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Authorised In Second Clue MIII Post Office Department. Ottawa. The Island Guardian .ubiiIIIlng (:0.

President and Associate Editor. Im A. Burnett. Associate Editor. Frank WIikcr.

CIRCULATION 7 "Covers Prince Edward Island like the dew"

"The Strongest Memory IS Weaker Than the Weakest Ink".

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Mortgaglng Canada's Furura

it was once the proud boast of Can- ada's wartime Finance Minister J. L. lis- ley that the cost of the war was financed on a pay-as-you-go basis without the neces- sity of mortgaging this country's future through the floating of loans abroad. The present Minister of Finance. Mr. Abbott. is prone at times to echo the sentiments of his distinguished predecessor when he boasts of the strength of the Canadian dol- lar in relation to its American namesake.

Before assuming Mr. Abbott's pleased Complacency about the ”buoyant state of the country's finances". however. it is desirable to take a good. hard look at figures just released by the Dominion Bu- reau of Statistics. Those figures show that in 1951 Canada's trade deficit with the United States, amounting to 3497 million.

was the biggest since 1947. when the same,

Mr. Abbott. confronted with an only slight- ly larger trade deficit, rushed panic-strick- en to thelradio, slapped down the mon- etary iron curtain of foreign exchange control, and told the people they were in for an era of austerity.

Why no such panicky repercussions now? The answer is simple. United States investment dollars. at the rate of some !i'.750 million a year, have been flowing in to redress the balance. This inflow of U. S. dollars means that Uncle Sam owns, in whole or in part. some 2,400 Canadian companies. Companies which Canadians would like to own, but which they cannot afford to invest in because there isn't sufficient money left for investment on any substantial scale after payment of taxes.

This, surely, is an odd set of circum- stances on which to base a sense of well- being such as that manifest by Finance Minister Abbott. For it means, in short, that we are living off the proceeds of a forced sale of Canada's permanent assets to the United States. To allow such a state of affairs to continue is to live in a fool's paradise. Substantial tax reductions offer the only sure redress.

Too Late For tlallantry

A notable feature of pioneer life is that, despite its hardships a'nd crudity. it brings out a remarkable degree of gallantry in the male sex towards women. Probably be- cause they are outnumbered in rapidly ox- panding settlements, the ladies are put on a pedestal. The converse is, however, true where the balance is reversed so that in this Province with its long history of em- igration to the United States and the Cana- dian west there has been a disposition to treat the fair sex like human beings rather than as a race of goddesses or fragile orn- aments.

Today the disparity between the num- hers of men and women is disappearing and it would seem that soon the men will be in the majority for a change. Unfortun- ately the readjustment is coming at a time when woman is almost universally achiev- ing the status of an equal partner, with all its limitations as well as advantages. and even becoming a minority may not enable her to secure a place of veneration.

Anaesthctlzing lees

According to the Ottawa Journal, the Central Experimental Farm has tried anaesthetizing bees with carbon dioxide. and the results have been-startling. Nor- mally immature larvae and pupae spend their first 20 days after emergence in the izive performing what might be called light indoor tasks such as brood rearing, wax secreting and entrance-guarding. After this 20 days of apprenticeship, the 20-day-old bee sets out upon its career by foraging outside for pollen or nectar. l-lavingbeen exposed to carbon dioxide. the mature

,pupae and newly-emerged bees just couldn't

wait to get going. Instead of waiting 20 days, they would be out foraging as early as five days after emergence.

But nature always takes its toll. In longevity tests the life span of the very

. buly bee. jet-propelled by carbon dioxide

energy, was found to be shortened by about acvevf-days compared with the ordinarily thy be.

311 this, oplnes the Journal, there the I "lesson. If there are ulcers in world we may be sure' the over- And what of anoth- beta, the drone, who traditional-

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Iiy is never busy? What happens to him iif given carbon dioxide? The scientists ap- ?parently havenlt gotten around to answer- ling this question, which to the philosopher would appear to hold out some interesting possibilities.

