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Department. Ottawa. , . The Island Guardian i'ubliIhiii; Co.

Editor and Managing Director. Inn A Burnett. Associate Editor. Funk Walker.

CIRCULATION 'Covero Prince Edward Island like tho dew"

"The strongest memory is woukov than ' tho wookoni inkf'.

(El-lARL()'l'TETOVVN THURSDAY, SEPT. 24. I953 l

Welcome Lady B.-P.

Lady Baden-Powell, of Gilweil is no stranger to this Province. indeed theic are few places on the face of the earth where the Girl Guide Movement exists with which she is not familiar and an evei'-wei- come guest. Her services t.o youth and par- ticularly to the Rangers, Girl Guides and Brownies are so well-known that they need no repetition. She has only to pay a visit to bring renewed enthusiasm to guides and giiiciers alike.

it seems strange that only forty-five years ago scouting and guiding were quite iinknown except to a few enthusiasts who tad begun to train youth along the lines of '3.-Pfs books which were intended for aoldicrs so that he felt obliged to issue a iew version, "Scouting for Boys", follow- ad by "The Wolf Cubls Handbook" and "Girl Guiding" which formed the basis of the great Scout and Guide movements.

Today there are comparatively few young people who do not have the oppor- tunity to take part in the great game of growing up into fine men and women uri- zler the inspiration of B.-P. They in turn nave given of their time and effort to pass )ll to more young people the opportunities for development and service which they enjoyed. The idea, of course, has had far wider influence than even the Movements themselves for there are few educationai' systems today which do not endeavour to incorporate the ideas and spirit of the Founder of Scouting and Guiding.

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It is a far cry from the meetings now going on in Montreal of the Canadian Fed- eration of Mayors and Municipalities and the court of Henry II who succeeded to the throne in 1154. The mayors, however, are very much concerned indeed about a state of affairs for which Henry is largely re- sponsible.

It is recorded by Walter Map that a quarrel arose between Thurstan the dis- penser and Adam of Yarmouth, whose duty it was to put the seal on official docu- ments. Thurstan wanted a writ sealed free of charge, but Adam refused to do it for him because Thurstan had refused to let Adam have two of the king's cakes when he had guests. Henry himself inter- vened to bring about a reconciliation. Thurstan with bended knee -handed two cakes in a napkin to Adam, who on his part handed over the document duly sealed. The king declared that his ministers should not only serve him to the best of their ability but also serve one another.

From this seemingly innocent injunc- tion seems to stem the whole doctrine ot the freedom of the Crown from taxation, a doctrine which today leaves municipali- ties unable to tax government buildings or those of government agencies and. makes them dependent upon grace to receive any compensation whatever for the municipal services which are provided for .EZ0Ve1'"mf3":'- properties as for others within the munici- pality's boundaries.

Today the Crown is such an important property-holder and engaged in so many activities which are difficult to distinguish from commercial enterprises that the ban on taxing Crown property works a Very "331 hardship on the municipalities. It is time to correct the 900-year-old error of policy andmake Crown property Pay its Way like any other.

Income Tax iiiialysls

The latest annual figures issued by the Department of National Revenue confirm a fact well known to economists, that the bulk of Canadals income goes to people in modest circumstances and a small fraction of it to the rich. As it takes about eighteen months for the officials of the Govern-

ment to compile such figures, the new publication covers the calendar year of 1951. While the national income hasrisen Ilhco that date its distribution can have

choiiged little. It remains pretty constant .

from; year. to year, lshown. , -1 1 in 1951, 2,777,950 Canadians paid in- d tax iindjit ilgtheir income only that official figures cover. The not of the -,'-received incomes too low to be diroctiy (though of course they were ' ':l. , ,w- :& owi tianwdiwi vod in billions. As this was

as former reports" have

roughly half the total national income, about half the total went to persons in the

emption line, are shown by these statistics to be people of moderate means.

