PAGE FOUR .

THE GUA-RSDIAN

Authprineduleoondcluelallreetotftoe Department. Ottawa. The island Gnu-llianjnhltehlng Co. CIICULATION

ed are concerned, the rate-of increase this century has been slowest in Europe (ex- cluding the USSR) with 3678, and most rapid in the Americas with 112 per cent. Of the 52 countries listed, Eire shows a 7h: decrease, and France only a negligible in- crease. The present territory of the USSR,

"7 which in 1900 contained less than half of

Editor and Managing Director. J. I. Burnett. Auoelato Editor, Frank Walker.

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

OIIABLOTTETOWN, WEDNESDAY, AUG. 8. 1951

......

Water Safety courses

Pleasure and profit are seldom more aptly combined than in the Red Cross swim- thing and water safety courses which are provided annually at this time, free of

, charge, with competent instructors and un-

der conditions which in this Province might well be described as ideal. Every Island

- school child, as well as adult, should be

proficient in the art of swimming, and have at least a good rudimentary knowledge of

. water safety measures.

A Montreal exchange complains that

twhile a great many people enjoy outdoor

bathing, only one in ten can swim. The proportion may be higher in this Prov- ince, but there is no reason why it should -not be very much higher. There is, of

, zourse, much more to being safe in the

water than merely learning to swim; there is judgment in deciding when and wherc to swim, care and competence in handling boats, in rescuing persons from drowning and in dealing with those who have been so rescued, etc. All this and more is taught in the Red Cross courses, and commun- ities all over the Province are taking ad- vantage of the opportunity thus afforded. But there is always room for more pupils. Parents can co-operate by encouraging their children to enroll, and in being regular tr.

I attendance at the courses until proficiency

is attained.

Once acquired, this is an art which is never forgotten, and it may pay big div- idends in self-preservation or in the saving, of others' lives in the years to come.

Tim

Defective cars

As a result of a survey made in the United States, a Toronto advertising agency estimates that 1,000,000 Canadian cars re- quire brake repair work, although without .a special check neither motorists nor gar- age mechanics are aware of the need. But linings are worn thin, drums are scored and

-- cylinders leak, thus reducing safety.

the brakes may refuse to work at any

ent.

What is true of brakes, suggests the

wa Citizen, might be said of other parts

automobiles now on the road. Head- ts are often defective, the steering gear

y be in dangerous condition, and other

1 parts may be worn to the point of

l. A regular system of checking the

hanical condition of automobiles, such

obtains in British Columbia, would dis- .. defects and increase highway safety. other provinces, the police can, and do, ke spot checks of motor vehicles. Bu't . en this is done only where there has

:been an accident, or where a vehicle that

is clearly in the jalopy class is involved This is not good enough; needed is a thor- ough annual check-up of all vehicles.

The Population Problem

World population just keeps going UP- During the last fifty years, writes Mr. "Maurice Goldsmith, Unesco Science Editor.

bit has increased by no less than 826 mil-

lions. Every day there are .60,000 more mouths to feed. This great increase may be said to have begun 300 years ago with

-the scientific revolution, which opened up

for man the secrets of nature and gave him Avast new powers. During this period the -world population has quadrupled. BS Show" by the following table showing, in mil- -lions, the probable population of individual continents from 1650 onwards:

Africa America Asia Europe Oceania Total mo - 100 18 no loo 8 us use - so 12 no no 1 no me - so is on in 2 son L.” g '5 n 140 I00 2 1111 I000 - 141 181 Q 415 O 1552 till .. us In use not 11 3878

The greatest growth has been during ltlle last 50 years. When - according 90 W.H.O. official, Dr. S. Sweroop, in a study in the last issue of the Epidemiological and Vital Statistics Report - "the world has added more persons than actually Were "V- lng in 1900 in the whole world excluding Asia, and the rate for the twentieth ceiitui-y IIIOWI world populatlbn to be lncreaslnz 85 never before." '

The table above. shows that Europeans

Atlieiileveilfold,-elageliietlithreefold in- forthereetofthewoi-hi.

eeeootinollte M list- 'l

-'.l- .......-

the population of the remainder of Europe, has increased by 59 per cent in this period.

' In Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the United States of America, the rates of population growth have exceeded those of Europe. The most rapid increase has been in Argentina (251 per cent), Cuba (231 per cent), Colombia (217 per cent), and Brazil (191 per cent). The American continent (thatris, North, Central and South' America) has added about 170 mil- lion and doubled her numbers this century.

Of the 2,378 million inhabitants of the world, the great majority--1,253 million-- live in Asia. In fact, half of the total world increase has been contributed by the Asiatic countries alone. China's populatioli is 463,500,000-the largest in the world- and that of India and Pakistan 420,400,000. This compares with the total European population (without the USSR), of 393 million.

