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T-l-TE GUARDIAN

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Editor and Managing Director. Ian A. Burnett. Associate Editor. Frank Walker.

CIRCULATION "Covers Prince Edward Island like the dot!"

"The strongest memory is weaker than the weakest ink".

Cl-IABLOTTETOWN TUESDAY. AUG. 4. 1058

An Expanding Force

worth of industrial in sight for In other

the billion dollar cutback Washington defense spending. words, defense savings alone in the next few years will release more materials and 'men for civilian production than the Mar- ishall Aid purchases from Canada since the iispring of 1945. There is every reason to as-, sume that during that period domestic out-

was almost an even third of our domestic exports. What makes it highly significant is the fact that the total of these purchases was made up of 60.72 per cent of industrial products and 39.28 per cent of agricultural products.

It is a coincidence that the nine hun- dred million dollars commodities and products is very close to

lt was in 1873. just eighty years ago put was satisfyin the American home mar-i that the famous North-West Mounted P0s' ket for most in ustrial products. The onlyi lice was established to bring law and order answer is that a cut in United States mil-i

in the unorganized territories wnere rebel-t lion had recently been put down. Until 1920 their responsibilities were confined to those territories but in that year, with a change of name to Royal Canadian Mount-l ed Police. the force assumed duties in thel

whole of Canada. Since 1932 the R.C.lVI.P.l5iateSmw has been responsible for the enforcing of ihe maximum volume we could sell to the the customs and excise acts and is largelylrest of fhe woi-id, Any cut in exports to America would therefore be a total loss to da, resulting in lower output of basic commodities, less wages being paid and g duties in Newfoundland and BrE- 1855 spending power in the whole com-

responsible for anti-subversive measures in

time of war or emergency. I Recently the force has taken over extra,

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itary production would be accompanied by a relative cut in imports of industrial goods and raw materials from Canada.

A Dominion Bureau of Statistics studyi

tish Columbia so that some expansion ofrmimiiyi

numbers is to be expected. It is partly in; connection with this that the force's Dr-i puty Commissioner, John D. Bird, is vlsli-ti ing the various detachments in the Atlanticl Provinces. A native of New Brunswick. hel joined the R.C.M.P. in 1932 as-an 1nSD9Cif”'- after having served in the New Brunswlcki

Provincial Police. '

Birthday of Her Majcstv Queen Eliza- lbeth, the Queen Mother, 1900.

i , With no less than fifty-two students re- There is Pmbably 110 Ponce f01'Ce 1” thc ceiving aid from the St. Thomas Aquinas

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recently showed that 54 per cent of iouri total exports last year went to the United hich means that 46 per cent was

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world which enjoys A higher public 1-egardi society in attaining Secondary educatioi-iii than the R.C.M.P. The Metropolitan Pioliiceiihe society ranks as 8 Very importaiiii of London are without peers lhc P01lCm5-' educational force indeed in this Province.

of a close-knit, highly populated area and: the "G-Men" are both admired and fear-1 ed, but none so effectively represent their

country as do the "Mounted." .

Mink Farming And The Law

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Knut. Hamsun, Norweigan author, was born this date 1859. He ran away to sea

land had a variety of occupations, finally

switching from that of journalist to novel- ist and dramatist. He wrote beautiful des-

The learned editor of Chitty's LawiwasaQuisling.

Journal includes reference to the question.

of nuisance or negligence in two mink farm cases in his Random

lcriptions of scenery and forest life. He

Canada went to war this date 1914 with

Notes. Admittingla strength of 270 officers and 2,700 other

that the exact distinction between neglig- ranks in vnei. permanent Miiitia and mm. ence and nuisance seems almost impossible many about 3,850 officers and 44500 other of determination, he criticises, with greatinmks in the "Active Miima... Actual respect, minority opinions of the Supiiemelsmmgm at me ombreak of Wm. was even

Court of Canada which would have allow-i ed an appeal on the ground that the action: was framed in nuisance and actionablei

cha rgc.

The plaintiff had warned highway auth-jtion week.

orities that the whelping season was in” progress and excessive noise might cause

, . l serious damage due to panic among the

ed 'ns:ainst blasting during the critical.

period.

fcndants were liable for negligence.

ance-the noise.-which becomes actionable iw 1-paeon of its creation in a manner lll

l The courts ruled that the respective de-E

less.

