PAG'E F0'UR'

mm GUARDIAN, CHARIJOTTETOWN

TJANUARCYI 11.. 1934

THE GUARDIA,1:I "”;Ici7.?iI..T..”s?cT.I.TEi1.. mu p'1I..”&ii.. Department. Oihwu. The Island Gunrdlnn Publishing Co.

-iE(iVil0rVTiIlIfI,-Dlllllllging Director, lln A. Burnett. AAsociAl.e Editor. Funk Walker.

CIBCULATAON ”('ovor-i I'rint-c I-ldwlrd IAiAml like the dew"

"The strongest memory is weaker "W" the weakest ink".

”.-ni.;n.1.3m:FoTs7x MONDAY. JAN. 11. lttslyy

Welcome curlers

'I'he eighth Confederation Bonspiel coni- mences today at the Charlottetown Cur- ling Club and once again Charlottetown welcomes visiting curlers from club? throughout the Atlantic Provinces. Then? are few games which provide such an at- mosphere of good fellowship as does cur- ling, Once considered something of an old man's ganic, it has been taken up with cntliusiasiii by ill? .V0llng91' .&Z9l101'aU0” whose coordination of eye and hand coin- pensates for the lore and strategy which arc displayed by more cxpcrienccd curlers.

The ”roai'in' zanic" brings out the best in young and old. There may 1101 DC We same excitement any more when a wiri- tcr's (lay dawns and the curling fraternity look out and find that it is indeed curling wcatlier. The rush to get in a few games while perfect conditions last is a thing of the past in most communities with the ac- ccptance of artificial ice. It has meant, however, that there is time for far larger numbers to enjoy the sport than was pos- sible in early days. .

Fashions change in curling as ll'l'f3VBljV- thing else. The draw game in which ex- uuisit skill was needed to place a rock ex- actly where thc skip indicated LZRVQ D13CC for a time to the western or knock-out style. That in turn has run its course and today a more balanced game is the object of top skips. They use the draw shot, take- nul shots and wick-offs other rocks, not in accordance with a pre-determined plan but as tho changing requirements of the par- ticular game and the condition of the ice make advisable.

What does not change is the fellowship of the curling fraternity. Whether they be ca.v.'.ci'iici's or westerners, .V0U"Q "F Oldi skilled craftsmen or salesmen, from cities or from the farm, they all share a fellow feeling for the game and its players.

Emergency Powers

In time of war the grantillll. 05 Special mm-cl-5 to government becomes necessary; it is in fact inevitable. Many circumstancies arise which call for immediate cabinet 9- cisions without. prior discussion and all)- proval by parliament. This sort of legisla- tion. howcvcr, inasmuch as it indica es tcinporarv suspension of the peoples lllghl to direct the government through their elected representatives. has "0 P1309 ammg the permanent instruments of free and re- sponsiblc government. The orll.l' Way i0 kccp it from permanent status is to get rid of it at the earliest possible moment coni- niensuratc with the national safety.

A year ago, when extension of Can- :irla's Enicrgcncy Poweis Act Came UP.f0T t'nIlSidOl'flfl0ll, it was felt .h.V iii" Cabmfii that the legislation was still necessaiy tn vicw of the continuance of the Korean war and tho uiiccrtain international situation. Pai'liatiicnt agreed to the extension, al- though R number of representatives C-Vl3i'95' sod grave doubts as to its wisdom. The 'lllO5li0ll is due to come up again this New

bc rcqucstcd. parliament will take more than a casual glance at the P1090531 b9' iorc consenting to it. The cabinet still may have good reasons for wanting to hold 0'1 In its emergency powers. In that case the people have the right. to know exactly what these reasons are: parliament has the clear duty to judge them on their merits. A mere statement of need on the part of govern- ment is not enough to warrant the cur- tailmcnt of the historic right of parliament to he the final arbiter of public policy.

Senator Greraris Warning

Are we putting too much emphasis to- day on security and sacrificing freedom and liberty in the process? This is the view expressed forcefully in the Senate chamber by that veteran parliamentarian, I-Ion. T. A. Crerar, who states that this question is one of vital concern to our democracy.

, Citing Canada's estimated gross annual production at twenty-four billion dollars, and net income at nineteen billions, Sen- ator Crerar goes on to say: .

"How much of that amount today is libsorbed in taxation? Taking All levels of government in Canada, federal, provincial fend municipal. I suspect that fully one-third of the net national income is paid in taxes dz) All'the CAnAdlAn people. That ratio is .1 high. There no sound economists who

and it is to be hoped that. should cxtensioiip

when more than 25 per cent of A country's net national income is absorbed in taxes. From this total burden of taxation, I should think about 351.600.000.090 is spent today on social welfare of one kind And Another, if soldiersl pensions-which of course must be paid-are included, and of this sum well over 31 billion is spent in the federal field.