For example, 55.25 per cent' of the total income-taxpayers' earnings was received by persons earning 553,500 a year or less, and to them must be added the millions of Canadians who were exempt from this levy. Going lower in the scale, 36.92 per cent of the taxable income was received by per- sons earning less than 353,000. Only 10,070 Canadians enjoyed an income between 010,-

ed 3.88, per cent of the total taxpaying income and a minute fraction of the whole national income. The whole range of in- come between 025,000 and 650,000 was re- ceived by 6,690 persons, and this group's total income was only 0221.8 millions. In, the highest bracket shown in the report--l over 050,000 a year-there were 1,570 per- sons. The total income of this wealthy group was 0120.1 millions.

lowest and exempted brackets. But most. of the income taxpayers, above the ex-1 -

000 and 015,000. Their income represent- .

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Those in the higher brackets did not receive all the income shown here. From it must be subtracted their income taxes. For example, the group receiving over 5515,- 000 received a total income of 25614.5 mil- lions and it paid 0211.7 millions in income taxes, apart from other taxes. After pay- ing their income tax, these people were left with 5402.8 millions. 1

Analyzing the above figures, the Winni-dl peg Free Press concludes that Canada's in- come' is probably distributed as fairly as that of any nation in the world. Certainly the great bulk of it, all but a compara- tively small fraction, goes to the mass of ordinary Canadians. "This fact,” says our Winnipeg contemporary, ”must always be the starting point of all national taxation policy. Parliament may penalize the high income brackets, at the expense of" dis- couraging enterprise, as much as it pleases. It cannot raise any large revenues without taxing the majority of Canadians, the mod- est family. If any large national tax is to be levied-or any provincial or munic- ipal tax" for that matter-the ordinary Canadian cannot escape it. In the end he must pay most of the bill for any public expenditure. There is no painless way around this fact, as some politicians try to pretend."

EDITORIAL NOTES

According to one scientist, the flight of mosquitoes has been calculated up to a dis- tance of 10 rqiles. They seem to be equipped properly for this jet age too.

It I O The Provincial Plowing Match got off to a good start yesterday but today brings the real event, the selection of the Prince Edward Island champion plowman who will compete for international honors. O O tt p The Egmont Bay and Mont Carmel Ex- hibition yesterday lived- up to its long-es- tablished reputation for high quality ex- hibits. The directors and exhibitors are to be congratulated on a show for which even September breezes could not cool the en- thusiasm. I C I In common with the other Maritime Provinces we have had a great deal of un- favorable weather this year for road work. The minister and his department may well be proud that in spite of it there is yet a chance-of breaking all records for amount of work done. I O O I Pi'ospei'ity, a housing shortage and an unemployment increase should not add up to an insoluble problem. It should not be difficult to plan and finance a building programme in Charlottetown and other Is- land centres which would ease the diffi- culties of living and making a living. U I I

The move of an Ontario mink farmer to New Brunswick to take advantage of cheaper feed in the form of fish points up the natural advantage of the Maritimes in fur farming. With the development of the fisheries which is now going on the ad- vantage should become even more marked.

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Samuel Rutherford Crockett, Scottish novelist, was born this date 1860. He gave up the ministry to pursue a literary career. His sketches in the "Christian Leader" appeared in book form as "The Stickit Min- ister and Some Common Men". His best known novels were "The Raiders" and "The Lilac Sunbonnet". Others included "The Grey Man", "The Men 'of Moss llags" and "Sandy's ,Love Affair".

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The withdrawal of the extra charges for the useof refrigerator cars for Marl- timepotatoes and vegetables is it very wel- lcome move indeed by the two railways. The announcement refers only to the per- iod from Oct. 15 to the end of the year but it is to be hoped that the charge will not again be imposed. Other products, such in cool or; livestock, do not pay ii special premium for being carried in appropriate

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with feet in water and head in mix- The bullfrog sits by the river side On I stone as smooth as in russet.

pear And you would not know that he was there Except that suddenly from the

stone ' A sound emerges that is not song. As if the alone had begun to groan. Having been silent for so, long. And then you see him, skin like bark, Great gold head. A relic of some primeval dark That just crept out of the river bed.

