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THE GUARDIAN

Morning Daily (Founded in 1887-) Authorized II Second Class Mail. Post Offioo Department, Ottawa.

President. Ian A. Burnett; Vlw President. Win. It. Burnett; Secy.-Trea.s.. G. M. Burnett; Editor and Managing Director. J. R. Burnett; Asaoclate Editor. Frank Walker.

"The Strongest Memory is Weaker Than tho Weakest Ink."

CHARLOTTETOWN. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 2. Mr.‘ liiaollioors Programme

One of the best informed men in the House of Commons is undoubtedly Mr. J. R. Mac- Nicol, M.F. for Toronto-Davenport, who i_s_at present on a speaking tour of the/Maritime Provinces and has bc-en invited to address the Charlottetown Board of Trade at its monthly meeting here on Friday. Mr. MOCNlCOI M0" the Maritimes better than most Maritimers; lie has visited these Provinces on many occasions and his present mission is to rouse Canada- wide interest in a programme of Maritime re- habzlitalion. This programme is a ten-year one, involving an expenditure of $100,000,000“ ll’ will be self-liquidating and is designed to achieve the followingpbjectives: (l) greater de- velopment of Maritime natural resources; l2) greater development of Maritime secondary in- dustry; l3) greater production of Maritime elec- tricity; (4) speedier transportation of Maritime products to the market, and (5) expansion in Maritime employment and population.

In attaining speedier transportation of Maritime goods Mr. MacNicol is strongly in favor of bridging the Straits of Canso as well as constructing the Chignecto Canal and im- proving Prince Edward Island transportation facilities. He will doubtless deal fully with the latter subject in the course of his address here on Friday. lt is the broad view he takes of the whole Maritime problem which is most significant, however. Mr. MacNicol, who has been fighting for years in the interests of out- lying sections of the Dominion, believes that

prosperity in the Maritimes is essential to theyMeunflme Canada thus odds m Britahps Wop

well-being of tho whole nation. The causes of the decline of Maritime representation in the House of Commons, he points out, are a distinct threat to our national economy ‘and must be supplanted by an upward economic advance in these Provinces comparable with the progress which the Central Provinces have made under Confederation. Such an advance would result in increased Maritime population, more repre- sentation at Ottawa and proportionate economic advances in the rest of Canada.

One of the most important projects under Mr. MacNicoI's proposed plan is Maritime hydro- electric installations on a large scale. This he regards as essential to our agricultural as well as industrial progress. He concedes that there is nothing new in his proposals; certainly they are along the lines of those advocated by our Boards of Trade, farmers’ organizations and others for many years past. But it is highly en-i couraging to have a spokesman of Mr. Mac- N'col's ability championing our interests, and his address here will be awaited with the keen- est interest and appreciation.

The Security taunt-IT

New responsibilities will devolve upon Can- ada as a result of her election on Tuesday to the all-powerful United Nations Security Coun- cil. Canada was elected along with Argentina to replace Australia and Brazil, whose term as nan-permanent members has expired. As pointed out in yesterday's dispatch from New York, there are eleven members on the Coun- cil including the five major powers, China, France, the U. S. S. R. the United Kingdom and the United States. These are permanent Coun- cil members, the other six members being elected by the General Assembly for a two year term. Each member of the Security Council has one permanent representative.

The functions of the Security Council are to maintain international peace and security in accordance with the purposes and principles of the United Nations; to investigate any dispute or situation which might lead to international friction; to recommend methods of adjusting such disputes; to formulate plans for the es- tablishment of a system to regulate armaments; to use economic or military sanctions to prevent or stop aggression; and to submit reports to the General Assembly.

The Security Council acts on behalf of all members of the United Nations, who oll agree to carry out its decisions and to undertake to make available to the Council at its request ntm. od forces, assistance and facilities necessary for the maintenance of peace and security. Tho Council functions continuously, and a represen- tative of each of its members must be present at all times at the headquarters of the United Nations.

lt is to the Security Council that the im- portant Atomic Energy Commission reports on all matters affecting security. All the mem-

ers of the Council are represented on this Com- mission, and in addition Canada, even when this country is not a member of the Council.

