III Guardian may be obtained at: Hub Tobacco Shop, Monctou, N. l. The Newa Shop, Monctou, N. B. George McLean Piotou, N. 8.

Walker‘: White Spot, ll Salter St.. Halifax, N.l Metropolitan New: Agency, 1248 Peel St., Montreal United Cilar Stores. Chateau Laurie: Ottawa, Out

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Old South News, Cor. Milk and Washington Sta.

Boston Iotuliug’: Newa Agency Times Building, New Kori.

“The Strongest Memory is Weaker Tilda the Weakest Ink.‘

THURSDAY, AUGUST ti, 194G

Secrecy Seldom Pays

“Place the facts before the people, and nobody will be hurt,” declared British Prime Minister Attfee in addressing the lniperial Press Confer- ence in London.

What Mr. Pittlee told the press, says Canad- ian Printer and Publisher, applies equally to pro- vincial, municipal, trade and other bodies which frequently hold lllcctiilgs behind closed doors. There are occasions ivhcn it may be wise and necessary to kccp off the FCCOHI somethings that are said, but thcre are times whcn it is better and more reasonable to follow .\lr. .-\ttlee's ad- vice, especially when decisions made at a meet- ing affect a number of persons not present- persons who have a right to know what is going on. Secrecy often breeds stispiciou, (listrust arid misunderstanding. In most cases it is better to let the facts he publicized. Public mcii of exper- ience know this, but it sometimes takes a long time for the tyro to realize it.

A western neivspaperiiiziii cited a recent in- stance where unnecessarily barred doors created considerable ill feeling and led to sharp editorial censure. The incident involved a conference be- tween a Federal (iovernmeiit Officer and rel)‘ rescntatiyes of an industrial association. 'l,'he rc- porter, unaware of the press ban at the meeting, took copious notes. “dlcll his presence was dis- covered he was ordered to leave immediately and to write nothing about the meeting. The order- ing was done by one of the association execu- tives.

Just as he was about to leave the Premises, the Federal Government representative spoke up. “just a minute, sir," said the Ottawa man.

' "As far as I'm concerned you may stay. I've had considerable dealings with ncwspapermen throughout my career and at no time did I meet one who had not kept a confidence. I think the meeting should leave it to your good judgment to see that the confidential material is not re- ported. I believe the essential facts should be publicized."

The wisdom of the Federal official was rul- ed out, however. The press generally was left to speculate editorially as to the nature and out- conic of the meeting. The cloak of secrecy led t0 the writing of several pointed editorials and perhaps unfair public conjecture.

Canadian Printer and Publisher concludes bV quoting the tribute recently paid by Field Mar- 5ha1 the Vigcmmt Montgomery to the integrity of the press when he spoke at the animal dinficl‘ of the British. NCWSpflPCl‘ Press Fund-

Said the Field Marshal:

"It has been my policy to take the press as much as possible into my confidence at all times, and I am happy to record that the loyalty and integrity of newspapcrmcn under my coin- marid was‘ always of the VET)’ 1111111951 Older and never once did thcy let me down."

—A Dreaded Disease

From hlontreal comes the” report thfltfhf number of confirmed “polio cases 11059081‘ ized recently has risen to sixty, with the pos- sibility of an epidemic of this much dreaded disease. _ _ 3 _ n _

Better known as “infantile paralysis , polio- myelitis is essentially a child’s disease, although it will strike the adult with equal severity. It knows neither geographic nor racial bounds. Its sources and its cause are little better known by medical science today than they were I00 years ago. At this time of the year the dan- ger from this (liscasc reaches its height and it is difficult to obtain the required public watch- fulness without excitiiifl illflfjfl- Medlcal SCFFCC- in the absence of more definite knowledge issues basic warnings for avoiding illfecllolf- San" tation is the first rule. Personal cleanliness and the avoidance of crowded areas are essential ‘femur-dc, Drink only pure water and pal- teurized milk. Scrub, or even better}, pwefffflllili and vegetables. Keep the home rce o ies and other insects. Cover garbalre ""15- Avmd over-exertion or fatigue. Take dfluble Dfflall‘ lions in the treatment of colds, chills or stomach fling-tiers. One of the most stringent warn- ing, i; go gray away from crowded beaches.

If simple rules like these are followed the fill! of infection may be considerably lowered. A wise couraeis to seek the advice of the faintly

I “g9;- gg the first sign 0f i101!!!)le- ' Dire Prophecy

, Probably the level of general knowledge is today than ever before. More people {little about a lot of things than at any time in history. But is this wholly a _' good thing?‘ . a

W“ "Mo! Dayonoe wrote a book called "This

wot no

_ in which he discussed the mon- ilffl of men — their acquisi- fttlechlnical. facility — their

i 'mmily, even the dull- , t- it is due to them-

. -i~ handy . . . Every - ‘day of lrln life, in addi-

“Creatures whose mainspring is curiosity" wrote the humorist “will enjoy the accumulat- ing of facts, far more than the pausing at times to reflect on those facts . . . Deep thinking is painful. It means they must channel the spready rivers of their attention .

