THE "GUARDIAN,

, N Iornln; Dally (lauded In IIII) . . Altlerlned u tleeonfl Clan Inii, Past Offlee . . Department, Ottawa. -

‘Ike Inland Guardian Pabilshbp 0e. Idltor rsnd lounging Director, J. is. Burnett;

Aseooiote Editor, Innis Walker

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_' '_'The Strongest Memory is Weaker Than ' the Weakest ink.‘

WAILUTTETOWN. TUESDAY, JULY 20, 1948 ' h llecernher Election?

The totally unexpected news of the intended resignation of the Ijlon. John Bracken has laused a sensation in political circles. The rea- on given. that of ill-health, is good and sufficient lor the purpose, though there can be little doubt his break-down has been brought about largely by the heavy burden imposed upon him in his ' capacity of leader of the Opposition in the House as well as of organizer of the Party in the coun- try. It has been an unenviable job; the party throughout the Dominion being considerably divided and dissatisfied due, not so much to the leadership, but to the diverse interests making themselves felt, and refusing to come into line to present a solid front to the Liberals on one side and the C.C.F's on the other. The re- ‘usal of Ontario and Quebec to join with the ITlIEl‘ seven provinces on the freight-rate ques- ‘ion immediately caused a cleavage between larty supporters in Central Canada and those in the Maritimes and in the West. There was no common ground left for the Party on which to do battle. Taxation and economic questions are common to all three parties, and it is very difficult to decide which has been the most ag- gressive in their discussion in Parliament. At all events the Progressive Conservatives did not outshine the others in the presentation of their views.

The question that will now focus attention is who shall succeed to the vacated leadership? There is abundance of material to chose from, but not a great deal of the right calibre - one with both political knowledge and wisdom, and possessed of a power of oratory that will not only make itself heard in Parliament but felt throughout the length and breadth of the country.

' The Party at last convention made a mistake ln altering its name from Liberal-Conservative to Progressive Conserative. This was done to please Mr. Bracken who was leader of the Pro- gressives in Manitoba, and was desirous to have them absorbed in the Party of which he was to become leader. But the change was not liked, and has merely been tolerated by those'who believed in the great inherited Party designator honoured and cherished by generations since Confederation. , “‘

The Party under its new regime, having got eff on the wrong foot has never since been able to get back into step. lt may be that with a revised policy a new and inspired leader, the cchfidence of the electorate will be restored not only in the seven dissenting provinces, but, also in Ontario and Quebec.

An extraordinary situation has now arisen which mdy precipitate a general election earlier than anticipated. The Liberals will have their leader chosen, and Prime Minister King away In Europe before the Conservative convention is held in October. lt is not at all unlikely, indeed from what are known of Mr. King's methods, very probable, when he returns with all the glory and kudos of his London and Continental visit as a halo, he will dissolve Parliament and call an election for December or January. By that time the result of the U. S. Presidential elec- tion will be known, the Conservative Party will have a new leader practically unknown in the country, and it would thus be a comparatively easy matter for the Liberals, with Mr. King still lln Parliament though no longer nominal leader, to go to the country for a new mandate.

Late Potato Blight

All our farmers are concerned about the problem of late blight of potatoes and its control, which is the subject of an authoritative bulletin just issued by the Dominion Department of Agri- culture. The author is Mr. L. C. Callbeck, of the Dominion Laboratory of Plant Pathology, Charlottetown, whose researches in this field have been of much value.

Late blight, Mr. Callbeck points out, is the most widely distributed disease affecting the potato, and, when conditions are favorable for its development, the most destructive. Explorers brought the potato from South America to Europe in the 16th century, where, in time, it become the staple food of the common people; but nearly 200 years passed before the late blight disease was recorded. lt is thought the malady was introduced at a later period, probably about 1830, on potatoes brought in from Mexico. The disease, once established, made rapid progress. ln I845, and again in 1846, when climatic con- Hitions favourable to the development and spread cf the dis'ease prevailed, the potato crops in Ire- land were lost and a great famine visited the people. Ireland's economy was so undermined by this calamity that great masses of the people were forced to migrate to North America in the hope that there a haven from the dreaded pestil- ence would be found. However, any hope of re- spite soon passed away when it was learned that the disease already‘ had established itself in the new land. So, down through the years potato late blight has taken its toll. Today it remains the most destructive parasitic disease affecting potatoes wherever they are extensively grown, al- though it is limited in the different countries by‘ climatic conditions. However, there are some dis- tricts where late blight is more prevalent than in others. With the development of modern and ef- ficient methods of combating the disease, it ehould no longer be a limiting factor in potato production, for assured losses from late blight can be prevented. Mr. albeelds pamphlet should

Illr. lraokerfs Retirement

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News that Hon. John Bracken, leader of the Progressive Conservative Party and Opposition leader in the House of Commons, has been forced to tender his resignation owing to ill health will occasin very general regrefthrough- out Canada. Mr. Bracken has had his critics, even in the ranks of his own party', but it is safe to say that no man stands in higher public esteem for his sincerity and conscientiousness.

