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THE GUARDIAN

Authorised on Second Clue Mull Post Office Department, Ottawa. The Island uuardlul uublllblng 00.

III! A Burnett. Waller.

President and Associate Editor. Associate Editor. Frank CIRCULATION

"Coven Prince Edward Island like the dew”

T'Tho Strongest Memory is Weaker Than the Weakest Ink". c;unn.L0T'ri-rrowu, WEDNESDAY, Nov. 5, 1952

They Like Ike

It is still possible at the time of writing that Governor Stevenson will overtake General Eisenhowei”s impressive lead in the Presidential race. It seems, however, that Eisenhower is to be the successor to Harry Truman as the administration head of the great republic.

The swing of New York towards Eisen- hower made it virtually certain that the great military leader would become the principal civilian statesman in the world today. He is a leader faced with many dif- ficulties. At home, as Republican Presi- dent, he will be faced with a predominantly Democratic Senate and House of Represen- tatives. What. that will mean depends upon how rapidly and completely Americans can forget that they are politicians and remem- ber that they have a common objective in world affairs.

To the watching nations, somewhat awed by the coiivolutions of the giant making up its collective mind, it was not a matter of dread that either candidate might get in. Eisenhower has made it clear that the bogy of isolatioiiisin is dead. In the world of 1952 it is also inconceivable "that pro- tection could again become American pol- icy. Both parties are solidly behind the principles of the United Nations and such mutual security arrangements as the At- laritic Pact. .

Eisenhower was and is a popular hero. His nomination gave heart to the long un- successful Republican party and it has worked as perhaps it has never worked be- fore to elect a President. In spite of that, however. the telling campaign work of politically experienced Governor Stevenson went far towards overtaking Ikels personal lead. If the nominations had come earlier in the long campaign it is quite possible that Stevenson would have been the next President.

To Canadians the campaign has been even more than usually overpowering. If anything was needed to demonstrate to what extent. we are influenced by things

recall that many of our outstanding breed- ers and farmers today are on the old homesteads of their forbears, and many others claim claim direct descent from those pioneer tillers of the soil. Farming in this Province is indeed a way of life, as well as a means of livelihood. It is some- thing to cherish and be proud of, for its associations with the past as well as for its material rewards. That is one reason for the successes our farmers of today are scoring at home and abroad; and its no- wise detracts from the credit due to their enterprise to say that it is” perhaps the most important one of all.

Unjust Means Test-

When Parliament reassembles there is likely to be strong agitation for abolition of the means test for blind persons qual- ifying for pensions. The allowance of S40 per month goes to a blind person as a com-l pensating factor for his handicap whichi narrows the range of his earning capacity. Few of the blind, even with the addition of the monthly allowance, can expect an income much above the subsistence level.

The law providing for the allowances to the blind stipulates that the recipient's total income must not be above 23840 forIa single person or above 551,320 a year for a mar- ried person if he is to receive the allow- ance. This is a harsh limitation. It as- sumes that the blind are to live below the subsistance level recognized by income tax law.

The law specifies that an income of 531,000 or less is not taxable, it being assum- ed that an individual earning no more isn't in a financial position to pay the tax. But if a blind person's own efforts bring him annual income above 53840 the same law that awards him the allowance will take everything away beyond d8-10.

The income tax assumes that a married couple need d2,000 a year for subsistance, but if a married blind recipient of an al- lowance, or his wife, adds more than S360 to the allowance and brings the family in- come over 31,320, he too will have the excess deducted. In effect, this is the same as being taxed and taxed below the basic level of the income tax law.

A writer commenting on this situation in the Vancouver Province, remarked: "And what is the purpose of this harsh treat- ment? There doesn't seem to be any pur- pose except to be harsh. The amount of money saved the country, since the pos- sible earnings of the blind are so small, anyway, can hardly be enough to pay the salaries of the officials required to keep the books and make the means test."

American, the dominance of the electoral campaign in our news and views shows all too clearly how closely we are linked with American thought and events. '

Perhaps in return the United States will take a leaf out of Canada's book. If Eisen- hower selects a Government-that takes on the complexion of Congress his road will be greatly smoothed and Responsible Gov- ernment will at long last have come to the United States.

sweeping All Before Them

Pi'in('e Edward Island growers and live-

There should certainly be no complaint lfrom any source if this situation is rem- iedied by our lawmakers at the earliest op- I portunity.

EBB-um. NOIES

"Prisoners of war shall be released and repatriated. .” The United Nations is trying to decide if that means they must be handed back to their leaders at bayonet point if they refuse to return voluntarily.

