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of inflation. It was pointed out in the Federal bud-

CmCULul0N get speech that despite all the improve- nm my Zone I ussvnient and enlargement of industrial ma- Iceiaii Trading Zone s.4si'chinery in Canada, the per capita output :lililtaiM:':li.s,l'a.'id . ' "'33; (the output per person) has shown no ap-

preciable increase. Gross National Product is therefore fallacious as an index of ex- pansion, though highly serviceable to this Province at least in obtaining larger tax- lation revenue from Ottawa than we would 'olherwise enjoy.

Editor and Managing Director, J. R. Burnett. Associate Editor, Frank Walker.

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

.'E7nAni.oi'n:roivN. meson, sfrr. I7. 1951 Rural Youth Fair

Advertised as the first of its kind to be; held on the Island, the Rural Youth Fair which is being held at the Exhibition grounds tomorrow should attract a large and ,rcprcsciitativc attendance from all parts of the Province. The judging of ex- hibits in calves, pigs, poultry. grain, cook- cry and sewing will start at nine o'clock ericaii ”re-discovery" of the proximity fuse in the morning. The official opening will,whicIi played such an important part in take place in the afternoon, at which also'kno(-king out Germany's buzz bombs. The the public speaking competition finals will fuse greatly increases the effectiveness of be conducted. followed by sports and en- gunfire and large quantities were supplied tcrtainmcnt. and concluding in the even- i to the forces in Korea. Unfortunately army in; with an old-time square dance coni- men on the spot knew so little about the petition. gadget that it was practically unused until

The progress made in recent years byia special mission was sent out to invest- '.)LlI' Junior Farmcrs' organization and-igatc. boys' and girls' calf clubs will be r "ectcdt in the entries and activities, and there will, he the kecnest competition in the events; While this is a Rural Youth Fair, it is to; , . . he hoped that our older farmers and cit.K!Th01'h00dS- and 0lh01' 50031, 01'ga"iZaa.).m Zens generally will give encouragement by Will be busy Semi"?! down to Fan and m" attending in large numbers. Much willi19l' Wmk after me Sumrper 1et'up' depend on the success of the fair, which is; u ' being arranged by the Provincial and Fed-i

Security overdone

Security, the prevention of leakage of important information to the enemy, can be overdone. There is always the danger that our own people will be in the dark about what is going on and how they can best support the national effort.

A striking example is the recent Am-

l;Dl I URPIHAVL-NOTES

M..Di

itli a lamp and reflector for night cycling

eral Departments of Agriculture in co--W . V 1 he honour, - operation with the Provincial Exhibition ibut mat Ffamlclhal 15"” Seengs 0 , Assnciatiom ed exclusively in :lle.blt:eC .

The Western Powers may be technically wrong in concluding a ”separate peacle” with - - ' - 'ia certain can- The 'l'i'aiisport Board's ruling in favor3fgtm:1me;:i:lerhh1:uihgilsiushocl intoydoing of consolidating into one zone the two ex-, l ' istirig zones on the Island for railwayf ' . . . freight pmposes is less surprising than the! Ploughing matches are excellent tests fact that it was a 2-to-1 majority judg-lot. skin with land and equipment but it menu with one Commissioner” Mr' ChaSe'3secms strange to the observer that such dissenting. This case was heard bGfOllC!practiCeS as”ComOm ploughing Should be the Board last June in Charlottetown and neglected to concentrate on a straight fur- was very fully and convincingly presented. ! 1.0:, As noted at the time, the hearing was ' really unnecessary because the issue hadl been one into by the Turgeoii Commis- sion on Transportation, which recommend- ed cxplicity that "it would be most desir

Zoning Issue Decided

C Q 1 ; Distinguished Doctors, Lawyers. and an &Anibassador all here enjoying our lovely iweather and scenery. The Garden of the , , , , 'Gulf is a perfect. paradise for visitors at able 10 have this request. complied, mm) lull times, but especially in our first month At all events, the matter is now being dis- of Fan. posed of and the arbitrary two rate zones . o o

are "3 be discominucd Canada's standard of living, like that of .

