' Ilimisands of other materials.

T H E G U A R D I A Electric light and power now are taken for granted, and it is hard to realize that

jthis revolutionary improvement came about

lwithin the memory of our older citizens.

China's Road To Socialism

By Carrion Charlottetown. summenide 315.00 per annum Else ' The Fessatlon of hosuhnes I." I(orea and when in e . I mm. other Province: and u 5. A. u2.oa Indo-China appear to have decided the Red

POI Il'llIllITl. "The strongest memory is weaker than the weaken ink."

IVEDNESDAY. OCT. 20. 1954

Published every Illk-dl) marnin; at I36 Prince Street. Chas

town. P E. I.. by The Thomson Company Limited. icoven Prince Edward Inland uh the Dew" Editor and Manage . Ian A Burnett. Associate Editor. Frank Walker

Branch office: It Summi-rude. Monluue and Alberton Autho-

lud ua Second Clau Mail by the Post Office Department.

Chinese Government at Peking that the time is now ripe to move towards further socialization of the national economy. The ”New Look” in China's domestic affairs was

iunveiled recently when the communist re-

unity In Diversity gime celebrated the fifth anniversary of its

A ill'0inin0ni Canadian P0iiiiCian in accession to power. It is significant that

Quoted 35 Saying that the only hope loriamong the. dignitaries participating in the l

Canada's development as a great nation lies festivities and deliberations were the secre- lu mutual co-operation between the two tary of the Russian communist party, Mr, grml cultures which make up our national,iihruschev, the Soviet Defence Ministei, life, or words to that effect. He was n--jMai-snal Bulganin, and the Russian Ti-ado ferring, of course, to the English aiid,Minister, Mr. Mikoyan. French traditions, which unfortunately have Advice of the Russians, it seems, is 'lni hiWil.l'S been 0n H10 h0Si Of terms. it based on Lenin's dictum that there can be sltuzition which has been aggravated not a "no short cut, i'ifIe in hand, to a socialist little by over-ambitious politicians in both society," Red China's economic tlixlow camps who have put their personal politi- Look", therefore, is to move slowly, but cal hopes before the national interest. nevertheless sin-elv, towards the oolleotiv. Th??? in hli0ih0li i1'a(iiii0ilw Oil Father 3 ization of the peasants. In the cities, the collection of assorted ones, which, while it ”national bourgeoisie", rather than being is not as influential as either of the other confronted with outi-igni liquidation, is to two, is nevertheless important in the ovel'- be asked politelv but firmly to prepare its Jlll (Villlkldiflfl DICIUIIEI this IS the IIIBCIIIIOII i ovvn toinbstone and, vvvhije doing 50, to con. which thousands of immigrantsn-who a'.C,tinue to perform its industrial function, ncitlicr English nor French-have brought ' whatever plans may be afoot in Peking Wiih Thom i0 their new h0i'n6- lfor the socialization of Red China, it Th? iia.V is SW19. if indeed it ever eXiSi- would be foolhardy indeed to underestimate

95- Whnn '(iil.V 0'19 59SZm9ni Of the D0PU'-it-ithe consequences of those plans for the. Russia, in the years following the" ,Bolshevik revolution, was impoverished, in-i l'"1'-iii). and n01 C0nf01'ntii.V in 3” ihingS. isidustriallv under-developed and militarilyi

l

lion could hope to impose its will or way West. of life on the whole nation. Unity in di-i

all we have any right to expect as Canada ,i impotent, Today, after thirty years of so,-

rzocs forward in strength and USefUln9SS.,lcialist totalitarianism, she stands as the For that matter, it is the only thing that, lfould be good for us. There is no ques-,woi-ld. If ten, twenty, or even thirty years tion of one cultural tradition being in the: hence, Rod China is able to make simiiar lnajnrlty and all others in the minority: strides, the menace to civilization of the that I'ein'0svnts a juvenile concept of na- communist bloc of nations will be not thrice fionhood entirely unworthy of intelligent i but tenfold as great as it is today, l citizens. There is no reason why racial and cultural assets should be impounded within A mfflcult subject

