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"The Strongest Memory is Weaker Than the Weakest Ink"

CHARLOTTETOWN. MONDAY, OCT. 1'1, 1949

» h Banger Signal

A timely warning against the abuse of

‘executive power was sounded recently by

the Marquess of Salisbury while delivering the Sir Robert Falconer Lecture at Toronto University. Dealing with current tendencies in democratic countries, the Marquess said: "Those politicians and bureaucrats who comprise the executive—\vhat is now called the state-arc, in fact, like other men, sub- ject to human weakness and failings. ln particular they lovc power, and the more power that is given to them, the more will these feelings become apparent. They will become ever more impatient of criticism. And eventually they will come to regard those who disagree with them as public enemies whom it is a patriotic duty to wipe m."

Commenting on tlils statement, the Ot- tawa Journal remarks: “We have seen this very thing or at least symptoms of it, here in Canada. And it is no answer at all to say that so long as Parliament has the povs- er to dismiss a Government and the people the power to change a Parliament, the dan- ger of which the lVizirquess of Salisbury speak". isn't real. For it is possible, as we have 1122.1, for a Parliament to forget or to abdicate its functions, and, what is far more serious, it is possible for the people, beguiled and bewitched by the ‘welfare state’, to come to the position where ivillingly they sacrifice liberty to‘ ‘security.’ Jefferson's warning that it is possible to ‘fritter away liberty’ is as true today as when it was ut- tered—far more true. The philosophy ‘of state aid, of the ivelfare state, necessarily creates executive and bureaucratic powers, with power feeding upon itself, with one control begetting another, and with a grow- ing executive machine which set out to con- trol things ending up by controlling people. Nor is it a question of specific bureaucratic laws or of individual bureaucrats. Where the danger lies is in the system; in the philosophy of government which, inherent in state aid, promotes power of the state as a virtue. It is when we come to that, with the people themselves wanting to be control- led, or indifferent to warnings against the danger of controls, that we arrive at real

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Why Annual Plates‘!

Highway officials in British Columbia are investigating the proposal to use per- manent automobile license plates. The move would save a substantial sum of money for the taxpayer and for the ca: owner the messy annual job of struggling with rusted bolts and discarding a set of perfectly good plates and replacing with another.

In the neighboring state of Washington, points out the Vancouver Province, an an- nual saving of $200,000 has been reported from the use of semi-permanent plates.

“If there is any good reason for main- taining the policy of annual changing," says the Financial Post, “the authorities certain- ly have kept the secret well. Car thieves like it but the honest motorist does not. _As for giving work to our reformatories, which make the plates in certain provinces, surely there are more useful tasks waiting for these institutions. _ _

“It should be no more difficult for the highway authorities to keep tab on the an- nual tax paid by the _motoris_ts_ in this way, than it is for municipal officials to make sure that the taxes are paid on real estate. Under the present system a car owner hardly gets to the stage where he can_re- member the number which has been assign- ed to his vehicle, before it is necessary to secure and start memorizing another.”

Contribution To Archives

The papers of the Canadian Privy Coun- cll from Confederation to ‘i899 are to be turned over to the Public Archives after they have been microfilmed. The Privy Council will retain the films should the need arise to refer to them. The papers include not only the orders-in-council and minutes, but the submissions of the ministers who initiated the orders. This will make readily available to persons engaged in historical research a vast reservoir of information. The papers have been stored in the East Block. _ _

Another important contribution_to the archives has been the papers of Sir John Thompson, Prime Minister from 1892 _to 1894. These include personal letters which the Prime Minister was in the habit of sending daily to Lady Thompson and will be found of great value to historians. They will be catalogued. The archives have the papers of Sir John A. Macdonald and part of the papers of Sir Wilfrid Laurier. The remainder of Sir Wilfrid's papers are at Queen's University and will eventually go to the archives. Sir Robert Borden's papers are in the possession of Mr. Henry Borden.

The archives provides a room where 30 or more persons can conduct their studies into Canadian history. It is open 24 hours n day and men and women R0 the"! fmm almost every state in United States and from the United Kiniidom. Finland. Aus- tralia and France. Marcel Giraud, famous Paris historian, is working there for the Social Science Research Council. Prof. D. G. Creighton is going through the Macdon- mg pgpqfj his book on the life _of ithe f

r. the summer the research room

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xbmsui tom! adventurous to keen the room

I I open around the clock because some histor- ians like to work at night and others in the daytime. .

Dr. W. Kaye Lamb, Dominion Archivist, does not anticipate any difficulty in storing all the Privy Council papers to the end of the century, although the building already is pretty well filled. Cabinets did not pass as many orders-in-council in those days as they do now. Shelves on one side of an ordinary room should accommodate them.

