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DECEMBER s,’ 1948

THE GUARDlAbl

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

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CHARLOTTETO\VN

Juvenile Delinquency

The appeal made by His Worship Mayor MacDonald to curb juvenile delinquency, to- gether with the reintroduction of curfew law and the appointment of a special juvenile con- stable, will, it is hoped, have satisfactory results. The problem is not confined to Charlottetown or Prince Edward Island, as is indicated by news- paper comments elsewhere. But the situation la-' cally may well have some connection with the unwise policy adopted a couple of years ago, of doing away with the modest provincial grants to our Children's Aid Societies. ln Charlotte- town this resulted in the loss of Mr. Brawders’ services as truant officer and Society agent. These Societies performed invaluable work in the past, and there is no question but that they were instrumental in curtailing juvenile breaches cf the law. '

lt is wort-h recalling also that when Family Allowances were introduced by the Dominion Government a few years ago, it was for the purpose of improving the living standards, health and education of the children, and thereby re- moving causes of delinquency. Last year Family Allowances cost the taxpayers of Canada $270,- 000,000, there is every reason to believe that the bulk of this money has been expended to good‘ purpose. But what of that portion of it that falls into the hands of parents who are delin- quent?

This question is raised in the current issue of the Chingwauk Farm bulletin, published in Ontario, which points out that Family Allowance cheques spent for the self-indulgence of parents contribute to bcth parental and juvenile delin- quency and make home conditions worse for neglected children. Parents who neglected their children before they received the allowances are aided and abetted in being worse parents by the money they squander.

A striking example is cited in ‘the case of milk, which is one of the essentials in raising healthy children. With the increased household income specially assigned to be spent on chil- dren, one would expect to see milk sales largely increased. But, it is claimed, the national con- sumption of milk has fallen "alarmingly," while at the same time juvenile delinquency is on the in- crease.

It would be neither feasible nor desirable to find out how every family in the country is laying out its specific allowance for children, but obviously the present system is open to abuses, and the mounting delinquency record plainly indicates that these abuses are occur- ring. Inasmuch as this condition exists, Family Allowances have failed in their first and mostlmportant purpose, however much they may continue to hold and win votes.

Wood Pulp Bonference

Hon. J. A. MacKinnon, Minister of Mines and Resources, has announced that problems related to the future productive capacity and demand for wood pulp have resulted in the Canadian Government sponsoring a conference to study this important problem under the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Na- tions. The Government has extended an invita- tion to Mr. N. E. Dodd, Director General of FAO, to arrange for the conference to be held in Canada, probably at Montreal next March. lt is anticipated that delegates from nineteen countries will attend, together with observers from several other countries, and officials of the United Nations and other specialized agen- cies.

The main purpose of the meeting will be to give experts in the field of/pulp production and distribution an opportunity to review the world position of this important commodity and to decide whether any steps are needed to achieve, both for the immediate and the more distant future, the necessary equilibrium between requirements and supplies.

It is known that new pulpmills are under construction, or are being planned. l" fl "um- ber of countries. While this constitutes an ob- viously desirable development, it is equally im- portant that the capacity of pulp industries should always be considered and planned with due regard to the permanent capacity of for- ests to yield the necessary raw materials. It should also take into account present and pro- spective market requirements in order to fore- stall the risk of surplus capacity once the im- mediate needs of the next few years have been IllQf.

Invaluable Reference Volume

The Guardian is in receipt of a new edition of the "British North America Acts and Amend- merits" published by the King's Printer in I943. An interesting new Part ' has been added which contains an historical review from I759 to i867, also excerpts from the Capitulation, the Treaty of Paris, ‘he Royal Proclamation of I763, the Quebec Adt, the Constitutional Act, l79l, and the Unicn Act, I840.

In this year of the centenary of the es- tablishment of Responsible Government in Can- ada a number of pages are given to a study of the latter subject as well as to reviewing the years preceding Confederation vsilh a summary of the main provisions of the British North Ameri-

"ca Act, i867. The. text of the Q-abec and Lon- {resolution "aim unaided

of the British North "America Act, I867, is also given. .

Other sections include the British North America Act i867 as amended, the Statute Law Revision Acts of i893 and I927, the Statuta of Westminster, I931, with numerous and lengthy notes, various Imperial Orders in Council, Acts of the Parliament of Canada, affecting the re- lations of Canada arid ‘its Provinces, and Let- ters Patent constituting the office of Governor General of Canada with appendices and abun- dant notes.

