- otinrjbfirltlme ProvInees.,lt will

PAGE roux W THE GUARDIAN

Authorised so Second Ulus blsil Post Office Department, Ottawa. , The island uusrulinn Publishing Co.

President Ind Assoclsta Editor. Inn A. Burnett. Auoelsta Editor. Frsnh Wslkcr.

CIRCULATION , "Covers l'rince Edward Islsnd like the dew”

f'The Strongest Memory is Woaksr lhos tho Weakest Ink".

CllAIIL0T'.l'.EAT0VVN.

SATURDAY, MAIL 15-fans:

Honouring St. Patrick V

It is not surprising that in this Prov- ince St. Patrick's Day and the Benevolent Irish Society are linked together in the public mind. The latter organization dates back in this city to 1825, and ever since that time the traditions of .Old Erin and its Christian culture as represented by its pa- tron saint, have been duly commemorated on the saint's anniversary, which falls this year on Monday next. The B. I. S. started out with three objectives on which St. Pat- rick would surely have bestowed his warm- est blessing, and in which it has persevered with commendable diligence. These are the relief of the poor of all classes, the perpet- uation of Irish national sentiment, and the performance of works of benevolence.

It is encouraging to note that despite the heavy loss sustained by the B. I. S. in the destruction of its fine hall on Grafton Street some months ago, the Society's ac- tivities have been carried on and its benev- olences continue to expand. Its members are among our most public spirited citizens, and they have taken this setback in their stride by rcdoubling their zeal and initia- tive. The St. Patrick's Day parade will be held as usual, and the anniversary entertain- ment, which they have sponsored for so many years, will take place Monday after- noon and evening in the new Holy Redeem- er Community Centre. Evening perform- ances will also be given on Tuesday and Wednesday. It is to be hoped that all our citizens who can do so will show their ap- preciation by attending. The production is under the capable direction of Mr. Pius Callaghan, with a talented local cast and numerous specialties.

Soil Survey Report Published

The result of several years of scientific investigation has culminated in the produc- tion of a volume of great interest and value to every farmer in this Province. Entitled "Soil Survey of Prince Edward Island," by G. B. Woodside, it is issued by the Experi- mental Farm Service, Dominion Depart- ment of Agriculture, in co-operation with the Provincial Department of 'Agriculture, and presents the data gathered in the broad reconnaissance survey which was in- stitutcd here in 1943 as a joint project of both Departments.

The report, which is divided into four main sections, consists primarily of detail- ed descriptions of each soil mapped. Each description gives specific information by which the soil can be identified, such as colour, texture, arrangement of the profile horizons and the nature of the rock mater- ial from which it has been formed. Topo- graphy, drainage and amount of stone are also discussed, as well as the relationship between the soil and crop production to in- dicate the type of farming practiced. For readers unfamiliar with the Province a gen- eral description of the area survey is given in the first part of the report. Another sec- tion deals with the factors which are re- lated to soil formation within the area and which have an important bearing on the main characteristics of the soil. A further section deals with the agricultural develop- ment, land utilization and soil management.

The soil map, which is a marvel of pre- cision work and an important feature of the report, shows the approximate location and extent of all the different soils. It is in three large coloured sections, sealed 2 miles to the inch. In addition to the soil bound- aries the map shows the roads, railroads, rivers and other topographical features. Several outline maps are also included in the report to show the organization of the Province, the major soil-problem areas and land-use classes. Each soil has been given R geographic name by which it may be identified.

The section on land use and soil rating gives a tentative classification and a com- parison of the different soils from the standpoint of their suitability for the main crops grown in the region. Another inter- esting soction.deals with soil erosion and the measures necessary for its control.

As noted in the introduction, the infor- g iln this report will assist ' Widespread knowledge of soil 1 pertaining in Prince Edward Is- and'-oiiId.v.t1ie'lr relation to the soils of the ' enable notpnly (to compsre his soil prdctlcco and the productivity with those of other ,fu-m.ers

.. ...-..- -.-..-.. ...,m.

out of the Province yearly.

tumlng servicemen in construction material and labour.

of national drama in Ireland-and wrote many one-act plays including, "The Work- house W White Cocksde." reached a total of forty-two typewritten volumes. -

own, but will also enable him- to utilize the information contained from experimental work conducted on similar soils. The sur- vey should also prove a basis for further research and investigation, which might be undertaken in order to increase the produc- tivity of the land. for the planning of effi- cient land use and the study of many other soil problems. Altogether, it is an invaluable work and one which cannot be too highly commended to all interested in this import- ant subject.

