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V THE GUARDIAN.

CHARDOTTET OWN

AUGUST 28. 1951

THE GUARDIAN

Authorized as Second Cluo Mull Pool Office Department. Ottawa. The island Guardian Pubunbing Co. CIRCULATION Total City Zone . lictail Trading Zon All Others Total Net. Paid .

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Editor and Managing Director. J. ll. Burnett. Associnte Editor. Frank Walker.

"The Strongest Memo y is Weaker Than the Weakest Ink".

('il.-KRLOTTETOWN.

"The Right Kind Of Opinion"

”It would be unrealistic to suppose". Professor Wilfred Egglestoa in a special study on the press of Canada pre- yttirecl for the Massey Commission, "that the men and women who own, or those who actugilly get out the newspapers of Canada, hrive always in the forefront of their nimds the service which the press of Can- .ii'ia canirender to the cause of nationhood by cli semination of constructive news or by FpO!l?-Oi'lll'-Z of the right kind of opinion."

. Mr. Egzleston, in a volume entitled ltoyil Commission Studies, published by the liinrgis Printer, Ottawa, has a lot more to sriy in similar vein regarding the short- ('Ol!lllll"S and inadequacies of the news- 1'n'lDt”l'S of Canada. It is sufficient, however, to ob.-crve that his dislike of the newspa- flvl”; rests; on the ground that. in his opin- lilli. they fail to disseminate ”constructive' it;-w::, whatever that may be, and that they do not sponsor ”the right kind of opinion.”

It would be interesting to know what Mr. E-czzlestoii means by ”the right kind of npiiiioii.” L'nfortunate1,v. he remains woe- fullv v.i;i.ie on the matter. It may be in- fr ted, however, that "the right kind of opinion" would be the kind of opinion that llr. Ezglczztoii happens to agree with. If editorial opinion in Canadian newspapers were all of ”the right kind" as laid down by :1 Profc-ssor of journalism, itself an ana- vhroni.m. then editorial writers would find it difficult to distinguish their function from that of propagandists.

If by "the right kind of opinion" Mr. E:'",l'"FlOll means ”opinion of the left”, he will find all he wants by listening to the CBC. Newspaper rcaders, meanwhile, V.'lll continue to form their own opinions by 1-,-grim-:5 the views of the right, the left and the inirlrlic-of-the-road, freely expressed in the L”-','l:llllllF of every newspaper in Canada.

TUESDAY. AUGUST 28. 1951

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A HOIISP committee in the United King- dom 1'-.-is. investigated the complaint of '1 -' that he had been delayed and ob-

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sir-.t-rtwcl on his way to a sitting of Pai- iinrxr-nt by policemen who charged he fair cd in olw-i'i-o traffic rules. The committee cum-; dmiii hard, found there had been no

l7l'PCiFll of the member's privileges and went on to explain that these privileges apply to nici-nlwcrr. only insofar as they are neces- :.tr;,' in order that the House may freely pcrtorin its functions. It added: "L"?-ucli privileges do not exalt the mem- bcr above the ordinary restraints of law which apply to his fellow-citizens. They do not discharge the member from the obliyzitioiis to society which apply to him as much, and perhaps more closely. in that Cfip(iClij.' as they apply to other subjects of the. Crown.” g Quoting the above comment. the Ot- lflllffi Journal adds: "A prideful parlia- nicni is; :i dcinzerous parliament. at West niinrler. Ottawa, Canberra or any other capital. Members are given their duties :md tltcir privileges by the free people 3”” they are expected to serve these people.not their own vanities."

Livestock in Warfare

A special organization established by the Federal Department of Agriculture is pus?- ing; iorwrird measures designed to protect thn livcszlock of the country in the event of enemy bombing attacks. This group is known as the Animal Health Emergency Or- gnnizntion. whose members comprise train- ed officials fully capable of dealing with such a threat. It is pointed out that world scientists have warned that biological at- tuck has now been so perfected that it could be used successfully in wartime to work havoc on a country's livestock and so strike a crippling blow at food resources.

The new body has been set up t'o ex- pand normal services of the Health of Ani- malss Division and the essential diseases, through cooperation of provincial depart-

.ments of agriculture and private veterinary practitioners. Its purpose is to detect, re- port and isolate diseases which might be spread by an enemy bent on curtailing and destroying food of animal origin.

The organization comprises a central headquarters committee located in Ottawa. with committees functioning in all Pro- vinces, these being heoded by the federal department district veterinarian. Member- sh1PC9l1sl:tJof federnllndPl'ilVi!iciIldo-

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partment of agriculture officers. veterinary practitioners and other key personnel. Sub- district committees. headed by the depart- ment veterinarians in charge, are being set up in the 100 sub-districts on the pat- tern of the provincial committees. These will function to instruct persons concerned in the action and procedure necessary in dc- tectlng and reporting promptly the appear- ance of any abnormal condition connected with animal disease.

