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THE GUARDIAE

Authorized In Second Class Mail rust Office Department. Ottawa. The Island Guardian Publishing Co.

Editor and Managing Director, Inn -A. Burnett. Associate Editor, Frank Walker.

lT?cTi.(rT6R "Cover: Prince Edward island like the dew”

"The strongest memory is weaker than the weakest ink”.

-CHARl:f)'l"l”hTOH'.V ' i'I-..-I)-A”lT”l”Ell.72. 1954

civic Elections

The election today for summcrsidc Town Council and Sewers and Water Commis- sion sees very few seats contested. It is to be hoped that Wednesday, Nomination Day for the Ciiarlottetovxn civic election, will see a larger field of candidates for the various elective offices.

There will be an lyiayor J. D. Stewart Alban Farmer. liaving both indicated that they are prepared to enter the contest. Councillors G. R. Keefe. Elmer MacDonald

election for mayor, and Councillor M.

and P. R. Mc(lorm;u- have all indicated that they will seek rc-election, as has Water Comnilssioncr Bevan. Mr. E. E.

Clawson has also announced that he will seek election as a water commissioner.

It is to be hoped that the names of other present mcmlicrs will go forward on Wedhesday and that sufficient others will nominate to assure 21 contest in every ward. A great deal of interest has been shown in the business of the City recently and it. should be reflected in a wide choice of can- didates for the electors to choose from.

Those who offer themselves for civic office do so at considerable personal sacri- fice. They deserve the thanks of their fel- low citizens even when the thanks are 'coupled with criticism for particular as- pects of their administration. The present

, Council has a particularly good record for keeping the public informed of City busi- ness. a fact which should tell in their fav- our even though from day to day it pro-

' vldes the ammunition for criticism.

Lax Indemnity System

It is to & hoped that when increasing their indemnities at Ottawa this year our parliamentarians will take steps to remedy the present antiquated system under which

, absentee members would be enabled to draw handsome bonuses in sessional allowance. A check reveals that a chronically absent member of Parliament would have been able

'to draw l&6,100 during the 1047-48 session of Parliament. for example, had the propos- ed new pay scale prevailed at that time. This will be the result of grafting the F510.- DOO annual ”salary" of members of Parlia- ment-b8,000 in scssional indemnity and

f 52,000 in a tax-free expense allowance-on an archaic indemnity system riddled with invitations for absenteeism. '

Herc, according to the Montreal Ga- zette's Ottawa correspondent, is how an absentee member of Parliament would have actually fared during the 1947-48 session.

The calendar length of that session was 209 days. But M.P.'s do not suffer pay deductions for being absent on days when the House of Commons stands adjourned. such as week-ends and the Christmas and Easter recesses. The total number of sit- ting days was ill), But members of Par- liament are permitted to be absent on 15 sitting days. on a penalty-free basis. This reduces the total number of days for which a member could be penalized for absence during the 1947-18 session to 104. The penalty for non-attendance is inflicted at the rate of S23 per day's absence.

If the absentee member of Parliament had been absent on each one of these 104 sitting (lays, his penalties, at that rate, would total S2,6()tt. But his scssional pay

. on the basis now proposed would to- tsl 358.000. So his net pay for failing to attend the session would have amounted to 35.400. In addition. he would lose 3512.50 of his 32.000 cxpcnsc allowance for each day's absence. The penalty here would total 551,300, leaving another nct bonus for absenteeism of M00. The total absentee- 'lsm bonus would be 36,100.

The real difficulty is that the 3325 per clay penalty. for absenteeism is no longer 1 llrze enough to put much of a dint in par-

linrrrntary pay. It dates back -to a period more than 30 years ago. when indcmnities

. were much smaller and when such a pen- alty had a much greater impact.

