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-.THE GUARDIAN

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CIECULATION Total City zone ...... .. ........... 3.15! Iutall Trading Zone... 8.451 All Others ....... .. ................................................. 084 Tom Net Paid ...-................................................ 13.00

Editor Ind Managing Dlrectot. J. I. Burnett Auoclnto Editor. Frank Wuker

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

CHARLOTTETOWN, TUESDAY, JULY 6, 1951

llutrltlon lllvlslon

Man, and, to a lesser degree woman, is a creature of habit, and progress is mark- ed, not so much by the advancement of knowledge as in the improvement of those habits. .

Medical science has learned much about nutrition since the Royal Navy commenced its issue of lime juice as a preventive of scurvy. No one would claim, however, that general eating habits have kept pace with scientific discovery.

The job of the new Nutrition Division of the Provincial Department of Health and Welfare is largely to bridge. that gap between knowing what it is necessary to eat for health and actually following a diet which provides all the calories, salts and vitamins needed daily and with suf- ficient varicty and attractiveness to assure enjoyment.

Ileductlols At source

The increase in Income Tax rates for the present year is ten per cent but the new deduction tables for the second half- year, which become effective July 1, pro- vide for a twenty per cent increase to bal- ance the months during which deductions were at the old rate.

Also provided for in the tables is the principle of deducting 100 per cent of the tax rather than 9.3 per cent as was thC rule to date. The result is that wage earn- ers will find that upwards of 26 per cent more is being withheld than was being done.

These are, of course, percentages of the old deductions. not of taxable income and the increase for most taxpayers is some- thing like an additional 5 per cent. How- ever it is worked out it will not be welcomed gladly, but. so long as it seems to be ef- fectivo in purchasing national security and a measure of social security there should be little opposition to the levy.

crown companies & Parliament

One result. of the Senate's examination into the current year's estimates disclosing the lack of coherent financial planning in the Government is the final decision b.V Prime Minister St. Laurent to bring in a revised Consolidated Revenue and Audit Act. Mr. St. Laurent announced this would he introduced at the coming Fall session It will be referred to the public accounts committee where the whole financial struc- ture of Government will be examined.

Among the most important of the changes in current practice there will prob- ably be one affecting Crown corporations. Mr. R. B. Bryce, secretary t.o the Federal Treasury Board, gave the Senators these items: There are seventeen Crown corpor- ations. They do not include their expend- itures in the Parliamentary estimates. Whether their profits are paid to the Gov- cl-nment. or retained varies with each one. Crown corporation deficits, however, are paid by the Government. There is If variety of practices among them and no uniform law applying to all or any clear principle.

The most important change proposed in the new Act is to bring all these corpor- ations undcr the direct control of Parlia- ment. to which they are not now responsible except in so far as the minister at their head desires them to be.

A-Lcsson From France

The belief that Communism can be suc- cessfully combatted by efforts to raise economic conditions and improve living standards is a basic assumption of those who support such schemes as the Colombo Plan. This, in essence, was the argument put forward by External Affairs Minister Pearson when he sought approval of Par- liament for a twenty-five million dollar, ap- propriation for technical assistance to the countries of east and southeast Asia.

Results in the recent French elections suggest that such assumptions rest on rath- er flimsy evldence. For, despite the very substantial dollar assistance given to France by the United States, and ,the markied im- provement in that country: economc P03- itlon, the commtmubvatnl rolled five mil-

ranglfi the strongest single

lion votes and

The inconclusive nature of the argument put forward by advocates of the Colombo elm, which aims at doing Asia what

the United States has done for much of Europe, is revealed also in Italy, where despite a veritable flood of dollars, Com- munism remains a potent danger. In Greece. which is held up as the classic example of how to defeat Communlsni through a foreign, aid program, the fact re- mains that it was guns and other military equipment which made it possible to defeat the guerrillas.

Nor is it safe to assume that Commun- ism always flourishes where economic con- ditions are bad. . Canada during the great depression of the thirties, presented a singularly unhappy economic picture. Yet Communism made little progress.

It cannot, of course, be denied that a sound economy offers one of the best bul- warks against Communism. The strength of Canada's economy is sapped when peo- ple are taxed twenty-five million dollars more than they need be to give effect to such dubious undertakings as the Colombo Plan. Like charity, defence against Com- munism begins at home.

EDITORIAL NOTES

Festive. Week continues.

I I 0 Most people attended Divine Worship Sunddy, for it is seemly so to do in a

Christian country. 0

O O

People fly to England with very much less trouble in almost half the time it took to cross to the mainland in the ice-boats.

Everyone loves a parade and the Mon-

ster Float Parade this afternoon, complete

with six bands, should be a joy to behold. I I O

The Prime Minister and the Leader of the Opposition have buried the hatchet. But perhaps not too deep to be dug up for further play.

laceburg would be a major event for this

and visiting firemen.

