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ltlornlug Dally (a untied in i881) Authorised ua tier-uni] Ciuiie lllil, Boat Office Department, Ottawa. The lelunil tluurlllun Publishing Co. Idltor and Managing Director, J. It. Burnett. Anus-lute Editor, Frunii Walker.

the distortion which has blinded a majority of mankind to the one fact of importance -—that the measure of maternal success is the ability to adapt it to truths which are eternal. To for- get this is to raise generations whose superb technical achievements must inevitably col- lapse in the dust of disillusionment."

EDITORIAL NOTES

I i A German arrested recently tn la “the cocktail pipe", wig}, a "n, Munich told a magistrate how he rounded bowl, set on a ion: mount‘. keeps his family: "From five_henr piece of blue, red. gregn 0,. Wm,‘ we get I5 eggs a week. Fne W\ vuicrinite. And. for Blllflkliig ‘ cat. 10 we trade for two packs of these pipes. they have blended Aruerican clgarcts. Ono pack we milrl tobacco which. it is claim smoke and the other we sell on "gives the lady a satisfying altcrns’ the black market for $3. ‘lhuts tive to the cigarette." 0n sale yo’ enough. —-- Amherst News. are small. purse-tobacco poucifesio’ Edinburgh Scotsman. '_

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"The Strongest Memo y is Weaker Than the Weakest ink."

CHARLOTTETOWN. MONDAY, NOV. 22. 1948

We are all doing it! Doing what? Helping the other fellow less fortunate than ourselves.

The truth is that every price is ___ a bad price when it is founded on A svell-bullt man ivith noble anything other than value, us cs- shoulders, u fiat back, a trim qua tribiisiied by overall economic cori- phruni and a well-turned leg “u” rlltions. The truth, of course. will wear no more dashing uniform um remain veiled-—won't be aliowcd to this scarlet and blue dress or ‘h, work itself out-—so long as the R. C. M. P. No one has estimator housing shortage remains close lo its advertising value to this 0mm" ilic emergency level. In the long ion ‘or the number of youmsm run. though, no formula can uiicl wiio have been tlruiin to our sum-e; a satisfactory substitute for liun- berziusc of its appeal on 50th,; 0m. est prices arrived at on the basis seas poster, but without doubt 1| of what an article or service is has been enormous, and some b, worth to the person paying for it. lated recognition is surely due ‘h. in terms of his own situation. — original designer. — London rm Prince Albert Herald. Press.

tiol. Drew's Position

Speaking at Fredericton recently Colonel Drew, Prog-ressive Conservative leader, recalled the statement made in a speech by Premier Mc- Nair of New Brunswick that the Provinces had not been called upon, in the Dominion-Provincial taxation agreements, to "surrender a single riglit." Mr. Drew asserted in rebuttal that he himself had opposed those agreements because they did call for the relinquishment of certain Provincial rights.

The justification for Col. Drew's statement is contained in the texts of the agreements, in- cluding that signed by Mr. McNair himself, which stipulate that during their currency the Pro- vinces must abstain from collecting any income foxes, .corporation taxes, or succession duties within their respective jurisdictions. Seeing that the collection of all these fruitful categories of taxation is the right of the Provinces unde-r the British North America Act, Mr. McNair is ob- vlously incorrect in claiming they are not being called upon to "surrender o single right" under the Dominion-Provincial pacts. The surrender of Mxhlh)" "l9hl$ l‘ °l lhe 9599"“ °l the h""'9"l" expansion of the fleet is at least a step in the which accords the Provinces enlarged subsidies r39“ direcfl°n_ and certain other things. There is also the ques- " * * tion whether other rights and claims liave not Nuts and be“; O,- rur-her rife},- gcrgw thread; P99" l'°"‘P°""'llY ehdmweled- are now subject to British-Canadian-American

