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THE GUARDIAN

Morning Dally (Founded in "$87) Authorized flu Sci-om] (‘luau Mull, Pant Offlao Department. Ottawa.

The lalinul (iuuriliun Publlahlllgt Co. Editor and Managing Ulreatnr, .l. It. Ilurnatt. Aasovlulo Editor, Frank Walker.

"The Strongest Memory is Weaker Than the Weakest lnk"

CHARLOTTETOWN,

FRIDAY, OCT. 14, 1948 The Cabinet Shakeup

The new Jones Cabinet consists largely of former Ccbinet members, but the alignment is almost entirely different, and from the standpoint of representation by County is certainly much more satisfactory. Premier Jones remains presi- dent of Council and Minis_ter of Public Works and Highways, but relinquishes the portfolio of Ed- ucation to Hon. Mr. Large, and that of industry and Natural Resources, which he held temporar- ily, to Hon. Mr. Cullen. Hon. Mr. Baker replaces Mr. Stewart, the only retiring member, as-Min- ister of Agriculture. Hon. Mr. Asenault, form- erly a member without portfolio, becomes Pro- vincial Secretary, while Hon. Mr. Darby, recently elected by acclomation to the Prince County seat occupisd by Scnatcr Barbour, holds the dual port- folios of Attorney General and Provincial Treas- urer. Hon. Messrs. Cox and Campbell remain as non-portfolio mzmbers.

The dutics of Government members, particu- larly those holding the chief portfolios, have in- creased considcrably in recent years. lt is to be hoped that the new setup in the Jones adminis- tration will facilitate the discharge of these dut- ies, in the interests not of any particular district but of the Province generally.

Island Stock In Demand

The shipment this week of another carload of Prince Edward island breeding sows and boars to Quebec is a reminder of the great importance of this phase of agricultural production here, and of the growing prestige enjoyed by island registered stock. Provided we do not unduly de- plete our own pig population-and this is a dan- ger which is no doubt being carefully watched by our livestock experts — the increased demand for breeders at profitable prices is all to the good. The whole picture of Canadian hog pro- duction, as supplied by the latest figures of the Dominion Bureau of Statistics, is an encour- aging one. The spring pig crop this year was 20 par cent. larger than in I948, and on the basis of breeding intentions reported at the end of May- the bureau estimates that the fall pig crop will be i7 per cent. higher than it was a year ago.

Production last year was adversey affected by a severe upset in the hog-barley ratio which occurred just ahead of the fall breeding season in i947. This upset sharply reduced the profit a western farmer could make by feeding his barley to hogs rather than by selling it as grain. As a result farmers disposed of their breeding stock on a large scale and production last year fell to the lowest level since the start of the war.

The proper ratio was restored, early in i948, and the effects of this are now being‘ felt in the increased i949 production.

The profits.to be made have been strikingly summarized in a table, compiled by tho Indus- trial and Development Council of Canadian Meat Packers. it is in the form of a ready-reckoner of grain values when used in feeding hogs. It shows exactly how much per bushel the returns will be on the basis of using 375, 400, 450 and 500 pounds of feed to produce I00 pounds of live hog. -Be- cause of their skill in rearing and feeding hogs, some farmers will use only 375 pounds of feed to produce I00 pounds of hog. Others will require the larger amounts. But all will maka a good pro- fit.

The table shows that, at present hog prices, on the’ basis of using 375 pounds of barley as feed, the barley will be worth $2.69 a bushel. This is more than double the cash grain price for No. l feed barley.

Even for the man who requires 500 pounds, his barley when used as feed becomes worth $2.02 per bushel, which is still 68 cents‘ per bushel higher than the cash grain price.

The Building Problem

in view of the continued housing shortage all over Canada, it is disappointing to note, from figures released by the Dominion Bureau of Sta- tistics, that fewer new houses were started this year than last. This applies to all the Provinces including Prince Edward Island, where homes un- der construction at the end of July this year numbered I47 compared with 206 a year ago. Last year's figures were themselves regarded as unsatisfactory, and it was anticipated that a rnuch better showing would be made this season.