Sir Winston Churchill having hisl

gcocrapliical stockades. Neither section of portrait painted by a prominent English,

the F”lIllil')' nor any regional tradition can afford to say to another: "I have no need, . , of you." Canada will go forward to gi'eai-iirngz M,11:.' Grahggn Slsitlggrlinda gczordlzgi rless or lapse into stagnation as each sec-I 0. e .u.nes' r'. .u er 3”, m,S t 5 lion and each contributing tradition see thenpnme. Mmlster a difficult sliblect His .acL- national welfare as an integrated whole ori We ml.nd keeps ,Chummg during the Sittings as ,:,,n,,,,hing which changes its complexion and his. expvessive face changes completely at Pam p,,0,,in(,,ai bo,,de,,.. with his thoughts. Besides this, Sir Win- ston, being a rather well-known painter himself and inclined to give eo le his E on' . . . P P r M3 S ught llcadcrship at all times, is very generous This week (October 21) is being ob.iwith advice. Sutherland, in fact, says that served as the seventy-fifth anniversary ollhis 5uhll3Ci is Cfinhianiiy Offering 8dViCe-ni Thomzis.A. Edison's first successful electric. Wiih0i-it being 3Sk9d- light. This invention, which has revolution-i The most heinous change made by Art- ized our civilization. came to birth quietly, isi Suihaiandv h0W9VeI'. is "that Churchill before a small ;:athering of somewhat scep-l i5 n0i Conient With 3dViC9- Sutherland be- tical observers. The glass bulb before themi ii9V95 ihai at nighisw after he has left was unrloubtedly emitting a I'.'.'l'aIIf,VIIlgithe Prime MiniSi91"5 D0Wning Sii'00i 1'05- glow; but how long wouin it iasijr Edisomlidence. Churchill does a little work on the? then only 32, said that "if it can burn -l0iP0i't1i3ii himself!

hours. I can make it last a hundred.” It did, and he did. A year later 35,000 lamps EDITORIAL NOTES World food production since the war has

were sold in the United States, at 31.25 per, :ItlaC:xi':Qt nIfllltllI11;.”'I(:(:)(:t5ti-.V'IwEI1'IItl)I;ll:'ilbl ::lees,0uattn:, increased slightly, more than world popula I in the luindreds oti millions. And this 0:?-Eblfdiiig Odliild i"lT';(E:iri(:i95fill:i,i1 iiiigilhqgglib IV-"IS; about 7 per cent since the end of the war

times ' it -

hrigiimi ma” Edison.-5 "mi iamn Ai ihei Clarence Decatur Howe Canada's Min-ii other extreme in size, bulbs for illuminat-,i isioi- of Trade and Commeice became the in: instri cnt. ' I d , -, . ,. . .i . , ....-...7....''.".'.... 3.12250? 7? .?.?ll..?amZ..'l.i fist Sf”ad””..” CW" As prolific as was Edison in contrivinni Slggziin edjcliiniiiiiei-:1n9datL ;m:ardec.l R-Jr oubi new dm'im:' h" hum 0” the achievenienisi ation. Eras presedtbd sto (liiiliiloaftrkzisniiiioiiiiili pf other men. This was particularly so in meeting of the society of Automotive En.l the case of his light. The direct evolutioni g,,,ee,.s of the incandescent lamp goes back to 1820.: o n a perhaps farther. That year the French ' . , s(,,,,n,m DO La Rue put together a lamu, u.iJi(iii'iies Anthony Pioudc. historian, died; Fnclnspd in a glass tube. with a C0” Of, us ate 189-ii. I-Iis first work was also his, .grcatcst, the History of England from the;

Platinum wire as a burner. In 1840 Sir Wil-l . , i i , ' , , fall of Wolsey to the Defcat. of the Spanish mm Rom” Gum domoniuated an Inca” Although admirably writtcn,i

I Armada" dcsccnt lamp before the Royal Society The,- - ' , , , ' ” t is not to be relied upon as he wis- twxt Arm: 1 t. - .- o d - ; i . , I a pa on M” gmme m Gimijiiiclined to support his own theories

l .

