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President uia Anuemn Editor. In A. nu:-nun. Auoclah Editor, , linnk Walker.

CIRCULATION "Conn Prince Edward Island lit: the dcw'

"The strongest memory is weaker than the weakest ink".

CIIAI-L0'.l'.I'ETOWN. TUESDAY. MAR. 17, 1958

St. Patrick's Ilay

There is inevitably something light- hearted about the celebration of St. Pat- rick's Day in this Province as throughout the world, wherever the sons and daugh- ters of Ireland honour their patron saint and show a becoming pride in their an- cestry. This is not because. the history of their homeland was by any mean gay but rather that the thought ofleven present, much less ancient sorrows, fails to repress the spirits of the sons of Erinu

The members of the Benevolent Irish Society, holding their traditional parade to- day, may take pride in the spirit and activi- ties of their organization which seemingly does not weary of well-doing and which responded so vigorously to what might have been a set-back-the destruction of its premises by fire-that today the Society is stronger than ever and has constructed a fine new building to house the clubrooms.

This faculty of stiffening in the face of adversity has been characteristic of the Irish in this Province as elsewhere. Hard times and pioneer difficulties only strength- ened the determination of the early Irish settlers here to make good and leave for their children a land as green and fertile as the old sod.

The gaiety of the occasion, however, is best shown by the annual St. Patrick's play. This year "An Irish Honeymoon"Ois being produced and will no doubt go far to substantiate the claim that "It's the fun- niest show in years." Director and cast deserve every support but certainly need none other than the popularity of their pro- duction.

What Tina iiatos Boost mans

The cumulative effect of freight rate in- creases may be illustrated by the following table, taking 1948 as the base year. The table, quoted from the Winnipeg Free Press, shows how each increase, imposed on those granted before it, inflates the swollen rate structure:

Rate base 1948 .............. .. 100

217.; increase in 1948 . 21 121 2092- increase 1950 ................. .. 24.2 145.2 1296 increase 1951 ..................... -- 17-4 152.6 4.596 increase 1952 .................... .. 7.2 169.8 9570 increase 1952 15.2 185.0 779- incI'ease-1953 ........................ .. 12-9 197.9

It will be seen that freight rate in- creases since the spring of 1948, when the first post-war rate award was made, have totalled almost 98 per cent, and that the latest judgment represents an increase of almost 13 per cent on the 1948 rate level. During the same period, traffic volume on both railways has exceeded even the record quantities carried during the war. During the past year, gross revenues have been higher each month than in any equivalent months in Canadian railway history.

In spite of this enormous volume and of these substantial rate increases, it is un- deniable that railway operating costs have mounted to -unprecedented heights. No one has questioned the vast expenditures listed by the railways in each rate case. But the rate increases awarded to meet these costs have gone under the misleading term of "general" or "horizontal" increases. They are borne almost exclusively by the Atlantic and Western Provinces, leaving Central Canada in the enjoyment of com- peauvg and; special rates originally design- ed to meet truck and water competition. And as each "general" increase is added to the toll on Maritime and Western shippers, the rite structure becomes more distorted

' and the burden on the victim heavier. The

recent seven per; cent increase a will. Of "course, enlarge the discrimination and en- hance the competitive position of Central

It'll this vicious circle that.-tine

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indeed. If it goes on at the present accel- erated rate it may result in wrecking Con-

ties in the way of a solution, the problem must be faced.

Suez Situation

Within a month of the Anglo-Egyptian settlement on the Sudan, Prime Minister Naguib is charging Britain with violations of the agreement. It seems a fair infer- ence, says the Ottawa Citizen, that General Naguib is using the Sudan as a bargaining counter in formal negotiations, still to come, concerning British evacuation of the Suez Canal Zone. General Naguib's pre- decessors had always insisted on linking the problems of the Sudan and Suez, al- though the British preferred to keep them separate. With the signing of the Sudan agreement in February, it was thought that this separation had been achieved. But ap- parently Prime Minister Naguib still be- lieves he can use the Sudan situation to ex- ert pressure against Britain in the Can'al Zone.

The Egyptian position is quite simple. Egypt wants Britain to evacuate, and to leave Canal Zone defence to Egyptian mil- itary forces. By any test of sovereignty, Egypt has a strong case; Britain conceded it in principle in 1946, in the Bevin-Sidky agreement, signed by Ernest Bevin, then Britain's foreign minister, and by Ismail Sidky Pasha, Egypt's premier? But if the problem is simple from Egypt's viewpoint, it is more complex from that of Britain and the West.

