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Muruln] Dally (Founded iu 186'!) Authorized us rieconil Ulrsll biali. Post Olfloe Department, Ottawa. The isiuud Guardian Publishing Co. ‘Idtior uurl ' Director, J. it. Burnett;

Associate Editor, Ireuk Wulkee

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

CHABLUTTETOWN, SATURDAY, JUNE 12. 1948+

Mr. Dhureh Takes Exoeptioir

Mr. T. l... Church, M.P. takes exception to the criticism of his remarks appearing in The Guardian of May 28, in which it was pointed out that he was 75 per cent wrong in blaming the Maritime Provinces for not developing their own resources. We had no intention of discrediting Mr. Church's previous efforts on behalf of the Maritimes, but merely to point out that the prosperity which has come to Central Canada has been at the expense of these Provinces by the sea. He cannot deny that many Maritime in- dustries, started and developed in competition with Central Canadian industries, have been wiped out by Toronto and Montreal capitalists. Our natural trade, north and south, was divert- ed at Confederation and the artificial tariff barriers which brought prosperity to Mr. Church's Province, brought no ‘compensafing benefits to us

Ani -example of tho industrial activity in this Province in the eighteen-seventies, before ii was killed by Central Canadian industries bol- stered by high tariffs, is given elsewhere on this page, in a descriptoin of local manufactures feat- ured at our Provincial Exhibition. Plows, harrows and all kinds of farm machinery, clothing, etc., all produced on the Island, and of the very best! Where are these industries today? Concentrated in Ontario and Quebec, along with all our mon- etary resources in tho shape of banking and in- surance head offices, into which the wealth of the whole country seeps annually. g

This was not inevitable under Confederation, but was due to the failure at Ottawa-dominated as it has always been by the "big interest" Pro- vinces-to fulfill Confederation pledges. One need only cite in this connection the preamble to the Maritime Freight Rates Act, passed on the recommendation of the Duncan Commission which Mr. Church claims credit for having estab- lished. The preamble refers to the lntercolonial ‘Railway as having been designed, among other things, "to afford the Maritime merchants, trad- ers and manufacturers the larger market of the whole Canadian people inbtead of the restricted market of the Maritimes themselves." This was to have been our quid pro quo for the loss of our profitable natural market in the New England States, but it never materialized.

In ‘Mr. Church's opinion, as reported in Han- sard of May 26 last, "the Maritime Provinces are largely to blame for the condition in which they find themselves at the present time, under their free trade theories." As we sacrificed both the substance and theories of free trade on the altar of Confederation three-quarters of a century ago, how does he account for our resultant condition of economic strangulation today?

The Liquor Pleirisolto

The Canadian Legion is sponsoring a cam- paign to bring out as many votes as possible in the plebiscite to be held on June 28 on the liquor question. As this is the only way by which the issue can be fairly determined, it should re- ceive the indorsation of both sides.

Prohibitory Ii uor legislation has been a live question in this P vince for a longer period than our oldest citizens can recall. As far back as i852 a committee of the Legislature, in re- sponse to numerous petitions, recommended "that it is expedient to prohibit by law the im- portation and distillation of all spirituous liquors ot present used as a beverage." The only result of this resolution was the passage of an amend- ment to the license law providing that no tavern license should be granted until recommended by the Grand Jury of the County. In i856, a com- mittee of the House again recommended the passage of a bill to prohibit by law the "manu' facture, importation and sale of intoxicanis ex- cept for medical, mechanical and religious pur- poses." A bill to this end was actually passed by the Assembly, but was rejected by the Legis- lative Council.

The first Scot Act election, under the auspices of a branch of the Dominion Temper- ance Alliance, was held here in i878. It brought Prince County under the operation of the Can- ada Temperance Act. A majority of the electors of Charlottetown and King's County voted for its introduction in the following year, and in lB80 a majority of the electors of Queen's’ as well. So it became, for some years, the law throughout the Province. In i897, however, a majority of the city glectors voted it out, and there ensued the so-called "Free Rum" period, with liquor legalized in Charlottetown and prohibited in other sections of the Province.

This experiment lasted only three years. In i900 Pgemier. Farquharson passed the Prohibitory Liquor Law, under which "no person, directly or indirectly, or upon any device," could "sell or barter, or in consideration of the purchase of any property, give any person any intoxicating liquor." This law was several times amended, and finally consolidated in l9l9 in a statute lwhich continues to form the basis of our Prohibition Act, though it was considerably modified by the introduction of the six months’ scripts two years ago.

