' .1 An exponent of this view, Mr. W. T. G.

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CHARLOTTETOWN SATURDAY, JAN. 20, 1961

Tribulations or Tito

V Policy-makers in the Kremlin, highly ' satisfied with the trouble they have created sfor the Western Powers in Korea and else- where in Asia, are now reported to be seek- Hlllg Ways and means of touching off an- other powder keg in Europe. Indications are that the choice will fall upon Yugo- .slavia. Belgrade sources report that Bul- .garia, Rumania and Hungary, under the guidance of the Soviet Union, are preparing for a war of aggression against Marshal Tito.

Armies of these three Soviet satellite countries are estimated to number some 660,000 men. Moreover, six Russian di- visions are presently stationed in Rumania and Bulgaria. Border incidents continue to mount, an intense campaign of hate indoc- trination is carried on against Yugoslavia, -and indications are that all that stands in the way of an immediate outbreak of hos- tilities is the unwillingness of the Russians to risk a test of strength with Tito until numerical superiority in trained troops in- sures a Soviet satellite victory.

The situation presently developing in the Balkans poses the most serious policy de- cisions for the Western powers. A Soviet- dominated Yugoslavia would be a much more serious menace to the security of the Mediterranean and the Middle East than the nationalist-minded communist regime of Marshal Tito. It is questionable wheth- er public opinion on this continent would be ready to back Tito with men as well as materials in the event of war. Yet the choice which confronts us is just that.

It is easy at the moment for most of

us to dismiss the tribulations of Tito as having no significance for Canada. The fact of the matter is that those tribulations may become our own in the near future. That being so, it needs to be thoroughly .'understood that the issues at stake in fjYugoslavia are much more vital to the cause of freedom than what is happening in Korea.

llcspotlsm curbed

Abuse of executive powers has been re-

.,stralned in at least one instance by a de- gcision of the Nova Scotia Supreme Court. j'Provincial fruit inspectors were ordered "to examine 10,000 barrels of apples. Un- ' der the Agriculture and Marketing Act the apples cannot be transported unless stamp- :red by inspectors, and the inspectors had refused to inspect this particular farmer's crop because he had previously made a -rush shipment to Moncton without inspec- 1; tion.

The inspectorsl stand in the matter would have deprived a farmer of all chance of marketing his crop had the court not intervened. It is a matter of prime im- portance to everyone in this age of ever ,increasing power in the hands of in- dividuals and boards, that there should al- ig vays be such an appeal from executive -decisions which may be based on an un- tenable principle.

canada's Growth

Economists have been pointing out that Canada now appears to be entering a period of industrial growth to be com- .pared with that experienced by the United -States following World War I. Not in vol- ;.ume, of course, because the industrial and gmanpower base of the U. S. was a great 'deal broader in 1919 than that of Canada I now, but relatively as great when that f' factor is allowed for.

,3!-Iackett, economic adviser of the Bank of - Montreal, lately dealt with the subject in an

address to a group of exporters in Chicago. -fl-Is pointed out that since World War II fcansdlsn industry has expanded at a rate -- faster than in any other country. The in-

dustrial population in the past 10 years --has doubled, and isnow greater than the finumber of Canadians encased in agricul-

Canada-ls,.of. course, heavily dependent o-on -foreign trade. 'l'hls,count1'y is. in fact, ,.tho third largeit-exporter, thoush ranklns . . with-niorothsn so per ,6: nsiionhlqaneomowoumlns from ex-

. V ratio in

Statistics Prince Edward Island is one of

was higher in 1950 than the previous year,

showing the advantage of not having all

our eggs in one basket. I

tawa the technique of making words mean what you want them to mean. fazed by lack of a subway system, a pro- posal in the City Council is that the city sewers be uncovered and re-named canals.

Canada wul have imported in little more than she exported.

Mr. Hackett pointed out that'- Canada and'the U. S. are each" other's best cust- omers, and that U. 5. investments in Can- ada amount to over 256 billion,.roughly 20 per cent of the total capital investment in Canadian industry. The fact is, further- more, that a high percentage of the U.S. investment is risk capital,,that goes into new ventures and new resources develop- ment--the sort of capital that does most to expand the nation's economy.

EDITORIAL NOTES

The first English Parliament sat this date 1269. t 0

Records are made to be broken, and the late use of Charlottetown harbour is no

exception. i

When the human system becomes satur- ated with alcohol only ”shako" will pro- vide the necessary kick or stimulant to sat- isfy the craving of the drinker. Qtherwlse, for a period, he must suffer the pangs of the damned.