The necessity of having such a useful organization can be readily realized. A blow to the health of Canada's dairy herds. its beef cattle. hogs. sheep and poultry flocks would be a most serious matter. If the

dangers anticipated fail to materialize, so much the better. The training in such pre- cautionary measures will at any rate provc beneficial.

EDITORIAL NOTES

Like everybody else the experts arc prone to mistakes. It was freely predicted that with a preparedness programme com- ing on top of a period of full employment there would immediately be a scarcity of consumer goods. It may be right around the corner but so far civilian production seems to have gone ahead rather than lag- ged.

O A recently-published British Ministry of Works report states that about 5150.000 worth of goods, mainly household utensils, bedding and clothing, were provided by the Ministry as the United Kingdom Govern- mentls gift to Canada after the 1950 spring floods in Winnipeg. The first consignment. valued at &20.000 was despatched by air on 48 hours notice.

An extensive purge in the civil service of U. S. A. is in progress with a View to getting rid of Communists in responsible positions. Vice-president Barkley reports that between 2,500 and 3,500 persons have been separated from government service after loyalty inquiries. He made that statement in contending that the govern- ment has done a good job in getting rid of such persons.

0 Dr. Frank MacKinnon. Principal of Prince of Wales College, is a strong boost- er of the Maritimes and a supporter of Maritime education. But he comments in his survey for the Social Science Research Council that. competition being what it is, the existence of fifteen degree-granting in- stitutions among a small population easily results in a harmful lowering of standards in colleges seeking more and more students.

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The fourth Duke of Richmond, Gov- ernor in Chief of British North America. died this date 1819 of hydrophobia con- tracted from the bite of a pet fox. near Richmond. Upper Canada. On March 28th of that year he had transmitted to Lord Bathurst. without expressing an opinion. the papers respecting an appeal about a quarrel which had arisen between the Lieu- tenant Governor and Legislature of Prince Edward Island.

The faculty of medicine of McGill Un- iversity reports that more than 2,000 ap- plied. but only 116 can be admitted to the first year. The number of students ac- cepted in first-year is determined by the amount of laboratory space and sinks available. Applications were received front all parts of the world. Medical students start a month earlier than other classes at McGiil, with the exception of dentistry

students.

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Commenting on Dr. Needler's proposal to abolish the present closed lobster sea- sons on various stretches of the coast at different times and make the summer a prohibitive period in all the Maritimes, the Moncton Times says: "This would be ll revolutionary change and. undoubtedly, will evoke a great dcal'of discussion and debate before any decision is finally made. But in the interests of sincere conservation of the crustaceans. the opinion of so noted an authority as Dr. Needler does carry con- vlction. and especially now when it has be- come evident that depletion of the fishing grounds has taken place."

In a column in The Rotarian "Human Nature Put to Work”, Mrs. R. E. Mutch, Charlottetown, writes: "To make .a per- son want something. suggest he can't have it. I discovered this old truism selling wall- paper. Turning pages of samples in the heavy books for hours, I found I could hurry the final choice afterithe customer had narrowed it to two or three. I would point to one pattern and say, "I'm sorry. but I'll have to see whether we have enough of that one in stock." Immediate- ly this one became the choice. I would go to the back room where, I knew, there were A hundred rolls of it. Then I'd emerge with the paper. A look of relief would spread over the face of the customer. The sale would be made in no time."

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When Poets Disagree

tC.A.B in the Winnipeg Free Press)

OTTAWA: A poet in Hon. Paul Martin's publicity section of the National Health and Welfare De- partment has plunged into a war of verse with the Sugar Research Foundation of Canada. The de- partmental jingler began it. with ll. sonnet enclosed in family allow- ances envelopes attacking candy. pop. and pie. They make acids. he sang. which rat the teeth.

The aroused director of the Sugar Research Foundation fought back with a long letter to Mr. Mar- tin full of scientific quotations to. refute. the acldulous stanzas. Hal enclosed a substitute roundelay as-l sorting "tween meals nibbling lsi the chief foe of teeth.

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Space forbids the quotation of the entire Government. poem deal- ing with dental hygiene but here are the provocative lines:

Sweets in your mouth are used as food

By the germs in your and that's not good,

For they make acids and that is what

Causes peoples' teeth to rot.

mouth

The Cvovernmcnt Pegasus trip- ped at. the barrier of rhyming food with good: but let. it go. Federal poets, like Mr. Abbottls estimates of surpluses, are entitled to some licence.

