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THE GUARDIA

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

CHARLOTTETOWN, SATURDAY, APRIL 2, 1949

ilhurohill And The Mayflower

Mr. Churchill's present visit to the United States is being treated by our American neigh- bors as something of a homecoming. They are proud to acclaim him a kinsman on the maternal aide, and to recall that one of the great British war leader's ancestors, Richard Warren, came over on the Mayflower to Cape Cod in i620.

The Mayflower brought to America a little group of 104 passengers, which included forty- ono Separatists from the Church of England and sixty-three merchants, tradesmen, indentured servants and others who were sent out from Eng- land by the company of Merchant Adventurers who financed the voyage and plantation found- ed at Plymouth, Cape Cod. The entire group is known as the Pilgrims, but the Separatists, who coma to America from Scrooby, England, where they formed their church, by way of Leiden, Holland, were far outnumbered by the other group.

l-n checking some data recently on May- flower forebears, searchers discovered that Churchill, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Henry A. Wal- i-oce and Thomas E. Dewey were all descended from Richard Warren, as was President U. S. Grant. That made Churchill, Roosevelt, Wallace, Dewey and others all cousins by blood lines.

Family romance was a dear heritage to President Roosevelt, and he often pointed with pride to his five different lines back to Richard Warren, and other lines to some of the other Mayflower forefathers. Ancestors are, some- times, strange bedfellows, and hanging on the same ancestral tree with the aforementioned statesmen one will find Presidents George Wash- ington, John Quincy Adams, John Adams, Zach- ary Taylor and William H. Taft, although not all of the last, were related to Churchill.

The "grave" Richard Warren, a London merchant, was one of the forty-one signers of the famous Mayflower Compact, the first con- stitution written ln America--or, in fact, in the lhistory of the world-that set up a government. He became an assistant-governor of the Ply- mouth Colony.

llanadlan "Freedom Traln"

Mr. John Diefen-baker, M.P., is planning to propose in Parliament the organization of a Can- adian "fre om train", modelled on the American train whic gave such a valuable impetus to democracy in the U. S. last year. '

The Canadian train would exhibit, from coast to coast, such historical documents and articles as the Magna Chorta, the Bill of Rights, the Quebec Act, the Constitutional Act, the Act of Union/the charter of the Hudson's Bay Company and records of English and French ex- plorers and statesmen.

If such a travelling exhibit was successful and useful in the U.S., it should be even more lo in Canada. For Canadians, on the whole, do not. seem to have developed the faith and pride in their own country that is exhibited by their southern neighbors. Most Canadians know far too little of the historic background of their nation. Many, who have arrived here from other lands, have had little or no opportunity to learn of Canada's history.

There is certainly a wealth of historical material in the archives of this and other coun- tries, in museums and private collections with which to fill a Canadian Freedom Train, or if a Freedom Train were thought to be too ambitious a venture, then for a travelling historical ex- hibit that could be seen by Canadians in scores of centres across the Dominion.

Being able to see with their own eyes the materials that played a part in the history of Canada would give Canadians a new sense of continuity and unity. it would bring the achieve- ments of those who made Canada into clear and sharp focus. lt could not fail to arouse a new sense of the cost of our present freedom and the blood and treasure poured out to gain it.

hull-Combine Law

Hon. Stuart Garson, Minister of Justice, has

indicated in the House of Commons that the

Government is considering amendments to

strengthen the Combines investigation Act. There certainly is evidence that this law

noeds to be tightened so that restrictive trade practices which cheat Canadian consumers may b: dealt with more effectively, says a Toronto exchange. For while the commission headed by F. A. McGregor has shown itself able and vigor- ous in bringing these nefarious practices to light, corrective action has usually been slow, and in some instances has been stymied completely by adverse court decisions.

Within the past two years, the commission has reported the existence of price-fixing com- bines in dental equipment and supplies, in opti- cal goods, and in the broad-baking industry of British Columbia, Alberta and Saskatchewan.