All this material has been brought together, selected and annonated by Dr. Maurice Ollivier, K. C., F.R.S.C., joint Law Clerk of‘ the House of Commons, for the convenience of parliamen- tarians, civil servants and more specially for the benefit of students of the Canadian constitu- tion. At $l.50 ($2.00 bound) this book is inval- uable as a ready reference volume.

EDITORIAL NOTES

The Grand Jury sitting in Summerside has again drawn attention to the need for horse drawn vehicles to carry lights or reflectors at night. There is a law to oblige their use but the law of self preservation should make it unneces- sary to invoke the statutory penalties.

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In a future war or wars Canadian troops, trained in winter warfare, and in the use of Brit- ish and American equipment, will probably be the most versatile forces at the disposal of the

Western powers.

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Two of the fifteen Senate vacancies have been filled with appointments from Nova Scotia and Alberta. The campaign for the remaining seats will not be as spectacular as the general election which will follow but will probably be just as bitterly contested.

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Canadians will sympathize with South Afri- cans in their refusal to allow South-West Africa to be placed under international trusteeship. It would be like the United Nations telling Can- ada how to administer the Yukon or North West Territories.

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The principle that taxes should be used to benefit the source from which they are raised is likely to receive a jolt in the United States. A lxlew Jersey society claims that dog ‘taxes should be spent in the interest of dogs. Our motorists discovered a lcng time ago that gasolene taxes may be spent on anything except roads and au- ‘tomcbile facilities.

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Mrs. Mary Baker G. Eddy, founder of the Church of Christ Scientist, dried this date I9l0, after thirty years its head. Author of text books, Science and Health. From early childhood she suffered attacks of some convulsive hysterical affliction; became an ardent disciple of Phineas Parkhurst Quimby, from whom she obtained her first knowledge of mental healing, and hence regarded herself as the incarnation of the femi- nine principle of Deitv, and built up one of the largest and most powerful religious organiza- tions in America with its own flourishing daily newspaper.

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Thanks lo the Federation of Agriculture, farmers from now on will be in "big business," with their farm homes converted into business headquarters. They will be allowed to deduct from income such items as rent, fees paid for advertising farm products, expenditures for stomps, stationery, account books, audit fees, of- fice supplies, travelling on farm business, and similar items which are allowable, as a deduc- tion from farm income." Above all there will be an appeal board free from departmental super- vision.

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According to a despatch from London Brit- ish beekeepers have heaved a sigh of relief at a judge's ruling that bees have a right to sting. Mrs. T. Mitchell charged in court there that the bees of neighbor Francis Ellis had stung her I0 times in three years, sent her to bed, and cost her husband l0 working days spent in nursing her. She wanted an injunction and £20 ($80) damages. The judges dismissed the case, saying that Mrs. Mitchell's feelings, more than anything else, were wounded when she was stung. '

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Chancellor of the Exchequer Sir Stafford Cripps gave particulars recently of loans made by Britain to other countries since the outbreak of war. He was replying to a question on this subject raised in the House of Commons. Ad- vgnces up to the present amount to just under 9,196,000,000. ln addition to these loans bear- ing interest, $40,000,000 have been advanced to Greece free of interest. France has received $396,000,000, Poland $228,000,000, the Nether- lands $180,000,000 and Russia $32,000,000. An- other $l24,000,000 has been lent to Turkey, $76,000,000 'to Czechoslovakia and $48,000,M0 to China. The interest paid on these advances so far amounts to just over $49,000,000.

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"There is no indication of a depression in I949" stated Mr. Robert M. Campbell, vice- president and director of the advertising firm, Messrs. J. Walter Thompson Co. Ltd., of Toronto who arrived in Saint John last week. Mr. Comp- bell has visited the major cities across Canada in recent weeks and stated that the surplus in- come of individuals available for discretionary spending or saving in 1949 will be four times the highest pre-wisr levels. Although he was optimistic in his outlook for i949; Mr. Camp- bell warned that although the consumer would have more money, he was more suspicious and more selective. He said the amount of business handled by the retailers would depend on "how much extra push they put into it." Ho added that they must promote not only their own busi-

nesses, but the atmosphere of the community

tlis enactment in which their businesses srovi

TllE MOUNTIBS HAVE MANY YOUNG FIQIEN

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BE COMMENDED FORTl-IAT IMPORTANT, THOUGH LESS KNOWN, PHASE OF THEIR WORK, THEIR FRIENDLY INTEREST IN THE GUID- ANCE OF OUR YOUNG.

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This column ls open to the ' discussion by correspondents '§

of quest-tons of interest. The WWQOWWOMQ

Guardian does not. necessa- lly endorse the opinion of correspondents.

LONGEVITY CANDIDATES

Sin-Bringing the list of long- evity candidates up to dale-all ‘J0 or over-we naw have:

. Mrs. William, Smith, New- ton Cross ._ . . . Donald MacKlnnon, North River .

