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Dcrlnmenh 0"WI- The Curling Bonspiel this week The Island Guardian Publishing Co. to 'u a-

. EDIIURIAI. NUIES

Ice racing today. 0 I 0

President and Aaaocialc Editor, Ian A I5urnet:.l Aaaoclato Editor; Frank Walker. fany better very fast, h

o 0 CIRCULATION

"Covers Prince Edward Island like the dew"

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

Patrickls Day, a month from now? I I O ht'lLidLO;T dflx. 793? 5

"The Alexanders Leave us

ifront line of Musical Festivals. O I I

According to a Canadian Press despatt-li., Viscount and Viscountess Alexander andiin Montreal. two of their children. Brian, 12, and Susaii, the .'lI.',., sailed for Eiiglandyesterday on thc' liner Fraiiconia. Their 19-year-old daugli-f1awye,.S in that City. icr, Rose, will remain in Canada to com-! i. . 0 plctc her studies at McGili University in Importing policemen from Kloutrcal. Shane, their oldest son. is iii)-I-wewe Scmsmen will leave Eiiglaiid attending Harrow. Before board-I March to join me Edmonton police. in: the liner. Viscount Alexander reviewcdj llalifaxis famous Children's Musical Ride; a” m,S(,,.Vi(.(,,nw,,. the .lunior Bengal Lancers. and presented . . o the ;.v,roup with its new coat of arms, which: embodies Nova Scotia heraldry crests.

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unusually interesting as indicating informed opinion in London views our triumphed, official problems: Academy, Dundee.

”Thc appointment. of Lord Alexander as: -i v '

Minister of Defence seems likely to cause Lord B0yd.o,-1-, Scottish faynjer

fact that the aDD0llltm0nt- has t01' 50""-Hlfoi' outstanding service to agriculture pre-i

lim? lJCCl1 0XDeCted- Tll901'0tlC8ll.V' tllt-ll"-hlsented by the American National Farmers' are well-understood objections to so lallgelynjon it number of peers-seven out of seventeen; o I 0

--in the Cabinet, and at ordinary times- Bill . times. and the Ministry of Defence is far production.

Prime Minister . t I himself with the work of that lVllnlSll'.Vi,vantage be produced here, and can be relied on to keep in such closcl , . .

touch with it, that he will be able to an-;

knowledge, and more than all the author- ity. of the Minister himself. As to the ap-: pointmcnt of a professional soldierlo such a post there might be some objection tol that too in ordinary times. But Lord Alc:x-held. -

antler has shown throughout his career--l . . 4. above all during the six years in whichrhe has been Governor-General of Canada-i how much more than a mere professionali soldier he is. In the light of all the facts: .and (-ii'ciimst.'iiiccs the arguments for they

. , ,- . .-- .I , "iPl'0l””""m' 1" rm mil”, homily Om good deal of smoke making and pan ban!!- weigh the arguments agains. mg-

”Evcryone who knows Mr. Vincent Mas-, o o .

sey will recognize the appropriateness of 1: 'his choice as Governor-General of Canadzum disease. lmcg it was decided by the Canadian Gov- ernment that the post should be held by 3 Canadian. Mr. Massey may fal1'l.V beles carded as the outstandirlll llVltlF-1 Cimadlanv and the fact that his wife, who ,1930, was a daughter of that notable Can-4 adian Sir George Pm-kin drives his roots in the Dominion Still de9PCT- Alld the (act. Niccolo Paganini, violin virtuoso. .that he knows this country so.wcil. i'll'Sl1b0l.n at Genoa this date 1784. as Oxford gradiizite. ill?" 85 Hlllll C0m' missioncr and . I sonal contacts, makes him almost a citizcnl

of the border.

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The P. E. 1. Musical Association is ,a i,very active and progressive organization. ldetermined to place the Province in the

It is good to be a Liberal and a lawyer, A recent return shows thatl Federal Government since 1948 paid; lnearly S430,000 for services to some 150

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They were selected from 54 applicants and are

For the fourth year in succession, since: : the British Broadcasting Corporation start-l

In this coimcction the following two ex-l ed its gene,-31 knowledge competition, ”Topl tracts from "Jalllls" in T110 5D0('tat0F m'(': of the Form", open to schools in Britain and, MW Northern Ireland, a Scottish school has' This year's winner is Morgan:

, 1 The excellent revenue that Island farm- tliiS might 170 200d 2l'0Ulltl TOT Cliltlflmljeiis have obtained from a reduced potato these are far from lleltlfl 0Fd"l31'.VEci'op is a further argument for diversifying.

The Keiitvillc Experimental Station liasl iannounced the development of 21 new strain

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General of Canada for the D0St- and ll"? has been named winner of the annual award-

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This column is open to the . discussion by u... spomlents of questlms of interest. The Guordian does not necrssnr- ily endorse the opinion of -.-u - espondenis.

