....,.a ,g.g,. ..-., y-...

PAGE TWENTY

THE GUARDIAN, (CI-IARLOTTETOWN

I

NOVEMBER 9, 1951.

THE GUARDIAN

Authorised as Segond Clue Mull Post office Dcpai-tmeiil, Ottlwl. The island Guardian Publishing Co

- CIRCULATION Total City Zone ........ ............... 3:755 lbeull rnuun: zone -.........--.--.---- 3-457 Au omen . 827 Total Net. 1'

President and Associate Editor. II" 5- .”'"'"'"" Associate Editor. Frank Walker.

?q"The Strongest vMemoIy is Weaker Than the Weakest Ink".

....

CHARLOTTIETOWN. FRIDAY. NOV. 9. 1951

ilur Royal Visitors

All our citizens are rejoicing today at the'opportunity of welcoming to Prince Ed- ward Island their Royal Highnesses. the Princess Elizabeth and Prince Philip. We have shared already in the enthusiasm with which their visit has been "acclaimed across the wide expanse of the Dominion, and in the United States as well. We have follow- eqthe glowing accounts of their triumphant progress through some seventy Canadian cities, towns and villages since their arrival at Dorval airport on October 8th, and have been eagerly awaiting the privilege which this red-letter day will bring, of greeting them personally and of showing by every means in our power the warmth of our loy- alty and devotion. -

Their Highnesses have, virtually, been "on parade" every 'moment of their tour, and have gone through their exacting sched- ules with the utmost care and conscientious- ness. Let us hope that here they will have the opportunity of relaxing somewhat and that, as was the intention from the start, the children's part in the programme will be accentuated as much as possible, and the formalities kept within bounds. All classes of our people will be gathered here in thousands to participate in the welcome, and it is our people collectively, and not any group of individuals, whom their Royal I-lighnesses are coming to see.

Princess Elizabeth was but thirteen years old when her father and mother made their visit here in 1939. She and her sis- ter Margaret were left behind in England just as are the Princess's two children while the Heir Presumptive and her con- sort are our guests in Canada. This tour has meant a brief severance of family ties which we know are very real and very intimate. And it has a serious meaning behind all the ceremonial display. The Royal visit of 1939 took place on the eve of a world war, and helped immeasurably in cementing friendly ties between the Western democracies. The current Royal visit is also for the purpose of achieving closer unity and understanding, at an al- most equally critical period in world af- fairs.

On this occasion, however, it is the hu- man interest of the visit that touches us most deeply. Their Royal Highnesses quite evidently enjoy mingling with our people and associating themselves with our ways and customs. They are not guests, of course, in the strict sense of the term. They are at home! The standard which is raised over the stopping places of the Princess in this country indicates as much. Our free allegiance to the Throne joins us all in one great Commonwealth family, and it is this unifying thought that is uppermost in our minds today.

God save the King: and may He guide and bless abundantly their gracious Royal Highnesses for whom today our flags are flying, and our heartfelt welcome awaits.

Useful Lessons T 6

some useful lessons are to be drawn from the cut and thrust of debate in the recent British general election, says "the Winnipeg Free Press. It cites in this con- nection the response of Lady Violet Bon- ham Carter to the statement by Mr. Aneurin Bevan that Mr. Churchill was still fighting the battle of Blenheim. Mr. Bevan is the leader of the extremist wing of the Labor Party. Lady Violet is the

eldest daughter of Lord Asquith and was”

it Liberal candidate (defeated) in the elec- tion. '

On'a later occasion, Mr. Bevan spoke as follows: "Is the world which is changing round us to be shaped by the working- ciass democratic forces or are we once more going to leave it to the people who have led us into two world wars and who are preparing a third world war?"

Lady Violet replied as follows (quota- tion from the Manchester Guardian):

"My father was Prime Minister when the First World War broke out. Was he a warmonger? Was Sir Edward Grey is wsrmonger? Should they have stood aside. breaking their solemn pledge to Belgium, dud allowed the German imperialism to over-run Europe?

l "And where would the working-class democratic forces have been if they had done so? The Second World War, was due, in my opinion, not to a policy of strength but to a policy of weakness, of

appeasement of the dictators.