Mrs. Sarah Tismiyn, Siim- mersirle Mrs. Elizabeth MacKenzie, Charlottetown Mrs. Teresa Reid, loffetmvn Thomas Henderson, Lang Creek Mr. George Auld, Winston Mrs. George Aiild, Wiiislne Frank Sanderson, North River 92 Mrs. Gaspard Arsenault, Howlzm .. Mrs. lilelirna MacDonald, St. Peter's .

‘ Angus MacKinnon. City . . 13. Miss Sarah Nelson, City 14. Dr. R. J. MacDonald, St.

Peter's .

15. Mrs. Harriet Taylor, North 1G.

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Granville . 96 Mrs. Duncan Churchill .. Ml‘. Wallace North Carleton . 91 I am. Sir, etc.

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Sin-I would like to add ta your longevity list. the name of Mr. Rob-

elghl. years old and can tell many an interesting story of bygone days. Hts memory is as bright as it. ever was. Please fidd this grand old mun to your list. ' I um. Sir. etc. SHELDON ROSS

Charlottetown.

Slr,—l wish to iidd the name of Mr. George Turner, lvlnsloe Road, who is ninety-five yours of ago, to your longevity column.

I am. Sir, etc. NOREEN TURNER Hope River. P. E. l.

PARKING METERS,

WHO WANTS THEM?

Sir, - The following despatch taken from a Halifax paper, will give some interesting facts xvlth regard to the proposed scheme to introduce “parking meters" in this City:

"Amherst, Nov. 23 — A stale- ment today from the frown office on revenues from parking mat.- ers disclosed that since they were installed 15 months ago, a mun of 87-138 had been received from the 123 machines with a. proflL to the town of $1,790. The mach- ines cost. $90 each and the agree- nuent is that. when they have paid for themselves they will be- come the property of the town.

Of the hotel revenue from these meters more than $800 has come in fines from motorists who have parked longer at the stands than they expected and who for- got. to put. in the extra coin."

The purpose of the meters is to produce some revenue for the City. but m attaln this object a very heavy tax is to be placed on car- "ownerg who are already pretty heavily penalized for the privilege of enjoying an automobile. In Amherst $7,138 was paid to pro- duce $1,700 revenue. What. would the motorists of Charlottetown be called upon to pay for taking their ca: down town to do s little shopping? who asked for these meters’! Evidently the only people snxlous to have same installed are the manufacturers of the meters who want to sell them to the city at $90 each.

It. seems to me that. this is a matter upon which the new Auto- mobile Assoclstion should make ti: views known to the city authorities before any further action ls taken.

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i The Municipal Elections In Berlin

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How mach fa to be hoped from

the “back stage" negotiations lri the Palals de Challlot on the Ber- lin question? j Certainly the plan upon which iDr. Bramuglia appears b0 be furor-king has the merit. of common laense. The main obstacle to a ‘settlement in the Moscow siege]:- lafton was. at. any tale on l e isurfzice, the inability of the four lMilizavy Governors to agree upon lpracfical irieasures for carrying out (the “directive agreed upon on IAugusf. 30th, j, And, in Paris, the main obstacle lias seemed to be that. the West- ‘evn Powers refuse to engage ln lnew ‘currency’ negotiations while ‘the blockade continues, while the gsovler Government refuses to lift the blockade until new currency negotiations have ended tn agree- ment. .

Now. Dr. Bramuglla suggests. the

[Security Council itself, with the ‘raid of information supplied by ex- perls of the Four Powers, will pro- duce a plan for a currency glhange- !cver. Ii will ask that bot sides shall accept this Council plan and jfhat the blockade shall be lifted ‘While the currency arrangements are being put into operation. The

9O lwhole ls December 20th.

It is ingeniously devised to break .two deadlocks at once. What. the

ifouv Military Governors failed to,

5 ‘ a'o, the Council itself will do. And

lln so doing. lt gets vld of all need ‘for further negotiations about

mule ivhether they shall come be- , after the ' Bramugllifs endeavours | should, therefore. have a. good_ chance of success given two things. One ls that. the Soviet. Govern- ment genuinely desires a settle- ment. The other is that the sli- unilon in Berlin on December 20th ls such that the currency control scheme devised by the Council will 1n practice be workable. Unhappily, the news from Berlin

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BEDEMIPTORIST FATHERS

The ftvo Redemptarlst Fathers from Montreal, who have been hold- lrig a mission in St. Dunstan‘: Cathedral, have presented His Lordship, Bishop McIntyre, with s beautifully wrought representation of the crucifixion, as a souvenir of their mission. The crucifix was blessed and placed ln its position on the eplstle slde of the Cathedral yesterday afternoon.