Dr. Robert C. Hockett. the sugar defender. also took a lot. of licence in his lyrical reply. His letter with scientific quotations had cited many points to demolish the Fed- eral poet's song that dental decay is produced by acids from carbo- hydrates tsweetst Among them: Researchers have soaked ex- tracted teeth in mouth acids and found that. the acids attacked the teeth last. and least. in places where cavities are most common; other organisms in alkaline media at- tacked the teeth; acid is a rela- tively minor factor; many people are immune and the use of fluor- ine to increase immunity is ii hope of the future; starchy foods are equally capable of producing acids: exclusion of all acid producing foods is a practical impossibility.

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so what? Balance the diet: re- strict food intake to a relatively few definite periods during the day; regular and effective oral hy- giene, or as teacher says: Brush your teeth after every meal; and chew hard.

Obviously. Dr. Hockett. could not get all those points in his vcrsliled reply but even short. as it was. space here limit: it to these lines.

Left. over bits are used as food

By germs in your mouth but that's not good,

so do not nibble all day long.

list three square meals to keep you strong

Perhaps one snack right. after

school And one at bedtime. the second rule. . n I 0

Dr. Hocket.t'ii approval of "chew hard" seems to go along to I point with I recent iconoclastic state- ment. by Dr. Hans ii. Neumsn, em- inent Columblu University re- searcher on tooth decay. Dr. Neu- man think: nothing works but hard chewing: cites the mnrvclouii teeth of some of the world's worst- fed natives who never heard of a tooth brush.

bet. the children chew on hard bread. he advises; better still on raw sugar cane. The instinct. of children to chew on Denclll. ill- t.l-ier and wood is wholesome.

We'll go for the auglr cane but skip the leather ind wood; most. of our pencils are already chewed to the bone.

The but one can any for all these experts is that. othlng about tooth decay has been reully proved.

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' Like Spindrift

BEAUTY IS MORE

More than dreaming, more love is Beauty, whether squeezed between the eye. lids like a tear

Or struck like dagger to the heart. to me

It lives in substance like ii shining thing. appears

and deploys

than

like

rain.

The curse

Of dreaming is the sandbag touch

that wakes

The dreamer and unrhymes the poet): verse.

While love lco often dies with lov- ers, makes

A separate peace with time. Beauty

blind

As love is blind. as dreamer to his

goal. But. Beauty burns like god's-fire in

the mind. And holds ii cool white candle for the soul. -Harold A-prplebaum in the New York Times.

Gambling Clues (Daily Telegraph. London)

Evidence has been found to in dlcate that the Vikings who coi- onlzed the Shetland Islands oft Scotland 1.000 years ego used gambling uevlces. Dice counter.- anrl other playing pieces wen among relics discovered in re- cent excavations near the south- ernmost tlp of Shetland.

The unearthed Viking

ment was occupied from Ninth to the 13th Centuries A D.. and exceeded two acres ii. extent. Excavation of the foun- dation: of nine long rcctangulii houses with associated outbuild- ings. cobbled yards and enclos ure walls has made it. possible to follow the history of the settle-

settle- thr-

ment over the 400 years of its existence. The 4.000 objects found. ir

and around the houses. indicated that the Viking peasants who arrived early in the Ninth Cen- tury. were interested more in peaceful coir-nlzailan than in rov- ing the sea or in piracy

Among the objects found. in addition to the dice. were glass beads. in fragment of a Tenu- Century trefoil brooch. shell rings and bracelets. pins and combs. The many animal and fish bones preserved indicated ' that the settlers depended for their live- lihood on farming and fishing. Also discovered were ltonc weights that had been attached to upright looms. on which the wo en wove a coarse cloth, iron kn van and sickle: and also sink- er: used in fishing.

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EARLY rum MACHINERY

The UNI Wailing machine is said to have been used in Princi- .Edward island in the year 1830. ;This must have been of prin. ,itive manufacture, and was ldoubtedly inferior to the machine

. fuse to ti-nnsport here. That meant

l. English light. music. for the guy

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I Notes By The Way jg?

David Brown. of Brighton. lam, thinks he has found I better mouutrnp. but there is nobody beating I path to his door. He brought u. six-foot boii constrictor from south America to roam around his kitchen and keep the mice way. Mr. Brown says it works perfectly. He is a bachelor. - Associated Press.

United Kingdom papers carry the latest. story of muddled bureau- crlcy. A boy in Wiltshire win so obstreperous on the school bus that the driver was authorized to re-

that the boy could not go to school. Therefore. at the tnxpnyers' ex- pense. the local authorities furn- lahed him with a bicycle. The re- ward of wickedness. Fort Erie Letter-Review.

