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rI'ft'Il1IeIll and Alloclllo Editor. Ian A Burnett. Associate Editor. Fruit Waller.

UIICULATION "Coven Prince Edwngd Island like tho dew"

"Ihc Strongest Mommy as weaker than ' tho Weakest Ink".

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Today a composite squadron of R. C. A. F. jet fighters commences its four-week tour of Eastern Canada by fly-pasts at Summer- side. C'narlottetown and Sydney, being over

this city at 9:35 am. One of the squadrons"

represented in the group of twelve aircraft is Canada's No. 439 Tigre Squadron based at Uplands, near Ottawa, which is expected to make history by flying, its 600-m.p.h. Canadian built fighters to England to join the two Canadian squadrons already there. It was indeed an inspiration to hold such a tour. In earlier days fighting men went off to war to the accompaniment of martial music, paraded through cheering throngs to train or ship which would carry them where duty called. That aspect of military service has tended to be neglected, together with all types of pomp and cere- mony. When a' whole people are engaged in a life and death struggle it is perhaps unnecessary. but when relatively small numbers are called upoh to bear the brunt of fighting or preparedness it is highly de- sirable that their cfforts be dramatised.

Emergency Powers in The 0.8.

A very great stir has been caused in the United States by President Truman's seizure of the steel industry to prevent the mills being shut down at a critical time. The Government argument that the chief ex- ecutive has unlimited power under the con- stitution to act to preserve the safety the nation probably has much more to do with the uproar than the" actual seizure.

Canada too has its doctrine of emerg- ency powers, not always consistently inter- preted by the Courts. The royal preroga- tive is much more precisely defined here than is that claimed by the American Pres- ident. But whether the representatives of the Crown have the legal powers or not, they have a solemn duty to take whatever measures may be necessary to deal with an emergency. When the emergency is over they may hope to have their acts ratified by the appropriate legislative authority and be personally indemnified against legal con- sequences of their actions. If Parliament. or the Provincial Legislature. be not con- vinced that the measures taken were es- sential it could go hard for those respons- ible.

i Highway Aocldonts s

At the recent session of the Legislature much concern was expressed over the in- creasing number of highway accidents. This is a good time now to take stock of the situation for the coming tourist season, when traffic will be at its peak. Last year the Attorney Gcneral's Department issued salutary warnings to the motoring public. and it is to be hoped these will be continued on a more extensive scale all during the sea- son. Other Provinces are taking measures along the same line, and seeking other means of grappling with the problem.

In a message to the Ontario Motor Lea- gue, Highway Minister George Doucett urges that a safety program take preced- ence in the public service activities of the league this year. In 1951, he says, 949 per- sons had been killed on Ontario highways, more than 22,005) liad been injured, and pro- pcrty damage had amounted to over 018.- 000,000. To date this year the increase in dehths alone has been 17 per cent, which carries with it the threat of over a thou- sand lives being lost in motor accidents in the Province during 12 months. This is an appalling figure, but it is to be remembered highway fatalities in Prince Edward Island last year numbered twenty--an all-time re-

, cord which we certainly do not want to "see duplicated.

of the trouble, comments the Globe and Mail, lies in the fatallstle accept- ance by the general public of motor ac-

cidents and highway deaths as-an inevit-

abtdpm of modern life. That and the fall-

td make provision for the proper train-

ingof prospective new drivers or the con- or vehicles for which licenses are is-

. ly the toll of dead and injured mounts.

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which this commentary might be applied. And as our Toronto contemporary points out, it is doubtful if talk alone will bring about any worthwhile improvement. There have been safety campaigns and safety talk since the motor car was invented and year- It should be fairly apparent by now that some- thing better is needed.

