fglisoa FOUR _,_ _ _ THE GUARDIAN

| - Itiorning Dally (Founded In i887). y; l Authorized as Second Class Mail, Post. Office l, '- Department. Ottawa.

,1‘ “ lan A. If “; Vice-Pi " ‘ Wm. It.

. llflrrnett; Seoy-Trean, G. M. Burnett; Editor and yManaglng Director. J. It. Burnett; Associate Editor, = Frank Walker, Q

"The Strongest Memory is Weaker Than v the Weakest Ink."

CHARLOTTETOWN. MONDAY. DECEMBER 15. 194

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' i The Freight Rates llearlng

The railway freight rates case is still being heard before the Board of Transportation Com- missioners. The final arguments for the Mari- time Provinces against a proposed 30 per cent increase were ably presented a few days ago by Mr. C J. Burchell and Col. J. L. Ralston.

Mr. Burchell said that the Maritime Freight Rate: act provides that the Board can only give

there has been an increase in the cost of rail- way operations in Canada. He submitted that there is no conclusive evidence in that regard irpcn which the Board can act. ' H: next argued that the Board has power under the Railway Act in a case involving hori- zontal increases ta provide for maximum charges or to give a lower increase on exports from the Maritime Provinces. This is particularly true of agricultural products, lumber and manufactur- ed goods. He asked to have this provision for a lower increase applied to the Maritime Prov- inces if a general increase is authorized. Following Mr. Burchell's presentation, Col. Ralston reviewed the main elements in the casc and argued strongly against any general increase being granted. ln particular he emphasized that there is a great difference between the C. N. R. as a transportation system and as a commercial organization. lt is very efficient as a trans- portation system. But that has no effect upon

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will appeal to American buyers.

On concessions by the United Kingdom and other European signers of the Geneva Agree- ments, the Economist is dubious. It wisely ob- serves that in this case tariffs, including the sub- stantial remains of British Preference, are largely meaningless so long as quotas and other restrictions are allowed to interfere. True, such things are banned by Geneva, in a general agreement, but‘ in anotherclause exempted "so long as balance of payment difficlilties re- main."

i-Ilstes By The Way-

Oiu- effect of the ban an Import- ed Pulp magazines may be that the publishers of the gaudy comic books and the sexy, violent perlodl cals will now attempt to originals their stuff ln Canada. There arc many such publlca-tlons already being produced in Canada. Blrt. for a tlme at least there should be an appreciable and appreciated decrease in "slush." — Sydney Post- Record.

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For a time at least. until the

Once again it is Christmas "business as

THE GUARDIAN. CHARLOTTETOWN

l PUBLIC FORUM This column la open so the dlsculloa by corro- _ ‘ ‘ ol T‘ Fl lnhroat. Tho UIIIIIDBIQIAJWII, Guardian doea not ncceabar- rly csulorac tbs oolnlon of correspondents

u-s-vi-u-vwwavi-a-vinvw-i-m coniraorroiv

Shy-Mr. Cullen, successful councillor candidate in Third Queens election. claims that. his colleague's majority was the larg- est in the Province. I think a check-up will show this honored posltlon ls held by Major D. L.

.. “Slui- violent pulp periodicals attempt to y produce their tripe ln Canada, the

Beautification has caught on, and we should l "a" °" their WPOYFMIO" "l" b8 grarluolly and steadily make progress towards W" '° bc m" °l the g°°d "hmgs

, _ , timid a ' -o t f Ott . Ti the ideal of "The Island Beautiful.’ I W‘ me Du o awa is “k t a w

Ipubllshers of the slushy. sexy anl

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ban on lheir import will save Am- erican dollars. and judgmg from the vast. number and the huge va- riety of this type of magazine dis- played on newsstands. if musl. have taken a considerable quantity of nccclcd U. S. dollars to pay far lheni. Mouse Jaw Times-Her alrl.