Aiiothep matter heapd by the Boai-ciiany other nation depends upon the pm. last June dealt with Railway operation tductmw of Om. people. That in mm d... We” the Hmsbom Bridga Appamm-V mtpcnds upon technical skills, raw materialsi decision has yet been reached on this is- and above an on the Capital equipmcm sue, which is important as detcrminin;.:lavanable. The mvestmem of Savings in future railway policy with respect to thelmis Coumry is immediately ,,ef1(,ct(.d in use and maintenance of the new bridge to pmduCm,... (.apachy.' be constructed over the Hillsboro. -

isouris in the wake of tho; draggers oi: ,of a series of steps to e expecte . 'l'lic rcvcnuc we derive annually from Name and Consistent supply of fish cans for lhtauii 85 8 I'0SUh Of the D0mi”i0"'P1'0',facilit,ies for handling and also permits the Villclal WIN 8?-2I'00m0hi5 has Show” 3” i"i,devclopment of a reliable market. That in T0350 Nltill 30313 due 10 the fact that ithls I turn calls for greater supplies as the circle .','Qi.ll'Pd to Gross National Product which aslnoes on The Start is not evgyything hm oceii steadily increasing. Last year thereih is a m-my deah was an increase of about 8.6 per cent ovci" 0 0 tr 1949. GI'0SS National P1'0dUC1 is defihed. The vicious circle at work. The British H5 "1110 VMU9 31 lhalikei P1liC'35 Of 3” the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Mr. Hugh ::00dS and S0I'VlC0S D1'0dl-iced in 3 V031"-" Gaitskcll. has said there will be more price Th? m01h0d OT (?0hlPU13ti0h is Plain controls, more dividend taxation, and more i'h0Uhh. hill the M0hU'081 GRZCUC QU051i0h5 streamlined, state-supervised distribution whether it reflects the true situation. For methods, And ihc British Congfess leadcy. one thing, the increase recorded last yearlrship has gold the unions they can go ahead embodies the inflation that took place in and ask for mom pay, - the inl'crval. That inflation was so great r 0- - that. were it removed, the increase would! An increase in our city's popumtioh of shrink from 8.6 per cent to between thrcclghg over the 1941 census is highiy 53115. and TOUF PCP C9hi- tfactory in view of the fact that we are not More than this. the Gross National 1310' to any extent an industrial centre. If we duct is estimated in a somewhat curiousthad more encouragement fl-om the powers. W8)'- A5 it is made Uh Of the Value Oflthat-be in Ottawa, we could well develop floods and S0l'ViCeS 31 hl31'k0l- PI'lC0S. hi hl- new industries that could keep our thou- eludes indirect taxes. And indirect taxes sands of cmigrants at home insteadyof let,- (lcss subsidies) higher in 1950 than in 1949. S0 D:'ll'i. Of ill!) ; 0f Lfpper and Lower Canada, and to Ihc increase in the Gross National Product. was,wcsu and U, S, A, Today Charlottetown nothing better than an increase in taxesjig ;: residential my in one of the most. More than this, the increase in 1950 was the-aumui Islands in the world, made under the impetus of.Korea. Thercl ' ' '

I French livestock producers are kicking

was the stimulation of war and the needs! 70? dCl'JhC0- D0f0hC0 is hhP0Pa1lVC- BUt.a.2aiiist new controls. In the first moves

the fact must not be Overlooked that lhclof 5! campaign to slash high meat prices in m0dCF3l9 Rain in l7l'0dUCtl0h W85 hlhlhiy hl1Frunce, the Government has decided to P1'0dUCti0h f0? Yeafmahlehh And this adddtcontrol the retail price of meat starting nothing 10 What the Canadian Public hasilast Friday. A Cabinet cominlttee charged had to Consume Still further. it has becniwith tackling excessive meat prices also de- cstimatcd that before the end of 1951 dc- aided to forbid export of meat "on the fence will be claiming eight or nine perihoof" and to suspend or cut import duties

A lcurlous Budgetary item

rent. of the total Canadian production. on meat. Fixing of retail prices will be c:,",:::',',',,,,:rm' me” I” be" For Canada a greater increase in pro- based on type and grade of meat. it is

iuetion is needed not only to realize the cx- -stated the government would fix the price P-h.”-J

zeptional future that ought to be hers. of coal-and of industrial products which "MG": mm

More production is needed also if the needs depend on it--towards the end of this week. Ii.-mom Duncan. the greiit

of defence are to be met without reducing the supply of goods available for ordinary,

The fixing of 8. higher national minimum wage is also to lie tackled soon.

