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THE GUARDIAN. CHARLOTTETOWN

JUN E 10, 1949

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

CHARLOTTETOWTL FRIDAY, JUNE 10, 194B

llnothor Maoilonalii Victory

The result of the Nova Scotia provincial elections yesterday means that the Liberals will have been in power_ for two decades in our sister lProvince by the time their next term is up. This is Premier Macdonald's fourth electoral victory and he has been returned with his full cabinet and a still strong majority. The Conservatives, however, who were eliminated in the last Nova Scotia Legislature, have come back strongly as the official Opposition with eight elected mem- bers. Their numbers, represent gains over either Liberal or CCF candidates and in the words of their leader, Mr. Robert Stanfield, who was per- sonally successful in the dual constituency of Colchester, they can look forward to still greater success in the next general election.

Premier Macdonald is one of the oblest and lsost popular men in public life in Canada, and his Government's victory yesterday bears strik- ing testimony to this fact.

By all accounts, the campaign caused very little excitement. The Halifax press practically ignored it, and it seems to have been treated generally as but a prelude to the Dominion con- test. The Government appealed largely on its record, which until recent months was one of strong championship of provincial rights as against the encroachments of centralized power at Ottawa. lt is not likely that Premier Mac- donald has changed his views in this respect, though the present occasion would have been inopportune politically to have given them ut- terance.

The Soft Answer

The Easter Convention issue of the Prince ‘Edward Island Teachers Federation Newsletter is at hand. lt contains among other things a sum- mary of Premier Jones’ address in which he is described as having thrown all caution to the winds in flailing the teachers for continually harping on the salary question.

Appended to the Premier's declaration that the average daily school attendance last year was by far the highest in the history of the Pro- vince is the following footnote by the Federation secretary: "He forgot to state that this attend- ance is due to the Family Allowance, not to in- creased care by the Education Department over which he has jurisdiction."

Included also is the text of a resolution passed by the Summerside Home and School As- sociation recording its "complete disagreement" with the sentiments expressed by the Premier, "from whom by reason of his office the teach- ing profession should receive inspiration and guidance towards the advancement of education on Prince Edward lsland." '

lllr. Pearson's Faux Pas

Hon. L. B. Pearson, Secretary of State for ‘External Affairs, told a Liberal party election meeting last week that twenty years in the civil service had brought him to the conclusion that the Liberals were "far superior" as administra- tors. This statement raises a grave question in the opinion of the Ottawa Journal.

The question is not whether Mr. Pearson in the four years during which he served as a jun- ior civil servant under the Bennett administra- tion (1930-1935) and without any previous ex- perience, was qualified to judge of the efficiency or lack of efficiency in Mr. Bennett's ministry as a whole. What is im-portant, the Journal sug- gests, is what is implied in his attem-pting to use information which he may or may not have gained in the confidential position of o civil servant to promote his political career. As there are others in a similar category, and as the issue is by no means confined to Parliament Hill at. Ottawa, the point is worth considering.

"The position of civil servants," the Journal points out, "is one of trust. lf they are going to use such positions of trust to spy on governments, with the information thus obtained to be used later on for their political gain, or for the gain of some political party, then obviously the rela- tionship between the Government and the civil servant, and indeed between the public and the civil servant, must be gravely affect ."

A Minister of the Crown is the last person dllo should set on unethical example to civil servants, for who knows what result such a pro- :edent might have on the fortunes of tho present party in power? -

Tiriioiy Prooaiitlon

New Brunswick, as a heavily-forested Pro- vince, is particularly subject to fire hazards in summer weather and tho Chief Forester has takon time by the forelock in summarily can- colling all brush burning permits in that Pra- vince. Concurrent with this order he has appealed to avoryono frequenting wooded areas at tho present time to observe scrupulously all the rules laid down to prevent any fira from igniting tho tinder-dry unrierbrush, traos or grass.

We might follow tho samo advice advan- tageously in this Province. Evoryono who goes in- to the woods to worli or on pleasure bent, or on fishing jaunt: to streams in close proximity to our forested lands in the coming woo-ks of dry, summer weather should always taka especial care to ba vary guarded in their actions with flro- be it a campfire, a lighted match or a cigaratto or cigar butt. It should bo kept over-uppermost in mind that tha harltago of tho forest onca lost, cannot quickly bo restored. We should, thoro- fora, ba over-vigilant in potting forth ovary ai- fort to prooorvo our valuable woodland domain --oat, by any careless action, bringing flout its

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Massacre of Lidice, i942.