The Canal Zone military installations. with headquarters at Fayid, are intended- for more than protection of the canal itself. The base has the inestimable advantage of being served by ports facing both the Med- iterranean and Indian seas. It is the key- stone in the military defence of large areas east and west, and north and south of the canal. Egyptian forties alone could hardly be expected to make full use of its defence potentialities. Moreover, the iil1,500 mil- lions invested by Britain in this base rep- resents British equipment and ordnance, re- placeable largely from British workshops. Without British maintenance, the base would be subject to serious deterioration.

Britain's 50,000 troops in the zone con- stitute a serious drain on manpower and treasure. But as long as the risk of a gen- . eral war remains, the United Kingdom could -not turn the defence of this area over to Egypt alone without seriously weakening the West's global defence system, of which Suez is such an important link.

EDITORIAL NOTES

"Employment Conditions" notes that al- though it was thought that ship repair work at Charlottetown would wind up this Spring. it now seems assured that this type of work will continue throughout the year.

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Parliament is expected to step up its tempo after'a brief Easter recess. The Provincial Legislature, on the other hand, shows every sign of being ready to prorogue well before the Easter week-end.

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In Britain they call the new three-dim- ensional films the ”deepies" and the corres- pondent of The Times points out: "Surely we are forgetting the time taken to view them-are they not really four-dimension- al, and is not a three-dimensional film

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An additional element of stability will be given to the Island dairy industry with the opening of milk drying plants. Know-

marketed, producers should be able to prof- itably supply the demand during the per-

iods of relative scarcity.

Highly satisfactory is the record of this Province on school attendance, as reported by the Bureau of Statistics. Only Nova Scotia with 58.2 per cent of the age group of five to 24 attending school has a better showing than the Island with 56.8 per cent

at school.

The shooting down of non-Communist aircraft ,in Europe is nothing less than murder and was called by its right name in a British protest. It is an indication, however, of the severe measures which the Communist countri must take to seal their borders, not so much against invasion as against the escape of their own nationals.

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Edmund Kean. Shakespearian actor, was born tys date 1789. At the age of twelve he pliiyed Prince Arthur in "King John" with lQnble and Mrs. Siddons. I-lis reputa- tion wasfmade by magnificently playing Shylock at Drury Lane in .1814 and furth-

lct. He is recognized as the outstanding English player of tragic mics. His own life ended in misery as a result of drunken- ness and extravagance. .

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Remembering St. Patrick

PUBLIC FORUM

This column is open to lino discussion by cu-respondents of questions of interest. Tho Guardian-does not necessar- Iiy endorse the opinion of wrrespondents.

GRASS SILAGE

Sir, - Last week I was at. "the Farmers Institute meeting yn Char- lottetown and I have a few words to say 'to those farmers on the Is- land who may have in mind the idea of putting up grass silage. I listened with interest to the four govemment. employees on hhe grass silage panel who all are supposed to be experts on the subject and what they say should be correct. However I feel that they made the

that should be taken will probably never have the nerve to try to put un -zrass silage.

I have been putting up grass all- age for a year longer than the gov- ernment farms on the Island and the first year I tried it I was told that I must use a. preservative and that the grass must contain a cer- tain moisture content. This is not the case as I have had to find out for myself. The government farms should have tried all those things years ago and even with their late start should know much more about the subject than they apparently do at present.

As far as adding a preservative to the grass this is not necessary at all, The moisture content is not nearly as important as we have been led to believe. We use it for- age harvester and this machine cuts the grass, loads it onto the wagon chopped in .-whorl. lengths and from there we blow it into the silo. From the time 'thc grass is out, until it is in the silo is less thnn 30 min- utea: We are at it in all kinds of weather including rain and as yet we have never had any poor silage. Often the silage has water run- ning off it and as a rule this is our best silage.

As for tramplmz the silage. this Is not. an important factor (stlli Speaking of chopped grasslafn an upright. silo the silage will pack it- self and therefore the ttnm three-quarters will take car ad it- self and the only part that requires a bit of tramping is the top fluor- ter where there is not much weight on itself. We do not have a man in thn silo while we are blowing in the silage alt-houtzh we do level off the silage every load or two. After tiic silo is filled we turn the hose on ion of the silage and this makes tthe silage easier in tramp. In our box silo we do not. trump the silage until the silo is full and there too it. is a good idea to use some water in ghci-p milkc the packing easier, This tramping should go on for A few minutes each day for 4-7 days after the silo is full and a bit of water each day won't do any harm. In this way there is very little spoilage and there is no need in add Blwthlng to the top to prevent spoilage.

To mv mind filling the silo only a few feet the first day and then waiting about. 30 hours for some chemical ac'Ii0'1 to take place is an unsound thccrv. The faster the all- age goes in the better. We put in 75 tons a day on the bottom of our siio and this has always been good silage, We did not stop at I few feet nor did we wait for any chemical action.

