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TUESDAY, sl-:ie"r.”;l. 1954

Atlantic Provinces Unlimited

The 12-member Atlantic Provinces Eco- nomic Council meets at Halifax today for the first time, fortified by the presence of four Premiers, a Premier designate and representatives of the regional Board of Trades. Mr. Henry Hicks, who will preside, will not be a Premier until Thursday but is carrying on the project envisioned by the late Angus L. Macdonald. Premier Math- eson, too, is the successor of one who pre- dicted great things for this part of Canada and gave of his best to bring them about.

The present meeting is held, of course, in the spotlight of publicity but the Council will have to accomplish herculean labours, much of which the public will never be aware of, to gain an adequate picture of

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Even a study of the present economy would be formidable enough, but the real task of the Council will be to determine practical ways in which that economy can be developed to the greater prosperity of this region which has contributed so mucii to the development of the rest of Canada and the United States.

Not least of its tasks will be to stimulatei the enthusiasm of our own people for in- vestment and development. At the present time much of the capital being invested and the plans being made for the develop- ment of our industry originates at a dis- tance. Americans and Englishmen can see and appreciate the opportunities here. Their aid in building up industries is in-. deed welcome but it should stimulate our; own people to look for similar opportun- ities.

Tile Potato Meeting

weapons, and able to function as a self- sufficient fighting organization. General Ridgway is convinced that this new type of ground force will discourage Russia and China from starting local wars just as America's lead in atomic weapons discour- ages them from giving the signal for world conflict. In any event, he wants President Eisenhower and Mr. Dulles to stress this point in presenting the image of American power to the world.

The strength of General Ridgway's case, notes the Winnipeg Free Press, rests upon his recognition that atomic weapons, guided missiles, jet planes, and atomic sub- marines have transformed the art of war. He welcomes that part of American policy which concentrates on preserving a lead in these new weapons. What has surprised his critics is his insistence, supported with growing authority by many officials in the Defence Department, that the new art of war has increased rather than lessened the need for ground troops. ”Dispersion, mobil- ity and the increased range and destructive- ness of modern weapons," he has said, "all tend to enlarge the area of the front-line battle zone and emphasize the need for de- fence in depth. More units of smaller size are required to perform the missions of fewer units of larger size." His first task, therefore, is to resist further cuts in the size of the army.

Last June Mr. Wilson, U. S. Secretary of Defence, planned to eliminate two in- fantry divisions while re-creating one arm- ored division. The United States has only nineteen active divisions now, one less than last year, and the army's personnel is mucii smaller than in 1953. General Ridgway has spoken with a soldierls candor in pointing out the folly of having the diplomats issue spectacular warnings while the task of actually punishing the aggressor and win- ning the war would fall on the diminished strength of tile army.

Ming Sung Sailings

Canadians, notes the Ottawa Journal, have a bitter sip of Chinese tea in the re- port of Freedom Front, published in Hong Kong, on the seven Ming Sung ships the Communists took over. They were built in Canada when the Chinese Nationalists were

The meeting called by the Prince Edward. Island Federation of Agriculture appearsl to be mainly for the purpose of explainingl the policy of the Potato Marketing Boardi and the reasons for its adoption. Time is being allotted, nevertheless for a man for the Potato and Turnip Dealers! Association and for a representative of thej producers' committee which was formed recently at Summerside to present their re- spective views which no doubt differ on may terial points from those of the Potato; Board. , i

It will be recalled that when the plebis- cite on the continued operation of the Po-5 tato Board was concluded on June Sthi there were 5,140 ballots for the Board andl 1,845 against. That is to say 75 per cent of all producers voted and 64 per cent of the vote was for the continuation of the Board. A different picture of producers opinion was given by a heavily-attended meeting at Summerside on Sept. 2nd which, seems to have been wholly against the Board's policy of having a single selling agency. The meeting tomorrow evening will no doubt indicate which attitude farm-, ers are now prepared to take. 9

The Federation of Agriculture itself pro- posed a number of changes to the Potato Board's original statement of policy, includ- ing- the division of the crop into five time, pools rather than four. There would then be the initial payment, an interim paymentl at the close of the particular pool and al final payment at the end of the crop year.

