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Editor and Managing Director J. R. Burnett. F. J. I

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.0I|ARLOTTETOWli GUARDIAN

Morning Daily (Founded in 1881)

President. Lieuti-Col. W. Chester 3. Mclmro Vice President. J. R. Burnett, F, J. l_ Secretary, l.iaut_-Col. D. A. Macliinnnn, D. S. 0.

Associate Editor, I-‘rank Walker

SUBSCRIPTION BATES 55.00 per year (in advance) delivered to City , $4.00 per year (in advance) mailed to P. E. Island 55,00 per year (in advance) mailed to Canada and 0.5 Members Audit Bureau of Circulation:

the Weakest Ink.”

.:—j—L ' SATURDAY, AUGUST, 5, 1939

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A Lesson From The Past

"The Selkirk .\'t~i‘.l<'rs And The Church The)‘ Built _»\r l-‘.cli:i~t" is tilt‘ subject of an interesting sketch. lllllill.\lll‘tl in :tttr.it'tive booklet form, by Mrs. ;\da .\l:icI.eo<l l‘utn.'im, which we recom- mend to all interested in this stirring epoch in the pioneer hi.-tor_v of Prince iiriward island.

The oltl l’r(~slrvtcriaii Church of St. ]ohi~'s at lielfast .~l1ll stands, in excellent prcservzitioi‘-. on one of the most lovely sites in the Province. Iris’ .\'.-pzoiizl-er th:‘ I tfith anniversaryof ill'."(‘i‘6(‘.- tion of the builiiiiiq '.\':is celebrated with tilting rr‘liL'li"‘.ls‘ cert-nioiiies. A franie structure of stin- ple l,iit striking beauty, it was ll(“lflllP(l, i1'ii"l‘.' tion -’l_\'<, by the same man who built the tin: old colonial building, Govemment House, in Charlottetown.

.\lrs. Putnam calls attention to the fact that vvhcn the building was completed in 1334- 1ll<'l"i was no debt or enrlowinent. The site itself was donated bv Lord Selkirk. and the colonists went into the woods, ciit ilriwii the trees and built their sancttiztrv. The huge timbers that i0i‘m6<l the fountlatirin were carried on their backs. Every shingle on the building was made by hand. _

Yntil thirtv years ago. services in Gaelic as well an linglish were held each Sunday in St. Tohn’s Churcli. The c<>iigi'c::itioi1 sat _QY‘.ll('flilly throiigli both services, ivhich lasted from 10 a.m.

» - . ' 4 . . . until i2.3o or I oclo.k. A gm“ l"°i‘0"“”” 0‘ her husband's nccktics and insisted that he iv:-ar “Non against Kulangsil in Dai‘l-1Ci1-

them had walked many miles to church. and when the three-hour services were over they would trudge the long miles home again. S0m€ of the oldest men rode on horseback and one mm crinSll‘llCi(‘(i a crude conveyance for his crir-olrrd wife, which for vears was the only \'(‘llli‘l.P of any kind coming to the sacred spot.

.\lrs. i’utitani describcs the old-time S(‘l‘\'lCt: cn (‘nziiiniiiiion Siinrlavs, when a large font hat. to be c-rctfierl to acconimotltite the croivtls, vvliicli o\‘crilo\\crl so that many had even to sit on the grass under the trees. There is a note of sad- ries: in her reflection that today the Old tfnt 1-‘ no li'r‘l"(‘l‘ needed “The older generation who

. s . lnicrl the Ga('llC service has passed on and the old l.iii5_:iiage is heard no more in the church. and ti... lmcly riid chiming of the Psalriii. with their sweet carlcnccs, is hushed forever. _

The atitlior does not attempt to deal with all the j;;.~it~lmi_: covered hv Mr. Malcolin Macqticcn in "Skve Pioiicvrs and The Island". 3 ll°~'ll\' which remains the standard work on the sub- ject This imwm-er, docs not detract from the interest and value of .\lrs. l’utnam's effort in forming attention. at this tiiilf’. Gil 51 -“"’_rI" °_l lllfltlrfllltf‘. sclf-sacrifice and devotion whifli 19 one of the most inspiring in our annals of pioneer settlement.

