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us. 31200 per uunum.

"The an . t memory is weaker than the weakest ink."

., SATURDAY. MARCH 3, 1956

Survey Requested

As will be noted in our news- columns today, the City of Char- lottetown and the Villages of Park- dale and Spring Park have request- ed the Provincial Government to conduct a full scale technical, ad- ministrative and econo nic survey of Charlottetown and the surround- ing areas for the purpose of ascer- taining the most practical and eco- nomical solution to mutual prob- lems in the fields of water supply, sewage disposal, education, indus- trial development, etc. This united approach to the Government, as constituting the parent authority for both the City and the villages, has been made after mutual dis- cussion, and it has received very prompt attention. Yesterday after- noon Premier Matheson brought the matter before the Legislature and A special committee was appointed toinstitute the enquiry. The Prem- ier thought this would be preferable to appointing another Commission. He commended all concerned in bringing the civic and village or- ganizations together, and particu- larly the Charlottetown Board of Trade for its efforts in this connec- tion. - For some years now the expan- sion of our suburban areas has pre- sented. a serious problem in the matters above referred to. and it is one which will become much more serious in the future. Long-range planning should have been institut- ed.from the start. But it was diffi- cult, a few years ago, to visualize the conditions which have arisen today. Other expanding municipali- ties have faced the same difficulties, and no doubt the survey now re- quested will include an examination of plans followed successfully in other places. There is also a consid- erable amount of data available from previous investigations into our local problem. It is to be hoped that the inquiry, when completed, will result in concrete action. This will require a full-scale co-operative eftort, which it is to be hoped will be forthcoming in the same spirit in which the resolution was drafted arul presented yesterday.

- Educational Standards

Next week is being observed as

I Education Week, and it is to be hop- ed that throughout Canada em- phasis will be placed on convincing 'the,Federal Government that ed- ucation is of national concern. The Teachers Federation, the Canadian School Trustees Association and other organizations h ave been stressing this point for years, but there is a good deal of missionary work still to be done at Ottawa, so far as the practical application of the principle is concerned. There is

a mass of statistics to prove that not all the Provinces are able to sup- port adequate elementary and sec- ondary school programs. Federal

aid is needed to equalize these foun- dation programs and Dr. Lezerte, research director of the Canadian

School Trusbees' Association who has made an intensive study of this question, has proposed a system of equalization grants, distributed to the Provinces on the basis of need. Whatever plan is adopted, it should take stock of federal responsibility

bringing the foundation program I that can be financed by each. as to an agreed-upon Cana- standard.

”As pointed out by Dr. Lazerto, Ono Fodsul Government is depend- int upon the Provinces for the basic p” -- tionofltucivillerviceami its

u , forelperlonnel. Gross no- i A totals are greatly tiuouiiilty of Canadian &fl.'. Ibo Doiulnlou'I fuiilulyooir

aid is needed. On this issue depends very largely the progress which the less wealthy provinces can hope to

make educationally in the coming years. Other problems there are, of course; but it is to be hoped that this cardinal objective will not be lost sight of in the publicity attend- ing the coming Education Week ob- servances.

A Matter OI Urgency

Mr. George E. Savilie, member for 5th King's, has rendered a pub- llc service by drawing the attention of the Legislature to the probable. and almost inevitable, consequences of the wliolcszile dcstmction of trees that is going on in the Province and especially in the eastern sections. There is no doubt that the sale of DUIDWOULI has been a financial ben- efit to a good many farmers in re- cent years; whether the immediate economic value is sufficient to off- set long term economic loss is an- other llli1iiCl'. Mr. Saville is quoted as saying ”it won't be long before it will be a difficult job for a person to get enough lumber out of the area to frame a fair sized house".

