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CIRCULATION "Covers Prinu Edward Island like the dew”

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

WEDNESDAY. SEPT. 22. I953

IIH All l.()TTE'l'()IVN

Provincial Plowing Matcli

The Provincial Plowing Match at Dun- (ias has now become a two-day affair,

rivalling in interest anything of its kind in1

the Maritime Provinces. The opening activities take place today, with the champ- ionship match being held tomorrow after- noon, entitling the winner. to participate in the International contest at Toronto.

While chief interest centres on the vari- ous plowing events, there will be other at- tractive features as well, including cattle and horse shows, Red and White field day, handicrafts exhibit, flower show and baking contests.

Plowing matches were revived at Dun- das a few years ago on a modest scale. following the example of earlier times in this Province. They have proved an out- standing success and now hold an honour- ed place in the calendar of our annual agri- cultural activities. This year a record crowd is expected to be in attendance, with competition keener than ever and with every indication that the events will be all unqualified success.

Textbook Uniformity

One of the subjects discussed at the recent coliferellce of Atlantic Premiers and Trade Board representatives at Monctoll was the need for greater uniformity in school textbooks. It is encouraging to note from the address by Hon. Mr. Darby, At- torney General at the Charlottetown Rotary Club that this objective is well within the bounds of possibility, and would certainly effect a much appreciated improvement. It is a big expense for parents of large fami- lies to keep up with the constant changes in school textbooks. Our own educational authorities, as Mr. Darby notes, are com- pelled to fall in line even though they may not approve of the changes made.

Apart from the expense involved in un- necessary textbook changes, there is the fact that in such subjects as Canadian history the Maritime Provinces are rarely dealt with in an adequate manner. Little is said about the sacrifices these Provinces were called upon to make under the Con- federation setup. about their flourishing status prior to Confederation and the COIl- stant drain on their manpower and re.- sources due to the centralization of in- dustry in the larger Provinces, occasioned in the first place by high tariff policies and accentuated by huge wartime produc- tion schemes in more recent years.

Many other instances come to mind. In one book published a few years ago, in a chapter purportedly dealing with the his- lory of the Selkirk Settlers, scarcely a passing glance was given to the arrival of the settlers in this Province in 1803, the

whole emphasis being placed on the Red.

River scttlement which occurred some years later in Manitoba. This book was prescribed reading matter for young Prince Edward Island pupils. Superficial treat- ment of this kind has an adverse effect in shaping the minds of the younger gen- eration.

A conipreliclisive survey of the whole field of textbook publication as affecting the Atlantic Provinces would seem to be called for. The subject is certainly of more than academic interest, though in this field as well it would appear to be badly needed.

Farm income

From the sale of their farm products and wheat adjustment certificates during the first quarter of 1953 Canadian farm- ers received a cash income of 55531.1 mil- lion, compared with S5598 million in the first quarter. of 1952; a decline of five per cent. Supplementary payments to western -farmers under the Prairie Farm Assistance

, Act totalled S'900,000 for the first quarter of 1953. For. the same period in 1952 the figure was 51.8 million.

Reviewing the farm cash income the Economic Annalist observes that gubstan- tlally smaller wheat payments and 'reduced returns from the sale of potatoes, tobacco and hogs accounted for much of the reduc- tion in cash receipts during the first quart-I er of this year. These declines more than offset a significant increase in income from the sale ofgwhest and moderately larger

-Iifeturns from barley, eggs, dairy products, attic and calves.

because of the heavy year-end carry-

ova? R-(the record 1952 crop! of high qual-

' 3 pressing problem.

during the first quarter of 1953. Rebeipts from sales of wheat during this period total- led 9112.2 million or 36.4 per cent more than for wheat sales during the first quar- ter of 1952.