Britain. In 183.0 Moses Gcrrish F '

Started studying lighting posslliilitlgmicdiigthfir man fouqw the. facts revealed in NM, England and Succeeded in illuminating, Je ocumenis with which. he vvoi.l(ed..His his parlor with a series of lamps suppliedifliefld Carlyle appointed him his sole lites, by current from a wet cell battery. In my -executor a-nd m that Czylpacny Fmude 1860 Sir Joseph Wilson Swan lntroducedipilbhshed a senes of Carlyle 5 Works and 8 the Carbon filament ' biography. The latter was vigorously at-

In 1878 a group of financiers affiliated tacked and gave -rise to a controversy

with J. Plerpont Morgan organized the Edi- which was revWe(1m.lat,eI' years

son Electric Light Company to finance Edi- son's experiments. They soon found they had not backed the wrong man. In 1879 when an electric current shot through Edi- son's "red hairpin"-a carbonized cotton filament-in his first practical lamp. it also sent. a spark of life into the 3,000, one hun- dred dollars par value shares of the com- pany's stock. In 1880 they zoomed to 5500 each and were even to reach such dizzy heights as b5,000.

On the last day of 1879 a public demon- stration nf Edison's light was held at Menlo Park, N.J.. his famed laboratory. Railroads ran special trains for the event. Soon Edi- son's name added a new luster as his lamps shone brighter and brighter, partly as a re- sult of'a search for better light-producing filaments made of paper, bambo, silk, and

There are, notes the annual report of the Canadian Bank of Commerce, many factors of strength underlying our economy. Disposable incomes and savings are being wcll-maintained. While there ha been some slackening in consumer spending this ap- pears to reflect greater cautiousness on the part of the consumer rather than his with- drawal from the market due to inability to buy. Canada still offers dynamic growth possibilities - posslbilltirs which continue to attract major capital development ex- penditures. Capltal outlays this year will likely exceed those of 1953 and this is the most important and constructive influence in the economy. Canada's population also shows Impressive yearly gains, and is now well ovq the 15 million mark. Techno- logical developments will continue to luive

greatest menace to the security of the free”

.1 a stimulating effect, .-

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The Public Forum

CORRESPONDENCE RE POTATO IIIARKETING BOARD

FINANCIAL

Sir,-In my letter in the press of tsieptember 29, 1954. I made a (IF',IlnlIe accusation fully realizing the gravity of it. I said, "1 ac- -cuse the P. E. I. Potato Market- uig Board with issuing annual statements incomplete, obscure and at variance with statements made on the floor of the House,"

In his letter in the press of October 16. I954, writing on be- half of the Potato Marketing Board. Mr. Donald A. MacDonald sags that he believes the, Board's financial statements and the at- tached auditors' reports are fully Correct.

I have made a definite state,-

ment: t h e Potato Marketing Board has made a statement, though not as definite as mine, 5iF0ii8i)i imlllying that I am wrongnhencc. I must prove, my Charge. It is a case. in other

words, of "put up or shut up!

have decided to "put up" with the hopeithat in the, eyes of the great ma.lorit,v of your readers I will "sixty up.” In doing so it is "01 With any animosity against any of the Board members, but In an honest endeavour to make your readers acquainted with the existing facts. The Board nienibers and I. differing In opin- ion. cannot both be right.

Wanting to know the state of the finances of the P. E. I. Po. tato Marketing Board. believing I was entitled to the, Information. I, under date of August 19, 1953. wrote as follows:

"Mr. Donald MacDonald. Manager.