Butter Production llp

_ Butter production was maintained at a high level in August, tho creamery output in- cra-asing 6 I-2 per cent and dairy butter five per cant as compared with the some month a year ago, accmding to the Dominion Bureau of Sta- tistics. amounted to 3o I-2 million pounds, while dairy butler was estimated at approximately 4 mil- lien pounds. Whey butter, on tlis other hand,

f:ll frcrn 33$ thousand pounds to 256 thousand. l Bildsley-

Total butter supply in August ivos slightly more than 100 million pounds, approximately 3

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.spnndents, almost 85 per cent declared

August amounted to 28 1-2 million pounds as compared with 23 1-4 million; and total butter was 32 3-4 million pounds in comparison with Z7 1-2 million pounds in August, 1946.

While tiie butter supply position has been strengthened by increased production, tho sup- ply is notgkeeping pace with the demand. Total butter supply in August increased three per cent, while domestic disappearance exceeded that of the some month last year by 19 per cent. This is reflected in the stock position at September 1, the 67 million pounds in store and transit rep- resenting o decrease of three pct cnt from the same date of the previous year.

The estimated milk production of Canada amounted to 2,041 million pounds in July, one- half of one per cent more than that produced in Jilly last year. In the seven-month period, January to July, 10,162 million pounds were produced, representing a decline of 69 million pounds or three-quarters of one per cent. Fluid sales, including both milk and cream approxim- ated 355 million pounds, three per cent below niose of July, 1946.

- EDITORIAL NOTES _

Farmers are supplying home-cured hams

and bacon to butchers. k i:

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The Community Concert executive were in high glee over the tremendous success of Tues- dav's delightful entertainment. .

The Synod of the Maritime Provinces is to be formally welcomed to the City Wednesday by His Worship Mayor MacDonald.

The Church of Scotland was reunited yes- terday's date 1929 after a separation of 86 years—-since the great Disruption of 1843.

Under Japan's proposed constitution as ap- proved by the loywer house every Japanese is guaranteed the right to ivork, and to poy taxes.

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Ottawa is irritatingly silent over the pock- ers dispute, leaving it to the Provinces individ- ually and collectively, to reach a settlement.

ries over food-supplies and dollar exchange. i’ i I’

It was recently held that flying down Kirk- land Lake's main street at an altitude of 150 feet is net dangerous flying in the particular kind of aircraft used. It is unlikely, however, that the local council had the practice in mind when drafting traffic by-laws.

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A juvenile court judge in Winnipeg sug- gests that the children should be allowed to pre- pare the bicycle bye-law. He further sugqast; a competition between schools to see which coiild produce the most satisfactory regulations. The plan should certainly faster a sense of re- sponsibility among*youthful cyclists.

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Mr._\_/. A. Ainsworth has expressed his ex- pert ‘Opllllflll that rural electrification is im- Pf-GCIICCII without government assistance, the initial cost to the farmer being about one thous- and dollars. Nova Scotia, Quzbeg nnd Erin's}; Columbia are olreafldy “giving ‘vsuch q5§i5fgn¢e_

_ A recent survey by the National Associa- tion of Retail Grocers revealed that of 300 rc- . they were stocking more nationally advertised merch- andise now than during the war. Reasons given YEPF-Z (l) Customer demand for national brands '5 '"c'e°5"‘9i (Z) national brands are easier to push than private brands; and (3) nqflgnq] brands are in greater supply.

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' The _P. E_. I. Tuberculosis League takes just-i. fiable pride in the fact that it has one of the fEewt completely mobile X-raytunits operating in casRernM anada. A_s the League president, Mr. - - cQllflldr pointed out at yesterday's an- nual meeting, much of the pre-survey work ha; been due to the cooperation received from the local branches of the Women's Institute and H", gukfllflmc. W°m_°"'5 l-f-‘flqlic, which handled the e ais lI'l their respective communities. i s!‘ i‘ A‘ Field Marshal P I ' "m" Wldlel. born thismdatdolbrfgindlt-illbiirrg; [if]: “fl "W" bY The Germans as the personification‘ o a _war hero, and a book picturing him mqrdhl ing into London had an enormoug ;q|e_ He lfilfizpsldi llllwell". when his famous Hindenburg Bern" ("I vizrced. and the AIIIGS made rowmd, . n is autobiography he claimed h-e andl Ludendorf were ca led in too lote to retrieve the mistakes made by their predecessors in the con. duct of the war. After peace, he paved the) gggutfokzlititls: to take command, which Iod to‘. i fl i i