Victoria. liay

The House of Commons has agreed in principle that after this year Victoria Day should be celebrated on May 24 when that date comes on a Monday, and in other years on the Monday preceding May 24. "There is merit in this change," com- ments the Ottawa Journal. "The trend of the times is towards shorter working weeks and longer week-ends of leisure, and we can move the celebration of Queen Vic- toria's birthday (to give our short out-door season one more long week-end) without impinging on our sentimental memory of the Good Queen. The situation is that within a space of about five weeks we have three statutory holidays-Victoria Day, the celebration of Queen Elizabeth's birthday on June 9, and Dominion Day on July 1. Are all these necessary?"

The Journal suggests that observance of the birthday of Queen Elizabeth, since it is not to be set for the actual date of her birth, should be merged with the Victoria celebration.

EDITORIAL NOIES Tomorrow is May Day and means many things to many people. To Islanders, it is the opening of the Lobster season.

Now that the Coronation date has been fixed for a year from June 2nd'the mat- ter of who shall attend and in'what capac- ity assumes importance.

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More than 600 representatives of the fur trade from coast to coast gather in Mont- real next week for a preview of next year's trends in showings of private style collec- tions.

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In 1951. 36,000 visitors from Canada and 138,000 from the United States, to- gether with other residents of the Western Hemisphere, spent about S70 million in the United Kingdom.

Mr.- W. F. A. Stewart's unfortunate ac- cident will confine him to bed for some weeks, but not, it is hoped, disable him from presiding at the Legislative committee hear- ings on the railway bus proposals in June.

Rural beautification could well be pro"- moted as being the means of increasing the revenue from the tourist trade but probably the greater incentive is a personal pride in making one's own community a more satis- fying place in which to live.

Threatening to bring Agriculture Min- ister Gardiner before the bar of the House serves at least one purpose, that of high- lighting dramatically the Minister's failure to comply with Parliament's request to table all the papers concerning the outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease in Saskatchewan.

Small universities have their attraction, but as pointed out by an educationalist who visited this country recently, they cannot provide the specialized staff or resources of a great university. A system of junior col- leges feedipg a very few universities would be more advantageous.

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Alfred Edward Housman, English Lat- inist and poet, died this date 1936. He published "A Shropshire Lad" in 1896 and his "Last Poems" in 1922, and "More Poems", posthumously. in 1936. Houseman had the secret of creating beauty by scrup- ulous elimination of the decorative om- amental. .

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Prince Edward Island led the way in C. N. R. diesellzatlon and now the Railway has launched a five year program for con- version from steam to diesels across Can- ada. Colncldentally it is seeking to inaug- urate lts new passenger bus transport sys- tem in this Province. with advantages both

for reaching effects in other parts of the country. 0 O I

There will be plaudits for the gunners of the 2nd Regiment Royal Canadian Horse Artillery who havelnchieved a record both for time in the firing line and in the amount of shelling it has carried out. On the oth- or hand there is needed an explanation of why these records, porticulorly the

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This column is open in the discussion by respondents of questions of interest. The Guardian does not necessar- ily endorse the opinion of correspondents.

TEACHER TRAINING

sir,-May I add A few com- ments to the many views expres- sed in Thc'.Guardlan regarding the training of those preparing for the ' ” pi ' Granted. some are born teach- ers. but naturally the more train- ing they receive the more profic- lent they become. Then our very good teachers of the by-gone days would have been excellent with a good course in teacher training. If she knows a. successful method of presenting certain ideas to her pupils, I teacher finds the task comparatively easy; she has her work well-planned and has a firm grounding on which to build for better work.

As good Dr. Phillips told us, our teacher tualnlng courscvis fine, Just. as ft. is, until such time as we see our way clear to improve it. Then why should someon try to lower its standard?