EDITORIAL NOIES

Tomorrow, third Sunday in Lent. O O I First week of Legislature ended yester- day. I O I The British Labour Party are divided over the leadership-A or B-Attlee or Bevan. I I I In January the British car industry ex- ported an all-time record of 38,000. But Canada only bought 80.

Antigonish teachers, on strike since Feb- ruary 19, now give the ultimatum that un- less their salaries are increased by 5300 per annum by the end of this month they will resign.

O O 0

At this season Islanders can find it in their hearts to envy their fellow citizens in other Provinces where sugar maples grow in more abundance than'here.

That progressive farmer, Mr. Gordon MacMilIan,.Cornw7all, installed a snow blow- er this year and found it of immense ad- vantage. He leads, others will follow, per- haps even the City Council. .

There is, of course, some reason for con- cern about the success.of some 75 foreign- ers entering this country illegally, but it is certainly more than offset by the evident desirability of Canada as a home in which to make a fresh start.

0 Q I

It will be observed from a news item in this issue the Federal Government is generous at the expense of the tobacco manufacturers by sending millions of smuggled cigarettes to our soldiers in Korea. Honesty, like charity, should begin at home. 0 I O

A German spy who was not a spy spent b7,000 having a good time in Canada dur- ing the war, and then gave himself up to the police to be sent home to his wife in Germany. That is the sort of "intelligence" officers of whom to beware. l-ie wasn't here for nothing.

The Press Gallery at Ottawa has con- tributed 3200 to the Kenneth R. Wilson scholarship fund being established by Ot- tawa's Carleton College. Mr. Wilson, Ot- tawa correspondent of the Financial Post was killed in an air-crash in the United States some weeks ago. Mr. Maurice Jeff- eries of the Windsor Star is the new Pres- ident of the Press Gallery.

I I O

Souris Board of Trade is alive 1.0 -the interests of the Province generally as well as Souris in particular. At its last meet- ing a resolution was passed and ordered sent to Premier J. Walter Jones, asking that a Provincial Museum be opened in Charlottetown, as many valuable papers and articles were being destroyed or taken

' U I O

The Provincial Department of Public Works has enlisted the services of Sgt. Spurgeon Jenkins to keep an eye on truck- ers who contravene the regulations regard- ing the weight of trucks on the roads in restricted periods. -By contraventions of this sort the Government has been landed in for thousands of dollars repairing damage done. 0 O O

The evasive reply from Ottawa received by the Charlottetown Board of Trade on its query about the long-promised new naval barracks indicates that it is up to interested local organizations to press for action. The need and value of new quarters for naval training was recognized years ago but ac- tion deferred so as not to compete with re-

Lad Isabella Augusta Gregory. Irish playwr ght and theatrical patentee, was born one hundred years ago "today. She became the second wife of Henry Gregory, a former M. P. for-Dublin and her native Gslway. In 1904 she obtained a patent for the Abbey Theatre--the praent home

". "I'he Gaol Gate" and I'The Her journuh eventually

,. . -umuhis

any way more money to pay mature

cause those tools

D THE GUARDIAN. (ZHARLOTTETOWN

..........-.........-.....................- .. ...x,?... ... - .m .. . . .....

Another Winning Tearn,-Lei:'s -Hope

Look

debaters coming ' tn... the Island .'

out! Two more

pueuc FORUM

This column is open to the discussion by wt-respondents of questions of interest. The Guardian does not necessar- ily endo the opinion of IJIITCIDUIIIICIIII.

PLAYGROUND S.llPERVlSORS

Sir.-Reading with interest the letter in yesterday's Public Forum signed "Parent." I noticed a. sug- gestion that the powers that be place over our children on the playgrounds supervisors of more mature years. If this writer would stop to consider the cost of solar- ies of highly trained supervisors and equipment. and if she would ask the treasurer for a 1951 report of the commission. which I am sure would be available to any in- terested person. she would then see what little money we hova to work with.

The salaries which are paid are only atlractivexlo college students. llowex-er, these girls were highly trained in the Girl Guides and other sources. The Commission has facts and figures from other cit- ies, which spend several thousands for supervisors and upkeep of playgrounds; and they are spon- sored by the city.

