h i ii 'LAGE -FOUR. g - H H Hg M g . . W" W0mM" N g-” THE GUARDIAN. CHARLOTTETOWN Wu” "H p m. .'DECEMBER 12. 1951 if the highest average income-S3,477. Sauit ' .m

T E G U A R D I A N Ste. Marie, Ontario was second with 333,143 ' ' ' and St. John's, Newfoundland was tied for

The Kid From The Other Side of The 'r.'..;i;.” . .. - Lessons From Europe

”'u'”""'' ” s"''”"'' C"'" M'" PM om" third place with St. Thomas Ontario with A E e T," ,,,,fif,”2,',”,Tf,f,f,ff.'j;'J,1,,,, C, an average of 53,131. Toronto had 344,000 NEWS lTEM- Sdmmersiders In Community Progress cmuum-riou taxpayers with an average income of 92,- Start to make used? their --- i ., i

President and A'ssociate Editor. Ian A. Burnett. Associate Editor, Frank walker.

f'The Strongest Memory is Weaker Than the Weakest Ink".

Although 1949 was considered a good year for business, only 69.6 per cent of the companies listed in the report made a profit on their operations. The remaining 30.4 per cent suffered losses. as compared

C-HARLOTTETOWN. VVEDNESDAY. DEC. 12, 1951

Canada's Uneven Growth

Analyzing the latest census returns. the Globe and Mail finds that our population

gain since 1941 was 2,386,533 or 21 perl

cent. Between 19()1 and 1911, the period of free land in the West, the increase was 34 per cent. Ill the next three decades the figures were 22. 18 and 11 per cent. When it is considered that one-sixth of the gain since 1941 was due to the windfall of New-

foundland. the nation's numerical progress;

in these last ten years has been nothing to cheer about.

"The dismaying fact, says our Toronto contemporary, ”is that the gain, such as it is, has not been anything like even across the countiy. Ontario and Quebec alone ac- count for about three-quarters of the total increase on the mainland. Alberta and Brit- ish Columbia, the fastest-growing Provinces. nearly account for the other one-quarter. The percentage of Canadians living in Saskatchewan aild Manitoba has fallen fl'om just under 16 per cent twenty years ago to

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with 27.5. per cent in 1948.

EDI TORIAL N01 l:S

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iddle 0 O , The festive season brings its own perils land nlore than ever it is necessary to exer- cise care if joy is not to be turned to sor- row by avoidable accidents. 0 0 i

The closing days of the special session of Parliament are especially favorable for ithe easy passage of Government bills, but the practice of saving them until members are thinking more of getting home than of proper discussion has little to recommend it.

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The difference between the Communist and ,U. N. attitude towards rotating troops is readily explained by the fact that only on the U. N. side is there any idea that the natural desire of the soldier for home leave should be taken into consideration.

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Ill spite of hard times. the British Gov-

, H. M. the Queen will dine today with

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great struggle today may be nom- inally between atheistic totalitar- ianism and Christian democracy, but fundamentally it is a struggle between ignorance and enlighten- ment. The weaknesses of our whole democratic system are traced day in and day out by orator: and preachers. writers and philosoph. ers to the lack of education. The Co-operative Movement, or our whole social system which we hope End Dray can be satisfactorily re- vised, will crumble if an effective educational system cannot be agreed upon and carried out.

This lack of education does not apply only to Prince Edward Is- land or to the Maritimes. It is the same problem and question all over the world. The masses of the people are uninformed; the youth are not thinking; their out.- lcok is generally biased. selfish and narrow. A new idea or pro- prual is not accepted on the basis of its soundness, after careful in- vestigation. study and thinking, but on the smoothness and the pres- sure of the sales-talk with which it is presented.

Until we find some effective me- thod of elevating the overall level of education and thinking. we may as well save our energy and forget about promoting plans for econ- omic improvements or trying to build a. social order based on the integrity and general attitudes of the people.