Tho federal government has announced it will prosecute the firms involved in the alleged bakery combine, which roduco approximately three-fourths of all Bree: consumed in the three provinces. i

Th: o_oticol goods report was made public last June, but so far thor: has been no decision o: to prosecution. The report alleged an elabor- oto, nation-wide price-fixing system in spectacle frames and Ionus, operating under tho guise ol

potent liconco controls, and affecting more thon~

9f‘ percent of ‘all foptical goods at retail. Some .of the proos of this system have been removed it tho voiding of patents, but there is littl: ovi- dllcl the public l: bsnofitting in the way_ of

Gianna-r. delay n "p m" m. infiuencnilby ailur: of tho

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charges against the dental supply firms. Tho i8 companies were acquitted a year ago and this decision was upheld ea_rly this month by the Ontario court of appeal.

The reasons for judgment in the dental sup- ply case reveal a grave weakness in tho Com- bines Investigation Act. The court\ held that ovi- dence of price agreements between the compan- ies was inadmissable unless it was shown that authority to make such agreements had come from the company and had been approved by the board of directors. \

By the very nature of price-fixing agree- ments, they need not be matters which com- pany executives write out and formally approve. They are undercover deals, but they are no less reprehensible or less harmful to consumers for that.’

1 EDITORIAL Notes/f

Tomorrow Fifth Sunday in Lent. Passion

Sunday. . I I I

Mr. Churchill delivered his speech on Thurs- day to the Massachusetts institute of Technol- ogy in Cambridge but he spoke to what he would apologise for “cal‘l‘ing.Christendom.

Perhaps the most interesting item in con- nection with yesterday's great event was the reminiscen-ce of Mr. James E. Harris, nephew of the artist, regarding Sir John A. Macdonold’: prevision in including Newfoundland‘ delegates among the Fathers of Confederation.

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The shelving for lack of time of the propos- al to adopt "O Canada" as a national anthem puts the question in its proper perspective. Many Canadians may be surprised that "O Canada" has no official status, but they are not going to get undu-ly excited about it.

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An Ontario hig-h school debate resulted in a victory for the negative on the question, "Re- solved that teaching is a worthwhile profession." Teachers should not take the result too much to heart. The judges’ decision might hove been the same had parenthood been the subject.

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Election date is a subject of great specula- tion, as are election results. Present information says Letter-Review suggests a Dominion General Election as soon as the Government can get throng-h the Budget, Transitional Powers, and other urgently necessary legislation. St. Law- rence Waterway a-nd a dozen other hopeful plans will have to go over for the next Government.

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"Even the most ardent proponents of stand- ardization of arms will not quarrel with Defence Minister Claxton's decision not to scrap the large number of eicellent .303 rifles on hand in favour of an American calibre. Retaining these for on emergency, however, does not mean that they should continue to be standard equip- ment of ou-r forces. The aim should be to acquire only standardized equipment for replacement.

The vast peat bogs of Scotland may soon beconie a great "new reservoir of power for indus- try and transport. Research now indicates that peat may prove an ideal fuelfor gas turbines engines. This discovery also brings other import- ant developments in its train. The removal of large quantities of peat for fuel may enable wide stretches of "hitherto unproductive ground to be transformed into ‘(good farming land.

Britain's adverse trade balance last month was down to below $68 million, the lowest figure on record since July, i946. This was achieved despite a reduction in exports: at $562 million they were $76 million below the January figure. imports, however, fell still more sharply— by $i0i million to $646.8 million. Re-exports valued at $i7.6 million reduce the difference to $67.2 million. The adverse balance for February is approximately $40 million below that of Decem- ber and $24 million below the" January figure.

I U U Egg prices on March 25 this year compared with last year. The prices quoted below are for Grade A Large. At Vancouver, Montreal and Toronto the prices are those at which graded shipments ore selling to wholesalers. At other

points quotations are prices to shippers for un- graded eggs.

i949 v i948 i947 Montreal 45-45l/z 43Vz-44 36l/i Toronto . . . . ._._,, 43 43-43V2 36-36% Winnipeg . . . . Y. 37 39 32 Vancouver . . . . . 42 36% 3i Edmonton . . 37 37" 3i Regina ... . .. 37 37 3i Charlottetown . 38-39’ , 37V; 30-32

Commenting editorially on March of Books, the Calgary Herald, enthuses about the March rf Books objectives, but suggests that the fact of most March of Books contributions being printed in English will restrict their usefulness in other countries. The answer to that not un- common suggestion is simply that most stu- dents and research experts in overseas countries aro rapidly becoming used to working with Eng- lish-language texts and other published material. ln the Western European countries, almost every- one beyond secondary school levol is able to read and write English. Investigation in over- seas countries indicates that English-language works are available gverywhere.

