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THE GUARDIAN

Morling Dally (Founded in 1887). ,

v Authorized ea Sbaond Clan mu. rm 0am

i, . Department. Ottawa.

l- _ President. Ian A. Burnett; Vice-President. Wm It. Burnett; Seam-Trees, G. M. Burnett; Editor and lthnaging Director. J. R. Burnett; Associate Editor.

Frank Walker.

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

CIIARDOTTETOWN. SATURDAY, DEC. ll, 1947

ll. S. Farm Land Prices

Prices of farm land in the United States in- creased .95 per cent over the i935-39 average up to July l this year, and were only five per cent bc-low the peak bf inflation in I920, according to returns recently published. In 28 of the 48 States, farm land prices were equal to or above i920 prices.

y Although the increase in farm land prices

was halted during the first six montfts of i947

over the United States as a whole, land values in the middle west wheat belt and in the range livestock area rose about five per cent between

February and July this year.

High prices for U. S. wheat are causing concern among soil conservationists who note the . thousands of acres of potential wheat land in - the famous "dust bowl" of the '30’: being broken

up and seeded to wheat. lt is feared that this greedy "suitcase" farming is hastening the doy of another similar period when hundreds of mil- lions of dollars worth of valuable soil fertility will be blown to the four winds and many thous- ands of farmers will find it necessary to trek to more favored regions.

. ln the Prairie Provinces, too, more land hos been broken this year than for ruony years, al- together aside from the large land-clearing pro- grams sponsored by provincial governments. For- tunately, however, Canadian prairie formers in the brown soil zone seemed to have learned the

~ lessons of the 30's better than farmers similarly

‘ located in the U. S.

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Next Year's Licence Plates

- - A tabulation of the color schemes of next l _ year's automobile licence plates, for Canada and , the United States, shows that about two-thirds l of the states and provinces have returned to the old plan of markers on front and rear. ln Canada" Manitoba, Quebec and Saskatchewan will issue only one plate in i948.

An interesting trend is towards permanent markers, with an inserted date for each year. These have been adopted by Connecticut, Delo- wore,‘ Maryland and Wisconsin, while a couple of others are to use their i947 markers, one with a "48" windshield sticker, the other with "48" as an Insert in the plate itself. The needless cost of annual markers, plus the bother of putting thcm on and taking them off, is likely to cause this movement to grow.

Readers will be interested in the schemes of Canadian plates for i948:

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Alberta .. Black on Aluminum British Columbia . White on Green Manitoba. . . Black on Yellow New Brunswick . . White an Black Nova Scotla . Black on Pale Green Ontario . . . White on Blue Prince Edward Island .. Black on Aluminum Quubra . Green on White Saskatchewan . Black on Aluminum

Bureaucratic liulo To Stay

According to The Ottawa Journal we are in for a long period of bureaucratic domination from Ottawa.

Our own belieL-and we know it is shared by others.—is that there is nothing tempororyl at all about the government's program, certain- ly nothing temporary about its trend. We are in for a period of more government controls, more government restrictions, more trade by lic- ense, more planning, far less of what we coll "free enterprise." One control will breed the need for another, and this will go on until Europe is healed, until cosh trade takes the place oi "aid", and until the world has emerged from its present plight of basic shortages. Need, there- fore, for all of us and especially for those whose job it is to do so, to take a good look at this "austerity" program ~ not because it is austere, or may seem so to some, but to discover in what direction it is tending, and what its destina- ticn may bring. The unexamined life, at this time, is aftogether too dangerous.

Labor income iilgher “tile a report released receslfi hfle

Department of Labor revealed that more strikes affected Canadian industries in October—with o much higher number of workers involved- thon in the corresponding month last year, it is ‘gratifying to observe from the latest report is- sued by the Dominion Bureau of Statistics on labor income in Canada that this feature con- tinues at o very high level.

This latter periodical statement shows that in the first eight months of i947 Canadians re- ceived in wages, salaries and supplementary labor income, the exceptllnol total of‘ $3,874,-

‘ 000,000 which is an increase of $573,000,000 over the like period of the preceding year. The gains shown in previous months were continued in August when the amount reached $517,000,000 and this figure was $5,000,000 above that of the month preceding and no less than $78,000,000 above that of August, i946.