The Charlottetown Playgrounds Commission is made up of repre- sentatlvcs of the different organ- izations of Charlottetown, includ- mg the City Council and volunt.a.ry'v workers. and we welcome any par- ent. or others interested to come to our monthly meetings the first Tuesday of each month at 7 o'- clock. That is what we want to see, more parents interested. one wom- an. a mother of two small children who moved here from 9. large city. told a member of the Commission that our playgrounds were run just as efficiently as in a big city and we have had many words of praise for our supervisors. Al- though not very mature, they did a good job considering the num- ber of children they had to handle. averaging from 90 to 100 every day and ranging in age from three to ten years, with not one accident occurring. The playgrounds were open from July 1st to September ist. It must be a great. worry off parents minds to leave their lit- tle ones under careful supervision and also to the car drivers to have the small tots off the streets away from danger.

Now if this writer can think of in which we can obtain thoroughly supervisors, we would be glad to hear from her. And pen haps Councillor Mccormsc rould get our yearly grant of 31.000

which we receive from the City increased. 1 am. Sir. etc. H. S. MACLEAN. Chairman

Ch'Town Playgrounds Commission

C. C. F. RESOLUTION

Sir. Your editorial in the March llth issue on a resolution about N.A.T.O.. passed at the c.c.r Natlonsl council meeting in Ot- tawa. the first of this month.-leaves an erroneous impression. I attend- ed that meeting and feel I should be able to present the facts of the situation.

The C.C.F. has supported in the post and continues to support a. program of military preparedness as s safeguard suinst. the spresd of Communism. But it feels that mliltorv effort alone is not enough and thst countries like Csmds amt the United States should pm- vldc technical snd eclmomlc old for the Western European count- ries in order to build them up snd establish I sound economic found- ation on which their most effective mllltsry effort must depend.

The 0.0!. criticises the military tolls set st the recent NA.'r.0. meeting st Lisbon, not because it doesn't wish to see Western milit- sry propsrcdncu reset: the maxi- mum possible strength. bu'.ibc- wm unloslistlc- slly snd fantastically blsh sod ut- terly beyond practical soblovomcnt. Similar criticisms hsvo come from non-soofsllst nus:-taro. so well - from the highly conurvstivo um- don Tlnm. for instance.

, I

ifon.

Oovrso A. prev. -mums.

The lige-Old story

d0&0O&90&0O&09m0O1

As ye have therefore received Christ Jesus the Lord, so wslk ye in him: rooted and built up in him. snd stnblisbed In the fslth. as ye hsve been taught, abound- ing therein with thsnksghlug. Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vsln de- ceit; offer the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the well and not After Christ. For In him dwellctln sll the fulness of the Godhead bodily. And yo src com- plete in him. which is the lieu! of sll principality snd power: In whom also ya no circumcised with the circumcision made without hands, in putting off the body of the sins of the flesh by the cir- cumcision ol Christ: Buried with him in bspilsm wherein silo yo no risen with him through the faith of the operstion of God. who hath raised him from the desd.

EN-T

about government expenditures and the extra contribution Canada would have to make to N.A.T.0. if she were to carry out her share of the Lisbon recommend tions, used these words in the House of Com- mons on March 0th:

"But. if the added commitments undertaken at N.A.T.O. are sp- proved, and we consider those ex- vpenses on top of, what is already being spent for notional defence we must ask ourselves what would happen to our economy if wg be.- came involved in any more ex- tended commitments and expenses increased on a proportionate basis." (Hnnsard. Page 162).

Actually, the CCF resolution speaks for itself. Its text is as fol- lows:

"While continuing to support Canada's participation in N.A.T.0., the C.C.F. has watched with in- creasing alarm recent developments in this organization. Its policies seem to have fallen completely Im- der the control of the military to the ex ' i of necessary social and economic considerations in the building of western collective sec- urity.

"This development iculmlnnted recently in the decisions taken at Lisbon to provide approximately 50 divisions in Western Europe by the end of the year and D0 to 100 divisions by the end of 1954. the program to cost an estimated 8300 billion. These decisions are irres- ponsiblc and disastrous. They sre irresponsible because the military objectives set. both for or-moments and personnel, are incspsble of being reached. They are disastrous because the very attempt to reach the impossible objectives would break the economies of every Eur- opean nation member of N.A.T.0. As the London Times has stated, the Lisbon program 'contalns the maximum amount of provocation rwlth the minimum of deterrent ef- ect.'

"The c.c.r'. urges that Canada should vigorously oppose the srm- arpents gosls set st Lisbon. The tncrcsses in the military program must be dropped and s substantial proportion of the total sums in- volved should be dlverud from crlppiln and excessive military preparedness to neco ; economic rebuilding in Europe and else- where. Only in this wsy csn there be any real achievement in respect of Article II of the N.A.'l'.O. agree- ment.