This lhhhel‘ l5“ “'95 ""59" l" m" °wh agreement. The day is coming when we will be Provincial Legislature in l947, when the Op- ab“, m use pa." from rhe washing machine position proposed an amendment to the tax to get the u, running f0, q Sundqy drive, agreement, specifying that Prince Edward island * * * * "shall riot be deemed by reason of having enter- ed into this agreement to have surrendered or abandoned any claims which it now has against Canada by reason of Canada's failure to carry out and discharge its obligations to Prince ‘Edward island under the Confederation agree- ment or to have surrendered or abandoned any rights or claims which it has against Canada by virtue of the findings and recommendations in the report of the Duncan Commission and in the report of the White Commission.” This reso- lution was opposed by Government members and supporters, evidently because it would not be

A pleasant illilsioh wbs shattered when the

R. C. M. P. carried on their "musical ride" at

the Royal Winter Fair without benefit of music. I’ 1r I I

We have now another record to our credit -a Microwave telephone service. Thlcreare cer- tain specific advantages in _being a guinea-pig for experimental purposes;

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Charlottetown and other island ports are bustling with activity just now. A faster turn around of vessels carrying our products would benefit all but can only be accomplished by improved facilities.

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In London's clublantl. where It has appeared in a window of e shop hitherto catering almost ex- clusively for men, they are talking about this show-card. the latest by- product of the cigarette shortage: "Ladies-Smoke a pipe. There is tobacco for all." The shop be- longs to a world-famous firm of pipe-makers and tobacco-blendeis. and they are now manufacturing two new "lines" special-y for wo- men. One is "the lady's pipe", a lightweight miniature 'briur". uar- he must expect to be trcated u". I , _ » _ _ veti from selected root. Tiie other animal by even larger aniiiiriisfifh,‘ I .' l _ way lies despotism and the iosi or

‘ ' all individual rr d . t; _ Merger Tihlkjzs a Snag ists know the closeeelhfzelgratldlainlhini llll x ‘d,

British democracy is actually m outcome of the British rsngrw. sense. Democracy in the 101m in which we enjoy it never has exist- ed outslde a Christian country; y‘, remove a reasonable religious ban; from our lives is the equuvuitnt o! removing the foundations from 5.. neath a structure and expecting 11., structure to remain standing. n“ all a matter of having a m,“ sense of values. If man's whole oi;- ject is to become a healthy animal

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Newfoundland will enter Confederation with Federally guaranteed communication even as did Prince Edward island. Perhaps if the two Islands pull together Ottawa will make more determin- ed efforts to carry ioutiifs. engflasmeiili-

As the third trading nation in the world _ _ - Canada has a vital interest in protecting ship- ‘ ~ l ping from marauding submarines. The proposed r '

exists between religion and p». sonal freedom. That is why my bend their most strenuous mo,“ to the eradication of religion, teaching and practice wherever they can. — Halifax Chronicle.

All‘ _ l (Monctou ‘rrariscrlpti “l ' The nrgotlations at. Ottawa - ' about. the terms of the entry of Newfoundland are reported to have made satisfactory progress to o point. where only the finan- cial arrangements remain to be settled but even if a bargain on this question, acceptable to both parties. is reached, there are signs that. all will not. be plain selling for tihe final accomplishment of the merger. An energetic minority of Newfoundlanders. headed by some very influential leaders. seem resolutely determined to prevent union-at any rate under the plan now adopted. ' Apparently the negotiators at Ottawa have agreed upon a basis of procedure for union wider which the British Parliament will be invited by both countries to pass an act incorporating New- foundland in Canadian Confedera- tion. This procedure is being st-

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Relics from the British [louse s1 Commons have now been presentqri to the United States Congress gm to each of the d8 states as s Lou. venir of the common traditions s; the English-speaking peoplg my their comradeship in two worm wars. The relics, consisting e1 pieces of stone and lead WlilCll om formed part of the fabric of the House of Commons, have bu“ mounted. inscribed and framed is American mahogany cases which hang in conspicuous positions lri the Capitals in Washington and in each of the states. In the 5m. House at Deliver, Colorado. aiorie it is estimated that over one 1111i. lion visitors annually will rec Lin exhibit. 1t is planned soon to pro. sent stones from St. Paul's Csihsit.

