THE GUARDIAN.

CHARLOTTETOWN

MARCH 29. 1954

PAGE FOUR g T H E G U A R D 1 A N ”?""'l W 187?” "fl 188"” W W The Time Is Short "'."-"'--'-'---- this news Just as incredibly exciting as the, . Notes B The Wa I ----------w --------P '-l , ti , -d" d th t - . Authorised as Second (fleas Mail Post Office panpane e ei Rio" la 10 an E a Om y. X 4 Department. Ottawa. l b0mb- The Tlwmsvn C0- '44- The late l-ion. W. R. Motberwell, who A, ""4, ,1" MT; sum whhue ml Editor and Manager. Ian a. mu-hen. was successively and for many years the time when dad will wish he had sat home in. that rockinamgiiiiyl Associate Editor. Frank Walker. lMiniSter of Agriculture of Saskatchewan ;;:il::lne:hveVs;relens lizn tn: fall. - are yet she is the one QVQry- - a roo eco . - ' NRC”-ATION land of the Dominion, used to recall that r ladley. :m:gr8i'nn;pF;;m;.,::un:. ”””'-f

ml like the dew"

"(Elven Prince Etlwnrrl lsln

"The strongest memory is weaker than the weakest ink"

- when he arrived at Fort Qu'Appc.'lle, Sask-

iatchewan. along about 1882, it was com-

All this talk sbout the ploneen building so well overlooks the fact that they didn't provide for parking space. Moose Jaw

Never tell the young follow that dozens have tried what they an trying. because they know um

CW--- .-. .......- Av mom-V believed that "0 Mme man could. 1-imsa.xem1.5 1 Hh Cll'IiRii0TTl-ITOil-N MONDMV MAR. 29- '9” isurvive the winter on the 0 en rairie un-' ' n M 1 cm "5 " um" ” H"-V . I p P V ' are. Welland Port Colborne "mo .less be built his sod shack in :1 valley olj w'”'""' """' h.'”" ”” ""” 'mb"m'- war on Malarh lin heavv bush Farmin w '"t" t d t i locomotive to be equipped with ' "PT

ppp I , . . g as li..s lice 0 i A "U ha" -mm" "k k

As far back as more are any records cattle and the fondest hopes were for al lw. were Wemumy Imn 325.000 being experienced by the Stratford

. th I . -d bl foes growing season which would permit the, which we applied toward wmini sh"k"p""'" mm” wmmm” malaria has bccn onc of c Olml a e " - p V . . D” the 1' H) i b In The Southern ontam town expects of Far Eastcrn peoples. The Island of For-ihallestmll Of 0315 and baI19.V- lVh9i1i. PM! Court "M: ”P'""' " ” to receive more than 100.000 visi- i .- f th Chineqeltrcpt in a very limited acreagc. was thought) 1,. gpifg of the i,..,.d,c,.p .,.., t0" "ll! -””0”- Wm! Dame-S com-

mosa, now thc sole. riom.-im o e . i - p . I h . ' ,d d - 1",, 1-mm M far away as WHIP anti-Communists, has suffered more from l0 he Wt of me qu95"0”" M051 "I the mm: gpmnswfggo 0.!-n.evh:r.r.i: ;.,n.,",' Jenn. ”Vvi.ii"iii3 """””' D' C' Th” m'””31 5”" ' I ' case is an indication that a broad

the disease than any other Pacific area. More than one-tenth of lhc 10131 P0PUi3e

lsettlers only survived because they were able to make money hauling military sup-i

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Z?LLRRE5P0tl0EW

wears 150.000 passengers, 20,000 sums, and

Dunning on the run we have for

transported upwards of

market exists for artistic work of high quality. - Ottawa Citizen.