P. E. I. Potato Marketing Board. Charlottetown. P. E, 1,

"Dear Mr. MacDonald: . "i shall appreciate your send. HUI mc copies of the, rinnnt-Lit

statement of the Board covering

its Inst two years. ”I'h:inks. "Yours YFl')' It-uli, "Austin A. Scnlns,'

llnrlrr date of August. 24, 135,: A reply was made reading: '

"Mr. Austin A. Scales, Freetown,

"Dear Sir;

H . .

in Will) to your letter of Auzu” 39 "Smirliitg past finan- cial statements of this Board, we

Iwisli to ndvise you that we IIFOUSIII. this request to the, alien. lion of our Board Members Ins: Tilursrlay and they requested me lo advise you that such finnneiwl statements nave been filed with the Provincial Marketing Board as is necessary.

"Yours very truly,

..

P. E. I. Potato liinrkctln;

Board, "Donald A. Mrv-Donald, Chairman."

The legislation under which thr- liiai'kcfing Board operates speci- fically provides to the effect, mot each Board under its control, and of which Is the, Pnlaln Marketing Board, shall file various informs. tlon. Including financial state- ments. with it. The Act, however, does not provide that such state- ments cannot be made available to others either before orfiifteri heinl tabled in our Legislature Mr. MIcDonald's.Ietler. not stat. Int deflnltelv that the Potato Marketing Board would not sup- ply me with the requested state- mcnt.'I, on September 8. 1953, telephoned him when he made it quite. clear in me that: -

til I would not be siipplied throuizh the Potato Marketlnx Board:

(2) Such had been decided at I regularly called meeting of the Board. i

In this respect the Board was "suppressing Information". In the meantime, under bath of August 25. 1953. I had written 10 the Chairman of the Marketing Board as follows:

"Mr. W. R. Shaw, Chairman. Mark-tine Bond.

Charlottetown. P. E. I.

"Dear Sir:

"I shall Ippreclste, your sup- plylnl me with the financial statements of the Potato Mar- keting Board for each of it: last two fiscal years.

"Thanks. "Your: vepv truly. "Austin A Scam." Not- having. received I reply

And. um tux telephone talk with

STATEMENTS.

Mr. MacDonald above referred to, thinking the statements might contain some, information that both the Potato Marketing Board and its parent body did not want made public. I again wrote Mr.

Shaw on September 8. 1953, as follows: "Mr. W. R. Shaw, Chairman,

Marketing Board. Charlottetown, P. E. I. "Dear Sir;

”Undcr 25 I

date of August

wrote you as follows. 'I shall appreciate your sup- plying me with the financial

statements of the Potato Market- ing Board for each of its last two fiscal ,vcars.'

"No reply having been receiv- ed I shall thank you to give, my letter your early attt-ntion.

"Yours very truly, "Austin A. Scales."

Again not having received I: reply I telephoned Mr. Shaw on Sopteniber 16. 1953, and on the same day confirmed our conver- sation in a letter reading as fol- lows:

"Mr. IV. R. Shaw, Marketing Board, . Charlottetown, P. E. I.

"Dear Mr. Shaw;

"In our conversation today when I te,lcpIinncd you about my, having received no replies to mY letters of August 25 and Septem- ber 8, you told me you had been out of the, Province and that since you returned you had re- quested your secretary. Mr. Dewar, to supply me with the In- formation.

”I would ask you to check with Mr. Dewar at an early date, and see whether or not. he is do- in: as you have instructed him.

Chairman.

Thanks. "Yours very truly. "Austin A. Scales." i llnder date of Septemlier 17.

1953. Mr. J. L. Dewar wrote me:

"Mr. Austin A. Scales. Freetown. P. E. I. ”Dear Sir; "I have for reply your letter

dated Sr-,pt.embcr 8 and directed ltn W. H. Shaw as Chairman of the Provincial Marketing Board. In your letter you request con- ies of financial reports covering the operation of the . E. 1. Potato Marketing Board for the past two yeiirs.

