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llornin; uniiy iruuadou In i551) Authorised u Son-mi Clan llnll. Poll Oltlol Dvpnrtnieng OIIIVII. ‘lilo Inland (iunrdiun rulrlinlslng Co. llltor and Managing Director, J. IL Burnoli. Annalee: Editor, lfrnnl Weller.

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

TUESDAY, MAY 3. I949

CHABLOTTETOWN, ifing‘s Bounty Grievances

King's County has many and just grievances In the matter of inadequate transportation which were discussed at lost week's special meet- ing of the King's County Board of Trade at Montague. Emphasis was placed particularly on the mail problem. As pointed out at the meet- ing, it takes about as long for a letter to reach Montague and some other eastern centres by train frcm Charlottetown, as it does to travel from the West Coast to Charlottetown by air. lt was urged that trucks be provided, which could drop off mail and perhaps small express packages at important points along the route to Murray Harbour. This would mean shorter routes for t-he mail carriers, and remedy a grievance of long standing.

Another matter of concern to our eastern usidents is the lack of proper road facilities to Wood Islands. When this service was established it was anticipated that King's County would benefit chiefly. it is inexcusable that the road should not yet have been paved from the fcrry terminal to Souris and Montague.

Georgetown as a winter port also figured in the o-riginal ferry scheme — an ideal terminal from which to continue the service during the winter months.

Our Island people on the whole have been long-suffering in the matter of transportation complaints, and certainly in King's County this virtue has been exploited by the powers that be to the limit. What is needed chiefly is a-g- gressive representation at Ottawa to drive home the facts and figures which are being prepared for presentation to the Royal Commission. Com- missions are proverbia-lly slow-working bodies, and in the meantime our eastern farmers, ship- pers and business men are suffering losses and inconveniences which no section of Canada should be called upon to tolerate.

(train Freight Subsidies

ln the dying hours of the Parliamentary session last week, the question was raised as to the continuance of the freight subsidies on West- enn feed grains. In the absence of Hon. Mr. Gar- diner, Prime Minister St. Laurent stated that while the estimates contain no provision for continuing the subsidy, the policy has not been abandoned. "On the contrary,“ the Prime Minister said, "l ihave been in communication personally with the Minister of Agriculture, and it is his intention to recommend that they be continu- ed. Thereafter l communicated with all my col- leagues in the Calbinet and I ascertained that ‘they were disposed to join in his recommenda- tion and that this policy of paying the freigiht rates on coarse grains be continued after July 3i.‘

Finance Minister Abbott, in reply to a ques- tion by Mr. Bracken as to the intention of pro- viding for this matter in the supplementary es- rtimotes, said he assumed that provision would be mode "in the first supplementary estimates after the new Parliament will have assembled."

Mr. Bracken: "At the moment there is in the estimates no item for this project?"

Mr. Abbott: "That is correct."

in other words the Government has neg- lected to do anything in the matter until after the general election. This is another example of "passing the buck" on a question of prime importance to our farm producers. The Conser- vatives should make their awn policy clear on this issue, and should lose no time in doing so.

The. Farmers’ income

The net income of Canada's farmers in ‘I948 broke all prior record's, the Bureau of Sta- tistics reports, reaching the high total of 9,693,315,000. The i947 total was $1,234,909,- 000, the i946 figure having been $i,l6i,395,000. These net totals are obtained by deducting farm operating expenses of about‘ a billion dollars fro-m the cash receipts from the sale_ of farm products.

All Provinces except British Columbia en- joyed higher net farm incomes lost year than in I947. The net for each of the years i947 and i948 is given below.

i947 i948 7.. E. Island _. . . . . . $ i0,i00,000 $ i4,300,000 Nova Scotia . . . . . 17,200,030 20,600,000 New Brunswick . . 28,400,000 33,800,000 Quebec ,._._. . . u, - 090,300,000 259,500,000 Ontario . . . . 350,300,000 447,200,000 Manitoba . . . . ._- i i4,600,000 186,000,000 Saskatchewan . . . . 259,900,000 380,7 00,000 Alberto . . I . . . . . . . 209,i 00,000 297,600,000 British Columbia . . . 55,000,000 4i,600,000

These records show that the per capita income from- farms is considerably greater in -Prince Edward Island than in either Nova Scotia or New Brunswick, and that it is larger in Mani- toba than in any other part of Canada. Next in ‘order come Saskatchewan and Alberta, with British Columbia lowest of all.