O O O P

United States Senators are always cal- led Senators but Members of the House of Representatives usually call themselves

stock breeders are usually at the head of the procession at the Maritime Winter Fair, but this year their success all along the line has been phenomenal. and every day brings news of fresh achievements. It is to be hoped that in many cases they will go on to further victories at the Royal Winter Fair at Toronto, against Canada- wide competition, where also they have scored successfully in the past. i

Our farming industry, and the Province: in general, owes a great deal to these men who have gone to so much trouble and ex- pense in preparing for mainland competi- lions, where they are at a disadvantage so far as transportation is concerned but where the rewards in the way of favorable publicity, not to speak of the cash prizes and personal satisfaction in outdistancing other competitors, are of tremendous value. Our County fairs and Provincial Exhibi- tion serve a splendid purpose in this con-

nection, in stimulating interest in prize showmanshlp and improving quality pro- duction.

An item in iodayls "Old Charlottetown" column shows how our pioneer farmers of more than a century ago overcame the hardships of their condition under absentee landlordism. and when this problem was solved under various Settlement Acts and the land passed to the rightful owners, their achievements became even more out- standing. The large tracts of rough wilder- ness lan'd' disappeared; holdings became homes-in the true sense of theword, and year by year, at enormous sacrifice and with back-breaking labor, improvements were added to suit, the increasing require-

of gxpmdi in; families and communi- 3:3t:Ne Ire Iii familiar with the general outline, of the story, but it-is an epic that ” I aovbnowltun in it: Inspiring fullness

lbers, it is not surprislng'that the Upper

Congressmen, as our own Members of the House of Commons call themselves M.P.'s. ,'There being only 96 Senators to 432 Mem-

House enjoys by far the more prestige. I O

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Guy Fawkes Day. Guy Fawkes was an English conspirator. He served in the Spanish army in the Netherlands and came to England on the invitation of Robert Catesby and was initiated into the gun- powder plot. He was entrusted with the actual accomplishment of the design owing to his exceptional courage and coolness. An anonymous letter resulted in Fawkes being arrested in the cellars of the House of Lords with thirty-six barrels of gun-

powder.

Delay by the British Government in disposing of surplus properties in Bermuda has resulted in some expressions in the House of Assembly of the desirability of joining Canada. The British Government, however, must have some doubts of the wisdom of having abandoned Bermuda as the base for the Royal Na'vy's America and West Indies command. It is easier to hold on to properties valuable for defence purposes than to acquire them again after

they have been put to other uses. 0 0 o I

I In this day and age diplomacy has be- come less a matter of malntainingcontact between: governments and more 9. direct contact with the peoples of the respective states. The United Kingdom Information

don Huson, will be here tomorrow, is',on

countries of the "world, in the hope and ex- pectation that there will then be fan room

Office. whose Ottawa Director, Mr. A. Gor- Pm

outstanding exponent of the art of appeal-. i ing to the man intho stroetjn the vnpiotl all

This GUARDIAN. , I-' i "Look! It's Easy!" ' I

CHARLOTTETOWN

Sag--1'co.n"t under- stand how there are so mom; 1.-va'Ffc'c accident; .'

oats! There goes another one!

PUBLIC roaum

This column in open to tho dlscuulon by wirelpondcnts of question: of interest. The Guardian does not necessar- fly endorse the opinion of correspondents.

HEATHER IN P. E. I.

Sir,-In The Guardian of Oct. 22nd I noticed an article headed, "Lord Lovat To Check on Pros- pects Of Growing Heather In P, E. Island."

What. interested me in the article was that while on P. -E, l. 9. year ago I saw what. seemed to be Heather growing close to Sourls River, also at St. Peter's. I have never seen Heather growing in Scotland. but it. is no trouble to see it here in Vancouver at the st. Andrew's or Burns celebrations;

they had heard it. found its way from Scotland as stuffing in the bed ticks of some of the early set- tlers. I suppose the season is too for advanced for any sample sprigs to be obtainable; but any time after next midsummer it would be interesting for some one with bat- anical knowledge to compare these

plants with the Scottish grown brand. There is little likelihood of

Heather refusing to grow on P. E. I. as it. is supposed to be t! tough, hardy denizen of waste mountain land. But of what. use would it be in P. E. I. excepting a few bunches to stick in I bonnet on St. An- drew's Day or the Twenty-fifth of January? Even though there may be some small demand for Heather on occasions when scotchmen gather to celebrate; why deprive the scotchman of his native heath of pride in the fact. that his dis- tant cousins annually demand the genuine article from the "Land of green heath and shaggy wood." I am. Sir, etc.

