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OCTOBER 1. 194a

THE GUARDIAN

Morning Unlly (Founded ll 1867) Authorized use Illlllllllll cum emu, mm brute Department, Oltnwn. The llIl-ntl Gullsllun Publlelslnl CO. Lillie)! rum unussglng Director. J. u. Bnrneth

Aesoalnle Eslitur, lfrluls Wnllsel

_4 "The Strongest Memory is Weaker Than the Weakest Ink."

DHARLUTTETUWN, THURSDAY, OCTOBER ‘l. 194i

A Signal Tribute

been signally honored

A great Canadian has _ In the United States; one might say uniquely hou- oured. Ten pages in prose and PWITY {elflbmilfs of U. S. schools are to be devoted to a biogwPh" cal sketch of the late Jock Miner and his con- servation activities at his bird sanctuary at Kingsville, Ontario. Also, at the back 0f the books there is to be a two-page ql"1_ Pl°9l°m asking children to answer various questions after they've read the story. The latter is a repririt of an American magazine article published iii I944, entitled "A Duck's Best Friend."

All this will both perpetuate the life of the late Mr. Miner in the hearts of the rising gen- eration in the U. S. and form a living memorial to his conservation work. What is further unique about it is that he is the only Canadian ever to be featured in American schoolbooks. Others accorded space in the some volumes are Wilbur and Orville Wright, Robert Browning, Washing- ton Irving, Henry W. Longfellow, Mark Twain, William Cullen Bryant, James Whitcomb Riley and Charles Dickens.

Jack Miner himself attended school only a few months in his life, recalls the Windsor Star; yet his life and work have ained a place along- side that of the great e ucators of the past century. American educational authorities recog- nize with Canada and all the world that Mr. Min- er‘s efforts in conservation, reforestation, educa- tiog and science must be carried on

Freight Rates Brief

While the 49 page brief presented last week by the seven provincial governments in ‘their freight rates petition contains no new material, ll’ is an impressive document. The governments con- cerned represent the three Mdritlmé 41nd l°"" Westerp provinces. All the points now formally placed before the cabinet were developed by their counsel throughout the hearings in the case and by the governments themselves in their infor- mal meeting with the Dominion cabinet lflsl April.

The prayer

of the petition is that the Transport Board's iiidgmelll. l" effect. be llul‘ llfied because, being based on CPR. revenue requirements, the evidence clearly proves that the Canadian Pacific Railway's financial posi- tion, as of March 30, "did not lllsllli’ ("TY m‘ crease in rates." The governments then proceed to document this recommendation by a detailed argument dealing with the other income" of the C.P.R.; the requirements of the company for a cash surplus, the chargesvof the company for maintenance and depreciation.

The calculations of the provinces show that instead of all the fixed charges and dividends being made a charge solely upon freight rates, the "other income" of the C.P.R. should bear $10.3 millions of them. The estimated excess in the depreciation charges of the company is placed at $4.6 millions and of maintenance at not less than SIS. millions. No cash surplus over and above fixed charges and dividends is deem- ed a justifiable charge on freight rates. The sum of these items is $45.1 million-S-

As the judgment being challenged found that the deficiency in the revenues of the C. P. R. — all of these items being made a charge thereon --was only S19 millions, the effect of the peti- tion, if granted, will be to nullify the Zl per cent. increase in rates in toto. '

There are other important criticisms of the judgment ~ notably the failure of the _Board to have regard for regional discriminations and in- equalities But such criticisms, of course, would be met if the judgment itself is reversed.

It is to be remembered that the provinces are dealing with tlic needs of the C. P. R., which is the yardstick for freight rates in Canada, as of March 30. last. Nothing now being said has reference to the situation created by the increase in railway wages in July.

Smith's Warning

Dr. Sidney Smith, president of the University of Toronto, has told five-year students that any who have enrolled "just to have a good time" had better ask for their money back and quit these halls of learning.

"We arc," said Dr. Smith, "seeking to develop doers and thinkers for a busy world." That is the majestic objective of higher education, whidh costs this country many millions of dol- lars every year. To waste time and money and effort on playboys (and playgirls), in this day when so many earnest young men and women are anxious to train themselves, to expend the facili- ties of the universities on those who have no real interest in learning, but are concerned only with spending pleasantly three or four years of their youth, is flagrantly to misuse these institutions.

