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

TTIARLOTTETOIVN. FRIDAY. SEPT. '31. iil.'Sl

cracks In The Kremlin Wall

Moscow's failure to seize the opportun- ity in the years between the end of World War II and the decision of the free nations in 1950 to re-arm suggests tiiat Russian genius and initiative may, after all, be something less than it is cracked up to be. The British scholar of Russian affairs. Ed- ward Cranlishaw, in his recent book. ”Cracks in the Kremlin Wall", offers some pretty convincing arguments that this is so. "We have f1'iglitei1cd ourselves into hysteria with a chimera of our own imag- ination", says Mr. Crankshaw. ”lf Stalin and his friends were a tenth as able as they are usually made out to be, then we should

really have no business to be struggling against them: such paragons should be begged to rule the world."

The truth of the matter, Mr. Crank-

shaw avers, is that most Communist party- Iiners outside the Soviet Union are moronic misfits. The men in the Kremlin. far from being geniuses, are even more fallible than most in positions of authority. Their for- eign policy is wobbly, their domestic policy relies for its execution upon the threat of slave camps and the firing squad. Their

,abandonmcnt of Marxism has left them

confused and uncertain. Their dismem- berment of Poland and Germany has left them with dangerous potential enemies cvcii within the periphery of the iron cur- tain. Their industrial inefficiency and pol- itical corruption is appalling.

Mr. Crankshaw may be right. There

is reason to believe that his appraisal of

Russian strength and weakness is reason- ably accurate. The fact that Stalin and his henchmen are fallible and often fool- ish. however. is no excuse for relaxing our programme of. preparedness. Hitler, too, was both fallible and foolish. Neverthe- less, he caused untold anguish and suffer- ing for mankind before his downfall and destruction were accomplished.

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it may be some consolation to reflect, as does the Globe and Mail, that the high- or up the cost of living goes, the more it helps Finance Minister Abbott in his bud- geting at Ottawa. For one thing. it means that his indirect taxes, notably his 10 per cent sales tax. are bringing him more money. As prices go up, so do taxes which are computed as a percentage of prices. An article which costs 3550 to manufacture brings Mr. Abbott S5 in sales tax. But if the price goes up to 860, it brings him 36 --and that extra dollar is added to the new high price paid by the consumer.

Mr. Abbott doesn't merely benefit from high prices. He also gains from wage in- creases granted to compensate for those high prices. As the cost of living goes up. -to do wages and cost-of-living bonuses. Since income taxes are reci-zoned as a per- centage of wages, Mr. Abbott thus in- creases his take on the wage-earner.

Under these circumstances. it is not par- ticularly surprising that Mr. Abbott should report such magnificent surpluses. He has inflation working with him-one might al- most say. for himvand it is doing a first- rate job.

Trade Across The Border

The average Canadian buys more than ten times as much food and feed from the United States as the average American buys from Canada. We sell beef cattle, beef, pork. canned or prepared meat, po- tatoes. alfalfa and clover seed, barley, rye and oats for fodder and feed, such fruits as apples, raspberries and strawberries, and other agricultural products such as hides and skins; maple sugar. sausage cas- ings. poultry and eggs. dairy products, wool, and glue stock. On the other hand, we buy from the United States cotton and linens, citrus fruits and juices, corn, rice, fresh vegetables, vegetable oils. oil seeds such as soybeans and peanuts, hides and skins. nuts. field and garden seeds, tobacco. laid and soybean oilcake for feed. .

no United States Department of Agri-

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One thing can be said with assurance, women are becoming more plow-minded .than ever before. Perhaps the automotive lattrai-.ion has something to do with this.

The British general election promises to be brief and momentous, deciding iwhethcr the country will approve more

' socialism or less.

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Modern equipment has speeded up the .-work of plowing but it has also made the 'quality of work so uniformly high that judging a plowing match calls for very ac-

I l . . curate comparisons indeed.

The London and Brighton Railway open- ed this date 1841, at the e'nd of a period iof feverish projecting of lines and promo- tion of companies. A few years later the amalgamation of lines began on a large scale.

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At the end of this month, Sunday, 30th, the Borden car ferry service will consist of three trips each day, including Sunday, in each direction, leaving Borden at 9:10 a.m., 1 p.m.. and 4:30 p.m., and Cape Tor- mentine at 10:35 a.m., 2:40 p.m., and 7:30 p.m. All times are Atlantic Standard.