Several plcbiscites have been taken on this age-old issue, resulting each time in o com- paratively small tdtol vote. In I893, foi example, the vote was l0,585 for prohibition, 3,33i aplnst. At the last plebiscite, held on June 25, i940, the question was the sale of beer and wins. and the vote was 10,426 against, Moi for. This lsfto wldefmorgin‘ for guesswork as r the act. ual sentiment of the majority of ellg ls voters.

' If ls to be hoped, therefore, that in the forth-

". "sswilngplebissirs n; Legit»: new will i» re-

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or the other, so that, in the words of the statute, the Government will be in a position "to ascer- tain the approval p’ otherwise of the Prohibition Act by a majority of persons qualified to vote thereat as hereinufteflprovided.“

-- EDITORIAL NOTES -

Tomorrow 3rd Sunday after Trinity. I I I I

We would willingly let Ontario and the rest of Canada have some of our refreshing rainfall, provided we got more sunshine to help our crops.

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Approximately 6,000 air cadets will be guests of the R. C. A. F. while attending summer camp at air force stations, air force headquart- ers announce. Maritime cadets will go to Sum-

merside. '

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His Excellency, the Governor General and Lady Alexander's present extended tour should be an ideal preparation for arriving at an auth- oritative judgment of the relative charms of this

Island Province.

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The new car models have been referred to as "functional." There could hardly be a word further in meaning from the more-striking as- pects of modern design. False fronts and fake streamlining surely call for,‘ another adjective.

According to the Bureau of Statistics the average income of medical doctors in the Mari-

times in i945 was $5,600 against $6,200 for the.

iest of Canada. These figures include the big cities as _well as the small town and country doctors whose incomes are much below the aver-

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Our representatives at Ottawa are doing splendid work in keeping our interests_to the front in Parliament and before the Govhrn- ment. Nothing succeeds like success, and "up and doing" seems to be the motto of our M.P.'s at this particular juncture.

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The essential difference between liberty and despotism is that a despot can hide his mis- takes. Where freedom exisis the faults of the great are held up for all to see. The newspaper- man's creed is, "Let the people know." That of the politician should be, "Public business should be transacted in public."

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Today's issue of The Guardian creates a record for one firm's advertising, viz., Small- man's of Summerside, who utilize no fewer than twelve pages announcing their "Super Sale". Their enterprise will not only reap rich rewards to themselves, but will materially benefit other merchants in Summerside by bringing crowds to the enterprising western capital.

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The gold rush days of the '49, etc., are hav- ing their counterpart in the present boom in uranium. Promoters will be selling stock in mines that exist principally in their own imag- inatian. Even a government certificate of high radio-active content of the ore means very little. There are numerous outcroppings of such ore not nearly extensive enough to warrant develop-

ment.

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Following an urgent appeal from the Can- adian Government, ten thousand tons of Aus- tralian scrap steel are to be brought to Canada. The sale will relieve a definite shortage in Can- ada and supply Australioswith dollars. There have been inquiries about Australian steel plates and sheets for Canada. Exports to North Am- erican countries from Australia are on the in- crease and for the first nine months of the fin- ancial year were valued at $96,000,000.

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Rt. Hon. Robert Anthony Eden, P.C., M.P., M.C., etc., British statesman, bbrn this date i897; Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs in the Chamberlain administration, but resigned on disagreement with his chief; went on special mis- sion to Moscow, and on formation of Coalition Government was recalled to membership by Mr. Churchill, and resumed his portfolio which he held till the defeat of the Churchill Govern- ment in i945.

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There are i3 vacancies in the Senate to be filled, and the question disturbing the minds of Liberal politicians at Ottawa and elsewhere is- will the Prime Minister fill these before his resig- nation or leave the task to his successor? As more than one Cabinet Minister has expressed a wish to be provided for in the safe haven of the Senate, the probability is that Mr. King will inake the ap- pointments round about Dominion Day, and fill the Cabinet with acting appointments, thus giv" ing his successor free scope to make his own sei- ection of Cabinet timber.

On reaching school-leaving age the chil- dren of Britain are to be given every possible en" couragement to follow a career of their own choice. This is one of the main aims of the Em- ployment and Training Bill _which was recently given second reading in the House of Commons. One of the provisions of the Bill is the appoint- ment of local juvenile employment officers who will meet each boy and girl of school-leaving age andgoffer information and guidance bf a voca- tional nature. Officers will work in close co-op- eration with teachers and parents and there will be no compulsion for the children to follow the

advice given.