The crucial point, however, is the exist- ence of a sole selling agency. The propon- ents of the Potato Board are firmly con-

lvinced that such exclusive power is essen- tial to the Board's operation. Opponents, or some of them, purport to have no objec-4. tion to the activity of the Board but con-' sider that producers should have the choiccl of marketing their crop through the Board or otherwise. It seems a pity that the pleb- iscite was not made more precise. It would have been a simple matter to have deter- mined at that time the public attitude tog the kind of Board which it is proposed to operate.

S low Ii. 3. colllllst Methods

Next month the United States Army will hold exercises in the South to test new com- bat methods that have been under experi-I ment for nearly two years. Even after 1945, mobile field artillery could hit a target only 15 miles away, while causing damage over 25 miles. Today the artillery of the U, S. army can accurately reach in target 50 miles away, and Its radius of destruction covers, a vast area.

General Rldgway plans to supplement this firing power with s new flexibility and mobility hi the mo of infantry troops. Once composed of three big regimental teams, dlvhions will now be divided into much

smaller units, each heavily armed with new

in power-and to have work for Canadian shipyards the Federal Government backed the loans required. When the Communists grabbed the ships, Canadian flags and reg- istry and all. the Ottawa Government was left holding the bag and the obligation to

loan.

The Canadian taxpayer has paid some 33,000,000 on this bill while the Commu- nists have used the frcighters for their own purposes. Freedom Front notes a munist report that two now are undergoing repair at Hong Kong. All seven have been

employed in naval and commercial pursuits,

as the Red government has directed. The payments the Canadian Government has to make, adds The Journal, are reminders of how we were cheated and how reliable are the warnings that Communists are not to be trusted.

EDITORIAL NOTES

It is predicted that within two years 80 per cent of all long-distance calls in this country will be dialed directly by the oper- ator to requested numbers, making, in ef- fect, the whole continent a single exchange.

I O I

Canadian music should receive a much- needed stimulus from the proposed fund to

help young composers have their work pcr- ,,

formed. The proposed establishment of the fund has been announced by the dean of McGill University's conservatory of music. 0 O 0

"Keep the out in Scouting" IS the motto of the movement in this Province as else- where. It is not always easy to do under conditions here. Troops are apt to be dis- rupted during the best camping weather, so that it is a real achievement that 452 boys should have been under canvas at Camp Buchan. '

D O O

The Canadian Tourist Association has honoured one of the real pioneers of the tourist industry in conferring a life mem- bership upon Mr. Justice A. E. Arsenauit. The retired Island judge was a one-man tourist bureau before Boards of Trade or Governments began to take an interest in

the matter. 0 O 0

Louis Pasteur, French chemist and scientist. died this date 1895, honoured by the whole world and held in affection and reverence by those who knew him. He di- vlded his efforts between research and teaching. He made many discoveries, in- cluding the fact that in fermentation peni-

lcillium giaucum destroyed only the right-

handed portion of the inactive. tartaric acid, He discovered the micro-organism of fer- ment. a discovery that led to the revolution of surgical practice by Lister and enormous savings to the rlzliry and brewing industries. He successfully inoculated against chicken cholera, anthrax and hydrophobia.

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And offered to the Mighttest sol- emn thanks

And suppiication. For his simple

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and bowed ll-lis spirit with the boundless power And iraccessible majesty.

thought of

Old. Charlottetown

and P. I. I. FARM MACHINERY

From the annual report of the Central Agricultural Society, Dec. 31. 1840:

i "lfour committee are highly gratified to find that the demand for labour-saving machines is very much on the increase. Mr. Ste- phen Bovycris threshing machine is much prized, and is coming into pretty .general use. One of Mr. Zenas ..sne's patent threshing ma- chines was imported from Nova Scotia in Oct. last which adds to the variety of machines now in use among our farmers. It is the intention of Mr. Lane to open an establishment in Charlottetown early in the spring. for the sale of these machines, the fannera of which appear to be admirably con- structed and more perfect than any hitherto brought to the coun-

y.