The time to start. grass silage is when the grass is about 10 inches high. The gram grows so fast at this stage that even starting 1': this height the grass will be almost hay before vay many fans of silage are put in. We keep on. making aiiua Ilioncllweclnuidominour all is really "hay disco” rather thnn guns. but I feel that once the

ever method is the quicker. In other words each individual tanner should

whole subject sound much more - complicated than it really is. Any- 1 one who heard all the precautions '

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The Alberta dairy commissioner estimates that. his province is los- ing about. 39,200,000 a year on ac- count of margarine sales, and he wants a complete han against the butter substitute. It. would be in- teresting to know how much Al- berta housewives have saved in their grocery bills as It result of the legal emancipation of mar- garine.-Ottawa. Citizen.

we learn from the Government of India Information services

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BACK TO IRELAND Oh tell me, will I ever win to Ireland again, Astore! from the far North-West'.' Have we given all the rainbows, an' . green woods 'an' min. For the suns and snows West? "Them that goes to Ireland must thravel night nn' day. An' them that goes to Ireland must sail across the say, Fbr the len'th of here to Ireland is half a world away- On a dim an' shiny mornin' the ship she comes to land. Early, oh, early in the mornln', The silver waters o' the Foyle go slldln' to the strand. Whisperin' "Ye're welcome in the " mornln'." There's darkness on the holy hills I know are close aroun'. the stars are shlnln' up the sky, the stars are shinin' down, They make a golden cross above, they make a golden crown. An' mesclf could tell ye why,-in the mornin'. sure on this is Ireland, Thank God for Ireland!

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that one, Narain Singh. a healthy 1T6-year-old, expects to live 26 years more. He lost. his regular teeth Just before he turned the centxury mark, but (believe it or not) has a complete new set, and his gray hair is turning black again. The same infoxmation service informs us that a. 17-year- nld girl in that amazing country has been living wjthout food or water since the end of May. 1962- Well. fellas, with such strange goings-on it's probably better to he an American. with a. pretty good chance of being gathered to one's forefathers long before 1'76 years. Teething at such an age would simply be more than we could stand.-Cleveland Plain Dealer.

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CELEBRATING THEI DAY

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"St. Patrick's Day was celebrat- ed in Georgetown this year with more than ordinary entruslasm. The day was exceedingly fine. and at. 10 o'clock, a. m.. St. Jam” Church was thronged with a con- gregation composed of worshippers of differ-ent nationalities from town and outlying parishes. Solemn I-ligh Mass was celebrated by the Rev E. Walker, D. "., Rev. Wm. Phelnn acting deacon. Rev. J. 0. Mc- Donald. P. P.. sub-deacon, and the very Rev. D. Macdonald. D. 1)., master of ceremonies. After Mass. Dr. Macdonalci preached an able and eloquent panegyric on the labours of the Apostle of Ireland and his successors. . . .

”In the evening a grand con- cert was held lnfthe Town Hall. under the auspices of St. James Total Abstinence Society. which was. in all respects, worthy of the occasion. The performance com- menced with the stirring strains of tst. Patrick's Day,' by Miss Mclilscliern. which was followed by

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MISTAKE!

In some Quartem politicians have the roputntzion of caring more for

their party than for the public welfare. How far the chute can be sustained. or whether than he aiputiole of truth in it, I am not competent to say. My personal opinion is that, as a. class ,they are much like the rat of ups mixture of self-interest. and al- truism. with sometimes the one andsonietimes the other in the ascend Neither political parties not government set the pattern of their times. They are laxsely. perhaps altogether, the products of their age.

It always gives one a comfortable Ind h0'oecful feeling inside when some politician comes up with a statement that indicates he is giv- ing serlous thought not only to his Dart.v's programme but also to s worth-while philosophy of some aspect of living. For this reason I was especially interested in .1he press report of a section of the meech delivered by a member or the Provlmaisl Government in the current seaion of the Legislature. In speaking of the prclblem of rural electrification the minister is quoted as saying: "We can learn by the mistakes of others. we can learn by the mistakes of the past and we can mum by them". There is only one thing lacking, as I see it. in this paragraph. The honour. gble gentleman might have added: We can profit from the mistakes made DY ourselves". With that little addition, the words I have quoted would rank favourably wth any political utterance made in our isa ure, or in an other Legislllimre, for some time.y

