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MONDAY. .IAiyTz1.- isiiv

By cu-not nun. Ell! Finn 4 Mr. Gordon's Explanation A campaign is under way to

uitiiexvash the (lordon Commission , I report. Mr. Gordon's own interpre- p i

taiion of what the Commission meant with regard to its Maritime recommendations appears in today's issue. Certainly the report contains concrcie suggestions for improve- nlent, and as stated before in these

Irate the ulio-at from the chaff and salvage all that is worth while in the (fommi.ssion's findings. i The objection to the report is not I. that it deals with the economic dis- T advantages under which we have ' labored: these are evident to all. and were strongly emphasized at the Commission hearings. The objection is to the doubt, implied more than once in the report. as to the efficacy of any remedial measures; to the proposal of moving our people else- where. like emigrants from a de- pressed area, and to the statement that those who remain behind, in such circumstances, "should be pre- '- pared to accept a different kind of i, l life, or certainly at a different tempo, and lower levels of income" than people in other parts of Can- ada. This statement in a Royal Com- mission report has been adversely interpreted not only in Canada but in the United States as well. It will be a black mark against us in seek- ing industrial capital and will have I depressing effect on our younger people and all who are seeking to build up our Maritime economy. There is no reason at all why this pessimistic anticipation should have been written into the report. Natur- "ally it received publicity and was headlined across Canada, for it was the most extraordinary statement in the whole findings. It stood out in sharp contrast to the optimistic prog- nostlciations for other parts of the country, and if it has been misread hnd misinterpreted it is no fault of any persons but the people who drafted it. It is significant that in the r . interview with Mr. Gordon-which -was submitted to him for revision A fore publication-the da mning statement does not appear in its en- .tlrety; the suggestion that Mariti- -mers shoultr be content to receive j lower levels of income is left out. I Who has been garbiing the report r now? " What should have been empha- sized, of course, without any shadow of doubt, is the fact that given op- portunity and fair treatment under ' national policies this Atlantic region -. I should be one of the most prosperous A i parts of the Dominion, with a popu- lation far in excess of what we have today and with an economy geared to take advantage of every advance in industrial development. If we can- not achieve this measure of belated justice. then it will not be a question of accepting one-way tickets to ('cn- tral Canada or getting along on starvation incomes or doics from our wealthier neighbors. It will be a question, in all seriousness, of whether we should not get out of this one-sided Confederation part- ncrship altogether. If the Commis- sion conceived it to be its duty to deal with last-resort alternatives. then it should have faced up realis- tically to this issue. It need only have gone back to the reports of debates It the last sessions of our Maritime Legislatures, concerning the raw deal we got in the new tax rental proposals, for ample material for comment on this very subject.

Under A Delusion

Evlddntly. United States Govern- ment loot-I who tnatod sir An- thony ,liden with diplomatic db-

to predict. through official and semi- official publicists, that relations be- tween the two countries m'll be characterized by sweetness and light from now on. One report says that Mr. Dulles and Mr. Macmillan are so friendly that they are in the habit of calling each other by their first names-as if that little informality is always I guarantee of intellectual agreement! There is, of course, no doubt that Prime Minister Macmillan will do everything in his power to restore British-American amity, provided his good offices to that end are re- ciprocated in Washington. But if Mr. Eisenhower and Mr. Dulles believe that Mr. Macmillan is going to apo- logize for the actions of his friend and predecessor. they are laboring under a serious delusion. And if they are toying with the notion that ap-

columns, it will be necessary to sep- ; P98-S'Pm9ni is h9nC9i0l'th i0 be the

foundation stone of British policy, all one can say is that their under- standing of Hamid Macmillan is very meagre indeed. The man's whole career and the convictions he has expressed time after time since the day he sided with Churchill and Eden against Chamberlain's appease- I ment of Hitler make that quite clear to anyone who can understand plain English and who can tell the differ- ence between I seasoned statesman and I political dilettante.

March Of Dimes Campaign

Attention is called to the cam- paign, which opens today, of the PE. Island Chapter of the Canadian Foundation for Poiiomyelitis. This is the seventh March of Dimes cam- paign sponsored by the chapter, which has already been instrumental in procuring thiee new iron lungs for polio victifns. One of these is in the P. E. island Hospital, one in the Charlottetown Hospital. and the third in the Prince County Hospital in Summcrside. More are available if needed.

The local Chapter has paid courses for several victims of polio after the medical rehabilitation was completed. It takes care of all pati- ents after discharge and has financed much of the therapy equipment at the Orthopedic Centre, as well as wheelchairs in several cases.