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One job extra is nothing to a girl in blue, says Colin Wills, speaking in the BBC‘: series "ln Britain Today"—-Doris Sullivan is a con- ductress on a London bus. As her bus rolled along beside the docks the other morning, Doris heard screams, and sow o small boy of three struggling in the water. She rang the bell, jumped off, divzd in" fully-clothed, rlscusd the boy, picked up her scattered money and tickets, iumpsd on, rgng the bell, and off went the bus, with drip- ping Doris counting the change. "And," she tpld raozrtsrlsl proudly," "l was. only twopsnce ..2‘;. a.1'::'a ." ‘

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Jioios By Tho Way-

Iorestjirea in some ports of Cu- usda. devastating Spring floods in others. If variety is wanted we have it. - Ottawa Journal. t

Now possible is '- roaket which will go 111 around the earth in 30 minutes-end theoretically clip the too-accurate launcher on the back o_f the head. -Edmonton Journal,

Twelve-day visitors to Canada from the United States now may take homo with them goods worth $400, free of duly. A good thing for us, eo long no they do not. take it entirely in butter. f-Amllfilbl. News Sentinel. ,

Nowadays when you let a Job, you can come within hailing dls- tance of the flnnl cost. by estimat- ing what the figure should be. then double ft. and" add 20 percent, for likely price increases while the pro- ject ls being completed. — Kitchen- er-Watzrloo Record.

A-srouomers report that Mira sometimes changes within a month from one of the brightest stars in the heavens to a dlmness far be- low visibility without a telescope. They should not worry so much about Mira. She has her counter- part. in Hollywood stars who fade out. of sight. without. bringing the world to an end. -- Peterborough Examiner.

We now find that we've got in bring our political glossary up be date. We have always referred to the deliberate delaying of legislative action in the United States Sen- ate as flilbusberlng. But Senator McClellan says that. if or when President ‘rt-union's “civil rights" proposals came up in the senate, there may be ‘ some profound medl- tatlon and extended discussion.”- Arkansas Gazette. .

Canadians have failed to give us much as 40 cents per ceplta for Europe's children. frhe two prov- inces most. often described as the “pooresb" have given the most to the Canadian Appeal for Children --Saskatch_ewan. 55 cents and Prince Edward Island, 50 cents. The three richest.‘ provinces are fer down the scale - British Columbia. 20 cents. Ontario about. l8 and Que- bec l’7. -Edmont.on Journal.

We are living in uncertain times. None can foresee what. the immed- fste future may hold. Under such ‘conditions, rosy optimism in 1t.- eelf is not. enough. Preparedness ls essential. And part of that pre- paredness, at. least. must. depend upon the stable structure of gov- ernment. finance, en integral part. in the machinery of quick conver- sion if lt. becomes necessary "to our program on short. notice." - Vlctorla Times.

In an effort to obtain 50 square feel: of glass to replace broken cloches (In order to grow more vegetables) I have the four-page B. M. 104 form filed up ln tripli- cate. a note from the local author- lly referring me to the county agricultural executive committee, and a letter from the latter re- ferring me to the former. I would add that. the agricultural executive committee had the note from the local authority when writing. - Letter in LondorPTlmes.

A high voltage line is under con- struction to deliver French-gener- ated electricity to Belgldn indus- tries. F's-once ls now getting a bil- lion kilowatt-hours of electricity from the German Ruhr. Lt has been the conviction of many that. if Eur- ope ls ever welded into economic and political unity the engineers wlll have to do the welding. Here ln North America, railroads, power lines and pipe lines cross our Mexi- can and Canadian boundaries as if they weren't even there. Thai. the European power web will pivot on Switzerland ls all to the good. The Swiss long since learned how to live together regardless of tongue and breed. - Chicago Dally News

One-notices frequently that. lin- portanl. statements. clear of tech- nical verbiage and sefdown in most. simple words, are most. ef- fective. A typical case ls contam- ed m remarks made by an uniden- tlfled writer ln an American magn- zlne, "Iron and Steel Engineer." Said he, "A dollar won't do as much as lt. used to because we donb do as much for the dollar as we used to." A survey of the building trade shows that. productivity ls actually down about. 40 p. c. under pro-war figures, while hourly. rater. are up 70 per cent. Combine these two factors, says the writer, and we find coals 100 p. c. higher. "There ls an irrefutable axiom than we can not buy more than we Droducewlt ls a pity that everyone can not. believe lt.."- Fort William ‘Times-Journal.