It has been said that "courtesy costs nothing". but the East. Ger- main information ministry does not agree. One of its officials. writing in a Communist weekly. estimates that German workers "waste" 3.- 200.000.D00 seconds every day in stinking hands with each other. or about 888,888 hours. which might be spent on "peace pi-odiictlon" of

weapons of war. - Philadelphia Bulletin. A New Jersey poultrymnn Iii

hailed as the inventor of spect- acles for hens which make them lay more eggs. We say his device is not an invention. but merely an adaption. What. the glasses do is make the fowl to see sideivisr and downward. but never straight ahead This is simplv the vision of II politician transferred to hens by an optical device. Detroit Free Press.

The names of Gilbert imd Sul- livan will be forever linked with

little tunes and witty lyrics of the many light. nneriis thev iolntlv pro- duced are still listened to with de- llght. bv peoples of mnnv nations A Londoner, Sir Arthur Sullivan was born in Lambeth in H142 and soon showed great. musical prom- ise. His output. of music was seem-

mmd. In spite of the 0! M5 lllht. music he away from serious

His snared song. "The (the words were wri Proctor). is still :vlilie his militant on Soldlerir. t 3 . . Words. is consldcr(e,d th:rl;gtg?::l:,: gfylnll hymn tunes - The wu.

popularity never got composition. lost. Chord" tten by A. I Drtme favorite "Onward. Chrlit.'

New report this i death of Frcderick"::nl'eex'rl l-'.."" 81-ye-r-old farmer at Mild Riv?" men. who last year undertook " crop gamble and became the ..Mus'f V-It'll Kins" of North Amp,-1c Farming 10 sections of land in ms Milk River district. Mr. Pcase wit; his sons, reasoned that peop1g' med mustard with their hot. dogs and proceeded to plant L700 at-r'es in mustard seed. The land was plant. all in three and one-half days and Mr. Posse then not back ta,-9, the benefit of his crop - 1. .4915 of approxinintelv 800 pounds im acre. which produced a crop Value of approximately 358.000. E. sud, bury Star.

A Miami man took two pregcytp. tions to his drugglst. The drugcigg filled them bath and. in some wiiv interchanged the labels which gave the directions for using Chg medicines. In the meantime. hg had been rubbing stomach medi- cine on his scalp each diiy mg taking a spoonful of hair tonic gt- ter each meal. He mlizht in well have saved himself th- trouble ma expense. for the scalp developed 110 BOWEN! of digestion and mg stomach zrew no hair. Perhaps Canada's inflation remedies. which do not seem to be working. tire be. ing applied in the wrong place. Hiive the labels been switched? - Vancouver Province.

TAYPEH. Formosa. Aug. Au; :5 -(APl- Chen Kuo-Fu. 50. once one of the most. powerful men in China. died here yesterday. (mm Nationalist leader Chianiz Kat. Shek stripped them of powv my November. Chen Kuo-Pu and hi; brother Chen Ll-mi. were leaders of the rightist element in the

lnizly endless and his skill as 3

Kilomlntannnthe Nationalist mm Chen Li-Fu is believed in the

un iconductor made him in great do-'Unitcd States.

imported in 1847 by the Royal Agricultural Society. which wa. lsold at public auction two years later to Mr. Ewen MarMillan. of iBrackley Point. for the. sum of lf20 10s. leaving 3 loss to the Society on its importation of L33

Hope was expressed in the an- lnuvil report of the Society for ;this year that the introduction of this machinc into the Colony "may eventually prove to have been advaniageous. ns it-may he the mcnns of directing the at- tcntinn of both farmers and mo- chunics to the construction of machines iviierehy the labour of harvest may be both more quickly and cheaply performed.” The re- port iidds that Mr. MacMlllan had cxpresscd himself much satisfied with -its performance-"it's only fault being that is is too heavy to be worked by one pair of horses."

The report notes that 2-16 threshing 1TiIlfhiXlP3 were in use on the Islnnrl at this period. The culture of turnips. which a few years esrlici was little practiced. hnd extended to nearly 2,500 acres. and the different plough- ing mutchea which had taken place. as well under the direction of the Society as among farmers in" different localities. evinced a lniidnhle spirit of emulation.

Potato disease was then widely prevnlent. and the report recom- mends that every farmer plan! one acre of the land otherwis-. intended for potatoes. with Indian corn. It curs the example of the American '.o,i-nlists. who used to raise large quantities of Indian corn on this Island.

The report lists the following life member! of the Society at this time: the Earl of Selkirk. Lord Melville. Sir George Sev- mour. tnbsentee proprietors). Sir Dnmild Campbell. (Lieutenant Gov- ernor). Edward Cunard. Jr.. Esq. Dnvid S. Rennie. Esq, John Hou- ges Winsloe. Esq.. Hon. Charles Young. The annual subscriber: numbered over one hundred prom- inent citizens.

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GENEVA, Switzerland Aug. 24 -tAPl- Twelve cases of Bubonic plague have been reported from three villages in Yemen near the Saudi Arabian frontier. and an expert of the World Health Orti-

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