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THE GUARDIAN. CHARb0'l'l'ETOW'N

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ifm'GUST 7.

1959

..THE GUARDIAN

Authorised as Second Class ilali Poet Office " Department. Ottawa , Tho Island Guardian Pubiialllng

Co. CIRCULATION Total City zone - the Retail Trading long I.0dd All other ..,.... 168 total Net Paid 11.818

Editor and Managing Director. J. I. Associate Editor. Frank Walker

"The Strongest Memory is Weaker Then the Weakest Ink.” '

ICHARLOTTETOWN. MONDAY. AUGUST 7, I50

' Friendly llivalry

Farmers throughout the Province will be showing stock and produce here during Old Home Week, not, however, in a spirit of downing the other man but -rather to help one and all to improve the quality of their products. In some industries much is made of "trade secrets” which are jealously pre- served from competitors. Farmers, on the other hand, for all their reputed independ- ence, are not only willing but anxious for others to benefit by their advances.

The lone breeder of high grade stock has little opportunity to profit, but when a whole community raises its standards, the market for the high quality product more than keeps pace with the steadily increasing supply. A notable example in. improved

, crops is the attention long paid here to the growing of Certified Seed Potatoes which have become internationally famous and now account for a very large percentage of farm income in this Province.

Hyde Park Again

In a few hours at Hyde Park, during the middle of World War Two, President Roose- velt and Prime Minister King solved one of our most pressing war problems. The United States in effect hired some of the industrial capacity of Canada to build munitions. By purchasing large quantities of goods here, especiallylmerchant shipping, the United States provided Canada with dollars for the purchase of essential United States imports. The Hyde Park agreement thus bridged our dollar shortage, enabled us to expand our war programme and integrated for a com- mon purpose the industrial processes of the two neighboring countries.

In Ottawa during the next few days officials of the two countries will meet to work out details of a greatly increased ex- change of armaments-in fact, to revive Hyde,Park to the extent necessary to underpin the joint defence of North Am- erica. Wlthout some .such arrangement it would be difficult if not impossible for Can- ada to rearm itself as it desires and as the United States unquestionably desires also.

The absence of a joint plan of weapon manufacture and exchange is the main rea- son offered by the Canadian Government

v for our army's present alarming shortage of modern weapons. This, perhaps, says the Winnipeg Free Fress, is too convenient an excuse for our unsatisfactory state of arm- ament. When the army's estimates for wea- pons were drastically whittled down in the last budget the governing factor unquestion- ably was the desire to hold down total ex- penditures and justify the pre-election tax reduction. Politically reductions in civilian spending are difficult but the budget of the army was an easy mark.

That the reduction in army estimates was a mistake is obvious in retrospect but when it was made the Government of Canada, like the governments of the free world at large, did not anticipate the Korean crisis and the larger crisis of power behind it. The problem now is to make up for lost time. If the Ottawa conferences this week can work out satisfactory arrangements, as it should be able to do, the main obstacle to Canada's purchase of United States wea- pons will be removed and there will be no further excuse for failure to arm our under-armed military forces.

"A Sony Mlsnomor”

A paradox of present day economics is

I the sense of disillusionment that has come even to the most ardent advocates of plan- i ning. Trouble, of course, is that while plan- ning works pretty well when only the haz- ards of nature and the King's enemies have to be reckoned with, it is apt to go all askew .when exposed to the even greater hazards of politics. , Consider, for example. the fate of a good deal of the sort of planning that was popu-

' lariin Ottawa immediately, prior to and fol- lowing the end of World War II. ,The economic brain. trust of that time was firm- ly convinced that Canada was in for a de- . pression. So family allowances were intro-

ion any decline in purchasing power. At the i tinie, another group of planners per- , -the Government that long-term

curried

. farmers

wheat has gone up. and the farmers are de- manding com tlon from the Govem- ment for losses suffered.

There-is nothing wrong with planning when the environment is solely econo c. But, as The Montreal Gazette points out, even when a plan becomes economically in-, defensible, if made by a government it re- mains politically untouchable. Obvious solu- tlon is for the Government to stay out of business and let private enterprise do the economic planning and take the risks.

EDITORIAL NOTES

The Junior Farmers are literally having a field day at Upton. O

The poultry yard is the busiest place at present, and likely to remain so as long as the prices of eggs and chickens are on the ascendant. . I 0'

Flying by air to camp helps to recall the days when it was mandatory that all regi- ments should march to their camp, by stages if necessary, as part of their train- ing course.