When o firm announces it is too busy to pro- pore advertisments at the moment, it means its

dcsrrved results. a . . a Russia is reportedly expecting a huge oil deficit for the next few years. ll this is correct her need to import large quantities of oil may well makc her anxious to export food in order to make the necessary payments. w .. .. .-

Francis (irosc. in his “Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue. published in 1785. seems to have hcen the first. authority to recog nize thc term "slang" itself. He applied ll to n list of words-in- cluding luay-ivindoul, bedizened bet, lilllélCf. budgot. cliurl. coax, cob- bler, cur. domineer. eyesore flabby, flog, flout, fuss. gag, mallnger, nlessmate slump. saunter, rascal. trip and yelp-Jew of which even p the most rlgid purist might. now crirc to challenge asserts The Manchester Guardian. i

Mr. Gillis, M. P. of Cape Breton, thinks we are politically behind the times and necd brush- i-ig up. Well, at all events, our labour troubles hale to be imported, evcn if we do export brains and brawn in the process.

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The government continues to promise to take some action to give the former a greaterl return to offset his mounting costs. The un- nmuirelnml! M the social M? certainty as to lust what that action will bc is,“ published m New York Seem is highly disturbing to formers but it at least lo he rallm- llcxlblry The name Jl

discourages them from disposing of their stock one woman is dropped from the pmynufureh,‘ list of the elite because she car-

., ,, ., , ricd a gun. while another has tier

its status as a commercial organization. It can

keep nonc of its profits and conversely, it can-~ i l not lose money. fn short, it is not really opcr-' ated as a financial concern.

Colonel Ralston recalled that the C. N. R. iad been built up by incorporating railways if great extent and involving heavy cost of operation, which originally were built not as purely railway enterprises of a business char- acter but in a substantial decree for coloniza- tion and other purposes. He then said. "It would make no difference to the C. N. R. if freight rates were increased 50 per cent or de-l creased 50 per cent. lf there was a surplus, it would be token from them, and if there was. a dcficit, it would be paid."

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"The Constitution (BNA Act) sets forth cer-l

tain legislative powers. Those powers are con-i fined to the two Houses of Parliament and the King's representative. That is the only body which can legislate with respect ta anything,. and particularly with respect to taxation. An- other sectian of the act deals with the powers of‘ "he Executive and there is not a word which gives the Executivegpower ta legislate. When it comes to the imposition of taxation there is no right, either constitutionally or leg- ally, which the Government has to impose tax- ation in the form of duties by Order-in-Council. I care not under what authority they may claim that right."

The above statement was made in’ the Bud- get debate in the House of Commons, April 26, I931, by the present Prime Minister Mackenzie y‘ King. Yet it was only the other day that Finance Minister Abbott announced in the House of Commons that the 25 per cent excise tax which by his decree was arbitrarily imposed on elec- tric and gas stoves, ranges and heaters, on November l8, has been removed. A similar "por- don" has been granted persons who buy elec- tric or gas refrigerators and oil-burning equip- merit provided these items are not to be used in private homes or places of recreation and amusement. '

Thus is "economic justice" distributed at the

whim of the Coblret. It mattered not that some elements of the public, almost certainly those who could least afford to pay, have been unfairly treated, deliberately overcharged for the pur- chase of home essentials. Without concern for the consequences, the Governmentdecrecd the tax should be paid. Twenty days later, forced to admit the inequity, it simply dropped ""3 tax. Parliament, which alone has the power over such things, was permitted no word on eihi- or action. ‘ ‘ Mr, King's awn words of condemnation,utter- ed in I932, is sufficient to show the alarming progress we liaveymade in totalitarianism since that time. '

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Ila Trade (lure-all

The Geneva agreements should help boost British exports to the United States, says the London Economist, but they are in no sense a trdle cure-all. That saber oppraisementvapplies to Canada as well as the United Kingdom. The new pacts do clear away some of the obstacles to freer world trade, though perhaps not lo thc- sweeping or immediate extent that some may imagine.

