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

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THURSDAY. SEPT. 6. I951

00- Existence With communism

It is but natural that sniffs of disdain among thoughtful folk in Canada and the United States should be the response to that part of the Soviet Union's "peace offensive” which suggests the possibility of a state of non-belligerent ”co-existence" between the capitalist west and Russian Communism. Until such time as the North Atlantic Treaty nations are powerful enough to re- duce the threat of Soviet aggression to the point where an attack would not be worth the candle. it is desirable that such man- ifestations of doubt should be sustained without let or hindrance.

But what of the period when the bal-1 ance of power is preponderantly against the Soviet Union? Then, and only then, it will be necessary to consider the problem of co- existence. For the alternative to co-exist- ence would be a war of intervention such as that which succeeded the Bolshevik Rev- olution of 1917, and which ended so dis- astrously for Britain and the other inter- ventionist powers. The alternative to co- existence is a clash of arms.

Hateful and sinister as the Soviet way of life is to people in Canada and in other countries outside the iron curtain, the fact remains that it would be inconsistent with everything that democracy means to launch a war upon the Soviet Union for the sole purpose of bringing about the overthrow of the Communist regime. Russia, like Germ- any, needs to be saved from the corrosive influences of totalitarianism. Yet the mere fact of overthrowing the Nazi regime in Germany no more accomplished an immed-

secure from the cost-of-living index, which! measures costs only in money. i

The net result of such a study would: certainly show that average living stand- ards are higher now than ever-a. fact ob- . vious enough, without figures, in the gen-5 eral prosperity of the nation. follow, of course, that because living stand- ards have risen during an inflation that inflation has done no harm, as some people seem to imagine. For one thing, all fixed savings like life insurance, bonds and bank accounts, have lost about half their value and people who have saved their money to support themselves in their old age, in- stead of becoming a charge on the com- munity, have been severely penalized. This is one of the reasons, no doubt, why the rate of personal saving has lately dropped, to the Government's justified alarm.

EDITORIAL NOTES

Of the 53'.-cnty worst weeds examined by the Canadian Department of Agricul-

ture, 21 were found to be indigenous. it

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Favourable comment is being made on the greatly improved condition of the People's Cemetery under the charge of Mr.

Gregory.

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Mr. A. W. Marsdcn, Director of the Commonwealth Bureau of Dairy Science at Shinficld. Reading, England, is now on a 4-months' tour of agricultural centres in Canada and the United States.

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The number of visitors to Britain from the Commonwealth and Empire countries during July was estimated at 15,000 and. the all-in number from all parts of the!

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world was 124,184-an increase of 15,716

on July last year.

A British Master Gunner is now touring Canada. Lieut.-Col. Edward Heath, newly appointed Master Gunner of the Tower of London is on a business trip which will take him over Canada and the United States. As Master Gunner, Col. Heath, Conservative MP. and Opposition .Whip, is responsible for the commanding and firing

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iatc restoration of faith in the democratic tradition, as present developments in Germ- any demonstrate, than it would in Russia. Political, like eternal salvation, cannot be achieved by force. Rather, exhortation and pgeeept, coupled with patience, will he need- e .

In Terms Of Work

Another increase in the cost-of-living index for July is announced by the Bureau of Statistics, but it is some satisfaction to note ”thc first faint indications of a shak- mess in wholesale prices” which may mean reduced living costs in the months ahead. Also, it is well to remember that living costs in terms of money alone do not ac- euratcly reflect the situation. A recent study conducted by the U. S. Department of Agriculture shows how purchasing pow- er, in terms of work, has also been stead- ily advancing.

The figures prepared by the Depart- ment of Agriculture relate to conditions in the United States but the Winnipeg Free Press, which publishes them prominently, suggests that doubtless they apply with small variation to conditions in Canada. They show what foodstuffs one hour of work, by the average worker, would pur- chase in 1929 and in 1951. two years of in- flation. as follows:

1929 1951 Broad 6 loaves 10 loaves Bacon .. . 1.3 pounds 2.3 pountls Eggs .. 1.1 dozen 2.5 dozen Milk . . 7 pints 13.8 pints Oranges . 1.3 dozen 3.2 dozen Potatoes . 17.1 pounds 36.3 pounds Steak . . . . . . . . . .. 1.2 pounds 1.5 pounds

Measured by the amount of energy and time required to earn food, the cost of liv- ing has dropped sharply since 1929 even though prices, in money, have risen.