I myself took s year of teacher training at Prince of Wales Col- lege not so long ago. and I cannot picture myself teaching without this one year of training. Neither can my other young teacher friends. In fact. some of them who had taught. school on a permit before taking teacher training new squirm when they recall theh' experiences. I have taught. both in the one- room school. and in the graded school. and in both cases I feel I could have done A better Job with more professional training. To me, to know the work one intends to teach is the easy part; the hard part is to know how to study one's

pupils. and how best to impart the knowledge we have. But.-wc have much for which

to be thankful. Prospective teach- ers can come to Prince of Wow College for one year of training. The children of poorer parents have. besides the axon grant. given to all teacher trainees, the right to borrow 5200 from the govern- ment. This amount pays their way in Charlottetown for a year.

a good salary without their ed- ucation having been too much ex- pense for their parents. The bar- rowed money is paid back during their first two years of teaching- sioo each year. while awaiting a more extensive course in teacher training let us not forget to be very grateful to our Government for what we have.

I am. sir, etc.

A 1"IR.8T-GLASS TEACHER. Charlottetown.

FURTHER FERTILIZER FACTS

Sir.-In previous letter discuss- ing specific form yroblcrns, refor- encc was made to the excessive cost of commercial fertilisers so being one of the most formidable Annual expenditures tho fnrruor hu to contend with and it was suggested farmers were not potting near maximum returns for their investment. This is due mainly to

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The Age-Old Story

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Thou therefore. my son. be strong in the gnce 'thnt is in Christ Jesus. And the things that thou hast heard of me among many witnesses. the some commit thou to faithful men. who shall be able to teach others also. . . . Considc what. I say: and the lord glva thoc understanding in all thlnn.

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that carries with it. practically. an assurance of beneficial result.s.snd there definitely is such on altern- ative.

Science has long since recogniz- ed this possibility in agricultural pursuits. no research has discovered that man is not en- tirely dependent upon nature in this respect: that ghe art of con- vei-ting solid chem cals-lnacccss- lble in their natural stain for plant. nourishment.-into liquids that become immediately avail- able, is within his orbit and scien- tific experimentation" has conclus- ively proven its practicability.

when providence has endowed man with ability to do a job for himsclf. there is no justification for placing the . ”lllty upon nature. Originally nature placed within the good earth all elements necessary to produce abundant growth and mode provision for an annual replacement of seasonal chemical withdrawals. Man dc- spollcd all this through unfair farming practices and now it has become his responsibility to make amends if he is to survive.

Chemical research and experi-

ment hos further discovered and confirmed the fact that plant nourishment through foliage and other over-ground growth, is not at all restricted to what nature has been credited with providing through air and sunshine action. The feasibility of supplementary plant feeding through this medi- um, when atmospheric ' nu are at a low ebb, is equally prac- tical with that of root feeding. where the soil has become deplet- ed in its fertility; in fact more so. as foliage feeding can be effect- ively administered throughout the growing season when and as re- uh-ed. This practice is proving popular in many areas of camdo and has proven valuable in connection with all cultivated growth without ex- ception. This method gives the operator complete ' over his fertilizer expenditures. By using liquid plant. food in isprsy form, nothing is wasted; it is all readily absorbed through the plant pores and in s matter of s few hours oftor application. is at the job of plant nourishing and hastening growth and maturity.

The use of chemical fcrtlllurl is definitely port; and parcel of ouc-

fsrm operations and if lonely, in ony with nature and according to methods

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l'?oedl' Gmelz OPERATION 0W out beyond the non char river. North of Pembroke and of Ron-

frcw, Lies the camp called Petunwo.

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General nauuu Jluuu-u.u;.. who bruises rather cully-must: be just I little miffed by the rate of

on I his monument in After the former supreme commander was dismissed lost. Bprtnr I map of Joponeso start.- 0d I 31.400000 monument to him. In nine months they have manag- ed to also 3225. Ind oven the

lectlvo was It.400.00tll This will be I terrible disillusionment, not so much. perhopl. to the general himself, as to his American od- mlreu.-(lidmontaon Journal.)