. . . , , - -t plies in the second Riel rebellion. When3 7.000 tuck. h , .1

mm or N.) mlHmn- has him. a”h.dte: bfifl.-ltlihe late Sir liugh John Macdonald. then a! would rhav: c::rCied.sI”:r'ri noii'lIi- L 0 ?""d):”' 3'" h" b”'' chm"

at any givcn pPlllO(i. KIN, fill 9 13 c , ' dcnl. nileasi 5070 more passengers D pay ''9 female lelcl role at member of the House of Commons, said. land autos. and I believe 3009'. the Stmbford Shnkespeman festi-

time. there is hope that it willeventtially

more trucks. if we had been per-

vsl this year. Remarkable though

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he WIDPCI Oiif OF. at 3115' 1'at9v i-nought uniim he1.8.Ost at the day iiould Come.iih.Vn.l minted to provide the accommo- ll mly 59933 Wu 8111 WEI du-

d p V Tmabl? mmml jthe prairies would support a population oil datlon. covered on the London stage Thu

9' was ' - I '1.000.000 people, the House laughed. l W? M" Sim" ""1 19-" W!" l" ”””""" t” ""9 ”C"- lm'0”lm- Led by A yotmz A"lm("'l'l P”””""”'. 520,000 each year in pint... ms ately, that all too often it Can-

Eist. Dr. Don Plctsch from the ijniversityi

of Minnesota, .1 train of scientists from the Worm Hmm. (yrgmuzaiiriii is at work in

The main reason why all these dismal lprejudices were confounded, says the Free iPress, is that experimental farms. illustra- ltion stations. the ccrealists like the Saun-

Charlotte! own on

spite of the criticisms nf the Hon. Mr. Clarke and the Hon. Mr. Mac- Donald. we have been congratulat- ed each year by the officers of the Steamship Inspection

adlan artist must go elsewhere to obtain due recognition. It is to be hoped. however, that the growth in popularity of the legitimate theatre in Canada will eventually correct this condition. And the.

overhaul. and in

Department

- . A. p ,-;,.-m.- the houscs with DDT.' H Pmmmi iii ” I tiers-father and son-.proved the prairies ,,.. 1,1, condition ,,,,,, upkeep 0,

Stratford Festival is very import.

Already the (lwcllings of 30 thousand resi- dents in one province have been treated, and 650 tons of the mixture have been set aside for use this ycar. Thus far. accord- ing in n-ports. the ninlnria rate has fal-p lcn more than lG';.

As was to be expected, there have been obstacles as well as encouraging features if! the way of the program. Curiously enough. one of the obstacles was related to clean-I liness. It sccms that during the Japanescl occupation the Formosians were persuaded to clean thcir houses thoroughly twice A Vpar; a practicc which some of them have insisted on followiIlL' 3”” W9 5D1'3.V had been put on the walls which, of course. had the effect of nullifying the treatment. That little difficulty has now been over- mmp, the ifnrniosiatis having been made to ,,,.de..stami that more are circumstances '.n which cleanliness can be overdone. One by one the old microbial foes of mankind are wing m-on-nnie by the advance of science and bv thc conviction which. W59”? War-3 and rumours of wars. is being SU'9UElh9”' ed all the time, that peoples of East and West are members one of another.

The Economic Weapon

It is generally recognized that Com- munism must be combated simultaneously on the economic, social and preparedness fronts. though the emphasis is likely to vary from time to time. and there will not always be agreement as to which aspect should have priority at any particular time. At present. thc emphasis appears to have Vccrcd slightly toward the economic front. Mr. l.. B. Pearson, Secretary of. State for Ilxtcrnal Affairs, speaking ln,i June. lll3.'l, had the following to say in this connection:

"We know that military force, or the threat of it. is only one of the weapons in the armoury of those who seek to achieve world dtmiination. Tlicrc arc other weapons, less obvious but no less powerful. which will be cmployccl in the hope of dividing us.

