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THE GUARDIAN. CHARLOTTETOWN
NOVEMBER 14, 19551
THE GUARDIAN
Authorized as Second Clul Mail Post Office Dcpu-tment. Ottuvs. The Island Gusullnn Publishing Co.
CIRCULATION Iiuliil City Zutis ..............-......-..............-..-....... 3.165 Retail Trading Zone ...................... 8.451 All Others ...............................-........ 827 total Net Paid .. .- 13.00
President and Auoclsto Editor, Inn A. Burnett, Associate Editor. Fnnlt Wslker.
"The Strongest Memory is Weaker Than the Weakest Ink".
CHARLOTTETOVVN. WEDNESDAY. NOV. 14. 195i
Electoral Reform
our Federation of Agriculture directors have set a good example in their resolution calling for revision of the Provincial Elec- tion Act. The resolution does not com- mit the Federation to specific electoral re- forms, but it does outline a number of pro- posals for consideration at school, district and County meetings of the organization. The proposals include representation based on a combination of population and territorial convenience, single representation from elec- toral districts. elimination of property vote, lowering of voting age to eighteen years, incorporation of provisions in the Act de- signed to effectively control corrupt election practices. and compulsory voting.
All these matters are of timely inter- est and importance. and have cropped up frequently at political conventions and in discussions in the Legislature. It is desir- able, however. that they be dissociated from partisan politics altogether, and con- sidered on their own merits. Already the Canadian Legion has taken the lead by advocating more effective control of cor- rupt election practices, and there appears to be general unanimity on this point. Oth- er proposals-such as compulsory voting and election by population and territorial convenience-may prove controversial but that is all the ,more reason why a non- political forum of debate should be provid- ed. ll 21 fair consensus of rural opinion can he obtained through the Federation, the work of the Legislature in providing the machinery for electoral reform will be considerably expedited. It will not, of course, relieve the Government from the responsibility of making policy but it will consolidate public opinion in such a way as to leave little room for political opportun- ism
I World Malnutrition
The task of the sixth world conference of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United. Nations is far from an easy one. The conference, now meeting in Rome. hopes to make plans for a world- wide campaign against starvation and mal- nutrition.
In part the answer must be the tech- nical advance of great numbers of sub- sistence farmers. Bringing along many Asiatic areas from a sharpened stick meth- od of cultivation to use of the hoe or plow would go far to bring about the necessary increase in production.
The problem goes deeper than that, however. as is illustrated in our own coun- try where national dairy production has dropped rapidly despite the technical know- how to enormously increase it. There is al-
ways a fine balance of farm costs and re-
ceipts and in the long run the farmer must be compensated for his investment and la- hour or production will inevitably decline.
The long time lag in adjusting agricul- tural production may obscure this relation- ship so that wide fluctuations in prices may seem to have little effect on production. The result follows nevertheless and when the trend -is to decreased production it re- quires a very strong inducement indeed to reverse it.
check on Defense spenillngs A
Mr. St. Laurcnt's announcement that a committee on defence expenditures will be set up removes a long-standing Opposition complaint in Parliament. As the Ottawa Journal not.es, at successive sessions the Government has insisted that ample oppor- tunity for the examination of defence est- imates is presented ln the Commons and Senate when the items of expenditure are being passed. With persistence the Oppos- ition has contended there should be a com- mlttee before which witnesses could be cal- led for direct questioning.
The committee will complete its organ- ization thls year and get down to work at the Spring ession. That means it wiilhave
A available for examination the Defence De-
partment accounts of its operations during the present calendar year. Mr. Drew has observed that at present Canadians are be- ing called on to pay more in taxes in a year than in my year of World War II, with de- i, gtlie-chief reason for the heavy -Older members of the House. who
support the committee proposal. remember lppnctstively the war expenditures com- wfhn which met during the '4D's and prov-
ed its value in the recommendations and reports it made on the basis of the evidence of officers and civilian experts and on its own observations during visits to arm- ament plants and Defence establishments.
"It can be taken for granted," says the Journal, "that no secrets will be revealed to the committee, in open session at least. and indeed it is not its duty to find what Canada has achieved in 'backroom' re- search and in the application of new and mysterious weapons. What it will repre- sent is the nation's wish to be reassured that its money is being spent efficiently without waste”. - .
EDI IORIAL NOTES
Potato export is now the new order of the day.
I
Prince Charles of Edinburgh born this
date 1948.
There has been no lack of activities this year but one omission seems to have been the potato carnival. It is to be hoped that another year will see that gay event re- vived.
O The election in Argentina has had its
expected result. The cost, however. has been considerable. The press had to be
to deathls door.