That. obviously, is serious en- ough, but there are other aspects of the situation which are even more serious. Good tillage depends on an ample supply of moisture which, in turn, depends on a goodly supply of trees, which not only prevents rapid evaporation of soil water but, at the same time, directs rain into the ground where it belongs. It is not too much to say that indiscriminate and unrestrained tree destruction can in time turn the best farm land into a wilderness. It has happened in many parts of the world, and it can happen here. Even if they had not been tampered with at all, the forest reserves on this Island, allow- ing for natural wear and tear, would not he more than adequate for the needs of agriculture and the protec- tion of our streams.

estry expect to realize that every tree that is cut down this year-un- less it be replaced by another-rep resents a distinct loss to the future economy of the Province. Y e t, strangely, as Mr. Saville reminded the House, no government has seen fit to establish a reforestation pro- gram of any importance. It should be undertaken without further de- lay. Perhaps there is no other single phase of our economy which merits more thoughtful consideration at this time. It is really a matter of urgency.

EDITORIAL NOTES

In a small Texas town a jail has been turned int.o a schoolhouse. The first reaction of the pupils, one may assume, was that the change was merely a matter of names, with no real shift from the fundamental pur- pose of the building.

0 O

A family down in Virginia by the name of Moses was always getting mail addresesd Mozier. Moser, Mose, and just about everything but their right name. They decided to set the matter right by calling their house the ”Bulrushes". Nobody can make any mistake now, think the Moseses.

I O O

The ranks of income tax denoun- cers have an influencial recruit in the person of T. Coleman Andrews, who was collector of internal rev- enue for the United States Treasury for three years prior to his retire- merit. a few weeks ago. In a speech before a service club he called the law "discriminatory, confiscatory, and politically unsound". Naturally, he couldn't very well use such lan- guage when he had responsibility for bringing in the taxes.

I O O

A study of the feasibility of the causeway project across Northum- berland Strait, and of the alterna- tive proposal for a tunnel, has been requested by the Maritime Trans- portation Commission in its brief presented yesterday to the Gordon Commission at Ottawa. This is in line with recommendations passed by the Charlottetown and Sumner- side Boards of Trade, and is what will likely be proposed in u resolu- tion to come before the Provincial Legislature at an early date. Evi- dently the Transportation Commis- sion, whlcli is supported jointly by fhegovonunpnts of the Maritime

wait worth looking into. IE mom-

One does not need to be a for- '

Provinces. record: this eta project -

,4 lAl72R1z'I51u twirl PI4z3RI7E

,J"YOU DON'T SAY! !"

PUBLIC FORUM

This column In upon to In dfuub siou by eorrelpomlnuls of quutlun af interest. Thu Gunrdln don not necessarily endorse tho oplnlu I correspondents.

TOURIST INDUSTRY

Sir.-I read Dr. Dewar's state- ment re the tourist industry and thought surely he must be joking. but when I read it again I realized he was serious. I find it hard tn believe that an educated man could make such a confusing state- ment.

Dr. Dewar must surely know that the tourist industry does not refer to friends and relatives of the islanders who come and spend their holiday visiting. and probably cause the farm women to be over- worked. Tourists do not "call on country women” - tourists come to our tourist resorts and pay well for their holiday.

I would like Dr. Dewar to show one instance where he could put "tourist industry" on a death cert- ificate. I have been acquainted with all of the main operators in the "tourist industry" on P. E. I. for the past ten years and while there have naturally been a few deaths among people enga ed in this industry as in any of er. I believe I am correct in saying that they died from diseases which hard work or worry would not contri- bute to in the least. My husband and I have been engaged in the "tourist industry” for the past ten years and have had lots of hard work building up our business from a twenty guest ESL blishmcnt to a sixty guest one. but we have not found that if affected our heallh in any way. I have heard for more wives of farmers grumb- ling about hard work than tourist operators' wives.

Dr. Dewar states "some of the tourists are of the remunerative type and others are not". I state again that the "tourist industry" has nothing to do with tourists of the non-remunerative type. Indeed these are not usually classed as tourists. They are a personal mat- ter, the business of the women they come to "call on". If-these women do not wish to have them it is up to them to do something about it. but let us not blame them ion the "tourist industry". -

Whowants to "trade 100 indust-

'rlous farmers for all the tourists who come here"? Let us have both. We all fully realize that the farm- ers are the backbone of P. E. I. but let us not overlook the tourist industry which is rapidly becom- lng one of the main industries of the Island, nor play down the true income value this industry is to everyone on our Island. Above all, let us not allow our politltlans who ' happen to be "running" in a dis- trict wiih very few voters in the tourist industry to confuse the "tourist industry" with the worn out Joke about the "city slickers” sponglng on the country people

OUR YESTERDAYS

from The Guardian Files

TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO (March 3. limb

The date of the opening of the Provincial Legislature has been fixed for Tiiesrlay. March 24. This will be the first. session to be open- ed by His Honour Lieutenant Gov- ernor Dalton.