The Mayors’ Conference

-\propns of the forthcoming niifciiiifl at 0" taiia of the Federation of Canadian .\iay<irs 2' .\iontreal exchange says: “The Fetleratioii. 1‘ must be cantlidlv admitted, has tint hitherto suc- ceezlerl in convincing the ptiblic of its very grcai uscfulnc.<s_ and there has been more than onet- :1 tart .<ll_<1;[<‘5iiOn that the moncy it costs to run it cotild be more usefully €lTlPl0)'(‘il (‘l.<f‘\\'lif‘i”€- In the case of the fortlicoinirig meeting, how- ever the Fctlcration can be a viliialule instru- ment if the (jovernnicnt wants to ni‘.il<€ 1158 Oi

i'nfortun:iicl_v. that is just what the genera‘. -public is <ii;pl(‘lOll.\' of. The (i0\'(‘l'll‘.1lr‘lli’ will Un(lm1l';t(irll_\' want “to make use of" the Federa- firm, if it can do so for political purposes. it will want to ttirn the rneeting into an -‘if-’i(l<‘miC discussion on iiiiciiiploynient rather than ‘a tit‘- manrl for action which the Slil‘.'\ll(m so obvioiisiy ‘rcqiiircs. The responsibility for unciiiployiiiciit rests squarely upon the. Cioi-crntiient and what the .\lavors are, or Slit"-.ill(lAll(‘, meeting for 1.9 to “-9 that this r(‘_<[)i'\llSlllllliy is assiinicd. ‘I be fati- we rif the (lovcriiinrnt to imolcnicnt its own liniplovincnt (‘riiiiiiiission rccoiiinicnrlatiozis. aivi its gciicral attitude of lllIilif(“.‘(‘l‘iC(‘. toward the whnie question, is not a promising aiigtzrv for the success of the Mayors’ conference in any case. About all that they can hope to do is register their protest against any further pass- -‘ " k" Premier Kin . Labour mg of the tie _ . E 'Minister Rogers and their associates.‘ If they

fail to do that in the strongest parliameiitary .terms, they might just as well stay at borne.

‘ _Aias, No "Milch"l

g This gem from the Ottawa .l0ui'iial. which :we quote in full: _ : There's pathos. it seems to us, in that story :of. yesterday about the big banquet they're giv- iigg Mr. King. The story said that six Liberal ploviricial premiers would be there. The pathos, " to a cold Tory heart, is in the question: mt of the seventh? Where, oh where, is ‘mitch"? “Mitch the Magnificent?” . There, right up at the head table, ‘Will ,7BI-itisli Columbia‘; Pattullo, his expansive shirt .;—.£I!ont gleaming in the candlelight, and suggest- ;ing an apt description. There, beside him (blot "out Alberta) will be Saskatchewan's Patterson. ,beaming s bucolic pride. There, also, will be the lean Bracken of Manitoba. with an eye on " immie” Gardiner; there New ‘Brunswick’: I-I rt,.with,a platitude, if not I_ sang, in his ' ' '*.,tlr',ere Pririce Edward fIIiaiid’e youthful rttolmciirg the wine ;~ and there,

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gus"——Aneus with his kilts. and the halo of fut- ure leadership upon him_

But no “Mitcl't."

Will they be missing him, we wonder? Will they be content to play Hamlet without the Prince of Denmark anywhere, about? There they Will ix‘. with the chandeliers agleaming over them, the "happy family" Mr. King once snake of—and yet ...? Far away, in his farm home. the falling mists of evening outside, will he “Mitch”, his face perhaps pressed to a win- d0w—p:me, and with maybe only Chester \\’alters to comfort him. Will the revellers not think of that? Not give one fleeting thought to “.\iitch", once their darling and their joy?

No fleeting thought, we know. will darken the night: for C. D. Howe, and Norman Rogers. and Euler, and Norman i..anibcrt: "conspirators" have no talent for regret. But tlii~.rc's fan — izin ‘.\lacl\’eii7.ic. Can laii, who still sotiietiinc:- breaks bread tinder ".\’litch's" hospitable roof as welcome there as Mr. Gene Tnnney—caii Ian let joy be unconfined, and his pa! and coniradc :1wa_v? Poet that he is. will he not rise, aid in his best Burns’ night manner excliim:

“His presence haunts this room tonight.

