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THE CHARDOTTETOWN GUARDIAN

JUNE 1h_1947

TllE GIIARLOTTETOWR GUARDIAN

Morning Daily (Founded In 1807)

Authorized as Second Class Mull. Post Department. Ottawa.

Presldent, Ian A. Burnett; Vice-President, Wm. l.

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Burnett; Sena-Tread, G. M. Burnett; Editor and blannging Director, J. It. Burnett; Alooclato Editor. * Frank Walker.

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

\\'EDNESDAY, JUNE I1, 1M7

Precedent In Rate-Making

A judgment of considerable interest to Canada at tire present time has been given b_v the Umtcd States Supreme Court, in upholding

b. n 7 to 2 majority dccision, on interim ruling -

mnalc by the interstate Commerce Commission

i» May, 1945, with regard to interstate freight.

citss mics. ln this interim ruling, the Commis- s..:n ordrrczl that class rates should be raised by l0 per ccnt in the industrial Northeast ond lo-tml by l0 per ccnt in the agricultural South and \'.-*'cst.

l. r: rail carloaal traffic movcs under- tiqyc ' _ lts importance lics in the fact. first a princ plc has been enunciated and a pre-r c;:..~"t csrzbiished.

ln molzing the ruling, (he Commission im- recognition of the fact that unjust dis- ics in rates have existed as between the in- .. pal ond agricultural rsgions. lt accepted the responsibility of slriiirig to correct those in- ](IfTlC€S. lt is noteworthy that the Unifxl States transportation authority did not scch to meet ti-c S|ILlO1l0f1 by o horizontal or general increase in rates (such as is contemplated in the 30 per

cznt blanket increase opplzcollan of the Rail--

way Assaciotioir of Canada‘ now below flit’. Transport Board). Thus tnc ‘ marcc Commission found by investigation that the agricultural sections of the country were paying more than their forr shore I11 fPelql" roles. u mod towards equalizing the burds" as between lie East on the one 110ml 00d lh" South and (h: West on the other.

The Commission's action was challenged. ll‘ now be:n confirnud. ln the Zfiooo-Willd mo rty opinion of the United‘ States Supreme

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Court, Justice Douglas commented that there is o strong cos: for the contention that natural disadvantages alone are not IESPWWl-lle i“ H” ..d development of THE 501ml ""4

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Birtter Supply Increasing

As indicated in yesterday's dcspotchrzs, but- ter is among (he commodities nav/ removed from ffili"‘z".g control. The exploration is sinrple. Ac- ca; ing to n compiloricnyustrclcased by th-a Do- mirion Bureau of Statistics, the production of Con- acirfs crcontrries in the month of April .tcd to cpprcxirnatcly 21,000,000 pounds, on increase of one million pounds over that of the corresponding month of 1946. Addmg in

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, k »' t ‘d’ -,' d -| p ting the western powers against Russia. __ Z.°°..‘..'.?.Z.°'§.?£;. :r;“...:i .:.;?;‘"..":r:.:.t*. r- or rr- ir- ery butter omounled to approximately 36,000; “cry “m7 9'9“ °' §m°“' mus’ “Nays lmikev 00-3 pounds as compared with 25,000,000 in the h" “favflmbl? Place m lhe_ Wmld “d "mt the San... mo-yh n} rh- pPViOUS year According t0 resulting conflicts are not intended to result in .. .. _ - ,

(rode reports, 5,118,376 pounds of butter were

imported in February and March, most of whichl

come from New Zcaland, materially strengthen- ing the stack position this season.

On April 1, the holdings of creomery but»,

rer amounted to more than 15,000,000 pounds, approximately three time: the quantity report- ed at the some date in the previous year. On May l, the end of the storage period when stocks reach the low point, the quantity in store and in transit amounted to 11,000,000 pounds as against 7,000,000 at the some date lost year. The 1947 supply season begins, therefore, with o substantial carry-over, and providing produc- tion continues above the level of the previous year, o favourable supply position is indicated. Conversely, however, Canada's total pro- ducticn of milk fell approximately 4.099.090 pounds in March, 1947, os compared with the ._t,.,e n-(Qpfh lost year, the form output of l,- wssrpoo pounds comparing with 1,073,000.- 000' pounds n. March, 19/16. Soles of fluicl milk declined 3 1-2 per cent in March, thetotal being 298,332,000 paunds. Cream solcs did not ra-

v:.'_"l n5 great a decline, so that the total soles

of mril: and cream ccsnbinad, amounting to 350,-

444,000 pounds, was just three per Cent bE-lOW

that of March, 1946.