The report on this improved labor income picture also points out that employment across Canada in August increased by about the some ratio over employment in July and draws the conclusion that the figures represent little change

-,l in the earnings of individual workers. Over the some psrlod the cost of living index rose tvo per cent, but "take-homs” poy may have in-

‘. creasedgdurm July and August because of the "liver pdrso income tor which whnt into ef- Tist on Jslr l-

organizing and reporting the election The Maritime superintendent, Mr. Jack Broyley and his staff are deserving of the congratula- tions they arc receiving. _ _ M . Don Goss, the courteous and efficient man- ager of the P. E. l. Telephone Co. and lllS staff, who co-operated wholeheartedly with the Pfflii in gathering and bringing in the results from all over the Island.

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Tomorrow 3rd Sunday in Advent.

Tomorrow the birthday of HisfMajesty King George Vi. a

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This Earth could use o little peace and good

will just now.

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Where innocence is bliss. At one of the City Polls a woman appeared and was presented with a white ballot paper and told she had one vote. "Oh no," she replied, "l hove two, and got

$5 for each of them."

lt is now Bell 8. Mathieson, K.C., K.C., M.L.A., M.L.A.; the only firm having both mem- l-ers in the Legislature. But access to the powers- that-be remains with Mr. T. W. L. Prowse with- out the responsibility of representation.

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Perhaps now that the tumult and the shouting have died we may get on with com- munity planning that will make the island a more pleasant, healthful and stimulating place in which tolive. '

Markets for both manufactured goods and foodstuffs have just about reached a point where only high quality and economical products will be sure of a firm demand. Dealers are wary of stocking up on products which will shortly be available in new models and materials.

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Oxford University has given its unenthusi- ostic approval to the discovery of America. _At the final debate of the season the Oxford Lipton rejected by 186 votes to 184 a motion that flllli‘ house considers th*at ‘Columbus went too fur-

Dr. Samuel Johnson, English man of letters, died this date i784; is best remembered by hrs Dictionary, his Journey to the Western Islands, and his Lives ol the Poets,’ his poetry is too cor- rect and scholarly to be popular; his criticisms genuine and reliable; his prose is ponderous but

balanced:

"Turn from the glittering bribe thy scornful eye,

Nor sell for gold what gold-can never buy." fi ‘I I

Apart from Canadian soldiers and relatives

of residents of Canada the only immigrants currently admitted to this country are certain British subjects and Americans who either have means or assured employment, or other groups engaging in farming, mining, lumbering with as- sured employment. We are a long way yet from on "open door" policy. _ _ _ stance who has means to maintain himself ls probably not interefted in* migrating.

Any European for in-

Canadian currency is rapidly losing value in the United States because it cannot be used

to buy goods from Canada. its only use is t0

toursts who come to this country. The purpose

of this freezing is probablyyiv Pfevelfl c°"' adians crossing the border with Canadian dol- lars instead of buying American funds here ill

accordance with regulations. fi i R W

The Canadian Press did a splendid job in results.

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_ British Columbia has introduced tion in the moderate use of liquor.

instruc- Attorney-

Gencral Gordon Wismer, speaking as Acting Min-

ister of Education, told a public meeting details

of the province's newly-authorized liquor mod-

oration program and introduced Mr. Harold L. as its director. He said "no quick results" could be expected from the program, which includes a summer school to operate next your for the education of teachers. "As long as legislation docs not favor prohibi- tion and the Government is the selling and controlling agency, the Government will consider itself responsible for education Iii ll'S

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_ One grcut disadvantage of our having‘ no C. P. ,R. connection here istliat we are deprived of the most affective publrcrtyof that great org- ‘ililOllOli. For instance, their popular month- ly review, Agricultural and Industrial Progress in Canada, for November has a beautifully illus- trated insct descriptive of scenes in different provinces but none from ours, v|z., Manitoba Wheat Field, Sheep in Manitoba, Panoramic ‘view, Minnedosa, Manitoba, Farm Home, West- ern Canada, Growing Grapes in Ontario, Ontario Sugar Beets, Purebred Clydesdaleg-New Bruns wick, Farm Scene, Nova Scotra; and with that ends C. P. R.’s eastern boundary of Canada.

ce {dward island evidently is non-existent sither in their maps or in thsir literature.

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The Canadian Forum, authentic voice of "in- teile tual" Socialism in Canodd (says The Let- fer- view), startled us some time ago, with u statement by Professor F. H. Underhili, that the Leftists had better be good, or they might up- set our system of society. That, 0i ¢°""°- "illlld be just too bod for the Leftists, who would have no occupation left, and would probably be liquid- ated by the extreme Leftists. Now, The Forum

M01405 the editorial admission that "increased rents are certainly justified for those landlords. who were caught when rents were frozen, and whose cool and other maintenance costs have gone up sharply. ally at o loss." This, although The Forum prob- ably did not realize that fact, is worthy of Adam Smith. it is o complete admission of the whole equilibrium theory of economics; of the right of investors to obtain o return; of the value of prices ofla method of controlling production and consumption. it applies not only to rents, but to the prices of all other goods and services. puts Mr. Caldwell on the spot.