6. L. MCINNIS

Vancouver, B, C.

YOU ASK ME V1”!-IY

You ask me, why, t.ho' ill at ease,

within this region I subsist.

Whoselsplrits falter in the mist.

And languish for the purple seas.

It is the land that freemen till,

That sober-suited Freedom chose.

The land. where glrt with friends or foes

A man may speak the thing he wlll' -

A land of settled government,

A land of just and old renown, Where Freedom slowly broadens

down

From pfcccdent to precedent. Where factions seldom gather head, But by degrees to fulneas wrought,

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line Age-Old Story

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And Hiram king of Tyre sent his servants unto Solomon; for he had. heard that they hall anointed him king in the room of his fath- er: for Hiram was ever I lover of David. And Solomon lent to Hiram. saying, Thou knowcst how that David my father could not build on house unto the name of the Lord his God for the war: which were about him on every side, until the Lord put them un- der the soles of his feet. But now the Lord my God hath given me rest on every side. so that there is neither adversary nor evil ac- current. And. behold, I purpose to build In house unto the nnmo of the Lord my God. no the Lord spoke unto David my father. nay- lng, Thy son, whom I will set upon thy throne in thy room. he on house unto my . And the king command- ed. and they brought great stones, costly stones. and bowed stones. to lay the foundation of the house. And Solomon's builders and Hi-

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time. and should have known whether or not. he had a right to vote, or to sign official documents. And he should also have known. that four members of the execu- tive had not been given the op- portunity of attending this Tig- iiish meeting. and several other meetings held at Mr. MccKend- rick's, and had not been consult- ed in any way regarding the post.- ponement of the Convention.

I feel that each and every mem- ber should have had the oppor- tunity of helping to decide wheth- er or not it was logical or reason- able to postpone the Convention called to nominate two candidates to contest First Prince for the Liberal Party. The four member: of the executive who were not consulted. are Mr. Percy Adams, President, Mr. Stewart Montgom- ery, Secretary, Mr. J. Hector Rich- ard. ex-M.L.A., and myself.

I would like to point out, that the President and Secretary of the Association, are our President and Secretary just as they are also President and Secretary of the Second District. We voted them in as our officers, and they have

POSTPONED CONVENTION

sir,-Many letters have appeared in your paper recently regarding the postponed Liberal Convention

at. Alberton, and some of the writers have asked who really postponed the Convention; some

wished to know the reason for the postponement, and when another date would be set. However, up to the present time their requests have gone unliecded, and UIll1II- swcred by those responsible. I too. have waited patiently for some reply through the medium of the Press, in answer to those who have been asking for this informa- tion. fecause, I have been bom- barded with questions by people who know that I am supposed to be h membe of the West. Prince Liberal Association until another caiidldnte is selected by the dele- gates to replace me.

Although I am a put of that organization I was as much in the dark as those people who have been asking: and asking for their democratic right to know what is going on. and why, up to the pre- sent they have been denied their right to vote and select the two candidates they wish to have rep- resent them.

Thls Convention was called for the month of September. and it ill now November with no report of progress to the people of First Prince. "therefore, several of us decided to check the situation

, bers

over in order that we may discov- er the real cause for the silence and the delay.

The finger of blame has been pointed at. our President, Mr. Percy Adonis. but I am fully convinced that llfr. Adams is entirely blunt- leu in this connectlo and is the some staunch. hon democrat tho: I nlwnyl regarded him to be.

was new in his. .”imt:tiIl3tE:.:: sniff; quu

mm ii: iii hand: the foelz: 7.: use of If

present pool um tho lllironv

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for misunderstanding -with governments. i

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every right to vote and act. for us on all matters pertaining to our District.

If I had been consulted, or at-

tended Ahat meeting that was sup- posed to decide matters for the peo- ple of First Prince, I most cer- tainly would want to know if it. was the wish of the majority of the people? secondly, which of the three reasons advanced by Mr. Macxendrlck for postponing the Convention was correct, or was there a fourth reason? And tlili-dly, when this half of the mem- of the executive of First Prince met and decided to post- pone the Convention, for one rea- son or another, why did they not. act a future date? It was the natural and proper thing to do, if they then intended to have a Convention at all this year. As one writer in one of the letters to the Press pointed out, these poo-i pie who had been advocating andl pressing for an early nominating convention, were the very ones who took it. upon themselves to postpone it. and did not even set a future date. Why the nbous turn?

