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unit GUARDIAN. CHARLQTTET OWN

DECEMBER 3. 1951

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President. and Associate Editor, Inn A Burnett, Associate Editor. Frank Walker.

"The Strongest Memory is Weaker Than the Weakest lnk".

L'iiAIlLOTTE'l'0WN. MONDAY. DEC. 3. 1951

ing the last five months, every dollar of this fund as yet unspent will buy less when it is spent. Thus, should the whole alloca- tion for defense be spent by March 31 next, the total of goods and services acquired will be less than that for which the money was voted.

EDI IURIAI. NOIES

The new scale of truck license fees fa- vours the owner who does a small job with a big truck as against the one who lcarrics capacity loads.

I C O

Pulpwood buyers have now the respons-

Safety council Appeal

The U. S. National Safety Council hasi . . .

issued a nation-wide appeal to keep ”thcl millionth traffic death from being a tragic? Christmas present to some American fam- ily." At the present rate of motor traffic deaths, the Council points out, the millionth; victim is expected to (lie the third week ofj December-almost at the height of the? Christmas season. This is a striking way ofl emphasizing a problem which has also reached very serious proportions in Canada-

The Christmas-New Yeahs holiday sea-. son is the peak accident period of the ycarl and the time when traffic accidents are- lnost serious, according to the Safety Coun- l:il's findings. Ilcavier travel and the festive; spirit of the season always add to the nor-1 mal winter hazards of bad weather, slip- pery roads and added hours of darkness. Christmas traffic in Canada suffers from the same handicaps. These increased haz- ards call for extra care and caution on the part of both pedestrians and drivers.

The National Safety Councills campaign might well be supplemented by Provincial campaigns in this country. Anything that will tend to reduce the accident toll at this time would be a first class investment.

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The salary boosts for the Board of Transport Commissioners have gone through despite Conscwativc opposition in Parlia- ment. The bill, which received CCF ancli Social Credit as well as Government sup- port, increases the Chief Commissioner's salary from S15,000 to 516,000 a year, the Assistant Chief Commissioner's from" 9512,- 000 to S1-1,000, the Deputy Chief Commis- sioner's from -.”510,000 to Sii3,000, and the other three Commissioners from !iil0.000 to 312.000.

As noted by Conservative members, the salaries of these fortunate gc'ntlcmcn had been increased only four years ago. Their new salary boost: was passed by a vote 164 to 27. That speaks for itself-politically. The need for "economy", which the Com- missioners gave as their reason for treat- ing our Hillsboro Bridge agreement with the Dominion Government as a scrap (if worth- less paper, does not appear to have been given much consideration.

liow did our Island Liberal members vote on this issue? We have not seen the details in i-lansard yet, but we fear it is the old, old story. in disunity we are get- ting nowhere fast.

Fantastic Budgeting-

l-iintlllcc Minister Abbott's failure to present a realistic budget has rfached em- barrassing proportions, as poin ed out by the Globe and Mail. A seven-month sur- plus of 5E6()4.T00,000, against a budgetary estimate of 530,000,000 for the entire fiscal year, no longer bears any true relationship to the taxpaying ability of the nation. It is also out of relationship with the pro- ductivity rate of the country, because of the price inflation factor. For the same reason it is out of any rational relation- ship with the new rates made applicable in the last Budget. And it foreshadows grave dangers to the national economy aris- ing from a complex of fiscal policies which converge in the national tax structure.

For the seven. month period, corpor-

ation tax revenue was running ahead of

'.l950 by 65 per cent. In at least two fields,

cigaret and automobile sales, there is ev- idence that the ratcs themselves have en-

countered the law. of diminishing returns. Fewer cigarets are being consumed, fewer cars are being bought, and production is

greatly slowed down. Corporation income soon will show lower levels as a result of

these lower marketings.

Personal income tax payments are run- ning 50 per cent above a year ago, al- though thc new rates were relatively mod-

est and have not been applicable for much

of the seven-month period. Sales, excise and other taxes levied as a percentage of prices, are running higher than a. year ago by 53 per cent, with customs dues up by These taxes also enter the becoming elements of costs which must he recovered

39 per cent. vicious circle of price inflation,

in higher prices.

In the meantime, defense expenditures for the seven months have been only a lit- tle more than one-third of the estimate for the whole year. While they may soar dur-

lwith the law in cutting wood pulp for ex-

ibility of seeing wood lot owners comply port.

