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THE GUARDIAN

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cu.-intern-:1'ows THURSDAY. nov. 9. mo

The Royal carpet

It is to be hoped that as many as pos- sible of our citizens will take advantage of the unique opportunity of seeing the Royal

1 Carpet, worked by Her Majesty Queen I Mary as her personal contribution to Bri- tainls war effort, which is being shown in the Confederation Chamber today and to- morrow.

The Imperial Order Daughters of the Empire offered to the British Carpet Com- mittee to establish a fund open to the govt- eral public to raise as much money as pos- sible, with a minimum objective of 5100.- 000 with which to purchase the carpet for Canada. The public display of rho carpet at the Canadian National Exhibition mark- ed the inauguration of a Doniinion-wide campaign by the I. 0. D. E. All net pro- seeds of the displays and Collections will go to the fund. and eventually the much travelled carpet will be presented to the National Gallery, Ottawa. as the Elf! 05

I the Canadian people.

Charlottetown is singularly honoured in being the only city of less than 25,000 where the carpet will be exhibited. A description of its workmanship has already appeared in the press, but we are inform- ; ed that no description can do justice to its extraordinarily beautiful colouring and de- sign.

While an admission fee is being charged to view the carpet, an exception is being made in the case of school children. As

, their visit would be in the nature of an

' educational tour and help promote patriotic interest, school chlldreniin class groups and accompanied by their teacher will be ad- mitted free.

The Great Adventure

A country without history makes no progress and one in which different groups concentrate on their own particular inter- pretation of history inevitably lacks unity. Dr. Donalda Dickie in her illustrated chil- dren's history of Canada, "The Great .Ad- venture", a Dent publication, has put Cana- dians and Canadian schoolchildren deeply in her debt.

This is a history which has nothing less than the sweep of an epic drama. Yet it is written for children of grades six and seven. It holds the interest of the youthful reader while accurately recounting the re- sults of painstaking historical research.

"The Great Adventure" has a bias, of course. It is concerned with social and economic aspects of Canada's story rather than political or military. These, how- ever, do not suffer by the treatment, but show in their natural setting, not emphas- ized but comprehensible.

Donalda Dickie's history will never find a place on the reference shelf, despite the index thoughtfully provided by the publish- ers. but it will introduce history to a for- tunate generation in a way which will make them want to come back for more.

The one Exception

A strong additional argument for the consideration our potato growers . are asking for at Ottawa is furnished by fig- ures published in the Ottawa issue of The Economic Annalist. a publication of the . Federal Department of Agriculture. The figures deal with thc share which the farmer gets of the ultimate retell selling price of nine selected agricultural com- modlties. They cover every year from 1935 to 1949 and with only one exception they show that the farmer's share of the consumer's dollar was greater in 1949 than it was in 1935.

The one exception is in the potato cate- gory. In 1935, the farmer's share of the retail price; was 50.8 per cent. It is now slightly lower at 49.4 per cent.

In all the other commodities selected, there has been an increase in favor .of the farmer. In some cases, eggs for Instance, the increase has not been great;' the farmer's share in 1949 was 73.8 per cent as against 70.9 per cent in 193') But In most cases, the increase has been substan- tial. Here is the rest of the list. with the 1935 percentage in brackets followed by the" 1949 percentage:

Fluid milk. (33.1) 54.5; creamer-y but-

her, (58.2) 76.4; cheese,, plain Procesl. (11.6) 33.6; commercial llua'lt)' beef. .. - .-mm: floor, (316) 55.0;

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in-..5,;r12.q), 17.9; canned tcmatoer, ' 53 1' V I . ' L S ., .99? ".'”e””.'"3' critter is getting I fair

share of the retail price of his product, they certainly show that with the excep- tion of potatoes his share is much better than it was 15 years ago.

EDITORIAL NOTES Lest we forget-wear a poppy. O I 0

He kept his people at peace. Today King Gustav of Sweden is laid to rest. I O I Something wrong somewhere in our ad- ministration make-up when shipping is un- available to carry our potatoes to market. I O O This is a red letter day for neglected children. A Provincial Children's Aid So- ciety to be formed this evening should pre- vent much needless suffering and neglect. O O I O The communist Hungarian government is turning out a new cigarette brand, "Pearce." Presumably the patent rights of the pipe industry have expired. 0 I I If Tupper, instead of Howe, had been Nova Scotia's Premier at the time of Con- federation, the Maritimes today would probably have been the brightest gem in .Confedc-rationls crown. I O The R. C. M. P. plan to expand their numbers to a new authorized strength of 3.300. The red coats are keeping pace with this country's growth, or perhaps are in the van.