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Richard Cohden, British statesman and apostleof Free Trade, born this date i804. Wos a Manchester cotton manufacturer, and con- ceived tho idea that whot Britain noodod was plenty cheap labour to davolop hor urban indus- tries. With this in mind he joined tho Anti-Corn Laws agitation, and according to Peel h: was the man, who brought about their repeal; h: ar- ranged tho famous commercial treaty between Britain and Franco on rociprocol-tonnsrwhlch was the forerunner of Britain's world-wide, fro: trade policy: "T h: people of two notion: (French and English) must be brought into mutual do- pendenco by tho supply of ooch other’: ma: There is no other way of counteracting the en- togonism: of language and race. it ls God's own

method of producing an entento qojialo.”

Lenten Meditations

LAZABUB Al‘ THE GATE

Dive: and Lazarus. with a lenle of superiority. After all, few people behave in that way nowadays; there are social agencies to de:l with Lazarus. It l: true that the voluntary agenele: are not all :: well supported :: they formerly were; but that l: to be expected in a time of high prices :nd high taxation.

Dives also we: familiar with high taxatlon~between 30 and 40 per cent of a man’: income was mulctied from him by religious and secular levies in the Palestine of hi: day- and it was quite impossible to pre- vent the presence of beggar: at hi: gate. But to take no notice.

H: took no notice: failing to so: the man‘: sores, falling ta see that he we: a perlon, : neighbour in distress. “Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself": he h:d heard the rabbi read the ward: from Leviticus, but it never occur- red to him that they applied to thl: suppurating oufcelt.

Had he heard the word: of Jelu: ‘The poor ye have nlway: with you" he might have so applauded them that he failed to note-m: oo many have failed to note—ihe con- clusion which Jesus drew from the fact of poverty, "and whensoever ye will ye can do them good."

A: provision for social security increase: the necessity for certain kind: of organized charity l: in- evitably removed. Some task: are

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ti? ‘ rev-was.- - _,_ ' EYES OF THE WORLD » a on suvuoetsioc.

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best undertaken by the --lr.y n: : whole. But the needs of men remain, especially of those who go through life with few to respect them or treat them a: persons. There l: no need to look for now- aday: to find place: where Jesu: i: ln need. Million: are hungry, mil- lion: jo:tle a stranger: to each other, million: leek sufficient cloth- ing, millions are :lck_ and 1n prison. Lazarus lie: at men’: doors; and they have grown so accustom- ed to hi: cry for help that they hardly heed it any lorizer.

From thl: parable one who l: the modern world ha: shown a great example of Christian oelf-eacrlflce drew hl: initial lnoplratlon. So far as medical provision l: concerned, said Albert Schweitzer, the in- habitant: of the west are Dives. coking for granted the myriad gift: with which modern medical science ha: dowered them. "Out there in the colonies, howeve , sit: wretch- ed Lazarus, who su fers from ill- nes: and pain just :: much :: we do, n:y, much more, end ha: ab- solutely no moan: of fighting them.” I-ll: word: need to be pondered by citizen: of a nation- whlch his: large imperial responsi- bilities. _

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To telescopic eye: they swine in space

Like bolls of wonder, decked vnlth moon and ring

And massive mystery. Long orbits

wim tension. love of mass for mu: outweigh:

The tangent urge. The elzhi Broil;

satellites.

And Pluto like a wayward otilld.

attend

The falsel- sun, observe the perfect

end Of balance sacred to celestial rites.

The nine closed circle: snd the central core.

Itself 5 phnpoillb in galactic whirl. Suggest still greater circles in the

curl \ And warp of uielbulse. a metaphor or mounting millions. orderly m

bright. " Making universal music in the night.

