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

DEARLOTTETOWN WEDNESDAY. JULY 12. 1950

Strikes and The Railways

Officials of the Canadian Brotherhood of Railway Employees and Other Transport Workers have been saying some rather ominous things about the possibility of a rail strike. Unless their demands are met, say the CBRE, they may, with reluctance, have to resort to tying up Canada's trans- portation system in order to gain their ends.

When strikes occur in a single industry the burden falls most heavily upon those immediately concerned in the business of the plant. The workers, the suppliers and the retail dealers in the community suffer the most. But the general public is not seriously inconvenienced because other com- peting plants are operating and able to meet immediate demands for goods.

The railways of Canada are in a differ- ent category. When they cease operations, the economy of the country is paralysed. Perishable food goes to waste. Shortages occur. Prices rise. Business is at a stand- still. It is for this reason that the man- agement of both of Canada's great railway systems are required by law to provide rail services and are answerable to the Govern- ment for failure to do so. In other words, lockouts are impossible on Canadian rail- ways. x

Nobody would have it otherwise, least of all the railways themselves. Paradox of the situation is that the proper restraints imposed by law upon management in rail transportation are not also imposed upon their employees. Why should a union en- joy the doubtful privilege of being legally free to cripple the national economy in order to gain its own ends?

Such a suggestion is certain to evoke an outcry from organized labour on the ground that to make transportation strikes illegal would be a threat to individual liberty. But would it? Policemen and firemen cannot do things that ordinary citizens can do, be- cause if they did public order and security would be threatened. People who ponder the matter find it difficult in the face of geographic and economic factors, to dis- tinguish between the role of transportation workers and those of policemen and fire- men in terms of relative importance to pub- lic order and security.

The difference, if any, is one of degree. For while a strike of policemen or firemen, were it permitted, would tie up only a sin- gle municipality. a strike of transportation workers would place in jeopardy the secur- ity and economic life of the nation itself.

Talk of a railway strike in Canada is calculated to harm rather than to advance the interests of organized labour.

Life Saving

The near tragedy at Georgetown last week had a happy ending. A five-year-old boy fell from his father's wharf and was rescued by young Harold MacLean, while Arthur Macswain applied artificial respira- tion to the apparently drowned youngster, and brought the victim back to conscious- ness.

Drownings may occur at so many places in this sea-girt Province that although life guards may be posted at particular places, as at the National Park, it is highly im- probable that in any given emergency there would be a designated life-guard available. Time is literally vital in such cases, and life or death for the victim depend upon there being someone present who is able to ap- ply artificial respiration. Success may come after prolonged efforts, even hours, but work must be begun promptly.

The lesson is; of course, the extreme value of having knowledge of resuscitation as widespread as possible. It is not pos- sible to have a life-guard stationed at every point of danger, but it is possible and nec- essary to assure that those present at such an accident know how to deal with the emergency.

"Who Is Telling The Truth?"

The CBC's flair for picking the wrong person to say the wrong thing at the wrong time was never better illustrated than by the recent utterances of Mrs. Constance Gameau. on "Week End Review". Speak- ing on the Korean crisis, this commentator manifested a truly remarkable distrust of Canadian newspapers which, she declared, "Ire slanted one way or another," giving their readers "no access to unedited news." - Mu. German is a self-styled sceptic. hi being so, she was in utter bewilder-

ment when fighting started in Kora as to who were the aggressors. "Who," she ask- ed herself, ”is telling the truth, the Russians or the South Koreans'.'”. I-Ier state of be- fuddlement in the face of what she re- garded as propaganda, regardless of wheth- er it originated in Moscow or in Washing- ton, or in the bureaux of Canadian Press, continued, by her own admission, until she read the report of the United Nations Com- mission in Korea.

Inasmuch as the report of the United Nations Commission was carried over the wires of Canadian Press and read by her in a Canadian newspaper, it is strange that she did not begin to see the light even then. For it is -scarcely likely that the Chairman of the United Nations Commis- sion in Korea found time to send Mrs. Gar- neau a certified copy of the report itself. Ultimately, she had to rely on the' ”slant- ed news” of the Canadian dailies and weeklies.