I I _ Nineteen more days till the electron.

The Nova Scatiiins‘did. not make much stir over their provincial election: like the British Colombians, they concentrated more on anti- Communism than on anti-Liberal, or anti Con- servative.

I I I The new M.V. Newfoundland freighter is now all ready to start on her service provided freight is available. lit is a little too early for summer shipments, and in between cargoes re- quire developing. ‘I The St. John's Evening Telegram, Newfound- land, is performing a good service for its readers by running a series of articles on each of the Provinces of Canada. Recently it published an interesting sketch of Pzince Edward Island.

H.R.H. the Duke of Edinburgh, husband of Princess Elizabeth born this date i921. ls a grandson of H.R.H. Princess Alice, Duchess of Hesse and of H.R.H. Prince Andrew of Greece, is lieutenant in the Royal Navy, and Personal A.D.C. to the King. Has one son, H.R.H. Prince Charles Philip Arthur, born November l4, 1948.

l I» ‘ i Fisheries Minister Mayhew evidently isn't aware of the Prime Minister's assurance to the P. E. l. Fisheries Federation, dated May 3i, that their brief would receive "immediate attention and careful consideration," otherwise he wouldn't have repeated at Shediac on Wednesdayhis disparaging reference to their proposal. i I i

The report of the Dominion Bureau of Sta- tistics that U. S. investment in Canada probably exceeded $2,700,000,000 in i948 makes our dol- lar situation seem considerably less bright. If gold transfers to the United States were also deducted our adverse actual trading balance with that nation would be enormous.

U U I According to the Rev. Dr. Dudley, the elo- quent acting minister of Trinity, we are a God- fearing, church-going tolerant people, and for this, thanks are largely due to the fine type of clergy who have successively filled our pulpits, and directed the young in the way they should go. As soon as a people begins to neglect the House of God its character deteriorates, and it becomes a prey to all sorts of delinquencies, both juvenile and parents-ii. i. i

This is advice from the Federal Dept. of Health which we pass on to whom it may cor; cern: "Big wa-istlines have a habit of develop- ing behind big desks. For many office workers, recreation consists of walking from the street- car stop to the elevator and from the elevator to the desk. All sedentary employees need some form of exercise to keep their muscles from be- coming.weak and flabby. Walking to work in the morning is often a good way to keep in trim."

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We are apt to imagine that the divorce problem is worse in Canada and the United States than elsewhere. Evidently this is not the case. Sheriff Philip, K.C., chairman of the Scot- tish Marriage Guidance Council, commented upon the "astronomical rise" in the divorce rate. With- in little more than a generation in England it had risen from 1000 to the region of 50,000. ln Scotland, while the percentage increase. was not quite so great, it was still somewhat appalling. Unless they recovered a higher standard and a deeper sense of the sacredness of marriage, he said, Great Britain would not solve its marriage problem.

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Referred to as "the brain-child of tho Fish- eries Research Board of Canada", a mechanically refrigerated railway car which may revolutionize the transportation of fresh and frozen foods will have its first real trial this month. The car will leave the Pacific Coast on June Z3 for a cross- country test trip with a full load of commercial frozen fish for the Eastern Provinces. lit will pick up a return load of frozen fish from the Atlantic Coast for Western Can- ada. Both the Canadian National and the Ca- nadian Pacific Railways are watching the tests closely. lf the car is as successful as fishery engineers hope, it will introd-uce new means of improving service for perishable commodities. The test car has two mechanical refrigeration units, each powered by a small gasoline engine. The refrigeration is applied by a blast of cold air thermostatically controlled and circulating in a "jacket" surrounding the load. A flip of a switch turns tho refrigerating units into heat- 'aro.

