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PAGE roux THE GUARDIAN

Authorised as loooud Class Mall Post Office Dopssunsatu Ottawa. The Island Guudiul Publishing Co.

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Total City

Total Net Paid ............ Editor and Managing Director. J. I. Burnett Associate Editor, Frank Walker

f'The Strongest Memory is Weaker Than the Weakest Ink".

CHAELOTTETOWN, THURSDAY, JULY 12. 1951

Military Travel costs

some interesting statistics on the cost of feeding, paying and moving modern

armed forces have been given to the Sen- I

ate finance committee by Mr. R. B. Bryce, secretary of the Government Treasury Board. In 1938-39 the estimates provided 511.3 millions for pay and allowances of the defence forces. By 1950-1951 the estimates had risen to 6138.3 millions and this fiscal year 1951-1952 to 5209.1 mil- ions.

Of the latter amount 520.6 millions was for travel and transportation of 159,228 persons including active force 77,211; re- serves 67,800; and defence civil servants 14,- 217. The great bulk of the cost, however, was for travel and transport of the active force totalling 517.6 millions. That was a per capita cost for the active force of 3229 for travel and transportation. The reserve cost was 52.4 millions or a per caplta cost of 836. I

Compare that with similar figures for the fiscal year 1938-1939; at that time the total travel and transportation cost was 31 million to transport 64,236 persons. Of this number 7,945 were active forces cost- ing S602,925 or an average per capita of S76, while travel and transport of 54,055 reserves cost S483,321 or 99 per capita.

The comment of the Treasury Depart- nent on this follows: "The difference in me pre-and-post-war per capita costs is ac- counted for by the change in the nature of the armed services; in 1938-1939 the forces were composed of numerically small static groups functioning at relatively few locations, whereas in post-war years the strength of the forces has been maintained at a much higher level, and in order to meet current requirements the forces have had to become a much more mobile force. The opening up of new training centres and military development of the northern areas resulted in the greater movement of personnel and dependents which is reflected in the travel costs of each of the three services."

The treasury also points out that there has been an increase in Canadian mileage rates for transport of military personnel. In 1939 the rates were 2.5 cents per mile for the first class and 1.66 cents for coach class: the present rates are 3.25 cents per mile for first class and 2.33 cents per mile for coach. But perhaps the most interest- ing figures of all are in a brief treasury tabulation showing the narrowing between allowances for costs of meals and accom- modation between rankers and colonels.

cultural lsolatlonlsm

It seems to be common ground for-"those who would like to see a distinctive Cana- iian culture flourish, that a great obstacle is the way in which we are constantly ex- posed to outside influences. The ones most frequently objected to are, of course. Am- erican films. radio, books, newspapers, ma- chines and methods. Also included, how- ever. are British and French influences which are generally accused of stunting the growth of a purely Canadian culture.

Even a glance at history. on the other hand. indicates that such a viewpoint is untenable. Every civilization that has arisen, made its advance on stimulation by contact with outside cultural influences. Left to themselves, in their restricted home- land, the Greeks would never have made much of a contribution to civilization. Only by contact with the languages, science. :ommerce. art and speculation of more ad- vanced neighbours were they stimulated to make further advances of their own.

If Canada listened to those who would an outside influences her culture would be barren indeed.

Social creditors

The small but militant group of Social Credit M.P.'s (says The Gazette) is burn- ing up over a real or fancied slight. They're annoyed because Finance Minister Abbott has politely declined several challenges to 1 debate on the tenets of their fiscal faith. Towards the end of the session, they were annoyed enough to delay passage of Ab- bott's estimates. And on the last day. Social Crdlt Leader Low threw down a fresh gauntlet. He asked for assurance that in the rail nutonrwhcn we launch s debate on the fundamental financial policy of this country they (the Govern-

tt), will dgsgs in that debate and not

let it be a Dutch battle. .' . Since 1945, we have never been able to get a debate where mind meets mind and where we engage in a. real honest-to-goodness debate. . . That's the trouble. A person cannot debate by himself any more than one bird can flock by himself." He intimated that if such an assurance were forthcoming, the estimates would go through without further talk. But across the floor, Finance Minister Abbott's seat was empty. And his parliamentary aide, James Sinclair (L-Coast-Capilano), maintained a stubborn and discrete silence. The Social Creditors grumbled for a while longer. But the estimates passed with the challenge unaccepted.

EDITORIAL NOTES

The Travel Bureau is one of the busiest places in the City these days, which is as it should be.