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STAY ON TIIE FARM M()VElVII-INT

Sir. -- Nova Scotin has its ”Exit

Considerably more Of the fruits rural youth” problem as Wtll as:

. - . - v - , , l ' i ' from being an ordinary post. Moieoiei tllC,and vegetables, fresh and canned, that are Pgmcel Edward rlsltaiid alntll) Io. iiilc-ll”-"'W t" C35" "1 it" h-5 M50” has 50 lUll.V 39'-Wal"”'d.coiistimed in the Province could with ad- le "wage ” mm a m" "'5

ioccasioued, are importing exper- lieuccd European farm hands into ,the Province. Press reports indic- late a vanguard of one hundred

. I , Communist demands for the return of men will arrive within the next SW0? t0t' It 1" tho Commons with an twlali prisoners are somewhat embarrassing to U. N. negotiators. Many U. N.-held prison- ers are far from anxious to be returnerliwhlch "'9 ””e”'"”” M” "W"

View weeks, in time for Spring seed- ling operations and subsequent. fol- llow-up work, and the extent to

successful. will determine the fact

to Communist hands but the U. N. has al- lei further immigration, rcadv handed over a list of all prisonersl 1" the Sister P-””Vl""- its l" ”"'

own the bemoaning of rural youth fleaving the farm is based, in ton imany instances. on the fact. that this source of cheap labour is be- ing prematurely exhausted and re- placement is -costing the farm iowner or operator too much money

of bees which have not one, but several,,f,,,. the M, ,.m,,,,s he mmn,, ,6, queens and which do not swarm. The lat- celvcs ter characteristic should save apiarists a

from his farm operations. lBe the latter part of that state- lnient correct. or otherwise. it yet remains that no youniz lad. farm born and reared. of normal devel- opment. and potentiality. should he expected to remain at the lienrtli

Contagion in graft is as dangerous as M m5 l”””"5' Wml ”””'l"-H """'" It was hardly to be expected that. the gross dishonesty on the part of Wt" be 5'0"lt5" l"'0"'i” "t 3 lmm” certain U. S. A. Government officials and businessmen would escape imitation this side . , Crime does not pay in the dled milong run, but the immediate profits are al-

lcleiinlte to alli.lCipiIi.'! "when I am lllrollflll with it

than the all

Tliat. might have workrd in the time of our distant forebears but In is not good enough for the nvc:i- iagc youth of todriy. Sometbinv: more lsiibsiantial than promises nrr: rc- quircd. agreements. posscssioiis, nnd la proper division of the net income ,at the end of the year. are more in lime with the times in which ivc

W89 me, Any pmem who jg not p,(..jliist like rliii'”iig 3. previous period

pared to make some such practical

He studied lovrrtiirc to ll. son, has no legitimate i ' bl or iunder Costa, Rolla and Ghiretti. managing tlll'0U!Zll lmlllmelil C P nevertheless to have an adventurous youth. fsojourn in olhpr cums, m,,..-,. M. EurOp0'lpCrl6nC9 has served to satisfy the

complaints to offer if and when a son strikes out for himself. Aftrr a

, , . . urloslt, of ,'Ollt.l, ii .1 b i - of H10 Commqmlealth .ra”..lm than (if 1n'v amassmg a fortune which he gamblodlglincd lb retilirn llo life llliiilcl not lils single p2ll't Of it. But It Will be it Dlty 0" away at P31-ma and Paris, Paganini isblrth and assume responsibilities on

many grounds if the appointment means that the tradition of Dominion Governoi- nique.

Generals from Great Britain is finally nb- o o . andoned. The post in South Africa is heldi by a.South African. in Australia by Australian. in New Zealand by a .NCl- Zealander. and similarly with Pakistan. Ceylon alone holds to the old WaYS- It was hoped that Canada would too. but the 0131' ter is of course one for herself, and no one will be disposed to cavil at her decision.

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Taxes Aiiil Morality

save much discussion.

Ontario farmers is being drawn up

There might not seem to be any close relationship between tax rates and public morality. It might be more of a temptation to the average citizen to evade a heavy tax than a light one, but generally speaking the . ' individual will react in the same way It I5 learned- whether the amount involved be large or ' small. ,

Where the difference lies, however, is in the relative positions of the honest and the unscrupulous. When taxes are at a high level the advantage of lawbreaking is great- ly increased. The tax evader can well af- ford to spend money on protection of one kind or another. At the same time his unaccounted for profits can be a powerful lever in consolidating his business while Mhcn are hard put to exist, much less ex-

mlssioners report-.

