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Ti-IE GUARDIAN

Published cvnry wIIk-day nwnlu II III Prin Sn-cot. Ch lomtowo. P. l. L. by'1'hI Tllornnon comm: Limited. " tcovon Prlnoc Edward Inland Lilo III Dow"

Editor and Manual. Ian A. Burnett Auoclau Editor. Frank Walku

I and materials, are fairly inflexible.

lunch office: It summoning. Idontlluo Inn Albu-tun, Auum land In Second Duo IIIiI.b:.IhO Post office Department. By Caren: Chlriotleww tlunnm rum. . when In I. I t9.0b..'Utber lgrovtntfclns :d"U.?u: per Innum.

"The strongest memory is weaker than the weakest Ink."

WEDNESDAY. sir-T29. 1954

Marketing Research ii

At the annual meetings of the Amer- ican Farm Economics Association, held Pennsylvania State University, Professcri Willard W. Cochrane of the University of! Minnesota had some interesting commentsj about marketing research. Over the next decade Dr. Cochrane feels that marketing studies may not receive quite as much em- phasis as in the past ten or twenty years, according to a letter on Canadian livestock products. The reasoning behind this con- clusion is simply that market research has already clearly demonstrated that farm- retail spreads or margins are largely com- prised of the actual costs of providing spec- ific marketing services. Margins do not narrow or widen quickly over time in line with farm price fluctuations because many marketing cost factors, eg. labour, freight There has also been a tendency for marketing agencies to provide an ever-increasing range of services. Some of these were formerly performed on the farm or in the house- wife's kitchen but many were not previous- ly offered at all. In most cases there is clear evidence that improved services have resulted in expanded markets.

Professor Cochrane suggested that pro- ducers could conceivably capture I larger share of the marketing margin for certain commodities by undertaking to provide more of the various services which consumers have now come to expect. But he also pointed out that it would be surely found that furnishing these services involves real and inescapable costs.

In the long run marketing services lend to be priced largely as any other commodi- ties are priced, i.e. on the basis of the de- mand for them in relation to the competi- tion of marketing agencies to supply them. This fact in itself tends to keep the intro- duction of expensive and unnecessary frills to a minimum and at the same time grad-, ually eliminates the inefficient middleman.

Prehistoric Canadians

What happened to the Dorsets, ancient" inhabitants of the Hudson Bay area, is very much a mystery. Explorers have uncov- ered remains of the largest settlement yet found of the ancient Dorset people of the Canadian Arctic, the National Geographic Society has announced.

The ruins of the Dorset site were dis- covered on the southeast coast of South- ampton Island, Hudson Bay, by an expedi- tion headed by Dr. Henry B. Collins of the Smithsonian Institution.

Little is known of the Dorsets, whose roots have been traced to prehistoric peo- ples of the. Bering Sea area, but "a wealth of relics" was dug from the 20-acre Dorset

at.

American Dental Association has declared the technique in use to be completely safe and effective. In its latest issue the As- sociation's official journal stated editorially that "no one, except the most biased, will now question the safety of water fluorida- tion." That may be putting the case for fluoridation a little too strongly; but, in any case, the evidence that has been made available will certainly reassure those com- munities which have been well-disposed to- wards the project but have hesitated to go

ahead with it for fear of possible harmful

effects.

Canada's Buoyant Position

Under the heading "Young and Lusty", the London Times in a recent editorial, notes that the pace of Canadian develop- ment during the past decade has been tremendous, rivalling the period of settle- ment and development of the prairies at the beginning of the century. in an at- tempt to answer the question as to wheth- er this great phase of expansion is drawing to a close, the editorial says:

"Certainly Canada will be a fortunate country if the past decade does not stand out to some extent in restrospect as a not- able period of growth. A future economic historian may no doubt attribute it first and foremost to the blessings of nature, the extension of the frontiers by a techni- cal advance and the abundant energy- and skill of the Canadian people. He may no doubt also give credit to the quiet con- fidence with which public policy guided the

economy during and after the war. Nob-

government came anywhere near perfec- tion in running its wartime controls, in curbing inflation or in managing a return to freedom. But the Canadian govern- ment was far more successful than most. Inflation was always less a domestic pro- duct than an import from the United States; hence the upward revaluation of the Canadian dollar in 1946 and the adoption of the free exchange rate -- with an up- ward revaluation in the market-in 1950. The return to freedom was steady with relatively little temporary backsliding.”