”One of these is the economic weapon. We must soc in it that disunily arising out of ext-cssivc ccnnomic. nationalism does not do thc job that military force has so far hccn unablc to do. . . . Tlicre would be no surcr way to rlismcmbcr our coalition than in p0I"i1lll tlic flow and volumc of trade be-

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twccn lhc frcc nations to start on a down-l

ward spiral with countries again resorting

to cxtrcmc rcstrictivc mcasurcs against each nibcr. Thc success of the free worldp in mix-int; its ct--mmnic problcnis may. in

fact. hc of tic:-lsivv imporlnncc in the struc- glc against Sovicl impcrialisin." V

' Cnmnwniinr; on thc above sialcmcnt. the (Tnnnrlinn Bank of (Tnmmcrcc News Lel- tcr acids that while there is no singlc moans hy which pcacc and security may be rcachcrl. tbc instruments appear to be at hand in thc Unitcrl Nations, the North Al- lnntic Treaty Organization, the General Agrccmcnl on Tariffc and Trade, and our association in lhc Commonwealth of Na- tions. which in so many respects can act as bridge hctwccn East and West. But whatever the shifts in emphasis or what- ever the means chosen. a successful foreign policy must have as its base a solid core of Integrity. of honest intention, and of de- pendability in the carrying out of the course embarked upon.

Pralrle Research Progress

There will be interest in the announce- ment that the Federal Government will open an "illustration" agricultural station In the clay bclt which has been discovered on the Hudson Bay railway between Thicket Portage and Wabowden. This area, says the Winnipeg Free Press. is in the same latitude as the Peace River area in

to be one of the great food producing areasi

of the world. They did so by develop-i

ing new wheats and other grains which would ripen in our growing season. Tliey did so by evolving grains which would

baffle insects like the saw fly and killers like rust. To look at the small plots of ground here in the West and at the Experi- mental Farm at Ottawa where these great

deeds were accomplished one would never,

suspect their importance. And so it mav be with the latest addition to the experi- mental farm system in the clay belt which spans the Hudson Bay railway.

EDWTORIAL NOTES

On Tuesday Toronto becomes the first Canadian city to have a subway in opera- tion. In the suburbs much of it is in the form of an open trench and perhaps in fu- ture the cify can cover it over and sell

building lots on top.

The Army has followed the Navy's lead in enrolling apprentices at the age of IS. The move has the very great economic ad-

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THE POOR MAN'S PIG

Already fallen Vplun-1-bloom. stars

the green

And apple-boughs as gnarled as old toadsl backs

Wear their small roses are a rose is seen;

The illllidllli thrush wait-hes oldt

Job who stacks

The bright-peeled oslern on the

vantage that personnel trained from an early age are available for fl considerably longer time, a matter of importance when it comes to activating reserves.

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Many Maritimers will regret the depart- ure from this coast of Dr. A. W. H. Need- ler who is exchanging his post as head of the Fisheries Research Station at St. An- drews, N. B., for a similar position at Nanaimo. B. C. A great deal of fishery

development in the Atlantic Provinces had,

its origin in work directed by Dr. Needler. O O O l

John Keble, English divine. died this! date 1866. He graduated from Oxford with first-class honours and was profes- sor of poetry at that university from 1831 to 1841. He then settled in a country Vicarage where he stayed until his death. His famous sermon on "National Apostacy" in 1833 and his contributions to "Tracts

sunny fence.

The pent. sow grunts to hear him stumping by.

And tries to push the bolt and scamper thence.

But her ringed snout still keeps here to the aty.

Then out he let: her run; away she snorta

In bundling gallop for the cottage door,

With angry hubbub begging crusts and orts.

Then like a whirlwind bumping round once more;

Nussllng the dog, making the pul- lets run. -

And sulky as a child when her play's done. i

-Edmund Blunden.

Old Charlottetown

tAuIP.I.L)

APPOINTMENT OF l"0R()NEltS

From the reports of the Legis- lative Assembly. April 17. 1837:

Mr. Pope. from the committee appointed to inquire into the ex- pediency of appointing Coroners fnr the different Counties, repnr'- ed as follows: 'l'li:it. the cnmmi'- ter: have made such inquiry. and f-nd that. the patent. of the Clerk of the Crown for this Island con-

for the Times" entitle him to be regarded ;as ii-le is popularly known for his book of-

ppocms, ”The Christian Year." ,

Aid to studgnls wisliing to specialize ini community planning, housing and urbanl development is offered by Central Mortgage and Housing Corporation. The assistance iavailable is on three levcls for university graduates; graduates in architt-cturc. civil lcngineering or the social sciences; and pro- fessional men and women who have had iexecutive, teaching or research cxperience and are qualified to undcrtakc original

,work which may contribute to iltc knowl-I

Eedgc and practice of housing in this coun-

p try.