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juingl: taxation would seem to have the tggfggfngg denying the character of the busi- ,fW till worse. ,

part of the total tax collected.

chiefly remembered for his wonderful tech-lmed "ml Hm" "mm

A stitch in time is equivalent to antic- ipating beneficiary legislation and might Legislation to estab- lish a Crown corporation to make loans to

Queen's Park. Such a corporation would provide facilities for persons on farms, in towns, villages and rural areas to obtain mortgage loans where existing loan institu- tions will not lend mortgage money on the recognized conditions. It is estimated that some 1,000,000 persons would be eligible if they could prove need and qualify, as to character, industry and initiative. Loans probably would go as high as 515,000 and the rate of interest would be five per cent,

In the United Kingdom it is the small men-with an income of between 515 and 5530 Weekly who pay most to the Income Tax fund. Only 60 persons in Britain had incomes of :E6,000 or more after payment of income taxes during the fiscal year end- ed in March, 1950, the inland revenue com- This represents a drop of 26 persons from the previous fiscal per- In the next bracket, those making 124,000 to"'t8;0()() after taxes, there were 5,010 in 1949-50. compared with 5,264 in the previous year. The commissioners said most Britons earning taxable lncomes-9,- 290,000 of them-made between 5 and

no weeklygapd that they paid” the largest

may be ready to lay down mi mutunlly salisfact.or,v agreement. ,

Solving the problem of farm lab- our. and inducing youniz men to remain within or return to the con- flrcs of the Province ns good cit- izens. and become part of an in- creased rural populzitioii are two distinct undertakings that invite. legislative consideration and co-op- erntlon.

immigration of suitable farm labourers from other countries; in plan for the early eiitzrlishment of native youth on vacant lands. and the repatriation and rchabllltatloii of those who helped form the exo- dus of youth in years gone by. but who would willingly return to their native soil if an opportunity to do so, with attractive lnducemc ts. were offered, are all involved and no individual farmer or civilian group of farmers can do much to- wards bringing about the consuma- lion of what. might well concern official minds.

In a previous letter reference was made to a campaign of slander that was being waged iignlnrt farm- ing as an occupation in which to engage its 3 means of making I livelihood. The term" may have ap- peared ii bit over descriptive of what the writer intended to con- vey to the reader but is siibrt.ant- hilly correct. Perhaps a modifica- lioii of the cxprnssloit would be more palatable and the word "ills- paragcmcnt” kept in mind as a substitute as we go along. is it not true that nil round about us we are deluged daily with hRl'l'Rlli'(U8 after lierranizuc from the platform. over the radio. or through the press (not. by the press) rlrplctiiu; fiirmlng at the most. iindrsirahlr occupation one could eiinngc iii. iind that am- ong the many questionable veni- iiies one micht. hr-come embroiled in, farming was ill. the bottom of the list. Thai farminz was the door mat upon whirli cvcry ollier indus- try wiped its feel. That there is no

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And God is iil.iIi- to make nil grace abound toward you: that ye. iiilivnys having all iiufflcieiicy in lilll things. may abound to every lgnod work.

lnioiiey in farming; that farmers!

lll:'H'F to sell what. they raise or lerow, below cost of production: that when it comes time for the

foil and labour. there is alwnvs an iniu-nirrrible host or seen and iin- sern demons awailliir! his every ,motion to l":plDli. him: in fact that 'the world is in one vast. conspir- lnrv arzainst the farmers, etc., etc. i There is no other industry that sis being so continumisly besmirch- lerl as is farmlii". Farmers them- sclvrs are not the l'.X'I'.lE'l'S in t'-iis zrotcsoue picture rarlcriturinoz pron- aziindn. that. is helm: waged in the yvri-at detriment of our arxriciiltural lllldl-'Sil',V. It is true that some of them have learned in hum the re- frnin but mniw are proud of their lvncntioii and find it to be a profit-I :ib'c venture nnd an honournblc' cnllliw. There is no other (me of lnrliistry would last for a six month diimtlon period. were it subjected tn the abuse levelled at and piled upon azrlriiltiire. Is it any wonder i-izml yoiitli refuse to remniii on, the fin-in? It is true acrlculture orl ;".'zirnilne" has its disarlvaiilaizes tend ills but surely there is it bet- lter way of npplvlng a remedy.

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AT THE PASSING OI" A BELOVEI)

MONAIICH

FEBRUARY is. 1952 Tu

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so-o-cog... xbiotes By The Wayx,

They do things better some- time: in China. During ii. recent Itrret car strike in shanghai the can run as usual. The conductor: merely refused to collect fares. - Port Arthur News-Chronicle.