Looking to the future of Canada The Times concludes its editorial with this ob- servation:

"Some slackening of the pace of de- velopment need do no great harm. And so long as freedom of international trade and exchange expands rather than contracts, there is no reason why Canada should not maintain for a long period a rate of de- velopment at least comparable in broad terms with that which has been since the war. To Britain she must remain one of the most important markets in the world- for trade and for capital investment abroad. Her needs and potentialities should be borne firmly in mind whenever questions of freedom of trade and exchange are discus- sed." i

EDITORIAL NOTES

Michaelmas. I O I

The Forum tonight will indeed be a forum for the discussion of matters of pub- lic concern. Potato marketing ranks high amongst subjects of importance in this Province and the meeting should according-

site and the ruins of a 100-hut settlement of Sadlermiuts found nearby. The Sadler- miuts a much later group than the Dorsets. died out in 1903, presumably from typhus.

graphic Society, the Smithsonian and the National Museum of Canada, reported the explorers found I number of Sadlermiut skeletons but no burial grounds or bones of Dorsets.

lleassurlng lleport

municipal drinking-water supply is a ques- tion that is being discussed at the present time by many a City Council; fluoridation has its protagonists and its antagonists in about equal numbers. However, according to I report in I recent issue of the New York Times, prepared by the paper's science editor, Dr. R. K. Plumb, opposition to the plan shows signs of becoming weaker as I result of accumulating evidence in its fav- our. In particular, Dr. Plumb describes the results of two studies involving communi- ties in widely separated areas. In the small city. of Newburgh, in upstate New York, fluoridation has been carried out for some- thlngilke ten years. while in neighbouring Kingston the water has not been treated. It is-now revealed that there is 479i: less tooth decay among children in the former place thannmong those -in the latter. i Out in the far West, in Colorado Springs, I noted health resort, the water has I not- unl fluoride content of 2.6'pIrts per mil- lion, which is twice that recommended for the prevention of tooth decay: yet, physic- .illIl in the area agree there is nothing to indicate that the heavy concentration is tar" ............”' i” "r; .f:':.”:.:'.".::::. 1 " p g "M n In! ...,.,-I ' been fiuorichtcd ' . - (I ,, ldditional 400 have I equipment. ' Al I

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The expedition, sponsored by the Geo.

r

ly be well attended. O O 0 It is possible to turn over a new leaf more completely than most of us think. In- vestigations with isotopes by the Smithson- ian Institute reveal that 98 per cent of the basic materials of the human body are re- placed yearly. On that basis none.of us, whatever our legal age, is much more than a year old. 0 O I

The result of the potato plebiscite in

To fluoridate or not to fluorldate the:May and June, it will be recalled, was that

'of the 6,747 ballots mailed, 5,140 were re- turned. Of this number 3,282, or approxi- mately 64 per cent, favored operation of the Board, while 1.845 were opposed to it. There were 13 ballots rejected. The fig- ures given on this page yesterday were in error. I O 0

The annual conference' of the British Labour Party seems not only less leftist than Aneurin Bevan but even than Clement 'Attlee. At any rate it turned down a ser- ies of left-wing inspired motions presum- ably presented by the Party leadership. At the same time Mr. Attlee proposed that the thing to do about Chiang Kai-Shek would be to retire him and his immediate adherents to some safe place where they could live their lives in peace.

0 I O

Horatio Nelson, Viscount Nelson, Duke of Bronte, England's greatest admiral; was born this date 1758. He was of diminutive figure and delicate health but possessed re- markable powers as an officer. Judge and statesman, together with a thirst for glory, or rather honour. His very ilmpetuosity led to his being on half-pay for some "yam, the Admiralty apparently deeming him to

,.he likely to cause i1”mlhiP by excess of zeal

in time of peace. There was little peace, however, during his career and his genius found plenty of opportunity for expression."

"nu llolllt or -my nqumo ): A Burns tho -Ivongo pouch is about flvI- world would bc a

nilnutu moi-I. -Brcndon Bun.

PUBLIC FORUM

This column in open to tho discu- Iion by correspondent: of (unions of lntnrut. Tho Gnrdlu dnu nu bully Indiana the opinion If Ipondento.