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Big shopping was done by the ladies of the Institutes while in for the annual con- ference. v

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With a majority of only four, Britain's Labour-M. P.'s are probably the most sweated class of organized labour in the world today.

0 O I "The Ladies with the Lamps” of Pro- vincial progress and betterment have had a wonderful convention, and take back with them new oil of inspiration for their community endeavours. O O O

The Crimea was evacuated by Allied forces this date 1856. A few months earlier Russia, by the Treaty of Paris, had abandoned all her claims upon Constantin- ople and over the Sultanls Christian sub- jects in Europe. 0 O I Hot weather here is probably too spas- medic to induce men to adopt such clothing as shirt and shorts for business wear. By the time the average office worker decides that something's got to give, the weather has changed and he must go through the whole process again. 0 O I ' It seems that in future our Ottawa par- liamentarians will be heard even if the sound system must pick up their whispers. It is to be hoped that the system will prove flexible enough to serve those who ask questions as well as the member engaged in making a speech. 0 O I O

In looking for suitable monuments to the early settlers, which would provide some variation on the cairns generally used, old grist mills provide a ready ans- wer. The Island has numbers of these great stones, with their associations with other days. and what better monuments would we wish for pioneer effort?

One faintly ridiculous aspect of the cent Massey Commission (says The Print

ed Word) is that the Commissioners should have felt it necessary to exhort the CBC to spend more time and money tooting its own horn. Few Canadians will have form- ed the impression that the CBC has been a shrinking violet. loath to seek public at- tention. Fewer still will welcome the sug- gestion that the CBC should spend more public money telling the public how good it is.

O O O The 1950-51 annual report of the Cana- dian Broadcasting Corporation hasnt been made public yet. It is awaiting the sig- nature of Auditor General Watson Sellar before being printed. But preliminary fig- ures (says The Gazette) now in the gov- ernmentls hands indicate that the CBC registered an over-all deficit of about S1,- 272,000 in the period the report covers. Parliament has voted the corporation an interim grant of 61,500,000 to help bail itself out. Soon, however, the government will inaugurate a permanent 'system of annual grants. The CBC will likely draw something like 55,700,000 a year. This grant will be used to pay operating deficits and to finance capital expansion commit- ments. I O 0

Continued inflationary influences in the Canadian economy are apparent, says the current issue of The Canadian Bank of Commercd monthly Commercial Letter. Rising incomes, growing defence demands. and a high level of capital formation are, on balance, contributing factors. In Jan- uary, investment intentions totalled 54.- 200 million. At mid-year additional cap- ital commitments in the private sector- malnly for machinery-increased invest- ment intentions by s233 million to about 34,560 million. Canada is currently im- porting more on merchandise account than she is exporting. Almost all categories of imports show increases. But among ex- ports only wood products and paper and non-ferrous metals have gone higher. This affects our exchange reserves adversely. No alarm need be felt, however, as expect- ed United States defence contracts could

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Rival Allied Rifles l (Montreal Gazette)

It is no secret that the original North Atlantic efforts to agree on a standard rifle and other small arms broke down in complete fail- ure. The British and the Ameri- cans insisted that their respect- ive small arms were the best av- ailable. Neither would give ground. so the negotiations ended. with Canada caught in the middle. Although the two major part- ners of the North Atlantic Alliance had abandoned the project and had agreed that each should go his own way carrying his own pet. rifle, the Canadian authorities couldn't and didn't. Defence Min- ister Claxton, usually something of a silent partner. warned both Britain and the US. that failure to agree upon standard small arms was a mistake which could have tragic consequences. He continued in private. to pester U. S. Defence Secretary Marshall and Defence Minister Emanuel Shlnwell to try to get. together.

when Opposition Leader Drew appealed to him in Parliament to do what he could to clear up the mess, he was unaware of the steps Claxton had already taken. The latter. perhaps glad of the moral support, agreed with enthusiasm to do what. he could: It. mark- cd one of the few occasion on which the pair had seen eye to eye on any subject since they entered public life.

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Hard on the heels of this devel- opment. Shinwcll was naked in the British House of Commons if it. might.n'i. be unwise for Britain to go ahead alone on its .280 auto- matic rifle. while the U. B. was clinging stubbornly to .300 calibre small arms. Bhlnwell's reply prom- ised a cool reception to my new Canadian bid. The new .280 rifle was, he said. the world's best. If a standard rifle was desirable. the standard should be the best sv- ailable rifle. In other words, Brit.- ain's own.