On the occasion of his last visit to Charlotte- town in August, 1947, Mr. Bracken repeated the assurances he had given in a previous election campaign to the effect that he was IQO per cent behind our transportation grievances. Other leaders have said this in general terms, but Mr. Bracken was specific. He went on record as in- darsing our claim that the Borden~Tormentine water route should be, in effect, a national high- way and that the increase in cost of moving farm products and other essential freight, by truck or rail, over the normal cost for the equival- ent mileage on land should be borne by the Do- minion Govern-ment. Also he advocated the pro- vision, without delay, of an additional car ferry for the summer traffic and a marine slip at Charlottetown for the repair of our ferry steamers. _

Mr. Bracken enjoyed a national ‘reputation long before he became associated with Federal politics. A farmer president of Manitoba Agri- cultural College, he held the Premiership of Manitoba for twenty-one years and proved him- self an able and far-sighted administrator. He resigned after he was chosen as national leader of the Prgressive Conservative Pgrty at the Win- nipeg convention in December, 1942. A member of the House of Commons since 1945, leader of His Majesty's Loyal Opposition, Mr. Bracken has taken an outstanding place in the affairs of Parliament, and his utterances have stamped him as a man of deep patriotism and broad vision.

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The Governor-General in residence. ‘ U i ‘I C 7 Cattle breeders exhibiting at the Exhibition must have their sack officially blood-tested. W i i

Annual meeting of the Queen's County Pro- gressive Conservative Association tonight.

i‘ i i i Horse stealing in Summerside has the sound of the old West rather than merely "up

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A phase of Canadiana which is now past is the harvest excursion to move the wheat crap. Perhaps a writer will be found to tell the story

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The great majority of drivers either do not know the simple signals for turning and stop- ping or they don't care. A pamphlet outlining the rules for driving both in the City and through the Province generally might bring about some

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Andrew Long, Scottish Iitterateur and scholar, died this date 1912; was a dairhy poet, admiring and practising Old French forms; wrote a full History of Scotland; with Butcher, translat- ed the Odyssey, with Leaf and Myers, the Iliad; an authority on folk-lore and fairy stories. One of the most accomplished and versatile men of letters of his day: "'Words fornnusic’ are al- most invariably trash now, though the words ‘of Elizabethan songs are better than any music."

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The Prince Edward Island TB League is well in advance of any like program being carried out in other Provinces. While a report states that New Brunswick has the "first of its kind" in a self-contained X-ray unit to launch a full-out anti-tuberculosis survey there, it is interesting to note that the TB League of this Province is every bit as well equipped and has been since I945. The League here is now concluding its second complete Province-wide survey.

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Agreement has been reached in London for the sale of New ZeaIand's exportable surplus of butter and cheese for the next seven years at enhanced prices, it is officially announced. Britain will take 97 per cent of the expartable surplus from the 1948-49 season calculated on a butterfat basis with the quantity subject to review annually and "any ‘time if necessary for

other countries." It is understood the New Zealand Government has retained the right to sell butter direct to the United States in the event dollars are not available in Landon to purchase agricultural machinery obtainable in Britain or other sterling areas.

There is o report current in connection with the new Federal health subsidy, the Provincial

movement and make it the basis for a Provin- cial hospitalization and health ‘resource scheme. If so Premier Jones will be following, more or less, the example of the most western province. British Columbia's new compulsory hospital in- surance, which goes into effect next January, offers benefits not included in most such plans. The scheme, as outlined by Health Minister Geosge Pearson, waives thg customary waiting period for maternity cases, and also provides care for illness existing before the plan comes into effect. Coverage of dependents is the out- standing feature. This includes, besides wife dnd children, other relations financially dependent on the head of the family, regardless of whether they live under the same roof. Compulsory registra- tion for the insurance starts In August, and pre- mium collections in October. Premium rates ore as follows: Single, self-supporting poisons, $15 per year; heads of families with one de-

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pendent, $24; heads of families with more than one dependent, $.10.

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THE GUARDIAN.

CHARLUTTETOYN

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The United Slates 9s one leiilnl who isn't asking her londlbrd for improvements. Rather she ls mar.- ing the most of the remalrung 91 ‘years 1n her long term lease and turning the air force base st. flab man. Newfoundland, Into a modern permanent. part of the continent's eastern alr defences. Gleaming white modernlsblc buildings wul soon completely replace wartime structures of tar paper. —Monctcn Times.