The last two years have seen a marked decrease in polio cases. This has given opportunity for providing needed treatment and rehabilitation to victims of former epidemics. Many old cases are being brought forward for treatment. There are I large number of these on the Island, so that the work of the Polio Founda- tion is far from finished. There is great need for continued work, and it is hoped that the public response to the financial appeal on this oc- casion, as in the past, will be prompt and generous.

EDITORIAL NOTES

If the Bank of Canada's interest rate keeps going up and up the Gov- ernment need have no fear that too much money will be available for economic expansion.

0 O I

The wreck of the "Cabot Strait" is the third serious mishap to occur on the North Sydney-Port Aux Bas- ques run. The "Caribou" fell victim to a German submarine in 1942 as did another ship in the First Great War.

9 O I

A report says that Sir Winston Churchill took the news of Prime Minister Eden's resignation "calm- ly." Of course. When did the old statesman take good news or bad

in any other way?

Sir Anthony Eden did his best to convince all and sundry thIt Britain has no intention of becoming an American sItellite. Now that his successor has reiterated the warn- ing in plain language perhaps it will be taken to heart by U.S. State De- partment officials who appear to be more responsive to Mr. MncmiIlan's words of wisdom than they were to Sir Anthony's.

O I 0

Secretary Dulles says there is no truth in the rumour that the United sum: Embamy in Cairo slipped wont to President Nasser that the US. would not fight If be seized the

HOP: rev 521' km INTO SHAPE so-as

"Yours before any credit union: had been organized in Canada or the Untied States, a group of farm- crl on Erince l-)dwa'rd island tried valiantly to create one. They made one serious mistake: They at- tempted to reach credit union goals through banking procedures. After thirty years. they failed. However, during the ihirty years from iiltlf to 1394 they esiablilhed a record of service to the people which is still remembered by men living today.”

This is the opening paragraph in an article appearing in the No- vember issue of the Credit Union

of farmers who organized the

books on co-operative subjects.

The bank. according to the story, never had more than about 320,000 out on loan If Iny time butin ihusc early days I 550 loan wII an important transaction. The Farmers' Hank wIa the smIlleIt bank ever chartered in Canada Ind in the end. as has happened in other ii('IfI.l. it disapppened with the coming of big. centralized banking in Canada. But for thirty years it gave the farmer: of Prince Edward island freedom from usurious loan rates common- ly charged.

TAUGIIT DESJARDINS .

Dr. Croteau suggests that the I)IIiI('l operations taught Alphonso Deslardins the futility of trying to provide credit for people undlr ordinary banking laws it did on- courage him to plan I co-operI- tive credit and thrift prngum out- side the usual channcls.

However the Farmers" Bank wll close to being I mmicl credit union. It was directed and man- Iged by elected voiunlecers Ind open for business one afternoon OI('Il week.

Shares were so prim-rl that low- lncom people could allurd to buy them. From seven percent inter- elt durinl its early wars. the bulk lIter reduced lilc rule to six per- cent. Its building was put up by members labor.

Rustictils history goes back to Ac-Idian limos, 'l'hos(-' troubled days eventually rate may to better relationships with incoming scl- tiers until Rusiu-o became the III'- gest of seven Acariian parishes.

- Father Gcnrsu--z-Antoine Bcicourt was a forerunner of the Tompkin- Coady race of men. lie r-.'Iii1.ed his people needed not only spirit- ual leadcrslnp hut economic help II well and he has his piIce in the history of Western Cannon for Dr. Crolcau gives him credit for compiling one of the first grIm- mars of the language of Red River Indians

E3TAl!l.ISIIEl) HIGH SCHOOL

He established I high school for tolentcd young pcople Ind brought In I teacher from Quebec. He Id up an institute for the study of agriculture 'which only non-drIIk- ers could attend). He organised I library with money from rruco.

in the inter country than had been some effort put forth to 5' people throulh cooperative poo pIe's banks. But even such efforts, the ldeo won I ni- cIl one to present in that that b lI.f('II people I those.

However. Father Becoolt O-

ll-larmersl Bank” of Rustico, writ- . ten by Dr. J.T. Crntcau, author of .

l 1

Bridge, telling the story of I group I

The Farmers' Bank of Ruslico

From The Manitoba Co-operator

couraged his parishioners to con-

strucl I bank building even before -

they applied for I charter. Com- ;

pleted in 1861, the building standI today. Walls are of red stone four- teen inches thick. Hand-hewen 12 inch timbers are pegged together without nails. Bank office and library were on the first noor and I large room was IvaiiIble up- stairs for public meetings-

The farmers of Rusticn faced towering obstacles. As Dr. Crot- eau puts it: "To get I charter, the people of Rustico parish had to go through I inbyrinth of legislature obstacles-the colonial iogiIlIture, the Secretary of State for the Colonies, the Queen'I Privy Coun- cll, and Her Moiuty Queen Vic-

toria. Midway in this process the . l Secretary of State objected that .

the bank was proposing to operate an astonishingly littlo capiiIl I- bout 33,900." CHARTER GRANTED Eventually the charter gnnted. The bank was incorporat- ed with initial capital of 531.200, something under 53.900 in the is- lInd'I currency. Shares were sold

0 It E1. or slightly over 83. Open-

tions were not to begin until the entire cIpitIl bod been subscribed. ShIreholderI were limited to 15 share: each during the first Iix

,montbI and while later the limit

could be raised, every effort was mIdI to spread ownership II wide II possible.