Everyone interested in 3 quick and nnancnt end to Doukhobcr troubles in 3.0. will fervently hope the sons of Freedom find I new home in South America. Federal and Provincial Governments would undoubtedly odd to the 387.000 rrcodonol have given lender Btcfon Borokln to buy land if 2 dennlte emigration program is set "P. one-day ” kets to Patagonia would be 1. wonderful investment. This would be the ideal solution to the violence 2.000 Prccdomltcs have inflicted on the Kootenoys for 30 years. It would be much

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Pol-onion. Argenuuv. nuhdy, manages-to pwinz mm the sublime to the ridiculous in in Eztxxapu to make world headline.

months back it was clolmin I great advance in peacetime us: of atomic energy; a development that went farther than an,-mm announced in the ' United smug Canada or Britain. Dictator Pero. was shown pinning a meuu on " German scientist who Bilegedja had made that atomic ten-strike, But; nothing has been hand D, "' since. Now Pei-onlsm has 3 mm achievement to nail, and 3 new hero. or rather two of them. The ,. re I couple of billiard sharks win; Pllyod for as consecutl hour. ”Me.rltorlu.s effort" is the Peron judgment. The merit seem; to de. rive from the plsyers' foresight, in dedicating their oily mnnmon ,0 the dictator and his wife. '11,, ready recognition merely dg,-mo... Itrstcs again how that husband- snd-wlfo acting team revels in fl!-iilfy. -Windsor Star.

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There the Ottuwns and Simone I-fovc their wigwoms and their tec-

D008. Then the braves from for Toronto Mingle with the lesser trlbcsmcn.

To them crafty Wontumwumpulu Come with four civilian helpers. Como equipped with no and crowbor.

And for portage I. wheelbarrow: To remove whatever happened To be fnoccurely anchored.

All was done in name of fl-ccdorn,

Freedom to remove belongings,

The result of higher taxes.

To dispose for plenty Wampum

Gong and chattels of the neigh- . n. .

Thus did mighty Wmtumwunpum And his four clvllfsn helpers Out beyond the Don Cher river At the camp called Petswswo.

-"poof!" in the Montreal Gazette.

Old Charlottetown I (An: r. 3.1. i

"NEW ERA" LAUNCHED

"On Saturday to nlng ,lsst, from the shipyard f Hon. D. Gordon. s full-rigged brlgnntlne was launched, called the 'Ncw Era', of 315 tons, N.M.. copper fastened. and classed A.l at Lloyd: for five years. She is almost ready for sea, and is partly own- ed by Captain William Gordon, who to expected -here in a few days to take command, The 'New Era' was built under the superin- tendence of Mr. Peter McLaren, Brudenell River. who has been a 'ul shlpbullder for the past forty years. The launch was al- most the but we have w'tneued. ll she dashed from her elevated position into the brlny wave, for the distance of 500 yards: she was then warped to her station at the wharf. to receive the balance of her outfit, preparatory to leaving for A foreign voyage.

"We presume the name of this vasrel was suggested by the in- troduction and successful carrying through Parliament. of the Rail- way Bill, and it must be evident to oil that A New En lo inaug- urntod in the history of P. E. II- lond, and we trust in tho prosper- ity of King's County." -Georgetown Advocate, Nov. 9. 1871.

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the or increase the yield and voluiio of and improve the Tul- mdui; product to wing 6 to opp . u then no o r way which I dlusgoul. situation can be brought about man rapidly than its mlsuoo. soil and

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The attention of all Peddlers is again directed

tinctures and preparations keep for sole and sell the at a fee of s1.00.

Desirable farm property. at Bear River, P. E. I., con- taining 165 acres of land. of which 80 acres are clear. Bal- ance lumber. pulp and hardwood. Brook through property. Orchard and other small fruits. '

Buildings in good condition. Electricity. Pump in barn. Half mile from station and school.

machinery. Farm may he

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EXTIIAGTS

Merchants. Retailers and to Regulation No. 9 made

under the provisions of the Prince Edward Island Temperance Act which prohibits the sale of all pro- prietary orpatent medicines, extracts, essence, lotions.

which contain alcohol, ex-

cept by persons duly licensed by the Commission to

some by retail. Such lic-

enses may be obtained from any Retail Vendor store 1-nmon imwsno rsuum TIHIPEBAN

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