0 O C
Winter is making its appearance in Korea and in Europe even as at home. Many thoughtful ladies and organizations have already taken steps to add to the comfort of our lads overseas.
O O O
Georg Wilhelm Frediedrich Hegel. great- est German philosopher of the post-Kantian period, died this date 1831. Reason, he held, is the essential nature of reality, do- ingaway with much of the earlier irration-
muzzled and the dictator's wife sink almost
illliat, Again?
PUBLIC FORUM
This column is open to the discussion by uuresponrlents of questions of interest. The Guardian does not. necessar- ily endorse the opinion of correspondents.
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al dualism in philosophic thought. I ' I
As noted in a nature feature in this pa- per. lighthouses have long meant disaster for birds. A more modern but unfortun- atcly more common hazard of the same sort is the increasingly popular lighted picture
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INQUIRIES FROM. ENGLAND
Sir. - Tlxechlldren in class I of school would like to make a huge map showing the places visited on the Royal tour of your country.
We should be very grateful if you would help us by sending a copy of your paper published on the day which their Royal High-
Everybody in the city is interested in the forthcoming election for Mayor. wheth-n er or not there be a contest. As already- stated it might be the part of wisdom to allow an acclamation with a contest in February. but that, of course, is up to the electorate. The law says an election there must be. ,
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Unhappy Greece still mourns most of her 12,172 children who were spirited away from their homes by Communists. Only 289 have so far been returned and Yugo- slavia has been the only Communist coun- try to co-operate in their return, according
to Red Cross sources.
A red fox caused a slight sensation by running down the main street of East Ham, London. It was mistaken at first for 9. dog. but somebody recognized by its bushy tail it was reynard, and followed it into a butcher's shop. There it resented all ef- forts at capture. and finally had to be shot by the police.
I I O
The passing of Mr. James Henry Gundy, Toronto millionaire, emphasises the case with which it was possible to make good in halcyon days of the eighties and nineties of last century. Canada was in the first de- !velopment at that time, and any youth with ambition. determination and ability had lit- tle difficulty in making his way in the world. Mr. Gundy, like that other mil- lionaire, Mr. J. W. McConnell, was the son of a Methodist minister, in whom was in- stilled the principle and practice of econ- omy, together with the quality of stick- rat-tiveness which leads on to fortune. We in Canada are now at the beginning of an- .other period of expansion and development. when the same qualities possessed by youth will bring equivalent rewards and distinc- tions in the not too distant future. I O 0
Opposition M.P.'s always like to keep a political eye on the legal fees which the Goyernment pays to the lawyers of its choosing. Last year. writes an Ottawa cor- respondent, Progressive Conservatives were looking over ii batch of old answers when
thousands of dollars had been paid to Will- ter'Thomson, then sitting as Liberal M.P. for the constituency of Ontario in Veteran's Land Act Legal Ices. Until he became an M.P.. the information hadn't meant much. The Opposition promptly clamored for the total of Mr. Thomson's fees. The' earlier data showed it as well over a hundred thousand dollars. By the time Mr. Thom- son became provincial Liberal leader in On- tarlo. the official total had climbed to 3232,- 000. This week, with the Ontario election well underway, Mr. Thomson dealt with the question. He gave his own total- 53-I5,427.95 "for fees and out-of-pocket ex-
they noted to their delight, that scores of b
nesses visited your town. on our map we shall place photographs taken from these
various papers, and then make a book with newspaper headings at the top of every page and under- neath photographs arid articles from the papers.
If we are successful with project. we shall ask the local paper here to ohotograph our map. and we shall send you is copy, and send other copies to some of the Canadian schools.
We hope that you will help us to carry out. our task. and we send our best. thanks to you for any help you may give.
I am Sir. etc. , FLOMNCE WEEKES.
toga ii zweai-5). C. E. Controlled Primary School, wrotliam. Kent. Englaitd. October 19. 1951.
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Sir. - From our newspaper and the radio I have been following the Royal Tour of Canada with considerable interest.
Away back in 1941-1943 I was with the Royal Air Force of. Choi'lott.et.own and now am reading that your city is to be vis- ited by the Royal couple. I feel that I must get to know more in- tlmately of the wonderful recep- tion that must be awaiting their Royal I-llghnesses. will you oblige me vith A copy of the issue of your newspaper containing the report of your wel- come to the start of the Canadian Provinces. I would appreciate and treasure such ii link with the "Garden of the Gulf." and relive again the happy stay I enjoyed so long ago in your city.
