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Morning Dally (Founded ll I601) Authorized in Iias-onil Clan Mull. Poul Offloa llcpnctntoat, Ottawa. The loland Guurdlun tllblllhllI 0a. Iilnur and uuuuglng lllroctar, il. B. Burnett;

Associate EdIfor, Frank Walker

"The Strongest Memory is Weaker Than the Weakest lnk."

UHARLUTTETOWN, FRIDAY, AUGUST 6. 1948 A liital Issue

One of the issues on which our Maritime delegates will be expected to take a firm stand at the National Liberal Convention is the party's policy respecting freight rates. There being no Liberal Government in either of the Central Provinces which are the only‘ ones not opposing the King Government's indorsation of the Trans- port Commissioners’ findings, this ought not to bc difficult. To spur them on in this matter, a timely announcement has been made by Mr. Rand Matheson on behalf of the Maritime Trans- portation Commission, pointing out that should the railways succeed in their present application, on the present volume of traffic it will cost individuals and industries in the Maritimes an increase of $8,000,000 over the rates that were ln effect prior to the increase on April 8. Mr.

, Mr. Matheson outlines the reasons given by the

railways for the proposed increases, based on higher labor and material costs. He also points out that, in the face of current developments, the demand for a Royal Commission as proposed by the Premiers of seven Provinces, or the dis- position of the matter in a satisfactory manner by tho Dominion Cabinet, appears necessary.

Mr. Motheson also announces that a meet- ing of the Maritime Commission will be held shortly, to which representatives of industres and trade associations in the Maritimes will likely be invited to send delegates. It is important that this Island be well represented at the meeting, as on a population basis we shall probably be more adversely affected by the flat rates boost on our long haul shipments than any Province of Canada.

llay Fever

Hay fever, which afflicts a considerable number of people at this season, sometimes used to be called "rose fever," in the belief that roses produced it. Many people are under tho impression, too, that goldenrod causes it. Actually, the pollens of these plants are heavy and do not blow about. The real offenders are plants which grow in the some season and in the some locality as roses and goldenrod. Three main types of hay fever are recognized. The early spring type is caused by the pollens of certain trees and may occur as early as April. The true "hay" fever is caused by the pollens ‘of certain grossesand hay and, in this coun- try, reaches its peak about the end of June. The late summer type is most commonly caus- ed by pollen of ragweed and is prevalent from mid-August until the first frost.

-Several new drugs which have been devel- oped recently are effective in relieving symp- toms of hay fever. These,_however, do not cure the condition and are only to be taken under medical supervision as they may produce un- desirable and even dangerous reactions. The best and most permanent results are said to be obtained by a series of injections, using ex- tracts of the special pollen which is the cause of the trouble. To be effective, these treat- ments must be started early, at least four or five months before the attack is expected.

Brazen ilpportunlsm A

The 25 per cent "austerity" taxes sudden- ly imposed by Finance Minister Abbott last November have been just as suddenly removed. While the abolition or reduction of taxes is always good news, says the Globe and Mail, the timing of Mr. Abbott's action will strike many people as brazen opportunisrn. ln fact, the Government's whole procedure with respect to these taxes illustrates two of its most conspicu- ous faults——a disregard for Parliament amount- ing to contempt, and a capricious way of deal- ing with business which cannot fail to damage Canadian industry and trade. '-

Sorne six weeks ago there were newspaper reports (now authenticated) that the Govern- ment "intended" soon to lift these taxes; clear- ly there had been a leak of information from official quarters. Mr. Abbott contradicted the stories and has waited just long enough to jus- tify his denial. But he has acted in time to avoid, or at least mitigate, a censure he might have expected from his party. A national Lib- eral convention, the first in twenty-nine years, began in Ottawa this Wednesday. A pro- per subject for its deliberations would be Mr. Abbott's departure from Liberal democratic methods. The Minister has sought to ward off the blow-just in time.

Looking at this particular record, the ordin- ary citizen (regardless of party) must conclude that the King Government takes a cynical view of its relationship to Parliament and the pub- Iic. When taxes can bo levied an a Minister's say-so, and then taken off to suit his and his colleagues’ political convenience, Canada is pretty close to personal rule; and to personal rule by men who think it possible to fool a majority of the people all the time. The Lib- eral convention,’ if its members are on their toes, will take a serious view of such proceed- rngs.