EDITORIAL NOTES St. Etheldreda.

Open season on Wilson's Snipe until November 15. There will be few of these erratic shore birds shot on the wing.

O O O

With price ceilings off foodstuffs, for the second time, the farmer is on equal terms with the machinery maker and fertilizer dealer, for what good it will do him.

O O O

It was suggested in a news report that the murderer of a taxi driver in Saint John had llcd to Charlottetown. So far no evi- dcnco has been produced to prove he ever arrived.

O 0 a The Womcn’: Auxiliary of the Char- lotteiown branch, Canadian Legion, begin thcr cniivvis today for the vale of poppy \'.'l'Ctlill.‘-. It is hoped that the response, as in other years, will be prompt and generous. O O O

There is always something to keep the rabbits tail short. No sooner has the duty on certain fruits and vegetables been re- moved than it is announced the ceiling on prices also has been wiped out.

O O O

Jean Francois Pouliot regaled the Com- mons with his sharp wit on the subject of the woolsack, but was a bit adrift on his facts when he referred to it as “a bag of cotton covered with cloth." Actually the woolsack used in the Senate contains wool from nine Provinces.

O O

The Communist convictions in New York amount in fact to conviction of the Communist party of being an unlawful or- ganization in the United States. The reper- cussions of the decision will rie felt wherever the Communists’ tentacles exist.

O O O

The C. C. F. says the Progressive Con-- servatives ended the election campaign with a deficit, while they had a substantial sur- plus. The Liberals are not mentioned, but they must have made more than ends meet for they are able to carry on and build up their organization.

O O O

As here) and practically everywhere else, there is a scarcity of teachers in Newfound- land due to low pay and uncertain prospects. The cure is to raise the pay and increase the taxes, or invite the Feileral Govern- ment, as the teaching profession suggests, to take education into their own hands and finance it as best they can.

O O O

Justice Minister Garson displayed little respect for the Commons‘ traditional rights in money matters when he described as “slightly ridiculous", opposition demands that the amount of proposed judicial salary increases be disclosed. He will learn in time that the House of Commons, and not the Government is supposed to be in control of financial arrangements.

O O

At the Farnborough, Hampshire Air Show in Britain, Vampire and Meteor jet aircraft gave the first public demonstration of “reheat." This is a method of burning fuel in the jet pipe after it has passed through the turbine. When reheat was ap- plied to two planes while in flight, a terrific boost was given and the planes shot forward at considerably greater speeds.

I O O

Frederic Francois Chopin, Polish com- poser and pianist died this date 1849. He settled in Paris where he enjoyed the inti- mate friendship of George Sand (Mme. Dudevant), Heine, Berlioz, and other fa- mous contemporaries; his compositions. mostly for the pianoforte, have marked Polish characteristics, and are ifull of orig- inality and lyric beauty; often used dance forms and rhythms, such as the magurka; wrote sonatas, ballads, etudes, noctnrnes, preludes, polonaises, valses, etc.

“The Times”, London, says Canada de- valued her dollar by 10 per cent, with two main results for Britain:-(1) She wilhbc able to buy Canadian goods more easily; (2) British goods will still be 23.6 per cent cheaper in Canada than before the pound was devalued. With this in view the follow- ing new rates for the Canadian dollar went into effect-Buying rate-—$1.10 for the United States dollar, and $3.725 for the pound; selling rate-$1.105 for the United States dollar, and $3.875 for the pound.

According to the Saint John Telegraph- Journal, five local women's organizations have presented briefs to the provincial ca- binet in session in Fredericton urging amendment of the act governing thewsale of margarine in that province to allow the use of a preservative other than salt. Pre- mier’ McNair told the group that laws can only be amended by the legislature in ses- sion and no action could be taken until the next session in March. He promised care- ful consideration of the requests. The Saint John branch of the Canadian Associa- tion of Consumers had acted to arrange the hearing by the provincial cabinet, and its president, Mrs. V. E. Falkiar, was its spokesman. She told the Premier purchas- ing margarine at small stores in Saint John she had found much that was rancid. Miss Grace Estey read the brief presented by the branch of the Canadian Association of Con- sumers, stating concerning margarine as now sold “our chief concern ls its lack of ‘keeping quality,’ due to the prohibition of

benzoate of soda as a preservative since the proclamation of the marnrlm bill."

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OCTOBER

Here was October. here

W58 ruddy October, the 01d ‘hnr. I vestcr,

Wrapped like n beggared “chem

ln a coat Of tattered tanager and partridge

athei-s.

Scattering Jack-o-lsntei-ns every- where _

To give the field-mice pumpkin- colored moons.