Farmers realized approrgmotelg 01159500 from the sole of dairy Pr"? "<35 "W19 e 7"“ iffy, revealing on increase of neorly $2,000.13”) or 11.7 per cent over the sales InCOMB f0! ll"!

some mouth of the previous year.

"Strange (‘iliscnnception

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this effect:

anyone should patronize entertainment which is either above or below his level of enjoyment. The strange thing is that Shakespeare, of all crscns, should now be in the "highbrow" class, and he regarded only as suited to pedonfs on-l intellectuals, ond not ot all to the mon-ln-the- street. One con imagine what roars of laugh- ter would come from the Mermaid Tavern in Shakespeare's doy, if this verdict of posterity were mode known to the bard and his compon- ions. Toine, in his History of English Literature, gives o lively description of the playhouse of

Shakespeare's doy,—-certoinly no place for o,

_"liighbrow". "On u dirty sits, on the bonk of

' q does not affect any sizeoble vol-. b:r.c:'.:sc only about 4 per cent of,

interstate Com-.

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crit heard |n' explanation of the comparatively slim audiences ot the film show- ing of Shakespeare's Henry V last wg-ek was n, "The picture was great, but the average person doesn't like highbrow stuff; he prefers something with o more popular appeal." This is quite true, nor is there any reason why

the Thames, rose the principal theatre,

h (Globe, o sort of hexagonal tower, surrounded. y

Thy o muddy ditch, on which was hoisted a rod flog. Tho common people could enter as well as the rich; then were sixpenny, twopenny, even penny seats; but they could not see it without money. lf it ruined, as it often rains in London, the people in the pit, butchers, mercers, bak- ers, sailors, apprentices, received the streaming ruin upon their heads. Whil-- woiting for _the piece, they amuse themselves after their ffmhion, drink beer, crock nuts, not fruit, howl,

and now and then resort to their lists. They (have been known to foll upon the actors, ond (tan the theatre upside down. At other times ,thuy were dissatisfied and went to the tavern i lo give the poet a hiding, or toss him in o blon- ket."

Above them, on the stage, were the spec- lorors able to pay o shilling, "the elegant peo- plz, the gentle-folk." These were sheltered from Ihll rain, ond if they chose to pay on extra shill- inc; could hove a stool. "To this were reduced the prerogatives of ronk ond the devices of com- fort. They ploy cards, smoke, insult the pil, who give it to them without stinting, and throw apples at them into the bargain."

Those were the audiences Shakespeare hal, ond to whom he appealed because he song _"b;th high and low." To his mogic touch those untamed mobs responded as to the- wond of o wizard, their fervent imaginations kindled by the homeliest scenes as well ‘as the most exalt- ed poetry. They never weoried of their favorite passages, clamoring to have (hem repeated again and again, until they knew them by heon; on.l woe betide the unlucky actor who stumbled in his lines!

Thus Shakespeare came down to us, crown- ed with the humblest boys os well as the loftiest louels. No "highbrow" surely, unless we ore pmpored to relegate the authors of "Tom O’ =St."nter", "Pi|grim's Progress" ond "Gulliver's lTFIIVClS" to the some frigid category.

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Reports indicate that the box cor shortage will be even more serious this yeor than lost. llslond shippers would be well advised to ar- lro-ige as much carriage by sea as possible. 5' i i fi i

Experiments in rain-making by dropping ‘Tfloxes of dry-ice from aircraft have proved sur- jcessful. Now they should find some way to itu-"n il off. I i i O her Good Neighbours. [The President and his family ore more than honoured guests. Like the late F. D. R. we hope they will regard Canada as a home owoy from home.

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l Politics make strange bedfellows. Tetsu lKatayoma, the new Socialist Premier of Japan "is the Presbyterian grandson of a Shinto priest; jwl l: Jiichiro Motsumoto, vice-chairman of the f Diet, or upper house, is on Eta, the-equivalent in s lcpnn of India's "Untouchables."

The shades of Nazi leaders must gloat over the success of their plans to win the peace by set- lt is

, wcr and need not do so.

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l Newfoundland hos o delegation in Ottawa, (discussing the possibility of the Colony becom- (Hg o Province of the Dominion. Canadian opin- =ion would welcome such on arrangement, if iNEWfOUIILllOIIC wants it. There might be some ‘irntotion over the presence of U. S. forces on Canadian soil, ond U. S. forces ore in Newfound- lond to stay.