EDUCATION

Education. today more than ever before, is a matter of defense. The

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"K rouii City zone , a,'la5 949, Montreal 299,360 taxpayers-with an new Fedeyll building, By Leo P. Mela” :'hw:)m'1;::l"f'f-mf”"” 9:2; average of 93.078 and Vancouver 121,450 ' part Three (continued) rot-l Net Paid .. mm taxpayers averaging 92,893. (All Rights Reserved)

these subjects when sented. properly pr"

Regional high schools right across the Province should comi within the scope of our ten-yep program. However. even in in; conclusion of this high schoo tralnlns. (Which admittedly ev.,,,' young person could take), iii. young person today would not in fully prepared to face the prob. lems of the modern world. Th, average number of young pm” reaching Grade V in our Isianc schools each year over the pm this ylearsuis 1.945.

111' nil is same period, ac . ing to official reports. on aveci-large of only 381 successfuuy compieied two years of high school tralnin or the equivalent. We can i,.,,,l;' that those 381 attained sufficient bsckzroundito go further. and a... fairly well equipped to 1”, ma future and to make s. contribution to our social de home. mopmmu "

However, it is apparent that the great majority of this gfoup 0, people lave the Island for oppar. tunities elsewhere. Therefore it i. upon the group that left school anywhere from eight to fourteen years of age that we are trying in build co-operatives, farm organir. ations and s new social order it this feasible or can real success hi: expected? May we suggest that 14'; a matter of preseiving our democ- YPCY. 3 Positive rather than I neg. ative approach to education must. be made.

115 today. It is ml. Samf. Story in the crnment seems determined the people will This column is open 1" the in” In E L) Q. ' The challenge that faces present In "'0 OT ""95 generations are-. Maritime: have abundant plum duff and fruit cake Jiiscnssioh by .0.-m,,...,.i.ni5 ...- 3...,-,.,.,.i,.,-,-,-,-i,-,-i,-,q,-.-..-i.-i.-i.-.-, :;lh);dsle:!tlt:Il'l5 Sis tt; optenb up gfrzllgionyiocuilifftgon in the thm ” . . -- 1 ti f i to 1.. Th ROADS AND BRIDGES . 8 0u or 0 rng e em-Bury in O!”-

..The rcsuiis of this unevenness in for Chlistmas, and has bought the surplus l(9;u:IdeIs;nonEo:. nnnrzzmsnc God is I splrm ma they um standard of education of the der to qmmy people to H" d?-

growth are. from the national point of view, uniformly deplorable. For one thing, there will be a strengthening of the already pow-

United States raisin crop this year-an est-

imated 30,00() tons-for that purpose. 0 Q 0

fly endorse the opinion of correspondents.

"It. is eclifying to perceive how udroitiy roads in this Colony have been carried the crow line over the most inaccessible ncclivities.

spirit and in truth.

timber. We have observed as much in the piers and abutments

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younger generation up to a point where they can and will study the pros and cons of any question or proposal before making a. -decision

cently and to cope with the prob. lcms of those days. then must. we not admit that compulsory cdiicn. tion in citizenship, with a. back-

, . . . - -- - . Th" - l' i h v ble on t d th The h 1) ground in ii - erful position or ontano and Quebec in Do- . H9"-V St Jom .Vl5c0?"” Bwnglnokev nus uouon -nosusu ....'siv'i..5f.f".'.lfa”s. 3.5212”. :::.i2””.!S..22”? ni:?.'”'.:,”c..”........'f ..."...lZ:....?"..”22i; '3l3hE: inning .....”.i1..::'il SE:?.?'".ii mum" a”a”S- AW redlS”l”””0”' it 15 .F:2g1'S”..s”.??."””' died ”"S d?” .1251"? Q .. is b .. .. . fist; k'h"3:”2”dg2..?J...S?:fl"”fii".f :: :..".i..”""”"””” W W 2:niii.i."d ii” '"””'"'":” "'

. g .' ' 5 SC 00 e Oxv an 0 en 0 - ,- S 6 sal cmpe - i ri ess in I . Y. nece . estimated. the House Of Commons "1" ha” pm" ”' 0 am mm,” imi absiinence, I. level. and not longer than we find destroying an article which yet But the challenge today anpears nrolmly in these moiizlhyangi

