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President and Associate Editor. Ian A Burnett. Associate Editor, Frank Walker.

CIIICUIATION ”Coven Prince Edward Island like the dew”

f'Ilie Strongest Memory is Wlaku Than the Weakest Ink".

-CIIARLOTTETOWN. WEDNESDAY, JUNE us, 195;

Federal Tax Agreebient

The Provincial Treasurer, Hon. Mr. Darby, was well within the mark when he predicted in the Legislature last March a substantial increase in the amount receiv- able this year from Ottawa under the new tax rental agreement. Last year this amount totalled 33,051,015 and this year be anticipated an increase to S3,905,000. Ac- cording to a statement by Finance Minister Abbott in the House of Commons on Mon- day, the actual adjusted payment to this Province for the current fiscal year has been placed at 33,915,671. The variation, of course is due to the esculator clause in the agreement, based on gross national product; and the higher figure given by the Finance Minister indicates that this barometer of our national productivity is continuing to rise.

The new tax rental agreement, like its

predecessor, is for a five-year period and is based on the undertaking of the Prov- ince to suspend the levying and collection of income taxes and succession duties, the Federal Government in return undertaking to make a guaranteed minimum yearly payment. This guaranteed minimum has been increased t'rom 532,100,000 under the 1947 agreement to 352,966,856 under the 1952 arrangement. In the brief presented by the Prov- ince at the Federal-Provincial tax confer- ence a considerably higher figure was set as our desirable minimum. We had, how- ever, to take what we could get. Mr. Darby's contention that we did get some measure of preferred treatment is borne out by Finance Minister Abbottis state- ments on Monday, though to what extent is not made clear.

The only fair measure in which a divis- ion of these tax revenues should be made is on a basis of fiscal need. We are not at all in accord with the contention of the big Central Provinces that they should be credited with income and corporation taxes which are paid through head offices in those Provinces, but actually are derived from the proceeds of business transactions in all parts of the country. One benefit which the tax agreements has achieved is to equalize in some measure this unfair distribution of national income. But we have still a long way to go before the ob- jective is t'ully realized.

As We Were

"As indicated in a Canadian Press de- spatch from Ottawa, our three Federal con- stituencies in this Province are to remain unchanged in any readjustment of rep- resentation in the Commons based on the 1951 census. This is in accord with the re- vomrhendation of the Maritime subcommit- tee of the House, and it is a matter of gratification that the report. has been adopted. '

The Mathcson Government succeeded in pegging our minimum Island representa- tion in the Commons to the number of our Senate seats, and this provision' of the B. N. A. Act, introduced at that time will also. it; is to be hoped, be retained.

While no change Vseriously anticipated, there has been a rumor to another effect, namely that the dual constituency of Queen's might be div- ided, either by making Charlottetown and the Royalties one constituency with the re- maining part of the County constituting the other, or by drawing a division line directly through the City. What effect this change would have on the political fortunes of either of the major parties is proble- matical. Perhaps the decision to leave us as we were is the most satisfactory one that could have been made at this time.

The ism in Steel

Industry leaders and union executives . in the steel industry in the United States are once again preparing to resume ne- gotiations at the point where. they were broken off. following President Truman's intervention in the steel dispute on Decem- ber 23. It was then that the President re- quested the United Steelworkers to post- pone contemplated strike action until .the matter had been studied by the Wage Sta- bilization Board.

since then both sides have made the welldn ring with talk about government in- tcrvention. anti-inflation policy, the govem- cn'.'s role in collective bargaining and the

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constitutional right of the President seize the steel plants. Notwithstanding this

set of circumstances, however, the rock-

bottom issue all along has been the wages whichggo into the steelworkers' pay en- velopes. The United States Supreme Courtls

decision declaring Mr. Truman's seizure of

the mills unconstitutional has restored the- basic issue in the dispute to the place where it properly belongs, which is the bargaining table.

Associate Supreme Court Justice Hugo Black, who wrote the majority decision, declared in language that is destined to be- come part of the constitutional law of the United States: "The Constitution limits the President's functions in the law-making pro- cess to the recommending of laws and the vetoing of laws. . . Congress has exclusive constitutional authority to make laws." In other words, the Supreme Court of the Un- ited States has once again reaffirmed the historic doctrine that executive discretion shall be limited and its scope determined only by the will of the popularly elected assembly which our American neighbors call Congress and Canadians call Parlia- ment. i

A less apparent. but no less important issue which the Supreme Court's decision serves to establish is that a government which resorts to an elaborate system of economic control and planning invariably

discovers, sooner or later, that such controlsl

require a measure of executive power which is inconsistent with the recognized constitu- tional rights of the citizen.