The United Nations’ international Labor Or- ganization, in a world-wide survey made last year, found that one of the major causes of inefficiency in the construction industry was its instability. ln a depression, the building trades are among the first to experience unemployment. As a re- suit of this instability, several things have hap- pened. First, there has been a tendency among the craftsmen to "go slow," and make a iab last as long as possible. Second, during the l930s the construction industry took in relatively few ap- prentices, far therewas little enough building in progress. As a result, there is today a shortage of tho skilled men needed to meet the large da- mand for housing. Third, despite the construc- tion baom since the end of the war, many young man who might otherwise apprentice themselves in the building trades are convinced that a ”bust" is coming. They do not want to go into an industry that traditionally is among the first to feel the affects of a depression. Therefore the construction tradas even today are not getting sufficient ap- prentices. Productivity in Canadian construction is estimated to ba 30 par cent loss than it was be- .fora tho "war, despite technical advances.

Tho low” cast housing plans which tha Fed- eral and Provincial governments now envisage should halp to solve these problems. Hon. R. H. Winters, Minister of Reconstruction, whan ho

set forth tho Government's housing proposals, pointed out that the scheme constituted "an im- portant step to minimize the wide swings in resi- dential constructian which have been the exper- ience in the past." Low cast, subsidized housing would create an almost unlimited market for the construction industry, and remove the fear among its craftsmen that they may lose their jobs at any time. '

EDITORIAL NOTES

Autumn is always a delightful season on the island? and when it brings exceptionally warm weather such as has been enjoyed recently it is more appreciated than summer's heat.

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Conservation of the taxpayer is pleaded for by the presidentof Brown University, Rhade island. He made the paint that taxation today is "crop- ping profits needed to be plowed back into the soil like legumes."

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A source of heat that is largely wasted here and elsewhere is being utilized at Westminster. An accumulator tower has been constructed to store waste heat from a power station across the Thames and save some 2,500 tons of coal a year in heating a block of flats.

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‘Tho oarly settlers here realized the Island's possibilities as a producer of fine apples, but their successors, until recent years, failed to maintain the orchards. The quality of present production leaves nothing to be desired, but it falls far below the quantity this Province should be producing.

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in Britain a complete town is being packed into boxes. lt is for shipment to the Argentine to house a group of Oll survey experts and their families. lt comprises 200 buildings including of- fices, workshops, stores and a cinema. This port- able town is made of aluminum alloy and is being packed into 4O large wooden cases for shipment.

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The call from St. David's Presbyterian Church, Hamilton, to Rev. Charles CarnegY. Sum- merside, while a compliment to an esteemed citi- zen of that growing municipality will be gener- ally regretted, occasioning as it does the re- maval of a popular and energetic clergyman in- terested in all good work. St. David's has some I30 families attached to it representing 650 members.

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The sympathy, especially of the railway com- munity goes out to Mr. and Mrs. F. R. Wilkins on the death of their only son John in California. Mr. Wilkins, the Chief Engineer on the P. E. l. district of the C.N.R recently retired, and lives in Halifax and here during the summer, and in California for the Fall and Winter. John had recently entered on a business career, when he was seized suddenly with a heart ailment, which change to sunny California did not do much to bring relief.

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Supplementary veterans’ pensions are‘ paid to Canadians who lived in Canada before join- ing the imperial forces in either the First or Second World War and who returned to Can- ada after the war, drawing pensions from the British Government. No provision exists for pay- ment of supplementary pensions to Imperial vet- erans who came to Canada after the war and received pensions from the British Government. An agitation is being carried on in the House of Commons to have these imperial vets placed on the same footing as the others.

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A revised version of an old nursery rhyme which pokes fun at Britain's welfare state raised a laugh at a luncheon of the Wholesale Textile Association in Newcastle. It went:

Monday's child shall have a wig

Tuesday's child free milk to swig

Wednesday's child shall have free classes Thursday's child new pairs of glasses

Friday's child free school nutrition

Saturday's child nurse, physician;

But the child that is born on the Sabbath Day Shall have the taxes to pay.

The parody was read by Mr. W. G. Riddell, chairman of the association, at the close of his

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Giving counsel a red face. Scene: A court- raorn in Santa Monica, Cal. On the stand: Of- ficer A. H. Hannum, who arrested Richard F. Mossman, 24, on a drunken driving charge. The questioner: Defence Counsel William Brown.

"You say you flashed a light into his eyes?"

"And that you examined them from a distance of six inches?"

The officer agreed.

"And you found that his 01B ION blood- shot?"

"Both of them," said the officer.

"That's all," said the lawyer.

Next witness was th_e defendant who plucked his left eye from the socket. lt was glass.

Final scene twenty minutes later, jury returns its verdict.