The Economic Annalist further com- ings and higher prices, income from eggs reached S297 million, 23.5 per cent more than for the same period in 1952. Lower prices for dairy products were more than

come fronl this source amounted to 572.9 million, an increase of 5.6 per cent from theslevel for the first quarter of Larger marketings of cattle and

clines in prices and provided receipts total- iling S812 million compared with S761 mil- lion in the first quarter of 1952.

Owing chiefly to the potato price de- cline, Bureau of Statistics figures for the

except Nova Scotia and Saskatchewan. In absolute terms the greatest decline occurred in Quebec while .on a percentage basis if took place in Prince Edward Island.

EDITORIAL NOTES

Harvest moon.

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Autumn began at 4:07 this morning, the sun being over the equator on its ap- parent southward movemcnt, the autumnal equinox.

Lord Beaverbrook's Daily Express, critical of the appointment of Mrs. Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit as president of the U. N. General Assembly, says Britain should "pack up and get out" of the United Na- tions. Such an attitude presents a strange paradox of some nations fighting to get in

and others fighting to get out. 0 I O

The predicted "near revolution" In itransport operation because of the develop- ment of a jet hydro ski wing seaplane cer- tainly has distinct possibilities and advant- ages. It may produce the answer to over- crowded inland airports and lend new sig- nificance to our natural harbours. The trend will be well worth following. ' 0 O I

John Morley, first Viscount Morley of Blackburn, English Liberal statesman and man of letters, died this date 1923. In London he edited the "Literary Gazette", "Morning Star", ”Fortnightly Review" and "Pall Mall Gazette". He also edited the English Men of Letters series, his own volume on Edmund Burke being the most masterly. He wrote a number of biograph- ies, including a "Life of,Gladstone” and was one of the original recipients of the Order of Merit.

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The Canadian Chamber of Commerce Field Service News notes with some con- cern that membership participation is the key to success and progress in Board and Chamber work. Yet it is also the most While some few (usual- ly the same few) are bustling about look- ing for more things to do, the majority sit back. Perhaps because they feel that fi- nancial support is ail that is expected, or all they can give, or because they haven't been sold on the organization, or want to be coaxed. There are undoubtedly other reasons which contribute to an abundance of memberships and a paucity of members.

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A major statement, on foreign affairs made by Dr. Malali -in Parliament during the month created considerable interest in Britain: headlines in several leading news- papers drew attcntion particularly to his support of Britain. on the -Suez issue. The attitude of the outside world to South Africa has undoubtedly improved. I This was due to the Government's information service abroad and the recent general elec- tion. The election had shown that certain aspects of policy, of which the outside lworld was so critical, were not, as had previously been supposed, favoured by one Party only.

In the Old Country there is a letters- to-the-editor controversy on whether men prefer mail addressed as "Esquire" or just plain ”Mister". In England where the "Es- quire" form of address is favored a writer has condemned it as ”pompous and out- dated”. A Scot on the other hand has suggested that only university graduates

are entitled to be. called "Mister" and it is

"arrant snobbery to assume the style of Mr. when all one is entitled to is Esquire." The practical defects of being an "esquire", however, were vividly outlined by one writer in the following incident. Thirty years ago he visited a town in Holland, when he arranged to pick up his mail at general delivery. For 10 days he called, but the clerk always said "nothing". Fi- nally he asked whether the letters had been filed under Esq. "Ah," said the clerk. "There is a popular gentleman who never

icy; wheat, and barley, unusually

..of, tllosccl-"ops occurred him."

collects his letters. We have hundreds for

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ments that as a result of larger market-l

offset by increases in sales; the total in-' i

1952.l calves more than compensated for marked dc-1

first six months of the year show an over-I

iall cash income drop in all the Provinces;

TllE.mGUAR,.DlAN. FCHARLOTTETOWN

Fashion Setter

PUBLIC FORUM

This oommn is open to the discussion by correspondents of questions of lnferestwrho Guardian does not necess- fly endorse the opinion of correspondents.