Pity the plight of the English whose austerity ration of eggs has been further depleted by the spread of fowl pest, traced to the use of unboiled swill from an Amer-

ican air base.

I O O

The evil of the Packers strike is still making its presence felt in the decrease of both imports and exports to and from the Province. In addition, the tourist hotel proprietors have had to suffer consider- able reduction in their patronage due to

the railway strike. . 0

Tomorrow officers and men of the P. E. I. Regiment (17th Recce) assemble here from various points in the Province to carry out regimental training. Both effic- iency and esprit dc corps should gain by the proposed bi-weekly exercises.

O O 0

According to the Dominion Bureau of

the three Provinces in which farm income

Montreal is rapidly learning from Ot-

Not to be

U O O

The strength of the armed forces in Britain is 708,100 according to figures is- sued recently by Britain's Ministry of De- fence. Auxiliary forces number 137,800, with just under 250,000 civilians directly employed on work for the forces. 0 O I Compulsory reduction of potato acreage in Canada is again being mooted. The idea has a beguiling appearance of simplicity but the difficulties of putting an equitable system into practice in all Provinces are by no means small. There is also the ex- perience of the higher yields due to use of fertilizer which accompanied a previous attempt at restriction. . O O 0 Britain is to release sterling balances totalling i246,000,000, as her contribution to the Colombo Plan. Releases will enable India, Pakistan and Ceylon to buy from Britain, over the next six years, much- needed capital goods and plant. For Bri- tain, these will be unrequited exports- supplied by an industry working at increas- ing pressure on the defence programme. 0 O I

Have we fallen down on the purchase of luxuries? Not according to our invest- ment in new autos. Canadians purchased almost twice as many new cars during the- flrst 11 months of 1950 as they did dur- ing the corresponding period of 1949. A total of 300,323 new passenger cars were sold, compared with 185,697 in the first 11 months of 19495 Truck sales totalled 97,- 084, compared with 77,880, and buses 624, compared with 543. Retail value of all the vehicles was &814,767,604 compared with h543,921,934.

O O U

Of new stamps for, phllaletlsts there seems to be no ending.l Three new South African postal stamps are to be introduced at an exhibition in Johannesburg. They will be in denominations of 4 1-2 pence, 9 pence and one shilling threepence. -Then Canada's new .51 stamp emphasizing the nation's fisheries wealth 'wlll be released Feb. 1, and it will be dark blue-not green. General Rinfret gave no rea- son for the change ln'the color of the stamp, except to say that it had been "con- sidered advisable." Central motif of the design displays a fisherman in open boat

number of mhmu products importsntin I n economy. .

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THAT IT'S AGAIN TIME TO DO A CARTOON ABOUT SANDIN G THE ICE

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PUBLIC FORUM

This column is open to lb: dgwnulon by .....rcspondents of questions or Interest. The Gugrdlnn doesnot neocons- ily endorse the opinion 01 currespondenu.

rsluvl PROBLEMS

51,-, A Farm problems overtaking the farmer during the latter part of the year. and remaining 11"” solved at its tel-minaticn. hi”? been automatically carried fofwiild into the new. to harass and hinder usual farm activities andlPT0d"C' uon. Potato zrowins experiences 01 1950 has not only failed to bring I1 cash income. but it has added con- siderably to the obligations 01 Illa-'lY iamiers as B. hang-over. But. the evil effects have not iennlnated there, as business concerns who traded with farmers in the usual way. on the assurnlltion that ac- counts would be paid in the fall. are in many instances enjoying? uncomfortable situations. However. all that is a legacy from the im- mediate past. that admittedly still has to be contended with. and ev- enbually erased from the records.

What of the, future? Whither from here? It will require the in- crement from a very favorable fu- ture to liquidate the adversities of a. disappointing past. and strike a balance. What. are our Departments of Agriculture and Farm Federa- tion policies to be for the year or years ahead? Are they to consist of handing out advice or will there be real practical leadership? Are there to be revisions that will mod- ernize practices of a generation or more ago? '

For instance. and as an illustra- tion of the thought in mind, twen- ty-five years ago the provincial De- partment of Agriculture would so- licit and place on record informa-