"Your committee-trust the day is not for distant when some ma- chine will be constructed. or some method devised to obviate the pres- ent slow process of digging po- tatoes. which consumes a great deal of the farmer's valuable time at a late and inconvenient sea- son.

"Last year your committee im- ported a horse rake, adapted" for both hay and grain. It hr re- peatedly been put into operation during the past season on Mr. James D. Hns'sard's farm, in the vicinity of Charlottetown. Several members of your committee who witnessed its operation have ex- pressed themselves highly grati- fied with the manner in which it works, and the great saving of la- bour that ensues; but your com- mittee regret to state. that al- though it is kept in the Society's depot as a pattern. Thomu Owen. Esq.. is the only person who has yet had one made from it. and It has been borrowed by three or four persons only, to test its use. 0.1 the day of the Fair it was put into operation in Queen's Square. Charlottetown. but very few per- sons noticed it. or appeared to take any interest in endeavouring to understand the nature of such an useful invention. Like most new implements, time must be giv- en before farmers will learn to ap- pl-eclate its use. and overcome the prejudice which unfortunately ex- ists against new inventions." C I The Age Old Story I

Diesel is the peopll (MI know

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been looking abridged copy of a booklet which was put out recently by the Un- ited Nations Educational. Social, and Cultural Organization. those who put any trust in statis- tics, the booklet will be interest- lng reading. since it gives all manner of interesting information related to the educational and en- tertainment-producing the various countries in the review.

A good deal of space is devoted to the subject of Higher Educat- ion. As would be United States leads the world in the number of students who are continuing their high school graduation; the total number is a little more than 2V4 million. or approximately 1.570 of population. comes next with about Iii mil- lion taking higher education: of that number, however, only about 1 million are actually in college or university; the others are tak- correspondence

Assuming that Russia's land population (not counting the ,g many "Republics" which make up wunnm Cullen Bryanm is roughly equivalent to that of the United States, it Americans on whole are much better educated than the Russians, and it is al- most certain that their education- al standards are much higher. 0

The surprising fact in this part of the study is that India takes third place with a total enrollment of approximately half

or Russia. but it is a showing for a country where illit- eracy always has problem. Next in with figures almost identical with those of India. On a per capita basis Japan's position is superior to India's; but then the Japanese have enjoyed a good state of llt- lac: glut cracy for generations.

On the Continent of Europe (ex- cluding Russia) -Italy takes first place, followed by France, West Germany, and Poland. The United Kingdom is last on the European list. with about .296 of the pop- ulation seeklng advanced tion, compared with Italy's Jim. :,';p;h:,: rmziy ls,,f:::tln,f:el;i1e1E,p 9;, national labor union was endorsed

lr t is e bssistisstsllzenc byolli-Irslncc, with the ',9m'' came" 9! Emu” Empmyeu United States a close second. When it comes to literacy (sbil- Allbfliy DlX0!1 01' lullllt l8C!'9Ivll7' lty to read and write) Sweden is I-l'9""l'9l' M W9 "P310351 3959?” in the place of honour; less than tion of Public Employee. and the one-tenth ol 1'1, of the Swedish proposed union would represent all population can write. The most the figure there is the appalling one of 925 l-laltl's po- sition is almost as bad-901.. 1919 Russians and, in States. where 15406 of the popula- tion sre in college. three out of every hundred citizens are unable to read or write. It sounds in-

In the field ofiradlo there are seven receiving sets for every ten Americans; Sweden is next with three. Russia is I long way down the list, with only 00 every 1000 persons. The has 29 mlulon sets, almost one, to 4 family. Bri- tain-where television was born- hu 100,000 sets: Soviet Russia has the same number. Canada (this is

The Passing Scene

By observer FACTS AND FIGURES

over an country is a number about ten times For Russia.

lng higher education, ing in that

meal, 1,, suppose that the United State:

mentioned er of

books published. category Britain has no

expected, the

compared with less than for the United States.

the United States ranks behind West Germany, France. and Japan in that order. The Soviet Union's

education after

Soviet Russia

e,ral world picture.