Crackpots like Mrs. Garneau, if left to themselves, are relatively harmless. More dangerous are the bigger crackpots in the CBC who pay public funds to people like Mrs. Garneau to undermine confidence in the integrity of the press in Canada.

EDITORIAL NOTES

The ”Glorious Twelfth." 0 O 0 Boat racing and horse racing are neck and neck. - O I O The Third World War may be a long way off, but ”Be Prepared" is a good motto

to keep ever before us. I O G

Setting a thief to catch a thief seems to have been practised in Montreal, which is the beginning of anarchy.

0 0 '0 "Look, where clothed in brightest green Is a sweet isle, of isles the queen; Ye fairies, from all evil keep her.” 0 I I

Now we know definitely there are wo- men as well as men democrats. The Wo- men's Institutes and the City Council heard from and about them. .

O O I

It has come to this in austerity Britain. King George's nephew, the Earl of Hare- wood, has hired out as a music critic for the London Daily Mail, Lord Rother- mere's morning paper. The 27-year-old peer will write a music column twice a month.

0 i I Unless motorists are prepared to search hitch hikers for possession of liquor they are not likely to give free rides to strang- ers any more. An Exchequer Court de- cision published yesterday held that under such circumstances the car could properly be seized and forfeited to the Crown. 0 0 O

The first party of British exchange teachers is leaving for Canada on July 25th, the rest following in small parties as pass- age is booked. All will be ready to take up their duties -in Canada when school re- opens, Sept. 5th. There appears to be no exchange arrangements here.

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His Holiness the Pope draws the line at women's public service as M.P.'s. He thinks such service should not be extended beyond the reach of the home, the centre of wo- men's sphere of influence. A woman cannot direct the affairs of State at the capital and at the same time look after the welfare of her husband and children at home. But of course some women have neither.

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The berry air-lift is under way. The shipping of strawberries off the Island is of much greater value to growers than statis- tics would indicate. It takes only a few cases more than the market will absorb to break the price. The existence of export markets prevents any such ruinous local glut.

O O I

Pennlj 3 not always worth their face value. In fact they are legal tender only up to ,twenty-five cents. Beyond that amount they are worth only what the hold- er call get for them. It is not the least unreasonable that in Winnipeg a bank is charging the city 5750 annually for hand- ling the proceeds from its 600 parking meters. .

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The Hon. A. W. Mackenzie, Nova Sco- tia's Minister of Agriculture, advocates more extensive use of grass silage to offset high feed costs which is "the heaviest mill- stone around the neck of every tarmer in Eastern Canada." The objective, of course, is lighter feed bills and heavier cattle.

O O O

Josiah Wedgwood, English potter, born this date 1730. He began business in Burslem, Staffordshlre in 1759; he became famous for his cream-coloured "Queen's Ware", so called in honour of his patron, Queen Charlotte; was the inventor of black ”Bassalt" ware, and of the still more re- nowned "Jasper Ware" of which the ground is blue, green, or brown with cameo reliefs appearing upon it; designed by Flaxman, Passie, etc.

g , "rm: GUARDIAN. CHARl.f)TTETOWN Vllm Tits Big splash ls Today

Britain's Gold And Dollar Reserves

The following is the text. of a statement on Britain's gold and dollar reserves made in the Uuitcd Kingdom House of Commons today (July 5th) by the chancellor of the Exchequer, sir Stafford Cripps:- . . .

"I should like to give the House the latest figures of our gold and dollar position in the second quarter of this year.

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”During this period the sterling area's net gold and dollar surplus has amounted to 3180 million com- pared wlth a surplus of :40 million in the first quarter. a deficit of 531 million in the fourth quarter of -'19-i9, and a deficit of 3632 million in the second quarter of 1949 - that is the quarter a year ago corresponding to the one on which I am now reporting. our receipts under the European Re- covery Programme amounted to s2-to million and we also drew 318 million on the Canadian credit. The gold and dollar reserves rose by 3.438 million. so that at the end of June they stood at 82,422 million compared with 51,340 million at the lowest point immediately be- fore devaluation took place. I should here add that since our gold and dollar reserves are are acquired by the Exchange Equaliz- ation Account in exchange for sterling, the recent increase in the reserves has involved a correspond- ing decrease in the sterling re- sources of the Account. In order to replenish those resources I pro- pose under existing powers, to issue 2300 million to the Account from the Exchequer during the current week. V I