-"' Professor Norman Ward. of the Uni- venuty of Saskatchewan, drew attention to the "fantastic" indemnity regulations in a ntudy which he made three years ago. He noted that even with parliamentary pay

', to a total of 56,000 annually. ab-

. intceilm bonuses were available. But they

x -mt llllllh smaller than .those which will

' under the new legislation-um

which tho most conscientious of M.P.'s Kacey day of a session, would . , the laziest of his col- im& in tttaldance.

titled to 35,100.

Said Prof. Ward: "A private business which paid its employees on such a basis could be expected to go bankrupt: but . . .

years. Furthermore, the larger the in- demnity becomes, the greater is the premium on poor attendance in the Com- mons; and the longer and more arduous the sessions, the greater is the temptation

indemnity laws.”

A Timely Suggestion

council representing

of an advisory

problem.

is not satisfactory.

produce the best results." the brief states. "Many municipalities fail to press for need-

the problem, or of funds to bear their share of the cost. The Provinces or munici- palities which are better off financially are the ones which make the most requests. As a result, it isn't always the most danger- ous or congested crossing that gets atten- tion."

The brief urged that the Federal Gov- crnment-through appropriate amendments to the Railway Act-declare its policy to- ward the grade crossing problem. The co-

cstablish a system of works priorities, pro-

lion measures to prevent accidents.

confined to the larger municipalities but

wherever the need exists.

EDITORIAL NOTES

Purification. Candlemas. I I 0 Election Day, Summerside for a single Town Council seat. a water commissioner, also taking of water commission plebiscite. O D 0 Women will be allowed to compete in the Irish National Ploughing Champion- ship winch will be held at Cahir. County Tipperary, in February, for the first time

journalist, died this date 1936. lie began

sistant editor in 1902 and editor four years later. He wrote a great deal of humorous

verse and parodies. O O O

The move to have existing welfare or-

effort. to do the work of the Canadian

plauded. tempt will prove successful and make it un-

lapping organization. I O O

ger business. Air transport, despite

third ranking company in Canada. 0 O O

regulations.

effective enforcement. O O I '

alone clear up the backlog of old demand

mand was growing, instead of declining.

Parliament has paid itself like this for 80 .

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THE C UARDIAN. CHARLOTTETOWN

to members to take advantage of the lax

It is to be hoped that some concrete action will follow the request of the Cana- dian National Railways for the setting up the Provinces. the railways and large munici- palities to co-ordinate proposals for the solution of the railway-highway crossings

In a brief submitted to the Board of Transport Commissioners, the Railroad stat- ed that the present method of dealing with grade crossing improvement or elimination "There is no over-all planning directed at using the available re- sources at points where public need is the greatest and where. consequently, they will

cd improvements due to lack of interest in

ordinating body envisaged by CNR would

mote uniformity of legislation on traffic rules at crossings, and plan public educa-

In view of the annual death and accl- dent toll on our rail-and-highway crossings. a measure of this kind is long overdue, and it is particularly important that it be not

made applicable to the whole of Canada,

to write for the Observer and In 1897ijoined the staff of Punch, of which he became as- 1”

ganizations in this Province organize a joint

Council of Crippled Children is to be ap- It is to be hoped that the at-

necessary to form an additional and over-

Thcrc is a particular satisfaction in the increasing success of Maritime Central Air- .ways in the company's freight, and passen- its- fifiy years, is essentially a young and grow- ing scrvice and it is particularly encourag- ing that in such a field we should have the

Inspection and protection officers of the Federal Department. of Fisheries held their annual meeting recently at Halifax. discus- sing departmental problems and reviewing There is a certain amount of opposition amongst fishermen to particular regulations but practically unanimity for

Despite, an impressive increase in the number of dwellings started and completed in the first eight months of 1953. Canada. notes the Ottawa Citizen. has again failed to keep pace with new housing needs, let

At the end of August. 69,460 units had been started. an increase of 30 per cent over the same period in 1952. Atithe same time, 53.760 had been completed, an improvement of 31 per cent over last year. But at the end of June, net family formations for the year had reached 79,200. Clearly, insuf- ficient homes were being built to accom- modate new families; the backlog of de-

PUBLIC FORUM

This column in open in the discussion by correspondent: of questions of interest. The Guardian does not. necessar- ily endorse the opinion of uurenpondentn.