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An English oil refinery has been pro- vided with a sulphur plant to yield 10,000 tons of sulphur annually as well as means of recovering sulphuric acid from sludge. With the continuing scarcity of sulphur products the idea should certainly be con- sidered for Maritime refineries.

There is so much moisture in the soil this year that concern over the destruction of water-holding ivoodlots may seem un- necessary. Another year, however, might easily see parched crops and dry wells be- cause of the lowered water table. The ef- fect is merely concealed by this yea1”s abundant rainfall.

The Canadian Horticultural Council, a semi-official organization. lays the charge

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are rigging the market so far as fruit -and vegetables are concerned. They per- haps overlook the fact that the wages of help have risen beyond the dreams of old time employees. and taxes and rent beyond the imagination of old-time business men.

it is hardly believable but the British Government is hearing the complaint that there is too much meat in the country. ;Only a short time after being assailed for letting the weekly allowance drop to the lowest in the history of rationing the Gov- ernment is being asked to end rationing for a while, or to store some of the meat presently being distributed for the leaner winter months ahead.

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The Old Age Pension. to be superseded at the end of the year by Old Age Secur- Iity. has come in for a good deal of crit- licism because of the judgment entered lagainst the pensioner and binding his or ;her land. In practice that judgment: has not been enforced, however, as against a successor who can show material contribu- itions towards the support of the deceased ' pensioner. '

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The Canadian Tourist Association should meet with general support in proposing Labor Day to be observed on the third Monday of September, instead of the first Monday. The Association decided to seek support from unions, educational authorit- ies and tourist trade representatives in re- commending the change to the Federal Labor liinister. The C. T. A. claims the third Monday is more suitable than the first, to winch practically all here will agree.

The international Brotherhood of Team- sters (A. F. L. - T. L. C.) themselves to support a campaign for a "freely-operated" highway motor- frelght industry promising backing to the Canadian Automotive Transportation As- soclatlon, which has been campaigning to "maintain free enterprise on. the high- ways." (The C.A.'I'.A. has been engaged in a vigorous fight against Federal control of some highway operations, which has been suggested by the Railway Association of Canada.)

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An extension of the Commonwealth's Colombo Plan is proposed by British For- eign Minister Herbert Morrison, for the N.A.T.O. The peculiar virtue of that plan, of course, is that it aims at making the countries of Southeast Asia economically self-supporting by encouraging their own agriculture and industry. Both humanity and prudence forbid us to leave great populations in poverty and the alternative is an endless sharing of the wealth pro- duced in more economically advanced coun-

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PUBLIC FORUM

This column is open to the discussion by correspondents of questions of interest. Tha Guardian does not necessar- ily endorsn the opinion of correspondents.

EASTERN MAM: Si')RViCl'2

Sir,-in regard to arrange- ments between the Post Office and Canadian National Railways for the new mail truck services for King's County. I understand it has been suggested to start this service from Charlottetown at nine o'clock instead of six o'clock in the morning. We. here at Morcll. are very well pleased with the service the . N. R. trucks are now giving us. By waiting at Charlottetown for an extra three hours for the comparatively small amount of early morning mail reaching Char- lottetown by air to go out with the mall the same morning. would not in my opinion offer the solu- tion to the complete morning service anticipated by the peo- ple of King's County. especially between Sept. 15 and Mny 15. If the truck leaves Charlotte- town at. six o'clock. the Post Of- flcos at Elmira, Baltic, Souris. ctc.. would be able to have the mall delivered over the rural mail route: on the same day: other- wise. I do not believe this serv- ice could be performed by the rural mail contractors. say. east of St. Peter's Bay and south of Peal(e's Station. Thanking you very much for the establishment of this early morning service. Congratulations! I am. Sir. etc..

J. B. JAY. PM. Morcll. P. E. 7.

THE B. B. AND F. FORMULA

Sir,-The combination hen 1:; used over ii modest contribut. on to your Forum in Saturday's Guar- dian. may have seemed somewhat. of an exaggeration. if indeed not contradictory. in that only on 5 very rare occasion does one find any relationship in fact. between forming and fortunes in this Pro- vince. The purpose may have been to draw attention rnthcrthsn lay claim to 8. discovery. However. the writing was inspired by in story related in fair detail, in a widely circulated American m a g fl. 2 l n :- about ti rather rare specimen of farmer. who had actually made a fortune out of his farming activi- ties. in fact. became ii muitl-mil- ilonalre. His phenomenal success was based on s Brain-Brawn and Fertilizer formula.