But these tariff cuts, especially on manu- factured and processed goods will not auto- matically guarantee a new flood of British and other exports to tlic United States. Whatever flood may develop, as tlic Economist points out. will depend upon scvcr I factors, not the least of which is the ability a producers to keep costs within reason. .

Biggest single gofn, believes the Economist, and hers again mast Canadians will agree, is iths substantial lowering of tariff barriers and jiclimiiictlon or. widening cf quotas by the United jSMlsQ. Hm is c real concession and one of

l makes some of her aid available in the form of

_ _ _ _ _ name continued in spite of having The British-Canadian food negotiations at m“ dQwl] um sneer lightly garb Ottawa really depend upon Washington fared only in brasslcre and seamles-

~ - llt is a debatable issue which of means of a solution. Unless the United States the two mmmes is the "w" dam gcrous. What. we would like to read is a volume containing the names of those dropped from the

Canadian purchases, Britain will be unable to go on buying food from this country. fl i I i

,Sociul Register. and why. That.

_ Iwould he much more interesting

Izaak Walton. English author and mlQlchllhan the Register iLsclf. -- Windsor died this date i683; wrote several admirable Slur.

Wr- nccd to go back through tlic years lo April 26. 1923. to find an occasion comparable to this. The man who ls now George V1 was married that day and the ptge 1 headline read: “Duke of York

biographies, including that of Donne, Dean of St. Paul's; accounted the greatest of the "Meta- physical Poets"; but his masterpiece is The Comp/eat Angler, o dessertotion on angling inter- spersed with entertaining reflections on life and nature: "lf thou be a severe, SOUPCOIIIPlCXIOFIGLl l we,“ simple Scots Maid; Thronga‘ mow, then I here disallow thee to be a competent; Ilziil 'l‘hclii." Popular joy was “un- judgefl" restrained." and the sun broke

s w a a through the clouds as a good omen. But ns affairs tusneci out. the years since that marriage were to he crowded with depression misery. a cruelly destructive \var_ and now

They are looking ahead for a general elec- tion in Britain. Mr. lan McClane, BS-yeor-oZrJI lournalist and formenprisaner of ‘war, was a hm“ anermam m which Brw adapted as prospective Conservative oppon-layn “c5 under a heavy burden "- ent to Prime Minister Attlee in the next gen- lr-unrmugq gapylflpg 1r, seems an 3p. crol election. The Prime Minister's constituency l DYvDPi-"iifl lime- yvhe" Wishing Eliza- is Limehcuse, in London's East End. where heklgitllefiiégk Yffffimfl, ligfptylwhgtrhiif had a majority of 6,730 votes in the I945 general is], pggplc, _ New york Times, election. -_-—

Before the Highways Department. runs out of Royal names to con- fer on its new roads. may we ven- ture to suggest that it busy itself finding a title for the route be- tween Gananorlue and CrYF-llll Beach skirting the Upper St. Law- rence that has hcen nameless and perhaps even num-berless for lol these many years. someone duh- hcd this road the "Scenic Highway" when It. was still undergoing con- struction, and as such it. remains m s our. Bu-l: this ls not its of- flclal name. As a matter of fact. it seems to have no official name. How about "Prince Philip's Path’ for the new route. the "path" part of the mime being in rc~o3nni0ii that. after years and years of ef- forl. l>\l‘lfl agitation.‘ the l-llglrvrayo Department. has only now suc- ceeded in making one lane of this roadway fit. for modern ti'nffic?-- Brooks-inc Recorder and Times.