VVATER. HYDR ANT

public statcinrnt alleging that no action has been taken by the Summerclde Water and Sewerage Oonunission in response to re- quests for the installation of I hydrant at the corner of Upper Central Street. and Highland Ave- nuc, I wish to advise that in re- apect. to this matter the Water and Sewerage Commission had the Fire Chief and line assistant engi- neer of the Water and Sewerage Commission survey this area, and the, Water and Seuer:iL'e Commis- sion haie their report. to the elicct. that t.he hydrants that. are placed in this area are ample. protection It praserrit. to take care of any fires. 1 am, Sir, et.c.. ROBERT B. DI-JWAR Chairman. SUiTilllBl'5ldfl Water and Sewerage Commission.

EDUCATION AND PHILOSPIIY

Sir:-It has been suggested by sincere people that Lhc motlciui pcdngogues who would fan) turn the classroom into .1 playpen and

since the championships were started in we teach” -mm 3 d,.)..,,,,,, D..-.,,. 1931, i sitter. are not acuratc in their . . . lnterpre-t.at.lon of Dewey's philos-

. ophy. A man with as kccn a mind

Sir Owen Seaman, English poet and r..-. John Dewey, they say. wtmid never condone. lct. ;ulnn- recom-

mend some of the practices that have been bo3tlc':,,:.;i into the 'cscnt. day cc-hoolroom.

Be that as it may. there is no gulnsaynig the fact that prt:-3.'er.- sive education is "Dcwcyan" in its philosophy -- if philc:o,)hy it is Etymologically philosophy means love of wisdom. One wonders how much wisdom there is in in code of lifc-governing principles that ex- cludes God. "The fool lnth salt! in his heart: 'I"nnr:- is nn God"

How can an educational system that is hcat.hcni.rh- in its foun- talnhcud. that is master-inlndrd by an atheist. give congenial or- ientation to Crhristinii childrrn? "For if the. trumpet give. an im- ccrisin sound. who Sll'Ii1 pr:-p.u'c hvrnse-lf to the batt.l:'?" Llmpid water cannot come from n 51.1.1- itant. pool, Or. as the old Luiliis used to say; "Nlmo chit quod ncn hnbet." But. then, the old Lnt;ns x err. clumsy in their way of 42(- yresslng lllillgs. llnw much smart- cr the same thing sounds whrii translated into basic English: "A 'fellcr' can't. give what he ain't got."

Christian parents should have the right to ascertain whether the underlying philosophy of the cur- rent educational sy L::n trnd”. to foster or frustrate their ChiidX't'fl'S belief in the reality of the UH- seen. They should nlso be able to ask why the rule of three is now 'pnssr,' and the use of the Rich” taboo.

Even if "so Little For The Mind" does nothing else but show Cana- dian parents the potential dangers of their not keeping track of the educational score, it deserves bet.- ter thnn to be brnndr-d as "an un- fortunate book."

I am air. air.

's?xT:?E.?To)El?

Sir. I have read with consider- able interest some letters recent- ly appearing in your cnlumn re- garding the clearing of snow from ' highways. The writers. on both side: of the question have. In my opinion. submitted good reasons to support their convictions.

Since the advent of the snow- ploy on the secondsrrrocrlii at this Province. to plow or not to plow. has been the subject of much controversy.

I: would seem to me that our Province is in A transition period between horse drawn vehicles and those of in motor driven type. with regard ,to winter transportation. Under these conditions, it is no- tural to expect conflicting theories

;

Sir.-With reference to a recent 1

If thou L

said unto him. must believe, all things are pos- sible to him that believeth. And

Jesus

stra.lgi1i;wuy the father of the child cried out. and paid with tears. Lord. I believe; help thou mine unbcllef.

regarding the best mode of win-l ier travel.