-Elizsbetli Jane Astley, in New York Herald Tribune.

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From The Examiner, Oct. 1a,i 1879: , A "daring robbery was cnniniitteri in the Post. Office corridor last” EVEMIIK. and the thief rscaped

Man who think they are too good for hard labour sometimes wind up doing it anyway - in the peniten- tiary. -1-Iamilton Spectator.

A cheer for the Saskatchewan historians who would restore s.-good name to a lake. The Indians called It. Old Wives Lake because a group nf Cree squaws were killed there by the Blackfeet. Some drenr white culled the lake by its present. name, Johnstonc.-iottawh Journal.

News that some Prince Edward Island fishermen gathered around 5300 worth of Irish moss within B. icw hours following the hurricane, points up the adage that it's an ill wind that doesn't. blow somebody good. It's also n,remlnder that the same, prices paid the Prince Ed-

would fulfill all the expectations of science-fiction readers.

It. must have taken Carl at least an hour to put. on the suit under the supervision of H. physician. The The finishing touch was s helir..-at of the kind that. we associate with men from Mars. Suitably clad, Carl stepped into a hermetically sealed Skyrocket which was launched at 34,000 feet from H. "mother" B-29.

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Without detection. Richard I-le:irtz.lHelnz Haber, an authority on these Esq, entered the corridor sndlhiatters, Carl would have had Olbened his Post Office box. He nbout. 15 seconds to save himself. t.ook.out its contents, left the boxll-lad it come to the worst. Carl Open with the keys hanging i0lW0llid have forced oxygen into his the lock, and turned towards a suit at it pressure high enoughT to ngm m examme the Edd-”e5593-idrive it into his lungs X”-"9 W115 Engaged it thief seized The experts tell us that tufnezeytgil 9:29: when MT: HOHNZ 63,000 feet atmospheric pressure is hhed to fwd gm bi” he W15 35'-Onr so low that at the temperature of stolen Thinb list they had been the body blood boils, A quick ago. f Mr H 9, Pitch Contained kevslniziug death is the end. Since Carl 9 t e3”'Z5 Om”: 5305- 910- is alive and well we want. to know The members of Major Pollard'sthow he escaped,

C0mD8n-Yt of Garrison Art.lller,v -I -

Were 5'85 crda.V and today on a

at. shell and ball practise nigpgoi-(H It is no trick to 'makc ice-cold Edward, yesgex-day me SCh,,,mcHii'atei- boil without. the application lEmma' left, pow-ml Wm” rm. stltof heat. All that is necessary is a John's, Newfoundland. Those omvricuuni pump to reduce the atmos- board led the pubnc to l)5lievelpI1eric pressure. It. was the pres; thst the Major was m-mg R salumlfuro in his scaled cabin that saved for their departure, as they (upped Carl. If that was inadequate he their flat: in acknowledge-memrliad only to turn on oxygen under several times, i pressure into his suit. Oxygen was Last night, the clerk of the stmthus forced into his lungs, and the pendlary Magisti-gt,p'5 Court was water in his tissues was prevented assaulted while on the way to his from expanding and tearing him -dwelling house, and would, an apart.

doubt. have been bmuy beam, had Titus, without harm to himself, he not made is good degmsc wnhlhe was in outer space for a mo-

above

ii heavy walking cane. Mr, F, 1; the fifth law-abiding citizen re. Dortcd assaulted during the last week.

Mr. Wtlmot. of the Fishery De- partment. Ottawa. is now on the Island. attendlna to the finishing of the Fish Breeding Establishment

ment or two. taking I careful step on im imaginary journey to the moon. followed by n quick with- drnwal.

The Wax I.

wax-disns, also can be had by Cape

Bretoners who harvest the free of- fering of the sea. and for which there is an increasing demand in the growing number of processing uses to which the moss is put.

-Sydney Post-Record.