Evidently the Bureau of Statistics timed its release of the boost in the higher cost of living in time to justify the Government in making a. satisfactory adjustment in railway wages dispute.

Mr. "Jerry" Foster , setting the pace in training himself for political leadership. All young men and women should have courses in how to conduct public affairs intelligent- ly and efficiently.

O O O ' Today we should learn what part the Canadian Army is to have in resisting ag- gression. We do not have to wait to learn that whatever demands are made on it will be responded to with vigor. O O I Rumours of freight-carrying jet aircraft for this country are probably premature. but when they become a reality, as they al- most certainly will, the disadvantages of distance from the larger markets will be sharply discounted; at any rate for high quality, small bulk products. O O O

The Progressive Conservatives of Joli- ette-l'Assomption-Montcalm have decided to contest the bye-election there to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Mr. G. E. Lapalme on his appointment as Pro- vincial Liberal Leader. At a caucus of party stalwarts from the three counties, the political situation was examined and the group were unanimous in deciding that a P. C. party candidate should be chosen to oppose the Liberal nominee, Mr. Maurice Breton.

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Queen Amelia Elizabeth Caroline, Queen of George IV, died this date 1821. She was the daughter of the Duke of Brunswick. After his accension, George had her name omitted from the liturgy and attempted to procure a divorce, but the defence of Brougham and Denman forced the govern- ment to drop the bill; she was excluded from the coronation ceremony, and died nineteen days later, the object of much pro- found sympathy.

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A warning to unreliable politicians. In extricating himself from his now famous Schuman "plot" gaff, Mr. Strachey, Brit- aln's War Minister, at one point claimed to have been misreported. The retort of Sir Maxwell Fyfe, former attorney-general, in the House of Commons should be preserved for the record when other politiciansmake such claims. "There has never been any future in this House or our political life for those who use alleged misreporting as a sort of political niblick to get them out of a bad lie." '

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All a misunderstanding, now cleared up! Government of Quebec charges of disturb- ing the peace against five Baptist evangel- ists have been withdrawn. The five were arrested after a crowd of residents broke up their street-corner religious meeting at La Sam. The incident was one of a series of disturbances in that predominantly Roman Catholic mining town. Charges were with- drawn with the consent of Magistrate Ca- mille Beaulleu after crown attorney J. J. Martel said a constable arrested the men be- cause he believed the Baptlsts were at fault in attempting to proceed with the meeting. The crowd was quite unruly, he said. Magis- trate Beaulieu said such religious meetings are entirely legal s.s'long as they are order- ly. Following the trial, Mr. Martel and Max Garmaise, defence counsel, issued the fol- lowing joint statement: "The charge of un- lawful assembly laid by the chief of police of La Sarre against the five Baptists was the result of a misunderstanding on the part of La Ssrre Town Council of thesctivities of the Baptist Church involved. "The ex- planation since received by the authorities of the town have completely satisfied them that the Baptist were merely exercising rights which are granted to all religious

ti-,vg:o or

minorities in the Province of Quebec."

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-m.-m.-wuuumwvl.-ens-wn PUBLIC FORUM

This column is open so the discussion by correspondence of questions of interest. The Guardian does

Sir.-In a previous letter it Nu intimated that failure has been the unhappy experience of so many co-operative ventures. be- cause of the fact that man was born on individualist. and as such. could not become indefinitely re- conciled to group control over his economic or other affairs and activities.

Frm the time when women first decided to exercise her curiosity and original man reached out his hand to accept something for nothing. to which he was not en- titled and for which mlscue he subsequently sought to -place the responsibility elsewhere, when he discovered the bad bargain he had made. mankind has given unmis- tskesble evidence of a deep roob ed determination to maintain an individualistic status.

In fact lt'was Dlvinely decreed that he should. Man was born on individual, he sinned as an in- dividual, was apprehended as an individual; judgment was passed upon him as an individual. and from that day. down through the ages, individual responsibility has been his portion, and persons! lib- erty and freedom, his cherished possessions. It has been a long time since then and not to be wondered at if in this mid-twen- tletli century period he has be- come firmly established in his pre- scribed routine and reluctant to exchange for an uncertainty.