"Last. April. when I spoke about. the first quarter's results. I ex- plained that. two main types of influence had been at. work in bringing about the improvement in our affairs. First, there were those influence which were outside our own control, such as a recovery in the demand by the dollar countries for goods which are supplied by the sterling area. Secondly, there were the effects of our own poli- cies and actions. such as the positive encouragement. we have been giving to exports to the dollar area, and economies which all the sterling area countries acting in unison have exercised in their expenditures on dollar imports. By making our own exports more com- petitive, compared with dollar goods; devaluation played its part. in en- couraging these economies. It also helped to limit. expenditure on so- called invisible items. We bene- fited too from the great change in sentiment about the orglnal position and prospects which took place after devaluation and re- sulted in a considerable accretion of funds as debts outstanding were paid and new business en- tered into.

. . .

"The chief thing to say about the second quarter's results is that most of these influences have con- tinued to be powerfully at. work. Among them, it is probably true to say that the continued high level of demand in the United States, particularly for raw mat- erials produced by the rest of the sterling area, must. take first place. The increase in our exports on Norh America, espe ' lly Canada. is also a factor worthy of special mention.

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"Our expenditure on dollar im-

other Commonwealth countries, has continued t.o be kept within the limits which -we imposed on ourselves a year or so ago,. Our gold and dollar payments to the so-called "hard currency" count.- rles outside the dollar area. which were so grievous a burden on us last year, have also been very moderate. in other 0. E. Ii. 0. countries we have made no gold or dollar psyments It. all in re- cent. months. 0 0

"Though the picture I have painted is one of growing strength. I should be falling in my duty if I did not point out to the Hours some of the less favourable feat- ures of the situation which. to- gather with the uncertainties ahead. must. compel us to take is cautious view of the .future. It will be seen from the flguru I have quoted that s major part of the increase in our reserve: is o direct result of the assists we have been receiving under the European Recovery Programme. In this respect, what we now ox- porlenced is s reversal of mo state of affairs Joni year, when

the gold and dollar deficit. was

runlng for in excess of available.

ports, and the expenditure of the cf 1943

assistance and we were drawing heavily upon our reserves. . . .

”Fui-ther, it. must be remem- bered that the assistance avail- able to us in 1950-51 will be sub-

stantially less than that in 1949-'

so. Accompanying this increase in our reserves there has been an in- crease in our short.-term liabilities in recent months, particularly to other sterling area countries. This is a direct result of the increase in their own earnings, including dollar earnings which have gone to swell the sterling area's re- serves. As the House is aware. ex- penditure on dollar imports both here and elsewhere in the star- ling area has been runlng well be- low the limits we have set our- selves, and some increase over the present level my well occur. The exceptional accretion of funds fol- lowing devaluation cannot con- tinue indefinitely. And the rise in prices of raw materials which has so greatly benefited our dollar earnings canot. be expected to go on. Some reductions have already taken place and more are possible. This may well be so even though the underlying conditions in the dollar area and elsewhere remain essentially favourable. . . .

"Quite apart from the effects of any serious deterioration in in- ternational affairs. it. would not be right. for the reasons which I have given, to count on a contin- uation of all the favourable fact.- ors which have governed our ex- perience in the last. six months. In the volatile world of inter- national trade and finance there are bound to be fluctuations both downwards and upwards. over, our position as banker tox- the whole sterling area and as the centre of the world-wide trading system based on stei-big makes it. necessary for us to carry the but- den of downward fluctuations, as well as reap the benefit of upward movements. Such fluctuations, when they occur, should not be interpreted as implying a basic weakening of our situation. We must expect such perfectly nor- mal phenomena to continue. They need not. alarm us so long as con- dltions at. home are sound, our exports are fully competitive and our enterprise in selling our goods is unimpaired. But this in turn will only be so providing we can keep in check here the rise in personal incomes and total level of monetary expenditure. More- over, lt is essential that our re- serves of gold and dollars should be adequate for their purpose. Although they have increased over the last. 9 months, these reserves are still far below the level that. is necessary to enable us to face with equanimlty all the sudden and substantial changes in exter- nal conditions which may take place. Their further strengthening is a matter of the highest import- ance to us. It is for this reason we must. firmly maintain those policies of restraint in respect both to per- sonal I come: and expenditures, especially on dollar imports. while at. the some time providing max- ium mcourngements to donni- earnings, which have contributed so much to our recovery during the past 9 months. It is along this road that we reach our declared Elm. namely. to stand on our own feet. by 1952 without any extra- ordlnarly outside help."