Leos than in century no reading and writing were regarded as skills. Many A man was unable to read the simplest book: if he had to sign in paper. he drew a cross and some one else had to write the man's name at the side and witness that the cross was "his mark." All the accumulated knowledge gathered in books was denied the man who could not read; it was as though he had been born without one of his senses. Today, almost every one can read and it. is no longer regard- ed as an accomplishment. But. learning to read is almost a mech- anical process which does not in it.- self assure knowledge. still less the fullness of pleasure that the world of books has to give. To obtain that requires izood taste and discern- ment, both of which are extremely rare as natural gifts in 3. person. Both although they cannot, be taught. good taste and discernment lmay be acquired by those who will seek them diligently. If one remem- bers that. every book is o--reflection of the mind of the ntan who wrote it. the first lesson in discernment has been learned. -An editorial for Young people. Hamilton Bpectr .

There were. of course, more queens than one in London for the Coronation. There were, for exam. ple. the Cockney Pearly Queens. They looked pretty regal too, with their enormous plumes of ostrich feathers carried crest-like in their hats. And their coster king: look- ed pretty fine too in their sharp- cut suits covered with pearl but- tons. If you were a visitor you may have picked up samples of cocknoy rhyming slang. some of which hiu zone around the world. In his own dialect of ancient derivation, Old Bill might ask you to join him in "Rosy Lea," which would mean A cup of tea. After which you might. take ii. "Martin-le-Grand" (hand) at "wllkie Bards (cards) with him. whereupon he would clear the "Cain and Abel," or table, and light up his '1Cheri-y-ripe," or pipe. Then you might be joined by his "Trou- ble and strife" (wife) who was waiting at the top of the "Apples and peers" (stairs). He might refer to her as his "Love and kisses (misiiis) or even his "Old chino." which, through "China plate" of course means mate. - Montreal Current Events.

at Dunk River, Colonel Duvnr, In-lineotor of Fisheries, sccompam. ed him.

William 11. Watson, local drug. Klst. advertises "Brlngham'1i Dya for the Whiskers. in one preparation, It. colours Brown or Black. Price 50 cents." He also announces re. ceipt of another gross of "me genuine llamped I-Iall' V tmbl Sicilian Hair R.enov7or,"e8eu.iin; which "your thin 31'!!! locks will thicken up and be restored to their youthful color and beauty."

At. the recent Marine Board ex. omlnatlon held in this city on the 16th and 17th, Capt. P. A. Scott, 3- N-. chntrmnn. Mr. noun John Westnwny, of Georgetown, passed and received a. maatci-5' certificate of competeycy.

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from Washington. DC, coma the new: thnt Liout. col. Mu-ion I. Curl of the lnrino hg. ruched ongnltitudo .of 88,235 feet, plmoot I0 milpo. thereby beating Hill lridununk rooord of 70.40! featuoodc in Int. . . ' , Ltouhnant. Ooiianoi oh vent IInlIlIIl!IdH-ltHNfiroIeufiut- in: Q on my: high-oltlhido unit. we with wovknow more about that suit. Assuming that it resembled a .' the one that Bridgemiin wore, it

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The Pasisinfg Scene

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MORE HEADLINES QF THE PAST

I (From I volume of incnlinec published 1858-60)

In another part of the same Stat,- aoldiers were stationed to prom; friendly Indians from the maraud- lnga of'la.wless white men.

An Indian Rajah called HlllldEl- Sung-Bing had just married an Eng. lish girl. The magazine deplores the fact. that the Rajah is 3 pagan but goes on to say um "some consolation for the young lady': family may be taken from the font. that; he is very rich."

As always, there were fears oi an economic depression. some here even predicting a panic. (It mm, that the end of the Crimean lym- hncl slowed business ii bit.) A pa. per called "The New York slup. ping List." does not share nu, giloomy view. In its opinion "the panic that was to overwhelm us this autumn. (1859) will have to be postponed until a more convrn- ioni season. Times are much L00 prosperous for ii panic to take place.” -

Ono indication that world econ. omlc conditions were good wag seen in the fact that the British Government had collected in your in taxes no less t.han'-too mil. lion dollars. This sum is called "funtmtic and aknoot unbeliev- able." As for national expenditures, the British were spending inure than 100 millions for their Arm; and Navy, "to say nothing of thm; many public services."