, In 1943 Canadians suffered 2,804 cases nuisance was not shown, but if the actioniof diphtheria and 287 deaths from that had 599" fmmed i” "eg”g9”Ce- pamcularsi cause. In 1951 there were 253 cases and 37 could have been demanded and other evid-i deaths. The Heaith'League of Canada at. ence would have been led to meet thatltribuies the notabie improvement to the results of the annual National Immuniza-

. Electronically controlled equipment de- signed to duplicate functions of the human

possible.

mink - a well known characteristic of;heai.t was one of the most imporiaiit ex. "link at '1"? Whelpmg 59350” Despite opihibits at the recent annual exhibition of d0l'S i0 ll"? ('0'"l'ai'3'v the milchmes dmithe institution of electronics at the College ,nperate nearby and serious loss resLllted.'0i. Tecimoiogyi Manchester, Engiandi The In the other case a similar result camcinew equipment may make pass-ibie delicate

about after the defendant. had been warn-,heai,i and mm operations hitherto im.

Summerside High School is to be con- Thc gratulated on the remarkable record of, editor of C.L.J. points out that these casiesihavmg an its Candidates im. iiie Second can bc fralrled in either negligence or iiuis-Near in Succession pass the emrance ex, RN09. Th? 1'0?” C3U5C Of action is the m"5'lamination. The record for high standing was equally impressive. Considering that

.thc high school enables many to continue

seems clear that a mink rancher

cause harm.

ll. 8. Defense SilOII""'

more drastic curtailment.

economy would be affected.

right to have immunity from noise distur-i hancc by people who know that it will.

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which ill" f”m5CCabmty M rislf of injurytivith their education who might otherwise cast on the creator of the nuisance dutyihave dropped om, the achievement is 8 not to injure other persons. Vihichcver wai) ivory strong argument indeed for the pro-

! ('0U1il mliihi "Wk 5" Hm legal pmbllcm It J vision of more such educational institutions. ms .1

A large, speedy helicopter. capablecf lreplacing established fixed wing airplanes

Milestone On A Long, Weary Road - A I

THE GUAMRIDEAN.HCHARLOTTETOWN

lAUGUST 4. 195;

While chatting with an acquain- tance abput the prospects of the candidates in B. certain riding I happened to remark that I had not yet decided how I shall vote. iThe man was amazed and at. first thought I was joking. When I , assured lilln that I was never more serious I think he put me down as a "crank". (Incidentally, that word is used nowadays of so many fine and intelligent personathat it is fast. becoming a sobrlquet to the coveted.)

', ”Why". he said. ”I always know jlIOlV I am going to vote and I al- lyvays vote the same way!" There is no use in arguing with a view- lllolni. like that and I didn't. bother to tell the man that he was in ithe habit of making less than full use of his franchise.

, I suppose the person who ”al- iways votes the same way" is re- Igarded highly by his Party whips. iTheY must be pleased to know ,what voters in 5. given constitu- ency they can count on under any and all clrculilstlulces. for they can .then proceed to concentrate their lpoweri of persuasion on the less constant ones. These latter are lthe People who give trouble to

U19 Pl-"IN. but I cannot help

'-hmklns they are also the people

who contribute the most strength

to our free institutions. iseem logical to assume that in- tellectual lndependence is Just as helpful in the political field as nllywherc else.

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3 The frilllcliise is, by common Consent. a precious right. Only those who once possessed it and

1803

From the Diary of

Saturday. Aug. 13th. Having fin- ished all the business with the lDykes' and left her ready for sea -and sealed up my letters to go by the Post. I set off for the settle- ment oi the old French village called Belfast. I arrived in the eve- nlng. having passed Mr. Stewart on the way over; fatigue in the exploring had made. hiri-i ill. I went on board the Polly from which everything was landed, but there was still some baggage on board and other things to settle: the ship lying a mile and I. half from shore had made the boating tedious.

Several of the passengers had not taken up their full weekly al- lowance of provisions and had to receive it balance. A week had been distributed per advance and there still remained of the 8 weeks laid in, one due to the store. Some squabbling had arisen about the cooking; no cook being provided by the ship, it was difficult. to keep order among so great 8. number. 280 full passengers and nearly 400 souls - Dr McA tMcAulay, sel- kirk's agent) managed it at last; by appointing cooks from among themselves. The berths seemed fully confined tho' the abundance of batches gave a good opportun- ity of air; yet. it had proved very close in hot weather, the berths being dirty enough.