EDITORIAL NOTES

No better choice than Mr. Arthur Belch- ler could be made to explain to all,and-sun- idry the why and wherefore of the proposed

lehangcs in city assessments. G til 8 .

1 A step in the right direction will have ibeen taken by the City Council in imposing ,a poll tax on business women to bring them ,into active public life. Nothing like touch- ing the pocket to make people sit up and take notice to see if all be going right. 0 O D It may be a small world all right; but it took two months exactly for the police to find an amnesia affected army nurse who disappeared from Kingston, 0nt., on Christmas eve. landing in New York in- stead of Sherbrooke, Que. C F C

The embargo on the export of cattle, etc., in addition to affecting the immediate consumer, will also prove detrimental to the canned food industry. There was a shortage anyway in certain products of the process factories.

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The danger of level crossings is, of course. increased in winter because of re- duced visibility caused by high banks of snow. The need for caution is increased in proportion.

Man is vile but some crimes charged against him may not be substantiated. It was long presumed that the passenger pigeon was exterminated by guns and traps, but today there is more than a suspicion that the real villain was a virus.

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The fact that Canada's three-year de- fence plan is now expected to cost a lot more than originally estimated is in part due to rising costs. In addition. however. it means that preparedness is going ahead more quickly than expected.

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Toronto police prosecuted 14,259 per- sons for drunkenness in 1951, greatest num- ber in 38 years, Chief John Chisholm re- ports. Of these more than 10 per cent were women. The previous record number of ldrunkcnness charges were laid in 1913 when there were 15,116 prosecutions.

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1 The British Labour Party. it appears, lived up to the reputation of those tempor- izing with the enemy, but at the same time keeping their powder dry. While pro- fessedly denouncing the use of. the atomic bomb in warfare they were quietly develop- ing it. '

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to represent the Scottish Young Farmers' Club Association on a three-months visit to Canada. They are Miss Ann Johnston (Pcebles Club): Miss Betty Main (East Lothian): Mr. Andrew Barr (Bell Baxter. Fife) and Mr. Robert Thompson, (St. Cyrus). - O O I

Northern Ireland's two Nationalist M.P.'s who have absented themselves from the House of Commons at Westminster for 12 years, have now been instructed by the Ulster Nationalists to abandon their strike, and attend the regular sessions, nev- er losing an opportunity of bringing up the partition question in the House.

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Some consolation. Scientific investiga- tion seems to prove that detrimental ef- fects on descendants of atom bomb victims disappear in three years. Viscount Alex- ander. Britain's new Defence Minister, and Hon. Duncan Sandys, Supply Minister, and :Churchill's son-in-law. are slated to attend the next atom bomb explosion in the Aus- tralian hinterland.

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If the C. N. R. were privately owned it would have undergone the process of being recapitalized, perhaps many times. The re- sult would have been an easing of the load of" fixed charges, enabling the company to show a profit when operations brought in more,revenue than they cost. In Govern- ment hands it would be encouraging to all to have those fixed financial charges elim- inated so that the profit or loss on oper- ations would he more readily apparent.

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Elise Rachel. French tragic actress whose real name was Elizabeth Felix, was born this date 1821, in Aargau, Switzer- land, discovered singing in the, streets of Paris at the age of nine, she was taken as a pupil by Choron, founder of the conserv- atoire. l-fer dritnatic gifts proved even greater than her vocal. umphs were achieved in R4u:lne's "Phedre" and Scribe and Legouuve's "Adrienne". She met with success also on tours, particular-

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SEAL AND COD BOUNTIES

Early legislative efforts in (n-

couraging the fisheries of the Province are indicated in the fol- lowing resolutions adopted by the Hszgse of Assembly on March 23. "That. the sum of ten shillings per (on be granted and paid on each vessel that is properly fitted out from this Island for the seal fishery. for the current year; and that the sum -remaining (after the bounty on the tonnage is paid) out of the i180 granted as a bounty. be paid and divided amonlz the owners of th'e three vessels which may deliver the greatest quantity of seals on this Island. in such proportions as may be provided for in the bill to be passed for the encouragement of the fisheries in the present ses- sion.

