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"The Sfrongosf Memory is Woollen Thou the Weakest ink."

CHABl..0'l"l'E'I'0WN. WEDNESDAY. SEPT. 27. I950

Mr. Pearson II Eclipse .

In sessions of the United Nations Gen- eral Assembly Secretary of State for Ex- ternal Affairs L. B. Pearson has hitherto been the "white haired boy" of the confer- ence table. Certainly his experience and talents qualified him eminently for the re- sponsible duties which he has so often and so ably discharged. .

In the General Assembly of UN now in session, however, Mr. Pearson is Just the leader of the Canadian delegation. There is more than a hint in the press despatches from UN that his being relegaied to the role of international "back-benchcr" has occasioned surprise and not a little chagrin to his colleagues on the delegation.

A not unlikely explanation is that dele- gates from other countries have chosen this method of expressing their governments' disapproval of Canada's response to then Korean crisis. For, no matter how one may gild the lily, Canadian Ambassador Hume Wrong's remark that the fighting in Korea may be over before Canadian ground troops arrive is certain to rankle in some quarters. .

The fact of the matter is, as the pro-

ceedings of the emergency session of Par- liament reveal, that the Government pro- poses nothing more than token aid in the Korean affair, with the promise of a bri- , gade of men, perhaps six months hence. In 1 so far as Canada's commitments urlder the North Atlantic Pact are concerned, the L Government's present policy, in the words of the Ottawa Journal, is to have Canatl:-l act as a sort of commissariat-wagon for the troops of other countries. Against such a background, Mr. Pear- , son's eclipse at UN is at least under- "3 standable.

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P.E.l. shows substantial Gale

It is encouraging to note, according to ' the latest release by the Dominion Bureau of Statistics, that despite a decline in the ' over-all cash income from the sale of farm I products in the first half-year of 1950 for the whole Dominion, Prince Edward Is- land registered a gain of well over half A million dollars, the figure being 99,502,000 as against 58,813,000 for the correspond- ingmonths of last year. . In the period under review total cash . farm income for Canada was 5870,516,000, 7 a. drop of 18.6 per cent from the 91,069,- ' 405,000 earned in the comparable half year f of 1949, and 5.9 per cent below the 3925,- 008,000 earned in the six months of 1948. The 400,000 dairy farmers in Canada felt the impact of price changes on their income to the extent of seven per cent. Their earnings in the six months of this ' year amounted to 9153,700,000 as against 9165,000,000 in the like period of 1949, or a decline of 311,300,000. Of this latter fig- ure more than one-third of it resulted from the nationwide drop in the month of June alone amountlnz to 53.586.000- 501119 of the half-year decline was attributed to lower prices for eggs.

The position of grain growers is differ- ent. In their case the reduction had noth- ing to do-with prices. The 'blgger income in the 1949 period was due to the fact that the Government then announced a 20 per cent per bushel increase in the price-it was paying for western wheat delivered to the Canadian Wheat Board. The payment.

: sending" the initial wheat price from 91.55 - to 913.753 covered all wheat delivered to . the board since 1945. This year cash in- come from the sale of wheat was up as s ' result of both higher initial prices and in- creesedmarketlngs. ,Smnller markets and

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” coarse grains. o I 3, , Livestock ralsers, excepting those en- ll sited in hog raising, also had higher cnsh '” income in the first half of 1950: Their combined total, accrual was S389,-100,000, which represents an increase of 10.4 per ccnt over the 1949 figure of 3352.800.000. N Looked at from gains end losses, five provinces were in the former cstegory :: whllewthe three Prairie arose and Nova scotis cornprised those" on the declining onm-lo lee.-the alum by 1:1-

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showing an increase as did Prince Edward Island. On the other hand, Nova Scotia registered a slight decline. The compara- tive figures for New Brunswick were 320,- 456,000 and 320,012,000, :1 rise of 5444.- 000; snd for Nova Scotia, 516,636,000 and s16,659.000. a decrease of 523.000.

Iliportset” Meeting"

Much interest attaches to the annual meeting of the Young Progressive Conserva- tive Association which takes place tomor- row evening in Charlottetown. Among the speakers will be the newly elected Presi- dent of the Young Progressive Conserva- tives of Canada, Mr. Leon Balcer, M.P., who is one of the coming men of the Party and will be visiting this Province for the first time.