General Omar N. Bradley, Unitea States chief of staff, sounds a warning against’ the per- eistent use of the phrase "cold wor. Though colorful ond descriptive, he says, itisunfortunaie. it suggests that the free motions are engaged in a project of wor when in fact, they are engagsd under the Atlantic Pbct-in o project .of peace. General Bradley says: "We. can M IWNY l"!- eoine the victims of our own slogans; By our in all too many minds that

overture to real won W0 "WY e. mentoilyy“ that accepts

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and measure the promises of this pact in bright- er‘hopes of peace."

Such slogans as "cold war" play directly into the hands of the Russian propagandists who are telling the whole world through every avenue

_ of distortion that the Atlantic Pact is a plan

for aggressive war. The more the Russians can make democratic people believe war is inevitable, and that the democracies are planning for it, the more successful the present Communist pro- poganda will be. The surest way to weaken the Atlantic Poct a-mong the peoples who must support it is to make it appear merely as a blueprint of military preparation, a phase of a cold war which will soon become hot.

1/ EDITORIAL NOT ES f.

Musical Festival.

Tourist Service Week began yesterday and Canadians are being subjected to intensive pro- paganda on keeping visitors happy. Perhaps the greatest single attraction is that we are glad to see them come.

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The Financial Post reports that Canadian packing houses are unable to supply Newfound- land's requirements of barreled beef and pork so that special duty free shipments are being allowed in‘ the United States on a temporary

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Smallholders under the Veterans’ Land Act are showing interest in the contest sponsored by the Department for the best developed proper- ties. Half the points are for the producing part of ti"; properties, about a third for landscaping an-d the rest for maintenance of the building. .

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An Ontario professor's advice to prospec- tive civil servants is to, "get a sound education in school. Cultivate the quality of mixing. Look into the art of diplomacy. Learn to think out and make decisions. These, plus horse sense, native friendliness, energy and ordinary good health are your best warrants for success in public service," or ‘in alnlost anything else sureIyJ

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immediately before dissolution Prime Min- ister St. Laurent announced that the Government intends to continue paying freight assistance on fed grains shipped from Western to Eastern Canada. Finance Minister Abbott said that an amount to cover the expenditure will be con- tained in supplementary estimates when Par- liament resumes.

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Thomas Hood, English poet ond humorist, died this date i845. After a successful career as a journalist, he ventured into authorship and published several works of a humorous descrip- tion. At heart o serious writer, his serious work was over-shadowed by the popularity of his comic verse: "I don't set up for being a cos- mopolite, which to my mind signifies being polite to every country except your own."

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The Moncton airport affair is still inex- plicable but has ended happily for that city. Transport Minister Chevrier announced last w k that customs and other services are not being restricted. No explanation is forthcoming about the French aircraft that "by some error" was required to proceed to Sydney although the change required the jettisoning of part of its fuel supply.

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Mr. Chesley A. Crosbie, dissenting member of the Newfoundland delegation that signed union terms with Canada, will support the Lib- eral Party in the coming election. He was the only member of the delegation not signing the terms of union -last December. The 46-year-old businessman who led a campaign for economic iinion with the United States before Confedera- tion took issue with the financial terms. Mr. Crosbie, at present returning fa St. John's from Brazil, likely will not campaign for the Liberals because of health T835025. .

An advertiser in our issue of last Saturday makes public retraction of misstatements whic-h he had inadvertently circulated more than half a century ago, with reg-ord to the credit due for the invention of a farm implement. The adver- liser signs himself "One Who Spoke Without Determining Facts," and says he did not know at the time, nor until years after, that his statements were untrue, and that he was tak- ing this means of-undoing the injustice done. We know nothing of this gentleman beyond the information contained in his advertisement and a brief covering letter, but his is certainly an unusual example of conscientiousness.

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Regional high schools are to be "the thing" of the future. The Hon. James W. Brittain, min- ister of education for the Province of New Brunswick, addressing a gathering attending the opening of the new $750,000 vocational wing o-f the Moncton High School complimented the members of the school board who were respon- sible for the addition of the new wing. "The ad- dition of the new wing, with the most modern equipment money can buy makes an important part in the development of the school system in our province," he said. Budgets would have to go up if the new educational promotion system was to be carried out and he asked full co-op- oration of the people of the province ond their full support in the program. Within the next i0 years, he said, other new regional high schools will b: put up in the province and edu- cational facilities will be steadily improved.