"Who preached resistance to the die- tators? The Liberal Party and Mr. Chur- chill-yes, and the Labor Party too. But while the Labor Party preached resistance

to the dictators they refused to vote the.

arms to make that resistance possible. That is exactly what Mr. Bevan is doing today." '

l:DIlURIAL NUI ts

This is the Day. 0 C O

The educationists in our midst' are abh

to pursue the even tenor of their ways,

notwithstanding all the excitement of the

. Royal Visit.

0 O 0

United Kingdom political practice ob- viously does not exclude personal remarks about opponents, but it seems that it was left to Mr. Churchill himself to refer to his broad-based Government.

0 O Q

There will certainly be no lack of martial music according to the published programme for today unless, that is, the weather man unkindly puts a muffler on the instruments.

0 O O -

Mr. A. J. Brooks, M.P.. who because of his interest in potatoes, is to all intents and purposes an Islander, had a" splendid write- up reproduced in the Guardian from Mr. F. C. Mears, Ottawa correspondent of the Montreal Gazette. l

I I 0

Preliminary census figures indicate a population increase for this Province. If the returns had been taken a little later to include those who have returned to join in welcoming the Royal couple the in- crease would have been even more striking.

O C O

"For security reasons" all too readily comes to mean to avoid embarrassment to somebody or some organization. It was even given recently in the States to explain the keeping secret of a traffic violation by an American general. ,

O O O

A new plastic to replace plaster of paris for fracture treatment has been developed by a l-lull, North-East England firm. The material is made of glass and cellulose acetate and, unlike plaster, it will not dis- solve in water, or crumble.

Today the Lord Mayor's Show marks the inauguration of the Lord Mayor of London. Filst held in 1215, the pageant arose out of a stipulation in the city charter that the citizen chosen to be mayor should be presented to the king or his justice for approval.

I O 0

Canadian Navy remembered. The High Commissioner for Canada Mr. L. D. Wil- gress will attend the Western Approaches Command reunion taking place in London, England, on November 23, when the part played by the Royal Canadian Navy in the Battle of the Atlantic is to be honoured.

Some tanker! The largest tanker yet built in Britain has been launched at Vick- ers Armstrongs shipyard at Barrow-in- Furness. She has a deadwelght of 31,000 tons and is the first of six similar, virtual- ly all-welded, ships now being built for the North American Shipping and Trading Co. Ltd.

0 O O

H. M. C. S. Ontario, moored at anchor at the three tides, is making an all too rare appearance here by major ships of the Royal Canadian Navy. We can thank the Princess and Duke for the opportunity of seeing the cruiser and her escort H. M. C. S. Micmac. ' i

O O O

The former Legislative Council cham- ber, in which the fathers of Confederation first broached the idea of forming the Do- minion, has witnessed many events import-

ant to this Province, but probably none more happy than today's. - O O O Lord Beaverbrook denies the report

that he is in anyway connected with the Fredericton Gleaner, which is now in pos- session of an English newspapcrman. Brig- adier Weddell. Perhaps the Beavers con- nection with Fredericton and its University induced the Brigadier to acquire the old established and reputable Gleaner.

O O O

The big Federal surplus which has been plaguing Finance Minister Abbott may be- gin to go into a decline next month, for the first,time (says The Gazette). At the end of the first six months of the 1951-52 fiscal year the budgetary surplus stood at s513,200,000. For the first five months, this surplus accumulated at the rate of about s1oo.ooo,ooo per month. But the September surplus was A relatively slim s11,200,000. The big quntion was wheth- er this was really the turning point- whetljer from here on the budgetary sur-

plus would start to go down. ' i

simply To Say "We Are Yours!" .

A. J. Brooks M. P.

(F. C. Mears in the Montreal Gazette)

Valiant. service for-his country in the two,World Wars and for over 26 years a legislator. first in the Legislature of his native Pro- vince of New Brunswick, and for the last 16 years as it member of the l-louseoof Commons, Aldred J. Brooks has won is good name forl himself. His enlightened and en-' cigetic championing of the re- turned soldier's cause has made him a valuable MP., and through ll. all a genuine modesty, some- times mlstnkcn for downright. dif- I-dence. and, his men neighborh- ness combine to make his friend- ship worth while.