The attempted assassination of Pres- ident Truman has reacted in his favour with the electorate. According to present. reports he stands well in the returns which will carry his administration safely for an- other session or two. 0

Colonel Fred Andrew more than de- served the Grand Championship he won with his Ayrshire bull at Amherst, for he was made to suffer seriously in preparing him for shipment. The championship will be to some extent, balm for his wounds. 0 O C An Edinburgh Scotsman, J. Gibson Kerr, has just returned from Texas with a fat order in his pocket. He sold wealthy Texans 1.000 Shetland ponies at S150 apiece. The diminutive ”hayburnersj' are intended as pets for the rancher-s' children. I

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The ideal city of the planners is large enough for a full variety of business and recreation, yet not so large that you couldn't get home for lunch every day. From that definition it would seem easy for Maritime cities, and especially Char- lottetown, to qualify.

The Navy League is filling "ditty bags" for sailors. Suggested contents include poc- ket novels, writing paper, pencil, cards, razor blades, lighter flints, shaving cream, tooth paste, tooth brush, face cloth, shoe polish and laces, hard candy, gum ai.-d housewives. The latter, be it known, be- ing merely mending kits.

Premier Jones is first, foremost and all the time a livestock man. He has made a success of this policy both as regards foxes and cattle, not to mention horses in which his daughter has played a prominent part. Livestock production and rearing provide much natural fertilization, whereas potato cultivation on a large scale brings about depletion.

Arthur Neville Chamberlain, M P., Brit.- ish statesman, second son of Joseph Chain- berlain, died this date 1940. Ta.-.-iined in municipal politics, he was for long Lord Mayor of Birmingham. Later entering parliament representing Ladywood division, he soon attained a prominent place in the cabinet, but he was fooled by Hitler when he went to confer with him with a view to preventing war. Hitler took advantage of the consequent pacifist hysteria in Britain and the Commonwealth to complete his plans for a World War to wipe out Britain and so become master of Europe and mis- tressiof the seas. He failed, but it cost the world dearly.

Are jurymen underpaid? Jurymen on duty at the autumn term of Quebec Crim- inal Assizes presented Judge Valmore Bienvenue with a petition for increase in their indemnity rates. Judge Bienvenue. presiding at the court term, said he agreed in general with the jurors' request and would pass it on to the Quebec Attorney- General's Department which fixes the rates. The petition was presented by Benoit Pi- card, a blacksmith, on behalf of a panel of 56 men from which 12-man juries are chosgn for the varlousautumn trials. Pl- card said that in view of high living costs men called for jury duty frequently are out of pocket as a result of their service. Their rates of pay fixed 10 years ago. are f5 I day plus travel costs, 75 cents for break-

fut, S1 for lunch ,9I'..aupper and s2 daily for sleeping quarters.

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SLAVERY DAYS

"The total number of Ncgrul slavcs broug-lit in-to Nora Scotla. New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island from the revolted American - colonies previous to the summer of 1784 may be estimated with! some approach to certainty. Un- der instructions from Sir Guyf Carleton. Coloncl' Morse. coin-l manding Royal Engineer. made a tour of the Provincial settlements? in the autumn of 1783 and earlyi part of the summer of 1734. and' to his report appended a irelurn of the disbanded troops and Loyal- , isls settled in Nova Scotia'. for inc purpose of ascertaining the num- ber entitled to the iRoyal Bounty of Provisions'. In the column al- lotted to 'servants' are. Dart-i mouth. 41: County Harbour. 41:1 Chcdabucto. til: Island St. John.I now Prince Edward Island, 26:! Antigonish, 18; Cumberland. ctc..' 21; Partridge Island. now Parn- boro, 69; Cornwallis and Horton. 38; Newport and Kennetcook. 22; Windsor. 21; Annapolis Royal, ctc.. 230; Digby. l52; St. Mary's Bay. 13: River St. John. 441: a total number inclusive of some small figures not quoted. of twelve hun- ' dred and thirty-two persons, to nearly all of whom must have be- longed the appellation of tslavcs'.

