904. That elm includes Russian control over Monchurlo. and Russian control over Korea. or as much of Korea as possible.

That. beyond a doubt. is the long- term ”' "ye. And, that being so. the obvious immediate objec- tive would be to bring North Korea again. as from 1945 to 1950. under complete Soviet control The North Korean army, it. may be not- ed in passing. is. unlike the Chin- ese army, completely Russlan-tmln- ed. Russian-equipped and Russian- dominnted, and has remained so during the war.

To that end, it becomes for the Russians quite as important that the Chinese should withdraw from North Korea, as that. the U. N. forces should withdraw from the south. Russia. as Stalin hnce re- marked. pursues her own interests and no one el.sc's. And that makes it very desirable. from the Krem- :ln's point of view, that she should get into the armistice negotiations as soon as possible before they are

completed. Hence the at-first- sight rather curious Vyshinsky move. .

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above Pill: Lake. north-east of Vancouver. there 1. "a hideous. whose bed is lined with gold," cording to the old legend or the Squamish Indians. are sold to be "as big as walnuts." And death guards trove. For in the last century or so at least 21 white men have nu be out to seek the Lost Creek Min. 0f and have never only Indian still living who imam the secret is the 79-yeat- old chief of the squamlell Jack Khatsalllano. The legend nu the mine discovered in 1880 by A tough Indian named old who whispered the secret son a few minutes before he died on the scaffold at New Weatmins. ter for the murder of a half-breed back in 1891. That sec.-ct has been well kept - Hamilton Spectator,