Our political leaders have no more im- portant responsibility than of encouraging youth organizations within the framework of their respective parties. The Young Pro- gressive Conservative Association has made encouraging progress in recent years, bllt in the Maritimes particularly much yet re- mains to be done. The reorganization of the movement in this Province is of vital con- cern, and it is hoped and expected that at tomorrow night's meeting the attendance will be large and representative.

EDITORIAL NOTES

Glass combiners have not had the good fortune of the flour combiners which cost Mr. F. A. McGregor his job as Federal

combine investigator.

that medical opinion is that the danger of epidemic is passed for this year. 5 O O 0

It seems strange to read of the U. K. Labour back-bencher. A few years ago we would have automatically corrected

such a -paragraph to read U. S. I O I

The hundred thousand odd dollars

which "Hello" girls are said to have stolen from the Southern Bell ,Telephone Co., Miami, might

rightly be described as fphony money" though not in the accept- ed meaning. 0 Mr. Pat Conroy, national secretary of the Canadian Congress of Labour, describes Communists as. men "crawling on their bellies to Joe Stalin". Apt, but only some of them don't take time to crawl-they fly instead. ' 0 Nova Scotia Marketing Board has in sight only 600,000 orders out of a crop of 1,000,000 barrels of apples. An appeal made to Mr. R. J. Leslie, manager of the U. K. Marketing Board, now in Ottawa, is likely to bear fruit in both senses of the expression.

Proposals to curb famine in the Far East by making use of herring from the Atlantic Ocean and the North Sea hold un-- told promise. Elizabethan England subsist- ed very largely upon the tasty herring, and managed substantial achievement on the diet. , r

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The death of Lt. Col. John Bayne Mac- lean of Maclean's Magazine fame removes a colorful personality from newspaper and magazine circles. .He was a man of strong convictions and not afraid to express them when the occasion called for them. His magazine got into trouble with the powers- that-be on seyeral occasions, especially, in connection with the Bren Gun controversy.

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It is predicted the next Governor of Australia will be the Minister of National Affairs, Mr. E. G. Jensen, a 69-year-old lawyer, a leading member of the National- ist Perty. He was a. member of the Re- publican delegation that went to Europe in 1919 to ask negotiators of the Treaty of Versailles to dissolve the South African

nion. For 15 years he was Speaker of the House 'of Assembly. ' O 0 I,

Horatio, Viscount Nelson, ! British Ad- miral, born this date 1758. Come to the front in -the were against the French, los- ing an eye in an attack in Corsica. By dlsobedioncsito orders Nelson won for Sir John Jervis e brilliant victory off Cape St. Vincent sgslnst Spain; he received the Order of the Bath and on annual pension of same; ire next lost his right arm in e hopeless attack on Tcncrlffc; his next ouistsnding achievement was in the Bettie ofthcNilewherlhewescreetedshnron with en additional pension of 310,000. l-ls

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of questions of Interest. The Guardian doesnoi neccunn Iiy endorse the opinion of

E correspondents.

Sir, - They ssy it is dangerous to drive in Parls,- the taxi drivers being labelled nmong the mcst er- rstic in the world, They are. 1 know. I was there.

The say there that the five motor is in India are if no the worst-next to the worst drivers in the world. They're pretty bad. I know. I was there.

They say that the road between Chicago and Detroit is the fastest and, on account. of the excessive speeds, one of the most dangerous in the world. It is incredible en- ough. I know. I was there,

They said during the war that the ngested British roads had never experienced such driving as was exhibited by the drivers of the Allied vehicles living in their mldst. It was amazing enough and there were casualties aplenty. I know. I was a victim of some of that bad driving and Md two cars smashed to smlthereens by army vehicles and somehow managed to survive.

But of all the hell-driving ever seen, that on the Montague-Sourls road (Route 5) yesterday was the worst. I know. I was also there. The truckers delivering gravel for road repairs cn this route. drove with thoughtless regard to the rights and safety of travellers and other road-users. Such an exhib- ition of suicidal ant!-bad-mannered driving I have never witnesse-'.. the only signal to others were the flaring headlamps they kept on as some sort. of warning to keep clear. I was never so relieved to get off a road. The farmer and his wife, to whom I gave a lift, told me it was like this each day and how glad they were their cottage did not flank the road for the sake of the

The Island has not quite escaped the Chuimnv

In Great Britain, heavy road ve-

ravages of polio but we may be thankful moles He limped ,4, 2om,,,.h...,,.,ed-

ium vehicles to 35 m.p.h, A and wasting to 40 mph. The law in peacetime is strictly enforced. The law here could do with stricter rul- ings. greater enforcement and heav- ier penalties. What's the hurry

the way soon enough. . "Truly, I believe those inhabitants of this pleasant Island who resist- ed the ndvent of the death-dealing motor vehicle into their midst might not have been so for wrong. -at least. when such are put into irresponsible hands and driven demonincally as they were yester- day.