Considering their respective populations, Britain outranks the United States in book production It more than 4 to 1. She leads, too. in the newspaper field. There are more than 600 copies of daily pap- ers for each Britishcr every year. In the United States-and Japan the figure is 350. Almost every European country is ahead of the Unllged States in this particular

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one of the few places when :hls mentioned) has 300.000. Medial Jourml which works out to that of Britain and at least thirty times that of

and con- sidering the high standard of liv- country. one might

would lead the, world in the num- b Such, however, is not the case. In this serious competitor, having published 13,- 500 titles of all kinds last year.

10,000 In fact,

book production is so small as to be almost negligible in the gen-

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lung which

man's operation

sent-mlndediy left thercl 12 years With so many Americans tak- ago. when n was "moved the

patient recovered.

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bounced off 'tcleph

borough Examiner.

posing in the straw

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each bovine mouth there

clock. Oh.

of reasons. Record.

to lifting I -Ottawa Citizen. known a few friendly some men are so careful of their

tben light it while driving at 00 faulty. Informed that

Irritable husbands now have an excuse. Biologists say that if there is no irritability, there is no life mechamud woudg science bomb.

the greater the response to lrrits- d .3, m, cm

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may be able to look five thousand years into the past,

built for the great Pharaoh Cheops.

This strange ship who found three months ago by archae- ologists explorlng the royal tomb. -London Free Press.

A Calgary man has telephoned to about his six-year-old's comment on the first day of school.

had returned from the classroom. his father. like fathers everywhere.

school. "Oh. it was fine," the young-

-Calgary Herald. We were sympathetic to the Scots

used in women's underwear but we were floored by the indignant wo- man who said: "Its just like wear- ing an old school tie to which one is not entitled." Tie chests give trouble in public and we trust the tartan underwear will not.

reports that I surgical glove was found in I during 3

us of the patient who got the lit-

ha heard the surgeon say to the

nurse: "Where did I leave my hat?" -st. Thomas Times-Journal "op-its--tleoll-lvlo -clplulgo In nulcm, Italy, - child of three vvlntwovhmodlo fall from an upstairs window, ”'"'"""""' "

landed on a passer-by's head. The child then walked back upstairs to summon help for the passei-by who was taken to hospital with a severe- ly sprained back. It must be the leading candidate this season the title of bouncing baby. -Pcter-

The sight of I row of cows re-

falr, is an instructive sight. As

manufacturing milk a factory that works around the prizes awarded. and for the best

I Notes BY-THE1 WAY ii

The couidlu dollar to united be the st:-onust in the world.

- A lover of animals asserts

the skunk is really a friendly

I wontlonul aid low. which leads the st. Cltlurmu lnort- Standard to remark that it buy)”

follows wh,

wete skunks. -Ottawa Citizen,

will only smoke 'rbo- Soviet government In con. filter tip-and ducting a campaign against pm. he has been

-Edmonton exiled to the Siberian salt lnlnej the good citizen will only mm-mu; "Oh, dratl" -Edmonton Journal.

We live in a beautifully

"19 50"” 011"” ards us with new and lngenioul

in multiplied hours of rewarding bored, come absent-minded and care. less. The results range from ti-um,

and industrial accidents to divorce this Fall cases. --Kingsvllle Reporter.

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more moving pictures than does

I ' any other country. ” plice

is taken by Japan; and. strange but true-if I may be permitted to borrow Mr. McArthur's pro- perty for a moment-I-long Kong

college

a mllllon- The percentage. (about comes third. When it comes to .02) is. of course. much less than attendance at "shows" another either the United States strange fact emerges. A casual

creditable visitor to the United States might very well get the Impression that most Americans spend every leis- ure hour In movie, houses. It isn't so. The average for the entire population is 15 a year.

In England, it is 26. 'i'hiu is hard to believe in view of the the average British:-,r sees legitimate plays much oftener than the average American. But that is what UNESCO says; so it must be true.

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