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fThe Strangest Memory is Weaker Than the Weakest Ink."

WN, WEDNEDAY, APRIL 27, 1949

Arr Excellent Glrolce

King's County Conservatives have on ex-

cellent ccndidate for the House of Commons in the person of Ma-jor John A. MacDonald, of Cardigan, vdrose unanimous nomination yester- day is recorded in our news columns. Major Mac- Donald has already served his country well, both in peace and war, having had four years’ ex- perience in the Provincial Legislature as well as a distinguished record overseas. l-n entering the Federal political field, he will be following in the footsteps of his worthy father, the late Senator MacDonald, who before his appointment to the Upper House served several terms in the Commons, and was at one time a minister without portfolio in the Bennett a Government. Tlhe family name is indeed a house- hold’ word throughout King's County and the Province generally, standing for the best tradit- ions in public life as well as in business affairs.

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Ilr. Drew's Programme

Speaking in Sydney last week, Hon. George Drew, national Conservative leader, came out un-reservedly for modernizing the C.N.R. system in the Maritimes, as well as for an adequate supply of electric power for these Provinces. He declared that the Canso Bridge project, urgently necessary as it was, did not in itself offer a solu- tion lo the Maritime bottleneck problem, but thalt it formed only one vital feature of a com- prehensive plan of transportation development. This is what was recommended by the House of Commons committee on reconstruction in Janu- ary, 1944, and to its complete implementation the Progressive Conservative leader definitely pledged his party and the Government he antici- pates fanning after the next Parliament is elect-

Firet and foremost among the recommen- dations of the Commons committee in i944 was the following: "(oi improvements designed to make communications between Prince Edward ‘Island and the mainland constant, reliable and adequate." Daub-bless this programme will be fully discussed by Mr. Drew when he visits this IProvince during the coming election campaign. Another important feature of his campaign, as announced at Sydney, is Federal assistance for the generating of electric energy from fuel, to provide cheap and abundant light and power supplies to the entire Maritimes. This will mean an equality of opportunity in the entire Mari- times. As Mr. Drew reminded his audience, de- fective transportation services and lock of am- ple electric power account largely for the fail- ure of the Maritime: to keep pace with the van- __ guard march of Canada's economic progress. . The policy he announced should, when carried

’ out, signa-lize a new era of opportunity and economic progress for these three Atlantic Pro- ' vin-ces.

That The People M4 Know

This from The Journal, Ottawa, speaks with knowledge and experience:

The CCF leader, discussing the press of Ca- nada at a Socialist rally in Toronto, was not at his best. He showed, in fact, a degree of con- fusion on the subject not characteristic of a man who of-ten demonstrates a pleasant moderation tn his speech.

It is Mr. Coldwell's thesis that there are not enougrh daily newspapers in Canada, and he ‘has the answer at hand: "Monopoly pre- vents the development of new dailies, and the - ‘evolution of capitalism steadily promotes amalga- " motions, suspensions and so on." Freedom of the press, he asserts, is becoming "only a mockery"

to "arise and tackle the problem of free expres- sion" so that the will of the people may be made victorious "over the heartless money power of the monopolistic interests."

ln an effort to prove his case the Socialist leade made much of the Winni-peg Citizen. which suspended recently after an existence of l3 months. The Citizen, he suggested, foiled be- cause it could not get a notional news service, and this foil-are he attributed to the "vested lrrterast" In those services of the other Winni- peg rllwepopers. Actualy the Citizen was unable to secure one of the two Canadian news services because ithod rrotlhe moneytopay for it. Tho Citizen was launched on insufficient capital, never paid its way, and when its money was gone the paper hod lo quit because nobody would buy it er put up more money. The _"heartless money power" hod nothing to do wrlh rt.

“Mr. Caldwell mentioned also the Halifax

drroirlcle, merged recently with the Halifax Her- old. ‘lfhe Chronicle, e good old-established news- paper war-sold because lr was losing steadily 0d heavily-Jt hod gone behind by $l.000.°w l" recent edmweereteIrLOnewonderswhotMr. Celdweh would hgve done with the Chronicle, hod ha‘ M‘ ' e newspaper

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erous suspensions, mergers and omolgomotlons in the past 35 years. Publishers have hod to face o public demand for better papers, vdrich~means more expensive papers, along with kecner and broader competition as means of transport have improved, and out of the struggle have come the ohe-paper "monopoly" cities Mr. Caldwell de- plores.- The Winnipeg Citizen, to revert to that case, hod something o-ver $100,000 of capitol when it was launched. It would have needed at least one or two millions to give it a fighting chance of success. As it was the Citizen could not afford to provide the services modern readers expect, the people bought in preference other papers which could give them what they wanted, and the Citizen foi-led. .