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The treatment of tuberculor meningitis by streptomycin is giving impressive results. This disco-z: was formerly considered fatal. The Scot- tish Scientific Ldvlyory Committee just issued a report prepared by the Streptomycin Slob-Commit- tee on the fahie of this drug. It is based on ob- servations during the last two years made on 8i patients suffering from tuberculor meningitis. The tests were maintained for a minimum period of four months. At the end of this time 44 per cent of the patients were alive and 30 per cent were progressing favourably. It was found that

immediate results werfmost noteworthy in pa-

eeid- up’ thinking tients between four and seventeen vearsoid.

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This oolninn In open to the dleoiuelon by correspondents or question or inimit- The Guardian doe: not neoelnr- iiy endorse the opinion or w. pendent!- xe-arsi-eewn-x-avi-ee-t-w-e - WISHES T0 BE BBIIIEMBEBED

Sin-I have recently received n

letter from one of m7 Old NCO’! of 3i. GRS. Rr-AF. Stilton. Charlottetown. who found out

quite by accident that I had re- turned to Canada and was located out West. He mentioned that quite a number of my old 31 6R3 com- rades returned to PILL utter the ivor and have settled down with their families among their friends of wartime days. It may be that. some of these would like to get in touch with me to renew our acqualntonceship and to exchange news about people we knew in those strenuous times. and I should appreciate it. very much if you would publish my letter in your columns to show them where I can be found. It has been is long way 1n time and distance from the Island to Alberta, but I should like to say that my wife and I look back with very great affection on our stay among you all, and will never for- get our good friends and all the many kfndnesses done to us while we ere stationed in Charlotte- town. We both look forward very much to our next visit. when we shall have on opportunity to take up again the threads of friendship cut. short so abruptly by the war. I ism, Sir. etc. JOHN G. PORTLOCK. (Wing Omdr. R.A.I"., Rcifd.) 9615-86 Ave., Edmonton, Alberta.

0 Old Charlottetown (And r. n. i.)

FEW FOGGY HOURS

"I have already observed that we are in a great degree free of fogs. which appears the more surprising as we are in the vicinity of coun- tries known to be extremely sub- ject to them, so near indeed. that many people may be inclined to doubt the possibility of our being so perfectly free from them as I have asserted. To such I can with great truth aver that I have seen two years successively pass with- out producing one foggy hour, and I am confident I have seen more fog in one month of November in London. than I witnessed in all the time I have passed in this Island. “I have heard many attempts to account for an exemption so singu- lar, but none of them perfectly sat.- isfactary, Some account for it from the high land of the Island of Cape Breton lying between u: and the Banks of Newfoundland and those on the eastern coast of Nova Scotia, which are the great scenes of fog. and from which it spreads over all the see coast of that coun- try, New Brunswick and the coast of New England, particularly the first. where it prevails much in all the summer months. l I I "If the intervention of the Is- land of Cape Breton between us and the Banks is the only reason of our enjoying a clear sky and dry atmosphere while the contrary prevails so near, it seems difficult to account for a circumstance that is constantly observed. By looking at the chart of this coast it will be observed that. the Gut of Canso div- ides the Island of Cape Breton from the peninsula of Nova Scotia; the eastern end of this strait ter- minates ln Chedabuctou Bay on the coast of Nova. Scotia. It is often observed in the months of June and July that. this Bay and all the land around it is frequently envel- oped ln fog for eight and ten days together, and that the fog seldom comes entirely through the Gut, which is only twenty-one miles in length; for several days together it will not come above two or three miles into it, and sometimes not at all. When it does 'co“me through the Gut. it seldom lasts above a. few hours. O O I

“It is also observed that. the mouth of the River St. Laurence. and the coast from Cape Rosier to the Bay of Chaleur, though not so much subject to fogs as the coast. of Nova Scotia, has a good deal of foggy weather in the spring and the first part, of the summer, yet the wind blowing directly from thence over the Guipii, does not bring the fog to this Island.

"It has been often said that we are to attribute our freedom of fogs to the nature of our soil. which is \Vll‘lfl_ and dry. and also to the small depth of water in all the southern part of the Guiph. which seldom exceeds twenty-five fathoms. It is probable that an attractive consideration and comparison of the circumstances by which we are fav- oured with so fortunate an exemp- tion may hereafter enable natural- ists to account in a more‘ satisfac- tory manner than has mt been done. for these fogs which are lo injurious to some of the neighbour- ing countries, entailing on them the unpleasant prospect of continu- ing for ever, subject to the neces- sity of relying on the importation of bread-corn for their daily con- lumptlon."