In this era we occupy today. man chsfes nder restriction; he abhor: contro he revolts against directives: all because he view: such as an invasion of his per- sonsl liberties. Modern inovatlons are looked upon with suspicion as man-made invention; that will sooner or later irritate. and are accepted only in s time of extrem- ity. to be ignored or discarded when the emergency is over. To illustrate the thought in mind I would quote from an argument used during a discussion on vet- erans' affairs in the House of Commons on an occasion. It goes something like this:

"God and the soldiers we odors In times of danger. not before:

The danger past. the wrongs arighted

God is forgotten and the soldier sllghted"

That. quotation might well be paraphrased to aptly apply to experiences met with in times of agricultural emeigencles. When producers have become the victim of economic ills it is not difficult to bargain with them or persuade them to adopts a course of action that will give promise of relief. The producers' extremity is the upllftersi opportunity. and it is not difficult to become popular at such a time.

When a Moses appears on the horizon under such circumstances. promising the mlllenium and sun- dry. if the people will but accept the dogmas proposed, a following is a certainty. But with "the danger past and wrong: srlghted" it must needs be a repetition of the inevitable back-to-individual responsibility and the cherished possessions of freedom and per- sonal liberty. It was ever thul and is in our day and generation.

I am. Sir, etc. J. A. GILLIF5.

Christianity Seen Facing Korea Test

A warning that the Christian world faces a war of annihilation if the Communists in Korea force the "thin line of defenders back into the sea," was sounded by Gen- eral Charles Brandon Booth. Com- mander-in-chlef of the Volunteers of America.

Addressing the weekly luncheon meeting of the Rotary Club of Montreal. Gen. Booth. head of the organization akin to the salvation Army, declared: "We are not fight- ing ss nationalities; this is not 3 war for commercial gain or for world leadership. This goes beck to the old fashioned war-the battle for the soul of the world."

Describing the Communists as "godless and greedy." he said if the United Nations forces were beaten in Korea. "we may find ourselves in the greatest war of annihilation ever faced by mankind.”

"me people in the United states are deadly serious about the pres- ent conflict." he said. He recalled a. recent scene of marching troops where he observed "no simrinl. no laughter. no waving at girls, like I saw in the two world wars.

"Instead I saw a group of dead- ly serious young people going to fqce 9, why of podllbla annihilat- ion."

When men have gone to the Korean wer front. "we must be of every assistance to their families who remain," he urged. "We will maintain front line morale by maintaining front line service at home.”

The speaker deplored conditions he observed in one community during the last war where rents were doubled when a service min! family applied for a dwelling.

He also commented on the social service work being dons-by his own organization and bi lint!!!-

Hs praised notorious for their work. and ufltd them to mu! "b1.leldldl;loj,'N'iG souls of on V1- les -

"Your great potsutialitiu." he stressed. "are. not to make moody. not in gain positions of leadership- but to form the mind, heart and

soul of a boy.”

I The Age-old story

I no Neighbors

Cruelty To Patents

(The Times, London) The object of taking part in s race is to win it. Even in Great Bfltlln. where we have develop- ed in the course of centm-je5.. providentially. as it now tum, out-e. certain aptitude for losing with I mod sues, victory still re- mllm the coal for which the athlete strives. He may only have a chance, but he has a single mind. It is not perhaps quite the some with horses. whose motives often IDPGI-1' to be mixed and who sometimes-especially when we have hsurded on them some part of the moneys which we owe to 959 Inbllector of Taxes-lose at s critical moment much of their in- terest in the proceedings. But by and large it remains true that the will to win lmates all test- snts in an athletic event. to the temporary exclusion of all other thoughts and emotion . O 0 t

The suspension of this natural ion to the races for fathers and

mothers organized at the school HD0145 in which their progeny com-

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law is what lends an eerie fasclnat- -

pets at this time of year. Although these trials of speed, like cock-fishtinr. badger-baiting and the burning of witches, are relics of "a more barbarous age they have not yet been, like most other things. 'DI'ohlbitcd by legis- lation; and doubtless our child- ren. as they gather our great- grsnddhildrcn mund their aged knees, will bore them stiff with in. accurate reminiscences of the un- holy prsctlcs to which they once 59-W 118 obliged to lend ourselves. For it is. of course. obligatory for parents to enter, unless they are either very old indeed or have had the sense to hire a pair of crutches for the occasion. O O O

The Mother's Race is generally run first and-were it not for the doom hsnzlns lo imminently over their heads-their consorts might find something rather charming in the spectacle of these metrons- some lissom, some not.- legging it over the greensward, uttering (until their breath gives out) shrill and on the whole remark- ably good-humoured cries. In only very few is the thought of victory uppermost. some are worrying about their hats, others about their high heels. and all fear that be- neath their fluttering draperies something will map.

some skim. some thunder Iot- ward. determined not to disgrace themselves in the 'eyes of their children, and even more determin- ed not to be beaten by any mo- ther of obviously riper years. The winner's flanks Ire heaving as she rumrnages for e mirror in the handbag which her offspring (if male) has made furtlvelhaste to return to her; but she feels agree- sbly youthful.