—The Examiner, Nov. 5, 1889.

5th. there will no longer be s Ber- lin municipality. Tliare will be two municipalities. one elected by those of the people who are al- l°“‘@d l-O vole. the other a ‘Junta’ nominated by the leaders of a Party, which in free elections would be delighted if ft. could gain 25 per cent o! the votes. For it ls of course out. of the question that

the Western Powers could admit

the ufhorlty 1n the Western sectors of such a Mfume‘ or deny the com- petence of the Assembly.

m ‘ill-s WHY a situation will have

been quite dellbei-ately created by Lhe Russians in which 1t would be to operate any. system of currency control PTOPOMG by the Security Council,

Practically Impossible

E‘or any such system will require

cooperation between a Four-Pmver

currency authority and a. German municipal authority. If there is no German author-fly recognised by

currency and. therefore, of all dls- _g]1 Four powers it, y, ham to see

how any scheme, however. ingen-

llmng "1 ‘b95005. however acceptable on paper resents at least. 53 per vent of

in London. Moscow, Paris and Washington. will 1n fact. be oper- able 1h Berlin.

"Actions speak louder than words.” And Soviet actions in Ber- lin speak even louder than M. Vyslitnsky in Parts. They arouse doubts of Moscow‘; desire for a settlement. And they are a chast- cntng warning against much optimism about result; of Dr. Bramugllirs endeavours.

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- Notes By The Way .

Canadian geld mines must get along within the conflnements of the standard price. They should get ome relief in their operating costs now that n downtreml lri the jprlce of materials ls becoming more visible. Extension of mechanization, glmprovernent in methods. form for- lfunately a continuing process in lthe favov of the gold mines. Ani eventually. currencies must. be rec- tified, or Stalin will win his com- palgn to ruin the democracies with- out the firing of a shot. — Northern Miner.

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nation's farms poifssbs: '13"? l ‘bi This ls a decided increase sing m” when the percentage w“ buetm“ per cent. But it. still mm m" mast. unfavorably with clfles pa" it. is a slum area Indeed whfcxherl not. boast of a bath tub jn h" home. It ls all very W91] to “a the tin wash tub used in the "u" shed in farm houses, but j; wwow‘ a comfortable or satlsfactor a! m" ner ln which to take a bdhmln’ the colder months of the ye‘ l“ was distinctly chilly, wjth u?‘ ll sulf that a bath was an EXpQj-j. N. io be postponed. One could 510M. bllng the mu ln behind flie urn" stove, but that lacked Sfllllélillllcmn privacy. Until farmers are abjg " afford the facilities and m. f" of life which urban residents“ u“ for granted, suggestions that (rm ers are making undue prom,“ none foo convincing. And fin-mm in the United States are the m". ‘prosperous agrlculfurlsts in y? worlcL-lvindsor Sfer. '

The average Canadian soldier ls an average Canadian youth, iio be‘.- ler, no worse. l-Ie comes from an average Canadian home and, while admitting discipline ls necessary, he feels he's just as good as his of- ficers. In this he ls right. Our sailors are among our most im- portant ambassadors abroad. We have no need to be ashamed of them. All these facts add up to this-tho sooner the naval liter- srchy and the public realize the sailor ln bell-bottomed trousers is just as good as the officer in brass buttons the better for everyone coliflm , including the taxpayer. -Vsncouver News-Herald.

Tho Unified States Census Bureau classifies 451 types of jobs and re- ports that women are employed iii 442 of lliem. This leaves the re- auju yo saqiunu jjeuis Kjqizsjsuixi types in which women are not en- ‘gaged. Another remarkable feat- luroof the survey of women in bust- ness indicates that thousands of them are setting up their own busi- ness and, appavenfir. showing more initiative than men in discovering new lines of endeavor. This has come about since the exodus of wo- men from war plants. Perhaps they acquired the habit of working for pay during the war; perhaps the plnch of high prices has made it imperative that they find other jobs. In any case they have done so tn surprising numbers. In ttiel United States there are almost one million women ln business for them- selves. A score of years ago hun- dreds of jobs would come to mliidl as "no place for a woman." The j war and economic conditions since have changed all that. and women ‘ are showing that lh'ey can hold their own with men ln almost every type of work. -— Sarnta Canadian Observer.

It would be a fine u; of the supposedly bed 227,307,“? LIU)’ could have just one dsmpj, o‘ an old-fashioned sehWl lrimmiol with a hockey stick or fgwhjd. Chalhem News. ' T