1 Canada needs great- er output, even if only to deal more ef- fectively with her own immediate problem

From now on the congi'egai,l0nS. h1'0e,

All bicycles are supposed to be equipped

' " igtr Ptczice.” This is incorporated in - - - ic :4 - . - The ”eW packing mdustr-V coming toircceiilc LSl?(:1Ct.'(l)llI.:: ofltCi1)1la'l'kEf:Il::l(l1L0tltO:

Were about 3170 million ting them escape to the industrial centres,

THE GUARDIAN. CHARLOTTETOWN

ILH ivy lib produce them .

It's A Small World

News Item -- Snttli gkiPm3Nf5 9F buvlap bags Bf Per.-ted from Asia. due to tndta- Pakistan df5PUfe4- B?i'tt,5fl 64.14.3013-h help the g&P-

I l'Oli'l'lt Y COLEMN

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y SCOPE

Yrs. small lI.- that the lcaven who cxplsrc

Daily this space for beauty-for

i 'lhe glow

Of suire iisvv light liuvizriii sliow- ,

For music that will make the spirit: scar.

on this our .

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is". then. no cuiiipulsloii to

ho lLfi(l .

in wh-ii is ,iI'lllI(ld here. All mcn' Jim)" tiliuose

To r”-l: the lance of Beauty and its!

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1-HCISO-L'.ll1i"(i "National Peace yCouncil' uliu-ii is headed by Dr. 'J:1lnCs Eiiclictui and which is in ifuct an iiriii of Soviet foreign ill. has issued what it. is lli.i-zi. .d to call "Our Battle Plan

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'thc Iidelny with which it riots the ,i:: and f'l'O5SCS the is of world yC0lllllllllll.Si pi-opagaiida. A prize example is the reference. In the "obvious rcliisal of the US. Army .10 11630-tiaitc in good faith for a (case tire and mutual withdrawal in. forces from the 38th parallel". ih-' I'M-"lifts lhv Iuirallci. it is to he ;i:oietl that more can be no cliarge ,of bad faith since the United Na- ltions negotiators never accepted any such condition: that largely 1'; what. the negotiations have been -about. As rcgiirds the "obvious irefusai", this prcsuniably is a 1-9. i-fcrcncc to the charges and coun- tcr-charges with respect to recent incidents. It. is notcwortliy that the ”Pcnce Council", though some thousaiicls of miles from the scene rind obviously unable to verify the facts. accepts without. question the Communist version over that of the United Nations commander.

The so-called "battle plan" is of some interest. it is of course bound up with the "iiglil. for the Five- Powcr Peace PiicL'”. that being the current propaganda theme of the Kremlin. The council intends to get, signatures on petitions. to or- ganize lobbies, to interview pro- vincial legislators and members of Parllmiient. of these objectives it is to be observed that only if there are ilupcs about. the coiincll will prcsiimably find them. But. .aiiother type of action is also pro- lposcd whicli, while legally unob- 'jrction:iti1c. will strike most: Can- adians as singularly revolting from

PUBLIC FORUM

This column is open to the illscusslon by wsrespondenta of questions of interest. The Guardian does not necessar- ily endorse the opinion of U correspondents.

THE ROYAL VISIT

Sir, - Now that have been completed for the visit of the Duke and Duchess of Edin- burgh to the City of Charlotte- tc,wn, will the authorities please

arrange that the Royal couple be ”

driven slowly through the streets so that the eager and waiting pub- lic may really see them. rather than get. just a glimpse as was the case in 1939 when our King and Queen were here and were taken along at such a fast. rate. I am, Sir. etc,

A DISAPPOINTED SPECTATOR. Cornwall.