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According to the Telegraph-Journal a new division has been set up in the New Brunswick department of health and Dr. Ruth McDougall, B.A., D.P.H has been appointed director. Tho new branch is that of maternal and child health services. Nutrition services have been merged with the new division, said Hon. Dr. F. A. Mc- Grand, provincial minister of health and social services, in announcing tho change. Tho work of the provincial nutritionists deals with children in the field, tho minister explained, and Dr. Mc- Dougall will corrolata tho program with the work of the public health medical officers and nurses in tho province. Sho took avor now du- ties May l. Dr, McDougall is a graduate of Mc- Gill University, from which she received her de- groo of M.D.C.M. She served hor intornoship at tho Children's Memorial Hospital, Montreal, as woll as a rotating interneship iii medicine, com- municablo disease, obstetrics and gynaecology at tha Montreal General Hospital. She obtained hor diploma of public health at tho School of Hy- giono, University of Toronto. Sha carried out field work for tho department of public hoalth, City of Mantnal health dopartnront; entered the Qiioon I nrandra Sanatorium, London, Ont., for training I1 tuberculosis work. Prior to coming to Now Ir’ iswick she was medical officer at tho

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‘Twould ring the bells of Heaven The mtldest. pool of years.

If Parson lost. hie oeriseo.

And people come to theirs,

And he and they together Knenit down with angry prayers For tamed and shabby tigers And dancing dogs and bears, And wretched, blind pit ponies, And time hunted hares. -

-Raiph Hodgsori.

Old Charlottetown i (And r. n. r.)

STEAM BOAT C0. SHARES

In the year 1842, which sow the incorporation of the Prince Edward Island Steam Navigation Company. the Legislature authorized the ap- pointment of Hons. Charles Hensley and Joseph Pope as Commissioners to manage certain shares and pro- perty in an older organization known as the Prince Edward ls- lund Steam Boat Company. The following details are from a report by the Commissioners to the Gov- ernment, datcd Feb. 3, 1848:

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In the Session of 1843, it having been found necessary to make some alteration in the previously ar- ranged route of the steam boat (the "St. George") employed by the Company, nnd,the shareholders of Georgetown and vicinity represent- ing this alteration to be an infrac- tion of the understanding by which they were induced to‘ become share- holders, the Government listened to the plea, and purchased their shares-nineteen in number, at the original cast, allowing them 4 per cent interest per anrium, from the time of payment. At the same time. the Government purchased other 29 shares, which remained undlsposed of, making the whole number of shares held by the Government. to be 198.

For the encouragement of private shareholders, the Government made a special provision "that. in the event of the profits of the Com- pany being found insufficient to make a dividend equal in amount to 5 per cent per nnnum, upon the whale number of shares of the Company, that. it should be lawful for the directors to apply the whole profits to the payment of the said dividend of 5 to the private share- holders only."

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In 1845, upon the representation of the directors of the Company that the traffic between the ports of Pictou, Charlottetown and Mira- mlchi had been found insufficient and altogether unproductive of pra- fit. it was deemed advisable (as the machinery and boilers of the steam boat required extensive repairs) to negotiate the sale of the vessel. 8nd the Commissioners were empowered to concur in the sale, and to apply any proceeds to the purchase of another steam boat, in conjunction with the other directors of the Steam Navigation Company.

Accordingly. in the fall of the year, the “St. George" was dispos- ed of to certain parties at Quebec. and the directors entered upon en- quiries and correspondence for the purpose of replacing her by n ves- sel better suited to these harbors and voyages, and to the general purpose for which such is vessel was required.

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ed very unsatlsfactary, and it was resolved at n general meeting af the shareholdets, held at the Court House on Tuesday, July 29, 1847- the directors having reported that they had been unsuccessful in their endeavours to obtain a suitable steam boat and that they had no expectation of being able soon to procure one-that public notice be given by advertisement ln the Is- land papers thereof; and that hav- ing ascertained by the sale of the stores belonging to the Company. etc., that the present value of each share was £6 19s, all shareholders wishing to withdraw from the Com- pany would be permitted to do no. upon application to the Hon. T. H. l-lnvlinnd, treasurer of the Com- pnny, any time between the date hereof and the first day of October next; that parties riot applyln! previous to that date, would be con- sidered es willing to give their aid and support to the further prosecu- tion of the objects of the Company. if any favorable opportunity should present itself, and would he expect- ed to give n ready compliance with any further calls of instalment which might be found requisite. The most port of the shareholders took advantage of this proposal. and withdrew the amount of their shares, whereby the Company was virtually dissolved.