—Fronr "An Account of Prince Edward Island" &c., by John Ste- wart, Esq, 1806.

SERVICE AID BLIND ‘ manna-o - (or) - Sllnd children ere to receive special help through n new service of the Ome- dlen National Institute for the Blind. It hue appointed Jenn Wbitellw u consultant on services to the pro-school child. She will advise parents on training olill- drai to be eelf-lufflctent. '_

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Hfillliwwd in reported to be dfo- kerlng for the life story of e rio- torious Canadian burglar now in the hands of the law in the United States. It ll this exploitation of the sordid and moronic that is keep- ing adults away froi-n_the movies.- Harniiton Spectator.

Moscow nneorte their Russia has a citizen who is 147 years old. This ancient must have some disturbing recollections of the bad old days of the Czar-s, when a Russian could slip over to Paris for a holiday whenever he felt like it. —— Peter- borough Examiner.

Lucky indeed in the baby today. An actuary of a large life insurance company has come up with a bright article in n medical journal predict- ing that babies born in 1948 should live to the irand age of seventy- two. At least. he says, these ba- bies have a fifty-fifty chance of reaching seventy-two, while sev- erity-five per cent of them will reach the three-score mark. Show- ing the great strides made In look- ing after baby‘: health, he points out that in 1900 only seventy-five per cent of the babies born in that year could expect to reach the youthful age of twenty-four and one-half might ilve to be fifty- eight. Due to the control of dis- ease. better health standards. greater medical knowledge and dis- covery of new drugs, today's baby has an excellent chance of attain- ing longevity. Life expectancy is increasing all the time. —- Boston Fort.

When n person buys n car, he in "SUB"? very impressed with the fine upholstery which cgverr much of the vehicle's interior. He beams with pleasure when he views the rich colour of the material cover- ing the seats and enjoys pointing ll: out to his friends. A week or so after buying the car, how- ever, lie purchaser sent covers and has them installed in such a way that the beautiful car upholstery is hidden forever from view. Two years later he sells the car, still having not taken off the seat cov- ers. What We would like to know is this. Why do people cover lob/e- lycar upholstery with drab looking seat covers? A lenslbie answer. should win the sixty-four dollars. If there is .a sensible answer, car manufacturers could save the con- sumer considerable money by elim- inatlng expensive upholstery en- tireiy and equipping all curs with seat covers. The only trouble then might be covering the seat covers viiidth upholstery. —- Lethbridge Her- a .

According in n nowl lions. n new vacuum offers intriguing possibil- itlel. Due to some complicated zod- get, it runs about the run without anyone guldlngdt. It cleans the edges as well a the centre of the rug: it automat ally avoids all ob- stacles such as chairs, tables, and the baby's piaythlnge. And then, when it has performed its duty. it heads right back to its atoll in ilie hell closet. Maybe it does not speak up to n man and say, “Lift your feet!" but it is almost human oth- erwise. This ll indubitably a pro- gressive step. But it II only a step. Why not build a vacuum system into each room of the house? Then. with sufficient force, all that will be necessary will be to flick n switch and all the dirt and duet. of a room will be whisked away. if life is to be workioss. we may es well go the whole way, both in housework and in other linel of huImen activity. —Wlll Street Jour- na .

The dlelike for the noisy noisome eating of such edible: as popcorn, so often mentioned in these aoi- umns, in not confined to Brant- foi-d. noi- to Canada, for that matter. In Salem, Oregon, for example. n bill to ban popcorn ‘and peanuts from movirrhounee tine been intro- duced into the ltnte lejisintute by nine sponsors. who ohllect to beln! forced to listen to nearby popcorn eater: while watehlnfl movlel. At n Senate committee nearing on the hill theatre owner: ‘ ‘ ‘ that the bill wee tin-America .. But it le doubtful it their arguments cu- tied much weight. for something eioe which lolflrplloe “this hear- ing should lievoprovlged o clinch- er for site bill to become isvr. As the cheerful "opened. Bonnier look Bnln, distributed free popcorn to

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made eo much noise eating that the committee ordered the sergeant- ot-arms to pick up the popcorn and yhrow it away! —- Brantford Exposi- or.