Before the eighteenth century the ma- jor factor in controlling population growth was the death rate. Now with the exten- sion of medical science and public health measures mortality is being reduced, with a resultant increase in pressure on avail- able food resources.

The present-day Malthusians proclaim words of gloom, but there is no doubt that the technical means are available to pro- vide for a still greater population than now exists and at a higher standard of living. Population pressure can be relieved by so- cial measuressplanning, the spread of sci- ence and engineering knowledge, and by world co-operation for peaceful purposes.

EDITORIAL NOTES

service The

big. I

The all-Island daily

Guardian has gone over 0 U

by

. Shipping is wary fliese days of 30 foot icebergs in the Strait of Belle Isle.

I O u

Now Egypt wants to go on strike against Britain: it remains only for the Soudan to strike against Egypt.

O O O

The 16 touring Toronto schoolboys seem to be having a delightful vacation and put- ting into practice the slogan, "See Canada

First."

0 C I

In one profession more than any othel there is always room for improvement, viz., the teaching profession. Only human nature being as it is, it is not possible to make it uniform. -

I

A supervisor. of City Schools should be appreciated by children, teachers and par- ents alike. Say what we may, there is al- ways satisfaction in having finally one man to whom to appeal when in doubt or difficulty.

Winnipeg, incredibly enough, cannot find enough mosquitoes since waging a cam- paign against the voracious creatures. The city is actually bringing in specimens from Ottawa "for investigation purposes."

0 O 0

At the present stage of the Old Age Security programme the Government is ahead and the expectant pensioners thr be- hind the game with the temporary transfer of possession of birth certificates and other valuable papers.

The Spaniards, or Spanish press, last Saturday "mourned the loss of Gibraltar in 1704. not altogether unreasonably pel- haps for men of the Royal Navy or R.C.N. celebrate its (unsuccessful) siege any day of the year.

According to "The Mlcmacs in Early Times", appearing in Tuesday's Guardian, the women in early pioneer days had not their sorrows to seek, and stood "manly" up to them. Read in yesterday's issue how they constructed their wlgwams. "These are so well fitted", we are told, "that it never rains in their wigwams", notwith- standing they were made of bark. sewn together with thread made from root of fir. Also, there is a graphic account how the women and girls did the manual work, leav- ing the lighter tasks to the men and boyu. 0

George Canning, English statesman. died this date ,1827, bringing to a close his four months as prime minister. .In various ministerial capacities, the tory Canning had shown remarkable talents for debate. He had planned the capture of the Danish fleet in 1807 which established English naval supremacy and, recognizing the in- dependence of Spain's American colonies in 1823. may have inspired the Monroe d rine. In his own words he "brought in e New World to redress the balance of

"I! Still.”

t.-w--,.

THE GUARDIAN.

A CHARLOT"I'E'l'0WN ilow Special lieilvery

PUBLIC FORUM

This column in open to tilt discussion by correslioilflmi-' of questions of interest. The Guardian does not necessar- ily endorse the opinion of I correspondents.

BUTTER PRICES Sir,-The news columns an- nouncing speciflc efforts by the Dominion Government. to either

forestall or stabilize a butter shortage this winter. plus the price-level, was no surprise on

the other hand-whether success or failure stems from this policy- lt, has one unquestionable attrib- ute. 1.42., it is realistic.

The above news story reminded me of the following brace of mar- ket references to this some butter problem. I beg the privilege of bringing both to the spotlight of a column (the one, from your own "Notes By The Way" feature-the other from the columns of your contemporary. Lindsay Post, Ont.) for it seems to this reader that the latter accents the former:

(a)-A man remarked the other day: "Butter went to 82 cents, didnlt it?" No it did not. Butter has no legs. It is not self-pro- pulsive. It does not "go" anywhere or to any price. It did not "go"; it was pushed. People are becom- ing all too accustomed to think- ing of prices "going" places, in- stead of realizing that they ere put. there. Somebody increases the price. Either the producer gets more, or somewhere on the way from him to the consumer an ad- dition (perhaps more than one ad-

dition) is made. Or perhaps both these things happen..." (Guard- ian. May 18.)