_ TherR. C. M. P. have been issued instruc- tions to check up on United States currenc circulating in the Province. It is illcgol for any? one to use U. S. currency, and when it comes into their hands they must take it to the 8ank| 1°’ elldlflllfle- During the tourist season a’ gocd deal of American dollars passed through hotels and stores, and there still may be thcl odd note or notes in circulation. Regulation; are promulgated to the effect that. su'ch must be deposited in the Banks without delay to off. set the American dollar shortage. In otherl parts of_Canada neglect of this has resulted in

prosecutions and severe penalties imposed.

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_ Mcad, the ancient English drink, is now be- ing produced in Britain on a commercial scale. At Gulval, Cornwall, recently, the first mead.

Tho August make of creamery buttetlfactory was opened. An unusual feature of the!

ceremony was "the blessing’ of the mood" one,

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o_f the oldest customs in England. It was car-' ried out by the _vicar of Gulval, Reverend C. _ Mead is made by fermenting honey with yeast and water and tastes like a rich. shorty. Its manufacturers hope it will prove a

million pounds more than that of August, 1946. contribution to Britain's new export drive In This includes stock holdings of $9 million pounds y particular to dollar areas. Already Coibnsl on August l, and total production of 41 million. Robort Gayro, owner of the factory, has had on Domestic disappearance of memory butter inlordor from New‘ York for 250,000 gallons.

TI-IE_GUARDIAN,_CHARLO’ITET(_)__\VN

llotes By The flay

A columnist says that Rtotblclio can be cured ,by cheerful thoughts.

We have successfully risen above ‘my rum o; m, modem war]d'|

the toothaches of many of’ our friends by this method. - Peter- borough Examiner.

Another husband has elopod with the baby sitter. Maybe tho sitter should be bonded. providing some compensation for tho fo whose husband is purlolned. Saskatoon Star-Phoenix.

A New York dispatch says that it is costing Canada $1,500 a day to keep a delegation at the United Nations. It cost Canada more than 55.000000 a day to keep an army and nlr force in Europe. - Ottawa Journal.

Thcro are probably more than l0.000.000 kinds of insects; nobody knows exactly. but. at. least 475.000 different species are known to science. says N.A.N.A. Among lliese are at least 195,000 species of beetles alone. Many new spec- ies were found by soldiers sta- tioned 1n islands 1n the Boath- west Pacific.

It ls for the churches and other enlightened social forces ta tight. a campaign to put. the marriage contract on a better plane. The "marry-ln-haste weperit-at-leisure" attitude to marriage must be at- lacked. One means might be to make marriage a. little less easy. so hat those contemplating it would bring to it a more serious conception of‘ its difficulties and duties, as well as its privileges and sntisfactions. -- Vancouver Sun.

Americana are fast "pickled." but. literally. Consump- llOfi of pickles increased during the \var_ and the National Pickle Packers Association reported that Americans are eating more pickles

| The Tall Ships

. (Toronto Glcbe and Mail)

I An era. almost forgotten tn the

came a stop closer to its alesa s

few days ago in the death of Cap--

tafn Gustaf Erlkson, the last greit owner of sailing ships. Captain lbikson diet-g at (‘llS tic-me nt Karlen- liamn, fn the Aaland Islands of _t,he lBsltlc. between Sweden and Fin- land. Prom his death-bet‘; the old captain could ‘sec- his four-master!

.barque. Pommern. swinging gently at anchor. pathetic, idle and un- wanted.

l When today one ca whisk pre- cious cargoes throng the skies, from one ocean's edge to another

i111 the brief twinkling of an eye. there Is little need for the graceful wind ship. With the channels and anchorages of the world noisy with (the raucous shouting of steam whistles. there 1s no room for the tall, proud barquentisie. The sen lanes are marked n0w by black smoke 1111C.’ oil slicks, no longer by iwlilte wings shining 1n the sun.