Claxton went. ahead with his new appeal regardless. Defence Secretary Marshall and Defence Minister Shinwell were contacted and asked (1) if I new small arms standardization conference would. in their opinion. be a wise move. and (2) if they would be prepared to attend if one.were held. Their replies, it. is understood, were in s lukewarm affirmative.

And that's the reason for the curious announcement from Glax- t.on's office this week - an an- nouncement that "there a good possibility of a conference '. that it would "probably" be held in lWssh- lngton, and. very likely. 'W1lh-in the next few weeks. As far Is At- rangements for the Wsshingibfl conference were concerned. Gil!- ton was pretty well on his own. It will be a major triumph for him if it works.

(The spectator. London) Controversy continues to rumble. if not to rage. round the War Of- flcs decision to re-equiv the lim- ish army with the .200 rifle inplsce of the .300. The United States army has. and IPPIYGYMY lmwi” to stick to I .300 rifle - the Our- snd - and it appears tint the Canadian army (at present us- ing, like us. the one) ll 30ml W switch to the around, too. ,

The failure to achieve standard- isation is unfortunate but there is some reason to believe that the British (who must. in any one discard their bolt-action rifle in favor of s semi-automatic carbine) are going to finish up with. the best rifle. and that this is realised by experts in America.

Tosu carried out over there do- monstrsted the superiority of the men over the 300. and the ultimate rejection of the former by the Ani- ericans appears to have been due to ill-informed objections in poll- tical circles, where the realisation that the O. I. would in firing I smaller bullet than the Chinese and North Koreans were firing at him couud grave. though mis- plscod, concern.

Actually the .200 is superior to the .300 both in lttlng power and though there is y a nail dif- ference in weight and bulk between one .30 bullet and one son bullet,

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MISDIRECTED INDUSTRY

"William Ballard. shoemaker, of Charlottetown. was committed to Jail on Saturday lost, by William Cundal. Esq. J.P.. on suspicion of being concerned in counterfeiting British silver and 35. Bank To- kens-the latter coin has been for many years current here at 3s. 4d. each. On a search being made on the premises of the pris- oner. a mould for making tokens. 13 pieces of the coin unfinished. a ladel and some metal, apparently pewter. were found. It will be well for the public to be on the lookout for this spurious" trash."

--Colonial I-lerald. July 18, 1840

Sauce For The Goose

(The Printed Word)

Management and organized la-' bor alike have come in for a fair amount'of criticism by official Ottawa for failing to "co-operate" in curbing inflation. Management is castigated for upping prices and for "speculative proflteering". Labor is rapped over the knuckles for demanding wage increases.

The truth of the matter is that management and organized labor alike are both vitally interested in curbing inflation and trying to hold the line on prices. Both find it disheartening that whatever efforts they are disposed to make are quickly .offset by official Ottawa's utter disregard for the inflationary effect of public spend- ing.

FERDINAND

Over the half-door of the shed He tries to thrust his massive

head,

But they have nailed s bsr of wood

Across to thwart him, lest he should

Batter it down or jump right over Seeking a wife, fresh grass. young clover. , A spacious meadow where to lie. So all I see is a rolling eye. A 11058 be-rlnsed; I hear a. bellow: Here's a nice way to treat a fel- low! The cows' go by to be milked. all nme But never a one can I call mine. out in the field theyre carrying llB.i'Z smell is sweet. I'm here all day. 1':-m dog barks and snaps at 6: He'd never dare if I were free. '1 can't. get at. him. but if 3 - could . . . He bangs his forehead against the wood. Iii: cup of hnisery is full- Im Vel'.V glad I'm not a bull.

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To blame organized labor for try- ing to stave off the pinch of in- flation by seeking-increased wages. while Ottawa in the same breath demands increased taxes. is like the pot calling the kettle black. To rap manufacturers over the knuckles because both taxes and wage increases cause prices to rise just. doesn't make sense.

What's sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander. As long as the official goose iattens on taxes and public spendings. so long will wages and prices keep on rising.

Some&Bilingual Names

(Montreal Gazette)

One of the intriguing things about our bilingual inheritance is how it has caused names to lose their accustomed signifi- cance.

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Ro that is our God is the God of salvation; and unto God up,

.'.-:The Age-old Story;

- world I. further instalment. but by

wont to Argentina to study atom- is: energy developments there went home so quickly that he could hardly have had time to unpack his bag. He returned without com- ment. Atomic energy development is in s delicate state in -Argentina at the moment. He wouldn't cam. mont, but we might. The length of his stay, of his comment and of Arc accomplishments in the atomic energy field are in close proportion. A short. horse is soon curried. - luontreal star.