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I found the people scattered a- bout along a. mile of shore, a few barns, ctc., belonging to three un- authorized settlers, the rest in hovels or wigwams, built oblong like the roof of one of our Euro- pean cottages. and thatched in general with spruce bcughs, some of them very close, and fit to turn a good rain - but the fine weather had not yet put them to the test. Mr. Shaw observed, however, that they wanted trenches around them which would be necessary in

wet. weather. They have been so occupied with landing their lug- gage that nothing else has been

got. done: tho the smith was sent down yesterday he has not yet got. to work.

Supped at Dr. and went. up to lodge in Donald's in which some of my camp beds had bccll taken.

McAiilay's J. Mc-

lo bring in the boat - one complete would have been more useful. The mosquito curtains were mismanaged and enclosed as many iwithin as Without so that the night was not the most comfort- lable.

The encampment. had a very picturesque appearance under the night - every tent having a great

Selkirk In P. E. Island

lrlii, miiilnot unlike ours: they are My ,t'or logs or house: all they are

own tent had been too cumbersome, . I 1655 lslze than other kinds. - also the

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Lord Selkirk, 1803

into the woods. beyond the river. The wood at the edge of the river is stunted spruce and has I. for- bidding appearance - also the soil being scratched up is a white sand at top. but red below. However, on going 50 or 100 yards back there is a great deal of hardwood - maple birch, black and yellow. which grow to a great also. and are a bet- ter slgn of the land than the white.

one

Here and there an! some pine, spruce. ctc., all of which Mr. wright reckons symptom of good land -- a mixture of pine atigurs fully better than mere hardwoods; beech and maple alone. implies very dry land: pines alone wet land - the mixture implies due medium. Black birch (among beech and maple) when abundant, aeema al- so to prove a sufficient: degree of moisture and without same sign of moisture the land has not suffic- ient strength for permanent hay, tlio' it might be a good pasture and alternate tillage producing the beat wheat. and potatoes when manui-ed. .

Black spruce alone shows land perfectly useless, a mere sand, but red spruce intermixed with ash, alder. currants. etc.. shows a rich swamp capable of being made into excellent meadow; the pine is the white, Wcymouth or New England lpine. The yellow birch is said to be ltlie black birch half grown.

These woods are overspread iwith undcrwood, briara. raspber- iries and groundspruce which Iseems a kind of yew. The ibeech. tho' different, has a con- .siderable resemblance to the ring- illsh. I have yet seen no oak. There iare some hemlock trees which are of a large size and very grand pic- turesque sppearance. but they are In bad sign of the land where prev- alent as we found them on the east lbrancli of the Plnette River. Where lthe pines too are alone, the land is generally barren and sandy.

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then lost it can realize Just how precious it is. It does seem to me that the man who feels that his vote belongs to 5. certain Party is not doing much, if anything, to preserve the sanctity of the fun. chise. I would almost go as far all to suggest that. unwittingly no doubt. he is helping to destroy the very freedom that his right to vote is intended to guarantee.

This is not to infer that Party loyalty is in itself a bad thing. Far from it. But the man who would never under any circum- stances transfer his support from One Party to another is in danger 01 Party enslavement, and that C5ml0i' b9 R 800d thing fol' either himself or his country. No man can be politically independent who 9-HOW! PIN-Y loyalty to take the

FROM THE PBDICESS

Tears. idle tears, I know not what they mean,

Tears from the depth of some div- ine despair

Rlse in the heart, and gather to the eyes.