We think "a truly free press“ involves the right of a publisher to stop publication when he is losing m-oney, as it involves the ridlt of anyone to start a newspaper if he has some money and wants to take a chance with it. One must infer from Mr. Coldwell's words that he thinks the State should do something in the mat- ter. lf we had a CClF Government in Canada pos- sibly it would have saved the Winnipeg Citizen—- at a cost to the taxpayers of millions of dol- lars. But no press is free when it is operated or subsidized by the State, a-nd the sort of "kept" newspaper Mr. Caldwell seems to con-template would possess neither the confidence nor respect of the people.

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Political hat: are in the ring. k ‘A’ i

There is no getting away from the fact that both our streets and roads arenbodly in need of

extensive repairs.

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As it is announced the Prime Minister's cam- paign w-ill be begun in the east, it is not likely another visit fro-m the Leader of the Opposi- tion will be due till the eve of the election.

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Nova Scotia is evidently to combine apple blossom week with a provincial election. Were the election law there as it is here apple blos- som tourists would ru-n the risk of having their holiday spoiled by legal action.

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The m-otler of setting the Federal election date had become almost a war of nerves to which the commencement of hostilities or the announcement of an election brings a feeling of relief along with re-newed activity.

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lt is generally admitted the report of Judge Pottier in the Halifax snowblower probe throws small credit on all concerned. What is to be com- mended is that the judicial inquiry was carried

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Senate appointments cause so much grief that perhaps a move for Senate reform would have th-e backing of even Mr. St. Laurent. Many alternatives are possible, from cp-pointments by Provincial Governments to university representa- tion.

U I I ‘Premier J. Walter Jones should be a wel- come guest at the Newfoundland Liberal Conven- tion. lit will be recalled that before the Confed- eration plebiscite he extended to them advice on how to handle the situation at Ottawa on the post-Confederation experience of this Province. I Y I Mc"Gil-l's convocation this spring will be the largest in its history. And ou-t or its 1,900 gradu- ates nearly 800 will be ex-service personnel. This is an impressive reminder that owing to the de- lays of wartime service, these hundreds of young Canadians are only new able to begin their peace- time careers. _ - I U U The Ottawa Journal reports that the Civil Service Commission is commencing several re- search projects o-n impersonal selection. "Work interest" tests w-ill be used to determine whether a person is in a job in which he had "expressed a definite interest." On the eve of an election this is good strategy. I

The four members of the Ontario Legislature seeking leadership of the provincial Progressive Conservative Party are Attorney-General Leslie Blackwell, Dana H. Porter, Minister of Education and Provincial Secretary in the present cabinet; A. Kelso Roberts, former member of the Legisla- ture and prominent mining authority; and Leslie M. Frost, Provincial Treasurer and Minister of Mines.

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The town of Dryden, Ontario, in reviving the powwow for Ontario's Indians may run into con- stitutional difficulties. The proposal to use "beav- er skin" currency at the trading post could come up against the some difficulties as did the Soc- ial Credit dollar of u-nregretted memory. Perhaps Ottawo could be persuaded to authorize the is- sue of beaver skins as a temporary national cur- rency.

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Edward Gibbon, English historian, born this dole I737. His monumental work was the Decline and Full of the Roman Empire in severol volumes. The vast range, learning and insight of this great work place it among the great literary and his- torical productions of the English speaking world. Never, scarcely, has so vast a historical panorama been pointed with as firm a hand with such minuteness of detoll where needed; and with such large sweeps of the brush where detail would have been out of place. ,

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Among the passengers boarding the Empress of ‘France over the weekend were Herr. Shane Alexander, e90 of lhe Governor-General, who Is returning lo school, In lrlteln alter spending los- lur with his‘ ; and Mr. I. G..Ielrer, director of the Ct. and president of the Canadian Life Aeeuronce Company and Mfr. lolier. Returning borne , je three-month good-will tour of North A Solver-ion

“Mr. flank B. Clarke,

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lly endorse the oplnlon of correspondent;

IUNDAY FISHING Sir -- In the Hunter's Corner of

Ing statement a". r.’ "Sunday. the follow up day, was from e u-outlnz standpoint, worse If uny- thlne. Anglers out. that afternoon would spend five minutes flshlng and flve ewlnglng their arms to restore circulation."