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1'!-IE PASSAGE ACHIEVED no that ovsroomoth. 010 IIIM

concluding excerpt from an s.c- Ihlll be OIOHIB5 111 Wm” ""11""- count of a passage by ice-boat from Toltnentine to Prince Ed- ward Island in the early spring of both sentiemaniy men. -Well 10- 1852. from "Pine Forests and Hsc- formed. and suP9Yl0l' 10 W9 533” matac clearings: or Life, Travellcisss of Ytomell Nolllld "mil- and Adventure in the Brltlshlkrthur is the mom udV9h'vll'0ll3- North American Provinces." l-'iy,but Philip. '0' W0! FY3950? 01 Lieutenant Colonel Sleigh, o. M.,lmlnd in a difficulty. equals his late of er Majesty's 77th Regi- brother. I must. say h0W5V0l' 0' mam. ndon: Richard Bentley,'botll. that they are Whip! 01 the publisher in ordinary to Her Ma-lsalne biock'-it would be difficult jesly, 1053; to find a brave trait in one which is not equally displayed by the "At ten in, the morning we had ophey,

approached to within three miles "The remuneration for this ser- of the island, which could be nowlvycg 15 small, nay nlggardly, and seen, the shores fringed with pine-f,-enecc,5 gy-em, dis;-race upon the forests. dark and impervioushocal Government. They only re- while a long red streak stretched ceivc 51;; pounds xsland an-rency along the coast. This arose fl-amigo; each mp across; that is, from the colour of the soil, which is'cg,pe 15-averse to cup; -rmmen. most. peculiar. and we have often um; and back, reckoned as a single Well berks. the tons covered Wllh journey. This amount is about "id di15l- blown "Om "19 5l'l0'l'9S.' equal so four pounds sterling; but they had a singular appearance. gm, of this they pay the crew and "We had our renewed struggles all expens . For pusensers, only of yesterday over blocks 01 ice and two dollars are charged, the aver- sharp boulders, which-were heap- age number crossing being about ed. 11' iwsslble. in more lilextl'lc- three to four each time. somesmsll able confusion. when we had near- gum in addition is made by the ed the shore-ice, we were cheered carriage of parcels. Thtbolt is I by seems. an an eminence in the most cmy, inefficient one, and distance, some human forms, has been in use n couple of years

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who by gestures pointed out a fav- ourable course to steer by over the ice. These silent directions we fol- lowed. and in another hour we had

mail service. He had brought down 3 sledge, upon which we were glad to mount, the ice-boat being previously lifted into it.

"We had landed Isl. Carleton

tlon as to quantities of feed grain that might. be available to livestock feeders who wished to buy, but did not know where to locate. This was a. service that proved convenient in instances and probably many this way. It may have been suffic-I lent. for the requirements oiwhatl time, but conditions, customs and

do . ' To provide an adequate feedvscr-. vice for livestock -producers of the province may not be be a legit-l lmate function of the Provincial Department of Agriculture, and it is doubtful that it is. It may not be considered a responsibility of the Federation of Agriculture. but un- doubtedly it is, and alhhough evad- ed, it cannot beccme severed.

A weekly blast over the radio de- pictlng an unfavorable feed situa- tion is not a service. but. rather an aggravation.

Passing resolutions continually at Federation gatherings, asking the Federal Government to make the freight subsidy payment on grain from western Canada a permanent. policy. is not a solution for our livestock feed problems, it is only an effort to unshoulder responsib- ility at an uxmecesssry cost. to some- body else.

western grain is now at such a prohibitive price even after the government has paid the freight.' that feeders cannot. afford to im- port. it. have it processed, feed it to livestock and anticipate making a living wage on the turnover. The freight subsidy in Addition to pres- ent prices would only mean that importation would cease complete- ly, and maybe farmers would be in pocket. at. that.

No. the llvestcck feed problem cannot be solved over night. and it cannot be solved by passing ster- eotyped resolutions eibhcr at home or abroad or both. It will require profound iihought,' effective organ- ization. compofgnt action and a. dc- tcrmimtion to gain an objective. Proper or-gnnintion, leading up to the instituting-of an adequate livestock feed policy will require some time and effort. but is an ab- solute necessity if this province is ever to have access to the possib- lllly of becoming one of the great- est livestock producing areas in Clhldl.