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I will not say anything fu It the t in this

- did hew them, and so they pre- pared timber and stones to build

and I mean the real Scottish I-lean The strength of some diffusive shall build

ther. The small plants I saw on ,lh0U8ht '"""5- -

P. E. I. and which I took for Hath time and SPECS to Work and

Heather. may not have been; but Splend-

if not there was such a close re-

semblance that only an expert Tismd T"my””- mm,. L ,,J

would detect. the difference, I re- . mnrked it on seeing it. and the gte5l:1e;i,:,sLB.PI:'(::lli(.;g:t usilijlly gvlvgn the stone-squarei-s. mu” to whom I 53”” 91 it said Kendrick was President a. long the house.

The possibility of milk deliveries only six days a week is at last fac- ing Cslgnrlans. Abolishing Sun- day deliveries in this province is not new. The cities of Edmonton and Lethbridge have not had Sun- day deliveries for some t.iine.-Cal- gory Herald.

Men about. to marry will be interested in 9. home economics pamphlet that says, ”To wash dishes you' need a pan large ;enough to accommodate your dish- -es." That seems obvious enough, jand for the amount of dishwash- ling the average helpful husband jcloes. a pan the size of I. thimble would be about right. - Ottawa Citizen. l 1 The really important falling of this many-faceted kind of educa- ,tion is that it does not adequately provide the student with the one ltool he should have-the ability ito learn by thinking for himself. That has been the fault that has become most apparent in the Am- crlcan system of education in re- cent years. That is the fault. that ,is beginning to appear in our Canadian system. - Owen Sound Sun-Times.

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The prospect of Vicf.orio'u re- tail stores closing down for a full day each week, which sales clerks have discussed. is one which wiu be met with grave misgivings by many in this area. In pressing for

tating effect on business as a whole; the creation of a "dead city" in midweek.-Victoria Times.

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The warning bu been issued 5 by the National Employment Ser- vice in Sudbury that it "would be unwise for large numbers of men to come to the sudbin-y area this fall in search of bush work." Ev- ery year, young men are victimized by agencies in Quebec and the

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(Notes By The Wayx

eastern provinces who

the idea there is plenty of be found in the sun one of tales in Sudbury is that of load of would-be wm-km, wind up in this any and themselves stranded without 01' money. When the urge to the road" comes upon young

vise them to need that no surplus labor is needed 1' the bush comps around n bury region.-sudbury star,

the fertility of the soil productiveness of P.

than the quantl oats with which it annu plies the Halifax market. i-lculturists must be imbued

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D mm. W0 to bl"! ales, lnxiown winter 3 laxi- who

the bum.

men F. We would ad. the Warning

n the East this yea

the sudg

D0030 Old Charlottetown mm 2. I. l. ;

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mxaurur. or mnvsmy

”'I'herc can he no better proof of

and 11., E. Island. ty of potatoes and ally sup, Ill age with

he spirit of industry, for, nag,

withstanding the excellence of in soil, -without a large amount at labour such a superabundance

grain and potatoes could not I: raised by a farming population.

who have to contend with dim, ulties that are Scotla. Large tracts of the Islam are held in fee simple by person: not residents in the Island, an

unknown in mm

I. full dsy off-whether on Mon- the tennhtry are exposed to in. day or Wednesday-the sales perpetual mnoylince of n tyno. clerks are overlooking the debill- M091 DENY It?911C.V. which cannoq

but tend to paralyze the energleu of the people. It ishowcvcr 3 pm. that by which much of the land to pin.

notwithstanding the tenun

cased by those who cultivate

and other evils arising out of cut.

umstances peculiar to the Islam

it produces a much larger supplv

f the substantial necessaries at

life than is nccdedbf its popui. allon." -The Novascotinn. Nov. 21, 1514

PROFESSIONAL CARDS

M. Albon Farmer. Q.C. B.A LLB. -

Bu-rlsteraund solicitor

Bank of Commerce Building Charlottetown Money to Loan

Gaudef 8: Hoszurd GIILBEIIT A. GAUDET. B.A., LLR Barristers and Solicitors Money to Loan Csnndlnn Bank of Commerce Bldg.

except, that our delegates appoint- ed by their respective Committees, in each and every poll, are de- manding their democratic rights to select. and vote for whoever they think best to represent. them. Therefore, if those responsible for having the Convention postponed, do not reply through the Press to the many requests made for some information, I shall take it upon myself to circulate among the 100 delegates selected by the Poll Com- mittees to attend the Convention. asking them their opinion, whether or not they wish an early Con- vention. Thls, I earnestly and ser- iously believe is their democratic right, that right that Canadians and their friends. have paid and are still paying so heavily for. Then, I feel certain our President, when he has a true picture of our pre- sent. situation before him, will act accordingly, and give” the people of our District their wish, whatever that wish mliy be. I am, Sir. ctc.,

F. .RAMSAY

Montrose, P.E.I.