"In dealing with this request It must be considered in the light of the function, duties, and re-i sponslbilltics of our Board. This ,Bnnrd may he termed a creature to! the Government which relies upon it for Information relative to the operation of any or all Product Boards, and charges it with the responsibility of seeing that Product Boards operate with- in the confines of their respec- tive schemes and subject to gen-

ernl regulations as not out by order-In-council.

"The Information which you seek is filed as I inatter of

course with our Board, and is available to the Legislature and thus to the public through the, Minister of Agriculture.

"Our Board does not have the facilities, nor the budget, to ac- cept. the responsibility of supply- ing reports to thousands of pro- ducers who might request these under I vnrlety of schemes.

"Our Board does not adopt this attitude with any thought. of coil- cesllnz Information. but as I have cxplalnedidoes so from the stami- point of its physical limitations and within its responsibility to provide, the Legislature with In- formation such as you request.

"Sineorelv yours, r "J. L. Dewar. Secretary.”

It Is quite probable that Mr. Shaw and Mr. Dewar dlscuued the nature of I reply and were In accord. I-Ience, Mr. Dewar": letter reflects that 'tIu Marketing Board conlldeted the, "suppres-

The Age Old Story !

Author panble spake III use them: Tbekhglomofloaveah Iihaaooluv-,whbtaInuaa cuI.IadMliaOuemoIIanIo'f

to

PEACE PROCLAIMED

The helmet. now an hive ior bees becomes,

And hilts of swords may serve for spidersl looms:

Sharp pikes may make

Teeth for a rake; -

of life. shall be degraded to I pruning knife.

The rustic spade which first was made

For honest. agricultuh, snan re- take

Its primitive employment, and for- sake

The i-umpires steep

And trenches deep.

Tame conies in our brazen guns shall breed,

Or gentle doves their young ones there shall feed.

In musket. barrels

Mice shall raise quarrels

For their quarters. The quious drum.

Like lawyers in vacations, shall be dumb.

Now all recruits.

But those of fruits,

Shall be forgot; and th' unarmed

I soldier Shall only boast of what he did whilere, In chlmneys' ends Among his friends.

-Ralph Knevel. (1600-71).

venti-ilo-

sing of Information" the right policy. Being unable to obtain the statements through the chan- nels that I thought would be the proper source of supply, and which should have be-,en supplied me as ordinary routine, I, under date of September 23. 1953, wrote the Hon. C. C. Baker as follows: "lion. C. C. Baker. Minister of Agriculture. Charlottetown. P. E. I. "Dr,ai' Mr. Baker.

"Recently I requested the P. E.

Potato Marketing Board to supply me with its flnanctil statements covering the last two fiscal years. In reply I was refu- rcd to the P. B. I. Marketing Board.

"I then made request to the hitter and the reply gave me, to understand that they would be available through you.

"I trust this is correct and I

shall appreciate your supplying

these statements. Thanks. "Yours very truly. "Austin A. Scales."

Under date of October 1. 1953. Mr. Baker made reply as follows: "Mr. Austin A Scales. Freetown,

P. E. 1. "Dear Mr. Scales:

"I have for acknoivledgnient your letter of September 23 in which you state that you were under the impression that fin- nncial statements of the P. E. 1.

Potato Marketing Board might be available through me.

"I now have I copy of II letter wrlttr-,n you on October 1 by J. L. Dewar, Secretary of the Provincial Marketing Board. and in the third paragraph of his letter he suggests that then. statements are IvIllable to the

Legislature through the Minister of Agriculture. I-I-l II right in that cunclulion. becauu I receive only one official copy. which is available for tabllnx in the House wlien.i-equeated by any member of the Legislature.

"It would be practically impos- sible for this Department to sup- ply Iome Ieven or night thousand producers in the Province with copies of the financial statement of the Potato Marketing Board, and if I precedent was establish- ed by supplying one producer. then you can readily understand that it might become an impos- Ilbllity to Iupply all others who might request the same,

"Yourl very truly. ,"C. C. Baker. Minister.”