"If there should be 8. decline in our economy and something in the nature of ti depression, or A severe recession, what would the effect be on taxation, and could we maintain the heavy cost of these social security charges? If it were found impos- sible to maintain these services, except by inflated currency, which of course would be madness, this country might be confronted with dangerous political trouble.

"There is no doubt that the world to- day is passing through very dangerous times. The great danger to the world, as I see it, is not alone the danger of war and destruction that may come. The greatest danger lies in the deterioration and possible disintegration of the moral and spiritual forces of mankind that are the very founda- tion and basis of civilization."

"Without iniiliiitions"

It is generally assumed that trade among the nations is a powerful aid to good diplomatic relations. One of the ob- jectives of the United Nations Organization is the exchange of goods between the Coin- munist States and the Western world. Thus far the effort has not met with appreciable success, chiefly because of the difficulty in determining just what commodities should be classified as ”strategic" materials. Ob- viously, it would be very foolish for the West to supply the Russians with any kind of war potential: no doubt the Russians take ii. similar view with respect to their commercial dealings with the West. Mean- while, non-strategic trade is being hamper- ed by political controversy over names and definitions. This is causing increasing coit- cern, especially in Britain where world trade is the chief bulwark of economic sta- bility.

Apparently having come to the con- clusion that the best way to get business, even in Russia, is to go after it, forty Brit- ish merchants are setting out for Moscow with the whole-hearted approval of the government and encouraged by the Trade Ministry's hope that negotiation.-1 will be conducted "without inhibitions arising from political considerations."

There will be A host of people both in and outside of the British Isles who will wish the forty merchants every success in their mission. While they are going to Moscow to talk business and not politics, the friendly give-and-take which necessarily will accompany talks with prospective cus- tomers might help to break down some of the partitions which more formal diplo- matic exchanges have not been able to clear away. Certainly, no one need fear that the talks will result in anything pre- judicial to the security of the West. Brit- ish merchants are far too level-headed to permit anything like that to happen.

EDITORIAL NOTES They say that industry Attracts indus- try and Souris is a good example The lat- est in 8 series of developments is a pro- posed potato chip factory.

O O I

Fisliermen long ago had to become as much mechanics as seamen when the mar- ine engine replaced sail. Now that it is proposed that lobster traps be constructed of steel rods instead of wood they will also have to become something of machinists.

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The steadily increasing industry of this Province is reflected in the organization of the Trades and Labour Council of Char- lottetown and District. As the trend con- tinues, what the farmer may lose in polit- ical power he will gain in larger local mar- kets for his products.

Sir Hans Sloane, Irish physician, was born this date 1753. Educated at Paris and Montpellier, he attended Queen Anne and held many high positions. in 1721 he founded the Botanical Gardens in London. A great collector of natural historical speci- mens and books and manuscripts, he left his collections to the nation. They are now in the British Museum. He wrote "The Natural History of Jamaica".

The late Major Walter A. Smith was well known in many capacities, notably as a soldier, civic official And sportsman. Like many other veterans of the First World War, his Active service mAy well hAve im- paired his health in later years. He maln- talned, however. his keen interest. in sports And military AffAirA And did much to en- courage the younger generation in these activities. The Guardian joins in extending sincere sympathy to his bereaved widow

'i!6,nt-end that till ihnccr limit is reached And family.

PUBLIC FORUM

This column is open to the dlsciinsion by correspomleula of queniionn of interest. The Guardian does not neceAAnr- ily endorse the opinion of uureupondenln.

'ilRiI'lil”lii'I T0 LATE MR. THOMAS JOHNSTON

Sir.--The passing of the

Thomas Johnston on

side and Mr. Johnston

throughout, hail

which he never recovered.

E. H. Strong was A member. Although there of lift years in

OUT REPS,

had A fire department since

ilating hack to the

chief. A. McNelll

present James

lowed by Mr. Johnston. Wm. T. Matheson took cver

On Mr. McNelll's January, 1952, our Abrion Ariienault was elected.

We came to know

retirement,

A great kick out of. Mr.

early days in Summerslde.

fighting biisincss.

but he was Acting chief when the worst fire in tory of Summerside That fire started At

shed and sprr-ad throughout

Sudsbury will tell you. nil.

town. hydrnnlii wits not in existence.

in the Summerslde fire

cll.

ii."

of the lnAtAilAtlons of the

Commission.

iientlnl. Sewerage started And losses were cut down.

ruched A goal which

cold water iaps one.

by trade. When the second

Agnln chief.

late December .'l0th at the Advanced age of 87p was an extreme shock to his fam-' ily and many friends in Summer the Islan:l be-cn out and around and took A stroke from

It. was suggested to this writer that. A tribute be written in honor of Mr. Johnston who was a fortit- :-r Fire Chief of thc Sunimcrsitlc Fire Departnienl. and also served on the Town Council wiiere Col.

is :1 di”CI'El1t'P lVtl thoiight. it only A privilege to as- semble some of the fine points in

he- tore the turn of the Century, only six men have acted as chief and leader of the fire fighting squads. , , . Hr” Chi”-I.EflFZli!sil vinid. Thomas I4'riz'Iel and including the Abdoii Arsenault, succeeded Mr. Frizzell and Mr. McNelll was fol- Tlwn ME Johnston's lit'Wntcr 1916. retiring in 1927 when Wm. B. the town was A marvel and the McNrill look the reins of office. in

present chief.