RICH AREA

Besides vast. all deposits, Iran has large resources of iron. coal, copper and lead.

GUADALUPE; Ci:llf., Oct. 23- (AP)-A freight locomotive side- swlped another, caught fire and crashed into R. house Tuesday night, injuring seven persons. The wreckage blocked the xsouthei-ii Pacific's main line between San Francisco and Los Angelcs.

COMPLETE VISUAL REFRACTION AND ANALYSIS

G. F. HUTCHESON Optometrists

& SON 53 Grafton st.

FARMERSI -

If you store your valuable potatoes in your cel- lar or other buildings, DO NOT FAIL TO INSUBE

TILIIM.

Short term insurance for the time they are stor-

ed with minimum cost can

be effected with

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' PllDNlli540fnnd 541 - ' 131 qouiu OI: ,,?-cannon-ugown. e. ll. 1.. Adams -mnouanour rim Pnovmcn

Bell. Muthieson &

Foster Barristers, Solicitors, Etc. 8. B. BELL, (3.0. G. B. FOSTER. LLB. Loans on City and Farm Properties mo Richmond Street Charlottetown. l'.E.I.

A. Wulfhen Guudef, LLB.

BARRISTEB. SOLICITOB, Etc.

Phillips Jullding lll Grafton Street llloiicy to Loan Collection

Frederic A. Large. O.C. Barrister, Solicitor. Notary Royal Bank of Canada Building Charlottetown. P. E. I. Loan: on City and Farm Properties

Chas. R. McQuoid BA

nAiuusn:n.' soucrron,

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Eyes Examined, Glasses Fitted Corner Kent. and Queen Sta. Office Phone I050-House I013

Byron J. Grant. O.D.

OPTOMETIIIST l20'Kent Street Phone 578 (Opposite Ilevero Hotel)

Dr. A. L. Maelsuae

DENTIST Dental X-Ray GLORIA BUILDING I70 Grafton St. Phone 29!

RANDOLPH W. MANNING. 0.A. other office: at Halifax. Monoton,

Currie Bldg. Charlottetown

lfentvlllo, Liverpool. New Glnigow and Truro.

McDONAI.D. CURRIE & CO.

CHARTERED ACCOUNTANT! Montreal, Qucbcc. Ottawa. Toronto. saint John. sliarbrooke. VIII00""" Kirkland Lake. Dfoncfnn Hamilton, Edmonton, Charlottetown-

W. J. P. MacMillun,

DID. H. A. MocMlllun M.D. . 205 Kent Street - Phone 520

Office Hours:

1:30 - 4:00 - 6:8 - 3:30 and by appointment.

-ti-T::' J. A. McGuigun

BARBISTER, SOLICITOII. Etc. NOTARY. Etc.

Currie Building

Mufheson. Peoke & .

Nicholson A. W. MATILESON. 0.0. A. H. PEAKE. B.A.. LLB.

JOHN P. NICHOLSON. LLB.

Barristers. Etc.

- Money To Lon

00 Great George street Charlottetown

MacPhee & Trainer H. F. lllacI'HEE, B.A., Q.C. IL SOMEIILED TBAINOR, ILA.

Barristers. Eta.

Dr. W. R. Carson

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NOTARY. cm. Eutcrn Trust Building cnlnoy-RACTQR CIIARLOTTETOWN Palm" G-Idulh M ml CHAIILOTTETOWN ”"” , .. Phone ioiz 201 Prinui oi. J- 5- T"Y'9" Palmer & Huslum OPTOMETRIST A. J. HASLAM. B.A.. LLB-

Bnrrllter, Etc. Bank of Nova Scott: Chamber! Charlottetown. P. E. I. MONEY T0 LOAN

J. A. Currurhers. R.O.

OPTODTETRIST 123 Kent Street . Phone 2373 (Next to Simpson's Agent!)

Allison M. Gillis. LLB.

BARRISTEB. SOLICITOB. EM-

130 Richmond St. - Clinrloflotowi Phone 500

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H. R. DQANE & COMPANY oiilmrsnsn ACCOUNTANTS

148 Great George St., Chnlpttetown Phone: 2080 - 144

'l - Box 24'! ERMA e. MacI'HEBSON. 6-5- SI. John's. Amherst, Dnrtn10"""

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CALI. . A. Picker Phone for com.-

d & co. 240 A COKE, and

one-on-no--p-loo-.-4 out