Universities Under Fire

(Ottawa Journal)

In the evening edition of The Journal of Saturday was a shrewd and discerning article. "What's Wrong With Universities?" The writer was Miss Joan Ftnntgon. a senior student at. Queen's. but with the additional background of a year of school-oeochlnl. Periods of reporting for The Journal in her Summer vocations.

That there are things wrong with the Canadian universities nobody who knows thorn. or knows their product. will question. Miss Finni- giin puts the blame largely on the system, on professors who have lost touch with reality and have little interest in their students.

A professor would retort. we tm- agine, that this is for from being tho whole story. He would soy, we think, that the admitted over- crowding of universities since tho war has made o condition in which any close relationship between tn- atructor and student to almost im- possible and in which the student has to sink or swim as his (or her) osm industry and intelligence dlr- cot.

There are several factors which have contributed to this conno-

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“Q-oo-ooo-c-oo-aa-oo-soa-a HOG PRODUCTION PICTURE

Sin-Ii: ls good to learn from the Guardian's editorial columns ("Enthusiasm For Quality") that: 118-" 5798!‘. Island commercial (hog) Production increased by 33 per cent over 1947 wtlh o. total of as,- 000 hogs. The rest of Canada could not maintain its 1947 level. Island! producers received scmething over one million dollars more than in 1947. while the average breedeg- in the rest of Canada did not. increase his income from hogs."

Probably the above word “good" should be conditioned and limited, tn the above productive scene. ln- sofiir as it applies to your Island producers; because the wider Crin- fldlfln hols-Production picture is obviously. as the vernacular puts ll. nothing t0 write home about.

I mm not certain, however, that lads of ‘quality’ has been, tn fact. the major cause for the following over-all Canadian decline tn this hog-producing activity. The figures show the number of hogs tn Can- ada. at two spectfiddoies:

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June 1, 1949 (est.).. Doubt-less the immense of the feed grains er me ens-lie;- date were a factor. Abe that as it ml)’. such Jittery movements are no sound operative tactics in any business-on the farm ar on the pavements-and ploy hob with the

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think it con be said that. the agri- cultural industry has come through the storm of the inst decade with its "quality standards" less im- haired than tn mrst other tn- dustries? The facr remains that n bushel of Na. 1 Northern wheat, a pound of No. 1 creaméry butter, a. dozen grade A large egg; (to select. merely three examiplea) are, ln 19$. quantitatively and in ‘mm °1 qlllillty. on s. pai- with all their ancestors. I am Sir. etc.

A WESTERN READER.

A Raw Deal To ‘ The Fishermen '

(Maritime Merchant)

Orr our fisheries page we carry the text of a remarkable document. issued in the name of l-lon. R. W. Mayhew, Federal Minister of Fish- eries, an Thursday, May 5th. This , was the document which broke the news that the Fisheries Prices Sup- port Board had advised against the purchase by the Government of East Coast canned fish from this season's pack. While we are not generally in accord with the prac- tice of government funds being used to buy up surpluses of pri- mary products, a practice which has been employed in an entilob arbitrary and discriminatory man- ner from coast to coast, we shore the sentiments of those who have been pushed around so much by Ottawa.

First, Mr. Mayhew hon shown complete contempt for Parliament and absolute disregard for the Maritime Provinces. On the lost

trig. It has become "the fashion" for young pgopld lo attend univ- eroity. and more people than over before can afford to gtvo their children a “college education". So vre hove large numbers o! young men and young women with no aptitude for looming clut- tering up the oloosroon-io of tho universities because of the sup- posed aocioi advantages of three or four years at Queen's or MeCitii or Varsity and a certain social prestige o degroo confers upon its owner.

There la another largo group of students who are serious enough, who work hard in the conviction —nat always welt founded -— that a university dagreo la a ticket. to success in iifo. In this group are the sons and daughters of families making financial oocrtficoo to gtvo children advent their parents never enjoyed. ory often it is time and money wasted — they would hove been hotter oft obtain- ing practical axpertouoo in busin-