The Newfoundland Government has now a clear road ahead to fulfil its prom- ises to the electors to inaugurate a new and extensive industrial programme calcul- ated to take up the slack in emigration.

D O W

Signs are increasing that the lean bacon bog is the coming thing in the United States as it has already proved in this coun- try. The unrivalled position of this Prov- incc to supply the demand for breeding stock should pay dividends.

O I C

There is a difference of opinion among lobster fishermen whether it is better to reduce the width of slat openings or in- crease the size of lobsters. The result should be the same, but chances are that

loosc slats may entrap under-sized lobsters. I C O

The new Defence Expenditures Commit-i tee of the Commons holds its first full meeting tomorrow. It is empowered to examine all defence expenditures and com- mitments since March 1, 1950. It should also have an interest in expenditures which should have been made. 0 O 0 it is appmpriate that an American, Dr. Lewis Williams Douglas, should have open- ed Dalhousie Universityls new arts and ad- ministration building. Apart from family links of Dr. Douglas, is the. fact that Dal- housic was founded with American money, contributed a little unwillingly perhaps to the British who were temporarily collecting the excise tax in Bangor. V O 0 Japan is now competing with Florida in the orange market. A Lakeland, Fla., re- port says Florida is rushing tangerines to -Canada to counter importation of 952,000 boxes of low-priced Mandarin oranges from Japan. Florida's first carload of the zip- per skinned fruit for Canada this season is on its way. The Mandarin orange is small and resmibles a tangerine. I I 0

Robert Louis Balfour Stevenson (real name Lewis; he adopted Louis), Scottish writer, died this date '1894 in Samoa. Writ- lng was always his delight and ill health did not stay his pen. His first and perhaps greatest success was "Treasure Island”, which besides its intensity and vividness, shows imaginative appeal, dramatic pro- gress and moral originality. R.L.S.ls style is clear, exact and smooth and dmparts -.2 high artistic quality even to the adventure story.

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Some people wonder why so many of our girls take one way tickets to the main- land. It is not to be wondered at. Mar- riage is more popular than ever in the Un- ited States. The Census Bureau says only 19 per cent of women over 14 are single today, compared with 28 per cent in 1940 and 34 per cent in 1890; about 26 per cent of the men are single, compared with 35 per cent in 1940 and 38 per cent in 1890.

' O O 0

Ice cream manufacturers please note. It has long been recognized by housewives that one of the best preventatives of moths is to wrap woollens, etc., in newspapers where the ink acts as an antidote. But here is a new one. Addressing a sales convention in London recently, the chair- man of an ice cream manufacturing com- pany said: "No one would'welcome increas- ed newspaper supplies more than my firm, for the insulating capacity of a good news- paper is incomparable! Ice cream wrap- ped in newspaper will stay'firm for twtf or three hours. This fact is of tremendous importance".

0 O 0

There is to be no change in the set-up of Federal Elections Act. The special com- mittee of the House of Commons set up to study proposed amendments, glanced brief- ly at other systems like the "altemative vote" (used in Manitoba and Alberta), pro- portional representation, and the "second ballot." On them all, only the alternative vote drew a. second glance. Chief Electoral Officer Nelson Castonguay considered that it was only a "slight improvement" on the ancient and honorable relative majority sys- tem. The committee, with one or two ex- ceptions, decided to let well enough alone. The Dominion Elections Act, as amended, will provide for continued use of the exist- ing system.

Possible Unforeseen Developments

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Macs lTeM.' Tkeeleven deer bvougtt 1-o om Scdtla. in law have so increased as -to number a quarteral-' a million. (Prince Edward Island has imported twelve.)

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PUBLIC FORUM

This column is open to the discussion by correspondents of questions of interest. The Gusrdlan does not necessar- ily endorse the opinion of correspondents.

msrcnx Mali. SERVICE

Slr. - May I avail myself of the opportunity of cxpreming to your readers, through your paper, the story that has led up to the change in the mail service to and from Charlottetown and the mainland, My reason for writing is that there is some dissntisfactioll with the newly established service and the people are entitled to know all the details and I will present them as I know them.

First, the people in King's Coun- ty were demanding an improve- ment in the mail service for the past. ten years. The two Boards of Trade. namely. the King's Coun- ty Bonrd of Trade with headquar- ters at Montague and the Eastern King's Board of Trade with head- quarters at soul-is have in the past. passed resolutions strongly re- questing a change and improve- ment in the mail service. Naturally I have acceded to those requests that a new mail service should be established. The Post Office of- ficials at Charlottetown were fin- ally convinced and recommended to Ottawa that a change should be made. The Postmaster General in Ottawa, in turn, acceded to the said requests.