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. The chief fault: of sovemmenw 15 "05 00l'!'lli7tim. self-seeking. or indmeronoe to the public welfare, but simple conceft. In their own estimation they are always right. They make no mistakes and they waste no money. They are pl;-anon; of rectltude and in all things they are like Caesar-'s wife - above re. pronch. It doesn't. matter haw mediocre a. man may be in pflvgte life. As soon as he becomes a mom. Mr 0! government he is almost Qetftain to take on the mantle -of intfailiibilitv. This applies to .11 parties with equal intensity. They seem to think that g mig-

ih” "Whine less than perfection a. disgrace. It is. therefore, especially refreshing to hear . member of some govermnent say: "We can mom by our For it shows that he knows 9nUU8h to keep on learning, and that. must be just as helpful in the science of government as in anything else. 0 O C

It has been well said that the Only man who has never made a. mistake is the man who hag never attcntpted to do anything worth. while. It has also been well said that failure in any direction or in 31113? task is nothing but education, the first step to something better. Mistakes are dangerous only when

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PROFESSION

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they are regarded as being 1,. retrlevlhle. Ill, in the long hum of mm. mistaha and errors had . -hm-inc no to hither things, then would hm: been no progress in the world and mankind would still be 3;-oping blindly sud helplessly 1,, gm, ”'ill"'n. I e philosophl and of the world nmngcr wi:cle(l:ul.h1m:s. mung the excellent value: of me and no man yet has learned wis- dom without hatving experienced Home measure of error and follv, What. Lowell called the "pg-k,k1,. thorn of experience" has been md is now of immeasurable value to individuals and instibutlons. govern- among them. "rhe mm tghms . said Oliver Wendell Holmes, is not where we stand but the direction in which we are moving" Perhaps all govdmrnents ma

much better if they had leg in 08! lbout "resolutions" of 1,1,, present and more about well con. aldered plans for the future, plan; which might and probably wouyd 1,, subject to change in. th! liqm ag new conditions and new clullenges

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brlnrs its mistakes out in so that they may be (I md

if possible, rectified. An unwn; government is one that goes to my lenstn to cover up its mistaken from fear. of possible mbuc mm, cism. An ancient philosopher by the name of Byrus said: "He bid, fair to grow wise who has dis. covered he is not so". If it. be um way with individuals. it fnupt 1,. the same with governments whn

after all, are only oouemon, of individuals,

As the years pass litical

are becoming less anpd) less ing-ful. soon they will be obgokg, There is not the same fundamental differences in philosophy and out. look that there used to be. soon

in the democratic world. the main crnplhasis will be transferred from parties to men. People wm judgg political asplmnta not by the tag: they carry around with them bu'

by their ability or i-nabilitv to con. front long-range issum with intel- ligence: foresight, and above an humility. ' The day of the "know-all" in public info is rapidly coming in an end. The nod at public con. fidence will be given to leaders who will discussf y then failures as well as air successes, their mistakes as well as idulx K0051 Judgments. For people no beslnning to see that it is only by trial and enor that they aint their Bovemmenta can move fbr- wlud into more fx-uitzfiui lands of Political and economic fulfill- ment. The mim who is unafraid in 5'1-lid Ill! and saw "I have mad: mistakes and shall do my best in profit by them" will become more and more mtrenched in popular esteem. His party label. if con- . will be very in down in the list of quuanicauon for public office and fine came of true Democracy will profit.

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700 pounds will eat over 50 pounds of this silage a day. They will gain over a pound a day on silage alone. They will nibble at. bay but. eat very little of it if they can get all the silage they want. Big Holstein cows will cut. over 100 pounds a day of this silage.

As for the Iypelof lilo to build, I think that the only sensible type is where the floor is above the around level. Then there is no drainage problem. Then too the cattle can eat. their way in and by self leading this way the labor is cut down to nearly nil. Instead of idiulnc down into the ground, as s

bung think it would be muc bank earth up on three as to form the walls of the silo. Not once have I heard this type of silo menu ed by our experts although this is he trend nurly ovcrywhao else. If dc- alrod the walls can be made of wood instead at with unit amending on the individual in-inn-.

sum listing in simple, on let's not be afraid to try it.

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style. The chorus 'Wo May Roam through the Worid' was spintedly rendered by the choir. Then came the most beautiful of songs, "rho Last Rose of Summer," by Dr. Macdonald. conveying a thrill of pathos ouch as no other long can produce. The Back of Baltimore; recited by Mr. A. I. Bourke, was far superior to the ordinary re- clmlon we no in the habit of hearing. The long of the evening, 'Roger 0'ih.lley.' by Mr. Wllliuul. actually brought down the house. and his encore long. 'McOu'ty'I Mu-e'. was uproarloualy applauded.

"The popular scotiiah song. 'A gunk a. Inn for 1' that: by,A.

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