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Old Cha rlottetown truth."

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Supplementary information re- gardlng the difficulty of installing the cable is contained in “Chapters in our Island Story" by the Lilo Mr. W. L. Cotton, frcm ivhioh tvc quote:

"On the 22nd. day of November. 1852. one end of the cable was

The Permier has made a good choice in Mr. J. O. C. Campbell, K. C., as his deputy in the new Department of industry and Natural Re- sources. Besides -his many other qualifications Mr. Campbell has the advantage of being a first-class organizer, as the provincial elections of i935, i939, i943 and i948 conclusively prove.

pick up and go back. Such was

PUBLIC FORUM

This eoluniu is open to the discussion by err-respondents of questions of interest. The Guardian does not necessar- lly endorse the opinion of correspondents.

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The Bank of hlonfreol is having soothing FIRST CABLE ANNIVERSARX music played in a number of branches for the benefit of‘ staffs and. customers. At the some time a California dentist announced the suc-

cessful use of music to divert the patient’s ot-

. The uorldo first commercial microwave telephone service. open- ecl last week between this Pro- vince and the mainland, is not.

the first history-making step in "Q°°*°°Q’°°Q’°°‘¢’°

acceptable to the Dominion Government which held the whip hand in dictating the agreement terms.

The Maritime Premiers were in a dilemma. They were in a financial predicament which made the immediate need of new money obscure all other considerations. They mortgaged vital constitutional provincial rights for a Federal an- nuity designed to tide their Provinces, for a few years, over the rocks and shoals of heavy fiscal needs. And the tragedy of it is that these Provinces are entitled as of riglit to the increased subsidies they are now getting from Ottowafo-nd perhaps even larger subsidies, without the sur- render, or waiver, or abandonment of their right ‘to collect revenues in any direct taxation field whatsoever. That is Colonel Drew's stand, and it is one which Premier Angus Macdonald has very strongly emphasized in the case of Nova Scotia.

December Farm Survey

Canadian farmers during the lasi- week of November will receive from Ottawa copies of the annual December questionnaire. This will con- tain questions about livestock, poultry, farm labor and farm ucrcoges for purely statistical purposes and will have no relation whatever to income tax or other governmental inquiries. Each year, the Agricultural Division, Dominion Bureau of Statistics, cooperates with provin- cial departments of agriculture to obtain offic- ial statistics relating to Canadian agriculture, and will base final figures on answers given by farmers lo their: questionnaires. island farm- ers receiving such a questionnaire will be doing a favor to agriculture by filling-it out promptly and returning it to Ottawa as requested. All individual forms are kept strictly confidential.

The Vital liefect

Seeking for the basic weakness in our Co- nadian system of educaiion, which on the whole lias established an imposing statistical record of literacy, the Winnipeg Free Press finds that it lies on its over-emphasis on material success. This criticism applies io other phases of our modern social system as well, o fact due pri- marily to the rapid changes taking place in our whole ways and means of existence. In transport, motive power and communications, man has jumped in little more than 100 years farther than he had moved in his previous his- tory. 'l'lie train, tire automobile and the plane have conquered distance; the radio and the telegraph have reduced space and time to frac- tions; steam and hydro electric power have end- ed man's reliance on sweat and muscle. The progress seems endless; the future limitless. To- day we stand on the threshold of a new era which itself may turn the giant strides of the post century into stumbling first steps.

"in the process," notes the Free Press, "man has concentrated his attention more and more on these glittering prizes. Our system of education has in turn adapted itself to the new world, taking upon itself JltI task of equip- ping man to cope with liis new powers. The spiritual values, which alone offer lasting hope of peace, of satisfaction and pleasure. have been pushed into tlio background. Wliat_ is needed today is not to lesson tire concentration on the material - lliat will be needed more and more — but to increase the emphasis on ptia gpiritual, to weigh tiie balance, to remove

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tention from pain. Ylet another military device is thus adapted to civilian use.

in Canada, adcording t; the Dominion De- partment of Agriculture, pests consume yearly about l7 per cent of the national farm income, or about $350,000,000 out of $2,000,000,- 000. lt is estimated that 80 per cent of this loss could be prevented with modern pest con- trol. At present Canadian farmers spend about ten million dollars o*n posncontrol.