O O O

Britain is experimenting with Tussac

Islands duction. the year round, giving it a decided advant- age over native British grasses. O O 0 The streets were beautifully clean Mon- day for the street parades. The drowning out of the special services at Victoria Park, Sunday night, inaugurating Festive Week was most disappointing, over 2,000 people being gathered for the performance. 0 I O 9 Development of the West Indian trade has long attracted the attention of this Province. It will be recalled that under the Mathieson Government a delegation went round the various Islands and British Guiana with a view to fostering such trade, and now the West Indies are approaching Canada with a view to reciprocity. C O O The Ottawa Citizen's Parliamentary writer devotes more than half I column to telling Progressive-Conservatives that they intend to drop "Progressive" because the title is too'cumbersome and that "the old, traditional and unadorned name Conserva- tive is much better.” Completely ignored is the fact that prior to 1942 the party was officially Liberal-Conservative. O O O

In view of the fact we are to have so much band music here this week, it is in- teresting to note that Drum-Major John Seton, oldest practising drum-major in Scotland, will lead the parade of massed pipe bands down the Mound and along Princes Street, Edinburgh, at the Festival of Britain "Gathering "of the Clans" in August. He will also control the biggest band of his life when 1,000 pipers will play in the' grand finale to the Highland Gather- ing at Murrayfield.

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"Confidence inspired by the superb Canadian record of debt payments and of prudent handling by Ottawa authorities of exchange problems has lulled the ap- prehensions on our side of the border which usually are connected with foreign invest- ments," says New York Herald-Trlbime. "Much of the investment flow into Canada is of the direct variety, in which business organizations and individuals make new connections or extend existing ones for production in branch factories, mines or other enterprises. All this is aiding the vigorous home enterprise of Canada and producing there an industrial growth com- parable with our own most heady periods of expansion. There are some experts who contend that Canada is setting 1 new speed mark for the world in its rate of industrial build-up. They point to whole new in- dustrlos that are nourishing as if by magic. and to developments of Canadian re- sources that were unknown and undreamed of a decade ago."

I O

Ordinarily the visit of H. M. C. S. Wal- one dollar and at this we think we'd rIt.he'l' . . . ha a clear conscience. city, but in Festive Week the Navy must ogvf... minor results or 1;... wen.

. - . - . ld'- revious policy bowarcln shale a welcome with landlubbcls, anmen gghvzgl Ksailjshek which W" ” ways I triumph of hope over ex- perience.

f HE GUARDIAN.

The Five Ships

(Toronto Saturday Night) The Mini Sun! affair involve: ships built in Canada for In old- established Chinese trading com. may while the Ghlang Kai-Slick regime still had I. precarious hold on power in China. Nearly 813 million were advanced to finance the construction under a Govern- ment guarantee. All was well un- til Chlang Kai-Shck WI! finally driven out of China. Then the Mill: Suns Company incorporated I Canadian subsidiary. registered at Charlottetorwn, P.E.l., and trans. ferred the ships to this compuiy and to Canadian registry. At. the same time it sought, and was granted, exemption from the pro- visions of the Canada -Shipping Act. which require Canadian-regir tered ships to be manned by Bri- tish cuubjects with certain quali- ficotions.

Five of the ships now have turned up again, plying - under the Canadian ensign --between Hong Kong, Macao and Canton. They are manned - allegedly - by Chinese Communist crews. They are subject. in Hong Kong to all the export restrictions applied by the British Government there. But. when they leave Macao they are subject only to the Portu- guese restrictions. The Conserva- iives in Parliament maintain that there is ii strong suspicion that they are carrying contmtband from Macao to China, and that in any case there is no justification for it trade whioh is even question- able being carried on under the Canadian ensign.

O C I

Mr. Drevw made a very strong case for his argument that CInI- dian registry should be immedi- ately withdrawn. His presenta- tlion of the case was the best per- formance he has given in the Par- liament, and the ,Prime Minis- ter's reply showed that the Gov- ernment was not easy mbout the affair. There is no question on either side of I total boycottpof trade with China, but the policy of permitting trade in goods which have no application to defence does not necessarily justify the curious operation: of ship: which are Canadian in nothing but name.