OPEN TO PUBLIC

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EVIDENCES OF PROGRESS

, "Nothing so much pleases us, as ,the growing taste for the conven- iiences of life; which is every day jdeveloping itself among people of -all classes. One of the best signs of increasing prosperity is the demand for such articles as tend to make Hie home more attract- ive. We were led into these re- flections by a walk through the premises of Mr. William B. Daw- son. where was presented to our rather astonished vision, such A collection of stoves. of all kinds . and sizes. and of such varieties. as i to suffice to meet the wants of all, from the wealthiest to the most lhumble and unpretending. We were shown a cooking stove, in- tended.to be heated by coal, which is so arranged that the fire burn: from the bottom. leaving no cin- der. and to a certain degree. con- suming its own smoke - Arnottls invention, we think. A splendid marble mantle - piece, with I stove-grate to accompany it. would become one of our aristocratic drawing rooms. while at the side of it may be seen one of those ,useful appendages of the same .sort, though different in degree, ithat would be extremely appro- priate for the apartment that serv- ed for parlor and kitchen, and hall.' Not a little gratified were we with seeing an immense cop- per boiler. encased in wood. in the act of being filled with water. to be heated for the purposes of the Tannery. The erection of such im- plements of trade is another grat- ifying proof of progress." - Haszai-d's Gazette. Oct. 17, 1855

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The Age-Old Story to

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That which is altogether .III-It shalt thou follow; that thou may- eat live, and inherit the land which the Lord thy God siveth thee.

. HONG KONG. July 1l--(AP)- Bubonlc plague has struck the south China Province of Fukien. threatening its 11,000,000 populat- ion. Hong Kong officials ,said today Chinese Communists are rushlns vaccine and medical workers to the Fukien port. city of Amoy.

Notes

carriers to "treat dog: with re- spect". Our postman has our par- mlssion to give our circular let- ters to any dog he meets. if the dogs would find such attention flattering. - Peterboraugli Exam- lner.

In s rec-ml. Article on buy And gnu silage it was stated that my harvested by a pick-up boiler should have a moisture content. of 20 to 50 percent, depending on the type of hay and the density of the bale. The moisture content was incorrect in it should be from 20 to 25 percent. - Department of Agriculture.

Tum in books differ. not only from generation to generation but from person to person. "once a classic" does not. mean, "always a classic", and maybe the school lists should be brought more thoroughly up to date. The tales that. really have been well told will survive, in any case, on their own merits. without being included in any classroom catalogue of ”must" reading. Alert publishers will see to that! -Bi-antford Expositor.

The press hu chronicled the re- cently snnounced atomic golf ball, which will locate itself if the golf- er carries a Geiger counter. Any day now the fisherman may ex. pect. to see ads that offer atomic fish food. It may be a mixture of cereal and ground-up worms made radioactive. Drop it on the water and wait. Then take your Geiger counter and in no time you'll know by the clicks from the particles given off inside the innocent fish just where the fish are. -- The New York Times.

Small cbiselllng incidents along the border result in irritation to American tourists and the spread- ing of injurious reports about Can- ada in the United States. Canad- ians. too, have their vexations from the Government's management of exchange rates. These things could be wiped out if the Government would step aside and allow the Canadian dollar to find its level in the free market. There is no good reason why the controls should not be lifted. The latest report of the Foreign Exchange Control Board. issued in the Spring, re- vealed that reserves of gold and U.S. dollars were above 31,200.- 000,000 - a satisfactory figure in view of the country's increasing exports to the neighbor nation. - Toronto Telegram.