Like so many other Commoners, Brooks has had to come it. the hard way-he worked his way through the grammar school at Gagetown and through the Uni- versity of New Brunswick, his ex- penses at the latter institution be- lng almost entirely paid by work- ing every summer as conductor 0'1 a street car running between St. John and a pleasure resort. An- other sourcc of much needed cash was school teaching for 'tliree years. and then holding the posi- tion of public school inspector.

t I 0

Winning this latter appointment established for young Brooks the first of three records-he was. so far as he was able to ascertain. the youngest school inspector in Canada, for lie took over this work at 19. His second record came in the First. World War when he was the only major in the 6th Divis- ion to revert to the rank of lieut- enant to join the 26th Battalion of his own Province; the third come in the political field. for in the 1935 Federal general election Mr. Brooks was the only Conscr- vstlve cast of Montreal to be el- ected to the House of Commons. A. J. Brooks was born in 1890 on is small farm five miles from Gsgetown and at 14 left home to attend grammar school. In other parts of Canada this institution would be called a high school or collegiate institute, but at Gage- town they stuck to the system and termiuolo y of preparatory education in ngland. After the grammar school came the arts course at the University of New Brunswick. but the outbreak of the First World War compelled him to deter his law course.

The present M. P. for Royal, N.B., went. overseas with the 104th Battalion of his native Province. Or. completion of training in Eng! land. he recalls, they expected to cross the Channel with the 5th Division. but this was broken up. so young Brooks. then a. major. reverted to the rank of lieutenant to join the 26th Battalion 1-lo l'.IS through- the historic push of llll7-ill with the memorable bat- tles at Arms, Cambral and Mons. and later was in the army of ac- cupation in Germany. Back to Boulogne with the 26th Battalion yrung Brooks contracted the flu. when Mr. Brooks returned home he was confronted with another family loss in the death of his f:ther-two of A.J. Brooks' broth- crn gave their lives in the war- cc he was given leave of absence and for two years returned to the unsitlnn of school inspector. What he csrncd enabled him to study at the st. John Law School. He practised this profession at Bus- sex.

During the Second World War 2-. senior officer in the Province Mr. Books was asked by the Deienc Department to takecharge

.o.' basic training in that Province.

hzcon-ing colonel jn command of No. 79 C.A.T.C.. at Fredericton. and later he was given command of-the transit camp at Windsor. N.a. His interest in military at-Q fairs bod been continuous. for not. long after the First World War Mr. Brooks becamrlieuoennnt col- onel commanding the second In- tfntrv Brigade. Prcviouslv he was commander of the New Brunswick R-"era. '

While keeping his hand in as 1 military man. Mr. Brooks also vlss N--"v sntnud in politics. from P2! to im he was orsnnissr or "as Provincial conservatives ofhls

'?---"-"2-. and was first elected to

-'v- l.--'-'-time in 1023. afvl held

his sent in that susmbly for ten

.'.x'-.-Qxx-

7. Notes By '

3

'lllin American Ambassador in Ottawa, Mr. Woodward. turned out as a sheriff to lead the square dancin' at in Western party here t.lot.her night. We hope our Am- bassador Wrong is arranging an igloo and Eskimo drum dance in Washington to prove that Cana- dians. too. have their homely ways and hospitality. - Ottawa Jour- nul.

"What. happens when it snows?" asks the Montreal Star. editorial- ly. Well, up our way. if it snows aillttle bit, ten small kids with big shovels come around and want to know if they can clean off the walk - at an inflationary price. It it snows a. lot, no kids, big or small. show up. and you have to shovel it yourself. Brantford Expositor.

An Indian maharnjsh. on a vis- it to London, purchased six lux- urious automobiles for 168, and closed the deal in ten - utes; the cars are reported to hav ivory and gold fittings, solid sil- ver door handles and hinges. with

their interiors finished in blue cmbroldered silk over pigskin. Somewhere here is part of the

answer to the fevered discontent and the vv:-etchedness which pre- vail among Indials teeming mil- lions. - I-lamilton Spectator.

is a fine of one dollar equal to a day in jail? We ask this question because we notice that our courts seem to think it is. The other clay for example, it man convicted of intoxication was sent to jail for ten days because he could not. pay a 510 fine. If he had had the ow. he would have heen able to leave the court. immediately, a. free man. it seems rather odd to us that a man without money is forced to serve a jail term while 3 man who committed the same crime is sl- lowed to so home just. because he has enough money to pay the fine. A person might think. as a matter of fuel, that the jail term was a punishment for not being able to pay the fine. --Lelhbridge Herald.