It can be argued that university education should be available to every young Canadian, regardless of family and personal means, who is qualified mentally and ternperomentally to profit from it—and to pass on that benefit to the country. In practice it is found that too many students enroll because the university is "fash- ionable", because a degree (regardless of what it represents in capacity) is of value in some employments; because for a girl it fills in nicely the period between high school and marriage, for a boy is a pleasant Interlude of social rather than academic importance.

Playboys who clutter up the universities at the litpense of serious students should be weeded out, but how this weeding ls to be accomplish- ed is Ulqther question.

r EDITORIAL NOTES --

lt is inaccurate that the fate of margarine depends on the decision of the Supreme Court of Canada. As many people pointed out when the Geneva trade agreements were signed, a high tariff would be quite as effective as the absolute prohibition.

The St. Thomas Aquinas Society ls to be commended for its efforts to encourage higher education. lt should be the aim of every group of the community that anyone capable of and desiring college training should be able to get It. I O I I

The long drawn-out East-West dispute over whether international control or destruction of stock piles of atomic weapons should come first is anything but academic. Destruction of the bombs would mean a very great shift in the bal- ance of military strength in favour of Russia.

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Quebec has just successfully launched a $23,- 000,000 loan, the bonds for which were all tak- en up by half-past ten inithe morning of the day of issue, and paid for and still subscriptions were coming in. This indicates the continued prosper- ity of the Province.

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The feeding and heating of Berlin by air is a monster undertaking. Cost of the airlift of vital food and fuel has risen to above $393,000 a day during the peak of operations in the last recorded I0 days, the Air Force reports. This compares with the $260,000-o-day average reported by the Air Force on Aug. 26.

W i i The Progressive Conservative Convention pro- duced a number of resolutions on policy but it did not, and in the nature of the party, it could not, produce a hard and fast rule or plan. P.-C.'s have a general aim, strength and prosperity of the national and individual freedom, but the means are not a matter of rigid dogma. l I I U

An Israeli soldier recently declared that there is little bitterness between Arab and Jew in the Holy Land and the "outside interests" were keep- ing the war going in Palestine. He is one of a group of nine now touring Canada and the United States to support the United Jewish Ap-

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The Australian Federal Government will spend 11,250,000 in the next five years to stimulate dairy production. The rate of spending will be £250,000,000 a year, to be used for herd record- ing, sire surveys, establishment of special farms and plots, special feeding demonstrations, effic- iency propaganda, and farm competitions for progressive improvement and efficiency. 1r X 3k '14

In addition to leading the Union Nationale Party to victory in Quebec provincial ‘elections July 28, Premier Duplessis also headed all 9i government party candidates in their local show- ing or the polls, final tabulations disclosed. The Premier in his home riding of Three Rivers cau- tured 76.9l per cent of the popular vote, a bet- ter figure than achieved by any of his followers elected to the Legislature.

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A job well done, o reputation fod successful initiative and planned economy enhanced, is the record and achievement of Mr. J. F. Connol- ly, Deputy Minister of Reconstruction, in con- nection with the Maple Hills abandonment scheme. lt may not be claimed that everybody is ‘happy and contented with the outcome, but it must be admitted that as little trouble and an- noyance as possible to the individuals and fami- lies concerned was occasioned by the manner in which Mr. Connolly handled the thorny prob- lem.

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Governor Sir William Cleaver Francis Robinson arrived in Charlottetown this date I870. He was Governor from that date to I873. After leaving here he was Governor successively of Western Australia, Straits Settlements, South Australia, and Victoria, retiring in I895, and dying in London two years later. He was created a C.M.G. in I873, K.C.M.G. in I887, and G.CM.G. in I887. While here he laid the foundations for our en- trance into Confederation. He did not take much part in public life, Ho was a musical com- poser of note ds, well as the author of some than well known songs.