NOTES BY THE WAY . ..

The Alice-in-Wondorlsn char- acter of the English language is well known to all who have my knowledge of the tongue. Take. for inatance. "boush" and "bow", and than look 'at "dough" and "bow". 'Bow" has two meanings, two pro- nunciations and one spelling. Then nsnin. why should a word pronounced coff be spelt as ”00U8h"? Or why should thru be "throush" and mother "threw? As the Queen of Hearts herself might have said (had the ex- pression been colned in Lewis Car- roll's time). "Search mol"-Brsnt- ford Expositor.

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Man of eighty - I speak with loss certainty of women - are, of course. about in the prime of life nowadays. Here is Lord Samuel, born in law. being given A dinner this week in belated honor of his: eighticth birthday. Here is Mr. Seebohm Rowntree, born in 1871, given a lunch last week to celeb- rate the impending publication not of one but of two new books from his pen, the first I scientific en- qulry into the use of leisure. the second I. new version of his classic. "Poverty, a. study of Town Life." an examination of conditions in his native town of York. And here is Mr. J. W. Robertson Scott. the late editor of The countryman, born in l866, just launching on the

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persons like in i display the some durability ityrull cost the state a lot of money to WPP0" "5 before we finish. - Hamilton spectator.

he was fifty. If

On the some do last

two definite annty)unccn;:l.tl: industries will establish themselves in this area. Prescott is to luv. A large Electronics plant built for RCA-Victor, and the axes east of Maitland is to have I. multl-mil. lion dollar commercial chemical; plant, built for Canadian Industrial Limited. All of us must now 353, our thinking and our actions to me speed with which events are mov- inc. Let. us recognize that it is . definite fact.thst this section 91 the province has finally caugm the eye of industry. Industriallsts us not waiting for the seaway to 5; through before they come hers be. C3050 they are sure that in the end the seaway must. come. And it will come. - Brookville necm-4.3,. and Times.

Edmontonisns are go to .

to my the piper as s. i-airlift. of rash overexpendnures on civic 1.... provements. And as is usual in such

cases it. is going to be those who can least afford to pay who Wm Suffer. The Edmonton officials have announced that in future cit. izens would be asked to pay cash

for local improvements. A gin. commissioner said the action was

necessary because the city had

reached the limit. of its b01TOWlng

capacity and must. cut oft cx-um

where possible. A short while ago

we pointed out in these columns

the difficulties encountered by Ed.

monton officials in selling s 314.

ooo.ooo debenture; how the 1..-...'.

was turned down not on the cm.

adian market; how only 310,500.00:

was eventually raised at a high

rate of interest; how the lots

debt. of that city now amount. .5

more than one third of the assess.

ment. This latest move is the in.

evltable corollary, It mean, um

no means the last of his journalis- tic reminiscences. under the title, "Time Day Before Yesterday." Fin- ally. the miraculous Mr. Theodore Taylor. of Bailey, born in 1850, is still, I have every reason to be- lieve, producing admirable woollen goods and preaching co-partner-' ship with the some vigor as whenl

from now on the residents of Ed. monton who want new curb and gutter. new sidewalks, new oiling gravelilng or paving, must first put up the cash. The city can, in other words. get no credit from the or. dlnary sources. and must put up cash for work or shut up. - Cal. gary Herald.

PROFESSIONAL CARDS

Guudet 8: Hoszord GILBERT A. GAUDET. B. A., LL I Barristers and solicitors Money on Loan Canadian Bank of Commerce Bldg

MCCPIIOC & Trainer

at. Murals. iI.s., no, a SOMERLED TRAINOR. 3, A

Barrister. Solicitor. Notary Royal Bank of Canada Building Charlottetown. P E. I. LOANS ON CITY AND FARM PROPERTIES

Boll. Mothioson 8: Foster

Barristers. Solicitors. etc. R. R. BELL, K.C. D. L MATHIESON. LL.B.. K.C.

G. R. FOSTER. LL.B.

Loans on City and Farm

Properties.