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Sir John Franklin, English Arctic explorer, died this date 1847; commanded the overland expedition from Hudson Bay to the Arctic Sea in 1319 when only twenty-three; four years loter he commanded another expedition which traced the North American coast as for as 149 deg. 37' W longitude; was Knighted, and mode governor of Von Dieman's Land (Tasmania) (1836-43); he dicd during his ill-fated expedition for the dis- covery of on N. W. passage to the Pacific in

1847; the ships were last seen by o whzrler in Baffin Boy in 1845; in the foliowing nine years no fewer than 39 ex-

peditions were sent out in search of the porty, but without success till 1857 when McClintock discovered traces ond records to show that Frc-nklin, before his death had discovered the N. W. passage, though he had foiled to traverse l!’ I I I I

Not mony businesses enjoy the distinction of Messrs. Moore 8i McLeod Ltcl., in having ot its head four "young-old" men with an aggre- gate age of 316 years. When the firm began "on their own," S4 years ogo, the port- ners consisted of Messrs. George Moore, S. A. McLeod, J. P. Gordon ond W. A. Stewart, all with high hopes of "making o go of it" in competition with the then old es- tablished ond flourishing competitors. With the energy ond enterprise that has characterized the-m all through life, they mode the grade in their first year, and have bun going oheod over‘ since. Today thly have launched out on ox- tansive improvements, which have necessitated (he addition of o third storey to their centrally located stores. Should they desire further extension they have plenty room in the reor of the premises, so the present expansion may be merely preliminary to further develop- ments for the junior partners to keep in view. As it in, it must be something of o record for four business man of the average ago of sev- enly-nina to embark with commendable enthusi-

om upon such o progressive and worthwhile dc- volopmnt -

What In: alwayl mypflfled us ll (he enormous distance a car run. nmg a! "moderate" speed can tia-‘ vel from zhe (urie (Fm-st gets into trouble until if crashes info a tree m‘ fence. ~Windrsor Blur.

Taxpayers would feel about fanaily allowances if they could be assured (he monthly cheque was spent on milk, clothe: and schooling rather than on pop. chocolate bars and picture shows. ~Farmerb Advocate.

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The official lhfilfloo on the use cf paper show that. (he book (rode last sear received $1 percent of its prewar supplies, says The Lon- rion New Statesman and Nation. Th‘s compares very favorably with (he quota of 29.7 percent allotted (n nmvspopers or (he 29.3 percent given (n periodicals.

If used b0 be mid. before farm 110N185 had city conveniences for hshlcnin: labor. (hot (m; average farmer buried two wives before (he (hirrl saw him safely off to (he graveyard. Has (he pendulum swung (on far in (he oppcsi-(e di- recfion? Tu/enly men once were asked which they would prefer. a shot! life and a merry one. or a long life and n good one. Three said they would be Confenl with a short life- if it were merry enough. All (he nthe-rs wanted a long and good life. Most- men rlo -fhough they cln not always prove i‘. by their actions. -Cha(hnm News.

What may turn out tn be the Inn"! prcdigl-orus dictation and (ypr- sclting job in history is already under way. We refer, of course. to Winsfon Churchill's "Memoirs". which will run to at least fi-ve vo - umes. It seems that Mr. Churchill doesn't write. that ls. not liternlLv; ho dictates, and what he dictates gets set llD on galloys. and (hon Mr. Churchill edits and mu"- frnm (he pulleys, which means 1 - seftin: and more reseffing. -Nc\v York Times.

When traims travel with vacant. passenger space it is not their prac- tice (o take on wayfarers who want (o go from one place Lu rm- mher at no cost (o (hemsslves. Motorists should be just cs hard- boilecl. During (he u-rr everybody stopped for a man l1 : rarely if ever was abused. Today .. p111"- (imble nay of surfing oul. (he oc- casional deserwng hitch-hiker from (he sporzicrs and (he wise driver has (o sregarcl them all.- Ottruva Jciur‘: l.

A reuirlcrrl of Illinois writes the Ontario Department of Travel and Publicity (o speak in the warmest (erms of (he courtesy and fair treatment he received from a gar- age at Cobourg when his car broke (lawn on a (our of (his province. He "xvi-n be back, he says; Ameri- can visitors. he adds. are “over- whelmed“ by (hecourtesy they re- ceive on (his side of the line. De- (cnt roads. good meals, good beds, polile and fair treatment -Lhese are (he things which turn (he (our-

15f. into a regular and satisfied Summer visltc-n- Ottawa Jour- rial

Under the joint. auspices of the Paiifii- Science Board of the Na- Iional Research Council and (he Navy Department, g, group of for- l_\'-f0(ll‘ scientists shonly will be- gin explori-nr: the (.400 islands and atolls which make up the Archi- pelago of Micronesia. says The New York Sun. In this gro-upfirecrulted from one Australian and twenly American institutions, will be geographers. anthropologists and linguists. They “"111 seek (o fill (he gap in Lhr‘ history of civlllzntiorfs progress which. so far as these pinpoinls on 5, map of (he Pacific are (‘0l1C€1‘I1f.‘(l, has been left blank sim-e a German expedillon com- pleted i-(s studies there in 1910.