Land devoted to food production 1m Britain has increased by nearly 500.000 acres since last year. The Minister of Agriculture, Mr, W11. llams. said that next; year's able:- tlve ls to have just aver 10.250000 acres under tillage; 2.340000 will be cultivated for wheat with just. over 1.000.000 for potatoes. 392.000 acres will be under sugar beet and 200.000 under linseed. Mr. Williams also envisaged a b1g increase 111 livestock production. During the past twelve months the number of breeding sows has grown by 60 p. c. and the number of poultry un- der one year old by 05 per cent. Al- together there are‘ at. least 10,000.- 000 more hens 1n Britain now than there were n year ago. —UK 1n. formation Office.

Perhaps foo much success‘ In youth 1s not altogether to be en- vied. If the good things of llfc come easy there ls little satisfac- tion 1n getting them. There ls greater enjoyment in them 1t they are the result of some struggze

Professional and financial success mean. especially to young people. 1n the entertainment world. a whLl cf pleasure and excitement, Carole Lendis seemed to be always reach- ing out for new avenues of pleas- ure. Four husbands during her short life lndlca-te the frustration of her hopes and the emptiness of her way of living. It may be a mis- fortune to be a "glamor girl," mm-

tng 1n n glamorous environment.

There 1s more happiness 1n being content. wlth what. we have-than

1n striving for something more.— St. Thomas Times-Journal.

An expert attached to the staff of the Central Experimental Fanr. at. Ottawa has been giving the re- sults of a survey of Canadian Mc- Intosh apples conducted hy "taste panel" composed of six employees of the Department of Agriculture. It. gives the Mclntoshes grown- 1r. Norbhmnberlund and Durham coun- ties. Ottawa, first. place for taste. Those grown 1n the Annapolis Val~ ley of Nova Scotla stand second- followed 1n the order named 0y the Okzmagan Valley of British Columbia. the Saint. John Valley of New Brunswick and. down at the very bottom of the 11st, the Si. Lawrence River Valley of Ontario May we humbly suggest that and Ottawa. "taste panel" have another taste? The McIntosh apple origin- nted in the upper s1. Lawrence River‘ Valley. -Brackvll1e Record er and Times. ’ llrlore babies were born In Eng" Iandand Wales last year than 1r. any year since 1921. The lnfan‘. mortality rate was two per 1,001 below the previous lowest. figure recorded in 1946. The United Kang- dom Information Office repone that. the blrthrnte for 1947 was 20.5 per 1-000. representing an increase of 1.4 over the figure for the prev- ious year. The infant mortality rut/e was forty-one per 1,000 related uve births and the proportion of al.111- birlhs to total births was 3.2 below the previous lowest figure record- ed 1n 19-16. The effective repro- duction rate is provisionally 11:.- sessed at. 1.2. ’I“hls 1s estimated 1.0 be twenty-one per cent. In excess of that. required merely to maintain population and is the highest rate recorded since 1920. In the final quarter nf last year. registered births exceeded deaths hy-well over 73.000. - Kitchener-Waterloo ‘Roo- ord.

As on the North American con- tinent heart disease 1s also the Na, 1 killer 1n France. At. least that. ls what. the recently released figures for the year 1940 show. in this first post-war government sur- vey of health. 1t. ls also revealed that. alcoholism. which reached its peak 1n the jittery depression year of 1903, hardly ratesrat all today .15 a cause of death. The survey also showed that. the death rate per 10.000 inhabitants 1n France we. on a sharp decline since occupa- tion. For example 1n 193B. before the war. 155 people died yearly per 10.050 persons. Thnt. rcse to 11:3 1n 1042. s hitter year under the Ger- man occupation. but now has settl- ed (for the year 1946) to 134. e proof that health conditions in France are improving. Cancer and tuberculosis. two of the world's potent killers were on o slight. de- cline over the occupation years. — Moncton Times.

Golfer: mny not realise, the hot. but they have just; had a narrow escape. A decision was barely svelt- ed 1n the British court of King's bench which would have split the sport to its foundation. The case was that. of one Hibbert. or Herbert who wandered on to a Yor hire golf course and started nick up lost golf balls. He had co cted eight. when he was nabbed. Brought before the local magis- trates. he we! convicted of theft- snd fined one pound, But. he ep- pealed to the court. of- King's beach end there. surprisingly. he found mt. least one sympathetic eer. Bald one of the Judges-obviously no golfer -"If_I picked up l golf bell while walking across e common end put. 1f. in my pocket, I should not. think I wee guilty of ieroency." Fortunstelyl his lordshlph col» leagues eventuelly overruled him. end the majority of the court held thst. enyane picking up e lost golf bell end keeping ft was grulty of theft. lo 111mm conviction was

Sir John A. With Snakes And Togo 4-

(A. s. 1h the Ottawa Journal.) CHARLUITETOWN. Here. where delegates cf five pra- vlnces met. 84 yegirs ago to discus: union. 1s surely the most incredible muse plaque ever molded 1n Cun-

When prowling about this beau-

tracks and churches. I entered the Confederation chamber where this unique tablet. adorns the wall. and stopped spellbound. To believe 1t you really have to see 1t. The plaque 1s a political cartoon-cert cature ln bronze bee-relief.