The snowplowl do A pretty good job in keeping our paved high- ways npen to motor traffic. With the snow removed the pavement makes in good motor road in win- ter lf it's not. broken pavement.

But. I fall to see the wisdom in plowing the snow off a frozen dirt road which is rougher than A plowed field. With the cost of new cars and truck what they are. and repair work cnstly as it is, A per- son must have A lot of money or A big income in want. to put his motor vehicle over such a road.

Unless plowed pavement were available I should be inclined to advocate the use of horses during the snow months for those who have and can use them. Good horses are becoming scarce. and good horsemen. even scarccr. For persons unable to handle horses there is the caterpillar tractor which can be used in either snow or mud. This machine is capable of hauling several sleighs or wag- ons at one time. i

The use of either the horse or

caterpillar would dispense with the plowing of snow from dirt roads. Moreover they would he

doing the job they were intended. for, they would at all times bei under control, safe for the ovvncrsi and safe for the people they moi. or passed on their journey. On. the other hand the automobile or truck on a ruilcd. frozen. icy clay road is unsafe for it's occupants ltecausc it's steering is not accur-i ate and it's brakes at times are useless. it is thereby rendered un- safe to it's occupants and a men- ace in those it meets or And costly to it's owner if is hcing nmdc do a job for which it was never intended, thereby deteriorating much faster than would he the case under more favorable drivinl conditions.

passes. because

So in the interest of safety and economy I slill-full to see the wis- dom nf plowing the clay road.

I would think the money spent on snnwplowlng clay roads would be better allocated to the laying nf more pavement in our Prov- ince which when cleared of snow would nlforri a safe winter road for trucks and cars.

Until such time as paved high-i ways are available to all in (MI Province. which I believe to be It mighty long way in the future, the horse is still necessary on Prince I-Idwartl island.

I am. Sir. etc. F. G. Si-IlEl.DS.I

snow off In

Ciermont, P.T..I.

HILL NEWS

The snow told the hill

and the white hill gllctcned The bill told the pines and the tall plncs listened.

The pines told a fox

and the red fox barked. "Great news! Great. newsl wood creatures, hark!"

The fox told a rabbit and the rabbit said, "Well!”

He told a wood mouse

and the mouse said. ”Swelll"

The mouse told the bird and the birl said. "Chick-u-dee!" Have you heard the great news? The Boys learned to ski!

-Frances Frost. in the Ohrlsilsn science Monitor.

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From The Examiner. Sept. 22, 135.3;

Georgetown and Cardigan now connected by Telephone. An effort. is being made to have the Phonogrspb shown It the rorantn Exhibition brought. here

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Reddln, Jr, is erecting a may Cm. tape on water Street, near the Railway Station . . . The outer wall of the new Parsonage of St. Paul's Church is rapidly approach- ing completion . . . The handsome two tenement building at. ihi corner of Hlllsborough and Eusbon Streets in about finished.

Yesterday momlng Capt, Sence. bnugh launched from his ship- yard a handsome brigantlnc of 150 tons burden. she waschrlstcm-:1 Aquila. While the launch was go- ing on. Mr. Charles Owen's son, A ind of about 12 years. had his arm badly bruised by falling off it lati- der which was standing against the new brlgantine.

The first annual session and excursion of the Maritime Press Association. which began at Mone- ton on Friday afternoon last. was concluded at Fredericton on Wed- ncsdny night. it. was A splendid gntlierlniz. and cannot. fail to be productive of much good by the nPW3pllI)Pl' men of the three Pro- vlncc. The Examiner and Herald were the only Island paper: 21- presented.

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FEBRUARY 2. 1954

The Queen's tour of the Com- monwealth and Empire is. appar- ently, going along according to plan. Schedules are being met with precision; royal trains and ships are arriving at this place and that with surprising punctual- ity. Nevertheless. the tour is not without its anxieties and prob- lems. The unpleasant goings-on in Spain over the impending visit to Gibraltar constitute one source of anxiety although, according to re- ports. thc British Government is not anticipating any serious trouble. It is a matter of purely

political concern in which thr: Queen herself has no personal involvement.