WOODTOCK

air,-I was very much interest- ed in an item in a recent issue or your paper having to do with the English village of Woodstock. ana' their appeal to all Woodstock towns and villages throughout to help them restore the bells in its snc-' lent church tower. My wife and I had the pleasure of visiting this

Barrel-shape I costs expected to be popular.

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FROM THE CELF8TlAL SURGEON

A LONG am:

"Last. week we recorded the arrival of the, brig iFsnny' Capt, Murchi-

-ww Ill. -his t. Th tF ' left If I have fsltered more or Ian mm 1 pm e army

In my great task of hsppinus: evemng of the "me d” me M H , - cessnr y hazardous military 2 g l)i13V5 "WV9d I”":9"8 ml: "1"? Bervisn, amther square-rigged mnnwwmgotuwx emu". ll 5! We "0 80' We "1-"1 "8 brig, of which Capt. MacDonald is - RC9;

master, came into port and has been compelled to lie here the whole week, because of northerly

If beams from happy human eye: Have moved me not; if morning

3 ksskmri f d d '”'"”' I 9” ins" my 0” - ll" "mm" "It. appears that these two ves-

sels have, during the past year and a half,-been running one long race - and until one of the brigs

n on my sullen heart in n:-

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gvalling spirit of materialism and

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Many person follows the tins of llust consistence-Kitchener Waterloo Record. - '

Nature is wonderful! A number of years ago cshe didn't know we were going to wear spectacles. yet. look at the way she placed our esrs.-Galt. Reporter. - '

Increase In Monastic communi- ties over the past -decade. The London Times reports, is in mark- ed contrast to that in earlier years. Monastic guest houses are filled with young men, from wide- ly differing income groups, who seek spiritual values and some of them subsequently embrace the monastic life. There'are several factors contributing to this latest resurgence, high among them I post-war reaction against the pre-

futilltyevaiicouver News Herald.

President Eisenhower read in I Denver Sunday paper that I. little boy of six was dying of cancer, without being aware of hi: con- dition. His only desire, the paper said. was to'see the president. So, after church. Eisenhower slipped away from the army of reporters and press photographers. He went unannounced to the boy's home, and said "Hello, there" to the little fellow, and took him on his lap for five minutes. No reporter covered the visit. There were no lzlicg lights or cameras. It was the impulsive act. of a good American, a father himself and s grandfather who knows the heart of I boy.-Detroit Free Press.

With more and more aircraft aloft, people may be excused if they .. sometimes whether traffic squad: will soon be sum- moned to control congestion in the clouds, like policemen do at. busy city intersections, Actually. there is already a good deal of air traffic oontroffnsre are Inci- dents such as the one over Michi- gan city, Indians. recently in which two American airline pas- senger planes brushed each ether at 11,000 feet. Air collisions are rarer still and when they do occur,

SEPTEMBEI3 23. 1953

0 The Way 4 i I g ' J J mine I naval trldltlon and ,

establish one for their own corp: The navy has. to be sure. set rallie. stringent limits to sea service (Hr the Waves. Only hospital corpsnirlr are solecltcd. and they are TE5ll'l('Il ed to transport ships-opemcd b;

the .menohsrit marine, ,.1lj.,,ugg, navy-owned. For same time, ,,, OOUTBE. imV.Y nurses have been

aboard such vessels, as well ,, the regular hospital ship; ..; navy.-New York Herald null ti buns

an llift iri-

Tlle effect of slcohoi on drum. will be probed by repl-esent:.:.,.M of more than 20 counti'ies--:.'-..,,', south Korea to Argcntina- v.;m.. the Second Internatiollni Callfr-I. ence on Alcohol and Road Tlnffic meets In Toronto today. l7'.li'-nse of the conference is to Slzllfllsithp effects of alcohol on road t:'.1f:i6 and to determine what can he (I me through scientific invest ' education. leglslatlont of among drivers. Taking part 11. four-day confererices will be m than 200 scientists. doctars, in safety experts and law ment officials-from every ;v ,, the world. The first Collfeiciirr has held in Sweden in I950.-V.11lC.r'l'.er News Herald.