I trust the proper officer-e of the lord's Day Alllnnoe wlll take note of thlrvlolatlon of the Lords Day Act and do the needful. About 00 or ‘l0 years ego. e hleh- ly respected merchant of Glar- lottetown visited his store on lower Queen St. In the evening and found hls clerk sobbing his safe. He took the money from the thief rurd dismissed him. In some way the Attorney General heard of the crime and hauled the merchant Into court where he was fined £100 Island currency for condoning e crlme. I have never hear-cl of that. Act being repealed.

Trout flehlng 1| going on every Sunday In Queen's County. Why do not the RCMP. take action against this Illegal practise?

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Stanley Brldge, PEI.

MB. FRANK B. CLARKE RESIGNS

Slr,-I have received acknow- ledgement of the acceptance of my resignation from the Potato Still)- pers’ Advisory Association, under date of April 26th, and I quote let-

ter : “Apr-ll 26, 1949

“Charlottetown. "Dear Mr. Clarke: "Your letter of the 16th, contain- Ing your resignation es Vice-Presl- dent and Director of this Assocln- tlon war lald before n meeting of the Directors held on Friday last. April 22nd, and, on motion, It was duly accepted. “Your! very truly. "P. E. I. Potato Shippers’ Advisory Association. "C. C. Thompson. Mgr." On the night of April 20th The Guardlan office called me asking If It would be all right to include In a. report that they had from the Provincial Federation of Agricul- ture, the fact that my resignation had been sent In to the Potato Shippers’ Advisory Association, I remarked that there was no con- nection between the two and es my ieslgnatlon had not been accepted I would appr-eclate It If they kept my name out of It entirely. Note carefully Sir, that their meeting was on the 20th of Aprll and, as can be seen by the letter above quoted, my resignation was not accepted until the find of April. That Is what I would cell e leek and I do not thlnk Mr. Reid, when he spoke of my resignation. felt that he was doing me n kindness, but It ls due to statements made by Mr. Held that my resignation was sent ln. Mr. Reid stood up at the Potato Strippers‘ Advisory As- sociation meeting and stated that he had been In conversation with Mr. Tagger-t and that the floor price pvould apply on potatoes In bulk or In begs In any place on Prlnce Edward Island. When I found this to be Incorrect I went- ed Mr. Reld to retract hle state- ments, which he dld not do. Prob- ably this will open up e channel for that opportunity. I have had a lot of experience and have not hod too many pros- perous year-s. but I would worn Mr. Reid that when he makes state- ments to, before and about the Po- tato Shipper-s’ Advisory Assoclatlon. he is facing ten or twelve of the most clever manipulators, In re- spect to marketing potatoes. Many of them have hnd year-r of experi- ence end this ‘little kindergarten practice that he enjoyed In con- nection wlth my resignation will not be accepted In too friendly a way by those of wide experience. I em. Slr. etc. FRANK B. CLARKE. Founder. Vice-President and Direc- tor of the Pofnto Shlppers‘ Advil- ory Association. '

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than the true value of the goods 6r services he sells to an Amer-l vlsltor rnny be able to justify hls eetlon to himself. He may sey this Ie n one-time rule; tlret he'll not likely ever see the customer eeeln. Such n men, whether he services motor can, operates a lodge or tourist Clbllll, sells food or runs a store. Is decidedly unfair. He ll unfalr to himself, to ell his fellow Canadians who are In business, and of course to his country as e whole. —Fart Wllllnm Times-Journal.

The neat danger llee not In economic facts but In the blue ruin mlk t t. ls beginning to crop up here e d there. If enough people are convinced that hard time: are just around the corner they wlll "freeze" on their pocketbooks end create e nlce llltle synthetlc de- preellon of their own. Our beet bet Is to nell that loose, thoughtless. baseless depression talk whenever we hear It, before ft starts snow- belllnz towards reel trouble. -— Ven- couver Province.