Farmers living across East or North Rivers. who have been in the habit of using the winter bridge to cross to the City, are now look- ing sskuuce at the harbour ice. Although travel by ice is general.

Threat To Potato industry

Frodonictun Gleauleai

We know that Federal Agricult- is pretty busy these days with his wheat stacks. We know that he is a wise old bird-politically-and we would

ure Minister Gardiner

not want to try to catch him with chaff. But we would like to know just iiliat it is that lie and his Parllainrni Hill COII('-'Il1llOS have

ntzaiiisl potatoes from New l'lriins- I I wick and other parts of this dis-

iricl.

Yesterday when Prince Edward Island potato expert warned that tariff-lrce United States imports are threatening to destroy the Can- adian poiato industry, he was mere-

ly reiterating the stand taken many times by New Brunswick potato men: The Canadian industry must be protected against these imports or it will die. Mr. Gardiner and

his team have been confronted with this most serious matter be-

fore. It is still facing them, or

during the summer. This is a thing of the past while the "tourist industry" is a thing of the present and the future.

I am. Sir, efc.,

MRS. A.B.LePAGE Cavendish, P.E.I.

TRIBUTE TO THE LATE DOUGLAS AITKEN

Sir. - I have known the late Douglas Aitken of Fortune Bridge for the past thirty-five years. At. that time he and his good wife, nee Annie Coffin. with a family of nine children. five sons and four daughters, were engaged in mixed farming.

At about that date. if my mem- ory serves me right. I met Douglas Aitken at the Central Farmer's Institute in Charlottetown. Mr. John B. MacFadyen was speaking of starting a PE. Island Potato Growers Association to grow North- ern Certlfied Seed Potatoes for the Southern States of the USA. We did stnrt the above suggested as- sociation in I919 and made our first shipments in 1920. Douglas was one of the first to join and went at it in an intelligent and businesslike manner. He started in growing Irish Cobbler certified seed potatoes. and by careful sel- ection of his seed he developed I true type of that variety. His suc- cess was such, that an expert US. A. buyer said. and it was publish- ed in the press. that Douglas Altken of Fortune. P.E.I. had the best type of Certified lrtsh Cobblers Seed in Canada, if not in North America.

Time went on. His five boys stay- ed with him and worked under his direction. Eventually one of the boys got married. Douglas bought him a vacant farm thus starting another progressive farmer. As eaih succeeding son was married. he too was set up and so on until four of the boys were settled on farms of their own within a short distance from the homestead and the fifth son taking over the old home farm. One of the girls marri- ed a young farmer in the settle- ment. Thus Douglas Aitken had six of his family comfortably settl- ed on farms near by. The remain- ing three girls have also done well in their chosen professions.

We sometimes read of success- ful Islanders abroad. in my hum- ble opinion, Douglas Altken has made a far greater success than many nlhPl'.l. by keepin his fam- ily on the soil of P.E. . Driving through Prince Edward Island.

there is thought to be a able element of risk and several parties have fumed back.

Butter sold in the Market yest- erday at SS cents to an cents; eggs 35 cents: chickens 31.50; fowl 01.35; hay ll cents. straw 15 cents. out: 35 cents to 40 cents: lunlps 26 cents and potatoes 25 cents to 35 cents; beef 10 cents to 18 cuts.

would be facing them if their backs were not turned.

Why are Maritime growers so highly incensed at the treatment they have been getting? Mr. D.A. MacDonald. head of the P. E. I Producers' Cooperative Association says it is unfair to allow United States ricalc-rs in market duty-free pntalncs in Canada while Canad- ians must pay a minimum of 3756 cents a hlindredweight on potatoes exported to the United States on I quota basis. Of course this is.un- fair. The only way Maritime grow- ers can keep Maine producers in hand is to undersell them, and then who has whom in hand?

if the past points up the future. this latest plea for a better deal from Ottawa will fall on indiffer- ent ears. Mr. Gardiner will go on trying to trade his wheat for im- migrants or, to the Russians for amateur hockey players. But what we want is a chance to trade our potatoes for honest dollars on an equal basis with our Maine neigh- bors. as well as a potato divers- ion program with a subsidy paid for potatoes diverted into the man- ufacture of starch and potato flour. if the Uniyed States can do it for its growers. why can't Canada?