POTATO MARKETING BOARD

Sir,--I Isk space for this letter in your issue of Wednesday, Sep- tember 29

Of prime importance in any fin- ancial organization is the volun- tary tendering to its members. to those whose money it accept: to help it finance and to those whom it desires to interest in its activi- ties I copy of its yearly financial statement and to supplement it with explanstlons when requested. The P. E. 1. Potato Marketing Board has never made any yearly statements readily available. State- ments have been obtainable only by onsiderable effort and are then not informative.

Each of its four annual state- ments Iro written Ind related in such I manner that I accuse:

(I) The P. E. 1. Potato Market- 'ing Board with issuing annual statement: Incomplete, obscure and It variance with statements made on the floor of the House.

(,2) The P. E. I. Marketing Board. who must receive annual statements of , its subordinate Board, with being I party to the above mentioned unsatisfactory state;

13) The Provincial Department of Agriculture with being inexcus- ably negligent in not insisting that the P. E. I. Potato Market- ing Board, I branch of its activi- ties, supply freely, to at least those whose money: it has Iccept- ed to help it function. I complete statement of its activities.

Inasmuch as the accounts of the P. E. I. Potato Marketing Board are audited by I reputable firm and in view of I statement filed in the House in March last, which statement ll not in accordance with those made in the annual re- ports. I can only assume that some mistaken or improper infor- mation was given to the auditor by some Board official.

I write this with a full realiz- ation of the gravity of the accu- sations and its implications. My criticism -is directed against the P. E. I. Potato Marketing Board as I whole-not against any one or more of its members. I can only assume that each annual statement has been approved .-it I legally called meeting of the Board by It-least 'I majority of those present.

I'Im not I dealer: I am and have been for four decades and more I consistent grower of pota- toes and markets and prices are important to me. "

While fully realizing the advan- tages of farmers organizing to group market their production. and I Ipplnud them for their-em deavours. I doubt seriously the advisability of forcing or endeav- ouring to force I basic producer through legislation to sell the production of his labor to or through any one organization and the more so through In organiz- Itlon that consistently has failed to have given frcely.Ind yearly ll clear accounting of its activities. I think that. this is an appropriate time to publish my criticism.

so that the producers of pota- toes in this province, I,hlghly intelligent clan of people. cIn.ths better judge for thcmlelvel. it appears to be in order and high- ly dulrablo that our Minister of Agriculture, through the appro- prlate channels. sees that com- mie P ” t t '--'of tho P. E. .1. Potato Mnrketing Board for each of the four yeIrI'end- ed May .11. 1954; In made IVA"-' able to them by being printed In tho publlc.prus. . g

I Im. Sir. etc.. ' IAUSTIN A. SCALES

Freetown. V . BWIAMIVG

Sir;-Nearly every time I go Into town I hear some one tak- lnrthesmmo -or God In vain. I am sure if such people knew how pntlont Ind merciful God the I-leIvenly' Father in they would not take the name of thy God In unto 'fholr'llpI.iIt in bcciuu of the Father's Indhlovc we havq this are tell "I up In I not H the ninlo uldhy. God vain”. Poopll fall. unconscious Into thi habit. not

the perspective

Ensign is the red duster with of arms in the

minster Abbey.

of Kingston. the Abbey

10 until the The Canadian

lng recognition

and Chapter of bey. latest in

have eliminated and made the

official

Lord Stanley.

"Although no ever been Government

all public

since Confederation, plain recognition

The event was the consecration of this flag on the altar of West-

was made on behalf of the boys' choir of St. George's

Ontario, which led services from August end of the month. withdrawn and

This, however, is but the on state I long events which, as will be shown.

Canadian people showed I fond- ness for the Red Ensign. Without sanction it was tending to become our emblem (it is. of course. the, Bri- tish merchant shipping flag) when the. British Admiralty in 1891 ex- pressed misgivings.

nor Renernl. sent I the British government defending its continued use. He wrote:

issued. the Dominion has encouraged by precept and example the use on buildings

. The lied Ensign

Grant Dexter in the Winnipeg Free Press

In Londonrecently there occur- the provinces of the, Red Ensign red an event which, considered in

with the Canadian badge in the of the 87 year: fly . . . I submit that the flag lmpllgd . . is one which has come to be con-

that the Red sldered Is the recognized flag of official flag of the Dominion both ashore, and

Canada. The Red Ensign is the afloat. and on sentimental grounds

the Canadian coat I think there is much to he said fly. for its retention. Is it expresses It once the unity of the flag of the several provinces of the Do- minion and the. identity of their flag with the colors hoisted by the ships of the Mother Country." I O O