To withdraw Canadian registry may involve writing off the debts still owned on them. We ap- preciate the Governments care for the taxpayer-5' money. But the total drlbt is rather lels than for each Canadian:

It is one

0 0 0 The most serious thing Ibout

, th whole Ming Sung debate ll grass from the South American Falkland ill: revelation of yet. another one in an effort to boost beef pro- llglngjlelgch The grass is claimed to grow all make public its acts. Under sec- tion l33A of the Canada Shipping Act. the Minister of Transport. Mr. Lionel Chevrier, was entitled 9 to exempt. the Ming Sungshllpoirom

Government has obligation to

the

its legal

the otbligation to carry Brit-1511 crews. But he was bound torc- port. to Parliament. that he had done so. He did in fact; table I. list of the other cases in whic exemptions were granted. B this case - peculiar and at more important than the others - wu omitted.

Mr. St. Laurent explained that the list. tabled came from steam- ship inspectors: this Item was in I different file and had been over- looked. Th-II is precisely ecvuvnl; we to saying talint. In individuals sglnry was reported to the in- spector of income tax II I mat- ter of routine. but the income re- ceived from dividends howGllGd 10 be overlooked. We know vet! well what. the government Ind the court. would make of such I de- fence. No private individual would due to put it for-word. in

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Old Charlottetown (And r. I i.)

A PATRIAIICHIAL AGE

"Died at the head of Elliot Blv- er. on the 24th lnIt.. It the pat.- rlIrchlal age of 107 years. Mrl. Mary Gibbons. She was I iiItlvc of Holland, Ind emignted Ibout 82 years ago to South Carolina. at which time she wal married. and the mother of I family. At a subsequent period she Iettled in Prince Edward Island. She re- tained her faculties to the last. and walked without Isilltmce across her room the day before lhe died."

..Pi-lnce Edward Island Register. Dec. 29, 1829. .

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IN A GAIDIN

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Flicker: Ind

hummingbirds . Q hIi-lg to sip

Tho honey meet from multicolor-

J ed floimo l golden splendor

And spun-owl dart vrbllc, hiding in the hedge.

small nnohu punt their yellow on the green.

All duty. the water Ipllllll In the

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where birds come without fear to neck its cool.

And :1: is filled with chattering Ind wings. '

Heart now mm singing in ugly

and eye . Feuuthupon light and color while

0 GIT: Contact to but motto of wings and branch. splashing of water. blowing gun and int. Hun the whole gIi-don blaudcd - In one song.

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Thin quiet gu-den in I refuge for roblns Ind bright

Racing their motors while they '

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Monthly Review Of The Bank Of N. S.

Monthly Review

Business conditions in Canada this Iprlng have been remarkably active, says the current Monthly Review of the Bank of Nova scotla. Though inflationary pressures Ip- peu to have loosened for the time being. underlying forces point to rising employment and incomes In defence outlays expmd.

To a conulderable extent, states the Review, the very heavy d -' on the economy in the only months

shameful that the Prime Minister should dare to put it forward. I C C

We must recall that this is not Mr. Chev:-ter's first offence. We took him to fair hero in Decem. ber 1940 for delaying the ts-hm-.3 of I report for two months beyond the legal date. The shocking thing, then Is now. was the cauualness with which these offences were execused. But. it would not be foir to blame Mr. Chcvxler alone. any more than it would have been fair to blame Mr. Garcon alone for the scandIlous Iffalr of the McGi-ego: Flour-milling The Government's whole I-ttitud to its statutory obligations in one to cause Icute disquiet in Canadian: who gre concerned for the democratic pro- ceso. Mr. St. Lnuient has asked Parliament for very sweeping ex. ecutlve powers this year. He lug shown some impatience with Op- Position reluctance, to grant them. ind has Insured us that course" they will be used reo- sonobly. Mr. Howe hu gone further. His Itrtitude is - and these Ire his own words - "If we wont to get away with something who is going to stop us?"

"ll: .contlnucd strong demand for these lblllc Canidinn

of the year were the result of ex. pectatlons of future shortages Ind price rises as the defence program made increasing calls on supplies. in actual fact. the defence progi-Im has been slower in getting under wny than many people expected. civilian production through the first quarter of the year showed little evidence of material short- Igu: indeed, it was probnbly I re- cord. Moreover, lmpol-in were excep- tionally large.

The resulting ample supplies, to- gether with the fact that consumers. and business had made substantial advance purchases, have recently tended to cause some lackenlng in demand - ii development which has been accentuated by the restrictive effects of higher prices, increased excise taxes and the tighter credit policy. This slackening of demand, 'coupled with concern about. inven- tories created by the recent declines in world prices of ii few important commodities has caused some re- duction in activity in such branches of civilian manufacturing as tan- nerles and woollen mills. At the some time. the growth of the defence program both in the United state: and Canada is beginning to make itself felt in material shortages, paticularly of steel. with some result- Int layoffs. In the coming months, black spots may well develop in Home industries Ind some areas It the ume time that shortages of labour are evident in others.