By unofficial messenger. thc Em- peror of Japan has sent hls {AZT- sonal thanks to Senator Elbert Thomas, of Utah, for saving the lmpcrlal palace from being bomb- crl during the war. The hltherw imlold story on Tokb-‘O b0mblnB-5 '5 that President. Roosevelt was urg- cd by ccrlaln generals to order the bombing of the emperor's pal- iwe. so he called on Senator Thom- as. once a Mormon missionary ‘a Japan, for advice. Thomas recom- mended strongly nsalmt the bomb- lng. He argued that. the Japanese people would be cm lttered and no military advent ge gained- "The palace will not; Ibe bombed." Roosevelt promised. After the war this story eventually got. back to Hlrohlto. who asked an American to deliver the emperor's deep ID- precLntlon to the Senator from Utabr- Minneapolis Star.

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Commissioner David C. Lamb, C.M.G., LL.D., O.F., 81-year-old Salvation Army veteran well-known to many here, did a good deal of talk- ing recently when in Montreal. one of the thir.gs he suggested was that Great Britain should ren-Jer a_n account to the United States "for holding the pass for the world's civilization, and to keeping the enemy from the Western Hemi- sphere, less S0 per cent Britain's contribution to the some." Such a bill, if honoured, would cer- tainly alter the balance of international credits. We might even find a sterling crisis in place of the dollar crisis.

French Scouting consists of six separate movements which have the common aims of l) maintaining the method and spirit of scouting as defined by Baden-Powell, 2) developing in Frcnch youth honesty, respect for the freedom of others, physical and moral health and the spirit of service, and 3) promoting understand- ing and friendship among French youth. Tho six movements are: the Boy Scouts of France, which concentrates upon ideals in a non-denom- inational fashion, modellcd upon the methods of rhe public school; the Unionist Boy Scouts of France‘, which, under Protestant direction, holds up to members of all faiths the teaching and exumple of Jesus; the Scouts of France, which gives a Catholic content to scouting; the Jew- ish Boy Scouts of France, which bases its educa- _tional activitiesl upon the spiritual and moral values of Judaism; the French Federation of Girl Scouts which is grouped into three sections sim- ilar to the non-denominational, Protestant and Jew-sh groups listed above; the ‘Guides of Franc o Catholic girls‘ organization. -

Eight years ago, on December I7, I939, Britain joyously received on early and hearten- ing Christmas presentiin the shape of some 7,- 500 Canadian traops—the vanguard of more than 335,000 she was to welcome before World War ll was over and won. The first contingent of the lst Canadian Division arrived that morning in the Clyde River, unonnaun ad. and heavily es- corted, in one of the‘ most impressive convoys to make the Atlantic crossing during the war. There were the liners Aquitania, Empress of Britain, Empress of Australia, Duchess of Bed- fonl and Monarch of Bermuda,_ond they were escorted by some of the most famous vessels of the Royal Navy—tlic battle-cruiser Repulse, the battleship Resolution and the aircraft carrier Furious. Several other ships of war, including four Canadian destroyers, were also in the con- voy. The Canadian! lost no time introducing themselves. From tho crowded transports they‘ loudly and unmistakably spslt out in unison "C-A-N-A-D-A" and concluded on a mighty

The slsnplc fact (ll) that lllo United states and western Eur- ope are parts of the same com- munity. bound together by every Iotnd of bond that. has meaning for liumon beings. We live in the some house..We belonil b0 the some ramlly. Collapse In me part of the house would be equally tra glo for us sll. We belong to the some family? Consider the primary family tie, which is that of hered- lty. ‘mere is no European famliy hut can find ties of blood with Americans. The uvosWhQlmlflfl number of Americans flnd them- selves quickly hack In Iurope once. they look behind a generation of two. We belong to the some fam- ily? When we speak to each other. we understand. True, the lan- guages arc different --but. not as dltfeirent as one might suppose. The language which we spealg hers _lrr the United states, for all Its apoc- ll flsvor, ls a rich mixture of

. Ifhhlsdicts advantage and hops to those coon- trid which can produce a surplus of goods which

s‘ eek and Intln and Ocrmsnl: rts with other elements added to spies. - Baltimore lul. _

crescendo "Canada!" Ths Canadians had or- rivsd in Britain.-

Mathlcson - member elect for Charlottetown.