MISSED THE POINT

arrangeiiieiils

'aHs'n'is'e's'b

5?

inc Age-Old storyi

a'P.'a'ln'aH-hs'n'b'a'ii'fu'-'Pa'ls'-'s'fnt.

And Jesus went. about all Gal- ilrr-. tcischlnz in their synagogues, and pl aching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing all manner of iilcluicse and all manner of die- cuso among the people.

960DG0s?CDtiLP4k&W9g 'l Old Charlottetown

iAnd P. E. I.)

WEST KENT SCHOOL SITE The following item nppcrired in The Examiner of Jan. 29. 1878: "Tenders for the erection of a school at the West End are to be in on the first of Jnnuury. The building is, we understand, to be siniilzir in size, shape, uppcurancc. and material of construction, to the Wcsleyiin Acadciny. We are informed that the City school trust-

Sll',-ORCCCIIITY a letter signed ees pay in rent for the VVcslcyan

E).-Teacher. St. Peters Bay, ap- peared iii The Guardian. regard- ing the causes of the shortage of teachers in this Province; but al- though it was a long and interest- ing message, I think the writer

lniissed the point.

In my opinion, the only reason why we have had a scarcity of leuciiers for some years is that the Department of Education chauized the regiilations, by demanding that a student, after passing the mat- riculation examinations, must at-

two years, before being granted a

i'(-gular tcuchei-'s license. Previous to that regulation, a

a license to teach after one col- lege year. and then would be glad to go home and teach in some neighboring district. It

kept. our schools open, and most

pursuing a teacher's license.

ing, penmanship,

well written.

Prince of Wales College? lmoiv that they

teaching.

married before the

tend Prince of Wales College for

student qiialilled to enter Prince of Wales College would be granted

was .'I. stepping stone. to be sure. but. it

of our successful men and women look back to their teaching days

with pride. We should return to the old sys- tem. with some improvements.

such as not teaching a number of unnecessary subjects to students It. would be better to have them re- view all the Grade Ten subjects. with the addition of teacher train- and especially good English, and teach them how to write a decent letter. The writer wns told recently. by 9. man many years in public life. that must: let- ters he had received from young teachers were very poor, but that letters received from the old-time teachers were well constructed and

Now. what happens to the ma- jorlly of youruz people who enter They cannot. get A teacher's license for two years, so that they may as well forget. about Before the second year is over they get a girl friend or a boy friend and some of them not end of the second year. Others get "engaged" and must look for something bet-

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iiinral sfnndpoiiii.

This is the project. of I "mission

for peace" to be sent to Ottawa. 3!. demonstration timed for Rememb- rnncc Day. That day is of course sacred to the memory of thous- ands of Canadians who died fight. ini: totalitarianism in two world wars. It is now in the name of peace (ivltncu Korea) to he desec- ratcd by the servants of I new totalitarianism, the spurious ideal- ists who hope to capitalize on the emotional atmosphere of Novem- ber 11 in order to embroll in their shahby schemes the very relatives

Amertcat dancer, was strangled by her own scarf while motoring tn

majority of Prince of Wales stu- dents are lost. to the leaching pro- fession. whereas. were they kept

list. as in past years. It. may be more

adage, that teachers Ire born, no made. I aim. sir, eir..

EX-TEACHER. Montague.

o--jj--...D ANCIENT RILIO

because it contains a

Europe in 1921.

tooth of Imus.-

busy in college for one year and then given a license to teach. all our schools would be kept open, with some teachers on the waiting

said that ii. takes than one college year to teach prospective teachers how to teach. but that. is the height: of nonsense. Many of our permit

chers are doing excellent work. which proves the truth of the old

A Buddisi. Temple at Kandy, Ceylon, is visited by many pilgrims supposed

Academy building an amount equal to four per cent of the cost of its construction. They piiy 3il.650 If your, and the cost of the lives- leynn Academy-exclusive of the proportlon of furniture provided by the City school trustees-wzis. therefore, upwards of 540,000. At a niodorzitc estimate, then. the cost of the proposed srlioolliouse-'in- rludini: zippurlcnzincns - will be from 530,000 to 540.000.