(b)-"In 48 years' experience I never saw a year during that. time when the cream producer did not produce in the months of. June-July at is loss, when his pro- duction was the highest of the year. One day I was in the office 0' a broker in Toronto, who had a car of butter rolling from Win- nipeg to Toronto. The broker got in touch with a butter buyer and sold it at an advance of one cent per pound. Now the car contained about 500 .56-pound boxes of but.- ter. or 7.8.000 pounds. and that one ca-nt per pound amounted to on additional I280. Now. not one pound of this butter was better in quality. nothing was added to its food value. Butter was with a ris- ing market at that time, and in that day this car was sold seven times to different buyers. each buyer making 0280, or I. total profit of tl.960, and there was no- thing added to its value. But the consumer paid this higher price while the cream producer of the Western Province: who produced the butter did not get any of the higher price.” (From a letter by William Newman. in the Lindsay Post, Ont.) I em, air, etc., 'I AN URBAN READER

-it

r

'4PsV'

The Age-lilll story

other ubb-th. that he altered in- to the synagogue and taught: and there was a man whose right hand woe withered. And the eorfbn end Pharisees watched him, wheth- er In IVOIIlIl.heol on the ubbeth day; that they might find In so cuution against him. Ill! he knew their thoughte, and said to tho llllll which had the withered bond. line up. and stand forth in the midst. And he nose and stood forth. Then sold Jone 'nn0o thorn. ll.

good. or to do evil? to or to destroy it? And lopkingronnll about upon than all. he eeld unto the man.

it ounoto pnee he went out into a pray. and continued all Illlht prayer to God.

Fort Atkinson. A town in Mill- nesota. was named after I gen- eral who fought them against the

lleeknewketnllll

And itcunetopeeealeoonan-'

(And P. E. I.) WATERSPOUT ON THE HILLSBOBO

"Yesterday. at about 12:45 p.m. our harbour was vlsiterl by :1 beautiful phenomenon. Immense drops of rain were falling, when a column descended from the

Three Tides until within a few 'feet of the water. when a second

met it from below, forming or fwaterspout about ten feet Ill gdlameter. The water seemed to

boil for yards on all sides. while the rest of the harbour was beaut-

Ilfully calm. Beyond the. dark patch over-head the light blur- !sky, half hidden by masses of

'whlte sliver-tipped clouds. formed a pleasing background to strange and unusual scene. ! "The spout continued to whiil around for fully ten minutes. when ,it parted and quickly ascended. leaving the water as before. A few minutes afterwards a second column began to descend.ne.ar--r the shore '.2l front of Government House, bill slowly rose again be- fore reaching the water. A singular whirling motion was per- ceptible in the clouds in the vic- inity of the spouts, until nearly two o'clock, when several penis of thunder were followed by'n short. but a heavy fall of raln.'

- The Examiner, Aug. 21. 1877

The Press And The Radio

(Saturday Night)

The Massey commission Report has provoked a lot of discussion about the character and extent of the analogy between radio and the printed word, with the radio people largely contending that their med- ium has all the qualities of the printed periodical and should be entitled to all its rights, privileges and reponslbilitles. There are cer- tain histuses in this claim which need critical examination. one of them is that the periodical in the vast majority of cases gets a cash payment. from the individual who is going to read it. which consti-

Itutcs I pretty substantial proof

jthat he feels that it is rendering him a service of value.

No radio station receives any payment from anybody who listens to its broadcasts. In Canada there )8 A licence fee for listening. but it is not a payment for the privil- use of listening. and if he does not pay it the Canadian theoretically

cannot listen to anything. There is another and very im- portsnt difference between the

radio station and the printed per- lodicel, in relation to the adver- tising content of their output. The advertising content of the periodi- cal occupies space. ind is paid for by Iplce meesureme . The adver- tising content of the radio occu- pies time, and is paid for by time meuuren-lent.

This has 1 most important con- sequence. The reader of the print-

ihr '

AUGUST DAYS

- Dawn stands on tipto: just above

clouds over the water near thr-l

the hills. And ti-vines her golden hair with purple snood;

Smiles at the twinkling shadows on the lake,

And catches glimpses of her own gay mood.

At brilliant noon the lustrous rip- ples run

Through amber fields. in wake of lazy breeze

Heady with fragrance stolen from the foam

Of buckwheat lace. or green alf- alfa frieze.

Tall spears of tassel trim the

whispering corn.

And Rarden flaunts her wares in gaudy show-- '

Or spends a wealth of grace on pantry shelves.

(The rival of the glowing orchard row!)

. . . These are the days of dreams and labor blent,

While crickets Creek an argument . . .

-Ruth E. scharfe in the Ottawa Journal.

endless

ed periodical does not have to look at the advertisements unless he wants to, and consequently they cannot annoy him by forcing themselves upon his attention, They must engage his attention by their intrinsic quality of interest - a circumstance which has led to the raising of periodical advertis- ing to a very high artistic level.

In radio the advertising is lnex. tricably interwoven in the pro. gram, and forces itself upon the listener whether he likes it or not. (The argument that he can tum the dial is not very impressive: the chances are that at the mom. ent when he turns it he will mere- ly find another advertisement on the next station.)