"Voting rights were graduated in line with share holdingI but no Ihsrebolder could have more than fifteen votes." the Itory continues. There wII I restriction on proxy voting and the bank was Iuthori1.-

WEI ,

ed to lslue paper money equal to t

" twice its assets.

When the bank was criticized, Father Belcourf. chided the auth- or: of the criticism by pointing that the Farmers Bank "deserves Ill possible support from the com- mercial bInks. its sister-members. The fIrmer creates wealth: he is the foster-father of all society: it is from him thIt the baker gets his flour, the weaver his wool, the Ihoemnker his leather, the butcher his beef ....To deprive the far- mer of his bank would be to send him into the greedy clutches of the usurer."

CHANGING PATTERN

With the changing pattern of life Ind living in CInadI the bank Iccording to our story ”quielly went out of business. apparently in In orderly fuhion without pro- ducing much comment in the news- papers or the legislatures."

The lesson from the story of the l'Irn1erI' Bank was one that

struck home with Alphonse l)es--

jnrdins. The Farmers Bank lasted thirty years without protective Illianco of my kind. It did busi- ness without substantial reserves. without regular Iudlts, under law that did not favor I people's or- ganizotion Ind it wII subject con- Iiucntiy to criticism and hostility from commercial interests -

The Itory has I familiar sound.

brought thorn together still exists.

Press Gallery

Iy Pohidfdki

. 1945. Thus in baby bonus should . be raised by this proportion to give . it today the same value as it pos-

. Ind thIt Ill citizens should be en-

PUBLIC FORUM

This column is open to tho din.-up Ifon by corrupuudentn of question U interest. The Guarrtinn does not noeoo uriiy endouo tho opinion of oonwo pondanu.

WITHOUT A COUNTRY

Sins We take notice t.hIt Mr. Pickersgill. our Minister of immi- gration, has spoken exceptionally well in regard to our Hungarian immigrants He was quite willing to forgo three main rules in bring- ing in ihose people.

First, little or no screening; second. they had no money; third, he had no particular homes for them. We all agree that Mr. Picker- sgill was correct. But what about the lone ocean traveller that Ir- rived recently in Vancouver aboard ship?

This man did not know his pu- enls. nor did he know his national home. Thus according to law, M was not allowed ashore in any country- Now when one of our Con- IervItivI friends Iskad Mr. Pick- araglll to make provision in our great country for hiI citizenship - I truly Christian Ict- just II im- portant II any other immigrant- He was turned down flat with thI reply that he would havo to break the law.

What nonsense! For I Im Iuro that there would be plenty of jobs for this one lone. lost traveller on the sea of time. The Good Book tells us thIt God's eye II on tho sparrow. and He watches over me. But very often God'I eyes In our eyes. and Godis hands Ire our hands. and God's world our world.

I Im. Sir. etc..

HARRY PRIDHAM Alberion, P.E.i. C.C.,n....,,- established some years ago, then our present inflated dollar de- mands the urgent proportionate in- creasing-of these two types of pay- ment. There seems no answer to this forceful Irgumcni. SIXTY-FIVE AT SIXTY-FIVE ..

Last session, the government ma- jority turned down the demand by iiazcn Argue. C.C.l-E member from Assiniboia, Saskatchewan, that the baby bonus Ihould be increased to realistic figures. it should be rais- ed. he argued. to such a figure that its purchasing power today would be the same as it was in those days of more valuable doi- lars when it was introduced it would take neIrly 88 today to buy what 85 would have brought you in

sessed when it was introduced. This session, Erhart Hegier. C. CF. membe for BurnIby-Coq- uitiam. hIa launched the slogan "Sixty-five It sixty-five". He tells me that Parliament will soon heIr this slogan from him; by it he means that the old Ice pension should be increased from its pres- ent level of SC per month to 865;

titled to receive it It In M yeIn. instead of It age 10 If present. Erhort Rosier Irgueu that Can-

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Medically Speaking

IylermIIN.lIIdeIll.I.lL

TREAT NOSE GINTLY IF YOU'VE A COLD

Got I cold? Then l:IvI your nose alone-

oh, I know it. bothIrI you. It probably itcbes and is either stuff- ed up or running like I fountain weu, wipe it occasionally. but otherwise leave it Iione.