The presentation

Cathedral,

The Admit-Ilty'I objections were the Red Ensign

Government was continued to be flown II CInadI'I

represented at the dedication Ier- flag until 1904 when Sir Joseph vice, by Mr. Norman our High Commissioner United Kingdom. I There could be no more strlk- government or Parliament. issued

Robertson. Pope, then under secretary of to the state. without authorization or warrant from his minister. the

of I flag as our In order to all deputy ministers

national emblem than that it be stating that the Union Jack. not officially presented to

the Red Ensign. should be flown on all government buildings and occasions. Sir Joseph, who had been Sir John A. Mac- donaldis private secretary and

Ill rival flags biographer. was In extreme Im- Red Ensign our periallst. His letter, banishing the

the Dean Westminster Ab-

successlon of

national flag in all but formal Red Ensign. is chiefly interesting title. because he says that his decision . ' I ' was based upon an editorial which From the outset in 1867 the appeared in the London Times of

September. 1902.

In view of the later nationalist attitude in Quebec. it is interest- ing to note that Henri Bourassn. then I member of Parliament and the political father of the nation- alist movement in Quebec. levera- l.V criticized the change from the Red Ensign to the Union Jack. He regarded the Red Ensign Is our national flag.

So matters stood until 1924. World War I stimulated our sense of nationality. The Canadian peo- nle desired I national emblem. The Federal Government. on the recommendation of Prime Minis- ter King. approved I minute of council on January 26, 1924. de-

rapldly national

the then gover- despstch to

actual order has

throughout

ltftonnfchoplaino this wont boil- edout of .I crippled transport plane over California. on I wing and I prayer! -Windsor Daily Star. ' . ,

We only run! thst lilrrionnol Ouol and Edna did not conic Into enough in the season to blow the leaves in the yard somewhere else. -Boston Post. i

And now we note that I "Ynnkoo furniture firm" cells "museum pieces" which you can mIke your- self. '1'hIt's,Ietting the at out of the bog. -St. Cntharines stand- Ird.

'.l'wo-lauded garter Innkn non! Budbury has difficulty in deciding which way to go. Shuckal You don't "need two heads to have that difficulty these days. -London Free Press.

The law: of supply Ind dunnnd do not control prices in every case. For example the demand 'for living surely is no greater than it was 10 years ago yet the cost of living is about twice I; much. - Kitchener - Waterloo Record.

President '”lunl:owor Iuo land I wonderful vacltion Ind now when he gestures with the hands I yard Ipnrt they don't know whether this another fish story or how he suhk that putt for the "birdie".- ottawa Citizen.

Old Charlottetown

t IndP.I.l.

FISHERIES EXHIBIT

"We hear that Mr. Hunter Duvar. Inspector of Flshorlu. has nearly completed his Irrnngementa for the

on the streets In Charlottetown.

Cllrlnlz the Red Ensign to be the

due representation of the Island fisheries It the forthcoming Ex- hibition in London, England. He still wishes to be favoured with the loan of any private collection of stuffed fish, fish-destroying birds. and shells from our Island shores. These will be duly cared for and returned. c (lovem- ment collection will e shown at the Exhibition en bloc Is one ex- hibit. We trust that private exhib- itors will It once do their utmost to expedite the task imposed on the department. It is extremely important that our fishing indus- tries. which represent about three- fourths of the total resources of this Province. should be fully and crodltably represented before the has of Ilhn-ope and of tho world."

' -The Examiner, Sept. 11. I882. ....mj.M.M...:.g

overseas display, the use of the Red Ensign within Canada stead- lly lncrensed. But it was not until 1934 that there occurred the first of I dozen official acts which have advanced the Red Ensign to the point where it hIs been accepted as our national emblem for con-

Ird. - Hungary's cocnninnbl stamped theatrical semi:-1' "-- productive". And so perhnpg 1; in" I country where there's hop, in; also to laugh at. Daily Em.

A: colnpuod with our Inoeuo we IN thouaht of II I Jittery off-the-handle crowd. and ya; think of the lntern'I

about that would have sent :2. into 5 1110031118 war by moi-alng,.. Winnipeg Tribune,

I (A? K HJVIN

III is eleven now

And very wise.

.11! helps the railroad men To lay their ties,

Plays fielder

on the local buebIll team

I-tends hungrlly. 15 not Ifi-Iid to dream.

He in eleven now

And very knowing

About young Inlmala And Ill things growing. Swims easily, ride: bikes And, when it. rains, Whittle: and points

And fashions model planes.