I made many good friends in Charlottetown and sent! my good wishes to Mr. and Mrs. Jack Con- nelly of Elm Street who was in the Post Office in 1941. Also the Scout folk. particularly I-lorry Pineau. scout Commissioner. to Mr. and Mrs. Bruce of Water Street and Mr. and Mrs. Tomllns of King Street. and many other folk who made those of us in the R. A. F. learn to love and apprec- iate Canada.
I am sir, etc. JAMES A. SMITH. 305 Longstove Road.
Iver Heath.
Bueldnghamshire.
-England.
DIIINIC Al?!) DANCING
sir.-one evening before Hal- loween. at. Snmbro. is miles be- yond Halltsx. I attended I dance and enjoyed it. It was s masquer- ade, a pretty and orderly evening oi amusement. They netted 3135.00 which they handed over to help pay on. old ncighboui-'s hospital til i
What interested me about that dimes was the feet. that no signs of liquor were in evidence. Liquor is the dsnce's greatest. enemy. It ccbiisec the dance. tends to drtv: away decent people in disgust. And leave the floor to the lowest class. I do not say that purveyors of drink should be shot. but I do any that many I msn hss been shot for I lesser crime. I cannot think of anything worse A man can do r:a'nst the dance than give it I mack eye with s foul-smelling hot.-
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It. is A notable fact. that. some people think they cumol. enioy u (once until they hove s few vi-.nt:s. of course the motive and the reason no obvious.
When I u about It years old, I sttcrde I dance. It was the
penses". Opposition M.P.'s blinked.
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VALUABLE BUILDING LOTS
”Mr. B. Davies is instructed by the Misses Stewart to offer at public sale on Thursday. 21st June next. at 12 o'clock noon on the premises. seven valuable building lots. not to be equalled as busi- ness sitcs in Charlottetown. being part of their real estate, facing on Queen Square immediately ap- posite the Market House. Terms. 20 per cent. deposit to be paid im- mediately after sale and the re- mainder secured by mortgage. payable in five years in annual instalments with interest. when an indisputable title will be giv- cn". - -I-lnszard's Gazelle. April 18. I855.
The former was too shlftless to pull out his own stumps. He felt he had to compensate the stump- ei-.s with liquor, and he provided plenty. 2nd or 3rd grade. During the day. while the stumps, were flylns. the glass was passed around frequently. so that by night some of the men were pretty well "corn- ed". We had s royal time. The fiddler. like ”Auld Nick” in Tam oishonter:
”Screw'd the pipes and gart them
sklrl. Till roof and rafters s' did dlrl."
But about going home time, a row started up between an old man and s boylof 16. The ola man. under provocation, swore a great oath and used his list. The boy's brother. I big raw-boned fellow. ,'umped to the rescue and grabbed the old man by the throat. Then the host, feeling his respons- ibility for good order in his house. rushed into the fray. A noted fighter at ten parties, tall, lithe and with flashing black eyes stepped up on said: "Bud, if there is any scratching to be done, you stand aside. and lc,t. me do it. But the hostess was the one who saved the situation from black eyes and flowing blood. with startling voice and stern command she cried "No fighting in my house". She clawed the contest- ar.-ts apart and ordered them away home. My back was against the kitchen table in the corner. and I had planned if the worst came to the worst, I would retire under the table. It wasn't necessary.
What is mess and tragedy drink makes of the dnneel Quite often some deadly weapon is used by reckless men to settle their dil- fei-encea. The authorities over the dance-hull should take stern steps and hound booze-vendors away from the place and insist on keeping them away.
I am. sir, et.c.. W. I. GREEN. Stanley Bridge.
CAISTER. Enlllnd --(CP)
uncovered In Ineien-t. dwelling which experts estimate dates from about. 200 A. D.
Excavations in this Norfolk town-
EARLY CHILDHOOD
when I was six and had so little brain,
There was a duckpond down by Lapwing Lane,
And there I pleased to stand upon the marge.
Towins; by string it little wooden barge.
To me this object was a caravel
Not. made less golden by the local smell;
The slag-heaps by whose feet .1 used to rove
Werc fascinating heaps of trees- urc-trove.
And Cinder-tracks with dirty pig- iron stiles
Were highway leading to the West- ern Isles.
-R. P. -Lister. in Cliristioii Science Monitor.
News-And Newsboys
(Christian Science Monitor)
Many a reader has been thrilled to read "How They Brought the Good News from Ghent to Aix". We were happy to hear how Maurice Gagnon. aged 15, deliver- ed tlie good news on Forest Street in Methucn. Massachusetts.