No similar study apparently has been conducted by the United States Government of late to measure the amount of work and energy needed to buy essential pro- ducts apart from food. Canadian Business Service, research organization in Toronto, has studied a series of such investigations

1 conducted in 1948, when inflation was well

under way, and reports some interesting figures. For example, it cost the average North American worker in 1914 six hours work a week to feed each member of his family and in 1948 less than four hours. It cost him 17 days of work in 1914 to buy one complete outfit of clothing and nine days in 1948.- , v

It would be lllumlnuiliz and useful, the 1-'rce'Pi-essusuggeuts, if the statisticians of

thd Canadian Government would make an,

up-to-dots ctudy' of all the products enter- coct of

living nndmeuure them

Some figures released at Bonn, Germ- any, by the German Brewers' Federation, ishow that Belgians drink more beer than any jolhcr people in the world. They consumed ,30 gallons per head during 1950. Next in jline comes Britain's average with 201;. gal- flons, the United Slates with 18 gallons and iCanada with 14 gallons per person dur-

iing last year.

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The Young Pretender, Bonnie Prince ,Charlic, landed at Eriska, in the Hebrides, ,this date 1745 and marched south to Edin- tburgh. I-le held court at Holyrood, defeat- lied Cope at Prestonpans and marched on Ito Derby. His advisers insisted on a re- :treat to Scotland where he won another lvictory at Falkirk but was decisively beat-

ion at Cullodcn.

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; British election talk is general. It is iacccpted that Mr. Attlcc is hcsitating be- 'twecn an election in October, before things lgel worse. or postponement until the -spring, in hope things will get better. Worst. blow of all has been announcement. from lAr;:cnlina that there will not be an ade- iquatc supply of meat for Britain-forc- jshadowing another reduction in meat ra- ytion. just after it had been increased.

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i It was reported in yesterday's issue that .Piclou Lodge had had the best tourist sea- son in its history. No wonder! What was iP. l.'s loss was Pictou's gain. Due to ilack of steamer accommodation thousands who intended coming here had to go else- whcre-prcfe1'ably to Pictou Lodge. The first three days of this month showed the ferries carried 2970 passengers against 1938 ilast year, an increase of 1,032. They car- ried (5.37 autos. against 434 last year; and '92 trucks against 106 in 1950, down 14 ,due to the fact that no potatoes were mov- ,ing this year. I

', Penalizing capitalis all the more fool- ish, says The Gazette, because capital is not ,only the source of investment, but also one of the great sources of taxation. By try- King to discriminate against profits and div- iidends the Government is also discriminat-

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THE GUARDIAN. CHARIJ()'l'TE'l'OWlNT

We Don't llave To Wear This Yet

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PUBLIC FORUM

This column in open to the discussion by correspondent: 0" Iluestions of interest. The Guardian does not necessar- ily endorse the opinion of wucapondcntl.

PROTEST AGAINST BINGO

Islr.-With deep and strong con- viction. the Protestant Church has declared that moral law. shaped ir. the spirit of Jesus Christ, says that man shall not risk his mate- rial security but shall earn it, and also that man shall receive full returns for his investnieiits.

The Protestant Church leaves the decidedly major place to God. and God's free and unmerited grace, to save man's soul, but it rightfully assumes manls personal responsibility for merlting the, niatcrial things of this life. By taking this position Protestant Christianity affirms that what man receives of material wealth shall come to him through ability and energy and material value ex- pended, not by chance. At the same time, man shall pay full value for goods, and services received. To violate this practical relation- ship is also to violate an ethical standard and to slip into the realm of plain risk or gambling. Such a. position is immoral; such 3 practice is dislioiiest.

By violating the Christian prin- ciple that 10c paid demands B. we value received and that 52.00 paid demands a 52.00 value received. the Mammoth Bingo held recently has aggravated tendencies toward dis- honesty in our community to a very large and unwelcome degree. A previous effort to promote such large-scale, open-faced immoral- ity in our citybhad been discour- aged by the Attorney General, but this time the parties” responsible used charitable organizations as fronts and thus made their money- rnising efforts legal. Incidentally what a travesty upon Christianity that gambling to aid Christlan-ln- sph-ed institutions should legalize immorality!