Yet for all this. the wind ship

.ihao been remarkably reluctant ta

llesve. Gama! Erlkson was succers-

lful until the very last with sail.

Though at his death his once great fleet. of forty wlndjammers was

' shrunk to three, he was still buyingi

soiling vessels up until 1935. and] at the outbreak of war ln 1939 wasf prospering. Wihlch is cs-use for reflection. l Resistant to all change. moving 1n their quiet and peaceful manna", l across the oceans of the world. there ‘are still a few large sailing ships in service. It is more than o ro- mantic attachment to things past.‘ which keeps these vessels afloat;-

becomin: those that remain are by and largo ; Mr- James Douglas

still usefully carrying cargo o!‘ some sort. usually of (he klnc which 1o unharmed by fihe passage of time.

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AITEBGLOW

Sunset burns sanguine on the mountain crest,

Broodtng and strange; and on tho thunder-dread

That rears its ominous pillar 1n the West

There lies. again, is smouldering tinge of irecl.

Valleys are drenched afterglow,

And all the world takes on s sombre

1n crimson

ra Prom the day's dying; and to sea 1t so

Brings back foo much remember- ing-and pain.

This moment opens windows in tho mind,

Rousing lihe bitterness we strove to turn

Away from. leaving ltrrevocably behin ;

Again. this hour, blood flows and cities bin-n.

Let night fall quickly, cover- and conceal

Red ls the color of wounds that will not heal.

—Ko.tharyn W“ ¥FO+§?Q'Q§'OO-O'§'O'Q'OQ-O-O-O-QQO~ Old Charlottetown (And PEJ.)

FIRST NATIVE JOURNALIST

The first native of tho Island to enter the journalistic field was Haszard, a. nephew and apprentice of Mr. James Douglas Bagnal-l 0f Shel- burne, N. S._ King's Printer sud publisher of "The Royal Herald." u small local weekly of about 60

now than ever before. Because of ship was that ramarkabje pel-iod o; circulation. On July 20, 1825, "The

the abnormal weather over the pickle acreage. tho size of the present harvest cannot. be estimated until after the first clitll- mg frost.

Ever so often the heavyweight ssicnilsis gel. together and ari- riounce a discovery they hall as further clearing up the mysteries of the atom. But somehow their cxplanafion of this clarifying de- velopments only leaves most of u.» more mystified than ever as to what atomic energy 1s all about- except that we have a general idea of ivhat 1t can do in a given case.- Kansas City Star.

That the larger jet airplanes contain a factor as deadly on the ground as the ivhirlirig propeller 0f a standard airplane is reveal- ecl in tiie report from California of the death of a. civilian engin- cer. says The Kitchener Record. Stazidliiz: four feet away from the air lll kc of the big new 0-86 as its power plant was being tested, bllC man was sucked off his feet. bodily and slammed into the intake hood with fatal force. It is an add- ccl fOlillilflfii‘ that both the front. and the business end of a jet. plane are dangerous.

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“We don't know bow pollonsye- 1111s is spread.“ This was the pro- nouncement. of 150 top-flight medl- cnl leaders iii session at. Warm

springs, 0a., the centre of infam-

tilc paralysis research established through the efforts of the late President Roosevelt. a victim of the disease. "No satisfactory evi- tleiice has been demonstrated that polio is spread usually by flies or sewage." This confirms I mom. made 1n this column a few clays ago. There 1s some comfort to ivorried parents in the state- ment that “experience has shown that. fifty lo severity-five per cent. of those attacked will recover cam- plctely, and that. of those paralyz- ed some fifteen to twenty per cent. are seriously handicapped."- Ottawa Journal.

At the instigation of Alderman Sam. Chicago's City Council 1s building "a lovely little park for the broken bums of Madison street, with fountains. bird baths and maybe a fish pond." In Chicago, the quality of mercy 1s not strain- ed through a reformers sieve. It. is happy, practical. direct. spon- 18l1E0l.I—flf1dIltlflfb-Wfifmlllfl. There is no use giving a bum money; he'd waste it. There's no use comb- ing his hair and washing him be- hind tlie ears; he'll be as dirty as over tomorrow. He won't. of course. tlinnk you, if you give him a little pork. but. he'll have what he has always dimly hoped for, "a nice place to loaf in tho sun." What more could bum-qr boron-want? —Windsor Star.