But there is another way in which the Government's tax policies, and commercial poli- cies generally, offend against sound practice. It is on acknowledged rule that taxes should be so levied as to cause the minimum dislocation of ordinary business. This principle _is accept-

ed by all parties, but it is-or it used to be- especially stressed by Liberals. Thoir very name carries the implication that they let the pro-

ducer and tho trader run their affairs with the least possible disturbance by taxes and controls. Mr. Abbott's "austerity" taxes caused great inconvenience when they were put on. Their removal will occasion similar hardship to deal- ers who have laid in stocks of the taxed articles —for there are to be no refunds.

This tax incident, of course, is only one of countless examples of the Government's arbi- trary use of economic controls. In a recent art- icle, Senutor T. A. Crerar asked: "ls the Lib- eral Party to continue to be a Liberal Party, or is it to become a Socialist Party or half-Social- ist and half-Liberal? ls the Liberal Party going to accept as a principle of policy a steady in- crease in the power of the State as against the individual citizen?" Senator Crerar then cited the case of farmers compelled by law to sell their produce through Government boards, and went on to say: "There are many other restric- tions on the Canadian citizen that on any sound Liberal view are an interference with his nat- ural rights. . . These are questions with which a Liberal convention should concern itself."

EDITORIAL NOTES

The Governor-General in residence here. .. a

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rm more days nu oia Home Week. I l- i I

The Liberal delegation from here is divided in support of a new leader. But all will get on the bandwagon on the last lap.

' An inspector is due here immediately to investigate complaints about radio static; and, also, incidentally to collect license fees ih ar rears. i i I

To function properly the City requires all the revenue it can lay its hands upon these days. So an intensive campaign may be expect- ed soon to collect taxes and licenses.

Tourists are speaking highly of the Rustico- Cavendish highway. Some day they may be equally enthusiastic over the Borden-Charlotte- town hard-surfoced road.

O I I I Starting today the two car ferries between Tormentine and Borden will be making eight round trips a day until August I5th to take core of Old Home Week traffic. Visitors should not meet with undue delay in getting across. I I t i

' Tho D.P.'s who are coming to our shores and who will soon be D.P.'s no longer, but Island- ers, will certainly contribute as much to the well being and prosperity of the Province as they will gain by coming here. ' Q I I I

Rural churches may have on opportunity of acquiring a bell as a result of developments in railway locomotion. In the United States, an exchange notes, a railway which changed from the use of steam to Diesel power has present- ed the now unwanted bells to various churches.

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Moncton reports drastically reduced num- bers of tourists in June and July as compared with last year. Such a development is of great concern to all Provinces and the cause or causes should be thoroughly probed. We here are bles- sed beyond measure. i

_ ‘l i i i Mr. Joseph Smallwood, Newfoundland's Confederation leader, will visit here before re- turning home. As he intends remaining in Ot- tawa till near the Conservative Convention, it will probably be next mon-th or later before he reaches here. The Boards of Trade will no doubt be prepared to greet him. Q 1' i I

Leaders of political parties may be expect- ed to retain their position for a considerable time. That being so there is much to be said for making some arrangement by which the people of Newfoundland could have a voice in their selection even though Confederation has not yet been finalized.

Q i I I This year's harvest in Scotland is expected to be a record one. Last season's high output will certainly be maintained and probably sur- passed. lts value was $320 million, which was 31% greater than the pre-war figures. This is disclosed in returns recently issued by the De- partment of Agriculture for Scotland.

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lt is old news but of interest to American tourists nearing the end of their stay that they may take back with them duty free goods to the amount of $l00, or, if their stay was at least twelve days, their exemption is $400. The latter, however, is allowed only [once in six months. I C I i

Lord (Alfred) Tennyson, English poet, born this date I809; was poet-laureate I850; raised to the peerage in I884. His poetry richly dec- orated and finely finished, includes The Prin- cess, In Mcmoriam, Idylls of the King, Enoch Arden, Queen Mary, Harold, and Beckett:

"More things are wrought by prayer

Than this world dreams of." .

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Mr. H. H. Hannam, President of the Can- adian Federation of Agriculture, in the course of his address Monday night, pointed out that agriculture is the only industry which has a lot of controls. He might well have added that keeping down the price of the farmer's product by regulation can only be justified if accom- panied by a guarantee against unduly low prices.

The Winnipeg Free Press continues to cry out against the policy of bonusing food grain shipments to the East, the objection being that Eastern livestock is being subsidized at the ox- penso of the West. If the policy were discon- tinued, however, the first sufferer would be the prairie farmer who would lose part of his grain market, and would not benefit to any extent

from railway rates to Montreal.

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discussion by correspondents of questions of interest. The y) Guardian docs not neceoaar- f?