Mr. Johnston nn joining the fire rlcpartnicnt and we always greeted him with "hello young fellow", A title which he got John- ston Along with Mr. Mntheson, An-

olher ex-chief, was Always A spec- ial guest at the annual banquets

They referred to many old Anecdotes of what really happened in the firi-

Mr. Jnlinston look over nx rhlcf nhout 1908 from James A. McNcill in 1906 the his- tnok place. the freight the tmvn practically wiping it out as

K8m'I0.V. W. B. McNeill And George

Their equipment. was practically Firemen were forced to pull Around A hand pump And (of. their water Also from tanks around the Such A thing As hose or

Thomas Johnston. A reAl pioneer deput- ment in the following years until he retired in l9l6 had Aome of the hottest sessions in the history of the Summci-side Fire Depart- ment And with thr Town Coun- "We hAd A 51,000,000 fire." sAld Mr. Johnston, "And we will never have Another if I an help The result wu (ml After the 1908 fire through the effort: of Tom Johnston in his cApAclty AA fire chief that he was direct- ly responsible for the beginning first phase: of the Water dz Sewenge The old timers tell me thAt Tom Johnston fought And fought until he convinced our town fnthors that it wAA Abnolutely es- Conaequanily Winter And

the fire Tom John- ston hAd thus won A light And improved the AtAndArd of living with bath- rooms. wAter closets And hot And being Imiiallod in every home which could Afford He was A plumber himself

bl! fire In the history of Summei-Aide broke out in 1916 Tom Johnston on it broke out right where SmAllmAn's Ltd. now hlve their ladit-A' wen depntmcnt. an the Aeeond door in the old 'lln-

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Indialogue

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11-IE JOINT-FAMILY SYSTEM It in rather difficult for u to chance opportunity they will re-

i.mq-ixie A fnmlly of neArly 300 people living under one roof. In it. in find 3-not-grAndfA.t.hei-A And or-Anchioi.horA, un- cles. Aunts. cousins. nephews. nieces And All other brllldl of relation- ship found in A group Apanxilng An

which does not break up except. for the dnitgihtvei-A who marry into other families. Al-though 200 mem- ber: in one family are found not too often, smlller numbers of one hundred or A0 Are very common. This type of family development in India. in brown AA the joint.

nta.

three or four generations

nidin. Aoemn to have retained mnny inamutioxis tn their early form without the possible AdvAnt.- iAgAA of evolution. of thene ina- tloned the Hindu religion, the Vediic Ayutun of inedeolno And the jolxit-fsmlly it of the institution of the family All peo- ples hA.ve passed through Almtlar

t.lt.ut.lonA can be

Ayatem. In the devel

stages of progireu.

What. may be called the "patriar- chnl" stage is one of these. BecAuAe large num- bers for the procurement of food defence. Aona did not loave their fA.t.hAr'A holding when they got. married, but took their wlvu into the household And direction And supervision of the eldest male. With consequent dc. lopment. of In society generally, this picture changed in most cul-

of the necessity of and for lived

under the

conditions

cries of the world.

with expansion of communica- .ionA, more developed methods of

agriculture And food-procuring, th mtroduction of

world than they before imagined

A. world full of poulbllltles for A llvlthood Auch thnt. they life their fAthor'A fireside to establish homes

industry. mining A.nd trade, young men uw A wider

which iA At. leut certain in its provision. The same holds true with farmei-A And investors in business. Being equally cnutlous, the far- mer will not Aulxscrtbe to Any development. in technique or seed or fertilizer until he seen its re-

manufacturer is interacted only in projects of proven economic worth. Because of these disadvant- ages generally. progress is slow both because new methods Are d ,t ” with great. reluctance And because the spirit. of inventiveness and initiative does not Adequntely

provide for the country's needs without. assistance from outside

countries.

On the nine Aide. Indiana Are proud of the fact. that the joint faintly does not provide A Auluble mllieu wherein grows the spirit. of tndlvidiialism and competition Ao prevalent in the West. From his earliest: days. A child renllzestthav. the Alogan for survival 15 "one for All." Always he must. oo-ope:-Au fully with the other members- of his group both for his own good and that of the others. Along with the need for co-operation come: the training It responsibility. The Very YOU!!! must. About-'pou for Auntie as well u for mother And carry water for uncle As well AA for father. The five-yeAr old boy is cow-herd first and then intro- duced to the other chores on the farm suitable to MI Age And at-renat-h. When he is I. young mm, his earnings Are not his own but, are At. the disposal of the family generally.