~Harold Arpplebaum. ln the New York Herald Tribune.

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GAS LIGHTING DEMONSTBATED

I-laszard’: Gazette of Nov. 9, 1853. contain: an interesting report of n lecture delivered by Mr. Jame: Allan on lighting Charlottetown with gas. The audience, the paper regrets to ray, we: small :nd it goe: on to report hi: lecture a: follows:

"The light: themselves spoke more convincingly than ‘lsny langu- age he could have UIECLTIIEIB were slx let: of 311:; four of there, tech- nlcallypalled ‘but’: wing’ from the ceiling; an arzand burner at the

which flashes to detect the presence o metal. flrmatlon of the report that the first batch 'wlll be delivered to the revenue department. — Woodstock Sentinel-Review.

a farm will know how impossible it would be. to try to apply all the paraphernalia of modern indus- trial production io the myriad jab: on the average fsrm. It l: difficult enough for a farmer to keep an account of hi: income and expenses —how could he be mark up a time card or make any kind of job analysis? th:t when farmer: have lo pay for industrial good: on the basis of pro- duction cost: based on 40-hour weeks, overtime and holiday-pay, they have every right to recogni- tion of their own cost of produc- tion figures, estimated an a similar basis. — Family Herold and Week- ly Star.

:nd worsted cloth in 1948 totalled 26,700,000 yard: a: compared with 27,800,000 yard: in 1947 while im- port: increased to 15,900,000 yards from 14,196,000 in 1947, the Primary Textiles Institute reports. Employ- ment ln the Canadian woollen yarn and cloth industry reached a new high with over 15,900 people em- ployed ln the first half of 1948, but employment eased back ta 1947 levels ln the last months of the year. 5mg end of 1948 were at an ell-lime high —13 1-2 per cent higher than in December, 1947, and 38 per cent higher than ln December, 1946. Raw wool prices were also at a high point at the end of the year. - Kltchener-Walerloo Record.

are still with the nations of the Commonwealth, and since the erm- lsllce ln Kashmir ha: removed the risk of open war with Pakistan the

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i lot ha: been Invented way f: cles: for tho further de- velopment, of the ca-operailon so pramlslngly initiated at the last Commonwealth Prime Ministers‘ Conference. Mr. Nehru’: latest statement ha: left no doubt that India cannot. go b:ck"on the de- cision of the Constituent Assembly to make India an independent re- public; but he also he: made clear hi: wish for the continuation of the Commonwealth tle in one form or another. If u: high en order of siotesmanshlp can be applied to the solution of thl: problem :: hs: been brought tn bear on Indian affair: since 1945, an outcome may be ex- pected which will establish a new framework of peace and stability in the Indian Ocean and Southern Asia. — London Economist.

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It’: one world for anlmall. UNESCO reports. There's»: brisk trade between zoos on both side: of the Iron Curtain. The Russian: have shipped bear: (naturally). camels (humph!) :nd porcupine: (bristling defiance, no doubt) to The Netherlands. The Dutch have sent baboons to the Moscow zoo, where they will presumably learn to ape the lndactrinated endin- carqrated biped: they encounter there. The wonderful thing about animals, as on Aldous Huxley hero- ine once put it, ls how human they are. That ls doubtless why human beings gaze with such fascination beyond the iron curtain which zoos throw around their animals, end find in them a reflection of their own foolishness and savagery, play- fulness and pride. We doubt whether that lion and lamb ever will lie down together while they're brought up ln separate cages. What. l: needed l: plenty of food for each and a chance to know each other well befoie their grown-up taste: and prejudice: are formed. But it takes a little child to understand that. -- Christian Science Monitor.

Canadian production of woollen

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in be expected, a: Mr. Alisn l: : complete master of hi: art, and ha: been extensively employed in Abori- dltn. and other attic: and town: er-~ hi: nit-iv! sglgntry. W: Publhh hi: lotion i: tit my: Guano, and- ivili return to tho sublets of llgh in; the town its out next-In which, we {halt endeavour w show not only tho feasibility of the matter. ii" ma‘: wild-eel ' h" nmioiheim "T:

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