It. seems more than probable

that by the time Her Majesty has arrived at the Rock the majority of the Spanish people, noted for chivalry, will have worked off their iii-advised anger and be pre- pared to keep their grievances from getting out of hand. There is, of course, always the possib- ility that some over-wrought fan- atic will attempt something ex- tremely foolish or even criminal: it can be safely assumed that this contingency was considered long before the first anti-British dem- onstrations in Madrid. A far more serious problem, be- cause lts roots are religious ra- ther than politiral. is shaping up in Ceylon; unbelievably, it has to do with s tooth.

. . . It is quite an ordinary tooth (whether incisor. canine. premclar. or molar. the record doesn't say) but it is not the tooth of an or- dinary man. It is the thoth of Siddhartha Gaulsmn. known iohls- tory and revered by many mil- lions of people :1 Buddha, "the Enlightened". This tooth. so Budd- hists believe. is enshrined in Kandy, Ceylon. and it has n iemple all its own. Into the inner sanctum of this temple no one goes but a faithful Buddhist; even he. unless he be very high in the Congress of the monks. is not per- mitted to go near the sacred tooth. The Queen. not being II Budd- hist. and therefore unlikely to have any yearning to look upon Buddha's tooth, would not. one might suppose, feel hurt at being excluded from the Temple. There will be plenty of other matters to engage the royal attention. It isn't. however. quite as simple as All that. r It so happens that. attached to the Temple building, is another building which is government property. and this is where the official welcome was to have been staged. In orthodox Buddhist thinking this would place the Defender of I Faith younger than Buddhism and, in the opinion of many of her subjects in Ceylon. inferior in it, nearer to fhl! sacred tooth than she has any right. to be.

The Passing Scene

By Aulnervcr CONCEBNLNG A TOOTH

Already the President of mg Buddhist Congress has requested the British High Commissioner to see to it that Her Majesty is ex- cluded from the Building. Nam,-. ally. this has caused quit: I up- ln Ceylon. The people are not throwing stones and bottles through the windows of the High Commissioner's office; for some strange reason Buddhists dam work off their indignation in that way. At the same time there .. little doubt that, in the even: .4 a controversy among the Queen's advisers and Buddhist leaders. populur iv.-cling-nmong the Build. lusts, that is-will cry out. for the sanctity nf the tooth.

A Buddhist editor. with an nn. vlcus flair for diplomacy, bu suggested a way out. of the lppsr. ent impasse. He says that sin,-., thousands of non-Christians fol. lowed revercntiy the Chrismm rite at the Queen's coronation. it would he only a reciprocal sci gf courtesy for the Queey to deposit a tray of flowers at the door of the Temple of the Tooth. If such an undertaking were promis.-d .,. advance, he thinks there would 1.. no objection to the Queen's stand- ing in the adjoining building tn.- the welcoming ceremonies. speech. es, handskaklrlgs. etc.

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Tliis, at first glance, would an. pear to he in reasonable solution. Nobody would lose any prestige, it might prevent A lot of un. pleussntness later on. There's un- thlng in a tray of flowers in rompmmlse anybndy's faith. That": one view. and there is is repay; that the British High Commis- sioner was about to adopt, it when the few Christian: in Ceylon got very angry that such 1 thing would even be considered. Thst'l another view and. after all. the Queen is a Christian. not a Budd. hist. She cannot very well offend her Christian subjects just to up. peuse the Buddhists.

The hope is that some way will be found to ensure the comfort and usefulness of the royal visit in Ceylon without having to do violence to the sanctity of Buddha's tooth. Some will uy this whole controversy in I joke; it isn't really. Oriental belief: and lezends run very deep: the slight- est seeming disregard for them on ii"? part of Western nfflclsldnm on any level could. conceivably. have serious repercussions wher- ever the memory of. Buddh. 1. held in awe and his tooth in rev- ercnce.

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