“The intelligence of the simians, will enable them to build great industrial systems before they have the wisdom and goodness to run them ariglit. They will form greater political em- pires than they will have strength to guide. They will endlessly quarrel about which is the best scheme of government, without stopping to realize that learning to govern comes first. (The Average simian will imagine he knows ivithout learning.) '

“The natural result will be industrial and political wars. In a world of unmanageable structures, wild smashes must collie."

So wrote Clarence Day in 1920.

- EDITORIAL NOTES -=

Thomas Crofton Crokcr, Irish aiitiquary and humorous writer, died this date i854; his pub- lications include Fairy Legends and Popular

Songs of Jrrland. iv

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Sex offences scem to be contagious these ‘days, Judging by the frequency with which cases are reported.

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Another superb (lay experienced by the \Verl- ncsday holiday makers, which gocs for Moli- tague as well.

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4- r ‘iv It Quite an influx of Old Home Weckers are due to arrive between now and Monday. Sleep- ing accommodation is at a premium, both urban

and rural.

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The promotion of Mr. W. E. Massey, to be Deputy Provincial Treasurer, is ivell-dcserved, and will be generally commended. He is an excellent official, and has as outstanding record both provincially agd in the air force.

Mr. F. H. MacArthur writing from Irma, Alta, under date of July 31, says: “Drought, hail and frost are fast destroying what a short time ago promised to be the best crop the West

has had since I942." u

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No kick was raised in the House of Commons over the proposed increase in the salaries of Post Office officials. They certainly earn their money, and are always at the beck and call of a. clamoroiis and not infrequently im- patient public. As the increases are retroactive to the Isl of April, there willbg nice little nest eggs to be gathered some day soon.

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For the year ended iVIarch 3i, 1946, dairy cattle to the nunibcr of 51,683 were exported from Canada to the United States. City people may recall, says The Printed Ward, that dairy cattle produce milk, from which butter is made. There has been a severe Shortage of butter. Ceiling prices for butter in Canada have been substantially below butter prices in the United States.

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If the Post Office wanted a representative design for the Maritime Provinces on the new issue of postage stamps it could have repro- duced Ilarris’ painting 0f the Fathers of Cou- federation, or even the plaque in our Provincial Legislature. But the Abegweit Car Ferry, which is not likely to be in service until next year, is like adding insult to injury. And how many people ever buy $1 postage stamps for which the Car Ferry is designed? It seems the pow- ers-that-be are determined to make Prince Ed- ward Island an inglorious place both for auto transport and postage.

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Are electrical cars coming? So far clec- trically-driveu cars have only been used as small delivery vans because the weight of the ac- cumulators only permitted low speeds. It has now been made knownithat one of Britain's leading motor manufacturers, working with an electrical engineering firm, has been carrying out secret experiments with an electric car and that these experiments have been crowned with success. The new car is capable of 50 miles per "hour. Up to the present the weight of the batteries’ lead cell-plates has been the main handicap in the development of electric cars. After ycars of research work it has now been found possible to use magnesium which ia much lighter.

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The Hon. James Angus l\IacKiiinon, Cana- dian Minister of Commerce, who signed, in be- half of his Government, the Treaty of Amity and Trade with Mexico and which has just been approved by Parliament, talking with newspapermen voiced great hopes and encour- aging ideas on the possibilities of reaching a greater commercial understanding between the two countries. He pointed out, for instance, that to date the purchases by Canada from Mexico were carried out tlirottgh the United States, and by this reason they were not even recorded in Canada's books as operations with Mexico. That, on the other hand, at present Can- ada has ships on both oceans, thus being now possible to develop a continuous tralle, not only with Mexico, but with all Latin America as well; that, therefore, a considerable increase is to be ucpcctcd. As regards metals, vwlthout being able to give accurate data, he stated that he thought Mexican 201d is imported in sub- stantial amounts to Canada. On general trade, he said that. as a matter of fact, our country has been purchasing more than Mexico from Canada, since Canadian exports to Mexico varied from one to three million Canadian dol- larl, while exports from Mexico to Canada amounted to two million iii i938 and eight mil-