We suspect that client the or- phanages already regrets having its good name associated with the recent Mammoth Bingo, and we hope that no other charitable or- ganizntion will make their mis- takes in a. careless moment. We also hope that our Christian mer- chants will decide by a Higher Law and will refuse to be a port of any future dishonest money- raising schemes.

I am. Sir. clc.. (REV) JAMES D. DAVISON. Minister of the Charlottetown United Baptist Church

DOCTORS IN BRITAIN

Sir.-in a recent editorial in the Guardian entitled "Doctors: Dil- emma" you state that the British Health Plan has become unwork- able and base your claims on the fact that the Health Ministry has agreed to submit the dispute on fees and working conditions of the medical profession to the arbitra- tion by a. third party. I would understand frcm this that the plan is really workable. The fact that the Doctors and the Government have agreed to arbitrate their dif- ferences is 3 very hopeful sign. Had the Doctors walked out on the plan lnslctd of urbitratlng it might

ling against its own revenues. As Winston Churchill oncc pointed out in his pictures-; que way, no one in charge of a milk herdf .would act on this principle. It is only sound: ilpractice to encourage "the best givers"l among the cows, just because they do the- most to fill the pail. Attacking capitalism does not remove at all the need for cap- ital. Nor does the discouragement of in-' vcstors in any fashion reduce the need for investment. The difficulties encountered by the planned economy of socialism 'arisc from ,the way its anti-capitalist theories tend. in practice, to dry up the sources of capital, upon which the larger national welfare still depends. Preaching the gospel of envy is, in itself, no guarantee for plenty, and thel destruction of wealth is, in the end, the surest way of building up poverty. l

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have become unworkable but they evidently realized that the people cf Britain were finding it satisfac- tory and very popular. so they hesitated to jeopardize it.

Before the present Health Plan came into being nearly half of the British people could not afford medical attention, but since that time all the people can have their lllnesscs taken care of. This mum the doctors are much busier Ind will be until such time as suffic- ient new medical men are trained. As I result. the present doctors In asking for more pay which they will probably get.

The critics of the Health Plan

ihu hoped that the Doctors would

quit but are disappointed.

The health of the British people has improved mor since the Health Plan c me into cot than during any similar period in their history. and this dlopltc war demons and food charts II. This spun well for coclnliled medical ncrvlccl.

OQ, Q Old Charlottetown g mu 2. a 1.;

. EARLY CIVIC WABDS

The division of Charlottetown into Wards preceded the incorp- oration of the City by several years, and was primarily for fire protection purposes. The action was taken at a meeting of the Pump and Well Assclsors on June 15, 1849, when it was resolved: "That the Town be divided into Wards, and that an Assessor be appointed for each Ward, whose duty it shall be to see that all the Pumps in his Ward are kept in good working order."

The Wards. though not describ- ed in the advertisement issued at this time by John Pidwell, secre- tary for the Assessors, were to be "the same an arranged by the Fire Wardens." These Wardens. eight in number, had jurisdiction

over different section: of the town. and comprised William Lowe. John Pidwell, John J.

Pippy. James R. Watt, John Gates, Richard I-Ienrtz, Patrick Gaffney and William Dawson.

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The softening twilight melts into the night,

The very thrush has piped his

. last far song.

Another golden day has taken fl ht.

Into the West, to join the endless throng of all the days that form our sad,

sad . so sad because they cannot be re-

trleved.

They've gone and still their mem- ory will last,

The taunting memory of hopes

deceived. it's in that twilight hour that desolation Put: on his grim. gray garb and stalks about. Descending on my poor heart's de- vastation, To leave my world all wonder and all doubt. Yet when dawn comes these lonely hours that mock Have vanished like i.he'dew upon the rock. --I-i:rriel.lGhIpman.