A form of mingled mist. and light

From that far coast. Welcome beneath this ion! of mine! Welccme! This vacant chair is tinine. Dear guest and zhost."

- EDITORIAL NOTES —

Kingslake—~“F.otl1en"——born this date. 1309.

* ii 18 it According to Ontario Department of .-\grictil— ture the peach crop will be 15 per cent higher titan in 1938 and the grape crop 28 per cent greater.

it an it xi Nobody’ has ,1rl\'ertised more than the Prime Minister that he is not incrlitziiiiiz an clection--- except, of course, our own Prciiiicr before he dissolved the House.

1 Vii 1* ‘K Because Mrs, F,tlwartl Brown, of Cliicago, iii- sisted on biiying her husba.nd's ll(’Cl\'li(’S, he left her and she obtained a divorce. llcr co_unscl said that Mrs, Brown, 22 years old, bought all

them. The husbanrl clima.\'cd his objections by leaving her to wear her own plll'Clli’l5t"S~—.’.iIld the trousers as well. it w it it Regret will be felt by many who were not sup- porters of Dr. Dunning that he “does not choose to run” at next election. One can not help but like the ncivl_v-made doctor; he is so genial and kintll_i', such a persuasive orator, such a. whole- lieartcd protectionist~.siiice he left S.Isk:itclic- wan—and has such an appreciation of the fit- tics; of things that. like the Prime i\linir.ter be- fore him, he has come to the conclusion it is safer not to risk his political reputation on a vote in this Province. x- it: -in The entire history of the Montreal unfortun- ate terminal venture is recorded in the Cl‘il‘l’(‘l‘t issue of the Financial Post of Toronto and one of the facts stressed is that the first intimation of a revival of the propcct abandoned in 1932 was given b_v two members of the Ottawa (inv- ernmcnt during the St. lienri hv-election in Jan- uary of last year, that the (iovernmcnt refused to hear opponents of the .<(‘ll(‘lTi(‘, and that the C.N.R. directors did not make their announce- ment till eleven months later. The general sus- picion that a political purpose is being served, appears, in the light of these circumstances, says the Gazette, to rest upon a very strong founda- tion. liven if the (iovcrnment did not origin- ate the plan for this $I2,Go0.oo0 expenditure it is nevertheless bound up directly in the project, fitiaiiciaily and otherwise, and cannot therefore escape I‘CSpOllSil)llil_V for an obvious and flagrant violation of the statutory policy of co-opera- tion to which the Arlniiiiistration and both rail- way systems are boutiil. it ii: iii it The cotistrtiction of timber houses in Scot- land is now well l\c_vond the experinicntal stage. Many sclicnies are in progress or in prospect, and at least one large scheme of 500 houses at Dundee, built of Canadian VVI-stern red cedar, is now nearing completion. This contract was recently extended to include the. building of 540 additional houses of the same type of construc- tion. “To the Canadian lumber industry," says Mr. Johnson, Trade C o m m is s i o n c r. “pai'ticul:».rly that of British Columbia, the iniportancc of this type of building is obvious. l7.ven if all houses in Scotland con- lined in be built of stone or brick, large quant- tities of llouglas fir would be ncctlcrl for carcass- ing and finishings, because a quarter of :1 mil- lirm or more houses are rcqiiircd in the next ten or twelve years. l‘-tit if a coiisitlcrablc part of each of these houses is to be of timber, as seems altogether probable, the quantity of timber need- ed will be much lll‘l'f‘IiF"(l by the use of \\‘cstern red cedar for walls, weather boarding and shingles." it t iii it

The King Government has for two years re- solutely refused to meet the demands of groups in the House and of many organizations through- out the country to impose an enibargo on the shipment to Japan of essential war materials, in- cluding important metals and foodstuffs and forest products. During the past three. years while Japan has been pushing her frontiers west- ward in Asia, Canada has sold to that country about %,0oo,ooo worth of goods, of which

nickel, copper. zinc and scrap iron, while Can- adians in that period bought from Japan about $25,000,000, including textiles, rubber products and a variety of less important commodities. An important feature of the situation created by President Roosevelt's sudden move is the pos- sibility already pictured of Britain also terminat- ing its old trade treaty with Japrm. Such a step would almost automatically end Canad:-i’s friend- ly trade relations with the aggressor in Asia. During the Bennett regime there was a three- monihs trade “war" between Canada and Japan, each imposing its maximum duties on the goods of the other. but Mr. King on returning to power