His red clay pipe had trailed across the land

Staining the trees with colors of the six-mach:

East. West. South, North. the cere- monial fume

Blue and enchanted as the soul of

air Drifted its incense. Incense of the wild. Incense of earth fulﬁlled, ready to

sleep The stupefled dark slumber o! the

bear All winter. underneath a frozen star.

-—Stephen Vine envt. Bench.

§OO~§>C _ t Old Charlottetown (And r. a I.)

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COMMERCIAL HOUSE MONEY

“We are happy to congratulate "l9 Public upon the issue of a new circulating medium (which has long been a desidei-atum in this community) which is now circulat- ing from a mercantile establish- ment entitled the Commercial House, in Prince County. The notes issued by this concern are executed in the most superb style 05 Engraving-and to prevent any Possibility of imposition have been judiciously struck upon Sir Wm. Cvnzrevcs patent triple paper. similar to that now uscd by the Bank of England. As a proof of the confidence the public have in the Establishment and the avidity with which its notes have been received, we can aver that up- vxards of one hundred and ﬁfty per cent. premium has been given for one of them. A specimen may be seen at the Printing Office."

--Princ'b Edward Island Register, Oct, 2, i824.

Patchwork“ QTTHIS

(Ottawa Journal)

Patchwork quilts are part of a rich tradition. Perhaps quilts were first conceived as a thrifty method of liSiIlg~ ocI-ds and ends of color-Iii; material; but long ago housewives discovered that quilts could be .i satisfying means of expression and artistic creation. Teen-aged girls ivorked on quilts fcr their hope chests; women took quiet pride in having a beautiful quilt on the four-poster guest bed. '

The names of old time quilts are illustrative of the imagination and music in the hearts of those who llved in days when life was less hurried: Arkansas Traveler, Bear's Foot, Blazing star. Goose ‘Tracks, Grapes and Vines. Pickle Dish. Puss in the Cornet. Drunkai-cVs Pam. Evening Star. Fruit Basket, Wid- owers choice. Village Church. Yank- ee PuzzleRocky GleuRocky Road to Kansas, Twinkling Star. Tangled Garter, Wagon Tracks. Star of Texas. Swarm of Bees, Whig Rose, bOg Cabin. Jacob's Ladder. Hair Pin Catcher. Hour Glass, Irish Puz-

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Doctors Too Late (Vancouver News-Herald) The Canadian Medical Associa- ticii has endorsed the principle of health insurance, but it docs no’. want. an all-embracing national

scheme.

The association proposed an cx- tension ot prepaid medical schemes at. its annual convention in Sask~ atoon this summer. Dr. Anderson, the national president, told the B.C. Medical Association the C.- M.A. advocates health insurance through voluntary prepaid medical care plans. Dr. Routley, the gen- eral secretary, recently told the

“now ls the time for an aroused medical profession to lead the peo- ple in the establishment of a sound health program." ,

Now that the handwriting is on the! wall and state medicine is around the comer, the medical profession is "aroused? But we fear, it is promoting a policy that. ls already outdated. The public ls not likely to get excited about. this delayed action.

Australia, New Zcalancl and Great Britain have compulsory na- tlonal health insurance and there is no indication that their pueplcs will ever let their governments drop it. The Canadian government l8 practically committed to an all- lncluslve system and grants have been made to lay the groundwork through hospital construction, re- search and medical instruction. The Liberal party. which has been given an overwhelming ‘ mandate to govern this country [or the next. five years, has endorsed national health insurance.

A patchwork system of volunt- ary associations throughout. the country is no answer to-the prob- lem. An all-inclusive program ls the only way to share the costs and spread the risk in 3 business. like way. Canada is already fai-

Manitoba Medical Association that,

advanced on the way to such a. program. The treatment and con-i trol of mental diseases, tubercu- losis, venereal diseases, cancer; medical education, research, put», lic health; medical care for war veterans, lndigents and pensioners - all these are the responsibility of the state. Two provinces have hospital insurance plans. l

It requires only a step or two more to integrate all medical ser- vices into a. complete system n1 national health insurance. It. is futile, then, to talk about volunt- ary schemes as the final answer to the problem of medical care. The medlml profession would do Canada service if it would devote

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al health insurance. A revolution in thinking is required l! the doc- tors are to keep pace with the rest. of society,

With their tnlk now of volunt- ary health insurance, the doctoral are too late _ too late, we would 58y. by about. g quarter of n cen- tury.

HOME-BUILT TUBS OSLO — (C?) -- In a period of‘ shortages of imported plumbing, Norwegian-produced bathtubs have arrived with a splash on the mar-| ket. The tubs - of standard size —l1r6 of plat-e aluminum and are glazed with a shiny white baked- on substance which is both crack and chip-proof.