He in eleven now, , Explosive, wild,

Astute. aloof.

Yet gentle for I child. sun-colored, chestnut-eyed. Fine-boned and tail.

He in eleven now

Who once was Imoll.

wu'oncI - oh. long Igo- Unsurc Ind small.

'-Marlon Conger in New Yurj He:-Ild-'I'rlbu.ne.

The Age Old Story

0 God. than III my God; on! will I cook thee. III! out thlnmb for thee. my flesh lonnth for that in I dry and thirsty inlld. wh no water is; to no thy power In thy. glory, no II I hnvo Icon ti: In tho Ionctn ,. Bocnuno thy in ' (kindness in better than life. nu

secratlon on the altar of Welt- mlnlstcr Abbey.

between the hours ofl7:00

The following is the

lips lhlll pl-also thee.

ll00ATl0llAL SCHOOL Night Classes

Registration for evening classes commencing the iweek of October 4th will be held in the main office

and 9:00 p.m. on Monday

and Tuesday, October 4th and 5th.

It is requested that all persons taking" evening courses in the school, report to the office on either of the above mentioned nights. .-

llst of courses for which

applications are invited to fill existing vacancies:

Sweaters should be

placed beside that once going into the prison in Port of Spain and coming in contact with I young man who had been

ed his innocence and requested me to inter-cede for him. He, was,

that this 4th Commandment. is W” to be now"

Kl h d i h .

arrested and charged with murder. begogmg zxgemy hlgtumd It W" N Through his cell window he plead- way, favored the id Emu” In our national flag.

"minded official flag of Canadtamabrgad. It AUTOMOTIVE MECHANICS other one h ou I e anada DRAFTING. "Thou shall: not kill". I remember ;l,;":,V,',',;,,,,t1;;l,lf'w;'t,,,,f3,;';”1,i;'; PLUMBING I made within Canada . . . SHEEP METAL

This wIs the first time Mr. ELEMENTARY SHORTPIAND (Pittman)

-REFRESHER SI-IORTI-IAND (Pittman)

””i '"' '"' wooowonxmc

vWith this official sanction for

In I state of terror, pale and stricken with misery. Does the swearer know that he is under the judgment of God? "The Lord

will not. hold him gulltless that taketh his name in vain." , ' My concern is for the little

boys who learn this habit from their parents, mothers and fath- ers. They come to school Ind spread the habit. Some teachers take serious account of bad lan- guage used in school. Some tench- crs do not bother.

In my teaching experience it took two years to rid my school of bad language. It was In un- pleasant lob but many I parent was thankful for I school where then was no bad language used. Quite small boys come home from school sometimes with bad words to the surprise and disappoint- ment of their parents. The best way usually is to pay no atten- tion, or It lent. to treat tho mat- ter cautiously. A clIIn pchool in I good school for children. .

I am, sir, etc., - - W I. GREEN Stanley Bridge.

llotrlgoration , Repairs To All Milton

Arrhianohs. sauce 4: simvlol: M07933 T. . '

Rewinding WLEGIRICAII

Notice To Potato Shippers

I In the past shippers have made I practice of allow- ing growors to use now sacks for digging purposes with the result that when the sack: were returned for' shipping. they were in I much soiled condition. Three years ago I Provin-

- cial measure was passed forbidding used sacks to be brought into the province, as I protection Igaimt Bacterial Ring Roi and other diuasos: and another regulation one year later by Federal and Provincial authorities to the If- foci that nothing but now potato and turnip sacks be ship- ped out of tho provinco. Last your many complaints woro rocoivod If this office from destination points regarding the soiled condition of our potato tacks. This your new ooclnuudfonliopuu-posoofdlgglngcnd Ina soiled condltlonwlll bo cloned hymn inspectors no and socks. and will be refund-for shipping. Growers also In oomotimos carolou whilo pulling up I pack of potatoes

- and allow sacks to bo iromrod upon in muddy places. "ft-

" during the socks unfit for s ipping.- C A

Just roconll I buyer from the U. S; A. while in this

. province made 1' I following sigtomont, and I quota: "Po-

jaiou in club ucito Iii worth low: per sack more in the trade tiianrooilcd or”difty.onu." , I "

inking-will Ittman 'noriu'lmplontl:gj.1.l't.t& I3 . -. li'"d3'lha'du.' "n.5i'”uua in

hill