PAGEFOUR. , , THE GUARDIAN

Authorized on second Clan mu rm office llepnrhnant. Ottawa. ' The Inland Guanliln Publishing 00.

President and Auocinta Editor. Inn A. Ilumett. Auocilllo Editor. F1-Ink Waller.

CIBCUIATION "Covers Prince Edward Island like the

dew"

S-':Tho Strongest Memory is Woollen Than the Weakest Ink”. ,

20. 1952 l

(THARLOTTETOWN. WEDNESDAY, FEB.

commendable Decision I

Maybr Stewart is to be warmly com-l mended on his announcement that a strict; limit will he placed on so-called caucus- mcetings of the City Council, and that in! future there will be a return to the old-l lime practice of free and open discussionl of civic business. I

As has been pointed out in these columnsli on many occasions, there is really no place, for caucus meetings in a non-political or-J ganization. Committee meetings may take, place in private, but all full Council meet- ings require to be held in public if any business is to be done; and the practice in, recent years of simply registering votes on; certain issues at open meetings. after theyl lad been threshed out behind closed doors,-j .s open to very grave objection. i

Civic business is public business and should be dealt with in the same manner as the business of the Province is dealt

that could throw all Africa into a turmoil.

Eating humble pie is never agreeable. King Farouk. however, has already man- ifested that if the alternative to so doing may be the loss of his throne, humble pie

,doesn't really taste too bad.

EDI TORIAJ. NOIES

Road traffic at a minimum these days. 0 O I Taxis in the city were at a premium yesterday. 0 I I Ploughs are now the height of fashion, but snow shovelling is what counts for

.most.

The City Council will have eight deputy mayors for the next two years, one for each month three times.

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The new city streets committee made a good start. it having the ploughs out early yesterday morning.

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It's all good fellowship and good curling at the Sixth Confederation Bonspiel. De- spite the storm, mainland rinks made, it, others closer at hand didn't.

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An astronomer who is working with radio telescopes reports that the stars pro- duce a ”frying sound." Surely there has not been a long-held misconception about the celestial and the nether regions.

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The business ladies of Charlottetown,

with in the Legislature, which except on'at least the organized ones. had a splendid

very rare occasions indeed always meets in( public. Our provincial legislators have a brief moment of privacy when the minutesi of the previous day's meeting are read by the clerk, and of course they meet in party caucus frequently during every session for political reasons; but they are expected to do their debating on the floor of the House, in the hearing of all persons who care to listen to them. That has been democratic procedure for the past two hundred years, ever since the British press won a hard-fought victory for the freedom of parliamentary reporting.

We have a capable and conscientious civic government. and they stand to gain as well as the public does in letting as much daylight as possible into civic affairs.

Immigration

Canada has long been used to two-i way migration with almost as many of our people leaving for the United States as we have immigrants coming from other coun- tries. In this Province the situation has been even worse than the national aver- age. The movement of population has been predominantly away from the Island.

There are great advantages to be gain- ed by encouraging suitable groups of peo- ple to make their homes here. There is no likelihood of their numbers being such as to create a serious problem of assimila- tion but they will aid in making the Island more productiveiand also increase its im- portance as a market for both consumer and capital goods.

As we devote considerable sums to ed- ucating young people to build up other lo- calities, it is only a partial reimbursement that we should receive the advantages of bringing in now settlcrs who have received their education and training elsewhere.

Farouk Faces Facts

Egypt's portly King Farouk is known in diplomatic circles to be more than ord- inarily susceptiblc to feminine charms. More than one tcnsc international incident concerning Egypt. has been known to van- lsh into nothingness overnight merely be- cause somc worldlywise diplomat has of- fered useful suggestions lit court circles re-

garding somc desirable acquisition to the royal harem. Gambling losses at Monte Carlo and

elsewhere have also made Farouk quite susceptible to the implications of hard facts. The hard facts of a British fleet maneuver- ing off Alexandria last week and the week before made Farouk move in a hurry. A British march on Cairo could easily have cost him his throne.

It would be unrealistic, however, to as-

sume that Faroukls decision to fire ;the-

troublesome Wafdlst premier Nahas Pasha means the end of trouble in the Suez Canal Jolie. The critical issue at stake is wheth- ..er Egypt's army remains loyal to Farouk it-and supports the new premier Mailer Pash- er.- If not, mob violence might once again

i Jpeedlly bedome the order of the day.