No pessimist-s are Winthrop W. Melvin-h. chairman of Lhe board of (he Chase Nails-rial Bank. onrl Thomas J. Watson. president of (he International Business Ma- chines Corporation. They see no cause for “boom and bust" alarms and predict that (he United States will not, suffer a major depression as (he alrcrmalh of war. Ml‘. Al- riri-zh and Mr. Watson could be wrong. but they didn't gel where they are in the world of business by making n habit of it. Their forecasts are on (he record and for reasons they must regard a5 sound. Time it certainly ls (o be hoped. will bear (hem out. —BuI- falo Courier-Express.

Victm-ln has many lmenltleo that are peculiarly suited to (he general atmosphere of n, capital city which takes some pride Ln its British traditions. Among (he features that have always been appreciated by both residents and usiLoi-s have been the (recs (hot n-re (o be found in liltlr plots in even the busiest sections of (he any. Herc and (here. leaning u- gainst (all office buildings, are maples and oaks, standing as sym- bols of how (we great nations have been welded ln a, common oft- Izenshlp. The Canadian maple and (he English oak were planted side by side deliberately’ by the plnneers many years ago. But now they are disappearing. sacrificed to (ho need of parking 1015 nnrl other rvidencc of material progress. It. is dlsapprlntlng that VlPIOPlQ, hos succumbed so easily (o (hose d!- mands. Instead nf mdignnlion there is only] sad complacency. -Vancouver Province.

The only dlurivlntlgo of becom- ing n non-smoker ls that for a short. Llme, one feels a sense of lr- rllatlon. especially when other: are smoking Ln the some room. On (he other hand. he who give: up smoking will flnd that, (l) his general heallh steadily Improves; Q1 k lovdrltl game

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THE RELIC

U!" c wsh-bone

(he years picked clean is (he old crane

l0 Iltllt and 194m,

‘Eaten 1n

by the teeth of time, thin as a thin

old silver dime,

(trim and grey

15 a hfl-Wmanc laugh, dim as on X-ray photograph.

~—PP8gy' Bacon.

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é Old Charlottetown i

, (And no.1.) ¥ Q __ HILLSBORO amour: sin:

From lozal newspaper irlcs Feb- ruary. 1900:

The sccoid me ing in connect- ion wilh the lozoticn of tttc- bridge ovzr (he Hlilsbcrouglr W85 bola in

only up.

your own.

sim LIFE iissoiuwcn

income which you carmot outlive, and also provide for your dependant: if you die at an

Don't juot worry about you; fllnily’! film" 0f Sec mo about it today.

H. C. BOHAKEB Dlatrict Supervisor H8 Richmond Street

Charlottetown, P. l. I.

C OMPANY OF CANADA

PUBLIC FORUM

Th]: column ll open to the discussion by corro- lpondontu o! queltlonl l! Interest. The Charlottetown Guardian doe‘: not necessar- fly endorse tho oplnlon of correspondent.

flfn GREEK RELIEF FUND

Sir. - ~ I (wish (o express my Sin- cere (tumks, and the appréciflllfln of (hr.- manageiment of (he "Canad- ian Relief (o Greece AFT-Will" 1°!‘ (he response given by (he citizens qt Charlottetown.

L11;- Lcgislativro COLlnCil Chamber (his forcnocn. Ehemier Farqiiliarzoir preidefl. and M2. W. B McKen- Zia, chief ciigw-cer of (be 1, C. Rs! Hon. Brnjafmn Rogcrs, Hm. J. R. lMoLean, H:n. A. McMillan, Mrfll G. E. Hughes. prcsiilcnt, and Nfcssrgl Blake and Haizara. 9X-F'05lClf‘llb of (he Board -,'_ Trace. Supt. Sharp.

Fix-Mayor Dctvsor, Meow; W. Albken, cs. 0. I. mo. R. c.‘ Goff, N. Rc-(lrn \' and whet‘! leading businessrm. of the city were prescnl.