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lion in r943, and thin figure he even increas-

the Bots with their families and their o ? Is it news that in London an o 3011!»! organization endeavored to hold s mll but. wus booed by tize crowd untl the breeze turned chtlly and every one went :21! to tea? Bv the standards of peace-time Journalist: these are sometlitmr. less than rout- lne items. But in Monday morn- lng’s newspaper, with its accust- cmeq quota of the bleak aftermath of war, the fact. that two cone;- pondents, one tr. Farts and one 1n London, were moved to write of what; once were normal things on a day with a litnt of spring 1n. it, was striking. It was an expression of a yearning and a hope which are world wide and which now are raising terxaitlve voices amid the clamor of nortentmis events. If o man bites a dog, we are told, that's news. But. if men persistently and irrationally oil; dogs for five or six years the dog who retaliated would make headlines. New in the dust of SmIRIJGCI empires a few buds are beginning to appear —a perfectly normal event, the sort of thing that nature has been do- ing over and over again through- out the centuries. And bllg sun ls warmer with the promise of sprlr.,; even the rain appears more pur- poseful and less malicious than tn fall and winter. All quite usual all quite regular. But to a world that has supced full on trairedY and horror, these liomel-r, hopeful tmches of reviving earth are new ant strange and wonderful. In,a word they are rews- and verv welcome news indeed! -New York Herald Tribune. _

Who would have thought. back there in 1939, that an ingenious mix- ture c.f coal. v1 and water CoUl-T generate such heat. nope, rlots isn't ructlons? Theta. zt-ls “miracle yarn from out of the test. tube" trans formed into nylons. slipped almost unobtrusively, a few airs at. a tune. onto the Nauon‘; 051611! count- ers. Now, having risen to top bll.- trig on mil-law's shopping 11st 1t hides out from the enthusiastic rushing of its fans lri Men's Weor and Household Furnishings, or can be found only through coupons 1r. newspaper advertisements. Several million women have not as yet achieved that contact, and arc asking the why and w-ioreforc They readily made the sacrifice when nylons were called '_o war- even gave up nl-d pairs to ae turn- ed back into chemicals for para- ehutes and other military equip- ment. They pain-ted their legs 1n summer, and lli winter bagged along 1n rayons. sustained by DW- mlses that, "nylons would come marching back at wars end. stwus- er and finer than ever. But thread has been scarce, recor-zersion slow. am the present. 2.500.000 pairs a. month inadequate Moreover at the first tum of the returning favor- ite rayon, retreated into vard goods and other uses. So womenfolk are now out on a limb- and it looks as though tt might soon b: a hire one. The National Associa- tion of Hosiery MEIIUIIIKYLPCIS 1.". urglrr; that hosiery knitters be given opportunity to purchase Vie. major portion of tlie Governments surplus raw silk. While this ivouh-l by no means meet the DP-Ibleffl 1i? would help ease 1t. —Chr1st1aii Science Monitor,

Except for n few short Intervals there has been. a _Warspi'e 1n the British Navy for nearly 4C0 Y3K"- ever since Walter Raleigh took the first Bil-gun ship into the Bettie of Cadiz 1n 1596. Now the e151"?- and latest of the glorious llne ls to be scrapped. Britons will have pride ln her achievements when she tlmlly goes tne way of all war- ships for she proved to be one of the toughest fighting ships afloat. She was affectionately known throughout the $aven Seas as “The Old Lady”. She was laid down be- fore the First World War ziud took part tn the Battle of Jurland. By 1934 she was rated obsolete but_ was decided to remodel tier. S-ic opened her seoor-a war suspiciously by leading the attack on’ Narvlk when seven German warships were sunk; she W133 in the scrap when three Italian cruisers were stink at point-blank range 1n u. few minutes. There were few seas that. did not find her prowling round with a bit tn nor teeth until late 194-4 found her bombarding German positions on Che French coast. m.- an old splnster she still packed quite a wallop and was doing so much damage that. the Germans sent, a great armada of bombers to put her out )1 action. They were successful and 1t was aver that. that mar-v of her gallant eompiny were seen about Vancouver. War- splte had steamed 15.000 miles for repairs at Bremerton. New sne goes to the oovieviird full ~f honors and tradition to give way, it ls hoped, to the ninth of her line. — Vancouver Province.

There is too great a tendenc, at the mcrnent w make me state responsible for everythlnlt that goes wrong. Labor ls snort; the demobillzed mun shakes a loose leg for wveelu before he returns to his old job or quite as often looks round for something new. Whit, can'the government do about

fixed under the coalition; nobody dare suggest i-hat men should be drafted QOIIIDUISOTIIY into jobs; such labor controls as exist to make employment attractive and to creafe the public sentiment taint w.ll frown on voluntary idleness. No one can read actounts of the way in which America is tackling re- coruerslon without feeling that, our lnduatrieirnave a great deal to learn about the r lit psycholo- cal approacn. Amer can industry

atheg c; ..: it is no doirbt given to "pallyhoo" but all the some even overstatement and blat- aney hel to create an atmosphere of oonfl e. ‘ft. la more difficult for us with mlr poor tables and thinly stocked shops. but. we have not ynade the most even of our meaqre leasinu. —M.inclieater Guardian.