It has been cismonsintsd this Province can produce the hlghut grade livestock in the world. Why thsn hesitate to make full ms of our , flu. our luck :1 feed and food storage facilities are not insurmountable problems if wl have the will to

and the llodsntton of Atrl is an i crnfllsntion in mu: 1 sin sir. stc.. J.A. 0111.13

i 395. s ol 5

a half miles from cape Traverse, our destination. We were drawn along the ice over Guy Cove. past Amherst Point; and

once over the cave of the same on the snow, we felt a. tremend- semceable contacts ware made in "lime. We Posted inland. after dc-ions motion beneath, accompanied eel up. in a by a loud, cracking noise. In an in- sheltered spot. Our passage across stem, at Irving's usages have changed and mat se,..,wns thus performed in about six jumped to our feet. seized the boat wee is not gum good enough w,.hours, and was considered an ex- by the gunwsies, and ran her on

positing the ice-boat, k

cellent one. -

"We drove to Clarke's farm, where a substantial rcpast was soon provided, in a nicely furn. ished parlour, bespesklng comfort and taste. The distance to char. iottewwn was forty miles, which 1' accomplished in n sleigh in less than four hours.

"I again crossed over the Straits l-he 55-me Slrrlllll. in the lce-boat. I arrived at Clarke's on a Thursday afternoon. on the following morn- ing, at seven, we were down at the boat. our crew which Wu 1 fresh one. was commanded by Philip Irvins. Whose turn it was to relieve his brother.

"I cannot refrain from taking this opportunity of most highly and Justly bearing my testimony to the manly, courageous deport- ment of the two lrvings. These brothers are both possessors of some six hundred or n momma acres each, with comfortable farms and homestosds. But, twelve years past, they have performed Eh! winter mail Contract 3;-rag; the Straits for the overnment, and have displayed in that don. gerou: service a courage, coolnggg, and daring well worthy of s more elevated career. The Irvlngs are

trol.

ciambered over the last. ridge. and were met by Philip Irving, elder brother of Arthur, who was one of the conductors of the ice-boat

all

Point, which was about three and

thus

During the summer. Philip Irv- ing is the commander of u. very fine schooner packet, which sails from Bedequs to sheclisc, New Brunswick, twice or thrice a -week.

"Having harnessed to the ice- boat, we proceeded on our course. and, after about four hours' labour, reached open water. Bu here again a heavy wind blew, an to ven- ture out would be impracticable. We drew up the boat upon I small berg, to see if any change. would take place during the morn- ing, hoping that the wind would

'dny. We had been out now nearly

Youn Poss-nssloxs

The things you live with-your home, your busi- ness, your "stock in trade"-are all subject to loss through accidentior clrcumstsncesbeyond your con-C

For your own sense of security, you should learn how easily you" can be protected. 7'

We will be glad of an opportunity to serve you, g

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AGENT! TIIIOUGIOUI '.l'II

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go down.

"while smoking a cigar. seated

command, we

an adjoining field, which we had scarcely done, before the ice, upon which we had been sitting, rent in twain. separated out, and a heavy mus toppled over. and fell into the Gulf, covering us with spray.

"This was a narrow escape to commence with. The suddcnness with which the ice breaks up is a common occurrence. from sunken masses being driven up by the current below others; thus. heav- ing upward, the superincumbent mass receives n shock, and splits up in cracks and fissures which de- stroy the whole.

"The current, with I. northerly influence, carried us as far up as Beacow Head, or Navigation Point, which is lcn miles from Cape Traverse. from whence we had started. The tide now'sbbed, and falling toward the south, we pass- ed backward towards Carleton Point. carefully keeping on those glacial fields which were in prox- imity to the shore-ice.

"At Carleton I-lend we mounted the crest of an eminence, and lighting a pine fire in I sheltered nook, we gathered around, and patiently awaited the wind's lull- mg, with however but little hope, after all, of getting across that

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I Notes By

a horn is blown every night at nine o'clock in the middle of the city. and this blowing of the horn each night has been going on since the days of William the Con- queror-over a thousand years ago. - John Cornell on 3 BBC Broadcast.

A noenlo highway from Niagara Glen to the Queenston power works will be realized from the big construction of Hydro at the Fslls. It will be 7,000 feet long and one quarter of it will be biasi- ed out of solid rock. Canada's side of the Niagara river certslnly keeps several jumps ahead of the Acm- erlclm in tourist attraction.

Montreal Glxotfcl The Quebec Iitomey sane:-urn depnrtlnent is readying a crack-down' on bingo Homes for earl in 1051. It has long frowned on em. but tolerated their operations as long as they were onto small scale. N w that they've developed into big zrusiness -one weekly session in Montreal draws around 1,800 people esch Tuesday-lrhs end is in sight. And it will mean not only the end of the big ones. but also the little ones; run in church and school halls. Re-l ligious authorities are behind uhel move wholeheartedly. - Montreal, GIICWJ. I