"Not guilty," said the foreman.

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William Penn, English coloniier; founder of Pennsylvania, died this date i718. Son of Admiral Sir William Penn, he became a Quaker in i667, and was imprisoned in i668-9 for publishing Sandy Foundations Shaken; and again in I670-I for a similar offence. He obtained a grant of land in America as quit claim for Crown debt, and became governor as well as proprietor of the new province. His father made the territory a haven for persecuted Quakers, and he became the first President. He proclaimed religious liberty in his new province and promulgated "The Great Law" of i682, which made drunkenness, swearing, etc. punishable OffQIICGSuHQ was remarkable for his equitable treatment of neighbouring Indian tribes. He was in i692 deprived of the Governor- ship being supected of Jacobism. Ha was im- prisoned for debt in i707" and mortgaged the colony for relief. Had no administrative talent but proved an incalculable moral force. Ha wrote

The Great Cause of Liberty of Conscience; No Cross, No Crqwp, m,

_THE GUARDIAN,

SEA-CHANGE

"Gonles an’ gullles an‘ all a‘ use birds o’ the sea.

They ain't no birds. nct really," sold Billy the Dana.

"Not mollles. n0.‘ gun...“ nor gon- les at all.” said he,

"But simply the sperrits of marin- ers lIvIn' again.

"Them birds gain‘ flshln’ ‘is mthln‘ bu-t souls o’ the drowned.

Soulao’ the dmwned an‘ the kicked as are never no more;

All’ that there haughty old alba- tross crulsln‘ around.

Bellke hes Admiral Nelson or Ad- miral Noah.

"An' merryb the life they are llv- ing. They settle and dip.

‘Iliey fishes. they never stand watches, they waggle their wings;

When a ship comes by they fly to look at the ship

To see how the nowadays marinara manages things.

"When freezin’ aloft In s anorter. I tell you I Wis-h-

(Tho' maybe It ain't. like a Chrll- ian). I wish I could be

A haughty old copper-bound alba- lros, dipping far fish

And coming the proud over all a‘ the birds o’ the sea."

—John Masefleld.

Old Charlottetown

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PETEICKS BBEWEBY

A well-known local Institution in Colonial days was Pethlck's Brew- ery, of which there ls a detailed account In the Prince Edward Is- land Register of May 16, 1826. The writer says:

"Within the last twelve months the Town ha! seen this admir- able establishment rear Its crest. over the unvaried monopoly at grog shops, to give not only vig- our to the exhausted, but. to aus- taln it, without that Injury to the animal spirits, ao inevitably the effect of too free a use of ardent spirits."

The Interior of the building con- sisted of a division for brewing. 45 by 32 feet, containing two "cop- pers" of 300 and 140 gallons capa- city, also a still, "all handsomely set in brick work", and a pump "let in a well of abundant and excellent water," sunk Immediately adjoining the copper-s. on the larger of which was a "jack back" capable of holding 8 hogsheada.

The brew house was fully equip- ped and included a malt bruising mill "on the most approved plan." Near the extremity of the brew house was situated the malt klln. striking the eye of a visitor "with its handsome structure. being of arched brickwork.“ with the fur- nace opening Into the brew house. The extent of the floor, which was tiled, measured J3 feet square.

The brewing department was divided from the mailing house by a boarded partition, in which there was an opening for dis- charging the steeped barley from the cistern. The other division of the building, measuring 17 by 20 feet. had two malt floors and a granary an the upper floor, the farmer being laid with lime ash. and finished with plastered walls and sash windows. The granary had the convenience of a door at. the gable end, through which the grain. as it was taken in. was hoisted by means of a tackle fall.

The cellar, running the whole extent of the building. was plank- ed and had accommodation for 120 puncheons. The cellar walls were of common Island stone. "erected In a masterly style." The outer door sill was level with the external ground, from which there was a gradual descent, thus af- fording an easy way for rolling caska. "Should the severity of the winter at any time threaten In- trusion Into the cellar, the Brew- or Is prepared with a stove to counteract its effects."

There was also some protection against fire; "for 30 feet from the building stands one of the public pumps in a well possessing an In- exhaustlble spring of excellent wa- ter."

The building fronted "one of the principal streets at the East and of the Town. being In its ex- treme length 92 feet, with 20 feet. posts from the cellar wall." and formed "a very prominent object on the entrance of the Town from the principal Eastern road."