The aatute old tlootor who took oareof grandfaaher and both the aunts. used to all‘: '

one we to get fat,

mouth.‘ That "m: in

doctors barrived hunt. M bully. on ooun a vitamin pilll. 81m he said l: truth for today. The resident's suggestion that Am cane out down on -t.liiiir eatim 1|

to aid l - na and Aaiatier. But the dietlnc will bene-

t Alrierioau: also People in this gantry-st that il

THE CHARLUTIETOWN GUARDIAN l‘?

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highest authorities available on this matter his finding; u" that it 1s not needed in lfledlflng m4 when taken in any other form is very injurious to the human syst- em. Thanks to Mr. Bentley for his information gratuitously given. Hence the importance of driving 1t from our midst. ‘Ilirougn all the years of history l’. has 9, guy-w to mar-kind. The Bible gives its

“taming thus: "Look not upon the wine when it. ls red when it glvetli its colour in the cup. when 1t standeth iijlgnt 1t bites like a serpant er-l stingotn like an adder; Wine is a mockx-r strong drink ls raging and whosoever la deceived them by ls not wise." so trier are a lot of fools in the world ay. We learn from statistics that Canad-i. with a population of only about 1.2 millions; ls spending ovzt a million dollars a day in this death-dealing stuff and u that awful amount of money was only thrown away it would not compare 1n seriousness to the broker: homes, the suffering o.’ mothers and children, the destruction and wggpe qt property, and the millions of souls lost forever in its wake. Now this 1s a sud coiriiltlon to: a nat- ion of people HS intelligent as Canadians and it must be changed or this nation svlil sink into de- gradation and v'ce. People must be awakened to their responsibility n5 citizens. This is a public quest- ion and a personal question. and You and I stand equal in our re- sponslblllty according to the talents given us. We ate our Brothers’ Keeper ln this momentous struggle, 11rd our responsibility ls riot to be thnwii oil’ but accepted and our duty discharged or we shall come tinder condemnation. God's terms are fixed and man's actions are recorded and {he wise privileges. Privileges pass and m- mar. will not gamble with hla morse comes vii-hen lost. ummrtuntt- lcs tum up aridface us.

“ Jesus the Saviour of men said: He that ls .20: for Me Ls against Me and He that gatheretli not with me scattereth a-bPOad". So that 1t we don't help to 01st out this evil we are hedplr-g the evil to rematii. ‘The people who don't take the slds against this traffic come under condemnation mo God's indict- ment rests upon them, and upo-i Governments as well for they are the Trustees of the nation and theirs is the zreeter guilt This l5 a moml issue of stupenduous mag. nltude and the men and women who don't time part. 1n me over- throw of this Liquor traffic come under severe condemnation. I shall not attempt to duilne er Dronour-re the end of the promot- ers or operators of this liquor business, but God gives an instance of a. case which might b: slmlla: to theirs wherein a poor culprit of sin when IIIPLGCI in the throes

' of death in his great anguish 9f

soul cried out ‘n despair: "or wretched man tiuit I am who snail

deliver me from the body of this death."

I 1m Sir, etc.

TEETOTALEB. Albany, P.E.I.

_Juke TBQx Nuisance

(Ottawa Journal)

In the House of Commons the other d-iy Mr. l-Iansell made a facetlous but pointed comment. on that noisy and quite useless eon- traptlon, the Juke box. "Whenever I g0 to a mstaurant", he said, "scrneone 1s bound to drop a nickel into the juke box andiblnre into my ears some of our Vlfcstern and

surance anal qood style, but. good morals. For the normal person without physical imbalance, the old doctor had the answer. -Ne\v Haven Journal-Courier,

The Manitoba goldeye la a de- lectable fish when propel-iv smok- ed. It has won n wide popularity among epicures. Without. under- going curing the goldeye has a flat and umxcittng taste. The proper ourlnz makes a wonderful change and imparts a flavor and e Milli’, which eplcures and all other: ap- preciate. Now it a. pears tne gold- eye industry is ulshlng. The fish themselves show a ezd tena- ency not to propagate. The total catch has become reduced very sharply. Now sctznttstsiare trying to ftrzd out ‘he causes behind the laggaml propagation. with the hope that a remedy may be found, After all. why should the izoldeyes soek to propagate their kind? A career which culminates on a plate or. a dining room or restaurant table is not a high incentive for the perpetuation of species. ‘lbs-t’; Probably the wav the oldoye look: at it. -l'brt Wtlliazn mes-Journ-