Building foundation! tn sandy soil were made in Germany by o process which involved the drill-

then filled with tampedjoleces of dry broken stone, says Science

Service. rt is known as the "Frsnitl" l

process. The method consists of driving a steel tube of whatever diameter wanted into the earth with a concrete foot held to its bottom by friction. The tubo "is driven by is tamper which ls cropped down within ft. to strike on the fool. After being driven to tho required depth, the tube lo slowly withdrawn witillo broken stone ls being fed down it and (amped. Thus a p\le of friction material with no bonding matter is formed 1n the ground. Tho v1- oratton of the tsmping process compacts the sand.

one hundred years no. tbo first Merriam-Webster dictionary was published. The G. and C. Merriam Company, preparing o brochure to commemorate the occasion. discov- ered that tho following events also occurred In 1847: Col John Pro- mont. proclaimed the annexation of California; United Btstes postage stamps wero used for the first. time (seven years later than in England); tho Mormons founded

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gave birtrh to the steam vessel, ofi course, but the first fifty or sixty years the two were not so much competitive as they were 03m- lplecnentary. And out of that con- tury came that fabulous toiling vessel. the clip-per. The Aiiii McK m, the Cutty Saris ("the ideal of ap- plied art. and sheer delight to thel eye”). the Pllghtingale, the Witch of the Waves. which were Amcrican- ‘ built, and the Slfifliflwfil’ and Cliry- y solitc of the Britisili yards were a fc-w. In that period, too. Nova Seota rose to billed glory as the greatest builder of \l\’OfJC.'€l1_Sl1lp5. By 1881 just as the final decline bvgim. i119 Canadian Province had the largest per capital rcgistcreti lannaee of wooden vessels 1n all the “rm-id. The opening of l-‘Ae Suez Cnitzil 1n 1870 ant‘; the almcst coinricirnt op- ening of the American Wcsl. brek: (he hold of tiie clipper ships when their speed vras no 10112-91‘ {i val- uable pi-emium. Tho cCmplillflli of tiie Panama Canal was zin-etlicr teillizg blow to tlio rncn of sail. and no longer was the parade of Atall~ ships arbund the Horn of signflc- ant event. . . But. while tlic British auc- Amor- ican mariners turned to stoma. 111v Geiznans, Norwegians. Swedes and Danes clung to soil. A number of llai-ge sailing ships were built Ill-Ali prior to the First Grant War. and many did yrcmtin duty carrylii! nitrates and lumber for bot-ii sass. But the Second War wrote firiis. T110 submarine ant.‘ long-ranging bom- ber ovate too miuoli.

The Pay Off

(St. Cathamies Standard)

i The Revenue Department of the ‘Dominion government has started work on the 1500.000 cheques re- presenting the first. payoff of the rrefundable portion of the compul- sisry savings systcim imposed 1n 1942. The payment. via H. M. malls. will probably begin next. March ll. ls stated and. (o the great surprise lof some cyni-cs $111 be iron-taxable.‘ Now that, 1f one relishes a slight bit of sarcasm, 1s jolly decent. of the dear old government In fact, 1t. 1s a heartening reversal of form. hav- ing in mind its usual conduct. in such matters! r Of course. sold government has hold the use of this money for a mumber of Years. and even the ‘I948 payments will be only on the‘ instalment plan. But. half a dollarl jiu better than none. And even ill 'thle income tax folk have been ‘rat-tier keen on charging high 1n- terest (well. lnterest. anyway) right on the deadline, and quite the ap- posite sometimes in making due refunds (without Interest) one should not be too hard on thcm. After all, they nt-e only obeying or- lders. and they have had a mos: iCOflflBlflg succession of orders from in succession of Mlnlstorsl (Person- I ally, the income tax officials, ell-y lpeclally those of the Hamilton headquarters and district, including ‘