, , What is most urgently needed right: now V In 3' political and military formula thatywiil

. .. ensure the Idequite defence of the Suez

and It the "same time allow Farouk '-"ave me with his anti-British subjects. ' ”T.' They gre no Tess adam- i Jar preventing the Su- hquullngan Egyptian colony. 3 more could Itlr up a

lane London and Washiiii-A

get-together Monday night. It was a shrewd suggestion of the Mayor that they should attend City Council meetings and see how business is done there.

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At the request of the Fisheries Council of Canada, the Dominion Bureau of Statis- tics is making a special survey to ascertain the total domestic sales of fish and shell- fish made in 1951 by firms belonging to member associations of the Council.

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The National Advisory Committee on Rehabilitation of Disabled Persons, now meeting in Ottawa, should be able to pro- pose a definite programme for aiding dis- abled persons to become self-supporting. The committee has had a year to work on the problem since it was set up.

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The 26 cents apound support price for pork announced by Ottawa Saturday is as much to the advantage of the consumer as of the producer. Any serious danger of a disasterous drop in price would at once cur- tail production and the consumer would be the ultimate loser.

C O O

532,000,000 is willed for teaching of Bible. An El Paso, Texas, woman who died last September left 32,000,000 "for the teaching of the Bible." Mrs. Lee Moor's hand-written will left half of her estate, after deducting f5150,000 for specific be- quests? to the American Bible Society and the American Board of Mission to the Jews.

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Another Canadian community, Brant- ford. has revealed a most satisfactory ex- perience in adding sodium fluoride to the city's water supply since June, 1945. The cost has-been 13.2 cents per.person per year. The result. is three times as many children with perfect teeth as before the experiment began. There has been a 36 per cent reduction in tooth decay.

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Adam Black. Scottish politician and publisher, was born in Edinburgh this date 1784. The firm he founded acquired the ,copyrights of the "Encyclopedia Britan- jnica” and of Scott's Waverly Novels. Twice Ielccted Lord Provost of Edinburgh and a member of Parliament for that city, Black lwas an uncompromising advocate of munic- fipal and political reform.

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It is in keeping with the times and with good sense that the Queen should have made the period of court mourning relatively brief and also that publlcwfuilc- tions connected with government, trade, charity and arts should not be curtailed. There is no longer in Britain and never was in the nations of the Commonwealth, a closely knit class who alone are directly KEEFEJ Eymsuch Feitrictions. " '

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Mr. Hugh F. Gibson has been appointed (says The Gazette) a Federal commission- er to investigate charges of "political part- isanship" made against Robert S. Wise, postmaster at Cloyne, Ont. The Postmaster Generara Department reported that such complaints against local postmaster: had be- come fairly rare. The average was about one per year. The appointment was made by Chief Justice Rlnfret in his capacity as Waliiiiiiniatrator of the Government of Can- ada." Itwns one of his first acts after taking over as caretaker governor during the period between the departure of Vis- count Alcxander and the arrival of the Rt.

- H91!-, Ylnognt Massey.

THE GUARDIAN.

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This column is open In the discussion by correspondent: of questions of interest. The Guardian does not - Iiy endorse the opinion of correspondents.

POTATO MARKETING

Sir.-The leaders of the Potato Dealers' Association in their last public statement have sought. to give the impression that they too are concerned nbout economic freedom for the farmer. It. is just too bad that their words cannot be substantiated by their actions during the past; several years.

Farmers today want. to market their products to the best possible advantage. Faced with present production costs they cannot. any longer stay in business without some assurance of satisfactory re- turns. They do not wish to have I small surplus-real or imagin- nry-of any product continue to establish the market price at a very low level. and above all they wish to exercise the right. subject to Governmental authority. of having some voice in, where. and by whom their products shall be marketed. Without that privilege economic freedom is only a myth as far as farmers are concerned.

Yes. the future of the Potato Industry is in some doubt for a number of reasons. including. higher yields elsewhere, ' trans- portation difficulties, production by business and professional in- terests. etc. Producers themselves are the only people who can solve those problems. They should not be prevented from so doing.

we are. Sir. etc. P. E. I. FEDERATION OF AGRICULTURE J. Lincoln Dewar. Secretary.

Rank But The Guinea Stamp

tUnl.led Kingdom Information Office)

The title to the Crown derives from the Act. of Settlement l'l0l which prescribed that. "the Crown -shall remain and continue the said Most Excellent Princess Sophia. and the heirs of her body being Protestants" (Sophia was Electress of Hanover and granddaughter of James 1). Sub- sequent. Succession to the Crown Acts have confirmed this declara- tion and, although the succession is not bound to continue in its present. line. the preamble to the Statute of Westminster 1931 pro- vides thal. it. cannot now be alter- ed except. by common consent of the member nations of the Commonwealth which owe all- egiance to the Crown.