As I see it. when any new sys- tem is advanccd, there are always some details to be worked out. which at the time are annoying, but usually worked out to the bet- terment of the service and to the advantage of all concerned. No one should entertain the idea that. their representatives at Ottawa are not deeply concerned with the ac- tual service the change is giving us. The following persons had an interview with the Postmaster General and his experts to try and work out details in the service which would be most satisfactory to all, i.e. Senators Grant. Bar- bcllr and Maclntyre, also Mr. Watson MacNaughi. and myself.

My view is that we should give the new service a fair trial before condemniug ii. and asking for I return to the former service. I am most. interested in knowing how it is going to work out under winter conditions in regard to the roads. but I cannot see how it can com- pare with the Railroad service that moves regardless of winter storms and in this we are safeguarded as Mr. C. T. Montgomery has assured us that, should winter conditions make truck transfers impossible. the railroad would take the mails.

In my several interviews with the officials of the Post. Office Do- pnrtment. in Charlottetown and in Ottawa. as well as the C. N. R... I found they were most anxious to co-operate in every way they be- lieved would bring the improved services that the people have long sought and, in this connection. I have received many letters ex- pressing great satisfaction with the new service.

However. my suggestion to our people is, as I have said before. to give it a fair trial and give the Post. Office Department and the carriers a chance to show us that it. is an improvement. and we will set as Judges, and. after I reason- able time. if it does not. prove sat- isfactory, I am sure that it will be most satisfactory to the Post. Of-

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Let the heavens be glad, and let the earth rololce: and let men say among the nations. The Lord reigneth . . . 0 give thanks unto the Lord: for he II good; for his merry endureth for ever. And say yr. Save us.' 0 God of our salvation. and gather in together, and deliver us from the heathen. that we may give thanks to thy holy name, and glory in. jlsy praise.

Bloned be the Inn! 00! And

of Israel for ever and ever. all the people said, Amen, praised the Lord. .

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flee Department to return to the former service after they are sat- isfied that the present system is unworkable; in fact. they have on more than one occasion expressed this view.

I should say, in closing. that any persons who wish to express themselves to me on the subject. the Post Office Department car- ries all letters free - no postage is required - on all letter mail to Members while in Ottawa.

I am. sir. etc., T.J. KICKHAM. M. P. for King's. F El. House. of Commons. Ottawa.

FISH!-IRMEN”S MISFORTUNE

Sir,--I read in your columns of Dec. 1st a short and interesting letter from our friend Mr. J. E. i-liscott, of Stanley Bridge, reint- ing to some of the damage done to the flshermen's gear around Stanley Wharf. We well know that Mr. I-ilscott's sympathy goes all out to the hard-working fish- erman, as he and his father spent many hard days and nights on the deep, cold waters of the North Shore. Those were the days of iron men and canvass power: (lays that started in at 2.30 in the morning und run well into the following gray dawn. The conditions in those days were much different to our present- day accommodations that have done so much for the young fish- ermen in many parts of our fair Province.

Those .VOUnlz men who have en- countered the losses that Mr. l-liscoti. wrote about, fire (we re- turned soldiers who hnve' endur- ed plenty of hardships in the dc- fence of ollr country; and beyond any doubt the charitable good- will throughout the communlty in which they are well known. will be fully demonstrated in reim- bursing their losses for the com- lng season. The loss of a good fishing boat and lobster gear means as much to those boys, as the nvernlze stock and equipment does to the modern former. And our farmers and business men have never been small or dis- HDDOMUHK when called upon for donations for such worthy pur- poses.

Tlie writer has done everything within his power nnd jurisdiction in the wny of waterfront repairs and facilities for those little fish- lnlg shelters at Stanley and Buy View. Three years ago the Domin- ion Public Works Department snw fit to build a new block some sixty-four feet long by sixteen feet wide at Buy View, on the site of the old Government wharf. The engineer's intention of. the time of building was a shelter for a small block which the Gallant boys had built at their own expense a few years previous. Since that time the heavy Ice has dismantled the small block and it. no longer ex- ists. The new structure was m-cct. Ni approximately 120 feet from the old remaining approach, and those boys have been asking for 50"" stage or connection to the new block. Had this request been granted. our friend Tommy would be filhlnff out of Bay View nenr to his own home. and would still have the host thnt went down in the storm st Stanley last week.