"As to the propriety of placing that much debt upon the City, we offer no opiniciii. We diire say the trustees will be able to show that its erection will result in a saving of outliiy for rents. But we sub- mit that, core should he token that so costly a building he 'fil. to look ut'-should. at least, not be a pos- itive eyesore to the people who have to pay for lt." '

in I! inter issue the Examiner reported a public nicc-ting hold (Feb. 4) in the Market. Hall, "for the purpose of taking into consid- eration the action of the School Board in the contempinted erection of a very costly huildlniz lri rs re- mote piiri. of the town." The meet- ing, "iilthnugh largely attended, was not at all lnfluentinl." It was objected "that the Board had oth- er grounds that were more elig- ible; that the ground of the site would not support so large I! building, as it was marshy, rind the locality was extremely un- healthy": also that the sum to be

munity could at present afford, that even if the school was built, it would only render the saving of the rent paid for in few of the smaller schools of the city, and

demy and St. Patrick's School. "What.

ion.

lures is fl mystery.” it said. is supposed that the

sand dollars. This is, no doubt a goodly sum in any circumstances

an 1. ma mo... ';l2.”:”.."i'.'.'J:?.E.:."l'.. '.':e..::::::.” """"" itzlrlshdo notdwap: to marry school pmposlerms... ' V cm", xduy (ac era. an e course of the - mmg "UH

st.udents' life is chanized. So, the 1-LAN BIG "0-",3, GLORIA BUILDING

J GAO PAULO:-Er;-zil .-

( .. The OP)

"biggest and most luxurious" Hotel in South America is to be built in this industrial centre by United States and Brazilian m-ms, Location of the new building will be On Ivtransa Street and will have about 600 rooms.

ooirrumi VISUAL

-REFBALTION uus

. ANALYSIS

6. F. HUTCHESON Ii SON

expended was more than the com-

thnt it would not relieve the pay- menls made to the Methodist Aca-

Erlitorlally the Examiner appears to liave been of the same opin- . utility the present generation can derive from such a plethora of educational struc- "It projected structure will cost the citizens of Charlottetown forty or fifty thou.

but in the present condition of the

SEPTEMBER 17. 1951

T?

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i The Marco Polo Centenary

A century ago this year, is rug-

ways from 9. Marsh ynrd. buried her stern in a gruny niudbank. sliudclered, and keeled over on her side. ,

The most famous of all Canad- liin-butlt. sailing ships had been launched - the celebrated Polo."

England with a cargo of timber and scrap iron, the Marco Polo and ii 31-year-old Scots mariner. soon became the toast of the ship- ping world-and Saint John reach- ed lts peak as ll ship-bullcliii:; mecca.

The Marco Polo was built. as fl common timber ship and became I clipper packet with a reputation as the fastest in the world. She was built by' James Smith of Saint. John, and at the time of her laun- ching was the longest vessel-184 feet-laid down in a local ship- yard. she was 1,625 tons, with three decks and a half-poop . -Fame didn't. come immediately. The ship sailed from Saint John to Liverpool in i5 days, then to Mobile, Alabama. and back four-

of an Irish spcculnlnr, Paddy Mc- Gee, who bought her and then sold her to James Baiiies. heart of the new Australinii Black Ball Line.

Bullies rcfitlcd hrr. sheathed her hull in copper, and put her in the emigrant trade between Liverpool and Melbourne, Australia. She carried on her square sicm two reclining figures of lifarco Polo. one in Elll'0liCl'ill dress. the other in Oriental carb. and a crirved elephant. The Oriental figure. is now the property of the New Brunswick Museum.

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she sailed for 'Australla in July, 1852, under the command of Capt. James ”Bully" Forbes. one of the most colorful sea captains of the British Merchant Marine. Aboard were 950 passengers. 8. crew of 30 and 30 others working their pas- sage. The trip usually look be- tween 100 and 120 days. The Mar- cu Polo made it. in 68.