The inheritance of the Crown is governed by rules of descent which provide that the sons of the Sovereign are in order of succession to the Throne, and. af- ter the yaungext non or if there are no son: in the direct. lines. the daughters in the order of their own seniority. When a daughter succeeds. she becomes Queen-Regnant. Ind all the pow- er: of the Crown are vested in her ll fully and effectlvelv as if she were 5 king.

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In accordance with the Constit- ution. Prince.-.3 Elizabeth became Queen immediately upon the death of King George VI. The succeuion is Iffirmed at a meeting known as the Acceuion Council, which issheld for approving the pro- clamation of the new monarch. This Accullon Council consists of the Lord. spiritual and Tem- poral, the lube King's Privy Coun- oil with numbers of other "Prin- ciml Gentlemen of Quality." tho- Lord Mayor. Aldermen and Cil- lzem of the City of London and the High Commlulnne . in Lon- don of the other Commonwealth countries. After the order for the proclamation of the new Mon- arch has been given by Access- lon Council. it in read in Lon-

don and in mlny provincial cities. . Prlncu Chain in law lull in

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MIDWINTI-Ill WARBLERS

Above. the mountain solemn with the snow:

And in the valley, ceaseless drip of rain.

But where the live-oaks lift green heads below.

Small warblers entertain.

Spurting from limb to limb in urrowy hands.

Dhatlerlng. chasing, chirping in iieiight,.

They might be queens of peacock- tlnted lands Where suns are always bright.

Here in mldwinter they are sum- mer-glad.

And summer crowns me as I watch them play.

And suddenly all my world is lilac- clad. '

And roses and bees are gay.

-Stanton A. Coblentz. in the Christian science Monitor.

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The Age-tlld story

GOOGO-&l:O&aGO&e40&0O'h.

wine is n mockcr, strong drink is raging: and whosoever la de- ceived thereby ih not wise. lie that followcth after righteousness and mercy flmlcth life, righteous- ness and honor.

the throne. Under a Charter of 1371. he becomes Duke of Corn- wall ln the peerage. of England as the first-born son of the Sove- reign, bul. will not become Prince of Wales until his mother decides to invest him with that title. (The last. Prince of Wales, later King Edward V111 and now Duke of Windsor, wk: given the title on his ldlh birthday). Five other titles devolve on Prince Charles by reason of his mother's accession: he becomes Duke of Rothsay. Earl of Carrlck and Baron of Ren- frew in the Peerage of Scotland and Lord of the Isles and Great. Steward of Scotland. Princess Anne is second in succession to the Throne and Princes Margaret younger daughter of King George Vi. is third in succession.

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it is an accepted doctrine that. cl

while a woman can receive an honour from her husband, marri- age with a woman confers no honour or rank upon fl man. Thus the consort. of a King takes the rank and style of her husband. but. the converse does not. apply. In conformance with this doc- trine, the Constitution has never attached any special rank or pri- vileges to the husband of a Queen Regnlmt. There have only' been three constitutional issues of this kind in English history, of which the last is found in the marriage of Queen Victoria with Prince Albert. of Sax:-Cobourg-Gol.h:I, who was accorded the style of Prince Consort. by Letters Pal- ent seventeen year; after their marriage.

Formerly the death of fl sove- reign involved the dissolution of Parliament. and the termination of all offices under the Crown, since Parliament meets on the. personal summons of the Monarch and Ill offices are in theory held at his or her will and pleasure. Since 1861. however - w-hen rho- Representation of the People Act. of that year made the duration or Parliament independent of lot: demise of the Crown -- both Houses stand adjourned only un- til thelrl members have taken lhe Oatlv of Allegiance to the new Sovcrlgn, which occurrs i'rnmed-- ntcly yiftcr the Accession Coum-ll has mad: the order for the pro- clamllllon. In 1901. the Demise of the Crown Act. provided that the holding of any l)ff.ll'f' should not. be affected hy the dentist: of the Crowiuind that. no trrl-Ii Ippolnl- merit. should be necessary.

I CCOMOOTOACOCO ( Old Charlottetown i (And P. E. I. )

TORCHLIGIl'l' .I'll.0Cl'JSSl0N

"The passing of the Railway Bill in the Legislature (by a vote of 18-10) was the occasion of n

are mainly indebted for the good discipline and high state of effic- iency to which they have attained.