The Royal Mint. which has made the British coinage for I. 000 years, is to be rebuilt and en- iarged.

The mint now not only makes coins for Britain but also for Com- monwealth and some foreign coun- tries, including Burma. Jordan, Iraq, Costa Rica, Nicaragua and Guatemala.

in the last century, its output has increased from 25,000,000 coins a year to more than 600,000,000 in 1954. Hence the need for more space.

The cost of rebuilding. which will take some years. is estimated at 52925000 and the work will be done in stages so as not to interrupt production.

The Royal Mint was established near Tower Hill. on the north bank of the River Thames. in 920 A.D. by King Athelstan. For 500 years, from the year 1300, it was actually within the Tower of London.

LACKEI) MONOPOLY

Then. in M10, it was moved a few hundred yards away to the site of a former I-ith-century Cis- tercian Abbey, on the east side of Tower Hill where it still stands.

For years after its establish- ment, fhe Royal Mint. however, did nnt have the monopol of mak- ing the coinage in circulation in this count . Athelsian, 5. d of Alfred t a Great, declared the minling of money a royal pre- rogative, but he was unable in practice to retain this privilege to himself. And up to the time of Edward IV (1461-1483), there were a number of private mints at which merchants, landowners. archbishop: and others produced the money to be used in their on

areas.

During the first five centuries of its existence. the mint coined only one denomination of currency -the silver penny. Then gold coins were minted and the range of coin- age extended from A half a furth- lnl to 15.

Medically Speaking

Silas-unuN.Iuudosn.nl.lI.

ON YOUR FEET ALL DAY? Angleasiugopersouallty is s val- ua asset a salesman or sales- wpmau. But there's another im- portant asset which many of you. women I0?!-your fm. m t 70"!" IWII-Ilfel I Y0" stand all day long. here's some advice I flmk will help. Those of you who are just getting started may find these tips of even more value since your underpinnings probably aren't adjusted to full- time standing duties.

THE RIGHT SHOES

The most important sin g l e thing to remember is to wear the right shoes. Don't wear high heels. If you're going to stand all day your heels shouldn't be more than an inch and a half high.

Now don't wear flimsy loafers or playshoes. Generally. these offer your feet little or no support. Good fitting wedges or oxfords made en- tirely of leather. with flexible soles. probably are best for all day wear-

ing. -

Not only is leather supple. but it has'mlllions of tiny pores to permit air to circulate around our

feet. .

If possible, don't wear the sme salt of shoes two days in a row.

hunge your shoes everyr other day. Or at least change to walk- ing pumps in going to and from work. This helps your feet and gives your working shoes a rest.

ONE POSITION

If you have to stand for long periods in one position, keep your feet at least six inches apart and squarely on the floor. This pro- vides'proper body balance. If you test one foot on a railing or count- er brace, you throw unnatural pre- ssures on your other foot.

Itls usually best to change your position frequently. Take a walk every once in a while even if its only to the other end of the count- er. Believe it or not. walking like this combats leg fatigue more ef- fectively than does leaning against a counter.

QUESTION AND ANSWER

A. K.: Will excessive sweating due to heat that enlarges the pores cause skin damage of I per- manent nature?

Answer: There is no proof that permanent skin damage will re- suit from such a cause.

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PAUSE BEFORE SNOW

All things, now. before the snow, Check themselves and hold so still. Even cold forbears to spill

Out of sky, or light to glow.

Not a leaf, though dry and dead, Falls from any bough; no wind Turn: a cloud; the air is pinned To a softness overhead.

As though everything deferred Breathing, even, in this night

And. feeling lmmlnence of white, Listens for a signal word.

. T -Helen Harrington

To Rebuild The Royal Mint

By Walter Duvls Roulon Agency. London