265 members instead of 262. Representation of the two central Provinces will go up from 156 to 161 or 162. Representation of the three Prairie Provinces will fall from

bert Walpole. He lost office when George I came to the throne but remained active in politics. One of his books "Patriot King" was used by Bute as a textbook for George

means not drinking even a drop. Where does this spectacle in Christian lands come from? How has this alien grown up about oilr Christian countries to such dread-

thcnl. It does not seem to have occurred to the persons who laid them out, that a shorter line will more frequently flank a hill than crown it, and that an unnecessary expenditure of muscular force is

exists in .-ibundnnce. in many parts of the Colony; hilt more we im- aglne to the vicious state of the law, which consigns a contract to the lowest tender, instead of confining it to approved mechan-

to be greater than ever before. The night school. the kitchen meeting technique, the lecture tour, the radio broadcast, the "vocational short courses, and various othef

ing times?

I I Ruskin. writing at the turn of the century. ii.-commends as n iii-si: principle for the successful ox-ggn.

. . g . III, fill proportions? It is here. and ,. I . , methods have each made a great l'!.'lll0n Of labor: "Phat th 53 to 46. Tins is not a political shift that ' . . confronts usgverywhem The busy ;i::Vlcsl. taxes that a ii:-:,CcdTl:lt;m1C'::l1ll-ualgfigg5tm:;exp:r: contribution; but after tlleir first should be training schools van bf. welcomed anywhere in the country, tcring shame on the fair countcn- on six. Donald Cmmm,”-S mm induced W 'm:liOr M rates wmch appeal wore on, their effcctjvpncss youth established at governmen.-

it is a still more serious matter that the disparity in rates of growth means a lack of balance in the Canadian economy, .a shortage of traffic for the railways, an in- equality in opportunities and services and a sense of grievance in the Provinces that are not keeping pace."

One way of reversing this trend towards over-population in the Central Provinces would be to encourage hydro-electric de-

Professor Edgar W. Mclnnis, the ncwy President of the Canadian Institute of In- ternational Affairs in succession to Mr. Victor Sifton, President of the Winnipeg Free Press, has had a distinguished liter-i ary career, begun many years ago in Char- lottetown when he published a small volume of poems. His new position is the highest that can be bestowed on an authority on international politics.

mice of Christian civilization en- gendered of the rum shop. and the lust god of pleasure; those classes ale Christian born. Think for (I moment that this Christendom has authorized by law the creation of the frightful pest gang. It has provided for its creation. that it is here not in opposition. but. of her r.ili, that by formal and deliber- ate legislation, brought about by Christian votes. She has opened ill many of her towns and cities, sl.'Iugiitcr-houses of men, women and children and continues to do

of a Road Commissioner for each County were to go into operation. it might be rendered the means of connecting a new and very ac- curate map of the Colony with Capt. Bayfield's Chart, at an ex- pense merely nominal. Eilcii Com- missioner should be furnished with an adometer, to rcglsterithe rev- olutlons of the wheel of his gig, and a reflecting instrument to measure the angle at which the by-roads diverge from the main highway. and also every bend and angle in these roads. . . .

would be ruinous. were it not that the Assembly generally manages that hocus-pocus, by paying. upon petition of the parties. a larger sum than they had contracted for. The natural consequence is that able mechanics are driven from competition. and the public ult- imately poys more for a bad article. than it need have done for a good one. under better manage- merit."

-The Islander, Nov. 29, 1850.