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The age of the Jet-propelled alr- llner is not quite here yrt inn .t is closer than many penplc lfilzp and a great deal closer tlilm A can airline officials and al:'::.-..'r manufacturers would wish. BOAC is operating its De Ha.-;y,.,,d Comets on a. number of l' in and claims to be making 'm....., with them: British Ellrnpean An. ways is converting most nf .vr. operations to the propeller-jc-2 V13. count, (the type which TCA ha-. ,.,, order for use in Canada) and .3... that these machines make n (In: profit. of more than 3100 Irv mm- flying hour.-Calgary HPl'.'il(l I

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It Is understandable that tin Canadian Chamber of Connnr:-re should lnterestihielf in the lllflhltg of the National Film Board to Montreal. 'm'o' Ottawa IllC.":l)('!x have resolutions which will invite the Chamber to express its dissat- isfaction at. the decentralizing of

Although it may sometimes seem read anybody a lesson in safety precautions during the hunting season, the two tragic

accidents at Iroquois and Arnpriol-'

which cost a pair of 17-year-old lives underline the

small town or village in May 1952. Lord. Thy most pointed pleasure and have at very vivid recollection lake

of it. ' And stab my spirit broad awake. is vex:-.;ene!i:r'.mI)fl:u laeiaeiiieh et.1l'Il!:2 11325:: Timber: mu” swvemani Woodstock village. and make your Way on foot. Before entering the Castle gmunds you wipe your feet: on a treated mat so that no foot- and- mouth germs will be carried inside to the large herds of cattle on the Estate. There is a stone wall six miles long about the E5- me? This castle is the birthplace of the present Prime Minister of Great Britain. We had the pri- vilege of seeing the Very T00m where he was born, and also saw I lock of his hair cut, as the guide said "when he had more

Bats. In Demand

(London aim...

One would have thought that in these troubled times the more re- sistant to atomic radiation one was the bet-ter. It hasn't. worked out. like that for the bats of the United States. Because their re- sistance is (they tell me) 300 times greater than the resistance of rats, they are ill brisk demand

fact that carelessness still reaps its toll among hunters. In bothl these cases, a loaded gun, tripped accidentally, meant death for a young hunter. The first safety rule to remember and repeat is that a hunter must keep his shotgun or rifle unloaded unless actually hunting. During the hunting per- iod fl.sclf,he should keep his safety catch on when moving through the bush or in the case of double- barrelled guns, keep them "brok- en".-Ottalwa Evening Citizen.

leaves her present employ and goes into some other trade. it is prob- able that they will continue to chase each other in this persistent way. Up to that, arrival in this port we are told that they are about ties, and no matter in which direction the rival vessels were destined to soil, the distance has been compo f. Ind the records compared when they again met. only to show that. neither had the advantage. The first officer of the tserviaxf is Mr. Charles E. Mc- Arthur, who was chief navigator. in fox-merf years. on board the Cuban man-of-war tVlrainlus.' The isei-visn' and the 'Fanny' are own- ed by Mast-s. Welsh and Owen, of

The First Waves (women's nsul auxiliary members) to volunteer for sea duty am helping to under-

Federal affairs. But it appears that these members will also 'rrk to excite the Chamber of ('n.n. merce at the Film Bohrd's lll'Pit- ference in private eliterprl.-.r-ml they will "submit that there slinuld be no collusion Between the l-"gm Board and the Canadian Bloati- castlng Corporation. There is al- ways ii danger of individuals SONI- aiistlcally-inclined putting out ideas not in the public intern.-i” says one of theseOt.ts.wa delcgnxcs. The Journal parts company urn its Chamber of Commerce lfiP!.fls right. there. The National J-Kim Board and the Canadian Bimi- basting Corporation do first-CIA.-5 Jobs in their own line and "mi- lusion" between them. far from being harmful, seems simple mn- mon sense.--Ottawa Journa-

The Persian gulf, covering 75,000

square miles. has an average .iC;llh of 25 fathoms.