The British Columbia govern- ment has so far admitted that Indians are human beings as to request. Federal permission for them to patronize beer parlors. Victoria might. very well carry this intelligent gesture further by asking Ottawa to take them cut of the reservations. The en. tire Indian problem in Canada boils down to this: That we in- sist, upon regarding Indians as sub-human beings incapable of making their own way in a mod- ern world. We shelter them and patronize them and shut them off ll) isolated communities and make them as remote as possible from both the nicctles and opportuni- ties of civilization. so long as you treat people like dhlldren. they will remain like children. so long a-. you deny them responsibilities they'll be umble to deal with re- sponsibilities. - Vancouver Sun.

Netherlands innmigrssits arriv- ing in this part of the world seem to "disappear," according t the local vice-consul for that lxoum trl'- "Those on the island do nbt band together. and funnel tell 5'01! Just why." the official odds. Canadians hays always admired the industrious. clean-living, even- g

years. in the last half of which period he was no , , spuksr. After his do eat in the Provin- clsl general election in 1055 . Brooks turned his attention to the F dersl field and won his not in e Dominion general election of that year. True, his majority that time was only Mil. but in luc- cesding contests he has steadily widened the margin between his bpponent. and himself. over sgolnst. his small majority in 1085 it must. be said that Mr. nrooksi constituency has not boot: mars- scnoed by s Libel-sl.slncs the vie- fory of Dr. McAllist.or in 1000. For the put lo you-s Mr. Brooks has been his party's representative on the House Committee on veteran Iffslrl. , .

. i l

The Way '1. 3

tempered people of The Nether- lands as among the best. settlers in the world. Although their im- guage is different, their outlook on life, their ideals and their man- ner of living have much in com- mon with ours. Thus we have al- ways welcomed the Dutch as new citizens. The present comment provides another reason for their success as immigrants. They ar- rive in Canada, as the vice-con- sul points out, eager to become Canadians. They naturally retain fond memories of their native land and the contacts there. But their eyes are set on their new life and the do not look back. They do no herd together, pro- moting their old language and customs at the expense of learn- ing the new. - Victoria. Times.

The Peace River district though extensively settled, still offers 3 huge area. for agricultural devel- opment - certainly one of the largest in North America. This is widely known in is general way and the Alberta. government rs- ceives many inquiries as a result. In response to these it has pro- duced ll valuable new booklet about "Public Lands Open for Settlement" in the Peace district. This booklet provides an interest- ing contrast with the way in which the business of attracting settlers was approached during the early days of the West. Then, the call was ”come and get it." Now. I government fully aware of farm problems and of the ne- cessities of conservation. offers not only a detailed description of the location. nature and crop pos- sibilities of the available hands but also much sound advice on suit- able farming methods and an out- lme of the provincial regulations governing settlement. -- Edmon- ton Journal.

The Fulurieg

(Royal Bank Monthly Letter) .Whilc our universities and schools are well supplied with teachers of history, not one he! a professorship for the study of the future. It would he a Kood thing, suggests W. F. Ogburn in Machines and Tomorrow's World. if we had a group of thinkers who would devote all their time to A study of trends. These men would not be lulled by wishful thinking and loose optimism. Looking at the whole field. they would see a great. variety of changes approaching. but they would see no innovation that will eliminate man's responsibility to do a good job. or sanction his producing less than a reasonable output.

If there is difficulty in building bridges to a bright. future it is not because of lack of materials: natural resources, inventiveness, skills. and so on. These src'all at our finger tips. it is because of the luck of something that would assemble nli these and ma 9 them stick together.

lien an Ancient Greek dram- atist had entangled his plot be- yond human solution. an actor dressed as a god was lowered over the stage by a crime. He. the "god in the machine". got the pluyrlght out of his fnlxup by solving the problem 'along super- natural llnes. No "god from the machine" can be counted upon to get human beings out of any fun- gle they create. It would be good business to apply common some and honest endeavour to prevent. the need srlslng. l