After all. it is the health of the people which should count most in any health scheme. And by the way, the British Gov:-mrnent. still pay: fifty per cent. of the out of false teeth and spectacles-some thing which would be welcomed by many of our needy Canadians

It would be just as reasonable to suggest that the Canadian sociol- ized postal system had gone on the rocks because the employees re- quested better pay and working conditions and the dispute was sub- -mitted to In Arbitration Band for settlement. as to dnw the conclus- ions your editorial did from 1 simi- lar situation in Britain. '

I Ian Sir. etc. IRVING M. TOOMBS Albany. to n.

iuusib APPIECIATIED

sir.--on Saturday. Sept. 1. I was 1'. vllltor at the Provincial T. B. Sanctorium. and was a wit.- neu to I. very fine not of gen- erosity.

There were two musician! who were visiting someone. who play- ed I fiddle and accordion, and it won I plouur. to no the hop- pineu the munic brought to the faces of the men in the auditor- ium llctening.

The young Cody also played the piano. at will on In accordion. and reoponded to any and all re- quelts. I

Alluming they were mainland vlliton, I would like to thank them publicly if they are Itill on P.l.l. for I charitable deed well done. and on sun the men who lintenod. Join me in doing some.

I Sir. ctc.. JUST A PASS!!! BY

A C lever Device

(Saturday N ighl)

It was an extremely clever man who thought up the device of the new Canada. savings Bond issue, It was imperative to retain the redemption-on-demand feature of the previous issue, which is ne- cessary in order to prevent a seri- ous decline in market value (such as occurred last year with ordin- ary bonds) in the event of the market interest rate going up.

What the Government has done is to arrange things so that the new bond shall bear no interest during its first nine months of existence, after which it becomes an ordinary 3 1-2 per cent bond, plus the redemption guarantee, except that for comparative pur- poses the rate is really a. little lower than 3 1-2 because such bonds usually pay interest twice 3 year and this one pays only at the end of the year.

The real significance of this ar- rangement 'is that the purchaser of the bond is really paying 5100 plus nine months' interest for his 5100 bond, or about 3102. As re- demption will nevcr give him more than si00, this means that the Government gets two dollars to cover the risk of early redemption and to help reduce the interest rate if the bond is held for a. sub- stantial time or to maturity.

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If the bond were actually a 3 1-2 per cent one, it would pay one 52.37 coupon at the end of the first nine months. There is no such coupon. so the value of that coupon discounted to the time of purchase must be added to the price of the bond to give the buy- er's real investment. The loss of this s2 is the price that the bond- holder pays for his redemption privilege. and his high return if the bond is held to maturity.

We are far from criticizing this arrangement, except on one ground. It will, we think, give rise to an impression among those who are not professional bond dealers that the current. market rate on high- grade bonds is higher than. it actually is. A ten-year 3 1-2 per ccnt. bond selling at l02 does not actually yield anything like 3 1-2 per cent, but for the moment it will have the appearance and the psychological effect of doing so, and may thus push other bond rates higher - or bond prices lower.

when the nine months has ex- pired and interest becomes pay- able in the regular manner, the market quotation -- which will probably be well over 101 - will

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The Age-Old Story

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Therefore thus saith the lord God. Behold, I lay in Zion for I foundation a alone, I tried stone. a precious corner alone. I sure foundation: he that bolieveth shall not make llute. Judgment also will I lay to the line, and right- eousneu to the plummet: and the hull shall swoop away the refuge of lien. and the waters ohnll over- flow thc hiding place.

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A stir was created recently when an enormous car. painted bright yellow, was noticed standing out- side Bush House in London, home of some of the BBC's External Services. The vehicle was awaiting the emergence of its owner, His Serene Highness the Finish of Perils (Malaya), accompanied by the Tuan Puterl of Perils. wear- mg a magnificent sarong. The on- lookers who stared at the car were intrigued not by the brightness of its color but also by the absence of number plates, a distinction nor- mally allowed in Britain to no one but His Majesty the King. In place of them the Rainh's car bears his title in large letters on both front and back, and his coat of arms on the doors. r

His Royal Highness Prince Philip. Duke of Edinburgh, is surprising is. lot of people who have been think- ing of him as being nothing more than Princess Elizabeth's husband. He has been demonstrating that he has a mind of his own, and that he likes to say what he thinks. The Royal Family, contrary to the ideas of some Canadians and Am- ericans. is not composed either of empty-headed aristocrats or of heavy-handed tyrants. Its em- bers are highly intelligent on are possmsed of 9. strong sense of re- sponsibility. Prince Philip has been described as "among the first six after-dinner speakers in Britain" - which is quite a tribute for so young a man. If Prince Philip con- tinucs to offer thoughtful observa- tions which appeal to reasonable minds - and which remain above the level of partisan strife - he may make a. valuable contribution to Britain and the Commonwealth. A saint John Telegraph-Journal.