I am, sir. el.c.. KENlx'lE'I'i-I I. E. MMLEOD Charlottetown Sept. 26, 1950.

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MIDNIGHT GUN

The August night was warm and st!

so still that two could stand be- tween

The towering rows of corn until Deep in that wnveless see of green Their straining esrs could catch the sound,

The faint crisp sound of nearby growth.

And in that miracle they found

A ghostlier growth that brought them both

Still closer in their ironded oower Where silence up to sound could reach.

Where in that life-revealing hour Young love was heard in whisper- ed speech.

-Arthur stringer In Saturday -Night .

Fossil-Headed Bureaucrals

(Journal of tile Roysl Society of Arts)

At e recent meeting of the Royal Society of Arts in London. Sir William Currie. G.B.E.. chair- man of the P. end 0. and British India Slum Nsvigntion Companies reed I psper on Bl-iiitl Shipping. At, its conclusion the following discussion, reflecting on the leek of enterprise and progreuiveness on the pert of the powers-ibsvi-be. took place:

The chairmen, (Sir flurry Lind- sey, K.C.I.E.. C.B.E., Director of the imperial institute):

I should like to stir sir William Cu rle A question myself. it gene

or fer beck into the history of the P. end 0. steam Nsvigstlon Colnpsny. I understand. Sir, that in the you of green i851 your Compeny - in other bends in those days! - mutated to the War Office that. in order to sup- ply relief troops for India durlru the Mutiny. it would be very sound if the Ccmplnr took the drafts to Alexnndl-is: whence they would be taken ovel-lend to Sues,

vessels would any them to Office of those days replied. I un- derstand. thsi the relief frensports for India. had never gone there by sny other route then round the &;:, and they did not propose to

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TEMPERANCE GATHERING

"The steamer Rose arrived on Wednesday evening from Pictou. having on board some 200 and up- wards of the Sons and Daughters of Temperance, who were speedily conducted, by the attentive hosts upon whom they were bllleted. to comfortable quarters for the night. The early part of the next day proving wet and showery. the tea party on the -Government House grounds was put off. while the

being accused of being ”isolationist" b a an we 2 We'll all reach the end of guests amused themselves. between v v .

the intervals of rain, with viewing the town, some from the roof of the Colonial Building, others from the streets. until about 1 o'clock, when the ITRIII ceased. and the re- turn of fine weather prompted a great number to make excursions in the neighbourhood of the town. "In the evening, between "I and 8 o'clock, the Temperance Hall, spacious as it is. was liteT'nlly cram- med. The two Temperance brass bands were in attendance, and play- edralternntely severnl beautiful airs. Appropriate speeches were deliver- ed by Luther Brsckett. of Piclou. Mar. Harrington, of Antlgonlsh. and C. W.' Harris, of Horton, in Nova Scotla,' and, Messrs. Lawson and Jas. Moore. sr., of Charlotte- town. Mr. Jss. 8. Cooper, 6. A., oc- cupied the chair.

"On Friday, at ii p. m.. the Sons of Temperance. accompanied by the music of their respective bands, marched in lgrocesslon through the town. and p ceeded to the Govern- lflent House, where an address was delivered by Rev. D. Fitzgerald to His Excellency Sir Alexander Ben- nerman, who made a suitable re- ply, sfter which they continued their route to that part of the grounds where the tables of re- freshments were placed. and a scene of festivity broke upon the

that story. because I had read it in a very interesting history. en- titled British Expansion in India. written by the late Sir George An- derson and based entirely on ori- ginal documents. It quoted the documents relevant to the story. so I think there must be some truth in it. V

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Tile Age-old Story

harmful to.cbiidron." Probably Mother wbsn he gets in lste.- ot- tnwe Cltiscn.