Many are operating practic-

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This column is open tn mo - discussion by corra- e ' a!

nailing u.» menu of cltlzena whodhought it worth while to cast a vote in the municipal elections on Monday was Mr. James Loirg; he is 96 years old and he has nev- er failed to vote in his life. -Per- erborough Examiner.

People will wonder now if the Duke of Windsor really wants pri- vacy. If he does he goes strangely about gettlngjt -in telling the stnryof his life. and gobbling s- ‘oout the Royal Family, in an Am- erlcan magazine. - Ottawa Jour- nal. ‘ .

The time for snowdrilta having arrived, it is pertinent to reca“ that a good many or middle age and older have died suddenly )1 over-exertion caused by‘ their ef- forts to push mot/or cars out of the drifts. —- Brockvllle Recorder and Times.

The atomic age observed its fifth birthday this week. Already this problem child has become the ob- jectof a bitter custody suit, and is exhibiting marked inclination: toward delinquency. Windsor Star.

Canada has a greater area than the United States proper and Al. asks combined. But how many Americans will believe it? lt. Thomas Times-Journal.

Both the winner and the lose: get s kick out of politics, but not in the some place. - Brandon Sun.

Who now remem‘ n the old- fashioned s3. worth of groceries that you couldn't crowd into a baby carriage with a till-pound child? -- -Edmonton Journal.

The first trawler to assume the proportion of a factory ship has just been launched from a ship- yard at Ardossan, Scotland. Fish caught by this vessel — the Fair- tree - will be fllleted, quick-froz- en and packed at sea within a few hours of being caught says The United Kingdom Information Ber- vlce. specially designed trays give a handy two-pound block of quick- frozen fillets which, placed in cel. iophane bags and sealed. are not touched by hand again until bought by the consumer. Produc- tion of the Falrfrees refrigerator is one ton of whole or filleted fish per hour. Packed in 42-pound car- tons. the fllleted fish are taken by conveyor belt and chute to the re- frherated hold, which has a ca- pacity of 150 tons.

Popular makes of motor vehicles in what used to be the “low price’ field now sell at $150. to $200 more than they did on November l7, because of the boosted excise tax Mr. Abbott announced with such evident. relish. Many theories have been propounded to explain the King Government's reason for this sudden new levy on motor cars, ‘but. ‘there is only one of these’ so clear that no one can challenge it. successfully. It ls that one defin- ite purpose of Mr. Abbott's aus- terity program is to prevent wage earners and moderate salaried peo- ple from indulging in the extrava- gance of buying cars at all. —Sycl- ney Post-Record.

Popular belief that the yellow races comprise the bulk of earth's population has been debunked, re- marks The Milwaukee Journal. Tho "white" Caucasold races have a larger membership than have the Mongolold and Negrolcl races to- gether. The present day world's population of 2,500,000,000 is a- bout 52 Percent Caucasold. 40 per- cent Mongolold and but eight per- cent Negroid. Furthermore, tho “whtte" races rapidly are widen- ing the gap. Anthropologists esti- mute that during the last 300 years the Negrolds hisveQncPeased 100 percent, while the Mongololds have increased 200 percent. But the extremely prolific "white races" have multiplied themselves T00 times! I Turkey, long regarded as the “sick man of Europe." seems won derfully improved. Part of the im- provement. perhaps is merely rela- tive, since most of the other Europ- ean nations are in a bad way, now. following the war and Tur- key, which carefully kept out of the war, shines by contrast. Some of the improvement, however. ap- pears to be real. After twenty-five years under the dictatorship found- ed by Kemaj Ataturk and carried on by his successors, Turkey ups pears to be emerging as a democ- racy. At Ankara. the other day, President Ismet Inonu. urged equal treatment of all political parties. This, he said. would be the best guarantee against both foreign and internal dangers. Two other suggestions President monu made. One was that the Turkish parlia- ment hold its meetings in public, not. behind a curtain of secrecy as in the past. The other was that the offices of President of Turkey and president of the Republican Peo- ples’ Party. the party in power. should be separated. The first two reforms suggested are vital to s ‘democracy. There can be no democratic government - hardly even an approach. to lt- unless the people sre allowed to know their problems through the public discussion of them and unless there is freedom to oppose es well u support the government. An op- position is important for two rea- sons, one critical, one constructive. The opposition points out the government's errors and prepares itself to take the government's place. - Vancouver Province.