EDITORIAL NOIES

..,m ' The Korean war started this date 1950. O I O

The sympathy of all our people will be

extended to Mr. Michael Thomas in the loss

of his wife and child in the fire which de-

stroyed their dwellingat Bunbury yester- day.

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As Parliament goes into its final spurt before the close of the session it is seen to have a great deal of unfinished business. There can'be no doubt but that it means to meet again before going to the polls.

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To make the streets safe for children requires the earnest efforts of all. The authorities in removing blind spots, motor- ists in cautious driving and parents in teaching youngsters the rudiments of traf-

fic sense.

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After two years of war it is hardly surprising that the United Nations com- mand should doff the velvet glove and at- tack the great hydro-electric plants of North Korea. Doing some real fighting may make it possible to achieve a real peace.

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It is unusual for the Fisheries Depart- ment t.o urge fishermen to make haste to make a haul of a high priced product of the sea. So it is with the Northumber- land Strait scallops, however, although small they reportedly yield more meat than the shellfish from other waters. The draw- backlis their disturbing susceptibility to mass mortality.

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Admiral Lord Louis Mountbatten of Burma, Commander-in-Chief, Mediterran- ean, was born this date 1900. He entered the Royal Navy in 1913, was wireless spec- ialist before attaining command. He was chief of Combined Operations, 1942-43, was appointed Supreme Commander Southeast

lAsia in 1943, and was still in command

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when the war in Burma was successfully concluded. He was last Viceroy of India. ? I

A Pittsburgh firm is bringing out oi

product that will literally worry to death such pests as aphids, mites. and other in- lsects which eat the leaves and other parts of plants and vegetables. "Its application,” says an exchange, "is simplicity itself. Put some on the ground and it goes up through plant roots into the foliage. The insect that eats it in no time finds its stomach upset and its nervous system thrown int.o ii tizzy. This becomes so bad it dies." 0

British royalty is always big news over the border. An American newspaper at- tempted to explain this in an article which almost openly suggested that perhaps it might even be better if a king were to reign in Washington instead of a pres- ident. The paper pointed out that the families of the three British queens still living have always stood for decency, dig- nity, honor, courage and duty. and that they have upheld these virtues as a moral

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the perpetual system of Royalty. there are always two "rulers" in England.

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the King or Queen. The other is the Prime

Minister. The King or Queen is always loved, while the Prime Minister is often not loved at all. When the Prime Minister loses the confidence of the Ho signs. But the Sovereign is stll left. And many American. people, the newspaper pointed out, an irnpronod with tlih sort of pennancncya ;

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PUBLIC FORUM

This column is open to the discussion by correspondents of questions of interest.. The Guardian doeaiuot necessar- tly endorse the opinion of correspondents.

VVOBLD FOOD PROBLEM

Sir,-Your editorial remarks con- cerning the "World: Food" and the relationship between ”the two great scourges of humankind - disease and hunger", made me think.

At. first 1 was inclined to ponder just how lucky we are, we' few on the North American continent. tie, the 170 million folks in the United States and Canada); but this attitude was soon replaced by a more compassionate outlook, in- volving our responsibility for the welfare of the less fortunate mem- bers of the human family.

From this latter level, it. was only a brief step to consider the possi- bilities implied in the following words from the above editorial: "With the advances of modern medical research, disease is becom- ing more easy to control than hun- ger. And as disease is wiped out the population shoots up, and hun- ger increases because food produc- tion does not keep place..."

It goes without saying, that if the technological methods of today's modern and mechanized farmers could be transmitted to the activ- ities of the people at work in the world's fields. we would soon be on our way to victory w in the global fight against. human hunger. But. this is easier said than done, and there lsmn inescapable time- lag involved, even if we could get rid of the menace of war and were willing to dedicate all our ener-

gies, all our research and. yes. billions of dollars, to Peace, and Abundance? There is a wide gap

between the man on the tractor and the combine harvester In North America, and a comparative hand- ful of other countries, and the myriads at work on their I-acre and 2-acre farms in the not.-so-Far East? I am, sir, el.c.. X.Y.Z.