"A hslt. must be csiied, before it in too late. to the control of N. A.- T 0. by the military and by eer- tsin American influences which joopsrdlso the pcsccful and defen- sive objectives which brought the organisation into being. Osnsds is in s position to rally tho other no- tions around I sensible and con- structivg progrsm snd the CO! condemns the government for foll- ing to do so.”

- I am. Sir. ck-.. DOUGLAS Ilsc!AB!.Al0l. 0.0!. Provincial President. Bedequo, P.I.I.

and tho summary given in The Guardian editorial of Ilsron fails to Iubstsnttsto. our entru- pondcnvs olslrn tint on erroneous impression was given. The sum-

Md- "The '

(A oompsrtson of the rosolutlon I"

OLD AGE

The sea: are quiet when the wind gives o'er;

so calm are we when psssions are no more;

For then we know how vain it was to boast.

Of fleeting things so certain to be

' lost.

Clouds of affection from younger eyes

conceal the emptiness which see descrles.

OUT

The soul's dark cottage. battered and decayed.

Lots in new light. through chinks that time hath made; stronger by wealmcss, wiser men become

As they draw near to their etemsl

home: '

Leaving the Old, both worlds at once they view

who stand upon the threshold of the New.

-Edmund Waller (ION-I666) .

describe the rearmament programme of Canada and other N.A.T.O. pow- ers are accurately descriptive of that party's stand on the question. The Council is reported to have criticized the Federal Government for failing to rally the Alliance powers around a programme of less armament and more economic rebuilding of Europe. and to have urged the Government to oppose vigorously the u-moments gosls set at Lisbon." The rest of the editor- ial expressed an opinion on the fallacy of this stand, but. in no way misrepresented the resolu- tion. - Ed. 0.).

SCOTCH HUMOR

Sir,-There seem to be more jokes afloat about Scotchmen than about any other race. He is so cautious, so canny, so pnwky that he has given the was occas- ion to invent stories to illustrate this characteristic. Like when Sandy was asked if he could play the fiddle he replied: "I dlnna ken, I never tried."

Two brothers went up from A small village to London to see the sights and when Sabbath came around they entered an Episcopal Church. sometime before the hour of service. Taking up a prayer- book the elder brother examined it page after page with evident curiosity. At last he laid down the book and shaking his bend. ho said, "Come awn oot. Sandy, man. the service is just collsct, collect, collect from end to end. It's no the Kirk for puir bodies like our- sel's."

The Scotchrnon can afford to have fun poked at him for he is the world's best giver. I-is has lesrned the art of saving, living, as he does, on' the hills of Scot- land. where every stalk and every root counts; and only savers con give.

Many of the but Scottish joker have originated in ma about the church. Does this moon that hum- our 'is closely allied to religion? It probably does. Religion, devoid of humour, loses its head no turns to fanaticism. It is a fact thst. as s rule, tho srest presch- crs havs s terrific sense of hum- our. For example. Spurgcon the grant London preschcr on being reprovcd by his mother for say- ing from- tho pulpit things thst made people laugh replied: "Mo- ther. if you only know how much I keep book you would be thunk- ul for my rcsirsint." A mlnistor must sometimes prcsch column and oven trsgiu truths. until the Atmosphere becomes tonso. then A touch of humour brings rsliof, but of course. no mushbc vsry csroful. uvlty in church, irbod but a smile or cvon s lsush. It the right spot, is s wholesome

in. In osrlisr days. in Scotland. the minister wss the most import-

" me man in tho parish and ovary

psrsnt wanted s son who would on thy "wag his pow in the pooplt"; slid the sscriflccs por- onts mods to give their boy on

ms . terms used in tho in anal council of the 0.01.. rdnutrouo and irresponsible;

. . t I .

education was ' rowsrdod .whcn

00 may heard their um um coll-

.

Research work by the Board rc- vcsled that milk consumption per head in Britain st that time was only about one-hslf whst it was in the United States and Csnsda. It had already learned thst its liquid milk mnfket was its most remunerstlvc one, and, In con- junction with the Government, cs- tsblished the School Milk Scheme. Under this Scheme, milk in one- thlrd pint bottles was distributed to the schools at '.-id. per bottle, or at the price of one shilling per gallon, which was somewhat less than half the price charged to other consumers. In order to carry out the project, the dis- tributors hud their margin of pro- fit cut, for they were only al- lowed 6d. per gallon Instead of the 11d. they charged for distribution