W:W:-T-- MC Old , C ha riolietown IAM r. s L. VELOCIPTDE IACI

. .. "The .Veloclpt.-do Race at the Market Hall Rink (advertised in our int) took lace on Wednes- day evening. he distance (one quarter of u mils) was made in out minute and tvunty-one soo- onds. Wd believe this is the quickest time yet made in this or the neighboring Provinces.-Clisn lottetown lads forever!" -The Islander, April 9, lm.

i people, by having from the outset

i (All flights

The new r live housing

rojects in Germany and Denmark are admirable. iln the cities some cooperative apartment houses are thirteen or fourteen stories high and contain from so to 80 families such. Rent is much lower than the general rate. on the ground floor is the coop ratlve grocery store, the drug store, e clothing store, the bake shop. the dentist and, in fact, many of their every- day needs.

When the ladies want. to go shopping. all they have to do is ride the elevator to the street. floor. (Of course, they must go considerably further to window- shop.) In front of the house then: is usually a. balcony foroeach Ip- orlment overlooking 3 well pin - ncd lawn and recreation g,rou d for the children.

Another remarkable feature about many of these housing groups, is that. they are designed to develop 1 community spirit by arranging for all the ample cc of certain factories or the po t; office or some such group with common interests. to have one apartment house The

something in common, develop a more neighborly atmosphere.

Denmark and Sweden

it unique thing about the Den- mark movement is that there is no cooperative legislation in the country. All cooperatives there are ortanized under the Joint stock Companies Act. Another unusual but very workable arrangement is

sale for both the consumers and producers' stores. But the various mlrketlns groups are separate and each-the dairies. the potato growers. the packing plants. etc. have s central marketing organi- zation of its own. ,

In Sweden, cooperatives are in all respects the most businesslike and efficient to be seen. If 5 pro- posal is made for expansion. or if some problems come up, the first thing the Swedish cooperators do is have their research department. investigate it thoroughly, and present a report from every angle to the board of directors or to the management committee. on the basis of this report they make their decision.

As in the other Scandinavian countries. the educational depart- ment is I. branch of the whole- sale. and weekly newspapers are published in still mother depart- ment. The system of going out to the locals pleading for annual membership fees, has been gene;-. ally discarded as an old-limo ms- thod. What we consider emper- otivs union work, is done by . depart nt of t.he.Wholess.le. The legal an supervisory work is done in this same department and the locals pay for the actual costs of auditing, legal and other such ser- vices. .

Of course th costs are lower and the service more complete and satisfactory than it would be from an outside source. The costs of expanding operations and mak- ing the movement generally more vigorous and efficient. is simply paid for out of the-funds of the Wholesale. This not only creates greater efficiency, but develops harmony and cooperation within the whole movement, And there m always some money svailsble for important projects or for an emergency.

0 O .

Another important aspect of this arrangement is that ,1: keeps the wholesale organization from be- coming a strictly business concern because the educator... the phil- osophers, as well as the business managers, are working together at all times, as officials of the one organization. .

I-lcre, Sweden, the spirit of the Roc dole pioneers is more evident even than in Rocndale. Over-all. there is only one board of directors; expenses are thus rs- ducsd and the directors have a complete picture of activities. They meet for two or three days per

Each director is I for n pnrtlgular department or phase of the work and reports to the whole board. A position on the "Central Board" carries great. prestige and there is seldom a worry about full attendance.

About 2593 of the people oi Sweden belong to the consumer cooperative movement. and they transact about 2551. of the retail business in the country. There is s. dcnnitc understanding, on the national lsvel.- between the agri- cultural and consumer groups. al- though in some local regions there i s little uvulspplng and compo: t tlon. '

on the whole. the agricultural people realise that merchandising and distribution of consumer goods is I Ipscluilud and highly technical field. They are satisfied to lesvs it to those who have studied it and have funds a suc- cess of it. On the other hand. the consumers realise that agricultural marketing is also in specialised

field. 0 s s

It is generally understood that forfnsrs want stability in prices f-other than the highest price pol- slbls. It is an accepted principle in Sweden. II in lngllnd, and in some of tits other countries, that the farmers. when they get some security and A stable price for thslr .. fuels, should be satisfied. Hort. perhaps is a solution to this problem of when the funnel-'1 rs- spouibility in the chain of distri- bution ends and when the con- sume:-'s responsibility should bit-

that they have 3. central whole- su

month. and remain in session un- . til all the business is completed. I

mmm-m. :2

.. Lessons From Europe In Community Progress

By Leo P. Mclsuo Part Two (continued)

Reserved)

EUROPEAN COOPEIATIVES

the milk is gathered. tengd mu delivered in quantity, by the'M"k Marketing Board. to the dairy um is owned and operated by th consumer! cooperative or by pm? ate companies. The farmer is re. sponslble for the milk until it is delivered to the plant. Here he ,5 paid on a quality basis and hlg responsibility ends. From there on the consumers are responsible 1,, the orderly and economical dig. tributlon of the product among themselves.