The data of October 1 lnithe second paragraph in ,obviouIly a clerical error. I think September 11 w meant. It is noted that in rain: 3 my request the "Hon. 'Mlni:ter in in accord with both the Marketing Board and the Potato Marketing Board in "cup- pmning Information". He fen-Id glint being Iubjected to Iupplyiu Ieveral thouaIndI of statements

noel. Ill! tho whole was Ieevuol.

h And the keen blade, tht arch enemy

il Notes BY

The man who II critical of some- body also often in I Jealous Indiv- idual. -NiIzIrI Full: Review.

A sudbury oltmmer null: that It used to be necessary to buy ear- phones with I radio, but no one seemed to get. around to the idea of aocompaiiytng each set with a pair of can muffs. neudbui-y Daily Stu.

The Ford alrlke will coat. the dl! of Windsor 34,000,000 I week. I0 It is estimated. And it falls primarily, of course, on the strikers -and the company--spreading from them to It appears common sense that the Minister in Iuch an event could have asked the P. E. 1. Marketing Board, I Government appointed body, to see that the statements were supplied through the press. or otherwise, by the appropriate body.

In an. October issue of the press, when writing about the recent large gathering in the Forum, the Federation of Agri- culture new: column said in part. "When, at any time, action is taken to suppress informatlrh then the foundation and structure of democracy is in peril." And I: said further, "Certain elements had decided that the giving of Information was not to be per- mitted." Hence, if the, foundation and structure of democracy was In peril as I result of the sup- pression of information by the "certain elements" at the, Forum meeting, then, by using the same Federation yardstick, it can be concluded that they were in peril too as I result of the "suppres- sion of Information", as shown

tato Marketing Board, by the Member: of the Marketing Board and by the Minister of Agricul- ture, the Hon. C.- C. Baker. I feel sure that the writer of the Fed- eration of Agriculture news col- umn will agree with me in this respect. In my humble opinion the In- -swers to my above, various letters do not tend to promote the mu- tual confidence so essential in any enterprise. I had hoped that the P. E. I. Potato Marketing Board would ave, before this time published its annual statement: for its three years ended May 31, 1953. Again I say it is not fair to the producers of potatoes in this Pro- vince. whose money the Board has accepted to help it. finance, to withhold them longer. Their release may be a material factor In assisting growers in deciding how to mark their ballot in the forthcoming plebiscite. Mr. Editor. to understand better why I have made my accusations and before I come to the annual statements. I must necessarily preface my story with consider- able dull reading-too much to ask you to print in any one issue. I shall continue my story, like in serial one, In I not too distant Issue should you favor me with space. . I am, Sir. etc...

AUSTIN A. SCALES

Freetown. P. E. I.

NOT A DICTATOESHIP

Sir,-The press report of the recent Council meeting Town of Summerside states that the Council, by resolution and on the recommendation of the Town Recorder.'refused union recogni- tion to its employees of the Elec- tric Llght Department who are members of Local 1432, Interna- tional Brotherhood of Electrical Workers. I The legal phase of the matter. I meter to leave to those who have received training in. and practice that pr tension. But the hy- pothetlca situation w h i c h Mr. Strong suuests to the Town Coun- cll. and his assumption that the I. B. of E. W. wields dlctntnrial power. demand some comment in order to correct these two er- roneous ideas which, apparently, have been formed without any foundation.

I have been I member of the I. B. of E. W. for the past eight years, four of which I held the office of President In our local un- ion and the only manner in which I was dictated to was by the ma- jority vote carried out in the demo- cratlc manner in which we. as Canadians. are accustom ". All matters in our- Brotherhood are decided by the membership and no person or "union headquarters" is given unlimited power. Local union problems are settled in or by the local union concerned. Ad- vice may be sought from our Maritime or Canadian office but it is comparable to the advice which the Town of Summerside requested of the firm of Wallis and Tierney in Halifax re mechanical equipment for water fluoridation. The final say in that matter rests with the Town. By the lame token the final say in local union mal-

above, by the Members of the Po- 1

of the li)

20iVo DISCOUNT

ON TAILORED-TO-MEASURE SUITS (Bolt Ends)

Suits 339.95 and up J. P. MICPHIRSON In SON

.n.ge 4 auto Guardian

THE WAY

every quarter in the community. A strike is I mtsfoi-tuna that can become I catastrophe. in Windsor has good reason to know. --Ottawa Journal.