It is true that some of this ad. vertlslns ls entertaining enough; but much of it is exceedingly poor, and depends on the gyfupy V01" of the "commercial" cto produce any effect at all - and the lie- tener who doctn't like syrupy voices just has to endure it or shut off the radio.

if the radio station could mgkg a business transaction with the listener, in which he gave evi. dence of his interest in paying 3 cash sum for a year's broadcasts. we should have much better broad. misting. and the radio stations would be able to show evidence of a real "value in exchange," 5 nie. 3518 VINO. in their products. That ,5 .

sucusr s. 1951

I 'Notes Bx

Perle police have seized 3100.- 000 worth 01 stolen carpets. or what are sometimes known as hooked ruge.- (Windsor Daily Star.)

ax-are

A Windsor woman has a mag- nolia tree which has bloomed twice 5 year. Don't be alarmed. lady, it's Just another sign of in- fletlon. --Windsor star.

Northampton, Msssachusettl, ex- perienced a "hay blizzard" for half an hour when a gale picked up several stocks from an adjac- ent pasture. But no cracks please. to the farmer about Gone with the Wind.-(Hamilton Spectator)

What's In a name? A British geologist was kicked by his horse while crossing the Rockies in 1858 and his party named the scene of the mishap Kicking Horse Pass. The name sticks, one of the most famous in the world.-(st. Thomas Times-Journal).

M n time when monarchs are in the public eye. it may be worth noting that poor ex-King Zog of Albania has appeared again. though obscurely, in the news. Hc ls coming to the United States. but nobody invited him. and no- body has made any plans to put. him up when he gets there. We have always felt sorry for Zog. Even when he was sitting on his

The Way

uneasy throne. he could never me, cced in being regally imp,-umeg not with a name like that. (5 now he is left with that Allah” ridiculous name and no country to rule over. People with .,,,3 names have a particular crou M bear. Even if they attain height; of glory. or pass through gm catharsis of tragedy, nobody (mm believes it. They feel that men must be a.,ioke hidden somewhere Ea it was with Zog's now immor- tal predecessor, the Akhoond or Swat. when death came to him IID 1886) this serious visitation provoked one of the most hllari. ous lnmpoons in English lltem. ture, George Lanlga.n'e Threnody: ..Sorrow. Swats. Tears shed. Shed tears like water! Your great Akhoond is dead That. Swat's the matter."

Probably Albaniefe unfortunate ex-king only has one chanu gg immortality--the chance thotsome poetic wit will celebrate zog's jogs in appropriate verse.-(Vancouver Province.)

.l.P. MaePllersoll & Son

15'! QUEEN S'.I'.

Tailored-to-lileasllre Clothing That Fits.

049.00 and up I

144 Richmond St.

E.R. Brow E'9”Son

Fire, Auto, Life, Accident, sickness" And Plate Glass Insurance At Lowest Rater '

Agent at Summerside. D. 0. Stewart

Charlottetown

PROFESSIONAL CARDS

Joseph R. MecMllien. LL.B.

BARRISTER. SOLICITOR. Etc. 15 Queen street Pl-TONI. 776 Money to Loan

J. A. McGuigeln

BAREISTEE. SOLICTTOR. Etc. NOTARY. ETC. BARRISTER. SOLICITOB CUIUIIE BUILDING

A. Wultllen Guuelei, LL.B.

BABEISTER. SOLICITOII. Ito. Phillipe Building lu Grafton Street Money to been Collection

M. Alban Former

B.A.. LL. 3. Momzy T0 LOAN Charlottetown. P. E. l.

FREDERIC A. LARGE. K. C.

Barrister. Solicitor. Notary Royal Bank of Canada Building Charlottetown. P E. I. UOANS ON CITY AND FARM PROPERTIES

J. S. TAYLOR

Optometrist yee examined, gluseu flttell

Corner Kent 5 Queen st; Office Phone I856--House I018

Collertionr

:....j.

Iir. John E. stern: VETEEINAIIY SURGEON

Phone 129 :38 Poems! st. Office Home

By Appointment

.- in VI , for the radio stations and unfortun. lately for everybody,

COMPLETE msunsncs snnvics

c(If3CSR.o9oroJgo1lcleo &mtt&

v4

lei QUEEN sr. AGENTS 'i'l-ntouciiour ms lvnovnfcnl

Allison M. Giliis.

MacPIlee 8: Trainer

8. F. MeePEEE. B.A.. K.0.

E. SOMERLED TRAINOE. I. A. Barristers, -JG.

Bell. Mutllieson & Foster

Barristers. Solicitors. eta. R. R. BELL. K.C.

D. L. MATHIESON. LL.B.. KC. G. R. FOSTER. LL.B. Loam on City and Farm Properties.

150 Richmond Street Charlottetown, P. E. !.