In Sweden, the producers go on. step further than this, but mm is still a definite dividing pom between producer and consume,- responsibllity; the milk "cenuap owns the processlng plant; mu delivers the milk to the umu shop-keepers, who distribute it There is no delivery of bottled milk from home to home in Swe- den or anywhere else in Scandin- avia. Every famlly must get um day's quota. of. the corner shop This greatly reduces the cost of distribution and eliminates ax. pensive overlapping in milk routes.

Finland

In Finland, the coopsmtiy. movement has perhaps gone fur- ther. in every phase. than in any other country in the world. Here, too. there is a definite division be. tween groups, and although efflc. icncy is high, there is I great den of what seems to be unnecessary duplication and expense.

Besides the marketing organln. tio , there are two distinct con. er movements. They started as one, but, for political reasons,

rcluring the first world war, tho

industrial and labor group broko any from the other conservative groups, which included the civil servants. the farmers and the pro- fessional class.- Now, there are two separate cooperative move- ments about .the same size, doing about the same volume of busi- ness, and competing with 'one an- other in almost every line of work. In most towns and villages, than are two cooperative stores, often directly across 'thc street from each other. They are serviced by two separate wholesales operated by two distinct staffs. selling pro- ducts msnufactured in different factories, and distributing differ- ent cooperative newspspers'print.ed in separate printing plants. They operate with the some ideals and continually compete for the pit- ronsge of Flnlshd's four and I half million people.

However, there is remarkable el- flc)encyJn the cooperatives oiFln- lsnd; this competition may not be such 1 bad thing in many respects. Cooperative leaders work together as progressive business men only. but in a manner different from individuals in private business; each cooperative is trying to give a better service and show a higher profit than the other. Managers and staff must be trained and there is no room for inefficient or csrelcss workers in the Finnish cooperatives. .

Norway

Norway is developing it very strong and efficient cooperative system too. It made slow progress for many years but is now the most important system of business activity in the whole country- Tbare is a well planned cool!!!" ntive system for almost every phase of,their economy. The one wholesale serves both the urbln and rural stores and operates most of the consumer factories The consumer and the farmers mark- eting organizations are worklnll together on business asreemcntl satisfactory to both. There is I tremendous housing program and the fishermen are now almost I complete control of their oil" marketing and piocessln .

(To be continued)

”7”A7T.?f 7a.-ea' &wm'

, nu: currs or ENGLAND '

They guard the cliffs of England With dark eternal swords:

Thei Saxon kings. the Druids. The high-nosed Norman lords- Thc men who once were Entzlalldv Who long fire in their SNIVNC T-hey march tonight. all etnrlii Above the stbrllt. waves.

There see mighty Arthur Among his noble mom. Alfred and Ooeur-dc-Lion come back to fight. again. Above the charging waters The changing clouds reveal d Si. Geonge, returned to En!!!" ' Stu-lit. in his steel.

-Elisa belh Bolim.

T---Z-?i'?T . vaAH-.-l.-..vs-.-u-.-n-.--a-'-'-'-

ETIII Ago-old Star!

-5-. -.-. .-.-.-u-u-.-.-a.-.-.-.-.-.e-'---

lard. thou but been our din!" in: plus In all generations. I tore the mountains were bftclmd forth. or our thou hsdst ion". the earth and tho wolldv mm. from everlasting to ovarian thou on God.

WlNNlPEG--(CPt-- A 1'-4'-i,I”j;',,' old building that served lamum II a railway station. Nd Ind hostel for homeless "OM dnnollshsd. The three:-many brick structure Wnl "'3

gin. tor instance. is us consider the

distribution of milk in England:

ha built In of station for the N23,... rm Pacific and Monitor" wag.