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T!!! OLIVE BRANCH

Sir,-—Whatever my gullt, and It isn't muckrnklng according to the dictionary, it. ls shared by the en- tire English faculty of Prince of Wales College! In the English text book. used by third yea: students (not. graduate students but college freshmen) the facts about the Engllsh poets I touched upon very briefly end conservat- lvely, are given frankly and In detail.

For example, volume 1'1 o! this text. “The English Heritage" by Wetherly, Moflett, Prouty and Noyes. conceals nothing about the French chapter in Wordsworthb life, the weaknesses of Coleridge. the wlld lIfe of Byron, or the re- ligious sttltudes of Matthew Ara- old.

Muckraklng means, to seek for and expose wrongdoing on the part of public men. Whether poets long dead may be celled public men Is doubtful. but. In any event. these facts have been known for

ulty of Prince of Wales College (or any other facility) nor I, dis- covered or exposed them. Whether the cause of Truth would be serv- ed by trying to hlde t.hem or say- ing nothing of them, has long been answered In the negative. The towering imaginations. the extreme sensitivity to beauty. the very qualities that. gave us their splendid poetry, made them more susceptible to the weaknesses of ordinary men. We can pity Lhe

. frallltles that brought them only

unhappiness, and love them for their undying gifts.

I um, indeed, sorry that my llghthearted rejoinder to what. I took to be an amuslngly Irrelevant note about. the reactions 0d poets (or was this affixed to a careful discussion of s. very urgent. prob- lem-examfnatlons that. result In only 10 percent of our young people obtaining e. high school education, meant. to be serious?) has led to this misunderstanding.

I am, Sir, etc. RUHAMAH SOHEINFHLDFRANK

(Tho cause of truth ls not. serv- ed by concealing faults of any kind, nelther was It. ever served by overemphaslzlng them. As our correspondent. well says, It. Is for their undying gifts that. we arc concerned with the poets, end not. their fralltles, real or Imagined, which are so easy to catalogue and denounce. Such a. task may be necessary on the lower levels of criticism. but. poetry lovers and true educnflonlsts form a higher court. of appeal. and It Is to their verdict. that. the aspiring minds of youth should be directed. It was our ‘awareness of our correspond- cnffs accomplishments as a poet and teacher that. caused us to express surprise at. her assump- flon of. a role so lll befitting her. Now that. we find ourselves, on higher common ground, we can dismiss the episode with this ex- change of “lighthearted rejoind- ers" to each other's “Irrelevant notes" on o subject. from which‘ we have wandered too far tn both- er retracing our steps-Dd. G.)

COMPOSITE HIGH SCHOOL

sir, _ At. this season of the year when the Entrance returns, which have brought happiness or despair Into so many young lives are still uppermost In our minds, It. Is net- urnl that thoughts should turn anew to the subject of n Oom- poslte High School for Charlotte- town. Aimong the uncun-plimentery statements that have been mode about. those who advocate this ed- ucutlonal improvement lo that they are visionary and impractical rind that. the reasons they have given for wanting it. are Insuf- ficient. How, In the light of tho entrance returns anyone can hon- estly oppose the building of e composite high school is ta mo e mystery. I should like to toll you of some thoughts that. come to an average mother whose child hoe written tho entrance exlml. I have n net.- urnl Interest In the returns and then If (In the event that be tin felled) 1 cannot rejoice whole- heartedly with those who have

ceoded. I have e reel lkwethy for those who have foiled. I ltudy

power resources Is constantly b9" m; extended, there remain enor- mous sources of energy as yet. untapped. Many of these are In remote sections. but the technique

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As It. Is regarded as sound prac- tice to Install hydro-electric equip- ment 30 per cent. In excess of the power equivalent of the ihtnonhh flow, the figures In Lbe first @01- umn of the above table do not Indicate correctly the amount. of power remaining to be developed.

generations and neither the fac-,

.7 .59 fivedlérm

A rmducn swamps

Reluctantly he shuts the school- house door, A llfe‘s work ended and a quest

begun.

He thinks of texts that he will hunt no more.

Of maps. of oil-tarts. designs of pro- blems done.

They will survive ss tokens of a chase

That led his boys and girls from dark to light,

The mountain climb of man In t.lme and space

From tens of blindness, high to- ward peaks of sight. .

The sun of all he did and whet It. means

Cannot be audited; too many lives

Must burgeon still. His recollection gleams

A blur of children. humming hives

Wihere none could tell by any valid measure »

Whose gift would be of dross and whose of treasure.