The setting was, and it all oc- curred, in Central California. where existed I tract of barren' land ab- solutely devoid of vegetation as 3 result of continuous drought con- ditlons and upon which rain was seldom if ever known to fail. The individual involved as leadtmi character in this drums. for such it turned out to be, as it unfolded, had a brain wave and thus he so- llloqulud:

"If I owned that tract of land. and could convert it into fertile soil and cultivate it to capacity. grow crops for which,t.here is an abundant market. I could sell the entire production to the millions of consumers inhabiting the hun- drsds of cities, towns and villages with which it is "surrounded. and make a fortune. it never rains here. But perhaps theirs is plenty water underneath if it could be brought to the surface for irriga- tion purposes. It. may be complete- ly devoid of chsmlcdl nutrients es- sential to plant growth; but I can have it snalynd and whatever the dsnclanciss. f can provide with commercial ferttllaars. After all. earth is only an instrument. a convenience. a mlslnz boil. where chemicals can be blended. seeds planted and allowed to grow. later to be harvested to most and sat- isfy man's needs. Sometimes na- ture Tin it furnfalisd or semt-.'ur- nlsbod with such nutrients as are

itldavotdofsuolislsmcntuaaa ruiultdcorifllotlng natural action llliai-run. lutlrianycua! find out. pamdulon of t. laudvssaoeursl:

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PEI And its Guardian

(The Ottawa Journal) In Prince Edward Island you just. naturally read the Charlotte town Guardian which - and we have it on the authority of the newspaper; itself- "Covers Prince

Edward Island Like the Dew." The Guardian is s. first-class newspaper. one of the best in

Canada's lmall cities.

The Guardian, in a recent issue. tells with some satisfaction how it has acted to improve its own de- livery service and also the move- ment of malls and general freight to all parts of the Island. Faced like other newspapers with an in- crease of 168 per cent in its postal rate the Guardian undertook to or- ganize its delivery by trucks, and was promised by the Post Office Department that provided it could guarantee efficient service the Guardian trucks would be given 3. contract. to carry His Majesty's mails as from October 1.

Then the Canadian National Railways stepped into the picture. "13 WES." remarks The Guardian. "ll. reflection on the railway that a private firm could cover the Is. land daily for the convenience of its patrons whereas a. national or- ganization had failed to do so." and the CNR. realizing that this was true. has arranged to take over the Guardian's trucking service and its contract with the Post. Of- fice. and operate "an Island- lcnsth morning daily post service." something PEI has not enjoyed in the past.

The outcome is s faster delivery of the Guardian, s daily service by CNR trucks of malls and light freight. all this having come about because of the Guardian's desire to serve its district with the great-'

est. possible eff lclcney. ,

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E: . . fzlhe Age-lllil Story

Honour thy father mother: that thy days long upon this lnnil which Lord thy God glveth thee.

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in locating unlimited quantities a: s twenty-live hundred foot. depth. which. when brought to the sur- face. led to a solution of the irrig- ation problem. Analysis of the soil. when watered. exposed the chem- ical deficiencies and were mechan- ically supplied. Expansion of the project was proceeded with as rapidly as it. was deemed prudent Increasing acreage was gradually farmed out to hundreds of "crop- pcrs" who grasped for such oppor- tunities. Thousands of acres were sold to other marks for various purposes, at profitable prices. Freight rate problems were elim- inated and distant marketsbrought to within range. through tho me- dium of personally owned. con- trolled, and operated air transport carriers. And so this vast waste- land of yesterday is now a produc- ing" area. catering to the needs of millions. just because one was pos- sessed of vision, faith and initiat- lvc. put. these virtues to the tea: and succeeded. and is today a fab- ulously wealthy tamer, Is a result of personal effort. y As the end of the story loomed in sight, one might well ponder over the pouibtlity of there being a lesson in this narrative for Prince Edward Island. even on an infinitely lesser scale. when its

vision. faith or initiative. if' lead- ershlp could persuade ahakinfoff a measure of the dusty mlldswsd habits of the put and coins to grips with A beckoning. more pro- mising future. I am, air. et.c.. J.' A. GXLIJII.