"That. the sum of fifty,pounds be paid out of the sum appropri- nicd this session for fish bountles. as a. premium to the person who shall export to the West. Indies, or any foreign market. during the cnsuing season. the greatest quantity of codflsh, not less than 700 qulntnis. being the catch and cure of any person or persons being inhabitants of this Colony: and the remaining E150 to be ap- propriated, It the rate of six- pcnce per qulnlal. to every such person as shall export from this Island. during the ensuing season. not loss than 600 qulntall of cod- flsh. being the catch and cure as aforesaid.

"That for the years 1845 and 1846. the sum of S300 be expend- ed on the lenl fisllcry. and S200 on the cod fishery each year."

Improved Public Health

(Health Magazine)

Among the chIliengeI still to be met. in Public Health improvement are the following in which the Health League is tIking direct action:- implementetion of legis- lItlon mnkinp putaurlsetion of milk compulsory in every pro- vince (It present this is province- wlde only In Ontario and subat- chewen): . fuctlon in the national infant. mortality rIte tcenade is now down in lath piece Imong the le In: nation! d the world): im- p vement in the nutritiomi stand- Irde of Canadian familiu (this bu I direct bearing on reducing the number of infant deethl ll well as on improving the general health of all Oanadienc): expanding: the nractloe of preventive medicine in industry; treating -i t " u I physical disease and in its Ick- nowiedged relationship to other dieeuu; , , icing and dealing with the new problem facing Can- u its number of elder citizen: pnidly incl-euel.

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"The fleoith LcIsue' of Canada MI I Iepenta division ruponolbla for education work in each of these vital arias." Dr. Bates pointed out. voluntary organizations

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A f" d " burglar in Detroit jumped risht out of his shoes when pursuing police began shoot- ing at him. Had he run that hand after an honest. job. his feet would by now be giving him less trouble. -Hamilton spectator.

A pupil who cannot express him- self at least adequately in his nu- tlve tongue leaves school at a per- manent disadvantage in life. If he has not learned to read under- ctandingly. the greatest part of the -world's knowledge is barred to him. And every citizen of I country as wealthy and advanced on Canada ought to be able to write a letter which says what he means in A brief and correct form. Perhaps some of our anxie- ties about Engiish studies in our schoois would yield to the simple device of giving more time and more teachers to that subject.-.

Members of the London, Ontar- io, Council were discussing the word "booze." It was pointed out it is a. perfectly good English word and no apologies need be of- fered for using it. It is indeed I proper word. and its variants are equally proper in other languages such as "bouse" in French; "bux- cn" in Dutch, and "bausen" in Germany. It. is an old word sug- gesting the problem it'i-epresents is equally old and prevalent in in every country. There is nothing wrong with the word "booze" it.- self. The sting is in the implica- tions. Windsor Star.

CInada has presented Austral- is. with Canadian maple trees to be planted in Hobart, Tasmania, as symbols of the friendship and amity between the two dominiona. A tree makes a valuable and beau- tiful memorial gift. and our mnplca should do well in the mild clim- ate of Tasmania. The gift. in ii re- minder of the growing scarcity of our own ham maples in gardens. parks and pleasure grounds. The hard maple is the handsomest. of our Ontario hardwoods. We should plant. more of them.. -Lon- don Free Press.

Both Queen Eliubeth fl Ind her husband. the Duke of Edin- burgh, are by their ancestry linked to the Danish Royal House. The Queen and the Duke have a mu- tual great-great-grandfather in the Danish King Christian lx who reigned from 1863 to 1908. He was great-grandfather of the pru- ent. Danish King. and he earned for himself the nickname, "the

grandfather of Europe." because his two sons become kings. and two of his daughters married

kings of European countries. Danish News service.