STEPHEN LEACOCK ON EDUCATION

sir,-In a recent controversy. carried on in the Forum of e Guardian on the subject of edu- cation, I observed the name of the late Stephen Leacock quoted as an authority on this subject. Strange to say however, this great Canadian dage and humor- lat was quoted in support of that party in the controversy that de- fended the regulation that re- quires a P. W. C. student.-no mat.- ter of what academic ata '" to have a whole year's so-called normal training before he or she can be allowed to teach boys and girls in a common public school on Prince Edward Island.

Personally I am not much im- pressed with that sort of argu- ment; that consists largely of quotations from awe-inspiring nu- thoritles, when dealing with A subject. that comes reasonably within the scope of good average intelligence combined with prac- tical experience. nBut. since Ste- phen Leacock has been quoted in defence of long normal training for teachers, I am here giving, with your permiulon., a somewhat. lengthy quotation from this auth- ority. The quotation is taken from his essay entitled "Teaching the Untouchable", found in his book entitled "Too Much College". and is as followu-

"Conslder education. By this is meant. not the body of knowledge itself but the manner and mech- anism of imparting iti...'l'he notion that a student must. spend one-fifth of his college life. and one-fifth of his parenw college money in learning how to teach the things he has learned already (four years of pods: .1! is just a sham and a fraud. If t e idea is only designed to help k p the aching profusion closed, to help keep up the market, let us do it some other way...,nut the pro- forma tho I, worth a year of life is Just. wicked. '

TO ANY SPRING

Under what winter you wrought? From what heart's cry

Were you wrung.

Tender of eye?

On what far wish April blown? Your crown of bloom

Woven by what half-need

On what. Joy-seasoned loom?

H100" lVel'0

0 long dreamed.

0 green and white and gold, Outuof what loving and so loved. I-lope self-sprung.

By the heart half told,

Out of what light and laughter, Living and longing,

What shimmer of springs gone by Were you dreamed?

Out. of what heart's cry?

-Myrtle Adams, in Canadian Poetry Magazine.)

happy days we escaped with three months' sentence. I put. in my time at the old Collegiate Insti- tute of -Strathroy, Ontario, and had amopg the pupils on whom I practised General Sir Arthur Cur- rie, then a boy of thirteen just entering high school. We had to study a. book or two on the his- tory of education, interesting en- ough, but as easy as mud pie to anyone trained 'on Greek and Mathematics. We studied also 3 text. book or two on the theory of education. all of it as obvious as coming in and out of the wet. We were taught that education must; proceed from the concrete to the abstract. from the known to the unknown, and so forth. In later life with forty six years of teaching I have realized that, ob- vioua as it is, a lot; of this isn't. so. It. is often good business as a short out to begin with Iomet” abstract and unknown and for the moment unintelligible, and later come out. into the sunlight of un- derstanding. It is like going through a tunnel under a hill in- stead of wandering miles around it"

"Education as a theory in a general sense is interesting to read about and think about. Like Sociology it. is fit reading for old men. But: it is not aicollege course.

" as , ” begins when you really start to teach an I did at Uxbrldge High School on a February morning in 1889. All that strathroy had done for me was to break the ice; the plunge had still to come. A couple of months' initiation into practical teaching taken while atill in the Arts course is all any teache can ever benefit by. To steal a year of youth is robbery. Om recalls how Emile Zola in the Dreyfus case kept. repeating 'J's'ecusel' That is how I feel. 'J'aocuse Ped- usual!”

I am, sir, ot.c..

1 Old Charlottetown. (And P. E. I. I

CABLE TROUBLE

"The injury to the submarine

cable by means of which. for the past six months, we have been en- abled to communicate with the ad- joining Provinces, is, we regret to learn, for the present irreparable. The cable, it is supposed. has parted. It cannot be re-united un- til next spring. "We understand that the Gov- ernment are desirous that the Telegraph Company should, during the winter, keep open, their of- fices at Cape: Tormentlne and Traverse. If this were i' no. messages might be telegraphed to Cape Tormentine-then transcrib- ed. and sent by boat to thc' oper- ator at Cape Traverse, who would transmit them over the wire to Charlottetown.

"The mail boats new cross twice a week. If arrangements were made for the regular transmission of an additional mall. the pub- lic might. in fine weather, de- pend upon receiving the latest telegrams at least every other day. We trust that 'ere our next number shall appear some such arrangement for supplying the public with the means of com- munication with the outefbworlri will have been completed."

-The Islander, Dec. 27. 1861.