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Prince Edward Island promises to be more beautiful than cvcr ncxt summer, judging by the report of thoso public benefactors, the Rural Beautification Society. Here is on outstanding ex- ample of successful effective leadership. Lt. Col. E. W. Johnstone when he inaugurated this scheme did not urge and advocate that others should im- prove and beautify their homes and locations, he began at home, whore all true reform and improvement must begin if it is to bring results. It was the key-note of the Divine injunction: Go ye into all the world preaching the gospel of health, happiness and loveliness-"beginning at Jerusalem." That is, the reformer must begin at home and show the way that others may see and go and do likewise.

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The man who said he slapped a princess, spoke the English equivalent of "nuts" to a duke and locked up the King is dead at 88 in England. He was Samuel Thomas Maun, railroad station- master at Windsor, the Royal Palace station, from I903 to I925. In his memoirs, Maun wrote that he smacked Princess Alice, o cousin of the King by accident when he took a hefty swing at a fly with o newspaper. His altercation with the duke — not named in the memoirs — oc- curred when Maun refused to hold a train.'He locked up the King, he said, when the monarch wa_s_in knee pants. The King, Maun related, was waiting for a train with his brothers when a rac- ing speciol pulled in. "l thought they'd get mix. ed up with some rough types - so I took them‘

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tliat he is a cenlenarlan because he abslarined from alcohol and tobacco, or because he ate por- ridge without sugar every morn- ing of his llfe. or because every evening he took A long walk be- fore retiring, He may, or he may not, have followed a strict regi- men. but if h; did it; either es- caped his mind or he considered or insufficient. importrrace to mention. 1c is obvious that he believes that h? owes his hoary age to no other factor but to cir- cumstances arising from a total lack of formal education.

Farmer Butch statics that. he "vent to school just once, and that was for half n day, A farmer of- fered him a job scaring crows — this opnrrtuultyi presumably pre- sented itsclf at luncheon - and he accepted the task. That. he says was the end of school for hlrn. Thsre was. it appears, noth- ing in the curriculum that inclin- ed him to believe that by resum- ing an academic career he would becrvne a mote capaible and suc- cessful scarecrow.

That lack of formal education dld not. disqualify him from scur- ing crows efficiently, or that; In later yesrs it. failed to handicap him in the attainment. of his am- bitious. may be assumed from the fact. that, he sneaks Willi a certain regret. n»l*o"t the lmlf day that» he spent at sr-hogl,

employed pr"'l‘n‘~lv elsewhere. In- deed Fibre." Bul'cn's of a form of 100 acres and his ven-

ei-iiblc- Te llifllCfilo that, the course, he followed was wholly adequate:

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field. Selected and edited by W, Somerset Maugham illustrated by Everett Shlnn ($3.75 The John C. Winston Co.) David Copperfield

has been

iChorles Dickens’ greatest wo-rko. ‘j In this story Dickens has success- ifully protrayed a class and an l era that. he knew intimately. The icharacter of David Copperfield is one of our great literary treas- ures -- we meet. him as a child. we laugh with him. we cry with him. and when we leave him as a young man we are satisfied that; his struggle for happiness has not been in vain.

The events of David Gopperfleldb life flow swiftly one into the other: David's early youth: the misery he suffered at. the hands of his stepfather, softened only by the Iove of Nurse Peggotty and her devoted famlly; Aunt Betsy “Proinvood; the days at school; the Mlcawbers and their struggle for livelihood; Dora and Agnes, the women whom David loved and who helped him flnd happi- ness -_- these are only a few of the characters and episodes which make Dickens’ study of a boy's life-an outstanding contribution to the literary world,

A delightful combination of humo: and pathos. the story ls molded around colorful and di- versified personalities. in whose creation Dickens’ genius is most, aptly displayed. Each plays his , own part. in making the story un- ifatgetfably warm and human iThe author understands his characters as a man who knows and loves people.