Then in nothing finer than pm. ting the principle of- self-help to work, whether on the put of in- dividuals or communities. It usual- ly get: results. and, when com. munitiea go in for this sort. of thing it can make I whole nation sit up and take notice.-Nanaimo Free Press.

A professor of Britain's Birming- ham University has stated that work is good for 11 person while test. may harm the blood vessels, kidneys, muscles and appetite. This view has been unpopular ever since Shakespeare's King Lear said; "The foster-nurse of nature is rs. pose." Rest bu. since then. been sought after and lauded. work do. plored and avoided despite the uni. ings of the poet who wrote that: "Too much work itself becomes n. pain." and of the sage who tie. claimed that: "Of all the toes that. man should dread, the first and worst in bed." Late to bed and early to rise seems to be the mod- em motto. -Toronto Telegram.

Old Charlottetown

bumitax.

TEMPEBANCE & REVENUE

From I report submitted to the Lseflslative Assembly, March 26, It

"Your committee to whom win referred the petitions of the office bearers of the Charlottetown Tem- perance Society and the Prince Edward Island Auxiliary Temper- ance Society, with other petitions from the friends of Temperance in the Colony, praying the inter- ference of the Legislature for the suppressionofintemperanco throughout this Island, are fully alive to the many evils ensuing from the prevalence of intempeiv ance in every community where- soever it. may exist; and whila they acknowledge the justness oi the representations of the petition- ers with regard to the pernicious in- fluence of this evil on the general prosperity of the Island and the morals of its Inhabitants. your committee consider that when. un- fortunately in a young Colony, as in this. it has happened that such a large proportion of its revenue has. for so many years. been rais- ed from duties on imported liquors, they cannot safely recommend the adoption of any enactment which would cause a sudden diminution of the revenue of the Colony by a total abolition of the Importation of spirituous liquors. although they entertain the hope that. by I gradual approach to such a desir- aliie measure, the Legislature may, at. no very distant period. sue- cccd in accomplishing It, without any seribus effect on the revenue of the Colony."

ters rests solely with the local un

n. The I.-B. of E. W. prides Itsel: in the fact that it has been able in practically every case. to ne- gotiate a working agreement with employers in all branches of thl electrical industry without having to resort to the strike. Arbitration has been the last resort. Oui strike machinery is rusty from disuse and we are not ashamed tn say so.

The many agreements which have been peacefully negotiated by our local unions from Alaska to Hawaii and from Newfoundland to British Columbia do not make headline news as does a labor dis- pute and I am inclined to accept this as reason for Mr. Stronrl staicments.. His information war received through the wrong med ium., l

Our Brotherhood has contracts through its local unions. with towns smaller than Summerside. with the largest cities on this con- tinent, with Provincial Govern- ments as well as with private corporation. Employees of Buck- inghnmi Palace have their union and are recognized by and bar- gain with the Crown. It seem! absurd -that employees of any oth er public body would be barred bf law from recognition by their gov ernment. .

Summcrslde has the enviabla record of many "fit-sts” in thll Province. Let Summerslde laiil another by being the first lncor porated city or town to give union recognition and to bargain co!- Iectlvely with its employees.

I am. Sir. etc. .1. M. McALDUFF President Charlottetown District Trades and Labor Council.

.R.Brow69”Son

Firs. Auto, Life. Accident. Sickness - And Plato Elm Insurance

At Lolmt lists: Agent at Suminerside. D. 0. Stewart 14-! Richmond .St.

(lbadottotown

It might become an Int, Tility,

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