Due to the influx of Dutch im- migrants» thto Kent. County. the first Christian Reform Churn-n st Chatham has its capacity taxed to overcrowding. The congregation, the only one of lie denomination in Kent. is looking for more spacious quarters and has plans in prepare- tlon for e new edifice. This lr: a most encouraging trend. People who go to church are usually use- ful law-abiding citizens. The Dutch newcomers who crowd the cnurch st. Chuthsm are proving their de- sire to be good gltlaens of Csnsds. There is nothing to prevshr, more immigrants from joining other de- nomlgat-lous in Canada, or attend- ing whatever church is nearest them. But, if they wish to attend s church of the d uomlnsuon to which they have sen accustom- ed, li would bs s friendly gesture if .other churches would assist them. If other congregations would pitch in and help the Dutch build their new church, it. would be an example of practical Christianity.- , Windsor Btu. '

This column is open to the discussion by orrespour dents of questions of interest The Charlottetown Guardian does not. nee " endorse the opinion of correspond- euil. ‘ . _

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Sir.—My attention hes been drawn to an article in your news- papers of Friday, May 28th. I would like you to know that. your article ls not. correct and does me a. grave lnJustlce, as I was the author of the notional fuel supply and also the system at bonuses and subvenflons and subsidies for the Maritime Provinces. I enclose s copy of my address when I first entered the House of Cormrons for a national coel supply and about assistance to the Maritlmes. Fur-- ther, I introduced a resolution ln the House ln 1926 on Constitution- e1 Parliamentary, Cabinet and Law Refonm. which resulted in the ap- pointment by the Government of the Duncan Commission to reporn on economic matters relating Lo the three Maritime Provinces. so you do me s great injustice. Further, I gave an address as I was seeing the 75th Battalion ofl at Halifax, in the First Great. War ln March 1916. in which I pflld t-rlbute to the Marltlmes for e.‘.l they have done for Canada and blush I dld not. believe in hog- irough politics. As president of the Union of Canadian Municipal- ities, I urged not. only s national fuel supply, but. good roads. a notional hydro policy, steam re- serves "for power, reclamation of marsh lands and irrigation and the Chlgnecto Canal to provide a. beck door into the St. Lawrence for security purposes and navigation on the same basis as the British Government after the war of 1818 constructed the Rldeau Canal as s back door into Luke Ontario.

It. ls true that. during s. debate three weeks ago I did ssy that. the Marltlmes were somewhat to blame for their own present condition. and I urged in my 1916 speech at Halifax that. what. ls for the good of one Province ls for the good of all. and that. the Conservative doc- trine of bonuses, subventlons and subsidies could solve the economic problems of each Province, and assist. Confederation on the Con- federation principle of the policy of the old ‘Comldh battle cry of "Each for All and All for Each.” My hope‘ was that. the First War would teach us. as Canadians. to be one and nationalize our whole economic and industrial llfe so that Canada's growth would supply all the freight. the Canadian Paclflc Railway can carry to Saint. John and the Cnrladlan Government railways with freight of Canadian crlglu that will tax the capacity of the new terminals and har- bours.

Ontario ls not. s provincial Pro- vince and Toronto ls not; a provin- cial clly. We are for Canada. and the British Empire all the time and we are prepared lo support the expenditure of every dollar that will make Halifax or st. John frourlsh as Canada's national ports summer and winter.

“What. do you think o! our Hall- frrX fair in general, Mr. Church?" the reporter asked. (This to evd in 191d from Halifax Press re- port).

“Your ext. exhibit gave evidence of power ln the illustration of the life of your own Province, of your own people at this time. o

“Your industrial exhibit added to the pride every Canadian should feel la the greatness of his own country and the enterprise of his own fellow countrymen. You have everything here in Nova scotla. all the wealth that. lhe mines, the sea. the fields, fisheries and for- ests can yield.

“What you need and what we in Ontario and every other Province neecL-bul: in Ontario the conser- vative party, the only genuine party of progress in our Province has made n slam-what you need ls more of the policies of principle and progress and less of the poll- tlcs of peanuts and party.

“I think Halifax ls miserably lighted. You need a. hydro policy. to a-nencipaie Nova Scotln from the corporations. as Slr Adam Beck with the help c-f Slr James Whit- ney. emancipated Ontario and. make no mistake, there will be no turning back on the part. of thb Conservative party in Ontario. l believe that. the Hearst Govern- ment will stand bythe Hydro.