T11;- Remier said (he brlrlfif? should be buil! on (lir- lovvr 5 L

the end of Cumbcriniirl S r i‘ . T‘ 1‘ Provinc: is ccnlrbniinu n1 zr~ L. n a (itird r,‘ the ccst rrcl 111': Pvollle have a riizlif. t." wine's "mir 00*"-

; lion. Pr: (l:o("'“l (‘u (‘i on: ln (‘JP

city ~.~"n‘r:‘r ~ (ridge al (t0 lrflvvr‘; sir". \..'y (‘a ..t we grf if’! The r""_'ll!)v1‘ in his ropmt says (hi? wrist is drop there nnrl the W041 would be dangerous. It would 008i Son-e $35.00.’) more (o build it on m‘. lover siLe. but (his ls not. so much in virw of (ho r-rviro c"5l. Th;- s":ond ubjéctlrn was in F0- ferirnce (o (be grade from ‘m9 rhZnnPl, sut that 1S not a serious matte". Another vrcs. in r°iFF’?Y‘<'=‘ h (he rrls l0 be cr:s"cd b.\ P9109‘ coming (.0 (he clls". bu! l"' irlwuihl n1» rrrzcs- between (he ferry and railway ‘WFEVPL; b13111 b1‘ imm- l" There‘ is at pr en no =IC"HYX"-'Y“Q’-1"

alien rt (he r?‘ n-v nhcrfb ‘to; " ii-v, ' (or . ." - Ship" ' ‘l Tm" cO\l'd be fiygd 1n 3131A (gh ‘hon 1110 could prfvfil‘: l <1 a‘ Km“ singtan. This dce up Wfllllfl make an excellent .-"‘" r i112 gpumdr

-_.- .d s41; B would srirci‘ fire tiheismi: hi- sverc here If they build the fr-Lizh‘. sheds out by (he pork fact rv 1'. will 11° f"? 931mm" u; the ':u=ln£.'is nv-n Cf ‘his “m- 11; is zusw cxmcren (o pcl a (all 0n i111- (gridgc: but (o do so at Ken- singtnn v. ulrl not to toleratrd by our citizens. Tcrhave 1o walk (hall distance would bf.‘ (all encueb, They have rhvavs 1"'1:l n ftrrv right ln (h, m.- aim will not rcvizsh D035“? 5' bfdgg so for away‘. Buidirtg at Cumberland site would accom- modate the public at (he expense n; nqbgdy, The distance belwwfl u... t“... silos r- sonfi acn -.~-ird=. and persons nvrgr-j fr. cross will soon IlNlllZP this.

m. nfarKPW-i". (br- "1181'“’*“~ ‘W! we shculzl lock at. 193st. twenl)’ vears ahead. By (hat (imi- tlre 15F!’- mlnal ac-Vmnlf) (inn ‘"1" l?" grown ("ry cm dcrarly. The MR1 rivill grow norfheasterly-(lie 011d will be filicd up‘ and some 01H! rragks laid. If Will then grosv (‘.16 0H1?“ way ._ (he clofk Lhefr will b5 mun. and _ outside avvdizrd ‘w vessels can lie lrerx If 1'0" Pl" m" bridge at Cumberland Street and oarrv out lllest" im[)'l'0\'.’.rr\0nf.€. (he brldige w=ll be Loo clcse. Then r0801 is wanton‘ vvrv $00" 7-" l "e" station m: frieihl- “w” A zrrfll ntany (racks w'1l ‘Jo Tequlmd be‘ tween (he row station and fffiflhl hgusr‘, mrd between tnc- rntfcr and (Allelic of win-r. Then you cannot shunt (rains in and about (horP. Every (en minutes n1- PYQFBY-l “Al” are pushed the-re. and ln twenty years ‘t will b: OVFF)’ ""99 mm‘ ates. 1' Llrv ceorzlg are not salfsfled another eniinrev siirmlzl b» called in. togeficr- xvuh a railroad “Hflffw mzm rnrl a rlnnlrlni! mml- "P ‘smt’ ing (hroe d‘f.fcrcnt interests. and whatever they said-miflll! be lflld befor, (he Nlinisw-v. "But vou WtY-‘ld have to pry for this roux-solve. To pct (hrcr- such ntcn wculd fasi abort! $1.000. but (would he rmflfil well r0911. If (‘fe_\’~'1'°"' 5-‘? f‘ chosen now, lII a SnnrL (me s???" threc-qvortcrs of a milllfln W" h"? Lo be 5179M in _rrde"_ (o r-Eclifiknll"