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The National Rcsearch Council has con- pduclcd a great deal of important research ibut could be better employed than at fin.l- iing substitutes for Canadian products. Spray-dried wheat gluten may make. it unnecessary for bakers of the world to use Canadian wheat but it is not in our in- terest to demonstrate it. A similar mis- placed effort was that of finding substi- tutes for Canadian woodpulp in the manu- facture of paper.

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A total of 10,625,671) pounds of canned pork remains in storage in Canada on gov- ernment account of which no I833 than 10.- 000.368 pounds has already been sold for future delivery. The unsold 625,302 pounds should not present any difficulty of dis- posal. The cmergency buying programme benefited the farmer by preventing a col- lapse in prices and at the same time saved the consumer from finding that farmers

northern Alberta. It is a fair speculation that the pioneers who opened up the prairie

had simply got out of the swine raising business.

the founder of the Oxford movement,

szltutes him "Clerk of the Crown, and Coroner"; but they are all npinion. that from the nature of the office of ('ni'onci. who t'n:I only prnc:-r-cl "super vlsum cor- poris". and it in judicial nffit-rr. end also from lhc cxirnf. of the island, it rould never have bccn

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Erlaled May lstv. 1938, prepared by Mr.

Sir,-I appreciate your publica- lion of my letter on the Wood Is- land-Caribnu Ferry service in Sat- urday's issue. This is evidence of your wish to be fair and to give the public the facts.

Since Saturday's l your readers I have ad many congratulations. some suggestions and some criticism. that I had not given more information rm the el- forta made to cripple the Com- pany and prevent the develop- ment. of the service. One staunch supporter of Prince Edward 1:- land rights. Mr. J. 0. Hyndmln. sent. me a copy of a memorandum

reached

Rand Mhtheson. manager of the Transportation Commission of the Maritime Board of Trade. "On the handicap to Prince Edwlrd Island in the matter of trans- portation of freight by mot" truck to and from Prince Edward island. as compared with move- ment. on the mainland.”

This document was revised on March 1st. 1944. It states that "wlth the inception of the ferry service between Wood Islands. Prince Edward Island. and Carl- bou, Nova Scolia, some of the disadvantages to DIP" ff "W mainland were removed. and makes reference to an added sheet, No. 5. dealing with rates. This document with five sheets of tables submitted to support and clarify his findings in length)! and its publication in fiili I think un- necessary, but I will quote from it. and if the document is need- wi I am quite sure that Mr. I-Iynd- mnn will make it available.

The memorandum reads in part: "It is a well-known fact that the commercial motor vehicle has made fremendoua strides as a means of distribution in the Maritime: dur- in: the past ten years."

It is patent that the revolution- ary increase in truck traffic rests on certain definite advantages to the shipper as compared with rall- way service. The truck offers a more flexible and more frenuenl. service than rail. In the Marl- limes truck service f0mD'l"-W9 with railways have generally as- sessed lowcr charges.

The traffic carried by the cum- mercial motor trucks, however, has been restricted to Prince Ed-

inlenderi by the Patent, nor by the true or l'll'0pM' r-on-iriirlion thereof. that. the nffitcr named mi st-t-ii Patent should bc the onlv Coroner of the island: and the” committee find scvrrnl rxurc...,' lcgnl hlllhnriiiP.K hurl decision;

that A deputy or assistant cannot

art for a Coroner as it jmm-i,1i mficrr. They tlicrrfruc I'0lISldPl i' expedient and proper that A sufficient number of Coroner: should be eppoinlerl lhroiighnut the Island. by Government. win

.shnuld he resident within their respecllvr districts. and tbnl illr present. Patent Coroner slinuld nt-ly exercise his authority with- l'l Qucc-n'.1 County. or some por- tion thereof.