Robert Baron Clive of Plaiscy, British states- man and general, died this date i774 at the early age of forty-nine. He went to Madras as on apprentice in the East lndia Company in i744, entered the army, three years later rose losupreme control, accomplishing much in the civil administration of liidia; he raised the salar- ies of officials, and prohibited the accepting of gifts from natives. His administration reforms and cutting down cf illicit gains resulted in violent attacks upon his public administration and private character. He ronks as one of Brit- ain's greatest empire-builders basing the British

‘Empire in lndia on a territorial rather than a

commercial system, realizing that a purified od- ministration was essential to its stability.

Recognizing tile heed fdr competent baby- sitters as a real and serious problem, the city of Oslo has worked out a plan which might sug- gest a solution to a common household quandry. in the'Norwegian capital, it is‘ no longer neces- sary to trust the youngsters to the neighbor girl or the lady down the street. For the past lZ months, parents who wish to slip out for the evening simply ring the city's special office and order an accredited and trained baby sitter. No need to worry about qualifications, for no baby- sitter is authorized by the city until carefully investigated, “Each sitiei undergoes a periodic medical check-up and is trained in infant care. Neither is the question of cost any worry, as rep- resentatives of house-wives and baby-sitters got together last year to set up a standard hourly wage (slightly higher after midnight.) During its year of operation, not a single unsatisfactory re- port hos been received by the office. its 50 sitters have answered 4,073 day-time and evening calls during the past l2 months.

Saint John's Exhibitidn ‘which s... had a somewhat checkered existence is to be revived again. A large number of veteran officials who handled the exhibition in i938 attended a recent gathering which was presided over by the presi- dent, H. G. Harrison. it was the initial meeting since the suspension of the show, and it was de- cided to hold the annual meeting of the Associa-

_tion Dec. 2. New officers will be named, and a

nominating committee will bring in a slate of. 3i directors. The building and grounds commit- tee was authorized to take steps to secure a suitable site and prepare on outline of a plan for the rte-establishment of the event. The Saint John Exhibition was incorporated in i899 and operated annually until i914 when the First World War forced its suspension. it was revived in i920 and again carried on annually, with the exception of i933, until the second Wotid Wur in i939 when it was again closed down. Usually held during Labor Day weeli,-the show had de- veloped into the largest Class A exhibition in the Province 'and attracted thousands of visi- tors to the city during its six days of operation each year but it was never made to pay its way 0:4 bfllll Provincial Government tired of footing f o il.

sommuuicatious to be inaugurated here. Today marks the 96th anni- versary of the laying of the first submarine telegraph cable in America. As stated on the bronze tablet commemorating this event. at the entrance to the Provincial Building. this cable, laid by Fred- eric Newton Gisbcrne on Novem- ber 223. 1852. extended from Carle- ton Head. P. E. I., to Cape Tor- mentiiie, N. B.

The cable was brought here on the steamer ‘Eiicu Gisborne‘ under ihc direction of the New York, Newfoundland and I/ondou Tele- graph Company. The first operator was Mr. Miciiiiei Quinlan and the first, superintendent, appointed iii 15.34, ivas Mr. C. A. Hynd- null. The Anglo-American Tele- graph Company acquired the rights granted the New York, New- fcundiaiid and London Telegraph Company, and in 1870 li/fr. T. C. James succeeded Mr. I-lyndman as superintendent in this Island. In i878 a new cable was laid between Cape Tormcutiue and Cape Tra- \'Ci‘I-.C. In i913 the Westcrn Union 'l‘ciegrupii Company took charge of the Prince Edward Island lines. aiirl Mr. James retired. He was succeeded iiv .\ir. A. E. hlorrlson, uiiu occupied the position until his retirement. in 192i. Mr. J. M. Miir- ie_v was lhcn promoted to the po- sition of manager, in \l‘lllCll he remained until succeeded last Feb- ruary lr_\‘ the present manager, Mr. J. Frriiik T“i"rlSf‘i'. Since 1929 the service has been operated by the DOllillilOii Government as the Ca- nadian Nation-ii "Feiegrapiis.