The tablet ls a five-man show, the players being Sir John A. Mec- donald for Ontario; Sir George Cartier for Quebec; Sir Ieonard Tllley for New Brunswick; Col. John Hamilton Gray of Prince Ed- ward Island and Sir Charles Tup- per for Nova Scotia.

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Four of the Confederation fath- ers are garbed 1n a nee-classical get-up mid-way between the Roman toga and the sleeveless abbreviat- ed Greck smock. Bareheaded. baro- armed and bare-necked. Slr John A. looks almost naked minus ms typical high collar and Ascot. Lie. and just. a little bit. sheeplsh about the locomotive. sheaf a1 wheat. and scythe over which he seems to be 1n some dqnger of stumbling.

To his scantily-covered breasr. Cenadak first. Prime Minister clutches a large winged staff about which are entwined two serpents— badge of‘ Hermes. Mercury and Moses-not to mention the Roya. Canadian Army Medical Corps. This. for some reason. represenus Canada's ideal of unlty - but Charlottetown authorities don't say where the snakes come from.

Sir John faces lrresolutely In the direction of Sir George Cur- tler-"who 1s 1n even fznlcier fancy dress. By his side, Sir Georgi: ivears the sword of justice and holds an ancient torch 1n hm 121a hand. Unlike Sir John. hls head lo covered — and covered with a plumed helmet. like that of a Ro- man centurion.

Looking tired and bored. Sir Leonard 'I‘1lley stands 1n the centre a1 the group holding a bcroll bear- ing the word “Dominlonf

Sir Leonard's head 1s surmount.- ed with either a. wreath of laurel or a small crown — the Kenl-lemfln on duty at. the Leglslatlvre Bulld- ings at the time couldn't. swear which hut was inclined to favor the launfi.

Col. Gray of Prince Edward ls- land comes fourth and also bears .1 symbol of Canadian unity. In n_1s case 1f.‘ ls the fasces of Mussollnfls Italy or of the llctars of Augustus Caesar. It. looks rather odd to see a Canadian statesman holding We hound faggats and axe-blade of Benltofis legions. but. 25 Years 8B0 th".s apparently was all right. h! too has a headgear which 1s like the helmets of the Italian rag-airm-

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A herald with a horn as long as Gabriel's trumpet and arrayed In a combination of ancient. and mc- dieval trappings blows from the right. of the plaque-

Only person remotely approach- lng a Canadian in appearance 15 Si: Charles Tapper. No WEB "Y plumed hut. for hlm. With e PM- axe at. his left, Sir Charles ls at.» tired only 1n shorts. held up bi’ l single diagonal brace. On his feet are 15th. century shoes lllced b? crossed thongs of the buskln type reaching up to the knee. Near hi! right toe 1s a large-headed flsh.

The guide-book says the lifeli- Nova scouhn ls oolntlns 1g the legend "Unity 1s Srtrenzlh- 31" this reporter knows better, He! hailing the waterboyl

Christianity And Communism

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A strong statement on the prob- lem of Christianity and Commun- ism has been made bi’ RBV- “- c- bockhext. minister of KIHBSWBI" Lambtan United Church 1n Tor- onto. 1n an address delivered before the Board of Evangelism and Soc- lal Service of the United Church of Canada. This address 1s prlntea In the report of the Board far 10-18.

"m. backhart believes that, 11 tticro 1s a danzflr 01 8 "HMS! CH‘ sade against Communism 1.11019 Ls also the danger of a sentimen- tal liberalism which ma? "llnllm" the seriousness of the cleaves! 01‘ obscure the division. For the d1ffe:- ences between Chrhstlanlt? 51"‘ Communism are such that. no s)!" thesis can ever remove them.

The delbsian o! the sentimental liberalism ls that there sre. sfwr an “good things" lfi Cltfflmllfil-iffl that ought to be reooflllltd 3'“ praised. if not actually lmltateu. Indeed. the existence of these 8°05 things 1n the Communist. 815W" offers hope that. some not of syll- thesle may be worked out. to the good both of Western Democracy and the Soviet Union. '