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A leading article bemoan: the ”borror'ing habit" of certain Eur- opean nations. It seems that France, Russia. Austria, and Ear- dinia were looking for 150 mil- lion dollars to help in their re- habilitation following the Crimean War. The total amount is called "exorbitant and unreasonable." "How can those nations ever ex- pect to pay it back?" asks the editor in indignation. It would be inte.-tasting to know if they ever did. Incidentally. the international banker at that time was England, not the United States.

A US. Government bulletin gives out. some figures on the American Navy. All told there were-36 ships manned by 660 officers and 1000 men, the largest naval force in the country's history. "If this rate of expansion keeps up." wrote the editor, "the time is not for off when we shall catch up with John Bull." Well, at long.lcst they have. t

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Louis Napoleon was in his re- publlcim- hey-day. At 1 recent banquet in Purl: he wore I sword ltliot. was covered Mm 90,000 worth of diamonds. "This at n time", the magazine points out. "when France is going in debt." Apparently, this debt business on the put: of nations was not Is respectable unit. is today.

There was much concern in A- incricnn Government circles over A treaty recently signed by Spain and Honduras. Under the terms Spain would have the right to pur- chase coal and other supplies for her navy in that colony. An oi- fiolal note of protest. was to be sent to both parties to the agree- ment. Alarm was also felt over the fact that all the French ships of war were soon to be armed with "the terrible rifled guns".

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Indicative of the progress in

military logistics in the following item: "Accompanying the French army in Italy and forming ii part of its equipment was it cut, solid- ly built and drawn by four horses. containing 2. small hand press with an ample supply of paper and ink and everything also necessary for printing the orders of the day." An editorial note asks: "What next?" In I-lutforcl. Connecticut. A firm wu busy in im.n-ufact2ii.ring a. thousand revolving rifles for the British Government. This was taken to indicate "I. crowing amity between our two countries." At the same time a. firm in New York had received an onler for one mil- lion hooped skirts; the hoops to be made, if possible. of whale- bone. A disconcerting note, how- ever, was contained in a dispatch fi-our Paris conveying the shock- ing information that the Empress Eugene was seriously thinking of discarding her hoops. she was also reported to be partial to "tight sleeves".

In the lDth century version or the advice to Parents Department there is a letter from a W0l”IlP(l mother who wants to know ulinl can be done with her boy Tom "who has acquired an ii'lVE'l&l'ilIP habit of lying." The advice is brief and to the point: "As soon as he is old enough get. him into the diplomatic service and his fortune is made!"

A letter to the editor gives the- vnluable information that tho bird; which ylsitod a. certain or- chard during the summer dostroy- ed exactly 25. 4-59, 900, 001 cater- pillars. The figure was arrived at by actual count, according to iii- correspondent.

A news-brightens: train Louis- ville, Ky.. reports that an up-and- oomlng physician in that city has tttsngible proof" that by living nn buttermilk I. human being ooulzl easily prolong existence to it per- iod of 200 years.

And tucked away in 1 corner is I pathetic little item which says that private letters from Tur- key state that a lot of Bulgar- ian women have been carried off by the Turks. "This", commented iAhQ editor of the news department. "will doubtless cause grief to some Bulgarian men and much joy to others."

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The "Chinese Colony in San Fnncisoo had recently imported an idol for their temple at I cost: of 330,000. "Ordiniu-ily." wrote the editor, ”thls action would be deplorable, However, since the idol is said to resemble our own George

And now. Israel, what doth the Lord thy God require of thee. bl" to four the Lord thy God. to milk in all hls- ways. and to love hint. and to servo the Lord thy (loll with all thy heart iind with nil thy soul. to keep the commutin- menu of the Lord. iind his sin-

Wsshington, it can be overlooked."

In I..o.nn1ie. Wyoming. a. com- pimy of iioldiero were stationed on the road for the purpose of guard- ing citizens from hostile Indians.-

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