"The torches and transparancles

underneath each name) being lighted. the procession. headed by the Volunteer Band, marched off in the direction of Queen Street, down which it proceeded to Water Street, along Water Street to Prince Street, up Prince Street to Grafton Street, along Grafton to Queen Street. and from thence to the area in front of the Colonial Building, where an immense con- course of spectators of both sexes awaited heir arrival. and where another onflre of huge dimens- ions had been kindled and was blazing merrily In honour of the occasion. Here the procession marched and counter-marched. the men throwing their now nearly exhausted torches into the burn- lng pile on they passed, thus pre- venting all posiilbillty of accident.

. . . "This procession, if not the lurgelt. was certainly the prettiest thing of the kind ever seen in thin City. and was universally admired for the unexpected and brilliant effect produced by it, and the excellent order maintained by the young men of which it was chief- ly composed. Guns were occasion- nlly discharged nml sky-rockets were sent whlzzlng through the air. Tile fine three-story brick bulld- lng facing Queen Square, occupied by the Christian Brothers. was very tastefully and brilliantly il- luminated. Several buildings on both sides of Queen Street. and in other parts of the City. were also tastefully illuminated, the windows. in several easel, telng graced with the names of the lending advocates of the Railway

balcony in front of the Colonial Building. He was followed by Messrs. Howlan, Brecken. Strong, Dlngwc-ll. Havlland, A. A. Mac- Donald. Cameron. Bell. Rlchardl.

lng conclusively that the people nt lhose place: are fully alive to the vast importance of the im- mediate comtructlon of A Grand Trunk Line of Railway in Prince Edward Island."

--The blunder, April 21; 1871.

CRICKET HEADQUARTERS

The Marylebone Cricket Club in London him been the governing hmly of cricket mice In formation in 1787.

I Prescription Spocislilb Johnson & Johnson

Cor. Ken! I PIIIIOI Ii-

I Your Family Drug Store

(one of which. a sort of square cm""'?”" . box. exhibited the name: of P'""" 1-"lalllle lPope'. lHowlan', 'Brecken'. and clunl-0TT5T"WN 'Camcron'. with the letters tR.R.' "1009 W73 20! Pflneo 91

The nophluleotu and to laugh at Dorothy Dix and her advice to thq love-lom. But. she left an ex- tate of 52.316308, including stocks and bonds worth almost. 82,000,000. This shows again that lzold is where you find it. -'Hlmll- ton Spectator.

Not everyone know: that the flag should be lowered only its own width from the top o! its most. The term "half-mast.” is in A way a misnomer. The flag mourning practice arose in the be- ginning, it. is said, from the cus- tom of flying is black flag at the top of the must. with the usual flog directly beneath it. A! time went on the practice of actually flying the black flag was abandon- ed, but the customary flag was holswd not. literally to half-mast. but only low enough as to leave space for the symbol of mourning which at one time new above it. If the mast is short. the flag may be at the half-w 1 mark. if it. is IWVG CM ys&y 1)-7'1. but ul- Wlya only ..e flag-width from the long, the flag properly top. -Montreal Star.

lndh in now the. principal sup- plier or black pepper. and a lu. crative trade it is. In 5 recent six month period. that country ex- Dorted 118500.000 rupees worth of the commodity, lip from 61,500,- 000 rupees in the equivalent per- iod of the year previous. Pure black pepper, of course. is very expensive. some of what, is now 50311 101' Pepper isn't even very black In appearance. let alone its taste. Once when one bought black Dapper. thatls what one got. Such has been the deterloralion of pepper. an, sold -for ordinary consumption, some people are grinding their own. Nifty little pepper grinder: can be purchased 51001: With pepper corn, and pine- ed on the table. In that manner, Each can rrlnd his own, in the re- quired amount. on his own food.-

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INoles By The. Waxx,

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Milly Parents who l.":'”L”'.ili.J'”"l.if.l ""1!

m s 9 ed ably be well salluleii iii. f"”' remained just. that .. . memm" -u m as their ehna.-oi. ,0, ,,,,”,f; 380. limb people become more can servntive and more concerned wllli keeping themselvel in one pie” Bobsledding. now fast vanlahlni except for special cum aboard pr: clston-built sleds, in no qiyg,,1o' for one who has any pa;-ileum. 1”" (crest in his bodily integrity, No; no ions are it rlvalled skating M, ing and sliding in popularity: To- day one seldom sees the cumbu, some sleds so common even a .19. Cad? ago. Bobs'ln those day; US ually took shape during mid. rainy nfternoons in the ml months. They were built in 9,, spacious cellars of houses whlc-, themselves preceded bobalei-Lg ml to antiquity. - stratlord Beacon. Herald.