Human bel-Illl are peoulhr. They should be happy with perfectlon but they're not, always. Certain home- spun ertlclee, such as some types of bedspreads, can be Identified from their later, machine-made counter- parts only by the flaws In them. The flewful. In this case ls much more valuable than the flawless. We have also the case of the phil-

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EARLY SETTLEIPS LETTER

How this Island colony appeared to an English settler In the 18th century Is thus described In e letter published ln The Gentlemen’: Me- gazlrre, 1.ondon, January, 1771, and dated November 8 of the preceding year:

“We errlved here late the middle of Augult. I have since been over several parts of the Island, which exceeds, In most respects, my ex- pectations. I new the remains of many barns, and other buildings of farmers, as large as any I re- member ln Berkshire. and the lands appear to be excellent for wheat, and all foods of grain and herbage. There are many orchards, which produce very good apples and oth- er fruits; KOOSEIJGITIrm, currents and strawberrlee seem to be native to the Isle, en they are met every- where ln abundance. Governor Pat- terson and hle family arrived n few days after us; I have seen hlm several times; he seems to be good natured, and flt to struggle with the difficulties which must attend the nettlemenaof en Infant colony.

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"A men-of-war, celled the Mer- maid, touched here; the Cnpteln has got a flne lot. of 20,000 acres. which he: the good remains of a village upon It, with a church. It wu celled Prim by the French, but he intends to name It Belfast. after e village In Ireland. I mention this circumstance es I landed on the spot. and ate some excellent fruits of his orchard which, though overgrown with weeds, produce plenty, and there appear to be nlx or seven hundred nor-er of clear land belonging to It.

"The eoll In very deep 1n many places of the Island, end must pro- duce hemp and flex, but all looks forlorn for went of cultlvotlon; however. the Island must soon weer e new face, If the proprietors do their duty. There are about three hundred settlers come out from England and Scotland this summer; those from Scotland brought e Presbyterian Parson with them, a very good sort of e men. People that come< hither from Europe should let out In April, to have the summer before them, to provlde houses and stock for the winter. which In now berilnnln: to eelt ln.

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“The Island Is upwards of 100 milestone. and about 30 or 40 broad. with many flne r-lver-l that Intersect the whole, end must make cur-Inge enly. Here I em told there ere no foes en on the Continent which le e eood clrcumstgnce. I wlsh other people were enlmeted with the some lplrlt for settlement that I em; If that was the cue. I think this Island, In e very few years, would rrreke e erect flzure In the exports of corn, flsh, pork, drc. but em efreld It will be kept beck by people at home, who have erente without Intention of settling the lends.

"I em In freely for half n lot, or 10.000 acres, and expect to net It

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, than If I had Purchased In London. I now_eet with my eyes open, lmowlnl the eltuetlon end quality of the lends to‘ be good. We cen.,,l\eve cattle, plge, lheep and other flocks from the Continent, on very easy terms; those who brlrrg out course woolerrr, end other abode fit for this climate. and en Infant c010”. must make crest prams on them. I would not have people come without some emnll property or n knowledee of husbandry, fleh- ery, bulldlnfl, smltlfe work, be. Idle folk wlll not do hm, rm; l; lflllllllllf 01ml? all round the 1|- ilflllfiblth‘; 13d flrllrery rnuet be very

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Tito Flirts With Wall Street

Yugoslavia‘: epllt with Rrusnla wm goon produce the strnnlzell twist of ell - n request by Mar- shal Tltofor n loan from Wall Street. Edward Welntal. News- week dlplometlc correspondent, glves the details of tnls secret deal: A British diplomat stationed In Belgrade described Tito‘: current situation thus: “H; ls like the heroine o! ‘Paul et VlfEl-Blfi’ the eighteenth-canary French novel. Orr a slnlclng ship Virginie had the choice of dtsrobdng In he presence of her would-be resc er or drowning. "mo ls now frwed with the choice of either- accept- lng capltallsvfavors pending ult- lmate rescue by the West or re- molnlng an unsullled Ccmmun- 1st, finally succumbing to the Bo- vtet blockade."