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Thus saith the lam! of hosts. the God of Israel. Amend your ways and your doings, and I will cause you to dwell in this place. . . . For I spoke not unto your

” nor d ' them In the day that I brought them out of the land of Egypt. concerning burnt offering: or sacrifices: but this thing commanded I them, any- ing, Obey my voice. and I will be your God. and ye shall be my people: and walk ye in all the ways that I have s d you. that it; may be well unto you. SOUTHERN MOUNTAIN

South America's highest mount- ain. Aconc u... in Argentina. is 23,081 feet high, compared to 20.- 269 for McKinley in Alaska.

certain food combinations that do

television licences to private sta-

eral great. fuss over bridgo collapsed at Three Rivers. Why, he built 810 bridges and only one of them fell. Mr. Duplessls must. be- long to the same school as the man who advertished piesdmade ”flft.y-fifty" from orse an rab- lete the ti-511,,

bit. meat.-one horse, one rabbit.- P n 8 Gen”-e'

must. now all be white, it. has been officially announced. future be an offence to keep other than 9. white pig. had notice of the intentions of the Minister of Agriculture since last. July, when the use of colored pigs for breeding was prohibited. It is considered that the white pig gives better bacon and pork.- (London Times).

A doctor means security. He is deeply rooted in people's needs. He food, shelter and clothing. doctor is the mainstay by nighh against the terror of a child surl- denly ill. suranee to the couple about to be- come parents. He is reassurance for the fright that gets into man and woman when their bodies as- sert; their mortality by breaking down. is strength. yet. this is what. the putienti feels for the doctor.-(Regina. Leader- Post).

eral manager, cannot see the sense of giving away a motor car each night to holders of prize-winning admission tickets to the grand- stand ahow. as suggested by May- or Lamport. He points out that 14 cars would cost 330,000, with- out a commensurate grain. .The proposal is not. only economically unsound, but cheapens the Exhi- bltion.

JUNE 25, 1952 TOOWOOWOC

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worth the price of 3 . should not need a "ltl1.ll(?ki;.h:jl:-'m to fill the seats. If it is not worih the price of admission. the rem. edy lies in making the pwgnm more attractive, not. in gupm, men?-Ins it with a iocm-y...(-r.,,' onto Star). . i

not always agree with 8 delicate stomach. - (Ottawa Citizen).

It is reported that CBC techni- cians are busy at; the Forum these days, in preparation for television and wrestling shows that are put on there weekly. Shades of the Massey Reportl This is a sad tumble from the high cultilal ideals for which the CBC denied

Thoulh "10 elm: form u,. vanguard of Christian religion; they are handicapped unless aupf Ported by lay workers. The strength of a congregation 0.. parish is to be found in the num- ber of men and women who win undertake those duties which an beyond the capacity of the putm. or priest. or outside the scope or his responsibilities. The United Church of Canada l5.ll'lnugurgt,. ing 8. training school for jay workers at Fine Oaks, near Pam Ontario. The lay workers will in given additional education in the Christian faith and in the prgc. tical application and extension or it. A fund is being raised, and it. is worthy of support, to com. g It will tum out qualified lay Workey-5' who will contribute much to lhp strength and spirit of United Church congregations. - (wmdm, Daily Star).

lions. -- (Montreal Gazette.)

Premier Dupleaala says his Lib- opponents are making a the fact. that it

says, his government

(Ottawa Citizen). Pigs in the Republic of Ireland

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Farmers have That. Boston nix-year-old who

jumped on the bed so hard hr. bounced out the window has set, a dangerous example to other smull fry. Bouncing on the bed seems a favorite sport for young. stem of that age. If the bed ha; good springs, and the mattress la resilient, it's amazing how high 5 young igid can bounce. And, if a.,couple of them are at it at. once, jumping alternately, it. adds to the excitement. That, togethgi with pillow fights, provides a lot of fun for the little ones when they are not yet ready to sleep. Many a parent has watched with amused interest this game of the little ones jumping up and down on the bed to see how high they can bounce. But. the amusement disappears when it. is found new springs and a new mattress art: Elie sequel to it - Windsor Daily

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Elwood Hughes. the cm-:'s gen- Flrlns 0-mush storm and drought. over land teeming with natural and unnatural enemies. over seas where its flight in few feet above the surface extends for miles without respite, the wurbler can no more turn a deaf ear to the summons of the Can- adian wilds than can the spawn- ing salmon to that of the fresh water pool of her blrth.- St. If the grandstand show is Thomas Times-Journal.

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