The most vAluAble Asset. of the Joint family in Addition to thou of responsibility And co-opeuuon is that of security. Life Anywiherc is lmecure but in Indln it la in- estimnbly more .50. Their death And

:

independently And under new . I lchcumsuncu. The new duel- siolutess rates As well As the fervor (inc place win-re good lot-ks'Globc newspaper on July .1, 1905.!opmgnt, ln polmcgl aumol-ll,y mm which ihey "V W 5999355 jcounl is at. n railroad crossing.- It was coined by A Dr. Des'm whlch I clvll ruler was 1-ecog- me wmlh 0f the K0015. are tndlcA-

l Hamilton Spectator.

VVA Are A native of India has A moustache 64 inches long.

spirits are Spectator.

drooping '? -- Hamilton

"Perhaps the most. ulunble con- tribution which has been made by the British people to tile progress of the human race has been their sense of respect and toleraiicc for the rights nf the private individ- ual. Front this sense springs t-hose parlianiz-ntai'y institutions of which we Are justly proud.

-Queen Eiizabetli II

This wonderful ltulgiingc of ours heconirs more intriguing by thc hour and is threatening to out- romance the so-called romantic languages. This nhscrvation fol- lows reports that. A certain faction of would-bc authorities is scckinr

men(' A ougi ummusl E ms inliltrnling. The fact is that we

nerd more such words which nrc lust. about as descriptive as could he. Acliinlly. "smog" is n tzonrl According to an iautlinrity in the London Tlmrs. lthe word was first printed in the

iclalr And Stewart bulldlniz. Tom victory in installing and Sewerage ilirouRh0U' citizens now realized what it meant to them. The fire destroy- ed Gourllcs Drug And swept across the street. And destroyed buildings as far as where Rogers & Arncttls building now stands, but they controlled ll. thni-c. They had their hose and they put out thr- firr. Toni Johnston was congrat- ulated on this grent light And he retired soon afterwards as he felt it was time for A yqungcr fcllnw

which Chief .VicNcill inaugurated to take over bill. he left behind .1 few years back and they uscrl A record of which future chiefs in lcll humorous stories About the will he justly proud.

In those days of Wm. Matliesnii. Tom Johnston And Wm. 13. Mr- Neill, the firemen l”PC0lVf'd very little pay. Maybe you won't hr- licvc us but in any event we will pass it. over to you. Today the pay for each And every fir:-nian exclusive of Secretary And Chief is two hundred dollars A year. They are docked five dollars for every fire they miss and two dollars for each meeting they miss. The boys

the buildings were of we don should make nnc hundred and sti-ucturo. It was An impo..lblc sixty dollars with case. Other- fight As old timers Ilkc Ciaudc wise it is their fAult. Mr. .lohn-

Aton'ti pay when he was chief will amAze you. He received fifty cents for l practice as did every fireman but they did not receive any pay for A fire. They were deflnilcly voluntary. In the old day: their equipment wAA poor but today we hAve the best and secure what is needed from the Town Council. glue in the old days when Mr. today to serve.

What mun on etirth has not got A fAuli.? But we know

he will have A credit Above.

At the Aervirc; in the Baptist

big

zen And slid there were

Johmton in Summei-side.

mnker who we will Join. ly Itepped the

ex-chiefii Bill McNelli

well As ex-chief Konney.

My Aympnlhy goes immedinto family of Mr. Johnston

faithful servant." I Am, Sir, ctr JOHN W.

Burnmet-Aide.

l .. . to drum such words as SilIOR'i

It. was therefore A strug-

Johnston was chief but A pleasure

of none that Tom Johnston had Al- though he might hAve had An odd one like us All but we Are sure that when the credit Aide IA tick- ed off AgAlmt the debit Aide lhAt UP

Church Rev. Charlmi Brlttnn paid tribute to A fine Summerllde rill- many changu in the life ApAn of Mr. He nld we Ahould not he sorrowful in time of duth but look to our Proud- Summernlde Fire Depnrtment At Mr. JohnAlon'A fu- nerul with their new unlforml And And Wm. Mnlheson were in Attendance AA Deputy Cinude

out in the And I believe I Apcak for the en-

tire Summenlde Fire Depurtment. when I Any: "Well done good And

i.tcNr:ii.i.

Vocux, who wAs first president of mud .nd obeyed u the 1-lgmml the British National Smoke AbAtA- 1lw.m.k" md hwnulxomer M me W 1 1 "Ti" I"”"""3' Wh0.ame, made this an-in from the - oit- re or s it is e resent eneralr - -