Beer and ale drinker: in Tech township are slightly put out to- day, not so much because the price of these beverages was increased two cents, a move which the Liq- uor Control Board of ont.ni-lo authorized in November, 1950. but because of what would appear to be pressure in enforcing the in- crease through the removal of draught beer from local taverns.- (Kirkland Lake News.)

good appearance. B in th . the variety. the delllail all u-IMF manship that comes tram 0"" dual artistry and end Windsor Daily star, "Wu"

It ll probably up to the of Northern Ontario to gullible eouthernera right in W spect to the protection afforded to porcupines, "because they (385! to catch. and will save a from starvation if he bush." There is no such thl protection for the porcupinengm: the story of protection for. ()1 Purpose of keeping lost: men fro e starving in the bush is sheer ":1 mance. - Sudbury star,

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is lost Inna:

The Tlmmlns Air Rifle Associa- tion. has been formed here. fl non- profit group of clubs itnd indlvi-I

, duals banded together for the - ex-'

press purpose of teaching safety in the use of fire arms. Member- ship in the association is open to boys and girls between the ages of eight, and eighteen years. As we understand it, it is an off-shoot of 3 similar oranizntion in the Unit- cd states which to date has taught the fundamentals of

That ti. large selection of Canadian

aim safety to over two and a luilf million youth. -Tlmmins Press.

Mayor Houde's plea for heavier sentences for thieves who prey on tourist cars should not go unhced- ed. Heavier sentences should not be confined to those who steal from the visitor. This kind of thievery has become a common racket, dif- ficult to check. The tourist is par- ticularly vulnerable. More often than not. he parks his car on the street overnight when the thief can work at his leisure. Locked cars present no difficult. problem; the criminal who makes a specialty of car thievery has made himself A locksmith. - (Montreal Shir.)

It will aurprise most of us to learn tourists from the United States purchased 512.000.0o0 worth of handicrafts in Canada in 1951. Added to what Canadians also purchased one from another, this amounts to a tidy little industry. handicrafts from

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-c.....gggggg LAND TAX FOR Linn

On March 26. 1844, in H of Assembly, the followiii: 1-J;-l:)(,u;:,l lion was passed by a vote cf”l1.g

tax bill in riccorilaiice with ll" resolution v.'iis agreed to on iiio casting vote of the Speaker, lion Joseph Pope: t

"lVlW"'-15- by it series of resoin. tinns Adopted by the Imxzislnin-. Council. iind coniinunicatod to ilm House by message on the 2?itfl inst., the Council have resolved that the Introduction of lime .1: ii manure would greatly land .0 advance the agricultural interest. of this island, but in mafiy pun; thereof the wiint of capital pm. vents the establishment of mm kilns:

"That the grant of One Thou. sand Pounds to persons willing it join in the erection of kilns. am the burning of lime, would in most beneficial, and greatly tcnf to increase the

return lo the farmer,-and that their Honor, will give effect to any inc.-isun

tending to carry out the project proposed, if adopted by the llousc of Asliemlily:

"Therefore resolved. that House, concurring in the entertained by the

this View! Legislative Council. is of opinion, that it 1.

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A viist dumb nil price:

Surely ll power of prayer upon it wiiilt:

Thr living iinguisli of a hope to

tenderness beyond

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Offered by all hearts here in sac- rifirc

To spirits howcd in sorrow for the King

That it may touch, to comfort or iiniieiil.

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May the devotion kindle to re- S0lVl'

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J. A. GILLIES. l THE CANADIAN DOLLAR

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etrr of one of the leading banks es- timated Canada's all-over adverse lbnlrncc of payments for 1931 would llirc-iv reach M200 million which it pointed out was nothing to worry i-".l20lIti because it was being offset by investment capital coming in

(ill our history.

The writer failed to note it was British capital coming in on that occasion and lint Britain required and took all of these investment cnriilirzs in Canadian ixoods, This tin" it. is mostlv American canltal and United states in normal times will not. and cannot take cnminzs o-1 invested capital in the form of izooils and without a favorable balance from elsewhere wliich we no longer have, we cannot meet tlirsn payments. So the condition the bank economist writes of is not the same hut really opposite to the previous experience.

in the face of our,n1l-over un. favorable balance of trade. the Govrrnment. has recently abolish- r--! the Foreign Exchange Control Board and in: allegedly freed the Cnnndlnii dollar in spite of a net ownership of Canadian assets abrnnrl of about 3.5 billion mostly held in U. 5. including over 33 bil- lion in stocks and corporation cash balances that can now be plimge-J onto the market overnight.

Now there is a theory advanced bv economists that 2591- gold cov- erage of the miner currency (cur- rently 81.46 billion) plus demand dcooliis (currently 32.9 billion) is sufficient. Possibly in ordinary cir- numslancen in a creditor country this in correct enouizh but when one considers that the experts at Ottawa may try to hold the cen- ndian dollar to a limited deprecia- tion b,v ehlpplnu gold while Amer- ican investors in one of their wilr! minlce sell stocks and bonds which coupled with our large ldVCl"M' payments would use up the entire gold reserves. it. can be readily seen this theory certainly does not up plv to Canada.