Is today's youth lazy. irrespon- slble? Does the newsboy leave ycur paper lying in the rain or iorget to leave it. at all in his haste to get to the movies? Not this one. Not even a bullet. could stop Maurice from delivering his final 18 papers.
The bullet, fired by an older youth playing with a rifle. rico- cheted from a stone and struck Maurice in the cheek. An agitated resident of a nearby house tried to take the wounded newsboy to s hospital. but he refused to go un- til he had completed his paper route. so like all those heroic messengers of'history and legend who have staggered through sm- bush and holocaust to deliver their their news. Maurice accomplished his mission.
In delivering the news. he was making news. Not to be overlooked in ii day when juvenile dell. quency and the breakdown of individual responsibility make grim headlines is even a small reminder that the ancient virtues still live. That is the good news one lsd's devotion to duty leaves at your doorstep today.
For Men's Clothing That Fits
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Lessons From Euro
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In Community Progress
i By Leo P. Mclsuc ..
i Part Two
Women's Institutes. of course. are recognized in nearly all coun- tries as the leading women's or- ganizations. Their program, how- ever. varies as much as local con- ditions. In general they seem to have taken special interest in schools and in health. In some countries, .though, like England. where many of the Institute mem- bers sre from urban and indus- trial sections. they have little ap- precistlon for the farmer's point of view, or of the problems of the people in the country.
some Institute members we met in England. for instance, li.id the idea that Canadian and Danish farmers are exploiting the British consumer at every possible oppor- tunity. However. the Institutes are doig an excellent job of improv- ing community conditions on a general level.
Women in Europe seem to pay
more attention to public. social snd economic questions than do women in Canada. Young married women.sttend courses on social welfare. family budgetting. etc. Institutes have drawn up schemes to finance. either through the cooperative or through the government. the installation of running water and sewage systems in their homes. This work is handled on I! contract basis and has been done much more cheaply than it could have been if each one had to deal with the plumber and supplier individually. Women helped to extend rural electrification in the same way. One of the leading Institute mem- bers in" Scotland told us that pro- moting projects llke this and helping the people in is practical way. soon aroused support; for the Institutes. The women than be- came interested in doing some- thing practical to make their own work easier; she said, when wo- men have electricity and running water it is easier to promote bet- ter cooking methods. better sani- tation. etc.. for they are more in- terested in their homes. "When people acquired a little, they look- ed forward to getting more. and make better use of every new con- venience," she told us.
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There are other women's groups doing excellent work. too. The Cu- operative Women's Guilds iii Brit- ain and Sweden have made ssreat contribution towards the success of the consumermovement. Groups of women meet. once in month just. to discuss social and economic problems. They then point. out weaknesses and make suggestions and recommend tions to the coop- eratives regarding merchandising. improvements. and educstionslpro- grams. and encourage women and young girls to join the movement. From the guilds, the consumer cooperatives have officially ap- pointed women's committees which meet regularly for a short session with the board of directors. They are invited by the board to sam- ple food stuffs. to select dishes. and other kitchenware for quality and appeal. and to make sugges- tions regarding patterns and new lines of merchandise.
some of the local societies hav- ing on active women”s guild have gone so for as to hire ladies quali- fled in domestic science,hsndlci-aft. em, to ” t clssses in those fields. to discuss ways of improv- ing the cooperstlves and extending their services; besides interviewing girls for jobs and helping them improve their work and worklns conditions. In Sweden and Don- mark cooperative won-ien's com- mittees sre paid part-time to do this type of work.
Institutes and Guilds have done a great deal, too, in promoting night classes in many subjects of feminine interest.-booking, sewing. art. music. dancing. di-smsl.lcs.ctc.: one interesting class in Sweden was the physical training or "slimmlng exercise" class for young married women. Although the work of the Institutes and other organi- zations is not coordinated in every . , t, there seems to be I gen- ersl understanding regarding the responsibilities of each group.
Education Techniques And Facilities
Adult. education is. apparently. something that people can made to like or dislike. Over the years. many have been ti-estinz this question the some us they would candy-changing the mix- ture. , ” on s new costing. sddlnn nuts to it. every couple of yesri. but slwsys including the some old buic ingredients. The British cooperative. movement mode little progress with its edu- cational program until just. before the first Grelt. War. They hld uilkcd s crest. detil about it.
Borne of the lugs: societies hurl installed libraries and tending rooms and I few of them hurl conducted night classes. But. in all. little was sccomplished among the members. The officials in mpny in t became more in- terested in business sffsin and in high rates of dividends. than in the social ideals of the plane: a.
In nritcln. its well as in the
”Tilo Ago-lllil Story
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llow excellent in lily loving- lllndnou, 0 God! therefore the 'oltildron of men out their trust.