Now and again the United Press gets to wondering what has happened to people who used to be in the headlines. Following are the results of the UP; latest nos- talgia: John T. scopes, Tennes- see school teacher was found gull- ty in lm of teaching evolution in the trial that was a courtroom duel between William Jennings Bryan and Clarence Darrow. Scopes now is n geologist for a Louisiana gas company in Shave- port. Clarence Chamberlain, avia- tor, set L long-distance trans- Atlantic record from New York to Germany in 1932. He now lives on a. farm in Shelton. Conn, and is an automobile distributor. Doug- las Con-lgan become briefly fam- ous as "Wrong Way Corrigan” in 1938 when he "mistakenly" flew in the wrong direction from New York and ended in Ireland instead of Lou Angeles. Eight years later he ran for senator from Califor- nia on the prohibition ticket. Now he is an unemployed test pilot on the west Coast. -New York Her- ald Tribune.

reflect the correct estlrnnte of what a gilt-edged bond, with re- demption guaranteed at any time. ought to be paying. We doubt. it any of these bonds will ever be redeemed before due date, be-

SEPTEMBER 6. 195;

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this sandals on their feet "blur. we now need. of course, is '3 wem em scientist to say um, nnd:',; are Just what pl ii 1 -, ' Ottawa Journal. is 5 and hm" T

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have something lll'll.lb'1l':I"ll;ts 51w" when they return to their llll1 homes after a vacation at R"-

Lake. While on the lake, B, .,.,.,””'-l swam into the path of their by" The cat tried to climb over 31 pi-ow of the boat. one of the 1-" look a swipe at the animal Ht missed. Another managed to 3;,” the bob-cat. and it tumbled , " the boat. The prize ms .,,.,,.n hm” home alive. We know som rm ty close tohomc, who would Liufif given the bob-cut. the whole 1, N lo himself -taking u, cymme O” swimming tohshore. Besides n-ion do you do with u live bob-cal will: you get him back home? u F0," William Times-Journal. l

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Princess Elizabeth. cd mostgr her life roya rcsi enccs, will v one interesting exggilillii Ieaiw Washington. she Wm me In " house which is literally by me id. of the road when she stays arsml Blair House as the guest of Prrl. dent and Mrs. Truman. Street M rumble by directly under its vial dows. Pennsylvania avenue truth SWEEPS up and down in emu”, tides hardly more than five yam, from the front door. Until the at, "Smith on President Truman's pg, 3 few mm"-h-5 380. even the lldp. walk by the President's doorstep W38 Open to passers-by. That nay. Ls ropted off, the number of poll" guards has been increased and bul- let-proof screening has been put 0" 5" Windows--Christian Science Monitor.

who has 1.7. in castles am

when I. Hollywood movie .1. appeared on the stage in an Am. erlcan theatre the other day, i bobby-soxer rushed up, louchen him. and had hardly regained hgx seat when she fainted-. "It'll l healthfy sign." said the movie star He explained it in this way: in the United States (and to it degreg it probably holds true in Canada) young people work off their emu. tlonal steam in hero worship oi motion picture celebrities and big- name athletes. In some Europear countries this enthusiasm is ex- pressed in the form of youth ral. lies, and often at some demn. gogue's direction. The movie an: is partly right. It's better for young people to get fainting spelll than to become street marchen and rioters for masquerading tyranny. But the fainting spell: certainly don't belong in the cate- gory of healthy signs. The unsti- ble emotionallsm. indeed, seems to be no safer than its opportunitlu. Until something ' approximating normal human reserve and illici- llgence takes its place, it will re- main a mark of moronic immatur-

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ity here and abroad. - Windsor Daily Star.

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