—Ell.as LIberman ln The New York Times.

classrooms.

the returns, looking for this name and that In which i am especially Interested, Too many are missln8~ I search vainly for the name of that. nice boy who is so clever with things electrical. This was his third year in Grade l0 and only recently I learned at; what. sacri- fice he had been kept. In school this last year. He had been PTOm- Ised a good p05ll.l0n dc-lng the work for which he Is so well sult- ed, if he could complete his High School training. He won't. get. it now. I check over the list. nnrl find that. 24 have passed from my son's schcol. That seems not- too bad until I rfltnember all those boys and girls I saw at. the school ‘closing marching up to get. Grade l0 certificates. I hunt up a copy of the local paper which publish- ed the school past. list. and I find that. 58 pupils successfully com- pleted the work of Grade l0. In o High School these boys and girls would go on to Grade 11. That means that. nearly 60 per cent. of the pupils passed by the school have failed to get. into Grade 11 In P.W.C. What. do they do now’! Go book and repeat the work they have successfully completed? Pos- slbly 1r they are ambitious and room can be found for them In on already overcrowded school.

I femombe too, ell the boys and klrls who. during the pest. few

class, some, whose parents could afford It. to be placed In private schools where they hoped to hove an opportunity of completing High School successfully. and ton many who llmply gave up the struggle. Then, too, 1 know that. a number on the pose list. were repeating the work after one or more unsuccess- ful nttempls. I glvo up trying to figure the percentage of failures. All I know Io that Ito e very bed situation and whoeve Io to blame (and I suspect we parents nre, chiefly) surely we can't let It con- Ilnue!

I don't like to think of the shame. and ‘ spnir In the hearts of thgio boys end girls who have bod

years have dropped from my son's‘

OUTING TIME

"'13 stand On ‘the right Feet 6r gel- Ifng Th8 LIST’ __ out of your _ , d ~- b°v=1 a“ ‘ ca must "-9 - ~ "' Ilimgswith 5W - ammo fhelreges.‘ ‘f. - lama-luau i; I Undeveloped Resources of long-distance trrsrlsmfosfon a $900» ‘Mvbwbh .___ gmprovlngmand fxgonlgerbls b;- ' ng stea y roe ac y t, e lé PUBLEC FORUM l (Canadian Bank of Commerce exploitation of mineral and for- , Letter) est wealth In areas where this Is l’, Till! 001"!!!" l! 0P0" l0 "i" r21 while m9 utilization of water economic chiefly by reason of ad-

jacent. power. The following table ls an. official computation of available and developed water power In Canada as at. the end of I947.

Available 24-hour

power ob 80%

efficiency oi.

ordinary Turbine Prawn” 6 months‘ flow Installation l-LP. British Columbia 105193-000 o.» 9170'“ Alberta. . 1.2511000 100,500 Saskatchewan 1.082.000 90.835 Manitoba 5,344,500 4511,2125 onmj, 1,261,400 2.149.740 Quebec 13,064,000 5,878,812 New Brunswick 169.100 133.34’! Nova. Scotla. 173-303 1331394 Prince Edward Island - 5-390 2-517 Yukon dz Northwest Territories 813.500 19.710

40424.10! 10,490,923

The available power would there- by be lncreased 30 per cent.. mak- lng a total of over 52 million horse power, on a conservative basis, and indicating o. present. turbine Installation amounting to o. little more than 20 per cent. of the potential.

t Old Charlottetown w (And P. B. I.) l RAILWAY DEPOT SITE l Al. a meeting of the Charlotte- town Board of Trade held In ‘December, 1904. the following fresolutlon, moved by Mr. G. E. |Hughes, M.L.A., was unanimously ladopted: "The City papers having made public the statement that the Railway authorities have de- cided on the new railway station site, placing lll on the east side of Hlllsboro Street between Water and King Streets, this ConucIl of the Board of Trade desires to place on record Its disapproval of said site as not being the location chosen by the people nor the most suitable location, and this Council now requests that the Department furnish 3 report and plan on the Greet George Street; and Queen street sites be. fore any definite action la taken."

At o previous meeting In the Legislative Oouncll Chamber, attended by Han. w. s. Fielding. Dominion Finance Minister 3nd acting Minister of Railways, a resolution was passed strongly favoring the site at. the foot. of Great George street, qppqgflg m, Davie! Hotel. as the most desirable one for the new depot. Mr. Field. inc. however. made‘ it. clear-that the Hlllsboro site was being can. sldered favorably, If It were Insist. ed on that. this would not be satisfactory, he said, the work jwould be delayed and would In. vclve an appropriation In addition Iv the $30,000 already placed In the estimates for this year.