metals represent the largest share, including °

NOTES BY THE WAY

Willie sat down at his desk and regarded the examination paper with some anxiety. Then his race cleared. He could do it. "What". ran the first question “is a synonym?" carefully Willie wrote: "A synonym Isawoirdyouuselnplaoe ofe.n- other when you can't. spell the one you first Lhoilght of." “What is vel- ocity?" was the second question. Again Willie did not. hesitate. "Vel- ocity", he wrote. "is that with which a man lets go of at He passed. —London Tit.-Bit.s.

The state of Iowa. recently impou- ed 8. cigarette tax. It now wishes it had.n‘t.. The tax is making criminals of the good people of Iowa. Certain Iowa. people. the authorities dis- cover. are engaging in the nefarious practice of going to a. neighboring state, buying a couple of_ packages or even a carton of cigarettes un- taxed by Iowa and then retu.r.rilni; home. Even truckers are suspected of slipping H. couple of cartons into their cabs before entering Iowa. thus cheating the state of tential revenue. The Iowa law prov des that anyone caught. in the state with more than two packets of cigar- ett-es not hearing the Iowa tax stamp may be fined $50. for each pack. And Iowa revenue agents may enter any home or business estab- lishment without a warrant. or stop any car or ttuck, also without a warrant. to search out the tax- gcdging clgarett,e.— Winn’psg Tri- ll'2le.

For many years..i.he theory of amalgamation bf count/y school section-3 was not pcpular. Elected trustee boards did not relish the extinction of their authority and there was a certain amount of local pride associated with the ex- iSlI3l’lC‘3 of the school. Time and intelligent consideration of the pro- blems involved have succeeded in br-saklzig doiin thasc prejudices. The people of the country now zcallze that circurnstances beyond their control are dictating a. course that is likely to prove the best for all concerned.—Woo:istock Sentinel-Rteview.

So. no matter what. the British and French attitudes may be, it is certainly this country's duty to it.- self to let. Japan know that the measures adopted by her atmed forces against international com- munities in China, and the naval

181‘. are wa-r measures. She should be told in no uncertain terrns that It; is not this country's custom to maintain friendly relations. diplo- matic or commercial, for one day with nations tfriat, have gore to war with us.—N-ew York Herald Tribune

_I have often said that if ever a Ministry of Information were creat- ed in this country Commander Stephen King-Hall ought to toe Riven a prominent pssltlon in it. In the light of events I am inclin- ccl to revise that opinion. for Com- mandct Klmz-Hall. through his own personal letters to German readers, .se«.°ni.s likely to achieve in his pri- vate capacity (for it is genuinely 8. Pflvaiie capacity) more than he could ever accomplish as an of- ficial. There could be no more con- viticlniz testimony to the success or his efforts in the field of enlight- ment and propaganda than the fu?.V it has aroused in the breast of the German Minister of Enlight- ment and Propaganda. Having read the last. of the l.i‘i.l’€i'3 letters so far I_ am_ not su.i"p:‘lsecl. It is precisely ire right mixture of g:=nia'ity_ bad- innge and sober argument. to attract attention. and if not to ecnvert. at any rate to impress. The letter touch-as lightly but firmlv on Ger- many's financial difficulties, admlu frecly— London Spectator

The rabbit story which Lee Hart- man and Roy Caldwell are now circulating in Des Moines, Iowa may or may not be a. straw in the wind. It may have no significance at, all. It. does. however. have a, moral which may be worth the attention of ciniiicm pcrsonages who have been going on the ilheory that worms don’t, turn and that rabbits are not Dutmacious. Mr. Hartman and Mr. Caldwell, according to the Associated Press, stopped their car somewhere on the Iowa. prairies to find out. what. the rabbit was up to. "The rabbit“, as the despatch com- tinucs. "was giving battle to H. fivc-foot bull snake that had attem- pted to swallow her vcung. The men said they watched while the rabbit sveizcd_ the snake. shook it. and kill- ccl it.’ Presumably Mr. Hartman and Mr. Caldwell then went, back to Des Moines. as almost anyone would do under the circumstances. Perhaps no conclusions should be drawn until reports come in from S0l’l'l'? trustworthv old -fashioned flsncrmen or a few reliable early birds. Still. the situation is worth watching: —New York Times