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(All Rights Reserved)
WOMEN'S ORGANIZATION!
other countries, th
of the same nppr:sych:lei:h;?”il have been following new "M mini! Years. Education '0:
teen. study mum. short cofl:imi" the local centers.-all thou Lt:
appealing for I time
first attraction was. ?vt:)trri"h:1x;th' new approach had to be mild: Now. the cooperatives. the lib,,' unions, the farm organizations am: all who desire rcsl pxogl-955 m adult education have found pm the most; effective method is to bring the people together .; . center away from their own hem, and get; them to concentrate of special 1u0blCIlll for short pg;-104;
Coopsrstivc school;
There are natlo l c -, colleges in practically ev:ff'Efgf pean country, and some local schools or training facilities .5 well. The cooperative college England includes the whole edu- cational department of the British Cooperative Union. From there correspondence courses are 3,: ranged with the local 50(.".Ci.le5 through their educational SECICIBX. lee. There are courses in Cooper- ative History. Mei-chsndislng, Eco. nomics. Accounting, etc., which prepare both the members and th. staff for entrance to the college. Students are selected by the local societies on the basis of I recommendation and I written examination. Most of them an sent. to the college on full salary, and with scholarship sssmam, either from their local soclety,fmm the wholesale. the Cooperative Union, or from some other scum, The courses run nine months and are divided into three different faculties: social, mnnsgehl. ma secretarial. The social course it taken by those interested in field work, research, personnel mansgg. ment, economics, etc. It is 1 cm or s three yes: course, st the cone cluslon of which the successful students are awarded diplomas. The managerial course is I three year course. but before en- tering tt. a student must have twi or three years' practical experi- ence in is local society. Complete and definite courses in merchan- dising and all msnsgerhtl work are given. and each year the stu- dent must pass a written examin- ation. The seci'etaries' course is I two year course and include: book-keeping. accounting. offtci admlnisti-stlon.snd training in the duties of B secretary in 9. large business organization. The suc- cessful completion of each oftlicie courses warrants s dlplomo. which entitles the student to certain let- ters. which are recognized by edu- cational -circles in the country. They are roughly equivalent to a Bachelor of Science Degree in those particular fields.
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In the 1950-51 term there were over one hundred British student: at the College and the number if steadily increasing as new accom-
modations are available. On thi- international course. there wm representatives from each of tilt
British colonies and from many of the Dominlons, as well Is selectea students front the Scsndinaviiii countries. and other parts of Ihl Continent. This formed the best. for on international ”scusstoi. group for the whole college. visit- ing speakers are brought in week- ly to discuss questions of specln. interest. - On the Continent. pconlfl schools for one or two week spec- ialized courses are gaining ali- proval. Instead of having 3 few people come to a center for ii lonll course. they try to get as many 9 possible together for Ishort. course: this works well in Flnlnnd and Sweden. where they put on special courses of six dsys' duration. L0- cnl directors. for example. come in to get. some fundamental econom- ics and a deeper insight into tin questions on which they have to make decisions. ' Then during the special ”sc.l- servicc week" all the manalws '5' the self-service grocery shops are brought .togcther. Sample shell! are set up to demonstrate the proper methods of merchnnrlisinll and display.
They are taught. to advise thnr members about the best ullii”-V
be merchandise. why they should but
this and not that. instead of its" ing to sell the product on W-iiCi' there is the highest pi-otlt. Wei; hold short courses for education: secretaries. for study club lendclrl and for groups of officials ii special fields of .work. 0 U
At these schools there are coin- plete facilities for Iccommodniini those students each week. I95 "I: pcnses are paid out of the cdiictl tlonul fund of the local s0Ci9"YV; Every session is very Clleiitiea plmned and no time 18 W95”; There is planned dlscussloupefi I; and Ample opportunity for Pe0i;M who are interested in U10 ” 3 work to meet and to eXCh'"'. opinions. whcreu this 18 imp”; ntble when instructor: 30 iii" the local societies. ml,
It has been found that in h way more people can be mt; It and more work secoml!"5i"'-"WI for less expense than by 1"” up through the country hoidins gin!" inn and locni short courses. is a cooperative school of iii in nearly every counl.l'Y- I, they are financed by W9 'd":r, tionsl department of the COOPW ntlves. with support from H universities and Tosesrch liumu r-
(To be continued!
BUCKINGHAM. Eniicnd -10;; -Because of 'Ilioi'u'.'B 0' "i," , such jobs njsrsle co'..ecU;: local sulhnritiu on tryl-nl '4! x, will licences to arias av" W” cm from Holland.