IOGUB DOCTOR

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nrvussu-usaw-v-x-swwm-n olm "nvnus" PREMIER.

Sin-This is one of the really‘ funny things that has hupp€ned on P. E. I

Last Spring the Conservatives started challenging Walter Jones

at the first opportunity. Canada Packers u-eni, on strike. and that night on his way to Bunbury his plBnS were crystalizerl. Being smart, and nobOdy need over kid themselves that he isn't smart. he decided to throw Charlottetown to the wolves. He seized Canada Packers. gave Labor a blast or two. and called an election.

Charlottetown went into s tall- spln. the campaign worked fast and furious, and the more that was said the more He became the issue. He get in everybodyu helm-Labor hated him.—-the Tories ‘bought he pvas crazy.-the Liberals were so busy trying ta explain that they all got lost in the Charlottetown smoke.

On Thursday night at seven o'clock, when the smoke lifted. they started la look around and see where our "Dumb" Premier was. What did they see?

When they were ell fiddling around Charlottetown he had made an end run and cleaned the country practically from East. Point to North Cape. I say “he". because he not only won historic .old Belfast for himself. but luggecl in most of the other Liberals on his beck too. At. seven o'clock he was in Bunbury laughing his head off as he ale a tough old gander.

Yes, Mr. blackenzie King, un- ouestlonobly the most. gifted pol- itical strategist Canada has ever had. better look to his laurels.

I am. Sir. etc. AN ADMIRER.

Old Charlottetown (And r. a. r.)

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MEACHAIWS ATLAS LAWSUTTS

The March session of the Queen's County Court has been going on in Charlottetown for some days past, and a largo number of suits. perhaps of very little im- portance to any one except the lit- igants. have been disposed of. The most, attractive cases were those brought by Mcachum 8.’. Co. to re- ctovcr tho price of Atlases sold. In all of them judgment was rendered in favor of the plaintiff. A man named Robertson urns sued for the cost of a picture (in the Atlas) of his farm, house and buildings at West River. Robertson refused to pay for the cut because he con- tended that it was not the size agreed on. and alsn that. it was in- correct and dirt not show some cows and his wife hanging clothes on the clotheslino. which there when the artist made the sketch. A large number of witnesses were examined on both sides, and the case occupied the best part of two days. Mr. Sutherland appeared on behold of Meacham. Robertson. the first day. pleaded his own case but, perhaps remembering "that a man who is his own lawyer has n fool for his client," turned up on the second day with Mr. Arthur Peters. Judgment has not yet been given.

In addition fo having a number of men sued, Mr. Meacham was sued himself by one Mr. H. W. Fyfe. It is sold that when rogues fall out honest men get their own, and perhaps this was borne out by this case. Fate's story was this: That. early January last he ‘Kris promised employment by Meacham as one oi’ tho Atlas delivery staff and for which ho was to recelvn $36 per month and expenses. Bo- foro the Aliases were ready for 41¢. livery. and of course before the engagement began, he was called on by Mc-ucluim to do office work,

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,such as writing biographical sketches to be published in the Atlas, and also editorials pralslng the Atlas for all the newspapers in the Island. all of which he claimed he had performed in a satisfactory manner. As an illustration ol his qualifications as a biographer. he referred Judge Alley to his sketch on His Honour Judge Young. He in- formed the Court that. in addition to writing those articles. he was sent as a dlplomatist. by Meacham to interview the Editor of The Presbyterian, and nrranfle an ar- mistice with him, which. he had done. He also stated that he, with other agents. was instructed by Mencham that. when delivering an Atlas, if the party wished a re- duction in the price, and offered eight or ten dollars in cash. the jagcnts were to take the amount ldffered. inking care, in doing so, to give n receipt on account only. leaving it open for Meacham to stfe for the balance. The" Atlas being ready for delivery. he was engaged on the delivery staff. as above, but, by mutual agreement. was after- wards transferred to the Charlotte- town affice; and, after having entered on his duties there, he was summarily dismissed without warning or cause. and for this wrong, he brought his action of damage for s wrongful dismissal. In support of l='y~fe's case, Mr. Archibald Coles. a printer, in the employ of Bremner Bros. Will called to prove that Meacham had told him that Fyfe was engaged by him, and that he intended send- ing him to deliver Atlases at Rustlco. as he was a good French scholar, Miss Street, of the St.