Self - Analysis

fLondnn Spectator) British Civil service selection :Boa.rds consist of a chairman, an observer and a psychologist; for the benefit of the latter each candidate is required. at one stage of the proceedings. to write, as objectively as possible. an account of his own characteristics. A friend of mine. while serving on one of these boards. became morbidly fascinated by one of the candidates. an exceptionally flabby and pasty- faced young man with what msy be described as a "Before Tak- ing" appearance. but possessed of conslde able intelligence and greet self-assurance.

Afterwards he asked the pay- chologist what sort of s eelf-port- raft this youth has painted of him- self. "Pretty flattering. on the whole." said the psychologist. "He dealt. with the question of his phy- sique by writing 'My body is per- fectly equal to the limited demands I make on W."

When the foregoing anecdote was related to colonel Bernard hum- snn. he reminded me of Field Marshal Lord Wsvnll's story of the officer commanding a cavalry regi-

wnrri Island via the Borden-Cape Tormcntine. ferryi Consequently Prince Edward Island has been Iconslrierably handicapped in rela- tion to the mainland.

The handicap to Pr.nce Edward Island's participation in the ad- vantages of motor truck distribu- t.nn from and to the mainland ivn:-. Borden-Ci-Ipe Tormcntine is ievidenced in the attached studies.

Statements Numbers 1. 2 and fl. .-how the cost. per 100 pounds of transporting goods by truck to Prince Edward Island by ferry be- tween Borden and Tormenllns. Statement. Number 4 is intended to show the relative disadvant- ages of shipping by truck to Prince Edward Island and the mainland as compared with truck distribution on the mainland.

it is shown in Statement Num- her 4. that the, charge. per ton for A third class commodity on the Prince Edward Island ferry In A .1-ton pay load truck is 55.1.1. In other words it. cost 14.93 per ton more by truck on the carferry than by truck on the highway. The statement goes on to show that this amount would equal in haul of 206 In miles on the mainland.

Table No. 3 shows that s 21 foot truck with a 5-ton load of first- rlasa freight must pay 860.65 for fhe round trip. I assume that this was about the limit in size and weight at that time, because the table does not go higher.

With the opening of the Wood Island-Caribou service the rate for I similar vehicle was 35.25 for the round frlp. We have carried each year since 1946, when the Dunning was put In service hundreds nf trucks of more than double the enpacify of the one mentioned above. and a 42-foot truck. with a

ment who concluded his confident- ial report on s subaltern who. though proficient.-was neither welt- bullt nor weu-mannered with the words. "I would not. however. breed

The Public Forum'

WOOD ISLAND! FEIIEY SERVICE

10-ton load. pays for the round trip 51050. What such I vehicle was asked to pay via Borden up to 1951 I do not know.

This injustice to Prince Edward Island was pointed out to the Hon. Mr. Dunning by his associ- ates, and he decided that a ram- edy could and would be found.

The existing, service between Piclou and Charlottetown taking 24 hours for a round trip. and I charge of 314.00 for an auto (only A few small ones and no trucks could be carried). Mr. Dunning decided was of little service to the Province. and should be replaced hy a ferry between Wood Islands and Caribnu.

This proposition met with very determined opposition from many sources. but Mr. Dunning carried his point, and the Wood Islands- Caribou Ferry Service was opened.

I have always felt that his de- termination to see this service es- tablished and Justice done to Prince Edward Island may have been the cause of friction and re- sulted in his quitting politics: but be that as it may. I am confident that had he remained our repre- sentative at Ottawa. this service would have been permitted to de- velop as it should.

Before the terminals were com- pleted lt. became evident that oh-

the hosts.

When the gross of ash trays purchased each year for each host "'9 ClI'I'lH"i Away as souvenirs, it may be that some substitute has M be provided to protect the furniture. I would point out that I have personally travelled on the Murray Harbour train and stood in the aisle during the entire trip

f Ch 1 ti t v , h . it rem no G ow" to "M" e for getting rid of his shares in the