"Of twenty-two 'servants' on the 'provision' roll of the disbanded of- ficers and Loyalists isc-titling or about to settle' in ,June. 1784. in Prince Edward Island. six were in a separate column for 'w-hit.es': it may therefore be in-ferred that the others were colored tservants for life'. Nearly all the latter were in the service of officers of the disbanded First Battalion of the King's Rangers. and were thus dis- tributed: tsamucl Hayden, captain, three; Edward lilainwaring. cap- tain. gthree; John Throckmorton. captain. two: Peter Anderson. en-: sign, two; Joseph Beers ensign, two; Alex Smith adjutant, two;' Lewis Davis. surgeon, one.' Two. servants are also enumerated with? George Burnes, captain in thel Royal Fencible American Regi- merit.

"The number of American Loy- alists who found homes in the Island in succeeding months was. not large, and few of them were.l as far as can be learned. owners of slaves. A part of the proprie- tors among whom hhe fertile landsi of the Island had been so lavish- ly divided were ready to give up a portion of their large grants to the disinherited strangers. but the loss of some of the Governor's despatchcs pfevcnted the fact. from becoming widely known. A few months later an agent was sent to. the Loyalists in Nova Scotia with offers from the Governor and proprietors to induce them to re- move to the Island colony.

"At Shelburne the agent. found a number of decent. steady people.-,1 mostly farmers.' disappointed inl the Quality of the land on which they had been located. and glad! to make is fresh vcnturc. With a' party of sixty of these. Loyalists and others. including John Brecken. Geflrie Maby. John Cliambers,l Nathanael Stephen. and Willlani wl'l8ht. who arrived at Charlotte- town from Shelburne on July 28, 1734- 0'1 l-h91I' way to Bedcque.' came no slaves; whether any band. men were on board the several vessels reported in the September following by Mr. Stewart. the agent to muster the disbanded sol- diers and Loyalisls. to be on the Willy from Shelburne. is uncertain.

Somewhat later. several Loyal. Ls: families, arriving from other Polntl. brought colored 'aervInts' with them to the Island. Among these femlllea was that of Colonel JOSGDII Robinson, whose descend. ants have held a prominent. place in publil: Iffnlrs. In consequence of his activity in raising I troop at cavalry in North Carolina Ind in 091" Win promoting no,-.1 in. ltlercsts. Colonel Robinson's dwel-

HB had been burned by the re- bel-!. Ind his-family obliled to flee for their lives. and afterwards 080399 with him in a vessel bound either to Florida or one of the West Indie Islands.

"0! the several Ilav i north with them first let: iiigonglagliif borhood of St. John. N.B., ma somewhat inter to Little York. P. 5- 1-. where the Ilevee occupied) little cabin: on the corner of thdr. tnuiei-'r ferm. one, known u Slncllo. or 'SIni.-ho CImpbell'.' hed rendered the-sfemtly special" uflllcc by uvlng Mrs. Ind her children from

the IhIi-lu through the upsetting of

in which they were being lended at their um place of refuge. This l

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which thrutened their destruction gmmh DD" nlnnm on -1-... the bout 5;."

ABSOLUTION

The anguish of the earth aubsolves

our eyes

Tlll beauty shines in all that we

' can see.

War is our scourge; yet war has made us wise.

And, fighting for our freedom. we are free.

Horror of wounds and anger at hef . i

And loss of things those must pass.

We are the happy legion. for we know

Time's but a golden wind that shakes the grass.

There was an hour when we were loth to part

desired; all

From life we longed to share no lrss than others. Now. having claimed his heritage

of heart. What need we more. my comrades and my brothers?

-Siegfried Sassoon.

Canada And The Underdeveloped Areas

Three out of every five persons in the world today have an aver- age income of only 340 A year. ac- cording to an article in the cur- rent issue of The Canadian Bank of Commerce Monthly Commercial Lcttcr. Less than a quarter of these can read and write. few have more than just enough food to keep them alive. And on the Iv- erage. they won't live past. thirty.

Canada. as a member of the Un- ited Nations, is pledged to pro- -mote "higher standards of living. -.full employment. and conditions of economic and social progress and development.” This country -has already contributed technical -assistance to this end in the per- -sons of high-ranking Government officials, includ g the Deputy Minister of Mine and Resources. -who has gone to Lake ” as Director General of the United Nations Technical Assistance Ad- -ministra-tion.