, Everett Shlnn, whose beautiful ‘, illustrations both complement; and compliment Dickens’ best

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education his all I-Ie s experience Lo

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Charles Dickens’ David dapper-

tlie able Bdll-ltis! of W. Somerset. Maugham. Tom Jones has a lasting and per- in world literature Henry Fielclng, has long been recognized as the father of the modern novel. greatest of Eng- lish novels, The History of Tom Jones, A Fondling tells the lively and YUIIIZIIIIC addventure story of a young man reared by a charl- tflble senllemon. Squire Ali-worthy. Though Tcm has all the noble qualities of n true hero. being handsome, high -aplrlted, nnd

is somewhat of a rogue, Hts 1w; for Sophia Wer-Aezn undergoes many trials out! corn-aliens chiefly due many adventures and escapades. Finally extrlcatlng Mm. self from the polls of" misfortune. Trm Jones reinstotes himself wm; his benefactor and wine the bend OI the fair Sophia.

Harry Diamond has added new charm to this old classic with his unusual color illustrations end blaclr-and-whlte sketches, drown especially for this edtcfon, Diamond has quickly movgd to fame, from art school in California to rnpgazlne illustrating in New

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DAYS

The lost days of my llfe until io-

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What were they. could I see them on the street

Lleas they tell? Would they be ears of wheat

Sown once for food but. troddoii

‘h- not,‘ r"i"'"‘ rf hrrTli rind 1M0 day? n..-_;,,-,._..-<, ~i~ "re c‘rci'i"-s'eiii‘P5 Or golden coins squandered and '."l‘“lI rii- . i-r- hrl?" off Wllll" 5m] to pay? ill‘ it n" '.‘i“\ loss of ll. Qr drops of bjnod dabbnng the ' - ~ ' guilty feet‘? 800k; New And Q|d Or such spilt water as in dreams _ , must cheat Hug, H, “HI-S The “Bu,” The igphcilyigitigalvivigizydeis of llell. v1" Toni, .l(‘ll", A F‘ ll’ _ ,1 ‘ ' ' SUMO,‘ m, Cf-itd by Wlwggngti I do gigasthsee them here; one; sch Mnivili n illustrated by God.- ' Hurry Dianaorid ‘$3.75 The John ‘if? I know the faces I shall C- “ill-ll-Z" C") Each one e rriurda-ed self, with This edition m’ the beloved. low last breath, lrilsriiile Tom Jiues is presented "I am thyself. - “what, has thou

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"And l—oiid Inthyself." (lol each one saith»

"Arid thou thvseir to all eternity!"

—Dente Gabriel Rossetti.

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loved work, is already well known for his character drawings of The Christmas Carol. The Happy Prince. end Rip Van Winkle, Mr. Shlnn had his first one-man show at. the age of twenty-fawn and fro- day is successful not only as a painter and illustrator. but also l! n Playwright and designer. His illustrations in this book show Everett Shlnn at his best.

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CROP COMPARISONS

Wheat, according to Mr. Munroe's tabul estimate, gives an average for the‘~Stete of New York of 14 bushels per imperial acre; for the State of Ohio. 15% bushels; for Canada \Vest, 12%; for New Bruns- wick, 19; while the Royal Society of Prince Edward Island have re- pOPLEd as high as 30 bushels, and we think that a wheat crop which ranges between 10 and that figure might generally be fairly averaged at 20; but: wheat in Prince Edward Island is not. a certain crop. and sometimes fails altogether, on some lands not. returning more than the amount of seed sown.

Outs are raised easily at. the rate of 40 bushels per acre in Prince Ed- ward Island, while 34 bushels in New Brunswick, 33% in the State of Ohio. 24% in Canada West. are the reported tabular average. Buckwheat, ln like manner. is a productive article here, and com- petent to compete with any North American farming district, and take the prize too. if one were offered. Indian corn grows well, but ll. will never become a staple article.

Potatoes can be grown at an ev- erage of 250 bushels to the acre; while the New Brunswick quota- tion is only 226, and Canada West only 84.

is the grand crop of the Island — leaving New York Stale behind with its average of 88 bushels to the acre, and New Brunswick with its average of 456; and li. takes the lead of all the world, with produce figures that. begin at. 500 bushels and often reach a thousand. —From “The Progress and Pros- pects of Prince Edward Island," etc, 1861, by C. Birch Bugster.

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The Age-Old Story Tlsau shalt. be in league with the

slones of the field; and the beast!