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The ret.hers' Race is a. slightly more gruesome affair. No man wants to court a sudden death from heart failure and few wish to expose their braces to the pub- lic view; and the consciousness that they are all-quits unneces- sarily-now doing both these things casts a certain gloom upon the fathers. The will to win burns strongly in a few. and many who cannot. aspire to victory feel a stirring of the competitive spirit as they take station alongside their contemporaries.

At last off they go moving (it rooms) with unparalleled velocity for the first 20 yards. then losing momentum and in the end finish- ing (if at ell) the reverse of strongly. Their lungs are bursting. their vision is blurred. But at least they were not last, and they will not have to run a mo yards again until next year By that time, though their speed is most unlike- ly to have increased, they will with myiuck haveeota newpelrof braces.

uoxmon, Aug. 1-huuum-. Polish police are holdlogdiu-ee British merchant navy officers on suspicion of assisting a Polish women to leave the country illeg- ally. the Foreign Oilice said yes- iarday. Poland has informed Brit- ain of the

IV George Clark . Q ,1

"fb-rougEt' my husband along just to prove fm not boarding - -f . . all these groceries." .- .. . .

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FROM T FROM PARADISE

Think a little. while ye hear.

Of the banks

Where the willows and the deer Crowd in intermingled ranks.

As if all would drift at ones where the living water runs!- Of the nshes' golden edges I-"lashing in and out the ssdgss; of tho swans on silver throats, Floating down the winding streams With lI::dl.uiV0 eyes turned shore-

w And a chant of undertones,- Amd the lotus leaning forward To help them into dreams.

-Elizabeth Barrett Browning

Old Charlottetown (And 2. r. 1.)

WOBRELL ESTATE SOLD

From a newspaper ndtice dated Charlottetown, llth Sept, 1854: "The undersigned. in countin- ation of certain agreements lately made by Charles Worrcll. late of Worrell House. but now of Lon- don, in Great Britain, have by deeds of release and assignment respectively dated the 16th day of August last, conveyed to William H. Pope. of Charlottetown. Es- quire. all their right, title and in- terest, as trustees of the said Charles Wonrell, in and to certain and personal estates. debts. and judgments in Prince Edward Is- land, formerly belonging to the said Charles Won-ell, and convey- ed by him to the undersigned by deeds dated the 17th day of June, 1350: of which all tenants of the said Estates, and other parties in- terested in. or indebted to the same. are hereby notified and will govern themselves accordingly. (Signed) James Peeke. Charles Hensley, John M. Hall. Tbeophilus Deshrlsny, trustees." . . .

(It is interesting to note, in con- nection with the item about the concert in the new T , I-loll quoted in Saturdays issue from The Islander of Jon. 9. 1869. the organ built by Mr. Watson Duchemin and played by him on that occsaiongis now in possessl of his grandson, Mr. Ernest Duch- emin, Charlottetown. Built origin- ally for the first Anglican church in St. Eleanor's, it was later used in the Catholic church at Indian Riv- er. sun in good working order and complete in every detail. it has a standard keyboard. single manual. with four sets of pipes and hand pimped bellows. It was constructed by hand of mahogany and pine, and is about 4 by D feetvin sine, and ,7 feet in height.)

PARIS. Aug. 8 -- (AP) - Henry Parkman. of-year-old ". t yer, soldier and mllltary- govern- ment expert. today became Marshall Plan's boss for rnnco. He succeeds Louisville publisher Barry Blngbun as chief of the European

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A teacher on labor: lay found her Eskimo students refused to III! may from school for sum- mer holidays. Ottawa small fry

about if as early as possible. "on, discoveries," says Dr. B:-oo

"have shown that types of mm, itlvo man lived in South Africa

.car he sells. I little lurprlgs puck.

please notel-(Ottawa Journal).

A California dealer -throws in 813 worth of groceries with every