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The family allowance scheme has helped to keep the children in school for two or three years more, but the effectiveness of this plan. as far as schooling is concerned. is now too, being lost in many pluces. And the reason is that many of the older children can make more money picking blue- berries or potatoes, or doing some other small jobs for ii. few hours a week. than they can get in fam- ily allcwances for the whole

cost. and under government dis- clpline. over the whole country. that every child born out in the country should, at the pa.rei1tg' wish, be permitted (and. in cer- tlilfl Cases. be under penalty. re- quired) to pass through them; am that. in these schools, the Chllr should. with other minor pieces of knowledge hereafter to be consid- ered lmperative, be taught. will. the best skill of teaching that the country could produce, the fellow- irig three things:-

(a) The laws of health. and the

. . i ' the . 9 . . . - "In all large wooden bridges ai of in Lord M , X. I L , . - . velopment. and cheaper transportation in it with her eyes open and with full V . V0 C1 I 0 g M0 0 Oh nlcnth. The Folk High School exercises enjoined by them. M .t. Prov-mceg Um-ortunateiy, when The Department of Transport has been knowledge and purpose for money. :2” We have 5”" '" mi" ,:s1a"df' doth 11"!" 1" 157. 'hilS been his technique in Scandinavia haspass- (b) Habits of gentleness and

3” ime . . ” M advised to discontinue hawking radio ii- What shall we do with Christian led Wuh linker UP 10 "W W ed its peak: the Lalssez Falre sys- Justice: and schemes Of lills kind are advocated by Ell” C n f d or t d d H d. mm is the problem. what has be- I d i U them t th t k liorstl-s wetrl-iharnesser: at the rear gem, too, has failed. The shorg (C) The caning 1.", which 1,, is . . , . e ses rom O D 00f an a OW ra l0 . .- e , . Lin . pon iii; 0 a mar o s op l n case 0 emer enc . U i . ltlme memhcls at Ottawa, they get very i come of the Chllstlan uoild? If bzd mam strive toward it. This is g. 8 Y courses throughout the country. to live. (Ruskin, Jnlllt.

little support. from the bulk of the Ontario and Quebec members. At present the Gov- ernment is pushing through the St. Law- rgncc gcawriy project which will be of tre-

owners to secure them from Post Offices, etc. This, it is claimed, will save 9100.000 per annum', which will be absorbed, how- ever, in the appointment of 50 men to act

Christianity means anything. it means that we must try to think of one another and "govern olir- selves accordingly. Here is a place for practical Christianity.-It says. "Look not thou unon the wine

no hour for retreat. God summons His people now as I-le summoned them years ago and is whispering to us "Follow me" if we would just stop and listen.

COMPLETE VISUAL REFRA(:TI(lN and

which .were popular in the thirties. today, do not attract rural youth. In fact. the attitude of the young people seems to be that they are doing the promoters a favor if they attend a meeting.

at such

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other reputed educational win- ers have also approved the prin- clple of compulsory education wile-i the voluntarv system fails. Moli- slgnor J. A. Ryan writes: ”,.,'riir-

mcndous additional benefit to Ontario. 35 Checkefs and prosecutors of those who v.!iicl'i is red. at last it biteth like .1 "Deeper, than thunder on sum. ANALys1s Generally speaking. .

. H A d. dvanta e to have negiectod to acquire hcencos. sgjpcnt and sgingeih like an iiiirieii , mops iii-5; shower courses are found the same people State has a right to insist that it.- without an)' c0U95P0.n mg a . g i C , , , A mayor of a city was to cnter- Oil the dome of the sky God is W110 attended the short courses citizens shall be educated. it these Coastal Provinces. This Wm mean I mm a high omciai of Siam He did striking the hour, 6. F. and meetings in the thirties. Our should encourage among the peoplr

n- . - - oi-iunitieg an.-l Gallup Polls are not always reliable but not mention wine: when risked Shall we falter before what we've youth are unsettled: they are such A love of learning that they further lnequallty- in OD? : i a re em on finds th t I th f. t t. about ii, his imswpy was no aim- prayed for so iong & thinkiniz only of fun and pleasure viii take the initiative and, with- am a of J" iilii .. .5. .. m....?.;.l”e.E..'.2i.. Eli W”.”.3.l."”.31:..?"..”..?:..:Sl:F”..i:l W"".'-2:”? all ”iii';g..li.llf;l.ii.i”.'..l.”.fi?..iflifill 3ll..f.i'2.”3l”li.'..i ”;Zlll.?f... ”."?