In looking on the happy Autumn-

eds. And thinking of the days that are

no more. Huh ,5 iii, iii." bum giiiuiiiig Place of his own intellectual in- on . "ii. tegrlty. And if he is not politically

That brings our friends up from 1"dep”"d"” hf if "03 1"!- 0

the underworld, sad as the last which rcddens over one That sink! with all we love below the verge: so and. so fresh: the days that are no more. Ah, sad and strange as in dark summer dawns The earliest pipe of half-r.waken'd

birds I To dying earn, CYGI The casement. slowly grows a glim- mering square;

In this election. as in all past elections. there will be many to;-. mer Liberals who will vote Con. aervatlve (or something else) and many former Conservatives who will vote Liberal (or something 8159. even at the risk of being regarded as renegades by their MIME? Party associates. No one can dissuade me from the vigw

when unto dying

PROFESSIONAL

The Passing Scene By Observer THE PARTY AND THE INDIVIDUAL

that these are the electors M, give meaning and life to the in . chlse. ” Whether their change in out- look one way or the other is risk, or wrong is not important. 'fi.',. important thing is that they 11;... elected to remain free men xu, Party, as such. has power to lam them into captivity.

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There must. be a great nimii people in this country whc, ilk, myself. have not yet decided iim. they will mark their ballots. .,. August I0. That does not. iilfill they have no convictions. It mail mean that they are I little 5lOll(ai. than others in getting their cm,

vlctlons rounded out. or, ii iii; mean that they are waiting t-7: the last minute in the hope lllllli one or other of the Parties lo... come out with a statement or ,i Pledge or an inference that vi"? be the one thing needful to ll". their stamp of approval. t

After all. despite what M: q.

Laurent or Mr. Drew or Ml: Cid well or Mr. Low or anyone 1 mily say, there is no ideal Pal and no political platform is W. structed in Heaven. They an. R7. M V9”) V91'Y- earthy consti-ucllc-it The best that anyone can do ., to choose what. in his min oi-if.

It would iim. hi the Party or policy mm

hill to approximate the kind rf government or administration t'..,,, he. the individual voter. would rig to see. '

I underline the word ”ip,(ii,i,ii us!" because an election is am ,,. those few occasions in our col;-M: rate life where tlidlviduallsllii at least. a semblance of all; ltl'. And only then, of to when the individual votes as ..... and not as at Party automaton

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Human nature being what 1' (it could be a lot. better and :-n doubt it could be a lot wo l, personhlitles play a large part. 1, elections, especially with respect local situations. I used to ti... that this was A serious flan .1; our system, but nowadays I (ill not hold that opinion. It is, r! course. true that the overall lla- tlonal picture is more lmDOTiRl' than the snapshot view of the rtdlng known. let us say. as 1;... star Creek. It is also true that a "favourite son" of the constituen- cy sometimes turns out to be a misfit in the larger councils. A good representative does not ner- easarlly make fl. good parllamcnu arlan. These are chances we hair to take and, all things C0l'l5l(lEl'Ni, it often is surprising how nr't local needs and national interest: agree one with the other.

In any event it is a fact. tlin: democracy as we know it and Ir- spect it. is, essentially a "gm. roots" development, ii "home pm. duct". While a nation is moir- than the sum total of its pays the parts do help to make it up

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-Lord Telinyson.

A falae balance in an abomlm tion to the Lord: but a just weight in bi: delight. When pride eomcth. then comcth shame; but with the lowly in wisdom. Ricboa profit not in the day of wrath; but righteous- neu dcllverctli from death.

They give the name of Fir to I species which resembles the silver ifir. There is nothing like the Scots fir - the hemlock resembles it ,most, in appearance. The spruce is useful 'more frequently of it moderate lsmaller for rails. The pines are igenel-ally of a great size and make 'the best boards and shingles. It is also the timber most in demand as lumber. Hemlock is a anaken wood land will not even split. but does very well for water works and re- aists rotting. Bridges, piers, etc.. are always made of hemlock; it in

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cult to rot in well as hemlock; ; sometimes '29 or so years.

Going down to Plnettc the shores everywhere appeared poor stunted trees. but the appearances are bet- ter wlthin -- the country lies on I. bed of rotten red freeatone and rises from 20 to 50 feet. leveLp.bove the River. We did not meet. any natural springs except at Plnette.

it is estimated in Washington that a lasting peace in Korea would result in a cutback of a billion dollars' worth of dc-I fense spending. The principal effect of sucll a cutback would be to release workers and raw materials for use in the manufacture of consumers' goods. Two results, warm The Globe and Mail. could affect Canada whenever these developments occur. The American market for our raw materials would dwindle, andvthe recently ready mar- ket for our partially and fully manufac- tured goods probably would suffer even Further refer- ence to the proportion of our domestic ex- ports bought by the United States for free distribution overseas illustrates how our