The Capetown City Council has Mrecd to the orcctim-i in the city‘ of 8 municipal theatre at 9. cost of’ about 5240.000 of which 5210.000 will

be contrlbiiicd by the Centenary Celebration Committee. It. was de-

Lrels activities be vested in the Council. which wzuld act on the ad- vice of an advisory head to be com- pcsrd cf rcpmscntatlvcs of the the- rrtre committee and the Cmmcil. The re.solu'irm provided that the selection of a site for the proposed theatre should be left to the mecial sub-committee or the General Pur-

cided that the control of tlte thea- ..

PUBLIC FQRUM

this l0llI—I In open In: the diuuuln by ounupoaunts of queues; of interest. Ibo Cliulottotawl Ounrliu done not necessarily undone the opinion of oornapoldoatl. '

CH'TOWN-BOBDEN HIGHWAY

Sir.—My thanks to The Guar- dian for contacting Mr. Blssett, President. of the Charlottetown Board of Trade. with reference to the recommendations of that body to the route of’ the Cha.rlottet;owii- Borden highway, and for securtiiz the explanation of their aotioii. Mr. Bissel.i.'s stattements, as re- porteci in your issue of the 2nd inst. clear the atrriosphere of the unsavory odor of 8. biased cieclsion.

Since it is apparent that. the route for the highway has been definitely established. and since another fast. one has been put over Oharlnttetown. despite our warn- ing to all business men of the city during the Winter of 1938. by giving them a through highway to Sununerslde via. Bonshaiv, Al- bany and Bedeque. instead of to Borden as was the original inten- tion. and since the Board of Trade and City Council of Char-, lottetown are dissatisfied with the mute followed, it, is time that pressure were applied to have a direct. Charlottetown-Borden high- way land.

I trust my former letter, and that of "One Interested" served to some extent to enlighten the citi- zens of Cliarlattetown and other parts of the proviiice re. the ad- vantages of the Cape Traverse- Augusrine Cove ro-ut-= over the one reccznmeiided by the Board of Trade and sanctioned by the City Council.

Charlotte-tcrwn and points east are directly interested in a shorter, direct road to Burden and have iecc-mmende:l an impractical route to the government. as has been shown. They have been shown that the route recommended is no shorter than that through Aug- ustine Cove, that it collects more snow, and has many other dis- advantages. while the five farm- ers (correcting the number “four" as previously stated) vvhose land is concerned in the construction of the 1.2 miles of l\‘l highway re- commended are 10.: per cent. op- posed to it. I aim informed by an authoritative source that one property would be reduced in value fifty per cent should 8. new highway be built. diagonally through it, while settlement with the owner would be made on a fixed government rate per acri- for the land a/ppm-printed. Another farmer whose land would be diag- onally crossed tells me that it is worth annually to him the amount. he would receive in full settlement; for the land required for the con- struction of the hl.1hway across his property. .

With regard to the ‘est of the two routes. taking ‘into consider- ation the cost of buying the land required. of building the new road, of bridge construction. and of grading: and paving. the total cost at the 3-8 miles of highway recc-mrneridecl by Ci‘lh!'iUi’L(.‘lO\Vll would be little below the cost of paving the route through Aug- ustine Cove. If the i'€!i.'llC'ilGn in 5 e value of the five farms cross- e is considered, as it should be since they are provincial assets. the shore route will figure the cheaper of the two.

Attention has already been dlr. ected to the greater‘ number of residents to be served on the Aug- ueitiiie Cove ro-ute, Anti to the extensive ti.g-rlciiitural enterprise or one farmer. It sliould be added that the traffic in farm produce and supplies on tliir. read is im- riouibtedly the heaviest. ot any road of similar length in the prov- inice. As is generally known. this is one of the greatest potato pro- ducing districts on Prince Edward Island. '

Now. Charlottetown, the dist.ric,t.s oi’ Carleton. Cape Traverse and Augustine Cove are iinltedly ioo

er cent behind a movement to

Eve the old post read through these communities hard-surfaced,