The Tecumseh Public Utilities ommiuion is to erect In slimlin- flagpole on its renovated of- fice building. It thus is following the examples of others who have used steel or Iiuminum poles. But it still seems somewhat strange in 5 country such as Canada. which probably. in the raw form. her more natural material for what once composed flagpole: than any country in the world. Time was when our forelta provid- ed Ill the stately flagpole: neces- sary for our own use. and we ex- ported t.Ili timbers for flagpole: Ind masts to many parts of the. world. The Ilumlnum polar Ire hIr.dy. light, strong and durable. And, if we are one of the great- est producer! of wood products in the world, we are one of the greatest producers of Iluminum. It's just that aluminum tlegpolu

reared in the era of the tall wood. en one.I.- Windsor Daily am.

Iuocinfed with us. our own mom- ben end our staff Ire greatly Ili- courazed in this effort by the read- then with which the pm: we radio in all parts of the country have: should f their ruponelbtiity in this public service. ,

"The favorable attitude of all publicity media Iumm .wcll for the future niece: of public health

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The Passing Scene

By Obeervcr

after dinner speaker at I recent gathering in one of our large cities exclaimed: "The subjection of na- ture is now just about complete!" Eloquent. he might have been. Wise he was not. That any thinking man in this day and age could bring himself to give expression to Inything at all about what. men, can or cannot do, it is that he has no ultimate power whatever over Nature or any of her forces. He can, at best. be a junior partner in Nature”: works.

in almost every recorded in- stance of man's conflict with his natural environment Nature has not only come out on top but has been able to laugh in amusement at man”: discomflture. That is if Nature. metaphorically speaking. is capable of laughter. Usually she is much too stern for any such frivolity.

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The only posaibl c ption exists in man's conflict with dis- ease. Even here, there is some question about it. For one thing, it is at least doubtful that disease For another. while science has discovered how to render some bacteria lnocuous, at least so far as man's health is concerned. it has also learned that without some forms of bacteria human life would not be possible at all. Ap- parently, cven the so-called "miracle drugs." beneficial though they are, are not altogether one aided in their effects, for in some cases, we are told. Nature has an embnrraseinz way of building up immunity from them. I I C

It is, of course, apparent that when any speaker of-ates about the "subjugation" of Nature he is thinking of atomic, power. The

The Soviet. English-lgnguan publication News. Innouncee new translation of five of Shake- speare”: tragedies - Romeo and Juliet, Hamlet. Othello, King bear and Macbeth. Oddly enough it makes no claim that Shakespeare was really I Russian. Ottawa Journal.

We do not. think it: is en eng- geratlon to say that in these days more people are occupying sub- standard housing out of sheer eco- nomic neccuify than ever before. unable to afford the coat of home- buildlng or in many cases of bet- ter rental accommodation. And it is in these sub-standard dwellings that most of the tragic fires in- volving adults In well In children. occur. It is just one more remind- er. too often overlooked, thIt. the need of adequate housing accom- modation is probably the most. ur- gent of the internal problems Canada faces, and that (allure to cope with it successfully in having all sorts of tragic and deleterious effects on Canadian life. -- Suult Ste. Marie star.

fcrinpc it might: be opportune to recommend to the new Post- master General to be not. IfrIld of innovations Ind to act; out of beaten paths. Our stamps for the most part lack attractiveness and distinction. We have, like all other countries in the world, grant his- toric anniversaries to celebrate. great personage: from the put to honor. Why, for instance, refuse to sustain the memory of the Ca- nadian martyr: when the time presents itself? Why fear to un- def-take religious subjects. since all the countries in the -world, even those least religious ones, have not hesitated to do so while ad- hering to the point of view? Let the new Minis- ter now set. - Montreal Mutin.

There in not much room left for skepticism about the efficacy of flourlne-treated water in resisting tooth decay. -wherever made they show an unvarying re- sult-better teeth among young

loo per cent. nor is it that it: should be that high to warrant use of this chemical. Any

the fight against tooth decay for years. Last. week it was able to underscore them. with the report on its tests. The gist of this finding is that dental defects in Bi-Intforci children are down more than one-third in seven yeIrI. The