g V. . g , , . ' -,' V lC . .' ' ii), in . n . l 1'; is so s.l'oilg." . 1- . i ' . - r . iouvi Piotlnces that rllC not keeping D800 l opposed to nationalization of banks. pack-llllililll like Charlottetown. when our Optometrists to get. ahead. but they seem to be they. through negligence or lull- our Toronto contemporary deploies. . , i ' , Pl'lnCf'FS and Prince visited here. I am sir. elc.. more concerned in getting ahead of means fail to do so. the Stiitr

mg houses, telephone service and CPR. This vns if? Jesus said. "Ye are the salt. 53 Gram!!! Six of others than In trying to set has the right to establish sclmnl-i

Surely it is obvious that the solution de- mands the scrious attention of the Domin- ion Govcrnmcnt. and a.rad-lcal change in policy towards decentralization oi industry and all that this imP1le5 in Mamlme pm' gress and development.

Taxes And Incomes

Taxation figures just released by the

shift of opinion must be partly ascribed to the disastrous results of British experiments in nationalization, partly to generally in-

creased public interest in economic matters. 0 I O

To replace Abadan. A message from (I Vancouver correspondent: states that Captain Ra l-l. Meade, director of United istates Navy petroleum reserves, reports the discovery of a rich oilfield in Alaska at

of the earth. but if the salt have lest his savour. wherewith shall ii he salted? It is thenceforth good for nothing but to he cast. ml' to he trodden under the font of men." Wimt did the Lord mean? He l'..'iS telling his disciples that. they must be a preserving influence in the world. It is the purpose of God it" use his church as a prescrviiv: irflucnce to save the world from its worst. excesses and thus keep society from going to pieces alto- cclher. Jesus said "Ye are the lid-ht of the world. A city that is

MRS. HEBEF. E. MYERS. Carleton, 13.15. I. .

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ahead with others.

In areas and countries. too. where the Final End or Eternal Salvation was the only doctrine nreached or considered. a change had to be made. It. is universally recognized that to preach religion to people with empty stomachs is l-other useless; our Lord provided

soul. At the same time. we must not treat material education or so- cial and economic techniques as ends in themselves. but only as important and necessary means to

food for both the body and the

and take every other legitimate means to safeguard its vital intri- ests against dangers that reshI' from ignorance." (Ryan and lie- land: Catholic. Principles of Full- tlcsl- ' (To be continued)

Department. of National Revenue (says In- Umiat, 350 miles north-west of Fairbanks sci 0,, ,, hiii mnnoi be hid, Lei the Final End. g

dustry, the publication of the Manufactur-iand i8O miles south of Barrow. The geo- your light so shine before men '

ers Association) show that 2,231,970 peoplciiogical formation is two miles wide and 40 WE" ”"'?' "WY 5" W" K999 l""k-T M improved system or ,.,,,,,i THE WOOD. TIIE WEED- , . . l , , , , ..nd clarify your Father which is Ill . .1-"E WAG

paid income taxes in Canada in 1949. Theirl miles long. Five test wells indicate that lic.1vcli." It may be clear that anv- :,"1:”g::nc::'S,n:;”2nbfheilgfeiegmz 11...

average income was S2.S8l. as compared more than .150 million barrels are available. 0' 9 M” ””"s l" d” N5 be” l" me chapter. Ru.-,,i high gchoolg are (To his son)

with 52,513 in 1948. They paid an average

sc vice of the master should en- vie.-sse the ideal of total abstinence.

clll.'3C.3lo3ersatgenctes milliliter) Glblllllhwl. E&UW

succeeding in countries with win-

Three things there be that. lu”t

I -.0 O i K . I t th t th In . ter road conditions much worse I ' tax of 9224' . . Moving ahead. The Social Creditors iiingwi-avcl: xillin all btiteoliiewrjegelivlclill moioavim---..c............. "ml ”"”- "d ”m” 1053 ””"' Ahd lifilirls Iplvcillie they 2 i"-l Engineers and architects topped the list in U". mile. ,0 ,,m that ye may ob, school is negligible compared with asunder km