Writing to a contemporary an observer asserts that our flowers and trees 50 years ago were com- paratlvely fee from such pests as the tussock moth. the green turnip louse and other vermin. which now feed on our vegetation. do- ing damage to the extent of hun-

JULY 12. 1950

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Postal authorities ndvlu letter nuslly. With the advent. of up

sparrow came a marked clung. in the situation. The native son. birds, driven off by the noisy um. jaliens, are no longer permitted 1; - clear the air of the hosts of huge , pests so destructive to agricultun . With the coming of the sturlinp l the situation was aggravated. .. I'Guelph Mercury.

-There is 1 record of a use 1. the early days from Saint John tq Fredericton, on the ice of the st John river, between a moosg. drawn sled and one hauled by 9 team of horses. At Penobsquis, in Kings County, a man named Branscombe had a pet bull moon for years. Its mother was killed by I train, and he pickedlt up a. a small calf and raised it with his cattle. When it was full-grown liq harnessed and drove it in the Win ter. Finally, as game laws wen made more strict, it became illega to keep a moose. Mr. Branscombv led it far out into the woods ant released it. but it was back in hit barn before he was back in hii house. To lose his moose he fin- ally had to have it trudked about fifty miles, then freed. - Saint John Telegraph-Journal.

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SW'EE'l' AND SOUR

sweet is the rose, but grows upoi 9. brler; 1

Sweet is the juniper. but Ihup hi bough;

sweet is the eglantlne, but px-tcketl near;

Sweet is the nr-bloom. but hi branches rough;

Sweet is the cypress, but his rim is tough:

Sweet. is the nut. but bitter is in pill;

And siylvleet. is moly. but. his rock in

so every sweet with sour is ten.

pered still.

That maketh it be coveted flit more;

For easynthtngs, that may be got 55 XV

Most sorts of men do set but imie

store.

Why then should I account of lit.- tle pain.

That endless pleasure shall unto me gain?

-Edm und Spenser, (1552-so).

Electrical contractor WIRING AND REPAIRING

ERNEST R. RAMSAY,

I29 Elm Aw Pbono 1008.!

dreds of thousands of dollars an-

PROFESSIONAL CARDS

Dr. A. L. Muclsuuc

DENTIST Dental X-Boy

ILOBIA BUILDING ;! I79 Grafton St. v

Phone 291

Matlioson & Paulie

A. W. MATIIISON. K0. A. II. PEAKE. B.A.. l.l...Is Bsfrllton, soc. Collections - Mair y to Ian: I0 Grout lioorgo Show Charlottetown

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MacPherson & son

MENlS CLOTHING

THAT FITS 157 Queen Street

COMPLETE VISUAL REFRALTION and

ANALYSIS

G. F. HUTCHESON ' a. son . Optometrists 53 Grafton Sf.

::j: Palmer 8: I-luslum A. J. HASLAM. B.A.. LA..B. Ilu-risur. Etc. Bank of Nov: sooth UIIIIIDOYI Charlottetown, P.l..L MONEY T0 IDAN

J. A. McGuigan NOTARY. ETO. BA.llBlSTEB. SUIJUXTOL CURRIE BUILDING

M. Alban Farmer

MONEY T0 IDAN

B.A.. LLB. BARRISTER, S0l.lCIT0ll.. Eu. Charlottetown, P. It I.

Dr. W. R. Carson

Chiropractor Palmer Graduate CHARLOTTETOWN :01 Prince St. Phone 1011

J. S. TAYLOR

Optometrist Eyes examined. glasses fit- 104. Corner Kent as Queen! sh. Office Phone I955-House loll

Guudet & Hcsurd GILBERT A. GAUDET. B.A.. LLB. Bonlsoers Ind Sollelfnrs Money to loll! Ouisdlan Bani: of Commerce Bldg. Charlottetown

John P. Nicholson. LI..B. AIAIHITIB, SOLl(!I'I0'Ia

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Did you ever think how big I job it would be. If you had to go to work and rebuild and refurnlsli your homef Compare that cost with the cost of modern Comprehensive Fire Insurance! .

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Joseph R. MucMIIlun. LL.B.

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money to boon mm. Frederic A. Large. I(.C BABBISTER. S0l.l0I'l")B. NOTARY non: Bank of '(lsnado oiumsu-I Charlottetown. l'.l.l successor c George J. thread). 5.0.

A. Wulthon Goudot. LL.B.

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