NOW for Robert Murphy's git. uatlon on the Government. Wharf at Stanley. One wonders how any 0f M! Rear could remain safe throush any average tide. The lllhl of old driftwood and gor- billle from the four sens, that literally cover the surface of a onetime business structure, sure- ly makes our island home-owner; and tourists look on wlu. gmnge. ment as they roll along to the noted Cavendish and Green Gab- les beaches. and wonder just who is to blame for this grave nu. lect in the centre of an enterpz-l.. in: village and the picturesque countryside adjoining the beauti- ful New London Buy.

Let not these boys be dlscour. aged. There is always A bright spot beyond the dsrkest floods. Our lack of representation on the Government side nt Ottawa has been fl great handicap towards getting grants for those above- msntloned places. But as the old saying cool. "When one door clos- el another swings open." The De- pertinent of Industry and Nation- al Resources is doing song grand work. and when these cases are

presented before the Chief Jus-

tice in the Fisheries Commission. they can surely count on a square dcal from some source. I am. Sir. etc. J. M. QUINN. 185 Prince Street, Charlottetown.

FORGOTTEN GU E STS

Sir-The clergy of the Church of England are to be commend- ed for protesting to Premier Jones about what they believe to be a slight against Archdeacon Harrison and their church in general. While I do not wish to become involved in this contro- versy, I would appreciate space in your paper to make some ob- scrmtion: regarding the invite- tions to the state dinner and the function which took place at the Experimenal Form.

The letter of the clergy to the Premier reveals that the com- mittec in charge saw fit to invite the President. of the Charlotte- town Ministerial Association rath- er than the President of the Prince Edward island Ministerial Association to represent the Pro- testant section of the population. This might give some people the impression that this was a blunder on the part of the committee in

charge. But. was it? Anyone looking over the list. of invited guests must have been forcibly struck with the disproportionate number of guests invited from Charlottetown.

But, someone may say, this

could not be avoided, the heads of all Provincial organizations were invited regardless of where they lived, Such however was not the case. We have in this part. of the country a man who is President of a Provincial organ- ization. I refer to Col. E. W. Johnstone, who, at considerable expense to himself. organized the Rural Beautification Society. which has functioned so success- fully for the last six years. Over I thousand farmers have enter- ed these annual contests and the Province. as a whole, has ben- efited greatly.

Now, I have no quarrel the dentists. the lawyers, chartered accountants, etc., cum, who have organized for their own personal benefit. But. why should the president. of any as- soclation, organized mainly for the financial benefit of its meni- bers, be honored with an invita- tion to a state dinner while the president of a fine organization. created for the benefit of the Province as n whole was left. at home? Apparently it depends on whether you live in town or country. .

As the basic industry of the Provlncc is farming one would have expected to find in any no of those invited to s stale din- ner or tea at the I-ixperimcnlnl Farm the names of the presidents of sll agricultural organizations. But. these gentlemen do not live in Charlottetown. so what cm we expect? However. farming was not entirely overlooked. Un- dar the heading of agrlculturist I found the name of one lndlvidunl whose sddress is 103 Prince Street! Charlottetown. it's on- fortunate that. the city does not have more farmers.

Since Premier Jones has seen fit. to publicize the protest. ap- parcntly made in confidence by the 019113. and has explained the basis on which the clergy were, 01' Wet! lfiol. invited. will he now, for the benefit of the people throughout the Provlnce.- explsln what. qualifications a person liv- in: outside of Charlottetown rc- Iluima to not an invitation to g state met? We would also like to have his assurance that the central committee. whose membership e I m a exclusively from Charlottetown. didn't. over- look any of hemselves when "Mint out th invitations.

I am. Sir. etc., GEO. P. FERGUSON. New London. P. E. l.

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We may as well face the fact that if we are to preserve our democracy and our freedom, we must have more compulsion, more restriction, and less petty politics. We must develop 3. system where- by the government will not. be- come a player in the game of economics but. will remain com- pletely outside and act as 3 ref- eree. We must have I system whereby the people will be educat- ed. to the point. where they are able to obtain power froln the gov- ernment to regulate their own business. and discipline them- selves,whllc accepting at the some time the responsibilities that are irvolved.