Instead of ssnoersl. ' Oolilnrnhns now report s mysterious cloud. "with hues of green. orange. yel- low and blue." Very likely some Hollywood director has been blow-

bec Chronicle-tlnlegrsph. - Toronto. for three months post... has been bothered by s moron who reports fictitious holdlsps, and sends police on futile cheese to verious pnris of the city. Now another mor- on with the some idea of fun has made his sppenrence here. No more fitting classification cu: be applied to the person who reported s down-town Jewelry store wss be- in: wbbed. and brought ollt police 011 W11": proved to be e hour. The party I sponsibie would look quite natural in n sin-sit Jacket. end soon- er or inter he may be fitted for one. -Windsor em.

The world famous London insh- lon designer, Captain Edward Moly. nenux. hll been forced to close his London fashion house owing to felling eyesight. The loss of an eye in World War I had hampered him. but his fight for success between the World were won him a top place not only in London but in that far tougher battleground of fashion. - Paris. Molyneeux, an Englishman, began in Paris quietly introducing clothes of such rc- strnined elegance that Perislennss could not resist them. They loved. loo, their tlmelessness - s Moly- neaux suit could be worn for yenrs and still look chic.-UK lnfor - tion. -

. Look sl. who: happens when Arn-

lng off steam in lecbnlcolor.4Que- ,

spending spree like

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in blocks. The holder blade

1! you-s old. went further "..lf..'3f but the younger men, who Wm Dtobsbly splendidly mpmem went less. Men over so evcl-aged less than seven blocks. whey," they were decrepit. desperate 0. cynical, or whether Columbus is so rich in attractive msrriagcable women that it makes no difference the report did not ssy. - Bum, Evens in Alnericnn Mercury,

Two hundred Cress of the llbloe-ll bend in Albert: stand a good chance of becoming the richest In. disns in Canada. They've. already received about 0100.000 for drilling rkhts on their reserve, 12 miles west of Edmorr , end if the wild.

cat well thells going down strikes

oil, they stand to let 12 1-2 per

cent of the flow. If the Enoch band

strikes it rich. it won't go on ,

the fabulous Indian oil millionaires of Okla.

home. They'll never see the money

Imperial Oil pays for dr".lng right; if royalties; the 50 voting mm. on of the band agreed that the

Federal Government should hold it in trust for the Indians. pay them only the annual interest. Maclesnll Magazine. ”

Good rnnnncrs reflect good irnin.

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For, behold, I create new henvens sud s. new earth; and the former shnll not be remembered, nor come into mind. e

delighted eye, to which the pencil 111-11'10Il1h01'e am only could do adequate justice.

appeared highly delighted . . "on Saturday, at 8 ll. m..

little vessel departed for Pictou." -I-lnszard's Gazette, July 20.

ette said: "The Eastern

torg. the Kremlin's trading organi- zation in New York, wants to find housl.,, accommodation for its st- tachell. Does it seek a prolelnrinn

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1; of the East Side? or in those con- ls supposed that there could not be BBSWI Hens 801013 Q18 HVCI Where less than 2,000 persons present, who that We! 8101115 111 13100313111? N00 . on your life. Nothing less than n the pic- luxurious estate out in Nassau iou guests were escorted by their 0011113! 011 U-1118 1813110 W111 G0 101' brethren of Charlottetown, in full these hard-bitten peasants-n mun- regelin, to the steamer Rose, where 51011 01 lolly-1lVe 1001115 and Con- wm, bands playmg, colon,-5 nylng, servstively valued at 5350.000, bless and amid hearty cheers, the gallant you. tons Island is recognized as one of the garden spots of the Unit- lasz, ed States. Mayor Luke A. Merce- dente of Glen Cove points out that In a subsequent issue the 1332- this estate occupied by the Russians 01110111018 is one of the most imposing in that of the 26th ult. says that a d1'unk- part of the country. It II known as

mg, a respect for the others. and pay rich dividends. It is rather sur- prising that many people pay so little sttentlon to them. In partl- oular there is l lack of good man- ners on the telephone where a good impression can only be mode by be- ing thoughtful snd polite. Because one does not happen to know the party at the other end of the wires does not matter. Good msnnnel-l are hsbitusl. Too frequently when a wrong umber is cred and the party celled explains the situa- tion briefly. the caller merely says -''Oh'' and hangs up or, more often merely hengs up without n word. A Twirl City man who answers many wl-ans Lers is authority for the statement that women are less courteous when they cell s wrong