Charlottetown."

hair than he has now." Leaving the Oastie we came again to Wood- stock and walk about the village until our double-dccker bus arrives to take us back to Oxford. about eight miles away.

I sincerely hope our Island vill- age of Woodstock will respond to the appeal of the good hilt of this nice English town. and I would be glad to add A bit to the Island Woodstock fund if the one in charge would send me a card.

I am Sir. ctr. BRENT WOOD. Crapaud.

Maritime C0-operation

(Montreal star)

Every few years efflciellcy ex- pert pops up with the bright. idea, of uniting the three Maritime. or' four Atlantic provinces. He does this because he considers it ex- pensive iind inefficient to have in this compact and relatively small area four premiers and four gov- ernments, four provincial treasur- lu. four attorneys-general: four indeed of everything where one, he thinks. would do. The proposal is greeted with a flurry of hendllncs. Then the headlines die down. no- thing morc is heard of the nation, and tbs Your stubborn tlantlc iirovlncss resume their rallied ways. I

It. may well be true that some economies would be effected by an Atlantic provincial union. In more than one way strict nrl ' ' of efficiency could bring about some- what. reduced budgets in the four provinces concerned. none of which is. wealth. But Maritime or Atlantic union remains s theory which never even reaches the blue-print stage. Far too much history separ- ates than four provinces. all of them proud of their ancient Brit- ish colonial heritage. i

The wonder is not that they do not unite. The real marvel is that all entered the Osnsdlsn Con- federation. and readers of Donald Creighton! ' exti-sordsnsry b l o- grapliy of Sir John A. Mivzoonaid will IITCO that it was (as Welling- ton said of-Waterloo) "A close-

for the laboratories of'the Atomic

-Port. Hawkesbury Beacon. Oct. Energy Commission. a bat on (so

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to speak) the hoof being worth 35 cents in the open market.

As if that was not enough, many of the caves in which they can- gregate have lrzi asgulrcd by banks and business houses as deep shelters in which to store archives and other impedimerita if the worst comes in the worst. I would have supposed that in so spacious ii country there were enough caves to provide both funk-holes for bank- ms and dormitories for bats: but the American Society of Mam- nlnlngists, who have reason to sup- mse nlherwlsc. view the clash of interest with concern.

Art not thou our God. who dldst drive out the inhabitants of this land before thy people Israel, and guest It: to the seed of Abraham thy friend for ever? And they dwelt; therein, and have built tiles .5 sanctuary therein for thy name. saying, If. when evil comcth upon us, as -the 'sword. Judgment, or

"' or ' ' we stand bo- fors this house, and In thy pres- ence. (for thy name is in this house). and cry unto thee In our .sfflictfon. then their will hear and help.

tional standards and perhaps s program of joint. industrial devel- opment. This looks .more like the real thing, for there are genuine, if limited. fields in which A com- mon or joint. approach can yield rich fruit.

outsiders will stand on the side- lines and cheer the conference on its way. at the same time remem- bering that they are themselves not included. Those who sit around the table at Moncton are men whose parents talked easily of their visits to Upper and Lower Can- sda as if'lt. were A foreign jour- ney of some difficulty during which they might expect to have trouble understanding the natives they found there. There exists still a fierce instinct. of Maritime pride which other Canadians would do well to respect.

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All of which is preliminary so the fact that lfonoton was the scene tut week of s. much more modest. and more effective con-

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foronoo. Three provincial premiers. and in representative of I fourth mot than to discuss the realities not of ion but of co-ope:-s'.lof:.' They they might work out. for instance, s common highway code. I common promotion of the tourist. industry, unified Iduoso

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