If you feel thnt you must. do something. in butter to sniff than to blow. Simply Iniff tho mucus to tho bIck of your throat Ind then spit. out.

Mon doctors agree thIt the ion you do with your nose, when you have I cold. the better off you will

be.

CAUSES DAMAGE

A Virginia physician recently reported to medical colleauel that he believe: I person cannot blow his nose even once during I cold, without causing imporunt damage.

And I British physician. Dr. Paul Osmun. points out:

"Recent invost.igItions indicItc that I blast of out going Ilr and debris has I greater chance of con- taminating I lllllll than inspired contaminants." in Ibort. he Igreel that it is better to sniff than to blow. LIFE-DONG HABIT Now, no matter what I IIy, or how many doctors agree with me. you aren't going to break I life- long habit of blowing to clear your nose. I know tint. it takes I long time to break I habit.

So let me caution you It lent to blow gently. If you don't. you mu force infected material from your nose into your ears or sinuses. Then you may be in for Iomo real trouble.

CLOSING NOETRILS

When holding I handkerchief to

your nose. be narefui not to press both noItriiI closed It tho IImI time. That ume Virginia bhysiciln hu b bit of Idvico on tIk- ing care of I cold. He advises I cold victim to Ileep on his side. Iiternating from one side to tho other.

This, he concedes. mIy some- times Ippear to interfere with sleep. But. he insists. in such I use "sloop" II of secondary im- portance."

QUESTION AND ANSWER . . . . ..

S.N.: What cIuIeI I person to see tiny white spots before the eyes? My blood pressure Ind kid- neyI In III right.

Answor: Tho Ippearance of

spots before the eyes may be due to conItipItion. to I dofect In the vision. to high blood pressure or migrIinI. Consult. I doctor.

DUCKS

When God hId finished tho ItIrI Ind whirl of coiourod IunI

He turned HII mind from big thingI to fIIhion little ones.

Beautiful tiny things (like dailies) HI made. and then

Ho made the comical one! in nu the mind: of men

Should Itlffen Ind become e

Dull. bumorleu Ind gium:

And Io forgetful of their MIker be

As to (In oven themselves-quite Ioriousiy.

cItIrpii.IIrI Ind can In lively Ind Ixcellent puns:

All God'I jokes are good-evon the prIcticIl ones

And II for the duck. I think God muIt have smiled I bit

seeing those bright eyes blink on the day He fuhioucd it.

And He's probobly laugbing Itill It the sound tint came out of its

bill

-F.W. Harvey.

The Age Old Story

Wloooevor IbIll eonfeu me be- fore men, him shall the son of mu IlIo eonfeu before he nngolI of God.

OUR YESTERDAYS

From Tho GuIrdiIn l'liII

TWIINTY-IIVI YEARS AGO UIIIII1 11. 190!)

At tho Innuol meeting of the Port Hill-GrInd River Shipping Clubs Mr. M. Eiliottt, manager of the MIrltlmI shipping Clubs. ex- pIIined the new method of Ihlp- ping hogs by dressed weight ruhor than live weight In wII the cus- tom heretofore. I-le outed further that by this method the farmer would receive tho Ictuol volue of the pork Iccoring to its grade.

The Imeit fiIblng Industry on

on Large ouontitfoo, however. are being bold in data: until poIIiblI cIIIcII In tho nub!

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NOTES BY THE WAY

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I09. Iffoctiu tho thou, lygpj Iludl and Dlobohly the bout.-

II FIIWIII. Utah. I eoopio nu- brated their Ioventy-eighth wag. dinl InIiverIIry. HI wII oigltuu Ind Ibo uvenlnn who they won hurried in 1078. hey In bullw- edfobotiielongestnnrriodpalr in the United States. Theft lumen -341. Ind Mn. Peter Petal-III. They reIily have Iometblng to bo Pnlaud of.-St. 'l'bomII Timunloub in

Mr. Nehru II I Imoofb. Inn talker who on make you believe that black II I more IiternIt.ive to white. or flu: wrong in really right spelled " i different. Mr. Nehru'I efforts to mediIt.e between the two buic Ideoioglu It-I com- mendable. but it is more than questionable whether the West tut-Its him to the extent it did some yearn Igo.-st CItbei-inn Standard

Iolomctfuuwooderifhfaet Mr. DupIIIIiI is not the

Prion IIiIiItu- of Cllldl.-sf. .ld1I'I Ilvenlng Telex:-Inn

no but wII an I Iymboi of Iutborfty. It was customary til "mock" I young husband by throwing I pair It him to Indicalo that be Inust now bear the respon- Iibllity of looking Ifter the bride. This explains the cuatom of tying Ibou to the bridal car.-IriII m. lent

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