FLYING PROSPECTOR l

ADELAHJE, Australia -(cp) .._ Learning o! the interest by the

United States ln Australian opal, r i

local man wants to import. a. hel- icopter to prospect inaccessible areas in Central Australia. "There might be rubles and other valu- able minerals," he said.

zle, Churn Dash, Corn and Beans. Fan and Rainbow. Charter 03K‘ and Cactus Blossom.

Technically. a patchwork quilt has three parts: The top, the llninv. and the inter-lining. all joined int; oneJntegi-al piece by symmetrical and beautifully-executed hand stitching. But there in more to‘. quilts than the utilitarian details. In days of long ago and still con- tinuing in’ rural areas. was the nelghborliness and friendliness when women gathered together to work and visit. The frsmcwas stretched over‘ the backs of chairs and perhaps. as men folks claim. tongues worked as lndustrlously as~ the flashing needles. Quilts were often made to sell at the unnum- sale of local organizations. At local and county fairs women competed for prizes; the exhibits of the de- signs and crafts-mnnshlp in sewing were always a highlight.

In many homes today q its are cherished heirlooms. In the i- pat.- tei-ns and colors, in the fine ex- umplcs of sewing. we can catch o. glimpse of the days when hand- criiftsmanshlp was a hallmark uf integrity ln one’: work.

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OCTOBER 20—HUNTEB RIYEB (School) OCTOBER 21—Charlotfetown (P.W.C. Auditorium) OCTOBER 24—Summerslde (High School Auditorium) OCTOBER 25—Mount Stewart (School)

OCTOBER Zti-Souris (Convent Auditorium) OCTOBER ill-Montague (Memorial School)

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P _ Demonstrations in the teaching of Reading to 5mm?’ grades Will be given by an educational con- s taut from the W. J. Gage Co. Ltd., Tomato. at the following centres on the dates specified:

OCTOBER 17-—Tignish (Dalton ‘ School) OCTOBER 18-—O'Loa.ry (School)

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OCTOBER 11. 1949

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Nineteen countri devalued their currencies in 36 hours. Such a basic readjustment of monetary values is certainly accompanied by glancing blows which will make economies reel. But. it should not be long before they recover and find a new and easier-equilibrium than they have had in the last sev- eral years. — Peterborough Ex- sminer.

Tremler Smnllwood’: report on his recent visit to Ottawa holds for the promise of a very substantial expenditure of Federal funds, sup- plemented by a sizeable outlay of provincial money, on new construc- tion projects. These, if they mat‘ erialize in the reasonably near future, will serve to tide the coun- try over a difficult period while having, as well, -n constructive purpose-St. John's News.

The selection of a Negro pastor. the Rev. A. M. Erwin, to serve as president of the Loudoun County. Ministerial Association is another indication o! racial progress at the personal level in Virginia. Actually, there should be nothing unusual about it. for clei-gymen, of all people. should be in the forefront of the movement lo rc- jcct the false criterion of race as a determinant of merit. Un- fortunately, democratic practices do not always prevail even among mlnlstei-s.—-Washington Post.

Frogs, like nigger: seem to haunt the wood-pile, where no

,cloubt they find plenty of insect

food. A toad lives in a small pit and appears from the dry stone walling when wood lice, a very favorite food, are dropped in. A

constant cu l 0 -

found ElChpg-ilﬁ’ blenfﬁff a“: bi board kept near by for the puramll of attracting them. one can ﬁns: the loft plop of the toad‘: tun a“ as it flicks them up when tﬁ;

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sense in the remarks ii::._°§,,'§“,"‘ Abbott made when he polntedgoa that the United States would 55:," to reduce hei- tariffs and increase foreign investments ll she hope: 3° “VB "D l0 her position a; , great creditor nation. That is 1,5,; Britain behaved a century 3g, when her trading power rclativ. to that of other lands was “ma, the same as that of the U, s, 1O, day. It ushered in a long PM,“ of comparative prosperity, I; m" U. S. wise enough and far-sight. -ed enough to lake similar step i0, day? -— London Free Press,

An Ontario county Court jiirlgi has lost his appeal to the inromg tux board which also gave him | tongue lashing. Among 1mm things the judge was claiming d9: ductlon for his loose change c011. tributlons to the church collection- plate. He claimed deduction (m travelling expenses which, (hi. board ruled, had already been pail’ by the provlnclnl government. Th1‘ Judge may have mlsunderstndq what the tax regulations are, Bu] it seems remarkable that a may "lralnyl in the law" and a mail deemed capable of ascertaining and interpreting the laws of our 1.1M

should rules of don't feel that the dignity of our judiciary has been enhanced b; thin incident. —- Financial Post.

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