MANY II!!! POIIONIID

NIW YORK. Sept. no -MP) - Thouaands of dead and poipanod by an unidentified protoaoo-have washed Ishou on an eight-Ililam stretch of Great south 3”. q Island. Bcaolioa are littered with stflbld bass. fluko. bluaflsh. blowfish. flounder. mi ban. coin and come tropical

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The first steamer to carry malls regularly to this Province was the "Rose", about which the follow- lng item appeared in The Island- er cf July 27. 1849. reprinted from an English paper. the Plymouth Herald;

"The Rose steamer. having been purchased in this port; by James Pcake. Esq-. of Prince Edward island. tot the firm of Messrs. Peake. merchants. of Stonehouse) for the purpose of runnlnx twice I week with the malls and pass- engcrs from P. 1:. Island to Pic- tou. E distance of between 40 and 50 miles-and having undergone in complete refit-new boilers be- ing put in and her engines put in perfect order by John Mare, of the Plymouth Foundry-made a trial trip on Tuesday, in order that her machinery might be prov- ed before she left. for her destin- ntion.

"It. was determined to proceed to Fiilmoutli. and back. and on the invitation of Mr. T. Peake. ii large party took passage in her: she started from Stonehousc Pool between six and seven o'clock. ii. m.. with the tide and wind against her. and came to anchor in Fal- mouth harbour shortly after noon. She left Falmouth harbour about 5 o'clock. p.m. and was alongside of Messrs. l-loeklng's quay. in Stonehouse Pool at ten o'clock. We feel much pleasure in stating that the vessel answered admir- ably; she has two twenty-five horse-power engines. and the ad- mirable way in which the whole of'the machinery worked reflects much credit upon Mr. Mare. "The numerous pirty of friends who were so kindly invited by

SEPTEMBER 21. 1951

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for a husband during the last war and'won one at the cost of 39. He was drafted into the Army. was killed. She collected 510.000 insur- ance and il widow's pension for the rest. of her life. Yet. some peo- ple Ivlll tell you that advertising :iLoesn't pnyl -Wall Street Journ-

"lntroductory speeches during th Royal Tour win be strictly limited to 100 words." Excellent! After-dinner par for the course is five-"Our guest needs no intro- duction!" - usually followed. and spoiled. by five minutes of bio- graphicai gush. most of it. erron- eous. - Ottawa citizen. Then Is one man, still living. we believe, who sold his head nearly fifty years ago for a very large sum of money. cash down and will be buried some day with his head on. This man was ii stoker but. finding that in some mysterious way he literally remembered the date of everything that ever hap- pened. he went on the British vaudeville stage under the profes- sional name of Datas. He simply stood on the stage and allowed members of the audience to fire questions about when so-and-so was born or died; when fires, ship- wrecks. i-all wrecks, murders occur- red, horses won races, bridges were

Deer Problem In N.B.

(St John Telegraph Journal) Man a New Brunswick farmer will be out bright and early with, his rifle on the morning 'of Oct-l ober 1, uwatchtng grimly for deer that has been feasting off his 1", t vegetables all through the autumn.

It is one of the ironies of rustic life that. the law prevents the farmer from shooting it deer ex- cept in the same specified season as the sportsman hunter. who may be wanting only a. set of antlers as I. trophy. It is understandable it

An A-kansu woman advertised opened. and almost. an;

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der the sun. Whenever was hurled at him the ed into his mind. He was my. stumped and never wronw. Thu cxtriiordinary gift of Data: V.” was not what. would be called 3 educated man, attracted the r tentlon of the medical depa.-t,,.e.', of sn American university" Q, .illcy made's contract with it... , sell his head to them for t:'X:iillii'1'ici lion to see what sort. or hm... had, with the proviso that .1 outlived those who slgned the con tract. on behalf of the l.lllli'c1i;il... he wduld not be decapitated 31;," death. Datas outlived them. .. er Thomas Times-Journal. ”'

A federal government statisti- cian is the authority for the state. ment that for the first tinie :4, . quarter of a century camdhm tourist spending nbroail tlm i'c;--- may e.x':eed spending by :o,'eig,', tourists in Canada. lnslca.' (.1 spending hundreds of tlions..:ids o' dollars in U. S. publications to pen: suade' tourists to come to Caiiaiia the various government ;.;c,m,,3 might. be well advised to LOliCEi'l- irate on the. home pi'op.;..m-., front to per.-tuade Caimdians il- hollday in the Dominion. A,,,...j entiy in some sections of the Unn- cd States. the publicity ouu.-is M following 3 Why Go to Canada terhniquc to keep would-be '.c'.l:'- ists rom crossing the border mu, (Jail (la. Some of the road rep."-.3 issued by agencies in the U 5.1;; certainly not designed to (into... age the readers to venture into the Canadian wilderness, where, to 111 intents and purposes, team: of