lll a letter replying to an in- vitniion to ire present at. the un- ieiiing of lli" vommelnorailve lab- iet lICFf‘ ill i915’! Mr. Juuics. then a resident of Muigravc. N. S. iirute: .

"It may not be generally known that the cable from Traverse to TOTTIIEIIllIIE ivzis designed to be the first link in the Trans-Atlantic System. If you have access to the Private Arts of the Prince Ed- uard lsiaurl Legislature. you will find that .\lr. Cyrus Field contem- plated laying a cable from Cap l-i-riy, Ncivfouncil‘ d. to '- I'- Priiir-e Edward Island, and i t the posts for iiic new line across the Isiuurl to Traverse were, to some extent. laid down.

"'l‘ho Nova Scotla. Telegraph Company, with whom Mr. Field could not come to an Bfleemenl- seeing that they were beinB Wi- out, viciricd. and the cable was laid to Cape North. C. 13.. aria i! line huiit via. Ingonish. Baddeck and Port ‘l-loorl to the Strait 0f Causzo.

"Prince Fdivard Island W88 l-hll5 left iu the hands of the New York. Newfoundland and London Tele- graph Company, of which M1" Field was vice president, arid it was in this way that I came from Mr. t‘ieici's office in New York t0 trike charge there. where I remain- cri from i870 tiii the Western Un- mi Cr-rirpriiiy acquired the lines in iiil‘. when I was stiperanriunifll. I visit-red nir- service in Newfound- 13nd in September 1866. a. mont. aim" the Atlantic oabie was laid. and served nt St. John's. Heart's Content. Poi-f. Hastings. C. 15., and in Mr. Field's office. New York. be- fore taking charge in Prince Ed- ward Island.

"I was told that the Traverse- Tormentine cable was laid by Capt. Archibald Kennedy of Charlotte- town and that when starting he made the endfasttca tree at Traverse. When half wily across the 331:1: he found he was brine-

lng the tree with him and had to

landed on Cape Tormentlne in New Brunswick. The steamer could riot get within a iniie of the New Brunswick shore. and that euci had. therefore, w be carried to ‘the land on boats. It was. ‘The Island- er‘ stated, ‘drawn upon the sand by means of a wedge anchor and the united strength of four horses and four oxen.‘ Having been made fast on the land. the cable was" then laid to Carleton Head. iii Princejidwerd Island. Tiiie steam- er got. underway at about five o‘- cioek in the evening. and reached the Island shore about fivc 0'- clock the following morning. pay- ing out the cable as she procccdrd.

“The landing of the cable on llie Island shore proved to be an ard- uous and very difficult task, Wind and tide rirove the steamer west- ward in spite of rill that could be clone to keep her in a. direct iiuc. It vras. for a time, feared that the cable would run short before the shore could be reached. But Mr. Gisborne. in charge. ably as- sistcd by Capt. Kennedy of Char- lottetown and the crew of the steamer gained tihe point in spite of wind or tide: and as on the other side the Prince Edward 1's- land end of tlic cable was landed by means of boats, horses and 1x911.

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"As soon as possible after the landing a small battery was at- tached to the end of the cable on Cape Tozriientine; and by means oi‘ a small iirtrumeut applied cu the Island. it was at once iostcri and found admirably in afford means of communication across the Strait . . . Early in the morning as the hour was, a considerable number of greatly interested per- sons had gathered around lllf" op- erator anxious to learn the result of the ircnture; and when it. was made known three hearty cheers were given.