150 Richmond Street

known. henceforth. as Sacre- Coeur de Jesus de Crnbtree. However. we needn't get cocky about being possessors of tho "1053 dkllshtful bilingualism in the world. Anyone who follow. world chess tournaments knows that Europe sports some fine melillllel. too. One of Europe's top chessmen is named Aiberlc OKelly do Galwsy. Ha plgyg (gr Eeglglum. Try to trace that one a . J:

As successive groups of im-. migrants have been absorbed in French Canada we have become accustomed to finding Mscdon- slds and Reillys and Smiths who don't speak English. In Ontario and further West. the is reversed. There we find Cor- tiers and Langlois and Desmarsls calling themselvc. Car-leer and Lang-law and Dem-nrray and speaking no French. In each case the individual can make his peace with local pronunciation and eventually become accepted as a native. 1

Place names are not so easily compromised. But Quebec and

New Brunswick, reared in billn-'

guslism. that it can be done. In most cases. it Is an area originally given an English name whose population has grad- uslly become largely or entirely French-speaking. Some of the re- sults: St. Adolphe dg Dudswell: Ste. Angels de Kent: Ste. Anne do Stuiteiey: Ste. Appolins do Patton; St. Cnllxte do Kiikenny; St. Charles do Caplsn; St. Cyril!-3 do Wendover: St. Emile dc Suf- folk: St. Isidore de Prescott: St. Paul d'Abbotsford: St. Simon do 1:. mrnond. and many. many more.

The procedure could have been noted in a bill that was recently presented in Commons to make

of the latter, a circumstance ms- tcriolly affecting the problems of supplying ammunition to the forward troops. '

The British army has got to get itself I new rifle, and the problem which our authorities has to decide wu: Did the advantages of stan- dsrdiution outweigh the disad- vantages of socopltaing the second- bost. and not i best. weapon available? It is difficult to say that

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A Singing Star

(C. l3.C. Times)

one of the outstanding singers of the Msritimes. soprano Audrey Famell is featured in the progrnfn from the CBC I-fslifsx studies which is heard each Saturday at 7.00 p. m. on Trans-Canada. She was the first Msritlmer to win an sword in the singing stars of 1-0. mon-ow contest -program (in the 1846-46 series).

Born in Amherst.:Novs scotis, and now s music teacher in Hall- fax. she began her study of voice

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Chas. R. Mcqluoid

ILA. BARIIISTER. BOLICITOI. NOTARY. Bio. lutcrn Trust ,, CIIARLOTTETOWN Phone 1111

.B..:..m:..B.gg,.,:, Palmer & Huslom A. J. EABLAM. B.A.. halt Barrister, Etc. Bank of Nova Scotia (lumber! Charlottetown. P.E. I. MONEY TO LOAN

Allison M. Glills, LLB.

IAIIISTIIB. IOLICITOB, Ito.

and Ilohsnond It. . Ch'town.

with Ethel Peaks 0! the T

lllson Conservatory of Music at

Sackvllle. New Brunswick. Later she went to Toronto to continue her studies with George Lambert. in that period concert appearances her Singing stars victory.

For the next two studied in New York with Madame Lotto Leonard. A celebrated lledsr and orstorio singer. since return- ing to Canada she has made three recital tours of the Moritimu. For five seasons she was a soloist in Messiah with the Toronto Men- delssohn Choir. she has also sung with the Ottawa Choral Uniontbo Bach Choir of Hamilton, the com- munity Choir of London and the mixer Choir of Montreal. She has given many CBC recitals and re.- coniiy has taken leading roles in productions of the Nova Opera Association.

BODIES IICOVIIID

nxoarnnoro. N.B.. July 10 - (CP) -- The bodies of Raymond Msssrolis. J6. and Mellon Maser-. oilo. 14. cousins. both of Riohibuoo to. were found this afternoon in the Richibuotn River off Ifundlo's Ioint. They have been missing

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Phono no t Al- Jossph R. Mocllllian. she made many 35335733. 5.0!-.Wl'l'0R. Ito. and scored '15 Queen street 1 room 110 years she mat: to man causation. IYIIOI J. IIIAIT 0. B. onousruisr ism. that stem I-nous I'll

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BARRISTER. soucrron, cu Phllllvl Building 11! Grafton Street Money to son. Collection

J. A. Metiuigun BAlI.IllS'I'lB. IOIJOITOI. EM. NOTAIIY, ITO. BARR-ISTISR. soucrroa CURIIII BUILDING

or. John E. stem VETERINARY SURGEON

Phone 120 28! Pownsl 89.

Office Hours By Appointment h

Muilteson. Peaks & Nicholson

A. W. MATKESON. l.O. A. ll. PEARL. B.A.. LLB. JOIIN P. NICHOLSON. LLIL Barristers. etc

Collections - Money To Loan I0 Great George street Charlottetown

J. S. Iilflliii Ouonomn lint examined, ginsss fitted

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