Then again Mr. Cullen stated there was an increase in council- lor vote polled in his district oi‘ over four hundred. over the i943 vote. Here again he seems to be lll error, as newspaper records today show an Increase of only 262. and of this number 5i were from Maple Hills, a ncw poll added this year, This would reduce the act.- ual increase an a fair compara- tire basis. down w ZIP-instead if over 400 as claimed.

h: the Assemblyman records We find there were cast 2926 votes in i043 as against 3152 on Thursday the llt-li election, o difference "ll 226. Herc again. Maple I-lllls. lhc additional pOll, contributed 170 votes, reducing the actual increase of the 1947 vote over the 1943 vole to 56.

T am. Sir_ etc. CHARLOTTWITOIVN ELDCTOR

TO END ECONOMIC INSECURITY

sin-This ls a promising pros pact: Reduced taxes. a balanced budget and increase in business in- vestments, expansion of our pub- llc facilities, federal, provincial and municipal. That. means bet- ter roads, more and better schools, hospitals and. above all, good jobs for all workers; good incomes f0. our farmers and fair profits for our business men. A national in- come of that. sort, sustained year after year would soon make POV- erty and gnawing fear that stems from economic Insecurity obsolete throughout. Canada.

Work on "pastponublc project» by federal. provincial and mum-- clpul governments should be dc- laycd as far as possible, until the time ‘when an inc-rouse ln EOYPTII" menl. investment spending is ncccl- ed to balance out a drop l" bllsl‘ ncss investment spending. The Russians may yet show us that. their kind of system can have the some drive and vigour mid pro- ductivencss as the frec entcrlifl-ii’ system has shown. Bill even if they match our economic achieve- ments I set much store by ff“!- dom of enterprise. I set grout SLO"! by opportunities for the develoD- ment of the individual and the. challenge to the individual ‘.0 make the most. of his own calm- clttes, which can be irnswwod. only, under free enterprise.

It. ls sometimes said that a re- distribution of our national in- come cannot help anybody be- cause there ls not. enough money tn the hands of the upper income groups to raise income very lhllCll at the lower levels—even though everyone had an equal share. Till.) argument. misses the point .11 together. W0! course it ls not a question of l/alclng money from the few to give to the many. It is simply a question of producing more so that we can all have more.

All nations must recognize that this is one world and that. its rulc must. be to llve and help to live In such a world the teuslons, con- fllats and fears; the man's inhu- manity to man, which has polsin- ed our lives in the past must. dis- appear. President Roosevelt, when he spoke for the crlsls tii Wl\lf‘ll he took office tn 1930 spoke Lruly when lie said: "The only tliliig we have to fear is fear itself." Brit. the truth hi! spoke is not. limited to that. painful period in the U. S. A.; it. is universal.

In closing I will quote what. trio Rev. John Macoy. Utt..D.. D.D., LL.D.. states in lllS book "The Rain of the Church as n World Force"; "As the critic of all things human the church must. proclaim to the world todav and to the demo- cratic world ln particular that the frillui-e pf nations and the power- ful groups within nations to regu- late unreglmented economic for- ces has been responsible tn great part. for the present debacle of civilization."

l I am. 3h“. etc. ANONYMOUI.

THE RTISTICO BIBEAKWATIR.

5lr,—-Would you allow mc space tn your much-quoted newspaper to advance a few comments on a matter which ls causing concern to the’ residents of North Rustlco Beach, and which should be of interest to all the people of this community, particularly our fish- ermen. ! reter‘t.o the absorption of funds on the construction of frail sea fences and marine cribs. Webster's pocket dictionary defines a "crlb" as a baby cradle or carriage. Well. some of these sand fences, as they are cslledUwhlch have been erected and are helng con- structed at "the present time down hcrc_ would have lust about. as much resistance against a heavy sea as a baby carriage.