. A red nqulrrol took up his shod. in one of the grauaries. I.lv.i-z as one might say, in me (Una store. he was deprived of his nor- mal Autumn's work. which in more needy circumstance: w-mm have occupied most. of his waking hours. Accordingly, he yanked around tor something to do and although he was a bacliclor tool, up interior decorating. He located some of them ill. a considerably distance, and gathered and cam. ed home an astonishing numbe, of ioadslools: these he H'l'afl"c(;' (at. a precise distance apart andin as to present. the best. po5m,;, view at each? an the board wlilcl goes around horizontally in, 1)" 10!: 0! a wall. They were not edl. blc varieties: it ivras not his pin, in fat them. No, they were M goods and chattels, his brlc-3. brac. his curios. As they dried "WY look on It most authcnll: appearance, and long after he hit; vacated the premises, they re. mained as proof that a squlm

Windsor Daily Star.

will work; if not at 0 m then at another. - r;dn,ol,,rll:, Journal.

PROFESSIONAL CARDS

Dr. W. R. Carson

J. A. McGuiqan BAIIIIISTER. SOLICITOB. Eh NOTARY ETC. BARIIISTEII. SULICITOI CUIKIIIE IIUILDING

stirring demonstration on Friday

evening last. At about eight

o'clock. in torchlight procession,

composed mainly of the City Fire c'ICS. R. J S Companies, dressed in their ap- ' '

propriate costume, and all bearing B.A. ovum, In :g;th;f&ml;n!E:;f::i;;gu;2, 1532:, (3: BAI!R:lS)'I:'l-ARR.YS0&IoClT0R Eye: enmlhad. (tassel mun Street. The procession was under gnu". nu; Bulk.” U""'" null U QIIOGII 8!! the leadership of Dr. Strickland. ' 0""? Filo" I956-Hmm In.- to whose indefatigable exertions c"AR'4"TTl'3T0WN

several of our Fire Companies "W!!! "H 1

A. Walther: G-under, LL. B.

BARRISTEB. SOLICITOII. Eu Phillip: Building ill Grafton Street Money to Loan Collection

MacPhee & Trainer

H. F. llfncPnEE, B.A., Q.('. E. SOIVIERLED TIIAINOII. B A anrrlnen. .lo.

M. Albon Format 3. A. u. 3. MONEY 1'0 LOAN Charlottetown. P If. I.

FREDERIC A. LARGT. . 960

Barrister. Solicitor. Notary Royal Bank of Canada Building Charlottetown. P E. I. LOANS ON CITY AND FARM PROPERTIES

Mothoson. Pcoko & Nicholson

A. w. M.rrnasoN,--Q.c.---- A. ll. PEAKE. mi. LLB.

JOHN P. NIUIIOUSON. LL11 Bnrrlntlen. on

collection: - Money To mu II Great George Street Charlottetown

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A. J. IIASLAM. ILA- LAB- Burrltfer. me. link of Nov: Seoul uumllen Charlottetown. Ill. 1.

MONEY T0 IJOAN

Gander & Haszord GILBERT A. OIIUDET. B. A., LLI Ilarrtuen and solicitor: Money to Man Canadian Bank of Commerce Bldi

Dr. John E. Stems VETERINARY SURGEON

Phone 110 :8! Povmnl SI. Office Hours

By Appolnuncnt

J. A. CABRIJTIIERS

Bell. Motliloson & Foster

(NGII to Blmplona Annoy)

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"The procession belmz ended, the PHONE 2872 D. L. QC lion. James Pope addressed the 1 G R Fo5TE' LLB nxsembled multitude from the 123 Kent 3"-eed ' i R- - l

Loan: on City and Farm Proportion 150 Richmond Street

Charlottetown, P.E.I.

Perry, .1. Longworth, Cnrvell. and A. Macivelll. all of whole npeeche: 0!: A. L. MCCISCCC elicited loud and enthusiastic DENTIST i J. 0. cheers.

"Similar demanurallonn. though mam 8-Bu orrnumnlsi on a somewhat Imaller Ionic, GLORIA BUILDING have taken place in Summer-Ilde. I'll Grafton It. lllli Int Stroll Souris. Alberton, &c., &c., nhow- '30," 1" ”",N5 '7.

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Allison M. Gillls.

180 Richmond St. - Gbitown i Phone In

Ll..l, William A. lloddin nnmsrsu. soucn-on. ml” ””” "f”' 300- - Bu-tutor, Solicitor. EM-

lll llchmond st. - Charlottetown PHONE 2484

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