The main factors in the economic- outlook. however, are factors of it-renllh. The tight world supply sltuntion for such materials as base metals and wood products implies a

exports. The de. fence progrlm as planned involves large and growing expenditures and. finally. Canada has in progress I capital investment program on the

III? held In automobile togct.bor.”blit hub one can bi-uk it Ipai-ts. - Hninllton Spectator.

"mile:-", Ilyl the. British. la- cotdci-. "in certain . , wII no fool" Ind he is quoted II ny- lng in 1910: "If 1 destroy this (British) Empire aoo inllllon yel- low. bi-own Ind block natives be- come lebderlou. Murder Ind death

put of buslncu, lnatltutlons Ind govamments so large that steps have been tIben to curtail tt.

Direct control over materials. por- tlculu-ly of steel.-la Iii-only affect- lng some kinds of building. notably wminerclal construction, while the more strlnIontimortgIge Ind gen- eral credit situation and some mI- tarlal Lhortngoa Ire exercising I dampening effect on house bulld- tng. The tighter money policy to Ilno affecting the construction plans of municipalities and other public bodies. Nevertheless, it ls clear that the construction pmirun this year will tax resources of manpower Ind mIterlIlI.

The luview goes on to discuss in more detail economic conditions in the main regions of Canada. Of the Maritime Provinces it says that con- ditions have shown I mlrked im- provement, which hIs been reflect- ed In I sharp decline in the amount of unemployment this winter and spring as compared with last. Be- hind this improvement, says the Review. lie I henvy demand for for- est products, In active winter chipp- ing season. consldai-Ibly more bulld- lng construction than a you ago, and I high run of activity in the iron and steel and other heavy in- dustries. In particular, the economic situation in Newfoundlmd. which caused grave concern hit year, his benefited from revived export de- mand for pulp and pIpcx- Ind iron ore. and from an casing in the marketing problem for salt cod. on the other hand, marketing difficult- ies have persisted for Mbrltimc apples Ind potatoes

As in other part: of CInIdI, the Review now, I subItInt.lIl pro- gram of expenditures for new in- dustrial plant and equipment is scheduled for this year, while dc- fencc construction projects of some also are already under way or con- tunplnted. In Idditlon to the ex- pansion under way It the wsbana iron-ore mine, which will make possible a further large increase in production. I considerable amount: of basic-metal exploration work is going on in Newfoundlnnd, Ind sov- erIl other projects including fIctor- les for the production of wood pro- ducts. gypsum products and cement are under construction or ' 1 In the Oapo Breton Inc, the mechanization progrnnf is pro- ceeding in the coll mines. there is some renewal of metal mining de- velopment. and I new fish-procesh lng plant is nearing completion. In New Brunswick, the pulp Ind paper industry has I substantial expan-

slqn prognm in view.

g I otes By It III! hlllllllil 0! null to

will bulk and the whole world wl

go to places. so I must u; very carefully." Ono bu only not glance It the world today to 5” what. weoknou of the British has resulted in. It is Ioinotlincl log. gotten that up to 1914 It lent. the British niiptro was the greatest Ind most effective League of Not. tom which ever existed in world history.-ac. Catharine: Bi-Indard.

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9" "19 30033!" fume. titers”:-lcugl children of whom 18 Ire Wolf Cuba 01 Brownies, Boy scout; or am Guides. Patrol Leader of the scout; is 'nhomII OhrlatlIn. I. direct des. cendant of Fletcher Chi-min; or "The Bounty."-Boy scout New,

The Entll-la lnnxun In full of potholes for the. young, so pg;-mp, there is borne excuse for the nine. year-old Win-Il Iohcclglrl who made I gallant attempt It I may past tense. "Mum Iprong-clcnn the kitchen yesterday". said she, "be. cause we're getting I new cIi-pet for it on Slturdly."-Mhnchester GuIrdlIn.

-Let no Iuppooe you live in cu. outta and decide to move to In- obher part of the city. Your nm, inclination is to call a moving vim, but then you discover that this would be the most expensive way of all to move your furniture. For half the cost of I moving van you can him two large bullock cans- wlth four mnslvo bull: Ind eight men. But. than in an even cheaper wIy than the bullock cart. You cIn hire 16 men to carry your fur. nlture Ind belonging. Icross the city by barefoot. They would make as many round trips Is were nec- essary. Incl the total cost: would still be much less than the bul- lock out Ind only u. fhctlon of what I motor truck would cost. Suppose you have I small farm in the south of India somewhere near Madras. The form requires irriga- tion. You could buy In imported Diesel engine to pump the water- tho most efficient but Ilsa the most costly method. or you could put the great bull: to work on I crude but durable water-drawing pulley device. But: human muscle would be cheapest. In Bombay I spoke to I buslnessmnir who is part. owner of I film that bottles natural water. He told me that when analyzed his costs be dis-