"Brewing." says the nnvflYmfil-l! nulhor of this encomlurn. "is now In active operation. and we are rr-gnling ourselves with the de- lightful beverage according to our several tastes for the ‘Btrvllfl’ 0T [he ‘smd,’ Nor are these bene- Iiclnl enjoyment: confined to man. for the quadrupeds partake with us, and the grains are In high re- quest for their use."

The llgo-llld Story

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Blanca! are the dead which dlo In the Lord from henceforth: yon. mun to spirit. that um m! mt from their Iabourl; and their work: do follow than.

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CHARLOTTETOWN Seasonal

FORFSEEN DEVELOPMENTS ARRlVAl-OF NEWCOMERS T0 Tl-lE ISLAND DURING OUR‘ BANG-UP DUCK HUNTING SEASON»...

Activities

The Tarzan Influence

(Hamilton Spectator)

Psychology haa been looking at the nnflca of pole-sitters and the consensus appears to be that. these grotesque persona are not so much escapist: an colossal exhibitionist: who desire that the world com- miserate with them and caddie their bruised egoea, The little boy who went into the backyard and ate a couple of garden worms be- cause nobody loved him was really manifesting something of the some symptoms. It ls pointed out. Notwithstanding What the auth- orities on bizarre behaviour say. however. the aerial hcrmits, or human goldfish if you like, con- tinue their stranie Posturlngs. Although some of them do admit that pole-sitting has Its discom- forts.

That man In Cleveland who climbed the pole over his drug store on May 31 is still atop It. When he went up in the air he resolved to remain there until the Indians reached first place in the American Baseball League or un- til the season ended, early In Oc- tober. He's been on his perch now for 122 days. as nl‘ September 30. His one want is a little heat to help keep him warm.

In Washington, D. C., another man ascended a pole to raise funds for a boys’ club. He vows ha will stay there all winter. if nec- essary. to achieve his objective of $25,000. But cold northeast Winds from the Atlantic seaboard have been putting his ardour to a se- vere test.

In Birmingham. Alabama, a third rugged individualist has ex- pressed his determination to stay on top of a polo for 100 days with- out, food. He weighed 320 pounds at the start and "as lost 35 pounds during the 21 days he has been doing his best. to reaffirm the Dar- winian theory,

Out ln Vancouver. B. C., a Scot of 38, of an Independent turn of mind, has been living In a tree for the past year. Finding him- self destitute some time ago, he wont to the Woods with his axe and erected a small house In the fork of three stout limbs, fifteen feet; from the ground. I-le works at casual jobs and is contented. Among more conventional folk these arborenl tendencies can be- satlsfled only by taking to the oandellers In living-rooms. It must all be the result of seeing too many Tarzan films. Hold that chair steady a moment, will you please’!

Steering For Freedom

(Toronto Globe and M511)

A battered wartime landing craft, carrying 402 Baltic men, women and children, ls crossing the Atlantic bound for Canada. Spurred by their (Ommon wish u, “get as far away from Russia as Pflsllble." the‘ refuizees hluded Swedish patmla who feared their tiny craft would founder. Their ship, aptly named "Victory". punched .a hols lII her bow on submerged rocks. and her com- pass failed. But they found their way across the North Sea and docked at Cobh, v-here the klnrlly Irish fed them and helped them vlctual ship,

In Halifax, whither they are bound. immigration authorities sold they will encounter "difficulty" If they try to land In Canada. They will, of course, have to be scrutin- Ized—that Is what Immigration regulation; are for. In the ortho- dox way, these exiles should have been screened In Europe. What they are doing is highly irregular. And yet there la a song In their hearts that can be heard across the Atlantic, an unquenchable pas- sion for freedom In their souls. a determination to make good be-

yond tha horizon. Buoyed by these

qualities, they cheerfully gamble their lives to crass tho no In a crowded 159-foot boat that was built to accommodate only fifty soldiers.

Surely these are of the ltuff that. will make good citizens. Whatever tho immigration require- ments, they will have In advance the hopes of our own people that formality can be tempered with humanity, ta admit them when they arrive.

As Others See Us

(Moncton Transcript)

some of the oddities about the Maritime economy and Maritime problems were brought to the at- tention of the Maritime Board of Trade meeting ln Charlottetown last week. Mr. Rennie Perrault, of Montreal, thought it rather strange that. Maritime products should be so difficult. to get in his home city-and presumably in other population centres through- out the Dominion.